TIIE DAILY j NG TELEGHAFH PHILADELPHIA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1869. 6 I'onn Erly Swallow. : jryom Jlnrj er'$ Nnitnttnr. My liuie h'nA of ilm air, IftL'ou dot know, then tell rue the street reason - . . Taon cmncFt aly, lnly iu tby Bfasoo, To build auil piir. For Btlll wo Lear thee twittering round tbo eaves, Ere yet the attentive olond of April lovers Up from their darkened hearth to call the flowers. 4 Where, all the rough, hard weather, They k-pt together Under their low brorcu roof of withered leaves. And for a rnotneni still Thy ever-tuneful bill, And tell me, and I pray tuee till ine true, If aor crnel caie thy losom frts The while thou bliUest plougUlike through the air Thy wlDgs so swift and sit in, Turned downward, darkly dim, Like furrows ou a ground of violets. Nay, tell me not, my swallow, But have thy pretty way, t And proHperouitly follow The leading of the Bunahiuo all the day. Tby viitnous example Maketh my foolish questions answer ample It la thy large delights keep opeu wide Thy little month; thou hast no pain to hide; And when thou leavest all the green-topped woods Pining below, and with melodious floods Klatterest the heavy olonde, It 1a, I know, Ik cause, my bird, thou canst nst choose but BO Higher and ever higher Into the purple Are That lights the morning meadows with hearts' ease, And sticks the hillsides full ol primroses. But tell me, my good bird If thou canst tune thy tongue to any word, TVherewith to anewer pray thee tell me this: Where gottest thou thy song, Still shiilling all day long, Silvered to fragments by Us very bliss ! Not, as I guefts, Of any wh stli g swila With cheek as richly russet as the grain Bown in his furrows; nor, I further gue3S, Of any shepherdess, Whose tender hem did drug Through the dim hollo wo of her golden flag After a faithless love while far and near The waterfalls, to hear, Clung by their white arms to the cold deaf rocks, And all the unkept flocks Strayed idly. Nay, I know, If ever any love-lorn maid did blow On such a pitiful pipe, thou didst not get In such sad wise thy heart to musio set. So, lower not down to me From its high home thy ever-busy wing; 1 know right well thy song was shaped for thee By Hi9 unwearying pOffer Who makes the days about the Eister flower Like gardens rouud the chamber of a king. And whether, when the sobering year hath run His brief course out, and thou away dost hie To find thy pleasant summer company, Or whether, my brown darling of the sun, When first the South, to welcome up the May, Ilaogs wide her saffron gate, And thou, from the uprising of the day Till eventide in Bhado rouud thee closes, Poorest tby joyanoe over field and wood, As if thy very blood Were drawn from out the young hearts of the roses Tis all to celebrate And all to praise The careful kindness of II is gracious ways Who builds the golden weather So tenderly about thy houseless brood Thy unfledged, homeless brood, and thee to gether. Ah 1 these are the tweet reasons, My little swimmer of the seas of air, Thou comeBt, goest, duly lathy seasons; And furthermore, that all men everywhere May learn from thy enjoyment That that which maketh life most good and fair Is heavenly employment. Alice Cary. & TEA MPLOUaUS. Wc conilenee from a very able paper of Pro fessor J. Brainerd, of the United States Patent Office, the following history of steam pi ughs. It is published in the last report on Agriculture to Congress. Tne Professor says: No portion of the globe is better adapted to steam culture than the broad prairies of the West, and U is upon the&e plains that tha great problem of steam culture must be soUed. For over two hundred jeurs past the efforts to ob tain a substitute for the common plough, or the meting lor operatiiig it, have beta neither lew nor umatpor'unt. One loriu was toe htulmg plougb, 0 called because the engine that ope rates tbe plougb is placed upon oue side of tlie teld, and moves atom; a healUud; the ploughs, generally a gang with two tet turn farrows In tbe lime direction in moving back aod forth over tbe field. Upon the opposite side of lae field is placed a UiOvuble capstan or wincHus?, which is moved forward upou u bea iliinJ, and the ploughs arodrawu back aud forth by means of wire ropes or chains. At each set of lurrows the engine t moved furward upon tbe headland upon one elite ot tbe held and tbe capstan upou tbe otber, the wldtb of a set of lurrow, when tbe ploughs arc dran snatu across tbe Held. This rtethod ot cul lvalue or worklug the land by steam power was drat patented in tbe United 6taies by B. 0. Bellititjer, of boutb Carolina, November 19, 1833, but from some came tbeinventiou never tut intogeucral use. About tbe year 1854 John Fowler, of Edgiuud, improved upon tbis ueutml plau oi Jiellinger's, and was io