ING TELEGRAFH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, : 1869. THE DAJIA UTHRATiniC M X 7 I E W OF NEW BOOKS. lRIaKlNQ A 'BuTTKRFLT; OR, BLANCHR El- lehslies Ending. By the author of "Guy Livingstone," etc Published ly J. B. Llppin- toti&,o. , 1. . ' The tastes of the author of this work ro Mghly aristocratic, and his models r always lake a from tho upper circles of English society, r rather ho attempts to describe such society; bat whether his sketches of character are alwaye from life Is another matter. In splta of jb rather supercilious air of . snobbishness wMcli. ertadoi his novels, the author of 'Ouy Living lone" is a graphic wrltcr- nd hll T, ? "1 n J f Interest. 'Breaking a Butterfly" is in many respects the best of tf.o author's works. A gay, olons woman of society comes to grief at the hands of an ariotocratlc bruto of n husband, and her fate renders the rather odd title appropriate. The plot is. .well managed, one or two of tho haractcrs are docidedly original, and much of the story Is wrlttcu with real power. Turner Brothers & Co. and Porter fc Coatcs end us cheap paper cover editions of the same otcI, published by Harper & Brothers. From J. B. I.ipplncott fc Co. we have re elv0d "Shining Hours," by Paul Moraine. Pub lished by D. Lothrop & Co., Boston. This is a religious story for young people, In which tho religious teachings are skilfully interwoven witli an interesting narrative of home life and adven ture d the great world. To make religion in struction cutcrUiuing and attractive to children it a difficult task, as is proved liy the many Juilures in this class of literature. The author of "Shining Hours," however, appears to have succeeded admirably, and we commend the book to those who wish to place good, wholesome reading in the hands of their children. From Turner Brothers & Co. and from Claxton, Remscn, HafTclflnger we have received "Evening by Evening; or, Headings at Eventide, ior the Family or the Closet," by Uev. C. H.' Spurgcon. Published by Sheldon & Co. This work is Intended as u companion to '"Morning by Morning," by the same author. A page is devoted to each day in tho year, and the read ings are in the shapo of reflections and commen taries onappropriato texts of Scripture. Tho author says in his preface that the vice of wany religious works is their dulness. From this vice he has endeavored to be free. The readings arc short; and they will doubtless re reive a warm welcome in many families. They arc well adapted to the purposes of family wor ship, and the qualities which have made Mr. Spurgcon's other writings so popular will com mend this work to a large cireleof pious persons who feel that they require some such assistance at their devotions. T. B. Peterson A Brothers send us "The Curse of Gold," by Mrs. Ann 8. Stephens. This story has been running for some time in the Hew York Weekly, where it has proved exten sively popular. ' Many of those who have pe rused It while in course of serial publication will doubtless be glad to rend it again in its present shape. Mrs. Stephens in her preface slates that he has been criticized at various times for her improbable characters, but that invariably the characters thus objected to have been drawn lrom life, and she assures her readers that this is the case with '"Madame dc Marke" in the pre sent story. Turner Brothers & Co. send us the 1ml f dol lar edition of Tennyson's Poems, published by Fields, Osgood & Co., which give all the poet ical writings of the laureate in a neat, conve nient, and inexpensive form; a cheap edition of Charles Kendo's exciting prison romance, "It Is NcverToo Late To Mend,'' published by Harper A Brothers;" and "Illustrations of the Poets, from Passages in the Life of Little Billy Vid Vins," an amubing series of comic sketches by II. L. Stephens. J. B. Lippincott it Co. send us Part III of Auerbaeh's "Villa on the Rhine." Published by Leypoldt & Holt. This fine romance increases in interest as it advances, and it will be read and appreciated by those who delight in really good literature. Tho edition published by Leypoldt As Holt is convenient in size, attractive in