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WAINER to ao totarolit inthatobostiteas Skop tile Ist
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.s. eitirtiaa Witmer thiraubserbers, troder•the Arm:
a( SMALL re latuvoraiui this dardlssoireilly
mutual OOntent:
84/Itragt J.' RANDALL to duty. authorised to ileitis
the bitsiseliar 161 Routh MOT Street; • .
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street:. , ja2l:4lm
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punitive MotioineetDoses, Poisons and theft Anttdotio,
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cinatioll Obitetsfebegenionts, Unkliet, Veneta;
and denettewe'6,464slPetiodleale, etc: : -
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eirdoenit entinberii - bf - thee 'Profession thelublisiters
trust, that thla Milo Wawa wilt, dlf i# woot hitherto
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'VOL.
TUESDAY', PEIIIIITART 2, 1868.
STATE C,S,VVENTIOE.
meeting of ttie t‘eineoratto State Commit
tee') held at Ilueliler'a Botal ) liarritturg, * January
19;1868, tt wits - - •
Resolved, That - HA next Demooratio State Con
' nation be held at Harrisburg:en the 4th day of
garb next.•, • ,•-
several Sanatoria/
said - rieoltittott,Aelegittot from the
several Sanatoria/ mad Reprosontative dietrlots of
'the:State !Will convene In the Hall of the noose of
Repredentativel, at the Capitol; on THURSDAY;
MARCH 4.1858, at ID o'clock A. Ml, to nominate
ettritlidatoi fOrlildge '4:61. the' Septet° Court and
Canal Commtationer, and for the transaction of
i,orsoh other bush:leaf axpe‘taitte te,. the authority of
.eiteh Convention: - - -
20; R. DIJOKALRW, Chairman.
.;1.7". N. Ilereatitsorr;
A. 3, H ieworo , 1 Secretaries.
MIME
stef,ai3 ftOVD TflE ;wart, „„
What is called,' , .The Bari" in England' and
;re/and, epeeists exclusively of gentlemen who,
ailler'hitying eaten a certain- munber of dia..'
litiais.ooll4ll.oo4o:ti amittlivare:
:.*(oaliy, - _o4ll.l4orefl , loy`hirro iciatre4 oboh , o
*lO l *itetti. ;Yuntttl' him to r
t 00711
• "4'
Yqi -‘SSAW4 • '' " s'46 l . eitt
7 rlitu4l7.biniab ot.the
egitt . inaiestdon known as Attorneye:at-law
that if one of them, admitted at 10 o'clock
to -day, ware called upon to conduct a civil or
"criminal suit, to draw up a marriage 'settle.
Meet,' deed of Juartgage, 'indentures of ap
prenticeship, or conveyance_. of, property, he
would dolt .extremely well, because ho bee
had live years' previous practice as articled
'clerk to a legal practitioster, arid unless he
were'earaless' Or' foolish; must have learned,
in that practice, how to do these things.
On the .other,hand, in England, a young
barrister,-who- does not know the difference
between replevin and tracer, between mayhem
and petty /army, looks down with vast supe
riority- upon -the -.useful; well-informed, and
highly,respectable Professional . men'who are
:oak attorneys. Yet, leis by the favor of the
'Attar:My that the Barrister creeps into prac
tice, which plainly means gets into the way of
obtaining a livelihood, at the bar.
.;The young barrister's Silt step in practice
in the Courts of Law is generally to make
what is tailed'" n motion of course," in doing
which, he can. scarcely go wrong. Half a
guinea Is the usual fee or honorarium on these
°cessions, and the particular minis often hus
banded with affectionate care and pride, and
sometimes shettmein after life, when the re-_
eiplent has eon fame and fortune, as the nu
-Claus of the whole. Sir WAtTIM SOOTT, being
troubled with a swelled 'face, from toothache,
when be thus wen 'his first ferl;" forcedly in
vested, it in the purchase of a portentous red
woollen night cap, conical hi form and soaring
in ; height; which he Were, an the same evening,
la the Specalsitlie - Stichity of Edinbgrgh, of
which - heitas Secretary. It to on record, that,
with this remarkable headdress, be first made
the acquaintance 'of Jarrett-, afterwards the
milneat critic.
After having Made a few motions of course,
and learned - not to be atlaid of hearing his
own voice in, the - Courts, the young barrister
nipbably believes that he is competent to fly
st";bigher 'game. - Probably, the family attor
ney may give him a brief in some case, by way
:of encouragement. That is,be lets him as
:Junior counselOnvitich capacity he has very
little to do. Ile will receive' the, voluminous
document facetiously called "a brief," drawn
;by4be - attolney,:iho gets up and fully ma
, • inrit9 circumtdance of _the eaaa, Rua,
ivbo,lesides writing down ,what each. witness
own ilde can swear, as within his own
-:irtiondedge, adds what may probably be teati
fled on the Other shitwltich Is useihi, as a
'key to cross-tixamination. Alinost invariably,
,the attorney, appends,-to the history of the
case, lutuntary, evidence, and guesses at
what may be alleged on the other side, a good
array of , legal points add authorities bearing
`Ott 'Minnie. Indeed, a great deal depends, as
regaids counsel's success in Court, uppn the
Attoruey'S getting un,the "case before over it
•is set ; down to trial,
- liaire spoken of tbo verbosity of the
brier. Thatin the -case of Warman HAS
TEN9O; tried by impeachment before the house
of Lords--and eo - splendidly described by
aLtoabiar4.-extended to 160,000_ folios or
pi!ges, each of 72 words. In more modern
times, the largest brief was that held in the
CAN
,S2Wit. versus I..rwoon,' which ran to
80,000 folios. The fee which accompanied that
brief was 8,000-guineas; equal to $42,000.
.Against this groat extent may ho set ono re-
Markable brief, which simply contained these
emphatic words : "r. We have no defence ;
bnt please pitch into"plaintitf 'a attorney."
In one of MAOAULAY'S earlier essays, which,
strange, to say, have escaped being reprinted
iri Oda country, 'is a' lively' Sketch entitled
1 4‘,lfy 7Sfaiden,l3tief," describing 'how a young
birrlater , got on with his. first case. The rea
;der wax taken into one of the law courts, where
the young barrister, with many more In the
same predicament, sat, .be-wigged and be
gowned, looking askance",at the bustling and
prosperous attorneys, and thinking as little of
their power to give them business, as a young
lady. in a ball room thinks of the probable
Marriageable disposition of the beaux who
flutter aromullter. Presently, says MACAULAY,
one of the attorneys deliberately draws out his
Muse, ostentatiously culls a couple of guineas
froth It, carefully wraps his Me up in paper,
and safely attaches it, by a bit of red tape, to
*oblong par et, at the first look,
you receptions # , nods at you,
he catches your eye, he •fiings the brief and
the money over to you, you take up the wel
come parcel, and, on looking at it, discover
OW it bears the mime of the Man sitting next
you, to whom you hand it with; a bow and a
seppreseed sigh. - Why has the attorney been
such a wretch as to play with your feelings ?
Pardon him, the wretch squints,•and when hip
eye caught yours, he was looking. at the gen
tlehis4next beyond you.. ,
1 The lowest . fee, in the smallest case, in Eng
land, is one guinea, and there is also a sum of
half-a-crown paid, with each brief, to the
banister'e clerk, A lawyer in good bar and
4,hattib'er practice - , may realize from $lO,OOO
td $28,000 per annum. - A fivr actually earn
,as much as $70,000 to $lOO,OOO a year, but
these are the great - prizes, 'end ere-compara
tively rare, The„Atterney-Oeneral may get
$lOO,OOO, but -it is doubtful whether, in pri
vate practice, any, English b - arrister earns
mere than Sir Easier ' NALLY, or Sir Paz
-1?letfOIC TILESI9rII., each of whom realizes about
$75,004 "a year.„ Mr. Sergeant EvLEs, (author
of‘e'valuable law4ook «On Bills,") who has
feat been PlaCed on the English bench, though
he *as leader of the Nerwich Circuit, never
nuide $20,000 a year. As a judge, he will
have $25,000 per annum, and
fifteen
retiring pen
alon of $17,600 at the end of fifteen years, or
If ill-health should-compel him to retire. The
mode, amount, and prinelple of paying the
English judges will come more particularly
Under consideration by - and-bici;
There comparatively, fa instances where
ineti'eloqbeiteei without a, knowledge of law,
eari, push a Man forward attire English bar.
1/04nifr Cennsel have few opportuni
flea Of spiechmaking,and if they had; it would
IMeoliaidated bidleate and ba4 policy to tire off
an oration on a petty occasion. Indeed, what
}s called l~ fine speaking'!,lis much dlicounte
nariced; on most occasions, in England. There
general distaste for' any thing resembling
'kW-and-dry , speech, carefully elaborated be
forehand; and committed to meriterY. In law
courts, this is particularty the, ems, bat It pre
vails every, where. " POlitnientary' eloquence,
for , the mostpartris Almost Conversational—
:lit nuttsiter,at any rate, if not irt.matter..
