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SPAIN.
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Tlic new Spanish Constitution Is, in some re
spects, a remarkable document. It embodies
nearly all the leading constitutional principles
in use in Anglo-Saxon communities freedom of
speech, freedom from arbitrary arrest, freedom
of education, and of worship, and of expatria
tion, and the responsibility of public functiona-.
ries before the courts for their acts, whether
official or nou-oflk'ial. This hist rnlo is one
which, if we arc not mistaken, no other com
munity of the "Latin race" has yet ventured to
adopt, though it lies at the very baso of consti
tutional liberty. The Spaniard's house is here
after to be his castle, and letters and telegrams
even the Butleritcg, we hope, will be ashamed
to hear are declared inviolable. The Catholic
Church is to continue the State Church, but the
exercise of all other forms of
faith, . botli by Spaniard and resi
dent foreigners, is permitted. Even this is
an immense stride for Spain, and is a far safer
measure than complete separation between
Church and State. '1 he salt rage is to be univer
sal; the ministers responsible to the Cortes: the
Cortes to be composed of a Senate and Con
gress. The former to be one-fourth renewed
every three years, the latter to bo totally re
newed every three' years. The provisions re
lating to the election of the Cortes. Its relations
to the king for the government is to be a
monarchy its working, procedure, and dissolu
tion, its powers and duties and privileges, closely
resemble those of the Knglish Parliament. The
powers and duties of the king are the ordinary
ones of a limited monarch; the crown is to bo he
reditary under the law of primogeniture,
but without exclusion of the female line.
Armies arc maintainable only by annual
enactment. Altogether the instrument may
be considered a remarkable display of
good sense and political ability, and is at the
same time a great triumph for liberal ideas. The
draft of the Constitution only reached us by the
hist mail, and what we know of the subsequent
debates on it in the Cortes we get simply by
telegraph. Thus far, the provisions relating to
universal suffrage, the freedom of the press,,
and the freedom of worship, have been adopted
by a large majority. The Republicans have
made a stand against the monarchy, but appa
rently in vain, but all effort to concentrate a
respectable number of votes on a candidate for
the Crown have thus far failed. The discussion
of the various articles of the Constitution .still
continues at the present writing. The conscrip
tion has been carried out with much diflieultr.
The strongest arguments against the .Republi
cans arc, "perhaps, their own impatience and
readiness to resort to armed resistance. Pati
ence anil faith in talk are ot the essence ol
publieanism.
re-
ASHLEY.
Vnnn the X. 1'. Xatinn.
It may serve to give our readers an idea of
what Mr. Ashley's ideas of political morality arc,
and those of an average Congressional commit
tee, to explain that the Case correspondence re
veals the fact that Mr. Ashley got the anpoint
meiit of Survevor-Generalship of Colorado Ter- ,
ritory for F. M. Case in 1801. and when working
for it wrote to Case telling him that if he got it
he would like his (Ashley's) brother to bo Case's
chief clerk "salary srklO ' and that "it was
the best office in the gift of the President." one
in which the Surveyor could make from .."0,000
to $100,000 in four years, and "that if Case got
it, he (Ashley) wanted to unite with him as full
partner in land speculation." and town sites,"
and "that he was working hard and earnestly for
him;" that he "had promised Mr. Case to get
help'.' in securing the appointment, and that "he
wanted to have an interest with him. if lie got
the place, in the city and town speculation;"
that "the Pacific Railroad would go through
this Territory, and that it would lie a fortune to
both of them, if they got the place." Further
more, in inviting Case to write a letter, to be
shown, about the appointments, lie asked for ins
views, on "a separate piece of paper,' as to "the
proposition for the city and town lots specula
tions," Then, says the legislator,
"I will probably be Chairman of tlio Committee on
Territories. If we can curry out the programme to
elect Grow Speaker, and your brother, Charley Case,
of Indiana, clerk, and then twill know all the pro
posed expenditures in the Territories, nnd post you
in advance. Write one letter for me, and the other
to show. Damn your business in the Williams County
Court I Write anil telegraph."
The two gentlemen actually did afterwards
sign articles of copartnership, under which Mr.
F. M. Case agreed to give Mr. Ashley a half of
all lands he might purchase in Colorado, Mr.
Ashley paying half whatever money they might
cost. Hie verdict of the Congressional Commit
tee on this strange affair, as well as the recom
mendation, signed by 150 members of Congress,
of Mr. Ashley lor the Governorship of Montana,
and the failure of the Senate to reject him with
this correspondence before it, only show how
deep the poison has sunk, and whafrlmrd work
the country has before it in attempting to bring
about any reform.
PRESIDENT GRANT VIEWED THROUGH
REPUBLICAN SPECTACLES.
From the X. Y. World.
