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TEE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAm. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY,! MARCH 9, 18G6.
"EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW."
L E O T U It E
BY
PROF. WILLIAM HOWARD DAY,
Delivered Last Evening, at Concert
Hell, Before the "Social, Civil,
and Statistical Association
of the Colored People
of Pennsylvania.''
Thonograjihically Reported for The Evening Jie-
graph by C. R. Morgan.
I Previous to the aiidrcsx, Miss E. T. GrernfielJ
(the Black Swan) pave "Dear France, I adore
Tuce," with excellent taste and cd'ect.
The President of the Association 'announced
that on Thursday, the loth inst , the lion. WiT-"1
Ham I). Ke llejr would lecture on the subject oi
the "Duties and Dungei s of the Times." Profes
sor Day was then introduced, and spoke substan
tially as lollows:
Mr. CbaU'inan, Ladies and Gentlemen: The
song which was sun? by the sweet sin.u'er lor us
H lew iuuiuti,U ago was a lair expression the
feeh p of every fri'iH-lunan towards his native
laud, und J nut us thu l-'rencliroiiu bursts forth
with soncr tovnrcl"- his naiive land towards the
land of his birth, of kU education just so
would we, this being ,our rmUva lanJ, declare
our love tor our country, our home, our nitlve
soil; and we can say for the land which bore us,
thoiurn in which we have been oppressed, so
oppressed by the law of the Und :
"Is there a man with a houI so dead,
V lio never to tiimseit bain said.
This is my own, my native land I"
That leeling is not only in lis, but is universal
and liiRt, because we are a part of the com
mon family we feel towards our native land,
the fiiuie sentiments of love in which we
would revere her, in lite as in the wars of the
country we served her in deata to save. (Ap
plause.) Mr. Ciiaiiiuan, a Iriend whom I met in
the Old World said in one of his speeche?: Tno
old Age of chivalry is eone. Let it go, said he.
lor a nobler and a better chivalry is begun, and
Hacon and Newton began it for science, and
llerscholl, and Davie, aud Watt, and others have
succeeded the as with the new lists of the kaijht
hood of civilization. Said be, We may be all
warring agaiut-t wronu; and ior free opinion,
hutmp the moral sycophaNt of persuasion, dis
playing the courtesy ot true tolerant.
Gentlemen of the Association: The war of
skill, 1 add, is over; the war ot ideas will never
vcnut! until man ahall be retarded for his merit,
and not lor any acciaent of clime, color, or con
dition. Peace at such a tine as this would be
the prelude to war, and silence at Buch a time
as this would be to us the relaxing;, persuasive
sirocco-death oi the Arabian desert. To the
nation it would be the siren Bong, when Cappria
should sing to fcweetly to the passers-by, and
cause them in ecstasv to forget their country.
1 know, sir, soma "of th difficulties lying in
our way in considering the question "Equality
beiore the law." I know that it is exceedingly
diflicult lor men to say "I bavo sinned," but lar
more so for the nation to admit it. But in ap
proaching snch a subject I have to ask you to
lay aside prejudices, to put behind you precon
ceived adverse opinions, and place yourself
alongside ot those to-might who are thrown out
by the inequality in the law, and then, as a jury,
to give us your decision.
Law, sir, is defined by Noah Webster, in his
grand commentary, to be a rule ot order, the
conduct established by authority, a condact of
the rolcr or governor, a fixed regulation, an ex
piessed command, a decree, an order.
Secondly. That the appointed rules of commu
nity or state have the control of it, is in obedi
ence to order. Unwritten law it the common
law of England. This reference to the unwritten
law, as you know, is comprised in the Mairna
Cbarta, wrested from the unwilling king in m5,
and by the grant to the people of the habeas
corpus and a trial by a jary of oue's peers.
And the people in the early days demanded
that taxation should be passed upon by the peo
ple or tbeir proper representatives. The whole
of this effort thus far has been made to secare
ne point only, namely, the recognition of the
South, and political rights to each individual
man, and not merely "the (ustibcation of the
assumption of power by classes. Classes existed,
and exist there to-day, aud classes in some form,
practically, will exist when this earth shall
have seen another ai d another six thousand
years, until they have crumbled into decay.
"The poor," said the poor man's Friend, "ye
have alwavB witu you," and will, until all classes
are alike before the law of the land.
1 know that 1 make a statement which some
will be ready to coutrovert; but I think, in
atudying the workings of English law, you will
be. compelled to admit, that between roan
and in a n more juitice is generally done. I don't
mean this as a proof thai the law Is perfectly
light. 1 don't mean that large masses of people
are not unsuited to the exercise of their elec
tive franchise. I don't believe the relation of
landlord and tenant, for instance, to be a steady
one, but 1 know ot no individuals of a whole
cluhs excluded from the rights and privileges to
which that class is admitted. The high inequal
ity in this, the elective Iranchise for if any man
pay 10 rental, or $50, as house hire, be he
ujblo or igueble, he may vote there, along
side of the proudest peer of the realm.
If waees be denied lor honest labor performed,
the courts decree that his wages shall be paid,
and let there be a law fur cue hirer ana the
hired, in .11 respects alike; aud if a man de
prives a poor man of his wages, there lies the
remedy in the courts of law. Whether it be
from the mines of Cornwall to Newcastle, that
poor mun can shako bis list in the face of the
rich man, and tell him, as I heard a poor man
tell a lerd in the north of England, "I am no
uluve, sir, and 1 defy you." it was his power,
because the law rallied around la no, and gave
lrim a rumpart against class oppression.
