6 TBE SMITH FAMILY. A CHRONICLK FOB THB CUBIOl'S. Few persona who have not happenou! to be curious and patient enough to make the neces sary count, will he prepared for the statement liat there are named, ia the "New York Di rectory' for the year of grace 18(50, not loss than two thousand five hundred aud twenty two members of the Smith family. These almost exclusive!? housekeepers, be- in buBineBS, we u estiinite of SRSSW numCS smiths. K,ltaatln8 the average for families at five members eauh. we have "he grand total of twelve thousand tlx hundred and ten iu a single city. A fair estimate for the whole country, iu turn, from this new starting point, would reveal the number of this single family as having reached about half a million iu the United states alone. The diversity of the mode of spelling this Same is worthy of remark. Two thousand and four of those mentioned iu the directory spell their name "Smith," in the approve I English style of orthography. Tour hundred and forty-two Erell it, in the more common German style, as "Schmidt." Kighty-one Beem to have preferred to have it "Schraitt," While fifteen have abrevlated it to "Schmid," and seven to "Smid," leaving seven more re joicing in the more distinctive form and souud of "Schmitz." 15ut, while this exhautits the number of the Teutonic fancies m to the orthography of the name, I have still to notice a portion of the family, scarcely deserving the degree of indulgence which we might ba will ing to grant to the German Smiths, who have corrupted the correct form to "Smyth," to the inevitable puzzling of their fllow-citizen3 of polite inclination as to the pronunciation of their name. Tnere are sixty-seven 01 luese people mentioned in the Directory, while there are two who have carried the corruption even further than this as if resolved to escape from the family association of the Smiths altogether and authorized the name gatherers to put them down as "Smythe." Use of these is a female, while the other is a gentleman very conspicuous of late in an official relation so very conspicuous. indeed. that he will allow us to say pleasantly that we cannot help guessing that he may have lost some thing by not having the crowd of the "Smiths" to hide among that is, if he is not iuordi . nataly fond of conspicuity and notoriety both. As his name now stands "solitary aud alonej" as "Old Dullion" once self-vauntingly said in Congress there is not the slightest chance for his escaping whatever responsi bility attaches, rightfully or wrongfully, to Lis acts. Hut that being his own affair, we leave him and pass on to a comparison aud a Speculation or two which have interested our own thought, and may possibly interest that Of our readers. The number of Smiths spelling their names "Smith, " recorded in the Directory for 18U5, was one thousand seven hundred and fifty one, as against two thousand and four iu ISM. The number of this family in this city in 1856, according to a statement in Arthur's "Etymological Dictionary," was about eigh teen hundred. Supposing that his count was f the English "Smiths" exclusively, the nu merical strength and glory of the family Would seem to have declined between that date and 18(55. But their strength of nuniliers waa most probably given entire, which would indi cate an Increase, notwithstanding the fair infe rence that not a few of them fell iu the late war, while, without doubt, the collectors of names found not a little difficulty in prosecu ting their work during the war years, because of fears of the military draft, to which must le added the new fear or the internal revenue assessors, with whom the Directory collectors Were constantly liable to be confounded. The number of people chronicled in the Directory for 18GG, rejoicing in the distin guished name of "John Smith," is one hun dred and six. In proportion to the increase of the whole number of "Smiths," there ought to have been.one hundred and sixty-one, 0 that there