THE DAILY EVfcNING TKLli(iril riilLADKLPIIIA, A; OK DAY, SLPTEMBER 23, 1807 G A HISTORICAL SKETCH. TRE TOWER AND ITS TENANTS. Beyond all question, the most interesting building in Great Dritain is the Tower of Lon don. There are other places remarkable for thN mnd that historical association for deeds of high banded oppression; toi memories of life long persecution; but uor.o of these possess a record equal in interest to that of anyone of the score of dunpconsln tht trey. taoHtcd pile, In which, our kiners have lived, and our nobles liave perished for so many hundred year. Kach one of its many towers La a long coupler of our bistory, lull of violence nnd blood, and yet not without some noble incidents also; eiicu stone nailed chambe r is a pae.c out of human life mote romantic than novelist would dare to paint. What scenes have those walls witnessed 1 Wliul Croatia have they beard I A royal pulace; a state prlron; a plaughter-houFP, where the noble and bae have perished by the indiscriminate xe; a burial place of murdered queens! An l jet how little we know about tais wondrous spot that lies at the very door of bo ninny of us. Who visits it save humble cuuntry-tolk, who "do" it and the Thames Tunnel in the same afternoon. How few of us since our boyhood, when we visited with some benevolent uuole, who "gave himself up" to us for the dny. an. I oil (red us the choice of the Tower or Madame Tusfaud's the very extremities of Bclf-sncritlcte, Ms he considered them have ever c:ired to venture to fur eastward as Tower Hill I A cheerful nod, as we have passed it on o.ir way down tl.e river, in the whitebait season, and the renmrK, 'That is Traitor.' Cate." is all the attention we Londoners of the better class HS we eonsider ourselves are accustomed to pay to the Tower of London. II it cost half a guinea apiece to see the place, pcrhap. we thut are ot the Upper Ten Thousand should go; but to be mixed up with a crowd of people at six pence a head, and lectured by a professor of history in tbe shape of a bee fcater, exactly as If we were at a waxwork, is what we are not likely to put up with, and don't. Tho meagre, wretched guide-books of the place, too, quite carry out tbe waxwork notion, and until laufy, they have been the only accessible Bources from which topographical information the identification of locality with event could be procured. This last objection, however, has now been, removed by the publication ot "Me morials of the Tower," by Lord de Ros, its present Lieutenant-Governor, a book which all should read bet ore they visit the place, and which few, let us hope, will read without the desire of visiting it. Then every stone will have, if not a sermon in it, at least an epitaph; and if we must still run with the beefeater, we need not read by the light of his intelligence. lhe Tower, as every one knows, is situated on the Middlesex side of the Thames, a little below London Bridge, and the buildings which compose it present the appearanee ot a small fortified town of Germauy or Flanders. Its wide, deep moat, though kept dry for sanitary reasons, is capable of being flooded, and though, of course as a fortress tbe place would be easily reduced by the modern appliances of war, it is still a formidable hold. The 'Balhirm," or inner wall, is immensely thick, and varies horn thirty to forty feet in height. The only vestige ot the royal palace, finally demolished by Crom well Is the buttrefcsot an old archway adjoin ing the Salt Tower to the southeast but most ot the buildings have stuobornly resisted the attacks ot Time. That portion of tho place which 13 moat fami liar to our ears is, no doubt, the Bloody Tower, opposite the water-entrance, and so grimly as sociated with the murder of the two young princes by Richard III. As the fact of this atrocity has had some doubts lately cast upon It by some of those skeptics who busy them selves in tbls age with whitewashing the vil lains ot history, as well as with depreciating its heroes, Lord de Ros has gone into the matter at some length. The geuerally received tradi tion runs that Richard, after giving all neces sary orders for his elder nephew's coronation (there is evidence that eveu his robes were prepared), suddenly sounded Sir Robert Jirackenbury. the Lieutenant of the Tower, upon the subject of doing away with both lads. Brackenbury, who