TUB WEW YOEK PRESS. EDITORIAL OPINIONS OF THB LEADING JOURNALS UPON CURRENT TOPICS. COMPILED ETItHT PAT 90B XVBNISO TFLMUIAPH What tls Year IIsws Brought Frth. From the Independent. " J.' ' TJo near approach of tbehrew Jfr, heralded bjiuedft which CbrWendoui agrees to accept as pie annJver?arj' ol Jh. birth of Jesus Christ, naturally (J loes every reflecting mind to look back and to look lorward to see what instruc tion, can be gathered from , the past and what hope for the future. Tbough the choice of the particular day of the earth's revolution around thJfcuu. from which Its progress Is to be reck oned, is purely arbitrary, It has grown, by long custom, to seem to us like an actual boun dary or goal lrom which time takes a new de parture, lea v inn the things that are behind and prchsiiifr lorward to those that are before, ine earth, like "a rolling tmrk," has horne us once more throuali the Immensity of space to the point at which we were twelve months b?o, and has meted out one more measure of our days; and It well beeomcs every wise passenger to take an observation aud fled out just whi-re he is, tbni he ma.y take a safer departure for the next year's voytice, instructed by the errors and encouraged by the successes 01 the one just ended. The past year, in a public point of view, has been a momentous one; and, as lar as human wit cn judge at tblB point of time, as fortunate ns momentous. Certainty toitunate, It toe American people have tbe wisdom to follow the pointings of that Almighty band which has been outstretched to guide them up to the pre sent point ot their history. If ever the hand Of Divine Provluce was visible In ttto direc tion of human affaire, it has been so in ours during the last nix years; and not less so in the last tban in those that went before. Six years ago slavery possessed the land, It had its vice roy in the While House, and it organized allies everywhere In the free States. Its rule threat ened to grow more and more despotic, aud to reduce the whole people to the condition of its immediate vassals in morality and in prosperity. In the insolence of its power it sought to destroy the temple which our fatners had built to the liberty of the eons of Uod, and to make it Into a den ot thieves a fit habitation for the children 01 Hatan. The eve of its idola ters were neld, that tbey should not see tho irantlc folly which was driving them on to tbe destruction of tbe foul letish which they had set above all that waH called God. Our own sight was none too clear in those dark days, and it wa? rather by divine leading tban by human wisdom that A bra bam Lincoln was set over us rather tban 8?war(t or Fremont. From uiidr the cloud of battle, and through seas of blood, emancipation came to the slaves and to our Belves. It remained to be seen whether we were worthy the great deliverance thus vouch safed to us, and able to' mike it the uulversal blessing which He who worked it for us meant It to be. The last twelvemonth, we think, has shown that we have not been disobedient to the hih catling to which we have been chosen, and that the greater victories of peace are yet to crown those we won in war. Never was there so hard a problem set. belore a people to solve as that which was Idrced upjn us by the triumphant ending of the civil war. It was one that could not be worked out by any moral geometer from Dy of the axio.-.is or the established proposi tions of his science. Time and experiment were necessary conditions to its just solution, and these we have had accorded to us by the very obstinacy and folly ot the man whom the foolish expediency of the Bul'imoru Convention and the crime of Booth had placed at the helm of the nation. We can even now sea hotv this apparent calamity may have been ordered in wisdom, it we use its lessons aright. The Presi dent's course has had a two-fold operation. It has shown tbe ohuaotn ot thu luhabliuaVB of tbe Bebel States, and has also made manifest that of the people ot the loyal region. The de pravity ot the Southern heart, eo long debaueued by the cnchantmi nts of slavery, might have been hidden tcr a seasun by its dread of a wiser ruler, and the Rebels been restored to their Ebwer tor evil in their own region, had not tho opes of being rehabilitated in their old national gupremaoy by a President born on thnr soil, and steeped in their prejudices, blinded them to the truth. The magnanimity ot the North, always bordering on the brink of weak ness, might have been led by the hypocrisy Which a stronger-minded President than John son might have compelled, to grant them terms of pardon in which security lor the future was not properly guaranteed. Blinded by the delusion under which