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THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1869;
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PHILADELPHIA,
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by tortom served. The tubtcription price by mail
it STlne Dollar per annum, or One Dollar and
Fifty emit for two month, invariably in advance
or the time ordered.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1869.
A right with the ThlTM.
Thr remarks o( General Grant to the com
mute hj whom he wu officially apprised of
his election aa President of the United States
will oxoiU universal interest. The people
will regard with do little satisfaction the neat
derioe by which the soldier has flanked the
politicians in relation to the Cabinet, and re
lieved himself, as well as the "gentlemen
Whoso services he would be glad to hare,"
from the annoying pressure whloh interested
parties are in the habit of applying on suoh
occasions.
A President la usually deluged with an
rerflowlng supply of adrioe, but it is as
jrlffioult, ordinarily, for him to obtain sincere
and honest counsel, prompted solely by a
desire to promote the pubho interest, as it is
to olose his ears against the deafening olang
of importunate suitors for oflioe. Grant has
done more than auy of his predeoessors to
avoid the latter, and yet, in view of his fre
quent intermlngllngs with the people, his
visits from olty to city, and his repeated con
sultations with the prominent members
of .the Itepublloan party at Washing
ton and elsewhere, he is unusually well pre
pared to seleot a good Cabinet.
- But one of the most noticeable and signifi
cant features of the address is its reference to
"the necessities for an honest and faithful dis
charge of the revenue laws" and "the princi
ples of eoonomy, retrenchment, and honesty
which were desired by the people of the coun
try." We have here, in brief, the main planks
of the platform of the President elect. With
military precision and military fidelity, he is
about to address himself to the task which
publio men are so prone to forget an honest
discharge of his plain duties. Andrew John
son, in his eeal to enforce a suicidal policy,
forgot his oath to exeoute the laws, and he
prostituted the highest of polltioal powers
to the basest partisan purposes. lie re
moved and appointed offliiers, not with
reference to their usefulness to the publio
aervioe, but with an eye single to their real
or assumed opinions on reconstruction. In
tegrity and efficiency were branded with re
moval if they were not supplemented by ap
proval of drunken White House speeob.es, and
bald knavery in office needed no better pro
tection than a denunciation of Congress or a
iypooritloal hurrah over the most absurd
sentiments uttered by Andy when he was
swinging round the oirole.
General Grant gives a very distinct intima
tion that the publio offices, under hit adminis
tration, axe to be rendered useful agencies in
promoting great publio ends, rather than mere
ornamental and profitable perquisites of oor
rupt politicians. He announces that men who
fail to discharge their duties will be promptly
dismissed, no matter whether they are "his
own appointments" or "those of his prede
cessor. " Onoe more the old Jeffersonian
standard, "Is he honest t Is he capable V is
to be established, and men who fall below it
will no longer be able to atone for moral or
mental defioienoies by mere partisan seal.
We have no fears of General Grant's fidelity to
the Republican party, and we have no doubt
of his earnest desire to promote the interests
of that organization, and to reward its faith
ful and tealous members. But he has been
too thoroughly disgusted with the shameful
results of Johnson's course to knowingly keep
a rogue in office because he pretends to be a
Republican, or to fail to insist upon a due
regard for the publio interests as the first con
sideration in all important appointments.
It is clear that General Grant has made up
his mind to fight the thieves as earnestly and
steadily as he fought the Rebels during the
war. A few days ago he quietly remarked to
a friend that while he knew the Government
was shamefully defrauded in the collection of
revenues, he had made up his mind that they
oould be honestly collected; and he added thati
having formed this opinion, he was resolved
that "they thould be collected," and that if
one set of men failed to act honestly others 0(
undoubted reliability would be selected.
During the war, when a remark was male
to the wife of the President elect in regard to
his alleged determination to capture an impor
tant Rebel stronghold, she replied that, "If
he says he will take that plaoe he will be very
apt to de it, for Mr. Grant is a very stubborn
man." Events proved that she was right;
and now that a fight against the thieves, the
plausible, sleek, well-fed corruptionists, who
are clad in purple and fine linen, and roll in
wealth filched from the American people, is
about to be commenced, we think that viotory
will again peroh upon the banner of the hero
of Douelson, Vicksburg, and AppomUtox;
and be will, at all events, have In this conflict
the hearty sympathies of the honest men of
all parties. '
ii..ir.ird Ntreetaud Vicinity.
