The evening telegraph. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, May 28, 1869, FOURTH EDITION, Page 2, Image 2

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THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1869.
Continued from th Firm raq.
Tout 1Wi to Mount Moriah, and, on rnliirnlnR home,
lo the Woodland Cemetery. W ill leave Twentieth
nnd Callowhlll streets, at noon, on Sunday, may 8(),
Uroiwod In black milts.
Upon approaching the different cemeteries, a do
Urhmnnt will be sent on In advance with Btnall flaK,
which are to be placed on the soldiers' graves.so that
tho poHt may know which mounds to strew with
flowers, llpon arrtvlnp; at the gutes the posts will
inarch Into the cemeteries anil halt at a central spot
fuiftahle for the delivery of the oration and the con
dueling of the religious exercises, and at the termi
nation of which the men will be divided Into four
RectioiiH and ritHperan to dlhvreut P'U of
the cemeteries, the bund rdsvlng dirges all the time
the strewing ofthe flowers is going on. At the sound
of the bugle the men will reassemble uud march
from the ground in order. ... . ,
A resolution wan passed soliciting ho citizens to
display their Mags ut half-mast on the day of the
'caizens residing In the vicinity of the cemeteries
to which no posts have.heon delegated, are respect
fully requested to do honor to the occasion by
Visiting the grounds andileooriitlug the graves.
The Orphan' PemonMlrnf Ion.
A rery Interesting ami attractive feature of the
ceremonies of the occasion will be the part taken
by the inmates of the various Soldiers' Orphans'
Jichools in anil around the city. The children of the
following schools-about seven hundred in number,
and comprising at least one-llfth of those who are
Iiow under the care of the State will engage In the
ceremonies: Lincoln Institution; Church Home;
MU John's Orphan Asylum ; Catholic Home ; Northern
Homo, Soldiers' -Orphan Department; Chester
Springs Soldiers' Orphan Schools; and the lSrlstol
Soldiers' Orphan School. At half-past 11 o'clock to
morrow morning, the boys and girls belonging to
theso schools will assemble In Independence Snuaro.
They will all lie neatly uniformed, and will parade
with their flags, banners, and musical accompani
ments. At noon the schools will pass In review be
fore his Honor Mayor Kox, Major-Uencral Meade,
Mecretary llorie, ex-tiovernor Curtln, and other per
ilous of note. The review concluded, the children
will march in parade over the following route: Up
Chesnut to Twelfth, down Twelfth to Walnut, up
Walnut to Broad, up Hroad to Chesnut, down Ches
nut to Concert Hull. This spacious building will
then bo the scene of a very Interesting meeting. The
school children will ocenpy the stage and the front
benches, the remaining portion of the hall being
thrown open to the public, generally. Kx-Uovernor
Curtln will occupy the chair, and the assembly will
be addressed by lilm anil by the Kev. Phillips Brooks,
Major A. K. Calhoun and others, the exercises being
interspersed with singing ami recitations by the
children. The doors of the hall will be thrown open
at 12 o'clock for the admission of as many of the
general public as can find room in the space not re
quired for the accommodation of the participants in
the demonstration.
To-morrow' Ceremonies.
As has already been mentioned, some of the posts
In this city have determined to perforin the ceremony
Of decoration to-morrow others on Sunday.
Tho following order has been Issued by Post
Ho. 19: .
HsADgtiABTins Post 19, O. A. R., Department ok
Pknnhylvania, May 14, lHeU Colorado of Post l!: -The
flay set apart (May2i')for decorating tho graven of oar
fallon comrados will Boon bo hare. As tho foremost post
in the State, in numbers nnd activity, much is expected
from us, and on our individual efforts on thin occasion will
dopond the success of the encampment. Four hundred
men, proporly equipped, are expected to march in our lino.
Committees have been appointed by the poet and autho
rised to solicit contributions of money and Mowers from
our patriotic citizens, Sunday Schools and churches have
beeu asked to join with us, for all have their dead. Wish
ing to bury forever the hiii-sh feelings encenilered by tho
war, Post 19 bus decided not to pass by t he graves of the
Confederates sleeping in our lines, but divide each year
between the blue and the grey the first tlorul ottering of
a common country. We huve no powerless foes. Post Id
thinks of the Southern dead only as brave men.
