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PAT FOB THI EVENING TELEGRAPH.
Another Democratic Convention.
Prom the iV. Y. Tribune.
The World, apparently speaking in the in
terest of our city hotels and restaurants, pro
poses that a convention he held of those Demo
crats who suffered from arbitrary arrests
during the Lincoln reign. Such a convention
could only he lodged and fed iu New York city,
and it would tax our resources to the utmost.
There were arrested, without warrant or any
lawful process whatever, other than the arbi
trary orders of the Secretary of War, at Fort
Donelson 1.1,000; at Vkksburg, 35,000; ut
Chattanooga, 25,000; at Appomattox and the
Other closing arrests, say 150,000, besides an
aggregate on other miscellaneous occasion of
about 200,000, making in all at least M0
Democrats arbitrarily arrested withrut war
rant or process during the "Lincoln
Telgn." This would amount, according to
. the most carefully prepared tables of loga
rithms, to six in a bed, exclusive of
any other vermin, for every Democratic
couch in the State of New York, including
those at Sing Sing and Auburn. The thing is
too big. It can't be done. If the intention is
to convene only those who were arrested iu
Northern States, the question arises, were
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, and Missouri
Northern States f If so, the arbitrary arrests
made at Gettysburg and Antietam, iu Mor
gan's raid, and in the Missouri battles, must
be included. Or is it intended to exclude all
Who fought openly in Kebel uniform, and
admit only the St. Albans raiders, the burners
of the New York Orphan Asylum, the agents
employed by Blackburn to introduce yellow
fever into New York, the conspirators to
resist the draft in Ohio and Indiana, to un
loose the prisoners at Camp .Douglas, Chicago,
and to assassinate President Lincoln and his
Cabinet ? If these are the parties to be sum
moned, it becomes an important question
Whether the meeting had not better be deferred
awhile. It would be a great discourtesy to
hold such a convention unless it could be pre
sided over by J. Wilkes Booth, as Chairman,
with the assistance of l'aiue, Atzeroth, Surratt,
Blackburn, aud others equally distinguished,
as Vice-Presidents. So many of these have
reached their final destination, and the rest
are so plainly on the way, that it would save a
heavy expense in lights and fuel to wait till
they have all got there. We have no desire
to be present at the convention, or to send any
of our reporters. But we venture to predict
that, for the first time in the history of Demo
cratic Conventions, cold water will be in lively
demand and the supply limited.
Tlie Civil Service Its Fundamental
Krror.
Worn the JV. Y. Times.
The indignation excited by the frauds on in
ternal revenue will be comparatively profitless
unless it end in a demand for more than a
mere change of officers. The dismissal and
punishment of proved rascality are well
enough so far as they go. They are a tribute
to the popular sense of justice which the
Government cannot safely withhold. But as
a fpreventive of further wrong they will
amount to little. Everybody says, of course,
that the vacant places shall be filled by honest
and competent men. The Secretary, doubt
less, intends to appoint such if he can. The
difficulty is that, in the present state of the
civil service, the qualifications of integrity
and capacity are available to a very limited
extent. Other considerations override them.
Intrigue and impudence, combined with poli
tical support, are mighty, and usually pre
vail. Availability occupies the place of merit;
and the interests of the revenue are intrusted
to officials taken hap-hazard, with no reason
able assurance that the future will be better
than the past.
In this fact we have one of the countless
illustrations of the losses and disgrace intlicted
upon the country by its failure to organize a
civil service on a rational footing. With a
vast army of office-holders, we have, iu truth,
none of the advantages which a proper or
ganization would present. The elementary
' qualities of efficiency are absent. No training,
no test of fitness, no gradation resting on
ability and character, no provision for promo
tion, no pledge of permanence. How oould
our civil service be better than it is? Its
members have no established relation to the
Government; they are the temporary rempi
. ents of salaries which a nod of the depart
mental head may at any moment terminate.
At the Lest, their positions are contingent on
4 ,o nf tun-tv warfare. No incentive to
special study or unusual diligence, therefore,
Is afforded them. They were appointed arbi
trarily for reasons of which their superior is
the sole judge, and they have the ever-present
consciousness of being liable to removal
for reasons which all effort on their part may
fail to overcome. If the system were de
signed expressly to exclude the able, the am
bitious, and the energetic, and to oiler pre
miums to inefficiency and laxity of conscience,
it would probably be exactly as it is. And
so long as it Fhall be permitted to remain so,
we must look for its fruit in exposures akin
to those with which the publio have recently
become familiar.
