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Steamers.. „ ~.v v ;rv , . r , (in Contcttionerj), Z^iKISKIiING^HBiBQTJARTEkS. JKII We hare just' TeceirecfoQr french" Confectionery; " andAre'in&nnfceturiOg tfiapirior article of Marsh Mel low Gum .Drops,tßon Bans, Oream?PateM l> ,&o.’- Call . AutdaupptyyourselveswUh the,best Confectionery in • tKfs city, at - J*FFRIK«£BVANB’, ‘ l . ;_nolft-3m "No\ 718 MARKET 7th and Bth/| BAltr *„B&OT,HEB?S ~ . . ■ j.:, CiiiPKT WAK«noDS», .. No. m STJiSET. ' , WIBHAI.L OPIN TO-DA.Y' AMOTMR INVOIOS •t • ' , f f-: ' OF 1 . ‘ ENGLISH. . .. TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, : ‘.« tfKOSHLEY'S" OKIffiBRATHD MAKE, * - AT ‘ : ' • - . ... ONE DObWLR A YARD. . Carpht bujerr'wiilfind ? ouf stook full and of fresh Hylee, and PRICES VERY LOW, > : • .uoB*tf ; s«nins iUat^itw#; tl ARBIS’* BOUDOIR' SEWING HA . •*'■*•/ tp th© ; pttbHe % as the most re liable Jow-prioed Bewlng r Machine, in use., ,ltwill sew from six to sixty stitches to anlnch, on all kinds of goods, from bagging to tbus finest cambrics. It 1*) withont. exceptl6p| the slmplVst' in its mechanical construction'ever’made/‘ai&£an be run 'and kept in order by* child of twelve years of 'age. The DOHAun-irr of - this machlhe. and the daii/iTr of its Wobk, are wa£J ■ 'ranted to be unsurpassed byany other/Its speed rarf£@p 'from three hundred to' fifteen hundred stitches mil < ante. The thread need is taken directly from the spools, VirHODT THa taoiTflLß or KswiKDiio. 'Xu fact, it is a machine that in, wanted by eyery faraily in the land, and the low price of - i THIRTY DOLLARS, ' \ at which they are sold, brings them within the reach of almost every oner it ; i VJL D; B AKBR, Agent, 1 . dai-d6m W-eow-flm 20. South EIGHTH Street. yyHEELKK ec WILSON* SEWING MAC HINES, REDUCED PRICES. • : BEff STYLE; *so,;' • '' ? ' 'All the former.pstterns s26Jess oq each Machine'. ( -■ : i f i NOWINDINGOP JJPPKRTIJREAD. : A HEWmER 1 WHICH TURNS. ANY' WIDTH OF - HEM OR FELL. • - orriots j ' 628 Philadelphia. r } >r No. 7. West STATE Street,Treatop, N.j, ; . ; No. 7 JBaqt GAY, Street, West Chester, Pa. ’ j ocTtofe2fl yi .J.- r .. j XffabinetUlare. rjIHK LARGEST DESK BErOT IN ] TDEDNION, . HOffUKI 4 aUI.TOH, I ■ ; (Successors to J. T. Sam mitt,) ■ , I • MJktWfAOTURBJIBOr- ! A. L. ADAMS* IMPROVED DKSK RACK. 1 No. 269 South THIRD fltreet/ . j • i Philadelphia,. } OFFICE, BANK, and 80H00L FURNITURE. j BXTJBNBION TABLES, BOOKCASES;- t j WARDROBES.'Ao. j • daW HbUSEKEJSJPBRS, /LOOK; TOYOUR ■*, INTERRST.-r-Gwatßed notion in, the price Of i ■ offCr rery superior Family Coal at .the following ri •>. - V. «C.. //<',>}'Zi *:'-<<>■■,}“* t i . , -BrokenEggand 8t0TW., % 00 per ton 1 Coeklo 576 «, « ? ■ v'-\ , . BauUlNnt. ; .;..V.;.-ir..i.'..*,v. J .VB 26 “ “ \ ' j Warranted to give satlsraotlon *fid fall jireighUn ill cues ayiick f s Ohl Central Yard, 8. *. dor. MARSHALL . and WxCTOW Streets. /' V. d9*3u4-• gXB&SSWEW 7 * WILLIAMS, No; -206 v WAIiNuT Street, are prepared to supply ship* £' »r» aadooßßuraew with superior Broad Top Goal from •aeaster Afinas. ; i .. ; ; ~, oc4tf - EMCEEING, FOX, .& GO;* /wholesale-ASd ■XV vietaUtdealera'in- MtHIGH-aad BOHtrsLKILL OOAh. Xdiifh street and GXBMAR .TpWN JtOADV gohnylklll f»M_RAOI and '■treats,- Philadelphia. Keep constantly oii haCd OCal from the most approved-' mines, under cover, and pie* fared erpra*!? for family *»e, . A, tdf i. i-f SiX-p'Ekif r SAVING- FUND, corner of WALNUT and FIFTH Street*. Open every DAY root 9 to 3 o’clock, and on TUESDAY andIYRIDdY I JSVNNINGB nntU-7 o’clock."- Large or email some re ceived and returned on demand, with interest* . • i t ■ . ,* .JOHN,THOMSON, PrjeWeni J. Hkema* HogOkLKy, Sec.A Treasurer. d23-lni pi)OlO9rap|)o, #t. G, fl. GBANE* PHOTOGRAPH BOOMS, •.*** '"<« (Fomerlj VAN LOAN’S,) j •• &82 ABOH Street, All alaeiof PJctore*, ;J)*goMT*otjpe*, Ambrot/pc*, Photographs, and Ivor? types taken, and at mol#rate prices. ’ - d7*3njW . * } £iu proof Safeo. a SALAMANDER SAFES. | A l»rg» inortmant or . - EVANS:A WATSON’S ! rBII,AD*nrHIA HANn.FAOTUB*I) &ALAHAUDER BAJfEB, - ,'M ' ' ' VAULT DOOM, < ; -1 . fox Banka and fltor*s. BkaXIAHUB/T' - - ; ' Bqiul to any now in oso, , / ... ( • .. i IRON. pOOBS, SBUJCTSBS, fco., \ Os M Mod forms juTAsf.ot&or ttitabllabmsiifln tha United fitotet, by *- ■ - I ** \ < EVANS• AWAT6ON,- ■ 5,.. Ho.«BoatiFODUTU Btr««t. , . .s.-. . . .•, .PhUadalphli. PUABE GIVK 08 A OALL.. ' »018-|r Stationers* - -■ A E I E S ' ' t JljWWr^fFor.the: DenVanOottet InAOtJe/* great TMlety of fctyto* &n& site*, of tVo JaAUy.t&UWUd, jpHILADKIiPnrA .SDITtONS, ixriototjr saptrlor? In • oiery respect to>too' Jf«*r ‘York’ Kditfonn; For nle, Wholwwvloand R«Uil r by thePabliahers, ) i . * - . ....