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Correoponintrt.
GEORGE WHITEPIELD AND HIS OPEN
AIR MEETINGS.
SY BDWARD PAYSON HAMMOND
NO. I
Rev. George Whitefield, among open
air preachers, stands pre-eminent.
When the " great persecution against
the church which was at Jerusalem"
arose, " they-that there were scattered
abroad went everywhere preaching the
'Word." Violent opposers of the gospel,
in their attempt to annihilate the " grain
of mustard seed," only partially crushed
it, and thus its aroma was spread
"abroad," its life-giving power was made
known to the "regions beyond." In a
similar manner efforts to shut White
-field from the churches, only opened to
hiin a wider and effectual door.
WHITEFIELD'S FIRST PREACHING IN THE
OPEN AIR
Before leaving for America, his friends,
with a view to dissuade him, said :
'e What need to go abroad ? Save we
not Indians enough it home ? yon
ha,yg mind to_e.savvort,:-Indiebun,Anere
• are colliers enough •in Kingswood,"
-knear Bristol.) " Finding,"- he-:-says,
that the pulpits are denied me,' and
ihepoor chillers are ready to Perish for
lack of knowledge, I went • to them, and
preached on a mount to upwards of two
hundred. Blessed be God, thut the'ice
is now broken, and I have now taken
the field." " I thought it might be
doing the service of my Creator, who
had a mountain for his pulpit and the
heavens for his sounding-board ; and
when the gospel was • refused by the
Jews, sent his servants into the high
ways and hedges."
The news soon spread, and on the
next occasion when he went among
them, upwards of ten thousand were
assembled. The trees and hedges were
crowded with the poor fellows; it was
on a week-day, and their black faces
and soiled clothes befipoke the nature
of their labor. Whitefield says : "All
•
was'hush ; I spoke for an hour, and so
loud that all, I was told, could hear.
Having no righteousness of their own
to renounce, they were glad to hear of
a Jesus who was a friend to publicans
and sinners, and came not to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance."
The first discovery of their being
affected was to see, the white gutters
made by their tears, which plentifully
fell down their black cheeks as they
came out of the coal•pits. Hutidreds
and hundreds of them were soon brought
under deep convictions, which ended in
aound and thorough conversions."
The churches in Bristol being closed
to him, and people hungering and
thirsting after the Word of GO, what
was he to do ? He did not hesitate a
moment, but wherever there was an
opening he was ready to go forth in his
Master's name. Nor had he to wait
long; in March he was to be found
boldly preaching at a large open space
called the Bowling Green. " God will
Work," he writes, " and who shall
hinder ?" Two other spots in the neigh
borhood of Bristol were also -dhosen—
liannani and Rose Green. At these
three places Whitefield addressed vast
-- numbers every Sunday, during the
remainder of his stay. Ono Sunday in
July, in particular, he mentions preach
ing early in the morning to about ten
thousand at the Bowling Green; and at
eleven, to about the same number at
Hannam; and, again, at seven in the
evening, to upwards of twenty thousand
at Rose Green.
"To behold such crowds standing
together for hours wrapped," as he
describes it, " in such an awful silence,
and to hear the echoes of their singing,
was very solemn and striking." His
powerful voice was heard by all. Miley
people came on a Sunday in carriages
and on horseback from a distance to
attend upon these stated services.
Sometimes between twenty and thirty
carriages would be drawn up around
him. - Bristol, in those days, was alretpy
noted for the manufacture of glass, and
in the yards of the glass-houses he
collected a number of the . workmen.
"Men, for the most part," 'he said,
" who neither feared God nor regarded
man." Here he frequently preached
for hours on the summer evenings.
WEITENIELD AT KENNINGTON COM11:10N AND
IktOOREFIELDS
Some of Whitefield's more triumphant
victories over the power of darkness
were achieved in Moorefields and Ken
nington Common, London, where he
first appeared in Apri1,1739, and where,
as he states in his journal, upwards of
twenty thousand were supposed to be
present.
Gullies, in his " Life of Whitefield,"
says : " Whitefield went in between two
of his friends, who, by the pressure of
the crowd, were soon parted, and were
soon obliged to leave him at the mercy
of, the rabble. But these, instead of
hurting him, formed an open
.passage,
along which he was carried to the midst
of the field. * * He preached with
out molestation, though many had told
him he would never come out of that
place alive."