Equality before the law implies, therefore, the
exclusion of aiy one clsss ot native-born citi
zens, and suppresses rights and privilge to
which ether classes are admitted, except the
exclusion lor crime, not supposed, but proven;
)w so we feel that every man In the nation
rvhould here be guaranteed equal civil aad poli
tical privileges before the law; that in a re
publie we cannot atl'ord to be behind the age.
fcir, we have had too little of the unwritten and
too much of the common law; most of the deci
sions for us have been strangely uncommon,
-violating, as we think, the fundamental law of
the laud, the palladium of nations' liberties, bo
much has this been the case, that Punch, on
the other side of the water, says, "This is not
the land of liberty, but of Lbi-rties with persons,
property, of our tuinily, and with all that man
Lolds dear." All must admit this slur upon the
nation. People are speaking of the colored man
as a being to be legislated for, instead of a b"ing
to be lcgi. lated with or ugaiust, lor it la either
lor or agninet,
Inalnte rneetinp held in New York, which
"became national in importance because the
Secretary oi State of the United Btate3 and
the Postmaster lieu oral of the Uuton addressed
the nation, an address was presented aad
adopted, Irom which, the following are a tew
sentences: "The element of disturbance, as
we think, the only one is the political condi
tion ot the freeiuien, the old slaves, whom we
Lave emancipated by tbd pi eat Constitutional
amendment. There is no substantial disagree
ment aniong loyal men respecting their civil
riehts, their rights to propekty, to sell, and
to testify. Inshort, they must have equality
before the law, and whether they shall have
euflruec is a dividing question, showing plainly
that in their view equality before the law
and suffrages are not Included."
Now in the beginning I wish to protest against
any such terms against any such specious poli
tical philosophy, which I thiuk ought to be
called specious political hypocrisy. (Apolause.)
What is the law relvrred to in this address iu
New York, made national by the presence of
these distinguished eentlemen? Why, a statute
or ordinance of any Btate. may not contravene
the professions of the Btate constitution, aud
that State constitution muff, not may, accord
with the Constitution of the United States, which
Is the supreme law ot the land. The statute
which violates the Constitation is swept away
legally, although it still lives, and such statutes
alwsys do fie on the books. (Applause.)
ITbat Constitution obliges Congress It does
not lcavo it optional obliges Congress t guaran
tee to every State a form ot government where
the people choose the representative that
is not only republican, but that is what the
United Slates Constitution guarantee?. A mar
antec, we arc told in the books, is an agreement
to answer for the payment of some debt or for
the perlorninnc! of some contract, the duty of
another, in caio of the failure of such other to
pay or perform, a warrantee, or a security.
Then lore the muss of the people ot South Caro
lina, fortnstanco, urecxcluded Irom thesuilrae,
and a large number ot unrepresented men, native
born citizens, in any State as Mississippi, Ala
bnnia, lxuisianrt, or elsehere, are excluded
from sufirage f jr no crime, except that of color.
Congress must, it it be loyal to the low of the
land, swpep awns the invidious distinction raised
by the State, inifl nuns over the citizen0, black
or white, or tho representatives of citizens. (Ap
plfliise.) It cannot make decisions, and do yon permit
them to be citizens beiore the law tintil this is
done? This is only justice. The United States
Constitution, vie are told, was framed to see
Justice end siiflViao in this lund, and to secure
the llefsine of J.!)i rty. This, then, is its lcgiti
innte sphere and purpose, now and ever. It re
cegnies that i.i.lt.ral birth in a country gives
citizenship. Ancle 2d, Suction 1st, Clause 6th,
lias the liincucf".', no person except a natural
born citizen, ai.il so lortli, shall bo eligible to
the cilice of Iresit'ent, etc. Article 4th, Section
3d, ( liiiu s that tl;c citizens of each Slate shall
be eiit.tlcd to nil ilie privileges end immunities
of citize ns in th" icveral States.
First, then, -. .-.rural birth confers citizenship;
and, tecond, c.uzt tisbip 1s to be thus recognized;
in every State ul ke lree surltaee belonts to all
natural born citizens at least, except that which
is lorlcited by crime. If we tall back npon the
Declaration of Independence, upon which the
Constitution ia based, the argument is at every
step toi tilled.
In 1770', in Hie morning of American repub
licanism, when it sent forth on the wines of the
wind one of the greatest doenments the world
has ever known, fraught with respect to the
nation, to huuini.it?, aud to all coming time, it
said, as you know, "We held these truths to be
Fell-evident," so evident that they need not be
proved, "that all men," all men "are created,"
politically of course, "and endowed by
their Creator wi h certain inalienable rights,"
riehts that mny not Justly be taken from them;
that tmcng these are life, liberty, and the pur
suit ot happiness.
To secure that this Government wns estab
lished, and it oenves its powers from the con
sent of the governed. Not that the doctrine of
political equality had not been before an
nounced not that liberty in its largest sense
bad not been beiore proclaimed. It had been
announced; it had been bdieved. The doctrine
had been proclaimed amidst the unannrnnclia-
ble darkness ol I.Iount Sinai, where Cod with
His thunder tipped with llame wrote Himself
Anti-Slnvprv. snv mr. "I nm Mia T ni-H ihm Unit-
who brought thee out of the land of Eeypt, ouf
of the house of bondage; thou shalt have no
oihurgods before me." (Applause.) And the
ICth veree of the following chapter should also
Vim TOfl .1 ' ' I !1llf-t Iinin. n v, .n I .. 1 ! 1.1-
And then snunniiiL' that Scrinturp lil-p a mm.
bow ara the word3 of Jesus, "Whatsoever ye
wuuiu luai mvu uo v9 you ao ye a iso t tnem."
Peter thundered it forth in the ears of the aston
ished Jews, "Ot a truth I nerceive that Ood Is
not a recpecter ot persons;" and Paul also said.
"i wouia 10 tioa mat not only tnou but also all
that hear me were both almost and altoi?p.t.hpr
such as I am, except these bonds." (AppiuuBe.)
And that voice has been going around the
wonu on a wave oi nre, looking up the ues
potUms ot the world, and yet stopping to whis
per in ine ear oi tuo Donciman, "Up, thon thy
self also art a man, and with others mav stand
upon the platform created lor thee by thy Cod."
i Appiause.)
