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    ff 18.18 he wan eloctcd a Representative from
liew York to the Tftirtv-smh Cowrrcss, and
VM a member ol tho Committee on the District
nf Coluinoia; re-elected to the Thirty-seventh.
Congress, servinjr as chairman of the committee
on bankrupt law, and nIho as chairman ot that
on the District ol Columbia; reflected to the
Thirty-ninth Conros. His father, Alfred
Conkiintr, and his brother Frederick A., were
also Representatives In Congress. In the
Thirty-ninth Congress ho a member of tbe
Committees on Ways and Means and Recon
duction. He wai re-elected a Representative
to the Fortieth ConeresB, but in January 18ii7
m chosen Senator in Congress for the term
jtnding in 1873.
.... COBNELICS COLK. i
He was born In Lodl, New York, September
17, 1822; bred to the business ot a farmer;
graduated at the Wesleyan University in Con-
necticut; adopted the profession of law; emi
: grated to Calitornla In 1849, and worked in the
mines for gold one year; subsequently prose
cuted his profession in San Francisco and Sacra
mento; was District Attorney at the latter place
for two years; and in 18fi3 he was elected a
1 Representative from California to the Thirty
eighth Congress, serving on the Committee of
Tost Oiliccs and Post Roads. From 1860 to 18G0
he was a member of the National Republican
Committee, and during the Presidential cam
paign of 1SG0 was the editor of a newspaper In
California. Was elected to the Senate of the
United States for the term commencing in 1867
and ending in 1873: and was a delegate to the
Philadelphia Loyalists' Convention of 18G0.
BKNET W. CORBKTT.
lie was born in Wcstboro, Ma8., February 18,
1827. When quite young he removed to Wash
ington county, New York; was educated chiefly
at the Cambridge Academy in that county;
when sixteen years of age he removed to New
York city, where he remained nearly eight
years engaged in mercantile pursuits. In i860
he shipped a stock of goods to Portland, in
Oregon, and removed to that territory in the
following year, wnere ne naa since lot lowed the
mercantile business. He took an active part in
politics, and was identified with the organiza
tion of the Republican and Union parties in the
State; was a delegate from Oregon to the Chi
cago Convention which nominated Abraham
Lincoln for the Presidency, and in 1866 he was
elected a Senator in Congress from Oregon, for
the term commencing in J 867, and ending in
1873.
CHABLE3 0. SHAKE.
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 11,
1811; received an academical education; in 1827
lie entored the Navy as a midshipman, and re
mained in it until 1830; he then proceeded to
study law, and was admitted to the bar in 1833;
In 1834 he removed to St. Louis, where he prac
tised his profession; in 1869 he was elected to
the Missouri Legislature: In 1861 and 1862 he
took an active and conspicuous part against the
secession movement; in 1863 he was elected to
the Missouri State Convention; was a Presiden
tial elector in 1861; in 1866 he was a member
and Vice-President of the convention that
formed the present Constitution of Missouri;
and in January, 1867, he was elected a Senator
in Congress from Missouri for the term ending
in 1873.
OLIVER P. MORTON.
He was born in Wayne county, Indiana, Au
gust 4, 1823; was educated at the Miami Univer
sity; studied law and came to the bar in 1847; in
1862 he was elected Circuit Judge of the Fifth
Judicial Circuit of Indiana; in 1856 he was
nominated by the Republicans for the offico of
Governor of "Indiana," but defeated; in 1800 he
was elected Lieutenant-Governor of Indiana;
and in 1861, on the transfer ot Governor H. 8.
Lane to the Senate, he assumed the office of
Governor and held It four years; in 1864 he was
elected Governor for a second terra; and in 1865,
on account of his bavin? been stricken with
paralysis, he visited Europe in the hope of im
proving his health, but returned in 1866, and In
eplte of continued ill-health resumed his execu
tive duties. In June, 1866, he delivered a politi
cal sneech while seated In his chair, which
created much enthusiasm in the State, and of
which more than a million copies were pub
lished in pamphlet form; and on the subsequent
meeting of the Legislature in January, 1867, he
was elected by a remarkable vote a Senator in
Congress for the term ending in 1873.
JAMES W. PATTBR80N.
He was born in Henniker, Merrimac county,
New Hampshire, June 2. 1823; was educated at
Dartmouth College, graduating in 1848. From
1858 to 1861 he was a school commissioner ior
Grafton county, and at tbe same time was Sec
retary of the Board of Education tor the Slate.
In 1862 he served in the State Legislature, and
was elected a Representative from New Hamp
shire to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving on
the Committee on Expenditures in tbe Treasury
Department and for the District of Columbia.
In 1864 he was appointed a Regent of the Smith
sonian Institution, and was reappointed in 1865.
Re-elected to tbe Thirty-ninth Congress, serving
on the Committee on the Death of President
Lincoln, and also on those on a Bureau ot Edu
cation, and Free Schools in the District of
Columbia. In June, 1866, he was elected a
Senator in Congress tor the terra commencing
in 1867 and ending in 1873. He was also a
delegate to the Philadelphia Loyalists' Conven
tion of 1866.
