BUSINESS NOTIONS THE ONDY TRUE PUROATIYES. DR. RADWAY' SREG-UDATINGr PILLS. ••I ■would rather have one hox of Dr. Rad way’s Pills, than all other pills in the world. They are Dills that cure. When yon take a dose of these wills, yon can depend upon? the expulsion of the diseased humors from the'system: the Diver, Bowels, Stomach, Kidneys, System, Skin and Blood are acted upon and the bowels, alter -an •potation induced by Radway’s Pills?, are left as •lean and healthy as the stomach would he after a. dose , of lobelia. No: straining, weakness, or wrenching pains, or piles or tenesmus, but a thorough and natural evacuation is the result. ’ ’ This is the testimony of one of the most distin guished physicians in the world. Never were toner words uttered. “Radway’s Pills are pills feat qure. * * The sufferer of Diver Complaint, Dys pepsia. Constipation, Biliousness, Costiveness, Jaundice, Dropsy, &c., may rely upon an ahso-' lute cure, by ihe use of one to six boxes. It is not necessary to take these jpU Is for months or years to accomplish a cure. They should be used in all cases where a cathartic is required. Dr. Rad way’s Medicines are sold by Druggists •yerywhere. RADWAY & CO., s 87 Maiden Dane, New York. STEINWAY A SONS IT* i n pianos, ir • it' SQ.TJABE, TTFBIGHT AND GBANDS, HOST GELEBBATED AND POPUDAB, ADD OYER THE WOBLB, AT BLASIUS BEOS., tfßgSfeil 1008 Chestnut street. ITfl T|l BDR, STEPHEN SWEET, OF CON NECTICUT is the author of * • Dr. Sweet- s Infal lible Liniment. ” m&nrk™ -GREATEST ftan IyyY^IMPRqYEjaEKT^^T B^ . OF THE AGE ITT PIANOS. MEYER’ S Improved Overstrung Pianos, ac knowledged 1>; me' leading artists, and endorsed by the Musical public, to be the finest Pianos in America. . _ The attention of the Musical public Is called to these recent great improvements in Piano'Fortes. By a new method of construction, the greatest possible Yolnme of tone has been obtained, without any of the sweetness and brilliancy for which these Pianos ars so celebrated, being lost, and whichj with an Improved Touch and Action ren der them Unequaled. These Instruments received the Prize Medal at the World* b Fair, held in London, as well as the Highest Awards over all competitors, from the first Fairs and Institutes in thi6 Country. Ware wxnns, 7*22 Arch street below Eighth, Philada. LEHIGH LOCUST MOUNTAIN AND Slack Hjultk, White abh Goal, carefully ■elected and prepared for family use, free from ■late and dust, delivered promptly and warranted to give full satisfaction, at prices as low as the lowest for a good article. Lump Gcal for found dries, and Ghbstmut Coal for steam purposes, at Wholesale prices. An assortment of Hioeoet, SAK and Fihb Wood, Kept constantly on hand. Also, an excellent article of Blacksmith’s Goal, . delivered free of carting to any part of the city. A SBial of this coal will secure your custom. Send your orders to THOMAS E. CAHILL, Offices, 325 Walnut street. Lombard and Twenty-fifth street. Worth Pennsylvania Railroad and Master street, pine street wharf, Schuylkill. THE COUP SPRING lOE COMPANY. Offices and Depots as above. Wagons run in all the paved limits of the Gcn -3 011 dated City and In the Twenty-fourth Ward. I iijjjljjfrjl I ALBRECHT, RIKES & SCHMIDT, beg lea veto announce 6 •f * tlbat their Manufactory of First-Class Piano Fortesls now in full operation. The general satisfaction their many Pianos, sold already, meet With, by competent judges, enables them to assert confidently that their Piano Fortes are not sur passed by any manufactured in the United States. They respectfully invite the musical public to call and examine their instruments, at the Sales Room, No. 46 North Third street. Full guarantee given, and prices moderate. m —BATCHELOR’Is rohftakted S)YE if the best in ihe World. ?The only HarmZ«jx, Sfrsi cad Reliable Dye known. This splendid Hair ®y» 1. perfect—changes Bed, Busty or Grey Hair, to a 6louy Black of Natural Brown, with ,Hl injuring tbe Hair or Staining the skin, leaving IB* Hair koft and