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the low price of - i
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yyHEELKK ec WILSON*
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gXB&SSWEW 7 * WILLIAMS, No; -206
v WAIiNuT Street, are prepared to supply ship*
£' »r» aadooßßuraew with superior Broad Top Goal from
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EMCEEING, FOX, .& GO;* /wholesale-ASd
■XV vietaUtdealera'in- MtHIGH-aad BOHtrsLKILL
OOAh. Xdiifh street and GXBMAR
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• .. i IRON. pOOBS, SBUJCTSBS, fco., \
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jpHILADKIiPnrA .SDITtONS, ixriototjr saptrlor? In
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mo tunowfor. • r -" i •
» Concerning Sfr. Hogab’* oontrfbatlon to the Frenklla
>c -/«<tftdto,'£he Committee say—“ This display, of blank
Boons for banking an d-mercaatlle nse ii the beat lit the
• BhhUtftlob. •*,tfhe.Mleotlon.pt the materialis good] the
woYkmaoship jm<»t.exoeirent/ and theurflnl»h ana ap
'■c juitaiM ***t nod eppropr/ete” - - noaOftf,
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rrIHE STEKEOSCOEEi in every variety,
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rriH* oehemony in the
f 'JL J StenaoMOMffor Bate b/ JAMBS W. QUEEtfI
dl4 * -f m CHESTNUT Street.
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ISAAO F. w.'! v
. '4 UGHT COACH A.CABRIAGB BUILDEB'
.. st w. rf , PHANOORD. PA. '
; • w Ail work warranted to give MllKfactidn. Orders res
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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.
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Over twenty different siserf, • styles, and qualities of
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tined soon alt others. They can bo ob
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- 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 '
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CURST PREMIUM AWARDED
■ ar rna
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VO THE
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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.
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' 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
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but any one desirous of business, may, by calling as
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%\t |Pres8.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1859:.;
To the People of the United Stages.-
[From the National IntalHgenoer, of Thnraday.J 1 _ ( •'
Our attontion has very recently-been
the following letter from Balt Jones, Esq , on<f of
tho delegates from Johnson county, in the Terri
tory ot'Kansas, to tho Convention whioh framed
tho Lecompton Constitution, one of its mdsfc arildpt
advoontes, and also, as will appear from his own.
statomont and tho returns, onoof tho judges of
election of October, 1857, whole name purports to
bo aflixed to tho notorious pretended returns fcpih
tho prooinct of Oxford, in said oounty: J; . j ■
St. Loi/is, (M 0.,) November 23, 1858 V-1
To the Editoh op titr Demochat : Upon tbert- 1
turns of on election hold at tho Oxford precinct,
In Johnson county, Kansas, in October, 1857,.my
name appeared as one of the judges. I never
put it there, nor consentod that any ono oho
should do so. Tho first T know of it was from the’
Lawronco Ilf raid of t Freedom. I might hAVe
made this statement soener, nnd probably 6houl<|,
but for the persuasion of frionds nnd tho cxoifce*
! mont whioh prevailed at the timo of the tran«ro-
I tlon. I did not cliooso to oxpose the - affair
voluntary at the time; though I should n<ft
have hesitated to have dono so if X hod beat ;
called on by any tribunal having jurisdiction .sfj
the mattor. In September last I oommunicated
above statement, in substance, to tho St. Loabr'l
Republican, from Westport, Missouri , to.u&p
here to ascertain whether it had been reooive&
but was nn&blo to do so. Upon calling upon
of the editors of that paper this morning, he d|<
clinod to publish any statements in the
I therefore submit this statement in the
erat, and trust it will receive, a plaoe in,its
umns. Ido this in justioo, not only to myself*
but to tho country. lam aware that my
is blamoable, but would, nevertheless, have
oase proporly understood. What tho threats and?
cursos of my enemies in Kansas fail to obtaurjd'
times of groat excitement. I now voluntarily gVffi.