the slaveholders always labored, fostered by their pretended Iriends at the North, that they had a party there ready to stand by them in all their doings, they have shown they are no less hos tile to the Union and no le-s tyrannically dis- Sosed towards the negroes tban in tbe reddest ays of the war or the blackest days of slavery, believing that Mr. Johnson, as President, had the rower as well as the will to let them dictate their own turns of restoration, they have re jected those ottered to them by the only arbiters of peace and war, aud now stand where they did on the morrow of Lee's surrender. And this alter the North bad rallied to the rescue of the nation from this covert assault of Rebel lion with the same unanimity as when the Re bellion spoke in flame at Sumter. Six months ago, and it seemed as if it were possible that Mr. Johnbon might compel another uprising to put dowu himself and to keep down the Kcbels. There was reason to fear that he would refuse to recognize the lawful Congress, and set up one ot his own, made up ol Southern Kebcls and Northern Coppeih'-ads. And the tteinpt would have been made bad it not been fcin, even to bis dun vision, tbat he and bis Nts would be crushed out of existence under the heel oi an aroused nation. Tba country is now sate in the hands of its chosen representa tives, aud the President is helpless aud inslg nltJcant, with noue so low as to do him reve rence. And this control of the co'tmry bv the free element will never be lost. With ail the mighty patronage at his command, the Presi dent tailed to gan a smele State or any addi tional strength iu either house of Cangreis. This is a pa-t whleb oouus the way to a glorious and happy future a future as happy for our guilty brethren as lor ourselves if we had but the grace given us to use the goodness of God aright. Congress is now the absolute arbiter of the destinies of the country. Toe nation has made up its decision tbat Cougrebs is to settle the conditions on which the Rebel States shall be restored to their former stntua iu tbe republic, and it Is morally and politically certain that its decision will be accepted by the people, if it do not iall short of the demand of impartial sutfraee. The majority will groy stronger and stronger. The "waiters upon Pro vidence," who went with the President in the falih thi.t he was sure to prevail, will allot them come back whence they went out, now that he has ignomintously failed. All the young men who are coming of ag from year to year may be reckoned on for the right. Tbe voice ot the people has declared its will that the Rebels shall not return stronger than whsn joey went out. And It demands yet more that ' the peace of the countrv Bhail 1 ever by the erection ot tbe freedmea into free men, aud the inventing of the citizens just de livered Uow slavery with the rights ol Htizen vr..i .uVbu, ca8e m8t assuredly the ' .Voice of God! and win rest upon us according as hp hip nheriierit tr, i. r 'Mearguards of Slavery. Yon the Tribune, ' l Even those who were content with a very easy generalization as regards any retorm of the Sooth, are coming to the opinion that the evlU which vex that unhappy section are too ipswlQc ad deep-rooted to be swept way by THE DA1LT EVENING ' TELEGRArH.PHILADELPHIA,- SATURDAY, DECEMBEIt 29, JL866. anything like partial fustico to. its pprosaed clans. All over the South exist the numerous temnanta of a terrible system which did as much to corrupt and debauch white morals as to debase black manhood. Tbe now apprentice ship and vaizrant laws are nothing but the remains of tbe slave codcj and the public whipping post stands, and every country justice may chain a victim to it. lors any one suppose that while men and worotn are publicly Itogged, while the whipping pobt exists as the unsightly sttiik forthe common flower and Irutt of Southern Justice, tbe Ireed incn will be treated with tender mor:y in all tbat aflects their civil light, or that tbe whites will be less pi Ivilege I than before to rob and oppress tbiu ? Tbe wblppian-post fairly typities all tbe prejudice which tho South has been able to carry oti in i's arced retreat iron slavery and maintain In the body of its law. It may be used to punlsb the white man. but so much more it tends to mnke the poor white worse than a negro. It will undoubtedly be for the most part an instrument of snch precious laws as tbe Vagrant and Apprenticeship codes; and every neero whom these statutes ordain shall be less than a man, will have the pillory in the back- ! ground to assure him that if be is not content i with a fiaction ot his mauhood he can have it , all whipped away. : Congress is bound to sec that the whipping post and