A. II. CALHOUN, PoBt Commander.
Ado. H. Saubman, Adjutant.
Tost No. 12, In conjunction with the honorably dis
charged soldiers and patriotic citizens of the Twenty
lirst ward, will decorate the graves of their fallen
comrades to-morrow afternoon. The different grave
yards throughout the ward will be visited and deco
rated, after which all concerned will visit the Leve
rington Cemetery, In Roxborough, where an oration
will be delivered by Colonel Wm. M. Runkle, and
Hpeeches made by prominent gentlemen. A full band
of music will be In attendance, and the day duly ol
Berved throughout the ward. Some of the factories
will close, and the bulls ol the churches will toll at
Soon and sunset.
Post No. fin has made extensive arrangements for
the decoration of the graves of the Union soldiers in
Cedar Hill Cemetery, at Frankford, to-morrow after
noon. The citizens generally will participate in tho
ceremonies, and there will be a general suspension
of business In Frankford. There will lie a parade
composed of tho (trawl Army of the Republic, Sol
diers' and Sailors' Union, the Sunday-school children,
Beneficial Associations, and Firemen. The pro
gramme at the grounds will consist of singing by the
choirs of the different churches and the delivery of
several addresses.
' Sunriny's Ceremonies.
Tost No. 6 has agreed upon the following pro
lamine, which will be carried into ellect on Sun
day :
First Reception of flowers and evergreens in
Boom No. 1 of the Town Hall.
Second. Praver By Kev. A, II. Lung, at VV
O'clock P. M., at the Town Hall.
Third. Address By Colonel William McMlchael,
At o'clock P. M.
Fourth. Parade Starting from Town Hall at i
O'clock P. M., under command of Captain James
JJyram.
All honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and
marines are cordially asked to participate in the
parade. Dress Dark clothes and hats. White
gloves will be furnished by the Post (quartermaster.
Fifth. Visiting of cemeteries, In the following
order:
Fisher's I.ane, St. Stephen's M. E. Church, Trinity
Lutheran Church. St. Luke's P. E. Church. Market
Hi in are H-esbyterlan Church, Evangelical Church,
Klttenhouse street; First Presbyterian Church, Dr.
Knox's; Haines Street M. E. Church; Mennonite,
Maine and Herman streets; German Baptist Church,
Frankliuville ; St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Frauk
linville. Pastors of churches having cemeteries to be visited
are respectfully requested to open with prayer the
ceremonies at their respective cemeteries. Addi
tional solemnity would be given to the scene if the
Sabbath-School children would sing appropriate
iy ni ns. The committee commend this feature to the
superintendents of the various schools. Those of
tit. Stephen's and Haines Street M. E. Church
schools, and Dr. Shaetler's, and the German Baptist
Church, at Frankliuville, have already made the ne
cessary arrangements.
The Independent Brass Band, of Manayunk, will
accompany the parade, and will play funeral dirges.
Citizens are requested to display tbelr Hags at half
mast. Sixth. Memorial Sermons: The following clergy
men have accepted the invitation to preach 'sermons
appropriate to the occasion, In their own churches,
lit 1 o'clock P. M. :
Kev. A, 11. Lung, Third Baptist Church, W lstar
and Wakefield street.
Rev. S. Farrlngton, First X'nitarlan Church, Chcl
ton avenue and Green street.
Kev. Thomas A. Gill, First Baptist Church, Price
Btreet.
Kev. G. D. Carrow, D. D., Haines Street M. E.
Church.
Kev. W. E. Ijams, Second Presbyterian Church,
Tulpehocken and Green streets.
Kev. M. A. Day, St, Stephen's M. E. Church, Main
Btreet, below Brlughurst street.
Kev. C. W. Schaeri'er, 1). D., St. Michael's Lutheran
Church, Fratiklluvillu.
Kev. J. Hclilcusteln, Market Square Presbyterian
Church.
Kev. K. M. Llchtenwalner, .Ion Evangelical
Church (German), Kitteuhouse street.
Kev. William P. llelllngs, Third Baptist Church,
Main and Upsall streets.
Post No. 2. has prepared the following pro
gramme :
The post and other organizations Intending to par
ticipate with it In the decoration will form on West
and South Washington Squares, right resting on
Walnut street, at 1 o'clock P. M., sharp.
