~r rrrsr* r 8; (.From Chambers a JosrnalJ '- r ’ From ’Tifme'lmmemorial. Matty grand,‘noble and solemn me mo ries enthrone tnemselvesuponmountaiii historian alike,' lovC, mnd immortalize many a ‘ whteb adds-toits soUtary dignity and mysterious erandeur the aubiime ; interest, pf sotna Ereaf^Yeniinthesdpernaturalormataral history of the humanrace... Ararat and g inai. Hermony Horeb, and Moriah, are names which transport the,toind by, their mere lound ; into a world of mnmte thought, wonder and interest.. Around Gerizim attd-Ebal, venerable and sacred ; associations 1 'Cluster, dStrng. from the earliest days of which any .record-is preserved. I ''.And awayj .in the far past,, beyond all such XeP?rcU, are - bilities of the story of - the sacredbuls.. Looking at their rugged summits, and remembermg all likelihood Gerizim and Ebal had been consecrated mountains; nnd had wit nessed the performance of sacrifice and religious sites ages before Abraham ana his grandson Jacob wctedthere their al tars to 1 JShovah[the story;of the; .ancient people; <f the oldest and smallest sect in the world, whose dwelling place mini the tvalley between > them; whose i lives are .influenced-' tty. their traditions* as; their homest are overshadowed-by,their ; inajesticmresencejv anextraprr dinaiyintefest. There the present is a living- illustration - and explanation of the pastjrtlierp .the mind has not to traveDniough 'ages and gradations of history, to trace the fusion, of races,-ther ravages pfconquestj theremoval of land marks. All these are to be found ou - change’and r. desolation, spre&d widely- atodad,' andthe glory of thep&fi is but r a sacred and solemn meMm®;" but th6re, u ;iii l the - deep vaUeywmch tiesbetwteil tneholyhills, the pAst is not gainsaifl by. the .-present, the busy meddling of change, has. been stayed.' “Our - fathers .worshiped in this mountain, and wd worship, -saida, woman of Samaria,-nineteen centuries ago,'to awayfarer who questioned her, sitting by the brink- of the well which Jacob had made for bis flocks and people, in the midst of a hostile people, Who might have forbidden him the use of the stream"which still flows near the patrL arch’s well. A' little whileago,an Eughsh traveler* sat on the same spot probably upon the -;self-same stone, and Amram, the priest of the Samaritans, told him how their ; fathers had worshiped; in this mountain, this gray, old Gerizim, stretching away and aloft into the pure air. and under the hot, cloudless sky; how" they worship still, they, the sole inheritors of the promise, the true chil dren of the Covenant, Who alone, hold true and unbroken the law of Moses, and possess the authentic roll of the Pe ntateuch. , • In ibis little valley of Shechem dwelt Melchizedek, the mysterious priest of the Most High, and officiated, under the venerable oak; of Moreh. in the sacred rites which preceded,ibylong centuries the • ceremonial law of Moses. Here Abraham offered up his first sacrifice in the "Promised Land, and duly paid his ' tithes to Melchizedek. Qn Gerizim, now proved to be the Moriah of Abraham, was that terrible~and ? mysterious trial of the faith of the friend of God, the sacrifice ,of Isaac, applied, and trium phantlv sustained- Sow:'must. Moses have thought of all these things, when he commanded that the children-of Israel, when they Should havb crossed the Jordan, add entered upon the Pro mised Lana, never to be trodden by his foot, should be halted between Gerizim and Ebal, in the valley of Shechem, to listen to the solemn proclamation of the “ Law. And when the triumphant claim ants of the Covenant swarmed about the immemorial hills, they, and their children, and their cattle drank sweet water from the well, which Jacob, the father of the people, had given them, when the Captivity was yet undreamed of; and now, behold.it had passed away, and they had come to fill the land and to possess it. Such as it was then, it is now, and the Law, as there proclaimed, is kept now, the customs then observed are observed now, though the tale of the greatness of the children of Israel is told and ended, though another Captivity and another restoration, a bitterer and wider rain, and long ages of dispersion, homelessness, contempt and contumely, the rule of the pagan, the presence of the Christian in their Holy Plaees and in their God-governed city, have made the chosen people a mere tradition for the historian of the past, a mere problem for the curious in the future. - A little while, and the sect of the Samaritans will be no more l —a little while, and this wonderful illustration of the past will no more make the dead and and-gone ages real to the traveler’s gaze. They are yielding slowly, but surely, to the law which,however long of operation, inexorably fulfills itself. Jacob’s well has been purchased by the Greek Church. No more may the women of Samaria-set down their water jars by the brink, and speak with strangers there. The’purchase is not talked about at