Svbbt Philadelphia knows of Bedford street
i MDutation. but the number of those wno
Wa nv aotual acquaintance with the horrors
of the locality is very small. A hasty glance
ind ranid retreat are usually sufficient for
most respectable persons, and very few have
either the oourage or disposition to investigate
the filth and misery of this abode of crime and
degradation. The attention of the publio and
the autLoiiUes has Ixcn' called to the condi
tion of Bedford street and its vlulatty time and
again by the press, but hitherto there has
been soaroely anything done towards abating
the nuisance and assisting the wretob.es who
inhabit these vile dens to batter their condi
tion. A few Christian men and women have
made this plague-spot a field for missionary
labor, but they have reoelved suoh
small encouragement from the oommunlty
at large that their work and influenoe
scarcely accomplish any appreciable results.
Bedford, Baker, and Spafford streets, and
their intersecting alleys and oourts, arejln the
immediate neighborhood of one of the wealthiest
portions of the city; and it is soaroely five
minutes' walk from the elegant house sof Wal
nut, Spruce, and Pine streets to the hovels
where crime and disease are engendered, to be
spread ever the city in every direotlon. Again
and again have the public been warned that
some terrible epidemio would spring from the
filth of Bedford street to devastate this city,
but the warnings have scarcely been regarded,
and it is doubtful whether any thorough re
medies will be applied until the cholera or
y olio w fever have oommenoed their work of
destruction.
On Saturday the Sanitary Committee of the
Board of Health, acoompanied by High Con
stable Clark, visited Bedford and Bpafford
streets for the purpose of ascertaining the
condition of the tenement-houses, and to de
termine what action was necessary to bring
about a reform. Even at this season of the
year the foul odors were found to be almost
unbearable, and serious apprehensions were
excited as to the effects of the hot weather in
producing disease. The committee discovered
aa many as six and eight persons, white and
black, male and female, huddled together in
little rooms but a few feet square, where they
cooked, washed, ate, and Blept like so
many swine in sties. Many of the
houses in Bedford street are simply
frame shanties, almost tumbling to
the ground, but inhabited from garret to
cellar by human beings, some of whom, in
deed, from the effects of filth and vile whisky,
seemed to have lost all semblance of humanity
and to have become assimilated to the beasts.
Ten, five, and even two cents per night are
charged for lodging in these dens, and it is a
significant fact that wealthy, and apparently
respectable, owners of Bedford street property
have hitherto thrown most obstacles in the
way of reforming the wretches of this place;
and the reason for this Is that the rents, col
lected by agents, are higher in proportion
than in any other section of the oity.
The committee of the Board of Health were
unanimous in the opinion that some strenuous
measures should be adopted in the way of
reform, but as the law now stands they are
almost powerless to do anything towards
abating the nuisance. In fact, no permanent
reform can be effected until the whole place
is cleared out, the tenement-houses torn
down, and a house of correction provided for
the vagabonds who infest it.
The committee of the Board of Health were
accompanied in their tour of observation by
Rev. John H. Long, the indefatigable Bedford
street missionary. Mr. Long has labored
faithfully to do something for the reformation
of Bedford street, and he has succeeded in
rescuing a number of children from lives of
misery and crime, by inducing them to attend
the mission schools, and finding them homes
in respectable families, where they will be
removed from degrading associates. Mr. Long,
however, has not received that liberal support
from the Christian people of Philadelphia that
the importance of his work entitles him to.
Immense sums of money are collected in this
city every year for the benefit of the heathen
in Africa and China, while here at our very
doors are heathen viler than the vilest, upon
whom scarcely a passing thought is bestowed.
It is a question worthy of consideration,
whther the Bedford and Spafford street souls
are not as worthy of salvation as those of
heathen in other portions of the world.
The Velocipedes on Broad Street,
The Nicobjon pavement seems likely to prove
a nuisance instead of a blessing to the people
on Broad street, and strenuous measures ought
to be adopted by our civic authorities to pre
vent our great thoroughfare from being given
up to the use of reckless young men who seem
to look upon itas a public race-course, provided
for their especial benefit. Time and again
have pedestrians been put in peril of life and
limb by horses driven at full speed, and it is
only occasionally that the police can be aroused
into a fit ef activity so as to enforce the law
against fast driving. A new feature has now
appeared on the Broad street race-course, and
yesterday some half dozen velocipedists were
engaged in exercising their skill, much to the
annoyanoe of the residents and the peaceable
pedestrians. The velocipede In its present
shape is something new, and, like other
novelties, it Is all the rage with certain classes.
