THE DAILY E AWING TELEGRAPH PmiADELPEIA, TUESDAY, ' ' AUGU STjl 1 , :16C8.
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THE FALLING OF A THEATRE IN 1829.
A writer in wlii the Year Hound, reproduces
an account of the falliufr of the New Brans
wick Theatre, London, in February, 1828:
While thry were still talking (it wm ttcn
about twenty-five minutes to twelve o'clock),
a strange uoiso witit heard - above, like a
ellebt crash of timber. It sounded like
a beam which gome cirpentors h d
let drop, and as builders' workmen were still In
the theatre, no oue paid im.y attention to it.
1 Another similar sound came, aod was alsodis
retarded. The third seemed to shake tho chan
delier, aud was accompanied by a dl-tcord tnt
rumbliusc noiie that lasted several eco.ids. The
nest moment Mr. Farrcn, looking up to s?e
where the noise came from, saw the chandelier in
the actot falling. Obivin the momentary io
utiiiCt, ho ture w himself under shelter, and cluuir
to a pi liar of the proscenium. Mr. Maurice ru-uud
to the centre of the Mace. The root came do n:
an avalanche of iron instantly tore walls and
jrallery down with it. and swept before It
cenea, staee, orchestra, boxes and actors. It
was a tornado of eirders, bricks, and titnh?rs.
A cloud of dust hid the Bcene of dent a for a
moment.
When perception returned, Mr. Farreu found
that the pillar opposite to that part of tho box to
which he clunn alone remaiued; the rest was a
mountain of confused ruin. On a sudden, lid
Baw soiuethiim move in the ruboi-h near him.
and Miss Yates, a girl of about twelve years of
apre, daughter of Mrs. Vutitrtmn, the lender of
"the tragic business," made her way towards
him. her head Ktrearulnfr with blood. She
cried, "O Mr. Farreu, save me!" Fain-n
dropped the poor girl over the boar, thouiru by
no means certain of bis own palety, and ored
her tothnnk the Almighty lor their preserva
tion. They remained in that place blocked up
for half an hour. After this awful interval of
continued fear, he taw three or four of the car
penters.their faces bloody, wadim? and clamber
ing atuouir the ruins to gain tho street; for the
fiout wall had fallen, and there was a passage
left, though a danserous one. Farren called to
them, rejoicing also that others had ecapod,
congratulated thcoi, aud inquired it tbe dauber
had quite passed, and if hia preaent retreat was
cafe. They answered, he was tolerably safe;
but another wall might soon fall, aud if the beam
which had detended him then gave
way, he must be iubtautly killed. He then lelt
he had no time to lo-e. He broke quickly out
of his extraordinary prieon, struggled with dilli
eulty tbrounh the ruins with the little girl
(whom, wc believe, he eventually married), and
escaped without injury. Once, to his horror,
on looking dowu, be tound he had fret bis foot
on tbe tace of a dead man, a Mr. Gilbert, a
fellow-actor, whom he recognised.
Mr. Maurice had almost escaped, when he was
killed in the btrccjt, clo-e lo his own house. He
had darted to the cxtrenio line of the falling
fragments, when a torrent of bricks idruek him
obliquely on the head, bent him to the pave
ment, aud buried him, ull but ono foot, which
Mr. Campbell, one of the performers, recotrnizjil.
His body was in'tiiiiUf dug out. It was lying
with the head towards the theatre, aud was on
its stomach. The watch in the pocket was still
poius. Tne corpse was lir.-t ideiitifled by the
handkerchief in the coat. While the crowd was
fathering, Mr. Maurice's wile tiiuie crying,
'Where is he ? Take me to him. Let me see
his dead body I" lint bOiue friend?, paHBina; by
in a couch, prevailed upon her to leave the
epot.
The e3cnpci were all remarkable aud varied
lp their character. Mr. (Joldsmiih, one of the
company, was speakinir to Mr. Wyman, another
actor, at the time, when, by au indescribable
presentiment, he removed to the rigur-liaud
stage-book, exactly opp j-ite whero Mr. Farreu
waseittiug. At that iunaut the luttrc trem
bled, and the crash followed. His hist feeling
was to rush into the street, but nevertheless
ho stood paralyzed till the ruins fj)l. He
then leaped into the ttae-box, where a large
beam, forced down by the wi ieht of the galleries,
formed a dcleus,e against death. He s;iw tho
poof sink, with dreadful iioi.se'and confusion,
and bury his frieixle. While fctruat;lin c tbrouirh
the ruin", he snouted Tor help, and two pallors
rushed iu and assisted him to escape. Outside
the ruin he met Mr. P. Farieu, Miss Yates and
JHr. Wjninn. Mr. Fuicu cited out lo him
"(lood God, Goldsmith! have yon escaped ?
We are the ouly persons who are lelt to tell the
story. Let us tall on our knees and thauk Ciod
lor his protection."
Another escaoe was scarcely le-s miracalotn,
Bhaw ai.a his wife were employed in the counting-house,
forty feet above the stage, and in au
instant found themselves below the Btace, with
a large plauk across their bodies. Releasing
himself and wife Irom this piank, the man car
ried his wile up a stuiicase still standing, aud,
having gained a window, lowered her into the
street by means of a rope, and thuu followed.
They were both much bruised, aud were at
once carried to the Loudon Hospital.
Mr. Carruthers, at the time of the accident,
was Bitting on a chair on the O. P. Bide ot the
stage. Ilis legs were crushed by the ruins, but
lie was extracted in about an hour and a half,
with tbe loss of his shoes, stocking, and small
Glothcs. Una of the actors, hearing the walls
crack, and seeing the chandelier loosen aud
drop, by an instinctive ctlort reached tho door,
and rushed into the street about a second before
tho roof fell in. A moment afterward he heard
the shrieks and groans of the wounded and
dying. He was too terrified to give the alarm
when he fled, and was so panic-strickeu that he
ran onward without thinking of what he was
about, till he reached Coveut Garden Theatre,
where he had a relative performing. He re
mained there for a short time iu a state of great
agitation, then returned to the dismal scene.
