PEACOCK Jpiti
VOLUME XVII., NO. 294.
IYEMING'BULLETIN
PIAOOGI, CHAMBERS i CQ*
IPEOPRIETORSj
lIS ssnsi fHEED BTESS*?,-
PHILADELPHIA r
*Bsass or sttbsoeiptioa. i
TUs BuXiXiSTXSr lfi served to Subseribtm In the
Blty at 15 csats por week, payable to Uin carriers,
or b sB par annum*
8A.7X3 OW ADVEHTIbiftO.
Hall Square, 1 time. 9 35 1 Square, n weoKs, .s»ij 35
£ Sinara, l t1m»..... 50 1 Square, l monti.. 5 or-
B Equal*, £ times.... 75 1 Square, a mouiiis. Bee
X Square,!® timee....l eo 1 Square, 3 moms-.. 11 ee
£ Square, 1 Wi0k..,.l 75 1 Square. 6 month j.ii ss
Six linos constitute, one square: :tn-»r Nuc»
Eats naif a square
TVTEW'WINDOW SHADES
Xl The largest stock,
The finest Goods,
The lowest prices,
At W. HENEY PATTEN'S,
mil 18 1408 Chestnut street.
DIED.
ACKERMAN—-On the morning of the 19th just.,
wife of Clinton
43a. Ackerman, and youngest daughter of Jacoo
And. Anna C. Shick, in the 22d year of her age.
The relatives and friends of the family are res
pectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the
residence of her parents, Fifth etreet, abovecGooper,
Camden, N. J., on. Thursday morning at 10
O’clock. *
ALLDERDIGE—At his residence in Warning-
Del., on the morning of the 31st instant, Abra-
Sham Allderdice, zn the 70th year of his age
Funeral from his late residence on Fourth day af
ternoon at 3 o’ clock.. *
BLIGHT— On Tuesday evening, 21st instatt,
Charles Blight, in the 70th year of his age.
Fnneral service to take place irom his late resi
dence, 2013 Fine street, on Thursday, 21th lust ,
-€tt 3% o’clock F. M. . *
BLiYE—Suddenly, on the 21st inst., John H.
Siye, Jr., aged 46 years.
The relatives and male friends of the family are
lespectfnlly invited to attend his funeral from his
late residence,- No. 1330 Arch street, on Friday
snoining at 10 o’ clock. To proceed to Laurel liiii
Cemetery. ##
FRISHMUTH—On the 22d inst., Helen Augus
ta, infant daughter of Wm. D. and Sarah E. Frish
jnuth. *
HAY—On Monday morning, 2ist Inst, Henry
Jj. Hay, son of "Win. Hay, aged 33 years.
The male relatives and friends of the family are
Sespectfully invited to attend his fnneral from his
lather’s residence, No. 306 South Eleventh street,
on Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock, without fur
ther notice.
LO VE—ln Allegheny City, March 21th, Wm.
iLove (Janitor of the Pittsburgh Gymnasium), in
the 73d year of his age.
HcKEEVER—On the 22d inst., Anna, daughter
©f the late Key. Joseph B. McKeever.
The relatives and friends are respectfully in
cited to attend her funeral irom the residence of her
aunt, Harriet B. Mckeever, No. 914 Spruce street,
on Friday afternoon, 25th inst., at 2 o’ clock. To
proceed to Laurel Hill. ##
PAXSON—In San Francisco, Cal., March 15th.
3864, Bichard C., son of Jos. S. and D. J. Pax
son, in the 25th year of his age.
[Baltimore American please copy.]i #
SMITH—On the 21st instant., at 12# o’ clock A.
91., Jacob H. Smith, in the 70th year of his age.
His relatives and triends are respectfully in
cited, without further notice, to attend his funeral
Strom his late residence, Allen’s Lane, Mt. Airy,
Twenty-second Ward, on Thursday afternoon, tbe
24th inst., at 2 o’clock. To proceed to German
town. *
SMITH—On the 21st Inst., in Philadelphia,- of
inflammation of the lungs, John B. Smith, Scenic
Artist.
His relatives and male friends are respectfully
invited to attend his funeral from the residence of
2iis nephew, No. 528 Buttonwood street, on Thurs
day, March 24th, at lx o’ clock P. M To proceed
to Laurel Hill Cemetery. [New York, Boston and
Washington papers please copy.] #
TBOTTEB—On the 2 1st instant, Alice Lawrie,
only daughter ol Joseph H. and Edith N. Trotter,
in her 4th year.
The relatives and friends of the family are in
cited to attend her funeral from the residence of
her parents, No. 255 South Seventeenth street, on
the fourth day (the 23d inst.), at 3o’ clock. *
WEST—At Cincinnati, March 20, at the resi
dence of Thos. F. Shaw, Mib. SallieT. West, late
CfLewistown, Delaware.
WfTEW SPBING MOUBNING GOODS daily
if opened by
BESSON & SON.
Mourning Store; No. 918 CHESTNUT street.
N. B. Wholesale Booms on second floor.
Best black silk in the city.
Best Brown Silks.
Spring Fancy Silks, Paris style Ohenie.
Loudon style Shawls.
Broadway style Cloaks.
mhl2 EYBE & LANDELL.
OT*g=* PHILADELPHIA AND BEADING
BAILBOAD COMPANY, OFFICE 2*7 S.
FOURTH STBEET. Phh.adbx.phia, March 22,
16&4. <" ’
i To avoid detention, the holders of Coupons of
this Company due on the Ist proximo, are re
ouested to leave them at this office, on or before
the 31st inst., when receipts will be given, de
ducting three per cent, for U. S. Tax, and checks
■will be ready for delivery on the Ist proximo, in
exchange for said receipts.
mh23t3ls S. BRADFORD, President.
t^CULAI Im TO LOANHOLDERS
U-3 OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND
NAVIGATION COMPANY,
Jflarch 19, 1864. ’
To all holders of Certificates of LOAN or
TUNDED DEBT of “THE LEHIGH COAL
AND NAVIGATION COMPANY,” secured by
abeir Mortgage of March 7,1843:
The LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION
COMPANY haying determined, under authority
conferred by Legislative enactments, to issue a
new Mortgage Loan, haying twenty years to run,
from the first of April, 1864, and bearing interest
at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, payable quar
terly:
Notice is hebeby given, that holders of the
jpiesent existing Loan of the Company willbeper-
Imitted to exchange their Certificates for Certificates
cl the new Loan, at par: Provided, notice of their
intention to do so is given on or before TUES
DAY, the 19th of April, 1864, at the Office of the
Company, where a subscription book is open, and
Where all information desired will be given.
