THE DAILY HVENINQ TELEORAPII PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 18C9.
PUBLISHED KTKBT AFTERNOON
(HtJKDATS MCKrTBD),
AT TUB EVFNINQ TELEGRAPH BUILDING,
NO. 109 8. THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 86, 1869.
THE ENEMIES OF JUSTICE.
In commcntint? recently upon tbe Hafrgcrty
case, we remarked that the criminal lawyers of
the (lay are doing nearly as much hurm as the
criminal. While this assertion will hold good
generally throughout tho country, It lit especially
applicable in this city, the legal profession of
which has acquired a well-deserved reputatiou
for extraordinary sharpness and acumen. The
Philadelphia lawyer of the old school certainly
eunds In the very front rank of hia profession.
The course of study prescribed by the rules of
our courts, the length of time required to be
doTOtcd to the study of the law under the tuition
f some member of the bar in good standing and
practice, the two years' probation in the lower
courts before admission to those of highest resort,
bare all combined to derate the standard of the
profession in this city. But, despite all this,
there has sprung up in our midst, precisely
as in othor cities, a class of petti
foggers who, by their unenviable record, have
tended" to bring the wholo profession into dis
repute. The favorite, indeed the only, resort of
these legal tr icksters are the Courts of Quarter Ses
sions and Oyer and Terminer, a monopoly of the
business of which they have succeeded in ob
taining, to the almost entire exclusion of men of
ability, decency, and Integrity.
The type of the class in question Is about as
mall a specimen of a member of one of the
learned professions as can well be conceived.
He la sharp, quick, and unscrupulous, and iu
this category are comprehended all his virtues,
but not all his vices. Of the elementary princi
ples of the law he knows little or nothing. lie
has turned over the leaves of Blackstoue and
Purdoa, but only to extract therefrom a know
ledge of the quibbles and devices by which the
ends of justice may be most readily defeated.
His mental calibre is apparently
too deficient to permit him to
grasp the grander elements of the science,
his moral instincts are evidently too low to per
mit him to acquire thai dignified mien which is
the outward token of culture and refinement.
He dresses well, and can well afford to do so;
patronizes the barber liberally, and conse
quently bears upon his shoulders an exquisitely
ornamoHted figure-head; has a free and easy
manner, which makes him a graceful lounger
when waiting for something to turn up; and
withal Is gifted with an overwhelming flow of
frothy words. When a poor wretch without
friends or money is arraigned at the bar, and he
Is assigned to his defense, he knocks off the eaee
In an off-hand, careless manner, with little atten
tion to its merits, and without any regard
for the rights and interests of his Involuntary
client. But when a notorious desperado, espe
cially one who has figured largely in
down-town politics, enters the arena, ho
expands at once into his fullest propor
tions. Not a crook or a turn is neglected;
not a perjured witness is deserted; not au
honest one is permitted to give his testimony iu
a straightforward and intelligible mauuer.
Erery device possible Is brought into full play,
facts as plain and clear as the noonday sun are
contorted and twUted; judge, jury, and prose
cutor are browbeaten; and, on general princi
ples, justice is checkmated and rascality reigns
supreme.
If this man were subject to twinges of con
science, it might be profitable, both to himself
and to Uie community, to appeal to his better
nature, to point out to him the manifest injury
he Inflicts upon the cause of law and justice by
every case which he attempts to argue. If he
had not thrown aside all traces of manly pride,
it might.be worth our while to appenl to that,
and to exhort him to nourish something ap
proaching a desire to staud well In the opinion
of his fellow-men. If all the instincts of
humanity had not been smothered In the greed
of gold, it would not be amiss to remind
him of his family, to entreat him, for
the sake of wife and children, to give some heed
to the decencies of life. But, as it is, he is
simply an enthusiastic enemy of public justice;
an aider and abettor in the erll doings of the
most reckless and depraved of criminals; a man
whose sole study is the perversion of truth for
the sake of filthy lucre. The forms of law and
the solemnities of procedure which have been
devised for the protection of Innocence are, in
his eyes, merely the machinery by which he
seeks to shield the guilty; the rules of evidence
which hare been instituted for the ellcitation of
facts are to him mere appliances for Insuring the
suppression of truth and the triumph of villainy.
In this fashion he revels in his peculiar sphere,
and directly, through his influence, the most
reckless and daring offenders are suffered to go
unwhipt of justice. In New York city, aud in
every other great centre of population in the
the country, he is found; no prominent criminal
court is free from his presence, and no large
community is exempt from the fatal conse
quences of his unscrupulous sharpness.