BBWAHn o. BOSS,
He was born in Wisconsin, received a good
English education, and, having commenced
life as a prlote.r and been foreman in the office
of the Milwaukee Sentinel, soon became an
editor in his native State. On the breaking out
of the troubles in Kansas in 1856 he removed to
that State, and took an active part in its local
analrs; was a member of the Kansas Constitu
tional Convention in 1859; lroin that time until
1861 he served in the State Legislature; enlisted
as a private soldier in a Kansas regiment during
the Rebellion, attaining the rank of Major, and
subsequently became the associate editur of
the Lawrence Iribune. In July, 1866, he was
appointed by the Governor a Seuator In Con
gress from Kansas, tor tbe unexpired term of
James H. Lane, deceased, serving on the Com
mittees on Pensions and Printing. In January,
1867, hia appointment to the Senate was con
firmed by the Legislature, his term expiring in
1871.
JUSTIN S. MORRILL.
He was born in Strafford, Vt., April 14, 1810;
received an academic education, and engaged
in mercantile pursuits until tne year i4,wnen
be turned bis attention to agriculture. He was
elected a Representative from Vermont to the
Thirty-fourth Congress, and re-elected to the
Thirty-fifth, the Thirty-sixth, the Thirty-seventh,
and the Thirty-eighth Congresses, serving on
the special committee on the sale of Fort Snell
ing, and on the regular Commitee on Agricul
ture and on Ways and Means. He was also a
member ot the special committee of thirty-three
on the rebellious States In the Thirty-sixth
Congress. Re-elected to the Thirty-ninth Con
gress, serving as chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means, and as a member of those on
the death of President Lincoln and on Recon
struction. He was a delegate to the Philadel
phia Loyalists' Convention of 1866; and in
fh.r iftf.fi he via elected a Senator in Con-
rressfrom Vermont lor the term commencing
in 100( UU "
ORRIS 8. FSRBT.
Born in Bethel, Conn,, August 15, 1823; gradu
ated at Yale College in 1844; studied law and
.Hmiitd in tn har in 1846. In 1847 he
received the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel
ot the 1st Division Connecticut Militia. In 1849
he was appointed Judge of Probate lor the Dis
trict of Norwalk: elected to th State Senate in
lan and 1866. In the latter year be was ap-
Mntni State's Attorney ior the county or air
tield which position he continued to occupy
until 1869, when he was elected a Representa
4 h. Thirtv-slxth Congress from Concec-
t nut serving as a member of the Committee on
KevolutEy Claims and tbe Special Commit-Thirty-three
on the Rebellious States.
l?r i-A ii.w riiHtinction as a Colonel and
Bricadler-General In the war for the Union; and
inuoa he was elected a Senator in Congress for
Loyalists', Convention ana
4in jipaTcurtcn of 1800. .
' convenuuu ih
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPII. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,
FREDERICK T. FRRLINOH (TTSBN.
He was born at Millstone, Somerset county,
New Jersey, August 4, 1817, and Is the nophew
and adopted son of Theodore FelipghuyBen;
f;raduated at Rutgers College in 18J(; studied
aw and cnnie to the bur in 1839; was appointed
Attorney-General of New Jersey In J861, and
was reappointed In 1866, and was subnquently
appointed a Senator tn Congress from New Jer
sey lor the unexpired term of William Wright,
deceased, servng on the Committees on the
Judiciary and Pensions. In Januaty, 1867, his
anpoiutme nt as Senator was confirmed by the
election of the Legislature, and his term will
terminate in 1869.
Ilouit of Representatives.
8GHCTLER COLFAX.
He was born in New York city, March 23,
1823; received a good common school education,
and was bred a printer, and settled in Indiana
In 1836. He has been the editor of the South
Bend Register ever since he became of ago. He
was a member of the Indiana Constitutional
Convention In 1850, and In 1848 and 1862 was a
delegato to the Whig National Convention of
those years, and the secretary of each Conven
tion. He was elected a Representative from
Indiana to tbe Thirty-fourth Congress, and was
re-elected to each successive Congress, in
cluding the Thirty-eighth, serving during two
ot his terms as Chairman of the Committee on
Post Offices and PoBt Roads. He was also a
Regent of the Smithsonian Institution; was
elected Speaker of the Tnirty eighth Congress,
re-elected to the Thirty-ninth and again made
Speaker. He subsequently visited the Pacific
coast on a tour of pleasure and observation, de
scribed in a lecture which he delivered In
various parts of the country. Re-elected to the
Fortieth Congress.
NATHANIEL F. BANKS.
,Ie w,as born in Waltham, Mass. January 30,
1816, of poor but respectable parents, operatives
in a factory. He had no advantages but those
of the common school; became a lover of books
at an early day. His first venture before the
public was in the capacity of newspaper editor
in bis native town, and he followed tbe same
pursuit at Lowell. He studied law, but did not
practice to any great extent, and in 1848 was
elected to the Legislature of Massachusetts,
served In both Houses, and was lor a time
Speaker. He was chosen President of the Con
vention held in 1853 for revising the Constitu
tion of Massachusetts, and was. soon utter
elected a Representative in Congress from 1853
to 1857, and was elected Governor of Massachu
setts by a majority of twenty-four thousand.
