CITY BULLETIN. Mettles or /heSoldiers is's' the War of .1812. The Soldiers' of the War of 1812 held their regular meeting in the Nisi Prins Court room, this morning. The meeting was called to order IT the President, Alderman Peter Hay. The following tenets were then read : • 1. The memory of Washington, ever in our hearts as the Father of the Conary. 2. The Heroes and Patriots of the Revolu tion. 3. The memory of our departed associates in the war of 1812. They rest from their la bors,_hut their 'works do follow them. 4. The President of the United States. s.. The Governor of Pennsylvania. 6. The Army and Navy of the United States. 7: The Judiciary of the Union and of the several. States. Firm support to the Constitu tion and laws. 8. The Union. It must and shall be pre served. 9. The memory of Scott; Brown, Decatur, Perry, and our other commanders in the War ,of 1812. 10. The friends of the soldiers and sailors of the War of 1812 in Congress and our State Legislature. Long life, liberty and happiness to them. • . , 11. Our country—the land of the free and the .home of the brave. 12. Aviculture, commerce and manufac tures, the foundation of our property and the source of our strength. 13. Woman. Heaven's last and best gift to man. Without her our homes would be deso late. Valentine Burkhardt, W. G. Ferguson, John White and Joseph Oglesby were proposed anti elected members of the association. The Executive Committee respectfully re port: That since our meeting on the Bth of Janu ary last, inexorable Death has been doing his work of destruction among our members, no less than ten having departed this life in about seem weeks ; which, added to the sixty-one re ported at that time, make seventy-one out of the small number in the Association in little more than one year ; and henceforth the proportion will inevitably be greatly increased, until, in a very brief period, indeed, the last soldier of 1812 carried to his last horde on earth. At the beginning of this year the prospect of relief from Congress looked very gloomy, and the most hopeful among us were greatly discouraged. Since then, however, a more liberal spirit has manifested- itself among the representatives of the people; and the public press, too,that great lever of public sentiment, has come forkard nobly and energetically in oursupport. • In the 'National House of Representatives the Hon. Mr. 'Bingham has introduced the fol lowing resolution : ' Joint resolution, granting pensions to the surviving soldiers and their widows of the war of 1812: Be it resolved 'by the Senate and House of Re present Wires of the United States of America in Congress 'assembled, That from and after the passage of this resolution, the surviving sol diers who served , the United States, in the war of 1812 with Great Britain, and the sur viving widoWs of such soldiers, shall each be entitled to a pension at the rate of eight dol lars per month. The resolution was unanimously, adopted. ' And although the matter has received a check from the opposition of Mr. Edmunds, • one 6f the Senators from Vermont, yet we have received such unequivocal encouragement from influential members of both Houses of Cengiess, that we can bid our fellow-soldiers not to despair. In the Senate of Pennsylvania the Hon. M. B. Lowry introduced the following joint resolution, which has been passed by, that. body and sent to the House of Itepresentatives for concurrence : Joint resolution relative to . granting relief to soldiers and sailors of the wax of 181 S: • Be it resolved That our Senators in Congress are instructed, and -our. Representatives re- i ,quested, to use every honorable means within their power to secure the passage of the bill granting 'a, pension to soldiers and widows of soldiers of the war of 1812. Ili solved, That the Governor be requested to forward *copies of this resolution to our Senators and Representatives in Congress. ' Under these circumstances, we urge the old soldiers of 1812, throughout the Union, to per . ;severe in their endeavors to enlist the active exertions of the several State legislatures, the public press and the citizensgenerally,to unite an procuring a liberal and honorable recogni tion by Congress of the services and sacrifices of the soldiers of the second war for indepen deuce, of whom so few remain " The Committee submit the' following reso lution: Resolved, That the heartfelt thanks of, this Association be presented to the Hon. Morrow B. Lowry, of the Pennsylvania State Senate, and other Senators who aided him .in passing a resolution urging Congress -to .pam - the - bill now before them, granting a pension to sal di ers of the war of 1812. The roil was then called and 62 members answered to their names. Mr. John Hester moved that the thanks of the association be, tendered to the Philadelphia Inquirer for the generous article in that paper of January 9th, in regard, to the pensions of the soldiers of the war of 1812. The following deaths have occurred since January R : Col. Wm. Diehl, aged 90 ; Dr. Ben janiiCaptainn Johnson John , Hu aged ston 83; ed Em John anuel 80 C. HStrie igeckrt; ,ag ; - ler, aged 75 ; Daniel Smith, aged 79 ; John L. pay„aged 83; .Benjamin Mills, aged 81 ; Jacob: •aiel, aged 77 ; Charles Durang, aged 76. Mr. John D. Hester moved that the Execu tive Committee be instructed to provide for opening the future meetings of• the associa tion with prayer by some reverend gentle man, which was unanimously adopteC On motion of Colonel Cepbas G. 9hilds,:the tiecretary was instructei to have printed a list of all