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"Ana Aft.rl" t the South.
From the N. Y. Xation.
In spite of the hostility of Mr. Johnson and
Unsolemn warnings of the Terry school of
politicians, the work of registration- in the
Bontherfl Btatea is nearly completed, and un
ions a revolution or a suction of earth
uakes or a terrible pestilence should ocour
within the next two months, the election of
delegates to the Constitutional Conventions
Will take place, and the Conventions will be
lield before the end of the year. If held, the
admission of the States to the Union before
the close of the next Bession of Congress la
almost certain. In some districts, perhaps
two or three, the negro voters will be in a
majority. It is not improbable that several
negroes will sit in the conventions, and it is
not impossible that some may be Bent to Con
gress nnder the new constitutions. Under the
new constitutions the great majority of male
adults of all colors will vote at elections.
Many whites will be excluded for participa
tion in the Rebellion, but most of them have
sons who have reached manhood since the
Rebellion, and who cannot be disfranchised,
and who will certainly represent their fathers'
sentiments at the polls. In other respeots the
South will be very much such as the war left
It s Ur -Tnlmsnn'a "nnliftv" would have
Ab V .. v g j ..
made it. Acts oi congress cannot, cuuuge vuo
nature of man or the face of the country or
the climate. The forces by which human so
ciety is held together and impelled on its
course the fear of God, the love of money,
love of home and of family and of country,
pride, ambition, and patriotism will remain
just as active as ever. The sun will shine and
the rain fall, and the rivers will flow and the
cotton and tobacco will grow, just as they did
before the war. The negroes will continue to
hoe corn and pick cotton and groom horses
and cut wood after they get votes, for preoisely
the same motives which drove them to thesd
acts before they got votes the desire
of gain or fear ot starvation. It was
feared before emancipation that if they were
emancipated they would pass the entire
day lying on their backs in the sun. That
this fear was groundless a little reflection
would have shown, inasmuch as no provision
Is made in this climate either by nature or
legislation for the support of persons passing
their time in that way, and the pangs of hun
ger are fully as unendurable forauy length of
time by a man in a recumbent posture as by a
man moving about on his feet. But it has now
been proved to be groundless by actual experi
ment, just as the fear that vast crowds of
negroes would take up their abode in Wash
ington, regardless of the difficulty of support
ing themselves, for the mere pleasure of voting
' annually for the mayor, has been proved to be
groundless. The tegro has not devoted him
self to lying on the grund. lie works for his
. livelihood on the same economical principles
as the members of the great Anglo-Saxon race
that is, be gives as little labor as possible
for the largest attainable amount of money,
' and is found to be, as men go, faithful and in
dustrious. To be sure, he chooses his occu-
. pation, and his women refuse to work out of
doors whenever they can find the means of sup
port indoors; but these inconveniences are in
separable from all free society. They are
- found nnder every system of government, and
r would be found under this Government even
I me J uA J . 1 J 1 n.n
Xl negroes never vmeu. du 11 nuum im diujt
; to complain of them; but nobody at the South,
If we are rightly informed, does complain of
them.
If Knnt1ialYiala vara in tTia Vinlilf rtf raoann.
- ing much, the mistake they oonfess they have
lil. . J il l 1 1 1
negro would make of his freedom would teach
them caution in drawing their conclusions as
to' the use he will make of the ballot. A priori,
It la easy to show that he will abuse it; but a
priori, it was easy to show that he would
lie on his back in the sun sooner than
work. From the total break-down of this
process with regard to his industrial energy,
is it not fair to infer that it is unsafe to trust
it with regard to his political sagacity f We
will grant all that is said as to the mortifica
tion it will be to many Southern gentlemen to
. Bee negroes sharing in the government cf the
' State; it will be mortifyinar, no doubt, but then
that a olass can hardly expect its pride to b
Shielded against all shock in a great social and
, political revolution; and the mortification con
ceded, what else is it that Southern conserva
lives fear f
They cannot fear amalgamation a3 a conse
quence of negro suifrage, for two reasons sup
plied by themselves, one of which wo think
sufficient; but We observe that Demooratio
politicians do not seem to rely on it alone.
The first Is, that God has forbidden the
mingling of the races; and the second is, that
any natural repugnance to intermarriage, on
the part of the white race, which exists now,
will not be removed by the negro's possession
of the suffrage. When every man votes, a
vote does no more to render a man attractive
from a matrimonial point of view than his
wearing a pair of pantaloons. It would be
contrary to all our experience of human nature
if the instincts which lead to marriage were
materially affected by the distribution of
political power. A negro emperor might prove
attractive to a white woman of distinction, but
it would be because he could offer her power.