The Declaration of Independence was not
merely the voice of God thus proclaimed, but
the voice of the people (which Democritus says
is the voice ol Cod), but the voice of all heroes,
of all ages, mingled into one. They speak
through General Washington, who led the
youna nation through tempest and storm, u (o
the brightest sunlight of prosperity. They
spoke through Patrick Henry, the captain, who
struck with his trusty blade for political
freedom here; and from Patrick Henry, the
orator, who echoed from the Virginia House of
Burgesses the cry, "Give me Liberty, or give me
Death." (Applause.)
That voice thus uttered proclaimed, first, that
the business of Government is to equally pro
tect all within i's pale, and, second, the Gov
ernment which fail? to accomplish this is not a
JiiEt Government; and the protest raised at the
beginning of the nstion's existence is still
echoed against injustice, to which they signed
aud scaled their blood. The nation waged a
seven years' war in defense of this.
lieinember the bloed-rd altars ot liberty were
strpwu over the country, and as if there should
be no mistake as to 'the meaning In the con
flict of ideas, it u us said these are the rights,
ot of a class, but of all human nature. (Ap
plause.) If thes-e rights had been beiore that
tram led hard dou u by the heel of despotism,
the heroes of American Liberty exhumed them
with their swords, and exhumed them forever
to us, because ttey were made ours throush
blood, aud lire, aud su tiering, and death. Von
will ask me, Why, ihen, did uot the States adopt
this principle entirely f I answer they did
begin to do it, until slavery, which was always
a rebl in this Government, revolted against
law and constituted authority, by its untiring
energy and m earn, ess.
When in 1776, a." if it should be an echo of the
Declaration of Independence, Virginia abolished
the external slave trade. In 17H0 Pennsylvania,
New York, and Massachusetts abolished theirs.
The emancipation of 1781 by Connecticut, and
Ubede island, wtio did the same in 17!2, and
New Hampshire followed their example. In
11-84 even New Jcieey followed the example of
the States above-mentioned, and passed mea
sures of emancipation. (Applause.) And when,
in 1784, Virginia and other States ceded the
Northwest Territory to this country, Thomas
Jetlerson introduced what is called the Jell'er
sonian proviso, declaring that there should
never te slavery or involuntary servitude in that
Northwest Territory, except for crime; and
though that position was -denied, and the report
laid away, battle after battlo was lought by
the slave power, by this rebel Jn the Government,
to sustain itself against free join, aud against
the advancing ideas of the Revolution, of which
freedom was but the first.
In 1620 they fought another battlo, and won
the battle against these advancing principles.
Still there was enough ot liberty lelt, and
enough of enfranchise left tor us to loon back
to aud there were trees enough left in the
deep wilderness through which we had been
brought that we might find our way up to the
present day of lit: lit and liberty. (Applause.)
But Southern tluvery won in 1820; it won m
order that the colored people, not merely the
slave, but the tree, might be kept down, and
from 1820 to ltd-5-6, was one great, quiet
struggle, if I nitty bo call it, when these two
elements Freedom and its franchises, or Slavery
and its proscnpifons were eathorintr them
selves up lor the grand conflict which is still
coingon. But tlio bloody portion ot it, let us
hope, has lust ended, in sweeping away from the
laud rebellion atnl slavery together. (Applause.)
in 1834-6-6 sla- ei y prepared itself ior the des
perate strucgle to keep us down, the most
etlectual means being inequality before the law.
So, don to 164tJ, slavery came up every tour
years and made a new demand for itself, the
essential point aUays being that the colored
people were to bo kept down. The Fugitive
slave bill of 185U was horrible in itself, in the
attempt to retake the escaping bondman, and it
was intended ior more than that, namely, to
keep ibe people of the North, whether white or
bluck, from acting In behalf of tbe fleeing bond
man, and to cowe down wore effectually than
ever the free colored men scattered through the
North.
They said, "Spring up, ye dogs, both two
fcoted and lour-looted bloodhounds, through the
country. Spring up, spring up, my brave blood
hounds. Spring tip from every lair let evary
law be firmly set; let every eyeball glare, lor the
lash is come to the culler brake, and the muzzle
no longer binds, for the scene ot blood we love
so well cones dewn on the northern winds; and
brothers, awake, for the time is come to send the
bloodhounds after him. They have epened a
noble Held for ns to follow our new game." We
will hunt uo more in the Dismal Swamp, where
the snake and the wild beast hide, but will
course on the North, where the fields are fair
and wide; but never aaiu shall the prey escape.
But even then, when the sun grows cold, for
every man in the conquered North to aid in tee
hunt, is sold. The old, tbo young, the weak, the
strong, are bound alike by law to follow tho trail
till the negro's throat is licked by the blood
hound's jaw. (Applause).
There is no spot we w ill not search.
There is nc thins shall daunt or awe;
The riitht ana the wrong are alike with us,
Fer we far no hiehcr law.
We'll follow the scent, though it may lead us
across
The graveyard's rurced sward,
We'll not stop to leap through the altar's rail
In the house of the living (iod.
Then up, spring up, my brave bloodhounds,
Spring up from every lair,
Let every faw be firmly set,
Let every eyeball glare.
For flic men of the North, useless, one in three
In the chains ot iron are bound, from the
(ioldcu Land to the btate ol Maine, everywhere
is the fierce bloodhound. It was true, then, sir,
every word of it, because in every corner of the
Union is planted its standard. It proclaimed
itself miprenie, and the result of it all was that
lrre colored people were drivea beiore it, as
before a sirocco's blast, out of our midst iuto
Canada, into the sea, down to death, to the
abyss of hunger, by this terrible miscreant lii
the country which we had nursed so long. (Ap
plause.) The speaker then reviewed the Dred Scott de
cision of 1858, which he said wns intended to
keep the North and colored people down, mak
ing a forcible allusion to Bunker Hill as the
house and birth-place of liberty, but ottering but
a poor asylum tor the colored man. He spoke in
eloquent terms agaiust the despotism of the so
called republicanini. Said he was in favor of
suffrage to four classes. First. To every man
who paid a tax of $200. Second. To every co
lored man w ho could read the Constitution of
the United State and write his own uame.
