Heroes of th Conqntit of the Golden
Fleece.
From the "H(e and Death of Jason," in
press by Roberts Bros., of Boston.
Meanwhile came many heroes to the town:
Asterion, dweller on the wind down
Below riillfrns, far up iu the north;
Flow-footed Polyphemus, late borne forth
In chariot from Lariasa, that beholds
flreen-windlng Peneus cleaving fertile wolds;
Krglnus, son of Neptune, nigh the sea
His father sent him, where the laden bee
Flies low across the Miuander, and falls down
Against the white walla of a merchant town
lien call Miletus.
Behind him there oame,
The winter of a great and dreaded name,
Theseus, the slayer of the fearful beast,
Who soon in winding halls should make his
feast
On youths and maidens; and with him there
rode
The King, ririthous, who his loved abode
Amid the shady trees had left that tide
Where fly the Centaurs' arrows far and wide.
Black-haired was Theseus, slim, and still his
cheek
lacked all but down, for yet he had to seek
The twisted ways of Diedalus the old;
But long and twining locks of ruddy gold
Blew round the face of the huge forest king,
As carelessly he rode and feared nothing.
Great joy had Jason, gazing on the twain,
Young though they were, and thought that
not in vain
His quest should be, if such as these had will
The hollow of his great black ship to fill.
Next, threading Argive ways and woody
lanes,
Came Nauplius, son of Neptune, to those
plain
Crossing Anaurus dryshod, for his sire
With threats and blowa drove up the land
stream higher,
And sucked the sea-waves back across the
sands;
With him came Idmon, mighty of his hands,
But mightier than he was skilled to know
The counsels of the god who bears the bow,
His very father; who bore not to see
Unloved Cyrene wandering carelessly
Beside the Peneus: Iolaus came
From ATgos, too, to win a deathless name;
And if henceforth came any heroes more
I know not, and their names have died of
yore.
A GOSSIPY ARTICLE FOR LADIES.
Modern Style lu Drear
From Belgravia for July.
Never before, during the memory of woman,
and, searching back still further among the
archives of costume of past ages, have such
advantages been enjoyed with respect to dress
as are now in full force in the zenith of the
date of 18G7. Plunge back suddenly fifteen
years, and make a rapid rCsumi of dress as it
was, taking cognizance of the disadvantages
under which our mammas and elder sisters
suffered. Skirts equal at waist and hem,
drawn up round the figure on the principle of
a curtain round a shower-bath making an
awkward bulk about the hips, and wagging
uncomfortably against the heels with every
movement of the body; too long to disclose the
dainty foot or reveal the graceful tournure of
tiio ankle; too short to flow into the stately
folds of the train. The bodice, long, straight,
and stiff, was distorted as certain Indians
depress and elongate the heads of their infants,
and "a shape" only achieved at the expense
of tight lacing, the injury of the wearer's
health, aud what, perhaps, she prized far
more, her complexion. Mantles were drawn
Tip at the neck, pulled over the arms, and cut
ehort and square behind, rendering the shoul
ders high in aspect, the back broad, and the
whole figure as angular as artificial means
permitted, exhibiting at the same time to the
greatest advantage, or disadvantage, the bun
dles of gathers at the waist, rendered still
more ridiculous through extension by means
of a huge pad placed beneath, and technically
known as a "bustle." The cunning intention
of this strange ornament was, by its size and
the force of contrast, to give apparent small
ness to the waist; and the larger the bustle
the more stylish the wearer was considered.
Bonnets three times the dimensions of the
head, to the shape of which they bore no sort
of resemblance, swung behind, half on the
crown, half off. The hair was arranged some
times with a certain amount of taste, because
the outline of the head was preserved; but a
prevailing tendency existed to bind it too
lose, and flatten it down with bandolines aud
hard pomatum.
As for our poor grandmammas, their scanty
skirts and low bodices very low bodices
and bare arms and operatio ankles infringed
sadly on propriety. We are quite sure we
should blush to see one of them now, and
hastily throw a shawl or cloak about her till
something more could be done. People did
cot regard such a scantiness of habiliments
with any uneasiness when it was the fashion;
but the disadvantages personally were terrible.
It might be all very well for sweet sixteen to
cut her dress tres dt'colletee, but when any one
was a little past fortv, the matter was different.
It might be equally suitable for beautifully
moulded arms to have no covering but twenty
Luttoned gloves (a style likely to appear once
more); but the little muscular exercise taken
by the fair belles m society leaves a great
many with slender arms, Hat wrists, and
pointed elbows, passable enough in hanging-
sleeves, or coat-sleeves, or princess sleeves,
nay very graceful and proper in any sleeves,
are unlit to meet tne glare or tne day un
shrouded. No doubt the youngest daughter
tripped gracefully enough in her scanty petti
coat it might even have been pretty to see
lier twinKhng leet in tiny silk shoes with only
brown paper soles, though she was going into
consumption in consequence of wearing that
bewildering cnaussure, ana her disease was ac
celerated during the January snows and March
winds and chilly autumn evenings by the
bare neck and arms that, nevertheless, were
so cretty; but to her dear mamma, who was
lust sixty and weighed three stone, it could by
no means be considered so suitable a mode of
dressing.
