THE DAILY E S is'G TELEG K A ri I HILL A D EL PII I A, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1SCP. LITgllATUIiE. ItKVIKW OF NEW BOOKS. From T. B. reteraon & Brothers we hare weired "Major Jones' SoeneB in Georgia." Tbe raey (.ketches of "Major Jones" are well known to all lorers of genuine bnmor. Dar ing the twenty years sinoe these sketches were written .immense changes hare taken place, and Major Jones and his circle of friends are M far removed from onr time as if tbey lired a century ago. This, however, does not de tract from their interest, but rather adds to it, and those who delighted in the Major's stories years ago will be glad to peruse them again, and those who hare not read them have some thing in store for future enjoyment. The book is illustrated with a number of spirited designs by Darley. From Duffleld Ashmead, No. 721 Cheanut street, we hare received Tart XV of the Ame. rican edition of Dr. William Smith's "Diction ary of the Bible." Thi3 valuable work has been revised with great care by the Amerloan editors, and while Dr. Smith's arrangement has been adhered to strictly, a great nmonnt of important information developed by mo dern research has been added, and a number cf mistakes correoted. The Dictionary la pub lished in numbers, by subscription, each num ber containing 112 pages, medium octavo size. It is issued monthly, and will be oompleted in about thirty numbers. Published by llurd & Houghton, New York. 'Jhe Riverside Magazine for February ha3 an attractive title of contents, as follows: 'The Boy and the Bird;" "White and Red," Chapter II, by Helen C. Weeks, illustrated by A. P. Close; "What Good Cats Do;" "Ting-a-ling and the Five Magicians," by Frank R. Stockton, illustrated by E. B. Ben sell; "Farmer Thomas' Story about Enclos ing an Acre with a Fence Rail," by F. R. Goulding; "The Judge's Pets," by E. John son, illustrated by E. B. Bensell; "The Crow's Children," by Pha-be Carey; "Geoffrey Chaucer and the Story of Constance," the first of a series of stories from old English poets, by Abby Sage, illustrated by S. L. Smith;" "It," concluded, with an illustration ly M. L. Stone; "The Five Barley Loaves," by E. G. C; "IIow to Cut a Likeness," with two illustrations; "The Dryad," a wonder story of the time of the Exhibition in Paris, jcC7, by Hans Christian Andersen; "By a February FireBide," with an illustration by D. Fisher; and illustrated rebuses. Mr. II. L. Stevens gives as a frontispiece a pictorial his tory of "The Three Little Kittens who Lost their Mittens." The most meritorious illus trations are those by Mr. E. B. Bensell, the rising young Philadelphian artist, who has a rare talent for fanciful and grotesque subjects The editors of The Riverside announce that the March number will contain a story by Hans Christian Andersen. The Nursery for February is full of pictures, poetry, and prose which the youngest readers will understand and appreciate. This little magazine is admirably edited. The illustra tions are remarkably good, and there are few magazines published In this country that has anything in the way of pictures equal in artistio merit to the half-dozen designs by Oscar Pletsch entitled "Learning to be Use ful." The Nursery is published by John L. Shorey, No. 13 Washington street, Boston. lime's Quarterly; or, the Revolutionist, the first number of which we have received, is edited by L. A. Hine, who takes for his motto "Taurus curnilus captus." Mr. Hine dis cusses the labor question from a trades' union standpoint, and we can best give an idea of his opinions and their value by citing a few planks in hi3 "platform to emancipatejlabor, establish justice, aud promote liberty, equality, and fraternity." The ta3kis a great cue, and this is how it is to be accomplished: "So public laud except for working men and liomestettiU for all Ircedom of one UuaJrel (KiO) acres to each family or adult that will mottle upon it, and tins uot to be sold Dy tue occupant except to a landless person. "No more land monopoly iu tbe States. No more buying of land except ior personal occu putlon aud use; no more than one huudrei (I'M) acres for any farmer, or more ttun a iiomceteud and a place of business for auy one tike. "Those who now lawfullyfpogsess a land mo nopoly may hold it at pleasure till tbeir daub, after w hie u tbeir monopolies shall be divided unions tbeir children at tbe rate ot oue hundred acres each, on condition ot personal occupancy thr reof, the balance to be sold and tbe proceeds given to the children. And so nlso with real C'Btate monopolies in cities and towns home tteads and places of business out of the paternal cMute under the limitation principle of una arti cle, tbe balance to be sold to such as need homes aud places of business, and the proceeds given to tbe cliildreu. m "No more mortgages on one's farm or home Mead, nor lorleiture thereof except for taxes. "So more debts to be collected by law. No bankrupt laws: credit a matter of honor. "Kepeal ol the Natioual UauklnR acts substi