G THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAm miLADELPlIIA, TUESDAY, . JUNE 13, 1807. A SUBIMEH. 'f Rip ACROSS THE ALTfiNTIC A RKMINIBCKNCH BT OKK WHO HKIiPBW TO LAY THB CAI1LB. Dfar Makcdb You, who have liHtenod With crednlit to the whisperings of wise acres, and have followed with eagerness the foreboding phantoms of mock wisdom who kare expected that time would fulfil the despairing prophecies of the newspapers, and that the disasters of last year would be re peated in this, attend to the tale of the suc cessful laying of the Atlantic cable. I dare say, now that you have read so far, your wonder at receiving bo big a parcel by the post is a little allayed. I presume yon do not forget the promise you exacted from me in June last, when you bade me good-by ou fcoard the Great Kasteru. As you were leav ing the ship, with a certain Bweet thing (who Bhall be nameless) upon your arm, you said, Uood-by, old Mlow, mind you drop us a line when you get back, and tell us all about it." Now do you remember f To tell you all about it would be simply ridiculous. I am well aware that, in common with all other Christian gentlemen, you see the Timet daily, and that you have read the accounts forwarded to that paper from time to time by our historian, Mr. Deane. I shall, therefore, confine myself to such matters as have not been narrated in the daily papers, and will endeavor to amuse you tor a few minutes with a little "Great East ern" gossip, and try to give you some insight, however slight, into the daily life on board the great ship. A small paper packet accompanies this let ter. Do not throw it away. It is of exceed ing value, a pearl of great price. It is not one of Dr. Gregory's far-famed powders, nor la it a portion of sand scraped from the road side. It is something far more precious, though it may not appear so to the naked eye. It is ooze from the bed of the Atlantic Ocean, that came up on one of the grappling-ropes, and which I picked out from the interstices of the same, by means of great patience, an old penknife, and the point of a breastpin. If you do not appreciate it your self, make a handsome present to some of your scientific friends, and they will love you and venerate your name forever after. I will give you, however, one word of advice. Do not let the world in general know that you are the possessor of such an invaluable treasure, or you will be tormented out of your life. Every post will bring letters in strange handwritings, that v? ill worry a man of your nervous tempera ment into a fever. There comes a rat-tat at the door, and in a minute a budget of letters is handed in, in all kinds of envelopes and external coverings, and directed in every species of caligraphic character, with none of which you are acquainted. You have a vague idea that the big blue letter is a gentle re minder from Mr. Snippit, "that you would greatly oblige him by settling his little account;" but on opening it you find, to your delight and amazement, that it is only from little Mudlark, the amateur geologist, whom yon once met for five minutes during a morn ing call, and who, strange to say, has taken npon himself to write to you. Through four sides of a sheet of note-paper he goes on to say that, "through the medium of the daily press he has watched the progress of the truly national work with great interest; that he is sure that your untiring zeal and energy have mainly contributed towards the glorious sno cess; and that when a grateful government raises you to the peerage, no one will rejoice more sincerely than Theophilus Mudlark, and and could you oblige me with a small quan tity only a few grains of ooze f" This is a fair sample of the curiosity-begging let ter, but they are numerous in number, and diverse in seniiment. One correspondent (of course a lady) ventures to ask "if she may enrich her photographio album with the coun terfeit presentment of so distinguished a char acter as yourself;" another would feel more than grateful if you would give him a short piece of the "magic rope" for the Snoozleum Museum; and a third requests a small present of some kind, say "a model of the paying-out gear," "the grapnel," or "a yard of the grappling-rope." Take warning, therefore, ami keep a discreet silence on the subject of the ooze. The trip round the Channel, from Sheernoss to Beerhaven, was a lark; in fact, it was four days' yachting in the finest yacht that ever floated. The weather was glorious; the spirits of all on board were at the highest point; a generous board of directors had looked nobly after our creature comforts, and, in addition to all this, there " were some twelve or fourteen ladies on board, who added materially to the elegance, the comforts, and the