THE NEW YOItK PKES3.
EDITORIAL OPINIONS OF TIIS LEADING
JOURNALS UPON CURRENT TOPICS.
QOMFU.M) TKKT PAY FOB XTBMXfO TKLBGRAPH.
Lord Derby' Government.
Fiom the lyibvne.
The British Parliament mcpts this year under
peculiar and exceptional circumstances. Kor
many years past the sovereign, In opening the
. annual sessions of the Legislature, has had
. little to do In reference to purely domestic mat
ters beyond offering congratulations on the ex
' pending prosperity of the nation. But this
. time the case, is materially different.'' Popular
excitement in respect to an extension of the
franchise to the laboring classes is at fever
' height. On this subfect the people manifest an
earnestness and a determination which cannot
To9ibly be mistaken by their rulers. They will
lave the political rights o long and so uniuHly
withheld irom TJietn by a proud and eel flan
oligarchy, and the resoluteitones in which they
now demand these rights show that thev are in
no mood to be trilled with. Never eitice tho
tncniorablo period immediately antecedent to
the passing of tho Reform bill of 1832, wheu
revoltton was imminent, has the popular mind
in Kiigland been co profoundly moved as at
present, but purely political troubles are not
the only threatening clouds on the horizon.
There is the serious conflict which has arisen
between .he employers ot laUor and the work
ingmen, and which has led on the part of the
latter to an organization forself-defenso and
i. . 1 fi it i ti ir tta rnmiHput'.inna in ovnrw
part ol the kingdom, and which, bilcntly spread
ing and working tor some time past, already :
Slakes ltseil ieil as me ciuuuuuucui oi a inigmy
power. There is also the bad condition ot the
poor In London and the other large cities and
towns, the miseries of whose pitiable indigence
iave been wotuliy aggravated by the unusual
eevority of the present winter, and the want of
employment tor large numbers of operatives
bow on the verge of starvation. And last,
there are the troubles tn Ireland, where a
cruelly unjust system ot land tenure, and an
ecclesiastical establishment obnoxious to the
great bulk of the population, by producing in
the minds ol the people a rankling sense of
Injustice, and breedingj alwide-spread disatfec
tion, have made, rebellion an ever-present
danger.
TXiese are some of the subjects demanding the
attention of the British Parliament, and with
which the classes now in power will be com-
pelled to deal and that not as the subject of
Parliamentary Reform was dealt with In the
last session. We altogether mistake the present
temper of the masses In England, it they this
time allow the Lowes and the Elchos of the
Commons, and the fossil reactionists who
abound in the House of Lords, to dispose of
their claims bv sneers at their ignorance and
venality, and to meet their just demands by
unjust reproaches and cruel taunts.
The question arises and it is. one of the
highest interest, not only to the people of Eng
land themselves, but to the trlends ot popular
freedom and constitutional government mother
countries how will the Derby Ministry and the
Tory party aet under the circumstances? Will
they gracefully yield to the popular pressure in
the matter of retorm T And will they honestly
grapple with the social questions demanding
diubtruent In the interests of the masses of
the operatives of England, of the tenant far
mers and Roman Catholics of. Ireland, of tho
pauperized and famishing multitudes with
"which the great centres oi population in Eng
land are overcrowdeded? So far as the Ministry
itself is concerned, the programme for the ses
sion, outlined in the Queen's speech, may be
accepted as lurnisning a pretty hopetui answer.
JJot to speak of the very natural desire on the
part of Lord Derby to retain power, there
18 a liberal element in the present Gov
ernment! of which previous Tory administra
tions have been devoid; besides which, we
may fairly assume that Lord Derby is un
willing to incur the tremendous respon
sibility of risking a revolntion which a
stubborn resistance to reform is alniot certain
to precipitate. With the speech from the throne,
then, as presumably embodying the views and
policy of the Administration,1 there is no room
- to cavil, fiut what of Lord Derby's followers
In the two Houses of Parliament? What of the
'country gentlemen" the fox-hunting squires
the eounly magnates the beads and eldest sons
and younger sons of the great territorial fami
liesthe haughty nobles, in whose eyes pre
scriptive privilege is about as sacred as Holy
Writ 1 Will thebe support the Derby Govern
ment in a liberal policy ? We believe they will
not. It is almost certain that the great bulk of
' them will continue to resist reform as the
threatened destruction of their dearly prized
power and privileges, and that Lord Derby
will find himself compelled either to abandon
the main points set forth, in the Queen's speech,
or to Introduce measured altogether inadequate
to the exigencies ot the times. In either case
dis Ministry must full, and with that fall will
commence a desperate struggle between the
aristocracy and the democracy ; for the party to
succeed him in office mutt be prepared to
satisfy the demands of tho people, or to be
themselves in turn hurled from power, to be re
placed by the well-tried champions of popular
lights.
Ibe Halt on the Impeachment General
Vaults and Ilia Flag of Truee.
From the Herald.
