THE DAILY EaNING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1868. Q EOR GE PJ2AB OD Y. A SkateH of hla Career, JVotn tht ZT. T. Timet. In February, 1851, Edward Riddle, of Bos ton, Massachusetts, reoeived the appointment of Commissioner from the United States to the Great Exhibition in London. He reaohed Eng land la March following. The frigate Bt. Law rence, freighted with Industrial produota, had already unladed at Southampton. A large un finished space in the east end of the Crystal Talace had been set off for the United States. France, Spain, Russia, the countries of the Zollverein, l'ortugal, and Austria were well on with preparations for the 1st of May. Each Commission, save ours, was provided with funds, appropriated by its Government, adequate to its needs. It was estimated that $15,000 at least would require to be expended upon coun ters, fixtures, and decorations to put us on a decent footing even. The floor of our depart ment was strewed with boxes and bales. 1'ickford's vans were constantly dumping goods at the entrance, to be immediately narked and warehoused within by Custom House oillcials; exhibitors were uneasily watching their property; the American Minister, Mr. Lawrence, was patiently listen ing to innumerable complaints; acoounts for freight and cartage were constantly being presented for payment, with threats of attachment of the goods, and the Chairman of the Royal Commission was politely representing the short time that re mained for making the necessary preparations against the grand opening. No greater con fusion ever perplexed a publlo officer. The exhibitors declined the proposition to raise money by subscription; our Government felt unauthorized to do more than furnish free conveyance for contributions from New York to Southampton; the Legation was powerless to afford relief, and the Executive Committee in Washington had no pecuniary means. The whole aflair looked like a disgrace ful failure. At this juncture Mr. George l'ea fcody, of whom not one exhibitor in twenty had ever heard, and who was personally un known to every member of the Commission, offered, through a polite note addressed to Mr. Lawrence, to advance 3000 on the personal responsibility of Mr. Riddle and his secretary, Mr. Dodge. This loan, afterward paid by Con gress, relieved the Commission of its difficul ties, and enabled our countrymen to achieve their first success in industrial competition With the artisans and manufacturers of Europe. Mr. Peabody was then fifty-seven years old. A large-framed man, six feet in height, slight ly stooping at the shoulders, of easy address, retiring in manner, rather reticent of speech, neat in apparel and dignified in bearing he appeared rather the English gentleman of leisure than an Americau merchant, lie had resided in London thirteen years. Ilia plaoe of business, consisting of two counting-rooms one for his clerks, the other for himself was in a narrow court leading out ot Throgmorton Etreet. Ilia commercial operations had given him little public notoriety. Ilaving full faith in the soundness of Ameri can State securities, he had assisted for several years in negotiating their sale in Europe, first those issued by Mary land and afterward others, until he had realized a considerable fortune even for London. Still he was not widely known. Mr. Bates, Mr. Sturgis, Mr. (now Sir) CurtiB M. Lampson, and twenty other Americans had a larger commercial reputa tion. Attentive to interests intrusted to his care, punctual to appointments, exact in en gagements, sagacious in operations, and free from every kind of craftiness or chicanery, his growth in business reputation, though Blow, had been healthy and strong. At 10 every morning he could be found at his desk In the small dingy office just out of the noisy thoroughfare, reading letters, signing drafts, accepting bills of exchange, reviewing in voices, inditing heads of correspondence, and receiving calls, and punctually at 4 o'clock every afternoon coming out ot the court to mount his horse for a riJ j, or to take au omnibus towards his lodgings in the West End. Several years before this tie had inaugurated the plan, now universal with foreign merchants in London, of offering hospitality to such strangers as had letters of credit on his house. His dinners, given at the Loudon Tavern, or the Star and Uarter in Richmond, had begun to be famous. Americans about to visit Europe gave preference to bills of exchange which would command something more than the mere payment of the pounds sterling they asked for, and in consequence large numbers of those who visited England during the year ' of the great Exhibition were the guests of the merchant then rising to eminence. Mr. Peabody is almost invariably styled in this country the London Banker, lie is not, and never has been, a banker, nor has he ever done a banking business. English banks, from the Bank of England down through the long list of private bankers, such as Ulynn, Mills & Co., llankey & Co., Smith, Payne & Smith, Jones, Lloyd & Co., Childs & Co., Coutts & Co., and others, and the equally long list of chartered corporations, such as London and Westminster Bank, London and County, Union, Agra, and others, transact business under x special acts of Parliament. Until within the last thirty years, with the exoeption of the Bank of "England, banking operations were confined to rivate firms. There were no chartered corpo tions. The bankers of London, and indeed 11 England, and of Scotland and Ireland as were a class, and a privileged class, too, as jfh as the landed aristocracy. They grew up tlthe Longobards, the first of whom were jpsmi family, a rich race, who settled in same in tne rei6u ot Edward II., gave the Wc(uLombard street, which Addison in the credit inalla ' a certain street of the greatest menarounfPej" anii grouped their country Who took pkHUU They were the goldsmiths, jewels and If 8 in Plale articles of virtu and fcards,' the thr.out the lm18e of tLe Long family, which haolden Pllld oI the Medici pawnbrokers. Tjcended as the sign of the firms in Lombard stVe "ow sixteen banking centuries old. The'1' Some of them an date back to their col.S.key8 for sample, settled there in the fourtee1 ancBto fitone & Martin occupy wntury. Martin, chased by their ancestor -sPml3"8 ?,ur' Bham, in A. D. 1519; and Sir ?"B ve transmitted in the fifteenth oefcrtm1,owe? estate now occupied by his sue!,7 tLe Tl wealthy bankers, Glynn, Mali c CoTl' 1 8 allied to many noble families in the kih? are At No. 1 Fleet street, Child & Co. havumI their account booka iu the lire-proof-rooiu J? recUy over Temple Bar since lo71, at a" -uuuai rental oi jlku. The principal of this 8,l,l'n C("I",eM of 3r6y wif,J of George Child Bllhr8i Earl of Jersey, who assumed the name of Child upon his Countess inherit- fktiLr R "i la ?f Ler maternal grand father, Robert Child. It was this Sw?iLU8e,tliai Baa 'm solvency during the panic of 1719, by tho old Duchess Of her life brought all her money and lewela to the back door and left them witU I message that her plate also was at the service of ti? hild; Goslings, too, the old bankers at No with the sign of three squirrels in the iroul work of the window, dates back to the days of iienry VIII. In the account of secret service ttoney expended by Clurlea H is an item,- To Richard Bakenham, In full, for eTrl parcels of gold and silver laoe, bought of Wil liam Gosling and partners, on 2d May, 1674, by the Duchess of Cleveland, for the wedding olothea of the Lady Sussex and Liohfield, 640 8b." The Iloares are the descendants of the jeweller Shore, the husband of the famous Jane Shore, of whom the black-letter ballad makes mention: . In Lombard street I once did dwell, ' An London yet can witness well. Where many gallants did behold ( 11 y beauty In a shop of gold. I penance did in Lombard street, In shameful manner la a 8 bee I." To this class of English bankers, a class a' exclusive as the old county families, Mr. Pea" body never belonsred. Neither do Brown tfhipley & Co., nor the Barings, nor Morrison Dillon & Co., nor the Rothschilds. They are all merchants, not in the sense in which the word merchant is used by us, as a dealer in goods, but in the English sense, aa one whose transactions embrace crops in various coun tries, cargoes, stocks, bonds, bills of lading, Government loans, and railroad and other chartered securities. The designations of the various classes ot business diller in the two countries speaking a common language. The merchant here is the warehouseman in England, and the mer chant there is the banker here. We have no tradesmen as a class, and yet in England every dealer in goods below the rank of a warehouse man, that is, one who sells goods by whole sale, is designated a tradesman. In the com mon acceptation of Englishmen the various kinds of business, transacted in the metropolis and other large towns, rank in the following order, viz., bankers, merchants, brewers, manufacturers, warehousemen and tradesmen. In all leases, writs, suits at law and other legal documents, Mr. Peabody, like every member of the firms of Rothschilds, Barings and Brown, Shipley & Co., would be styled a merchant, that is, one who deals in invoices, bills of lading and bills of exchange, but not in gcods. Mr. Peabody's first capital stroke in reputa tion was made on the 4th of July, 1851. The old grudge of England toward her revolted colonies remained. Seventy-five years had not wiped out the disgraoe. The 'J imcs held up to ridicule our meagre show in the Exhi bition, Punch caricatured our industrial pro ducts, the Royal Commission had given us but a stinted welcome, aud the cold shoulder was turned to our exhibitors in nearly all publio entertainments. To change all this Mr. Peabody proposed to give to Americans and Englishmen on the day of our national anniversary the grand fete of the season, lie suggested his plan to Mr. Lawrenoe, who before committing himself in its favor, laid it before the Duke of Wellington. It met the Duke's approval, and he promised to