I ; THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PIIILADELPIIIA, WEDNESDAY, 'DECEMBER 12, 18G6. THE HEW YORK TRESS. EDITORIAL OPINIONS OF THE LEADING JOURNALS UPON CURRENT TOPICS. COXriLKD KVTRT DAT FOR hVRMyO TFLtORAPB Onr Foreign Tollcy. J'rom the Tribune. A further frlance nt the recently published correspondence relnting to Mexico will show Low little reason we have to be proud of our last move In the Mexican g8e, although, per haps, any proposition would seem respectable after aonie that blot the recent pages of our national diplomacy. The first orders looking towards the removal of the French troops from Mexico were Issued on the 18th of October, 18C5, In consequence of a sugfrcstion voluntarily made by our Minister, Mr. Bigelow, that the United States would recognize the empire of Maximilian, which was even then In a tottering condition, bo soon as the French had departed. Mr. Bigclow affirms that the suggestion was made upon his own responsibility although how he could venture a suggestion of such pro found moment without Mr. Seward's approval I Inexplicable. He Insisted that their departure must precede recognition. In referring to hi proposition in a letter to M. Drouyn de Lhujs, February 7, 1866, Mr. Bigelow said : "I asked whether, In tout Excellency ' opinion Maximilian would be able to sustain him.olt with out tho aid of Franoe If his authority were recog nized by the United States. That inquiry led to a conversation in which I had occasion at least twice to state to your Exoe'lency that oar recognition of any Government In Mexico, so lonjr as U was sus tained by loreivn arms, was impossible; that the logio of the situation required the independence ot Mexico to be established by the withdrawal of all foreign soldiers before our Government could formally recognize a Government acoused ot owing Its existence to their presence." This proposition was made In the face of the resolution of the Senate recognizing the Re public of Mexico, of the unanimous resolution of the House of Representatives repudiating Maximilian, and ot the almost unanimous seutt Dient of the American poop e. The President most properly disapproved of Mr, Bigelow's tender of recognition, but France was informed that she miiiht rely upon our friendship and neutrality, and on the 5th of April, 1866, M. Droujn de Lhuys, referring to Mr. Reward's pledge of non-intervention after the departure of the French troops, advises the Marquis de Montholon that the Emperor had decided that the troops should evacuate Mexico in throe detachments, the first being intended to go in" November, 1806, the second in March, 1867, and the third in November of the same year. The Emperor was perfectly frank, not to say blunt, in advising Mr. Bigelow of the motives of his decision, and the freedom which be proposed to exercise. On the 4th of June, Mr. Bigelow thus recites bis conversation with the Minister Of Foreign Affairs: "Be said that the Imperial Government pro claimed Its intention to rttire from Mexioo, beoause it suited its convenience and interest to retire, and lor no other reason. It means to withdraw its army within the time preserlbed, and it does not intend to take one or two hundred in the first do taohment and one or two hundred in the second, leaving the greater body of them to the last, though it baa not deemed it neoessary to specify with minuteness details of this kind, which dep nd upon hyirienio and climabo influences, of which it was the best, the only competent Judge." The explicit declaration on the part of the Emperor of his intention to use his own discre tion, and his curt intimation to Mr. Bigelow, with but small excess of diplomatic courtesy, that whatever he did in the matter was for his own convenienoe, and not to please the United States left no room for surprise ut any change he might find it advlpable to make in his arrangements. Accordingly, Mr. Bigelow writes to Mr. Seward November 8. 1866, that the Min ister of Foreign Affairs had informed him that the Emperor thought any reduction of the French force in Mexico might be perilous to those who remained behind, and he, therefore, proposed, instead of bringing his army home by detachments extending to November, 1867, to bring them all home together in the spring Of 1807. This change, which on the face of it was a breach of ialth on the part of the Em peror, was deemed to be J untitled, as is now alleged, by acts on the part of this Government betraying its purpose ot active intervention. At any rate the new policy was aflirmed to be necessary on military grounds. Tl expedi tion had proved an utter failure. The Mexican'", without