THE DAILY yftylNG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1868. msTOitY of WlUflXtie jPUeiVii7 of Msuscrlpte-Merllneval ' rtiBiiip-(larlu Three workB.ontltIfd "Fac-3lmilo ol National WanuFcripte. from William the Conqueror to Quern Anne, Selected under the Direction of the Master 'of the Rolls," "Facsimiles of National WanupcrlpU or Scotland," and "Sculptured (Stones ot Scotland," furuish tho subject for an Interesting article on tho "History of Writing, In the last number of the Ifortti British Mevtew. We quote a few passages: . PHYSIOGNOMY or MANCOOWTS. "In our day, when everybody writes for him elf, and the lorm of writing Is lutle regarded, there, if abuurtiiaco ot pnj-iioiinoiuy iu the various hands; but uegiflot ot form prevents It from touenmc upon tue borders of art. when -writing was in lew bauds, and tho writers were an order or a proleuMoo, they became more or less connctouly, artists. Their calligraphy had a history wnlcli Is truly a branch ol ttio btstory ot art, and the chanees which It underwent mast be attributed to the workin? of some such art ln etluct as that which letvla to novelty In dress or In architecture. Iu these latter tho type and ataudard oi beauty is subject to varia tion, more trequeuily lit the one cate and more Tartly iu the other; and 1u like mauner we nee tn writing not metely an tndrjite variety, like thut of physiognomy, winch Is duo no diubt tj the luouite variations ol individual character; tut we also see, as In the case of dress aud ar.-httpcture, a succession ot BttiJirdi or types of beauty which irom nine to timo make their sppearuuee, win their way, extianui.-th some lorruer type, culminate, andtheu sooner or later retiie to make way lor the next intiovii'.iou. "Tnero Is a eeueral and comprehensive sense to start with, iu which the course ol iCniilUb. mo liivval rmiiff crrci-poiidi to that of architec ture. They both oecnpy the samespaceof titue; they rise together and fill together. We lay uo ptress on the term Uothic as upphed to bjth, ex rept ai a testimony to the above tact; because there ia no doubt that it was applied (o tho one in consequence of Its companionship with the oilier. Uothic characters were so called fcin ply because thev were fouud to predomi nate on Uothic monuments and iu Uotuic imildiwrs. '1 he term (iothie, as applied to art, Is Bind to have been started in derision by an Italian writer of the sixteenth century. It so, It was a moht oporoiirinie tiiaueunttou lor a word which Was presently to staud lorth as the antithesis, in yo many respects, of that which was Italian or Jioniitn, or (more generally ) classic. It repre sents in a trencral way the outerovth ol the northern mind ot Europe, as opposed to that of tue soiithrru. In philology and ethnology it rompreheuds tho two preat subdivision! of the Teu.ouicand Scandinavian laruilie., Irom whom lias proceeded everything which has consti tuted the distinction between the modern Euro pe.;in civilization and that ot tne Kuraau empire. Gothic architecture was a product of thi north, Iierhaps of Normandy; but it nowhere had so one a career, it nowhere was so thoroughly douiettiea'cd, it penetrated the nooks and pious of no country so, completely, as ot England, (io'hic handwriting al-u was a northern taste, wtilch developed la the north e.-t ol' Europe; but in no country fii'l it psss through such a eucceeciou ot delicate traueloruiations as iu this country. BLACK LETTER. "Tlie main erand result, that of the black let ter, is indeed common to many lands, in a form a!int-t identical, This was throueu tho threat coiuinerce ot literature which connected the Universities of Europe, and which led to the iio-sesj-iou of a common wiiting t h.irae.ter for iturature. ThU is the character comuiouly meant woen 'Gothic writing' is spoken ot, but "We must vindicate thit expression as belonging to the whole series ot varieties of the pointed Btyle in penmanship. We only grant to the lilack letter that it i.s 'the Uothio"' ;ar excpUerwe. or the 'rfquare Gothic' or the 'Monkish Gothic.' The float Kouiauce lauds of Italy ami Spain never lost the roundues- uf their haiid, nlt'ioii;:!! it was not qut.e unatfected by the itillueuce of northern Europe. And it was this roundness which at length rcturnel upon us with the revival of tla-sic lore, and extiuguislie i our native urchiicciuiv and huudwrittui; atths .-auie time. MEDIEVAL PEKMAVSHtP. "The three volumes ol English historical monuments, extending from the Conquest to the jeitr 1'iUO, include thu entire period of that pe culiar mcdimval style of penmanship, in which there is t-o much to explore. At the opening of the series (Vol. I., No. 1) we see the decline of the stjle which preceded the Gothic a t-tyio Which was, iu iact, n Briusii type ot Uoinati esque. Atthcclo-eof the Third Part the last lingering traces of tho Gothic are heing etfaueu. Tiy the general preference lor the Italian hand, sit the lime wheu the Uenais-aticH was chang ing the lace of all things (Vol. III. Xo. XXV. find No. LV.) The earliest specimens s ill be. loiig to that round baud iu which tlin Anglo Saxon uianuscrip s are written, an I whicu has irom this circumstance been sometimes called the Auelo-haxon character. But this n not a pood (loittnntioii, because tho Irish, Scottish and faxou manusctipts are all equally written in this character, whe her tna contents are in tho vernaculars or iu Latin. "What gives interest to this style of writing is the Iact that it is peculiar to the British Isles, though not pcculuir to the Saxons. It is the monument of that tntellecitijl dominion wh'ck Ireland