ttlE DAILY EVENING TELEGltAFII. PMLADELFinA, WEDNESDAY, JANUAHY 1C, 1867.
"OFF SOUiYDIFiGS."
l.e.tnre D.llTCcd by nev. 5l. A.W111U..
V. D., in Aid Charity Hoepltal, on
Vanday Keening, J"ry
BVOlt. BKrOT FOB TBB BTVIWINO TBLRflHirn.J
Tbe Bet. Dr. TalmageS Church, Bevpnth,
above Brown street, filled by a large asetm
fclaRf ol our citizens, on last Monday evening,
to hear the lecture of Rev. A. A. Willit, D. D., of
Brooklyn, on the above subject. The object of
the meeting, the well-known capabilities of the
Iwtnrfr, the beautiful moonlight evening, and
tbc mild weather, were the inducements which
trew out so large a gathering.
The call of the meeting was in aid oi the
Charity Hospital situated in tne northwestern
fart of our city which, since the establish
ment of this institution, has grown bo rapidly as
to treble its former population. The object of
the iDBtUuttou is to aid all in a destitute and
tinfftrinfi condition, to give medical aid, and to
preserve the lives ol injured aDd poverty-stricken
people, without which gratuitous aid, advioe,
nd medical skill, their injuries, coupled wltb
thew wants, would prove fatal. A series of lee
ures have, therefore, oeen commenced to help
Unt charitable Institution. Before the com
mencement oi the lecture, sweet magic was dis
ournd by the choir; alter which Mr. Talmage,
m a few pertinent remarks, introduced the Iitv.
Dr. Willitc
Mr. Willits remarked the treat dillicjiiy ex
pe.rtenced in determinins; upon a tbiMiiu or suo
jectof discqurse without selcttiny, onu whi.-li
bad not more or less been touched vtp.jn bv
j.imerous orators. The whole earth scenn 1 ltd
under contribution, and seems to have b -cu
ransacked, and nearly upset, in order to tint
subjects lor the innumerable writers and
speaker ot the present day. Jly subject this
vemng, said Mr. Willits, is 'Oil SouudiugV
-which, if not entirely new, bad oi'ten been
waited, was jet good euo.igh to be refreshing,
and one which would not be entirely dry. Mr.
Ueecber says that one pleasing rcfiVctiou of tue
future state is, tnai mere is 10 oe no more tea. i
I admit that it is not a very delightful object to I
contemplate when one is lying on his back in a
barrow berth, and to feel that the billows are
rolling within instead of around you.
I heard of one poor follow, who was the cayest
f the gay at the first table, but when we had
fairly reached the off souudini;, aud into the
deep blue sea, suddenly disappeared, and was
notsetL again dunug the whole voyage. Hut
when we reached the port a pale spectre came i
creeping from hi9 tate-room . and when accosted
as to bow he !?lt intimated, tha: he had but two i
ecire: cue was to reach terra firrna, and the i
other to ttijd and beat the man who wrote "A
Liife on the Ocean Wave." U.it the trip I pur- ,
)Ke to-night has this great advantage, that in '.
it you run 1.0 risk of sea-sickness, for we go but
ki mini: iittiion, aud tha: 'oldoin atlV-cts one's
etiuiiioi mm. Corn upon the set-coast, und
(tandirig at its very edL-e, I have often witnessed
the subhme scenes of th ocean. Nothing can
be more lovely than tlie sea; there is rapture on
itsptbbiy shu'res; music in its far-resounding
waves, retreshins: inspiration in Its pure, sweet
breath, which I Cnd nowhere else under heaven.
But ftvrt l.-oni tuis personal attachtrn-ni, thrc J
is an mirunFic richness tar beyond that which '
laatiy persons imagine. Nowaere else in ni'.ure
n be found such noole chaicus, no where else
4oes she teach such sublime lessons.
Few persons are aware of the vast debt of
platitude we ow? to the sea. because ver? few
consider the unspeakable beneflts we tlcrive
rrotn this generous part ot nature. The .;t;03t!e
bits said, "The eariti is full ot Thy riches, bat -.o
is ihio wide sea.'' He iheu referred to the Medi
terranean, that, little arm 01 the great ocean.
