Seventeenth Annual Report of the Pennsylvania Bailroaft Company. Office of the Pehhsxi. vania Railro\d lor:- pant, Philadelphia, February 15,1864. To the Stockholders of the , - Pennsylvania Railroad Company : The following statements will exhibi: :he operations of the Company for the year 18(36. : The earnings of the Railway between Phila delphia and Pittsburgh during this yea: were -from - ’ Vflsgpucers, First Clasp, $2,202,778 83, fc . Emigrants, ■ 95 United' State* Troops... United Elates Mai15. .a....... Esprettes undc-r Con tract Extra Expr ss Freight. Freipli? Miscellaneous Sources. Total Earnings. The expenses for operating the Line were: For Conduct ing Trans portation ..$1,504,681 27 Tor New Buildings and Extent sions 107,465 46 ' ' $1,702,146 73 For Motive - Power 1, CIS, STS 91 Pot New' Tools arid Maclnn-ry. For New Lo comotives, 10, 493 57 557,065. 54 For Mainten ance of Road 1,311,497 15 For New sec- V ond Track and S.diags 314,870 42 Maintenance of Cars.... New Cars ad ded to Stock 727,303-05 466,001 ES General Expenses. Leaving Net Earnings... Tsi,Ul. U-J 71 The gross revenues 01’ the Line this year,are equal to $83,216 per mile,of main line of road, (358. miles,) and exceed in the aggregate those of 1862, $1,587,121 99. This is male up by an increase of $514,144 68, for passengers and Emigrants—of $135,299 87 for troops—. of $824 77for United Statesmans—of $933,842 12 for Ordinary, and $116,276 86 for Express Freights. The decrease occurs in Miscellaneous Ee ceipts of $143,266 31. The whole number of passengers carried over the- road during the year was 1,707,886, averaging a distance of 64 6-10 miles for each passenger. The number of tons of freight moved, (in cluding 188,913 tons of fhel and other materia! transported for the Company,) was 2,451,320, embracing 903,199 tons of Coal. -• The increase in the coal traffic is 68,053 tons, and thq whole ■ tonnage over that of lad year 231,275 tons. To.meet this increase Of traffic there haS been expended for new locomotives, new cars, second track and sidings, &c., $l,- 647,803 04, all of which has been charged to the expenses of operating the road. The re was expended for similar objects in 1862, $1,221.- 779 09. - \ The earnings of the Company’s canals were: From Susquehanna Division, - - $242,146 ;92 “ Juniata Division, - - . 24 426 91 “ Western Division, -- - 9*74129 “ Miscellaneous Sources, - 10,841 40 . .. • , ' ■ Total Earnings, $287,150 52 against $287,481 76, in 1862. The Expenses of Maintaining, En larging and Operating the Canals, were Tor'Susquehanna Di- vision, -- - . $159,556 98 •For Juniata Division, 162,420 83 For Western Division, including purchase of Boats in conse quence of abandon ment of Canal,above Blairsville, - - Showing a loss on the Canals, during 1863 of- - - - - - $75,217 SO The Expenditures in -1862, for same object were $258,091 56—showing an increase of $104,282 7G during the past year. The enlargement of the Canal will be com pleted by the opening of navigation in 1865, irona Columbia to the Alillerstonm dam, on the Juniata, a distance of fifty-nine raHes. Above that point, the locks will only ba”enlareed as they require rebuilding, until there is a reduc tion m the price of materials and labor. At the Millerstown dam, the railway and canal are close to each other, affording every requisite lacility for transhipment of freights from the Boad to canal, and giving a full opportunity to test the capabilities of the latter work for the transportation of heavy products. The Western-Division of the Canal, which has been a sonree of continued expense to the Company may be abandoned upon the extension of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad to the Alle gheny Talley Ra^-oad. _ The whole income of the canals from the first of August, 1857, when they came into possession of the Company—six years and five months—amounted to $1,393,196 11, all of -which has been appropriated to their maia «on7a?Oßao D , dlmprOVementsexce - Dt ‘he’sum of J97,3Jb 21, ail amount about sufficient to -the expenditures upon them previous to the Re sumption of navigation in the Sprint. The Canal Department will then start with au en larged canal upon its Eastern Division, and a portion of the Lower Juniata, and with nearly the whole line east of the mountain regenerate! In its present condition, this portion of the' property of the Company may safely be esti mated as worth $1,500,000, and should, here •after, return at least an interest of six t> »r oentum per annum upon that sum. e The Philadelphia ana Erie Railroad not opened throughout its length, as anticipated, by the first ot January last, owing to circam stances which that Company could not control iir l il„°"’ P -f,y ■ has J Promptly supplied it with siVrn f l COed NttEarnings of’ Road. - chargeable with the ih ' cvu on - the Rolling-'Stocfc Shop, Machinery, and their >2,275,536 7: 514,593 1 75,198 2. 75,735 00 187,393 82 A 253,123 S. .. 8,602.2119: ... 