once eiercised over the lintiih I-d.s, Mid w hich exteuded itself beyond our seas to many pnrts ot the Continent. Tim type of Laudwriting, whose origin we shall gl.iuca at by and by, bemus to lose its cnaracter soon alter the Conquest. Already in the two sh irt ttaxon documeuts with which the present eerie opens, we perceive a ereat declension from tue bold round hand of the Saxou books. Hut in iact it was not a meie decline; it was a change in fabhion. The same king who ttrst imported the use of the Itormau seals, imported also the fa-hion of Norman wriiiug. Not without justice lias Edward the Confess. r been styled by some bistortaus the nrst of our Norman kings. The change which Saxon nenmauship admitted lu his day finds no parallel in our history, as a foreign innovation, until the entrance ot tho .Italian hand in the sixteenth century. CUAt'URS IN TUE KEIGN OP UENKY IT. 'It is in the reign of IIury II that the teudtiioy to seek beauty in a new direc tion is clcwrly prouounced. Wo observe a frtudicd aud delicate manipulation which makes It plum that handwriting was become a lancy. There Is a progressive clcgauce iu the body of the writing, accompanied by au out jrrowih ol the tall letters, which in the previous ttjle hardly emeige ab ve their fellows. Con nected with tins Is the large space now allowed bet weiti the lines, up through which, as if to wards soiiio lotty culling, the long letters shoot their graceful shalts, tippod otf at their summit! With a gentle flourish, like the delicate chapter of unciuiy English column. This progress is well exhibited in the present collection between tb" uuuibers VI. (llenrv 11) and Xll (Richard I). The numbers XII and XIII, which fill mievago, presect an admirable aud instruc tive contrast, which tends to carry on the his tory of veiiniauship one step tuithcr. Eor, while ttie krt of these two exoibits to the full the development already d-scribed. the second displays uut strikingly the awakening con-ciou-ness ofurtiitic ellecr, bo fiat while util ity reigiiH in the one piece, elegance is domi nant in the other. No char ucCouut ctu be -rendered in description of tho menus by which this i contrast is effected. Yet the contrast is Ialpablo and obvious. A liner ulbbed pen. a .iT,;;r.i:.T.,i' .? , ra,lltr .tuau writing, a sub ighluess produced h. .h Jiear expanse. Here the ,t tractf Q, jnasslvenese are abolished, aud the tail oJivJl jrraepfulneoa of the first pointed stile U t ili tlvveloied. . Ul' MAGNA CrJATtTA. P5 4.jn tl)e prand hi8t)l.jCHj rnonumeut of the Magna tuarta we are arrested by a change In thestje; we recogulze a dcvelonment distinct lrom that whku we have thus far traced. In fact, we have stepped aside Into a separate department ijf calieraphy. The object was to fret a long document into the surface of a tingle fciiect tf vellum j and lor tLiu purpose it was voir dued nourish (not luxuriant ), un indulgence or fantasy lu capital letters, but, more thau all an cnla.ged widenin,, 0f Ulo li.e's-fhua redoubling the eDect ol lighiuess nroci,.n,.rt ' the ordlrary business style of penmanship which was adopted, bat tha, ot literature, which naturally had preserved an archaic manner, and which bar", learned the art ot compression from th habit of dealing, with large quantities of material. Hence the writing ol Uagna Charts (1215) carric us ba k a century or more, and indeed It is not very much more modern than that ol Domesday. It is in the. book text ot the day. "At this poiat we are at the root of one. of the chief aucs ot difficulty to tho stadentof medie val writing. It all the varied forms which pre sent themselves could bo cntnlnpuad in one duect series, could ba arranged In a e ingle line on the fame plane, as the variations ol archi tecture may (with slight deflections tor locil pccuiiwrity) be ai ranged, then it is probable that the id'tory of wriMn.tr would have been lonp aeo cleared up. But the tact is, that there Is more than one stvle In use at one time, to as to be distinct from each other, yet not wi'hout blendimts aud mutual inllueneep. The business band and the literary hand having once established a sepa rate existence, took their own several lines ot development, along which they travelled at very dillerent rates ol velocity. The one described a short course, and performed it very slowly and deliberately ; the other passed wt'h compilative rap'dity through a lon succession of phass. ho that in the middle ages, when there was but one vay of multiplying books, namely, by the pen, there existed two laslrons of written char- i aetero, as distinct from each oiher as our pre-' fent manuscripts ate from print. The one of; these was cursive or runninghand, and wns used ' In business, and the other was reserved for lite rature and the greater acts of diplomacy. TnE FOURTEEN Til CENTURY. "We may assume the middle of the fourteenth century as the date by which the bl tck letter had attained such maturity of form as was to be attained with pen and ink. But another Held lay before it, as we shnll presently evploiu. It was the work not of the scribe, but of tho . engraver, to bring this character to that clan cut end delicately-tipped outlines which is tig distinguishii g perfection. When Caxttn first , used a fount of Mack letter, in 1477, it had already experienced a metallic development of considerably more than a rcentury. "Hwae in the lourteenth ceutury that this cbarncier assumed Its dominant position as the u.ost dicnlrted ot all forms of writing. In the course ot this century it became the received character for lanidarv inscriniions and the le gends ol teals. At 1 