THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 18C7. city intellk; LCNOE. ! APDITKtKAL LOCAL ITEMS OlyTSlDK PA6K9. LUTHER AT WITTENBERG. A Simon Prcachtd by Kcv.Dr. t. HtrcH, la Com in am oration of tit. HmnthJn blleeof the Reformation, at the Ctknrch, Corner or Tenth and Clinton Streets, on Snnday Kvenlng, No' eutb.r 3. fri'IAL RETOBT FOR THE EVENINd TEI.EORArn. If this work be or man, It will come to nmwlit; hut If U be of God. ye cuniiot overthrow li,"-Acw V, M, 39. In the market place, In the centre of ttao old town ot Wittenberg, beueHih a Gothic canopy of Sraeetul riruportious, standing upon a solid pe e tal ot sixty tons ireigbt, In a colossal utalue ol Martin Luther. The canopy Is of Iron, the Mfltue is ot brat-9, the pedestal is of stone. On one side of the pedestal, cut deep in thofolul Hianite, are the word of tins lest, slightly varied in the rugged and dcMi-sounditifc lan punpc which once thundrrcd from the lips of the vre.it ref ormer in the pulpit t the pari?U church adjoining the iuarei "I.sfs Gottes Work, so wlr i's lMteii-n. Is'l ineubcUi'iiWt'iu, w IiU'b uiiiuieUeu." II it be God'. work, It will stand. If it be man's Work, it will fall. (hi another Mile of tlie pedestal. Inscribed In letters equally lame and deep, is the Lrst line of Lutuer'n tnuioiis Pr-aliu, which he composed aud unp when about to appear, at the peril of Iih life, belorc the Dct ul the ISoriuunic empire at Woinis H"Ein' cute liurg 1st uuKor Oolt," A tdrong tower Is our (iod. 'A'he Bione, the iron, an 1 the brass of the nionuineiit, and the sublime lui'li of the two inscriptions, litly coinnieiuoratc lb; uiicniniut-r-hlde tirruries ol the ninn who stood forth as the champion ol (lod's word, aud by whom Hod's woik wa- nobly done, in the days of liavkneB, and in Uetiunce of the mightiest powers of the earth. 1 ast Thursday, at noon, counts three hundred and tlfty years since the brave and 'tout-hearted Kefornier nailed bis ninety-live theses against Hie Pope's indu pecces to the door ot the Castle Church iu that tame little tjwn of Wittenberg. By that act he first declared open aud perpetual war against the cltnnis and perversions ot tae t hurc.h ot Rome. By that a 't, doue of hU own free accord, without consultation with any human beinp, done iu the liht ot the broad day, and in the preser.ee of a multitude ot union ished spectators. Luther stood Jorth. solitary and alone, as the first and loremost cnumpion of the great Protestant Kelorruiulon. lie sum moned the works at;d creeds of darkness to appear lor trial before the bar of Hod's word, ami in subjection to the laws of rcusau unJ truth. Luther himself bad little conception of the far-reachiuir ousequences thit wo. ill tlov,' from the defiance watch he thins in the tnce ot the prent itotntsb lalcehoo 1 thai day. lint t1 e blows of his hammer upon the door of the church iu Wittenberg, thrte huiutiedaud li'.'y years airo, echoed through all the European world. TUey bliook tlie thrones of tho mightiest cmoires, and shattered the fabric, of the most tigautio and crushing superstition that ever tyrannised over the human mind or fastened letters upjn the hurt' an soul. While 1 sprak, the bom of th-it ha win or are felt and leate.1 fli roval cabi nets and.aucient cathedrae?, in councils of state and in silent sleeping chambers, at Home and 1'arK at Madrid ami Vk una. And tiiey arc. destined btill to be heard, waxing louder and louder, in the thunders of botrle aad in the earthquake of revolution, nutil tlie giant false hood which Luther doiied, is disarmed of its powr aiid piostiate. in the dust. It becomes us to keep alive tho rcmeinbrnnco t-t a deed ta which we are all much Indebted lor the Ireedom ot speech and ot faith which we enjoy this any. The world cannot afford to Jorpct one great act of sacred heroism, doue in Ibe love ol God and fertile eood of man. And if we search through all human history for I he lust thousand 3 ears, we cannot find another event which was to simple in itself, and which is, nevertheless, so worluyto be com im'ttir rated bv all branches of the Ciiri-"iaa Church and by all l.ations of Prole-ilHut Curia- IC'IkIijIU. It is not my present purpose to dh cuss the principles of tLc ifpforiuutiou, or to estimate the work which it. has doim for the world in tlivt-C hundred and ilty yrars. 1 would only ri'i'iwli your ovu recollections of Luthu-'s time and woik, by setting bclore jotisjineof the sei nes aud me mentos ot his strugirbug and stormy ltte. Ju the endeavor to bring ill 13 brave and stron-soul 'd man nearer to jour heiiris, let me asK you to look at 1 ho.. situation and surroundings, of the little city 10 winch bis name bus uiveu a ct-deb-ritv throughout the world, aud lor ill li ne. 'i he nan e Wittenberg elinnue.-s 'white hills," and it is derived iroui the hillocks, or drifts of white san-1 that slrotch away iu tne distant and ue.