even our moral aid, hud rendered the empire an impossibility. All that remained for Nnpoleon was to save what was left of his army, and the collapse of the empire made it essential that they should go toectlicr. The State Department, however, thought otherwise, and with that extraordinary facility for saying and doing the wrong thing at the wrong time which Mr. Seward so constantly exhibits, is resolved to oiler a parting insult to the Emperor, to which, engaged as ho wa In his Industrial Exposition, be might possibly submit, and which, it he declined to accept it, might afford, perhaps, an apology for a foreign quarrel. Accordingly, Mr. Seward replies by the cable, on the 2Ud of November, that the Emperor's modification of the previous arrange ment "so as to leave the whole French army in Mexico for the present, instead of withdrawing one detachment in November current as pro mised, is now found in every way inconvenient and exceptionable. We canuot acquiesce," etc. And the reasons given why we cannot acquiesce arc that we hnve sent Mr. Campbell and General Sherman to confer with President Juarez on subjects which are deeply interesting to the United States, and of vital importance to Mexico. The despatch does not add. as might have been expected, that we had also em ployed General Sheridan to intervene in the domestic Rlluirs of Mexico by arresting Or tega, the rival claimant of Juarez to the Presi dency, on tne pretense that he was violating uur iiuuiruuiv iuwb. To this despatch, when read to him, the Em peror listened in silence, aud on Tuesday came the reply by the cable that "Fruuce has not changed her resolution." And this, accordin" to the orcan of the Htate Department, is so "oer. fectly satlefuctory" that that journal hastens to call upon the Tribune and other papers to do justice to "the foremost of American diploma tists and statesmen." To do justice to Mr. Seward's diplomacy since the commencement of the Rebellion, when he began bis role by assuring Europe that we had no power to coerce insurrectionary members of a State that slavery had nothing to do with the Rebellion, and would continue lust the same w hether the revolution should succeed or fail- would be an irksome task. Some day we may rosbibly attempt it. In the meantime, let at say that, in one view of the matter expressed by Mr. Seward, we are inclined, under existing uiniuiMic, to concur, we quote lrom uo-piucu oi the Kith December, 1865. The ex uunu a leuaiistuiiou from the French, as have not the orurinui t i..wi . ).,, i. biuople that its full meauing has doubtless been "Jbx Executive Dennrtuieni ..tn.i. . ts i,ot the only one that is niter, sled T in the oWion of kr.eiu whether the present .tail 0 affSirs is to continue In Mexico. Hint interest U luon J also 7,.h i; in. V.A.7...r.rr .f "..!,l"u author " i vwi'niuuuuii w uireut uy a law tim w..Uu w. kiwius vu mis mtnurtaur . Jiowevcr advantageous itmay be In ordinary c.'HfS IS cuve tne management ot our foreign uitatre to the Executive, acting generully with out the advice of the Senate, the right of Con gress to determine the policy of the country is clear; and when the head of the State Depart ment, as in the present instance, has placed hitiisflf in opposition to Coueres., aud used his eitiici.'tl Influence to defeat their will, to over tl'ow l ha'r power, to bring th"ui Into cm-t'-iiip'. uiul lo betray the Uiiiou party which they represent to the Immoral and disloyal De mocracy, It may become the duty of Congress or of the National Legislature to control the foreign diplomacy ot the country until it is intrusted to a Secretary more laithful to Ameri can principles aud more tespectlul to the Ameri can Cong less. Our blind and truthless foreign policy at the beginning ot the Rebellion, which resulted In the recognition of the Rebels as belligerents, and the wide-sprend destruction ot American commerce, wus adopted, ns Mr. Seward after wards ncknowlrdged, with tho hope and view or conciliating the slaveholders. The same Secre tary now stands bound by the most solemn, or. rather, the most blasphemous declaration, made during the Presidential tour, that heaven and earth mu?ht pas away, but the pledges given to the Southern States by the Piesldeut must be lullllleil. The American people have come to a different resolution, and they will look to Con m aa that nn Mp-ainan romnlirations. however trged by political intriguers and reck less speculators, shall be allowed to interfere with the accomplishment of the national will. Arrest of Surratt and the Conovcr Case. From the IleraiA. In the Jong list of causes celehres, we do not remember one which has