is stiid to have received this instruction while engaged in the singularly malapropos occupation of divineervice in St. John's Chapel in the White Tower, decliued the dreadful office. James Tyrrell was therefore appointed to temporarily supersede him. in his mot. This being arranged, Tyrrell employed l)ighton and forest to do the deed; and the bodies of the children were buried in the Tower, and pot a syllable said about them. There was not the slightest attempt to account for their disappearancejin any way. That every contem porary believed that the princes thus met their end seems certain, and hence tbe general dis belief in England of the authenticity of the claims of Perkln Warbeck. U was always a sequel of the tradition of the mur der, that "the priest of the Tower" bad buried the bodies in some concealed place Shake speare makes Tyrrclljcoofess to the fact "and surely it is not unreasonable to inler, ynea two- children's DQuies; corresponding in age and period 01 decay wun tue date ot tue, murder, were discovered in Charles II's time, by some workmen at the foot of a staircase, about seventy yards from the bloody Tower, that these were the bones ot tne princes, mere were two consecrated burial grounds witbiu the Tower, besides that of Barking Church on Tower Hill, close by; and what likelihood was there, under these circumstances, ottwo boys being buried in this sequestered nook, under a staircase, unless with a view to secrecy and concealment? Charles II, a by no means credulous prince, had certainly so doubt of the matter, since he weut to the trouble and expense of having the remains re moved, with all due respect, to the vaults of Westminister. By his ordeis, as it is said, a mulberry tree was also planted upon the spat where the bones were found; and so late as ibbi, a warder of tbe Tower was alive who re membered seeing the stump Mill imbedded in the landing of the stairs. The extraordinary rewards paid to the asasoins for value received (but not acknowledged) must also bo taken into account. Tyrrell was made Governor ot Guinea, near Calais, and further received three rich stewardships from Richard In the marches of Wales. Dighton was made bailiff of Ajton, with a pension. Forest's widow bad a pension given her on his death, shortly after the murder; aud "ample general pardons were granted them, whatever villainies might be laid to their charge, all under the royal hand and seal, not naming what otl'ense, dui covering any and all." buiely qui excuse ' accuse is a remark that applies here. Accord ing 10 Miss Strickland, Indeed, Xvrrell actually LuuietHca to tne murder, and Ditrhton also, the iuer Wltn the addition, that. "Hip nl.l nrlmt. baff buried the bodies tirst under the Wakefield lower, and a second lime in some place of wmcn ne had no knowledge." That the Bloody Tower was the local its nf nl.l H'cicnoil to this crime, is certain; tor in a comnlimea- imij "co wuu wnica tun autho rities of the Tower received him upon his first viait thereto, express mention is made of it as such. Indeed, it seems probable from the nature of tho case, siuce the chamber credited with the wicked deed cloudy adjoined the Covernoi's house, where so many prisoners of rank were confined, wheu teeunty, rather than severity of impiloonment, was the object in view. With the exception of this stain, however, the Bloody Tower has by no means so bad a reputa tion as others of its brethren; such as the lieaucbamp Tower, where many a brave niua and gentle lady dragged out. years of misery, from which they were only freed by the axe's edge; or the White Tower, In th vaults of which fctill exist "tee Little Ease" and "Cold Harbor" very significant chamber-titles aud iu whose turret Matilda the Fair is taid to have been portioned bvlbe command of King John, whom ehe refused to receive as her wooer, tihe is said to have been slain by means of a poi soned egg (which seems, for the Tower, to have beeu quite a humane attention), and out of that eeg, acuo;ding to one historian, was batched the Bntih Constitution, her murder, ''completing tbe exasperation ot the English baron-, who Hew to arm for the purpose of avrreiiur the honor of the most 1J,',n suiplied smung tin ir class, Lord Fltzwalter, hrr lather. . Tbe Wakefield Tower (adjoining lhe Bloody Tower) is, ly comuarisoo with the prc cedinsr. quite an