Atthb•Eriglish bar, the interest of the client,
the , winning of She verdiet, is the main point_
aimed at, and not the Vain display of the ad:
frocfle'soratorleal powers. The barrister who
411`eugheniiorei ifitneilf than Of his client, at
the English bar, "would Very Obeli' him
clients to think ef. Onammis Parmars, who
was considered the “ great Irish Orator,"
some forty odd ' years ago, was induced to
abandon the Irish for the ' English bar. .130
took mainly t 6 the defence of criminals, at
the Old Bailey, though he also had some Nisi
Frills Mist:fess, on the Oxford Circuit. Ito had
the sagacity to perceive that the flowery ora.
tory which had gained him so much fame in
Ireland, Would be oat of place at the English
bar, and he bad the good sense to make his
speeches brief, sharp, and to the purpotio.
No doubt it was a sacrifice, for CiIAILLES PULL
LIPS was a great rhetorician. But ho became
a distinguished, because a successful, crimi
nal lawyer—having substituted common sense
for oratorical display. .
Even the advocate who has merely eaten his
way to the bar, has a chance, If ho study, and
particularly' if be attend to the practice of the
Co'urts, of obtaining a fair, workingknow
ledge of the law. There Wile lately a notable
instance of this; In the person of Mr. Sergeant
Wtmuss, who for some years bad boon the
"leader" of the Northern Circuit, That is,
In every Important civil case, this gentleman
held a Bret or leading, brief. ' As the Circuit
included Ycirkehire, ',Lancashire, and three or
t h il
•IblKlAtil: OtM#V e t 4 l 4 POWert h/ JP , t t
.1 341 46 44 1 1, 3:: •: ~, ,,:0 . 14!
.., O girkgtio f Iol3NOttier 'alionii;
Be niti:origrna)ly editor of a newspaper, and
a 1 " 6 7" eloqttent man. • '.
ThO late Lonl Chancellor Talmo, when Sir
Tumuli Wrion, urged him to become a bar
rister, and even supported him while in a
transition atate, and for a few years after.
lirnants had not studied the law, but he care
fullyattended the Courts, and thus picked ups
groat deal of practical knowledge. By degrees,
he got into practice, made some judicious
oratorical displays, became so popular that be
assumed the coif (as sergeant,) and, with the
aid of an obscure junior, who knew the law
thoroughly, was kept so well "posted up"
that he carried every thing before him. At
the time of his death Wmcnis was almost the
only really eloquent man at the English bar.
His influence with juries was wonderful. He
made a point of never, throwing away his elo
quence on a petty cause:
We may conclude these remarks with an
anecdote or two about fees. There was a Ser
geant Ronan, at the English bar, who was
solemnly accused, before the bar-mess of his
Circuit, of having violated lawyers' etiquette
by taking a fee in silver, whereas the rule was
not to accept any thing but gold. Be owned
the soft impeachment, adding co I took silver,
because otherwise I should not have got any
fee whatever." He was honorably acquitted.
Mr. Firzomnon (father of Lord CLARE, Lord
Chancellor of Ireland) was accused of having
taken- less than the' lowest fee recognised.
"Gentlemen," said he, "the fee wan a guinea,
and I took only sixteen shillings.
} But, I give
you my honor, It was all the poor devil had
In the world ; and, therefore, I hope I stand
excused." He was excused, for no man could
have done More, under the circumstances.
THE CITY.
.AXIIBRIMENTB TEM lICYZNitio
AIIIRIOIN AOADRAY or MONIO, BROAD ARV Looter
BreenTa.—Opera of c , lntallaal in A.lSerl."
Wastmat'a ARON ATRIUM TN RRRRR ARON BTRIIRR,
,snort She stoops
. to Conquer , P— , WAHoot,
the Hero of Scotland."
KATIoNAL Oman AND TRIUTE . , WALE? Bran?,
tsorx Etauxu.—Eguentrian perforruiusear, concluding
with "Trish and Troubles of the Shepherd In 10r0. ,,
SIANNORD a °PIRA WPM, Zurrutzt DERE, Asor.
ONEStmor.—Nthlopian Life Illustrated, 'nigh Lift In
Philadelphla,”
BANoLsr , a PANORAMA ON JtAbBALIM, at the DOW
gall north .east corner of Tenth sod Chestnut streets.
ivesusu 'fast—The Old Folks , Cfonceo.
Polk of Pensayinasia,--A largely Wended
.4.4.4t0tt of 4/...i.Onpikbviaoror 4%a.. AvralCul rout,
silvania was held yesterday merntog, in the room
occupied by the bank in Grigg's Building.
Conger She an, Esq., was called to the chair,
and Michael W. Baker, Esq., was appointed sore
tar_y.
William C. Patterson read the report of the
directors as to the condition of the bank, as fol.
lows :
nspoirr ON THE CO:MIMS 01! THE HANK Or ?JINN
ITEM=
The undersigned Directors of the Bank of Penn
sylvania, most of whom were elected after its
failure, present this statement to the atookholders
Immediately on being called to take charge of
Its affairs, they felt it to be their first duty to as
oertain as nearly es possible its then actual 0013.
(Mien.
' They found great difficulty in arriving at any
satisfactory result, attributable chiefly to the
absence of sufficient entries on the books of the
bank of the details of the Irene/Lotions embraced
under the heads of "temporary loans and transient
discounts,' (two very heavy aocsunts3 or of ool
lateral &marbles taken from Its debtors.
The following statement made up to November
sth, 1857, will show NA assets and liabilities as
nearly as they could be ascertained on that day :
ASCOT&
Dills receivable pledged a collateral secu
rity to other banks " 61,122,985 16
'
Wile on hand 1,144,118 14
Bond., stocks, and mortgagee 61,815 43
Real estate (estimated value) 23,060 00
North Penn's Railroad and Germantown
tles Stock (coat) 11,000 00
Due by office at "Wading— . 20,100 00
,'• country honks...". . , 46,101 76
Notes of sundry banks and bank 5......, ..
, of ~.,..
tote. of son ry banks cheats of sun.
dry persons, whlth had therektore - both
'counted as naeb, but for the payment of
'which no funds bad been provided 118,080 20
Specie and specie feuds 0,297 80
Esaking•house t Chestnat street. 246,045 22
man Minas,
Notes In circulation 2518 392 00
Certificates of deposit ' 108,883 75
Unclaimed dividends 8,329 28
Intermit due Commonwealth.. 38,089 78
Due Commonwealth, (deposit,) 1,424 32
" George Peabody &
about 30,000 00
" Daring Bius 405 70
' Foreign banks 225,428 41
Individoal depositors..... 308,533 fdi
" City bank' 961,285 00 2,228,310 80
Leaving an apparent earplug of 62,707 67
If to the ao stated 66
. . . .
above
Bs added the capital stock
And surplus fund. ..... • • .
Making in the aggregate.. $1,898,663 76
And the coot of 1798 shares
oletteek purehseed bg the
president with the fonds of
the beak without the order
or knowledge of the board 6198,070 88
lle added to the assets 2,791,114 87
-- 2,989,186 90
&deficiency of $1,119,478 76
Kill ho exhibited, or, In other words, for that
amount of the property of the bank, the board
were unable to fled among its assets any represen
tative whatever. -
The moat available of the bills receivable of the
bank, included in the above statement, had been
previously delivered to the other city banks as
collateral security fee the repayment of advance
made by them to avert the suspension of this bank ;
of these the Philadelphia Bank held 5118.228.49,
as security for $lOO,OOO ; John Welsh, Beg., as
trustee for the Bank of North America, Farmers
and adechanios, and Philadelphia Banks, 5285,-
883.03, for $200,000.; and Meagre. Rogers, Boric,
and Austin, trustees for the city banks generally,
$718,903 04 for a debt of $887,000.
• The securities for the first and second are be
lieved to ho sufficient for their payment or nearly li
so, and it Is hoped that seventy-five per cent. (75
per cont.)" of the last mentioned debt will ulti
mately be realised from the securities in the bands
of the trustees. Farther investigation has brought
to light some additional assets; claims have been
presented which did not appear upon the books of
the bank, and the ownership of most of the doubt
fat items has been &lammed. Upon the whole,
the nominal surplus hoe been inereased without
any substantial addition to its value. Among the
assets wore found notes, choke, do., of an Insol
vent house, the head of which is the brother of the
late president, amounting to $119,280.57, of which a
email portion was scoured by doubtful oollaterals,
and the effects in the hands of the assignee of the
firm ace expected to pay a very small dividend. Of
this large sum, but 812,850 was discounted by the
board of directors. The remaining notes, which
are unendorsed, and without security of any kind,
dame into possession of the bank, as the under
signed ere Informed by the drawers, without their
agency or knowledge. This debt, the late presi
dent has slime his return proposed to assume. The
paper of other insolvent oonoerno, to a very large
amount, was found in a safe In the bank, of which
the key was kept by the president, and is included
In the preceding statement of its assets. The
parties are unable to pay anything at present, and
some of them appear to have beau under the Ito
premien that their indebtedness was to Mr. Atli
bond individually, although many of their notes
and checks are payable to the order of the cashier.
