THE DAILY E ENING TELEGRAM . PHIL AD ELPIII A, FRIDAY, APRIL 2G, 1867. 6 S ! I. 0,0.1. THANKSGIVING SERMONS. Continued from the F.lghtb Page, THE LUXURY CF BENEVOLENCE. A Dliconnt Before the Independent Order of Odd Fallow, on their Na tional Thanksgiving Day, delivered In Trinity M. K. Church, Philadelphia, by Itev. Dr. Nadal, "Jt is more blessed to give than to receive." Acts xz, 80. All our activities In rotation to others are made up of Rlvlnn nnU receiving and the smite 1h as true of everything nine thai lias life a " ' of man. The trees are tlio recipients of UgM. Bndair, and moisture, which they urluk In mid appropriate, and then, lu turu, give forth fruit, blot-Hom, fragrance, beauty, Tne birds take nourlHhmenl from brook and Hold, ana Rive buck niUKlc. Flowers and harvest '"""'v human care and labor, and In turn meot our higher und lower wants. Tho whole commu nion of nature Is a giving and taking, a uolpiug und being helped. , i.. hm, A.wiio hern makes a makes a compn comparison between the blessedness 01 kiviiik u.iu hui y. f iriviiiK anu i ni.i. ...rl .i..(!lures in iuvor ol giving. we look f rttier we shall bo able to gather a blnt.Ms .... .u..ur.l wiienyo" "L .!.., It.snnfea In mnUliira from the Urenchiug shower, when you lop oil' l! hiii nlus branches aud kill its usily lu-ols, or when it spreads out Us bouglis to olljr you Bhellcr In summer, and fills your cellar with luscious fruit In too autumn? When dotn a rose tree seem noblest? When you are giving it care, or when it is giving you beuuly and fin erance? When does your horse seem grandest? jm It when you lodge him and feed lilm, or is It, when lie bears you forward, sharing with you the pomp and pride of the hour? The answer Is plain. Trees, Dowers, auimuls, all seo.n frouder aud nobler In giving than In reeei vlnjj. ndet d, in receiving wo see their necessities, their weakness, their obligations to us, but iu giving they present themselves as rich, power ful, munificent. The Apostle asserts tho same fact as to men. Jlesays in Hie text It Is more blessed to give than to receive. In this insertion it Is not denied that there Is pleasure iu receiving; it is only asserted that tiie pleasure of receiving is inferior to the plPHSiire of giving. The simple fact of receiving Is a blessing In Itself. What is received may have been itrnd-lngly bestowed only given to meet the demands oi publio.oplnion and yet, if tho re ceiver is in circumstances of need.lt is blessed to receive. lint the blessing is only material. Tut: recipient of the charity can eat aud wear what is even given grudgingly. So mucti bread and meat, however gotten, if put into a healthy stomach, will produce so much blood, muscle, and strength; aud so much cloth, put Into coats and pantaloons, will keep out so much cold. And this is tbe view apparently taken by many of their benefactions. But what a mise rable, naked, skeleton blessing suoli a person receives! Ills brother has treated him like a hungry horse; he has regarded him merely as un animal; be lias given so much to bis stomach and limbs, but lu the manner of tbe gift has bad no respect to his soul. In this caso something is bestowed, but more is with held. That gentle and brotherly consideration for the poor which awakens gratitude, and opens the henrt to good and pious counsels, is withheld; that blesset', heavenly sympathy with huiuau suffering, which makes the suf ferer feel that you have shouldered a part of his trouble, is withheld. You have put bread Into his mouth, but have given no food to bis higher humanity. See that orphan boy ! When his parents died, decency demanded that bis rich and stingy uncle should take bim home With bim. In tiiat family the boy eats his grudged meals, and grows outwardly sturdy, perhaps, but that sunshine of sympathy, those fond caresses that are lavished upon the chil dren of the family, and which, bestowedfu him, would make liiui forget that he is an orphan, are not his to enjoy. Without beart nourlsiimeut. he grows up crushed, dwarfed, Indurated. With worse food and poorer cloth ing, but more smiles and more love, he would have thriven much belter, for the soul un willed would have grown. ' You call on a merchant for a subscription for tbe cause of missions, and he gives, but does it with a surly look, and with im patient, surly talk. You have your five dollar note, and, poor, innocent, unconscious note that it is, it does not know bow miserably it has been given, and in the treasury it will count just as much as that other noto which was prayed over and given with glad and cheer ful heart. But how does it atl'ect the collector? Don't you feel in some sort paralyzed and un prepared to go to the next place? You have tbe money, but with it a re bull a bruise, if not a dislocation. If with the gift you had received a smile and a fervid good wish for your success, you would have been lightened aud wiuged for your next visit, but, as it is, the gift has made your heart, and your step, and your counte nance heavy. And when that money is sent out to the foreign Held, ii tuo spirit lu which it was given could be Bent with it, if it could carry the giver's grumble and frown. It would make the missionary's heart to sink wlthiu him. But, God be praised, the blessing of receiving need not be merely physical, poisoned by the superciliousness aud pretension of. t lie giver, Jt need not be a mere bread aud meat bleBSing, to be measured by tli amount of muscle to be manufactured out of it. Gilts need not be like tiie honey which we get from an old dead tree the honey Is pure, and