preseiit, but the mouth of the well has been filled in, so that it may be deserted; and- when the fitting time comes, a magnificent building,rich with gold and gems, barbarous in taste,and unmeaning in ornament, will utterly efface the old Hebrew tradition, while it will (far less effectively than by the simple vene rable well) commemorate the introduc tion of Christianity into Samaria by the founder of Christianity himself. A divided, and even antagonistic , interest reigns in this wonderful spot for those who hasten to examine its landmarks while yet they endure, for here is the last stronghold of the faith of the patri archs, still vital and active in the actual scene of the first mission inaugurated for its destruction. Sacred as the valley of Shechem is to the Samaritans, who still worship the God of Moses according to the law of Moses, it has a double sanc tity in the eyes of Christians, incdm-< prehensible to them. Courtship in Greenland.—There is something exceedingly melancholy in the accounts which -are given of the custom of courtship in Greenland. Generally; women enter upon the bles- Bed estate with more willingness and less solicitude than the men. The women of Greenland are an exception to this rule. A Greenlander, having fixed his affection upon some female, ac quaints his parents with the state of his fieart. They apply to the parents of the girl, and if the parties thus far are agreed, the next proceedings is to ap point twofemale negotiators,whose duty it is to broach the subject to the young lady The lady ambassadors do not shock the young lady by any sudden or - . rrhroa Months’ Beßtdence at Nablus, and an Ao *3?ard)S ModnrnSamaritans, Byßev. John Mills. fSSwsW* #■**■*• THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN.—PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, PECEMBEB29 1866.—TRIPLE SHEET. abrupt avowal of the awfabsubjeCt o f their mission!” - Instead of this' they launch out in-praises of the gentleman' who seeks her hand. Theyspeakof the..- splendor and sumptnonaneas pfhid house, of his courage in catching seals, and other .l_like~ ficcQmplishoienfc|.-- Thie lady, pretending to be af frohted even at these remote hints inns away, tearing.„„the, ringlets of her hair as she retires, while the am bassadors, having got the'ccniseht of her parents,, pursue her, drag her’from her concealment, take her’by‘force’ to the : •house ; Of her: destined •'hußband,, and there leave 1 her;-: Compelled to remain there; she sits for days withdißheveled hair; silent and dejectedjrrefusing,every, kind of, sustenance,’tOl at ; last, if kind entreaties do, not prevail,- is . , pelled by’force," ana even ‘ hub-, ,mit to the detested, union. Jib' some cases, . Greenland 'women/ fainf - at ; . the proposal of marriage l —in others they fiy'to the mountains,! and only return when /compelled -to; by cold find: hunger; If One eutsofl her hairiitis a sign that, she intends.to resist-to death. All this; seems so-unnatural tp us that weseekfor, a reasoh forsueh.an apparent violation of the first principles of human, fiature. The Greehlaii d wifels ‘ 'thb slave’ of her husbanib, doomed ton life of toil; driidg ery and privation: hgKlie, she and her chilarehliavehioi iesoarceChgainsb starvation;.,. iThernarriage; state is ;a - eonditioDjWhite:.widcswbnp.d' ;is a , ...sj The identity .of SSablBS, the; dwely n n plftc&of Jheiljast; remnantnf .the seqtnqf :the Samaritans, with theancient city of Shechem is indubitably. , ,The pulpit-., like projection on Gerizim, .which over-: 1 hangs th6'city, aqd froth Iwnepce .any man’s voice 'mighti make itself heard by a gkeat multitude Without extraordinary efibrt.is an important' piSce of testimony bnt the - entire ; description : otherwise coheres. There was: the sacred oak, be neath which Jacob buried the. idols of hid father-in-law's household; and under whose branehes Joshua.set up. tfae first Of the great, stones.of the Law as‘ com manded by Moses.' Hard by’the sacred oak waS the! ancient sanctuary 1 of tbe Lord.for whose superior sanctify over that of-the Temple of Jerusalem* (a mushroom city, without rankorimpor tance, until the merely modetn times of King David),the Samaritans contended. Here, too, is that “parcel of ground” which Jacob, bought of the sons of Hamor,, the father of Shechem,'for a hundred pieces of silver wherein the wanderers laid the bones of Joseph, which they had brought up out of .Egypt, -To Mount Ebal belongs the sacred inheritance of the tomb of Joseph. If ever the tlme comes when its sublime solitudeshall be invaded, and its Secrets explored, what may it not reveal. .“We know,” says Mr. Mills, that Joseph was embalmed in Egypt; and being the most important personage next to the king, there is no doubt that the usual append ages of royalty were" placed with him in the coffin. If this is the real tomb {and there is every reasoiTtobelievethat it is) then underneath is the sarcophagus,and even the mummy of Joseph, just as they, were when deposited by the conquer ors.’