c HT. Dumas on Himself, fntn the A'htnentm. Paris, November, 1805. Dear old Dumas! His tongue can chatter on every subject. While he la elaborating a romance In the , Court of Louts the Thirteenth he finds time to chat on evry ther subject, grave or pay, and In somo way to connect himself with It. Ho must put his iarlt even on the cholera. Being asked for one I his charming bits of egotism tacked to some subject of the moment, he nets up a little lite, tary flirtation with the prevailing epidemic. He la not afraid of It. He, the great Dumas! Ho had it to begin with In 1832, and cured himself by swallowing a glass of ether, mistaking It for Kirchcnwasscr. The cholera departed, but left him In its stead inflammation of the stomach. This is not, therefore, a remedy which he re commends. He has a remedy, however, and he Intends, in the course of his gossip, to give it to the reader. But here peeps up the slyness of the great Alexandre, wherein he reminds' us lorcibl.y of Mangin, who paltered over his pencils so many years in the public places of Paris. Having nested the attention of his audience by raising their hopes of obtaining a sovereign cure for the cholera gratis, hefarieur begs a little patienco lor fait personnel. M. Dumas is pnblishtrg nn historical romance, called "lie (Jomte de Moret," in tho new hall penny Journal. Lea Nouvel'es. He has been ac cused by Le Figaro of having sent a litho graphed circular to the twelve hundred editors ol t'raiice on his new work, in order to save the proprietors of Lea NoumMta tho expeme of paid pulls (rec'amea paiaidvs). Dumas, with a smile, declares tint, in the first place, he did not scud twelve hundred, but only one hundred such let ters, and that these were not lithographed, but were written with his own hand. "You may lauuh," he savs; "it may niipear incredible; but this is my ridiculous scrisl uencsi ol conscienr-e, and ha' always been. Ou one orcadon I was asked for my autograph in aid of tho tick and wounded on the l-ederal side. The applicant wrote to mo that my autograph would certainly eel) for 1000 lrane. I set to work and sent, otr a hundred autographs, each including an id via or something like it, and all written, bo It under stood, Willi my own hand." And now for a superb bit from the great Alex andre: "Tne number did harm to the sale, and the lady patronesses only realized 60,(100 Irancs by them. They contented themselves with this sum. For myself, I swear to you that I con sidered my autographs had sold very well. I once proclaimed to the readers of the Petit Journal'' (the readers of the Athetumim may re member this circumntance, which 1 touched upon at the time) "that Ijwas about to publish a volume of bouts-rimes, and that every subscriber to the book would receive my autograph. Three thousand subscribers responded. 1 wrote three thousand autographs 1 Let them be submitted to any experts, Ihcywill be accepted as writ ten by my own hand." Our lively Alexandre has other instances: how he provided Mouc, the Havre sailor, who had taved many lives, with 600 francs, by writing a thousand autographs and fixing their price at twenty-live centimes. They were sold, he tells us, within twenty-four hours. Out of this he got only the pleasure he admits that it is a great one of doing good. His pen is ever at work in the cause oi charity; it is he who tells ns so. And then he asks, "Can there be as much plea .sure in writing an article aeainst a man as there Is in throwing off a literary trifle to help a sick, or wounded, or ?oor fellow-creature ?;' For him self, he cannot tell, iftving only tried tho chari Jtable writing. You see, stealthy way of doing good is not M. Dumas' way. Let us grant him, in justice, this: that he is so good-tempered, aud kindly over his lelf glorification, and fie has so ingenious and happy a way of insinnating his point and carrying the purpoBe of bis gossip, even in the teeth of his enemies, that the three syllables of the word "charlatan" cannot all rise to the lips of the readers of hte gossip. All this g06sip, lor instance, is to conciliate provincial editors, and to let them know that they are, one and all, the chers confreres of Alexandre Dumas; and that this noblesse oblige. I have said that there is a bonhomie in Dumas' most outrageous putt's of himself or others. We are sorry to see the old gentleman parading his little services and boasting the value of autographs, or making a show of himself at the Fetit Journal office, or pufling some book or establishment. At the same time we must own that he is the gasest, the most amuning, and