the comb white and beautiful, but the tree is worse than nothing: we wish to cleanse the sweet prize from the smell of the rotten wood, aud t brush oil" the hllhy pow dered fibre. So, with grudged favors, we would brush and rub from them the canker of stingi ness, aud forget the vile spirit in which they were given. But a favor almost becomes another thingr, a sixpence grows into a dollar, nay, into thousands, when it is cheerfully bestowed. It is as when we have gathered the ripe and luscious apples from a living tree, whose bending boughs sloop aud laugli la the glorious sunlight to make thoclieerfuroirer.and neem to say, "Relieve me; it will accommodate me. Don't you see I am burdened with riches ?" Wo are ready to answer, "Beautiful, good humored, benevolent creature, your spirit is sweeter aud better than even your fruit I" We have been so fortunate as to be aoiualntel Wltll men who, by the spirit of their benelicenco, made receiving a pleasure, I kuew a man who made bis own lortuue "Whose soul proud science never tati-'ht to stray Far as Ibe solar walk or milky way;" a man of no broad vtewsongener.il questions The money had come in last, but not fast enough to ruin his heart. It came not into his heart, but Into his chest. When ha was asked for a gilt tor the poor, he usually handed over the amount needed, aud returned thanks for the privilege, and then, with a heartiness of manner which showed bow deeply and simply sincere he was, he expressed a hope that he might be honored Willi many such calls. I remember another instance, which will illus trate our point. A clerical friend had come from tbe country to beg for a poor church, I had taken him to the counting-house of a mer chant, who bad scowled at ine for brinirimj him, and had left upon his small gift aud upon our spirits the spell ol his meanness. With a sad heart I led my begging frleud up the street to another establishment, vve now lound our selves lu quite another atmosphere, it was like passing from the north pole to the balmiest May day of our own climate. In this place giving was a regular part of the business, and apparently tbe most pleasant part. The firm had a formal account with the Dord. The case was no sooner sluted thun a baudsomesuin was given by the principal, aud the book handed to two brothers s, who gave in tno same spirit, j. ma done, I was thanked for the opportunity afforded thein of doing good, aud requested to call again wheu I had a good case. Here giving was not a mere physical net, but one of holy cheerfulness, and hence receiving was not a Wore physical receiving. The enjoyment of such receiving Is not one of mere money-getting, or mere eating, of being warmed aud filled, but a noble leollug is conveyed with tbe benefaction. Us ten to the beautiful words of Rnrlnt.nrn. 'Give, not grudglugly, or of necessity, for God loveth a cheerlul giver." This Is the giving that makes receiving a blessedness. Here is a gift according to the letter, but aooordiug to the spirit also. A spirit is communicated alomr with something external. The reclpieut sees the gif t not as a mechauloal act, but as a soul, a. lite, in which the mechanical disappears. 11 sees the spirit of goodness lu his benefactor, and f.-uiu t ho beauty of 1L What we meaa Is, that the highest blessed mens of reoftivlng depends on the spirit of givinir. a -- 1 ( V. t..ri r i. tr I hlptttilnoa minrMnvuif a spirit as much superior to bread as soul to I txjiy, as m ad to clod,- lake qm os two la- I nrpuaeil when VOU Ibkb t n v..7 ,Sv,...,.u EinJTlnm? When vou look at a fruit tree, for 1 n doe it lodk more noble and Utgulllod it ns receiving ine Huniigin stances. There, In yonder hovel, Is a poor crea ture in whom vice has been followed by Its natural attendants poverty, neglect, and ruin. There seems to be no place in her heart for hope, much hss for reformation. The world Is dead to her, and she Is waiting to die literally. There Is one thing can touch her yet, and that Is kind ness. If you can make her fool that someliody cares for her, vou have found a path through which you nuiy finally enrry happiness Into her soul. A mere gift may not do it; sunshine and rain are gifts, and much more beautiful eills than money unfeelingly bestowed. Hut a benefit -coupled with gentle pity, and offered in such a way ns to show true Interest In the sufferer, will call her back to life, and another Mngdiilene, like the first, will wash your feet with her tears, and wipe them with the hair of her head. Again, you nro anxious to save a soul; that soul must be the recipient of your lessons, your eflort", your advice. But shall receiving be a lesson lu this case? Most certaluly not by coldly given counsels, not by brow-bent- lug, but rather by unostentatious and nfl'oe tloiuife wonts of Christian sympathy, which will breathe ft heart of love, and show your estimate of tho value aud preciousuess of a soul. And Inst of all, what is there In Jesus of Nazareth and Ills religion that makes receiv ing such a Joy? We are saved by tho Cross. Hut what does that menu? Not merely that the Jews and Ilomans put Christ to death, but especially that He was a voluntary sufferer: that lie gave up ills life when all the powers of earth and heaven were at his disposal for Its defense. Out ol love He gave Ills life for us. Iu the gentlest mood ol sorrow, uud in the noblest mould of love. Ho linked pain with Immortal compassion. Touched by His sublime giving, wo receive His gill with abashed aud humble grntilude. But let us now turn from the blessedness of receiving to t hat of giving. Wherein does the blesst tlne.