What would lie have 6aiJ had lie kuowu, as we
io, of toai nnuty deep which rovers threu
fomtnt of 'this globe, and is tilled from its
piassy bosom to its cieeo bed. from its centre to
its remotest shore, filled brim full with beautv
and mvstery; wuti power and- sujdimtty; with
beneticeuce and riches. If you would see all
the varying beauties ol nature, you must go to
sea., tbi're will they be tuiiud. whether the sea be
ffilra or convulsed. It you would witness rh
peacefully miblioie, you must staud on some
tsigh and overuamrina cliti', aud looir forth
npnii the gently heaving surface, when it
lie still and calm, lite a sleeping infant,
whiie the 9tnooth, glittering expanse grows
mi be. ore you, oouuoiess. traces. aTuoiuie-s. .
tracKiesR.'a'tioini
ivHterious. woulu vo i have the grandest an
noblest reflections of the invisible that can b'i
found in the universe, you have but to eaze on
the ocean, with its varying scenes, to learn of
the iuhuity. the immensity, the eternity and
mystery Ct Jehovah. As Byron expresses it,
the ocean is
"TLe glorious mirror where the Almighty's form
glasses UBelt."
Would you have the terribly subli ne, look out
upon thai, mighty deep, when the storm-spirit
walks the waters, maiestic waves roll up with
their snowy white crests, and ally themselves
with the howling winds, black clouds, aud the
thunderbolts of heaven, going forth to do the
Almighty's bidding. How sublime tne oceau
then; how sublime its vastness, its actions; how
terribly sublime its power ! In such a sea, in
fcuch a presence, how feeble and impotent is
wan, and how omnipotent the Almighty! But
not only for bubliinity or beauty does the ocean
ibtand unrivalled. To find this beauty you need
not in imagination descend with the pearl-diver
into its watery depths, but go down to its surf
beaten shores, and there pick up the glittering
pebbles on its silvery beach. You have but to
raise your eyes, gaze out upon its broad ex
panse, and behold" the most beautiful sight in
nature. A mountain wave rolls up to break
-upon the beach As it rises with the very"
poetry of motion into the air, its lofty crest
curling into a line of matchless grace, it forms a
miniature cascade to break lu foam at your teet.
But the sea has not only the richest charms of
her own, but it mirrors the beauties ot earth
und heaven. Here they come to reflect their
highest charms. The clouds love to move over
its bosom and see the gorgeous dyes of their
wardrobes blended. Over the sea the rainbow
spans, the silvery sheen reflecting and pertect
ingits circle of beauty. Thcsunoeams cast them
selves into its uulathomed depths, and dance to 1
and fro with the wind and waves in freedom.
The sisterhood of stars and planets find their ,
mates there; tbe sisterhood of stars in the sky !
land a brotherhood otstars in the sea; tor ;
"Every wave with glittering face that leaped into
the a r,
Caught a star in its embrace, and holds it there,"
What music so beautiful as that upon the bor
ders ot the sea? What cliffs, and fields, and
dwellings so enchanting as those by the reflect
' lng' sear The spirit of beauty and loveliness
bus its home in its depths, and ou Us surface,
tud along its shores.
But the ocean has not only the charms of
sublimity and beauty, but it is filled witu the
riches of beneficence to man. That man is in
debted for all the beauties and necessaries ot
life, 1 hold to be a truth. Of couise thoso who
we lovers of oysters, fish, snell-tish, and lobster
alad, with all the other etceteras, are deeply
indebted to this part ot nature. Some call the
ocean "a waste of waters," which is as gross a
slan.ler as calling the earth a "howling wilder
ness." I know nothing to give the latter its
name, except it be those who howl in It. Look
over the map of the world, aud jou will find
three-quarters covered with water. This is not,
perhaps, unnatural, when we view this vast
disproportion to dry land, aud imagine that It
would have been better had this vast expanse
been filled with dry land, and its immeasurable
deep tilled uo, and covered with fields and
forests, and valleys and hills-covered with
tit-fs instead of this vast desert ot water.
Instead of being an incumbrance, the seals
-sential to lite, and happiness to the world, as
no circulation of the blood is to the health and
happ'ness of man. Instead of its being a waste
aud desert, it is the very thing that keeps the
-arth from becoming a waste ana a aeserw
It
iu n.on h fountain to tne eanu oi me
and
te.iuty. Ami tf Uiti tfreat
neservolr should be
Uktn away, and its depths filled up with dry
lurid, the lorrbt and the hill-tops would wittier
away. All material objects would crumble
away, and all the children of the e trth would
prow emanated, deformed, and die oir. Alt
beauty would be esttneulsbed. Everything
would become dry, silent, and dad.
Water is indispensable to all life, both vege
table and animal. Hut water has not only done
preat things lor navigation, but as a stead v
drink for nourishment to all living things it is
iiidlHppusable. It is as necessary to the cedar
upon the mountain-top a to the ivy that clings
to the wall; as necessary to the mastodon that
pastures upon forests as to the animalcula that
floats in the ocean's deep. All tnings are by it
made to grow, to have life, and be crooned
with beauty. This water, to give all these things
lite, is supplied by thiea. All the waters in
the rivers and fountain!; and springs and lakes,
all come out of the sea.