irood-natured Monsieur Puff in the world. By his tide all other professors of the noble art of puffing are small and awkward. A Curious Trial in France. THE CUSTODY OF OFFICIAL PAPERS. The Paris correspondent of the London Star says: "A most curious trial has lust taken place in consequence of the death of an old lady, MaJ'lle de Senlly, who died last February at Thell. You are aware that on the death ot public function aries the State has a right to take possession of their papers, manuscripts, and documents of all kinds, and abstract therefrom whatever may reier to public affairs. Mad'llo de Serrilly had carefully preserved an immense number of official papers which had been handed down iu Ler family from one generation to another. She possessed 030 documents referring to the admin istration ot one of her ancestors, M. d'Etiguy, who was prefect of Auch during the last century; 439 papers bearing on the life oi another d'Ktigny, who was Governor of Beam during the reign ot Louis XIV; furthermore, several papers signed by Louis XV, and countersigned by Choi3seul; letters from the Count de Toulouse, from Mar shal d'Etrees, etc. etc. "M. le Prefet d'Yonne, in the name of Govern ment, claimed one and all of these family papers. Last year the- Tribunal of Sens tried the case, and delivered a verdict in favor of the De Senlly family. k'The prelect appealed to the Paris courts, and, to the infinite satisfaction of those who poBes family archives of any historic interest. tLa prefect has lost his cause. Six hundred papers, however referring to the administration of a sub prefect actually living, are t be given up to Government. To this the family never objected. M. Oscar de Vallons made an able speech, which Is worthy of study for those curious ia French law. He clearly explained that the only motive that actuated Government in such a case was its anxiety to preserve historic records for the use of the public in general; but, as he justly remarked, if in this instance a verdict were given against tho heirs of Mad'lle deerilly, every family would be exposed to tho chances of having their muni ment chest rifled by Government at any moment, and their mott private documeuU taken. The rmblicltv to which death exposes a fanillv in France is very slneular to our Engllnh ideas. The moment your relative expires it becomes your duty to send lor the medecin iegiste, who Inspects the dead body and notifies to the prelect the fact of his decease. In a tew hours the police commissary arrives and seaiS up every drawer, secretaire, aud possession of your iae relative, iucm oown euu ouiy ue re moved alter the lamuy council, as u is cauea, have met. and read the will of the deceased iu presence ot a public iuuctionaiy. An instance of the extreme inconvenience to which this practice leads came under my own notice in the ca6e ol an Knirllbh lady whose buehaud had been nfisteur of a church in'the neighborhood of Paris. From the fact of her brother being absent from home and travellincr at the time ot the demise ol the pasteiir, the family council could not meet for six weeks, during which interval the lady bad not even access to her own writing drawer or tho power of withdrawing certain moneys belourrlmr to herself independently of her laio . husband." Cholera Leaving IUvre. Our Consul at Havre, writing to the State Department under date ot December 18, 165, says that fdnce the date of his last despatch in referance to the cholera at that port, there had occurred eight cases of cholera and lour deaths, among the Tery poor and destitute classes. No report are published, and no panic or excitement exists there; nor have there been any cases among emigrants. THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, Ignorance In France A map entitled "Carte do l'lnstruction Pub lique," purporting to show tho state of primary education in France, by M. J. Manler, ou the plan of that which Earon Charles Dupln pub lished thirty years ago, has Just been issued in Taris. It appears to be founded on oflieial docu ments; and Is, if its accuracy can be depended upon, an interesting and Instructive production. The department are marked by diilerntcoloM, which serve to Indicate the intellectual develop ment of the inhabitants. Of these colors there are line white, red, orange, yellow, erven, liuht blue, dark blue, violet, and dark brown. Tue author takes lor his basis tho maximum number of conscripts drawn from 18."7 to 1861 who could neither read hor write. The most highly favored departments are tho white; the most oackward, the dark brown. Thus, in lour departments colored wM.c, there were only 6 pvr cent, who cou'd neither read nor write; in 10, tinted red, there were 10 per ceut. in the same state of ignorance; In 0, orange, 15; In 8, yellow. 