tution of preeubacka for bauk. notes, cancella tion of the bonds iu security for tbem, tbe Bttttes never to authorize bauks of circulation, the General Guvernnieut to provide all the money that healthy business may need, and preenoacks to be redeemable iu gold and silver coin as soon aw politic," etc. etc. 0 Mr. Hine states that ten of the best years of his life were spent in travelling from place to place, on foot, advocating the "working man's cause." While endeavoring to get others to join in establishing a fool's paradise, his family subsisted en a few aores of broken land, chiefly by their own labor. The ques tion with disinterested and thinking men will be, whether he coull not have served the cause of workingmen to better effect if he had re mained at home nd assisted in getting a living for his family, uther than by roaming over the country expressing suoh insane ideas as we have quoted. The signalmen and stokers connected with railway trains running through Ireland are frequently shot at by playful persons stationed along the road. This makes it vary Jolly for the travelling public The Sultan has written a valse, so writes the Figaro, the only result as yet obtained of the civilized ideas which the Commander of the Faithful is supposed to Lave gathered rtnripg Lis European tour of last year. THE FEBRUARY J.UGAZINE8. "Harper's." The February number of Harper's Maga zine opens with au illustrated description of "A Sleigh Ride Through Eastern Russia," by Thomas W. Knox; Alice Carey contributes a poem entitled "Spent and Misspent;" an illustrated article on Zanzibar Is by Mrs. C. L. Weeks; "Spain" is a poem by Charh Gates; Mr. Benson J. Lossing has an interesting paper on "The Executive Departments and Seals." The other contributions are: "Grandpapa's Baby," by D. R. Castleton; "The Morning Hour," by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford; "Chivalrous and Semi-Chivalrous Southrons," by J. W. De Forest; "Isabella II, Queen of Spain," by J. S. C. Abbott; "Fate and Dii sies," by Mary E. Coon; "My Enemy's Daugh ter," chapters fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth, by Justin McCarthy; 'Treachers and Preach ing," by Robert Tomes; "A Wile of the Pe riod," by Katharine F. Williams; "Changes in the Population," by Nathan Allen; "Refugee Life," by Mrs.W. M. Parker; "Stars," by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford; "The Insurance on the Highflier," by Mrs. Spofford; "Light Houses," by M. S,hele de Vere; "Editor's Easy Chair," "Editor's Book Table," "Editor's Record of Current Events," "Editor's Drawer." From "A Sleigh Ride in Eastern Russia" we take the following about the effects of sleigh-riding in that region: "When the roads are rough the contmual jolting of tlieeloitru Is very fatiguing to a travel ler, and frequently, during the first two or tbrec days of his journey, throws bim into what Is very properly designated the road fever. His EuL-e Is quick, bis blood warm, his head aches, is whole lratne becomes sore aud stiff, and his mind is far Irom bei; serene and amiable. In the first part ot my land journey I had the batistaction of ascertaining by practical expert ence tbe Caiict character ot the road fever. My brain teemed rca ly to burst, and appeared to my excited imacinat on about as large a? a barrel; every trei-h jolt and thump of the vehicle gave me a senEatiun us if somebody were driving a lenpenny nail into my skull: as for gooi nature under sucb ciicumsUitices that was oiitof tbe question, and i am free to rontess tbat my temper was not unlike that of a bear with asoro head. H appily, howevrr. I kept it pretty well to myself, and as my compauiou was affected about as I was we managed not to disagree. Where the roads are good, or if the speed is not preat, one can sleep very well iu a Russian sleigh; I succeeded In extracting a great deal of slumber irom my vehicle, and sometimes did not wake for three or lour hours. The Government couriers often sutler much Irom loss of sleep, as they aie compelled to maintain the utmost limit ot speed without regard to their own con venience. Sometimes the roads are iu such wretched condition that ouo is tossed in his vehicle to the heiabt of discomfort, aud can be very well likened to a lump of butter iu a re volving churn. In such cases sleep is almost, if not wholly, impossible, and the traveller, pro ceeding at courier speed, must take advantage of the few moments' halt at tbe stations while the horses are being chanced. As he has but ten or fifteen minutes for the chauge, he makes good use of his time and sleeps very soundly uiitll his team is reaiy." Mrs. C. L. Weeks gives this description of Life in Zanzibar: "The town of Zanzibar, capital of the island of the same name, seen from the' vessel, seemed to eontist principally of white houses, built m squares, with flat roois aud castellated tops; the mosques, the rude mud-huts thatched with cocoa-nut leaves, the groves of cocoa, plantains, bananas, palms, and pomegranate with huts here aud