give it his hearty co-operatiou. No greater success was ever achieved. Willis' rooms, the famous Almack's, the lady patronesses of which were the Duchess of Norfolk, the Marchionesses of Ely, Londonderry and Westminster, the Countesses of Jersey, Kinnoull, and Lich field, Viscountess Palmerston, and Lady Clin ton, whose rules proscribed the introduction of any lady whom a patroness did not visit, or any gentleman who was not presented by a lady whose name was on her visiting list, were obtained for the occasion by the influence of the "Old Duke." The programme pre scribed a concert and an assembly. The ope ratio corps of Her Majesty's Theatre, including Grisi, Alboni, Viardot, and Mario, was engaged. The ball room, 100 feet by 40, deco rated with gilt columns and pilasters, classlo medalions and mirrors, was lighted by 500 Wax lights in cut glass luotreo. Tlio enter tainment was ' elegant and pro'use. When it became known that the Duke of Wellington was to be present, every social objection was removed. The elite of the aristooracy not only accepted but sought invitations. More than 1700 persons were present, and it turned out to be the most brilliant assembly of the most famous season of London, chronicled by all the newspapers of the kingdom. Mr. Peabody wa3 not then, nor for many years afterwards, in society. The days of excluBiveness, where the oligarchy of a set rules, have not gone by in England. II is brilliant international entertainment broke down no social barriers; it gave him renown, but not society. lie was engaged in business, . distinguished, indeed, for wealth and hospi tality, but nothing more, without family, or rank, or title, or office, and hence he was black-balled at the Reform Club and scratched from the Minister's list for the Queen's levees. It is to the credit of his self-reBpeet that since he has made a position for himself he has held aloof from all solicitations from the latter, -and declined a publio invitation to become a member of the former. The celebration of the Fourth of July by a publio dinner was inaugurated by Mr. Peabody in 1852, and was continued every year up to 1859, at which time the American Association in London, a club formed for charitable pur poses, succeeded to the honor. There are thousands in both countries who recall with pleasure those occasions of national reunion. In one instance only did any occurrence mar the festivity. During the year that Mr. (now General) Sickles held the post of Secretary of Legation, it was proposed that the annual din ner should be by subscription, la order to give it a more general ana publio character. The plan received the approbation of Mr. Peabody, who requested, however, that while all the proceedings were managed by a committee, he might be allowed to pay the expenses. Upon this understanding the plan was made, the tickets issued, and Mr. Peabody eleoted to preside. A difference arose at one of the preliminary meetings about the toasts. "The day we celebrate," it was agreed should come first, but the second toast, should it be "The President" or "The Queen t" Mr. Peabody was strong for the latter, urging that residence in England, the unblemished char acter of her Majesty, deferenoe to his invited English guests, and his own custom hitherto, warranted giving precedence to the toast to the Queen. Mr. Sickles argued that the din ner being a national celebration, made so not only by the day, but by the presence of the American Minister, self-respect, loyalty, and custom demanded that honor should be shown first to the Chief Magistrate of the United State. Mr. Peabody rejoined that all aoru ples might be waived by toasting the Queen first, as a woman, to which Mr. Sickles responded that it was 'not the woman, but the ruler to whom the toast did honor. The discussion was sharp. Neither yielded. No formal vote was taken. It was understood when the meeting broke up that the decision rested with the Committee of -Arrangements, there being no doubt, bov ver, that the feelings of the majority were w,h Mr. Sickles. The result was unfortunate, '"Whatever may have been the arrangement on tu paper prepared by the Committee, Mr. i'ti unaccustomed to dictation, after Ihe Day we Celebrate" had been drank, proposed, y,(tu the usual complimentary pre face, The nuii 0( ner Majesty, Queen Vic lurio.. joe tujst was received coldly, Mr. bickles and his friend refusing to honor it, and immediately withdrawing from the table. An aciimoniooscoutroversv followed in news papers and paaphlets, exciting a bitterness of """"B yei ennreiy lost. The American .Association in London,already referred to, was established iu X&53. Its ob- Jeot was to organize systematic relief for desti tute Americana. In every large Earopeaa town, and more particularly in London, oases of distress arising from poverty, sometimes aggravated by eiokness, sometimes by crime, are of frequent occurrence among visitors from the United States. An inventor has. failed to dispose of his patent, a lecturer has found no audiences, the