Five hundred thousand Union soldiers of the
ivar, we are Informed by the "Peeping Tom" of
a Copperhead journal, have been organized as a
benevolent society to back up Congress, if
necessary, in the impeachment and removal of
President Johnson. This half a million of
"boys In blue" Is doubtless designed as an offset
to the round million in grey promised by Cap
tain General James Brooks in support of the
Executive. From present appearances, how
ever, there will he no occasion for tho services
of these warlike legions on either side. While
the House Chairman on the Judiciary is at work
upon his impeachment investigation, the Chair
man on Foreign At) airs. General Banks who
ought to know is satisfied that Mr. Johnson
begins to see the error of his ways: tnat his
backbone, like that of the Rebellion, is broken,
or is beginning to break; that he is ready to
meet Congress more than ball-way: that a sat
isfactory capitulation can be tenured before the
4th of March, and that, accordingly, that last
cruel resort ot impeachment may be indefi
nitely pobtponed. Allah mashallah! God be
praised 1
In this view the compromise proposed by
General Banks is offered, and it really involves
the conditions of a complete surrender. His
bill, avoiding the technical difficulty that the
Rebel States, beaten in the battle-held, are in
the condition of Territories wrested from a
foreign power, and starting with the State of
.Louisiana, simply assumes tbat its present local
government, not having been reco:nized by
Congress, is illesal and calls for reconstruction.
He next proposes a special commission of three
members, one to be aonolnt.fl hv the Senate.
one by the House, and one by the Secretary of
ni mis commission stiall proceed to
.Louisiana and get up a rrgistrv of voters. In
eluding whites and blacks heretofore admitted
as voters, or who have served in the Union
army or navy, and all other loyal men, of all
colors, who can read and write, or who own
property to the amount of ono hundred dollars;
but excluding from the suffrage all those classes
of Rebels excluded by the
tional amendment. Next upon this registry of
voters and the iron-clad oath of loyalty a con
vention is to De elected, which ts to reorganize
the State, and then, with the election of m. I .put..
lature and with the ratification by It of the great
aweiNBiettt, we owe, wua the approval of
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Congress, shall be fully restored to fcT consti
tutional relations and rights in tho general
Government. . ,,
Such is the plan of General Ban, and, "
proposed by authority from the White House, it
does involve the surrender at last ot the presi
dent to Conpress. The olan wnlch he lately
submitted, with the advice P',c"t ?l
Southern Governor, pror-o J" tva
partial suffrage, on roaW .and n i Klnj : ana
property qualification, which l1''1
nearl? all the black, and most of the poor
wliitp and further proposed to remove an
rTst'ricilom aUnst HeW . great and small so
that thev wou d reign again more poweriui
than ever, from Virginia to Texas, yea, from
BiJn Run to Brownsville. Now, it would
Appear "hat Mr. Johnson falls in with the
restrictions of the amendment against leading
Rebels; that 00 gives up nis oouinern uov
ertiors and nends tliora adrift, hangs out the
white flag of submission, and is ready to turn
over this whole buninees into the hands of Con
presi'. We read all this in a free translation of
the speech and plan of General Banks in behalf
of a trenty of peace. Rarey, the tamer of frao
ttous hon-es and mules, has evidently revived,
and, disguised as General Banks, has oeen with
"the man at the other end of the avenun,"
Ashley meantime holding the sword of impoach
nirnt over his head as bv a single balr. .
"Well, well." as the old (armer said to the boy
In the apple tree, if "Audy Johnson" has at last
apreed to come down we can cheerfully forgive
him. He might have done better by coming
down earlier; but the good book tells us that
even, the eleventh-hour man got; his penny.
Moreover, after playing the role of an Emperor
In pulling down and setting up States and Gov
ernors, and in punishing bU enemies, and in
receiving and rewarding his worshippers, Mr.
Johnson Fbrlnks from the idea of exchanging
the White House and its glorious excitements
for the solitary confinement of his cottage
among the mountains of East Tennessee. "Old
DickJolinson,"who badseen the troubles of Jack
son, said that the Presidency was not a thing
to be sought, but It was not to be declined.
John Tyler in the White House was "the hapoy
man," and he had reason to be; poor Pierce in
"the old barn" was troubled with the summer
drawback of fever and ague; but still he wanted
another term. "Old Buck" set down the estab
lishment as an almshouse where broken-down
politicians swarmed for the spoils, and as a
public hotel where the traveller had nothing to
pay; but still "old Buck" left it with many
sighs, groans, and lamentations. Even "Honest
Old Abe," who cared nothing for Its silks and
satin, belles and butterflies, "fuss and
feathers," finery and flummery, cheerfully
accepted his election for another term. And
now, since it has been lurnished and frescoed
more splendidly even than under Van Buren,
how can Mr. Johnson be expocted to give up
the White House for his policy, wtien his
policy, like one of the Hon, Ben Wood's lot
teries, is played out I The first lesson of a
Tennessee politician, since the time of old
Felix Grundy, has been remember the dog
who lost his beef by grasping at the shadow.
"Andy Johnson" learned it at the loot of old
Felix.