has been a falling oil to the extent of thirty-five per cent, in the "Johns" of the family. How are we to acoount for this fact T I am Inclined to take that view of the case most creditable to the fathers of the Smith family. This would suppose that some of them had come to see that "confusion worse confounded" and great inconvenience had grown out of the eustom of bestowing their name on their sons, and therefore that they had consented to forego au otherwise desirable expedient for perpetuating their whole name to posterity; for there is little room to doubt that selfishness, whether working consciously or not, generally controls in such oases, while taking the form of "family pride." But there ia Btill another way in which this decrease in the number of John Smiths may be, at least ia part, accounted for. There is a growing tend ency for giving a middle name to children, and, if it is not given in baptism, young men are very much inclined to assume one. Any one curious on this subject will find the most Striking evidence of the tendency referred to by comparing the names of the members of the present Congress of the United States with those of the members of the Continental Con gresB, or of the signers of the Declaration of American Independence. In the latter, middle names are very rare, while they are very numerous, in the ranks of pub lic men at the present day, many of them not being contented with even two Christian names. This being the case as touching other names, the won !er is that, for distinction's sake, there should be an eud put . o the name of "John Smith," spite of tin parental vanity already alluded to as one of the sources of its constant supply. I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not say this in disparagement of the name of "Smith," nor, in fact, of "Smith with the John." The plea for the name which I am about to ofler will prove to the contrary. I now propose to trace out some or tho etymological and other facts relating to the Smith family, l'irst, as to the oj igiu of the name itself. This evidently was derived from the Saxon verb smitun, to strike or smite. Johnson's Dictionary, from about the earlinst unabridged quarto editions of which I quote derives the word thus: "Saxon, smith; (ier- Xnan, smetli; Dutch, amid. Definitions: 1. One Who forges with his hammer; oue who works in metals. 2. He who makes or elieotsaiu thinq." v"ebster gives the following as the form which this term presents in various languages: "In Anglo-Saxon, smidh; Gothic, smitha; uld Friesic, smetli; Low Goimau and Dutch, amid; Daiiir.li and Swedish, nun. l; Icelandic, smulh; Old High German, amit and mid; Wew High German, sc.hmied." His definitions are sub stantially copies of Johnson's, but specify, "iron nmith, gold-smith, silver-smith, and the like," thus confirming the history of the widely ranging significance of the term. His authoiities are furnished by mere abbrevia tions of the citations of his English predeces sor, as generally is the case in his dictionary. Ia cue of fc'uakeepeare'fl plays we find the THE DAILl EVENING 1 IiLEGKAPII PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, uonie of the illustrious family under notice disronrwd of thus: "He doth nothing but talk of his horf e, and can shoe him. I am afraid his mother played falfe with a tmith." Tate writes: rawlep, nmn the anvil darn profane. And 'orgn Mint Hl.fr) hy which a mn Is slnin. Which enrtii, at first-, for ploughshares did nftord. Nor yet the smith had learned to form a BWOKl." As showintr the wuW pense of the word, as applied to the makers or doers of anything, Dryden has a couplet in point: "The dovp repented, thouKh too lute, lkcome the imitu of their owu foolish fate." Hut Verstegan brings us directly to tho origin of the name of Smith, as applied to persons rather than to their employments. Re ferring to the roo', sviitun, to smite, he de clares: "From whenon comes Smith, all te ho knight or