supposed heir of some 4 lapsed estate, deluded by newspaper para graphs, has involved himself in the suits, or a man of character and tandiog,whose property at home may have suffered damage during a protraoted visit to the East, has had his drafts for funds returned dishonored. Such cases are numberless, and in the suffering that follows a wife and children are often in volved. Fremont was thrown into jail on a suit for debt: Charles Morev was a close pris oner in the Queen's Benoh; Goodyear, in re ceipt of a large income, was arrested and im prisoned; and the present inounibent of a fat office in one of our large cities, left his family without a shilling for meals or lodging, when the bailiffs conducted him to Newgate. The only recourse is to Americans supposed to be In successful business, and appeals from cases like these are constantly occurring. Mixed with cases of real need are frequent instances of frand. A man has just escaped from ship wreck, an unsuspecting traveller has been robbed, a lady, received in the first circle, at home, en route from Paris to New Yorks has lost her luggage, and is reduced to humiliating straits. There is never want of letters from members of Congress, Governors of States, and other persons of distinction, to confirm the story. In order to bring these calls for charity within some rule, the Ameri can Association was formed. Mr. Peabody did not favor it. He was more inoredulous to tales of distress, and had always been, than any American in London. Of the 1037 16s. 4d. expended by the Association from Feb. 22, 1859, to Feb. 22, 1860, while Mr. Sturgis gave '3G, Mr. Moran 30, General Campbell 25, and other Americans from 10 to 20 each, Mr. Peabody gave but 5. Nor were his private contributions lor charity, 80 far as was known or believed, on any larger scale. That he was open-handed, even before the munificent gifts that have made his name famous were Inaugurated that in hospitality. in liberal subscriptions toward publio enter prises, and in endowments of philanthropic institutions at home and abroad, he was princely in spending his money was well known. But in private charities, in giving willing attention to a tale of Buffering or be Btowing generous relief upon destitute merit, he was far outdone by others. This is men tioned in no derogation of the great merchant. but as a characteristic trait familiar to all his friends. The commercial success of Mr. Peabody has been uninterrnpted. He has never met with a single reverse. And yet, like his English peers, the Rothschilds and Barings, he has known times of emergency. One of these was in 1S57. The financial storm was hurrying across the Atlantic Tidings of commercial disasters in the United States, like scuds that herald the tornado, came almost daily. Trust companies had suspended payment, railroad bonds, city securities and state stocks, had failed to meet their indebtedness; orders for the shipment of goods were countermanded; old established importing houses had stopped payment, and remittances from America, without which, like the sunshine and dew withdrawn from vegeta tion, the productions of England languish and die, ceased to arrive, bo sudden a financial crisis had never been known. It was the disaster-god's coup d'etat, unforeseen and un provided for. To every firm in Jiurope doing Wlncn wttR America. It threatens Bartons calamity. The provincial towns of England felt the shook first, and aocounts of the disasters filled the local columns of the country news papers. The largest manufacturers of Man chester, Birmingham, and Sheffield were in difficulties. Banks in the metropolis began to refuse discount, and the prime stocks in Capel Court became worthless to secure advances. Rumors affecting the oldest houses of London were in circulation. It was said that the BaringB had hesitated to accept the bills of their foreign correspondents; that Sir Lionel Rothschild had been refused accommodation at the Bank of England, and that Overend, Gurney & Co. were declining to receive the most approved commercial paper. Peabody & Co. shared largely in the general distrust. For several days they were Bupposed to be totter ing. A thousand rumors were afloat, and even the city article of the 1'imes encouraged suspicion regarding "an important American firm." It was the occasion of all others to try the virtue of solvency. Instead of battling with phantoms, or standing still to "bide the pelting of the pitiless fitorm," Mr. Peabody went to the directors of the Bank of England, made an exact statement of his affairs, and exhibited his securities. No higher encomium was ever passed on the integrity of a commer cial man than when, by unanimous vote, the Board advanced on Mr. Peabody's obligations a million pounds sterling. DRUGS, PAINTS, ETC. JOBERT SHOEMAKER & CO, fl.E. Corner of FOtKTHttnd EACE SU., PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OP , White Lead aud Colored Faints, Tuttj, Varnishes, Lie. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED FBOC1I ZIXC FALNTS. DEJLER8 AND CONSUMERS BUrPLIED AT LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH. 6 IB t PAINTED PHOTOS. A NEW THING IN A R T. BERLIN PAINTED PHOTOS. A. S. ROBINSON, No 910 CHE3NUT Slrect, Has nst received a Rnjierb collection of BERLIN TAINTED PHOTOGRAPHS Off FLOWERS. They are exqnlslte gems of art, rivalling lnbeRuiy, naturalness or tint, Bad perfection of form a treat Variety of the choicest exotic (lowering plants. Tbi y fire mounted on boards of tliree sizes, and sold from 26 cent to 13 and fl each. For framing and the album they are incomparably beautiful. 8 i&i MILLINERY. M il S. R. DILLON, VNOS. S ANI 883 SOUTH STREET, Has a large itssortmeut ot MILLINERY. Ladle' , MIsbps', and Children's Bilk Velvet, Felt Straw and Fancy Bonnets aud Hats ot the lates styles, Also, bilks, Velvets, Bllibons, Crapes Feathers, Flowers, Frames, etc. etc., wholesale and retail, eicj DRY GOODS. LAflJES ABOUT TO LEAVE TIIK city for their ooantry houses or the sea-saor will And It greatly to tnelr advantage, before pnr- chasing elsewhere, to examine T ' i" " r The Exlensire Stock, at Ureatlj Reduced - Frlces, of C. EVV NEEDLES & CO., No. llOl OIIKSNUT ST BEET QIRARD HOW, Comprising a complete assortment tor personal or household use, of LACES. EMBROIDERIES HANDKEROHIF.FS PUFFED, REV JIB ED AND TUCKED MUS LINS, CAMBRICS, JACONETS, PIQUES, and WH.ITK GOODS, In every variety. Veils and veil materials of every djcnp. tlon, together with an extensive assortment of HOUSEHOLD LLNESS, AT TEMPTING PllICES In every width and quality. BHIRTINa.PILLOW-CASE, BIIEKTINO, 4TABLJS LINENS, NAPKINS. DOYLIES, FLANNELS, DIMITIES FOR bPREADS, AND FUIINI. TUBE COVERS, MARSEILLES, HO NEYCOMB, AND OTHER SPREADS, TOWELS AND TOWELLING IN DAMASK ANOHDCKABACK, RUMMER BLANKETS, TA BLE COVERS, ETC. . ALSO, SHIRTING, PILLOW-CASE AND SHEET ING MUSLINS. C. M. NEEDLES & CO., No. HOI OHESNUT STIIEET, GIRARD ROW- 999 ARCH STREET. I.I HEN DUCKS AND DBILLA. W HITE DVCHN AND DRILLS, BUFF COATINO DUCKS. FLAX COLOBED DRILLS AND DUCKS. BUFF t'OATINU DUCKS. FANCY DRILLS, FAST COLORS. STRIPED DRILLS, FAST COLORS. BLOUSE LINENS, SEVERAL COLORS. PLAIN COLOBED LINENS, FOB LADIES TRAVELLING SUITS. PRINTED SHIRTINO LINEN. LINEN CAMBRIC DRESSES. IDE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF LIN CIOODS IN THE CITY, SELLING less than Jobbers' Trices. GEORGE MILLIKEN, Linen Importer, Jobber, and Retail Dealer, S18smw NO. 838 ARC1T STREET. N EW JAKES M'KULLAN, NEW STOCK STORE. IMPORTER AND DEALER IN LINEN AND HOUSE f URNISHI.1Q DRT GOODS Takes this opportunity to retarn his thanks to lb Ladles uffblladelphla and surrounding districts lor their liberal patronage, and begs to Inform them that FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF FAMILIES RESIDING IN THE WESTERN PART OF , THE CITY HE HAS OPENED Hif NEW STORE, NO. 11S8 OHESNUT STREET, TWO DOORS BELOW TWELFTH, His long experience In Linen Goods, and his faclll Uts for obtaining suppllta DIRECT FROM EUROPEAN MANUFACTURERS, enable him at all limes to oiler THE BEST GOODS AT THE LOWEST PRICES, The OLD STORE, 8. W. corner SEVENTH and CMEbMJT. will be kept open aa usual, temwfttm ENOINES, MACHINERY, ETC. jyr EliBICK & SONS' SOUTHWARD FOUNDRY, NO. 430 WASHINGTON AVENUE, Philadelphia. WILLIAM WRIGHT'S PATENT VARIABLE ; CUT OF STEAM-ENGINE, Regulated by the Governor. MERRICK'S SAFETY HOISTING MACHINE, Patented June, 1368. DAVID JOY'S PATENT VALVELEdS STEAM HAMMER. ; D. M. WESTON'S PATENT SELF-CENTERING, SELF -BALANCING CENTRIFUGAL SUGAR-DRAINING MACHINE AND HYDRO EXTRACTOR, For Cotton or Woollen Manufacturers. 7 lOmwf ly PENN STEAM ENGINE AND I BOILER WOHKS.-NEAJ'IK A T.KVV 1 llAL AND THEORETICAL ENGINEERS MACHINIST!-, BOILEK-MAKEUS, BLAOK SMITUa, and FOUNDERS, having tor many years bceu In successful opeiatlon, ami been exclusively engaKed ! building and repairing Marine and River Engines, high audio w-preuuure. Iron Boilem, Water Tanks, Propellers, etc. etc., respectfully offer their services to the public as being fully prepared to con tract lor engines of all slztw, Marlue, River, auu Stationary; having seis of patterns of different sices are prepared to execute orders with quick despatch. Evtry description of pattern-making made at the shortest notice. Illfeh and Low-pressure Flue Tubular aud Cylinder liollers, ot the best Pennsylva nia charcoal Iron. Forcings of all size and kinds Iron aud Brass ChHtinKS of all descriptions. Roll Turning, ficr-w Cuiui.k, and all other work oonneoted with the above business. Drawings and suecltlcatlons for all work done ai the tstttbUshnitut free of charge, aud work guaran teed. The subscribers have ample wharf-dock room foi rppaiis of boais, where they can llu in perfect safety and are provided with aheurs, blocks, fails, elo. eta lor raising heavy or.light weight. J A COB C. NE A FIE, JOHN P. LftVY. 