the judicial slave-sale, now the twin relics of remaining barbarism, shall be abo- lis bud. How many negroes are flogged every i day in the South we do not know; but we are ; certain that a State so far north as Maryland ! sell its slaves by the dozen. There ia not only i su Hk ient law extant in the South to make a free man as much a slave as ever were the most . negiadcd rice-bands of Georgia, but there Is also 1 law to whip him to any planter's heart's con- tent. Seeing thcte thiucs, it is a wonder that any considerable sentiment ot this country can , coolly plead for tbe rights ot oligarchs to sit in Congress while the victims o; their blind legis lation are represented chiefly by tho judge who j orders them to be sold into slavery, and by tbe public whipper who lashes them for petty .aiceny. At recent slave sales in Maryland, half-a-dozen men and women ware sold for an averaso price of about $30; bo tbat it is actually ten times cheaper to buy slaves under tho present laws of them in open market. We observe that Jndge I been arrested by United States authorities, and held to answer for violating the whole spirit and essence ot the Civil Rlehts bill, both in this act and inreiusing to admit negro testimony into the courts. It is important tbat lib case, which shows a shameful contempt ot opinion and ot law, should be made, if poss.ble. an example, for there is hardly any crime which, under the civilization of this laud, surpusses that of selling a human bping into slavery Pirates have been hanged tor no worse otlVnse; and though Ju Ige Magruder may shelter hiiuselt' in an obsolete code, it would le a pity to lose tbe salutary les son which his due pnnishm-'nt would be to judi cial taskmasters fuither Sou:h. We hope that his convic'ion may fully satisfy justice; but tail ing thi, we trust it m.iv serve or a warning that the Judge who dares again attempt tho crime of selling a fellow-man, aud a fel!ow-cUi-zen, will do it at his peril. - Tht National Banks What Should be the Policy with Kcgard to Them. tYom the. Herald. When we have urged that the National Bank system was a monstrous monopoly which ought r to be abolished, we meant that it was so with tho privileges given to the banks by the Gov- j eminent, and with the support they received ; from the Government. There is no objection to the existence ot these banks s'aiply as private business firms, unconnected with the Govern- j ment, ju&t as our old banks were, and as all ( private business ought to b3. Most ot them are , veiy respectable establishments, and a great j con ?en;euce to the country. We like the uni- : fortuity and national organization of tueru under j an act of Cougre-6. But to RlvinK them the privilege and profits ' ot a national currency, baaed upon the credit ot the Government, without any cousidoratiou or paymeiit in return, we are uttorly oppjfed. This privilege, which is in the possession of a lew individua s compaiatively, is worth a vast sura of money twouty million dollars a year, at least; for we must recollect tbat tbe banks diaw interest on the bonds deposited as security for their circulation, and at the same time they are getting a protit oi seven to nine per cent, on that circulation. We do not overstate the amount, perhaps, when we say tbat the oanks make lourteen lo tiiteen per cent, a year in this way on their capital, without reckoning the protits of their ordinary banking business in other respects. Now we propose that the people aud the Government shall take the prouts ol a national currency, instead ot a lew capitalists. What more natural and proper than this? Tbe won der is that the Secretary of tae Treasury aud Congress have not 6een before now tbe torce of this simple proposition, llo v is it to be done ? Nothing more easy: by withdrawing the na tional bank currency, ahd giving us in place of it legal-tenders. Tbe legal-tenders cost the Government nothing. It can print three hun dred millions of them, and with that amount buy up and cancel the ttiree hundred millions of Interest-bearing bonds which the banks have deposited. Tbus, instead ol the banks drawing the interest nearly twenty millions a year the Government and the country would save it. That is the dilt'erence. And is not a legal tender currency as good as that of tbe National hanks ? Wo think it is butter and sater, and believe the people would rather have It. If these banks or more banks choose to carry on a banking business, they could oo so on legal tendeis. We should have the advautaue of a uniform currency, based upon the credit ot the Government solely. The amount ot paper in circulation would not be increased; the change would be only lrom one kind to another lrom