This country now stands almost alone in its
neglect of the .conditions essential to an effec
tive service. England and Russia, perhaps,
come nearest in their shortcomings, though
both have taken strides in advance of the
United States. Fourteen years ago an offiuial
report to the English Government compressed
into a sentence a statement which is still ap-
?dicable here: "Admission to the civil service
a, Indeed, sought after; but it is for the un
ambitious and the indolent or incapable that it
is chhrly desired." Marked improvements
Lave since been carried out. The principle of
competitive examination has beeu adopted,
though its bencllta are kept within narrow
compass by the vatronage which retains the
highest offices. Of the systems that prevail in
Other countries of Europe we are informed by
the North American ltcvitu; the current num
ber of which has & ghort but Bug.
gestive article on the subject. In Prance
the principle laid duwn by the first
Napoleon, " that all publio offices should
be filled by the most competent persons,"
continues in force, despite revolution and des
potism, and is all the time improving in Us
operation. The German States, says the
Review, "particularly Wurtumburg aud l'rus
' Bla, are more advanced than any other country
in their system of examination." .Bylgiuui,
Holland, Switzerland, Italy, and even Portu
gal and Spain, exact evidence of qualification,
and reward merit with promotion; and iu
Greece a university education is indispensable
to admission. "Ours is probably the ouly
country In the world," remarks the Review,
"where a system of examination and promo
tion in the dispensation of its publio offloes
does not exist in the civil service, though it
exists in our military and naval service, the
stringent discipline and efficiency of which are
well known to all Americans."
The opposition enoountered by Mr. Jenckes
in the late Congress does not permit us to be
sanguine in the expectation of immediate re
form. The enormous amount of patronage
which the existing system confers is too valua
ble as a partisan agency to be surrendered
without resistance. The party in possession
refuse to give up the benefit of its influence,
and the party out of office refuse to forego
their reversionary rights. The crowd of poli
ticians on both sides make common cause in
defense of a system which is rendered valua
ble for their purposes by its defects and the
coiruptiou which it breeds. There will be no
change until the intelligence aud moral prin
ciple of the country protest, in more emphatic
terms than have yet been heard, against the
pourcH of the evils which are now traceable to
the civil service. Its defects and its demora
lizing tendencies are equalled by its wasteful1
ness, and a wise economy will ultimately en
force a change. When the taxpayers II ud
their burdens too grievous to be borne, they
will not disregard the loss of millions an 1
hundreds of millions which attends the work
ing of the present system. When they insist
that the machinery of government shall be
run in the iuterest of the republic, and
that honest experience and tried ability shall
carry more weight than the indorsation of
numbers of Congress or thesupport of "rings,"
we may hope for the enactment of something
like Mr. Jenckes' Civil Service bill. Till theu,
let us cultivate patience.
Negro "luioleuce."
Ft om they, Y. Tribune.
The New Yoik Times, in the course of a
"half-and-half" leader on "The Division of
Races," says:
"Tube the Virginia election as an illustra
tion. TUo blncus voted ouo way, t tie wiill'JB
unolher. Is tlint evidence ttiat tlie bl;ickn alouo
aie uibiiing a course wlilcli points to the an
trtcoiiimn ol rncea ? TLe gruut majority of
whites voted primarily nsrainsi a Convention
tbnl is, auainut reconstruction bused upon po
llticiil eqnilily; and. secondly, iu favor of citn
dldatis hostile to the newly acquired right of
the negroefi. Is It surprising that the latter
voieu souiijy against tbeir own degradation
avd disfranchisement, and in support of can
didates radically opposed to tuo Old pro-slavory
pirilf And is it lair, when deprecating tlio
tendencies of the time, to forget the unwlto,
illiberal, and unjust proceedings of the wliit.es,
ami to remember only the lolly aud iusoleuco
of tl e blacks?"
Comments by the Tribune.
