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    LITERATURE.
XrcT Ariin. lly J. T. Trowbridge. Ticknor
A Kit-Id, lioftcn. Philadelphia Agent, O. W.
l'ltcbfr, No. 8d8 CliMuut street.
Mr. Tronbrlcige has achieved for himself a
favorable reputation by the publication of
"Cndjo's Cave,", and the appearance of "Lucy
Arlyn" will iiot detract from hi fame. It Is a
novtl of strikingly forcible parte, yet somewhat
dlsjoink'dly put together. It resembles the
poplar tree, very bcautllul in its shape when
well trimmed, yet woliilly ugly when left to native
luxuriance. "Lucy Arljn" wants pruning.
There are too niapy inferior creations, who ap
pear upon the stdge as utility men, and serve
only to diblract the reader's attention from the
main points of the story. I!ut the whole work
h written in a fpiritcd, pleasant style, and
abounds in lively dialogue. It is a well-known
fact, and one which we think will bo rccog"
nixed not only by tnoeo who have attempted to
write, but bIho by all critical readers, that a
tprigbtly dialogue, a natural cenverwution Is
rarely found in a novel. There is a stiff conven
tionality about it which should be easy and
flowing which is more suggevtive of the style
of dress In tbe days of Queen Elizabeth than of
any modern production. Theentences abound
In woids which are found only in the dictionary,
or else are full of vulgarisms fit only for the
lips of a boor. Both of these Mr. Trowbridge
has avoided. His style of dialogue is both easy
and natural.
While, therefore, we praise the style, we must
find the greatest fault with the morality displayed
in the production. Wo aro glad, for the sake of
its reputation, that tho author ' has omitted to
luulize his sketch. If it has a habitation it
muft be a miserably immoral one, bo far as the
female portion of tho population is concerned.
Of the four leading heroines, Lucy, Christina,
Sophia, and Jlrs. II?dge, the Icps we say about
their chastity the better. Whether some Mormon
usage prevailed in their village or not, we cannot
tell; but to our eyes the proceeding of these
four dames seem anything but consistent with
the doctrines of the ceveuth command of the
Decalogue.
Of the charactc r of the hero, Guy Harrington,
we cannot speak highly. Any man who would
marry in fcciet the woman he loved, and then
let her ive lor years uuder the odiam which
must follow keeping tho ceremony a secret,
for the purpose of inheriting some paternal pro
perty, must, in our opinion, have but littlo heart,
and be of an extremely narrow mind. Again, for
a married man to treat another woman than his
wife in the manner which he did Christina, ha
a tendency to encourage crime under the name
of religious enthusiasm. The whole tenor of
the work has an immoral aroma. It speaks of
wickedness, it narrates crime, and yet makes the
criminals come out unpunished at the end. In
fact, though an interesting work, and to a well
instructed and religious mind a harmless one,
yet on a weak and wavetjug reader its intluence
would be dangerous.
To this objection is superadded another which
makes the author appear a3 though the glimpses
of the moon had had an unfortunate effect upon
Lis brain. The teudency of the whole produc
tion appears to be to prove the correcness of
those wild hallucinations known as psychco
many, or spirituuliru. Coming as it does from
that nest of all the isms of the world, from that
hatching place ot all mainess, and birth-placo
of all that lolly can invent or illogical conclusions
deduce, we would naturally expect that it would
be tinctured with some of the manias which
have made Bo.ton the laughing-stock and the
pestilence of America. There has never been
an insane delusion which has not either ori
ginated or been propagated by some citizen of
the "Hub of the Universe." We recognize all
the good 6hc hag done, but unless these wild
schemes bo abandoned, ull the good will bo can
celled by the evil she inflicts. When,, therefore,
Mr. Trowbridge comes out in a novel in order to
prove certain spiritual doctrines, we are not
surprised, although we are disgusted. He fills
his work with curious incidents. Children mur
dered have their graves discovered. Gold and
silver mines are ferreted out and bear
hunts depicted. In fact, various curious
phenomena are narrated, to which tho writer
gives a sort of semi-personal assent. The folly
and mischief which the reception aa truths of
such doctrines could cause is incalculable.
And the danger is not lessened because the forai
in which it seeks to promulgate is that of a fic
tion. The moft prodigious intluence ever ex
erted against an institution and in favor of a
doctrine had a novel as its vehicle llrs. H.
II. Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin." We therefore
regret thut Mr. Trowbridge ban given na a novel
inoculated with French morals and Gorman
skepticism. We regret this the more because he
has givrn us a very jood novel. With all its
delects, it ia of.deep interest and will well repay
perusal, so lur a the pleasure of its contents it
concerned. It is a literary success, and we hope
will prove a pecuniary one, as all encourage
ment should be given to the productions of na
tive authors, and the tendency to lethargy
evinced by most of them is much to be lamented.
The work is beautifully executed, typographi
cally, by Messrs. Ticknor St Field. We are in
debted to G. W. Pitcher, No. 808 Chesnut street,
for the copy before us.
The Fokttjnb Sebkir. By Mr. E. D. N. South
worth. T. B. Peterson & Brothers, No. 3UG
Chesnut street.
It would seem as though Mrs. Henry Wood, Mrs.
