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;'.TUESDAY, JANUARY 10,
`1860;
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I nurr, PAWL —Parliamentary -Defealsi . Annie.
Trevor's Thoughts--No. - 3; Poisonerand Politi
cal; Letter from Wltabingtini`r Congreesional Pro
osedings; The Illinois Deintairatio - Convention:
F . 9111112 PAnn:=Pootry—Altifteetive Retrospect
' Foreigh yews; The Courts ; Marine Intelligenie.
The Mercantile •Library.
This ipstitution,- which has done muoh to
foster literarylitite hi biii - citY;'delebratesits
-thlrt7 , lseventh - *dversery to-day. -The state'
of its'prosperffietift s air be . jtitged from the fol
lowing lids; The present rannber of share
holders reaches. nearly two thou Sand. " The
annual `inceine from ail *sOnro-4.is somewhat
below eight thousand ddliars. The total aim? ,
bar of volumes upon the shelties of the'institu
tion is slightly, over eighteen thousand.
These minks, though apparently flattering
when, campared wfth the condition of the
library -ten ,Years ago, arc; by no means satis
factory to the mass of the stockholders. Tho
contrast with similar institutions, reveals the
Melancholy evidence that, so far as The living
signs of actual progress are palpable, the
Mercantile Library of Philadelphia stands thr
behind its rivals. As the affairs of such en
institution are matters of commanding public
interest, we have taken the pains to make an
investigation in regard to the comparative po
sition of the two Mercantile Libraries of New
York - and Philadelphia.
It may be a matter of surprise to many of
our readers -to know that at the 'Period when
the Mercantile Library of .New York eentaln94,
ten thousand volumes, the Meicantile' Library
of iThitadelphia contained the same number.
At present, the former (which is but two years
older than mars) contains. 68,000 volumes,
being an increase or over,ten4hOlisand vo
itimes in Only the last four years. Tho Phila
delphia Mereantile,Library has somewhat over
18,00 volumes. •
Even • as far back as 1856, (and the number
since is augmented) the number .of volumes
taken Out from the New York Mercantile Li
brary, in the whole year, was over 160,000,
while the number of visitors to the Reading
Room was over 147,000, or a total of 807,000,
;sheering a daily average of 780 persons sharing
the benefite of the institution. The number of
volumes taken oat of the Philadelphia Mer
cantile Library, in 1858, was bat 48,800.
But the disparity is still more glaring when
reference is had to the relative number of
periodicals and journals taken in the two in
stitutions. In the Mercantile Library of New
York" the' number of American periodicals
taken in 1869 was.9s; English, 79; 'French
and Gorman,:27. At the same time, the num
ber of 'American newspapers was 91; of for
eign, (and among them papers from India,
China, Turkey, Australia, Chill, and all over
the continent of Europe,) 60, or a total of 141;
making with' the periodicals an aggregate of
842. 'ln the Philadelphia' Mercantile Library,
the number of American periedioals Is 21; of
English, (there are no French or German) 26;
or a total of 47 periodicals. • Of American
newspapers there are but
. 80 in all, (17 of
these from Philadelphia and New tork,) and
of foreign, but 8 ; making a grand total of 70
periodicals and newspapers 1 ,
Asa matter of course, the relative accession
of new subscribers keeps' exact pace with
these evidences of progress. , To the Now
York institution, there were added, in 1867,
810 new members, and in 1858, no loss than
881; the present number of persons entitled,
to use the library being vary nearly 7,000. In .
the Pfiti/a.difphrOfercantile Library, the total
accession of new members in 1868 was but 67,
and, in the 'year just closed, but 80 in all ;
whilst the total number, of persons using the
library in 1863 was but 1;676.
In the New York institution, a compara
tively larger proportion of the income is made
to go into books and periodicals, and a less
proportion is consumed by expenses. Frem
the last annual report of the =Philadelphia
Mercantile Library, we learn that the total in
come in 1868 was $7,686.88. Out of this sum,
$2,810.12 was expended on books, periodicals,
end binding, and the remainder ($4,614.19),
or two-thirds of the whole sum, was devoted
to expenses of all kinds. • ' '
These factarirllkkjipaak , far tiosely: :
and demand no comment, have produced a
feeling' of disappointment among Some . of
the stockholders., Though, the Mortifying -
Contrast ibrnished in the data' we •have pro
dueed may be due in part to the lack of In
terest on the. 'part of our citizens, yet the
opinion Is entertained and expressed by many
of the stockholders that the main cause
of the difficulty is the ;neglect of the Board
of Directors to panne a course calculated'to
call forth general public sympathy ;that there
is a tendency to foster a narrow and illibertd
policy, and a disposition to, Curtail rather thin
enlarge the benefits at the institution. The
Mercantile Libraries of New York, Cincinnati;
and St. Louis are patty regarded by the citi
zens of those great cities as a source of public
pride, and they ere; at once the central point;
of 'intermit to all Strangers. , 'To call the .
library here a "Mercantile" library is some
what of a' Monomer; for merchants are
supposed there least to congregate,‘ • for
the reason' that many of the b'ooks, pe
riodicals, and journals which merchants .
need and wish to use are not to be found in
the balls of the library. Works - of fiction,
Or of a purely ephemeral character, are given
too much place, while standard classics and
Works of 'reference in the departments of
commerce, banking, naiigatiort, and mer
cantile interest* generally make comparatively
little show.
The - desire. for essential Improvement In
thus respects has induced some of the
stockholders to nominate a new ticket for
directors. The opposition toe the present
board have, we think, with very commends
hie judgment, ignored all personal feel
ings and all petty issues. Their action
is the genuine outburst of a general, - an 'al
most universal, desire for reform in a groat
public institution which has failed to fulfil its
high destiny. Those sustaining the new
ticket have no personal grudge to satisfy, re.
cognising fully, as they could not otherwise
than do, the high personal character and un
bleinished integrity of the gentlemen now in
the pelmet board. But they feel that the
Mercantile Library; lo his what •it should
be, should distribute the blessing of
real; living knowledge to the thousands
upon the , foundation of whose charao
ter for integrity and Intelligence depend
the future respectability and success of
those who aro to beer hereafter the proud
title Of-Philadelphia Merchants. To seem°
thisfgrand result, there Istnst - be infused the
leaven of a truly progressive and liberal spirit,
a spirit conservative of all that is good In the
paitt,,j'et not hesitating ,to press forward to
something better and higher in the future.
The election for Directors tekes - plum this af
ternoon and evenings as will bo .seen by- refe
rence to our advertising columns.
Puture• for the " C.Ontlnentals'i
We have just learned that a project is on
foot to embellish the " Continental"—the mag
nificent now hater at Ninth and Chestnut
streets, now rapidly approaching completion—
with ,one or more paintings by a Philadel
phia artist, or artists; the subjeets to have
Special reference to the Continental
_Congress
of the Revolution. 'The matter has been en-
United to the hands of. throe of our most pro
minent citizens, who have taken' an active part
in the hotel enterprise, and we have no doubt
will be creditably consummated. The idea la
a geed - one; 2.11•. will be a substantial coni.
plhient le the artist or' artists to whom the
mention of the picture's May be awarded, and
it giilFconetitute a noble feature of the aplon.
did. edifice It is intended to decorate. The
pictures are to be held in trust by the three
gentlemen above referred to, and it Is atipu.
latedi in' the preamble to the liat of sub
scriptions, that whenever the • debt 'of
the Continehtal- Rotel 'Conipany shall be
faltr'#4,. the trnatees, or their survivors;
shall"convey the' ifictitei either to the Com;
pang or_, the Pennsylvania Academy. of the'
Pixie- Arts.
7Ei8040 Meatqtge: ,
`The anneal message of Gov...Paoxart has
, *Alined the warm approval of the people of
Pftwnlvitahi ! - The ,eatiallietory statement it
Preatmteit:of the - internal affairs. of ortirstate,
110 the': emend opinions -ft - -expressed oh the
411440,0 IP„ . .dhiettasod.,,hailfwort - for It manyzro4-001tukielidations.
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.-Zr,W,B:o6ll34elated to Wells ? Pfgo, & for
79dpiiis of ,
poiore. , ,
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Comnierclal. . ' 1
The steamer Vigo, .from Liverpool' bound
for this pert:was, for wain of Mel, obligedlo
•,) , Mt into-Nor' ,
York StnicTarlasl , .. "„Th . IYASP
ifl
belongs to the soWorkePhila,44tlMF4lllf
•Liverpoollini f andla laden trtritA;largri;CAo
of gook:6r ' inerblizittli„v
4111Nrrive he'd this 'after:mien. learn
itimiltoodhtfrifority that when this vessel left
Liverpool for this port Were wore goods
enough awaiting shipment for merchants in
this city to have filled threr; vessels of her
size. This furnishes - another proof that the
custom house figures of New York are groat
li,enlarged impartations legitimately be
lohging to , Philadelphie k • We.ruiderstand also
that the cargo of the Vigo is already engaged
for her return passage, What a pity that we
are not living up to the measure of our corn.
mercial privileges by affording the requisite
facilities far-a direct trade with Europe. Ne
vet more than at the present time did policy
dictate the beetissity of signet shipping out
leefecthe ;vast fthaount• of produce daily ar
riying'fromthe Werit and &nth. With a direct
live of communication'witb.. the great West,
via our own Pennsylvania Central, the Pitts=
burg, Fort Wayne, and Chlcago Railroad, and
its numerous arterial tributaries, and the pro.
spoctive completion, within the present - year,
of, the Sunbury and Erie road, the necessity of
enlarging our oommercial facilities is fairly
forced upon us. Let us fostiri the golden'
stream by affording it an:irrviting channel.
There is no reason why' we should not have
speedily and permanently established a lino of
steamers from this port to meet the. wants of
our business men, 'without slabjecting them to
the humiliating alternitivn of, patronising
Jealous rival. That thoso'enterprises have
heretofore failed is mainly attributed to the
filet of their haying , heeo entrusted to iniprac
ticable hands. Let tome gocidishtpping house
of, reputation and influence lead off in the
matter—a house, say, capable of, and willing,
j#, a satisfactory form, to guarantee the pro
per management of such an enterprise,rand it
would require but little effort to induce our
citizens to subeirihe the requisite amount of
means to insdre its success.
WALNIII , 6I7tEET TUSATRE.—There la but one
Camille in the Now World. Matilda Heron oar-
thinly gives the finest personation of that chem.
tor. We have seen nearly all the Camillo, from
Pcgenie Plunkett Dooho, the original Dams aux
Cemilias, at the Vaudeville Theatre, in Paris,
dorrn'to little Mrs. Elisabeth Bowers. But Ma
tljda Heron beats all on this side of the Atlan
tis. She played the part at Walnut-street Theatre
last night, (where she will repeat it this evening,)
and it certainly was great and thrilling noting.
She played it better than at any time during bee
great star engagement in New York. Since that
brilliant aeries of perforncanoes, she has been mar
ried; and all that, and that makes all the differ
oboe—for true Passion can best be represented by
those who have felt it.
She played extremely well, but wo do hope that
she will recollect that Madame Doohe, whose per
formances she repeatedly witnessed, and who cre
ated the part, did not indulge in very long pansei
in the last not. It streak. us that Camille spoke
fairer words in that act than she did at Paris—but
took inuoh more time in uttering them. The piece
took three hours and a half to play, which was
partly owing to' he tedious, but necessary rests be
tie= the ants, for changes of dress.
The performance went off extremely well. The
17446 On June was very flue. The dresses were ap
propriate; except that Mr. Basoombe, who nou
rishes a deep affection for one particular embroi
dered vest,. of the "loudest" pattern, wore it in
this play, where it was out of place. Miss Heron's
dresses Were beautiful; her ball-room dress in
Aot IV. was truly superb. She and Mr. Showell
were called out after the second net, and at the
conclusion of the drama.
