REV. A. M. STEWART’S LETTER.
Washington, D. C., Dep., 1865.
By officious crowds of reporters and
through the secular press, you have
doubtless received all the particulars and
'formalities connected with the late reas
aemblings at our National Capitol. Al
ready have you learned about the open
ing of a new Congress, not. in turmoil of
motion and countermotion, with lengthy
and stormy debate, but with unwonted
facility and quietness. Heard, too, how,
not by cunning, fraud, or bluster, the
delegations from the rebel States got
into Congress, but how they managed
not to get in. Received, no doubt, and
filed away, are Presidential message and
Secretaries’ reports—verbose and of such
enormous length that not one in a hun
dred ever seriously meditates their peru
sal. Of all these things you need none
of my writing.
RECONSTRUCTION
has been, is now, and likely to be for
some months to come, the great problem
in this centre of American wisdom. The
President insists that the rebel States
were never out of the Union. To reach
auch a conclusion, a large amount of
metaphysical reasoning and profound
thought was required. Newspaper re
porters, with their accustomed inaccu
racy, have given to the public that Pre
sident Johnson was never at college—
hardly at school—but picked up by odds
and ends whate.ver of learning is in his
possession This must be a great mis
take. The depths of reasoning requisite
to show the rebel States all in the Union
these four and a half years past, bespeak
the disciple of the most profound Ger
man metaphysician.
True, all the people of these States,
men, women, and children, went fiercely
•out of the Union—declared themselves
to be . out, and actually staid out for four
years and more. They organized another
government, elected other officers, and
took other oaths of fealty. All inter
course between them and the Union was
effectually broken off. A long, fierce and
bloody war was waged to maintain
theirfseveraDce. It cost the Union half
a million of her choice young men, with
an outlay of thirty-five hundred millions
in money, to whip back the vagrant
States, like truant school boys, to tbeir
old places. Slender minorities from
these revolted States have elected sham
legislatures, who, though very reluc
tantly, have resolved that secession, with
all its attendant acts, was and is a nul
lity.
Such profundity of reasoning and de
duction are worthy of that held in an ec
clesiastical body once heard of. A defunct
college was to be resuscitated. Neither
professors, students, building, library, or
money had belonged to it for years. A
learned divine, however, insisted the jn
stitntion was still in existence. In what
manner ?it was inquired. “In its
Chairs.” “ What chairs ?” “Why, its
Chair of Rhetoric, its Chair of Philo
sophy, its Chair of Metaphysics, &c.
■Chairs were Chairs,” he contended,
*i whether any one sat upon them or
not!”
THE RECONSTRUCTION
ill which we have at present the great
est interest, certainly the most hopeful,
and, when accomplished, will prove the
most enduring, is the education and con
sequent elevation of the Freedmen. At
least twelve different denominations and
benevolent associations from the North
have sent their teachers and moral re
presentatives into this District, and or
ganized schools and Sabbath instruction
for the colored population. Instead of
looking upon this great diversity as a
calamity, we rather consider it as beto
kening increased good to those intended
to be benefitted. All the various types
of Christian faith, which in theif free
exercise have made the North so great,
may here blend in the elevation of this
'depressed race, and in the end lift it
•above any and all of the originals.
* TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION.
As. a foreshadowing of this result, an
association of superintendents and teach
ers of color#d schools in the District has
been formed for mutual co-operation, as
sistance, and improvement. At a meet
ing held a few days since, about eighty
of these teachers s and superintendents
were present and representing all those
Northern interests. Harmony, interest,
and intelligence characterized all the
proceedings. At least one-fourth of the
teachers present were colored. Nor did
this cause any apparent detriment to
.sympathy and mutual co-operation.
Unity of action, discipline, instruction
and books were subjects of discussion.
Measures for mutual improvement were
also adopted. This seemed the more
necessary, seeing these representatives
of Northern education and religion find
no countenance, co-operation, or sympa
thy from any former educational inter
ests which are found here. From the
old inhabitants generally, this educa
tional crusade from the North receives
the utmost contempt and loathing.
Time, patience and perseverance, tyith
the judicious interference of Congress,
will overcome all these hindrances.
Never was good seed sown with better
prospect for an abundant harvest.