By order of the Board of Managers.
EDWIN WALTER,
Treasurer.
mhl9-6trpj
INTERNAL REVENUE. -Second
LAS Collection District of Pennsylvania, com
prising First, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth
Wards of the city ot\Phlladelphla.
1 The ennnal assessment for" 1863 for the above
named district, of persons liable to a tax in Cas
ylages. Pleasnre Yachte, Billiard Tables, and Gold
and Silver Plate, and also of persons required to
take out licenses, haying been completed.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
That the taxes aforesaid will be received daily
by the undersigned, between the hours of 9 A if.
and 3 P. M. (Sundays excepted) at his office, s’. w’
corner of Third and Walnut streets, on and after
SdONDAY, the 7th inst., and until and including
Saturday, the 2d day of April next ensuing. *
PENALTIES.
All persons who fail to pay their Annual taxes
P lea sure Yachts, Billiard tables,
? Sil T er Plate, on or before the aforesaid
1861, will incur a penalty often per
™S?2 nalof the amount thereof, and be
«fo’ptrf«»uw^ r ? T T ieil f°r in the 19th section of
iao excise law of Ist July 1862.
1111116 taanner shall fail to take
Put tneir licenses as required bv law nn nr nnn-n
the 2d day of April 18«7iriilincu7 apena»yo“
ten per centum additional of the raorat thereof,
and be snbiectto a prosecution forthreatirnfTthe
amount of said taxf in s*cordim,LlriUi t£f„™
Villons of the S9th Section of the law aforesaid 1 * 0 "
AU payments are required to be midV inTrsa.
National Currency,
i No further notice will be given.
JOHN H. DIEHL, Collector.
ffihs-tap2§ S. W. cor. Third and Walnut streets.
“HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 AND
~1 ® » MKmARD Street, DISPENSARY
ARTTiENT. medical treatment and medi
i furnlihsd gratultonsly to tbs poor. au!3r
$ mlj) (&h tiiug fkleliiu
•'Ol
■SBB%2£2SSi; jygwargwi
Sec. #. The said company shall make, have and
use a common seal, and alter and renew the same
at pleasure, and also shall have the power to or
dain, establish and put in execution such by
laws, ordinances and regulations as shall appear
necessary or convenient for the government of
the said corporation, and not being contrary
to the Constitution of the United States, or of this
commonwealth, and generally to do all and sin
gular the matters and things which to them shall
lawfully appertain for.the well-being of said cor
thereo? n and the pro Per order and management
- ike persons herein named, or a ma
jority of tiiem, may proceed to organize said com
?w y oktutn subscriptions to the capital stock
thereof, and said company shall have power to
elect a president, vice-prefident, and five direct
ors, a majority of whom shall be citizens of Phila
delphia, and also such other officers as may be
deemed expedient, and at all elections each share
of stock represented eiiher in person or by proxy
shall entit.e the holder to ope YOte. y p y
ac - 8 -. The said company shall be subject to all
S?i?£T Blons aI J d restrictions of an act regulating
tomv < iF« m SSs l^’ appro ' red 19th toy of Feb?
so far’altb’a supplements thereto,
♦Si??-? 8 » not altered or supplied br
this act. Provided, That the provision in the
section of said act which requires the commS
sioners named in any special act any
Sf f om P“T hi give public notice
of the time and place for opening books for re
ceiving subscriptions to the capital stock of such
company is hereby declared not to extend or apniv
to this act or to the commissioners herein named
and the saidTcompany, in censtrncting their road’
shall conform to the surveys and grades, now es’
tablished or hereafter to be established by law, of
the several streets or avenues traversed by said
road, and shall at the cost and' expense of said
company lay flag stones or crossings along the line
of the paved streets upon which the rails are laid
at intervals not exceeding two hundred and fifty
feet, and shall be at the entire cost and expense of
paying, repairing and repaving that may be ne
cessary upon any street where the track of said
Company may be laid; and it shall not be lawful
5 61(1 9 om P an y *o run their cars at a greater
6 P®f d i “ iail B ! x miles an hour; and the said Com
ftru y ctan h^ b J^ thor i z6daad empowered to con
the conFvnr n? J? ld without obtaining
ladrfn>pS“ t i?i» the v. olty Councils of the City of Phi
ladelphia, but whenever the said railway shall be
gmg&n&s
tiEC. 9. The said company sbnii have the rteht
to cross at grade any railroad is nlVor may
hereafter be built {within the limits of the
Phtiadelphia, and jalso to conwct their rSlway
with that of any other passenger railway company
for the purpose of completing a route oimak&g £
circuit, and upon snch terms and conditional
may be agreed upon by such other company or
companies and the said the Union Passenger
Railway Company of Philadelphia, and in case
said railway companies cannot agree, then upon
snch terms as the District Court of Philadelphia
may prescribe and enjoin. *
Sec. 10. That the said: company shall pay an
nually into the treasury of the city of Philadelphia,
for the use of said city, whenever the dividends
declared by said company shall exceed six per
c fnt- per annum on the par valne of the capital
stock thereof, a tax of six per centum on such ex-
THE HEW CITY BAUBOAD MONSTER,
COPY OP THE BILL BEPOBE THE LEGISLATUBE.