innocent place o( rest dmce. If Inrge hall, however, has the rcputiiiiou of being the spot whero Iienty VI wn murdered bv Richard (then Duke ot Gloucester), aid eortninly in the vault be neath it slitv or seventy of the Scotch prisoners, In 1746, wire coutiiied, with so Utile attention 1o iri't-h air and fort. that more than hall of them perished. The Tower, indeed, scorns to have been a t-tioiigbold of abuses, as well as to hove cnjojeil u oad reputation in respect to murders and the Use, tor the constables ap pointed from time to tune only considered how mouev could be screwed out of those over whom they were set. I'hey sold the wtnderships, allowed public houses lo be built all .jvor tue place, and tilled cvt ry corner with paying tenants. No prisoner was too low or too high Dut that they put their screw on even if the thumbscrew was omittod in the treatment prescribed. When the Princess Kliznbeth was in custody hero, the constable, Kir John Gaee, actually took toll of the pro visions snpnlied to her, until the Lords of Coun cil forced him to admit her own servants to su perintend her commissariat. Her impusonment was suuicieutly harsh, without Kir John's pil fcrinpB. Mass was constantly obtruded upon her. For a whole month she never pa.-sed the thrcholdjof her chamber; and even when she obtained permission to t'ike the air, she was always attended by th- constable, the lieuten ant, nnd a guard. Even a little boy of 'our years old, who was wont to pay visus to ottier prisoners as well as herself, aud bring them flowers, was suspected of being a messenger between her and the unhappy Earl of Devon shire, nn inmate of the Tower from twelve years of age, "lest li tl.ould aveuae his father's wrongs" lhe reason for his committal abso lutely assieiK d end ho only enjojpd two sub sequent je- rs of liberty. The child a'orctaid was actually bribed, with promises of fiss aud apples, lo furnish pround for accusation against the Trinccss and the hurl. In reading Lord de Ros' little volume, Indeed, no one can fail to be struck not only with the injustice and cruelty ot those old times, which certain foolish persons persist in calling "good," but with the baseness and cowardice of "the authorities," from the king or queen downwards. Base aud brutal as was yueen Mary's conduct, that of Elizabeth was even viler, inasmuch as she was more causelessly vindictive. We do not know at what precise period chivalry is supposed to have been at its be?t and palmiest, but certainly modern times oiler no parallel in the way of downright mean ness to the conduct pursued by such a gallant knight, lor instance, as Henry V. We have all heard of the respect paid by that noble prince to his prisoners utter Acrincourt; but it is not so generally known that he afterwards behaved to them exactly as our Italian and Chiueec brigands oonducl themselves towards their captives. If the ransom always an ex travagantly enormous one was not very soon paid, his noble prisoners In the Tower bf gan to feel It in restrictions aud privations. The Dukes of Bourbon and Boucicsult died there, since their urgent appeals could not extract from the tenants of their exhausted lands the requisite sum set upon their release; aud Charles of Orleans languished in those alien walls for a quarter of a century. With whatever high-flown courtesy, too, women were treated as "queens of tourney," anu on great puouc occasions, in private and In prison, their Fex was no protection: the cowardice aud cruelty of tbeir jailors and of those who ruled tbeir jnilors, were beyond any thing that is heard cf now, except among the most brutalized of our peasantry, and towards some wretched luna'le half ignorant of her wrongs. Think of Askew, for instance, so late as the days of '"bluff King Hal," bullied by Bishop Bonnpr, worried even by the Lord Major about her religious opinions, next committed to Newgate, ana tnen sent to tue 'lower, to ne lacked by It he Chancellor himself, "so that her limbs were so stretched aud her joints so injured that she was never again able to walk without support !" LaMlv, she is taken lo Smithtield to be burned olive in the presence of the Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Bedford, one of whom, learning that there was some gunpowder about the 'fagots (placed by some good soul to shorten her agonies), 'became Jrightened