. WO have not time, at the late hour at which we
write, to play the 'critic on the performance, and,
therefore, give only the general impression. But
we are bound to say that Mr. Showell played the
part of Armand as well, we honestly affirm, as it
could be played, at this day, on any stage in
aMerica or England. lle did not give tt a croon.
terfeit ,resomblance" of the lover,- but he gave
the man himself, So oompletely did he abandon
Showell and be Armand. In the fourth Act, par
ho was most effective, and ono of his
bursts of passion was greeted with a double round
of applause from the house. This performance
marks Mr. Showell as a great actor.,
It is proper, though not pleasait, that we should
notice a great and constant nuisance to which oc
cupants of orchestra seats are subjected in this
theatre. The moment that-the ourtain rises at the
commeneement of each act, and eoniethierin mid
tuition of the play the members of the orchestra - ,
liadifind all, make `a stampede, through small
deers under the stage, into some recesses, whence
they emerge, as *hey have vanished, in twos and
threes. Every time, the little doors are thus
opened --saytimes in the course of a five.
aCt drama, a cold gush of mouldy air le
distributed among the unfortunates who have
reserved seats in the orchestra stalls, near
these - aisles. We submit that, independent of
this annoyance to a portion of the audience, a °es
tate degree of disrespect to the aotors is involved;
for ft is thus clearly shown that the musicians take
not the slightest interestin what passes upon the
stage. Wore we manager, the orehestra should sit
the whole p'erformanoe out, even as the audience
do. We trust that we shall not agent have to no
tice' this.
•The house last night was very crowded, and
Miss Heron's promises to be a most successful en
gagement.
',.ARCIVBTREZT TEOTATRE.—Stirling COyl3o'll now
comedy,
,",Eyerybody's Friend," which has had
pdeseasion of WaHack's Theatre, for over four
weeks, was prodnoed at the Aroh-street The
atre last evening, for the second time.
The first 000asion of its representation wee
about two weeks since, on Mr. Wheatley's
benefit night. Its success was as decided then as
It was last evening, when the house was crowded
by a large and fashionable audiencs. The piece,
itself, is a three-act comedy of life in a London
suburb at the present time. Mr. Felix Feathrrtey
(Mr. Wheatley) is residing with his wife, Mrs.
reatitsdey, (Mrs.' John Drew,) In a pleasant villa,
when the - play opens. Air. Fnatherley belongs to
that extensive class of' people who pay more regard
tti, thole neighbors' welfare than they do to their
own. Affable, obliging, pod-natured, and shrewd;
he makes the service of his friends the oh.
jeot of his life, at the same • time neglooting
his own interests and those of his family.
His friends are Mr'. Irehrook, (Mr. Doll
man,) a very timid young gentleman, who is
In love with a young widow, Mrs. &panda:en,
(Miss H. Taylor,) and who 'stammers end blushes
through two sets to break the ice, and declares
himself in the third, Major Brellangton De
Boots,. (Mr. J. S. Clarke,) a military, man without
courage, and the most henpecked of henpecked
husbands ; and Mrs. De Boots, (Mrs, Stoneali,)
one of Peatherley's old 4( Memel," who has just
married the Major, but conceals from him a very
Important esoret in connection to her previous
life.
Featharley, in his commendable endeavors to
serve these friends, finds himself In a sea of
trouble. He makes love to firm Staandoton to
oblige leehrook, and is discovered by his wife ; ho
relieves Mrs. De Boots from a delicate moot-
Why, and comes near falling a victim to the
Major's wrath and a pair of formidable horse-pis
tole; he neglects his wife, who in turn makes him
jealous, and ho finds himself at length a most
happy man. • A getieral reconciliation ensues, how
ever, the young widow beeetnes a young bride, and
the.eurtainfalls on three of the happiest couples
that ever walked through a comedy.
, This will give a general idea of the comedy ; the
plot IS too minute, in its details for a newspaper.
There are tt number of comic scenes, particularly
in the second act, where the Major annoys Mrs.
Swandown, his landlady, by his complaints of
smoky oldraneys, and his ethical knowledge of
wall-paper. Mr. Clarke plays this character to
perfection, his warlike mien, red hair and whisk
kere, together with his dignified swagger, being
the perfection of comic noting.
Mr. Wheatley Is so muds at home in Featherley
that it might have been written for him, while
Miss Taylor plays a young, handsome ' hnsband
seeking widow with admirable skill. Mrs. John
Drew is as good in Mrs. Featherlay as she is In
everything else, and makes more of the oharaoter
than we bad supposed was possible.• Mrs. stone.
all 'takes the small part, of Mrs. De Boom, and
playe It eaceidingly well, while Mr. Dolman, as
the .blushing admirer, the jealous lover, and 7 at
last,•the impudent bridegroom, called forth more
than his share of the applause which, all through,
was very abundant.
' The 'Comedy will be a smelts, and simply be-
cause it is well played. There is nothing very
striking in the language Or plot, although some of
the situations aro irrepressibly funny, while
others are rendered so by the consummate acting
of the performers. While the oomedx Itself will
hardly boar a severe 'Criticism, the 'Capital toting
of Messrs. Wheatley. Clarke, and their associates.
will keep It In the bills until St. Valentine's day.
IE is announced for every day this week, in con
junotion with "Peter Wilkins," who will postpone
his flight to the upper regions for ono week
longer. • • -• •
The two !datums now on view bore—Andren
pastaldFs ,, Parisiria," arid Charles Lucy's "Be'
pertain of the Pilgrim Fathers for America "—are
worth - not a single visit, but many visits. The first
was .painted by an Italian artist, who studied for
some years in Paris, , and is in good repute there
The intend gained the price offered by the British
Government in Isl 7, and was exhibited In West.
minster and subsequently In the principal
, olties of England. lye shall notice them fully to
morrotio, went of woe fuming us to be thus brief
044, -
Public ARIUS ements.
Academy of Fine Arts.
Letter Irons et Occasional." Annual Meeting or the needing Mille
(Correspondence of The Press.l road Company.-
Wssuixaeos, Jan. 9, 1850. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
The National Democratic Convention, to be held Philadelphia and Reading ie Railroad o Company
at Charleston on the 231 of Aprll, is being eingu- yesterday, llea h c e t l , t r i nro et oerpora
inrly usherokinto existence. South Carolina, in Foutli street and a
no alloy.
The following annual report was read by Mr.
tT•o ul6lropolis obwhich this Convention is to as- t Wheolan, chairman of the meeting :
tdble.,lB the only State in the Confoderaoy where To the Stoekholdors of the Philadelphia and
there use always existed n regular disunion party, I Reading Railroad Company:
The
of resp . eotfully submit the following
and nhore there is now not only an irresistible or. I statement of the business of theyear, showing the
ganization in favor of Beeeesion, but where there ie receipts and expenditures, and the treasurer's
no recognised Democratic party. You have already g . eneral balance sheet, exhibiting the affairs of the
commented upon the refined hospitalities extended yompany on the 30th November, the end of the
to a constituent of Col. Florence, of your cit ,by the fiscal year.
y [time follows a long statement, In great detail,
citizens of Columbia, whore the Legislature of South which we condense as follows :I
Carolina is now in session, a Southwark Irish Do- I DECTIPTB or THE none.
mocrat, who, for some foolish expressions, uttered From travel 379,406, equal to 120,076 .•
I
in an unwary moment, was expelled the town, through passengers $318 , 8!8 19
and treated to a winter suit of tar and feathers; Freight on merchandise 331,600 320
•
and you will perceive that the Democratic mem- Freight on coal, 1,632,931 11.20 tons,
bars of the Legislature have, by a large majority, at 1, 15, 35 outs . 1,883,085 12
refused to recommend that the Palmetto State United States mail 10,610 00
shall be represented In the Demooratio National j Misoollaneoue receipts 27.256 31
Convention, which Is to he held within its borders.
These are significant onions. The next question is,
whether, in the faeo of this strange sensitiveness,
the people of South Carolina will permit any dele
gate from the free States to attend the Charleston
Convention, who is not in favor of the omission
platform, or who does not believe that slavery is
pf Divine origin, and that it must be proteoted by
all the powers of the Government, against the po.
pular will.
Moro than a year ago I suggested, in this oorre
spondenee, that Charleston was scarcely a fit plane
to hold the National Convention of the Demooratio
party, and among other reasons I said that its po
litics were as unhealthy for a Union organisation
as the oilman) was insalubrious at a certain period
of the year. What.wag true at that time is twenty
times truer to-day. If the agitators of South
Carolina were orasynt that time, what must they
be now, since the advent ol'John Drown 1 If they
are so resolute in °spat t ing a single supposed spy
like poor Power, of Philadelphia, how will they
feel when their soil ie invaded by whole battalions
of men hearing.•the Douglas flag insoribed with
14 No . protection for slavery in the Territories," and
ooveied with p4dges of devotion to that popu
lar sovereignty 'which South Carolina herself so
steadily opposed, not only in the Territories, but
in the management of her own affairs. She is the
feudal State of this Republic—the State in which
the banner of secession Is constantly kept flying ;
the State which refuses to allow her people to vote
for Presidential eleotors, but chooses them by her
Legislature; and the State wherein the Demo
oratio party, as I have said, has no foothold, save
only as it yields to the exactions of the pro-slavery
leaders who control its policy,
South Carolinia has not only for yoere refused to
acknowledge the Demooratio party or Ile organi
zation, but has given a oold,sapport to the Union
itself. Its public mon are In the-habit of speaking
of the Union as a foreign Government. The most
of its representatives in Congress are known for the
contempt with which they speak alike of the Na
tional Democrats of the Korth, and of the Oonfed
oraoy. This is, indeed, a delightful plane in which
to hold the Democratic National Convention. Chi
cago, where the Republioane are to meet, is the
commercial metropolis of a Democratic State, east.
ly - accessiblo by railroads from all parts of the
country, and on every ground not a motional city.
But Charleston is the very cynosuore of Southern
sectionalism, one of the moat difficult of approach,
although when reached, one of the mot refined
and hospitable cities in the Union.
Is it not a little curious that, at the vary moment
when Mr. Buchanan and his friends propose to save
th 2 Union from the Republicans and the John
Browns of the day, they should be preparing dele
gates to meet at Charleston—the metropolis of a
State from which alone serious and enceessive de
monstrations are made against that Union ? But
hew will those Demooratio delegates who are in
favor of Douglas be received at Charleston'? They
cannot expect to surrender doctrines which the
Mercury calls Abolitionism, and go home and be
sustained by their constituents; and, if they hold
on to them, may they not he compelled to legislate
for the Demooratio party under duress?
Badinage apart, I have no doubt all these gentle
men will be well received, because while the hatred
of Northern Democrats is strong in Charleeton,South
Carolina hospitalities are stronger. But it would be
a retributive sequel to all that has transpired, if the
Convention which has been called in the. 'chief city
of a disunion State should proclaim from that city
uncompromising devotion to the Constitution and
the Union, and should put forward, as the embodi
ment of this sentiment, the very man against
whom the secessionists of the South are now direct
ing their most violent anathemas.
To the Stockholders of the Mercantile
Library.
For The Press. I
The fooling of opposition to the present board of
directors of the Mercantile Library has resulted
In the presentation of a new ticket, containing the
names of unexceptionable men, largely Interested
in mercantile affairs, and pledged by their position
and welt known reputittion re•
terests of the aasoolotiop. The wish - of th• opposi-
Ron *as, if possible, to secure the co-operation Of
the members of the present board In measures of
reform ; and with that object, a meeting of the board
was proposed for the purpeee of a comparison of
views, and to this propostion tho present board
of directors aneeeded. Aooordingly, ate confer.
once, a proposal was made by a committee, repre
senting the views of the opposition, substantially
to this effeet : that five members of the old board
should withdraw, and that in their Oleo should be
substituted five nnexoeptionable names, to be
suggested by the opposition, whirls names
should be acceptable to Ms old board. This pro
position was declined by the board as a body. At
the same conference a question was asked by
the committee of the opposition, why the present
beard hod refused to carry out the instruction's
passed by resolution at the adjourned annu
al meeting, held January 25th, 1859. To
this inquiry, the only answer made was by a
single member, (the remainder of the hoard con
curring by a silent consent,) in substantially these
words that "if nine hundred and fifty-six voters
(the majority of all the actual stockholders) should
give them instructions upon any subject, they would
not carry them out, unless they met their Pall ap
proval." Mill anxious to conciliate the present
board, the committee of oonforenoe waited indr
vidually upon the members of the board, with a
selection of seven unexceptionable names, and
asked them if they would be willing to serve on a
board with these gentlemen toleoted by the oppo
sition. They all, with a single honorable exception,
declined to do so, most of them complimenting the
names presented. This course has naturally pro
voked a feeling of indignation.
