THE DAILY Fy flislNG TELEGRAPHPHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST G, 18C8. G a son aE pea b op r. Ilia Partoaal Habits ait Soma of M lstlmate Frlsad. Daring Lis early London life, the cares of a I'UBiness constantly inoreasiug left Mr. l'eabocly little leisure for fostering friendships. No man ever gave bit time and energies more ezolusi re ly to bis vocation. He joined no city clab, nnited witu no abBociatiou, accepted no official position in any one of those numerous organiza tions wlikb. Abound among the merchants of every large metropolis, and scarcely made any acquaintances in social life. It ia customary in Kurope (far more customary than with us) for xneu of business to find relaxation from the ex hauEting toil of the cooler months, in a change cf air and scene during the summer, liven among the clerks in the banks and warehouses a vaoation from labor for several weeks is regu larly granted once a year, or in lieu of that a leave of abaeuce every Saturday during the L anting season to follow the hounds. To all this Mr. 1'eabody was a stranger. To a na tive strength of constitution, which re quired nothing beyond a night's sleep to re cover from the fatigues of the day, he added a fondnes3 for busiuess,a love of the daily routine of the connting-room, that Bought nothing be yond, lie had no taste for travel, and has to this day seen far less of the Continent, or even of the United Kingdom in which he has re sided for nearly thirty years, than many of our ambitious citizens who do the tour of Europe in ninety days. lie was unknown at vatering-places. For angling, or shooting, or deer-stalking, or fox-huutiug, or the race course; for a prize horse, or well bred houu l, he has neither eye nor taste, nor ever had. lie spent no money in agriculture or perfecting the breed ef auimals; risked no ventures upon inventions in the sciences or aits; held aloof from all schemes of social or industrial im provement; and made no pretense to literature or politics. In fact he was not, nor even pre tended to be anything more thau a single minded business man, with a large cirole of acquaintance, and but few or no intimate friends. In later and more recent days, however, Mr. 1'eabody has formed closer friendships. Among these is one whose name as a success ful American merchant in London stands Second only to his, I refer to Mr. Lampson, recently knighted as Sir Curtis Miranda Lamp eon, for his services in behalf of the Atlantio Telegraph, but better known in Europe as the head of the Northwestern fur trade. In 1851, when not a dozen of the contributors to the American portion of the (ireat Exhibition had ever heard his name, Mr. Abbot Lawrenoe proposed him as the representative of the United States upon the jury of Agricultural and Horticultural Implements, to which place he was elected, and which he satis factorily filled. To know Sir Curtis one must go to his counting-room. On the e3t side of Queen street, Cheapside, j ust out of. the great thoroughfare of Cannon street, is a large, dingy warehouse, with closed windows and doors, lofta and cranes, where, twice in the year, take place the great auction sales of Northwestern lurs. From January to July, and from July to January, ships both from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts are continually unlading their cargoes at Uotherhithe, to be carted to this grand receptacle of peltry. The vast grounds hitherto controlled by the Hudson's Bay Company, the hunting groundi of our In dians, and the frozen regions of Davis' Strait and Baffin's Bay, are taxed to pay tribute to the sagacity aud enterprise of this one mercantile concern. Of beaver, chinchilla, fox, lynx, merlin, otter, ermine, filch, mink, eable, raccoon, seal, wolf, and black and grey squirrel skins, more thau C,000,OlK) are re ceived at the Lampson warehouse every year. Subject as these skins are to damage from moths and moisture, beaten and combed con tinually to avoid the first, aud dried by arti ficial heat to get rid of tho other, the system required to make such a trade suceessfulmust be un intermittent in its application and with out hindrance in working. Mr. Lampson's history is that of a self-mide Imsinesa-man. Born in Vermont, of poor parents, associating himself in early youth with trappers ia Canada, intrusted as agent with the sale of a cargo he had accompanied to London, and applying hi3 knowledge gained in the chase to the selection of skins required in the market, he has risen to be the fore most fur-dealer in the world. The benefit of speciality in art, or science, or commerce was never tetter illustrated. The natural history of the animals of the polar regions is his forte. The color of the fur, dependent upon the season when it was taken; its length and texture, soft ness and strength; the removal of the coarser hairs, which depreciated value; the discrimina tion of the Russian sable from the Hudson Bay, of the stone-martin from the beaver, of the Nor way ermine from the Siberian, and of the Pa cific otter from the American; the removal of the scent from the beautiful furs of the fitch and nmskrat; the assortment? necessary for the various markets, as the Hussiau table for England, the fisher for Poland, the nutria for the hat-makers, the perwitsky for Russian