-olaie prospect, on the north of the city. Tne river Elbe flows sluggishly by, a half mile south of tlie wails. Eeyoud the river a melancholy heath extends tor many a mile, lluoly cov ered with clnrrps of coure era s and starve ling oaks and pines. Here and there, at long intervals, are little clusters ot low, red Tooled houses, halt hidden by trees of larccr growth. The inhabitant seen in the nil fenced" fields by the passiug traveller look fctarved and stunted, like the miserable vejet i tion which strives to live in the untidy soil. The women po out lung di itances overtlnj wild heath to gather sticks tor firewood, aud they bring them borne in heavy bunales upon their shoul ders. So Luther's mother cut wood in the Hmriugiau lorrst around Kislcben and carried it home lor the winter's (ire. The men of the heath ttnve, in a rude way, To make the earth jb Id them someUnner to live iiit'ii. Rut they spend much of the little w hich they get 111 bcr dr.nkiiitf at tho niiseuiblc public1 houses. in Luther's time Wittctiburjj itself had a brewery for every two houses in the wuolo city, and nii.eiecn to spare for strun.vr.s. Three husdred jcars buve wtouarat a gtvat improvement In the , drinking habits ot the Herman people. But lite reformation in this respect, as well as in relinion, if not yet com plete. beven years eo I came Into Wittnheraf from Lei,sic and Halle, passing over th" same level tract which Luther erased, wln-n eolmr tbl'.her for the lirst time IVom Krfurt, Hit on huL'ired and litly years b'-fore. lh"1 country, as I saw it, was not r t J desolate, hl;e the lnvlh anl sand drilts around Wittenberg, but it wis the samo unvHrie.l level. It dul not s-rm as if such a ji'uuotoiioiis land cane could impiro great thoughts or give bir'h to pteat .i-iiiu". And jt tit bud been the ho:nii of the g realist nren and the ?cenc of iheerea'ctt eiei.'s In European history. It was a mild day In the niMith of August. The air was Kill, and iu every (lirecton i-itint wii.dtmils woi-t rcac'nug foith their idle aims in vain supr'ii.-itlon to the wiud, s'raiigling Docks of ravens k pUl ipptncr Over nt all tiny from east to wi t, m if they hd sc.ti'.bii the c.un.iue of some fiei' tm'.t le-li'-l I alar. Uou'ulo rowsofLouiburdy po;,l irsstixtched in Hi td m nrln.lv pro''e-.iOU abinji the pub'.ii: roiKi, leoktiig as inu?li like pinina n"d iiimnppy e ie. in iH riimny as they do in America. The utVHiCfd ildi, fialit and left of the ro:H, Wfr,: divi'ud iuto slips, cultivated wuu d.il'eront crops, a lew ro is wi'h and a hah mile long. Iltie and there, lb.cks of idiccp were grnziiiLr, on a ijunow, unleuot'd slip of gi'n-s, ami they were kt pt from intruding upon the neighboring plot hy a Gheoueirt aud a 1I0L'. Tlie do kept the skeep, and ihe shepht rJ smoked Lli pipe. Jleudov luiks flew up, sii:ly or in llock. at the tound of our cininir. and pom en a merry song upou the silent ai-. women were woihing iu tho tields m compatiles ol twenty or more, with hands aud faces brown and weather-bfaicu, like the course parmeuts which tnev wore Great heavy-wheeled ploughs lay ruiiinn iu tho midst ot the harvest, lookme ai if tony were eot In the lb Ids to be ready Iroin year to rear 1. passed nwiftly b, the long sti-ipen or diversely ahaded grain and pras looked as if they were wheelinsr rapidly to the rear, and tho same liv mhlrl kent 11D rieui ami leri tor nours. I.p'ioki and Halle, both familiar to Luther. and the scene of treat events in his lifu. ara lUace, old-ltibkloiitd towiii, piott. pf the iiounea looking s if thry Lad been standing ever since the ltcloimer'n lin.e, irany stoites high, three or lour in the attic, with sharp gabbM, narrow wlndowe, and very dark and time worn walls. The riilssetibcrg Talnce, in which Luther held his famous debate with Kck and Curlstad at Lripsic, is now a storehouse lor nool. The old Wsrket Church standltig ou the public fquare In Halle religiously preserves the n emory ol the great Relormcrm a colored medallion 01 immense size, set high up in the w alls ot the interior, with the inscription, "The boly Doctor Luther, the Prophet of (Jerinany." The chinch Itself Is his best monument. It has two lolty toweis, connected lar above the roof by a covered bridge. The keeper lives In alodae on the top of the left tower, aud he lets dowu a key over tho battlement to any one w ho rini a bell bilow and wishes to come up. The spice LctwcMi the buttresses outside, all round the church, Is bmlt into rude little shops, In which women sell trinkets, old iron, wooden ware, and lottery. ' ' intcring Wittenburg, ns Luther did for the first line, ut the western uat-, we tros a deep ditch by a drawbridge, puss between liih embankments of earth, heavy walls of stone, and armed folliers constpiitly on guard. We scei'i to have en teiid a lortie-s rather than a town, and we find that tor every family of live persons there uro two soldieis to keep the peace. At the richf, as we puss the gate, i the castle or pnlace binti by the Elector Frederick, Luther's great fricn I. Anjoiniiiir Hie enstp. is the church, called the CcMoB.