Whether it will ever become permanently
popular or not ia doubtful; but whether it
does or not, such exhibitions as those on Broad
street yesterday afternoon should be put a
stop to. Sunday to many of the residents of
Broad street is a day ot dread: hitherto they
have considered themselves in perft of lite and
limb from fast horses, and now they are
afflicted with velocipedes. We hope that
Mayor Fox will take this matter under con
sideration, and on future Sunday afternoons
have a sufficient police force stationed en Broad
street to restrain the enthusiasm of the velo-
oipediBts as well as the drivers of fast nags.
It is a shame that one of the noblest streets in
the world should every Sunday be made a
nuisance to promeniders, and the evils com
plained of ought to be remedied without fur
ther delay. -
tendon iMPiioveMEXTi). We leara, says trie
London AM enaum, from the annual report
published by tne Metropolitan Board of Works,
that all the works of the main drainage
aohemebave neen complete ma in oponuun
' for the r thr with the exoejulon ol
some portions ot the northern low level sewer
and the Abbey Mills pumping station. The
area comprehended In the system of drainage
Is 117 square miles. The effect upon the
Thames is so salutary that during the long
drought of last summer no orTeuilveneei arose
from the river, and flsh multiply more and
more. That the sewage ean be profitably ap
plied to the fertlllea'ton of land has been
demonstrated by exoellent crops of grass and
wheat In , the lowlands of Kt ex. It Is now
settled that the embankment between the
Temple and Blaokfrlara shall be solid, and not
an open vladuot, as was long talked of. The
new street from Blackfrlsra to the Mansion
Uou els to be 3150 feet long and 70 feet wide.
Acoordlng to their own showing, the Board are
always on the watoh to seoureopen spaoes for
health and recreation; and they tell us that
Flnsbury l'ark and South wark Park will both
be opened to the publio In the coming summer.
The desirable reform in the re naming and re
numbering of streets is steadily oarried on; the
number of fire engine stations lias been In
created from 19 to 47, and of firemen and ofH.
cers from 13d to 81 1; and on and after the 1st of
January, 1870, the prloe of gas Is to be 3a 6d. the
thousand feet.
Tex Bcoar Trade of the United States for
the year IMS la thus summed up, In tons of 2210
lbs. each:
Hecelved at New York & .07.1
Keotlved at lioHtou 62,S7
Ktceived at Philadelphia 00 121
Ilecelvcd at Baltimore 5;U58
Ktceived at New Orleans .. i,7(K
Keelved at other ports , J.0 so
Total recelpta 470.97.5
Block January 1 , 18tW 25.7 1(
Exports and inland alilpments V Hi
block January 1, lbUl' 41,01a
CoriHomptton of foreign In 1HG8 418.5.'M
Corif Uinptioa o! foreign tn 1807 87rf,(JHS
Crops or Loulttiana. Totae, eio &i.00i)
Tola! consumption cane sugar 4(19,5 (.'i
Total, li-in 40U,(WH
Total, Wil 8(ti,078
Total, 188 Si0.80,
Total, 1S64 22(1 BK)
Total, IH(i.'t 281808
Total, 1862 42:1,411
Total, 18H1 30:1 8ltt
Total, 1800 M 415.281
' The consumption of the various descriptions
throughout the country is stated as follows:
Tons,
Cane sugar consumed on the (Jolted
Blatts on the Atluullc 409,533
In the (Stales and Territories on the Pa
cific .. 18,500
Ot sugar made from molasses .. o2.(MM)
Of maple sugar ..., 2J.0U0
Total 51!,033
AKainKi a total consumption of all kinds
lu 1307 of. 407,208
Increase 75;705
Or about 16J4 per cent.
The production of sugar throughout the world
Including the beet sngar of Europe, and the
palm and dale sugar of the Indies, for the year
1807. Is estimated at 2,299,000 tons, of whloh Cuba
produced nearly one-third; and the oonsump
tlon for the same year 2,007,700 tons; of this
Great Britain and her colonies consumed about
680,700 tons, and the United Slates 407.300 tons
the two nationalities consuming nearly one
half the world's supply.
Thk Year 1869 is the fatal year to the dynasty
of Napoleon III, If we are to place any reliance
upon a fanciful array of dates which has long
been before the public, but of no special Interest
until the present time. The figures, presenting
a strange coincidence, run as follows:
Louis l'hlllppe ascended the throne 1810
Was born .'...1773
Queen was born 1782
They were married ...180!)
1830 im 1830
1 1 1
7 7
7 3 0
3 a
1848 1848 1819
The year of banishment.