We are promised by General Banks the sur
render of Sebastopol, Seward aud all, within
the next two or three davs. Considering the
tears of the Chase men, Butler men, Stevens
men, Sumner and Wade men, that with toe
removal of Johnson it will be impossible to
keep out General Grant, the chaDces are in
favor of the flag of truee of General Banks. If
Johnson Is as wise as Napoleon he will promise
the moBt liberal concessions In order to work
out his main designs and to recover his ground
as master of the situation. But if his ideas are
not Napoleonic, he may still escape by adher
ing to the solid instructions ot stout old Felix
Grundy, "never give up something for nothing,
but reinember the dog and the shadow."
Present Aspect of the Reconstruction
Question.
From the Times.
Whatever be the fate of Mr. Stevens' bill in.
stituting military government for the South, the
debate to which it has given rise promises valu
able results.
There appears to be an approach to unanimity
among the Union members touching the neces
sity forj more effective protection of the lives
and property of Union men at the South than at
present exists. None not the most moderate
has declared himself content with matters as
they are. Not one has denied the need for some
further interference to prevent the outrages
that are now perpetrated with impunity, and to
afford more effective guarantees to the loyal
portion of the community. So far, the Repub
lican party appears to be a unit.
But there is evidently a strong feeling against
the extreme character of the measure intro
duced by Mr. Stevens. The territorial theory
on which it rests has found few advocates, and
the impolicy of mboding it in a measure
which should look simply to the defects and
abuses ot existing civil authority, impresses
even members who recognize no inherent
validity in the present State organizations The
prevailing opposition, however, is to the sweep
ing provisions of the bill in respect of the
military authority which it is iutended to
create. What is wanted is, military power suf
ficient to provide for emergencies arising out of
the dielovalty and injustice of the civil officers
of the Southern States. The bill, literally in
terpreted, makes the general who may be in
command superior to all torms of civil authority ;
invests mm witn power akin to tnat ot a ininia
n.v. uiLObUiaui;i a II v. uti uin ill IUC3 ILIO BKIO-
guards of personal liberty provided by the com
mon law. Mr. liiDgnam'r rendering is much
less objectionable. He assumes tbat military
lurisaicuon win mate liseit telt only when the
local powers that bo tail to offord adeouate nro-
tection to the lives and property of loval citi
zens. He considers tbat the local Courts will
be allowea the undisturbed exerr.lse of thpir
lunctions, except when these are perverted to
gratilv Rebel malice or to nhield from nunlah-
mentRebel offenders. Doubtless the bill might
be so altered as to secure these objects; audit
is probable tbat this will be done, if indeed the
bill parses in auy shape.
ine tast ot denning and restraining the mili
tary authority, that it shall not render itself
obnoxious to republican ideas of government,
is not an easy one, we must contes9. For, while
it is undesirable that, under any other contin
gencies than those of war or ovsrt rebellion,
the soldier shall have power to control the citi
zen, It is not less certain that the presence of
tbe niiiltarv at the youth win be of little avail
if it remain subject to the existing disloval
organizations. The need of legislation grows
out of the criminal laxity or negligence of the
Governors and other administrators of tho law.
If these men did their duty, the call tor help
would not have been heard. To leave the
Generals commanding Southern districts sub
ordinate to the Southern Executives, would be
to tolerate the lawlessness that now prevails.
Assuming, therefore, tbat the bill comprises all
that Mr. Stevens and his territorializing friends
propose to accomplish, it forces upon Congress
a verv uclv alternative. Either the Rebel art
ministrators of law at the South will virtually
remain masters of the situation as under Mr.
Bingham's rendering of the bill or the military
power designed to enforce order and justice,
according to the ideas of Mr. Stevens, will be
the nucleus of an authority utterly at variance
with the theory and practice of our republican
system.
This difficulty results from the fact that Mr.
Stevens contemplates the employment of the
military as a judicial and police agency, and
nothing more. His measure takes not a ningle
step towards the reconstruction of the Union.
His preamble denies tbe existence ot the States
as such, and recites out of being "the pretended
State Governments'' which now administer the
law. Yet he proposes no remedy. His Generals
in command might set aside the Jurisdiction of
Governors and Judges when loyalists were con
cerned, but otherwise he would leave these
"pretended Governments" in lull blast. And
though he declares that what were once States
are now territories, he makes no provision for
the reorganization, or even for their territorial
government. In this respect the title ol the bill
is a misnomer. Instead ot "a bill to provide
for the more efficient government of the Insur
rectionary State," It should be styled "a bill to
provide military authority for the Southern
States." More than fbta it does not attempt.
It neither rcmoea the existing Government,
nor points to the organization of other Govern
ments to sveceed them. At the end of a year's
operation the result governnicntaliy considered
won M be unchanged. The lives of Union
men might Indeed be more f nreibut personal
liberty would be Imperilled, the Rebel organi
sations would remain nominally in force, and
the settlement of the reconstruction question
would be mora remote and more hazardous
than ever. .