appear ance, and it is specially worthy of the regards of the public, as the author is interested in the profits. From the American Sunday-School Union we have received tho second series of "Tho Oiled Feather Books," titled as follows: "Tho Man who ran away from Himself," "The uso of a Child," "The Man who kept Himself in Repair," "This Day Mouth," "Puddle Your own Canoe,', and "He's Overboard." , Turner Brothers & Co. send us "The Vocal ist," a periodical publication of popular music. Published by Fisher & Denison, New York. Price, 5 cents. THE IvTAT XfcXAQAZXNSS. "Pm nam W Turner Brothers & Co. send us the May umber of Putnam's Magazine, which has the following contents: "Thomas Carlylo as a Practical Guide;" "Christu SylviU," a poem, by F. B. Plimpton; "A Stranded Ship," Part I, by L. Clarke Davis; "Tho Cholera in Asia," by J. C. Peters, M. D.; "In Early Spring," a poem, by George Cooper; ''Rhyme," by George Wakemau; "The Emperor's Eye," by Ausburu Towner; "The Dream of Life," by Kev. W. R. Alger; "The Voyage of the Esperanza," by Jane G. Austin; "Girgliehno Gujanl and the Roman Re public," by Rev. J. P. Thompson, D. D.; "To day," chapter xiv to xvii, by R. B. Kimball; 'Mexico and the United Suites;" "Current Events;" "Literature, Science, and Art Abroad," by Bayard Taylor; "Literature at Home," by E. C. Stedman; "Fine Arts," by 8. 8. Conaut; "Table Talk," by Clarence Cook. P From Mr. Alger's "Dream of Life" we make the following quotations: There is one curious aud diflicult inquiry to , which no satisfactory reply has yet been given. i It is in regard to the horrible phenomenon of taiijhtmare. Why is it that our dreams, when wo - uleep in an easy position and the organism is In healthy action, are beautiful and agreeable; but when we uleep in a cramped, oppressive atti tude, or are suffering from indigestion, they are invariably of a frightful character, full of de lormity or danger", causing pain and terror ? Of this abstruse and interesting problem the fol lowing solution is suggested a solution which, It is believed, will be acceptable and conclusive to those familiar with the ultimate principles of physiological and psychological science. Ugly and terrible outward phenomena, reported in tho brain, and there interpreted in relation to what tho exigency requires of the organism, produce disturbing and violent reactions in various nerve-centres. These reac tions, reporting themselves In the brain, are there, by the inverse action of the law of asso ciation, taken to imply tho presence, as outward auses, of the ugly and terrible phenomena of which they had before been consequences. If a piece of tough beef in tho stomach causes from within just sueh a ganglionic perturbation as would be caused from without by a murderous deed or a fall from a precipice, is it not quite atural that the mind, deprived of its usual verl- tying tests, should thjiik Us subjective Interpre tation of the former an objective experience of hecommosest misUkc in regard to dreams is The bolW tha thy . enter the mind from Xad. With fine fancy, ficti tious thought, a poet says, "Slwp Is a traitor Who fills the poor iinfctnsnlniw eyes with tilaekncw, That he may lot in dreams." They are evoked, not introduced. When the Inner play becomes, as It sometimes does, so ex citing and powerful as to strike the springs of volition, and thus move the muscles, we have totnnambuksm, which is a dream put into action. f Are not some men sleep-walkers all their days, putting their dreams into actions? The cssenco I .i f a liiwam flinn la flint titnta anA a irsin , . which are only ideally perceived within the mind are credited as having outward existence. And in this innermost essence of the thing, in this outermost color of the phenomenon, Is-nof our whole life full of dream ? Pascal impressively asks in one of those preguant paragraphs which often fell from his pen, "If we were solitary when awake, but dreamed in company, and dtir dreams accorded with each other, who doubts that we should bclievo matters reversed? In line, as we frequently dream that wo dream, piling one dream upon another, it is quite pos sible that