We transfer to our columns a somewhat
audacious leader from the Chicago Tritium', the
ablest and most widely circulated Republican
journal in the West. Its frankness and sincerity
are creditable to the paper in which it appears,
and a gratifying token of the growing inde
pendence of the newspaper press, which dares
to speak out on subjects that concern the public
interest, in cases where a timid sense of party
fealty would restrain a manly declaration ot the
. truth. Seeing that General Grant Is a Western
nlan, that lie was nominated for the Presidency
br the urgency of Western sentiment and West
ern pride in his military reputation; seeing that
he is a citizen of Illinois, and that the paper in
which this plain-speaking criticism appears is
the. foremost Republican orgun in that State,
there is no quarter in which the mirror could bo
held un to his mistakes with so great a likeli
hood ot compelling ins in ilii 1 1 mi .
MiH-Uihil jvuniul which has been
his interest. ....
The article which we republish
u.mH i.f nn enemv. but the couu
as in tins in
so devoted to
is not the as
scl of a disap-
.,it.r.d friend. r'Whv." savs the Chicago Tri
hint- "do we sav these tilings? The answer is
twofold. In the lirst place, they are already
known evervbodv is talking about them, in the
streets, on the hoie-cars, in the railroad trains,
in the club-rooms, around euchre-tables, every
where except in the Executive Mansion. In the
second place, it is ncccssaiy. as we conceive
that there should be a change." i disguise the
trutli that the new administration- is a mortify
ing failure is not possible, if it were doHiniljIc;
Republicans are as universally talking of it in a
tone of deprecation and regret as
are in a spirit ot scorn, General Graut s blun
ders recefvo no additional publicity by the
nimadversions of a Ka''11''"",,'!?0!
and us the Chicago 'Jrthune thinks it s
ot vet too late for him to mend, it
leen.s Itself justified in telling the now
Pres den what everybody thinks of him and
. ......... l.,t, ntim't:" t
Ill M
t be
nil Grant is too great and too good a man
ullllirllL Illlll lOIUlU urvnuvi
KhoroK
UvarnlH iiea iru ihQ ju8tle0 or
ttr!SM 15 our CUicugo wuvmW
evervbody out oi tue v line nuu j" "
It teils him that in two short month the mora
power of the administration "has been frittered
way by absurdities;" that there was never nn
.hVonlHtration "with less nputude for carrying
wit "s nee tne evu
iicin
i.. be allowed to tall into po iu.n "
t do 1,"wu" ,ri(.lullJ courageous enough to
1,10 V . ha with his errors.5 The readers of
Ml0.S tth. tliiV catalogue of General Grauts
"" . . ? X most prominently
blunders u. - 1)(.m0(.ratic dress. It
charged upon him by tne tn nro(,l,uli
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY,
strictures, it Is by no means so evident that it
offers practical advice. It tells General Grant
that ho ought to dismiss his present Cabinet and
fill their places with statesmen, apiece of advice
which anybody Is competent to give, but which
It requires a President of a very different order
from General Grant to follow. On what ground
can ho ask the members of his Cabinet for their
resignations ? They have, as yet, committed no
egregious blunders; it is not wh it they have
done, it was what he has done, that shocks and
revolts the public sentiment of the country.
Pho Cabinet, bad as it Is, Is less incapable than
the President; and if anybody is to resign on
fho score of incapacity, ff. iimrht. t.n tie
the blundercr-in-ehicf. The incompetence of
the Cabinet Is no more 'nnMt)leimn nnw
than it was when they were appointed;
and they might turn upon the Presi
dent nnd nsk why they were trilled
with and selected, if they are to be summarily
dismissed when they have done nothing to dis
appoint his reasonable expectations? Some of
them have given up other valuable positions
judgeships, seats In Congress, commissions In
the army to accept his appointments: some of
them have sacrificed their inclination and taste
for private life; and there is none of them who
could not justly complain of an injury, almost of
un insiiii, u nicy nave neen lined into a con
spicuous position to be suddenly dashed down
and branded with incapacity, when they have in
no respect crossed his wishes or belied "tho repu
tation with which they came into olliee. They
would have no ground of complaint if they had
been left in their native obscurity; but they
would lie most shabbily wronged 'if made the
sport of nn incompetent President's caprices.
Even If lie could rcstoro Mr. ltoutwcll to his
seat in the House, Mr. Hoar to his judgeship in
Massachusetts, and General Rawlins to his place
in tho army, ho has no right to inlliet upon
these gentlemen the gratuitous mortification of
bestowing honors upon them to bo converted
into disgrace by a prompt cancellation, without
any new disclosures respecting their capacity or
character.