beautiful; imparts fresh vitality, 1 (Maently restoring its pristine color, and rectifies taolu o± bad 2>joa< Tbc gouuino i» aiguml A. BATOHnnon, all others are mere lm 3tatlons, and should be avoided. Sold by all Brng rizts, dec. FACTORY—BI BARCLAY street, N. If. Batchelor’s Hevr Toilet Cream for dressing Ska Hair. STECK&CO.’S STECK& CO.’S STECK&CO:’S STECK&CO.’S STECK&CO.’S STECK& CO.’S 6TECK& CO.’S STECK& CO.’S STECK&OO.’S STECK&CO.’S STECK&CO.’S STECK & CO. ’ S MASON HAMLIN’S CABINET ORGANS. J. E. GOT Seventh . NOW OPEN* i „ Now Open; Now Open. Now Open. Now Open. \ Now Open. Now Open. Now Open. Now Open. N Now Open. Saint Tames.. Saint James. Saint James. Saint Janies. Saint James. Saint James.— Saint James. Saint James. , Saint James. Saint James. Saint James. Saint James. Saint James. Saint James. Saint James, ' Saint. James, . _ Saint James. *. Saint James. Saint Jameß. ' Saint James. Green & Kelly. Green & Kelly. “ Green & Kelly. Green & Kelly, Green & Kelly. -Green & Kelly. . Green & Kelly. L Green & Kelly. » ' 1 ’ Green & Kelly. / Green &'Kelly. f , New Restaurant. : New Restaurant. New Restaurant. New Restaurant, v New Restaurant. Restaurant. Newv-RestauTant. New' Restaurant. ; New -Restaurant. New Restaurant. No. 421 Walnut 6treet. No. 421 Walnut, street. No. 421 Walnut street. No. 4*2TWalnut street. No. 421 Walnut street. No. 421 Walnut street. No. 421 Walnut street. No. 421 Walnut street. No. 421 Walnut street. No, 421 Walnut street. EVENING BULLETIN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1864. REFORMS IN JURY TRIALS, The Convention to form a Constitution for the new State of Nevada has incorpo rated in the instrument a provision that might be imitated with profit by older States. It is'provided that the afßrmative Totes of nine out of twelve jurors shall be sufficient in rendering a verdict. This is common sense, , and a great improvement upon the system which requires unanimity in juries. Our jury system has been greatly improved within the last thirty years, hut it still has the important defect that the people of Nevada are endeavoring to cure. There, are many persons living, who are able to read'this article without' spectacles, who remember the time in Philadelphia when juries that were out deliberating upon a case were ndt'ptrmitted to have fight, food, fire or a bed until they had agreed upon a ver dict, and the consequence was that the re sult of tie case became a question of physi cal endurance. The. party in the suit who had the most robust champions among the jurors generally carried the day; without re gard to the merits of the case, and stomach had more to do with the verdict than brains had. Like the English judge, who would hang his man rather - than eat his mutton cold, our old times jurors would strain consciences in making a verdict, rather than suffer the cravings of hunger, the want of fire, or be deprived of comfortable rest. The law makers finally saw the error of this system,"and for a number of years past jurors who rendered wrong verdicts had not the excuse, for it that they were hungry, cold or sleepy. The Freeth case, where a monstrous verdict was rendered by a jury that was notoriously packed, led to another very great reform in the mode of selecting jurors. In that' case a single individualj a most disreputable character, who had his price, was foisted into’ the jury; box by adroit management and bold fraud, and. he served his employers so well that he forced his eleven colleagues into compliance with his demands, and a verdict entirely at variance with the law and the evidence was rendered. But the case had the good effect of calling public attention to the liability of the old system to abuse, and new and important safeguards were thrown about the jury box. The rule which requires entire unanimity in rendering a verdict has very nearly the same effect as the old starving and freezing process, for after all it is a mere question of physical endurance. The forcing operation is not performed