On arriving at the cemetery the following order of
exercises will be observed:
Dirge by the band.
Prayer by Kev. J. Underline.
Keading of general orders.
Address by O. V. Catto.
Music by the band.
Oration by Colonel James Givlll.
Music by the bund.
A.l.lroua l.v I t. U'pulfL
Strewing of flowers by the C. W. Lincoln Associa
tion ami the Soldiers' and Sailors' Mows and or
phans.
Kemarks by Comrade J, W. Brown.
Muule h the liauiL
The column will form a circle around the graves
Bud remain with uncovered heads during the cere
monies. The assemblage will observe the utmost
decorum.
Tiiroiiirh the Md of natriotle ladles and gentlemen
residing in the northwestern part of the city, and
cspecirlly those In the Fourteenth ward, Post 8.
tirand Artnv of the Republic, was last year enabled
creditably to perform the pleasing task of decorating
the graves in Glenwood Cemetery.
During the war the Government had placed in this
cemetery the remains of about 7M) of those who died
In hospitals from wounds received In battle or disease
coulractud in the service, most of them dying in the
army hospitals around Washington, and brought
Philadelphia bv Government for burial, their rela
tives and friends probably licit being aware at this
nay oi tneir resting place.
ftouiiu head-lxmrdit-wlth tha names and retrlmentu
the deceased In'- jrlbed thereon (now almost ol
""" " . Uiut ffifcxl, Uitf graves ol uuuiya
one who died as nobly as those who He hurled In the I
graves marked by monuments and tombstones, and
adorned all the year round with flowers or ever
greens, through the care of relatives and friends
who were fortunate enough to procure tholr bodies ,
from the battle-fields and hospitals.
This year the members of the post will assemble
at t o'clock in Spring Garden Hall, whence a proees
slon, Including 225 orphan boys and girls, from the
Soldiers' Orphans' Home,, will inarch to Glenwood
Cemetery. On arriving tmre an address will lie de
livered by Kev. Dr. Nelll, and appropriate hymn
will be su ng by a choir of ladles and gent lemen. The
orphan children will then strew the (lowers on the
graven.
Many business firms throughout the city will close
At an early hour to-morrow to give their employes
an opportunity to participate in the ceremonies. All
of the Government olllees will be closed In the arter
uoon. Urgent requests are made by all the posts of the
Grand Army of the Kepubllc and the organizations
mid citizens intending to actively participate In the
ceremonies, for donations of flowers. Single flowers,
wreaths, garlands, bouquets, all are desired. Let
this request be abundantly answered. It probably Is
as Utile as any of us can do, to lender to the com
rades of the men who died to save us as a nation, a
few grateful roses.
usws suimiyiaiiy.
Citv Affair.
Yesterday nioniins;, nbnut 11 o'clock, a
serious n II ray occurred in a tenement house
No. liia l'l'im street, occupied by seven families.
Henry Sharkey, who occupied the second story
with his wife, jrot into an altercation with Miss
Mary Jane Smith, a ti'irl of fifteen years of ue,
who, with her widowed mother, occupied tlio
story above. The dispute was about . riii;,
which, it was ullced. Sharkey had, and which
belonged to Mr. Smith in hfs lifetime. Frotn
words the parties got to blows, and Mrs. Smith
soon took part in defense of her daughter. It
is alleged that Mies Smith armed herself witli a
hatchet, and struck Mr. Sharkey on tho head,
inflicting a llesli wound. The battle then ceased
until nltcrnoon, when it is alleged that Mr.
Sharkey made an assault upon Mrs. Smith's room,
using bricks to break a panel in the door. One
of the bricks was taken by Mrs. Smith and
thrown back, striking Mr. Sharkey on the head,
fracturing the skull, it is believed by the phy
sicians at the hospital, to which tho wounded
limn was removed shortly afterwards. Mrs. and
Miss Smith were arrested and held to await the
result of the injuries to Mr. Sharkey, who, last
evening, lay in a critical condition. "Miss Smith
denies using a hatchet, and Mrs. Smith alleges
that she acted in sell'-tlcfense.
