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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1869.
"xfc Bpers I ConmiMlonw. Well.
A Skjbitait op thb TniAscBTOD.ee sent to the
clerk who had charge ot the sUtlatica of the
department, and announced that, as he was
about to prepare a report to Congress, he
ihouldlike to know the general drift of the
ponderous array of facta and figures which
had been carefully collected and collated
during the preTious jear. The clerk's coun
tenanoe was clouded with blank amazement
for a moment, but suddenly recollecting that
the gloes of newness had not yet been worn
from the Cabinet robes of the Secretary, he
oondeecendingly vouchsafed this explanation:
"It's quite contrary to the rules of the office
for ay of the subordinates to decide what the
figures prove, and, indeed, we do not know;
hut if you will be good enough to inform me
wbat positions you de&ire to take in your re.
port, I will hunt up evidence to sustain you,
and marshal the figures in such array as will
best suit your purpose. If you want to hare
the duties increased, I will supply you with
reasons for that course; but if, on the con
trary, you desire a reduction of the tariff, I
will prore that protection is oppressive and
ruinous." The Secretary was heartily
amused at this proposition, but after the
dlBolosure of the red-tape system of serving
up statistics to order, he never placed im
plicit rellanoe in thje reports arranged under
the direction of hU successors in office.
Special Commissioner Wells has lately pre
sented a labored document to Congress which
U evidently made up on the good old plan.
He resolved to favor a speedy resumption of
Bpeoie payments and abolition of protec
tive duties; and in the interest of a hard money
currency and free trade, he marshals his
figures to prove that the laboring classes are
in a deplorable condition; that the rich are
growing richer and the poor poorer; and that
any apparent sign of prosperity individuals
or communities may imagine they behold is
merely a delusion and a snare. lie cau
scarcely deny that the great body of the
people live in comfortable houses, wear good
clothes, eat good food; that the promise of
"two dollars a day and roast beef" is more
than verified in numberless instances; that
simultaneous with this good living more
money Is deposited in savings institutions,
and mora policies of life insurance are issued,
than ever before; and that, while the farmers
have been unprecedentedly prosperous, towns
And oities have increased in population, and
the numbers of their dwellings, stores, and
workshops, with unparalleled rapidity; bit
he Bees no speoial significance In facts like
these, and he prizes only figurative illustra
tions of his favorite free trade, low wages, aud
hard money theories.
The speech recently delivered in Congress by
Judge Kelley,whichwas published in The Tkle
gxafi yesterday, fully demonstrates the im
propriety of giving official endorsement aud
extensive ciroulation to the mass of crudities
and unjustifiable conclusions concocted by
Commissioner Wells. He belongs to a school
of politioal eoonomists similar to that which
was squelched in France by the declaration of
the great Napoleon, that "if the empire were
adamant they would grind it to powder." If
anything can secure the continued prosperity
of the nation, despite the burden of existing
debU, it is the development of varied forms of
diversified industry, so that all home wauts,
as far as possible, shall be supplied by home
labor. If anything can ruin the United States
it is the restriction of her citizens to a limited
range of pursuits, and the increase of a de.
Yastatingfereign commerce, consisting of the
exportation of raw materials, cotton, tobacco,
and food, oombined with the extensive impor
tation of every variety of manufactures. The
North prospered under the first-named policy,
and the South was ruined, even before the
war, by a persistence in the latter. Southern
productions always furnished a much larger
basis for foreign commerce than thoBe of the
North, and Commissioner Wells persists in
the flagrant folly of the old Southern poli
ticians, that the extent of this commerce was
an indisputable proof of inexhaustible wealth,
and that American prosperity is to be gauged
by the extent of its intercourse with distant
nations.
It is a very easy task to bring down prioes.