an inlerior to a superior currency. Let Con- trtss, then, go to work and withdraw the iatlonal Bank circulation, and thus all bunks would be compelled to ue leeal-tendcis. The Comptroller ol the Currency, and other advocates of tbe national bank system, pretend to urt-'Ue that it would be dangerous tor tbe Goveiuuaent to Issue all tbe currency tor tbe country on its own credit, aud that ii might be tempted, uuder certain circumstances, to circu late a much larger amount than would be needed or safe. This is simply absurd. The Government has the same power to do this through the bank?. As the guardian of the public inteiests, it is uo more likely to create or issue a larger umount ol currency than is needed than to con fiscate our property. Congress is all-powerful over tho subject, and would make, doubtless, proper laws tor regulsting tbe amount of circu lation. The Government-and by that we mean both Congress aud tbe Administration can be trusted in this matter. Private associations of capitalists, like those of the national banks, have naturally a tendency to monopolize, to lnok only to their own interests, aad to make all they tan out of the public; but the Govern ment looks only to the welfare of tho w hole country. There is no danger in having a cur rency issued solely by aud on the credit of the Government. Thp next Sten after mnktnir i nnlfnrm IojiI. tender circulating medium should be to reduce the burdens of the national debt, aud to put it thiough a process of liquidation by payius oil' all tbe debt as it becomes due by leaul-feuders. It theic should not be enough In the Treasury for this purpose at the time, then issue as many ruoro as may be needed. Let the holders of these have the privilege of buying with them consolidated stock, bearing tour per cent. Interest. If money became too redundant, tbe surplus would rind its way to investment in these consols. Four per cent, would be a bieher rate of interest tban the British consols bear, aud would be sought by those having surplus capital, and wai ting safe' investment. If the legal-tenders in circulation shoald not tbus be converted, that would be evidence that the currency or money afloat could not be re dundant. The tour per cent. Consols, always opea for the conversion of lepal-tenders, would be a safe regulator of thf circulation medium. No in justice would be done to the public creditors, because they would be paid in the same money they loaned or con rcted with the Government for. The national debt would soon be greatly reduced, and could be liquidated in les than twenty years. The whole community would be bent filed by a great reduction in taxation. Our financial system and commerce would be eman cipated In a rreat measuie lrom tbe influence of fornen capitalists and money traders. We should commence a new and rrand career of Independence In monetary attain. These views we commend to Congress, aud hope that body will art upon them belore the close of the pre sent session. 1'rogrcas of tti Progra Party Thi Most Advanced Idea Vet. From ttit Timtt. It Is quite common to speak of Wendell Fhll lips as a very able man, but lacking practical qualities. The article we published yesterday from his pen ought to correct this error. It proves him to be an ong the most "practical" men of his school, as he sets foith most dis tinctly the objects he expects to accomplish by impeaching the President. Mr. Phillips has a favorite plan of recon struction, lie thinks the Southern State Gov ernments ought to be 'wiped out," ahd territo rial Governments subsjit ted for them, so that the universal neero suffrage could be decreed by Coneress, and all other reforms which he deems desirable at once secured. But, says Mr. Pbil- 1 ps, he Supreme Court is opposed to this. It btlieves such action to be unc.institmional, and would so decide. Tbe Pupreme Court thus becomes an "obs'aele in oui path" which must be removed. Dea'h is relied upon as a service able ally in this cmereencv; two out of the nine Judges, Mr. Phillips has reason to hope; may die" wi hin a reaonable time say two years. But then, if Mr. Johnson has thu nomi nation of tueir successors, what clinuca have "we" of maklne anything bv the change? None at all. The only way to escape, this ditliculty is impeacbinir the President, arid removing him from office, even "it there is but little hope of his conviction." The main thing is to get him out ol the way, and that can be done by uu- ceb B uim. "better with good r oasou or Then. too. unless he is impeached, how are the Southern Slates to he reconstructed? If Congress does territorialize them, he will have tno appointment of their Governors, their Secrctaiies, their Judges, and