JTHE DAILY EVENING' TELEGUAPIT FIIILADELP1IIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, . 18G3.
POP ULAR AMUSEMENTS. .
A Clerical IereiiA or th Theatre mid
0M-ri
From the Chicago Voit, Aow. 9. -
Rot. Rolx-rt Laird Collier, pastor of the
Chnrcb ot ibe Mesblah (Unitarian), dehvordni
last night what might be-called a aansatloaal"
Sermon ou the subject: "The Theatre, the
Opera, and the Church; or, the Relations of
the Cliurch to Popular Aaui8tai'at." II an
nounced hid text to be iu First Corinthians,
seventh ohapter and thirty-first Terse, "Uah
this world a not abusing it," and proceeded to
take the ground, which probably has never
before been assumed in the Chioago pulpit,
that the drama and the opera are harmless
and proper amusements for Christians as well
as for others: the reverend speaker, it is well
known, is himself an occasional visitor to the
higher places of dramatic amusement.
After lli at referring to the faot that the
theatre is generally denouuced by the evan
gelioal sects although they did not, he
claimel, show why they were sinful and
then dwelling upon the premise that the
Amerioan people are overworked and ned
snore amusement, the speaker prooeedei to
speak of the drama and the opera. Ths fol
lowing are extracts from his remarks:
1 reoogu zo a s universal in the ra e the
dramatic instinct. I have traced, in this pul
pit, the entire history, in brief, in sum miry,
of the origin and history of the drama. There
is no need of that to-night. The drama is as
anoient as the race. Furthermore, much of
tie 'biblical literature, in its spirit and iu its
foim, is dramatic. Iam not quite sure but
that the very first chapters iu Uanesis are
a . 1 r ; . i t i
1 aiamauu; i am tiuiwj sure mat joo is
I dramatic; that Ruth is; that Esther is
y dramatic. Shakespeare, the peerless post
f of centuries, had no funition in the world and
J no name left to history, had it not been for
me arainauo lUBiinoi anu apiuuae. so witn
Milton. The grandest poets that God has given
to the woild have been its dramatio poets.
And, furthermore, human character hai its
highest rt-presentations in the drama. I con
fess that I never saw such power; I never re
marked fcuuh nature in any Christian pulpit
that it was ever my privilege to sit under as iu
Joseph Jellerson's "Kip Van Winkle." It is
nature, not art. So simple; so true; so beau
tiful; so moral. No sermon scarcely written
in the world, except that of Christ, when
lie stood with the adulterous woman, ever
illustrated the power of love to conquer evil
and to win the wanderer, as that beautiful
little piece, so perfectly rendered by this
genius which God has given to illustrate in
the drama the power of love over the sins of
the race. I wonder who among the Ministe
rial Union ever saw Jell'erson iu 'Rip Van
Winkle?" Let us give to these friends tin
advantage of our judgment of their igno
rance. Ristoii, Rachel, liooth, Murdoch, espe
cially Davenport and Jcffarsou, are all God's
gifts to man. So I say that the legitimate
drama is to be endorsed. It is an educator.
It is in no wide to be apologized for.
And in regard to the opera, I need only, I
thiik, Eay that, so far as the legitimate opera
is concerned, any one who objeots to it, ou
moral grounds, must either be ignorant of it
I think, for the most part, that those who
object to the opera are or there certainly
must be a moral weakness in the nature of
such objectors. To say that the opera is cor
rupting is to say the most irrational and fool
ish thing thai the human lips are capable of.
I say that a man must be ignorant of what the
opera is; must have beeu wholly without
the knowledge of it, or else brought to
its hearing a lascivious nature to begin
with. I admit that very many exuul
lent persons do not enjoy the opara.
Not only excllent people morally, but
cultivated people intellectually, do not enjoy
the opera. Many of our linest minds go to
the opera and oome away, feeling it was a
waste ot time, and we whs can enjoy it in any
wise, be it ever so little, ought to feel a pro
found sorrow for such people, because they
do not know the infinite delights and joys of
which, by their lack of musical culture, they
are deprived. But Pit is their duty simply
to eay they do not like it. It is a sorry reli
gion that rejeots it on the sour grape principle;
because they cannot they won't let anybody
IeiBe. j ne music oi ine opera is me principal
thing with people that attend. The score Is
nothing, with manv it is absolutely nothinsr. if
they can catch the passion of the music Aud
as to the dress in the drama and in the opara,
let me pay, once for all, that all dressing is
conventional. If it had the sanction of long
usage, the dress of the extreinest dancer
would in no wise be oonsidered indecent; or
If the gown had been the fashion for men, the
present attire would be considered vulgar.
And then we are not to oontouna the incidental
with the fundamental. This is incidental,
and I do always feel myself that the manage
ment of our theatres and operas mean to
catch the low and vulgar by this danoing of
women, for whose moral charaoter I have not
a word of endorsement, as I have no sort of
personal fellowship and no respeot for them
who, if you take the conventional opinion of
men and women who consent to it, are not fit
companions for our sons anl daughters. Bat
let me relate what the gentlemanly manager of
Wood's Museum said to me within the past
ix nontbf: "Sir, I never bring a piece upon
my Btage that I do not use my pencil very
freely upon." Speaking of the depraving
tendency and ' the downward tendenoy of
tragedy and comedy, he said, "I could not
bring upon my stage a single piece that was
played before the Slite of London fifty and
aixty years ago. I could not bring to my
place an audience that would not hiss it oil'
the stage;" and I tell you, furthermore, what
you may always remark, that whatever is pro
per, and high and elevating, wherever there is
a moral sentiment that is lofty aud noble, it
uniformly receives the approval of the
audience; and it has not been my misfor
tune to be in a theatre for several years past
where anything low and mean and depraving
was not hissed. Of oonrse, I attended only the
better sort. I then wish to say that the masio
of the opera would be lost to the world, as it
could take no other possible form. It elevates
and refines the taste and spirit. I really don't
know but that it would be a.very sensible
thing if our congregations would inak-i it a
Btipulation, when they engage their ministers,
that they would accept a season ticket once
a year to the opera, to cultivate their taste iu
musical matters.
The speaker then went on to speak of the
abuse of pleasures, Baying that it might be
argued that we ought to refrain from all
amusements because they were liable to be
abused, but replying to this: "It is no logio
with which to meet a young man starting out
in life, who has ideas of his owns and wants
reasons for everything that he does. Let us
meet him rifiht, and sa : 'Sir, you are to use
the drama, you are to use the opera, you are
to use the cards, you are to use dancing, you
are to nee everything; but you are to abuse
nothing. Because you can go the legitimate
drama, it is 'no license for you to feast your
eves nnon vulgarities anywhere; and because
I you can play cards in your house, it is no rea
son that you nave a license iu go to "
gaming table, and play for other people's
money without returning values anywhere.'