the members of the association, for dis tribution at the next meeting. Colonel J. Ross Snowden then read Wash ington's Farewell Address. On. motion, the thanks, of the association were given to him. The Convention then adjourned, to meet on the 4th of July next. TIM TIVENTy-+tlicoNi) being a legalized holiday, Washington's Birthday now dawns upon a suspension of the public business. Xt did so this morning. The day is all that could have been asked for. The sun gilded every thing, as from an azure ewer it were pouring down over Philadelphia a stream of molten gold. Not a cloud-flack spotted the sky. The National bunting floated everywhere in scarlet, white and blue. If the American flag isn't the most beautiful in the universe, we should like to see its superior pointed out. Being a non-political holiday, the tricolor was übiquit ous. It floated in the breeze that blew over the temples of our Democratic friends, just as it rippled from the flag-staff of the Union League on Broad street, and from that of our colored friends at Liberty Ball. The row offices are hermetically sealed. The Tax.Beceiver's and City Treasurer's clerks for once ignored the ledgers, just as the Board of Brokersgave finanee the go-by, and the.Com rnercial Exchange turned a left shoulder to the prices of corn and hops. The celebration is the one hundred and thirty.-eighth.. All things considered, it is being celebrated with unusual spirit. By noon the wholesale walks of business were as deserted as the banks and Custom-house. The Union League was su perbly decorated with colors. Most of the foreign consulates did honor to the bather of ' his Country and his little hatchet by a corres ponding display. At 12 o'clock AI., the fire companies partici pating in the ceremonies connected with the dedication of the Lyle Monument gathered in 'Broad street, right resting on Spring Gar . *ken street. At 1 o'clock P. M. the line coun .termarched down Broad to Chestnut, thence to Fifth,Dience to Arch, thence to Ninth, thence to7ltidge avenue, thence to .Eleventh, thence to Parrish. thence to Broad; thence to Penn Township Line road. thence to Old Oaks Cemetery, where the statue was to he fornialjEunveiled. NotwiMtandiug the extreme seVerity of the weatheif,;:i very large number of the fire men turned out,and made an extremely hand some display under the marshalship of Wm. le. McCully, Esq. Several tire companies from other cities were iu the line and pre sented a fine, appearande. The order of the procession was as follows: - Chief Marshal, -W in. McCully. Special Aids, Win. D.. Kendrick, of Colum- THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 170. bin Engine Co. • , John H. Magee, of Em pire Hook and Ladder Co., Win. W. Zane. Aide, Charles Darrah, Harmony Fire Co.; Wm. Van Osten, Good Will Fire , Co.; Wm., Independence Fire Co.; Henry M. Taylor, Excelsior,. of Frankford; John B. Maxwell, Columbia,of Germantown. Officers and members of Lyle Moiument Association in carriages. Charles W. Brooke, Esq., orator of the day. Rev. Mr. McLaughlin, Officiating Clergy man. Officers and members of the Board of Dl rectors or the Fire Department. Officers and Trustees of the Philadelphia Association for the Relief of Disabled Fire men. Officers and Trustees of the Fire Aasocia tion. Officers and Representatives of the United Firemen's Insurance Company. Hon. Daniel M. Fox. Officers and members of Select and CoM mon Councils. The Artillery . Corps Washington Grayel Captain Ward, form at their armory; on Lard ner street; below Fifteenth, at 2 o'clock P. M. They parade lip Fifteenth to Walnut, out Walnut to Eighteenth, up Eighteenth tp Green, down Green to Broad, up Broad to Brown, down Brown " to Twelfth, down Twelfth to Chestnut; down Chestnut to Third, - down Third to Walnut, up Walnut to Broad, down Broad to Lardner, up Lardner to armory. • The Keystone Battery l Captain Creely, is making a street parade with all their guns. The lecture room of the Polytechnic Col lege, on Market street, above Seventeenth, was filled to overflowing, this morning, on the occasion of the celebration of Washington's Birthday. The hall was draped with ,Ameri can flags, and an oil painting of Washington was placed over the speaker's stand. Carl Mentz 's Parlor Orchestra was in attendance, and played several choice selections. Henry West. of the class of delivered selections from Washington's Farewell Address. Edward B. Taylor, of, the class of '7o,gave a sketch of the administration of Washington, and Henry C. Stryker, of the class of '72, delivered a declamation. The exercises were of a highly interesting character, and the audience, which consisted of between three and four hundred persons, the greater part of whom were ladies, wont, away much pleased with the exercises. ,Temperance mass.meetings are to be held at Horticultural •Hall, Broad street, at 3 o'clock and 8 o'clock P. M., Wm. H. Allen, LL. D.,' presiding at the afternoon meeting, and Hon. Joseph Allison in the evening . . Speeches will . he made by Rev. Dr. A. A.Willetts, Rev. John Chamber's, - Hon. S. B. Ransom of N. J., Rev. Peter -Stryker, Rev. Dr. Johnson, Rev. A. At wood, and others. The Cadets of Temperance are holding inass-rneetinks at the Central Methodist Epis copal Church, Vine street, and at the Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, Christian street, this afternoon. Fame Council, No. 15, Order United' Ameri can Mechanics, will celebrate the 22d, in the • Hall, corner of Fourth and George strets, at ' 8 o'clock P. M. • An 'address will be delivered before , the Democratic Association. at Ninth and Arch streets, at o'clock P. M., by Mr. Charles Ingersoll. • 'he members of Mary and other Comnian denies, MaSonic Knights Templar. will attend • divine service at St. George's Methodist Epis copal Church, Fourth street, at 7 o'clock P. M. The Rev. and G. Sir Robert H. Pattison, D. D., Past Eniinent Conimander of Philadel phia Commandery, No. 2, will officiate. The Knights will appear in uniform. •Loc - AL CnownEn.