During hla second term in Congress he was
elected Speaker of the House, and it is said that
not one ot his decisions was ever overruled by
the House. He was elected Governor of Massa
chusetts for a second term in 1858, and for a
third term in 1859. During the Rebellion of
1861-34 was a Major-General of Volunteers in
tbe Federal army, and saw much service in the
field. In 1865 he was elected a Representative
to the Thirty-ninth Congress In the place ot D.
W. Gooch, resigned, was Chairman of the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, was a member of the
Committees on Rules and the Death ot President
Lincoln, was one of the Representatives dele
gated to attend the luneral of General Scott,
was a delegate to the Philadelphia Loyalists'
Convention of 1866 and of the Soldiers' Convert
tion at Pittshurg. Was re-elected to the For
tieth Congress.
TH ADD Ettfl STEVENS.
He was born in Caledonia county, Vermont,
April 4, 1793; graduated at Dartmouth Coilege
in 1814; during that year removed to Penn
sylvania; studied law and taught in an academy
at the same time; in 1816 was admitted to the
bar in Adams county; in 1833 was elected to
tbe State Legislature, and also In 1834, 1835,
1837. and 1841; in 1836 was elected a member
of tbe Convention to revise the State Consti
tution; in 1838 was appointed a Canal Commis
sioner. In 1842 ho removed to Lancaster, aud
in 1848 was elected a Representative from
Pennsylvania to the Thirty-tirst Congress; also
to the Thirty-second, and in 1858 was re elected
to the Thirty-sixth Congress, and also to the
Thirty-seventh, during which ho was the
chairman ot the Committee on Ways and Means,
having previously served on various important
committees. In 1862 he was re-elected to the
Thirty-eighth Congress, again serving as Chair
man of the Committee on Ways and Means,
and also as Chairman of tbe Special Commit
tee on the Pacific Railroad. He was also a
delegate to the Baltimore Convention of 1864.
Re-elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress, serving
as Chairman of tbe Committee ot Appropria
tions, and as a member ot the Committee on
the death of President Lincoln, and as Chair
man of the Committees on a Postal Railroad to
New York, on Reconstruction, and Free Schools
in the District of Columbia, lie was a delegate
to the Philadelphia Loyalists' Convention of
1866, and was re-elected to the Fortieth
Congress.
WILLIAM D. KELLEY.
He was born in Philadelphia in the spring of
1814; received a good English education; com
nenced life as a reader in a printing office;
spent seven years as an apprentice in a jewelry
establishment; removed to Boston, and fol
lowed bis trade there for four years, devoting
some attention to literary matters; returned to
Philadelphia, studied law, and was admitted to
tne bur in 1841, and held the office tor some
years ot Judge of tbe Court of Common Pleas
of Philadelphia. In addition to his many
political speeches, a number of literary ad
dresses have been published from his pen.
He was elected a Representative from Pennsyl
vania to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving
as a member of the Committees on Indian
Affairs and Expenditures on Public Buildings;
re-elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serv
ing on the Committees on Agriculture and Naval
Allaire; re-elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress,
serving on the Committees on the Librajy,
Naval Affairs, and on Freedmen. He was a
delegate to the Philadelphia Loyalists' Conven
tion of 1866, and was re elected to the Fortieth
Congress.
JOHN A. LOGAN.
He was born in Jackson county, Illinois; re
ceived a common-school education; went with
the army as a private in the war with Mexico,
and was made quartermaster of his regiment;
m 1849 was elected County Clerk of Jackson
county, but resigned In 1850; Btudied law. and
came to tne bar in 1852, having graduated at
the Louisville University; in 1852 was elected
to the Illinois Legislature; in 1853 was ap
pointed Prosecuting Attorney; in iuub a presi
dential elector: a second time elected to the
Legislature, and in 1858 wa elected a itepresen
tative fiom Illinois to the Thirty-sixth Congress,
serving as Chairman of the Committee on Un
finished Business ; re-eieuieu mj me iuuiy
upTPiith Consrress. and resigning, served as Colo
nel in the Federal army in 1861. and subse-
mitntlv s a Maior-General. having commanded
with flisiinction me aim n-uurson:, iu
November, 1865, he was appointed by President
.inhnenn Minister to the republic of Mexico, but
declined. He was a delegate 10 me Boiuiers
Convention held in Pittsburg, aud was re-elected
to the Fortieth Congress.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER.