Mr. Dillon, an actor, threw himself out of a
Window at the Oret alarm, and, a he alighted,
was alt but overwhelmed by the falling rubbish,
lie called loudly tor assistance, but the persons
rear were atraid to venture, till one or two of
the more dariug ran In aud rescued him. Lynch,
the pantaloon, seeing tbe wall crumbling under
the roof, and the latter sinking fast, took a fly
ing leap through a window into an adjoin ins;
yard, and fell upoa his legs and escaped. Joseph
Itoberts, a smith, was at the time, with a man
named Purdy, fixing a hand-rail to a Geometric
atuircaio leading to the drcis-boxes. Tbey heard
a noise, when Mr. i'urdy caught him by tbe
hand, and said, "Come, Joe. it's all over." They
ran to the door, but could not open it; but
lioberta forced it with a chisel. When they
reached tbe street, the two men were separated
toy the falling of the portico, which killed Mr.
i'urdy aud buried Itoberts. When the latter wob
dragged out, his shoes and stockiugs had to
be left behind. Another man, named George
Uoare, observed the wall giving on Tuesday,
and thought tho house would fall. Just before
the accident he aw the wall "go out"
about a toot. Aa he was preparing to celled
his tools, he was carried away to the bottom of
the house, and remembered nothing more until
he awoke in the London Hospital.
The indirect escapes were numerous. Mrs.
Vanghau, tho mother of tho little girl
whom Mr. Furren rescued, had been
sent for by the manager, but did not
attend, as she bad bceu at all the previous
rehearsals. Mr. Campbell, oue of the actors,
had been to tbe rehearsal, when he remem
bered Mr. Maurice had asked him to deliver a
note In tbe neighborhood. Ho had not got ten
yards from the door before a terrible crash
made him look round, and he saw tho beautiful
building he had just quitted a shaptleis heap of
xulns. Mr. Flnley, tke scena-paiater, who wa
in his room over tho stage, fell with trcmendoug
violence: but in his dtscent he stuck in th
balustrade of a staircase that led from the sta "0
to his room, and was mtrsculouniy saved. Mr.
Baker, a low comedian, his wile and child, were
hall an hour lutu at rehearsal, and were within a
few hundred yards of the theatre when it f..n m
Adcock, tho promoter, bad just arrived at the
od of Grace's Alley, In Wells street, directly
opposite tbe theatre, when he saw the immense
building Bink under tbe heavy roof. Uo ran
back up the passage, but was for some time
speechless.
The front wall fell on the house of Mr. Blatz
baker, in Wells street. Mr. blatz heard the
crash of the roof, and had time to escape before
thft wall fell aud partially destroyed bis shop.
The dead were dreadfully mutilated. Mr.
Evans, the editor of the Bristol Mercury and
Observer, a friend of Mr. Maurice, and who was
conversing with him a few minutes before tbe
accident, was struck by a ponderous beam on
the forehead. His body was for some time
taken for that of Evans, one of the doorkeeper.
J.64aer, a wpeuter, wui struck by a beam Jroiu
the circular boxc, as he was In the act of
escaping from tho workshop, and wa fonnd
dead, jammed against the staircase, a hammer
still clenched in his rhjht band.
Marv Anne Fenron, a lit lo airl. one of the ;
leadeisot the ballet, who wax on the Thursday
ntiiht to have performed in "The Fatal Pro
phecy," was dreadfully crushed, and her head
almost severed in two. Pcnfo'id, tbe dor-kceper
(a superannuated clerk in the L melon Docks),
made a despr rate attempt to escape. Ilia body
was found on thostep, with the head towards
tbe ftiret, find the 1 gt up ur1.
The wall that fell in Wells street destroyed
two houses opposite, a public house, and a
baker's; and it also crushed a passing dray and
two horses from Elliott's brewery. A gentleman
passing had a mass of ruin fall on one of his
lege; but. by a tremendous muscular effort,
drew out his foot, and left his boot bphind. A
pi.or old clothes man, named Levi, from Petti
coat Lane, was rendtnjr a play-billon an opposite
vail, and was crushed by the falling ruins. His
friends could only identity his body by thoTable
of l aws (a sort of Jewish talinnan) which was
iotind attached to his breast next his skin. The
unhappy wife of this poor man became insane
fiom citcf. ,
Iu all, thirteen persons perished by this acci
dent, and about twenty more were hurt and
wounded. The street rumor at first was that
one hundred performers bad perished, besides
one hundred spectators In tho pit. Had the
liouso fallen on the openiug ulclit, some three
thousand persons must have been slain.
oon alter this terrible affair happened, a
party of laborers were sent by Mr. Uardwick,
tbe architect, then constructing the 8t. Cathe
rine Decks, aud he himself superintended their
zealous labors. They gradually cleared awjy
the Immense mountain of hr.cks and broken
timber, beneath which the sufferers' cries could
still be heard at intervals. Towards n'glit the
mm became so exhausted that they had to
discontinue Iheir search. In spite of the
tears and cnlrea'.les of persons iu the crowd
Whose iclatlons were still missing.
At last, a brave sailor, thinking be heard some
oue moaning in n Fpec ally dangsrous part, pro
cured a torch, forced an opening, and let him
self down Into the chasm. Tbere wan a deep
and solemn silence enforced during his rhival
rous search; but he found nothing. On Friday,
more bodies were dug out; on Saturday the dig
ping was relinquished; Mr. Hard wick himself
having searched the vwults beneath the orches
tra, pit, and blugo. The luia was singular in
appearance.
The boards of the fctage, pit, and etogo boxes,
were cracked Into pieces, and formed a sort of
mde arch. The iron roof lay like a network
over the ceutre of the mass, and bail enianerled
-itself with the timber. It was especially noticed
by the crowd tbat tha walls were tall aud blieht,
aud that the mortar, uot yet dry, hud scarcely
lelt a mark upon the bricks. The place was
visited on Friday by vast crowds, including the
Duke of Argj le and muiiy persons of distinction,
on whom the pickpockets made great havoc.