Bo at last we return to the fact we have
sought to establish that never before had
ladies bo many advantages in uress, or bo
many varieties of fashion whence to suit them
selves. There are still abuses; there are those
who have had the bad taste to cut their cor
sages too low and we really pity them, since
an arrangement of a little elegant lace would
look much more pretty and modest. We have
discarded the large crinoline that
confounded grace and deformity; aud we still
rejoioe in an English (joitre on the head known
as a chignon; a great beauty, namely, a well
4a .nd. is as much obscured by the
faahinn. aa eraoe of motion, that ex
tta ,.i.nrm. was by the former. But
there is the gored skirt flowing into such in
comparable elegance ana a gun; .
irJL i,rs been kind'may drape forms
r i-antr in strictly plaitless garments
: v..i. i, vrv uerfection of style;
and those too stout or too thin, by
fold, are at liberty to
aaopuug - . defloUmo of
flrr "rrriw th character of the
THE DAILY' EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY,
gored skirt. . We have jaunty little Jackets
for outdoors, for petite figures; the tight fitting
mantle for the tall, perfect form; and the demi
oWeforan elegant but less strictly turned
figure; to say nothing of ample cloaks of
mingled silk and lace or velvet for less youth
ful forms. As for bonnets, they are pretty
enough, and we could only wish them larger,
because they necessitate much wearing of talse
hair, less on account of natural deficiency than
for warmth. The beautiful outline of the bust
Is preserved in the plain bodice with the low
darts; the short waist adds to its apparent
fullness, and has abolished tight-lacing. Only
fifteen years ago tight-lacing was an absolute
necessity to stout or square figures. A thick
waist was such a crime that a young lady
would rather have been dead than eyed as she
would have been eyed in society by other
ladies, and sneered at at home. And so she
screw td herBelf in, and suffered, and some
times died. A thick waist in those days was
as great a fault as a penchant for a younger
son, or penniless but charming barrister or
artist, with their career yet before them.
OLD AM) NEW JOKES.
'A Chapter of Fncetlnp.
A writer in the North Driiixh Review, dis
coursing of "Faeetia'," brings together some
coiiical stories, old and new.
An example of the blunders or absurdities
which excite laughter, arising rather from a
confusion of words than of ideas, is afforded
by the paragraph in the Irish newspapers an-
nouncing, "with much pleasure," that on
such a day "Lady had publicly re
nounced the errors of the Church of Home for
those of the Church of England." The penny-a-liner
had merely forgotten that his ante
cedent to those was "errors" and not "doc
trines." A ludicrous claps of failures are those of
which "Mrs. Slipslop," in "Joseph Adrews,"
and "Mrs. Malaprop," in The Rivals, supply us
with the richest or most finished examples.
The attempts of ignorant persons to use fine
or peculiar words, and their unconscious sub
stitution of others having quite a different
meaning or character, never fail to amuse.
Take as specimens the old lady who in windy
weather observed that the ante-nuptial gales
seemed to be coming earlier thau usual; the
would-be connoisseur who spoke of a picture
of the Venus Anno Domini; the military vete
ran who was for always taking time by the
jirclock; and the nabob who told a ragged
school the fable of the hare and the tortoise,
and exhorted them thence to perseverauce, as
the likeliest means of bringing them first to the
gaol.
AN OLD JOKE IN A NKW PRESS.
Some readers may remember the amuse
ment afforded by the late Sir William Allan's
story of the minister and the cuddie, which
most of us, in the days when he told it, be
lieved to be of Scotch extraction. It happens,
however, to be a very old joke, not traceable,
perhaps, to classical times, but a great favorite
and standing jest against the clergy from the
middle ages downwards. The general idea,
or as we may call it, the algebraio expression
Of the inciuent, seems to be this: "Vanity
when liehing for praise, catches nothing but
mortification." A monk, chanter, or preacher,
while exercising his function with a stentorian
power of voice, is flattered to see m the church
an elderly female in tears, and apparently much
affected by his performance. On afterwards
asking the cause of her emotion, he finds it
arises from the likeness between his voice
and that of an ass or "cuddie" which she or
her husband had lately lost. We meet with
this story in Bonerius, a German writer of
metrical fables in the fourteenth century, in
whose collection it occurs as No. i'2, under the
titIe,"von einem 1'iaiten una von eineta
tsel." We meet with it again in Toggle's
"Facetine" in the fifteenth century, under the
title, "Concionatoiis asinina vox." But we
may notice, as proving the superior art with
which Poggio tells a story, that in Bonerius
we are lnloimed from the first of the reason of
the woman's demeanor, while in Poggio the
explanation is reserved to be equally a sur
prise to the reader as it is a disappointment to
the inquirer. It is to be found repeated in
half-a-dozen other writers, in all forms in
Latin and in French verse, as well as in French
and Italian prose.
TUB WISDOM OF FOOLS.
The enjoyment that proceeds from the ab
surdities of weaklings and fools has always
had a recognized place, though not one of a
very high order, in the range of merriment.
J he sight of those who have the beard and
body of a man with the intellect of a baby,
produces great mirth and satisfaction to the
vulgar mind. Clowns and court-fools and
slow-coaches of all kinds, and still more, per
haps, absent men, please us by the absurd dis
crepany between what they do and what they
ought to do, ana perhaps think they are
doing. It is in this department of the comic
that there seems most foundation for the
theory of Hobbes, "that the passion of laugh
ter is nothing else but sudden glory arising
irom some sudden conception oi some emi
nency in ourselves by comparison with the
infirmity of others; or with our own formerly:
lor men laugh at the lollies of themselves past
where they come suddenly to remembrance,
except they bring with thorn any present dis
honor." We always thought that of the in
numerable Londoners w ho laughed at "Lord
Dundreary," a large proportion did so with
increased heartiness from the comfortable
conviction that hero was at least one "fellow"
to whom they were intellectually superior.
lint there is another and better way in
which fools and simpletons become a source of
amusement, and that is by the unexpected
displays which they sometimes make of wit,
spirits, or ingenuity lor which one gave them
no credit, and, in particular, by their success
ful retorts upon assailants who had looked
upon them as an easy prey. This latent and
fitful power of turning round upon a too confi
dent adversary was a weu-Known character
istic and essential ingredient in the character
of the court jester, who, amid the eccentrici
ties of an unsettled and Hi-regulated intellect.
was often more knave than fool. The flashes
of sense and cleverness that thus came out
were all the more striking from the general
darkness ana dullness wnicu mey ennvenea,
and they always command that sympathy
which we bo readily bestow upon the weak,
when they get the better of the strong or
insolent.
