Is published every afemoon (Sunday excepted) at No. 108 5. Ihird street, Fried, Three Cent' J'er Copy (Double Sheet), or Eighteen Cents Per Woek, payable to (he Carrier, and mailed to Subscribers out of the oily at Nine Dollars Per Annum ; On Dollar and Fifty Cents for Two Months, invariably in advance for the period ordered. To insure the Insertion of Advertisements in all of our Editions, they must be forwarded to our oftce not later than 10 oi'clock each Morning. FIUDAY. MARCH 2, 1800. . Union State CoMTenllftjv A Stated Convention will be li??Fln the Hall of the House of Uflpres-ntativcs ia HurrUbura. Pa., n Webnbsdat, thh Sbvbkth Dat of Makch, A. D. lBGti, at 12 o'clock XI., lor the pur pose ot nominating a candidate Tor Governor, to be pupported by the friends of th Union. The oi deal of war has tried the strength of our Government. Its Are has pnritiad the nation. The defense ot the nation's life bas de )0U6tratcd who were ita friends. The princi ples vindicated in the fleM must be preserved in I be councils of the nation. The arch-enemy of freedom muBt be struck once more. All the friends of our Government, and all who were loyal to the cause of the Union in our late strug gle, are earnestly requested to unite iu sending delegates t represent them in said Convention. hy o.ucr ot the Union State Central Com mittee. Jonx CufWNA, Chairman. The CfcesnsU Street Bridge. T iie Chesnut Street Bridge is likely to lire in our local kistorjr as a monument of slow woik. We do not believe it took the Egyp tlans as long to build one of their pyramids, as it has taken the contractors tor the above named structure to get it to its present half completed stage. The thing has been so long in coarse of erection, that we seriously doubt whether many of oar citizens can resaember when it was began ; and hence it is possible that the origin of the Chesnut Sticet Bridge may, belore it is finished, attain to the vene rable antiquity of those prescriptlre laws of Old England, whose whole authority lies in the fact that they have endured so long that the memory of man runneth not to the con trary. On one of the granite stones of the centre pier of the bridge, some artist has en graven the figures 1805; but if that inscrip tion was intended to express the date when the edifice was commenced, It will, most cer tainly, publish a grosi falsehood in chro nology. The public, however, is ir-uch more con cerned to know when the bridge will be com pleted than when it was begun. That has, for some time past, been an uppermost ques tion in the popular mind, to which, unfortu nately, no one has yet been able to give a positive answer. "Various predictions upon the subject, made by the contractors and others within the last four or Ave years, hare been unrealized; and the consequence is that nobody now seems to be willing to take the raiponsibility of saying when the bridge will bacome an accomplished fact, or whether it will ever, within the lifetime of this and the next generation, at least, be consummated. The old proverb, so frequently used to rebuke those who expect great undertakings to be carried through with Impossible expedition, to wit, Rome was not built In a day," is likely to be superseded, in this city at least, by this saying : The Chesnut Street Bridge was not built in five years I There is noth'ng like having old apothegms, which have lost their force by age, replaced by new ones, which come home more imme diately and familiarly to the common under standing of the people. They "point a moral" much more effectively, and delight the mind with so lively a sense of their meaning and pertinency, that wc almost laagh at an afflic tion by reason of the ridiculousness ot the illustration. And this is really the state of mind with which the people are now regard ing the Chesnut Street Bridge. The thing is scarcely ever named in public without ex citing a general ha 1 ha ! all round, and pro voking the tacctiousness of every wag in the company. But in good earnest, the bridge is no laugh ing matter. It is greatly needled as an avenue of communication batween tha east and west