-- The Lyle' Monument Association will 'meet to close up its businsAti matters elk Wednesday night. Philadelphia Dental College to becoming it full-fledged institution. It began business seven . years ago with no other capital than a good deal of energy and a few saws and for l . eeps. It holds its • annual' commencement this year at the Academy of. Music. 'The of-- fair comes off on Thursday evening. Prof. S. B. Howell will make an address, probably alluding to the " cusses" vented by sufferers upon aching bicuspids and mutinous molarS. Rev. J. L. Withrow, will . also speak. The or, ebestra will be led by Carl Sentz :The will of the late George M. Wharton contains no . public bequests. The occupants of the alleged gambling hthise, No: 922 Arch street, were not to be caught in a state of somnolence. Before the squad of policemen could pounce upon them, they had folded their tables and stolen away. The premises Were as empty of apparatus as a last year's bird's-nest is. f eggs. The sale : of , the furniture of the Ashland House, by auction, wits continued to-day. Much of it is fearfully worn. To the cabinet making trade the wear and tear of hotel furni ture must be productive of decided joy. To . what future purpose- the house will be de voted, the parties interested will probably ad vortise— Large flocks of crows flew over the city in the direction of Chester. As they roost in the pineries , jersey, they fly about thirteen miles fOr a breakfast. Their pre.sent alimen tary weakness is for the molluskS embedded in the soft mud of the creeks. The Board.of Control not only .insist upon the retention of music as a branch of educa tion, but that Prof. Louis shall superintend its tuition. The funeral of the late Georee Bockius will take place *to-morrow: -; The Morocco Mann facturers' Exchair'e • will meet at half-past one o'clock, at Keim's Hall, to attend the funeral. The interment will be conducted with the im pressive ceremonial of " the brethren of the mystic tie?' For Mr. Bockius every one who knew him had a kind word. From the male side of his lineage his descent was Turkish. Both himself and his brother Christopher, , who preceded him into the spirit world, were prominent as. manufacturers 'of morocco in this city • The attendance at the rooms of the Hall of the Young Men's Christian Association, last nigbt,iyas among the largest of the season. The music was excellent. Some of the speak ing was ditto. The `amount of good being clone by this organization is incalculable. 13IE E.XFLOSION AT TIFF. HORTICULTURAL HALL.—During the Stereopticon exhibition last evening at the above place, the •glin bags, used to supply the magic lanterns exploded \\ with such violence as to blow out great num bers of panes in the windows, throw down the laths and plaster from a large area in 'the room beneath, extinguish all the gas-lights, and reduce the press-boards placed on top of the bags to matches. The noise of the explo sion was distinctly beard in-doors as far off as Ninth and Pine streets. From a careful ex amination made on the spot immediately after, we rind that the cause of the accident was as follows: From some misunderstanding at the outset, the operator was under a false impres sion as to which gas-bat; contained oxygen and which hydrogen. This is proved by the actual position of the connecting tubes at the present time. As a result of this, when tilling up the hags from reservoirs during an intermission , Though many precautions were taken to avoid just this mistake, the wrong gas was added to each bag, thus forming an explosive mixture in both. On attempting to relight the jets,the eNplosion occurred. The heavy iron weights upon the press-boards were not thrown about, and we are happy to learn that, with the exception of a few trifling scratches, no one was hurt, although a large audience was assembled r and .densely packed in the closest proximity to the exploding apparatus. That. so noisy and violent a detonation should do so little serious dainage would seem strange were we not acqnainted with the pecaliar character of this explosive mixture. Its characteristic is great suddenness and little power. A heap of. soap bub bles filled with it may be fired in the hand with a detonation which is perfectly deafening,but without the least sensible shock to the hand which contains them. An equal • noise from gunpowder would imply the utter demolition of the operator and all in his vicinity. Such an accident as This is not likely to occur again—attention having been drawn so strongly to the risk—and might have been avoided had some distinguishing mark, which could be felt as well as seen, been made on the stopcock of one or other of the bags. The personal danger from such explosions is con • tined to the immediate vicinity of the bags, and an audience may feel perfectly secure where these are not in close proximity, BUILDING PERMITS.—The law Creating the Board of Building inspectors went into opera; Lion in the month of June, MU, The city is divided into throe districtS, there being one inspector for each. The following lumber of permits for new buildings and alterations of all kinds wore Issued.as . follows by• these spectors : • • 1855 .. 