If we all become farmers and planters, corn,
cotton, wheat, and beef will sell at fabulously
low rates, and we can speedily be enabled to
undersell all competitors in the British mar
ket, thus remedying one of the evils deplored
by the Commissioner. It is also probable that
the nominal price of many manufactures iu
Amerloa would be reduced by the extensive
Import' Isa, under a low tariff, of goods made
bf pauper labor; and as for the rent of houses
In towns and oities, it would become merely
womlnal suder the proposed retrograde move
ment tar thonands of habitations would ne-
.MatrilT be abanoned by their present
tenants. Here, then, wou.(
"id be a free-trade
paradise extensive foreign comeroe, .low
wages, and magnificent opportunities or the"
enriohment of British manufacturers and mer
chant prinoes. But untold misery oreated ia
numberless canes by the enforced change of
residence and occupation, wide-spread finan
cial ruin, and fearful diminution in the aggre
gate productiveness and aggregate consump
tion of the nation, would be a dear price to
THE DAILY EVENING TELKGRArn rHLAI)Er,l'iriA, WEDNESDAY,
pay for the gratification of the apostles of free
trade, and the substitution of industrial vas
salage to Great Britain for the vantage point
of industrial independents whloh we are
rapidly approaching.
Counting; the Presidential Vote.
Thb last act In the oomplex system provided
by the Constitution for the election of Presi
dent and Vice -President of the United States
will be performed to day, by oountiug fe
electoral votes in the presence of the Senate
and House of Representatives. The order of
procedure in this important ceremony is
arranged by a joint rule of the Sttnate and
House, which requires that both branches of
the National Legislature shall assemble in
the hall of the House of Representatives at
1 o'olock P. M., on the seoond Wednesday
in February next after the meeting of the
electors of President and Vice-President of
United States. The President of the Senate
takes the chair, and one teller is appointed
on the part of the Senate and two on the part
of the House of Representatives. The Presi
dent of the Senate opens the certificates of the
electoral votes, and the tellers, after reading
them aloud, make a list of the votes, and
when the result is ascertained, it hi delivered
to the President of the Senate, who announoes
the state of the vote and the names of the
persons eleoted. This announcement is
deemed a sufficient declaration, and the names
of the persons eleoted, together with the list
of the votes, are entered upon the journals of
both houses.
It is usual, however, to notify the person9
eleoted in the following form:
Be It known, that the Senate and House of
Representative of the United States of Ame
rica being assembled at tbe Capitol In ihe city
of Washington, on tbe second Wednesday,
being tbe loth day of February, In the year ot
our Lord 18U0, tbe underwritten President of
tbe Senate did, In presence of the said Senate
and House of Representatives, open all tbe
certificates and count all tbe votes ol tbe elec
tors lor a president, by wblch It appears that
Ulysses 8. Grant was duly eleoted, agreeably to
tbe Constitution, President of tbe United
States for four years, commencing on tbe 4th
day of Marcb, 18t;'J.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and allised the seal of the Sonate, this
10th day of February, lSiii). it. F Wadb,
President of tbe Senate.
In event of any question arising as to the
admissibility, of the vote contained in any
certificate, the President of the Senate is re
quired to state the same, and the.Senate then
withdraws, and the question is submitted to
each house for decision, and no vote can be
counted except by the concurrent votes of the
two houses, which being obtained, they re
assemble, and the presiding officer announces
the decision.
At the joint meeting of the two houses the
President of the Senate occupies the Speak
er's chair, the Speaker is provided with a seat
upon his left, and the Senators are seated in
the body of the hall on the right of the ohalr,
and the Representatives ocoupy the other por
tions of the hall not filled by the Senators.
The tellers, the Secretary of the Senate, and
the Clerk of the House are seated at the
Clerk's desk, and the other officers of the two
houses immediately in front of the Clerk's
detk. The joint meeting cannot be dissolved
until the votes are all counted and the result
deolared. It has been the custom ever sinoe
the foundation of the Government for a joint
committee of one Senator and two Representa
tives to wait upon the persons eleoted and
inform them of the fact.
A dispute having arisea as to the admissi
bility of the electoral vote of Georgia, the
Senate and House adopted a concurrent reso
lution, providing that if the Georgia vote shall
not essentially change the result, the President
of the Senate shall announoe that if the vote
of Georgia be counted, the votes are or if not
counted they are but that in either case
is eleoted President of the United States; and in
the same manner with regard to the votes for
Vice-President.