An impression has prevailed that the rivers
filled the sea; but it is just the reverse. It iMhe
flow of the va that fills the rivers. You hear
ami have read of orators exclaiming "Britannia
rules the waves," or of the quaint saving of the
Yankee, that "we have but to turn the Missis
sippi river into the Mammoth Cave, and the
Pritish navy would be floundering in the mud."
The rivers made the sea, but it is the sea
which make the river. All of the waters of the
river have once been in the clouds, and clouds
arc but the condensation ot the invisible vapor
which floats in the air; and when all this vapor
has been lifted into the air by the sunbeams, it
forms in clouds, and the winds wait them over
the land to refill the rivers and reliesh the earth.
This is the reason why the ocean never over
flows the earth, because its superfluity goes
floating off into the air to the snme amount
wbich the oeean receives from the rivers, For
every Mississippi and Amazon which flows into
the sea, so to sneak, another Mississippi and
Amazon run out of it.
The "old ocean'' is the nursing mother to all
living things ou tbe globe. All the cities,
nations, and continents all living Mines ihe
trees and beauteous flowers which brighten this
world, the trees on the hill-lops ana the deli
cate and many-tinted flowers on the wayside,
all wait upon the sea for their nurture anil life.
Thus it is made a generous eiver to the nourish
ment of the whole world. Without it all nature
would return to dust. Bountiful and beautiful
mother ocean, let man never forget what he
owes to thee. So the sea is the great benelactor
of the world, because it is the generous Sam ;i
ritan which heals all, and gives life anew. We
should feel very erateful; perhaps we should
feel more gratitude if we should be far sepa
rated from it. The ocean is the great regulator
of the climate ol the world. Natural science
teaches that were it not for the sea, that in tbe
tropics the deserts would be one perpetual fire,
and in the polar regions everytning would seem
and be a desert of perpetual frost. Then there
would be but one in the three regions fit tor the
habitation ot luau. The one would be on fire,
the olher locKecl up in the icy hand of the ice
king, and the middle one, combining someof the
(uahtics of both the others, would present the
only place where humanity could abide.
Whereas now, by the tempering influereeof
the ocean, tlte whol world is tit tor the homes
oi men, and all over it can be found thousands
of varying tonus of life.
The maun er in which the sea influences the
temperature ot the globe cannot be precisely
stated. The vertical rnys of the sun, pouring
down with nil their intense fiery heat into the
depths of the ocean, raise the temperature of
the water to about 8G degrees, causing an ex
panse of the water. The water,sristng and
spelling by this great heat, moves right and
left to a:l quarters to tind its level. These heated
w.drs flow northeastward, in what is called
the "(iulf Stream." which is a mighty river of
warm water in the mtddle of the ocean, three
thousand miles long, with a current switter
than that of the "Kather of Waters.'
This Gulf Stream separates by actual contact
laige mas8s of ice lorn? ed in the vast , waters
' oi the North Atlantic. It sends these vast icc
' bergs, swept along by the winds, across the
lines to the centre of the ocean. And a similar
; cuirent passes down the opposite sido of the
earth, in some places lflOO mile in breadth.
! Tnis large, warm body of water detacher other
large masses of ice irom the polar regions, aud
sends them to and across the equinoctial line.
! Thus the warmth conveyed by these streams
: tempers Ihi treezingciimate of trie polarregions,
: and in their turn forward gigantic icebergs to
i cool and make fresh the torrid region. Thus
I they serve a three-fold purpose ot benedcence.
! They bear to the ireid zone the superfluity of
, heat, and to the torrid the supcriltuty of cold
1 and ice; and in addition to ail this, these warm
currents cause counter currents towards evrv
, brilJ jr0m all portions of the earth
I their different tern per atures, which, unitoJ,
make all lands fit tor human habitation.
Old mother ocean had been in the ice trade
Ion-; before man had beeu born, or even thought
of such a manner of business. It does ifn busi
ness in a grand way, not iu little bits. It does
not charter vessels with cargoesof ice, or deliver
it in iittle carts, through a little microcosm, or
small city. But she has her great ice-houses far
north and far south, and she draws whole traiaB
oi icebergs in her train. So she moves away
from the burning heat of the tropical climate
to the cold-T regions of tbe north, carrying
warmth to the inhabitants' ice-bound land, aud
bringing back soilness and health, thus distribu
ting the beauties of spring, tbo glories ot sum
mer time, and the coolness of winter, to all parts
of the globe.