.’ The Mohammed iegendeonfirms the belief that when Moses led the Is raelites out of Egypt,he carried Joseph’s bones with him into Canaan,and buried them by his ancestors; but it Bffirmsthat they had first been placed by the Egypt ians in a marble coffin, and sunk in the Nile,in order to help the regularincrease of the river, and deliver them from fam ine for the future. The story of Shechem is to be read in living letters at Nablus. Along the foot of Ebal, long lines of camels pass to-day, carrying on the traffic between Jeru salem and Galilee as it was carried on thousands of years ago. Within the gates of Nablus, tne ancient “gate” in which the “elders” sat, are the lineal descendants of those who heard the Law read from Gerizim, and beheld the burial of Joseph. Unchanged in faith, in dress, in customs, the visitor toNablus who sees the Samaritans, and studies their domestic life, has no need, to exert his fancy in re-peopling the scene wi th forms of the far past. He has bnt to look and see. The Christian and Moham medan population he may discard as accidents, and go up with priest and people to the feasts of the Passover and of the Full Moon, on Gerizim, as cending by the steps which were cut for the first - Worshipers among the heirs of the covenant. The account the Samaritans give of their own origin differs from' that of Josephus, and it is far more attractive to faith and fancy. They hold that they are the only pure and unmixed children of Israel, the sons of Joseph, who have dwelt through all'their past history since the conquest, in the mountains of Ephraim; that the Jews, on the other hand, ever since the captivity, are beyond all doubt a mixed people, and that they have tampered with the Book of Joshua, and falsified their whole history. “In their own his tory and chrohblogy, the Samaritans prove, to their lown satisfaction, that they are the only true representatives of the Israelites who, entered Palestine un der Joshua; and that their priest’s family can trace their genealogy in an unbrokeu chain up to Aaron,, the first high-priest of the nation.” No people have been more persecuted and oppressed from age to age, than tbt- Samaritans, but suffering has only knit them more closely together. -The stor y of their days, whether good or evil, i s coming to a close. The only remnant of themS to be found at Nablus, and it numbers but forty families. Upon this little community, there is a distinct im press of superiority to all around them. The nobility of an immemorial ances try, and a pure and ancient faith, is theirs, investing them with physical beauty, lofty bearing,and a strong family resemblance. They have never been tainted by assimilation to any other race, and their strict system of ' intermarriage has preserved all their traits. To observe their do mestic life, is to live in a biblical at mosphere, and to return to the days of the patriarchs, It is to find the birth of a male child rejoiced over, and that of a female regarded, as a misfortune; to see the ceremonial law observed in its mi nutest particulars, its endlesß ablutions and purifications, its strange penalties and disabilities; marriage, mourning; death; the confession to be made in the sacked (Hebrew) tongue, with the last conscious effort, that “the Lord our God is one Lord,” the frequent reading of the Law, the intimate relation be tween all the details of life and the tenets of their faith, which makes the exactions of the Levitical law appear to us as burdens very grevious to be borne—these may all be seen, as in the most ancient of days. Their faith aud their people are synonymous.: Th{tt any one of their •'bTethrencouiachatigebis creed, andyet' remain a Samaritan, is-: beyond itheir comprehension; ..They: believe> 'in • the coining oCthe Messiah, not' ;w.a king or cbbquerori .but <as ft. healer of -nations; , as ..inferior, Moses, the greatest of. all; as a ,m,ortoli man’,wboistofulfill.hi3mia3ion,aad: die'; They look for. his advent about 1910 is tobe preceded by pecilliar signs, but they are not pernaittea-Wfae divulged to unbelievers. ; ’■ f;: ■‘■ r ' '■ Thfe worship of the synagogue, is .pre T served im-its. most,ancientforms,the Law is read from the preoiou3 rolls, and the language i§‘Btebrew.~ The' Sabbath' is 'observed with such extraordinary strictness' that. the. of ; the hah ds,. and eyen the lighting.of a-lamp, iS forbidden. . A T o ‘nia.men of work may be done from she sunset -of ‘the eve ,of the Sabbath: to the sunset of the day of; rest. vNO‘servant,of> another : faith may be hired todo prohibited work; no action may be performed, even in the defence •of property Or life.' Their- fasts -=are -as . severe as their Sabbaths’are strict! The tenth day oftheßevehth month, eallee ‘Tishri, is kept as thegrhatday of atone ihOnt, and is the moatrimportant in the Samaritan calendar!, .The .fast, -begins at [sunset, -and: lasts -twentyrfive hours.; )Daring this time,? neither (man, _W!h man,, nor child, not , ey^n-v,the sick, or, unweaned infanta,:arej ;permitted .'