there peeping out of them furnish prominent features in the picture. Tbe houses of the various consuls are on the white sanded beach, aud their flags give a lively street to the view. My husband aud myeelt visited the Ame rican Consul. His house is delightfully Eastern in style. There are Moorish arches in the court yard, where two poats and gazelle were then at play;men weoriDg the fez and turban were seated or lying on stonecouches that were covered with matting, aud were built near the doors, which are heavy and of dark color, carved down the centre, the walls are very thick aud the win dows large. We asceuded by a wooden stair case, and were ushered into a large sitting room, in which were light einy chairs, tables, and cane so'as with rla-shiiped funs lying on, them. The white walls were adorned with pictures, the windows were nor glazed, and the upper sla'.s of the dark greeu blinds were closed, nifiking the rooms shady aud cool. We weie received by Mr. It , the consul a Que, gentlemanly youug man. Soon a ter Captain Dow entered together with Taria Topban, who is called the 'honest Hindoo ot Zanzibar.' Ho was picturesquely attired, mid left his 6lippers outside. We had a pleasant bait-hour's chat, aud the gentlemen, with tbe exception of Taria Tophan (who. by-the-way, did not seem to know l-uglisb), took vermuth belore the four o'clock dinner, which was served in an airy room with white walis and ma'sive squ-irc-cut pillars. There was a swing-fan in this room, and two blacks, in a sort of white night gown, waited upon the table aud tanned the Hies away Irom us with flaas made of cloth, em broidered in floss silk. Taria Tophan did not eat with us. We had soup and hbti, with some yellow pungent sauce that looked like custard, beef, chicken pin, liaked bauanas, a kind of green pea, small pickled oranges, plantains, sweet po'atoes, fried mince-meat cakes, asa-tu.-tida cakeo, or wa't rs (for which I really ihiuk 1 could tn time acquire a taste), a rice curry, a salad ot small pi 'en leaves aud cucumbers, grown and sent by the French Missionary Society, a Welsh rarebit, a epongecate incus taul wild oranges, with bbeiry aud claret plen tifully watered Irom white earihern coolers." Mr. Benson J. Lossing gives the following information about the proposed Confederate seal: "iu our day the extraordinary spectacle h:is been seen ot the eu rts of an oligarchy, small In numbers but powerful in ititluence, to es'a blisb auoiber nation wituin the bounds of the lit public iinpcrutiit tn imperio aud to give to it the symbol ot sovereignty in tbe form of u gnat seal. The youngest ot us old enough to letlectanil reasou have seen that 'nation,' so called, spring up from the late slave-labor titutiB which formed the northern portion of tbe Great Golden Circle of empire devised by conspirators. It whs a Caliban in features; barbaric iu its procl.vitle-; awfully po cn'ial iu mischievous work-; protesting with tiro, sword, and torture against the civibzation of the age; and yet impudemlv insisting upnii Us recogni tion as one of the family of legitimate and respectable sovereignties. Its titular iuiiiali were -C K. a.' i is fathers resolved that it, like the liut on it wns attempting to over throw by internal couvuislous, should buvo a great seal, and in 'Cougress' resolved in tbe spring of jG3, that it tbouM bear 'a device representing au equestrian stuluo of Wasbiugton tul'ter the statue which surmounts his monument iu the Capitol Hquaro at Rich mond), surrounded with a wreath composed of the priucipul products of the Confederacy, and having mound its margin the words Confederate States of America, February '11, 1802, with the following motto: Deo Viudice' GoJ, the pro tector, defender, deliverer, or ruler indicative ot the expected longevity of the 'nation' because ol Divine protection aud sustenance. Alas) that 'nation,' so notably 'conceived in sin and boru in iniquity. ' d.ed of political aud moral ma run. mus in its infancy, tin honored by any recognition of its existence excepting by a Latin ghost of sovereignty, it had repeated history by a delay iu providing itself with the usual svmbol f nationality. Antiquaries, in the future, will search in vain tor any impression of au emblem of sovereignty of the 'C. H. A.' None was ever made," From Major De Forest's paper we take the following: CHIVALROUS SOUTHRONS. "Imagine the wrath of a fine gentleman, once the representative of his country abroad, win finds himself driven to open a beer salom. Imagine rue iudignatlon of a fine lady who must keep boarders; of another who mut go out to service little less than menial ; of another who must beg rations with low-downer and negroes. During the war I saw women of good families at the bouth who bad no stockings; and here I beg leave to stop and ask the readr to conceive f ally, If ho can, the sense of degrada tion which must accompany such poverty a degradation of dirt and nakedness and slattern ly uncomellBess, bo it observed; a degradation which seemed to place them