* .AIOSB, BBOXHIBR A OOm BUtlonera,; ' -WoafttfonthrOUßTn Btrefft. / x lJLAKKßobj^^T^TATlO]^3l\ • VjO /©AVTB M. BRXJAN, Blank Btatidedraad PHntflTf W-AXIfDT Street, Is far** p*r#4 pt nil ttatts to-/nrnUhj*tth«r from the ehenree "■ ororf description, anilide forßankn, fabUo Qatoes, tterohanta,.Aßd othria, ofjtb# . vauWofjWalSirti.o*Ametim-Pap«t;.wataiaß ' inlrftrM«Wel;in4bff mofttsnbfftAnttaiin*nntr. } - ; ‘ -- J Ot&W crf Merf ■> jtektATlajrAftd liltb«^r«pldiif.oxMatod with neetaeM '• A generat***ortsaefct ot SogUu. Freitas and Antri* mo tunowfor. • r -" i • » Concerning Sfr. Hogab’* oontrfbatlon to the Frenklla >c -/« O F FIIIXiAP E P P U IA . ' . { bireqtobs.; .. , V : ?' :-ftPATBTOK BHAT)Y( r ; IPUSYcWSK, j : Y - TAtAXiNDKB DBNBYj, |OSO. I,..HAURIBO'», X IJptgAgONTON, WXtLrAM__NBII,Mrf, STJSWABT, , |S. B- ORAWFOBD. j ...FAWpK BaApY, Fr«,M«nt. • 'd'X topiur B/B/OBAWJOKD/jVice rrfisJqentr £# : fLLtAM : 'I>BNN,' Tte&aartr., <■ j ,9'i; '- %■- s£};%; fo_ 2® . -i 2 ' j wl ■ 'v M ”.; -' f-41 W*Ml< <«»* VOE 2-ttN0.144. A IHacksmith’s-Appeal to His Hannah ST TUB BAUD or TOWBR HALL, ‘I am a blacksmith, and my heart ’Gainst love has long been steeled ,* Botthdhliast'kibcUdd dp a flams Which has that heart annealed. ■ ’Tifl'glowing now’wlth love’s red heat, And will btlll hotter be: ’ Upoa the anvil of tqy hopes • I’ll Bhape for thee. For thee I’ll give up ev’ry vice But j ne I use when filing; Not that,,for honest is its grip— . ,’Tis one there Is no guile in. • The'sharp points In my.charaoter . -Iwillflle off, 1 deor'Haunsh; ■ Bo that thou m&y*t not think me rough, But polished In my manner. _ . 'I hare a home by labor-earned, - 1 And would havo thee to share it; Then let roq forge a ohe l n of love, And wd fo' life will wear it. - i orthavesteel endltnn spliced, And have as oft decided That we, my dear, in marriage spliced - Gould never be divided. ' Mads one', we would in love be true, .Nor change as doesth* weather; Then let our boarts as sledge* beat, And weld our loves together. • If I get wrong on. Woman’s rights, •Then thou, to right thy-wrongs, Oanstbosst aworking capital .Of sixteen pair of tonga* . I lay this number at ihy feet. While asking thee to wed; . And if I break my tows, those tongs. In turn can breakmy bead. r Th!si*sfk’nook‘down argument: Thy heart should now be glowing With Ores of love, and ’till It melts, Dear Hannah, I’ll keep blowing! This letter the' effect desired .Hvi, ah the sequel shows; Becanso that week; at Tower nail The bUckemith bought acme clothes. He said, “ In lovo with clothes so cluap; In love.wlth'Hannah dear, There was an average of love, Whi?K nade it very olear, That wedded to his heart’s first cholco,- Among his blessings all. The first would be that clothing he - Could buy at Tower Hall. Bemnrtt’s Tower Hall OLOTntua Bazaar, No 618 MABKBT Street, South side, botwoou Filth and Sixth streets, Philadelphia. ' BKNRBTT & CO , Proprietors. jßcoltbin&ing. ipERRY’S .BLANK-YOOK AT AND BTATIONBRY-BSTABLISHMENT, ' 8. W. CORNER FOURTH AND BAQB. J . PREMIUM AWARDED By the FRANKLIN INBTITUTB for Manufacturing Superior Account Books > 1 ’ .FIRMS intending to open new Books on the first of the Year, can select from a good stock on hand, or hare them made in any desired style, in a superior manner. BOOK-BINDING of every description executed in the finest and moat substantial manner, at low prices. MAGAZINES bound from 60 cts; to $2 60 per volume. - MOSIO bound is a new and' handsome style, from $1 to s3.’ * < - OLD FAMILY BIBLES rebound, to look 'and wear eqnaltonew. " ‘i 1 • ■ ’ ' PERRY’S BOOK-BINDERY, . . FOURTH and RAO*. Oldest established Bindery In Philadelphia. n23-2m “ OLt) DOMINION.” Old Dobiinlon Old Dominion Old Dominion Old Dominions !01d'Dominioii8 pidDominidiis! ' ( Old Dominions Old Dominions Over twenty different siserf, • styles, and qualities of the celebrated, “ Old DoMlSloa ,, Coffee'and are now maanfsctnred'. Being based, as Dr. Hall, or the. -Journal-oj Htallh, says, ; »‘,on science and common feoflp,” they are rapidly coming into use, and are des tined soon alt others. They can bo ob tainod from ,or ordered through any storekeeper, or deaMria lionseke'eplog articles. • R7* Merchants who- hare not received oar Trade Circular j giving prices, terms, Ac., will be Imtpediately supplied on application, by lattot, to r ARTHUR, BURNHAM, A GILROY, / »ad 119 South TBNTII fitroet, PhtlaJelphi., •' ' Bole Manufactorer, under the Patent. ’ ' - Also; raauafsclurers, under ike Patent, of AU JOSEPH GXLLOTT Respectfully Invites tb'e attention of the Pabllo to the' followlog nbmbers of h!te ' ' ,T ' , -PATENT METALLIC PENS, whlchj for quatlty or material, freedom’of action, And great durability, will inrarw uniTeml preference. FJR LADIES’ USE. For fine neat initio?, especially on tMok anil highly* '■ , . finished paper, . Nos. 1,170, 808,893,034. In extra-fine point*. -FOB GENERAL USE, No*. 2,184,160,108,004. In fine points. ,• w - FOR GENTLEMEN’S USB. For large, Jree,'bold writing: -* . The Black Swan Quill, large Barrel Pen. No. 808, (on cards and In boxes.) 