160,19 i 01 .su; 89i, 411 o; 2)211,033 02 li 556,367 57 1,193,309 03 117,137 95 56 730,003 2 40,396 51 362,374 32 Of this sum we may estimate as derivable from the net receipts of the Road $3,000,000. and the remainder from the sale of securities n the possession of the company. The tonnage of the Pennsylvania Railroad ’ r Harrisburg, upon the completion of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad,will be largely in. creased,and willconsequently demand increased accommodations. Of this portion of the line, that west of Columbia is leased from the Harris* burg and Lancaster Railroad Company for 999 years,and the remainder was purchased from the Commonwealth in 1857. The Harrisburg and ,“f ler Road has two tracks separating at Middletown, one intersecting the State Road at Colombia and the other at Lancaster. The requirements of the Freight Traffic, which follows the Columbia Branch, (in conseqnence of -its better gradients,) already demands a second track which is being laid, thus giving three tracks between Middletown and Lan caster. \ The alignment of the old Philadelphia ami Columbia Railroad fa exceedingly defective -and when the present scarcity of labor shad cease, it will be the duty of this Company to materially alter and improve the details of its location, and prepare it for three tracks for a large portion of the distance east of Lancaster dstin^f 11 *7° tracks are capable of aceommo datingalmost anunlunited traffic of simitar char acter, such as coal, lumber, &c., yet when the business oi the line is very large and diver allied, requiring different speeds for its trains tracl- B^»pnr| tB i, P rol>er 'development, a third comes Pl^ d bstwefcn the trro main tracks be effideney to *? e , M " re Punctuality and other o°f ment of the facilities afforded by a wiH eventually become necessa'ry, * S’ for which can be determined when the S! of the system of roads that thU Cominny has Tdope 6 d nnS *° P« rf6ct = «haU be de! The completion of the remaining twenty-one miles of second track, all’ of which is reanir^d -W - •STJSi-g. Si Sst£HR fi,a ?¥s s in Europe. When the p hlS Cb ? atry ’ bat also was planned „, aenthe . Pennsylvania Railroad 60,0W> pounds 4 C s°^o n Tid ,re d 3lliog h- 43)0()0 to limit to’these m „tt- 0n i dered as tha extreme But thedemond aC > ne t ,JU - tifiell b T pmdonte.-- Kms lS ° f • tha P iblic ftr WgK «P«eds rouehSef h 8 mtr °dneti 0 n upoif ail the chiifd onfv i™ n !?® P owerful engines. These b , obla 'ned by adding to their di-; icensions and weight, which produced its natural result—great wear and tear ofirbn rails, and the superstructure of the road. This evil Has been still rurthcr increased by the itilevi ority of ihe rails - now manufactured, compared with tboso.placed upoii railways when the edge rail was first introduced. It was then deemed r®“ ntial . that rails should be undo from the oost refined iron produced from selected ores, tlie l he demand for Iron under rapid development Of the railway system in' 11,800 53 13,321 93 23,137 G 2 $172,772 i9i I r» bab\e to» ether at about 12| per cent. eay, - - ■- - $127,772 91 Let-Ting ne‘ profits of Lease, - The whole receipts of the Company iruiu >} e operations of its works, including the Phila delphia and Erie Railroad for the year 18G3, wei e as follows: From the Pennsylvania Railroad $11,891.412 ; 95 “ Pennsylvania Canals, 287,150 52 “ Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, Total Receipts, - - $12,906,239 40 The net revenues of the Company during the past ■year have been absorbed in the pay ment of the interest upon its debt—tttvo semi annual dividends of Four and Five per centum respectively, and in the construction of the commutation Roads—the Philadelphia and Erie, and the extension of its own line to the Steubenville and Pittsburgh Road, opposite Pittsburgh, second track, increase of Rolling Stock, the purchase of Real Estate for the Road at Pittsburgh and other points, &c, All of these expenditures have been met from the earnings of the Road—an increase of $252,- 360 48 in the debt of the Company, and a sale of less than half a million of the securities received from other Companies. All the Rail road Companies claiming assistance under the - Commutation Act have received the amounts that they were respectively entitled to, except the Pittsburgh and Steubenville Line, which has been delayed in its expenditures in conse quence of itaimperfect rights across the State of. Virginia. Since these have been deter mined, thq work has been steadily pushed forward, and will be completed during this year. The expenditures of the commutation fnnd,as might have; been anticipated, has involved the necessity of further advances to complete these lines to points that would, render-them ser viceable to the public and profitable to the Company. In pursuance of this plan, the Ebensburg and Cresson Railroad" has been opened to Ebensburg, the Tyrone and Glear field to Phillipsburg, aud the Bedford Road to the Southern Turnpike, near Bloody Rum The Bald Eagle Valley and the Western Penn sylvania Railroads have made such progress as Ur insure their completion before the close of. this year,—-the first, to the Philadelphia, and Erie Railroad at Lock Haven, and the second, to the Allegheny River, opposite Freeport. These lines will not be immediately productive, but it is believed that nearly all of them will eventuafiy-yield a direct-profit upon tho invest ments made in their securities. The amount paid for these securities has been charged to Profit and Loss, and the secu rities placed m the Sinking Fund established for the payment of the Second Mortgage-Bonds. The Board has heretofore called the atten tion of the shareholders to the policy of aiding the construction of a branch road from or near Greensburg in a southwestwardly