Some of the savings or answers asoribed to
fools are very good. We think it was Will
Somers, Henry the Eighth's jester, who said of
voiney, against whom he haa a gruage, that
if he was made Pope it would be a great boon;
"ior mat mer. the first rope, being a nsuer
man, liad ordered people to eat fish in Lent for
the good of the trade, but that Wolsey, being
abutcher's son, wouldbe all for butcher meat."
We know well the revenge that poor Archie
Armstrong took upon Archbishop Laud, who
had forbidden him to speak of such magnates,
but could not prevent him from Baying, as his
grace before meat, "Great praise to God, and
little Laud to the devil." It is reported of
more than one court fool, and among others of
Tribouiet, tne iooi or Francis I, that when
told by his sovereign that if a certain courtier
beat him to death, as he threatened, ha would
Jiang him the hour after, his request was that
his Majesty would rather do so the hour before.
The earliest French fool on record seems to
have been one named Jean, at the court of
Charles the Simple, of whom Dr. Dorau tells
us some anecdotes. "This good fellow's in
fluence was so great, that Charles once re
maikedto him he thought they had better
change places. As Jean did not look well
pleased at the proposal. Charles asked him if
he were not content at the idea of being a king.
'Oh, content enough,' was the reply, 'but I
should be exceedingly ashamed at having such
a tool.' It was this fool that once tried his
master's nerves by rushing into his room one
morning, with the exclama'.ion, 'Oh, sire, such
news I lour thousand men have risen in the
city. 'What!' cried the startled king, 'with
what intention have they risen V 'Well,' said
Jean, placing his linger on his nose, 'probably
with the intention of lying down again at bed
time.' "
One of the best examples of this kind of un
looked-for sagacity occurs in the story in
Rabelais, where a cook, seeking to charge a
porter for eating a crust of bread to the ac
companiment of the savor that came from his
kitchen, the dispute is referred to a poor fool
who is passing, and who, after gravely hear
ing the parties, decided that the cook shall be
paid for the smell of his shop with the chink of
the porter's money.
Scene In Trnlj- Ilural Retreat.
Dramatis Persona: Gentleman from Ne.io
York and Local Inhabitant. Scene Piazza of
the Mountain House, lime 11 A. J.1
Local Inhabitant, advancing Fine day, sir.
New York Gent Very.
L. J. Beautiful prospect from here.
N. I'. (.Charming.
I. I. Look this way I There ! Isn't that
fine view over the river f
A'. Y. G. Magnificent 1
L. 1. Twenty-five cents, if you please, for
the view. Quarter paid in a moment of stupe
faction.
L. 1. fhank you, eir. Perhaps you would
like to see the falls f
N. Y. G.l think I should.
L. 1. Step down this way. f The. charac
ters move down the road. There you are, sir.
A. 1 . U. is that the falls 1
L. .Them's them.
N. Y. G. Where is the water ?
L. 1, Water ? Would you like to have
the water turned on ? Certainly 1 The water
makes a very fine effect. One dollar, if you
please, to have the water let on.
Jy. 1. u. vorks over the stamps and awaits
the dampening of the cataract, I say, sir, what
is that cannon planted there for ?
L. 1. lhat cannon over yonder! Why,
that is fired sometimes to start the repeating
echoes among the mountains. Would you
like to have it fired ? Only one dollar a pop.
f Visitor invests one hundred dollars, and the bom
bardment begins.
Lxexint crimes. Lurtain falls.
The Oldest Relic of Humanity.
The oldest remnant of mortality extant i3
the skeleton ot one of the earlier Pharaohs, in
cased in its original burial robes, and wonder
fully perfect, considering its age, which was
deposited about eighteen or twenty months
ago in the British Museum, and is justly con
sidered the most valuable of its archaeological
treasures, ihe lid ot the comn which con
tained the royal mummy was inscribed with
the name of its occupant, Pharaoh Mykerimus,
who succeeded the heir of the builder of the
great pyramid about two centuries before
Christ. Only think of it, the monarch whose
crumbling bones and leathery integuments are
now exciting the wonder of numerous gazers
in London reigned in Egypt before Abraham
was born, and only about two centuries or bo
after Misraim, the grandson of old father Noah
and the first of the Pharaohs, had been
gathered to his fathers.
A smash-up on the Chicago, Burlington,
and Quincy Railroad, a few days since, which
cost the Company $30,000, was caused by a
drunken engineer.
Senator Ferry talks about "Eyetalyun"
liberty.
PROPOSALS.
ENGINEER OFFICE HAKUOll DEEEMSK-,
No. 66 SECOND Btreet, U'lilid Biory, HAL-
A 1 MOKE, MU.
Healed Proposal, in duplicate, will be received
at this otllce unul 12 M. of FRIDAY, the "Hi
day or AUGUST, 1807, for the Timber aud Em-
nurig requneu ior tne coiiBirucuuu ui mri-e id;
Cribs In the Susquehanna river, below Havre-de-Gruce,
Md.
