THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAM. FillLADELTUiA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1860.
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A FEW TICKETS IHOM TFin MATRI
MONIAL tOTTFv,
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'l.ojourot knew that I r,m a woman? What I
think 1 mutt speak." -v4s Xoh Lifcc It.
"Take my advice, mj boy," an elderly widower,
u old friend of wine, used to say to hn son,
"and don't marry in a hurry, or with your eyes
fdrtit. (hooec a girl who can stitch with her
tiecdle and mnko a puddinsr. None of your
lrlky fal-lals and nonf-enel Your mother made
tbe only pantry which didn't tcive me tbe heart
turn, and fhe wnMi't above her kitchen or her
work-basket." Capital advice, no doubt, but
"Jlett plus aite d'etre sarje pour les aulres que de
tttrt pour soi-rpeme,"1 and it l in nowise Incon
sistent with weak human nature that so knov
tig an old gentleman should, when on the vere
f seventy, take lor his second wile a young
"frisky fal lal' of two-and-twenty, wltb a nrctty
face and a lone liead, who had 110 inteutlifn, in
Mlling herself to her arandlather, of making his
pudding or of nieuding his linen,
The son, too, on the principle tlial practice Is
letter than precept, did as foolishly ai his
rlderly progenitor, lie alo shortly aiterwnr.ls
took a ticket tor himself lu tbe matrimonial
lottery, aud drew a handsome, fint, and not
over-younjr lady, with no money, whoso prin
cipal attractions seem to have neon a capa
bility of playjiif? coquettes and other lively
characters in private theatricals as well hs any
ct res? on tbe tiase, and the power hihI nerve
to break in a hoisc with any sronin noinir.
Thev.e instances occurred to ine while turuiiii
ever "Crrlebs in Search of a W'i'n," by the vene
rable Hannah More, which 1 found lu the
library ot a country house on one of tho-e wet
Ni'pttuibcr days we have been lately blown I
with. As long as female beauty, fascination,
aud wily cleverness exist, (it is useles to preach
or R've rules to men on the importnut business
of choofiun a wile.
A lovely face, a perfect figure, the many and
nameless snares of a clever woman's tact and
flattery, will in a moment cast to the win Is the
divine eloquence of a Taylor, or the persuasive
elegance of an Addison or a Steele. Ex perl
ence indeed teaches in that no true opinion or
judgment can be formed bctorchaud on thi
nbject. Au apparently imprudent, hasty, aud
unsuitable matc h Uasoiteu turned so well, ami
the slow, well-considered, curet'ully adjusted
union has alter all brought with it io much
viuhappinoss and disappointment, that one ia
tempttd to leuvp tlie matter to fate, and
send the match-makinir fraternity to Coven
try. The two marriages I have mentioned
have not certainly been very pjrerit successes,
but they have not turned out bo badly as they
friendsjchantably propnostieated Neither the
frisky liil-liil nor the talented amateur have yet
eloped from their respective lor. Is, nor up to
the present time have they afforded more food
than the rest of their acquaintance Irr the
amusement and delight of the scandal-loving
part of the coninmni'y.
In Gome old play or other a f lir ladv asks a
.'cntlcman, much alter the lashion of Air. Lilly
vick when he requests of Nicholas Niokleby his
opinion of the French landmine
"What think you of muniage !" The 'cn tie
man answers:
"I take't as those that deny purgatory. It
locally contains a heaven or hell: there's no
third Dlace in't!"
I cannot say I nerce with this ecntlenian. I
think there is a " third place in'i" not perfect
happiness, not utter misery, but something
between the two, which custom and necessity
make tolerably endurable. No one could con
sider a union between infirm old nge and joyous
youth a9 a counterpart of heaven, vet experi
ence shows us it is not always the direct con
trary. My old friend Las certainly to spend
more time now in the .siuoky metropolis thiin
uits either his taste or his liver he has to write
large cheques for Mcsdamc Elise, Brown aud
others those scandalous impositions, as he used
to call them. He shivers in dress earments
ottener than he likes, nud has to submit to
bavins his prosy thoughts and ancient remin
iscnees pooh-poohed with much feminine aud
contemptuous indifference,4" uo oiCL
Bun, anil lit- uvic.-. xuiii fresh bloom on his
wife'3 fair cheek, that youthful rounded form
nnd elastic airy step, make him pardon all as he
pazes. and he feels humbly grateful to her for
merely being with him and bearing his nuiue.