-s of giving consist, aud how is it superior to Uin of receiving ? We answer that the pleasure of giving does not consist lu the simple fact ol parting witli what we have. On the contrary, if there be in the heart no fount of goodness on whose si ream our gifts float form to their object, tho sepera tion from our treasure must be painful. It is like plucking the feathers from tho living bird, like ten ring open tho oyster lu order to extract the precious earl; like Jerking out, the Jewel that luing In "(he swine's snout, and rending the tough flesh." 11 is not tUo giver, but the cheerful giver who is blessed. It Is uot tie who shows mercy who is happy, but he that "showeth meicy with oheerluluess," he that "loves mercy." True, giving Is an act of tho soul, by which It comes Into harmony with God. It is a Joyful recognition ol the charity that scekelh not her own, which does uot live uuto Itself, which conlesses Itself Its brother's keeper. Inaword, it is Divine benevolence, in thought, iu feeling, iu action. It is a spring lu the heart which does not content itsell Willi boiling and bub bling within its own narrow limits, but delights to flow forth and make all without to blossom Willi gladness, it Is an Instrument of music w hose cords, touched by the trembliug linger of sorrow, send forth strains of heavenly com fort. It is a feeling ready to be converted into bread, and meat, and clothes, and firewood, and lodging for tno wretched. It is a cloud, troubled aud restless until it pours its shower of relreshment upon t he parched wastes of hu manity. Ii is tho Good Shepherd, whose step is never so light as when his shoulder is bur dened with tiie lost sheep which He has rescued from the wolf. It Is the Good Samaritan, who forgets an enemy's hatred in a brother's misfor tunes. We often hear about giving from a sense of duty, but If our view be correct, the blessedness of benevolence is fur, very, very fur beyond this. The sense of duty Is something stern and strictly Just. It waits until want and woe knock at the door. When it hears the knock, it opens the door and inquires, with a solemn face, What may bo the matter, and what is the extent of its own bond ? But Christian benevo lence, instead of waiting tor wuut to knock, knocks at the door of want, and chases away sorrow with the smile with which it asks the privilege ot relieving. Is it not so? What lias been the spirit of the noble philanthropists of the world? Was It a stern, calculating sense of duty that sent out John Howard, aud Kllzabeth i'rye, and Florence Nightingale, aud Miss Dix, and John Wesley, and Saul of Tarsus? Nay, brethren, a sense of duty can provide us feet, but these servants of God and hnrnanlty moved on wings; they travelled in a whirlwind; tlioy worked for nothing and found themselves: they were oil' on the errands of love before the sense of duty had finished doing his sums. By the time duty bad got on his boots, aud taken up his stnlr, all-loving, all-giving, self-forgetting charity had entered the hovel of poverty and set the table; and by the time duty arrived, charity had departed, leaving a rainbow over the door, and nothing the mailer wiiniu. Shall we now ask why giving is more blessed than receiving? Have we not answered it? Is not the very spirit of true giving a bliss in itself already? It is a baptism which purifies and saturates with tho very spray of the River of Life. Like the sun, it moves and shines in its own light it gives without losing, it wins ad miration and ;gratitude, but humbly lays its trophies on the altar of the Lord of ail. It is a Joy, a glory, a sanctity of inner life, blossoming wmi perennial beauty.ana nenuingauu break ing wnn an exiiausuess iruiiage. But not only Is tho spirit of giving superior to the state of mind and heart involved In re ceiving; the true giver shows his superiority to the receiver lu all tho forms of his happy activity. As tho stars are over the clouds, so Is the giver over the receiver. XI lie oesiow bread, the very llesh It yields Is his. If he supply coal or wood, the warm glow that drives awuy the deadly chill is his. His is the roof thut keeps out the storm: his Is the coat that blunts the pinch of the frost. If he give sufe counsel in trouble, his is the peace that comes buck to tin; heart of his neighbor. If he pick up a fallen child in the street aud tenderly sets It on Its little feet again, the gruteful patter ot those feet Is music of his own making. If he draw a soul to God, its shouts, its peace, and, lu some sense, its renewed life are his. Inhlm is ful filled the word of the wise man, "There is that which scattereth and yetlncreaseth." In open ing his heart to men, he hath opened Heaven to himself, andall men have opened their grateful souls to him. What he scatters is seed; what returns to him is a great harvest. Tho covetous man is like tho liorse-leech, ever crying "Give, wtvo I1' Til i u 11 1 flit witli rnval'.inon lid 1 1 tin.-tb-a. fs like God, ever entreating, "Take, take!'' Brethren, Is it not blessed to give, more blessed than to receive? Gentlemen of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows: 1 do not belong to your order, but I have read your rules, and have mot witli fre quent instances of the good you have done. I find that the book known as tno Odd Fellows' Manual is replete with Scripture quotations, both from the Old and the New Testaments. 