G 11IX UALISM. IT RBV. MOROaW PIX, OP TRINITY CHURCH, H. Y. Trie editor of a magazine published In a busy little town to the eastward of us, In giving his monthly remm of religious intelligence, sajs: "Bituallum is at present the nightmare of the Church, both sides of the water." The term of description wm happily chosen; It may not be flattering, but it is forcible, and vivid. A year ago, this word 'Ritualism" was seldom spoken; now it is on everyone's ltps. The thing has leaped Into prominence, and, like a nightmare, it sits upon the chests of layman and cleric, oppressive, and impeding respiration. It resem bles the nocturnal tormentor, also, by the Tngueness of the terrors which It Inspires, and by the indication of a want of good digestion in the victims of its attack. What is Ritualism? It would be hard to say. A distinction must be drawn between the proper meaning of the word and that which it bears at this particular time. It was really a very use iul word, and a very barmlesi one. But of late it has lost respectability, and has become a t lang expression. It means anything and every thing; it is used for party purposes; it is a stigma fixed by agitators on whatever displeases their taste or 6hocks their prejudices. And hence, when we are asked what Ritualism is, or 'What things are ritualistic, or who are ritualists, , we are at a ot how to reply a previous ques tion must be asked about the position of the Inquirer in the theological field. The unlucky word is bandied about, till it must have lost all perception of its own identity. Hence, we re spectfully decline the attempt to say what the word "Ritualism" means, as now merged and lost In the category of cant and Blangjjjbut, going back a twelvemonth or so, aud getting away from the clamor of press and pulpit, we will try, dlspnsslonately, to arrange our thoughts upon the subject suggested by this much-abused term. Ritualism is the science of rites and ceremo. sies in the Church. Perhaps the term might bo more widely applied; It might be used, and is need, of thiDgs boyoud the precincts of reli gion. Nothing i3 more thoroughly ritualistic than the military service. Read the United States Army Regulation, and especially Article XXXII, on "Forms of Parade," in proof of tilts assertion. Or go to any member 01 the Masonic Older, and you have found a ritualist. Still, for ordinary purposes, we restrict the word to religion, and eay that ritualism is the science of sacred rites and ordinances. The Church Las her doctrine, her government, aud her ceremonies; a creed, a ministry, and rites; these last iorm the subject-matter of the science of ritual. Where there aTe no rites, ordinances, or ceremonies, there can be no science thereof; but, be the religion what it may, if it have any rites, or even so much as one, it is so far forth, aud, in that respect, ritualistic. Mow. since rites of some kind or other are found in all religions, and since religion of some kind or other is lound wherever human beings exist, and siuce there arc many religions in the world, it might be supposed that the term, even when used in an unobjectionable and proper way, must still remain too vague a one tor practical discussion. This would be the case if the religions ot the world were the invention of men or the developments of human aspirations. If that were true, the subject of Ritualism might be dismissed, or left to antiquarians and stu dents of esthetics "a possessing only a transient interest, and holding in it no fire or light of heavenly inspiration. But since, in our estimate of .religion, we diner from the Rationalistic school, we shall proceed upon our own line, presenting consiaerations which show that Ritualism is not a science without principles, nor cue at the very name of which we ought to grow uneasy. There if, in human nature, a necessity to worship. The Impulse, however it came there, is one tnat cannot bp, aud never has been, suc cessfully resisted. You cannot keep men from worshipping; albeit they may worship they know not what, still they must and will worship. Equally certain is it that in worshipping they are under a necessity of usln forms and rites of some kind or other. It is of the order and constitution of our nature that this should be so. Han is a compound being; the body and soul are knit together as one. An abstract spiritual worship cannot be rendered by us in our present state; it would not be the worship of man, fur man is not an abstract spiritual in telligence. External forms are indifpensaole In our worship while we are in the body. The true worshipper will worship "in 6plrit and in truth;" ho will aUo express tbat worship in word, In act, in posture; ho will offer his sub stance and his goods. The body and the spirit must consent together before the man, wuo is body, toul, and spirit in one, can be truly said to worship. But God has not legmen to find out religions for themselves. He has Riven them a revela tion. In other words, he has taught them what to worship, and whom to worship, in showing them Himself. And as He has revealed to them the object of worsnip, no una no imu uuwu ceiiitm pnuui ples respecting the manner of that worship which they aie to render unto Him. Some broad, bold outlines of ritual and cere 1 ., moniaf, a9 forming a part of the ancient r m revelation, are discernible at the very V-jinning of human history ; though dim, thev are visible. The rite of sacrifice is -c-"uonea in tno earnji extant records; u was J .'v . . I , . . LI- I xiroju me ami, uuu, si we ruusuiiuuiy ' f"V Divi'i' 'appointment. The preference V :'.r',V?r!.