TmDAlLY EVENING TELEGRArH TRIPLE SHEET. PHIL ADELPIIIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 186G. THE WORK OF RICIlTKOlSXiSS I A Thanksgiving Sermon, Delivered Before the Congregations of the First and Third Reformed Dutch Churches, by the Rev. J. W. Schenck, tt the Church, Corner Tenth and Filbert Streets. We published yetteiday a short abstract of the eloquent Tbarktglving sermon delivered by the Rev. J. W. Schenck, at the Third Reformed Dutch Church. Believing that the whole dis course will well repay perusal, we avail our selves of the space which, wanting yesterday, is to-day at our command, and give it to the public In full. The minister selected his text from the 17th verse of the 32(1 chapter of Iiaiah: "And ttie work ot righteousness shall be peace." At the call ol our Chief Magittrate,our whole people engage in thanksgiving to Almighty Hod to-day. For this excellent and becomliifr custom Is, happily, asan made national. IJappily, wo say, lor this is as it should be. It beuis us, as a professedly Christian nation; and more than this, it is in keeping wil our national origin, and properly recoariizes and keeps It in remem brance. Our origin is in no seme accidental. We are the offrpiing of the providence ot (Jod. Not that ordinary providence, by which He 'upholds and regulates all things, but that special providence by which He prepares the way of His kinsrdom of righteousness and peace, and establishes its sway In the world. iSleu were educated to found this nation, In the school of conflict, for sacred principles. The Spirit ef God awakened a few minds to see and appreciate the deadening influence ot Kime, on mind and heart, and social, moral, and civil estate. They saw, too, tbat in the great Bible doctrine ol justification by la;th in Christ, lay enwrapped freedom of conscience in the Church of (iod; and they set themselves, in the strength ot the Lord, to loose the Pupal shackles lrom the Cbuich, aud put away lrom between her and her true Lord the soul-tyranny of Rome. Aud thus came forth the Protestant Reformation, whose special beauty and strength showed themselves in the Netherlands, thon a province of Spain. Philip II, inspired by his cruel heart and his Romish prejudices, sought to crush out this Heaven-inspired spirit of liof-rty; and em ployed all the horrors of war and the Popish Inquisition to effect his purpose. The Netaer 1 untie, seeing that freedom, not only religious but civil, was at stake, resisted. Alter a long and terrible strueele they triumphed, aud reli gious and civil liberty was theirs. Aud now, "being independent, they must frame a civil Government which would secure by it opera tion these dear-bought bpnefirs. The Relortned f'hHrch our Reformed Church itself the very symbol and the foster-mother of botb.furnishe'l, in its framework, a model which waj imitated. The result was the free Dutch Republic.which, while it was the wonder of the age, affords d a safe asylum to the oppressed for conscience' sake. Nor were these wanting. Puritans and Huguenots found occasion to seek temporary asylum there; and while there, they letirned the connection between a free republic and the sure guarantee of free exercise of religious affections. They came, and Hollanders came hither, and brought these Mcas with theai, in addition to the spirit ol the Relormatlon. And when the mother-coun'ry put the h?el of oppression upon their descendants, she met that spirit and these ideas in lull Hie and vigor. They har and forbore till endurance ceased to be a virtue, Bnd then they struck for independence and not in vain. , , m , A For in Independence they designed only to perpetuate to Church and State what had been born in the Reformation, aud brought to matu rity through much tiibulaiion in the Nether lands. And now they set Into the 60'1 of the New World, and water with tears of pious: grati tude, and fertilize w Ith the prayer of faith, tho precious "Plant of renown," which their fathers had borne with them from their Old World asylum. And it took root; and in our free insti tutions, baptized twice in blood, we have the statelv tree grown to strength, and spreading its branches, and sheltering by its genial shade the representatives of every clime and nation. Now see why it is often noted that the institutions of our Reformed C Lurch and our civil institutions are similar. It is natural that the child should be like its parent. Our Reformed Church in, root and branch, in every seuse, an ecclesiastical republic. And since we may thus trace our origin though"the Dutch Itepublic"up to the Reformed Church, whose original is that great agency by which God would reform and liberate the world through the doctrines and blood of His Sou. behold bow Imperative the duty of all American citizens to labor to preserve intact these institu tions of God's own planting, by His special aud wonderful Trovidence. While then to-rlay we give thanks for larare harvist, and active industry, and preserved health, and peaceful foreign relations, It is mosi fitting that our minds take the direction of con sidering what is necessary to effect the end, for w hich it is clear we were brought into, and are continued in existence, as a people. Our text furnishes us the necessary instruction, and leads our minds in a proper train. "The wore of righteousness shall be peace." For in this term, "peace," are contained all those elemencd which can be conceived of as having place in the ob ject for which we were made and are so signally preserved a freo republic. It pictures to us the smooth woiking ot the national machinery; the complete harmony of all the departments of Government; the practical otticiency, because of the actual supremacy, of law; the unjarring ad justment of the wrious interests and industries of the nation; the brotherly union ot all its sec tions; aud tho full recognition and enjoyment ol all rights, civil, social, religious, throughout our holders. Nay, brethren, it pictures all our present difficulties settled; all sectional bitter ness cured, and the stream