The proper plan would seem to be to deter
mine finally the policy of Congress in regard to
reconstruction to mature a scheme practicable
and comprehensive and to provide by early
legislation whatever machinery may be requi
site for its application. Tbe presence of a large
military force will be a necessary concomittant
of any plan that (may be adopted. The fair
presumption is that any process of reconstruc
tion involving the exercise of Federal authority
as against the present State Governments will
entail the employment of the army. Tbe dicta
tion of terms to the South implies provision tor
their enforcement; and it may be that quite as
many soldiers may be wanted for the purpose
as for the administration of Mr. Stevens' blil.
Between the two cases, however, there would
be a vital diff erence. For while on Mr. Stevens'
plan we should (see unlimited military power,
accomplishing nothing in the way of recon
struction, under the other plan tbe military
would be auxiliary and subordinate to civil rule,
helping, in fact, so far as force mty be wanted,
to uphold the National Government and to en
force Its measures, but la no respect exercising
an Independent or superior authority.
That this- course commends; itself to the
c&lm, intelligent judgment of the Republican
party, is evident from the tone of the Republi
can press in criticizing the provisions of Mr.
Stevens' bill. Differing widely upon many
points, they are singularly unanimous in their
opposition to tho military scheme, and In their
demand for practical measures. The same
view has been presented by the Republican
members who have spoken against the bill
during Friday's and Saturday's debate. From
General Banks, who proposes to set aside the
present Southern Governments, and to re
organize others by commission, to Mr. Ray
mond, who believes in the feasibility of an
arrangement based upon the Constitutional
amendment, all insist that something definite
and decisive shall be done before the close of
tbe session. General Banks has already sub
mitted h!s scheme, and Mr. Raymond promises
a resolution looking to the reference of the
whole subject to a special committee, with In
structions to report at . once. Other efforts,
pointing to the same end, may be expected.
They may eventuate in squabbling and smoke;
but the confessions tbat have boeu made, and
the propositions that have been foreshadowed,
indicate the prevalence of tbe desire for some
substantial mea-ure without further loss ot
time. It will be a scandal to tbe statesmanship
of the party which has strength enough to
carry its every measure, if the Thirty-ninth
Congress pass into historv leaving unadjusted
the momentous question of reconstruction.
Martial Law for the South.
From the ll'orici.
Saturday's debate in the House on the bill for
putting the South under martial law foretokens
that it will receive a majority sufficient to carry
it over the veto. The day it was Introduced
Mr. Stevens, who had charge ot it, exhibited
much of the dictatorial arrogance with which
he bore sway at the last session. It looked as
if the bill was to be driven through without
debate by the sheer force of overbearing party
discipline. On Thursday Stevens wavered,
doubting it he had backing enough to strangle
debate. On Friday his power was tested. The
previous question was voted down by a large
majority. The radical ranks being thus broken,
ana the widest scope opened lor debate, the
general cast of the discussion on Saturday gave
glimpses of such a demoralization ot Stevens'
phalanx, as indicates tbat the martial law bill
will fail, and that an attempt will soon be
made towards genuine reconstruction.
The decline and tall ot Thad. Stevens' ascen
dancy can be as easily explained as its sudden
rise. The sharp crack of his whip, whioh ex
torted ready submission before the Congres
sional elections, has lost its terror since. At the
last session, all the members of the House and
one-third of the members of the Senate were
anxious about the expiration of their terms.
The Republican part of them knew that it they
were ie-elected, it could only be in pursuance
of a regular nomination, ana that the aggres
sive intolerance of the radicals, who, were a
majority of the party in almost every district,
would defeat every candidate whose course
during the last session they disapproved. If
Stevens' cry of mad-dog were raised against
tbem, they were doomed, and they had no
liberty ot action. Now that the elections are
post, many moderate Republicans are disposed
to exercise more independence. They will pre
fer to see the reconstruction question settled
at an early day, in order that the public miud
may be engrossed with other questions before
their claims are again submitted to the people.
The passions excited by the war will gradually
abate under the soothing influence of time.
Many forecasting politicians who floated into
power on the floodtide of those passions, will
take care not to be left high and dry by the ebb.
Another cause, which, is just coming into
activity, will have a constantly growing in
fluence. We reter to tne rresiacnuai avaita-
bilitv of General Grant. It was inevitable that
he should be thought of in that connection after
nis great military successes, ana tue rare pru
dence and reticence with which ho has borne
himself since the war favor his chances. He
has been esDeciaUv charv of making Dartv com
mittals, or of biuding himself by antecedents
which would interfere with the most perfect
lreedom of action in anv future exigencies of
tne country. It is easy to see that he is too
valuable a trump to be played out at random
in an early stage of the. tame. Now it is evi
dent to all bis friends, whether Republicans or
Democrats, that the great strength of his posi
tion as a Presidential candidate would be
fatally hazarded by the use proposed to be
made of bim in
the martial law bill pending
before the House.
