STATEAUEASVIVEIVS , REPORT. • 2b the/Sena's and Houseof :Representatives of the CommliOwerith of Penizsyivania—GEN TLEMEN Iniftresenting this:Annual Report, the State Treasurdi congratulatos the peo ple of Pennsylvania, through their 'repre sentatives, upon the prosperous condition of the finances of the Commonwealth. It should be a source of pride to every Penn sylvanian to learn that, notwithstanding the extraordinary expenditures to which we have been subjected during the last five years; in Consequence of the rebellion, reaching the largeamount of $4,028;027 _2l, (in addition to what has been refunded by the General Government,) we ,are; on the termination of the current fiscal year, financially in a better condition, by the sum n 182,660,173 72, than we were on, the. .30th day of November, 1860. • _ By a statement hereto , appended, it-will be, seen that during .that time we have re duced our public debt $492,938, 66, while our assets have increased $2,067,235 06. These facts demonstrate the immense resources of the State, and cannot fail to give increased confidence to the holders of her obligationi. wring the last live years, at. least three liundfed thousand of her citizens have been called away from the peaceful pursuits of life. Millions of her treasure have been contributed, publicly and privately, to sus taro her gallant sons while battling for the great cause of freedom, and, yet she stands to-day with an 'overflowing treasury, with every just demand upon her paid. The receipts of the last year exceed those of 1864 by $1,486,676 65, the larger portion of which has been derived from taxes on cor poration stock, tonnage, real estate, loans, income, collateral inheritance; foreign insu rance companies ' and charters. The only sources showing &decline are the proceeds from patenting lands and the tax on banks. The income from the latter source fell off during the year, in , tax on dividends, $205,- 911 39; in tax on capital stock, $75,507 05, making in all $281 h 481 44, and has now almost entirely ceased. . This diminution hfug been caused by the banks having ceased to operate as State institutions, and accept ing charters under the national banking system. As these corporations are still lo cated in our midst, and derive all their pro fits from their business relations with our people, it will be admitted by all that they should be required to bear their proportion of the public burdens. There is no valid reason why a business which is always pro fitable, when properly conducted, should be exempted from the taxation which is imposed upon every other pursuit of life. • I recommend, therefore, the passage of an act taxing the capital stock of National banks, to be colleted early in the year, as the only method b e y which we can now get, what we failed to demand a year ago. Of our right to impose this tax I have not a single doubt; but even if it were an open question, I feel confident that there is pa triotism enough among the owners of these institutions to induce them readily to bear their just proportion of the expenses of a contest which, if it had terminated ad versely,would have left them with little or no capital to tax. On inquiring of the Con troller of the Currency, I learn that the Na tional banks of Pennsylvania have a capital of $46,043,190. A tax of one per cent. on this amount would, no doubt, be cheerfully )jaid by them, provided they were exempt y law from local taxation. There is no foundation for the cry that these institutions are already too heavily taxed by the General Government, for, in fact, these State banks, by placing them selves under the' National banking laws, have escaped the larger portion of the in creased taxation that all other trades and occupations have been subjected to on ac count of the war. An exhibit of the relative amount of taxes paid under each system, is herewith appended, froth - which it will .be seen that that the taxes of these institutions are in reality, less now than they were be- Sore the war. I respectfully call your attention to the very small amount of revenue realized from tax on railroads and canals, representing in value, in 1864, almost $250,000,000. The whole income from them in 1865 was $635,562 10, or about one-fourth of one per cent. on their value. In this the tax on tonnage is not included, for it is difficult to determine whether this was intended as a tax on the corporation or on production. If it was designed for the former, it should be