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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1809.
Special
i ...riiifiiion tlic source oi
t'or
run? Ion.
Ootkbnor noFFMAN last week astonished bi
rond measure the lobbyists au.l politicians of
Albany by returning with an indignant and
deolalYe veto a private bill. Suoh an notion
was an anomaly in the history of State legis
lation, for, with the exoeption of Uws whloli
tend to cede money b dae tue owe ,
corporations, no bill of a private nUure Is
ever vetoed. The action of the Governor of ,
New York was not prompted by any dofoot of
the bill aa to its merits, but was oooasiooad by
a deoisiou on Lis part to put a stop to all
suoh private legislation, exoept suoh as was
by law ueoesaary. lie says in his message
that the power to order many things whuh
are ordered by legislative enactment is lodgid
In the courts of the Commonwealth, and
whenever that power is so lodged he ahull
veto all bills in which th legislature attempts '
its exercise. In his action in this matter he ,
has the warmest sympathy of all honest nun.
Let us look at the condition of affairs at II u- ,
burg by a oomparison with thosa at Albany,
and see how wise the action of Governor II off. :
man has been. '
It Is conoeded by all that at the capitals of :
all the larger States there is an atmosphere of :
pestilent corruption. There are of course
gentlemen in both branches of all Legisla- (
turea who are entire y honest and j
above reproach, who would not sup- j
port a bad bill, and who cannot be ap- j
proaohed by meroenary considerations. These
men are the bulwarks which proteot us from
the utter prostitution of all the legislative
power of government. But in spite of them
there are rasoality, bribery, aul every species
ol corruption going on of which they know
aothing. Thus, what causes the rush of
oormorants to the capital, the presenoe of I
lobbyists, and the use of money f On what
speoiea of bill is money spent ? It requires no
knowledge of the workings of the Legislature
to be sure that all these corrupting influences
duster around private bills. A general law
never oauses any such corruption. People
feel an interest in its merits, but never feel
sufficient interest to use money to defeat it
or facilitate its passage. When, therefore, a
general law of really great importance
comes up, there is a lull in corruption, and
it is oonsidered from some other standard tb.au
dollars and cents. Bat it id the private legis
lation which draws the lobbyists together, and
it is beoause of the lack of real merit in lav of
this olass of legislation that secures the ex
penditure of money. The class of laws which
are uuially assed are of a kind which would
not stand the investigation of a court. We do
not say that they are bad, but they are all of
a character which would not be granted if
tested by an examiner of a properly consti
tuted court. Let us take the oase of divorces.
The law gives to the Courts of Couamon Pleas
of the different counties power to
order divorce for came. The causes'
for whioh they can be granted are
so broad and numerous as to cover almost
very real ground for the separation of mm
and wife desertion, ill-treatonut, crime,
and all the other good reasons for demanding
that a solemn contraot be set aside. Yet we
sea every session hundreds of applioations to
the Legislature for divorces. Why do thea
parties go to Harrisburg aud spend five time
as muoh oorruptly as Is neoessary to get a
divorce from the courts, unless it be that their
-oases do not possess sufficient merit to seoare
the assent of a well-regulated oourt ? This is
the true reason. The interposition of the
Legislature is neoessary beoause the parties
Lava do right to be set fres. Take
ft case of the present session. A divorce was
granted because a huabtni did not feed the
children of the wife by Ler first Lusband on
too same food that he ate himself. Can there
bo any wonder, when this was the ground for
setting aside a sacred contrast, that the par
ties should avoid a court and go to the Leg's
Uturef This is typioal of all species of
private legislation. There Is nearly always a
defeot somewhere which will prevent a oourt
of Joatloe granting what is asked for; and it
Is oa suoh bills aa these that corruption
takes place and the lobbyists thrive.
Mow the aotloa of Governor Hoffonn is
suggestive of a mode of remedying this evil.
It is the vetoing of all bills wa oh oan be
granted by the courts, irrespective of the
merits of the bills themselves. In
doing this the Governor, would be only
obeying the provision of the Constitution of
the State whioh eapeolally fjrblds the inter
ference of the Legislature In any case in whioh
the courts Lave power. The immediate eflfeot
of a death-blow to this species of laws would
be the exoluslon from illegal perquisites of
both lobbyists and members, aud the oonse
quent withdrawal from the Legislature of the
element which disgraces it. The exampls set
by Governor Hoffman is one of real mrit, and
wo doubt not that it will bavo a beneficial
effeot wherever it is adopted. Let Governor
Geary examine and imitate the action of Lis
brother executive of the Empire State..
Wa are glad to see that the Governor has
already been Induced to aot in this manner in
the case of tue Kutitown Savings Bank. He
vetoed that act last evening, beoausa the
court. Lad power to grant tho law. Wo
hope that he will not make this an exoeptional
vase, but rigorously refuse Lis signature to
every suoh speoles of legislation.
Another I.carlalntlve Outrun;.