But even if General Grant could honorably
get rid of his present Cabinet when thevhave
scarcely, as yet, entered upon their duties, it
requires no small credulity to suppose that he
woiildVeiect a belter one. What reason U there
for imagining that he would be more successful
in his third attempt than in his two first ? Ho
has grown neither in stature nor wisdom since
his inauguration, and has sunk immeasurably in
the esteem of his party. Even if he could be
suddenly endowed with the political sagacity
wicli nature lias denied lilni, and his dull mind
were so illuminated that ho could make better
selections, men of character and ability would
be unwilling to serve under him. How could
they know that he would not. lu some new fit of
caprice, drop them as suddenly as lie had
dropped their predecessors ? Wliat reputation
could they expect to gain in serving under such
a vacillating blunderer? They would be likely
to feel resentment that their claim were not
sooner recognized, and to spurn his tardy tender
of otlices for which he deemed them" unlit in
his original survey of the field. At the outset,
there is no statesman in the Republican
party who would not have regarded the
proffer of a Cabinet appointment as an honor:
but after the marked sight he put upon
them in his lirst two casts of a Cabinet, and
alter the bitter severity with which thevhave
commented on his folly, thev would feel them
selves precluded from linking their political
fortunes with an administration which has so
quicklv forfeited the confidence of their party.
It has become too painfully evident that General
Grant is not a President who can shed any lustre
upon the officers who serve under him. To re
construct his Cabinet now would lie such a con
spicuous display of bewilderment and fickleness,
such an open confession of incompetence, that
a new Cabinet, even if it were an able one, could
not shelter him from del ision. But if he selected
it, there is no likelihood that it would be able;
and able men, especially after his past neglect,
would be in no haste to" serve under such a chief.
General Grant lias squandered his whole stock
of popularity; lie is a political bankrupt, who
will not easily find new partners among states
men who have anything to lose. It is more sup
posable that members of his present Cabinet
will get disgusted and desert him. than that lie
enn succeed in tilling their places with men who
would revive the prostrated confidence of the
country.
ELECTIONS IN THE UNRECONSTRUCTED
STATES.
l'rcw the S. Y. llnahl.
Nothing can exhibit in a stronger light the
utter disregard ot tne party politicians and sel
fish political managers for the great material
interests of the country, than the efforts which
thev are making to induce tho President to ap
point a distant day for the vote on the constitu
tions tiud the elections in the three unrecon
structed States. Virginia, Mississippi, and
Texas arc the three States in question. In end
of these States a constitution lias been framed by
convention, and in two of them the instrument
lias to be voted on bv the people. The constitu
tion of Mississippi lias been submitted and re
jected bv a large majority of the people of that
State, not because of an objection to the instru
ment as a whole, but because of a dislike to a
limited number ot its provisions. These the
President wiselv proposer, to resubmit for sepa
rate voting, and lie desires to advance the course
of legitimate reconstruction bv having all three
of the constitutions acted on bv the people of
the respective States at such time as mav be best
for their interests to hold the elections.
1 he great question, tiierciore, is, w hen will it
least interfere with the industry of these States
to devote the necessary tune and attention to
the exciting processes of n general election?
Among the Republican politicians of Virginin
mid Texas there are bitter divisions on the qucs
tion of time, which are entirely animated bv the
respective chances of the section leaders. Those
who consider their chances for nomination and
election good are desirous that an earlv dav
shall be named, while those who have been dis
appointed in obtaining control of the party ma
cliinery arc clamorous ir.r dciav, that thev mav
have more time for intrigue, management, and a
cauvasn of the chances lur what may turn up.
To them the material interests of the couutrv
arc nothing when weighed in the scale against
their petty pockets, and they will urge reason?
lor ueiay iiiiiu nicy see a enauce lor their own
personal success, it it takes to the day of judg
ment to li i id them.
A point which is worthy of examination
the tunc which the conventions origumllv set
for these elections. Ihe members of every con
vention come largely ironi the country, ami
thev always have a keen eve to anything which
mil interfere with the labors of husbandry. It
is a point of marked interest that all three of
tlie conventions appointed verv nearly the same
time for their respective elections. Virginia
named the Ud of June, Mississippi the of
June, and Texas the 5th of July. If we look
critically into the reasons which led to this har
mony of action, we shalll,flnd that in each State
they are intimately connected with the labors of
agriculture. In fact, the time selected is that
which can best be soared bv an agricultural
people for the absorbing excitement of a general
canvass aim eiecuon. ii is ino time wnen tne
wheat crop has been harvested and the labors of
cultivation of the others are finished and the
crops, to use the farmer's phrase, "are laid by."
Throughout tne mi ce (Mines in question ll is me
period of the summer rest and of preparation
for the great labor of the harvest.
To throw the election forward to a later
period of the year would be to throw it into the
midst of the harvest labors, to their great
derangement, or to postpone it to a still further
date, which would make It equivalent to p ist
poning practical reconstruction for another year.