forthwith amended or repealed, because of the inability of the Auditor-General to as certain what amount' f tax is due the State, and on account of the unequal manner in - which it operated on the different companies - was intended to reach. For example: The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, with an income which, in 1864, amounted to nearly $15,000,000, pays for 1865 a tax of $51,365 13, while the Reading Railroad Com pany, with an income of $9,250,000 during the same period, pays, $89,232 77. The Lackawan a and Bloomsburg Railroad Com pany, with an income of $700,000, pays $16,383 03. The Erie and Northeast, with an income of only ssoo,ooo,pay $14,754 43;and the Atlantic and Great Western, with its immense capital and traffic, paid the insig nificant sum of $6,031 57. It cannot be ascertained at present, what the gross receipts of the different railroad and transportation companies will amount to for the past year, but they will most pro bably reach the sam of $60,000,000. A tax of three-fourths of one per cent. on these gross receipts would yield as much income, and would be farmore equal in its operation than'what is now known as the tonnage tax. This change in the manner of assess ment would double the taxes of some of our large corporations, but it would propor tionately reduce the amount now paid by others, who are unfairly dealt with by the present , system. By a law, approved April 30, 1864, the treasnrersof corporations are required to de duct the three mill tax when paying the interest on their bonds, and pay the same over to the State Treasurer. This law thus far operates very advantageously, yielding in 1865 an excess of $150,000 over the previous year. But it is still imperfect, and ought to be amended. A tax of three mills on the principal of a six per , cent, bond is the same •as a tax of five per cent. on the interest. I recommend that the law be so amended . as to require a tax of five.per cent, to bepaid on the interest accruing on all bonds. This - will make a five, six or seven per cent. bond bear equal burdens. The corporation should be required to make its return to the Audi tor General, instead of the State Treasurer, and have its account settled in the, usual - manner, with a severe penalty for a non-' compliance. This tax, if properly regulated, will become one of the most reliable sources of income to the State Treasury, and should receive the early and careful consideration of the Legislature. . Some,method should be adopted by which the officers of the State can learn the where-, abouts of the officers of foreign corporations liable to, taxation, under our laws. As the law is now enforced, but a small proportion "of these institutions pay, any tax into the! treasury. If all corporations, both foreign . "and domestic, . were required to keep it , 00mplete record of the names of their aft.: tern, places of business, 4c.,.with the Audi.: tor General, it would greatly facilitate the Collection of faxes due from'thern to the - State. i, , • ' Our license • laws ,require araetaineut. - Nine-tenths 'ot' the .theatres pay no,license et; all, and, in the city of ,Philadelphia,alone, _nearlythree thousand persons, liable, under the laysrs i l annually fait to tahe out licenses as j Pffill.erchandise. This is from' 110, 4111k , qf Of° ,-courity,officiro,•.but. arises fiord the tact:that -the,sapeople-are allowed to l appeal,from the:decision, °lithe. mereari- AdleApprMser. to an alderman, and frorathe judgment , Of; ths.raldermatt to the county eolirtf - , The restatisAhat theyear for which they are requiredUtpay licertietenerally expires before the Case can be reached. I i. •°' DAILY ,„-..„......„..„._,..... &,-::: ' .ITHE.EVEN,INVIBULLy,T .. ~.._ . suggest ilwat licenses be • collected iu the same manner as other taxes. The law trequirtug corporations tO pay a bonus for ithei.i;ohar-.1 Mrs, sholild be'',2w amended as to Compel the first payment to be,macie'iplinediat,ely,upon , 'the organization of, the company: Had this been the law during the past year, the State would have received an income of $150,000 morepan she has derived from this source, most of which will now•be lost. • - tirnate, hereto annexed, of our • ceip, ;Arts d expenditures for the coming ye;.w" be seen that our receipts are expected-to each the sum of $5,426,000, and our expendit s res, during the same period, the sum of $3,523,000. By levying a tax of one per, cent.. on the capital of banks, and the exercise of