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4 a J.aViO£it\tadth.;uKoWti' as Importers ooiWholejile
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name mil «tj!o of EVANS * Hi’fflitfc?'T' ' ‘.
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(gated; JOraJett/irithrWJA&BltlD.. DAVIDGB, Ooun-
BcltjOn^VLaw;,. B urine. the, IT. 8. flaptame sad
UircuitOourU, the\Coor* of Hflaiiali'Ahdthe Executive
Pt'pftrttoentApforaotlyettejidedto'.-AddreMDA'VIDGB
&‘IIOJ.YSJL -LOCI* CASA Afettlie, Waah‘ngtdtt City.
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TOS. G; RITTENHQp&E,o( ’ the late flrm
SJ-soi B.'o. HOBNOB A GO;, wtli.Mntiripp tha WhPlOo
Bala Varnta^:Mann in.all; its. tiraachas, u
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‘ Thankful fp j he eoUclti th« .castor pfihe
former patrppji pf B r O. HOBNOB *• GQm and. hopei.bj
Btrict,is*nt(pn Jto; centi ape.„tp, ,gl* eflAtire.
■m-4 ent€rc(l
‘fate aLimlted rbideri^J'«p«oibly s totk*|>roVlB!baß
of thel&w* of the Qohimcmireatth'drFeniiijlfani&.re*
fot3^Tolftml^lhurtßrabiw. J V*-v- *•- ‘ '”*■' J ’
a That ,tbe namddr ’fcrihunder irhfcfc Mid-piirtnerihlp
1a to 1»e rcoftductW', li MABSH.'fr HAY
wath>.!»*.V‘v^'v?‘' 5 v
* That- the general hiktaro Of. iheßurinearidUnded to
be; traneectied la -the Dry'GdbdsJbhblnff and' OMbiag
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j'That'the'uameeof ,ali the»*baewL: rad epeolal pfcft?
nara.fat«Hßtbd t]iereßar«t BBWAbitS V• /MABSH
LCWIB! WH HAYWARD*/ (general
vikKrilr ßftWAßD X. tOWhSKNB (fruit* partner);
HBKBY HWJbESßON'tgeneral partner);* BICHABD
-WOOD (fMertJaH&V), AL*RVD HMOiTBR (frnt-
Valpartner),-RICHABD T>.‘ partner);
AO ON (special pirfce'rjj ahd au of them
; the;B»ld'p»rtn«rsi T general And; epOcieu. ; reelde' In the
WphilMDiui-;.,. r ••-
JTbat tne akgtegkW amount of the* capital‘contHtmtad
bythe ttpeoiupkrtderfl to the Common -fitocJi, Ia Two'
hundred' j'whloh'One hundred
thbnaasd doUan. beenCeb eohtribntedi by
the eeld
T»hlth, hnndr#d-‘thoa|?iiA ln' duh'r.hae
jW47&HAU;:BACONI;ii^I
--Tha£ ihel \ the: §Ud f partoeriihip Is to
oommanwi.'ifl ! tdayof December,
ISSRi And the peclod'at Vbich If wlll' ternilh«e; le the
day df 'l
Dartaer.
; d - JOgTAH BACOK/Bperial Partner. V
V 4 ' MARSH." -'V --
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mHB LASGESt DKSK BEPQT IN
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V/ TAgOKS..,-',- -'i'/r' ■%; . •; l; r -m-,*
& CAMPION.
r ri >
in oonheotlon with their.extecairei Cabinet Basinets,
are Dow manufacturing,,e Buperlor.trtioie of _
BIIiJiIABD TAB&EB, "* .
indheyenow onhaod 4 fall tnpplyyfloiihed Vtth”‘
-AIOOBK IAIPfiOVBD CUSHIONS. ;•
wWoh nr« pr>ncmjcedbj all who hire uied them to be
fapflriirtqeirother«. ,
For/theqatlUy and finish of these Tables fhe menu
fcoturers’refer-toTthelr nam&bas c patrons-throughout
the Union Vrh o Are f > miliar with'the’char*ct«r oftheir
wptk?-, - -v, ,-r-, j»l4-0m-
JPeiitiglTn:
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voffiofcj R& 29 Hortli THSTH fetrltt;(earner &tW
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QQ(Y WORTH OF ' - V'. : -
DRY GOODS; -
,v.
-•'••■ ;. ■ PRIME OO.BT!!
BIX DAYS ONLY,
BEFORE .
TAKING STOCK. 4
COOPBK & CON A ED,
8. B.' corner NINTH and MABKBT
TjIOR SIS DAYS ONLY. '.'V !•
X* *14,099 worth of DRY GOOD3It'PRIME 003 T,
before tAklDg'stock.*' t •-
■„ , r : COOPER * CONABD,' 1 .
j«2l B.E.eonrtrNINIH»ndMARKET.
fTiSQUmADKBEAVERCLOAKS, ”
JCi .. IOIICOtDrWEATBRR , •
jntarandK^y
• V'.’Vf-S'-, And will be sold at ,
, ‘ - ;■ . LOW. PBIOES, ~ ,
TO OLOBE THB BR4BON.
J. f.tf B,OOT,O.E»» O 0.,
j. 20 708 OHBBTMPT STItBEf. - : ■ •
Heavy stock of blankets—Re
daeed in price before., taking stock
CrsaisandOrlb Blankets..* $125 to 2 26
9 4Bed Blankets... 2.00,t0 2 60,,
. 104 doY VdO, ........ 2.60 to -3 00 .
114 do. v d0.'.4 00*9,8 00 .
12-4 do. do 60.t0.'7 60~ ‘
V. 184 do. -40. ; 7 t oo,toio 60'
; , r 'l44B*tra.do., ; - ,12 60-'
c These Blanket* are' of superior quality, sadat'least
fcweafcf percent. Ims then rtgalsr,prices,
jiB-!tntfrV'' ! YIQBTH H »id lARDa) I ARDa ) Street.,
ATSTHITE FRENCH MERINOES ’AND
" w lota‘to be closed oat
cheap. CHARLES ADAMS,- ..
je4-tath s-tf, 1 f „ -Bighth end Aircjb. streets. 7
ONE MONTH 0» BABOitN3 7 * '- 1
BEFORE TAKING STOCK. • i *
- QBE AT INpUOSMBNTB Off BRED TO BUR- I
* .OHASBBBI-
All kinds of .. - 1 -; .'1 v ; ' '
- WINTER DRY GOODBREDUOED, ti*,,
Brooke end Blanket Bb*Wltf, .*
, '-Drew Gooda in variety,/ . 1
French Merinoaa and Oftahmere*,.
-.' if ? > . Blanket#, r
Rest quality Eld Glores to We; ‘ = i •
1 lot French Merino?# to fiOe.
Embroideries; all kinds, Ac., &e. >
< • > ; OHABLBB ADAMS,
■Eighth and Arch streets
ja4.tu thfl’tf
GEEAT BEDtrOTION IN IfADIES*
CLOTH ,CLOAKS AND ;BAGLANB, atHoBL
RQT’S, and largest and beat stock t» selaot from in the
Olt/ - *
. Juat from auction, a large lot of Cloth*, atBs ceota,
3112* 91.26.3UQ, 3UM2| Beater*,6l -87, $1.76,
$3, $245/92 60 to '
Longand Sqnareßrpohe Shawls:
' Beautifal Ling Brocheßb*wl«at only 98: still better,
$lO, sl£s& l 914; Chain Laloe,'3lB, $lB, $22.'
- ■ Long and Square Blanket Shawl*} of choice color* and
deiißQHij&eciaod bargain*■ v ;
600yds;BwadcrePopUns. at 1%, usually *old at 26.
/ 750 do do. at 26,- usually Bold at 40. .
Beautiful assortment or Black Bilka, very cheap. ,
100 yd*, floe French Merinoes. at $l, worth $126.
500 yd*. BogUsh Metidoea'/figured, at 81 oenta, worth
■*> ‘• /’ k * ;l • 1
5 bales of Blanketi/declded bargain*..
• (treat redaction in Brnbroldpriee/ v "
Collar*, setaB!Atea > 'liir«bta> Waist*, Linen Cambric
Hdkfs.yitlbbin*, 1 Velvet Bibbon*, Feather*,' Hood*,
Clo<hffi 'Cd**lmerer f - 'Satinet*, Table'- Linen*. Linen
TowellnjtsfTable-andJP Uno Corer*, Napkins,'Hosiery,
Glove*, Trimming*, the best awortmenf andcheapest in
thecityj fViatneii, Prlnts/Ginghams, and Muslins, of
allthe*uperlormake* ■ ‘ A. MdBLROY,
- ja2o4bata tf* = *;»■ No. ll gouth NINTH Street,
i?l
Xj stilion hand a deeirablo ifoek of : Winter Good*,
Is new 'styles of heavy; OoMtagif, Fancy Oaasimere*,
'and Mixture* for full aims*.. •<. *\M’
Aleo.BOrfl’tJasaJmerw and Coating*; •"
ja!B BHABPLBB3 BROTHERS.