Bouthworth and Miss Braddon have been turned
loose into the literary race-course, and are striv
ing for the palm of prolixity at a rate which ap
pears to ordinary mortals astonishing. With all
three of the ladies the prod net ion of a work is
only delayed so long as the mechanical execu"
tlon demands. We are therefore gratified but not
surprised at receiving works from Messrs. Peter
eons of Mr. Southworth's production. Tho pre
sent one Is a republication of the same story
which appeared last year as a serial in the New
York Ledger. It is probably the most absorbing
of all of tho recent eh"u6iona of her fertile
pen. Of the probability of tha plot, of
the sense and likelihood of any of the inci
dents, w e will not waste time to speak. There is
no possibility of any such combination of cir
cumstances occurring on thin earth. We all re
ceive as truth the wonders of the "Arabian
Nights," but we do not believe the "Fortune
Seeker." Although we are thus content to let
its natural resemblance pass without prai'so, we
must yield our admiration of its deep interest,
its absorbing power, and wonderful dramatic
execution. Among those with whom the works
of this lady are popular, we prophesy Jbr thU one
an unprecedented! y large sale. It only needs to
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, THtiltSDAY;
be examined to be recommended, and while
therefore we deplore the dulness of the plot, we
most yield our admiring praise to the remarks,
bio luxuriance of imagination which it betrays.
It will be pnbllshed to-morrow, by Mewra, Pe
terson. FoBTncoMiMQ WoBts. Messrs. T. B. Peterson
A Brother have given us, during the pact week,
"False Pride," to which we have before referred,
and will continue to supply the wants of
the public with their usual energy. We
have promised us "St. Martin's Eve," by
Mrs. Henry Wood, next week, and shortly "The
Gold Brooch," by Mrs. Ann 8. Stephens; "The
Man of the World j" "Belt-Love;" and the "Life
of Abraham Lincoln," including the ceremonies
ot tbe 16th ol February, and tho oration delivered
by Hon. Georpe liancroft on tnat occasion.
ANOTHER GREAT OIL STORY.
Well Flowing 1000. Barrels a Day.
This well promises to be the event in oildom
for come lime. It is on the Frothlngham lease,
which iH situated at tho upper end of the tram
way and extends ip the right side of the ravine.
On'Thurrday lart, pumping was commenced in
No. 32. There pi eved to be very little water in
the well, not more than Bve barrels having been
thrown up altogether, whvn the oil immediately
followed. The pumping only continued about
ten minutes, when the well began to flow. It was
claimed as a good stnko of a three hundred bar
rel well on FiiJay last. On Saturduy it was
I mmped about halt an hour, and on Monday
ikewite, alter which tho sucker rods were
drawn, when it immediately commenced flow
ing at an asttniyhiug rate. New wells, especi
ally largo oncp, are subjects of astonishment,
rather than mcu.surement, even to the most ex
perienced. Large flowing wells generally pro
duce much mo) e oil during the first three or
lour days, or dining the first rush, than after
wards. It is seldom that an opinion upon the
amount a new well is producing is sustained by
sub-cqucnt tacts. Fivo hundred barrel wells
generally turn out but three, and so with other
cmautitirs in sniull proportion. The reader in
(his instance mutt be suttsled with the opinion
of others, upon the quantity of oil actually
being yielded, but It is eertaia that when
visited yesioiduy, it was pouring out at
a rate which would have excelled cither
the United States or Pool Wells of Pit
hole in their palmiest days. The flow is
steady and forcible, spouting irom the mouth of
the pipe, in a straight line, from nvt to eight
feet, and giving the spectator an impression that
it is ejected with sreat force. The volume of gas
is also grut. Two board box pipes, about
twenty feet in height, have been erected over
the covered tank, into which is flows. Frcfm
each of these urihes a constant volume of gas,,
so thick and black as to resemble smoke from a
chimney. The amount of oil which the super
intendent claims us its production during the
lirst twenty-four hours is twelve hundred bar
rels. Several gertlemen of much experience in
ttie oil territory visited it yesterday lor the first
time, and after the usual period spent in discus
sion und investigation, pronounced it at least "a
thousand barrel well." Reno Times.
SHOCKING CRIME IN NEW YORK.
An Infant Roasted Alive.
We hear from private soarces of a crime com
mitted in this city some twenty days since,
uiinobt too norrinie to recora, ana presenting
one of the numerous phases ot infanticide so
common in New York and vicinity. About mid
night a well-drcesrd man drove tn a carriage to
the rooms of a professed midwife (we give no
names at present, as we understand tho facts
have been comnuiaicated to a Catholic priest,
and brought before the police) and per
suaded the woman to go with him to a
house near by to attend the accouchment
of a young woman. The carriase apparently
was driven through various stieeta, with the
view of deceiving the nurse, until it stopped in
front ot a large house, in which there were no
lights, either in the hall or in any of the
rooms, Reaching the third or fourth story, the
midwife was first led into an uniihted room,
where there was a bed and a woman upon it,
undergoing the pains of labor. ThiB room led
into another, where there wprc no lights, but
where there wn.i a large fire. The midwife
then took her place by the bed in the adjoining
room, and in half an hour a young mother, who
refuted all communication with her new nure,
was delivered of her firtt child, it was im
mediately takcu into tbe room with the fire,
w hen the nurse naked lor its clothiner, and was
told by the moubter who had decoyed her to
tho house and chamber, and a2air.Pt her
partial remonttance iiom the beginning,
that there vas no clothing for the
child, and that it must be put upon tho
fire ! The nurse rofnsed, when the man drew a
pit-tol upen her, aui threatened to kill her if the
did not obey hini. She still relused, when ho
deliberately took the inlant from her arms
v hich wss'a healthy child into his own hands,
and put it upon the fire ! literally roasting it
alive. The nurse was immediately returned to
her home, in the same carriage, and by the sumo
circuitous route, where she has been ill ever
since, and only well enough to communicate
th( se astounding tacts to hr priest, who, as we
before faid, has lnid all them before tho police.