As it is well known that the Georgia vote
will not affect the election of Grant and Col
fax, the object of this method of declaring the
result Is to avoid committing Congress in the
Georgia matter until it is definitely settled in
a legitimate manner.
Tbe Sufli-ace Amendment.
Tbe night session of the Senate, which com
menced at 7 o'olock on Monday evening and
continued without intermission nntil half-past
11 o'clock on Tuesday morning, was one of the
longest, as it will certainly rank as one of the
most memorable, in the history of that body.
The "previous question" is not recognized by
the custom of the Senate, and therefore, as
long as the opposition saw fit to filibuster,
they were able to prevent the taking of a vote
When the issue came squarely before the
Senate, however, the votes on all the pending
propositions were taken with considerable ex
pedition, although it was not until half-past 5
in the afternoon, the Senate having reassem
bled at 12 o'clock, that the final vote was
reached. By the deoisive vote of 40 yeas to
16 nays six Republican Senators being in
cluded in the latter a joint resolution pro
posing an amendment to the Federal Constitu
tion was then passed, and now goes to the
House of Representatives for conourrenoe.
The amendment proposed by the Senate
differs essentially from that which passed the
House on the 30th of January. The House
amendment merely provides that the right to
vote or hold office shall not be denied or
abridged, by reason of race, color, or previous
condition of slavery. This provision, if it
should become a part of the fundamental law
of the land, will permit any of the States to
disqualify, for some years to come, a large
portion of its colored population, by requiring
property or educational tests. The Senate
amendment, on the contrary, makes a clear
sweep of all obstructions to the universal
exercise of the ehotire franchise by provid
ing that there shall be no discrimination "on
aooount of race, color, nativity, property,
education, or creed." It is a grand embodi
went of the doctrine that the right to vote and
the right to hold office are not of the nature
of technical franchises, to be oouceled to the
oltlaea or withheld from hint by the its fad
sovereignty, according to Us sovereign pl a
sure; that, on the ooutrary, t'tey are among
the natural rights of man, equally Inherent In
his humanity with the "unalienable rights o'
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.'
It Is true that eaoh Slate will be left at liberty,
in addition to prescribing a oertaln age for
voting, to restrlot the rights of Toting and
holding offloe to persons of the masculine gen
der, but this restriction will not afoot the
foroe of the great proclamation of absolute
equality In any greater degree than do the
manifold restrictions which are thrown around
women in referenoe to property and other
thing, on the alleged ground of promoting
the social interests of the community.
The question now presented, an to whloh
branch of the National Legislature shall yield,
is, perhaps, the gravest that has arisen In the
conrse of the struggle for universal suffrage.
If the Senate give way, aud accept the Uouse
proposition, the negro will still be at the
mercy of the Legislatures of such States as
Delaware, Maryland, aud Kxutnoky, and In
all likelihood his right to the ballot will be
restricted by property and educational quali
fications in other tales. If the Uonae
yield, and conour in the Senate amendment,
all these chances for invidious distinctions
will be rendered impossible, aud the nagr
will, on the ratification of the amendment by
the requisite number of States, become in
truth "a man and a brother." At present it
would appear impossible to prophesy tho
action of the House of Representatives, but,
from the decinive vote by which its aotion of
January 30 was taken, the chances seem to
favor its concurrence in the Senate amend
ment. When the question Is finally removed
from Congress to the Legislatures of the
States, the incorporation of the amendment
With the Constitution, in either form, is a
matter of grave doubt, as we have repeatedly
urged heretofore.
Tlie lroJtefl I.nw lor the t'omiuitiiiQiit
of Allowed J.iiiinticM.
In our issue of Friday last we referred to two
projected modes of committing alleged luna
tics to hospitals for the insane. Sinoe then
we have been furnished with a oopy of one of
these proposed acts, which was introduced
into the Senate on Tuesday last.
Nearly forty of the most respectable mem
bers ot the Philadelphia bar deolared, in their
memorial attached to tbe bill, that certain of
its sections were "essential to the seourity of
personal liberty." It may also be said, in their
support, that they were recommended chiefly
in the Haskell case' by Judge Brewster, before
whom a large number of alleged lunatics were
brought within the last year, and discharged
by him as improperly restrained of their
liberty.
