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COMF1 1.I:D EVERT PAT FOB EVKNINO TELEGRAPH,
Our I.raiHuR Universities.
From the Independent.
It la grucrally agrocd among our scholars and
savans that the great educational need of Ame
rica Is a real university. The chances are that
this Institution, whenever it arises, will como
by a process of development, rather than by a
new creation. It will probably grow out of one
Or more ot our present colleges. We have felt
Bome Interest, therefore, in comparing the last
annual catalogues of Harvard, Yale, and the
University ot Michigan, and have been rather
surprised to And bow national a character they
have already assumed.
In point of number, Michigan leads; having
1205 students, of whom 354 are undergradu
ates. Harvard has 0G1, of whom 419 are under
gradunies. Yale has 682, of whom 4'JO are un
aergrnii.ates. As to NHiiety of States in the Union repre
sented. Michigan floes not (to oar surprise) ex
hibit so many as the Eastern colleges, which, in
this resrrct, keep closely together. Yalo repre
sents 24 Slates in her undergraduate depart
ment, and 25 in all; Harvard 22 States among
her undergraduates, and 25 in all. Michigan
represents 17 States in ber undergraduate de
partmer.', and 21 in all.
Students are, however, more equally dis
tributed among these different States in Yale
than in Harvard, and in Michigan than In Yale.
Out of 125 freshmen at Harvard, 43 (about one
third) resiile out of New England. Out of 156
freshnieu at Yale, 89 reside out of New Englan I,
many, of course, coming from the neighboring
City of New York.
The Southern States are gradually being
represented once more in our colleges, if not
in Congress; and thus lar at Harvard rather
than at Yale, which was formerly the favorite
college ot Southern students. Harvard has
undegraduntes from seven slave S ates, Yale
from nve, Michigan from three only, not count
ing, in eit icr Citse, the District of Columbia.
Of course, the New England States are more
largely represented in Harvard; the Middle
Ptaies in Yule; and the Western Slates in
Michigan.
Of lorcign localities, we find in the Ynle
catalogue France, Chili, Syria, India, and the
.Sandwich I.-lands most ol these being probably
represented by the sons of missionaries. The
Miebigan catalogue shows France, England,
Nova Scotia, and the two Cauadas. Harvard
shows Knglaud, Liberia, aud seven British
provinoes tlie last contributing forty students
to her medical school.
Harvard always leads Yale in the graduate
department, and falls behind in respect to under
graduates. This is partly owinc, no doubt, to
the higher standard ot requirements for admis
sion at Cambridge. For instance, a young man
applying tor admission to Harvard must have
read the whole of "Virgil," of "Caesar," and of
"Cicero's Orations."' At Yale the demand is
limited to a part of "Virgil" and of "Cicero,"
'Sallust" being substituted lor "Cuesar," for
'Which it certainly is not more than an equiva
lent. In (ireck and in mathematics there is
also some disparity. This must often turn the
scale with young men whoe time and means
are limited. In the Michigan University the
requirements Hre less in amount and also less
definite, the system being less stringent In all
Wys.
So far as the arrangements for post-graduate
Studies go, Harvard U behind the two others,
having, oesldo her professional schools, only a
"scientific school," and not, like the others, a
" department of literature and the arts."
For the present it may practically amount to
much the same; but it is very important to re
cognize, at the outset, a wider definition of
science than that which limits it to physics and
natural.-history. When the "Lawrence Scien
tific School," at Harvard, was originally orga
nized, it included provision for philological
frtudy; but there peems to be nothing ot the
kind now. At Yale, besides the "SheiileM
Scientific School," there is an organized depart
ment, which "provides advanced courses in
mathematics, philology, history, and metaphy
sics;" though it does not appear ho many
students It numbers. An enlarged plan seems
also to be recognized by the Michigan Uni
versity. There is, on the other hand, a system of Uni
versity Lectures at Cambridge, adapted to
graduates generally, which seems to have more
of tie university principle about it than any
thing at Yale. It it understood that there is at
Ilarva-d an "Academical Senate," which is com
posed of all the oilicers of instruction in the
institution. It bus always seemed an absurdity
that the main government of our colleges should
rest with a so-called "Faculty, " consisting
largely of young tutor who are" employed to
teach the undergraduates. Surely, in a true
university, the more advanced departments
Should have in all respects the leading place.