1 find, too, thai oneof your degrees goes beyond the mere duty of one Odd Fellow toauother, aud recognizes the universal brotherhood of Die ruce. With your recognition ot the Bible in this book, I cannot understand how any man can honestly be a member of your order without accepting the Divine authority of Christianity. Taking this view, therefore, we cannot unite with some who oppose you, aud who oppose all such societies as un- or even nntl-( 'hrlstian. If the Constitution and laws of tho United States only recognized God aud His word us you do, I should be content. You are, of course, not a church; If you were, the even limited secrecy of your order would be inadmissible. But who will deny the right ol men to uuile for mutual security? Your society, In its beneficial as pects, a i understauu it, is only a sort of life aud health insurance, for your mutual support In sickness; for the benefit of widowhood aud orphanage. And to oppose you as unchristian. or lo reject you lrom tho Church, as wo learn some do, is about as rational as it would be to oppose an insurance company because some of ii ouicers were not Christians, or because they lusured persons without examining them in viie creeu or catechism. There are bodies of Gospel minlsteis who are united in beneficial societies similar to yours, excepliug the degrees and the regalia. Your secrecy, as I understand in n, y Ulfcttnt to prevent impositions, and wfttir, . , V more objecllouable than watchword of snaVuiy m i"h "lv; u'"fore, can I not oppose you, but. Yiiu ;.f "" "'usi congratulate you upon a ,"H.ur"uV BO far-reuchlng, upon the ni .on ihe Hioi, . ) ' , 18 yu lmve weved, and ?,V?m rniiv. ?U '.mv.e' 10 ny own knowledge, in v, m naUou?t?id- i1 aiu to join with you ion of viur u..linHMK,.vlu for lh0 Prwwrva tlon or joui umiy Uurlug the war through which the nation has Just pissed. With vou I rejoice in a Union preserved l hro gh so costly a struggle but who reimlu, are wtu all they cost. And I would epoolul)y eommend " vo your own principle of universal brotherhood: In this sacred place it Is aUinit I should yon that this princip e is euiullively ciiristian Christ Urst proposed a reliKtoU for the whola world, atid taught the brothrhood of man as the norm of civil law and Individual life. Dear brethren, before the Holy Scriptures &ud their heavenly teaching, tUwe j uvliuer Jew nor Gentile, neither Romanist nor Pro testant, neither Odd Fellow nor Mason. Let me, therefore, urge npon you the Instant ac ceptance, by faith and Its profession, of the religion you so copiously quote In your books. Home of you, I hope many, are already Chris tians. But, my boloved brethren, I need not tell you that It Is not the writing and printing of Christ's words in our books that will save us, but their Planting and germination In our hearts. Like your society, everytiiing tern- ? oral should be placed on a Christian founda lou. But It Is not enough to place our earthly interests on thut foundation. We must also, and above all, plant ourselves there. Christian foundations call for eternal rather than tem poral structures. Christianity, while it en wraps families und nations and time, also cir cumscribes eternity, shall wo build only a house of pasteboard on the base of a pyramid, anu burii we ereci only earthly economy on me eternal Christ? Brethren, the Joy you have In your own unity throughout tho war, the grati tude you pour forth for our natlohal Integrity, must not ouly rise to the universal breadth which your fourth degree so beautilully por trays, but each of you lor himself must appro priate the Christian life and work for the highest lis well ns lower good of the country of which each of you Is a son, and tho race of which each Is a brother. In conclusion, there is one danger ngalnst which I would aflectlonately warn you, aud that is the possibility of becoming the antago nist of the Chuich of Christ. I am happy to know that ninny of your number are devoted Christians. You are a benetloiul, not a religious association, and far bo it from me to recom mend the adoption among you of religious tests. Let men of all religious beliefs share tiie pecuniary safeguards of your Order. In a high and holy sense even unbelievers are our brothers. But, to my mind, your ritual, wit h its forms of prayer, carefully omitting the name of Christ, gives you somewhat the aspect ol a Church, and of Church not Christian. This is much used against you, and is, I think, a fea ture not without dnngcr. I'ermit me to iuqiiiro whether forms of prayer might not be altogether dispensed with iu a society purely beneficial, and repudiating the charuoter of a Church. My dear friends, your beneficent spirit ns an Order, your cherished idea of the uuiversal brotherhood of man, your kind, fraternal nursing of the sick, your noblo care of widow and orplinn, were all born of Christianity, and are wholly uuknown beyond the borders of Christendom. And I earnestly hopo that noth ing will have your countenance that, to the most remote seeming, will place you lu a hos tile attitude towards the Church. Sho Is the mother and cherlslier of every form of pubilo and private good. Finally, brethren, your appointment of this day of national thanksgiving is, in our view, a happy omen. It seems as though the Dlviuo Spirit, the Holy Comforter, had visited you and drawn you to the altars of the Church. You evidently felt, aud thut rightly and wisely, tnat if your Order was to engage in public worship, tho church was the filling place. You have, therelore, come to the church, to the churches known as evangelical; and iu the name of the church we bid you welcome to her altars and to her service. May the offering of thanks giving: Which your order this day