The first section of this bill Is one we re
ferred to In our Friday's issue as judicious
and necessary. It provides that the medioal
certificate shall be signed and sworn to before
a magistrate, the latter testifying to the good
standing of the signers. This has long been
the practice in Knglaud, where it has been
found to work well.
The second section consists of the wise pro
vision that the alleged lunatio shall be per
mitted to correspond with counsel.
The third and fourth are exaotly similar to
those of the State Medical Association's bill,
without any change whatsoever.
The fifth provides that where a written
statement, subscribed and sworn to by a re
spectable oitizen, is presented to any judioial
officer, alleging that a certain person is sane,
and therefore improperly restrained of liberty
by the keeper of any hospital for the Insane,
the judge Bhall Issue a writ of habeas corpus
to have the charge of lunaoy tested, when
the onus of proving the alleged lunatio insane
shall rest upon those who are restraining him
of his liberty.
Sections 6, 7, 8, and 9 are precisely those of
the State Medical Association's bill.
The tenth section provides that a Board of
Inspectors, consisting of three practicing phy
sicians and two persons not pbysloians, shall
be appointed by the Conrt of Common Pleas
in eaoh judicial dlstriot to visit and inspeot
all asylums for the Insane.
This also Is the law of England, and was
direotly reoommended by Judge Brewster in
the Haskell oase. If our readers will reoall to
their minds the horrible abuses disclosed last
spring by the State Medioal Assooiation and
the speoial commissioner appointed by the
Governor, as being praotised towards the in
sane confined in the free hospitals of the
State, they will see the absolute necessity of
this provision.
fc'ection 11 is the same as that of the Medioal
Association's bill.
The twelfth section provides that nothing
in the act shall be so construed as to deprive
the alleged lunatio of any rights or forms of
aotion he may enjoy under any present law iu
his behalf.
We have considered these different sections
with great care, and we find nothing in them
objectionable, but on the contrary they seem
to us well calculated to still the public demand
for reform, and afford excellent protection to
personal liberty, while at the same time they
entail no onerous burdens or restriotions on
those who labor ia behalf of the Insane. We
hope the Legislature may see the necessity of
adopting this bill at an early day, and so settle
this vexed question.
Tub Statb Legislature haB reluctantly con
sented to devote one or two evening sessions
during each week to the consideration of.
general laws, with the understanding that the
remaining portion of their time is to be
scrupulously devoted to the more Interesting
taBk of acting on private bills. As a large
majority of the members of both houses take
no pains to inquire into the real character of
nine-tenths of the private bills upon which
they aot, it is difficult to explain the Irre
sistible charm of this species of legislation ia
any other way than by adopting the current
theory that it "pays better" than measures
involving the substantial interests of the State.
Tna naroitTN of Hintlirn prosperity, ba1
on Die uneipectedly Urge and profitable orops,
are highly niioonraglng, and Justify the hopeo'
still more Important evldoium of lb adranta
Knott msnlls of iiiti(atloii In luture year.
While slavery eilsled labor was dngradnd,
and tbe ladnstrlal system of the Month was
based on tUnHna that eight millions of white
should be employed mainly In kanplng four
mlllioni of negroes ludiistrlotmly at work.
Although Ills possible that Iu some liinlauo
abolition ban converted an Industrious slave
Into an Idle freudmau, this tendency has been
by no means general, and the real gain of the
South lies In the fiut that necessity has com
pelled a large proportion of her eight millions
of white Inhabitants to seek employment in
useful pursuits. The ngKrngate number of
effective Southern laborers, white and blank,
will soon be at least twice as great as It was
before the war.
