the pbess.
rwuMoni daily (SUNDAYS kojpwmi
n johb w. forhev
OFFICE* »*. U 1 SOUTH FOURTH STREET.!
OHS daily press,
farm Oim Pa* Week. to tha aaxrlars
».n.d to Bobieribart out of tho City at Bbtbh Soluu
V»* AjiytiK; Them Dor-usa aitd Piptt Obhtb.vok Bn
Mo stub; Om Dou*ab and SBTBBTr-FiYB Cbbtb TO*
InulOßUi lawlikblrla adTaiwa for tha Hsaar-
A4r«rH>M>°» t< liuntel at tha tuoal ratal* U
’U*aa aonitltuta a aauara.
Cm CRI-WKKKbT PRCSSj
- lUllad to Bnbaarlbara out of the City at Pome DotLUU
gaa Jjyini. 1* atyaaaa.
RET Air* DRY GOODS.
CLOTHS
CL 0 A K S .
COOPER & CONAED,
NINTH AND MARKET.
JJOK PRESENTS.
!LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS,
la Faacy Boxes,
•LADIES’,
GENTS’,
and CHILDREN'S Sizes
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS,
In Beautiful Fancy Boxes.
JTT6T OPENED* direct from our Manufacturers, ia
Europe, a beautiful assortment of Ladies'and dents'wide
Hemstitched HANDKERCHIEFS, at a very email ed
vance on old prices
LJfIECTKEN & CO.,
828 ARCH St. and 32 South SECOND Streat.
£JHBISTMAB GIFTS!
EYRE & LANDEIiL,
FOURTH AND ARCH,
AS ft THEXK USUAL CUSTOM IN THE TWELFTH
MOSTp,
HAVE REDUCED SOME FINE
SILKS, SHAWLS AND POPLINS,
TO FAVOR THE LAUDABLE PRACTICE OF
MAKING
VALUABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS!
FASHIONABLE RICH SILKS,
EXPENSIVE LONG SHAWLS,
GORGEOUS PIANO COVERS,
BALMORALS OF FINE GRADES,
LINEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS,
MEBINOES AND POPLINS,
DAMASK table cloths,
AND HOUSEKEEPING GOODS,
dslfi-tuths-tf
JOSEPH AND WILLIAM E. WOOD,
IMPORTERS AKP REARERS IK
CLOTHS, CA.SSIMERES, TESTINGS,
AKD
TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS,
WHOLESALE if B RETAIL.
NO. 8 NORTH SECOND STREET,
m " PHILADELPHIA.
SlB opening. sl g
ATTHB
iBCH-STBMT CLOAK STORK, i
A HANDSOMB ASSORTMENT 07 ', t
T.ATWRS 1 AND MISSES’ CLOAKS.
mod-tf . ■ ■
•rlankets.
Xj From *3 to *l3-- and every Intermediate price.
$B, SID, *l2, and *l5 Blankem are very deeirable.
MD^LUiSt
By the yard or piece, of all the well-known makes.
•Buy them now for coming wants, ana save doil^s.
flann els. ■ ■ •
Whites,ftom4sc. tosU Reds, from 45 to 75 cts.
•Grays, from6oto 75 cta.j Bines,,fiom 60to70cts.
■ IFancy 6-4 Shirtings Flannels, 4c.
Damask Table Clothe;-Napkins, and Towels.
Towellngn, Nursery D^aper^Tickings,
American. Merrimack, &c., in figures and etripeß.
Ueat shirting prints s Beal Manchester ginghams, 60c.
BALMORALS.
Mildewed Balmorals, *1 CO: Perfect Balmorals, *3.
pine Balmorals, *3.60 and SA6O; Misses' Balmorals.
0001 hit ot oyaAttlA
e l 7 8. E. corner NINTH and MARKET.
jg M. NEEDLES,
1034 CHESTNUT STREET,
OFFERS FOR SALE
DESIRABLE, USEFUL, AND ACCEPTABLE
HOLIDAY presents,
IN LACE GOODS.
1,000 Real Lace Collars, In every variety ■ from SO cents
*°6oo Lace Sets, from *1 to *6O each.
800 Lace Veils, from *1 to $lO each. ■
600 Valencienne Hdkfs., from *2 to *l6 e*ch_
lOOPointe Lace and Points Appliriae, from $5 to *6O.
Coiffnres, Barbes, and every variety of other descrip
tions Of Lace floods, at very low Prices.
IN EMBROIDERIES.
800 Embroidered Hdkfs., #1 to *lO each.
600 do. Collars. 26 ote. to *5 each.
300 do. Sets, SI to *lO each. . ..
Edgings, Insertings, Flooncings, and all other de
-acriptions of Embroideries.
IN handkerchiefs.
The beet assortment of Hdkfs in the city, including
•©▼err variety of Ladies’, Gents’ and Children’s Linen
'.Hdkfs., in plain, hem-stitched, embroidered, lace*
krinted borders, Sac. , Ac., from 12 cts. to $6O each.
Persons In search oflnsefnl and acceptable presents
■ftronld do well to examine my .took before purchasing.
jr 13 —I will open on MONDAY, tbe 14th met., afresh
Snvolce of desirable goods, In Rich Lace Capes, Coiffnres,
jßarhes, Hdkfs, ■ Voile. Ac- Ac deB-tf
jpORNER OF EIGHTH AND SPRING
“V GARDEN 1 __
BEAUTIFUL AND SEASONABLE GOODS!
PRICES MUCH LOWER THIN ELSEWHERE I
52SSSS5 ?S
;***““” **' THORNLEY & CHISM.
POPLINS AND REPS,
ExceUentTreiich Meriaoeafor $1.25.
A flue stock of Delaines and Calicoes. ■
Comer of EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN.
fTHOENLEY & CHISM
A ABE SELLING
Power-Loom Table Linens,
Shaker and other Flannels, ■
Extra Super-super Rochdale Blankets, •
Frosted Beaver and other Cloths, Ca&slmerea, fisc., fisc.
™ VERY, CHEAP. ■ - , i -.
TEXE AD QUARTERS FOB SHAWLS 1
JtL Lons and Square Broche Shawls,
lona and Sauare Blanket Shawls.
Plaid Shawls, Striped Shawls, Plain Shawls, So.,
Children's Shawls, Misses’ Shawls, Gents’ Shawls,
Loni nnd Sinara Black Thibet Shawls,
At THORNLEY & CHISM’S,
" s: B. Corner of EIGHTH nnd SPRING GARDEN,
(QILKS ! SILKS 1
DO Good Black Silks lor J 1
A LARGE STOCK OF BALMORAL SKIRTS,
*»d.ll other Wn&ol Goo^a.f’^ nt Ta „, Q
At THORNLEY & CHISM’B,
noTl-Sm ».B-Car. EIGHTH ami SPRING GARDEN.
TON 0- BROCHE SHAWLS, FROM
-JLJ $lO to $125 a pietc
Open Centre Lon* Brocbe Shawla.
Blanket bhawls, Plaids and Stripes. < . _
A huge assortment of Blanket Shawls, from
51. 60 to *7 a piece.
Ladled’ Scarfs in great variety, from $1 to $7 apiece.
• LaaiBS ’ Cloa,£S<,ftlielate ' t SfenALLd [ CO., •,
’ deSMf No. Vo South SECOND Street.
1044 CHESTNUT ShRSiT.
E. M. NEEDLES,
1034 CHESTNUT STREET,
Invites attentlonto his extensive assortment H
of ,toils suitable for §
USEFUL AND ACCEPTABLE
IN LACE GOODS,
HAN D KERCHIEFS, EM BROIDERIES,
VEILS. AND WHITE GOODS.
1U34 CHESTNUT STREET.
■TOHN H. STOKES, 702 AROH
V STREET, would call the attention of the ladies to
tla immense stock of DRSSS- GOODS, moat of which.
Baa been reduced for HOLIDAY PRESENTS, constating
of French Merinoes, Figured Camlet Cloths, Wool ana
fart Cotton Delaines, Figured and Shined Mohairs,
ngllsh MeiinoeajWool Plaids, Plaid Dress Goods, CaU
■goes, file . <ie4-tf
T>LAOK VELVET JiII,AVER.
JO -Jn>t received, ONE PIECE OF BLACK VELVET
®EAVER " SH*.fcPLEBB BROTHERS,
deid-tf CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Street..
<IHARPLESS BROS. AR E SELLING
O At REDOOBD*PRICBS, their stock of
. EKOaTI D AND FAStCT BBAVSRS.
Also. BLACK CLOTHS and BKSVER4
4eld-u CUEoTNUT and EIGHTHStteeU.
YOL. 7-NO. 122.
PRESENTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
ARE HOW CLOSING OUT THEIR ENTIRE STOCK OF
HANDSOME SILKS, at reduced prices.