_tp taste somuch.ns.aidwp of water. In the most extreme’cease;, mo medicine \ would be administered. 1 Half an hour before sunset, all theTSmninnity. assem ble atT the of the Pentateuch,Commences. This, inter- Tupted by hrayers, lasts all night, and goes ; : dn in solemn - dnrhhe?s.' • i ln ( the rnfaming; the worshippers form in pro* cession;■ visit the’toHibs of the *• pro phets; on their" retum at noon; to the , synagbgue, the; service, commences : bS; betofe.’ the approach of sunset, the grsde bereinony takes place—the ex , bition of the precious roll of the Law, their glorious ■possession, which they deblare to have been written at the door of thetabernacle; in the thirteenth year of 'the establishment-of -the children of Isfael in the Holy Land, by Abishna, the great grandson of Aaron. Into whose . bands is this priceless-treasure, which a few English travelers have- seen, des tined to fall; when this story of solemn, awful antiquity comes to a close? For forty years (a suggestive period in cbnnection with their history) the Sam aritans w ere prevented by the Moham medans, peculiarly violent and fanatical ! at Nablus,from celebrating the Passover on Mt. Gerizim. 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No such annoyance can possibly proceed from the Glass Caster Wheels, as we all know that glass Is non-corrosive. There are no rough or unfin ished edges to the Glass Wheels, such as we often find In those of Iron, and the latter, though smoothly fin ished, will soon rust, from the dampness of the atmos phere, If nothing else, producing roughness on thesur lace, or edgeTwhlle the former will always maintain the smoothness of glass, jnst as they are finished. By sleeping upon glass wheels yon retain all the elec tridty yen had la your body on retiring, and yon get op: In the morning feeling as fresh and active as a coung man. Glass being a non-conductor, the elec Iricity gained while In bed cannot pass off.’ Askyom doctor what be thinks or the Glass Castor Wheels Ask him If all diseases, with the exception of chronic diseases, are not caused from the want of electricity. We have a man'ln our place whom the doctors pro nounced past caring, with the Inflammatory, rheu matism. The wheels cured him In less than fbui weeks. He Is to-day a stoat healthy man. These are faots which can be proven on application at onr office. ; No. 203 Bace street, Philadelphia, or at onr Factory,al Westrille, New Jersey, where we have some sixty hands employed In the manufacture of the Glass Cas tor Wheels. two will be paid to any one who will say they hav* not received any benefit or relief after using Capewell A Co.’s Patent Glass Castors. A sample set (4) of tht Wheels sent to any part of the United States, on re ceipt of tl 50, J, B. CAPEWELL A CO , dot- Bm> No. 205 Race street. PROPOSALS. TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed proposals will be received at tbe office of the 1 biladelpbla and Montgomery County Bailroad Com pany. No. 127 Bouth FOURTH Street, until 12 o’clock, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th day of January, 1867, for tbe Graduation, Maßonry.lCrosstles, Stringers and Track-laying, on the Philadelphia and Montgomery County Bailroad, extending from the intersection of Sixth street and Lehigh avenue, along Sixth, West moreland, S lfth, and Loudon streets, to the new Second Street Boad, thence by said road and the Olney road to rear the Second Street Turnpike, at Olney, in the Twenty second Ward of the city of Philadelphia. The contractor will bid upon the following items. Earth Excavation-10 be hauled 1,000 feet and under— per cubic yard. _ ■ . Rock Excavation—la be hauled 1,000 feet and.under— per cubic yard. . , , . . • ■ . Embankment— Bxcayation hauled over 1,600 feet, or borrowed material. . ... l&ospnry— Per perch of 25 cubic feet, lnmortar—laid. . Bride-work— Per M laid. Including centering, BaUast— Per cubic yard. Cross-ties- Delivered on line of road—eacb. Track stringers—Ber n., Board measure, worked, and qn line of road. . „ Tfaek Laying— Per mile,-to Include the delivery and distribution of Iron, chairs and spikes to be for warded by the company at the nearest siding on the Beading Railroad. . Payments to be made Monthly upon the certificate of; the Engineer, less 20 per cent., until the completion olitheworki - ■ _ Profile and Specifications maybe seenatiheoflicq of the company. : QEOBGE j. de!9 w,s,m.tlal6B ■ Secretary, SIMON QARTLAND, ' So. 35 South ThlrteentU Street. Interments made in aUthe Cemeteries <KsU3»I , SPECIAL SOIICp. THE PHHjAIICIiPIIIA ANO BALTIMORE CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY. Toe Annual Meetlng -of the StoclthOMers of said Comp an v will beheld lnthe Jlall.in the Barougli of OXIOBD, Chester county; Pa.'. " •- - ! j■- on MONDAfy.