lam not dispoced to implicate others, 1 and
not do s«> exoept it be in self-defence. ' ■
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<w?; ;
ber,1857 For this official aot wo were violently 4fe
nounoed by tho groat body of that pbrtion of
pross of the United States which
sustained tho Looompton Constitution ; -an&Hftlef
genuino character of the rojocted returns
hemently assorted] on that occasion] both In. find:
out of tho Territory.
| Reference to the proolam&tion will show
i these return a were rejected because they w'dte'
| clearly illegal and invalid undor tho
laws, and also bocauso they were,
doubt, simulated and fictitious.” The legal hop
jootlons stated were dear and obvious. Jraraf
those roturns woro not authenticated by tbo.diiw£
of any one of tho judges or dorks,
lawß of Kansas required such an oath to bo
by alt of them as an imperative prerequisite isft£
valid election roturn. Scoond, the paper prpseqwfr
to us and rejected wm not one of the original
books requirod by tho law, bat a mere -statetfiSt;
of tbo votes piotondcd to bo given. In our
olamatlon we distinctly disavowed any auth(ra|j|
to go behind tho returns, for thopurposoof judg[n£|
the qualifications of voters,'or of purging the
or of rejecting rcturns'Tormal ami valid on
faao, for any reason short of actual forgery. ''«J?4
dor our respective oaths of oflioo wo might hasf*j;
been constrained to reject the Oxford paporstf#-
idfigal and invalid upon their face, oven If, iij:
other rcepcots, they had boen correot and genuiz||V
The “simulated and fictitious”
these pretended returns was evident to us tipra
iho (ace of tho papers; yet we doomed it
in so gravo a matter, to visit tho Oxford preciatPpl
and we thero ascertained, with positiye
that of tho sixteen hundred and twehty*j4^^ :
votes purporting to hayo been given,
•had in-fact .been, .polled,
VaMWuffiij
K «noH.' Wo knew
half dozen house?,' in a -preefnot'of. most'
mongro population, could not have glvon ijCiS
votes; and'our averments in ibat'rfcspect’are:
conclusively proved by a censuv, since taken by
authority of the Legislature, showing tl*e entire
nurubor of votors in the precipot to have been .but
forty-throo. At tho cleotlon hold in August last,
undor tho auspices of tho present Federal Admin
istration,'when tho whole vote given in tho Terri
tory was larger by many thousands than at any
preceding period, the .whole return from Oxford
was bat 29, instend of I,G2S, as when rejeoted by
us. A similar Insignificant result was exhibited
at tho eleotlon in October, 1858, And, finally, to
roinovo all doubt, one of the most aotive partisans
of tho Lecompton Constitution, one of tho judges
whoso namp purported to bo signed to tho pre
tended letumß of October, 1807, after a silence of
inoro than a year, now admits tho forgery and de
clares that bis nnine was affixed to tho paper
nei thcr by himself nor by his authority.
• Tho calumniators who denounced us for reject
ing these acknowledged counterfoils must now
oithor retract tbo assaults made upon this ground,
or by adherence to their attacks, or oven by silent
aoquicsoonco, bocoino themselves accomplices in
this nefarious transaction.
Upon the face of tbo Lecompton Constitution it
appears that this Oxford forgery was incorporated
into, and mado a part of, that instrumont, by tbo
legislative apportionment avowedly based upon
it; while tbo schedule of tbo same Instrument
prepared all tbo machinery, and provided all tbo
weuns and appliances for repoating and multiply*
ing similar frauds under th© proposed Btato orga
nization, all 6f which wero subsequently provod
to have been efficient for Iho purpose designed, by
the successful perpotration of numerous gigantic
frauds in tbo pseudo-Blato elections of
and Dooomber following.