A colored man in possession of the two
millionth part of . the national sovereignty
. juok as miracwve us & coiorea
m without any' share in it no more
88,' Dr- DrPer, in a passage of more
asserted tt tiiAH i 1 &s t work, has
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tne races mingle, one
IS adulterator oa
""..r'v" -truing to all the l)mn.
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crauo jmyuiuiogurtB we have lir T
nity of consulting, the prSdS SuWV
teration-that is, the mulatto iand,w Ul'
Unationa of white and bliSTffiCS v.no
vital force, and are sure to die off. This bein
the case, they are sure not to torLVmml
cent element in society, and when they disao
pear they leave the black and white racew
pure as ever.
... Which: of them isjikely to gain the a'cen-
aanoyin tne new oouiuern society f uHre
again, boumern politicians supply Ua with
the key to the future. The whites, of course:
first, because they are the race possessed of
most energy, of most education, of most
transmitted moral and mental power. If the
blacks gain and keep the asoendanoy, it will,
show thai the blacks are the superior race,
and, therefore, on the Southern theory of the
proper constitution of political aooiety, they
will be entitled to the ascendancy, beconaiy,
because they do not multiply as fast as the
THE PAHA EVENING TELECTArH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1867.
whites, or, at least, no faster, while the whitnS
are incessantly recrnited by immigration. To
the blacks no reinforcements come from
without, so that If they even ware a matoh
for the whites lu the political art, they would
have, in a very few years, to succumb to mere
numbers. All the whites have to do is to faci
litate immigration from the North and from
Europe. Other things beiug equal, people
would far sooner settle in Virginia or North
Carolina than in Minnesota or Iowa. They
would be in a more genial climate, nearer the
markets and the seaboard, and within easier
reach of the great centres of civilization.
. Why, then, does not white immigration
flow into 4he South ? Why is there the least
danger that the negroes will be able to out
vote their white neighbors in any district for
more than a single year? If Southern men
would only answer this question candidly,
the v would have solved the problem which at
this moment most troubles them. Strangers
do not want to settle in Virginia, not because
they are afraid of the blacks, for they avoided
it before anybody ever dreamed of seeing
emancipation in our day, but because they are
afraid of the whites; because they iear they
could not get justice from white juries and
white judges; because they are afraid of mo
lestation from their white neighbors; because
they do not like duelling and street fights; be
cause they like to be able to take what publi
cations they please aud live as they please.
Every now and then there reaches us from
the South a solemn protest that life and
property there are as secure as they
are anywhere, and that a man has only to be
discreet in his conversation in public places to
enioy as much peace as in Massachusetts.
But here lies the kernel of the whole difficulty. t
Men do not like to, be discreet in their con- I
versation in public places. The liberty of j
being indiscreet is the charm of Northern
souieiy. It forms one of the great attractions
of the Northern btates to people from all parts
of the world. Teople crowd here from Ger
many and Ireland in immense numbers,
mainly, no ddubt, in search of cheap land and
high wages and freedom from proscription,
but also in search of a place in which they
can read and talk any nonsense they please;
in which they can say "dreadful things," and
make "incendiary speeches," revile dignities
and titles, preach "dangerous doctrines," try
odious social experiments, without auy man's
making them afraid. It is a pity, no'doubt,
that human nature should be animated by so
insensate a deMre, that it should not love the
ancient ways and ancient codes; but we have
to deal with it as it is. and not as it ought to
be. Whenever the time comes in which a
man may maintain against all comers on a
Virginia crossroads the thesis that a negro is
better than a white man, that the Rebellion
was set on foot by Antichrist, or that no ball
is complete unless half the guests are colored,
without exciting either horror or Indignation,
the bugbear of negro ascendancy will be for
ever gone, because the whites from all parts
of the world will pour into the State.
Two-thirds, at least, of the Southern
troubles just now are due to the people's lack
of humor. If Governor l'erry had ever so
little of it he could not have written his recent
letters; and if the mass of the people had it,
most cf the peculiarities which render them
such disagreeable neighbors 1o strangers
settling amongst them would at once disappear.