lest any accident should happen to himself J1 Anne Bo'leyn, by a strange refinement ot cruelty, was placed as a prisoner m the fame lodging she had occupied previous to her coro nation; and when Smeton had been induced to accuse her falsely, by promise of his life being spared (in despite ot which promise they bung him), the was taken out,- and beheaded in the coi.rtjard, aud her body thrown into an arrow chest. For the execution of Lady Jane Grey whose nutogranh may be nad on the walls of the Buauchauip Tower there was, perhaps, In those turbulent times enough, uf excusej but nothing con pal. liate the bt uaviour of Kiizabeth towards Laly Catherine Grey, Jane's sister Elizabeth, a woman herself, but twenty five at the time In quebtion, and who knew from experience the bitterness ot captivity. For the crime (?) of niorrying Lord Ilertfor.i, tbls young lady, with her husband, was Committed to the Tower; by no means, however, in his company ; she bore her first child in solitude, and heard it pro nounced illegitimate, and her marriage to be null aud void. "Tula monstrous decision was not, ot course, likely to aflect tho scntlmcnls ot the purlics concerned. Alter a time, by persua sion or corruption of their keepers, the doors of tbeir prison were no longer secured against each other, and the birth ot a second child rekindled the auger of Elizabeth." A double hue was im posed upon Lord Herttord, and they never met again, notwithstanding petitions to her Majesty, setting loith "how timueet it was that this 'young coup.e should thus wax old In pnion." This heartless queen stems to have been bejond the reach ol nature, and the contempla tion of the domestic love denied to herself appears to have excilcd In her a virulent hate of its possesf-or. SUu refused to the Earl of Arundel, captive until death in the Beauchamp Tower, lor lhe crime of beiug a Roman Catho lic, pei mission to tee his newly married wife, or eveu to be allowed the eight of his infant son, born since his imprisonnieuti She o tiered to release him altogether upon one condition and in Ibis she was baser than in her cruelty that he should chanuo liis faith. The Lady Arabella Muartwns another involun tary t'.nant of the Tower, whose only taulis were her royal birth, and having wedded the man she loved. Her cousin, King James, for cibly separatud.the lmppy pair, aud they formed a plan to cseape to IVauec, and there be re united. In this they committed a crime. The hutrand succeeded m his design, but Arabella fulled, and was commiited to the Tower, where, atier eon;e years she died, ss well she might, disirwcted with her miseries. This dauehter of a line of kines but iur too much out of the direct succession to create reasonable alarm was buried bv nitrht. and without any cere mony, in Westtiiins'.er Abbey, "because, to have a great funeral lor cue dying out ot the kiiiVs. lavor, would have reflected upou the king's honor." The iiiug's honor, of whom his own son i-aid, that 'he was tho only mnn who would have thut up such a bird as Ruleisrh iuacage;" nud Mich a ca.'el A cell iu the White Tjwt, now sl.owii to every visitor, was the limit allowed lo the greatest nnvleator of the globe (or eig i; long years. The srory of his subsequent n lease, expedition, aud leeal lnnnkr peibcps the i iost audacious ever com mitted under i lie shield of law is well known; but not so wc II Jan:;-' aiiKwer lo Lady Raleigh, when she coniplidm d t j him that hq had given her hutbimd's estu'u away (on pretense of a flaw in the title-deed ) lo hia favorite Robert Carr, and besought him not thus to make their child a beggar, lie received her harshly, aud merely repeated: "I niauu have the laud I maun have it tor Carr." The only tenant of the Tower who seems to have been ubleiomo.e the heart of king or queen iu his lavor. was one of the greatest scoundrels it ever contained, namely, Colonel Blood, who stole the Regalia. Nobody knows whv C harles 11 paid ued Mm. nr mther re- kaecd both lutn and his accomplice without trinl. The enterprising Colonel even becsTn i a hanger on upon the court nt Whitehall, where he does not seem to hav been held a treRter f oerue than the rest, for he had eventually a pen sion given to him. as well as some conlisented land in If eland. Edwards, on tbe other baud, the keeper ot the jewels, who bud almost lost hisliie In their defense, died unrecompensed. FTom the Conqueror's time, indeed, until that of .lames II, the annuls ot the tenan!8 of tho Tower lorin one long history of Injustice. Tbe S'ngle glenm of sunshine that strides through these d:trk records is the narrative of the eripe of Lord Nuh.