SECOND EDITION. SS TELEGRAPH. REPORTS OF THE EXTREME COLD. Effects on • the Telegraph Lines; CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS: The Eulogy on President Lincoln, Hon. George Bancroft Appointed. The Cold Weather. REW YoRK , Jan.. 8--Noon.—Despatches from all the 'telegraph stations North and West, dated at 8 o'clock this morning, show that the thermometer ranges from 3o degrees below to 1 degree above zero. In this vici nity, at that hour, it was 10 below zero, and at noon ranged from .1 above to 2 below: zero, according to location. rwiliM ;4 Y.:I:M 4 ; 4 .3 az) WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 1866. HousE.—Mr. Raymond introduced a bill for the appointment of a Committee top_ur chase a site and erect a post office In New York city. Mr. Stevens introduced a bill authorizing the construction of a military and ponal railroad between . Washington and New York. Mr. Garfield introduced a similar and both were referred to the Select Com mittee on the subject. The Select Committee to devise suitable means to testify the national regret for the late President Lincoln, had a meeting this morning, and selected George Bancroft, Esq., to deliver the eulogy in February next, in place of Edwin M. Stanton, de clined. On motion of Mr. Smith (Ky.) a resoln tion-was adopted calling on the President for information as to what steps had been taken to restore to Mrs. Iturbide, her child, taken :by the usurper Maximilian under pretence of making it a Prince. ktfeets of the Cold on the Telegraph Wires. The present severe weather has had a novel effect upon:the telegraph wires in all directions. The contraction of the wire caused by the cold has made innumerable breaks wherever there was not sufficient slack in the wire between the poles to allow for it. All the telegraph lines are suffering from this cause, and there is consequently a great reduction in the number of wires in order for telegraphic purposes. ei vb '0 ik'iq THE ARCTIC TERM. The Coldest Night Ever Known in Philadelphia. The Mercury Eighteen Degrees Be- low Zero. BOTH RIVERS FAST. We have it upon the authority of the Messrs. McAllister that lasl night was the coldest ever known in Philadelphia, the thermometer having indicated fourteen degrees below zero during the night ! Early yesterday morning there was a slight flurry of snow; but the increasing cold seemed to discourage the flakes and they soon ceased to fall. As the day advanced the cold kept pace with it, until at night-fall it was within a few degrees of zero. Most persons kept close to their firesides, and the streets and the churches were but thinly peopled after night. By bed-time the mercury was fast shrinking into its bulb. leaving zero several degrees above its upper bound. By mid night the thermometer indicated fourteen degrees below zero in the neighborhood of Germantown. This morning at 8 o'clock the mercury stood at 7 degrees below zero in sheltered spots in the city; at the s ame hour it was ten degrees below at Germantown, Frank ford and West Philadelphia; at Roxboro it was at twelve degrees below zero, and the same at Wallingford, Delaware county, fourteen below at Media, Del. co.,and at Jenkintown, Montgomery county, degrees below. The effect' of the intense cold has been to shut up both the Delaware and Schuylkill. rivers. Upon the latter the ice is thick enough to cut; Wale the surface of the Delaware is coN ered with ice that defies the city ice-boat ana the s'aam tugs to break it up and set it in motion. The steam ferry boats, with a single exception we believe, were frozen up at their docks at Camden. A self-registering thermometer, at the dwelling of Mr. Sellers, No. 3300 Arch street (West Philadelphia), recorded 18 de grees below zero this morning. During the entire forenoon to-day the mercury remained below zero, a condition of things that is almost without a parallel in the history of cold winters in Philadel phia. ;The sudden severity of the weather is causing much suffering among the poor and if the cold spell is protracted there will be a wide field for the exercise of the benevo ence of the charitable. We give below a table of very cold days in Philadelphia since 1837, furnished us by the Messrs. McAllister. It will be proper to state that the condition of the thermome ter was noted at 7-i o'clock A. M. ' . I Degrees. 1887—. Tan. 2 6 .. .. 3 • 5 " Feb. 14 9.14 " Mar. 4 6 3836—Feb. 21 4 T " Dec. 31 1389—Jaaa. 1 24 1840—Jan. 2 16. it I. 17. C. ]B. " Feb. 2. 4 II Ig 5 45 1812—Jan. 3 4 4 7 9 1814—.1 - F e. " " 28 5% .. 29 8 1846—Feb.27 6% 1848—Jan.11 8 1819—Jan. 3 9 •' " 11 2% " Dec. 26 10 1853—Feb. 5... 10 1851—Jan.31 9 Dee. 17 755 1852 —Jan. 20 .2+, 4 '4. 21 6,44 22 9 *Be)ow zero.= WINTER N'TF.A. :SD We have before us "Peirce on the lilreatb odd volume - enlitled fir," giyes gi Degrees 1854—Dec. 20 - 8 1855—Feb; 6 4 I:4° 1856—Jan. 7 10 9' 5* • r 10. 