other ofucers. This v ill n vcr do. This would still enable him to "baulk the plaus ot the conquerors." He must bo got out ol the w iy. Assassination is oa ous aid ursa'e. Imucacbment is neither. Therefore Mr. Phillips insists oo impeachment evn i' theie is ' no hope of a conviction." And, naturally enough, ttic K'rongst reason is kept for tbe last. Mr. Phillips winds up by de claring that he re?ards the question ot impeach ment as being in laet the d ciion of the ques tion "whether tho Kcpublican parly shull suc ceed In the next Presidential election." He sees very litilo chance of it, unless they first "remove Mr. Johnson out of their path." There fore he is in favor of his removal by impeach ment. Congress has tbe power; why shot-Id it hcsi ate about using it ? Who, a.ter ibis, will hesitate iu resardicg Mr. Phillips ns a "practical" statesman? There is not a nietober ol Cougiess, not a New York Alderman, who can go more diiectly an t "prac tically " to his mark, than he. The old Jesuits incurred a good deal of odium in some quar ters, bv holding that ''the end ju.-titles the means." and by acting upon tbat eminently "prac leal" maxim ; but their per.'ormances were child's play by the sido of Mr. Phillip's pro gramme. Why does not Mr. Phillips go a steo further, and su ike at the root ot the whole thing? W hy not letCrmgross abolish the Constitution, and make a new one at once? They have the power why hesitate about exercising it ? All these quibbles and timid dodires merely blink the mam lact. Congress is "the conqueror," and iu possession ot power; why allow Presi dents, courts, or constituents to "baulk its plans ?" Huppose t tiree-fouribs of tno -y over ing Slr.tefe" should depose the President, abolish tbe Supreme Court, change the Constitution, and pi t General Butler ac the head of the army; who Is to resist or thwart Its action ? We tbrow out this hint for Mr. Phil'ip-i' considera tion. It may be ruther "too advanced" an idea even for him, but he will come to it sooner or later. It is much more effectual than Ids scheme, aid quite as constitutional. SHIRTS, FURNISHING GOODS, & QEKTS' FURNISHING GOODS BH1PTS MADE OF NEW YORK MILLS MUSLIN ou.y 4 usual price frft Ml. I. WAMSUITA MUSLIN nly sill nib MAlfc OIT fta-Tii iikiim! nricn a.1hft l.inb fllJKifct oi band and made to order A llt'i rul ih'ouotion to villi lt-oie irutiu VVH.Ml.MlAKt.il, AMM'AN'lop, FLANNEL Vt, DKKhUIHTh a Mi PlinWKUH, alt mzei ana qua I lea A'co. FANCY SCAKfr'S, KbCKTifcH, GLOVKet IlIiKFK. HVBFEKlJUttt, oto., in sreat variety, aud a1 teasoiiaoin prices. tils 2m T. L. JACOBS, No. 1230 CliESNUT Street. RICHARD E A T R E, (Ten years with J. Burr Moore & John C. Arrtson), HAS OPENED AT No. 68 N. SIXTH St., below Arch, F. iladelphia Where te intends to keep a variety ot GIANTS' FUllftlSlIINO GOODS, And to ni'DUlacture tbe Improved hllOLLUEU-SKAM SHIRT, Invented by J. Kurr Woore, wtiich for ease andcom loct caijuot b aurpktMtd. 8 11 H, F. BUTLER, MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS Ko. 142 South EIGHTH St. 1 3 T o YV. SCOTT A 0 0., SHIRT MAKUFACTURE&S, AKD bBALSBl III MEN'S FUIINISUINQ QOODB Mo. 814 CHESNUT Street, FOl It LI00B8 EfcLOW THE "CONTINENTAL, PHILADELPHIA. 8iUil pATENT SHOULDER-SEAM fclllltT MANUFACTORY. AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STOKE, tHRTlVt FITTING BHIBXS AND DKAWES made irom rtftnurtuient at very short notloe. Allclberaitlclvsot Ui-NTLif AtiJi U PKibS QOODB in lull variety. WINCHESTER ft CO., 1111 No. 706 CHESNUT Street; QENTS' FURNISHING GOODS T. HOFFMAN, JR., (Late O. A. Eoflmsn, successor to W. W. Knight,) FINE S111BTS, AM) WBAPPEUS, BOblEBX AND GLOVJCS, 611k, Lambs' Wool, a Merino UNDER-CLOTHING. 10 Stuths No. Ha AltCH afreet BOARDING. O. 1121 GIRARD STREET U now open for the accotr-nolation qf FIItST-OLABS IK AUDER8.. Apply early - SPECIAL NOTICES. ' EST FAKMKK8' AND MECHANIU8' NA TIONAL 11 AMt. . ... Viiir.Aniti.rmA, lectnt! 7, IMS. The Annual Mectlnn foi Directors ot this Dank, ivtlt be be d at the Lansing House en W K ! N K -DAY . the 1Mb day ol January nxt between the boors of IS o'clock A. M. and 1 o'clock 1'. Ji. l'illUfet W KrsnTON' Jr, Cashier. NATIONAL BANK OF THE RE PUBLIC. Fnit.iDELrniA, DecemioTt loss 1 he Annnal Flection loi Directors will b held at the PAN KIM! HOUSK.onTUEHDAY, January 8, lcttjl, b- tween me hours of 10 A. M. and t P. M 12 28 I .its J. P. MUMFOBP. Cashier. miLADETPHIA AND READIN0 PAII.ItOAD I OMI ANY. Office No 14T . FOUBTU btrcot, riuiAPF.tpni , December IS, lSut. . "DIVlDsND NOTICE. TheTranMor Hooks oi this Company will beclosel cn 1 CODA Y, December 18, and roopeued ou lU&ei DAY , tbe lMli ol Januaiy next. A Dividend ol tlE flB CF.NT. ban been doc'ated In the Pre erred and Common Mock, cl-arof National and Slate taxes pa able In each or common stock at par, at the opitcn of the nolder. on and alter tbe Slat msiaot to the holders thereof, as they shall stand registered on the books ol the Company, on the 18th instant All payable al this office In Philadelphia. 