direction. It still views such an improvement with favor; and, should the citizens of that region embark in the enterprise, as has been proposed. It would recommend that you should extend to it efficient aid. The expenditures of the Company during the past year, in addition to the interest on its debt, dividends,’ taxes, and the ordinary disburse mentsior operating;its‘roads and canals have been $5,007,021 51, which includes $1,647,- 803 04 expended in the purchase of new cars, new locomotives, construction of second track, Ac., charged in expenses for opening the Road. - There will be required for similar objects during 1864—if the requisite labor and mate rials can be obtained for the outlay—as follows: For New Locomotives - - -$1,050,000 For New Cars, - . - - I,loo^oo For Construction of Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, - Fsr Shops, Engine Houses, and Shop Machinery Erie Railroad, - - _ _ For Shops, Engine Houses, Depots, Pennsylvania Railroad, - . 250 000 For Extension Pennsylvania Rail road to Pittsburgh an'd Steuben ; ville Railroad’, ... Qf For Extensions of Sidings and ar- 5 ; rangements for Oil Depot, - - 250,000 For Cominut ation and othor Roads, oOo'oOO T . c ‘ al > ----- $3,000,000 About the same amount as expended the cast year. ' * THE DAILY EVENING t PyLADELPHIA. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18. 1864 England and this country, soon caussd the , substitution of an inferior article, which seemed for: a time to answer the purpose, but which experience has proven to be insufficient (o resist the causes referred to, as continually operating for its destruction. -A return to the quality of iron originally used on railways, would be the natural remedyifbr this difficulty, hut this will require time, as none of the rail mills have the required furnaces to refine their metal. In Europe this subject has been longer considered, and the determination appears to be general, to gradually substitute a still more expensive material,—either a rail made svholly of steel—with a steel head only— or the wear ing surface converted into steel after the iron rail is made. The present high cost of rails . made entirely of steel, will probably prevent their general adoption, although the rapid destruction at the termini and stations, where the iron rail in some positions does not last six months, will fully justify their introduction. For the purpose of testing the relative value of steel and iron rails in such po sitions,we have procured 150 tons of rails made wholly of cast steel. A trial is’-also being made of a rail with a steeled wearing surface" passed through the rolls, when drawn from the con verting furnace,' which promises well. It is understood that favorable results have been ob tained from rails, the fop plate in the pile from which they were made being puddled steel. If the two metals can thus be firmly welded to gether, this improvement in railway bars will be generally adopted. This is a subject of such great importance td the Company, that it will continueto meet the earnest attention of your Directors, and ir necessary to effect the re-, Jihfmation desired in the quality of rails, it should become important to erect works to ef fect that object, such a policy will be adopted. The frequent renewal of rails isnot only expen sive, but it adds to the interruption of the traf fic ol the line. It will be seen from tho Treasurer’s State ment, appended to this Report, that there remains, after paying coupons due January Ist, ult., -eh- First Mortgage Bonds, and setting aside $1,000,000 for a Contingent Fund, to be charged with any .extraordinary expenditures ( on account of accidents from fire, floods, or other casualty, in order that regular dividends may not be disturbed from such occurrences, a balance to tho credit of tho Company of S 3 637 - ,505 80. / ’ The Contingent Fund was established chiefly by placing in it the amount claimed by (,he State for tonnage duties, which was afterwards commuted into an obligation to expend this sum upon certain railways of other Companies- This fund was-to be charged with these dis bursements as they occurred, but the increased "traffic of the line, in consequence of tho closin'- of the "markets on tho Mississippi river for Western products, and other causes, seemed to justiiy the direct charge *of these outlays to Profit and Loss, and increase the contributions to this fund to the amount stated, and apply is to the objects and lor the purposes already mentioned. The Sinking Fund established for the pay ment of tho Second Mortgage Bonds of this Company, and those of the Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad Company, the payment of which it has assumed, amounts to $1,451,313 12. The securities placed in this fund have been so fortunately selected that they are now worth considerably more than twice their cost, and without further, additions—except the Bonds of the Commutation Roads (since placed to this account),—it will be sufficient to pay, at maturity,-with its own accumulations/the Bonds for which it was created. « $15,000 ;00 727,069 93 The semi-annual payment to the State of S2SO,OCO, for the interest, and towards ths principal of the purchase money for the Slain Line, will extinguish the debt due to the Com monwealth bdore ii fails due. By continuing to pay this sum out jof the reveuues of the Company as heretofore, ther,e will remain no other debt unprovided' for, except the First Mortgage 0f55,000,000, which can bs continued at a low rate of interest, in preference to its payment. 