Proposals must be separate for Timber and
Framing, and In duplicate for each
rropoBuis ior iimuer" win emorace ru me
timber, beat) Miner, and piles required.
Proposals ior "Framing" will embrace driving
the piles, naming and putting touetlier lu place
the timber or Cribs, including all boltlnsr. hpI
kiDg, and bracing required to complete the
BtruclureB.
For particulars as to payments, time or De
glnnlnK, and completion of work, etc., apply at
this Oilice, where plans aud specifications can
be teen.
Contractors furnlnhing"Timber" areexpected
to hold it without expense to the United States
until required ior use by the engineer iu tumno
of i he work.
No bids will be considered except sucn as
are made after forms to be obtained from this
Ofllce by letter or personal application.
BiclHWill be opened at 12 P. M.on FRIDAY,
the inn day of August, 18u7, in presence of such
uiuueis as may ueMre to be present.
The right Is reserved to reject all or any of the
bids lor any cause deemed bufllcient by the un
dersigned. W JLiIjI AM l . UKAmniLOJ,
Bvt. Et.-(Jol., Major of Engineers,
7 27 Gt Post Olhce liox 341, lJaltliuore, Aid.
pROIOSALS FOR. CAVALRY HORSES.
DEPUTY O.UARTEKMA8TER-GEN.'S UFFICK, I
IUltimouk, Md., July 25. 1H07. J
sealed Prnnnuniii oru inrii.i nml will be re
ceived at this oilice. until MONDAY, at 13
o'clock M.. Auaust 6. 167. for the delivery, la
the city of UalUmore. nf twntv (20) uavairy
torses.
The Horses will be Hiihleete.l to careful in
spection befoie being accepted. They must
ue sounu in an respects, well brouen, iu iuu
flesh and good condition, from fifteen to six
teen hands high, from five to nine years old,
wen adapted in every way for cavalry pui
noses.
'lneaDiniy or tne Didder to fuini nis n"""
ment must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons, which guarantee must accompany the
propositi.
The HorBes must be delivered within fifteen
(15) days from the dale of acceptance or any
iirfiTinuui
The Government reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
Payment to be made on completion oi con
trnet
Bids will be endorsed Proposals for Cavalry
Horses," and addtessed to the undersigned,
i!lu more, Aid,
j if . U'i'i'w a k r v a ni viJiui
Deputy Quartermaster-General U. S. A.
Government
1 PROPERTYAT PRIVATE SAIE
LtouKiraco.
wi. WAUOH COVEBS. BA, ET
it von vrtiit an ft.tM iivnin. vrv nlitp. let om
awning mukttre take ilie mewure, and mk ill .from
lot Of IMA himnlLiil l.nu luilv nurCIIIMoa Df IU.
iny olwulch are entirely uw, end ol the beet li
ounce diu-k. Also, Uoveruiueui HaddlMi end lUtrneM
VI mil KUMil, VU'-. fll till CK rn'.t
tm JNoe.M7Bd NtNorUt JUtOKT BtreeU
DRY GOODS.
IVL A R K t rr
A.NI3
LABI EM BATIIINU ROIIKN,
Of good qnallty. at the low price of vt 0.
CLOAK BOOM.
Water-proof Clonk for tourists.
l.lnen Mritip, (Shawls. Ha. tor tonrlnbi.
j 0(J bhetlaad Bbuwls, another good lot,
BOTH' CLOTHING BOOM.
Bnromer Jackets reduced from tVM to 12'Oa
l.lnen Gnrlbalals, a Rood a-ortment.
Boys' Clothing generally reduced In price.
WHITE rittUE.
Kxtra Qualities White Ccrd'd, at (100 and l-12.
Him d Miow White 1'iiine. ai "S cents.
Hue Mock White (ioods, fa tikis,, Hosiery, etc
BLACK NILKS.
A compMe stock, from trio to 8'00 per yard.
ItlHrk A lpacus from 40 to is cents.
BlHck UioKHy Muhulr AIohcui. 79 cents to (l'SO.
i.ihck Wool Delaines, extra cheap,
Ml'SLIXS
Of every width and onnlltv. low aown orlppn.
Milrtlukh and bheeiinifa. wholeaule urines bv the
in tee.
DO.-lF.Mlt' CIO DM.
TlcklrfrH from cents tip to flDest made.
Klanneis, Good White I). .met, Kl cents,
Fianuels, Grey twilled extra, for S7X cents.
FlnnnelK, the rlvht kinds for nuns, etc
Brown liuck uud other Towellings. (1 2 Stuth4p
229 FAF..ES & WARNER. 229
NORTH NINTH STIiKKT,
ABOVW BACE,
Have Just received
Large lot of Hamburg Edgings and Inserting!).
Fine Lace IldkTs , from auction, bargain, '
Flue quality Bhlrred Musllus, flu, 75, nfic, fl aud f 1 IB,
Flaid Nainsook iluBllns, 26, til, 87i, 45, 50, and 60c,
Soft Finish Jaconets and Cambrics.
MalDSOok Muslins. Bwlss Mulls, etc. etc.
White Piques, 60c.
Bhlrtlng Linens, 60, 66, 60, 65, 75, 85 cents, etc
Linen Shirt Fronts, 80, 87.', 45, 50, 62X cents.
Ladles' and Gents' Linen Hdkls., cheap.
Gents' Bummer Undershirts, 75c.
Linen Fans below Importers' prices.
Table Linens, 40, 50, 65, and 75 cents.
Linen Napkins, Towels Doylies, etc.