SILK POPLINS, at reduced prices.
ALL-WOOL POPLINS and KBPS, at reduced prices.,
FRENCH MEBINOES, at reduced prices. •
SHAWLS AND CLOAKS, at reduced prices.
1 Lot Figured SILK POPLINS, choice colors, reduced
to $1.65, sold early in the season at $2.25.
2 Lots FRENCH MERINOES, choice' colors, at 76 and
S73*c» wonfch $1 and
1 Lot ENGLISH MEBINOES, choice colors, fall
yards wide, at 87>£, worth $1.25.
60 pieces, over 3,C00 yards, comprising a good variety of
These goods have never been sold less than 62Xc, and
we guarantee them to he the • ,
Of all hinds, at greatly Reduced Prices, to close oat
oar stock in season.
Ladies’and Gents’Hemstitched Handkerchiefs.
L&ides’ Embroidered Hemstitched Handkerchief.
Swiss, Cambric, Maltese, and Thread Collars. v
Cambric, Jaconet, and Nainsook Muslins,
Nos. 713 and 715 North. TENTH Street.
de2l-4t
-EDUC T I © N
lADIES AND MISSES’ CLOAKS
JN CONSEQUENCE OP A PROPOSED
JgALMORAL SKIRTS
HOLIDAY PBESBWTB.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
EE. STEEL Sa SOIST
WINTER DRESS GOODS,
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES,
Which would make useful and oheap
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
BEST FRENCH CHINTZES REDUCED TO 37Kc.
(Gros. Odicr, Roman, & Co, r iprinting.)
NEW AND RICH STILES.
BEST FRENCH CHINTZES IMPORTED,
DItESS GOODS
WHITE GOODS OF ALL KINDS
AT VERY LOW PRICES.
ARISE CHAJfCE FOR BiRGiINS.
3? m X G E S'.
WE ARE NOW OFFERING THE WHOLE O?
OUR STOCK OF
AT A GREAT REDUCTION
FROM FORMER PRICES,
J. W. PROCTOR & Co.,
THE PARIS CLOAK AND FOR EMPORIUM,
930 CHESTNUT STREET,
noB-tuthsaam
CHANGE IN OXJB FIRM,
At the end of this Tear,
OUR GOODS
Are now offered at
MUCH REDUCED PRICES.
SHARPLESS BROTHERS,
CHESTNUT and EIGHTHJSts.
HOLIDAY GIFTS,
From lato Auction Sales.
BALMORAL SKIRTS at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
1 tot Fnll-sise Balmorals, *176.
1 Lot Full-size Balmorals, *2.00.
1 Lot Full size Balmorals, *2.25.
1 Lot Full-size Balmorals, *3 60.
1 Lot Full-size Balmorals, *3.00.
And superior grades at
LESS THAN USUAL PRICES !
Misses’ and Children’s Skirts.
OUR WEN STODDART & BROTHER,
450, 453, and 454 North SECOND Street.
de!9-3t _ above Willow.
T R. CASSELBERRY, No. 45 NORTH
tt « EIGHTH Street, is SELLING OFF his CHEAP
STOCK at BARGAINS, as many of you alreauy know:
Reduced Balmorals down to #2.60 from #3.00
Reduced Balmorals down to *2 75 from *3 20.
Reduced BaJmorals down to $3.00 from $3 60.
Im,l ""inM?SS&{fA i
Embroideries at one-third their cost. •--
Perfumery Jess than the present cast.
Soaps.Hdkfs,
Broche Shawls from $lO up to $BO.. . .
Blanket Shawls, choice Plaids and Styles, closing out
cheaP ' GLOVES! GLOVES!
Those cheap Kid Oioves, $1 to $ L 12 pea* pair.
3frveiy pair is good strong Kid, or bo sale.
' FL AN NBrsF’'FLAWELS!
Shaker Flannels, 1 eavy, at bargains.
Flanuelsof all kind*, at low prices,
• MUSLIN, DRILLING*. &*, &c.
All the leading rnafeea of Muslins, at the right prices.
Extra line Canton . Flannels; for ladles’ wear, cheap.
Lead colored Canton Flannels, 31 cents, a snw bargaw,
J. a. CioaKljoCiaKl»
Man moth Dry Goods Souse,
JToith EIGHTS Street.
p. S. Our Hoop S> irts must be sold. Selling them off
at prices to suit customers. [de*3l-2t3 ' J. R.-C,
fIOMFOBTABLES AND BLANKETS
Kj —i have a very large stock of these good. heavy
Comforts, filled-with wool. at #3 50 and thatare bet
ter made than what are g*neralJy sold; Blankets at *5,
that are real good ; better do., all w->ol, good size at
s 6■; extra heavy, all- wool, at $B, and very fifi© at >llO.
There is no mistake about these being much under the
regular prices. Heavy Woolen Coverlids* of various
patterns, heavy Counterpanes, pink and blue at *4 and
$5, and a very large assortment of white at all prices.
Honeycomb Quilts, «*^ NyILIEB . HAINES>
No. 1013 MARKET gtr- et, above TKffTH.
STABLE LINENS—HEAVY HAND
_L LOOM Table Linens, at 75 and 80 cents, that are
very desirable. One lot fine Bleached Dam asks, at
*1 vs, some of themnreba&uMfol patterns. Also, alette
variety of finer goods Napfcin* at $175 and $2, that are
extra cheap. Towels at $1 GO. $2 25 and $3 per dozen.
HuoSahschs, hotli Bleached and half Bleached, .all
prices. One lot Table yards long. Bnssia
Crash and all hinds of Fancy Towellings. The best and
cheapest stock of Pillow Linens and Linen Sheetings in
thecity- A large variety of the best American Caintzes
for Christinas presents. GRAWV[LLE B hAINH?, _
de2lmtuws4t No. 1013 MARKET St., ah. TBNTH,
coo HOOP SKIETS. ftoB
MM'J The largest assortm snt, and the hest gn&A'
llty and styiesof HOOP SKIRTS, to belohtained in the
city, are manufactured and sold wholesale and Retail,
at No. 638 ARCH 6treet. bhirts mad© to order, altered
and repaired. * de!B-6t
FLANNELS, WARRANTED UN
JC SHRINKING, at CO cents per yard; very fine Bal
lardy ale do., 66 cents: "better do., B 2 cents; yard-wide,
rood, 76 cents; Sbuker Flannel, 62, 76, 87. and *1 per
yard; heavy Gray Twilled, 60 cents; heavy Bed Twilled,
60 cents. All our Flannels reduced to take stoek. Table
Linens, all qualities, at reduced prices. Blankets at
*o 50 per pair; very heavy do., s3@si per pair; fine all
wool of superior quality, $8 per pair; extra good do.,
am tier mlr. Handsome Marseilles Quilts at reduced
“iicMi cfouble-width Shirting Flannel., *1 yard.
’lO»l MARKET Street.
JJD, GROSJEAN,.
1013 CHESTNUT STREET,
Respectfully calls the attention of the ladies to his well
selected StOCk Of .„„/ITTTT>UI3
LINEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS.
1 - Also, a fine collection of - ’
Fancy and Embroidered Handkerchiefs.
Gents' and Ladles* Handkerchiefs. ■ . ..
INITIALS AND OTHER DESIGNS Embroidered in the
latest styles and in the best possible manner.
A fall assortment of
EMBROIDERIES.
NIGHT-GOWNS.
CAPS. CHEMISES.
GARIBALDIS,
COLLARS. SLEEVES, CUFFS,
HOOP SKIRTS, HEAD DREBSEB,
NETS, GLOVES, &c.
H STEEL & SON WOULD CALL
• attention to their Stock of FINE DRESS GOODS,
all bought at very tow prices, early in the season, and at
the recent Auction Seles:
French Merino'es, 76c to $2 SO.
French Poplins and Rep?, 87Kc to $1 75.
Dress Goods of every variety. 20e to $2
8.000 yards two-yard wide Merinoes. $1.25.
Blanket Shawls, a great variety of styles, *3.25 to $l3.
Broche Shawls, areatbaricaina, *MO to *l4.
Circulars and Sacques, of all kinds of Cloths, at low
’FaucySilks, $1 tos,T
Plain Poll deSmee. *1.2310*250.
Moire An-Yaue. anu Corded Mike, $1.50 to *5. .
moire TI;J M<l ~h North TENTH St.
1 Lot All-wool Shaket Flannels, EDJc, wortb 800. u 025
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HISTORY OF CHARLES THE BOLD,
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JUVENILE LIBRARIES, in meat variety., : • • •
JUVENILE BOOKS of all kinds.
; NEW BOOKS, AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FOR
HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
For sale at low prices, by .
Lindsay & blakiston.
Publishers and Booksellers,
deb) tf B 5 South SIXTH Street, above Chestnut.