lie beginning of the four- ; tt-emn century this letter had not jet been put to this use; at the close of the same century no ether was recognized. Previous to this the character cmplo.ved in epitaphs, seals, and coins was the Lorn bardie cap. tat, which was lniro duced about the time of. it not by, Aichbishop Laufrnnc, the whilom Lombard lawyer. Tuis tine round barbaric variation of the old Roman uncial Is well known to the ece.lcsiologist in the le'tering on the sioue colfin slabs lor that long petiod during which the lending words were ratter gist icy tlinu hirjarct. This period closed in the fourteenth ceiitnry. In that century, during which I'reuch yielded to English in courts of law and in literature, and during, which Latin took the place ot Erench in lapi darv iuscriptious, it al-o bnppened that the Gothic blue le.ter superseded the Lombardie Roman, in epitaphs and tor the lettering oi fceub. WBITIl'G OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. "The second volume of the National JISS. is made up of select documents from the reigns of Henry VIII and Ed ward VI, and for.ns a rich body ol illustration for the hand writing used iu this island and on the coutineut during the first half of the sixticuth ceutury. The pieces here given are, lor the most part, in the handwriting ot persons who are laminar to up. There arc letters and autographs ot Menry VIII. of Queen Catherine. Mary Tudor, Cardinal iV'olsey, the Emperor Charles V, yuc-eu Margaret and Jamei V, ol Scotlaiid, Anne Boleyu, Craumer, Lati mer, Catherine I'arr, Edward VI, Francis I, l'rince I'hilip (afterwards Philip II, of (Spain), Coi-nio de flledici, tho l'ruictsses .Mary au i Elizabeth. Gustavus Vasn, Lady Jane Grey, and other names ot the highe-t distinction in history. ' These docurrents have a manifold value for the historical lnlormatiou they nllord, for the light tlicy thro ,v on the English language, it is not peibaps geucrally known how great, an l even insuperable, are the dillictilties which a tend the investigaUi-u ot the mother longuo ut any date prior to the eighteenth ceutury. Almost all the older books which are in our hands have been so moulded in the trinsition thut they ore utterly useless for the purposes of philological study. The true Bible of loll is one ot our most valuable monuments ot English, but it is very imperfectly represented, speak ing philoloL'ieally, by the current reprint ot the authorized Bible. We do not say this by way of re-echoing the blame w hich some years ago was unjustly east upon the privileged printers for the multitude of little alterations which have been introduced without authority Into the uuthor .ed Bible. The Ilible of lull is pracncully for the bulk of the people at this day, a book written in a dead language; aid the minute reorint of that Bible some twenty years ago, by the authorities ol the Ox ford University Press, lormed a decisive ttu swerto all such complaints. But the Iact re mains, thut We have not in our Bible a b ioc which carries us back to the English of 101 1. Then, if we ea to !linkospoare, how very few of the leaders of the nv.iouttl p.,et have ever seeu a dozen liues written and spelt as he wrote and spelt thetu! Until quite lately, that is to say in lsil, when 11 r. B.iothgave us his pretty reprint of the folio ol 1023, aud still later, when i'ay & Sou brought out the hnud luimi fae-simiie of the brst folio, executed in photolithography (a portion ol whicn lolio was copied by phoioziucography, as we understand, ut the Ordnance Survey Oilice, Southampton), the originul English of Shakespeare was abso lutely inaccessible to the student who did uot happen to live within reach ol one of the great libraries. To tliis we may add furtte'r,' that every extract that was made from a writer of the slxteent a century, or earlier, was more or less modified wlu u it assumed the lor in of a quotation. JPANKIsn HANDWRITING. "The caligraphy ol tua Franks is not much less distinct and characteiislic than that ot the Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. And us the one was called 'Saxon,' alter the loremost of the races and natioiis which used this insular st Ic, so the other is 'Erankish' only in a liKe sense, as it was in fact the writing of the whole northwest or (iothie part of the continent. The ! Cottonian nianusciipt of the lleinud,1 or old Saxon Harmony of the Gosnels. is iu this hand. The alphabet of this style is figured lu the liiut volumes of Ilickes' 'Thesaurus,' in a pinto prefixed to his Grammaica franco- Iheulisc t. This Is tlie peumauiihip of the whole old tligli Gel man literature. This Franki.-h writiug was in nearer relationship lo Rome thsn win tin Suxon. The true distioct on wjtild perhaps be that the Eraukikh drew its descent from I'.mal Home, and the Saxon irom Impel ial Rome. Tiie l'ruuki-h handwrniiig uuderwent in the tenth century a sensible modification, which made it more Roman iu its character. This change took place about that juncture in history ut which we cease to talk of Franks and -Gauls, and begin to speak ot the 'French.' ltcorres j ends to the use ol the Capetian dvna.sty. Ae cordicgly the 1 rench writing of the tenth aud eleventh centuries used to be styled 'Capetian,' atd by that nutne it goes in Astle. Modern paheographer have called it Ludoviciau,' after those two Ludovici, viz: Louis le Gros aud Louis le Jeune, who pretty nearly parcel out tue eleventh century between them. Perhaps tho former name is truer to chronology, inasmuch as the style was atrcaay ioruieu m the tenth, century. We are loth to close the studies Into which we have