The obligations of a former director, and of his
Arm, appear to the extent of $148,818 21.
The other members of the old board disolalm
all knowledge of the transactions by which most
of thie paper Dame Into the possession of the bank.
Arrangements hove been made by which one third
o large loans appear to have
probably be realized.
of it u h e n
o am o
t o h u e n r t
o w aa i
e ll
been made to any mereantile house, save ono, the
principal of which was ales a director of the' bank.
lie communicated to the beard immediately after
the suspension of his house, his determination to
pay every obligation discounted for him or brought
into the bank by his instrumentality. This pro
miss bat thus far been redeemed In good faith
and the greater part of the debt paid. Ample se
entities are held for the unpaid obligations, most
of which, however, aro alleged to have been issued
without consideration.
The notea of the Item Geld Railroad Company
for two' hundred and eighty-nine thousand eiz
hafted dollar. 0286.000), with their owl bonds ei
P. 1 .APELMI-lIA,':;'::IVESP
see . city, (taken by the late president without Our
knowledge of the hoard, except ep , to three qf Its
members, as we have been infoemed 11bl:emelt
and others,) are for the present, entirely nitaitall
able, as aro, also, those of the lifirietta and tile ,
eineati, Nor th Western, West Chiseler; and Pktia ,
dolphin, and Camden and Atlantle *lellread Chier'
patties, for mailer Bums. In atidildli to the .••
raided liabilities of the bank, old ose 'as hada
against It for about $llO,OOO of psper Itialtidit NMI)
foregoing statement of its assets; most of which Le
among the seouritles held by Moodier city banks.
These notes and acceptances are Alleged to have
been loaned to the late' president by. km menlen
tile firms, partly for his own aeootainodatiou, and
partly "to enable him to state, the bank,"
much of which Mr. , Allibone eialeab as his.rown:
property, and presents as an offsethud any ita
debtedness which may be establish against MM..
In 'one case the obligation are fai t(to hare been
encoded by one partner without the ',knowledge
of the others.
Among the assets of the bank, as they appeared
undo the books, were the Allowing:Wee, all Of
which are supposed to represent loaq: '.. i .
Coupon bonaeState of Pennsylvania, 1 . •
,_,- .
ohsly the loss one stook, tranmotlen,), Ss ;,•‘.' '';''
such bolds beteg held by tke bank: ...xis.=
Expenses ' tt • 1.,;,.
I Bielkenge eel premium(
Sterling account
Over drafts.
O. Peabody fr.. Co. No 2 .
kiehange accouni ' ' '''''• 4.„.. 4 1A ' .'..
Loss on loan to any ' .
' i Making an aggregate of • :7 •" '''",i,::4ot7ll,,,fatlif
from which nothing could be real - . ~.,:'4"-';',-.: ;41.4
'Tha,bakinbe Against SWIM . ' ..• • , ti 4 , 118:8/P
haire,:been' Made ,wp_lnj , .',' , •
~A 4 4 . 6.
-L44o*
;, - l i 't V II - 30 • ' ' .:.. ' •
. ,1. , 4 , ,- J:, .
ittik tjtie' tv.tlai 1411: tiVelittge. 0,1 V: ... ledger( W
count wee original) Ope ed In the gab*
SeMs 21th, 1856; and on the 30th duly, of the Mae
year, the balance at its debit 0275,260.123 togeth
er with $260,000 from temporary loans, was trans
ferred, by order of the president, to a new sterling
actonnt which he dinceted to be • opened in 1
the Individual lodger. The °Get of the
transfer so made to the Individual ledger.
in which the private accounts of the customers of ,
the bank were kept, and which, under the uniform 1
rule of all banks, no director, other than the pro-
sident or rotting-president for the Unto being, Is
permitted to inspect, was to diminish to the ex-
tent of the balance against it the apparent liabili.
ties of the bank, as that balance was always de
ducted front the aggregate of individual deposits
as presented to the board. An amount for bills
reeeivable Ives kept in the individual•ledger, the '
balance against which ($146,068.21) was trans-
leered to the same account in the general
ledger, October lath, 1857. This amount had
also, up to that date, boon deducted -from
the deposits In reporting, the state of the' bank
to the hoard. Four days after the failure of the
bank the sterling account in the individualledger,
which had, in the interim, remained without
()hangs, was cloned by the order of the president
to transfer $127,084.17 to the sterling account in
the general ledger, and $191,111.04 to the debit of
Moans, George Peabody & Co., who were' 4t. that
time large creditors of the bank, and 'Open
whom no claim bas. heels or can be Made for
any part of this sum. The late president
has eine° informed us that this , was an
unintentional error. Most of the items of
this account in both ledgers, "other than those
which represent the losses on sterling bills, were
without apparent reason credited at various dates
to the mount of Thomas Allibone, president,
also kept in the individual lodger, and the board
have directed them to be re-charged, leaving that
,tumount, which amounted during his term of office
to more than five millions of dollars, overdrawn
481,729.29 ; all of which, Mr. Allibone asserts,
was disbursed for the use and benefit of the bank,
but how, or when, has not yet been made appa
rent to this board.
The best investigation which the board have,
under the pressure of other duties, and in the very
short time left them ;lir that purpose, been enabled
to make has satisfied them that some of the de;
Oared dividends were not earned, although Mims
the manner in which the books of the bank were
kept and the results exhOlted to the board, there'
was i n every instance an apparent surplus, which .
would have justified their being declared ; a very
large proportion of the deficiency can, in their
opinion, be accounted for by the enormous sums
laid for neury by the late president, who sold
argo amount, of the best bills receivable of
the bank whenever its exigencies seemed to
him to require it, end allowed to some parties
execesive interest for deposits without con
sultation with or report to the board as, to
either. The proceeds of two such sales to a sire ,
glo individual, amounting - to $178,128.08, were.
credited to Mr. /linens's private account lie De
oembor,lBs3, and March, 1854; and do not appear to
have'heen ;mounted for. Other °with; in that
account are for sums of money which obviously be
longed to the bank. That aoceent, which amounted
to more than eight millions of dollars during the
Derby! for which he held the oMee of president, em
braces very large trausaetions with brokers, but lb/
whom doe; not appear
wmot; ;bey bene”,4 to 10 justly
due the bank from the late president, demanded
at their hands the most prompt and energetic ao
tion. The cironmstences under which he left the
country, without any explanation' as to the condi
tion of the bank ;
the alarming absence of scour!.
ties understood to have been in his fire-proof safe,
the key of which came into the poesendon of the
board after his departure; the suita brought
against him for large amounts, and the knowledge
that he was heavily indebted to personal friends
for advances Of money and paper, left them no
alternative consistent with the obligations of duty
to their constituents, but to tele the most decided
steps to subject his property to the just claims of
the bank and his other creditors, so that no pre
(manse should be acquired by any one. The mem
bers of the board did not hesitate, therefore, to pro
ceed against his property; an attachment was
issued, and the court has appointed trustees, but a
motion is now pending to dissolve it, which is as
yet undecided.
It has sines been ascertained that the key of
the president's safe was delivered by him to the
rioting president on the evening before his do
mature, and we are now informed by Mr. Alit
bone that it was given by him to another director
of the bank at different times, during, the preceding
week, while he was confined by sickness to his
chamber.
The board lost no time in taking the most
vigorous measures for the liquidation of the in
debtedness to the bank. Debtors were urged to
avail themselves of the opportunity to make pay
ments in the obligations of the bank, and its
securities were applied to the payment of Its debts
whenever it could be done with advantage.
The Recounts of the bank stood on the 30th ult.:
Assets 52,355370 04
Liabilities 1,790,074 32
Showing a nominal surplus of 565,103 72
No accounts having been settled with the city
banks the whole amount of their original advances
is !winded ,bu t the sum of throe hundred and twen
ty ono thousand two hundred and ninety-two dollars
and eighty-four cents ($321,202 84) has been col
lected from the seourities held by the three
trusts to that date, leaving the total indebtedness
of this bank at $1,465,781.48 exclusive of open ac
counts and disputed items. It will be seen • that
tho liabilities have been reduced $759,002.32 sinew
November bth.
$2,791,114 SI
Their partial success induced them to hope that
they might save something from tbo wrack for the
stockholders, and avert from the city and State
the discredit consequent on the insolvency of an
institution so long and honorably Identified with
the put Watery (Vieth. They wore slow to be
lieve that the capital and surplus fund of over two
millions, to which more than one hundred and
My thousand dollars (3150,000) was added by the
prtdit on the sale of the old banking house anti
lot, could have been them dissipated. Pnoouraged
by the return of the late president to this country
to hope that a portion, at - lout, of the property of
the bank might, through his agency and informa
tion, be reoevered, or its loss accounted for, the
board immediately invited him to meet them for
the purpose of explanation.