this life itself is only a dream, on which others are grafted, from which we awake at death, and during which we have tho principle of the true and the good as little as during natural sleep." How many things, which for the time sway and shape ns, are limited to our own souls, pure idealities destined never to be any part of tho veritable world ! It is one of the deep utterances of old lleraclitus that "they who are awake have a world in common among them; but they who sleep are retired each to hi own private world.' Nevertheless, literal and largo as the truth in this maxim Is Kill with reference to our moral experience an inverse statement; for tho former cause of It would express a graver truth, and one with a more comprehensive inference. Our common waking life is like a dream, because in it each man lives a special experience within a world specially shaped and colored Ijy his domi nant idiosyncrasies. "Well nisy sli' p present ns fictions, Since oar waking moments tecin With Mich fanciful convictions As make lite itself a dream." Since God is infinite, nothing can occur be yond Him. All things are embraced within His intelligence. The universe, then, is His dream. How wondrously has gilded through the Divine thought the solemn and many-colored Dream of History since the; birth of the earliest man unto this hour I Silent, swift, with kalei doscopic changes, the weird, embroiled pro cession of nations, peoples, revolutions, trophies, has swept on, ffoin the painted savages, half-clad in skins of beasts, with their war-clubs, their watch-fires, their frantic dunces and idolatrous rites, by nomadic hordes with swarm ing Docks, by slave-crowded cities, by Brahmin ism, Buddhism, Mohammedanism, to the peers of France and the lords of England in the centre of the nineteenth i utaiy. The somnolent troops of actors and events file past and hide upon our contemplation, a "liadowy vision all a dream. Dreams, literally speaking, are unhealthy pro ducts, symptoms ol morbid states. They re not the right working, but the impingement and jar of the line machinery of the brain, not a part of the soul's perfect music, but a discord. A dream is a passing delirium; delirium is a fixed dream over-powering reason. If every faculty were in a wholly normal condition, and all were harmoniously balanced, and every function were entirely fulfilled, we sh.ould nwr dream. The activities of the day IVodld sulliee; und no sur plusage, defect, or irritation would remain to create the disturbance of dreams within our dark-covered slumber-. The application of this fact to our waking life is immediate, and is not without pathos. For what are our choicest day-dreams, those dear reveries,, im aginary scheming, inward scenic triumphs what are they but the refuge and resource of the", disappointed heart? Its holy anticipation and wild longings thwarted in a world gone wrong and too harsh and narrow, the hungry but crative soul builds Us own palace, peoples it from affection, and adorns it with glories no stranger's eye can see. As we are, aud as tho world is, how many persons lead two lives, one of public duty.in he routine of. business, the other of withdrawn romance in the heart's secret home ! So we read, in tho tale artfully elaborated by Bulwcr, of an enthusiast, who, learning to connect and follow through his dreams from sleep to sleep, led one life of pro saic care aud labor in th dusty bustle of the davs, another life of magical splendor aud sweet ness in the star-hung silence of the nights. While we wear this heavy veil of tiesh, here where every essence of truth is hid behind the mask of the material creation, all things are full of dreaming, from the giant occau murmuring in his -sleep, to the stars winking slnmbrously on their thrones. Occasionally, for a little time, we arouse from our dreams, aud are awaro of the evanescent delusions, and of the everlasting verities contrasted with them; but earthly tem perament and fate have drugged us too deeply, aud we soon subside into the papaverous and Visionary realm again. Death is tho last, and completest breaker of the spells that bind us, the chief arouser