The independence and moderation of his char
acter would prevent his administering it with
such unscrupulous vigor as to please the ex
tremists, and no man having anything to do
wun it would be likely to ilea?etbe other party.
lfle whole drift and spirit of the measure is
J" "ucai, not military; it demands no soldier
ship, but only talents for political and civil ad
ministration. ThO rilltma mill ho an n.ullO HI1(1
discretionary, being guided by no law or settled
principles of jurisprudence, and moreover so
delicate, so fitted to kindle complaints, so liable
Y..ivumu, nuu o uiue capable of ueiensu
apaiD&t criticism. HlncAihAt, -0f nn nn
S,'4 tot Jheir justibcation, that the ad-
iV . ysiel, ana responsibility
for its success, would inevitably ruin General
Grant's political chances. In the speech
o".."3J" I"0 "ous? hy General Bunks on
IUJ. e seemed to have a clear enough
tr,.r:,i.V"n ..OI lWs consequence of the
" uui me restraints imposed bv his
posmou caused mm to exoress himself' with
nriJ,T"e;. " ld--'-"e had no fear of
rV,w hrCi iu,S conlr.a-y, he was sorry o
man to h I Yh uuueri Grant was the only
t?r.OI?.t eountry could turn in its
E..!Y.7 -u ll".rur condition. It was not Ira
r':"."vl"e..'r'ei of General Grant
"u'Z,:., U1. Place him in a position
-. "uu.u icu euner to his sacrifice or to a
course of conduct which no friend" f his would
Grant actefw'ith th'a ?U U General
n tha 1 resident in the execution
of the law. Congress would not W m, ,.i. to
nope lor unless the President changed his
??SS!23,"a eeu them he would be
-inecoruujucnea lU this nassaee of General
u a a a. ...
jjujt' specca gives a key-note with which
many hundred of thonnands of voices will be
in unison, 'I no martial law Din, oesiues lis
other bad features, is a scheme to sacrifice
General Grant. It seizes hold of him without
his consent, and drags him out of his polttio
reticence In which he has kept himself so
stronply Intrenched. It compels him to be the
leading actor in the most odious, the most
obnoxious, and the most desperate political pro
ject ever undertaken in this country. It is a
field in which there Is no opportunity to win
laurels, but which abounds in slougbs and pit
falls from which nothing short of a miracle
could save him. If the friends ot Chief Justice
Chase had contrived a scheme tor tho express
purpose of relieving him of hU most formidable
rival, they could have hit upon nothing better
adapted to their design than this bill. Now
tbat General Grant's friends have deciphered
and exposed it, its defeat may be regarded as
certain.
- Tbe great strength of General Grant's posi
tion as a candidate for the Presidency lies in the
fact that he can be supported without Incon
sistency by either of the great political parties.
He has kept so aloof from politics, and borne
himself with such distinguished discretion, that
he seems to be the one man capable of uniting
and harmonizing the country. If the Republi
cans should have the good sense and modera
tion to run him for the Presidency, the Demo
cratic party would make no opposition. If the
Democrats 6hould run him, no candidate
brought agninst him by the other side would
have any chance of succe-s. Hence the willing
ness of the extreme Radicals to put General
Grant in a position where he would bear the
bruut of the odium caused by a desperate mea
sure, and become a mark for poisoned shafts
fiom partisans of all shades. Too many men
are looking to him with hope, to allow this
came to succeed. His contingent candidacy lor
PiTsident will, from this time forward, loom up
more and more as the controlling fact of the
situation.
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7- 4 Blenched Table Llneue, Due. per yard.
8- 4 do, do, do. (ri2 per yard.
8-4 Table Linens, a Job lot, very lieavy, ffCS per
yard,
.Linen Table Cloths, 2SI yards lonp, 12-50.
A large assortment blurtiug .Linens,
lieavy Uonsewll'e Linens.
WHITE (jiOODM WHITE GOODS.
Just opened. liil pieces Soft-Mulsh Cambrics, from 25c,
np to wjo. per yard, me nalance ol au Importer Slock,
which was bought at L-old prices
(several lots ol White Brilliants, 20,
25, 28, 31, 37,'i
ana ou cents,
Vo. do. Nainsook Muslins, 25, 28, 31,
37j. and
00 ceil is very cuenp.
lbu pieces .Nainsook Plaid Muslins, handsome large
Plaids, very cheap.
White Marseilles and Plijues, 37a', 50c., up to fl a
yard.
several lotB of Victoria Lawns, very cheap.
several lots of Ladles' Llueu iidkis to sell, 12,'i, 15,
18, 20, 25, and inc.
Geuln' lldkls, 25, t8, 81, 37' 3', 45, and 50c
tseverul low of Geuls' Colored Border Ildkfs, very
Cbeup.
Ladles' Hemstitch Hdkfa.
Ladles' Tucked lldkls, 37!;, 44, 50, and 5Gc,
Lace Border Hdkts., 31 cts.