Unfortunately for the cause of law and order,
the association of the pettifogger of the criminal
court with the occupant of the prisoner's dock
brings his name frequently before the public in
the newspapers, and ministers directly to his
passion for notoriety. If his name could be en
tirely suppressed from the outside world, he
would be known only to a select circle of aban
doned law-breakers, which would materially
diminish his opportunity for doing mischief. In
this view of the case, It becomes a serious ques
tion as to whethur the respectable journals of
this city should not combine to consign the
creature under dissection to the com
parative obscurity which he so richly
merits. Whether this effort be made or not,
one thing is certain the judges of our courts
; should draw the reins more tightly upon these
notorious shysters; should keep them, under all
circumstances, within the strict letter of their
privileges; should bring them up with a sharp
turn whenever they attempt to pervert the ends
of justice. Not until a check Is put upon their
machinations, In some fashion, M ill it be possi
ible for the community to get rid of the depre
dations of the class of which Jimmy Haggerty
is such an Illustrious example.
Jest So. It Is definitely ascertained, says a
cable despatch this morning, that the rumored
alliance of France, Englaud, and Spain against
TMted States Is without any foundation
' familiar with the state of pul-
io three countries imagined
', nhlng In the report suvw a
reaUng a sensation,
I QXOIi A ACE, AS A MATTER "OF
, COURSE."
Tn Hon. John P. IIalb, our present Minister
to Spain, has been under a cloud for some time
past, In consequence of a charge preferred
ngalnst him to the e fleet Hint he has taken ad
vantage of his ministerial franchise to engage in
the wholesale Importation business, without the
usual hindrance and expense of customs duties.
Mr. Hale, however, has at last been heard from
In answer to these charges, and in the lettor
which ho addressed to the New York Tribune
relieves himself of the burden of apparent guilt,
by showing that Mr. Horatio J. Perry, the Secre
tary of Legation, by whom the charges were
preferred, w as himself directly engaged In the
frauds upon the SpanlMh revenue, Imposing upon
the Minister's misplaced confidence to secure his
signnture to the petitions on the strength of
which the merchandise was permitted to pass
through the ciihtom houses without the payment
of duties.
The prominent part which Minister Hale took
in the early anti-slavery agitation, his bold and
manly staud upon the broad platform of humanity
and freedom, and the sterling service which he
rendered the good cause in the days when It was
fatal to reputation, and frequently to life, to
espouse it, will cause his acquittal to be
received with unqualified satisfaction throug
hout the country. But, in the letter in
question, Mr. Hale demonstrates clearly that he
never should have left the shores of his native
laud with a commission as representative to a
foreign country in his pocket. Ho attempts to
shield himself from all the consequences result
ing from Mr. Terry's smuggling operations upon
the plea of ignorance. "When I came to Spain,"
he says, "I was of course unacquainted with the
people, their lawn, manners, customs, and lan
guage .'"
Why "of course?" Simply because it has
been the custom for our Executive for the time
being to send abroad as representatives of the
interests and intelligence of this country men
whose qualifications for the special service for
w hich they are selected may be summed up in
one word nothing. Indeed, so strictly have we
adhered to this diplomatic principle, that Mr.
Hale anticipates a rejoinder from his enemies to
his plea of ignorance by stilting at the outset
that his Ignorance was a matter "of course."
According to the traditions of the service, it was
not to be expected that he should know anything
about the laws, manners, customs, and language
of the people to whom he was accredited,
and Mr. Halo was desirous of assuring
the world . that in his own particular
case there had been no infraction upon the esta
blished and time-honored rules of our diplo
matic service. For the sake of the honor aud
dignity of the country abroad, and as a guaran
tee that, whenever our foreign ministers have
any business to transact beyond the regular
acknowledgment of the receipt of their monthly
allowances in gold, there will be on baud a man
who Is qualified to attend to that business, it is
about time for the inauguration of a reform in
this matter. What the country imperatively re
quires is a civil service code. When Congress
sees fit to enact it, there will be no repetition of
this pitiful plea of ignorance "of course," when
one of our most responsible representatives
abroad is charged with committing or permitting
a violation of good faith which may bring dis
credit, not only upon our entire diplomatic ser
vice, but upon our whole system of government.
INTOXICATED RAIL-GOERS.
One of the pleas made in Court yesterday for the
release of the man who went bail for Haggerty
from his legal responsibilities, was that the
bail-goer was so deeply intoxicated at the time
he entered the recognizances that he was sense
less, and that "it was a disgrace to public jus
tice," on the part of the Alderman, to accept the
bond of a man in this condition. The
Alderman, on the other hand, denies that the
bail-goer exhibited at the time auy
signs of intoxication, alleging that his language
was "coherent and reasonable," that he stood
firmly on 4his legs, and that his hand did not
tremble when he put his mark on the document
that is now causing him so much trouble. The
testimony on this point is conflicting, the friends
of the bail-goer declaring that he was "far ad
vanced in liquor" on the morning of the day
"when he went bail," and "very druuk in the
evening."