-made by Abel to that of Cain is t w t i ,,'"u tlie hypothesis that the mauner 'hi t ,f':P of their sacrifices had been pre , prt hand, and that one of the brother w M..7 vtie WM bidden, but the other as he thiiirMh uojb, auei uis uuuyci- iwaters ot the flood, Noah butlded ncenom;tLord. fin ult., v , tr-rim (Via flrfif thprA nrP 1 v - ' vuw us, u . v v. .unvi v ci kX UlUaU rnti ot fi Pfmevul Ritualism, established by Jh 1 ilmltfhiy, and forming a part of the reli. the patriarchal era. After that, we come r. ,. iWtlun of tha Jewish nation, nnri tn ih to u .: ord-j There we see a Ritual, florid, massive JUSun'n!iic, elaborated to its minutest particu lars ,u,,i symbolical of Divine and saving truth, . , . . tn ..n(Vj pnnnpn nenme. nnn imn,,,.,,.! i d tueir ennaren Dy tue direet and Miiuiiiii cf the Most High. Thim it - - i i ' uii;uocii JU tijt( ( ' i nuh limy be pluced in the records of cediii' the advent of Christ, that I'" author ot Ritual; He made man; , ;' vithm him the instinct to worbliip' 1 htm as that, in worshipping W:'ilnv fnrnia nnd rites! II rsvu,.l,i T iipj-.M lie pi He sc he m x him ,ect of worship, and established the ob tuciples or invine service; and. at set. up in this world a most elaborate 'v ific'jut system of ordinauces, wherebv. .I'M .1 .1.1 . J ' i.s the teachinus of a 8choolmatr pV ' i 'ild be brought to the knowledge of Hiujin..f. essly eoirupt. The result wai, that where con servative counsels prevailed, ritual waj not abolished, but smphned; so that there re Tnuii.f.,1 a ceneral correspondence. In this re spect With tne pasi, ua eveu wnu wuni wm then'in use throuehout the worla; while, on the other hand, where radical views were car ried out, almost all trace of the traditional uses of ChriBtendom disappeared and a mode ot worship was adopted which had never before been seen in anyplace where meu were tree to do what thev thought rierbt, and to follow the instincts of their nature under the guidance of tii JLloly Uhout. A Tlil in tha t nr na At a hun - W n,"l'S8,-'8 cr08th; scene that august -Ct ''Vioiis figure orMelchiPedek, "Priest of 2' IiS?h Jod. posseasorof heaven and r, ' avlu an ODla,i0D in his hands of bread (Jij tMt iie-io.us una tuut uaa me THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, Tut it is peculiar to radicals, wh"ttirr politi cal or religious, never to be satiHiSe i except when in agitation; their habit is uneasiness, and, as if by a kind of necessity, Ihey mimt be always knapelne at quiet folk and endeavor ing to force their principles and maxims upon tbeir peaceable neiehfoors. The present ex titimrnt about Ritunlifm i due to ;the cftorts of that hidcfatigable band, who, 'not content with refusing to follow the sreneral traditions of Chnsteudom, do tbeir bent to At this point in our reflections, two stranee opinions must be noticed. The first h this: that when lie came, whom the ancient system foretold and symbolized, everything in that system was abrogated and annulled; so that, immediately, a religion ot great outward state lincss aLd splendor was succeeded bv one with no beauty, foim, or comeliness at law. And the second opinion is, that this new religion, iiuer comiuuiug a uuie wniie in a garo ot abso lute plainness, and with scarce so much at a rite or a ceremony of any kind, beyond a mere initiatory ablution, and a weekly meul In com mon, suddenly wearying of simplicity, entered upon a bad course, aud took to copving the lttos and services of that Paganism which it had destroyed, until it became, within a very short time, so unlike what lis founder intended, that one could hardly conceive that it was the same sjftcm. To say that these opln'ons are strange, is to speak nuldl j ; they are without foundation in fact, and were born of the spirit of religious con troversy. We shall oppose to them proposi tions which are deemed to be unassailable on historic grounds, however loth men may be to accept them, as contradicting their strongest prtpessessionsand their most sweetly cherished and most tenderly nurtured theories. For, looking to the facts of history, it is clear, first, tbat the leading features of Divine worship passed over frum the old svstem into the new. The bloody sacrifices, together with circum cision, which was a rite of blood, and, In its own way, sacrirfcial, disappeared loievcr; but that truth which they implied continued to bo presented in visible forms and with ceremonies resembling those ot the ancient Dispensation. A great ileul of the old kiugdom lived on, and was prolonged Into and preserved in the new. In their general arrangement, the Christian churches reminded men of the Temple at Jerusalem; a priesthood still