No man now advocates a further delay of recon
struction, and if lie did so lie could only be
uccepted as a disappointed politician, who hopes
to find in further dciav and eonfusiou advantage
for his mercenary schemes. Tho question of
delay, then, is tho one great question: Shall
these elections be held during the period of tho
-..at ,.r ulmll thev be thrown into the
midst of the harvest labors, to their great de
rangement and Injury? The crops are corn,
cotton, and tobacco-the great staple of food,
and the great basis of oar foreign gold exchange.
AuyUilug wblcU iutvrfcrw wiUt Uieeo strikes
directly at the trade and rcvcnti of tho country
ond commit en injury which cannot bo repaired.
Tho excitement and diversion of labor which a,
general (lection would canse-would bo the most
effective Iblow that could be struck at theoo
harvests.
The duty of tho President in this emergency
is, therefore, plain. Ho shonld consider tho
great material interests of the country first, and
the schemes of tho party politicians last. Let
the Presidential proclamation, then, be issued,
assigning a date not earlier than the middle of
June or later than the middle of July for tho
election in tho three States in question. Except
in the State of Texas there is no question that
this w ill allow ample time for organization and
voting, and if tho politicians there had not Inter
fered to create hopes of delay, tho election could
very well have been held on tho 6th of July, the
day named by tho Constitution. Even now It
can be held In July If Immediate proclamation be
made, and wo trust tho President will at once
confide tho duty to General Reynolds to seo that
It Is carried out. Where there is a will there is
a way. After the election is over, let all parties
go to work on the crops and Bccnre for them
selves a good harvest. Corn, cotton and tobacco
are worth more to tho country than all the poli
ticians in it.
OUR ENGLISH RELATIONS M Ii. MOTLEY'S
MISSION..
From the X. '. Times.
And now we are told that Minister Motley is
going to England without instructions on the
Alabama case. What, then, is he going for?
Simply to reside in London, and to figure in
Court circles as an ornamental representative of
the Great Republic ? The country has been
under the impression that lie was going either to
settle our differences or to prosecute our com
plaints against the Britisli Government for its
conduct (luring our Rebellion. But it seems lie
is not to do either. The , Government proposes
to give him no instructions whatever on the sub
ject; nnd, as a matter of course, he can scarcely
open negotiations on a subject of this kind
without instructions, as if he himself were an
independent power. '
Vt course we attacii no importance to tne
report that he Is instructed to make Mr. Sum
ner's speech the basis of his negotiations. Mr.
Sumner is certainly not yet an "independent
power,"' so far as foreign nations are concerned,
whatever he may. be as regards our own. And
if General Grant had desired to have him in
struct our ' Ministers abroad, either on their
duties in general or In reference to specific ques
tions, lie would probably have made him Secre
tary of State, which, so far ns we are informed,
he has not done.
The probability is that the Alabama is to bo
let alone. There is a current belief that we have
nothing to gain by having it settled, and that
England lias everything to fear from having it
left unsettled. But as the complaint of injury
comes from us, it Is the most natural thing in
the world to suppose that we should either press
it or abandon it; one or other, it would seem, we
insist do. If we do not press it, if we do not de
mand renrcss or reparation, nut leave tne wnoie
matter alone, the natural inference ivill be that
wc have abandoned it. England is not likely to
urge us to bring it forward. She can afford to
let the matter die out. if we can. Re verily John
son went over, under instructions from our Gov
ernment, to settle all disputes nnd close oast ac
counts with England. And he blundered so
dreadfully in doing it that any renewal of the
effort, indeed that the verv idea of a settlement
at all, has become unpopular. The favorite no
tion just now is that, without discussing the
question at all, wc can await a favorable oppor
tunity, and then pay England in her own coin,
by applying her own principles of neutrality,
and serving her as she served us during our Re
bellion. So we hear proposals now that we
should recognize the Cubans as belligerents,
allow the Fenians to fit out privateers in (im
ports, .id thus subject English commerce to the
fate which, through England's action, has over
taken ours.
It might be well to remember, however, that
this is really accepting the action of England in
a single ease as having established a new rule
of international law; for if wc act upon such a
rule wc must do so, not because It suits our con
venience or gratifies our resentments, but be
cause it is, according to our view of the case, a
fixed and settled rule of international law. But
we have always denied it: we complain of Eng
land for having introduced it, and are actually
claiming damages of her for having acted upon
it to our injury. We must utterly stultify our
selves to begin with, and abandon the theories
we have hitherto held on the subject, before we
can satisfy our national sensibilities in the way
proposed. Besides, wc must take uo action
which we cannot justify in the eyes of other
nations, on solid grounds of international law:
and we fancy it would be somewhat difficult to
do this, if wc were to make England's conduct in
the Alabama case, agaiust which we have pro
tested so strongly, the rule of our action under
similar circumstances. Moreover, England, as a
matter of course, would never assent to such a
view of the ease. If in case of the Fenians, or
any other case hi which she Is Interested, we
were to act thus towards her. she would unques
tionably resent it even at the hazard of a war;
and wc" should, therefore, gain nothing by such
an undignified and unmanly evasion as tlie one
proposed.