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This Improvement coarieta In the Burner betug no constructed that each person, bo disposed, however re motefrom large Gat Works, may enjoy the luxury of a , brilliant GAS LIGHT of their own make, equsl In He volume oMlffht to Coal or Rosin Cm, at ley than one half ' All tfcoornaments of BRACKETS, PEN DANTS; OU AN DELINKS,' A 0., that are used for Coal Gas, roiy be, and are used In this.. There.are no pipes to be hurled under ground, consequently no freezing of ilpos or tnet*rii in the winter. Chandeliers may be ixed at a' small tout. ‘ Each Burner 1b a GAS WORKB IN MINIATURE, Each one, when-lighted, making Its own Gas, jpstM fast as consumed. To allude to all the advantages of this beautiful and simple arrangement, would require pages. It is gene ratty-known how Certificates are usually obtained, and very little importance is attached to them. A host of tbe«e might he added if deemed necessary. The thing mußthe seen tube appreciated, which can be done by applying at • , • : THE MERCHANTS’ HOTEL, FOURTH Street, > . Or to AARON BEELBV, No. 32 Burling Blip, New York. ' Arrangements are now..complete for manufacturing the oeperatorsto'any amount to meot the demand.' Thik article moat he introduced into every town where light is uied. To any active business mau, here lean opportuoity foran honorable, profitable, and almont uo llraitpd business. The details cannot be glvan on paprr, but any one desirous of business, may, by calling as above,learn theparticulara,and encore a buaineimthat may lead to a fortune, for certainly the same induce ments are rarely met with. Manufactured by 0. B. LOVELESS, Byrsouae,N Y. Jg NEWLAND & CO., LOOKING-GLASS AND PICTURE-FRAMI MANUFACTURERS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 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' ■ By publishing tho above you will do mo a favor. . /-jifc Itospcctfully, Batt Josis^ffb The extraordinary character of this lotter rally excited grave doubts as to its autbontiess|r but it is now ascertained and admitted to be geircfc' iao. • •;% It will be remembered that the roturns fromtb# Oxford preoinet were rejected by our joint proollfi,' mation, issued at Lecomptonon the 19th of ,b filiation of tho Saored Sorlptures. Toward the close of the Revolutionary war, a memorial was ; sent to Congress by Mr. Aitkon, a printor in this city, asking tho consent and encouragement of ; that body to his undertaking to print an edition of , tho Bible, in oomplianco with whioh tho following ■ resolution was adopted: “ That the United Statoß, in Congress assembled, highly approve tho pious •and laudablo undertaking of Mr. Aitkon, as sub servient to tho interests of religion ns well as an Jnstanco of tho progress of arts in this country, and being satisfied front the report of tho committee ‘of ,Ws oaro and accuraoy in tho execution of tho work, they reconhnond this odition of thoßibto to tbo inhabitants of tho United States, and hereby ■authorize him to publish this recommendation in '■the maimer he shall think propor. ; .'A Pheasant and Trovitable Resort —Wo Jhave heretofore omitted to speak in detail of tho Thoms of the Young Men's Christian Association, now located in the seoond story of the largo brown front building, Nos. lOOfiandlOlf Chestnut street. In no way have the rapid growth and IflorQoaing In* flttenoo of that organization bean more signally 'attested, than in the ohango, effected within tho 'past year, of its headquartors from tho oontraoted and comparatively obscuro rooms, formerly appro 'pridtod to use, to tho commodious apartments .jthjey.BOw occupy. In addition to a oommittoe room fitted up with conveniences to accommodate Aflaudtencoof some three hundred persons, their vrwtding room, of equal size, and containing all tho that good taste tiould suggest, is, with qu^hn,exception, ope of tho most inviting places !uf fssort for young men in onr city. a 'The new library of the association, in this apartment, has just.boen completed, tho volumos numbered, and arranged ready for uso. Tho elo gant -largo case, which is now completely filled, contains nearly three thousand volumes, among many of tho moat valuable books in our and none that tbo mo3t conscientious hesitate toporuse or circulate. Ifowspapera, religious, from aU parts of the Union, or tbe free U3e of visitors, togothor numbers of tho perjodioal litera. " the benefit of visiters, who continue fcTdrop' 4p.at.aU hours, tho most perfect ordor is obaorved ; indeed, we have boon there when as many a 8 thirty gentlomen were seated around the different tables, without hoaring a word spoken above a whisper in th« course of an hour, while aU thoso around seeip e 4 silently cngageij in the pomsal of some favorite book or paper. Through business hours thero are comparatively few visitors at the rooms, but as evening approaches, and young men leave their places of business, one after another is seen entering the reading room, until about sovon o’clock thoro is usually quite a large numbor as sembled. Around the' room aro placed the por traits of several of our most popular ministers of the Gospel, with horo and thoro thefaooof some distinguished foreigner that has visitod this coun try and given oyidonoo of his interest in the great enuso for which this Association was established.