remained, and a sacrifice, spiritual and ud bloody, yet real and true; the risa'ms were still chanted, vestments were worn, lights and incense did not cease to be used. Nor can it be said with any truth, that Chris tianity copied from Paganism. On the contrary, the rites of Paganism were but corrupt imita tions of ordinances divinely established in the world. Wnatever of truth there was in the reli gion of Paganism, came, as we think, from the primitive revelation, imperfectly comprehended, and obscured through transmission by irregular means; and as it was with doctrines, so was It Wlta ceremonies: the nations ot the world were not inventors so much as bad copyists, the degraded disciples of ft noble school. Chris tianity preserved much of that older system, a knowledge of whose principles was widely spread among the Gentiles; and the allega tion that she copied Paeanism betrays an inversion of view which prejudice may explain but does not justify. The beauty, majesty, and grandeur of the old Ritual were not meant to perish forever. That Ritual, in its general outlines, was shown to Moses in the Mount. Tho "places made with hands," and all thd acts performed in them, were "figures of the true" and symbols of heavenly verities. And such a system, purged of all bloody and unspirltual features, would still be the most perfect type of eternal things, and therefore best adapted to symbolize them. When the veil Is lifted by an apostle and evan gelist, and we are permitted to look npward and admire the worship of heaven, the features are the same: we see again the golden altar, the incense, the white-robed minlstrants, the crowns, the palms, the chants, the bowintrs and prostrations. The Christian Dispensation is bounded, on the one side, by the magnificent Ritualism of Israel, and on the other by the analogous and not less glowing Ritualism of heaven. Who would expect to find between these extremes, as the autotype of the loruier and the precursor of the latter, no thing but baldness and dryness, and a formless, colorless, and chilly blank of abstract spiritualism? Which fits in most harmoniously between euch a past and such a future? a system whose ceremonies and ordi nances correspond in general With the visible beauty on either bond, or one w hich has no ritual worthy of the name, no temples, no altars, no vestments, no lights, nor color, nor concourse of sweet sounds, nor aught to charm the sense or kindle the imagination ? Such are our general principles: let them be recapitulated. Ritualism is the science of rites and ordi nances in religion. Man must worship; he must worship throuzh forms and by their help. The forms of any relieion constitute its ritual. Cod is the Author of religion; He taught us whom to worship and how to worship. The earliest records show that formal worship was ollered by men under the direction of Almighty God. Down to the time when Christ came, there were in the world a creed taught by the l ord, and a mode of worship prescribed by Him. These were preserved by a peculiar people, elected lor that purpose, an trustees ot the reve lation. The partial truths held among the nations were glimmering and broken lights of that great central flame; and their rites, so far as there was any titnes In them, were Imita tions of what Cod had enjoined from the be ginning. With the incarnation and advent of the Son of God, there came a clearer light and anew dispensation; but the truths were the same, and the broad traditions of ritual remained unchanged. What had ceased to be useful was abiogated: what is of perpetual value re mained. And beyond; this world, where the heavenly glory shines, the same general outliues of doctrine and worship have been disclosed to us, perpetuated In the acclamations, the songs, and the ceremonial performance w bieh never cease around the throne of God aud of the Lamb. Having stated the principles of Ritualism, a few remarks must be added upou the hUtory of the question within the Christian era. For fifteen hundred years (here was no ritual istic controversy deserving the name. In gene ral features Divine worship was the same throuchout the world. But errors and abuses crept into the Church, and these became sym bolized in novel riles and practices, by which ritual became, in some respects, defiled and corrupted. And these accretions grew until they obscured the majestic simplicity and beauty of the ordinances of the new dispensa tion, and became so mixed up with them as to make it diflicult to discern between the true and the false. Then came the Refonnatiod, in the sixteenth century. ! That movement did not affect the eastern portions of Christendom; in Greece and Russia tne old traditions may be traced, although under a load of useless ceremonies, with clear ness, back to the commencement of the Chris tian era; there, where least disturbance has occurred, the transmission of ideas from the former to the latter dispensation is most evident. But in the West the Reformation took dif ferent lines in different places. Like every great movement, it haa its wonservatlves aud its radicals. .. The policy of the conservatives