Prior to the receipt of their resolution, and on
the day after hie arrival in this city, ho had ad
dressed them a note expressing hie desire to do so,
and frankly communicate all the information he
possessed
He has for the put week boon in almost daily
conimnolcatlon with tbo board, or a committee of
Its members, and given them much information as
to the manner in which the affairs of the bank
were conducted under his administration, but as
yet none which can bs made available in any ef
fort to improve their present condition. At, the
outset, while disclaiming all knowledge or belief
that be was indebted to the bank a single dollar,
he voluntarily offered to convey all hls property,
subject to such pre-existing lions as he might bo
unable to remove, to a trustee. who should be ac
ceptable to the board, to be held until Ids debt, if
any, could be adjusted,and then distributed among
hie creditors.
$2,228,310 80
1,818,000 00
208,310 98
' Mr. Alltbone estimates the estate he proposes to
transfer as giving the bank u margin of $i50,000,
over and above all ineembranoes; which amount,
upon Inquiry, we think may in time be realised,
under proper management, if we are correctly in
formed as to the amount of the prior liens.
Ifo oredits however, to a large• amount,
for paper advanced ity him for the use of the bank,
and for other items, one of which le for any balance
which may be found duo upon an agreement, in
writing given by him to Therune Robins, Esq., to
indemnify the Philadelphia and other banks, to
the extent of $200,000, against any lose by reason of
Built advances to the Bank of Pennsylvania.
The counsel of the bank and Mr. /Wilma are
now engaged in' preparing the necessary import.
Suit has been commenced agninst the bank on a
bill of exchange, (which had slime boon pronounced
by the acceptors an"aecommedation bill,") drawn
by a director on a Manchester firm for fifty tbo 0311 d
paled,' sterling, in September last, and purchased
and paid for by the late president, without the as
sent or knowledge of any other director. Thin bill
remitted to Messrs. Peabody ,t Co., for the credit
of the bank, is now claimed to bo the property of
Messrs. John Plokeragill Jr Son, of London, the
agents of the itertopters,
• This demand it ie intended strenuously to resist,
en it le not believed to be a just claim upon the
bank. Other suite to which no proper defence can
be taken have been commenced, and judgments to
R very large amount will probably be obtained
against the bank on the third Saturday of the pre
cent month. tinder these oircumstances and with
little hope of being able to realize enough from its
assets to pay the undisputed debts of the bank,
and with a view to prevent any preference or ad
vantage among its creditors, the board is of opi
nion that equal justice to all requires an mtge.
meat to be made for the dietribution of tho property
among the creditors according to law. The lave
of the State clothe the board with full power to
eremite such an instrument, but they prefer that
the stookholdere should determine this grave ques
lien for themselves.
. .
'As some scant measure of relief, the beard pro
pared the bill which the stockholders wore invited
01111110 wooke since to examine, and which to now
before n committee of the Senate, authorising a
Imhof the charter to Buell of the present stock
holders ac tnay be willing to pay in a view capital,
and re-organize the institution as a bank of Ala-
''FEBRUARY 2. 1858.
t a ,
$ 6,
-and. deposit. The attention' of the stook
. ere is again Invited to Its provisions, end a
: is herewith submitted.
' 10111 1 / 4 1 has that endeavored to discharge their
rat duty to the stookholdere by exhibiting to
' i t
the condition of their property when It was
irf tinder their charge, and Its present position.
have earefittly abstained from entreating
: ' opinion as to the *inset that hare led to theme
nits. Of these each stockholder will form his
- judgment. The foots, it is bel oved , have been
' rately presented to their consideration.
,I, W. C. Parransos,
-• t' , l.- ' WILLIAM Oman,
'l'''' WY. LYTTLISTON SAVACIE,
Lawitaucn Law's, Jn.,
Jno. D. TAYLOR,
,(4. Tuna. CRAYEN, •
Alex Haase,
4 WU , S. VAUX,
' • B. P. Iforostvriox.
*he reading of the report having been ended, a
s4githolder asked that that portion of the report
.10iiitiul again which alluded to the indebtedness of
ember of the old 'mord to the bank In the sum
144,000. Its then demanded the name of the
*. • y alluded to, and atter a momentary debate the
vs was announced to be Daniel Deal:
.."., . • , • areßoblzisatt,lN.,sald thatharegretted that
I 'board of dirsotan could give no better report
* condition of the bank, but that ho was laths.
•,":‘ that they had done all that diligence and in.
~' ~..0 , ' 'could secoropilth In the premises. As It
'
'' 'n— red probable that some of the creditors
!::, Id soon obtain advantages over others. unless
ignment were promptly made, he moved the
~,, • tion of the following preamble and resolution:
o ~! " areas, It is the opinion of this meeting that no one
r ,+. 0 creditors of this bank should have, or maintain, a
"`* mace or advantage over others, and that the pro
' • y thereof should be distributed among all the
item according to law ; and whereas suits have
r , , brought for Urge amounts, upon *Web Judgments
:; -, be obtained upon the day of February, 1868,
which eons this board, without Injustice to other
- , Hors, cannot pay, and the condition of the bank is
1 • fib aa to forbid alt hope of Ha being able Immediately
tatmiume business. therefore,
~-Ersolera, That it is the oploion of this meeting that
kissf content of All the agate and property or sold
10IA, should he mule to &Wines, in trust, for dletribn
tlea Moans the creditors thereof, according to law ; and
that the directors be requested to cam thla resolution
late effect.
Cdr. Robinson enforced the necessity of adopting
the resolution with some further remarks. Ile
alluded to the fact that' the commissioners appointed
by; the Governor had not yet made their final re
pott, and hoped it could lie obtained before an
aseignment. The board of directors had done all
is their power, but their power was limited. They
oasid get no more information upon points not ex
plained by the books than those whom they ques-
Horsed would voluntarily give. But the commis
stoners lied power to send for persons and papers,
and he hoped that they would exercise their autho
rity and probe the mysteries of the hank manage
ment to the bottom,
Be alluded to several points in the alleged ode
°admit of the late president, among others to the
statement that the bills of the bank had been sold
sltthigh rates of usury on the street. In many
aties he had no doubt that these bills were bought
byl, parties innocently, but Ito thought it probable
that In other cases they carried on their toss a
warning to the purchasers of such bills that there
was wrong or fraud in the transactions, and it was
peasible that something might, in such a ease be
recovered for the bank. Ho was the more elisions
for a thorough investigation, that It might be un
derstood that in this community we do not couple
rotate the idea that parties who have aided and
abetted in the work of ruining an institution like
this j should go unsoathed.
.'edr. John M. Scott hoped the vote on the resolu
tion would be postponed for one weak, It was un
important resolution. Thie act was the destrne-
Rea of •an old and time-honored institution. He
wished to see the report just read in print, that he
aphid examine it at his Jelenre, and make up his
mind clearly upon it. Ho wanted the final report
of the oommissioners appointed by the Governor.
He did not think an assignment the beet means of
getting at the public exposure and discovery of the
parties who had' wrought this rain. He would
rather entrust this duty to the present board of
directors. The dirty of assignees was both unplea
sant and thankless, and their powers were limited.
They were to convert the assets into money, pay
It out to the creditors], and get discharged As
men they would shrink, naturally, from tho task
of exposing delinquencies on the part of their fol
low-men. Moir duty was to•wind up the affairs,
and not to ferret out past fraudulent transactions,
and they would be apt to keep the secrets which
came to their knowledge looked up in their own
breasts. Ile held every man Innocent till he was
proved to be guilty, but be would like to have it
wade public, how it was that an institution which
At the end or 1856 was declared to have dollar for
deter of its debts, now sunk so far that there is
net a oent lett ter the stockholders. An assignment
wattle grave of discovery.
Mr. Robinson said he was willing to have the re
solution lie over until an adjourned meeting.
Col. Patterson said he bad not a word to say in
opposition to the postponement. He, however,
Wished to explain an error Into which the former
speakers bad fallen ea to the State commitse of in
vestttatlon- He would thank that committee for
the tenderness with which they had treated the
Institution, out of a feeling of regret on behalf of
the stockholders. They had seen at a glance the
true condition of the bank, but their report that
the bank was insolvent would have been its war
rant of dissolution, putting ripen the Governor the
necessity of appointing receivers, and forfeiting its
charter, which they were unwilling to do, while
any reasonable ground of hope remained, that a
sufficient amount of missing property of the bank
might be recovered and its debts paid.—
They intended to continue their investiga
tions with the hope of ascertaining if it were pos
sible that any parties concerned in the destruction
of the bank could be brought to an account, for
the benefit of the otookholders, and they ware men
of the right stamp for the duty thus assumed.. In
the meantime the necessity for an assignment was
obvious and imperative.