The ocean is the great purifier of the globe.
Did you ever think of the tact tnat the only
possible drainage is by water? What would
become of us if it were not for the beneficence
ot the st a? The proportion ot decay would
soon make this earth's surface one vast recepta
cle ot corruption, whose stagnant air would
soon and swiftly breed pestilence. But for the
beneficial drainage ollice of the sea, such would
be the result. The sea is as essential to us tor
carrying away the decayed matter as for bring
ing in materials of lite. Nothing could save us
It the great deep did not act as a purifier of the
con upt earth. And it it is asked if the winds
tue not a means ot purification, I answer "No;"
fur there is no place to deposit their burden,
which will accumulate in their hands, aud nil
all their breath with poisonous etlluvla, aud
ctirry destruction in every part of the world at
oiice. But the rains have come from the sea
for the purpose ot purifying the winds and
emptying their hands of their burdens. The
ram "is ever ready for this grand purifying
oiiice.
Tbe sea becomes the grand scavenger of the
wolld. It is not one of tbe Street Commission
ers, who go ou the general principle, as laid
down in Dickens' "Bleak House," where is por
trayed the "Circumlocution Office,'' in which
ihe great study was "How not to do it." If we
wem VtMnth'e tender mercies of the sanitary
oflicers, we would not, nor could not live in our
cities. The sea is the great purifier oi nature,
which never betravs its trust. Where no sani
tary company could go, no Street Commis
sioner would go, its million eyes ate
watchful, its million hands are ready, in ex
ploring the luring place of decay, and to bear
swHtawsy the dangetous sediment, and cast
it away in the slimy bottom of the great deep.
One hundred billions tons of the sediment
ot earth are borne by the rivets into the
ocean in a single summer. Let your little
ready reckoner think and meditate on
that with our national debt. Fill all the
ships and use all the railroads In the world,
and let all the men and all the womvu
work together in this great sanitary toil, aud
they could not accomplish what is thus done
by tlie beneficent agent, the Bea; and all is doue
so silently, so easily, and all working at ouco as
well as speedily and effectually; no caucuses
nor decrees of legislature, stump speeches or
electioneering; no excitements, rum drinking,
newspaper lying, bribing, lobbying, or fightlug;
no Tammanv or Mozart Hall moeiingj. Than
God that the sea is not under contribution to
man or politicians.
The winds whose wing are weary, aud their
breath is sickening with the malaria of the
laud, always go to the "off soundings" to recover
tLcir health. They evidently believe tn water
cut6. They are bjdropathlsts. Here they rest
when worn out and weary rest in the vast
swinging-bath of the ocean. And when they
have i ruv. tilled w'th Leaith, and purity, aud
! sweetness, thy T.ff their wild pinions to the air,
and move across the waters to th panting, dry,
snd sultry land. They strike pinions from the
ocean, the sweet videos singing
"We come, we come: for tho boundless flight.
With herts lull ot love and wings foil ol might,
Over mountains high and vabevs deep,'
Our broad, invisible wines shall sweep."
And thus they come, breathing lire, and vigor,
and Joy, until the plants, so lately drooping,
and man, and beast, aud all the living creatures
of earth, lirt. up their rejoicing voices, because
the sweet breath of the sea has been poured
with euch a tido of relreshment upon them.
Thus the sra is for the purifying of the earth.
It tills earth with healthful blood, and fills its
nostril" with the breath of life. For six thou
sand years it nas Kept the whole earth fresh,
vigorous, and beautiful, and, apparently, none
the worse.
How vast have been the benefits afforded to
maLktnd by tbe sea, as a great means of com
munication between the countries of the eartnl
It it had not been for the ocean, all the surface
of the earth would have been one vast, un
broken continent; communication would have
teen impossible: no highway or the nations.
One system of railroads, running hither and
thither, in lutncatc lines, and now see the
wonderful result of civilization, which has
enabled the world to lay all countries under
contribution I With all the life and advanced
stage of civilization, there Is not yet one single
railroad across the continent; but the wide sea
has atlbrded to man the broad, permanent,
easily travelled highway to all nations of the
earth.
Look at our own eountry, and see how long it
would have taken the whole civilization of the
world to furnish even an imperfect entrance to
all its parts, such as has been given by the sea
that wahes all our ehores, makes our rivers
and vast lakes, which interpenetrate our whole
continent. Look at that great chain ot lakes,
like a necklace of pearls, which the sea has
thrown around the neck ot this vast and favored
land. We see what this great deep has done,
when in New York we witness the rising of the
sun from its glassy suiface, and the people of
San Francisco, three thousand miles avay, gaze
upon the same glorious orb, as it sinks into the
bosom of tne I'aci tic; and bv the little arms of
tLe fathomless deep, the centre of the continent
pours its riches into both the-iC cities. All our
nianuiactures we owe to tho sea.