-O'ile from the governor's houe iu rebruir.v, 1716, the evening before the day in w hich he had been doomed to die, nnditl cxceedimily well told by our author. The devote! resolution of hW countess. tovercom uir the nDoretieu"i)ns of the timid, and stiiring the phlegmatic Into action; her admirable address at tne mo ment ol b. r hupband's flicht! her presence of mind when he had got clear off, in imitating her lord's votce, that his guards might imagine tuat he was still within his chamber; and. finally, hrr return to Hcotlaud. at the foifeitof her life, to fetch the buried family title-deeds, lor her child's stike, make up a fpiritcd r ot trait of a noble woman. We have not spoken of tbe Tower as a for tress, though more than one king and queen were bc-'u ged within its massive walls; Richard II twice, who, on the latter occasion, bad the mortification, after parley with the rebel leader in the ccuneil room, of being compelled lo sur render hl old Irirnd and tutor, Simou Burley, to the vtimcauce ot his enemies. It wai from the Tow'er stairs, ten years belore, that Richard tuok bom, aud addresed his angry people wun vain words of peace; and from its gate that he rode iorth to meet Wat Tyler. No sooner bad ho passed 1he drawbridge than the mob rushed in, and, besides treating his mother, widow ot the Black Prince, with great brutality, tore the Archb shop of Canterbury, and others, from the very altar of St. Peter, and beheaded them in the courtyard, so often tho scene of scarcely less lawless executions. St. Peter's Chapel is, in one sense, the chief focus ol interest among ull the Tower buildimrs; tor, in whatever portion or the place the pri soners languished, they were most of them laid there at last, generally Fhorter by a head thau when In life. Gerald, ninth Earl of Ktldare, Lord Deputy of Ireland, Is one of the few who is interred there imdecapitated he only died of a broken heart, upon hear ing that his son. Lord Thomas Fitzgerald (commonly called Milken Xhoina), bad in herited the family disease of rebellion, and declared war against the king, Henry VII. His foreboding was a just one, lor Thomas soon came to be a prisoner like himself in tho Beau champ Tower and was banged, one fine morn ing, with no less than five of his uncles, upon Ty burn Tree. The father of this old Lord Kil dare was a chronic rebel: he could not possibly help having a band In whatever risms hap pencd to be takine place; and yet he kept his head on his phoulders to the last, and, simply became he was such an uvparalleled scoundrel, received the highest honors. When accused beloie the king in couucil of burning the Cathe dral of Cash!, he admitted the suit impeach ment, but defended himself upon tbe ground "that he was positively assured that the arch bishop was inside, of ir." This reply was cou' sidered a very excellent one; aud, "since it seemed all Ireland could not govern this earl," Henry f aid, "this earl shall govern all Ireland; and accordingly mnae him its Icid lieutenant. Besides the great historical characters who have been involuntary tenants ot the Tower. there have been a tew others who have had tem porary lodgment there previous to execution; among these, notably, Lord Stourton, whose determined murder of the Hartgills, father and son, torms averycunous cnaptcr in tnisnis tory. lie was tbe first peer who ever "took siik" claimed the privilege of being bung with a rope of that matenal, and he richlv deserved it. Our author takes occa- ston to remark that this was not altogether an empty distinction, since such rope being stionger than vulgar hempen cord, is slenderer. slms more easily upon the windpipe, aud so shortens matters. His Lordfihip's servants were ot course supplied wltn the usual article, and subsequently "hung in chains" an expression, by the by, which or ly meant that after bang ing In the ordinary way, "u stout canvass drtss, well saturated with tar, was put upon the body, aud Ihen a light frame of hoop-iron fitted to the frbnie, with the object or causing the re- mams to hang together as long as