-sITIJJGLISH ;
Heavy Square Jfcgliah Blanket*. "
- -."i 1 Premium American' do. ' -
A v Howe'-Blanketsi Iroblng do’. •
rr • Bxtri quality Toilet Qullta* ” '
Various makes of Marseilles Quilt*.
•JmMrtedby - ' '
j :jair.- - y BHARPLEBB.BROTHERS.
/CLOAKS EBDOOBD. —We have marked
\j 6ur Cloak* etlll on hand to Very low prices, in order
itf taake robm for oof Spring Importation of Lace
Points and Monties.
].lB , • BHABM.<BB BROTHERS.
•S'l OODS REDUCED PRIOR’TO STOOK
‘VTi'TASUNG^.^^V.i
f.' - v ; TfIORNLBY&OHISMj ,
'. WouldWftiB»T«-tottonotmc*'tti*ttlje Holidays being
now ore* they ue preparing for Stoek-takiiig, and will
: ~~ /*> “ CLOhB OUT VjSRYOHEAP !*> ' '
TO# BALAMOS OV.THBIB BALL AND WINTER
- -r~'- r - SO. r*“ Wr.QOODBJ ’
Cloaks and Raglans/? -" ' '
‘fihawla'and-SHWrV'^
MwiaoßaAfidCashmeres, ; /
j •' J)eL*Jn««*d ; Fifrm*ttiV
V r ' Batin Tifeteres and Vftieaoiw,
J .‘ "J ---■ Ohlotaeeand GlnghamS,
i-* ' ' i Olbthsand.Cwsisiereß, ' -
•' -■* -- 'BlafakeUsnd-‘Bh**lJ,
•' LineM and^ltlfUn*j ' '\ - >
1 v Table'and'Biano Covers,
* 5 4 -*»Mf LiMnifsM Towett,-
-. AU'Sovgfct OHBA.P for;OABH, *ad now to bo iold
cra^^,^*At^9Dl7d»J).Pßlol3r
'• -To eloMout preparatory to- ,- < '.
- s j‘ j *• ;
1 ixhjpnjr h b vr i *\ chisk's.
V'WS! rfEff fiM* 1 OAg&c ami HAVS BUI OMi
manufactured
ft 00v»o.
ajHortt WIIABYSS.
s VOL. 2—NO. 152.
> Jusnrdnce QEomjmnies.
rOBNK .MtJWAL LIFE INSURANCE
MT\ COMPANY—Office, N. K. oorner TBIBD and
'DOCK Streets, Philadelphia. L ,
. ..The following ? Bt»temehfcof the Affairs of the Com
i pany is published la oopfonnitywlth a provision of the
'Charter:'
. SEO ClpTd for the year ending December 31,1858
ForPreminipsend P01icie5.....5150,814 17
for interest.on Investments and
Dividends
60,709 08
.$207,614 26
LOSSES AND'EXPBNSBS during the same period.
Losses 28, amounting t 0......... $68,860 00
Expenses, Salaries, AdTertislng, . ' M
0,708 83 ,
Beat, State and GityTsJces, 4c.. 2,874 62
Ageuoy tOharges, Qommißsions.
T?axi, . 7,942 64
Reinsurance and Interest....... 2,746 76 J 4
ASjffiTB.OF THB COMPANY LIABLE TO PAY
, ,*..•/ - LOSSES, JANUARY. Ist, 1869.
8,000 00 United BUtea 6 per cent Coupon
> Bonds SBJI2 60
.2.188 percent/Loan 2,295 02
20.0C0 OO - f<- 6- ** **. •••• 18174 60
10.000 00 . >*'*' 8 - Coupon Bonds 9,160 00
loiooo 00 Philadelphia 0 per cent. Loan *9,311 26
44 000 00 “!•-*" - 6 “ “ 5h0rt.'80,709,60
20.000 00 ’ i* 0, «.<•.**exempt j
Srom Ux . 18,368 00
20,000 00 Philadelphia $ per cent. Loan, new
' r 18,679 60
21,000 OOlPennsTlranla R. Ist mortgage 6
- ... *jper cent. Bonds 20,090 00
20,000 00 Pe&nfeylrahiaß. 2d mortgage 6 per ‘
Y -’oentr Bonds... ...»♦'.*••#.<« 16,010 00
22,000 OO Allegheny Count/ 0 per oent. Bonds 10.9*6 00
10,000 W Pittsburg City 'O' • 8,826 00
10,000 00 VaAingten Oo. ! ' 6!' ‘“ > r 7,625 00
80,000 DQ NbrthvPeonsjlTinla Ist mortgage 6 * •
22,600 00
20,000 OOV&ntcri-Oafiai'lrtmortgage 0 per* ; •■'
eeht.BondS^i.i. ;v.. i.......... . 18 477.60
400 tharef Weatem BankStock.....•■*• ,0,802 60
300*; «■»* CorattetcjslJßankStock,...V,.... 10885 25
100* •;'**' M4htff4eter6fi ,c aad Mechanics* /**.* *
. * BinkStOck.^V.. ..- /a.m 00
■6B .<V'-North'Amerioa'3aak Block.ir.^ x -<7.042 00
ISS-K 5 GiratdLife Inidrance Co. 11 8,62A25
600> ‘PannsylTanla'B. 00. - - 26,442 77
176 New Orleans Gas 1 ' “ 18,897 60
Mortgagefl'and Ground R4ntS, all first 1ien5..222,675 05
LC&tlfou'PCllciesi.\. , ';.i'..'iiV;i‘.i»» .«.«».«• 20,87019
Ls4rfs<>rCol|at4rels;...i;;.v.....29,2U as
Billsßeceivable, , BremiuraNotei....*..v»..;lo6.904 10 :
BealSatate,-Office Building.... ............. 87,040 TO
84ritf Dividends’of-Insurance' Companies...; 41 810 00
Agents; balnneeof theirabcountsdue........ 76,617 91
Quarterly payment* on Policies Issued ...iV. 11,697 82
o»sh on hand and in Bank 78,763 76
Interestpn,lnvestments to Jan.l, i860......15 608 70
Offioe Furniture..,.,, 1,836 41
, Franklin Tire Insurance Company.. 800 00
Deduct three Losses duo In 1869
• j.'f j r -- ; -.1 . , • $BO2 226 28
Guarantee Capital;,, 100,000 CO
Philadelphia, January lltb, 1869.
• At an felectioh held at the office of the Company, on
Monday/thsfkl Inst.)'the following gentlemen were
dnly elected Trustees/to serve for three years:
: Samuel 0.-Huey 2 • Ba'muel E. Stokes,
- Theophilaa Paulding/' ' Daniel Ij Hutchinson,
° Charles Hallowellj - Henry 0; Townsend,
<Edmdnd'A.-Bohdsr, ; i John W. Hornor,
Peter S.Mlchler, Barton.
- 'At* meeting oMhe'Bo&Vd*'oF'Trristeei, held this
evening/DANIEL L: MILLER, **9 > was elected
President/and BAHGEL/B. BTOKBSj Esq., .Vice Pre
sident? for the en«ulDgyear;i
’The Board of Trustees have THIBDAY declared a
B6rtp> Dividend of TW9NtY*PIVBP£R CENT, upon
the cash pretdioms paid in 1868. " i
- Yheyhave also dedared A CASH .DIVIDEND of BIX
PER CENT, upon the Scrip • Dividends of 1860 to 1868,
inclusive, ‘payable.'et the. office of the Company alter
the 4th day of next, ,to jtboge, who have paid
their whole premium: in CASH, and to those Indebted
for premium notes it will be allowed in settlement of
their next-premium.-; r ... , . . ...
' *** . DANIEL X. MILLER, President,
V' 1 . , ' BAMtiEL E. BTOKEB. Vice President.
JOHN W .HOBNOB, Secretary. 3al3»thatq.6t
TjIAME IN SITE ANCE; COMPANY.— Phi-
X 1 tLiDXLrhu, January 10iti» 1859. 1
‘ The following Statement of the afftlrs of this Oom
paoy, on the 81st December, 1858, it pabllahel in par*
suknee of the Charter: ''',
Capital authorised and rubacribed..,.• .1.. .$lOO,OOO 00
Paid la $60,000
ABBBTB. ' -
Bonds end,Mortgages. 44,635 00
Gefch'onliaiid^.....t*...,., 6 087 66
Loan* on'oJl,.;. 5,000 60
Balances e:-Agents’ la*
-terest,
Bills reqelveOle,'Premiums on open Policies,
.(earned)..........4.,♦♦ 1,090 00
* f receipts;
Premiums on Eire Risks*, amounting;.to
10,066 23
Plresriums on' Inland Risks, amounting to
' «!8T,014.29.*.V.% 1,230 64
Interest • v 3,268 20
- losses; EXPENSES, &cr.
Fire Losses, Ml settled 6,028 85
1a1e0dL055e5............. 145 62
••'««. 1,683 88
Rent, Advertising,, Return Premiums, Bo* .