Power is furnished by the water-wheel and
stcam-eneine; the water and steam are but that
which come from the rolling deep. It is the
sea which spins your thread, runs your mills,
cuts iron bars, and rolls them out into papery
thinness. It is the sea that tunnels the moun
tain, bores the well, lays the iron track, and
with its fiery breath puts energy into the iron
horse, and makes it speed along the way. It is
the sea which does for man his mechanical
work, in subduing continents, and revealing
the riches ot the earth.
K the sea should be diied, and ltfi right arm
of power be taken awa, the wheels of pro
gressive civilization would be stayed. Think,
atrain, of the food it affords to man, itsshellt
lish.aud lobsters, and Ush of su3h delicious
flavor. Notice the many innumerable vessels
employed in fishing of vauous kinds, from the
small and delicate to the large unwieldy dsh,
which are so benedciul to man tor use. .So trie
sea gives inexhaustible ricties to man. It is a
vast stoiehouse of all the beauties and necessa
ries of lite.
And one of tho most interesting and peculiar
phases of the sea is the influence which it has on
the nature ot man. Let a man once become the
adopted child of th ocean, and she has so
stamped her impress upon bun that time cannot
erase it.
Tho true sailor is a marked character, pecu
liar in his clothes, style of speech when he talks,
and gait when he walks. Thes characteristics
are among the noblest tind, and where allied to
moral. tv and tiuth, present the finest specimens
ot a roan.
One of the first and most prominent charac
teristics which old ocean impresses afion her
children, is that ot noble courage. The sailor,
rocked in the rough cradle of the deep; standing
in the midst of the rolling and dasUiug waves;
with the winds howling and shrieking around,
and the lightning darting Us lurid flashes amid
the daikuess of the tempest the sailor, amid
coustaut danger, becomes tue nursling of the
storm, and inevitably becomes animated with a
dauntless and courageous spirit. In the noise
ot battle, amid alt its dangers, Jack is always
filled witu mauitest courage.
Another trait ot the sailor is that of gene
rosity. The ocean is generous; her b'isotn
yields spontaneously, not" like reluctant eart h,
which needs the cuttiug of the plough and the
drawing of the harrow, to prepare tor its back
ward and often meagre harvest. The sea t;ives
with a bounteous hand .-pont;ineously and
freely she yields her riches to all Masses aud
conditions ot humanity. You never saw the
suilor turn a deal c'ar, or show a cold heart,
when be tails in with a shipmate in distress.
Innumerable cases have occurred of their ever
generous nature in relieving persons iu distress
and want They exhibit a noble heart and true
Christian spirit.
Another trait, which the ocean stamps upon
the nature of the child of the sea, is the love
ot ireedom. ano the desire ot excitement. He
; is constantly mid scenes the very types of
liberty. The floating clouds, unfettered breezes,
. tbe braving deep, oocy but the mandate of
' Jehovah. They have no respect of that little
, tyrant called man. Man vainly aspires to the
calling ot hitnseit the monarch ot the ocean;
but wi,cn the master-spirit of the storm arises,
then all these aspirations and sayings fall to
nothing. The sea is free; it cares nothing for
kiiigs orconquerers
"I he sea, tho sea, tbe open sea,
I Ihe blue, the fresh, the ever-free."
This spirit of liberty the ocean breathes into
her children. You see it In his open collar,
loose necktie, wide breeches, and rolling gait,
wnich at once points him out to the observer.
Thank God 1 you can't find, once in a thousand,
an infidel sailor. You have but to study the
sailor character, and you will find Jack inspired,
also, with a love for the fair sex. No man
respects woman more thiinJack; none esteem
her, morally and intellectually, more than him.
None know the debt of aratimde thev owe
the sailor from the time lonp apo, when, by his
genius and far-teeing knowledge, this hue bind
was discovered, to the freeem day, when all
our lakes aud rivers and the great ocean itself
is crossed by him, to bring riches aud tho bless
ings ol all lauds to the'people. People huve
mtsjudsed the nature ot Jack, They have seen
htm hen tbe ever-watchful " land-slinrks"
have led hiui into all manner of most pernicious
vices. We have only to protect him from the
dangers, which are many on shore, to trau h.m
into dens of vice and wicke'iuess. Look to
their welfare, and you will soon se them the
truest, most virtuous, generous, aud courageous
of all men.