20; in ti, green, 2r; in 0, lieht blue, 30; in 13, dark blue. 35; iu 8, violet, 40; in 25, dark brown. 60 that is to say, in a territory compri sing more than one-fourth of France there are (iO out of 100 male aaulta ignorant of the most elementary rudiments of instruction. The larpet ot the dark stains, significant of tlie greatest ignorance, is given to Brittany. Of 100 male adnits liable .to do culled out to servo ia the ranks of tho enny lrjm 40 departments, there ore from 30 to CO who cannot read or write. Of 100 marriages contracted in France, 30 men and 45 women cannot sign their names in tiio civil registers, but onlv iimke their marks. In 1HGH, t;57,401 children left school to return to It no more; of that number 40 per ceut. knew hardly anything; aud in the same year iho an proximnte number of children .from 7 to 13 yeais who never went to school at all wa3 about c(jo,t;oo. fourteen departments occupy a more favor able position in the lint; for out ol 100 conscripts drawn from iheni, there ore tro.il 00 to !t(J who could read, 'the d( partinents so distinguished are the Daubs, Haute-Marnp, Meuse, bas-Khin, Meurthc, J lira, Jiosellc, Vo.'irrs, Aube, Seine, Ilaut-Khm, Ilaute-Saone, Coie'd'Ur, and Haute Aires. For the last thirty or forty years a certain improvement is to be noticed. From 1827 to lt-31 the averiicc number of the whole popula tion completely ipnorant was CI per cent.; from 1842 to 1846, it is now 34. A critic observes: "Let the Government and individuals be per suaded that the best and most productive invest ment they can make is the appropriating the best part of their resources to founding schools. Education 's the mot solid enarantecol Internal order, and the most effective instrument ot national wealth." A Remarkable Acrobat fn London. The performances of a new acrobat are thus noted ty the London Herald: "A most singular addition has just been made to the already long list of popular entertainments at the Crystal Palace. Shortly alter tour o'clock yesterday Signor Kihardo astonished the visitors ol tho bin ding by a gymnastic or acrobatic teat, which he is said to have performed some time since with great success at Florence before Kbig Victor Emanuel, and which must excite the sur prise of every person by whom it may be wit nessed. Some preparation was required lor the exhibition. A strong pole, some forty or fifty feet high, was erected in the front portion of tho Handel orchestra, and round this was run a spiral column, connected with the ground be neath by a long spur having an incline of about thirty degrees. This spur and the winding line in which it terniliifitea, consisted eixply of a stout boarding, perfect iv flat, not mre than twelve inches broad, and fastened in its upper portion to the central mast or r oiu by slight iron, girders. At one side of the platform was lying a round, lisht-colored globe, about two and a halt' lect or tnrce feet in ammeter. Stsnor uiuaruo made his appearance at the appointed hour hi the epanpled costume ol the Sprite at a panto mime, and, stepping on this ball, walked or danced, upon it tho whole ot tne way up the column, and descended again the entire space in the same extraordinary fashion. It was a most stranue and bewilderiurr exploit. It is true that he was able on two or three occasions to obtain a momentary rest by leaning on the girders which bind together tlie slender erec tion, but he never employed this resource lor tho purpose of propulsion. In his ascent he had to depend for a motive power solely on the stiength and a-rility of his feet, which were, oi course, at the same time, most busily employed in maintaining his shitting balance. in the descent tue bull was ot necessity only too apt to rush downwards, and it was only by the most wonderful skill aud care that its movement was checked and its direction was guided along the narrow aud winding line to which its course was restricted. The singularity of the fecne was here increased by the circum stance that the performer had to make his way backwards, the whole weieht of his body being thrown as far as possible In the direction op- posi d to mat men nis unsteady support was tending. We believe that many people have ah cad y run about, and even passed along, slight elevations under the same difficult conditions; but Signor Ethardo is, as far as we are aware, tne erst manw no ever attempted to