Tub citizens of Philadelphia Lave submitted
to a great deal from the Legislature, but there
is a point where patience ceases to be a virtue;
and the boldness and impunity with whioh
rascality Las been oarried on at Harrisburg
this winter Indicate that it is high time that
a determined resistance to legalized outrages
should be made, and the politioal jobbers, who
misrepresent us at the State capital, should
be taught that the people have some reserved
rights which even legislators are bound to
respect. Mr. Hunt-zey has distinguished him
self this session as the ohief engineer of most
cf the obnoxious measures urged upon the
Legislature, aud his last performance in this
line is Bii( h a boll aud infamous invasion of
the lights of the cllisna of Philadelphia that
the very unblushing impudence of the thing
excites our admiration.
The measure we allude to is a bill presented
ly Mr. HcD8ey to incorporate ''The Commer
cial Weighing Company of Philadelphia," and
it la proposed to give the said company the
right, viifmiit the consent of City Councils, to
erect and use public softies upon or in any
ttreet in the city of l'hilalelphia; the oom
pany to pay into the City Treasury annually
the sum of one cent per ton for each ton of
coal or other merchandise weighed. All coal
fold or delivered from any coal yard, railroad
siding, wharf, or landing is to be driven by
the owners to the scales provided by the oom
pany, and receive a certificate of oorreot weight
under a penalty of not less than three and not
more than five dollars. The company is to
charge a commission not to exceed ten cents
per ton for each and every ton of coal or other
merchandise weighed, and is to collect the
same from the parties selling or delivering, in
such a manner as may be provided for in the
by-laws of said oompany.
The company is to charge ten cents a ton
and is to pay the city two cents for the use of
the streets a very profitable operation for the
stockholders in the concern, certainly; and
when it is remembered that the profits are
doubled and tripled in tho weighing of the
pame articles as they are transferred from
time to time, the beauty of the scheme must
Btrike every citizen of l'ailadelphia with awe
and admiration.
We scarcely thiuk it possible that the Legia-
10,'u,0 ua luo ""-ery io pass mis
bill now that tu,J aUantlon of the public has
been called to it, or tha'. Governor Geary will
sign it if it is parsed. Some of the members
of the Legiolatute ave desirous of reelection;
and while it may be natural that they should
desire to make their sojourn in Harrisburg
a3 profitable as possible, common prudence
would suggest the expediency of not for
getting entirely the fact that the people Lave
something to say about matters of this kiad
as well us the lobby. A few hundred dollars
in Land are tempting; but the proverb that
"a bird in tho hand is worth two in the bush"
docs not hold good iu all cases.
the '-Congressional (alobe."
The contract with the present publishers of
the proceedings of Congress expires on the Cth
of March, and both branches of the National
Legislature are just now agitating the sub
ject of making a change in the business.
From a report presented to the Senate by the
Printing Committee of that body, it appears
that the estimated cost of publishing the pro
ceedings of the Forty-first Congress, ino'.uding
the Daily Globe, and the bound volumes
known as the "Congressional Globe," by
Rives & Bailey, the present publishers, will
be $38f,4d5. To have the same work done at
the Government Printing Office, it is esti
mated, will cost (270,405; while Mr. Joseph
T. Crowell of New Jersey offers to do
tLe work for about f 201,149. If Mr. Crowell
is a responsible bidder, tLe job should cer
tainly, under these circumstances, be given to
Lim, especially as tLe Government Printing
Office is already so overloaded with work
beyond its capacity that the regular Govern
ment documents, valuable and worthless
alike, are almost invariably delayed in their
publication for months, and frequently for a
full year or more.
But whatever is done with this branch of
the subject, a reform in another direction is
certainly demanded. Under the present sys
tem, members of Congress have access to the
proofs of the Globe, and whenever any one of
them Lurla at tLe ears of Lis colleagues a long
winded or abusive harangue, he makes it
point to drop in at tLe Globe offioe to straighten
Lis syntax or ton down Lis asperity.
In this way tLe most rambling and dig
jointed nonsense Is " twisted into readable
Knglisb, and tLe official record of tLe
two Louses Is frequently purged of
tLe most offensive words wLlcL are uttered
In tLem. For the credit of the nation and its
legislators, this isoertalnly an advisable privi
lege; but the evils attending it are very
serious. A member of Congress is thereby
enabled to unburden himself after the most
ridiculous fashion, aul yet to make a decent
chow before Lis constituents and te country
at large. While it is actually an impossibility
for him to stand on Lis feet and put two
sentenoes together aocording to tLe dogmas of
Lindley Murray, Le appears before tLe
world in tLe light of a man who
knows bow to talk good English. Then,
again, Le may descend to the very depths of
positive blackguardism, and yet appear in the
Globe as one of the most amiable and gentle
manly of men. This is all wrong. The words
that are spoken in Congress should be printed
for the world to read just as they are spoken,
word for word, without addition or elimina
tion. Not until this is done will the oountry
be able to measure the capacity and decency
of its representatives at Washington. If the
true measure of all of them oould be taken,
It is quite probable that not a few of them
would And their occupation gone.