far successful tbat a number ol machines were put in o eiatiou. Jn 185U and 1857 Foster toofc out paten's in the United State lor bis improvements, but up to this dale but two of them bave beu brought into use in this country. At a specUl encour agement, CoDgro6. at its )akt stfaion, p-isstd a bill allowing tbe introduction ot steam ploughs Iree or duty. Anotbei method of Keani culture has been attempted, ju which the engines tire desiqued to travel over the field, drawing the plougbs behind them, usually in ganu", and niauy patents have beeu a routed lor alleged improve ments in ibis mode ol culture. Amonthe earlier of the?o adventurers may be named henry Comiup, 1850; Dvid Uusse ), 18.',6: Judd Stevens, 1858; J. I. Howell, 1859; B. Crawford. 187, and maoy others. Tnoir efforts at iroprovemeut have beeu directed chiefly to tbe construction ot an engine tbat was capable ot tiaversiut: tbe field, aud drawing a rang ot plougbs; but hitherto insurmountable diiliculties have been exoerieueed. It has not been found impracticable to construct au engine capable of running over a omuiou road, but m a cultivated field, where the soil Is soft and yielding, it has becu found that nearly the entire power of the engine has been expended in its own piopuWou, and hence its intbility to overcome the resistance ol the ploughs. The cause pf the failure of traction engines to perform their wo-k !n ploaghin can bo explained upon the folloftii'K bvi otueai: -W o will suppose that an eDpiare of 10 horse power fully eoulrped lor the field, will weigh ekbt tons. If it has four drivliicr wheel, of one loot tread each, there will be 48 inches of eflective contact with the earth, Now, single farrow, 12 'r,( bra wide and 10 Inches deep, will prerrtu vrr.t8i;Tg sur'ace ol 120 iq.iare inches; come Unent'v' the' r"M ranee, even wHh a sttn.'o plouub, would b greater tlimi tbe applied traction power ot the cus'tie. But a team ot 10 pair ol.oxu would b a'jle to turn a lurro ot prattle lurof tli wUtb'Btid d trt nnnid. sar Hi literate of an ac re a iiaj fur a s ng!e pi mgh, 'fit. pairs ol oxen would be equil to a tO liotbi power rnyltie. and their united welrrht, wl.Ju fitted lor service, would cqutl that of the ennine av eight tons. Tbe loot of nu ox hai an ttft-ctlTC contact with the caitb of about clthl lnche.4, Dd we may sa:cly es Innate tbil tui" hail ot Ibo number ol leet whilj Hndor driiutbt Will tin i onHiDntly iu c.oiitaci with tne ear tlr; henco we. have 40x0, equ il 820 inclie ha'. i,tbe eight tons' wcifih' ol the nam Is dttrib itd ovtr a suriiice Of !I20 inches of conluct, to balat co agaiutt 120 inches of resistance in t'u furrow. AnacrcrTl lfl"d contains 43,fifi0 square fee. A tiatu lurnli g a flhg e Iuitdw 12 incues wlJe and 10 Itches deep will, upon an averaire, travel one mile In u hour. A 'luiroi one ratle loDg and 12tr,tlies ide contains 6280 square leet of surface, and hence It follows thMt the distance travelled by a team in ploughing one sere, with h width of furrow of 12 inches, will be a little over eight miles, which is about a fair uav'n wcr. A stenm cnt(tLe of a stall ouary power cqusl to that ol 10 pair ol oxen must, t bo equally ifleetivo lordruuplit, have acorrei potirling amount of contact with tbe enrtU; that Is, tbe we;ht ot tie i-nptte musi bo distribute 1 over 320 Hipcrtici'il IlcIics ol bui (ace in ordrr to be cquul ton team ol tbe Fane weight, itu the iRtne amount of earth contacf. IJ'it nu increase ol carta contact would give n c tres ponding incrcii.'O of power with'n certaiu limits say to double the amonn. : that is, if an eupine conld be fo constructed ns to have C10 juohes of traction sniface lor eisht tons' weight, it woaid be capable of doiug twice the aruountot draught labor that it would wi'.h hnli that anoum of tut lace. A word a' out tho comparative co't of feed and fuel may not be out ot place. A team muet bave periods lor rest hud recuperation equal to onc-hslf of the ordinary houis of lbor, aside Irom the leeitimate repose ofnigur. But tt is not so with a steam engiup. It is constant and un tiring in Its labors; it needs no repose, but is ever ready for its tatk. Au ox team cannot work uron nn average Dure than 8 hours in 24. A sltgle ox will consume ns fo jd tho va'uo ot one bushel ofcorn a day, which woull equal 20 bushels for the 10 pair every 24 hours. A steam engine ot good construction, jnd of 10 horse power, can be run during a day of ltl hours by the consumption ot an equal amount of corn as fuel; at least, I am assured of this fact by an engineer ot large ex perience . iu builoing and rauuins locomotives. An engine of the power named, with a traction surface of 610 inches, according to the foregoing comparison, would be able to draw tsso ploughs, each cutting a furrow a foot wide and ten inches deep, at