Tho present board have also provoked censure
from not recognising, in any degree, the opposi
tion, which hae been highly influential in point of
numbers, and, in the last canvass, sarne within
one vote of carrying a portion of their ticket. The
opposition ticket has been regularly nominated by
an Influential meeting of the stockholders, to which
ell members of the assootatlon were Invited, by
a4vortigements in nearly all the public journals of
the oily.
The members of the present board never invite
the stockholders generously and fairly to take part
in the selection of their Relict ; but have regularly
nominated themselves from year to year, and Style
themselves the Regular Ticket." Wo think
that such tickets are entirely too regular, and that
a little irregularity, by way of variety, would be
acceptable to Vidal- STOCICUOLDERM.
TUB NATIONAL HALL LECTURE.—Mr. 011AIShas
published a eard in reply to the referonao to hie
National Rail lecture oontained In the communi
cation of Mr. Robert R. Randall. Mr. Curtis
says:
"It is impossible, of course, for any man who
speak, in public upon oontroverted topics to oor
root the misrepresentations of his sentiments and
words which appear in the papers; but the ol reum.
station of the delivery of my lecture in Model
phla were such that I wish to state to the public'
precisely what I said upon that occasion
"After speaking of the public opinion of the
world and of this country, and of the framers of
the Constitution of the YJnited States, 63 expressed
by themselves, upon the slavery question, and im
mediately after quoting Madison's deolaration that
posterity was not to know from the Constitution
that such an institution as slavery had over existed
in the oountry, I said :
." Thus, therefore, as I believe, the Constitution of
the United States, in its ess•ntial spirit and intention,
recognises the manhood of Drod 6cott as absolutely sip
it does that of the President, of the Chief Junes, or of
any Senator of the United States,
. .
Later in the leature I maid what was certainly
not vory original :
...If Washington. or Jetforeen, or Mullane, should
entertained noon their native soil the opinion' the;
upon this queation, they would be de
nounced se fanatical Abolitionists.'
These were the only passages In the leoture in
whloh I alluded to Washington or Drod Boott."
ORPEANS' COURT AND REECUTOES' PEREMPTORY
SALES OF REAL ESTATE.—Thomas Sons' thirty.
first fall sale, this evening, will compriso fourteen
properties, including the estate of T. Bailey, A. 0.
Coyle, and Margaret Thompson, deooased, by
order of the Orphans' Court and Executors. Sale
of stocks today at 12 o'oiook, noon. Boa pam
phlet catalogues, and advertisements.
SALN OF FINE Funt.—B. Scott, Jr., auotlonoor,
131 Chestnut knot, has now arranged for exami
nation, to be sold at 10 o'clock this morning, a
large and doh assortment of mink sable, Hudson
Bay sable, equlrrel, stone marten, and other lash•
tenable furs for ladies' and misses' wear, gents' fur
ollars, gloves, and gauntlute, fancy raccoon, fox,
end genet carriage robes, ac.
Destructive Fite at Leavenworth—Loss
1355,000.
LELVENWORTIT, Jan. 9.—Two extensive fires
ocourred in thin pityyesterday. Among the proportion
destroyed were the Illetroro in flouring Mill, owned by
vtonorn. Earl nc Bunting ; a warehouse, oesupled by
Hensley, Russell, tr. Co. wholesale grocers; the hank
1n boolo of J. B emMi ,
ngwaY, •
and several Inwolfiees.
he total loss 'at both ken amounted to $4500, on
which the Maumee is from 516 OCU to 80,000.
Split in the Kansas Legislature
LitAVIINW onnt, K. T.. Tan 9 —The Territorial Legii
eters of Kansas passed II joint resolution adjourning to
Leoompton, which tiovo flier Medan , vetoed.
The Legislature passed it over the veto by a two
:hires vote of a quorum. t M
adoetton hsving anion as
o the constitutionality the vote, the majority -
ourned to Lawrence, white the minority remained at
Lecompton. Both faotions claim to be the legal body,
%nil it is apprehended thst another aeries of legislative
difficOties snit be treated by thug diesgreement
TIM PRESS.-1 2 111LADEL1411A, 'TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1860.
EXPENSES.
Transportation $809,221 7t
Roadway 233,578 07
lhambaolts and
arms 143,380 70— 1,279,180 59
Not profit for the year $1,443,112 75
INTERIM ON DONORL DEBT.
Coupons to let January,
1800 $701,091 00
Interest on bonds and
mortgagee, real estate, 31,227 00
Total interest for tho
TIANEIWAI. FUND.
Six unto for 100 tone on
404,591,003 tons trans
ported 1 mile during
t wolvo months, ending
November 30, 1859, ... 202.290 84— $937,617 81
Dividend fund for the year .... . . .. $510,401 02
Which has been disposed of as folforrs, viz :
Sinking fund, loan
18.30-1880 $25,000 00
Sinking fund, loan
1340-1870 75,000 00
Sinking fund, loan
1850-1680 60,000 00 . ... ..
•
Blida tax on oapttal for 11459, 18,828 02
Dividend on preferred stook,
7 per cont. on $1,561,800, 10,628 uu
Accrued interest on reserved
dividends p. stock 12101 00
281',52 00
Reserved fund, 1860 $223,934 86
During the peat year there baa been a general
improvement in the business of the Company.
Every department shows en increase In the quark
titles married, and In the receipts, while there has
been a general reduotion In the cost of transporta-
Hon and other expenses.
A oomparlson with the business of 1853 shows
the following results, via :
In Morehaudise, an Inoreaso of
144,880 2-10 in tone oarried,
8138972 73 in reoolpte, and
$07,842.54 in profit.
In Coal, an inorease of
90,234 14-20 In tone carried,
$17,991.71 in receipts,
$07,192.87 In profit.
In Travel, an inorease of
03,753 In passengers carried, equal to
21,617 through passengers,
$lll,lOO 48 in reoeipte, and a demons° of
$11,001.31 In profit.
Mail and miscellaneous receipts have !mewled
$10,411.62.
Transportation expenses have beon decreased
7 65 100 cents per ton of coal carried ;
20 68-100 " • " merchandise carried,
24 05 100 " per through passenger.
In order to unoonragc local•business by Increased
facilities of eourmunteatlon, the number of trains
hoe been Noma:led to two daily between Reading
and Harrisburg, and on the main line an extra
train bas boon run to afford to the inhabitants the
advantage of an early arrival In the city. This
extra expense will soon be compensated by the in
creasing number of local passengers.
MTh° net amount of freight and toll received from
°eat, averaged, in 1858, 120 91.100 ounts per ton
carried ; in 1850, 116 85.100 do, and the per centage
of all expenses, excerpt the renewal fund, to gross
income from all sources, was, in 1858,47 80.100 per
cont., In 1859 48 85-100 per cent., Including re
newal fond; the por tentage, In 1859, was 54 24.100
per cent., fu 1858, 55 7-100 per eent.
The following comparative statement, whiob in•
eludes reoelpts and expenditures of every deserlp•
Lion, shows an increase of $117,785.50 in the net
profit for the year, viz :
Gross roonipts, 4721,293 35
Expotreoe $1,278,180 G 9
Renewal fund 202,295 81
Net profit $1,215,815 92
1868.
Gross receipts q 2,510,798 411
Expenses, 81,199,708 35
Renewal
Fund ... 182,922 14
1,382,720 40
Not profit
OCOMIIONAL
harem $117,735 50
The dividend fund for the year U shown an fol
lowa, viz:
Amount of net prat
Lai Interest on bonded debt....
Dividend fund $510,404 92
equal to 4 35.100 per cent.2n Ald-u'r-ci1.22, the
rteslap compan y . Laat year it -- vaa
$338,392 42, equal to 3l per cent. on tbe'eapltal.
This result, considering the unsettled state of the
coal trade during the greater part of the year, may
be considered satisfactory. The great inerease in
merchandise and travel indicates the rapid ratite.
ration of activity to the business community on the
line of the road, and also the growing importanoe
of the Lebanon, and other new aonneotions of the
company. Great attention has been paid for the
last two years, to developing tiro local trade of the
railroad and Its connections; and it la gratifying
to find In them a source of business so promising
for Its future prosperity. The coal trade, which
for four years had been stationary, has We year
shown a eetudderahle increase, and as there's little
probability of now avenues to market being opened
for some time to come, It may be expeoted to In-
Orove, and tho tonnage of the road to increase.
wing to a mild winter, large stooks remained
over at the opening of navigation, and It was only
toward the sand of the 'arisen the pekes began to
show some improvement, and the demand to !a
creage. During the whole season, the trade at
Richmond has suffered by the irregular supply of
vessels, and the mania difficulty was experienced at
the other shipping ports. The only remedy is for
the trade to own a sufliolent number of Tonle to
keep their business motive when, from any came,
the arrival of chance Teasels is interrupted.
\reales carrying largo cargoes, in proportion to
their tonnage, are, probably, the beat adapted for
colliers, as the expense of working them would be
small in comparison to the fast vessels now in the
trade. Steam power applied to coasting vessels lo
only successful when they onn bo loaded and un
loaded at all times, without delay or demurrage.
Tho exportation of oval to foreign planes has
hitherto been greatly neglected, while in England
it bus become of great commercial importance, find
is annually increasing. The advantages of nntlito•
cite coal for steam-vessels aro so great that a con
stant supply of it at the usual coaling ports appears
to be all that is necessary to scours its being adopt
ed on board foreign vessels. Anthracite coal hale°
gradually making its way as a fuel for locomotives;
and there is really no reason why It should not be
used on all roads when wood Is seam and dear.
All the freight engines on the heeding Railroad
burn hard snthraoito, and several of the passenger
engines aro using it with complete success, showing
that, practically, there is no 11101001 y in its appli
cation to this purpose. Attention is onlled.to the
annexed report on the rubjeot by Mr. Millhollaud,
the master mutilate of the company, whose great
experlenoe and perseverance have largely contribu•
tad to the successful introduction of this coal as feel
for locomotives.
The road has boon worked with great eeonomy,
and its MSolenoy has been kept up In every
respect. It 18 in lush complete order that the
weight of the trains has been Inc:reseed ten per
sent., and there have been soaroely any aecidonts.
The number of ears broken to tone carried We, In
1859 I In 21,955 tons.
1859 .1 In 42,052
The income of the year has been appropriated
as follows, viz :
Amount of profit. $1,448,112 78
Less renewal fund 202,".96 F 4
Not prollt $1,245,815 02
From whloh deduct for
Interest on bonds; $104,001 00
mortgagee..... 31,227 00
Dividend fund $510,494 02
MIA hoe been dlspofed of as Conon:
To elnklng fund $160,000 00'
Taxes 18,824 0,1
Seven per tient. dividend
declared on preferred
stook, to be paid bore-
Mar 108,620 00
Interest on preferred stock
dividendsor fernier years. 12,104 01
• 281,5 LS CO
Balanoo oars-but to mono(' fun4..5222,030 06
The amount ut the area of reserved
fund at the and of 1858 wee $111,813 79
Add amount of surplus this year 222,93) 88
Mud amount minim] to expense no. $334,250 67
count, to meet losses and depreola
lions 106,181
Progont amount of resorrod fund $228 089 03
The appropriation to renewal fund out
of income (mount, baa this year"
amounted to the sum of r 02,290 34
Add balance unexpended In 1858 12,713 89
•
Together $215,010 73
Of which there has been expended this
year (u 8 per detailed statement) 208,417 32
Leering a balenee applloablo to next
yoar of $6,503 41
Dialog tho peat year 17 wiles of now treok hare
boon put into the road between hiohroville and
Port Clinton, and tho Fells and Richmond, end new
sidings have been Isla at moral stations to a000m•
modate ue w business.
The relaying of the Willow-street Railroad with
now heavy rails has been completed, and the street
has been repaved entirely. Everything about it Is
now now, and no further outlay tor renewals will
bo required for some years to come.
For these purposes, and in ordinary repairs of the
road, there has boon put In 3,543 tone of new rails,
and 1940 tone of old ratio taken out, the difference
of 903 tons being the eoeeoe or Increased weight of
rails put into the tracks.