pleasures of this part of our voyage. Perhaps the best fun we had going round was the performance of the "l'ield Glass," a burlesque, in fact, by Messrs. "Woods and Parkinson. This was a good humored skit on the whole of the undertak ing, and occasioned not a little laughter and merriment, more especially as no ono who was at all prominently connected with the en terprise escaped the good-natured lash of the satirist. The performance was most grand. By means of union jacks and en Bigns we rigged up a first-rate theatre in the grand saloon, with a row of footlights, and an orchestra, quite like the genuine article. The gentlemen of the press occupied several of the iront seats, and when the curtain rose and discovered two lovely mermaids and a Triton enjoying a siesta, there was quite a burst of applause, that reminded one of Boxing-night, lfow those sweet mermaids got dressed will always remain to me a mystery. They were a sort of composition ladies, half ballet-girls, and half John Bright to look at, but lovely withal. If their waists were a t rifle bigger than would be admitted as "correct" in the pages of the Toilet," why let us say that it was the fault of the dress; and if tha size of their shoes was something over "six and a half ladies," let us put down the fact to the score of the maker. Whatever individual faults carping critics may have detected. I am positively certain that the tout ensemble was perfect; and even at this distance of time my pen trembles aa I write on the subject of those truly elegant "critturs." The tranquillity of the opening scene wis soon disturbed by Neptune, got up in the mythological style, who entered, quickly followed by Mr. Dubley, arrayed exactly like Mr. Glass. The entrance of this last gentle man was the signal for frehh applause. Tha resemblance, in dress, manner, and make-up, to the person he was supposed to represent was so extraordinary, that the audience oould scarcely believe their eyes, and as they looked from the original, who sat in the front room of the stalls, to the actor on the stage, the laughter rang out in louder peals than ever. It was quite like a scene from the Comedy of Errort. Which Dromio was which f No one seemed to enjoy the joke more than Mr. Glass himself, who applauded and laughed with the loudest. That he may rise from hi sick Led, and live many years to laugh again, U, lun sure, the sincere prayer T all von- nncted in any way with the Atlantic telegraph. Feeiris it not sad, on the completion of a grat work, the dream of yearH, that the prime mover of the whole affair should be un able to participate in the rejoicings around him, but should be obliged to send his con gratulations and receive his well-merited honors on a bed of sickness, prepared for him by over work and over auxiety for a great cause f When we got to Beerhaven, all our fair fellow-travellers took their leave, and left us alone. This was sad indeed; but one can not be dull on board a ship like the Great Uaslern, where so much of interest is daily going on. Thero were now several arrangements to be mnde before we started on the real business of the expedition. Some thousands of tons of coal had to be taken on board, and for this purpose nearly a hundred of the native peasantry had been engaged. Their paywas to be fin. a day and their rations, and yet, notwithstanding the munificence of the stipend, devil a bit would they work. No, they were full of excuses. "Oh, bedad, your honor, I'll do as much work as ony man, barring it's not in a caul hole." "Put me in the open fields, your honor, to hay-mowing or cow-milking, and I'm the boy that will tire out the parish; but, by jabers I 'twould tear the soul out of ony wan to work all day with his meuth so full of cinders that he can't spit." And so on, through fifty or sixty. The end of it was, that they all had permission to go, and the 6s. per diem was given to the ship's men, who were glad enough to get it, and willing to work. The Great Eastern is a wonderful ship, but not until you have lived on board her for at least a week are you fully aware of her size. Every day one comes across something new that strikes with amazement. As an instance of this, let mo mention the shorings of the tanks. It is exceedingly unpleasant to have to perform the journey necessary to see them, but in the end the adventurous traveller is well repaid. You cannot see much after all, except what is revealed by the light of an oil lamp, for in these regions darkness reigns supreme. What this part of the ship was used for be fore the tanks were erected I have not an idea, but now it presents the appearance of a dead forest, all the trees of which have been roughly trimmed. The amount of timber used for supporting