the rate at least ol one mile nn hour, equal to tho speed of an ox tearr, and by a telav of hands to work it, could be run sixteen Lour lu a day, plouubirg four i.eres instead of one (by the team), with to greater consumption of food fuel than would be required by tbe team. And there is a lurtber const-Joiutum in favor of tbo ue of 6tearu in the business of cultivation. A team n( ds constant care, and costs the mot to feed it when it is of the leatt service. The ebort duration of animal life, and the rh-k of premtttgro death, add not a little to the cost of animal power. Ihe ruethed of 6teara culture proposed by Bellinger, and subsequently improved upon by Fosler, ot England, is probablj the most fea sible tbat has been attempted. But this plan, under tbe most favorab'r circumstances, is open to objections, and in many sttua ions it cannot be broueht into operation.' If a faction engine could be constructed upon the Dlan herein before indicated, it woull supcrside Bellinger's and Fowler's plan ol diagging ibe plougb across the field by lot g rot es. in the etriier attempts at iteam ploughing tbe great dlHiculty iu the way ol success, as before stated, was traction and various plans were devised by inventors both English and American, for tbe accom plishment of the desired object. Ihe English early tried two broad tired driving wheel?, but wltb tbe necessary weight ofthemelne the wheels sank deeply into the moist trnd loose soil, and of course failed. Mr. J. Boydeil, of lit glaLd, in 1846 constructed an engine that hurt its own track at n travelled over the ground. Tbis ho accomplished by hinging together a number of stout, Hat wooden rails, so tbat they would lorrn a polygon outside, aud in the same plate with the driving wheels. Thete hinged rails were so attached to the wheels that, they revoived with them, each rail in turn being laid down in Iront and taken up behind its proper driving wheel, thus forming a track composed of an endless boll of short rails hii eed end to end. By means of this Ingenious ejpement Mr. Bo.vdtll was cuubled io get traction, but, unfortunately, at the sacrifice of a great amount of poor. About tho jeur 1858 Mr. Thomas II. B jrrldse, o. St. Louis, Missouri, a man of leiuurkabie genius, in veuted and built a trac lou steam en-' gine intended chiefly Irr field culture. It con sisted of a Isrjae cylinder, about ten feet in diameter and ten feet iu length, and made of heavy boiler iron. A shaft was supported lu the centre by means of rods or spokes at each end, and a' equal distances from each end was secured an lmeiior cog grar. A gang or ploughs wus attached to a framework in the rear of the traction cylinder, to which it was cor.ncctod by arms extending backward from the central shaft. The practica.1 operation of this engine showed that it possessed sufficient traction power for the purpose intended, bat its un wieldy character, aod i's want of adaptation for tbe performance ot the work of a stationary engine, lorrued obstacles to Its iutroductiin into gmeral use. In lt61 Meurs. Calloway & Purki3, of Eng land, with a view to improvement in steam culture, constructed a neat locomotive, with two main traction wheels of 18 inches' treai, with a truck forward lor a steering apparutu. The engine ditlrrs in no lovportaut particular from tbote previously constructed iu England decigued for common road traction. Tj the rear end of the locomotive frame is connected transversely an iron frame, 18 feet louur, sup 'porting at each end an axle, on which are keyed three cast iron chain wheel', around whiju is parsed the tnd'esa chain tbat carries the ploughs, to which rota'.ion is glvsn by the pawer ot the engine, so tbat a ltlativqly quick motion is plven to the endless chain aud attached plouehs Bscemparcd with the progressive move ment of the locooio'tve. Tbe-e are four phuuhs attached to tbe chain, each capable ot cutiln; a iurrow nine inches wtue, anl, conse quently, every entire ievolutioa of thu cbulr, with Us ploughs attached, tuius uo four furrows, elghteeu leet hum each, whtlo ihs locomotive will have alvaaced progressively thiitj.tix inches. This operation being con tinually repeated, the locomotive will leave behind it ploughed land eiahteeu leet broad. Hud cut to any require! depth with a remarkable degree of accuracr. The lines nf turrosthus cut will be slightly oblique to the line of tor ward movent! nt of the engine, but may ba m ide at right anelcs by a slight adjustment ot the traLsvene trame. Oue patent bas been taken out iu the Um ed Suites, bv K. O. Otis, lor lm provenicnts in ibis steam plough, but for tour cause uuknoAU to the wrtur it bas never been put iu siiocc'tcful operutton. Tbe plan Invented by Bellluuer, conaionly called "cable irHCt on."aud subiequon lv tm- E roved upon by