! Ineurftne*: Commissions, and ell other In*
ddente1f1........i..:........... ’ 2,082 90
* ‘ GBO:W, DAT, President. “
' W.t. Blinohakp, gecretoy. JelLtaths 2tt
CJTATEMENTOF THE AFFAIRS OF
►3,Tn».TJBION MUTUAL rMSUBASOBCOMPAK Y
Of PHItABKIiPJIIA.Mi 6onformltjr ; *ith . jrtoriiten
oflt«Ch.tter: .! * -y •;■ 'V ,~ *,
• PMMim|BffowJuißiryl<’M{B>toit4SB. ; . ??*
«y 1,1850,;,....,/.; ..V*242,3g3 5
PREMIUMS earned on Marinoaad Inland
Rieka during the jeer ending as above..'. $lBO 680 S 6
REOErVED from Interest on investments.. 7,168 66
LOSSES,.Return Premium*, Belasaranises,
Bxpenses;'and Commissions during the
> ume period, and had debt 5...,.... $104,020 81
1 ASHE fjB.OF .THE COMr , 2Y, Janusry 1,1859. ,
6.000' Pennsylvania 6 per cent. Loans, coat • $6,066
10, OOO'PhlladelphiaGlty 6'percont.Loans. (% , 10,800
'7,oo9*Citrof- Pittsburg6 :«r » “ 6700
;7,000 • ■ do. .6.' «« ■tt . u 0,809
41,620 Qamcen and, Amboy Railroad 0 per
oent.Bonds,,...' “ 41,713
14,610 Ohesspeake and Delaware Canal 8
.- percent. 80nd*...,...,.“ 14,610
; 6,000 liorth Pennsylvania Railroad 6 per
;; . cent.<Bouds 8,760
lOOshsre* North'Penna Railroad...... 15 6,000
117 “ Philadelphia' Bank “ 14,7(0
- 87 ' u • Delaware Mutual Insnranoe
Company “ 2,176
40 Delaware Bailroad Companyl,ooo
Bundry Stock of Steamboat and l'ele
‘ 'greph'Oompanies. andOertlfieaUe
of Profit in Mutual insurance Com. ■
„. pany. t{ 18,077
Batlmeted value of the above ................. $100,640
Oash on hand:.*.*, - 8,036
‘ 66,038
Due* the Company for unsettled Premiums,
Salvages, and 0tbera000unt5................ 77,878
' BIOHABD B.BMITH, President.
Jos. OoLLiaPtf, Secretary, Jal4-12t~
rriHE GIRARD LIFE INSUR.
‘X 1 NCITY, AND TRUST COMPAIT
DELPBIA', la conformity 'Kith .a act i
tare, publish s Statement of the Assets 1
of January, 1869:, ;
Real E5tate.••••«,......
Bonds and Mortgages...,,
GfoUndßents...
Loaned upon Collateral 8e0urity.........
: ; ; ' LOANS.
$1,060 Delaware and Chesapeake .Canal
- \ ' Company, 0 per cent.
67,100 City of Philadelphia, “
7,00 j Allegheny. County, Pa., ; “
13,010 Harrisburg Bailroad Co.,
19,000 fiosquehanna.Canal Co., “
Camden and Amboy B. Co., “
-7,000 Lehigh Taller Bailroad Co. , “
22,988 87 Pennsylvania, 6 per cent.
11,200 City of Philadelphia, “
' STOCKS.
180 Shares Northern Bank of Kentucky,
100 do; Bank of Kentucky,
: 174 do. Bank of Louisville.
228 ;do. New Orleans Gas Light Co.,
.lit do. Union Bank of Tennessee,
1121 -do. TbeOirsrd Life fns.,Ann.,
- and Trust Co , of Phila.,
: ISO < do.. Bearer Meadow RaltroadO*.,
-60 ;do. do~ do.preferred.
80 do. Mechanics’
; - Bank of Wheeling,. -
80 do; Philadelphia Bank.
29 do. Farmers’ A Mechanics* Bk.,
62 do. Phlladfe, Wilmington, and'
Baltimore Railroad Co.,
120 do. Pennsylvania Bailroad 00.,
298 do. Susquehanna Canal Co.>
cash.;?.
JNO. T. jam:
January 16, 1869,
Btwins Mafyi iwa.
& WILSON' 3
SEEING MACHINES,
RBDUOED PBICES.
JNEW STYLE, $6O, ..
All the former patterns $26 less on each Machine.
A MEW TBNBION.
NO WINDING OP UPPER THREAD.
A HUMMER WHZOH TURNS ANY WIDTH OF
.HEM OR PELL.
orriou .
628 CHESTNUT Street; Philadelphia.
' No. 7 West STATE Street, Trenton, N. J.
’ No.-7 East GAY Street, West Chester, Pa.
007t0fe26 • ?
riABBIS* BOUDOIR SEWING MA
AA CHINE is offered to the publioas the most re
liable low-priced Sewing Machine in use. It will sew
from six to sixty stitches to an inch, on all kinds of
goods, from coarsest bagging to the finest oambrics. It
is, without exception, the simplest in.its mechanical
construction ever made,' and oan be run and kept in order
by a child of twelve years of age. The durability of
this machine, and the qualitt o* its work,- are war*
ranted to he unsurpassed by any other. Its speed ranges
from three hundred to fifteen hundred stitches per ml-,
nute. The thread nsedls taken directly from the spools,
without tbb troubLk of bswOudisq. In faot, it is a
uaohlne that is wanted by every family in the land, and
the low price of
‘‘"‘THIRTY DOLLARS,
at which they are Bold, brings them within the reaohoi
almost every one. B. D. BAKER, Agent, -
' dftl.ddm W-epw-0m 20 Bottth EIGHTH Street.
pang foxu* r
j PIANO-FORTES CORBEOTLY
n ifflimißD by O. E. SARGENT. Satisfaction
Warranted. * Orders left at No. 804 CHESTNUT Btreet.
Terms, $l. Twelve years’ factory experience ja4-2m*
■eggatti PIANO FORTES.
n Uri * Just received, an elegant stock of RAVEN,
BACON, A CO.,NUNNS & QT.ARg, HALUST.DA
VXB * CO.Vand GALE* CO. 6 PIANOS. MELODB
ONS of bert quaiity, at ' J.l. GOULD’B,
* :. 0. B. ooraer SEVENTH and CHESTNUT fits.
, nkiß'P
©tins, JJietols, &t.
TOE W GUN STORE.
1 'PHILIP WELSON &*CO.,
482 OHEBT SUT STREET,
Ask the Attention of Merchants, Gtmfimlths, and Sports
men, to the very BUPBRtoa FOwllog pieces, Biflos, &o.
of their own mtnof&fcture, which are not surpassed by
the best imported Guns in quality and finish.. The
saoflvitto qualities of each Gun manufactured by them
will be fully guarantied. They are also regularly re.
oettlog, direct from the makers, a full assortment of
the
BEST GLASS Of ENGLISH AND FRENCH GUNS,
Of the oelebrated stamps of
Westley Richards,
Purdy, .
Greeijer,
together with a complete stock of the oheaper style of
English and'Belgian Guns, whioh will be sold at the
lowest market rates.
ALL VARIETYOF GUNSMITHS’ TRIMMINGS,
such.as Barrels, Stocks, Bods, Mountings, Flasks,
Gun Bags, Locks, and Look Klejr’s dps, Oar*
tridges. Wads. &0., .ou the'jmost favorable terms to
the trade. ’ ‘ . jai2;tfeM,
Kris cringle headquarters—.
.We have just received our French Confectionery,
and are manufeotarlagasaperlor Article of Marsh Mel
low Gum* Props, Bon Bous, Cream Pates, &.o. .Call
and supply yourselves with the. host Oonfeotlonerj in
this city, at JEFFRIES A EVANS’,
nol6-8m No. 718 MARKET Bt. t bet. 7th and Bth.
©cntlemeu’s JFnrnteljiitg ©oobsi
WINCHESTER A GO., GENTLEMEN'S
‘f ¥ FURNISHING STORE * - ; T
•" V . ' ’ “ • JJID 1 ■•• '
PATENT SHOULDER SB AM SHIRT HANUFAO*
n "TORY,
At the OldHtand, No. 706 CHESTNUT STREET, oppo
site the Washington House. K
A. WINCHESTER will give, as heretofore, his per.
sonal supervision -to the Cutting and Manufacturing
departments. Orders for his celebrated style Of Shirts •
end Collars filled atthe shortest notice. Wholesale
trade supplied on liberal terms. Jy24-ly 1
J- W. SCOTT, (late.of the'firm of'Wnr
• OBvam 4 SCOT*.).GENTLEMENS FURNISH
ING STORE and BHtBT MANUFACTORY, 814
CHESTNUT Street, (nearly opposite the Girard House,)
Philadelphia. ,
W. 8. would resnectftllly call the attention of his
former patrons and friends to his hew Store, and is pro
pared to' fill orders ’ for SHIRTS at short notice. A
perfect fit guarantied. COUNTRY TBADR'supplied
withvFlNE SHIRTS and COLLARS. JylS-tf
$812,168 05
0,912 79
iX)atd)e6, IcWelirgi &t.
{902,226 26
JE. CALDWELL A 00.,
e 822 CHESTNUT Street.
Hare received, per steamers, new style#
’ Jewelry, Chatelaine; Vest Chains. '
Splendid Fans, Hair Pins. -
Fruit Stands, Sugar Baskets.
Jet Goods and-Flower Vases.