wind nis way upon so pervious a locomofve up and down a narrow and dizzy eminence. His teat was cer tainly a most remarkable one, and seems 10 enti tle him, in his own Hue, to almost as exceptional a place as that of Blondin himself in the acro batic world." i Italian Newspapers and Literary Men. Tho Florence correspondent ol the Chicago Journal writes as follows of the newspapers and literary men of Italy: "I suppose you have little notion how many newspapers we publish, aud how weakly they are. We have ten political dallies, and about twenty other journals. In other cities there is the same proportions. But you can couut on tne nr.pcrs oi one nana an tue journals mat would make a visible ticrure in the United States. The ferteoeranzle, of Milan, is an excellent jour nal, which 1 uke an tho more tor its common sense views of American matters. Its editorials on the late war might have been written by a loval American. The (pinions, late ofTunn, now ot Florence, is perhaps the next best Journal in the kingdom. . . I j - . .. i .1 T .1 fTV . . I It is a microscopic euyy ui ui tiuuuuu niiurs iu spirit and purpose, and glorying in having no especial regard for that kind of truth which does not pay. The liberal organ of Florence is managed with a good deal of talent, and has a largo circulation. These ard perhaps the only journals we nave mat ooast some approacn to a national cnaractcr, ana mere are uuuuxuus oi towns m the peninsula where not acopy ot either is taken. I do not speak of the official Gazette, for it cannot be called a newspaper being simply a registei of official nets. Our Journals are an puny and suu.iect io a large per cent, of mortality aimually, rather j'or want ot capital ami readers man lor wa u( Journalistic talent among our literary men lue uusiueae i im oniaii nun uitru .at 0My literary adventurers, and recVless social ' origainls engage In it. There are a few houora' jie excep tions, but the -class is low among vig. Men of such ability and positions as those Vho conduct jour ,joiu nuts would ue asnv.uica to conduct a ncv. f paper here, and if tliey liri venture in the bueiuets- would be worse paid than mule-drlvcrs. "But the numter ci irerary men is very large. Half our lawyers and all. our prolessors dabble in ink, though lew ol tb'jjn get beyond the Alps. 1 have been ruther su' prised to learn that the other seT have a large , representation in leUcrs. I have betoro nu u aw a list of sixty female writers who are to contribute-to a New Year's book to be publitb t d in Venice, and large as the list is for a cor jtry in which only two hun dred aud ten fcin t ies In a thousand can read, my personal kno pledge of iemale writers ena bles me to extern i the number to more than ne hundred. Mad AinP Enriehetta Caraccialo, an ex-nun, excited quite a sensation last year by her disclosure? , 0f the secrets of monastic Ufa, which have " oeen translated into Eugiish, French, and German. She is expected to 'con tinue the suf- ,ject' this year." . i Groccrs-Their Antiqnlty. , Tho spice dealers, In the year 12J1, in thd city ol London, formed a trading fraternity or Rild under the name of ' Tepperera," and continued until 1345, when they changed the name of their organization to that of "The Grocers' Company." Tho earlier chroniclers of this ancient Com pany, In speaking of ihoir origin, say: "The word 'grocer' was a term first diBtinguishtng merchants of this Society in opposition to In ferior traders; lor that they usually sold by w holes. To show the great honor of this Com pany, wo remark that, from the year 1231 to 1650, upwards of elgbty of Its members have occupied the Lord Mayor's chair of tho city of London. Five kimrs, several princes, eight dukes, three carls, and twenty lords are recorded upon their books as members. Miny of thn present nobility of Great Britain trace their ancestry to members of this C inipanv. Sir John Chamberlain, groopr, was the founder ot the present Custom House of London (tho total dut es on all foreiarn goods Imported into the realm, ini2d8. gave arevenue of 756s. 10d.) No clats of citizens from the thirteenth to the s xteenth century did more to develooe a better civilisation than these old grocers. II the Ktg rciuired money, they generallv responded iu full fof tl.elr quota: Sir Jobn'Philpot, erocer, 1378, fitted out at his own expense a fleet of vessels to repress praties; also, at his own ex pense, conveyed an entire army into BrltUny, with ships. lie was stvled,.whibt living' "the Fcourge ot the Scots, the fright of tho French, the delight ot the commons, iho darlins of