The legal contest over this topic affords an
other illustration of the ingenuity displayed in
securing the immunity of rogues from punish
ment. Nearly all the trained professional crimi
nals who are daugerotts to the commuuity can
secure bail in all bailable cases. They can ob
tain, by the aid of professional bail-goers,
for a consideration, personal liberty
after their first arrest, aud then
cither run away or tamper with tho wit
nesses for the prosecution. If to the opportuni
ties bail-goers now enjoy for escaping liability
through neglect or inattention, the additional
chance is offered of making a pica of intoxica
tion Valid, bail-going will become a more profita
ble pursuit than ever, and all cunning rogues
can set justice completely at defiance. While
the present system of selecting aldermen remuins
unchanged, some official of that grade will be
found willing to accept the boud of bail-goers
sufficiently under the influence of liquor to en
able their friends to sweur that they were very
drunk. There are few things on which human tes
timony is more conflicting than thls,as no uniform
standard of judgment in regard to sobriety pre
vails, aud there is wide room for the play of the
imagination, or for stretching a point to serve a
friend. If the rule is once established
that a bail-goer can escape responsibility by a
plea of intoxication, the bowHuen of the rogues
will take good care henceforth to be barely
sober enough to pass Inspection at the alder
men's ofllecs, and to have witnesses ready to
prove that immediately before and after this
event they were Insensible. The increased im
munity of tho ball-goers would necessarily be
accompanied by the increased immunity of
criminals from punishment, and a new license
would thus be given to tho trained foes of
society.
St. Tiiomah, although it has received so
many hard blows, and sustained so many rou"1i
shocks, dies hard. The Washington jour
nal through whose columns the Hou. Robert J.
Walker fulminated his eulogies of the Alaska
Icebergs, has commenced the publication of a
series of Insufferably long arguments iu favor of
the ratification of the purchase trcuty. The
coincidence Is certainly a little singular, and
there can be no doubt that tho great lobbyist
has secured another handsome retainer. His
Majesty King Christian has perhaps heard of
the qualifications of ex-Secretary Walker In this
particular line, and concluded to lay out a huu
dred thousand dollars or so, In hope of getting
the seven millions Into his empty treasury In tho
course of time.
THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.
Tub elections for members of tho Corps Lexls
latlf of France, which commenced on Sunday,
were completed yesterday. In a large number of
districts whero there were more than two candi
dates, a majority of tho votes cast boing re
quired, thore was no result, and supplementary
elections will bo held on Sunday next to fill
these vacant positions. The reports received iu
Paris up to the hour of midnight showed the
election of lftfl official or Government candidates,
and of 26 who affiliate with the different
branc lies of the opposition. The Corps Lrls
latif which was recently dissolved by the limi
tation of law was composed of 1170 members, so
that 154 districts are yet to be. heard from. The
opposition in the late body numbered 45 men in
its ranks, and it whs anticipated that it would be
greatly increased; but the returns would seem
to indicate that it has been diminished instead.
The strongholds of the opposition are the great
cities, and ns the result in most, of these has
been ascertained, there is but slight hope that
the 26 members if the opposition already an
nounced as elected will receive many additions
to their ranks.
Although the result of the elections is so flat
tering to the Imperial Government, it affords no
indication of tho true sentiments of the. people.
In Paris, Lyons, and Marseilles, where the oppo
nents of the empire are emboldened, by tho con
centration of numbers, to make a decided stand,
nearly all the otlicial candidates have been repu
diated. But in the country districts the Napo
leonic dynasty has been equally triumphant,
overawing the minority by all those appliances
of power which Louis Napoleon has learned to
use to such good advantage. While the opposi
tion may not have increased, it has not been de
prived of its boldest and most aggressive lead
ers. Many of these, in order to make assurance
doubly sure, presented themselves as candi
dates in two districts, and if defeated in
one, will probably secure an election in the
other. The general result of the contest at the
polls will, of course, be contorted by the Impe
rialists into an almost unanimous endorsement
of the present ruler and his policy:
but, as has already been said,
it cannot be regarded as a
fair expression of the sentiments of the
masses of the people. What the anti-Imperialists
lack is an opportunity. The Emperor,
while taking every precaution to cement fhis
personal and family power, and to ensure the
perpetuation of his dynasty, is perhaps the best
ruler that has held the reins of government iu
France since the. days of his illustrious uncle.
He has given to the country a safe and stable
Government, and to the people all that social
and moral license which compensates them in
great measure for the deprivation of personal
freedom in political affairs. In addition to this,
tho organized opposition is cut up into three or
four rival factions, each of which is more bitter
in its hostility to all the others than in its oppo
sition to the present Imperial regime. The
old-fashioned Legitimist, who fondly hopes
to witness the restoration of the
house of Bourbon, regards the Napoleonic
rule with kindlier feelings than the visionary
republic, because it is based on the principle of
absolutism to which the Bourbons clung so
tenaciously. The Orlcanist cannot forget that
it was the republic, and not the empire, that
supplanted the throne of Louis Philippe. The
out-and-out Republican does not conceal from
himself the fact that the empire is infinitely
better than either the. Bourbon or the Orlcanist
kingdom. Not until all these factions are united
by a more aggressive and oppressive policy than
Louis Napoleon has as yet seen fit to adopt,
will tho present Emperor liavo cause to contem
plate the possibility of dethronement. And the
chances are ten to one that, in the present state
of affairs in France, the fall of the empire would
be followed by an indefinite reign of anarchy.