so summarily as when done in the absence of food, fire, candle and bed ; but it still becomes a question of time and endurance. Days and nights of con finement and absence from family and business are a severe trial to the patience of most men, and are very apt to cool the ardor of the conscientious majority •wh have less endurance than the obstinate minority, who, either through ignorance, perversity or interest, hold out. Such pressure as this accounts for the frequent ridiculous verdicts that are rendered, and for the number of juries that are discharged becapse of tfieir inability to agree, thus de feating the ends of justice, putting the courts to vexatious troublefor'nothing,and saddling the county with heavy expense. We have known of mapy cases where intelligent jurors have been forced into the compromise verdicts which are usually the result of these dead-locks, who have been ashamed to go into court with the Verdicts which they have, been compelled to endorse. Trial by jury dates back to the days of the ancient Greeks and Romans; but a ma jority of the jurors was sufficient to form a verdict, in those times. The Teutonic, Norman and Scandinavian nations went upon the majority system in their jury trials; and even in England, where the principle of unanimity has been most per sistently adhered to, it has not always been the case. Anciently, juries in England consisted of more than twelve ners'”’ 0 .-““<3 the law required that twelve of the number' should agree .upon a verdict. In course of of time the number of jurors was reduced to twelve, and unanimity was required. In the days of Jeffreys and Scroggs, judges used to hector -their juries before they re tired to deliberate upon their verdicts, and where the latter did not agree with the views; of the court, it was not unusual to whip the jurors publicly at the cart’s tail. We have known of instances where Phila delphia juries might have received this treatment without doing violence to justice, although public scandal might have .been promoted by the operation. In our Grand- Juries the old English; majority system still prevails, the votes of twelve Grand Jurors only, out of a larger number, being neces sary in “finding” a bill. Jn England, the abuses growing out of the unanimity rule in petit juries, are well understood, and within a year or two Lord Chancellor Camp bell introduced a bill an the English Parlia ment for the purpose of a reform in this respect. No action has yet been taken upon it. Another ridiculous feature of our Ameri can jury system,is the exclusion from the box, in the trial of capital cases, of all who' • have formed or expressed any opinion of the , guilt or innocence of the prisoner. The ef- j feet of this rule was to exclude all intelli- 1 gent and reasoning men, and to supply their plac.es with persons who were too ignorant to read the published reports of murders, &c-., or if they did read them, too stupid to ,form any intelligenf; opinion concerning ’them. In the trial of Arthur Spring for mur der,in 1854, it was.fijuhd utterly impossible to obtain a jury with ‘this test, so notorious were the particulars of the crime, and so manifest was the guilt of the accused. The then District Attorney—who was a far bet ter lawyer than he is an honest politician— hit upon a shrewd and sensible way of get ting over the difficulty, and his plan has since become the practice'of the Court. It was .to follow the usual question, “Have youpormed or expressed an opinion?” &c., with the question whether that opinion would prevent the juror from rendering a verdict in accordance with the law and the evidence, This was a vast improvement upon the old rule. Our jury system has been greatly improved within the last quarter of a centuiyy and the t adoption of the Nevada plan of two-thirds being enough to form a vferdict, would do very much to wards bringing it to perfection. .. PIANOS. PIANOS. pianos; PIANOS. » PIANOS. PIANOS. PIANOS. - PIANOS. PIANOS. - PIANOS. PIANOS. PIANOS. JLD, and Chestnut. lt is stated that in- the year 18611,112,-. 