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<?d for lths construction of
bl Tv! h ° re Toisite labor could not be
obtained. The completion of the line mav
however, he confidently expected in July next’
The revenue derived by this under
p r< ? n, tl .\ ose P olt i°us Of the Philadel
phia and Ene Railroad delivered to it, hive full v
sustained the estimates of the Board on Jh
mittiDg!be contractavith that Company
your cobfirmation. Thcv are, for tlia
1863, ae follows: v 5 tUj Jeir
From Passengers. - . . $275,004 20
. 3 S«
“ Express Packages and ■- J
Freights. «-
<£ Mails. -
“ Miscellaneous Sources.
16 93
Power, ! '
for Maintenance of ,8 ” JBl
" Way ; . r , 7 ... „„
Fpr of ’ •
. '-Cars.-' • ■ ’• i.
For Thirty , per cent, ’‘ ’’ ' ,B
due On Lease to meet
intercut on Bonds,
&«• . - ; 218,300 00 551,893 9r>
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 <he shareholders are re
lened to the reports of Enoch Lewis General
Uve -La s “perintendent of Mo
„ ? fyj •*»;>:«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