oloaks, the red.fox for.the Greek and Turkish markets, the wolverine skins for Germany, and the chinchilla for France, are all parts of the knowledge he applies to his great and suc cessful business. There is no instance in the commercial world where practical observation has been more thoroughly applied to the .mi nute ramifications of au unlimited trade. From the inclpiency of the Atlantic Tele graph enterprise, Sir Curtis Lampson has been one of its principal capitalists aud sup porters. When others, on the failure of the undertaking in 1858, hastened to sell their Btock at any sacrifice, he held on steadily to his. lie called together the disappointed share holders, encouraged the faint-hearted, corn hatted the despairing, invited the aid of experts and bcienmio Uioii, advanced large tuina of money to sustain the sinking credit of the Company, made his counting-room the rendezvous of the disheartened Directors, and encouraged new ellorts by still larger sub scriptions of money. To no man, nut even excepting Mr. Field, either In a pecuniary or moral point of view, does the success of the Atlantic cable owe as much. He was never timid. In the darkest days his faith was firm. Beyond all others he iucured risks. Failures that seemed to the public irremediable were his incentives to new etl'orts. No difficulties appeared to him insuperable. Faults in construction, In paying out, and in repairing breaks in the cable; defects in sig nals, connections, insulation, coiling, aud au coiling, became subjects of his fct'udy. The recovery of the lott cable, at aUowot3 for which the world jeered during three years, he made his particular specialty, and to no other man is that greatest achievement of modern science as much due. in Kuighthood, which is simply a decoration bt-Btowsd by the (iueon as a recognition of meritorious service, neither ennobling his family nor inherited by his de scendants, only stamping him, what he was all but in birth before, an 1'iigllHhman, is an honor fairly deserved and nobly wou. Sir Curtis is six years in age the junior of Mr. Peabody. In person he is tall, thin, tlightly stooping, with an easy address, and unusually intelligent countenauoe. His man ner is quiet, with a ready lUw of language, however, in a low but earnest tone. No mau Letter tells a btory or points a repartee. LU ii vbla, a:cefcsibe, humorous, strongly attached to his friends, and placable towards those who have aggrieved him. His benevo lence, both in kindly acts and in alms, is pro verbial. As a man of character whose long business life has been without reproach, who.se opinions have never been disguised, and who has scrupulously shunned untruthfulness and meanness, he has a reputation unsur passed among London merchants. Mr. Peabody'a intimacy with Bir Curtis is said to Lave Erst arisen from a large pecuniary loss which they both willingly and honorably made in common. It was on this wise: Ktcb. had purohaeed largely of certain railroal bonds, and had recommended them to their friends, wLo bought more largely still. They had given their recommendation in good faith, aud had proved it by their own purohases. Their friends knew tbix, so that when it came out that the bonds were worthless through some fraud in their issue, no one imputed blame either to Mr. Per.body or Mr. Lampson. This, however, did not satisfy the latter. His friends had suffered, aud his lack of judgment was the cause. He saw Mr. Peabody on the subject, told him he had concluded to relieve his friends by taking back their bonds, and persuaded him to do the Barni. No financial operation was ever more successful, for not only did it create unbounded confidence in capitalists towards the two American mer chants, but had its influence in no small de gree in causing the railroad company at length to recognize and liquidate its bonds. With the active partners in the firm of Bar ing Brothers, Mr. Peabody ha3 always been on terms ot intimate nuqnaintance, though the late head, Mr. Joshua Bates, was many years his senior in age, aud the present head, Mr. Knestll Sturgis, is as many Lis junior. Ths former rose to a social position almost unpre cedented for a merchant, having, in fact, the cntre of tLe most exclusive circles in the United Kingdom. He had, however, unusual facilities. He was the father of Mine. Vau derweir, wife of the Belgian Minister Plenipo tentiary, and the most old and intimate friend of Queen Victoria. He had been a valued friend of the first Napuleon, and had received many marks of his favor. The House, of which he was business chief, had had one of its members ennobled into Lord Ashburnhaua; another, feir Thomas Baring, for many years a member of Parliament, and a third, Sir Thomas Thornhill Baring, onoe Chancellor ef tha Ex chequer, and for many years Lord of the Tiea-. Bury. lie himself was more often consulted regarding Government loans than any man since the days of Sir Thomas Gresham, and played more Fticcessfully the double part of courtier and merchant. From the position ho had attained in the commercial world, Mr. Bates wa3 perhap3 inclined to assume a patro nizing manner toward- younger aspirants for Wealt h and fame like Mr. Peabody, and yet, whether at his town house or his country seat at Sheen, no visitor was ever treated with more