- Wo may stnlo, here, that special pains aro taken by the youthful but enorgotic corresponding secre tary of the association, Mr. Wannemaker, and bis associates, to welcome young mop who are stran gors iu tbo city; and thoso who havo not beon awnro of the oxistenco of those rooms'wo con assure that tho means thoy afford of sponding an evening with proGtablo pleasure is worthy thoir attention. Ukxry Waud Bbbchkb on Total Depravity. —ln a lengthy reply to an article which appeared lately in tho Now York Examiner, calling Jlonry Ward Bcccber to account for certain allusiona wado by him in a rocent lecture, to tho term “ Total Depravity,' 1 which, by that journal, wero nofcoonsidcred strictly orthodox, Mr B. takes bold, but certainly woH-sustnined ground, against the truth of this term, in its popular sense, holding it to bo nman-mado interloper, oowhoro found in the Seripturos; that it is a “ mischievous phraso— a monstrous and unredeemable lieand 10, be* oause the word total signifies n dogreo beyond which thoro can bo no more, if* thon men woro totally depraved, their wickodnew must boos groat as it aould possibly bo, which wo all knew was not tho fact, ns nono wero so wicked that they could not bo more wiokod. Mr. B. concludes Mb two column article on tho subjeot by saying: “We heartily hato the phrase Total Dopravity, and nover fed inclined to use it, oxcept whonrondiog tho othics of tho Now York Observer , or tho re ligious editorials of the Puritan Recorder Education of Negroes. —A now sominary for young negroes has been established at Naples by a zealous monk, Father Ludovico. Tho palnco for tho educational ostablishinont was givon by a Neapolitan priost. Tho course of studies embraces tho Italian, Litlo, French, and Arabio languages, geography, arithmetic, and tho doctrines of tho Catholio Ohurah. Tho olimate of Naplos agree ing wdl with the nogroos, it is intended to open also a sominary for the numerous young negrossos, heretofore dispersed In tho convents of Italy, Franco, and Gormany, whom Abbo Olivieri has been redeeming from slavery. Revision op the English Liturgy.—A con ference of olorgy and laymen was rcoentty hold in London, to consider tho propriety of initiating, at once, n groat national movement in favor of re vising tho Liturgy. All partsof tho country wore represented. Tho niousuro was urged by Lord Ebury, and others, with groat earnestness. A etroDg effort will bo made, it is said, to carry this ineasaro through Parliament at an early day. Risk in Stock —Tho stook of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, is ovidontly on tho ri3o. At tho annual pew-letting, last week, tho round sum of twenty jive thousand dollars was realized! being an in oroaso of ten thousand dollars ovor tho roots ob tained for pows tho year previous. The paßtor’s salary has boon raisod to seven thousand five hun dred dollars. Sunday Scnoon Celebration.—A conoert and exhibition of tho Sunday sohool of tho NoTth Bap tist Church will be hold on noxt Tuesday evoning. Mr. SrunflKON objects to tho Gothio style for his new church, allogfng that he can easily see that the Gothio Btyle, for ohurohes, Is an invention of the devil. Thk Ciiuncn or England is fairly awakened. The apoolal Sunday evoning aervioca bold in tho groat old Cathodrnl of tit. Paul’s, in London, are continued. The Ripon, on the second Sunday of December, preached to upwards of throo thousand people, from tho oshunstless thomo in tho Vith verso of tho third chapter of John. Tho sermon was extemporaneous, and commanded tho deepest ntteniion. Tub United Prayer Meeting in Scotland.— Prayer-meetings for tho rovival of-religion are now being hold in moat of tho towns throughout Scotland; and wo are glad to learn that they aro of a thoroughly catholic ohnractor, parties be longing to various religious denominations taking part in thorn. Tins Fibst African Cnuncnof Louisville havo orouted a now, elegant, and capacious house of worship Tho body ui the olmioh will hold about 700 persons. Tho cost of tho church is about $15,- 000, of which Home $5,000 remain unpaid. Tbo pastor is the Rev. llenry Adame, said to bo a scholar, and a (oolorod) man of considerable repu tation ns a pulpit oiator. Resignation.— Rev. David Williams, of tho South Pittsburg Bnptißt Church, has resigned the pastoral care of tbatohuroh, to take effect on tho Ist of April noxt. Tub Boston Young Men’s CnniSTiAN Asso ciation, including tho proceeds of a fair lately hold fur tlioir benefit, now bavo about $15,000 of tho $20,000 wanted for a building fund. • Sunday-schools bavo been commenced in Rus sia solely by voluntary efforts. Meeting of the Stockholders of \Ue Phil adelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad—--Twenty-First Annual Re port* The Stockholders of the Philadelphia, Wilming ton, and Baltimore Railroad mot, on Monday, at tho office of the Company, in Wilmington. A fair roprosentation of tho heaviest stockholders was present. Andrew (J. Gray, Esq., of Newcastle, was called to the ohair, and A. J. Homer, Esq., appointed Secretary S, M. Folton, Esq , President of the Company, then read the ANNUAL REPORT. Office of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, ) and Baltimore Railroad Company, > Wilmingtoß, Jan. 10,1859. ) Tho Directors respectfully submit to the stock holders of tho Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Bal timore Railroad Company, tho following state ments of its operations for the year ending Novem ber 30,1858 : REVENUE OF THE PHILADELPHIA. WILMINGTON, AND BALTIMORE RAILROAD Prom paasengors $763,679 55 “ freight and express 251,543 51 “ rents 16,389 15 “ mails ondmiaeolla neous 44,451 24 Total rovonueP. Vf. and B H. R... 51,075,002 45 Revenue Now Castlo and Pronoh- town Line. From passengers slo*3oB 02 “ freight and express 5,545 4Q “ rents, mail, and . miscellaneous.,. 