A large assortment ot Hamburg Kdglngs, Insert
ing, and 1'louuciugs, a cheap lot of Liluiity Bauds,
Lie., Lie
91 I'll LINK! Ml KLIN N!
All the leading makes ot Muslins at the very
lowest prices,
Willlunisville, Wamsulta, New York Mills, Amos
keg A, W hltlusvllle, Whitney, aud Trentou Pillow
case aud wheeling Muslins,
American Calicoes aud Ulugbams,
IltICE A WOOD,
Northwest cor. E1UHTU aud FJLBKKT.
M. B. Just opened. 50 pieces French Lawns, 20 cents,
glnghiiy soiled, worth 37t. 10 -X
E.
171. NEEDLES,
Mo. 1024 CIIESNUT St.,
jj telling his Entira Stock, Comprising Every
Variety of .
WHITE O0OD8,
LACES,
KKBB0IDEBIES,
HANDKERCHIEFS,
VEILS, ETC. ETC.
At and below coat of Importation, prior to removal to
OIRABD ROW, 2 6 12t
JT, W. Corner ELEVENTH and CHESNUT Sto.
DRY GOODS.
229 VARIES & WARNER, 229
Ho. 229 North IJIKTH Street,
Above Knee,
WILL OrEN TO-DAY
..v
Another case Walthnm rillow-cajse Muslin.
25 cents ; 8 coses sold within 80 days.
Yard-wide Bleached Muslin, well-known
make, 25 cents.
Bleached Mnsllns, all prices, and as low as
tbe lowest.
Unbleached Muslins, lowest market prices.
One bale 7-8 Domet Flannels, 81 cents.
One bale 4-4 Domet Flannels, 37 cents.
All-wool Flannels, 33 cents np.
American Delaines, new and choice styles,
American Prints, handsome styles.
Black Alpacas, 40, 45, 50, 50, 62 conts, etc.
Bird-eye Diaper, 62-155, 82 50, 83 00, 83-50, etc
Linen Towels, Napkins, Doylies, etc
Band-loom and unbleached Table Linens.
Linen Shirt Fronts, our own make, S714, 45,
50 cents, etc
Black and white Bui morals, 8175, over GO
dozen sold.
Honeycomb and Alhambra Quilts, etc
Ladies', Gents', end Misses' Hosiery, cheap.
Lancaster Ginghams, 25 cents. ,
Canton Flannels, at reduced prices.
Ladies' and Gents' Merino Vests, reduced.
(SOMETHING NEW AND CHEAP EVERY
DAY.
FAMES & WARNER,
9 ? No. 29 North NINTH Street.
LINENS AND W1IITE GOODS;
FOR LADIES' WEAK,
AT IMPORTERS PRICES.
Borne special lots containing SOnO yards of celebrated
makes of FltKKCII AND 11USU LINENS, light,
medium, and heavy.
LINEN LAWKS, Bird-eye Diapers. 5-8, 8-4, 7-8, 4-4.
FRENCH -LINEN LAWNS, for Surplices.
LINEN CAMBRICS aud SIIEAU LINEN LAWNS
NEW WHITE GOODS,
Both rial ii and Check,
OP ENGLISH, FRENCH AND SWISS MAKERS.
CAMBRICS, JACONETS. NAINSOOKS,
fSWISSS HOOK AND MULL MUnLIN.S.
CAMBRIC DIMITIES. 11AIK CORD MUSLINS.
IKD1A TWILL, striped and pluin.
fcOFT FINIhU CAMHIUO. all widths.
ORUANDIES AND TABLET AM S, for Evening
jjresms.
VICTORIA AND BISHOrS LAWN.
PKKCALEH. MADAPOLAMEH, COTTELLFA
FRENCH DIMITY. CAMBRIC LONU CLOTH.
FIGURED F1UUET AND CORDED FKJUEf.
Goods on hand from previous purchases aro marked
down Ul curreapuuuiuiy iuw iJriues.
ALSO, A SPECIAL LOT OF
1000 Nottingham lace Curtains and Fringed
Lace Tidus, at very reduced price.
SKEPPARD.YAN HAKUKQEN&ARRISON.
IMPORTERS OT
HOUSE-FTJIlNISIIINa DRY GOODS
9 14 6mrp NO. 1008 VHJMJi UT MTKEET.
No. lo; UUE&MUT btroul.
E. M. NEEDLES
WILL OFFER HIS 6I0CS
OP
WHITE G00SS,
LAUEB,
HDKTS.,
VEILS,
EMBROIDERIES, ETC.
UNTIL. MARCH 1,
At a; great sacrifice, to Insure Its being closed
out prior to removal to
K. W. Corner ELEVENTH and CHESNUT.
leaJlS XQiiHtf H3 -Ofj
OQ HOOP SKIRTS. OQ
Dfc0 LATEST BTTLE, JUST OUT OO
LE PETIT TK AIL, for the Promenade, 2 H yards round,
THE CBAMFlOtt TRAIL, lor the Drawing-room, i
yards round.
These Bk.lrts are In every way the most desirable that
we have heretoiore offeied to tbe public; also, cumpleta
lines oi'Ladies', Mlsnes', and Children's Pluln and Trail
Hoop Hkirta irom 2H to 4 yards m circumference of
every length, all of ' oar own make," wholesale and
jetail, and warranted to give satis faction.