N. Y. Express, I'M.
Important to Savings Banks.
The question of the liability of savings banks
to a tax el one twenty-fourth of one per cent, a
month upon nil moneys received, invested, or
loaned, according to tho terms of the one hun
dred and tenth section of the Internal Revenue
Act, has just been Bet at rest by the United
States Supreme Court. The case which gave
rise to the decision is the came which recently
came up before the United States Circuit Court
in New York, an appeal having been made on a
conflict of decision. Associate Justice Clifford,
who delivered tbe opinion ot the court, ruled
that the bank is liable to pay the duty; that the
loans received and inveitcd are deposits within
the meaning ol the act of Congress; and thut the
moneys received on deposit in anyone month,
and invested in the manner stated daring the
same month, are deposits within the meaning
of the acts of Congress, so as to render tbe plain
tiff liable to pay the tax thereon for the same
month. Ilereatter, therefore, savings banks
will be regarded, for purposes of revenue, as
being identical witA all other banking corpora
tions. It is proper to add that both Justices
Grier and Nelson dissented from the deeision of
the majority, holding that these institutions are
merely agents '-receiving small sums lor poor
depositors, and loaning them out under restric
tion, or investing them in United States, in State
bonds, or stocks, tor the benefit of the depositors,
with the apurovitl of the institution."
FACETIJE.
Our correspondents aro respectfully re
quested to serd us more legible manuscript. It
may be un-ChriHtian, bee we must, at least,
insist upon un i tor an i.
A correspondent writes to know if the cattle
plague, now ruling m England, originated In
Ox-ford. We believe not, but are pretty sure it
originated in Co Acs. ,
Ex-President Buchanan is said to spend
most of his time telling stories about the gran
deur of his administration; the "old public
functionary" is evidently la bis anecdotage.
The Kinderpc.' t is pretty bad, but who tht
has to listen to cur street organs will compare It
to the GrinderpcHC ?
It is a curious fact about our city barbon
that they spnear to be muster ot all tongues ex
cept their own.
The Washington Republican savs that its fond
ness for ojstere tU this season amounts to a lew
raw.
Nobodv is ever willing to admit that ho has
been "caught uupping," unless he happens to be
a natter.
We were told tho other day of a courteous
wag, who, in the u.:coss of his politeness, never
swallowed an oysier witnout saying, ''uoju-uy,
vaive."
Bid Nhwb. Beu Wood's Dully.
INTERESTING ITEMS.
IIATH OF ilf WINntT BlBLIOORArnHB. M.
Qnersrd, an eminent French bibliographer,
died lat December, whilst engaged correcting
the final sheet of the introduction to the new
edition of his "Literary Frauds," but the event
was for some time ennoticed. A late English
Journal says: "The peculiar literary laber to
w hich ho had devoted his life ws not very re
munerative; so M. Qnerard died poor. For
many yeais he had been hoping for the cross of
the Legion of Honor, and only received this
mark of distinction in August. It ! said that
he began life as a clerk in a bookstore ia Ger
many. In that humble station be began col
lecting materials for his treat works, and in the
course of thno he produced them, after volun
tarily leading a lite of privetion in order to
give the necessary time to them. The sale of his
works was slow, most students preferring to ex
amine such books in the national libraries.
Many years ago Gnizot gave him a pension of
one thousand francs per annum, and mainly
upon this he lived until his deuth, in the sixty
eighth year of his age. At the funeral M. Paul
Lacrolx delivered a touching discourse. 'Let
ns not,' he said, 'separate without giving a last
farewell to our friend, to our rival, to) our
model, to onr admirable bibliographer, Joseph
Marie Querard. He was born a bibliographer,
he lived and. died a bibliographer, without
having ever had any other passion, any other
aim, any other destiny, in his erudite and labo
rious exutence. than to contribute for his share
tho most and the best poit-ible to tbe progress
of French Bibliography. . To speak of his nu
merous w orks, to appreciate, to praise them, is
to tell the story ot his lite."'
Etbakgb Volcanic Phenomena, The United
States Consul at Snntorin, Grecian Archipelago,
writes to the Department of State, under date
of January 23, 1800, that the inhabitants of that
place were, on the 18th. instant, much excited
by a singular phenomenon. For five and a half
days tho island was continually jarred by earth
quakes, which were accompanied by other new
and strange phenomena, such as sinking ot ttio
earth, boiling of the sea, disappearance of land,
end appearance of water instead, and the crack
iug of the earth and walls of buildings. It is
believed by scientific men who were preent,
that the whole island will sink and be replaced
by a new one, as a small island has, in fact,
been formed a short distance Irom the old one,
which is continunlly increasing, though the heat
of the atmosphere in its neighborhood prevents
any close inspection of its nature.
Tub Siamese Twiks Outdone. Two negro
children are now on exhibition at Raleigh,' N.