the merehauts, and the hatred of envious lords, but who was at his death lamented, and afterwards 1 cloved ot all." Sir Jvihn Crosby, grocer, was the founder ol the present famous Croby IIous J.ishop ftrect pate, London a mint ' of va-t wealth. The hopnitals and charity schools b;iilt and endowed by tlieseold grocer nier' hants were Mimerous. The inotlo of their guild is, "God Grant Grace." Boston Advertiser. SHIRTS, FURNISHING GOODS, &o Tl OI.l PAY PRESENTS I'OH GENTLEMEN. J I Just received, an elccnnt asBortuiunt of new Bfyle ot beans, Tics Glovea, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, Wrappers, tiuioklng Jacket". Cardigan Jackets. Luirlugo Rups Mufflers, And great variety ot Men's Fnrntshlng Goods. J. V. SCOTT & CO., 8 26 ly rp Ko. $14 CH fcSNliT SIlifcET. PATENT SIIOULDEll-SEAM SIIIKT MANUFACTORY AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE. PERFECT FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWEES mode from meisnremert t very nhnrt notice. All ol In r article! ol GivNlLEMKVtt DUtSS GOODS In full variety. WlNCIIKsTF.lt CO., 9 24 ly 7U8 CI1K8KUT STKEET WALL PAPERS. JEW PALL STYLES PHILADELPHIA WALL PAPERS. HOWELL & COIRRE, N. E. COR. FOURTH AND MARKET STS., MANUFACTURERS OF PAPER HANGINGS AND 11 lttuth WINDOW SHADES FLAGS, FIREWORKS, &o. Tt J. Ill c G U I G A N, Importer and Wholesale Dealer n FANCT GOODS, K0T1OS8, 10, FIREWORKS, FLAGS. Etc MATCHES AND BLACKING, TsO. 3 KTUAWTJEHRY STREET, First Btreet above bttonu between ilaiKet and Cubbd , 54 fUlLAPKLPB) m. " v X LOOKING-GLASS, PORTRAIT T J 0T0GRAPH, V . ' PICTUTtE FRAMES, AND, '(JUT MOULDINGS ' No. 9'29 ARC II STREET, rUILADELTQIA. rAIKTINGS, AND A GREAT VARIETY OF ENGRAVINGS ON HAND. OLD WORK RECILT TO NEW. EQUAL 11 04m ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO.; H. E, Cor. of FOURTH and RACE Streets, ! PHILADELPHIA', WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS i Importers and Dealers in Foreign and Domestio Window and Tlato Glass, MANUFACTURERS OF j White Lead and Zino Paints,Putty,eto ' AGEltTB FOB TBI CELKBRATBD FRENCH ZINO PAINTS. ' Dealers and Consumers supplied at 1020 3in ftj VERY LOW. PRICES FOR CASH. I KfEW MUSIC STORE. WILLIAM II X UOKLR ft CO Ho. 1102 CHESIfCT Ptreet Dealers In Amerii .n and l'nralvnMusict Pianos, Mlo. f on, and Musical Instrutiientsol a l klnvlat alao.asupe rlorauaUty ot balngseonatantly onbauvL 11 1 Sin i rrilE STAMP AGENCY. NO. 804 CHERNTJT J B'l RKET, A HOVE THIHD. WILL BK CONTLNUliD AM HEKK'IOFORB STAMPS 01 KVtBT DFSCETPTTOV C0N8TASTLT J II OS PECTUS OF THE CARSON GOLD MINING COMPANY OP NOJITII CAROLINA. Tke Land of this Company conilrtu ol 120 Acres, In If fcklcibnrg county. Kortta Carolina, SH ml eslrora the town of t harlot t, on a branch of Sugtr Creek, which tnam tnrntdhei good waer-power for grinding the ores This M mo wat first opened In 1838 by air an nnoied Car son. n bo worked It succrtarull. for a numtx r of years He died In the town of Charlotte, In 1846, wortn over hall a million dollars. Iwo stalls have been sank on tnls property, one of thrm feet, the other 60 feet, on different reins, avcraglrg horn two to three feet In thickness, which reins still cot tlnue on down Increasing In width and rlchnem. These shafts are In good order, anj ore can be readily taken nt at at y time. Other vein have been discovered on this proper;?, a .d tented, and proved to be very rich In gold. The ores this mine are known as he brown ore. and very rich, yielding readllf tl perbo.aeJ. Tb's Is be leved toko one of trie best and anost ccrta'it mliin In the State, on account of the abun dance and quality C 09 0,0 nrt ih ' with which tt is obtained and reduce- 'nl Property has been worked by MaJ .r Z A. Orler fifpua JWC to the breaking cut of the war. This Comjiauy hove ourchaxed this pn ptrty, ai d intend to erect machinery' ud put the nHnes In Immediate opeiatlon. The ninny avlv'AUtugoj of this mine over the mines of Colorado and Nevada Can hardly be estimated. . It la mure readily, reached, aud liHS.nl. uiulsnco of lucl, with cheap labor. It can be worked all the vear. and not, as In iho cane of Colorado und hevnaa. be compe.ied to.Ie Id e for three or lour ucnths In consequence ol the scvjfliy of the winter. This mine having leen worked tor a long time proved to be a rich paj iDg cne. M e do not, tbeieiore, have to Incur the rib k there Is In an undeveloped property, hut can count on iarve and Immediate returns on the Intent menu. Having tn ore th itreavll y yields ten dollars por bindiel. some estimate can be made of the value ol this proprriy. With the prorenl Imperfect