The injuries we suffered from England, in tlie
view taken of them by Mr. Sunnier and the
country generally, can "be redressed only by the
fullest 'apology and reparation, or by war. 'it is
folly to fancy'that England can be induced to
acknowledge any violation of justice and right,
or can be bullied into making reparation for a
wrong she denies having ever done. She lias
consented to refer the matter to the decision of a
mixed commission, and this is as far as she will
consent to go. Any other reparation we mav
seek can be had only at tlie cost of a war; and
the sooner we take that view of tlie matter, and
act accordingly, tlie sooner will tlie affair be
settled.
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ppliedto STEEP OR FLAT ROOF8
at one-half the expense of tin. It is readily put on old
Shimtle Knots wiinout removing me smiiKius, tuus avoid
ing the dumaging of ceilings and furniture while under,
iniim renuirs. (No gravel used.)
PRESERVE YOUR TIN ROOFS WITH WELTON'8
ELASTIC PAINT.
I am always prepared to Repair and Paint Roofs at short
ootice. Also, PAINT FOR SALE by the barrel or gallon,
the best auu cueapesi in wo maraei.
W. A. WELTON,
No. 711 N. NINTH Street, above Onatos, and
217 No. SOS WALNUT Street.
rpo OWNERS. ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS
kind, old or new. At No. MS N. TH IKI) Street, the AM K
RICAN CONCRETE PAINT AND ROOF COMPANY
are selling their celebrated paint for TIN ROOKS, and
for preserving all wood and iiii'UiIh. A I ho, their solid com
plex roof covering, the best ever ottered to the public, with
brushes, cans, nm-sets, etc., tor tue worK. Anti-vermin,
lire, and Water-proof: Light. Tight. Durable. No crack
ing, pealing, or shrinking. No paper, gravel, or heat. Cood
tor all climates. Directions given for work, or good work
men supplied. iar, promptness, certainly: uue price!
Call! I'.xamine: unogoi
Agents wanted for iuterior counties.
4 2Wf JOSEPH LEEDS, Principal.
rpo BUILDERS
AND CONTRACTORS.
X We are prepared to furnish English Imp
ASP11ALT1C HOOEINli FELT
We are prepared to furnish English imported
In quantities to suit. This rooting was used to cover the
l si'is iuuiiuiuon in leov.
MERCHANT CO.,
4 29 3m Nos. 617 and 61H MINOR Street.
"HOOFING. LITTLE & CO., "THE LIVE
IV wiwil l.HH" Nn MARKET Street. Even
description of Old and Leaky Roofs made tight and war
ranted U keep in repair for live years. Old Tin Roofs
made equal to new. A trial only required to insure satis
faction, uruers promptly atleuueu to. ooom
rvLD GRAVEL ROOFS COVERED OVER
W wiUi Uasttio Slate, and warranted for ten years.
HAMILTON A COOHEKR,
8 lUin No. 46 8. TENTH Street
TOW IS THE TIME TO CLEANSE
YOUll HOUSE.
WANIIIMJ AND CI.EANMINO POWDHIt
Is unequalled for scrubbing Paints, Floor, and all house
hold use. Ask tvt H nnd take uo oilier.
W. 11. ROW MAN, Sole Agent,
MAY 1, 1800.
OHROMO LITHOGRAPHS.
piCTUKES FOB PRESENT
A. 8. ROB IN CON,
No. 910 CHESNUT Street,
Bag Jnst received exquisite specimens of
:ART, SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY OIFTS.
FTNK DRESDEN "ENAMELS" ON PORCELAIN,
IN GREAT VARIETY.
SPLENDID PAINTED PHOTOGRAPHS,
Including a Number of Choice Gems,
A SUPERB LINE OK CHROM03.
A large assortment of
NEW ENGRAVINGS, ETC.
Also, RICH STYLES FRAMES, of elegant new
patterns.
81
CURTAINS AND SHADES.
N
E W STYL ES
IN
NOTTINGHAM
AND
Swiss Lace Curtains.
JUST OPENED,
EMBROIDERED PIANO AND TABLE COVERS.
WINDOW CORNICES, IN GILT, WALNUT, AND
ROSEWOOD AND GILT.
WINDOW DRAPERIES FROM LATEST FRENCH
DESIGNS.
FINE WINDOW SHADES, ETC.
Apents for BRAY'S PATENT SPRING BALANCE
SHADE FIXTURE, which requires no Cord.