There is, for instance, a horrible want of wer-
ception of the ridiculous revealed by the "de
spair" into which large numbers of very
sensible Southeners now confess they have
fallen, inasmuch as it is tantamount to an ac
knowledgment that they are sure to be beaten
in the political arena by a race whose powers
they hold in utter contempt, and which they
far surpass in numbers to whom they deny
all capacity for organization or sustained effort
or power of calculation.
Side Issues.
From the N. Y. Tribune.
The main question which now divides the
American people concerns primarily the future
political status of that portion of our country
men who have just been redeemed from chattel
slavery. Shall our four millions of Americans,
who are wholly or partially of African lineage,
be regarded and treated by our constitutions
as men or as brutes 1 Shall we count them
among the "all men" whom our Declaration
of Independence has proclaimed "created
tqual V or shall they be dealt with as an in
ferior race or caste, with no rights which others
need respect, born to obey laws whioh they
have had and shall have no voice in making
or modifying ? This question must inevitably
dominate until it shall have in some way been
settled.
Eut our people are also divided and at va
riance on many other questions, aud conspicu
ously on that of Free Trade vs. Protection,
and that of License vs. Prohibition for the
traffio in intoxicating beverages. Men who
think alike with regard to one of these issues
disagree pointedly as to another; and it is
utterly useless to try to ooerce them into uni
loimity. Notoriously, most of the protectioi
ists and ef the prohibitionists are also Repub
licans, while most of the Democrats are free
traders and for license; but you may find
Democrats who are protectionists and prohibi
tionists, and Republicans who are- neither,
with individuals of either party who favor
protection but not prohibition, while others
support prohibition and oppose protection.
YV iiat is jusi, uur, nun prauiicauie iu iuo
premises is siuiply this leave every one free
to act in accordance with his own convictions.
Let each Republican aud each Democrat be a
protectionist or free trader, for license or for
Prohibition, as his own judgment shall dictate.
1 bus we have supported Republican candi
dates whom we kutw to cherish convictions
antagonistic to ours touching the tariff and
liquor questions, and shall do so hereafter;
claiming from Republicans no couformity to
out views ou these siue issues, ana only asK-
ing that they allow us the libeity we freely
concede them.
This does not satisfy the free traders nor the
liquor men. They insist that the Kepublican
party shall adopt and be guided by their pecu
liar tenets, though this should compel three-
fourths of its members to stifle their own con
victions.. They cannot be gratified.
At the Republican State Convention of lb&D,
when the Republican party presented its first
distinctive State ticket, a Strenuous effort was
made to insert a prohibition plank in tha
party platform. We opposed it as strenu
ously, and were denounced therefor as subor
dinating temperance to politius. The party
was threatened with the defeat which it soou
afterwards eucounteied if it did not make pro
hibition a Republican principle still, the
Convention stood firm. It left every Repub
lican free to be or tot to be a prohibitionist,
and to act upon bis own conviction.- And in
tins it did exactly right. ,
'.i J tlje.r'arty is menaced and assailed from
Z'" not content with being allowed to
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to do in Maine. 1 hey tried it and failed in
onr State last year Yet one of them crowded'
a resolv embodying his own viewa through
the late Republican State Convention at Syra
cuse, in the confusion of its dying moments.
Such a resolve is not worth the paper on
which it was written. It will bind nobody,
eatisly nobody. When the German citizens of
California see fit to vote solidly the Demo
cratic ticket because of their love of liquor, we
need not try to secure tblr votes. The better
portion of them will vote with us any how,
and the worst against us, no matter by what
efforts dnd professions we may seek to conci
liate the latter. Their instincts and daily as
sociations will override our protestations and
professions.
We have in this State a very liberal lioense
law. The liquor men bnght to be satisfied
with and help uphold it. They may lawfully
keep their bars open more hours than are
deemed sufficient by the followers o' almost
any other calling. It is a more thrifty as well
as far more decent business to sell liquor In
this city to day than it would be if suoh sale
were as free as that of bread. Rut this does
not satisfy the liquor men, and nothing we
can do will satisfy them. It is unwise,
therefore, to try. letter keep straight on in
our proper path, and let men come and go as
they will.
Maine has a stringent act of prohibition; so
the liquor men vote the Democratic ticket
California lias nothing of the kind; yet her
liquor men rally to. the Democratic standard.