1,383 1864..... 2,126 1856 - 2,636 1865....... 2,766 18157 2,207 1866. . . .. • 3,725 1858 2,169 1867............... 5,032 1859 2,6251866.. . .:.'.........5,902 1860 ..... 3,066 1869. : ......... 6,655 1861 1,877 • .2," , T0ta1..." 1862 3 .,60 , 41 1863 , ,060 i The few permits Issued in the latter part of 18/4 are added to the permits of 1855. The above figures will show the ,rapid. increase in general improvements in our city, especially during the last, four or live years. Building materials are lower in piices than they were last year, and from present aspects, compared with those of a year ago, it may be safely estimated that during the present year more permits will be issued than during 1869. . , AN INCREASE IN THE NUMERICAI , STRENGTH OY THE JUDICIARY.-411. pursuance of .call, a meeting was held this , raorning, in District Court-room No. 1, of members of the Philadelphia Bar. The attendance, consider ing that the day was a holiday was very large. Mr. Georgq,W. Thorne called the assemblage to order, and Judge Porter to the chair. A number of Vice Presidents and Secretaries were then appointed: Judge Porter announced the object of the meeting. lite. Supreme Court of the State for thirty-lave years, lie Aimed,: included but three judges. ; .For ferty-tive . years it has had five judges. At this moment the State of Pennsylvania has a population:equal to the Population of the entire Union. Our judges then are severely worked. Theirlibeis extend far into the night. Oftenthnes a judge is un able, in rendering an opinion; to put pen to paper before 12 o'cloek at night, The speaker had seen a judge come into court with forty different written opinions in : his hand. For such haste there could be. no reason. There is no appeal from the , written,opinion of this court. The president judge assigasjo 'one of his coadjutors the preparation of written opinion in any particular case; that opinion is afterwards a mihject of deliberation by the bench. Such opinions; in the judgthent of the speaker, should not be written by , wearied, worn-out men (who have Sat hearing cases for nine weeks at a stretch), after the hour of tea o'clock at night. • The District Court. 'had but three Judges fifty years ago. The increase of labor since then is incalculable.' At least two additional Judges should be appointed in this Court, and two more in the Court of Common Pleas. Everybody will remember the pale face and bowed form of the late Judge Oswald Thoinii son, and how he wore himself out In the pes tiferous atmosphere of our .court-rooms— rooms that, as perfect retorts for the genera tion of carbonic acid gas, have no superior. Wm: Retch Wister now presented the fol lowing form of a proposed memorial: "'To the llonoraOle the &natore and Repretienla tires of the General Ansembly of the Common wealth of Pennsylr«nia: The undersigned mem bers of the Philadelphia liar respectfully repre sent: That.the increase of population and busi ness of the city of Philadelphia,: and conse quent increase 'in the number of. civil laud criminal causes, render an increase, in the Ju diciary of the city imperatively necessary. e They therefore request your honorable bodies to provide for the election, in October next, of two additional Judges for the District Court, and of one additional Judge for the Court of Common Pleas. - "lour inemorialiSts also concur iu what appears to be the general opinion of the Bar of the State, that the number of ' J udges of the Supreme Court should be increased. " And your memorialists will ever pray," &c. H. Wallace, Win., Rocth blister ,_ Amos BriggS,•Wm. A.Perter, George W. Thorne, Edward Sliippen, Thomas J. Diehl, Henry M. Deehert, George IX Budd. Mr. Whiter spoke with great foree in urging the adoption ot the memorial. Judge Parsons' was in faVor of asking the Legislature to authorize the election of another , Nisi Fritts Judge. A draft of an act was offered by General Collis, providing that the Supreme Court shall consist of six jedgeS. The resolution to adopt it vas debated by Messrs. MeNiurtrie, George N. Eldridge, E. Spencer Miller, and ethers. • Mr. Gustave Renialc said that he had had much experience on committees going to Har risburg. He was nrinly of opinion that to a mere memorial from the bar very little atten tion would be paid. To insure iproper "atten-. tion, the memorial should be accompanied ,by as many signatures of citizens as it was possible to obtain. In the opinion of Mr. E. Spencer Miller,the present was no time to indulge in etherealized discussion as to, the most expedient method of operation. All should now unite in some _general measures,for an augmentation of the number of the courts. The Philadelphia bar rarely united heartily and upanimously in any ibiug excepting in the discussion of a ban quet or in the burial of a fellow-member. The bar, little knows the inconvenience to which the public is put by the want of facilities that are not elsewhere withheld. , • . ' Irom the Prothonotary of the District Court was received, by request, a statement that in the year 1830 the cases in that Court numbered .2,2,76; in 1810 they were ;,591; in !KA 4,2= ; in 1860 they reached n,570. ari, in the year 1869, the bases numbered 8,810. The result was the adoption of the memo rial as originally presented, and the appoint ment of a committee of twenty-live gentle men to superintend the presentation of the. memorial to the Legislature. The inter- Mediate proceedings were, left unconsidered. The officers of the meeting Were added toille committee as above. Atter each gentlethan present had affixed his signature to the me medal, the meeting adjourned. Tor. Noirromo; HOME.