Whoever has any knowledge of human
nature, and more especially of negro nature,
must know that the Virginia blacks would
most gladly and proudly have voted for the
ablest and most eminent of the Virginia
whites, if the whites, as a class, would have
let them. But for the ever-present horror of
being sold to some slave-trader, aud sent
South to be driven in gangs in the cotton
fields, the Virginia slaves were a happy
peasantry not over-worked, for the most part
amply though coasely fed, and loving their
homes with a passionate devotion. A slave
was proud of his master's social rank, his
wealth, his broad domain, whenever he could
ue, ami spoKe ionaiy oi "my cattle," "my
Horses," etc., witn an unconscious identiiica
tion of his own interests with his master's.
We know no country with a strictly labarinz
class superior in docility or efficiency to that
of Old Virginia. All that was needed to
attach that clas3 firmly to the political for
tunes of her white aristocracy was simply an
earnest, hearty recognition of the freedmen's
manhood and their newly acquired political
rights.
The great mass of the whites, and especially
cf the former aristocracy, have chosen to refuse
that recognition. They began, directly after
Lincoln's death, by conspiring to give the
freedmen barely starvation wages. They pro
ceeded in legislating, under Johnson's recon
struction, to deny them the most essential civil
rights. And, when Congress dictated a new
and different plan of reconstruction, by which
power is based on loyalty and manhood, not
on color, they combined to resist such recon
struction to the bitter end.
Such being the facts and the Times sub
stantially admits them we ask, earnestly,
what is meant by "the folly and insolence of
the blacks?" We challenge speoifioations.
We sue for evidenoe. That they did not vote
to disfranchise themselves is certain; would
not the Times have scorned and flouted them
if they had? That they sometimes made
mistakes, and distrusted where they might
wisely have reposed faith, we believe; but is it
a wonder that in view of the formidable con
spiracy to crush them they chose to vote for
the candidates who seemed most thorough
going in defense of their rights ? Professions
are cheap, you say; but, as between the maa
who oilers to render me a great service
and one who puts his pistol to my head and
Lids me stand and deliver, can you blame me
for preferring the former? This may possibly
be "folly," though we hardly see it; but how
can it be "insolence ?" Do let us understand!
The Times intimates that some of the whites
who volunteered to counsel and lead the
blacks are neither Solomons in wisdom nor
models of disinterested virtue. We do not
quarrel with this judgment. We regret that
Governor Peirpont, Judge Rives, and several
more of their stamp, were not chosen to the
Convention. We believe it would have been
better for all classes that they had been. But
do whites evince such perfect, unerring wis
dom in the choice f representatives, that
they can afford to throw stones at blacks on
this score ? Have not others as well as negroes
sometimes given more heod to noisy, vehe
ment professions of deference and devotion
than to solid but modest worth? Did the
blacks elect Andrew Johnson ?
A New ICra for American Statesmanship.
Worn the N. Y. Ilvmld.
Our late war was but a portion of the grand
series of sequences and causes which constitute
their revolution through which the American
people have been and still are passing towards
the predestined future. When the war closed
with the surrender of Lee's army to Grant
near Appomattox Court House, a new era for
American statesmanship was opened. It soon
began to be apparent that the nation had out
grown the swaddling clothes and leading
striDgs of its infancy. It must now, in its
manhood, gird itself to run the race that is set
before it. The "abstractions" of State rights
have dissolved, leaving behind them but a dim
and misty tradition of old conflicting sectional
interests. In their turn these must disappear
completely; while' the idea of a vast, consoli
dated, unified nation arises distinctly before
the national mind as the goal of our ambitious
hopes. In order to reach this goal we need a
higher style of statesmanship than even
that which successfully laid the founda
tions of the republic. To restore internal
peace and prosperity, to develop our in
exhaustible sources of material wealth,
to apply all the marvellous ' agenoies
of modern science aud civilization, to educate,
refine and elevate the national character, and
to maintain tmonir the trroat powers of the
earth the imperial position to which the United
Mates are Bummonea dt maniiesi unsuuy,
a task for the combined energies of the entire
American people, directed by the wisdom ami
experience of statesmen comparod with whom
the pigmy politicians of the present day will
sink into utter insignificance and oblivion.