nUlt Cut from tho that forges at tbe ftro?" A brief statement of the high estimation in which smiths were held among the niich-nts will, no doubt, bo acceptable to the Smith family. Therefore 1 will proceed to give this as preliminary to an attempt to trace both its etymology aud genealogy. As already hinted, the term "smith" was originally applied to artificers in woo 1 as well as in metallic substances, in fact to all artip.ms. Hence the great frequency of the adoption of the name in a!l coun tries. Among the Scottish Highlanders the smith ranked not leps than third in dig nity to the chief of the clan, because of his nkill in making military weapons, aul his dexterity in teaching the use of the same. Iu Wales there were formerly three s it nets w hich a villein, or tenant, could not teach to his own child without au express license from his lord. These were classed as Scholarship, Hardism, and Smithcraft. The last named was one of the "liberal sciences," the term "smith craft" having a much more comprehensive meaning thau as now understood. Tor the smith then was expected to unite, in his single profession, different branches of knowledge now pursued separately, such as the mining, smelting, and working of the metal, as well as fashioning it into the forms desired after it was ready for use. Arthur, in order to account for so great a frequency of the name of Smith, asserts "that the term, as a designation of handicraft, was applied originally to artilloers in wood as well as metal in fact, to all mechanical workmen." Hut I do not think this probables in view of the accepted significance of the term among all tho peoples whose orthography I have already given on the highest authority, and which carries with it the idea of smiting, or striking, or beating, and not sawing, or planing, drawing, or s-plitting even. From this view of the ease we are safely brought to the etymological inference that the name of Smith was given to the original of the family by his neighbors because he fol lowed the craft of a smith. Ihus: "John the smith" was so designated to distinguish him from "John the shepherd," "John the miller," "John the hunter," "John under the hill," "John the farmer," aud so on, there being no other mode as yet for distinguishing so many persons subjected to the primitive Hebrew custom of having but one name a custom growing out of the instinctively selfish disposition of fathers to prolong their personal identity through their sous, which Godwin, in his Enquirer, insists on considering as the mainspring of parental care, iliniutttrttated aa mankind gouorifclly tr inclined to consider it, as shown by the com mon expression, "parental love." In the course of time "John the smith" came to be called, for shortness and convenience, John Smith; just as "John the shepherd" became John Shepperd; "John the hunter," John Hunter; "John under the hill," Johu Under hill; and so through the other examples I have supposed, and many others that will suggest themselves to readers curious enough to follow out this line of inference. So much for the origin of the family name of the Smiths. Now, a few words about tho genealogy of the race of the Smiths, and the reason of their extensive diffusion throughout the kingdoms and principalities and powers of the world. One of the best things of this import we give on the authority of a writer in the Providence Journal, who once played the philologist with the name of Smith through some thirty columns (!) thereby proving it to he as "the harp of a thousand strings," and brought himself at length to his own satisfac tion, apparently, if nobody else's to this con clusion, so far as there could beany conclusion for he admits himself exhausted rather than his subject that, "from what has been hitherto discovered, the great and formidable family of the Smiths are the veritable descen dants, in a direct line, of Shem, the son of Noah, the father of the Shemitish tribe, or the