beeu led by thee important publica tions of the Orduauce Survey Oilice, without reiterating our couviciion that they have iu them the seeds of dlseovciie valuable even tor advanced history, and that they possess withal a general attiuctlveness which will tend to diffuse historic tate6 and to enlarge tho history loving public. We are glad to leat u that preparations aro making tor a secoud volume of the Scottish manuscripts, and that the tourth ol the English is nearly all iu print. We hore that the tenes will by and by bo rendered complete by a selection from the ftreirf examples ot our insular pre-Ludovician pen manuhip, An Irish setieg would alford special opportunities for the attainment of this result. TUC Irish, Bcvtittu, aud AulQ-3iuoa CfiuTCll i manuscripts present a most Instructive srriun, which now can anly be seen by wide travelling or In highly expensive work. These might np proprlntely be grouped together under the name ot tnat people with whom the typo of writing was orielna'ed. Not so tha 8axou historical cocumetitn; these are Inseparable Irom Euglaod. The originals oi toe cnarter printed in the Corlex Dip'omaticus, here the originals exist, would lor flonblo reasons be worthy of a place In a future volume, to stand at the bead ot the Eng Ush manuscripts. THE FUTUIIE OF AWYSSIMA. lBtritl Despatch from Sir Kabtrt Naplar. From tfie London Telegraph, June 29. 8 . melmooi tint correspondence with the Com-mauder-in Chief of the Abyssinian Expedition has beeu paolished to-dav. It includes a des patch Irom Sir R. Napier to the Secretary of btaie for India, received on the l'.ith instant, dated from the Commander lu Chiel'i Office, rolnical Department, Camp Dil lee, 30th Apiil. Sir R. Napier reverting to the. events which took (dace at Magdala and in its neigh borhood, writes: "Anxious as I felt to abstain from further in terference tn Abyjpintan affairs alter the object of the txpcdiuou had been attained, yet it was nceestary, f ,r tho sake of our national credit, that due consult ration should be shon for tue largs numbers whoso interests and gaiety had centcted in Theodore's existence, aud who re maiued disarmed and unprotected, an I expo-ed to merciless plunder and slaughter at the bail Is ot the wild tribes which circuuisii.nces had lor the iiiomeut converted into our allies. The dis posal ot the fortress of Masdula ttret demanded attention. This strong position is situated geo graphically in the country of the Wollo Gillas, from whom it was finally wrested by Theodorus about ten years ago. In his hands it has imposed an effectual check upou the eucroachuieuls of the Gullas on Chris tian Abyssinia. 1 deslied, lu the iuterests of Christianity, to place the stronghold in the pos session oi Wagsbooiu Oot'azcb, the de pic'o ruler and principal chiel of this portion of Abyg stnin. - But when I had sent for his lieutenan', the Bnjaz Mashashah, the latter excuse J him self, la his master's name, from accepting the challenge, alleging as his reason that It would require so large a garrison to hold it that it w ould be a source of weakness rather thin of strength. Wagshooni Goba.eh himself, not withstanding his repeated iuvitatious to us, through Brigadier-General Merewether, C. B., to come quickly to his aid, had removed himsclt and his army to a distant quarter before our arrival, in pursuit ol objects ot his own, and it was impossible lor me to await a reply to the letter which 1 addressed to him on the . subject of Magdala. I therefore de stroyed the gates of the ion, burned everything on the mountain that was combustible, and abandoned it. Several cluimauts tor its posses sion had, iu the meant iuie, addressed me re garding it. due ot these was tho Chief of Oaoont, a small territory lying adjacent to Mag dala. Werkait, one of the two rival queens of the Gullas, bud a'so put lorsard her claims, as likewise bud Masteeat, the other and rcore powerful ot the Galia Queens. At tlie time when the disposal ot Magdala was thus exciting so many hopes and desires, the widowed Queen ot Thtodoie aLd her sou were brought down iu eaiety Irom the mountain, and placed within the protection ot my camp; the removal of the disarmed garrison aud release of the native prisoners was at the same time in proarc-s. Miortly alter the priival of Werkait's letter folicltit g that the lortress might be delivered to her, the lady presented herself at my pickets. Although It was evening, she was im mediately admitted loan iuterview, and allowed to i'"ptcsent tier claim. She was gieutly af fected in revisiting a locality which had been as sociated with so many misfortunes to her family and people, bhe remarKed to me: "We lought with Theodore as long as we could, and when his power was too strong for us to re.-i.st any longer, my son submitted to him, on receiving a prom.se of good treatment ; notwithstanding which he was iubumanlv cut to pieces and thrown over the precipice of Magdala; and no.v 1 have come to see the grave of my enemy The odore, and the place where my sou fell." At this time the oiler of the fortress had been m.