While the English journals arc bitterly dc
nouncing Senator Sumner's speech on the Ala
bama claims, and while they are endeavoring to
create a public sentiment adverse to this coun
try, they are at the same time heartily eulogiz
ing the free-trade agitation in the United States,
and giving utterance to their fervent wishes for
its success. John Bull is never so well pleased
as when he is withholding the just dues of dis
tant nations with one hand, and stripping them
of their wealth with tho other. It is a settled
point of his creed that the world was made
chiefly for the benefit of the governing
classes of Great Britain, and that its affairs
should be so ordered as to contribute
in the largest degree to the increase of
their wealth and power. Nothing would
suit the governing Englishman better than to
secure our tame acquiescence in his denial of our
claim for reparation for the most deadly inju
ries, accompanied by the admission of British
manufactures on terms that would destroy our
own diversified Industry. The Pall Mall Gazette,
in a recent article discussing free trade in the
United States, confesses that tho abolition of
protective duties on manufactured goods means
"the closing of American factories," and that
the "result of the depreciation of American in
dustry is to fill the pockets of the foreigner." It
kindly argues, however, that it is our true in
terest to submit to these inflictions, on account
of the loss we suffer in our efforts to naturalize
"exotic torms of labor." But we agree entirely
with its conclusion that the people are scarcely
prepared to surrunder a manifest advantage for
the benefit of a grasping foreign rival, merely
on account of the promulgation of a theory
which is not well founded iu fact, and which is
a modern product of British selfishness.
Platitumnakianism in Aut. As wc remarked
yesterday, the New York Academy of Design Is in
the same kind of trouble as the institution which
professes to represent art culture In Philadelphia.
The New York World thus comments upon the
urticle which we published a few days ago on the
subject of "Art Education":
''Who ttiat had a soul would be an academy?
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fiuo Arts has, like
oar own similar Institution, come to inucli grief. It
U called a 'ntuuillliig block and rock of offense,'
and Is said to Have fallen a victim to its own respect
ability which Is, to be Bure, a lamentable fate. It
was 'Knlckcrbuckerlsm in art that caused our
academy to come under severe censure; and Knlck
eibocke'rlsm and respectability are much the same
thing, and are equally 'ojus,' having alike a strong
tendeuey to platltudinarlaniBin."
CRIME.
A Voiihk Woman ixiriiimled hi Chit-nun -The
IttMiy Found in a Imeeliiitf Ponlm-e.
The Chicago Tribune of Monday morning last
prints tho following particulars of an awful
crime:
A startling discovery was made by some resi
dents of tbe North Division, about dusk on
Saturday uight. There is but little doubt that
another terriblo crime lias been added to the
long list perpetrated in aud about this city, and
from present Indications this will prove one of
tbe most mysterious ever committed iu this
vicinity. The following are tho particulars so
far as they have been revealed:
About dark on Saturday night, while three
residents of the North Division, named Joseph
freeman, George Phoiffcr and John Lightbody,
were passing uiIlfr the bauk of the North
Brunch, about half a mile north of the city limits,
they discovered the bodv of a woman, Iving iu a
very peculiar positiou, on a little island, known
ns No. 3, located In tbo town of Lake View, Just
abore "Snow's Tavern." Fording the narrow
etrip of water that divided them lrom tho object
of their curtosity, they stepped upon the
island, and discovered the body to be that of a
well-dressed young woman, about twenty years
of age. The position in which they found her
was a very peculiar one. She was on her knees,
with her' bead re-ting on her hands, on the
ground. About her neck was a strip of leather,
liurklad so tlirbt that it made a deep Incision
Into herflesh, and her face was much discolored.
Her clothing was thoroughly saturated with
water, which would seem to indicate that she
bad c ither waded or been dragged through the
river to the island.
The deceased was a girl oi rather prepossess
ing appearance, and, to judge by her face, a Nor
wegian by birth. Sho was dressed in a white
straw hat. with blue ribbons; a figured woollen
shawl, a black cloth jacket, checkered black and
white dress, a red knitted undergarment, red
and black striped stockings, a pair of shoes with
straps and buttons. The straps are lettered "M.
Cordosa" and "Kiobenhavn. In her pockets
were found a pair of gold car-rings, a pair of
steel spectacles in cases, and a needle-case.