He continued for some time to preach
every Sabbath at these two places._ At
Mooreftelds the following- Sabbath he
had twenty thousand to hear him, it is
stated; and on the same evening at
Kimnington, " such a sight," te says," I
never saw before. Some supposed there
were between thirty and forts , thou
sand present, and nearly four-score
coaches; there was 'an awful silence
amongst them, and I preached for an
hour and a half."
"At Iconium" the disciples " o spake
that .a great , . multitude. 'believed. But
the unbelieving Jews stirred up the
Gentiles and Made their minds evil
affected _:against the -brethren., But the
multitude — of
. the city was diviaed." The
history of the progress of the church
showa that the - re . are' never= 'Wanting
despisers "who "wonder and perish! ,
It was so in Whitefield's day., In a ;
"Life of Whitefield" recently published
by Messrs. Morgan & Chase, in London,
I find an extract which I do not remem
ber to have seen - befiiie. his from the
" Gentleman's i llagazint s. for4.739, in
which somewielding 1 46E4614. one of
these scenes at Moorefields:
"I lqt#ly wentthrough- lif9orefrelds
while an itinerant. pretender to the
science of physic wits cheating4he de
luded, multitude of,:their money, and
health.. .I . Wilked.' jai dila',
gust, bat was v concyrned to' take 4lotice
of a much more extraordinary
This gentleman (Virhitefield), that on.
Sunday morning succeeds the m.ounte
bank, harangued his - dobgregitibb, tihd
bi:the - choicer of - laid : text moat
lasphe
mously compared himself to our blessed
Saviour. There is something so ex
travagantly ridiculous in,tl3,e behaviour
of 618 young man, it is difficult for a
personof - any hunabiii: 6 keep his coun
tenance, but for the, dishonor done to
God .and religion , by making farca of
It. lam a good deal. more at a foss to
excuse this gentle - than - than the mounte
bank. There is also less to be said in
favor of those who attensfhis enthusias
tic ravings." - '
Isitnot possible that some are shock
ed by this language, who, if they bad.
lived, in. 1739, would at least have ques
tioned whether such meetings were
not productive of more evil than good?
But while enemies maligned "him on
every hand, he rejoiced to know that
the Holy Spirit blessed his -words. As
Whitefield beheld the _good results of
open air meeting's, he exclaimed,
- “Oh! the blessed'effects of fieldpreach
ing ! Oh! that I wks humble, that I
was thankful; help me to entreat the
Redeemer to make me as a little, a very
little child." .
Doubtless many who witnessed the
success of Whitefield's efforts to win
souls to Christ, were watchful to dis
cover the seeds of pride and vanity
springing up in his'heart. Bat if God
has a special work for a servant of his
to perform is he not able to fit him for,
it arid to keep him humble, perhaps, by
some " thorn in the flesh" not known
to the world ?
Dr. Payson once said that " Few
know the penalties of popularity."
'tlThitefield must have known dome of
them, and shed many bitter tears in se
cret, when those,—it may be good men
—who did not understand him, thought
that he was glorying over his marvel
ous successes. After preaching to vast
audiences when the Spirit of God had
convinced multitudes of their vices, in
stead of attributing the results to hiS
" own power or holiness," he used to re
tire to his room, and sometimes in
agony upon the floor, weep and tremble
as if in the presence of the heart-search
ing God. Would the Lord have con
tinued to use him, had not such been
his feelings ? He must, at such times,
have had something of the same feeling
which Peter experienced, when surp,ris
•ed at the exhibitions of the Saviour's di
vine power, he cried, "Depart from me;
for I am a sinful man, Oh, Lord !" He,
Whitefield, knew the truth of Paul's
words to the Corinthians—'4lßut God is
faithful, who will not suffer.• you to be
tempted above what ye are able to
.
beai."' Yes," God knoweth how to de
.
lifer the godly out of temptation:'
Cowper well understood_ the danger
to which a man like:Whitefleld was ;e'x
posed when he wrote
Oh popular applause ! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet-seducing charm!
The wisest and the best feel urgent need
Of all their caution in thy gentlest iales,
But swell'd into a gust—who then, alas !