of personul freei w and salety, in the enjoyment oi hlsb privileges, coursing everywheie, and bearing upon its bosom a happy, busy, contented, law-abiding, prosperous people; and over them thebnalic sun of God's lavorpouiingdown blessings, varied as circumstances, abundant as neoe4?ities, in His raj9. We may then express oar gratit'ide to-day, by carefully and devoutly considering the divinely prescribed requisite to this peace. And now, first, let me show you something of the nature of this requisite. As it was origi nally piven, it was the promise of what -thou Id be under given circumstances. It was the pledge of Divine honor and faithfulness that, when ligbieousnessLad done its work, peace should be tnjojed. But who cannot see enwrapped in it a lundamental principle to aovern ail human action, and to point the human mind to the attainroont of valuable results f Now God plainly tells us, by various means, that it is a pi inciple underlying His personal and govern mental action. "All the words of Hie mouth are in righteousness." "i, the Lord, have called thee in righteousness." And does Heuotstytu Himself "the righteous Lord, that lovoth righteousness V lie ' rules in rlahteousness;" He shall "juriore the world in ilghteousuess;" and He "doeth righteousness." But, more still to our point: "The kingdom of God Is, first, righteousness, then peace." The title of toe gi eat Redeemer is "the Prince ot Peace." The issue of His conflict with the powers ef dark ness is, "on earth peace." Yet "the sceptre of His kingdom is a sceptre of riuhieousness," and in the connection ot our text, and at the very starling-point of the thought tbat is in It ex nressed. Ho is styled "a King who shall reign in righteousness." His work of sacrifice is a work of righteousness, through which, by "magnifying the law, and making it honorable," He becomes "the end of the law for righteous neb to tvery oue that believeth," and so. their peaee. And when the beneficence of His por et rwej- j tubjoct of remark, we hear it Hid ? n 1,10 -ntains shall bring pence to the poo P10! -nd the little hill, by righteousness." Thus '.is made clear that everywhere righteousness gees belore peace Its part, Its roo its fundamental source. And no wonder; tor God has established His throi.e for righteousness. And as the God of peace, to make peace the inhabitant of this earth, He hat laid the princl- Fle ot the text at the basis of the revolution lis f race has proposed to effect: and will have it honored, held sacred, by all who would enjoy pcpcc. And now, what can the citizen of the United States deem moro Important than to know what this work of righteousness involves? To endeavor to show tuis will occupy our second head of discourse. The "woiker ot righteousness" is in one place declared to be "accepted with (Sod." it Is iherelorc doing that which pleases, because It honors God. Enoch was said to "please God," and his ways are described in the short sen tence, "F.noch walked with God." It is Snid that "8olomon pleased God" when, in answer to God's, "Ask, what shall I give thee?" he said, "(Jive me an understanding heart to judge thy Cec.ple, that 1 may discern between good an I ad." Solomon was ju.-t seated on his throne, and to show that God was pleased, and to shew the bearing ot that case upon our present object, let me say God gave him wisdom above all belore or alter him; and not only that, but enormous wealth, and length ot days, and great honor;' and He gave him a reien of abso lute peace. Now we can see that the "work of righteousness" involves First, a strict regard in all out ways, as men end citizen, to the re quirements ot the Divine will. Working righteousness is doing right, God beiuz ttie judge of theiiaht. Aud His "thou shaifand "thou shalt not," found plainly written, deliue toe richt. For "all his command ments are righteous." David, as a man and as a kln:. stiuck the true vein when he said (aud iu pri vate and m public lilehe acted upon it, save in the case of Urian the Hittite, ot which he bit terly repented), "I esteem all thy precepts con cerning ail thiues to be right, and 1 hate every false way." Hence, his administration as king is marie the standard by which every reign after wards is tested. It is, indeed, remarkable that a good king, and one approved of God, is de scribed as doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father. And worthy to be noted is it, mat those were not approved of God of whom it could even be said, "he did right in the slRht of the Lord," since it must be added "but not like David his fathtr." What a strict construction, then, does God put upon this work ot righteous ness! Surely, it involves something more, something deeper-seated than an external form of obeoience, ot even divine precept. It dis closes to us how tiu J it is, that "mere is a way that seemeth riaht to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." It comments most severely upon those ways of men which are fashioned alter the principle of bciugfonly legally right. But not simply magis trates have been taught concerumg nils work ol righteousne.-s. Toe peopie have a lesson iu the event of the disruption under Rehoboam. That wa the work of God. He rent- the king dom asunder, and only lett a small portion to David's line, lor His promise' sake to David, and for His great purpose' sake, respecting David's ion and Lord. The reaon for His severe visi tation thus inculpates king and people: "Ihey have J lorsakeu me, aud have worshipped tho gods of the heathen, aud have not walked in my ways to do that which was right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my Judg ments, as did David." The truth is, God has been eareiul to reveal Himself as an adminis trator ot government, and to make it appear that the precepts He enjoins upon men grow out of and exhibit His own metliod ot con ducting the aff airs of government. And thus lie is before men actually tne Model Ruler; and He would bo imitated iu his principles and wajs by peoples and nations. And lu this imi tation ot Him this