The question was then put on the motion to post
pone, and it was voted that the consideration of
the resolution be postponed to an adjourned meet
ing, to be hold on Wednesday, the 10th Inst., at
12 o'clock.
An elootion for two's.) directors was gone Into,
and tho following nomad 'gentlemen elected
EM:1193
W. 0. Pattoreon, Lawrence Lewis, Tr.,
John D. Taylor, W Littleton Savage,
Thos. Craven, Abraham Baker,
Win. Vanx, 11fonoure Robinson,
Bills Lewis, Thos. 11. Trotter,
Jos. C. Grubb, Alexander Denson.
Guardians of the Poor.—A stated meeting
of the members of the guardians of the Poor woe
held yesterday afternoon at their office, in Seventh
street, above 'Market. Mr. Brownpresided.
Present, Messrs. Armstrong, Cook, Dunlap,
Evans, Fisher, Garvin, (iambic , Ilaekett, Heish
ley, lfenstey, Huhn. Lloyd, Moseley, Reeves, Rid.
dle, Server, Smith, Taylor, Brown, president.
A oommunioation was resolved from the Visiter
of the l'oor of the Eleventh and Twelfth wards,
asking for an appropriation to furnish the poor
with wood and coal. The communication was laid
on the table.
The census of the Blockley Almshouse was as
follows:
Total number in the boom on Saturday...... 3,031
ii ~ same time last year 2 CAS
Increase this year
over any former period
ILECANTULATION.
Admitted during the past two weeks
Births " 46
Deaths " 11
Discharged 0 "
Eloped "
11
Bound out "
The total number of persons In the various
wards wore as follows •
White women's ward
Colored women's ward...,
White men's ward
Colored mon's ward
Total 3 031
The Steward reported that he bad reflected
$05.20 and paid the same to the Treasurer.
Dr. Moiety submitted a resolution, authorizing
the secretary of the board to advertise for propo
sals, for introducing gas fixtures into the al inehouse,
which, after being amended, so as to allow till
next meeting for sending in such proposals, was
agreed to.
Dr. Mustily accepted the amendment.
Mr. Brdwn said on looking over the proceedings
of Councils, he saw the following:
" Mr. MeMakin submitted a resolution author
istnl the Guardians of the Poor to advertise for
proposals for putting gas Into the almshouse.
Agreed to, with an amendment that the proposals
be opened by the Committee on Poor."
Mr. Brown then made a few remarks, comment
ing severely upon the councilman alluded to, and
referring to the economy practised by the board.
After which, lie submitted a resolution authorizing
the introduction of gas into the Almshouse, which
was agreed to.
Mr. Evans submitted a resolution that no bills
shall be approved for goods purchased by the Com
mittee on Accounts, unless the articles are pre
viously authorized by the board.
The resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Garcht called attention to the report of the
Pittance Committee of Councils, and contended
that the per °omega of the reduction of expenses
of the Department of Poor was greater than that
of any other department.
Mr. Fidler said the Committee on Finance bad
proposed to levy a tax of 10 cents for the Poor,
while the appropriation bill already passed only
called for 12 cents on the SlOO.
Mr. Server submitted a resolution that the visi
tors of the several poor districts be instructed
not to draw for any amount exceeding the stun
appropriated for the month of February. Agreed
to.
The following appropriations wore made for gra
envies, ao,, for the ditlerout wards during the en.
suing month
Ist District,
2d do
id - do
4th do
nth do
$2OO 6th Distri o ct, $l,OOO
800 7th d
1,000 Bth do 200
200 oth do 200
200 10th do ' 150
The clerk reported bills to the amount of $ll,-
035,67, which were ordered to be paid.
The chair appointed Menem. Dloecley, tiarvin,
Ifeichloy, llenszey, and Server on the committee to
superviee the introduction of gee into the Ileum
Adjourned.
CaAudios Rifles. This organization is
fast growing in natnbars and proliolanoy, and their
appoaranoo in parade is alwaye line and soldier
like. Tonight they will give their annual ball,
at the National Guards' Hall, in Race street, and
it promises to be a most pleasurable oecaalon. All
who can :Until attend this fits, the managers of
which have exerted themselves to the utmost to m
ouse the gratification of those who will be present.
St. John's Literary Association.—The ar
rangotuonts for the fourth anniversary of this so
ciety, which is to be bold at Sanwm•street Hall,
on the 25th inst., have been made on the most
liberal acute. The exercises, we doubt not, will
prove of au interesting and attraotiyo oharavtor.
ZLECENTII ANNUAL IMPORT
Office at the Pennsylvania nativist, Pesaymear,
, Philadelphia, la***** an. ilLia.
To the Stara°Mom of the Pennayitanin Rail.
road Company:
At the time of your last annual meeting, the
basinesi of the company and the condition of the
country were highly prosperous.. Every Indication
pointed to the continuance of financial oleo during
the year, and to the uninterrupted proeperity of
your enterprise. Apprehensions, it Is true, were
felt that the 'ergs individual and oorporate indebt
edness of every section of the country would, in
time, lead to a monetary crisis; bat there was no
expectation that It would come so suddenly or be
marked by snob unprecedented violence- New
that it has in a great measure rowed, we tan din.
cover no sufficient resson for the Intensity et the
panto. Its effects are familiar to aft, and it is to
these it is due that you felled tamely. your usual
earel-enousi dividend in November lest. The pro
fits of the - cceopeny were suttleient to Justifya rea
sonable dividend at that time, but .t . hey had been
Invested in the cronstruation end egniplasst of the
road, under the impreesfen Butt a sate of your
second mortgage bonds would enable os to !vises
them ie meson to meet the legitimate expectations
of the shareholder,. The nearly total prostration
of corporate and individual credits throughout the
country, in November, prevented the accomplish
ment of this object. Between placing the moil tof
the company In jeopardy, or the sacrifice of Its se.
ourities, and the temporary inoonvenlenee of some
of its shareholders, the board could not hesitate.
The permanent interests of all the stockholders,
which It was their duty to consult, have doubtless
boon promoted by the amine adopted. Bound
policy digitated that, under the etrourestancam, all of
the moans of the company should be directed to
the reduction of Its unfunded liabilities. These,
we have the gratification to Worm you, have been
met to an extent that renders °erten the payment
of is dividend in May next.'
The board have resolved further le rodeoe the
floating or unfunded debt, which does not exceed
five per cent. on the capital stock paid la, at the
present time, to three per 'tent., and thereafter not
allow It to exceed this limit. As the accounts of
the company, after making ample deduetioa for
the contingent or renewal fend, will justify the
payment of the suspended dividend, it has been
urged that this should ba divided among the share
holders, In scrip convertible Into bonds or stook of
the company at par. As neither of these methods
of payment could be resorted to without operating
injuriously upon the sale of the securities of the
company, the suggestion has not been adopted.
At a later period,' however, it may be advisable to
make this disposition of those prodta.
It will be seen from the statement of the Trea
surer, annexed to this report, that there has been
received in payment from shareholders In the capi
tal Mock of the company up to January 1, 1858 :
513,208,825 00
And from loans 8,100,513 7 4
Balance of Interest and dividend duo
to stockholders and State tax on
coupons unpaid 30,234 90
Balance remaining to credit of con
tingent and renewal fund 371,545 86
Balance of profits for the years 1850
" and 1857 (see Treasurer's report).. 979,272 17
Amount of bonds due State of Penn
sylvania for purchases of main
line of public works 7,500,000 00
Whioh has been expended as follows
Eastern division 5,681,383 07
Western division 7,738,373 77
Second track 3,05,143 34
Foramen* workmen's,
and tool houses 89,466 93
Ne w o filo e building,
Philadelphia 70,414 10
Shop machinery 204,153 29
Telegraph line 45,264 28
Lodomotires 1,335,051 30
Prelght earl 1,018,357 52
Passenger oars 181,953 68
Road ears 33,939 01
Extension of Penusyl
van i a Railroad to
Pittabtulh and Steu
benville Railroad.... 2,696 03
Amount 29,356,167 37
Balance of profits of
road November I,
1855, after paying
Interest to stook•
holder', credited to
coat of oonstruotion,
an required by the
charter of the com.