proper diligence in colleCt ing our taxes on corporations, licenses, dm., the receipts can - readily be made to reach $6,000,000; while the expenditures, with the least - possible, effort, can be reduced to '53,300,001 'Underthese circumstances; it is worthy ,of serious inquiry. whether the finances of the State are not now, in a con dition to dispense altogether with the tax on real estate, leaving it to be taxed only for county and township, purposes. It should be the endeavor of the State, as far as possible, to collect her, revenue from sources that cannot be reached by counties and towns.. At the time 'of creating the last war loan, the first thing seized upon for 're-payment, was real estate; and now, that War is over, why shottld it' not be the first to receive the benefits of' peace? From all parts of the country we hear the cry, high rents, and much of the necessity for this advance arises from the high local taxation rendered necessary to liquidate debt& in curred by counties and towns 'te pay boun 7 ties for the war. Presuming that our receipts will be . • . . $5,426 ; 000 00 Onr expenses, . . . 3,300,000 00 There would be a balance 2,126,000 00 From which deduct tax on real estate, . . . . • . 1,600,000 00 Leaving a balance. . . 526,000 00 We will still have a balance in the Trea sury of $526,000 over and above all neces sary expenditures. If we add to this a tax on banks, of $47),000, it will givens $996,000, nearly a million of dollars to be approp priated to the redemption of the public debt. From this statement, it seems clear to me that we could get along without levying one dollar of tax on the real estate of the Commonwealth. We can, at least, suspend its collection for a year or two, until we have tried the experiment. All of which is respectfully submitted. WILLIAM H. KEMBLE, State Treasurer. COMPARATVE sTAT£!tEXT OF LLAIIIISTIFS FOR NOV. 3UTH, 1860, AND NOV. 30TH, 1865, Liabilities, November 30,1860 M 964,602 92 Assets—Bonds of Pa. R. R. Co ....17,200,000 00 Bonds Phila. and Erie R. R.C0... 3,500,000 00 inter. on bonds Palls. and Erie R. R. Co 175,000 00 Cash in Treasury 681,41 08 • i 11,550.433 08 LiabilPies in excess of assets 26,405,168 04 Liabilities November 50, 1865 kri,171,603 36 Bones of Pa. 11. B. Co $6,0 o,uuo 00 Do. Phila. and Erie It. It Co.. 3,500,0 A 00 'merest' on bat. da of I'hiladef phi. and Erie 'Railroad 1,050.000 00 Cash in Treasury 2.973,i;i19 14 13,6 M 60S 14 Liabilities 113 exe.ss of assets :3.847.1,25 42 Liabilities, November 35, 1860 26.41 N r 2.8 Do. Do. 1565 23,647,595 .?—° Improvement in condition of Tree-nay since :s.:overnber gn,IBFU . $2,560.17372 TABLE 05' EXTRAORDINARY EX VIINDITURKS, SINCE 1361, Military $2,314.340 23 - 38E2, do. kt 2,360 so 1863, do. 207:72.1 07 1364, do. 9:8.',73325 National Cemetery. Gettysburg .... _..._ 5,08 101 Relief of Chambersbarg ' 100 000 oh 1665, M !Mari .132.184 01 Nation al Lemet.-ry _..... 11.092 OD Schuylkill county riots • 1.65741 Premium on gold to pay Interest. 467.74 as e 315,25: 47 Refunded by ti". S. Government and other parties— • 1801 ssl.S.atg 43 .1567- 655306 94 IsG:1 16,0(8 1864 5 Total extraordinary expendltureq $4n28,627 Yi RELATIVE TAXATION OF NATIONAL AND SFATE RANI S. NATIONAL BANK Elenobt , s. Circnl'n. Div'd. $4..P,000 12 nr .t.re,eol) 5 per cent, $.3,03 40...1.0t 1 " 4.nue -.....- ...... 1,:110,uno 6..44 Capital. • Net profits.. Circulation.. Deposits....... Whole amount of tax«, A bank nnder the State law has United States taxca on— Net profits.— ................ ......... $60,000. 5 per cent. $3,000 DPposita 1,200,000 3-1 ~ 6,000 Circulation ..... 401000 1 " 4..1 k 1 • Capital stock Jr. " Z,500 state tax—Tax on capital stock, 3,000 Tax on dividends. 17 " 10,200 Tax on bank remaining tinder the State law: SA7OO EST/MATED RECEIPTS AND EX PESDITUBES FOR YEAR ENDING- NOVEMBER 30, 1365, Becepts. Lands UCLIOU commissions, A action duties Bank divia ends.. rEttion Corpoation stocks 1,066:66 Real and personal estate 1,800.000 Loans 3.50,000 Net earnings or income 100,000 Enrollemmata 23,000 Tonnage 400,000 Commutation of tonnage 360,000 Writs, wills and deeds 70,000 Brokers and Bankers, 58,000 Certain officts, 17.000 Collateratinheritance 270,000 Tavern licences t. 15,000 Retailers' licenses 250,000 Theatre licenses 4,000 Billiard room and and ten pin alley licenses 4,000 Eating house licenses 18,(84) Pedlers' licenses 2,000 Brokers' licenses 8,000 Patent medicine licenses 1,000 Distillery and brewery licenses... 