-nle to Gobazeh's liculerant, and his auswer had uot yet brcu leceivcd. Magdala was still the scene of militiny operutious, while our troops were en gnjed in destroying Theodore's cauueu, and the exodus ot its former inhabitants continued in full prourc-s. Thereiore it whs not thought expement that Werkati's wish to a'Cend the mountain should be indulged at such a time. Almost belore her story wa9 concluded, intima tion was received that her rival Masteeat was also in the neighboihood, aud ou her way to otier her congratulations and submit her claim. At lirst I hoped to be able to make peace be tweeu tbete two rival Queens; but when this was hinted at to Werkait she said: "When to persons are striving for a cron, how cau peace be made between them? If Masteeat were to make pence with me to-day, beiore jou, she would httrav tne ie morrow." The news of Ma tcetit 's approach caused great uneasiness amongst Weikait's escort and adherents; and after a second Interview with me, during which she exhibited symptoms of much distress, she look a hasty departure, apprehensive lest she should be intercepted by her more power.ul and more iortunate itval; more fortunate because her sou is alie, and the centre of tte hopes ol a lirue body of the people; while to poor Werkait there rt mains only the memory o( her 60i, ho treacherously slam by Theodore. Sunn able presents Were made to her, us she took her leave; and sLoitly after her departure, Masteeat arrived with her sou, Atuau Ahmad, and exoiessed no small gratitude and rejoicing at Theodore's fall. She had re sponded very effectually to our request to close all avenues by which the late king could have escaped, and thus she came to us in the charac ter ot an established ally. To her request lor the possession ot Magdala, I was able to auswer that, Gobazeh's lieutenant having declined to receive it, j would ab'.indon ihe place, alter dis mantling it and burning all of it that could be so destroyed, as a mark ot the auger of the British at the ill treatment of our countrymen, us well us ot our ubhorreiico of the cruelties which Theodore had commlt'.ed there. To tins the Queen replied that, indeed, nothing but tire could purify it. On my usking her if she could make pence with Werkait, she nuswered that the would gladly do o. but that it was impossible; becau-e if Wei knit were to 6 rear friendship ou the Koran itself to-tlay, she would violate her oa'h to-morrow. A list ot the principal political ptisoneis liberated by us on.our occupation of Miifjoalais appended. An opportunity was taken of receiving allot' them who desired an iuter view with me, aud advice suitable to their eeveial circumstances was then tendered to them. Booroo Gooshoo, the Prluce ot Godjani, was the first who was introduced. He bore in his euleebled Irame the marks of fourteen years spent in captivity. It is probable thut Godjam, which has genernlly formed a sepa rate principality, will now become subject to this chief. The' Prince of Euderta, who is the maternal uncle of the preeut - ruler of 'ligreti, was next presented lo me. He left the iollowlng day tor tho court of his rela tive, Dajosmaj Kassa. Wugshootn Tirorri, who is said by somo to be in reality the hereditary Prince of Wag, was then introduced, and after wards other chiefs of leser note. The widov of Theodore and her numerous attendants still r main, as it were, the puebts of our camp, and will probably travel with us as fur us the nearest point in our loute to the lady's i.ative district of Semian. Her severe illness during the p'tst tPn days has pteveuted my seeinir her; but I ttisc she is now recovering under the care of tlie medical oflicer attached to my stall, who has been detailed by mo to provide for her comfort. Translation is appended of a proclamation which I have thought it ritht to issue to tho chiefs and people ol this portion oi Abyssinia ut the present time. An explosion of anitro-glycerlne mannfaci torj, in the neighborhood of Stockholm, has been announced. Fourteen persons lost their lives, and the laboratory, with its valuable apparatus, the manager's house, and a small adjoining workshop, were totally destroyed. In the city most of the windows were broken, and within a circle of three miles the violent cpumiotioa of the ai was ditlnotly felt. BITTER CORDIAL. S CHE E T Z'S rvxcnRATrn BITTER CORDIAL. N. W. Cor. of FIFTH ami RACE Sts. This medical preparation Is purely vegetable, composed of various herbs, gathered from the great, storeuouse of nature, and selected wltU the utmost osre, It Is a reliable Family Medi cine, and can be taheti by either lnfantor adult with ibe same beneficial reaults. It IsaoerUlu, prompt and Koeedy remedy for Diarrhea. Dys entery, Bowel L'omplatnt, Dyspepsia, lowoess of Hpirlts, FalritlURS, Hick Hloicacb, Headache, etc. It creates an appetite, proves a powerful digester of lood, and will counteract the etl'.-iits of liquor in a few minutes. As indisputable evidence of lt medical properties, we apf eud th" iollowlng: Strong Vsstlmoalal from Flr Marshal Blsckbnra, Pn i lauklph i a, March 10, lstiS. Jacob Bcheet e,Ks. Al y Dear Hlr: Some eight months bro, when Hollering from great ner vous prostration, tbe result of exposure and overtasked energies, I was Induced by you (au old li lend) lo take as a Tonlo your celebrated Bitter Cordial; and so agreeably surprising bave been lta tienefllnl effects, that 1 cannot refrain Irom thus bearing testimony tit its favor. Asabeverage.lt Is as pleasant and de )lhtfu)HM a glass of rich dark-brown Snerry; as an appetizer before meals, perfect ly magical, and as a digester of food, tbe most potent com pound lever knew. Altogether, I consider It one of tlie bapplest combinations of medicinal herbs evt r oliered to tbe public as a cnratlve. 