piactical use of the prin ciples underlying His tnrone, and actuating him, all with reierence to the declaration of His glory and honor as the Chief Magistrate of the Universe we have this "work of righteous ness." Now, secondly, this further involves strict regard for the best interests ot meu. As i' looks backward and find its model in the Divine administration, so it looks forward and finds its aims in sympathy with the Divine purpose!. Wb.eu a nation conducts its affairs a9 the Divine Ruler does, it will begin to aim to attain the same ends, aa Goil proposes to Himself, aud will effect, in the accomplishment of His purposes. And, as God has made His great law of righteous ness to look to human good, as well us to His proper glory, so, while He administers His government to show that He "whose name is Jehovah is the most High over all the oarth." At the same time, His very rule ot men is di rectly employed for their establishment in the "glorious liberty ol the sons of God;" and to participation in ibis liberty it-eeks to briug the very creation it "delivers from the bondage bi coiruption." The kingdom of God is, infeed, the reiuge, vhe retreat into which the burdened aad weary slaves of the foul author of all op pression and misery are invited to llee. And His government in righteousness is held forth as their guarantee of safety from all harm for evermore. And it is none the less tilting to be consuleied by citizens that this state of safety is styled "eternal hie." Now, most titling is it that ij at ions do ail that is right to show their power and resources and dignity, aud to gam honorable standing among otner nations. Yen, this a nation can do, and conform to the amid and will of God. Yea, more; this will be the result, ll its ways do conform to His. But, ii falls lar short ot its true end if it stops here. No nation is formed for its glory merely. A nation is a provider, a guide, a protector. It3 people, the subjects ot its authority, are toe proper objects of its provisions, Its guidance, its protection. Whatever may contribute to their personal prosperity the nation must fur nish by its distribution of privileges, its defini- I tion and recognition of rights, and by opeuiug avenues for industry and talent, to traverse freely in pursuit ol every good. And it must delend ull honestly and peacefully engaged in such pursuit, against the selfishness and criminal ambition of such as would re sist or harass them. Nor has it luliiUc'd its Uiph charge until it has gven its energies to the intellectual nud moral cul ture of its people, aud the encouragement of all inliuences, especially those of tue kingdom of God, which may contribute to their well-being in its tidiest sense. Aud in this, if it imitate the Divine model, it will be "no respecter ot persons," but will spread its benefits with liberal Land to those everywhere who honor lt6 autho rity, and withhold them from such only us reluse that honor, by resistance of its righteoj-i i equipments and the violation of its lawful provisions. And when We speak Of the nation, we do not con tine ourselves to the magistracy, and hold tbem alone bound to this. We accept the great underlying principle of our institu tions, "the people, the power," uu hold this up as ke Divinely prescribed order for them, in tnat capacity, to follow. Indeed, it is idle to look tor a work of righteousness ju ollidal posi ti ns. it it be not found iu meu as men, au i as they move amonit men. Now it will be seen that, in order to that "work of righteousue-s," which "shall be peace," there must be honesty, un-eltishness, , and unswerving devotion to the real riaht, and to the great ends cf government and citizen ship, viz., the common weal, uoth in officials and citizens. That sympathy with the great "worker ot righteousness,'' which is involved in the "work of righteousness," makes this im perative and absolute upon all who would strive for what is signified by "peace." And does the "work of rigliteousuess" seem to any difficult, and even impossible to be in ado prac ticable, Hnd therefore "peace," thouat desira ble, yet beyond reach f We must, thou, tUlrily, inquire, Whence is this "work of righteous ness r" He tbat "woikelh rirhteousnesi," and is therefore "accepted wiih God," is said to "fear God:" and this ".earing Go3" is repre sented as the source of this "working righteous nest." And when God writes the great aud only requirement He makes of man. He cou ples closely with "doing justly," "love, merely, and walk numbly before) God." And Ho writes the text here to declare iht "the work of righteousness" flows from the Indwelling of rfrbtoousr fa. And He, in anoMir pUce.alf-o lays down the trnth: Their riehtcotisnt ssis ol me, saiih the- Lord." And when an individual Is ar.mittcd to peace with God," wh'ch comes through bring "made righteous" or "just died," and thus fitted to "work righteousness,", it is by faith in Jesus." Now this ail shows the "work of r1ghteon?ne3" in its strictest eense attainable In actual practice, aud the "peace," ty no means ont of reacn. An! you; will perceive that it hns its root In n spirit which both delights tn God's will and cheerfully flows out In lull sympathy with Divine purposes. The "work of rightconHness" Is tut a fruit bearlng tree; its root the fear of God. It Is but a streams its fountain, humility belore God.j It Is but an effect; tig cause Christ, our righteous ness, iving in iiie bclievine sonL Aud since nations are made up of Individuals, aud national action but the aggregate of individual action n f sini-e it is proper to require ot individuals that they reach the ability to work righteous ness through this faith In, humliity before, and learol, God it is no less proper to bind up 'n aggregates of Individuals, in organized capacity, the like obligation, to be fulfilled lu like way. "A righteous natiou" Is no Utopia In the word or mind of God nay, not a multitude of "righteous nations" nay, not even the recogui tion of Christ, the Universal King. For ulace is made, in the provisions of mercy, for