excited more Interest or given rise to more speculation, than the case of John II. Surratt. With him It is believed rests the power of clearing away the doubts which exist as to the guilt ot his wretched mother, and, what is far more important, of solving the question as to the complicity of Jeff. Davis and his Secretary of State, Benjamin, in the assassination plot. The cuie of Gonover, at pre sent arraigned for perjury lu connection with the latter of these charges, acquires fi,;sli im poitance from the arrest of Suriatt. So much mystery attaches to the proceedings in which this man Conovcr was concerned, and so com pletely did he succeed iu hurabnggiri Judge Holt as to his power ot throwing lignt upon the guilt of Davis, that the chances which are now presented of a thorough elucidation of the facts are regarded with very general satisfaction. Much, of course, will depend on the willing ness ot Sunatt to gratify the anxiety which exists on this subject. It he remains obstinately tllent, but little will be gleaned in addition to the evidence already In our possession. We much mistake the character of the man, how ever, if he does not make a cleau breast of it. The cowardly part which he played in tne de sertion of his mother shows that he 13 a person of weak nerve. The fear ol death, and the hope of a commutation of punishment in return tor the discloeuies he has It m his power to make, will, therefore, we leel conviuced, bring him to a full confession. On the trial of the assassins who have paid the penalty of their crime, the escape of Sur ratt was frequently commented upon as remov ing from the reach of the prosecution one of the most important links in tbo chain ot evi dence which the case piesented. Much was expected lrom his arrest. His iniirmities of character, his wiint of moral courage, and the lengths to which he would have gone iu the elicits to clear himscl', would all have proved so much additional help to the prosecution. Had he been captured aud convicted, there ts good reason to believe that we should now bo in possession of all the I'acti connected with his visit to Richmond. It was to important to the Government to ascertain the share, if uny, which the iteoel authorities nan laneu in tne assassination scheme, that it would have will ingly commuted bis sentence to get at it. That Surratt was tue medium or communica tion between the Rebel authorities and the con spirators there can be ua question. His visit to Richmond, nnd bis report of his conference with Davis and Benjamin, are deposed to by other witnesses than Conovcr, whose testimony has been proved to be wholly unreliable. But there is nothing to show thai cither Mr. Davis or Mr. isenjuniiu naa sny ioea tuai uFiiiauuu wus contemplated. The construction put by Conovcr upon the despatches from Davis and Benjamin to Jacob Thompson wus unwarranted by the facts that transpired. So fur as the Rebel Gov ernment was concerned, the abduction of Mr. Lincoln and the chat members ot nis UoDinei whs. we believe, the limit of its Instructions. The enthufiasm of a fanatic, as often bappeus in such c.-wes, pushed a plan, which In war Is always considered justiuuoie, to tne point oi a cowardly as&HssinauoD. it Is true mat we nave ii Hsserteu oyumuu treal naner. on ihe alleged authority ot the per son who gave the information which led to the arrest or Surratt, that,lue prisoner stated to mm that the murder of Mr. Lincoln was planned iu Kichmond, and that it had tne assent oi mr. Davis. This we entirely disbelieve. In the first place, it is not likely that Surratt would make any confession in regard to the matter until he "knew it could be made conducive to his safely; aud iu the next, the medium through which the story reaches us is not a reliable one. All rumors of this kind should be received lor the present with treat caution. It must be re membered that those who have special causes of hostility against Mr. Davis are interested In circulating them, and that in Montreal espe cially he hns tome outer personal enemies. Agninst such statements we should balance the fact that the most rigid investigation by the Government has hitherto failed to bring home lo him any connivance with the plot. II Mr. Davis, then, as we believe, is wnouy innocent of the charge, ho will rejoice more than any of us at the" capture ot Surratt. To the nation, uno, inueea, to tne woria at iaree, it is an event of politicul and historical interest. To the unfortunate captive at Fortress Monroe it is something more, it oilers him not only a prospect of speedy ieleae, but the redemption of his reputation from the foulest stain that could rest