One Jew boy was heard to boast that he had
rrtrtic forty handkerchiefs that dsy.
The inquest ou the bodies was held at the
Court-bouse, iu Wellcloso (square, before Air,
Maurice Thomas, the Coroner.
The evidence all wetit to prove the ptranrre
infatuation with which the proprietors, blindly
eager for reimburscmint, had humed forward
to their ruin. Tue clck of the wiUs. the sur
veyor, the architect, all knew that the roof was
Ecttling clown. The prnpt rty man was so sure
ot it that he had determined to quit tbe
theatre. A ccntleman who cntiie to the play
on the Tuesday, and found that the box-door
would not shut, suspected danger, and left tbe
theatre. Auothor pcreou, on seeing (be front
Wull bulge on the Tuesday, would not enter, bat
returned tome. Only on' the Monday, the prlu
cii til carpenter of Drnry Lane Thea'ie bad pro
nounced that the walls w ere not strong enough,
or the cement dry euoucb, to support an iron
root weighing, Willi its adjuncts, sixty tou.
The inquest continued t'll ihe trst week in
Aptil. The evideuce of all the witnesses was
characterized by recriminations, pitiful eva
sions', and some falsehood. Tin: architect was
HUXlUUn lu DUwn vuob lit? Ill'l rm ncu mu v.-
pnelorF; the stirvivine proprietor was desirous
to prove that he hint never been properly
warned; the builders tried to convince tbe jury
that they bad built the place liraily and well.
The contradictions were sometimes palpable,
as when Mr. Whit well declared he had never
been warned of the danger, whereas he him
self act unify gave in evidence that he hud be?n
up iu tbe flies on the Monday nit: tit to examine tho
cause ot their eiiiking. Mr. Carruthers, too, was
eo nervously anxious about the Hies, that he had
ordered ibem to be propped, and jet bad had no
surveyor to advise him as to the ealety of the
roof.
Tbe eventual verdict was, "Accidental death
by the full ot the roof of tbe Brunswick Theatre,
which was occasioned in consequence of hang
ing heavy weights there 10 ; and tbe jary are of
opinion tbat the proprietors are highly repre
hensible lu allowing such weight to be so
a tached. And we fine, iu each ot the two cases,
a deodund o! forty shillings."
A scientific writer of tho day, reviewing the
causes of this accident, euys it was a very
hazardous experiment to construct walls siglny
eight leet high, and one hundred and seventeen
feet in length, unsupported by transverse tie,
aud enly two aud a half bricks in thickness.
Durinar the buildiug of these walls, their vibra
tion, and tbat of the ecad'oldiug, had becu so
great, that tie beams had to be thrown across
the building from wall to wall to keep them
steady. These ties, when the roof was laid on,
were sawn away, leavii g a clear parallelogram
ono hundred and seventeen feet by sixty-two
feet. It must be remembered, too, in extenua
tion of the architect's remissness, that Iron roots
were little used in 1828. Mr. Carrathers had
never seen one at all tilt Mr. Whitwell had taken
him down to the Deptford Gas Works, and
showed him one, and there told him that, if the
building weie ever buiut dowu, tbe roof woald
be worth two-thirds of its original price. Some
years before aa Iron roof at Messr. alaudsley's,
in the Westminster road, had broken down the
building, and this should have been a warning
well known to Mr. Whitwell as an architect.
This terrible accldout occupied the public
mind so entirely, that for some time It effaced
evsn tbe controversy as to the Justice or injus
tice of the then recent battle of Navarino. Tho
survivors published pamphlets, and a poem was
written on the subject. Leurned editors also
discovered a passage in Tacitus which described
a f imilar aecidout at an amphitheatre at Fuleua,
and in which nity thousand persons were either
killed or muimeu.
Steel Halls lor Hallroads.
II is now generally believed that at no distant
day the use of iron rails In the construction of
railroads will be abandoned, and steel ones
adopted as a substitute. Ttieir superiority over
iron rails m dui ability will be readily admitted;
while the additional security to lite and property
'Which tbey afford, commends their general use
to the consideration of our railroad maaagere.
Tbe intense severity of the past winter oemen
Btratcd most clearly thut itod, even of the best
manufacture, cannot withstand exposure to the
elements, while tho test given steel proves tbat
it cao. The original cost of iron, it i well
known, is not eo great as steel; but when used
for railroad purposes, is, in the end, far more
expensive, when it is remembered that a
rail of steel, costing but little more
than double that of iron, will last more
than ten times as long as aa Iron rail. We
have been led lo these remarks on hearing that
the Erie Kailway Company bad contracted for
immediate us6 the enormous quantity of HOOO
tons of steel rails, a portion of which have
arrived, the remainder to be delivered during
this Bummer. It is proposed by the Company
to relay at once such portions of its line as are
pubjecu d to the greatest service, but ultimately
to dispense with iron iails altogether. Tue
work of substituting steel rails has already
been vigorously commenced, aud the indica
tions are tbat by the return of winter the work
will be completed, and the whole line placed
in the most thorough condition, insuring safety,
despatch, and tbe utmost regularity in the run
ning of trmns. ludeed, at this time, tho Erie
Kailway is, aud has over been, in as good con
dition as the average of roads in the couutry;
but when the work now in progress is finished,
bnt few lines of railway will compare with it
none excel it. We are glad to record the spirit
ot improvement manifested by this Company,
befitting as it does alike the commuuity and
the managers and owners ol this great property.
The Tncilic Kiillroad.
Corrctpotidenct of the Ualtimnrt Amtrican,
rnF. WORKERS.
An the great. Idea or a railroad from the Atlan-.
tic to the Pacific cune to irudlon during tho
trroes of Kcbelllon, ro, also, to the men who
conquered tbe rebellion is its rapid realization
to be ascribi d. Witnout the men who fought
in the r:inks of our army, it is to bj doubted
whether this great enterprise could have been a
succe-s. Mlc out of every ten ol tho men who
are now working on the line of this rai'roid
have been in the army, aud from there have
brought the habits ol discipline, tbe temper of
hardy reliance, aud the love of au adventurous
open-air life which has made tbetn the bot
ra. broad builders in tbe world. One can sse
all along the line of tbe nov complete!
road the evidences of Inpeiiiou sclf-pro'.ection
and defense which our nien learned during the
war. Toe same cuilous huts and under4tound
dwellings which were a common sight a'oug
our army lines then, may now be seen burrowed
into the sides of tbe hills or built up with ready
adaptability in sheltered fpots. The whole
organization of the f orce encaged in tho con
struction of the road is, in fact, Bcml-mllitary.