t'owW. consis'inx chiefly in ts balancing gang p'ougk Irani", has uadoabi edly been received wi h more lavor. aud tins gote more ete rstvelj luto u-e. than any other, especially iu Euirland. We are lnlorxed that there areuowaoout tine hut tired ol thn.n in onera'i.in iu tbat country, and that one uianu- j&cTiiriuv etfjuiruuitui tuiui out, lojr every wefk. Pait of the-e are sen', to the coutmeut some to the East Ind c, and two have bem im' por'ed into the Uuited Stale'', ona of wh'cU is in use iu Illinois, aud the other iLouuiana, and, to ar as known, are successful. The recent act of.Coupress admitting steaii plouphs to importation free of du'y b r one yar, undoubtedly had reference to the Fowler pi uglu tbot'fcb others have been coustructed aud uied In fci gland, atnoug wh:ch was one put in opera tion by Willluui- it hmllh, lu which the euciue was placed at tbe cott er of the field, and the plouifb caused to traverse around it by means nt & rnble and capstans placed at the other three ' comers, and moved innards as the ploughing p-ogns id. It will be eew tbat this plan dif fered frorii Fowler's only in tbK that it went around tne fie d; at cv ry set of furrovs iue enine and capstsn moving Inivard until tbe wort 8s comrle rd, whtffl thrtt, of Foviei' traversi o back and tonh be s;een hoadland. upon which thetngine and capstans were mare 1 forward. Aoionif the stam plonahs ltivented In th s c i niry, tnat ol Jcnn W. Kawtcc, or Lan '.aster, Pennsjlvanlt, has prnrjably attracted the giea.est httentlou. Th" accounts that havo been pjbli-bcdof it powr and performances seem, lowever, almost labuloas. Certain it m that tbe expcc.lat'oiis and prom sesof l.g frauds have not been retimed, altho )gli ten yenrs h ive elapsed since t'te du'e of hit (Fawkes') pitcnt. lnlHO.t, A. W. llull, of hr. Louis. Missouri, took out a pa'cnt tor a s'eaTi nlough so n"arlv all t d to cab'e true Ion us to render it worthy of notice.' in wh ch the points of novelty were directed to m Jans lor overeoniog the hitherto almost insurmoun'ab'o ditlieulties experienced lor ant o ttnctlon. The locomotive consisted of a 'rnmewerk, supported upon four wheels, of suitable strene.h to bear the weight of tin boiler and otber parts ot Ihe machine. As be did tot depend upon tbe weight of his loeo n j tive for traction, it was built as ligbt as was cous'sfem with the required power. If steam plouffbifg Is ever to be made practicable, If the ihe stenm engine is to become generally useful upon the tnrm, ''it enn only be so at a molera'o expense. The crors in the attempts yet mmla in steam ploughing bave arisen, peihatis, from nuking tbe steam engine too heavy, aud on too large a pcOh." 1 hot the steam en;ino Is destlnod tos ipply the place of animal pover, at least In a err at diprec, in agriculture, there can b? no doubt, and thus effcet a ercat reduction io the exneuie of woiklntr the laLd, aud become a powerful instrument in augmenting the productiveness of tbe soil. It remains, then, to dhcover by what means such improvi nicnts may be made as will brine: the great power of steam into general use in carrying forward the art that lies at the very foundation of all our national prosperity. The implements of husbandry bave reached a point of commendablo utility, and we only need a corresponding improvement iu propelling power to render their work eminently successful. The wants ol mankind at tbe present day demand a solution of this question. Tbe point to be gained in this direct on Is the construction of a locomotive steam engine that will take the place of animal power in the leading business of farm work, but more especially iu the department ot ploughing and cultivation. New Seltlers in Ylrglula. The Richmond papers note the arrival of several persons in that city from the North, who are in search of places for permanent residence in Virginia. The Enquirer of the 23d inst. says: "The Exchange, the Ballard, the Spotts wood, Ford's, the St. Charles Hotels all have been almost daily crowded with these visi tors, and our streets have been constantly enlivened by their presenoe. Some of them have fcutd locations to suit them, have pur chased property, and will soon establish themselves permanently in Virginia. A few, too few, we think; have made purchases in the immediate- neighborhood of Richmond, while many have determined to locate in more remote and more prosperous counties in the interior oi the State. "A communication has just been reoeived by General Kichardson, State Commissioner of Immigration, from the agents of the Virginia State Board of Immigration now in London, England, which gives the most gratifying in formation as to the prospects of immediate im migration to Virginia. The agents state tbat large numbers oi immigrants, comprising the best classes of English and Scotch