1,031 23 Total revenue N. O. andF, T. Line, Total revenue of both linos $1,095,847 16 1 Expenditures of the year. ■ Interest on bonded debt, ground I rents, together with renewals and con struction of now work; in fact everv expenditure of every kind, for this yoar, have been but 43 per oeot. of the revenue. The value of wood, wood lots, and materials on hand for future nse, and paid for Nov. 30, 1853, wag... $105,008 80 The revenue and expenditures for the yoar, ending Nov. 30th, 1857, wore as follows : Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Balti more Railroad, Prom passengers $775,015 43 “ freight and express 284.371 19 “ rents 16,018 62 ' “ mails and miscel laneous 43,905 8-1 To*nl revenue P , W. Xho whole amount of damage by acoidobt toihe care, engines, and structures ef the road,‘ for tlje year, has been only $06161, ond, no passenger has boon injured in'the slightest degree. ThelossU and damages o&td on'fcetght business, amounting to $261,542 63, have been onlyss6l. There has been no loss or damage by fire to any structure any property belonging to tho oompany, or where the •frafl’s'Totprmsibhj -^Notja wfl coinßaMv-^ 23,941 71 toTho compaay ftM.bVon on our road for tin outlrcTroaiT Thefo flare oo4n two or three rails broken by the passage of trains, bat they have ail been discovered prior ,to the pap sage of any other train, and resulted In no damage whatover. Oat of 1,982 conneoting mail trains, but 13 hare failed to connoot with the adjoining roads, during the year. There was one entire month when not a single train on the rood failed to make its regular running time. COAL BURNING Tha experiment in coal burning still continues to be entirely successful. The Dlmpfol engine Daniel Webster has ran (luring the year 32,780 miles Cost of coal ooDßumed.... ** wood for kindling, Total oost forfuol Cost per mil 9 run, fi 52-100 cents. Cost of repairs per mile run, including new Bet of tyres in November, 5 4 -10 cents. The reports of the performances of the Dimpfel engines Henry Clay and Christiana are equally satisfactory. NEW RAILROAD CONNECTIONS'. During the lost year the connection to Memphis, by way of Lynchburg, Virginia,has been finished, nod an extenaivo through-ticket system has been devised by the different roads, to go into operation ns soon os the necessary arrangements can be made. This system commences at Now York and Phila delphia andostondsto New Orleans, and all inter mediate points of magnitude. At New Orleans it will connect with California by the Tehnantopoc line, lately opened, and will ultimately command a large travel from that direction It extonds also south to Charleston, South Carolina. Augusta and Atlanta, Georgia, and Montgomery, Alabama. From Charleston it will extend to Havana by stoamcr. Within the coming yoar a railroad from Fer nandina. on tho Atlantic coast of Florida, to Cedar Key, on the Gulf of Mexico, will be finished, which, by being connected with Charleston, by steamer, will form a very desirablo route to Ha vana, to Aspinwall, and ail tho Isthmus crossings, and to Mobile and New Orleans. There Is also & railroad in a state of forwardness from Mont gomery, Alabama, to Pensacola, whioh will com mand a largo Northorn and Southern travel and trade, and whioh will connect with nnr road by way of both Lynchburg, Virginia, and Wilming ton, North Carolina, a portion of the great tide of travel which has hitherto gone seaward, will, by these roads, bo turned upon tho land. As these connections are perfected, and made certain and reliable, and as tho country is developed and Im proved, a large and constant increase of business mvf be safely calculated on. Nothing has been done on tho Pert Deposit Branch Ruilrond this year. The Susquehanna ferry is fully competent for a much larger business than at present. Not ft trip was missed during tho year. . 