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.
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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.
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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
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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.