Ploy 589,185 79
Coat of road and out
fits, ko. 19,768,991 US
Coat of the main Itne
of the pubilo works
purohtmed from the
State of Pennaylva
ula 7,600,000 00
Total coat of roads and
canals belonging to
the company 97,286,991 58
Subsoriptions to West
ern Railroads and
stook dividends from
IMMO 1,686,050 00
Bonds of municipal and
other corporations, 142,952 50
Bills and accounts re
ceivable 714,944 81
Balance in bands of
agents 234,690 23
Balance in bands of
Treasurer, Nonni..
bes 31, 1857 253,662 61
The earnings of the Railroad during
the year, as reported by the (len•
oral Nuperintendent, were $1,855,689 76
From which deduct tolls paid fur
tom of oilier roads, an follow.:
Philadelphia aud Co-
lumbia (State) Rail
road to July 31 3239,385 97
Ilarrisburg and Lancas
ter Railroad 224,249 71
Northern Central Rail
road 46,901 17
Philadelphia City Rail
road 5,303 94
--- 615,840 84
Leaving the business of the Penn•
sylvanis Railroad proper $4,339,829 92
From this deduct transportation
expanses and tonnage duties 2,494,902 OA
Leaving the surplus earnings of the
road for 1857 91,854,928 88
From which deduct the fallowing
items not Included in the statement
of the General Superintendent:
Interest on funded debt
as it steed January 1,
1858, which is more
than it averaged for
the year 5144,415 48
Expenses of general of
fice, &a 38,430 94
State tax paid on stock
and bonds 59,808 42
Balance of rent ac
count 25,513 07
Differenee in interest on
bills payable and re
°siesta°, say 34,000 00
Fire months of swum'
interest on purchase
of Main Line, Janu
ary 1 150,250 00
There lo ft balance of $1,100,150 95
which is more than sufficient for a dividend of 8
per cent. upon the capital of the company.
The high prices that prevailed during the year
for Mot and materials, added to the large amount
of expenditure Incurred for Iron rails, cross-UN,
and bridge repairs, would stem to render any ad
dltiontal allowance for deterioration unnecessary;
but If we place to the "contingent And renewal
fund" $175,677, there would still remain a net
profit of $924,473.95, which is equivalent to a divi
dend of seven per cent. upon the present mite'
of the company. The tables appended to the re
port of the General Superintendent exhibit the
earnings and expenses of the road in detail. It
wiU be teen, by reference to these, that the whole
number of passengers conveyed during the year
between _Harrisburg and Pittsburgh is equivalent to
143,613 passing over the whole length of the road,
showing a decrease, as compared with 1856, of 5,040
passengers, and a decrease in receipts for first-class
passengers of $9,735, and for emigrants 31,395.
Upon the Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad—
leased by this company—the equivalent through
passengers, adding the number carried over the
Columbia branch of that road an equivalent dis
tance, wes 140,329, being 3,284 less than the equi
valent through passengers on the Pennsylvania
Railroad ; showing the local business of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, though traversing a mountain
ous region, intersooted by rich valleys, to be greater
than that of its associate, though pawing, for its
whole length, through the wealthy and populous
counties of Dauphin and Lancaster. The *gales
lent through passengers on the Harrisburg and
Lancaster road, previous to the commencement of
the Ponnaylvania Railroad, ten years eines, was
but 51,503; and on the Philadelphia and Columbia
Railroad, but 65,751, The equivalent through pas
sengers on the latter road, 1n 1856, was 207,086.
Should the travel upon these lines increase with
the came rapidity for the next ten years, the pros
poets of our company will fully equal the expecta
tions of those who have formed the most sanguine
anticipations of its future.
The gross earnings of the road for freight, during
the year, wore $3,376,516.26 ; being en increase
over the year 1956 of $132,284.69. The through
business amounted to 173,072 tone, and the local,
inoludlng coal, to 358,347 tons—an increase of
6,919 on the through, and 69,418 on the local ton
nage. The aggregate tonnage for the year was
530,420 tons, in whioh Is included 200,392 tons of
gas and other coals, carried in the oars of theism
pany. In addition to this there were 298,297 tons
of freight transported In the ears of individuals,
of which 97,619 tone of eoal were delivered to Pitts
burgh.
The year 18581,111 be the first under which the
whole line, from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, will
be operated by this company, and from this period
the accounts of the company will be kept so as to
be of greater value for future reference in exhibi
ting the developmen' of the traffic of the line.
On the first day of August last, in conformity with
the terms of purchase, sanctioned by your vote on
the 234 of July, the Main Line of public work' was
transferred, by proclamation of the Governor of
the Commonwealth, to this company.
The price required to be paid for the works was
$7,500,000, in the bonds of this company, bearing
five per cent. Interest, the State relinquishing her
reserved right to purchase the Pennsylvania Rail
road. Of these bonds, $lOO,OOO are payable on
the 31st dey of July, 1858, and $lOO,OOO annually
thereafter until July 31,1850, ' , shell tip payntonta
will be at the rate of 31,000,07 4 r; annum until
the whole amount is paid, ease g the last pay
ment falling doe Shy 31, , asnomstine so
3300,000. The terms of the WI of wile have been
fully ooirqdied with, and the bands of the oorn_pany
for the amounts reunited deli/end to the Trea
surer of the State.
Appended to this report will be Wand a state
went, marked A, showing the amount of principal
due on the Slit day of July of eachyear, and Ore
amount °Mama payable mob bail year. It is
seen that, under M gradual altingulahment of
the debt to the State, at required lathe bill the
amount of interest and installment ofpd due
in 1866, LI $485,600. It Ude atnewat srosld be set
apart annnally thereafter to meet Warms and
principal dne each year, and the liu bo. after
inch payment', applied ett • Waking fend, Metered
would be sunicient to meat the remainder of the
debt at maturity, If reinvested seal-annually
the rate of only Ave per ant. per annum.
It Is proposed to credit profit and loss mama
with the reamstion et the pa-I=4pol of the debt,
when paid from the rooftrees of the mostranY,
after it shall amount toe dividend of *caper mat.
upon its capital, sad diride the same *song the
moekhoidene in scrip, convertible into the steak of
ishe otunpany., The prim reesind for them *mks
Drunk more than they were wertitte the State,
or than could have been safely psid for them by
any ether puntheser, expecting to comply with the
terms of sale. The acceptance of them terms by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company is Jostled
by "the venter effiehmey with which the whole
line between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh maid
be operated when placed ander one control—en
efficiency which the close competition between the
four East and Welt lines, in price, speed and so
commodation, rendered a pantaloon! masideratkm
The purchase embraces one hundred and four
miles of canal on the west, and one hundred and
eighty-one altos (including the avatars feeder,
two and a half masa lem,) on the east aide of the
Allegheny mountalo; thirty-seven miles of Wi
tter, part double Stet part tingle track, between
Johnstown and fiellktaysburg ; eighty miles of
double track railroad between Philadelphia and
the Susquehanna river, together with all the reel
estate, locomotives, oars, and alt other pre
connected with, or in anywise Sppartal g
thereto.
The canals purchased were found to be In a sari
dilapidated condition, laseieg, in addition to a
neglect of necessary annual reptirs, entered much
from the frequent freshets of the pest spring. Very
little progress bad been made in repairing thew
breaches when the Hoe was transferred to this
company.
between Hollidayaborg and Johns
town Namara no value, except what Is dneto the
material of which its track is constructed.
• - • • •
The condition of the Philadelphia and Colombia
Railroad and its natures was found to be seemly
more favorable than that of the canals; and the
expenditure. required at once to plate thew. toped
order have necessarily been heavy, all et which
have been charged to currant expenses.
It appears that nothing exempt the daily supplies
necessary. to keep the trains in motion was pur
chased by thces in charge of this read, for its ope
ration and maintenenoe, after the passage of the
sale bill. After the sale the artiedes on hand then
pure/owed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
were used to work and repair the road until its de
livery, on the But of August, a period of thirty
six days, while the receipts of all of the works
were appropriated to the use of the original own
ers, leaving a just claim for indemnification on the
part of this company.
In the repairs of this road during the Are months,
ending December Si, 135 T, that it has been in our
possession, $54,291 have been expended for iron
rails $29,269 for ties, chairs, frogs, spikes, and for
repairs of bridges, and 83,605 for the renewal and
repairs of water-stations, for which no nipendi
tares were nude by the State for the previous
seven months.
830,278,231 T 3
We refer to this subjeot In explanation of what
would otherwise appear to be a heavy outlay npon
this portion of the road—now known as the Phila
delphia Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The tracks of this division are at present in good
order, but they will tapirs more than their dos
proportion of Iron to maintain them in like sand!.
ilon for the next twelve months.
The ordinary running expense; of this portion
of the line have bun largely curtailed, and will
be further radioed ee ciromutanoes permit.
By reference to the tabular statements appended
to this report, It will be aeon that the gross earn
ings of the canal portion of the main line during
the five months (from Auguit Ist, 1857, to Decem
ber 31st, 1857,) amounted to $93,966 04, and the
cost of repairs and maintenance daring the same
period was $73,190 10, leaving the mm of 819,-
775 94 as the nett earnings of the same for the
period above etatod. It is proper, hareem-, to
mark that the earnings up to the else of ?ra
tion In 1851 will be all upended in pre mg
the works for the opening 0: the navigation the
spring.