H wa horn in South Deerfield. New Hamp
shire, November 6, 1818; his grandfather, e-
unaniah, having been an omcer in me revolu
tion, and his father, John, having served under
General Jackson at New Orleans. He gradnated
at Waterville College in 1838; studied law, and
on being admitted to the bar settled in Lowell,
Massachusetts, practising his profession in that
eity, and In Boston; in 1863 he was elected to
the State Legislature, and was subsequently a
membar of the convention to revise tbe State
Constitution: in 1869 he was elected to the State
Senate; in 1660 he was a delegate to the Charles
ton Convention; in 1661 he was appointed a
brigadier-general, and entered actively Into the
war movements; before the close of that year
he was made a naaior-generl, serving as such
in New Orleans, and various other portions of
the rebellious States; at the conclusion of the
Rebellion he resumed his profession of law in
Lowell, and in 1866 be was elected a Represen
tative from Massachusetts to the Fortieth Con
gress. THOaUl 0ORX1LL.
He was born at White Plains. ' WpKtrhester
county, New York, January 27, 1814; received
common school education; hns been engsged in
the business of transportation and bunking,
siid In 1806 h was'elected a Representative lroin
New York to the fortieth Congress.
jonN COVODB.
He was born In Westmoreland county, Penn
sylvania, March 17, 180H; a farmer and manu
facturer by occupation, and extensively eneaged
in the coal business. He was elected iiom Penn
sylvania a Representative to the Thirty-fourth
Congiess, aud re elected to the Thirty-fifth Con
gress, serving on the Committee on i'ubho Ex
penditures. Was also re-elected to the Thirty
sixth Congress, and was made chairman of a
special committee to Investigate certain charges
made against President Buchanan and his Ad
ministration. Re-elected to the Thirty-seventh
Consress, and made chairman of tbe Committee
on Public Expenditures. Was a delegate to the
Philadelphia "Loyalists' Convention" of 1866,
and re-elected to the Fortieth Congress.
J. LAWRENCE flBTZ.
He was born In Reading. Pa., September 14,
1821: his fattier was an officer in the navy, and
fought under Captain Lawrence In 1812; he
received an academical education in Reading
and in Nottingham, Md.; read law and came to
the bar in 1846; aud, having turned his atten
tion to the newspaper business, he wot for
twenty years the editor ot the Reading Gazette
and Democrat', in 1866 he was elected to the
State Legislature; re-elected In 1857 and made
Speaker of the House, and in 1866 he was elected
a Representative from Pennsylvania to the
Fortieth Congress.
JOHN COBURN.
ne was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Octo
ber 27, 1825: graduated at Wabash College in
1846; adopted the profession of law; was a mem
ber ot the State Legislature in 1850 and 1851;
was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the
Twelfth District from 1859 and 1861; reslgued,
and served in the army during the Rebellion,
first as Colonel of the 33d Regiment Indiana
Volunteers, when he was promoted to the rank
of Brigadier-General for gallant and merito
rious services; was with the Army of the Cum
berland, and having gone with General Sher
man to Atlanta, received in person the sur
render of that city; tn October, 1865, he was
elected Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit
ot Indiana, which be resigned in August, 1866:
and in the subsequent autumn he was elected
a Representative from Indiana to the Fortieth
Congress.
c. M. DODGE.
He was born in Dan vers, Massachusetts. April
12, 1831; graduated at the Norwich University
of Vermont in 1850; adopted the profession of
civil engineer, and was employed on several im
portant railroads in tne west, ami is now Cbiet
Engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad; in 1861
be entered tbe military service as captain; raised
the 4th Regiment Iowa Infantry and was made
Colonel; in 1862 he was appointed Brigadier
General for services at Pea Ridge: after various
services in Middle Tennessee, at Vicksbure, and
Corinth, he took an active part in the Atlantic
campaign, and was promoted to be a Major
General on the recommendation of Generals
Grant, Sherman, and McPherson, and was sub
sequently in command of the Departments ot
Wisconsin, Kansas, and the Plains, and soon
after, reslening hia commission in the army, he
was elected a Representative lrom Iowa to the
Fortieth Congress.
JOSETH J. GRAVELY.
He was born in Henry county, Virginia, in
1828; received a common school education; spent
his youth chiefly on a farm, in 1853 and 1854
he was elected to the Virginia Legislature;
during the latter year he removed to Missouri;
was elected to the Convention of that State iu
1800; in1862 he was elected to the Senate of the
State, and re-elected in 1864; had command
during a part of the Rebellion as Colonel ot the
8th regiment of Missouri cavalry. Alter the
close ol the war he turned bis attention to the
practice of tbe law, and in 1866 he was elected
a Representative from Missouri to the Fortieth
Congress.
WILLIAM A. PILE.
He was born near Indianapolis, Indiana,
February 11, 1829, received a good English and
classical education, was a clcrgymun of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, aud a member of
the Missouri Conference at the commencement
ol the Rebellion. In 1861 he joined the Missouri
Volunteers as Chaplain. In 1862 he had com
mand ot a battery of artillery as Captain: was
boon afterwards promoted to the rank of Colonel
of Infantry, and in 1862 he was appointed a
Brigadier-General of United States Volun
teers. He was in the Missouri campaign
under General Lyon; with Generals Grant and
Halleck at Corinth; also at Vicksburg and near
Mobile, and bis command was the first to break
the enemy's line at the capture of Fort Blakely.