From information reoently obtained (of wblch
at th© Umo vr© hud no suspioionl wo do not
now doubt that if tho committee of tbo House
of Representatives had made tho investigation
ordored by the resolution of tho Inst session,
they would bavo disclosed tbo fact that the oon*
fius and registration, purporting to haro been
takon in tho Rftoon counties out of thirty
eight which formed the sol© basis of representa-
tion in the Convention, wore lorgoly contami
nated with fraudulent and fiotltious names, de
signed to givo control of the Convention to tho
samo parties who wero tho authors, of the sub
sequent frauds at Oxford, Shawnee, Dolawarc,
Kickapoo, and olsewhoro, perpetrated under tbo
Constitution il&olf. Indeed, th© failure ofsolaTgo
a number of these registered voiors to exeroise tho
elective franohi.o iu £0 many succocding elections,
at which inuoh larger votes wore glvon, conclu
sively confirms tbo information statod, that ainrgo
proportion of tho names returned in tfcopretended
registry, like those of Oxford and other places,
was aimulatod and fiotitious.
Now that thcßo truths bavo boon dearly do
voloped, all candid men must admit thattho Le
compton instrument, falsely called a Cunsiitutton,
was itsoif rooking with fraud and forgery, and. in
tho languago of tho recent speech of Senator
Hammond, of South Carolina, “ ought to have
boon kioked out of Congress.” What that SonatOT
has already bad tho courage to oonccdo, wo can
not doubt, will soon bo the sontimont of tbo whole
country; and “the sober second thought” of tho
peoplo of tbo South will eventually unite with the
almost unanimous verdict of tho people of th©
North and West in stamping this basocouater
f©\t and imposturo with th© brand of infamy and
exeoratiou.
Sinco tho olection of August last, hold in Kan
sas undor the auspices of the present Federal Ad
ministration, when iho Locompton Constitution
wasoondomnod by a majority of noar!y ( ten thou
sand, wo presumo no man will assort that that In
stTumont over was the choice of tho people of Kan
sas; or that it was our duty to bo silent, with a
full personal knowledgo of nil tho facts, when so
atrocious a usurpation was attempted.
Ilowovor much wo may regrot the appnront
sanction given by tho South to these proceedings,
wo thiqk the censuro should fall upon those who,
with ample information on tho subject, tnd against
light and Unowlodge, persistod in urging upon
Congress tho adoption of tbis'inslrjimout; nor
havo wo ever doubted that, with nr «qual know
ledge of ail tho facta, tho South wield havo re
jected tho Locompton Constitution with scorn and
indignution. The imposing charaoler of tho re
commendations with which it was presented to
Congress docoivcd and misled ranay honorable
raembors of both houges, who *now upon better
information, would doubtloss unite with Sonutor
Hammond in giving that instrument an ignomi
nious rejection from the halls of legslation.
Wo venture to hope that the biter vitupera
tion with wbioh wo have boon nsiailed will be
considered a sufficient oxcuse for this notice of
facts lately developed, coming out at last to via
dloato tho truth whiobhasbeen parially crushed,
and to condemn tho wrong which h’»s boon accom
plished or attempted.
11. J. WAI.KHt,
Late Governor of Kanmc Toriitory.
Fusn. P STANTOff,
Lao Secretary.
Washington, Jan. 11, ls&tf.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Cheap Bibles*
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- “ Why did you not bring itto us before ?”
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on roceiving the Bible. In India and Japan the
natives, in many oases, on receiving and having
unfoldod to thorn tho Scriptures, oxpross their sur
prise and regret that Christians should so long
have boon in possession of tho Book, in which
alone is found the way to etornat life, without'
bringing it to tho perishing of heathen lands. To
tho Christian world theso foots nro suggestive.
They almost demonstrate tho lessening of tho eost
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gelizing the world ; by whioh we moan, instruct
ing all men in tho Gospel, and not in any particu
lar oreed.
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tone facts. For example, it has boon ascertained
that in one of our American cities—Chicogo—out
of over thirteen thousand .families visited, nearly
four thousand wero without tho Bibio, thoir cost
being mainly given in excuse; and this, too, when
the humblest laborer oan buy at least two Bibles
for the sum ot a single day’s wngos. In tho thir
teenth century; the price of a Bible, with a com
mentary, fairly written, wo are told, was thirty
pounds ; and that at a time when tho wages of a
laboring naon were suoh that fifteen years of
steady toil would have bcon required to cam the
price of a single oopy of the Soored Volume! The
progress thus mado within the last six oenturioa
toward the universal circulation of Revealed Truth
is marvellous; yet, as there aro still millions to
whom the Gospel message has never been sent, the
cheapness of its production becomes a matter of
tba greatest Importance. Certainly, if tho man
who touches the world how to make two blades of
grass grow where ona grew before, may bo called
a bonefaotor to his raco, the man is no less so who
suocoeds in producing two Bibles for what ono oost
beforo.