laborers, are ready and anxious to oome here, and only await the signal of our readiness to receive them, to embark for Norfolk. The agents Btate that they are prepared to forward these ezoellent workers, both male and female, in any number deeirtd, and intend to send a de tachment of several hundred without delay, provided that places be previously engaged for them. Persons who desire to employ such male or female laborers are requested to com municate with General Richardson, the Ktate Commit sioner of Immigration, in person or by letter addressed to him at Richmond. "The agents of the Board of Immigration, now in Lot don, express the fullest confidence in their ability to dispose of large quantities of Virginia lands to persons there of means, who desire to become actual settlers amongst ub. Another gialify ing indication of the pro gress of the immigration movement was fur nifchtd ns last week by General Toohman, the European agent of the State Board of Immi gration. By dint of great perseverance and indefatigable zeal, General Toohman has suo cssded in making certain arrangements which annot but result in great benefit to the immigration interests. ' Ills assistant, Colonel Sbailer, has already reported oertain operations which are highly satisfactory. He has arranged to make an early shipment of more than one hundred families averaging, perhaps, five persons to each family and he expects these to be followed by large numbers as rapidly as arrangements can be made for their location here. The immigrants to oome under thiB arrangement will be for the most part industrious small farmers, eaoh with a little capital to invest in a homeBtead and email traot of land, either by rent or pur chase. The colony will arrive at New York in April, and will be immediately forwarded to Virginia." FOR THE LADIES. 1115. WM- T- HOPKINS' jXl5 LADIES EMPORIUM, K. 1115 tilLSMJT HU ((ilrard lion). Largest assortment and Best and Cheapest Goodi In tne oily, Id all tne lolluwiiig Hum: Manaiaclurtir ol Hopkins' CeleOrated Champlj.. Hoop BkUim, lor Ladles, Mtsoet, and CUlldreu. In over tour hundred styles, shapes, leantUs. aadaluM. Colt II, SJallDH, and Jauts Curaoto, In eight dliTeteni B'.jle. nianufscitued exprtssly lor our own sale lroiii fi oo to v5. 33 ulttt-rtut atylM Of superior fitting Francb woven Whalebone CX)HtSKl H (rum M io &7. 14 varieties ot extra handsome Whaleouue tor setu, frotu 93 cents to t4'50. SJiiouider ilracea, Madam Foy't Corset BJclrt ttnp portens, eto, Mr. Moody'a Patent Bnir-adjastlng Abdominal Corset. lilMUly recommended by physicians, tdiiS S3 in lT. rwL USM OF X,DIEM VMDK.BUAH- 59 Bar tram A Fantom s Family Sewing Machine being Kraiultoualy dibirlbuted to our ciuwuihij lui the puxpoae ot felting them Introduced. li out CARRIAGES. QARRIACES.il McLEAR fc KKXDATX, OAHltlAGE 13 U I L. 1 14 It S, 'o. 712 8AN&01I St., rhiladelphln, Invite all In need o any kind of CxRRlAUKi to call aiid tee tbelr large aasontueut oefore purcbai lug. as i hey Intend selling at 11KA80N BA1 E8. SO w2Htrp EPAKTMfcNT OV PUBLIC HIGHWAYS -Ul' Sl K OV CHlKiMJUMMXbeJIUJiKtt, Mo. 1U4 Boum -1111 Street. Fh i la Delphi A, March IS, 1800. KOTICE.-In arcoidauce wltb tbe provlnlous or ao orcluabOf or Couclls approved April ltl, iwi, notice U herudy gven that tbe llual esuuiate for tbe eou siruuiinnul u sewers ou lseveuieni,n street. Iroiu VUe stiect to Hpung Ur"eu street, will be paid. All prnoue I avlng ulal-us lor labor done ormaiHriuls lurnlilitd lorvald sewer, are requesled to pr-aeut the same for paynjenl en or betoie 12 o clock M., of the flUeentU day of aJHIL A D m . MAHLON H DICKlNSOf. 17 w8l . Chin cou-iu ssluuer pi iiiguways. DRY GOODS. pnicc a wood. H. W COB. EIUIITn AND HLIIEBT, IT sv Jnst received 1 rem rw York auctions aud oiher'ash sale. , . V fttico 3 aids i-lald Nainsook Muslins at SO, Jh, Jl. 3i'i,i.e'anai'lm Bulss yns'lns. Kn'i white Bf HIbdUs, iV, 31, 3T; , India T li e' Long C'l nus, )., 31, 37'i. Polt-llnlsb C'siubrics Jatont-is, Maiusooks. Ylotoila Lawns, kwisi Miliums, etc, eio. WHITH PIO.IMI WIlltK PlljrMI 5O0O yards Wblie Pl .tiOT at 31, 37'i, 4 50, fVAs.. Jf. h7,. tl!, and M a yard Jai fared V. 5m us, Ano (luainlev 71, a 1 yd. A cheap lot ot tnlrting Linens, JtHr. a yam. eto. 14 M, l i e cbovp goona we buuuht lor cash, aod re nincti ik-Ijw tl" Imporu t'i rIC'.,,, Sonpe Prrcmen a yard worth .17 'aO. Ru 1'laiil Mohairs .". a yar I. w. rtli 37 ,c. " Ulack Ali aona 31, 37, 50, , 7., and D0. yd. BUCK MII.HHI IILilKNII-USI! Iltrdsonie Black bilks. M, W5t 6-3t,J,nd l3-."iO a yrd. hi-li ed Hobalr Pklrtlnrs. A rhesp lot of Icixed lio rt, 31. a ystrd. 5MIO yards Amrrican C'allcofS VZ't and ISe. a yd. Is ew fctyie I anca-ier (llngbaiu!i. fi' tt niHkes Itlracli'Ml ami unb cached Muslins. I'lllow-cwe and nbeeilug Muillns. I.IftKN OAM! 1.1 Sj KM UOODM! It 4, 7 4,nni18 l Powfr I oovri Table Llneua. 