Patrintii-m must take the place ol greediness
for official snoils. Broad aud geuerous views
of domestic and foreign policy must be substi
tuted for narrow and bitter sectional preju
dices. Questions of finance, aud other
branches of political and social economy, must
assert their vital importance, ana wntiig.m
over dead institutions must cease. The art
of noverning must no longer be reck
oned ninong the lost arts. None of the requi
sites which such thoughtful writers as Ansaldo
Ceba aud Henry Taylor, the one iu his
"Citizen of a llf-public, " and the other in "TIih
Statesman," have proved to be indispensa
ble in the rulers of a powerlul Matt, snoui i
be any longer neglected. The popular mini
Fhonld be trained to recognize ami demand a
high standard of excellence iu the selection of
tln ir leaders. It should become the universal
conviction that it is a blessing to have at the
head of affairs the most intelligent and capable
men that can bo found in the country. Intel
ligence, and not black ignorance, should rule.
The insidious attempts of any party whatever
to exercise despo.io control by the aid of the
ignorant and degraded should be indignantly
denounced. Nor should that undue jealousy
of superiority be imitated which impelled
the ' lieice democracio" of Athens to ostracize
its Lest and noblest citizens. "A statesman,"
we are told, "should follow publio opiuiou.
Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses;
having firm hold of the reius, -and guiding
them." incalculable nuscniet nas beeu
wrought bv hich placed folly and imbecility.
We have suffered enough from'inediocrity aud
wenkness on the part oi our Chiet Magistrates,
aud such qualities should no longer recom
mend a candidate. Let us not fear to trust
the reins of government to a firm hand. The
name of Grant heads a long list of heroes who
have fought for the unity of the nation. Ig
noring alike North. East, West, and South,
these men of deeds and not of words have
comprehended and sought the welfare of the
whole country. By bringing out the latent
forces of a people, unconscious of its resistless
might, and organizing these forces for victory,
they crushed the most formidable Rebellion
which any government ever encountered. If
they were to carry into politics the grandeur
ol the views and the energy which they
evinced in war, they would conspicuously
illustiate the new era for American states
manship. They would be the statesmen of
our iuture.
Soul beru Politic from the Negro Staurt
point.
From the y. Y. World.
The Southern' elections, particularly that of
Virginia, which was more warmly contested
than the others, demonstrate that there is
already a complete separation of the two
races; and the acrimonious bitterness that
has been developed renders it probable that
this alienation is irreconcilable. It will
most undoubtedly be permanent if the recon
struction experiment proceeds much farther
on its present basis. There was never per
haps in the history of the world a great
political and social crisis which found the
men in power so unequal to the exigency.
In a country convulsed and rent by a great
civil war, in which a semi-barbarous popula
tiou were suddenly released from servitude,
there were two great dangers to be guarded
against at its close, and consequently two
great objects of national polioy which ought
to have been regarded as paramount. One
of these objects was the early restoration
of national harmony, lest the animosities of
the war should become chronic; and the other
the establishment of kindly relations between
the two races, thus preserving them from an
tagonism and their sections from anarchy
Neither the desirability of these ends nor the
reality of the dangers can very well be ais
puted. Looking at the subject from the very
lowest point of view, it was inexpedient for
the country to sustain the burdens of war in
time or peaoe; but large armies cannot
safely be dispensed with 80 long as
Southern hostility is not converted into
friendship, nor if the two races in the South
need to he restrained from mutual slaughter.
Now it is a matter of experience, which the
bouthern elections put beyond denial, that,
in both respeots, the danger has been aggra
vated by the Republican party. As a direct
consequence of the Reconstruction policy, the
South is less reconciled to the North, and the
negroes infinitely more jealous of the whites,
than at the close of the war. The Southern
.whites have been provoked to sulky stubbora
ness, and the negroes stirred up to a pitch of
seditious insolence which would never be tole
rated in the North, and is borne by the South
only because the South is under the heel of
a military despotism. If we could hope that
this unfortunate state of Southern feeling was
but a temporary Btage in the progress towards
solid and durable tranquillity, it might per
haps be borne. But nothing is more cer
tain than that, if the Republican policy
is persisted in, matters will grow worse and
worse. It is the necessary consequence of
the reconstruction scheme to widen the
breach between the two races, and to accele
rate the relapse of the Southern whites into
the bitterness of the old alienation. This will
follow from the operation of human nature in
the circumstances of the parties. If you put
a beggar on horseback, he will pretty surely,
accoiding to the proverb, ride to the devil. If
you suddenly elevate an inferior race from
abject servitude to domineering authority,
they would under any circumstances abuse
their power; much more when they are stimu
lated and set on by an arrogant political party,
acting at a distance, and seeking to profit by
thbir hostility to the subjugated whites. That
the existing feuds will be constantly strength
ened and intensified must be evident to every
considerate man who will attend to the negro
points of view.