Louis Napoleon proclaimed Euiaeror 1852
Was born 1808
Queen was born 1826
Married 1833
1S")2 1852
1852
1 1
8 S
0
8 S
1809 1809
1
8
5
S
1809
To be dethroned.
CIVIL EXPENSES.
Vnrione Items of Appropriation.
The Congressional Committee on ADDrorrla-
tlons have aareed to report the bill for "anndrv
civil expenses" as reduced by them from the
estimates, aa iouows:
For expenses of carrying la to effect the
several acts or uongreea autnorizing
loans and the Issuing ef Treasury
notes........ kl.301.528
Detecting and bringing to trial and
punishment counterleiters, etc...... 100,0 M)
Prosecuting and collecting claims........ la.OVO
Uenoienoy in rund lor reuex or alok ana
disabled seamen.. 100,000
Building four new revenue cutters....... 300.UJO
Closing ud Freed men's Bureau 'iS.j.200
Survey of Atlantic and Gulf coasts 812,000
.orineru iaaes. 75.0UO
Lighthouse establishment......... 2 119,07
Ke venue cutter service 537,200
Construction branch, Treasury De
partment 278,600
Rent of office for Surveyor-General 25,700
Public works under the supervision of
the architect of the Capitol extension 105.00
Smithsonian Institute 4 000
Metropolitan Police of the District of
Columbia M 316,570
Collection of revenue from sales of
public lands 307.E0O
Surveying ttae publle lauds 3!J0,270
Public buildings auu grounds.. 153 5U0
For the govern men t insane 90,500
Purchase of lands . 2J.0OO
Columbia Hospital for womeu and
Lying-in Asylum 37.0 0
Congressional burying ground 3,000
National cemeteries too.ooo
League Island 2 O K)
Miscellaneous ,. 3,300
Total. t7 516.615
The appropriations for the purposes named
In tbls bil for last year amounted in the acgre
gatetoS0 9ti2,0o7, a difference in excess 01 tbls
year over last of 154,558 N. Y. Jowwl of
Commerce.
MUSICAL AJiD DRAMATIC
The City AnaMuient.
u.AJt,1.mWalnut M-nd Mrs. Barney WIN
llama will appear this evening as "Kagged Pat"
n?L.-Ju"frot" ln tn drama of frcland At
and The Happy Man. will also be given.
AT the Ascii Edmund Yates' comedy of
Tame Cat will be withdrawn aCier the present
W?H: Mr' Craig's burlesque of Barbe hleue
will be given every evening.
On Monday next A Victim of Circumstance
anu John Brougham's burlesque of Pooahonta
Will be produced. .
Shakespeare's comedy of Much Ad4 About
tfothtntj will shortly be brought out ln hand
some style.
Ax the Chebstjt Ofl'enbach's Clitno-Cliow HI
Will be given this evening by the Oalton
troupe. On Friday evening MUs Susan Ualton
will have a benefit. and will appear in La
nambula.
At tub American the Rimey JaP?,?8
troupe, including the boy "All Klght" will ap
pear this evening and daring the week.
Mx sue. Sent and Hassles present to our
public for th fli-.r. ti. Hiinrdav attor-
noo,JlM? "nful chlldren-artlsis. Johanna
and Willie Hess, who are represented to already
possess a mature talent. Their performances
on piano aud violin have created quite a sensa
tion in New Yorlr.
The Ueriiikii rtnor 1 will artve a
publio rehearsal at Horticultural Hall on Wed
D'sriny afternoon.
1HB MBMStumua socisti wtU Slve the
second subscription enncert of the setaon at
Mnclral Fnnd Hall on Thursday evening nex.
Mr. Dr Cordova will deliver his third anl
last humorous lecture at Oonorrt Hall on ne t
Thursday evening. Bubjeol "The Hpratts at
Saratoga."
John MrroHtr., Fsq., will loctnre at Oonnort
Hall on Wednesday evening. Subject "Who
are the tVHs?" The leeture will be for the
beiiefltof the Celtic Library Fund.
CITY ITEMS.
Paicifs ObkiTlv ItsnrcKU to elite out Winter
hlntk of Men', Yovtlit' and Jtoy' Clothing.
Half way hrlvn Bkkmkvt A (to.,
iViand: V Tow IUU,
Hixth ttrert.) No. 51 Markkt HT ,
PHM.Auai.rHiA,
Awn Wo. SOW BaoAnWAr, Haw Yok.