45,814 00 20,813 97 TIIE CONTRACT SYSTEM. This system 13 still in operation, and continues to work with great satisfaction. It is bolievod that a good deal of the regularity of our train*, and freedomfrom accident, is duo to tho Individual re sponsibility that is brought to boar upon ail tbo departments of sorvice. Tho fact is undisputed, that individual responsibility contributes more to sucoe93 than any other clement in tho business of corporations. The report then proceeds with como general re marks, aqd otoses as follows: Though wo would not advocate any policy which encourages business by doing it at cost, or less than cost, wa would not hesitate to establish, by cost rates of freight to begin with, any now branches of industry on oar lino, which would add to tho population and wealth of the country, dud thus to our future profits Such a lice of policy will often bo tho turning point in deciding the lo cation of large business communities. That rail road which attracts to itself such communities will, in the end, bo a far more successful enter prise than tho ono whioh refuses all business that does notcoweup to an arbitrary and fixed standard of tariff. Such a tariff can bo advisable only when the country has attained Its maximum of business, and when population and productions havo becomo stationary. Wo havo the ability to do a much larger busi ness than we are now doing, and wo think wo Bhould befalso to the trusts reposod In us, wero wo to noglect an opportunity to attract businsrs by pursuing a policy auoh aB wo havo indicated. Respectfully submitted, By order of theßoard of Directors, S. M Felton, President 1-14,000 00 Tho report was received as an unusually satis factory one by all tho stcokholdorß present, and unanimously adopted. An oleotion forft now Board of Directors of the road was then ordered, end Messrs. Cooper and Uicks were appointed tellers. The vote was thon taken by stock, and resulted in the ro-ulection of the old board, wi!h one exception—that of a gen tleman who had resigned. The list of directors is as follows: DIRECTORS OP TfIB PHILADELPHIA, WILMINOTON, AND BALTIMORE RAILROAD COMPANY. Snmuel M Felton, Monotire Robinson, Wm. L Savage, Joseph C. Gilpin, ,J. A. Dunoon, Jesso Lane, Frodoriok A Curtis, John C. Groome, J J. Coben, Jr , Thomas Kelso, Columbus 0 Donnell, Enoch Pratt, Thomas Donaldson, William W. Corcoran, Edward Austin. The mooting of stockholders then adjourned, and tbo new Bonrd of Directors wont into an elec tion for president, and for secretary and treasurer. The election resulted in the reappointment of tho present ablo officers, vis: President—S. M. Felton. Secretary and Treasurer —A. Uomer. The board thon adjourned. The annual dinner of the stockholders wns then discussed, and an hour or two was very agreeably apont in conversation, mainly bearing Upon the road and its interests. Wonpeufol Increase.—Tho grain trade of Chicago commenced in 1838, when 78 bushels were shipped. In 1840 it amounted to 10.000 bushols; in 1850 to 1,830.93 ft; in 1850 to 21,583,221, and in 1858 to 20,035,100 bushels. TWO CEINTS. .$1,973 J 5 . 167 70 , 51,140 85 NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS* Correspondents for “ Tbs Pbbss” will please bear in mind tlie following roles: • x Every communication most be accompanied by the name of the writer, In order to insure jcorrectneaa.in the typography, but one side of the sheet should be written upon. We shall be greatly obliged to gentlemen in Pennsyl vania and other States for contributions giving the current news of the day in their particular localities, the resources of tile surrounding country, the increase of population, or any information that will be interest jng to the general reader. The Tiuongh-ticket System# Philadelphia, Jan. 14,1859.. Editor op This Press—Dear Sir : I regret to boo an article In your paper of yesterday, ac companied by a letter from Col. Samuel Tate, of Memphis—beoanse X think it bad policy to,bring up an old matter of controversy, after it has been oompromis&d and settled, and because the public cannot understand the merits of such a controversy, unless they can devote more time to its considers* tion than is at their disposal, and can understand more of the faots than can bo stated in a newspa per communication. „ ' It is entirely trno, as Cot. Tate says, that a Con vention was oalled at Washington, on or about May 20th; bat, at the samo time, it is equally true that the Convention was afterwards postponed • till May 27th. It is also trne that both Coif Tata . an j supposed that arrangements had been _ made previously for a through-ticket, at pro. rata per mile, over the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and f Ptomac road., I had agreed to such a ticket, arid supposed it was well understood by all parties, nut learned, just before-leaving for Washington, on or about Miy 2Btb, that there was some diffi uity with the Richmond, Fredericksburg and f»« :?i 8C ? 0fl(1 * took* particular pains to have Tftn,i !i !f r7 * ew parties representing that nil A 2 t 0 and'reconciled Wa fl S«^ Cn -, Uie3; 80 that ’ 1 at . r D ?° n ' Iwm prepared to make in behalf of “'Si mako a throogh-tioket from both Philadelphia and New York, - at ??„« rata p ? r mi . ,e; Thm I-™ prepared ont > and offered to carry ont, tbs ’"J' nf tko Biohmond. = 0 . Bba,r *’ that read agreeing to oomo In on lbs same terms as the rest of wZi, . ’Ki rata P“ f “Ho- On my arrival at pjJ? ing j on i l / onn4 that the reads southwest of itictmiond pod ■ entered into an agreemont with tne vrange and Alexandria road for an exclusive ticket that way, which was ajrsnteforty or forty five miles longer than the rouie whieh'was first fixed upon for the through trove!