The men who go ahead, locating tlie road, are
the advanced guard. Following these is the
eecond line, cutting tbrougu the gorees, grading
the road, aud building bridges. Then comes
the main line of the army, placing tbe sleepers,
laying the track, spiking down the rail, per
fecting the alignment, ballasting the rad, and
dressing up aud completing the road for imme
diate use. This army of workers has its base, to
continue the figure, at Oratha, Cbicaio, and
still further eastward, from whose markets are
collected the matcrl-il lor constructing the road.
Alonu thcliiie of the completed road are con
struction trains constantly pushing forward "to
the lronf with supplies.
LATINO THE BHLS.
Wc have read ut the bast of this railroad ad
vancing at the rate of tbrec miles a dav, and
have given it a doubting credence, believing
that it was only under exceptional circuui
ttanccB, and to meet special emergencies tbat
such rapid progress could be made. It needed
an actual inspection to show how regular and
constant is this progress, aud to riirbtly uuder
staud the magnitude of the work that is dully
rccomplisbed in pushing the road towards the
Pacific.
At the risk of being prolix, if not tedious, I
must endeavor to place be'ore the readers ot the
American Borne idea of the scene thai moused
alike the wonder and admiration oi'ourc;nipauy
when the "end ot the track" was reached. For
some miles back we had encountered the rear'
guard of the army of workers, ai.d as we
ncorcd the scene ot their labors the line
and bides ol tho road were black with their
busy-moving forms. Here were long construc
tion trains thr need Sitk men throwing off
rails aud cross-ties. At their sides weTe scores
of teams, constantly going aud coming aud
cuityiijg forward these materials to the hands
of the workers. The cross-ties are carried for
ward about n mile beyond the end of the track,
di.-tritjuit o along the line of the graded ro id,
to which they are qu-ckly transferred, leveled,
and prepurtd lor the adva'ucinj iron. The rails,
af;ir being lakeu irom the construction traiu,
are placed upon trucks, each drawn by two
horses, w hich ply between the track layers aud
tbe supplies. The process of laying tho rail is
thus: One of these trucks, cairyiug a certain
number of rail-, with a proper proportion of
spikes and fish joints to connect, the rails, is run
out to the extremity ol the last rail laiJ, but not
yet spiked down, (iu each Bide and in front of the
truck are two gangs of men. Every man is tn
the r.eht place, and does the ngtit thing at the
right time. Hardly has the truck halted when
a rail Is tcized on each side, run out, and with a
swing which requires muscle as well as dex
terity, thrown into its place. We stord lor over
an hour, ttmimr this wonderful progress. With
the regularity of u penaulnm bent, every thirty
seconds there resounded the "down," "down,"
Irom tbe ebbjf of the squad on each side, ami in
each minute lour rails were added to the length
of the iron road. As tbe supply of material on
end off the rails, and the next truck c ime for
waidwilh a new supply. The loaded trucks
Lavintf passed, the empty ones are thrown again
upon the rail nnd started back at full gallop to
the construction trains to be again laden and In
turn carried forward. Thus, upon the main
track, and advancing each mile as it progresses
so as to be always close to the workers, are tho
bcai ding cars or homes of tho men, the con
struction trains daily coming and going with
supplies, and the active little trucks plying
backwards and forwards. Ou the slopes adjoin
ing tbe liueof the road herds ol beeves and
tdieep are led, aud, iu their turn, help to teed
the workers. While we stood watching the
tccne, t,nd taking in its wonderful organisation
and results, a mile 'of road was built, aud tho
whole caravauiarle the army of workers, with
their homes, couctruttlon trains, herds of cat'le,
etc., advanced over the rail lmd where a few
honrs before there had been but a wild aud
vacarjt plain.
THE COMPLETION OP TOE B0AD.
Rapid ae is tho progress now making in the
construction of the road, it is contemplated to
increase tbe speed of its advance. At Laramie
we met Dr. ihirant, the Vice President and
general manager of tbe Company, who is tbe
great generator of the energy aud determina
tion with which the enterprise is nushed. He
has summoned General Dodue, who is the Chief
jiiiigineer ot me company, the contractors, and
other "head centres," to a general council, at
which is to be discussed the ways and mejns of
securing a constant advance of track at the rate
of four miles per day for the remainder of the
working season. This is to be done by placing
on extra gangs of workmen, and thu i increasing
me uumuiT vi Hours oi wort cacn a ay.
When it was announced that tho mnA fmm
the Mtssourilriver to the Pacific would be com
pleted in 1871), tne prediction was greeted with
more ridicule than credence. There is now an
almost absolute certainty that ths last rail will
be laid and the cars running from ocean to
ocean in tho fall of 1809. Less than eight hun
dred miles are now intervening between tho
present end of the Central Pacific Kallroad,
which has penetrated aud triumphed over the
(Bierra Nevada Mountains, and tbe end or the
track of the Union Pacific Railroad. By the
close of the working seaon the Union Pacific
will have reached Salt Lake, while a less but
biui consiueraoie advance win nave oecn made
by the Central Pacific Road from the Pacific
Btde. During the winter much work will bo
done in rock cutting, tunuclling, etc., bo that
in the spring both Companies will be prepared
jor me most active and vigorous progress wuicti
huh jet ueen acnicvco.
TUB CHARACTER OP TUB ROAD.
The road is a good one, well aud solidly laid
with heavy rail, and twcniy-tlx hundred cross
ties to the mile, over wbicb tbe cars travel
with remarkable smoothuess, ami tbe equip
ments, stations, and workshops of which all
phow that it is being- built for use and not lor
speculation.