OHOIOE GIFTS FOR HOLIDAYS.
\J CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
PRESEN’S FOB. OLD ANO YOUNG.
Splendid assortment of PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, of
all sizes and styles.
PHOTOGRAPH CARDS, plain, and beautifully co-
IO JCVENILE BOOKS. CHILDREN'S OiMES. Mlnta
ture Albums, Elegant Imperial Photographs, Stationery
of all kinds, fine Porte-monnaies, &c.
Prices lower than any other house in the city.
" ‘ ' RPLIaON. 1304 b CHEBTNUT Street.
SOMETHING NEW.
(3 INDESTRTTOTIBLB ■
ALTEMDS T & 0 00? come? if FfTOKTH a“ BACK,
at their £ooto». corner of FOURTH and. KACB. The
Ti&to wsM**«anrrwQa*Vtatvw.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1863.
SEW PUBLICATIONS.
W'.WvW'VW'AVWS.V/
■gOOKS FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS!
FOR THE OLD,
FOB THE YOUNG,
AND FOR THE CHILDREN.
COMMENTARY, wholly Biblical, 3 quarto vol.« half
bonnd, Turkey morocco. 130.
JEWISH TABERNACLE AND ITS FURNITURE.* By
Rev. Richard Newton D. D. $1.50.
TBE 6ERMONS OF REV. EZEKIEL lIOPKIHB, D.
D. 3vo)s,Bvo. Cloth. $4 50.
THE SERMONS OF REV RALPH ERSKINE, A. M.
2 vols., Svo. $3.
BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.
THE WOBKS OF REV. 0. B. TAVLOR. 10 volume,.
New Edition. These interesting, pare, and elevating
Books bivve been brought out in inoat tasteful atyles of
bindioga, making an acceptable present to old or young.
They a»e as follows:
THE ANGEL’S SONG : A Christmas Story.
LEGENDS AND RECORDS
MARK WILTON: Or. the Merchant’s Clerk.
LADY MARY: Or, Not of the World.
THANKFULNESS.
EARNESTNESS. -
RECORDS OF A GOOD MAN’S LIFE. i
TROTH; Or, PSRSIS CAHLETON.
SCENES IN A CLERGYMAN’S LIFE.
MARGARET; Or, THE PEARL. ,
60 centsper volume.- Any of tho above volumes sent
free of postage on receipt of 80 cents.
Also, all the LATE BOOKS, among whioh are the fol*
lowing:
FAITH GARTNEY’S GIRLHOOD. *1.25.
MISS GILBERT’S CAREER. ‘ An American Story.
*1.25.
MILL AGENT. 90 cents.
SEA STORIES BY AN OLD SAILOR. *l.
HARRY’S VACATION. 90cents.
And many others, too numerous to mention.
BOOKS AND GAMES FOE CHILDREN.
PICTORIAL BOOKS from *4 to 16 cants. . r
ALPHABET BLOCKS, GAMES, LITTLE LIBRARIES,
MINIATURE ALBUMS, 4c.. Ac.
Also, a fine stock of elegantly-bound BIBLES (Oxford
editions). PRAYER BOOKS, and CHURCH SERVICES.
„ from thelarge Folio to the smallest 48mo.
Likewise, a full supplyof
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, all Bizes.
For sale at the
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL BOOK SOCIETY,
122* CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia,
nofif-taflm
JgOOKS FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
SMITH. ENGLISH, & CO.’S,
No. 23 - NORTH SIXTH STREET,
(DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE CITY BANK.)
Fine Illustrated Works, Prose and Poetry.
Standard Works, in Extra Bindings.
Photograph Albums.
Bibles and Prayer Books.
Juveniles, Toy Books, Games, &c., &c.
j SSF* New Books received as soon as published. de!6-8t
TIJST PUBLISHED—THE PBAYEB
W at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettys- ;
burg. By Rev* Thos. H, Stockton, D. D. Price, 10
ceniß. Published by _ _
WM. S. & ALFRED MARTIEN,
del2 606 CHESTNUT Street
THE MOST VALUABLE AND USE
A FUL GIFT FROM A CONGREGATION TO THEIR
PASTOR—ALSO. FROM A SCHOOL TO A TEACHER.
THE NEW
AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA.
4 NOW COMPLETE
in sixteen large volumes, in six different styles of bind
ing. Persons looting for a present of real value are
invited to call and examine the different styles.
OFFICE OF THE CYCLOPEDIA.
33 South SIXTH St., above Chestnut,
del4*l2t ' Second story.
JEWELRY, PXiATED WAKE,
QIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
»5 PER CENT. SAVED BY PURCHASING YOUR
WATCHES, JEWELRY,
BILYKR-PLATED WARE,
J>. W. CLARK’S,
soa CHESTNUT STREET, -
Where maybe found a fine assortment of the following
Qoods. at Twenty-five per sent lest than at any other
establishment:
GoldWatcheß,
Silver Watches, -
Plated Watches,
American Watches,
English Watches.
Swiss Watches,
Bracelets,.
Betts,
„ Pina,
Ear Rings, •
Finger Binge,
Sleeve Buttons.' ;
Stnde,
Medallions,
-Neck Chains.
Qnard Chains., ,
Chataline Chains, -
Yaet Chains.
Pencils,
Thimbles, • . . i ■
Pens and Cases,
Tooth Picks. :
Gents’ Bosom Pins, . ,
Gents’ Scarf Pins, /
Gents’Scarf King*.
Armlets, - j
Charms, r
Watch Keys,
Watch Hooks,
Watch. Bara,
&8„ &«,
SILVER-PLATED WARE.
T«e Betts, y i
Wine Castors, - >
Dinner Castors, ;
Breakfast Castors, * . '
Cake Baskets,
Card Baskets, ‘
Butter Coolers,
Sugarßowle,
Balt Stands,
Call Bells,
Gobleiv
Cups;]
Shop Holders,
gapkln Rings,
Syrup Pitchers,
Cream Pitchers. . „
Table and Dessert Spoon*,
# Tea and Salt Spoons, .
Egg and Mustard Spoons, !
Dinner and Tea Forks, !
Tlsb and Pie Knives,
Tea and Dinner Kjuv*.
Oyster and Soup ladles,
Children’s Knlß and Fork,
Butter Knive,
. &c., Ac. i
One call will convince the mogl dncrednbas that the
cheapest place ln the city to buy Watches, J)welry, and
SllTcr-Plated W«e, i. At w c j^ s .
60A CHESTItJT.Street,
g. B.—Fine Watches and Jewelry carenlly repaired
by the most experienced workmen and warnnted. -
noiar-tde3l * l ... "
QOODS FOB THE
Nearly one hundred different kinds o\
GAMES AND PUZZLES,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OP . . - ; /
PAPER DpLLS.
Two hundred different kinds of /
TOY HOOKS;
Beautifully Colored.
A B C BLOCKS AND CARDS, / .7
PHOTOGR.PH ALBUMS,
JUVSBILE BOOK'i Ac., &c„
At Low Prices hy the (mantity to dealers. ■
T. ELWOOl) ZELL & SO.,
Wholesale Booksellers and Stationers,..an<j /
Manufacturers of Photogaph Albttma,
Nos. IT and 19 SOUTH SIXTH ffREET,
de!6-6tlp 4 copd floor -
WATCHES,'JEWELR], Ac,
A HANDSOME VARIETY ©'ABOVE
A Goods, of superior quality, and at nudirate prices,
kept constantly on hano fe JinoTHEK J mpo rters,
del2-fptf 3i»* CHBSTMPT Street, plow Fourth.
OARRLAQES. 1863.
WIILIAK-Ursdfisift^r
Odach and Light
Koe. 1008 and 1011 OHEST/JT STEKK.
'iPFIL.DHLPnXI.
•RUSTIC ADORNMENTS jORHOMES
OF TASTE. I .
Wardian;. Caees with Growing rants.
Tern Vases -■with Growing Pla/V
Ivy Vases with Growing Plan*—..
Hanfhssr Baskets with Growff Plants. -
Fancy*Flower Pots. 1) • ;
Orange F< tc, all sizes. //
Cassolette. Ronaissancs. // ■
Caryatides. Louis XiVths. J
- Classical Baste in. Parian MatfP*. .
Marble Pedestals and Fancy / ac f
Terra Cotta Yltses, all sizes.; / ’
Lava Vases, Antique. - (i
Garden Vases, all sizes. \f
Statuary and Fountains.
Choice and select articles for Girt imported ana manu
factured for our own sales. Fortfe wtail, or to the
t TS?«hB t?! 301 CFIBSTNUT^reet.