Tiik camr originating In Oregon, where a
county paid its taxes In greenbacks and the
State insisted on payment in coin, which was
carried to the Supreme Court of the Uuited
States, and which it was supposed at one time
would result in a very Important decision In
referenoe to the constitutionality of the Legal
tender aot, has been disposed of in a very
quiet manner, the Court holding that taxes
are not debts, but that they may be levied in
kind or commodities, at the discretion of the
respective States. The right of Oregon to de
mand gold from the refractory county is
affirmed without infringing the validity of the
application of the Legal-tender act to private
debts of every description, and the monetary
system of the country remains uniisturbed.
A debt was defined to be "an obligation arising
on contract," and a tax to be an obligation
oreated by a law-making power without the
direct assent ofjthe partyjaxed.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
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av' er rooRben tliesklu after usinir WRIGHT'S
ALCOKA1 KDOLYAKIN 1'AULKl UdOLIDIIKD
Hl.Yuli.KUS. its dully line makes the mkiu dull,
calely soft and hpsutilul, It Is aellnlitfully iragrsai,
transparent, and Incomparable n a 'lollet rfonp. for
Ble by all Urugglsls, K A O. A WK1UIIT,
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ttucting Teeth without pslti far Ibe CjIioq
jentttl AtHocltttlou. Persons wlablug tee'h ex
truded absolutely without pain by Irenta iNltroui
OridvUks. will UaH me at iS. 1011 WALNUT Birtut.
L'hrK suit all.
1 26 3m DR. F. R. THO MAS.
CELTIC ASSOCIATION OF
AMEKICA.
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AT CONCERT HALL. WED.NK-DAl'i FJB, 17,
Al M P. M..
For the Benefit ( tne teulc Library I'aad.
Subjec w ho are the Cells?"
Hi'ket. 50 c-ni-. Fur sve at the hoik storei ol
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sir fri.
Choice seats reserved for lafllts and gentlemen ac
company lug them wKhont extra c'rxe.
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Prflsldflnt
Jamks OPohnili,, Secretary. 2 10 t
TIIK WEST PillLADELPUH
CHORAL SOCIETY will live a OONCKRT at
MORTON BALL,
FORTY FIBST AND HiVEBVOR) STREETS,
OnlUlKDiY EVENINO K-KBP.UABY 11,
al S o'clock.
Tbe prt cseds for the ben"til cl the Children'!
Borne.
Tickets One Djllar.
To he had at tne Muilo more aud at iu d jor ru
the n gl of ills Concert. n
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AMH.KH:. OR HK.AT11KN WowKX, will be hold
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JlVKMNO, February 11 k1714 u'clcck.
Kniibcut Clergymen of dlllereut denominations,
are e peeled to conduct the meeting. Ail are ear
tit -illy Invited to attend. j a n
K3r ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS, CHESNU1'
AND TENTH WUlKltT'.
ON THURSDAY KVKNINU, FEBRUARY ltta
THK YOUJSH ANDUlFTKu LhlOTUKKHS
WltrB PAUl.IiNEBKKVVBTERSMYTUK,
Will deliver her Thkii.linu aad Pofui.hb Luc wax.
AN APPEAL TO WOMAN.
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DOORS OfEN AT 7. LELTURW AT 8. O'CLOCK.
jggp C O A C E K T HALL.
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ON THURSDAY EVENING, Feb. 11.
MRS. GRUNDY.
ON THURSDAY EVEN1NO. Feb. 1H.
THE SPRATTo AT SARATOGA.
A"mlflon (with reserved seal) ooctuts
Hckelto be oblutued at Uonltl'., 923 Cheenuleu
Alio at the door on tbe evenings of Ihe Lectures.
Dtor. open at 7. Lecture at 8 2 2 tf
EST THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE
HOME FOR LITTLE WONUKRKRS at the
ACADEMY OF MUSIC un FRIDAY EVENINi.
Feb. II, 1S6V. Add reuse, by Dn. W1LLKT8, NEW
TON, aud other.. Birglni hy the Little Wanderers,
under tbe direction ot J K. Gould, Esq.
Door, open al HO o'clock. Exercise, commence at
7'SO. Tickets, 60 cents: to be bad at tbe door ard at
the "Home," No. Ha)Hhlp.en street. 2 6 61
gar- OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE DIVI-
BION CANAL COMPANY OF PENNSYL
VANIA, No. 803 WALNUT Street,
Philaskli'iiia, Feb. 6, 1869.