26 2* 10 Feb. 8 6 4 •3 6 7 • 64 " 13 4 " " 14 - , 2 Mar.lo 16 " Dec. .. . ........ 1857—Jan. 7 ' f• . 9 7 , - " I. 19—..::8 el al 20. " ' 5* 23 I,* " " 26 ' 4 •• Feb. ..... ... . . ° Mar. 3 ' 936", 1853-Feb.l7 9 0 1859—Jitn.1.0' . Dee. 1866—. Tan:, OF OLD' TIMES: great i t dof information concerning , meal teorol gla matters. Mr. Peirce T im a Phila elphian and he kentaccarate records' of the weather here from - January 1,1790, to January 1,--1847. We glean some -interest ing details from this work which are apt* pos to the Arctic term through which we are passing. From this undoubted authority we learn that in 1790 the average or-, medi:- unitemperalure of the month of- JEttruary was 44°. Fogs prevailed in the morning, but a hot sun soon dispersed them, and the mercury often rose to 70° at midday. Boy were occasionally seen swimming in the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. There Were frequent:showers, as in April, some of which were accompanied by thunder and lightning. .This extraordinary mildness continned'until the 7th of February. in 1791 the medium temperature of January was 80°. After the 10th. however,it became very cold; snow: fell, and there was good sleighing for about ten days. In 1792 the medium temperature was 32°, and in 1793 it was 40°. In 1795 the medium temperature of the same month was 30°, but on the Ist ofJanuary the cold was so intense in Eng land that the Thames froze over while the tide was turning. In 1797 the Delaware wa§ ice-bound for several miles below the - city, and horses were driven in sleighs on the ice from Trenton. In 1821 the medium temperature of the Month of January was 25°, or colder than in 1780. For nixtb mornings, at sunrise, the mercury was below zero in Philadelphia and its vicinity, and on two of these morn ings it was 10° below—on two 9° below—and on five from 2° to 6° below. At Bangor, Maine, at one time, it was 34° below—and at Brunswick n. The North river was so firmly frozen over that it could be crossed from shore to shore. The sleighing was good from Buffalo to the extreme part of the State of Maine, and from St. Johns N. 8., through the Canadas to Michigan, and from Michigan a thousand miles to the West Every harbor was ice-boand, from .A.lexandrin, Va., to. Eastport, • Me., except that Of Portsmouth N. H. The contrast be tween 1790 and 1821 was, it will be seen, most remarkable. In 1828; the medium temperature of the month of January was 39 0 , and the Dela ware was as free from ice as ' June. Not a flake of snow fell in the city for the whole month. On several days, the thermometer ran up to 70° in the shade. • The season of 1831 was very severe. The cold was intense, the earth was covered with snow, and the Delaware was ice-bound until the last week in February. The streets in the city, and the roads in the country were banked up with the snow, and were, in a great mea sure, impassable. At Salem, Mass., the snow-drifts were fifteen feet deep. A great snow storm commenced in this city on Fri day night, and the market wagons on the north side of Market street were completely buried. in 1838, the medium temperature of January was 38°, and not a flake of snow fell; .In 1846, the medium temperature of the month was 331'. In 1790, the medium temperature of Feb ruary was 32°, and from that period until 1801. the range was from 32° to 27°. From 1803 to 1807, the range was between 28° and 29°, while in 1808, it was 32°. In 1815, it was 24° and the weatherwas intensely cold. On several mornings, the thermometer was from 8° to 12° below zero. The Delaware closed in December, and opened again, but it closed for the second time, in January, and remained closed until the second week in March. Oak wood sold from $l2 to $l4 a cord, and hickory at $l6. In 1816, the me dium temperature of the month was 28°— in 1817 and 'IF, 26°; in 1819, 28°. in 18A 30°; while in 1823, it rose to 36°. In 1843 it was •27°; in 1844, 32°; 1845, 35°, and in 1846, 2.8°. On the night of the 15th, a great storm took place, during which ten vessels were wrecked on or near Squan Beach, and sixty lives were lost. • In a portion of the work we find an ac count of cold winters, previons to 1790. From this we gather the following: "The whole winter of 1768 was intensely cold. The Delaware was closed from the 26th ,ofDecember to the 10Th of March. "The winters of 1766 arid 1787 were tol erably mild. There were Some cold days of course. "The winters of 1754 and 1765 were tol erably mild, notwithstanding much snow fell. "The winter of 1783 was long and severe. The Delaware closed as early as the 23th of November, and continued ice-bound until the 18th of March. The mercury was several times below zero. "The winter of 1782 was also very cold. The Delaware froze over in one night oppo site the city. "The winter of 1781 was very mild, but the spring