It appears from this brief summary that wo
liave already three colleeiate institutions which,
by their numbers and their cosmopolitan charac
ter (so far as thia continent is concerned), are
fairly on the way to become true universities.
It appears also that in their organization and
plan of study especially of graduate study
they are adapting themselves to the demands ot
the age. Whatever competition exists between
them is of an honorable and useful order; and
as, in so large a nation, there must ultimately
be more than one great educational centre, we
rejoice in the prosperity of n'l.
Ilow to Make Presidents Harmless.
.From the A'aricm.
The proposal to make the President ineligible
lor re-election has a good deal to recommeud it,
but the balance of argument is undoubtedly
against it. In its favor there is the obvious con
sideration that it would prevent that incessant
bidding for popularity, that persistent conver
sion of the Administration into an electioneering
machine, which has been the curse of our
politics for nearly half a century. The Presi
dent would cease to have a motive for deserting
his patty, or trying to patch up one of his own,
or for shaping a "policy" to catch the popular
eye, or for tilling the public offices with his
creatures, and, la fact, for meddling unueces
arily and injuriously in the work of legislation.
But the arguments urged agahibt It by Hamilton,
In the Federalist, have lost little of their force.
They are now nearly as cogent as they were
eighty years ago. The chance of re-election is
undoubtedly a stimulus to good behavior.
The cases which tell against this argument,
such a9 those of Tyler and Pierce and Buchanan,
lvere undoubtedly due to an exceptional condi
tion of our politics. There Is not the smallest
probability that such an abuse as slavery will
ever aain arise, or that so formidable a combi
nation of interests, Iodines, and prejudices can
ever take place in support of any abuse as that
by which slavery was bolstered up durlug the
last thirty years. In other word, to legislate
for the contingency of such temptations as those
to which Pierce and Buchanan were exposed,
would be very like converting the nation into
' a camp in order to be prepared for war. Ordi
narily a President would base his hopes of re
election -upon his success in carr.ylnsr out the
popular wt-bes, and if these wishes did not, on
the whole, run in the direction of good govern
ment, democratio government would be a
failure.
The only cases In which we need ever expect
a President to run counter even in appearance
to'.the popular will, are those in wh'cli he has
reason to believe that the popular judgment has
not ten fairly exposed, or has not had time
to ripen. A good man will, in such case, act
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r a unu mou iijii u(iui I J, uu lu&uer UUW
y we legislate. The President Is pretty sure to
V strive to please the majority, and, unless our
wnoie tncory ot governaient be cironeoii9, the
majority, on the whole, in the longrun, i pretty
sure to lie right. The danger of making hi n
ineligible for re-election is that the opinion of
the majority would then becomeof comparatively
little consequence to him, aud a bad man mfirht
uko his ofhee, during bis whole terra, for the
sole purpose of enriching himsell or aggran
dizing bis fa voritos.
To be ur, a man base enough for this is not
likely to reach to hiirh a place; but it must not
be forgotten that very bad men go into poll ics
in our day, that some of them may reach the
Presidency, and that we do rot as yet know
how a baa Prerident would behave who knew
he had ro chmice of re-electicn. Many people
imagine that the worst ones must always bavo
known that there was no hope for them, bat
this is a great mistake. There seems to bo
some peculiarity about this otllce which pre
vents all prominent politicians from ever triv
lr.g up the hope ot getting it, and, alter they
have got it, lroart giving up the hope of keep
ing it.
In the second place, it would be rather dan
gerous for the country to deprive itself of the
power ot usinsr the experience ot a man whom
it has tried and touud both skilful and luitbful,
and to bind Itself to make a total change of ad
ministration, no matter what the nature of the
crisis may be In which the term ends. Wo have
just had in Mr. Lincoln's case a signal example
of the roiicbiet that may follow the removal of
a President whom the couiitry ha9 thoroughly
tried, to make way at a lime of gnat difficulty
for an unknown and untried and inexperienced
successor. No people ever made a greater dis
play ot wisdom than this people did In re-electing
Lincoln, and we doubt if any tnsident in
American history made so deep an impression
on the mind ot foreign observer. His death at
the begiuninir of his sesond term has been of
some use in showing us the danger of "swappiug
horses when ciossing the stream," to use his
own illustration. It put at the helm of affairs a
man of whom the country at large knew noth
ing; ot whose real character and abilities even
his own friends knew very little; who had nono
of the official cxperhnce or training which
had made Lincoln almost twice as valuable a
roan in 1864 as he was In 1860; and who brought
to the conduct of the Government at the most
delicate crisis in our history an entirely new
order ot ideas and motives. We all know the
result. It may be ssld, it Is true, that Mr.