-Jannarylf, 1861, ■ - *•■ I' At 10’ClOClt -P. M.» At which "time and place an election will be held for a President and twelve DiieOiois to serve for the ensu- Ingyear. y> t • • •'. '■< -JOSEPH HUDD ELL, r r - . . Secretary. . . 1 ;• delfctjaisg w OBTICEOPTHEATrTYQDiLOIDaffNItfa COMPANY, No. 324 WALNIJT!Street,' Phxla delfhia, December 2lat, 1866. •Ni/TICE ishereby given that all stacker theAmyg* daldid 'Mining Company, .on which installments are dueand unpaid, la hereby'declared forfeited, ( and will besdld at public auction, on MONDAY, Janna?y 2 1st. . 1867 j at 12 o'clock, M.. at Use office of the Secretary of the corporation, according to the Charter and £y- Laws, unless prevloaßlyjeaeemed. - By order of the Directors; _ „ d&2-tja2H , ; ■: V, K, WOMRATH, Treasure, December 15,.1866. OFFICE OF THH! FTTTT.AnEI.PHIA AND __ SOUTHERN MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, NtSj M4SOHTH DELAWARE AVENUE. • ei ■ Notice Is hereby given that by a resolution oith« Board of Director!) 1 of the above-named Company, adopted August 291h,1868, the FOURTH and, last In stallment of the Capital stoch of Bald Company, being THIRTY PER CENTUM or BEVENTY-STVE DOL LARS per share, has been called In, and la due and payable at this office. ; ■- ' - j ■ . IVI I.TiTAM J. MALCOLM, eestf Treasurer. 03^ OFFICE OF THETJFIONTHXFTtr*!. INS UR’ _-• -ANCE COMPAN Y—Phtt.tTiurpirrA, Decern ber '21,1866. The Annua! Meeting of tbe Btocfc and and Scrlp holders of the Company will be held at tbe office, N,. E, corner ,THIRD and WALNUT streets, on MON DAY. 14th of January, 1867. at -which time an Election for (eight Directors, to serve for the ensuing three yeaie will beheld.'- ■ '■■■ - ' - -■ de24:jal£J , ~. . .. JOHN MOBS, Secretary., rr'SoFFICE OF SECOND AND.THIRDSTREET PASSENGER RAID WAY COMPANY, No. 24E3FRANKFORD ROAD.. PaxtADELPKii, Dec, 27, 1866.— The'annnal meeting of tbe Stockholders of tola Company, will be held at their office on MONDAY. 14th January, lB67, at 12 o’clockM, at which time and place an election will -he held for a President and : Twelve Directors, to serve for the earning year. Thetranster books wlllbe closed from 3A to 14th January, 1867;. fdegB tojaltl. THOStiDOGAN, BeCy.: OFFICE HF- THBFKaJSKFOBD AKD ILg? PHILADELPHIA PASS KB OKS BAILWAY COMPANY, So. 2453 FRANKFORD road, Philadel phia, December2B>h, 1856., - . _ Tiie annual meeting of the Stockholders of this Com pany will be held at tnelr Office, on MONDAY, Janu aryl4th, 1867, at 9 o’clock, A.M, at which time and. place an election will be held for a President and eight: Directors, to serve for the ensuing year. ~ de2BljaH| - ’ E, A, LESLEY, Secretary. INSURANCE COMPANY OP THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia De cember 22,1866. ' An Election for Thlrteea'DlrectOrS Of the Company will be held at the Company's Office, Nos. 4 and 5 EX CHANGE BUILDING, on MONDAY, January 14th, 18677 between the hours of 10 o’clock, A. M-, and 1 o’clock, P*-M. WILLIAM HARPER; de24lJal3j ; Secretary. ry>-u=», LORBERRY CREEK RAILROAD COM [Liur PaSY- Philadelphia, Dec. 17th, 1868. - une annual: meeting of the stockholders of the Loiberry Creek Railroad Company will bo held at the office of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com pany. N 0.227 Sonth FOURTH street, Philadelphia, on MONDAY; January 14th, 1887, at 10 o’clock. A. M-, when an election will be held for a President, and six Directors to serve for the ensnlng year. del7-ijal4 fflL H. WEBB, Secretary. n-ms, ALLENTOWN RAILROAD COMPANY, ILgr PTnr.AniCT.PHIA Decffiber 17,1866. The Annual Meeting of the stockholders of the Al lentown Railroad Company will be held at the office of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, No. 227 Sculh FOUBBH street, Philadelphia, on MONDAY, January 14. 1867. at 1014 A, M.when an election will be held lor President and six Directors, to serve lor the ensuing year. del7-tJaH TIL H. WEBB, Secretary. OFFICE OF THE MILL CREEK AND U>gr MIN EHILL NAVIGATION AND RAILROAD COMPANY. Philadelphia, Dec. 5, 1888. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Company will be held at the Office of the Company, No, 4b7 LIBRARY Street, on MONDAY, December 31.1868. at 12 o’clock, M-, at which time an election for Officers to serve for the ensnlng year, will also take place. P. C. HOLLIS, deio.tai Secretary. OFFICE GF THE BCHULKILL VALLEY tIJ/ NAVIGATION AND RAILROAD COM PANY.— Philadelphia, December 5,1888. The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this Com pany will be held at the office of the Comnany, No. 407 LIBRARY Street, on MONDAY, Decemtler 31. 