Thus we lose some votes ia the dull off-years;
but a Presidential contest brings every one to
his bearings. Let us each' firmly assert bis
right to act on every side issne precisely as
his own judgment shall dictate,' conceding a
like liberty to others; then, if any choose to
leave us, we may confidently await their re
turn, graver and wiser than when they left us.
Parties and tit Debt.
From the JV. Y. Times.
The national credit is a subject of too mo
mentous importance to be made subservient
to mere partisan necessities. The country ia
more concerned in the knowledge that no
party, as such, contemplates an attack upon
the financial obligations of the Government,
than in the attempt of one set of politicians
to fasten upon another set the odium of bod
faith. Mr. Pendleton is balanced by General
Butler. We think we discover in the Anti-
Slavery Standard a readiness to sanction the
result at whick the Chicago Times aims. But
no party organization no regular party
gathering of any sort has pronounced in favor
of measures calculated to impair the sanctity
of national promises to pay. The Democracy
even of Ohio have in no manner made them
selves responbible for Mr. Pendleton's plan
of repudiation by inflation, and no journal has
been more decided in its condemnation than
our contemporary, the World. On the other
band, the entire Republican press has taken
ground against the proposal of General Butler
to pay oil' the bonds with paper instead of
gold. Of his argumeut, that the promise of
the Government is to pay with greenbacks,
not gold, we have seen but a solitary sup
porter, and be a writer in the oracle of Mr.
Wesdell Phillips. The entire Republican
party, rad cal and moderate, holds the view to
whicu tne Syracuse convention nas given em
phatic utterance "That uuder no circum
stance shall the CTedit of the nation or State be
injured by the wrongful tampering with public
obligations, and that the name of the republic
shall never be dishonored by the slightest de
viation from the path of financial integrity."
The fact is clear, then, that no party, nor
any considerable section of a party iu the
country, directly or indirectly favors the
policy of repudiation. Among both Republi
cans and Democrats there are many who deem
impolitio the exemption of Federal bonds from
taxation, and iu any scheme of consolidation
we presume that provision will be made for
removing the anomaly in this respect that
now exists. On neither Bide, howeyer, is
there any other feeling than. that which should
inspire unbounded confidence In the good
faith of the Republic towards ita creditors.
The foreign holders of our bonds may rest
assured that the few repudiatora for whom
Mr. Pendleton and General Butler speak are
themselves repudiated by the American
people. Cobbett's demand for an "equitable
adjustment" of England's debts had more sup
port among Englishmen than similar demands
are likely to Lave among Americans. Politics
have no place in the question this side of the
Atlantic.
Pel Laps, indeed, the question would not
have been beard of controversially, but for
the inconsiderate policy which calls for op
pressive taxation as a means of paying off the
debt with the greatest possible baste. Messrs.
Pendleton and Butler alike find their excuse
iu the blunder whick regards the rapid reduc
tion of our bonded liabilities as a cardinal
merit in Treasury management. To remove
the question altogether from the arena of de
bate, all that is necessary is to allow the re
demption of the debt to await its maturity.
The privilege of redeeming certain of the bonds
at the end of five years entails no obi gation to
do po; that will not come until the expiration
of twenty years; and in the interval the ability
of the country to discharge this class of liabili
ties will increase in a ratio that should relieve
us from present anxiety. Ex-Governor Mor
ton's argument on this point best covers the
difficulty. Let us go on meeting every obliga
tion as it arises with the most perteot faith,
but anticipating nothing, whether in the
shape of trouble or debt. The real object to
be attained is the simplification aud reduction
of taxes which inow oppress industry .and
trade. If this be attended to promptly and
well, we may safely dismiss all care as to the
ability of the country to sustain its debt, aud
to discbarge it honorably whenever it be
comes due.
Senator Conkllmg's ti'miry SkctvU i f th
Ilcpubllcau Pnrty.
VromtheN. Y. llciuld.
Senator . Conkling, as President and poet
laureate of the late Syracuse Convention, pre
sented to it abighly colored fancy sketch of the
wonderful achievements of the immaculate
Republican party. He says: "It oanie into
existence instinct with progress, humanity,
and liberty;" that "it was a party of ideas, not
of privilege for a.fnw, but of human rights for
all;" that when it came into power iu 1SG1
almost extinct, the Treasury
was bankrupt, the army was surrendered, the
navv was scattered in distant seas, the Union
- . . at 1 1 . a . 4n la
was in lorm aissoiveu, wmmio d mo
Cabinet and in Congress, a traitor presided in
the Senate, a dupe of traitors held the Presi
dential chair, dissatisfaction was everywhere,
and half a continent was in revolt. Such a
predicament had never been known in the
txpeiience of nations. Was restoration pos
sible T The klDgs and the Cabinets of Christen
dom said no. Our political opponents said no.