Johnson would not have been chosen to succeed
Mr. Lincoln by a regular popular election; per
haps not- but a man as incompetent and dis
appointing might have been. Most people
thought in 185U they could predict how William
H. Seward yiould behave were he at the head of
the republic in such a crisis as tnat through
which we are now passing; but they would
have been mistaken. He would, if we may
judge Irom the part he has played during the
last year, have proved simply a more learned
and more polished Andrew Johnson. As long
as nominating conventions are what they are
as long, in 6hort, as the task of choosing offi
cials has to be delegated to professional politi
cians the public can never tell who may turn
up at the head of ad airs. In nine cases out of
ten it will be a man little known outside bis
own State, and he may be a Lincoln or he
may not.
The true remedy for the evils with which Con
gress is now seeking to deal would seem to be
not to make the President ineligible for re
election, ana thus deprive him of the strongest
motive lor behaving well, aud to force the peo
ple to dispense with his services, it may be, at
the very moment when his experience and char
acter are most needed, but to reduce his patron
age to a minimum. It is with his patronase
that a bad President does all his mischief; with
out the unlimited power of appointment and
dismissal his powers of mischief would be
very small, his powers for good as large a ever.
A reform which would compel candidates lor
office to submit to an examination, and which
while leaving the President his power of dis
missal, would compel him to do what a deoeut
regard for public opinion compels European
luonarchs to do assign cause, either in incom
petency or misconduc, for dismissing a man
would reduce the abuses of the present 'system
to as low a point as human nature will permit.
Leave the public service in its preent condi
tion, and make the President inelirrible for
re-election, and you simply make it tenfold
more a hotbe.i of intrigue and insubordination
and corruption than ever. The bill reported by
Mr. Edmunds seems as near an approach to per
fection, perhaps, as is either practicable or de
sirable. Patronage the power of constantly,
and with or without cause, making and filling
vacancies in the civil service is the curse of our
politics. It debauches and demoralizes every
body, from the President down to the common
councilman, aud converts public lite into a mere
came for places. If it be possible to stop it at
Washington, we shall not despair of witnessing
its extinction in the several States. The crea
tion of an official class which is involved la
making tenure ot office dependent on good be
havior is.no doubt; an evil; but it is a small
evil compared with the present system, aud our
society has grown too busy and complicated to
im.ke It possible to administer our auair by any
but trained functionaries whose b:ead deponds
on their good behavior, and on nothing cUe.
As a supplement to this reform there should
be another, confining the Vice-President to the
presidency ol the Senate, aud depriviug hiin of
the succession in case of the President's death.
The plan of the Constitution has now been
thrice tried, and ha9 twice proved atotal failure.
The possibility of the Vice-President's succeed
ing to the Presidency ought to be borne in
mind in nominating him, but it never is, and so
remote is the contingency that it U not In
human nature that it should be. No man should
ever be allowed to fill the presidential office
who has not b;cn chosen for it directly. No
man should get into it by an accident, withoat
ever having submitted his qualifications for it
to a ptpular voto. When the President dies a
new election should take place an inconveni
ence, no doubt, but not likely to prove a very
great one, as we see. There have been only
three vacancies made by death in the office in
eighty yenrs, and an additional election every
twenty years would be a small price to pay for
assurance againbt such accidents as Mr.
JotiEBon.
The North Cnrollua mil Opening of u
Important ttui-atiou.
from, the Times.
The Issue, restoration or reconstruction, is
squarely raised by Mr. Stevens' bill for the esta
blishment of civil government in North Carolina.
Of the provisions of the bill It were as yet pre
mature to speak. The principle on which it
proceeds first challenges attention; for it in
volves the question of the relation of the Kobel
States to the Union, and the process by which
the latter shall be perfected.
The measure looks premature. North Caro
lina is one of the ten States to which the pending
conditions of restoration have been submitted
for ratification.