Her flnirers were ornamented with two gold
rings, one marked "K. M. L.," and the other
"P. M. M. A." Our reporter did not sec the
.lings himself, and from another source Is in
formed that the rintrs arc marked "C M. W."
and "M. W.," and it is stated that her under
clotbiug is market! "M. W." likewise. In her
pockct-l)ook was found a I greenback, and iu
a piece of paper, tied up in her clothing, seventy
five cents in fractional currency. From these
discoveries. It Is evident that murder for the
sake of perpetrating a robbery was not the cause
of her death. Whether any violation of her per
son was committed the post mortem examina
tion to-day will probably demonstrate. That a
murder by stranunlatitn was committed, how
ever, there is little room for doubt. It is to be
hoped that tbe mystery will be fully cleared.
A .Maryland Mynti-ry.
The True Marylander of the 18th inst. says:
' Early in March a young neuro mail about
twenty years old, who had been working for Mr.
Newell Keid, disappeared, and sundry rumors
prevailed of bis having suffered a violent death,
which proved to bo a "three-black-crow" story.
On Tuesday last the remains of this man we're
found In the woods of Mr. Weslew Pusey. in
Stewart's neck, about 100 yards from the fence,
about !i0 yards from the road, and 2J0 yards
from the house of John Anderson, tho netrro
man with whom said boy had lived. Nothing
but portions of tin? bones were found and clothes
which were identified ns belonging to the boy.
ami being the clothes lie wore when he worked
for Mr. licit). They were much torn by the hoirs,
which had also crushed many of the bones. The
negro man with whom he lived said he left the
bouse without coat, bat, or shoes. The clothes
found verify the statement. No clue to the mvs
tcry." Klt-iilniiiania' in V ilinhiultin, aware A
YtnniK l.mlv Amine,)
The Wilmington Gazette says:
For several months past 'Mr. Philip Combs,
baker. No. 202 East Second street, lias missed
money from the drawer in his store, aud not
withstanding Ins efforts tt detect the guilty
party, the thing remained a mystery until a few
days since. It appears that a yo'iing married
lady, respectably connected, was in tint habit of
visiting the store frequently, hcintr on the most
intimate terms with the l'.idy clerk. She was
often left iu the store alone while the youug
lady was attending to business in another part
of the establishment. The money still continued
to disappear, and finally Mr. Combs mentioned
tlit- matter to his clerk, w ho declared most po
siti. iy that she knew nothing about it, that she
al-o had missed the money, but supposed
that cither he or his wife had
taken it. She was then asked if she
euspicioned any one, to which she replied iu the
negative. Mr. Combs, in order to detect
tbe thief, bored a gimlet hole through the back
door of the store, ami told his young lady when
her visitor again made her appearance to leave
the store on pretense of business, and he would
watch through the small hole in tbe door. The
lady came as usual, and shortly afterwards the
clerk left the store as requested. But a short
time elapsed before the eye at tho gimlet hole
saw her ladyship approach the drawer, open It,
extract therefrom some money, close the drawer
and pocket the funds. Mr. Combs then gave the
signal for the young lady to return to the store,
aud he went out at the side door aud through
the alley to the street and met the lady nt his
store door as she was leaving. He told her what
he had seen, which greatly alarmed her, aud she
promised to return the whole amount of money
she had taken if he would hush the matter up.
Wo learn that Mr. Combs has recovered about
i'.iOO of the money. We suppress the lady's naiuo
on account of her relatives, who are highly respected.
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, An appropriation ($50,1)00) having been made
by Congress for purchasing
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS FOR OFFICERS
of the United States Army and Navy mutilated in the
service, applications may now be made, in parson or by
letter, by officer, entitled to the benefit of tbe act, and
who desire the best Artificial I. i nibs, to
Dr. B. FRANK PALMER, Surgeon Artist,
No. 119 CHKSNIIT Street, Philadelphia,
No. tS78 BROADWAY, New York,
No. 81 GREEN Street, Boston.
612 Offices for Supplying Army and Navy Officers.
NOTICE INTERNAL RE vIcNUeTON
and after June 1, ISriU, the Ottice of Collector of In
ternal Revenue "f the First Collection District will be re.
moved tmni No. 2 S. THIRD Street to No. 627 CilKS
N UT Street, second story, front room.
6 23 wtVit
Collector First District, Pent.
rnjgy- C () N C E R T H A L L,
Nos. 1217, 1219 itnd 1221 C'HEKNITT Street.
LAST TH RE 14 LECTURES OF THE SEASON.
PROF. JAM KS McCUNl'OCK, M. D.,
Will Lecture at Concert Hall
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY EVENINGS,
TO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
ON ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY. ETC.
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING,
FOR GENTLEMEN ONLY.
Subject -"Exposition of Peculiar Functions and Dis
eases." The Models, Manikins, and other Preparations are from
the celebrated Aoux, of Paris.