A A A CTto incorporate the Union Passenger Railroad
Company of-Philadelphia.
i. Be. it enacted, d-c. That Robert P.
ivniß, william Elliott, Charles Welsh, William
foil? 0 ? 1 ? BidEway, William J. Pol
loelr. Jobn Miller and their associates and succes
sors b-.and they are hereby constituted a body po
; ,i C TT^ ri co J'P° rat e, by the name, style and title of
ill* Union Passenger Railway Company of Phila
delphia, and as such they shall have the right to
. * out slid construct, or cause to be laid out and
voustruettd, a railway in Philadelphia along such
routes and streets as are hereinafter provided for,
-oiiut-ly: beginning at or near the intersection of
vv barton and front streets, thence with a single
ttaelt and such turn-outs as may be necessary along
vi harton sweet to Ninth street, thence along Ninth
s.rtet to Spring Garden street, thence along
firing Garden street to Seventh street, thence
along Seventh street to Master - street,
i hence along Master street to Frankford road
thence along Franltford road to Belgrade street,
■ hence along Belgrade street to Marlborough street,
thence along Marlborough street to Thompson
street, thence along Thompson street to York
Street, thence along York street to Edgmont street,
thence along Edgmont street to Lehigh avenue,
th, nee along Lehigh avenue to Memphis street,
thence along Memphis street to York street, thence
along i ork street to Emerald street, thence along
Emerald street to Susquehanna avenue, thence
along Susquehanna avenue to Fourth street,
hence along Fourth street to Oxford street, with
the privilege of using Cadwalader street until
fourth street shall be opened to Oxford street,
thence along Oxford street to Franklin street,
thence along Franklin street to Race street, thence
along Race street to Seventh street, thence along
seventh street to Walnut street, thence along
Walnut street and around Washington square?
along the westwardly and southwardly side there
of. to Seventh street, thence along: Seventh
street to Federal street, then?e along
Federal t treet to Front street, thence along Front
street .o the place of beginning, and the said com
pany Shull have the right to use York street from
Thompson street to Memphis street for the purpose
oi making a circuit, and also the right to use Sev
enth street from Master street to Oxford street, for
the purpose of making a circuit, and also the right
of making a circuit on Locust street from Wash
ington square to Ninth street; and the said com
pany shall have power and authority to extend
their road by single track from Seventh street along
Sprm g Garden street to Twenty, third street, thence
a ong Twenty.third street to Parrish street, thence
along Parrish street to Twenty-fourth street, thence
along Twenty.fourth street to Poplar Btreet,thence
along Poplar street to Twenty, ninth street, thence
along Twenty-ninth street and Pennsylvania ave
nue to Brown street, thence along Brown street to
Twenty-third street, thence along Twenty
thiro street to Wallace screet, thence along
■ I t! ace street to Seventh street with the
right to use Brown street west of
Twenty-third street to Pennsylvania avenue,
with a double track or such sidelings as mav be
necessary, and also with the right and privilege to
use Poplar street with a single track from Seventh
street to Twenty.fourth street, and the said com
pany shall have the right, in order to complete
their i onte and to make such circuits as they mav
deem necessary, to use in lieu of Wharton and
federal streets any other two streets south of
Washington street,and the said companyshall first
lay ont and construct that part of their road ex
tending from Wharton street to Oxford street, and
afterwards, from time to time as they may deem
advantageous to the public, shall lay out and com
plete their road on the routes and streets herein
designated.
S,ec. 2. The capital stock of the said company
shall consist of twenty thousand shares of fifty
dollars each. “***
. .?• The said company shall have power and
authoi lty to borrow money iu any sum or sums not
exceeding m amount one half of the par value of
the capital stock, at a rate ofinterest not exceeding
seven per centum per annum, and to secure the
re-payment of the same and the interest thereon,
to give bonds secured by a mortgage or and on the
said railway and the corporate rights and fran
chises guarantied by this act, which principal
moneys shall be payable at such dates and times
as the board of directors may deem advisable.
Sec. 4. The said companyshall have the right to
purchase Euch/real estate, and erect or cause to be
erected such bjuildiugs and improvements thereon,
from time to time, and use and hold the same, and
iurther to-haVe the right to purchase all necessary
equipments, such as horses, cars and other vehi
cles, and all needful appendages lor the convey
ance of passengers on and OTer said railway, as
may be deemed necessary or convenient for the ac
commodation and purposes of said company; Pro
vided, That said railway shall conform in gauge to
the passenger railways now laid in the-city of
Philadelphia and no freight or burthen trains or
locomotives shall be permitted to pass over said
railway.
Sec. 5. That dividends of so much of the pro
fits of said company as shall appear to be advis
able to the directors shall be declared semi-annually
in each and every year, and be paid at the office of
the said company at any time after ten days after
declaring the same; but said dividends shall in no
case exceed the amount of the net profits of said
company, so that the capital stock thereof shall at
no time be impaired thereby; and If said directew
shall make and declare any dividend impairing
the capital stock of said company, tho directors
consenting thereto shall he liable In their indi
vidual capacities to said company for the amonnt
so divided, and each director present, when such
dividend shall be declared, shall be considered as
consenting thereto, nnless he or they shall at the
time thereof enter his or their written protest
against the same and shall, cause the said protest to
be entered upon the minutes of the beard, and give
notice of the same.
' PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1864.
»r' rC ? r ' Ui oil It ! H P ar -alne thus de-
. AKJS INSUEaIfCa COMPANIES
re«S» rea *.°®. ' tor congratulation, in the
result of the proceedings m Chancery, which were
by JVir - ( J'*orge Edwin Taunton
, nLPPJ h LL ir r tOrS 04 thß Eoyal H those pro
£f* dl “ gf had been suecesstul,-public confidence
"'J, 1 * 1 ' been very seriously shaken—Directors
Hnn *V on,d have beec placed in a posi
tion oi intolerable difliculty-tbe business of Fire
Insurance wonid have sustained a heavy blow
sf 'LfP'nP i scon rag, me it t—ar,d an immenseamount
nf v .?eh wou , ld have been done The decision
“LY‘?L£ h e) or Willi!lm Page Wood is as
i”E y c o ™ l ? ended by considerations ot pub
‘i c y, as it is obviously m accordance with
reason and substantial justice.
„The facts of the case are so f amiliar to our
readers that it cannot be necessary that we should
recapitulate them at anv length. The Royal
Insurance Company engages, by its policies,
to pay or make good all such loss or damage by
nre as may happen to the properly insured:”
but tbfe contract is endor>ed with, certain condi
tions. and one of those conditions is that the
Company “will not be responsible for loss or
damage by explosion, except for such loss or
damage as shall anse from explosion by gas.”