-kuche, on the door of which Luther iceted his t-.escs, in the pulpit of which ho olten preached, and beneath ihe stone floor ot which he now lies buried. Directly belorc us is the main sireet of the town, the whole length of which Luther walked many thousand limes in the ihiity-eight years of his residence at Wit tenbeig. Around it, iu courts range I in oval form, is the whole population amounting t ) but ten thoti'iind, counting soldieis and citizens. The s'reet is not wide, nor straight, nor well paved; aud although it extends nil the way to the rnposite pate, its whole length is less than bull the distance that mtmy come to attend this t Lurch every Sabbath. Kvcrj thing iu the town has an old look. The f-pace within the walls was nil built up lone ago, and ihe bouses appear as if they bnd been staud ing etr since Luther's time. And iu fact nearly all upon the main street must have met his eye when he pussed through its whole length, from the eastern to the western gate, to post his ttiitcs upon the door ot the Castle Church, on the memorable 31st of October, 1517. Be.ore that day, P!K)0 masses were said. 35,000 pounds ol wax were burned, C700 sacred relics were ex hibited iu that ch irch every year. I Fprnt two nights and a Sunday in the city. My room at the "hotel was on the opposite side ot the street, and in lull view of the church door where the blows of Luther'i himmer rou-ed thewoild from the b lumber of a thou tHLd years. The church is high, heavy, and plain, without steeple or toer. Green grass anil climhius ines wro glowing out of chinks in tlie buttresses and walls. The worl i-re-nowned enhance is 011 the middle of the north side, directly beneath one of the live lofty win dows. The actual door on whi.cu Luther posted h b theses was burnt by the French, while they held possession of the city, in Napoleon's time. The Kinrr of Viussia has replaced it with a door of bronze, on the panels ot which the whole of He liinctj-tive Latin thesps are inscribed in riii-ed Jettcis as permanent as the bronze itself. The church inside is bare and cold, with a lofty ceiliiiE, a stone floor, and movable, uu ctisliiouert benches, for the accommodation, or rather the discomfort, of the worshippers. At Hie cast' ni end, occtipyinff the place of the oi l Itotuish nltnr, i3 a very high pulpit. At the opposite o.u.n,ity is a singers' gallt rr, tniUy livo feet from Hie floor. The Sunday I was there about seventy-live pctsous occupied the seats. A jouuir and plensauMo.iking preacher was in the pulpit. Before becinning the service, he tun ed to a crucifix and crossed h'msolf, and the congregation did tho same. Thirty btvs. dressed in while suipliecs, sent clown their shrill music iroin rhe lo.'tv gallery. Their piping voices an. I bih position reminded mo ol the larks that I had beird stiigini: in the clouds the day before, over the plains of Leipslc. The tunc was not quite suited to the wrtrbline t.otes of bilds, ior it .was Lu'bcr'e favoric Old Hundred, and the lJrnhn was ru.'tred, and ;tit ng with such words as Luther loved. Two bronze tablets, la-icned in tne stone floor of the church In iront of tlie pulpit, nnnk tho spot. where tlie a.sties ot tne great Ue'crrncr ami of bis beloved Mchuiuthou rest, waiting the resur rect on. Alidwav between the eastern and wealeru eatep, and ulonuside ot the main street, is the market place, containing Luther's nionumt nt, and by its hide stands the pariah church, in w Inch Luther most irequt-ntiy prcachd. Lite ilia" at HaBe, it has two towers couitcctcd bv a covired galltry high above the toof of the church. Everything abuut it looks oil and old enough to have come down trom Luther's (lav. At the eastern end ol the mum stieet. 111st flutside the wall0, m a preen and llouihliiug oak, protected Dy a si'gtu paling, it wa reared iroin the acorn, and it occupies the n-rouml of an older tree under which Luther burned the Bull and Decretals of the Pope. Inside the whiIs, and close Dy tlie Lister or eastern gate, is Luther's house, the old Auuustino Convent, in whiuh he lived, and iroin which ha sent forth words that shook the world. I passed through the low stone-framed door way, walked slowly up the worn stairs, entered, with uncovered head, a large dismal chamber, Willi two windows on the second floor. I walked silently aruund a great square table, large enough to hold half a library. I stared v. omleringly at a great brick and tile oven or stove fcix ttorics high. I read a line or two in a much worn, black letter Latin prayer book. 1 turned an iiour-'lass and set the sand running. 1 lilted a silver drinking cup reverently to niy lips. 1 sat in a rude chair, made of unnniuted. uncuphioned boards, with two seats facing each other. 