TOOL CHESTS; (
X SMALL, MEDIUM, AN,
_ _■ , Containing GOOD''
For sale by
delfilm*
T A DIES’, GEN«EN’S, AND
CHILDREN’S SKATES, (
In great variety, forsile bjr
dels Ira*
CTEEL iv
A new and arflcle for * CO.,
I -/. 607 MARKET Street. I
del6-lm*
PARLOR S:
For sale "by
Aleo7 Fiae Pea ft}
del/)-Iro* . [
iyO BOOTED SHOE MAIjuFAC-
TnßE L%horf h ;ora s «Mffl». nest ,
“ ' Salving ■ ‘
.Heeling ' s ■ !
primping , .
' KinfeleMcT'Vd f«WC<)mbiiMd,
sewed TOk,W»Ut j
& f l“Ju feoSfl3iT a iSd &U tftagCßD
Boftd- ' »**“<•
Olli—6oo BABBEL& NA
TEONA. and other celebrated brands. In *i*™'j-na
in eaifbYwiTsm HI tfwa «m«. «W
- I
IN GREAT VARIETY, AT
LARGE SIZE,
'OOLS,
LESLEY * GO .
607 market.
LESLEY St CO.,
COT MARKET Street.
.TBS—
LEBLEY 4 CO. ,
607 MAKKBI Street.
Pocket Knives, Table Catlery, Ac,
firm.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1868.
Oil HOLIDAY DIRECTORY.
Ab the pi-GBent week will bo largely given up to
shopping for the holidaye, we have been at some
pains to present, to our readers, for their
enoe and benefit, the following Holiday Directory:
RETAIL. DRY GOODS,
In this department the old and respectable house -
of Thomas W. Evans & Co., No. 818 Chestnut
street, offers as usual ii large anil elegant assortment
of goods suitable for presents.
Mr. J. M. Hafluioh, No. 902 Chestnut street,
formerly L, J. Levy & Co,, also presents unusual
attractions to buyers of elegant dry goods.
Ladies in mourning, or those wishing to pur
chase mourning fabrics of any kind, will find a su
perb assortment at the popular mourning store of
Besson &, Son, No. 9lBL’heatnut street.
Messrs. Eybb &, Landei/l, Fourth and Arch
streets, have long made it a rule to reduce their
prices of dry goods at this season of the year, in
order to enoourage the lkudable practice of making
holiday presents. Thei? present stook of silks,
shawls, euid all kinds of dress goods, is magnificent,
and deserves attention.
Messrs. S. Milliken &Co., No, 828 A.roh street
and 32 South Second street, offer an extensive and
beautiful stock of linen handkerchiefs, in fancy
boxes, fbr ladles, gentlemen, and children, that are
admirably adapted for presents.
Messrs. Edwin Hall & Co., No. 26 South Second
street, give notice that they have now ready, atre
duced prices, a superb stock dress goods, suitable
for presents, such as fancy silks, moire antiques,
poplins, merinos, delaines, cashmeres; also,cloaks
and shawls in great variety.
Mr. J. R, Casselubbuy, No. 45 North Eighth
street, is now selling off his stock of goods
department at great bargains. In it will be found a
large variety of articles suitable for gifts.
Messrs. R, D. &W. H. Pbnnkll, No. 1021 Market
street, ofiter a very superior .stock of domestic dry
goods, chiefly, at unusually low prices.
Mr. R. K. Slaughter, No. 517 Market street,
also offers a very large assortment of window
shades, to which we would direct special attention,
Mr. Jambs Denny, southeast corner of Eleventh
and Lombard Btreets, offers a very large acid varied
assortment of blankets and staple and fancy dry
goods, abounding in articles suitable for substantial
presents. •
Messrs. Shabtless Brothers, Eighth and
Chestnut streets, have reduced the prices of their
enormous stock, which makes their store one of the
most desirable to patronize for presents in this
city.
Mrs. Stbel, No. 107 South Tenth street, below
Chestnut, advertises an assortment of corsets and
skirts. ;
Hoop skirts, in good assortment, are also offered
at 628 Arch street.
Mr. .ToHir H. Stokes, 702 Arch street, offers a
very desirable stock of .dry goods from which to se
lect presents of a serviceable character,
Mr. War. T. Snodgrass, No. 34 South Second
street, offers a magnificent stock of cloth goods for
both military, naval, and civic purposes, which he
is selling at less than the usual retail rates.
Messrs. Josh?h & William: E. Wood, No. 8
South Second street, offer at wholesale and retail,
an elegant assortment of cloths, cassimeres, vest
ings, and tailors’ trimmings,’
Messrs. Cooper & Conard, Ninth and Market,
have a large and desirable stock of dry goods, em
bracing a great variety of muslins, flannels, da
masks, blankets, &c j also, a
splendid assortment? of cloak cloths and ready-made
cloaks. -
; ;’Mr. Granville B. Haines, No. 1013 Market
BtreetJ also offers a splendid assortment of domestic
dry - goods, including one of the largest stocks of
blankets and comfortables in this city.
Tbornlev Sc Chism, Eighth and Spring
Garden, present to their customera and the general
publiO) an admirable stock of beautiful and season
able goods, embracing everything from the most or
dinary domestic article to the finest shawls and
dpss fabrics, all of which they are-now selling at
very reasonable prices,•
• In curtins and curtin materials, Messrs. S. P.
forrr.T. &.,0o northeast corner of Tenth and Chest
nut streets, offer a desirable assortment, including
furniture coverings, window Bhades, Venetian
blinds, and everything else belonging to this depart
ment of trade.
Mr. E. M. Needles, No. 1024 Chestnut street, pre
sents in his usual good taste* desirable, useful and ac"
ceptable holiday presents in the department of lace
goods, such as lace collars, Bets, yells, Valencienne
handkerchiefs, pgint lace*,'and embroideries of eve
ry description,
Messrs. H. Steel & Son, 713 and 715 North Tenth
streets, invite attention to their fine stock of meri
nos, poplins, silks, moire antiques, etc., suitable for
gifts, which they are selling at unusually low prices.
Mr. Ed. Grosjean, 1013; Chestnut street, offers a
superior stock of goods in the way. of linen cambric
handkerchiefs, of beautiful and novel designs, and
embroideries,-lace goods,. Garibaldis, head dresses,
nets, gloves, &c.
Messrs. Sheppard, Van Harlingen, .& Arri
son, No. 100 S Cheßtnut street, present to the pub
lic an elegant class of goods for presents in the way
of house*furnishing materials, such as fine lace and
broc&telle curtains, draperies, * cornices, furniture
cove lings, damask table cloths; also, handkerchiefs
and embroideries in great variety.
Messis. Cubwkn Stoddart & Brother, 460,
462, and 454NM , th Second street, who always keep
on band a largwand superior stock of dry goods* at
very reasonable prices, now offer at reduced prices,
for holiday gifts, Paris poplins, rep poplins, merinos,
together with a splendid line of Broche long shawls.
TOYS AJfD FANCY GOODS.
In this department of indispensable Christmas
goods, a very rich and inviting stock is offered by
Messrs. T. Ell wood Zell & Co., Nos. 17 and 19-
South Sixth street, embracing games and puzzles!
paper dolls, toy books, photograph albums, juvenile
books.:
Messrs. Hartell &-liETCHwoRTH, No 13 North
Fifth street, are' selling a most beautiful assortment
of glass shades, round, oval, and square, that are
popular for presents.
Messrs. Moss & Co., No. 432 Chestnut street,
blank book and envelope manufacturers, present a
rare stock of useful and fancy articles adapted for
the present buying season, such as rosewood writing
desks, ladies’ work boxes, dressing oases, jewel
boxes, photograph albums, chessmen, games, paper
knives,‘gold pens and silver .cases, fine pocket cut
lery, and a hundred other articles of taste and
utility.
In this department, also. Messrs. Howe & Eustoni
Nob 167 and 150 North Third street, offer a great
stock of toys, particularly of the more substantial
sort, as the reader will see from their advertisement
in another column.
In the /ancy goods dejiartmect, tQO, Mr, John M,
FiKit, BOUtheaet oornerof Seventh and Arch streets,
offer* a very heautirul stock of fancy colognes, fine
morocco satchels, pocket books, embroidered slip
pers; fine biusheß, gloves, lancy book markers, hand
mirrors, scisßOis, e/ cetera, suitable for Christm&B
gifts.
•Mr. Wu. W, Harding, manufacturer of albums
end publisher of family and pulpit Bibles, No. 328
Chestnut street, offers a magnificent assortment of
photograph albums in .all sizes and at all prices.
Nothing could be more appropriate as a Christmas
gift.
Mr. H. Dixon, No. 21 south Eighth street, invites
attention to hia complete stock of fancy combs, fans,
steel and jet jewelry, pearl head-dresses and nets,
with'a full assortment of lancy and toilet goods.