2? n °£ last, a rtre occurred on
board the ship Lotty Sleigh, then Iving in tne Mer
sey ; and the immediate result of that fire-was the
explosion, with terrific violence, of a la- ge q uantity
of powder, which had been taken on board for
exportation. Many hundreds of homes in Liver
pool and Birkenhead were more or less seriously
injured: and the first question which occurred to
every mind was, whether the sufferers had any
remedy, and especially whether the Insurance
Companies would make good the loss. The Di
rectors of the Royal lost no time in answering the
question. They met upon the very next day;and.
with the promptitude and liberality which have
abaractenzt d the management of the Company
!wr7 t M Te 7i commencement of its operations,
to indemnity owner of pro
had in *pred against fire in their office,
for the damage which he would otherwise have
sustained in consequence of the disaster. It was
the propriety of this resolution which Mr. Taun-
SS 1 ™? 1160 ln Question. He represented to the Court
of Chancery that the Directors had exceeded their
powers the losses which they proposed to rea
cognize, had been occasioned, not by “fire,” but
by the “Concession of the air”—and that every
payment made on account of those losses was, in
point of fact, a misapplication of the Company’s
. » by which he, as a shareholder, was pre
plain 6 **' °f wMelihe was entitled to com-
Now this species of argument-bowever plau
sible upon the face of it—-discloses, when carefully
examined, a ludicrous confusion of ideas, and Is
utterly fallacious and untenable. It assumes that
the powers of the Dilectors are strictly and inexor
ably limited by the legal liabilities of the Com
’ and , tlla l t have no right whatever to
settle a single claim which could not, in a court of
Jaw, be enforced. It has never, as far as we
know, been contended on the part of the
claimants— and it certainly has not been con
ceded on the part of the Company*—that the
damage, in this case, could have been reco
vered by any compulsory process. It was not
technically withm the terms of the policy. It
was not damage directly resulting from “fire,”
and the explosion which actually occasioned it
was not an “explosion by gas. ” If an action had
against the Company, and the Direc
tors had thought proper to resist it, they would
\ P er * p ctly valid defence.
But the same thing may be said in a great number
of other cases in which claims are habitually re
cognized and paid. . One of these cases was noticed
lce “ oban celior himself, in the course
f 1 tK S aT^^ and * s ©specially adverted to
in the affidavit of Mr. X. B. Johnstone, who
is officially connected with the Royal,
Secremy of its London Board of Du-MloS
* policies of the Royal • Insurance
5?53?? y, V says K e^ Ueman » * ‘do not in term!
exte i l to dam age caused to one house bv water
used in extinguishing fire in another house; but It
is, and has been, the invariable practice of the
2S. m ]SrK y r t< *i Pa^4 f K r da J Tuac * 50 caused, ajid it
would be In the highest degree prejudicial to the
interests of the members of the Company if the
business of the Company were conducted on the
principle ot paying no more than the Company
could, by law, be compelled to pay.” it is un
necessary to multiply illustrations. But there is
just one other instance, of very common ocenr
renw, which suggests itself to our own mind. It is
the first impulse of every prudent mao, occupying
premises in the immediate neigbborhood of a burn
ing building, to remove his portable property as
rapidly as possible out. of haim’s way: and we
know that, m the hurry of such removals, article*
of value are very frequently injured. "What would
be said to the Insurance Company which should
refuse to repair such injuries, or to indemnify the
party insured by an adequate pecuniary eqaiva
lent! Would net such refusal be scouted as pre
posterous, andpositivelydishonest? Wearequite
sure that it would; and yet the “loss or damage”
would no more be occasioned by “ fire ’ > than taat
which was produced by the blowing up of the
Lotty Sleigh. In the one case it may be said that,
if mere were no fire there would be no removal,
and, therefore, no injury as the result of that re
rnoval. In the other it is indisputablVhrae that,
if there had been no fire there would have been no ,
and ikerefore no “ concussion of the
The .business of an Insurance Company, in order
to be successful, must be conducted, like every
other business, in accordance with ordinary com
mercial principUs; and in the application of those
principles a yery large discretion must be vested
in the Directors and Managers. The man who in
sures his property against fire does it'in good faith;
and he has a right to expect that, if a loss should
occur, the Directors, as men of business, will meet
hj m 4? a business-like way. But, according to
Mr. Taunton, commercial prudence ought to be
excluded from the Board-room, a> d leeal hair,
splitting to take its place. The Directors Should be
boundbard and foot.. They should have none oi
the freedom'which private individuals are allowed
to exercise,andwhicn they do exercise with manifest
advantage in the management of their private
affairs. They should pay nothing except upon
compulsion. They should scrutinize, with jealous
apprehension, every clause of every policy upon
which a claim is presented, and, with the dread of
a suit in Chancery before their eyes, should have a
lawyer always at hand to prevent them from doing
what they feel to be reasonable and right, if it is
* n P}®dp black and white, ‘* so nominated in
the bond. It would be a grievous calamity if
such a state of things should ever be brought about
by the interposition of the Courtof Chancery, or of
any other power.. The moment yon tell am&nthat
he cannot effect an insurance, except at the risk of
being confronted with a special pleader, and of
baying to produce such proof of liability as would
S^f-i be i Cr , Utlny 01 a P ettl f°gger, yon practically
destroy the inaucement to insure at all. The con
fidence inspired by the liberality and fair dealing
of /. S. torateß composed of English merchants
and of English gentlemen, has contributed, more
.than any other cause,to the rapid growth and mar
velous development of the insurance system, with
f* the social advantages which have resulted from
saa k® that confidence, by a systematic
hiding over of suffering policyholders to the ten-
SfJvP5 ercies of Dwyers, would be, in effect, to
Sbricmp^fi 06amockery ’ and,opla ce the whole
wu v£ pl i y ’ Taunton has been defeated. His
with costs, and we cannot
Ia
iuersey. ana, noiding, as we know h« dn«q «.
SSFu? XresTi| 00 fb“ a e tnr o e 0 d “6ad
p?MMdings n weree s
tendency was to discredit and subvert
and liberal policy by which the Oompany
made powerful and prosperous, and towhich it*is
largely indebted for its present distlngntebed posi
tion. It would have been monstrous if this
version could have been accomplished bvtkeac
tion of a single shareholder, reoreqpmin
rably less than the six-thoußandth of S£ e£l
tire capital of the Company. Tfc
of the resnlts of experi-nce/ add in pt
sttion to the expressed wishes oi aS over'
whelming majority of his co.ornnrinJ^«
We congratulate the Directors on Imying
tanmphantly out of-the ordeal. Ttey wert tta
first—as they are always flret, when au nr.tArKv.l- 0
altiy has to be done-Zo adoptffiecoSse to which
exception has been taken; but their example has
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
Salk o? Beal Estate, Stocks, tec. —
Metsrs. Thomas & Sons sold at the Exchaaae
Statts^z: nOOn ’ th ° stocks and Real
Stfce"! ElUlroad ’ l6t mort
.mor^ e a e gf, I ’sn2®o- d tl,3w nn3ylTanJa BaUroad t 2(1
L en “? ylvania ss, SO9-5990,
1 S - 5-20 Bonds, 8109 62—s>,19> 50.
-SSiletKW. Hamsbur e Baiiroad Company, SN 63
ny,° Bennsyivania RaUroad Compa-
S-S American loenrance Company,
Spring harden Insurance Company,
Mutual Insurance Company,
?? If lne Hitl EaUroad, 881 37—55,150.