"Tropical" Heat.
A correspondent of a London paper, who hai
spent twenty-two years in India, while admit
ting that tbe weather in England just now is
"rather disagreeably warm," writes to centra
diet the statement that has been made that we
are enduring Indian or "tropical" heat. "Tro
pical?" he f ays, "nonsense! In ths northwest
of India at Jacobabad, Shickarpoor, Hukker,
in tbe Province of Berar, in Bengal Proper, in
the Madras Presidency, and In the Dcccan
during the hot seu-on, the thermometer stands
at ninety decrees all night; and at most of tho
above places and districts it stands at 110 de
grees all nichtl At Hydrabad, a cool place, the
thermometer in the sun on tbe 8th of June, 18(11,
at five o'clock in the eveniug, stood at 155 de
grees. At Jacobabad, at 8ebwan, and numerous
other places above nicutioufd, tbe thermometer
will frequently staud for weeks, day and night,
at 110 degrees iu tbe coolest house. With a
mouth of real tropical heat, there would be
300,000 cases of sunstroke, cholera, aud upo
plexy In London alone."
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Crfalstrptigth nd apred. cnnn'ronifd raprwil for
m naviKiuion of Lour J-lann sonna, running in
connection wlih tue OLJL COLONY AXl MJEW-
rM HA1LKOA1I, .
Lve P1EK 2H. NORTH RIVER, foot xt MOB
RAYbtreet. ...
The BtPBniPT NKWPORT, Capttlo Brown. lve
ttondav. Wednesday, and Friday, at i P. M.. lauding
at Newport.
lfttvpn TupRduy, Thursday, and Saturday, at 4 I. M.,
landing at Newport. -
Tbfttte fiteamers are fitted op with com modioli
state-rooms water-tight compartments, and evorv
arrangement lor the oeoiirlty and comfort of pmnn-
re, who are alTonled by this ront a tilictit's rent on
hoard, and on arrival at NKWrORT proceed pr rail
road Bgala, reaching Button early ou tbe following
morning.
A hasgftg master te attached to each steamer, who
receive and tickets tle baggage, aud aooompup'w
tue came tolls destination.
A eieniner runs In connectlou with this line btwen
N KV I'OIlT and PROVIDKNC'K dally, (Sundays ex
oepied, freight to Boston to taken at the same rates as by
any other regular line, and forwarded with the great
est expedition by an express train, which leave
KKWl'URT every morning (Sundays excepted), at 7
o'clock, for DoetoD and New Bedlord, arriving at 1W
destination about 11 A. M.
For freight or raBKe, apr'7 on board, or at the
ortlre. on riKItZb, ISORl H K1VKR. For state-rooms
and berths apply on board, or If It Is desirable to se
cure tneni id aavanre, i'P'y "
K Ll rTLEFTKLT). Aient.
27
Wo. T2BHOIWAV .Mew York.
SAFETY, SPEED, AND COMFORT.
FURTHER REDUCTION IN PASMAUB
RATES.
Favorite passenger steamers of tha ANCHOR LINK
sail every KATl'KDA Y with pu. engeis tor
LIVERPOOL, ULAHWOW, AMU JDBUIRY.
From Pier No 20 North Hirer.
Rates of passage payable lo currency.
To Liverpool, olargow, aod ilerry, cabins 90 and
$76, according to location.
KxcurRlon tickets, good for twelve months, 1160.
Intermediate, 15; hleerige
Prepaid certificates f-om these ports, V.
PasheDgers hooked to and from Hamburg, Rotter
dam, Antwerp, Havre, etc.. at very low rates.
lor further Intormailon apply at the Company's
Ollice, No. 8 BOWL1NO OKt KN, New York.
Hr.:NUhRON BROTHERS.
lo avoid Imposition, passenger will please come
direct to the office, as this Company does not employ
runners. g26f
LOKDON AND KEW YORK STEAMSHIP
LINE.
Pas-age to London direct, 110, 75, and 30 enrrency,
Excursion ticket at reduced rates available for t
months,
ATALANTA.
B ELLON A.
CJELLA.
WM. PKNN.
Freight will be taken and thronrh bills of lading
given to Havre, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Anmu-rdam
and Dunkirk,
For passage apply to ROBERT N CLARK, No, tt
BROADWAY, New York.
For freight apply at No. 51 SOUTH street, W. Y.
826t ROWLAND &ABP1NW ALL, Agents.
C1TJNABD LIKE OF EXTRA STEAHIEItS.
J BJ,TWJLKN NS:W YORK AND LtVKitPOOL.
(.'AILING AT QUEENdTOWN. '
FROM NEW YdllK EVKKY WEDNESDAY,
TRIPOLI, ALEI'PO.
KATK9 OF PASMAUK:
Oabln.... tSOQold.
bteerage yss, currency.
bieerajju tickets from Liverpool or Queenbtown at
low net rutei.
For Freight and Cabin Passage, apply at No.
jmiwjiuk orifu.
For bleerage Passage, apply at No, 69 Broadway.
2 20f E. CONAilD.
o
NLT DIRECT LINE TO FRANCO,
HIE OENKRAL TRANSATL A NT 10 COMPANY'S
juail BiJiiameiiifB bkivymm in a. w-YORK
AND HAVRE. CAI LINU AT BkEHT.
The splendid new vessels on this fnvorlt route for
the Coutluent will sail from Pier No. SU NORTd
Klver:
NAPOLEON. - Lemnrle
P ItEIRE - Diichmne
VILLE DE PAKItt Mnrojout
bT. LAUR.ta.NT B icuude
PRICE OTF PAPSAOB IN HOLD (Including wine),
TO BRFMT OR HAViiU,
FiniuaDin, fiwnrfini; second uaniu, hs,
TO PARIH,
Including Railway Tickets, furnished on board.
First ratlin, ! or (145; HecoutLTalilti, fss.
These sttumn i do not carry ttrrrntif flKtoaigcri,
Medical attendance free of con rue.
