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THE DAIbi KEENING TELEGRAPH rmLADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1868..
hanRh'y unocr, pointed anrcnsrn, or finrco Invec
tivc Inuuchod at one who entered the lists aud
Cbnllcmrril buttle with uch weapon.
Ho was always willing to tflve advice and as
niatHDce to the young aud inexperienced mora,
berg ol the. profession, and his large li&riiry W39
ever open to thrlr use. Ho h:td ninny young
men road law wi'.h lilm, though he did not care
to have students. Them were, however, two
recommendations wbleli never fulled to procure
an entimiee lnti hU ofl'ne ambition to learn
and inability to pity 'or ill" pilvileire.
Mr. Stevens flrst eiime'd actively in polities
ih the villi-Maoii ie party in l823-2!, which
he joined in their oonOHitien o seernt, societies,
lie w" i lected to i lie popular branch of the
l. glslntue of hit Sln.e, in 180.1, us a represen
lutive inrn the county of Adams, und continued
lo nerve in Unit hody iilmui wiiliout interrup
tion until lh40, during which entire period ho
was the lender of Iih party In the Lcgliilatiire,
it not the S ate. Ihir.nji tin s-rviee ho cham
pioned many lneusmv 3 ot improvement; unions;
others, the coniiiioii fcliuol f.ysteni of I'ennavl
Viiiihi. which nt a ctlneil nu'incnt h" suveu from
overthrow by a s p. ech which he nlwas a-tserted
to liHve, hi bih 'opinion, been the most Cilective
he ever n.ane.
ij tl ut cincle ( ITert he established the rtln
r i pi' , never s-inee teiiotiKly que.-ttioned in I'enn -sjIvhuIh,
tuul it Ia tlio duty of the Stale to
piovido the facilities for education to all the
children of the Commonwealth. In behalf of
thif incisure he joiued h.md wilU his butere-t
rieivonnl and political cnenre.'. He highly
mloiried lor his couisc upon this question tlie
chiel ol the opioit.L' toUiiciil pririy, Governor
(;eore Wolt, HUd dVii'iunccd with all his power
ot inveciive the tiine-tuvcrs ot his own p irty.
llimaelf the child of poverty, he pi. 'ad (he
cause ol the poor, and by the force of his will,
intellect, find eloquence broke down th? burrieru
erected by wealth, ca-dc, an 1 innoruuce, and
e.nneii ft name that will endure as lonu as a
child ot rem i-ylvania tri'ateiully remembers the
bh fsiniis conte'rted by light aud knowledue.
in 1;;7-H Mr. Stevens was a member of tho
roiiveuiiou called to revi.-e the Constitution of
l'eunsylvauia, an it:-cnilliiie which numbered
as niembi rs many of Vhe stronifest men of the
Male, anion;? whom Jlr Stoveus stood in the
front jai.k.. This Convention, notwithstanding
the able and tdivnuous opposition of astroui?
minority, led by Mr. Sreveu3, insert the word
"while" as a quullUca'.ion of suUraie, thus dia
fritui iiising a lace. On this account ho refused
to append his name o the completed in'-tru-inent,
aui stood alone in such refusal. For tho
tame cause he opposed, but unsuccessfully, the
ratification by the people.
In 1812 Mr. Stevens, ttudino; himself daeply in
debt by reason of lo-cs in the Iron business,
nnd liabilities incurred in numerous iudorse
lnenta made for friends, removed to Lnucastcr
couuty, one of the largest, richest, and most
populous counties of the State, and icsutued the
niactice of his profession. His reputation as a
lawyer hud preceded him, and hisiucome almost
nt once became the largest at the bur. In a lew
ear3 he paid bis debts and saved the bulk of
Lis estate. In 18 Wand 18.0 he was elected to
Congress from Laucas er county, wheu, declin
ing to be a candidate, he returned to his profes
sion until 18!8, when he was Mgiiu elected aud
continued to hold the se.it without interruption
till his death. His eurse upon this floor has
passed into and forms no unimportant part in
the histoiy of a niigtit.y people in a great crbi9
of their existence. Lai I have promised to l ave
to others to say what nuij be proper in illustra
tion ot his great achievements in his latter
daje.
To tlio-c here who judged of the personal ap
pearance ot the deceased only as they looked
on hnu bearine the burden ot years and stricken
with disease, though he &till stood with c.ye un
iliimued and will undaunted, I may say that m
bis prime he was a niao physically well pro
portioned, niu-cular and .-trow, of clear and
ruddy complexion, With face and feature of
rreat mobility aud under perfect command aud
contiol. lu his jouth and early maubood, not
withstanding his lameness, he entered with zest
into almost ull of the aihletic cames aud sports
of the tunes. He was an expert swimmer aud
an excelleut boisemac. Wheu residing at Get-tys-buig
be followed the chase, aud kept his hun
ters ana hounds.
On a recent visit lo hislrou works, I found the
old mountain men ?arruloiis wiih stories of the
risks and dangers of the bold ilder, as with
horse aud hound he followed ibo deer aloof? the
slopes aud through the gaps of tho South
Mountain.
lu private life, aaioug his friends, Mr. Slevens
vas ever geiuul, kind, and cusiderale. To
tticiu he was linked wiih hooks of bteel. For
them he would labor and siiciitice without
Btiut. complaint, or regret. In his hours of
relaxation there could be no more genial
companion. lLs rare conversational powers,
lund of anecdote, brilliant sallies ol wit, and
wise sayings upou the topics of the hour, made
bis coinpauy much sought, and many of these
are the current com of the circles iu which he
moved. '
JMr. Stevens was an honest and a truthful man
lu public and private lilo. His word was sacted
in letter aud spirit, and was never paltered in a
double 6ense. lu money matters he was liberal
to a fault, and out of his immense pro;es
Bional income he left but a meagre estate. In
bis private charity he was lavish. lie was in
capable 01 aing no in the presence of wunt
or misery. II is charity, like Lis political con
victions, regarded neither creed, race, nor color.