Northern Liberties Gas Company, 531
«I,K6 B 6of* S BanlC 0f Peiln Township, $H 50—
m §7 ira . rd ®5. nk (° ld stock), 81S—8210.
10 shares Western Bank, 879 —8791).
86 O'’* 11 *™ rtortbern Liberties Bank, 875 25
S 3 7&L60* 8 Nortbern liberties Bank, 575 37
84,«7 ts* 165 Petmj, yltranla Baiiroad, 875 21—
cetf)T7,ak m ° ri6a * e bona " Union Canal, (30 per
827,000 interest bonds do. do., 835 12—86,783 75
69 shares Delaware Coal Company, 82—8133
8200 SllareS • ajubraclte Insurance Company, 820—
in Z i nc Company, 865—8650.
5° - do ‘ S6t 12—8641.25
i-u snores do. do do. S 7 G6O
-«!lM 66 PenxlB y lTailia Mining Company, *S3I
Delaware Minins Company, 813—
50 shares Com Exchange Bank, 833—81, *OO.
•12 shares West Chester and Philadelphia Roil
road Company, 817 $204. r
S^0 ,hareS Ketningtoa and Oxford pike. 812 50—
8145 notes Bank of Pennsylvania, 824—8106 £O.
2 shares Mercantile Library, ss—Blo.
1 do do do $6 25.
1 do do do 57 50.
i do do do 8“ 25
Fonr-stcry hrick tavern and dwelling. No. 503
bonth Second street, about 17 feet front—
lonr-story brick tavern and dwelling, northeast
aDd Callowlllu street. 20 feet front—
-ii dwellings. Front street, between Race
—Bl2*l S? streets; subject to a ground rent of 814 22
Iron foundry, dwelling bonse and large let, Cra
ven street, between Front and Second streets- sub
)ect to a yearly ground rent or 86 24—84,000.
Business location. No. 21S South Front street and
143 Dock street—Bl2, coo.
[The valuable store No 125 Market street was
taken in at 826,000.]
Ground rent 8150 a year, par 82,500, Race street
east of Eleventh street—B2,97s.
« D r^’^ 150 “ year ’ par * 2 ’ s * 0 ' adjoining
■ I^F ? ?'- S , 10 f ry if rick dwelling, No. 617 North Front
etrfWhllXteet Iront— 81,100.
southwest .comer Belgrade
and llanoTri -trott.— 55..r,0-
Conntry place, Obeltenbam township, Jaom
gonery county, Pa 83,350.
Three-story brick dwelling 102 S Anita street, east
*l5 Isubject1subject to a yearly ground rent
Three.story brick dwelling 2217 Clavton street,
®object to a yearly ground rent of $36 8425.
feet irontl°3Sl0 bnCk d ' Ycllins i4c6 Pine ttre€l > >5
Neat three, story brick dwelling 1901 Plymouth
street, 22 by 40 feet—S2.Soo. 3
Ground rentS24 a year—#4l2 50.
A SpaiNo Show Storm. —The vernal equi
nox comes in a wintry shape the present season.
Between eleven and twelve o’ clock last night snow
commenced falling, and it continued to come down
briskly dunng the remainder ot the night, and the
greater part of the forenoon to-day. The snow
was hot one of the soft, half-watery specimens
that sometimes pay ns visits in the middle of
spring, and afford reporters of a poetic turn an
opportunity to write about “winter lingering in
the lap, Ac.; but the flakes were solid, crisp and
well developed crystals, got up under the influence
of a temperature twelve or fifteen degrees below
the freezing point, and they flew about before the
northeast wind and gathered into drifte upon the
lroxen ground as though the season was two
months younger than itls. The snow is scarcely
fa, 1 depth for sleighing, nor haß sufficient
fallen to interfere materially with travel, either to
\ t i!.„ < i lly ’ ~T be Aakes will probably be
K? T Af?-°fi.'Y v ® d ’ aad then for miry streets until
brighter skies and brisk March winds dry them off
ag&in. *
Charged with Robbert Before ~"Ald.
Beitler yesterday afternoon Thomas Graham and
George ±Tiel were charged with the larceny of
965'. in money Mid a bill of lading, valued at 5305,
from Owen McCartners. It seems that Mr. Me-
Gartners iret the accused in the neighborhood of
Twenty.fourth and I«ombard streets on Monday
afternoon, mid after drinking several times to
gether they took him to a house m Sansom street;
above Broad, where the party drank a bottle of
wine. Mr McCartners, after some time, missed
bis pocket book, containing the money and the hill
of lading. He went to the door and attempted to
hold it until the house was searched. One of the
accused knocked him down and then both ran off
Yesterday Officer Lemon arrested the accused and
found 8241 in their possession. They were held in
51,500 toanswer the charge.
Libil Cases.— This morning proceedings
were commenced agaanßt John H. Diehl, S. Sny
der Leiey, and Joseph B. Flanegax, for publish
ing in the Doily Niles or March 19th, •*a false and
malicious libel of and concerning Wm. VT. Hard
ing. ’ ’ Suit was also entered against Enoch ~W. C.
Green and Messrs. Diehl A Leidy, for the same
publication in the Sun day Tranicript of March 20th.
These actions anse ont of the publication of the
resolutions of the National Union Club, in which
the Philadelphia Inquirer was charged with disloy
alty. The warrants in the case were served this
morning by officer Trefts, and the hearing will
take place this afternoon at Recorder Enen’s
office. Benjamin H. Brewster, Esq., will appear
as counsel for the prosecution.