upon it. Sou Hi cm Sentiment. From the Timtt We published yesterday a patusraph from the tovthern hecurOer, Intended lo explain the manner In which one ot the editors of that paper happened to express the opinions recently recorded by one of our Southern corrcspon ttents We do thi as an act of justice to bim, entl in spite of sundry personal relcreuces, which are too common in Southern journals to excite any special fee ling of any sort. We be lieve no Northern man or journal ever attempted to render tho South a public service without paying somewhat dearly in both sections for his well-meant ctl'orts. Evidently the war has not changed Southern habits or temper, iu t7t!3 tcspect at all evcuts The Jitccrder regards the advice we have ven tured to oiler, that the SjuthJ-diotild accept the Constitutional utncuduicnt as the basis and coudidon ot resteratiou, as uot only calculated but intended to disgrace them. Very well. They have a right to put upon it whatever construc tion they like. If they draw auy bpecial com fort from considering thi:nieles persecuted, they are entitled to its enjoyment. It, like Maw worm, they like to be martyrs, and are content to figure henceforth In that political character, we have no special motive for standing iu the way of their preleienees. We feel bound to In form them, however, that they are not likely to arouse any v ry prolouud sympathy on their behalf, cither here or el-ewhcie. It is unques tionably true that they have enfleied terribly lrom the war that they have lost position, property, political influence, control of their own alhins, uud, in a very ltuuc decree, what before tho war were conceded to them as their constitutional richM. Rut It is cquullv true that public opinion everywhere, be-jond their own litnirs, regards it as wholly their own fault. They male the Re bellion from which all these losses resulted. Thev have only themselves to thank for every thtn'g they have suffered and have lot. They maeie the issue, and Maked everything they had upon it. To complain now of sulleriiiir the con sequences of their onn crime is neither heroic nor sensible. It commands neither respect nor sjmpathy cither from the enemies they defied or from the world ut large. Thev can s't down in the sackcloth and ashes of humiliation and iimitjrdom It they dense; but the loujrer they sit there the less of admiration and attention will they enlist. The world moves loo rapidly and too resolutely for such performances. Tirti Recorder says that the "young men" of tt.o South, when its political power falls into their hands, will "demand'' their rights and insist upon their proper share In the councils ot the nation: and it talks about drawing revolvers and appealing to the sword. Such language does not seem to us either very sensible or very patriotic - The South has just emerged lrom one such appeal, and Us success would not seem to encourage another. Before another generation can grow up.lhe disparity between the two sections will be Inr greater than it was when tho South drew the sword before. The Nerth Is growing more and more powerful in numbers, in wealth, and In arms; the South will grow weaker in every respect unicr the policy it proposes to pursue. Never again, moreover, will the North be found unprepared for such a contest. It was utterly and blindly Incredulous of Southern rebellion before; it is forewarned now, and the Hecwder may rest assured it will be lorearmed. We repent what we have often said and never with the slightest thought or wish to in volve the South in disgrace that the accept ance by the Southern States of the Constitu tional Amendment will probably open the door for their icstoration to Congress and the Uulon. But we have seen enough of the temper of congress ana tne country to lean us to believe al-o that this will not long continue to be the case. Southern nolitlslans ought to know ent ugh ot public opinion lo know that it never stands ctiii; and we assure them that its anlt in the Noith and West is not towurils more lenient measures and terms of restoration. It is exactly and strongly the olher way; and measures that may be carried now will be re jetted before the winter ts over. If the amend ment should be accepted promptly euough by the Southern States to make it valid, those thus accepting it would probably be admitted to repicf-eutation ut once, provided they send io. ai men who could tuke the oath re quired by law, but not otherwise. II it is re jected. as it seems likely to be. with indignation. scorn, and defiance, they will not only continue to be excluded, but the chances are that their existing State Governments will