ends of the city, and ought, by ail means, to be opened to travel before the present century runs out. And it is quite probable, if the work is only pressed forward henceforth with the same vigor and promptness with which it has been pushed hitherto, that wa shall be permitted to cross the Schuylkill, at Cheiaut street, without the aid of a boat, before the year 1900 1 The spectator will observe, any day, the enormous number of laborers em ployed in the ' building of the structure, and be struck, no doubt, with the marvellous energy with which they are straining every muscle and nerve to finish the "job." Bat he cannot, nevertheless, expect human thews and sinews to work impossibilities. He must make allowance for stress of weather ; for the difficulty of getting competent workmen 'r for , the enormous rise since the Rebellion in the 1 wages of labor; for the unparcelable time It requires to cast and raise to their places huge masses of iron arches, and eelumns, and braces; and, finally, the tearful perplexity to which the contractors for such works are , subjected, in having so much other work on hand that they cannot 1 possibly get through with their engagements to the public without sacrificing their private custom. These, and ther like considerations, should always be borne in memory by those absurdly impatient "eld fogies" who foolishly imagine that It is as easy to build a bridge over the Schuylkill as it is to build a monument to the "Father . of his Country.'' Is it net notorious, that the corner-stone of a structure in honor bf the sage and patriot of Mount Vernon was laid in the Washington Square more1 than a quarter ot a century ago, and t'.-t it U rot jh 1!!.U:..d? Ji It lint qilt" m THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, well known that a national edifice, of the same character and purpose, was b.gun at the Federal Capital many years sinco, and Is still standing, In ragged incompleteness,right under the shadow of the very walls within which the Congress of the Republic daily assembles? Why, then, should it bo supposed lor a mo ment that a bridge across one of our intra mural rivers should bebuilt in a briefer perl d than the whole people of the Unite! States can erect one complete minumsntto Wash ington? The idea is slmplv preposterous. It is not, of course, our purpose to bla-ne any one particularly, for the unreasonable rapidity with which ti e work on the Chesnut Street Bridge has been pushed ahead. Waere so many are concerned iu the rash impetu osity with which the "job" is being shoved to completion, It would be unfair, as it cer tainly is lmposs.ble, to sir who is ia fault. The City Surveyor and the City Councils have repeatedly tried to solve the mystery, without suciess j and it surely would be pre sumptuous were we to attempt to unravel the enigmas which have proved too hard for their acute inquisition. The subject, how ever, is worthy of close iuvestigatlon; and we may yet discover for the public benefit why it is that those engaged ia building the bridge are hurrying the work so precipitately to a conclusion. How It Will Operate. After a delay which, if it had been employed in perfecting an ordinance, should have in sured a model law, the Councils of our city yesterday adopted a plan for the cleansing of the streets, which, if it b not efficacious, is at least complex. In a previous article we opposed the particular form in which the scheme was drawn up, because of the power which it gave into the hands of one man. Upon eloser inspection there will appear other evils, so radical in their nature that they will in all probability nullify the end intended by the designer of the bill. Let as look at its provisions. 