tribe of Shem; and that it (that is, the name of Smith) is thu3 derived: Shem, Shemit, Shmit, Smith." Another newspaper writer, who found vent for his philological lore through the old Philadelphia Gazette, contended for the universality of the name of not only "Smith" without the "John," but "Smith" with the "John;" yes, John Smith himself to individualize him, I suppose found as it is not only in Great Hritaiu and North America, but among the people of "all the world and the rest of man kind," as l'resident Taylor onoe said. He called attention gravely to the fact that the ancient Hebrews had no Christian names. In view of this, it were useless to seek for the eminently Christian firt name of John Smith among the direct descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (I carry out the idea in my own words), and that, therefore, we must be satisfied with the deri vation of the patronymic of "Smith" without the aforesaid Christian ailix of "Johu," from the name of Shem or Shemit, as so satisfac torily made out above. Ami this we surely ought to be contented to do in John Smith's behalf, seeing that, among all the Christian nations including those of pagan Greece aud liouie the John, with only some slight varia tions of orthography, to accommodate the mutical tat-to of the owners of it, is in vogue, as demonstrated by the following catalogue: Uriel. Jtiuiinos Smithus; Latin, Johannes Smilhius; Italian, liiocnnni Smithi; Spanish,, Juan rimthux; J ortnguese, Juan cuiuthex; Dutch, Hans Smidl; Gorman, Joiann Schmidt; French, .tail Smuts, llussiau, JonlnJ' Skiuit toirski; l'oli.-d), J ran Schmithwicisl.i; Chinese, Shimmil; Icelandic, Jaime. Smithe; Welsh, lihon Scmidd; Indian, Smiih-o-mae; Ancient Mexican, Jonthe Sii'iiiir; and plain Fnglish, John Smith. Not sati; lit d still with this most triumphant vindication of the name of Smith from the slurring imputation of being a mere vulgar modern one, the suvant on whose version I have fc!i;I.Uy improve! above stated that anient: the caitouclien rieeinhereil lv lln-titllinl on the ttuiiile of ( Nii-ls, in Fgypt, was found the name oi'.r'iuLhoaiH (one of the Pharaohs or kings), .leing the niuth of the ancient Iheban dynasty and the founder of the cele brated temple of "Smithopolis Magna." I join with Arthur in congratulating the Smith family on the result of these profound researches, which are admirably calculated to explode the generally xeceievd opinion that ti e creat familf under notice were tlm de scendants of some were modern horse shoer or common Mack emltL. Hut there can In no misapprehension as to the last-named point on the part of classic readers; for they know that the first bUok sroith wax no less a personage than old Vulcan, who had the distinguished honor of hammering, and that most effectually, upon the skull bones f the very father of the gods, Jupiter himself, from which he released the goddess of wisdom, Minerva; while with the pame stroke of his force-hammer, which cer- fprnied this wonderful feat in obstetrics, he cured Jupiter of a most violent headache 1 And, by the way, this smiting of the psseous brain-box, commonly called "knowledge-box," of the father of the gods, after all, makes the original sphere of the blacksmith appear wider than the definitions of the learned lexicographers above cited would Beem to warrant. While contemplating the distinguished personage just mentioned as the original of the long line of craftsmen whose designation furnished a name to the Smith family, it is dilhcnlt to understand how any author so respectable as that of the "Fty mological Dictionary, above quoted, could get his own consent to say slurringly and sneer ingly: "We see, in the papers, that John Smith dies, is married, hanged, drowned, aud brutally murdered daily 1 John Smith doesn't identify any body, and therefore is no name at all;" and then to add that "this numerous family is the subject of many laughable anec dotes and witty