be abrogated, anei .territorial Governments will be created in their stead, and Imposed upon the South by force ol aims. ii v cwy iuij uw ivuif eiit uuvunm; wc believe it to be true. We believe the real wel- Wa cot tiiia nnr r a a fhvnnt Kiif rinnnnnA n fure of the South and of the whole country, present and prospective, would be promoted bv accepting the amendment, becaue it is the best they can do under the circumstances, and be cause it will, in nil probability, avert very serious disasters. Aud so believing, we Iccl bound, by every consideration of duty to the South, as well as to the nation at large, to sy so. The South ern States can reject the advice aud recent it as a menace, if they see fit ; but they cannot alter tue lacis or avert tue disastrous consequeuces oi tneir own mistakes. Itr publican Bravado Agninst (lie South From the World. As a thousand copies ol the World reach Southern readers for one of the limes, we give the following warning the aJvantage of ti better vehiede: "Wo can tell the Sooth something more. Unless the pending amendment be acotptou by tho bouth eru Legislature-, tho fate of existing governmental organizations at tue south may be considered lined. We inuulire in no menace. We affect no piophotio vision. We essay no abalraot argument, and lay claim to no exclusive inioiaiation. But there ia a iact which tho fciouih cannot too quickly compre hend, and that is that, iu the absence of a set'le meut based upon the proposed amendment, Congress will a Hi r in the territorial existence of the Mouth, legislate out ot official being its prrsont functionaries and machinery of government and provide tor the organization ol territories en a p!au utited to the emergency. Are the Southern people prepared lor tiiix alternative T "The com se alluded to H best with difficulties we knew. It is not one we shou.d choose il any method remained lor averting it. The method we have in vored requires tho concurrence of the Southern States, or a part ot them, uud their rolual to concur renders it impracticable. Thev have vet time, to re consider their deciMon, ard to concede as a matter ol expediency what thev bavo denied as a matter ol principle. But thev must net quickly, or the chance ct repentance will be lo.-t to them. For the ques tion ol restoration or reconstruction cannot be leit open much longer. And we are convinced that, as a last iceort, Cong) ess will close it by an unflinching application of ihe Territorial policy." In aiding the transmission of this threat to lis ostensible destination, it may not be amiss to accompany it with a few appreciatory obser vations. The editor of the paper In which it appears has a standing to regain in the Republi can party, and aims to atone for past desertion by present servility. This warning is really addressid to Northern Republicans; It is in-te-nded to signify the readiness ol the 'limes to abet and advocute the most ultra measures of that party. A point of more importance is the reality of the pretended danger. That Congress will act as the lanes piedicts, there is no good reason to doubt. Although the editor ot the limes has no foresight as his frequent wbiflliuK changes attcs-. he is a quick observer ot immediate tcnocncics. His opinion of the temper ahd designs of Congress conform , like a vane, to 1 he present direction of the wind. We assume, there-lore, that Conpress will attempt to pass a bill for degrading the Southern Slates into Ter ritories. It behooves the South to look this subject un shrinkingly in the face, and make an honest estima'e of probabilities. Can bticb a scheme succeed? It i futile to inquire whether It is I constitutional, for the Republican party has no iespcct for the constitution, it assumes that i ('engross, like the Parliament of fiteat Britain, I is omnipotent, and that its will, not the Conti- S tntistn t tliu Liinrnio aw At tha tmirl Rut loitunutely nil its laws m ay be made to pass another ordeal, an ordeal le swayed by the breath of popular passions. The" Supreme Cotut, consisting of Judges who hold by au independent tenure, are clothed with authority to declare null and void auy law that conflict; with the Constitution. Their decision against a law has this advuntuee over the veto of the President, that no majority can overrule it. When the President vetoes a biil it Is forthwith sent buck lor the reconsideration ot Congress, mid two-thirds ol both Houses can repass it. But a law declared null by the Supreme Court does not to bark for review it dies like a brute beast, without hope of resurrection. Even if Loth Houses were unanimous, even if thev bad the President to back them, their