of drowsing souls. Mohammed wrote in the Koran, "While men live they slcy1; when they die, they wake." But Shakespeare' makes the deep thoughted Hamlet say and, oh ! how many a man in hours of lonely strugtliug with the pro blem of his destiny, has trembled before a kin dred surmise ! "But in that sleep of death what dreams may cornel" The melancholy and skeptical, but gifted and noble musician, Neukoom, once said inquiringly to the learned and pious Bunsen: "Iuto what dreams may we pass at death?" And when Bunsen answered, "We shall then, I think, awake from all dreams," he shook his head and made no response. How ever it may be after death, as long as we live it is hardly possible lor any deep soul to shako olf a haunting sense of dreaminess. Above every charming landscape of earth floats a haze of mystery which seems to say to tho heart, "It is but a dream, it will melt away." In all the entraneements of music, mystic overtones are heard breathing sadly through each strain, "It is but a dream, it will melt away." In tho gayest moments of sensual abandonment, when the thyrsus is bound w itli roses, and the goblet sparkles to the edge, and the song rings merrily, and all paradise lies uncovered in a pair of eyos, ever and anon sombrely wails the ominous refrain. "It is but a dream, it will melt away." Amid this play of illusory shows two things are solid and abiding; the will of God, and the soul which seizes that will. A German thinker, who died very young, has recorded this maxim: "When wo dream that we dream, we are nigh waking.'' It is true in every sense. In dreaming we Are usually un conscious that we are dreaming; but sometimes we half suspect it, aud seek to test tho fact. So all of us have some seasons, placid moments in a turbulent career, lurid siots in a discolored sky, when amidst the studies, vexations, deli rium of life, wo are haunted by a dim conviction of their vanity and falsehood; and, for tho time, we almost free ourselves from tho delusions that fascinated, the taskmaster that goaded, tho dark regrets that pained us At all events ouo thing is sure, namely, that even "if this life is not a dream," as tho marvellous Novalis said, "it will become one." What else can it seem when wo look back upon it from the mighty hereafter? With regard to the article which appeared last month entitled "A Curiosity of Literature," Mr. Bayurd Taylor makes the following note: The article entitled "A Curiosity of Litera ture," in the last number of Putnam's Monthly, is a curiosity, it is true, but in another sense than that intended by the writer. Tho Feeninj Post has already pointed out that the Freuch version of Wolfe's "Burial .of Sir John Mooro" was really a translation from tho original Eng lish, made by the clever Father Prout; but tho J'ost U wrong in regard to tho German version, which Was not made and, indeed, could not have been made by the same writer. Any reader, at all familiar with Gorman, will have seen at onc e the absurdity of ascribing the poem to "the Juru,r hull of the weventeeutU century:" It s modf f n, from tho fli-st word to' the last. The truth is, it is a JUhi translation of Wolfe's original, published as such, in tho Deutsrher Al uttiolmtnat:h, for tho year HM2. I think.- I am not positive as to the year; the book was given to me in Germany, in 184, mid' tho translation seemed to mo so well done that I then committed It to memory. The word S'hirertern In the second stanza should bo lla joneUen; and iu the sixth stahy.a the word Freuntle. has been forcibly changed into ,Sciw den, possibly in order to make tho poem apply to "tho famous Swedish hero, General Torsten son!" (Moreover, the Torstcnson did not "fall at the siege of Dnntsic," but died iu his bed at Stockholm.) In tho Musennlmanarh referred to, the name of tho translator was given, but I have forgotten It. Tho French version also be trays its origin. It Is a stifl and uneasy transla tion; and by no means the poem which would have licen written upon an officer, who '"was shot, in 1749, at the siege of Pondiehcrry." (There was no siego of I'ondlcherry in 17401 The memorable siege was In 17til.) it is well known that Wolfe's poem was first published with two additional stanzas, which he afterwards, with excellent judgment, oinittod. Nevertheless, they alone are sufficient to decide the authorship. They ran thus: "And there let liiin rert, though tho too MinuM riiiw, In real for the fame they coet, A tomn or an altar to iwell the Drains Of turn who has soared above it. "hj Kn.