And she, his young but sbrewd partner, seems
also to pass her days contentedly enoueh, hiding
with all her sex's skill her secret weariness, her
covert.hopes, awllier natural repugnance to her
aged spouse. She has a panacea for her woe
from which she pains courage and patienco to
support them. It t that Future, into which she
gazes so olteu aud so eau'eiiy, and in which she
sees pictured a youns and lovely widow with a
large jointure and a most we'eome liberty. So
she struggles not with the matrimonial noose,
but waits and waits as only a woiunu aud such
a woman can. We will no w tin a to the sou aud
the daughter in-law, the talented amateur, and
though they preseut a more wholesome sisht to
our moral vision, yet I doubt if to our outward
eyes there is to be seen as much apparent con
tent aud calm in their menane a m the one I
have just been speaki'jg of. Thrre are mauy
reasons for this one is their povertv. Their
pretty step-mamma married her "old "man" (or
his money, and took good care that he should
not eucouraere his idle sou in his extrava
gance by increasing his bachelor allow
ance. "Young nion should work ah von
did, dear," she would say, patting 'her
lord's withered cheek, aiter makim; him sicii a
large cheque tor her milliner, "it makes them
self-reliant. If jou impoverish yourself to iu
creHse his allowauce, he will uever do anvtliine
at the Bar, and will never be anything "better
. than a pensioner on his lather's bounty." She
knew very well he had been foolishly indulged
and brought up iu idle, willul ways. '.She knew
that his piolession, so called, was little more
than playiug whist oc eoarte in his chambers
with other young barristers as briefless a him
sell; but she pos.-e?sed a bovine temperument
which could not be disturbed by the trials aud
woes of others. So the young pair have
to fight their biiitle iu the best way
they can, which way, perhaps, is not a
very wise one. They are too poor to enjoy
much society; and while he groans gloomilv
over his pipe about his duns, aud his father's
"cursed folly lu marrying that double-tongued
"hussy," the sits silent, puckering her handsome
brow, and pondering sorrowfully ou the down
fall of all her little hones and schemes For,
indeed, iu marrying her boy-lover, sti was
actuated principally by one motive. Her
parents had beguu to le ilUugreeable about her
pussion for acting, the one called it expensive
the other ir.decorou, aud as it was tbe only
thing she really loved, she thought u he were
man led, particularly to one who she knew
shared her theatrical tastes, she should be able
to gratify her fancy to any extent, even to ap
pearing ib the piquant rote of a page or a Cupid.
And now she Cmls that poverty takes the place
ot ber parents, aad taboees the exercise of her
gracelul talent. Iler only remedy against des
pair is an insiiue and secret hope that their
uflairs may get so bad as to iuduce her husband
to allow her to exercise her histrionic ability
lor their joint benetit, and slaking the amateur
in the artist, have the bliss ol seeing her name
posted iu large letters all over London. "Either
this," she says to herself, "or his father's death
nothing else can save us fiom ruin." All this
founds very like purgatory; but I daresay, In
the end this will turn out an average happy
couple. Already they feel the neees-dty of hid
inn their disappointment iu their own hearts;
zieiiher is of a "knaggiug" disposition, aud ate
"Jointly submitting to endure
1 hat evil which admits no ouie "
Custom, mutual Interests, family ties, and
maybe, a lucky windfall to pay their debts, will
Vhtf thum 0,wbly contented couple, aud,
ti&uLVth.i1 0U." BCCt."Who would have
out Jo well"" 17 mateU woulJ Lttve tuined
jonnL5ith09el-n?Brrla!?e ,n which tbe w orld
dellghtB al way. bring peace aud contentment to
tt.ro.?"1!" , '"i"" of course,
-bt by hue Mid rule. He Is the most correel
of hatficlors, and she the most proper of spin
'.rr. He is a man Who never forge's hun
P"H, and has a high sense of his own value
grounded on nothing. At school he was never
lloegcd, apd never got a prize, nnt yet never
disgraced himself by his stupidity. At college,
he was the pet ol the dean for his regular atten
dance to chapel, aud gales, and lectures, lie
avoided boating and hii'iting-men, and was not
to be found at wines, but used toen'ertam a
select party of similar tantes and disposition
with the gentle stimulants of plnger-wine, tea,
and jam. Von may search In vain for hi name
in the honor lists, but he was never for a term
lu danger of being plucked, she is a yotiLg
woman,' also with au excellent opinion of her
self, which, however, she dioplays more to
women than to men, being one of those delight
ful creatures who believe faithfully in the supe
riority of the other sex. They are. indeed, a
perlectly well-matched pair. He ha a well
paid Government appointment, and she a for
tune of thirty ihousaiiti pounds. They are both
neat and rather old-lashioned In their ways:
they can each warhle faintly and dismally at
the piano. To them, Martin 'Farquhar Tapper
is the greatest of living poets, and both
being ot plebeian origin, have the intensest
reverence for a real live lord, Mr. (irundy
says, "Can anything be more satisfactory?
I shall certainly wear my new velvet and
my point d'Ah iicon at their wedding." This wed
ding Is of course n correct and gloomy atl'air.
No one, rot evou iho parson, ventures on a joke
In tLe serious presence, ol the bride and bride
groom. All is hi rcijlo, and everything bought
nt the proper shop,' There are plenty of rich
presents, and only on" pjor relation. The britle
trioom presents bis bride, previous to her quit
ting her mother's rool, uih a little book, en
titled "A Whimper to a Newly-M nrie I I'air."
"Let us both," lie says, with much nirv grace
nndkinanner, "my denr Lncr'lia, give heed to
the murmni's ol this liille lriend." And so they
begin their married li.e together without any
apparent drawback. Everything goes very
smoothly, and their little dinners in their house
in Belgravia, at which, however, there never is
enough either lo cat or drink, are pronounced
by tlie aristocratic Mrs. Grundy "to be very
select, and quite romme il fauf." But I am a
pcison of au ill-regiualed mind, and can
not help wondering how any woman can
live with such a man without ending
his career, or her own, with "a bare
bodkin." These admonitions on the most tri
lling subjects, given with so much lolty supcrl
oiity, those praijes drawled out in that solf
saiiftied Urnr, would in a short time, if I were
the recipient of them, break my spirit, and turn
my hair grey. Hut she has been so well broiieht
up, and believes that iu every cose the first duty
ol a wile Is obedience. To please her lord anil
mater she wears her drets Fhort, though she Is
of a stout round -figure, pciches the ugly bon
nets he chooses for her over her nose, performs
all ber domestic duties at the exact hours lie
has noted down in her day-book; resists the
healthy ciavings of a rather larsjc appetite,
and diues oil' the wing of a chicken when she
could aladly and easily despatch the whole
lowl; dresses her little son like a miniature
man, nud mbduo her voice to the low
sepulchral tones wh'.ch he has pronounced to
be alone suitable to a truly correct and femi
nine nature. Hois verystiict, too, about her
friends and acquaintances one was cut bpcauso
her bonnet strings were not tied evenly, and
another for br ing found by them in a morning
call alone in tlie drawing-room w ith the geutle.