C, that excito much curiosity. They are lour
teen years of age, and were born of slave parents
in Anson county. The Standard ppenks of them
as follows: "The connection between these girls
is closer than in the Siamese twins, there being
more of the physical and mental organs common
to each. The connection begins below the neck
and terminates at the extremity of tho spine.
To touch one at any point of her body below tho
connection sends a sensation to tho brain of
each; while a touch of either above the connec
tion is felt by that one only. They can talk to
ditlerent persons at tho same time on entirely
dillerent subteets; and one can engage in a game
ot w hist while the other reads or sings.
3 MISCELLANEOUS.
JJ A R N E S S.
A LARGE LOT OF NEW U. 8. WAGON HAR
NESS, 2, 4, and 6 horse.' Alto, ports ot I1AK
NfcS, SADDLES, COLLARS, HALTERS, etc,
bought at the recent Government sales to bo sold
at a great sacrifice, Wholesale, or Retail., Together
with our usual assortment ol'
S ADDLE Ji YAXD SADDLER YEA11D WARE.
WILLIAM S. HANSELL & SONS,
2 1 No. 114 MARKET Street.
W
I L E Y & BROTHER,
IMFOJITEKS AND DKALEHS TV
HAVANA CltiAKN A1.U Jlh .FHsciJA tTM TIPES,
Ji. W. Cor. ElOIJiU una WALNUT btrvtiU.
We oflor the finest Havana Clpars at prices from 20 to
30 l or cmt. tclow the regular ratus.
Aluo, the celt'biatcl
'LONE JACK" SMOKING TOTtAPCO.
which la lar superior to any yet brought before the
public.
jtiotto oi jnne JACK!
'SEEK KO FCBIIJEK, KOK 0 BETTER CAN BK
lOVSD." 115 3m
QEOKGE PLOWMAN, '
CAIJPENTEIi AND 1UJJJ.DEU,
No. 222 CARTER Street,
And No. 141 DOCK Street.
KucUIne Woik acd Sllllwrfuhtlng promptly attended
to 38
piTLEli, "WEAVER & CO.,
lAritlTA(J'll.JKEUa OF
Manilla and Tarred Cordage, Cords,
Twines, Etc.,
No. 23 North WATFR Street, and
No. 22 North DELAWARE Avenue,
hlllLAUKU DIA.
1 DW1K H. FlTLIB, WirnAEL Weavfr,
COMtAD F. CL01U1LK. 214$
CO li N EXCHANGE
BAO MANUFACTORY.
J V tl H T. 11 A 1 L ; X (B V U.,
No. 113 N. FRONT and No. 114 N. WATER Street,
Fnltadalphla.
DEALERS IN BM.W AND BAGGING
01 every description, for
Cialu, Flour, Bait, huper P boxnhata of Lime, B one
Dust. Eic.
Larce and small GTJNNV It AOS constantly on band.
J (j iin T. Bailey. Jaitrb Cascaden.
RESTAURANT
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN.
Flneat old and new ALES, at S cents perglavs.
GOOD OHE-DIHE EATING BAR.
Tbe choicest Liquors always on hand.
No. (33 CHESNUT STRUET.
8 10 m BENBY BECKER, Manager.
T C. P E R K I N
s,
LUMBER MERCHANT
uceeisor vo It. Clark, Jr.,
No. 824 CHRISTIAN STREET.
Connantlv on band a large snd vartvd assortment
Of ttnilaiDR Lumber. 6 24 $ .
BRIDEbllURO MACHINE WORKS,
OFFICE,
Ho. FRONT BTKEXT,
PUILAltKl.rillA.
Wi hit prepared to Ull rara to any extent for enr
well ruuwn
MACHINERY FOP COTTOH AST) WOOLLEN KILLS
iif ludlug ull recent improvement! In Caralng, Spuming,
and y eavliifr
We Irvite the attention ot manufacturer to onr exUa
live worn,
1 ALFRED JEVKS A BOH. .
C OTTON AND FLAX
HAIL DUCK AND CANVAS,
ol kll numbers end brands.
Tent. Awning. Trunk, and waon-(.'oer Duck. Also,
Taper tiauuiacliirerii' Trier Kelt, rrdm oue to feven
feet wide: taullnn. Belting, Hall Twine, eta.
JOHN W. EV HUMAN Co..
( No. Ivi JONES' Alloy,
WT 1 L L I A M fTT O 11 A N'T,
VV COMMISSION WERCIIANT.
NO. 33 S. DELAWARV Avenue, Philadelphia,
A(iLNT ron
rnprnt'f Gunpowder, Retlned Nitre, Charcoal, Etc.
W. Buler & Co ' hocolate. ocon, and Hroma
Crockcr Bios. A to 'a Yellow Mttiu HbeathlBg, Belts,
aud Nails. , 124
LEXANDER CATTELL & fJa,
I'RODUCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
' No. 26 NORTH WHARVES,
AND
No. 27 NORTH WATFB STREET,
l'HlLLtXl'lJlA. 9 9 S
ALKXAJIDKB . CATTU.L. BLMAB 0. CAITKJ4,
DRY GOODS.
W FOUETH AND ABOHi ?
NEW GOODS FOR SrilING SALES
ft
E;tf ARE OPENING TODAY. FOR
SPUING SALES:
FASHIONABLE NKW SILKS.
KOVKLTIKS IH DRESS GOODS.
KKWSULB SPIKG SHAWLS.
SEW TRAVELLING DRESS GOODS.