With all his canvass-set and inexpert,
And therefore heedless, can withstand thy
power," ' -
and yet Cowper, in his well-known
panegyric of Whitefleld, which I ven
ture to quote, seems to think that he
was enabled; amiefrowns and flatteries,
with "the shield of faith," to "quench all
the fiery darts of the wicked."
,Leueonornas Beneath well-sounding (1-reek
I slur a name a poet may not speak— ,
111 lal u • • • • 4
a
• * 1,1 . Jr •
Stood pilloried on infamy's high stage
And bore the pelting scorn of half an age.
The very butt of slander and the plot
For every dart that malice ever shot.
The man that mentioned him at once dismissed
Ml mercy from hialips, and sneeredand hissed.
His crimes were such as Sodom never knew
And perjury stood up to swear all true;
His aim was mischief and his zeal pretence,
His speech, rebellion against common sense.
A knave when tried on honesty's plain rule,
And when by that of reason, a mere fool.
The world's best comfort was, his doom was
passed,
Die when he may be must be damned at last,
•
Now truth 1, perform thine office. Waft aside
The curtain drawn by prejudice and pride,
Reveal (thb man is dead) to wondering eyes,
This more than monster in his proper guise!
He loved the world that hated him ; the tear
That dropped upon his Bible was sincere ,
Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife,
His'only answer was a blameless life. -
And he that forged, and he that threw the dart,
Had each.a brother's interest in his heart.
kauPs love of Christ, atid steadiness MIL
bribed,
Were copied clot% in him, and well trans
., cribed.
He followed Paul, his zeal a kindred flame ;•
His apostolic charity the same. •
Like:him, crossed cheerfully tempestuous seas,
Forsaking kindred, country,friends and ease, •
Like him, he labored and like him cateit
To bear it,'suffered shame where'er he went.
Blush, calumny, and write upon his tomb,,
If honest eulogy, can spare thee room,
Thy deep repentance of by thoUstind lies,
Which, -aimed at him,. have pierced the of
_ - fended skies.
And say , blot out my.sin, confessed `'deplored,
Against thine image in thy saint-, Oh:Lordi
. ' ,
LETTER F ROM A YOUNG L 1 Y
Who Attended Mr. Hannnond'e Recent arlor ,
,' -Meetings in this City; 1 f
My DE/u YOUNG FurEltns:—Theifirst
thing you should do after you feellthat
you have, "found Jesus'] is, to go) and
tell others: about it Mr. Ham pond
told. me this---and -I , am acting upo hie
advice. Yon will' not believe bow it
nob
thit course' will help you to forgei the
;World and all its vanities, and bring
you r nearer '.to home and lfeaveni It
,
Vas oiaky been thrtp weeks since \last.
Tuesday. evening that I could feel this
great truth. _
I always thought I• loved the'Saviour;
if any one had told me I .hated him I
would have been very angry; but when
I went to kneel down at night to mini
ma myself to his kind care, I did not
feel that perfect safety that I knew I
()tight to, feel, if I was a true child of
God." And why was I not ? I have
been the: child of., many prayers—the
loved sister of dear Christian brothers,
Who have taken my name to the throne
of-grace for many years. I wanted to
he - a Christian, bit I could not give up
the world. Oh, it had many charms
for me. The opera, dancing and the ,
drama—l could not give up all these
most fascinating amusements and join
the church; and I would riot join the
church and continue in my 'cad ways.
I solaced myself, or thought I did, with,
the thought that when I was older I
would give up all for Christ, but not
now I I am young anefull of fan. I
thought to be a member of a 'church
was' good enough for old people, and,
those who never-had anybody to take
them out in the evening; but ohMcould
not do it. Still I never gave up the
thought that one. day, perhaps soon, I
would give up all, but I never could
say right out loud,• I would now.
One day, not long since, Mr. Ham
mond said to me.: " Miss —, you say
you love the Saviour. Then why are
you not a member of the church 7 Why
not a working Christian?'What is it
that keeps you away from God ?" I
told him how I felt about it and he
begged me to "come to jesuejust now
—if it was the opera that kept me away
to give it up. I felt almost like saying
" I will;" but no, I was going that very
evening, and go I did, and for nearly
every night I went. , But was I happy
thus in that splendid Academy? Did
the smiling faces of_ my friends bring a
smile to mine, and did the music sound
grand ? 0 no ! I was miserable. Still
I went on, until one evening Mr. H.
held a little parlor prayer meeting, and
asked me to attend. It would last from
5 to 6 , 1- P. M., and I found I could just
get home in time to dress for the opera.