The foes cf liberty and Its' timid friends said
no. The Republican paity B&ld yes, and
moved calmly forward." ' '
Now, while the condition of the country in
18C1 is here fairly stated, the glory which Mr.
Conkling awards the Republican party, in
in
trampling down impossibilities, in recreating
the Government, in conducting the greatest
war oi me century, and in liberating four mil
lions of slaves, and so forth. hlnmr t
loyal masses of the people of the loyal States.
In 1861 there was hardly a show of
opposition in the North to Mr. Lincoln's ad
ministration; the rank and file of tha Dm.
emtio party, with the RetmhlWna
merged into the great Union war party. Our
leading union generals, regulars and volun
teers, were drawn from the old Demooratio.
nariy; and Tammany Hall was as active as any
UdIoh league club in mustering regiments of
volunteers for the war. From the terrible dis
asters of the Union armies in 1802. the Demo
cratic rarty, In New York, for example, took
1,1.1 1 I, '
im.iu gruunu icr - a more vigorous prosecution
of the war," and the result was the election of
Horatio Seymour as Governor by ten thousand
majority. Pennsylvania also turned right
almut lare, end had the Democracy held fast to
lhat war platform they would doubtless have
lieen charged with the duties of carrying
through the war and the work of restoration.
Down to the fall elections of 1862, at all events,
the Republican party, charged with the con
duct of the war, had failed, in the judgment of
the people, to give a satisfactory report of
profit and loss.
But from that point the "peace at any
pi ice" follies and blunders of the Demooratio
Copperhead leaders, and Abraham Lincoln's
emancipation proclamation, and the victories
of Grant, and the great triumph at Gettys
burg, brought over the loyal masses of the
Noilh into an active support of the Republican
party against the Demooratio Copperhead ory
that the war for the Union was a failure, and
that we must have peace at any price. So it
was that Mhe loyal masses of the Worth, with
lavish offerings of men, money, means, and
facilities of all kinds never before known in
the history of any people, carried through
the Administration, Congress, and the Repub
lican party, to the subjugation of the Rebel
btates and the abolition of slavery. And yet,
under Republican management, the war was
the most extravagant in its expenditures and
the most wasteful in men, money, and mate
rials of any war since the Florida war of Van
Buren, in which forty millions of money were
squandered in reducing less than a thousand
Seminole warriors.
The truth is that as the vital elements of
the Republican party were drawn from the
old Democratic party, so have the spoils and
plunder proclivities of the one been transferred
from the other. Unt what says Mr. Conkling f
He paints the Republican party as an angel of
light embarrassed in its path to the millen
nium, chiefly by Andrew Johnson, an angel of
darkness. All our present troubles are by
Mr. Conkling strapped upon the back of this'
convenient scapegoat, Andrew Johnson. There
is, however, another side to this picture. The
Republican party has been faithless to its
pledges and to the will of the people. It pre
sented to the people last year as its platform
of reconstruction the pending Constitutional
amendment, leaving it to the respective States
to choose between suffrage and representation
on the one hand, and a restricted suffrage.
with a corresponding loss of representation, on
the other. That platform, by overwhelming
maionties, was approved from Maine to Call
fornia. Why was it, thus endorsed by the
people, abandoned by Congress r .because the
party in power thought it had secured the
power to do anything, and because it thought
mat witn tne establishment oi negro sa
premacy in the South, in addition to an over
shadowing moneyed oligarchy in the North.
its reign of power would be indefinitely
extended.
Upon these great and momentous Issues the
people in these coming Northern elections
will have to decide.. Mr. Conkling brings
forward Andrew Johnson as his stalking horse;
but these are the dangers which are behind
him, negro supremacy in the South, in the
place of the old slaveholding'oligarohy, and a
despotic moneyed monopoly in the North, com
pared with which the old United States Bank
and Andrew Jackson and Van Buren's pet
banks were mere bagatelles as agents of cor
ruption, inflation, and revulsion. Mr. Conk
ling's fancy sketch of the Republican party
will not do. They will have to meet this test
of their own delinquencies before the people,
and hence Andrew Johnson aa a scapegoat will
no longer avail them.