FINE STOCK OF NEW GOODS,
MAGNIFICENT FOULARDS.
SrXENDID BLACU BILKS. llOstQth
J)REIFUSS & BELSINGER,
No. 49 N. EIGHTH STREET,
EAST SIDE,
Have Just received a large lot of
HAFD-MADK WOOLtKN GOODS,
LADIES' FANCY GOODS.
,TV,Iin0UC8' Lt:s, EMBROIDERIES, Villi
BAlii NElo,
And a full line of
LADIES' AND CHILDREN S.KID, SILK, AJTO
FANCY GLOVES.
Also, a large lot ot f
CKOClIKT LACKS,
Which we are offering at reduced prloea. 91J
No. U'24 CHESNUT STREET.
1866. Spring Importation. 1866.
E. M. NEEDLES.
HAS Jl-gr OI-ENED
1000 PIECES WHITE GOODS,
In PLAIN, FANCY, STRIPED PLAID and
Floured Jaconets. Cambrlci Nulnsook, iJlinllics,
bwIpo, Alull, and other Mumifn, cnuiprlitlim
a moot ceinnlcte stock, to Wfclcn tho attention 01
purchasers Is' sohVlted, aa they aio ottetvd at
PB1CE 1UiDCCU'Si lr0Ui lB8t BJiAH0:V8
100 pieces SHIRRED JfTlBLlNS for Bolle,
100 pieces I'lQCeS In ail varieties ol'aijli
aiylcs and
price rom BOc to tl-SO.
30C
PARIS COFFERED kKIUTS. nowest stvles
of my own Importation.
jgawiB in.TNanr) hot oh
628 "VVkiRT11 s' 628
Manufactory. No. tti8 ARCH fltreef.
Above Sixth Sueet, Philadelphia.
Wholesale and Retail.
Our assortment embraces all the pew and desirable
stylea unci glzcs, of every length and sizo Waiat tor
Ladles, Aliases, and Children.
Ihose of "Ot OWN MAKE " are tuptnor In Unit
anc duratiih y to any other bkiits made, and Warranted
to five satisfaction,
fcklrts made to order, altered and repaired. i 4$
COAL.
COAL! OOL!!
BIST QUALITIES OF COAL
AT LOWEST MARKET RATES,
AT
ALTER'S
COAL YARD,
NINTH STREET,
BELOW CIRARD AVENUE.
P. HAN CH OFFICE CORNER OF SIXTH AND
firBIKG U A It DEN felBFETS. 21
JAMES O'BRIEN,
DEALER EST
LELTIGII AND SCHUYLKILL
. C O A L,
BY 2 HE CARGO OR SINGLE TON.
Yard, Ercad Street, below Fitzwater.
II as constantly on hand a competent supply ot the
above superior Coal, suitable lor lamiiv use, to
which lie cull tho attention of his lrltnds aud the
public generally.
(Jidda lilt at No. 206 S. Fifth street. No. 82 8
8eveiitnth street, or through Despatch or Post
Uiuce, prorrpuy auinueato
A 8LPhHiOK gUALZir OK BLACKSMITHS
COAL. 7 8$
ROBERT- P. BENDER,
COAL DEALER,
S. W. CORNER ER0AD AND C ALL0 WfllLL S TREETS
rniLADELruiA.
None hot the best WEST LEHIGH, all sizes, from the
Greenwood Colliery, on Laud, aud for sal for CAhll
ONLY. . O 10 6m
Also.LNCINE, HEATER, AND FTJRNACE COAL.
DYEING, SCOURING, ETC.
pilEMII STEAM SCOURUG
ESTABLISHMENT,
No. 510 KACE Street.
Wo tea leave to draw Tour partloular attention to our
new French Menu Scouring Kstabllshrreut tbe tlrnt aud
onlv one ol its kind In this citv. M a tin not dve. but bv
chemical procea res'.ore Ladles', Gentlemen's, and
iniiurea uanuwnts to their original sutos. witnout
lnlurluii them in tlie least, while uumt experience and
the bett nachlnery from France enuble us to warrant
periect satmiuctiuu to ail who may lavor us witu tueir
patronaxo. LAblEH' DRhnttKH.of every description,
w ith or without Trimmings, are cleaned and finished
without being taken apart, whether the color is genuine
ur nut. .
J ' i . iuhhd U 'i u iu allium!,, UIMIUB, .'"'i in.
Carpets. Velvet. Ribbons, Kid Gloves, eto.. cleaned ana
ronnl-hed in the best manner. Uentlenien's Hummer
and Winter Clotliluir c!ennd tn nerecti n without In
jury to the stuff. Also Flairs and llanncrs All kinds of
stains removed without oieaniug the whole All orders
are executed nndnr our immediate suoorvlslun. and
satisfaction guaranteed in every iusiance. A cull and
examination of our process is retpectlully solicited.
ALBEDYLL & MARX,
1 12 mthsS
No. 610 BACK Street.
THE STATEN ISLAND FANCY DYEING
JL EBTABLIfMF.NT. AT THE OIJJ STAND,
No. N. EIGHTH Bireet, East side.
NO OIHKR OFFICE IN THIS CITY.
With the benefits oi an experience ot nearly fitly
years on Htaten Island, and Utilities uneuualleil by any
other eslablisemeut tn tins country, we oil or superior
inducements to those bavlna r-nk, Woollen or f aucf
Goods lor DYEINO R CLEANSING.
llAfcRETT. NEFbKW. CO..