The vladuot at (Heard avenue bee been °mole
ted, and the cost of widening the tunnels at Nice
ulxvillo and Manayunk has also been paid out of
the renewal fund. This, the most important work
of the year, was effected most euttoessfully, without
ono day's interruption to the passage of treble
and, happily, with few casualties to the men em
ployed in the work.
During the past year there Las been ex
pended on tho.Lobanon Valley branob,
to complete depot at Harrisburg 813,091 10
In now turnouts and sidings 10,919 30
In settlement of land damages 44,790 00
Together $74,779 46
474,887 07
$2,721,203 A 5
$735,321 00
and looranzed
-- 1,478,477 43
--- 1,128,080 42
$1,245,815 92
735,321 09
735,321 00
Making the regent cost of the bratoh $4,410 •
755.81. Full daalla of the working of the branvh
are given in et4emont R., annoxol to this report.
Tho result is to follows: Total number of parson•
gars carried, 101,144—equal to 43,410 carried the
whole length otbe branch; total tonnage of army
description, 231,228 tons.
Gross receipts $206,624 00
Working expo® w 94,208 23
Profit on the brsneh 112,619 85
Add amount tweed on the main line
from•tho sine business 134,168 30
Together.. 216,788 15
Equal to 51 ter oent. on the total oost of the Le
banon Valley lailroad.
Such a resat, in this early stage of its business,
should removed! apprehensions as to the complete
stomas of thisbranoh of the company's railroad,
and create corddenoo in its future prosperity.
Dullness in die iron trade, and other diffloultiee,
have thus far prevented the development of the
ironore busload, but it has latterly been im
proving, and thorn Is now a good prospoot that, In
a few months, the demand for the furnaces in the
Sehuylkill aid Lehigh Valleys will add very
largely to the tonnage of the railroad.
Imperfect sonneotiona at Harrisburg have also
retarded the tevelopment of the business, and the
extension of the road to Dauphin will very soon
become a neomeity. Daring the last session of the
Legislature, al sot was obtained authorizing this
extension. Ater a careful survey, the road has
been boosted, dui the right secured to campy some
ground that tell permit It to pass round the moun
tain withodt moroaching on the public works al
ready, looatedthere.
This extensbn will oomplete the chain of rail.
roads by whirl thelrade from Lake Erie will pro
bably be brought to Philadelphia, and it will open
an easy route by which the soft anthracite ooal
from the Susfuehanna Valley can be brought to
Etiohmond fotreshipmont. Bituminous coal from
Broad Top.b dready soaking thin outlet, with tie
pro!poot of Ron becoming an Important item of
buesnoss to the Oompany.
The complelon of the East Pennsylvania Rail
road has addd another source of bueineee both to
the Lebanon branch and to the main line, sand
freight and passengers are already taking the di
rect route it Ins opened to New York. From its
superior advantages in distance and uniformity of
gauge, this mast become one of the main continu
ous routes botsroon New York and the far West.
Arrangemontl aro In progress which will probe.
bly open this route during the coming Spring.
This road aim places Sohuylkill county in direct
oommunioatim with Elizabothport and New 'York,
and, by maklog a short link of two miles, to con
ned it with the Reading Railroad, a fow miles
above Readlrg, the distance may bo so shortened
as, to makolt as good a route for coal as that pro
posed by the direct Auburn and Allentown Rail.
road. Ths difference in diatom° will be thirteen
miles dgatut the East Pennsylvania routs; but it
will have iu Its favor the difference between the
cost of tits link, $2O 000, and that of the now rail
road, at lead a million and a half of dollars. Thera
can be no d'oebt which route would have the ad
vantage in a competition for the ooal trade of
Sohuyikill enmity , . Whether either of these routes
could com pel) with the descending grades of tho
Reading Railroad, and the water carriage from
Philadelphia b, Now York, has yet to bo tested ;
but there ran be no doubt that the result would not
be worth the ha/00M outlay required to try the
exporiment.
Tho earnestfiesa with whioh tho Auburn and Al
letdown Railroad is odvocated in elehnylkill mutt
ty, as the only possible means to aompol a roduo
tion of the shaegoe on the Reading Railroad, would
load to the oonalusion that these charges wore ex
orbitant aid oppressive. A little consideration
will show that thee is not tho case ; but, on the con
trary, that this company has borne morn than its
full share of any reductions required to compete
with other Nelms. The average freight and toll
per ton oarded on the Reading Railroad was,
In 1851 165 54.100 Ms. per ton.
18M 115
being a rediotion of fifty cents a ton from the char
gee of the wmpany, while those of the other parties
interested la the coal trade, except the coal opera
tors, reunited umilterod. A moderato amount of
liberality on their part, In aid of the dominoes made
by the operators and transporters to Philadelphia,
would have eafficed to maintain for Schuylkill coun
ty Ito formes supremacy.
Tim great Increase, this year, in the number of
passenger trains, and of merchandise and coal oars
arriving der, rendered It absolutely necessary to
provide better facilities for the transaction of busi
ness in the city, and, as the old passenger depot
had bemuse Inadequate to the proper neetnwoda
lion of the public, and the prompt dompateh of
trains, it vial doeided to commence the new depot
on the square owned by the company on Broad
street.' The passenger portion of it ban boon built on
the south aide, and on the 24th December it was
oponed for business, the trains starting and ar
riving by ream power, avoiding the delay and
annoyance of battling by horse power. The earns
building affotdr temporary accommodation for the
down merehmdise business, and the rent of two
depots will be saved. It will be desirable to pro.
coed with this building, so as to conoontrate the
business in me place, and dorivo the full benefit
from tenoseasieg the best railroad entrance luto the
city. Tho oat of this do of is carried to construe-
Mon aooount, and when the whole Is completed the
depot on Broad and Cherry may be mid in lodes
tioa of the cost of the new coo.
An agreement has been made for the purchase
of a wharf soa tho south aide of the company's
wharf, on the 'Delaware, nt Willow greet, which,
owing to a 'Meet having been run through it, had
bosom too small for the convenient landing and
Shipment of hairy articles of =rehandle.. The
Mae ou flee Willow-street oontinuea to increase.
A lamellae been taken on the Mount Carbon
and Port Carbon Railroad, with the engino houses,
workshops, de. now in the occupation of the corn
puny. Bpimi/ng the entire oontrol of this abort
road, somejttiproved arrangements may be made
by whieh tee business on the railroad may be in-
Mewed, endow economy be effected.
.d)urlng `The' year the following additions hare
b en readerttr. the cost railroad, .40. us ex
ited in Hsefeneeps p show ..( the T realm
viz ;
Coat of now depot at Mosul street.... $29,121 80
IL Leesport 1,412 80
Telegraph stook 150 DO
brew machinery 331 15
New engines and oars 50,091 us,
New depot at Harrisburg 13,081 Id
New sidings, Lebanon branch 10,550 42
Land damages 45,16 T 88
Total
.$156,500 OS/
In addition to the above, the following, which
heretofore eppoared RI assets, have boon carried
to oonetruellen amount, vls.•
Sundry real estate
Pottsville Water Co. stook
Pottstown Gas Co. stook,
Total $202,416 I
litakin,r a total addition to cost of tho road, <do
of $258,05 'I)
These additions are represented by the ittoreased
reserved fund, and nu stook or bonds hove been le•
sued during the post year. Of the letter there has
boon purehtleed and cancelled $106,008. Of the
mortgagee, /14,000 have been paid off, and 810,000
added: making an Imola° of $l,OOO un the bonds
and mortgagee outstanding.
It has bees deemed preferable to ask for an ex
tension of the term of payment of the bonds ma•
turing in 1860, than to attempt a negotiation of
these due in,1896, which were created in 1857 to bo
°spatially rifiorved for thin purpose. lly an exten
sion all the rights of the mortgages aro retained
anhupaired, act{ the security remains the Bret
liens upon the property of the company. New
sheet' of reopens wilt be Issued, and it le proposal
to pey to the holders ebonite of ten per cent. This
proposition, It is expected, will prove neeeptable
to the holders of the bonds ' which will continuo
to be, as thoy have always boon, among the best
railroad seenrities in tho country.
Att this extension will render any further ioque or
litfid bonds anneoes3ary, toomures hat o been bolero
to insure the eaneeltnent of those on bend, and to
record a deed reducing the amount ot the mortgage
to the amount of bonds actually in circulation, vie :
$3,586,500. ,
,
In asking for this extension, it would appear de.
sirable that some gallon should be taken to securo
the gradual extinguishment of the bonded debt of
the company. The managers, therefore, recom
mend that en Increase should bo made to the ex
feting sinking funds, to be applied annually to the
purchase and cencelment of hoods on the best
terms they tan be procured, .0 long as thle can be
done at or under par.
The bonus wilt be a charge upon the Income an
°mint mil merved fund, and will not add In any
way to Abe Itapito account of the company.
The managers, during the pact year, acting en
the suggestion of the otookholders at the last an
nisei meeting, have abstained front all work re
quiring an outlay beyond the surplus of the an
nual laconic, and have reduced the current lia
bilities of the company as much no poeaiblo. In
the working of the road et ory economy her been
practiced, without infringing in the tenet upon rho
complete maintenance of the roadway and ma
oldnerY. 4 eteadinst continuance In this course
will rollevo the company from every liability, and
now that business is resuming Its trotivity, and the
disasters of 1851 are passing away, such an im
provement may be expected in the bueineoc of the
mad ea will neeemplish 'his, at an early date, And
restore the company to its former li:overfly. By
order of the board of managers].
It D. CIJLLEN, President.
Puirdinetrills. January 9,1890
The follofring reeolutioni were then adopted •
Resolved, That the report of the Board of
Managers, this day presented and read, be, and
the same le hereby, soooptecl, approved, and
adopted. f
Roreired That the Board be, and they are
hereby, authorized in their disoretion, to carry into
effect any o the meaeuree proposed in their report.
Resolved; That the Board aro hereby authorized
to enter lute such °entreats as they may deem ad.
ridable for working connectiog made.
Reso/red, That the mode of adjusting the bonds
duo July 1 1860, proposed by the managers, is
hereby ratified and oontlrmed, and they are re.
quested to take such moans as they may deem pro.
per to carry the same into effect.
Resolvedi That the Board of Managers are
hereby authorised to make the extension from
llarriaburg to Dauphin, and adopt such measures
to ecoure the prompt completion of the same as
they may doom proper.
&waved; That the sum of $140,000 of the fu
ture net profits of the company, after payment of
the sum neobesary for the extension of the bonds
due in 1800,the completion of the road to Dauphin,
the oar berm, the neeessary rolling stock and. im
provernentatin the the of the road and all the lia
bilities of thossolopany except tho bonded debt
not matured, be eet made hi eaoh year as a sinking
fund, (In addition to the $150,000 already provided.)
nod shall be appropriated to the purchase of such
of the bonds of the company for which no sinking
fund is already provided and established, In the
staler of the priority of the mortgages given to se
cure nob bonds so long as they eau respectively
be obtained at or under par, and the bonds so
purchased shall lie forthwith cancelled.
I?esolved, That intommoh as the sinking fund,
pro% kind by lhe foregoing resolution, will appro.
print° the riofits of the company to the extent
mimed in ikoklation of debts; therefore,
Resolved, That an 11111011 U of common stook be
created aniaially in lien of the sum thus ap
propriated, equal to the par value of tho securi.
ties on laud/nod and cancelled. The stook so to
be created nett Dined shall ho distributed annual
ly,ls
at par, the preferred stook, if or to the
extent that t o pronto shall not be adequate to the
payment of he dividends due to such stock in
clash, but if sO sufficient, then to the common stook,
until the rated dividend thereon equal that of the
preferred stock, and any surplus thereof to pre
ferred and CO6llllOll stock, wording to tbo rights
tf the holders thereof reapeollvely,
Resolved, Thet the Board of Managers be, and
•hey are hereby requested and directed to enter
into ouch an 44reemont as shall make the proof.
vitals in the foregoing resolution an obligatory and
• , ludinx contract of the company.
Resolved, That the matter of closing the stook
agencies its 19ew York and in Beaton be, and the
same is hereby referred to the now board.