ConBtantJy on hand low-priced New York made Skirts,
Plain and Trail, Ml springs, V0 cent; 25 sutings, 1 :M
springs. fl lO) and 40 springs. '
Bklrtsmade to order, aliered, and repaired.
Call or send lor Circular ol style, sizes, and prices.
Jlanulaclory and halesrooms,
lo (U8ARCR street,
12 6 3m WILLIAM T. HOPKINS.
SHIRTS, FURNISHING GOODS, &i
J W. BCOTT & CO.,
SIIIRT MANUPACTUEEES,
MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS'
No. 814 CHESNUT Street,
FOCB D00K8 BELOW THE "CONTINENTAL,
8 27 iirp PHILALKLPUIA.
PATENT SHOULDER-SEAM
SHIRT MANUFACTORY
AND GENTLEMEN FURNISHING STORE,
FXKFECT tTTTINU BHIKT8 AND VUXVf&H
made irom measurement at very short notice.
All other articles ol ULMLAMJCJN tt ViULHS GOOD8
In lull variety.
WINCHESTER & O
1115
No. 704 CHESNUT Btrcetl
COAL.
COAL! COAL! COAL!
J. A. WILSON'S
(successor to W. L. Foalk,)
LEHIGH AND SCHUYLKILL
FAMILY COAL YARD,
No. 1517 CALI0WHIIX St., Phila.
Attention is called to mr HONEY BROOK LRHIGH
and HK-miOKJtl, SCHUYLKll Both superior and
uusuipasaed Cosh
Coal ano Preparations best In the city 823 gM
R. V. PATRICK & CO.,
NO. 304 N. BROAD ST.,
DEALERS IN
LEHIGH AND SCHUYLKILL COAL
HAZLETON, KAEAN0T, EAGLE VEI2T, AlfD
EE-BROKE STOVE,
Always on band, under corer, aodfrecfrom DIET an
8 LATE. CdMiiBWttat
FURNITURE, BEDDING, ETC.
T HE
FURNITURE
AT
COULD & CO.'S
FUIlNlTUItiU DEPOTS,
N. E. CORK EE UINTA AND MARXIST STREET!,
IMS
No. 87 and 89 North EEC0HD Street,
Ii the Largest, Cheapest, and Beet Stock In the
World! '
F Mb Ion, (trie, onratllltjr, Bnlnh, and heaDoea Ml
co mbined In their Immense varletf 01 CIl'1-VA.DK
1 UKNITUCK.
Beiore pordhaslng call and examine, or eoadfata
printed catalOBue. 1 10 Set
T O 110 U S E KEEPERS
I have a large stock ot evory variety ot
FURNITURE
VThlch I will nil i rtoutta prices, consisting ot
PLAIN AND MJlllBl.s, TOf COM AGE 8U1T1
WALNUT CHAMfcEH Rtl'J'6.
TAULOU hi llh IN VkLVl.1 Pt.TJSg
PAltl.UK HU1TB IN UAlk CLOTU.
VaKI.OK bUITH 1-N HKPH.
Kldvhoardu, Ki tension Tables, Wardrobes, BookCAM
UattrtAMs, Loiwm, eto etc
1 1. a U STINK
IS K. E. corner BKCONI) and KAOij E treats.
ESTABLISHED 1795.
A. S. nODINSON,
French Plate Looking-Ulasse-3,
ENUUAYGS TA1M ft iiS LliAWLNGSi EIC.
Kann;actur6r ol ell lands ol
L00KTNG-GLAB8, PORTRAIT, AND PICTTTRl
EE AMES 10 ORDER.
No. 910 CHESNUT STREET.
THIRD D0OB ABOVE THE CONTINENTAL,
PHILADELPHIA; I M
STOVES, RANGES, ETO.
QULVER'S NEW PATENT
Deep Sand-Joint
LJ S A I rs f II n SI A M
n w i - n r w n n m u c,
RANGES OF ALL. SIL.ES.
Also, Fhllesrar'a New Low Preeestr.
Steam Heating Apparatus.
FOR SALE BY
CHARLES WILLIAMS,'
610 No. 1182 MARKET Street.
THOMPSON'S LO.DON KITCHENER.
!tfK r UKH KA RANGE, lor Fnuiilies, Hotels,
or j uuiiu liisiuuuuuB, in xnr.nii uir
1'EliLNT HZl.b. A 10. I'hlladelulila Ranvea.
hct-Alr Fkinkces, portsble Heaters, Lowdown Urates,
lirniinU Moves, Lath Bolleis, Rtewbole Plates,
Boiltis, Cooking btoves, etc , itbuleeaie and retail, sr
tlie manufacturers. SHARP E & THOMSON,
1 1 n Dtuih tin" Ko. 209 N. rLCOMU Street.
GOVERNMENT SALES.
GOVERNMENT SALE AT CHARLESTON-.