b.'sulc the negro. Let us Imagine the prosperous ladies of oar civilization prevented only from wealing the latest fashions; what maollcst man of us all would like to assume the responsibility of " a piece of tyiaunf Moreover, 'Jur Lady of Tears,' the terrible Hater Lachrumnrum ofDe Quinccy's visions, ails the whole bouth With her outcries for the dead. It is uot so much a wonder as a pity that the women re bitter, aud teach bitterness to their children. Of course there are lower and more ridiculous motives for this hate. Nou-comb.itants, sure of at least bodily safety, arc apt to bo warlike, and to blow cbenp trumpets of moi:k heroism. Furthermore, it is aristocratic to keep aloof irom Yankees; and what woman docs not desire to have the tone of grand society If When will this sectional aversion end? I can only offer the obvious reflection that it is desirable for both North aud South, but especially for tbe weaker of the two, that it should end as quickly as possible. For the sake of the entire republic we should endeavor to make all our citiz-ns feel that they aro Americans, aud nothiug but Americans, if we do not accomplish, this end, we shall not rival the greatness ol the Ro mans. It was not patriciaulsm which made Rome great so much as the vast community and boudea strength ot Roman citizenship. Let us remember in our legislation the law of soli darity ; the fact that no section of a community can be injured without injuring the other tedious; that the perfect prosperity of the whole depends upon tbe prosperity of all the parts. This idea should be kept iu view despite of provocations; this policy will In theeud produce broad and souud natioual unity. As the South erners find that the republic brings them pros perity, they will, little by little, aud one by one, become as loyal as the people ol other sections. SOUTHERN INDIVIDUALITY. "Whether chivalrous or semi-chivalrous, the Fouifccrner has more individuality ot character than the Northerner, and is one ot the most interesting, or, at all events, one of the most amusing, personages on this continent, if not in the world. He has salient virtues, vices, and oddities; he has that rich, practical humor which is totally unconscious of being humor istic; be in the gravest manner decorates his life with ludicrous acd romantic adventures; in short, he is a prize for the auec lotist and novelist. Dixie has thousands ot high-toued gentlemen who suppose themselves' to be patterns of solemn and staid propriety, but who would be tit lo associate with the Caxtons and Doctor Hiccabocca. In that laud of romance jou will tinu Uncle Toby and Squire Western aud Kir Pitt Crawley and Colonel tfewcome aud Mr. Pickwick and Lo Cuounneur, ail moving to. the, best society and quite sure that they are Admirable Cnchtons. "in what other part of the civilized earth would a leading statesmun wriie a ponderous political work in dialogue, alter the fashion of the cstays of Plato and Cicero 1 Such a gusto ot classical imitation might possibly be found in a Harvard Hophomore; bin at tbe South we dis cover it iu au ex-United Slates Congressman and ex-Vice-PresideDt of the Couiederacy. Alexander H. Stephets is as redolent of Creeks and Romans, as verdant with lore, a9 Kcitt or Pry or. "Where else could you meet such a curious incarnation of the apostoli character a9 , a plainer by protession and habitude, but a preacher by minion if lie was a passion ate leligionist; it he met you in the s'reet lie buttonholed you and vented upon you his dogmiis; chance passers-by were beckoned to until he had a circle; you listened because you dare not run away. One Sunday, exhorting In a little crossroaJs church, and having been annoyed by to negroes stealing out ot the house, he came to a solemn pause in his eervice, aud then spoke as follows: 'Mext Lord's day 1 shall hold worship in this same place. I shall bring my double-barrelled gun; I shall staud thutguu, brethren, in tho pulpit, alongside of roc; and it any man gets up and goes out while I am preaching, by I'll shoot him !' "A half fuddled planter called ou me one evening, and Invited me out to a treat ot stewed ousters. The restaurant was tbe back-room of a DaSeiy; we sat on broken chairs, among sticky pans, spilled Hour, and loaves ot dough ; tbe oyster-can were opened with au old bowie knife. When the stews were before us, my friend observed: "Coiiie, clou't kt'.seut this liKe savages. Major, can't you ask a blessing?'' As I declined, he pulled bis br .ai'-brtmuiea fe;t Irom his muddled cranium and said grace him self. "Audacity, vehemence, recklessness, passion, sentiment, preiudice, vauity, whim whams, a" surdities, culture, Ignorarce, courtll iess. bar bar hin ! The individual has plenty of eloow room at the South; he kick9 out of the traces with a freedom unknown to our steady-pull. ng society; be ii a bull in Mrs. Grnndy's china shop. Stranesj, of all, he believes that he is 1'ke the rest of the world, or, more accurately, that the lest of the world should be l.ke him. The chivalrous Southron has been too po.i tivtly and authoritatively a political power to pet fair treatment in literature. People have not described him; they have felt driven to declaim about him; they have preached lor bim or preached against him. Northern peus have not done justice to his virtues, uor South em pens to his vices. 