A. M. Stewabt.
'Chicago. —Rev. E. A. Pierce has re
signed the pastorate of the Westminster
Church in Chicago, preparatory to as
suming that of Calvary Church in the
game city.
jggy dur friend Samuel Loag, hasremoved
his printing establishment to Sansom Street
Hall
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN. THURSDAY, JANUARY 4. 1866.
fjta nf tjji P«i
THE EXECUTIVE.
Secretary Stanton has set apart the
ground upon which the Port Pillow massacre
occurred for a monument to those who fell.
The Spanish admiral off the coast of Chili
has grossly insulted Mr. Nelson, our Chilian
Minister. The entire diplomatic corps take
sides with Mr. Nelson. The rebel Captain
Semmes is to be tried for having left the Ala
bama after her surrender to the Kearsage,
and for afterwards engaging in hostilities
against the United States. The Provis
ional Governors of the Southern States are
paid by the Government at the rate of $3OOO
a year.- The total amount of money dis
bursed by the Paymaster’s Department from
July Ist, 1861, to the present date, is $1,029,-
239,000. The total defalcations in the same
Department for same period, supposing that
nothing is made from sureties, (and it is be
lieved that more than one half will be collect
ed from these sources) is $541,000. A. D;
Richardson, Julius H. Browne, and Wm. B.
Davis, the correspondents who were prison
ers in Salisbury so many months, are among
the summoned witnesses for the Government
in the case of Gee, the late rebel command
ant of that prison, who is now being tried at
Raleigh, N. C., by a military commission, on
charges of cruelty to prisoners. -Commo
doreWinslqw, formerly of the Kearsarge, has
been ordered to command the Gulf Squadron.
The squadfiSh consists of 20 vessels, carrying
138 guns. Instructions have been issued
by the Freedmen’s Bureau throughout the
South, prohibiting planters from turning off
aged and infirm negroes, as contemplated, on
New Year’s day. About 125,000 men are
still in the service. Mr. Seward has taken
a voyage South, some say to Vera Cruz.
THE STATES.
Pennsylvania.—There is a very destructive
flood on the Susquehanna. Millions of feet
of lumber float down the stream past Wil
liamsport.
New York, —The Stock Exchange, of New
York City, did the handsome thing recently,
in voting $5OOO, as a Christmas present, to
General Grant. The money, is to be added
to what is known as the Grant Testimonial
Fund, which now. reaches $67,000. When
$lOO,OOO is subscribed, it will be duly pre
sented to the General with “ all the honors. ”
Every inch of real estate south of the
Park now is worth more than the gold you
cap cover it with. The scheme of an un
derground passenger railway beneath Broad
way which was defeated last year by the Go
vernor’s veto, is again being agitated in this
city. In 1860 the population of New York
State was 3,880,727. In 1865 itis 3,831,777.
The decrease is 48,950.
New England.—A Boston paper says,
“ the dividends for the past six months
already announced by manufacturing compa
nies in the New England States denote a de
gree of prosperity without a parallel. ” By
a large fire at Groton, Conn., Dec. 28, the
immense steamer Commonwealth and a large
railroad depot were destroyed. The loss was
$1,500,000. A Social Science Association
has been inaugurated in Boston.
Ohio. —The State debt is. $12,900,000, less
by $600,000 than last year.
Indiana. —The Indiana Legislature, before
adjourning, passed resolutions in favor of
hifnging Jeff Davis.
Illinois has increased 500,000, or 33 per
cent, in the past 5 years."
Virginia.—Nearly one hundred thousand
acres of abandoned lands in Virginia are
being cultivated by tbe Fresdmen, under the
auspices of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
North Carolina. —The editor of the Char-
lotte, N. C., limes has been arrested for
printing seditious articles. Major Wick
ersham, of the Freedmen’s Bureau, has or
dered the chairman of the county court to
revoke the sentence against McCoy and
Walker, the negroes ordered to be sold into
slavery for larceny, and says that, in default,
all the members of the court shall be put
under arrest, The people of North Caro-
lina have declared null and void the ordinance
of secession by a vote of 19,977 votes against
1940, and 18,527 votes were cast to ratity the
ordinance prohibiting Slavery, 3696 to reject
said ordinance.
South Carolina. —Gov. Orr, in a recent
document, declares his “ unalterable purpose
to aid in upholding the supremacy of the laws
of the United States.” Gen. Howard, in
his recent report, says that accounts from the
interior “are replete with instances of vio
lence and cruelty toward the freedmen —
murders, whipping, tying up by the thumbs,
defrauding of wages, overworking, combining
for purposes of extortion, &c. Already the
antagonism between the white's and the blacks
in this State is marked, and for the sake of
peace and good order, it would be unwise at
present to withdraw the military force.”