Upon the remainder of the line the increased ax
panditures are mainly due to the Increased tonnage
transported, except for the Items of iron rails.
theirs, spikes, eroseties, and repairs of bridges, all
of which are approaching the maximum of &static.-
ration, and will not hereafter be very materially
exceeded upon the soma length of tracks. The
amount expended for these items damn( leir 7 was
$220,673, of which 983,160 was on the Philadelphia
division of the road. The amount expended In
1858, for the same Items, was $47,125 .
The prevailing low reties of labbr and materials
will be sensibly felt during the year 1858, in re
daction of expenses, and we think that they will
fully compensate for any anticipated decrease in
the business of the road.
Very little progress has been made with the
second track during the year. The amount now
laid on the western division, which extends from
Pittsburgh to Altoona, a distance of lif miles, is
92 miles. There is, also, on thin division, 13 miles
of sidings and a branch to Indiana, isentainteg
201 miles of single track. On the eastern divi
sion, from Altoona to flarrisbarg, 132 miles, the
length of moral track laid U 70 miles, and 121
miles of sidings. The branch from Altoona to
tioilk.aysburg, 8 miles in length, includleg iddings,
is equivalent to ten miles of single track.
The sum necessary to complete the entire double
track, and substituting Iron (or the present wooden
bridges, except the Susquehanna badge, is estima
ted at 51,088,398 3d. The (unities now afforded
for operating a single track, by the aid of the te
legraph system, renders it less important to con
tinue the expenditure for this object, until the
business of the lice shows some considerable in
crease.
$30,278,251 73
Additional warehouse room is required for the
accommodation of the freighting Onstages of the
road. The accommodation/ for paasenipen at the
stations on the line are yet deficient, particularly
upon that portion recently purchased of the Com
inonwelith, and at Pittsburgh The erection of a
suitable station at the letter point has been delay
ed chiefly in consequence of the uncertain move
ments of our western connections It has been our
wish to bring all of the roads with which we osn
nect at Pittsburgh into one station. for which this
company has provided ample grounds. The causes
that have delayed the commencement of this sta
tion-house, will, we think, soon be overcome, when
arrangements for its erection will be made
The expectations expressed in the last annual
report of the board in relation to an early conges
tion with the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne. enaChicago
Railroad have not been realised. flat company
bas, however, after mach delay, succeeded in pile ,
ing its eastern terminus on the Pittsburgh side of
the Allegheny river; but owing to the Interpol&
lion of municipal objections to the passage of Penn
street, their road has not yet bean connected with
that of this company. These difficulties we trust
will soon be overcome, and the inconveniences to
which passengers have been subjected at Pitts
burgh °orbited.
The transfer of passengers from wide to narrow
care at Harrisburg still continues, In consequence
of deters attending the procurement from Councils
of the privilege of increasing the space between the
tracksof the Philadelphia city railroad. An altera
tion in the height of the tunnel on the Harrisburg
and Lancaster road is also important to effect this
object. That company has consented to make this
change during the sliming spring. Al aeon as
these alteristiens are made the inconvenience re
ferred to will cease, and the changes on our route
be reduced below those of any other line to the
West.
$1"51,775 91
The rolling stook upon the Pennsylvania Ball
road oonslsted, at the olose of the year, of
216 freight and passenger looonotives.
54 wide passenger can.
14 narrow do.
31 emigrant can,
18 baggage can with nail apartments , .
9 do without do
198 sigh t-wheeled stock ears.
1284 eight-wheeled house cars for general me
chandise.
109 four-wheeled home oars for general mer
chandise.
292 eight-wheelei lumber, coal or wood trucks
92 four-wheeled coal cars.
The outfit is deemed sufacient to meet any de
mands that can arise during the present year.
It has been the policy of this company to aid in
the construction of Wettern railways designed to
facilitate trade to and from its road, and to avoid
the serious inconvenience and loss to its freighting
business from the uncertain character of the navi
gation of the Ohio river. With this object In view,
assistance has been extended to the Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne and Chicago, the Steubenville and
Indiana, and the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
companies.
The two first-named works have, to a considera
ble extent, met the objects for which the invest
ment wan made, but neither has yet succeeded in
obtaining such connections la would bare jostified
the expenditures that have been made on their
amount.
The continuation of the Pittsburgh and Fort
Wayne road to Chicago, and en independent tine
from Steubenville to Pittsburgh, seem to be &teen
tial to give to them the ability to repay us for the
expendttures incurred, or prove profitable to their
shareholders. We expected to have been able,
ere this, to report that these objects bad been ac
complished; but the continued financial embar
rassments of the country have prevented the pro
curement of the means required for that porpoise.
Arrangements are now in progress which, it is
believed, will lead to the completion of these con
nections When finished, they will secure to this
company all the indirect advantages anticipated
from their construction; while the lapse of a few
years will enable the companies to relieve them•
selves from their embarrassments and maks direct
returns to their shareholders. Both works wen,'
favorable locations for traffic, and would. but for
their inability to procure funds at reasonable rates
to complete their lines, have proved, ere this, pro
fitable investments
. . .
The financial difficulties of the Marietta and
Cincinnati Railroad Company have prevented the
estension of its road to a point that 'solid render
the investment made in its sharea by this com
pany, either directly or indirectly, profitable to it.
These embarrawatients have indwed the directors
of that company to call a meeting of its share
holders and creditors, on the 1111th day of Pebruer7,
at which meeting this company will be duly US
presented.
The advantages anticipated by the stockier:dm
from &connection with this line would. doubtless,
save been fully justified by the results, had the
hubeoription, as recommended by th e directors,
been wade contingent upon the Marietta aid
TWO CENTS.
NOTICE TO COISLIONOOOLOTIL
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thai
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bet/ ecommkation aunt be seemodeMil bit tbe
moo of tia niter. La oar to team earreelmotet
the typography., but seke Wa d • shoot Meld be
"Atlas vat.
tr. awl be puny oblAcedi topes b Pessest
nada bad stirs &Wu iar esesebersow eels( ter est
sae am of ties diiy is *Se Faireissiaz tie
resestsee eterissolAr Sinstry, Lle tamer of
.perabiks, add so lakessedies thee vat tidassethei
to tb tellaral
clotted company, asaaring additional wove bola
other soarer to ocunplete thidr whole Liao to
Rho,inv.
The wimp, to tese thaltarietta and Mr
riaaati ona_pany wja UM Martian Valley tad
Renoplield Railroad otorpoadat, affected to fa tits
bet amid report &pow hosed, eta molt 180101-
hil and Ire do ha thl, that lode o onotliaatires ,
eta to the mahatmasd dataelal eoailitien id aft
does
tesal companies, inlaid Ilea Man stioodad
took) te.
The additicsal hoaxer ant has derailed sons
the resent sawninteadeet. sessessesre ef she
serieleities et Us Owe stets nod ass isslownd
trails voles tire whets ibis, barns( pcseest See vett
for the elm seperrides of ail the epszatiess el the
°missy by cow heed, the hoard. at the ensiestiss
of the We
er owsersi nsperintswiest, lute separess*
late
the Weis of the tnionsestsse' • izetnese
two divisions. To ow is econaithed
of the settee eperatiess esti the ssis-dewbsseits
kr the wort, white to the ether is plus
or, tart toadittat ef af lhe moms
et MG 0 .0 the int te to known se ressantl
ill sad *it other is !• eater eat
swifter."
. 761 411 °s et nnatvOiler and anditor has Imes
bat asi
amm by the appidatwomat J.lren n etinertaft_. Ss&
aim hag aid INgeeftn ?
whale Sas as gamma all Tho tho
aiabetanse poomnssit puttisabai l
et rough
railw m ay p aerowata, sad itie co a t i
areladge ot
the mite of alt ardalot of railway measempera,
added tie his Wet sharastor dor isterity, psen-
Harty It iihn tor this past.
The
by polities at Orme slihapedatandeat Indheen
fillot the appotatomatid Timm d. State, Ens.,
wii• Las lima sonaseitad with the
department shwa its =imam ead tria ==
rime the gyrations of depertmeme nem ex
tended Inroad the monitaba. sr ripeehmeadeat et
the wastes dlvition. Tama dm ansewimhd
adadn
uttation of the dattsit heretofore wadded to him,
the board has maim ocallimine that Om high wpm
Melon of the road the aididy and the thogi- Kits
bedlam, will be falls gereminrwik white • memparer
dye Motes tam offioe dada* will malls the ;m
-end sisperistaisdent to examine a larger toduence
re rfilatiog the mioneminal runagament of the
?he board hare to regret the kik midnatis*.
doting the pineyear. at dove of 1t • staseers.
!deems. 0. B. Spangler, Jobs Forma, and Gam
W. Carpeater—the two kna an ateownt of their
private eogagements, and destbat hem horny ar
tlintime, bleb has fey mem months deprived the
company of the besseits hi Meg experisoot sad
judicious counsel. Moms Spangler and
were the only remaining Mentliers ot the elL
board at the tegasdearion or the aempeay.