'flow shall we manage this eccentric cre.i ture? We have been ruled by him; we n.ive fought him, beaten him, male him captive; now w but treatment khail we allot him? My opinion is, that U would bo good tor hiui an t for us it we should neiseverlngly attempt to put up with his oddities and handle hiui as a net. lie rcseniLles the ideal white bears described in the 'Pearl ot Oir's Island;' 'there ain't n) kinder creetcr in the whole world if vou'il only get the right Mde of h.ni.' It Is true that he has wuuied to cat us, which is cx isperatinc ; it is true that Lc still talks ot eating us at so tie conenient season, which is ridiculous; but 1 bclh-ve tbat he suit, red to mueli in our late, struggle to ceriously think of reuewinc ii; I hold tint his war tuorts ate mere election b in combe." From " Preachers and Preaching," by Robert Tomes, we take tbese remarks ah mi texts KLd ffeuiioLB: "The text Is the keystone of that formal str.i I ture, the modern sermon. It was no, howevei, so in fi.nni r times, for we are totd that the oi I ! divines liequently preuched without any text up, all; and we knew u celebrated clergyman Uo generally wrote his sermons b' tore ho selec .ed ' a phrase from Scripture to predxto them. The connection of the text and sermon is oiteii i toiced. Kowland Hill, the eccentric Kugli.-h preacher, wi.-hing to denounce the practice tb"ii prevalent among the wommi ot wearing alio heacl-diesses called 'top knots,' preached from this text: Matthew xxiv, 17 Let himtliitH ou the house-top not come dotim,1 and pointed to the latter part of the uhra&e, 'top-knot coma dou,' as a Scriptural denunciation of thd coiilure in vogue. Rowland Hilt was an luvete rate cletical punster. Preaching on oue occasion atWapping, a low district near Lon Ion, ho aisured his beater, who had been amoug the most dissolute of tbat uusavory quarter, thai such Wo pfiing (whopping) sinners even as they might hope to be forgiven. Oue preaeher tooK for bis text the word 'and.' and another 'but.' The lattet, as Dean Ramsay tells the story, was a candidate for a lectureship, and bad to deliver a discourse before the trustees of the endowment, in the way of com petition; so be was determined to show how clever ha could be, and took for his text tho s ngle word 'but.' Uo deduced from! thence the greut Uuth aud the important doctriue that no position is without some corresponding cross or opposite trial. Naaman was a mighty man of valor and honorable, (iu he was a leper. The live cities of tbe plain were fruitful as the garden of Eden, bxd the men of Sodom were awful sinners. I called you, but ye answered not, etc When he came down Into the vestry after bis' sermon the senior trustee of tho lec tureship met him and said, '.sir, you gave us a most Ingenious dUcoursc, and we are very mu h obliged to you; 6 we don't think you are the preacher that will do for us. This was a practical application oi his sermon that the rulplt orator had not calculated upon. One oi r. Hawks' most effective 'charity' sermons was preached from the text 'To beg I nm ashamed, but a meanlug whs given to It qulto different from the original intention. He turned it effectively to his purpose by tho gloss that he was ashamed tor his hearers that the neglect of so good a cause as tbat lor which he was plead ing rendered it necessary to beg lor it." Here is a bit of "Easy Chair" gossip which contains an Idea or two worthy of notice: "It would have breu a pity if tho old monks, In the sunny seclusion ot their cloisters, pain fully transcribing choice old manuscripts, and so prefcrving Inestimable works, hud decided that orluinal composition was a much higher employment, and had left the good works to moulder while they painfully achieved btd ones. " 'Certainly, certainly,' said young flunnyhags mho but he? to whom the Kasy Chair made the remark as they walked through the collec tion of plctuies which yonng Mr. Gunnybngs had recently brought from Europe. 'Certainly, ceitainlj: and do look at this beautiful piece by Tin'.orettinl. Isn't tbat marvellous color?' "It was marvellous color. Tho color was as remarkable as the total w.int of interest or beauty in the work itself. It was a delicious voice warbling the most stupid of commonplace ditties. 