. .
Mr. Cullen restgned the preeldettoy, end Mr
Ava Whitney MU Amen In Ms OM.
1 THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
SENATE.
The Senate met at 3 o'clock, when a largo num.
her of petitions, do., were presented. Mr. Yard
ley presented one from citizens of Books
county, asking for the abolition of the Milos of
county superintendent of common schools; Mr.
Grigg, one from citizens of Contra county, asking
for an Increase of the appropriation to the School
for the Instruotion of Idiotic and Feeble-Minded
Children : Mr .Penny, ono from 69 members of the
Pittsburg Bar, for an additional law judge in
Allegheny county Mr. Finney, ono from citizens
of Erie county, for the repeal of the act relative
to poet-mortem examinations.
Mr.FINN EY offered a resolution, which wee adopt
ed, totting apart Tuesday and Friday of each week
for the presentation of petitions.
The veto message of the Governor, returning the
bill regulating lateral railroads, was read, and the
question recurring on the passage of the bill, not
withstanding the veto, the yeas and nays were
called and were—yeas, 2; nays, 20. So the veto
was sustained.
The veto of the bill relative to the sale of the
Northwestern Railroad was read and sustained by
a vote of 20 to 9.
The vote of the bill to incorporate the Packer
I Inn Company wee read, and the vote being taken
on the bill, the veto was sustained by a vote of 23
to 2.
The veto of tho bill incorporating the Western
Coal Oil and Iron Company was read, and the
veto sustained by a vote of 23 to 3.
The veto of the bill relative to notions of eject
ment was road, and the veto sustained by a vote
of 27.
he veto of the bill relative to the claim of
Thomas Morley was rend, and austained by a vote
of 20 to 7.
The Speaker announced the appointment of the fol
lowing standing committee, of the Senate for the See
"On
Finance—Messrs. Finney, Gregg, Shaeffer. Terrier.
Welsh.
Tudiciary—lllesers. Penney, Palmer, Yardley, Bell,
Miller.
Accounts—Moser*. Connell. Baldwin, Thompson,
Crawford. Nunemtioher.
ESllltel and Escheats—Meesre. Palmer, Hall, Ineb,
Sohell,Keteharn.
Pen Imo, end Gratuities—Mews. Ketchum,l3enson,
Meredith. Taner. MIL Or.
/ HMI, Smith. Craig.
Corrovitionr —Mews. Baldwin, Smith, Benson,
Welsh, !intim
Banks—Mews. Shaeffer, Irish, Smith, Alarsellis,
Bohell.
Omar and lamed Wanigation—Mesers. Benson,
Parker. Meredith, Keller. Nunemnoher.
Railroads—Winn. at'Cliire, Gregg, Penner, Ru
therford. Crete.
Election Districts—Mame. harm, Miller, Porker,
Crawford. Craig.
Rarinehment mid Reform—Memo. Gregg, Landon,
Thompson, (darnel's, Blood.
Education—Meseta. Yard ay, Ketcham, Imbue, Mil
lar. Bell.
Acrtenlture and Dontstir Alfanafacturts—Nasnrs.
Ruthe,tord, Baldwin. Landon, Nunernacher. Schendel.
Mrlitia—Messrs. Bell, Schaffer, M'Clure, (,rein
Craig.
Road , aid Brodut—Messre. Meredith, Thompson,
Blood. Keller. Schindel.
ronmerc
!Schindel.
Parker, Landon, Keller,
Crawford. Rutherford.
Poi, and Immorality—Alesers. Landon, Schindel,
Blood, Connell, Nunemacher.
Private clams end Damages—Maws. Smith, Inch
Benson. Sobel'. Turner.
Putdtr Procne—Meson. Welsh. MoClure, Palmer,
Yardley, Marcella.
Publer 11.1dangs—Messrs. Thompson, Rutherford
Crawford.
Nate Counties and County Seats—Messrs. Irish, Hail
Yardley. Bell, Blood.
The Senate then adjourned
The House wag net in session, having adjourned
until Tuesday.
A Fatal Event.
Bose" Jan. 9.—William Sawyer and his wire
were lant night suffocated in bod by ooal gas, at
Haverhill.
From Washington.
WA YID NOTON. JAIL 9.—One of the bills introduced by
Senator Davis to-day, authorizes the Bestrew!. of Itiar
to matte to any Butte or Territory, on application of the
(inventor thereof, such arms as may be spared. pro
vided an amount sufficient to replace thorn by fabrica
tion be deposited; and proposes to restore the military
sunr , in s t n e i i i ign of p t a o r .
I t i s e ßlllll voted with the De
mocrat. for A, sinintiton are Messrs. Rotator, Bon
ligny, Hardman. Moore of Kentuckyoind Vance. The
remainder of them supported Mr. Ganes, in compel's'
with Mr. Brigs.. Mean., Admin. Clark of New Si
and Rises voted for Mr. Reynolds; Mr. Barr, for Mr.
Davis, of Indiana. Messrs. Hoskin and Carter. for Mr.
Hickman; Mr. Gilmer for Mr. Hatton; Mr. (Hamilton,
for Mr. Keit!. This wee the case em the lest vote to-Gar.
Mr. Morris, of Penult tennis, once voted for Mr. Oil
mer, but then returned to Mr. Sherman.
A liepublioan eating of the House Nell spoken of for
to-night, but, on reflection. none was thourht necessa
ry. It is ascertained that there can be no further con
oentration of the Southern Oppointion on Mr. Hamilton,
whose vote to-morrow will, according to the present in•
ilicatirns be diminished.
Home of the Republicans hare been canvassing to as
oertain whether more votes than Mr. Sharman has re.
eelved aim be secured for Mr. Rickman, of Pennsylva
nia, but of thus 9{ key cannot be satisfied.
The Rational Union Executive Committee NMI ano-
Sher meetint to-night. Senator Crittenden ricoupying
ltie chair. A number of encouraging letters from van
one quarters were read.
Arrest of a Gang of Counterfeiters in
Michigan.
Jacsarix, Michigan, January 9.—Eight parsons. inclu
ding several eld Tendon', of this town. wore arrested
on Sam ril ,y charged with making end simulating l•OUn
terfeit money. A large quantity of begun money, lords,
Preens, dies. etc., ware found in their possession. They
were undoubtedly large operators, and belonged to en
extensive gang of Oininta r Colter,.
Inauguration of Governor Dennttion o
Ohio.
Cgrim Lann, Ohio. Jan. 9.—Governor Dennison de
livered hie laments% at Coimulms to-day. He mom.
mended minus( sessions of the Legislature and en
amendment to the State Constitution to provide for
diflerent system of representation. He deprecates the
neglect of Congress is consider measures for internal
improvements. In regard to the Mammy miestinn. he
enters Into Its distil/non at some length, man anti
slavery point of view.
Buenos Ayres admitted a Member of
the Argentine Confederation.
New Yoga, Jan. 9.—A deices from Buenos Ayr** via
Velearaiso state that BOSOM Ayrag has concluded
treaty with Urquiza, y which she becomes a member
of the Argentine Confederation, which assume; all her
dobte. A general amnesty has been declared.
The Southern Mail.
WA slmictnx, Jan. 9.—Bcatte rive New Orleans papers
to the Mgt ult. have been received. They oontain no
n.wr of importance.
No Itioliniond mil was received to-night.
New York Bank Statement.
New Vote. January o.—The bank statement for the
week ending Foto rday, shown ;
A dtorease 10 the loan
j ac en c?unt or.
" =ow. or.
$75,111 4
24,301 05
3,000 00
The Steamship Vigo.
111Wnw ]car, January 9 , -9 o'clnok A. At.—lhe gig am
p Vigo, from rerpool for Philadelphia (put in here
or t ot coo.) hal cleared for the latter port hot hie hot
yet sailed.
Nott.Arrival of the Steamer Hunga.
nan.
Pont Ave, J6ll. )—Eleven o'clock.—Thare are no
signs of the ateamsh ip Hungarian, now duo wqh Liver
pool dates to the
Affairs In Boston.
at
Jen 9.—The Jaason Democrat, Club cele
brated the battle of Nese Orlauue ta night. by a treed
L Mlle eequet at the Revere Roues.
Patti eructed the ereetelt eensallun of the gee -
sou et the Academy of Muete to-night.
The Battle of New Orleans Celebration
in New York.
Nrw Voax,JalL9.—Tha battle of New OFLogan be
ing oalebrated at Tammany Wall, bra grand ball and
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS TIIIB EVENING
WHE•TI.II7 CT.4llKlell Agett &rarer TURA TILL
Arch tartlet. above Stxth.--" Everybo,t)'• 'dead"—
“Peter Maine."
WALNCT-STRUIT TRIATRII. corner Walnut and
Nlnth.—•'Camille"—" The Clockmalceee Ifac "
NATIONAL TIIZAIRN, Walnut street. between Eighth
and Ninth.—Danßioe's Great [thaw."
807 CHu ut BTRVlT.—Parce's Venus.
ACADRMY Ofr.,„ ARM Cellrollt street.—" Part•
stn'"—"The arty Morn of John Huse. /So.'.
EIANDIRAON'II EIRIBTION ROOM, JOYDe'll COMMOI:1-
11•81•1111 dmldine. Chestnut atmet, above dale th.—Thro
,flon's Museum of Art.
Monoroven • GAII7III. Race street, bolo. Third.—
Entertainment. nightly.
Tung R of somas, northeast nurser Tenth and
Chestnut str.ets.--attenor BUM
MlirtlXo &Lo; rlq or Tit Wtn OP
1317—The old Vot .11. of the War of 1311 Lela their
Ususi eighth ••I January meeting at the Court House
yeaterdas, how es hundred slut fifty voters,. were
in attentlinno. lion. Joel It. Sutherlnnil trawled. end
addressed the meeting. The !Bowing resolution, s et.
adapted ••
lts'sit ed. Thnt we naacnible with plonsure. this din.
to celebrate the anniverean of the battle of New Or
teeing, and we trait that 1 , will he commemorated 1•)
our descendants Mr all time.
Brno/red, That we remember with pride the F /Otani
deeds of our fellow countrymen who, an th e eighth nt
Janwiry,lBl.s. immortalised themselves hr skirl/milt*
deleatinß the veterans of (treat Briton, under the lend
of the sellout Andrew Jackson. fits neme will ever be
a household word of the Amer loan people,
ficiolre.l. '1 hat believing. with ()entire! Jerkson, Chet
the tree Is to tie Judged tic its fniite.” we not only
think thet i•nton meetinse should ha hold evert where,
but that Union /nen should show that love for the Union
hr their dray.
Rtgotord, That tho Dec!oration of Independence,
which has challenged and still oloillensns the 'Mount -
lion of the world, and which was proclaimed in our city
on the Fon: th of July. 11l d, hes wet, ed the marked
approval of hirh !leaven AN Vol worm, Lilt that melon.
'ebb; der. the Fourth of July. Let.3.when Thomas Jelier
son nod John Adams, two of the pisners of the Decl ore
tion—the one born at the South and the other at the
North—were upon that day celled to their greet reward
in Heaven: tint we of our illy. and those of after eget,
might see conspicuously the cloinsil of Divine Provi
dence In the deliberations of nue ill:igloo:in ancestors.
when they sent forth that noble charter of Liberty upon
which the world will never cease to ponder.
Resolved, That of all the cities of t his Hopuhlio. our
Philadelphia—the City of Indepn.ltnoo. as It might well
be celled—le most especially bound to manifest her
warmest devotion to the Union For hers. within her
VAT) , bosom, Washington and Franklin. Madison end
Hamilton, and 74111T1M1. and their distinguished lissom
ales, signed end sent forth our beloved Constitution ;
and we, this day. descendants of t 111) gallant dead, de
siring to tread In their patriotic footsteps. take our
oath of fealty, as did they, to the Constitution of our
country.
dregelred, That we tender our warmest thanks to the
Senators mud Reprevntatfves in Congress who have
oPPOiied the passage of the Homestead Bill, nod eve
'moll enter our solemn protest. on behalf of the men
of tho permed war of independence, and their wain% s,
thronghout the Union, aolnet the plumage of the 101 l for
the following, among menu other reasons. via:
tat. On account of the wrong done to the formers of
the West who have bought their lends from the Govern
wont.