1 be option as to taking stock for this dlvtdnud will cease at the close of business hours on Saturday, 31Kb. Maicb next. All orders for dividend malt be witnessed and stamped 1'iMiMt B. BttADFOBD, Treasurer. PHILADELPHIA AND READING BAILltOAD 1 OLlDAY EXCCRSION TICKETS, Cood rrom Hecemhet .2, IHMI. to January 2, IS6T. will be Issued at reduced lares between all riatfons on the main r, ad aud branches. U. A. ISIC'OLLs, 12 2ii H't General Superintendent OFFICE OF THE FRANKFORD AND I'HII.AMI l'FIA PAHar.NUKK KAIL WAY COMPAHY, o. 24M FKAMCFJKD Kosd. 1'iiiLAUKM'iii a. De earner ST, 1866. Al persons who are i ubscrthtrs to or ho ders ot the Capital Mock o this ompany. ana who hsvenotyet paiu the ' HlltT) lustalmoDt of FIVKI DOLLARA per sb are tben on. are liorebt notiued I'm! the said Third instalment has been called in, aad that tbey are re quire" to pay the same at the above oftlo t. on or before feA'lUhl' AY, tho Villi day of January next 1857. It v Keaolutlun of the Hoard of Diieetors. I2 28 12t JACOB HI NDF.B, President. EST", OFF1CK OF THE NORTH PENNSYL- VAN I A RAlLROAU COJU'ADiY. fio. 40 T WALNUT btreet Pnir.APKr.rniA. December 27, 198 The Ai nual Meetlnx of the Stockholders oi toe Ponh Pennsylvania Kailroad Company will be held at tbe Oil co ol tbe Compxny, Mo. 4V7 WiUH I Street, Phila delphia, on atoNDAY, January 14. 1867, at 12 o'clock Al., when an e lectiun will be be d lor a President and ten Directors, to sei ve f ir the ensuing year. 12 28 i4t JLDWaUD a K USTKOU. Secretary. S1IAMOKIN COAL COMPANY. Philadelphia. December 22 lnGO The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the rllAMOKlM COnL COMPANY Will be bold at their Ofliee, No. '26 WALNUi Street (Room No. t). on WI DNKSDAY. January 18, 1807, at ll o'clock, to elect Directors or the ensuing .lear. Ihe nonsfer Looks nil be oloied on and after the 85th In'tant l2 22 20t CIIARLF.S K. LINDSAY. Secretary. rcl?" NEW YORK AND MIDDLE COAL FI IELD BilLBOAD AD ( OAL COMPANY 1-iiiLAiM Li-iiiA, Lieceuioer ll. lr)u Tbe Annual Meelinu ol the Mockliolders of tbe above rompi.ni wlllbebeldat their Oltlee, No 226WaLNl'T Street(ioom No. 8), on 1 spa Y, January 8. 187, at 11 o'c.oek to e ect I Irectors tor th, ensuing year. 1 he Iraosier Books will be closed on and alter the 26 h Instant, 12 22 VJi CIIA1 LF.8 R. LINDSAY, Secreta-y. tsrf THE ANNUAL MEKTINN OF THE Ftockholdera Ol MKIUS COUNTY OIL COM- P ANY, will be held at tbe tftlce, No. Mi MVKRI X Street on MOND Y EVKNINO January 7 1867, at 7X o'clock, tor tho choice of oltlcers, and any other busi ness that n.ay oomo up tor action. 12 2fiBM N. M. FRBN4LD, Secretary. AMONG THE GOOD THINGS NOW beliiE oliercd to an appreciative public. Is a btautl ul 1'rets Hat lorC.en t'eu en's Winter Wear, pre pared ty W.BLlBtOl, tatter, CHLsNUT htreet, next door to Post Oil ce. Call and see It 12 ID 111 fTSf" BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE THE I'.LbT IN TDK WOltLD. iroimlefs reliable, instantaneous. 'I be only perfect dye. No Qtsatipoiiitmrnt uo ridiculous tlnis, oot true to nature, b ack or brown. tiLN LINK L3 blONLD WILLI A At A. BATCUELOB. ALSO. Rr ccnerntlnB Fxtract oi Viillefiennirestore8,preservcs, niitl Lt iiutil.cs tl e lialr. prevents baldmss. hold by all lirui-lB B. Factory No-bl BABCLAY St., N. Y. S3 JUST PUBLISHKD Fy tho I'hj alolans ot the NKW YOJiK. MUSEUM. tlie Ninetieth tuition oi tneit FOUU LLCiCBES, entitled PPILOSOVHY OF MABK1AGE, To l e Iitti inc. it r loui stumps, bf aadresslnR Sccre ttiy New York iiubtuui c Ana oniy, 6 b No 61ol UOAUWAY.KewYork. DRY GOODS. QI.OSIKG SALES OF WIK1ER DRESS GOODS, CLOAKING VELVETS, CLCAKING CL0TH3, 0VLRC0ATLNG3, BLANKETS, SHAWLS, CLOAKS, ETC. ETC. To eflect a BAI ID CLOSING OF STOCK, we have deteimincd on t UKNEBAL BEIjUCTION OF PRICKS. Aa.the whole of out Stock has been purchased at the late Auction t ales, our disposition to reduce present prices oilers great incuceu eat to buyers. . CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER, Nos. 450, 452, and 454 N. SECOND St., 12 26 5t ABOYE WILLOW. Ko. 1024 CHESNUT Street Iu Anticipation of Removal to N. W. Corner ELEVENTH and CHES&UT, White Gooda, I.acta and Lace Ooods, Ha. dkoukiofs, Lud es and.Gents, every vatUty. , m Linen Collars and Cutis, Veils, Scarfs, Neck Ties, Etc., Kinbraclnar Novelties Adapted for HOLIDAY PRESENTS, AT REDUCED PRICES. . 