system ol mining In this locality, and absonce ol proper machinery, ten touBot this oie can be taken out daily from every shaft opened. Estimating, say fl tcon bushe s to the ton, the daily yield will be Queen hundred dollars ftomone Shalt, allowing three hundred dollars per day for expenses. Tho net pioductwill be cl'JUO perdnyt counting 1100 working days to tho year, tho yearly proceeds will be to,0uo, Vi bleb yield can be largely Increased by extending the woiks. This is considered very low estimate of the capacity of this mine by experienced miners ot that locality. The Assaycr of ihe United btate Mint at Charlotte, In speaking of this property, soya it has few equms In productiveness in that country, aud with proper management aud machtneiy the above product can be doubled. CAPITAL STOCK. i500 000. STJMBEK Of SHARES, W,(M). Frlce and Far Talue of each Share 110 WORKING CAl IrAL, tSD.OOO. Books for (subscription now open at No 407 WALNtjT Street, I'.oom .o. 2, first floor, where further Information will be ghen. 11 J. HOPKINS TAER, Secretary. T A 11 E C II AN.CB FOR INVESTMENT. THE COMMON WEALTH GOLD AND SILVER MIXING COMPANY, OF NEVADA. CAPITAL, 330,(K0. 30 000 SHARES OF S10 EACH. 15,0(0 8 U AMES FOR SALE TO RAISE A DEVELOP. MEAT t'UND. rRKSIDENT ASDEEW O. CTJR11N, Uovcnior ol Penneylv i,, VICB-PBERIDEHT, DON. WILLIAM ii. MANS. TBBASCBr.K, H. A. bALTER. SECnETAKT, A. J. r-ALl tR. s. DIKRCTOTtS, Ills Excellency Ooveruor AN O ,iEW O CTJltTl?!. lion WILLIAM B. MAJlN, 11 ' SI Al. B.Uvkl K, 11 A. SALliK, HORACE- F. BlXN, JOHN liUll I Ooutoguu cjf Michigan. B. A. J. bAi.T1.1A, The Company, I n ordr torale annd to develops and Worn their mine ,vl, dwti'riuiued to oiler ouu-ualf of their i-tock, or J 5 j v ai,CSl to tlie publio ior sale. A 11 (vuupct'pt ic.nr. iuust Ue aocompauii'd by a payment ot li ny terce ,,. ( Cll(,h 0f tr, ttuloUnt of BtouK sub surlbcu ior. jhtc',, jmymfnt, Is Is believed mav be a I vf I jreq,lrea. and that the fund thus produced, Vi l l le ut jicuu t to start anvl continue mining opera tions. 1 ,Cli o'i itfell v.iil bring returns to the company a win e ,Bai,le, it to luliy uevuupe aud succemitully work II1IP . .v. 111. nnrri inH TTltntAP flnM And Jue. 8l!vo Vine, situate In Minoky Valley liv.nct, elKht J"'1'' mu b of tho city of Aus.ln, Keee Klver country, lai coun,y. Mate ol tievailat containi 1410 lineal J' ( A and Is reputed one of the bst undeveloped mutes AVERAGE ASSAY, S133 43 PER TO V. 1 bis ( ijii.pnuv has orgunlzed lor work, and not stock . Tnanuiactuiing . . 1 rultfifor Miuman nna otuim aj mm micnc lumror. avi ranc? aiSU per ton. 1 he I'om iany expect In a abort time to m ne at least twi nty-five tons oi ore per day. andli this oreavemges 2(i0 pertun. the earnings wl I tie tl,St0 0(0 In bu lion per annum, vhicu ia eouiidered 1 bore is believe d to be no Inntance on record or fail ure In this fctction, wnere hiivoi mining uuuipauieB liuVe commv need operations wnn me ruiiuiBHe uuvei opuien' lund on with fair surface indications to bet iu lth: success m this eutei-prise may beeoiuidontly pr.dHtcd. ,., . I l,m"uL OlPce ot the Compan?, bo.tet WaLNU 1' streoi, i'lilU Uelphm, here Bubscrlptiona will be reo elved. pianos; &o. ffiffft E S T E Y'S COTTAGE OKliAWa, Hot only TJ N EX C ELLKD, but CNKQUALLED In mirlt.y el Ton and lower, designed oe;iaUy for Churches and Bcbools, but found to be-i nally well adapted to the Parlor and Drafting-Room. For sal only by E.M.BRUCE, Ko. H. SEVENTH Street. Also, a complete assortment of Uis Fertaet Melodeoa coat tantly on hand. 1 U Bm JJ OLID AY PRESENTS. MUSICAL BOXES, ACCOBDEUNS, vwLiJsa. QUI TARN. BAXJOS, FLUTES, FIFES, 1) BUMS, ETC., At C. P. PT.FA8A NT'S Nw Musical Instniment Store, 12 151m lio. 629 (Nine Twenty nine) CilEstsiUT tit. MONUMENTS, TOMBS; GRAVK-8TONES, Etc. Just completed, a beautl.nl variety of ITALIAN J1ABBLE MOKUMENrs, TOMBS, AND tfBAVBrSTOKES, V ill be sold ebeap for cash. , Work eont to any part of the United States. IIENIIY 8. TA11R, MARBLE WOKK9, 124wttn Ko. 710 GBEEM Street, Pblladelpiita. I TSAAO NATHANS, AUCTIONEEB AMD MONEY IillOKER, H.E. COENEB OF THIED AND SPHTJCB BTBEET8 Only on Square below the Exohange- i HATHANB' Principal Office, eaUbUslied for the last fonv yeain. Money to loan In law or small 1UU"M at the lowest raten. on Diamonds, Wliver Plate. Wathaa, Jew irv, ( ' lotblng. an a goods ol every description., omcs hours Horn s A . W. tlu 7 P H. " T)RIDE8BURO MACHINE WORKS, JD orncE, So. S K. 1HOKT BTHEKT. We are prepared to till orders U any extent lor our S AtmNEHT rOB C0TT05 AND WOOLLEN STILLS, tocludiug all recent Improvements In C arcing, Spinning, "wetovTu attantloa Of mannfacturers to our exttn srvei works, AXTBED JK9E8 BOS. JANUARY 10, 18CG. MARSHAL'S SALES. -IliRMlAL'S SALC KY VIRTUR OK A JLv! v.ril ol sale by Ihe Htm. John ( adwalador, Judco el tho 1) striet ourt ot the I'ni.cd Hiates lor the Kastcrn Dmlrict of lennsyivanla, to me directed, will be sold at publio raie, to tna lughestand Xtnx bidoer. for cafi on tho premises, H. K. corner of BKOAD and WALLAlfc htroets, on TtUK. DAY, tlio 18tia day oi January, A. D. 1800, at 12 o'clock si.t 85 barrels Mnokln Tobacco. 