Georgia. —Ex-Senator Iverson; of Geor
gia, is an applicant for pardon. He was one
of the first to leave his seat in the Senate in
1861.
Alabama. —In passing the Constitutional
Amendment, the Legislature voted that it be
“with the understanding that it does not
confer upon Congress the power to legislate
upon the political status of freedmen in this
State.” The spirit of the body is shown by
the following incident: Gens. Wood, S wayne,
and Thomas were in Montgomery during the
session of the Legislature and received no
sort of attention; the unpardoned rebel,
Gen. Wade Hampton, no sooner made his
appearance in the place, than a committee
was raised to escort him into the Hall. The
members rose to receive him; Speaker
Cooper made a glorification speech of wel
come; and Gen. Hampton responded, com
plimenting Alabama’s exertions in, and devo
tion to the cause, (the attempt to overthrow
the Union and Government,) and the gallan
try displayed by her sons. Then a recess
took place that all the members, might be
introduced to the General.
Florida. —The following is part of the new
constitution of the State “ All the inhabi
tants of the State, without distinction of
color, are free, and shall enjoy the rights of
person and property without distinction of
color. In all criminal proceedings founded
upon injury to colored persons, no person
shall be incompetent to testify on account of
color.” Yet a person incompetent to take
the test oath was elected Congressman.
Kentucky.—The Farmers’ Bank of Ken
tucky had $60,000 stolen from it by the Mor-1
gan raid. It recently sued a returned Ken
tuckian, who was one of Morgan’s officers,
attached his property, and recovered judg
ment.
Tennessee. —A copperhead judge at Dan
drUe, East Tennessee, has arrested and im
prisoned some Union soldiers who, under
orders, had killed a guerrilla, lhe sheriff
seized and imprisoned Gen. Thomas messen
gers bearing orders for then- release, tren.
Thomas has sent 200 soldiers to arrest judge,
sheriff, and all concerned, and to free the
, Union captives.
Mississippi. —The President has ordered
Gov. Shai-key to retire, and give place to the
Governor elect, Gen. Humphreys. ~lh e
Mississippi Senate has adopted a resolution
for the erection of a monument at Jackson in
memory of the rebel dead. -The Legisla
-1 ture added the following proviso to its act
; adopting the Constitutional amendment:—
“It shall not be construed into an approval
or endorsement of the political principles or
doctrines that the reserved rights of a State
can, without the consent of such State, be
usurped or abridged by the Federal Govern
ment, through the instrumentality of a Con
stitutional Amendment.” Also, that the
amendment shall not be construed to allow
Congress to abolish slavery “where it law
fully exists in any State that may refuse to
ratify the amendment.” i
Texas. —Gen. Gregory, assistant commis
sioner for the State of Texas, reports that in
the course,of a journey of seven hundred
miles in that State, he heard most favorable
reports as to the crops. AH had been
harvested, and there was plenty for all.
California. —The Constitutional Amend
ment was ratified December 18th.; Corne
lius Cole has been elected Senator from Cali
fornia, to succeed Senator McDougall.
THE CITY.
The Period of Sentences passed by Judge
Allison, December 12, ambunted to thirty-one
years and one month. IA burglar named
Haggerty'monopolized ode-third jof the whole
amount. In Boston a prisoner was sen
tenced on the same day to twenjy-five years
imprisonment, for highway robbery by gar
roting. December 13; Judge Allison sen
tenced one burglar to ten yean ’ imprison
ment, and another to eight yeirs. The
question whether the city can > bstruct the
navigation of the Schuylkill bj building a
permanent bridge at Chestnut street, is be
fore the U. S. Supreme Court atWashington.
ln Select Council, Decembei 10, the sum
of $35,000 was appropriated for the erection
of a new Court House on Ii dependence
Squkre. The Union National Bank has
declared a dividend of forty percent, clear of
taxes, out of the contingent fujid— twenty
per cent, being payable in cash, and twenty
per cent, in stock of the bank at jiar.-t —The
Mayor has signed the bill fixing the tax
rate at $4.—I—Common 1 —Common Council, December
21, voted to approve the sureties of John
Given, as City Commissioner.-—-The Acade
my of Natural Sciences has inaugurated an
effort to raise one hundred tho sand dollars
for the erection of a fire-proof : uilding.