Messrs. Martin & Quayle, No. 1036 Walnut
street, offer R very-attractive holiday stock) em
bracing articles suitable for children and adults, ar
ticles both of fancy, amusement, convenience, orna
ment, and utility- This is really a drat-class Christ
mas establishment,
Messrß. CrxhrrA Co ,No. 18 couth Eighth Btreet,
offer a splendid assortment of photograph albums.
Messra. Hunt A Co., Iso. 41 south Eighth street,
offer a most valuable hew French eosmetio for beau
tifying, whitening, and preserving the complexion.
A beautiful gift for a lady.
Kerr’s China Hall, No. 629 Chestnut street, pre
sents an array of tasteful articles of utility and
einamcnt that will satisfy the most fastidious
taste. This is really a great establishment for se
lecting presents.
Messrs. Scholz & .Tanentzry, No. 112 south
Eighth street, offer a splendid stock of paint-boxes,
writing portfolios, photograph albums, and other
goods, suitable for presents.
WATCHES «. .IEWKIRY.
In this magnificent class of goods, adapted for
holiday gifts, Messrs. Bailey & Co., No. 819 Chest
nut street, present more than their usual princely
display. Fine diamonds, watches, silverware,
French porcelain goods, clocks, and ornaments for
the mantel, china ornaments, bronzes, diamond,
pearl, amethyst, and coral jewelry, elegant quality
silverware, and elegant assortment of watches, con
stitute a part of the attractions of this splendid
stock.
Messrai J. E. Caldwell & Co., No. 822 Chestnut
street,;in addition to their immense stock of watches,
fine jewelry, and silver-ware, now-offer a splen
did assortment of rich goods of their own importa
tion, such as opera and field, glasses, rich fans,
combs, engraved glass articles, decorated French
porcelain vases, dressing caeca, .rich jewel oaskets,
bronze statuettes, mantel clocks, Ac., Ac.
Messrs. Farr-A Brother, 321 Chestnut street,
picsent to puichasers, besides their' usual rich as
sortment of fine watches, jewelry, and silver-ware—
the best stock of musical boxes in the United States.
Nothing could be more appropriate or beautiful for
a Christmas present, *
Mr, a. Uuesell, 22 North Sixth street, also offers
a splendid stock of fine American and imported
watches, and jewelry, including a very choice and
elegant assortment of fine seal .rings, suitable for
gifts.
Mr. D, W. Clark, No. 602 Chestnut street, also
offers a great variety of watches, jewelry, and silver
plated ware, at “twenty-five per cent, below the
usual prices.” A good plaoe to scieot presents.
Messrs. Wm. Wilson A Son, Fifth and Cherry
streets, have now on hand a large assortment of su
periorsilverware, of the'finest quality and highest
standard of silver, admirably adapted for presents.
Mr. Jacob Harley (formerly Stauffer A Harley),
No. 022 Market street, offers a beautiful stock of
watchesrjewdry, silver and plated- ware; suitable for
gifts.
Mr. Thomas G. Oaebxtt, No. 7X2 Chestnut
street, in view of the holiday season, has now ready
a most elegant assortment of watches, fine jewelry,
silver articles, plated-ware, table cutlery, all of the
newest styles and finest quality.
Messrs. Cassidy & Ball, No. 12 South Second
Btreet, also offer a very handsome stook of goods in
this department, embracing gold and silver watches,
diamond and gold jewelry, silver and slver-plated
ware, and other good, suitable for gift..
Messrs. 1\ P. Dubosq & Sort, 1028 Chestnut street,
large manufaetuierß of fine jewelry, offer a splendid
stook at unusually moderate prices, to which we
would direct attention. r
Mr'. Hrnet Hari-ms, Wo. 620 Arch street, manu
factures and sells the beat quality of silver ware,
fine jewelry, watches, and plated tea sets, which he
offers as suitable for gift..
Mr. John O. Kelley, No. 33 South Eighth
street, above Chestnut, otters at new store a fine
asßortment of watches, jewelry, .liver and plated
ware, selected with great care and taste.
Messrs. Lours Ladomus 4 Co , No. 802 Chestnut
street, diamond dealers and jewellers, announce a
splendid'stock of goods in this line adapted for gift.,
to which we'invite the attention of buyers.
SBWING .MACHINES.
Without designing to be‘l4vi(liouB,:we are almost
tempted to urge upon dtrr;reaa'ers) : iri making their
purchases, the wisdom of giving the Seining Machine
the preference to which its great merits as a'house,
hold blessing entitle it. In fact, the sewing machine
has not only demonstrated its utility kb a promoter
of health and life, built is rapldlylrevolutibnizing
the social condition of women , who . have nothing
but their own earnings to depend upon for a living.
We have heard of isolated cases in whioh an expert
operator of a good machine has earned as high as
eighty dollars in a month; and for a woman to make,
by the use of a machine, as high as fifty dollars a
month is not at all unusual. This fuel speaks more
eloquently than words in favor of the sewing ma
chine. To the poor, toiling needlewoman a sewing
machine would be a fortune. Open your heart and
make upfyour mind to dispense a few of these for
tune? as soon as you have finished this paragraph
providing you have the money to do It with, J!o
the man of family in moderate circumstances the
help of a sewing machine would be invaluable; to
those better off it would be a source of economy,
and to the wealthy a pleasant amusement, that may
inculcate lessons of industry at home, without which
life is robbed of half its flavor. Now with regard
to tefi ere to buy them. We believe all of the follow
ing machines aie this season being extensively sold
for holiday gilts, and we are glad of it:
The Wheeler & Wilson Machine, sold at 704
Chestnut street; is too well known to require com
ment. A very laudable praotice now in vogue by
this firm, is to instruct ladies gratuitously in the
use of the machine, whether they purchase or not.
They also offer a fine line of ready-made ladies’ ap
parel.
- The G-EOVEit & Baker Machine, sold at 730
Chestnut street, is also widely and favorably
known, Mr. Eddy, the agent for their sale in this
city, has already placed his elegant warerooms In
holiday attire of flags and evergreens, which attracts
much attention.
The “Florence” Machine, sold by Mr. G-. G.
Evans, at the splendid new establishment of the
F. S. M. Company in this city. No. 630 Chestnut
street, has the merit of making no lees than four
different, and very desirable, stitches on the same
instrument. The maohine is much in favor with
the public.
The Singer Machine, manufactured by I. M.
Singer & Co., New York, and sold in Philadelphia
by their enterprising O. F. Davis, at their
haideome establishment, No. 810- Chestnut street,
has also important claims, and is probably more in
use for manufacturing purposes than any other.
The Sloat Elliptic Family Sewing Machine,
sold at 721 Chestnut street, has also undoubted m&
rite, aDd is having a large sale. In the same building,
too, Mr. S. McFarren offers a large assortment of
useful and ornamental iron and other goods, patent
rockers, skates, &c.
The Wilcox & Gibbe r Sewing Machine-, Bold- by
Fairbanks & Ewing, 715 Chestnut street, has-also
an established reputation, and would make an ac
ceptable present.
JVIIS CELLANEOUS;
Messrs, Warner, Misxbt, & Merrill.,NO; 718-
Chestnut street, now exhibit,at their store a superb
assortment of bronzeß, porcelain lanterns, flexible
drop-lights, elegantly suited for presents.
Messrs. Cornelius & Baker, NO. 710 Chestnut
street, also offer a very elegant stock of goods of
the “gift” character, such as lamps, chandeliers,
gas fixtures, bronze ornaments, &®.
Messrs. James W. Queen & Co., No. 924- Chest
nut fctreet (opticians)* have an elegant stock- of
opera-glasses, gold spectacles, fleld'glasaes, stereo
scopes, thermometers, and other, articles in their
line, in endless variety, worthy the attention of
purchasers.
Mtßßis. R. Ss. G. A. Wright, No. 624 Chestnut
street, the large manufacturers of fine perfumery in
this city, now offer a splendid line of Bohemian
glass toilet sets, Parian and Bohemian vases, bronze
statuettes and busts,carved brackets, and bookstands,
order and liquor cases, cigar, tobacco, and matoh
stands, desks and travelling bags, meerschaum and
briar pipes, and a great variety of other fancy
articles*
Messrs. Philip-. Wilson & 00.,.409 Chestnut
street, offer a magnificent assortment of oanea and
skates of all styles and varieties, embracing many
novelties to be found nowhere else. This stock is
particularly worthy the attention of buyers.
Mr. W. W. Alter, the popular coal dealer, No.
935 north Ninth street, sells a very superior article
of coal and at moderate prices,‘and persons wishing
to make a substantial present should send in their
ordei b. For donations to the poor Mr. Alter makes
a reduction in prices."