476 gallons of petroleum were shipped from this country to foreign ports ; in 1862 the quantity was 10,887,701 gallons; and in 1863 the figures were 28,000,000 gallons. Much of the oil was sent to Europe in the barrels being emptied into the holds of the vessels. to the Tribune the export trade last year employed what was equal to 253 ships of 1,000 tons each, an 011 WEDNESDAY fe4-2trp{ «_W A T O H £ is ! w a T fi H 1? *i t /©\ WATCHES!—SOO fine E and A, o by tbe m ° st ®p- W “ proved maters, for sale at one-half the WwMfes.-^' Ull^ of THIKD^nd r OF ■ IMPORTED AND, AMERICAN CARPETS, Emfei acing the choicest patterns of AXMJNSTER, ITAFESTRY CAR ROYAL WILTON, | PETS, VELVET, (BRUSSELS CARPETS VENETIANS. Together -with a full assortment of everything Bnsioess. - ja3U-tfs RARE CHANCES FOR INVEST MENTS. FOR SALE, Store 26 South Eighth SL ab. Chestnut, AND Farm 21 Acres, West Philad’a, The kTORE 36 sluth EIGHTH Street, with lot 24 by 54 in the rear T 4s offered for sale. This property is on the best business side of Eighth street, near Chestnut, contains about 230 U square feet, with a convenient outlet on Jayne street, is the largest single lot in me Square and well to economical and profitable iji pro,.Yemeni. ALSO, 21 ACRES "HIGH LAND, On Forty.ninth; Fiftieth, Market, Arch,Ra~e and Hasverford streets, West Philadelphia, having a large body of BRICK with Passenger KailVoad on Market and streets, is of fejed'FQß SALE in sections or together. APPLY TO \ J. OGDEN CXJTHBEET, Haddonfield Post Office, or to ALLEN CUTHBEBT, fe2-3t» 28 South Eighth Street. the last da ¥€ OF THE EXHIBITION OF j WEBER’S PAINTING, , Monastery Madonna dell’ Sa?sa, AT THE | ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, CHESTNUT STREET ABOVE 10! H. its. s>+ % WRIGHT & SIDDALL No.' 119 Market Street..-* litJlWtieU cfOJUh 41.11 U orttUiiu awi cus. O. W. WKIGHT. F. B. BIDDALI. DRUGGISTS, PHYSICIANS, AND GENERAL STOREKEEPERS Can find at our establishment a foil aa lc-rtment of Imported and Domestic Drags, ropnlnr Patent Medicines, Paints, Coat Oil, Window Glass, Prescription Yiais, etc., at as low prices as genuine first olass goods can be sold. FINE ESSENTIAL OILS for Confectioners, in foil Tariety, andol the best quality. Cochineal, Bengal Indigo, Madder, Pot- Asb, Cudbear, Soda Ash, Alum, Oil ol Vitriol, Anuatto. Copperas, Extract of Logwood, Ac., FOB DYERS’ use, always on hand at lowest netcash prices. o SULPHITE OF LIME, for keeping cider sweet; a perfectly harm less preparation; put up, with full direc tions for use, in packages, containing suf ficient for one barrel. Orders by mall, or city post, will msst with prompt attention, -or sDeclal quota tions will be furroshed when requested. WRIGHT A SIDDALL, _ „ . Wholesale Drug Warehouse, no2l-lyrp( No. 119 Market street aboys Fron JAMES BELLAK, f— —g,..- Iv M ’ 279 and 291 South FTETH^e^-j—gß IT S VT» STREET, ff irn •Sole Agent lor it w i I G. A. PRINCE A Cb. ’ S World-Renowned Melodeons, HARMONIUMS AND DRAWING-ROOM -» ERNEST GABLEIPsf' RAY ENA BACON’S, • ~ T > davis a co.’S, jail-amrpj CELEBRATED PIANOS. fltßiajßßg. CORRECT PIANO TUNING.- Ot E. SARGENT’S orders foi * i * ?'Tuning and Repairing Pianos ara,r« °L. . at Masoa A Co.’s Store, 907 CHESTNUT street, only. Mr. Sargeant has had Eleyen Years factory experience In Boston, and Plto Years’ oils •mploymentin Philadelphia. SPECIAL—PIan® re-leathered to sound as soft and *w«st-tan«d si new, without removing. . Terms for tunlne. *l. oclt-emrr>4 TEE UNION PIANO MANU • F h i? T^ INa COMPANY hare at U.f Jl, * - . tJle i r factory and warerooms, 1817 WALNUT street, always a most beautiful assort. m !, nt .