The funded debt of the city is $33,722,000.
Nine hundred thousand dollars .worth of in
debtedness was cancelled during ie year.
The Union League have spent ever one hun
dred and seventy-six thousand dpllars on the
property on Broad street. Thi League re
cruited ten thousand men during the last two
years of the war, at an expense df a hundred
thousand dollars. Brig. GeJ. Owen was
assaulted by ruffians in Continental Hotel,
Dec. 28, for leaving the Democratic party.
The assailants, including a notorious aider
man, escaped. •
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ciwdit to the Freedmen. —In the inaugu
ral address of Governor Jenkins, of Georgia,
we find the following deserved tribute to the
colored man: “Since the fiat of emancipa
tion, although sometimes unsettled in his pur
pose" and inconsistent in his service by con
tract, (the natural result of a transition so
thorough and so sudden,) I take you all to
witness that, in the main, his conduct has
been praiseworthy beyond all rational expec
tation.” And he further said that, in his
judgment, the “ fidelity of the negroes in the
past, and their decorum under the depressing
influence of the present, are without a parallel
in history, and establish for them a strong
claim upon our favoring patronage.” This
is sensible and just.
Gov. Hamilton, of Texas, in addressing
the colored people of that State, also said :
“ During that terrible struggle you remained
quiet and peaceful spectators; although you
knewAliatjmur.frefidom or continued slavery
depended on the result." Yffu aisappolnted
both friends- and enemies, by exercising a
prudence and forbearance and Christian reli
ance om the wisdom and justice of God’s
providence, which has elevated you in the
opinion of' good men in every part of the civ
ilized world. ’ ’
The conduct of the lately emancipated
slaves about Christmas, when guilty fears of
an uprising were lively among their old op
pressors, confirms this candid and honorable
acknowledgment. Only the most trifling in
stances of disorder are mentioned as having
occurred.
A savings bank for colored people, estab
lished three months since at Louisville, now
has $30,000 of deposits.
The members of the Congressional Com
mittee on Reconstruction intend to take tes-
timony in the Southern States as to their
condition. Senator Williams, of the Senate
Committee, is now in Richmond, on a tour ot
observation.
Decease of Dr. Ducachet— The Rev.
Henry W. Ducachet, D.D., died suddenly in
this city some time during the night ot Wed
nesday, December 13. On the preceding
evening he appeared to be in his usual health,
and at the usual bedtime of the- family, he
was left in his study, reading, according to his
custom ; but in the morning he was found by
Mrs. Ducachet on the floor of his study, dead.
Life appeared to have been extinct for several
hours. Dr. Ducachet, although so closely
identified with Philadelphia for a whole gen
eration, was a native of Charleston, S. C.,
born in the year 1796- He was educated
partly by private instructors and partly at a
school well known to the Southern people m
former years at Mount Airy, now in the
Twenty-second ward of this city. Having
turned his studies toward the ministry of the
Episcopal Church, he was ordained in 1525,
and after officiating in Salem, Mass., N orfolk,
Va., and other places, he was called to this
city, ' and was instituted Rector of St.
Stephens'™ 1834, where he continued until
his sudden and litnaented. decease* Dr. Duca
ehet was a man of emineuce in his Church, an
accomplished scholar, a thorough gentlemen,
beloved by his congregation, not less for his
kind and genial manners than for his piety.
Public Ledger.
Henry Winter Davis, the most distin
guished of Maryland politicians of the pre
sent day, died in Baltimore, December 30, of
pneumonia, aged forty-eight. His death will
be deeply regretted by every friend of human
right'!-. His last speech was one at Chicago
in defence of negro'suffrage. „
The argument on the constitutionality of
the congressional test oath is now going on in
the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Rev
erdy Johnson argued against its constitution
ality, Dec. 22.
lIX A StUt.
The internal revenue receipts of two
days last week, were each $1,200,000. ihe
receipts for the week ending Dee. 23, amount
to $5,000,000. Total since the Ist of July,
nearly $ 171,000,000. President s mes
sage had a favorable effect m England. 5--U s
rose about two per cent.— —The receipts
from customs at the port of N ew x ork lor tne
first five months of the present fiscal year ex
ceeded by one million dollars the total re
ceipts at that port during the years 1862 ana
1864 The receipts ffom this source for tne
present month it is believed will amount to
over ten millions.