presents be lore the Lord, come up with acceptance before Him, aud may tho answer of Heaven bea bless ing upon you and your brethreu throughout the country, anu upon me nation i THE COLORED WEN OF ALABAMA. Florence, Ala., April 10. Hon. William D. Relley, Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Sir: 1 see in the Washington Chronicle that a fund is being raised by members of Con gress and others for the purpose of sending Koutu, curing tue summer ana fan, radical Re publican documents, for the instruction and guidance of colored voters and Southern loy alists. This I regard as a highly desirable aud necessary movement. Down here those who do not take Northern papers get but little relta' ble Information as to the political situation It should be understood that such documents, circulated among the freed men, would be read euner by them or to them, if thev even thought they contained any political informa tion, nine out 01 ten wouiu waiic nve miles to nave mem read. I am a colored man, a native of Pennsyl vania. Have charge of a large school of Ireed- men at this point. Am supported by a i'eun sylvania Aid Sooiety. Was educated at Oberlln College. Asiue irom my occupation, i wish to do what 1 can in Ibis section towards enlight ening the newly enfranchised in regard to voting. In this work 1 wish to secure what aid I can lrom the North. It Is really amusing to see the wonderful change in the demeanor of the whites towards the blacks since the nassage ot the Heconslruc tion bill. Let the North not be mistaken on this point. Southern politicians are, without uouot, going to use every exertion to secure the aid of the freedmen in their efforts again lo raise themselves Into political power. Kverytlilng here Indicates that the late Rebels will bring to bear upon the colorod voters all their powers of persuasion and de ceitful manifestations of kindness. They have commenced already. Their strongest argu ment at present is someihing like this: "we are belter friends to you than the North. Why do they not give their own negroes political rights ?" etc. You can hear this argument fall ing from their lips every where. Intelligent Southern colored men will, of course, vote the straight radical Republican ticket. I am confident that they will lead tho lemainder in the right path. But to do this succest-lully, they must have the co-operation of friends at the North. If the issues are fairly presented to the freedmen of Alabama, I have no fetus ns to the results; but if they are to re ceive their political Instruction at the feot of their old masters, then we may fear the worst. The hympathies of southern colored men, ignorant as they are, are with the North. The slave always did believe that his freedom lay somewhere beyond the snow clouds of that secllon; and, now a freeman, he still turns thither his eyes for protection in li is new-found liberty. Run out for President any radical Republican, a man whom, down here, we can conscientiously call a "Lincoln nisn," aud the blacks would vote for him to a man. "None other need apply." But your pardon, dear sir; I only wished to ask if you eould put me In a way to get such documents as would aid me in the work of enlightening these people in regard to their new obligations as citizens. Hoping to hear from you at;an,early day, I am, dear sir, yours, etc., Oscak M. Wakinu, Box litl, Florence, A la. AMUSEMENTS. A MERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY. THIRD AND LAST CONCERT OF THE SEASON. Friday Evening April 26, 1SG7. Mendelssohn's Grand Oratorio of ST. PAUL WILL BE PERFORMED. Solo parts sustained by Mrs. jr. M. SMITH, of Boston, Mr. J. F. RUDOLPUSON, ot Boston. Mr. GEORGE SIMPSON, of New York. The Choruses by the Society, constating ot turee hundred voices. UkuUted by a Grand Orchestra of forty Instruments the whole under the direction ot CARLSKNTZ. Organist IT. A. CLARKR SUHS( HI11EKS' TICKETS cuu be oblsmeU al TRL'AI 1'Lfc K B Music store. Owing lo llie unexpected OeuiHiid lor seats, and st the niKenl teiiiel ul many wno have been oisap poinuuln obtaining them, the OltATOlUO will be repmttedon SATURDAY AFTERNOON, utio clclc Reserved seats, i each, on suit) at TKL'-MPI-Elt s SEVENTH audCHESNUT Streets, l'suuly Circle, .OuetKB, . ,,, . T he Oratorio will be performed entire, and will be positively the lust perl' rnianue this seaiun. "J Orchestra Seals for Friduy evening ul 1. amlly Circle, 6ii cents, lor sale as above. C A D E M Y 0 F MUSI C. REAPFF.A RANGE FOIt A SHORT SEASON OF RKH1NUS' CAROLINE K1CTUNGH DlllECTItfcsH v nil the lollowiug well-known artistes: S. C. CAM I'liELL, W ILLIAM CAS rr.E, KtiWA un MUnrilX. i. 11. WY1.IE, TIEN R Y PEAKS. JA. ARNOLD, JAS. PEAKS, H1JC t. lULUi-Ul-, JlllS. Sl'.nui" (Late elds llBrrison), r r. TirtT.TrVlT ...... . ii .'i ti I. J11JID. uuui'nw., iUJV."5, A IS i. '-'-' with lull aud ellectlve Chorus aud Grand Orchestrs, lumlBUed by tbe oeieormeu ni KMiMU askopt a Ttnifl. Musical Director v.". G, Deltrlch OI'EJSJNG NIGHT, M ON DAY. April 'M, BOHEMIAN H1KI,. Dor sheet open on Thursday morning, fttTRCMl' J-Eit'a Jaunic Store, and st tha Academy. A. a. i'iJSu VEit, inutiuvu Xsast-er, AMUSEMENTS. MERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC M1UIUHI J'. IKU, A'ril M I!'