man to whom she was engaged; but these were
very old friends ot his wile, and rumor con
nected them with trade. Hal they beca (he
daughters of a peer, or even a baronet, they
might have violated the laws of etiquetic anil
propriety with impunity. Whether, however,
this is a state of peace and contentment is to mo
a question. There is n dark as well as a bright
side to all mundane ntlairs, and it is whispered
abroad that this most correct of gentlemen has
a vice which his wile and fortune has given him
the power of gratifying. Me is at heart a specu
lator and a gambler, and has already made a
large inroad on his capital. Who, in such a
case, can tell how soon or how terribly the
whole fabric of their domestic happiness, if
happiness it can be called, may be blown to
pieces?
It must not be thought from these instances
that 1 am nrivocutinfr tlio merits of marrying in
haste over those of the slow aud sure process: I
only tay, what ninny have said before, that the
whole affair is a lottery, iu which success as
olten attends tbe bold and desperate player as
him who draws his lot by line aud rule guided
by all tbe laws of chance and propriety.
When a hasty match turns out badly, the
downfall is generally sudden and speedy." Many
of my time must remember the C s. He
was a young man, and apparently rich; he had
the neatest of broughams, and the best-shaped
horses; and he gave little dinners, where the
turtle was denrer, the champagne drier, and the
wit brighter, than even now "await the happy
man who is bidden to least with our modern
Lucullus and most honored of wine merchants.
Indeed, all his appointments, habits, and tastes
woo tho.-e of a man posrCsed of wealth
and of a luxurious nature. He fell in love
with and married a very lovely girl,
neainst the wishes of her parents, who
were worldly people, and knew that in her in
fatuation for this little fat mail, us they called
him, the:r daughter had forleited a very good
chance of wearing a coronet. In some respects,
perhaps the marriage was a singular one, for
new as plaiu and iinromantic iu appearance,
and she was as lair ns Eve herself (I take my
idea of our first mother from Milton's descrip
tion, and utterly repudiate tlie notion ot her
having the skin of the E'.hiop). But this
little fat man, so perfectly dressed and per
fumed, and who always looked as if he had just
stepped out of a bandbox, possessed a charm
olten retittless with women, and frequently
denied to the Apollos and Adonises of society.
He hud a silver tongue aud the most ias
cinating manners, and under these powertul
influences his defects of lace and figure were
forgot ten. He was supposed to be rich, and was
certainly a gentleman, but the somces of his
income were somewhat of a mystery, and as his
marriage was very like an elopement, his wile's
parents bad no chance of making inquiries re
specting his circumstances, or of eusuring a
proper cottlemcnt for their imprudent child.
At hrst all was brilliant and pleasaut, and they
began their career as people of fashion and posi
tion. Their house was iu the most expensive
and select part of the town, and the fair bride
had her diamonds, opera-box, carriages aud
country villa, much in the same way as she
would have done had she married the old but
amorous earl. All this, however, lasted but tor
J two short years. At tbe end ol the second sea
son the crash came.
The poor wife had to rush from her splendid
dwelling to the security of her father's house,
the husband, In urgent haste and humiliating
secresy, made the best of his way to the shelter
ing shoies of Boulogne, and the servants, with
much angry grumbling, left the invaded house,
with the exception ot the black porter, who was
found lying prone in the hall, weeping aud
howling with the persistency of a heathen and
a nigger. Everything, even to the gold coronet
heaJ-dresB of the lady, was t-oized by tbe cla
morous creditors, and the ruin was comolete
and entire. Ihe wile, with her child, joined her
hubbaud abroad, and I have uever heard of
them since. The whole atlair was but a nine
days' wonder, and was soon forjotteu and buried
with the past. With it, for the present, I eud
my gloomy experiences of matrimonial mUerie.
1 would fain have shown a brighter side of the
picture, but, iu the words ot the French cynic,
" Jt en est de veritable amour comme de t'appnrU
tion des eprits: lout le rnondc en on pane, main
peu de gens n ottf ,t)." From 'Jtmite liar for
December, 18CG.
Max f-'tmkosch's onera troupe is in Indiana
polis, but the people there do not appreciate it,
and Saturday last the audience was so small
that the manacer rang down the curtnla at
about the middle of a performance of Orispino.
much to tbe disgust of a lew who had bought
tickets, and wanted their money's worth. "
The Hon. Alexander II. Htephen Is en
gaged on a work to be called "The History
of the War between the States," and arrange
ments have already been entered into for it
publication.
WATCHES, JEWELRY ETC
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LMIOXn DEALERS A JKWEtE
its.
v "WATCHES Vnd JEWELRY REfAIRED
. Ti iivu jirutl II V A till Fit Tl ann.
, f02 Chestnut St., Phil
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
BRIDAL PRESENTS.
llv on hand a large nd beautiful assortment ol
Watches, Jewelry, and Werwarc, suitable lor Clirist
n is Holiday and Bridal Present.
Particular attention wllctted to our larce ssortmcnt
of Diamonds and WatAcs, Oold Chains tor ladles' and
gentlemen'a wear. 4'so, Sleeve Bottom, Studs, aud
fceal HlD9, In great fariety, all ot the newest styles.