was to retain ail tbat had in its lavor a trulv Catholic pre scription and an ancient traditional use. I But the radicals aimed at destrojiu the whole existing system and setting up new one a jt8 place; they made war, therefore, on the Ritual ui vueir aay, auu -eic """-ping it away root aud brauch. as an inteerul pttrt ot a system to their eyes tnoroueijiy an,i ope. prevent oiner people iroui wwiuiinn iQ tQe way which seems to them not only niont reve rent, but also most in accoraauce with the intimated will of God. In iustitication of thi remark, let us consider how things have stood since the middlo of tha sixteenth ceaturyj and when and in what manner existing disputes have arisen. - Lookiud about the world we see, in the east eru tart of Ctmstciidoiu, an ancient ritual iu nY very ornate, very Symbolical, Bnd full of reminiseenees of the worship ot the old Church of Israel; the mitre, the k-ouohibsIs, the veil, the lamps, tne Incenso, are direct heirlooms from that venerable past. In the west, the Roman Catfiolio Christian exhibit in their ritual a system essentially modified by later ideas, nnd expressing the dogmas which by deproes have accumulated around tneir ancient and once pure creed. The Lutherans, who, in their sacramental position occupy conservative ground, bave enough of the externals of wor ship to express their unity with the great his toric body of Christendom; amomr the orna ments ot their altars arc the crucifix and the candles, and their cleigjmen officiate in rich vestmCDts; so that to the ordinary spectator there seems to be but little difference between their use and the Roman. The Calvinistio com munities, on tho contrary, afloct a simplicity never known before then day, us the deliberate choice of religious men, and therelore without historic precedent to lustily it. These commu nities, intensely anti-ritualistic, have never ceased to propagate their views, and have taken advantage of every opportunity to seek or insist on the concurrence of other Christians in what they deemed essential to the purity of religion. The people who have sud'ered tnott from their interference are the F.nglisn. A brief review of the history of tho Church of England will show the origiu and scope of the coniroversy which at present distracts it, and to which is to be ascribed that "nightmare" referred to before, The movement ol the Reformation in England was In tho most cautiously conservative chan nel. What they aimed at was, to retain all that was truly Catholic and to reject only what was distinctively Korean. The Ritual was revised on that principle, aud the deMred result was attained in the services prescribed in what Is known historically as the "Firt Book of Edward VI," a volume presenting pro'mbly the most perfect specimen of a Reformed Cufio lic Liturgy tbat has ever appeared. If that book could have remained intact, a great deal ot quarrelling would have been saved, and the Church of England would have been spared many of her sorest losses and affliction''. But the ( alvtntsts, those earnest and dauntless propagandists of ecclesiastical and liturgical radicalism, found in England a field for the exercise of their vocation; aud, crossing the channel, they set their neighbors in a fer ment, declaring that the Reformation had not crone far enough, and calling lor a revision of the Liturgy as already revised. Nor were their eflorts thrown away; for within two or three years theie was put lorth a "Second Book," dis placing the former, and very inter! jr to it in every particular, If universal custom Is taken as the fctaialard ot comparison. During the brief reign of Queen Mary, the course of the radical development was stopped; and upon the acces sion ol Elizabeth it became evident that a con servative reaction had taken place. At this critical moment a compromise was tacitly agreed to. The "Second Book of Edward VI" was taken as the basis of anew "Book ot Common Prajer," while the ornaments of the churches and clergy, including altar crosses, candles, the vestments known as the aib, tunicle, chasuble, and cope, and the pastoral staff, with other less important objects, were ordered to remain jn use. By degrees, however, those ornaments have been generally laid aside. Within the last few years their use, always law ful, has been revived, and Is extending. The so-called "Ritualists" claim the right to obey their own laws, and to employ what the "Eng lish Proyer-Book" not only allows but enjoins. The anti-ritualists, however, denounce such a proceeding as innovating and revolutionary, maintain that a thing in becoming obsolete be comes practically illegal, and institute actions against their brethren to debar them from com plying with the rubrics which they have sworn to follow. Under these circumstances it is not surprising tbat the Ritualists grow daily stronger, since they have on tbeir side not only the weight of general use and authority through out Christendom, but also the express sanction of their own branch of the Church. Nor is it strange that the antl-ritualists should strenu ously oppose them by every means at hand, since they are the direct