. FOREIGN.
Great Britain— There have been further
convictions of Fenians. It is said
Stephens, the Fenian, having escaped to
France, has been demanded by the B
Government, on the charge of
and that Napoleon has refused to d
him, on the ground that he is a p
offender.
Spain. —A party has arisen in Spain in
favor of-{uniting Spain to Portugal in one
empire. It is asserted that the mediation
of England in Chilian affairs has been accepted.
Mexico.—French troops are still landing
at Vera Cruz, and war materials are continu
ally landed. The city is being fortified.
Brazil.—The American emigrants, chiefly
Southerners, represented by Col. Wood, have
selected a site for a town near Raragnora. It
lies between two small rivers, and can have
railway connection with the Capital. A vast
tract of eight millions of acres of unoccupied
Government land has also been selected.
Chili. —November 28th, the Chilian frigate
Esmeralda captured at Papudo, a Spanish
gunboat with 117 prisoners and the Spanish
Admiral’s correspondence. A Spanish launch
with one gun and fifty men had also been cap
tured.
Jamaica. —Governor Eyre, of Jamaica,
has been suspended from duty. Sir Henry
Stork has been appointed temporary Gover
nor. *
China. —Advices to the 20th of October
say: —“The last stronghold of the rebellion
in the province of Kangsi is reported to be
evacuted. The insurgents, it is added, re
treated to Fukeia, The Mahommedan rebels
at Fung KaUn in Shensi, had surrendered,
and were slaughtered to a man. ’ ’
ITEMS.
The name of Fenian, some people say,
has its origin in the title of the Phoenix
newspaper, of which some eight years ago
Col. O’Mahoney was editor.- Forty-one
chronometers were recovered on the Shenan
doah. The funeral of Thomas Corwin
took place in Washington, December 20.
The remains were taken to Ohio. John
S. Rarey, the horse-tamer, has been struck
with paralysis at his home, in Ohio. The
foreign importations in Boston for the year,
amounted to nearly sixty millions. The New
Orleans papers published the President’s mes
sage entire by,telegraph from Washington,
said to have been the first time this feat was
ever performed. Horace Maynard being
asked what he thought of the prospects of
the Tennessee delegation since the last action
of the House, said he thought “Thad.
Stevens had the whole Southern Confederacy
in his breeches pocket, and meant to keep it
there for a good while.” Gen. Baton, of
the Freedmen’s Bureau, lately in charge of
the negroes in the District and the adjacent
counties of Virginia, has resigned for the
purpose of establishing a newspaper at Mem
phis, Tenn. It is said that two hundred
thousand destitute freedmen will have to be
supported by the Government during this
winter. Some Americans have recently
constructed a telegraph across the Andes to
connect various cities of Columbia, South
America. During 1860 the amount of
cotton goods manufactured in the United
States was equal to S 3 68 for each person.
Thirty-six yards of*woollen goods per head
were also manufactured. Gerritt Smith
has begun a libel suit against the Chicago
Tribune, laying the damage at
But four Southern Congressmen elect, it is
said, can take the test oath.—; —The rebel
Gen. Early has gone to Mexico. Shad
have appeared in Florida, and are sold in
Savannah for $1 25 a piece. A citizen qf
Atlanta, Georgia, has sent the editor _ ot the
Wyandotte (Kansas) Gazette $50,000 in rebel
money, and in returnyrishes the paper for a
month. Gen. Lee has not asked for par
don.
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XiOOS o’er the fashions which old pictures show,
As the) prevailed some fifty years ago;
At least that phase of fashion which conveys
Hints of those instruments of torture —stays!
And then compare the old, complex machine,
With that which iu these modern days is seen:
Ho more »/ steel and whalebone is the chest.
Or side, o. liver, terribly compressed;
Ho more are curving ribs, or waving spine,
Twisted a*d tortured out of Beauty’s \jne
For skill aid 'donee both unite to show
How much <i r ealth to dress do women owe.
In Mbs. Shebman’s Cossets, ladies And
The laws of Health with Fashion's taste combined
Supporting eqiially each separate part,
They cramp no action of the lungs or-heart:
And no injurious ligature is placed
To mar the flexure of the natural waist;
Their fit is certain—and, what’s sure *o please,
In all positions there is perfect ease;
The figures of the young they help to form,
♦ Aiding andjiot repressing every charm;
Irregularities of shape they hide.