. .
td. 11-ceuso it would virtually repeal the amt grant n;
bounti land • to the soldiers of the War of ISM
Resolved, That as the Revolutionary pensioners are
slitoot all deceased, now is the tope for Congress
to pate a pension bill for the relief of the old and de
ereott 'oldie's of the war of 1512, and their widows.
many of whom ars now olepondent for their support
upon the cold charities of the world
Resolved, That, as Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
lino the whole border of Pennsylvania, it is vastly 1...-
portent that the elesest relations of friendship should
subsist between our and all of them, esper.allY in
theta times, when it is Wood nommen , to e vat' his
traitors and murderer, to t r ..th. at Avelino etoMeti,n
done by Oorernor Packer, or which we public!) tilting
him.
Resolved. further, 'PIM Penns (yenta, by position. as
WO an by the truest feelings of alloplionetands a willing
sentinel, ever read) to .lefond hor Southern misters. and,
in the event of a arctic irmirreetion, vii fly to their re
lief, and help Incrust. it mtt fora"...
. , .
ANNIVF.RSARY Menvisn.—On Sunday evening
the' Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church I m
the Advancement of ciprisnamtr m Pennsylvanin't
held it, forty-ninth anniversary, in Pt. Stephen',
Ohurch, In the annual report rend reference ie made
to the action of the tort Convention of tho Church in
thin dicioeso, by which the num. - mart work is hereafter
to he removed (rote this now•ty, and placed under the
cent ni of a hoard of managers. In conformity with the
reeolotion passed by the Convention, the Society retiree
from the missionary field. There is _vet sufficient work
left to command the attention of the Society, and one of
the moet important features to be fostered is the train
ing nod oreperation of toting men for holy orders. A
historyni • the 800 sty ignite Its or. airzatton, In IEII9,
wan given in the report. The present fund inmate' in
stated to be Slit 855. A marked feature In the 1111111nre
erect of the Society is. that no part of the oontributions
is expended for Watley' or rent The report from the
missionaries exhibit, the following isntistles: Baptisms
—adults. 63 ; infants, 311 t confirmed. 17g. Sunday
Bohmile, 23; teas hers, IR.; scholarly, 1.124. Bible C'ass •
lye—Members, 177; Inmll ea, TV7. bunday servleem, 1,463 t
other drug, 137. Organized eonsresations, 19; other
Contributions—For
16. MIL communion administered, 180 time'.
Contributione--For
_parochial purp eel , $ 3 , 834 .37; for
the Advaneemsnt dociet7l 1 90 ; for other purpose/,
ei,001.91,
llanaunruna, Jan. 0, 1800
OBSEQEIES OF THE REt. JOHN N. NEUMINN.
IX IMPOSING CEREMONY.
LYING IN STATE AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
The Proceaelon from the Cathedral
FUNERAL SERMON BY ARCHBISHOP
KENRIOK
Immense Concourse of People
The obsequies of the late Right Reverend John N.
Neumann, D. D., C. SS. R., fourth Catholic Bishop of
the diocese of Philadelphia, took place yesterday, pur
suant to published arrangements, Altogether, it was one
of the most imposing ceremonies ever witnessed in Phi
ladelphia. Slime the Bishop's decease, the body bag
been 191111( in state in the private chapel of the Cathe
dral On Sunday, the body was arrayed in the rubes
pertaining to his order, and pros lobed by the rubric of
the Roman Catholic Church, as follows: The color pur
ple; sandals. cassock, roohette, arnica. ally, cincture,
silk tunic, stole, maniple, chasuble, pectoral cross.
gloves, and ring, with the mitra, and at his side a rich
-11.611i CrOZieri On Sunday, the remains of the Bishop
were laid out in state, at the Episcopal residence at
tached to the Cathedral. in Summer street, below
Eighteenth. and were visited by thousands of pawns,
principally females.
During the greater portion of the afternoon the street
was crowed with persons deli roue of obtaining admit.
tancie. The Cathedral was opened on Eighteenth street,
and an immense concourse nfpersons passed ' n and nut.
During the day, the bell of Sr. John's Church, Thir
teenth street. below alorket, tolled a funeral knell. and
a large number of people congregated in the neiehbor
hood. under the impression that the body of the Bishop
wigs in the church. No tanner services were hold at
St. John's Church nor at the Chapel, luniutor and Fil-
Mrt streets. During Sunday night, the Conference of
St. Vincent de Paul, acted as a Guard of Ronne to the
body, and remained at the Cathedral until six o'clock
yesterday morning. The announcement that there
would be a procession from the Cathedral, and that the
bni) would be exposed to view as it passed along, at
tracted together, in Logan Square, an immense throng
of people of all noon, sexes, classes and conditions. The
streets adjoining the Cathedral were packed with ho
man beings. who patiently waited from an early hour
in the corning, until nine o'clock, anxious to obtain s
view of the deceased prelate.
At nine ed., l / 4 the prooession formed in front of the
Episcopal residence on F;tehteenth street, and passed
down to Chestnut down Chestnut to Thirteenth. end
upTtortsenth to Bt. John'. Church, in the fol!owing
order:
1. Cordon of Policemen, under command of Lieut.
Patton.
2. Pennsylvanialle9.
.4. Rockdale Seminarians.
4. Rt. Charles Seminarians.
6. Snclet• or Christian 13rotherit
6. Rodelitiesor the different Churches.
7. Conference or St. Vincent do Paul.
8. Catholic PhiMl:mitten Institute.
9. Beneficial giictittien o the different churches.
10. Funernl Oar, under Se direction of Simon Dart
land. undertaker, with the Bishop laid in state upon the
mattress.
11. Reverend Clergy.
13. Bishops and Archbishops.
11 Laity en general, four abreast.
The remains were reeding on a inettresis in the f4ne
ral car,which was richly built, and was drawn by four
black home The features of the deceased were dis
tinctly visible through the glees panels of the car. The
expression wee calm and natural. although a great deal
paler than we have seen in life. The cortege was larr
and extremely imposing. and was witnessed from t e
sidewalks by an immense tbront of people. As the u
ncial car passed around into Thirteenth street. the
crowd was so intense teat itrequired the utmost exer
tions of a large body of officers. and the military, to
clear a passage way for the remains.
non INTERIOR OP Till CAVITE!.
In the meantime St-John's Church. in Thirteenth
street. tie low Market. was the wens of great excite
ment The crowd in thirteenth street and the vicinity
was even greater than before the Cathedral. The galle
ries of the oh itch were thronged with Mies. whirhed
obtained entrance by the xernue of pu .ctuality and
perseverance. The body of the church was reserved
for the members of the pronession s the clergy and the
remains of the prelate. A few privilegad persons. In
cluding the committee of arrangements end the goers
sentati vex of the press. ware present when the head of
the procession arrived in front of the chord'. The de
sire to gain admission was intense, and the beat exer
tions of the police and military were necessary to keep
the crowd from taking forcible possession of the build•
toe. As Plush Pt number of impudent and domineering
fellow/ had obtained ednueronn by palming themselves
off no reporters. It was only by an accident that the
representatives' of this journal were admitted, a mem
ber of the committee Whoa them when tl.ey arrived
that there were already "four Preis reporters inanie,
and then had no room for any more." They were mos
lilted. however. and admitted into the church.
the church twee was hung with the symbols of
mourning. Heavy black drapery surrounded the aisles.
interspersed with white rosettes, and the windows were
etneely veiled. A platform. extending some distance in
front of the sanctuary, iopported the catafalque. ap
groprtatet• shrouded, the whole beine surrounded by
torty-eight tapere. In the northeast corner of the
eLurch was the reporters' ttible. Provided with the
fullest accommadations let us ....knowledge here the
egyeaml attentions of Mr. J. J. Bollivan and Mr. James
Reilly, who were indefatigable to the r exertions to
afford tne remelt:twat, es of the press facilities for the
prosecution of their labors.
INTRANET OF THE PROCTERION INTO TIER cituirlin.
At twenty-five minium, to ton o'clock the head of the
proceseion rested in front of St. John'. Church, and the
lay societies entered. among whom were the young evi
dent, of the seminary, the Conference of St. Vincent de
Pant, end the sodality of the churches. A number of the
member, of the Society of Jane entered and took
Places in the front pews. After these carpe the comes,
which wan borne by six pall.betrtrs, viz The Rev.
Fathers Sheridan. Staunton, Cantwell, Rohner. Smut.
dem, and (limn. It WAR placed within the catafalgrie,
with the face to the andienee. at an elevation from the
door of about twelve feet. end resting one gentle slope
enabling every one in the house to get a view of the
body tin the right of the body, and on the platform
beneath it. et a ell ghly-inclined elevation. was the eoffin,
which is of tine til.ink walnut. covered with cos tly black
cloth. and lined with richpurple satin. This eoal., to
five feat ten inches in length, and twenty-three males
somas the breast. Thera is a pillow of purple Patin with
two tangle. At the bete of the 00All are two rows or
silver 'winkling. Un the cover there Is a large silver
po
crose, and a tlate of the same metal. bearing the name,
are, and date of the death of the Bishop. in Latin, so
follows :
"JOANnes NZPONICCIIr• •
Nsrm tint
Episcopus tinning
Philadelph tenet&
(Mitt
Non. JR nuaril.
Anon NIDCCiILX."
The coffin is trimmed with white and blink silk frier*.
and ts not to be the meet manuficent ever made in this
cttL
After the body bed been Dittoed in the ehteraleee, the
clergy of the diowse entered. followed by a number of
bishops and archbishors, who retired into the ante
rooms, and arrayed themselves for the yervice. After
the clergy came the Pennsylvania Rifle Compel:flee.
who took a standing Position in the central aisle of the
church.
In the ohms. Mr. John A. Janke Presided at the Oran.
and Mr. A. Hertel soled es leader or the °rehears,
C hmh we. composed or Met, of the most disVnaPshod
snuelellni in the city from the isisrmisn - ehrietum The
tinter, comprised the choirs of Pt John e and dt.
ter's churches. 7he front seats in the south aisle were
occupied by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. who were in
attendance in large numbers.
Tun rrallt at. rieltvioal.
The necessary deity incident to the preparations of
the elergymen wen occupied by the choir. which played
second ene-ex of sacred music. The cleriymen 70.
entered the hunch and took up their pontoonstr,thin
the sanctuary and sum uniting the al or. Among them
We not ced the Moet Reverend Archbishop Kenrlek, of
Baltimore; the Right Reverend a shop MOOIII. of
Richmond; the Right Reverend Bishop Louvhho, of
Prootlyn ; the Right Reverend Bowline Wimmer,
0.8. H. Mitred Abbot of the Order of Benedictine. In
the United State., from Latrobe. P..; the Re.. Mn. De
Necker of the Order of Redemotioniats; the Very Re
verend C. J. 11. Carter, V. 0.. of Philedellphir the Very
Reverend J. V. o . Reil 7, V. (1., or Philedelphla ; Her.
Dr. Olfarra of Plulutelph ,• Rev. Mr. Reran, of
I,ancaete ; Iter. J. P. Ibsen. Rev. Mr. Riot. Rer. Mr.
alrCkmarny, Rev. Mr. Ward 9.J .. Rev. F. J Rodrin,
8.3.. Re.- e. Leaflet. A. J., Rev P. Stanton. O.S. A.. of
Philadelphia. and others.
Slioql , oiler Id o'clock the solemn services of the
Church beenn end were Uthltrell In this order • I. °Ace
of the Dead; 2 r onti heal Dish Nlass for the Dead; 3,
Funeral oboe iuie• The celebrant of the Rich Moos
was 1106np W,04.1: Arch Priest. Rev. Rather C C. Car
tor, of the Church of oasturoption Deacon of Honor.
the Rev. J. V. O'Reilly, of Si Fseph's Collets, Susque
hanna conety ,_• Deacon. Father J. P Dunn, of the
Church of zi.r. Theresa; Sub Deacon. Father Richard
o' , orinor, of the Church of St. Janice. West Philadel
phia. Theta services were of en interesting and high's
impois no distorter, end were listened to with the meet
profound attention. It wee nearly one o'clock Wore
the service, were over, and Archbishop Kenriek de-
Lotted his sermon.