700,000 - C 50,000 The sha'eholders will doubtless fell gratified to learn fiom this exhibit, tbit tho Di.-actors have kept steadily in view their original reluc tance to incur a debt for the construction of their Head, and in pursuance of the policy in dicated by their wishes, have provided, at the earliest moment consistently with the permanent interest of the Company, for its reduction to a sum that, all must admit, can be maintained without any risk to the Company. In presenting thaso gratifying results of the operations of your read, it must not be rorgot ten that the causes which have been largely instrumental in "producing them, cannot long continue. Theraiiways of the North generally, sine# the first year of the rebellion, have greatly increased their earnings. Those of ' h j* Company have fhdWmced from $0,5G2,355 21, in 1859, .the year before the war commenced, to_, $11, 8915+&5).3, i E 1833. This increase is chiefly in I'reiglU/tlie passenger business having increased but from $1,420,912 43, to $2,275,530 7S, omitting tho earnings from transportation of troops. Th : * increase in the money receipts from freight, for obvious reasons, is greater than tho tonnage. , The limit to the receipts of the Company from eastward bound traffic, during tho con tmnenco of favorable navigation on the Ohio M 7« ,^- aso i? ly controlled by the amount of Jtolhug Stock at ita command. .At all other periods, the equipment [ has been ample to meet tho demands upon it. The revenues of the Com pany, during January of this year, show a largo falling off, compared with those of 1863. owing to the ice blockade of the Ohio river and to the interruption to the traffic of the Pittsburgh, Fort Way no and Chicago RaUway Company. Bntwe have aot much expectation that the business of the road for tho year, will be materially less than last year. The increase in the receipts of the Company from freight, being largely dim to more remu nerative rates of freight, the decreaso in its •revenues, that may bo confidently looked for alter/ the close of the war, will not altect the toiiuago of the road in tho same ratio. The stimulus given to the internal tradooftho State by the great demand that has existed for the past two years for her products, added to tha additional traffic that may be expected from tho new territory opened by the branch lines and extensions already made, and tliOße that will bo brought intense by the close of tha year, will go far towards '-maintaining the tonnage of the main stem, which time must gradually c in’inua to augment. Tim surplus profits of the Company, and the disposition made of them, have already boon referred to.. They are now represented by good sccuiitics, ini the possession of the Treasurer. The BoArd, from ■prudential rea sons, has heretofore declined to re lommond a division of them, bntlit does not now see any sufficient reason for their longer retention. Au extra dividend lias therefore been declared of fifteen dollar s (15) on each share or the present capital, as registered upon the books of tha Company, February 15, 1864, which dividend shall be payable in tho Stock of the Company, at its par value of fifty dollars ($5O) pm share. The additional stock thus created, to be dated May 2, 1,864, and bo entitled to dividends payable in November next, and thereafter of the same amount seral-annoally, as the. present btock of tho Company. The certitlcites of stock for.tha extra dividend, to br delivered to stockholders on and aftor Muy 2, 13jj, / The Directors feel much gratification' in ro newjng their expression of uuabato l ooniidonce in the intelligent, efficient and faithful services: ol the heads of the several departments insti tuted lor the management of the business of “*° er V‘m>P a ny, their officers and employes Jfor moio detailed information relative to tho - 500,000 .?S ti t °,f®°f :«t the Pennsylvania Railroad and to the report of Joseph D. Potts General Manager of the Philadelphia and Erie’Railroad and to that of T. T.Wierman, Chief Engineer of the Canals of tho Company. ° By order of the Board, ;. Thohus A J Scowy a ousoif > President. Hiiß-MAN J.LoMn.tEET, j T ice PreritUfoils. DRY Gy oils. i Alt IS PRINTED CHINTZES. " r PARIS PRINT EL PERCALES, Of Rich Designs and Cjlorings, CURWEN STODDART k BROTHER, S It os. 450, 452 and 454 North Second street, ' above Willow. Balmoral skirts, 1 ~ . In New De.ignsfor Spring. 82 75 ahf|3 t/0® arl£ gOlOrS ' at 82 *>• S 2 25 > •* «* OURWEN STODDART & BROTtCEE, • Nos. 450, 452 and. 454 North Second street, . ‘ \ , above Willow. H E p A eVts 4 - 4 SHim ‘ w linens, fifty CORWEN STODDART & BROTHER, Nos. 450, 452 and 454 North Second street, _1 ; ’ above Willow. ANOY DRESS SILKS, 5G OENTo. Fancy Dress Silks,G2J4 Cents. - ■ ■ Fancy Dress Silks, 75 Cents. „ Fancy Dress Silks, 87« Cents. toYfose oat rapidly ® ab ° Te wUoII “e arranged CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER. _ ..ft,? 3, 450,"452 and 451 North Second street, 1617-131 ■ above Willow. T5 Ü Btre?l CO ” No- 26 s - SECOND dTpaSt.™ now opening new goods in every New French Chintzes and Brilliants. Percale Bobes, new designs. Organdies and Jaconets. “ d Bt y' c3 °f Grenadines. Fine Clack Alpaca Mohairs." £™ B . U , woo lJ ,e Laines > beantilnl shades. of Dress Goods of yarions kinds. Colored Alpacas and Poplins, New goods opening daily. 