the tanks is simply appalling, and must be reckoned by shiploads. Huge beams stretch in all directions, vertical, hori zontal, and diagonal, tiring the eye by their similarity and numbers, and giving an idea of almost unnecessary strength. This may be so as long as the ship is at rest, but when she be gins to roll, as she alone knows how, it must be work of extraordinary solidity, and put to gether with great engineering skill, that will bear up against a dead weight of 2000 tons pressing upon it in all directions. Another remarkable spot is the ship's ice-house, where were stored some 100 tons of ice and nearly 20,000 pounds of dead meat. Another spot worthy of notice was the farm-yard in the bow of the ship. Here was a flock of 114 sheep, a herd of 10 oxen, a milch cow, and 36 pigs, besides 300 head of poultry. By closing the eyes, and simply listening to the eliorus of bleating, lowing, cackling, and erowing, one imagined oneself in a large farmyard in the depths of Hampshire rather than on board the Great Eastern. On July 12 we sailed from Beechaven, and by 3 P. M. on the following day we had effected the Bplice with the shore end oil' Valentia, and had fairly started on our journey across the Atlantic. The voyage, as of course you know, was one of uninterrupted prosperity. We steamed slowly but surely ahead, and the cable passed noiselessly and continuously over the wheel in the stern for fourteen long days and as many nights. The insulation was always per fect, ditto the continuity. In fact, everything was managed so well, and all possible acci dents were so wonderfully guarded against, that had it not been for one little incident that rather woke us up, I am afraid we should have regarded the laying of an Atlantio cable as one of the simplest operations possible, and nothing to make a fuss about. The night of July 17th will always be easily remembered by all who sailed in the Great Eastern on that occasion. This was the night on which the "foul flake" occurred. I dare say you are rather wondering what a "foul flake" is. I wilL try and tell you. As the cable was leaving the tank, and as one of the coils nearest to the circumference was sweeping inwards towards the "eye," passing, iii its course, over the flake of cable next beneath it, a rough piece of yarn or a project ing wire, I don't know which, caught in four or five of the coils below it, and dragging them out of their normal positions, took them bodily into the "eye" of the coil, and so on out of the tank and into the trough along which the cable travels to reach the paying-out gear. The mischief was done in a minute, in far less time than it takes to describe, and it was a marvel to all on board that bo complicated a knot could be tied in so short a time. It oould hardly be called a knot; it was a wondrous en tanglement; what would be called in the west of England a "tenibleharl." You remember last year, when you were sitting in the sum mer house (you know where I mean), holding a skein of silk, while a certain "sweet young thing," to whom I have alluded before, was trying to wind the aforesaid silk on to a reel, that either owing to your unsteadi ness or clumsiness (of course yours) the silk got into a regular mess, which took the lady and yourself the whole of that afternoon to unravel. If you recollect the above fact (as of course you do not), and if you can call to your mind's eye the appearance presented by that skein of silk, then, and only then, you will have some idea of the "foul flake," only you must imagine each thread of silk to be more than an inch in diameter, and nearly as stiff as the kitchen poker. The instant the mischief ocourred the ship was stopped, and the engine was reversed. Mr. Canning and the other chiefs were at the scene of accident in a moment. The case looked hopeless, and the first determination was to cut the cable and buoy it till daylight, for to add to the misfortune, the night was as dark as pit. h, and the rain was descending in torrents. I wish we had had one of the Davenport brothers on board to help us out of the dilhculty. It was certainly such a knot asno human hands could have tied in so short a time, and it seemed highly probable that no human hands, however dexterous, oould have untied it. No one shall ever per suade ine that the far-famed "Gordian" waa a "patch" upon our friend of July 17. How ever black our prospects may have looked at one time, they all cleared up after a bit, ami thU extremely knotty point waa solved to the Hatisfaotion and dolight of all. I feel inclined to take liberties with the poet, and say "Of A If xaniVr, now no more, let poets tell, To our 8lr s..uit'l greater praise 1 due, For v JiIIp wli li patience lie untied them well, The ImUy