Inheritors of those views and feelings which formed the inspira tion of the rad cals of the slxteeuth century. Of the bearing of this subject on the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, there is not space to write iu full. There has been no legislation as vet on Lhe Question in controversy. Onlv eichtv-two venrs liuve elunsed since the nrst American Bishop was consecrated; those years bave been lormative, usages and customs have been undergoing continual changes, and men nave Deen leenng tneir wav. under circum stances in which since the time of Constantino no national branch of the Catholic Church has been placed. American churchmen do not. however, regard their condition as chaotic; nor as that of persons having full licence to do what they choose in the premises. They profess respect tor l a) truly uatnoiic and Apostolic usages; (0), Anelo Uatliolic law, custom, and practice. These, in the absence of direct legis lation, seem to be the safe and reasonable limits of tbat freedom which thev enjoy and value, snii. the tendency anioDg tneui is towards an increased attention to beauty and decorum, im- pressiveness, ano a'Stnetic accessories, iu lnvioe worship, 'lue same tendency is seen in all other rensious Douses: tne i'resoyterians, tne tjongre' gationalists, the Baptists, build splendid Gothic churches, and decorate them in polychrome: the Unitarians employ tho gable and spire cross; even the Methodists erect their state! v ma ble temples and name them after saints. The organ. the chant, the stained piass windows, the flow ers protusefy used in decoration, no longer be long to any one denomination, but are gladly employed by all. The sigus are everywhere auout us ot a return to common sense, and a revolt from prejudices which have wrought damage to religion. The movements in the Episcopal Church have tbeir counterpart on every side of her; they belong to anaee which is erowmsr out ot swaddling cloines, aud look ing with larger and clearer eyes on social and religious proDiems. To conclude these observations, which have. of course, been discursive and hurried, we state as follows the practical results of thought and observation: First. There must be ritual of some kind where tberp is relieion. (second. There is tne clearest argument irom Holy Scripture and ecclesiastical history in favor of a beautiful and impressive ritualism as a uowcrlul asencv on men lor tbeir good. Third, bucu ritualism must be a teacher; it must svmboh.e something, and express as lorct blv as o'8sible what it svmbohzes; a ritualism used without a meaning aud represent nig no truth which the intellect can grasp but a piece of trifling and a sham. Fourth. Ritual must teach truth: pure, un adulterated truth; God's truth, which He has revealed to men. Fifth. PeoDle should trv to discuss the supiect with calmness; they should not look at it in a naitv iieht: thev had better keep clear of the agitators, wnose aim it is to excue vague. learn and atlricht the uninstructed with awful dis closures ot conspiracy against the simplicity of their faith and the purity of their worship; and eipeclally should they remember mat mere is a superstition in ueiect as wen as one m cxcob. This last observation suggests an occurrence, with mention of whteh we will make an end. Some ten years ago, iu one ot the leading churches of this city, tor the erst nine, u was decided to drees the altor on Easter day with r oweis: and on the DrluclDle of taking tne Dull by the horns, or of plunsing in headforemost as the best way ol petting into deep water, it was also resolved to mate tne decoration eiaooraie, stilkintr. nnd very utunistixkab v conspicuous. Accordinelv. ou the evening "before the feast. the Loid's table was so adorned, and in that fair aud sightly aspect it met the eyes of the congreeallon. Everybody looked aud wondered, and to their honor be it spoken, everybody said, "How beautiful ! All. excent an old ladv. who, with another old ladv. aouroacbed the chancel after service, and guzed upon the flowers with troubled mien. Buid the second lady to the first, after a while, "How did von like the ser vices to-day?" Suid the first old lady In reply, -very nu-i: tnev were delightful: it is an Deau- tifuli I like it all except one thiDg." '"What Is that?" asked the friend, "why. those flowers I" was the reply. "But why do you dislika the flowers? What van yoa object to in them?" inquired tne second old lady. "I don't like them," was the answer, "because tbpy look so Roman Catholic 1" WliTeupon her friend, sur veying her with an air of surprise, not unmixed wnu pity. cneo. un, my dear, now can you oe so tvjurBtiliout " There are a great many nmone our antl- ritualistic brethren to whom, wheu they in veigh against neighbors and express a pious horror ol things which others like, Rnd acts which edify and comfort, we feel inclined to say, as the most suitable comment on their name of mind, "How can you be so supL'tstl-tioos?'- Ftymjne0 alary. AMUSEMENTS. ELLEY'S GIF'T COIVCJEIXTS. KELLEY'S FIRST GRAND North American Girt Concert In Now Positively Fixtd to Tak Plac AT COOTER INSTITUTE, N. Y. CITY, SATURDAY, July 13, 1867. A CATtB. 