Presentation or a Flag to the 99th
Regiment, P.Y—The99thßegiment, P.V.,CeI.
A. 8. Leidy, was last evening the recipient of a
beautiful State flag, a gift from the friends of the
Regiment. The donors were represented by Daniel
Dougbertv, Esq., who made an eloquent address,
in which be allnded in glowing terms to the part
the gallant 99th has taken in the suppression or the
rebellion. 001. Leidy responded in an appropriate
manner upon behalf of the Regiment. A fine band
of music added to the interest of the proceedings.
A Mbnitioent Girl. —A neat and elegant
brown stone parsonage, erected on a lot adjacent
to the Bei-ean Baptist Church, in West Philadel
phia, has been given to the church for the free use
of the pastor, Rev. James Cooper. The building
was erected at the cost of Captain John P. Levy
wb o contributed very largely to the original church
enterprise. Jfest evening a very pleasant meeting
between Mr. Cooper and the members of bis con
gregation took place at the new parsonage.
AssAUßgna A Soldier.— About twelve
o’clock lib* night a disturbance occurred in a
tavern in Dock street, below Second, and a soldier
was beaten. Three of the participants in the row
were arrested, and after a hearing before Aider
man White, were committeed in default of 81,000
ball to answer at Court.
Died in the Street.— Between two and
three o’ clock this morning an unknown man, about
30 years of age, evidently a soldier, was fonnd in
an insensible condition upon ; the sidewalk, at
Eighth and Race streets. He died while arrange
ments were in progress to convey him to the Po
lice Station. i I
Sudden Death.—A colored mka, named
William Carless, feu frgm his hone last evening.
D tbo°affidavits
/xstifled ,+efZ nS d i^/SS ! j ®g?
nientof the Vice Chaßcelior, but bv tbe testimoifv
ofthose who may be called tbeir rivais to busing 7
and-we have no donbt bey-will have, inth.im'
mediate and rapid increase of their eontinnaito
eiowme connection, abundant and profitable
d r en “ appreciation of the pXic A
Liverpool Mail, Mar A 5. *
CITY BOLLETIX.
STATE OF THE THERM OMETh R THIS 3AY
9 A M A^ THi OFFICE.
“a. JH. ,27 ... ... .12 M. , 32® 11/ p TLT IVJO
wl»tw m , Te^ per Si nre dn ringlastai hours:*?’
■Weather cloudy—Wind Northwest.
BULLETIN BUILDING 112 SOUTH THIBB ST.
f wt '" ,y flrfl and Market streets, and’ died in a
dea,b is »«ribnted fo disease of
street t- Tt deceased resided at No. 840 Bedlord
Left for Washington.—Li3*tenant-&eneral
»,,, “• “ *
body wm «reSfhi IC : , ? TATE Convention.—This
National 1 Guards' I T,°' mor ; ow 111 lbe
Sixth. “ati, on Race street, below
Eddoation fob Business Life.— To those
T^hlrVa 0 pro6pe ™bsVe2ndl«o^
at present. Tbe large number of students in
airenoasice from jear to year, and tbe r.adineS
ttith which its graduates obtain lucrative situa
tions, attest tne aprre< tation in which it is held by
4l community. An unusnally large
namber of applications for its gtadnates to fill
V Scant posnloi s, have been made to the College,
(icricg 'tic past year, its reputation for superior
, l -trends over the whole country, and
freinf dsegaine;l bere ’ bas already pro ved a
foTiuua to maty ayonngman.
H y bc'bllcga occupies three stories of the large
ei ri b tN ba,ldl f*’ at file northeast corner of Seventh
li‘ tcd t!n \ w . bich 13 wel > l>shted, and
ii no op wim the bestot accommodations Sin™
its ei-iabltsbment in 1P44, it bas steadily incrcasad
in pubhclavor Last year, «6 students wire in
attenoance and this year they exceed
» r w ? rad oates are among onr most aornm
plisheri and successful bnslness men, and fill
numerous positions of responsibly and honor
in this city and otberplacesT J uuor i
l be conrse ot Instruction is of the most thorough
“‘1 b ° f ‘ nes3 \ llke character. There are no classes
each stndent is instru ted separately, thus receiyi
ing the full benefit of private tuitioa. In the Book
keeping Department, be is practised in opening,
writing out, and closing op, several sets of books,
inducing a variety of labor saving forms, adapted
to the various depar ments of trade, and as used
by the be»t accountants and bnsiaess men. He is
also exercised in making out, in proper form, the
accoont currents, account 6ales, invoices, bills of
exchange, checks, promissory notes, Ac., neces
sarv to bnstness. The branch stvled Commercial
Calculations includes Interest, Profit and Loss.
Averagmg Accounts, Exchanges, Ac. *
Special attention is gives to writing, which is
tangbt in all its branches, by one of the most com
petent ol penmen.
Commercial Law. Phonography and Ithe art of
Detectir g Counterfeit and Altered Bank Notes are
b rT bC \' aUgh t- A handsome Diydoma
on gradua”cln 0f ® lnstltation attached is awarded
The time usually required vanes from
twelve werks. There are no vacations. Students
are received at any time, and are.allowed to attend
at such hours as may best suit their convenience.
Cr.alopnes and further .information mav be
I Co! 16 C ° UeSe ’ 01 by
E9SB9. Davis &, and Tenth
streets, have just received a iresli invoice of new
Almonds, Sweet Havana Oranges, English Wal
nntF, fine Lemons, choice brands of Eaisins, and
other fine loreign fruits, to which we invite at
tention.
Caeameis asd Chocolate Cream Sticks,
the Ne Pins TTltra of Confections, flavored with
Oranfe, Banana, Bisque, fcc., fresh daily, at A.
w. Holt’s Caramel Depot, No. JOO9 Walnut st,
TThat is the difference between a legal docu
ment and a cat! One has pauses at the end of its
clauses, and the other has clawEes at the end of its
paws—es.
Y*ry good, indeed; so is the Honeybrook Coal
you get of Mr. A. T. Markley, Southwest corner
or Broad and Race. Those who deaj with Mark-
Jey are sure of three things, viz: A first-rate arti
? ♦v* 0 ,?* 1 and a full measure of politeness
in the bargain. Try a ton from this celebrated yard.