* . It is a ploasing rominlscenoo that among tlio first
• nota of tho Amcrloan Oongross tv as the adoption of
~a resolution whioh had for its object tho .wider cir
> 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, <fco., less interest re-
I coived §160,000 GQ
Alt expenditures of the
Philadelphia,Wilming
ton, aud Baltimore
Railroad, including
maintenance of way,
renewals and construc
tion of all new worlc.
Expenditures of tho New
Castle and Prenchtown
line
Taxes and bonds to Btato
of Delaware and New
Castlo county
Appropriated to renewals
on Philadelphia, Wil
mington, and Baltimore
Railroad
Appropriated to renewals
of New Castle and
Pronohtown line
461,584 65
13,295 49
11,000 00
50,000 00
.. 10,000 00
Total expenditures of all
kinds, including taxes,
bondß to State of Hein*
ware and New Castle
county, interest, oon*
struction and ronewals, $705,880 14
Add loss in operating the Delaware
road
$751,091 :w
Which, deduoted from the total of
revenue, leaves net revenue $3*14,152 79
Out of this there has beendcolared
and paid April Ist, 1858, a divi
dend of two per cent.'...112,000 00
Ootobor let, 1858, a divi
dend of three per cent .168,000 00
5330,000 00
Balance of revenue unappropriated
and undivided for the year $64,153 70
It will be seen thattho operating ex*
pensoson the Philadelphia, Wil
mington, and Baltimore Railroad, >
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. <fc
K. R $1,119,1110 98
Total revenue N- Castlo
and Prenohtown line.
Total rovenuo of both lines $1,143,852 09
Jsiflttttdltlir6B for thevgarofthß Phi* ' - -
ngtoßJjan arxwi
more Railroad, inaracmig mVoto
nance of .railway, renewals, in*
rest, 4:0., 4c., 4c 021,008 43
Expenditaresof the N. 0.
4 F. R. U , including
taxes and bonus tp tho
State of Dolawure and
New Castle county....
Appropriated to renewals,
P., W,&B. R. R.:,. 50,000 00
Appropriated to renewals,
N. C. &F. U. K 10,000 00
33,890 36
Tot?l oxpensea of alll
kinds on both lines, I
' including taxes and [
bonus to tho Stftte-of V 720,408 79
Delaware and New j
Castlo county, into- |
rest, renewals, J
Loans on Delaware Uni!
road
44.418 31
Total of tho above $761,917 10
Dcsidcs tho foregoing,
there was expended in
1857, nnd charged to
renewals
Also, to construction....
Total expenditures, in
cluding loss on the Del
aware ltoad, and appro
priations to renowals,
for 1857..... $867,040 81
The total of expenditures, interest, renewals,
and loss of tho Delaware Railroad has been $115,-
352 4(1 less in 1858 than in 1857.
JO 000 (10
92,129 72
Tho loss of revenue of 1858, as compared with
1857, haa boon $43,005 52-
In 1858, everything belonging to the yoar haa
boon charged to expenses, including renewals and
construction of all cow work; and tlioro has boon
appropriated to ronownl, $60,000, none of whloh
haa boon expended, no that the net results of the
business of 1858 are $401,152 81, or a surplus more
than has boon expondod and divided of $124,152 81.