1 ftoror hteam Holler. 2 Roger ( ultlnir Aiaolnnos. 1 Noeer 1'rens, . 1 Meam En. lue and O.tuic, 1 1'latiorm Kcale 2 linos Hiatttng and Boitinp, 1 Dresslns: Tabia, 1 Oil Can. 1 liox and Toeii. 2 stoves. 7 Eirp y Parrds. 8 Kmpty Hall llarrels. 1 barrei pure Yara; 1 bale, 00 ponud'. Ibvx L quorioe 1 aste. lot Stems. 1 Vloo. 1 I reus and rtoxe. 1 Drayton Machine. 1 Drying Apparatus (pipes). 1 ( tflee Aim. 1 Cca e. 6 Biei es. 1 isblo. 1 1 solnr Table and confonts.i ' Iff in alt barrels ( hewing- lot acco.1 .V omi ui veriw u jjiciuonre ,n cases and 4 ibs li.il iKiuick. vdft w 121 bbls, f nifikiLir Tobacco. 6 bi Is , part tu l. Horns of Tobacco. w v 17 Lbls. siem l'otiicco. '"!; 8 halt tibia., part full, Chewing Tobacco. ! " I 2C2 Ibs. La pu lubacco, l.b . Miorts 2i.O It s broken Stems. 4 Empty Karri Is. 2 c vr-s Mem Smoklnir, 1 lot 2' in" Fiames and Racxs, 1 lot twaj'ipea. 2 'hoveis. llork. 1 htove. 1 renm larsro Wrapping Taper. 10 imply linlf llarie'iB ' 10.672 ll s. t-niokmg Tobacco. 1 catc lusi i r Miorts. 1 hhd. Ltal J olacco, with laiMnto, No. 55 5W, 1 iihd. Leal ' oliacco, with ram wle, No. 21.4K7. 1 lihd. Leaf 1 obacco, with snmp e. Wo. 20 862. 1 Mia. Leaf Tobacco, with sampleV 66,0b7. 1 lihd. leat Tobacco. o. 68,401. 1 bud. hcrapa, No 68 277. "mm ill hd. lal Touacco, No. 62 2f2. bbd. Leaf Tobucoo, No, 71 67H. 1 bbd l.eat Tobacco, No. 68 9ti. 1 lil d Leaf 'f ob-.icco, No. 68 204. 1 lihd. Loaf Tobacco, in o. 7ti,62!i. hhd. Lent Tobacco, No. 68 400. 1 bbd, Leat Tobacco, lso 63IK18. 1 lihd. J.oat Tobacco, No. 60,751. 1 hlifi. Scraps. 10 bhd. bttni. S. R Tfo. 211, 206, 205. 198 212 198, 2U, 2(j8, 2l, 212. OJil ' 200 pounds Scraps. "j)tm 2()0 pounds Stems. 100 SUvea. 1 Lot Samples. 1 Klevaior. 2 HoiHtinr br Xef. 2 Caoinir lop S(its 1 priutp a patatus. i Jwok'iK Totacco. J o' drawers and caises. lPa.rgg, 1 Sale. J T,ron Hat Back. . Ijfcttir rrera. f A lbs. Utartsoaso Smoking Tobacco. f9 lbs. kat ng Club do do 77 lbs. Pure Tara do do 1 Steam Boiler. 1 Shading and Bolt, 2 dnndstones. ' 8 Cafes Seed Leat Tobacco, 629, 98, CG0. 1 Lot coal one ion. 1 Uorso. 1 r.ustneM Wagon. 1 Sot tiarnoss. 1 Straw Cutter. 2 Buckets, and other small arilclcs. V. C. ELLMAKER, United Mates Marshal, Eastern District of I'eniiHrivania. rhlladeTphla. January 2. 1808. 18wlm6t AKSHAL'8 SALE. BY V1BTUB OP A writ ot sale, by i he Hon JOHN CADWAL ADEH, Judge ot ihe District Court of the Unlied State In and for the Eastern District oi Pennsvi vanlo, to me direv t d, will be sold at pub ic Bale to the highest and best bidder, for cash, at PowcM. Heiger & Co 's store, No. 1.7 N. Front street, at Vi o'clock M. on FRIDAY, the 19th dav oi January. IStttt. TWtNIT THOUSAND ClOAHS. packed in one tenih boxes. r, o v , , - P- C- FLLMAKEB. U. 8 .Marshal for Fastem District ot l'enna, Philadelphia, January , IH6U. 1 4 thatubt FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES nE FIItE IN CIIESNUT STREET Letter from "Wells, Fargo & Co. 810,000 SAVED n HERRING'S PATENT SAFE. P niLA BEipBrA, January 2, 1866. Messrs. Faiwel, Bbbrino & Co. Gentlemen : Vt'e have Just opened our 8 ale, one of your manufacture, which passed through the destructive fire In Chesnut Btreet, last night. The Bale was In our office, No. u7, which building was entirely destroyed. The Sa'e was In a warm pluce, as yon may well suppose, and was red hot when taken oat of tho embers. We are well satisfied w Itb the result of this trial, and find our books, papers, and some ten thousand dollars In money almost as per fect as when put In the Safe. Nothing is Injured, 11 we except tlie leather bindings of the book, which ara steamed; the money and papers are as good as ever. Truly yours, WELLS, FARGO & CO., Per J. H. COOK. Agent The above Safe can be seen at our store. FAREEL, HERRING & CO., 11 'So. 629 CHESKTJT STBEET. ggjrn A N O T 11 B R TEST HEBEtNO'8 EIBE-PBOOF SAFES. THE FIEBT ORDEAL PASSED TBICMPHASTLT The Herring Cafe nssd In the office of onr warehouses, destroyed by tho rilsastioui tire ot the night of the Sth instafit, waa subjecteato as intense heat as probably any saie will ever be subjected In any Are eo Intense tbattbe brass knobs and mountings of the exterior ol same were melted oil. and the whole surface scaled and blistered as If It bad been In a furnace, and yet when opened ihe conten is books and papers were found to be entire and uninjured. 