was cold and backward. The whole winter of 1780 was intensely cold. The Delaware was closed from the Ist of December to the 14th of ;March. The ice was from two to three feet thick. Daring the month of January the mercury was several times from 10 to 15 below zero, and only once during the month did it rise to 32. Long Island Sound and the Chesa peake were so completely ice-bound as to be passable with horses and sleighs. "The winter of 1779 was very mild, par ticularly the month of February, when trees were in blossom. "January 9th, 1773, the mercury was 9 degree below 0, and there was much snow and cold weather until the 10th of March. "During the winter of 1772, the Delaware was covered with ice for three months. "The winter of 1765 was intensely cold. On the 19th of February,a whole ox was roasted on 'the Delaware. "On the 31st of December, 1764, the Dela ware was frozen completely over in one night, and the weather continued cold until the 28th of March, with !snow two and a half feet deep. "The winter of 1760 was alternately very cold and very mild. In the month of March there was the heaviest fall of snow ever re membered so late in the season. "The winter of 1756 was very mild; the first snow storm was as late as the 18th of March. "The winter of 1750 was very open and mild, but all the spring months were cold and stormy., As late in the season as the 30th of May, snow lay on the ground. "The next record . we find is 1742, which says: One of the coldest winters since the settlement of the country; a gentleman drove himself with a horse and sleigh through Long Island Sound, on the ice, to Cape Cod! • "The winter of 1741 was intensely cold. The Delaware was closed from the 19th of December to the 13th of March. 'Many creatures died from hunger and cold. As late in the season as the 19th of April, snow fell to the depth of three feet, after which the:weather became very warm, and tjie whole' slimmer was intensely hot. "The winter of 1740 was very cold and stormy. .The Delaware' continued closed until the 14th of March. "The winter's of 1736 and 1737 were both intensely cold, and. many persons perished. "In both•the winters of 1727 and 1928, the Delawsre was closed for three months. "The whole winter of 1725 was mild, but the spring very cold. In March, snow fell to:the depth of two feet in_one-night. "The winter of 1717 was long and severe, and there were the deepest snows remein bered by the oldest inhabitants. Their depth is not recorded. - "The winter of '1714 was very mild after the .15th of. January; - trees and shrubbery 'were in bloom the first'week in February, ,and the spring was unusually mild. "After this we could find no record of the weather, !or even a word respecting it, until the *win ter of 1704, which was long and severe, with .many deep snows. • 1 • `.'The 14th of December,l.7oB, is recorded by a, • New England writer, as being the coldest day-ever knomi - there up to that 'time! put he forgot to 'Ay how cold it was! THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN : PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. JANUARY 8, 1866. At this time rherrnorneters laird been in use eighty eight years.' They were inveat4 in "The winter of 1697 Was intensely cold. Boston- harbor was ;frozen - -as far down;as Nantucket. ' • - • ' - "After this the only_ record we can, find respecting the 'weather in America is, 'on the 11th of December, 1681, the Delaware river frOze over in one' riight,:„so as to be passable on the ice.' - • • • A ,correspondent sends •us the following account of . t . , • • • _ COLD DAYS WITHIN TEN YEARS. February 7,1855-Thermometer 2° (below zero)-at ,7 A. M., and reached 8° (above zero) at .5 P. M. Snow• all' day. The Dela ware river frozen over: January 9, 1856—Thermometer 8° below. Reached no higher point than4 o during the day. Jan. 10, 1866—Thermometer 5° below at 7 7A. M. The Delaware river frozen over and continued tight below the city, until March Ist. Sleighing continued for five weeks. Feb. 4—Thermometer 2° below at 7 A. M. tt 13 66 0° '' St It it 14 66 00 It 46 Jan. 18,1857—Thermometer, 4° at 7 A. M. and went down to zero by noon; snow fell for twenty-four hours piling up on the sidewalks and corners 'to the depth of six feet. A woman was found frozen to death. The Tabernacle Methodist Church, " near Eleventh and Master streets; was burned at night: • Jan. 10—Thermometer 8° at 7A. M. No railroad cars came in or left thiscity during this day. Jan. 23—Thememeter,7°. A line of sleighs running between Philadelphia and Camden. Jan. 24—Thermometer 4° below zero. Jan. 26 do. 7.4320. , Jan. 8, 1866—Thermometer, no below zero at 7 A. M., at Germantown. PHILADELPMA CATTLE Mintzer, Jan. 8, —Beef Cattle are in better demand this week, at an advance;about 1,700 head arrived and sold at from 17i©181 cents for extra, 15@16* cents for fair to good and 12@14 cents V, lb for common, as to quality. The following are the particulars of the sales; Head. Name. Amount. 