1 gazed dreamily at a p ister cost of a great rugiad laec with shtigiry brows and deep melan choly eyes and it was all Luther to ine. The di or, the stairs, the room; the stove, tho table, the seat; the hour-glass, the cup, the book were, for thirty-tight yeurs, instruments and elements ot thut tiemenCiuus 111c wuicti sent out its mighty puhutioiis to the cuds of the earth. Here the great champion of truth girt on his armor, and prepared himself for life-lb jit battle with the principalities ami powers of darkness, lleie be bowed himselt in prayer, and poured out Lis soul with strong crying and many tears, lit re he sweat and groaned iu Hi r aeonizing stri ggle to lii.U. out the moatiing of Goo's word. Iiere be li utuil in desperate c milict with the black demons ot temptation. Here, after long and lerribe wnstlirg, he shoo' himselt free in 111 Ihe letters ot superstition w hit h his mo lifst k; tH'ucaiiou had l.iMtned upon him. on this very table, sitting iu this hard and heiivy chair, timing his vok by this sumo liour-gla-s, he wrote letters, sinnou;', and addresses which It 11 upon the European world like 1 lipid peals ot thi-aoer in a stormy night, for .thir.y years, a Kditury man sent forth Iroui this chieile.s aad liiift-i ni.-hca chuinber v.ordo thit ma le empe lot's, kirg-, aiid cabinet niii.iiei'.s li'iuble in their 1 alace". The eyes ot na'iuiis wr 10 Aipou him w lien he weni foi'th irom tins humble ttpart ln. nt to tear te-tiuiony unto Jesus liejoie ih1 princes and potentates of tho earth. The hears ot uull oi s were held in p.iinf'il suspense till it as kiiowu tnai he hat escaped lrorn the lion's month, and hud lelurned to b s home In peace. And what ativfl this man Luther his uieat power over the minds ot his KUow-men ami ftver the debtiny of na'ions? What ltuson have o to ccnin etnorate w hal. lie did 111 tusttuing Lis thet-es to tho chuich door ill Wittenberg tiuee hundred and tiny years ago? What good has conut to us, and to the world, from the cou nt go with w hich he stood forth us the champion ot truth Ihat dav? The whole hi-tory of clvl- iied mnn for three centuries would have to bo told m giving a ium answer 10 sucn questions, iv.r ihn niiseiit. I can oidy ray that laiih iu Hod's woid made Luther great. Devotion to God's kingdom made him tho beuelaclor 01 the i,r,i, human race. He dared to fay thut God's book should be open lor every man to read, and that Goci's grace bhould be freely otieied for every man to accept. He Bail that when 1,.. itiftt. tho instruments of torture were waiting for him, aud the fires f martyrdom were ready to consume mm. AsuerUuii kud dckudiiig mtU divine liberty in behalf of all men, he became the emacipator of the human mind. He set the w( il l fot ward In the career ot progress and improvement more censibly than it had moved lor a thousand years. He rose by Mow and painful steps to the lr..e grandeur ot his mission: and still In ihe ver bright of his power and fame he remembered the lowly state Irom which he hud risen. He fympathized with the poor and labored to lift up the down-trodden. While charging with wild and terrible onset upon the manv-herd"d mon ster of error, I e maintained a rueged honesty and simplicity of character which made hibi still a tender, kind-hearted, and lovable man. HI Hie lessons of his lile, sufiice it to say here that the world has not got beyond or above the net (I of such qualities as made Lu'hcr great and pood. Kntire faith in Hod's word and devotion to God's kiuctlom are what Ibis ece most needs: what we all mostnedas li. dividual men. Hod's k'UfdO'U will Indeed stand, and His work will be done, whether wo give our help or not. But It Is a question of infinite moment for us, whether we obey when God srns: "Ho work in my vineyar I." Who ever lives only lor himself 'and lor this world; whoever is anxious only to obey the opinions and la hions mid piejudices of men, will rind bis woik come 10 nii'ight. He will himself say in b 'Memos of soul, a, last, "I have lived in vain.'' But work for Hod, nnd 110 ellort or sacrifice of yours bhall lad of its reward. Be sure so to live that somebody will thnnk Hcd for your life, as millions to-dsy Ihiink Hod that such a tiihn 11s Martin Luther lived, and then you, yourself, will bf satisfied with vour work. The powers which still govern tho world are proud and lalie and d.nk. And the world has had enough of them. It is time that the veil which vice and error end unbelief put upon all eyes were torn away. You rai not spend your time, your property, your inllut nee to letter purpose thau in helping to st t up ihe reign of truth and love and peace among men. Lrain from the great Itelortner to 00 and dure ord s 11 If or all things, iiiat the dark icgu of error and iniquity may ceie. Learn trcui him to exalt the value of man's spiritual and immortal nature ab ve all the