—'the opening • of the handsome parlor organ, presented to the Northern Home for Friendless Children by Joseph Harrison. Jr., was the occasion, last evening, of a very pleasant and- interesting gathering. The large school-room; for want of such a chapel as this thriving institution so much needs, wits crowded by, three . hundred and fifty the children. boys and girls, including the inmates of the Sailors' and Soldiers' In stitute, whose neat unitbrm, bright faces and admirable' behavior attested the truth of the point made by one of the speakers on the occasion, that 'no child in that Home could be called "friend less." Every available spot was occupied by the friends of the Northern Home, who are always so ready to show their interest in what ever concerns the welfare of these happy and well-trained children. The 'exercises of the evening were of a thoroughly impromptu character, consistin a _a of several anthems, well sung by the choir of the First Moravian Church, songs and hymns by the children, under the leadership of Mr. A. M. Spangler, and addresses by Messre. M. .1. Mitcheson and Francis Wells, lion. Daniel M. Fox, Cot. John W. Forney and the Rev. E. W. flutter, D. D. The healthy, cheerful appearance of the children, their perfect decorum of behavior and intelligent attention to all that was said and done, spoke volumes of commendation for the devoted men and women who " run" this noble engine of patriotic charity. ATTEMPTIM Surcuov..—Jacob Hoffman is a United States marine. His history is not. known. What is known is that he chafed under the restraints of the service and the martinet character of the sergeants who out ranked him. He secured the privilege of a rim outside the navy-yard gate. He rambled along the Delaware front. In the vicinity of Noble street wharf he leaped iuto the-Dela ware. The ducking gave to him a shock that caused him to take an instantaneous re pentance of his purpose, and to snake a despe rate struggle to keep his head above water. A harbor policeman came to his rescue with a clothes line and two boat hooks. The un fortunate malcontent was taken to the station house to be dried, 'restored to the navy-yard, and his next exit from the gate will be at some eriod at I resent remote. TIDE Luvrac 81:113P ISNDED.—His Honer, Mayor Fox, held no levee this morning.. The police lieutenants spent the day upon their beats. The result was that the reporters came from the (Mee with empty note-booker The dearth of items here was equalled by that at the offices of the U.S. Commissioners. DITROLARS IN TIM TwENTY-RlCftTll WARD. —On Batuni4 we gave an account of a bur glary at 2014 r Cliunao street. On the same night two men entered the house 2009 Cams° street, and were alarmed - by. the lady of the house whose husband was absent. They entered by the front door with a skeleton key, and were about to eat a lunch, as the table was prepared, but when alarmed escaped by the front door, and took a pound of butter with them. We are informed that the police go off duty in the Twenty-eighth Ward at 2 A.*. , IN MEMONIAAL—By, a tidily attired' IBA*, this morning, was hung upon the millings of the Washington statue in front' of the Mate House a wreath done in canary-colored im mortelles. The inference is that the lady had seen something of the corresonding custom ioffering n Paris. Whether the wtH remain there to-morrow morning, to-morrow morn ing must answer for itself. THE EXCELSIOR BRICADB.-= _.no colored troops," whose armory is on Chestnut street, in the fifth story of the building directly oppo site the Central Station, this morning gave their banners to the breeze. By the sturdy Africo-Americans in question the occasion was most heartily. enjoyed. The attendance of the Exoelsiors included their entire number. A NEW , APPARATUIC - The Washington Hose Company this morning exldbited in the streets a new hose carriage. It is gotten up with all the elaboration of a cross between a breast-pin and a intado-box. The company very naturally look upon tt as abijou upon wheels. AN ESPECIAL Cuarren.--Crowned with a comfortable competence, and with the honors that attend upon the walk of every upright business man, Mr. Ignatius Lutz is about to retire from the furniture trade ,to enjoy the, ethos cunt dignitate of a leisurely tour , through Europe. As everybOdy knows, Mr. Lutz pro duces nothing but especially first-elm; tbrni tore. He has concluded to dispose of it through Mr. li. Scott, Jr., auctioneer, without the least reserve. The sale will be made on Thursday and Friday. 'February ,24th and 25tb, at the store, .No. 121 South Eleventh street. In con sequence of the limited capacity of the rooms. admittance by ticket only has been suggested by the auctioneer. 'Buyers, therefore, will please to call for them at the Art Gallery, No. 1117 Chestnut street.. It may be well to re member that oaly to this sudden freak of Mr. Lutz, wtfuld such furniture as this be found iu an auction room: An advertisement elsewhere explains the details. Mn. Seorr, 1117 Chestnut street, Girard now, will hold on Wednesday morning, lel o'clock, and in the evening at 7 - 3 - o'clock, for Mr. Bechtel, a sale of the largest and finest assortment of Silver-'plated Ware over held in this city. Every article warranted and to be sold without the least reserve. Persons wanting such good's should not Miss this opportunity. SALE OF BOOTS, SHOES AND BROGANH:-.