1. It gives to the Mayor the absolute dls posel of the contract, without any restraint or provision. He can award the job to any of his friends if he is so inclined. He can give it to any other than the lowest bidder. lie need not publish for proposals. There is no guarantee against p irtiallity, favoritism, or fraud. We have confidence in Mayor Mc Michael, but ware it the angel Gabriel, we would be oppose 1 tugiving Into his hands such absolute power. The most virtuous public officer should have some check on his movements, and in the provisions of the bill we find none whatever, except the limitation that the sum paid rnnually shall not exceed (95,000, 2. It provides for th 3 continuance of the contract in tha same hands for the term of five years, yet at the same time gives the ap polatmcnt to an official whose term of office will expire m less than three years from the date ot the award. In other words, it saddles upon another administration, which will be Mr. McMichael's successor, an incumbent of his appointment, and one into whose hinds the immense sum of nearly $100,000 must annually be paid. In none of the systems .ot public patron ape, either in our National or State politics, does the term of office of the appcintee extend beyond that of the superior who gave him his position. But here in our municipal affairs is a precedent established of placing in office a man who will hold his posi tion and receive its perogatives under a new regime, which had nothing to do with the selection, and with tho success or feelings of which he is in no wise identified. 8. It gives to the Mayor the singular power ot "absolutely annulling the contract or con tracts" whenever, in his opinion, upon hisown information or that of the Chief Inspector or Joint Committee, there has been any failure on the part of the contractors to perform all f the requirements." That is to say, should tho present Mayor, or hi successor, (and we know not whether we will be again favored with so honeBt aad upright an officer,) after having given out the job, find another applicant who is more consonant with his personal wishes all that is necessary, in order to get rid of the incumbent, is to find a back alley which is not cleansed, and send htm a written notice an nounclng the annulling of his contract and tho foifeitnro of his "two good securities.'' We opine that the fortunate receiver of the award will have some slight difficulty in securing "two good securities" who will be willing to place their bonds ii such a pre carious depository as that provided by the ordinance. The action of one man can for feit them, and that one man may be pecuni arily interested in favor of such a course. We Imagine the worst, for. sad as it may be, we are compelled to acknowledge that the example of the metropolis shows that such things can be, and that even mayors are not necessarily Incorruptible. 4. While the comparatively meagre sum of (05,000 is all that is allowed to the contractor, yet of even this he is not sure. In fact, while he bargains lor $95,000 he will only have at his disposal the sum of $87,000 per annum, as the second section provides for the retention of one-twelfth of tho sum for the purpose of going over the ground cleaned by the con tractor, and seeing that it is well swept and garnished. In fact, the whole wording of the ordinance seems designed to place the aspl rant for the award in such a position that he will be unjustly imposed upon, and, if possi ble, placed in such a position that he will be compelled to decline the contract. We should, think from the provisions of the law that it was intended to opsrate like Dbaco's code, and fall dead because of its stringency. We should imagine that it was not the wish of the desinger of the measure that any con tract should be entered in! o, but that in order tn iiuiet public this law is pve:l. with the understanding that it will be of no prac tical effect Whatever may have been the intention, tha workinirs of the ordinance will be anything but (what is desired or anticipated. And In view of the fact that it Is likely to remain a dead letter, wo are pleased to see that the Board of Health have determined to ta.es active steps should Councils fail to do so. It map be that the resolutions sent to our City Fathers were abrupt, were too sharp to ba exactly proper, but the subject-matter con tained in them will please the people. Madi- cal men are with us, like they are among the Choctaws and Camanches, exempted from the conventional rules of