American travelers Rolngtoor reitirntnir from the
.... ' j--. , j .nktuRj iiiu iienuioni or tills
line, avoid unnecessary risks rrom truunlt by English
railways ana crosHlng the chanuel, besides saving
(iKO. MACTENZrE. Agent,
2 2t No. 58 BROADWAY.
LIVERPOOL AND GREAT WESTERN STEAM
COMPAN Y.
J he following FIP.BT CLASS TRON8TEAMSHIP9
built expressly lor the New York trade, are Intended
to rail regularly between NEW YORK and LiVKii
POOL, calling at UUJifcNbXOWN, viz :-
MANHATTAN,- MINNESOTA,
COLORADO, NEBRAaKAr
with other 11 rst-class steamers building,
w From Pier No. 7 Kant River.
Cabin (the accommodations being equal to any At
lantic steamer), tu, gold; return tickets, 160, gold; In
Bleerago, i!6, currency.
'l ick eis to bring out passengers from Europe can
be obtained Ou reasonable terms. For freight or pas
sage apply to
WILLIAMS & GUION.No.7I WALLBtree,
For steerage passage to f2 2 f
WILLIAMS A OUlON.No. 29 BBOADWAV.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
PRINCIPAL DESPOT
fOB TBI BALI 01
UNITED STATES REVENUE STAMPS
No. SO CIIE8NUT 8tm
CEXTBAL DEPOT
No; lOS South FIFTH Bkvor
(One door below Ohesnnt street),
ESTABLISHED 186J8.
Oar stock comprises all tna denomlnatlea- Ml im
by the Uoverniuunt,
ALL ORDERH FILLED AND FORWARUKD BT
MAIL OR KXPRKbb IMM KDIATKLY tiPON RB
UiLLPT, a matter of great Importance.
Drafts on Philadelphia, Poet Offloa Orders. Greea
backs, and National Bank Notes, received In pay
men U The 1 olio wing rates of commission are allowed
On t20....U. . TWO FEB CENT
1'roui f AJ to tlM VOUKI PKK OKtrt
Frnui I10O npwards....PODK ND A UAXJT PJtA (.1
1 lie Commission Is payable In stamps.
AU orders, eta, should be ad droned m
TAMP AeEMCT,
No, S04 OHE8NUT Btre,
PEILADZLPHI
ORDERS RECEIVED FOR STAMPED CHECKS
DUAt'lB. RKOH.1PTB. RILL HJCAiMi, Kw,, and iu
best rates of ovnuulssloB allowed.
We have constantly on nana ''
UNITED BTATXJt POSTAGE BTAKPU OF ALL
KINDS, AND
T
SHIPPING.
W f VFT? BT E A M TO LIVERPOOL, CALLING
r-llliV. AT QUEENWTOWN. .
1 ilM ,..- I In., n ....... ...nLVAf.t MftLll t tTfllftef)
.-HIPU lllUTk .U'lIT, ...... ...... - - - ...
rtHies and cuiuh uoiniunicnu. for camlnK U r
Wslia. . - ' .
CITY OF BALTIMO 1 .smnrday August t"
CITY Or MOSTOM. ....r'aiurney, Anu'iin SI
KIN A (via Ualltax) . .Tnnwlav. Aiiii-I 45
CITY OR ANTW&KP.... iturday, August X
in v if i-akib.... ..Huirfly, Hem-miier IS
CITY OF V Ahh I NuT'NlvIa Halifax) ruid'ye,t.
CITY OF LONDON Batnrnny, Hep(.imb' r IU
and eaoh sucteefiingBatoiday sod alternate Mnnda
at noon, from Pier No. 48 NORTH River. . , ,
Kates offOMage by the Mall Hteamer AAtMNG
EVD.RV HATUItUAV - i
Pay ante In Oold. Payable In Currency, I
First Cahin.... t()0 Bteernge..-
" tolrfindon Joft; . ' , to Indou....
-: to Paris lift! " toIVris BT
Passage by tbe Monday steamers: C'.ibln, (no. gold;
Bteerage, t:6, currency. lltes ol pa-sage from Net
York to llalittx Cabin, &)-, Muerag s $10, In g ild.
Paisengers also forwarded lo Havre, Hamburg. Bre
men, eic, at moderate raie. Kieenige pbssbkh Ircnt
Liverpool or Uueenstown, $10. currency. Ticki-is cat
he bought here hy persnus sending inr tlielr rrlemla
For further Information, apply at tun Company's
DJce, JO UN . DALhi. Agent.
No. IS BROADWAY, New York.
Or. 0DONNELL A KAPLK, Managers,
12 6 No. 411 CH K8 N UT hl roet. Ph 11a. '
r?t NORTH AlIEKICAK 6TEAMSHII
through Urn to CMlfvrla rla Panama
llallrstait.
HEW ARtACsUEllttNT. !
Pnlling from New Yo.k on t!;e 5th and 20lh of
I'VltKY M UN Tn, or tha day before when tliasedat
tall on tsonday. .
Psnage lower than by any other line.
For Information address
D. N. CARRI.VOTOM. Agent,
Pier No. 46 NORTH R1VKR, New York,
Or 1 HUM AH It, WfcAKI.li;.
No. ?17 WALNUT blreet. Pblladulpli'a, l a.
W. H.WiiBB, President. oHAS. DA N A, V Ice-Pres
Ofllce 64 KXCH ANOK Plao .New York, tDm
rflrrtx passagk to and fkom grat
-TbJ 'I-" BRII'aIN AND 1KKLAND
liV olKAMSUIP ANIJ HAlLINU PACKET,
AT RKDtCKJJ RA'ltS.
DRAFTS AVAILABLE Til RUUO ffOUT KN
LAN1, IRELAND, bCOTLAND, AND WALKO,
For partlcclarn apply to
TA PtJO PTt, BROniERS A CO,,
NO, 86 SOUTH Street, and No. 23 BllOiliWi Y,
Or to T Hi M H T. SEARLR
11 N j. 217 WALNUT Street.
rr NtW KXPliKSS LINE TO ALKX-
r"'tr'1 tifcuruelowu. and WMAtiinirtfui
it vi loriaiifuKe aou xieiaware i;aoai. with con
nections at Alexandria from the most direct route
lor L nchhurg, Bristol, Knoxvllle, Nashville, Daltoa
and tbe Southwest.
biesmers leave regularly every Saturday at noon
from the lint whart a-u"e Murkct street.