Third. To every colored man native bora, and
perforce a citizen. Fourth. To every one of the
brave colored troops who so gallantly fought for
the right of sufirage.
The speaker was often applauded, and spoke
two hoursand twenty minutes.
Tho Late Embassy from Tunis Acknow
ledgment ot Courtesies.
W. Amos Perry, United States Consul at
Tunis, has sent to the Department of State a
translation of a letter, which we print below,
received by him trom the Bey's Prune Minister,
expressing his Highness' gratitude for various
courtesies shown to his embassy in the United
States:
Translation
Tralscs to the only Godl
To the beloved and Honorable Amot ferry, Consul
General f the United Statei of America, at our
Capital (uhemmay Clod preserve):
His Highness, oar august sovereign (God grant
tliat his prosperity may be perpetual!), has learned
that many du-tinguisued American citizens, corpo
lations, associations, and institutions, amile frum tlio'
General Uovernmont, paid to his ambassador, Gene
ral Otman HaebaD, who was acoroditod to vour Gov
ernment, rreat and notable honors Assuredly, these
parties merit a special, a doublo expression of grati
tude and thankfulness. His Highno-s regards these
acts of courtesy and goodwill as a proof of elevated
character, and their memory is deeply engraved
upon his heart. He therefore solicit your irioudly
am in inieipietlne to the paities reterroa to, his oor
dial salutations and sentiments ot enduring grati
tude. Mav yon abide in the faith of God 1
Written bv the servant oi his God, tho Prime Min
ister and Minister of Foreign A flairs.
tiXNERAL MtJSTAFHA.
CuAABA, 80, 1282-(A. D. Jan. IS, 18U6.)
The Naval Eegiste for 186G. The Navy
Department is proverbially prompt with its pub
lications, and the Register tor lfct6 is ready for
delivery. It shows that on the 1st of January
there were 1 Vice-Admiral, David L. Farragut;
4 Bear-Admirals on the active list, viz., L. M.
Goldsborough, commanding European Squad
ron; Chat. H. Davis, superintendent Naval Ob
servatory: John A. Dahlsren, waiting orders;
David D. Porter, superintendent Naval Academy;
and 7 on the retired list, viz. : Chas. Stewart,
Wm. B. Shubrick, Jos. Smith, Francis H. Greg
err, Silas H. Stringham, j Samuel L. Breese,
Hiram Paulding; 10 Commodores on the active
list, and 2'J retired; 35 Captains on the active
list, 15 retired, and 9 reserved ; 71 Commanders
on the active list, 28 retired, and 13 reserved;
142 Lieut. Comm audeis.cn the active list, and 4
retired; 00 Lieutenants on the active list, 8 re
tired, and 10 reserved.
A Soldiers' Monument. The people of Bris
tol, Connecticut, emulating the example of other
New England towns, are about to erect a monu
ment in memory of their townsmen who fell ia
the war. It was designed by J. G. Batterson,
and is to cost $2000. It is ot Portland freestone,
twenty-live feet in height, and consists 'of a
shaft, at the lower portion of which are a raised
Union shield and the Connecticnt State arms
combined, with festooned drapery and a wreath.
In the centre ot the main shaft, in raised work,
are reeimental colors and a niubket crossed, a
sword, belt, cartridge box, etc., and above and
below this are the inscriptions "Antietani" and
"Atlanta." burmonnting the whole is an ele
gant capital, on which rest a ball and eagle.
Tbb Tailor President Extbaohdiniby Pre
diction op Twenty Years Ago. In the Cleve
land (Ohio) Times of 1847, the following extract
is published Irom the Kinderhook Almanao of
that year, containing a prediction about the
United States which is most singular in view of
passing events:
W bea the country is ruled bv a tailor hold,
A betirar shall it'tch with a thimbla el cold;
And the water shall furnish, instead of the land,
Three millions ol mvu with their first in oummaiid."
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IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY
J AND COUNTY Of PHILADF.LPHIA.
Fsuie of JOHN WILSON MouKK. M. D , dpeoanod
lbs Audi or apselntsd tv the ( oort to nmllt. sett e,
and arilnsttne -uanto KACHEL WII,ON MOORK,
WILhOn MOO lit' JKVK1NB sndJAfOrtM ELLIS,
Executors ot JOHN WILSON MOORE. l. 1.. deceased,
snd to report distribution of the balsnce In the hands of
the aocoaatant, wl.l met the partton Interssted for the
purposes til bis appointment, on 1 UKf I) A Y . tbe Jiltb.
dsy oi March. A. lSitw. at II o'o ock A. M. at hit
erl ce, Me. 4v2 WALNUT Direct, in the city or 1'hliadel
phi. V. D. ItAKhtl.
S gfmwfit ( . - ,, . Auditor.
IN 1HE OHPHAN8' COURT FOR THE CITY
AM COUNTY OF PHILsDELrUI A.
Fstateot WILLIAM DKN NET. deceased.
The Audlior tppolnted bx the t ourt to audit, settle,
ani adjust the account ot JOH N MoaBI'HUB J. , sole
xecutor oi the lait will and teotament of WIL
LIAM DF.NNKY, deceased, and to report distribu
tion of the balance In the hands ef the accountant,
will meet the parties interested lor the purposes oi bis
appointment, on MONDAY. March 12, lKi, at 4 o'clock
1'. M. a the dice ef (ieorce Jiinkln. Ksq . 8 K. corner
of 81X111 and WALM'l ftrcet. In 'ho clvot Phlladel
phla. TUO MAS J. WORRELL. -S
MmwISt Auditor
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PTJIAS FOR
run city ani cot; sty of philadki.piua.
felSAN 1'. HAKIIOZIN vs. ISAAC UAK1SUU.S.