combined v ill could not prevail against a decision of the Supreme Court. The real question for the Southern States to a-k themselves, iu view ot tho detcasonce and humiliation with which (hey are threatened, is tnt.: Whetuertney win assume tue risk of Con cn-ps being able lo enfoice a law certain to be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court 1 i mess ton tress is prepared to go this length; unless it minks it ran succeed in the attempt, the threat ot reducing the States to Territorial 8ubiueaiiou is mere bluster and bravado. Con press has iio executive authority whatever, nor hns it any power to coerce the two great co-ordi-nite departments ot the Government, which are as independent iu their respective spheres as tue iwo nouses oi nongiess are in theirs. Tie fi amine of an elllcient Territorial law adequate to the government of greut, populous Mates; adequate to their government In oppo sition both to their own will and that of tho 1'ivtidciit. y,ill be found, ou trial, n task of such difliculty, that it is doubtlul if Congress can be brought to agree OU the deta'ls of a bill. The certainty of its being vetoed renders it neces- i-nr.v that it should command the assent of two tbii ds of both Houses a degree of unauiailti which the Republican party In Congress will not easily reucb 1n the details of so ImDracti cable a project. Rut these difilcultles, whatever their value, may be safely laid out of the estl matcstnee tho project is certain to be wrecked asumsi me supreme uourt. Wo, therefore, ad vise the South to treat this meuace with deri sive contempt. We would gladly learn from the Republicans who blandish this foolish menace, how a law is to be enforced wuicu the Munrente. Court d ( lures unconstitutional ? 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Ilv them wbeu to appear Those who do nut mnke application prior to the 1st of January next, or who do not present themselves wbea notlned. will be considered as havlnu waived their claim lor examina tion Candidates will take with them, wb m sum moned, their othcial papers showing telr naval record. UU'KOn WKLLKB, 11 Mlrnwlm Secretary ol the Navy. CORN EXC'flAWGB NATIONAL BANK, Hiii.inKLPHiA. October 18. 1H6S. a he Vice-President ol the Bauk, Alexander Whihden, Ffij.. having in 43 ay lant. 1 1 view ot a prolonaed absence in Kuroi e resigned his poxtlion. the Board of Directors to day elected J. W. To ire, tsu., Vice-President, and II. P. fcchetky, Ksn., CaeMcr. 10 17 Al Ka ANDElt O. CATTFXL. President. frr3 FAKMKRS' AND MECHANICS' NA- m.r XIONAL BANK. PiiiLiriKT.pniA.. December 7. 1466. The Annual Flection lor Directors oi this Bank will be held at the Banking House on WEDSBaDAV. the Dili day ot January next, between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 3 o'clock P. M. mint.! W RUSHTOy.Jr, Cashier. frzsr new LONDON COPPER MININU COMPANY A special meeting of the a'ock- holders will beheld on F IL AY. December VI at the oillce So. 129 touth FttO.NT.at il 30 P. M., to decide upon the luture course ol the Company, and other lundcra ol importance. a."iiiui fiMUM rut.i, vecretarr. UNITED STATES TREASURY, PIII- LAlilLrniA. NOTIcii. Holders of twenty or more Seven thlrv Coupons, due December 1ft lsti", can present them at Ibis otilce previous to Ihe ISth met., lor count and exa mination Checks mil be Issued lor the same on the ISth Inst. C. SlcKIBBlN, 11 8 St A at iftant Treasurer United states. t5f BATCH ELOR'S HAIR DYE THE BEST IN THE WOULD. H armlets reliable, Instantaneous. '1 he only perfect dye. So disappointment, no ridiculous tints, but true to nature, black or browu. (ihMINU 13 81GN1.D WILLIAM A. BATtTIELOIt. ALSO. Kccenernting Extract oi Allllefleurarestores,preserve, ai.d L(uiitiUes the hair, prevenis baldness, sold by all DllHiUlSiS. Factor! So. hi HAKCLAV St., N. Y. 3S mr JUST PUBLISUED Bv the I'ln slclana ol the NEW YOUK MUSEUM, the Mnet'eth Edition ot their FOUR LECTUKES, entitled piiiLOsoPHr or mahkiaue. To be had lice, lor fout stamps, by addressing Sccre tm.v New York atuseum o" Anatomy, HbS No. 619 LKOAb WAY. New York. CARPETINGS. X O T I C E . CARPETINGS AT UJLDUi'ED r RICES. LEEDOM & SHAW, No. 910 AECH STBEET. BETWEEN NINT3 ANf TENTH 6T8. C4.1mrp JUEVE L. KNIGHT & HON Ko. 807 I'll ESN IT Street, HAVB BOW OPKN A WELL-ASSORTED STUCK OF A M E It I C A N AND ENGLISH OjKFETiisras. OIL CLOTHS, COCOA MATTINGS, DRUGGETS, BT7Q3, ETC It) 9wfm3mf3p STOVES, RANGES, ETC. '21 THE CAS STOVES! 