FANCl' SlLVKn-WAIlE,
rsrECIALlV fiOTED FOE BRIDAL GIFTS.
We are dally receiving new pood, selected exprcly
for tbe holiday sa'ca. Our prlvci will lie found a low,
tt ml low er, Aim the gauio iiuulity citu bv purchased
olnewlicre. .....
l'uicaar. Invited to call.
MhiiiMi and all prccloii atone, also, old Gold a id
Bl ver, puvc hated or taken In exchange. 61Mp
CHRISTMAS!
W. W. CASSIDY,
Xo. 1 SOl'TII SECOND STftEET
ofern an entiiely new and njost carefully selected
tt'- ot
IAMEIIICAK AM' OESEVA WA'lCnilS.
SILVEHVfARK.and FANCY ARTICLE'S OF LVilliY
DEKCmri'lOX, suitable for
CU1DAL OK HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
An examination will show my nock to be v.niii.
parsed In quality and chcapneM.
rartten'ar attention paid lo repairing. SI "5
X BOWMAN & LEONARD,
r3t WABtTACTCBEBS OF
WHOLESALE AJfD RETAIL EEALXB
IN
Silver and Sllvcr-riMcd GooiK
No 704 ARCH STREET,
linLillELJ'UlA.
Thouc tn want Of SILVER or MLVFR-PI ATED
WAlth will Mill It niach to their ndvRiniie to vinlt
ourM'l OKK beioro making their ounimoi. Our loiig
experience In the mvnuiucture ot the above kinds ol
H ouk enable! ub to del? competition.
We keep nuovOn but Uiobb whlcb are of (lie FITtST
CLASK,aJl vi vi own make, and will be tulUat reduced
ark-en. 6 2tf j
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
JACOB HARLEY,
(SUCCESSOR TO STAUFflR & EARLEY), ..
No. MARKET ST.
A flno assortment ol Watches. I'iamonds, Jewelry,
Bilver and Sllvcr-i latcd Waie, sultut'lc for Holiday nud
Bildal l'rcsente. 12 11 tu'.bi-lui
13 i 11) AL P 11 E K N T 3.
Q. RUSSELL & CO.,
No. 23 North SIXTH St.,
Invite attention to their Choice Ptnck of SOLID
81 lve H w All is, isuituble ior Cllitiai:: Ae awlBi; i dal
I'iiiUii. lb in
1IENRY HARPER,
INo. CSO ARCH ftroot,
Uanuiactuicr aud lHa tnn
Watches
Fine Jewelry,
Silver-ritttea Ware,
815 Solid Silver-Ware.
men JEWELRY.
JOHN B SEN NAN,
PEAL En IV
DIAMONDS, FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY
Etc. Etc. Etc
9 25 13 S. EIGHTH ST., PIULADA.
JpOR THE HOLIDAYS.
SMITH & DREER,
S. K. Comer ARCH nud TEN TH Street ,
Have now on band a Well selected Stock o.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER, AND SILVER
PLATED WARE,
Suitable for the Christmai Holidays.
A call l respectfully solicited. 12 3 lmrp
THEODORE SMITH. FERMKANft J. DREER, JR
T Vl A T.
ISAAC DIXON,
. Vt AlCU MAKE 11, HAVING REMOVED TO
So. 120 S. ELEVENTH Street, below Chesnut,
Baa opened an cm- find earedill elected ttookcl fine
atcties, Jewelry Mlver and Flated Ware.
K. B. Clironorneter, Duplex, Faten Lever, and pialn
M atches cat elUlly repaired and warranted.l03ioo2m i
Laige and small, alzot, playing Irom to 12 a rs. and
costing from IS to SOU. Our aegortment compr'teii sui h
Choloe melodies a
"llooie. Sweet Home
"The Last Boe of Buootter,
"Auld Lang Syne."
'Btar Spangled Banner."
"My Old Kentucky Bome,"ttc. etc..
Besides beautliul lelecilons from the various Opera
id ported direct, and for sale at moderate prices, by
FARR A BROTHER,
Importers of Watches, etc.,
11 lhmtbsrp; Xo. Sii OIE8NUT Sc. below Fourth. -J
JTINE OPERA GLASSES
IMPORTED AflD FOE HIT IT
JAMES W. (JDEEN & CO.,
lQlSu Ne. Vl4 Clt IiNiT t.
9.
SILVER-WARE
5
COAt.
Rb W. PATRICK & CO.,
SO. Ct'l N. KKOAD ST.,
I'l'.ALLIfS IN
LEHIGE AND SCHUYLKILL COAL,
HAZLEION, MAEANOY, EAGLE VEIN, AND
RE-IROKE 8T0VE,
Al ; en bnnd, under cover, and free irosi l'lUT end
8LA1):. r25cmwCin
COAL! COAL! COAL!
Hie bc1 l EHKill and BCHL yi KltL COAL, pre
pireo expreen y lor tamliv uie, constantly on hand In
nir Villi inn CALI.OWMiLlj street, nnaer cover,
d I lve led on Khort notice well ctrcene.i, and picked tree
ollate, at the )owi.st cafh price". A trial KtU sec urn
jour ciiftom.
JOHN A. WILSON,
fincccBsor to W. L. FOt'iJ.
rnn..T)VLrniA, Aovnat 27, iw, il2Jtj:n
UMBRELLAS, ETC.
JM. A. DROWN & CO.,
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HAVE (.'W l-N" STOCK,
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IVORY,
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CHRISTMAS IRESEflTS. ;:j1Uft
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FRUIT.