Boptt mber 1 crm, ltMjS No. 'il.
To loasn llsrlio.in. Respondent hir : 1 he Court
have K'arted a rule to show cause why a divorce from
the tinnna or matrimony shall not be decreed. Iteturna
ble 8AT UKDAY, March-17, 1WI at in o'clock A. H Per
sonal notice having Inlled o account ot your ah. once
3 6tut 4l TUOMABjJ.CLAT ION, lor Libellunt.
"I, STATE OF THE HONORABLE OSWALD
JL THOMPSON, decesned.
Le tors of Administration upon till F.statn of the
Bonoiahle OSWALD I HUM I'.-ON, deceased, hsvltif
been planted to tho underhnert b the kcMster ot VVll s
tor the I it y and ountr oi liii:a1n tmls, all persons
having claims or demands aealntt the Estate of said de
cedent, sre irqursted to make known the famo, without
deiay, aud thusc Indebted to make payment to
JOHN ( LAYTOS,
Administrator,
tDfUf VP. 717 WAt.KTJT Street Philadelphia.
YOTICE.-LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
1 upon the estate of MARY II VSf'OCK, decossed,
have been granted to the underpinned. All persons having
calms or demands against the estate ot the said de
cedent are requested to make tho same known to htm
without delay.
JAMES B. IIAVCOCK,
2 23f 6t NoauATHAKISE r-treet
DYEING, SCOURING, ETC.
1HE STATEN ISLAND FANCY DYEING
E8TAKLlMrNT. AT HIK OLD 8TAND.
No. 47 Jt. EIGHTH 8 root, East aide.
SO OIUKIt OFFICF. IN THIS CITY.
With the benefits ot an experience ol nearly fifty
years on Staten Island, and facilities unequalled by any
other estaliiisemcnt in tins country, wo oiler superior
Inducements to those harlnc Si k, Woollen or fancy
Goods lor DYEING K CLEANSING.
BABRET'I'. NEPHEW, CO.. ,
No. 47 U. Fit. HTH Mreat, Philadelphia,
Nos. 8 and 7 JOHN Street New York,
No. 718 HItOA ItW AY New York.
lm Mo; 269 FULTQN Street, Brooklyn.
NEW YORK DYEING AND PRINTING
ESTABLISHMENT, btaten Island, Me. 40 S.
EIGHTH Street.
This Ctaipany, so long aad favorably known In New
York for the past lorty-slx Vcars. have opened aa oflloc
as above Ladles' and geatlemea's aarments and wear
tng apparel st every klud Dyed and Cleaned In tbe mo
pei tect wanner. Stains and spots removed irom garmeuH
wltboni being lipped.
Merchants having goods of undesirable aolorscan have
them red.ved in superior etvle 129ruwi3m
HATS AND CAPS.
E M
E
OP
FASHION.
Small ProMs. Quick Sales.
HATS AND CAPS. NEWEST STYLES.
LOWEST FEICES IN THE CUT.
BOTJUNE,
No. 40 K. SIXTH STREET.
128tutbf8m
a
1?
MANUFACTURER,
AND DEALER IN
gltof ccjrapu Alliums,
BOOKS, BIBLES. PRAYERS,
Magatlncs, Novels, and all the
Now Publications.
CARD, MEDIUM, AND IMPERIAL
PHOTOCRAPHS.
Stereoscopes and Stereoscopic Views.
Pictures of all kinds Framed to order.
803 CHESTNUT ST. 808
lit'
1 1
;'!
n
A
r Si aa
itH
RANDALL & CO.,
PERFUMERS AND IMPORTERS,
No. 1302 CHESNUT Street.
Fine English Toilet Soaps,
IN CHEAT VABIKTY, JTJ8T BECEIVED.
Also, Triple French Extracts aDd Tcrlume.
We have constantly ou hand every variety of
FEBFTJktF.KY ASD TOILET BEQTJISITE9.
Extracts, Pondera. Coloanes, Pomades, Toilet
Waters, Shaving Cteams, Cosmctlques, Tooth Pastes,
Brushes, etc. 12 3m
REMOVAL! REMOVAL!!
, OLD DRIVERS' ICE COMPANY,
BEAIOViLD FKOII H. W. CORN" is It SIXTEENTH
AND BACK, TO
Broad Stieet, Above Race, East Side.
Orders respectfully solicited, and promptly attended to
t the lowest market rates.
HEfeS, JOt'INSON & DA VI 3.
OLD DRIVERS' ICE COMPANY.
The undersigned, leellng exceeding tbanktul to his
many friends and customers for tbelr very lloeral patron
age extended to hint during the last seventeen years, aud
havlUK so d bis entire Interest to
il KSrKN. lik8. JOHMSON' A DAVH,
Takes plcaxure in reconimemunv tnem to bts former
pa rons. as tliev are gentlemen of we. I knoarn Interltv,
and will undoubtedly maintain the renutation ol the
OLI IRIViC!' ICE COMPANY.audlnevervwav act
so aa to give entire satisfaction to all who mav klud y
lavor thiin with their custom. Respect vy
I 3m A. BROWV.
TI1E BTAMP AO KNOT, NO. 304 CHUSNUT
BTItFET, A HOVE THIRD, WILL BK CONTINUED
At HERkTOFOKH .
STA HPS of EVERY PFBCRTPTTON CONBTAVTMT
ON HAM D AMD IN AMY AMOUNT. U II
THK BTAMP AOENCY, NO. 304 CHESNUT
J KTRFET. ABOYJC1HIRD, WILL Bit COBTUiUKD
A8 HHJKTOrOKK,
STAMPS of I'VE BY DKSCRTPTIOH CONSTANTLY
OJi BAUD, AJSD M AUX AilOCJST. - ii M
it
r';i
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
QI11A11D FIltE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY. r
OFFICE, No 415 W ALKCT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
' CAPITAL PAID IN, IH CASH, 200,100.