sallies," whereof the following i3 given as an example: "A wag, on a certain occasion, coming late to the theatre, and wish ing to get a seat, thouted, 'Mr. Smith's dwell ing is on lire!' The house was thinned in stantly, at least five per cent., and the wag got a choice of Feats." Hut the Smith family can afford to have these vulgar jokes cracked at their expense in remembrance of the number of distinguished persons that are or have been members of their ancient family, some of whom I propose to recount, as the conclusion of this my plea, as follows: There wa3 William Smith, the classic author and translator of "Thueydides," "Longinus," etc.; Sydney Smith, the jolly English divine and witty writer and talker; Alexander Smith, the poet; the brothers James and Horace Smith, as among other writers of distinction bearing the name, the last mentioned being particularly distinguished as the author of "Rejected Addresses;" Wil liam Smith, called the "father of geology;" Charlotte Smith, the poetess and novelist; Elizabeth Smith, the noted linguist; and Adam Smith, the great writer on political economy: and further, as connected with the history of our own country, the Smith family can point, first of all, to John Smith himself, the adventurous Virginia pioneer and jiroti'ge" of Pocahontas, about whose veracity as a historian the critics are so agog just now; and here in America, James Smith, one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde pendence; Elihu II. 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Sl.tifl-0 20,000 w e tern Pennsylvania KHllrond blx Per Cent, noi.ils (Pennsyl vanla Railroad (?mi-..n "H)...... 20,750-00 30.(10 Ftate ol Tennessee Five PerCenL I-oun... 18,'WOOO 7.M 0 Mate of Teunewiee Six Per Cent, 1-ohi) woo li uoo MKifhiires Mock or Ueriiiantowii Ons Company (principal aud in terrHt Kimrautetd by ihecity of Philadelphia) 15,OiKi-0.i M'o,i-i3 t-nareH Mock of Pennsylvania KRIIrimrl ( oniimnv 8.258-2S 6,,100 Shares htock of North Pennsylva nia l.ullri.a.l f out, u 8.U0O-OO Zo,ooouo 19f),!IT0 20 cio-$i Shares Ktoc k of PhiluileVphYa and cx.miiern juaii bteauisiiip txmi- rmnyB. 1.6,!Wi J,oiii:h .n liiinill and MuUgaini, lirfct Hens on City Property i,M5,050 par. Market value...t'.O70.2in V6 Ileal Fstute- tin ooo-no Bills rtceivahle tor Inxuranees made 2J,'JJ7"i0 imiiiin-e oue ai agencies Premiums on Ma dehtM due to the Coninanv.. 8S.K3UU rine jroiiciea. Acct-uea intprML .mi mimr Bcrlprnrt Ptnck Of sundrv IiiHiiraiK-n and other t'oniunnlea. 11173. KaLlmnLoil value... 2.93000 Cash In p.ank. tell.H'Z'M. ian in Drawer, trWH... -. uwt-a 1,4n7,K21-M This bc'ric a new enterprise, the Par is aaiiirmod as tne marKet value. '1 tinman C. Hand. Hamnel R, Hlokes, John C. I iav is, Kamund A. houder, Theophilns Paulding, John K. l'enrose, James Traqnlr, Henry C, I altftt, Jr., Jnmes C. liaud, William C Ludwlg Joseph II. Heal, George O. Lelper, xieury moan, W'llilam O. Boulton, Kdward Darlington, Jl. Jones Brooke, txlwaid Lafourcade, Juoob P. Jones, James It. McFarland. Joshua P. Kyre, spencer Mdiviilne, J. 15. Seniple.'PHlttburK, A. B. Merger, " I. T. Morsan, " Ueorcn W. Kormrrto i. nugn vraiKi John D. Taylor. jacoo AieKei, THOMAh V. II AN IV Pie.lili-iil. JOHN C. DAVIS, Vlce-PrOiildo :. Bjcnry Lylbcbn, Secretary. 1 iJ 1829 CHARTEll V) -IirETUAb FiMiLIisi Fire iESiiraiaCc l1o. OF IIIILADLrilIA. OFFICES SOH.4UH AMD 437 IJifXUt Nl'BtET. AShf.TS ON JANUARY 1, 1807, Capital 1)00,000 00 Accrued turp.ua. ,..,..,.. iHi.7l:4'U6 Premiums .,........ ......n.M.1.206,iii2'ld UNbK.TTf.ED CLAIMS, INCOMK FOR im. JJ.OUO, LONWLM I'AI AIMl'G VVEU a.soo.ooo. Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms. DIRECTORS. Cherlos N, Eancker, OeorKe Fnloa, 'loblas W'tvKiter. Alfred Fitter. Samuel Omut, George V. I.ii-.hards, FrauolH W. Lewis, M, D Peter McCali. Thomas Sparks, imuui x.ea, CHARLES N. BANCKER. Preslnnnl. , .VOKOK FAliKlj, Vice-President, J. w. McALLIeiTElt, fcwcrelary iro leui. (.81112211 INSURANCE COfiPAiiY OF NOUT11 AMElilOA, OFFICE, No. 2o2 WALNUT PHiLAiEjLpuiA. INCOKPORATE0 1794. CHARTER PERPETUAL. CAPITAL, 9000,000, ASSETS JAN TAUT 8, 187....9I,763,a7-ao IA ftl'BLN 91 A It INK, INLAND THANSroit TATIOM ANUMBK IUAKSJ. UlREClOlia. Arthur G. Coffin, feamuel W. Jones. Oeorge L. Harrison, Frauols H. Cope, (toward U. Trotlr, kdward a Clarke, William CummlUkS. T. Charlton iieury. Allred to. Jessup, lull ri V. Wl.i,., " Juiin Jl. Drown, Charles Taylor, Ambrose W hlte, Richard I. Wood, W ilUam Welsh, a Aiorrls Wain, jonn jaason, Louis U Madeira. ARTHUR Q. WFFlNTPrealdent, Charles Platt, becreiary. WILLIAM BUEIliiEll, HarrlHbnrg, Pa.. Central 1 11 aoMaj JEilCi.il, Ilarrlshni Agent for thefclateol Pennsylvania, 110Y1DLM LI AND TKDBT COilPAiSY Ilk' VNIl.inhlHlll. .vjijh No. Ul bouth FOURTH btreet. JRPORATEI) id MONTH Kid. CAPITAL, 160,Ouo, PAIU 1.' INCORP 1865, Insniance on Llvee, by Yearly Premium, or bvs 10. or 2U year Premiums, Nou-lorielture, Annuities grauied on favorable terms. Term Policies, Children's Eudowmeuto, 1 bis Company, while giving the insured theaeonrltv of a paid-up Capital, will divide the entire proHuso the Li it bubiueos among Its policy holders. MoneyB received at lnterosl, and paid on demand, A uihoiUtd by charier to execute Trusts, and to act as i.ictuior or Aduilniairator. Aaainee orUuarUlau aud iu other fiduciary oupauhles, under appolnlmeni ol any Court of thLi Cou.moiiwet.lth, or any oursou or persons, or bodies politic or corporate. SAMUEL K. BHIPLEV. IIIUJIA.'TOHH. HENRY HAINES, T. WleTAR AKOVVN, W. C. LdNUcflllilTH JLIbll IA li. juuxirvia, KlCllAitlJ WOOD, CHARLES V. W ILLlAJa JlAljK H. It, V. COFFIN. SAMUEL R. BHiP LEY, ROWLAND PARRY. president Autuat. W'M.T. LONOKI RE'l U. Vice President. THOMAb W b'l'AH. M.L) J. R. TOWN8END. VAl Medlcai Examiner. Legal Adviser, B IltK lNL'BANCK Kitl-Uril VELY. TUB PENNbV LVAN1A FIRE INSURANCE OUikl-l-AN V incorporated loio Charter Perpetual No bin "WALNUT blreet, opposite J udepeudeuoe hijiiai-tl This Company, luvorauiy known to the oouiuiuuits or over lorty yeuis, continues to lnnurj aulnji lo:j or ilumiiue by hre on Public or Private ttuitdUi.n, .'llher nirmaiiently or foralluilted time. Also, on . nmuure, bioeks of Goods, and Merchandise gone rally, on liberal terms. 'iheir tiiplial, together with a large Surplus I and sluvejttd in tl'- moHt carelul manner, which enables tnemi u oti. r to the iuaureU au uudoubtod seourit In tiio O'e of loss. r.milHl Smith. Jr UUtKiriUUA JnllU llAUArA. J AlwtauU'T Benton,, Ibaac llu.lHhuist, Thomas biinih, I j , 1 1 1' V7 I.Aiula Thumuu lUibbius J. Uillinghaxu Fell, Daniel Haddock, Jr. JjANiEL bMl'iil, J a., President. William Q. Cbuwk' l, Uecreiary PI1CEKLX INSURANCE COMPANY OF P1ULAHFJ.PH1A. iNCORitjltATEU 10-CHARTER PERPKTUAL. No. 1C4 WALN UT Htreet. opp iMil the KicchaiiKO. In audition to MARINE aud INLANi INSUR ANCE thh Company Insures from loss or damage by F1PK for llheral turms on buildings, merobandlue, nmiture, etc ,ao ft limited periods, and periuauunUy un butldlngs, by deposit of premium. '1 he Company baa been Inactive oiieratlon for more han KIX'IV YEAKH. during whioll aU losMU bave een promptly adjusieu and paid, ii akciow. John L. Hodge. , lwrenoe i-ewis, Jr, M. B. Maboi. linvld Lewis, JobnT. Leww, W llllam H. Urant, Robert W. Learning, I). Clark Wharton, BeiOamln Eltlng. Thomas If. Powdrg, A. R. Alclleury, Etlmuud ( 'million,' Unonuel WUoox, JOHN WTJt AHfim n PraUtanL lxiuip ii. noma. EAJtCKL WIH irSUKANCE COMPANIES. BROOKLYN L1FI3 INSUBAKCE OF REW YOUH, MUTUAL, IOLIC1E8 KON-FOTIKKITABLE. Tlilrty day. Brace given In payment ot Premiums. No extra charge for residence, or tri.vel In any portion of the world. Dividends declared annually, and paia in Cash, Dividend In It 87, 40 ) er cent. E. B. COLTON, UNBAL AOENT, N. i:. tORNF.U NLVTM II AM) (IIKSMT. A gents and eollcltois wanted In all the cities and towiiB In l'enniylvnnla and t-'outheru New Jer sey t SS QHtATvP FIIIF. AND MARINE