1Y3. NEEDLES. joejlg XtlVfiaHO HOI OH JAMES MoMULLAN, Euccessor to J. V. Cowell ft Son, lias just received bts flrtt FALL UPOBTATION ENCLISH DLANKETS. T bese uoOds wets ordered In the Spring, and mads e press y tor J AM 1.8 Ml M I'LL AN by toe same in faciurer that J. V. C OW i LL A HON were supplied for mtiiy ycais, and wUI ba found very superlot 1 1 auilly use A LABQE BCPPLT OF AMERICAN BLANKETS Belling at Greatly Beduced Prices. A full SMortmentof real WELSH AND AMEBICA FLA Alt LH always on band. His stock ot UEMPBAL IlOUH-K-FtlRNISHINO DB GOOD is complete, with the veiy b goods at th lo est rates tor CASH. BOTJoE-IUKNISHING DRY GOODS STOEE, 11 M lml No. 700 CHESNUT Street. DRY GOODS. LINEN STORE. AltGlI STREET. CI11USTMAS PKESENTS. Fine Table Cloths. Fine Napkins and Doylies. Fine Damask Towels. Ladies' Handkerchiefs, Gents' Handkerchiefs, NEW STYLES. THE -LARGEbT STOCK. OF LINEN GOODS IN THE CITY. 17U28lrp FAMES & WARNER, Ko. 229 North NINTH Street, ABOVE HACK UNCI GOODXFOIi IIOLIVA YPli KHEA'TS. Insjit s Hemstitched Linen Handkrchiefi, 28,81, 87 cents, etc ladies' Embroidered Handkercbiers. Gents' Colored Bordered Handkerchiefs, 87 J, 50, 62 J cents, eto. Genu' fine qualitv Hemstitched Handkerobiefe. Ladled' and Gents' plain Linen Handkerchiefs. Ladies' aud Gents' Ciotb Gloves, all prices. Taris bilk Fans, Imported Inkstands, eto. . Ladies' Companions, Morocco Satchels, eto. Large assortment Fortemouuales, all prtoes. Bi ocho bcarfs, 86 cents. Dolls from auction, oto. Missis' and Ladies' Balmoral. All-wool and Domet Flannels. Beet Ameiloaa Prints, 18 cents. BniRtius In Ladies' Merino Vests, $1 87J. Misses', Ladies' and Gouts' Merino Goods. FAKIES & "WARNER, 920 Ko. ao North MKT H Street, above Race N. B Will open to-day, one coso of yard-wide B. cached Muslin, at 26 cents, same gooda now selling ot 81 cents. Bargains in all wool blankets, at H 76. u SEFUL CnRlSTMxVS PRESENTS. 1 be 'subscribers have received some choice articles of Dry Goods, eminently suitable, from their usefulness and rartry, to make Acceptable Christmas Presents, Such as EXTRA BEI BLAKKET8. The finest made. SPLENDID DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS, in sets. NAPKINS to match. FEFNCH DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS. Unique de signs. FRINGED FRENCH TABLE CLOTHS. FRINGED FRENCH NAPKINS AND DOYLIES. 8TJPEKIOB FRENCH DAMASK TOWELS, with and without Fi luges. - r ' FANCY AND .HUCKAB1CK TOWELS, French and English Colored Holders and Fringe. MALSEILLtB QUI LIS, extra flue. EMBROIDERED I IANO AND TABLE COVERS. Also, in our fancy stock, which can be sold at the lowest prlcot LADIES' EMBROIDERED CAMBRIC HDKFS., with Initials. CHILDREN'S EMBROIDERED AND HEMMED, with .initials. EMBIiOIDERFD LICE AS D MUSLIM SETS, In ery f. eat variety, eto. SKEPPARD.VAN HARLINCEN & ARRIS0N, . u thKucuirpj No. 1008 CHESNUT St. & LAf S. W. Corner of XTonrtlA and Aron Bts All 2 OFFERING SOME FINE OO LOW FOB CURI8TMA8 PRESENTS EXPKNSIVE LONG SnAWLS. LYONS CLOAIC VELVETS. MAGNIFICBNT SILKS. KK IIEST PLAID POPLINS. 1 IAEST REPS AND POPLINS. MELODEON AND PIANO (OVERS. HOI1 BOY WOOLLEN SHAWLS. P. B.-MERHIMAC PRINTS, FAST LORS AND NEW STYLUS. I'HEHIIM BLANKETS. II Smws fiOQ HOOP PKIRTS. flOQ JCO ' LATF.HT btyle, juht opt. J0 I K PETIT TR IL. for the Promenade, 2 y aids round. THE CHAMPION TRAIL, lor the Drawiug-room, t voids round. 1 liene Skirts are in every way the most desirable that we nave Hereto ore ouei r Lave hereto ore oneied to the public i atS3. cooinlnu lines of Ladies', Misses', and Children's Plain snd Trail Hoop Skirts lrom to f aid in circnmtnenoe of every length, all of "oar own mike," wholesale and tetail. and warranted to slve satisfiotion. Constantly on hand low-priced New York mtde flkirtu, Plain aud Trail, W sprluBs, M cent. it springs, Sit ii DruiKS al lOiandMsprliiKS l-id. hKltts uiade lo older, altered, and repaired. Call or st-nd lor ( lroular ol style, sUes aud prces. Manu'actory end Haiesrooms. No. AltCH tueet, . 11 8 Jm WILLIAM T. II OPSINS. DRY GOOOS. PRICE & WOOD, N. W. Corner EIGHTH and FILBERT, HAVE JUST OrENED 100 down Ladie' French C ot h Cilovps, at 50, 64, 62J.63, and 75 cf nt a pair. The balance of an ported stock which was told at f 12 a doscn. v ' Conts' Coth (rlovei. ... i . .t ladioi' and Misses' White Cloth Gloves. Ladies' and Gents' Merino Vests and rants. lAdios' Hemstitched Handkerchiefs. Ladies' Embroidored Handkerchiefs. ' ' Gents' Ilomstitolicd and Colored Border Hand. kerchiefs. Domestis Goods at the very lowest market prices. Good vard wide Bleached Muslins, 80, S3, 26, aud 29 cents. ' vTilliamsrll.'p, Wamsntta, and Now Tork Mills. Best makes Vnbleaohed Maslins, 5 4. 