In 1866 he was elected a Representative from
Missouri to the Fortieth Congress.
MOBTON C. HUNTER.
ne was born In Versailles. Rinlev county, In
diana, February 5, 1825; went through a scien
tific course ot studies in the Indiana State Uni
versity; studied law, and graduated as a lawyer
at the above institution.. In 1858 be was
elected to the State Legislature; in 1860 he was
a Presidential elector; in 1862 he raised the 82d
Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, and as
Colonel commanded It until the fall of Atlanta
in 1864; he also had command of a brigade
under General Sherman in his march to the sea,
and continued with the 14th Army Corps
until it arrived in Washington. In March,
1866, be was breveted a Brigadier-General, and
in 1866 he was elected a Representative from
Indiana to the Fortieth Congress.
GEORGE W. MORGAN.
He was born in Washington, Pennsylvania,
September 20, 1820; in 1836 he left college, and,
as a private, joined a company commanded by
bis brother, aud went to assist Texas in gaining
her independence, in which service he rose to.
tbe rank of captain; in 1843 he was settled in
Mount Vernon, Ohio, and adopted the profes
sion or law; served in the Mexican war as
colonel of the 2d Ohio Infantry, and tor his ser
vices at the battles of Contreras and Cherubusco
he was breveted a brigadier-general in the
regular army; in 1855 he was appointed consul
at Marseilles; In 1858 he was appointed minister
resident at Lisbon ; on the break ing out of tho
Rebellion, as brigadier-general of volunteers, he
had command ot the Seventh Division of the
Army of the Ohio; was with General Sherman
at Vicksburg; was assigned to the 13th Army
Corps, and was iu command at the taking of
rwn neiiuersun, in Arkansas, ana, on account
of his loss of health, resigned his command in
1863. In 1865 he was the unsuccessful candi
date for Governor ot Ohio, and iu 18C6 he was
elected a Representative from Ohio to the
Fortieth Congress.
DANIEL J. MORKELL.
He was born in North Berwick, Maine,
August 8, 1821: received a common Kchool edu
cation; settled in Philadelphia in 1836, and fol
lowed the mercflntile business as clerk and
principal until 1855, when he entered into the
business of manufacturing iron at. .lnhiuttnwn.
Pennsylvania; served for a time in the Councils
oi me town, and in 1866 he was elected a Renre
seniative lrom Pennsylvania to the Fortieth
congress.
JOHN MORRISSET.
He is the well-known pugilist, and in I860 he
was elected a Representative from New York
to the Fortieth Congress. (The dates and tacts
required to make this notice ennmioia havimr
been refused to the compiler, and as he inserts
uuiuiiik m ms wore wnicn ib not authentic, he
cannot furnish a biography at this time.)
JOHN BILL.
He was horn in Catskill, New York, in 1821;
received a common school education; was for
tevenlyears a clerkand book-keeper in his native
place; removed to Jloonton, Morris county, New
Jersey, and pursued the same business lor three
years, and subsequently devoted himself to
mercantile pursuits. He held for many years a
number of local and town offlees, and in 1866
he was e ected to tae i State Legislature; and on
being twice re-elected was made Speaker of the
Assembly; took an active part In raising troops
during the Rebellion; hasheen foremost among
his neighbors in promoting the moral and social
welfare of his fellow-cltlzons; and in 1866 he
was elected a Representative from New Jersey
to the Fortieth Congress.
WILLIAM MOORS.
He was born In Montgomery county, Pa.. De
cember 25, 1810; received a common school
education; worked on a farm, and was a clerk
in a country store for some years; was subse
quently devoted to mercantile pursuits In At
lantic comity. N. J.; pent nineteen years as
gent ol the wcymouih Iron Work: was for a
time engaged in ship building and the coasting
trnde; w twice elected a Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas for Atlantic county, serving
In all ten year?; and In 1866 ho was'elec'ed a
Representative from New Jersey to the Fortieth
Congress.
WILLIAM MUNORN.
He was born In Baltimore, Maryland, May
12 1821 1 removed with his parents to Ohio in
18:10; he received the iudlments of his educa
tion from his mother, but afterwords obtained
a knowledge ot the Latin and Herman lan
guages; tpent his youth engaored In agricul
tural pursuits; adopted' the profession ot law;
was for some years the publisher and editor of
the Vewocraiio Courier, published In Flndlay,
Ohio; In 1840 nnd 1848 he was chosen a County
Auditor; iu 1851 he was elected to the SUte
Senate, and declined a re-election; was a dele
gate to the Democratic Cincinnati Convention
ot 1856, to the Charleston and Baltimore Con
ventions of I860, and to the Philadelphia
National Union Convention of 1866. He served
during the Rebellion under General Sherman,
as Colonel ot the 57th Ohio Volunteers, which
he raised, from 1861 to 1863, wheu he resigned
on account of ill-health. On recovering his
health he was appointed the State agent to
visit all the Ohio troops tn the Department of
Tennessee with poll-books and tally-sheets.