the "righteous nation;" and it is foreshadowed that "the kingdoms ot this world" are to "oeeome the kingdom of our Lord and ot His Christ, and he shall reien forever and ever." And this, by-thc-way, describes the state of thine when ' peace on earth and good-will towards man" shall be fully an accomplished tact, and he heritage complete of this entire world. And now, what doth God Tcquire of this nation ? W hat does He lav upon us as Indispensable to the lull enjoyment of "peace?" Nav, what that we may luldl tne destiny fchich, by the peculiar Froviaence that brousht us into existence, is evidently marked out for us f Nothing less than that our national acts and measures and spirit be such as will riph.ly, In His eyes, bear the name, "the work ot rihteousness.'' This nation cannot, with impunity, ignore this. This people cannot, without risking weightier chastisements than have yet fallen to their lot, be deaf to this matter. Americans, God must be practically recog nized here ai the Ruler among the nations. The Erinciples of His government must be adopted ere, and put into operation. The truth of God must be replnced into the foundations of our in stitutions. The Holy Code of Jehovah must be rc cr.cni7.ed us the great Constitution, to which we must bo subject. In a word, what may be ternitd the Christian power in the world must be submitted to, and made to give Impulse to our social, communal, national machinery. Honor must be paid the kingdom of God, us the great governing authority; aud men aud mea sures must he tested by the standard that king dom sets tip, and made to souare with its provi sions, or be rejected and held iu complete obscurity. Long enoi'gh has the Groat Father of this nution in wtiose fear, and at whose bidding, and -alter wle pattern, its foundations were laid been ignored; and men's passions, ambi tions, follies, end thirslings for power, nud suites for latuess, been the masters, whoe lash baa driven us, and the gods whose altars have burned with the sacrifices of honor, and in tegrity, and morality, and even religious stand ing and obligation. Longenoueh have tho threat acd tho bribe, and the evil combination, fur nished the motive power in driving the national machinery. Long enough have the natioual resources, some of which are tne very brow-sweat ot the honest poor, fed the spirit ot speculation, and fattened the maws of those who reach after the power to oppress, that they may prosper in the world. Talk of financiering, and statesmanship, and rigid legislation to remedy the evils wUicQ dis tract usl Why, men are always and everywhere figuring, statesmen rise up as thick as branches oi the bramble, and thirty thou mud laws brittle on the pages ol our statute-books 1 Well enough arc these in their place, and under tho proper control; but they are not equal to "the dangers of the hour" alone. No, nothing will remedy them but what will remove the Divine fron. And nothing will do this but to cease what dis pleases Him, aud return to what will please Him; and nothing so displeases Him as disre garding His law, and dishonoring His Sou ! And tins iu a nation, no less than an individual. Tlieie is a power in this laud that holds iu ilself the only remedy. That power is the Church ot God. That Church must nottnrow herself in tho background as she has done. She must make herself felt. When national abomi nations arose in olden time, God spoke to His Church; warned her to bring her principles to bear, and sent from her bosom prophets to "cry aloud and spare not," to kings and rulers against ! those hbommations. And thus He ever keeps before the Christianity of our day its imperative ; duty. He calls upon it to come out into the field of action. And He very forcibly calls upon Christians to consolidate, and with uubroken ! fiont, by usinu tbcir rights, alter the Divine i Mori el, and in accordance with the Divine Spirit ' and requirement, speak and say what must be none. Eight millious of Christ's endowed people are no slight power, and the influence they are capable ot wielding is scarce computable. Let i these vith one voice tell the country what men ; and what measures will alone be acceptable. ! They will thus only stand where God has by His grace qualified them to stand, and His will has commanded them to stand. And then, armed . with the sword of the Spirit, and backed by Om nipotence overruling all things for their su'cce.-s, I what may they not do ? brethren, our tex piainly implies that the Church cf God, the de ; l ositoryof truth, the dwelling place of Chris i tianity, and the temple of Christ, should be the leader in any country. Christianity should lead i public sentiment, shape political viows, and biiild, of the material it has in its hands the ; platfoim on which men, aud such men as will bo at home on it, shall rise to poer, and after ! which they shall conduct themselves in power, i Yes, this is Christianity's legitimate place. And I iifver will her account be clean till here she j stands, and, in the name of her Lord, demands i and secures honor to Him whom she adores and I serves, her Head, and the world's righttui Sovereigr. i And now, brethren, never were the ApostKs words more appropriate, as addressing the Church of God, "Knowiug the tiine, it is bis i ! lime to awake out of sleep." It is not a time' to I sleep. It is a time of danger. Civilly, a terrible j storm thieaten, which uotuinar but proloumi i wisdom, yea, "the work of righteousness," cuu I avert. And, morally, who lead in the land I I Who are among the most busy instructors of the : people in morals And who gather the miantieft crowds to their feet? Look at the novel, the review, the popular lecture, the tage-pl.iy, the periodical, and behold ho largely aud with bow few exceptions the'r mora' teaching shoots out of a Divine autaorirv, and exalts man to be his self-ruler and guide t J righteousness! Is this the principle ou- o which our country's measures are to comei Brethren, can the Church sleep while this 1 euiictirg r She sleeps only to endanger hero'vu orpanized