Ill Indian Inlqnltr.
That "foul nest of thieves," tho Indian
Bureau, is likely to remain intaot for an inde
finite period. The Senate yesterday, hr
voie oi o io a, rejeotea an amendment to
the Indl'n Appropriation bill, proposed by
Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, transferring the
Bureau from the Interior to the War Depart
ment, uenoe tuere Is not the remotest nros
pectofan end being put to the wholesale
swindling of the Indians and the Government
until the Forty-first Congress cets into work
Ing order, and not even then, unless a obanire
should come over the spirit of the dreams of
a score or so of Senators. The diffioultr aa
pears to be that the transfer of the Bureau
would dislodge from exceedingly warm and
profitable berths a Dumber of gentlemen who are
intimately associated with oertain Senators by
ties of blood or other, aud equally paramouut
interests. During the debate whloli preoeded
the rejection of the amendment, Mr. Klmuads
of Vermont, one of the ablest aud most caudid
men in the Senate, stated that, although he
had previously voted against the proposed
transfer, he "had since obtained further light
on the snbejet," for whioh reason La deemed
it Lis duty to favor the measure. "Further
light" is as accessible to the other Bdnators as
to Mr. Edmunds, and it is to be hopd that a
few glimpses of the utter rotteuuess of the
present Indian system will dawn upon their
minds before many more months pass by.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
i-BSftj hrK-f. HaVII A. WS NJ tii rl M.
(ulilfOI, lipUcri Hiid Clirlsi l ,nlt , . ...... .t
fcubjici for (IlKOiss on . l u-l"ui i,uer tban n)
Ke Ig'on f'ir an Inriivldnn! or a si e "
i?V'LBnrt 'oMiumtuUi Aluslo lib a'u r the direction
Tbe pntillc tro Inviud.
N K K II O N
TOUJIU BICN,
tinaer th itiiftU'fwftn! Kit
lOcc mknmciiribi'.an astociaT'OV.
Kev. J, M'ENUaK K E .N ,1 IU will i.r.-.nh r
mon eBptcialiy toy ting tua 'Jo morrow Curoatn)
b'i??.1;'!!"'. ,h? TfcN.U HAPT1SI' CUUKUJ,
SSpivib reftrrvpd for jomi n-o.i.
Medlcul HuOeutu and strangers In tho city am cor
alally Itivlud loaUfiid.
P TIIK FSJK-.T riCKKIt VTK It 1 A If
JlUJlCII, AMIIIJSUTO.N U'JAKK. Itetf.
1IKKBICK JUHKWN, J li., Pan'or. will ureacu
ri i.m v. . nr t tin A Ha .....a i r w "
IVIorriD subiei i i Uq tUAh uueniion of ttieerls.
A'tio Toucoed M?"
Kveiilns "Tbe ltrlaton rf the fliincti toAnumo
enu, or iLeaou)eIl.ftiv cf Tliluio Indlffaroiil," All
e nt'ltouie.
men
are nt'ltouie,
C'KITKN.tltT F. f'MlJItl'II
kJS33 CAMDEN, N J. I'hn Annual M Junuary efr-
nior win ueaei'VMrcci t. i lie Kev.Dr. U J.CAtR;W,
Tu-mor'ow (Hunimvi Morning, tlie2t. lubt. Beirloe
at half imm io ii'ck ck.
Tb Kcv. W. V. KKIiT.KY. A. M.. Paitor. will
prruuh In t Lie Kvculofc'. Sinrv'ce at uulf-pvit seven
U LIOC'K
YIIIOIJV FOB HOllfll
mo Totii reopie n ri-ocimiohoi mhjta BeiKN a.!LE
HAPTImT lllUKi'H. .HEjNUr S'reet. went of
Jtl bti entti, iomuotow Hvrntui:. by K-v. J K
KLI" K. t Ofong N .1 -eriC' ti co pmsucn at
7;i o c ock. MT'd i f H'f.imr.
fXF" "TIIK IMMVKM i aii: O.Vl MONM
ol O. d " Kev. 1).. MAwl'.H Will i duuIik
Coin 89 ot hrrujoiiH in .morrow (Saulnv) En In.
at 7H o'rlcna, In CIIN in.v bl'ltriKT IHORCH,
irniu eirpfli, oeiow r-pricu. Miject aoovr
All pmona cordUllv iiivud.
f-ro "ft K KM OK To YolTVU 3li:."-TIIU
four Hi 01 nit !o-rlB will r.n niivt rntl To-uior-
rowevciiliiKBi!1, by Hi v. U. K 11 A LK. 1 f).. In
me IMJillll trXi r,S 'J J X. K I A IN UI1CHUH.HI.X 111
Mrppt. ftfiova Urwn. Tie pantor. Kev. It.