8J ! BEACH and PALM ER Streets. J. VAUOUM MKBUICKi WILLIAM H, MKBUIOM SOUTI1WAUK I'OUiNDltV, FIFTH AND WAriHINUT'ON Streets. J-HiLAiiKLPniA, m MERRICK & HONS, IENGINKEUH AND M ACH INIHTH,' manufacture Jliga and Low Preauure Steam Englnei tor Land, 1.1 vr, anil Marine Service. Boll era, Gasometers, Tanks, Iron Boat, e'xj. Castings ol all kludi, either Iron or hruxs. Iron Iiume Kooialur Una Work, Workahops, and Railroad stations, etc. Retorts and Gas Machinery, of the latest and most Improved construction. Every duncrlptlon of Plantation Machinery, alo Ruar, Saw, and Grist MilJR. Vacuum Puns, OU Steam Trains, Detecators, Filters, Bumping, En gines, etc bole Agents for N. Blllenx's Patent Snar BoVUn Apparatus, Nesmylh's Pateut hteain Hammer, aufl Asplnwall A Woolsey's Patent Centrifugal Sugar 1'rnlnliiK Machines. ' IRE GUARDS, roil STORE FRONTS, ASYLUMS, FA. VORIXH, ETC. Patent Wire Railing, Iron Bedsteads, Ornament Wire Work, Paper Makers' Wires, and every variety Ol Wire Work, manufactured by V. WALEER A SONS; WW1 NO U HoiUl SIXTH, Wtoel. SHIPPING. fvBTEAM TO LIVEUPOOL, CALLISO wm AT OUEENOTOWN. 1 ne 1 n lunn l.Inu, iindf-r contract who me uniea States and Friilau wovaruments, for carrying II e Malia. (11 Y OF LONDON ..Saturday, August 1 CITY OF NEW YORK fvla Halliax) Tumd'y. A nit 11 CITY OF BALTIMORE-....fitnrdRy Anut IS CITY OK BOIO-..,...,.atnray1 AoniMtM KIN 4 (via Halifax) ......Tueday, Augift U CITY OF ANIWKH1' ..Saturday, A'lRintiW and ecb ruoeellng Saturday and alu-ruate Monday al noon, from Her No. is NORT H River. Xatrs of ptHsnne by the Mil Steamer BAILING EVERY HAlUHDA V: ! Payaoieln Gold. Payable In Currency, First CabiD......... ......... f IN) Steerage..,- to London Km! to London... toParln linl to Parte W Passage by the Monday st-amers: Oabln, . gold; Steerage, t.HS, currency, patee ot passage from N York to Hallux Caliln.pi; StefragM, III). In gold. Passengers also forwarded to Havre, Hamourg. Bre men, etc., at moderate ran. Meerage passage Irora I.iverpoi.1 or Qneenntown, 4U. currency. Tickets caa he bought here by perenns S"ndlng lor their frlruds, For further information, apply at the (Company's Ullce. JOHN (1. DALE, Ak-iiU No. 15 BROADWAY, New York. Or, CDONNELI. & FAULK, Managers, lxBj No. 411 CHESSUT Street, Phlla. NOTCTII 1MKHICAN ETEAMSIIU COMPANY. Vkrougb Llae to Ca.llfor.ua via rtm Railroad. NEW ARRANGEMENT. Sailing from New Yoi k on the 6th and 2nth of EVERY MoNTtt.or tui day belore wnen UieeeOal tall on Snn-lav, Psiage lower than by any other line. For Information address D. N.CARRINGTON, Agent, Pier N 6. 40 N O Iff H it I Kit New York, Or THOMAS R, SKARL.K. No. 217 WALN U V HI reel, Philadelphia. Pa. W. ir.WKBH. President. CHAM. DA N A, Vice- Pres Oflicf 64 EXCHANGE Plao-. New York. Sgftm tfrtT PASSAGE TO AND t'KOM GiiEAT -J'l. I?. hit I imI.n ANU IRELAND Bl STEAM HH IP AND SAILING PACKET, AT REDUCED KATES. DRAFTS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT IMO LAND, IRELAND, hCOTLAND, AND WALES. For particular apply to TAPcori. BitornERS co.. No. 8C SOUTH Street, and No. 23 BPOAHWAV, Or to TlU.MsH T. SFARLK, 11 N i. 217 WALNUT atreet. 4(ftT NhW EM'UESii LINE TO ALKX-KtlMf1-' '"'r'f, Gtorgetown, and Washington D u., via Chesapeake and Delaware Ca.ial. with con nections at Alexandria from the most direct route tor L) nchourg, Bristol, Knoxvllle, Nashville, Dalton and the tsouinnest. Steamers leave reeularly every Saturday at noon from the tirti wbarf a " Market street. irelght received dally. WM p No, 14 Norm aud South Wharves. J. B. DAVIDSON, Agent at Georgetown. M. ELDRIDGE fc Co., Agents at Alexandria, Vir ginia. 91 -fTV NOTICE. FOlt NEW YORK. VIA ,L.IIKI,AWAHIt INIIIMIIITIU . , iv. . r The Steam Propellers of Ibis Hue leave DAILY from first wharf below Market street. THROUGH IN 24 HOURS. Goods forwarded by all the lines going out of New York, North, East, and West, free ot commission. Freights rerrived at our usual low rates. WILLIAM P. CLYDE & CO., Agents. Tr tt. "f-Wa-AKVIM. Philadelphia. No. lltf WALL Street, corner of South, New York, iffFfl I'lUXADEKPHlA, RICHMOND mimaUtMiSi, ANU NOrU-OLE HI EABIHHIP LINE, THRU LUli FREIGHT AIR LINE TO THE rum i-i ashu v r.ni; li.VKHV HATPHIlAV. Atpooil. from FIRST WHARF above MARKET OtfCCV. THROUGH RATES and THROUGH RECEIPTS to all points in North aud South Carolina, via bea board Air Line Railroad, connecting at Portsmouth and to Lyocbburg, Vs., Tennessee. ai.d the West, via Virginia and Tennessee Air Line and Richmond and Danville Railroad. Frelgbt HANDLED BUT ONCE, and taken at LOW ERRATHS THAN ANY OTHER LINK. The regularity, safety, and cheapness of this ronte commend It to the rmbllc as lue most desirable me dium for carrying every description ot frelsht. No charge lor commission, drayage, or any expense VI irnnnit-r. Steamships Insured at lowest rates. 1'rtlght received daily. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO., No. 14 North and Souih WHARVES. W. P, PORTER, Agent at Richmond and City T. P. CROWELL fc CO.. Agents at Norfolk. 81 FOti NEW YORK SWIFT-SURE i-Ja Transportation Company Despatch a. u bwlii-su.