1 OH 81 FANCY SILKS. AGy Bine. Lilac and Brown Plaids. T 1 'o h J, te ' Brown and While do. ' U Sllkp ’ Si per yard. S 5 Best Brown Silks. SS Best Black Silks. Moire Antiques Best Goods. Foulards, newest sty les. Friendly Foulards. EYRE * LANDELL, Fonrth and Arch streets. SPECIAL NOTICE TO THE LADIES. The CHEAPEST SILKS in the Matket. '■SffiS»«ffiSig2GKS: ~Kss:ssj3S2fflasß,“a!f!i£-a lUJyards bine and white India Silks, at Si pr.yd. They make the most serriceable dress a lady can ,tcar They are selling reryftst. Call and ex amine them before the assortment is bioken. At JOHN H. STOKES 1 S, ?Ui Arch street. M 4BaU »> al . Good Blankets in large sizes. Eheeting Muslins, or every widto* * -*»des of Tickings TABLE DAMASKS.—Power-loom Table Lines, damask pattern. *-«**», Povrer-loom Table Linen, dice pattern. Bleached Table Uamasbs and Clothe. £;s Bleached Damask, S f Ou, a bargain. Fid* Towels, Napkins, Nurstrr liiapers. Ballardvale Flannels, frige to SI p*rraid. Jf*^*YorkMills WlUiamsviUes,Wamsuitas. BT ShlrUn j and fronting Linens. ULALK SILKS—Jnst openrd a lar.e lot. marina low. - 4 Spring Delaines and Prints. 13ode /.Iparas, choice shades. Printed Brillianti and 1-4 Fancy Shirtiurs. , . COOPER i OONABD, »** S. E. corner Nlr.il and UarJm. T, k. 12? S 2t N ’ sor,s -, AND ftM; PINE , Street—Would respectfollr call tb* attoation & »* ««».«nU-to tit* Lar** and Obolce Stock of TV orktti Lao Curtains, purchased last Tear at AacU&nin N»w York. Also, Embroidered amilin Carta'aaaod Embroidered Mnilin for Oar taia* by yard or piece, wbicb w U b* disposed of at prist* taocb less tbaa pre teat ralas to par. ehssers. sii: r Blch Vestibule tec a Curtains, St 88 par pair, Bich \ ei’ibule Lac* Curtains, S 3 80 tier pair. Kicb Designs Muslin and tew combined, *lO 80 per pair. Superfine Bleb Dvslfm, Extra Sine tew Curtains SIS M prr p-.ir. Extra Superfine Ye-y Rich Design, ExtraSiae Late Oarthiua. onlT 925 M per pair. ■ NGTTINGHAIILAaECURTAINS. I tet Quite Pretty, Only 91 ee per pair. I tet Better, On.y Si w per pair. I Lot H&sdfosfte* Only St! ©y per pair. 1 Dot Either, Only 23 88 per pair. 1 tet Very Rich. Oalr sie 88 perpalr TO CLOSE OCT THE INVOICE ALSO. 5 lot* of «bolc dvslgns Embroidered MuslinCar ufius, S 7, SS, *9. *!3 and Sl4. TRULY BARGAINS. _LAST, BUT NOT LEAST. 4 lots Embroidered Hiulln for Curtalm, 75 coots per yard, vorlU Ik, pnc, five years ago. CLOTH STORK.—JAMES A LEE INV-ITR tlu« attest!on of tbelr friends and otbers to iAcD ■arse and troll assorted Hock of goods sdastod tr Ken and Boys* veir, cempritlu in cert Black Franck OloUu. Bine do do Colored do do OVERCOAT CLOTH*. Blsok Franck Bearers. Colored do do Black Esquimaux do Colored de do Blue and Black Pilots. PANTALOON STUPES Black Frenck Cassinere* do do Doeskins. Faney Caaslmeres. mixed and Striped do - Plaids and Silk Mixed. Satinets all qualities. Cerda, Beavertecns, Ac. J „ VESTINGS. Fancy s«ik Vestings, Black Satin Vestings. Fancy Silk Veirot do Plain and Fancy CasAmereo Wool, Velvet and Valencia. : Also, a large axeortsirnt cf Trimmings. adansa? f- rAec and Boys’ ♦car, at wholesale aod retail. J ABIES A LBE. No. H Nortli Second street, **3* Sign ef the Golden Latah. GEEsT ttEDUC r loss- VB4Y LOW As tve are determined to close onl our entire s:ok of WINTER DRESS GOODS, REGARDLESS OF COS l\ Closing out French Merlnocs, 75 cents. Closing out French Poplins. Closing oat -hiiwls Closing ont Cloaks. ALL THE LEADING MAKES OF MUSLINS, Bleached and Unbleached, F, V, v, v, 6-4, 8-4. 9-4 and 10-4 wide, at the VERY LOWEST PRICES. H. STEEL A SON, Noe. 713 and 715 North Tenth street. PRESENTS.— LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS. . B. MILLIKEN A CO., S3B ARCH, and 39 South SECOND street, have now opeira very fine assort ment of Ladies’, Gents’ and Children’s Handker chiefs, which they arc selling at a small advance on old prices. LADIES’ HANDKERCHIEFS. Tape Borders,at to, is, 11, 13, jgand 95 cents. Hemstitched, from 33 cents np to the finest, Kevieru Borders; Tacked Borders. Wide Hemstitched borders. • Colored Embroidered Bordsra. nerringbone-stiiab, in colors, Ac. Someef tie above are pnt np in fancy boxes, suitable for presents. ■ GENTS’HANDKERCHIEFS. Tape Borders, from 30 cents np to the finest. Printed Borders, no.v styles, from 31 cents. HemsUiebed,' new slyles, in wide homa. Hemstitched and printed. Heriingbono-stitch, ia colors, £O. Also, a bea'utifnl assortment of Children’s plain andiprinted Handkerchiefs. * 1 LINEN GOODS GENERALLY.—We hays always on hand the Vaeat extensiTO Stock of all kinds ol IJaen Goods to be found lathe city. We import and deni In Linen Goods, exclusively, and can always/offer to either Wholesale or Retail buyers the advantage of pnrehasingat a very small advance on manufacturer's prices. .7- : ' -„ : S. MIiiLIKEN A CO., de39j. tl-98 Arch street, and 33 S. Second street. LIiONTTSTPw \ GRAlt'-E?,, M- SLOOUJI, DENTIST,'. No. 1541 VINE Street; Extracting by Electricity. No pain. ‘ 1 . , fois-at* ■ t£giZrs DR FINE, PRACTICAL DENTIST grtVrrrfor thk last twenty years, 3!p VINE Street, below Third, inserts the most beautiful TEETHtJI the age, mounted on line Gold, Piauna, Silver, Vvleauite, Corallie, Amber, tier, ai prices for neat and subsraaktai work, move rcaaoaable than day Dentist in this dry or State. Teeth plugged to last for life - Artificial C-»tt> repaired to suit. No pain In extracting. All work warranted to fit. Reference, best fomille*. dai9-3ml SPECIAL NOTICES. OS = *DRi 1 PT EE a?