11 r.is Ki t 1) D. wi. iireorti ai 10'.; A. M.
jffyra, V KWI'rPIII'O Nt RKRT CHVIIl'll,
AHi7 BM KM I 'J I II m Iti'KUUIS wire"
Ker. W. P. BKKKD. I). D.. will prearb lhef-lfVHiithil
Hie dlsuuuiHoa nu inn Boen or h-nini-r To-morrow
ai If,1, A. M. bubject. Trie Monuuient." bcrvlce
1 n the Bfieruoon at a1.: o'clorK. '
TK1NITV Fl. K. Vlt URCH , El HTII
J&& fcitife.. above Kbc. AuuubI Mmiooary
Hbhbatb. Kev. O. FT. Tf K i?"A N Y. l I . will p'cu
at 11 y, A M and ReT. J. 1. I'll A PLAIN at 7 . r, M
MrauKors invltrd,
,orT NT. I' M IVS I III KCII. 11IIKD
Hueot. below Walnut Divine iirvio 1
morrow Homing at 1' o'clock, by the Kev. Ir,
OLAXTON, and la the Kveuli-K.ttt Hi o'clock, by tbe
Kev. nr. rKA i' i1.
WIST AKCII STKEfcT HltKSIlY-
TKHIANCHUHim. crner KMUIEKNI'H.
Pr"..ehlo by lir. W1LLIT- t 10'.' A. M od
7SP. JJ. I turbv ll'V. T. DK Wl IT TALM AOE.
I'Voruary 26. 7?.,' P. M. HuhJot, "Uruaibler it Vo."
pevjp. RKV. TIIOMAM N. KBI'f'KK V WIIt
ire-cti T"-morio in tlie NOHtii u 1 lau
PHhBBVTKRIAN CHUBOff, M aSl'Klt Street, n-ar
Fiiteei.ib, at 20'4 A . M. and Vi V. M, 8eW free. All
are Invited.
SB, "SilfTSi AI'HTHRTKqffALiND
flfr Puperl rloAnael T" at7l. I0H, 'WovOim
plari?' Bev. NUR M PRICE, at r.UTlKK.
BLUM, TWJfiliFTlt nd OXFORD Btreoli. Pews
free
s-TT KPBINU U1BDIII BiPHST
E5y CHliRC'H, TKIRTKKiN I'll H'reet, abve
Wailacr Kev L.P HO K N B it RO K 4 Pastor. Preach
lug lo morrow at A. M. aud V,' Sf. At. fcUob Ub,
School at 2 P. M. .
ST. CIiEMKNT' CHITRCH-
TWKiNTIKTU aud CH KRR V dtreetu. Durlnc
leal th Sunday aftemoin services lll beomltied.
aery Ice To-morrow evening at 7H o'clock.
, HKV. K. K. A OA MS, If. !.. Willi
(reach in li WKKl'."iItN PRasBVTKRIA -
CHURCH 8EVKNTKKN TH and VI LHjiu r, at l;,
auii'a. Alleruoon sermon oa "JoBaa."
JT(llinDBKN'a CmiBf'II.-TIIB
npxt monlblv Kermon 10 the young on Ulb e
Wonders " at the CHURCH OK TUB KflPUAN Y,
To-morrow afierooon at 8 o'o'ocfc.
-p, BB.STOBB, HIST AIHDKH',ir.
E? B. corner BKOAOand A RUrX, rtab'iaib Mora
Ins at li,. ev. Mr. UOM.-'lI.of Ihe Tbeololcl
Seminary. at7X P. M. "
SPECIAL NOTICES.
rVjST COLD WEATHER DOES NOT CHAP
VSE? er roughen thesmu alter nsinic WRIUnriJi
AL(XNA I KDOLYAKIN TABLKTO SOUDI HKD
biYCk.RIJS. lui dally ohm makes the skla dell,
cutely soft and heaunlul. Jt la aeilgbtfuily fragrtnt,
transparent, aud liicuuuarable as a loilet Soap. For
sale by aU iJru.glBU. K A , A WRIUBT,
4 Ko. 824 CHKSNUT btreet,
p-TjT- NOTICE.-I AM NO LONGER EX-fc---
trading Teeth wuhnut pain for the ! iltoa
enial At nool-iloa. Persons wniblnv teeth ex
tracted absolutely wl.l.oul aln by fresh Nitrous
Oxide Oss. will hud me at Nu. 1027 WALNUT bin et.
Charges suit all.
1 6m DR. F. It, TH0MA8.
tggjT COFFEES KOAsTEO ON A NEW
Trluclj'le. reiiilulng all ihi aroma and true
flavor are the bmt. On aa'e by
KilRTJIORNlfi & CO.,
Ho. KOft N NINTH, and
1 SOhtulhCm Ko, lWllO MARKET Bir.iet.
DON A r IONS TO
THE BUILDING
MUa'ti aouiu of
Fund ol ilia V tin Nil
PHIL UkLPUIA:-
ii, w, Pitkin awn 00 c.b
John J.Tut iCO- u Poor Mao, J. li. 13.