marked attention. Indeed, Mr. Bates was always the accomplished host. Hj had acquired many lare works of art, possessed a well-selected library, and had one room of the house at Sheen devoted to Na poleonic memorials. At the table the reserve of the counting-room was put aside, aud few hosts knew better how to draw out his guests or to keep conversation at th.9 medium which requires neither stimulus to excite nor gravity to check its flow. Mn. Bates, whom no length of residence in Europe ever metamorphosed, threw her cheerinees over the circle, tempted the young men from wine at the table by the merriment of the drawing-room, sharpened their wit by her homely American sallies, and entered into every variety of gauio and leger demain with the ardor of a school girl. Those who have passed a day at Sheen, or a quiet evening at the house in town, will hardly forget the dignified ease of the princely mer chant or the homely naturalness of his wife. Mr. Bates never had, perhaps never do sired, a reputation for liberality, although he made some munificent gifts. Ha never gave from impulse or sentiment; never relieved a Street beggar; rarely assisted his countrymen when in distress; and never put himself for ward in any municipal or public charity. He retained hi3 American citizenship to the end, though strong motives were presented to in duce hhr. to take the oath of allegiance to the Queen. His habits, taste, methods of thought, prejudices, and choices were, however, all English, and during the last teu years of his life, his looks, tearing, and carriage, weio those of a pertly Euglkh Squire. With the successor of Mr. Bates in the house of Baring Brothers, Mr. Russell Sturgis, Mr. Peabody Las always stood on terms of I more than pleasant acquaintance. His resi dence in London dates only from lS-l'i, although his reputation as one of the fore most merchants in the Hast had baen familiar on 'Change years before. Mr. Sturgis is one of the most accomplished men in London. Possessed of a fine figure and bearing, free from hauteur and arrogance, eminently cour teous, easy and graceful in address, patient, gentle, and affable, having the advantage of a finished education and large experience, well read, fluent in conversation, and, perhaps, more intimately acquainted with tho details of the local cunitaercial laws and customs of various nations than any other man in Lon don, he lias taken a prominent stand from the first among the merchants of the city. If to these qualities be added a genial nature, ready sympathy with sniferiog, aud perfect sincerity, it will be understood why he com mands paramount iufl ieuce in his sphere with both Euglishmeu and Americans. At the residence of Mr. Sturgis one meets a great deal of society, though his social posi tion is not that occupied by Mr. Bates. In my day Mr. Sturgis had never been presented at Court, was not a member of any one of the leading clubs, and hud not admission to the circles in which bia partners, tho Barings, were known. But in Loudon, where what is best of the literary, political, scientific, aud ro und world is in the Eiuue category of exclusion from Court, it does not much matter. The middle class of England furnishes the best society in the world. Why not ? It posses ses the intellect, cultivation, learning, travel, science, and taste of the Kingdom; the great bulk of its wealth, power, aud influence; the names of Farraday and Murohison, Sedg wick and Carlyle, Diokeus and Ten nyfcon, Browning, Buhver, and Astley Cooper; the bench, bar, and pulpit; three-fourths of the House of Comuioiib aud the gentry of the provincial counties and towns. A privileged class, like the English aristocracy, is neces sarily exclusive aud necessarily possesses a great power in the social li'e of the nation; but it no more makes or rules the society of thtj Kingdom thau the clique of Bsaoon street rales that of New England, or the cremt de la cram of the Filth avenue the social ciroles of the South or West. No American in London has the reputation for prompt and timely benevolenoe like Mr. Sturgis. He was Lever a member of the American Association, but be agreed at its start to pay a fixed sura annually for the pur poses of charity iuto the treasury, which, it was understood, should be a commutation of the claims hitherto made upon him by desti tute Americans. Such, however, it never was. Whenever n emergency arose, Mr. Sturgis was appealed to. A family had to be sent home by ship; an orphan must be pro vided for; a respectable man, visionary but honest, had .contracted debts he was unable to pay, and Lad been thrown into the Queen's Bench Prison. In these and similar oases Mr. Sturgis was ready to do his part. As Chair man ef the Executive Committee of the American Association in London I must within two years have appealed to him twenty times, and never in vain. On one side of the large, gloomy business room, Mr. Bates, turning from calculations he was reviewing on hts ele vated desk, listened to every story half impa tiently, and answered no, sometimes accom panying the denial with a pertinent aud humorous anecdote; on the other side, giving as patient attention as if the topic were a dis honored draft from China or a shipwreck of a cargo of iudigo, Mr. Sturgis invariably re plied: "You