INBtlHANOK COMPANY, (No. 030) N. T. COR. CEESKUT AND SEVENTH ST8. CATITAL AND SVHI'I VS CTrit f800,00 7IF IOK 1HC.fi, (1108,084. Losses Paid and Accrued In 18M. I7.UOV Of whleli amount not f teoo remain nnpoldai tMsdate l(Ki,oti,ouo of properly has been suocesstiilly rnstireo by thlH l ompany In thlruien years, and i.lt;li Uuu drcd Losses by i'lre promptly paid. DlKl'CTOIW. Thomas l-rnven. btias lerke, Jr., Allred H. Olllett, N. I Law r once, Charles I. liupont, Henrv F. Kennov. Furman Piiepiiard lhomas MacKellar, John Mipplee, John v lakhoru. Joseph K TliOMAtS l HAVRN. PtmMmI A. R. flLLETT, Vlce-PreslilenU a Mfmw JAM KM B. ALVORD, eecreter: FURS. 1867. FALL AND WINTER. H QOni v I FUR HOUSE, (Established In IOIO.) 1 he undcrMirned Invito ihe sneclal at tout inn nt ih Ladles to their large stock of FURS, consisting of t.ZufCSf Tippets, Collars, Etc., IN BUc-BIAN SABLE, HUDbON'H EAY SABLE, MINK 8ABLH ROYAL KR1IINE, CHINCHILLA, F1TOH, KTC All Of the LATEST STYLES, bUPERIOJa JTNISHf and at reasonable prices. Ladles In mourning will find handsome article PFRSI ANN ES and siMIAb; tbe latter a most beaa tllnl tnr. CAKBIAGB ROBES, BLEIQU ROBES, and FOOT MUFFB, In great variety. A. K. & F. K. WO WRATH, tlHm NO. 417 A HCII NTREET. EXCURSIONS. WILMINGTON STEAMBOAT T T IM W. ( LI A K f i t nw I I 1 1 T I on una aiier 'l Ll-bJJAi , October 1st, the m earners K.M.FELTON aud ARIfcL will run as follows Leave CHF.hNL'T street wharf at 9 A.M. and 8 P. M. leave WlLiHNOTON at 7 A, M. and la-w P.M.. supping at CHEHTEH and HOOK each way. Fare to lluiliiKtt.n 16 cents. ExcurMlon tlckete, per 9 A.M. boat. !Ui cents. Fare to Chester or Hook. 10 t"'"- lo g im rAttZZs DAILY EXCDKSI0NS TO Wit HUicrml. mlngton, Lol. On and after TUEH. Lif . ttpiember 10, the steamer ELIZA UANOuX will leave second wharf above Arch btreel dallv at affiizz isssa Chester and Marcus Hook JZZZZZTjn r,u'-tlier particulars, apt Iv on board. -Zi2 . L. W. BLRNH. Captain. SADDLERY, HARNESS. TAgJ jnfi UOTRECEDEISTED SUCCESS OF TUB LW tHESSl T STKEI.T (NO. UK), HADDLEBT, IIABNKSS, AND KOBSE. il I'ltNIftUINU UOODH IIOITSB OF LACEY, MEEKER & CO., Is attrilutalle to the following facts They are very attentive to the wants ofthelr ooa. tomers. Tbey are satisfied with a fair business profit. They sell goods only on their own merits. Tbey guarantee every strap In all harness they ieH over 1-40, the fault of the purchaser only who does not get what be la guaranteed and paid for. Their good are U per cent, cheaper than can b bought elsewhere. They have cheaper and finer goods than can be bought In the city. They have tne I rgestand most complete stock In Philadelphia. All Harness over 25 are "hand-made." Harness from i to t52&. Gents' Saddles from 6 to 75. Ladles' Saddles from 0 to 123. They are the oldest and largest manufacturer In tbe country, LACEY, MEEKER & CO., 14m ko. iam riiEwncTT street. FURNISHING GOODS, SHIRTS.&O. MERINO UNDERWEAR IN GREAT YA riety, for sale at HOFMANN'B HOSIERY STORE. . Merino Underwear for Oents. Merino Underwear lur Y out lis. Merino Underwear lur Intuuls. Jlei ino I'liilerwiur tnr Misses. Merino Underwear Inr radios, llerino Horo for I.udiea. . Merino Hone lor Mlnses. !rrluo Hose lor Youths. Merino Hose tor Inluuta, Merino Uohh for Gents. All-wool Himis, while, for Gents. All-wool hblrls, sourlel, tor Ueuls, A 11-wool Shins, Kiey mixed. AU-wool bhlrUi, blud mixed. All the above, of tuperior qualities, for Bale at HOlJIANNfi 1IOMLKY KTO UK, 8 8 tull's No. 8 North EIGHTH Street. J. W. SCOTT & CO., MAsiii AtrrjEEEs, AND DKALKHS IW MEM8 FUKNIIIIIuq OOD KO. SI I Ili:.S, T NTREET. roup. Doona below the "continentav PATENT SIlOULDEll - BEAU billUT IHAM'FAITORT, ANDUFNTJ.i:iLK'NI ;HKUHINUTORl PERFECT FITTING bHIRTS AND DKAWERrl madelrnm meMsureuieiit at verv hIh ii notii e. All other arlioloa of UtNTLEJtAJji li DJUSiiH GOOLti iu lull variety, WINt'IIKATEK A COH' fio, m tHJCbNCT BtrecV
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