Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-01-18

EpIToMR OF BUSINESS AND PERSONAL INTEL q
LIGENoE.-At Il meeting of the stockholders of i
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore ,
Railroad Company, held on Monday afternoon
last, the following named gentlemen were unan-
imously elected Directors for the ensuing year
Samuel NJ. FELTON,, Moncure Robinson, William
Lyttleton Savage, John A. Duncan, Jesse Lane,
Joseph Bringhurst, Frederick A. Curtis, John
q. Groome, j. L. Cohen lr, Thomas Kelso,
Columbus 0'Donnel, Enoch Pratt Thomas Dom
aldson, VIM. W. Coreorau, Edward Austin S.
NJ. FELTON, was reelected President and Alfred
llorner, Secretary and Treasurer.
nay The Directors Of the Delaware City
Bank have declared dividend of four per cent
for the past six months payable on demand.
Books AND STATIONERY. would direct
the especial attention of our readers to the
Book List for January, of j. I. Heald No. 421
Market street. Mr.. Head offers for sale all the
late publications of the day, on as reasonable
terms as they can be procured elsewhere. His |
faclitiesf Or supplying the public with all the
new works as soon after their publication |
as is possible, are not cxcelled anywhere His
collection of Historical works are complete, und
the student Of history cannot fail to procure from
the shelves Of his extensive establishment every
thing that he may desire, The instructor Of
youth will find in his collection Of School Books
all the modern standard works now in use in
our Colleges aud Summaries OF learniug-for I'LL
branches of education-which will be disposed Of
at prices which will meet their appreciation. The
business man should call and examine his ex-
tensiye assortment of Blank Books before pur-
chasing elsewhere. Mr. Head pays particular
attention to this branch of business, and manu-
features the books under his immediate super
vision in his own establishment; purchasers may
therefore rely upon the articles being what they
are represented, Another advantage, customers
may have any kind Of book they may want,
made 10 order at short notice. His assortment
Of Fancy Goods--nany of them very useful is
well worthy of attention. He also keeps on
hand large variety of Stationery, of all grades
and priccs, selected with great care. pnrcha-
sers eau rely upon getting what they want at
his store. We commend Mr.. Head to the sup
port of the citizens of Delaware. lie sells his
goods as cheap as they can be procured in Phil
adelphia or elsewhere, and we know Of no rea-
son why he should not receive a liberal share of
the patronage of the people of our State.
, LOTTERIES AND THE Posr MISUNDERSTANDING
has long since been declared unlawful in the
State Of Pennsylvania, yet the business done in
! lotteries is enormous, extending throughout the
entire commonwealth, The large cities and
towns are infested by Policy Dealers many of
whom have grown aillueht and respectable"
n from the illicit proceeds. Thousands upon
/, thousands Of dollars are annually transferred by
q mail from the interior, to the State of Delaware,
for the purchase of lottery tickets aud in no
u instance to our recollcction has 'nrize" been
Il returned This being the case, il bChOoyes our
IT Legislature, now in session, to adopt sume nen-
:, sure tor the effective suppression, the passage
- Of an Act legali2ing lotteries, and thus check
e. the constant drain Of our working capital into
" the Golfers of another State.
il Several months since we published couple
of confidential" circulars, from the establish
> ments Of Smallwood & Co., and bangs & Co in
m Wilmington, Delaware, aud described them ns
handsomely prepared fac aajie letters rtho-
IL graphed and printed on hue Frcdch paper. tn,
idea was good one, and most admirably cal.
10 cuated to inveigle the nnsophsticatcd into iu
TO vesting their $40 or $50, in nm apparently
in certain prize. 1t was, in fact 81 productive
al that the dodge was Immediately adopted by {
VI host of similar dealers
III To carry out successfully an extensive awindlc
IL it is absolutely necessary to know where to nd
il dress these etters, after being prepared. The
require the names Of persons in the uountr,
v towns and villages, and more especially of thos
lg possessing more or less selfestcem- persons o
n .'some account To meet the demand for names
many pc sens in this city do profitable bust
ness. One agency sends properly prepare
, blank, to country Post Masters, who for a bril
IN I'LL ilem up. and thus inuocently perhaps he
or come party to swiudliug their neighbors an
bc friends.