. GRAND MONHTKR CONCKIIT. under the snsplrmof the l'oniniille op Public Am me- luentii. i ski ei mo huuiiu'.nn a mi ink JU'.ijiir riwn, 11V T II K nvtlMlN HINGING AND MUSICAL HGCIETIEH who have klticlly volunteered their services, vlt.: Wl-NM'-l" imn. . f.i.tA, UH'KKTAFM. OUrilKfS, fo..T.i r. n iiv w. Amu., UfcHMANIA, ALIKHIA. I.I K.likHKRANZ. KIN Til ACIIT JL'NGFn M.NNKIU 1IOK. 1 LL'J ' N I A K.V.MIIiHHI'Nn, BKKTItOV KM M KN N KUCTIOR, CON ft IKDI A M .. N N Kill HOH, t lrntrnTAFI L HKIt KltltlN gkmkindk. llLltHWANNH HA'IKIU.KK MfMTAKV HAND HIM IV r tit 1 I 'jiliill IA ntlt, Mc-Cl.l'KG'H UllhKTY I'oKNhT HAND. GRAND COMBINATION hill IIKsl'IU OK TWO ji L 'is unt.u I'l'-iituiuir.io FIVE 11UNDH Kit CHORISTF.ItS. l'ltOG HA M M K, Director I KNUI'.r.KE f. 111 i. 1. Grand National Overture I.odi-r Arranged by Mr. TM. llerriimiin. IVriornn-.i ly tne columned nieuiiiers or neck s riiiianttipnin itunu ( J. G. 8. Beck, I.eHiler) aud the ballurlutt llund tl u. I. G. H. neck, j.eHilei lerrmann, Leader). Ji Chorus A. "HliiKer's Home.") C. "jnrewell." I ..J. Otto Sunn by the Llederuili'l of the German Free Coiners- union (Director, . ivunzt i). 8. Churns "The Guard l tiie Khine" C. Wllbelm 811111.' In the Jliemierclior ( Director. L. Lnitelku). 4. Vulte "'I lie, I Miry '1 ale" l uuit Performed by the continued hands. 5. bone "Thou art so near and yet so lar" Ilelrtiard (-ling by Mr. J. Oral. 6. Chorns "March" Khneffrr (SmiK by the combined tinging- froeiulies (Director, L LuKelke). TART II. 1. Chorus "Love and Mercy." (Liebo und Gmule) OUO Kniiir bv the t-iriiiierlmtid (Director. C. Guertner). 2. Mlecliou "1 lie II uKtienom" Meyerbeer ly me coiniiineu uauus, 3. Chorus "On the Rhine" Knecken Sum; by tho Young Mieiiuerchor iDirectur, it. Uittlir). . 4. Gidop "Columbanus". rarlow Jty the cniiinnieu bands. 5. "The Star Spangled limuier." Performed by the combined hiiiKhix Societies and Duad, under direction or mr, i. jMigeise. DOORS OI'KN AT 7 O'CLOCK, COMMKNCK AT S ADMISSION. FIFTY CENTS, Recnred seatH, f I. Tickets tu the Upper C'trcle,2.5c Reserved seats niay be had at the MumIc Store ot O W. A. lRCMIi.ER. SKV1.NTH and CllKdNUI Streets, uud ul the Academy of Music, on Tuesduj morning. 4 22 lit N1 EW C1IESNUT STREET THEATRE. Tills (Friday) KVKNING. April 26, POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT RUT ONE OF Mil. JAM KS K. MURDOCH. who will appear this evening m the favorite comedy 01 JH.UiN.k. Allred Evelyn MR. J. E, MURDOCH SATURDAY THE GAMESTER. SATURDAY AFTEKNOON, FAREWELL MUUDOCH MATINEE. I'.y particular request the light aud sparkling I UUltUJ , TIIE DRAMATIST. MONDAY Alter a louu aud careful preparation will he produced, with MOST MAGNIFICENT SCENERY, Including a BEAUTIFUL PANORAMA, an entirely new and orlKinul DOMESTIC PLAY, KNTITI.KD AFTER MANY DAYS. Peats secured six days In advance. TXTALNUT STREET THEATRE V V N. E- corner of NINTH and WALNT7T Streets THIS (Erlday) EVEJN i;Mi, April iti, Tbe sparkling new Comedy of THE HUSBAND OF MY HEART. Eugenia (With songs) Miss EEEIE GERMON To cunciuue wuu jioucicamrs great comedy or THE OCTOROON, with a powerful cast. SATURDAY BENEFIT OF OWEN FAWCETT, MONDAY First Night or Mrs. LANDER, lata MISS J. M. DAVENPORT. Tbe management has the pleasure of announcing nn engagement wun mis great Aruste, couceueu uy lueuuuuc anu me press ine FIRST ACTRESS OF THE DAY. whose classical performances picturesque, graphic, and intellectual have elicited warmer critical appro batiou than those ot any LIVING TRAGEDIENNE. Mrs. LANDER'S appearance will bo strictly limited to twelve nights. Box Rook open. AIKS. JOHN. DKLYV s NEW ARCH STREET aXL t. THEATRE. Begins at to 8 o'clock. BEN EF1T OF LADY DON. TO-NIGHT (Friday), April 20, First Time of the Comic Operatic Drama of T HE CHILD OF THE KEUIMF;NT. Josephine... LADY DON wuu ine "hong 01 me Drum," "! ranee Ever Glori ous," "Ever of Thee," "The Rataplan," etc. Alter which, Filth T ime, the famous Burlesaue, KEN1LWOHTM. Earl of Leicester.. LADY DON Iu rehearsal PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA. Seals secured six duys in advance. EXHIBITION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE The JTorty-FonrtH Annual Exhibition OP TIIE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS CHESNUT STREET, ABOVE TENTH, Is now open day and evening, from 9 A. M. till 7 P. at., ana irom s tin to in me evening. Admittance, 2b cents. Season Tickets, 60 cents. 4 22 36t RTISTS' FUND SOCIETY. S1UIAU EXIIIIIITIOJN NOW OI'EJJ, AT TIIEIK SEW li.tLLEItlEN, IsO. 1334 11KSN I T KTKEET, From 9 A. M to 6 P. M. 4 13 tt Admission. 25 cents. Season Tickets. R0 cents. OX'B AMEHICAN VAKIETY THEATRE.- 1MMFNSE ATTRACTION. FOX'S COMBINATION TKOUPJB EVE It Y EVENING. GRAND CORPS DE BA LLET.COM IV PA NTOMIM1 ETHIOPIA is BURl-.EI5WUE,COJHlJ iAINTOMlMB EW EI.EVfcKTH STHEET OPEUA U0CJSE ELEVENTH Street, ahove CHESNUT, "THE FAMILY HEMOKT" OF1.K HOK THE N:AS4W. C.4HN4 KO.sS A VIXKl'N 31 1 N Slit ELS, the Great Star Trotiie ol llie World, iu their GRANT ETHIOPIAN SOIREES, SONGS, DANCES, NEW BURLESQUES, aud PLANTATION SCENES. Doo. opeu al 7 o'clock. Commencing ut 8 o'clock Situ J. L, CARNCROSS, Manager. GEKMAKIA CKCIIESTK A. PUBLIC RE liearsals every SAT URDAY AFTERNOON, a M USICAL FUND HALL, 8,'a o'clock. EiiK'Mementi made by addresintt GEORGE BASTERT, Aseiit, No 12ol MONTEREY St.. between Race and Vina jiSia NEW PUBLICATIONS. piiANG'S SUl'ERJi CHROMOS 1:IFAL. TO Oil, PAIMlStS. Consisting of the Group ot Quails, Little Chickens, DuckliUK's, Victory, W inter Crowned Wren, ltuiy W ren, Piper and Nut-Crackers, the AwakenniK. the bisters, Amerlcun Gem Landscaiies, JS kinds: scrip ture Texts. Mottoes, etc.; Album aud Sunday School Cards. Sea and W ood Mosses, liutterihts. Autumn Leaves, Roses, etc. etc A splendid assortmeut for "by Q. W. PlTOHElt, Tealer In Albums, Photographs, Pictures. Aud Mauulacturer of Frames of all Btylea, 829 lm KO. 8(11 rillWKUX STUEET, All the New Books on hand as goon as Issued. TN THE ORPHANS' COURT F0K THE CITY Land county ok nnyi t;' :?, Estute of J, PEKBERTON HUTCHINSON. De- Tbe Auditor appointed oy the Court to anrjlt. settle, and adjust the Urst aceouut ol CHARLES H. II UTl TilNSON, JAMES H. HUTCHINSON, and PTMBERTON H. HUTCHINSON, Executors of the will ul J. Pf-M HER'TON HUT CHINSON. Esq., deceased, and to report distribution of the balance In Hie hands of the accountant, will meet the parties Interested lor the purposes of his appoint ment, on MONDAY, April . 