* Corel, Lava andMosaio Sets.
Bole Agents in Philadelphia for the sale of Charles
Prodsham’s LONDON Tiufe-KEEPERB. dot 8
JS; JABDEN A BRO.
* KAhinrAOTUUKs Akd nrreivus of
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, Philadelphia.
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TEA SETS, COMMUNION SERVICE SETS, URNS
PITCHERS, GOBLETS, OUPB, WAITERS,' BAB
- RETS, CASTORS, KNIVES, SPOONS, FORKS,
LADLES, AO., Ac.
Gilding and plating on all Hnds’ofmetal. . seS-ly
sooooo.
JB. VALENTINE & 00..
. . OdHUISStON MERCHANTS
■FOB TBB BALB OF .
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Linens for men's wear.
American Linen' Company’s superior style Brown
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Bleached Linen Ducks, various styles; Brown Linen
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die-tf IftS and 180 CHESTNUT Street..
BAMUBL W. GtOOMI.
GHOOMB & EMORY,
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, LEHIGH AND 80BUTLKILL GOAL,
Prepared expressly for Family nee.
YARD,' No; 154 BROAD Street, below Race.
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16 Bonth THlRD'Btreet, or sent tbroagh Dispatch or
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made contraoty for his 'supply ol Coal, is ehabled to
offer venr ,superior'Family Coal at the following re*
ducedpricess - 1 ..y f ,
Broken Egg and Store 1 .,••••*....54 00 per ton
Cooking.... 8.76 « «
. Large Nat...'. 860 *« »
Small Nut 8 26,“ .<?
. Warranted to give satisfaction and full weight in all
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and WiKiQW Streets. dO-3m
$193 948 81
EKERING, FOX, & 00., wholesale and
JF retail dealers is LEHIGH and SCHUYLKILL
COAL.’ Lehigh yard—THIRD etrtfet and GERMAN
TOWN? ROAD. Schuylkill yard—BAOl and BROAD
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Trom the most approved mines; under cover, and pre
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Q.OOD GROCERIES
CHAS. H. MATTSON,
SOUTHWEST CORNER TENTH AND ARCH STS.,
* $124,870
Has on hand, and is generally receiving, THE BEST
OF GROCERIES, 1 which ho will sell at the most SEA
SONABLE PBICES FOR CASH. Having a LARGS
and CHOICE ASSORTMENT of BLACK and GREEN
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quality and price, all persons in want of the article, in
quantities of' from one pound to the half chest. His
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iNOE; AN-
rY Of PHILA
of the Legisla
held on the Ist
fTIHE STEREOSCOPE, in every variety,
A for sale by JAMES W. QUEEN,
dl4 924 CHESTNUT Street,
$6,460 67
810,179 89
.. 14.369 84
176,468 83
THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY IN THE
Stereoscope,for sale by JAMES W. QUEEN,
d!4 924 CHESTNUT Street,
ISAAC P. BRANIN,
2. LIGHT COACH & CARRIAGE BUILDER,
FRANKFORD, PA.
All work warranted to give satisfaction. Orders res
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DIRECTORS.
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.. 60,009 06
*1,323,883 09
[EB, Actuary
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CHEMICAL OLIVE SOAP.
' 6,000 boxes FAN HAAGEN * AIoKEONE’O, first
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q . J BROWN SOAP.
600 boxes hard and good, for a sale at a low prioe,
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, 6,000 gallons of this superior artiole. which, for
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Moore (t Harris,
Dean tc Adams,
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©cntfitticnerß.
TBIO.' D. KMornr.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25.1869.
; The New Cold Field.
■The restless spirit of , adventure, which
Beems the legitimate outgrowth of the hound-;
less resources which our Western Continent 1
furnishes’ for its exercise, is keenly on the.
tjui vise fora new rush towards another “ El
Dorado,’’, iti the vicinity of Dike’s Peak.'
Phe satne- hum of preparatory eicitdmont'
which stiped the population of the Atlantic!
seaboard at the first announcement of the dis
covery of jgold'in 'California has already be
gun to sound-throughout-the entire tier of
"Western States. "Basing a prediction upon,
.what’insets our eyes in-Western journals, the 1
present ,kegira wilt draw off, the present sea-,
ioh, 4t from fifty to Beventy-flye thou-l
sand persons, eager to try their fortunes in a 1
new field. . ."' * ■ ’
; The disftoyery of gold in the vicinity of;
Pike’s FefcS* though .'apparently but a recent;
fact; ought nqot to have, been regarded as an!
improbable event, since observations, made!
several yflatasfaco by topographers and prac-j
tlcal effgh|OTrs, indicated, certainly the pro-;
sence ofgoTdon this Eastern slope of thei
tt'oUntain range -which forms the divi-!
ding lfoflUoSiween-’the waters of the Atlantic l
and Pacific// Amongst those Who have glvenj
special .Vstwly. to the ' subject, and. who at' an!
early perjC6£*directed public attention to this;
particular field of research, Colonel William,
Gilpin, at’preaenfc a resident of Independence,'
Mo.-, deservedly' stands otto of the foremost. !
This gentleman is, .wo believe, by birth a!
Philadelphian, and his ''family connexion in
this city known for its distinguished
position and character. Col. Gilpin has de-'
voted several years oi his life to the physical!
geography of'the western half of this conti
nent. of his examinations are
startling and original., For many years he
has taken oy-pry opportunity Of making them
public* Long 'befoie*iU2io.' late disc overy of
gold near Pike’s Peak, his views wore fami
liar to thapublia, In a recent address, do*
Hvored at Kansas City, he gave-a connected'
summary ott his own observations and conclu-;
sioas., Asps .matter of .general interest to
our readetift wo copy below certain extracts
from the' dls&crarse in question.
- This address, it-will be remembered, was
delivered lifthe very midst 6f mountain men,
trapptswy Jnptera, traders with New Mexico
and the Indian tribes, and at the very initial
point foraUfhafc trade l —among those who best
know the .information imparted could
bo upo nl as ! authentic or not. It
must be amhome in mind that Colonel Gil
pin speoka mitirely from personal knowledge,
having spentra leng time among the scenes he
descrlbes.' testimony, thus furnished is
that of an Cheated and salentiflo man—among
the flrstj if&t tho very first, to construct an
ior this continent, and the au
thor of arOfjiydjregraphic Map of North Ame
rica,” whicfphaa elicited the highest commen
dation savans as Baron Humboldt
and Johnstone. He may be un*
quostionabjy-regarded as one eminently com
petent, froWfliudy. and experience, to know
subject be discusses. With
these,ieWJ iprf|?de, by way 'of preface, We pro
ceed" extracts. We only regret
that the on onr columns will not per
mit ustojj^eindre:.
* ”My owfokramaV experience, earned daring
three mUimf wjcpeditjtons made between the yean
1844~'49, riaflirod desperate from the then un
known botajSlS&tton of thbcouutry, added to the
numerical wmpgth and savage character of the
value. The facta then and
sinoe couecfeffby me are so numerous and so posi
tive that gi&UrUin an absolute couviotion, do*
position
and infinite to Quantity, will. Wf%ih <: TttV litfmlbg
throe itself to the energy ef ohr plo
wetfW* / Airtue pitwlotwißfttats as&vreoloui stones
will aim reveal themselves in equal abundance in
this region so propitious to their priduCtidn.
■ “ The distenoe from Kansas Cihrto Pike’s Peak
irlefts than 700 miles. It Is reached by the great
road of the Arkansas river, traversing straight to
the west and amending the imperceptible grade of
the Great Plains clear to the mountain base. Gold
is here discovered so soon as the , primeval rooks
risft from beneath the caloareous plain. Pike’s
Peak, which rises to the altitude of 14,600 feet
above the sea, is the abrupt colossal termination
of the mountain promontory, which, .protruding
eastward from tho Cordillera 100 miles, sunders
from one another the scarce* of the South. Piatto
and the Arkansas rivers. Where this promontory
connects with the Cordillera is a supremely grand
focal point of primary mountain chains, primary*
riven and pares. This focal point is in the same
latitude as nan Francisco and St. Louis(3o deg. j) is
about 1000 miles from each and in the centre be*
tween' them. The direction; of the Cordillera is
from northwest to southeast. From its western
flank protrudes a promontory, balancing and simi
lar to that of Pike’s Peak,* known as the Elk
mountain; it sunders from one another the Grand
river of the Colorado and the Eagle river, and
terminates abruptly within the angle 6f their
janotion. Radiating due south, is the Sierra
Alimbrcs, known for 200 miles by the snowy
peaks of San Juan; this chain sunders the
watere of Eagle river from the Bio del Norte.
The southern am of the Cordillera sunders
waters of the 1110 del Norte from
the Arkansas river; the northern arm, the wa
ters of the Platte river from the Bio Grande of
tho Colorado. Saoh is thls.fooal summit from
which five primary mountains, and, five rivers
simultaneously depart. Upon, the Platte'is the
Saro, known as the Bayou Salade; upon the Rio
raudo of tho Colorado, the pare known as the
Middle Parc; upon.theltlo aol Norto, the pare
Called the Bayou of San Luis. The Arkansas and
Eagle rivers have no pares ; thoy defile outward
through stupendous oanocs The paros. soooped
out of the main dorsal mass of tbe Cordillera' by
the rivers whioh biscot them are, each one of
them, an immense amphitheatre of singular beau
ty, fertility, and temperate atmosphere: they ap
proach one another whero they rest against tne
Cordillera at the extreme south of the rivers.