That the negroes can shape matters as they
please, follows from the fact that they are an
overwhelming majority of the rarty whioh
will control the State Governments. What
they will please to do can easily be predicted
from the views they take of their rights. The
whole property of the South they regard as
equitably theirs; aud they can support the
claim by arguments specious enough to con
vince themselves. The reasouiug is this:
Property is the creation of labor, and belongs
of right to those who produce it. The
negroes, as slaves, toiled without compensa
tion to create the property whioh existed in
the South at the begiuuiug of the late war. If
auyjpart ot it justly belonged to the white race,
they squandered more than their share upon
their armies, and the negroes may fairly claim
the residue as the accumulated wages of
uncompensated toil. This view springs up so
naturally, aud will diffuse itself so easily in
the negro mind, that it will be the cardinal
idea of the negro policy. As soou as the new
State Governments are organized the negroes
will control every Legislature, and plunder aud
ngrarianism, under the name of reclamation
for past robbery, will be the chief object of
their policy.
I here are various ways in which a legisla
ture under negro control could begin their at
tacks upon property. One of the most obvious
and easiest is through the power of taxation.
The negroes own no property, and by laying
the Mate taxes entirely on property they
w uld escape all the burdens of the State
Governments. As they would not share the
burdens, all motives to economy would be re
moved. Profnse expenditures would be made
for schools, to which all negro childreu aud
youth would be admitted, and as a conse-
inence the spirit of caste would keep out tho
whites. The same would be true of hospitals
and asylums for the insane, the infirm, the
aged the indigent; for orphans, widows, aud
even laborers out of employment. A militia
would lie oigainzed efficient enough to enable
the negroes to maintain their grouud against
the whites, 1 Ins militia would lo paid for
the time spent in drills and parades; aud their
arms, accoutrements, and uniforms would be
paid tor out of the t'tate treasuries, and be
often charged or renewed. 1 axes could be
made so high as to equal 4he ordinary income
ou the property taxed, and when it had thus
become valueless, it would be exposed to sale
tor the taxes, and finding no buyers it would
be forfeited to the State aud finally appor
tioned out to the negroes under some sort of
an agrarian law. In this manner the negroes
could in five years acquire all the lauded
property in tho States of which they hold
control.
We have sketched what would be the natu
ral progress of the negro suffrage experiment,
if the white people ot the South should sub
mit. But certain it is that they would not
permit the experiment to reach its natural
termination without uprisings to resist it.
Before it bad proceeded far, the South would
be a wide theatre of violence and blood, or
else it would require a Federal army of half a
million to keep the peace. But the North will
refuse to support such armies, and the final
upshot will be that the Federal Government,
alter having whetted the appetite for ven
geance, will leave the two races to wreak itou
each other, when the negroes will be slaugh
tered with as little compunction or remorse as
if they were herds of wolves.
We supplicate candid men to weigh these
probabilities; and explain to themselves, if
they can, how calamities so hideous are to be
averted. Is it not true that the Reconstruc
tion scheme has, thus far, produced nothing
but division and bitterness f Is it not certain
that, if pushed through with a high baud, it
will increase the exasperation? Does it not
plainly follow that the only security for peace
in the South is an increase of the military
force ? Aiid when an overburdened people
shall refuse to be taxed for this purpose, and
the armies are withdrawn and disbanded, and
pent-up vengeance is let loose, its desolating
effects will cause the negroes to rue the day
when they fell into the hands of the radicals.
If Congress persists in tlm mad experiment,
the condition of the South will be very much
worse than it is now before it is better.
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I trlotna 1.1 u V. barf, or at Himdcd IV arahoa, a pat tin unajralect.
CARPETING3,
OIL CLOTHS AND DIlUGGETa.
ItEEVE L.
812 thbiuZm
WATCHES. JEWELRY, ETC.
Ld7IS LAD ori US & CO.,
DIAMOND DEALERS AND JEWELLERS,
No. HOa C11KSNUT HTItKKT,
Wonld Invite tbe attention of purchasers to their
large stock of
,i:T' AND LADIES' WATCHES,
Just received, ef the finest European makers.
Independent quarter, econd, ana selt-wlndlng, In
colli anu silver ctuifH.
Also, AMKRICAN WATCITES of all sizes.