-e Lines, via Delaware and Raman Canal, on aud after tne lBtli ot March, leaving dully at in ..n a o oonoM(in( wiu an jMoriuorii ana Eastern lines. For Irelght, which will be taken on accommodating terms, apply to . WILLIAM M. BAIKD & CO., No. 132 M. DELAWARE Avenue. LOR IL LARD'S OUTSIDE LINE. FOR NEW YORK. i . tt i A i HlT.nTTPTIIIM T NI Dnviiiurra Goods Dy w elt lit, 10 cents per 100 lbs , gross. Measurement goods, 4 cents per cubic toot. Freights received at all times, and Insurance guar anteed at three-eighths per cent. For further Information, apply to ' JOHN F. OHL, 2 Her 18 North Wharves. STEAMBOAT LINES. BRISTOL LINE BETWEEN KEW YORK ASD BOSTON, VIA BRISTOL. For PROVIDENCE, TAUNTON, NEW BEDFORD CAPE COD, and ail points of railway couimunlca tlon, East and North. The new and splendid steamers BRISTOL and PROVIDENCE, leave Pier No. 40 NORTH RIVER, foot of canal street, adjoining Debrasses Street Ferry, New York, al 6 P. M dally, bundays excepted, con necting with steamboat train at Bristol at 4 3ii A. M., arrlvlug in Boston at A. M,, ln time to connect with all the morning trains irom that city. The most da. BiraDle and pleasant route to the White Mountains, Travellers for that point can make direct connec tions by way of Providence and Worcester, or Boston, State-room and Tickets secured at ollice en Pier lu New York. 615m H. O. BRTGGS, General Manager. FOR C A P E M A I, On TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS, and The splendid new steamer LADY OF THE LA KB. Captain INUKAM, leaving Pier 19. above Vine street, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at tt-16 A. W.. and returning from Cape May on Monday. Wednesday, and Frlduy. FAKE. 2-25, including Carriage Hire. bervants...tl'60, " ' Childrfeu....iv6, Season Tickets, 110, Carriage Hire extra. The Lady of the Lake is a tine sea-boat, has hand some state-room aocommodailous, aud Is titled up with everything necessary lor the salety and oumfort Of passengers, O. H. HUDDELL. CALVIN T AUU ART. Ofllce No. 88 N. DELAWARE Avenue. tt autf PHILADELPHIA AND TEEN, tin i ' i i " n hieauiboat Line. The steamboat liuvvii). i UKREST leavee ARCH Street Wnarf, lor Trenton, stopping at Tacony, Torresdale, Beverly. Burlington, Bristol, Florence Bobbins' Wharf, aud While Hill. Leaves Arch Street Wliarf Leaven South Trenton. Saturday, Aug. 1, 10 A.M (Saturday, Aug. 1. 2 P.M buuday, August 2, to Hurling touBrisiol, and Inter metilale landlnns, leaves Arch street wliart at 8 A, M, and 2 P. M.; leaves Bristol at Wi A. M. and 4.' P. M. Monday, Aug. il. 12 M. (Monday, Aug. 8, 4 P.M Tueoday, 4, 12 M. Tuesday, 4, 4 P.M Wed'oay, " 6, 1 P.M Wed'tlay, 6,6 P.M Thursday, " 8, IJ P.M IThurnday, " 6, 6iiP.HL Friday, 7, 2 '4 P.M I Friday, " 7, i P.M Fare to Trenton, 40 cent each way; intermediate places, 25 cents. 4 Li f FOR CHESTER, nOOK, AND A'f.,.4 W1LM1NUTON-AI 8-30 and 60 A. M, ana 6 in f. M, The steamer B, V. FELTON and ARIEL leave CHEt-NUT Street W harf (Sundays excepted) at H no aud foil A. M., aud 3'tO p. M., returning leave Wil mington a' e50 A.M., lj-so, and8'60 P, M, Shipping at Cliener and Hok each way. Fare, 10 cents between all point. Excursion tickets, 15 cents, good to return by either boat. 6 3 1 paITfc, OPPOSITION TO THE COM- f " 1 X&lULVJO-U Aiu rtxriH Steamer JOHN SYLVESTER win make dally CxcuisioiiB to Wilmingum (-iuuoays excepted), touch ing at t.hester aud Mm cm Honk, leaving ARC1I Sueet wbatf at lo A. M, and 4 P. iu.; returning, leave vi nilnieti r al7 A. M. and IP. M. Light freights taken, L, W. BURNB, 28tf OaptalU, ft-AWTs 1A1LY EXCUUSIONS.-T1IB gfair'-i-d 4t splendid steamboat JOHN A. WAlv X -iv. itaves t li I' bN U T blreet W narf, Plil'ada,, at i o'clock and 6 o'clock P. M., for BtirlliiKtiin and Bristol, touching at K'vfcitou. Torrvi")ai, Aii'laiiisla, and Beverly. Returning, leavee Bristol at 7 o'clock A. M.and 4 P. M. Fare, 25 cents each way: Excursion to ctu. 411 tl WILLIAM B. 0 R A N , coMMit-siuN merchant, He.8S. DELAWAltK Avenue, Philadelphia, AOKNT VOH Dupnnt's Ounpowder, .letined Nitre. Charcoal, Etc. W. Baker dc Cu.'s ( liocolate uco. a'ld llrotua. Crocker, Bros, t& (Ju,'g ellOW Metal Sneatnlng, Bolts and Nallc. W SHIPPING. iX)K lOblON-VlA N ICVV PORT AND FALL R1VEK. The BOSTON and NEWPORT LINE, by thesplen. did and superior sleameia NEWPORT, M KtltO. IOLIm. OLD COLONY. kvlfllU STA rE. of great strenKtb and speed, c ms'rncied eipremly for 11, e naviuaiioii ollrl ltana conna, running in connection with ttie OLD COLONY AND NEW PDKT RA ILltOAD. Leave P1KK 28. , nOUTU K1VKH. fDOt of MUH. RAY Street. The steamer -kwiiirt, rapiain Brown, leave Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. at 4 P. M.. landing at Newport, r ibe tvaner ut.u uuijr. I'npiam hiromons leavrf Tuesday. Thursday, aud Saturday, at 4 P. M. larding at Newport. J Deft aieamera mrr uit-u.i up vrifcii vuuirTiouioua tate-rmmis water-llgnt cotnpanrueuta. and every arrangement lor tne securny ana comiori 01 passer. f rs. who are afforded oy iril route a nlgni's rest on board, and on arr'vai e nr.wtuni prourev per rail road ntrwo, reaching Boston early on the following morning. . . A burgage master la attached to each itaninr, who receive and tckeu the Oarage, and aocompairlee the erne to lla deftinailon. A steamer runs In connection with this line between NEWPORT and PROVIDENCE dally, Sundays ex orp'ed. Krettjht to Bostou Is taken at the same rates as by any other regular life, and forwarded with Hie great est rxpedltlon bv an exprws train, which leaves NEWPORT every morning (Hnndays excepted), at 7 o'clock, for Boston and New Bedford, arriving at 114 det1natloo about 11 A. M. For freight or rasaie. Bpply on board, or al the Ofllce, on PIF.R2N MHt'l It RIVKR. For slatc-roonia and berths appiy on hoard, or it it Is dealrabls to ie- cure them in 'Ji'tlkfiflt). Agent, No. T2 BHOAUWA Y . New Yortb SAFETY. 