126 Martin Fuller & Co., Western, and Chester county, . 15 @l7 85 J. McFillen, West and Chester county. . • 16 @l7l 80 P. Hathaway, Western, and Chester county, . . 15/0@)17.1 75 J. S. Kirk, Western, . .15 @l7 62 P. MeFillen, Chester co ., f. 16 @IS 30 B. F. McFillen, Chester co., 14 @lei 50 E.S. McFillen, Western, and Chester county. 16 @l7 , . 103 Ullman Co„ Western and Chester county, . . 17 @lBl 100 Mooney & Smith, Western Chester county, 75 J. Chain & Bro., Pa., 60 H. Chain, Pa., 35 I). Branson. Chester county, 100 Gust.Shamberg, Western, and Chester county, . . 14 @l7 90 Christy it Brother, West., . 15 @l6l 50 Dryfoos tic Dryfoos, Western, 16 @l7 Cows—Are without change ; 175 head sold at 35(aj for Springers, and sso@ 100 Fer head for milch cows, as to quality. Sheep—Prices are rather better; 9,000 head arrived and sold at 7@Bi cts. per a, for good fat sheep, and $3 50€0 50 per head for stock sheep, as to condition. Hogs—The demand is better and prices have advanced; 3,000 head arrived and sold at the different yards at from $1362515 the 100 Ms nett, as to quality. An adjourned meeting of the drovers and butchers will be held at the Avenue Drove Yard, on Monday next, January 15th, at 3 o'clock P. M., to consider the proposition of changing the cattle market day from Mon day to Thursday, to prevent the dealers in stock visiting the Drove Yard on Sunday and transacting business on that day. FOR CuLi i INC* TEETH EASILY, there is nothing like Bower's Infant Cordial, rubbed on the gums with the finger. Bower's Laboratory, Sixth and Green. Bottle 25 cents. PACKAGE OF "PHARAOH'S SERPENTS" sent by mail, 50 cents. Bower's Laboratory, Sixth and Vine. HERITLS. OR RUPTURE—Treated with pro thsalonal and practical skill by C. R. Needles, B. W. corner Twelfth and Race streets. Ladles' Department conducted by ladles, on Tvrelfth street, Ist door below risme. DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES IN EVERY VA RIETy. SNOWDEN et BROTHS'S, Importers, South Eighth street. Entnizn Ink Stands, Fans, Card Receiv ers, Jewel Caskets, Cigar Cases, Cutlery eta. BROTHER, Importers, SNOWDENDEN & Importers, 23 South Eighth street. ROBBERY AND MIIRDER.-A few nights since Henry Maag and Enricus Smith,frotu the Plains, stabled their mules at Atchison and went to sleep in their wagon. At three in the morning Smith discovered a large man, having on a fur cap and a soldier's overcoat, beating Maag over the head with something like an ax. Jumping out of the wagon be saw two other men standing by, one of whom, with revolver in hand, threat eded to shoot him. He instantly called for the police, when all three fled. The pocket books of both the men were gone, one con taining abouts7oo, and the other $4OO. Smith received no injuries, but Maag had his skull broken in several places, and has since d ed —Kansas Paper. ssootrs 68 6,206 '62 1000 Penna War Loan 100 1000 U 8 7 3-1084 July 0e; 1800 do %W..; 4000 City 68 gas 87 lOO all CIO sii 500 do new 93 100 sh Ara Oil 356 100 1000 do cash 92% 139 sh Richmond Gm e 5 9i.; 1000 do - 9234' 100 ab EchNav pfd b3O 245i.' 3000 Camd & Amboy 60 sh do 65 29S 6s 'B9 91 17 sh do 29!. 2sh Big Mon ntain 8 MO fah Dela Div 31' , ' • 100 sh 151aple Shade 53; 100 sh Fulton Coal 6' ash Manay'k Gas s 5 46k; 80 eh NPa It 31 48 sh Germant'n CI 65 46h 100 sh su ir Creek 5 183 Southwark & Moya- 100 eh Ca Is pfd bl 5 43,'., menslng Gas as 9% 100 sh Nor Central 45 Public Board—Philadelphia Exchange. attPORTSID: BY S. O..JORIcsON, STOCK BRONX% BO 32.3 WALNUT STREET. FIRST CALL. .350 II S Trees 7 3-1013 1100 sh do Note; June es 100 eh Keyetone 100 eh Read B b3O 52341 :Amerlean Gold,. 'Reading Mailroad... New York Central. 11. S. 85 '81 int off... U. ie B:es, Er • 'Hudson River Illinois Central Northwest niundoe and Business--• Jan. 8.1866 The Stock Market was heavy to-day, and the bear influence was decidedly in the ascendency. Beading Railroad opened at 52X, and closed dull at 51%—a de cline of Catawissa Railroad Preferred fell, to 43, and 2.9"icas the best bid for the Common stock. Cam den and Amboy Railroad closed at 125; Pennsylvania Railioaci at 5936; Northern Central Railroad at 45; North Pennsylvania Railroad at 81; Little Schuylkill 'Railroad at 293;1 Mine Hill Railroad at 54; Lehigh Val ley Railroad at 61, and Philadelphia and Erie Railroad at 80. In dovernment Leans there was more activity, with sales of the ne Five-Twenties at 104; the old at 102, and the Sevp-Thirties at 98%@)98%. State FiVes were dull, but the War-Loan sold at 100. City Loans were lower, the new issues 'selling at 9236, and the old at 87. Canal stooks were very'quiet, and the only sales were ofSoholkill Navigation Preferred at 294@2936• and belawareDivieion at 5136. Coal stocks were steady. Rultim sold at 83a';- Mahanoy at Shamokin at 10, and Clinton at 13‘. In Bank shares there was not a tingle transaction. ' PaMenger RailwaY shares Were inactive. Restonville closed at 39 bid and 89% asked, , ; The Board ofDirectors of the Philadelphia and Brie Rallroad"Company have declared a dividend of three per cent., payable on and aftertlie 15th inst. The St, /TicAolae Veal Company has declared a guar . LE1)6 , 11: 7 111.341{C1 SALES OF STOOKS 20 eh Reading B too eh do 300 ski do 1100 sh do PRICES OF STOCKS IN NEW YORK. (By niesirap74) PERST CLASS. SSCOND CLASS, .. -1403,,i sales .