have investigated the case and are certain there is no deception f" "Yes." "How much do you want, and what is it my part to pay?" The answer was given, and a check for the sum named instantly drawn. It may have been instinctive charity, but it was nnostentations, cheerful, ready, and looked lik e the charity of principle. Mr. Stnrgis is not far from sixty years of age. He is still in the prime of his powers, and bids fair to last about twenty good years. There is no man of greater mark ou 'Change. His tall figure, slightly stooping, grizzly hair, smoothly-shaven fane, fine head, keen eye, white neckcloth, quiet dress, and affable man ner, as he stands in his usual place at mid day, leaning against one of the massive pillars of the Merchants' Exchange, are as familiar as the statue of the old Duke to the busiues3 men of London. He is always self-possessed. His memory never fails him. Apparently at perfect ease, his eye aud ear are awake to every topio of commercial news. To a stran ger, admitted for the first time to this great bourse of the world, he would seem, in con trast to the anxious faces and earnest gestures of the crowd, to be a simple, uninterested ob server; and yet he returns to Bishopgate street at '2 o'clock fully informed of the prices of teas, indigo, sugars, and other staple products, in the great markets of the world, aud up in that most exact of business sciences the day's variation in exchanges between the different cities of Europe. The house of the Barings was founded by the grandfather of the first Lord Ashburtou more than 150 years ago. The father of the same Lord Ashburton died in 1820. He then became the head of the house, having previ ously married the daughter of Hon. William Bingham, Senator from Pennsylvania in the Fourth Congress. By this alliance came the American business, one great source of its wealth. The Baring family is possessed of great cleverness, allying its eldest son3 to the best and healthiest blood of the Kingdom, and having for five generations been represented in Parliament and the Ministry by leading men. Considered in both its political and commercial relations, it is the foremost house in Great Britain. In the agency for Govern ment loans, it is second only to the Roths ehilds; in commercial transactions it is first. Curgoes from port to port of the Eastern world, which never came within 5000 miles of Lon don; crops of indigo, rice, cotton, and tea in India, China, and Japan, which no member of the firm ever inspects; ventures in purchases and voyages to the principals in which it is a stranger; ships ashore and afloat, bound for birds' nests for China, or palni-oil for America, or Para gum for Hamburg; enterprises for raising sunken ships in the West Indies, or importing silver ore from the Sierra Nevadas, or pursuing the whale fisheries near the Southern pole, are all creditors of the Bar ings, whenever they can produce anything real as security for advance3. The wealth of the house is actually great, but relatively it is a hundred fold greater. It is told of Lord Ashburtou, that in the financial crisis of 1837, which broke half the great firms of England, and shook the Bank of Eng land to its centre, he not only sold all his stocks in the public funds and mortgaged his landed estates,' but also brought his plate to the mint, to stave off the threatened insol vency of his house. In lt,57, during two or three days when discount was refused at the hank to the paper of the Rothschilds and uni versal distrust reigned, whispers were in cir culation about the Barings. Their accept ances for the day, always due at 2 o'clock, were not forthcoming. The city was in alarm. A thousand rumors ran from street to street. Favorite stocks in Capelconrt fell fifty per cent, in value. Crowds of people holding bills ou the firm were assembled at the iron gateway in Bishopsgate street. For a time a draft on the Barings could not have been sold at half its nominal value. But the connections of the house the Barings cf landed estates rallied to the rescue, and at 4 o'clock it stood on stronger ground than it had ever before occupied. At the United States Legation, for the last twenty years, whoever was its head, Mr. Pea body, from his position as a leading American merchant in London, has always been a fre quent visitor. With the late Abbot Law rence, who himself was a successful merchant, and whose wealth enabled him to support a state in hospitality and official duties beyond that of either of his predecessors or any of ur Ministers who have succeeded him, he formed a strong personal attachment. With Mr. Buchanan, also, he was upon terms of close intimacy. At one time only, which has already been alluded to, when Gen. Siokles was Secretary of Legation, did any coolness exist between Mr. Peabody and the Embassy. The office of Secretary, though nominally and in salary far inferior to that of Minister, is very important, and gives to the occupant, espe cially if it has been held through a succession of administrations, a commanding position. He prepares and reviews State papers, is coguizaut of all official correspondence, is present at diplomatic visits, is familiar with all mooted international questions, has charge of the tnx ttriel and jursunnvl of the Legation, receives all