existence. Brethren, the time, Ihe occasion calls; yea, through them to you, God "alls. Let the Church hear and awake, aui a her post, and by tue favor she, througti her eiocious bead, can bring on our nation, aver calamity; and bv her "work ot rluhteotiHuess, which God will honor, secuie "peace 1" Facts f Pr-gmi That well-liown stat!s ;iclan, on. Samuel B. Ruggles, made remark able statements in his speech at the Cyrus f'icl banquet the other night. Speaking of our rad roads, he said. ihey cost a larger suai than had ever been expended tn any one century on the means of transportation. We have 36,000 miles ol railway, which have coit $1,380,000,000. Iu Europe there are 30,000, which cost the enor mous um of $3,500,000,000. The construction of railways in au oM, closely settled country, is of course more expensive than In a new, while European roads arc mere solidly ana penua uently built. But the savins in the transporta fon of freight and pa6enger amounts in each hemisphere to $500,000,000 per annum. Mr. Higgles estimates iho telegraphic fines in this country at 80 000 miles in length, and In Europe at 60,000. Kj that the Ne World decidedly leads tho nld in its fae'imeji of corn muni cabnn CITY INTELLIGENCE. For Additional City InlcHiycnce t?e Fifth Page. A New Taviwo fob Broad Street. The work of paving Broad street, lrom Jetlerson to Oxlord, with the Nicfiol'on pavement, is to bo commenced at once. As this mode of paving is new to our city, we give the following de scription of It: Alter tho street Is 1) veiled off, a course or Inch boards, well coated with tar, n laid don. Upon the boards are set blocks ot three-inch thick pine planks, cut In lengths of six inch . They are placed on end in lines across the ctrcet, the blocks b'ing one inch apart, and separated by a pine ttnp three inches deep, a id which is set up and nailed to the inch boards, forn.lng the platform. The inch space between the line of blocks is then till d in withgta- el bcreeninas, and hot coal tar poured Into It, alter which the screenings are w ll rammed. The surface is then coveied with screened f ravel and hot tar, when it is ready for use. ts cost is about three dollars tho square yarl. This kind ot pavement has been lu uso iu Chicago during the past nine years, aud a street in New York has recently been paved with It. "Scratching" a Medical Student. A fuitber hearing was had yesterday, before Alderman Bcitler, in the case of Johnson Kelly, charged with being concerned in the robbery of Robert Collins, a medical student. At the former hearing Collins testified that, alter meeting th1 defendant and others at a public house in Wal nut street, and havin? a few games of cards, they got into a cairiage, and were driven to a restaiiranl in Lotnst, street, and from there to the neighborhood of the Baltimore depot, where the robbery took place. Yesterdiy the keeper of the public house lu Walnut street, and the bar-tender at the Locust street restaurant, tes tified that they saw Kelly with Collins on tho night referred to, and that they left together. Collins testified that Johnson Keily was in the cairiage when ho was robbed, but he could not say whether he was active in the robbery or not. The accused was commuted to answer. Operatioss in Jewelry. Another charge was preferred yesterday at the Central Station acainst Joseph Myers and Theodore Harris, who were bound over on Thursday to answer the alleged thelt of several gold chains lrom the jewelry store of E. Kretzmar. Charles Kuhn, in the jtwelry shop of B. F. Duboice, testified that on Thursday morning the defendants entered the shop in company wl'h a third man, and asked to see sme cold sleeve buttons. A case containing cold chains was on the counter show-case at the time, and be led it there while he turned to the window to eet the sleeve-buttons. As they were wanted wtf-h Masonic marks upon them, which they lied noi, no purchase was made. After they left it was discovered that a cliiiin and three sleeve button, the whole valued at $150, h'id boon abstracted. The accused were held in $30(X)bail for trial. Kiptjblicax Dominations. The Re publican members ot City Councils met in caucus yesterday atrernoon, to nominate ueaos ot Departments, The following were placed in nominaiion: William W. Smeikey, Chief Com missioner of Highways; Henry U. Bobb and Nathan Spering, Assistant Commissioners o Highwajs; Charles Dixey, Commissioner ot Cit Propeity; Frederick Graetf, Chief Engineer of the Water Department; Jonathan H. Pugh, Commissioner ot Markets; Charles S. Smith, Superintendent of Estates; Samuel S. Caviu, Agent ol Girard Estates. The only chtnge made was in the election ot Mr. tiraeu" in place ot Mr. Kirkiubine, thetf present Chief Engineer of the Water Department. The vote wai: Graeff, 37; Birkinblne, 1!. Charles Dixey ha 1 a compe titor for Commissioner ot City Property in Charles W. Zimmerman. The vote was: Dixey, 32; Zimmerman, 24. The Port of Philadelphia. The fol lowing table exhibits the number of foreign and coastwise vessels that arrived in this port dur ing the month of November, as compared with ti e same period in 1805: 1866. 1866. For. Steamships.... 2 Mhi p 4 Jtaioues 6 Brigs 22 bchoeners. ... 6 8 oops Steamers Karnes Bouts 40 Coast, Total. For. Coast. Total. 