-liihmen' feet when the turf i trod. The (frnve of their hero ireivoiiK, l.et them oiler a prayer to Kiiplnnd's 'tod For lum who wa l'.iifclHml'B liti'wmu !" As for the "probability" that Wolf Tone "communicated" the French poem "to Wolfe," it is enough to say that Wolf Tone committed suicide in 17K8, when Wolfe was seven years old I As for the hitter's other poems, they are not nil failures: his "Gramaehrce" is one of the tendcrcst laments in tho language. Let us have no more unnecessary mystifications. Messrs. 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INCORPORATED 1H04 CHARTER PERPETUAL. No. Wi4 WALNUT Street, opposite the EachvngH. Tlii Company insure from loss or damage by FIRE, on liberal term, on buildings, merchandise, furniture, etc., for limited periods, and permanently on building by deposit of premiums. The Company ha been in active operation for more than SIXTY YEARS, during which Mil losses have been promptly adjust nd paidL Ill u h-nTORR John L. Hodge David I wis, Benjamin Ettinjr, Thomas II. Power. A. R. Mc Henry, Edmund CaatiUon. Samuel Wilcox, jh. . mauony, John T. Lewis, William S. Grant, Robert W. Learninc, D. Clark Wharton, Lswreno Lewis, Jr., Il HI W 1 XL I :i 1 II L'l) L' IJ li ; j . ewis c Horns. v ------ - i vvuttuan, i nnuvoL SAMUEL WILCOX, Secretary. s jkg rpjIE- PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE JL COMPANY. Incorporated lKia Charter Perpetual. No. 510 WALNUT Street, opposite Independence Square. This Company, favorably known to th community for over forty years, continue to insure against loss or daman by Are on Puhlio or Private Buildings, either permanently or for limited time. Also on i urtulure. Stock of Goods, and Merchandise generally, on liberal term. Their Capital, together with Urge Surplus Fund, 1 In Vested in the most careful maimer, whioh enables them to otter to th insured an undoubted security ia th va of loss. DUIECTOM. Daniel Smith, Jr., i John Davareux, Alexander Henson, Thomas Smith, Isaac Harlehurst, I Henry Lewis, Thouia. VMM H.ddock", F"U' WM. O. CBOWKLL, Secmljiry. svj INSURAfsiOE. 8 BURY LIFT? INSURANCEXfiAlPANY, i Ho. JM BROADWAY Cor. RE AD St., New Vrk C h n p il n I ......7. v -W I f,( tlU6,vvU Deposited with the State of New York m becurity f r.r Polfe Holders. LEMUEL BANGS, President. ' ' GEORGE ELLIOTT, V ice President and SecreUry. EMORY MoCLINTOCK Actuary. A. K. M. I'DIIDY, M. D Medical Examiner. imhirHrm nv vt-tiMiMKirlN. ThomssT. Taaker, 1 John M. Maris, . J. R. Llppinoott, Charles Spencer, William Divmo, James Ione, John A. Wright, H. Morris Wain, J nines Hunter, Arthnr O. (kirtin, John H.McCreary, E. H.Worno. i In the character of its Directors, economy of msnsge rnent, ressonnhleness of rates, PARTNERSHIP PLAN OF DECLARING DIVIDENDS, no restriction In female lives, and absolute non forfeiture of all policies, and no re atriction of travel after the first year, file ANHUKY pre sents a combination of advantugi'S oftered by no otlioi company. Poliries issued in every form, and loan of one third made when desired. l Sl-KCIAI. ADVANTMlKH OkFI-"I1KI TO CLKROYMKIf. i For ail further information, adrnss I JAMES M. LONOACRE, Manager for Pennsylvania and Delnwjire. I Office, No. Una WALNUT Street, Philadelphia. FORM AN P. HOLLLNSHEAD Special Agont. 