1 most cheerfully and confidently recommend It to every sufferer from Debility, Dyspepsia, and Rheumatism. As a substitute for tbe vll lanous alcoholic and vinous concoctions im bibed at too many of tbe publlo bars of the pre sent day, It must also prove a blessing. Verr trulv yours, A I.KXANDEH W. BLACKnURX, 616mwli3t Fire Marshal. SEWING MACHINES. fUE GREAT AMERICAN t'OMBIKATIOX BUTTO-N-HOLE OVEKSEAMLNG AND SEWING MACHINE, Its wonderful Popularity Conclusive Trool of Its Great Merit. Tbe Increase In tbe demand for this valuable Machine has beeu TENFOL.D durlug tbe last seven months of Its first year before tbe public T liia grand and surprising success is unprecedented In the b. story ot Sewing Machines, and we leel rally warranted In claiming that IT HAS NO EltTJAL, Betog absolutely the best FAMILY MACHINE IN TIIE WORLD, And lDtrlnslcally the cheapest, for H Is really two Machines combined In oue. fcoid at the S. W. Cor. of ELEVENTH aud C1IESMJT, PHILADELPHIA. f5 gowtutbtf PAINTED PHOTOS. NEW THING IN A K T. BERLIN tainted pnoroa. A. S. ROBINSON, No 0 0 CHKSJNDT Street, lias lust received a superb collection of PAINTED PHOTOQaAPIIS OB" FLOWEHSJ. They are exquisite gems of art, rivalling In beauty, naturalness of tint, and perfection of form a great variety of the choicest exotic (lowering plants. They are mounted on boards of three sizes, aud sold from 25 rents to 13 and $4 each. For framing and the album they are Incomparably beuullful. 8 i5J FURNISHING GOODS, SHIRTS, &.C H. 8. K. C. narris' Seamless Kid Gloves. EVEBT PA1B WAliUANTED, EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOB GENTS' GLOVES. J. V. ECOTT a CO., irirp KO. 814 CIIESNITTSJTMKCT, PATENT SHOULDER-SEAM SHIRT WANTJFACTOIIT, AKIENTLEaiEN'SFSJBKlSHINeSTOBB PERFECT FITTING SHIR IU AND DRAWEES made from measurement at very short notice. All other articles of GENTLEMEN'S DRESS GOODd In full variety, WIWCni'-STEK A CO., US? No. 70S (JHKMNTJT Btrwrtu MILLINERY. MRS. R. DILLON, KOH. 828 AND 888 SOUTH B)TREY Em large assortment of MILLINERY. Ladles', Misses', and Children's Silk, Velvet, Pelt, Straw and Fancy Bonnets and Eats of the latest styles. Also, b'lks. Velvets. Ribbons, Crapes, Feathers, Flowers, Frames, etc, wholesale sua retail. SioJ STOVES, RANGES, ETC. NOTICE. TIIE UNDERSIGNED would call attention of tlie public to his JNH.YY OU1.1J11.IN HAULU iUflAt.E, This Is an entirety new heaier. It is bo con structed as to at ui.ee com mud liselt u general lavor, ben g a combination ol wrnugtit aud cast Iron. Ills Very Bimple In its construction, aud Is r. erttctly a'r tlgbi; sell cleanii K, having no pines or drums to be tHken out and cUuneU. Ills so arranged wiiu uprlgbl Hues as topraducea larger amount of heat from the same weight of coal ibuii any lurnacouow in use, The hygrometric cnmlltlou oi lueulr us produced by my new arrangement of evaporation will atoucede monslraie that U Is the only Hot Air Furnace that will produce a perfectly healthy a'uioxphere. Those In waul or a complete Heating Apparatus would do well lo call and examine I lie Uoliien Euuie, CHAHLM WILLIAMS, Nog. 1132 aud 11U1 MARK K 1' street, Philadelphia. A large assortment of Cooking RungeH, 'Ire-board Roves, Low Ucwn Urates, Vemllutors, etc., always on baud. N. R. Jobhlnfr of all kinds promptly done. 8 10 THOMPSON'S LONDON KITCHENER, OR EL'ROeKAN hAKUK, lor Families, "Jf3 Hotels, or Fubllc institutions, lu T WENT 1 aSV DIFFERENT t-I.Kti. Also. PblladelDbla Itai ges, Hot Air Furnaces, Portunln Heateis, Low down Urates, Fireboard HloveB, Rath Rollers, Hiew hole Plates, Boilers, evoking Hioves, etc., wholesale aud retail, by the mauuluciurers hHAKFE A TITOM80N, 1 27 Btu' th 6ra No. 2ti N. SEOOK D SLreot. 0 0 II N EXCHANGE RAO MANUFACTORY. JOHN T. R A I L E Y & CO., KKMOVhU TO N, e. corner ot Mark El' and WATER Streets, Philadelphia. DEALERS IN RAOB aND BAGGING Of every discrlption, for Grain, Flour, Salt, Superphosphate of Lime, Bone Dust, Kto. Large and small GUNN Y BAGS constantly on hand, 2 a: Also, WOOL SACKS. Jc h m T. Bailky. Jambw Cascadbk. U MTKD STATES KKVENUK BTAMP8 filuolpsl Depot. NO 3iH RBEHSUT Htroet. Ctutrul Dopot, Ho IMS r'lr ril Btieet.ons Uuor below thesuut. KmabiUhed mi. Bevenne BUunpt of every description sonstantlr on oand In any amount. Orieri br slab or Cxprsss prsmntlr attended to. United Slat Notes Drafts on Pallidal pbla ot Not Tork or currant funds received In payinenu Partloular attention paid to small orJon. The devlsloos ol the ilotninlisluu can be consulttW aud an JuluriLUyn regarding h. law clieeriull iveu. -- - - It I FIRE AND BURGLAR PR00FSAFE8 LUU AND DRY PLASTft AGAIN SUCCESSFUL. Bhooklyw , May II, Isss. Messrs. Marvin A Do., Ksw York Gentlemen: Onr Planing Mill, with FIFTY 1 HOUSAND teet of lum ber, was destroyed by Ore last night, and we are bappy to say yonr ALUM AND DRY PLAHTKR BAFK preserved our books, papers, and money, lo excellent order. We want another and larger one, and will call on yon as soon as we bave time. Yours truly, SHEARMAN BROS, This Bate was Red hot tor several hours, aud tbe cast-iron feet were actually melted. It can be teen at oar stvre. No. Ms BROADWAY. A PERFECT SAFE. marvhts aillOME IKON SPHERICAL BURGLtlR SAFE, Will resist all burglars' implements Tor any length of time PLEASE BEND FOR DEdtiRI PTI VK CIRCULAR. MARVIN & CO., ITilMirAL: 1721 C1IESTSUTST., WAREHOUSES, ) (Masonic Hall), l'liilm, 05 IIROADWAY. NEW TOHK, ' 10S IIANK sTBKKT, ILtVKLAJiB, O., And for sale by our Ajents lu the principal elites hroushont the Uniud biaies. 6 2; tutl.sam C. L. MAI8ER. HAMCrACTVRES 0V FIRE AND BURGLAR-PROOF SAFES, LOO 4 ITH, BELLHANUER, AND DEALKH IN BUILDING UAKDWARK. No. sbt HaC wtress WTfi A LA HUB AbSORTMEM OF FIBB feliUtand BitrrJur-pruof HA KKrt ou baud, who Insio' duora, Dwelllng-bonse rah-s, free from damsites Prutes low. C. UssSRHFOKDNH, 65 No. 4ia VINB Hiram LUMBER. 18(58. BPKUChi JOI8T. bPKUCK JOIiUT, HEMLOciK. HEMLOCK. 