Wui. a. Porter )uo o , Iavld 6 ul'.Jr
Prtderlck CoIIIlb. iuiO" Massey, Huston dk
A.J. Drextl l,Uro"j Co ,
tiporge w Cnlids. IUiO-00 'A.M. B." -
A F lead 10 imo 0 ' faai'l 11. bipley...
t'&H.Ilore lOii-on J. Kdgar 'Ibom-
20'00
60
2SU0
800 00
M0 I
Si 00
no O i
100' JO
1 woo
10' CO
100 i
10.1-00
ireon
60 00
1110 i'0
wi'oo
li i ll
VM)l
200'00
25 1-00
Mlns Uroesbecll,.
j win dtviuviIh,. do uu son .....
HI 0u, Mrs. U H. H iwIp...
to-ui.lM rrli, Wheeler A
iwH c
lifldO K, W. V""ieBi...
Im.-eO Ctikrlei w neoler...
A. 1 anipue 1. ..,..,
V B.acliiirne.,jr.
W. A. Diowd...m..
Robert Gray
J hn raruuui
Henry O, Morris.,
Jss. Mooie V Hoo.
O H R.igers
K.van Kudolpb...
htuart, Pnerfou
t O
Henry Wlnsor
A. M. Kloiber......
W. H. Hare....
U. H.Addlcki.........
6Uni
L. A.Qodef.
HO it)
Villi' Oil
len n
60 00
100-(11
!jiiuel Anbuurji,
M. O
Rlohard asbbunn.
o rlch A Huilltt
A. M Collin
Henry V. Laa
K h. Cone
Fnnrts W. Lewis,
Mi (H
6TO 7'0i
M JJ.
I'OOi Alexander Brown.
lit IH12-U
February to, 180,
r ii.ui.iu. ruitVKi, Treaiurtr.
It
SPECIAL NOTICES.
jT- KEV. 11KNKY WAHO BKECUEIl
WW1 Leolnre under the ausploea of tr
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION,
IN TUP
ACADEMY OK MU3I0,
THURSDAY EVENING, February 25.
Bnbjeot: "RATIONAL. AMUSEMENTS."
The Halo of tlcketn will begirt at J. E. Gould's
riano IlooriQH, No. 9V3 ( hfsuiu street, Snttirday
mornlBK, 20lh IdhI. It: servid sealR, on flrtl day
of tolc, 75 cents; Rf'er Bxturdny, 60 cents to ail
pang ol the bonne, 2 n wri3t
JAMRS K . MBS D O ell
Bit been RU- d t give nne of his
UMfXiUA. I, - li It KADI -.in.
emb'sclns choice eelecilous iroi shakenpearo and
1 he Alouii n 1'ueis nt
MOIUON HALL,
HA VEKK'.iJU) Mrert eooe Forty-first,
Went Pj lladeli hia.
THTJH8DAY liVh.Nu. Keurua y 21 1!0.
llckeib Mi c nts. To hi. oht.uei ( I'riimiilor's
M 1 sic IS' 01 e, No M Cbennt sirei Jmos N. Mark's
I riiK Mora. No. ,T?4 1 Marke-. 'reei; Jo. K. Cuiln s
J riiKMoro Forty Unit and M lrkei sit eels: aud at lbs
Hail 01, the everin B ol the adU K
Loorg 0,en at 1l o'clock; rooiininre at s 2lt
HFPCPL1CAN INVISl IBLEH' R'.
elusion tolWHihin.tnn M .mh :t.4 . n. iwi-.
loattfint the luxugura Ion of the Preoiueut ol ih'a
Lnlti d eiieten. "
Aiembers and their friend) desirous of ranlrloat
U wl h Hie l lull on this occ asion k' reouei'e I t0
puserit their uatun. to lb 'Oouimluer m mkdiatklv.
TKKKTb FOttTHK BOONii TJtlP, 840.
rurtuer luloraiatlon cau bo bd nt
KRt l,t!Rl AS
recr"tary axid
lultue,"
Jiotiiiin 3t
Treasurer ui " Waiinutf .0 j Uem-
No. 1 17 8. FOUItTK Street,
tl. ilranco on lUnumivl,
Vr, OKFICE PENNSYLVANIA
KO A D LO Al PA N Y.
U.VILi-
Philadklphia. Fob. 17,1309.
NOTICE TO BIOCKIKiLDEKH.
TheAtinuftl Election for Directors of this
Company will be beld on MONDAY, the first
dy of Marob, 18C9 fit the office of tho company
No, 88 South Til IKD Btreet. The polls will
bp open from 10 o'clock A. M. until 6 o'clock p.
M. No hhRre or shares transferred w lthin sixty
dnys 1 receding the eleoilon win entitlo the
liolderor holders thereof to vote.
2 17 lOt EDMUND SMITH. SpcretHry.
' OFKICK O? THE OIL CHEEK AND
A LL J. i 11 K N V ItlVlilt KAiLWAV.
ohky, Feu, ID. ISI')
At a meptlng of !ba Stockholder ot ihn o'rr.