This is tie lesson. Let ns teach our youth
that thesH things can be used, and whn
aboeed the penalties of aia will Jtut as surely
follow them, as God has Bald, 'Whatsoever a
man BOweth that shall he also reap. If he
bow to the spirit, of ths spirit he shall reap
everlasting lire; aud if he bow to the flesh, ot
the flesh he shall reap damnation.' "
The man who can say that Bdwin Booth is a
gift of God who can say that Booth never
commits anything unseemly In his OihHlo or
his Hamlet, the man who can put his hand
upon his heart, and, In fear of his God and iu
view of his grave, can say that as a man; oau
Stand before his congregation and before the
world, and say it is morally wrong to indorse
the sensation and illegitimate drama, and call
upon you as rational men to turn your voices
against this flood which, I thank God, I believe
has passed us of L'ndme, the While Fawn, the
Black Crook, and all that sort of thlog, which,
whatever the tendenoy and result, brgan to
feed human appetite and passion, as they bring
the vicious to witness them. Then it is the
duty of the Churoh to make this logioal defi
nition between moral wrong and moral right.
Furthermore, it is the duty of the
Church, first of all, to make men purs iu
heart and correct in grace; to take the youth
and not turn upon them; to take the youth
and not turn the faoe of the Church against
them; to take the youth and not Urow these
irrational limitations about them; but take
them into the green fields of life, by the side
of its still way, and say, "God is our good
Shepherd. These are the good things He has
given us: as you love Uiin, and as you fear
Him, and as you are grateful to Him, never
abuse a privilege, never deprave your man
hood, never ignore Ills providenoe, but walk
in the way of righteousness, learn wisdom,
and Ged will honor yon, and humanity will
bless you, and the memories that you carry
with j on shall be filled, even as a picture
gallery, with the things that are of good report
pure, gentle, sweet, noble, long-suffering,
patient, and kind."
"Kun to Earth."
The London Spectator has the following no
tice of one of Miss Braddon's latest efforts:
"Run to Earth" is an extraordinary speci
men of sensational fiction. The author has,
if possible, excelled herself, she has beaten all
her rivals, she has forever obsoured the fame
of those wonderful fiction-writers, beloved of
errand-boys and shop-girls, who deal in re
venge and murder, jealousy and hatred, who
treat the wildest and most diabolical actions as
ordinary oocurrenoes, who oonvert men into
ghouls and women into harpies, who oan
transform with a stroke of the pen a beggar
into a princess and an English gentle
man into a Thug. If the first object
of the novelist be to excite a morbid
curiosity, if blood and poisoning and intrigue,
the most hateful passions, the vilest actions,
form the best ingredients of fiction, then it
must be owned that no one has mixed them
together more skilfully than Miss Braddon.
Iler admirers, and they are many, will assu
redly not be disappointed with this fiction.
We can promise them a murder, a seduotion,
a Buloide, and the conversion of a street-singer
into a fashionable young lady before they have
read a hundred pages of the story. A little
further on they will be introduced to a surgeon
known as Victor Car ring ton, but who
is in reality an exiled French noble
man, "a creature without a con
science, without a heart," who wears a
mask of metal with glass eyes, accomplishes
an outrageous plot and an incredible murdur
in the first volume, a plot still more outrage
ous and a murder only possible in fiction in
the second volume, and very nearly oommits
another murder in the third. Then the read
ers of this marvellous novel will be taken to a
mysterious gambling-house at Fulhatn, with a
secret room in which rouge-et-noir is played.
The house Is kept by Madame Durski, a lonely
and beautiful woman, who lures fools to their
destruction, is herself a slave to opium, aud
yet, strange to say, is one of the most respect
able people in the narrative. This lady's atli
asced lover accuses her of endeavoring to poi
son him, whereupon Madame Durski, "luck
less, hopeless, heartbroken," takes au over
dose of her favorite "compound," and disap
pears from the scene. This is but one sensa
tional incident among many. We have a
sailor accusing his honest father-in-law
of murder, a husband aoousing his
wife of adultery, tne disappearance
of a baby heiress who lives in a castle and is
protected by a great iron door, the aohieve
menta of a London detective, and the igno
minious failures of a husband hunter. Mar
vellous, too, are the adventures of the heroine,
who sings in low puimo nouses at Wapping,
is said to be the child of a wretch whom she
knows to be a murderer, is picked out of the
gutter by a baronet worth 40,000 a year, is
transferred to "a thoroughly arts tooratio semi
nary, presided over by two maiden sisters"
(whose vulgarity, by-the-way, as desonbed in
the novel, is wholly out of aotordanoe with
the cositiou they occupy), marries the baro
net, is made a widow in a few weeks through
Canington'B devices, devotes herself to pur
poses of revenge, and discovers at last that
she is the stolen child or a lady ot title and
distantly connected with her husband's family.
We have but glanced at some of the more
prominent incidents of the novel, which the
author is no doubt justified In calling "a Ben
sational story, pure aud simple." She quotes
also an observation made by "one of the most
accomplished reviewers of the day" (Mr
Lewes, we believe), to the effect that iu criti
cizing stories there should be some discrimi
nation of the kind of interest attempted, and
that the cri io should not demand from the
writer qualities incompatible with or utterly
disregarded by his method. The interest
aimed at in "Run to Earth" is simply
sensational, and we are ready to grant
that in mat aim tne author lias
been snooessful. She has made up a tale
utterly without probability, without charac
terization, without thought, without humor,
pathos, or poetry, without one of the charms,
in short, which delights us in the great mas
ters of fiction, a tale which has no use in the
world beyond that of stimulating an un whole
some curiosity, and supplying fitting aliment
to a vulgar sort of mental dissipation. This
is the kind of success aohieved by the writers
of sensational fiction, and the same kind of
distinction may be Justly awarded to the
novel before us. It fulfils its purpose, but
the critic may be permitted to ask whether
such a purpose is worth fulfilling f
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September 14, leas. m
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stopping at all stations between Philadelphia and
"i 'Zla T Pi.Uadelnhla at 11-00 A. M., t'80. S'00. and
7 W- P. M. The 6 00 P. M. Train oonuecls with Delaware
Railroad for Harrington iuainwuniwiuuin,
I u.va Wllmlnrum 7-OU aud 810 A. M. I'HO, 4'16. and
'ui P. M. The 8-io A, M. Train will nut stop between
. .1 . Ul.lluHuiT.lllft
Wl"""." M7.lmlnn rnn. rtAll. A II
'I re 7 oo X". at. tram uwm " , ' '
other Acoommcdailon trains Buudys exoepted.
FROM BALTIMORE TO PHILADELPHIA.
i RAILROAD LINES.