■ KUVON OF ABriIBISUOP (Elß'Ct,
— The Ariihh,hop I. . his text from :O. Luke The
word. were n , lid owe So ye e'wan rend,, for re
know not at whit blur the Son of Th in cometh '• From
our ',notion Se renter to ray that it WAS tiltimot irnpny•
sib's to retch the slow. indaiti net. tut .e•ntift.lly de
livered, oidence• of the Lpeaker. Te th• course •
iittioiniare he gave a alieteh of the his of the deceased.
hie education, hie career as n tninieter and hishoe, and
his pre eminent as a solioher at.l a divine.
life was one of blitmelesy putt!, and enlightened
zeal, united with great learnin• He shrank from con
tact with the proud and I lushly, and ...ought to console
the poor and needy. file felt that he nail entered
Heaven. end that he wet at that time in close emurnu
o.no woh a lirogorh, an Augustine. and the long line
of hr. y Pontine and prelates that had preceded him.
The speaker pot-laded by reminding his hearer. of the
unr•Lia int) at life. and entariitting them to prepare for
the hillnrO. The sermon was t try !me!, and was lis
tened U. with the amid Profound attention
The sermon per. the preIVPI ,attered I n:rnsa and
holt water over the body. alter 'lothwas removed
to the forlorn! ear. and taken to St. Peter's Church. at
Fifth and Franklin streets. where it lay in state dune:
the evening. This was • 'fanatic. from the onyinal
arranseinents. which contemplated Si. burial in the
vaults of St. John's Church. We understand. however,
that the Late Bishop horns a member of the order of Re
demptiononn. his body wart ehtirn.l to that order. and
conveyed to St. Peter's Church, wnich belongs to them.
to await their ;Immure.
Alter the Bardeen had Wen eancluded. which wu
he
tween two end three orelork. the layty of the Bishop. no
we have said. wits stain ypinned in the oar, and tee pro
tuition marched dowu Thirteenth street to Chestnut,
down Chestnut to Twelfth, up Twelfth to Girerd eve
nue, and down Omen] avenue to Fifth street. (into
whence at wee taken into St Peter's Church. As the
funeral procession versed over lets route, it VIII et
tended to en unmans,' throng of people The aide.
welkv, end ,n min t cete• the toreet•, :On!, ee roar
were, Were thron•ed hr men. women. end children,
eager to get a SIP htof the remains thtensh the panel.
of the uncoil re, treverel ladies fawned in the neigh.
borloevi of the church. end many of the sterner ten
were prett y billy brit teed in the mint t but no seohients
of n serious neturo occurred.
=i!
Above the head of the de:4.8104.M it lay in state.was
a large ivory crucifix, ninth n. 0,18,111 the distinguished
who intended in have it pieced in one of the
chapels in the new Otthedosl. Th• ratio pronouns a
rare interest. One of Me former United Suttee capsule
in Genoa. Mr. Lister, was et one rime engaged in run
inn the different places of note in that city,when he rn.t,
with a monk rho was rooting out of a solid piece a
ivory a crucifix, upon which he spent many yews of
labor. and to the perfection of which be sue his undi•
vided intention Mr. Lester became particularly in
terested in the sculptor and the work which he wee pro
ducing, rind he purchased the crucifix at n considerable
price. He then sent it far inspect.mi to the renowned
sculptor, town. s, pith direction■ to him in make such
Improvements upon it AI hemitht think tit. Powers held
it in hie gowns:on month.s. at the *ad or which
period he returned it. f tttmt at the same time that the
home was a most prtlect work of art, end could nor he
in any way improved. When Mr Lester arrived in this
country, he wild the tines to the i'ennopoliten krt Ar
inviation for the slim of it, rhonannit doltnr,. The Al
socretinn afterwnrila placed it ninon. it, het al Pr..
miumsto`e won by sulmeribers loth° Associationat the
annual lottery. It fe.l into the liana of a schoolmuter.
in Lancaster counts, in this ntate. from whom it was
purchased by the deceased Bishop. woo. upon many
occiuuone tines, 1m been beard to any that no money
uponearth could repurchase the treasure. From the
site of the among. it must he inferred that thesvory
belonged to the tusk of en animal which existed ages
since. as no elephant to modern Heirs poitla supply nil
equal amount of task. The miff, when found, was a
black nine,, like cont. The second coating was of a yel
llwi ee lht e m n the g ti a nd g
u th r e s
Ia
neverfn
3 pure n ' m ik en w t h io i n te it as work yb°
hare
fit to Recurs the admiration °Celery lover of the beniiti
lul in art. The seine in the body are distinctly visilde,
and et ery musele and ligament in its exact poeition.
It is arranged that the interment will take place this
morning.
SI'DDXN DGITH —About 12 (facia lag night,
an unknown white man WOO foundfin n cellar-way. at
the corner of Second and Vine streets, in a thins con
dawn. UP expired while hem conveyed to the Cher
rv-street amnon•boose. lie was apparently between
sixty and seventy year, of ago.
Tim Kaviroaz CLUB held & meeting last ere
mg at their heeda&artere. on Twelfth 'treat. below
Chestnut. The meeting was very well attended. and
epsoobes were made by several Dernnerntse speakers.
A number of new MINA were added to the OM?* roll
of members.
Sunny Ftnr.--Yesterday morning, between
eleven and twelve o'eleek, the bakers of Mr. Byhoeker.
on Germantown road. above Columbia avenue. Nine
teenth ward, was damaged to the extent of .101011 a
fire, which originated In the 10:t.
ACCIDENT ON THE Sc -CTLICILL —Yesterday MOM-
Mg a )I , ung man. named Edward Teague, nineteen
vertu' of ace, was seriously injured ha a cake of ice
falling on 111171 from the VFLIKWMII of the Enirkernoeker
lee Company's hook). He was talon home.
HUH AND DEATH —On Saturday evening the
dead holy el an unknown a hit, man, about twenty-Ex
lerirm et age. was found in a field near the Ali - radiance.
A bottle, conlairung liquor. wan found lying near the
corpse.
A FL 4091kFF and iron balcony were erected in
front of tho armory of the State Penetblea lemerdaY.
A now Amenvin flag. treloniinz to the company was
hoisted to Ile place on the top of the pole.
TiE Brave AnsoCIITION wi l hold its 415151521
colotantinn on the 25th instant,
Markets by Telegraph.
BALTlvoßE.Jan.9.—Fintir buoyant ; sales or loco hbls :
Howard street t 3 SO, an advance of 1354 e. No Wheat
or Corn of consequence was offered in the market to
day. The market is arm, and prices unehanged. Whis
key dud at VC , . Exchange nn New York enchanted
CINCINNATI, lan. 9.—Flour is very dull, and old.re
are willing sellers. WhisLey is to good detnerd. and
thequotations are % s o his her. dales at 210213i0. Hogs
are dull, and 10.313,3 lower. Hales 7LU 1 at 66.13*
693. Receipts to day 2 too . The Pro on ma Yet is
dull and heavy. Meta Pork in quoted eisx•tarsa
Lard is dulled 97.50.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Money Market.
9,12 a).
The stock market was considerably excited to-day by
the report that the transfer books now kept in New
York and Boston by the Beadles Railroad Company,
Were to be closed. The report WINO from a motion to
that affect offered at the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Reading Railroad Company by Mr. Me -
Calmont. of London. The oldest and mrea experiancod
member, of the Broker's Baird were of opinion that
the carrying oat of such a measure by the company
would damage its stock in the market rery seer:m.ly.
and orders were immediately given to sell at a heavy
discount from .the price quoted on Saturday. The cm
position made to the proposal at the Railroad Cornea
: ny's meeting, was successful in having at referred to
the Board of Directors about to be elected. who, it a
understood, are not durosed to disturb the present stets
of things.
The proposition to extend the loan =hiring in Ma
for twenty years, and receive a new set of coupons. Ca
the payment by the company of 10 per cent. bones,
meets the general spprobatien of the holders, Lot is by
no means favorably regarded by the corners of the sae.
eroding sets of bonds, who expected that some arrange
ment would have to he made for the maturing tuns,
whereby their mortgagee would become Cu Arst Dens
upon the company's property. We have not learned, as
yet, that this disappointment has manifested itself in
any lotion tending to embarrass the proposed exten
sion: Everybody connected with the Reading Railroad
Company, whether as the owner of stock or as a
bondholder, seems to look forward hopefully to
the management of the newly elected president Ass
Whitney. Eel.. whose acknowledged ability and esters y
afford a good guarantee that he will leave nothing un
done that can add to the productiveness and usefulness
of the Reading Railroad. We should Lava felt disposed
to extend a cordial wish for success to any man enteric;
upon the arduous task which Mr. Whitney is tena sc
ummy, and in his use we are glad to believe that there
is that in the man which will command the R1e32.33 wa
wish him.
The election for &h.:areal the Reading Railroad coin-
My remitted in the choice of the following ticket
Preindent—Amt Whitney. Vie! Pres dent—J. Hearin
Stele. Mae ayere-1. Dutton Steele. A. E. Bono Chas.
Meestester. Wm. Seller.. Chas. E. Smith. Rot/. Kelton.
Treasurer—S. Bradford. Secretary—Win. H. Melt
henney.
Tho animal meeting of the stockholders of the North
Pennssleatas Railroad Company was also held to day.
The earnings for the fiscal year ending Noverptar &orb;
1551. were SW .1)1 90, sy.sinyt 504 Fa 3.99 in 143—au in
crease of 550 407.97 over 1553. The total expanses' for
1359 were 8155=94, leaving a net meome for the
year. 5183.359.62. The charges easiest income:eel - eat
for the year hare been 5196.917.61. The through ton
nee* for the year was 1111.171:01-11toes, and detirern4
on the hew 18,200 013-21 tone. Total tail toenssay
57201.70—an increase of 11.=13-') tons °Ter 133.
The total nomber of paeseityers carried duneg the
year wee 333 ar, being an inereaee of 411 all. The roll
ing stock and road-tray are to a condition to compare
favorably with those or any other company in the State.
N.. cars and locomotives hare keen added to the atnek
of the company- The equipment aecoant has been in
oretuied ",13431 Mend the COn3t rtetion account ea 342 -
69. The elem. for demaree, growing oat of the colli
sion of Ju1y.'1656, hare alt been settled. and the sec not
elated on the books of the company, by a eatery* to the
profit and Ices account.
Work is in nrotreu so Is to secure. st sn *arty msnoi,
a direct toad to Easton. eighteen mats snorter than t y
the Belvidere sad Delaware Railroad.
The meer.og nes characterized by a dismission. roor •
irsrm perhaps than coolish:3ns. between s wetl-kwrsrn
stockholder and some of th• officers of the wawa,
winch resotted as mortar debates terreen the same
valise heretofore hare ended.
The Board a Sfanageri of the Mime H.ll and &hay:-
kill Harms 'Railroad Caravans have dee!ared a semi
annual dividend of ail per cont. (equal to $S per share).
pliable on and after the IL,th
The Ingoranee Compel of North America lee de
clared a semi•annnal dindinJ of mix per cent., and &V
ism dindend of its per ent.
The bank statement for the week ■hors a large de
crease in the deposit, and the eirettlation. and a with
drawal via hula more than one-half of one per Cant. of
the loan.
The aggregates compare with those of pre nose mete
meats LS co.lovre:
• Jen. 3. Jan. 9.
Cep, tal 5t00k........311.60.2 64114141.72). lao.s re
Loans 21.211.3 C 25243t61. Pee-BS-tag
Specie 4.41951 1.453 Z 2..-1 na. 2,991
Due rut other Haab . 1.154.191 1.4 Z & 1 2 ._Dee. 2:.173
Due to other . 13aelts 2.619 192 2 214 212. Dec. 2111.0
Deposzte- - - 1 I.IC 911
laz re °taboo. -.. • 2,95641 LlV3l=l...Doetl3ra
The fo lone[ states:last shore the ecaditios of the
banks of Phdadelphia. at various blase does Norm
be r • 1.35: z
MA. Loins. 8W.141. Citenloam& Nposals.•
Nov. 4....311.196,44 2.M,464 4 11 011 16.06.162
1661.