'Dear, dear!' exclaimed the B-isy Chair, 'how splendid a copy of (itorglonc's Kishermau of St. Marc Tintorcttlnl would make!' "'Oh, 1 asure you,' reloiued young Mr. Gunnybags, as he raised the shade to throw a brighter light upon some 'gem,' Signor Tinto retuijl Is long before that. He paints nothing but originals.' " 'The more fool he.'wasth0 involuntary reply; but It remained unspoken, and the review of misapplied talent coutinued. " 'Did jou evcruear Alboni?' asked the Easy Chair, as the promenade brought them In front of a really admirably executed portrait of a honibly uninteresting model who posed for a cardinal. " 'Yes, indeed ! beautiful 6'mgcr, wonderful. IIow she did sing U Oegreto !' " 'Did jou ever hear her sing auy of her owa songs?' " 'Her own songs cood HeaveDs! no; and shouldn't wish to. No, no; she could sing magDiticcutly: but composition is quite auo'.her thing. You know the talents very seldom go together ' '"Very seldom indeed,' rejoined the Fasy Chair; "and what a pity that this clever painter had not sung Raphael's Leo Tenth or Julius, instead of this absurd old model !' "Mr. Gunnybags junior turned politely, but still did not seem to comprehend, uud merely saying, 'Yes, oh yes!' certainly,' ho called attention to another choice bit ol skilful execu tion. There wan plenty ot skill, but scarcely a Eicture in the collection. But if all these monks ad but devoted their diligence to reproducing a cauto of some lost Iliad I "A very few years since, when enormous sum of money were paid by intelligent connoisseurs for original pictures by some man of the mo ment, wbote works were almost as much a mere fashion as the Grecian bend, there was an exquisite copy of oue of the most interesting of Turner's great works, the old lemeraire, hang ing upon the walls of a painter's studio, and to be bought at a most moderate price. Intrinsi cally, in tbe judgment of those whose decision would rule in such matters, the copy was worth very much moiethau multitudes ot the originals that were Eold at twenty limes the sum asked. But who wants to buy a copy ? "Why not buy a copy ? Most of tho clever painters, whose works we see In the collections omitting those who are nit clever are like men who write an excellent, legible hand. Now you may employ them to devote that legible hand to an original essay of theirs upon 'Contentment a Blessing;' but why ba surprised that jour neighbor proiers to have them copy iu that excelleut hand Milton's 'L'Alleg -o ?' Make the case stronger, (suppose that 'L'Alle gro' could be multiplied only by transcrlb.ng, that it was lodged in a library alcove far away over the sea, and thou which would jou prefer, tbe essay on 'Contentment a Blessing,' by Bristow Drownstroke, M. N. 1. (Member National Institute), or the poem copied by the same skilful hand? Or, since you are iu the mood ot sneering at copies, would you please to prefer one ot the original Parlttu figures of women more or less nude that are made so prettily in Parts and London to a plaster cast of the Venus di Milo? "It is at this point that Mr. Gunnybags junior may be supposed to remiuk, caustically, that there is a large number of worthy people wno are copjistsiu all the great galleries in Kurope, and it anybody wishes to buy a copy, he cau bj ncccmmodated upon the most reasonable terms. A copy yes: a cbromo-litbOhraph. Butacjpy of ibo'MadoDua di Sisto, of the Koligco, of the Seggiola, wbich shail really reproduce those pictures, not merely imitate them, that is a work well worth doing, and not difficult to many a thoughtful aud sklliul painter, who can as truly repioduce Raphael as AliJa Topp cau play Cho pin, jet who can uot himself compose. So it is, alter all, the painters who are mainly concerned. When T. T. and the Easy chair walk together through iho Academy Exhibition and If there be a better companion tra picture gallery, Iu tbe stinging liveliness of his comments, the busy Chair has not encountered him they well, at least oue ol them sees often and often a charm lug touch, a delicate skill, and feels how ad mirable a copy ot a Wouvermann, of an Arcadia of Claude's, of a landscape ot balvator, would be by the same band. Tue careful study that makes the painter capable of doing thi, in which not the thing itself, but the way of doing it, is so admirable, would in that case do also au admirable thing. It would make us all familiar wiih the famous wotks and the famous masters. We could study their treatment, their compost tion. It the copy of the Temerairo, of which we spoke ntst now, had been hung upon the AcaOciuy walls, a great many people who are accustomed to think hgl tly ol the painter, T. C. Farter, would have been compelled to recognize a very striking talent, and the picture would have been as remarkable as any in the rooms." BRANDY, WHISKY, WINE, ETC. Y. p- Y. P. M. Y. P. ywcku'n run: halt wiiiskt. YUUMU't ri'UK MALT WHISKY, IOIISU H ri'BG HALT 1VH1MKT, Tture 1b no question relative to tbe merit or the rt'iRbraU d Y. I' M. ills thumitsl quality ufWliisKy, ri niiieiured ironi lite best Krulu alluiUed bv l ie I'lillbUe'pliU mantel aud 11 Is loid at the low rate of tlier tatlou, ur (1 is per quart, at the aalcaroouut, AO. 300 TASSlUJiK KOAD, 11 6 Zp FHILA dklfhta. AH STAIRS & McCALL. Nos. 126 WALKET and 21 UK AMITE Hfo, U1POKTEK8 OS Bruuilies, YViues, Uln, OHre Oil, Etc Etc OOMM1BBIWN MEHOHANT& FCK 1B.S, BALB OJf PUKE OLD KYK, WHEAT, AM) BOCH. BOJIjyillSKIES. mi COTTON AND FLAX, HAIL VVVK AND CANVAS, Ot an nuinbnra aud brand Tent, Awntnr, Trunk, and Wnjou (Jover Duok. Ainu, 1'nper Manufacturers' Drlor Fella, from on to teveral feet wld; Pauline, Belting. Kail Twine, eio JVJtN W. KVKBMAN OO., FINANCIAL. Union Pacific Railroad. 