Freight received dally. ....
WM. P. CLYDE A CO.,
No, 14 North and s.juth Wnarves.
J. B. DAVIDSON, Agent at Ueorgetow n.
M. ELDlUDUJbi it Co., Agents at Alexandria, Vlr
ginla. 6 1
-TffcrN 01ICU.-FOit NiW YORK, VIA
iSan.i' '0'i.Dh.lawark and raritan canal.
mm -, . nam i An ,
v Hi.... i k.ei.-A .......... ...... 7TT . . .
. l' li M .M K' l 1 Ull 111 ..lull . ui.
-t ir ' ricamiiuAl lilljll Art Y,
... - . v . . . . . v. . L. in 1 1 1 1 a ivnve 1diLX
from lirtil wharf below Marset strcec.
THROUU11 IN 24 HOURS.
Goods forwarded by all the Hues going ontof New
York. Norih, East, and West, free of commission.
Freights received ai our usual low mte'i.
WlLLlAftl P. Cl.YDK fc X Agents.
... . N"- 14 WHARVES, rhiladoiphlA.
JAMKS HAND, AgenU 80
No. 119 WALL Street, corner of South, New York.
wf'f-fT PillLAUKLPllIA, K1CUMOND
ScAkOuiaL and Norfolk steamship line.
'JlxlROlJUH. FREIOHT AIR LINK TO TUB
SOUTH AND WfcST.
RVk'RV HtTI'lllllV
At noon, from FIRST WHARF above MARKET
Dwtet,
1HKOTJOH RATES and THROUOH RPJORlPTi)
to bll points in North ana South Carolina, vt fce
board Air Llue Raliroail, coni:eoilug at Portsaioittb
and lo LyuiliOurg, Va., Tennessee, aud the West, vis
Virginia and Tennessee Air Line and Richmond and
Dauvllle Rallroao.. "
irelgbt HANDLED RUT ONCE, and taken Ut
LOW ERRATKS THAN ANY OTHKk r.iTia
The regularity, ealeiy. uuU cheapuees of this route
ui'inuicuu a iu tue puoiic as me most umiraole uie
dinni for carrvltis every itescrititiiui or treluht.
No charge lor comtulsslon, aruyage.'Ur any expense
wi iirniiniMr.
SteamMhlps Insured at lowest rates. .
F'rtlghl received dally.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO.,
Noll Niirf.ii mill t-tliil ll W II Ah J I H
W. P. PORTER. Agent at .Richmond aud City
X'UlOk
T. P. CROWELt A CO.. Agents at Norfolk. a 1
FOR NEW YnUKS!WTKT.npp
m " " . . vwimuu; irn w.tn u
Miiil.uiira I in mi u n nulni.iu ....$ i.,..i...-
.'i riatiHunrritiT inn i iii.iriunn rt.m.. ....u
Cauftl, on And after tue )5Ui ot Mttrch, leaving dAlly hi
For ireiubt, which will he taken on ftcenuaruodatlni?
txtrm at mtmr trt WI F I I A f AJ 1)1 nut l
- . k'k'kJ "V "unai axis jahi; IK. K. J.t
0. m a. UKLAWAlUfl Avium,
STEAMBOAT LINES.
jj BRISTOL LINE
UETiYIiO KEW I0EK Ml) UOSTCX,
VIA BRISTOL.
For PROVIDENCE, TA UNTON, NEW HEDFORD
CAPE cod, ano all points of railway couimaulca-
biuu, j-tni miu iurbu.
The new a,id sulendtd Steamers RBTSTOr. mid
PROVIDENCE, leave Pier No. 40 NORTH RIVER,
foot of canal street, adjoining Debrasses Street Ferry,
New York, at 5 P. M., UrH.v, bundays excepted, con
necting with steamboat train at Brittol at 4 8u A. M.,
rriv iuk iu jiusiuu ai 9 a. in., iu time to connect, Wllu
all the morning trains irom that city. The most do.
airaole ana pleasaut rou e to the white Mountains.
Travellers lor that oolnt can mik direcL
Uons by way of Providence and Worcester, or Boston,
Dime-rooms ana -icaeis aecaiea at ouiue en Pier la
i. ew i via.
816m H. O. BRIQQ3, General Manager.
r. p 0 A P fi MAI'.
4rS!si5asp on tuesdats. Thursdays, and
bllUllAlB,
The tpleudld new steamer LADY OF THE LAKE.
Captain 1NURAM, leaving Pier 19. above Vine
street, every Tueuduy, Thursday, and Uaturday at v-ls
A. M., and returning Irom Capo May on Monday,
nauinuRjtaiiu fiiuni
EAfeE $'2-29, including Carriage Hire,
Bervauts...ll'6u, " "
Childreu....l'6,
Season 'tickets, lift. Carriage Hire extra.
The Lady of the Luke Is a line aea-boal. has huw
tome state-room aouommodailous, and Is fitted up
with everything necessary lor tbe saleiy and comfort
vi passengers. . it. nvuur,iu
CALVIN T AOU ART.
Ofllce No. 88 N. DEL A WA RE A venae. f8 3otf
- ,AlTZf 1'HILADBLPHIA AND TEEN.
fcini 'if Mini lutrn h tea ut boat Line. The steamboat
JuuttiN JrUKKitsr leaves AltCll street Whart, lot
Trenton, stooping at Tacouy, Torrettdale. Besrerly,
Burlington, Bristol, Florence Bobbins' Wharf, aud
WUlMf 1111.
Leaves Ajruh Street Wharf! Leaves South Trenton.