B. C.
The followfng ORDNANCE PROPERTY will
behold at Public Auction, at the United States
Arsenal, Cbarlebtou, S. C, on MONDAY, Maroti
4, lt5l7, commencing ut 10 A. M.:
About 200 net tons (cannon) Cast Iron.
About 750 net Ions Shot, Shell, etc. (about one
half have valuable soil metal attached).
About 100 tons Loaded Shell.
A bout 15 tons Scrap Wrought Iron.
About iVt tona Scrap lirans, Copper, eto,
637 wooden Artillery Carriages, ironed.
150 wooden Chassis, Ironed.
About 750 Cavalry Saddles, 750 Bridles. 8500
Cartridge Boxes, and a quantity of other leather
work.
1 large Hand Fire Engine, built by Agnew,
Philadelphia.
About 1300 barrels Unserviceable Powder.
Also, a large quantity of other property, con
sibling principally of Musket Appendages, Rags,
Hope, Implements, Miscellaneous Tools, etc
etc.
Terms Cash on the day of the sale, In United
States Currency.
Ample time allowed for the removal of tha
property, at the expiration of which that not
removed will revert to the Government.
By authority of Chief of Ordnanoe.
F. H. PARKER,
Captain Ord., and Brevet Major U. S. A., '
2 7 9 13 16 20 Comm'g Charleston Arsenal.
JAROE SALE OF ARMY CLOTHING.
Depot Quartermaster's Office.
Baltimore Md., February 6, 1807. J
Will be sold at Public Auction, in the city
of Baltimore (at Government Storehouse, No.
120 S. liUTAW Street), on WEDNESDAY, 12
M., February 27, 1867, a lot of
ARMY CLOTHING,
consiHtlng of
3478 NEW YORK. JACKETS,
of irregular pattern, and otherwise unsulted for
issue to troops.
By reason of its long retention in store, tha
material is in some instances more or lesa
damaged.
Sule will take place in lots to suit purchasers.
Terms Cash in Government funds, on day of
sale.
Three days allowed to remove purchases.
By order of the Quartermaster-General,
A. S. KIMBALL,
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. A.,
Depot Quartermaster.
ADREON. THOMAS 4 CO.,
No. 18 8, CHARLES Street,
2 7 17t Auctioneers.
s
ALU OF DAMAGED CLOTHING AND
EQUIPAGE.
Office Army Ct.othing and Equipage,!
New York, February 8, 18t7. j
Will be sold at Public Auction, on aocount
of the United Stales, at the Depot of Army
Clothing and Equipage, corner of Lalght and
WaflilNKtou streets, in New York city, on
WEDNESDAY, the 20lli of February, 1807, at
11 o'clock A. M., and will be continued from day
to day until all are sold, the following named
articles of damaged clothing and equipages
Woollen blankets, greatcoats, blouses, uni
form coats, bedsacks, slilrts, drawers, greatcoat
straps, knapsacks, stockings, slocks, trousers,
knives, forks, spoons, plates. Uncaps, bats, caps,
lace, brown Hollands, OOyards; alpaca, 121 yards;
boots, shoes, brass articles, musical instrument,
cap covers, etc. etc.
Catalogues may be had at the Depot; also
samples of the articles may be seen.
Terms Cash, in Government funds: ten per
cent, down, and the balance beiore the goods
are taken from the Depot, which must be within
three days from day of sale, under forfeiture of
the purchase and the ten per cent.
Brevet Brigadier-General D. II. VINTON'.
2 1) tft Assistant Q. M.-Geueral,U. B. A.
II PORTA NT SALE OF GOVERNMENT
JL VESSEL.
Depot Quartermaster's Office,
Baltimore. Md..
January 80. 1807.
Will be sold at Public Auotlou.at the port of
Baltimore (Henderson's Wharr, osi waiii
more)j on THURSDAY, 13 M., February 28,
1667, lfc.1pERB pipe.-wj.teEL STEAMER
COSMOPOLITAN,
of 779 tons; length, 'US loet; breadth of beam, 81
feet; depth of hold, 13 feet; cylinder, 50 inob.es
and 11 leet stroke.
A rare opportunity Is afforded. In the sale of
this steamer, to persons desiring to purohaaa a
really nrst-ulass vessel.
fco jB 0f Hunt drought, the engine and boiler
are in most excellent, condition, and the hull
perfectly sound and strong.
It is believed that, for size and build, the COS
MOPOLITAN surpassB any vessel hitherto
... . - .....ii kiuii 1. fYii aula ihl .
Jilt; I C)U UJ -"Y , , , ,
Teims Cash, in Government funds, on day of
ijrther particulars may be learned on appli
cation to the underelne.1, or to the Auction
eers. Messrs. ADREON, 1HOMAS dc CO.. No. IS
Kouih CHARLES Street. . ' 49
, By order ol the Quartermaster-General.
1 , . A. S, KIMHALL,
-o.r Captain nd a. Q. m., U. 8. A.,
' 22t27 Depot Quarterauwles,