'l bis ate fa now on exhibition In onr ware house oa Seventh street, wlih the books and papers still renalq Ing Id It JuHt as It was when taken from the ruins, ales chants, Bankets, and others Interested In (he prolactins ot their books and papers are Invited to call andjs amine it. J. P. BAiiTHOLOW, A gent tor Herring's Ha'es, . .11 No 688 eKVT.NTli St. Wasbiuvton, D. 0 WEATHER STRIPS. j n o w n e ' s METALLIC WEATHER STRIPS AKD WINDOW BAND TBEVENT HAULING OF SASH, . And totally exclude Dust, Kolse, and Odor In summer, as well as Cold, Wind, and Bain In winter, from doors and windows of every description, without Interfering with their free use at all times. WAIUl ANTED GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS, For Chculars, with Price Lht Bele.rences, Etc., address the lletaillo Weather (strip Company. DAVID n. LOSEY, Solb Agent, ' 11 23thstu2m ' Ko. 38 8. FIFTH STBEET, Pbllada. OWEN HOUSE, LATE "MABKHAM'S HOTEL." , ON THB F-TTOPEAM PUN. A ADJOINIKfl WILI.ABD'8 HOTEL. 4 ,, WABHINOiOJi, D. C. HMlm TUOMAd P JACK8, Proprietor- ' T T. r 1 Pi?T dudpvat Anroni CTTrL eesor to Fowler, Wells Co., aivas written and verbal description of charauter with Charts, daily, at 1 i'j 'H iiuuin HO, 20 B TEJiTIa otrsei FINANCIAL. QmCE FOR T11E BALLJ Off GOVERNMENT I.OANSl JAY COOKE & OO.V BANKERS & BROKERS, Having rcmovfd temporarily to No. 309 CHESNUT STREET. Offer for fiale at Lowest Market Bates, GOVERNMENT SECURITIES' AsfoLowst i U.S. 7-80 Trcasary Notes of dates of Ang. Io. tto, do. JnaeU Dq. do, do, JnJ IK. BONDS OF 186X -20 LOAN OF 1803. M0 LOAN OF 1804. 10 40 LOAN OF 18C4. CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS STOCKS OF ALL KINDS BOUGHT AND SOLD UH COMMISSION. Information given concerning all kinds of SeenrV HI Collect Ions on all points made at lowest ratea. U, S. SECURITIE A SPECIALTY. SMITH, RANDOLPH & C0. BANKERS & BROKERS, 16 S. THIRD ST., i 3 NASSAU ST.j PHILADELPHIA. ' NEW YOUK. STOCKS AND GOLD BOUGHT AXD SOLD ON COMMISSION IJIEBEST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. 1 2 STOCK BROKER, No. 39 S. THIRD STREET, (ROOM No. 4). Government, State, and Other Loan., and Stocks Bought and Sold ' on Commission. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO 11 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES! J J A II P E It, DURNEY & CO., BANKERS, STOCK AUD EXCHANGE BROKERS, No. 55 8. THIttD STREET, rMLADELPHIA. Stocks and Loans bons-bt and sold on Commissloa, t'nourrent Hank Notes, Com, Etc., bought and sold. Special attention paid to tho purchase and sale of Oil Stocks. Deposits received, and Interest allowed, as per agreement. 1218m 7303, V A N T E U.. IDE HAVEN & BROTHER ; I T o. 40 S. TBIKD STEXET. gMITn, RANDOLPH & CO., No. 18 S. THIRD STREET, Bankers and Brokers. Specie, Slocks, Quartermasters' Venohers an4 Cbeoks, aad all Goverament ttecuritloa Uoaght an4 Sold. 1-W STOVES. RANGES, &o. -C TJ JLi V E It & New Patent Deep Sand-Joint HOT-AIR FURNACE. RANGES OFALL SIZES. Also, Phlegar's New Low Pressure Steam Heating Apparatus. yOB SALS BT CHARLES WILLIAMS. 6 4ir No. 1133 MARKET STEEKT. LIQUORS. CIIESNUT GROVE WHISKY. " mehitHt its own eewaud. An article pon. tlerltwiil slwars conquer praja dice, abuse J Jatlon, and augbt that envy J , hatred, or malice can Impose npon IU . ' CHESNUT CROVE WHISKY Is a strong evidence or the fact Decried by numbers for wbat simply If its merits were known and appre ciated It could not tall to become popular other tiling loss so In proportion. There is no stimulant giving trrU dense of so much, purity as to produce certlflcatea from sncb highly respectable parties as llessrs. Booth. Gar ret, and Camae, of Philadelphia) L. B. Chilton, New York and Dr. A. L. B syes, Boston. For Nervous Debility, and all diseases requiring a pore, mild stimulant, there Is nothing like It. For sale bjr bottle, demijohn, or barrel, at 1 1 NO- aa5 N. THIRD STRKKT. N A T II A N S & SONS,. IMPORTERS OF BRANDIES, WINES, GINS, Etc. No. 19 N. rHONT STREET, PH1LADELPKIA. MOSES NATHANS, HOBACK A. NATHANR, OKLANDO D. NATHANS. 9 20 If rfllE STAMP ACENCY, NO. 304 CIIESNUT ' 3 HTKF.KT. A HOVETHIKD, 'WliL BE CONTINUKU . 8TAMF8 of FVKBT DESCRIPTION CONflTANTLTr ON HAND, AND IN ANX AiWUihT. waalu u"
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