8,060 Millers' licenses 1,000 Foreign insurance companfes 125,000 Premiums on charters ... . ... .. - .... 100,000 Bond No. 9 Pennsylvania 'Rail- road Company Right ef tray Fees of public offices Miscellaneous EXPENDITURES. Expenses of Government $300,000 Military, ardin ary 1,000 Military, extraordinary ........ ....... 150,000 ‘ Pensions 6,000 Charitable Institutions 800,003 i 3 nterest on public debt 1,905,600 Pennsylvania Insarie,ASylurn.... 2,000 Common Ecbools - 340,000 Public Buildings 40,000 Extension of Capitol '55000 House of Refuge 60 000 Penitentiaries 45,000 Miscellaneous ' 15,090 An Apology for the Nerves. Considered as white threads, efferent or afferent, belonging either to the cerebro spinal or sympathetic system, the Nerves require, so far as I am aware, no apology. An apology for the-Glands, or the Tendens, or. the Medulla Oblongata would be just as much to the purpose. We know that between Dogmatism and Final CauseS men fall to the"ground ; and that Paley has,in his Natural. Theology, felt it polite to offer something like an apology for cork-trees, for which he could find no ginger-beer bottles. But if the reader ex pects any of the crudities' of physiology in this paper he will be disappointed; pretty certainly he does' not — expect any; • bat must be a very small *reader if-'his experi ence has not taught him that he must'con.• staidly submit to, be informed, of unneces sary things. , is part sof the , eitablished economy< of the 'essay to exclude t with flourishes- of phrase, -` what no' hinxian being would ever suppose was going to be, taken in. htiman being has-yet pretended to, think 'with . his muscles, or' real" with his muscles. Who ever heard of the aspiration of a biceps? And yet we have been‘fold 'Muscular Christians, never of -Nervous' Christians. It is true the phrase Muscular, Christianity has. teen -repudiated' by Mr.! Kingsley, and'very properlY; but not, as I conceive, on sufficiently broad grounds. A. - Christian must, !. like '-other penile, have, - Muscles, macerate him as you will, nor is it easyto conceive him without bones. '• But I appear to physiologists, whether the Sympa thetic Neryous System is not reckoned a great' channel of emotion? ?this tis arlothe - felicitous and illuminating ,exoeption, nutted because a solitary exrion is;. ,always held in suspicion.) Mel) °Sophie] physiologist is welcome to suggest that the 'real,.final synthesis••"of natiire'defeati suchTdistinctions—we : can 'some of us see where that drives hinoo-;,-bitt, in the mean time, a nervous Christian is a far more natural combination than a muscular one. The truth, haivever, is. that the Nerves are the objects of systematic:'enmity and ' depreciation among mankind at large. Fat, howeverit may excite complaint in'the fat' person,.isnot,l believe, an object of enmity, except in an omnibus. or in some . Position • where it occupies an unusual portion of the 'planetary space' " Prophetic denunciations" against such as be fat in Zion are on record; none against such as be nervous. , Yet the fat man is tolerated, loved, at worst laughed at: while the nervous man is not only laughed at, he is disliked. But is it Fat that has been the chief benefactor of the human race? Was it a fat man that inven ted printing; ? Was it a fat man that dis covered the circulation of the blood? Was George Stephenson fat? Were the martyrs fat men? Heliogabalus was, but was An toninus? Julius Ca3sar, though for his own :selfish ends he preferred fat men about his person, was he fat himself? Was Hampden a fat man? ;Was Milton? Was Cromwell? Was William III.? No ;it was George ,IV. who was the fat man : and; he 'built the fat pavilion at Brighton. Charles James Fox was fat; but he gambled. Pal ataff,was fat; but he was not a respectable character. Hamlet, again, was fat; but he believed in ghosts and was a very unde cided young man. 