27 EAGLE OAS-HEATING STOVES WILL BEAT Your Offices, Parlor. Dining, Sleeping, and Bath-Room, AT 1.ICUS EXPENSE, LESS TROUBLE, N9 DIRT MUOKE, OR ASHES. Thev aie all warranted to do the work. Call and oe them at O. V, LOOMIS', Vi 1 12tJ No. M S. SIXTH Street. Philadelphia, Ta. f VO LYKll'S N E W PA T E X T Deep Sand-Joint HOT-AIR FURNACE. RANGES OF ALL. SIZES Alto, rmiegai'a Sew Low Pressure Meant Ileatlug Airtii. 1 OR SALE BY CIJAIU.12S WILLIAMS, 6H'J Ko 1182 MARK Ef Street. II 0 L 1 D A V GOODS CHARLES UUMPP, J OCK.ET BOOK AND aATCSLI. MAKl'FACTDIICK, Ko. 47 North Sixth street, below Arch, l'orte Jionnales, Osar Cases, Pocket Boolu, Hanker.' fiaapa. Porlfolioi. Tabas. KaichelK, Purses, UreasUie; Oti, Money Helta, w out Boxes. ttuie, 110. WHOLEHALK AND RETAIL. CUWliU OOTTON AND FLAX, . vi4.v SAILltlTK AND CANVAS Ot all uuuib.-rs and brsndi. Tant Awnlna Trunk, and agon Cover Duck. Also Pauer kianmacturers' lirlrr elH. lrom on to sevau leot wldet I'aulia., He'ting. Bull l wiue eto. ' JOHN v7. KVK.RMAN A CO., 6 Sj- Ut JJSK' Aer WATCHES, JEWELftY ETC, vtlS LADOMUS & CO. W T1II1-S. JKWVI.RK hi I.M R KK. 1 ATfinr.a nl JF.Wr.LRT REPAIRED. 02 Chestnut St.PMU. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AND BRIDAL IMtKar.NTS. Have on hand a large and beautiful assortment of Watches. J ewelrjr, and Mlrerware, suitable lor Christ n as Holiday and Bridal Presents Particular attention solicited to our Una assortment of Diamonds and Watches, Hold Chains tor ladles' and gentlemen's wear. Also, Steers Buttons, Btudt, and beat Rings, In great variety, all ot the newest stales. FANCY SILVER-WAIXE, ESPECIALLY SUITED FOR BRIDAL GIFTS. We are dal'y recelrlng new goods, selected expreitr for the holiday ea'es. uur Driees will he found as low. If not lower, than the same quality eau ba purchased eisewnere l'n.ehaiters Invited to call. Diamonds and all precious stone, also, oM Gold and El.ver, purchased or taken in exchange. 5 lytp KITCHEN & CO. HAVE OPENED THEIR NEW STOHE, SOUTHEAST CORNER TENTH and CHESNUT Streets, WITH A FULL ST0CX OF WATCHES. JEWELRY. Silver, and Silver-Plated Ware. FANCY COOD8, Etc. Their Stock being entirely new, andso'ectcd with the almost care, they leel confident ot being able to suit the taste of those who wish articles In their line. They solicit an inspection of their goods. ; C. B. KITCHEN. J. II. OLIVES. N. BCLOJf, Salesman. II 27 Imrp CHRISTMAS! W. W. CASSIDY, No. V SOI T II SECOND STREET OfTers an tntiicly new and most eareful'y (elected stock ot IA&IEKICAN AX1 GENEVA WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, and FANCY ARTICLES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, suitable for BRIDAL OR HOLIDAY PRESENTS. An examination will ahow my stock to be unsur passed In quality and cheapneu. Particular attention paid to repairing. 91! If O 11 T II E II O L I D A Y S. SMITH & DREER, S. E. Corner ARCH nud TENTH SI rtcls, Have uow on band a Well selected Stock of WATCHES. JEWELRY, SILVER, AND SILVER- PLATED WARE, Suitable for the Christmas Holidays. A call Is respectful!) solicited. 12 3 lmrp irironoRE smith. fkkdinand j. dbeer, jb REMOVAL. I o A A W UIAUN, ig. WATCH M4KEU, DAVISO REMOVED TO ho. 120 S. ELEVENTH Street, below Chesnut, II us opened a new trd carrfnll elected stock oi tine Henes, Jewclrj biler and t lalcd Ware K. B. Chronemeler, L'uplcx.Vaten Lever, and plain V iitehca caieinll) rc Hired andnarranted.Clvsiee'ni S I LV ER-WARE FOB Bill DAL PltESENTS. G. RUSSELL & CO., No. North SIXTH St. Invite attention to their Choice Stock of HOLin 811. VE K W ABE, suitable lor C1JK13TM At audBBI DAL 1'KtMl.MS. ISM HENRY HARPER, ISO. f,iO ARCH fStret, Uauuiaeturer and Dealcru. VVtitehea Fine Jewelry, Silver-Plateel War, a.M fclj Soliel Silver-Wure. B1CII JEAVELIIY. JOHN BRENNAN, DEAL VII IS DIAMONDS, PINE WATCHES, JEWELBY Etc. Etc. Etc 9 20 S. KIGIITH ST., J liUU.UAft & LLU.NAIUJ, j i BlAmrACTlBEBd 01'' AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALES I fcllver and Sllver-PIated Goods, No 704 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Those In want Of 61I.TEB or SILVIB-PLATED WAKi. will 11 nd It much to their advantage to rlalt cur 8 1 OHK beioie making iheir purcha-. our loa experience lu the manuiacture ol the above kinds oi coeds roubles ua lo del? compeiition. W e keeii uo evotls but those which are of ti e 1'IKHT-Ci,At-t.all var owu make, and will be sold at reduced prkes 'H JpINE OPERA GLASSES IMPOSTED AND FOR SALE BT JAMFS W. Ql'KKS A C0 10 M. K. 9i CHF.S.M T Straat. t. WATCHES JEWELRY, ETC. ( :3I11STMAS, irOlTnAY AM) nRIDATGim UST A HI, I S HE D IX 1313. WILLIAM WILSON & SON, SILVERSMITHS ANh .1IASITACTUREUS AND lMVOlUtlli Qe rPEUI0K TLATGD VVAUK, SOUTHWEST CORNKR OF FIFTH AND CHERRY STREET!, Have on hand a largo and general asaortment of Silver am Pltert Mare, Snltftble for Bridal Prcaeuta, Ktc. Ktc. PRESENTATION