Tbe Managers have deolared a dividend of FJUR
PER CENT., free from taxes, payable at Ibe oOice on
and after the 1Mb Inst.
ttlt B.O OILE3, Treasurer.
fr OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA BAIL-
3J ROAD COM PAN Y.
Philadelphia, January 27, 18i9.
NOTICE TO bTuCAHOLDERs.
The Animal Meeting of the Stockholders of this
Company will be held on TUkSOAY, the liiih day of
February. lt;e, at lo o'clock A. M.. at Uncrt Hall,
N . lilH Cht snut street, Philadelphia,
The Annual Eitctlon for Directors will be held on
MONDAY, Ihe II ml dny ot March, lnti. ai the oUlce
of tht Conniany, No 28 South THIRD s reet.i
1 27 17t EDMUND SMITH, Secretary.
jTgp- BAELOW'S INDIGO BLUE IS THE
cheapest and best article lu tbe market lor
blulrg clothes.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN AMY ACID.
IT WILL NOT INJURE THE FINEST FABRIC,
It II put npat WILTBEBGER'd DRUG STORK,
No. 233 N. SECOND Street, Philadelphia,
and for sale by most of tbe grocrs and druggists.
Tbe genuine bas both BARLOW'S and WILT
BERGER'B names on the label: all other are
COUNTERFEIT.
BARLOW'S BLUE will color more water than four
tin. o the same weight of Indigo 1 27wf3m
KBT- BATCH ELORS HAIH DYE. THIS
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ihe only true aud perfect Dye; harmless, reliable.
Instantaneous; no disappointment: no rldlouloua
tints; remedies tho 111 etlecls of bad dyes; Invigorates
aud leaves the Hair soft and beautiful, black or brown,
bold by all Druiglsts and perfumers; and properly
applied at Baichelur'a WU Factory, No, is BOJID
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Iamm tlirniiffliniit LhAnimnlrv ApAlnnd in
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feather. Cheapness, nonliability to pack, cleanli
ness, bealih, and comfort are aruous a lew of the ad
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INSTRUCTION.
V. GREGORY, 7. M.
. CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH SCHOOL,
No. 11Q8 MARKET Street. 1 Z l m
BOARDING.
AT NO. 1121 GIKAfiD STREFT MAY BE
obtained furnished and niiluruls .ad roams tor
FKHUUAKY 10, lflOO.
fflJtTKII THAWIMJ OUT.
t'ornat O.tnall IV,mallf
)ima to Win (Irani IlinwN Hall I
A In! atMi Ilia trairiornl'itis ril
of nloUiea, ut friagnlflnant lfla,
Vt short folk and su.ul folks an I (alt,
for aale al the Oroal Jlrowa IUH.
(Vimel Vmf Oornaltf
for llii wlnlar la about ajofic,
A nil Us marvnll'itis aorlof fun
How ttm Stirk of wlnleir aaririanU ti R;
For U i.w,pia will j.rnMuilly waul rln
;lilhris.
(AseviTTlxMlr rrtilnly knows),
Promina top of Uiolr lioaUs to tho Hps of
tlHilr tM!N;
And tim prirwa are down, for we Rave them
a knock.
To nloMffoiil ilia rnt of lha wlntar atonic.
Otna noma 1 1 come 1 1 1 yn pnnpl all 1
f or the win tor aUmk or t.tio Ureal llro wn Hall!
Winter slock on Ihe if of I'rloKS nvra low t
(Ji titlniiien, rton't hn alow I Kveryoo'ly onuhl
to know, that now Is the lime to no lo tho
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PHILADELPHIA.
DRY GOODS.
PRICE & WOOD,
N. W. comor KIUHl H and KIl.HKltr Bta ,
Will open on Montliiy morning, from New
Yr.ik
;uOnlcps Hntln T'latii Nainsook Muslins. 25,
:aU, a, ami coc nis.
HulpvHwIss Muslins, 25 cents, same goods as
f ohl at 81 cents.