parliamentary eti quette. They soe that life and death hang in the balance, and, with an impatience which is almost excusable, they call for action to decide the trembl'ng scale in favor ot life. They see that With the re urn ot warm weather will probably come the cholera, and they desire to make every preparation for its reception; they desire to set their houses in order, so that .they may be prepared for the worst ; and if, in their anxiety, they exhibit an undue excitement, let us Impute it to their wish to save life, and not to aav factious de sire to be insolent. Under any circum stances, we anticipate that the lethargy which has continued for months in the department of clcanslrg is to be broken up, and action, vigorous action, either under the ordinance or by the Board of Health, take the place of idle and dangerous indifference. The Opinion of the Hon. Joseph E. Brown, ot Gsorgia. A kcmbeb of the members of the Legisla ture of Georgia have written a letter to ex-Governor Joseph E. Bbowx, of that State, requesting his viewJ "as to the legisla tion which is proper, under existing circum stances, relative to the fieedmen." To this appeal Mr. Brown has written a sensible and powerful reply, which will compare most favorably with any of his previous produc tions. During the war the Governor of Georgia acquired a reputation which was rather anomalous in its cbaiacter. The ex treme eccentricity of his public acts, combined with the doubt which enveloped his political sentiments, made him rather the object of wonder than admiration. He kept himself continually before the popular eye, for the curious were speculating as to what would be his new vagary. The conquest of treason has acted like a charm to dispel the clouds of doubt which has obscured his brain ; and as the insane are frequently restored to reason by being led to the top of a high mountain, and taking in at one glance so wide and grand an expanse of country, so has Mr. Brows been made sensible by one long look from the height of freedom. The gist of his whole letter is contained ia the concluding. paragraph: "I think it unwise and injudicious for the Legislature to pass any Fretdman's Code, or any other law that discriminates between the races, so tur as rights and remedies in our Courts are concerned. A short statute extending the pro visions of the nenul code of this 8tie so as to embrace all persons ot African descent, and ex tending to them all the civil rights In our Courts eojoved by white persons, except the right to sit in the jury box, together with the fame rights of marriage as between persons of their own color, and the same rights of inheiitaucn, with tbp barrne laws ot guardianship, apprenticeship, tc., is all the legislation relative to them which is expedient or proper." Here there is good common sense. He does not like the combination of events which has placed the black man on a legal equality with the white ; yet, when such an event is irreme diable, he bows to it as a necessity, and recommends that they act as sound thinking men, and not as hot-blooded boys. Let the proper protection be given to the blacks ; let the suggestion of Mr. Brown be acted upon, and to the State of Georgia will be awarded the praise due to reason, and the prosperity which ever follows in the path of wise legis lation. ' ' Lord Napier has been appointed Governor of Madras. In on of the Eoston churches, on Sunday, the c) or ej in an prayed that dignity and sobriety might prevail in the high places of the land. It Is stated in some of the English journals that Onier Pacha is engaged in writing a "Lite of Alexander the Great." It is rumored that Goldwin Smith will soon resign bis position as Regius Professor ot Modern History in. the University of Oxford. Several important commercial failures have recently taken place in Rome. In one Instauce the liabilities are said to exceed the assets by 160,000. There is a rumor that Miss Braddon will soon appear as the editor ot a uew magazine, the title of which has not vet been decided upo l, in England. King John of Saxony, under the pseudonym of 'Thllalethes," has