Th t krm or bicKNim. Baron Muoohauseu
tells astorr of a pent boy's horn, which had a num
ber or wicked times blown Into It one frosty night, but
made no response. Nevertheless, wan It was hung
before a hot fire, the tunas, which bad been fror.an In,
tbawed out, to tbs amsr.ement of all present. Just to
tka human system, subjected to Injurious Influences
during tbe winter, somnttmea gives no token ol the
effect tbey bave produced npon It, nntll the moist
aimospheie ol spring develops their fruits. Many
spring diseases are the resalt ol winter luipraderjcss
aud great and especial care should be taken of the
rystern In the cold season, so that it may be ln a
sound and vigorous condition when the malarious
fogs ol Muroh and April make tbelr appearance. To
tbls end. strengthen the stom sch and the general or
ganljkllon at this season with Hostettkr's
IIittkbs, Take this pleasant vegetable antidote In
advance ot lbs uprising ot the mepbltlc mists and
vapors, which produce chills and fever, and other
mlaematto diseases. Remember that it Is a prticutiva
wtiJMme as piwerlul to protect as to restore, Ths
stomach Is apt io bs overland at tbls time ot h
year. It Is a period devoted to dinner and supper
parties, and luxurious llvl-g generally, Feastina and
late bocr: weaken the digestive organs and disorder
tbe liver. TheefKciff the BUtars Is to Invigorate
the one and regolfUa the other. There Is no month
ln the twelve when a tonlo and alterative Is more
.generally needed than la tbls, and there Is no pre
paratton of tbat nature so thoroughly salubrious, so
bracing, and so entirely frie lrom nndue exciting
t topertles. as this celebrated vegetable cordial.
so msiDious are tbe lirst approaches ot Consump
tion that thoussnds Yeniaiu unconscious of Its pre
sence nntll It has brought them to the verge of the
grave. An immediate resort to Dr. D. Jayxi's Ki
MCTOHAI.T, upon the llrst appearance of thu Cough,
Fain, or Soreness of tbo Throat or Chest, would very
genetaliy preclude a fatal result, or. In case tbe
symptoms Indicate the pretence of Latent Consump
tion, would tend to subdue tbe violence of the dis
ease, and thus materially assist lu prolonging the Ufa
ot tbe patient. Use the Expectorant, therefore, when
you Uke a Cold, and thus preveut the necessity for
Its use la more dangerous complaints. Sold every,
where.
MOXKY LOANED
In sums from one dollar to thousands, on Diamond,
Silver Ware, Watches, Jewelry, Clothing, Dry a juds,
etc., at Bettkw's Loan Office, Northeast corner
Fifteenth and Market streets.
Bkdcction in Fbicxs
To close oil
Winter Btock.
CHABLKS HTOKKS fc CO.,
Clothiers,
No. 824 Cbesnnt street.
Jxwklbv. Mr. William W. Caasldy, No. 12 South
Second street, has tbe largeat and most attractive
assortment of II ne j ewelry and silverware I a the city
Purchasers can rely npon obtaining a real, pnre arti
cle furnished at a price which cannot be equalled.
Be also has a large stock of American Western
Watches in all varieties and at all prices. A visit to
his store Is sure to result In pleasure and profit.
Haixktt, Davis A Co.'s Pianos, No. 927 Cheanut
street, are unequalled In durability, brilliancy, tons,
and power. Distinguished pianists say they are
the beat. We never listened to any Piano so en
chanting. Standard Wikc Bittess. peer's Win", com
bined with the most tonlo herbs and r. ots. This Is
the Bitters for the weak and debilitated, beld by
druggists.
srjrWB BF.coMMiwn Ova Cmthini.,
jffWe Jircomwend Our Ctolhiny,
We -Urcommcnd Our Vl4Mtui,
-H'e eommmrt Our Clotniiig,
W Wr. Itrrommend Our Clothing,
0mV II ' HecvmiMnU Our CtothUm,
1st, tor Jts Uooil iualil!.H
Ut. tbr It Hood fltia'U.'b4.
Ut. tbr It Hood QtialVy a
W, for II dooif Maee.-i
2d, tbr lit Uood Make
id. tbr It Good Maee.-,
W. tbr It Undoubted Vheapnr -fce
yt, tbr It L'ndotibted Clic.afitieu.'il
3d, for It VndouoUd Vlicapnr.it -ia
iff PpErtAl Cabd. The dote or a irason i a"a
Mfpood Ct to buy Overcoat and Suit of tw.nrm
mirdrtcription. at price that are oomiderably teifb
are likely to be soon again. -j.