India Twlll.-U I.onif Clot.ha 25t 31, !T7 centfl.
White Hrtlllnntrs, 25, III H7ya J t lol. cheap.
Hr cado ilrllliantes,l, Joh lot. cheap.
While, l ordeil J'Uine, a Joo lo'., 37$. 60,
1'lqnes III S, nnd 60 iwnta,
Kxira quality i f Shirred Muslins, at 75 ceota
I er ystd.
1(0 pieces plain French Organdies. 37j, 60
cents per yard.
luo I'leces Plaid Organdies, 10 conts rr yard.
Tix kd Cambric, n new article for children's
dresses; sofl finish Cinbrlrs and Nainsooks.
2i0 pieces Hcotoh Ulapi-r II GO, 81 75, 82, 2-51),
$3, and $1 a piece. 1,1 non Napkins, VM, 11-00,
81-75, 82. 82 50, dd to 85 dozen.
Huckaback Towels and Damask Towels,
chen p.
Heavy power-loom Table Linens.
8 1 bleached Table I.tneoH, 81, 81 25, and 91-50.
Watson and Armstrong Table Linens, 8-4, at
85 cents per yard.
Linen Bird-Kye, for children's aprons. Ann
quality, very cheap; f,lnen Lawnt ti-l'an.l 75
cents. Exlra fine quality Linen Liwns, 870.
Printed Shlrtin? Linens, t;2$ cents per yard.
Ulnck and While Mohair Shirting. 50 cents
per yard.
Bargains In Ladles' and Gents' Linen Udkfs.
CO dozen supecBlont Half Hose, bust Kngilsh
goods, at 18 cents per pair.
100 dozen super stout Half Hose, 31 cents or
i'i per do.tn.
5 dozen Ladles' White Hose, full regular
made, ii cents, tame goods as sold at 40 cents.
A new lot. of Cambric Edtzlnxs and Inserting.
100 (cross Registered Kutfllug, a new article.
Cashe Coventry Hn tiling.
Handrlngbam Until I on, Maglo Rankings, etc.
25 dozen Ladies' Bilk Neck Scarfs, new styles.
2 0 tw tf ) PRICE A WOOD.
N. W. corner EIGHTH and FILBERT 8ls.
N. B. 32-inch White Holland, for Sheeting.
gILKSI SILKS I SILKS I
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER'S
SILK DEl'AIITMENT Is now Unusually
Attraelire.
Tbe Assortment Ib large aud prices reasonable.
RICH BLACK SILKS.
RICH FANCY SILKS,
RICH PLAIN SILKS,
RICH EVENING SILKS,
PINK SILKS,
WHITE SILKS,
CORN-COLORED SILKS,
SCARLET SILKS,
BLUE SILKS.
PLAIN DRESS SILKS at $2 00.
ALL SHADES DRESS SILKS at $2 00.
RICH CORDED SILKS at $2 75.
VERY WIDE HEAVY SILKS at $3-50.
GOOD BLACK SILKS at $2 00.
HEAVY BLACK GROS GRAINS at $2-50.
Just received, per late steamer, fall assortments
of SILK and LINEN POPLINS in
PLAIDS, PLAIN, and
BROCADE FIGURES.
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER,
UEMKAL DBY HOODS HOUSE,
Corner EIGHTH and MARKET,
PHILADELPHIA.
18G9-C0MPETITI0N prices ! !
UP TOWN LIGHT EXPENSES ! !
OCR CUSTOMERS THE GAINERS I !
Goods delivered la all parts of the city carefully
and free ol charge.
MUSLINS! MUSLINS I
Thornleys Popular Corner.
We have laid In a superior stock of MUSLINS,
Bleached aud Unbleached, all widths and qualities,
and are prepared to supply toe thooiauds of oar
Philadelphia housekeepers on the very best terms,
JOSEPH H. THORNLEY,
N. E. Cor. EltiUTU and Sl'IUNtt GARDEN.
N. B. Yo ean ride to our door. It will pay to
come. U 9 lmrp
PRKB9 GOODB AND BHA.WL8 cloalpg out low.