—and thiiWas dono without waiting till the 27th day, to whiob the Con vention was postponed, and without*the Philadel pnia and Baltimore road being heardin the mat ter. 'Good faith and honesty demanded, under the circumstance?, that l'shoutd stand by our cmkage ment with the Biohmond,' Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad, and that I should do so. though a through ticket was never sold.” X nse a quota from Colonel Tate’s letter, only sohstiniting the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potozrfao Bail- It a rX ol v tlle Orange and Alexandria road, to show 5* t were under obligations to keep- l{ shod faith and honesty,” I was, no less .than he, .under the same obligations to another real—with "only this difference in my favor, that my obligations were to the short and direct Tonte, while his obli gatioas.eompeUed him to send the travel forty Or miles farther than by.the direct route. The public, therefore, who travel would receive “® n efifc if l could reconcile matters, whereas, y I failed, the traveller would be obliged to ride forty-five miles further than was necessary; Had the; Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad, in tue Convention on the 271 h of May, refused to come in to the- through-ticket on a pro rata. basis, then I should have been prepared to join Mr. Tato and make a through-ticket- or* r yj® Orange and Alexandria road; but -'they did not so refuse. On the contrary, they pro posedd to make the ticket and, to come in pro rata. Under these circumstance?, 'I should I have dose violence to my sense of right toward* imy associates, and should have been wise to'thkt faith and honesty which keepthelr compacts, had I then yielded to an exclusive ticket over a much longer route, and one which, up to this time, bad not even been recognised by any one' of the roads as a part of the through line. Good faith required me to keep my compacts,even at the expense of disa greeing with many of my. associates in the through line until I could harmonize the conflicting ele ments, and thus be relieved from my. obligations by those toVhom I was bound in good faith be coming party to the compromise. Th*§ compromise t have accomplished after more than six months incessant labor, by both personal interviews and correspondence. lam free, however, to acknow ledge that in this compromise there were others who-entered-with as much zeal as myself, and without - whose Important aid I coaid have done nothing. Among these gentlemen, I mention with great pleasure Col. Tate. , , \ I can only say, in ‘conclusion, that this road lias never been a party in any way*to any discrimina tion against Philadelphia; hut, on the contrary, it has constructed, almost entirely from its own re sources, the Delaware Railroad, which has de feated the air line from New York to Norfolk, and brought the trade and travel of that line to Phila delphia, instead of allowing it to go, as it would have gone, to New York by crossing the Delaware seventy miles below Philadelphia. This road had no.part orparcel in what appeared to favor,New York.' The New York and Memphis travel’paid precisely the same priceto this road as the Phila delphia and Memphis travel. -This road will over be ready, to. promote the trade and prosperity cf Philadelphia, and the country along and tributary to its line, by affording at all times a safe and re* ; liable .transit foy both freight and Und by fomißbipg’gtich f*rilfaeyift>r ti»vel Aa- shall * ’Swjinß —__ ly yoors, S. FELTON 1 , - Pretident P. W. and 8., Railroad The Gold op Pike’s Peak.—Speoimens.of gold from the Nebraska and Kansas mines, from no particular locality, but from tho diggings along the Platte river and Chferry creek,'above the town of Auraria, in Arap&ho county, in Kansas, em bracing the country for ten or fifteen miles around, have been analysed at tho Philadelphia mint. The result of the assay Is a*,follows: Fineness, 96S thousandths; value, for ounce troy, alter melt ing, $2O 01. Tho loss in melting was very small; but in ordinary oases, a deduction of two per cent, from the above may be made in stating the value of native grains. A recent assay of a sample of 'sold, from tho same region, gave a fineness of. 964 thousandths, and n consequent value of $l9 92 per ounce, after melting. Theso results seem to con firm the oharaoter of the Kansas and Nebraska gold, and show it to be of very high fineness—much above that of California, and equal to that of Aus tralia. American Tract Society. —The receipts of this society for the month of December wero $53,121 85. In ninemonths, ending December 31, they have been, for publications sold. $164,127 31; and in donations and lozacie?, $70,899 54—making a total cf $235,02S 85 ; being $7,317 40 more than In tho corresponding months of the previous year. Besides liberal aid in sustaining oolportage, and pressing its publications out to the destitute in nearly every State in the Union. and for gratuitous distribution at home, it needs $20,000 before April Ist for the foreign field The Ho.v, Sherbaud Clemens arrived ia Washington city on Tuesday night Inst, accom panied by his brother, Dr Clemens, and Mayor Mayo, of Richmond. lie is unable to move with; out assistance, and was conveyed to Willard's Hotel on a litter. Ho does not expect to be aide to attend Congress for a month THE COURTS. YESTERDAY'B PROCEED XMO 8. [Reported for Tho Press ] United* States Dibtriot Court— Judge Csdwalader.