J
11....21.30Lgt 3,770,761 I All X 123 LIAN. 2“.
uly 6... 34411.9116 6.01417 24.14,11
7, 1 S .451
: CS M "3 i rt s
4t 7...44.4'2146 S ll F
Sul? I 15%1 7 Z .7 1- 7701 7: 444 4 1 7 fi r :27.1 4
Aug. 8.. 24264406 4426.630 SANAS 143123.4.11
gaps •'5.702,637 MINX]
Oct. 1... 26,01.619 4N 2 742.4.64
17....8
.21 . 6 ,1 5
62. J 76 2 2 2
L2.a9n30 .40116
iL516.661.441!4223..406
24... 24.414.2347 644.741 2103122 15 MUM
" .13.606.111 600442 2 764.43 N 1204 .224
Nor. 7....13.654.....d 11.011.234 2.=.1-40 13336 tit
14 ....24.44.713 4.211 1.764.363 11 2/2913
• 21 ...SIAM.= &MAD 2.6.54.117 11.673.74
13....26.(0,433 4.111234 2.693542 14.516 &I
No. & ...24.14144.2 4 564.421 2444 :34 11.52 014
34111.4.% cams* 25:3035143)151)
23 .. 24652142 LEN VA 2 441 361 14.111.131
"....21,33,3333 4544 332430 Oit 16. 6 23.246
1361.
34. • 4.0:1.263 J E7610t 11 ra
OFFICIAL BANK STATEIIKIIT.
\Mini' ATSILLIMS 011 MX MILL/0151MA ZAMA;
LOW. splint -
HAMM
123.1. Jan. 3. .1322. t.. 73.5. 3.
MolPhill• • • #7.344N 6!.71170004112.304 j.141N13
' Farm Monk An
3.711,16$ 2.74 5 m 173 "314 . 311.317
sAwleg 3463.335 641.111 126344
intrzeisk 1256,401 1.1i2. 2111= NM/
1 1 ,726.473 1 1 ,3 , 23 . 14 4 35 2 1 :2 :3U ...40
1.116166 I.
1015 473 N3.N3 ! NUN
264 U
tr:us3gton..... 3231.432 44 032 WIN CAN
Pam TolrnsUp 213.3 N 317 12344 ea
vremonl_ 1,23x.ia 1.7414 de MIMS 130
Hitt itsel.. Jammu 1.121 DJ WAS MAN
Com:semi 424 IN 113 327 1.17 .N 4 • 177.333
Onsrd 2.117,433 7313333 32411 4
Tradesmag 613,423 487.173 NEMO N 433,
R ryi ac,bd s . NUJ 532 Ma= •
3304
112,351 7N 7N 331,N3 13.333
Conansrassaltb MTH 04.354 74,131 mai
Corn rasimagt W. 1413 j WS% Use /3.C1
• 314.136 1 N 3413 64, 113.177
Total —.... 315 76,.417 1 75243131 AAIUN 4,423 212
DITOUTS. el - scrum:a.
Basic
Jas. 2. • Jan. 3 Jas 7. !As. T.
?Albedo/shit ... itl,aryloo I !134006 i sussoa
North Amerces. 1.5C.123 LOAM 131.34 00327403
Farm a . Nl•sh . I 1, 646 311.915 la 100
cpausststal 673.1"U)711.34 150,311 • 132.3.0
121,2chasses' - sis Art issusi I Web 1 U . . 1.1 33
N.
laserties_. 677109 MAN I 11l 3110 1.7.2 3 - 2)
4 1 0.1:47ruk 132.3= 77.7.141 91330 ISSN
Kssate star 3,13,332 353.42C1 uLtba • 1!1.333
Penn Totrnsair I 80.161 343.5.11 I 63.= TUIP
Western . . 5T7,411 40 436 116 , 1.11.3.0
yin. t Me,. la I 2.73.11 i 4..3 '7 s
Commerce s.NN•I 113.41 s 74.5.1.2 74,4.3
311.733 471.342 f 131.4,51 I UV 133
Trsdramen't 413.an3 4,2 1111 I 73...,37
Cossolasilos 221 s2l . "213 34.644 %MU
..... 411.177 I 357.441 ! 3613 1.0475
Commonireslts '332.141 I 121,122 MAN 1 1di 136
orn Exeltssgs 1113.031 24,2.151, 6306 C...N3
7.11.713 71.5 4 1 16341 36,16
• ---
..
Total
11.131.07 :11341 AUI !g1.423
Clearicts. Ektuk , : e4
6.7i4i.514 d 7 sm; 433
.53n.) 43 1: 3.3 7 -141
4 4'1544 Mr)
3354 nt 61 I^7:3S
.1140,1 N 77 14.1.141
hump 3 ..
" .
311:33.-34 911-2 73 4Y
rt:er tath w. leers the!. the Leh: th V• 1 tr
aekt C. 1 ,1410) troiLdir data f-.1.1.1•• - evk ew tr ,tl:2f
dir, the 17th salt, SAOtone of coal. eta f u. I. 1.1,•51.
Comater.:int Dtc•mter 144 C4.-.L^: Las. ate.-mtea
to. 14 hozreepmed-at 913f1.14. DMA SeaT. bast; ta
trall.l6 than fir for the season 01 11,713 taws a rte.l..
Ettitt hundred and itly-fow tote of Fr tr were %lee
am ad o, et the for the week etta-et time 30 *-
ra11d1.11:11.4111A 1531.X71 KletiAletikt ahLltd.
Jeztairt 9.
RIPORTID •7 8. E. SCATILLIII. 31&'. WILLSSIeVII4
FIRST BOARD.
•Idd Peens 6e.. CAP e 62 •Sed Camt Ats 6.‘- ‘
30} 6. new .703 rJ3L 13:.152 R !3 11,
3430 . -30 , do
?3) do . r
13 PL111.1.5 k- 113
2401 do ..... 31 do ..
,to r 1 Pic=a R . - .'7: i COy 6.3 R. .... W1;1 5J Ree 4,6,4 R..— 53 21
nod do . _ . id 23
lin do . 6 do ..
loOd R•astou . 6.' 161111.1'etee ... 66
eau do '33 6e.S' N I.o..etues GAL 33 60
W..'kdo G2I +I 63 . '33
UN . SiS SS do .
ES=
130-4.RDS.
12t4) CM ii, R. WiN 3 Phillla BAr..A. 111
t 1 Sp bard.. Int. 21 4 do _ . Ili
11 rhtltdaldsak 11. 11 in Ili
1 1.1.1 115
SECOND BOARD. •
10/Clty Es new IE - 2 1,10 rlts Es R. 5 41 .. ;
- 11 Is 1.421 C 5 enz 0 E. 13 7s . 22
Iti2 do 1.72 24 Penn• K 14. L . 3.2 , .
:AU do is 4 Morns Cluisl :ref 111
04 , do .14 r) Norrstny• R , ~
Earn f :, . la H .I.l,nbtel.:** rank . H . *
mu 0., it* 2l Ea. .2. - .5 21;4
tau City Iv R . %Si , LI %ma mak 6 u 411,
CLOSIE , IO PRICES-STEADY.
But. Asir'. Ea. 4.1.4
P 341 &I-- ..... DO, 1t1 1 ,, ,,1 .41 Star.•vt-.... LS
• IL.-- . InAs "EN Wfissy's ,t -tux. .11 LS,
New... 14 , ti tie .* Is Ist on 221. •
?liana 1. ............it 91. , .; - 2.1 i 2 10 11
R23 . 4snwt ii. ...- Vi M. i
L Ltlr ,, l:*Vit- ,,iii .1114 1 . , , , ..
" wort oie `Si 5211 i. 1123, 24 Pewes 'L..- - 2,. 2.•
" do 1 44 do at. . •• in—_ El
Seams FL ..-..._ 3: 1 5 rt.; .. kw —. SE.
eoli,2lt "In
Pre el3°. E .i .ir lee l 1 14 1 6 . 7 2 i( F a r f s l' n7 l k l'is Soss t i Nk ''''. A.. IP'
2. 1 3 1
Sahlr .! NaT la t 4 1 6 ;a, l l 4 2 ''..d.k. tii k' s,V4N - l i tt Ili
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
Thu receipts of (title ware not as lane si use t - s
week. reachia c about 1,..v) heed. Tie market was trts 4.
aid prices about 30 the IN the higher thin Ler' canal.
Tha follosine are the particulars of the sales
21 lasso Abrahams. Lane. eo.. *9510.
gd 2.lcquitid 2c. Carson. Ohio. $5 510.
25 Coats Jc Trainer, Chester co.. 5.449 56
9 D. Eckman , Ohio. 89.
99 B. C. Baldwin. Chester no., 83513.
33 Kennedy A. Modifies.. Chester co.. *lath.
60 Mooney Ir. Smith. Ohio. *75920.
SO null, Ohio. ssss.
30 B. O•ay, Ohio, ti 3.79 .53.
IreJ D. W. Gemmtll, Delaware. 87 Ma 11,
Isla Frank Co.. Ohio, 53.
32 Murphy A' Co. Ve.. s3a9 75
23 H. Chaos. Pe., e15o:14.
ti Snyder. Ohio, 5a7.
2') Ullman. Ohio, 1756.
19 Geo. Stewart. Pa . 80.
Id (*.wham et )reesll. PeL e0...51=:•13.
74 Willard. by P..,ldorari,lie, .5, 9 25.
56 ..?e.lrour Hutton. Ye,. 8509... a-
43 Dr. Hopkins. by C..eliran & .
34 S.,,ltt & Rumble. Chester ea. ti-3565 9 75.
19 P.llaLhoway. Lancaster °a u ha 2529.75.
121,, Chandler. Chester el) .Elo9 53.
33 Ice l . Cneater 3539.50.
21 7. Young. be I'. McFillen. Chestar , .3? 54.
IS Ilethow%). Va., 83_5054 59.
5u . Kherdy. Lancaster no., 5959.
32 I. Mc Pince. Jr., Chester no.. 53295)
Eadca DROVE IS RD.
17 A. Olsen, Pena's. 8, 59.
15 H. Darbneton, Cheater co., $7.19.
47 N. Went:. 17a.. $253 :5.
"115 C. Tmullri. Delays, re 810.
22 Wallace Wilkinson. Chester no, 87.1; 5`•
33 Kimble & Kirk. Chester co.. 8759.51
26 13. Hood, Cheater co.. 8759.
17 Thompson, Cheats, eo.. 6742q10.
25 W. H. Forrest. Chester co.. 83.5054 29.
16 Dillr2. Chester coo 5 7 84
About 5,206 Sheep arrived and !old et from 8 to 172 t 3 *
lb. net.
71 Cows Sold at 5`30 50 per head. aeci,.rdnr to qUtt dr-
The arrival of Hoes at H. G. lintion Craton iouve
Yard reached 1.975 bead, at prices ranging from 8? to
7 .7.5 lb. net. according to quality. The market
this weeks, very brisk, and prices hal t an upward
tendency.
520 head of Hogs arrived and sold at Avenue ';ard by
Miller 52 taliman. at 87 to 9 PP . 109 lb. nat.
Philadelphia Markets.
J . /T[llT 9—ECOMeg.
There is no quotable change in the Flour market.
Pales nclude 61.0 hbla W. B. Thomas's superfine at
85.7.5. SOO Mils Western extra at the same pm*. hbls
good do at Se to Dbl. The retailers and bakers are tun
ing at from 83 OD 6p to STZ tvg hbl for common to claotce
superfine. extras, and fancy brands. k here is a good
demand for straight superfine at our lowest figurte. but
holders generally refuse to sell at that priee.i Floor
and Corn Meal are not inquired for ; the for is held
at e. 23, and the latter 5.1.75 SP html In at sites.
Wheat—Thereto very little offering. and a few imult
lots hate been oaten at 136 oltro (or rood and Prime
reds, ItSatsl2 for winos. Moen holders refuse these
rates. Rye is wanted, and Pennsylrama readily cora
ninnOt Ole. Corn meets with a I'm:led demand, sod
aline 3,05) bushels dry new yelloweold at gre m the earn.
Oats are steady ; further small isles of Nina) trasas 14
hiII: Air 4, 15,17,.