Single tickets, 50 cents, or two for 75 oents.
To be had at C. VV. A. TRUMPLER'S, No. 926 Chosnut
street, and at the HalL 6 21 at
tJp StTJOHN'8 ORPHAN ASYLUM
THE ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL
I V AID OF THE
ORPHAN BOYS OF ST. JOHN'S ASYLUM
W ILL BE GIVE.V
ON THE FEAST OF CORPUS C'HRLSTI,
THURSDAY, MAY 27, lHtiit,
on the grounds of the uew Seminary ot St. Charles Borro
uieo, O vm brook Station, on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The frand and bountiful buildings of the new Semi
nary Mill be open for the inspection 01 visitors during the
day.
"l,a 8lle Rand," of tbe Christian Brothers' College, and
Marshall's Zouavo Brass and String Band will be iu at
tendance. Special trains will leave the Pennsylvania Railroad De
pot, Tbiity lirst and Msrket streets, West Philadelphia
for Overhrook. at 7 20, S'20, M 25, 1U 2T.. and 1110 A. M , anil
1 lift, 2 3, aud 8 JO P. M. Reluming at 3 IU, 6 40, 6 ;W. and
BMP. M.
Tickets (including railroad fare and admission to the
festival grounds), 50 cents. Children, 25 cents. May be
obtained at any of the Churches. Catholic Bookstores
and of tho members of St. Vincent de Paul's So
ciety. It
Bsa- ACADKMjr OF MUSIC,
MISS ANNA K. DICKINSON,
HER FIRST LECTURE ON WOMAN'S SUITRAGF
ON MONDAY EVENING, MAY at. '
TITLE NOTHING UNREASONABLE,
HER LAST APPEARANCE PRIOR TO HFR DE
PARTURE FOR CALIFORNIA.
RESERVED KEATS. FIFTY CENTS
GENERAL ADMISSION, TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
The sale of reserved seats will ooiutuenoe on Friday
morning, 2!tU instant, at 9 o'clock, at Gould's Piano
Robins, No. 92a Chosnut street.
IsrKG'IAL.
To avoid a repetition of the unneresaaiy delay and un
pUwsant overcrowding at the door experienced on the oc
casion of lier last lecture in this city, arrangements have
been laude to throw open to the public both the main
donn: '. 6 25tf
JAMES M. SCO V F. T.
8 M.
A WV IV R
CAM DEN, N." ,T.
MADE ANYWHERE
COI.I.KUTION8
JKKSK.Y.
IN NKW
I La
DRY GOODS.
H. STEEL & SON.
Nos. 713 and 715 N. TENTH Street,
Having" puroluiMcd at the recent Auction Sales,
AT AN ENORMOUS I.OHS TO TUB IMPORTERS,
a larue line of line 1ivm Goods, they an? prepared
to otler them nt lower price tlmn the ame sooda
were nolil before the war, when there wa no pre
mium on (rolil ani a lower tariff.
FINE FRENCH PERCALES AT e.
FINE FRENCH PERCALES AT 31c.
FINE FRENCH PERCALES A T 3T0.
FINE FRENCH PERCALES AT 4i)c.
Fine French Percale Robes, new styles.
FRENCH CAMBRIC LAWNS AT
Freres Koechlin Jaconet Lawns at a'Vc.
Finest Orjjaiitlies imported, at Wqfc worth 97 c.
Plain Blue, Itufl, Pink, and Green Lawoa at 4Dc.
and fiOc.
LUPIN'S TWO-YARD-WIDH SILK HRRNANIES,
OPEN MESH, AT taiiS, WORTH ft -81.
HEAVIEST OPEN MESH SILK HKRNAMES
IMPORTED, AT . WORTH S-).
Lupin's jartl-wlde Silk. Ilernnuiesat lt-2., worth
$1-76.
Lupin's yard-wide Silk llernanles at I1-&0, worth
tl'Vi.
Lupin's ; yard-wtde Open Mesti Ilemanies at $1,
worthily.
LUPIN'S YARD WIDE BLACK TWISTED SILK
GFKNADINKS
At J1-7S and $, worth $2fsJ and 3.
LUPIN'S BLACK SILK TAMA RTINKS,
At 50 cents, worth ,yt cents.
Rich styles pure Silk Muslins.
Rich Figured Silk Hernanica.
Silk Striped Grenadine Uernanles.
Silk Figured Iron Bareges.
PLAID AND STRIPED JAPANESE SILKS,
PLAID JAPANESE SILKS, 11-37.
STRIPED JAPANESE SILKS, 11-00.
Plain Japanese Silks, tlffl, II '7ft, 12.
Summer Silks, new styles, $1-12X to $.1.
20-INCH BLACK UHOS GRAIN SILKS, 2,
WORTH $21!.
20-inch Black Gros Grain Silks, $2-15, $2-29, 12-50.