8PKK0, AND COMFORT. kurt her reduction in passaub katis. Favorite parng r stoainers ol tne ANliuR LINE Sail every t-ATC UliA Y with pas engets tor JJVEBIHjOI ulahiuw, anl derry, From Pier No 20 North River Rat s ol panHKP l'a able lu currency. To Llvi nool, tilaigow, and Berry, cabins f90 and 7S, according to location. Excursion tickets, good for twelve months, 1160. Intermediate, fV; Mer fce t- Prepaid certificates I om tl.eso porta, Pascengers booked to i-nd irom Ilnmbiirg, Rotter dam, Antwerp, Havre, etc. at very low ratna Eor lurther It lormatlon apply at the Company'! Ofllce, No, BOWLlNn O' EI N. New V'ork. HENI)lltON B HO IU IRS. To avoid Imposition, pasengrs will pleate ome direct to ibe ollice, aa tltls Company does not employ runners, 2tit LONDON AND NEW YORK STEAMSUIP 1.WR ' Pasage to London direct, (fl 10, 75, and currency. Excursion tickets at reduced rates available tor S rnoulhs. ATALANTA. BKLIAiNA. CELLA. WM. PENN. Freight will be taken and tbroneh bills of lading given to Havre, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Dunkirk, . For passage apply to ROBERT N CLARE, No, M BROADWA Y, New York. For freight apply at No. 64 SOUTH street. If. Y, J 2Dfl HOW LAND AASP1NWALL.A gen te. OUNAHD LINE OF EXTRA 8TE&MER3, BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL. CA1 LINO AT V1UEKNSTOWN. FROM NEW YORK EVER V WEDNESDAY, TRIPOLI, ALEPPU , ItA'TES OF PASSAOE: Cabin ...............,...SM(M.,. ,......... M,,as,(...tse OolrL Steerage fs Currency. Steerage tickets from Liverpool or Queeustown at lowest rates. For Freight and Cabin Passage, apply at No. 1 BowllnK Oreen. For steerage Passage, apply at No. 69 Broadway, 2Mt E. CUNARD. o NLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE. THE GENERAL TRANSATI A NT IO COMPANT8 MAIL STEAMbHlPS BETWEEN NEW-YORK AND HAVRE, CAI LINO AT BaKtlT, The splendid new vessels 00 this favorite ronte for the Couliueut will sail from Pier No. 60 NORTH River: N APULEON- ....... Lemarls PE HE1K.K.... Iluolieeua VILLE DE PAKla.. ...M....n.-...Surmout BT, LAURENT. - ....Bocande PRICE OF PASSAGE IN tOLD (Including wine). TO BHKHT OR HAVaK, First Cabin, 100 or litu; Second Cabln.lfSS. TO PAR1H, Including Railway Tickets, furnished on board, First Cabin, J 1 65 or fl45; Second Cabin, fsg, Thce tte.amert do not carfy tleiruw ptutemjurt, ' Medical attendance free of chxrge. American travelers going to or returning from the Coutlnentof Europe, by taking the steamers of tbla line, avoid unnecessary risks from transit by English, railways aud crossing the channel, bealdee saving time, trouble, and expense. GEO. IfACVBNZIE, Agent, 28f No. 68 BROADWAY. LIVERPOOL AND GREAT WESTERN STEAD! COMPANY. 1 he following FIRST-CLAPS IRON STEAMSHIPS, built expressly for the New York trade, are Intended to sail regularly between NEW YORK and LIVER. POOL, calling at QUEENSTOWN, viz.: MANHATTAN, MINNESOTA. COLORADO, NEBRABKAV with other first-class steamers building. From Pier No. 37 East River. Cabin (the accommodations being equal to any At lantic steamer), fnn, gold; return tickets, 1160, gold; la steerage, fi6, currency. Trckets to bring out passengers from Europe can be obtained on reasonable terms. For freight or pas sage apply to WILLIAMS 4 GCION, No. 71 WALL Street, For steerage passage to L2 24t WILLIAMS & UUlON.No. 29 BROADWAY. INTERNAL REVENUE. PRINCIPAL DEPOT FOB VH1 BALB 0V UNITED STA1ES REVENUE STAMPS, No. 3CMfc OHESNUT 8tat3 CENTRAL DEPOT No: IOS 8mtb FIFTH Btri1 COne door below Chesnut street), ESTABLISHED 18Ctt Onr stock comprise ail tne denomlnatlM" jal tot by the uovernment, ALL ORDERS FILLED AND FORWAR'JiCD BY MAIL OR EXPRESS IMMEDIATELY tU'VM RUj CEIPTi a matter of great Uuportauoe, Drafts on Philadelphia, Post Offlce Orders. SrettiM Backs, and National Bank Notes, received iu pari menu Thetollowlng ralea of oommiaslon are allowed On 120-.. ,,,TWO PER CENT From tu to luu......-.... ..I(OURl PJUt tiji-jf From fioo upwards VoUK aSD A HALF tji i,'j The Oommleslon Is pavabie in stamp. Ail oracra, eta, should he addxewod le BTASir AOEBCTi No; SO OHESNUT 8tefc pHILAXKLPR1' OPDERS RFTKIVKD FOR STAMPED OHPX'KS, DIlAV'iH, RECE11"16, BILL HEADS, AlO and Uia bbul rales of vummlaalun allowed. We have constantly on band UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS OF ALL KINDS, AND
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