So that by none can slight defects he spied,
While.e’en a figure, which is understood
Ah being K bad,” may by their help seem good;
And matrons wearing them a boon will gain.
The** early symmetry they’ll long retain.
iiibli ring comfort, grace, good nealth, and ease,
These Sheehan Corsets cannot fail to please:
One trial is the only test they need,
For then all others they’wl ust supersede:
Fashion’s demands with usefulness they blend,
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Wm. L. GARRETT,
No. 31 South 2d St., above Chestnut. East
Side,
Has constantly on hand a large assortment of Men’s
Boots and Shoes, Oity Made. _
Ladies’. Misses, and Children’s Balmorals, Ac. Be
sides Bags, etc., in variety
and at LOW PRICES. Mens Rubber-
Q 1 sole Boots and the best quality of Gum Q 1
01 Shoes of all kinds. 1012-ly OX
L. D. BASSETT,
DEALER IN
FINE CHEESE, GOSHEN It UTTER, CIDER
VINEGAR, SWEET CIDER, CANNED
TOMATOES and reaches,
WRIGHT’S SUPERIOR MINCED MEAT,
AC., AC.
NEW I2TH ST. MARKET,
N. E. cor. Of Twelfth an* 1 Market Sts.
Dveins aud Scouring Establishment.
Mrs. E. W. SMITH,
No 28 N. Fifth St., below Arch, PhUada.
fad'll Dresses, Cloaks, Shawls. Ribbons. Ac., dyed
in any color, ao? ?5. is p^ ll t ® <lual j t Vests" cleaned, dyed
Gentlemen’s Coats, Pants and ' 963-ly
and repaired.
©rate’ furaisjiiitg ©nflis
Mclntire & Brother,
1035 Chestnut Street,
Would call attention to their large assortment o
very choice
Silk Scarfs,
NedkTies,
Scarf Pins,
Sleeve Buttons,
and Studs.
Also, to a stock of
UNDERSHIRTS AUD DRAWERS
FOB
Fall and Winter Wear,
Consisting of
Extra Heavy Merino,
Saxony Wool,
Shetland,
Shaker Flannel,
Red Flannel,
Canton Flannel (very heavy).
Also, to their
i MODEL
“SHOULDER SEAM SHIRTS,"
Guaranteed in every case to give entire satisfaction.
Hairs {taping 'ffiaabs.
FURNITURE.
THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR FURNITURE IS
837 MARKET STREET,
Where also can be had the celebrated
Self-Rocking Cradle,
Which is a blessing to mothers.
2 SELF
rocking
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Philadelphia.
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BEDDING AND FEATHEE
WAREHOUSE,
No. 44 NORTH TENTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
BEDS, FEATHERS,
MATTRESSES, BLANKETS,
COMFORTABLES, QUILTS, Etc.
TUCKER’S CELEBRATED SPRING BED.
- 10U-3m
Browne’s Metallic Weather Strip
AND
WINDOW BANDS
Totally exclude cold, wind, rain, snow and dust from
the crevices of doors and windows, and save one-hali
the fuel.
DAVID H. LOSEY,
Sole State Agent,
38 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia.
Send for circular. Local agents wanted through
out the State. 983-ly
WILLIAM YARNALL,
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS;
No. 1232 CHESTNUT ST., S. E. COR. 13TH.
SUPERIOR REFRIGERATORS,
WATER COOLERS,
FINE TABLE CUTLERY,
FAMILY HARDWARE,
IRONING TABLES. Ac. Ac..
J.&F. CADMUS,
No. 736 Market St., S. E. corner of Eighth,
PHILADELPHIA.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, CARPET BAGS AND
VALISES of every variety and style. iell-ly
S. F. BALDERSTON & SON,
DEALERS IN
WALL PAPER AND WINDOW SHADES,
NO. 902 SPRING GARDEN STREET,
N. B. —Practical part in both branches promptly
attended to. 1012-3 m.
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EXCELLENCE.
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THE SUBEST RSMEBY FOR
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This most popular brand of Oils generally prescribed
by the Physicians of Philadelphia, may be had at
retail) in this city from all Apothecaries, and whole •
sale from
Messrs. JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY & COWDEN,
No. 23 North Sixth Street; FRENCH, RICHARDS
& CO., No. 630 Market Street; WRIGHT & SID
DALL, 119 Market Street; T. W. DY OTT & CO., No.