No. 47 N. r lull 1 11 f Ireot. I-hlladnluhnt,
Nos ft snd 7 JOHN Htreet New Yori,
No. 71H IlHOAUW AY New York. r!
i 1 lm No.itw i LLiON Street, Uiooklyn
MARCH 15, 18GG-.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
QIRAED FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
OFFICE, HO. 410 WALNOT STREET, PIIILAD&LTIIIA.
CAPITAL PAID IV, IK CASU, 200I(M.
TMs conpary eentlanesto write en Fir Jtiiki oolf
Its capital, with good surplus, Is eatery Invested.
701 .
Losses ty are have bees promptly paid, and more than
$500,000
Disbursed on this account within the past few yean.
For tbe present the office of this company win
remain at
No. 415 WALNUT STREET,
But within a few month will remove to Its OWN
BUILDING
N. Z. CORNER SEVENTH ANT CHERNTT STREETS
Then aa now, we shall be hnppy to Insure onr patrons at
such rates as are consistent with safety.
D1EECTOBS
(tTTrtmr i a f 1 wvr
ALFRFTtH. flTLT.ETT,
HJKMAN "PKi'FAFD,
1 I 6. MA h I, LA R,
JOI1N faiTLI E.
JOHN W t'LAGIIORJT,
61 LAS TlKKktt.jR
CHARLES I. prrovT,
IIKNRY F. KFSSKY.
JOBEril EXAI'l', M.D.
TTTOWAR CRAVEN". President.
A LFRFI 8. CIl.LFTT V. President and Treasurer.
JAMES B. ALYORD. Secretary. 1 19 t
FI It E I N 8 IT. It A N C E,
TBI HOME INHCRANCE COMPAKI
OF I'UlI.AI'M.l'HI A,
No. 160 8. FOURTH Street
Charter Perpetual. Authorized Capital, (SCO OCO
l'ald-up CapLal, iiUuii.
Insures aftalnst lota or dsmase hv F1RR on bulMtnim,
either permanently or tor a LIMITED period. Also on
M r.ROlANOlSE generally and Household Furniture,
city or conntiy.
J nmes Brown.
bibkctobh
Thomas Klmber, Jr.,
Lemuel Ct flln,
J. IllUhnra Jones,
John Woodside.
Wm. C Lonsstrcth,
.1. N Tlntrl.iiiinn
Charles A. Duy,
Wm. 1. 1 ewis.
William II. Bullock,
V m. N. Needles,
oudu, layior,
JAME8 BROWN ' President.
C1IAS. A Pl'Y rt-President,
1 1K1W AS NEILSON. Kecre
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES
fUE FIRE IN ClIESNUT STREET
Letter from Wells, Fargo & Co.
810,000 SAVED U HERRING'S PATENT SAFE.
Philadelphia, January 2. lHfiS.
llEPSES. FAitpst, HEr.nmo Co. Gentlemen i We
have Just opened our Safo, one of your manufacture,
which passed through the destructive flto In Chesnut
street last night. The Safe was In our office, No. 607,
which building was entirely destroyed. The Safo was la
a warn place, as you mav well suppose, and was red
hot when taken out of the embers. We aro well satlstled
with the result of this tilal, and find our books, pavers
and some ten thousand dollars In money almost as per
fect as when put in tho Sate. Nothing is injured, U we
except the leather .bindings of the book-, wbich aro
steamed; the nionoy and papers are as good as ever.
Truly yours,
WELLS, FA11GO & CO.,
rcr J. n. COOK. Agent
Tbe above Safe can be seen at our store.
FARREL, HERRING & CO.,
S 10 lm No. 629 CHESKCT Street
STOVES. RAftGES, Ac.
CJULYER'S NEW PATENT
DEEP SAND-JOIHT
HOT-AIR FURNACE.
. RANGES OF ALL SIZES.
ALSO, FHIEGAB'8 EW LOW I'ltESSTJEE
STEAM I1EAILNU AITAKAruS.
TOVi BALE BY
CHARLES WILLIAMS,
Ko. 11S2 MARK EI STKbET.
64$
HATS AND CAPS.
T
M P
op
L k E
FAS II I O IV.
Small rroflts. Quick Sales.
HATS AND CAPS. NEWEST STYLES
t
LOWEST PKICES IN THE CII.
BOURNE,
Ko. 40 N. SIXTH STliEEr.
123tntbt2m
fllE OLDEST AND LARGEST
SADDLE AND HARNESS
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENT IN THE
COUNTRY.
LACE Y, MEEKER & CO.,
No. 1216 CHESNUT STREET,
l Offer of their own mancfacttbei
BCCCT HARNESS, from t22 S0 to $150
LIUMT BAKOUCIIE do (0 00 to S90
HEAVY do do 75 CO to M9
EXPRESS, BBASB MOUNTED BARN ESS 2780 to 90
WAGON AND bELF-AE JUSTIN 0 15 U0 to 30
STAGE AND TEAM do 30 00 to SO
LADIEb SADDLE, do 12-00 to 150
GENTS' do do 8D0 to 75
Bridles, Countings, Bits, Rosette, Horse Covers,
Blushes, Combs, Poaps, Blacking, Ladles' and Cents.
Travelling and Tourist Bags and Sacks, Lunch Baskets,
Dressing and Shirt Cafes. Trunks and Valises.