Ibis compafy continues to write on fire Ritkt onlp
Its capital, with good surplus. Is saiely Invested.
701
Losses by Are have tern promptly paid, and more than
9500,000
Disburse on this account within tbe past few years.
For tbe present the offoe or this ' company win
remain at
No 415 WALNUT RTIlEET,
But within few months will remove to it OWN
KU1LD1NO
N. E. CORNER SEVENTH AND CIIEHNTJT STREETS
Then as now, we shall ke happy to insure our patrunsai
inch tatei as are consistent with safety. ,
TTrnvio t-nkvw
DIBKCTOBf).
A LFRF.D n. OIL LETT,
N. LAWRENCE,
harlk8 i. nrrowT,
IlhMtY K. Kfc.NNKY,
JUSEPU KXAPP.M.D.
ICKMAV hREPPARD,
Tl Ob. MAI KKLLAB.
JOIj M'l''LI K.
JOHN W CLXiUORN,
B1LAS YEREEP.Ja..
THOMAS rPAVF.W Piwaiifont
ALFRED 8. O I LLP-IT. V. President and Treasurer.
JAMK8 B. ALVOKD, Secretary. 1 W i
V 1 K K 1 N 8 U It A N C
JL THE HOME INxrRANCE COJ1PANT
.ta mta. .....I in,. .
E,
ruiLdurLrillA,
No. 150 8. Ft t KTH ritreet.
Char er Pen etnaL Authorised Capital, (300 00
, I'ald-up Capital, llHl.tmo.
Inuies seslnM Idts or damnee bv FIRE on bulldlnim,
either petmanent v or tor a LIMITED period. Also on
ail It IlAMHttjc generally and Household Furaiture,
city or country. '
Tamea llmw, .
PIBirTOFS
Thomas Klmber, Jr.,
t harle A. Duy,
Wm. I). 1 ewts,
William B. Iinllo6k,
V Di. N. Needles,
JebnD. Taylor,
JAMES
A.CUIUHI V Ulllll,
J. Hlllbnm Jones,
John Woodside.
Wm. C. LonsHtrelh,
I. N Huti lilnon,
TIPOWX. Ir.ul,l..ni
CI1AK. A Dl'Y. Vice President. "
THOMAS NEILS ON, Bocre
SHIPPING.
tpf HAMII.L'S PASSAtJK OFflCE.
sTjaFvir'sm "ANCHOR LINK OF BTEAM FRS,"
iiibERMA." -COLTJaiBIA.
CALKIONIA." HCA M KRIA?
"LR11ANN1A, "INDIA.1
Steam to
L1VEBI OOL LONDONDERRY, BELFAST, DUBLIN.
AtW RY, COhK, AND ULaSUOW.
VaTE- OF PAHA(2E,
.,v,DrATAB1-E 1S l'Al'EH CL'RHKNCY.
i JO, $80, and 70
tlEtEAOE
Jb. PaID Ct K 1 1 s' It ATE
irsned for bringing out passengura lruua tho above
poluts at
LOWER RATES THAN ANY OTHER USE.
Also, to and trom
ALL UTAUONS ON THE IRISH RAILWAY.
SPECIAL A OllCE. Passengers will take particular
oi Ice that the "Anchor Line" is the only line sratiting
tiuou,b tickets at the above rates, from Philadelphia to
tbe points nsuted above, and that the undersigned is the
only duly authorized Agent in Philadelphia.
Apply to W. A Ha MILL,
ISole Agent for "ANCHOR LINE,"
W No. 21IWALN I Xtrcet.
MISCELLANEOUS.
HARNESS.
A LARGE LOT OF NEW D. 8. WAGON HAR
NESS, a, 4, Ha 6 horse. Also, parts ot HAR
NESS, SADDLES, COLLARS, HALTERS, etc.,
bought at tho recent Government sales to be sold
at a great tacriice. Wholesale er Retail. Together
with our usual assortment of
SADDLER YAND SADDLERY HARD WARE.
WILLIAM S. HANSELL & SONS,
2 1 S No. 114 MARKET Street.
I L E Y
BROTHER,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS TW
HAVANA C'ltiARls AND MKrRscHAUM PIPES,
N. W. Cor. EIOH'IU and WALNUT Strait.
We offer the finest Harsna Clpara at prices from 30 to
30 per ci nt. below ihe regular rates.
Also, tbe celcbiate'l
''LONE JACK" SMOKING TOBACCO,
which le lar superior to any yet brought before tho
public.
Metto of Lone Jack?
"SEEK NO FURTHER, FOR NO BETTER CAN BE
FOUND." 115 3m
QEORGE PLOWMAN,
CARPENTER AND BUILDER,
No. 232 CARTER Street,
And No. 141 DOCK Street.
Machine Work and Sllllwrlghting promptly attended
to 3 8
J7ITLER, WEAVER & CO.,
MANUFACl CKERS OF
Manilla and Tarred Cordage, Cords,
Twines, Etc.,
No. S3 North WATFR Street and
No. ii. North DELAW ARE Avenue,
fUlLAKEU-HIA.
1 DWIH H. FlTLER, MICHAEL WEAVKK.
COBAD F. CLOlUlhU. 214$
-
CORN EXCHANGE
BAG MANUFACTORY.
JOHN T. BAILt,YCO.,
No. Iia N. FRONT and No. 114 N. WATER btreet
Pnladaiubia.
DEALERS IN BAi.b AND BAGGING
oi every ovscitptloa, for
Giala, Flour, Sa.t, buper Phosphate of Lime, Bone
Dust, Etc.
Large and small GUNNY BAGS canstantly on band.