. < { It is manifest with what ease the pioneers, al
ready engaged in ihinlng at the entrance of the
Bayou Baladd, will, in another season, asoond
through it to the Cordillera, surmount its crests
and descend into the Bayou San Luis. They will
develop at. every step gold in new and increasing
abundanoei Besides, access is equally faolle by
tbo Huerfano, an affluent of the Arkansas coming
down frd|| thO'Sponish Peaks, one handled milo3
farther to tho Bouth. From New Mexico, the ap
proach is by ascending the Bio Bravo del Norte.
The snowy battlements of the Sierra San Juan form
the western wall of the Bayou San Luis. From its
middle flank, the Sierra San Juan projects to the
southwest a ohaln of remarkable volcanic moun
tains, known as the Sierra La Plata (silver moun
tain). The chain divides asunder the waters of
the Great Colorado from the Rio San J uan and Ail
ing the angle of their junction forms the perpen
dicular wall of the Great Canon.
“The Sierra 1a Plata is four hundred miles in
length, having its course W. S. TV. Along its
dorsal crest are volcanio masses penetrating to
perpetual snow; its flanks descend by Immense
terraces of carboniferous and sulphurous limestone.
All formations of the globe here come together,
mingle with one another, aoquire harmony, and
arrange thomselves side by side in gigantio pro
portions. Lava, porpboritlo granite, sandstone,
limestone, the preolons and base metals, pre
cious stones, salt, marble, coal, thorwal
and medicinal streams, fantastic mountains,
called orlstonos, or abrupt peaks, level mo
snß of great fertility, oafions, delioious valleys,
rivers, and great forests; all these, and a thousand
other varieties, find room, appear in succession, in
perfect ordor, and in perfectly graoeful propor
tions. Remoteness from the sea, and altitude,
seoure to this region a tonlo atmosphere, warm,
oloudlecs, brilliant, and serene. I no. aboriginal
people are numerous, robust, and intelligent.
They are the Navajoa and Zuta Indians. They
have skill in agricultural and weaving, rear great
herds of horses, cattle, and shoep, but construct
neither permanent nor temporary houses, so dry
and favorablo is tho atmosphere! Here, also,
ocours a remarkable isolated mountain, known
to rumor for half a oontury, but only now
looaliy identified. This is Oerro di Sal (Salt
Mountain). This rises among tho wostern spurs of
the Sierra la Plata, to an altitude of nine thousand
feet, appearing as an irregular cone of great bulk.
A pure Btratified mass of rook gait, its flanks are
channelled by the little riVer Dolores, whoso wa
ters,{saturated with liquid salt, yield itagain in its
lower course, in granulated beds of snowy white
ness, tinted with vermilion streaks from tho beds
of selenite with whioh the salt formation alter
nates.”
As an apposite conclusion to tho abovo
extracts, wo subjoin the results of an analysis
recently mado at tho Philadelphia mint of
specimens of gold from the digging along the
river La Plata, near the town of Auroria, in
Arapaho county, Kansas. The result of the
assay is as follows: Fineness, 968 thousandths;
value for ounce, troy, after melting, $20.01.
This result goes to establish the fact that tho
Kansas and Nebraska gold is of a very high
fineness —much above that of California, and
equal to that of Australia.
. An Unfortunate Man.—Mr. Samuel Mum
ma, of tho firm of Bombarger & Mumma, of Boqns
boro’, Md., had one of hiß logs broken last week
by the upaettiDg of his wagon. The Odd Fellow
remarks that Mr. M. has evidently been an un
fortunate man, this being the fourth tlmo his legs
have been broken, each leg being broken twice.
Reviews of Nevy Books!..
HISTORY Of NEW ENGLAND. By Jobs Qobhlh
I-Alfbbt, 1 Boston: Litt.k, Bbowk. A Oo , 1858.;
Vol. 1; BVo., pp. 688. - • . , 1
\ The present volume, is the first Instalment of.
what promises to -be a very valuable addition to
the historical literature of the North Amerioan'
continent. The speoi&l field to whioh it ia devoted,)
though previously well gleaned by many able and,
faithful bands. Is by no means exhausted, os Mr.-
Palfrey’s present; researches abundantly reveal. ;■
In foot, those who ? h,ave preoeded tho author,:
beginning with the venerable Cotton Mather,':
of primitive memory', (whose celebrated “Mag--
nolia” ranks equal with Bibliomaniacs to a
fir fit, folio edition of Gov/ Winthrop/
Gov. Bradford, Nathaniel Morton, Hutchinson, the
historian of Mafisadhtlsdto, ahd ending with the
later writers upon /the same interesting , topic/
have but written 'acoounts valuable in them*
selves, yet relating to, only certain epochs In
the history of New England* From out of these
materials, of which there is an ample and prions
supply, and from the large number of traots, tiro*;
ohures, local narratives, printed from time to time
on speoial oooosions, to be found in historical and.
antiquarian colleotions, the. author haa fought to
draw out a oonoise,, terse, and lucid abstract of
one of the most remarkable colonizations in the!
history of the world. - t
The early isolation of the Plymouth colony, the
strong religions element underlying and animating
Its growth, the singular homogeneity of its inhabH
t&nts—a result due to a seclusion from Intercourse
with other communities for over a eentury and. a
half subsequent to the original foundation—render
the study of the progress and development of New
England one of the most curiously suggestive to*;
pios in the iange of the historioali scholar. Dr.<
Palfrey haalaboradiln:his vooation with a oom-j
mendable His work, whioh-seems exhaus-j
live, is yet animated by a'dear and comprehend
sive design. It errs neither on the side of prolix!*;
ty nor of condensation. It possesses. the rare;
merit of giving, always, cotempbraneous test!*:
mooy in regard to every Striking event, the orlgi* 1
nal quotations boing.dovetailed in to the author’s*
own.remarks with a sort of toss&late and quaint
harmony indioativo of excellent taste. .
Dr. Palfrey, we believe/first earned distinction
in thepulpitof New England, in whioh position
he gained from |larv&rd p’nivorsUy the title of
(< D. D.”' His religious views, during his connect
tion with the ministry, were of the Unitarian,
schoor; and, though still, oherished, as he avows
in his preface, they oertainly have hot betrayed
him anywhere, that we have seen in the. present
volume, into an unfair .estimate of.the genuine,
qualities of the old Puritan fathers. |n 1345 the
author was eleoted Secretary of the Common
wealth of Massachusetts, 4nd gained great con
sideration from his offibial reports submitted to the
Legislature,- containing' valuable*’ statistic's *in
reference to the various social' and industrial
interests vof the State. Sinoe his withdraw
al from the cares of State he has devoted his
time more closely to literary than' political pur
salts, and, as a result, the present volume is intro
duced to the public. It brings down the history
of Now England to the year -1642, the date of the
union of the four colonies and their dependencies,
under the name of the “ United Colonies of New
England.” - - • 1 ,
The forthcoming volume or volumes in continua
tion, if marked by the same oare and profundity
of research, will be eagerly looked for. The pub*
lishois have even surpassed the usual standard of
book>making. The paper and typography are
alike a delight to the - eyes—the one white and
firm, the other large and bold, and glistening like
the pages Of Guttcnburg’s Bible.
Railroad Connections,
‘For The Frees.]
The Ledger takes advantage of its circulation
and its influence among a class generally who are
not to advance the interests of trade and
commerce, to felicitate them upon the suicidal
measure .passed by the Common Oounoil virtually
of .allowing otir streets to be used by two railroad
corporations for their own profit, and U> facilitate
the ‘through ■ onr olty.of merchants from
the West and, South, and.uses tho argument
that all tho other railroads are amioufl to obtain
the.samft advantages. ' This specious. argument
proves nothing more than that these corporations
ate recreant to the great interests of the oity, or
that they are fearful that the connections made be
tween New York and the South,, by the Camden
and Amboy, and the Philadelphia-and Baltimbre
Railroad lines, will divert tho.travel from them.
. It cannot, be possible that any intelligent business
man cannot'' at oboe 'pereeivw that,; NeW/JTbrk is
straining every ndffre to take all tho Southern and
Weitern trade the can get! and she will jtop at no
thing to attract merchants or dealers from coming to
her city to purchase their goods.' Every business
mdn in our city knows th 9 .tendency to go there
to buy, and Philadelphia traders are not only
obliged to make, tho most intense exertions to
counteract this tendency, bat are actually obliged
to sell goods mnoh Idwor than In New York to
keep the trade they hAve. This .tendency to go
to New York cannot, it is true, be prevented; but
what business-man in Philadelphia would offer fa
cilities through his warehojuae to reacha rival in
the same business "in another street? He could
not prevent him from going- there; but would he
increase his facilities to go there? It is per
fectly amazing that a business man like Mr.