1 q-HE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF A PHILADELPHIA. Office Southwest Cor. FOTTRT1I "! WALNUT Street. FIRK INSURANCE. EXCLUSIVELY. PERPETUAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED. Cash CapiUl -tasMKin-oo Cash AsseU, January 1. IW M m.nn.ciuit. T. Ratchford SUrr, J. Lirlrltp-ton Erringer, nainrn crazier, John M. Atwood, Benj. T. Tredick, George H. Stuart, James Clsgnorn, Wm. G. Bonlton, Clmrli'S W heeler, ThnM. H. Montgoinery, tlonn ft. nrown, James Aertsen, This Comnsnv insnre only tirt-t-cuvss risks, t-islng no specially hazardous rink whatever, such as factories, -mills, etc. F. RATCHFORD STARR, President. THOS. H. MONTGOMERY, Vioe-Prosident. AI.T.X. W. WiBTKB, SecreUry. S'i JMPERIAL FlltE INSU11ANCE CO. LONDON. ESTABLISH EO 1SOII. Tald-up Capital and Accumulated Funds, ji!H,()00,000 ITS GOLD. PREV0ST & HERRING, Agents, 9 No. 107 S. THIRD Street, Philadelphia. CHA9. M. PREVOST. cnAS. P. n ERRING PATENTS. QFFICEFOB PROCURING TATENTS, FORREST BUILDINGS, NO. 119 S. FOURTH STREET, TIIILA., And Marble Buildings, No. 460 SEVENTH Street, opposite U. S. Patent OOlce, Wasliington, D. C. - II. IIOWSON, Solicitor of Patents. C. IIOWSON, . Attorney at Law. Communications to be addressed to tho Prlnctpa Olllee, Philadelphia. 4 11m p A TENT O v"Y I GE. PATENTS PROCURED IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. Inventors winning to take out Letters Patent for New Inventions are advised to consult with C. II. EVANS, N. W. corner FOURTH and WALNUT Streets, Philadelphia, whose facilities for prosecurlng cases before tho Patent OlUce are unsurpassed by any other OKency. Circulars c.onuiuiiig full lnfoniui tiou to inventors cun be hud ou upplicutiou. Models made secretly. ii. hvas, 8 4thstti5 N. W. Cor. FOURTH and WALNUT. pATENTS ntO CURED IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. 1SDWA1ID 1J1JOWIV, SOLICITOR OF PATENTS, No. 811 WALNUT Street. 8 13 stuth3m UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. WAHniNdTii.v, D. O., April lti, lsii. On the petition of JOSEPH A. PEArSODY, of Philii delphia. Ph., praying for tho pxtuninn of a patent giiintod to bun on the l'ith diiy of July, lHT.fi, for un iinproveiiiont in Machine for Mortising Window ISlinds, it is ordered that suid petition be heard at this nttice on tho 24th dnynf June next. Any person nuiy oppose this extension. Object inns, depositions, and other pttpt re should be lilud in this ottiuo twenty duys before the day of hearing. ELISHA FOOTE, 4 20 tutit CommiMtionHr of Patents. UNITED STATES 1' A T E NT OFFICIO. WASHrsoTON, D. O., Aiiril 2, Isiiit. v On tho petition of WILLIAM ADAMSON, of Philudel phia, Pennsylvania, lirsyiug for the extension of a patent granted to him on the 8d day of July, 106, for an improve ment in SAND PAPER CUTTING MACHINES, It is ordered that said petition be heard at this Office on thnl'21st day of June next. Any person may oppose this exttnsion. Objections, depositions, and other papers should be tiled in this office twenty dsys before the day of bearing. ELISHA FOOTE, 4 S tu3t Commissioner of Patants. LUMBER. 1809 SPRUCE JOIST. SPRUCE JOIST. HEMLOCK. HEMLOCK. I860 1ft (id SEASONED CLEAR PINE. 1Qft lOU SEASONED CLEAR PINE. lOUl CHOICE PATTERN PINK. , SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS. ' . KKD CEDAR. 18G9 FLORIDA FLOORING. FLORIDA FLOORING. CAROLINA FLOORING. VIRGINIA FLOORING. D.ELA WARE FLOORING. . ASH FLOORING. WALNUT FLOORING. FLORIDA STEP BOARDS. RAIL PLANK. 18G9 1 ftitO WALNUT BDS. AND PLANK. 1 QiU lOUJ WALNUT BDS. AND PLANK. 1007 WALNUT BOARDS. 1 WALNUT PLANK. IftfiQ UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER, f Ql'd 10U7 UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER, J.OOU RED CEDAR. WALNUT AND FINE. 1 ft!0 SEASONED POPLAR. lOUJ SEASONED CHERRY. 1809 AhiL WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS. HICKORY. 18G9 CIGAR BOX MAKERS' CIGAR BOX MAKKkS 18G9 SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARDS, 18G9 18o CAROLINA SCANTLING. CAROLINA H. T. SILLS. NORWAY SCANTLING. 18G9 CEDAR SHINGLES. 1QM. CYPRESS SHINGLES. lOUJ MAULE, BROTHER A CO., No. UbOO SOUTH Street. in UMHEIt UNDER COVER. ALWAYS DRY. WATSON & CILLINCHAM, 829 No. 024 RICHMOND Street. PANEL PLANK ALL TniCKNESSES. X 1 COMMON PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES. 1 COMMON BOARDS. ! 1 and Si SIDE FENCK BOARDS. WHITE PINE FLOORING BOARDS. YELLOW AND SAP PINE FLOORINGS, 1W and 4k. SPRUCE JOIST, ALL SIZES. , HEMLOCK JOIST, ALL 8IZE8. I PLASTERING LATH A SPECIALTY. Together with a general assortment of Building Lurab for sale low for cash. . T. W. ISM A Li Z, JB 26 6in FIFTEENTH and STILES Street fTrE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFE C. L. M A I S E R, maHUFACTUKkk or M FIRE AND BURGLAR-PKOOF SAFES. Locksmith, bell-hangeil and dealeu in II , lJtsA-li--vj.v, rtiU X BU1LD1NU HARDWARE. 