In bonnets lor ladies, and walking hats ior
and children, Messrs. Wood &. Gary, No. 725 Chest
nut street, offer a superb assortment at greatly re
duced prices. '
Messrs. Evans £c Hassall, the large military
furnishers, No 418 Arch street, are prepared to meet
the tastes of the patriotic. They offer as suitable
for presents a fine assortment of parlor flags, field
glasses. French sash and belt boxes, etc.
Mr. E. H. Hunt, No. 511 Chestnut street, adver
tises the Kin-ne-no*ne*aw Indian smoking tobacco,
for gift purposes; a delightful idea to lovers .of the
fragrant weed.
Mr. P. Madeira’s acoustic auriclfes, for persons
of impaired hiring, would be a most appropriate
present to persons thus affiictad. They are sold at
No. 115 South .Tenth street.
Steinway’s Pianos, sold ‘ t by Blasitjs Brothers,
No. 1006 Chestnut street, have a great reputation
and would make a splendid Chrißtmas gift
Messrs. Robert Shoemaker & Co,, the exten
sive wholesale druggists, Fourth and Kace streets,
have among a thousand other articles, valuable for
presenting purposes, a splendid assortment of plate
glaFßinirrorB,
If any one ia disposed to make a magoificent present
friend, let him go to Wm. D. Nos.
1009, and 1011 Chestnut street, and order one of his
superior carriages,
Mesßir. James S. Earle & Son now offer at
their galleries, No. 810 Chestnut street, a splendid
new collection of oil paintiDga, the works of pro
minent American artifits, and selections made by
themselves this year from the European studies, all
of which they offer at moderate prices.
Messrs. McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut
street, announce a fine assortment of gold spectacles,
eye glasses, stereoscopes and views, card photo
graphs, and albums, microscopes, magic lanterns,
spy glasses, opera-glasses, officers’ field-glasses, for
army and navy use, pocket compasses, .and a variety
of other articles appropriate for gifts.
Messrs. Trotter & Dawson, No. 919 Market
street, designate their establishment as “The Great
Skate and certain it ia that anything in the
way of skates can be found in their stock in greatest
perfection.
Mr. Burnham, 27 south Sixth street, styles his
the u D6pbt of the Universal Wringer,” and also
offers skates in great variety for ladies, gentlemen,
and boys.
M. E. Borhbk, No. 402 Chestnut street, offers a
splendid assortment of gold, Bilver, and blued-steel
parabola spectacles; also, a very elegant assortment
of opera-glasses, mounted in leather, ivory, pearl,
and black japan.
Messrs. George Strok Sc Co.’s elegant pianos
are offered by Mr. J. E. Gould, Seventh and Chest
nut streets, for holiday presents.
Mr. Warbukton, the fashionable hatter, of this
city, No. 430 Chestnut street, next door to the Post
Office, has made a “hit in centre,” by his elegant
new style black felt haV«*Ued t{ T/ie,Uttionisf.” He
has also just Uiued a new style of dress hat for
winter, which deserves special attention.
Mr. J. P. P. Skblly, 908 Arch street,
as the “ handsomest Christmas and New Year pre
sent for this season,” Buttre’a large size, full-length
engraving of Martha Washington*
BOOKS,
Under the head of holiday books, which strike us
as peculiarly well adapted for the gifts that are
usually exchanged at this season, our advertising
columns present a rich array adapted for all ages,
tastes, ages, and circumstances, although as most of
these have been already noticed very folly in the li
terary department of The Press, we must be content
here',with -merely mentioning the several booksellers
whose stocks deserve most attention:
T. B. Peterson A Brothers, No. 306 Chestnut
street,
George W. Child 9, No. 028 and 630 Chestnut
street.
T. B. Pugh, Southwest corner Sixth and Cheßt
nut streets.
Ashmead A Evans (successors to W. P. Hazard),
No. 224 Chestnut street.
J. B. Lippincott A Co,, No. 715 and 717 Market
Btreet.
Wm. S. A Al>'Rkd Martien, No. 006 Chestnut
street. ,
Challen’s, No. 1308 Chestnut street.
Smith, English, & Co., No. 23 North Sixth street.
Pitcher’s,' No. 808 Chestnut street.
John L. Capes, (Phrenologist,) No. 25 South
Tenth street. '
Protestant Episcopal Book Store, No. 1224 Chest
nut street.
The Presbyterian Book Store, No. 1334 Chestnut
street.
Lindsay A Blakibton, No. 26 South Sixth
stiect.
American Sunday-school Union, No. 1122 Ohest
nut sheet.
Book Agency, No. 33 South Sixth street.
Willis P. Hazard, No. 31 South Sixth street.
Charles Dbsilvee, No. 1229 Chestnut street.
Lkypoldt’s Book Store and Library, No. 1323
Chestnut street.
C. j. Price, No. 31 South Sixth street.
PcLieoN. No. 1304 Chestnut street.
At temps A Co., oorner of Fourth and Base,
THREE CENTS
CLOAKS AND FURS.!
In thin elegant department of goods suitable for
presents, the well-known houße of Messrs. J. W.
Proctor & Cio., proprietors of the “ Paris Oloak
and Fur Emporium,” No. 920 Chestnut Btreet, offers
a very sumptuous stock, note at greatly reduced
prices. Their assortment of ladies’ furs is rich in all
the most desirable varieties, manufactured by them
selves for this season’s saleß, in .the very best man
ner ; while in Cloaks their stock is not surpassed, if
it is equalled, in this country.
The old house of Messrs. Georoe F. Wombath,
has a World-Wide reputation for first-class furs, and
ail who visit them will find a stock to satisfy the
most fastidious.
Messrs. Charles Oakfop.d A Sons, under the
Continental, also offer their usual elegant supply of
rich furs, together with stocks £f equal elegance in
gentlemen and youth’s hats and oaps, gentlemen’s
furnißhing goods, fancy head gear for children, and a
splendid assortment of goods suitable for army and
navy officers.
Mr. John Fabbiba, No. 118 Aroh street, im
porter and manufacturer of ladles’ fancy furs, has
uow on hand a very elegant assortment, embracing
all grades and varieties, and he sells them at mode
rate prices.
Mr.. John A. Stambaok also offers a very rich
and desirable atock of ladies’ and children's furs at
the lowest prices. Purchasers will do well to visit
Mr. Stambach’s before making their selections.
Persons shopping for ladies’ and misses’ cloaks
will find an elegant assortment at the Arch.street
Cloak Store, No. 818 Arch Btreet.
READY-MADE CLOTIIIKG.
Under this bead we have also presented to us a
very important class of goods suitable for presents,
in which utility is combined with elegauoe. “Oak
Hail,” the popular establishment of Messrs. Wana
maker fc Brown, at Sixth and Market, offers a
splendid stook of fine clothing made up in the very
beßt manner, from good materials and at moderate
prices.
Messrs. C. Somers ASon, No. 625 Chestnut street,
under Jayne’s Hall, also present a atock of great ex
cellence, and are now inviting the particular atten
tion to army and navy officers, for whom they are
prepared to get up suits to order at the shortest no
tice and in the beßt manner.
Messrs. Hockhill & Wilson, Nos. 603 and 606
Chestnut street, offer a princely atock of garments
made up in the most elegant styles. Aoapital stock
to select from.
Mr. Granville Stokes, No. 609 Chestnut street,
is giving his hCBt of patrons bargains in elegant
clothing, which should not be overlooked by pur
chasers.
Messrs. Bennett & Co., proprietors of “Tower
Hall,” announce that they have now “the largest
and best assortment of ready-made clothing in Phi
ladelphia, on hand, and selling at lowest prices."
Messrs. Charles Stokes & Co., under the Con
tinental Hotel, offer the use of their splendid eßta‘
blishment to buyers of holiday presents. This is a
“ one price ” olothing house.
Messrs. Grigg A Van Gunten, No. lot Market
street, make a specialty of black cassimere pants, of
which they sell a good article at $5.50. Their entire
stock of clothing is elegantly got up.
Mr. Edward P. Kelly, Merchant Tailor, No.
142 South Third street, is prepared to get up suite
for holiday presents, and other purposes, in best
style, and at the shortest' notice.
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS.
Fox present# to gentlemen this class of goods
sents peculiar advantages. It abounds in goods of
taste, comfort and utility, and that at prices to suit
tbe pecuniary ideas of everybody. la the article of
gentlemen’s dressing (gowns, an elegant class of
presents, Mr. John C. Abrison, Nos. X and 3
north Sixth street, offers a very large and choice
assortment of his own manufacture ; also, a splen
did stock of scarfs, ties, mufflers, gloves, embroider- ;
ed suspenders, and everything else in the gentle
men’s furnishing line, at moderate prices.
Mr. J. W. Scott, No. 814-Chestnut street, has
now .in store a? very extensive and choice assort
ment of goods of fhe above class, from a neck* tie to
a splendid wrapper.