possioie. At the top of this framework was an Iron loop wbicn went over tne Bean, ana to tnt3 was se cured the chain by which the corpse was finally suspended to a lotty gtouei maue oi on it, and studded with tenter-hooks, to prevent any one climbing up to remove tne doov. Tne fast criminals received w ithin tbe rower walls were tbe Cato street gang in 182"). Thistle wood was a tenant of the Bloody Tower; Ings and Davidson ta negro) ol St. Thomas lower Harrifon, Brunt, Tidd, Monument, and W lson, in the Bynard and Middle Towers and Hooper In tue Salt Tower. Tho 1st five were all hung; tueio was pot the sliphtest sympathy irom the spectators upon their appearance on the scad'old, but When eacu neau was cut ott aud new up, a loud aud deep groan of horror burst from all sides, which was not soon forgotten by those who heard it" so distasteful to our people has the sight of blood become, which was at ono time shed in such torrents upon that most his-' toric eminence in Britain, Tower Hill. inu re sung ns tneso memorials are, ana ad vantageous (ib must be tbe position of their author for investigating hidden matters of great moment, we do not envy Lord de Ros the habitation to which his office entitles him. In the daytime, the governor's house is doubtless comfortable enough; but at night, if one were the leaft inclined to bo nervous yet his Lordship is a soldier, and doubtless not atraio. 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SADDLERY, HARNESS, Ac. rpUE UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS OF TUE NEW t HFSMT STREET (NO. 1916), 8 ADD EERY, 1IARNENW, AND) IIORSE- ftl'RNlUINU tiOODs) IIOVME OP LACEY, MEEKER & CO., Is attributable to the following facts: They are very attentive to the want f their cus tomers. They are satisfied with a fuir business profit. They cell goods ouly on their own merits. They guarantee every strap In all harness they sell over lit), the li.ult of the purchaser ouly who does not get wbut he Is guaranteed and paid for. Their goods are 6 per cent, cheaper than can be bought elsewhere. They have cheaper aud finer goods than can be bought in the city. They have tue lrgeat and most complete stock In Philadelphia, All Harness over f25 are "hand-made." Hani tea lrom til to f&-& Oeutu' ftuddlrs trom 8 to (73. Ladles' Saddles from iu to f 123. They are the old em and largest manuitictur.TS In the country. LACEY, MEEKER & CO., 9 14 3in NO. 1S16 CHENNI'T STREET. I L L I A 11 8. GRANT COWMIHSION MEKCHANT, S3 S. DELAWARE Avenue, Philadelphia, Ko Dnpont's Gunpowder, He lined Nitre, Charcoal, Etc, W. linker A Co. Chocolate, (Jixtoa, aud Mroma. Crocket Bros. & CO.' Yellow Aieiul bheuihlng, Bulls, aud KaU. FINANCIAL. fy O T 1 C E TO T1IK IIOL.DKIIS CF Til LOANS CF THE COMMONWEALTH OP PENNSYLVANIA, Dmo Aftoi July , 1800. Holder of the following LOANS OF TILS! COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA are requested to present them for payment (Principal and Interest) at Tha Farmers' and Mechanics' HatUaal Bank of Philadelphia. Loan of March 1, 1833, due April 10, 18(13. April 6, 1834, due July 1, 1862. " April 13, 1835, due July 1, 1885. " February 0, 1BS9, due July 1, 1864. " March 16, 1839, due July 1, 1864. " June 77, 1839, due June 27, 1864. " January 23. 1840, due January 1, 1865. All of the above LOANS will cease to draw Interest after September 30, 1867. JOHN W. KABT, GOVERNOR. JOHN r. If ARTRANFT, AUDITOR-GENERAL, WILLIAM II. HEM BEE, STATE TREASURE. S 16 fmwtsSO BANKING HOUSE OF JayCooke&(p. as and 114 So. THIRD ST. PHILAP A. Sealers in all Government Seourities, OLD 6-SOa WANTED IM EXCHANGE FOR NE! A EIDER A E DIFFERENCE ALLOWED. Compound Interest Notes Wanted, INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. Collection! made. Blocks bought and sold on j Commission. Special business accommodations reserved fox adlea. r34 8m m OltTII MISSOURI RAILROAD TIRST MORTGAGE SEVEN PER CENT. BONDS. ! Raving purchased 9600,000 of the FIRST MORT GAGE COUPON BONDS OF THE NORTH MIS SOURI RAILROAD COMPANY, BEARING BEVKN i MSB CENT INTEREST, having 80 years to run.ws J are now prepared to sell the same at tbe low rate o i And the accrued Interest! rom this date, tbns paying the Investor over 8 per cent. Interest, which Is paya ble leml-annnally. This Loan Is secured by a First Mortgage upon the Company's Railroad, 171 miles already cousiruoted