- - sales ._..51% sales ...... sales . 95,4 i sales es 104 sales ---sa les 10456'sales Wee 9554 sales sales 173-4 bid sales bid sales , bid sales Heavy. - terly dividend of seven per cent., payable on and after the 15th inst. ' - ' • .7ar Cooke Ede Co; quote Governmenkßecurities,'&7., to-day, as rollowm 11.13;8'9,1881/01g Old 5 , 20 Bonds: . 1033 i 1043] 3 New'.'lo234 ' 5-20 Bonds, 1885 1021 4 9 3 3, 10.40 80nd5............. 93" D 33, 7 840 Augu5t..................... 9851 TRIN. June 983 .. ..4 98 Ceitlficateri E 98 Indebtedness........ 9834 98 Gold—at is o'clock.-- 141 Messrs. Deßaven ot Brother. No. 40 Senth Third stteet, make the following quotations of the rates of exchange to-day, at 1%• hi,: Buying . l3ellimg, American G01d........ .140%, HO% Quarters and halves...-................... 185 Dimes and half d1me5.....................180 , Spanish Quarter5.........-...........-...180 Penna. Churency............................ 4, dis. Xldis. New York Ilxchange..-....--.., 140 dis. par. Smith, Randolph & Co., Bankers, 16 South Third street, quote at I o'clock as follows: . Gold 140% U. S. 1881 Bonds 104 10435 11,f3. 5-20, 1862 104% 1044 ! " 1884 101% 102 " 1865_ 101% 102 17.!8. 10.40 93% 93% 11. S. 7-80's-Ist series 9835 98% 2d Series9B 3s 98% , 1 " 'Bd series ' 98'0 . 98'/. 11. S. Certificates of Indebtedness 98350 83% lAONDAY, Jan. fi.—There is a steady demand for Cot ton with sales of middlings at 5.2553 cents,. cash. There Is no Quercitron Bark coming forward and Fe. 1 is held firinly at fa 5o 1 61 ton. - The demand for Cloverseed has fallen offend prices are lower. Small sales at $7 25518. In Timothy no thing doing. Small sales of Flaxseed at $3 1.551 20. The Flour market is extremely quiet but there is no change to notice from Saturday's quotations. Only a feW hundred barrels were :disposed of, chiefly for the supply of the home consumers at $7 4.55}7 75'f barrel for superftne, 18@t9 ibr extras, s@e2 50 for Northwestern extra flintily, slo@ll for Penna. and Ohio do. tro:, and at higher figures for 'holey lota—ac cording to quality. Bye Flour is nominal at and Corn Meal at 14 25. Supplies ofOraln by water have bees cut off by the suspension of navigation and there is very little arriv ing-by Itailroad.l In Wheat there is no change. Sales of 2000 bushels Red at .2 2702 35. White at $2 sag $275. Rye ranges from 95 cents to $1 05. Corn is in steady request, with sales of 5000 bushels yellow at 83 cents In store and from the cars. Oats command 50® 52 X centsc ents.. 10,t00 bushels Prince Edward's island sold at 50 NVlllsky is dull. Small sales of Penna. and Ohio bar ell at f 2 27®2 80. WINDOW SHADES. Window Shades--Holland. Window Shades—Gilt Window Shades---Painted. Window Shades--Flain. h Every Desirable Color, Style or Price. , 16 @l7i 15 (4)17 15 (0)17 15 @l7 LACE CURTAINS Parlor Curtains, Drawing Room Curtains, Library Curtains, Dining-Room Curtains, Sleeping-Room Curtains, Piano and Table Covers fl ENTIRELY NEW DESIGNS. I. E. WALRAVEN, 719 Chestnut Street. NATIONAL BANK, Philadelphia, Sept. 20,1866 INIMIDIORIVi.IOIIMDItiKVA INTEREST AT THE RATE OF FOUR PER CENT. PER AN NUM WILL BE ALLOWED BY THIS BANK ON DE POSITS, FOR WHICH CERTIFICATES WILL BE ISSUED, PAYA BLE AFTER lei v&I DAYS' NOTICE. INTEREST WILL NOT BE AL LOWED UNLESS THE DE POSIT REMAINS AT T•W A ST FIFTEEN DAYS. DREXEL & CO., b3O IS2 1. 52 51?4 BANKERS, 44 SOUTH THIRD STREET. 10-40's, 31.f35.11. 9 5, Certificates of Indebtedness, Compound Interest Notes of 1864, and GOLD A D SILVER, rtonght and Sold. Drafta drawn on England, Ireland, France and Ow n. any. 5-20's of 188 =hanged for the old Issue of 1882 and the market c' "rence allowed. no2l-tf Op 2 de 5 4 '4 .70 Nail LI Dil 10:111 MEM Liverpool and London and Globe INSURANCE COMPANY. Authorized Capital, $lO Millions. Invested Funds, over 16 Millions. Yearly Revenue, over 5 Millions. Invested in the United States, over $1,500,000. All losses promptly adjusted without reference to England. OFFICE, No, , 6 Merchants' Exchange, deles,tn,th-tf? OFWQ.U.TRE7II:-D-.7—Let tem testamentary on the estate of William H. Squire. M. D., late of the City of Philadelphia, have been duly grantee to the undersigned by the Register, Wpersons indebted are-requested to make payment m those having claitas present them to HENRY J. SQUIRE, Executor, Germantown; or to his Attor rleY, 623 Walnut Meet, dets th6t• Philadelphia Market& MASONIC HALL, FIRST C. H. CLARK, President. ATWOOD. SMITH, General Agent for Pennsylvania, PHILADELPHIA. TD EDITION. BY TELEGRAPH. From Washington.,, [Special Despatch to the Sal WASHINGTON, Jan. B.