In common with the other nine States, it Is
asked to accept the amendment, with an implied
understanding that acceptance will be fol
lowed by the admission to Congress. Its Legis
lature has refused the offered terms. It has
declined the amendment as a basis of restora
tion. But the amendment, as we understand it,
still remains open tor acceptance. And beore
leeitdating on the hypothesis that the amend
ment has ceased to be practicable, is it not the
duty ot Congress to review the whole ground,
to consider what policy is made expediout by
the tailure of the amendment, and to determine
the general principles which shall regulate the
re-eBtablishmeut of civil government at the
South?
This comprehensive question has not been
considered by Cougre8. The failure of the
amendment is kno,vn enly informally. Whether
the decisions already had in the Southern Legis
latures shal be accepted an final and conclusive,
or whether the purpose of Congress in proposing
the amendment shall be affirmed with a view to
reconsideration by the Southern people, Is a
joint that remaini to be settled. If DQ further
time is to be conceded let Congress so decide,
and the period will then have come for dis
cus-lug and deciding the course to be pursued
towaids the South. On the other hand, if an
opportunity lor repent tig of the refusal is to be
atloided the South, the fact should bo declared
that those ot the Southern people who Uvor the
acceptance of the amendment as the leaser ot
two evils may make a last attempt to bring their
legislators to reason. In either case, the Intro
(luc'ion of Mr. Stevens' bill is inexpedient. It
takes for crauted a ouestion that is vet unde
cided: and it closes the only door through
which men like Governor Patton could hope to
pBfS.
Something is due, too, to the Rreat body of
the Uiilf.n party, who have lor the time taken
tiielr stand on the Constitutional amendment.
It is more than probable that they will sustain
Congress in any course which, aiter full delibe
ration, may be adopted as a consequence of the
lailciie of the amendment. But thoy desire to
lake no random step. Before committing them
sehos to niore vigorous and more extreme
measures, they require to be convinced that
those measures aro essential to the sutislactory
termination of the present anomalous condition
of affairs. To do this, it is necessary that Ccn
press idiall move on general and understood
principles, and that the pending amendment
) ball be dealt with decisively, 89 a prelude to
the adoption of other plans.
It in not a case for exceptional legislation, or
foi legislation in detail. Until otherwise ordored,
all the Southern Hates have an equal chance of
availing themselves of the propose I terms of
restoration. And any legislation predicated upon
the adoption ot another plan may be exDected to
apply alike to cui-h of the excluded S'.ates.
ti moral legislation is wanted, and th s cmuot
be looked lor until some far-reaching and ex
haustive plan shall have been reported and dis
cussed. Mr. Stevens' doctrine of State suicide is hardly
likely to bo the approved basis of a system of re
construction. The Republican party has already
repudiated the theory that the 9 iiithern Stales
are or have been ontsido of the Union; and we
do not anticipate the passage of a bill founded
on the opposite assumption. Nevertheless, the
Riibject is too momentous to be approached In
cidental'y. It embraces contingencies too iui
rortant to be settled by a side lasue.
Supposing the amendment to be eventually
abandoned, the point to be primarily acted upon
is the relation which the Federal Government
shall hold towards the people of the Southern
States. What Is known as the Territorial plan
avoids the weakness ofMr. Stevens' doctrine by
addressing itself to the rebellious Inhabitants of
the States rather than to the States themselves.
Although the States worn not out of the Union,
their inhabitants were; their civil Governments
ceased to have a legal existence: and being desti
tute ot any duly organized Government, it is
competent to Congress to reorganize their local
authority in harmony with its conception of
republican government. The existing Govern
ments constitute no insurmountable obs'acle,
since they arc but the products of President
Johnson's provisional arrangements.
Of reeular constitutional validity they havo
not a pnrticle. And though Congress may not
reduce North Carolina or any other State to a
territorial condition, it may accept the facts as
they exist growing out of the Rebellion, aud
may regulate the conditions under which the
governmental machinery of the States shall be
reconstituted. Here is no usurpation no out
rage upon constitutional principles no setting
ot a precedent which may operate to the detri
ment of loyal States. There Is a simple recogni
tion of circumstances as the Rebels themselves
have made them, and a lawfui and proper ad
justment of the conditions under which the
citizens of the South shall resume former rela
tions with the national Government.