and in runnlug erder, and 62 miles additional to ba w .v I"" "n. vv. v ......i c A V M. WUU1 UK irUUl the city ol bt. Louis into Northern and Central Mis souri. lull particulars will be given on application to either of the underslgted. .uwuiib w E. W. CLARK CO. JAY COUUE A CO, DBEXEIi A CO. P. B. Parties holding other securities, and wishing to change them lor this Loan, can do so at the market rate.. i biin "RATIONAL BANK OF THE REPUBLIC, 809 and 811 CIIESNUT BT11EET, PHILADELPHIA. CAPITAL., tttnHilHMUMNHHIIIMHiNlltNMHMItai1 I,000,0O DIRECTORS. Joseph T. Bailey, Mttiliun Utiles, lstiii). KowlMud, Jr., fciimuel A. iJinphain, jc award B. Urne, William Ervlen, Oxgood Welsh, Frederick A, Hoyt, Wm. U, Rhawn, V7M. XL RHAWN, President, XmU Cathier of tin OsiUi ol Sational Sunk JOS. P, MUMIORD Cashier, IS J LaUofU FhlladtlpMa National Bank 7 3-10s, ALL SERIES, CONVERTED INTO F1VE-TWE TI ES. BONDS DELIVERER IMMEDIATELT, DE HAVEN & BROTHER" ICtrp M, S. THIRD STREET FINANCIAL. y. C. GECURITIEC A SPECIALTY. SMITH, RANDOLPH & GO, BANKERS AND BUOKEItS, Kf'.lt THIRD T;MO, WAJSSAU Xh rHILASXUHIA. I grew TORS Orders for Stocks and Gold executed in Phila delphia and Nev York. 1 IS FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOFSAFES $94,500 SAVti) FKU.U i:h:(;i,ai:s IS ONE OF Tfi A R V I N O 0 A F E 8. See iV'tto York Papirs (filth September. The Burglars wete at work daring last Saturday Might, and till 3 P. M. Sunday, and failed to secure a dollar. MARVIN'S PATENT FIRE AM) BIKGLAIS SAFES, ALTJM ATJD DRY PLASTER Are Always Dry. Never Corrode the Iron. Never lose their Tire-Proof Qualities. MARVIN & CO., 721 CHESTNUT St.(MasonicHall) AKD NO. 65 BROAD WAV, N. Y. Send forlllustrated Catalogue. 9 19 mws3m gj C. L. MAISER. MANCrACTUBKB 0 FIRE AMU RCRLAR-r ROOF SAFES. LOCK 891 ITIT, DELL-II ANGER, AND SEALER IN RUILDINO HARDWARE, 6B NO. 44 RACE STREET. A LAEGB AbSOETMENT OF FIRE and Bnrelar-nroof HA FES on hand, with Inslda doors, uweuiUK-nouse Me(, iree rrom aampuesa. Prices low. C. UANNENFORUER, 6 6 Mo. 422 VIMJS Street FURNITURE, ETC. yrILLIAFfl WITTFCLD, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN CABINET FURNITURE, NOS.64, 66 ANI 68 NOBTU SECOND ST., Below Arch, West Side, Philadelphia, Calls attention to his extensive assortment oi FIRST CLASS FURNITURE, comprising; SOLID ROSEWOOD, SOLID WALNUT, PARLOR SUITS OF PLUSH, TERRY. REPS, AND HAIR CLOTH, ELEGANT CHAMBER AND COTTAGE SUITS BEST DINING ROOM AND KITCHEN FURNITURE, ALSO. . WRITING DESK8, MARBLE-TOP STANDS, ETC., All oi which are manufactured by ourselves, of the best materlulB, and will be sold for cash only, at much lower rates than are offered elsewhere. N. B. Goods packed and shipped to all parts of tha country. 8l5smth8m FURNITURE! FURNITURE! SIODERN ANTI41UE! PARLOR, IIALL AND C1TA9IDER SUITS, AT REDUCED PRICES. Our facilities are such that we are enabled to offer, at very moderate prices, a large and well assorted stock of every description ol HOUSEHOLD FURNI TURE AND BEDDING. Goods packed to carry safely to aU parte oi the country. RICHMOND A FOREPAUCHT, NO. 4Q S. SECOND STREET. 9 21 tf A. & H. LEJAMDRE HAVE REMOVED THEIR FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTERING WARER00R1S TO NO. 1103 CIIESNUT STREET, (UP STAIRS.) 97 8m T HOUSEKEEPERS. I have a large stock of every variety of 1 'UltN ITUliE, Which I will sell at reduced prices, consisting of PLAIN AKiD MARBLE 1 OP COTTAGE Bull's. WALJSTJT eUAUHUt SUITS. PARLOR bUI lS IN ViLVHT PLUSH. PARLOR bUlTS IN HAIR CLOTiL PAKLOK bUiTS IN htm Sideboards, Kxteuulou 'tallies, Wardrobes, Book caaea. Mattresses, Lounges, etc. tic. P. P. tiCSTINE, 81 N.E. corner SECOND and RA OH. Streets. gSTABLISEED U95. A. S. ROBINSON. French Tlato Looking-Qlassos, ENGRAVINGS, PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, ETO Manufacturer of all kind of LOOKIN-LAftS, PORTRAIT, AND PIC TURK FRAMES TO ORDER. No. OlO CIIESNUT 8T11EI2T THLW) LOOR ABOVE THE CONTINENTAL, " fHlLAPKLPHIA. S 15 0 14 N EXC HANOI . , , BAG M ANL FACTOR Y, JOHN T. BAILEY CO., KHMOVKtt TO N. E. Corner of MARKET and WATER Street, Pliliuitelpliia. DEALERS IN BAGS AND BAGGING Ot every Inscription, lor . Grain, Flour, ball, buper-niiMtphnie of Lime, Bone ImnU Kto. . . Larue and small GUN N V BAOH constantly en liana ii W 1 A iso, WOOL SACKS. Alli,4T,;
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