^ WAE ? _AVOID THE SPRIN& RTt&°rS ner of EIGHTEENTH and INO™® EVEN twelTeaaysremain fXxe’rtion towards flULngup onj quota, as all tonntTS ana credits of - T rna>y. ,CrmUate G A. Hot™*, S:, a “ ANN ' VKS t*% t§ 'Ware?'' ' ■ I ' L,I ' Eb > duly credited to the Fifth Three ljundifed men will be taken nt nr, „„ MCWDAYanITHUBSDAY I ETENIKas VtTiC saasiEsSl iLmS®?: ’“SEe onTHT7l?'iiiA'v*-c'v?T?£ Institute 'will be beld 6 o’clock^^l^ VENI ? G ' 1110 JBth inetanb at ~° C 1”5 K ' Members or others haying newinwu. ™‘*r wn m \ J mL a juMXL$/&? Fl^ty „ hQ ' NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. / Election for Directors V.'il 1 ho held the Seventh fay of March, llstfat the Company, No. 253 South THIRD Stteet. The pcHs will be open from ten oltlock A. M., nntU six o’clock p. M. 5 No share or shares transferred within Sixtvdavs preceding- fhe election will entitle the holder or' holders thereof to vote. /. EDMUND SMITH, Secretary. fel7-tmh7 [Yljps. MERCANTILE LIBRARY —The ad- jonrr.ed annual meeting oi the Stockholders to consider the proposed alteration of the Charter, rV'FK I Trc?' CS r < Vf S o7 iil , be held "WEDNESDAY IT\(x, Feb. 24, at7X o’clock. tel .- JOHK liAEDKEE, Jr., ; / Bee, Secretary, (Y 5 IA RAILROAD COM- IkS PANY. TREASURER'S depart R T, r^? ILADK! ' I ’ IUA ’ I ’ KbTnary 15 > 15(11.—The Board of Directors gave this day declared an PY TRA DIVIDEND OF FIETEEN nOLLARi upon each Stare of the present Capital Stock. as re Tho e «?ri 0 -p t l^ l ¥J° i i S j of tbe company this day. sald Extra Dtridend to be pSytite in Stock of the Company, at its par value of Fifty Dollars Ptr chare, the shares to be dated May 2, ISGI, and to ,'?‘ Tid0 ncls payable in November on^,,Si d thereaf£ * r ‘ “ ths present stock of the CUIUpSDT, Stock Certificates for the extra dividend will be delivered on and after 2, 1564 fel6-tmhl THOS. T. FIRTH, Treasurer. FORT WAYNE AND Ll 3. CHICAGO RAILWAY COMPANY, Office PlthfieM 6 ' PITTSBraGU ' Pa -. February The annual meeting of tho Stock and Bondhold ers of this Company, for the Election of Directors, ch .°A lie^‘ i,lws “ “ay come before it, will **? Cffice of said Company, in the city the THIRD WEDNESDAY of MARCH, A. D. IS6I, at to A. M. ..ThsStOvk and Transfer Kooks of the Company, atftieir Office in the city of Pittsburgh, and at th“ir Transfer Agency in the eity of New York, will be closed on the Ist day of March, at 3 o’clock, P.M., mid remain closed until the 17th day of March •thereafter W. H. BaRNES, felstmal7 SeeretSy. DELAWARE MINING CO. OF HlUH r^.ir GA ? f T^ ot U e U hfrcb Ti given, that an Insudlment of One Dollar per Share of the Capital Stock in tho Delaware Mining Company of Mich igan, has this day been called by the Board of Di rtctors of said Company, due and payable at the office of the Company, No. 328 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia, on or before the Ist day of March 1664. Interest will be charged on all Installm-nts niter tke same shall haye become dne- By order ef the Board of Directors. _ , S. M. DAY, Secretary. DatedPnir.Anni.rtnA,Feb. 15.1564. Gia.ttnhij ve==» PHILADELPHIA AND BEADING K 3 Railroad Company, Office 227 South Fourth Etreeb PmioiLrai, SepteracarS, 1563. DIVIDEND NOTICE—The following named persons are entitled to a DlTidend on the common Block or thir Company. The residence of several of them is unknown, and it in therefore necessary that the Certificates of Stock should be presented . ox. calling f«T the Dividend. S. BRADFORD, Treasurer, eroennoj-nsna’ saxtxs. Mrs. Mary Bishop,. Samuel T. Harrison, Timothy 0. Boyle, James W. Haliowell, Clement Biddle, Fanny Mary Hitchersox AnnCopelnnd, John Mclntyre, A. Eras lie and J. New- John S. Moore, bold, Trustees, Jamee McKnight, Debbie A. Hughes, Beniamin F. Newport, James Haliowell, Benjamin Pott, Catharine C. Kepple, W. R. Rodman, Daniel Klapp, Sarah Ann Richard*, Mary Kuhn, HenryTß. Sherer, Charles Kuhn, Eartman Maria L Sadler, Kahn and J. H. Kuhn, Andrew Turner, Ex’rsof S. Knhn. Mrs. Rebecca Ulrich, 8. Lancaster, AshmerH. Wright, Percy it. Lewis, William Young. B- V. R- Leisse, Execu- W. H. McVicker. trlx,and Jas. G. Sbaff, Austin Smith, Executor of J. S. Willis A Co. Leisse. dee’d. 1 s*S-tb.i!,t,tf rp» IkS BAILBOAD COMPANY, OFFICE NO. STREET. Paiußrnm a , DIVIDEND NOTICE.—Tht tran«Ser Books ol UUs Company will b* closed ©a THURSDAY, 17th instant, and re-optned ©a TUXSDAT, January 13, 1964. A Dividend ©I SEVEN PBB CENT., eltar of State tax, has beta declared om iht dosmos St'jck. payable lu Common Stock on and after 3ici Decern bar next te lb© bolder* thereof as tboy shall BtznC registered on the books at the close of basihees on the nth inst. A Dividend of THESE AND A HALF PER CENT., olear ©f all State tax, has been declared on the Preferred Stock, payable la cash or Common Stock, at th© option of the holder, on and aft.