TSCI I / 2 66itisialiesa Med ti the sopcibttneent
hissers. John Halm, G. D. aoseagsstea , sad
tas kiente—gentleourn- well imam to this cow
inanity.
GENERAL NEWS.
Professor Timothy Childs relates, in the
A furious Medical lifeettly, a various ease el
fatal apoplexy of the cerebellum. In the stoma,
of 111.43, a yeaag lady, aged nineteen, fa Ulan ISM
of her sister's Mho% UMW it by shaking her own
bead rapidly and violently a great number of thaw.
Faintneor and welting followed, and site was eon
toed to her bed several days. On Owes t
aka amid sot walk without, steggenng. Vinous
prescriptions were used ; noes Minna her except
that a beton was thomght. bmaymerEly to me loam
Pod- Iknentber ,185 , Dr. C. foomd aka scald
not walk without help, and vu growing rapidly
blind ; Mere wee mustard doll pain to the Teflon
of the oesimit, bowels torpid, do. A sena in the
nape of the neck, sad a alit ammo of praticdtd•
of mercury. improved the vides for a time, hat
entire blinthmes followed, la, is jantterY, lan, a
general eourabdon took place, in a Mead attack
of which she died, with bitailleillagereeted. Antony
revealed "an old hardened clot of blood, of the
else of a large veleta, is the entre of the cerebel
lum," "bathed in early tee tenon of yellow
serum enclosed said." The other argent went
healthy.
Oid Prince, a &relit* horse of Col. Zadoc
Pratt, died a aw weeks sines. aged thirty yeara.
Re was without s bltrahh, with the meat fasittera
symmetty of farm, to which was united a spirit
kind and gentle. Bat, though ha vas daalle , sad
a tit companion for ladies, he would sever fetter in
the hour of danger, aid was u mash at hose ea
the battle-field as in the green pastn-e. Re sever
had the stroke of a whip. Re war a gray Yuma.
gear. with white mane and tali. Snots sad a half
hands high, beet" sad shunt is the right place He
had peculiar iataillgenee for o bores. ami action
when reitaired. Is the meow of 1956. althaa_ gh
Old Prises wag in lie sweaty-alatityear, the Wo
uld rode him forty mites, altar slimier, in man
boon. and heck the next day, without giving him
much fatigue, •
We learn by a private letter Hew the spot,
says the St. beats Eressi New, , that a vacua
crud warder was naz Pay Dews,
Narita county, la this State. The victim was Ha.
Johnson, wits of W. H. Minna, Sepreautatina
Iq the State legistatara, tons Marisa; and the
=ardent was her atepeoe, Aviles Joht.soa,, son
otW. H. Jetsam By * farmer stiLl'tlM• Th•
=intim abot k also•aothar through kraut
with a phial, her es the spat Ifs nee ar
tested, and has made a contataten. Yrs. iahnice
nu a attire at Neataaly, and was at eatiatahle
parentags.
The division of the Baltimore Annul Coo
femme at its last wader will Ls Pew* be is two
bodies, one tonferanee of via:built retain the ori
ginal urns, end the other that at the Ilaltisure
Bess Cauferame. The tut mused body will m
umble at the Broaden, Cherchl let paltintem wa
the Mt Wednesday Medi, sad sill be prod.
deaf over by Bishop Waugh, assisted by Bishop
Baker, sad It is probable Kum other at the epieee.
puts sill be present dariag the melon. The oth
er body vQi sausable at the sues time in Within
ton city, and it is probable that Bieber Janes zed
Armen will preside jointly. -
Lieutenant Maury, whose feels, gathered
from ostinoive observation of the winds sad ear
renta of the mess, are so valsahle to committee,
states that My and Angust are the moot favorable
month, to erne the Atlantic. The meet tempestu
ous month is January, the neat is Deemlier, the
nest Febnisty ; Muth end November are Dearly
alike, a, are September and April. Be states,
eoatrary to instal °pinks', that doubling Calm
Horn, which is generally regarded so deagenws,
can never be compered to storms with the winter
pavers between &gland and dinettes_
On the 25th ult., as Mr. Samuel Batebalder,
a Jam; farmer of Plaisleid. tea sidles east ef
Montpelier, VL, was &sow:Liss a steep hitt La
that tows, with a ll= of horses and
the sled deed'mai a hammock by the elk of
'
the road. ea sad btougiit tie fall weight of
the log dimity scram the chest of the prostrated
driver, killing him instantly. What readers this
casualty the more strikiag, le the sad eolseidento
that fifteen years ago the young misn's fatter was
killed in a similar manner dateesdisg the
same hill with a team.
The clipper chip Great Republic, Captain
Liznebarner, from the Chinch* Islands, ria Stan
ley, Falkland Islands, (where she pot in disabled
in October.) arrived at Leaden on the 1111 inst.
The ()rout Republic left the Chinch' Wends du
gist 16, with the largest cargo of gamao eves pat
on shipboard, being about 4.4)S teas, all of whkh.
with the exception of a portion which was stared
between decks, and was destroyed by the water,
will be landed at London. She made the ran from
the latitude of Cape St. Rcepts (where atm was
spoken Dec. 16) in tersety•dra days.
To nee a party of ladies throw aside, for a
tiros, the airs and Wes propriety of Lhs pork?, and
indulge in a little wholesome, eldlkshioned sonsse
ment--such a party pays the Utica Sernieg
Telegraph) we had the gratification el sming- the
o'ber night, on the lea. they enjoy tlem
seism, though ? If say of air priz` ones do not
believe there if sport In this •• waiver' recreation,
let them bring out their skates and sleds and
beaux some craning, and we'll warrant a change
of opinion.
The following post office matters relate to
this State: Route 3,231, Pa., &gar Valley to
Milton. The service is cheered so as to inn from
Seger Valley by Salons, Mill Huh and Fleesinu
too to Look Maven and bask twice a week. with
once a week supply to Carroll from Sager Valley,
omitting White Deer It'll', New Columbia, and
Milton. Daniel Crabtree *lOl4 Town,
Allegheny county, riot Zl oyd Lowe missed.
South Elll.ftradford county, J. Battler postmaster,
ries J. Barney, moved away.
We learn from the Richmond Dispatch that
on the r2d of February the walking...mass of Gen.
Washington, it is spooled, will be greeetted on
behalf of the ladies of the Mount Vernon Associa
tion to the /lon. Edward Everett, of Massa
chusetts, and his spy-glue also, on their behalf.
to the Eon. W. L. Yancey, of Alabama, who en
listed is the SUDS ruse with Mr Braretkand has
delivered eloquent lectures is several osathens
cities on the character of Washington.
The &Musky (Ohio) &sister of Friday
ear, greet excitement prevails in Relieeille—ten
miles Death of Mensseld, is Rieblarsti county—
and vicinity, in eowetinettee of rid having bean
diennered to a hill &boat one-buff mile Dallitalg4.
of that village. We are informed by one et the
eondoetors on the S. M. and N. Railroad that one
day last week the owner of the land where the
precious metal wee dieeovered. and bla ton. mesh
ed oat, in nix boars, about seven dollars' worth of
dust
Miss Jaz, of Ghents, Ky., was married to a
Mr. Pegg! on New Year's day. La two weeks
from that time her hatband died; tea days after
wards the 1t11.9 altolllllXlto be II maniac, t o hitSt
quenee of eiteessire grief for lit loss, and on Sa
turday tart the ill-starrti lady strayed away from
home, and on being searched far , we! fated dead
in the weeds WIT her home. She had king her
salt with a handkerchief to a Haab of 11 tree.
Capt. Jamea Y. Stuart, a native or Alexan
dria, Virginia, and whe is at litsseiat des of Teo
lamas oa., California, has, at the mean at a arta
bey of citissno of Sonar*, consented to take the
command of a company of eekanosers to
against the MormonsinUtah la ease the r:Vs
ment calls for their swirries. Capt. Smut partici
pated to the late Mexican war.
James E. Martin, aged 10 years, lately com
mitted iuielde la Caroline toasty. Ya.. by drows
ing ltimtalf. The canes of it is not knows, only
his mother had threatened to correct Ma If he
did not do as she bade him
The tett] mortality of New Orleans &atm
the year pest was 6.07, whirl It an aloes at
373 d e aths over the year 2636., and 1,656 .104
than the !Jut eight month, Cl 18$5. The detail
from yellow fever last year noseband 199
Quall, of Coonearrillo, Foyetis
eoanq, Pa,
saiwri ll at 44 i rso appointed by (leasral Saw
n=
ent of
tb.
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ty, to o WOO eerititap
WlAthigtott
John W. Kerr, of Philadelphia, who teas
wcauled by the eirlwies of theFaway Feu. dial
at the Namereial tlosfitai, at c 144 nand, ca
Friday 'Panama.
pr. Oryi/le Cnoe, a wall-koaws citizen or
Rochester, N. S., cited ooldealy lint city of
Friday.