Soldiers lit camp or on the field, exposed to
changes of the weather, should hare a box of
‘Arctro s Ercnchial Troche*" in the pocket, in
readiness upon the first appearance of a Cold,
relieve ° r Sore Throat, which they are sure to
AMS ' “MARYLAND Fuia.”-
j net recei red, another lot or those extra Hams, the
best in the world. Also, Newboid, Jersey and
Cincinnati Hams. For sale by
WM. PAH YIN, Jr.,
1204 Chestnut street
Th* “Ne p L rs Ultra 25 in Sewing Ma-
Hl:N T;'“, There '? re several thousand persons in
this city alone who need no argument to prove to
their entire satisfaction that the best Sewing Ma
-?noV\ e * iuenceistl:ie Grover & Baker, sold at
<3U Chestnut street, but the recent achievements of
ujis celebrated instrument in the execution of fine
s °,S^ step in advance of all its
rivals that its sale is now in a fair way to outsinn
that of its rivals combined. The magnificent
specimens of this flee work, in the way of richly
embroidered opera cloaks, displayed in the win
dows of the agency, attract universal admiration,
and make every lady, who may be using any other
sty le of machine, wish that she had a Grover A
Baker instead. ”We invite the attention of our
to Stitching-Booms of this company, at
73ft Chestnut street, where all kinds of plain and
fancy eetring is executed in the best manner, to
order, at short notice.
New Photographs by Gbtikunst.—Mr. F.
Gutekunst, 704 and 700 Arch street, has published
a very fine carte de visite ot the late l>r. Bache.and
™ also just oompleted a life-size Photograph of
this.distinguished citizen for the College of Phar
macy, duplicate* of which he is prepared to far*
jush on application. His excellent card photo*
graph of Lieut.. General. Grant is haying a large
sale at his counters. The several fine life-size
portraits of prominent Generals now displayed in
Gntekunst’s window are also attracting mnch at
tention.
Hesses. C. Somees & Son, the popular
Clothiers, No. d 25 Chestnut street, under Jayne’s
Hall, have now ready a superb stock of Spring
Clothing, made up in the most desirable modes?
from goods mainly of their own importation. The
facilities of these gentlemen for getting up the best
class garments, at reasonable prices, are not sur
passed in this city, and we advise all who wish
good clothing, either ready-made or ordered to
measurement, to yisit this famous old establish
ment before purchasing.
Medicinal Confections.— At this season of
the year, when slight colds and hoarseness are
prevalent, mnch inconyenience and even worse
results might be avoided by carrying a supply of
some pleasant Medicinal Confections. The place
to get these in greater excellence and purity, and,
m fact, Confections of all kinds, is at A. L. Van
sant’s, Ninth and Chestnut street.
Get the Best Fees in the city at reduced
prices. O. Oabford & Sons, under the Oentt
nental Hotel.
How fortunate are the ladies who have se
cured a set of Furs at reduced prices from Oakford
& Sons, under the Continental Hotel.
Showy Weather in March makes Furs com
fortable. Get a set at reduced prices of O. Oakford
& Sons, under the Continental Hotel.
Worn Obt. —The iron rails on the Southern
railroads are worn down to the thickness of a
lady’s little finger, the trestle bridges shiyer and
creak yearningly under every train, the care run at
times to suit the conductor’s convenience, and the
coats of the passengers are threadbare and cob
webby In texture. The people of the loyal States,
upon the other hand, travel upon substantial T
rails, they cross rivers upon sturdy bridges, and
they wear elegant, durable and comfortable gar
ments, when they adopt the wise precaution of ob.
mining them at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall 01,
Bocfchill * Wilson, Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnut
street, above Sixth.
Deafness and Blindness J. Isaacs, M.D.,
Professor of the Eye and Ear, treats all diseases
appertaining to the above members .with the
utmost success. Testimonials from the most ret
liable sources in the city and country can be seen
at hie Office, No. 5U Pine streeT Artficlal lyeS
inserted without pain. No. charges made for an
examination. Office Rotas from 8 toll'A M .ato
6 P. M., No. 511 Pine street. .in.,zto
Best and Peeest Coal in the city; nose
better; please try It. Samuel W. Hess, Broad
street, above Race, east side.
Fine Clothing, Ready-made and made to
order, in the best manner and most' fashionable
styles. The subscriber is able to offer to the pub
lic the strongest inducements to purchase clothing
of him, and will guarantee to all his customers
entire satisfaction. WILLIAMS. JONES,
Successor to Robert Adams,
S- E. corner Seventh and Market Sts.
Victory.—lce Cream and Water Ices, at
40 cents per quart, Morse’s 238 S. Eleventh street.
Lent has come And with it Hot Cross Bans,
at JHorse’a, S3B SouV£leventh street,
F. L. FETfIgSSTOJ
«I^MI.SSS^e, ,1 5I*gSg> , »-«r'
mjrreat variety at the maHmfieufv jS r
f s Arch street, which for ijmmSroffi
f)i« c^i'-D dt, T lh rt lty an ?, cheapness are
theeity. Ladies, call and examine.them?
ASOTHEB triTIOK BAH) HT VXSCHHiA'
G^^Sl P MONR^ t ° Kweh 2lT‘ l^t^jinerat
saw feSSr»
Wi*tJ t command obleorof S?^ 11^1
ge^es“^& r a - &t|S
Wi^l 6 f ° rce ° f 1110 expedition consisted of two reel
VHh l t? f mfa ? tr 3'> four companies of Uol Spear*
11th Pennsylvania cavalff, and one secdoiTo
b f^V^^U h p e ie^a?d°othe® reW Ttf^n&-
2? sm&s sara*
fS,s a;ss;s:
g^ssssssssag
sSSSSMSSSSS
general Wis tar that n e shonld hareaUfte Llteu
ance needed in case of a renmso Vh„ rtr„ assist
well as the sailors, were in the poStwl
spirits, and anticipated great results from the en
nS^ Se + wa * s accomplished is as follows *
S a Pj am ter privates captured, a valuable
saw mill removed, a large number of horses and
°* en ;* about one hundred contrabands
tbe * way to this
telegraphed to the Command-
SfrKK“ eral 111511116 carall T and artillery he took
se ? l be contemplated still
IQ t° tbe enemy’s country. and :
not use mountedmen to advantage The lo*
cality of General Graham’s new fleldtrf operation*
™J;„3
Five O’clock p. M—Up to this moment no.
thing fnrther has been heard of the expedition.