irctiiu out his knots lu two (pro nouueou lue)." After about half an hour's puizling and humoring, the mess was kind enough to yield to persuanion, combined with not a little force, nd we were enabled, to the unspeakable joj of all, to proceed on our journey as if nothing had happened. Although the chronicler on board the Great Eastern had nothing to do save to write "suo cet s" day after day; and although, with the single exception mentioned above, nothing in the shape of inbihap occurred, yet you can have a very faint idea of the mental strain entailed on those whose lot it is to lay an At lantic cable. Morn, noon, and night, without a moment's interruption, the drum keeps on revolving, and the noise of the cable is heard rushing along the trough on its way from the tank to the bed of the Atlantio Ocean. It is not pleasant to be aware that any trilling acci dent might serve to cut the rope in two, and that the failure of any portion of the machi nery, or a moment's inattention on the part of any one on duty, might cause a solution of continuity in that "little bit of string" (as the cable has been facetiously called) which (to put it low) is worth something more than half a million of money. Everybody who did duty in the tank was compelled, by the rules of the Telegraph Com pany, to wear a particular dress. This dress was made of canvas, and comprised trousers and jacket in one piece, the whole being made to lace up the back. No pockets were allowed, so that no evil-disposed person or persons could possible secrete any instruments calcu lated to do damage to the cable. To this gar ment there was only one entrance, through the back, and when once the wearer was in side, he found it difficult to get outside again without the assistance of a friend. As these clothes were made rather full round the waist, "to allow for the stoop," they gave a unique, not to say improving, aspect to the figure; and, to add to all, the company pro vided a pair of boots, not of the most improved shape, made without any nails in the soles, so that the "shoe-nail" theory of the cause of accidents would be no longer tenable. There was one personage of note on board, who, by some mishap, has escaped notice in all previous accounts. This was the ship's laureate, a poet of the most refined thought, a perfect Tennyson in his way, who always commemmorated the little events of the voyage in a few short lines of poetry, which I should think, for rhythmical ele gance, beauty of expression, and regularity of metre, are without a parallel in the whole range of British literature. I will give you a few samples. For instance, when we had passed the spot where the cable parted last year, the poet sang thus: "The spot Is passed, and we are good speed making, Where we lulled last yoar in our undertaking; Heaven seems smilintc on us, the weather Is fair and bright, There Is no defect yet, bas the telegram shows any night: Kind pplrit watch over us. and spread your wIuks has far has you are able. And grant us to lay our communication cable." Again, after the raising of the cable of 18G5, he says: "In the annals of history we all do know Napoleon and llannlbul led armies through snow; But show me your records and I will yield, Snob men as Mr.Samuel Canning and Mr.cyrus Field. Who, with willing hearts and minds, and heads and bands was able, With the help ot all on board, to rise, splice, and proceed with the long-lost Atlantic cable." These are merely two samples chosen from among nearly fifty specimens. You will kindly observe, as the showman says, that the two last lines of both these stanzas (and this re mark holds good for all the others) end re spectively in able and cable, and that as he nears the end of the verse, his Pegasus puts on a spurt and runs clean away with the bit, composed of the rules of prosody, between his teeth. On Friday, July 27th, wo landed the shore end of the cable in Heart's Content harbor, amidst salvos (whatever they may be) and vivas, British cheers, and the firing of cannon. If you will kindly imagine the excitement, it will save the trouble of a description. Thus one of the most successful voyages on record was begun and ended on a Friday. Alter a fortnight's sojourn at Heart's Con tent, during which the intervals of work were filled up by innocent amusement, and after we had been visited by governors, bishops, and high potentates of every degree, and had given one or two state feastings, at which everybody congratulated everybody else, and each of the swells of the expedition declared thar. there never were such nico men in the world as his colleagues, we set sail once more for the Furpose of grappling for the lost cable of 186'5. don't suppose there were ten men in the whole