CKKHv AND AMiKMUhNV KIVKR RAIUWAY
COM PAN V.held Hi In day. the toliowuiK ollicers were
t If tied to nerve for the nmilni; year:
Preelnnnt KDWaHO F.iiAT,
, KOaBU Olf DIBKOTORS
William (i. Fargo, Charles B. Wright
A H. U.ven. WlUlanjO Moorbead,
Cbarles I', l.eo. 'l homas A. b.iotti.
VKH.-1-Uli.MlDllNT AND SJ1-B KIMKNilKMT
H. F. 8WKETKR.
21H I)iam3lrp F. A. PKIoLU'd
5?"' OFKICK OKiftLCfclVKh OKTAXK.-
'.iIWtM.' tAX' u,ld National Holiday,
J HIS tFi ICK will be closed
210 2t J. M. MKLLOY, Receiver of Tax.
STEAM BOIL bit EXPLOSIONS.
AMbl ItllH'T H Kal.wav Hiu,mn nrl h'n.
Slneer's r-miply Store, N... i;t,' s,FoUltiH street.
nieani ai n water nauifeg, improved Maiw'y Valves,
and LOW " Rter Ind'oatorM inr nrnv.nllnv ui.uam
bo Jo-- xplofi'ouh, and every variety of iloelneer's
li. lis- ikon BrmR$.-TiTrE
ar B iters coafain iron In one of ihe uioi valu
ab e forms: much slckuens Is occss'oued by Ms want
In the bio 0. The iron In this compound supplies
the dellc'enry. Its tenduuey la to en.K-h the blood
and Impart vigor to the frame 2 4 tuthln'f
W OLD OAKS CKMLTKHY flilMl'AMY
OF PHIL 1DELPHIA,
OFFICE. NO 618 WALNUT STltEET.
The Company Is now prepared to dispose of lots on
KriAtONABLK TkMMS. The advantages ollered
oy this Cemettry he well known to be equal 11 not
superior to those possessed by any other Contetery.
We Itvl e all who desire to purchase bnrlal lota to
cell at tbe otllce, where plans can be seen and all
particulars will be given. DeeOa lor lota sold are
ready for delivery.
KICH AKD V TJX. Pre-ldenU
PKTK K a KKVH f.R, Vice-President
WAHTIN LANDBJNBKUJKlt, TreMiiror.
ajJCHABL Nibbbt. Berreiarv 111 tjiu
"A PLNNY SAVED IS EQUAL TO
r-' two Karntd.' The time to save money Is
when you earn it and tne way to save li ! by deoosl.
tini a poriion of 11 weekly In ihe "Id RANKLIN
bAVINU FUND, No. i:U 3. FODRTH fc-treet.below
(.'besntu Money In Urge or small amounts re
ceived, and live per cent. In'oiest allowed. Opi-u
dal y in m B te 1), and on Mcnilnv eve nines from 7 to
S o'clock. ClRUb CAD WALL DISK.
18 Traaa urer.
ELLIS' I H ON BITTERS
Virnflinla riliraarlnn .HmntB.A . .. l. i .
healthy action. Clonic and palatable, Prepand bv
William Kills. Chemlnt. Bold by JOhNSTOS, HOli
LOW AY A COWL-hiS No. 602 A KCH Htieer
JlVANh. No. 41 B. KIOHTH Street, and by
Druggists generally; 2 4 tuthfstf
WHAT AN X WILL DO.
A ten dollar note
For an overcoat!!
Almost too good to be true.
What shocking low price !
It's certainly nice,
What a ten dollar bill will do.
We're happy to sing
Of the eoals for sprina
That Kockhlll A Wllsoa keep;
We're also glad
That folks can be clad
Is garments so good and cheap
Yon can put on your back
A ten-dollar sack,
Handsome, aud neat, and new;
And. the fun of the thing,
It's so cheep that, wesing
What a ten dollar bill can 1X0.
Yes, surely I will!
If a ten dollar bill
Will buy me a nne Spring Sack,
I'll harry and can
AltheOKEAT BROWN II ALL.
And pnt toy "X" on iny back.
The srondfl nr A rnnifv fnr trnn i.n.tlnn,nn
r " J - - .'llllUlllUU.
I.fim ft lift IllRn 1 n r l.hAnn lniv tun ,liiu.
tbe most dealrable Hprlug Overcoats you cau
.... UAlli.n Al.lv kw.l 1 .1 ... . .
vtvuv. tf&oiwu, oiijkiuiKeu, huu Hii me oiner
EQlxlnrea and artm nnui 1 Inny. t'nArnihin.i.n
cheap In proportion. Winter stock disappear
ing, al prices to suit every body.
ROCKHILL ft WILSON,
QRKAT BROWN STONE HALL,
ROB, 603 and 605 CUKSJiUT 8T11EET,
PHILADELPHIA.
FOR SALE.
WEbT PHILADELPHIA PUOl'KKTIES
FOB BALK OB TO RENT.
The HANDSOME BROWN STONE RE8IUEN.
CKS, Nos. 4108, 4110, and 4ll' BPRUCK Street,
and GBKV tTONK DOUBLE RESIDENCE, No.