Linen Drills for Pants, 37i, 45, and 50c.
Plain Linens, 25 cents.
Fine quality JBley Linens, 37, 40, 45, aud 50 cents
DOMESTICS DOMESTICS I
Bleached Muslins, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20c., etc
Pillow Case and Sheeting Muslins.
Unbleached Muslins, 12X, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20c etc.
Cotton and Wool Bbaker Flannel, 26 cents.
Comet FlannelB, 25, 81, and 87J cents.
Grey Twilled Flannel for Bathing Robes.
Black and White Balmorals, l.
Beat Hoop Bklrt In the city, 125.
FAMES & WARNER,
HO. 9 HOBTII NINTH BTBEET,
29J ABOVE RACK.
0 O O P E R
8. E. Cor. NINTH and ARCH Streete.fi
A GENERAL REDUCTION IN PRICES.
Linens for Ladles'. Gents', and Boys' Wear. T.lnnn
Drills, White aud Colored Bosom Linens, and bhlrt
lug Linens.
Muslins, Bleached and Unbleached, 10c. per yard
and up.
w line noons id every variety ana price.
Quills in every variety.
Calicoes, lu, 12i, 16, and 18c,; best qualities.
We now have a comuiele stock ot Ladies' and npniv
Hosiery at competition prices.
Our block of bhlrt Fronts better than even everv
style and pattern, and every price; guaranteed ail
iinen, ana ariauitu 10 give saiiuiaouuu.
Cheap lot 1 able Liuens, 6-4, 45a: bargains. Bleached.
8-4, iic. per yard.
juaoaiiie foy s jorset ana bkiti supporters; every
lady should have one.
Lawns closing out at 20c. per yard.
COOPER'S.
NINTH and ARCH Streots.
6 15 Ftutb4p.
No. 1101 CHKHNUT btreel.
TO THE LADIES.
LINES CA31BKICM,
PRINTED FOR DRESfcES,
WHITE FOR BODIES.
These goods are essential for BUMMER
WEAR, and we are now selling the balance
ot our Importation at a
GREAT SACRIFICE.
E. IV1. NEEDLES & CO.,
ft'.W. Corner Eleventh m.n& Chesnut.
TWJIHinNHflHf) ion -OM
608.
REMOVAL.
60S.
E. S. JAFFRAY & CO.
Beg to Inlorm their friend and the public that they
have removed their place of business from No. 322 to
NO. 608 CHESNUT BTBEET,
UP BTAIR9.
Having greater facilities, and more room for doing
business, their stock will be considerably increased lu
the various departments.
Represented by B. BTORY. 761m
CHEAP DRY GOO IB, CA It PETS, MATTINUb,
OIL CLOTUH, AND WINDOW BHADWK Ureal
Bargains from Auction.-V. Jfi. A RCH AMBAU LT,
N. ib. corner of ELEVENTH aud MAKKi.1 emeu,
will open this morning 1000 yards extra quality dou
ble imperial White canton Matting. slUhlly stained,
will he sold at U7)-,, worth 76c; Red Check Matting, 26,
m, aim duu., xnKrain uarpeta.au wwii,
few, w uja... uii ViouiB, mm,, mini ...... -
eui, 50 to 87c;Wlndow bhadea, II Uih: Plain Shading
, fcj.r. . M'..l.l F 1 ... .1 .Kjw T'flu.l.lH. W tit 'Uu
UI MUU VM4v., i.ui. uiuviin, OAJ, IU 1 V", ' "
Flannel for Bathing Robes, 81c. Muslins, 10 to &c.;
(aliuoes, 10 to Ktc.; Law us, 2ic. Wholesale aud Retail
Biore, K. JL corner KLKVICNTU aad MAKKfcf
btreata. 1MUK
J CHAMBERS, NO. HO AKCJI STREET
. Novelties Opening Daily,
Real Cluuy Lacea.
black Uulpure Laes.
l'oinU) Applique Lares
Point de Oace Larae.
Thread Veils troiu fi0.
WHITK GOOD&
.Marseilles for Dresses Bargains.
-French Musllus, I yards wlUo, at SO cents,
Bhlrred and Tucked Lace MuhIIubi India Twilled
Long Cloth 1 Plaid, btrlpe, aud Plain Nalnaooka; soft
nuUb t aiubric, vard wide I Cambric iLUglnics and
IitartkMBew Oaalgo. vey cbeew. IlOLm
i, fi-ui,l'S7, and fl-6; Ingrain carpem. wooi """'
40,45, bo, and 2c; Three-ply Carpel, ll-ttt; Eugllna
Tapestry Brussels Carpet, tl'62 and tl'76; Hemp Car-
u ui ,a . ,111 ..,,.- i.u . ... m Hlulr IWr
JULY 30, 1867.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
rtELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY JNu
XJ RANCH COM PAN Y, Incorporated by the Legis
lature ol Pennsylvania.
Office, B, E. corner of THIRD an d WALNUT Street
MARIN k) INbUHANCKH
vessels, carKo, and freight, to all parts Ol the world.
IN IAN II I KmIIUA Kf'IVM
on goods by river, canal, lake, aud land carriage, to
all parte 01 tM union, .
f F1KK INBURANCKS
On merehandlKe general'?-
ud tores, xiweuing xiuu,omi
A88ET8 OF TUB COMPANY.
November 1, ltWtt.
UOO.OOt United Btates t Per Cent. Loan,
1H7I 114,00000
120,000 United btalee e Per Ceuk Loan,
1HK1 180000
100,000 United (-tan 7 x-10 Percent.