—Secretary Mc- Culloch will send his financial, budget tb Congress to-day. It proposes to carry out the sutzgestions of his report. The President will make a communica tion to the. Committee on Reconstruction, in accordance with , the request of said Com mittee. The resolutions calling upon Government for information relative to Maximilian & Company will develop some remarkably queer things. The Committee on Appro priations have the. Army and Navy bills ready to report. They are cut down below the estimates, several millions. SXXIXtti Congress-First Session. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 1866. SENATE.—The Presiden t pro tern. laid before 'the Senate a communication from the Mayor of Washington, transmitting the results of the late election in the city on the subject of negro suffrage. Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Morgan (N. Y.) presented the memo rial of the New York Chamber of Commerc, asking for legislation to protect Northern creditors from the operation of Southern statutes of limitation. Referred to the com mittee on Judiciary. • Several petitions of soldiers in the late war, asking for an equalization of pay and bounty,were offered and referred. - Mr. Johnsen (Md.), presented the creden tials of Randall Hunt, Senator elect from Louisiana, which were ordered to lie on the table. Mr. McDougal (Cal.) offered a resolution calling on the President' for information in regard to the issue of an order from the Commanding officer in California, forbid ding the exportation of arms over the fron tier, and whether such order was not a violation of neutrality towards Mexico. Adopted. Mr. Cresswell (Md.), offered a resolution which was adopted calling for information, as to why the commission authorized to investigate the claims of loyal slave owners, to compensation for colored volunteers owing service to them had not been ap pointed. The Senate at half-past 12 o'clock ad journed. [Bonen—Continued from Second Edition.] Mr. Williams offered a resolution, which was passed by a vote of 94 to 37, declaring, as the sense of the House, that the troops should not be withdrawn from the seceding States until the two Houses of Congress shall have ascertained and declared their further presence there no longer necessary. Mr. Morrell,from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill authorizing the issue of bonds for funding the obligations of the United States. It authorizes the Secretary of the Tres bury to izsue 6 per cent. coin bonds, to an indefinite amount, to fund all the floating debt, interest payable in Europe, to be five per cent., and also,that the interest bearing notes shall cease to be a legal tender when due. Markets NEW YonK,Jan. Eth,.—Cotton quiet at 52iC;,53. Flour has declined s(tilec . Sales of 4,500 Obis. state F 50: Ohio ;8 alto 25; Western trt 20(70 50: Southern se4ls;;Canads, Si 1.51u1l 25. Wheat I(s.lic lower. Corn dull with few sales. 'Seer quiet. Pork cilia; mess ::5. Lard quiet at 15(4,15;. Whisky dull. Stocks COIL Chicago and Rock Island. 105i4; Mich igan Southern 70.: New York Central. 8.5 , ,; Resoling, 10t,.,%; Hodson River. le7: Canton, 44; Erie. 9 314: One year's certificates. Treasury notes S 7 . 7,,; Ten-km:lea 83'; Coupon Vs. Fire-twenties, 104! = . (old 1411;‘.4 COURTS. TEE Giver CASE. —This morning was fixed for the hearing in the, case of Weaver vs. Given. Owing to the engagement of the judges in the Oyer and Terminer, the case was postponed until Monday next. In the meantime the testimony of witnesses from the army will be taken by an examiner. _ . SrPREALE COURT—Chief Justice Wood ward and Justices Strong, Read and Ag new.—Judgments were entered this morn ing in the following cases: John R. Campbell et al. vs. Charles C. McLaw. Appeal from decree of C. P. of In diana county. Opinion by Read, J. Decree affirmed at the cost of appellant. Wm. A. Shreve et al. vs. Wm. J. Brew ster et al. Error to District Court of Alle gheny county. Opinion by Read, J. Judg ment affirmed. Rhines vs. Ex. of Henry Raught. Error to C. P. of Jefferson county. Opinion by Woodward, J. Judgment reversed and a venire facial de novo awarded. A. M. White et al. vs. Leeds, for use, &c. —Error to Common Pleas of Indiana county. Opinion by Read, Justice. Judgment af firmed. Edward C. Stewart vs. Wm. F. Thomp son.—Error to Common Pleas of Allegheny county. Opinion by Read, Justice. Judg ment affirmed. Ricketson et al. vs.. Corn. ex rel. E. Simp son.—Error to Common Pleas of Allegheny county. Opinion by Read, Justice. Judg ment affirmed. Huffman vs. Hamilton.