Th Iron Crown of Lombardy The iron crowu
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Monza Cathedral. The restitution is to be
attended with some pomp. When the Prefect
of Milau shall have imuounced the day tled for
it, a hich Court functionary will be despatched
to Monza to be preeut.
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ABOV E RACK.
Walthani Pillow-case Mnslin, 26 couts.
6-4 Bleached Aluslih, called extra heavy, 25 cents.
10-4 Utica Bteacbed Shooting, t6 cents.
Ono hale wide Domet Flannel, 8 1 ojiits.
One hale all-wool flannel, 33 cents.
Best yard-wide Bleached Muslin, 26 cents.
Table Linens, irom 50 cents to II.
Black Alpacas, 45, 60, 66, 62c. to 81.
3000 yards seleoted styles of Ca.iooes.
Canton Flannel, 20, 22, 23, 25,28c , etc.
All-wool Flannels, 88, 37j, 40, 45, 6O0., etc
huperflne yard-wide Shaker Flannel, 60 couts.
Red and Grey ! willed Klannals.
86'75 large size all-wool Blankets.
Unbleaoted Muslins, beet makes, all widths.
Kusnia Crash, 12, 14, 16, 18, VXW., etc.
Bargains in Linen lowol", Wi, 26. and 86 cents.
Balmoial Skirts, SI 76 over 60 dozen sold.
Ladles' Merino VeMs at reduced prices, etc.
FAKIRS & WARNER,
9 205 1 Ko. uau North NINTH Street, above Kaoo.
TIIOLESALE COTTON YARN
COMMISSION WAHEHOUSK.
R. T. WHITE A CO., .
Manufacturer's Ageuta for th sal of
COTTON WABPS AND SKEIN' YARNS, all
numbers.
UOS1ERY YARNS In tbe skein or oop.
COllOJN, WOOLLEN, AND LIN EM CARPET
CHAIN.
JUT E FILLING, tor Venetian Carpet
GILL1NO, BUNK, AND FLAX fWINES.
Y X I HA HEAVY BLACK WADDING FOB
CLOrUlERS' USE E10
No. J43T MAHKKT Street, Phils,
B T WHITE. J. M. DO BOW.
)) Kthtoanirp
DRY GOODS.
PEICE & WOOD, ;
N. W. Corner EIGHTH and FILBERT,
HAVK JUST OPENED
One traleof lionet Flannel, 81 J oonte; wine good
have been teltint at 46 tmU
Good All-wool Flannelo, 83, 87, 10, and 50c,
lard.wldc all-wool Shaker Flan i rid, 58, 60 and OS
rents.
7 8 and 4-1 Ballard vale Flannels.
Bet qualiiy starting Flannels.
MUSLINS! UCSLINS1
Good yard-wide Bleached Mucins, 20, 23, 25, and
28 cents.
t4 Pillow case MutUlns, 26, 28, 85 cents.
6-1, 8-1, 8 4, and 10-1 bhoeiinir Muslins.
Yard-wide Unbleached Mailing, 19, 23, and 25
tenia.
Bost Quality American Prints, 18 cents.
A ftood assortment of Table Linens, flapfrint and
towels.
Russia Crash, 12, 11, 16, 18, 19, and 20 cents.
Scotch Diaper bj the piece or yard.
Linen Bird-eye, for Aprons.
Best makes Shirting Linens.
WHITE GOODS! WHITE GOODS!
Cambrics, Jaconets, Nainsook, Victoria Lawn,
and Swiss Motllns.
A cheap lot of Plaid Muslins.
Ladies' and Gents' Linen Carobrio Hdkrs.
Ladies' Hemstitched Hakts , of Bertrand MtH.
cent's mane, at 40, 44, 47, 60, 68. 69, 75, 87Jc, and tl.
Gents' Homstitched Hdkts., 50o. to CI. 10 22
A large assortment of Cloth Gioyea, very cheap.
PRICE & WOOD.
N. W. CORNER EIGHTH AND FILBERT.
i ao. )U4 lUKM;I etreot.
la Anticipation of Kemoval to
N. W. Corner ELEVENTH and CHE8KUT,
White Goods.
Laoeaand Lace Goods,
Handkerchief, Ladies and Gents, every
Linen '. ouars ana vuis,
Veils, Scarfs, Neck Ties, Etc.,
Embracing Movelttea Adapted for
HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
AT REDUCED PRICES.