-118 attention of boot and shoe buyers is called to the sale by catalogue of 1,500 cases of•prima Loots and shoes, of city and eastern manufac ture,,to-morrow morning, at 10 o'clock; at our store, 505 Market street. T. L. Asuunioun & Co., Auctioneers. —New Orleans has a " Shakespeare Sample Room," and au editorial paragraph in a New Orleans paper says that it is " the lacep to get a good drink of whisky or brandy.' —Four boarders at a house in Hartford carry 31; years of age among them. It is safe to say hey have not lived that length of titzie in a oarding-house. —A vigilance committee in an Illinois town attempted to " duck " a man inthe river,when Le escaped from them, and got under the ice and was drowned. —The Village of Sweet Home; in Missouri, has been entirely destroyed by tire. It con tained two houses. —O. Logan received :,'"tioo for a recent lecture Chicago. CITY NOTICES. Spit IN( :-1K70.- CHARLE4 STO.KEs has open for inspection the new style MaterEtl. for Gents wear fur the coming sealon,at No. 824 enEtas Si; ItEET l'rire s greallyierhired r . To ONE LE A.--,Are you suit ring front a cough, fold. a, , tbnan.beonchitis, or any of the pul monary troublet, that no often terminate in consump tion Y If bO. nae ". WiMor's Pere fbd Licit' Oil and .I ime,"a safe and eflicacions remedy. Tills im no Quack preparation, but in regular l y prescribed by the medical fnoully. Manufactured by A. B. IV lt.non,Chem lat. Na. lOti Ctatrf street, Bosten. Sold by all druggista. Ttti PLACE To GET If you trial to purchase an elegant pair of French Calf Boots or Gaiters at about 25 per vent les., than what iK_usuallv charged—call on 'MB. 111,88 No. bni North iiighth street, above Buttonwood. lie ban at present a tine stock, Nosily as good as when made to order. • BrItNETT'S (.7ocoAlNx dresses the hair per 'octly, without grelwing, dryiug, still . ..ming it. SHATTERED CONSTITUTIONS RESTORED BY ERLAIEIOLD . S EXTRACT EtYCRII. HEIMBOWS EXTRACT ELTORCr and In puovap RosE WAsit cures secret and delicate disorient in all their stages, at little expense, little or no cliar.ge in diet, no i eeonvenlenre and nn exposure. It Is plows ant hi taste and odor, immediate Cu Reaction, and free from all injurious properties. OAKFoRD's stock (Anne Hats and Caps are selling lower than any in the city.. • Go and get a bargain. • Storec, under the Conthiontal. W. H. CAnityr. (formerly of 719 Chestnut street) has resumed the Curtain easiness with his Roos, and invites attention to their now stock of Curtain Mate rial,' and Railroad Supplies, at 723 Chestnut street, two door shinty-our old stand. W. H. OARRYL 783 Chestnut street FOR NON-RETENTION OR INCONTINENCE. of Urine, irritation, inflammation ' or ulceration of the bladder, or kidneys, diseases 'of the prostate glands, stone in the bladder, calculus, gravel or brick-dust de posits, and all diseases of the bladder, kidneys and dropsical swellings, . Usn HELMBOLD'S "FLUID EXTRACT BLICIIC. 'DEAFNESS, BLINDNF.9B AND CATARRH treated with the utmost succors, by J. DIAACi. At. P., and Professor of Diseases of the Eye and Ear (las specs• atilt) in the Medical Colicee cif Pennsylvan ia, 12 years ex perience. No. Bas Arch street. Testimonials can be seen at his office. The medical faculty are Invited to ac company their patients, as he has no secrets in his prac tice. Artificial eyes inserted without pain. No charge for examination. LADIES' HATS. HISSEIe HATS.—The most exquisite styles. Selling st prices lower than elsewhere. O.POLFORD'e, Under the Continental. Cows, Bunions, Inverted Nails, skillfully treated by Dr. J. Davidson, No. 90 Chestnut street. Charges moderate. lIELAIBOLD'S EXTRACT BOCRU gives health and vigor to the frame and bloom to the pallid cheek. Debility is accompanied by many alarming symptoms, and if no treatment is submitted to, consumptiou t in. unity, or epileptic fits ensue. ENFERELED AND DELICATE CONRT ITV tione• of both eexes, ueo iIIKIIILIHOLD'A EXTRACT Buc dr. It will give brisk end energetlo feelings, end enable you to sleep well. TAKE NO MORE UNPLEASANT ANA UNSAFE remedies for unpleasant and dangerous diseases. Use EXTRA.O2 BEERS! AND IMPROVED BONE WAD H. JUDICIOUS MOTHBRB and nurses nse for children a safe and pleasant medicine in Bower's /Want (Ardis'• TAR GLORY OF MAN T$ STRENGTH.—There fore the nervous and debilitated should immediately nee IivELMBOLD'iI ritTan.cx Bumf. EF.LIII.BOLVO CONCENTRATED EXTRACT Brcinr Is the Great Djusetie ERLSIBOLD'S CONCENTRATED EXTRACT SARSAPA RILLA Is the Great Blood Pla(lier. Both are prepared according to rules of Pharmacy and Chemistry, and are the meet active that can be made, BVBGICAL inSTILUMENTS and draggles' sun dries. SNOWDEN & Bsoynsa, 23 Booth Eighth street: HELMBOLD'S FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU is pleasant in taste and odor. free from all injurious properties, and Immediate its action. ' SKATING PARKS. 