Superior qualities Gros Grains, 12-75 to $.
Finest Lyons Gros Grains, $4-50 to 19-50.
A large assortment of the latest novelties In
PLAIN, MIXED, AND STRIPED DRESS
GOODS,
Suitable for Suits ami Walking Dresses.
BARGAINS IN KID GLOVES,
It
1 HEAP
DRESS
FROM AUCTION'.
GOODS
Lots of Flue Ginghams at 10 and H cents.
4-4 Cliint.esat IS cents.
CURWEN STODDAUT & BROTHER,
Nos. 4.M), 452, and 454 North SECOND Street,
5 20 3t PHILADELPHIA.
R 1 15 11
BLACK SILKS,
11-75, 11-S7X. and 12-00,
All purchased prior to the advance In gold, and
sum at small proiu
ON IMPORTATION COST.
A full line of SUPERIOR GRADES, 2-25, 20,
8.iiiu, ami jii-nti, ani a line or u,i,r.u..vi ulhmis at
from 4-00 to I01M) per yard.
CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER,
Nos. 450, 452, and 454 North SECOND Street,
5 20 nt PHILADELPHIA.
I C II
STRIPED
ALL REDUCED.
GOODS,
We are ottering all the popular styles of DRESS
GOODS lor Ladies, Misses, and Children at low
prices.
Our cheap location enables us to oner decided ad
vantages.
CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER,
Nos. 450, 452, and 454 North SECOND Street,
8 20 St PHILADELPHIA.
N
o
E
JOHN VV. THOMAS,
405 and 407 N. SECOND St.,
Has just received a Magnitlcent Assortment or
LATVIA AND INDE LACES,
IK
TOINTS, ranging from 910 to $100.
ROTUNDS, ranging from 25 to $75.
PALETOTS, ranging from $15 to $20.
CORSAGES, ranging from $10 to $25.
ZOUAVE JACKETS, ranging from $10 to $25.
8 27 nmrp SAOjUES, ranging from $20 to $50.
1869.
SPECIALTIES AT TH0RNLETS,
EIGHTH & SPRING GARDEN, PHILA.
SUPERB BLACK SILKS.
BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE SILKS.
IRISH AND FRENCH POPLINS.
RICH GLOSSY MOHAIRS, ALPACAS, ETC.
We offer the most complete and varied Stock of
Gooda In our Line "NORTH OF CUESNUT STREET,"
and at a BIG DISCOUNT off Chesnut Street Prices,
aa everybody knows we can afford to sell CHEAPER,
aa we WORK under a mere FRACTION OF THEIR
EXPENSES,
THORNLEY'S
"CENTRALLY LOCATED OLD ESTABLISHED"
DRY GOODS HOUSE,
N. E. COR. EIGHTH AND SPRING GARDEN,
18 PHILADELPHIA.
JNDIA SHAWLS AND SCARFS.
GEORGE FRYER,
No. 916 CHESNUT Street,
Invites attention to his elegant stock of
INDLA SHAWLS AND. SCARF?,
BLACK AND FANCV SILKS,
JAPANESE SILKS,
MATERIALS FOR SUITS,
DRESS and FANCY GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY,
Purchased on the most advantageous terms for
cath, and will be sold aa cheap aa at auy store In
the city. 5 Tim
N. B. India Shawls alterdd. repaired, and cleaned.
tJ ATERIALFOR TRAVELLING SUITS.
Tttkko Cliitha, for ktiiU.
Mixed Mohair, for uitit.
Jupanme Poplins, for auita.
bilk Chain Poplins, for suits.
Urasillie Poplins, for suits.
lirunit Mohair, for sulls.
heasiiie Lustr. for Huita.
TainiM Poplins, for suits.
Trurull.r. travelling should travel for travellin mate
rial to Uavs
STOKES & WOOD,
8. U'.COR. SEVENTH AND ARCH STS.
DRYjQOOD9.
$100,000 WORTH OP THE
CHOICEST AND MOST ELEGANT
DRESS aoODS
KVF.R SHOWN IN THIS CITY . ...
NOVKLTIKS in Oror and PUtn' Mohmm am
WOOL POPLINS, IKIHH POPLIN WASH POP
LINS. 8ILK ANI WOOL POPLINS ALPAOAH
HKRNANI, LAWNS, KTO. KTO ALPA.0A8,
(JKEA1)IXE.S.
GRENADINES BAR1'.(;KS.
GREXADINES.
SILK HKRNANI,
FRENCH ORGANDIES,
FRENCH JACONETS.
8rtj(i yards (. entire importation) of tho most Mt d.
INnpim :,n iRKNA'NK EVER OKKKRKD
ill. . KLPIJ,A' ,l "e-hlf pric,. At
ttrhrt, of jmournin and half.mm,n(l , lot.