Hacker would use such argument* as he has done
io the Seleot Counoll. He must know that New
York has at lekst the «a«wof being at the head
of the market, and that the tendency is to go there
and buy J • ana although we have to sell goods
oheaper in Philadelphia,- yet we ought afcroeasfc to
have an opportunity of seeing our friends from the>
South and West' before they go to New York,
for we seldom see them on their return. As
for Mr. Wister, onr councilman from Ger
mantown, I understand he is a rioh man; is
so far removed from the limit* of our trade
that he Is not eipeoted to know much about
it I but loan tell him, that if his arguments
prevail Philadelphia will be very likely (to use his
elegant language) to become a “ ground-nut
town.” He, too, may be a large stockholder in
these companies which are intended, by their ef
forts, to injure ibe trade of our oity. . Evory oitf
sen,!*, interested in tbis matter. If our trade.is
taken away real estate must decline; houses will
rent less freely; our amusements o&nnot be sup
ported ; our oommerce, whioh is now rated only
as the fifth in size, where it was once the
first, will get still smaller; our peoplo will
lack employment; business will be dull, and
maiiy other troubles will ocour. All this can
be prevented by making Philadelphia the ter
mini of her railroads.. If travellers wish to pass
through, there are plenty of ways to get on ; but
let us not say to them virtually, we don’t want
you to stop an hour with us; we want you to pass
right on to New York,' where you may stay and
spend your money, be amusod, Ao., and we have
provided a plan by.whioh you oan jret on there
wtihettt the UaH delay—good bye. Whero are tho
Boores of Southern and Western people who used to
Eromenade our streets? Echo answers where—they
ave passed us by, and gone on to New York: When
will tne business men awake from their apathy ?
I commend this artlolo to the attention of the
Board of Trade of our oity, who, while they are
watching at one door, are leaving another wide
open. Tam an old bncipeds man, and have left
the walks of trade to younger men; but, from the
experience of the past, I qan see how things are
working now, and I warn my fellow-citizens to be
ware or the efforts now making to divert the trade
of our beloved oity away. . M.
‘ Philadelphia, January 22,1859.
City Railway Speculations.
[For The Press. J
Tho proposition is golf-evident, that if the share s
are intrinsically worth about their present current
value, thon our legislators are bestowing on the
commissioners and their friends a large money
bonuß, whioh might he scoured for a publio treas
ury, and thereby reduce general taxation. The.
aotual value ef these shares, as an Investment of
oapltal, deponds on the future. The present speoa
ulative vajue depends on the infatuation of those
who, to grow rioh, suddenly ” rash in where calm
minds fear to tread.” Tho question whether there
is not a wide differenoe between the present specu
lative and the future actual value, 1 propose to
consider, appealing to tho sober reason and com
mon sense of your readers, for judgment thereon.
First. Assuming that the rovenuo from the pre
sent charge of five cents will yield a fund to fully
oover wear and tear, dofray oosta of proper repair
of streets, defray taxes on dividend, &0., and still
be ample to pay the large dividends on which the
present extreme premiums above oash paid into
the treasury is based, the question presents itself
Whether the great publio supplying this revenue
will consent to he continually so taxed that the
few capitalist or speculators, I care not whioh,
may realize fortunes therefrom. It is not difficult
to realize that when the suburban papulation of
this oity find, as they will soon do, that a charge
of three cents is ample to insure a liberal
revenue to tho capital actually invested,
the oharge mu3t bo thus reduced. Stock«
holders may strive to resist, but the masses so
overtaxed are the constituents of legislators and
counoljmen, and standing on the platform of publio
weal will be irresistible. They will not oonsent to
have their hard earnings plundered by any pri
vate monopoly for selfish'ends. Tho certainty,
then, is that the fare will bo reduoed to three
cents, and the aotual value of the shares as an in
vestment should be based on this estimate of the
future. Assuming thus, it will require muoh inge
nuity to show that the shares are worth the present
inflatedpremium whioh the speculators aredemand
ihg, ana at times obtaining from ihe thoughtless.
Tho projeot Is already mooted of making up a
party of wealthy philanthropic oitizons to boy
into some one of tho central lines enough of
stock to control it and reduce the fare to three
cents. They oan thus benovoiontly render a great
material aid to a very largo portion of ouroiti
7ftnH without offending their solf-respeot, and still
receive for ?helr capital a liberal and satisfactory
recompense. Tho consummation of this will re*
auire a corresponding reduotion by others, and
dissipate the wild calculations of vnkeard-of rj
venuess now urged as the basis of present nominal
values to the stook. One thousand citizens o*a
easily he found willing to take stook for such
a purpose, when the plan is fully matured,
and he who Is buying now on the assumption
that the people are to be continually oppressed
1 with the oharge of five cents where three is
TWO CENTS;
ample' to remunerate .capital, rfthould -> stop , and
ponder.on the probable Seoond. With this
prospept lathe future, it is clear that many or the
projects now ‘pending to, railway where the
travel at .any, charge muat be limited, .will prove
disastrous ..failures, and should induce the Legls-i
lature* and Councils to hesitate 1 and postpone
'action, until -timo shall demonstrate; What: the
aojuality Is. It is no .trifling matter, to have the,
streets broken up and Insolvency of' railway com-:
S' anies to result. Yet such is' the destiny of things,;
speculation, is not speedily checked.- Let the
Legislature, in. all. future charters, require, the
capital stook.tb be paid'in. with 1 cash before any
debt, not payable l on demand, is contracted, and
this feature will stop alb wild projects atonce. ~ ,
I,have more to say, if you will allow, in another'
communication. Philadelphia.
: VERY LATE FROM CALIftiRNIA...
fly- the Tehuantepec and. Overland
Routes. •
DREADFUL SUFFERING AT FRA
; - ZER RIVER. .
. Our latest news from Sen FranoUoo, by tbe
overland mail, Is to HieV 27th: ’ *' ;
The President’s message -reached San FranoUoo
on the r morning of the 20th Deoember.- The an*
nounoement of its approach occasioned quite an.
exoitement. It was immediately issued from the
office of the 'Alta '■ California., and ooples were in,
great demand. So mnoh of its oontent* as refer-;
red to matter* affeoting California; especially!
recommendations concerning- the : ooonpation ■'ofi
Chihuahua and Sonora,-were read with intense,
interest. No doubt is expressed, that ojf.the die-:
posable population of San FranoUoo' ana Califor-I
nia, hundreds and thousands stand ready;
to oarry those recommendations intoiimmediabe 1
and vigorous practical effect. ; . j
Tho mining prospeot* were thought tbbW Ufio-f
sually encouraging; land the'belle? Was. that-the]
yield of gold wooldthis year be larger than in
any former year. The discovery of new ahd'rfch
diggings was ‘very frequent;" New* methods of ex
tracting gold from quarts secured. & larger propor
tion from the''same' quantity of took; and the
number of mining operatives .would probably' be;
increased.. , % \
In passing the Lone Willow Mail ’ Station noth- ]
ing furtherhad been ascertained intregard to'the
murder of the keeper and his wife at that station.
At the Herr River Slough Station an ihqueat.was ]
being held over thebodyof ahalf-breed,whb had >
had a difficulty-with the keeper,.bufc.whov aooord- (
ing to the verdict of the jury, had-come. to. his!
death by accident. t I
At the Gila diggings there were not over' oee :
hundred men employed ip mining; nor was the!
prospeot flattering. Tbe gold-bearing earth was !
extremely rioh; bat the impression with'many ' 1
was, that it was not in any great quantity. :
Several-Apaches were r seen at the, pass of. that,
name, and Indians were loitering in small ndm-1
bers around the stationsj'for fire, shelter, warmth,
and what food they oould beg;' .
At the Farewell Station Apaches
came in on the evening of the' Bth, and wanted
lodging'for the night.’ They’represented'that
they were,tbe only, survivors of a war-party of
thirty-two, which had gone down intoSononL -
On tbe Bth, Agent Steck had held a talk with
the Apaches, at Apache Pass, and distributed pre
sents among them*. He-w&s.soon to have another
meeting with tiiem and a neighboring band. The
Indians that were seen appeared to be Very friend
ly to .the Americans and all concerned in the over
land mail.
The weather had been unusually severe.. At
Warner’s Ranohe snow was seen, and at Tejoh it
t&y on the road for the space of some fifteen miles
In the Pan it-was about eight inches deep. Sp
mnoh snow is not common, and ocours only in tho
severest winters. 1 At El Paso',' thin 7 ioa was' run
ning in the river, and .the inhabitants twere lay
ing m ice for use next summer, a thing, wa are
told, almost without precedent, even in the an
cient town. On the trip- the nights were - very
oh ill, and the cold somotiiofS piercing; but da
ring the day the weather moderated so as to be
quite oomforlable. ■ * ‘ 1 -
- THE KESSAQX. FROM THE PULPIT. "
(From the Ban Francisco National, December 27.]