1YE AKE SOW SELLLNU The First Mortgage Gold In terest Bonds OP THIS COMPANY AT PAR AIND INTEREST, At which rate the holder or GOVERN MEM SECURITIES can mako a proQt nblc exchange. tOLTOXS due January 1 CASHED, or bought at full rates fur Gold. WIL. PAINTED & 00., BASKEKS ASD DEALERS IS GOVERN. HEJST SECURITIES, Uo. 36 South THIRD Gtreot, I PHILADELPHIA. V bankers; co No. 35 South Third Street, PHILADELPHIA. DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, ST0CK,C0LD AND NOTE BROKERS. .V-winn f Hanks, linos, aud Individuals retched, tulijetf (o eit'-ck at sight. INTKREST ALLOWED ON BALAXCE9. jiENERALrENTS, V FOR $n, PENNSYLVANIA ALj orTHE . ..( liFElNXiih. J UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TIip Natiovat, Life I.vsrnAXOE Company Is a i'Hrittin chartered liy Rnuciul Act of Concrete, uu. proved July 25, imw, with a CASH CAPITAL, $1,000,000, FULL PAID. Liberal terms offered to A cents und Solicitors, who Kiill iiitriit'iilai-H to ti tmd on application nt ourofllce. If ii'ii f if 1 in flio t:fffitwl otikrv nf mi. If.. ..I, I.... ii Yliere Circulars anil INiitiphletH, fully describing Ilia v.iu..i'.bv--? uuwwi f iic uiii iiuuy, mny ue iiau. K. W. I'liAKK A CO., Ao. 35 Ntulh Third SU gTERLING & WILDMAN, BAKKKE8 AND BROKERS, No. 110 South THIRD Street, AGENTS FOB BALE OF First Mortgage Bonds or Rockford, ocf Island, and St. Louis Railroad, Interest KEVIN PER CENT., clear of 'I taxc payable Jo GOLD August and February, for sale UV,i and accrued Interest In currency. Also First Mortgage Bonds or the Danrillei Razleton, and IVilkesbarre Eailroad. Interest (SEVEN PER CENT., CLEAR OF ALL TAXES, payable April and October, for sale at S9 Hug Kccruru luwivu hiuuphietfi with maps, reports, and fall Information Of these roads alwavs on ha DKALKKH in Government Bonds, cold,' Silver ETOCK8 of all kinds bonght And sold on commit Minn In Vilr u ml T)t.i t.. . . ....... BANKING HOU S E OP Aos. 112 and 114 South TlIlltD Street, PHILADELPHIA. Dealers In all Uorernment Securities. Old 5-208 Wanted In Exchange for Aetr A Liberal Ditlerence allowed. Compound Interest Kotes Wanted. Interest Allowed on Deposits. COLLECTION 8 MALE. BTOCK-B bought and cold On ComoilBalon. Hecial biutneci accommodations reserved for We will ncelv applications for Policies of Lira Insurance Iu il:e National Life Inhoranee Company of tba United State, full luforujailon given at our LfllCCb 1 1 8m &MnMHnni.Pri& Dealers in United States Bonds, and Mens Iters of Stock aud -Hold Exchauze, I'ecelve Accounts of Bunks and Bunkers ou Liberal Terms, ISSUE BILLS OF EXC11ANHE ON C. J. HAMBUO & SON, LONDON, IS. METZLER, S. SOHN & CO., FRANKFORT JAMES W. TUCKER & CO., PARIS, And Other frincipal Cities, and Letters of Credit Available Throughout Europe. GUMMING, DAVIS & CO, .o. IS South THIRD .Street, PHILADELPHIA. GLENDIHMG DAVIS 6 AMORT Xo. 3 NASSAU St., New York, BAMKEBS AND BK0KFBS. Direct telegraphic communication with the New York Stock Boards from the fhJlttdelfbla, Ofilce. WJ INANCIAL. PClflC RAILROAD NEARLY FINISHED,. I05O MILES DUILT. The Union Pacific Railroad Co. AND TBS Central Taciflc Railroad Company Have added Eight Hundred (oo) Miles totbelr lines during Ike cut rent year, while doing a large local pas senger and freight buslnt.s. The through connection will undoubtedly be completed next summer, wheat the through tranio will be very great. Forty thousand mm are now employed hr the two powerful com pa nhs ln:preHlng forward tbe great national high, way to a speedy coin) letlon. Only 200 miles remain) to be bnlit, which mostly are graded and ready foe the rails. first Mortgnge Gold Bonds of the TJntnn Paclfla Ballroad Company for Rle at par and Interest, and Flipt Mortgage Gold BcnCs of the Central PaciQa Railroad at ICS and Intore.t. The principal and Interest of both Bends are payi. ble In gold. Dealers In Uovcrumcnt Securities, Uold,Etc No. 40 SOUTli THIRD STREET, ess PHILADELPHIA. SHIPPING. ffgf LORILLARD'S STEAMSHIP LINK FOR NEW YORK. Balling TnesdajB, Thursdays, and Saturdays at noon. The winter rales at which freight Is now taken is 20 cents per loo pounds, gross, Scents per foot, or 2 cents per gallon, ship's option. The Line Is now prepared to contract for spring rates lower than by any other lOute, cotnmeactng on Maich IS, 183 Advance charges cashed at oUiua on Pier, freight l tcelved at all times on covered wharf. JOHN F. OHL, 8 88 6m Pier 19 North Whr ves. K, H.gitra rate! on small packages Iron, me'.als, etc. FOR LIVERPOOL AXD LUUENSI TOWW,-Xmuau Line at Mail ku.,,.s sue j.iHdiiied to sail ae tullows: CITY oe ANIAVKKP, baiurday, January 23. h. a jSUaKUO, TueuUay, January it). CITY OF JL.OJNUON. eimurday, January 30. CJTY OF BALTlMOMJii, tjaturaay, i'noruary 8, CITY OF COHK, Tuesday. February V. and each succeeding bauuday and alternate Tuesday, at 1 . M., from Pier 46, JSoriti lUver. KATKd OF PAbSAUJU BV TUB) MAII, STKAMHB SAIL1NH JCVJUiy BATUROA Vi Payable in Uold. Payable Iu Currency. FifeUT CAtllN.......