of England and America who really were perfectly sanguine as to the ultimate success of this experiment, and of these ten men Mr. Canning and Professor Thomson would form one-fifth. Of course, on board the bhip we till' said "that the thing was a certainty," but I don't believe that there were many who, in the private recesses of their own cabins, did not shake their heads and look a little doubtful. Of course, never did such a thing; but then, you know, the e xception proves the rule. We reached our destination (lat. something and long, something else) on the 12th of August, and on the 13th our grappling-rope was paid out for the first time. There was naturally a good deal of excitement during this first attempt, and a small crowd of people might be seen watching the dynamometer during the whole day. The excitement rather fell when we learnt that we were drifting wrongly, and there was no hope this time. There was a little excitement, however, as the grappling-rope came up. Now was the time to secure the precious ooze of which so much had been heard; and as the last few fathoms of the rope came over the bows, a small band of naturalists were busy assailing it on all sides. Borne were content with merely picking at the rope with a sharp instrument, while the more cunning collected the drippings in basins, with an eye to the preservation of the sedi ment. This last soon became the popular "dodge," and the one moBt generally adopted on subsequent occasions. It takes about an hour and a half to pay out the two thousand fathoms of grappling rope, and a similar time to pick it up again w hen there is nothing on the end. When we had a prize on the grap nel, the latter operation was performed more slowly, and occupied five, six, or even seven hours. Both manoeuvres are enacted by means of colossal machinery worked by a 70-horse power engine. I am not going to describe every separate attempt at grappling at length, as this would only tire without interesting you; nor shall I try to describe the alternations of ex citement and despair which at times prevailed on board the ship. That these alternations existed must be evident to all, and I should only fail were I to attempt a description. Home gentleman who was on board last year likened the rise and fall of spirits to the mer cury in a barometer, and with his permission (I don't know who it was) I will "cotton" to the idea. On August 15 we grappled again, and to our great joy the dynanometer told us we had hooked the cable; barometer very high, and continued to rise as the rope was hauled up. While attempting to buoy tike cable, after raising it one thousand fathoius from the bottom, a splice "drew" and we kt it sgain: barometer very low. On the 17th we actually saw the cable. We began to pick up early in the morning, and by 10 30 the grapnel was above water with the cable of 18G0 hanging over its flukes. The strain on the cable was very great, and the enthusiasm on board the ship was tremendous. 1 never did before, and never expect again, to hear such a cheer as that with which the appearance of our lost friend was greeted. Almost before the cheering had died away, and before the cable could bo secured, it parted and returned again to its ocean bed: barometer very low. We had now learned two things; first, that the cable could be raised to the surface, and secondly, that the strain on it was too great whtn raised in a single bight. It must evi dently be raided, we now knew, in at least two, or, still bettor, in three bights. The plan was to get two bights partially raised from the bottom, and then the Great Eastern could grapple between these two and bring it to the surface. On the 19th we grappled, and succeeded in raising a bight one thousand fathoms from the bottom, and buoying it successfully. We grappled on the 22d, and twice on the 25th, but without success on either occasion: barometer awfully low. People began openly to shake their heads and look very wise. This was cheerful. On the 27th the Albany (one of our consort ships) told us that she had brought a bight of the cable to the sur face and had buoyed it there. Of course we had nothing to do but to pick up the buoy, splice the cable, and set sail for Heart's Con tent. WTe first noticed that this buoy had shifted in the night thirteen miles away from its former position something "fishy" evi dently. On picking up the cable which it held, we found it to be only a loose picee, two miles in length, and, to crown all, we found that the bight buoy placed on the 19th had broken adrift. The barometer fell With a crash; in fact, I wonder the glass was not broken. On the 28th we grappled and failed. On the 29th we shifted our position and went eighty miles to the east