1M7, at 11 o'clock A. M at Mb cilice, No. 131 S. FIFTH Street, la the City ceaseu. ul 1'hlludeiphla, 4 17 WIIIIOl Cn A I'M A N BIDDLK, Auditor. XT' JL. O Xt I tS rJ? AND Preserver of Natural Flowert, A. H. POWELL, No. 725 ABCH Street, Below Ei?Ltl BououotsWreaths, Baskets. Pyramids of Cut Flow era f uruiahed to ordur t Ji Hetwous, i n it DRY GOODS. 229 FAR1ES & YARNER, 229 NOUT1I NINTH HTHliET. ABOVE HACK, HAVE JUST RECEIVED Dnurilp-wlrith Cloth for Kactpi, II Mtltonn. tor Hoys' V r mid ii. M rrnts, 2'. plrcra V till I 'I '"". Bn nimllty.bu cvnts. Job lAtt Corned 1'hpiM, '.! Cfium Double-width All wiml DeUlnvn. (Icnts, IMbcK Alpui'HD, 40, V. VI. bU:., Hi:. He. him I nihrrllaa lrom auction, f I and ft -7S. fine liley I nifiin from and ion, !:, aud (0 cents. Black and Whim Hal no. rain. l v. Omta' llrinmltrhrd lldkla., N inia, bargain, l.ndlta' lleioatltchvd llokl. I tenia, tmrxalu. MIfV Mni-n llilkl"., lOrmta. y Ksa' llt.fl OIovhi, ao eMiln, cheap. 1 aill.s' and Misses Sprlnic Olovea, nrrat Variety, lioalrrr. fr'lv rt-riuceil prleea. RpKular-inaOa Bleached iluoa, 40 co nls, H-4 Mieetioi M iialina, So renla. 6 4 Pillow cas. M utiles, T.rriita. Best makes Itleai he.l and Hrown Muslins. W illlHinavllle, Vs amsiitia. Hiiy M ilia, etc etc 1 all Llnena, Nai'k Ins, 1 owels. elc. All wool I iHiinel, so ri ills, tine quality, s, ard wide Domet, XT', cents. tn.rialo. Josi l inen 1-aim. I.elow auction price. I I lie 11 Shirt 1 ronls. so, s;s. ', 04, bi, and 74c. 1 lire ply I.lni'u CuPm, d t ents. Suit lllin-h Juconeis, .1, ,. and Ml rents. NitiiiMtka, Mi, H7',, 4.", and .i cenla. Victoria Lawns, xl, 7'., 4' !, and tin rents, latere l'lmd Nainsooks, Mi, M, an, and ti cents. I'lnid Nainsooks, ift, si. "', rents, elc Undressed CmhrUn, Swiss M ulls, shirred Miiillus etc. etc. FAIUKS & WARNER, l X I NO. 230 NOKTII N IXTII KTHF.KT. PRICE & WOOD. N. W. Cor. IlIUIITII and FILRKKT. HAVE JUST OPENED A LARUE LOT OF Ladies' Buff. White, and Colored Gloves. Laillea' Emillsh Silk Gloves. ChlUlren'H Bull, White, and Colored Glovas. Ladles' K til (doves, real kid, per pair Jouvin's Kid Gloves, best quality imported. Ladles' mid Genls' Hosiery. Jaconet EdKihKs and insertln?s. Ladles' and Genls' Linen Cainlirlc Ildkb. LiidleH' and GeuW Hemstitch lldkls. I hlldi en'a Linen I Ink Is, 7. K, in. and 12'. cents. Ladles' aud Children's Hoop skirls. WHITE UOUIM! H'HITE OODMt Nainsook Muslins, line quality, 25, 31, 87i, 43 and 50 ct nus. Naiiisookr Stripe and l'lald Muslins, very chenp. VV hhe ri(ues, OU, V), bu. bu, 7i. .so. and (1 a yard. White Swish AIuhIIun and Victoria Lawns. Soli II nihil Cambrics aud Jaconets. Honeycomb aud Marseilles Quills. EINEN OUl)S! EINEN UOOUNI Just opened 200 dozen Linen Towels. Linen Huckaback Towels, 14, I",, and V cents. Large size Huckaback 'Towels, is and Hit cents. Apron Bird-Eye, 2M, id, 37'3, 40, 00, Oil, tH, up to 7',c, Nurserv Dlaners. verv client). Table Linens, 37J,, 00, 65, BS, 73, 90, fl, 1T2J, T2j, up to per yaru. Napkins and Doylies, Beol makes ShlrunK Linens. Fine French Percales, 5u cents pcr.yard. Colored Alpacas and Mohairx. Melange Poplins, 40, 5o, and "i cents per yard. Ati-wool Delaines, choice shades. Black Silks, very cheap. Plaid silk Poplins. Black Hi I-wool Delaines, verv cheap. Biack Alpacas, S3, 40, 50, h2i,, 70, 75, 65, 00. and fl per UlU. PRICE 46 WOOD, IS. W. Corner EIGHTH and FILBERT Streets. N. B. Just opened, 0000 Linen Fans, at less than importers' prices. wi! No. llol CHESNUT Street. E. M. NEEDLES & CO. IHave opened, at their NEW STORE, In. W. Cor. Kleveath. and Clitiaut, A KPEEMUIU AS.SOHTMKNT WHITE (JO(H)S, LATIN, EM It KOI lF. II I EN, EACE jOOIN, UAKUHKKTIIir.FH, VE1EM, ETC. ETC., Of Superior Quality, at LOW PRICES. laajlH XflKBMH3 roll "ON NDIA SHAWLS. GEORGE FRYER, No. 916 CHESNUT STREET, HAVING A LARGE STOCK OF INDIA S II A AV L S On band, will offer them for tbe next three weeks at greatly, reducod prices, less than ever oil'erud before. 4 18 lm Ladies in want oi this article will do well to pur chase now, as great inducements will bo oll'vred. RE-OPENING OP '9IYISUS' "New Mourning Store." This Store has Just been opened with a well-selecte STOCK OF MOURNING GOODS, AT POPULAR PRICES. Also, the largest and handsomest assortment of MOIHMNU 9IItLINi:il V, Ever offered in this city, manufacturedexpressly lor Ibis establishment. WO. lllit CIIKSXITT NTREET, "OIRARD 11CW.' A. HTEItN, Lately of New York 8 22 fmwlm o P E N I N C MEW CLOAK STOItE, NO. 818 AIU'II KTBEET, : 1 Between Eighth aud Ninth Streets, South Side. Tbe latest Spring Btylea, In every quality ot Cloth, at very low prices. Ladles In search ot NEW SPRING SACQUK3 should nspect our designs and assortment belore purchasing elsewhere. IA VIS' NEW STOItE, THE ARCH STREET CLOAK EMPORIUM, I18mwf2m Ho. 81S AKCH Street. GIIEAP DRY GOO ItS, CARPETS, MATTINGS, OIL CLOTHS, AND WINDOW bLLAVKti, V. K. A Fit '11 A MRACLT, N. E. Corner KLK i-.N 1 11 and MARKET Streets, opened this moruiug.lirom auotlou Intritlu Carpels, all Wool, at 76c., tftc, I, ll'M, 1'87. and