Diamond i-f'ls. Plus, Sluils, ItiiiKS, etc.
Coral, Malachite, Unmet, aud Ktruican Bcti. In
cri-at variety. 5 1'IP
t-OLll) (SILVERWARE of all kinds, lncluulug a
large atinorlment suitable lor Rildul Pre-ents. ,
FINE WATCHES.
W e keep always on baud an assortment ot
INDIES' AND VENTS' "FIXE WATCHES
Oftbe best American and Foreign Makers, all war
ranted to give complete BuUMlactloii, aud at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICE'S.
FAIIR & BltOTHEii,
Importers of Watches, Jewelry, Musical Boxes, etc,
11 llamtbjrp No. 824 CHEStNUT St., below Fourth,
Especial attention given to repairing Watches and
Musical Boxes by ElRbX-CLABW workmen.
WATCHES JEWELRY.
w. w. OASSIDY,
NO. IS OOUTU HEIOMD STBEET,
oners an entirely new and most carefully solocteo
stock or
AMERICAN AND GENEVA WATCHES,
JEWELRY,
BILVER-WARK, AND FANCY ARTICLES OF
EVERY DESCRIPTION. suitable
rUK BBIUAli OU HOLIDAY 1HSENTS.
An examination will show my stock to be tuuoi
pauaeil In quality and cbeapneHS.
Particular attention patu to repairing. 816
r nnccri s. r r
.31
Ko. 22 K0UTQ oIITH STREET,
OFFEHONE OF THE LABtiLST STOCKS
Ot
FINE FRENCH CLOCKS,
OF THEIJS OWN IMPORTATION, IN TUB
CITY. 6 26
AMERICAN WATCHES,
The best in the world, sold at Factory Prices.
BY
C. & A. PEQUICNOT,
MANUFACTURERS OF WATCH CASES,
No. 13 South SIXTH btreet.
8 8 Manufactory, Ab. 22. 8. FIFTH Street.
gTERLIKQ SILVERWARE MANUFACTORY
NO. 414 EOCI ST STBEET.
GEORGE H II A.H p,
Pateutee of the Ball and Cube patterns, manufactures
every description of fine STERLING SILVER
WARE, and oilers for sale, wholesale and retail,
choice assortment of rich aud beautiful goods of new
sty les at low prices. 9 26 3m
J. M. SHARP. A. ROBERTS.
GROCfcKiES, TO.
pnCSH FRUITS I8G7.
PEACHES, PEAKS, PINEAPPLES,
rxims, apiiicots, cheuhies,
IlEACHBEUBIES, O.UINCES, ETC.
PBllSEIiVED AND FHEhll, IN CAMS AND
UEAfcS J A UN,
Put np for our particular trade, and for sale by the
dozen, or In smaller quantities, by
LI ITCH ELL & FLETCHER,
810 8m NO. 1304 CHESKUT STKEET.
JjpIKE rAKMESAN CUEESE,
Dl'TtH HEAD CHKESE,
YOUSitl AME1MCA, Oil
IMITATION EWlIsU STIE'I ON CHE ESP
FOR BALE BY
JANES B. WEBB,
N. E. COB. E1C11TH AND WALNUT NT,,
8 HI Philadelphia,
SfEW BUCKWUEAT FLOUR,
WHITE CLOVER HONEY,
FIBST OF THE SEASON.
AIXI'HT V. BOUEKTS,
Dealer In Fine Groceries,
"7rp Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Bla,
NEW YORK DYE I NO AND PKLNTING
ESTABLISHMENT Works on fHaini Inland.
Uihco lu Philadelphia, No. ) N. EltiUTU Street
ti,i u . (went Hide).
n TiT.V ,a ." Bni1 well know ii Company, the largetl of
I. Ji ? ." u'o-M. and In the forty-iilntli yearol
!.,.rt (.V" ""CBJ prepared, wllu the uiohI extensive
. a n.V.ove'i ""hiiiery, Mi t. cOh.um, and (iii.ft,
and pVel'i iwuUs!'Ual,ei'ev,fjr y"klM 1 jarmeul
itftfW belli ruanfa by ou oew French process
tvuiuui being rljjuju, v I7iulhsiiu
hiislcies
K1TIGIIT & SON,
AO. SOT C'HKNKIiT KTKEET,
FURS.