11-^. SPLENDID SKATING AT THE National Park, Twenty-first and Volumbia P'e,7 It* OTHE WEST END SKATING PARK, " coruer of Tworti..firet and Raco otrootg, ',now opro. Good Skalinf • FiroworkS ttBP. IC It' FINANCIAL Office of risic '4O lIATOII, BANKERS AND DEALERS IN GOVERN- MEN T SECURITIES, No. 5 NI.SSAII 13Trtztr, New Team. rebruarr likh, IEI. The remarkable success which attended our negotia tion of the Loans of the OUNTRAL PACIFIC RAILICOAD ConraNT and the Winning PACIFIC SAII.110A1r0Olt• PANT, sad the popularity and credit which these Loans have maintained In the marketa,, both, in this country and Marotta, have shown that the First Ifortgage Boob of wisely-located and bonorably.managed Railroads are promptly recognized and readily taken as the roost imit able, safe and advantageous forge of investmentqlelding a more liberal income than can hereafter be derived from Government Bonds, and available to take their , • place. Assured that, In the ■election and negotiation of su perior Railroad LOUIS, we are meeting a great Public want, 'it'd ,rendering a •slnabie ' eervice—both to the holders of Capita l and to those great National Works of internal Improvement whose intrinsic merit and sub stantial character entitle theta to the use of Capital and the confidence of inveetors—we now offer with special confidence and satisfaction the FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS OF THE Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, connecting the Atlantic coast and the magnificent harbors of the Chesa peake Bay with the Ohio }liver at a point of relisbie navigation,mod thue,with the entire Railroad aysteMand water transportation of the great West and Southwest, RITMO the additional East and West Trunk Line, so 'lmperatively demanded for the ac commodation of the' immense and rapidly-growing transportation between the Atlantic seaboard and Europe on the 'one band, and the groat pp:imbus re gions of the Ohio end Mississippi Valleys on the other. The importance of this Bond as it now outlet from the . West to the sea magnifies it into one of national consequence, and In- Fures to it an extensive through traffic from the day of its completion ; while, in , the developoseut of the exten sive agricultural and mineral resources of Virginia and West Virginia, it possesses, along its own .line. the ele ments of a large and profitable local business. Thus the great inttrosts, both • general and local, hich demand the completion of the CiticsActeAlt AND 01110 RAILROAD to the Ohio River, afford the cutest guiranteo of its eucc -, er and value, sod render it the most irportant and sob stantial Railroad enterprise now in pro gress in this Country. , • Its superiority as an East and Vest route. sad the promise of an Immense and profitable trade awaiting Re completion, have drawn to it tho attention and coopera tion of prominent Capitalists and Railroad men of this eity,of sound judgment and knows integrity, whose coo nechon vritb it. together with that of eminent citizens and business men of Virginia and West Virginia, Insures an energetic. honorable and suc cessful management. The Road la completed and fu operation from Rich mond to the celebrated White Sulphur Springs of We'st Virginia. 277 rnilea, and there retnald but 200 mike (flow partially coustruetedl to be 'completed, to e.iarry It to the proposed terminus on the Ohio riv.-r al,or near. the mouth of the Big Saudy river, Lid Judea above Cincin nati, and 350 miles below Pittsburgh. Lines are now projected or in progress through Ohio and Kentucky to this petal, which will connect the ,Cliesapeake and,. Ohio w4th the entire Railroad fkretesfis of the *est and Mouth. west.'aud with the Pacific Railroad. Ito valuable frenchineo and ouperior advautavo will place the CLIRAAYKAKY. AND Ow° BAILItoaP NY , among the riebeet and moot powerful arid truotwurtby corporatlous of the Cuentl7 ; mad there exists present value, in completed road and work done, equal to the entire amount of the mortgage. Thodetalls of the Loan hose been arranged with spe cial reference to the wants of all ela.i.its of inresters. and combine the vitriolic features of convenience. safety and 'protection agailtot fuss . ur frand, • The Bonds are iirdenominations 'of 1.4 100 0 , *5OO and They will be issued ea Copren Bonds,PayaGle to Bea rer, 11 ti.l May be held in . that form ; or The Bond may be regittred in the name of the owner, with the coupone remaining payable to bearer attach/al. the prin . cipat being then trenafenible only r,n the hooka of the o , lll'4+lly, Unlens reasbigned to bearer ; or The coupons May be detached and cancelled', the Bond made a peitnaiiefu Reri,tered Bond, transferable only on the books of the Company, and the interest made pap. ahle'only to the registered owner or his attorney. The three classes will be kuown resportively as lot. "Coupon • Rondo payable to Bearer." 2d. "Registered. Bonds with Coupons noutelsed." - 3d. “Betilatered Boudx► with Coupow4 detached," and should be so designated by Cor respondents in specifying the dugs of Bends desired. They have thirty year. to run from January IS, WO, with interest at six per cent. per annum from No vember I, 1369. PRINCIPAL AND lIITRIEST PAYABLE IN IN TIIE CITY OB NEW YORK. ' The interest is payable In MAT and Novenens., that it may take the place of that of the earlier issues of PI vs- Twenties, and suit the convenience of our friends who already hold Central and Western Pacific Bonds, with interest payable in January and July, and who may de sire, in making additional investments, to have their interest receivable at different seasons of the year., The Loan is secured by a mortgage upon the entire Line of Road from Richmond to the Ohio River, with the equipment and all other property and appnrtenauces connected therewith. A SINKING FEND OP $lOO,OOO MI ANNL•i[ TB PROVIDED POE TUB REDEMPTION OP TILE BONDS, TO TAKE EFFECT ONE YEAR ALTER THE COMPLETION OP TILE ROAD. The mortgage is for 9115,000,(0), of which $5,000,000 will he reserved and held in trust for the redemption of outstanding Bonds of the Virginia Central Railroad Company, now merged in the CURIAPRAKE AND Onto. Of the rentaininget.3,ooo,ooo,a sufficient amount will be sold to complete the road to the Ohio river, perfect and improve the portion now in operation,and thoroughly equip the whole for a large and active traffic. The present price is 00 and accrued Interest, it'Loan so amply secured, so carefully guarded, and so certain hereafter to command a prominent place among the favorite securities In the markets, both of this Country and Europe, will be at once appreciated and quickly absorbed. Very respectfullY , FISK & HATCH, BANKERS. P.8.