Messrs. Bealy &. Co., Fourth and Chestnut, in
form the Udies that they haye now on hand an as
sortment of buckskin gloves, of their own manufac
ture; also, plush-lined and other fine quality of
gloves, suitable for presents.
Mr. Ct. A. Hoffman, No. 608 Arch street, offers,
as usual at this season of the year, a superb stock,
suitable fs>r holiday presents, including an elegant
assortment of gentlemen’s wrappers, fine quality
scarfs, gloves, hosiery, and underclothing of every
description, mufflers, &c. - r
Messrs. Molntibe &. Brother, No\ 1035 Chest
nut street, announce for presents a splendid assort
ment of scarf pinß and rings, neckties and cravats,
mufflers, handkerchiefs, wrappers, gloves,' suspen
ders, umbiellas, and the finest selection of silk scarfs
in the city.
Mr. LINFORD Ltjkens, northwest corner of Sixth
and Chestnut streets, also offers a very choice and
varied stock of fine goods, in this department, and
ladies wishing to complimenttheir gentlemen friends
will do well to examine this dtock before purchasing,
Mr. George Grant, 610 Chestnut street, importer
and manufacturer of gentlemen’s furnishing goods,
now offers a stock of the most complete character
in all its departments. Elegant scarfs, mufflers,
gloves, wrappers, ties,umbrellas, and a score of other
articles, suitable for gifts, will be found in this stock
in greatest perfection.
Messrs. Winchester &, Co, 706-Chestnut street,
presents an elegant stock of wrappers, scarfs, Car
digan jackets, gloves, and other choice articles for
presents.
FINE GROCERIES.
In this department the house of Messrs. Davis &
Richarus (successors to the late C. Mattson),
Arch and Tenth streets, have now on hand a really
elegant Btock of goods, expressly adapted to the
wants °f people who know how to enjoy- the Christ
mas holidays, and make home cheerful and happy.
Mr. Albert C. Roberts, corner of Eleventh and
Vine streets, also offers a capital stock of fine
groceries selected with the utmost regard to quality
and excellence. All who try Mr. Roberts’ groceries
praise them for their superiority.
Mr. Wright, at Spring Garden and Franklin
streets, has also a stock worth patronizing ; among
the principal Christmas attractions is his celebrated
“ Ne Plus Ultra ” Mince Meat.
PHOTOGRAPHS.
In this branch of articles, suitable for gifts,'we
have several establishments in this city that have
been literally overrun for pictures during the pre
sent month.
Messrs. Wendeboth & Taylor, Noe. 912, 914,
and 916 Chestnut street, Are making a number of
very elegant pictures to order, for presents, in the
various sizes and styles of the photographic art,
Mr. F. Gutekunst, Nos. 704 and .TOG Arch street,
presents, in addition to his attractions as a first-class
photographer, a fine assortment of albums, cartes de
visUe of distinguished men, copies of rare engravings,
Ac*
Mr. Reisiee, 624 Arch street, displays an elegant
line of pictures of his own production, among which
we notice the exquisite ainbrotype, of which he is
now finishing a number to order.
Mr. Newell, No. 724 Arch street, is prepared to
make the finest cartes de visits at the shortest notice.
Mr. Turner, No. 808 Chestnut street, has also a
great reputation for making pictures of this exqui
site class.
Mr. Thomas Smith, at his splendid photographic
gallery, Nos. 142 and 144 North Ninth street, besides
making the finest pictures of other grades, flnda a
large demand for his life* size photographs colored in
oil. He has also on hand a good assortment of
frames,
HOTTSE-FUKNISHING GOODS.
In this department there are a thousand things of
taste and real value that ought, and no doubt will
be prominently employed in makiog presents.
“ Christmas and bridal gifts of unsurpassed beauty.”
-This line of goods are advertised in great variety,
by John A. Murphey, No. 922 Chestnut street, east
of Tenth street.
Mr. Win. Yabnall, No, 1020 Chestnut street, op
posite the Academy of Fine Arts, also offers a large
stock under this head, .embracing a fine assortment
of handsome fancy goods.
Messrs. Farson & Co., Dock street, below Wal
nut, offers a large Btock of cutlery, tea trays, jap&ned
andplated ware, hobby horses,sleds, &o.
UMBRELLAS.
A very neat, tasteful, and always acceptable pre
sent is a handsome umbrella , of which our readers
will find a most splendid assortment at the house of
Messrs. WJM.IAM A. Deowh & Co., No. 246 Market
street. ,
Mr. Joseph Fussbll, Nos. 2 and 4 North Fourth
street, alto offers an elegant assortment of silk and
gingham umbrellas, suitable lot holiday presents.
CONFECTIONERY.
Christmas would not be Christmas without Con
fectionery , and for this reason the holidays would be
an imperfect affair without the aid of the popular
establishment of Messrs. E. G. Whitman & Co.,
No. 318 Chestnut street. These gentlemen are the
largest manufacturers of fine confections in this city,
and their sales are enormous.
In fine French confections, and elegant,; imported
fancy boxes, in which to pack them for presents, the
celebrated house of Mr. A. L. Vansant, Ninth and
Chestnut streets, iB not surpassed in the United
States. Mr. Vansant has also constantly the
ohoicest foreign and domestic fruits.
January Number op the Phrenological
Journal.— We have received'the January number
of the Phrenological Journal, (published by Fowler &
Wells, New York,) from Mr. J. L. Capen, practical
phrenologist and bookseller, No. 25 South Tenth
street. It Is a double number, containing forty por
traits and other engravings, including Major Gene
ral Banks, Lord Lyndhurst, and several beautiful
women. There are many topics of vital interest to
sooiety treated with ability in this publication that
are seldom discussed In any other periodical. To
the student of human character the'Journal has
made itself lndispenrahle, and as a newvolumeeom
mences with the ourrent number, we suggest that a
subscription to it, with the address of a friend, would
be an acceptable and valuable present, and not ex
pensive, as the price is but one dollar and fifty cents
per year. We are glad to learn that Mr. Capen Is
receiving an unusual number of new subscriptions for
this truly progressive and liberalizing work.
Sojourner Truth.— A letter from Battle Creek,
Michigan, says: “Sojourner Truth lives hers in
Battle Creek ; is very aged and poor, but is most
kindly cared for by citizens far and near. She wants
for nothing that can make her oomfortable; she re
alizes a little by the sale of her photographs—those
who purchase each paying her from twenty-five
cents upward. Some time this fall she received a
draft of a Bmall amount—sso, 1 think—from Eng
land ; also, one from Pennsylvania. She 1a not
without many 'friends, and seems to eoj°y life at
well as ever. She takes her daily walk, staff in
band, regardless of weather, and has a pleasant
Mnilejaml o kindl}' jjiwtips Wh awl » H <
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PERSONAL.
The Montrose Standard (cannot the Scotch give
ub the Lock Katrine Herald,) olaims General Grant as
a Scotsman. Perhaps it i> not generally known that
this gallant soldier is a native of Kirriemuir.'but*
nevertheless such is the case. Grandfather w&nonoe'
grieve on Klnordie, then farmer of Ballhall* and lat
terly a manufacturer in Kirriemuir. The General
himself, however, had something of the young Nor
v&l in him, and diedained the occupation of feeding
his father’s flocks, and sighed to follow the held eomp'
Warlike lord, Heaven not seeming to hastily grant
his longing deßirca, he enlisted in the Life Guards j
but not finding them to suit his ambitious views, he
“ levanted,” and now assumes the cocked hat in the
Federal army. On hearing another praise him as
being a thorough soldier, an old man, who knew
him well, remarked—" Deed, he may weel be a guid
fechter, for he was glibe at it fin he wiz a laddie."
A gentleman to whom not only France, but
Europe is indebted, has just died at Marseilles—at.
Gounelle, a scholar of the Ecole Polytechnique,
editor of the Annales TMtgraphiques, and the man to
whom Prance is indebted for her first telegraphic
line, that opened in 1845 between Paris and Rouen.
—Mad’lle Lucca, who appeared in London for the
first time last season, has just concluded a life-long
contract with the Royal Opera House at Berlin*
whereby she obtains X 1,200 a year salary, besides a
small honorarium for each appearance, five months
a year leave of absence, and a retiring pension of
£3OO a year.
Madame Borghi Mamo has reappeared at the
Italian Opera in Paris, where Madame Meric La
bl&che has madeher dtbul; also, Signor Sterblni, a
new baritone, and Signor BaraglL
New Books.
Ticknor & Fields, of Boston, who provide so much
and such superior reading for "children of a larger
growth,” have not forgotten their young friends .this
season. "My Days on the Battle-field, by Garie
tOD," may be read with advantage by juveniles in
their teens, as it gives a clear and vivid history of
the war, up to the siege of Memphis, and » Little
Anna, a Story for Pleasant Little Children,” from
the German of A. Stein, and beautifully illustrated.
iB a charming little book. It is really a child’s story*
told with charming simplicity.