But while the principle on which this form of
reconstruction rests is in harmony with the
principles tor which the loyal States waged the
war, its application will be attended with diffi
culties which no prudent man will attempt to
underrate. We think not only that they are not
insurmountable, but that they are less formida
ble than the dangers inseparable from the ab
sence of a settlement of the Reconstruction
question. They call, however, for careful ei
nmiuotlon at the bands of the reconstruction
Committee, and for a patient discussion of all
their bearings by Congress. Thus, and thus
only, may we hope to reach the explicit, ra
tional, and abiding policy which should precede
the enactment of any particular measure.
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MANY THOUSANDS OF 0UB SAFES IN USE
MARVIN & CO.,
No. 721 CHESTMUT St- (Masonic Hall),
And No. 2GS BROADWAY, New York.
FAMILY SAFES, BAKKERg STEEL CUEsTS
SECONDHAND SAFES,
bend for Illustrated Catalogue. 9 22 stutU3m
WHISKY, BRANDY, WINE, ETC.
QR'EAT REVOLUTION
IN THE
TOE TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES
Pure California Champagne,
Made and prepared as if done In France, from pnre
Calliornla Wine, and taklrg tne place of Imported
Cbampanne.
Die nnderdgned would coll the attention or Wine
Dealers and Hotel Keepers to the following letter,
which may give a correct idea of tbe quality of theli
Wine-
"I'OMINCHTAL HOTEL, PHILADELPHIA, Oct. it, 186J.
"IIEEBUS. UOUCUEB & CO. I
Centlenien i Having alven your California Cham
pagne a tlioiousu test we take pleasure In saying ttia
we think it the best American Wine we have ever osud
We sbsll at once place It on our bill of fare.
Yours truly. J. E. K.INQSLET 4 CO."
CALL and TUT OVE CAUFOliKIA CHAMPAGNE
BOUCHER & CO.,
II 20 tuth.-8m So. So DUY Street, New fork.
' A. MAYER. Agent 11 PANEOM Bt. Philadelphia.
tyl NATHANS & SONS
IMPORTERS
OF
BRANDIES, WINES, GINS,
Etc. Etc.
No. 19 North FRONT Street,
fHILAJJEXFlLLAt
MOBBB HATHAM8,
BOHACB A. BATHAVB,
0BI.AN10 D. NATHANS,
10 2$
QEORGE PLOWMAN,
CAlirENTEU AND BUILDER,
No. 232 CARTER 8treet,
Aud No, 141 DOCK Street.
If acbis Work and UUiwrlshting promptly attended
to.
DECEMBER 15, I860....
HOLIDAY GOODS.
gTEPHEN F. WHITMAN'S
I INIMITABLE AND
CHOICE CONFECTIONS
NOW BEIDY
For the Holiday Season,
Together witU a large variety of '
! FANCY DOXES,
Of his Own Importation, direct from Paris and
Vienna.
.ALSO NEW AND BABE
Confections and Bou-Bons,
Only known to this hoosa,
Forming at once rich and superb assortment Irom
wblcti to choose fo
SELECT PRESENTS.
STEPHEN F. WHITMAN,
No. lQlO MARKET Street,
PHILADELPHIA
(HISS KRIKGLE'S HEADQUARTERS.
JOHN DOLL,
NO. 502 MARKET STREET,
lias now open one ot the laryeat and most rarted
Stocks of TOYS AND FANCY GOODH to 'M toond. It
Includes everything that Is rare and curious, and those
Who design making Christmas Presents, will do well to
call and Inspect Mr. IXJLL'8 large wholesale trade
enables him to sell at the verr lowest prices.
JOHN DOLL,
Wholesale and Bttail Dealer in Toys and
Fancy Goods,
12 ttnlhslOt No. 50 MARKET Street.
TOYS! TOYS! TOYS!
A. M. MARTIN.
N. E. Corner Eighth and Market,
Bas now open one of the largest and best selected
stocks oi
T0Y8 AND FANCY GOODS
TO BE FOUIID.
Also, Baskets, Children's Carriages, Velocipedes,
Sleighs, Sleds, Etc. .
A. M. MAUTIV,
12 4 tntbsIOt N. E. corner EIUUTH and MARKET.
QH11ISTMAS PRESENTS.