So I went to the prayer meeting first,
and was very much impressed. There
were a- number of children there—it
was for children—and after singing and
player, Mr. H. and several Christian
friends came around to talk with' us.
They asked me the same questions,
Why was I not in the church? I gave
them the same answer. I went away
from that meeting wishing, hoping,
'fearing and praying, that I might have
strength in me to give up all that kept
me from Christ—but I went to the,
opera. And all through that evening I
thought of the meeting, and not the
splendid , music charmed my ear, but
the beautiful hymns we had sung flashed
through :my brain; and .the words, "He
will save you just now," rung through ,
my ears and sounded louder than a l
thousand opera, airs played at once. I.
made up my mind there in the Academy'
that I would just give it up—it was a
little thing to give up for Christ, when
I thought what he had done for me.
Go and look at that picture of Benjamin
West's, " Christ Rejected," in the Acade
my of the Fine Arts, and while you sit
there, think what Christ did for us;
how he gave up every thing; stood in
that crowded hall, with his hands tied
together, and wicked men around him
cursing, and spitting upon him.. He
doing all this for me, and I not willing
to give up the opera!
Oh my.stear young friends l just, think
of all this. Do not wait as long -AS I
did, but be happy now. You will not
know lrhat it isrto be happy until you
kneel down and say, "Aere, Lord, I
give myself to, thee!' Don't wait until
you see why you should give up all-that
you think so dear. You will find .Tesus
far dearer than anything . you imagined
or dreamed of before.
My dear younk -friends, it will not
make you old, or sobgr, or quiet, to be
true Christians; it only makes you
hVppier, better; dearer to your, true
friends. 'Then- be all'of you true Chris-
AffeetionatelY, * * *
POPULAit s OPINION IN THE RURAL
DISTRIOTS.
Determination to Subdue the Rebellion—God
Acknowledged by the Masses -'Bravado at
an Bnd--True Repentance andAdvanon of Sen
timent (ni p Slavery—lnsnfficienoy of Beecher' a
Defence in Englnnd—Proparednees for a Bez
rival.
NEw YORK December 1864.
Bao J. W.)lEAns :—For the past few
weeks it•has been my lot to meet with
the people of the rural distriete.in their
homes. The extent and nature of the
changes that . have taken place within
- five or aixtrionthiAave greatly;surprised
as welltaS encouraged me.
1. There is ii.,'...determination on' the
part of' the people to prosecute the war,
for - the extermination of .troson to a
successful end, though it should require
four, , or 'Oren ten 'years - more of toil, and ,
privation,' and disaster. 1$ believe, thit
11Our, armies under Grant and Sherman
should ,meet With, utter overthrow, the
country would- quickly and cheerfully
raise other armies to take the place of l
theta. Our legielitors should know
that; if taxes ..donble the present rates
are rieeded. in order to sustain our na
tional credit, .the masses of our tax
payers are ready to bear the burden.
Men are asking. the question " What is ,
oar property worth if , our government
is not sustained?" Som .- are talking
about enlisting in case of another call
for troops, who thought one year ago
that it was impossible for them to.go.
There is undeveloped back bone in the
people that ourleaders have not dreamed
of. Truly we ;may now say with hum
ble confidence, what once was said with
presumption, that this people is " worth
saving."
2. The great masses acknowledge the
guiding hand of Providence, in our na
tional affairs. This may be observed
not only on the part of professors of
religion, but of great: numbers of non
professors:' It seems, too, totally devoid
of cant. I have noted this devout spirit
in hundreds of instances. That latent
feeling of godless infidelity, which once
prevailed so alarmingly, is being under
mined.
3. The events of the war have taught
our people to look upon the former bra
vado spirit of pride in our ability to
contend with England, or France, or, if
need' be, 'with all the world, as a ridie-u
-ions vanity. I was not expecting .to
find this. We have been made wiser
and more humble. Though al? feel
.keenly the insults which have beeh
given 1113 by fereign nations during this
contest, yet the country will be less
ready to engage in foreign war. The
sorrows that have come upon us,—this
humbling of national pride, this mourn
ing brought upon every family,—haVe
chastened us. We are willing to own
our entire dependence for national pros
perity, and for national life, upon the
great Ruler of Nations.'