Ixian, Treasury Notes 11,50000
115,00 City of Philadelphia e 1'er Cent.
Loan (exempt) 126.562'bO
64,000 BtKt-e of Pennsylvania Per
Cent, LoBn (4,70000
M,000 Mate of Pennsylvania 6 Per
Cent. Loan 44,62000
60,000 Btate el New Jersey Blx Per
Cent. Iian. .... 60.75000
10,000 Pennsylvania Kallroad, 1st
Mortgage, Blx Per Cent.
bono....... ,60000
tt.OOO Pennsylvania Railroad, 2d
. w. JJortKHge, blx Per tent, liontls I4,280-00
"5,000 Western Pennsylvania Hall
road blx Per Cent. Bonds
tPeunsylvaula Railroad gua-
rantees) 10,75000
80,000 Btate 01 Tennessee Five Per
E.euu LtHa 18,0000
7,000 btate of Tennessee blx Per
Cent. I.oai 4000
15,000 800 bhiires block of Ueriima
town Gas Company (principal
and interest guarantetd by
7 lw 1 ,V'e. clly of Philadelphia) 15,00001.
Hrfbhares block of Penimvlva.
j, ,, j11 Rullroad Company..'. 8,25825
0,000 1(4 hh ires block ol North Penn
.la ?.yLVu,,ft Knllroad Company. J.OiO'OO
,vo tiinrn muck or fhllailel
Phla and bonthern Mall
ioiv 1P,e'"Miip Company 10.00000
isra.W. .Loans on Bond- and Mortgage,
1st Liens on City Property 195.900-00
tl.HS.OiiOpar. Market value.
Cost, ll,030.5WU5.
Real Kstate
Bills receivable for Insurances
made
Balance due at attendes. Pre
miums or Marine Policies,
Accrued Interest, and other
debiB due to the Company
bcrlp and (Slock nf sundry Insu
rance and other Compaules,
il:. Kstimated value
J anti in Bunk ,ll,litf-8
Cash iu Drawer.......... 447'14
1,070.28075
86,00000
27,63720
88,92390
2,93000
41.540'OU
fl,4u7,321M
"t nis oeing a new enterprise, the Par la assumed
m ,uc uiaiki. value.
Thomas c. liaud.
Bamuel E. Stokes,
villi VI xjavis,
Kdmuud A. bouder,
Theophllus Paulding,
John It. Penrose,
James Traquair,
Henry C. Iiailelt, Jr.,
J allies C. Hand,
V llliani C, Ludwlg,
Joseph U. beal,
George O. Leiper,
lliinh Craig,
John 1. Taylor,
Jacob Rlegel,
xieury diuhd,
wunam u, iiouiton,
Edward Darlington.
H, Jones Brooke,
Kdward Lalourcade.
Jacob P. Jones,
James U. McFarland,
Joshua P. i-yre.
apeucer oicilvaine,
J. B. bemple, Pittsburg,
A. H. Berer. "
U. 1. Mortn, "
Ueorce W. Bernardou.
1 IHl.HAB
u. UAJNU, rreHiueni.
JOHN C. DAV1B, Vice-President.
Hfnkt Lvi.bi-bn, Secretary. 18
1829-CUARTER PERPETUAL.
Franklin Fire Insurance Co.
OF PHILADELPHIA,
OFFICE!
KOS. 439 AND 487 CU1SMI7T BTBEET.
AfcKETM ON JANCABT 1, 1167,
Capital .
40u,(moot
l,2oa,482'15
INCOME FOR 1888,
6X,000,
Accrued Surplus
frenulums...,.
UNSETTLED CLAIMS,
627,48118
IMhttEH PAID SINCE 1880 OVB
95.500.VU0.
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Termi
DIRECTORS.
Cnarles N, Bancker
tioorge Kales,
Alf red Filler,
1-rancis W. Lewis, m. D.
Peter McCall,
T homas bparks.
Tobias W aguer,
bamuel CI runt
Oeorge W. Richards
Isaac
CHARLES N. BANCKER. President.
OEORUE FALEb, Vice-President,
J. W. McALLlbTER. becretary pro tern. 81 tl231
"JAKE A LIFE POLICY
IN THE
BROOKLYN
LITE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK.
OFFICE:
i. I . Ccr. KiiYfcKTll ana WIESWf.
E. B. COLTON,
CiENEKAl. AUENT,
I28
PLOVIDIAT Lit E AND IftUbT COMPAJSJ1
OF PHILADELPHIA,
Ho. Hi buuih i'UUiVl 11 btreet,
TK COR OKA '1 ED SU MUMU iM, 1S65.
CAPP1AL, BiiiO.UUu, PAID lis.
Insurance on Lives, by Yearly Premiums; or by S
10 or lit) j ear Premiums, bou-iurieiluiu. '
Auuuilies granted on luvorahie terms,
lei 111 Policies, Children's EuuuwmeuUj,
'Ibis Compauy.Hhlle giving the insured the security
ol a paid-up Capital, will divide the eutlra prontsot
the Due buslueMt among Its policy holders.
Moneys received at luteresl, and oaid on demand.
Authorized by charier to execute t rusts, aud to act
as Executor or Aumluistraior, Assitiuee orUuardlan,
aud in oiber fiduciary capacities, uuder appointment
ol any Court ot this Commonwealth, or any person or
persous, or bodies politic or corporate.
X1 a UCTOKH.
BAMUEL R. SHIPLEY, .HENRY HAINES,
JObhUA H. MOKKlb, T. WlbTAK KKOVVN.