Crown, Packet, Layer, Xuneli, feedipk? and nllnna
talln. Currants, Citron, J'runes, i'lge, Havana
Orangc, etc. etc,
ALDEJIT C. ROBERTS,
I'EALEK IN FINE GROCERIES,
11 Tr.J Cornoi ELEVENTH and VISE Sw.
W. WARNER, No. 1530 AND 1532 RIDGE
Avenue, below sixteenth Street.
KEYSTONE KLOI R STORE
Choice Brandsof Family and Bakers' F;our,
Corn Mca:, Oat Meal,
Buctwheat and Bye F.cur,
Corn, Oats, and Mill feed ol every descrlptioa,
tent to al! parts ol tlio city
Free of Charge, tl2 19 1 mrp
STOVES, RANGES, ETC.
Q V L V EW S NEW PATEN T
Deep Sand-Joint
HOT-AIR F URNACE.
KANGES OF ALL SIZES.
Alko, Plillcfrnr't Sew Low Prtiiiiire
Sttaui lieatlug Ai'iinrKtua.
I OK SALE BY
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C No. 1182 MAKKET fcmet.
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Flrehourd Moves., liatli llo'lcis, Stewhole Plate,
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"CITY OF 1U1JLIN" Wednesday. Januur 8
'CITS OF WASblSUTOM" alurday , J anuuy 12
"CITY OF B iL'ITJilOltt.,,........Kiiturday January in
and a"h succeeding saturduy aud Wednesday, at noon,
iroui Fur Ho. it Morth river.
HA tf.s OF PASSAGE
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Payable iu uola Payable in Cur.eny.
FlrM Cabin i0 Steerage M
l o London Mi To London V
To Paris . I'ft1 To Pane 45
Passage hy the Weduecday steamers: First cablu,
!(U eteeraiie, t;iu. Payable fn I'nited States cunency.
PasHCDHeisalHO forwarded to Havre, Hamburg, Bre
men, etc., al moderate utcs.
Meerage pasnHKe irom Liverpool or Qneenstown,37,
currency Tlckeix can be bought here by peruous seuU
iug lor their lilendn.
For lur.her lut'ormatlon apply at the Company's
Offices. JOHN O. DALE, Agent,
a; No. IU WALMT Street, I'Ullada.
FOR NEW YORK. PHILA PEL
delnhla Kteam Propeller Comaany De-
MjukU w injure f.mea.vla Delaware and Karitan CauaL
leaving dai y at 12 At, and S P, Ai., connecting with all
fjonuern ana r.asieru iiuun.
For freight, whkh lii be taten nnon accommodating
terms, apply to WILLIAM M. MA1KD &CO.,
ilb o lW!).Dl.LAWAiilt Avenue
ir. Ti l SHIP TA1TATXS ANT) flWN PT?S.
'llifl underHlicued having leased the KKN'-
biAdloS 8CUtW DOCK, beiis to iut'orm his ftlendg
ana tbe patrons or i lie dock toat ne la "reparea wnn
Ini rented lacllltles to accommodate those having vessels
to be lalsed or repaired, and being a practical ship-carpenter
and caulker, will give personal attvution to the
vessels entrusted to bun lor repairs.
Captains or Agents. Ship-Carpenters and Machinists
having vessels to repair, aie solicited to call.
lla'Tug the agency for the sale of "Wetterstedt's
Patent Metailc Composition" lor Copper paint, tor the
preservation of vewels' bottoms, for this ci y, J. am pre
pared to luruisb the same on favorable terms.
JOHN H. H VMMITT,
Kensington Hurew Dock,
1 1 1 DELAWARE Avenue above Laurel street
DYEING, SCOURING, ETC.
pKEMH STEAM SCOUBUG
ESTABLISHMENT,
Ko. 510 RACE Street.
't t en leave to draw yonr particular attention to out
new French Bieam Hcouring Establishment, tbe that and
only one ot Its kind In this city. We do not dye, but b
a chin, leal process re lore Ladies', Weutlemen's, au'
Children's Garments to their original stales, wituoat
Injuring t beni iu tlie least, while great experience and
the Lest machinery iroui France unuble us to w arrant
perlect sataslaction to all wbo may lavor ns with their
patronage I.AD1F.B' DRE88ES, of every description,
with or without Trimmings, are cleaned and finished
without being taken apart, whether the color be geauiue
or not.
Opera Cloaks and Mantl) a. Curtains, Table Covers
Carpets. Velvet. Itlbhous, Kid Uloves, eto., cleaned aud
redulshed in t'ui best manner, ueutlemen's Hum.ner
aud Whiter Clothing cleaned to pertecttun without in
Jurv to Hie stuff Also Flags and Hanners. AU kinds of
stains n moved wlthoutoieaiiing the whole. All orders
are executed under our immediate supervision, and
satisfaction guaranteed in every Instance. A oullud
il Htu'Ziatjpii vf our process isrespectiully soUclUjd.
nmmiL & Mini,
? ir mwi o. W R4 Cf!
GOVERNMENT SALES.
SALE r GOV CRN MEM" BUILDIN0 8,
HIIISillAN blULL.1 110S1I1AL, I'll I LA
1H I HLA, 1a.
OyFictt or APdsrAsr Qv AnTEHM Af rrn
I'tJIt 111.1 Mil . llVDAT
1'WfcLFTH AUD (JlRARD gTTtEBTS,
Dfinnmhnr 24lh. lKiill. I
Will hft SOld At I'nhlla Alirlinn nn i.,imit nf Il n
Viiitcd Mate, on
W KJNKSDAV, JAXUART 2 1807,
lit 10 o'clock A. M., all the bnildiu bolouglnu to
the (Government, that are connectd with tlio Mova
niensin Hall (C hrl'tian, below Tenth street), lat
toilv known as the
CHK1S11AN tTREEr 13. S. A. HOsriTAL,
a toilows :
SIX f RAME BUILDINGS, contninine about
C100 loot Hoonnir Boaros, 20,225 leei Kotwh Boards,
ly.POOlcct Hemlock Scantling and tl2 vVlndutvs.