material and perishable values 01 enrtb. Learu irom htm to struggle on iu the path of duty wheu beset with cl Hicultie?, to hone on under discouragement, and to count nothing too hard for even common men to do, who trust iu God aud live only to do Hod's work. Twfxty-secosd Ward Orant Club. A meeting of the citizens ot the Twenty-second Waid favorable to the nomination of General Grunt as the candidate of the Republican party for President, was held at the To wn Hall, Ger-nn-ntown, ou Saturday cveumg, October 2G. Charles S. Paucoast, F.sq., was called to the chair, nnd Jo-eph T. Ford appointed Secretary. The chairman, in a few remarks Mated lhe object of the mectintr, and the following com mittees were appointed, viz. : To report names of oliicers for permanent or ganization, Geoiu'c W. Haniersly, Norton John son, Edwin T. Chase, H. O. Koberls, Charles B. Tiego. C11 reaolut'ons, HeneralJoshua T. Owen, Gen. M. 8. Lnlletield, William Wister, Charles W. Chin chrrmu. On meetings, General Joshua T.Owen, George W. llauiersl.v, Joseph T. Ford. . After eloquent remarks Irom General' J. T. Owen, the niecuun adjourned until Friday even ing, Movcmber 1, nt 7 o'clock, at which time it reassemble 1, Charles's. Paucoa-t, Esq., ia the chair. After the minutes of tho meeting of October 20 Lad been read by the .Secretary, JoS( ph T. Ford, General Joshua T. Owen, chair man of the Committee 011 Resolutions, rt purted the folio whur, which were unanimously adopted: IIVi(r.is, It Is eminently proper that tho pnopl" should, in tnoli local ussemliliPH, give expression to their views on qiiisnli 11s ol UoverninoiH poll. :y, and ll.elr piplerciicts lor puhlic niHii; tlierefm-e J.'i .(, ily ilie citiona ol the Twenty-second Wuiil, 111 town nie(-tii k ussi-mhled. In tne piilj'lc lull 01 'leiuiuniown, iiiat weeilm,- us tennuiou-ly us here tofore to Unit p 1 ami jiollt cal oi'MHinzailon uuitr W'lios- 111 spices Ilie Keliflllon was cruslied, tlisupr nmcy 01 t.n iikliunul law iwmiill-'hed. und the Qovorn ieent Be ured In the Interests ol IPiei lv. lit stilt'"!, 'r llhl WO ltPl.rM-ntf. I liM lti.l fc V nf nilttlnn- In Jeoi aiu.v tlie paramount results ol the wnr, l tliu mu.. 1p.11 eiiun i mie h nut pmiricui, mil sot.' till itml uiorui. and upon wlilch men o' ul 1 p titles may and do (liller, wl 'isi li.eyayiee upon the lundaiueutida of llieir eiIlll ureeutj. JiiHtlml. '1 bat wnllst wo do not wish in not r.rtli In deiiiil our ciiiws ot complaint, jot wo (1.) iimsl ( uisny reeoinii.enn nun .'oiiKress ouei, rh Hpi'i-.ll.v us limy tip, i.imI to tlie Kratsi possliiin extent, redueo 1 1 1 iHjcation Iiiii o-ct 011 tlie liiuiitilacturlnj aud pio (lnetiu; iniei e ' s 01 the o tint f v. Jit.t'tf tl, 1 l ui (.entriil U. 0. tirant. hy his record as a solo if r. is elef.rly c.niinUteu to llio polley of Ilia Hi I'lil liean I'l'rlv iu lis lnuiiHL'Oiiienl of Ilie war. n.11 I by Ids vimn' us iiroseenti .n ot the ('oniiressloiiiil ula.i ol reoon 11 laaion id ihe ieh"ili. us staler, ho Is eipiitpy coumdned to lis peace policy us Indicated by Its Cou t;ieHl"Iial uelloil. Jitft.irtil, '1 1, at we nre for ( lencal (Jrunt lor resi dent. ; ad wo do-- hereby cntMlUnt onrielves Into a (Slant (i. nipalan Clltui, whose ohjeet will he to press) the eimiiis of this ulsil UKulsbcd soldier and patri u 10 me roni oence and endorsement or the Kepuhlicau Nnli'inal ( eiiveiitlon. and Ills noniln uhin hy that body as the cundidate of Ilia party lur lTesldent, as one ' lit to Lo luade." TbcFe resolves were adopted by acclamation. George W. llanier-ly. Chairman of the Ooui- mittt e on Oliicers for permanent organization, K pjrled the lollowine: Presiuent Charles S. Panco.ist. Vice-Presidents First precinct Dr. John S. Houghton and Thomas F. Middleton. fcecond precinct W liliaui Wister and spencer Koterts. Third precinct Colonel Frederick C. Ncwhall and Saniuel W. Koop. l'ourtu precinct Alexander JJucon and Wil liam H. Spencer. Fit h precinct William C. Houston and Capt. George W. McCullough. bixth pteci net Edward Bennett nnd Daniel Keysicr. eventu precinct liugn McUallum ana wu- lium L. Smith. Kighth precinct Robert II. Gratz and Tuos. B. haner. Ninth di cclnct Norton Johnson and James Rowland. Secretaries Joseph T. Ford, Col. C. E. Widdes, and Charles Mcars. Marsbai-C.ru. M. S. I.itllefleld. Treasurer- Lucius P. Thompson. The meolirnr having then organized as a Grunt flub." was eiooueiitl v addressed bv Hon. M. Russell Thayer and William M. Ball, tsq. A tor the appointment cf a committee to oLti in a place ol meeting, aud prep re u constitu tion and by-laws, the meeting adjourned, sud- lict to the cull ot snut committee. CoRSER-ETosK Lavixg. The coruer-istoiio of tho Church of Kt. John the Evangelist was laid on bnturdav alter noon, at the corner ot Third and heed streets, in the presence ot a ihil'c numuer or peidons, hy tlie Went hev. William Bacon Sleveiis, Bi-hop of the Diocese, asi-i ied by the Kev. Dr3. Howe and Morton, Kev. Phillips Brooks, aud Hev. Charles L. Fischi r, the rector. This church was started in ion."), by the hev. U. A. Latimer, and was known as tho "Uoon Street Idi-sion," the services beuijr held ij a school-house in the rear of the t-ouiliinst corner ol Second rnd Heed stri els. In cou.