*! the 31st of peoember next, to the Stockholders, as they shall stand registered on the books at the close oi bnsiues? on the 17th inst. Holders of certificates which have been dts charged from this office, or either of the Transfer Agencies; ere particularly requested to have them duly registered on the Transfer Books to widcis they have been transferred, prior to the 17th inst. Stockholders whose names are registered on tile New York Books will be paid at the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company, and those whose names are registered on the Boston Books will be paid at the office of Messrs I. £. Thayer Jc.Brother. de3 S. BRADFORD. Treasurer. rr&=» OFFICE CITY BOUNTY FUND COM- U 3 MISSION, No. 412 PRUNE Street, Phila delphia, December 19, i£C-3. 1 The Commission for the payment of the City Bounty are now prepared to receive and adjust the claims of all new recruits in old regiments. Until further notice, the Commission will sit daily lrom 3 to 5 P. hi. Bounties will be paid to those only whose names are borne on lolls furnished to the Commission by the Assistant Provost Marvhal-General, or the United States Mustering Officer for Philadelphia. Claimants for the bounty must be vouched for by a responsible United States Officer. Officers will bring their men to the office in squads for the purpose. % . - In & few days notice will be given when and how recruits in new organizations and veterans re-en listing in the field can receive their bounty, .By oi der ol the Commission. * jfrl.tf SAMUEL C. DAWSON, Secretary. |Y«=* OFFICE CITY BOTJN TY FUND 0051- lk§ MIISSION, No. 412FBUNE street, De- 1863, Warrant* for the City Bounty (two hundred and . fifty dollars) will be issued to all new recruits for old regiments, credited to the quota of Philadel phia os the coming draft. Muster rolls, certified by proper mustering offi cers, must be sent to the office of .the Commission os* day previous to the issuing of the warrants. ’ Officers must accompany and Touch for their men when the warrants are delivered. Philadelphia soldiers re-enlisting in the field will receive their warrants as soon as certified copies of the papeter-in-rolls are famished to the Commis sion by the Adjutani-Genoral of the State., Men enlisted in'Ool. McLean’s Regiment (18$d Pennsylvania Volunteers)* will receive the bounty in companies when duly mustered into the 17. S. service, and credited to the quota of the citr. The Cottmiesisn sits daily trtm-H toSP. M., ________ during which hqurs only warrants are delivered. T>OKDKNTOWI'i FEMAUs COLLEGE. These warrants are cashed on presentation at the n BORDENTCfWN, N.J.- office of the City Girard Bank. I This Institution is pleasantly located on tho By order of the Commission. _' . ! Delaware Rivor, Ijf hohr's.ride from Philadel jal-tf 4. SAMUI.L <-?♦ DAWSON. Sec y. j pbia. Special attention Is paid to the common and . - Tho ineoicrde higher ENGLISH,’ a l **! superior ad [Fj^ Cement of the Messrs HiHun Brothers is ear. ; vantages furnished in Vocal and Instrumental Btf»ly*be best article of the bind ever invented, j h KhifiCH taught by rative, and spoken Itehouid b*ke»tin every mauumetoiy, workshop f in tha family. For Catalogues, address audhoase, everywhere; By it? n?e ; many dollars i • JOHN H..BRAKELEY, A. M,, eau be saved ia the run of a year. Ibis; Cement | - Fresideu. cannot deeompeseof become eorrupU a,c ite uoutbi- 1 cation is onscientifle aad under no eir* cumPtHpe**? or ehange of will it emit any offensive The T*rtou* u««» to which it can be successfully applied, renders it in rale able to all classes. For particulars see advertisement. MILITARY NOTICES* J| DANATKOOF AU-dIN IN" THE FLED 'J. ffl —TWENTY ABLE-BODIED MEM wanted ill i° fll \ t “ e Troop. This Troop Will be hand somely equipped and attached to the Twenty. r£i£^ n A! ylTania Cavalry, Col. WM. H. BOYD v?* 1 ? 10 * 1141 * 118 ' The highest Bounties given and paid as soon as .mustered, Offices Southwest corner .Sixth and ° rleaDS 531 Chestnut @?rted* mPa. Cayalrv HAfflMErT 8 ? 1 ?^' 1 Officer ; Captain, R. W BAmjaELL ; Lieutenant, A. T. OLi.BE- 2d Lienlenant, A. J. BAIR. iel7-3» jlViiT«irtl^7^£ S will please take notice that rlS*i ls £ repaTed t 0 Pay at the OtJS b OUSE the Ward Bounty of TWENTY, trt t(> all may bo assigned to tbe Fourteenth Ward. WM. B. THOJIA.B, 3ts to Treasurer, Fourteenth Ward. Jlm?xira l T^S?'J :KS FuK DRAFTED MEN, | WALNUT street—Philadelphia, Feb.,R “ EECRUITS FOE HANCOCK’S CORPS. The Contra * S 3 PREMIUM. Estes M Armj-'oarpsf STREET HOSPITAL, and will f ‘-ontmue up to the *2oth. inst ,or until 2,500 men are Received. Recruits will be credited to th? particular Ward selected by-themselves. - T**o F L f L im< ‘ nt£ fjr Which Recruits af 4 required Yo’?nS.’: Ut ’ 7M ’ It)GUl >' Bl3t and uoth "enuA /The attention of all recruits and reerni,;„» 'agents is called to the matter. a ° recrQltm ff , JOHN G-XBBON, Bng. Gen Vol. w At a the contributors to thl nl, Bounty Fund, held February Ist, ]g64 ® 9al r B ,? ,cl J’‘ d ' That the balariceof ihefund be^ni,.n ass laassK;™"» fe!3-Gts . R. W. BATHBTTM. Sec. •j;.. asww S °ao.' ' ent sar Libel -- Stipnlauo’ni ii /ore"VruTf ‘‘£ m, .V° 0l ar K V “ k whichV^n The said Barge will be sold for the payment nr debts contracted fr,r, work and labor do“e ami J? ate li als (? nna and furnished in partly reDl’aok re® au^Ciß g and refastening the gaid Baree laboring to make her seaworthy l a °J// commander, or soma ln behalf shall appear and pay SI same, or otherwise obtain thp discharge or noUre, Wl Jlia three “oaths from the. date of this , haying liers for any debts contracted -ttreemonThs o? S?"d-SS2S JOHN THOMPSON. Sheriff Philadelphia, Feh. 11, issi. feii.tSjtj IN THE OBPHANS' COUiiT FOK THE OITV AND COUNTY OF PHItADEIJ'HM ' ? sorifa Sfnor 0f ““ Estatecf HOSES T. JOHN- *VV°inted by the Court' to audit, mSry ,^ond^ I,d flaal acco ““>of TfwS:r^9 HNS - ON ’ Gcardlia of HO'ES T. aiaia ° r * and 10 make distribution ef the balance m the hands of the accountant, wi'l meet tlw parties interested for, the purposes of his apporntment, on SIOI< I)AT, February 23d, 1554, at rix?