just published the Aird and Ust volume ot his translation oQ the "Divina Comedia" of Dante. The Cincinnatti paper, say that the recent cold weather in Ohio lias been so severe as to preclude all hope ol a peach crop tho coming season. It Is a question yet to be decided whether Prenioent Johnson will Tylcme his Admin istration or tailorlze it we wean to say Taylor lit it. An illustrated Punch is about to be published at Ox lord, England, and another publication, entitled the Undergraduate's Journal, will also i make its appearance in that place this spring. M. Mufard, of quadrille celebrity, has bought the villa Pizzo, on the Last of Corno, from the Archduke Kainer ot Austria, tor the sum of $80,000. There is now in St. Mary's Workhouse, In Reading, England, an old woman, nearly ninaty veurs uf age, who is able to repeat the whole of the second book of Milton's "Paradise Lost" It is understood that the title of the Bishop whom the Bishop of Capetown Is about to con lecrate, in place of Bishop Colenso, will be not tha liinhop of Natal, but the Buhop of Pieter maritzburg. M. Gulzot is said to have sketched the policy ot France to a triend in th ministry in these words: "Stop at Rome, get awuy from Mexico as quickly as you can, and don lego near Bel gium." . ,, . Governor Patton, of Alabama, has pro claimed pardon to all persons prosecutad for the crimes of rane and murder, except between the commencement of hostilities audtlis restoration o ( i :l irovenimfjt. A wag in Aopleton. Wis., supplied a farmer with four quarts of Hungarian grass seed lat spring, from which the farmer lt summer raited about 17,000,000 comely mellon stalks. The Chicago Tievublican saT of the wlntr aon In the Northwest that It has boen favora ble to a'l interests. The protracted autumn weather rave an excellent onportiimUr for the completion of out-door work on the farm and In building operations. Once begun, tne winker has been very steadily maintained as a close season, according to the register of the thnr ro one tor, while there has not been a sufficient weight of snow to constitute a blockade for more than brief periods uoon our ra'lroads, aad none ftl an upon other winter occupations, iarouen out the country the tanners have bad uralmpeded access to tho timber land and swamps, ana from all quarters we learn that unusually large quantl'iea of logs have been rot out. Iu the lumber region proper there has boen snow enough to favor, aud not enough to Impede, the logging gangs. There has been a longer than the uual putioi ot sie ghing tn tne rsortn weet and far more than the customary amount yielded by a like quantity of snow. SPECIAL NOTICES. 1ST KOUTII AMERICAN MINING COMPANY. Office, No. 327 WALNUT Street, (SECOND FLOOB) 100,000 Shares, Capital Stock. Par Vain ftlO'09 This Company owns in fee simple several valuable Silver Mines In Nevada. 50,000 Nharf for Working- Capital. 25.000 to be Sold In 23 Lola at $3000 Each. fSul.scriptlons received at the office until March 14. UY OHDEB OF THE DIBECTOB9. 2118t T. S. EMERY, Treasurer. r-TjT" PIIII-ADELPniA AND SOUniERtf MAll BT K.AM Mil P COMPANY. KLI'OTIOn OC PIKKCTOKS. No'lc-e Is In roliy (.iven that a MeetioK ot the Stock hodrrxot th Pbflatlclphia and Boiitharn Mail Stnam shlp ompiny will b held at th Rooms ui the Bnaril of Tradn.on MONDAY, March 5th 1R63, between the beuniot 1(1 o'clock A. M. ena I o'clock P. M., fortlie pur.ose of electing iti Director., la panwence oi a provision of the third seoUon ol the act Incorporating .aldcompat. THOVA8C. HAND FREDERICK COLLINS, KU UAKD WO ID, A. F. t'HKNKHROUGn, W. K. RUSSELL OKORUK L. BUZBY. WILLIAM MASSfcY, JOHN O. JAM KM WILLIAM C.HARRIS. OHIW1E S ALLS M, HENRY SIMONS, A.M. ONOVER. WILLI M M. WILCOX, JOH N D. 8'OCKTON, A. J. OA IHERWOOD, HlNRv WINSOR, Y. A. SOfDK.R I24 7t WILLI MB.THOM8, Philadelphia, February 24. Ini6. Corporator. "THE QUAKER FATHERS." SEE ronennondeaoe be'weea HKVRY PKTEOOir and ELI K. PMCK. L A. QoDEY. J. COOK. BISHOP BIMPhON, and others, In the dally papers of Feb ruary 27. The Lecture will be delivered on MOWDAY EVEN ING MarchA. att'OMCrKT HALL, beginning precisely at quarter be ore 8 o'clock. Tickets admitting a gemleitan and lady, price Flrty Cents Can be obtaiaed at McAllister's. o. 11& Ches nut utreot; Parrlsb's. So 80S Arch s reett T. 11. Pugh's, Blxtli and Cbeonut; U. Hunt A ona', No. t.2 N. Fourth sneet. and at the door on the evoning of the Lectjro. 