During the yoar the Delaware Railroad has
contributed to tho revenue of the New Castle and
Frenchtown, Now Castlo and Wilmington, and
tho Philadelphia. Wilmington, and Baltimore
railroads $06,627 97
Deduct from this the loss in operating
the road, and thoro remains to tho
Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Bal
timore Railroad, as a compensation
for doinr tho basinoss from the Dela
ware Railroad, over the Now Castle
and Pronohtown, New Castle and
Wilmington, and the'Philadelphia,
Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail
road
Most of tho abovo burinoss from tho Delaware
Railroad has been accommodated in tho regular
trains of tho Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti
more, and Now Castlo and Wilmington roads.
Tho results of tho business from tho Delaware
Railroad would have been much inoro favorable the
past yoar had it not beon for an almost ontire fail
ure of tho corn and wheat crops.
It was stated in tho report of last yoar that lm-
Srovemcnt bsmds amounting to $144,000 would fall
ua April Ist, 1353. These were promptly paid at
maturity, by taking the revenue in anticipation of
funds to be roaluea from a new loan payable July
Ist, 1881. This new loan has been authorized by
tho stockholders, in order to provide means to pay
oiftho loan due July Ist, 1860, amounting to
$2,101,776 05
Also, tbi© improvement bonds, beforo
referred to, due April Ist, 1358,
Also, second series of improvement
bonds, duo May Ist, 1803.... • 119,000 00
Making the total $2 -120,770 05
This now loan, not to exceed $2,000,000, wag
offered to the holiloraof the loan due July let,
1860, and othera, at 05 per cont., bearing interest
at six per cent., payable semi-annually.
From July Ist to Norembor
30th, 1853, thore has boon
taken of this new loan, on
the above terms. •........ $1,690,500
Add to this the amount of
now loan equivalent to the
old, held by the State of
Delaware, now awaiting the
confirmation of the Logii
lature, by recommendation
of the Govornor
Also, amount disposed of sinoo
November 30tn
And tbo amount of new loan
disposed of will be to tho
dato of this report $2,008,500
With this amount of now loan disposed of, the
company could oasily, and without embarrass*
mont, provide for tho balanco required for tho
old, at or before maturity, from its surplus reve
nuo and the proceeds of the sales of its roal estate
and other property not required for the use of the
road.. But, iu order that there should be no possi
ble contingency about it, we havo made a con
tract with parties of the highest responsibility in
tho country to toko, at 9o per cent., whatever ba
lance thore may bo, if any rom iining, required to
liquidate tho old. It is hardly probable, how
ovur, as tbo second sories of improvement bonds
does not fall due till May 1.1863, that we Bhalt
find it nooossary to place any more than has now
been disposod ot\
This road, after many revorsos and struggles,
may now confidently be rankod among the roads
that are cortain to pay dividends of six per cone,
annually, with the necessary appropriation to tho
sinking fund ond a handsome surplus for contin
gencies. Its position Is a strong one, and its
strength and onaractor will annually improve, as
its ability to mnku dividends and lay up a surplus
is more fully demonstrated. Its policy should bo
to miiko no larger dividends than it can beoertAln
of maintaining, together with tbe appropriation
to tbe sinking fund, and also a surplus sufficient to
provide for all reasonable emergencies. A proper
ty thus managed, and thus productive, must evory
year gain in tho confidence’of the public.
NEW IRON AND HEW WORK.
Within loss than eight years the wholo track
between Philadelphia and Baltimore has beon re
laid with various kinds of X iron, of both English
and Amorioan manufacture. With a view of os-
oortaining the average durability of these various
hinds, wo have had every bar on the whole road
examined by an experienced ’ inspector. There is
no question that the raila manufootured in Ehg
the early days of railroads, were the bolt
that have ever - been laid down; but ns the demand
on tins Bide increased, and the prioe diminished
by strong competition, the English iron rapidly
degenerated, till finally many lots were sent here
that were not worth the expense'of laying down.
For two or three years we have laid down
wholly Amenoon iron, either from the Montour
works, or from the establishment of Reeves, Book
* 00., weighing fifty pounds per lineal yard, in-*
stead of iron of sixty and sixty-five pounds per
yard, as formerly. We save in the material, and
consequently in first cost, twenty or thirty per
oent. The guality and the manufacture of the
light iron is , superior to the heavy iron, and
thus a more uniform rail is seoured. • This iron has
not been laid sufficiently long to enable ns to
estimate, with entire aoouracy, Jts durability.