The Rev. Dr. Scott, id theboiirae of his remarks
yesterday morning, whilst enumerating the many
blessings whioh, within,.the last twelve, months
past, had been vouchsafed,ua a* a people, (and, for
whioh We ought to be devoutly ’thankful,) among
other things, mentioned'the foot ef the establish
ment of a regular overland communication by
stage with the East, and &Tbo the prospeot' of the
epecdydonstruofcionofaranWay comtnunicatioo—~
whioh measure, he Informed tbe congregation,'’had
been strongly recommended to the consideration
of Congress by the President, In Ms recent mes
sage.' The Doctor then read, from an joat
issued, containing the. message, for the .benefit of
his congregation, the part thereof referring to the
recommendation. Dr. Scott always speaks to men
as men, and takes a plain, praotioal common-sense
view of matters, and deals with things in a com
mon-sense way, For this reason we . Tike to hear
him'discourse.- ' -
. COL. PRBXOKT’a OPERATIONS. '
The Mariposa Star says: V Business of ail kinds
has received a new impetus through, the operations
of Fremont A Co. ; About two 1 hundred* died Are
employed,|n cutting a road from themind to.Rid
ley’s ferry,. where, a water-power, mill., with one
road vrffl^rumbyWA/hf
euphonious naino of *AJmawf£
portion of the hands is boarding at ~the vafley,
whioh fills-the hotels (the St.' Charles and El Oso)
to overflowing; We are glad to see our-‘neighbors
prospering, and In view of the evidences of, busi
ness activity, arc romtuded of an old proverb,
whioh sayeth ‘lfis an ill Wind which blows no
body good. 1 ,i
“T&e Moroed Mining Company have quite a
number of hands employed at !the ‘Blaok Drift,’
and are taking out some very good quartz. Their
operations havo. not been Impeded to any great
extent by rolinqpishing that portion of the vein
known as the Josephine ”
On the other hand, the Mariposa Democrat, of
the2lst,says: . f , . . ,
‘ “ On Thursday last Fremont was seen to pass
through Qaartzbnrg, and take his way down the
Stockton road, in a buggy, at a rattling speed.
This, of course, exoited the .ourioalty of the peo
ple in that place,*‘bot before any conclusion could
be arrived at as to the probable cause', the under
sheriff hove in view, also at full speed. On being
questioned as to the cause of his hurry, the officer
replied that he had no time to stop, as he was in a
haste to.overtake Fremont. Whether he effected
the arrest we have cotyet learned. It is probable,
however, that the Colonel had too mnoh, the start
of him.' The Colonel is hard' to catch when he
gets a good start.” ...
TERRIBC.E SUrFEUnra IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The Santa Oroz arrived at Viotoria December
16th. from Langley and Semiahmoo, with 520 pas
sengers; part were takenon board at Langley, and
the remainder at Semiahmoo., Those from
Semiahmoo crossed over from Langley whilst the
river was frozen. Frazer and Hamsos rivers are
open. The Mariah was still ashore.. The steamer
Enterprise was frozen iip about fifteen miles below
the mouth of Harrison river. She is now at Lang
ley Her bottom was worn through by the ice. A
couple of new planks are to bo put in, when she
will commence running again. *
Great suffering has been experienced by * the
miners aoming down.- A party of aboutahundred
and twenty oame down the river in canoes, until
they struck the ice below the mouth of Harrison
river. They then started for Langley, overland,
supposing it forty-five miles distant. The distadee
was greater. A trail had to be made over high
mountains, through ten inohes of snow; sloughs,
waist deep, were waded, the cold being intense,
and the underbrush thiok, and. passed with diffi
culty. they had only one day's provisions, and
were three days without provisions. Many were
frost-bitten.
A Dntobman and wife, names unknown, were
frozen to death. Completely exhausted, many sat
down to die. Mr. Bryant, late superintendent of
LUlooet trail, gave up four miles from Langley,
Bnd advised his son to go on. He also gave out,
two miles farther on. George French, a hardy
pioneer, late Lillooet trail surveyor, formerly sur
veyor of Butte oounty, laid down, worn out with
toll. When hope was waning fast, the whistle of
the steamer Enterprise, which had got out of the
ice, was heard, and they were saved and carried
to Langley. Rumors are conflicting as to the num
ber of deaths.
From the summary of news from Frazer ri7er,
published in the Gazettet we take the following
extracts:
The Enterprise left Fort Hope on the 9th De
oember, with about on# hundred and twenty-five
passengers.for Langley. Suddenly the weather
grew intensely cold, and ice formed so rapidly in
the river that it was impossible to proceed, and
sho wasferoed to stop. Soon she was immovable,
frosen fast in the ioe. There being no provisions
or aooommodations on board for to largeaoom
pany for any length of time, about one hundred
of the passengers and one or two of the offioexa
deserted the steamer, determined to make their
way into Langley on foot through the woods.
Without food—ln many instances poorly olad—
with snow and ice on the ground, these desperate
men oommenoed their sadjonrney. For three days
they wandered through the woods, shivering,
foot-sore, and almost starving, in the rain and
through the sleet and ioe. • In the meantime, the
weather had moderated a little, and the rain had
softened the ioe In the river. The Enterprise got
froe again, and ran up and down the river, blow
ing her whistle and firing her guns to attract the
attention of those on shore. Here and there she
pioked up a straggler, who had wandered to the
river banks, porhaps to die. ■On the third day,
when about five milos from Langley, sheoamo
up with a great majority of her passengers, who,
feeling it impossible to prooeed further, had
oamped on tbo bank to await assistance from the
town, for whioh they had sont by four of their
I ha Mr io Bryant informs that a few miles below the
mouth of Harrison river, his party discovered a
SSmtkß bank of the river They took him in
KXsu when he told them that he, in com*
‘ h °’ r four others, left Fort Hope in
r«?noo- that the day before while the sail of
? h .?r boat 45. hoi. ted. a\ndden puff of wind struck
.So sail and capsized the boat. His three com
panions were drowned, and he got Ashore. He
described his suffering from the cold as terrible. -
His hands and feet are badly frozen, and it is sup
nosed his feet will never again be of tho least ser
vioe to him. He was taken to . Langley, and we
believe was brought to this place by.the Santa
Ora* The names of tho drowned men are Frank
Riley, Joseph Corcoran, Peter Drisooll, and a man
whose name is unknown. ...
Three men are said to have been found frosen
to death oa the river in a oanoe. Names un
k"a'loan who came direot from Fort Hope tells ns
that on Saturday night last ho oamped at theeabln
of a miner named Fargo, about fifteen miles below
Hope. He says there are upwards of one hundred
men there who had keen oaught on .theVf-V X?
had sought this oabln for protection against the
inclemency of the weather.
Unusual. —A mad dog was killed at Wafer
town, Jefferson oounty, last week, while the Iner
mometer indicated degrees below zero 1
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tho typojraphjrj but; one, tide «f tbs ilhw?should fw
written upon. v '* '* '
shall be greatly obl/gid to gestlsmea la Beamy!*'
Tftnia Sod other States' for -eontributioai: string the
eurest news of the day in their particular localities,
the resources of the mzrouadlng’ country, th® increase
of population, any infer matloo that wtß fee interest*
tog to the general rsa<tir.‘V’" ' ~ u . ' •
QENEMM NE WS.
Desteuotivs Fib* as Skwabk, K. /.—A
fire broke out at two. o’olook.this l? iha
stable, No. ©tWilliaai street, kept. by Shfc-
OHntook, whioh together with another stable
adjoining,' kept by John Matlock, was totally de
stroyed. ;The .'fire' had gained considerable head'
way before the el arm ; was struck from the Tower,
to fae inflammable nature of the.ma
tonal, burnt,with gf<eat rapidity. The‘buildings
.were frame, and-both stables were occupied by
a large number'of horses,many of which, however,
belonged -to .private .partiea. Most of the horses
were got;ont safely, .as well as nearly all the ear
riages, but we learn that at least four horses were
burnt, together with* a quantity of harness, pro
vender, do. Owing to the -lateness of the hour
we were unable to'gain full lpartloulars»'bnt‘.the
loss will • be very ;large;r—iVeioorl Mercury t yet*
terday ~
:A. Curious Railroad leoddent.—la .few
days' ago, Mr/. John ~Linwood, /of .Cadi*, Henry
county, Indiana,, was a passenger in a train op
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He occupied
a seat' nearthe door/and,'after dark; dropped.into
a sooozo,from which’hewaa.aroused by a passen
ger in .the seat,behind .him withdrawing his hand
from his breast pocket with his pocket* book* In’ it-
He attempted to seise the band) but missed it, and
the piokpooket immediately started forthedoor.
Mr. Linwood caught one of theskirts of his coat
just as he emerged fromthe door. , Itgavewayin
bis bend, and ( he,.then caught .the other skirt,
whioh alto gave way), and) though ibe train was
under full headway, the thief jumped off andes
eaped wlth*the pooket-book; containing gfil. - Ip
the pockets of <the ooat-ikirfe Mr. L. found, how*
him, two costly gold watches,
. P9BTFOHraEBri .pv a/
Cassandra Menown, wife of James
Menown, Bstj., of Elizabeth township, Alleghany
County/ Pa.ydled suddenly- oh the morning ofthe
10th inst. At the time’appolntedfor the funeral
to A lftrge,concpurie.prneighbaw ; l»d
assembled, and_upon some of taem ezaminlng tbe
corpse, there, was .every appearance 'ftflUfe still
remaining in the' 1 body: The llmbs were relayed,
and everything'seemed tov indicate ‘ that she stfll
lived.-* The iuneralwaspoatponed fromthe 12th
to the 14 th, when she was examined byphysician%
and by them pronounced dead—
the same appearance of life. She was buried oft
Fridayythe'lfith.-*-■■> i ' ri'y -yr> ; J
Insane.—A young man named J .Urbwley/
of Detroit—-who with his wife was stopping at the
Southgate - House, r Cincinnati—left. that hptel on
the sight of. tfie. lflfch*.with nothing bnthis ..shirt
on, and vanning through the streets was caught
by policemen and taken 1 to "the station-house.