—Error to Com mon Pleas of Armstrong county. Opinion by Read, Justice. Judgment affirmed. Barneays.Reed.—Error to Common Pleas of Armstiong county. Opinion by Strong, Justice. Judgment affirmed. Mellon vs. Guthrie—Error to Common Pleas of Forest Co. Opinion by Strong, Justice; Judgment affirmed. McNight et al vs. Kreutz—Error to Dis trict Court of Allegheny county. Opinion by Strong, Justice. Judgment reversed. and a venire de 110V0 awarded. Evans & Fuller vs. Watson, et al. Error to Common Pleas of Jefferson county. Opin ion by Strong, Justice. Judgment affirmed. County of Allegheny vs. Cleaveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company. Certiorari to Common Pleas of Allegheny county. Opinion by Woodward, Chief Justice. Judgment affirmed. Kirkland vs. Thompson. Error to Com mon Pleas of Armstrong county. Opinion by Woodward, Chief Justice. Judgment affirmed. The Phcenix Insurance Company vs. R. C. Cochran & Co. Error to District Court of Allegheny county. Opinion by Woodward, Chief Justice. Judgment affirmed. In the matter of the road for George Bliss to Sandy Lick Creek. Cert. to Quarter Ses sion Jefferson county. Opinion by Wood ward, Chief Justice. Proceedings set aside. Scott vs. Scott. Error to C. P. of Erie county. Opinion by Woodward, Chief Justice. Judgment affirmed. Hood & Co.'s Appeal and Jas. A. Logan's Appeal. From C. P. of Westmoreland county. Opinion by Judge Agnew. The pro forma decree of the court below is re versed as to the Fifer & Lawrence judg ments. and the sums awarded to them making $4789 34 are ordered to be paid to Hood & Co.'s judgment.' This sum, added to that awarded to Hood dr, Co. by the auditor, gives the total sum of $7,539 34, which is decreed to be paid to them; and it is ordered that. Martin O. Trnstman, assignee of the Refer judgment, and John Trustman, assignee of the Law rence judgment, pay the costs of Hood & Co.'s appeid, and that Jas. A. Logan pay the costs of his own appeal. - Brewer, Williams, Black et al. vs. John Fleming. Error to Common Pleas of For rest county. Opinion by Judge 'Agnew. Judgment affirmed., ' • OYER AND TERMINER-41111g08 AM's= 3: 0 0 -0' Clock. and Ludlow.—The case of John Conner, charged with the murder of. Michael ,Fitz gerald, was resumed this morning. The Commonwealth called- a number of wit nesses to rebut the allegation of the defence. that Conner was intoxicated when he dis charged the pistol. On trial. CITY BULLETIN. , . RALtatoAD BIEETINGS.—The stoekholderis of the various railroad companies having their offices in this city held their annual meetings to-day. Philadelphia and Bedding Railroad Corn pany.—The meeting of this company was held at noon to-day at the office, at Fourth street and Willing's alley. The attendance was large. • The annual report of the managers was read. It shows that the company is in a highly prosperous condition. An election for officers was then held, and resulted in the re-election of Charles ; E. Smith, Esq., President; Wm. H. Webb, Secretary, andSamuel,Bradford, Treasurer, and the old Board of Directors. Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Bailroad.—This company held its annual meeting at Wilmington, Del. The annual report was read and an elec tion for officers was held. North Pennsylvania Railroad.—The stock holders of.this company assembled at the office in Walnut street. Edward . Browning, Esq., was called to the chair, and Mr. Ed ward Armstrong was appointed secretary. Mr. Frank A. Cmnly, President,then read the annual report of the Board of Directors. The earnings for the fiscal year ending Oct. 31st, 1865, were: From freight, . . . . $527,207 00 From passengers, . . . 337,137 78 From mails, . . . . 3,215 00 From rents, . . . . , 3,268 00 Sundry receipts, . . . 4,236 72 Total, $975,064 50 Being an increase of $185,459 17 over the eleven months ending on the same day in 1864, when the last statement was made,and an increase of $134,142 68 over the twelve months ending Oct. 31, 1864. Her working expenses have been in creased owing to the high price of all rail road supplies. The track is in good order and has been well kept up. Since the first opening of the road about three-fourths of the cross ties have been renewed upon the main line, and about half of those on the Doylestown branch. About twenty per cent of the rails have been renewed, mostly with re-rolled iron. The cost of transportation over the city tracks by horse and mule power has greatly increased. $46,1 9 1 being paid for that item alone, last year. The total expenses, in cluding all renewals and repairs were: For maintenance of way. . .$115,871 67 " motive power. . . . 150,497 40 " maintenance of cars . . 42,826 35 " conducting transportation. . 129,460 79 " general expenses. . . 