°?e U V*Pb tmri ’ t 'a.lled PIANOS, which that sell at the lowest cash prices or on instalments 3 Give us a caltWore. purchasing elsewhere, and rrery satisfaction and guarantee will be glyen jtfA MRS. R. DILLON, FANCY AND Mliliner, No. 331 SOUTH street, ba« a handsome assortment of Velvet, Silk, Felt and Straw Bonnets and Hats. Old Velvet Bon nets made over. j . els 4{g> GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, OF EHL our own Importation, reliable In quality, ffttS and at low prices. FARR, A BROTHER, Importers, Chestnut street, below Fourth - PAPER BAGS FOR.GROCERS, CONFEC TIONERS, DRUGGISTS, No. 9 North FRONT Street, ’ ja3o-ot*ij CO-PARTNERSHIP, MK. BENJAMIN THACKARA IS THIS DAY ADMITTED A PARTNER IN .OUR FIRM, AND WILL CONTINUE THE MANUFAC TURE AND SALE OF Has Fixtures and Lamps, UNDER THE FIRM NAME OF WARNER, MISKEY & MERRILL manufactory, 80. 402 BACE STBEET. SALEROOMS, 80. 718 CHEBTBUT STBEET, and Bo 579 BBOADWAT, Bew York. Philadelphia, February 1, 186-1. \ A CARD. The undersigned, after twenty years’, experience with the house of Cornelius & Baker, Respectfully solicits the confidence and patronage of his friends and th^public. The firm with which he'is this day associated, is too well known, to need any testimonial from, him; hni he is warranted in stating, that they have perfected such arrangements at their manu factory and salerooms, as will enable-them to fur nish goods of the best styles and quality and oij the most favorable teims. THACKAEA. Feb. 1, 1864. lei tuths-l2ts Fourth and Arch r ARE OPENING FOR SPRING SALES IBM, Magnificent Organdie^, De Percales and Chintzes, 68 Pieces Faney Silks, ICO do Good BlackJJilks, Fiue Plaitridks, Ordered Ponltde Soies, Shawls. New Styles, Standard Sheetings, Household Goods, Best Gloves Only. smvrb m FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, 415 Walnut street,. PHILADELPHIA. CAPITAL - - - $200,000. INCOME FOB 1863, FROM FIRE INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND INTEREST ON INVESTMENTS, $90,618 83. LOSSES PAID, - - - - - $29,127(192 And unpaid (one of £2200, and one of §SOO, as re ported. but nut in time to be ac justed before Janu ary Ist, 1564,) thus leaving nearly. 60 000 OO Income, over losses, out of which current expen ses -I.ave been pair*; also, two Dividends, amount ing; to TWELVE PER CENT., declaredia t MAY AND NOVEMBER. The Capital of this Company is invested in First C‘ass Ponds and Mortgages, TTnited States Loans, .Oin of Philadelphia Loans, Camden and AAboy Railroad, and other undoubted Securities ihclud itg balance oi Cash m Philadelphia B-ink, $10146 87 This Company has been, domr business for many yea&s and ranks among the safest in the country. §»oo,oeo Has disbursed by it, for the benefit olr it© patrons lor TEN YEARS. ISO COMPANY Excels it in promptuesgand fairness,in the adjust ment and payment ol losses. DIRECTORS. Thomas Oavcn, . Jno. W. Claghorn, John TUornly, N. S. Lawrence, Furman Sheppard, . Jer. Walker, George H. Aslilou, Jno. Supplee, Charles I. Dupont, Henry W. Gray, Samuel Jones, HI. D., Silas Yerkes. Jr., Alfred S. Gillett. T&OMAS CEAVEN, President. ALFRED S. GILLETT, Vice-President. JAMES B. ALVORD, SecretarY ja3ds- tu-thGt Goughs, colds, consumption, coughs, COLDS, CONSUMPTION. COUGHS, GOLDS, CONSUMPTION. COUGHS, COLDS, CONSUMPTION. COUGbS. COLDS, CONSUMPTION. DR. SWAYNE’S COMPOUND SYRUP WILD CHERRY, DR. SWAYNE’S COMPOUND SYRUP WILD CHERRY, C DR. SWAYNE’S COMPOUND SYRUP WILD CHERRY, DR. SWAYNE’S COMPOUND SYRUP WILD : CHERRY, DR. SWAYNE’S COMPOUND SYRUP WILD CHERRY, CURES ALL COMPLAINTS CURES ALL COMPLAINTS CURES ALL COMPLAINTS CURES ALL COMPLAINTS. CURES ALL COMPLAINTS : OF THE'THROAT,’ BREAST AND LUNGS, OF THE THROAT, BREAST AND LUNGS. OF THE THROAT, BKEAbT AND LUNGS OE. THE THROAT, BREAST AND LUNGS. (IF THE THROAT, BREAST AND LUNGS. A trial of many years has proved to the world that this remedy is more efficacious than any ; hitherto known to mankind. Fi r Bronchitis,Sore Throat, Asthma, it is a sovereign remedy. For the weak and debilitated, it acts as a strengthening alterative. Prepared only by , DR. SWAYNE & SON, , 330 North Sixth street, Philadelphia. Sold by dealers everywhere. ja2(>-tu,th,sa«ly on TONS UGNUMVITAE, NOW LANDING uU from Br. bark Thomas Dallett. For Tsale t>/ PALLETT to SON, 129 South FRONT street