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'J lie tickets Irom our numerous agents having been gathered iu, persons uiBappointea iu toeing una- be lupplled, as long as tbey last, by addressing us at Mo. din Broadway, Mew York. Tickets will be seut promptly by mall, on receipt of price and stamp lor return postage. Man We will send S tickets for (4'M; 10 fbrfO'OO; and 20 for (1760. Bend the name of each subscriber, ana their Post Oilice address, and town aud Sjtate. Money by Draft. Fost Oilice Order, .Express, or tn Registered Letters, may be sent at our risk. Adaress an colu mn n lent lo us to A. A. KKLLEY & CO.. 6 20141 JNO.filll BKUAIJWA1, JNCW x OrK. N EVV CHE8NUT STREET THEATRE. WILLIAM E. SINN A Co Lesseet OKAND GALA NIOHT FOK THJfl BENEFIT OF the Families and Firemen who suffered by the late calamity . m tir IHI AMERICAN THEATRE. The Ladles and Gentlemen named In this establish mvni have kindly volunteered THEIR (SERVICES. THE THEATRE AMI) OAS TENDERED BY TH 9 III A J A U JiM f.iS 1 . A FULL AND COMPLETE ORCHESTRA, Under C. M. REICHART. The performance will consist of tuesbeautlful Flav in lour acts, eniuiea JbiiUK IB, J Jin; J JS. YV .33. CKCILE RUSH will make her first appearance in three years, OliSEKVE THE CAST Or DEilORAH. THE JEWESS. Lorenz Thomas McEeon Herman H. A. Langdoa Deborah...... Miss Ceclle Rush Maria ..Miss L. Coooer Treasurer .-.-....John Stimmei Doorkeepers. OUicers. Lohers. all volunteer their services on mis occasion. Prices of admission as usual. MOTE. Ladles and uents In the above cast are rt- auestcd to be at Rehearsal on WEDNESDAY MORN ING, at 11 o'clock. Also, the Ladies of the regular .Ballet. I6Z&4M W AI. E. SINN c CO., JMunogers. JOHN DREW CilTJLM THE ENTIRE RECEIPTS OF THE ARCH STREET THEATRE, AND MR. G. L. FOX HI9 SERVICES, AND HI9 ENTIRE TROUPE GRATUITOUSLY FOR A GRAND MATINEE ON SAT 111 DAY NEXT, JUNE S9, Commencing at 8 o'clock, To be given to the Philadelphia Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen. Beats at Box Otllce. 6 27 2t ' ALNUT feTKKET THEATRE, N. E. Or. NINTH and WALN UT Begins alS. THIS (Friday) EVENING, June '.at, FAREWtLL BENEFIT. and Last Night but Oue of who preseuts his world-renowned impersonation of RIP VAN WINKLE. ai it. .1 irr.i mi jr.rr r.jw. . an effort honored In the critical esteem of the two Leiulbpheres us Mr. JEFFERSON as Rip Van Vlnkle auks Susan liemu as retcueu SATURDAY LAST NIGHT OF 6IR JKFFEK-KJN. TVTRS. JOHN DREW'S ARCH STREET XVi THEATRK. Begins at 8 o'clock. BjLNr.r 1 1 OF W. Ij. (U.. THIS (Friday) EVENING. June 23, the Grand aud olorious Pantomime, JACK AND CULL. wltli nil It. Trt.-lra mill Vt1,MU O. L. FOX as Jackadaw Jackaiuuon Previous to which, a Comedietta 'lO-MOKKOVV (Saturday) AFTERNOON, Ill'k AMI (ill.l, IlkNKPIT MaTINEK, TP E ENTIRE RECEIPTS lobe glveu to the Phlla- delpiilu Association lor ltJ.l li".J ur DlAISliE.l' r niAmnn, BATURDAV N1UUT-JACK AND U1LL. TDIERSTADT'8 LAST GREAT PAINTING J '1 HE DOMES OF TilE GREAT YO-SEM1TE, how ou exhibition. DAV AND EVENING. In the Southeast Gallery of the ilAlifMl o Hiss a a - 65tt GRAND CONCERT OF RISTORI GLEE ASSOCIATION, in aid of the Families of lhe Firemen whosullered at the late tire lu luu'"",1 at CONCERT HALL, July 6. 1RB7. .5t. EW ELEVfeNTH BTREET OPERA HOUa' iXEVJ.NTH Street, above .;Jr. . . j m.ku if IC ftlOAfeONL the Great Star Troupe of the World, lu the r ORArf. ETHIOPIAN SOIREES, SOM rti-pANC ES.NE4 BURLFJrCUES, and PLAN'IAIION SCENEH. Doo.s open at 7 o'clock. Cuiiueiic.ng at o'clorst g KJ Jt tyil AA- ijxymj, JUBUai, 01 FOR SMITH'S ISLAND ! FREKH All -Hh ATJ'i'lUJL PC W r I ilJ--A liTHI U isE-lHE BATH-EN 1ERTA1N MEN TOl EXERCIl T KIND. RY t.kemkykr respectfully iulorn.s her irleud and the public gea tally, that she will P beautiful JUuaudPleaoui OlOUU0 kUOW" SMITH'S ISLAND. on SUNDAY next. May 6. She invites all to com and enjoy with her the delights of this favorite sun luerreavrl. ""W JUNE i 28, 1867. INSURANCE COMPANIES. DKLAWAKK MUTUAL, SAFETY INSU RANCE COMPANY, Incorporated by the Legis lature OI cm.oj ' ' . Office. 8. E. corner of THIRD an d 'WALNUT Streets u ' Philadelphia. MARIN k lNHllKANCFfl on Vessels, cargo, and lreluht. to all parts o! the world. UDY INLAND INSURANCES pn goods by river, canal, lake, and land carnage, to all parts ot Iht Vulnn. on merchandise generally. UU etores, rweuing xiuuom, em A88ET8 OF THE COMPANY. Nnvemher 1. lNitt. llOO.OOf. United b tales & Per Cent. Loan, 114,CO0MO 136,SO0'00 21100-00 124.S62M BlOO-CO 64,820-00 60,75000 90,500 -00 24,250-00 0,750fK) 120,000 United Stale 6 Per Cent. Loan, 18SI 800,000 United Male 7 8-10 Per Cent. l oan. Treasury Notes 122,000 City of Philadelphia Per Cent. Loan (exemptn) 64,000 Btate or Pennsylvania Per Cent. Loan 66,000 tate of Pennsylvania 6 Per Cent. Loan 50,000 Biate ot Mew Jersey Blx Per Cent. Ian.. 20,000 Pennsylvania Railroad, 1st Mortgage, Blx Per Cent. Bond - 15,000 Pennsylvania Railroad, 2l Mortgage, Six Per Cent. Bonds 2t,000 Western Pennsylvania Kali road HIx Per Cent. Bonds (Pennsylvania Railroad gua rantees) 10,000 Stale ol Tennessee Five Per Cent. Loan - - 7,000 Btate ot Tennessee blx Per Cent. Loan - 15,000 800 Shares Stock of German , town Gas Company (principal and Interest guarantetd by the city of Philadelphia) 7,150 148 Shares Stock of Pennsylva nia Railroad Company - 6,000 100 Sh ires Stock of North Penn sylvania Railroad Company. 