24,054 83 Total. Total earnings. " expenses. . $462,711 04 $575,064 50 462,711 04 Net earnings. . $412,353 46 The interest and taxes chargeable to the year amounted to $227,999 78, making an excess of $184,353 GS earnings, over ex penses, interest and taxes. No contracts for new locomotives or cars have been made during the past year. The equipment has been increased as fast as the earnings of the company would admit, as the policy has been to provide locomotives and cars, and the necessary construction out of the earnings of the road, in preference to contracting a floating debt. There has been expended in the last four years, $126,947 65 for construction,and $269,- 517 59 for equinment,making a total of $394,- 465 24. In the same time the surplus earn ings over expenses, interest, taxes, &c., amounted to $397,051 26. The new passenger station house at the corner of America and Barks streets has been pushed towards completion as fast as circumstances permitted. The principal building, containing the offices and waiting rooms, has been finished, and the tracks laid upon the lot. It is contemplated to transfer the passenger business to that point early in the coming summer. A substan tial brick engine house is now in course of erection at the southeast corner of Third and Barks streets. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com pany is now constructing lit bridge across the Lehigh river at Bethlehem for the pur pose of connecting its new road with the North Pennsylvania Railroad. Roads being constructed by the Lehigh Coal and Navi- Ration Company, Lehigh and Lackawanna ailroad Company . , Chestnut Hill and Cheltenham Railroad Company, will act as feeders to the North Pennsylvania road. The report was accepted and ordered to be printed. The reports of the Treasurer and General Superintendent were also read and ordered o be printed. The meeting then adjourned and an elec tion for office's was held with the following result; PRESIDENT—FrankIin A. Comly. DIRECTORS.—John Jordan, Jr., J.Gilling ham Fell, S. Morris Wain, William C. Lud wig. Ellwood Shannon, K.dward C. Knight, Alfred Hunt, I. Pemberton Hutchinson, William C. Kent, Charles W. Wharton. Passenger Railways.—The annual meet ings of all the passenger railway compa nies, were held to-day at the offices of the several companies, Each company elected officers for the ensuing year. As far m ascertained, but four changes were made. SKATING.—There is no scarcity of first class skating about this time. The ice is in splendid condition, and the skaters are eager for the delightful sport. The Central Park, at Fifteenth and Wallace streets; the Philadelphia Park. at Thirty-first and Wal nut streets; the Keystone, at Third and Morris streets; the Eastwick, on the Darby road, and the National Park, Twenty-first and Columbia avenue, are all attracting crowds of admirers of the glancing blades. Dr. Jansen had his Central Park, at Fif teenth• and Wallace streets, flooded yester day morning, and there is now a smooth sheet of splendid ice there, with only eight inches of ice under it. Anour 2l o'clock this afternoon an alarm of fire was occasioned by the burning of a foul chimney at the southwest corner of Third and Market streets. Sales at Philadelphia Stock Board. SALES AFTER FIRST BOARD, SICOO Pa 6s War Loan 100 20 sh Lehigh Val 5562.4 2100 City 6s new 9214' 300 sh Bean R 30 ds 511 1000 Phil & Erie 6s . 89 100 sh do 630 5181-100 400 U S Tress 7 8-10 2sh do 515 E Notes July 9856 23 sh do trf 50 1000 SunburydvErie 7s 300 sh do IMO 5174. - Sswn 92 100 Rh do sswn 313 10 sh Mech Bk 28. 15 sh Bk Penn Tow'p 50 16 eh Wyoming Val 37 100 sh eutawls pf 1330 1001311 Del Div ' • 315 300 sh Phil Az gee c 3 05fi 560 sh IC Y and Middle 4s Eh Maculae Eh 30 Coal Fields 8%1200 sh Maple Shade 53 SECOND BOARD, 61000 NPa R 63 82% 200 eh Reading R s6O 8000 Ul3 5.20 a '65 reg 102 WO sh Mahanoy Coal 8.:%; 3000 do 102 25 sh Commonwealth see eh Mingo 2% Bank 543.1 100 an Ocean 011 1330 18 ,y, 500 MR, YEAR:—We want agents every where to sell our IMPROVED VO Sewing Machines. •Three new kinds. under and upper feed. Warranted five years. Above salary er large commis sions paid. The ONLY machines sold In United states for less thaw ;RI, which are fully licensed bg Bbtre; Mauler & Wilson, Grover, &Baker, 63nger Cb. and Bachelder.' All other cheap machines are inJ'kiige melds. Circulars/res. • Address, or call upon BRAWL' CLARK, Biddeford,.Naine, or at No 523 Broadway, New York; No.s Carter street, Philadelphia. pa,; NO. 14 Lombard's . Block, Chlcav, Ill: No 170 'Wess Fourth street Cincinnat i, Q.; or No. 8 ApaUlding's change, Buffaio.'N. - .T. de9-41,tuilm T ENTERS OF ADMINISTA TION having been eranteif to the subset trier noon rthe state ELIZ 4.BETEI GABEL, deceased. all perilous indebted to the same Will make payment, , and: thOse , havliur claims present tbern to JCiliN, "Fl A STIIPRN, Admin.- . letrator, Queenstreet, • -den.thtst.
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