2 8 8 4 6 8 8 .2-6 5 4 9 17 39 14 85 49 fi9t 700 790 7!9 607 607 751 701 - 288 288 216 216 623 523 434 434 1076 1076 1686 16o5 8206 8246 86 818 3864 An Ambiguous Case, John Farrar was heard on the charge of being concerned In tho theit ola box containing six hundred dollars, the property of Albert George. It was testlticd tnat defendant placed In the hands of a person, temporarily, jhe sum of six hundred dollars, and soon after removed the mouey, and that Farrar was seen to take something covered with a handkerchief lrom the hou;e wbere the theft was committed. Held for trial. New Democratic II all. The Younsr Men's Democratic Association of the Eleventh Ward opened their new hall last evening, at No. 416 N. .Second street. Mr. John Conner, Presi dent ot tho Club, presided, and speeches were made by the lion. S. J. Bandall, Dr. Kamerly, Captain C. M. Donovan, Dr. Sites, aud others. The audience was quite larce and enthusiastic. A large flag was thrown to the breeze from the hall in the morning. Death of a Phominent Mastjfac turbb. One of Philadelphia's best and most usclul cifizeiis, Mr. John Murphy, of the exten sive car-building firm of Murphy & Allison, died on Wednesday last. He was in the prime of life, active and energetic. He died at his tcsldence, in Viue stieet, near Sixteenth, after a brief illDess. Cokonkb's Ixqtjest. The jury summoned to hold an inquest on the body of Jordan B. Bis ey, yesterday returned a verdict tbat he c ime to his death by being run over by car No. 15, on the Market Street Railroad, on the 24th ulr., from the effects of which he died at tho Pennsylvania Hospital. ' Accidhnt. Edward Qolland, aed fllty tive years, was admitted to the Ppuusylvnniu Hosp'ital yefterday, with his sbouUer-bfule broken, caused by falling from a car at Eiuhtli and Callowhill streets. Mr. Holland resided in Pleasant street, near Ninth. Collection of Taxes. The receipU from taxes on Wednesday amounted to $19, CW-Kl. All bills left unpaid alter to-day will have three per ceut. added to them. Ikspection of Jj'lotjb and Mkal lor be week ending November 29, 18(iG- Hurrjls o' superfine, 086'J; do. rye, 600; total, 73'J5. Tnu CoBOMtit was sent for last evening to hold an inqiest upon tho body of Man Harkes, who died suddenly iu Ihu Nineteenth Ward. m a 'Mason & Hamlin's r I Cabinet orxana, oulv at ft a y ( 1 Gould's, seventh and Uiiu-nu: Mrjots All Tkbsonb who are fond of Pine Contectiou G. W. Jeukins, No. 1037 Sprimr Garden atreil ould invito to call and try bis atocx i Kino (Jtindiu. Iceland Moss faate, Gum aud C iooo ate D.oui, Chocolate Creams of a I flavor, Carainme, c,o which he hat constantly on hand a trusa assort ment, Frikoh Cocoa nct Cake, original with Moro & Co., hot 902 and 904 Arch stieet. M HAINES BROS. PIANOS. ( f Moderate in pi ice and aadurab'ciftf t jf aa any piauu uiiuif. Gould, beventh and l hesnut Street, X Ladies, oo to (1. Btbon Morse fc Co , No 'J'3 and U04 Aich street, lor your Fried Oystcin, Cmckeii Salad, Cofl'oo and W olnesj "m Gko Stbck & CO.'B PIANOS, r' . f-1 Ml AttiouldV, rrt ill Mechanical BIilkmaids. An "iron lernnotress" we all nc, A nd now are railed upon to o!ioo Milkmaid entiroiy msde ot wood, Instead ot rosy flesh and blood. All wnmankind, perhaps, may be (Set aside by machinery. Or, souk In Idlrooss Inert, Have tan? M to do bat talk and Dirt, Notics It this man's short or tall. Or wrs the styles of Tower Hall. IV'B Hav OoodServiceabl OoereoaU a low at 113 00 Mif ttench eaver Overcoat i up I" 40 00 Ami alt intrrvenin i eiwf u. W ilAVB Good V'ffnim're Huitt at low at. ... 15 00 J-iPtst fYfven ( atmtre snttt up to 4) OU And all intervening gradrt. YitHAVtdnod Bia-k suiM ai low as 23 00 finest hrrnch lilacle Suitt u to... jJ 00 And all intervening qratU t W Havb in thorttht taraeit, tt of tortfrt, ivul rnott eomutrte ttoclc of Men't. Youtns , and Boy t' Clothing in I'iiladelphia equal to any in the citu in ttyie, mdfee, and jit crmtiritina all kinds, ttnles. ttzes, il'la ouatities. adapted .tn tne w intt of all. and told at lower prices thin the lowest elsewhere, or the m mry refunded. Half trail between t Hknnrtt Co, Fifth and J Towitn Hall, Sixth 8ts. ( 618 Market Strbkt. Mrs. Carolins L. Pearson, No. 62 Cobrt Street, Brooklyn, a lauy who haa bail twelve yoar' practical acquaintance wim the leading Sewunr Machines, asr t, in her examination belore the ( ommlpsionor of Patents, thai Ian Urover & Bater AlRcLnie la the bet, and rives tn following reasons: Q Among you' acquaintance who have osed tho Gtover It Baker, and also other machines state w he ther or not tno Grover ft Baer is, in all cases known to ou, irdf-rreo tor lamilv us. A. 1 suppose 1 havo compared mv experience with over five hundred ladies, aud I never, exoept In one lnnnrce, ionnd that I her preferred otner mach nes to the Grover Baker, when they have tried bo h n acnines. H W bat are t ho reasons of th is preference f Plcaao ttato them .oliy, and at Isrre. A. ibe prinoipal reason, or one of the main I rraeons is, lor tne elasticity and durabl ity of tho : stitches, tho regularity and beauty or the e Itch ou a ltabrics alike, lbere are rome maohines which I sew very nicely on certain kinds ot work that do not tew wed on others. 1 have nover fonud the fubno yet that the Grover & Basor Machines will not sow in the most beautiful manner. I think it does not take more than ball the time to ada-jt or adjust the ' Gi over & linker Machine to diflhrent kin m ot work nud Is Dries, than it does on any other machine. I 1 think trie s lich ii invaluable to 1am lies, in furnish- I mg a cheap and rapid mode ol beautllul ornaments- 1 tion. j No. 1124 CnBSNtrT Street All the latest novelties In Fall and Wiktar Cloaks. Black Velvet Cloaks, Veivet Heaver Clonks, Frosted Beaver Cloaks, Chinchilla Beaver Cloaks. Now styles of Attrachan Cloaks, trim mod with Angola Fringe Mufft to match. Wf. P. Campbell. No. 1124 Chisaut Sheet. A btautilul, rich, and varied stock of Ladies' IukbI Kufglau Sable, Siberian Squirrel, Hudson's Bay Sable, Grey Crimea, Mink Sable, Black Pers'an, Chinchilla. B ack Aatrachan, Royal Ermine, White Aniro a "Grebo" Collars and Muffs a great novelty. Misses' and t iiildrkn's Fancy Furs! In all colors and at all prices. w. p. Campbell. If ob wno causes two blades ot cras9 to grow where Intone giew belore is a publio bcnolaotor, then be who places in the hands of the publie the means ot curing disease i mora o. Dr Huinptireys 1ms teen over ten years preparing his Homosopa'hio Sf eciiics for the pub lo, and has elaborated the most complete, simplo. and successful sys em evor known lor families or individuals His preparations havo an einbl,thed and merited reputation, bee advertisement. Aidrcsa Humphreys' Specific ilOMozoPATnto Medicine Company, No. 662 Iikoadway, New Yoiik. Pebry Davis' Pain Killer Dyspepsia can be nd is caVed every da by the use