2 OFFICE 1-ENMSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. Philadelphia. Feb. 20, 1866. NOIIl K TO B10l,'K.OLIK.U-l. The Annual lection tor Directors of this Company will I e he d on MOMIil . the A:b day of March, 1M6 at 'ne office ot the Company, No 2:iH 8 THIRD .street. The polls will be oixn Irom 18 o'clock A M. until 6 o'clock P. M. No share or abarea trnnaierred within sixty oava preceding the election wl 1 entitle the ho dor or holders thereof to vote. EDMUND HMITU 2 21 ltit Secietary. irj5f CITY COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE rniLADKLPHlA. February 24, 186 i. To Hotel-keepers, Res aurnts. aad others desirous ot se ling liquors by lets niasuro than one quart. Appli cants will apply at this office, as provided ovactot As sembly approved A aril 20, IcbS, commencing on rdUUd IiaY, March 1 18K6. PHIMP HAMILTON,) THomah DICKSON, City Commissioner. JOHN OIVKN, 2 28 HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL UNION CLUB, No. 1105 CHESNUT iStroet I'liiLADKi.rHiA. r eornary za, ini.o. A Fpecla' Meeting of the NATIONAL I NiON I LlTB will be held at Ueadquattera. on FK1D VY h VENTING next, the 2d proximo, at 1H o'clock, on impoitant busi ness In connection with the proposed visit to Harrlstiurg. ROBERT P. KING, President. 8. EyYDEB Lbidt. Secretary. 2 28:lt fT3, TAKE HOTICE! TAKE NOTICE 1 1 a"' GREAT LITERARY TREAT 1 1 1 In rONCEUT HALL, on FRIDAY KVENINQ. March 9th Iiev.T. DEWITT TALMAOE will, at the request of nany citizens, 4t lver his verv popular and amusing Lecture, entitled "Orumbler A Co ," for benevolent pur poHcs. AdinlsMlon 25 ct-nts. Reserved seais 6 ceo is. Tickets at l.B. Fugh's bookstore, sixth and Ch snut streets. 1 1 8 1 irST POST OFFICE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Iks' March 1, 1866. The Vail for HAVANA, per steamer sTR AND STRIPKH. will be elosed at this efllce on SATURDAY MORNING, 3d instant, at o'ceck. It V. A. WALBORS, Postmaster: K3Sr OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER. Ik3S Philadelphia. Jannaiy ii, 1866. . Notice to the holders of City WarraaM. All Oitv Warrants Issued prior to the year 1866 will be paid on and alter MARCH 10th. 1841. at this office. a 1 at HENRY BU MM, City Treasurer. DR. L. D. HARLOW HAS REMOVED to No. 15d ARCH Stieet. 2 27 6t DINING-ROOM. F. LAKEMETER. r A H int's Alley, would resnectiully inform the Public Beneially that be baa let t nothing undone to make this place comlettable in every respect lor the aceom- auOtiaUOU OI guvm. iv uu vpaucu m laiyo nuu wir niodloua Dlnlng-Boem in the second siary. His 8IDK BOARD is furnished with BRANDIES. WINKS, WHISKY, Etc.: Etc.. ot SUPERIOR BRANDS. 1 1 fr-f THE GREAT NEW ENGLAND RE-jdEDTl- DR. J. W. POLAND'S WHITE PINE COMPOUND Is now offered to the afflicted throughout the country, atter having been proved by the test of eleven years, In the New angland States, where IU merits have become as well known as the tree irom which, In part, It derives Its vhtnei. 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GEORGE W. 8WETT, M D., Proprietor, 122mwl3m BOSTOV, Mass. rp7 A PHYSIOLOGICAL VIEW OF MAR RIAGE !-(. ontaining nearly SO0 pages, and l l line Plate and Lngravlnga ol the natomv ot the Human Ort ans in a State ot Health and Disease, with a Treatise en Early Krrore, Its Deplorable Consequence upon the Mind and Body, with tiie author's i'in of Treatment the only rational and sucoeastul mode ot eure. as shown by the leport ol caaes treated A truthful adviser to the niarrbd and those contemplating marriage, who enter tain doubts ef tbelr physical condition Sent free of postage to any address, on receipt ot 25 cents tn stamps or postal currency, by addressing Dr. LA CRQ1X, So. 11 wAlDEN Lane, Albany, N'Y. The author may be consul td upon aav ot the diseases pon which his book treats either vnnul'v or by rami, aud medicine sent to any part ot the world. 