Wamamakkb & Brown,
Wamamakkb & IlAOWN
Wanamakbb & Bbowsi,
LABCKST AWC1TVIINT AND LaBOKHT ESTABLISH-
hsntin pkilaukkphia.
Thk Cob, Hijctk and Market Stbibts.
MARRIED.
GLTJMM PKTER30W. On the 4th Instant, by
Rev. ('. W. Duane, Mr. HKNRY OLUMM.of Phila
delphia, to Miss MARY B. PEntKSON, of Charles
ton, 6. C,
BMITH-SOOY.-On January a !8fl9. by the Rev.
W. R Robinson. Mr. JACOB K.SMITH, of Montgo
mery county. Pa., to Mlts LIZilE C. HOOY, or Phila
delphia. DIED.
ALBKRTSON. On tne 13th Instant, JAMES P. AL
RfcKlSON. In the 8lnt tear ol his aza.
The relauvts and friends of the family, also the
james rage i.inrary company, are respeciiuuy in
vited to attend tbe fnneral. from the residence of his
mother, No. X20 Richmond street, on Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. To proceed to Ban iver btreet
vauir.
AIfKMTJf On the morning of the lith Instant,
UlfOJWh nruiiii, .youngest sun or fcamuel 1. a.t
lemui. HA BM AT. On the morning ef the l"ttJ Instant,
IU1HLHS 11 AKMAR. In tbe M year of ha age,
MORBLANDKR On the evening of the 14th in
stant, WILLIAM MORSLANDEtt.ln the vhye3
of his age.
Xine nonce or ine ninerai win ne given.
BM1TH. At Dudley, on tbe evening ef tbe lstb In
stant. HELEN M., wife of William M. Smith, and
el'ist daughter ol Marmaduke Moore
.. Du notice will be given of the funeral.
THOMPSON. On Monday, February 15. C ARRIS",
danghter of Harriet 1 and the late Kanoonib B.
Tbomison, sged 19 yearr.
The relativea and friends of tbe family are invited
to attend tbe funeral, on Thursday morning, tha ibiU
Instant, at, 1! o'clock, from her mother s residence.
Clapler street, Uermantown. t arnages leave No. sod
Aicb street, at ) o'clock.
T1NOLHY. On tbe lath Instant, CLEM TINOLEY,
President of tbe Reliance Iuuruo Compauy, In the
7UTbnuu?raJ1elrvces will be held on Tuesday morn
lug, the loth Instant, ln the Clinton street, Presbyte
rian CbnfChatlJL'iVclock.
LIFE INSURANCE.
BY THE
AMERICAN
AGENTS
WANTED
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Of Philadelphia,
8. . Corner Fonrtta and
Walnut Streets.
Ketter terms NOWHERE of
fered. in
rhUadVliililtf.
AdflrMs or call at Company's
Oatuaates PM. " '. - l
sis lUMtMot cir Asacr
THE i'ARSOS'S WEDDIHW VEJ&.
Boms folks love jokes.
And that Is the kind
Of a pair ot folks
Just now In our mind.
A moat delightfully happy pair;
(the whs a blonde, with gulden hair,
And whether hit hair was black or red,
Hrown or yellow, enough Is said
When we state that, with becoming pride,
He brought her along, to make her his bride.
They rang the bell of the parson's door,
And walu-d for balf an hour or more,
Till the parson came In, and enjoyed the) tun
of making the two folks Into one.
And when he'd married t hern, (don't you see?)
They took tbelr leave without paying their fet.
A 11 J the parton sadly began to grieve
At tbe profltleaa style of their taking leave.
Hut, while tie's thinking, solemn as death.
Here runs a boy, all out of breath;
A boy with a bundle, atout and large.
"Parson," saya he, '-that's your's no charge
"That's tbe wedding fee, from thosehappy folks:
"They're fond of fun and practical jokes."
The person opens the bundle: and lo!
An elegant Hull, from top to toe!
Overcoat, coat, and pants, and all
From KOCKHIMi A WILHON'8 UltKAT
BROWN II ALL!
Tbe most acceptable wedding fee that can be
given, la a 1H A HU1T OF KUUlvlllLL & WIL
bON'H CLOTH KS!
The nioal desirable thing tbat any gentle
man, married, single, or contemplating matri
mony, ean poHsefts. IS ARTJir OF UOUKUILL
diWILKON'H CLOTHK8!