In 1864 he was appointed to perform the same
itntT for the Ohio troops in the Arm v of the
Potomac: on his return he held a number of
township offices, and in 1866 he was elected a
Representative from Ohio In the Fortieth Con
gress. GREEN B. RiUM.
He was born In Golcooda, Pope county, Illi
nois, December i, 182; received a good educa
tion and adopted the protesslon of the law: iu
1861 be participated in the war for the Union es
major ot the 56th Illinois Volunteers; was pro
moted to the rank of colonel in 1862; to the
rank of brevet brigadier-general in 1864; to the
full rank of brigadier in 1865, serving In the
Armvof the Tennessee-until Januarv of the
latter year; be commanded a brigade during the,
siege of Vicksburg, with General McPherson;
went with General Sherman to Chattanooga in
1863. commanding a brigade; was at the battle
of Mission Ridge, and commanded a brigade
during the great march through Georgia to
Savannah, in 1864; in 1866 he was elected a
Representative from Illinois to the Fortieth
Congress.
WILLIAM II. ROBERTSON.
He was born in Bedford, Westchester county,
New York, October 10, 1830; received an acade
mical education in that town; studied law, and
came to the bar in 1817, at Poughkeepste; in
1848 he was elected to the Assembly, and re
elected in 1849; in 1854 he was elected to the
State Senate; in 1856 he was elected for four
yenrs Judge ot Westchester county; re-elected
In 1859. and also In 1863, serving eleven years
in all; in 1860 he was a Presidential elector; was
a delegate to the Baltimore Convention ot 1864
which renominated President Lincoln: and in
1866 he was elected a Representative from New
x ork to the t ortietn Congress.
WILLIAM E. ROBINSON.
He was born near Cookstown, Tyrone county,
Ireland. Mav 6. 1814: received a good English
aud classical education: emigrated to this coun
try in 1836: entered Yale College, and received
tbe degree of A. M. in 1841; was a student for
two years at the Yale law school; between the
years 1838 and 1844 he was a frequent writer for
the New York Herald: during the latter year he
became identified with tbe New Yorir 'irioune,
elirninir bis communications "Richelieu;" in
1848-49 he became identified as editor with a
weekly paper called The J'eople; in 1859 he
visited tils native land and tbe continent of
Europe; practised law in New t ork from 1853
to 1862: in 1862 be was appointed United States
Assessor of Internal Revenue for the city of
lirooklyn; and in iHiiu ne was elected a Kepre
sentative from New York to the Fortieth Con
gross. In addition to his extensive writings on
the politics of the country, published tn a great
variety of journals, he has occasionally delivered
addresses on literary topics, and is also the
author of a number of poems which have be
come popular with the people.
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Bold by all druggist at Si per bottle.
PiUNClFAL liKPOT. KROMER'8.
No. 4(3C1I KSNUT Street. Philadelphia, Pa,
Mo. 11(11 CilKMNt'T s-lreel.
E. M. NEEDLES
WILL REMOVE TO THIS LOCATION
As soon as tbe extensive alterations now
making will allow.
Ills stock of
WHITE COOBS,
UI'E VHUi,
KMIlHOIDERlUtt,
JIAMKKKCIIIFF, ETC.,
Id offered at prices to Insure its belns closed
out at
No. 102t CIIKSNUT St.
J.n.MBTinO toil 'OM
STOVES, RANGES, ETC.
QULVER'S
NEW PATENT
DEEP SAND-JOINT
HOT-AIR FURNACE.
BANGEM OF All SIZES.
Also, Fhllegar's New Low Pressure Steam Heating
Apparatus, lor sale by
CUABI.ES WILLIAMS,
'SJOI ' No. 1182 MARKET Street.
TIIIB NEWS-STAND, S. V7. CORNEl
nVvEMTH and CHK8HOX fltU U open dull
nll,7f " lor th Ml of tbe ledlM Morula
KI'Vut, tlg.lhM WUh th. Hi.w Xork ulM
WAh,t' l
IT h N.
MARCH 4, 18C7.
CARPETINGS
QLEN ECHO MILLS,
CiERHANTOITN, IIIIlAlEL,r HI A.
MCCALLUMS, CREASE & SLOAN,
No. 509 CHESNUT STREET
MANUFACTURER or
TlfltEE-PLiY C ARPETIN OS,
fcXTRA HUPER INGRAIN,
SUPERFINE INGRAIN,
FINE IN GRAIN,
TWILLED AND PLAIN VENETIAN,
RTJOK, MATS, ETC.
JJJcCALLUMS, CUBASE & SLOAN,
No. 509 CHESNUT STREET,
IMPORTERS OF
CARPETING S, Etc.
EKUEIttlf AND FRENCH AX3IINNTEUS
ItOYAL. WILTONS,
TAPESTRY VELVETS,
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
IIHCKMEES,
ENULISU OIL CLOTHS,
HEM P,
COCOA MATTINtiS,
CANTON MATTINGS
ENGLISH INGRAINS,
SHEEP SHINS,
ADELAIDE MATTINGS,
Aud a full assortment of
FOREIGN GOODS.