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2a P.M Saturday, Aug. 8, ' P.M
euuaay, auubi , to uurungion, uristoi, ana inter
mediate landings, leaves Arch street whart at 8 A. M
and 2 P. M.t leaves Bristol at luK A. M. and Aht P. M
Monday, Aug. lu, bit I'.M Monday, Aug. lo, e A.M
Titeeduy, r 11, 6 a.M Tueeduy, "11.10 A.M
Wed day, " 12, 6Ji A.M Wed day, "12. lOtiA.M
Thursday, " 18, 7 A.M Thursday. ".IS, 11 AM
'rldayi. J 8 A.Mjfrlday, 14,12 M.
Fare to Trenton, iu cents each way; intermediate
PI KCUS, MUIIIII. H
r miTTJl PUU ClirJSTJCii, 1I00K, AND
stiS2aSCS WILMiNUTON At 8 8U and 8 60 A. M,
.nn o ui, X , iu.
The steamer 8, M. FELTON and ARIEL leave
CHir-NLT Street W harf (Sundays excepted) at 880
and 9'60 A. M, and 8to P. M., returning leave Wil
mington at 8'KO A . M., 12-60, and ('SO P, 11. Slipping at
Chebier and Hook each way.
Fare, 10 cents between all points.
Excursion tickets, 16 cents, good to return by either
boat. e 8 tf
rirnZZA OPPOSITION TO TUB COM
feK T.BlNKD RAILROAD AND RI tfER
Bteauier JOHN SYLVESTER will make dally
excursions to Wilmington (Sundays excepted), touch
ing at Chester aud Marcus Hook, leaving ARCH
Street wharf at lo A. M. and 4 P. li returning, leave
WI rolnrXT at 7 A. M. and IP. M.
Light freights taken.
imr w- Bn.
DAILY EXCUK8I0N8. TIIH
aeriiTT-rHMiMi P
leudld bteamboat JOHN A. WA l.
is.;., leave. OUHSNUT Street Wharf, Phllada., at I
o ciock ana s o ciock r. m., ror -Burlington and
Bristol, touching at Rlvertou. Torredale, Andalusia,
aud Beverly. Returning, leaves Bristol at I o'clock
A.M.andiP.M.
Fare. 25 cents each way: Excursion 40 eta. Ill tf
O OBN EXCHANGE
RAO MANUFACTORY.
JOHN T. BAILEY b CO.,
BfcllOVKD XO
JS, E. corner ol Market and WATER etreets
Philadelphia.
DEALERS IN BAUrt ND BAOOINO
Of every description, for
Grain, Flour, Salt, Super-Phosphate of Lime, Bone
Dust, Etc.
Large and small GTJNN Y BAMS constantly on hand,
"-) Uo' WOOLSACKS.
Jchm T. Baii.kv jtyw Ca4oadkn.
TXT I L L I A M B. OBAN ,
Y . COMMIr-SION MKRCMANT. ti
N. 8 8. DELAWARE Aveuue, Philadelphia,
Dnpont's Gunpowder, Relined Nitre, Charcoal, Eto,
W. Baker A Co. 'a Chocolate Coco, and Kronia.
Crocker, Bros, Ut Co.'S YeUow Metal bheathlng,
Soils ana Mailt, 1SM
MEDICAL.
f
miFORTAKT TO IIIVALIDS,
IRON IN THE BLOOD.
A PCRPJ1ANENT TOHIC,
1VITII0UT ALCOHOL.
IfLALTH IOR THE SICK.
STRENGTH TO TUE WEAK.'
VIGOR FOR THE PLSBLE.
THE PERUVIAN 8YRTJP, a Protected Solu
Hon of the frvtoxide cf Iron, strikes at tbe root
of dlHcase by supplyliiit tUe blood wltb. Its
VITAL PIUNC1PLE OH LIFE ELEMENT,
IRON, giving Strength, Vigor, and aVcw Life to
tlie whole system.
rEKUYIAN SYKUP
is a
Protoxide
of Irou.
PEKUYIAN SYRUP
Make v
the Woalt
Blrong.
PERUVIAN SYRUP
Coululus
uo
Alcohol.
PERUVIAN SYRUP
BuIlUd up
tbe
Broke a-down.
PERUYLVN SYRUP
Cures
tbo
Dyspepsia.
PERUTIAN SYRUP
Invigorates
the
liraia.
PERUVIAN SYRUP
Cures
Female
Weakuesuoa.
PERUVIAN SYRUP
Cures
Spring;
Uebllity.
PERUVIAN SYRUP
Vitalizes '
and Parlffea
tQo Blood.
PERUVIAN SYRUP
Restores -the
Vigor
of Yduta,
PERUVIAN SYRUP
Is Pleasant
to
take.
Being free from Alcohol In any form, Its ener
gizing effects are not followed by correspond
ing reaotion, bnt are permanent. - '
Stimulants only afford temporary relief, and
have the same effect as giving a tired horse the
whip Instead of oats. The true way Is to invigo
rate the debilitated system by supplying the
blood with Its Life Element IRON, thereby
Infusing strength, vigor and new life Into all
partsof the system, and building an an IRON
CONSTITUTION, "
Thousands have been changed by the use o
this remedy, from weak, sickly, Buffering orea
tnres, to strong, healthy, and happy men and
women, and Invalids cannot reasonably hesi
tate to give It a trial. .
PRICE. ' :
Large Bottles, (21 ok.) fl 00, or 3 for 85 00.
Small Bottles, (10 ozj. 81 00, or 6 for $5 00. ',
If your Druggist does not keep It, send direct
to me, and it will be forwarded promptly by
express..
A 82 page pamphlet sentree to any address.
PflTTTTflfJ ln purchasing the PERU
IviiU 1 IU11 VIAN 8YRUP, be parttoalar
to get the UemiitHs, and not
one of the many Aloohollo
Elixirs of Peruvian Bark:, or
Bark and Iron. See that Pe
ruvian Syrup la blown ln tha
glass.
J. P. DINS1YE0RE, Proprietor,
No. 8G DEY Street, New York.
For Sale in Philadelphia by
JOHNSTON, II0LL0WAY & C0WDEN,
No. 02 ARCH Street,
FRENCH, RICHARDS & CO.,
AND BY DRUGGISTS GENERALLY. 71 8m