Join the crowd, gentlemen, and push on, for
the balance of the rapidly KOing winter stock..
Outrageously Cheap Prices !
ROCKHILL & WILSON,
Hos. 60S and 60S CllESNUT SXKEET,
GREAT BROWN HALL.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
tbr additional Hpreial Notice tee the Inside Page.
THE SEMIANNUAL MEKTINO OP
the ALUMNI AbaOOI ATION OP THE
CENTRAL Illiill SCHOOL will be h'ld on MON
DAY KVFK1KO, February IS, 1S, at the High
Ecbool building. . .
E. It. D. FRALGY,
Chairman Board ot Managers
B. Fbans: A bbk.it, Clerk.
THKTWKHTY-fEVMTH ANNUAL ADDBKflS
before the ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFTUE CEN
TRAL HIGH hCHOOL will be delivered by
HOWARD R. WORRKLL. Ksq., On TUESDAY
KVKNINU, Febraary 16,184a, at tba Central High
Bohool building.
fairoductory Address by WILLIAM McMICHEL,
Ksq.
Hrkets can beprioured of JOHN J. WSAVKB,
No. 31 N. iYh.N 1 H tttreet Or anyofttia afausgers.
K. 11. D. FR ALKY,
Chairman Board of Managers.
P. Fbank Abbkit, Clerk. It
ggrC O N C K It T HALL.
TH111D AND LAST LECTUHE
BY DK CORDOVA,
ON THURSDAY EVENING, Feb. 18.
SUBJECT-THE BPRATT8 AT SARATOGA.
Admission 50 cents. No extra oharge for Re
served seats.
Tickets may be obtained at uouia s riano
Rooms, No. 921 Cheanut street. 2 IS tf
THK ANNUAL MEETING OP TITS
H cckboldersoltbeBUTLEY LUBRICATING!
TT. COMPANY will be beld WKDNKSDAY.
February X4 S o'clock P.M.. at No. 510 CALLOW.
HILL afreet to take measures for oluslog up tbe
aOairs of the same. 2 1 21
INSURANCE.
INSURANCE COMPANY
0. 408 LILtSMJX STREET.
PHii.ADii.paiA, nary IS. 1869.
This Company, Incorporated n 1856, and
doing a FIRE INSURANCE BUSINESS EX
CLUSIVELY, ln order to enable It to accept a
large amonnt of business constantly declined
for want of adequate capital, will, ln accord
ance with a supplement to Its charter, In
crease lta
CAPITAL STOCK FROM 9100,000, Its
pre seat amonnt, to
$ 2 0 0,0 0 0,
In Shares of Fifty Dollars Each,
And for whloh subscription books are now
open at tbls office.
Uy order of the Board of Dlreotors.
CHARLE8 RICHARDSON,
PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM H. RH AWN,
VIOE-PRS8IDKNT.
WILLIAMS I. BLANCHARD,
1 JOsptf
SECRETARY.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
j SPECIAL SALE
OF
Boots, StaUoneryCiromos, and Frames
A Rare Opportunity.
The snbficrlber.oorjtemplatlrJKmaltlnK ALTK
KATION8 and IMPROVEMENTS to his Store,
riaa determined to ofler, for a SHORT TIME, at
a great redaction,
HIS ENTIRE STOCK
Standard, Illustrated and Miscellaneous
Book, in Flaln and Extra Illndings,
From 2 to 40 Fer Ceut Discount from
Kegular Kates.
OXFORD, CAMBRIDGE. AND LONDON EDI
TIONS OP THE BIBLE.
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH JUVENILE
AND TOY BO0K8.
From 'i'i to 10 Per Cent Discount.
Fine Frencb, English, and American
STATIONERY, PAPER, AND ENVELOPES.
A splendid assortment of tbe finest
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN CHROMOS.
Picture Frames in Walnut and Gold,
From 113 to 50 Per Cent. Discount.
All the New Popular Literature of the Vixj
at 25 Per Cent. Discount
Tbe beat opportunity ever offered to supply
) ourll wlln anything in our line.
CALL AT ONCE.
DUFFICLD A8HMEAD.
Publisher, Bookseller, ; and . Stationer,
No. 72 1 CUES XUT street,
J It St to PHILADELPHIA. '
r U.K. OLD F O
irst ounibsr out U't A
For aaleatall the News Agendas.
L K 8 "
I la it
E
rT niA LIT A Tl U i VTPT 117 r I 1 Li r va .
MAM' it. GREEN, LKICKLA YKK, NO.