visitors from the United States, controls the business pertaining to passports, conducts the necessary intercourse with the various Con sulates, and, in case of the absence of his Chief, assumes all the responsibility of the Embassy. Of those who have successively received this appointment, no one has more ably discharged its duties, or better illus trated its importance, than Mr. Peabody'a intimate friend, Mr. Benjamlu Moran. Com mencing Lis diplomatic lite with the com paratively unimportant position of aitacht to the Legation, then filling with unwearied iu dustry the post of second Secretary, aud now occupying with unsurpassed ability the place nearest the Minister, Mr. Moran his fjr twenty years done good service to his ctflntry. No Secretary of Legation has ever been as well informed in the duties of his offio. Thoroughly acquainted with every subject of controversy between us and Great Britain which hts oc curred during the residence of our five last Miuisters, personally familiar with the leading men of all parties in the United Kingdom, educated into all the details of diplomatic form and intercourse, courteous, patient, unassum ing, and hopefully and pre-eminently loyal during the darkebt hours of our great struggle, he is beyond value in the ofllie to which he was unanimously confirmed by the Senate during the last Congress. Mr. Moran is a native of Pennsylvania He practised law in Philadelphia with no incon siderable success for several years, until forced by failing health to seek a foreign climate. Few men are better acquainted with American literature, aud no one has done it more signal service in Europe, nis work, en titled "Biographical Guide to American Lite rature," an octavo of five hundred pages, pub lished in London by Trubner, in 1859, is an exhaustive digest of every biauoh of our sclenoe and letters, and has done more to make our books and their authors kuown to European scholars thau the magazines and reviews on both sides of the water. DRY GOODS. LADJES ABOUT TO LEAVE TUJE3 city lor ibelr country housed or the sea-shore will find It greatly to their advantage, before pur chasing elsewhere, to exaulue The Extensive Slock, at Ureal ly Reduced l'riiTH, of E. M. NEEDLES & CO., No. HOI CHESNUT ST11EI3T GIRARD KOW. Comprising a complete assortment lor personal or household nee, of LACES. EMBROIDERIES HANDKERCHIEFS PUFFED, REVKllD AND 1U v'KED Mt'S UHS, CAM BRICS, JAUJN KTS, PIQUES, and WIlITK GOODS. In every variety. VEJU3 AND VEIL MATERIALS of every descrlp. lion, together with au extensive as20rtiUt.nl of HOUSEHOLD LLNLNS, A.T TEMPTING PRICKS In every width and quality. BnTRTING.PILLOW-OABE, SHEETINU, A TABLE LINENS, NAPKINS, DOYLiH.3, FLANNELS, DIMITIES FOR SPREADS, AND FUHNI TURK 0OVER8, MARSEILLES, no KKYCOMB. AND OTHER SPREADS, TOWELS AND TOWELLING IN DAMASK AND HUCKABACK, KUMMER BLANKETS, TA BLE COVERS. ETO. AU50, SHIRTING, PILLOW-CASE AND SHEET. INU MUSLINS. E. F;f2. NEEDLES & CC, No. HOI OHESNUT STKK15T, Ill GIRARD ROW CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, ETC. JEW CTYLES OF FANCY CASSIMERES. JAMES & LEE, KO.U HOBTH SECOND 1IUEEI, Sicn of the Qclden Lamb, 1KV1X. INK ATTENTION F HIKR. VAkAA'A AiM)Ii, IXOTJUIKBS, AND VIUJkKS,10TttUH UKUKANBIPLKt. DID AKMiiatSEKT V ST AMCC C'AJSHI SlJLllU, TiiV, NfcW HIYLJU, AT W1ICE.ES ALE AXD KKTAZL. w ENGINES, MACHINERY, ETC. EERICK & SONS' EOUXIIWARK FOUNDRY, NO. 430 WASHINGTON AVENUE, Philadelphia. WILLIAM WRiaHT'S PATENT VARIABLE i CUT OF STEAM-ENGINJK, Regulated by the Governor. MERRICK'S SAFETY HOI3TINO MACHIXF Fatanted June, 1868. DlVID JOY'S PATENT VALVELElS STEAM HAMMER. D. M. WESTON'S PATENT SELF-CENTERING, SELF-BALANCING CENTRIFUGAL SUGAR-DRAINING MACHLNfl AND HYDRO EXTRACTOR, For Cotton or Woollen Jaauufactnrerg. 7 lOmwf ly tfF PENN STEAil ENGINE AND mFUAuhi BOJLElt WOKKo. NUAFLU A LEVY iicHCAl, AND THEORETICAL ENGINEERS MACHINIST. ROILEK-MAKERS, BLACK bail'lHo, and FOUNDERS, havlug lor muny rears been in auccenaful opriallou, ami been exclusively engaged la bulldiug and repairing Marine and River KuKlnea. bigu aud low-pressure. Iron Bjllem, Water Ihuks, Propulleis. etc. etc., rtadjieclfully oiler their ervlcee to the public as being lully prepared to con tract for englnea of all bIzwi, Maiiue, River, aud Stationary; linvlugseia of patterns of different are prepared to execute orders with quick deenatch Every description ol pattern-making made at the shortest notice. High and Low-preseure Flna Tubular and Cylinder Boilers, oi the best Pennsylva nia cliurcuul Irou. Forglugs of all alzea and kinds Iron and Brass Castlugs of all descriptions. Roli Turning, Screw cutting, and all other work connected with the above business. Drawings and imeclucatlons for all work done at tbetstabliahiuenlfreeol charge, and worn guaran teed. The subscribers have ample wharf-dock room foi repairs ol boats, where they can He in perfect sal'etv and are provided with shears, blocks, falls, etc. eta tor taming heavy or.ltgtn welguta. " J A COB C N FA FLH!, JOHN P. lEVY. BEACH and PALMER streets. J. VAUGHN MKBBICK, WliJJAM H. MXBKICK JOWK X. COPM, OOUTI1WAKK FUUNDKV, FIFTH AXD D WASHINGTON Street. " A FHII.ADKLFUIA, ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS, juannfacture High and Low Pressure Steam Engine lor Land, Rlvtr, and Murlue (service. Boilers, Gasometers, Tanks, Iron Boats, etc. earnings of all kinds, either Irou or brims. Iron tratue Roofs for Gas Work, Workshops, ana Railroad btatlons. etc, Retons aud Gas Machinery, of the latest and most hm roved construction. Every description of Plantation Machinery, also Sugar, Saw, and Grist MI1!b. Vacuum Pans, (Ml HteA.'ll Tpulna ruiruiuli.M Iillt.N bilni..!i,n VA. ifliien. eto. PAINTED PHOTOS. NEW 1UING IN AK T. BERLIN PAINTED PHOTOS, A. S. ROBINSON, No 9i0 CHESNUT Street, Has Just received a superb collection of BERLIN PAINTED PHOTOGRAPHS OF FLOWERS. They are exquisite gems of art, rivalling In beauty, naturalness of tint, aud perfection of form a greul variety of the choicest exotic tlowerltiit plants. They are mounted on boards of three sizes, and sold from 5 rent i to (3 and fl each. For framing aud the album they are Incomparably bcautllul. S 16 MILLINERY. fix KIRS. R. DILLON, NOB. 33 AND 183 SOUTH SJTUEET, Has a large assortment ot MILLINERY. Ladles', Misses', and Children's Silk Volvet, Felt Straw and Fanoy Bonnets and Hats ot tbs lates styles, Also. Silks, Velvets, Ribbons, C'apes Feathers, Flowers, Frames, etc eta., wholesale aud retail; 81BJ COAL. BMIPDLETON A CO., DEALERS IN . HARLKIUH LEHIGH and EAGLW VEIN COAL. Kept diy under cover. Prepared exprewily lor family nse. Yard, No. l'.T5 WAHHXNGTOi) AVUiUe. Ottlte No, Wt WAXJStibUvm t Doie Agents mr n. junenx's rateni Mngar Botltna Apparatus, Nesniyth's Putent steam Hammer, and .biiiuwii Ttuuutey s rateni laniriiugai tmgnr Dralnlng Machines. t SHIPPING. 0'f'ffT ST E A M TO IJVEltrOOL, CALLlSfl StUiiiim AT QUEKNbTOWN. i uf inuian Line, nmter contract with th United Status and Vrltlsh Governments, ior carry lug ti e Wails. CITY OF LONDON .atnrdar, Aoirnst t CITY OF NEW YORK (via Halifax) Tuvid'y, Aug. 11 C ITY OF BALniMORE..M.......Satnrd.y. August IS CITY O' BOSTON M.........M....Samrrtay, A ui!ift2J KIN (via Halifax) . -...Tuesday, August S CITY OF AN I WEKP Wtorday, August fe) and each succeeding Saturday and alternate Monday at noon, from Pier No. NOKTH River. Bates of passage by the Mail Steamer SAILING EVERY SATURDAY: Paynole In Gold. . I Payable In Currency. First Cabin .... loO Steerge.-...-. " to London 1 " to London.... - to Paris.... 11b " to Paris. 5C Pnsnnge by the Monday sfamers: Cabin, f0. told; Steerage, t'Di, currency. Bates ot passage from New York to Hafltax Cabin, fAi; Sloerago, 10, in gold. Pa'sengers aluo forwarded to Havro, Hamburg, Bre men, etc.. at moderate rate. Meerage pns.iage Irom Liverpool or Queenstown. tin currency. Tickets can be bought here hy persons sending ior their frlmls. For lurther Information, apply at too Company's nice. JOHN O DALE, Agent. No. 15 BROADWAY, New York, Or. CDONNELL FAULK, Managers, 129 No. 411 C KKSNL'T Street, Ph II a. 4rf?f.. NORTH AMERICAN 8TEA3ISII11 guftrt iia.COMPAN Y. t'brougb Lists la California via Paatauta Hatlrad. NEW ARRANGEMENT. Palling from New Yo;k on ttie stn and 2nth nf KtHl MONTu, or the day before when lueiedaie tall on Hominy, P'saace lower than by any other line. For lufofmallou addretui . . . 1). N. CA RRIXGTON. Agent, Pier Ne. 48 NORTH RIVER Now York, Or THOMAS R STABLE. No. I!7 WALNUT Street, Phllmieiuhta. 1-a. W. TT.WF.BB. President. UUS. DAN A. Vice Pres Ofllcf 61 EXCHANGE Plao-. N ew York, 8 8 Km t. nuuuutj v A, ,r I .1 U 111 UUEjAI C KIVa1 AND IKULAMJ AiV oiEAMtsHIP AND SA1LIJ.U PACKET. AT RKIjI'CKD RATES. DRAFTS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT V N LAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND. AND WALE4. For particnlnrs apply to TAl'sOon, BROTHERS 4 CO., NO. 86 SOUTH Street, and No. 28 B I'OA lW A Y, Or to T Hi MAS T. SKA RLE, .11 No. 217 WALNUT Street. ffrr nlw EXPRESS line TO ALEX- rifcdfe4aanflrla, Georgetown, aud Washington D. c via Chesapeake aud Delaware Caual, with con nections at Alexandria from the most direct route tor Lj nchhnrg, Bristol, Kuoxvllie, Nauhvllle, Daltou aud the South west. Steamers leave regularly every SBtnrday at noon from the first wharf a u-e Market street. Freight received dally. . WM. P. CLYDE A CO., No, 14 North and south Wharves. J. B. DAVIDSON, Agent at Georgetown. M. ELDR1DGE b Co., Agents at Alexandria, Vir ginia. 6 1 4f-ttrf N011CE.-FOU NEW YORK, VIA T t'Mna-DULAWA HE AMlRARtTAN CANAL. HXPREoS STJSAM BOAT COMPANY. The Steam Propellers of this line leave DAILY from first wharf below Market street. THROUGH IN 24 HOURS. Goods forwarded by all the lines going ont of New York. North, East, and West, free of cciumlsalon. Freights received at our usual low rate. WILLIAM P. Ci.YDE & CO., Agents. , . ra . 11 WHARVES, Philadelphia. JAMF8 HAND, Ageut. 30 No. ll WALL street, corner of South. New York. fTP rilll.ADISLPlllA, HICUMOND Auu AND NORFOLK. STEAMbHIP f.lXW. TAiltOUGAI FREIGHT AIR LINE TO TxlE SOUTH AND WEST. EVERY SATURDAY. At noon, from FIRST WHARF above MARKET Street. I II ROUGH RATES and THROUGH RECEIPTS to all points In North and South Carolina, via Sea board Air Line Railroad, conceding at. Portsmouth and to Lynchburg, Vs., Tennessee, and the WeBt, via Virginia and Tennessee Air Line and Richmond and Danville Railroad, Freight HANDLED BUT ONCE, and taken at LOW ER R 4,'J'JHS THAN ANY OTHER LliNii. The regularity, safely, and cheapness of thin route commend it to the punllc as tue moHt Uelrble me dium for carrying every description ot freight. No charge for commission, drayage. or any expense Of transfor. (steamships Insured at lowest rates. 