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safely be used In a sick room-, or by the cradle
of a sleeping Infant."
The work Is fed lrom the operator along ho
line of sight.
Salesrooms, Mo. 720 Chesmvt Street.
Willcox & Gibbs' Gold Medal Family
Sewing Machines.
'Willcox & Glbbs' improved Sewing Machines
are rapidly becoming the general favorite.
Seventhly. Because they are absolutely oom
plete, and will hem, fell, braid, bind, cord, tuck,
gather, and embroider, all In the most perfect
and satisfactory manner.
The hems, fells, etc, are turned under, rather
than over, thus bringing the stitching on the
right side. -
Salesrooms, No. 7S0 Chestnut Street.,
Willcox & Gibbs' Gold Medal Family
Sewing Machines.
Willcox &. Glbbs' rapid, noiseless Sewing
Machines are destined to gain a pre-eminence.
Eighthly. Because they, are easily managed;
a novice requires no Instruction, and bullittle
practice, to become aa skilful as an experi
enced operator.
No screw-driver or other tools are used In I
nlllncr rr plranfnir manhlnAB '1
Salesrooms, So. 780 Chesuut Street.
Willcox & Gibbs' Gold Medal Family
Sewing Machines.
Willcox & Gibbs' most excellent Sewing
Machines are gaining popularity every day.
Ninthly. Because they cannot be turned the
wrong way, and may be started with the foot,
while both, hands are otherwise employed In
holding or arranging the work. '
This patent (noiseless) "break," or "stop," Is
of Incalculable value to beginners.
Salesrooms, No. 7!40 Chcsnut Street.
Wilcox & Gibbs' Gold Medal Family
Sewing Machines.
Willcox A Glbbs' noiseless Family Sowing
Machines gain friends continually, but never
lose them.
Tenthly. Because they are self-regulating and
always In working order. They, never have
"moods," and never vex or rufllo the temper,
even of the most irritable. ... , .
The bemmers, fullers, braiders, needles, etc,
are all self-adjusting. ,
- j ' , 'i
Salesrooms, No. 720 Cheenut Street.
Willcox & Gibbs' Gold Medal ' Family
. Sewing Machines.
Willcox & Glbbs' rapid, noiseless, easily man
aged, durable, first-class Sewing Machines are
in excellent favor everywhere.
Eleventhly. Because they prove superior to
the most sanguine expectations.
The most exalted representation Is never ex
aggerated, .
Salesrooms, No. 730 Chesuut Street.
Willcox & Gibbs' Gold Medal Family
Sewing Machines.
Agents for the sale of Willcox & Glbbs' cele
brated single-thread Sewing Machines are emi
nently successful.
Twelftbly. Bi cause every machine sold serves
as a "telling advertisement."
No dissallsfuollon is ever expressed, but
hearty recommendations.
Salesf ooms No. 730 Chcsnut Street. (
MILLINERY, TRIMMINGS, ETC.
M
E S. M. A. B I N D E B ,
Wo. loal CHKbNTJT STREET,
Trimmed Paper Patterns, ol eutirely new designs,
for Ladies' ami Children's breete: alno,
Iu-ljoriur ol badiea' Dreas aud Cloak Trimmings. In
every var ety and style ol .Fringes, new ballu TrLuv
Qi inge. TaMtel, Ulnina, liruUU, ltitjbous, Velvet, tlul
jiure and I'luny Laces. (Jrauo Trimming, French
Cornels, and Fancy Jel Collars and Bella, Ureas and
t'liak Making in all Its departments.
Wedding and Travelling Outfit, made to order In
ttie most elegant maimer, aud at such rales as uuaol
li 11 to pleasH.
-uits of Mourning at shoilest notice; sets of Pat
terns lor UncliBulJ) aud Dretuiuiakers now ready.
k utierns sent by mall or express to all parts or me
Pnlon.
saini
T? MRS. R. DILLON,
TP
KOH. 823 AND 891 SOOTH STKEET
ns all the noveltlee In FALL MILLJNEJIY, for
Ladles, M insee, aud Children. . I
AlbO, Crapes. Hllks, JtlbDons, Velvete, flowers,
Feather, Franiee.eta Milliners supplied. 1 16
POURNINC MILLINERY.
W . , j. . I l I I i
HWiySON BANDaLABGlC ASHOKTMENTOJ
MOU11MNG UONN liJTS,
' it no walnut tbi:et. S
film. (wiAO'lLE KECCH.