217 N. 20th Street, and the Proprietor,
CHARLES W. NOLEN,
1014-6 m No. 123 South Front Street.
WENDEROTH, TAYLOR & BROWN’S
FINE ART GALLERY,
912 and 914 CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
1019-ly
AGENCY, 353 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
O’ B. DE MORAT,
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERIES,
S.W. Corner Eighth and Market Sts.,
Entrance No. 2 South Eighth,
PHILADELPHIA.
fjtg ©ottos, &t.
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& HEEZ.
No. 43 STRAWBERRY STREET,
Second door above Chesnnt street,
PHILADELPHIA.
49* Strawberry street is between Second and Bank
streets.
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS,
NEW STYLES, MODERATE PRICES.
IVINS & DIETZ,
43 STRAWBERRY Street, Philada.
Cheap Carpet Store.
& BSP*
EDWIN HALL & CO.,
NO. 26 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
Importers, Jobbers, and Retailers in
Silks,
Dress Goods,
Shawls,
Cloths,
Also, Dealers in
STAPLE GOODS,
MOURNING GOODS & WHITE GOODS.
Our Goods always for sale at the lowest market
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Groyeß&Baxeb's
HIGHEST PREMIUM
ELASTIC STITCH
LOCK STITCH
SEWING MACHINES
WITH LATEST IMPROVEMENTS.
Ihe Grover & Baker S. M. Co. manufacture, in ad
dition to their celebrated GROVER & BAKER
STITCH Machines, the most perfect SHUTTLE or
“LOCK STITCH” Machines in the market, and af
ford purchasers the opportunity of selecting, after
trial an-1 examination of both, the one best suited to
their ■wants. Other companies manufacture but one
kind of machine each, and cannot offer this opportu
nity of selection to their customers.
A pamphlet, containing samples of both the Grover
& Baker Stitch and Shuttle Stitch in various fabrics,
with full explanations, diagrams and illustrations, to
enable purchasers to examine, test and compare their
relative merits, will be furnished, on request, from
our offices throughout the country. Those who desire
machines which do thes >best work, should not fail to
send for a pamphlet, and test and compare these
stitches for themselves.
OFFICE, 730 CHESTNUT S’t'REET,
1 PHILADELPHIA.
SEVERAL REASONS WHY
WILLCOX & GIBB’S SEWING MACHINES
are becoming .so
UNIVERSAIiLY POPULAR,
They are the •‘PERFECTION OF ME-
GfiANIM.” Each machine being as
carefully and accurately finished as a
watch. _ „ _
They are adapted to the GREAT
EST RANGE OP WORK, and will
use successfully cither cotton, silk, or
linen thread.
They make the patent '* TWISTED
LOOP STITCH,” which is the most
beautiful, elastic, and durable stitch
known.
FOURTK. They are ” GLORIOUSLY SIM
PLE.” as readily comprehended as a
pair of scissors, and not more liable
to derangement. _
They are ENTIRELY NOISELESS
and “ might safely be used in a sick
room. or by the cradle of a sleeping
infant.”
SIXTH. They are run with PERFECT
EASE, scarcely an effort being re
quired to sew a thousand stitches per
minute.
SEVENTH. They are ABSOLUTELY COM
PLETE, and will Hem, Fell, Braid,
Cord, Bind. Tuck, Gather, and Em
broider beautifully. „„„
EIGHTH. They CaNNOT BE TURNED THE
WRONG WAY.
NINTH. The NEEDLES CANNOT BESET
WRONG.
The Bemmers, Fellers, <fcc., are
SELF-ADJUSTING.
A careful examination of these Machines at
( FIRST.
SECOND.
THIRD.
FIFTH.
TENTH.
No, 720 Chestnut Street,
Will disclose many other points of peculiar merit.
G. C, REUKAUFF,
ifANUFACTCBKR OF
LOOKING-GLASSES,
PHOTOGRAPH AND
IFICTIII FRAMES.
PLAIN AND FANCY
WINDOW CORNICES.
1 GILT MOULDINGS,
NO. 939 ARCH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
PAINTINGS. AND A GREAT
VARIETY OF ENGRAV
INGS ON HAND.
OLD WORK KEGILT
EQUAL TO NEW.
JOHN C. CLARK & SON,
PRINTERS, STATIONERS
BLANK BOOK
MANUFACTURERS,
330 DOCB. STREET.
MATTINGS, AC.
Cloaks,
Velvets, &c.
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