7 4 Bi n N 4 Hlcfiliod 1 Blmd.ln-n. I, 1 in Is'upkinsand l,iyllo. very cncAP Llni-n Uncksback Towels, l it. v. up to .'Wc A lianosoibe lot of Lftmask Towels, large siii), jOo, ppr plrce. llai.dnome Damask Towels, 03 and 73' llrst loBkPf. HlnrlluR Ltnt ns. Hootch K'apfr by ihe ple;p. Linen LlrCeye by tbe yaid, for apioni, In fine quail- 1 1 PS Bargains In naroburg K'glpgs aod Inserting, Marseilles 1 rimming, liegistered Kitglngs. Dliuay Bat ilH, Magic HiillllnKN. Oveulry llutlloRS. etc., eto. Hhlrt Fronts msrto to ordor. pxprsiy lor or owl sales all Utiho, at 'lit. 31, 3H,'a, 40 11, 43 00, Hii, OSS,'., 03, CO, aud 73c. PRICK & WOOD, N.W. COB.KICIIITIf ANnFII.ltF.BT. N. B.-Haudacme Maisallles Quills, at $1, $3, CO, nil to M'-4. A celebrated Kid Glove at 81, 8 8a w(f Jbuvln Kid cjiovts, best quality, choice colors. 1869. (OPENED IN 1803, MARCH 10. Central Location. Large Well Lighted Store. A Hood Class of bloods. The Lowest FoESlble Prices. Established on Fair If usincss I'rinclples. Polite and At tent I re Assistants, "Where Ihe above cardinal points are true and ttrlclly observed. In ninety-nine cases oat of every hundred, tucceu Bkn&jprosptrUy are certain. SUCH IS OUR EXPERIENCE. We bave now open a magnificent stock of (Seasonable and Desirable Silks and Dregs Goods, Casblmcres and Cloths, . Linens, White Woods, Domestics, Etc Etc. JOSEPH H. THORNLEY, K. E. Cor. ElttHTH and SFKINU GARDES, IU PHILADELPHIA. C A. 12, JL. JOHN T. THOMAS, Nos. 405 and 407 N. SECOND St., Has now open for examination; HIS LARGE AND ELEGANT STOCK OP SFRtKG DRESS GOOES. Tbe assortment includes all the L.A.TE3T STYLES and DESIGNS la Silks, Grenadines, Poplins, Etc. Onr Gooc's being bought ENTIRELY fo CASH, we are enabled to offer SPECIAL IN DUCH.MENTB to CUSTOMElta. 3 27 3tnrp 49 LIHEH STORE, Pto. C23 ARCH STREET. NEW LINEN DRESSES, NEW AND BEAUTIFUL PRINTED LINEN CAMBRIC3, Received bj last Steamer from Europe. PAPER HANGINGS, ETO. HOWELL & DROO.V Kannractorcrs and Wholesale Dealers In PAPER HANGINGS, REMOVED TO Xcs. 3 aud 0 BECATUB Street, BELOW MAM&T, 1 2JU Between Sixth and Seventh streats, g C A N & V A TL D , TLAIJi AM) DLC0RAT1VE P A P ER HANGINGS, Ao. 231, South TIII11D Street, BUT W KEN WAU4TJ1' AKD BPKCCS, rjiiLAOuxrHiA. COUNTRY WORK PROMPTLY ATTENDE1 TO 8 18 LOOK! LOOK 11 LOOK ! 1 1 WALL PAPER1 and Llneu Wluuow Btiadrs utanufxa. ItiieO, tbe obeapestln tlieolty.al JUIINiTOM'b Depot, Mo. lOi BPR1NO GARDEN Street, bolow Eleventh. Branch, No. 07 FEDERAL "blrcot, Camden, New Jentey. aij A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF WALL .XX Paper aiid Window HhrtUes. 8. lr. BA-Ij. DEIWION & bON, No. HO SP1UNQ U ARDEN Btrf U II -15 Sax ALEXANDER 0. CATTELL& CO rMJlJlOlt UOJMMIBHiON M HKC'U ANl1, 10. U WHAJtVii 0. m WOHTH WATER BTHKT. INSURANCE. EvKLAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY 1NSUK t ANOE COMPANY. Iuoorporated by the gialatnre ot Penney Ivan la, 1U&. Offloe & E. corner of THIRD und WALNUT SUeeus, Philadelphia. MARlASt INHUBANCKU On Vessela, Cargo, and Freight to ftUparU Of the world. TWLAWD INSURANCES On goodi by river, eanal, take and land carriage to all parts of the Union. fire luurjRANcita On Merchaxidlae generally; on stores, Dwellings, Uomm, eto. ABSKT8 OF THE OOMPAKT. November 1. United States Hve Pe Ceat. Loan, 10-40" United States Six Per Cent. Loan, 1881 United States Hlx Per Cent. Loan (tor Pacific R). State of Pennuylvaula Six Per Ont. Loan City Of Pblla, SIX Percent. Loan (exempt from tax). Btate of New Jersey Six Per Cent. Loan Penn. Rail. First Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds Penn. R. Seoond Mortgage V200.000 120,000 60,000 200,000 12C.0OO W,' 30,000 25,000 20,000 80,000 7.000 16,000 10,000 1208,500,00 136,800 -00 60,000 -00 211,373 06 123,594-00 61,500 00 20,200 00 24,000-00 20,625 00 21,000-00 6,03125 15,000 00 U.300 00 8,50000 15,000 00 907,900-00 imx ret cent, juoucts M Western Penn. R. MorL Six Per Cent. Bonds, (P. It. R. xuaiantoo) MN Btate of Tenneiuit e five Per Cent. Loan State of Tennessee Six Per Cent. Loan CHermantown Oan Co., prin cipal ani Interest enuran tfl d by City of Phllad'a, im shares Stock Penn'a Hal) road Company. 200 shares StVxk North Penn'a Railroad Co., 100 shares Stock Phlla. and Southern MaU Steam.Co..H0share8 Stock Loans on Bond and Moru eage, first liens on City Properties......... 