1868. lttlfQ SKAHUKKI) (JLfcAK PINK, lniQ lOUO. BKASOKKD CLE K PINE. lOOO. CHW1CE FATl'KKN PINE. SPANISH CEDAll, KUit PATTERNS. RED CEDA R. ' lOOO. FLORIDA FLOOKlN. lOOO. CAROLINA FLOOKINU. vvv. VIRGINIA FLUURINH. DELAWARE FLOOKINOi AHH FLOORING. WALNUT FLOORINO. FLORIDA STEP BOARDS, RAIL PLANK. lftlttt WALNUT llUh. AD PLANK. 1QQ lOUO. WALNUT BDS AND PL INK. lOUO. WALNUT BOAKIH WALNUT PLANK. TCfQ tTNDERTAKERH' LUMBER, 1 QQ lOUO. UNDER I AKERS1 LUMBER, lOOO. RED CEDAR. WALNUT AND prNE. BEAHON ED POPLAR. 1 QQ lOOO. bEABONED CHERRY, lOOO. ASH, WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS. HICKORY. 1QHQ CluAR BOX MAKKRH1 IQjq lOOO. ciuAH jtux makkiw lOOO. bFANIttxi CEDAR BOX HOARDS, FOR MALE LOW. lRft CAROLINA BCANTLINO. lQrtQ lOUO. CAROLINA H. T. HILLS. lOOO. NORWAY BOANTLINO. 1808. Hi CEDAR HH INGLES. 1 Q'O CV PRhW HH IN(i LES. lOOO. MAULE. BROTHER fe c., No. ItftiO (SOUTH Btreet. T. 1 GAL YIN & CO., LUMBER CCIV:iV:SS10M MERCHANTS, SllACKAMAXOS STKEET WIIAKF, BELOW SLOATS MILLS, (so CALLED), PHILADELPHIA, AGENTS FOR SOUTHERN AND EA8TEKN Mann facturtrs of VELLOW PiNE aud HPRUOIfi TIMBER BUARDH, eic, shall be bat py to lurnlili onlers at wnotHHhle rates deliverable ai any acce Bible port. Constantly receiving- aud ou hand at our wharf SOUTHERN FlAjOtvlNti. 80 A N 1 LI NO HlilN-GLK-, FAftTEKN LATHS. PICKETS BKD-8LATS. hPHUCE. HKMfiCK. "ELEl.'T MICHIGAN AiND CANADA PLANK AND BOARDS, AND H AO WA1CC bHIP-KNEltS. 1 31 Sluth ALL OF WniCII WII.I. RE DEUVKBED AT ANY PABTOfTHEUTT PKOHPTIiY, TJ KITED STATES BCILDEUS' MILL. NOU 84, i, and 28 b. FIFTEENTH Street. ESLEH j- BRO., PROPRIETORS. Always on band, made of the Best Seasoned Lamba at low prices, WOOD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, BALUSTERH AND NEWELS. Newels, Balusters, Brackets, and Wood Montdtnn WOOD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS. BALUSTERS AND NEWELS. Walnnt and Ash Hand Ratline. 8, X, and I Inches. BUTTERNUT, CHEbNUT, AND WALNUT MOULDINGS to order. 6I2 DRUGS, PAINTS, ETC. JOIiEIlT SHOEMAKER & CO, X. E. Corner or FOURTH aud KACE Sts., PHILADELPHIA, v:hclesale druggists. IMPOR1ERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF While Lead and Colored Faints, Tulty, Yarnishcs, Etc. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED I KENCH ZINC TAINTS. DEALERS AND CONSUMERS SUPPLIED LOWtiST PU1CEH FOR CASH. 16 lf GROCERIES, ETC. rjJO FAMILIES RESIDING IN TIIE RURAL DISTRICTS. We are prepared, as heretofore, to snpply families at their country residences with every description of FINE GROCERIES, TEAS, ETC., AiUEKT V. BOUEHTS, Dealer in Fine Groceries, lnrp Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Sts, 7ITLER, WEAVER & CO., MANUFACTIUREBS OF MAKILLA AND TARRED CORDAGE, CORDS TWINES, ETC., 170. 23 North WATER Street, and No. n North DELAWARE Avenue, IPUILAOICLFUIA. KJWI H. FlTLKB, MKH1H WlAVMB. CONBAD F. CtOTBlHS. 1 W COTTON AND FiAX, U" KAIL DUOBT AND CANVAS, Or all numbers and brands. Tent, AwnlnK, Trunk, aud Wagon Cover Duck. AIho PatH-r Manufaoiurers' Drier Frits from one to aeveial teet wide; Paul!' g- Belling Hall Twine, etc. seveiai wet, wi jyr, jr.vF.KM AN A CO., f$ No, 1U8 JONES' Alley SHIPPING. ff-T? STEAM TO LIVKKI'OOL, CALLING i ut-liioi.n Line, unti.r contract with the TJnlteA Hiatus aud British tsovernmeau, for carrjlag the CITY' OK BOS row ....fatnrdar, Jnlf 14 CI I V OF A in WEhP Saturday, July ail CITY Of NEW YOR ( na Hallfai) Tuesday, Jul r ja CITY OF FArUH.. .Hamrrtay, Am: l Ciivor UiNDOi .tnrdtr Ai'tnt CITY OF BAL'I I MOIR Haiurdayl Aorm'. li and e-ch turxemiij. Saturday and alternate Monday, at noon irom Pier No, 4S NOKTU Rtvor. Bales ofpr.naKe by tbe M.ll Steamtr BAtLINQ P..VHie In Oold. I Parahle lo Cur res cy. First Calio.. 1 100 Slstrage............. m . lu Iindon lotll " to London.- " to Paris... llltl ' to Parts.....!nn M Fsrsafte by ih Monday st'Smers: Cabin, tuo gold-rtiet-tagc. .5, rurretioy. hates of pa'saK from Neir Jork 10 Ilalifptx t'anln, f 2"'; te.-rag. 110. tn gold, i a srnaers alm forwarded lo Havre, Hamburg. Bra. utcn, eic, at mmlernle rains. Hieernae i.saga Irons Uverpniil or Qiicpnutown. currfney. TloK-is can he botiKtit here by persons Sfnuing ior their Irion 4a. ti r further Information, apply at tne Comuanr'a Mice, JUHNH DALE, AKn; No. IB I'.KOAUWAY. Ntw York. Or, CTDflNNEl.I, FAULK, Maimprs, No. ,u t'HHNUr Street, Phila, ff?h NORTH AMERICAN STE41I3U1P .v r an I . lirouKb List to Uallforisla via Paaamst Uailtsi.rl. NEW AH-IANuKMEHT, . fBL"1,1 'rom New Yo.k on the ftih and 2-nb ot t. I Kl Jlu. 1 n, or the uny before wucu tunrtli ai lap on Huutiay. f' s.-aH lower ihB" by ani other line. For Inlor txitloii adurHs D. N.CARHINOTON, Arnl. Pier Ne. 46 NOU IU M VEtl New Y rk. Or 'l itD.toA It SKABLK, ,r No. 217 WALNUT blrH. Pnllaillliia rn, . If. t l-.KB rrei'rten'. v,U VS. LiA.N A, Vice-Free. Oflir-S4 KXCH AMiK .Now Ytitlc. X 9oi "fiTi posauk. it A.u t'UOM tiRsAr iiii.IT. kHI I AMI IUKI..MI 11 V elEA WuH IP Atin hAl uiMl FAt KAT. AT KlfiHI t'l-.D MAIM DRAFTS AVAll.ABLK THKiUUHOUT NO- LANJ . IRK i.aN I). JorJA D, AND WALES. tor particular- npplj to Tup cin. Bt.ornEitss a ., No. 86 SOUTH btrt-et. ami No t-i BKOAi'W a. r, OrtoTH M S T SKA.RLK, 11 N . 217 WALNUT ttraet. "rri-. Nr.W EXHURS LINE TO AL.fc.X- - andria. (,.iiri:titwn. ami U'..!....... - - vuiit.t aim uiiw.n i.a iai wun con nections at A'exaunrta Irom the must dr net route lor L. nchiiurg, Hristoi, Kuuxvllte, Nasiivl.l,. Daltoa and the bouib west. si.amers iravs tegular ly from the fin t wharf a Markt t street. FielKhi received dally. WM. P. CLYDE A CO., . No. 14 North ami S tuh Wnarves. J. B. DAVIDSON. Agent at -orneiou. M. ELDlilLUe. A Co., Amenta at Alexandria, Vtr gltla. 