RKAD1NO RAlLUOAl). OKKAT TRUifX
LIN from Piiii .eipnU lo thu Interi.ir ot
Pein. ivanla, the Mcbuylkl,!, r-nnq i-niaiiua, Ounrwr
land aid wioiulng Valle, the N. rtu , Nunhwetl
and the Canada Mummer Pm-tiger Trnins leave
tbe Oorripant's Dpit, Tnirloenih and Callowblll
trreis, Pnilsdsliihla at the following hoar:
MORNING AUUOMMOUAIIlN.-kl 7 80 A.M.
for Rtaolng and all IniuruuCmie stailous, and AUu
Iowd, Jtworrlng, leaves Resdirg at 6 80 P.M., arriving la
Philadelphia at 9'i6 P. M,
MORNING KX PRE3H At 8 15 A. M . for Reading,
Lehaunn. Marrl hurg, p.ittville, I'lue Grove, 'lama
qua, rianbury, Wlliiamsiiort. Nium Rx!heier,
Niagara Failn. Buiralo, WDkesharre, Pliojlon, York,
Carlisle. ChamberNaurg, Hngeritinwit, elo
The 7'8v train oonueo.s nl Kea ilns with the Kant
Pen nfy ivanla Hallrnad tralni Tor Allentown elo. and
the 8 I A. M. connects with the lhauon Va ley tram
for Harrlaburg, eto.i at Port Cilutou with Cniawin.ia
Railroad trains 'or Wililn:.ior t, l,"i k Haven. Kimlrn,
etc.; at tlarrlnhn.g with Northern Ceutral. Ciimhar
Innd Valley, and 8ohuvlk II and H siniiihaniia traiui
torNoribiimherlaud, Wnllamsport, York, Chamban
burg. Plnegrnve, no.
AFlkKMHJN XPtlEl. Lave Piilladalphla at
8Hn t-,M. fr RHrling. PiHlsville. H nr rlibn. ir. elo.
connecting with lu-Hillug aud Colimhl ltilrjad
trains lor Ci Innihla, e c.
POllBTOWN aCCOMMODaTIIN -Leaves PoUs
town at 8 4i A. M., Rtopp nK at miennedUte m li)'ii;
itrrlvialn PhlludeipnU at 06 A. M. Returning leaves
hltdelt.hlaal4'80P. M.: arrives In I'o'.lstowu at D 40
"READING ACCOMMODATION Leaves Trading
at7M.. a. M., slopping at all way B'.anons; arrlvei In
I htlkrte'phla at io 1 A. M.
KeinriiiiiK, lenve 1'iilladelphla at 616 P. It ; arrives
In LeHdiug a' 8 ii P. M.
Tiains I r Piliadipbla leva ITirrlstnir? at 8 I0 A.
M., and Poltuvllle at 46 .. M. arriving In Pol a iel
)hia nt I P. M. Atteriioon trilm lee liarrlahnrg at
i-no V. M., and 1'otlsvlie at k 4 P. M.i urrlving at
Philadelphia at '4. r. M.
HarillurK accouisnodatlon leaves Reading at 715
A,M,and Harnnliurg at 4 10 P. AI. Conneu.lig at
Itead.ug wlib Aferuoon acoiuiiui datlou sou h at 8 8J
1'. M , arrlvli g In PMIadnlpbU at li V. M.
Market iraiu. with a Passenger car fcttannel leaves
Pbiludelphia a. 12 45 no)u for Puttxllle and all Wy
cttHiloi s; .raven Potmvllle at 7 A. M. for Philadelphia
trnd all other Way Biallona.
All the nbiive tialm ru i dally. Sundays rxcepted.
bui ciRy trains Itav P iiihvIIb at Hill A. n , and
Phlla'leiphta at 8 1 P. M; leave Pnlladelphla lor
Reading at 8 00 A, M., returulog i'rom Reauiug at 4 62
C'HEH TF.R VALLET RA1LRO AD.-Paengsrs
for Downlngtnwn and Intermediate points lake tne
7 81' A. Ai., Vi s and 4 ho !'.. irauii ironi i-unauei-uhie;
reiurning from Dowalngtuwn at 8 80 A. M., 100
tno 6 40 1 M.
PEHKlo.viK?) itAi lku ad. passengers rorMkip
pack lake 7 0 A. M. aud V8i P. M ir.lnn from Phlla
tielphla. leturnlng ir iu rklppack at S'10 A.M. and
l 2o P. M. biasv lines lor various points In Perk lotuen
Val.ey connect with trains at Cjileuevlllo and bkln-
pack.
IjyW iuh& rr-jijiiss run riiienuitu A ls Lt
HE WF.ttl'. Leaves ew Yoik at 9 A. M . 6 0il. and
8(0 P. M , parsing Heading at 110 A.M., 1 84, and
10 10 P. K., and connect at Harrlsburg with Peunsyi-
anla and Northern Central Raliroan Express Trains
tor Pittsburg, Chicago. WU'lamsport, Eimlra, Balti
more, etc.
ReiurnlDf, Kxpress Train leaves Harrlsbnrg, on
arrival of Peunsvivaijla Express from Plttsbiirg. at
i 50 and 5 28 A. M., 35 P. M , pasxlng Reading at 4 44
and 7 08 A. M., and 1140 r. M.. arriving at Ne York,
ioio auo li'isA. m.. ano s-nu tr ni. sleeping cars
acccninarivlng these trains throuuh betwoi-n Jersev
City and Plltsourg. without change.
ai an Irani lor jvew xorg leaves jisrrisDtirg ats'iu
A, M. and 2-Oi P. M. Mull train fur Murrishurg
leaven new l orn at iz mma.
HCH U YLKILL VAl.Lh-Y KilLKJ AD. Trains
leave roiiivllle nt 6 -15. 11-80 A. M.. and ti 40 P. M..
returning trum Tami qua at 8 83 A. M., aud 2 15 aud
BUlin YLKILL AND 8U-QUKHANNA RAIL
ROAD. Trams leave Auburn at 7 hi a. M. for Pine-
grove and Uarrlsuurg. and at 12 li P. fl. for Pine-
grove and rremoiit; leMirutn:; rrotu HarriHonrg at
8 80 P, M.. and from Treuint at 7 40 A. M., anu 8 35
P. M.
T1UKK1B. rnrongn nrstciass tickets and emi
grant t.rkbls to all I lie principal poluu lu the Norm
and West and Canada.
Excursion Tlckeis trom l'hiisaeiphla to Readlnz
and lulermedlate stations, good for day only, aie )ld
by Morning Acg muiodailon, Market Tram, Reading
no iTiiatowu Accommoaa tou i rains, at reauueu
rates. . . . . .
Excursion itcKets io rnuaoeipnia, gooo ror nay
only.,aie Bold ft Reading and luiermedinie stations
ny Meaaing anu i-ott-iowu Acuommouation iraius at
eouceu laiea.
Tbe fMliowing ticKets aie oDtainanie oniy at the
llice of (4. Bmdlord. Treasurer. No 2U 8. Fourth
Hlreet. phlUuelphla, or G. A. Niuolls, General buper-
inteudetit. Keauing.
Commutation i icxet nt io per cent ainconnt, be
tween any poims denlred, tor iamitlei and liruas.
IMlleagH 1 iCKeis. koou iui x'juv ni.ie, oetweeu nil
VOlnta, at IM'6o eacn. lor fuoilllej aid firms
beakn Tickets for ihree, six nine, or twelve
months, for holders only, to 'all poiuta, at reduced
tales. ... .... . . ...
Clergymen retining on tue line or ins roan will oe
turnlHbed wliu cards, entitling tuem.ielves end wives
to tickets at ban late. .
Kii-ursitui -Ticketa from Phlladolphla to prlaclnal
statlou. .good fur Saturday, isuuday.aad Mcmlay, at
reduced lure, to no unu uuiy b uiu xicKet omtu, at
1 liirief ntn anu waiiuwuin buooib.
pkkiuht. Goous ol ail oe-crinilons forwarded to
all the above polnti irotn tne c-iupituy's New Freight
Depol, Broad ana w n ow vreem.
r reiKht iiains leave ruiiiwi'jMiiin uany ki m a.
M., 12'i noon, Satid 1 1' M., lor Keudiug Lehunou,
Hairlsburtr, Pottovllle. Port Clinton, and all poiuta
btMa'i'is' close at thu Philadelphia Post Office for all
I'lac.B ou the road and Us branches at t A. M., aud
Ic the principal nations uuiy at t io r. en,
iiau ,AGE. Duuuau's Express will co'lrct Bux-
guge lor all trains leaving Philadelphia Depot. Ordorj
iiu lie len at iu. to o. j.- ui vu oucvt, us i oiub,
Thirteenth and Callowhiil streets.
AUCTION SALES.
Leave Baltimore i to a. "j
1...,.- B Tr. p. M. ntjiimliiM- at MkiariloIiA.
Perrymau s. Aberdeen, Havre-otcGiaoe, Perryvlile,
tXorlestown, North-Eaat, Eikton, Newark, btantou.
Newport, Wilmington, Claymout, Liuwood, aud
Through tickets lo all polnta Weal, Booth, and
Bcuttwest, may be procured at the Tlcget Oince, No,
m CHEWNDT Street, nnder the Continental Hotel,
h. . tatA.rniims and berths In sleeping cat
can beseenred during the day. Persons purchasing
tickets at this othce cua have their baggage. checked
at tb elr residence by tne uniim wuawuf ,
iB I II. t. EKNNEY, bopexlntondeut.
TTABT FREIGHT LINK, VIA NORTH
....v. ...... K-r. . . i on A a urn -.
Larre, Mahanoy City, Mount Oariuel, Central la, and
ail points oa Lehigh Valley Railroad aud lu
Drancnea. -... . ...
h ni arranarementa. nerfected this day, this rnad
Is enabled to give increased dnspatch to merchandise
uusiguea to tue auove uio
Goods delivered at the 1 hrnugh F relght Depot,
u v. mrnu nf t'luiNT and NOBLK Htreetg,
ItnfnrA s v M . win muh Wllkesbarre. KnuutCarmel
MahauoyClty.andiheothersUHons lu Mahanoy and
v vomica val'ev before 11 A.M. of the suocrtlng
U A if f I AAtAAiM V- l mmvm
DHHDELPUIA, GfittMAKTOWN, AND
1 N01tBJJSTGW M-inmuAii xiALM TABLik.
- KUK uERMAJNTOWN. aiao.
Imvii Phlladdlpnla , 7, 8, Woo, lo. 11. II A. M.. 1. 1.
iM. 4. 6, 6X, 810, 7. 8 , lu, 11, 12 P. U. ,
Leave Geimantown . 7, 7,s, "iu, , io, U, u a, M.,
i. 8 4, 4?4. S, ' 11 m-'
nA,.. t ai i town Train, and X and 6X Do Trains will
not stop un the Gerinontowu Branch,
Uii u u jy a i o,
Leave Philadelphia it1 A. M. 2, 7, 10X P. M,
Leave German town 8U A. M. l, 6, 9P, U,
CHEHTNtIT UILL RaILRJaD.
LeaVfe PhllodelDhla 8. E 10. ti. A. M.. 1. , t. 7.
and U P. M. . .
Leave Chestnut nui ri, o, iv, anu ii-xu a. ju.., x tu
4'40, 5'40, 40, 840 aud WlJIKM.
f mvii PniladelUhia Bv A. ii. 1 and 7 P. M.
Leave Chestuut HU1 7U) A.M. U'tt , 6 40 and 928
e'Jr? itHNHHOHOCKEN AND NORRISi'OWN
Lt ave Philadelphia 8, 7, , and U 05 A. M. 1, 3,
ii4 bH.ek, at and 11 P. M.
"I '.rJSL i,,rriiown 6 40. 7. 7-5.1. , and II A.M.. lit. i.
iH.CM.anasr.Jj, htjNDaTb.
Leave Philadelphia " A. ... z 80 and 71o P. M.
Leave Norrujtown 7 A. M., 6-80 aud P. M.
Leave jho FORMANAYDNE.
r-o. Pllldeh.hiatl,7: 0. aud 11-SS A. ..IK. 8.
'ftnkSUo'.fi'lO. Hi. and 11X A. M..
Jlii i Xi and yjJ'grjNDAxB.
Leave Philadelphia t A. M., 8 ana r r. At.
Leave Maaayunk 7)4 A. M., aud P. M.
w 8. WIuSON, General buperlntemleni,
Depot, NINTH and GREEN Btroola.
PHILADELPHIA AND EKIB RAILROAD,
T li RO L G H AJX D D i KEOT RU U T E B ni I' W E Kjtf
l'HILADELt'HI-..BALTlMOltE. HA Klllti BUKci.
Li ifiMHHiKf. AND 1 HE GREAT OIL K8
i ii'riM,)ir, ec.n t;u., Ai tirio VKK i.
J AbUUlHsT BUILDING, No, 840 MauKKT
Htieet,
flHRRIKF'M 8 tLK.
On Monday, November 18,
Upon the prnnses, 2o N, Ktghth strent, the stock,
i.uuwiii, ieaa, ana uxturea or a lancy goi
and variety store, Comprising ths usual a-.ori-mut.
11 11 At,
..... ..i. uir.KHVI.VANIA
Oil and aner MONDAY. Bepiember 14, 18'M. the
trains on the Philadelphia aud Erie Ra.lroad will
run as follows:- ww,TWabd.
u Atr Train lcavta pnnacteiphla 10 4'tP. M
MAIL 11.A1N icvi wl,.mnjBOjr. biOA. M
arrives at Erie 9 25 p. M.
ttniF EXPBEbs leaves i-h'Udeipnu UDo a. m.
IWfc iirimooi wiilUmspoil 8 3S P. M.
ai rlvtB at Erin v oo A. M,
sXMIRA MAIL leaves Pu.iaueliiiH 8 tiO A. M.
Wlliiamsuori 6 2 P. M.
arrives at Lockliaven 7 '45 P. M.
KAH1 WABD.
VI ATT. THAIJI leave. k:rle 1C50 A. M
" VlllIaui"Prl 10 15 P.M.
" airlves at rbliaUelphla 7-0) A. M.
ttB IE EXPBEbto leaves Ki lo. 'jS P. M.
" WllllamPort. 818 A. M.
arrlvt s at Philadelphia... amo p. m.
Mall and Frnrn., inimn'i with Oil Creek aud
Alletihny Liver iUitlood, BAGGAGE CHECKED
IHBULGH. ALFRED L. TYLER,
11 General bupenntendent.
rrr kbt jKitsBY railroad b.
IV FALL AND wimsk Amuauniiisdi,
rnmi tout or MARKET btreex (Upper Ferry).
Commencing WEDNESDAY, bepieujoer 16, 1888.
'I KAlNH LEAVE Ad FOLLOWri.
For Cape May aud station below MillvlUe, 811
P. M
For Mlllvllle. Vlnelaud, and Intermediate stations
S'5 A. ., 8'iO r. su
For Bridceton, baiem, and way stations 815 A. M
'ln, 'wnndh'nrv at 8'15 A. M.. 8'1B. 8-80, and 00 P. M,
Freight train leaves Camdeu dally at ii o'clock
U0FteiBht received at second covered whasf below
w aluut irerii, umiy.
vremht Delivered No. 178 South Delaware avenue.
r WILLIAM J. HEWELL,
g5 buperloleudeut.
DEJSBSYLYANIA CENTRAL railroad.
FALL TIME, TAKING EKE4T SEPT. II, lim.
The trains of Uia ruiiiiii,.i iki.,i un....
leave the Dtpol. at IHiKl Y-sliuJT auo UaAKwr
Hi reels, wLlcu is reached dlreotly by the MarSet
street cars, tue last car oouueutiug witu eaoa train
leaving Front aud Marxet streets tnin y mluut he.
Hire lis departure. lhnOtiimniit and Wiinnt i...
cars ruu wl.hiu one squaia of tue Depot,
On bundays The Market Hlreet can Ipave Front
and Market streets Ihl-ty-tive minutes before the de
parture ui eacn train.
ble ping Car Tickets can be had Ou application at
Ibe Ticket ottice N. W. corner Nlmh aud Chuaunt
I reels, and at the depot,
Auenta of Inn Union Transfer Company will call
for and deliver buggnge at tue depot. Urdors loll at
No. 901 Chesuut stieot, or No. 118 Market s.reet, will
recfclve attention. r..,.. ....
1 rtALWW AtCAlVJOl ASS.I-V, Yiffi-
MallTraln... - . . ... S'00 A, M,
Paoil AccjimuoUUiluii, 10 M A. Au, 1 00, aud 9tK) P. iti.
Fast Llne..................mM il 40 A. M.
Erie F;x press. ..li'40A. M.
BarrlHOurg AcconiujoUatlou........... 20 p. ai,
iJtnoa-Ver Accoiiimodatiuu... 4ilo P. M,
ParkeHburg Train 8 S0 P, M.
Clnclnnntl ExpreHH 8'0tl P. f.
Erie Mail ana Buttulo Express II oo p ti.
Philadelphia F.xprej 12 00 Nig ot.
H.rie Ai an leaves aaiiy, ixcept ounuay, ruuinng io
WllllamHiiort rniy bnuirdy l ight On Hmid y uuhi
paitseuger will leave Phlladeiph'n at 12 o'clock.
Phllauelpbla Express leaves daily. All otuer trains
dally, except Mnnd .y. , ..
The Western Accommodation Train ran dally, eg.
cept ctnnday. For this truin tickets must ue pro
cured and baggage delivered by 1 00 P. M., at No. 118
"TRAINS ARRIVE AT DEPOT. VIZ.:
Cincinnati Expres ...m........... .....m.m.1'45 A. M.
Phllsdeli Ma t-xpress. ......................i iu a, m.
Paoll Accommooation .. ,o u n. , inuu rm r. m.
Erin Mail nrt fiuilalo Express....... .7 10 A. M.
Purkebuurg Train O'lo A. M.
FaHt Line mm.hh-"' .- A, M,
F
REIGIIT LIKES FOR KEW YORK ASD
. . . uiitulw Mnliiiu At A ViLm ..... ..ii
A I.I. M J A AK A-VA AAA AT.SAU A MUU IUI Bll
btattonA on Camden and Amboy aud Coanaotlng
KmllroauS. troum niium Burn nuwi
" INCBEAHED DESPATCH.
Frelghl for all way polnta on tbe Camden and
Amboy, Freehold and Jamesburg, and Burlington
Couniy Railroads, forwarded at 12 o'clock Noon.
Xut '1 reutou, rnnvowu, aiugstuu. j-.-j j V,
all points on tue new jersey sua jmmtiu aw
roads, forwarded at H P.M,
For New York,l li. H. and i P. M.
i .v.. w.luikl rV.ni 1 1 111 . In S P. M.
A silo memorandum, specifying the marks ana
. . . n...ut In BUUI1. In.
numbers, snippem auu uoninsut-, ." -..
stance na aeu, SSg, Atmt.
RAILROAD LINES.
Lancaster Train..
Erie Express...
jDy n.xprnHS..
.12-80 P. M'
...8 10 P. f
...5 10 P. M,
... ofl P. M.
HarrlHhnrg Accoutuiodatlou.....H.M......
A or further luiornianou i ",....
JOHjS O. ALLEN. Ticket Agent,
No. 81 CHESN UT btrwot,
CAPT. F. Ii. MAY,
Continental Hotel,
FRANCIS FUNK, Ticket Ageut,
No. 118 MARKET Mreet,
BAML'EL H. WALLACE,
Ticket Agent at the Depot,
The Pennsylvania Railroad Conmanr win unt as.
uuie any rink for Baggage, except tor Wearing Ap
Earel. and limit tlie'r r'JspouHlbiiity to One Huudrl
lollars in value. All Bagnage exceeding that amount
In value will be at the risk of the owner, uuioss taken
uy lecuti con trm-.i, nuwanu n. w 1 uLaIA M.n,
ti uenerai bupenntendent AlUuona, Pa.
WEST CHESTER AND PHILADELPHIA
RAIL UAD WINTF;R AKRANGJISIKN T.
On and alter MONDAY', October 6, laiw. Trains will
leavv ns follow:
Leave Philadelphia from tbe Depot, THIRTY
FlRVf and CliESNtJT bi reels, 7 45 A. M. II A.M..
S to V. M., 415 P AI., 4 to P. M.. 8'16 and 11 84 P. M.
Leave west Chester lor Philadelphia, from Denot
on ast Market street, at 6 26 A. M.,7'45 A. M , 8 00 A.
M , 10 45 A. il.. P. M., 4 60 P. M and 8'6 P. M.
1 reins leaving Went Chester at 8U0 a. M., anil leav
ing Pbiludelphia at 4 '50 P. M., will stop at B. C. Junc
tion Red Media only. Passengers to or from station
between West Cbtstsr and B. C. Juuotlon, gjing
x.nt,wni ibk iruni leaving west ijueiter at 7 44
A. M.. and going West will take the train leaving;
Philadelphia at 4 80 P. M and transfer at B. C, Junc
tion.
The Depot In Philadelphia la reached directly by
tbe Chesuut and Walnut btruel cms. Those of the
Market btreet Hue run within one square. The
tars ot both lines connect with each train upon lis
arrival.
UN SUNDAYS,
Leave Philadelphia at 8 30 A. M. and 2 00 P. M.
Leave Wtsi C'heiter at 7 65 A. M. and 4 00 P At.
Trains leaving Philadelphia at 7 A. M. and 4 50
P. M. and leaving West Chester at sou A. M. and 4 50
P. M., connect at IS C. Junction with Trains un P. At
B. C. R. it., for Ox lord and Intermediate polntn.
4 ioj iuutKi v uuiJ, General l-iiip't.
PROPOSALS.
IMPROVEMENT OP TUB DK9 MOINES
RAPltb UK THE M HM -IsiCPl RIVER.
NU11CE IU CON 1 R A CIO Kb.
L'NlTKO STiKua ENUINUHii'S OJ'VfCB, 1
. , . Ekokiik, Iowa, Oct. 21, ls.8
p?sied Pronosala. iu nniiiini.i ni o miiui a
tl.lH ollice until u M. U' D.v i j-i 1 1 a v. nf ;mivu nnoi ih
ltf-8, lor completing the excuvatiou ol Hie Cnun, and
the cohsiiiciion oi ti e embankment -i-ttll of tne canal
iur nw iiuiiniitmeui oi tue XJoa Molues itapltls ol the
Mif hissl pi Klver.
I he caual . to be about 1i miles along, extending
Iroui Nushvl lo. Iowa, to Eeokuic.
at the waier suriace luside of the Caual 1 to oe from
.iu iu iuu icet iu euioanKmeni ana 2.4 feet lu bxrava.
tion.and lu low water to he live leot ueop. All the
uiatenal excavated irom the Pilsm ot the Ctnal to be
ttstd in building the euibnDkuient. Thu latter
throughout the ureater parioi tne u'.suuoo, wiu ne
about 3i teet from the luwa tihore. Where rock ex
i ovation occu s the bottom ot tne Cauai will have a
slope 1,' Inches to the mile. Tue emoa:ikment to ha
uuiitui ranu, ciay, ana rocs; to he leu leet wide on
the top, Including the rio-rap covering aud to be two
teeiauove high water maik, with slopes of 14 base
to 1 vertical on the outNlde. and M h in i trunioni
onlhelusiue. The aveiage thickn-ssor iheriprap
protection to be 2u feet.ou the outside, leet on the in
side, aud 1 toot on the loj.
A portion ci tbe above has already been constructed
say one-ninth, the balance, or so much thereof us
tne rtuiuinuer oi tne iuuos appropriated about
ioo,i oo will pay lor, is to be relet
All propr Blilots must state the price at which each
and every kind of work soecliled In the proposal Is
to be done, aud no bid will be considered that Is not
definite In this respeot.
a piloted copy of this advertisement most be
attached to each proposal.
The Government reserves the right to rejaot any
ano all bids.
Eaoh bid mtttt contain a written or printed gua
rantee, signed by two rt sponsible perbons.
Blanks fur t ropecals if tue form required, with
form of guarantee, will be furnished upon application
at this cilice.
The piice or prices in the contract wilt be cotnll
rrd pb Including the expense or lurnlshlng ail the
material (excepting right of way and laud for bur-tow-pi
, Implements, and manulpery, aud p.'rl inn
ing all the work according to the plum audspecitiua
lloi'B exhibited at the letting.
Fllteeu parceut. of the amount of any work done,
or malerla.s luruished, at the contra -t prliie there"',
will be reservd ui. Ill Ihewuolu work which Is tue
surijtct of contract shall be entirely c nupluted.
'1 1 e name or names of tlwApersons proposing must
be written out in uil, wltiruelr place of res'dduue
and PoMtOuice address.
Plats, touts sptctticsllons.ano all necessary papers
will ue it any lor examination at lull Oillse for lllleua
das s prior to the date ol the letting.
' pioiiOHintt to contract " m nested to visit
(i nil r.i(iiimt Ute loiullon of Um woi K before uviutinu ii
"I'ri podats should be addressel to the umlerslned
at Keotuk, Iowa, and should he endorse "Pro
petals for work on- the Improveaiuut uf the Des
Af oiues Rupldb,"
J. TT. WILSON,
Lieutenant-Colonel 35th Infantry, Brevet Major
General U. b, A.
OJ),cia'! L. OOnpER OVitRMAV,
in SO lot Cspiaia corpi of Engineers.
T7F.PARTMENT OK PUBLIC HIliHWAYS,
J Ollice No. 101 B. FIFTH btroet.
PilfLADKi.ruiA, Nov, 6, 1868.
NOTICE TO CON 1 RAC1 OIU.
Sealed propo uls will be received at ths ofllce Of
the Chief CommlsHlouer of Highways ol the City of
Philadelphia and aitheofUcsoi Jessed. Sohtater.Ootu
mlasloner ot Roads and Highways of Lnwer Merlou
township, Uonigomery oounly, until 12 o'clock M.,
MONDAY, the ltlih Instant, for the grading maionry,
and bridging on City avenue, from Ford road to Lan
caster turnpike. The roadway will be graded to a
width of thirty-two (:i2) teet, Inclusive of side ditches
In excavation, and will be placet! with Its centre line
upon the boundary bet ireeu the city of Philadelphia
aud county of Montgomery, as established by Act of
Assembly, Of April the twenty-first, A,. D. 1H48, The
grading will Include all clearing, grubbing, aud all ex
cavatious and eiubankmeuts required for tbe torma
tlou ol tbe bed of ibe road, or In any way connected
with or Incident lo ibe construction of bridges or
diaius belonging thereto.
Each proposal must distinctly state the price per
cubic yard for earth excavation. Bock excavation
masonry, per perch of Iwenty-five cublo feet. Tim
ber, per thousand feet board measure, tor brldglug,
Including workmanship ot bridges; all excavatiou to
be plaoed into bauk per price bid, nd where bank Is
borrowed, will be measured In a pit, and paid lor as
excavatiou.
And each proposal must be accompanied by aoer
tlllcale that a bond has beeu tiled In the Law Depart
ment of the City of Philadelphia, as directed by ordi
nance ot May 25 18d0. If the lowest bidder shall not
execule a coutrsct within live days after the work Is
awarded, he will be deemed as declining, aud will ba
teld liable on bis bond fur the diuereuue between his
bid and tbe next lowest bidder. . ,
Paymuiit to bs made tor the aforesaid work In
warrants to be drawn by tbe Chief Commissioner of
tbe Department of Hlgbwsys ol the City of Phila
delphia, and Ibe Couiiul'tlousr of Roads aud High
ways of Lower Merlon towuihlp, Montgomery
county. .
Proilleiaod specification may be seen at the De
partment of Highways and surveys ol the City of
Philadelphia and at the ollioe of Joase H. t-chlater,
near the Ueneial Wayne Hoiel. Lower Merlou towu
ship, Montgomery county, which will be strictly ad-
b All'bid'ders may be present at the time and place of
open-UK said rropntals. i lie Department reseives
the rlkhtto reject all bids not deemed sathtfocl iry,
" MAHIUN H. DICKINMIN,
11 7 siuih K Chief OoanuiasiwuM oi tiiaiiw
AUCTION SALES.
BrjNTlJJlJ, DITRBOROW ft CO., ATJCTI0H
HERM. Noa. SM and MARKET Htreet, corner
of Bank street. Buooesmirs to John B. Myers A Co,
MIH OF 11 P1K0F8 TA PK9TRY, URUSsKM.
. AND H0 PlRCRs DOME-TI 1 CAKPE1TMUH. IM
PlECEtt FLOOR OIL LTH, 1U
On Frldny Mnrolirg,
wovemher J8, at 11 o'clock, on loor months' credit,
aoost a pletes of Ingrain, Venetian, list, hemp, oit
lage, and rsg carpetings; 1..0 piece lapestrv: lot
piecee oil oiotbs, ate. ii r At
... . ALSO,
7 bales pure llien waie.
. - AL0
1511 PIK.flF FROM8H lAfKMTRY rtRTJ-XSELS.
Ir rlndliig new and choice patterns Crussley'a and
Btcdrtart s mutts, in
LAROE BAI.F OF FRENCH. AND OTHER EURO
PEAN DRY UUODH. R1U
tn Monday Morning.
Ifov. i, at 10 o'clock, on 4 months' credit, W in St
BALE tF 2000 CASF.S BOOTH, RROK8. TRAVEL
LO HA4-H, Kit)
. On Tuesdy AI .ruing, II 11
Nov. 17. at io o'clock, on four muiitus' eredlt.
M.
THOMAS A SONS, NOS.
B. t OUR'lH SI REE I'.
139 AND 111
, Mt "" Mount Vemon streft.
UANDbOME JUKNiTUftK, rlvNu. AlIRROK.
CAllPKlH, OIL CLOTHS, A,T0.
. On Friday Morning,
Nov. 13, at 10 o'clock at No. I0i Mount Vernoa
street, by catalogue, the einlre walnut parlor dining.
loom and siaiug-iooiu furniture; banasome rosewood
ptann, 7 cdave; p'er mirror: ol pain Ingn; ball fur
iillnre, walnut and mnhogany rhamber liirnltnre,
hair rr at tresses, laga wardrobe, Bruaanls and other
orpe's, oilcloth, upright reulguralor, kitchen furni
ture, etc.
HANDHOMR MODERN RESfDENCB.
Previous to the saIm oi furniture will be sold, at
loo'circK pierlneiy, tbe haudsome modern, throu
tcry bi Ick resldi'ui-e.wlili ihree siory back buildings,
10 leut Inches frout, loo feet laches deep. 11 11 21
BALE OP VALUABLE LAW BOOKS,
On Friday Afternxnn,
Novrmher 18 nt 4 o'clock, Including Pennsylvania,
New Yoik, Vlrulr la. Mkm ichuselta, Eugiltfh Cnut
mou Law and Equity Reports. 11 10 It
MARTIN Br.OtH ERS, AUCTIONEERS.-
tl aieiy H.Mettuien fur M. Thomas At Hons )
No . dm CU.EMN l)X nt., rear entrance from Mix or.
MEDICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS.
. . , On Friday i veiling.
13 b los'ant at 7 o'clock, a; the Auction Rooms,
No. 6 0 chesuut street, second floor, by catalogue,
medical aud miscellaneous books Irom i rivals
llhiarlts. 1110 81
VALUADLTr CHOICE AND F.LK1ANT ROOKS.
MiPllt-LY 1LLLHIRATED, IN UANDSOMhi
B1ND1NUS,
On Monday Aiteruoon,
November 16tb, at 8 o'clock at the auction rooms,
by catalogue, without reietve, a valnao'o oollectloa
of choice uud elegant worki. Including: Tbe Aidtno
Jliitiah Poels, wiih portraits. 61 volumes; Dickens'
Works; Waverle);Duu Quixote; M-yrljke; National
Portrait Gal eiy; Hogarth lllusrated, and many
handsome and novel books, ll ustrated with photo
graphs; Dore's Hitisiralea Workn.e c
t htaionues readv.and the books arranged 'or fx
aminailon on Friday aud Saturday, l,lh and 14to.
Ibslaul. . 11 10 8
Peremptory gale at the Brldgewater Machine Work.
A rnm.ugo.
VERY VALUABLE MACHINE PROPERTY.
M'hAM ENUINh.M, KOIajERS, eHAr'l lNO.
STEAM AND OAS PIPE, 8 LARGE CRANES.
PA '1 TERNS, LARUE FRAME BOILER-HOUSE,
AI C,
On Thursday Morning,
lfitli Instant, at 10 o'clock, at the Brldgewater
Machine Works, Aramlngo, Twenty-tilth Ward, by
frdtrol the Executor and unrvlvlng Partner of tha
late firm of Stutihope t Suplee, by catalogue, the
very valuable sicck of Machinery, lucludlng stcsm
englre, twenty horoe power, eight aud five honta
power neaui tnguits, boilers, hailing, steam gaa
plpe, 3 large cranes, petternx, loots shelving, eto.
FRAME BUILDING
A Iro a large frame boiler-house, 85 feet by 85 feet,
cupola, etc.
Particulars In catalogue. - lt S 121
TH0MAf BIRCH BON, AUCTIONEERS
AND COMMISSION EERoHANTS. No. 11 H
CHESNUT Btreet: rear entrance No. 1107 Bansom gAl
BAMS OF VALUABLE OIL PAINTTN39.
Ou THURSDAY and FRIDAY EVBMINUS. Nov.
1. aud iu at 7i o'clock, at the auction store, No.
1110 Chesuu' street.
Mr. CUa.Ra.Eh F. HASFLTIfE (prevlom to re
moving to nls new bmioing, No. 11:5 chesuut street!
will cose several consignments, Including peel men l
of the following famous arlKts, European aud
A ntprlPAn
Bakalowlcs, Bi-aumnnt,
Euglchurut, Debrecbun,
I'ape, Duche,
Fichtl, Dmers,
Rlio, Meistier,
W. T. Llrhards, Noerr,
I. B. JrvUg, HwiEel.
Houuet. Roif-.ermel,
B ulelio, jirevoort,
Holly. IlHiiows,
.1. I . smiuie. Miimn,
Haul wcbr, i.v Nicholson. c'reMsun. eta.
W. S. Young, pBii)3y,
1 he paimu gs win oe open or exhibition from wef.
ntsasy, Ott. is, uitll uuy of sale. u lu 4t
Pate at No. 1110Chsnnt street.
KEW AND SEi'ON D-H AND ll'JUHEUOLT) FtTR-
rl I UKau.i ttrii t , ttiinitviHi, PI ANO FORTES.
WINES AND L1QUULS, ETC.
I ll Friday Morning,
Atto'clo'k. at the auction stum. No. lllOOhmnnt
street, will be sold a large asiortment of eiegaut
nnnsenoia inrnnnre, irom lauiuies aecuning nouse
keeplng, comprising, viz.: Parlor suits of walnut fur
niture, covert d with blue silk; do do. covered with,
green plush: 2 lih.-ry culls, iu greea reps: Swaiuut
chamber Mil s; 4 'arge and elegant library bookcases:
walnut sideboards, marble tops: dressing bureaus;
eltga t walnut extension dining table, 18 leet long;
dc. do. 8 and lo leet long; wardrobes; marble top ceu
tie and hoqiiel tables; Spanish chslrs; loungesicottage
furniture; velvet B-ubs1, nan ingrain carpets; cdlua
auo giaswart spring ano natr mattreHses; leather
bedt; cooking and othtr stoves; kitchen furniture,
p'lAKO-FORTES Ore inperlor rosewood piano
ft rte, made by sohoinirkt-r A c.
One so. do., ude by 11. Uardman.
One do. do.,made by bcherr.
L (KUK b Lasses. 4 large French plate maniel
glasBes; 8 do. do. dc. pier do.
FINE hi LVER-PLATED WARE. Also an Invoice
of flist-class Englt'h and Amerlcau si ver plated
ware, comprislns Tureens, covered vegetable alxbes,
tea services tote a-lete sets; cake baskets; fruit
dishes, tea kettles nrns, dinner aud breakfast castors,
sugar dishes, coasters, candlesticks, etc.
A iso. i French bronze sixteen-day mantel clocks.
BRANDY AND WIN KS. Also, an invoice ol very
n per lor brandy aid Port and sueiry wines, in demi
johns. 11112t
ZENTMAYER MICROSCOPE. "
On Friday,
At 12 o'clock, at tbe auction store, wl'l be sold, a
supri lor microscope, coat tilO. it
AESIONKK S BALE.
On Friday,
SCth inntant, at 12 o'clock. a the auction store, Mo.
11 io ( limiiut street, will be sold, by order of assignees
in bankruptcy, one oil painting. 11 It lit
Patvols.
Wauters,
M onbes
Prnf. Walraven.
Van Htarkluborgh
Ds Diaokeleer,
Laurent de Buel,
Mcha-'sele,
Falrmau,
B-Mol,
I'arton,
CLAFK & tVAKS, AUCTIONEERS, NO. 6 S
CHEHN 0T Btreet.
Will sell THIS DAY, Morning and Evening,
A large Invoice uf Blanket, Bed Spreads, Dry UoOds,
Cloths, Cn: s Inheres. Hosiery, Stationery, Table and
locKet cutlery, Notions, etc.
City and country merchants will find bargains.
Terms cash.
Ooods packed free of charge 8
o.
D. JIcCl.EES CO.
NO. 506 MAiEET Street.
AUCTIONEERS
BALE OF 10?8 CASIOOTA. BHOEa, BROI3AN3,
E'l O. ETC.
On Monday Morning,
Nov. Ifltli, ommenclug at 10 o'clock, we will sell
by catalogue, for caih.alarge aud superior assori
men oi boots, shoes, brogaus, balmora's, eta
Aloo, ladles', misses', aud children's cHy md
ijoods. 11 l8t
NEW YORK AUCTIONS.
BY HENRY D. MINER, AUCTIONEER
Salesroom, Nr. S CORTLAND btreet, tour
doors west irom Broadway.
Art Gallery, Mo. 845 Broadway.
Tbe sale of tne superb ollsction or High Olasa
MODERN OIL PAINTING) -I.
romprlslng tha auttre gallery of A. D'Hnyvstter,
Esq., will lake plan at iba Art Gallery of Messrs.
Miner A Barker. Thursday and Friday Eveulugs.
November 10 and 30. at 7X o'clock. The names of
lb toliowlag distinguished artists are represented
by vary cbolee and Important wnrks;
Eugene Verboeckhovsn,
uavia uoi,
Adolpre Dillons.
LouU Van Kuyck,
F. RoOlaen,
W. Verschuur,
CM. Webb,
Knarran,
bch estiuger,
E. Botch,
Alex. West,
J. Fauvelut.
James M. Matt,
W. Sonutag.
J. B. HrUlol,
J. Kob e.
Hendrik Pchanfelf,
Daviue de Notr,
Theodore U vara,
MarlTenkate,
H. Heizog,
V. De Brakeleor,
Henrietta Buuner,
Hortelije,
O E. Boetcber,
v. Kruseman,
Aulray,
Uenrge lnnls,
J, H. Dolub,
A. F. Bellows,
and others. The above collection stands nnrlvallaa
tor artlitio merit by any that has ever bsen presented
to the A merican public for exhibition aud sale. They
are now ou v lew day and evening, free, at the gallery
asabove. There Is also exhibiting In the same gal
lery the latest and mnsl Important woik of
J. VAN LkRIUK, Of ANTWERP,
KSMEHALDA,
painted to order ftr A. D'Huyvetter, Esq ., whip" U
now being chromo-lltuograohed by Me- or
nlus, Gurlev & B u, of New Vork. suMorlptioua
for which wLl be received at the pi ui.?ftiL