6,000 20,000 207,800 11,109.800 Par. Market value, 81,130.325-25 Real EsUte.....M - 86,000 00 Pills receivable for insurance made &U.4WJ W Balances dne at agencies, premiama on marine policies, accrued iuter est, and other debu due the com pany 40.17888 Block and scrip of sundry corpora- tlons, t3l5. Estimated value 1,813:00 Cash in bonk J11U 150 0S CMb n drawer - X3M 118,56878 l,647,87-80 Thomcs O. Hand. Edmnnd A. Souder. Samuel E. Stokea. Heury Sloau, . Wlili.im C. Ludwlg, George G. Lclper, Henry O. Daliett, Jr., John D. Taylor, Ueovge W. Rernadoo. William . BoultonT .faoob Rlefjel, Jpenoer Mcilvalne, L). X. M organ, fltubarg Tohn B. Semple, " V. B. Boreer, John C Davis, James C. Hand, Theophilns Paulding, Joseph H. Seal, Hngh Craig, John R. Penrose, Jacob P. Jones, James Traqnalr, Edward Darlington, U. Jonra Brooke, James B. McEarland, Edward Lafourcade, Joanna P. Eyre, I'HOMASO MAtMij, rresiaenu JOHN C. DAVIS. Vlrw.ProHlriant. n r.i n 1 l,x ijuumx. weoretary. HENRY BALL. Assistant Secretary. 10 S OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, No. 232 WALN UT Street, Philadelphia. " Incorporated 17 4. Charter Perpetual Capital, ftBOo.ooo. Assets 92,330,ooo MARINE, INLAND, AND FIRE INS JuANCE. OVER 920,000,000 LOSSES PAID SINCE ITS ORUANlZA'ilOM. DIBECToRfl. ' Arthur G. coffin, George L. Harrison. Samuel W. Joncsa. Vrun.im li v.n T . , n A U-,nM T . ... l Euward H. Trotter. Edward H. Clarke, 1'. OharlLnn H.nn I , I , fll I Charles Taylor. Ambrose White, William Welsh, John P. White. B. Morris Wain, Louis O. Madeira, John Mafcon, Charles W. Oushman. ,T?F?i,iTco,,'1,'1JS, frealdent. CHARLEd PLATT, Vloe-Prealdent. Matthias MAJtia, Secretary. aij FIRE INSURANCE E2CLUS1VELYTH JiJlSBil,VAISIA FIKa, 1MBURAISCJK oojf- 110 W ALjs b't hum, opuxilt Iartependiio Hqnars This tympany, favorably known 10 the oommuuii? fdi over lorty years, oontinues to losnre against loS or daiuaga by tire ou Publlo or Private iluliaiuw either permanently or for a limited time. Alio Si ifarnliure. Bioclisot Gooaa, and IteuhutUuVeo,. Their Capital, together with a larire Snrpina Vnnn is lnvestea in the moat csrelul luanuer, whioh enahVill them to offer to the Insured au undoubted auctullw i the cms of loss. Daniel Rmlth, Jr. AliixauUer iwuson, lnaao ifclehurst, f aomsj ijmiia, Henry i,ewls. a&uxuai iionips, DAJNIEL BMJIh. JX.f esloerit, Wit. 9. GROWfiLL, Beoretary. ' ij gTRIOTLY MUTUAL. PROVIDENT LIFEAND TRUST CO. Ot frhll.ADJLLr-MIA. oFticEi no. 111 s. vornira. strhet utaanisea IO tromuMl Li-Sn. XAouuASUM - mwubexs olUts -u- awoui bOCTIETY OJT TRIKNDS, Bood risks of any class sooepted. Ju lidos lsauud upoa afurovea puuu, at Lke lowsai Fresideni. B.AMD1.L it. HiUPLBT. Yiee-rresldent, WiLUiAttt U. LuiwuSTRSTS. . le adyantases ottered far this Ltuupauy ara ixoellea, j7 INCUKr-OJiATiLJi lb4 OHAKTRB PiCBPBTDAX. Mo. m WALh UT bueel, opposite the KxciiausaT' This Company insures rroiu loas or damage by on liberal terms, on bulldinKS. merchandise, farnitar etc., tor limited periods, and permanently ou bulJd lugs by dbposltor premlami. " The IXimpany has been In active operation tor mora been promptly adjusted and ' Uliil0t-"lOlUi. John L. HodES, M. B. Uahony, John T. Lewis, Wililam b. Grant, Robert W. Learning, D. Oar. Whaiiou, Beujauiin letting. Thoiiiaa H . f owara. A, li. AlcHeory, ' JUilmuiid Oaatllloo. bamuel Wlloox, Lawreuce Lewis, Jr, j, jr,, 1 ujwii Kji sterns. lUhJX K. W DCUrLBJCil. President. BAircia, Wrxooi, Becretery. TUB ENTERPRISE IKSURANCrJ CO, PHILlDELPUlk. or OlllcePonthwest C'or.-iOUJiTH and WALNUT Bta. P1BJC IjfcfcUKAt'Cii ltXCLUMlVJriLY. PERfEI UAL AJSIl TERM PuLICJIEa IM80KD, Uash uapllai. .................JAiO uiu-tv Cash Assew January 1, lHb 1..... F. Hatch ford Starr, UUSSVlUilO. J. Livingston Errlnger, John V. Alwoed, BenJ, T. Tredick, Ut-ortie U. btuart, rf.uiH jj. jii$uurn, v'in. u. Boulwn, Charles W Heeler, Thus. 11. Mouigumery, j odd iu urown. I'his Coninauv Insnres Oi.iv rtrNLlRita rl,.Uu ukln. jauies at. A.eruten. Bo speolally hasaidous rlnju whatever, such as lacto nes, mills, etc F. RATOHFOROBTARR president. THOrS. H. MONTtJOMKItY, Vice-President. AtM.'W. Wimtku. Becretary. 261 IHFEltlAL FI11E INSUItANCE CO. LONDON. lTAltUMllD 'ISOS. Pald-np Capital and Aocnniulsted Funds, $8,000,000 IN OOL.D. PKEVOKT A JIEKKINU, Ag4tts, I No, 107 South THIRD btreet, Fbllada. OHAB. M, PBlCa08T. CHAS. P. HJCRBXNQ OCDLAND8 CEMETEHY OOMPANV. The follow Ing Managers aud O Ulcers bave been eleottd lor the year lsoiK ' ,, . LI Jl. 1-lUCB. President. Wm. H. Moori 1 Wm. W. Keen. au.neie. Moon, Ferdinand J. Dreer, Utillts DallHii, Ot-orge I Busby, Ji-dwln tireble, B A, Knliilil. Botry and Treasurer, JOdKl-lt B.1XJWN8END. 1'tui etauasers have passed a resolution requiring both Let-holders and vu Hots to prAneni tloketn at tt.s tuitiW tot aduilaalon to the Cemetery, 'i'lukets may a- had at the OiBoe of tlis Company, Kv. sil AMI it BWei or oi any ol the Managers. 1 IU INSURANCE. 1829.-CHAUTEU rERPETUAL. FranUin Fire torance Conipaiiy OF PHILADELPHIA Ufflce, Kos. 435 and 437 CIIESSTJT Slrert. Assets on Jan. 1,1863, $2,677,37213 OP1TAL AOt'Kl h.n BLJBPLUl!'