RICH aKD W OOD, W. C. Lota''KE't'H,
RICHARD CADU CRT, W 1LLIA M HACEER,
CHARLES P. CO FIN.
BAMUEL B. SHIPLEY, ROWLAJSD PARRY,
Preeulent. Actuary.
VM, C, LOKOSTRE'l U, Vice President.
1 HUM AO WlbTAK.M.D,, J. B. TOWNSEND,
J i-7 Medical Examiner. Legal Adviser.
TTIRE INbUBANCE EXCLCSIVELY. THE
Jj PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE COM
PANY Incorporated IH16 Charter Perpetual No.
610 WALNUT Street, 0 pouile ludepeudeuce Square.
This Company, lavorahly kuowu to tne oouimuully
lor over tony years, continues to Insure agaluai, loss
or damage by fire on Publlo or Private Buildings,
either permanently or for a limited time. Also, on
Furullure, blocks of OooUs, and Merchandise gene
rally, on liberal terms.
their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund,
is Invested lu the most carelul manner, which enables
them to otli r to the insured an undoubted security lu
the cane of loss.
DIBECTOBB
Daniel Smith, Jr..
John Deverenx,
Thoiuas biuilU,
Henry Lewis,
J. Uilllnabaui Fell.
Alexander Benton,
Isaac Harlehurst,
'ilioiua Hobbius,
lauiei Haddock, Jr.
DANIEL SMITH, J a., President.
Witxiait Q. Cbowkix, Secretary. iuuj
PHCEN1X INSURANCE COMPANY OF
PHILADELPHIA.
INCORPORATED 1B04-CHARTER PERPETUAL.
No. WALNUT Street, opposite the Exchange.
In addition to MARINE aud INLAND INSUR
ANCE, tins Company Insures lrom loss or damage by
i IRE tor liberal terms on bulidings, merchandise,
furniture, etc , lor limited periods, aud permanently
on buildings, by de- osli of premium.
1 be Company has been In active operation for mora
than SIXTY YEARS, durlug wbicu all losses Lava
been promptly adjusted anil paid.
lobn L. Hodge.
Lawrence Lewis, Jr.
M. is. Mabouy,
John T. Lewis,
William S. Orant,
Robert, W. Learning,
I). Clark W barton,
Aaviu jjewiB,
Benjamin Eltlng,
Thoiuas H, Powen.
A. R. Mclieiiry,
Edmund Castllloil,
baiuuel Wilcox,
ljuuiB . rt urns.
OHN WUU1EKER, PruSkUuL
becretary,
Bam-; xx WjL
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF
NORTH AMERICA.
OFFICE, Ko. Haa WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA
INCORPORATED 1794. CHARTER PERPETUAL,
CAPITAL,, 500,000.
AKNETS. JANCABT 8, 1S67, l,7es,a7U
INBVBf'H MARINE, INLAND THNgpo
TAT ION AM
9 m s S-..EI nt.nt,
dibecxob".
ArthnrO. Coffin.
Ueorce L. ITaiTlsnn.
bamuel W, Jones,
John A. Brown,
Charles Taylor,
Ambrose White,
Richard D. Wood,
William Welsh,
S. Morris Wain,
Francis R. Coe,
Edward IL Trotter.
Edwards. Clarke,
William CHimmlngs,
T. Charlton Henry
Alfred D. Jessup,
John P. White,
John mason,
Jjoiiia u. Madeira,
ARTHUR O. COFFLN. PresldanL
Chablwi Pxatt. secretary.
wii i.iaM BUEULKK. Ifarrlnbnrc. Pa.. Oentra
Agent lor the btate of Pennsylvania. IW
Q.IRARD FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
(No. 630)
N. E. COK. CIIESKUT AND SEYENTH BT8.
PH1LA IIFI.PB TA.
CAPITAL. AKD StUI'Llk UTLlt 3OO,004)
INt UItlK IOB 1M6. iioa,a4.
Losses Paid and Accrued In lbta.
947,000
Of which amount not tioo remain unpaid a this date
Ihii.tHO Ooo 01 property has been successuilly insured
by this Company lu thirteen years, and Eight Hun.
ared Losses by Fire promptly paid.
DIRECTORS.
IhoniasCTaveu
Silas Yerkea, Jr.,
Alired b. Uillelt,
N. S Lawrence,
Charles I. Dupont,
Henry F. Keunev.
Furman Sheppard
Thomas MacEellar,
John bin plee,
jonn w, laghorn
aosepn r lajip, ji. 11.
. , THOMAS t RAVEN, President
A. B. GILLETT, Vlre-Prealdenu
A'2!jl JAM Es B. ALVORD, Becretar-
ENGINES. MACHINERY, ETC.
ts PENN STEAM ENGINE AND
I BOILER WORES.-NKAF1K A LEVY
11CAL AND THEORETICAL ENUiNk wuV
ft-1
PKAC
MACHINlb'lS, BOILER - MAKERS- BLACIfl
SMITHS, and FOUNDERS, having lor manyTeare
been In successful operation, and been exeiuaivelD
engaged in building aud repairing Marine aud River
Engines, high and low-pressure, Iron Rollers, Watei
Tanks, Propellers, etc. etc, respectfully oiler their
services to the public aa being fully prepared to con
tract for engluea of all sizes, Marine, River, and
Stationary; Caving sets of patterns of alltereut slses.
are prepared to execute orders with quick despatch.
Every description of pattern-making made at the
shortest, notice. High and Low-pressure Fine,
Tubular, and Cylinder Boilers, of the best Penusyl.
vania charcoal iron. Forgiugs of all sizes and kinds
Iron and Brass Castings of all descriptions; Rolf
Turning, Screw Cutting, and all other work connected:
Willi the above business.