-We have issued pamphlets containing full par ticulare, statistical details, maps, etz.,whlch will be fur cashed upon application TY'. We buy and sell Government Bonds, and receive the accounts of Banks, Bankers; Corpora tions and others, subject to Meek at eight, and allow interest on daily balemem ' felt:l aw . 7 PER CENT. GOLD BONDS AT 95, FREE OF GOVERNMENT TAX, IBBOBD BY `7ll Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Ma nowt& Railroad Company, First Mortgage and Convertib/e; AND PIIOTECTEID BY A LIBERAL SINIMG IPWRO. Latoroot Payable /a Cola at Sur York or London. Pr! actpal Payable Coln In MR, Years. `r3u:yrr,~:' .EDGAR THOMPSON, President sylvania Railroad Company. GRAS. L. FROST, President 'Toledo, Penis and Warsaw Railroad Company. • , These .13outli, at present price of gold, Yield offer► per vent. intereet.antl tut an intreadnent • they•are 'Cunt secure as 11. S. 5-20's, which now only pay 41 , ‘ per *Mt. in currency. • They era only betted upon each section of the Road se as fast as the ammo is completed and in successful opera tion. Over two and a half millions of dollars have bees expeaded on the Romd. Elghty•three miles are about completed and equipped, and already show large earn ings ; and the remainder of the line is rapidly progress lug toward completion. The State of lowa, through which this road runs, is one of the richest agricultural Sections lu America. , Its large poPulation, extending with surprising' rapidity. and its immense yield of grain, pork, wool and other ag ricnitural products, create a pressing dsmaad for the construction of this road, , which alien's the best potaible guarantee for the bondholders, especially ill the line runs through the wealthiest and most thickly palliated section of the State. The road also runs threnteh eh, rirh and petering Mato of /Walloons. Reference to the map of the' United States will show that it trarerees the most entrrnitina and growing ?mum of the West, and forms One of the arra: trunk lines in direct communiratios with NOV York, Chieago and tSt. Louis, being to the latter city ninety tulles nearer from Northern lowa and all por tions of the Statrt of Idiunegota . than br any other road now built or projected, and also the nearest route from Central and Southern lowa. • The road is opened for local traffic ita rapidly as ppn• elz acted, and thug RECEIVES EARNINGS ON ITS COMPLETED SECTIONS U R EATL YIN EXCESS "OF TIIE AMOUNT NEEDED TO PAY TRW IN TEREST UPON ITS BONDS BEFORE • TUE. ROAD IS FINISHED. The buys, a! thus Binds is ttyriftre kuaranteed, by a ;fart business already ix shirt sure trig the route ill the roast, as well as by now entreat earnings; and has not to rl4 (my tt/ the c o n 'thi tten th, ishirh affrays attend the °yen in z• al" sitar!, in' a neio aad aasatkd country. A Limited quantity only of these Honda Are now offered At 93. After a thorough investigation or the exile eater prise, {r@ recotnav ml these Bowls ea a lisst-cisasipsuat inent,atlortling oboolate safety, :44 ikaYi gan antiarnallr liberal rate .of intemst. All marketable orcuritilei at their full price, freo of eounaisaion.Bo4 oxpresa chararaa, received in payment, Pamphlets: and mar furnished on application. HENRY CLEWS a: CO., BAINKIFXS. No. 32 Wall. Street, BOWED & FOX, NO. 13 MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE. felt zero. Seven Per Cent. First Mortgage Bonds WESTARSEY RAILROAD 00. The undersigned offer for sale s limited amouut of the Seven per Cent. First Mortgage Bonds of the WRAT JERSP.V RAILROAD Cent- PANT, being:the balance unsold of the whole 'issue of One Million Dollars. These bonds are secured by a first mortgage upon the sixty-three Miles of- finished road, new in succemful ciperatlon from' 2.sboro to Cape May, the stook.Of the Corn panypeling dividends of ten per cent. annually cud selling at a large premium. We oiler the bonds at ninety and accrue . interest from October 1, 1860, to date of sale. H. BOWIE, No. 3 Merchants' Exebiume. DREXEL et CO., No. 84 South Third Street. W. M. NEWBOLD, SON di XERTSEN, ti. E. Cor. Dock and Walnut Streets. A HEST CLASS SECURITY. WE OFFER FOR SALE. 1,000,000 LOUISVILLE AND, NASHVILLE ILAILARADA.E. FIRST MORTGAGE SEVENS at 87 1-2 And Accrued interest from Oot. 1. Length of Road 390 Mlles. TUE ROAD IS COMPLETED AND FULLY EQUIP PED AT AN ACTUAL COOT OF OVER • $16,000,000, AND HAS PAID FROM 7 TO 8 PER CENT. DIVI DENDS ON ITS STOCK FOR TEE PAST EIS,RT YEARS. The Bonds are Coupons of $l,OOO each, with right of Registration. $1,200,000 of the Bonds have been sold already (one party taking $500,000 as a permanent investment), and we have but $1,000,000 on hand, which we offer to in vestors as a first-class security. DREXEL & CO., r‘ , 4v . „? . 34 South Third-Street. - Liitac..--6U (JAWS RICE NOW AND -11, fog from steamer Prometheus, from Charlesiml. C., and for sato by 00t.THRAN, RIP:WELL & biLN eIX V„I 3 VN.— I;t:' 94 BAL COTTON, NOW hurtling and for sale by (100(111AN, RUSSELIFIA, (1 lll Obootnut otroot. , ,
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