AMERICAN PAIflT BOXES, our own manu
facture. .IGL18U AND FHENCU PAINT BOXES, In
a great variety.
DhCALCOM ANI A PICTURES, new and elegant
assortment.
VAStS, and numerous other objeots for decorating-.
WAX FLOWER MATEBTAL8.
ISaMED AM) UtFIiAAltL FICnjRES.
SCIIOLZ & JANENTZKY,
No 112 South EIGHTH Street,
12 10 38t Philadelphia.
RICH FANCY GOODS,
A MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENT. I7NHTJBPASSEU
FOR VARIETY, ELEUaNCE OF STYLE. OK
MODERATION IN PRICE.
Rich Bohemian and China Vases snd Toilet Sets,
I'arlun liustB, Btatuettes and Vases. lironze and Ulil
Ornaments, Bleb Gilt Mounted Cardstonds, Vanes and
Ouor rases, Rich Workboxes Jewel, til ve. and llund
kercblct lioies, Iierks, Dressing Cases, Foilos and Com
panions, Jet and Vulcanite Jewelry, Jet Chains, Para
tans superior Mlk Umbrellas, Toilet Goods, with a
complete assortment o artlo.es snltaMIe for
LKlDAL, BIR'IUDaY. OH UOL1DAY PRESENTS,
At prices the most reasonab.e, at
II. DIXON'S,
1261m No. 21 South Eighth street l'hlladolphla.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
R. HOSKIN8 CO.,
No. UI3 ARc II htreet. and
No. 921 hl'RINO OAKUhN tilreet.
WRITING 1KM48 A large and elevant assortmorft.
Rusewood, inlaid and brass-hound; Walnut. Mauoxany.
and I'spier Mache. "
1 oriolios and Leather Desks, fine Turkey morocco,
lisckfcsmnion lloarUa, ciics, and Dominoes.
tauiesl Games II ol etiy ooscrlptlnn.
Ihe latest novelties of Frtnch, English, and American
Papers and Envelopes
U eddliiK and Visiting Cards engraved in the hignast
style ot tne art.
t he latest London and Paris styles Cards for Leather,
Wdoden, and 'I In Weddings.
Hluuk Looks ol every ucscrlp Hon on hand, and ruled
to order.
J8C7. riAB'ES. 1867.
A3 sizes and styles.
Initla's, Monograms, etc., stamped In colors gratis.
R lli'MKlN S & CO .
Stationers aiTa t sr l Engravers,
No. 918 ARC U Htreet
6 28 Crr.rp
HOLIDAY GOODS,
CHARLES HUMPP,
POCKET BOOK AND SATCHEL
MAMVFACTDBSB, .
No. 47 North Sixth street, below Arch.
I oi le Monnales, Cigar Cases, Pocket Books,
lsaLkem' Cases, Portfolios, ' Cabas,
haichels, Purses, Dressing Cases,
Honey Belts, Woik Boxes,. Etiues, etc.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, CU261m
CUTLERY, ETC.
P II S E N T S.
If you have a deaf friend, a present of an ACOUSTIC
IN.S'j KUMENT to assist their bearing, would be most
acceptable.
Also, a tine assortment ot CUTLERY. Rodgera' and
Wostenholm's Pocket Knives pearl and stag handles,
of besutliul finish, aud Rodgers1 auu Wade &
Butcher's Razors; finest Cnlsh Ladies' WoUsors, In
cases
Gentlemen's Dressing Cases, etc etc , at
P. MADEIRA'S,
No. 115 South TENT II S treet, below Chesnnt
N. B. Razois, Knives, 8clssors, aud Table Cut'ery
sharpeneo In the best manner.
12 10 tit
G U T L E It Y.
A fine assortment ot POCKET and
TABLE CUTLERY. UAZOHS, KA
ZOR HTROPS. LADIES' HClskoltH
PAI tit Ni TAILORS bHEARH, ETC.. at
L. V. HELM OLD'S
Cutlery Store, No. 135 froutb tenth Htreet,
818S Vhreedoors above Walnut
FERTILIZERS.
gAUOU'S RAW BONE
SUP EE-PHOSPHATE OF LIME
The great Fertilizer for all crons. Quick In Its action
aud permanent in its eflvcta. Established over twelve
yiais.