-rquence cf the Echo J-house having been injmed by hie, the congren. Hon leuiovtd to the upper ) ai t of tho Huilller Hose house. Mr. Latimer s.oon after resign ing, it was taktn iu fharae by tho Rev. isa'uii.cl Durborow, cf the ' Church of th EMtiiL'i livis, and in lbiiD, while uuarr L is cure, a charter was procured, and tb? ch-tpel on It' ed street, we ot Second, was b illt. The Rev. W. B. Erbeu was the first iudep(inl"nt rector under the charter. Tne churcu has 110 communicants and to flourUhing Sunday vcliool.s, miiiibering nearly lull scholars. The building 1 intended to bo of brick, til) icet trout bv I tiiett in dcpih, with towers at each Iroiit corner on lhird stieet. The lower at the cor ner of Tnitd and Reed sheets is to bo lull feet h.L'b. The c ornei-stone has been presented by he Sunday School of the Church of the Holy liiinty. vim con tints of (ho s'ono were as Icilow.: Copy ol the Holy Bible, Prayer Bok, Joi-inal of the lust General Convention, Journal ot the Diocenun Convention, i'ubtio LedLyir, and other papets of November 2, 18U7, aud a medal. Attbmi'tkd Robukht. -On Sunday morning about 4 o'clock, an attempt was made 10 break into Coehrun'a distillery, on Herman street, below Joiirth, the object of which was su 111 oleutlj indicated by the presence ol tw trucks n Ihe relphborhood, with horses at'ached. Mr. Cochran was in the di'tillery, mid fired a pistol ti'iourh the door, which bad the cflect to send the depredators off. One of the trucks tell into the hands ol the police, and the driver of it also, who was locked up for a hearing. WitisKV Lost. For some time past Marshal Ellmaker has been storing the contraband whisky seized by the revenue officers in ttie Patterson bonded warehouse. Io some twelve packages which had been ppraised and sold, there appears a deficiency of over three hun dred gallons. The matter wai bro.ieht to the notice of Judee Cadwalader, who is now en gaged In investigating it. AMUSEMFNTS. Acadkmt of Mcsic A'orrna will bo Wen this evening by tne Riehinsrs Opera Tnupe, with a cast embracing Mi CaroPue fticti ngs. Mrs. Kdwurd Secum, Mr. Pierre Bernard, and Mr. H. Peaks. We have, no doubt that Not ma will prove an entire success. To-morrow, Lwii tli Lhamwimx. On Friday Mrs. Segnin hits her first beLctif, when the lay'onte Crown Diamonds will b presented. Mapamk Apf.i.A'pb RiSToni appears in Eliza beth, at the (cw ChesuiH Stieet Theatre, on rext Frblay aUrrnoon, supported by Syuor Bozzo and her entire Italian Company. At tue ARcn, this evening, tlurf, the new American comedy, bv Miss Olive Logan, will be produced, with Mrs. John Drew in ihe princi pal port. All of the company lavontes hive hem assignt d to suitable ro'cs in tue new piece, which has been iu preparation for some weeks; and will be put upon the stage in a gorgeous manner at the Arch to-night. The sceue is laid at Cape May, and the comedy 13 niade up of life phases ol liishionaijle society. Mr. Fdwtn Fcrrest begins a brief engage ment at the Walnut this eveuinc, openintr in Sheridan Kuowles' line classic traeedy ql Vir ginni?. Mr. Forrest will enact the title ro'e, supported by Mr. Barton H II. Miss Llllle, Miss Alice Gray, and the company favorites. To morrow (Tuesday) Iiiche ru is annouueed, with t'jdwin Forrest us the "Cardinal Duke." Ar tub New Chksnut, Mrs. Bowers com mences the third wt f k ot her oiiceesslul engde meiit. She plays "Lady Audley" this eveulng. txt Monday Marie Antoinette is to be pro duced. American Theatre. The ballet of the Three Graces, w ith the fountain, still draws crowded Louses. Miss Mary Partington, a ne jy dans"use, pppears this week, and Frank Wood will con tinue his unique dancing. Mr. H abelman's Operatic Costvmb Concerts. M'lle Ackeimaun, a new prima donna, makes her first appearance on Thursday nlcrut, when M'me Johanusen, Wilhelm Formes, Jean Louis, Theodore Habelman, and a pupil will also sing selections Irom lavorite operas. Carl Sentz is Music Director aud Jean Louis is Stiure Manager. The attractions are very brilliant anl there is every prospect of a 1 irge audience. The J ipiter S mpliony, so warmly applauded at Carl Sent.'s last matinee, will be rcpea ed in obedience to universal request on Thursday next. Carncross & D.xey, at the Eleventh Street Opeta House, produce a Irulned elephant and otuer attractions this week. Three delegates will also ehow themselves. Tns Buntah Tableaux, which have been very attractive in Mev Tors, are giving exhibi tions at National Hall 10 very good houses. These tableaux are quite attractive. Mr. Mark Hassleu's