CARRINGTON, DE ZOUCHE & CO.,
S. E. Cor. THIRTEENTH & CHESNUT,
818thBtu3m PHILADELPHIA.
R
E M O V A
OF TUB
TEMPLE OF FASHION.
For the better convenience of her patrons,
1YIRS. TJ1. A. EITJDEH
HAS REMOVED HER DRESS TRIMMINGS AND
PAl'ER PATTERN STORE
TO TUB
1. W. Corner I'lovoiilH nnd t'lie-
n nt Slrorlw, llil:iI'IIiia,
Where she will be hnppy to see her friends and cus
tomers. BRILLIANT NOVELTIES of SPECIAL IN
TEREST. Elegantly trimmed Patterns of latest and
most reliable styles for Ladies' and Children's Dresses
in endless variety, plain anil trimmed, many styles or
which are manufactured on the premises, aud cun
not be found elsewhere, single and in sets for dress
maker and dealers, wholesale and retail. MRS.
BINDER tl utters herself that her late novelties will
not be surpassed by any, Riving her personal atten
tion to all branches of her department. The acknow
ledged superiority, both as regards their reliability
and designs, and tne patronage extended to tier,
render comment unnecessary.
"A POSITIVE FACT. fTW
Mrs. Binder has the Unest assortment of Ladles'
Dress aud Cloak Trimmings In the city, at the lowest
prices. Dress and Cloak Making : Dresses mude to tit
wltn ease ami eiegauce. orders executed at snort
notice. Embroideries, Handkerchiefs, Laces, Rib-
tions, urinal veus auu v reams, jj ine oeweiry, ana
Fancy uoous. i'liiKing anu uouering. cutting and
Fitting. A perfect system or Dress cutting taugli
price ji-60, with chart. Patterns sent by mall or ex
press to all parta of the Union. Do not forget our
new location, N. W. corner ELEVENTH and CHES
MUT streets. 8 6BtUtll
OLOTHINQ.
yESTON & BROTHER,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
S. W. Comer NINTH and ARCH Sts.,
PHILADELPHIA.
DAILY RECEIVING
SrillNG AND SUMMER STYLES OP
THE LATEST IMPORTATIONS.
A Superior Garment at a reasonable price.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
8 81 Smrp
pLIES AND MOSQUITOES.
MAGOUN'S PATENT ADJUSTABLE
WINDOW SCREEN
WILL FIT ANY WINDOW.
SELLERS BROTHERS,
ND. 623 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA
SOLE MANUFACTURERS.
Liberal discount to the trade. 4 29 lm
TRUNKS.
IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNKS
All Trunks now made at
TTiE "GREAT CENTRAL" TRUNK DEPOT,
Have Simons' Patent Safety nasp and Bolts, which
securely fasten the trunk on both euds with heavy
Bolt, and in tlie centre with the ordinary lock. Posi
tively no extra charge.
GREAT CENTRAL TRUNK DEPOT.
X.W. Cor. SevenlU & Cliewinit SU.
TRAVELLERS' NOTICE Purchase your trunks
with Simons' Triple Fastening, heavy bolts; no fear
lock breaking, at the Central.
4 19 8m No. 701 CHESNUT Street.
DYEINQ AND PRINTING.
PSTA B
LIS II ED 1819.
The New York Dyeing and Printing
Establishment,
8TATKN INLAND,
No. 40 North EIGHTH Street (West Side), Philadel
phia; No. t)8 UUANE Street, aud 16'i BROADWAY,
New York.
This old and well-known Company are prepared, as
usual, with the hlghent decree of skill and the moat
approved machinery, TO DYE. CLEANSE, and
F INISH every variety of LADIES' and GENTLE
MEN'S GARMENTS, and PIECE GOODS, Ui tueir
uhuuI superior manner.
GARMENTS CLEANSED WHOLE. 3 11 thstu
NOTK Tula ia our only office In Philadelphia.
WANlTS
"yy ANTED 50 BOARDERS AT THE
stetson nousn,
No. 443 N. THIRD 8lrcet.
5 per Week, and a Flrt-rlai Table., 4 17 lm
WANTED LOCAL AND TRAVELLING
Agents in every city and town In the United States.
Great inducements offered to aotive men. ( 'a'l. or address
with tamo, WOOD A CO., Room W. No. 4tiO CUKSNUT
tveet.PhOa. ?
BOARDING.
AT NO 1131 GIRARD STREET MAY BE
obtained furnished mud. UttlWuittUlld. rouuM for lodg
Jt! U UUU, H
AMU8EMENTR.
c
Manajerst
OOODBTK!