He was a pood cl:isiral seuolar, and was well
react in ancient aud modern liieruture, especially
on subjects of philosophy aud laty. lu his old
aire he read but few books. Shakespeare,
Liante, Horner, Miliou, and the Bible would,
however, iieneialty be fouud upon his table in
his 1 h epit.n-room. wb'-re he was accii;tomed to
read in bed. lie was simple and temperate iu
L et habits. He disliked the use of tobacco, and
Inr lony sears never used er admitted ib his
Louse nilfxicaiinat drinks, aud only then by
tiireet'on of his plnslrmi.
Mr. Wiovens was deeply icved aud fully trusted
by bis con-t tuents. He mu olien iu advance
ot t tic r view : tojjeiime he 1 an counter to
their ptejiulices or passions: yet such was his
1 pul.ir.ty with them, so strorii then- faith 1a
bis tvi (iotu, in the luieiirity of li, actions aui
the pun y ii his purpose, that '.hy never faticd
to sus'.uin him.
Foi uliir wuh turn of all panics, with hisovii
htipiiorters bis name win 11 ho s;h j'd word. To
them aed an: 011 4 ibi-nr-i Ives "ill l Than" win a
name ot endearment, while even Ins toes epoKe
ot oiiu u!ipin!e as ihe "urea. Oouinionei. '
Ko man ever oteil moie cle-i ly mourned by a
coiis.i tu.i'cy 1 Imn Tlu uU:a Stevens.
HuvIiil' brielly si lee ed omo of tD, iucidents
tli nt ma ued the h.s.ory of my Iiiemlf 1 will 111
couch f inn sn a fe 10 (l 01 him on a subject
in coi'i ee.ioiJ suili which he is probably more
W'Ueiy hio-Mi iliiiii uuy oher shivery, Mr.
Stevetu w is u1au)b un auti- livery man," F1O111
the unie he lu t his naive Uiounta'iis to the
moment of his 00 oh he was not oely anti
bliwerj in ihecomiiinii ncreptat:on ot tiieterm,
but a bo I 1, leiirlexs, i:e;er iiiued, and uneonipro
niisiii li e ot oppu-siii n in any and every form.
He w.f u;i ab diti ni-t before ih-rc w is sueb a
party name. lis opposition to Auieiiciiu
slavery m ver altered wil I1I3 party ci.niieetion.
aud was never based upj'j in -le que-tiont of ex
pediency or political (cnoiiiy. He ttlajs
viewed it us a urcnt wr'nf. at war with the
liniiiainenial pr.ncipies of this and all fioo I
covei nmeiits, a u sin in the siehtot Go I. aud a
clime a UL'.ust man. For niauyyc ars, Iout bt lnre
it becan e popular to do so, 'he deLOiinced this
instil'i'ion as the prea cr'nne ot th; nation, 011
ti.e stump, in the lorum, m party con ven mods,
lu t'eliberu'ive assemblies. (u ill's q iesihm he
was al ay- in advance of his party, n s titute,
aud bis cmslilitf nts.
Always reshlent iuaborlcr corntv, he du
fended the fugitive on u'l occasions, as-ier.ed the
rifcht tf flee speech, and tojd between the
abolitionist and the icob. olleii with peiil to
biiiistll. This was one j.' 1 eat cause ol Ii i s haviui;
been so lou:r in a unut rity, and of his cntratic
late iu lite into the eouu'dr- ot the mi'ion; b it
for this he was fu.ly i;timueiisa'ed by livini? to
bco the de.-tructlou of an in-lltution whi; h he
loathed, and by receiinu tor his re vurd, and as
the crowiiim; priory ol h'u lite, the blessings of
ini'lious he had so lurpely aided to umke iro . .
The iimaius of Mr. Stevens lie iu Imiicister,
in a tuivule remeti ry, established by an oht
Hit nd, in a lot nhrtrd by him elf, lor reasons
btaiej in the touching and bcitutilul epp.rpu
pi enured bv himself lor ii scrio'ion upon his
tomb: "I iepcseiu this quiet, setl-jd' d ;)ot, not
Irom any ruiuial pfelt r.-bee lor bou u.ie, 0:11
mles no to race, I have chosen It that I mlpht ba
enabled to illustrate in my death the pnnelpio
which I have a'lvocated through a loni? ll'e
equality of man betore his Creator." Let us trust
and believe thai if the earnest and Rineern
prayers of million of poor, down trodden, and
op re-scd may smooth the pathway of the
traveller on hts journey from this world to Ihe
bourne of all, bis has been a hnppy exit.
Kltcerli of Hon. VUlHani l. lirlley.
Mr. speaker, Thnddeus Stevens was one
of the most piacticat of men, though his
whole lile was colored and mlbiencel by a
viator. Timid men, and those who were without
fulfil, called hint dogmatic and Impracticable,
ami o'hers spoke of him as a Iheoriit, who, to
pratily a malignant or vindictive spirit, urge!
extreie measures regardless of tha rlnh.s,
Interests, or sentiments of those they were to
ntttct. They knew lint little of the man they
judged. How thoroiichly practical he was Is
nttesUd by the fact that he earned by tc ichlni?
the runimeiitary branches tbe means to pro
cure his collegiate trniirili: thai, having set
tled in a community In which hereditary w alth
was rlcen.nl a prerequisite to a respeetaljlc
liosilien at ihe brr, he made no C'llicealiiient
(d his poverty, and taut'ht sihuol while pre
paiing for the practice ol the leal protesaioti,
and the aekr.owlcdL'ed leadership of the bar ol
a luige section ol his adopted suite; that be
ct ltitnaiitled the confidence of every jnde
before whom he appeared in hts ex'ended ramie
id pniftice, ai.d secured the a If ctionate leard
of all his joniitr professional brethren; bv the
frequency with wh.ch the people anion.!? whom
he settled, whether of the i'ork, the A Ivn-,
or the hanciter district, required him, at
whatever sacrifice of prejudice 011 their part or
of pecuniary Interest on his, to represent them
iu Ihe Legislatures of the State and nation and
conventions summoned lor tne consideration of
the gtavest topics; and, above nil, by the com
manding influence he exi'jclsetl in every delibc
lative iisseinbly ot which he was a member.
1 lit ard a prominent member ot the Ttilrty
Liuhth Congress say of Mr. fctevens:-"Lct htm
1'0 In what direction he may, it is always to the
extreme," implying waywardness ami incon-Fi-tency,
and, in so far, niisjurlgin? htm. He
never labored in adverse directions. lie co'ne
tinuH oecei'ted and supported propositions
which were hi general accord with his views,
but to which he could not yield unqualified
a-sent. lie did this, as he oneo sai t .because
Congress is composed of men, and not of
atiacls." He was incapable ot acting lucon
fcistently upon measures involving cener.il
principles. Auainst this reproach he was almost
divinely panoplied. He hud iu his bjyhoo I
dieamed of u icpublic broader, grander, aud
more beneficent than Ihe republic of Pluto
or the TJtopiu of Mr Thomas Mjre a republic
in which every citizen nnpht kno v the chasten
iug influenced the family relations ami the joys
ol hon.e, and pursue the eecrcts of toience ami
the pleasuics of literal me: aud believing, as he
continued to do, In the progress of our race
nnd the peifeciibilily of our institutions, bis
public lile was devoted to the realizat ou of
this, h s boyhood's beanuiul dream. When he
deduuted himself to Ibis work in which he
never laltered, the southern bitindary ot our
country was near the thiriy-lirst deg.ee of lati
tude, and the cour.-e of the Mississippi dellned
its western limns; but he believed that the
inspiring truths expressed in Ihe Deelar itiou ot
Independence, and embodied In our S'ate aud
reiieial Constitutions, would regenerate ali the
goveinmei.ts ou the contiutul.
At the time (1 his birth the mouth of the
Miss'gsippi and tbe shoris of the Gulf of Mexico
weie nnoer the dominion of foreigu potentates.
He wa, boaetcr, old enough L understand aud
remember the ilisfu-'siun that titt ended our hrst
acquisition of territory the Louisiana ptii chase
winch extended liom the (Julf' along the west
bank ot the Mishslppi 10 the Lake of the
Woods; aud though ometimes disapproving of
Ihe means by which they weie gaiued, be wel
comed each of the several acquisitions of terri
tory by which our country has C'mo to stretch
from ocean to ocean, to have a hu ger a'lJ more
valuable coast line ou the Cacitio than any
other natiou, and to encircle the Hulf from Cape
Sable to the Rio (iiande. Kvry successive
acquisition continued urs faith and nerved his
purpose.
The theoiy of Mr. Stevens' Ideul republic
aw aided home ami culture to acb. iuduiitous
citizen. Wuh this gem io js theory slavery was
ineooiphtibte, aud he co' tequently, the
swoiu and untcleiiting foe of that accursed
institution. He diJ not wae war upon 'slavery
because he envied the wealth nu t poer of tlie
master. Ho was wont to thank (lod for having
blest his youth wbii poveity, and was ever
ready to cenfront the haughty master b 'cause
his great heart sympathized with the outraged
and Lelplc-s slave.
The severance of the Union would have dis
pelled Mr. Stevens' laith iu the ultimate redemp
tion ot the laboring people of the world from
the ignorance and ill-paid toil to which tiiey
have ever been subjected. The brcakiu? out oi
the Slaveholders' Rebellion seemed torejuvenuie
him and inspire him with superhumau streug;h.
He vii3 always in his scat; aud when sua ions
were so fux protracted, as they souetimes were
deriiif? tne Thirty seventh, Thirty-eighth, and
Thlrty'-niuth Concresses, that daybght came
and dimmed the artificial light iu this hull, the
old man's pungent witticisms would rouse many
of tbe younger members irom tlrowsiuess and
prostration. To maintain the Union he would
have exhausted the couniiy'3 resources iu men
and materials of war; and wheu the Rebellion
had been cruthed he proposed measures that,
hud they been adopted, would have eradicated
its cause aud rendered its recurrence impos
sible. He did not propose confiscation as a punish
ment to those who-e great crime merited it. He
was incapable ol a viud.ctivo act. He regarded
the system of laud monopoly, which hal
prevailed in the South, as the essential support
of blavc-ry, and he would obliterate it. Ho
knew that the hcbel leaiiers were conquered
but not subiued, and appreci ttftip tbe po,ver
they derived liom ihe o wncrsuip of the land on
which the bony ot the people were to labor and
live, he would t epnve them of that power. He
s new (lull the I li.or ci ihe slave ha. I given the
laud ot ihe South i's value, and he would re
ward the freedmaii by giving Inn a homestead
as a slight return lor the unreq utcd work he
htl done w bite a slave
He ki.ew that tlie loyal sol Jier b id saved the
Small to me Unijji and ree iom, and he would
ir vile him to dwell under hiso vuviue in its'
nijst, imd by his com st Is -r:st in its future
govei iinn ii'. He knew that u landed arijioiraey
and a lanele-s t hi s art; alike d ailerons in a
it public, ai d by a single act ot jubilee lie would
Kbi'iisn b iiii. sucii ware tne ninaue con-idra-lions
whiih piomptiii him to r..poc and sup
port measures which the weak and tmie-sei vuig
di iioimei d as l aisb and vinuieiive.
The sysieni ot labor lor wuge., as it i e.xetn
plitieoiu (Jreit Britain and on tlie conliiieiit, Is
as ineonsiH'out Wil.i bis ideal republic as
sduvcrv. Ci'iiiemplat mg the cvcriiicreasiug
volume of pauperism in the jtiritiuii islauil", the
uniiiituial aud execs-'tvo tiil demanded irom
wo...itn in the co al mines ot I-higlaud aud ilel
giuui, and from the tender ctufiieu 01 arie.ritu
inl Ihbirets in ihe let -e:. uv of K'ntiluud, nis
Miiolions mlr'ht have been ex.re-sed in tho
ii.ti ii unt exclamation ot Uie Abbe tie La
nieiiiiuis, "ilut lor labor at wujes there is no
nan e out of hell." That is not the free lorn of
w hich ue I ad dreamed, w hicli e'epiives chddhooti
ot its buoiuiiey, homti Oi its ciianu, and sup
plants iet. lligi nt and sturdy jontli oy iguorance
and pit mitUire deeiepittiOf, cr birds tbe lnudies
of luboiious i.rdsans 10 a gtvi u locality by their
interest in the paiih poor ratev, or such
it ii ieqi nte wiceo as precludes ihe possibility of
saving a sum sullicieiii lor their 011 transporta
tion to bit cr markets lor their lubar.
Mr. Sti ven:i always believed that Aridity to
rcDub'icun principles requited governments to
proiect thoe wbo-o tif.l is tho source of all
in osperitv naiijst tho wmugsaud woeseudured
by the lab ring people of countries lu which
social dis inetious are recoguized b? law and
nt. cant evils are regatded as vested rights; aud
wuh what steadiness and power ho endeavored
to proiect the wages ot the American workman,
by ihe imposition uf udi quut.e dutiesou the pro
di ctions 01 the uoder-p iul laborer of Kuropp,
every gentlemnu on this floor knows. Hut he
v as 1 o fee to commerce. In tho republic his
youthful imagination pictured nature lent all
her aids lo the people.
The fields gave forth rich harvests; tho mines
yiclocti the.r pieoiou.s or useful store: and eatdi
Uieu! t Ui. ijU!i,j). w it s.'iel u w-jj vjth'.'fu,
lightened the burden of man by movinor ths
machinery be guided without rxhausttnn labor.
The consumer ami the producer werenelghbots,
the most perfect means of transportation facili
tated exchanges of commodities, bdiI the taxes
linjiosed by middlemen and the many agents
required by trade with distant nations were
saved to the producer.
Whether In the Legislature of Pernsylvanla or
the Cotirress of the United .state-, no project for
the development ol latent resources or improved
transportation that came within his conception
ot constitutional limits ever failed for the want
ol his support. In view of our almost limitless
ranee ot climate ami soil, and boundless an I
diversified ngrieultural and mineral re-ource,
he regarded our country as sulik'b'tit not only
tor Ps present population, but for hundreds 01'
millions ot pcple in tho enjoyment of every
rna'ctial eoni'ort anil the rotinenieiits ol a belter
than Augustnu age.
Regarding our country as the refugo of all
who could lice troTl tliu Inequalities of othei
lands, and the intelligence of tne people us
e.'Sinliul to its perpetuitv, he held it to be the
primary duty of the State to insure thr prod
e'ency of every child in "orthography, readme,
writimr, grammar, and writhmetie, which, by
the experience ot the world, are pronounced
to be tbe rudimental branches of all know
ledge." Ho would not consent to withhold
the privileges of an elector from a niau be
cause he was illiterate, and thus punish htm
because the State h.id not done its duty by
bim in childhood; but he prooo-ed that the
liovernment ehouhl provide sehoolhouscs,
teachers, and other appliances for the e. luna
tion of pll children, and then further eirnt
"that no lather or aaiardem shall be permitted
to vote at any eleeUoti for any public ollieer
who shall not have caused at least one-half of
the number of his children or wards Ivtweeu
the ages ol five anil litter n yrnis, or, If he have
but one, that one to att -ntl sell ol ti lling at
least eight months within each of ihe years
tliey are entitled to attend school. "
To those who believe that the thing tint has
bet 11 is the thit g that shall be forever, an 1 that
that youthful giant, the American Republic,
shall never escape liom the leading strings iu
which ho has consented to be hold by those
bed-ridden hags, the monarchies ol Kurope,
these theories, doubtless, sound like tlie rav
ines of one bereft ol reason. Rut those who
kuow the attractive influence of poer, and
that the theatre of our uction is a virgin conti
nent, with lakes, rivrrs, and coast tiues capable
of accommodating in our iuterua' or domestic
commerce a commercial marine iri eater than that
which uow carries the commerce of tbe world,
will regard them hs the sure prophciyot the
future that is betore tie.
Mr. Slevens believed iu the po-sibility of the
commercial independence of the United Stales,
lie also knew that wh'-n that shouki be
achieved tbe people coulJ bring their domestic
relations into harmony with the fundamental
ideas of their repu'iliciii Government. Wise
reen will not think of hiniasav.sionary because
he anticipated coming events and proposed
beneficent chance-, belore the public mind was
ripe for ibelr rt ceiition. Agteattruth bravely
uttered is never inopportune. Nor tlo time and
ace blunt the aptness of such utterances; and
the advanced propo nlons and fervid words
wltb which Thaniieus Slevens so often stirred
our blood and swayed our judgment will shape
the future of the country.
Wheu tbe age Is riper, other Pps will echo
them with with pusuasivc and conclusive force.
Then the Ane ricnn peonle, instead of asking
the little Lutiuiialities of liaiope what they may
do, will dictate the inlcrnal policy those nations
must adopt on pain ot seeinu their most valuable
cU'zeus, allured by our happier condition, come
to swell ihe power and grandeur ot the Great
Republic. Theu will his dream be fulfilled, and
thin will the world behul I the fitting monument
of Vennsjlvania'a grjatest sta'es'.nati, Tluuldeus
Steveus.
Victor llug-o's Sew Xovcl.
The London Publi.-hvrs' Circular says:
It appears that au authorized English trans
lation of M. Victor Hugo's novel, "liy the
King's Order," will not appear here until some
incntb.3 after the publication of tbe original,
at least not in a complete form. The right of
translation has been purchased by Messrs.
Bradbury & Evans, at the price, it is said, of
one thousand pounds perhaps the largest
sum ever yet paid for the right to translate a
French work. After thin, it oannot be said that
French authors had not a very substantial iu
tnrest in the copyright convention between
France and this country. The English version
will, in the li rat place, make its appearance in
the pages of Once a Week, the first instalment
appearing in January next on the completion
ot the Hironess Blaze de Hury's "All for
Gieed." The editor of that journal regards the
fact of M. Hugo's novel being a story of Eng
lish history as affording an additional guaran
tee of success with English readers, its scene, as
we have already mentioned, being laid in
England during the reigns of William the
Third and Queen Anne. Whether M. lingo's
prediction that his work will contain new and
authentic facts of great importance to English
history, and which will surprise English his
torians, will prove true, we cannot say; but
there can be little doubt that the work will
oonlain fresh examples of that great power of
which the writerjs so prodigal in the "Misera
ble. " There is, however, alwaysja difficulty
in dividing a Btory, not originally intended for
pica-meal publication, iuto portions fitted to
sustain the interest from number to number iu
a weekly periodical. With M. Victor Hugo
this dilliuulty will probably be still greater,
from his well-known habit of digressing and
philosophizing. If we might be permitted to
oiler a suggestion on this subject, we would
recommend the publishers to obtain the per
mission of its illustrious author to omit por
tion, if any there be, similar to the chapters
ou the srewers ori'aris iuthe "Mi-eralles," or
the discourse on'architecture in Notre Dame,
jivirjg the tale ntir4.only in the complete
edition. No one who has read the "Mise
rableti" can fail to perceive what a powerful
tble might in this way be secured for a weekly
or monthly serial; or how easily eveu that
wondrous story miht fuil to hold the atten
tion of periodical readers if given intact.
Benders who were bo long deliguted "ouee a
week" by Mr. Chas. Header's "Foul l'Uy" to
our mind injumparably the most successful
story ever written, regarded from the poiut of
view of a weekly peiiodieal will not be re
conciled, even by M. Huso's geuius, to a
couple of numbers here aud there discoursing
ou the Democratic Idea.as in the "Mkerables,"
or rhapsodizing on clouds aud winds, as in
the "Toilers of the Sea." Eccentricities of this
kind may be pardoned in ihrte volumes, and
M. Hugo occasionally allows himself ten. His
admirers have long ago been reconciled to
them, as English readers have to Mr. Dickens'
peculiarities, but weekly readers are an impa
tient race, and the small space accorded to a
Btory-teller iu a weekly miscellany warm him,
as a rule, to get to business, and postpone
moralizing and theorizing until he cau secure
more canvass for his picture.
Lowe is called "The Man of the Times."
He drives a quill for the "Thunderer," is the
head Adullamite, and will be well taken care
of by Gladstone.
GROCERIES, ETC.
Y.
Y. P. M.
Y. P.
F1i
YOllNU'M Pl'ItK MALT WHINKT.
l OHIVU'M I'l'llK H4LT WI1I4KY,
YODAU'N 1'VUK HI ALT WMIKKY.
Thfre is uo tiun.itiuu reltttlve to tne merits or the
cettttirkUd Y. 1' M. ll la liie mrfiu quality ofWfilnky,
u ui,uli'liirtd fruiu lUe bml grulu ailnrdud bv ll
t'liilttdp pliltt uiH'kft fctid It iMhiild kt tlie low ra'ol
j jtr fciillou, ur$lo litrqinrl.nl lite nultstririma,
ISO. 1W 1 As&l L'SK KOll),
iitij
JJIIUITS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
MITCHELL & FLETCHER,
Xo. 1201 CIIHSXUT Mrcol,
Invite attention to the following:
REff MAI.AUA UAIMMM,!