LINEN STORE,
Wo. 028 ARCH STREET.
fPEOIAL IIARGAIN.
One Hundred Dozen
Ladies' Hemstitched Hdkfs.
31 Ceuts, or 13-50 I'er Dozen,
WELL WORTH 5'00 PER DOZEN.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
INSURANCE COMPANY
ti; 409 CIIIMJUT STREET.
Philadelphia, oary is, 136ft,
TbU Company, Incorporated n 1&34, aad
doing ft KIKK INHUKANCB BUSINESS EX
CI.UHIVELY, In order to enable It to aooept
Urge amount of bnalneaa constantly deallned,
for want of adequate capital, will, In ftooord
aoce with a supplement to IU enactor, in
oreaMlta CAI1TAL STOCK FROM 1100,000, Its
present amount, to
$ 2 0 0,0.0 0,
In Share of Fifty Dollars Each,
And for wblch subscription books are now
open at this office.
liy order of tbe Board of Director.
CHARLE8 RICHARDSON,
PKBSIDKNT.
WILLIAM H. RHAWN,
VICK PR&81IKXT.
WILLIAMS I. QLANCHARD,
1 gHptf 8K0R BTAJt Y.
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOFSAFE
CHAMPION SAFES!
1'iiiLADRT.PHfA, January 13, im
Mtssrs. FAKREL, HERRING' A CO.,
No. 629 Cbeannt street.
Gentlemen: On the night or the 13th Inal.aa
Is well known to tbe citizens of PblladelpbU,
our large and extensive store and- valuable'
Btor of merchandise, No. 90K Chesnat street
was bnrned.
Thellre was one of the most extensive and
destructive that has visited ouroltyfor many
years, tbe beat being so Intense that eve, the
marble cornice was almost obliterated.
We bad, as yon are aware, two of your vain
able and well-known CHAMPION FIRE
PROOF SAFES; and nobly have they vindi
cated your well-known reputation as man ufao
tnrers of FIKE-PKOOF SAFES, if anyXurthor
proof bad been required.
They were subjected to the most Intense heat,
and It affords ca much pleasure to Inform you
that after recovering them from the rains, we
found upon examination that our books, papers,
and other valuables were all lu perfeol oondl
tion. Yours, very respectfully,
JA8. E. CALDWE.U. 6 CO.
THE ONLY SAFES EXPOSED TO THK
flUE I. CALBWIXL'S 8TOKK
WERE I VKKIX, UERKINe A CO.
Philadelphia, Jan. w, U39.
Messrs. FAHlllX, HEBKING k CO,
No. 629 Cnesnut street.
Gentlemen: On the night of theiaih Instant
our large store, 8. W. eorner.of Ninth and Ches
nut streets, was, together with oar heavy stook
of wall papers, entirely destroyedby fire.
We had one of your PATENT CHAMPION
FIRE-PROOF BAFES, which contained oar
principal books and papers, and although it was
ezpoBedto the most Intense heat for over 60
hours, we are happy to say It proved Itself
worthy of our recommendation. Oar books
and papers were all preserved. We cheerfully
tender our testimonial to the mauy already
published, In giving the HERRING SAFE the
credit and confidence It Justly merits.
Yours, very respectfully,
HOWELL Jt BROTHERS,
STILL ANOTHER,
Philadelphia. Jan. 19, ljflu
Messrs. FAlUtEL, HERRING & CO.,
No. 629 Chesnut street.
Gentlemen.: I bad one of your make of safes
In the basement ol J. E. Caldwell & Oa's store
at the time of the great Are on the night
of the 13th instant. It was removed from
the ruins to-day, and on opening u
I found all my books, papers, green
backs, watches, end watch materials, etc. all
preserved. I feel glad that I bad one of your
trnly valuable safes, and shall want another of
your make when I get located.
Yours, very respectfully,
F. L. KIRK PATRICK,
with J. E. Caldwell A Co.,
No. 819 Chesnut street.
FAiuiLi, mmm & to.,
CllAMriON SAFES,
No. 629 CHESNUT Street,
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PH ILADE1PH I A.
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