2 '22 J j Also, WOOL 8ACK.S.
John T. Bailey. J amis Cascade.
J C. P E R K I N s",
LUMBER MERCHANT
tSucocBuor to R. Clark, Jr.,
No. 824 CUIOSTIAN STREET.
Constantly on bund a large and varied assortment
of BuiIuidk Lumber. 6 24
BBIDESBUBO M ACHIN E WOBKS,
OFFICE,
KO. J N. FRONT STREET.
PUTLADELPUIi.
We are prepared to till orders to any extent for our
well kuown
MACHINERY FOR COTTON AND WOOLLEN MILLS,
Deluding all recent Improvements In Carulug, Spinning,
and V tavlug.
We invite the attention ot manufacturers to our exten
sive works,
I 1 ALFRED JEVK8 A BON.
COTTON AND FLAX
SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS,
oi all numbers snd brand.
Tent. Awning. Trunk and Waon-Corer Duck. Also,
Paper Manutacttirara' Drier Felts, from one to levan
feel Wide 1 1'aulliiH, Belting, Sail Twine, eto.
JOHN W. tVEKMAN fc Co..
161 No. 13 JONES' AUoy.
WILLIAM S . 0 RANT,
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
. No. 33 S. DELAWAKK Avenue, Philadelphia,
AGENT FOB
Dupcnt's Gunpowder, Refined Nitre, Charcoal, Eto.
W. Eaker A Co ' Chocolate. Cocoa, and Bruma.
Crocker Bios. b Co 'a Yeilow iUtul bheathlug, Bolts,
and Nails. 'U
LEXANDEK G. CATTELL & CO.,
PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
NO. 26 NORTH WHARVES,
NO. 27 NORTHAWATR STREET,
PHILADELPHIA. 12 S
ALEXANDER O. CATTKl.L. ELIJAH O. CATTKLb
EVENUE STAMPS, REVENUE STAMPS,
REVENUE STAMPS.
Of all descriptions,
Ot all descriptions,'
i Always on hand,
Alw&va on li.n.l
AT
AT
FLORENCE HEWING MACHINE I O.'H OFFIfR,
FLORENCE SEWING if iCUINE CO. '8 OFFICE,
No. 8-I0 CI1EWMIT HtreeL
o. U.W tnr.sui ntreet.
One door below eevrnth street.
One soor balow Seventh sireut.
the most liberal dlscouut ellowid.
1 he B.ost liberal discount allowed.
23
INSURANCE COMPANt3.
DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCS
COMPANY,
INCORrORATFD BY THE LFOI8LATURJB
PENNSYLVANIA. 1H.
OFFICE 8. E. (ORNFR 1H1KD AND WALSVT
BlRFE'lH. PHILADELPHIA.
MARINE lNhlKANCE
rRGO -. To aU parts of th w
ISLAND INPrmAKCEfl
Oh Goods by River canal. Lake, and Land Carrlag t4
allnarisof the Union,
. FIRE INSLBANCkJi
On Verrhamtlse teaerailv.
On Stores, JDwe ling Houses, ete.
ASSETS OF THE COMPANY
... . Kovomner 1, 1S6.V
rnlt4 States o per cent, loan, n....lM,Ana
iJOtKO ' HI... u ,q lan.im
200.0W w ?t-igPerc.st.U ' iS lWW
Treasury Notes iru avs aa
100 m Stale ot i ennsylvanla Five Pet teat
84,000 State orptaasylwYa Vlx Per CeVtl 9,,M
Loan m vi
128,000 City of Philadelphia ttix Per Cent.
Loan 112 RlS'Sii
20,000 Pennfylvsnla Railroad First alort-
gaae rlx PerCrnt, llonds on OOO-M
28,100 renn.vlvanla Railroad eecoad Alort '
gene elx Per Cent. Bonds 23 7S0-M
28 000 H eslerrt Pennsylvania Ral road Vtort
gsge f i Per Cent Bonds tn 7n a
16,100 IM Hbaree Sto k Oermantown Gas
Cetniianv principal and Interest
asrsnteed by the City oi Phila
delphia 18 AST M
7,181143 i-bares Stock Pennsv.vaLla RaU- '
. . . roi.d onipsnv 8 580-0
8,000 1(0 Bbsres stock North Pennsylvania
.. -. Bailroad Company 3.2JO 0C
4tlf0 TeroMt wl'h Unitetf Htates Govern-
mi r ra o, -rtrnt. subject to ten dsys- ca 1 40,000-0
JO.ICOStateot Teuuessco Five Per CenL
10 700 Loans on Bond's' and 'kVortgaVe fli'at
liens on Cily Property 170,700-0
l,C3ir,e60rr. Market value m M0 0
Ileal Fstare , wo)
Bills rocelvsble lor In urances nia'de. Iil,013 37
Balaneesdtiest Agencies.- Pretniims
en Marine Policies Aecrned Inte
rest, snd othei debts due tbe Com
pany 40 81144
Scrip and Stock of sundry Insurance
and other Companies, . Via. Kitl-
niutedvslne . 3,910 00
rssn In Banks tX,m l
Caah In Drawer 678 48
86,638-31
1.2A3.6JU-1B
Ttinmii f Ii . - .
DIBECTOTW.
, Samuel E. Stokes,
jJ. F. Penistaa.
John C. Davis,
E dm and A. Ponder,
TbeophLua Paulding.
Joba K. Penrose,
James Traquatr,
Henry C. 1 lallett, Jr.,
James C. Hand
William C. Ludwlg,
Josepo H. Seal,
Oeorse c. Leliier,
Hugh Craig.
Ruben lturrnn
nesry moan,
WtUlam G. Benlton,
Edward Darlingtou.