18G7. FALL AND WLOTER- 1867 1
FUR HOUSE,
The undersigned Invite the special attention of the s
Ladles to their large stock of FURS, consisting of
Muffs, Tippets, Collars, Etc.,
IN r.TJSSIAN BARI.E,
HUDSON'S BAY SABLE,
MINK 8ABLB
ROYAL FRMINE, CHINCHILLA, PITCH, ETC,
All of the LATEST STYLES, SUPERIOR FIA'IdU,
aud at reasonable prices.
Ladles In mournloK will Und handsome article
PERSIANNES and SIMIAB; the latter a most bean
tllul lur.
CARRIAGE ROBES, SLEIGH ROBES, and FOOT
MUFFS, In great variety. 1
A. K. & F. K. VORflRATH,
llm NO. 417 ABCII STB EET.
p A P2 C Y FURS.
The subscriber having recently returned from
Europe with an entirely new stock of
FURS
Oi his own selection, would oUcr the same to his cus
tomers, made up in the latent styles, and at reduced
prlcts, at his OLD ESTABLISHED STORE,
NO. 139 NOBTII THIBD STBEET,
10 26 2mrp ABOVE ARCH.
JAMES RKISKY.
FURNISHING GOODS, SH1RTS.&0,
M
ERIXO UNDERWEAR IN CREAT VA-
tieiy, iur auie at .
HOFMANN'S HOSIERY 8TORE.
Merino Underwear for Gents.
Merino Underwear lor Youths.
Merino Undurweur for Infanta,
Merino Uuuerweur lor Misses.
Merino Underwear lor Ladles,
Merino Hose for Ladies.
Merino Hose for Misses.
Merino Hose lor Youths.
Merino Hobo for Infanta.
Merino J lobe lor Ueuts.
All-wool Mi Iris, white, for Gents.
All-wool Shirts, scarlet, lor Ueula,
All-wool bhlru, grey uilicd.
All-wool Shirts, blue mixed.
All the above, of superior qualities, for sale at
UOFSIANN'S HOSIEBY STOBE,
8 8 tilths No. 9 North EIGnTH Street.
J. W. SCOTT & CO.J
SHI It T MANUFACTUBEBS,
AND DKALXBS 1ST ' '
HEN'S lllBMHUIHfl CtOODS
MO. 814 CHESNUT STBEET.
FOUR DOORS BELOW THE "CONTINENTAL,'
27rp muladklphia.
PATMT SHOULDER-SEAM
fcUIBT MANUFACTORY.
AND GEN TEEM EN'S FUBNISHINO STORE
PERFECT FITTING SHIRTS ATVTt np a u?itd7
madeirom measurement at very short notice. i
,A,l'.ihJrrtlrle" 01 GENTLEMEN'S DBJCsJ
GOODb in lull varivtv. I
WINCHESTER A CO.,
No. 706 CHESNUT Street
SADDLERY, HARNESS, &c.
piIE UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS OF Tlli
NEW CHESNUT STBEET (NO. 1818),
SADDLERY, HARNESS, AND HOBS!
IFUBNlftUlNU GOODS UOUSB
or
LACEY, MEEKER & CO.
Is attributable to the following facts:-
They are very attentive to the wants ofthelr cus
tomers.
They are satisfied with a fair business profit.
Thev sell sooCs only on their own merit.
Thev Diiarantee everv stran In harnn than
over flo, the luult of the purchaser only who does nut
get wnai lie is guarauiueu auu pam lur, 1
Their goous are 2b per cent, cheaper than can of
hmipht fflHftwlipra. I
They have cheaper and finer goods than can l
oeugui in uie city.
They have ue I rgebtaud most complete stock 1
Pbliaueipnia.
All Harness over f26 are "hand-made."
Harness Irom l 1 to ffi-.
Gents' Saddles from ftf to 78.
Ladles' Saddles from t0 to 125.
They are the oldest aud largest manufacturer!
the country.
LACEY, MEEKER & CO.j
9 14 sin
NO. ISIS CHESNUT STBEET.
QEORCE PLOWMAN.
OAIiPKNTKlt AND BUIL.DKI
To No. 131 DOCIC trmt
pJt'bAPKI.PHIA.
p R A N G'S
AJmOlJICAIV OIHt03IO
IN IMITATION Oil. !AIKTINUN.
. i.. i.. PHAKfl & CO.. Boston. Suld
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