8 6t No. 434 RACK Street. ALEXANDER G. CATTELL & CO..' PRODUf-'K COMMISSION M ERCH ANTS No.U NORTH WHARVES No. 3T NORTH WATER ITREET. P11ILADELPU1A. ' llXSAKPSB G. CAIiaJJ BUiAB OaTTCLU LtlRII I I MI.'M UTil' A U las s 1 I i Ji'Jt,'i" - "' ' LINE FOR Z NEW YORK. Sailing TueitrUTii, Thnrntlay", and Saturdays.' r REDUCTION OF RATES. ' ' Spring rates, fiommpnr.lnif Maroh 18. ' ' " r Sailing Totmdavs. ThnrRdays, and Sauirdays. OK ' anil after 16th of March froiht by this lln will be t taken at 18 cents per 100 pounds, 4 cents per foot, or . 1 cent per gallon, ship's option. Advance cliarVg cashed at odloe on Pier. Freight received at all 1 tlnifi on covcrea wuari. . . . -. JOim F. OHI 8!9 PJcr 19 North Waarte , v N. B. Extra rates on small paokagos Iron, metals, et. rjr NOTICK IU HAVANA AND k..J?s.NF.W ORLEANS SH1PPEHH. ' owing to me neiiresseu eonuitmn or t.ht i rmj-rri frolgliting uusiness. ireigni'iiig wubiuto, uiy nmamsnip f- ' . .. I fn,m t V . n llntra 1 Will l WHui.u ....... ...,w vlr Icsns Line until ther i an improvement in trade with i and Now Or- ihThl'f earnshiD JUNIATA will continue to' rlake rngnlar' trips mont lily, nd freight will be 'rjceived for . New Or lean, vi Savannah, weekly. WM. L. JAMES, ,., General Agent Philadelphia and Rnnthorn Mail Steanisliip '. PhlUdelyhia, April 90, fW. 4 ' St .T FUK lil VHiltrUUL'ANU rsZrOUEEN8TOWN. Inman Lin of Mall 'Steamer are appointed to sail a fol ! lows - I. hoi Antwerp, Saturday, April 34, t 1 P. M. . Lity ot I'aris, bainruuy, May i, t iu a. n. City of (.'ork, via Halifax, Tuesday, Mivy 4. at 13 nnon. And each succeeding Saturday and alternate Tuesday, from Pier 46, North Kiter. , KATES OF PASSAOR. BT THF VATL BTKAMfiB SAiLINO KVf.BT SaTHRDAT. Psysble in4iold. Payable in Currency. FIRST i; A BIN $100 STEERAGE fM lo London... Infij To Iiondon 40 To Paris, 115 1 To Paris. 47 FAHHAUE IIY THK TOEH11AX Sl'XAMEH, VIA H ALU' AX. riHHT (-AIHN. BlI.KRAllK. Payable in Gold. Payable in Currenoy. Liverpool. fHT) Liverpool $30 Haliisi JMilialilax 15 bt. John's, N. F., ) ;St. John', N. F., 1 m, by Branch Steamer. ...j by Branch Steamer t Pussrngers also forwarded to Havre, Hamburg, Bremen, etc., at reduced rate Tickets can be bought her at moderate rates by persons wihliing to send fur their tnonils. 1-or further information apply t th Company's Office, JOHN O. DALE, Agent, No. 13, BROADWAY, N. Y. or to O'DONNELL A FAULK, Agent. 4 6 No. 411CHESNUT Street, Philadelphia. ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE THK GENERAL TRANSATLANTIC niUPANV'S MAIL Kl K.A Mhllll'S lii. I W J.U.N NEW YORK AND HAVRE, CALLING AT BREST. , t The splendid new vessels on this favorite rout for tb Continent will sail lrom Pier No. fiO North river, as fol lows: PEKEIRE ...Duchesne Saturday, May 1 LAFAYETTE Itousseuu Saturday, Miiy 15 ST. LAURENT Lemarie. haturday, May !S 1LLK HE PARIS Surmount Saturday, June Ui PRICE OF PASSAGE in gold (including wine), 'fo BREST OR HAVRE. First Cabin sj 140! Second Cabin.. . . .$85 TO PAK1M, (Including railway tickuls, furnished on board.) First Cabin ijsl46 Second Cabin $85 '1 hese steamers do not curry steerage passengers. Medical attendance free of charge. American travellers going to or returning from th con- tinent of Eurnpc, by taking the steamers oi this line avoid unnecessary rioks 1mm transit by English ruilways and cnihsing the channel, besides saving timo, trouble, and expense. UF.OKGE MACKENZIE, Agent, No. ft BROAUWAV, New York. For passage in Philadolphia, apply at Allium' Express Compuny, to H. L. LKAt, 1 2VJ No. 3'iO CHESNUT Street. . PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND, EL.ttiTr AND NOH FOLK STEAMSHIP LINK, LillLLT' l'IIOUtiH FREIGHT AIR LINK TO SaCS;THE SOUTH AND W EST, 1".V..KY BAI UKUAX, At noon, from FIRST WHARF above MARKET Street. 