6 1 ff OIICE.-FUH NEW YOUK, VIA TTh!,!.:: LSiT,?... f.",.V.! iAi ii.e hl,UUJ fropellers of mis tine wilt commence asUh"Vn BA1Ll4jJAY'a,tn Imtaut, leaving dally THROUGH IN 24 HOUKS. Goods forwarded by all the lines going out of New Yi rk. Ni rib. Kasi, and West, free ol commission. ielhis lecrived at our uual .w rates, WILLIAM I, ci YDK & CO.. Agents. t a nr tto rr . !'- l4"' WHARVES, Philadelphia, JAMFS TIAND, Asenu go; No. 11 WALLhtreal corner of Honth, New York, -rr7, riiii.ADKi.PniA, Richmond nkra ANl MiKlOLK h I H A M-.ll 1 1' i.i w ilil.uLUll rKKlUHl' A1K LINE TO TiUE WMi'l H Nil WK.Si.'. m EVERY H TUltDA Y, 6trtel0CD FIRST WHARF above MARKET '1 H ROUGH BATES and THROUGH REOKIPT9 to all pom ' lu North auu Sou h t arollna, via fcea boara Air Lli.e Ranroitd, cotieeclng at Portsmouth and lo Lyni-bbnig. V , Tennensee and the Wet, via iruliim and Teuuauste Air Line aud Rloumond and Dsuvllle Rallri.Bd Frt-laiit HANDLED BUT 0"CE, and taken at LOW i,K Ra IrS THAN AN Y OTHER Llria. Tbe regularity Hafety.utid cheapness of this route cemmeud it to the i tiollo as tue nioHt desirable me dium tor carrying evety ritscrlpllou ol IrelnliU No cliurge for commissiou, drayage or any expense 01 transler. Pteaujnlilps Injured at lowest rates. Frt Ight received dully. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO., No. li Norm aud hou'h WHARVES. ,W. P. PORTER Agent at Richmond aud City Point T. P CROWE M- A CO.. Agents at Norfolk. 1 r. -aICTLn, FOIt N EW YOKK-SWIKr-SURB ana n i iiialiTniii-i nrmilnii Compuuy Despatch u u .-wi iniire Lines, via Delaware and Raritan Canal, mi and after ine loth ut March, leaving dally at 12 SI. and 6 f. M.. couneciluir with all N.irLt...rn KBStern lines. LRteiii lines. Kor I ireivnt. wuicti win ne taken on accommodating I. fitin.v tn WI I.T.I Art M. Uirilli A ivi terms, appiy to ........ a u mi. li.livi W KJ , No. Wills. DELAWARE Aveuue. i it T Y1T( IT.r A r?n'a nnTctnn Ttnn "V...I.JIH.J. o 101 ii. i.lllj . .v futmbw 1 1 1 h k 1.1.11 a i lfTTiirrr'Tif im i c... Goods oy well hi. Ml ceuis per lot) His , gruM, Mr.Hurement goods, 4 cents per cubic loot. FreiKhis received ai all limes, aud iuuurau.ee guar antt eii hi inree-eiliilis per cent. For further Information, apply to ' JOflN F OHL, '25 Tier la North Wharvca. STEAMBOAT UNES. BRISTOL LINE BETWEEN SEW l'OKK AXD UOSTON, VIA BRISTOL. For PROVII ENCE, TAUNTON. NEW BEDFORD CAPE COD. auo ail points of railway cou.uiuulua Uou. East aud Norm. 'ihe new and splendid steamers BHI4TOL and PROVIDENCE, leave Pier Nu. 4u Null I H RIVKH, fool ol iauai Mreet, adjuiulug Dcbraxnes Street Ferry, New urk. at 6 P. M. dally, ouudtys excepted, con netting with suamhoal ira'u at Brlsiul at 4 m A. M.., arriving in Bosiou ai A AI. In time lo ronuect with all the morning trains irom that city Ihe most da siraole auo pleau-ant roue U) tne vv hl'e Mouutalus. Travel era tor lnat point can m.ke direct onaeo tiobs by way of Providence and vVorce'ier or B aton, t-tate-rooms and Tickets secuted at oilice vu Fler iu New ork. 8 1 Sot H. O. BRIUOS, General Manager. C-CT. F0B CHESTER, HOOK, AND fSmtmrili, ATLJillNUTUN At 8 3u auu . 60 A. M, auu 4 toj F. AI. I he huauier 8, M. FELTON and ARIeL leave CH Fir NUT Btreet Vt barf (tsuudays excep ed) at 8 30 auo fcotiA. W.. and 8'tO F. id,, reluming leave Wii mlngtou ai S'AU A. la., li bo, audlfaop, M. blvpplugat Chekier and Hi ok each way. Fare, in cents between all polntr. Excursion tickets, 15 cents, good to return by either boat. 3 If rKTjS PHILADELPHIA AND TREN. ijii i ii 1 ! 1 .tori t-leawboat Line. The steamboat i.u.iN FURKEST leaves ARCH blreut Wiiarl, tot 'Irentou, stopping at Tacony, Torresdnie, Beverly. Burilugimi, linaiol, Floreuce Robuiua' Wharf, aud White Hill. - Leaves Arch Btreet Wharf1 Leaves Honth Trenton, baiunlay, July 11. Hi , A.M aiurday,July 11, K A.M nuntlay July 12, Uj BurllUKtou. Bristol, aud luter. nieolale landlii.s, leaves ArcTi street whart at DA. M, and 2 V. ti .: leaves Bristol at m.'i A. M. aud 4H P. M, Monday, July 13. A.M , Monday, July H, 10 A.M Tnei-day, 14, 7. A.M (Tuesday, " 14 11X A.M Wed'day, " l., 8 A.MlWed'uav, " 15,1 J W. Thurstlay, " 18,10 A. M IThitrsday. " 16.1 P.M Friday, " 17, 10 AMlfrrlday, . " 17,2 P.M (are to Treotou, 40 cents each way; Intermediate places, 26 cents. 4 li rflrr;.N OPPOSITION TO TUB COM- siiasiiil i I " ' T' '" RAILROAD AND BI ER Bitan. er JOHN SYLVESTER will make dally etuisloti in WilmingtuD ( Sundays excepted , loacb lug t liester and Maicus Hunk, leAvIng AKCIC Hireet wbaif at lu A. M. and 4 P. M.: reiurulug, leave V ' n Hu m . at 7 A M. aLd 1P.M. Light fielthts takeu. L. W. BUBNU. IZStf Cap laid. FArr N DAILY EXCURSIONS. TUB JZJlZ splendid bteamboat JOH N A. WAR IsTk. leaves t il KKNUT Street Wharf. Pbllada.. at t o'clock aud 6 o'clock P. M., Air Burlington and Bristol, touching at Rlvertou. Torredale, Andalusia, and Beverly. Returning, leaves Bristol at 7 o'clock; A. M. and IP, M. Fare, V cents each way; Excursion 40 eta. 411 tf CAPE MAY STEAMER. FOR CAPE MAY. On TUEhiiavs. runnani vo balURDtYB. 'I be tplei did new steamer LADY OF TIUE LAKE, Captain INGRAM, leaving Pier 19 above Viu aireet, every Tuesday, Thursday, tod (Saturday at fli A. M.. and returning from Cape May on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. FAeE 'i-25, luoiiidlng Carriage n Ire. IHervai 18...A150, " Chlldreu .. II1 6, ' feaaou llekntB, ia Carriase Hire extra Tbe Lady of ihe Lake Is a tin sea-boat, bas b son.e staie-rocm aocommt-dailoiis. aud Lulled up witb everything necessary lor the safety ami oomfoil Of passengers, OH. HO UDELL CALVIN TAUU ART. 01Ilce-No, 88 N. DELAWARE Avenue. U iWli ; ; h