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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.
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HtMiRKl) T1LOU8AMJ DOLLAKM, WILL 11W
l'Klbl'.MliD iU 'HCKKT-HOLUiaiS. Ii:r.tll.
J or inieeii years we nave been engaged III Duslnpim.
nnd we point with pride to the reputation we have
won for honesty and Integrity. Many of tho promi
nent citizens ot JSew ork. Boston, l'htladelnhla. anil
Chicago will bear witness to the statement tiiu a
have never made any promises to the public that we
have not sacredly fulfilled, and we refer to the lead
ing bankers and merchants of these cities lor our
cnaracter lor luir ueating.
In spile of every ob8tcle. we shell prove to the pub
lic that the Norm American Gilt Concert will he con
ducted honorably, end that all the gifts advertined
will be distributed llrly aud to the satisfaction of our
patrons. ... ... . . i jb
The ueiay in toe ccinptetion or tnia gigantic enter-
Drlse has beeu iolniv iu the Interest of the ticket-
holders. This Is the luinest undertaking of the kind
ever brought to a successful termination in tha United
States.
'1 ckets sold for concert to take place at Wa-
URDU 1 T rilllV lll.iVUlv(W, 41 a it v ... , h . u Q IV, VUU,
Concei t at cooper insi nine, ssevt 1 om juy. .
A ort went eiveu witn every concert uckce.
1 Gilt In Greenbacks........ ...130.000
1 do do
1 do do
1 do do
1 do do
1 do do
20 do do
20 do do
i 6,0i)C
MHHHIINHWHNH 4,00
IIIHH IMHIHMNIHIIH lllltllll II 8,00f
t 2,' hH
IUkjO each.-.. .. 2o,oo
ooo eacii - lo.iioi
1840 Gifts in Greenbacks, amounting to - lO.ucrt
1 Gift Residence Iu Chicago....-.-...- - b.O'K
4(0 Gold Watches, amounting to - fio.om)
400 Silver Watches, amounting to - 21.iM
And the balance, comprising Pianos, Melodeona.l mtmt
ana ouier uiiu, auiouutiug to. . ..........d.vuu
.Making oou.uou uiits.
A committee to be chosen by ticket holders at
the first Concert will promptly distribute the presents,
one to every concert tlekel bolder, and ruelr report
will bo published In "Kellev's Weekly." with portrait
ana biographical skeicu or me persons receiving ih
thirty largest guts, ana oesent to an iicaet noiaera at
once. '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