A fair, eetitpato of the average durability of tho
iron,.based upon the experience of this road, is
ten- years, or in other words, we must lay ten
miles 1 of new track annually.to keep the road up
in astute of entirely roll able ofßoiency. This will
require about eight hundred tons of new iron
that can how be obtained in exchange for,old, a
a diflerence of twenty dollars per ton. The aver
age durability of cross-ties is about seven years*’
The track requires, if laid with light iron, ahou,t
35,000 cross-tics per year on our road, and if laid
with heavy iron, about.lo,soo peryoqr. These are
now bought at an Average of twenty-seven, and a
half cents each- The ossfc'of relaying one mile of
traok is four hnndrod dollars. Cost of spikes and
joint fastenings, castings, and switches, six hun
dred dollars.
Thecost of these several items per.year would
be, at present prices, $30,450. The cost of labor
-iv J ust * D B* ditching, inspecting traok, together
with all other items not enumetateif above, will be
»aboot two bundred and fifty- dollars per mile, or
about $25,000 annually. An expenditure, there
fore, in labor and hteterials, of $01,450 annually}
should keep our traok in a state of high repair
and efficiency. _ . • , .» »
In the year 1852 the relaying of the entire track
between Wilmington and Baltimore was'com-*
P‘®ted» Bo that tho year 1853 was commenced with
T rail for tho enhre distance between Philadel
phia and Baltimore 'The distance botweon Wil*
?L l c T !5 to « Philadelphia was laid down prior t<j
1852. For the last six years, or since the T rail
track was completed, there has been expended on
tno track an average of $64,210 annually, ora
sum, os will be seen from the foregoing, amply
sufficient to provide far repairs, depreciations and
renewals. /
19,884 70
The other new work finished during the year
has boon the abutment of Port Deposit''stohe ai
Qr&J's-Ferry bridge, shortening the south span to
90 foot; anew .track scale at Philadelphia for
weighing heavy articles, such as loaded cars, loco*
™° tlv cs 5 Ac.; new pit in the engine house at
Philadelphia; a new cattle yard at the Bell road,
occupying four aores, with a aiderline 1.300 feet
long, and ample pens for the accommodation of a
large trade; an iron bridge over the deep cut near
Gray’s Ferry; thirteen new. oattle.guards, and
small oulvoris on different parts of the road: a
large culvert of two spans of 11 feet eaoh ; the
front of the freight-house at Chester- has been
taken downand rebuilt with a .new foundation;
a small station house at Holly Oak, with the ne
cessary platforms; an additional building for
the accommodation of the grain business at Elkton'.
At If aaman’s creek the abutments for two bridges
have been built and are now ready for the super-
A new draw has been put in at Brani
dywjne bridge, and the whole structure thoroughly
repaired. At Perryvillo the old bridge over the
railroad has been takon down and replaced by onfc
of shorter span. Extensive repairs have been
made to the locks on both sides of, the river.. At
Havre de Qraoo the old truss bridges ovor the rail
road have been rebuilt. Bush and Gunpowder
bridgog have 'been carefully examined»and re
newed whereyer found at ail defective. Thefdeoks
and other wood work on the iron ferry boat have
been thoroughly overhauled and renewed when
ever found defective. The engine house and ma
chine shop at Baltimore, spoken of in the' last re
port, have been finished. ’ ' !
45,814 22
cans and engines,- etc. :
Since .out. last report there, have been added to
the stock of cars, two eight-wheel baggage cars,
two eight-wheel market cars,‘four eight-Wheql
freight oars, and two four-wheel road carq, and
there have been brosen up, during the same tlmi,
as unfit for use, four old passenger cars, and seven
freight oars. The engines are in good order, and
ample for tho work of the road, for; the present.
They, have performed their ■ service the lait
vear in a manner that challenges comparison.
The freedom from accident to person and property
does great oredit to &U the departments of servioe
on the road. ' >
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
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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,