JJcCALLlliS, CREASE & SLOAN,
No. 509 CHESNUT STREET,
JOBBERS AND DEALERS IN
CARPETINGS, Etc. Etc.,
Would call the attention of the Trade to what
are denominated "PHILADELPHIA GOODS,"
to which they give special attention.
JjJcUALLUMS, CREASE & SLOAN,
No. 509 CHESNUT STREET,
AGENTS FOB;
WISNER II. TOWNSEND'S and
A. TOLSOM & BON'S
OIL CLOTHS.
AND G. W. CHIPM AN A CO.'S STAIB PADS
AND CARPET LININGS.
I 19rp3m
QAIIPETING St CARPETINGS 1
J. T. DELACROIX,
No. 37 South SECOND Street,
Baa received per late arrivals, a.large and varied
assortment or
J. CBOSSEEY A SON'S BRUSSELS CAR
PETINGS, NEW DESIGNS.
Also, a large llneof Tliree-pty Extra Super and Fine
INOKAIN C'AKl'KTINO, COTTAGHS and KAQ CAR
PET'S, OIIj CLOTHS, SHADES, ETC.. whlon will be
sold at greatly reduced prices, wholesale and retail.
J. T. DELACROIX.
No. 87 South SECOND Street,
Between Market and Cbesnut streets.
IT. B. Particular attention paid to the fitting up of
.Otlicea and Couutlug-roouis. a at am
JUST LANDED,
ENGLISH CARPETINGS
VELVETS,
BRUSSELS,
TAPESTRY, and
INGRAINS.
Also. NEW STYLE VENETIANS, for BTilBB and
HALLS, with separate Borders to match, all made ex
pressly for oar sales by the best manufacturers, an.'
will be sold at lowtst cash prices. 2 1 fmw3inSp
REEVE L KNIGHT & SON,
No. 807 CHESNUT ST.
QEORCE W. HILL,
MANUFACTURES AND DEALER IN
CARPETINGS,
No. 18 NORTH THIRD STREET,
Has on band a large assortment of DESIRABLE
PATTERNS, to which he asks the attention of buy.
ers 2 18 wfm3m
QREAT BARGAINS IN
DRY GOODS, CARPETS, MATTING, OIL CLOTHS, AND
WINDOW SHADES.
V. E. AROHAMBAULT,
N. E. Corner ELEVENTH and MARKET Sta.,
tkl. m n.rlnn frnm tl,A BTAnt. Allf,lin
win open """'"'"bi , ' . I, . "
bale luoplecea of lucrum Carpels, all wool, at Hi, 75,
87c H 11-12, and Cti6; ilfty pieces ot lugraius at , 4S,
and fjoc.; tifly pieces of English Tapestry Brussels
CurpeUt, at ouly 1"7&; Hemp Carpels, iffc.s Rag Car
pels. 6t)c.; Floor Oil Cloths, Boas Window Shades, (1
to x WilllauiHVllle Muslin, Use; Table Linens. 4oo. to
il-W.i Blankets selling at cost; flannels, 27 to 87c:
Red Check Malting, 6"C Wholesale aud Retail
Store, N. E. cor. Eleventh and Market streets. 2 lu ttia
JOHN R. WHITE,
NO. 13 NORTH SECOND STREET,
FIRST CARPET STORE ABOVE MARKET,
JOBBER AND DEALER IN
CARPETING,
MATTINGS,
OIL CLOTHS,
WINDOW SHADES, ETC.,
AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES. 2 28Jm
REMOVAL.
DREEK & REARS REMOVED TO NO. 4
PRUNE! Btreet. DKEKH A SEAKS, former!
oi Goldsmith's Hall, Library street, have removed t
No, 4U PRUNE bireet, between Fourth aud Flit
Btreels, where they will continue their Manufactory
or Gold Chains, Bracelets, etc., in every variety. Also
the Bale of line Gold, tiilver, and Copper, Old Gold
and tsilver bought.
January 1, lbc7. 1 193m
SLATE MANTELS.
SLATE MANTELS are unsurpassed for Durability,
Beauty. Strength, and Cheapness.
SLATE MANTELS, and Slat Work Generallj
auade t order.
J. B. KIMES Sj CO.,
1 12J Kot. 2131 and U2 CHUSSUT Snwt.
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES
piRE-PROOF SAFES.
MARVIN'S PATENT
A II E THE B E S T.
ALWAYS EI RE-1 ROOF.
ALWATS DRT.
noitll.E TEST.
FKBRUABT 13, 187.
"Our Marvin's Patent Safe, a No. 9. double-door,
stood tbe severest test In the large fire of Saturday
night. It fell from the second floor, and was exposed
to an INTENSE IIKAT, FANNED BY A STIFF
NORTH WIND. The exterior Iron frame-work
melted In several places, yet the inside Is not touched.
We were pleased ou opening it to Bud every tblng
ALL RIGHT. We have every confidence In the
Flre-Prooi Safes made by Marvin Co.
WU1T1 IELD A BXUJNa."