3 9 6mrp No. 1S10CHKSNUTRT,
THE " E X C E L S I O R'
I I J M 1 S
(Selected from the best Corn-Fed Hogs.)
ARE IRE BEST IN T11E WORLD.
J. II. MICHENEB & CO.,
GENERAL BROVIflON DEALERS, ,
Awid Curers of the OleTjrutotl
" EXCELSIOR"
SUGAR CURED. TIAIS,
Tongues ' and Beef,
Nca. 142 and 144 North FRONT Street.
None genuine nnlesi brandod
"J. F. M. CO.. EXfKLBiOK."
Tbe Justly celebrated . EX T.U'lOK" UAM9 are
cured brJ. n. ii & Co (In a st lu peculiar to thno
selves) eaprrsly for FAMILY IHK are ol dell, lou
tlavur tree Iroui the uoiiU unnut tune of salt, ami are
prouoBUvvd by epicure superior to uuy now uftt-re't iw
sa e. 8 27 tutlisSoi
INSURANCE COMPANIES,; J
J I COMTANY, i
INCOBrOBATH M int l.r"iIATUItJB I
PESNfYI.VANIA. 1H.. y f
OFFICE B F. (ttRKKR THIRD AND WilS I,
BiFuis, rnn.A Ki.ritiA.
MARINE lNbUXANCl
ON TFHBELO.i
CASGO, '
miii.sT.
Te all parta of the v
ISLAND INSURANCES '
Ob Coeds bj River. Canal, Lake, snd Land rrlartk."
ii linn. " inn , ' ill. ill.
FIRK INSURANCES
On Verrhanrtlse senerallv.
On Stores, Dwe.ling Houses, eto.
ASSETS OF THE COMPANY1
Nnvemhr 1. 1N&S.
fioe ceo
lewo
Soo.Me
10000
M,M0
125,000
20,000
25,000
United States 5 per cent, loan, 7l
( ' " ! (1 nnvu,.
M T l-H er eent. loan. t
Treasury Note 10, ItJd
dt.i. oi i uuusivaDia v ive rer ienv
Loan M.BS8
State of rennsylvaoui bU Tor Cent. 1
Loan 51151
CH.v of Feiladeipha Mix Ter Cent.
Loan 112,811 fit
Tennsvlvsnla Railroad First alort-
gae Six l'er Cent. Honds 20,00000
FennsylvaVila Railroad Hecond Mort-
,..kl.l..l'..i U..H.
23,750W
(SOU
Vi esttrn I'ennsvlvanta Ual read Burt
t ge r rer t nt. lionl
33,79
15,000
Hi) 8harea Stork Girniantown tin.
Company, principal and Interest
Saarsnteed by the City oi i'hlla
elpliia 143 bliaiea Stock l'eiiusv.vaila Hall-
.13,537 0C
7,iro
6.U0
40,000
30,100
170 700
rertd i omnsnr a Ma4
KO Shares mock North Pennsylvania
Railroad Company 3,250"00
Deposit with United States Oovnrn.
ment. subject to ten nays' call 40,00009
oiaie or lenneasee Hive rcr Cent.
. Loan 18,900 00
Loans on Bonds aud aiortgaKe, Hist
lie us on City Troperty 170,700-1
1,030,860 Fr- Market value Oftfl ,W0 O
Real Estate sij.i oo o
Bills receivable lor Insurances made. 11,013 XI
Balancesdueat Aaenclcs.- r rciniujiis
on M irlne l'ollcirs Accrued Inte
rest, and othet dehta due tha Com
pany..... 40.51M4
pcrlp and Hcock or sundry Insurance
and other Companies, a 133. Esti
mated value....'. .. I. 3.0100C
CsshlnJlsnks $,!M8 W
Cash lu Drawer 078 48
. M,635T
1.2o3,(JJ0-lt
Thomas a. IT .
I'lBECTORS.
John C. Darls,
Edmund A. bonder,
Theophlus Pauldiug.
John It. Penrose,
James Tranoair,
Henry C. 1 'allett, Jr.,
James C. lland
William C, Lndwlg,
Jnsepa H. Seal,
Georse C, Lelper,
Hiikb Craig.
Fokert Barton.
Samuel . Stokea.
i. Y. I'enlstnn,
Henrr Moan,
William G. Bonlton,
Edward Darlington,
H. Jones Brooks,
Edward La ourcado,
Jacob P. Jones
James R. McFarland, '
Joshua P. Eyre,
Hpencer Mcllvaln,
.1. H. Semnle, Pltttbnrg,
. B. Heraer, Pittburg,
t T U. ........ T. ! . .. I. . . .
John D Taylor,
' iiri, rrstoent,
dt,, -JOHN c. DAVIS, Vice President.
Bemit LrtBrsK, tccretarv. nu
1529CIIAIlTEI1 TERPETUAL
FRANKLIN
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF
I'lIILADKI.PIIIA.
Assets on Januarvl, 18G0,
82,000,85100.
C apltal ....... t400 (100 no
Aceiued Surplus 944 513 ,r,
J'teiulum I,ltti,3v8t
tKSElTLKD CLAIMS,
11,467 53.
INCOME FOB 1806,
310 0U0.
LOSSES PAID SINCE lBO OVJEB
85,000,000.
rcrpctual and Tem porary Policies on Liberal Terms.