E. IT. NEEDLES.
-j..aw .KHMUKi ?.'! '"K
TJHLBIl & HOPKINS,
POnMERITt Ko. 8 35. IEC0ND Street,
HAVE REMOVED TO
THEIR 'NEW STOKE,
No. 4S South Sired,
ABOVE CHESHUT
Wtiere they will continue the
CLOTH AND CASblMfcRE EU81WE88,
AS HERETOFORE. !112Binwira
roQ ff-)'H K1RTS. iOQ
0vO HTET TTLE, JUST OVT IjZlO
LE .PKTI'l 'I H 1L, tor tbe I'romenade.an yardnroun
THE ciiaMI'IO TlCiiL, 'or the Uruwiug-niom.
vsrds round.
'1 hese Hsirts are In every way ihe most desirahl that
we have hereto ore otleied to .be pub.lc; ai', complow
lines ol Lad'es', .Missei,', aud v blldren's rluln and I'rail
lioop r-kirts irom to 4 vaids .n .'ircuni!erence oi
every lengib. all ol ' oar own umke," wholesale and
letail. and warranted to nlve satU taction
Constantly on banit low-priced New York made Hturui,
Plain and Trail, i "prlnns. U0 cent ; l& apuiiKi, 1 M
spring', al-10; and 40 swings
Skirts made to older, aliered. and repaired.
Call or send lor Circular 01 stvie, sizes and price
klanuiftctory and Haiesrooms.
So. M8 AKC4J Htreet,
12 Tm WILLI IM T. HQPKISh.
GROCERIES, ETC.
PATES de foies gras.
V6T RECEIVED
,1
AN INVOICE OF FRESH
PATHS DE TOIES GRAS.
SIMON C0LT0N & CLARKE,
S. W. Comer WALNUT and BU0AD
a 14 mwi4; t
JJEW CROP JAPANESE TEA,
OF IHE FiyKSI QUALITY,
FOE BALK 11Y
JAMES K. WEBB,
EIGHTH and WALNUT Kixeeu.
H 140
N
E W
FRUIT.
Crown, B&i ket, Laj or, Hunch, Seedless, and Sultana
Balsins. Currants, Citron, Prunes, Figs, Uavaaa
Oranges, etc. etc.
A LB EH T C. KOBKKTS,
DKALKH IN FI-NK GKOUEKIES,
11 Trp$ Comer ELEVENTH and VINE Sts.
G.
W. WARNER, No. 1530 AND 152 RiDi;!;
Avenue, below Sixteenth Street
KEYSTONE KLOUB BTOER
Choice lirandnof family and Bakers' Flour,
Corn Meal, Oat Meal,
Buckwheat and Bye Flour
Corn, Oats, and Mill Feed 01 every description,
sent to all parts ot tbe city
Free 01 Charge. C13 llUinrp
pEIRCE'S PATENT SLATES,
WananUd superior to any others In use.
iaUUT! NOlSKLKSSi: DURABLE! S t
Cannot be broken t ,-, alllna, and
Never Become tilo-sy.
Tbese Slate, bave been unanlmou.ly adopted by the
Boaru ot Control lor ue In the futiitc Schools ol 'hiia
delplila. and a ao bv toe school au.uoriUci 01 Baltimore
ana Washington. A Uo
Fr lMct'S pA'i'EMT SLATE bURF ACE.
Tbe only Taunt stone Hun ace lor blackboards now
belore the public. Warranto, to give salintacii.n.
J NEW ION PrIKuK CO.,
.o. 427 .V ELEVENTH Htreet
C actio Beware of the Imitation books and rule
board Slates orlerd by aveuta, and wlilun are n'ad to
resemble la appearance our slated foods. 1 he gttuuine
are all aliher jalxUea nn the back, or the iaokt
iied and auuked, ratente.1 F.b. 10, I Ituiwui rt
CURTAINS, SHADES, ETC.
fJICH LACE CURTAINS.
Ihe Fnbsaribers save now In Stock, ard are re
viving from the late
AUCTION SALES IN NEW YCB.X,
Nottingham Lace Curtains,
Prom Ordinary to Rich Style,
French Lace Curtains,
Prom the Lowest to the Highest Quality, some of
them the RICHEST MADE.
ALSO
Vestibule Lace,
Embroidered Mnaliu CtirtAins,
Jacquard Muslin Curtains, and
Curtain Muslins in great variety
SHEPPARD.VANHARLING&ARRISOII
9 14 wfni6mrp No. 1008 CHESNCT Street.