Also Cooking Range and Chimney, and all the
jtathXnba. Gas and Water Pipe and Fixture, boil
Containers, i tc , appertaining to snii Hospital.
Specifications oi the property can be i-oon npon
application at this ollice.
iho property must be removed witiiln ten (10
days trom day of sa'c.
Terms Caili, in (jovemment fund1;,
By order of
Bvt. Brl(r..Gen. GEO. H. CRCvUAN,
Alelant (uai-tcruiafter-Gpneral L'. 8. Army,
12 217i HENRY W,JAM;s,
C'apt. aud A. O. M. Bvt. MaJ. U.S. Army.
O A LE OF fl.D AND U S RE VI C E A W L I
O CANNON. N.MALE AKM", AND JIloCEL.
LANEutS OKDNANCE STOKEi,
PritrAir on Ordnani!,
S E, )
RTM KNT,
mlor 13, IS'iG 1
iy, 18C7, THLUS-
Navv l:part.i
W.A.ainjin'ioN City, lcomb
On The ti mil llOlh I ilnv ol" Jnnlini v.
DAY, at nnon. there will hp sold at nutiiic auction.
tn the KORFOLK NAVY' YARD, to the highest
bidder, a lot ot old and unserviceable cannon,
small arms, and miscellaneous aitlcios ot naval
ordnance.
Ihe cannon, (hot, and shell will be sold by the
pound, and the small aims and o Iit miscellaneous
articles ol ordnance In lots to suit purchasers,
lerrrs One-hull cash in Government Itinds, to be
deposited on the conclusion of tlio salo, aud the
remainder within ten days afterwards, during
which time the articles must be romoved fiom the
Navy Yard, ollicTWie they will levert to the Gov
ernment. II. A. WISE,
12 losttitu 11 10 Chief of Bureau.
OFFICE OF ARMY CLOIUISG AND
EQUH'AOE,
No. 29 Droadwat, )
New Y'ohk, December lit, 1?06. )
Will bo fold at public auction, at the depot ol Army
Clothing and Euulpaare, corner of LAIGHl' and
WASHINGTON r-treets, .New York city, on
THURSDAY", the 8d ol January, 18C7, commencing
at 11 o'clock, A.M. .
30,000 1 40,000 ARMY BLANKETS, NEW.
Saiiiples oi the above ma v bo seen at the Depot,
and lurther information obtained at this ofiioo.
ferm Ca"h. in Government fund; ton per cent,
down, and the balance Oetore tbe (roods are taken
from the Depot, which must be within three davs of
sale, under lorteiture of purchase and ten per cent.
Brevet Brlpadier-Genoral D. a. VIN ION,
12 20 lit At. Quartermaster General, U, b. A,
LUMBER.
1 QAA -SV-T'ECT WIIIIK FIXE U0AKD3
-LOOU. AND 1'LANK.
4-4, S-4 6-4, 2, 2H. and 4 Inch.
CHOICE IALL AND 1st COMMON, Iti feet long.
4-4, J -4, ti-4, I. 3 and 4 Inch.
Vt'HlTK I' INK, FANE L PATTEHN 1'LAHK,
I.AK'.K ANJ SCPEKIOB STOCK ON HAND
1866
-BU1LUI.NGI BUILDINl!
, HI 1LDING1
LtaBEKI LUMBER 1 LUMBER!
.1-4 CAROLINA KLUUKINO.
4-4 DLLAWAKE FLOHRINti.
-4 delaware flooring,
wbitk pine flooring
ash flooring,
walnut flooring.
fcPRUCE FLOORINU.
flEP BOARDS.
BAIL PLANK.
TL4STE1UNG LAID.
1866
r BDAB AND Cl'l'HESS
SillNOI.EK,
LON CEDAR SHINGLES.
SHORT CEDAK BHINULE8.
COOPER blllNULEH.
TINE A8BORTMENT FOR SALE LOW.
No. 1 CKDaR LOGS AND POSTS.
No. 1 CEDAK LOGH AND TOHTj.
iQaC LL'MbEK FOB UNDERTAKERS I
J..OOO. Ll'AlHKR FOR t'N DKRTAKER8 1 1
MED CE1AK, WALNt'T, AMP PINE.
RED CEDAR WALNUT, -AND PINE.
ALBANY EUMBEKOF ALL KlNDa
lOOD. ALBANY LIMBER OF ALL K1HDH
REASONED WALNUT.
SEASONED WALNUT.
Il; . Gr-LAB. CHFRUY, AND ASII
QXi PLANK AND BOARD 8.
AIAHOGANY
ROSEWOOD AND WALNUT VENEERS.
1866;
CDiAR-BOX MANCFACTCRERi.
bPANlMI CEDAR BOX BOARDS.
Q &PKUUE JOIST 1 KPRUCE JOIST!
AODD. SPRUCE JOIST
BPRCCK JOTRT,
FROM 14 TO 82 KEET LOXO.
FROM 14 10 32 FEET LONG.
SUPERIOR NORWAY 8CANTL1SG.