'The fattest man of modern times is .a distinguished under taker—he may make good coffins, but I am not a judge of coffins. On the other hand, is Mr. Tennyson fat? Is Mr. John Stuart Mill fat ? Is Mr. Browning fat? Is Mr. Gladstone fat? No; the nation would not trust its income with a fat man; it knows better. The only fat financier I ever beard of was Mr. Hudson the railway king. Thus, it is with nervous men that we trust our money, and it is from nervous men that we expect all that makes money worth having. Or if this statement should be too wide, let it be met by contradiction, there are plenty of contradictory people in the world, and the other aide have too long had it all their own way, have too long been permitted to treat the Nervous as not only miserable in themselves, but the causes of misery in others. The truth is, the vulgar phlegmatic do not love to see others lively and brisk. A creature with only a few sides—say two, an inside and an outside—is naturally jealous of another with a hundred facets, or is at least puzzled by it.. So, a crocodile, which takes fifteen minutes to turn round, might fancy a kitten chasing its own tail mad or diseased. True, as we all know, or as the attendants at many places of public entertainment will tell us if we ask, the phlegmatic vulgar are particularly fond of watching machinery in motion, anything that "goes of itself' is a passion with them. But then there is here no room for compa rison or jealousy. The phlegmatic man knows that he might stop a steam-bobbin; that, in any case, he can do things the bob bin cannot do, and that sontebodu could make another bobbin. But he cannot re press the disturbing mobilityof the nervous man; he may impute borborrigtni, and re commend potass or cardamoms, or even "the warm gums"; but he could could not have given Elizabeth Barrett Browning in charge for reminding him of a tire-ay, or stopped Douglas Jerrold like a steam-bob bin. Thank heavens, we have yet our Magna Charts or Bill of Rights, our liberty of the subject! Sunt certi denique fines,— theie are limits, and it galls him. Nervous people, again, are constantly confounded with ill-tempered people. No the one essential condition of genuine ill temper is stupidity. It is the fool, and the fool only, he who cannot quickly distin guish between accident and design, and readily trace effects to causes, that is angry without cause, or for more than a minute beyond cause. Now, your nervous man is not often a fool—how should he be?—and is rarely absurd in his anger. It is true he may often be tempted to express his disgust at the ineptitudes of others, but what then ? a sensitive creature, 1 310 610 23 More sensible than are the horns of coaled snails, (is that correct?) must have some means of protecting himself. There are limits to human endurance, and who will have the boldness to fix them ? Job was patient, but "did Job e'er lose a barrel of such ale?" When the fire has been left out, and the door left nnshut, and the letter put into the wrong box, and the sheet put damp on the bed for the seven times seventieth time ; when "gentle dullness," glorying in its shame, has bad my right cheek and my left, is the common privilege of speebh to be denied me? No, and if my speech is pungent, it is r'a mercy to gentle dulness, as well as a relief to me. In Homer even the wounded god may complain; is the right of complaint re fused to me, because ghappen to understand the use of words? How is gentle dulness to know its differentia unless the nervous peo ple howl when hit, and use appropriate and convincing language? The displeasedsurprise which the sensitive involuntarily manifest at the insensibility of the insensible is a beneficent provision for the Education of the Hum an Race. It may be taken for granted by phleg matic people that the apprehensiveness of the high nervous temperament is far greater than it appears,or than it can be intelligibly represented to be. We all know the famous Turner anecdote. "Mr. Turner, I never saw blues and reds like yours in the sky !" "No, ma'am; but don't you wish you could?" Now, in reality, no human being need wish to change places with another— it may be my mistake, but I do not believe any human being ever does, or did, or will wish to relinquish his identity; no, not on the rack. But that the "nerves" see "blues and reds" which others do not see; that the difference between moderate nerve and much nerve is the difference between the apprehensiveness of a babe, and the appre hensiveness of a grown person is as certain as that twice three are six! In reality' the old school boy story of "Eyes and No-eyes" ought to be called Nerves and No-Nerves; although an image borrowed from the sense of sight may help us to apprehend the difference between an organization like that of the stout tradesman next door, and De Quincey or Hartley Coleridge. I have often won dered how short-sighted men are affected by female beauty. How do they feel in a ball-room. for instance? Necessarily short sight must miss seeing loveliness at the farther end of the room; while ordinary 'sight might , have the Whole current of his lite. changed by . it. How. ridiculous, one might hero say, is our moral criticism of each other, unless wel regard it as give-and take, tit-for•tat,—not that my wrongness is leseened by your wrongness, you. • know, '• or *that moral distinctions are obliterated, but that in what may be called the courtesies of ethics, the mote must, remerahei the beam, , Do you mean to tell me that' if: •Nerves sees the sun before he rises and after besets, as well as all the time he is above the hori zon, he does_not get more _pleasure :out" of the sun?, Yes, SETs No-Nerves, I do mean to say that; he has discounted , his pleasure, and his memoryls regret. And, all, how I can plague bin! , I can bang doors, and; stumppbout over, his head till he Maddens! I can spoil all - his pleasures by slipping in, little sly drops—pne drop to a cup is enough!. —of poison that others would not taste. And. I know that the, shifting winds, and;the creeping clouds, the hang bra curl, the ,'de; lay of a minute, the suapicion that some one is in pain, a knock • at the door, a cat on the tiles, a mere film - or phantasm of a smile or a frown can make him uncomfortable?— ... 100,000 10.900 5,000 .- 19.000 $5,426,000 $3,52.3,000 N : PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANIIpY 4,1866. Ah,!saYs Nerves, you know ail tliat,do you? _I ,!But you do not know enough: This hyper ,lappreherisivenesinf mine is far greater than you;fanay.: You would:Shrink into nothing, zusammenfaltren. if you kneW it all:, YoWthinkl am irritable - sometimes? In the scientific sense always, but in the basesense not so often, What's done you partly may compute, • - • 'But nevet what a'resiated:--- and if I were to let you see how much I dis cern of cause for irritation, you would dis cern how much I forbear. But life would be impossible to ns both if Lwere -to -make . disclosures. My friend, I not ,only know that lam - surrounded-by. Things and Per sons as you do; I have in addition an incea sant sixth sense of Thints: arid - Plirsoris, of what is past, present and to come: You live in' the world, No-Nerves. I live in the world, and in a refracting-atmosphere of the world as well. Which is the better man of the two?- I don't know. - Which is-the hap pier? I don't "care. For this sfyle of answer may-be quoted at: least the authority of Confucius. Some one asked him how many stars there were in the sky? "I don't know," said he, "I mind things near me." The questioner resumed, "Then how manyhairs are there in the cat's back?" "I don't care," said•_the philoso pher. This is the quip-heroic,—omitted by Touchstone in his well-known enumeration. But to deal more civilly . with the matter: An elderly lady once asked me how I thought a person would feel who was sure of goingteheaven. In a long and very elo quent speech, I told her my views. To my surprise she was not comforted; on the 'con trary she began to cry, saying, "Ah, then, shall never go to heaven, for I never felt a bit like that!" But in five minutes I had convinced, her that she did feel like that. I simply altered the phraseology of my de scription, and she recognized the picture at once,—she had felt just what I described. The moral is obvious. Let no person who happens to read anythinghere written of the joys of nervousness go a-crying and say, "I never felt like that!" —a little explanation might set all to rights. Very likely you have been talking prose all your life with out knowing it. All I say is, do not let us have any abuse of the Nerves. Do not confound nervousness with the megrims, or the doldroms or any other complaint. Do not confound it with cow ardice or ill- temper. And, when you come into practical relations with it in daily life, put it upon its defence as seldom as you can. 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CUPS, CARE and FRUIT RASKEIS, ct.c., &c., with Extra Fine quality of TEA, TABLE AND DESSERT SPOONS, PORES AND KNIVES, Of th Mr own workmanship and warranted full weight of Silver and to give satisfaction, they being practice; workmen. Sold wholesale and retail at manufacturing prices. del-ti CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS. Persons wishing to purchase Presents for the Hol days, will consult their own interest by calling cu ~ . ,Bwis L.A.Doxtrs,___,.. l - DIAMOND DEALER & JEWELER,. HATCHES, JEWELRY . SILVER WARE, WATOHES and JEWELRY REPAIRED. 