., . PHUMIUMB TJKSKTTI.Kn CI. AIMS," a '2.1 1KH. 1'A. WSW1.WHIM 1 ON 1,1U3,SI313 1NCOMK FOH 1H09. Losses paid since 1829,over$5,500,000 Pprrctnal arid T'rtporsry Pollclpson Liberal Tsrois. ' Th C!on'pan al8" Insnes polltlpi) on Kenta at Builulugs or au aiufls, (.-round Kenle and Mortgages DlUKOTOti 8. Alfred G. Baler. Altreu f iner, 'I brmaa Bparks, William H. UrartU l lioruas b. &m, 4siavns Ft Rmiia. Hamad Urnnt, tlcoige W. Blchar's, Iskbo Lea. Uiorge lales. AIFPJH) n. IIAKKK Pri.lm w mrVr'l;"i,FAI'',H' Vlce-Peaiilent. W. WcA LI I. Kit, HKuetMry. Ciltl'itrs, 8lHant HecrkUry. 9 3 A P. wra. N&URE AT llOn E, IN THE Fenn Llutual Life Insurance COiirANY, . . No. 921 CHESNUT BT., PHILADELPHIA. assets, rj, 000,000. CBABTEBED BY OVH OWI STATE. HAXACID II V OUR OWN CITIZENS. LOSSES PMOMPILT PAID. -POLICIES IN&TED OK VARIOUS PLANS. Applications may berrsdeat the TT me OHlce, and At Ihe Agencies throughout the b'.ate. 1 HI JA1HKH T1IACICAIR... .......PRESIDENT SABU'EL K. lOHK!..,..VI0K-i,BKHIDKNr JNO. W. IIOUNOIt A. V. P. and AOTDART HUB Alio N. SltPIIEXS "SEt'RETART PATENTS. PATENT OFFICES, H. Yf, Corner FOUKTU and CHE8MJT, (Kntranceon FOURTH B.rect). FRANCIS D. PA8TORIUS, Solicitor or Patents. Patents procured for Inventions in the United States end Foreign Countries, and all business relat ing to the same promptly transacted. Call or send forclrcular on Patents, SSsmthl P A T ENT OFFICE. Patents Procured Ib the United States and orope; Inventors wishing to take tnt Letters Patent for Hew Inventions are advised to cousolt with O. H i,VAMS,rJ. W. corner POCltTH and WALNUT Breeis, Philadelphia, whose facilities for prosecuunc cases belore the Patent Ollice are unsurpassed by auy other agency. Circulars containing full Informa tion to Inventors can be had ou application. Models made secretly. C. H. EVANS, Htbstoi N. W. Corner FOURTH end WALNViT. OFFICE FCR FFCCUHING PATENT8, No. 119 South FOUBTU St., Philadelphia. AND MAKBLK BUILDINGS, No 4C0 WCVBKTH Bireet, opposite U. 8. Patent Ollice, Washington. D. U. H. HOWtOJN. UoiloltereePsAenta, C. HOW BON, Attorney M Law. Commonlcatlons to be addressed to the Principal OOtce, Philadelphia. g i lux -TATENTS PROCURED IN THB UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. EDWARD DROWN, SOLICITOR OF PATIENTS, 8 IS stothgra No. 311 WALNUT Street. ENGINES. MACHINERY, ETO. nf25"1 6TEAM fiANJ wuuud. BOILA,H WUKKB.-NIULViJii UtLMY lS32!Sa blITHb, una fOUHl.li&, having for many been inumoocDsfal operation, anT been eioluaivSfj engaged Tp bunding and repaying Marine Tnd jsiver Aneiues, high andlow-pressore, Iron Boilers, Watei ".l;ropeUers. etc etc, wapeotfully oaer ihS i-ervites to the public as being lully prepSred to rwri. HXftJ0' UDf' ol mil sues, Marine. KlTer, and btauonary; having aeis of patterns of dlriorent atsTa are prepared to exeouio orders with quick desnatoh JKvery description of Paitern-maklng made at th shorlest noiloe. HIkIi and Low-preMnre PlS5 Tnbolarand Oyllnderiollera, of the best Peiinsylva! nla charcoal iron. oriugs of all slftea and kind. Iron and JBiass CasUufc-s of ell descriptions, Turning. Borew 'firming, and all ether work TotSneoua with the above boslnew. drawings and sneciactlone for all work done as jheestabllilunent Iree of cbiage, and work .gaaraa. The snbsorlbers have ample wharf-dock room repslrs of boat's, wh'Te they oan ll ia perfeotaili aod are provjded wl'.b shears, blocks, faiia. etlJv tor nosing niavy or light weights. ' BW BEAOH and PALMetreetw ,s SOUT11WAKK FDUKDay.1 IPTH AKC WAfiHINGTOM Btreeta. Ai - AJl. rnanwacture High and lS 1ur. bKngl,. lor Land, Klver, and Marine Bervloe. Mig Kellers, Oaaoriieiers, Tanks, Iron iioaU, eto, Castings of all kiwis, either Iron orbraai. Iron Irarue ltooti lor Uaa Work, Workshops, mat JJallroad btatlons, etc. " Ketorta andUasUacUnery.olUiO Utsst and mot Unproved construction, itvery desorlption of Plantation Machinery, ale bugar, Baw, atd UrUt Mills, Vaounm Pane, Oil Bteaxu Iraius, Cefeoators, filters, Pumping, AoU gines, eta . Bole Agents for . BUienx's Patent Bngar BoUlai Apparatus, Mesrnyth's Patent Bteam Hammer, an4 Aii lnwall -Woolsey'i Patent UentrUngai Bnsag Uralnlng Machines. &4 BRANDY, WHISKY, WINE, ETC. QAR STAIRS A HoOALL, Rob; 126 WALNUT and 21 UKANITE SUh s IMPOKTEEa OP Brandies, Wines, Uln, UUto Oil, Etc WHOLESALE DEALERS 7A - rUHE 11YE WHISKIES, Jr- BOND AND TAX PAID. 4 U THE ADAMS KXPT1LS4 COMPANY OFFICE Ko. 30 CUkt-NUT street, forward. Piunai. P.cksses. Merchandise, Bank Votaa and JSSSt l"'n7.f7,1 OWa "nM ' I" cooneoTlon with SSSft tnlt'B.'116 PrU,ClP1 ,0WM M JOHN BINGHAM, ' , enperlnteiident. RODGBBE' A1SD WOSTfiNHOLM'9 PVjCKET . ,.h iinit?lS!" 'Pa ttag Handle of beautiful flulh. ROOOfcllH' and WALK A BtJTX'HJtit'B KA- BOlBWiKh of the nnrat quality. Kasors, Knives. tkflsors, and Table Otrtlery Oronnf ana roiuntd, at P. MADsUjbVA'B, Uo, Us f. TJtn 1 U
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers