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'" the llusitiess of the Couilry. ,
From the IT. T, World.
' The recent failures of two of the leading
Armslo the dry goodi tia-ia tead to reflection
on the business of the couutr. It la very
evident that those who favored llie eleotlon of
Grant on th plea that hiabuooeaa would make
trade more brick, have not found their calnu
lations realized. The fact l, tbe wholeaale
Louse are experiencing a dull trade t the
very time that they anticipated it would be
IriBk. How this can be, when the country
has been blessed with better crops than at any
time for years, is, to moat people, a mystery;
yet It is easily explained.
Tbe prospects of an enormous crop led the
merchants to believe that the demand for
goods would be increased In proportion, and
to make preparations accordingly. Hut when
the farmers of the Northwest saw the prioa of
BpriDg wheat, the great staple of that section,
fall from one dollar and seventy to one dollar
and six, they were lesa inclined to make large
purchases, notwithstanding their large crops,
tuan they were when reoeiving high prioea for
ireadstuffs, while no doubt many refused to
eell, and thus, instead of paying oash for
goods, are merely buying when necessity de
mands it, and that on credit. The Western
merchant thus finds it diflijult to make his
remittances, which, taken in connection with
the money pressure here, the high rents and
heavy expenditures neoeBsary to carry on a
large house, falls with peculiar severity on
those competing for trade in this or the Eastern
market.
That the mercantile embarrassment which
thoBe failures indicate is not oaased by the
failure of the farmers to eell their grain, is
made evident from the fact that there ia now
gathered at the great centres of breadstuffa
New York, Buffalo, Chloago, and Milwaukee
twioe as much wheat as there was last year at
this time. The well-to-do farmers and those
who are not obliged to sell their crops may
be holding back and refusing to sell; but the
very fact that there is such a large stock
in the warehouses at tbe great centres, and
the present liberal receipts at the points re
ferred to, show very plainly that the mass of
the farmers are disposing of their wheat.
Tindiug it, however, impossible to obtain
the prices which they have been in the habit
of receiving for several yeara past, their crop3,
although larger, do not bring them as much
as smaller yields did iunug high prices.
This leads them to the reduction of their
purchases, and makes them more slow in
meeting their bills at the retail stores in their
immediate vicinity. The result ia, the coun
try merchants or those in the interior cities
and small towns fiod their calculations at
' fault, and this in turn ia felt by the wholesale
dealers in this city. They find themselves
now the victims of overstocked markets, too
great competition, and too large expenditures
' for the amount of business done. Thia ia the
lesson which these last failures teach. The
fact is, the business of the country has been
too much on stilts, and the shrinkage of
values which of necessity follows the return to
a more safe and sound Labis must of neces
sity affeot all of those houses which have
made no calculation on this readjustment of
, the business of the country.
Bfncral Grant anl Reform in the Civil
MTTice The Tenure-ol-Office Law.
' From the If. Y. Timet.
It would not be at all surprising that Gene
ral Grant should want the Tenure-of-OlBoe
bill repealed before he takes exeoutive oharge
- of the civil eervioe. Whether he does or not,
aa a matter of fact, we have no idea; but it
would be strange if he did not. lie ia about
to enter upon the gravest responsibilities
that ever devolved on a single man in time of
peace, and under oiroumstances which greatly
enhance the natural difficulties of his posi
tion. lie finds all the offioas of the country filled
by men appointed by Sir. Johnson and con
firmed by a radical Senate who must of ne
cessity, therefore, have got their places by
doable-dealing and politioal trickery, by mak
ing one Bet of promises for a nomination and
precisely the opposite for a confirmation and
who naturally end by cheating both parties
and consulting solely their own advantage in
the offloes they fill. Partly aa a result of this
state of tilings, the oondition of our civil ser
vioe is probably worse than it has ever been.
Aa a general rule, the office-holders of the
country are more incompetent, more corrupt,
and less effioient than ever before. The taxes
Whioh the laws impose are not collected. The
Sublio revenue ia wasted and stolen. Jobs
ebase every branch of the service and de
grade every class of ofnoe-holders. Places
under Government are no longer sought by
men ambitious of performing their duties and
of making for themselves a reputation for in
tegrity and efficiency, but by men eager for
personal gain, and skilful in Ublng opportuni
ties for filling their pockets.
General Grant's firBt duty ia to reform all
this. The people expeot thia at hia hands
more confidently than they expect anything
else. It is the first of hia duties, and the moat
Important and Imperative, because it lies at
the basis of them all. Without a thorough,
rigid, relentless reform in the personnel of the
civil service, nothing can be done towai'd in
creasing our revenues, retrenching expense,
or restoring the country to prosperity. Yet,
in any attempt he may make thus to reform it,
General Grant finds himself confronted by a
law which forbids hia dismissing a single office
holder without consent of the very Senate
whioh confirmed every one of them. No matter
how flagrant their offenses, or how glaring
their incompetency, the Senate already com
mitted by having put them in moat first con
sent betere General Grant can pnt them out.
FThis law was made avowedly to fetter Mr.
ohnson in controlling the patronage of the
Government. It was paaaed aa an open de
claration of distrust of him. Whether it was
seeded or not whether it worked well or ill
whether it really compelled the appointment
""of better men, or only made necessary the
eeleotion of men more adroit in lying and
double-dealing, are questions upon which men
may differ. But nobody will pretend that the
same reasons which passed the bill make ne
cessary its oontiauance. The distrust of Mr.
Johnson is not felt of General Grant. No one
pretends that such a law is needed to prevent
Aim from making war on Congress, and from
filling all the offices of the oountry with its
enemies and the enemies of tbe party which
controls the Government.' Whatever may
have been the oase with Mr. Johnson, nobody
S re tends that it 1b necessary to fetter General
rant, or to hamper and weaken him in the
discharge of the legitimate duties of bis de-i
partment.
Wendell Phillips, in an artiole we copied
recently, demands the continuanoe of the
law, on the ground that it is one step towards
depriving Presidents of power. Next to abo
lishing the office, he thinks that curbing and
chicking its Incumbent la the one thing need-,
fnl. "The tendency of all free States," he
says, "is to depress the Executive, and en
large the authority of the legislative ele-I
ment." The framers of our form of free gov- I
eminent thought it wiser to restrict both, and Z
define the limitations of their power. To the r
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LiFgiriaiuro my (jars tun waning ut laws
to the - President their execution. As the
people choose both President and Legislature,
there would seem to be little danger in this
diatrlbutlOn of power far less than is likely
to follow an attempt to break down the bar
riers established by the Constitution, and con
fuse the duties and responsibilities of the two
departments by mixing them together.' Mr.
JoLnson has tried to dictate to Congress; and
Congress, in return, has taken from him pait
of his legitimate power.
If a similar distrust is felt ot General Grant
or if he gives similar provocation then the
law may be required. But the people demand
no such precautions, for they feel no such dis
trust. They look to General Grant for a
thorough reform of the oivil service. Con
gress, we trust, will not respond to that de
mand by so fettering General Grant's hands
that he cannot possibly make the changes
whioh the good of the oountry requires. We
hope that General Butler will press the bill he
has introduced to repeal the Tenure-of-Office
act, and that it will become a ltf.
Kcrcnuc Frauds New Orleans Ahead ot
New York.
From the Zf. T. Herald.
There is evidently some necessity for recon
struction in the revenue service in Louisiana,
if it be true that with forty distilleries in ope
ration the tax collected on whisky ia not suffi
cient to pay the storekeepers. We oan readily
believe that the department is very corrupt in
that quarter; but we had scarcely supposed it
could be worse than in our own city. How
ever, anything may be true of the whisky
thieves, especially in a disorganized country
mere especially in Louisiana. Let us ooaaole
ourselves with the reflection that there is a
good time coming. Already General Grant
has sent two of his stall officers down into
Louisiana and contiguous places to look into
the practical working of the Government
machinery there, and it is, therefore, probable
that he will go into tbe Presidency with some
positive knowledge as to what onght to be
done; and no one oan doubt that he will do
it. The real difficulty the administration haa
to contend with in regard to whisky corrup
tion ia the aatonishingly positive declarations
that are made both ways on any given point.
There ia a general notion in the human mind
that when both sides of a story are told shrewd
people can give some guess aa to which side ia
telling the truth, but this notion never
applies in the whisky business; and we
doubt if the President is not now the moat
absolutely bewildered man in the world in
regard to who are the honest men and who are
the whieky stealers in any distriot. General
Grant starts well in going at the facts in his
own way, and will not be compelled to ohoose
for his information between the stories of the
two sides. '
Sumner and Kntler on Specie Tajinenls.
From the N. Y. Herald.
It is eaid that Senator Sumner is preparing
a speech in favor of immediate resumption of
specie payments, and that General Butler is
preparing one to t how that speedy resump
tion is impossible. Thus we see Massachusetts
is divided on the question. In this contest
Butler will win; for he is practical and brings
a large amount of common sense to bear upon
the subject, while Sumner is a mere theorist
and compounder of high-flown sentences. We
suppose there will be a vast amount of speech-
making the present session in both houses of
Congress on this question and the finances
generally, and the more because few under
stand these matters. It affords a fine oppor
tunity for getting off Congressional platitudes
with which to astonish the ignorant. But we
have no idea that anything practical will be
accomplished. There ia too great a diversity
of opinions and too little time to work up and
pasa any usemi law Detween mis time and the
4th of March. And in the present state of the
publio mind and ignorance of CoDgresa it ia
better, perhaps, that it should be so. Con
gress should let the currency and the question
ot specie payments alone, and spend the re
maining time of this short session in reduoing
expenditures and taxes, in providing for the
efficient collection ot the revenue, and in clear
ing away the Tenure-of-Offloe law and other
obnoxious laws for the incoming admlnistra
tion. We recommend Sumner and Butler to
reserve their fire for a more opportune occasion.
The Smaller Rascals and Rascalities of
the City "King."
From the 2V. Y. Tribune.
While a contemporary is engaged, through
its ''Commissioner," in the very commendable
work of showing up the impositions prac
tised upon the people ot this city in giving
short weight ana in selling adulerated eata
bles, would it not be well for it to employ
iiKewise a "commissioner" to investigate the
doings of the Common Council 'Ring" at the
City Hall r lie would there ascertain that.
instead of swindling the publio in almost
infinitesimal doses, such aa "the one-sixteenth
part of an ounce " in weight, or tbe "adulte
ratfnn fit tryrnnna vyiaaa nv nn vurlzatl nrnnk-ara '
they cairy off their plunder in weights some
thing less than a ton, and adulterate the tax-
levy to tbe extent kit about one-half of the
whole sum annually wrung from the people of
wis metropolis,
"Wbi re rats and tnioe and such small deer '
Have robbed and revelled many a year." .
This Commissioner, when appointed, is re
quested to ascertain why it is necessary, juat
at this Inclement season of the year, to re
build the publio piers along the east shore of
the city "without oontraoting therefor," while
express provision is made in tbe charter that
sucu work shall be done by contract f
lie would doubtless set some lisht with re
ferenoe to the repairing of many ot our streeta
with wood (Brown's, (smith's, or Jones'
patent) or with stone, by contractors who have
a peculiar style of pavement; and while the
resolutions provide that the pnoe shall "not
exceed" $5 per square yard, it will be very
difficult for him to find that in any similar case
such work was ever done for 4 D9 or any saoh
economical price.
It wonld be well also to Inquire into the
means by which a "three-fourths" vote is
procured for all these projeots, when there is
a minority sufficient to prevent it who were
elected by the tax-payers of the city; how it Is
that they manage, by the same vote, to share
among wemseives ana their subordinates
suoh a liberal distribution of extra pay.
They absolutely "spend other people's money
as it it were their own." Let us cite a few
instance:' ' 1 ' i r ;
. The , Presidents of the Boards of Aldermen
and Conncilmen each receive a plum tn the
shape of 11000 for servioes (!) as w-oAci'o mem
ber oi the committees of the Hoard. Of course,
these servioes can be readily ascertained by
reference to the minutes of the committee.;
how many meetings they attended (if any),
and how many reports they signed (if any).
But the Clerk of the Common Council has a
capacious maw. lie gobbles up f 1000 for ser-i
vices tx-ojjioxo while President of the Board in
18(J7. Why not go back further and pay all
the presidents for the past twenty years for
the same service, which in" this oase it has
taken a whole rear to ajoertain f
"Next, onr tfflolent Clerk-reoelTes the email
sum of $3100 for compiling the Manual, when J
ii is-notorious mat' me ioor aiienmug mi
prodnotion .of this . "useful" or : "useless"
(whioh r) book Is performed by hit assistants.
Happy Joe also comes in for $oX extra for
firocuring copies of bills passed by the LgU
ature afleoting the city. This amount would
be sufficient to pay the freight of several oar-
loads from Albany, or would pay the expenses
Of about fifty messengers to and Iroin that
city. But this is not all yet. - lie and all the
clerks and messenger, to r the number . o
thirty-one, receive $:i50 aoh aa a-"Chritmas
present," ' for 'extra servioes to oorhmltteea.
We would. ask,' in our ignorance, for what
other servioes they are employed and paid a
liberal salary? But softly it Is whispered
that tbe early education or our City fathers
has been neglected, and it therefore becomes
neot-ssary so have an amanuensis to sign their
reports.
The chairman of the city canvassers (an
alderman with a salary of $2000 a year) re
ceives $750 (II) for service in that capacity.
Only 75 per day for sitting in the big easy
chair about two hours each day, smoking and
chatting while the clerks are taking down the
figures, and the other canvassers eating the
hue dinner provided by tfce gentlemanly Geo.
Roome. Here, again, these poorly paid clerks
come in for extra pay, for we observe that the
Controller is directed to draw his warrant in
favor of the "persons" and the "amounts"
respectively as passed by the oity oanvaaaers
(Deo. 14. 18C8), for services to said board:
also, that he pay the bill for refreshments
furnished them.
It is currently reported that the City Hall
has been turned into a hotel, whore impeou
nious aldermen, counoilmen, and heads of de
partments feast daily at the publio expense.
bo the keeper of the hall and proprietor of
the hotel, at a free rental, has hia salary in
creased to $3750 per annum, besides a slight
appropriation of $I0U0 by way ef a New Year's
gift.
Thus we might proceed to enumerate cords
of resolutions donating the people's money
right and left without stint. Truly, "the
ring" at this time have full swing. . . . . '.,
One would suppose that there was some of
these legislators who would boldly denounce
the plunderers, and show up their robberies
to an indignant publio; and surely there are
two or three to whom the people have a right
to appeal to take this course; but it is a fact
tbat, by cajolery or IHUery or shall we say
some other applianceer their names often
apuear in the affirmative, and seldom In the
negative are they recorded on thuse barefaced
schemes of plunder. We inni h fear that, when
an indignant people throncu a vigilance com
mittee shall arouse in their might and hang
these villains at the portals of the City Hall as
a warning to evil-doers, rpite of the protesta
tions of uprightness on the part of these
"honest" ones; they will likewise suffer for
their deeds of omission and criminal negleot.
We Ask for Information.
Vom "7?icA;', I'omrroy's N. Y, Democrat
Indiana is a loval State, a maioriiv of her
voting population, as election returns show,!
being Republicans, aud, therefore, members
in good standing of the God and Morality
party. In the vioini'y of Seymonr, Indiaua, for
a long time has existed a band of desperadoes,
thieves, robbers, house-breakers, horse-steal -
ers, plunderers, and gatherers -up of the pro-,
perty belonging to other people. At last the ;
citizens of Seymour and the surrounding!
country organized themielvea into a vigilance'
committee, and determined to do for their
protection what the law could not or would
not do. '
The result has been the hanging of thirteen
persons charged with various crimes, the
hanging being done by the committee, without
putting the county or state to the expense of
trial and board for conviots in prison. The
effect has been to purify that section of
oountry, to purge it moat completely of the
characters whioh so long have infested it at
the expense of honest men. At times a loyal
paper mildly protests against this attempt of
the citizens to defend their property and their
lives, but, as a general thing, few are the words
said by the radical papers in condemnation of
this outrage upon law.
In the South, which is now, as it has been
for a long time overrun with thieves, black
and white, natives to the soil and former resi
dents of New England if a citizen or a num
ber of citizens, aotuated by the same motives
which governed the people of Indiana in their
determination to protect themselves, defend
themselves and their property from these
robbers and plunderers, the entire loyal press
of the North sets np a howl about the Ku
Klux KLan and oalls for military interference
not, mind you, for the protection of the
people, bnt for the protection of the robbers I
Loyal Indiana men may hang citizens who
may or may not be guilty; law may be set at
defiance; the dignity of tbe State may be
trampled upon, the fair name of a sovereignty
be blurred, blotted, and marred, but there ia
no demand for troops to be sent there t
In the South it ia different. First driven
to war for the preservation of constitutional
rights and liberties; then stolen poor by the
minions of tyranny, who w re there wander
ing with arms iu their hands and murder in
their hearts for the purpose of plunder; then
placed under the heel of military despots and
unprincipled adventurers, while a horde of
black and white thieves by nature and pro
fession were let loose upon them for an honest
man to protect himself, his family, and hia
property from those who pray by day and
prowl by night, is a crime, aud one that oalls
for more despotism, more interference with
labor, more transportation of troops to
annoy and wrong a poverty-stricken people,
more chances for contractors to make
money, more of a demand for that
reconstruction which brings not peace
bnt discord and suffering in its train. A nun
dred citizens of Indiana, masked and armed.
hang at a time one or more persons who have
bet-n robbing them, aud it is all right I But
for one man, assisted by his wife aud family,
to fire upon a band of black and white negroes
in the South, or attempt a defense of his life
and property at the hands of midnight ma
rauders, ia a crime; and not only himself, but
bis neighbors for mles arouud, and even the
btates where this defense of the right is made,
must be punished by the despotio party now
in power. . .
With thieves and robbers in ' office, with
paid murderers wandering over the oeuutryln
the interests of the Republican party, with bad
men. reckless, unprincipled adventurers, to
make laws, with the army and the energies of
the nation to defend those who war upon the
right for the benefit of wicked men, it is so
wonder the people are fast losing faith in a
republican form of government. 1
Congress is now but a den'of thieves. The
law-makers there are but a set of unprincipled
cowards. The army of the United states,
created for the protection ot the States and
people, has now, under the management of
the republican party, become a most terrible
engine of oppression. ?..-, , .
Will those who make arguments against
Pemocraoy and , in , favor,' of RepubllcanUm
please tell us wherein lies the justice of all
this f And if they teU us that it la right for a
man to defend his person and property in
tomans, wny is it not right for him to do the
tame in any or all of tbe States now or ever in
the Ui.ion f We ask this Question not to rive
offense, but to obtain Information ' ' - ; ....
GENTYS FURNISHING GOODS
3 U I T A O L E , ARTICLES
, Fcr Fiesenta'ion to Gentleman.
fancy scaups and necktie3. ' " .
gloves And gaUxNTLets. " '
fancy bokdeskd linen hdkf3.
EAR MUFFS AND MUFFLERS. ,
WRIST COMFORTERS, OF SILK AND WOOL
SILK SUSPENDERS.
EI1IRT STUDS AND SLEEVE BUTTONS.
HEMSTITCHED LINEN I1DKFS.
DRIVING GLOVES, ETC. ETC.
Tbe above my be hd In great variety and at very
low ptlcea at
LINFORD LD KENS'
gesis' rrnwifciiiNo bazaar,
No. 43 S. EIGHTH Street,
Above CbesDtit street.
QREAT REDUCTION.
Preparatory to taking account of stock Janu
ary 1, we will, until ihut date, oiler our lare
aioc of
AaX2TO rUIlXISIIING GOODS
Greatly Uclow Usual Trices,
As we have, In addition to a complete assort
' . meat ot
Shirts, Underwear, and Hosiery,
An elegaDt variety of Fancy Uooda, coin pris
ing bcarm. Tie, Gloves, Cardigan Jackets, duu
oilier requisites lor geullonieu, wlm a rlon
stock of
WKAPPEIW AND BREAKFAST OOAT8.
Thia will atl'orU an opportunity for procuring
Holiday Presents at Moderate Trices.
lVINCIIKSTEIt A CO.,
. 1210 thetn t!2 31 Ao.70ttCHKS.Ur St.
E G H L E HI A N
BliOTIlLUtS
WILL OPEN A NEW STOCK OF
Men's Furnishing Goods,
' : ' :.'...'ix
No. 1004 CHESNUT Street-
ON DECEBIBEH 15.
Selling off Old Btock at ' 121ilmrp
SEVENTH AND ClIESNUT STREETS.
H. 8. K. G. Harris'
Seamless Kid Gloves.
,. ETEBT PAIB WABBAKIED,
' EXCLTJBIV8 AGENTS VOR GENTS' GLOVES
J. W. 8CGTT ft CO.,
527rp JNO. 814 UlUSiftUT MTUKKT.
TDATBNT BHOULDER-SEAM
SHIRT MANUFACTORY,
AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORR.
PKRFKCT FITTING SHIKTS AND DRAWifiKB
OiHOe Horn nieaureuieut at veiy .lion nuiloe.
All oilier articles ol GENT1lEM.KN'U JDKE3S
GOOito In full variety.
WINCHESTER & CO.,
11 1 No. 7(KJ CHE3N UT Utreek
HOLIDAY GOODS.
HOLIDAY AND WEDDING
PRESENTS.
WILSON & STELLWAGEN,
No. 1028 CHESNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
WATCHES.
JEWELRY, DIAMONDS, BRIDAL SILVER,
MUSICAL BOXES, AND FINE
FRENCH CLOCKS.
"All of which we are offering
AT REDUCED KATES. 12 17 14t
HOLIDAY GOODS.
EDWARD CHKISTMANN
OFFEBS A LARGE VARIETY OP FANCY
ARTICLES.
DRESSING CASKS,
PERFUMERY,
TOILET REQUISITES,
CUTLERY, ETC. ETO,
ALL AT THE LOWEST PRICKS.
EDWARD OIIRISTMANN,
12 lOlitrp ye. 708 CIIESMUT Street.
LEGAL NOTICES.
YN THE ORPHANS' CUUltT FOR THE CITJT
L AMI cOUNTY u PHILADKLPrilA,
JtSTATK OF JUHN HOCK.
Tlie widow ol Buld decedent. t'KANUld JE3 riOCK,
IjUh filed tier pullilun wltb upprulaeinenl of peraua.l
P'operty to the aiuuuut of tM whlcu ah. elf on to
retain Diider the not ot April 14 18jl, etc., ud Iti.l
tbe lame will be appioved by tbe Oeurt on
SATURDAY, January 8, 1I. unless excep'tons be
OlPd thereto. TlloM A4 J. CLAY TON,
12 24 tham 6t Attorney for Petitioner.
TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY
J. AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
J-Ji.ne or WILLIAM. Hi UEK. dect-aned. '
The Auditor apptilu td by tbe Court to audit, aettle,
aud BdJtiHt tbe account or uKO-HUhi W, KKAMHa
aud JOSEPH F. bClitSKd, Ex.cut.r.ol the Ettaia
ol WILLIAM EA'JEK. deceased, and to report dU
trlhutlcn ot the balunce lu the hand of the a -count-nil,
will meet the parttel Interested, tor the purpose
of bia appointment, on MONDAY, January 4, A. D.
1M',H at o'clock P. M., at til. Olllc, No. 406 WAL
NUT rUreM. In tbe Olty of fblladadplphla.
m24tLtu6t WILLIAM D. BAKER, Auditor.
TK THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY
JL AND COUNTY Of PHILADELPHIA.
Eetata of JOdUm and THOMAS WOOD, de
veaeed.
Tbe Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle,
and aojubt tbe account of THOMAS 8. and JOSEPH
Wt'OD, bU'Vlvliig administrators of the ee'a.eot
JuC-EPH WOOD, dpceaiird, and of M aRIA WOOD
and THOMAS B WOOD, administrators of estate of
THOMAS WOOD, deceased, aotlng as agents for the
he is ur skid estates, aud to report distribution of the
balance in Hie bauds of the accountant, will meet
tbe parties Intpreslrd, tor the purpose of his appoint
ment, on MONDAY, January 4, A. D. IHtW, at eleven
(ID o'clock A. M.. at tbeoUioa ot Wood' Kuale, No.
18 a llllKu stree'. In the city of Philadelphia.
122'tbtu6f WILLIAM D. BAK KB. Auditor.
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY UPON THE
stat of FRANCIS J, '1ROUB.VT, aeceased,
having been arauted to tbe anderslgued. all peaon
Indebted to toe Skid estate are requested to make
payment, atd those tiavng claim, er demands :io
luaka known tbe a.me wltbout delay, to
R. TROURAT, M. D.. Amlolntrator,
t tn t No ltto4 WALLACE street.
ESTATE OF JOHN DUBOIS. DECEASED.
Letters Testamentary npon tbe all .ts Estate
having been grauted le Ibe nudeislguea, all persous
ludetoied lo aald Eatate will make payment, aud
those bavluc claims will present them to
ELIZA aUUOlS. Exoontrlx,
II 1 tu6t No. 604 TASK. KR Street.
218 & 220
S. FRONT ST.
V r t r-i t " r "-L
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.: ,. ':, :- A CP
OFFER" TO . TUB TRADE, IN LOTS, j
FINE RYE AND BOUUBOIV WII ISKIE S, IN B0
oVlSOC, 1800, 18fl7 nnd 18GH. f. , j
ALSO," FltiE FINE JilE AND BO IKEON WHISKIES,
Of GREAT AGE, ranging fromiec to 1843... j
Lit eral conlraola will b entered into for lot, tt bond lit Distillery, ot inl years' maculftou
JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, ETC.
PRIZES CASHED IN ROJAL HAVANA
KKNTUCKY, end NUMIUal LOlTKI Ksi.
Circulars sent an Intnrniatlxu liven JOtiKPU
BAlhH, No. 78 BROADWAY, New York. Pos
Ouice box iAX. Wlm
B A ILEY
&
COMPANY,
D I AM ON D
DEALERS.
E. STELLWAGEN & CO.
AT THE OLD STAND,
No. C32 JIAKKET STREET.
WATCHES, JEWELttV, LADIES' AND
GENT3' CHAINS, ErC, .
selling at greatly reduced prices, aud all goods
warranted.
.
, A call le solicited before making yonr Christ
mas purchases, toconvlnoe you of this foot.
No trouble to show goods If you do not wlfih
to buy at present. , f : . . '
, E. STELLWAGEN,
121512trp GEO. W. QUANT.
C. Si A. PEQUIGNOT,
MANUF ACICBEna OP
WATCH CASES,
And Dealers In American and Imported
WATCHES,
No. 13 South SIXTH Street,
12 1 tfrp Manufactory, No. 22 A FIFTH St.
jgfr ESTABLISHED 1828.
DOHDAT rBESENTS'
WATCHES, JRWKLRY,
CLOCKS, B1LVBBWARK, and
FANCY O00D3.
a. W. RUSSELL,
No. 22 ftiOBTlI SIXTH STREET,
t SOI I'HIL ADELf JUA.
frm C. WARDEN.
S. E. Corner FIFTH and CHESA'UT Sts.,
PKEVIOUa TO REMOVAL TO
NO. 1029 ClIESNUT STKEET,
OFFERS FOR TIIE HOLIDAYS
A LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT 07
Hold and Silrer Watches.
Fine Jewelrj,
Sterling Silrer Ware,
mated Ware, Etc. Etc.,
SUITABLE JOB HOLIDAY GIF 18,
aims p81mrp
LOWEST POSSIllXE PltlCES.
PRESENTS
OF
WATCHES. JJLWELHY
AND
SILVERWARE.
HKNItY IIA.KPEU,
12 12 lit No. 520 ARCH Street.
(Law of tbe firm of Bmyth A Adair, No. 1120 Che.-.
nul street), - . .
MANUFACTURES OF
SILVER PLATED WARE,
Xo. 121 S. ELEVENTH St.,
12 17 13trp
PHILADELPHIA
BRANDY, WHISKY, WINE, El
Y. p- -
r
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
JACOB HARLBY ,
JCITEIXBB, ' ' .
12 1 lrarp Mo. 688 MABKET Street,
DRUGS, PAINTS, ETC. i
ROBERT SHOEMAKER CO.,
N.E. Corner oflWETH and RACE S&,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS.
' . IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OW
Wnlte Lead and Colored Taints, n Potty
Yarnishes, Etc. !
" AGENTS FOB Til OKLXBBATBO ; j
FRENCH ZIAC l'AlTS. :
- DKA LKRS ASTD COHBCKEBS SUPPLIED At
LOWEST r&IOES FOB. UASiL IUt
P. IV! .
Y. P. M.
Y. P.
. , TOritfi'S FtJBK MALT WIIINKtJ
TOBKO'S PITRB HALT WIIIKtJ
I TOVHU R rB BE K1ALT WHIKHTi
I Thf re is no question relative to trie merit ci
Mtlebratf d T. P. M. Ills Uieiurrsi quality or Whi
Di.nur.ni ii red from tbe beet grnln afforded bv
PblladeiDhla niarket and It Is sold at the inw &
f ft per allon, or 18A ptr quart , at the salesroom
fto. 700 TASSYUJVK KOAI).
U 2Pt PHILAt'KLPHI
QAR8TAIR8 & McGAl
KOS. 126 WALNUT and 21 G RAMIE fcl
IMPORTERS OF
I, Etc. j
Brandies, Wines. (Jin, (Hire Oil.
COMMISSION MEROHANj
FOR THE BALE OF ' ' j
DrrilVI v tnwrw. m ...... ' T
iTLiux, wiiif uijs, miiSATs AND BO
HON WHISKIES.
ON01UA WINE COM PAT
Established for the sale of
3
Pure California Wines
4
Thl Company offer lor sal. par. California Wh
WHITE, , I,KEr, i
4 ATA HA, POBI', ' J
AAUAXllA . UlAAaiPAUtfE, 5
AND I
PURE CHAFE BRAXnr, j
Wholesale and reiall, all ol their own crowlnr I
warranted lo contain ntnhiuir,.ii i. .7.
JJepot .No. I!) BANK Street, Philadelphia.
HAHN & QUAIJI,Afc-tn. "g'Pm.
HOTELS AND RESTAURANT
RATIONAL HOTGj
ON JOB EUROPEAN TLAN, ..
Noe. 8, 6, and 7 COETLASDT StrcJ
. Near Broad waj, New York.
' AU.TiiT?n T. HAiT.rniv
I2 22 6trp PBOPKIETOB
405 CHE8KUT STREEt
OLD KYE HOTEL.
LTJNCII OF VENISON, and other Game
Season, every day from lo,1,' to 12 M.
12 9 1M ROBERT BLACK?
RIDDLE TEMPL
HOTEL AND RESTAURANT, '
No. 116 South SIXTH Street.
12 9 lm H. REINITARP, Proprietor,
Gr
EOBGE ZIELLE1
Formerly Fllz water A Zliillflv.
Filbert olreet, above Eighth street,
has opened the old stand,
H, W. COIt. THIKD AND WOOD STS.,
Where be will be glad to see nU friends.
12111m GEORGE ZIELLEY.
STOVES. RANGES, ETC
NOTICE. THE UN D E R 8 I G N E
I wonld call the attention of tbe publio to hU
This Is an entirely new heater. It I. n nn.
trnoled as to at once coninieud lt.elt to general fAvoi
being a cvmblnailon of wrought a-d cast Iron, lt
very simple In its construction, and Is perlectly all
tight; self-cleaning., faavlog.no Mpes or drums to ti
taken out and cleaned. It U so arranged wittt oprlgK
flues as to produce a larger amount of heat from iu
same weight ol coal than any furnace now In ow
The hjgiomellc condition ot the air as produced b
my new arrangement ol evaporation will at onoe d
mom traie that It la Ue only Hut Air Kuruace tut
will produce a peiefclly beanby atmosphere.
lLOse In want ol a oouiolele Hetuus: ADDAratn
would do well to call and examine tbe Uoldeu fiagl.
cum not anu uat uttis ft t
A larre assortment ot Cooklnir ninm. '
bioves. Low Uuwn Urates, Ventilators, etc, alwai
K. R. jobbing of all Itlncs promptly done.
LLlAas, j
C ni l' Htreet. I
Philadelphia. 1
es, Flre-nuan
COPARTNERSHIPS.
"VT OTICE. THE FlliM OP DUY & 110
.ijN LlbllKAU Is thli day dissolved by ruu.ual
consent. Tbe bu.'iiMS of tbe late Uroa will besuUleO
by CliARLKH a, I)U V. at the old stand. JMa SJi
WALKUT bueuu 1
f HARLPH A. HUT. !
lUtiMAN I. H.ULLLN8HEAD
fhiiaaeipD'a, J'to zt, itwt.
I
I beg to Inform my frltnds ttat I have sold alt mi
I merest In the Lusluessol tbe late Arm of IUY i
JIOLLlMSUKaU to Mr. CHAHLcb A. UU Y, WUu
win continue tue uiii.ens at tue oiu stuuu.
iURMAN p. 1IO uLlNSHEAD.
wuu
ia' I
I beg to Inform my friends and the public tbs
have iiuichased Mr. F, P. II illlushesa's Interest in
he business or the i.te Arm, and will nnntlnue tbe
GKM JtBAL IHbtliACJi A"KNCV BUailMK.SSial
tpe oia stanu. i'ut.
12 24 at Ho. no WAuMUT Sir eel,
GROCERIES, ETC.
PKIME LAGUAYRA,
OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA,
CUOICK MO II A. and
AFRICAN OOFflK-J.
ON 6ALK .T j
FnlrlhoriieM Tea lVurehouseH,'
Nog. 203 North NINTH and 1030 MAR
litT (tre't,
U 21 til .Hear Bingham HoteL
JpllEEU FRUITS & TRESERVE3.
Bnnob, Layer, psadleea, and Sultan ita'slns; Cur
IsnU, C'llron. Orsrg. s, 1'iuuut, tigs, etc. Bv. y da
cripllon ot Orocenes, suitable for' the Holiday a.
, ALDEBT V. BMUT,
Vot. KIJiVKNTB and VINBStreeSA.
117rp
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' CARPENTER ' AND BDILDEE, j
Sboiei&.3i& Ubnfir.titrtietf ttml No.t73S t
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