'BO2 Chestnut St., Phi% And examine his large and beautiful assortment of Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Silver Ware, Plated Ware, French Timepieces, Gold Chains, Sleeve But tons; and Sets of Jewelry of all kinds, from the most expensive to others of comparatively small value. Always on hand, a large assortment of Engagement and Wedding Rings, Plain Rings, of all sizes, weights and qualities. aiz t as l sr s tela! , complete E in all its branches. A I P. S.—Diamonds and all Precious Stones, as also Old Gold and Silver, bought for cash or taken in exchange. de2Otjallp .. COMA. RETAIL. COAL DEPOT • OF ' • L. & Web C. Shinn, Elnventh and Willow . Sts. First-qualities of Family and Foundry Coal at Reduced Prices.• no la - MACTIEIE 8.-STALEL, /having been ap, polnted.Sole Agents for the sale of the, celebrated ••coal 'mined by the - DUNCAN COAL* COBIPANY, .are now prepared to receive orders for the sale ‘ e'by the .single ton or car, For stoves Or. grates,thlaCefid • • Apply to - r MAMBA aC STEEL. 255 south Broad street. B. NABON mares. • roux' J. kanre.ser WILE UNDERSIEWIII INVITE ATTENTION TO ' their stock of - • Et:lok Moantnin Oenipany's teal. , • Lehigh Navigation ComPanY's' Mali and' ' Locust Mountain, . . which they B.ll3 . orepared to'sell at' the lowest market , rates , and to delleer fn the best condition. • ' ~ Orders left with B. MASON' SINES, Franklin Usti! tuteXtuilding, EiEV ENT'S street_, below Market. Will beTromptly attended to. & SHEAFF, ses,tr „ , • 'Arch. Street Wharf, SchuYlkin. (10A.L.-3DGARAr.B.EAVER 'ACE.A.DOW 'AND .1L) Spring ltiountain, Lehigh Coal, and .hest Mountain ftom. Flchuylklll, prepared. expressly for finally use, Depot. N. W. corner .EIGHTM and 1 .•• I,OW streets', Office, No. 112 South SECOND street. rah= J. WA.LTON dr. CO. - ;'IfIANCIA.Le.:S ••••._. 7:.- - i 5-20 s - - 3-10's W N - rr . DE- HAYEN & 40. SOUTH THIRD ST.' Compound Interest Notes -of 1864: Wonted:- STOOK & NOTE t BROKERS, _ 218 1-2 WALNUT STREET. STOCKS and LOANS bought and sold on commis• sion. Trust Funds invested in City, State or Govern ment Loans. WM. H. • BACON. no3o-8.. , GEO. A. W.A_BDEB WORK, M'COUCH da CO., STOCK AND EXCHANGE BROKERS, NO. 36 SOUTH ' THIRD STREET. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES Bought and Sold. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. MIiTEREST allowed on Deposita. de2S-lm .N-Ik nt " No. 16 c it , SOUTH TIMM ST., * , 4 BARKERS 615 BROKERS, GOLD, STOCKS AND BONDS, GOVERNMENT GEOURNIES: BOUGHT AND BOLD. HARRY C. POTTER. Successor to Thomas B. Potter, Stock Broker. No. 24 Merchants' Exchange, up stairs. RAILROAD, MINING, TELEGRAM COAL anti OIL STOCKS, BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COlfrsirSSTON, At the Regular Board of Brokers. We This Day latablish a Branch Banking House AT NO. 3 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. SMITH, RANDOLPH (t CO. Pia-ADmr-pitis, Janivary Ist, 1866 LIQIIOBI9. RICHARD PENISTAN'S Ale, Wine and Liquor Vaults, 439 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPEELC Established for the Bale of Unadulter ated Liquors Only. Special Noticelo Families! Richard Penis taxes Celebrated, Ale, Porter and Brown Stout, Now so much recommended by the Medical Faculty ibr 25 PER DOZEN, (These Bottles holdone Pint) The above being or the very best quality, it must be adinitted the price is exceedingly LOW, It is celivered to all parts ol the city without extra charge. Brandies, Wines, Gins, Whiskies, &0., &o. Warranted pare. at the lowest possible rates, by the Bottle, Gallon, or Cask. CHAMPAGNES of the best brands offered lower than by any other house. On Draught and In Bottles, PURE GRAPE JUICE This is an excellent article for Invalids. It Is a sure cure Par Dyspepsia. HAVANA. CIGARB. OLIVE OIL, PIOT:MIES, setraca, sAmprxEs. &o. Londoritind Dubllir Porter and Brown Stoat—English and Scotch Ales, del2tri ' RAY RUN, I HER MAJESTY CHAMPAGNE, DuNToN", 151 soon non 4ST.,IIOLa AMT. WlN3ll3.—The attention or the trade is solicited to ' the following very choice Wines, &c. , fbr sale y JOSEPH IP. , BMTTON,' No: 151 South Front above Walnut.. , KAMM:RABA-01d laland,B years old. BlllilliftLES-41ampbell & Co., 'single, double and triple Grape, E. enlace & Bons, Rudolph, Topaz, Mee, olivit and F. Valletta. • Vit. Bl TßVallette, Vinho Velho Real. Danton and Rebello Valente & Co :Vintages 1886 to 1856. CLARET _E7cfuza N'r*?na and St. Eatephel6lB, eau Lundny. vmusiob saixdan; Itrlve& 110. - AITTMAT—de Frontkema. , • . ellimpAGNlll3 Evneat Irrony, _"Golden EMU? de Venom Ref hfaleaty and llnyal Cabinet and .other favorite brands ' • - -• • - , • d,• • • , VDNE • WXLSBY..