-, As proof of what we assert VIC herewit
u' publish number Of these lottery baits" whic
TIC were received by one person at an unimportu
'es Post Office in the interior of Pennsylvania, til
no income of which is less than 500, per aunun
=. In this case the garAe was not only bndly playe
~ and over played but entirely played out
'n- use a popular phrase, for at least fifty olhe
ice persons received similar batch through tn
,al same Post Office, and as is usual in small village
:. the "coDtdcnce,n so kindly repusel BY eigt
az different CONCERNS in the same individual WI
aid "too good TO keep" Hence our information an
their publication. We "follow copy" prccise
excepting dates, which 40 suppres- that v
may not be held liable for advertising lotterie
not yet drawn.
ne, From slight error, it has been satisfaeto
nm lily shown to US, that the Post Master of iii
J.. pOce, for triaing consideration" furnish,
40 the names of his neghbors to al agency in ID
The city who in turn, supplied at least several
these establishments, in common with numerol
,he similar dealers, by the hundred thousand
.n, Phad. Record,
10y Here follows nearly two columns of letter
m making some very tempting offers 10 their r
gs, cipients to become rich in Il few moments
rs. view Of the disgrace which is everywhere heapt
=. upon Delaware because of her lottery system
ST. we ask our Legislature to pause before III,
iuAict still greater aud more serious injury upt
om the name Of the State, by extending, by leg
ant enactment, these swindliug institutions
San PatApRIrHiA, WILMINGTON AND BALTIMORE RAnpo
ho, ANNUAL REP0RrA meeting Of the stuusholdeTs OF
N Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Haread Coi
or. pny held in Wimiugto on Monday afternoon III
following is abstract uf the Twenty-thrd Annual
Ind port, submitted by the President aud Directors ~
earnings oi the Philadelphia Wilmington and Badmo
Railroad, for he year ending October 81 1860 were
rye follows Prom passengers, ssal,3o5 II fright and =
press S3l7 ts 81; rents sl9i19 20i mails and misc
Ing ianeous, s4664 i--makins total Of SL2l059s So
which add t2iNHg 80 as tho earnings Of the New Cas-
&C. aud Frenchnwn line aud the total earnings for bp
ev roads amount to sL2s5si 81 The total expenditures
The amount 76isS5 49, which, deducted from earnpi
Ia l4ye net earnings for TIE year Of siill2 TO- The tot
IL dividends paid for the year ~ lpr cent Amounted
s36iODi leaving the sum Of SIO1fl2 IN ais a slrulus
From This surplu deduct the appropriation 10 Tie Stu
fs ipg fund which eGnnruead january 1860 and wa
the rate Of slj0lU per hunun. From January J. 1861
4uu October ~, 1861 period nf ten munhs this would
lpn 333 &c., On tho ZOth day Of November there was pu
chased for thu Sinking Fund slOUUO Of the bonds Of Ii
ul company, due July L. sil OF these Sj533 80 was
j. the year ending October 81, 1860, anil tha balance a
IN count Of the appropriation IL lie made in 1861 The u
ran Acste tue purchase and tanceat1nis appointed
this report in accordance with the condition q the u
gage There remains. then actual surplus far the We
over all expenditures, interest dividends, loss on Dol
er- ware Railroad, and appropriation 10 sinking mud,
nj t7l,37s SO.
az From the tables showing the number of pass myers "a
es- RED ms mile and the number Of tons Of re earn
sd. one mile, and from an apperlionment Of expenditures
III each near as the zane may be- II appars that it u
M cost including all improvements one ceul TO carry ga,
"u passenger mile. and % 10 cents 10 carry each ou
,ns eght one mile for the last year These eNpunditur
will vary, however. from To year the business
u ereases aud less liberal expenditure are ma
-, /, improve and increase lie property 0l tile road.
W. The items of work sud improvements, over M
mar above operating expenses Tor the year ioow
new track bridges and fences, IA 6'3 90; locomotive
re- Si5sal -. passenger cars Slh26O; merrand1o cal
Fhsli " stations. &c. si0I S OF; wharf At Wilmin
Inn, safe II makng total VI SiOlG33 90 The unt
Der ii miles by passenger trains during the year
2IsG11. The earnings per mile appott0uo1 "a f0re
passenger trains - u, appufiiond 10 freight iVi
AZ " the oi-t per mile fut passenger trains 81
ia that tor light 81 81 pro1l per- mile by passe
a. Ter trains ~ a. and % ccuts by freight.
'"e rhe whoe or the lonled debt due July l. 1850