1 night received dally. WILLIAM P. CLYDE & CO., No. 14 North and Souih WHARVES. W. P. PORTER, Agent at Richmond and City Point. T, P. CROWELL & CO.. Agents at Norfolk. 6 l( vrik xkw vi ink' iiwrvrjifTRR H. I. nwlit-HlirA I . i 1 1 PR. VlA Ddlkuiuru an 1J .. i . n unzarrte l rnuBi'vrwuua uimpaur IJHHiiHLcn Canal, on and after the 18th ot March, leaving dully at U M. and 6 P. M., connecting with all Northern and Eastern lines, or freight, wmcn win oe taKen on accommodating 'm, ni.nlu tn WIl.f.IAnt M. Ililun J.m terms, apply to No. 132 H. DELAWARE Avenue. LagTg FOR NEW YORK. - untAi RiiaJLuriON IN FREIGHTS. Goods oy weh-bt, lu cents per 100 lbs , gross. Measurement goods, 4 ceuis per cubic loot. Freight received at all times, and Insurance guar antttu ut three-eighths per cent. For further information, apply to Fler 19 Norm Wharves. jvril.l r. 1.111 Jj, STEAMBOAT LINES. BRISTOL LING BETWEEN KEW YORK AXD UOSTOX, VIA BRISTOL. For PROVIDENCE, TAUNTON, NEW BEDFORD CAPE COD, and ail poiuls of railway coiumuulca tion. East and North. Ihe new and splendid steamers BRISTOL and PROVIDENCE, leave Pier No. 41) NORTH RIVER, foot ot canal street, adjoining Debrasses Street Ferry, New York, at 6 P. M dally, bnudays excepted, con necting with steamboat train at Bristol at 4 8u A. M., arriving In Boston at A. M.. In time to connect with all the morning trains irom that city. The most d eiratile aud pleaaant ronte to the White Mountains, Iraveliera lor tual point cau mike direct conaeo tides by way of Providence and Worcester, or Boston, State-rooms and Tickets seuated at oH.ce en Pier la New 1 ork. 61 Em H. O. BRIGOS. General Manager. jrfHKSV p 0 " ci-p B M A Y- SSaNfi2ye On TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS, and fcAitikiJaln, The splendid new steamer LADY OF THE LAKE, Captain INGRAM, leaving Pier 19. auove Viue Blieet, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at s-15 A.M., and returning from Cape May on Monday. Wednesday, and Friday. FAtoE ti-ii, luc.udlug Carriage Hire. Servants.. ,H 5o, " " Children ....l6, ' " Seasou Tickets, I0. Carriaze Hire extra. The Lady of the Lake Is a flue sua-boat, has h.i some state-room accommodations, aud Is tilled up with everything necessary lor the safely and comlort Of passengers, G. II. HL'JJDELL. CALVIN TAGGART. Olllce No. 88 N. DELAWARE Avenue. ftt ,-ioit PHILADELPHIA AND TEEN. .ton Steausboat Line. The steamboat V1N AiURKEST leaves AR.CH Street Wnarl. lor Trenton, stooping at Tacotiy, Torresdale, Beverly, Burlington, Bristol, Florence Robbing' Wharf, and WhlteHlll. Leaves Arch Street Wharf Leaves South Trenton Saturday, Aug. 1, 10 A. M iSalurday, Aug. 1, 2 P.M Sunday, August 2, to Burilugiou ;Brmtol, aud luibf mediate landings, leaves Arch street wharl at 8 A. M. and 2 P. Ju.; leaves Bristol at 1"S A. M. and 4X P. M. Monday, Aug. 3.12 M. i Monday, Aug. S, 4 P.M Tuesday, K 4, 12 M. Tuesday, ,r 4, 4 P.M Wed'day, ' 5, 1 P.MIWed'day, 6, S P.M Thuisday, " 6, J 'i P.M I Thursday, " 8, 5SPM Friday, 7, i'i P.M I Friday, ' 7,6'4P.M Fare to Trenton, 4u cents each way; Intermedia. places, 26 cents. 411 r-aAiCTt FuIt CHE8TEH, HOOK, AND a&VLttelTTC WILMINGTON At 8 30 aud W W A. M, auu ou p. M. The steamer S, it. FELTON and ARIRL leave CHEKNUT Street V. barf (Sundays excpiedl at 8 SO and W on A. M.. and 8ft P. M., returning leave Wil mington at 8'50 A.M., lii'Mi, aud D'ao P, M. Stopping at Cbehier and Hook each way. Fare, lu cents between all points. Excursion tickets, 15 cents, good to return by either boat. B 8 tt OPPOSITION TO THE COM BINED RAILROAD AND HI ER a. cn vjioi. i S'.au.er JOHN SYLVESTER will make dally excursions to Wilnuugtou (-Sundays excepted), touch ing at Chester and Matcus Hook, leaving ARCH Street whaif at lu A. M. and 4 P. tU,i returning, leave Wlmlnvwt at 7 A M. audi P.M. Light freights taken. L, W, BURNS. 28tf Captain, DAILY EXCUK8I0NS. TUB splendid nteamboat JOHN A. WAR- fNto.il. leave r OH ESN I J'T Street Wharf. Pbllada.. at I o'clock and 6 o'clock P. M., for Burlington and Bristol, touching at Rlverton. Torreidale, Andalusia, aud Beverly. Returning, leaves Bristol at 1 o'clock A, M. and i P. M. Fare, at cents each way: Excursion 40 eta, 411 tt TXT I L L I A M 8. O R A N , YY COM M Ir-HloN MB.RCH A NT. Nr. 8 B. DELAWARE Aveuue, Philadelphia, . AO K NT JTOIt , Dupont's Gunpowder, Refined Nitre. Charcoal, Eto, W, linker Co.'s Chocolate Cows aid BroaiA. Crocker, Bros. USt C'O.'S Yellow MePl bheatblng, hVlUt and NalU, I'H SHIPPING. TPOIt P03T0N-VIA NKWPOBT AND. 