—thoIOo lota' of • old Wheat., aro ,Je and Bourbon ;Whir Oriole by B. P. 20.1)DL8. :TON, s..Nortle FRONT Street. MI Vairal. "IL li'DirZr , MI": TWO Ird Minds- and Shades. ..! 4 WISLIA MS NO.IB NORTIVSIXIIIST; Venitiam Blind§ and Window, Shad6s i T o bc a li t z a n !ii, i ll em an . eat assortment in the 'city, 'at the store Shades made and lettered. Cheap lot SOILED Blinds and Shades. EOM GLOVES "sBAJOU" KID GLOVES . LEWIS BitOTHERS & CO 1 78 Leonard-St.,--1238 .ChestnutiSt., rmw Yortz. , • tampampicr.A. Having been . appointed SOLE GENT In the United States for the sale of this celebrated Lbrand of Kid -Gloves, are now prepared to take Orden, and have a full and complete assortment In stock. Also, SOLE AGENTS In- this country for the wei3 known "Affect" brand orEld Gloves, to which the at• tendon of the trade is invited. - LEWIS BROTHERS.& 00. CA.RPETINGS. CARPETINGrS.: A large assortment of 7 DOMESTIC CARPETIN GS Constantly on hand and for sale at the lowe3t Prime. GEORGE W.117T,T,, dezi-smii No:128 North =TM Street. OFFICE OF WELLS. FARGO & CO., Nevi York and California Expreari an 42 • Exchange Coinpany, 607 ChestraStreet,'Philadelphia. SHIPPERS OF PRESORT TO THE PACLF7O COAS2' pleatie take Notice that having been ao. pointed FREIGHT AGENI OF THE PACIFIC MAT& &S. C 0.., we are now prepared to receive heir: hts for CALIFORNIA, OREGON, NEVADA WABHIIITGTOP TEBB/TORY, SANDWICH ISLANDS, 4MNTRAI. AMERICA and WESTERN COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA. For rates apply at our office, 607 Chestnut street. Steamers will sail from New York Ist, 11th and 21st of each month, those dates falling on Sunday, on the preceding Saturday. BO SLOW IMMO ITI RECEIVED ON DAY PRIOR TO .94.T8 OF BAILING. Bills of Lading will be issued at 607 Chestnut street, Our usual package preps and letter bag will be sent by each steamer sad - will cuose at 5 P. M., dal he. fore sailing. Our FRANKED ENVELOPES will be on Sale aS Our office, 607 Chestnut street. AU letters seat through us mull bs fa Iralfernmend.eas• BfhtExrhangeenßanFrancisco tor sale. Telegraphic transfers of money made to all Points eacted by the wires on Weet Coast. California Coupons bought at best rates. WELLS, FARGO & CO., ocia.nn J. H. COOK. Agent. TIN SIFTER For Sifting Flour. Meal, Buckwheat. Sauce and alt other articles requiring a seise. RIGHTS FOR SALE. It is one of the most useful Inventions for domestic use ever offered to the public. The flour Is silted In one-quarter the time (and ranch better than by any other process) by putting the flour in the top of the Sitter, then, by turning the crank. the (Dour 'passes through the sieve with great rapidity. Clean, very fine and t. This Sifter has no India robber rollers to d up the dirt. such as bugs, worms, - fl ies, dc.: but all articles and leaves the dirt remaining in the sieve; the Sifter is made of tin, Is very neat and easy to keep clean. It is the only Sifter now in use that gives SATISFACTION. Every Sifter Is warrant ed. Be sure and ask for Spencer's Patent Tin Sifter. far Wholesale trade supplied-pa reasonable Lerma, Samples sent to any' address on receipt of Si to. Factory, 546 North SECOND Street. 5018-smi M. E. FIPENCER. 313110ETLEabl.' ORNAMENTAL HAIR, MANUFACTORY. The largest and bed atairtniemt of Wigs, Toupee., Long Hair Braids and Curls, Water-falls, Victorines, re gattas, Musive Beam for Ladies, At Man LEMKE than elsewhate. Inha 909 OIEESTNuT ST EET. Special Notice. Furniture at Low Prices PREVIOUS TO REMOVAL TO N. W. cor, Chestnut and Thirteenth Sts. The building I now. occupy Is to be altered fbr Bank, and I will offer great Inducements tonurallasera as 6 great portion of my Mock must be sold to enable• me to remove In a short time. Lienkels, 809 and 811 CHESTNUT STREET E. S. EARLEY9 . I.II4IDMEITAJEKEEL, S. E. Corner of Tenth and Goreen. BROWN & MAGEE , MANUFACTURRES OF OS i Viii ' , d2 otok X - - 1 , ' I ; I 1 ? li.& NE: •1,.1 1 , - -F, And all etyles Of 'goods suitable for , ' ,-- ' --• Travelera and Excursionists,. A large stock of MOROCCO TRAVELING BAGS . AtirD RILTIOULE% FOR GENTS AND T,,aripeß, Of our own bianuf,acture, syllable for Holiday PiNi§ent..4.. i „ 708 .: CHESTNUT ':'•STII-FIET. BAILEY.-7,000 Buabek Canada Barley fo Store and fharf.or solo by E. A. BOUDEat, IS; CO., Dock Street, SPENCER'S PATENT :W ill ti:ll4 zi:A State and County
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