While at > the 'station-house he sprang, against the
window, wept- through .it, striking on the • pave-'
ment.with such force as, to break his neck, while
his throat was' out' from - ear to ear by the gUn.
Of Course he was a mad man)'and liquor was the
cause, he having '.been drinking to exc#^ax*i wrt *
Christmas.' \
Theßnffalo (Kit.) Express Bays that a
young-man named John « Wisner, of Aurora,Krie
county, was arrested a few days since on a charge
of attempting to kill his father. -It appears that
the father and son had.' had' some dlffioultywith
regard to the son’s conduct, when the father-told
the boy, who is-onlyiSeventeen years of age, to
seek a home aemewhera;else. ,Tho boy became en
raged, seized an axe. and attempted to strike'hi*
father on the head.‘ The father.seized astick usd
succeeded indlsarmihg'the son before any violence
was committed, andthenhadhlm arrested. **.; •?
S OHE Ovti-minded person hafc designs on the
life of John Sovereign, of Bock River, Illinois,and
several attempts haye been made to destroy him.
The last waffofamost shocking character,.affect
ing not only the life of Mr, S-. but of Ms fkmDy.
The means adopted water used
by the family. Severe soramouthwas the
quence. j They ceased tiring .the econ
recovered. a quantity of strychnine
was'found placed about the tin..conducting! pipe
where it entered the cistern. .
SmoniiAu.—A 'man bailing .from Broome
county. New Tork, a pedlar' of jewe&yi recently
arrived at Peoria, HI., and took-lodgihge at a pri
vate boarding-house.. He had; oonriderabla'jew
elry, the safety of which he seemed quite anxious
about, and also quite an amount ot money.;..Oa
tbe 14th he left the bberdiflg-hohse to take a walk/
and had sot returned up to thelSth. - H£s jewelry
was left behind. .. Ho one remembered his -name ;
but he was an American, of middle age, and-re
presented that he was a widower, and had five
children.' . . . '
Tas'manner of the, death .bf. J. ’W- Heart,
son of the former editor of fae Charleston Mtrcu
ry, at Washington,* is thus related by Hit States:'
“Ho had .come, home la to,; and' found; the doer:
looked, and every one in bed Going to the
stable, he olimbed up the door, and thrust fats head
through an opening in order to ; draw back the
bolt, and,, while in the act of doing so,. his feet
slipped.' and he was caught nnder the chin and on
thrbaok of-the seek-by the boards above and be*
low, and chpkcd to death.” : , -•. .
BaAy , S auhdsbs, who murdered his wife in
Southampton county, YaVwasexecutedat Jerusa
lem/ in that county,- <m' Friday last. ’ He bonfsawd
that hh shQthis.wtfe whilß she was‘Sleeping,:aiul
sMd { though, he ,toyed .her, .he wa* driven to
it by hls father-fh-lawi who would hot'allow them.
tolhistor yayed'witii
piteousCrios for mercy. . %T
Death or Air oni> pWsobeb in East'
Lyme, Donn./ on tHo'l7th-iiiit., Reynolds Johhf -
son, a .Reyplutianaxy, pensioner, rngMlninetj'eix
years .and .six last, surviving yaale t
Revolutionary pensioner in that town.' He terrod
as a coast guard* during the Revolutionary war,
between. New London and .the Connecticut river,
for whioh he received a pension bf $BO per annum.
* SrßAiroß FaiGHT.—About three weekssineb
a boy twelve years- old,' son ’of Mr* Whitman, of
Wayland, st* Q h*P eennty, steppedto.the docar of
the desk and became muoh frightened, saying
that he saw a man. He was very much excited
and. room xei&psed, into a state ot almost insensi
bility, in whien he lay until last Saturday without
speaking a word.' '
The wobkhek who' manufacture grind-'
stones v at Berea. Ohie, are found to*be subject
to fatal -lung, difficulties,, which arise from the
inhalation.of, particles, of the stone, which
all expedients, even the keeping up of a strong
currentef air before the faowof the workmen, have
failed to arrest. . - s
Mb. Alt&ed Vail, a proprietor of the Horse
telegraph invention, and' one ’of the oldest tele
graph operators and electricians in the world) died
at Momstown, N. J., on toe 18th inst; - Mr-, Vril
was the first operator in Baltimore/ . when the
line extended only from Washington to Bsltimore."
Two grave-stones, belonging to r a -> man Is
Elmira, N. Y.,andalreadyop in the burial ground
over members of his family, were attached for
debt, a few days since,* and sold at 'auction. > The
right thus to attach atonies standing in a cemetery
is being tested in the oourtaof law in that plaoe*.
Humriounf Dokatioh.— -The Proviaenca
Journal says* a letter has been reoeiTed by Mr."
Robert H. Ives, from .Mr. Alexander Duncan, 1
now in Scotland, communicating the donation of
ten thousand six .hundred dollars to the Butler
Asylum for the Insane.
The Latest Revolution in Mexico—How.
it is received by the li^riUs*
Through the kindness of % friend, says the New
York Tuner, we are furnished with a' copy of a
proclamation of the Constitutional Government of
Mexico, touohlng the recent changes at the capi
tal. It showshow small the probability of pacifi
cation, short of the triumph of the Liberal eause,
there .is to.be anticipated from this perplexing
business:
Benito Juarez, Constitutional President ad in
terim of the Repubtic of Mexico , to tfr In
habitants :
I believe it to be my duty to address yon to in
duce you to redouble your exertions in order to
put a period to anarchy, by re-establishing the em
pire or law, that only guarantee of lasting peace
m oar country, that only entrenchment that can
resist the spurious ambitions of those who haf 6
based their prosperity on its misfortunes, and have
selected the ladder of Insubordination, to climb-to
the highest posts of the Republic. Oataideof the
Constitution; which the flatten has adopted by the
free and spontaneous vote of Us representatives,
all is disorder. Every plan that is proposed, what
ever engagements may'be made,' independently of
thefnnaamental law, must inevitably eonduot us
to anarchy and to the rain of the Republic, let tho
position and antecedents of the men -presenting
them be what they may.
Profoundly satisfied, of this.truth, and in fulfil
ment of. a duty the law imposed upon me, I did,
not hesitate to recover the Constitutional standard
whioh Don Ignacio Comonfort had abandoned to
the guilty hands.of the reaction. I held that the.
legal .-path onoe forsaken, anarchy must he en
throned among ns', because the men of Tacubaya,
without the unerring guide of the laW, weuMk be
led by disendhainea passions from one crime
to another, from one act of insubordination'to
another, 'sacrificing at onoe the honor, the llfe,
and the ‘ interests of their fellow-countrymen,
and the peace of the Republic. And so it has
proved. The last events at the capital con
firm this melancholy -truth, and convince
us that with the men who remain is
rebellion peace is impossible. Too arrogant
to submit to the yoke of authority, they
establish and abandon Governments at- plea
sure, if their ambitious pretensions are not granted.
Betraying their oaths, they destroyed the Consti
tutional order, placing Don Ignacio Comonfort in
the Presidential chair of the Republic, and a few
days afterward rebelling against and deposing
him. 1 hey elevated in his place Don Felix Zuloaga,
and a few months later be is unseated by Don
MignelEohesgaray, who, at the same time# do-,
dares himself first magistrate of the nation. Three
days pass over, and Don Manuel Robles P*zaela
modifies the'plan of EehOagaray, making himself
chief of the revolt at the capital, and, in his turn,
taking the title of President of theßepnblio., which
to-morrow will he torn from him, because tins is
the last of the .inon who ascend to the supreme
command by the esprioe of factions, and not by
the will of the nation. - . . .
Mexicans! consider well these events, and de
oide whether the Repnblio effete peeoe, liberty,
and confidence with euoh men; reactionists, disre
garding their own antecedents and. Governors,
without the foroe or the authority to eoonre obe
! citizens all, who have sustained, and
still sustain with heroio oonstanoy the constitu
tional order, follow the track yon have chosen, for
it is the path of justioe.andof law - The events at
tho oity of Mexico. tell loudly that they wore dis
order and anarohy, and that yon defend the good
oauso, tho cause oflaw, of'justice, andof morality.
And you who, governed by a good intention,,
lend aid to the misguided men at the capital, havo
compassion nponyour unhappy oountry prostrate
at your feet, and unite your energies to those of
the legitimate Government, to bring about at once
tho Restoration of peace ana coroord.
- • : : BIJtHO JVABIf.
Palme of the National Government, I
I , Vera Cruz,-Deo, 29,1858, 1