of "Perry Davis' I Pain Killoi." lids U the most wonderful and vala- ( ab c medicine ever known tor this disease) its aotion 1 upon the system is entirely different lrom any other ! pr pmation ever known. The patient while taking this medicine may eat anything the appofile craves. Health, the poor man's riches, the rich man's ' bliss is louad in Ayer's Medicines, after a fruitless search among other remedies. A word to the wise is sufficient. j Affections of the Liver, Bilious Disorders, Sick Headache, etc., are tborougaiv cured by Or. 1 Jsyne's Sanative Pills. Acting an a goutlo laxative, they lemove all irritating and leccal matter lrom the : dowcIb, yraduully change (ho vitiated secretions ot the stomach aLd liver, and re-tore these organs to a ' healthy condition. Prepaivd only at -N'o. '242 Cues tut street. i Elliptic Sewiio Machine Company's Fikst Primidm Lock-Stitch Mewing Machines. -Incomparably thn best t r family ue. Highest Pre in.ums lUold Medal). Fair Maryland Institute. N-w Yirkat'd l'ennsy,vama State Fairs, 1S06 Ho 923 Chesnut stieet, only aulnorlzed agency in Philad'a. Those of you who would have fond emotions to cherish on your watch dials, iesort to D. F. H'.imcr's Gal ery, No. 624 Arch siroei. teix card, or oue large 1'hotOK.nph, lor gl. The Neatest Present foria lady or child is a box ol iho superior Confectionery made by K G. W hitman k Co,, No 818 Chennut street. . QHLIONIO DISEASES TREATED BY IDIC&L ELECTRICITY. DR. S. W. BECKWITH'S ELECTRICAL INSTITUTE, , No. 1220 WALNUT STREET. For the btnefltof those propping to undertake Elec trical treatment for dlwaaea, we give in the following list , a lew of the moro prominent and most common complaints met with in our practice, In all of which we are moat lucccssiuL In nearly all cases of chko.vic i IBEASB ELSCTBICITT IS A SUKE BLUED!. AND IN ALL CASLB BKKKP1C1AL. IF PKOI'KHLT AWLItD. 11)066, there lore, rttlluted wiih complaints i.ot nete enumerated, ,ea have uo hesitation iu kpuIHiik ami whetber "ulr ukulk or a rKKuiMKSir cuke cu be elleote I. tti -r will receive rep. lea accorilnly. Hi eommunlcatloai iFie. 1. KpllcpFy, Chorea, or St Vitus' Dance, Par).?l, (llemulegio), .Neuralgia, bvsteim, Nervouneaa, fulpi tailouol ihe Veart Lockjaw etc 2. Bore Throat. Dyspepsia, Ularrhrea P tenter r Ob tn. ate loustlpnt'ou, danuorrhoide. or l'i es. dlllo.H, Flam in', a'U I'muiem' Colic, and a'l affections oi' the Liver Dtl Spleen. 8. I atturn, Couyh, InfiacDZa, As hma fwhon not caused by Oisuulo OlaeuHes ol tho hoar . UroachliU. I leuripv. rkarodT nia. r IthcuiuatlHui of tue Client l ounimptlon in the early siae. 4. Uiavel, i iau ten, aud K dne Complaints, Impo tence and Kemiual Weakness. The latter complain; nevtr ail to tieid rapld'y 10 Hits treatment. b lllieuunitlMii (lout, Lumbago, tilt Neck, S;unal Curvature. Hip iilseanes. t am ers, Tumors (t.iose lust named alwavs cured without paio, or cutting, or pul lers iu auv form) B. Clems Couin alnK Involving a mslnowloa, as Fro apsus, Autn version, Retroversion, lurla i.mition, lilceri.tios auJ various other allcctious oi'tna tVomU "ilr'bKCKwiTU has the Ladles' Department uinlci 1 r own care and supcrvl.ion. IiKFFRKkCKS. ucneral A.J. ' leanonton No 018 cpruce Btreetl W. B. Buiiru o. KMJ Hanover btreetj (ieorae Vnus ass l'lfth stieet, above Chesnut.) J VV. lliadiev, o. IS N. KourJi street) Hubert Work. No. ill N. Ihiid S'reet: Coiouel T. W. Sweeney. Walnut, below iltlitlit (ieoree k-vaus. Arch sireet below t ilth t Vr rclouzr, Third and Cliesuut; t l. McLi., lata this citv. A Tleaioutou, Rt. Louis Mo. Jacob Vaiidevrl t, Odisra. Del. ; It. A. 'cm ale, Mount Ho I, t. J , with uiany oihers. .... , ehvvlelsusorstuUen s deslrlnu to tiave iimtructlon lu the conect ap.ica ion of K.eclricliy lor the cure oi'dis ...u .... .nn v turn eiriino Coiiiu tatiou free. Usseripttva circulars ot cures tt ecied, with numerous remrences can he hU by ap plication at iho (Mi, or Ly letter. WL HAfis .ni CONN "f!T ON WHATKVKU WITH ANY OTHKH r-LS- TRlCAL OFFICE IN 11118 OH ANY OI'HitK CITY . . All letters addrefsed 10 Pit. 8. W. BF.CKVV1TH, No 12.0 Wl"lIT glrwot, IWleil VMIuilelplila, MEDICAL. POND'S EXTRACT OF HAMAMELIS, Or Pain Daatrojrer, I aim of th few domettlo rcmedlm which ha eoms Into general ne and tTor, wl.bout puillnu. it in the product oi a ninnleh-ul harmlen in i oasea. and. aa domestic remedy, nneqanlled. ' F CRN'S, JbULli-ES, lAny.Ufkn, BlKE:8H, OKK, HIHOVT, TOOl IIAl HE, KAKAlhF.. M-.VRALUIA. Kill I M VI ISM. 1.1 MUAUO, HOII.S. 8T1NUH. HOltf. KTK8. Bt'KKMlNQ OF IAIN (18. OSK, BlOUACU, CORNS, L'L' EKS, TUB rILr.H, CM I HOKBV A el o'ber similar troublcfOmo and pain ul affccll itM. M!i It promptly a-rents all H KM O it It It AO KM. Man dreoso phtslelans uso It rial y In tlielr practice and tvelttheili unqualified recommendation, bold by our agents and dealers. Ihe Medicine Is exclusively prepared by the sab rentiers. I'rorntator and accMW)rH to T. T, POND, to whom al. o tiers tnut be addrewied. bUJUPllRfcla' UOMIKol'ATHIU MEDiriVK CO, iS- WIBROIIIWAV. New York. PRICE1 OK l'uNn'H FX TRACT. H) OTjnce bottles wttb directions retail SOcenU Unt boiiles, with directions, retail......... , sl oo Quarts In bottle Liberal discount to Physicians and Uoaiers. SIMILIA SIMILIBUS CURANTUR. HUMPHREYS' HOMOEOPATHIC 8PECIFIC3. FAMILY CASES Oi !5 laise vla's, morocco case, containing a speclnc tor every ordlnarv disease a .amiiy ij subject to, and a book of aire.- ions 110 00 Smaller Family and Travelling cases, with ill to MtIii 5 to S3 Specifier" lor all i Ikeanos, both for Cuung and f r Preventive treatment In vials and pocket eases S2tO W 1 tiefo Remedies, b the case or single boa, ar sent to any part of the country, bv Mall or Express, irie ol charve. on receipt of the price Addreas-Hl'Mt'llKBY. ' (SPECIFIC HOvOiOrATHIH MKDIt IE COMPAVY, Offce snd Depot. No 664 BKOAD'VIY. Now York. Dr. HI Ml lIKKYs Is consul ed tlaih at bis otllce,per sonallv or bv letter, aa above for all forms ot dieoe. For sale by l)YOI l A CO., JOHN'S JN, IIOLL WAY A COW DE.V. T. R CALLFN OEK. an t AMUROSE hMl'lH. Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia, and by all DrugKlsts. SJlsmwS RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, COLT, ASTHMA, POSITIVELY CURED AT LAST I NO CURE, NO PAY. DR. FII LER'S WONDERFUL RHEUMATIC BEMUD Y For tibeumuthuii Aeuiaigto, Gout, and Asthma. Ib truly astonishing the atllfcted wor.d Thousands ot sufferers, v. ho have tried everything, reluctantly pu. chase it, and rapiuly. to their own surprise set well, and tbe terrible inveterate canes so easily cured prove it to be the most wonder ui remedy known in the civilized world. Ke memoer, useo nwarUly oniyi contains no mercury, col clilcuur. minerals, niata.s, or anviitmg inluriuus. Lateiy teoueed Horn Sill to i per boitlo. Warranted to cure every cane, or the amount paid positively returned; the oniv lemedy so suarauievd Prepared br Hr.Flii.KK, Ornduaieoi the Cniversitv of Penosyivanla now one of our olutBt phvalclatis. Advice gratis, a ttlicted invited to call. o. 'i s. FOURTH Street, be ow Market ASIOODINU CUKK OF UrttUM ViiH.M. W. ( OBt No. 15J8 N. Tblrt.-euth street jutireeo vered from Rheumatism and N'cura gla suHured many vents; cured by lr. Fitlci'a (treat Remedy. iOr.T KEA1ARKADLF: CUUri pF KrtEUMAIISM. Mrs. Keevey, Hldite road above Pop ar. sulleredorer 20 ears I now well. Dr Killer's Remedy attain. . FXTR.aORDINARV ( I RE OK RiJtl'MATrSM. Robert loole.Jio.4JO Wilder street, wautsthe Dubllo to know i bat hesuflered a longtime; couldn't move, t ured by Dr. Fttler's Remedy Penootiy harmless. WONDERFUL. CONK AD F. CLOTUIKU, No. 23 N. Water it, cured of Rhenmatisin br three teaspoon'ul doses of Dr. liter's It titliibla Rhouniaiiu Rtmedv. He could not walk ASTONISH NO. ALOf RHAN J03. H. COULY, Fran.K'id suffered 11 years. Cured br one boitlo of Dr h itler's Rheumatic Remedy, and sajs to all, get eoted b' uch.irtbe Kemcdy. MOST WONDERFUL CUKE or STJBALGIA AND B 'El'il AT13M Ever known. Mr Josopn States, Andalusia, suQorod allleilme. T ried everything, cured only by Dr. Fit ter's Remedy. AN Ol HE It CURE. JOSEPH STEVENS Esq., No 633 Owen street, Southwark, who has suffered for Syeaiswitb Rheumatism, has been completely cured by using one-hall a bottle of Dr. Fitter's Great Rheu matic. Renrdyt used Inwardly. Depot, Ho. 29 8 FOURTH Street, Warranted to cure. Slwi LOOK AND LIVE! ELECTROPATHY. Drs. GALLOWAY, WHITE & ROLLER THE OLD MEDICAL ELECTRICIANS, And TEACHERS ot tbia new system of curing diseases, nou'd call the attention of the slok and afflicted to their new system of praotlce, wblca has ahead; gaijed great popularity In this city. During the past six j ears we lave tieated TWENTY THOUSaBD persons auuorlng fiom the various forma of disoase (many of them by special guarantee, cnarging nothing b we tat eo), and m almost every case a cure haa been effected.. Read the following DOME CERTIFICATES. AS ASTONISHING CUitE-AMPUTATIOH PRE YKM'ED. I was cured In three weeks by Drs. OALLOVYA Y and Will IF: ol an ulcerated leg, whlohcausea much snlTor Inir, and even threatened amputation. Sinoe my own , aieat cure several ol my irlenus suttorlng lrom Aoural . gla, Hkiu Disease, Dyspepsia, and other complaliiui, have also been periectly cured I will ehuorluily ' answer tne inouirles of the diaeared and sufferinu. AbUAHAM FLUliE. No. 1891 Ca use street. PbUado.phia. 1MPOIITANT CURE8 OF OBbTINATE DISEASES. S. D. HcCa la, master mason, P. C. B. R , Spinal Rbeu mathm. James Brown, Inflammation ot Stomach and Bowels, Pine street above Sixth. Henry Royer, Neuralgia of the Eye, Twenty-tnlrd and Pearl a reeta Frederick Wilson, Dyspepsia and Throat Disease, Contiueuial tiote.. H F. hukbride Epileptic flu, No. 1020 Market street. Wdliam Alorgan. Kidney Disease aud Oeneral De bility. No. 4iU pruc street. lurctiaD Wilcox, t atarrh of twelve yaara' standi ug, Commercial Hotel ban uel O. Wheeler, Asthma of ten years' standing. Continental Ho el Emanuei Rey, Attorney-at Law, Dyspepsia, No. 707 bansoiu street Horace C. WInslow. Weakness of the Kidneys Frank lord. II. C. r-hurtlcff, Cancer In otomach. No. 3722 Markes Bulst, Rlie'iniallsm. No. 1329 8. Broad stroet. Juoah Levy , Bronchial Consumption, No. i3i Market ireet yoward r. Evans, preacher ot the M. E Church. 'ys nensiaoi long siandiug,. Laryngitis, and Lumbago No. Itfell Helmuih street James Jiugcn, Deafness for six years, and r.ngliigand rorfrlna in tt e bead. Vt limington, i.elaaro. iluuia Hariop, severe ulaUous ixose Wills, West Philadelphia. CeorKe Oiant. Bbcumatlo Couc, long standing. No. 1 i:i t licsnut street. H. T Desilver. Chronic Atura ela and Iuuammatory Rlieumalism, No. 17aa (. liesiiitt afreet Idwsrd WcMahou, Coutuuipllon No 12iJ Front i' Rick't. Cbronle Bronchitis, Ccnstlpa'lon. and Con cesllon ol tho Brain. No. hli la low lull slieet Char eB U. Dayton. I'araUen of tho low.r ilmba, Girard House. J. hu UcCormick, Dlabeies. o. K20 Ridge avenue. baric E. Buckingham. Urinary Dlihoulty, o 1331 Flltert street. Auuiia Davis, Chronic L'arrhtea Forrest Uor. J. J Hoopes, loig standing nclailca, and Milarged Prostate Claud, Dari.y township, Delaware count v. wl Ham H Shiiver, Liver Complaint, "lennantown. Joseph W Forsvlh, Acute lnaniuattain, Io lbii : Clouser, Oeneral ParaUds, So 415 H. Second . t r t i iuriy ct (Aeic fertotii w curid in Uti than a i "ib -ihe Inttutlon Ko. 1220 one door from Thir teen lb si net. is hu only hou e iu this city where our I iMiitu i. practised. I'upr.nclpled paries In other local! ies. ho c aim to tieat diseanes according to : eur late ClEcoverles, muy ilier.loro be regarded with ,UVhYKlCIAN at d STPDENTS can enter at any time for a lull couise ot Instruction la th s Uhkat DisvovKar luhell.allugArt., ..,L. ,vaT,Br, liOt'KI A I' rnr. aval imnv;fi' . ! Jll-fc'IS FUIIMSHU). 1 . , . i. ... mailed b ailitresilns ,n iJ'a iiLt,0W A . W MIT 16 A B .1.1 E. tio 12W vVALNirr BtM.t, Philadelphia. Coniu taiicn tree. J w3"4 Q OTTOS AND FLAX 4A.I1. DUCK AMD 0V, oi at. BuulMia and lirt ii. ten bii runk and sgi-'i 'uek t'sd, rani raiuiaciuraia" I rltr Feiu iro on ss.ea hit x"- ' kLii.ia 1 eltlPg eailTl- , Jt UN' KVK1CMAN k Sr i-fJOVKH I'er