WttVjta MAMU MUllao k. 1VI ' - 1
and entie,n comping Jim h ladies
vnuciBi urnaa IIUUSR COMPANY
ith deeper regret thn in this InsUnee, tnt the j nr, ,,
in
last'day'
of a senson fall of the brightest and pleasantest moaHm.
tions, snd they feel, In leaving Philadelphu thst tlm m
parting from friends whose generous recognition and warm
appreciation have been the principal basis for the splendid
results of their protracted sous'in here.
THIS INTHK LAST DAY. POSITIVELY.
of the grand exravagan:a,
TJ1K HKIJl Of TMK OWl'll OT UOTJJ.
LAST PERFORM A NO K TO-NIGHT.
A (iKKAT HI I.I,
FOR THE FARKWKI.Tj PF.RFORMANCB.
SPF.l IAI, NOTIOK,. All bills against this management
ill be settled to-dav. Creditors will nloasn nrnHunt. t.hm
early, as the oompanv and manager leave the city early to
morrow. WALNUT 8T. THEATRE. BEGINS AT 75.
THIS (Saturday) EVENING. Mav 1.
11, nisht of the LONDON lUTRMi'SunR mMRTWl.
TION, commencing with Oilman's Comedy of
THE HF.IH AT-LAW.
i;ictiy unmespnn MRS. CHARLES WALCOT
Zekiel Homespun .. .... MR. FKLIX ROGERS
Peter I'sngloss. I.f,, D. and A. R. S MR. C. WALCO'L'
After which VValcot's side splitting Rurlosnnn. . . .
THE HUNCHBACK H Ecokkti 'iVrif n
Tom Clifford MISS JENNIE WII.LMORK
Helen lot Troy. N. Y.) MISS t.lzziK wif i miuir
Jn.Ha MR. CHARLES WALCOi
To conclude with Hmicioanlt's Ilrnma of
r 1 HE OCTOROON. -
MRS. JOHN DREWS ARCH STREET
THEATRE. Begins aoarter to 8 o'clock.
Second week of 1 ' '
I.OTTA.
THIS (Saturday AFTERNOON at 2 o'clock.
ONLY FIRE FLY MATINEK.
I.OTTA A8 F IRK FLY.
Doors open at 1 o'clock.
TO-NIGHT (Saturday), May 1, 1W9,
Lost night of
FIRM FLY.
MONDAY, Lotta's new piece,
PEI'INA. '
C A D E M Y O F MUSIC.
RICHING8' .. t
ENGLISH OI'F.RA COMPANY
O. RICHINGS BERNARD DIRECTRESS
Last engagement in this city of the present organization.
OPENING NIGHT,
MONDAY, MAY 8. 1WW.
crown hiAMnNns
TUESDAY MARITAN.
WEDNESDAY ROSE OF CASTILE
MARTHA.
SATURDAY MATINEE ERA DIAVOLO
I'KICKH OF ADMISSION.
Parquette, Paruuette Circle, and Kaloony.
ONE DOLLAR. 1
No extra charge for reserving.
Family Circle fin cent s
Amphitheatre 25 cents
Box sheets now open at Trumnler'a Musin Slnm. f
street, and tho Academy.
4 28 6t J. F. ZIMMERMAN, Treasurer.
A
MERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
MISS SUSAN O ALTON
as akm.-vi;, m . 1
THE BOH I- vll AN GIRL,
MONDAY EVEN INO, May lo.
For full particulars see Sunday papers. 4 2 ths it
"L'OX'S AMERICAN THEATRE- WALNUT
street, above Eighth. Doors open 7 V; commence 7-45.
EVERY EVENING AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE BALLET THE BEST IN AMERICA, repre
sented by the F'.ight Leading Premiore Dancers and the
best Corps do Ballet in America.
A COMPANY OF COMEDIANS.
A COMPANY OF GYMNASTS.
The King and 4uoen of the Air Every Evening. ;
rpUEATRE COMIQUE, SEVENTH 8TREET,
1 below Arch. Commences at 8 oclock.
TUN IKON A CO Proprietor
TWO COMIC OPERAS TO NIGHT. vvw
The popular and brilliant young artiste.
MISS SUSAN GALTON, IN ' '
JAVOTTE! JAVOTTK!
And LA ROSE DE ST. FLEUR.
Mr. Thomas WhitHn. Mr. Kelleber, and Misa Blanche
Gabon all appear. MATINEE Saturday.
c
II E S N U T r 8 T R E E T RINK".
VELOClPETHtOME 1
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
A FIFTY-MILE RACE
Against Time for
2M DOLLARS. . '. 'i 1
W. R. VAN DERVEER, of New York, has agreed to
ride fifty miles in five (5) hours, for which he is to receivo
two hundred and fifty dollars. Mr. Van Derveer will
mount his velocipede at four o'clock in the afternoon, and
make the fifty miles by 9 o'clock Saturday night.
Admission, 25 cents.