1HKOUGH RATES and THROUGH RECEIPTS to all points in North and South Carolina, via beuboard Air Liu Ruilrad, connecting at Portsmouth anil to Lynch burg, Va., Tennessee, anu tho West, via Virginia and Ten ncHsce Air Line una Richmond and Dunville Railroad. Freight HANDLED BUT ONCE, und Ukon at LO WER RATES THAN ANY OTHER LINE. '1 ho regularity, safety, und cheupnessof this root com.' mend it to the public as the most desirable inodiuin for currying evory description of freight. No charge tor commission, druyago, or any expense of transfer. Steamships Insured at the lowest rates. Freight received daily. WILLIAM P. CLYDK A CO., , No. 14 North and South WHARVES. . W. P. PORTER, Agent at Richmond and City Point. T. P. CKOWELL A CO., Agents at Norfolk. 1 .; CHARLESTON. S. C. TILE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FAST ll.lIGrllX LIIMi:, EVERY THURSDAY. Tlio Steamships PROMETHEUS, Captain Gray, J. W. KVKRMAN, captain Vance, WILL FORM A REGULAR WEEKLY LINK. The steamship J.W. EVERilAN will sail on THURS DAY, April 'l'l, at 4 1. M. 1 lirouiih bills of lailinir (riven In connection with S. C. R. li. lo points In the South and Southwest. IiiNuruuce at lowest rates. Kates of freight as low ; as by any other route. For freight, apply to K. A. HOLDER 4; CO., 2 22 tf DOCH STREET WHAKP. NEW EXPRESS LINE TO Alexandria, Georgetown, and W ashington, D. ii.. m ClicBHueuke and Delaware Csn.il. with cuuuections at Alexandria from the most direct rout for Lynchliuig, Bristol, Knoxville, Nashville, Daltun, and the Southwest. Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noon from th first wharf above Market street. Freight received daily. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO.,1 . No. I t North and South Wharves. J. B. DAVIDSON. Agent at Georgetown. HYDE A TYLER, A genu, at Georgetown; M. F.LDRLDGE A CO., Agent at Alexandria. SI 4 , w iiuuvEj. tyn in,v 1 1'iilV, vi; ? DELAWARE AND R A KIT AIM nidll. X- 'llT T'T- I- 1 1 XT T-1 1 r . -t . EXPRESS STEAMBOAT COMPANV li.o CHEAPEST and UUICKEST water enmumnln.. tion between Philadelphia and New York. Steamers leave daily from first wharf below Market street, Philadelphia, and foot of Wall street. Now York. Goods forwarded by all the lines running out of New ' York, North, East, and West, free of oommission. F reight received and forwarded on accommodating terms. William p. clydk a oo., Agnu. No. Vi S. DELAWARE Avenue, PnilaUeivhilw . JAMES HAND, Agent. 5 No. 119 WALLtreet. New York. X . C7L NOTICE. FOR NEW YORK, Ufr-Tfri Tm Delaware and RAritan Canal, SWIFI4 afaussacscit SURE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. DESPATCH AND SWIFTSURK LINK? , 1 he business by these lines will be resumed on and after theHt hot March. or Freight, which will be taken oo accommodating terms, apply to W- M. BAIRD ft CO.,' 2? No. ia South Wharve. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. g T . CLOUD. HOT. EI. TUIS NEW AND COMMODIOUS HOUSE, LOCATED OOHNKB OF BROADWAY AND FORTY-SECOND STREET, Possesses advantage over all other houses f or th. asanm. modation of iu guest. It was built expressly for first class Family Boarding Hons the room being large and) -w mix, heated by steam-with hot and cold water, aitit furnished second to none; while th culinary department i iu uii most experienced nana, aaordinc guests aa an. On of Atwood's Patent Elevators 1 ale iong th "modern improvement," and at th servics of gnests at ail hours. Th Broadway and University Place' Oar pas th every fonr 'minute, running from th City Hall to Central Park, while th Sixth and Seventh Avenue Line, are but : hort block on either side. .Hording amp) facilities for ' communicating with all th Depots. Stambt Landing.! pUocof AmusementsndBusineMoftbegreat metropoJv Mt. Vernon Hotel 8 i Monument street, Baltimore. n-Y-nU, Furnlshsd, with unwrps, Culsir On me European Flan. , -J Pl MORQABr. PLUMBINQANDlAiriN as. JiAijiv . . niAl, PLTJMBEE, GAS TITTrV S. ANI 1) iilv i x i-h 943 south rmt. ..iow Leontt DEAFNESS -EVERY INSTRuSrT, 7 ' scieno and .kill bav Invented . ).J TlAT in even, degree of deafnej; H.iSU,t nng dsll's Patent Crutches. .uueii?r . plnflor"; Cran M ADEIRA'S, No. J fi&l usi, WL-ili-J
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