EXAMINE BEFORE PURCHASINO KLHif
WUERE. MARVIN & CO.
No. 721 CHESTNUT St., (Masonic Hall.)
And No. 263 BROADWAY. New York.
House Safes, for Plate and Jewelry
Bankers' blee! Chests.
ISecond-band Bares or all makers,
bates exchanged on liberal terms. 2 K stutblta
bales, Machinery, etc., moved and hoisted.
BEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUK.
COAL.
QOALt COALl COALl
J. A. WILSON' SJZ
(Successor to W. L. Foulk.)
LEHIGH AND SCHUYLKILL
FAMILY COAL YARD
NO. 1317 CALLOWUILL ST., PUILA.
Attention Is called to my HONEY BROOK
LK111UU and RE-BROKEN siC'Iili YLKILJL, boia
superior and unsurpassed Coal.
Coal and Preparations best in the city. 9 2S(ina
JJB W. PATRICK & CO.
NO. 304 N. BROAD ST.,
DEALERS IN
LEHIGH AND SCHUYLKILL C0AJ
HAZLET0N, MAHAN0T, EAGLE VEUT, AX
BE-BE0KE5 STOVE,
Always on band, nnder cover, andfreefrom DIBT
8 LATE. C826smws
ROOFING.
h na fisil
OLD BHINGLE ROOFS (FLAT OR HTEEP) COVER
ED WITH JOHN'S ENGLISH ROOFING CLOTH.
And coated with LIQUID GUTTA PERCH A.
PAINT, aiaklnor them perfectly water-proof. LEAKY
GRAVEL ROOFS repaired with Gutta Porcha Paint,
and warranted for live years. LEAKY bLATK
ROOFS coaled with liquid which becomes as hard ar
slate. TIN, COPPER. ZINC, or IRON coated with
Liquid Guttapercha at small expense. Cost ranging
from one to two cents per square foot. Old Board ot
bhlngle Roofs ten cenut per square foot, all complete
Materials constantly on hand and for sale by th
PHILADELPHIA AND PENNSYLVANIA RfK
ING COMPANY. GEORGE HOBART,
11 2 6m No. 230 N. FOURTH Street,
3XOOFI1VG-.
OLD KHINOI.E ROOFS, FLAT OR STFKP
CO H1HI 11 II l'm FE1M IIA KOWI"
1N4J- I.O'l ll, and coaled with LIUUIU ftiCTTJ
PKKl'llA 1'AlNT, making them periectly watel
proof.
LEAK Y" GRAVEL ROOFS repaired with QutH
Perclia Paint, and warranted lor five years,
LEAHY sLAlK ltOOlS coated with LlquM
Guila Percha Paint, which becomes as hard as slate.
ForTlN,COFlER,ZIKC,and IRON K44F
this Paint is the tic plus ultra of all oiher protection.
It forms a periectly Impervious covering, completely
resists the action of the weather, and constitutes a
thorough protection against leaks by rust or other
wise. Price only from one to two cents per square)
foot.
TIN and GRAVEL ROOFINU done at the
Shortest notice.
Material constantly on hand and for sale br tho
nAnnoiu bomiinu company.
KLtliLENN A EVERETT.
121 " No. aoa GREEN Street
CUTLERY, ETC.
CUTLERY.
A fine assortment of POCKET and
TABLE CUTLERY, RAZORS. RA
ZOR STROPS, LADIES' HCiSaORa
PAi'i.R AND TAllAUUS' OJiJiARS, ETC., at
L. V. HELM OLD'S
Cheap Btore, No. 135 South TENTH Street.
11 8 Three doorsabove Walnut.
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
THOMAS A. FAHY,
HOLSE AND SIGN PAINTER.
(Late Faby fc Bro.)
No. 31 North THIRD Street.
City and country trade solicited. Satisfaction guar
anteed ou all work. n xm
gDWARD DUNN,
(Late of the Firm of FAHY A BRO.)
IIOCsJE AND SIGN FAINTER.
. Glazing, Graining, Gliding etel
NO. 53 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
t Philadelphia.
JEITH & PICKETT
.COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
ASD DEALER8 L5T
-WHALE, BFEEtt, LABS, ENGINE, BPETDLX,
AND
MACHINERY OILS.
Also, Agents for U snhstUn A xle Grease Company.
Ho. 134 South DELAWARE Aveau
: .RM PHILADELPHIA BURGEONS
l BANDAGE INSTITUTE, No. 14 N.
Z2 NINTH Bireet, above Market. B. C,
EVERETT, after thirty vears' practical s-perieiioe.
guarantees the skilful adjustment of his Premium
Patent Graduating Brersure Trusa, and a variety of
others. Supporters, Elastic Blockings, Hhoulder
Braces, Crutches, tiuspendera, el. Ladles' apart
menu conducted by a Lady, tsuj
PRIVY WELLS OWNERS OP PROPERTT
Tbe only place to get Privy Wells cleaned
tilslnlecied at Very low prices. pevhoN,
Manufacture of Pdrs.
1 11 GOLDSMITH' MALL, iJjjJiAJiK
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