4. There has been repentance for pri
vate and national sins. The latter is
quite marked. Surely, if ever a nation
was disciplined with a view to lead it to
repentance, oars has been. Many have
deepaired of ever seeing this end accom
plished by the power of moral, suasion.
Nothing but the judgments of God
could have done it,—humanly speaking.
The change of sentiment on the ques-'
tion of slavery sxperienced by many of
our religions leaders, has produced a
great effect upon the church. The con
fession, of Dr. Spring, whoa() cloak has
been in times past ths hiding -place of
so much obstinate and intolerant pro
slaveryism, that he had been 'wrong,
all wrong," in his former Coarse, caused
a profound sensation: To 'my, personal
knowledge, many ministers have pub
licly acknoivledged' their former error.
A tnong the, body of church members,
the change has been , almost universal.
During the last presidential campaign,
those pastors whom the people have
denominated "copperhead. Ministers,"
have met about the same opposition
and embarrassment .as the radical abo
lition ministers used to encounter. It
has been in vain for them to appeal to
past precedent. Such appeals have met
with no toleration. •
Men are often heard confessing volun-
tarily that the old pro-slavery interpre
tation of the constitution was cruelly
unjust to the slave, and that nothing
but the judgments of the war would
have changed our leading party fromit.
They cleanly see that the merciless
though consistent enforcement of the
Fugitive Slave Law by Fresident Lin
coln, (with a rigor-which the preceding
Democratic administrations had not
dared to attempt), was in the sight of
God an abomination and a mockery.
Yet it is true that our leaders verily
tkonght that they were oing God
service... The three hundred blacks
that were driven from their homes in
Chicago, and the poor girl, who was
returned by an officious committee of
Republicans from Gidding's district, as
well as many others,,had a right to be
heard in. their cry to Heaven, since
there was no human' helper.
Beecher's difence of the North before
the- people- of England would not be
acCepted now without qualification.
no said (in substance) that the position
of 'aState in
,our Union was illustrated
by that of a man in a business co
partnership; that he was not responsible
if.any other member of the firm was an
intemperate on licentious man, and
abused his wife and daughters; that his
relation to him was purely of a business
nature. • .
Now'setting aside the question whe
ther a man has a moral right to, enter
into tlose'business relations with a man
'of potoriously bad character, in order to
make the comparison 'adequately repre
sent' the case, he should have added
,tbat one •party was vested with consti
tntional authority to grant the right to
the, others to abuse their families; that
they sent their employees to assist these
metl 7 -in their nefarious work; and when
"these abased wives and daughters es
caped and' found a refuge in the•bomes
of the more respectable 'portion, that
they seized them - and sent them back.
Mr.• Beecher's statement -on this vital
poirtt; was a fallacy.. Inasmuch as it
was immediately exposed by those whom
It was designed to influence; ft :was
worse than useless to have spoken
of it. But this manner of 'defence,
which was once received with scarcely
a question, would not now be accepted
by the thoughtful.
The truth is, that since the former,
anti-slavery interpretation , of the con
stitution, held by our Revolutionary
Fathers,' was abandoned, we have not
had a just form of government, nor one
that allowed our rulers to be "just,
_ruling ,in—the---fearr—nt----Gochl- 7
'Emancipation Proclamation and the
repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law. Bnt
-now, with an overwhelming vote in
favor of an ainendment to the constitu
tion, which - shall be a perpetual injunc
tion against' slavery, and with the
requisite majority in our national and
(probably) State legislatures, and with
such evidences of repentance as may be
witnessed on the : part-of the people,
may we not hope that still, though far
from righteousness, God will hear our
prayers and save 118 ?
The system of slavery has caused
more sin in our church and land than
all other corrupting influences put to
gether. It_ has caused more injustice,
more false witness in argument and
statement, more hard-hearted 'denial of
truth and right, more shameless defence
of wrong, more forsaking of principles
for selflah ends, and was more de
structive to the true spirit of our re
publican institutions, than all other
systems in our land. But now, happily,
we may hope that it will never again
exert any influence.