Another of their volumes, such ar one friend
might present to another, consists of prose and poe
try, by the beßt authors, selected with- great judg
ment, and embellished with fine'engravings, on steel*
of Tennyson, the author of “Tom Btown’s School
Days at Rugby,” Dr. O. W. Holmes, Sir Thomas
Browne, Theodore Winthrop, Paul Jean Richter,
John Flaxman, Raphael, .Tames Watt; Thomas
Fuller, Mrs. Stowe, Julius Charles Hare. Henry D.
Thoreau, Sir Philip Sidney, and Dr. Alexander Car
lyle. There are also two vignettes after Turner.
This beautiful volume, entitled “ Household
Friends,” is companion to a book called "Favorite
Authors,” published by T. & F. some time ago.
This firm announce many new bookß,-among
which are a new volume of poems, by Robert Brown
ing ; Henry Ward Beecher’s Speeches in England;
the Sketch Book, in blue and goldj a quarto edition
of Shakspeare’s Sonnets; Henry Kingsley’s-new
novel, and Charles Kingsley’s " Boy’s History of
England,” and the biography of Prescott the histo
rian, by George Ticknor—tbe beat man, perhaps r
tbat could have been picked out to execute such a
work. They have just brought out a valuable addition
to historical biography. It is a volume, royal 8vo n
entitled u Life and Letters of John Winthrop, Go
vernor of theATaasachusetts Bay Company at their
emigration to New England, 1630,” and is written,'
with grace, discrimination, and truth, by Robert C.
Winthrop, President of the Massachusetts Historical
Society, and a lineal descendant ot the Governor.
This volume fills up one Of the lacunoi in the early
hißtory of the New England settlement, and is every
way acceptable as a deserved tribute to a good
man’s memory. We shall return to it in a few days,
when our present press of advertisements subsides.
AH of Ticknor & Fields’ publications are on sale by
Llppincott, Market street, and T. B. Peterson,
Chestnut stieet.
.Few American publishers more consistently issue
books of standard value and interest than I). Ap
pleton & Co., New York. Their “Duaaeldorf Gal
lery,” containing 52 fine photographs of the gems of
a collection now dispersed) is a present which the
biightest lady in the land might value, and we hear
that its companion- volume, “Lights and Shadows
of New York Picture Galleries,” forty photographs
by A. A. Turner, with descriptive letter-press by
Mr. William Young, editor of The Albion , is equally
worthy of fegvrd. .These publishers have brought
out several original juvenile volumes, neatly illus
trated, Among these are “Keep a Good Heart,” a
Christmas tale, by Cousin Carrie; “Harry’s Vaca
tion,” by W. C. Richards; “The Pet Lamb,” by
Cousin Alice; and," At Home or Abroad,” and
“Pleasures and Profits,” by Mrs. Manners.
Whoever is fond of good novels (and we confess to
such a liking) should read two just published by the.
Appletons. One is “ Queen Mab,” by Julia Kara
nagh, a successful English writer; and the other,
“Round the Block,” by some unnamed American
writer. This last, which is racy of the soil, is the
best native-bom work of fiction we have read-fat—
we know not how many years. Every incident in
it might have occurred, and every man, woman, and
child in the tale has certainly existed in New York
society.
Of the Holiday Books, published by J. G. Gre
gory, New York, we have examined six. They are
all got up with great taste, and the engravings are
printed with a careful skill that bringß out even
the most delicate-lines. “Christmas Poems
Pictures,” is a collection of nearly all the carols*
songs, and descriptive poemß, relating to Christmas,
by American and English poems. The selection is
admirable. The illustrations consist of thirty wood
engravings, (as fine specimens of the ait as any one
could desire to see,) from drawings or paintings by
Birket Foster, John Gilbert, G. Perkins, Kenny
Meadows, William Harvey,-F. W. Quartley, F. A.
Chapman, T. Naßt, Raphael, and Rubens. The
binding is rich, without being gaudy. Companion
to this is a beautiful book, called “ Christ was Bora
on Christmas Day,” A carol bearing this title, with,
the wordß by the Rev. J. M. Neale, and the musia
by the Rev. Thom&B Helmore, is illustrated here,
with original drawings by John A. Hows, engraved
on wood in the first Btyle of the art, and nothing
could be better in its way. Designer and en
gravers are American, and the re3Ult is one of the
handsomest gift-books of the year. Another gift
book is “ The Vagabonds,” a Beranger-like ballad
by J. T, Trowbridge, illustrated'by Darley, and
printed on tinted paper. The poem, full of genuine
humanity and mingled humor and pathos, is worthy
of being illustrated by a great artist, such as Darley
is. Mr, Gregory’s three new juveniles, each with
title*page and frontispiece beautifully printed in
colors, and numerous other engravings, are “Little
Bird Red and Little Bird Blue,” “The Pet Lamb
and other Stories,” and the “Illustrated Book of
Songs for Little Boys and Girls.” These are beau
tiful books, each and all.
George W. Carleton is one of the most enterprising
of theyouDg publishers of New York, He made a
great hit with Victor Hugo’s novel, “ Les Misdra
bles,” and has also been suooessfulin many .other
ventures, s£ e have to thank him for a translation
of M. Ernest Renan’s “ Life of Jesus,” before any
had been published in England. A remarkable
volume it iz, being the first of several on “ The
Origins of Christianity.” Renan takes a .point of
view different from that occupied by Straucs, the
German Tom Paine. He writes as holding.nefctrot
and repudiating supernatural belief in the,- greatness
and goodness of Jesus. Now and then, he.expressw
himself as if he believed in the divinity, of Jesus,
but soon intimates a different idea, and, towards the
close, actually insinuates that the Raislng.of Laza
rus was a trick, got up by the Disciples, the family
of Lazarus, and Lazarus himself, in order to excite
the public! v
There are many passages of great beauty in this so
called “Life.” many very picturesque descriptions*
But it is the work of a doubter. Yet it will
sell largely. It is not calculated to do much mis
chief; .Renan so perpetually begs- the question that
it is not easy to separate fact from, assertion in hia
pages. The translation, by Mr. Wilbour, is. respect
ably executed, though sometimes a tittle too hard
and literal. However, it is free from, the New Eng
landisms which abound in his. otherwise spirited
version of “LesMiserable*.”
Mr. Carleton, who announces a translation of
Louis Napoleon’s “Life of Julius Cauar,” (from
advanced sheets'!) has added three new works to his
repertoire of popular fiction. All three have the
merit of being eminently* readable. The first is
“ Was he Successful?” by Richard B. Kimball, the
history of. Hiram Meeker,, a Connecticut lad, who
eventually becomes a millionaire merchant in
New York, and Is a special rascal. The con
trast, between country and city life is remarkably
well drawn, and the character of the hero is de
veloped with great skill.
The fair author of “Rutledge” has brought out
aßtory, called “Louie's. Last Term at St. Mary's,"
published by Mr. Carleton, which, it strikes us, we
have seen before. It is a good story of school life,
however, told with spirit, and particularly strong, in
its delineation of tile lights and Bhade of character.
Lastly, our excellent townsman, Mr. T.S. Arthur,
who basdevoted hialife tollterature, ever to advance
the great cause of morality and temperance, is out
with a new volume entitled “Light on Shadowed
Fathß,” which we may place among his most success
fill, as it iB one of hiß most carefully written.booka.
The great moral of this story is that, with faith,
misfortune is not all unfortunate, that, even in the
depthß, religion casts light upon the shadow. Mr.
Carleton announces “ Out in the World,”- another
new story by Mr. Arthur.
A mournful interest is attached to the last of the
series called “ Almwell Stories,” published by Gould
& Lincoln, Boston. It is entitled “ Jerry; or, The
Sailor Boy Ashoie.” It is announ jed as “ The un
finished volume,” being a fragment. Appended to,
it is a Memoir of Walter Aimpell—the com Cs
plume ol Mr. William Simonds, who closed a life
of great usefulness and promise, early in 1539, in his,
thirty-seventh year. The appendix is, indead, the.
record of a good man’s life.
Mr. Burnham, the Boston publisher, haa produced
a perfect fsc-simile of tha R ev. Charles. Kingsley's
delightful little volume, “The Watqr-Babies; a
Fairy Tale for a Land; Bab}.” It is printedoa
tinted paper, and contains man; illustrations, deli
cately engraved oawood, from original drawings bjj
J. Noel Paton, a. Scottish artist of celebrity.
Ekolish PipToRLALS From J. J. Kromer, 403
Chestnut adject, we have the Illustrated London Npua
of December 6th, with its usual quantity or fine’en
-gtaVtjjgß, and the Illustrated News of the Workl, same
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