1866, at half-past eleven o’clock, A. Ml, at which time an election for Officers to serve the ensnlng yean will also take place. P. C. HOLLIS, del 1431,8 Secretary. OFFICE MOUNT CARBON <fc POST CARBON RAILROAD COMPANY. Phila delphia, December sth, 1856. , _ The annual meeting of the Stockholders of tbeCorn prny Win be held at the Office of the Company, No. 407 LIBRARY street,ion MONDAY, December 31st, 1866. at eleven o’clock, A.M., at which time an elecaon for Officers to serve the ensoingyear will take place. delotdeSU P. C. HOLLIS. Secretary, rc3P» MANUFACTURERS’ INSURANCE OIM IFSP PaNY, Philadelphia, December 17th,1866. The Annual Meeting of the stockholders of this Company will be held at" their office. No. 431 WA LNUT street, Philadelphia, onMONDAY. January 7th, 1&67, between the hoars el 4 and 6 o’clock P. M.. when an election w 111 he held for Ten Directors, to servo tor the ensnlng year. ■ ...... ~ „ del7-istB * m, B, NEELY. Secretary. ty--==» PHILADELPHIA AND HEADING HAIL HOAD COMPANY—Office 2Z7 South POUBTH Btreet,—PHniADEXPHiA, Dec. 17th, ISS6. NOTICE is hereby given to the Stockholders of this Company, that the Annual Meeting and an election for President, Six-Managers, and Secretary, wIU take place on the &ECOND MQ3?£A.Y_ (14th) oi January next at 12 M. WM. H. WKBB, del7,tjanl4 ■ Secretary, rr-=3, hamrhta IRON COMPANY.—The annual L/vJy meeting of Stockholders of the CAM BKIA IKON COMPANY will be held at their office. 80. 400 CHESNTJT street, Philadelphia, on TUESDAY, the 15tb day of January-next, at 4‘ o'clock P. M., when an Election will be held for Seven Directors to serve for the ensuing year. JOHN T. KILLE, Secretary, Pbixada., Dec, 13,1500, delltjalj* AHSRIOAW LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY. WALNUT STREET. S E. CORNER OF FOURTH, FrTTL.nnKT.PFnA. Decem ber 27Ui. IST 6. The Anneal Meeting of the STOCKHOLDERS of this Cotnpanv, for the Election of Thirteen Trustees, to serve tlie ensuing year, wl 1 be held at the Ofliceon MONDAY, January 7th, 1567, between 10 A M. and U O'doca noon. JOHN S. WILSON, dt2Stja7i Secretary. rv-=?» OFriCK OP THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY, Philadelphia, De ctinber27th, 1668. . .. , ... The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Company will be held at their Office, No. 4i2 WALNUT street, on MONDAY, the 14th day of January next, at 12 o’clock M., at which time an .Election will be held lor President and twelve Directors for the ensuing vear. L. CHAMBERLAIN, * de2S-!4t* Secretary, IT'S* OFFICE OF THE PHILADSLPHIA AND TRENTON RAILROAD CO.— PHILADELPHIA, December 24,1866. Ihe Annual Meeting of the Stockholders, and an election for Directors for the ensuing year,will be heic at the COMPANY’S OFFICE, on MONDAY, the four teenth day of January4S67, at 1 o’clock, P. M. de24tja!4 . J. MORRELL, Secretary. OFFICE OF THE PITHOLB OIL COM* PANT, No. 134 south THIRD Street, (up stairs), Philadelphia Lpec. 25th, 1886 —The Annual Meeting of the STOCKHOLDERS of the above Com* pauy will beheld at theirOfflce on TUESDAY,3an. sth, 1867. at 12 o’clock M., to elect Directors for, the en suing year. B. 3). ROSS, desetjasg Secretary. “ IT’S* OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCE COMPANY delphia, December 19, lses. The Annual Election for twenty-eight Directors will be held at this office, on MONDAY, the seventh day of January next, between the hours of 10 A. M. and t P. M. HENRY LYLBURN. de2o tja’Zg Secretary.- B=?» GENERAL AGENCY OF THE WIDOWS’ 7 'AND ORPHANS’ BENEFIT LIFE INSUR CE COMPANY*, OF NEW YORK, Philabel PHIA, Dec. 20, 1866. LOUIS WAGNER. Esq., 204 South FOURTH strefet, Philadelphia, has been appointed Agent of this Com pany in this city. F. RATCHFORD STaRR, de27-3t* General Agent. FARMERS’AND MECHANIOS’NATIONAL U> t iy BANK, Philadelphia, December 7,1866. ihe Annual Election lor Directors .’ of this Rank will beheld at the Banking House on WEDNESDAY, the 9th day of January next, between the hours of 1C o’clock A. M„ and 3 o’clock P. AC dell-y 9 W. BUSHTON, Jb., Cashier. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OP PHTLABEL* JJy PHIA, Philadelphia, Dec. 6, IS£6. The Annual Election lor Directors of this Bank will be held on TUESDAY, the Bth of January 1867, be* tween the hours oflo A. M. and 2 o'clock P. M. MORTON McMIOHAEL, Jb., Cashier, KENSINGTON NATIONAL BANK, PHllA delpsia, December 8.1566. An election lor Directors of this Bank will be held at the Banking House, on TUESDAY, January 8, 1867, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 2 P. M •william McConnell, Cashier. deio lias IKS” NOTICE.—The Annual Meeting of the Stock ing? holders of THE phit.aoict.phta SELVES mining company of . Nevada, win be held at Ihelr Office No. 258 South THIRD street, In the city of Philadelphia, on TUESDAY, the Bth day of Janoary, 1867, at 2 O'clock P. M. oe2list* OHAS. H. TAYIiOB, Secretary. IY-TS* MECHANICS’ NATIONAL BANK, Phxoa nithpHiA, December 8 1868. The Annual Election for Directors of this bank will beheld on WEDNESDAY, the 9th day of January, 1857, at the Banking House, between the hours of 10 o’clock A. M. and 2 o’olock P.M. deB-tja9l J. WIEQAND.'Jk., Cashier. TV'S® FOURTH NATIONAL BANK OF PHXLA , DELBHIA, 723 ARCH street, Phis.apei.phia, Dec.6th.lBB6. : "TT; . ■ The Annual Election for Directors of this Bank will be held oh .TUEBDAY, the Bth of January; 1867, be* tween the hours of 11 A; M. and 2 P. M.