*•» at oC3ce ’ No. 113 South FIITH street, v m the city of Philadelphia. ■ W - KDE ia. I U pS ot ' Ou'tMOiY JPI.EAS—IN °* December Term,/ 1563: No. 21 UJLCORD ti. OOltCOfiD— Sir: Yoa will please Eotice a Ilule on the part of the libellant to show canee rrhy a Dtrorce in the abore case should not returnable toSATUBDAY, February 2uth, 661,,at 10 A. Id., personal serrica haring failed en account of your absence e JtonrsreepectfnUy, WJI. M. GALLAHEB, liep-m,to,4t*j Attorney:for Libellant. ToAIiSTIN W. OOLGORfI, Respondent. " LETTERS TIsTAMBNT a RY Tf upon the Estate ot ELIZA 1JA&IILT0IL de cked, hare been granted to. the undersigned, all P eJ s® n * indebted to said estate are requested to xnake payment, and those haying claims against the tame, to present them to ■ ~ * : , ' ' ■ GEOR&E HAM*. Executor, ’ lel,m,th-6t* r■ • 257. Madison street. upon; the'Estate ,of JOHNB. CURTIS, Sr., deceased, haring toten. duly granted to the undesigned by tha. Re gister of Wills lor'hs City and County of Phila delphia, all persons indebted to said Estate will please make payment, and those haTing rdaima or demands against the same, to present them TE^’f^VP*P JOHN H. CURTIS, Executor, 4do WALNUT Street, or his Attorney, AARoN' THOMPSON, 731 Whinut street. 7 ' ?*V2-I2t* Summons in partition —Ta. s&eruna directed to publish the folio wing order JOHN THOMPSON, Sheriff. City and Ckki'ji cjniltdilpkin, SS. Tbs Commonwealth of P.nnsjTrania to the SberifTof Philadelphia County, : If William Darlington, Administrator tie bonis non cam testament© annexe of the fast trail and testament of. Elizabeth Baldwin, deceased, make you secure of prosecuting his claim, then we com mand you Utat you summon by good and lawful summeners, Sarah S. Barnes, Charles ,21. Tyson and Lydia Ana his wife, in right of the said Lydia Ann, Jonathan D. Barnes, Samnel B Cope, Oli yer Cope, late of Tour county, so that they be and appear before our Judges at Philadelphia, at our Court of Common Picas for the Citj and County of Philadelphia, ther© to be held- the first MON DAY of March next, to show Therefore whereas they, the said Demandant and the said Defendant together and undivided do hold all that lot orpiece of ground with the buildings thereon erected,situ ate on the north side of Chestnut street, in the city of Philadelphia; containing iu breadth on the said Chestnut street fourteen feet, and in length or Jepih fifty 2'r*»t; bounded northward by ground tormerly of John Bar, and afterwards of-the heirs of John Sped, deceased, eastward by Strawberry alley, southward by the said Chestnut street, and westward rri.hthe shop and. ground sometime in he tenure ©l Isaac ’Warren and afterwards be* onging to Samuel Barnes, or howsoever else the Mae is or of right ought to be butted and bounded, with the appurtenances. Being the thm* premises which Samuel E. Howell and.wife, by indenture daitd the twenty-first day of Kay, A, D. Wl6, re corded at Philadelphia* in Deed Booh M. E , No. *[i pAgeodi, Ac.;, granted and conveyea to Samuel Barnes and Elizabeth Lawrence, widow of Thomas Lawrence in fee as tenants in common and ’ not as joint heirs, the same Defendant partition thereof between t v em to bs made (according to the laws and cus toms of this Commonwealth in snch case made and : provided), do gainsay and the same to be done do ■not permit, very unjustly and against the same /laws and customs (ns it is said,) &c. And hare yon then there the names of those Summoneis and this writ. Witness the Honorable OSWALDTHOMPSON, President of our said Court at Philadelphia, the twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. 51. S. I of the-Conrt O. P. and duly stamp l > ed according to Act of Congress, ie3a-Gws T. O- WEBB. Pro Prothenotary. EilUOAilOiN. INFANTS’ RETREAT—Mr- SAMUEL ED WARDS, PRINCIPAL—Thie Institution, at MEDIA, Del. Co., 13 miles from Philadelphia Co., by B- ’R. will open oh 13th of APRIL nexS providing, the tenderest care and culture for chil dren from : 3 to 7-years of ago For 1 trfcher oar uculars apply to the Principal, Care of Rev. Sam uel Edwards, Media, Pa. References: Bishop Potter, Bishop Stevens,"and the Episcopal clergy of the city; also to Abraham Martin, -Eso. ” .fet7-3a)s INSTRUCTION IN ITALIAN— Signor JO SEPH HAZZA is prepared to giro lessor la the Italian Language, atSohools, at private houses, or alhis Rooms, No. CHESTNUT street,over Mrr O. Andre’sMnsic Store. felg,m,th,Stfr> BOWDuIN COLLEGE. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT; The. 44th Annual* Course of Lectures in the MEDICAL SCHOOL OF MAINE, at Bowdoin College, will'commence February **»6th, and con tinue sixteen weeks. Circulars containing full in formation can be bad on application to the Secre tarv.-at ?FifKcmsteicn, Hass. . *P. A. CHADBOURNE, M. D., Secretary. Bnryywicrc, i&K. fei-ist Yellow metal sheathincl—orooe er Brothers’& Co.’s Taunton Yellow Metal Sheathing, Bolts, Naih and Spike? of. allaises, la s’-ore and for sale by "WILLIAM S GRANT, U South Delaware avenue