MAI LE, 11UUTHKK CO.,
11 22 ( mrp No. im BOLTH BTREKT
pa H. W I L L I A KV1 S,
LUMBER,
Seventeeiilh and Sarins Warden,
PHILADELPHIA. ("11 29 thsW2m
T C. P E R K I N S,
LUMBER MERCHANT,
Successor to R. Claik, Jr ,
XO. 324 CHRISTIAN gTREEf.
Constantly on hand, a latge and varied assortment ot
J'.uilflinn Lumber. ozts
CUTLERY, ETC.
O U T L E K Y.
A fine assortment ot POCKET and
TABLE CUTLERY, RAZORS, It A-
ZOR STROPS, E AMIES' BClsaURtl
PAlA.lt AND XA1LOKS b HEARS, ETC.. at
L. V. HELM OLD'S
Cutierr Store, N"o. 13 touth TENTH street,
S 18 T hree doors above Walnut
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
BUFFALO ROBES,
LAP RUGS,
HORSE COVERS.
A large assortment, WHOLESALE OR RETAIL,
low ) rices, tofcother with our usvai assortment of
SADDLERY, ETC.
WILLIAM S. II AN SELL & SONS
2 No. 11 MARKET Street.
JpITLER, WEAVER & CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Manilla end Tarred Cordage, Cords
Twines, Etc.
No. 5 North WATER Street, and
No. Vi North DELAWARE Areuue,
rUILADULTUJA.
Ekvin II. FiTiF.n, MicnABb Weaves,
COMUD F. CLOTUltB. t Hi
WT 1 L L I A M 8 . G U A N T
COMMMMON MERCHAKT,
SO. 33 8. DELAWARE Aveuue, Philadelphia,
AtiKMT rOH
Dupont's Gunpowder. Reilned Kltre, Charcoal, E to,
W. Baker Al Co. 'a Chocolate Cocoa, and Broma.
Crocker Bros, tc Co.'s Yvllow Metal Sheathing, Bolts
inu riana. i 6
COTTON AND FLAX.
8A1L DUCK AND CANVAS.
Of all numbers and brands.
Plent Awning. Trunk, and Waaon Cover Duck. Also,
Pai er klanuia' turers' Drlor Felts, from oue to seveu
wm HlUrf i aunuM, nmiinu, nail i wm. vu:.
JOHN W. KVEHMAN CO.,
e , no, m tiotita' Aii7.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
jq-ORTH AMERICAN TRANSIT
No. S3 South FOURTH Street
PI1I1.ADE1.11UA.
Annral Toltcles uueil acalust General AccidedU
11 df ? rij ltonf ht e ( eedii fciv iow rates.
Intnram'e eflected icr oni' vesr. In any snm from lino
to Ili.flilO, at a premtiiu' ot onlv one-hair per cent-
secarlns the lull aniei,nt Insured In caseot death, and
a cnttiiitnitAltiiii eHfth vc.k Mnual tti th m hoi nr.
mluiu
pii. ri uire i icieiFi i s.d.i, or i" nays, or I, I, A(
6 month., at In eenmal I nsurlna in the sum of3i)00,
or atving ptr weesn .llnaliiea. to be uad at th
(leneiai di ce. No. i:3 !. FOURTH Htreet, A-hlladel-phla,
or tlie Tnnnus Rnllioad Ticket ottlces. Resnra
to purchase the tickets ot XL North America Tranat
1U.UTIIII . vumni',
tor circulars auo maun lnionnation annlvat th
Kancra lull.ee. or of any el the authoiizd Awntg fih.
"ompaajr. , T , .
A. r. ,- its ... . . rmimfni,
J AW EH kt. CONRAD, 'irenaurer
HE.SR.Y C. BROWN, Bccreiary.
JuHU C. BI LLirr, Solicitor.
DIRE I OR.
L. E, Hotipt, late ot I ennsvUanla Railroad Cfiinn
i. E. Kinusiey, (Mntlm ntal Ilotol. 1 '
vamnet K). 1'aimei ( asnterot l oin. KatlonarBank.
11. U. LohenniiK, Nob. IM and 'i'W Dick streek
James M. ConrAU. firm of (Jonrad A. U'aitf.n Wa a-t
Market stieet.
Enoch Eewfs, late Gen. eup't I'cnna R. R.
Andrew liehtifley, B. W. corner ot Third and Wa!rt
reets.
il. C. Franciscns Gen. A gent Penna. R. R. Co.
Thomas K. Peterson, No. ;il .'18 Jlaikot street.
W. W. Kurtz, firm ot Kurtz. A Howani. Xn 9A a.
Third trt. 13 10m
1829CIIAllTErv PERPETUAL
Franklin Fire Insurance Co.
OF
PIIILAIIEI.PIIIA.
Aesets on Januarvl, 1800.'
Capital IW.wo Of
i"". cuiv' 1,1
l'RUilums 1,101,308 81
UJISETTXED CLAIMS, INCOME FOE 1869
a 1 1 il!7 fiX a.iio 000.
LOSSES PAID SINCE 180 OVEZ
u,uuu,uuu.
rerpctnal and Temporary Policies on Libera! Tsrmf.
DIRECTOEfl.
Charles K Banckor.
i d ward O. Daia.
Tohlus H imut,
Mamuol (iriint.
tleorae Ealea,
Allred Kltier.
lU'orae W. Richards,
Prancls w. I-eis,
I'i iit Mccaii.
Asaaex-ea,
CTIARLEB H. BANCKEH, rresld-nt
EDWARD n Ml I' Vi,Vr..:,u.
JAS. W.
tlcALLlfTF.R. Hicretary protem. i 9 tU
R E M OVA L.