Drawings and specifications fur all work dona
at the establishment free of charge, and work guar. I
an teed. j
The subscribers have ample wharf-dock room ft
repairs of boats, where they can lie in perfect safety
and aie provided with shears, blocks, talis, etc, eta.
for raising heavy or light welguia.
JACOB O. NEAFIE.
JOHN P. I.ltvv.
6211
BEACH and PALMER Streets,
J. VAUUUAH MKKalOK, WILLXtJt H. MXSXua
JOHN K. OOPH,
SOUTHWARK FOUNDRY', FIFTH AM
WASB-LNOTON Streets,
Philaiikxphia.
MERRICK fc SONS.
ENGINEERS AND MACHINlb'lS,
manufacture High and Low Pressure bteau Engine
lor Laud, River, aud Marine Service,
Boilers, Uasomelers, Tanks, Iron Boats, eto.
Castings of all kinds, either iron or brass.
Iron Frame Roofs for Gas Works, Workshops, ant
Railroad Stations, etc
Retorts aud Gas Machinery, of the latest and most
Improved construction.
Every description ot Plantation Machinery, and
Sugar, Saw, and Grist Mills, Vacuum Pans, Open
bu-ain Trains, Defecators, Fillers, Pumping En
gines, etc.
Sole Agents for N. Bllleux's Patent Sugar Bulling
Apparatus, N'esmyth's Patent Steam Hummer, and
Aspinwall fc Woolsey's Patent Ceutrliugal Sugar
Draining Machine. 6ao
BR1DESBURU MACHINE WORKS
OFFICE, O
No. 6S N. FRONT STREET,
PHIIkOKl.PHIA.
We are prepared to fill orders to any extent for our
well-known
MACHINERY FOB COTTON AND WOOLLS3
MILLS,
Including all recent Improvements In Carding, Spin
ning, end Weaving.
W e Invite the attention of manufacturers to oar ex
tensive worits,
1 ALFRED JKNKH A BON
LUMbhh.
i RAT SKLECT WHITE PINE BOARDS
-LOU I AND PLANK.
4-4, 6-4, 6-4, 2, 'in, 8, and 4 Inch
CHOICE PANEL AND 1st COMMON, 16 feet long.
4-4, 6-4, 6-4, 2. 2,'i, 8, aud 4 Inch
WHITE PINE, PANEL PATTERN PLANK.
LARUE AND bUPbRlOR SfOCK ON HAND,
1Wrtr7-BUILulN Gl BUILDING
J.OD I BUILDING I
LUMBER I LUMBER! LUMBER!
4-4 CAROLINA FLOORING.
6-4 CAROLINA FLOORING,
4-4 DELAWAKh. FLOORING,
6-4 DELAWARE LOOKING,
WHITE PINE FLOORING.
ASH FLOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
SPRUCE FLOORING.
STEP BOARDS.
RAIL PLANK.
PLASTERING LATH.
18b7
CEDAR AJJD CYPRESS
, SHINGLES.
1.HMI i:i mar aiirvnr-Ni
SHORT CEDAR SHIN ULEdL
COOPER bHINULKS.
FINE ASSORTMENT POR SALE LOW.
NO. 1 CEDAR LOGS AND POSTS,
1867
LUMBER FOR UNDERTAKERS!
RED CEDAR, WALNUT. AND PINE.
lb67
ALBANY LUMBtROF ALL KIXD9
ALliAN Y LUM HER OK ALL KINDS,
DRY POPLAR. CUERiiY, AND ASa.
OAK PLANK AND BOARDS.
MAHOGANY,
ROPEWOOD. AND WALNUT VENEERSt
-I UaT7 -CIGAR-BOX
M a N 11 p a rrrni pvh.
XUU I . Ciu
lAR-ttllV M 1 MITI i 1 ri'itu l- u
SPANIpH cedar box boards.
1 RK7 -S1JRUCE JOI8TJ SPRUCE JOISfl
IOU I . SPRUCE JOlbTt
FROM 14 TO Hi FEET LONG.
SUPERIOR NORWAY SCANTLING.
, MA ULE. BROTHER & CO.,
61 rPi No. 260u SOUTH STREET.
u
S. BUILDERS' MILL.
i AND 88 H. FIFTEENTH hTn
ESLEH & BHO., Proprietors.
ys on hand, made ot the Best Seasoned Lumber,
at low prlues, '
WOOD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, BAXUSTEEa
AND NEWELS.
Neweis, Balusters, Bracket and Wood Mouldings.
WOOD MOULDINGS. BRACKETS, BALUSTEB8.
AND NEWELS.
Walnut and Ash Hand Railing, 8, 8. and 4 Inches.
BUTTERNUT, CHESNUT, and WALNCl
MOULDINGS to order. ' tvf
J. C. PERKINS,
LUMBER MKIIOHANT.
Successor oK-niirt 1.
NO. 324 CHRISTIAN BTREET.
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOFSAFES
J C. L. MAISER.
MANCyACTCaita 0
F I U E AMD BlIUULAB-rnuor
BAFEB.
1CKMITII, ltELL-IIANUEB, AKD
UEALEUIM Ill'ILUUU UABUWABti
,6 MO. 44 BACK KTKEEX.
n A LARGE AbiORTMENT OF FIfiE
J and Burular-nmnf ha fkh nn h,ni with imlds
OOrS. LM-Mllllii.h,-.n f . . nH.
Prices low. l.liA.ls:St iHillLH,
Na ad ViNUi owesk
OUlUUe rtuivu o