20,000 80 S-hares Slock of Philadel phia aud Southern Mall Steamship Company - 195,900 Loans on Bonds and Mortgage, 1st Liens on City Property...- 18,000-00 40-00 13,000-0. 8,258-25 8,950-00 to.ooo-oo 195,900-00 l.U6,uao par. Market value. 11,070,240 Real Estate Bills receivable for lusuraucea made Balance due at agencies. Pre miums on Marina Policies, 86,000-00 27 ,637-20 Accrued Interest, and other debts due to the Company.. Scrip and stock ot sundry In 83,923-90 ranee and other Companies, tol7v. Estimated value Cash In Bank ..811,102-26 Cash In Drawer.,.,.-... 447-14 2,93000 41.640-00 fl,407,K21-56 ThtS being A new enternrlRA. the Par ta aasiimed no iu, uini .l. value. Thomas C. Hand, Samuel E. Stokes, iiuuil V. AavlB, Edmund A. Bonder, Theophllus Paulding, John R. Penrose, James Traqualr, Henry C. Dallett, Jr., James C. Haud, xteury Bioan, wuaam u. ttomton, Edward Darliugton. H. Jones Brooke, Edward Lafourcade, Jacob P. JoDes, James B. Mclfarland, Joshua P. Eyre, 4pencer.Mcllvatne, J. B. bemple, Pittsburg, A. B. Berger. " L. 1. Morgan, " tJeorge W. Bernardoa. w imam c. Lurtwlg, Joseph H. Seal. George G. Lelper, jiugn iraig, John D. Taylor. Jacob Rlegel, C HAriil, president. JOHN C. DAVIS. Vice-President. Henrv Ltwusn. Secretary. 1 6 1829 CHARTER PERPETUAL. Franklin Fire Insurance Co. OF FIIILADEXPIIIA. OFITCBS. NOS. 439 AKI 4S7 t'UESSCT STllEE ASSETS oH JT AN CART 1, 18 8,K1M4-18, Panltal ,1400,(100-00 . U4i.7iK-iia -Accrued Surplus Premiums UNSETTLED CLAJMB. INCOME FOR 166, f,4uris IjOSSES PAID SINCB 1889 OYER f3.500.U00. Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms DIRECTORS. Charles N. Bancker, George Fales, Alfred Fltler, Francis W. Lewis. M. S. Peter McCall, Thomas Sparks, Tobias Wagner, Samuel Grant George W. Richard! iiweusi CHARLES N. BANCKKR. President. GEORGE FALES, Vice-President, J, W. MCALLISTER. Secretary pro twin, mi tuat fAKE A LIFE POLICY IN IBE . BROOKLYN LIFEIKSTJRANCE C0MPAKY OF NEW YORK. OFFICE: gEViiNTU and CHESNUT. E. B. COLTON, 823 UENERAL AftlENT. PROVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, U. Ill DUUtU JT W A IX DHlt . INCORPORATED d MONTH WO, 188i CAPIT AL, id0,UOU. PAID IN. Insurance ou Lives, by Yearly Premiums; or by 5, 10 or xu year Premiums, Nou-ionelture, Annuities grauleu on lavorable terms. Term policies, Children's Endowments, This Company, while giving the Insured the security Ot a paid-up Capital, will divide the entire proliutof the Lite bubineks among its policy holders. Moneys received at luteiest, aud paid on demand. Authorized by charter to execute Trusts, aud to act as Executor or Administrator, Aaslguee orGuardiau, aud in other fiduciary capacities, uuder appulutment ot any Court or this Commonwealth, or any person or persons, or bodies politic or corporate. D1KLCTOHH. Samuel r. suiplky, henry haines, JOSH UA U. MORRIS, T. WlsTAR BROW N, RICHARD W OOD. W. C. LONGSTMIDI H, RICHARD CaDlURY. WILLIAM HACKER, CHARLES jr COFFIN. SAMUEL R. bHIPLJi Y, ROWLAND PARRY, prenident. Actuary. WM. C. LCNGB1 RE'l 11, Vice President, THOMAS WlblAK, M. D J. B. 'IfJ WN3END. lilt aiedlral Exanilner. Legal Adviser. ViMRE lNfcURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.-THB J? pl!;NSYLVANlA FIRK INSURANCE COM N locorporaied lH'Zd Charier Perpetual No. (10 WALM'l Street, ot poslte Independence Square. This Company, favorably knowu to the community for over loriy years, continues to Insure against loss or damage by lire ou publlo or Private Buildings, either permaueutiy or for a limited time. Also, on Pumlture. siocks of Ooods, aud Merchandise gene rally, on liberal terms. 'j heir Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, is Invested In the most careful mauner, which enables them to oiler to the Insured au undoubted security la the case of loss. DIBECTOBH, Daniel Smith. Jr.. John Deverenx, Thomas Smith, lieuir Lewis, J. GliIlnirbauA Fell. Alexander Benton, Isaac Haziehurst, Tbouias Robblus, Dauiel TIaddock. Jr. DANIEL SMITH, Jb., President. Wii.I.iam O. Crowkll, Secretary. Co PIlffiNIX INSURANCE COMPANY OP PHILADELPHIA. ; INCORPORA'lED lttW-CHARTER PERPETUAL. No. 2'4 WALN UT Street, opposite the Exchange. In addition to MA KINK aud INLAND INSUR ANCE, this Company Insures Irom Ions or damage by F111E for liberal terms on bulidlugs, merchandise, luruiture, etc , lor limited periods, aud permaueutiy on buildings, by del unit of premium. The Company has been In active operation for more thau SIXT Y YKARS, during which all losses havs been promptly adjusted and paid. John L. Hodge, Ji Jb ITA V . lAwrence Lewis, Jr. David Lewis, Benjamin Eltlng. T homas 11. Powers, A. R. McHenry, Edmund Castlllon, M. B. Muuoiiy, John T. Lewis, Wililaui S. Grant, Robert W. Learning, D. Clark Whartuu, UuiiiiimI AAllfUX. lAiius i . morris. JOHN WlciiKlttll, Pieeldeat, Bamcki. Wuxox Secretary, INSURANCE COMPANIES. INSURANCE COMPAfl. or , NORTH AMERICA, t OFFICE, No. WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA INCORPORATED 1794. CHARTER PERPBTTJA.: J CAPITAL, 300,000. ... ( AHNI.TR. JANUABT 8, 1807, fl,7M7a3. IKftl'RFM niRIRK, INl.AWI TRAXftrOF- Ma u-j'T.i.R. r jruui- v.. vonin, Samuel W, Jonea John A. Brown, 1 Charles Taylor, Ambrose white, Ricliard D. Wood. William Welsh, K Morris W alu, GPOrare L. TTarrtuin 1 Francis R. Cope, J Fklward H. Trotter. ( Edward H. Clarke, i William CiimmlninL T. Charlton Henry, Alfred D. Jessup, John Mason, I lmiH c. Madeira. joun r. w nius. .DFrni.i, iouis c. aiadeira. , ARTHUR O. COFFIN, President. T. Secretarv. ' ' CnASLM PtATT. Secretary. WILLIAM BUEHLKR, MarrlRburg. Pa.. Centra AgentlortheSuteofPennsyWaula. 