Dealers supplied by tbe cargo, direct from the whar
Ol tbe manulactory, on liberal terms.
Manufactured only by . ITOTT .
Office No. 20 South DELAWARE Avenue,
rp ' Philadelphia
8 4smwtrp
g LATE MANTELS!
SLATE UAKTELB are nnsurpaswi for Durability,
Beauty, Strength, an J Cheapness.
SLATE MANTELS and blata Work Generally, made
to order.
tT. B. KIMES & CO.,
Pit Hos 1126 and 1128 CUXSNUT Street.
SHIRTS, FURNISHING GOODS. At
QENTS' furnishing: goods
, . I ' " 1
It Ssan
SHIRTS MADE OF NErT TORK MILLS MUSLIM
oniytl usual price as 60. " n
HIhT8 SAUK or WAM8UITA MUSLIST Blr
3-76 usual price aj'40 v
7iO S Hihis on hand and made to order.
A lllx ral deduction to wholesale trade
WKLUH. HlIAKtR, AM) ('ANTON FLANNEL UK
DEftHHIKTR AND DRAWER, all sixes and on.,nii
.,AlC9.V EANCY SCARFS. NECK I IK8, ULOVKX.
I1DKK8., Simi'EKDERS.etO., In great variety, and at
..v..-. ..n-, ti r. u . nu mxes ana quaiifina.
FANCY SCARFS. NECKIIK8, ULOVKd
.... r.,,r., Doui.no, bio., in grout variwiv , ana i
reasonable prices. tlHlin
T. L. JACOBS,
No. 1330 C1JESNUT Street.
K I C II A 11 D EAT II E,
(Ten years with J. Burr Moore John C. Arrtoon).
BAS OriMBD AT
No. 68 N. SIXTH 8t, below Arch, P Cadolphia
Where he Intends to keep a variety ot
WESTS' FUKNISHINCt UOODS,
And to manufacture the Improved
SIIUVLDER.BKAM SHIRT,
Invented by J. Purr Moore, which for ease and com
fort cannot be surpissed. a n
H. F- BUTLER,
MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS
Ro. 142 South EIGHTH 8t.
in
J, W. SCOTT & CO.,
SKIRT MANUFACTURERS,
AKD I BALERS IX
MEN'S FUUNISIJIN& GOODS1
No. 811 CHESNUT Street,
l Ol'R DOORS BELOW THE "CONTINENTAL,
8 17 UP PHILADELPHIA.
PATENT SHOULDER-SEAM
. SHIRT MANUFACTORY,
AND GENTLEMEN'S FUKNISHINO 8IOBB,
PERFECT FITTING BBIBlS AND DRAWER
made irom measurement atvcrv short notice.
All otberai tides of UENTLEMEH B 1R88 QO0D4
In lull variety.
WINCHESTER ft CO.,
HIS No. 706 CHESNUT Street
QEN
sTS' furnishing: goods.
F. HOFFMAN, Jit,
(Late O. A. Hoffman, successor to W. Yf. Kalgbt,)
FINE 8UIRTS, AND WRAPPERS,
HOSIERY AND GLOVES,
Silk, Lambs' Wool, s Merino
UNDER-CLOTHING.
10 ttutha No. 83 ARCH Street.
LEGAL NOTICES.
IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE Ctrl'
AND COUMY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Ks ate ol JAVK8 HAMILTON, deceased
The Auditor appointed by the court to audit, settle,
ard adjust tbe thirty sixth account ot TIIOMAH CAD
WALADKR Executor an 1 Trustee ot the last will and
testament of JAMr.S HAMILION. deceased, arlHlnc
fiom that portion of the estate belonging to cohedale B,
annexed to ti e Indenture of partition in said estate,
dated January 26. 1H49. recorded In the office lor record
ing; deeds, etc In Phllade phla. In Deed book I W O,
No. 1, pace 497. etc. and to report dlatrloutlon of the
bslanreln the hands of the acoountant, will meet the
parties Interested lor tne purpo'eiof bis appointment,
on MONDAY, December 24, I8'6, at 4 o'clock P.M.,
at bis office. No 402 WALNUT street, in the city or
Philadelphia
11 13 thstnot IW. D. BAKER, Auditor.
IN THE COUKT OF COMMON PLEAS r Oil THE
C11Y AND COUNTY OE PHILADELPHIA.