, , DIRECTORS,
f m r B""ck-M'. I I dward C. Dalo,
finnniAl llr.in
ui'uikh rates.
Alln.il li'ttlnr
(ieortie W. Richardi,
FranuU W. Lewie, M. D.
J6UU u J.ra,
rlAT?T.ir4 V li.vfLri.ij Tu..u a
tab tv J'AIV. ALK.'vice-PresldcnU
JAS. W. 11CALU8TER, Secretary protein. 2 tl2a
JJORTII AMERICAN TRANSIT
INSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 133 S. FOURTH Streot
PHILADELPIIIA.
Annual Policies IsBued aeaiast General Accidents of all
descriptions at exceedingly low rates,
Insurance c fleeted for one year, In auy sum from 100
to $10 0C0, at a premium of only one-halt per cent, seen
ring the full amount Insured In case eT death, and a com
pensatlon each week equal to the whole promlum paid.
feaort time i tcteta fot 1 2 3, 5 7, or 10 days, or 1, 3, or
6 months, at in cen s a day, Insuring In tho sum of tsooa
or giving $15 per wet k It disabled, te be had at tho Gene
ral Oflce, No. 133 B. FOURTH Street. Philadelphia, or at
the Y.irloua Hal'road I lcfcet offices. Be sure to purchaae
the tickets of the North American Transit Insurance
hot ciicnlars and further Information apply at to 1 S
Cenoral Office, or of any of the authorizcdAgcnts of U 1
Lb WIN L IIOUPT. President.
JAS1F8 M. CONRAD, 'Iniasurof.
HKNRY C BROWN, Secretary.
JOUN C. BCLL1TI. Solicitor.
DIKtC'lOKS.
li Tii BnP! o feniihy lvajila Baliroad Con pany.
JI. B?r. ot ii. W . Baldwin u t.'o.'s. vv
Kamuel C. Palmer. Cashier 01 Coinuierclal Bank.
Richard Weod. Ne. 3HU Market street.
James U. K onrad. No. 6'3 tlarkci street.
J. t.. Klntsly. lonilnrn a! Hotel.
II. O. Lett-enilUK, Nos. 2S7 ud l?0 Pock street
Samuel Work, ot Work J'ctouch&Co
Ceor,e llariln No. Hi Chemut steet 11 1 f
nE PROVIDENT
Lilo and Trust Co.,
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Incorporated bv the State of rennsylvanlaThlr
22d. lHi, lNbl. LIVKM, ALLOW-IMBUES!
DJil'OblTH. AND CRANTS tSSt'imS.
CAPITA-Li, ttPiGo.OOO.
DIRSCTOB8.
Samncl R. Rhlnlev.
Richard Cadbnry,
Jen uilah Uncker,
Joshua H UoirU,
Richard Wood,
neiiry names,
T Wisiar Brown,
William ( f.imuKtrAth
en an
SA11UEL R. eaiPLKY.Prcsltton
Rowlaks Pasbt, Actuary.
ovFicn, ' 7 284
No. Ill S. FOURTH Street.
f . mum.
PIKEWX INSURANCE
H 1J " . A T BP T ' ta LI 1
COMPANY O
No. 2'24 W ALNCT Street, opposite the Kxctumsa
in adUitlen te 14 AR1KK a.dIMND vSSSilsCM
this Comraoy insures irom lexs oroamaiie by FIRE oa
!b,erJi H.Tl.?.lUUIr!' T-ef'-handise furnltuis,. eto."
aepo.lt'oitprePmVum 'r,,uu,,,tly on ItuiiulnBS, of
than HXlY YE Rt. ourlug nblsh ah losses kave tteea
promptly adjusted and paid. " w
John L. Hodee.
pmtCToas.
H. B. Maboney,
Job . T. Lewis,
Williams, ejrant,
Robert W Learning, '
D. Clark Wharton,
Samuel Wilcox.
Lawrenea Lewis, jr.
Iavil Iwls,
Heujamta citing,
Tbouiss U. Powers.
A b. McUenry,
Edmond fantllioa.
JORN R
jji'ius 1 , i orris.
WUCHRJCB, President..
Bamcbl Wucox, Be retarr.
I'M
Ti'IBE INSUKANCB! EXCLUSIVELY TUB
If JCNNSYLYAN1A riRK 1 M8UBANCE COMPANY
-In corporated UttS-Cliarter Perpetual-Mo. 510 WAli
NI T bireet, opposite Independence Hqaaie '
lhlat'osupaor.iaverab yknewB to the community (of
over forty years, eouUnae te Insure aaalust loss ot
damave by Ore oa puu.laor Private Bmluings ehe
periuauenty or lor a limited time. Also en furniture
fetocks of doodaand Iterehaudiae feueraily, cVuberXf
f bott CbpIwi, toRether wttlj a large Barplns fund, 1
Invested In the most careful niauuer whluh enaliW
them to cder to the Insured a! TnUuublLe aeetlmrt
the ease 01 to.
Daniel Pmf'h. Jr..
BianCToas.
Alexander Benson,
I.aae Hasieharss,
John Devsreni. ,
Th-inas Huiitlt, 1
I'.nrv Leo Is.
J Ciiuui,.n. rit
auuiuas auuuii,
bailie, fiBfi(t(Hift, jr.
w..t,a a ,lkL HM1TH, Jb., President.
Wiuiam O. Cbowbix, ibecietaw. u
i..ni.i n.'.r -..-