11M Q.IRARD FIRE AND MARIN INSUIIANCK COMPANY, (No. G39) N. E. COR. CHES1NUT AND BEVENTH ST3-' PHrUADH.I'HlA. J CAPITAL AND Mltl'l.ts OVI B SO0,0Ot INCOME 1B I860, 1JS,V4. i Losses Paid and Accrued In lew. 17.000 Of which anionnt Dot f:tnoo remain anpsid a. tlindaM 4 linc.owi.lM) of property has been Successlully insured 1 by this t ompsuy lu thirteen years, aud Eikhl Run- I dred Losses by Fire promptly paid. I DIRECTORS. ! Silas Yerkea. Jr., J Alfred S. Giilell, N. 8. Lawrence, I Charles I. Hupont, llpiirv S- I.' ...... lurmau Shei purd, Thomas KtacKellur, l.ttin fc.iitileA John W. Claghorn ln..nh T. i ..... . . I 1 1 ' THOMAS CRAVEN, President A. H. OILLETT, Vice-Presldeuu 2 22fmw JAMES B. ALVORD, Secretary MILLINERY, TRIMMINGS, ETC, YJO URNI iC MILLINERY. ! ALWAYS ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT OJT MOUIIINIINO IIONINEXS, AT NO. 04 WAI.NCT MTBEET. . 8!?7 6m MAD'LLE KEOCH. M1IS. It. 1) I L L 0 , HOS. a AMD B81 SOU Til aTBEET, Has handAOiua assortment of 6PRLNO MILLI NERY. Ladies', Misses', and Children's Straw and Fancy Bonnets and Hals of the latest styles. Also, Silks, Velvets, Rihbous, Crapes, Feathers, Flowers, Frames, eta. 718) FURNISHING GOODS, SHlRTS.dtO. 105 H. A FLEISHER & CO., 105 Successors to Bambeiger Brothers, DEALERS IN TTnntATV flnrl RfaTil TriTnTnino-o m-m, v j " aj&w.. CLOVES, ESIBBOIDERIES, ' I JLADIS', UESTS', AND CllILUBE'M CNUEUMIIIUIM, JETC, I Ao. 103 Aortli EIGjUTU StrectJ . 5 lfiwfn24t THREE DOORS ABOVE ARCH, f ' 105 rHir.APKT.PHTA. 1051 pm H O F F M ANN. J R. HO. 8X8 ABCII STKEJET, f ' ' i FURHISHIHG GOODS. (Late O. A. Hoflman, formerly W. W. Knight,) FINE SUIBTS AND WBAPPEKg. JUOSItJUT AMD ULOTEa SILK, IAMBS' If OOl AND91EBINO , ggfmwem TJNIEltlXOIIH!l, J W. SCOTT & OOt, SHIRT MANUFACTURERS. MEN'S FUKN1SHINQ GOODS. Ho. 814 1'HEsMJT HTBUST, . fOTJB DOORS BELOW THE -CONTINENTAt, U'JUjrp rsiuBtusu, PATENT BIIOULDER-BEAbI SHIRT MANUFACTORY, j AND EMUaiEK'H rJliIllAB)IlIJIitToa9 PERPECT PITTING SHlKlt AND DKaWERU made irom measurement at very short notice. All other articles ot GENTLEMEN'S DRXB8 GOODB Un full variety. , WINTIE8TEB A CO,, i 1111 No. 70 CHESNDT Btreetj BILLIARD ROOMS. f I B1KD. BIRD. BIKD. After several months' preparation, Mr.C. B1HD has opened his new and spacious establishment for the entertainment of his friends, and the pulj'll general, at JSos. U5 and 607 ARCH Street. V, The first and second iloors are titled up asBUll RoomB. and furnished with twelve tlrat-class tal while the appurtenances and adornments oomif everything which can conduce to the comfort 1 couveuieuue of the play era. In the basement I four new aud splendid Bowling Alleys, for those I wish to develope their muscle In antinliiatinn nf I base-ball season. A Restaurant la attached, wli everything lu the edible line cau be haa ot Hie B quality, ana at tue suorteat notice. The follow! well-known gentlemen have been secured u adhI ants, and will preside over the various department! SAMUEL DOUGLASS, ' JOHN HOOD, i WILLIAM E. GILLMORJE, . 1IKNKY W. DUNCAN. PHILIP GKTJMBRECHT. Restaurateur, While Mr. Bl UD will hold a careful supervlsl over ait. tie ventures to say tnat, taken all In there has nothing ever beei. siartd In Plilluiatn approaching this establiNbineut la oompleteneHs arrvuaeuieui. sua atteuuoa to the comlurt of iim C. BIRD, Propriety WANTS. WANTED, FIVE nUNDKED EECKUIT8 lor the 17. S. Marine Corps. Recruit must be able-bodied, young, uumatried men. Thoy will be employed In the Government Navy-yard, and lo Ships of War on fotelgu stations. Jfor further lulux luatloo apply to , JAMES LEWIS. I M,n Captain and Recruiting Ollloer, 7 419frnwtf No. gll 8. FRONT Hueet. FERTILIZERS. J 11 M 0 N I ATED ruOSPnAX AN 1'KKIDIli.Kii. . i 1 - IU11UIUKO j. For Wheat, Corn, Oats, Potatoes, Grass, the Vegetal)! Garden, Fruit Trees, Grape Vines, Etc. Etc, FmlM??"l"C0UtlM Gronn1 &n nd the boat uZmJmm. "a ot 8000 pounu'- Tot b' li WILLIAM ELLIS A CO., CBeuilsui, . I mwf NoJM MARKET Street, t loTV, PHILADELPHIA SUEOECN'S fiiaraifeUthl .km ,Vy "- wperie llZlnl tVli,. Jllui ""'hieut of blsPremiu Patent Graduating pressure Trues, aud a vurietv t itraces, Cruuhes. Suspenders aUi. iZiiw . Pienunondncted by a LmSy LaUle. ap . ALKXANDEK O. CATTKLLA CC' PRODUCE COM U 1 SS 1 1 (N W KKC'MAN TtL ' No. 84 NORTH WHiKVW No. NORTH WATKR STREET, iT PH1LADKLPH1A. AtMAHDM , CAXtaXL, UJ MLUAM . CAItJH , 4
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