Estate of R. W. I-MITH.
The Auditor appointed bv the Court to audit, eettle,
and adjust the accouu oi D C. EOLWELL, Trustee of
R. W. SMITH, and to report distribution of the balance
In the hands oi the accountant, will meet the parties
Interested lor ihe purpose ol his appointment, oa
MONDAY. December 24, at 11 o'clock A. M , at the
onioelot R. RDNI'LE SMITH, Esq., No. 273 Houtta
FOURTH Mreel, In the city of Philadelphia. 12 14 St
TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY
J AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Estate Ol JAMK8 A. NTKWART, deceased.
The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle,
and adjust the account of ANNA 81'EWART, Adminls
tratrlxol the Estate of JAWK A. HXfr. WAR r, decease I,
and to report distribution of the ba ance In tne hands of
the accountant, will meet the panics interested, for the
purpose ot his appointment, on THURSDAY, Deoemoer
J;. IH66, at 11 o'clock A. M.. at his office, No 402 WAL
NUT Htreet In tbe City of Philadelphia
12 lltuthslit' W. D. BAKER, Auditor.
INDIA-RUBBER PAINT.
r0 RAILROAD COMPANIES
AND SHIPPERS.
INDIA-RUBBER PAI NT.
It Cost no mors than other Paints,
The Rubber Paint Is a superior article for all exposed
rurtaccs. Ihe 'ubberls first oiesoUed and then ground
Into tbe paint thus permeating every part of It. It will
icsist even acids, and dampness and uhatROS ol atmos
phere baye but little fleet upon lu
THE BEST BRIDGE PAINT .
Ever made, and lis nse will be found great economy
lor all exposed surlaces, such as depots, roots, freight
csrs, etc. lute. It Is
THE BE9T SHIP PAINT.
It will resist the action ofsait watir, and consequently
stand much longer.
Paints of evety color ground In pure Linseed Oil and
India-Rubber.
ALSO, WB17E LEAD AND ZING.
AMERICAN GUI PAINT COMPANY,
S. E. CORNER TWENTIETH AND FILBERT 8T3.
1023 tuths2m
GOVERNMENT SALES.
s
ALE OP GOVERNMENT VESSELS
AND
QUAKlEUMASlEH'b rKOI'ElMY.
Depot Quartiskmarteb'b Office. )
Ualtimoke, alarv and. (
December 10, i860 I
Wilt be sold at publlo auction, at the port ot Da'
timore Hardy's Wharf, south side ot Basin), on
THURSDAY , 20th lust,, at 12 o'clock il.,
Ihe splendid elde-whoel steamer
"CIiY OF ALIIAN Y,"
rebuilt Id 1864, of tons; length. 200 feet; bread lb
of team, 85 feet ; depth ot hold, 10 tmit; cylinder, 10
Inches, and 12 feet stroke.
Also, tbe steam tuir
"ISLANDER,"
of tors; length, 68 feet; breadth of beam, 11
left; depth of bold, 7 feet; and 17-iuch cylinder.
Doth vessels ot light draught, bul a sound and
stiong, and engines and bulkrs in good condi
tio". .
A small quantity of Quartermaster's property,
consisting ot 11 anchors aud 22 095 pounds of ohain
cable, will be disposed ot at tbe tame time and place
to ihe highest bidder.
- Terms Cash, in Government iunds on the day of
sn'e.
Inquiries respecting the same mav be addressed to
the undersigned, or to the auctioneers, Mossrs.
AUKEON, THOMAS & CO., Ao. 18 S, CHARLES
S reet. .
liv order or the QuartormastoNGenoral.
. A. 8. KlUKALL,
Captain and A. Q. M., u. s. A.,
12 11 6t Depot Quarter ii?tet.
BOARDING.
0. 1121 GIRARD STREET
Js now open for the aecorrviodation of
. FIRST-CLASS J3C AltDEllB.
Apply early!
81
UNADULTERATED I.&pORS ONLT
RICH AHI PtNIHTAN'S
6TORlAKl VAULTS
Ko. Mil OHfcHNUI TRKET
Kaarlv Oiplt lbs Post OIBc
PHILADELPHIA.
Families supplied Orde,- lou U.e Ooairy promptly
tended to :