irwi. Ingrain ( arpen, wool nlllug, 4oc, 5oc and 6'A;. Kngllsh Tajieatry hruasels Carpeta, only T76. tulry aud Stair I arpeuj, ac, to 7S0. Rag Carpets, 45c. lo 76c, Hemp Carpels, Hoc lo Ittc. floor (ill Cloths, oc. Window Shades, 1 to i Plain Window Hol land, toe. White Matilng, 7o. to too. Red Matihi, 4nc. to 600. Woollen DriiKgets. I' to tlKU. Stair Oil Cloths. Toe. Spring Chluiwis, IM. to Hoc. Ita Lalnes, a5c. Uusllns, Ho. lon'ic C1IKAP STORK, 12 19 Urn N. E. Corner SUVJNTU ud AlARKJTf blroeta. DRY GOODS. THORNLEY'S ! ! ! MEW UOODft, ItEAVTIFVE (lOODt, FAN II ION AHUM OOIM, DCC1DKULT CHEAP WOODS 1EK UOOIM, lHEft jiOOI, UK EN OOIM, I0 JI KMT I (J OOM WHITE (JOOUl. boons ion Jin, (jo oust for noTi VOOUM FOB (UILDBEX, IN FACT, THORNLEY'S, N. E. IORHER F.I 41 IITII AND MPRINU AHIEN MTKEETM, ore lo net the worth of your money, aud always a, large Slock to select from. "ONE PRICE CASH STORK." THE FIVE STORY WHITJfi BCTLDINQ. KatftbllslH'd In 1853. 8 168m8p No. HUI CHteHNUT Btreeu E. M. NEEDLES & CO., AT THEIR IVliAVr STOKE, If, W. Corner Eleventh and Ctiesnut will open on eim;.ni)Ay, may i, black thread lace shawls, itlack llama lace shawls, white llama lace shawls, OI entirely new designs, at LOW I'RICES. lOrtJlW .LflfCSMHJ Kill '0J A T RETAIL. POPI'LAR PRICI'JI IN SlLKN. DKESN UOIMM, WHITE UOOIM, LIN EN N. noiTRNINO IJOOOI, CAHa13IEHEM, AND IIOCiE-FUBNWII. INU Dili WOODS. JAS. R. CAMPBELL & CO. t -b IBlm NO. 797 CHESNUT STREET, S.AV. Corner ot IToturtli and -Aa'oli Sts. HAVJC THEIR HEOOND OPENINO OF SPRING G(X)DS TO-DAY. NEW IIEE lltt.N NII.KN. :w im.aii AniNTHii:NrEKi. NIIHTOtMIHN PI.4I.V NII.K!. HISIItKK AMI. AWHEK 'OI.'l Mf I.KS. !HUslll( KT TSV.W 4K4WANIIES. LAIN t 4I1HI4 N, ion I.AOIEAi' SUITS. M.All I.AI'K Al l ri'MilEli IM.IN'I'S. WHITE I. L.AJIA ANU UUENAUIE rl HE WHITE 114. It Eft E MI4WI.K. N. II.-IIH4M IIKSITAKESHAVEN WITIlN THE I II 1 1 r. 0 A I.I, I4llt SIHES, M 4I1I I T ANU ItLACK CEN AUES, I .N IHA. ST EES. e wfmuiu JCIIAMr.ERS, NO. RIO ARCH STREET, a Novelties Opening Dally, -Real Cluny Lacea. Riaek l.uipure Lines. 1 olnle A lnille Laces, 1'olute tie (luxe Laces. Thread Veils lrom tao, WHITE OOOD8. Marselllea lor Dresses ltargalns. l iem li Musllna, lyards wide, at 0 cents. Shlrretl una lin ked Lute MusIIiih; India Twillej LoiiKllolh; Plulil, Ktrltie, and Plain Nainsooks; son iiinrii uiiiurie, I 4 yaru willf ; 1 umoric lUiirlllKS AUOi lusertloua, lie design Vary cheap. 4 dim TOBACCO AND CIGARS. THE CHINCARORA ANTI-NEB VOl'S SMOKING TOBACCO! The CHINO AHORA TORACCO grows from the rich soil ol the "OK1K.VT," und Is possessed of a peou linrly deiiclout tluvor, entirely unknown to the totiixros of all other climes. Hut Its unprecedented, popularity has HpruiiK lioiu the fact of the entire ab Hence ol that deadly poison, Xirotui. which permealea every oilier tobacco, uud which is the one and sole cause ol the dmtrecsliiK- nervous diseases, dyspepsia, etc., which most Invariably, sooner or later, follow the Indulgence of the pipe and cigar. At the recent analy nation ot loliui'co iroiu all parts of the world, at the Academy of hcleiicen, in Purls, the reouwned l lieiulsl, Ai. IJiinouieHux, declared that while Euro pean uud American tobuceo contained lullv vuht nr cenU, und the purest Havana toliucco from two to n per cent, of Amrfin, the ( II l.MIA RURA did not con tain one discoverable purttrle of that deadly poison, a drop ol which, extracted, will destroy lli. Our A Kent at l.oM HA Y has v nipped us larpe quan tities ol llie cli l.NdAIUlltA aurliiK tho lust two years, aud allhoiiiih we have been pressed to supply the demuhd for this delicious luxury lu ilia veteruu smoker, el we are tiow irepared to oiler It In un limited ouanlliiea, at a pi Ice much lower thau som9 American toliucco of a lar Interior ijtiuiuy. A coiiiiolsseur haa hul to smoke llie American to bacco aud clKura. which urn InvurUiily clieuiicully lluvoreil.li) be disgusted with the liiellcliiul taste, which leaves a nuu.emn, iinheulthy eoutniK lu llie mouth, aud In lime never lulls to shatter the uervouat system. 'I he natives of the "ORIENT" smoke theCniN () A KOitA lrom moro 11,1 ingM, Iroui youth to art, and are happily uncomu Ion ol the wild, distressing lire which voiiram tluouuli the ve'ns of the luhaler ul the tunics oi tobaceo vtiiiiainlng Ao-odi. W e Invite every lover of in. wrnt lo try tbe CHIN OAROHA.und Kuuraetex liii,re e,lente.( po A.sure lu Us delicious llavor. bold every where ul tj' per Id. EDWIN M. COOK & CO., Sole Agents and Importers of (be CHI Nil A ItORA TOUACCO lor the Cmte.1 hiui.n, ami u,lmus aud lH-alers lu all kinds of Havana and American Ciftan and Tobacoot, MAIN DEPOT. mil ruwflnHp NO. 197 III AN E STHEET, NEW VOUK, INSTRUCTION. JHE GREAT RATIONAL TELEGRAPHIC AND COMMEIM IAE INSTITUTE, NO.710ARCH KTREKT. I'll II. A DF'LPII I A PA '1 bis Institution la now epeu lor J-ducaiiAo-i . Ken'elyr:'.1 " "''XZ! lilt TEEEIWIAl'IIIC DtPAHTIirVT Is under He control olftir. Puik hpr" i wi.'oL a most complete and thorough operulor.u ill I ilJdlS endorsed Vy ihe entire corps o( u "uaienT ol it i Vesteiu In Ion TeleKruphle line at the Tiutm i oiVh-J thMcity. Twenty-one luairumeuu ii"'; THE EAIIES TFXWiHAPHiB UEPABT- that are unequalled. ' ' auordea cor, of 'J eachers always in al te Ldauca. ' U I'NFAItAI.I.EEF.I on i H We will refund ihe enure chunte ol tuiuon to an. 5fr imv b. """""'"" A" t . our Inalrucu" J MEND FOIt 1'IItrUI.AKS Full Course, Hue uulluilteL.l. ' . TeleKraphlng, Uiree mouihs.. "'"'"" Pualtlous (iuarauleed. "" Day und tvemntt Instruction. 1 11 luwf km JAOOJJ XL TAYLOR, PreHdeai kaJ