ward, where the ground was clear and the water shallower (1900 fathoms). On the 31st we hooked cable, raised it a thousand fathoms from bottom, and buoyed it. On September 1st the weather was lovely, sky blue, sea calm. By 7-30 P. M.. having hooked the cable (about three miles west of bight buoy) we began to haul up. By 8 the "Medway" (which had been grap pling three miles to west of "Great Eastern") signalled that she "had hooked cable." We now had the cable in three places, each three miles from the other, exactly what we wanted. Mr. Canning ordered the Medway to "haul up quick and break cable," so as to leave us a free end. This order was obeyed and accom plished within a couple of hours, and then the Great Eastern began to pick up her grappling-rope for the last time. By 12-45 the cable appeared above the water, and bv 3 A. M. on beptember 2 it was firmly secured and the end Had been taken to the testing-house. By 330 a loud, prolonged, and universal cheer announced that satisfactory signals had been sent to and received from Valentia, and by 630 the splice had been made, and we were steaming once more towards Heart's Contest: barometer high, and continued so until the end of joyage. It is currently reported I don t know with how much truth that when the gentleman on duty at Valentia saw the light on the slide of the galvanometer begin to move, he was so astonished (I suppose that he was not even thinking of the cable) that he ran from the room a one possessed, and shouting the "The ship I the ship!" roused the whole house. We reached Heart's Content on September 8th, and landed the shore end amidst universal enthusiasm. The cheering was immense, and Messrs. Canning, Clifford, and Cyrus Field had to submit to the uncomfortable process of chairing. I never want to be chaired. I don't think that a man shows off to advantage under the circumstances. He looks rather like a two-year old in a "baby jumper," and is sure to struggle with his arms and legs in an ex ceedingly undignified manner. Your knees get close up to your chin, your head falls between the shoulders, the "fall" of your back becomes "bowed," while the parts beneath the waistaoat assume unto themselves a "fall." One hint. If ever you expect to be chaired, have your hair cut, don't wear specta cles, and be sure not to put on a long mackin tosh and a white wideawake. Such a combi nation looks comio. W7e sailed from Heart's Content for England en the 9th. All the work was done, and we had now only te pass the time as pleasantly as we could. Captain Anderson displayed his skill as a conjnror and necromancer on one evening, and delighted his audience. For an amateur he is wonderfully clever, and does all the ordinary "sleight of hand" with oards quite like a professional. Mr. Oliver Smith, the brother of the chief eleotrioian, showed us his power as an electrobiologist, and compelled several of the ship's crew to perform extra ordinary feats, making them fight, sing, play at snowballing, or follow him about like cocks and hens at pleasure. As we were going up the Channel we betook ourselves to our old amusement, the drama. A play was written expressly for the occasion by Messrs. Deane and Poore, entitled Conten tina; or, the Rope, the Grapnel, and the Yankee Doodle I which, I need hardly say, consisted of a series of songs and hits at the successful voyage. Everything was done in correot style, including the advertising, and we had a regu lar "sandwich" parading the deck, carrying a famous sensation poster, concocted by Mr. Dudley. The performance went off with great iclat, and applause wa3 liberally awarded. INSTRUCTION. BUSINESS COLLEGE N. E. COBNEB FIFTH AND CUESNCTSTS Established Nov. ft, W Chartered March 14. 18 BOOK-KEEPINO. 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We sell these ribbons by the piece at less than Jobbers' prices. 6lbsiul2t IdAKKLAM).N 0.237 BOUTHSU 9 QI7 SIRAW GOODS! STRAW GOODS1 JuKJ I We have received lrom tecent auction sales a large and line assortment of Huts and Bou nets, lor .Ladies, Wlbtes, and Children, which we are selling at a greater reduction than ever beiore olleied, wholesale and retail. 6 8 tbstu 121 MARKLAND. Nq237 SOUTH St FURNISHING GOODS, SHIRTS.