8TJJtBXB'W",' M8T KXQUWn,
TO-DAY . I KSST11AN IMPORTERS' PRICiS
8 bale, of er, fine Orandie, d jM0n,t U f
, l r","in ,n i'r at 37, W6?T
i&lTtT1":?" Rt li W: oosUhepl.
"2 fmortttd thorn i'! to $4)
J. A. SOUTHWICK.
Tl IT (I Tj in . .... -
. . jiiuuiii STREET,
S22.vHt4p
"Winn ,.w ,-MAUKKT.
"i.im t n-ajniil
NORTH NINT H STREET,
ABOVE RACE.
ELDER. WALTON & CO.,
JOBBERS AND RETAILERS OF
X 11 Y o o 13 H.
Offer To-Day Great Bargain In
BLAC K SILKS,
ALPACAS ANT) MIXED GOODS.
PIQUE, WHITE GOODS,
BON.TOUR POPLINS, and
DRESS GOODS IN GENERAL
Bought from first hands and auction. 5 t wfmlm
PARASOLS.
PARASOLS ATI.
r. . X .1 ' " -'"". moo tor noreHf.n.
A Unrest,
SretiitTheloweit
1 iu sm
OLOTHINQ.
The Minister's Donation Party.
A reverend gentleman's confireirution
Took a notion to make him a fine "donation;
And so, usscnibliug in fullest force.
They brought the things to his house, of course.
They spread the table, and placed upon it,
For the minister's wife, a bran new bonnet
Two big wax dolls, with rich blonde curls, '
For two of the minister's little girls.
Twas a merry time, and, dont you see t
They staid at the minister's house to tea;
AntI they made some clothes, antl brought some tors
For each of the minister's little boys.
They thought of an economical plan
To make a gift forthe clergyman;
And what in the world do you suppose ?
They tried to make htm a suit of clothes !
When he put them on he said, "Oh I dear!
What a horrible botch they've made. Look here !
The vest's too skimp; the coat, how It pinches!
The panta too short by about six inches I"
And when In the pulpit, he looked so queer
That the ladies who made them said, "Oh ! dear!
We'd better not botch clothes any more,
But buy them at ROCKIIILL 4 WILSON'S Store I"
The ladies may try their hands on then-own clothes,
and make a great success ; but it is a good Idea to let
ROCKIIILL A WILSON try their hands at making
their friends of the male sex look handsome.
It Is a great deal cheaper to buy clothes at ROCK
HILL 4 WILSON'S than to buy the stuff and have it
made up at home. And you are always sure of a neat
tit when you come to
ROCKHILL & WILSON'S
Great Brown Stone Hall,
NOS. 603 AND 605 CHESNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA. ,
WE8TON BROTHER,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
8. W. Corner NINTH and ARCH SU.
PHILADELPHIA.
DAILY RECEIVING
SPRING AND SUMMER STYLE3 Off
THE LATEST IMPORTATIONS,
A Superior Garment at a reasonable price.
SA01SFACTIONGUARANTEED. 8 81 8mrp
T h e sjr ar:
THE LARGEST ONE-PRICE
CLOTHING HOUSE.
No advantage taken of a want of knowledge of
goods. FINE GOOD8 AT THE LOWEST RATES.
STRICTLY ONE PRICE.
PERRY & CO.,
6 IB wfm2mrp No. 60S OHESNPT St.. abore Birth.
FINANCIAL.
D R E X E L & CO.,
NO. 34 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
American aud Forelfja
ISSUE DRAFTS AND CIRCULAR LETTERS
CREDIT available ou presentation iu any part Of
Europe.
Travellers can make all their financial arrange
ments through uk, aud we will collect their interest
and dividends without charge.
Dkkxkl,Wq.throp4Co..Drkibl, IIakjbs ft
New York.
Parts,'
1 10 4p
PERSONAL.
OST. NOTTCE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
J spiiluatinn will bo marie to the franklin Kira In.nr.
snte Uonipsny nr renoi or perpetual policy S8 10
dated Junu ttl. W. for XJU issued to the Tru.teo ofthS
'jh.tindor' will Please" return "to T? K. MANNING
Chairman. Ho . H'lK till HIKTI AN Street, tati ftt
NOTIC E ALL PERSONS IIAVINO GOODS
denohitnd at KKTTKW'H LOAN OKK1CK K i)
crner UtTKKOT'H and MAHKKT Strt which
.. rr.on.tbB "'"H. " they w.il be .old
Ho7olol-k. " """"lay, June Tth. at
V SV'IUi
ft.O 000 T9 M00 TO INVEST UPON
mortgage. Apply to A. rlTLKR.
"6 94 3t
No. (1 N. blXTli Street.
$15 000 l'Jki(XK)' AND $10,000
flpAU.V UUi ou MortH-aice. Apply fa
nJ. ! LEWIS II. R
TO LOAN
6M2t
wnvu-H
Kx m WALNUT tttreot.