The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-05


Cash on hand. d.............."............ s,5O310
s6sO26s2
Showing an excess of current liabilities
available assets of Of................ 40344-96
Further liabilities capital stock. 6T4965'19
Total liabilities es.................... s71531O15
Among the unavailable assets are the five steamers
OF the company costing s460 066O6 which are valued
at S415,00O. The Board of Managers believe that the
permanent property of the enterprise requires an
addition OF at least 900 capital, and for
this purpose they procured the supplement to the
charter of the company found below
The foregoing report was approved and ordered to
be printed.
The subject of accepting the following supplement
to the charter of the company was then considered
Supplement- to an act entitled An Act to incorpo-
rate the Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship
Company.
of each share of the capital stock Of the Phladel
phia and Southern Mail Steamship Company, hereto
fore paid into the said company, and issued or sub
scrbed for shall be reduced from the sum of two
hundred and fifty dollars, as provided in the act to
which this is supplement, to the sum of one hum
dred ami TWENTY-FIVE dollars, and that each and
every share of stock hereafter subscribed for and
issued by the said company shall be OF the like par
value, hundred and twenty-five dollars; so that
the capital stock Of said company, when fully sub
scrbed for and issued, shall consist of six thou
sand shares of the par value OF one hundred and
twenty-five dollars each: Provided that this sec
ton of this act shall only go into effect and become
operative when the same shall have been accepted
at meeting OF the present stockholders of said
company called after one weeks notice published
in two daily newspapers OF the city of Philadelphia
Section .. That from and after the passage of this
act, all dividends shall be declared out OF the profits
of the company upon the reduced capital stock OF
the company, estimating each share at one hundred
and twenty-five dollars, and that no dividend so de-
| cared shall be held or construed to impair the capt
| tai stock of said company within the meaning of
the 4th section of the act to which this is supple
ment; Provided such dividends shall not impair the
value of the capital below the reduced value of one
| hundred and twenty-five dollars per share.
Section 8. That the Directors of the said company
are hereby authorized to borrow, on the credit OF the
| said company, sum of money not exceeding two
hundred thousand dollars, at rate of interest not
| exceeding eight per cent. per annum, and to issue
| the bonds OF the company in suCh amounts ana
payable at such times, they shall deem convenient,
to be secured by a mortgage or mortgages OF the
| property OF the said company
Mr. Lemuel COfin offered the following resolu-
Resoged That the supplement to the charter Of
| the Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship Com
| pany, approved April 16, 1869, be and is hereby
| accepted by the stockholders.
Resolved That under the authority given by the
supplement to the charter of this company the par
value of the capital stock of the Philadelphia and
| Southern Mail Steamship Company be and is hereby
reduced from $3.50 per share to sl25 per share.
Resored That the Board of Directors be and hereby
instructed to take such measures as shall in their
Judgment be best adapted to procure an addition 81
| The preceding resolutions were adopted.
| The meeting then adjourned.
After the adjournment the stockholders went into
| the annual election OF orlicers.
! The following was the result -Directors-Messrs
| S. Flanagan, Henry Winsor, Winfield S. Russell
| Richard Wood, William Massey, George n. Allen
| b. Perkins, Jr.
|
and nineteenth annual melting OF the contributors tC
the Pennsylvania Hospital, held on Monday last, the
following officers were elected Tor the ensuing
year.
Managers-Mordecai l.. Dawson, John Farnum
William Biddle, Alex. j. Derbyshire, Samuel Mason
S. Morris Vain, Samuel Welsh, Wistar Norris Jacot
F. Jones' Benjamin ii Shoemaker, Alexander Biddle
and Joseph b. Townsend
| Treasurer-John II. Lewis.
The Board was organized by the unanimous re
election of Mordecai L. Dawson as President anC
Wistar Morris as Secretary
The Board then proceeded to the appointment o
officers of the Hospital for the Sick and insane ant
the following persons were duly elected F.
Hospital on Pine et.-Steward-Wil G
Malin; Matron-Mary d. Sharpless; Clerk and Libra
Conrad; Physicians-J. Forsyth Meigs, NJ. D., Jaco
} NJ Da Costa, NJ. D., James H. Hutchinson, M. D.,
Aitken Meigs, NJ; D.; SurgeonSIAddnell Hewson
NJ. D., d. Hayes Agnew, NJ. D.; PathOlogist an
GmatorcWilliam Pepper NJ D.; Microscopist-
Hospital for the insane.-Physcian and Superin
tendent-Thomas 5. Kirkbride NJ d. Department
Jones, NJ. D.; Second Assistant Physlcan-J Ro
; Bradnor, NJ. D. Steward-Joshua T. Edge; hatro
Harriet p. Smith. Department for Females.-
Assistant PhysiGian-Wuhan +, Moon, NJ D. stew
ard-Jonathan Richards.
DEATH OF UNITED STATES MARSHAL JOHN Ely.
General John Ely the newly appointed United state
@ ien .ee N m Pe sree sfa Of
: | caused by bleeding Of the lungs The decease
about 10 O'Clock went out with aparty OF ladies' an
parook of some Ice cream. On arriving at the nous
q niece OF the Generals stepped up the steps an
said, Uncle, you can't jump up three steps" III
did So and on landing on the upper step said he te
q badly. lie Immediately repaired to his room, wher
ne ded shortly afterwards 1t is supposed that in tn
y effort TO jump he ruptured blood-yessel.
u The deceased was about hfty-nye wears of age an
= married lie mad just moved into the city frOI
p Bucks county, where he was born. He served wit
!" considerable distinction in the Rebellion, durin
q which he rose from the rank of major to that
IL colonel and 9reyet malor-general He entered tn
Ill service as MAJOR OF the 23d Regiment Pennsylvani
Volunteers, and was rapidly promoted to the iiel
Of enant-colonelcy and colonelcy Of the regimen
e; Subsequently, for merorous services he was br
OO vetted brigadler and maor-general He was Provo
60 MarsRal-Gener of New Jersey, and also filled Il
90 same position in West Virginia. Later he was d
20 sipnated Superintendent OF the Freedmens Bnrei
20 of Kentucky in which capacity he served until t
disbandment Of that department At the battle
TIE Fair oaks NAV 81 1862 he showed considerable Of
he antry, and while leading his regiment was wound
,s- | in the leo which was subsequently amputated n
be | duties of his ONCE will deyolye upon his depu
IT Albert p Schurz until successor Is appointed.
et, MAD Dogs SHOT. Policeman Bargn, of
OF Eighteenth Police district yesterday snot mad d
nc on Tlton street, near Cumberland.
w Policeman MCDonOugh also despatched mad d
this morning at Fifth and Gaski streets.