THE
, w» F ? A1 ? I)S 111 THE agencies.
<7™mTrS£stys? CorreBF ° ncleflt to the New York
■=.K?V rten i s and tlle CODnEel of the Navy Agenta
suspected of complicity with the
™fbi^ etors ’ ho baTe 50 fleeced Uncle Sam.' in
making purchases, loudly proclaim their innow
STfre'nd - r U “ s Nirf AgeSm raSnSSS
trend or of connivance -with the committers of
V 1 me e/tdMce shows them to have been
guilty of gioss favoritism, which has enabled fa
vored patties to pocket fortunes.. Instead of mak
ing purchases in open market, of esiablishect
houses, well-known as dealers in articles required.
large assortments of articles would be purchased
from a contractor, or from some apparent man-o- -
name cannot be found in the oirec
cu? m Y hleh his invoices are dated*'
'^mS toasted!" n !een b * “ Te «»-
n one instance, a requisition was made for one
hundred cannon-locks of a patent make, sold on
the mam street of the city in which the Nay?
Agent resided at 8-25 each. But instendhfnnrL
dealer, the T&yy .
Agent bought them of a contractor at 836 each..
This is but one of many similar Instances, and the
check-books of some of Sf
SST™.!?? 1 °° ntain curious reTelationsrS
“ci positive evidence of the guilt of those wW
should be “above suspicion.” 6 . e who
MAJOB-GENEBAE WSSaoB - nf"tnimmamrt
„ . „ AT BALTIHOBE.
Major-Geneial Lew. Wallace on Monday took
command of the Middle Department, headquarters
fhil l Te ' T J e followin E order was Issued by
the new commander: ■* ■
Headouahteks Middle Depabtitest, Eighth
Aemy Coups, Baltimobh, Md., March
Qeiieral Orders No. 10 —In obedience to General
Orders No. 97, War ‘Department, Adjutant-
General’s Office, March 12tb, 1561.1 hereby assume
c°tn™ aE d of the Eighth Army Corps and of the
Middle Department, exclusive of Fort Delaware.
lne public will join me in acknowledging tha
zeal and rare ability shown by my predecessor,
Lockwood, in the
m 2S. ag S nent of u » e affairs of this Department.
The Department, as X am painfully aware, is
crowded with perplexities, and for that reason I
pray ail good men residing in it to uinte and give’
me their earnest support, more for their own wel
fare than for mine. LEW WALLACE,
. . „ Major-General U. S. Vole.
Official—Samuel B. ilawbexcb, Assistant Ad*
jutant-General.
COURTS.
SrrKKMB Coeet —Chief Justice Woodward
Justices Thompson, Strong and Read The Le
high list was still before the Court.
Nisi Pries— Justice Agnew —Barnes vs. The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Still on trial.
Sessions— Judge Ludlow In the
case of William Canfield, charged with.obtaining
goods under false pretences, the defence alleged,
that no such representations as those set outby tR
Commonwealth were ever made; that certain re
presentntions were made, which were true at the
time, bnt that owing to subsequent embarrass
ments the business became Involved. On trial.
_ AMUSEMENTS.
•Tini Chestnut.—* ‘The Octoroon’ *is in activ®
preparation at the Chestnut. To-night • ‘AH that
Glltten is not Gold” will be given, with a cast
comprising the names of Harry Pearson. I*. H*
Everett, Walter Lennox, W. A. Donaldson, Gk
W. Andrews, Miss Cooper, Miss Susan Schenckv
Mre. M. A. Chapman. The afterpiece is “The
Lottery Ticket ’ 1
National Hall.—The bill this evening at the
Gircns is fresh, and the new and old favorites ap
pear in iome thrilling acts of equestrianism, Ac.
senonta Lola Lehman, the dashing Spanish Artist,
will appear in some of her most dashing feats. •
Concent Hall.— Williams's Panorama of the .
Bible will be exhibited to-night.
The Walnut. »‘The Head Heart* * will bo re- .
peated this evening, with Edwin Adams as Robert-
Landry. The Catherine Duval of the evening is
Miss Ada Plunkett, who has made a very favora
ble impression since she appeared at the Walnut.
Of course the minor characters are handsomely •
upheld by Miss Jefferson, Mr. Hemple, Mr
Wiight, Mr. Young, Mr. Bascomb, Miss Perry,
Mies Wloed, Ac. “The Ticket-of-Leave Mari”
will soon be produced, with Adams as Brierly!
_££s ? I ? Vis f TH St® 2 ® l Gpbha House offers a*,
varied and spicy programme to-night. **
The Ahch. —No artists have ever been mors«
popnlar in Philadelphia than Mr. and Mrs. Bar-.
Jlfy Williams, and it is not, therefore, surprising -
that their engagement at this elegant theatre last
week attracted such crowded and fashionable-au
diences. This may be accounted for by the fact
that not only are Mr. and Mrs. Williams really*
clever and original performers—each almost une-.
qualed in their peculiar styles—but the result of
their performances is amusement, and, in. spite or
the cant so popular on the subject of “ instructing
the masses” in the theatre there can be-no doubt,
that the majority of play-goers frequent theatres
for the purpose of being amused. Now the Irish-,
man of Mr. Williams is ever the witty, jovial,rol
licking personage, and a better representation of*
his whims and oddities could not be sound. Hia
brogue is rich, natural and unctuous; his eye has'
a wonderful piquant brilliancy, and his singing,’
dancing and other personal and social attributes*
peculiar to “Paddy,” are, in the highest degree.'
exhilarating and vivacious. Mrs. William? ap
pears each evening as one oi those simple* truth
ful, loving Irish peasants in a protean farce disv
playing the versatile resources of her talents, the
animation, the variety and effectiveness of her*
acting. Can we wonder, then, that on the occa
sion of Mr. Williams* s benefit on Friday the side*
walk, before the box office opened in the morning,
was literally besieged every seat in the house
was sold by clock, and we presume that,
the receipts of the house for the week have been
the largest ever known in Philadelphia. The
audience in the evening, which crowded every
inch of space, aisles, lobby steps and orchestra,
was enthusiastic to the utmost, and Mr. Williams
was summoned vehemently before the curtain, to
receive their warm demonstrations of approval
To-night an exceUent bill is offered, with la?,
Sirs, W. eash in two characters.