If :humane judgment might- pro
nounce,,it would seem as if the present
of all times were the most favorable,
and, on many accounts, the most urgent,
for a general revival of religion over the
whole land. Thousands of minds are
ripe for it. It will be a great day when
the• churches of the North, and those
too of the South, shall be opened to
offer up thanks An God for *e'return of
peace. The account recently published
of the co,nversion of our President has
touched many hearts. We are drawing
nearer to the time for observing the
week of prayer. Should not those who
have influence among u.e. use their utmost
endenvOrs to turn • attention to this
important time, and to prepare the
hearts of all to be benefitted by it
am yours very sincerely and re
spectfully, • OBSERVER..
- Minister Webb's Letter in London.—The Lon
don limes treats the rather remarkable let
ter of our Brazilian Minister, so far as its
views of the British are concerned, as a
harmless ebullition—mere steam from a
safety valve." a matter of not the slight
est political importance." "It is fortunate,"
says the Times, " for the peace of the world
that the English nation is not easily moved
by unseemly language, but, . content with
resistance to actual wrong, perniits words,
however offensive, to pass by without re
gard. Happily our steady resolve to abstain
from interference in the affairs of an agitat
ed continent will never be weakened by any
taunts or invectives coming from Americans,
however highly placed." It is to be hoped
that ";the.peace of the world?' is duly sensi
ble of these concessions of feeling for the
sake of its protection.
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satisfies us that it is a medicinal agent of remarkable
power, and deserving the attention of invalids. -
JOHN E. WILLIAMS, Esq.,
President of the Metropolitan Bank.
Rev. ABEL STEVENS,
Late Editor Christian Advocate and Jounial.
Rev. P. CHURCH,
Editor New York Chronicle.
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Prepared as heretofore by N. L. CLARK ds CO.
J. P. DINSMORE, Sole Agent,
No. 491 Broadway, New York.
For sale by all Druggists. eow
SAMUEL WORK, WILLIAM IticCOUOH,
KRAMER & RAMS, Pittsburg:
BANIECEIG ROUSE OP
WORK, McCOUCH & CO.,
No. 36 SMITH THIRD Street, Philadelphia,
DEALERS in GOVERNMENT LOANS AND COIN.
Bills 6f Exchange on New York; Boston, Pittsburg,
Baltimore, Cincinnati, etc., constantly for sale.
Collections, promptly made on all accessible points In
the United States and Canadas.-
Deposits received, payable on demand, and interest
allowed as per agreement.
Stocks and Loans bought and sold on commission
at the Board of Brokers.
Business Paper negotiated.
_ Refer to Philadelphia and Commercial Banks, Phila
delphia; Winslow, Lanier & Co ,New York; and M
ama' and Exchange Bank, Pitts burg.
_BANKING HOUSE.
GEORGE J. BOYD,
NO. 18 SOUTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
(Two doors above Mechanics' Bank.)
DEALER IN BILLS OP EXCHANGE, BANK N01 &so
and Specie. Drafts on New York, Boston, Balti
more, etc. : for sale: Stocks and Bonds bought an 1 sold
on commission, at the Board of Brokers. Business
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reaved who may need his services, that he is prepared
,
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Air-tight Casket s " by means of which, in our hands, he
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third- less than the metallic cases.
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With coffins, Cases and Caskets of every style and size,
as well as private.families.
Embalming attended to by Messrs. Brown & Co., in
the most perfect manner, and to the entire satisfaction
of the parties applying, or no eharge will be made..
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MILIEU ICE HD COAL CHEM
WOLBERT dc BROTHER,
WHOLESALE AND RZWL mums IN
1864. sag -§As. 1864.
Offices f NO. 206 SHIPPEN STREET,
t NO. 621 NORTH 18th STREET
JOHN TAYLOH, Agent, 135 South Seventh et.
TICKETS will to furnished to families for
EXTRA ICE when required. If not used, they will be
redeemed at the end of the season'.
W. & Bro. inTorm their friends and the public gene.
rally that they have procured a full supply of GOOD
CLEAR ICE, and are prepared to receive Orders at the
following REDUCED rates for the year 1864:
• 8 pounds a day, 76 cents a Wools
12 et et
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g z , a 110 •
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