—Thiodore Bcull vs. A libel fer wages. Zuce, counsel for the respon dent, moved that the court should the peiiuon, per enriurn. Opinion by Judge C&dw&ledir, ordered that the said petition be dismissed unless cause should bo shown bj the petitioner on or before Friday next, end that notice of this order be posted (n the clerk’s cfllce. Bllller vs. Hughes, and cetUin articles saved froq tho ship “Maitinea Dios ” a libal for salvage on certain goods saved from the above-named ship, which was burned at sea. This case came up for argument cn Fri day, Jan 7.1859, aud the case was referred to R. L. West to ascertain and report the condition of sails, Ac , taken into custody by the mar.hal on a writ of attach ment issued in the case. The ease was psrtlallyargaed yesterday morning, and then continued over uutil , Fri day n-xt. Gen Horatio Tlubiiell for the libellact. and R P. Kane for the respondent Nisi Fbius— Justice Thompson — William Anble, alminUtrator of Tarazaa Auble deceasod, vs. Caroline A Mason fin action for trespass in selling certain articles and the good mil and lease of the hotel on the corner of Eighth and Cherry streets. The de fendant cansed the sale compla’ned of upon an execu tion agaiaat Win. Auble, alleging that the property was his. It was claimed l»y his wife, and she brings this suit in support other claim. Defeoce, the property in fact belonged to the husband. Alter the hearing of the evidence, the plaintiff Buffered a non-suit. Ferdinand Bernd vs. The Bute Mutual Fire and Ma rine Insurance Company of Pennsylvania An ao'tcn ’ o recover the sum or $1,600, and'c* eta and interest on the same, which wag given on a policy of insurance on a wooden building occupied as a stcre at the corner of Fifth and 'Washington streets, at Lake Providence, Carroll county, Louisiana. The dafflßC* alleged a nilsiepreaentation of the property insured. Yerdict for the plaintiff for $1,743. Supreme Court— Chief Justice Lowrle, and Jostfoes Woodward, Strong, and Read.—Swainet al.vft. ElHng Error to the District Court of Philadelphia county Argued by James E Gowan for the plaintiff, m error, and by George Juuktn, Jr., and J. Altamont Phillips, fur the defendant in error, and by Samuel Hood for the plaintiff in error, in conclusion. The court then adjourned. District Court —Judge Hare-—Michael Katea vs Morgan Uinobman. An action on three promissory notes Vtrdict for the plaintiff for $1,103.35. Jacob Miller va Mary Richter. An action of trover and conversion of eight twenty-foliar gold pieces, and a gold wat:b. A nol proa was entered in this c*se. Ready Grossman vs. the Delaware Mutual Safety In surance Company. An aciioa on a policy of insurance. Defoio tepoited. Defence, over valuation of the premi ses burned. Verdict for tae plaintiff for $1,695. Tho other District Court was not in session. Common Pleas—Judgo Ludlow.—Jauo WooUton v» Margaret Preston and 11. M. Mclntyte. An aition for uao and occupation of certain premises. Yordict for the plaintiff for $7O. William l enaire vs G W Powell. An action against a surety tsr the payment cf rent. Verdict for the plaintiff for $49 65. , .. „ . Charles O- Jackson vs John E Maxwell. An action to recover for use aod occupation of certain premises. Quarter Sessions— Judge Allison.—ln tho case of 7 honiaa AY Braidwowi charged with an assault aud battery op->n tbr-o females, the jury raturoe.l a verdict of cot gui ty, and put the costs upon the prnse entors. The defence produced testimony eontnullciory to that adduced on behalf of the Commonwealth. The morning was occupied with cases c-t no public interest. John Sperht was convicted of assault aid battery upon Petar Hess Verdict not guilty, and the prose cutor was ordered to pay the cost. William Lake was acquitted of passing ft counterfeit note on Daniel O‘Donato. Theodore Fargaadas and William M Krotise were charged with bnrgia y and larceny, in breaking into the house ef Mr Lippara, at Ho. 129 Poplar street, above Front, and taking a quantity of jewelry therefrom. Verdict guilty, as to both defendant*; and they were each sentenced to four years in the county prison. B. Cowley w«s acquitted of assault and battery upon Sarah Alien. JohnTbac era and Matthew Melocer were charged with Urceny The distr ct attorney submitted the bill of indictment to the jury without evidence, kb the pro secutor did tot appear and asket them to acquit the defendants, which they did. Patrick uarbury was acquitted or veault and battery upou A. Cussick. Th 9 court then adjourned,