(100STJiCKAUl ...........ITS lo Jxjuaou. M'M to Loudon-.......... 40 to Paru 11. to Paris 47 FABSAUKi BY Till. TU8iAJf BTXaMKB VIA B UfTAX, KTKKttAlil Payable In Uold Liverpool-................ Hallux . bt. Joliu'8, N. F Payable In currency. Liverpool ...H Halliux l l. JOIin'S, N. F- I an ..90 ... fX Dy nraiicu ateaiuer, :: Puwenners also forwarded lo Havre. Hamburg. Bra- uy liranou Bieainur... i men, etc, at reduced rales. Tickets can be bu until here by persons sending tot thtdr irleuds, at moderate rutta. J-orluriuer Information apply at the Company'! Ollices. JOHN 8. DALE, Agent, No. 15 BROADWAY, N. X. Or to O'bow&jiH A FAULK, Ageuui, No. 411 CHiUaiN UT blrett. Ful.aueipli.ia. W-v PHILADELPHIA, KICUllOND ,icw AND JSOKtOLK UThiAMtiKlP U.SK. HUH FKK1UKT AIK lAia TO t2m UilvUt. cuu iu inn tvuit JCViCKY HATUKDAT, B wLOB' FLUbT W HAKF above MAUKST TUKOTjOH KATES and THBOUOH RECEIPTS to ail polo is in fNorin auu bouib Carolina, via be, board Air Line Kaliroud, connecting al Portsmouth and to Lyuchourg, Va., Tennessee, aud tbe Wesi. via Virginia and Tennessee Air Line and KlcliaionU and Lauvllle Ballroad, Iretgbt HANDLED BUT ONCE, and taken it LOV M.B. BAT1U4 THAN ANY OTxlkjt LIB, A " The regularity, salbiy, and cheapness of uiu tout coiuineud It to the public as tue uiotit denirubJe ma. dlum lor carrying every description ol freignt, Nu charge for ooiu-aiiouluu, uraage, or any ezptnsa Ol trausler. bieamublps Insured at lowest rates, Freight received aaliy. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A UU Wo. 14 Norihaudbouih WHAttVUS. Point. roRTKU' Agent at Klchnionu and Cltj T, P. CROWKLL A CO.. Agents at Norfolk. 1 1 t$f$ NEW EXPRESS LINE To ALEX. aWMftiiriandria. Ueorgeiown, and Washington? U. via Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, with con nections at Alexandria from the most direct rout lor Liuchburg, Bristol, KnoxvUle, Nashville, Dal lon and ihebouthweat. bteamers leave regularly every batnrday at noon from the lint wharf aoo'e Market street. Freight received daUy. WM. P. CLYDE A CO., t . . t ,N9-14 North and boulh Wharves, J. B. DAVIDSON, 4gent at Georgetown. M. ELD1UDUE 4 Co., Agents at Alexandria, Vlr. lnia. 'aj HTK ?EW TOKK, VIA W A K W. a U It u a Hurt T TTiruuM lt r r r . " f . s ax,, The bteau Propellers of this line leave DAILY from first wharf below Markei street. TiiKOUUil IN iH JJ.OUKS. uoodr iOrw aided by all the lines going eutot Yoris, Norih, itast, and West, frbe 01 ooiumWon, Fiblahta received at our usual low rattw, WILLIAM P. CifYDE fc CO., Agents. t a with it a i?.0 li 8" -A-KVES, Philadelphia J AMF8 HAND, Agent. t No. 119 WALL btreet. corner of Soith, New Yorlc :rpr FOIiKEW YOKK-SWlKr-SUBJJ HMHwwMuiiwuinifiiiuuu vuuiiJHu Aeapatcif, a. u b in-sure Linns, via Delaware ana Karlian i vm tuu Bfivi niio Affi.il ui jnarcii, leaving aauy as li M. aud ( F, M oonneotlng wlin ail Northern aod Kaxtern lines. For ireight, which will be taken on aooommodatlna terms, apply to WILL.1AM M. BAJ.KD 4 CO.. 1 II No. liii b. DELA W ABE AveuM,' FIRE-PROOF SAFES. pROM THE GREAT FIRff IN MARKET STRIJfc:T. IIJGItlfilXG'g IMTJEXT SAFluS Again tho CliauipiotiX I11E ONLY SAFE THAT PRESERVE! 1Tb COV TENTS UNCHARKED. LETTER FROM T MORRIS PEROT A CO. PuiLAUiii.i'HiA, Twelfth Monin m lfug fUV.&ffJfJ K fU., i O. bll 4JllfcM,ll sueei-enis:-it Is wuh ure.t pleasuie inat we idi w. . .n.ifiiviii au iun uo ui jruur jraieut I Uauirjlfin bale. At ine desirucllve tire on Marketstieet. oil tb? evtr I hi if ilia ml Ii.ki mm i.L..r. ... 7.T """r Pa ccutl.tjrttllon.and. bing 111 ea wlin a Iu.kh aiock ol dngs, ol.s, lurpeutlue, paints, varnish, a.cotiol eto maue a severe aud lrylnb' lesu Your baiu stood 'in en expottd sliuaiion, acd Jell with the buruinir Uuorii nio ihe cellar among a quantity o oomousuole ma. teilslu. We optni-d it uext oay aud louu i our kiooia paptrs, bank niles bills rvcuivabie, fti.d'euiire wirui, ati Bftitf. aii in v..'iuinv grniiiyiitg to USkiiak J cur Ki.f came out all rit;ut as we had euiriisiud onr mi hi VltlllUlilf. llflfllfa 111 li.. Af M Hllf.ll u b... . ..T vu ... . .u - . n.iiinuuiDHrnf yi ur bales In a lew Uuys, as they have our eutlre con" Y ours, respecuuuy, T. MCRRI8 TEROr 4 CO. - - v.. on r, iu, V ic urn iu more tnan 60 accldeiiit.1 jircs. Awarded nm x-rize aiiuais a. me onu s Jr ulr, Jjiuuuu Worlu'. t rii. Kiv Yfirk: Mi.ll Ki t.rifililn.. it..i... ' ' ,.-...u IfUIIIIWUO, ftsaoufactored and for sale by FAIiltEL, HEUltlNG & CO., Ko. OSS UltSMT 12 9 wfm3mrp PHILADELPHIA. L . M A I S R tj 11 MANrvKTnTtVD rm URL AND UUltULAK-PJiOOF SAFES IXjCKoMITH, BFLIf-HANOER, AND DEArirm MatufnaAAi ,6' Ko. tM RACE street FOR RENT. F R R n m T. riiEMlSES, So. 809 CUESSUT Ht., FOR BTOR OR OFFICE, A TuY nwifiru a c n t . fo7acimmMtlaTtX.egr. A,',.ry at 00ri8 ulU,,
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