first Monday matinee wid occur at Concert Ha'.l next Monday after noon, the 11th iust. Mr. ADoLrn Biruield is now in this city arranging (or Ihe introduction of the French opera Bovfes. La Grand'' Duchesse de Gerolslein will be tlie first produced here. It has been very successful iu New York. Miss Clara Louise Kelloog, the American prima donna, made a succesrdul debut in London on Friday evening. Miss Fanny J anacbciiek and Mad'lle Debo rah, respectively the Hermau und Flench "queens of- Hauedy," are to appear in this city timing the coming winter. GAAC D. EVANS, HM T.Ull Hi:il AM) DEAI.EU IN 0I1S. TAINTS, VAKMSHES, Naval Stores aud Soaps, JS'O. 10 I OBTH DlXA .f ARE AVI..MIE, 10 5.1m3p PHIL ABKLPIII A.. CLOTHING. Q N E PRICE ONLY. JONES' OLD ESTABLISHED OXE PRICE C L Q T E 1 1 N G HOUSE, No. 004 MARKET St., ABOVE 8IXTII. For stylo, dnrublllty, and excellence of workmau ship, our goods cannot be excelled. Particular atten tion paid to customer work, and a perfect fit guaran teed In all cases. 10 fcfmwSm UiiM JCOW. E. M. NEEDLES & CO., Lllvent U nd Chtinut Streets. 1:0 i:r-FiMr:rc cry coons, Bought at the lteeeut Depressed Pi'lueN f-'i'.rtlnt;. PIPow. Hnetlng, s.nl Tuttle Wnens. Tnlne l Pubs ml Nupk ins, to iimb-h. V l"e( IiiIIih. Iic.y ll.-s, '1 nwela und Tuvseillilif Mnrnt-dles units nd luilel Covers, lilHIlketH. tlmieyeonih, I.iincuatcr, Alleudnle, Jucqiiunl, aim other biueuun. DOiii tiTlC ML'bLIN'i AND BHKKTlNOs?, In all qualities and wldthB, at the lowest rates. moh cm VMI' DYEING, SCOURING, ETC. p It E N C H STEAM SCOURING. ALDCDYLL. MARX & CO. MO. IV1I1U K1BVMIIH MTBKJST 1ND HO.IlfBACRSTKEET, H0mwf CARPETINGS. 1867. CARPETINGS. 1067. JAS. H. ORNE, SON & CO., :(lli:Sl'T NTREET, BEtOW SEVENTH, I Jf POUTERS AND PfALERS IN FCREIGNAND DOMESTIC CARPETING 5 ENGLISH BRUSSELS By late arrivals we taiwe a fail assortment of the II 1ST EMUK.INII nAKF.fl, JAS. H. CRNE, SON & CO., (IIISMT NTI1F.ET, 11 T LOW NF.VENTII ENGLISH AND FRENCH nOVAL. AMD VELVET CAKPETINGS, A LL THE NEW EXIIIRITION DESIGNS. Now in Btore and for sale by JAS. H. ORNE, SON & CO., CHENNVT KTKEET, BELOW SEVENTH, KREE-PLY AND INGRAIN IN (REAT VARIETY OF DESIUN. Oil. CLOTHS, In Bheetslrom one yard to elyht yards wide, IIEKDERSON A (O.S AI.I1VORSTED VEBf-ETIABIM. JAS. H. ORNE, SON & CO., hijsni;t stiu:i:t, iti.i.ow sevi.ntji, 9 2Smwf2m r IIILADELPIIIA. JSOTICE. LEE DOM & SIIAW,j NO. UJO ARCH NTIIEET, BETWEEN WINTH AND TENTH bTHERTS, tVIH continue to eell their stock or CAIIPETINOS AT TBICKSJ TO CORRESPOND VVITU LOW KENT AND EXPENSES, AND WILL OPEN DAILY NEW GOODS, As tbev 1o not expect to move. 8 27 3mrp 832 CARPETIXfiS., 832 ARCH STREET. FALL STOCK NOW OPEXi AT IDE AHOII STitKliiT CARPET WAREHOUSE JOSEPH BLACKWOOD, MO. 83 Altt ll Ml BEET, 8 in 2m T--o -oor. hpipw Ninth . Sonth BIrte. JTALL STOCK OF CARPETING S. Jutt Opened, a Full Aaaortmtnt of TAPEMBT BBl'NNEU, 3 PIY INBBIIXS, AND EXTRA fiCPEBFISE INfclRAIN CAR IEIINOK. OIL CLOTII, 12, 18, and 24 feet sheets. (OIK MATTINOS. BC0B, lie. J. T. DELACROIX, NO. 87 SOUTH SECOND STREET, 11 1 fmw.'tm Above Che8nut. CLOTHING. ROCKHILL & WILSON, CLOTHING HOUSE, Nos. 603 and 605 CHESNUT St. FALL AND WLMKIl CL0TIIIN0. Wo offer to tho public tho largest and best selected Stock of Ready-mado Cloth ing In tho City, for Men's aud Boys' Wear. Also, an elegant assortment of Piece Goods, which wo will make to order for Lien and kjoys, at reasonablo prices, and In tho most approved styles. Always on hand afull assort ment of Fall and Winter Over coats and Business Coats, Coachmen's Coats, Hunting Coats, Now Stylo Walking Coats, Pants and Vests, of all descriptions. Boys' Roady-mado Clothing in great variety. ROCKHILL & WILSON, NOW. 60S AND HOS ClIEsNUT KTRKET SOSm FUILADBLPHIA AMUSEMENTS. AMEbltAN AO A D KMT OP MUBIC.- JCNULISIHiKHA TROTJPK. CAROUNEM. UK HlMis tWtb8, ti,-iw.. BelllnritimudOper . NOTIMA. (IKMH OH' I KK OPEHAi MISHRICHTNOH.M I OhVhat IUplf Mtd.- Norma. will ntns J Trio. I ain ly Thr Hlumhr Hrn. I Do I Not Prove '' he, jittrt. IT-iif I r Mif red Kite. Now liadeil. Itftinlivr onrf Arn. Oh. Itliter Memory . owt. T"kp 'litem, 1 Implore itiee. Jut' I. I W lien Bound In Hlanibor. Sill. Ill- HS A KD as ( Aiii. Ptiliiii. 1 (I", Proud Maiden. Diut, tt'liPined Ht Li ml Iht.tt. tun u rm-H . ( I'rtitila, AiRend. Aria. uioveHo. i nill Arj(U OKA NO l-'INxfjK, "Oh. Cur-n Me!" OltANI) t'HOKU, 'liiittie' IUiiip!" "()i. Irolimu:!" 'lo-MollltiV VKNINH. l.l.NI'A DI IMOL'NIX. To alieet l.uw .pen ut Trunipler'. and the Ac. (l(!n,y. p 11 I L A 1) K I, 1 II I A CIRCUS, X t'orner TENTH uud t'ALLO A'UILE etrccta, NOW Ori-.N FOIl THE WINTER BEASON, VNI'EK A NEW MANAGEMENT. This building lias been entirely R 1 N OVATE D, ALTERED, AND IMPROVED, WITH NEW MODES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS, BOTH ON TENTH STREET AND ON CALEOWHILL STREET. A SPLENDID STUD OF HIGHLY TRAINED HORSES. A COMPANY UNEXCELLED IN TUB UNITED STATES. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle GO cents Children under 12 rears of age. 23 centa Family Circle (entrance on Culluwbtll street)-26 cent! Doors open at 7 o'clock. Performance commences nt a quarter of 8 o'clock. Matinees commence at half proa 2 o'clock. Doors open one hour previous. 10301 ni EW CHESNUT STREET TOEATEr?T Doors open at 7. Ciirlui u rln s at 7'4j. '1 111 HI) WEEK OF THE BRILLIANT ENGAGEMENT OF MKa. 1. P. HOW KUS. MONJA iVKMKU NOV. 4, will be prtBeuicri tlie rrent Play of LADY Al'DU'.Y'M SECRET, In which Mr. D P 1WWKIW will appear in her wonu-reuowLtn inii erioii anon or LADY AUiiLliV, supported hv the VNi-iiUALLKD STOCK' COMPANY. To be followed hy Morion's nev I-'tiice, entitled A SLICE OF LUCK. In rehenriml l'H O' DAY. SAIL'UDAY AFTKHNOON, FAMILY MATINEE. MONDAY. Not. II, MAKIK AN IOINETTK. FRIDAY AtTJCKNOU-N, KIl'OHl MATINEE. 1' LIZA BE1II. F(r Extra Ad reitisemeut, cee another part of the ptiper. N EW CI1ESMJT STREET THEATRE, EXTRA ANNOUNCEMENT. FRIDAY Al 1 K ItNOHN. Nov. , MADAME II I 1 OK I WILL APPEAR. ' FARE WELL MATINEE, on her wey throuKh thin el'y to New York, aud wUO will ixpptar In her great rote of ALJZAUKTU. fewx S'gnor H07J.0 1'oors open at quarter lu I. l.'urtulu rlies at half past 1 o'clock. Adoiliioii, (l. Secured St !. Sei,tn emi now he secured utTrumpkr'sMUBlo store. ClKtiiiit street, near 'I'mitb. 11 t WALNUT HTUt.ET T II E A I R E. N.E.eor. NINTH bpi WALNUT. Rrel ns at. Vi, ENGAGEMENT FOIl TEN iNlHH ISONLY OJf UK, KDWliM FtUUteT, who will make his lirMai penruuee TJ1 IS (Moudftj ) EVENING, Nov. 4,1 In Shirldau Kuowlen' hitnrli.-ai TrageUy ot VIKG1NIIM. Vlrclnlus Mr. EDWIN FORREST Ic-l'-lus Mr. IiHiton Hill Vligiula alibd LIUIo 1 uebd-ty IA HUi N A L Hi I'll KI.1EU. M US. JOHN DUKWjs ARCH STREET 'XilEATitE. Utt'ins at 7.',' o clock. ferrtF! SUKK! SURF! SURF! MONDAY AND EVERY NIGHT, with every Seine New, Grand Ellecis, elc, Olive Logan's American Comedy, '-l ill'," In which Mrs. JOITN DRi-.W and every momber ol the Coin puny will aprear. ACT I. The luci niltiir Tid s. ACT n. Tlie Under tow. ACT III. Dfcp W'a or. AuT IV. Ashore. Frlday-Iienellt o. M;h. JOHN PHEW. ' TPOX'S AMERICAN VARIETY THEATRE. X1 EVERY iiVENING AND bATUKDAY A K'l'EllNOON. GREAT COMBINATION TROUPE, in Grand Bullets Ethlupiau Ruilisques, Bouts, Dance Pautonilnies. Oyuinxwt Atus. elc. CARD. MUSICAL. ANNOUNCEMENT. MONDAY AnnRNOt'N CONCEKlli AT tONlEKT JIALL (Cbesnul street, above Twelfth). Mr MARK HAfrSLF.lt ben leave to announce to Ida liieuds aud Ibe public luat he will luaugiintte and manage a series or Alterneon lonceris, to beclven by HASSLEK'S GRAND OUCUlisTKA, every Monduy Afternoon during the season of 1S67-, The Urate! the series will couimeuce on Monday Afiernoon, November li, at 8'i o'clock. The particu late of Coucurta, elc, will be announced lu a ler ua8- 10 3ltf J"EW;ELEVIiHTU STREET OPEEA UOUS ELEVENTH BTRKET, ABOVE CHESNUT. TUB' F AMI1I RESORT OPEN FOK THE SEASON, f CaRNCROSS 4 DIXEY'S IB1MSTRELS, THE GHEAT STAR TROUPE OF THE WORLD, IN TUKJB (BAND EXIIIOriAW SOIREEJ.' J. I CAItNX'fiOaa Manager. B. F, SIMPSON, Treasurer. . 8 19 8 m EW PHILADELPHIA OPERA HOUSE SEVENlil Hreet. below Aren. U'D GREAT SUCCESS OF T UNISON & CO.'S Ail A-K. .L. V. TlTNiSOS A CO., Proprietors. First appearance of FRANK BROWER. I the unrivalled Ethiopian ('"median, for a limited period, Willi fXIE LAllOFST AND MOST TALENTED COM. PAN Y IN 1 HE WOKLD. Seuts can be 6tcurtd lu advance without etra limine. " ileum open at 7 o'clock. Commence at i. Iu j ri paruiiort, "TUE PRCXUIESS OF THE NATION," bt a cost of tiXQO. 112 tf HORTICULTURAL HA L L GRAND hi ATI N EE Ly I ArtLSEN'l. HOIU H t si'KA of 40 Performers. EVELY IJHMo-DAY APlt.K.NOON At hull pH.-it X o'cinek. ' S11SGL ai Wl!M-l(JN, M CENTa re!;iie ol leur 'l i keiu li.r Jl. ' 'iol e hud ut ilum r k Co.'a Music Store. No. 1102 t ht ;.r ul mi m l, mi! m u p inmr. lu '.iilm CIRMANIA 0RCII1 STRA. -PUIiLIC RP J li em mi In nt il.e w Ir-iCA I. FUND HA 1.1 every bA'HliliAV.nill.'i A.M. 'lu kcl.s huld ut the door, uud al all principal Musin Stores. KiiKftneinMiiUi c lie liiuile by biluiebslun (I. lLxsl'KHT. No. 1: Ml MO.N-Il-liKV hi reel, -or ut It. Wl LLl'i'.H Muslo Store. No. 'DU1 CJIESNUT Sireet; loHatu HARRISON'S PATENT PAT RFSOr.VANTi or l'uiut and Varuiuh Kan ov.r, lor '""f.'J'ii! J I." uro andcurriust uiak.-r. .rlin. !' ', vl4t 'lbe preparutlou will r move lb. ""r' jV,, J without p.int from any suifi.ee lit. out b,'"!:"."r frvli pi;fc. It jnrliiii the wood, or uniklt f ,"':, niin. vurulah. It Mashes off with water. lklug'' 1UolU 4 ..roll with It. Jt Is '''''" u' , , more tboiotiKh lU.ii '..Vd jpKnt doalr IsUrt Forhale hy 'l l"Kla"Jf Zl iuUlu HiuiuwliUU CniUid Stat.-. Oiu.'' lJlrZ- T. STEWART bkuww, FOURTH and CHESTNUT STI V ii " 7,awa bags. BKTicni.FS, and evet .... jm..miui Kuln4. juvi "
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