- deStolaSl BAML. J. MAO MULLEN, Cashier. |VS» AMEBIOANVPHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. iKg? —The Annual Election ibr Officers will l be held authe Hall of the Society, on FRIDAY, January 4, 1867,'between'the hours of two and Aye In the after-' &9QH* i- 11-' THE-NORTHERN’ SOUP SOCIETY wra viy open their house, situated at the corner of PE TAB’S alley and FOURTH street, above Brown, £0 the gratuitous;: distribution .of Soup to the poor, o -THURSDAY, Dec 27th Besides the amount of good done by this society in the distribution or Soup ’ about 9,€OU baths have been given to poor women and chil dren during the year at their free bathing rooms. Do nations in money or materials will be thanktally re celvea at the house or by either of the undersigned; - Chaa. J.tatter. President, iOlCallowhlll street. Sami. F. Child, secretary, 83t North second street, Ti Morris Perot, Treasurer, 621 Market Btreat. Richard Bacon, 423 NorthFllth street. ’. . JohirO.James,239North Thlrdatreet, or by any of the Managers of the Society. ,de27-6t* OFFICE OP THE FBAN KFOEO A.ND PHILADELPHIA PASSENGER UxILWAf CvMPANY v *in. 2453 FRANKFORD Road; pHttA DELPHIA, Dec 27, 1866, , All persons who are subscribers to or holders of the : Capital fetock of this Company; sn’dwho have not yet - paid the THIRD Installment of FIVE DOLLARS per bare that the said Third been ca.led lii, and that they are Re quired to pay the same at tbe above office on or before SATURDAY, the 12th day of January next, 1867, f By Resolution of the Board of Directors. ' de27l2t| . - JACOB BINDER, President,- OFFICE OF THE NOaTHP’ENNSYLVA NJA RAILROAD COMPANY, Philadelphia, Noj4(i7 WALNUT street; - Dec“27rh' 1866. The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the North Pennsylvania RailroadiCompasy will be held at the Office of the Company, No. 4U7 WALNUF street, Philadelphia, on MOND AY. January 14th. 1867, at 12 o'clock, M., when an election will'beheld. fora Presi dent and ten Directors, to serve for the ensuing year; de27ijalsj . v.. jfcDWABD aRM*£RONG, oec r y.\ ; THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Stock er holders of toe ‘•Bevenue“Extension silver Mi ning Company*'will be held at the Office of the Com pany ,‘No. 142 South FOURTH street, on TUESDAY. January*, 1867,at 12 tfclock.v'M., lor thepurposeof elec lng Directors to serve the ensuing year, and such other business as may be-brought-before the meeting, i ' WM. L. KITE, Secretary. PHTLAPgLPSIA. Dec.27, 1*66. . - • .de27»ojaBg yTS* OFFICE MINE TTTT.T. AND SCHUYLKILL Lfy HAVEN TtAiLTmAn, PgTT.*ngLPgTA, 12th Month, 2lßt, 1868. " Notice is hereby given, that the annual meeting of the stockholders will be.held at their;office No 15 South Seventh street, on 2d day (MONDAY) the 14th ol Ist Month, Janaary, 1667, . when ..an election for officers will be held.and the annaal report read, i WILLIAM BJLDDLE* , dec2£g&w6t{ • • - •- - ' : Secretary. OFFICE OF THE BOHUYLTftKL NAVT ISy GATION COMPANY, No. 417 WALNUT ST.— jfHrLADKLPmx. December llth. 1866; Notice Is hereby given that the Annnal Meeting of thelStockholders and Loanholdersof this Company, and an Election of Officers for the . ensuing year, will be held at thls'office, on MONDAY, the Seventh day of Jannary next, at ll o'clock A. M. • - - W.M.TILGHMAN, isecretary. delltQ,th.B,t3a7} tTS* ©FFICB OF THE PENN MUTUAL liTFJJ INSURANCE COMPANY, No. 921 CHEST NUT STREET. ELECTION.—An election for Nine Trustees to serve for three years, will be field at the office of the Com pany on MONDAY, the 7th day of January, 18S7, be* tween the boms of 10 A. M. and 12 M •3e21-£m,w,tja7g H. 8. STEPHENS, Secretary, TV^fe - LITTLE SCHUYLKILL NAVIGATION* ALLROAD AND COAL COMPANY, Office 4io WALNUT Street, Philadelphia Dec. 2&1356. Tbe Annual Meeting of the STOCKHOLDERS of tbis Company, and an Election for Officers, to berve frr thee* suing year, will be held at the Office of the Company, on MONDAY, the 14th day of January, 18S7, at 1 2 o’clock M. JOSEPH L. WILSON, 6e26,w,5a.6i Secretary. ' CITY NATION - AXi BANK, Philadelphia Ikiy December 6,1866. The Annual Election for Directors will be held at the Backing House, on WEDNifiSDAY, the 9th day of Jannary. 1867, ber ween the hour3of 10 o’clock, A. M;, and 2 o’clock P. M. G. ADBEBT DEWrS. ' Cashier. decs-s,tja9 NATIONAL. BANK OF GES3tIANTOWN, U*iy PTTTT.AnKt.PiTTA, Gekhanto vrs T , December Bth. 1566. , The Annual Election for Directors of this Bank will be fcelaat the Banking House, on TDESDAT the Bth. day of January, IK7, ottween 10 o’clock AL and 2 o’clock P. M. dess to jaBJ f THE PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK, PTrrr.AT)KT.PHTA, Dec. 4,1866. The A nnnal Election lor Directors of this Back wDI be held at the Banking Honse on TUESDAY, the tighih day of Jannary, 1867, between 11 o'clock A. fi£. »Dd 2 o'clock P, M. BB.COitEGYS, del m,th,a-tjaB3 Cashier, HORTICULTURAL HALL.