&C. Ja VV M. H OF MANN, NO. NOBTTI EI6WTH STBEET. HOSIERY GOODS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF HOSIERY OT ENGLISH AND GERMAN MANUFACTURES, For Ladles', Gents', and Children's Wear, LADIES' MERINO AND UEBINO0AUZB TEMTS. MIKttES' HEBIKO AND MEBINO A(TXE UFATS'SIEBINO, 9IEBINO GAUZE, COT' TON, AND HEAVY ALL-WOOL SU1BTS AND DHAWEHM. Y OUT11N' MKItINO COTTON. AND ME BQ tlAi an SHIBTS t tutus Jt W. BOOTT & CO., SHIRT MANUFACTURERS, MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, He. 814 C'HFttltUT STBEET, FOUR DOORS BELOW THE "CONT1N KINTAL, PATENT SnOULDEErSEAM SHIRT MANUFACTORY, AND GENTLEMEN'S riTBNANUINttSTOBB PERFECT FITTING BU1RTB AND DRAWERS made lrom measurement at very short notice. All other articles ol GENTLEMEN') CRIBS GOODS in full variety. WINCHEMTEB CO., 1111 No. 70S CHKHNPT Street, GROCERIES, ETC. T O FAMILIES RESIDING IN TUB RURAL DISTRICTS. We are prepared, as heretofore, to supply, Families at their Country Residences with every description ol FINE OBOCEBIES, TEAS, ETC. ETC. ALBEBT C. BOBEBTS, U7rp Comer ELEVENTH and VINE Bta. Q.AR FIELD'S SUPERIOR CIDER VINEGAR Warranted tree from all POISONOUS ACIDS. For sals by all Grocers, and by the Bole Ageuta, PAUL & FERGUSON, 198m NO. IS NORTH WATF.K ST. gPANISH OLIVES. THREE HUNDRED GALLONS OF ITino f3panijli Olives, For sale by the gallon.' much below the cost 0 mpoitatlon, by JAHES B. WEBB 1 1 Corner WALNUT and JUGHTH fits. WA f C;fcS JEWELRY, ETC. LEWIS LA DOM US & CO., Diamond Dealers and Jeweller, NO. 80S (I1FKNVT fcT riULADKLPUU Would Invite tbe atlvutlon of Diirhum . .1,.,. large and handsome assortment oi DIAMONDS, WATIIE, JI.WELRT, SILVER-WARE, ETC. ETC. ICE PITCHERS In groat vnrlety. A large assortment ot small BTUD8, for eyelet holes. Just received. .rtn,8 IePalf8d 'n mnT;,r FRENCH CLOCKS. . BFSftEEL A CO.. HO. ta NORTH SIXTH STBEET, , Have just received per steamship Europe, aa Invoice of MANTLE CLOCKS, Purchased In Paris since the opening of the Exposl. tlon, vrtilch lor beauty or design and workmanship, cannot be excelled, ana they are offered at prices which Invite competition. f ggj i JOHN BOW M A til J No. 704 AHO II Btre.ti rHILiDrXPHIA, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER Hf EILVEB AND PLATEDWABB. fcOnr GOODS are decidedly the cheapest in the city TB1PLE PLATE. A NO. I. q WATCUES. JEWELltr. W. W. CASSIDY. - m He. IS SOUTH SECOND STBEET .T 80"" "0 most carefully select AMERICAN AND GENEVA WACTCHES. " JEWELRY, BILVER-WARE, AND FANCY ARTICLES EVERY DESCRIPTION, suitable for BBIDAL OB HOLIDAY PRESENTS. An examination will snow my stock in h Passed la quality and cheapness. 10 unm' Particular attention paid to repairing. m C. & A. PEQUIGNOT, Manufacturers of 4uuici Hold and Silver Watch Cases, And Wholesale Dealers In AMERICAN WATCH CO.'S, HOWARD A CO. '8, And TREMONT AMEKICAN WATCHES 4t NO. 1 SOPTH FIFTH STBEET. HENRY HARPER, No. 5QO AECH Street. If aaofacturer end Dealer la ' WATCHES, FINK JEWELBT, 'MILTEB-PLATED WARE, AND U SOLID SILVEB-WABB FURNITURE, BEDDING, ETC. JOUSE-.FURNlkIIINa GOODS. EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TOSECTJBJI BABUA1NS. To dose the estate ot the late JOHN A. MTJBPHET, Imports' and Dealer n " House-Furnlshlne Goods, NO. t CUESNVT STBEET, Between Ninth and Tenth, South Bide, Philadelphia - His Administrators now offer the whole stock at prices below the ordinary rates charged. This .toes: embraces every thing wanted lu a well-ordered house hold: Plain 'lln Ware, Brushes, Wooden Ware. Baskets, Plated Ware, Cutlery. Iron Ware, Japanned Yv are, and Cooking Utensils of every description. r.PL"' vriely Of bllAKKR OOO JLtt, BIRD. CAGx.es eto. etc, can be obtained on the most reason, able terms. wSMSf10 REFRIGERATORS AND A flue assortment of PAPIER-MACHE GOODS. This Is the largest retail establishment in this Use in Philadelphia, and clticena and strangers will ilnd It Ut their advantage tg examine our stock before on r- Chaalng, NO'l K. Our friends In tbe country may order by mall, and prompt attention will be given. 11 Una tu TO HOU SEKEEPERS: I have a Urge stock of every variety of FURUITURE, Which I will sell at reduced prices, consisting of- PLAIN AND MARBLE TOP COTTAGE BOITS.' WALNUT CHAMBER bUl 18. ' PABLOR feCl'lW IN VJsXVKT PLUSH. PARLOH rib'lTS IN HAIRCLOTH. PARLOR BU1T8 IN REUS. bldeboards. Extension Tables, Wardrobes, Book cases, Mattresses, Lounges, etc etc. P. P. eVSTINB, 1 N. E. corner SECOND and RACE Street, No. lmi t li KoN UT blrtxn. E. LI. NEEDLES & CO., AT THEIR NEW STORE, H.W. Corner Eleventh sued Chesmut OFFER IN THE HOUSE-FURMSHIKG DEPARTMENT, 52000 FL00B CLOTHS, ALL tINEX, AT 9V7S. 1wtH JLQNHMHO Kill "OU mm simmm THE GENUINE EAGLE VEIN, TO E CELH brated PRKBTON , and tbe pure bard GKKKJ WOOD COAL, Egg and Htove, sent to all parts of tU4 lty at SH'tO per ton; superior LEiilUH at tuli. ftu h ot the above articles are warranld to give pel feet satisfaction in every respect. Orders reoeved No. 1Mb. THIRD Street; Ewutrliun,No.UlWAHj INGTON Avenue. 4 PRIVY WELLS OWNERS OP PEOPEBTf Tbe only place to get Privy Wells oleaned aoj d lalnleoled at very low prices. A. Pk If RON, fanturer of Pouilreiu,' , i iioi couxBMmr all, umjla.hu kuva. ft 'a- 13 tt?i...'OT 4
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