411U PINE Sueet.
C. J. FELL 4 BRO.,
813stntblm No. I'M South FRONT Btreet.
A DE9IKABLE DWELLING AT Pit?-
. . . . . . . ..v.... ,vir, uuH-unu square
from Tioga station. Uermantown Kallroad. Lot 60 by
2aolett. blable W by ii iert. Apply 01 the premises
Of 10 JONJC4 WkBsTrhiR. '
liimuayia III 'I'ui.iii i, li nnv.h - i . i- "
IXUBtutli NO, DO NFIFTU Blrtet.
TO RENT.
TO RENT AN OFFICE SUITABLE FOR A
physician ? a lawyer, with or without h.wm.
ai No 11-1 hi ka r.n Kireei. 1 if"
FOKMSUtD HOUSrJ TO RFKT tnn
six un lit s or one ear
It Apply at No. 108 N. KLEVENTn RlrAAt
fLVrivD, ? GlUkJP' VETERINABY BUIU
O JON. treaia all diseases of horse and ca.
tie, auil all surgical operations, with eulolant aocom
DiodallnDS lor horses at bis InUrni-rv No u
MAHtoiiALL Btreet, above foy lac lloi
INSURANCE.
X? -A. M E
INSURANCE COMPANY
No. 400 CU1SNUT STBE5T.
Philadelphia, oaryW, 1869.
This Company, Incorporated n 1856. and
MnSivwS. IN8DRNCK BUSINESS KX
CLUBIVELY.ln order to enable It to accept a
large amount of business constantly deollned
for want of adequate capital, will, in aooord
ance with a supplement to lis charter. In
crease its
CAPITAL STOCK FEOM $100,000, ite
present amonnt, to
$ 2 0 0,0 0 0,
In Sbares of Fifty Dollars Each,
And for whioh subscription books are now
open at this otlloe.
By order of t he Board of Directors,
CHARLES RICHARD80N,
PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM H. RHAWN,
VIOK-PRttBIDENT,
WILLIAMS I. OLANCHARD,
1 20 4ptt
SECRETARY.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
PETERSONS' NEW BOOKS.
HANS BREITMANN'5 PARTY.
WI1U OIUL'K BALLADS.
NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION.
13Y OIIAULICS Q. LKLAND.
TWELVE
MONTHS OF MATRIMONY,
BY EMILIE F. CaULEN.
COLGNEL THORPE'S
SCENES IN ARKANSAW,
Yllh 16 Illnstratlons bj Uarlej.
COUNT OF MONTE CRIST0.
BY ALEXANDER DUMAS.
NEW AND BEAUTIFUL EDITION.
With Elegant Illustrations.
ARE PUBLISHED AH li FOR SALE THIS
T. li. FETERSOX & liKOTUEKS,
Ko. S06 UUESSUT Street.
... - , """ut A si fj n 'BV 91 HtlLieiOD ' '
k-.ln w ,a 0119 lttree oclvo volJtae. Price
COLONEL THrmPTC'B Oflffwira r . nT7 .
ni w. m i.h .li.T. .ri.r..."r.-"'1"
" niu,u.'.iiiua ua iiuKa liaDsr.
iuTn. prlcs.Tl 75. " uuo UIU'"e.
Celonu Thorpe's 6cenes In Arkansaw," contains tha
wnuieoi "ii euoarier Knee la Kamuckr," Bo
'itiiiun- mo mui uttar iiuuier," as well as
"L'upploK in tbe Sternum." lliylnir Poker In
"llie Georgia Major la Court." ludl Jtiober
Pills." "A Day ai Hoi Siloes," Drama la Poker'
vllle.-'-A KlKtiiln.Swomo.'' and other Sketches
work is embellished wlU sixteen full pas lllustra.
linn. Irnm nn.lnil illnn. h. i, - i fcI
HANS BBS.ITM ANN'S PART V. 'With ether Bal
laUB. New aud Enlarged EdHlons. B7 Coarles U.
- . . " mm uvii .1 largo asam as ins
Jim one, Mr. Leland havlus added to It all his lata
Ballads including "Hans Breltniann's Olirlstmas."
piann s Sihory Apout scunliit-rfs Ptillosotiede." etc.
One volume. Muled paper. Price Seventy -ti ve Cents
THE OCUNT OP MONTH. ORI9TO. By Alex,
andcr Dunias. New and beautiful edition. With
l76in cloth ' " M lu P,p9' O0Yett
THE RED COURT FARM, aTtver before nob
listed. By Mrs. Henry Wood, author of -Eait
Lynne." Prloe lu olotn; or. 11-50 In pauer cover.
MAJOR JONK9" SCENB IN OHORUIA. With
sixteen Illustrations on timed paper, r.ioi orlelnai
fleslgns by Darley. By au nor ot 'M-jor Joobs'
Courtship," Major Jones' tkeieb.es of Travel." etc
One volume, ciotn. Prloe 1 76. uir, ew.