150 H. Finn Htreot
I U Imrp
S,
G A R T L AND I'NDFRXAKRB,
DRY GOOD3.
QILK8! 8ILK8I SILKS I
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER'S
SILK DEPARTMENT Is now Uoastull,
Attractive
The assortment ia large and price reasonable.
RICH BLACK SILKS.
RICII FANCY SILK8,
RICH PLAIN SILKS,
RICU KVKNINU SILK.
PINK SILKS,
WHITE BILKS,
CORN-COLORED 8ILK8,
ECARLKT SILKS,
BLUB SILK&
PLAIN DRKPS 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, full assortments
of SILK and LINEN POPLINS la
PLAIDS, PLAIN, and
BROCADE PiatJRBS.
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER.
t'HSTltAL Dl'.Y WOODS U0CSE,
Corner EIGHTH and MARKET,
PHILADELPHIA.
gILK POPL1NETTES NEW STYLES.
BTRIPKD POPLINKTTK3.
PLAID POPLINETTJSP.
PLAIN IOPLI NETTS9.
PLAIN POPLINETTE3. 30 INCURS WIDE. IW
STEEL GREYS.
SILVER OBEYS.
1,1(1 HT TANS.
VIOLET AND BROWN, ..
At WORTH M OO.
A large and complete assortment of
BLACK SILKS. V
BLACK BILKS, with Instre. $l'Vt to J J.
BLACK GBO GRAIN SILKS, M to 10.
A complete assortment of NEW SHADES.
COLORED DRESS SILKS.
COLORED DRK88 SILKS, ftl-50 to G.
FANCY DRESS SILKS, 913, P3T4, l50. M.
Hargafns in Winter Dress floods
H. STEEL & SON.
HOS. 71S AND 719 WORTH TENTH SIT.,
It PHILADEL PHIA.
SPRING LINEN GOOD8
AT
X lfff-19 oTnc
kin i. it oiunacf
No. 828 ARCH STREET
BEST IRISH SIIIRTINQ LINKX3,
LINENS FOR LADIES' U8R,
NEW LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS.
SAMPLE CARDS OP
NEW STYLES
LINEN CAMBRIC
DRESSES.
An immense stock of LINEN GOODS of every
description Retailing
4
At Importers' Prices.
1869-C01IPETITI0N PRICES 1 1
Ur TOWN-LIGHT EXPENSES It
OCR CUSTOMERS THE UAIXEBS ! !
Hoods delivered la all parts of the cltj carefuUy
and free of charge.
SPECIALTIES JUST OPEEU.
Rich Black Silks,
Superb Silk Poplins,
Spring Delaines and Calicoes,
Casslmeres, Table Linens, Napkins, Etc
Ladles can rid. to our door frara any part ef the
city, and we assure them It will mora thao compen
sate them ln one visit and purchase.
JOSEPH H. THORN LEY,
M. E. Cor. EIGHTH and SPRIK GARDEN,
212 PHILADELPHIA.
QTENED THIS WEEK-NEW t
COOriiK :& C0NABD,
S. E. Corner or MM II and MARKEr.
BLACK BILKS issortment now e.mpl.tt.
BLACK ALPACAS-PrJi 37i to 9 1'SS.t.
BLACK POPLIXa-rroai 3Li to 1'7S.
KPIUKQ PRINT Light and aaMluoa. '
FANCY KH1KT1XO PKI MTf-16 to SO cants. '
WHITE GOO TB-Best dlsplar we aver mads.
KAPKINS-BargalBf . 1 SO, f OO, 94 etc.
LIMKN IAPK88-1'S regularly np
ILANHEL Attractive la kind and price, "
BIST PKONTS Best made 33.400, OO, and 10c.
LIN KM DRILLS-JCspeclally tor Boys. - ,
LTMKN POCK- Large a-ock ireeh styles. .
8PSIKQ OABlaIEKSd-Por 15, 8T, 1'00, sto. -BLACK
CLOTHS Stock coraplat. - , . .
BLACK EOSrtKINe? Finest qnalltl.s,
BOYS' CLOTH IKO-For early Bprlog. tTrssa '
WATKK PROOP CLOAKO-Always all staapaa.
BKIBTIKOa Black, White, and Qrey atrlped.
PIANOS.
6TEINWAY A cnxToi nv.un
JcM(,TbreMelU0' "fF
" 1 o K E a I H O
PIAMOB. V
11 tu
TirTTTnwn
Ko SUOHaUMUTittrees.
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