'ALL RU Kit. The BOSTON and NEWPORT LINE, by the splen did and superior stparners NEWPORT, METRO POLIh, OLD COLON V, and EMPIRIC STATE, of great strength and speed. oons.rnoted expressly for the navigation of Long Inland Sound, miming la connection with the OLD COLONY AND NEW PORT RAILROAD. Leave PIER 28. NORTH RIVER, foot ol MU . BAY (street. The steamer NEWPORT, Captain Brown, leaves) Morday, Wednesday, and Friday, at i P. M., lauding ThpWM'-amer OLD COLONY. Captain Simmons, leaves Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday, at 4 P, M., landing at Newport. ' These steamers are fitted np with cotnmodtona state-rooms waier-tlRht compartments, and every arrangement lor the security and comfort of pasion f rs, who are atTorded by this route a night's rest on board, aud on arrival at NEWPORT proceed per rail road nratn, reacblug Boston early on the following niornliuj. A ha:gaee master Is attached to each stonmef, who receive and tickets tha baggage, and . aocoiopuaioa the f r.nie to Its declination. A steamer rons In connection with this line between Newport and PROVIDENCE dally, huDrtays e- C freUht to Boston Is taken at the same rates ai by any other regular line, and forwarded with tho great en expedition bv an express tralu, which leaven N K PORT every mornli.g (Sundays excepted), at 7 o'clock, Ior Boston and New Bedford, arriving at lis) de'tliiKtlon about 11 A. M. For freight cr rafPtif", apply on bpnrd, or at tns office on PIER 28. NOR! H RIVER. For state-room aud berths apply ou board, or If It is deelrable to se cure them In advauce, apply to K. LUTLEFIELP, AftPnt, 827 No. 72 PRO l w A V Nov Vorfc SA F E T Y, SPKt D, AND COMFORT. K U R T H E R REDUCTION LN Pa3AGJS RATES. Favorite paosenger steamers ot me ANCHOR LINE: Sail every e-A'l 1 HI AY with pa-,enuers lor LIVERPOOL. OI.AMIOW, AND DKRRY, Irom Pier No fei Norm Itiver Rates ot passage pa able In currency. To Ltvt rimol, vim gow, aud Horry, cabins SC and 176, according to lucaibm. Excursion llcK-M, good lor twelve months, flGO. intermediate, tfv; M"e"t,e tps. PrepMd cerllheiu-s f lint toeee ports, Passengors booked to iid irom Hamburg, Rotter dam, Antwerp, Havre, etc.. at very low roHa For lurther Information apply at the Company! Olllce, No. 6 BOWLING t)iK, New York. HkNDI R-ON BROi KRRSL lo avoid Imposition, paosengi-rs will i-!naa come direct to the olllce, as thin Company does not employ runners. .2 2ot LONDON AND KEW YORK STEAMSHIP LIKE Plumage to London direct, tuo.rrs, and lit) currency. Excursion tickets at i educed rates available lor 6 mouths. ATALANTA. BELLONA. CFXLa. . WM. PENN. Freight will be taken and through bills cl lallug given to Havre, Antwerp, Rolierdum, Amsterdam and Dunkirk, For p usage apply to ROBERT N CLARK, No. M BROADWAY, New York. For freight apply at No. 64 SOUTH street, LI. Y, t26t HOW LAND A AHP1NWALL. Agenta. CrUNARD LINK OF EXTRA 8TE.MER3. J BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL. CAI LING AT QUKENSTOWN. FROM NF:W YORK EVERY WEDNESDAY. TRIPOLI, ALEPPO, RAT Eli OF PASSAGE: Cabin.......... fsooold. Steerage j Currency. SteeragH tickets from Liverpool or Queenstown at lowest rules. For Freight, and Cabin Passage, apply at No. Bowling Green. For Steerage Passage, apply at No, 69 Broadway. 2 26f K. CUff ARD. o NLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE. THE OKNERALTRAN8ATLANTIC COMPANY'S aiajij BiitiABieuiro nail w j".JSi JNHiW-YOHK AND H AVRE, CALLING AT BttE IT. The splendid new vessels on this favorite ronte for the Coutlnent will sail from Pier No, fin NORTH Riven , , N A I'oLEON -.. .....Lem aria P k RE IRE i nc lie.-me YLLLE DE PARIS Surmont ST. LAURENT - Bocando PRICE OF PASSAGE IN toOLD (Including Wine). TO BREST OR HAVttE, First Cabin, l6o or tMn; Second Cabin, tSS. TO PARIS, Including Railway 'Tickets, furnished on board. First Cabin, (165 or 8143; Second Cabin, $13. Thfte tteamert do twit carry tU-eragrpattenucrt, Medical attendance free of cbnrge. American travelers going to or returning from tha Continent ot Kurope, by tutting the steamers of this line, avoid unnecessary risks from transit by English railways aRd crossing the chanuel, besides saving time, trouble, and exp use. . . . OEO. MACKENZIE. Agent. t No. 68 BROADWAY. LIVLKPOOL AND GBEaT WESTERN STEAM COMPANY. 1 he following FIRST-CLASS IRON STEAMSHIPS, built expressly tor the New York trade, are Intended to sail regularly between NEW YORK and LIVER POOL, calling at QUEENSTOWN, vlz.t MANHATTAN, MINNESOTA, COLORADO. NEBRASKA With other first-class steamers building. t, From Pier No. 37 Ea.it River. Cabin (the accommodations being equal to any At lantic steamer), so, gold; return tickets, 160,gold; la steerage, 26, currency. Itvkets to bring out passengers from Europe can be obtained on reasonable terms. For freight or pas sage apply to WILLI AM8 A GUION, No. 71 WALL Street. For steerage passage to 2 2s t WILLIAMS k GUION, No. 29 BROADWAY. INTERNAL REVENUE. PRINCIPAL DEPOT FOB THI BALJ or UNITED STARTS REVENUE lit. SO CHESNUT Stvs.iJ CXNTBAJU DEPOT No. lO South FIFTH 8tie. (On door below Chesnot street). ESTABLISHED 1663 Onr stock comprises all tne denomlnatlaa by the Government. 14 ALL ORDERS FILLED AND FORWAHWD BY MAIL OR EJiPKEbb IMMEDIATELY fciAW RE UEIPT, matter of great Importance, Drafts on Philadelphia, Pont Office Order Greetw Packs, and National Bank Note, receive In payl tueuu Tiieloliowlng rates ol commission artaiiowM On 20.......,,.,,.,,,,,,..,,,.... . .... ......... .T WO PFi CENT prom 2U to iuti...... .jruuiu riu CKirT From lluo upwartU FOUR M.HD A HALJT f MU Ct 1 ue uommisaiou ia im ,u . . AU ordtjn, eto., should be audxeoswl it TAMP ABVMCT, No. XO-d. CHESNUT StiW PHILADELPHIA ORDERS RECEIVED FOR STAMPED Cit' KH PKAl'lH. KECF1 PIS. BILL HEADS, Etc,, best rates of oo limitation allowed. We have constantly on baud d tue UNITED STATE8 POSTAGE BTAMP9 01 ALL KINDS, A-ND "tiEIPED ENYELOPJC
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