THE SWAMP DOCTOR'S ADVENTURES IN
TBE bOUTH WEST. With fourteen IlluMrVtions
en lined 1 aper, trout original designs by Harley. By
John b. Itobb. ambor of ' S-rallowlnir OvsLara
Alive," etc. One voiun.e, cloth. Pries, i 7j.
FAIR PLAY ! By Mrs. Emma D. K. N, SiuthwortU.
filh KdiUon now rrttttii. Kveryoody la teadlus and
teconinienrlns it One volume, cloth, prloe, il'74 or
one volume, paper cover, price, fi-au,
Copies ot auy ol tbe above books will be sent by
mail postpaid, on receipt ol price by the Pao
lisbeis. All books published are for sals by o the moment
they are issued from Ihe l-ress. at lowest cssh rates
Call In peison, er send for whatever books yon
want, to lup
T. B. PKTEBMOX Oc BROTHEBS,
NO. 06 CIIKSKCT MTBEET, PIIILIDA.
lCYJ PUBLICATIONS.
Recollections or Men and Tilings at Wash
luglon Uurlugthe Third of a Centorj.
BY L A. OOBRIQHT.
12uio. Cloth. $175.
Studies in Shakespeare. A Book of Essays
BY MRS. MARY PRESTON,
ldmo. Cloth, tl-00.
The Marooncrs' Islands.
BY F. It. GOULDINQ, author of "Ihe Young
Marooners."
lOuio. Cloth. Illustrated. SI 50.
THIS DAY PUBLISHED BY
CUXTON, REMSEN & HAFFELF1NGER.
Kos. 81 aud 821 MARKET Street,
8 18 81 PHILADELPHIA.
A
RARK .OPPORTUNITY.
BOOKS. STATIONERY, AND CTIROMOS
AT A GREAT SACRIFICE,
DURING OUR BPECIAL SALE.
CALL AT ONCE.
DUFFIELD ASHMEAD,
Publisher, Bookseller, and Stationer,
2 17w2t No. 781 CHE3NUT Street.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
C8 CUKSNUT 8TREET, ftftJ.
TUKNERS.
e
READY THIS DAY,
A. Drllllnnt Kouiance of French Hoclolr.
MADAME DC CHAMDLAY.
Vj Alexander Dumas, Sr.
Elerntly Illnstratad. Complete In one Urae
Volume Paper cover 60 cents. Sent roe
olposlnge. Translated expressly
lor I be Publishers.
Also In preparation, a number of works from
tbepfnsof the rieat Freuob, German. Encliaii
and American authors. 8 n,
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PUBLISUER3, J
No. 80-i CJIINXUT Street
Philadelphia, Pa. I
orts
JUST PUBLISHED I
i
BY 1). APPLET0N & CO..
Ko-. 90, P2, U URAND St.. Kerr York,
LETTERS
OF
A SENTIMENTAL IDLER,
From Greece, Turkey, Egypt, ubla, an
the Holy Laud.
Cy Harry Harewood Leech.
W ltna Port rait of the Author, Engraving r
orletital Life, etc. eto. K ng' ef
These letters are frtsh. delightful and ooli
pictures of travel In tbe Orient. The author i2
wandering through Greece. Tntker H.l'i?
Nublaantf Svrln, explored 'each tofleda
wltb the Interest of an antiquarian " and tSi
with tne pen of a true poet tho indoCt la zxttt
of bnafrllfe on the Nile and the adventurae"
romance of desert travel. In all of whinn hi
ssas ve,n ot sweet and iwSiSpi:
FOR SALE BY
ASHMEAD, Ko. 724 Chosnnt Street, and
an ifooKSCHerSs
Sent free by mall to any address In the Unit
Stales on receipt of price. I vol. 1 2 mo 47i J$
Cloth. Single copies, U 60. - S) gtuthft1-
TTlTCHnif'K'H Htl.V i.r,.L. -
lll.Ill.ul.RO riALi DIMM MiTcn
printed on heavy Muslo Paner. . '
Huts, music and words. Price 6 ceni .?
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J. WE'D BETTER BIDE A. WEE BINt
. BLUE EYES.
5. NOT FuR JOSEPH.
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8 PRA18K OK TEARS.
9. CHAMPta'K CHaRLTE.
10. SKATlNr-KIVK POL1CA.
11. OKNEVIEVR WALT..
. COM K HITHER. MY BABY, MY DAR-
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13 THE DANISH BOY'S WHX9TliE
14 LITTLE MAOOIIS MAY.
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18. HIS LOVE -HINES OVER ALL
Peered
17. THE OLD COTTAGE CLOCK.
18. flLVJ- It ('MIMES.
3. THE RUBE OF KRTN.
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The above can be obtained at tbe Music, Bonk, and
Periodica) Stores, or by Inclosing tbe price 5 cents
each, to the Publisher. Other choice selections WUI
rapidly follow. A. nts wanted.
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A SPECIAL SALE OF
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at a GREAT REDUCTION, prior to making
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