11 tun rZZT" J U B T ' P U B L18HED ZV . By the rbvslelansof the - - , NfcW YORK MlioECM, the Ninetieth Edition oi their ' lU 8 UiCTPRES, . entitled- PHILOSOPHY F MARRIAGE. To be bud free, lor lour stamp, by addressing Recret&rj New York Muavum p Anatoiiiy, 1 17 l V .U-' k.S 'AT'M AY. N'tw oii. MARCH 2, 18GG. SPECIAL NOTICES. frrjT" DEPARTMENT OF PURLIC HIGH - waya. Office, a. W. earner of FIFTH and WAL NUT Streets. Philadelphia. February 17, 1868. NOTICE TO CONTfeUCroKit. r Pea'ed Proposal will be received at the office of the ChUf oinmiMloner of Hlabways until 11 o'clock M. on MONDAY, March I for the construction of asewer on the line oi Market street, irom the wes In of Wyo ming a reet wsiartl abeat three knndred leet. ard eonnrct with Ike sewer new lata In said Market strest, at that point, to be built of brick, two feel six Inohea inside diameter, and ilrca ar In form with such (mete and man bo es aa may be directed by the Chief En gineer and Surveyor. The understanding to be tha the contractor shall take bll a prepared against the pr 'Perty iron ting on said sewer, as authorized by Act of Assemblv and without recourse te the elty, aso mu h cask paid, and in tall ter a I amounts to be paid by the city for the construo tion of said aewer Al bidders ere Invited to be present at the time and place ot opening the said proposals. Kach proposal will be accomnanled by a csVtiflcaaa that a bond baa been fl ed In the Law Department, aa directed by ordinance of May 25. 1MI0 It the lowest bidder stinll nolexeru'e a coa'ract within Ave days after the work Is awardtd be wlil he deemed as declining, and will be held liable on his bond tor the (In ference be ween his bid and tne next higher bid. f peciBcstion may be had at the Department of Sur vey, which wlil be strict. r adhorwd to. W W. 8MFDLEY, l lit Chief Commissioner of Highways. AMUSEMENTS. Itrr additional Jmusementt tee TVura" Page. M ERICA N ACADEMY OF MUSIC. LEONARD O ROVER DIRECTOR. Brief Seas n of JBAND OERMAV OPERA. THI (Friday? KVr.NINO. March I, Flitb Mcht of the Season. Meyerbeer' world-renowned upera In Ave acts, ROBERT L. D 1 A B 1. Alice Madame JOHA VA RO JTRR Isabella Mad'lle h LV1 KA N ADDI lene Miss THbRLrtA WOOD Robe-t rRNZ IIIMMK.R Per ram ,. JOS I I'll WKINLICU Ralmhaud 4 KAN AR 4 A N D Albertls ALPHONiH UR0HO CONLUCTOR ADOLPH AEUENDJRF SA1X EDM March 3. GRAND FaMILY MAILS EE. ERA DiaVOLO. Admliaton to the Matinee, to all prts of the house, ONK DOLLAR, r o extta charge for reserving seatt. N B. There will be no performance on Saturday Pvenlng next, on account of the necessary rehearsal of the Opera QUILL UMfc TKLL CHOICE RESERVED SEATS FOR TUB GEIIMAN OPERA, AT THE BOOKSTAND, CONTINENTAL HOTEL. Q ROVER & BAKER'S IMPROVED SHUTTLE OR " LOCK" BTIICH SEWING MACHINES. No. 1 and No. 9 for Tailors, Shoe makers, Saddlers, etc. No. 730 Chesnut street Philadelphia; No. 17 Market street, Harrlsburg gPIiESDID TABLE CLOTHS. Just received, a lew sets of the very finest DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS, WITH NAPKINS AND DOYLIES TO MATCH. Also, a few pieces of Wide Irish and French Sheetings, THE FINEST IMPORTED. SHEPPARD.VANHARLINGEN&ARRISOM, Importen of Lluen. House Furnishing Dry Goods, 3 2 3t No K08 C'JESNUT Street GEORGE J. HENKELS, THIRTEENTH AND CHESNTJT STS., FURNITURE WAREHOUSE. A large assortment of Rosewood Drawing-Room Furniture Walnut Drawing-Room Furniture. Walnut Dining-Room Furniture. Walnut Library Furniture. Walnut Hall Furniture. Rosewood Chamber Furniture. Walnut Antique Furniture. Trices are as low as the quality of the work will admit of. GEORGE J. HENKELS, 3 2 1m Late of Nos. 809 and 811 CHESNUT Street RANDALL & CO., PERFUMERS AND IMPORTERS, No. 1302 CHESNUT Street. Fine English Toilet Spaps, IX GSEAT VABIETY. JUST DECEIVED. Also, Triple French Extracts and Perfumes. We have constantly an hand every variety of PIKFUMKBY AND TOILET REQUISITES. Extracts, Powders, Colognes, Pomades, Toilet Waters, Bhaving Creams, Costnetlques, Tooth Pastes Brushes, etc. 1 2 3m ' REMOVAL! REMOVAL!! OLD DRIVERS' ICE