WJiisleiest
AND BEST
RYE 7
STOCK
OF ...
HI OK
I EG
NOW POSSESSED BY
ANN IS &
CO..
220 COUTH FRONT STREET,
LOTH OS
VERT ADT1HT1HBOVI
LOOKING- CLA88E0
OF TBI
BEST FRENCH PLATE,
In Every Style 'of Frames,
ON HAND OR MADE TO ORDER.
NEW ART GALLERY, -F.
B O LA W D & CO.,
8 2 lm2p IS'o. C14 AKCH Street.
STEAM ENGINE PACKING.
The modern and extremely popular packing, called
IUUF.It'8 I1!BHICATIVE, '
, . SOAP-stosie rCHIxo,
.--, - ,
h.?. .. 7 bee,u "'OP'1 by over 20.000 Locomotive
. and Ijitatlenary Engines, and is beyond question the
eueiest applied. Hie most durable, tbe cheapest, and
wears the machinery the least of any steamenglne
pack ng yet Introduced. It is not liable to burn or
cut, does not require oil, and ttiere Is no waste In tha
use, as It is made ol all sizes to suit tbe boxes, rrom
to 2 Inches In diunieler. All persons Interested In
the use ol the steam engine are partlculurly requested
to give this packing a trial. A Uberul discount will
be made to dealers. 1
' '1W. C.SIDLER,
NO. 639 AK II KTKEET, F1IILA.
c Sole Agent for Pennsylvania and Delaware.
tee certificate below. ,.
Oitjice oriHi Hitkbintjcndbntof Motive
Powkr akd Uacjiin jetty, Kkik Railway, J-
Ksw York, isept. 2, ises J
MY Deab Sik: In reply 10 your Inquiries In rela
tion to the comparullve economy of Jieinp Packlnir
as compared with- Lubricating Packing, I will Bav
that Hemp Packing, at an averag. cost of.33 cents per
pound, costs us it 3 10 mills per mile run, while the
Lubricating Packing eots, at au average cost of
HI 2 8 cents per pound. l-lo mill per mile run We
repose to use it exclusively for all Steam btuOine
oxes. Very truly youm. "
U. (i. BKOOKS. Bupt. M. P. A M.
P. fi. The popular ' ' '
1IYIHAULIC PACKING,
Adapted to cold-water pumps, and madeBlmllar to
the Lubrlcatlve Packing, but ol different material
will be furnished promptly any t.l,n from 'i to s
MeiuU? 2Wtpblf '0UDd BUPerlor article lor pumps.
C A 8 L, I G H T
FOR TIIK. COUNTRY.
FEBBIS A CO.'S AUTOMATIC
MACHINES
HAS
FOB PRIVATE RESIPKNCJUS, MILLS, HOTELS,
. .. . , CHTJBCHBS. Km, , , . , -
FURNISHING FROM ONES TO BIX HUNDRED
LIGHTS, AA MAY BB REQUIRED,
This machine Is guaranteed; does not get oat ot
order, and the time to manage It Is about Are minutee
a week.. . ,
The simplicity of this apparatus, Ita entire freedom
from danger, the cheapness and quality of the light
over all othere.have tamed tor it the favorable opinion
ot those acquainted with Iu merits. The names of
those haying used them for the last three yean will
be given by calling at oar OFFICE, t
MO. 108 SOUTH roUKTII STBEET, '
Where the machines can be seen la operation.
Movisin a CO,, Uox 491 p. o.
Bend for a Pamphlet.
' ' ' ' ' BtnthsKm
R ALT M pR E
; , IMPROVED BASE BURNING
X IlvE-PL AOE , JIElTjEUt
- '! ' r - WITH ,
HenaslBe aud IlluntlBatlusT
- ' - Uaarm.
rJSS! 1 f;hfT Perfect Heater In TTse. To
be had Wholesale and Ketall ot j7(S. 1L1HH,
'm2p .No. urns MARK KT Street, Pull.
PAPER HANGINGS;-ETC .
PAPER' H ANG INCS.
. Y . . ;. HEW KMTAUMSillMEBIT.
.. V; (OBNI U OF TEHT1I Al WAV MITT.
: J. Ca?INN A SONS
lave opened v lHj.au extensive assortment of IKOO
RATI VE and PLAIN WALL I'A PKlfj
every quality to suit all tutt.