6-4, 8 I, 9-4, and 10-4 Sheeting MaI ns Best Bleached and Uubloached Canton FtannoU. Alt wool and Domet flan nets. ( Heavy All-wcol bliaker Klannels. Yard-wide Domet 8haker Flannels, 81 aad 60 cents. '.- Handsome Blarspllles Quilts, Lancaster Quilts, very cheap. PRICE & WOOD. N. W. CORNElt EIGHTH AMD FILBERT, Will open on Monday morning a lare lot of Tlaid Musi Ids, from 81 to 60 cents; lower prices tban they bavo been sold at for five years. Linen Dor lies, $1 76 per dozon. 10 23 -jOgfllSHAWL EXHIBITION M. E. f'OR FIOHTH AND 8FHI NO GARDEN BT M e are piepsred to show oneot the very finest stoo of bh an Is in this city ol even grade, FROM l'DO BP TO $SO, Most of which are anctton pnrchases. and are under regular pricis. We Invite an examination. l rig and .'qua e l aisley hawla. J oic snd qusre Hr cl r t-hsw s. I orif and Euuare hlck Thibet Shawls. I oiib and 8 n u.re Ulankm fchawla Hi t.a t-htw s, Lrpnkiaft BbawW. etc etc. W v Culd also invite attention to ouc BLANKETS. Fyre rnt All v.ool Blankets for6. riOI3j Finer (ualitics at 7 M 9. 10, $11. '2. and alt In lact, our aenerai stock iswortbv the attenuoa Ot all bu ers of Dry Uooda who wish lo buy cheap. JOSEPH II. THORN LEY. N. COK. F.IQBTU AND BPRINQ OARDEtf ThIWPHON'K SONS, . No. f22 PINE STRUT No. Oil Peelers Iu Linens, Yi bite and Dros Uoods, Embroi deries Hosiery. Cloves torsets. Uandkerohieia Plain and iienistiicned. uair. au. loom, and riate ura.bes, led. Uair, au. loom, and Plate Ura.bes. and Fan y Hoai. Pennmery, Im ported : Pnfls and Pufl Boxes, and an endless lombs, I'.aln i and Domestic vanetv of Notions. Always on hand a complete stock of Lad'es', Oeats', and t'lii dien'B L'ndcrvests and Drawers; English ana Oernian Uoslcry in Cotton Merino, and Wool. ( lib. Cradle, and Bed Blankets. Aiareeltles, Allendale, Lancaster, nd Honey Comb Quilts. Tab e Linens. Kapktns, Towels, Plain and Colored Bordered, Uermau EoU, Russia and American Crash, iuitaps Hal aidvale. Welsh, and Shaker Flannels In all trades . A ...II Una tt Knnurv l.llltMKra nf Mil width. At V. SIMPSON'S SONS', K a. Vli and 34 PLNK Street. HOLIDAY GOODS. gTEPHEN F. WHITMAN'S INIMITABLE AND CHOICK CONFECTIONS NOW HEAD? For tho Holiday Seaaon, Tagflh.r with m. lu variety of FANCY BOXES, Of bis -wn Importation, direct from Pari aai Vienna. ALSO NEW AND KAEZ ' Confections and Bon-Boa3 Only known to this hotue, Forming at once a rich and superb assortment which to choose fo SELECT PRESENTS. STEPHEN F. WHITMAN, No. 110 M ARKET Street, rUILADELTHlA III 8 19t P 11 E S E N T S. An Instrument to assist the Uparinsto a De.f Friend. Also, t.iandall s Patent CjkU'lCUKfj, superior te any otliets In ue. Kodgeas' and Wostenholm's POCKRT KNIVES, pearl and stag bandies ot beautilul finish i llazors, buopb, and citsors ot finest qualllies, at P. MADEIRA'S, 1 J 10tJ CTJTLEB, Ko. 115 South TEMIH Street, below Chesnut. ROOFING. OLD KIIIKOI.IQ ROOFS, KI.AT OR 81'KKP, tOVKIlliU WITH (JUTTA l'Kltt lis IlOOPINO-f LOTU, and coated with l.KiUHi Gl'I'TA PHttilA PAINT, making them perfectly water proof. i.kakv CiHAVKL r.OOFS repaired irUU 0 aW.W1"1 irranUi for Svee.V.. ' . aMJn rm lUHIKri coated with Liquid Gutta Percha Paint, which beomes as bard as slate for 'I IN. lOPtKit, Z1KC, and UlON KOOPS this Paint Is the p'us ultra or a 1 other pro tections, It loiins a perleoily lmDervioua cjverlnn, completel re.lsts the action ol the weather, aud con stitutes a tborouah protection against leaks bv run or otherwise Pi ice onl.v from one to two oents persqaara toot. 1 1N and GRAVEL BOOFINO don attlifl shortett notice. Materia' constantlr on hand and for sale bv the MAMNOIH HMOF1AU COMPANY. ItLXKLtChg fc KVKItl'TT, U 21 Sin ho. 30'4 OKEHai Htreet. tLl BUINOLEBOOyBtFLATOK BTEEp) COVfcBED "linjUlll'f, LMitlbH KUUriNU CLOTU. Am. ti sted with LIQUID GUTTA PtlUTl A PAINT, niaklna them peiiei tly water proof. LEAET QHKYK.L KOOFS repaired with Gntta Percba Paint, andiwarranied tor five vears LH AKY CLA'I E HOOFS coated with liquid which becomes as bard as slate. TIN.COPl'EB ZINC, or 1HOM coated with Liquid Gutta Percha at small ex pense. Cost ranging irom one to two cents per sqaaf foot. Old Board or Milrmls Huol ten cents per square foot all complete Materials constantly on hand andjtor aale by tbe I II If, A I) f Ll'HIA A-NU PE N N HT L.V A Btl A KOOFIKU COAlPAKY. OFOKOE flOBAHT, sj US 6m Ko. tSOMortb FOURTH Br-ealg PHILAPELPTIIA BURGEONS B1MI1I.I lalbTlTIJTK. Kn 11 If. Hsy MM 11 btreet, .above Market. B. O. EVi kETT, aiiiiUiirty years' praotloal expanenoa. auarautees tl. skinul adiustment ot bis Preuiluip Patent t.raduatlnir Pressure Truss, and a variety o Others. bujpporteni.Elastio fctx'klus, Hbuluor Hre, Crutches. fiiupeus-rt.'S. ate. lJUV apartuwau con. uctebyaldr. iiihi y. ,
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