This Rink is open daily from 8 A. M. tolOMP. M.
FOR VELOCIPEDE RIDING. ,
Regular Admission. Ten Cents. 4 : 2t
T7XIIIBITION OF WATER-COLOR DRAW-
JT INGS, IN AID OF THE CHILDREN'S HOS
PITA L.-Open daily, from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M., and from 8
to 10 P. M., at the Artist F"und Gullerios, No. 1H84 CHES
NUT Street. Tickets, 25 cents ; season tickets, $1 ; for sals
at the Galleries. 4 22 lm
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE
1 ARTS. The Forty-Bixth Annual Spring Exhibition
of Paintings, Sculpture, Ac. is now open.
Admission, 25o. ; Season Tickets, 50c.-. 4 26 3Pt : 1
Open from 9 A. M. to 6'j P. M., and from tyj to 1U P. M.
VALER'S (LATE MILLER'S) WINTER
GARDEN, Nos. 720, 722. 724. and 726 VINE Street.
THE GRAND ORCHESTRION, formerly the property
of the GRAND DUKE OF BADEN, purchased at great
expense by JACOB VALER, of this city, in combination'
with FLAMER'S ORCHF.STRA and Miss NELLIE AN
DERKON, will perform EVERY AFTERNOON and
F.VF.N'LNG at the above-mentioned place. Admission
free. 1 13
SENTZ AND HA8SLER' '
thirtieth and last ,
orchf:stra matinkk '
will be given May 8. 11 4 tf
GYMNASIUM, CORNER OF NINTH AND
ARCH Streets, for Ladios, Gentlemen, and Chil.
dren, is now open DAY and FVF.NINU. Lessons given in
Sparring and Fencing. Call in person or send for circular.
Btfstuth&no PROF' L. LEWIS. .
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES. '
Office of tub Chibk Signal Officer,
Washington, D. C. April 22. 189.
Pealed Proposals, in ilunlleate, will be received at
thla office until 12 M. on FRIDAY, the 80th instant,
for supplying Hie Signal Service of the army with tho
follow lilt? articles, viz. :
Twenty-live (26) HAND TELESCOPES, with Straps
and Caps complete.
Sixty-live (tift) MARINE GLASSES (Bluocular),with
Cases and Straps complete.
The whole to be delivered on or before the 1st of
July next.
The Telescopes must be of not less than thirty
three (811), and the Marine Glasses of not less than
five (ft), iniicnifyliiK powers, and both of deliulntr,
power, and make miiiilur and equal to the models iu
this office.
Envelopes to be endorsed "Proposals," and ad
dressed to the undersinned.
Further particulars and requirements made known
on application to this office.
Tho time for the reception of the above mentioned
proposals is extended to MONDAY, the 10th day
of May next, at 12 M., and the time for furnishing
the supplies to the 10th (lav of July next.
By order of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army.
L. B. NORTON,
Brevet Major, U. S. Army,
4 20 Ct Property and Disbursing Officer.
DEPOT QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE,
l'Mii.ADKi.riiu, April 2t, mi.
Sealed Proposals will be received at this Offi-o
until THURSDAY, May 6, 18fi, at 12 o'clock M., for
the manufacture and delivery at the Schuylkill
Arsenal of
22fS Knapsacks.
22ft Haversacks.
22ft Canteens, with Corks and Straps.
Samples of which can be seen at this Office, and
to which the articles must conform In all respects.
Bidders will state In their proposals how soon the
articles tan be delivered, which must not bo later
than the 6th of June next.
The Quartermaster's Department reserves the riht
to reject any and all bids. ,.,
Anv additional Information desired by the parties
wlBhinif to bid, will le furnished upon application to
this Office, where also blauk forms of proposals can
be obtained. R enos,
Brevet Colonel and A. Q. M., U. S. A.,
429ot Depot Quartermaster.
ITy Y D E P A R T M E N T.
Washington, April 2T, lHiifl.
The Navy Department will oiler for sale the pi l.o
steamer ATLANTA, as she now lies at League Island,
o Z lfith day f MAY next, at li o'clock M.
The vessel and her Inventory can be examined at
any time on application to the Commandant of the
Thewhole amount of the purchase money must bo
paid at the time of the adjudication, ami the vessel ,
iiniHt be removed from the Station within ten iluvs
fmm the day of sale. - A. K. BOKIE,
4 u Mt Secretary of the Navy.
rrll eTdAMS EXPRESS rcOMPY, OFFICE
X No. : CHKSN UT Street, forwards ParoeU, pack,
ages. Merchandis", rlank Notes, and Speoia, en her by its
own linea or ii connection with other Kiprane Cflniiuulm" '
to U U r.Ulcival tVriU nail itie in the United Stakes '
JOUNBINUUAM,
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