Nt'.W XAKTK ( IIKRINTH,
rliEKH LKUIIOBIf CITKON,
WII ITE SI AN IN II UltAPrjV,
FLORIDA AND II A VAN A VII A N V KH,
I'KISt'KhM AL9IOKDM,
LAST ATI'LEH,
IlAItltAKl IliTIN,
m;w noiiDEAV-v nti jh:-,
TCRKIMII riON,
I'ATIH 1K FOIl'S (J RAM,
JUIi:i AMI I'.tRSKK rill'ITN,
And all the choict stdelloacles most desirable
at this kc i.sou, lu quantities and at prlcos to
(suit large or Hinall buy era. 12 lKtrp
Q l-J A tfi'PA G 7i E.
KllN'Er:T IIIUUY A CO.'d
FINE CHAMPACfJC,
Just received, and for iRle at tho Agents' prion.
The WIXIS lruui this Compaiiy ara fruity aud
generous,
Tiiey Effd but a trial to pluco thfm ou nn eiuallty
nlib ihe liueU CUuiUiagti3 kuovyu Lo.u,
mm mum & mm,
H. W. Corner I'.ltOAI) auil WALSUT Sis.,
U 1 tl 1 PHILADELPHIA.
flfl I U C C D 1.1 CAT.
Tias: west is Tin: dixiu-uit.
this I'Acr is iii:iu.u ti r.sno.v.
Tho undcrslgued, a few days slucp, Issued a
challerge that his aiticlc was the best
MINCED MEAT
in the market.
This has not been accepted, but evaded by
one who heretofore has claimed superiority.
JOSHUA VRIQHT,
8. W. CORNER
FUAXKLIX and Sl'KLNU UARDKX Sti.,
PHILADELPHIA.
FOB SALE I1Y ALT. OROOKRS. 12 15 tf
TKAORE'S WINCE &1EAT1
The Best and only Reliable!!
KO CHALLENGE NEEDED ! ! !
Tlie Quantity Sold nnd Selling Hie Host
I'lialU'iige !
ATM011E DEFIES COMPETITION!
TO BE HAD OF NBABLT ALL GROCERS IN
THK CITY AND CODN1RV. 12 6 17t4p
JpIlESU TIIUITS & ITvESEBYES.
Buncb, Layer, Seedless, and BnlUna Raisins; Cur
laiita, C'ltrou, Oranges, Prunes, Figs, etc. Eveiy de
Belli lion ot Groceries, suitable for the Holidays.
ALBERT C. ROBERTS,
11 7jrp Opr. ELEVKNTHand VINE Street
FIRE-PROOF SAFES.
Important from the Grc.it Fire
EVANS & WATSONS SAFE
VICTORIOUS!
BAYES THE BOOIC3 AND PAPERS WITH ONLY
TUB INSIDE DOOU CLOSED,
SI OWINti THE Git EAT VALUE OE HAVINGI A
SAFE WITH THE INSIDE DOOR.
EE CAREFUL AND BUY NO OTHER,
FiunDKi i'jua, 12th mo. 4tb, 18G8,
Kvars & Watson Itetpeeted Fileuds: We bud one
o jour will known ii Uo-aoor Fire-proof btii'oH lu
Die deslrucllve lite at No. tttl Murkel slroul, Ubl
evfiiiim. l ueUre vxlentled so rnlclly we Uud not
nu e to close tlie rcaui or outside door of the sate tbe
liihlt'e tloor only bnlLg sliui. On t xaiululuij Uim ctiu
tenlH ol tlie nr next inoruiug, coucli, to our suriilie
weltuiid tUt bi'oks well preeerved and In execFileul
1, (jlt'le coudi'.lun We lake grt-at pleasure lu rocoiu
nii-ii u Id b your limlde-door l-'tr-roof Safes, f,ir wilu
out lliH lnitie-door Inn rovt'iutnt we would most cer
irmly have ltmi all our books and I'Ui'crt.
i ours, very truly, SMEDLltY BROS.
We are bow selling our stock of Safes al cost pricoi
in order lo i losu builuus. IVIihoou and becouv ucid
mu li an oppcriuntty l ever befora oO'ured. Kvery
biiHii.tbu bouse oukbt .to have au Evaus it Wuiiou
bale.
EVANS & WATSOX,
No. 28 S. Si:Vi:NTtI S tret,
1211 18;J ASOVE CUESNUi.
218 & 220
S. FRONT ST.
r
218 & 220"
u .
Al A I S It
ti llANrKACTirBBE O
1 1Kb iM) BUKCLaK-I'KUOF SAFLS,
LOCKSMITH, BKLL-H ANGER, AND DEALEB
IN BLILDLSJU HAIOIVVAUE.
rJ No. 434 RACE Street
BLANK BOOKST
Q L A H K DOOMS.
VILLIAM 31. CIUMSTY,
t'lattk l'.ook Matiitrat turer, Statloiier and
rriutiTi
fv'o. 127 South THIRD Street.
LEDGERS,
DAY EUUKS,
CASH 1J0OKS, ETC.,
ON HAND OR MADK TO ORDKR.
A large assortment of Foreign ami Domestlo
btullonery conktanlly ou baud.
I'ubllblier of BMITIt'B CALCUItATION3 OK
IHK I'ltOOF OF MQUOUS. 112 ltuths tI3 3lrp
4
j S. ROHT St
OFFER TO T1I3 TSADB, m LOTS,
FIXE RYE AM) KOUllDOIX WHISKIES, IX ROAD
Ol lfcOfS, lfcOtJ, lCH57'', aJl IrOJi.
MUU lJirE FIaE IklE AiD rXlUROX WHISKIES,.
Of GREAT AGE, ranging from to is.
Llbsral contractu will b iatered luto Xor lots, in bcn4 t Dlstlllary, o! lt!" rW mvi:imn
rJCW PUBLICATIONS.
J II E GALAXY
Ft ll JAMJAUY, 109,
WITH A bUm.RMENT,
NOW KEADY. 4
ItlsTH E I. AUG K6T A M Kit IC AN MONTH I A'
KVKU ISSUED, conliilulna 11)0 p:ges of ciiolce
reaillng matter.
Iu tliis nuiu'oir Is cointneuccd
is U SAN l'Ii:LlIN(J,
Tho great story by Mrs. E'lward, author of
"Archlo I.ovoll" nail ' Stcvt'U L,awreaeu, Yuo
ruan." Iu the March number will he corumsnofld tho
great Fifty Thousautl Dollar Story by Cileries
HeHite, autoor of "Foul FlHy," etc.
This number also contains articles by WIUUtu
Ciilleu Bryant, A. Oaney Hall (the new M-iyor
of New York), Mini Edna Dean Proolor, Kloh
Hril Grant White, Justin McCarthy, Euaeno
BcrjHcn, Edmund C. Htedtnan. Also, articles
on Literature and Art, Driftwood," and tho
Nebula1. Altogether it is one of the most bril
liant numbers ever published.
NOV IS THE TIME TO SURSCIUUE.
I'rlce, SI per year; :;-3 cents per number.
We offer liberal term a for clubbing with other
periodicals. We will send
The Galaxy and Harper' liazar one year for
$C; reeular price 8.
The Galaxy and Harper's Weekly one year for
id; retjulur price 88.
The Galaxy and Our Young Folks one year for
$1 CO; regular price 8U.
The Galaxy and The Itlversido Magazine one
j ear for St 30; regular price 5(1 00.
TUo Galaxy and The American Agriculturist
one year for $ I 50; ltfculur price $5 50.
Address
121021J SHELDON & COMPANY,
Nos. 103 and COO BKOADWAY, New York.
HAZARD'S BOOKSTORE
18 NOW AT
?'o. 722 SXSSOn STIIEET.
A LAItQK AND ELEGANT
HOLIDAY STOCK OF ILLUSTRATED
WORKS.
iOOKS IN FINE BINDINGS,
CUILDItIiN'8 B03K8
TOY HjOKii IN LINEN
MOSTLY LONDON EDITIONS, A8 CHEAP A8
AMERICAN EDITIONS.
Yeur early lnspeciion is invited while the stock Is
lure nud well assorted, at
THE ENGLISH BOOKSTORE,
Ko. 722 SAASOJI STKEET,
11 HO lmrp PHILADELPHIA.
Q1IOICE HOLIDAY BOOKS.
c. j."riucE
Uas Bcmovcd lo o. 723 SA'S03I Street,
Directly opposite his Old Btand, where he will con
tinue the Importation ot
L'uglisli, Frcueb, and Ucriuan Books, l'e
riodlcals, Lte., to order.
He has now received all the choicest
LMiLlSlI AM) 1KLWCU
ILLUSTRATED WORKS
For the Trescnt Holiday Season, besides a corn
plo to asbortment of
English ami T'l'miori Juveniles,
To which the attention of those iu search of
choice uud t'lC'KHut Christmas Gifts is lu
viied. 12 11 (it
C1I O I C E A S S O It T M E X 1
OF
1IO LID A Y U I F T S.
LIULES, PIAYJH8, POETS. AND GIFT RJOKS,
ELEGANTLY BOUND.
LARGE VARIETY OF DtsKS, ALBb'MS, S OKI'
KOLIOd, ETC,
CAMES A,B,C, and ItUlLDINU BLOCK'S, J UVK
NlLb fS' lOV BOOKS, papar and llueu, uf every
dttcrlpiiuu. All at rtiliKeU iU-h.
J. A. BANOaOFT OO.,
12 15 (it No. 512 ARCH Si. teat.
AWARD'S ENGL1SU liOOKSTOltl.
. iit zuio'b iiiioliSio'B m ucconiiiig By noii mou.i
wiin gouit IjooKs, II nt) bonks, el gam y llmitrUud
bruki), cliolte kIIUoiih ul "tuud J books, books In
I loli and lunty bli.UliiK. iilnUlien'a books, lo; books
on iluuu and imptr, uooks for ull iradra and people.
The slock being almobi e' tlrw'y of Lomiou edlilom,
litre will bf I .una nt all llint-s EmkIisij iJouks wlilcU '
cwuuel be bad lbewberc lu Hits city.
I'nrlk uiur uueniion iHluvned hi the prtsontiluie
lioui ilniBe lu smrcli ot a really tusiy Prcnoul
lor tlie Holidays to ine Elegauily Biuua or Ului
tiatfd Books In the collection, aud tlie Cblul.eu's
Bin ks, Willi tiay biii'Hngs aud kllraolive ploluct).
Prices nsclit'ap s Aiuvricau edilion. and ranging
from ibe lowuat bum lo two hundred dollars lliu
volume.
,H No. 7J2 BANHOM BTBBCT.
MUSICAL INSTRUCTION.
A51KKICAN CONSERVATORY OP MUSIC.
H, E. curlier of TEN I'll aud WALNUT Bireet
'Ibeiesuar Wlottr iiarier will begin oil
UOMiA Y, Jauuary 11, loa.
Names ot ttw pupils thuuld be enured at au early
day ourn r H Uionln ol ili-i eiubor.
J K. WILLIAMS aud CAUL UAEKTARTt,
1211 ltt Directors.
BRANDY, WHISKY, WINE, ETC.
QAR&TAIRG & IYicCALL.
Acs. 126 WALMJT and 21 (iKAMTE St
IJirOIU'EHB OF
UracJks Tl'Inesi, tIn, Oiire Oil, Ltc Lie
COMMISSION MFJIIGIIAJ'ITB
iOR THE 6 ALU OB
rULE OLD ETC, WIILAT, A1 LOUK-
B0.N WlllSKH-a. IU
GCKCMA VJiriE CCfJPAfJY
Kainblttihed for the sale of
Pure California Wines.
This Company oner for sale rare California Wines.
WII I I K.
(ATAH1IA,
Ml tit It Y,
n.ni:i,
HIAJU'AUSI.,
AND
PI'KK JJt Al'i: IIKANDY,
Wholeeale and roall, all ol iu.lr own growlnir and
wairuuitd lo OObiaiu uolliiiiK ouitliw pure Julje ol llie
WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETC,
ESTADLISIIED IC28.
ITOI I I) A V l'tisrTu.
WATCTIEP, JKW ELUY,
CLlCEb, B-LVERWARK, and
EANCY QOODi.
a. W. RUSSELL,
Ko. 22 XUJSTU fclXTH STKELT,
BmLADEtiHilA.
DRUGS, PAINTS, ETC.
JOLEUT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
N.E. CoruerorFOtTiTnanrJ RACE Sls
f HILA ft K.LPHIA j
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
iAUOHTEJta AND JIANUf AUT CRERa OT
Lile Lead and Colored Faints, Putt
Varnishes, Etc.
AGKNT3 FOR THK CELEBRATED
fKEMJU ZLXO TA1MS.
VEALKBB AND CONBUMER3 SUPPLIED Al
LOWEHT PRICES FOR CASH. lifil
CMB0M0.HTH0GRAPI6.
" j REGAL DCQOER T."
A new and beantlfnl Cliromo-LtthogTapli, after a
pulallng by J. W. Peyer, Just received by
A. S. ItOlSIXSOX,
No. 910 CHESJNUT Slrsej,
Who bas Juat rocalved
j NEW CHROMOB,
NEW KNGRAVINOB,
NEW FRENCH FHOTOURAPHB,
NEW DRk-SDhJA EAM.EL3
LOOKING OLAP.HE8, Emj. a.m3
HlfcJ fKK OALLER-Y.
FURNISHING GOODS, SHIBTSg
H. 8. K. C.
Harris' Seamless Kid Glovoa.
EVKBT VA1U WAJUUAAXKO.
BJtCLUSIVK AOENT3 POR OENTH" OLOVEa.
J. W. SCOTT & CO.,
tZhp JKO, 814 llllalll MT11KKT.
'
JJATENT SIIOULDEU-BEAM
SB1RT MANUFACTORY,
AND OENTLEMKN'S FURNIbUINQ STORE.
PERFECT PITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWEUt
made l.oui iuca iirt iueut ul veiy tliori iioliou.
All ou.er an li)..-, of UEMLEMEN't DRBtm
GOOlb iu full variety.
WINCUfSTER & CO.,
112 No. 7utiCUEiNUr StreoU
FURS.
jHpANCY FURS t FANCY FURS t
GREAT REDUCTION IN TRICKS.
JOHN F A II E I a A,
AililsoM ami wtil know IfUIt HOUSE,
No. ?IH Altt'H ,Sti' l,
ao juurv vtuptu vuii tuc liircq ui ULa X 111 lliOUQU !
For Ladies' ami Children's wear, al a groat
riuuctiuu 1 1 prices.
XblB stock ruiist ml be Moia belore New Year
to uiuke room lor greui Hbcrailoux lu our eatu
bjibUJuent next t,t.r. Tlie ctimaciei ol my
Jt urti lb loo well lii, own lo require praiue.
lUlutmbor ti.o uuuie ml number.
JOHN rAKEIIlA, '
Ko. 7 1 C ARCH STRSET,
11 SO 241 rp PHILADELPHIA.
B
ALLAH AND SIGHT K r G T N (1.-7.
HIHHCl', No. M H. NINE 1'U.ENT'rl HU 12 ilH'
XJ 2Z B
At CO l'cr lent, less tliau Invoice 1'riees !
No. 6'20 ArcU Street,
(ilalf way between Eighth and Nlum, nortb aids)
AMI 231 AIU II NIKI.F.T,
HAS REDUCED 1118 SPLENDID STOCK OF FOKj
801'EKCENT. LEsfcJ THAN INVOICUl l'ltlCESl.
TlieOotda Lave b,pn lnipoiied and niamuao.ured
by tilukbttlf, aud are wairauied lo bo ai repr.
euttd, UUloUu
PaiLAjLEj.tIU.
T OST-CKRTIFICATE OP" OI.U CITY LOAN
A-i No, 1A1H. lor one liumired dollars, lu tlie nuiiie of
Mure K. lice ven. Apiilicaliou lil lu uiud lor the
Full SALR. TO ARRIVB-FIPTY THOU.
KAMI 1'lrnt Wialliy VI:L(,OW l'INE AND
CVflthKS lloAHUjand bCANTLlJSiJ liom Eului'
iirite MiUb, h, L'.
WARRKN UBRrin.
'215 01 N'Q. 134 H DELAWAUE Ayeij,
PR1ZFS CASIIRJJ IN IWYAL HAVANA,
KEMTl t'E Y, and W&OUiU LOU'EHlKi.
CMcilum mil an-t ul iuiii'u iveu JOcEI'li
JlAlls, Ko 78 IIRJjDWAV, Kew YcrK. Po.,i