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
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&,-::: ' .ITHE.EVEN,INVIBULLy,T
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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,
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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.
It never forgets—and if it is a decent sort of
nervousness it will reward you some day
for not driving it into anything more than
general and remote apologies like the pre
sent.
lyivr.,:•t ~1,~, rte:
HOLIDAY GOODS.
Yost received, a large and elegant assortment of
Watches,
Jewelry,
Coin Silver Ware,
And the very best Plated Ware, suitable for
Christmas and Wedding Presents.
IZUT-1:3N 9
destt 1028 CHESTNUT Street..
CASSIDY & BALL,
At%
l‘p. 12 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
Have now on bane :a large stock of
Goods suitable for Holiday Presents,
Fine Watches,
Fine Gold Jewelry.
Silver and Silver Plated Ware.
A large assortment of
Fancy Silver Ware,
BUITA-BLE FOB BRIDAL P :
Particular attention paid to making
MASONIC MARKS.
ELECTRO-SILVER PLATED WARE.
41•11111.
Campbell it Davidheiser,
No. 1317 Chestnut Street,
Present (or sale, a fine stock of EXTRA Pipit, PLA
TED WARES, consisting of TEA SETS, ICE PIT
CHERS, CASTORS (with Fine Flint Cut Bottles,)
WAITERS, GOBLETS. 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