MILLINERY, TRIMMINGS, ETC.
rr HPLEN DID OPENING OF FALL AND
VW1NTEB 8TTLEH.-MK8. M. A. HINDER,
ho lt'Sl CHfcHM'T hirwt, Philadelphia,
lMPOKTER or LADIS.1 DRtW k&l
CLOAK TBIMMIaOS. Also an eleguot itoclc ot
Imported Paper Patterns lor Ladies' Had Children'
lire. I'ailsmn Drees and Clonk Making In all its
varieties. Ladles mrnUblni their rlrh and costly
wnterlais mat relj on beiog artistirali? titled, aud
.heir work nut" tied In the moot prompt and in
dent manner, at tlie lowest poanlhle 1, rn:e at twenty
loorbouri' notloe. Cutting and baHtiiitr. Patterns in
nets, or by tha single piece, lor merchants and dress
malters. now ready. HOhm
MRS. R. DILLON, .
Nos. 323 and 331 SOUTH Street,
Bas a handsome assortment ot MILLI&XRY for the
Bolldfcjs. Alo, Bilk Velvets, Crapes, Ribbons. Feathers,
Flowers nd Frames. Ladle who make their own Bon
nets supplied Mi hU the materials. 715
JJ & A. C. VAN B E I L,
OLD RYE WHISKY,
FOB FAMILIES AND THE Tfi&DE.
So. 1310 CHKSNUT Street.
T-J & A. C VAN BEIL,
FINE OLD SHERRY WINES.
For Families and the Tr&t.
No. 1310 CIIKSM1T Street.
XT A H. V A T II Jl IT,
JL.
VERY SUPERIOR BRANDY.
For Medicinal and oiler tf.
No. 1310 CHKSNUT Street.
J-J & A. C. VAN BEIL,
CHAMPAGNES
OF ALL FAV0EITE BEAJCI'S,
No. 1310 CHKSNUT (Street.
H.
C. VAN LEI L,
WINE MERCHANTS,
11196mrrj No. 1310 CHESNUT St.
lilL SAFE DEPOSIT COMU.VY,
Tbe Fidelity Insurance, Trust aud Safe
Drpos.t Company, for tne !af
Keeping of Bonds, Stocks, and
Other Valuable.
CAPITAL $300,000
DIBXCTOKS.
5. B. BROWNE, l.DWARI) W. CLARK.
CLKM'E H. CLABK, ALKA.4M1KR Hfc.,RV
JOHK WK1.8H. h A. ALKWELL,
J. UlLLlMiUAM FELL UhJxKY j (ilUoON.
1 11 4 KL Ki MAALKSTEK
Office in the fire proof Building of the PblladelDhla
Katioua! Jbauk. tBl.HfiCT Street above Foortn.
Ihia t ompan recelvea on depoelt, and UUABAN
Ti.i.8 Tilt eFE KEa-PlKO 0 VALUABLES upon
ihe lot low leg raiea a year, yi-t. :
Coupon Bonos $1 per SI 00"
hraiatered Honda and SecuritUa Ao ee.hM Derail
tlold Loin or Bunion al ib per SlvtXI
Bl'ver Coin or Bu lion 2 per liMM
(..old or bl.ver Hate t eerSiUO
t asn Boxea or small tin ttoxea or Bankere. Broken,
Capitalists, etc., conientn unknown to the Company,
and liability limited avSavear
'J he Company oners lorKfcNT (renter exclusively
hololnir ihe key) HAOtt JHSIDK lis VAULlS.at
M, ;i0, 40, S6v, and 75 a year, according to alze and
location.
ouponsand Interest Col ectedforone per cent
Intercut .1 owed on Money Deposits.
This company Is authorized to receive aud execute
Trusts of every deecrlption.
Uaiinwup . B BROWSE. President.
Wobkbt I attf.be.qn. Secrota-v nd Treasurer.
USE T II K
"BROriCH OIDS"
For Coughi, Colds, Hoarseness, Ca:irrb, Chronic
Bronchitis, Sore Throat and Lungf, Etc. tc
ALLEN'S " BnONCHClDS"
Also invaluable l or Charm; and Strengthening the
Voice.
ONLY 25 CEMS A BOX.
None lien nine without ihe written ilvnatare ol
JOHN C. AliEN, Jr.,
.OLE PROPRIETOR,
8KVKSTH ud SOUTH Streets,
I'HILADUl.l'EIA.
SOLD BY Alb PKIWUHT3.
17mt&sl
UvjTED STATES KKVENTJE STAMPS
rrlncipal Denot. Ko. C4 CHESSUT Street
Revenue SUmpa ot everj deeriptlon eonaiaa'Jv oa
and in any amount v"
orders ty Wail or Express pronip-iy attenoed to
l ulled Mate. Noim, DratU on Philadelphia o Kaw
lurk, or current lunds received tn Mvmeut.
r'articaiar attention paid to ninth order.
The decinloDS 01 the ou.u.i8ioii can be eoruialted
and any in'ormatlou ret.)iuai' the luw ,.i,..n,..i J
given. '