—The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders will be held at Hor ncoral Hall- southwest comer of Broad and Walnut streets, on TUESDAY. Jan, 8,1867, at o’clock PM., for the election of ten Directors and the transacting of other business. A. W. HaKRISON. de2s-tn th,& 6tj Secretary. OFFICE OF THE BROAD TOP IMPROVE- HUNT COMPANY. No. 228 WALNUT street. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of tt-e above Company will be held at their office on TUESDAY, January Ist, 1867. at 11 o’clock, A. M,. when Xireciors w ul be elected for the ensuing year. * JAMES APPLETON. Secretary. Prm.A,, Dec. 20th, 1866. <Je22-a. w-s3tfc NATIONAL BANK OF THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES, Phtladelphu, December 8,1566, me Annual Election for Directors of this Bank, will be held at the Ranking Honse, on WEDMESD AY,the sth day of Jannary next, between the hours of 10 A. M.ana‘3P. M. • dfcS-salt,m,w,f,tJa92 W. GUMMERE, Cashier. TRADESMEN’S NATIONAL BANK, Pm- ULDELPHIA, Dec. 12,1868, me Annual Election for i irectors will be held at iheEsnfcioe HooseGnTUESDAY, January Bth, 1867, bfetwten the hours of 10 o’clock A. M ana 2 o’clock p. if. JOHN CAhTNER, dei3-lt£s<fctuStg . • Cashier* COMMONWEALTH NATIONAL sans, Philadelphia; Dec. Sth, 1566. • - The Annual Election of Directors will be held at the Banking Houston TUESDAY, the Bth day Of Jan us cy.lB67.from 10 A«M. to 2 P.M. d6Ss,tujaS| S. C« "YOUNG, ffeahfpr t IfS* GIRARD NATIONAL BANK, Philakld tey phia, December Btb. 1666. The'Anneal Election for Directors will* be-'held at the Banking. House, on WEDNESDAY, the 9th d»v of January, 1557, between the hours of 10 A M.and 2P iL de6-sSW . W.L. SCHAFFER, Cashier. THE ANN UAL MEETING OP THE BTOCK- or theTBITON OIL COMPANY OP i/HlOwill be held at the office oi the company. No. 213 MABKET street, od MONDAY. January 7,18-57. at 10 o’clock A. M' Election of Directors and transaction of any other business. B. G. OELLEBS, de2S3t* Secretary. NOTICE * meeting‘U the CON i'Ri±sU c-»e«S to the NORTHERN DISPENSARY of Phila delphia will be held at the Dispensary Hall 601 street, on TUESDAY, January 1. 16t7, between the hours of 12and2 o'clock, toelect Managers for the ensuing year. de27,3t* J. KESSLER, Jr., Secretary. NATIONAL BANK OF' THE REPUBLIC, Jt-S? Philadelphia, December 26,18*6. ihe anneal election for Directors will be held at the Banking on TUESDAY. January 8, 1857, be tween the honrs of 11 A. M. and 2 P. M. de27-tjaB gg egi J. P. MUMFOBP, Cashier. __ BITIBEKB NOTICES. PHILADELPHIA AND BEADING RAIL- BO AD IOMP aNY, Office 227 South Fourth St. Philadelphia. December 13th, 1866. - DIVIDEND NOTICE. The Transfer Books of this Company win be closed on TUESDAY, December 18th and re-opened on VGESDAY. the 15th of January next. A Dividend of FIVE PER CENT., has been declared on the Preferred and Common Stock, clear ofNatlonal and State Taxes, payable in Cash or Common Stock at par, at the.option of the holder, on and after the. Slat mat, to tbenolders.thereof, as the? shall stand regis tered bn the Books of the Company, on the 18th inst. All payable at this office in Philadelphia. * The option as to takint Stock for this Dividend, wffl c*ase at the close of business hours, on SATURDAY, 30th March next after which date, the Dividend will be payable in Cash only. •• _ - m*All orders for Dividends must be witnessed and stamped. , S, BRADFORD, del4tf • Treasurer, shade oil I'SmPANY, 524 WALNUT street. Philadelphia, December22,l666. , . The Board of Directors have this day declared a Dividend of FOUR PER CENT, on the capital stock, payable cnasd after the 3lst inst. dear of State taxes. The Transfer Books will dose on the 26th at 8 P. M-, und open on January 2d, 1867. R mA „ x de£4-st| - Secretary. ry'=» DIVIDEND NOTICE.—OFFICE OCEAN riTf. COMPANY, No. 141 South FOUR Iff Et l 6 he Directors have declared a Dividend of TWO AND-AHAJLF PER CENT, on the Capital Stock, payable on and after January 2d next, clearof State Tax. Transfer Books close December 26th, at 3P. M. ( and open January Ed. DAVID BOYD. Jk,. Treasurer. de246ts Ptttt. a thet.phia, December 24 1866. <y-c=» OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION COMPANY, PnTT.ADKIiPHTA. of Managers have this day declared a Dividend of PTVE PER CENT., or TWO DOLLARS AND A HALE PER SHARE, on the Capital Stock of Sffij gggSSf 178618 °SOLCmON baEPHERD? 11 * 1 n027-tf? ' ; Treasurer^ EUES: FOBS. JOSEPH ROSENBAUM & CO. Offer their splendid assortment of fresh and well made Furs at the most reasonable prices. Also Carriage Robes,lMnfflers, Gloves, Ladles’ Hoods, eta Please give ua a call, store, 416 ARCH Street, above fourth, finished another lot of these very fine de sirable M Ink Saole Fare; also, brat Siberian Sqobnrel, Chinchilla, Boval Ermine, choicest German fitch, Cbildrrn’s Fnrs. Trimmings,eta. . . . - yrunqanfcftd on BatardMEL ■ d6l3*lm* BSOB6E PLOWMAN CARPENTER AND BUILDER BSS CARTES STREETS ABtIHDOCgBTBHEr. . yanhina work and yuiwimo* promptly tsttmfed CHAS.W.OTTO.Ca shier.
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