SKTS ON II AND, Or furntahed at fhoi t notice. ll 21 lmro SHIRTS, FURNISHING GOODS, At QENTS' rUKNISIIIXG GOODS BM1RT8 V ARE OK KKf YORK MILLS Ml'SLIN n r at usual price 60. pfllhTH MAllK 1K WA&lSUtTA MU3LIS tr JSIft usual price fS-SO iteiis mi ik in ob nana ann maue to oraer. A liberal deduction to wbi legale trncto WU.HH. 811 AkKR. AMX'ANTON FLANK El. Jf UFHWIIIKTH AM) hmWKRt, all sixes and qualities. A'o, I'ANt'V SCAKfH. NECKTIES, e.LOVKS. HUKFS., tUttPKMlEUa, etc., in great variety, and at tcaeonable prices. CUtiiai T. L. JACOBS, No. 1220 CHESNUT Street. JJ, F. BUTLER, MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS No. 142 South EIGHTH St. 112 J W. SCOTT & C O.. SHIRT MANUFACTTJREBLS. 41tD HEALESS I MEN'S FURNISHING! GOODS No. 814 CHESNUT Street, I'TifB UOOUS KELOW THU "OOHTIHE2TTAU f.7iP PHILAUKI.FUIA. p A T E K T SIIOULDER-SEAM SHIRT MANUFACTORY. AND GENTLEMEK'8 FURNISHING STORE. rtKfECT 1ITTIKO BHIRTS AJ.D DBAWEK made lrom measurement at v ry short notice. All other aitlclesof GLMLldilEil S DBES9 GOODS In lull variety. II 1 Ko. 706 CHESNUT SereOt LEGAL NOTICES. I K THE COURT OK C031MONT PLRAS FOR i. HIE CII V AMI COUJiT OF PHILADELPHIA. in the natter oi the poll, Ion lor the ssle ot real estate by the Oe man Lutheran Congregation 'i he unaersiRiied. iolnlod by tne nald e ourt to haar and report upon the claims ol persons holding lots lu ihe hury lug around of the above conurcL-ation. situate en the eiist ;ce ci hHlith street, hetween Kace and Vine xticets. In Ihe city ot I'hllailelphia hereby In accordance with the order of Court ot November 2T, lfthti. gives notice to all parties ho ucis ot loU, or inte reKldl therein, to au rear belore hun at nin oillce. Xa. 4;i:i Walnut street. In said city, on THUU.hDAY. the thiricenth Uav ol Deeemher, A. Ii. IBM, at i o'clook. V. Al . then and there to present their several claim. 'I Lis notice is elven for the nurnnite ol enabling nel sons having rvlatlons burled In said around, or havlnjt rights ot burial prauted to them by said corporation to i n-Mi iiil't uLMruuuus io iuo saicot tne giouou and 11 W m 1 no MAS J. WOKBELLj, Examiner. T N TniO ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY JL AM COUNTY OF PHILAIiKLrillA. Estate oi la n Be m K h kelly deceased. Ihe Auditor annoinled bv the Court lo audit, settle. and adjnst the account or EliWABO KELLY ani 11i(lN II. tiL'El N , Executors of tie lat Will aud Testament of J.AWKENCK U KELLY, eeoeased. and to ii uoit diatribuliuii ol the balance In the hands of ihe Accountant, will meet the parlies Interested 'or the nurpohe of hue ai i olmiueut, on HUNUaT, le e nil'(T24, lltiti, at 4 o'clock CM., at his othen, ho. IW H. i ttltlU bttect, lu luecilr o Philadelphia. iiei.MlUA Bfl.ltlMI, H 7 fmw t Auditor. INSTATE OF JOSEPH J. MATTHIAS, DE J'j ceased. Letters of Adnilnti-tratlon ui.on aaltl Estate having been grunted to the undersigned, all portions Indebted to ihe same are roquetted to make payment, and Ibnso having claims aguinat the aauie U present mtm wnuoui ueiav io CHBltiTIAiiA E. Mil THI AS. Administratrix, 0 54o N. SEIIOMI Htreet; Or her Attorneys, J. 8. bonham, j o. HkINCKLE, 11 7w6tl TS. E. cor. SEVKMU and HAKiiOM sis. FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES' EVANS & WATSON' llAM FAtlCBEKS Of FIRE AKD BURGLAR-PROOF S A: F1 E S . DESIUSED l'OB lltuk, Mercautlle.or D vralllng.IIonaa V Establiaied Over 25 Tears. Over 24,000 Sates is Use. Tlie only Safes with Inside Doors. Never Lose their Fire-Proof duality. Guaranteed free from Dampness. Sold at Prices Lower than other ruaksrt. fVAREKOOJlS i No. 811 CHESNUT Street, FUILAL-ELI'UIA. 9h DENTISTRY. THE G 0 VEEKMENT HAVINU aranted nit- letters-patent tor mr mode ol aoiuinisterlnif Kltruui Oxide Uas, by which 1 have extracted many thousands of Teeth without pain, I am Justtm d in assertiua that it ) both saier and superior to an other now In use. DH. C. L. MU1TK9 5 21 8m Ko. "ill SPbCCK btitet CUTLERY. CUTLERY. A fine assortment of POCKET and TAHLK CLTLEKY, BAOKS, KA Zlllt hTHOl'S. I.ADIK.H' HOI.HSOltl 1'Ali.ll AM iAlLOliti 8UEABS, KTC. at L V. HK HI OLD'S . Cutlery Store, So. 13A roulb TENTH Htreet, 9 1 3S J Three doors above Walnut ' ODGl.IiS A Vi:;TKM!OLM-S POCK CT Knives. liciHers A w ade's and Butcher's Razors, 'I able ( ullerv. ImMca ecinors in Cases. Union rU'lxsor and uli kinds i l ( in cry around and polbihed at V lLt.lHA'f , to. 114 b. Ith'Ui Mreet, neluw Cteanut UMlji: Q. E O R G E PLOWMAN, CAlUJENTElt AND IHIIIiDliJF No. 232 CARTER Street, Aud No. 141 DOCK Slrcct. tta t.'ixi n ik an J Allllw iklitm '-'ion utly atten.lad t j a
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