H. Jonsi Brooks,
Jacob P. Jones,
James B. McFarland,
Joshua P. Km.
pencer Mollvaln,
J. B. Seranle, Pttt"barg,
JobnD Taylor,
n nerKer. r'lwourtr,
D. T. WorKSn. PltUburK
jiv.nAn ttAuii. i'resiaent,
nKNiT LTtpgW.creN,.?;.1AV18- V'c rxident
1529CIIAIlTER PERPETUAL
FRANKLIN
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF '
PHILADELPHIA.
Assets on January 1, 18G0,
62,500,85100.
Capital ,
Acciued Surplus
Premiums
IKSITTLED CLAIMS,
11,467 83.
:......tM mo on
WM1J
1,I(U,3V8-81
INCOME FOB 1868,
III 000. -
LOSSES PAID SINCE 1839 OVER
85,000,000.
rcrpetual and Temporary Policies oa Liberal Terms.
Charles N. Bsneker.
Tobias Wsner,
Samuel Grant,
George W. Jtlchardi,
DIRECTORS.
George Fales,
Alfred FIH,,i
Francis W. Lewis, M. D.
rHAnT.F.V V U 1 V I ' 17 I n T , . a.
JAB. W. MCALLISTER, BecZT, U2S1
ORTII AMERICAN TRANSIT
INSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 133 S. FOURTH Street
PHILADELPHIA.
Annual Policlea Issued against General Accident of all
descriptions at exceedingly low rates.
Insurance effected for one year. In any sum from 100
to 10 000, at a premium of only one-half per cent., seen
ring tbe full amount Insured In case of death, and a oom
pensatlon each week equal to the whole premium paid.
Short time l Icgets for l, 2, 8, 8. 7, or 10 daya, or 1, 1, or
6 months, at 16 tenia a day, insuring In tbe sum of 3000
or glvlag ais per week h disabled, to be had at the Gone,
ral Oflce, No. 133 8. FOURTH Street. Philadelphia, or at
tho T.vrious Railroad Ticket omcea. Bo sure to purchase
tho tickets of tho Nona American Transit Insuranco
Company.
For eliculars and further information apply at th
Comply fflC' 01 f Sf 018 ullr1ea Agents ot th
LEWIS L HOUPT. PresWeat
JAWJS M. CONRAD, Tresserer.
HENRY C. BROWN, Secretary.
JOHN C. BULLITT. Solicitor.
PIRECiORS.
L. L. Honpt, lata i of Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
M. Bra. ot M. W. ilaldmu & Co. 'a.
ham uel C. Palmer. Cashier oi Commercial Bank.
Richard Wood. Nc. Still Market street.
Janes U. Conrua, No. 623 klarkei street
J. E. Klapsly. tentinrn al Hotel.
H. G. Leltenrlng, Nos. 237 and m Dock street.
Samuel W erk. ol Work Met oueh t'o
George Martin No. Hi Cbcmut steet, 11 1 J
UE PROVIDEN
Lio fTi.d Trust Co.,
OK I'UILADELI'HIA. ,
Incorporated by the Stste of PennsvlvanlaThlr
22d IM,5, lNbl kln LIVKN, ALLOW" INTEREST
lEPOsmt..ANDOHNT8 ANNUITIES, itt,10
CAPITAL, 150,QOO. y
VDUtCTOM
Samuel B. tblpley,
Jiti inluh Hacker,
Joshua H klotruj,
Henrv Haines.
T Wlstar Brown,
nicuaru rvoea,
Wtlll.n 11 r..na-tt,k
nar.-es r. temD.
SAMUEL B. BH1PLEY, President
Bowlako Pabbt, Actuary.
ovrica, 7 28S
No. Ill 8. FOURTH Street.
PHffiN'X INSURANCE COMPANY O ,
PIIijJkPF.LPMIA. '
IN LOKl'O BATED lN4 CHARTER PERPETTJAL.
No. 2i!4 WALNLT Sireei opposite tlie Exchanve.
In sdditinn toMARlNE and 1M.AND lNsl'RANCB
thlsC'ompauy Insures .rom less or aanage by FIRE on
liberal i e una. on buildinus, merchaadise. furniture, eto
lor ilmlitd perioaa. aud paraianeiitly en bulidluirs. b
deposit ot premium. '
The ( oiai.any uas been In active operation tor more
than rlX iV KH. during blch all losses have beea
promptly adjaated and paid.
DisxcToaa.
John L. Hodgo,
M. U. Mabouoy,
Joh T. Lewis,
William rt. rant,
Robert W Learning,
J. Clark Wharton,
Samuel Wilcox.
Lawrenoe Lewis. Jr.
lavld Lewis,
Benjsmla Ettlng,
Thomas U. Powers,
A. R. Mcllenry,
Edmond CasUiioo,
JOHN R.
x.dius i . r orris.
Sahdel Wilcox, so returv.
WUCHERER, President.
FIKE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. TUB
A ENNWYLVA NU FIRE INbtJRANCE COMPANY
In corporated g26 Ckariar Petpetual No. 610 WAL.
Ml T S rect, opposite Independeau Hiiuare
lhla Compaav, lavorab y kaowa to theoommunlty fof
over forty years, eoutluae to Insure agaluai loss or
damage by Ere aa pau lcor Private Buildings, eltheg
Eermauest y er lor a United time. Also on surniture
tocks of Goods aad Morahauiuao goaeraily, on liberal
terms. ,
Their flapltai, together with a largo Surplus Fund.
Invested lu the aiost careful aauuer, which enables
tuem to oner to the Insured aa andoabud aoauntvl
the case oj loss. UB1" u"wl
Daniel Smith. Jr .
niasoioBs.
John Deverenx.
Alexander Benson,
Iraao Uasieburst,
lu-imaa cimltli.
H 'rv Lelo.
J. Gilllnghaui Fell.
luuiuu aouuia.
Daniel TTsdd,.
DANIKL SMITH., Jg,. President.
Wiixiam Q. Ciowbli, Bocietary. . ' 3
. jr.