COMPANY, BEMOVjED fbom n. w. coeser sixteenth AND RACE, TO Broad Street, Atove Eace, East Side. Orders respectfully solicited, and promptly attended to at the lowest market rates. HESS, J0JXB0N k DAVI3. OLD DRIVERS' ICE COM PAN Y. The under-sinned, feeling rxceedln thankful to his many friends aud customers for their very liberal patron age i-xteuded to bun during the last seventeen years, and having soid bis entire Interest to K sWfKN. HB-8. JOMNrtON & DAVIS, Take pleasure in recommenilintr tnem to his former pa rous, as tliey are gentlemen of weil-knoem integrity, and wiil undoubtedly maintain the reoutatlon or the OLD liBlVilKM' U't COMPANY, and in everv way act so as to give entire satlxfsctlon te all who mar kind y favor them with their custeav. Beepeot n'ly. e'o . 3 a 3m A. BBOWN. QAK SHADE OIL COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA. CAPITA! 9600,000 Sliuve liO.OOO. Par VtUuc $6'00. PRKStDRNT. WILLIAM BAILEY. TREASDUBa. HCUli O AMBLE. BBCRKTABT, J. DALLAS HALL. I, DIHUCTOKS. JOFN F. GKOH, IAVI8 KIMBLE, HUGH UAJUBLK. JOHN U. JONES, WILLIAM BalLEY. OFEICE, No. 329WALNTJT STREET, FHILADKXrHIA. IMlnirp Q ROVER & BAKER'S. FIRST PHEMIOM ELASTIC STITCH AND LOCK STITCH SEWING MACHINES, witti latest im provements, No. 7J0 Chesnut street.Philadelphla; No. 17 MnrVet street. Harrlsburg. 2 1 3m4p Q AL SODA-NEW CASTT.F, LANPTNO, AND iors'cly WII.1.UM iifUGKi, U w 51 N . I'lSON 1 !t.'.tt. rfl W 5 4 m m I P 2 m o 4 8 hi m Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Co ho. 720 CIlEaNUT 61EEET, Fkixadzlphia. CO W Co o t O 4 . w S txi O X Pr H g 3 E h a 5 IS. r SI 3 n CO CO ACCIDENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF INKW YOI1IC. B R AN CH OFFICE. No. 419 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia. FRANK 0. ALLEN, Manager. CHARLES P. TCBNEB.M.D , Consulting Physician. No. 235 8. EIGHTH Street Policies and Daily Tick ts cover every desorlptloa ot Accidents, travelling or otherwise. General Accident Tickets, for one to six days, 16 eents per day, Insurins 13000, and Ml week y compensation. 8ea Voyane Policies to all parts of tha world Issued, at low rstes. GENERAL ACCIDENTAL P0LICIE3, Covering all forms of Dislocations, Broken Bones, Rup tured Tendons, Sprains, Concussions, Crashing, Braise), Cms, Stabs, Gunshot Wounds, Barns and Scalds, Bitea of Dors, Unprovoked assaults by Burglars, koboers, or Murderers, the action ot Luthtnlna or Sun Stroke, tha effects ef Explosions, Chera'cals. Floods, and Berth qnakea, Suffocation by Drowning er Choking, when such aocldental injury Is the cause of death wlihln three months r the happening of the Injury, 01 ot total dis ability to follow the usual avoeatlons. THE BATES VABY From $3 to $50, INSTJBINQ From $500 to $10,000,' IN CAS a OF DEATH, AND $3 to $50 Weekly Compensation, l-OR ANY DISABLING 1NJTJBT. By permission, referenoe is made to the following gen tlemen i Colonel W. B. Thomas, Collector of the Port. Colonel J. H. Tapgart, United States Collector of In ternal Bevenne. First District. Hcnrr Bumm. Esq., City Treasurer. B. B. Comegys, Esq., Cashier Philadelphia National Bank. M. JloMlchael, Jr., Esq., Cashier Vlrst National Bank, J. W Sexton, Esq., ef firm ot Messrs. Jay Cooke A Co. Maura. Lewis, Brothers Co., Merchants, No, 238 Chosnut street Messrs. Tyler & Co., Coal Merchants, No. 338 Walnut Street Messrs. Woed, Roberts A Co.. Iron Manufacturers Ridge avenae, below Twelfth street 1 17 lmp HALL & CO., WILL OPEN IN THEIft NEW STORE, Ko.'28 SOUTH SECOAD STREET, AND No. 10 Strawberry Street- ON THURSDAY, MARCH 1, WITH A FULL ASSOBTMENT OF SILKS, DRESS GOODS, AND STAPLE GOODS. MANY OF WHICH ARE THEIR OWN IMPORTATION; Ci 2 tt 4p WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. IMPORTANT, SALE. The oldest and best established Cigar Store on Chesnut Street, Now doing a flourishing business, and established since thirteen years, 1 offered for sale to a eaah pnrohaaer. with STOCK, LEASE, AND EIITUBES, AS the present proprietor Is going Into the Wholesale Business. Address, lor one weels. CIUAR STORE. "Ledger"
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