The Girard Fire and Marine
Insurance Companv
IIAVF REMOVED TO THEIR
NEW OFFIC
XORIUEAST CG21fkR
HESJU'T and SEVtMU Streets
i m
PHILADELPHIA.
LlVEltrOOL AND LONDON!
AD
GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANV
Capital and Assets, $16,000,000.
Invested in United States, $1,500,00
Total rremiums lveceived ty tlna
va. A'. J . .wvv, -A-jLy-A I ,t
Total Lostes Paid in 1865, $4,018,250,
All Losses jiromptly adjusted without rcieience t
Entilaiid.
ATWOOO SMITH,
OFF1CF Qclltrt" AUvut 'or Pennsylvania.
ISo. O Merchants' Excriansja
miLAOLLflllA. IS 11 6m (
PROVIDENT MFE AN1 TRUST CO.MI'ANX
OF 1'b.lLADEi.PillA
Ko. Ill Bouth EOLllTU Btreet.
IHCORPORA1E1 S3 JtUM d. Md., 1M6. a
CAPITAL, U1S0 W, 1'AID IN.
Insurance on Lives, hy 1 :early Premiums; or by 5 m.
or it) year Piemlums, Non-iorieiture.
Endowments, payable at a iuture age, or on prior
deceate, by Yearly Premiums, or 10 year Premiums
both causes Noli lorleiture.
Annuities giauted on favorable terms.
Term Po Rles. Children's Endowments
Ibis Company, whtie gl log tho Insured the security
ola paid-up Capital, will dlvice the eutlre prottta ol'tSi
Liie business among Us Poller holders. J
Aloiie8 received at interest, ana imld on dnmaml. f
Authorized bv char.er to execute irusta, and to act ill
Executor or Aumlubtratur, Asiiguee or Uiuudlan. an B
iu other fiduciary capacllli s, uuuei appointment oi aul
eeun ui iuib iiuiiiiuuncBiiu. or ut uj peiaou or efl
SOUS, Vr IVUUV Vl UUIiIULIB,
KI11ECTOU8.
BAMCEL B. SHIPLEY. RICHARD CADBTJBY.
JEREMIAD HACKEIt, UENRV 11AINE8,
JOHUA U. MO It Kid, r. W1HTAR ItKO wN.
K1CUAKD WOOD, r n WM. C. LONGt4TREXH,
CHARLES F. COFFIN.
BAMCEL B SIllPIEY. ROWLAND PAR RT.
President. Aetuarv I
THOMAS WIBTAR, At. D., J. B. TOWTSSEND.
7'l I Aletilca Examiner, Leaal Adviser,
TpiUE INURANt'K EXCLUSIVELY.. TU
X' PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE COAl'
PANY Incorporated 192 Charter Perpetual No. 61
WALKU'l btreet. ODi'Oslte IndooendcnceHunara.
This Company, lavtrntily kuown to the eommumb
for over lortv years, conuuue to insure agaiust loss oi
namaxe ny ure on runuo or f'nvate nuiidings. elthe
permanently or ior a iimueu mue. aibo on t urnitu
btocksol Cioods, and Alerchaudue generally, on liber,
teims. -
Their Capital, together with a large 8arplus Fund.1
Invested lu tho most caret ul manner, which ni.i.C
tliem to oiler to the insured an undoubted security in tua
case Ol losa.
l'IBECTOB. i
Daniel Fmlth, Jr., i John Devereux,
Alexander Beuson,; I T homas Biuiib.
Isaac liazlehursc, Henry Lewis,
1 homas Bobbins, J. OiUiauhaia Fell.
Daniel Ba ldock Jr.
DANIEL SMITH, Jg President.
William O. Cbowkll, Secretary. . 8 so;
"PIKEMX INSURANCE COMPANY Of
JT PHILADELPHIA.
IKCORrOKAIKD IS4-CHABTEB PERPETUAL.
No. tU WALM' I Street, oif0ite the E'.chanse.
In addlUon to MARINE and IS LAN l ISHUBANCE,
this company insures irom loss or uamage Dy eike.
5.
)
or liberal terms on uuuuiuus, muruuuuuise, iurnuum.
etc., lor limited periodt, and peruiaueutiy ou builuuigSi
by aeposit ot premium.
The Companv has been inactive operation. for mor
than pia i x tins, uuring w uivu au iwse navs ove.
promptly adjus.'td auu paiu.
John L. Hodge,
AlUbV10"'
Lawrence Lewis, Jt,
David Lewis,
Henjainin Ettlng.
Thoma II. rowars,
A. U. McHenrv,
Edmund I'astiilon,
it. is. juauony,
John T. Lewis,
William H. Grant,
Robert W. Learning,
D. (J 'ark Wharton,
Samuel Wilcox,
Limit (J. Noiris. .
WCC1LEBEH, President.
)
2
Samvel Wilcos. Secretary.
41$
FERTILIZERS.
gAU GII'S RAW BONE
SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME
The great Fertilizer Ior all crons. Oulckln Its action
and permanent in its etlicu. Established over twelve
y": .. . ....
lieaiers suppueu Dy ice cargu, uirrvi uviu turn " "
Of tne nianuiuciory, ou noeiai tvim.
Manulactured ouly by
Xi&UuIl oo"i
Office Ko. 20 8outh DSLAW'EnA3lLi,
8 4smw!irp
(1EORGE PLOWMAN,
. .,-Tr,,-.T- Mn nriTT n-pn
ClAltl LiK Hit n,ii,Aji,4
NO 232 unit i tr oirooi,
And No. Ill DOCK Btreet.
M icblne Work na MUlwrlghttng promptly attend.
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