Benjamin Fie2t ajjcil about fifty years, yes
terday went into the barber shop I.K. corner
of Fourth and Branch streets, and applied for a
bath, lie was shown into a room, and soon after
beine; left nlonc the report of a pistol was heard.
The proprietor of the establishment entered the
room and found Mr. Field leauing over the tub
bleeding profusely. On making an examination
it was found the ball from the pistol had grazed
the right side of his head, indicting a severe tlesh
wound. Mr. Field has been in the Insane Asy
lum, at Frankford, during the past two years,
nnd left that institution on Wednesday last.
His mind was affected, it is supposed, in conse
quence of losses by the failure of merchants at
the South nftcr the ltebellioii broke out. He
was removed to his residence, in Walnut street,
above Klevcntli.
The Keading Hose and Steam Fire Engine
Company, No. 1. arrived in our city yesterday
morning" from Keading, I'a. They brought with
them their handsome steamer, also an excellent
bnnd of music. The visitors were met at the
Heading depot, on Broad street, by the South
ward Hose Company, whose guests they are.
and escorted through a number of our princi
pal thoroughfares to their headquarters.
The General Synod of the Reformed Church.
which meets in this city next month, embraces
418 churches. 474 ministers, and oi.UOO families.
During the past year there have been received
into the Church :5so4 persons on confession of
faith and'-m on certificates. The total commu
nicants in the Church number 40,508. There
are 47,USS scholars connected with the Sunday
schools. The contributions during the past year,
for religious and benevoleut objects, amounted
to i"iy04.4,.r.J-,.tt.
The Committee of Ways and Means of Con
gress held a linal meeting yesterday at the Con
tinental Hotel. The witnesses examined were
William llarbeson, late Surveyor of the Tort,
nnd Signiund H. Horstmanu, of the lirm of
William Horstmanu & Son: the former as to the
customs department, and the latter as to matters
pertaining to the tariff. At the close of the in
vestigation the committee was conducted by the
committee of the Industrial League through the
iron works of Morris, Taskcr & Co., the locomo
tive works of M. Baird it Co., and other promi
nent manufacturing establishments.
Domestic Affairs.
Gold closed yesterday at
Customs receipts, last week, $2,i73,451.
Internal revenue receipts this month,
$ic,8iw,arj.
General Badeau has been placed on the re
tired list.
The Southern rresbyterian Assembly dis
solved yesterday.
I he Peruvian monitors sailed, on ine MU
instant, from St. Thomas to Martinique.
The Rhode Island Senate has adopted the
fiifteenth amendment by a vote of 22 to 11.
General Sickel has received his commission
as Collector of Revenue for the Fourth District.
The anniversary meeting of the New Lug
land branch of the" American. Tract Society was
held yesterday in Boston,
h A" convention of colored men to consider the
question of their exclusion from ollice met in
Richmond yesterday.
Hon. John Allison, Register of the Treasury,
left Washington last evening, on a brief visit to
his family, in Mercer county.
The Nova Scotiaus have moved in Assem
bly another address to be presented to her Ma
jesty, praying that the independence of that
province may be established.
Iu the Schoppc murder trial, now proceeding
at Carlisle, l'a., three and a half days have al
ready been occupied by tho prosecution, and
they have but one more witness to examine,
when the defense will open. The direct testi
mony of the persons who were present during
Ihe illness of Miss Stclnecke, goes to show that
she died from no natural cause, but must have
died from some violent dose, cither taken by
herself, or administered to her by the prisoner.
Dr. Conrad, of the Baltimore infirmary, testitied
that he had made the voM mortem examination,
and that the healthv condition of her orpins
proved that she died from a violent cause. I'rof.
Aiken, of the Maryland University, tcslided
that he analyzed tho stomach of the deceased,
twelve nr thirteen dnvs alter her death, and
found faint but unequivocal traces of prusbie
neid. Dr. Dittcrman, of Carlisle, who was
present during her Illness, testified that in his
opinion her condition indicated that she died
from a compound of lirussic acid and morphia.
Drs. Kielfcr, Dale, and others testified, iu answer
to n hypothetical ease presented to them,that she
died from no natural disease. The opportunity and
motive are clearly proven, and the question
rests entirely uiiou the sulllciency of the medi
cal testimony. Ou this subject the counsel for
the defense feel very hopeful. Ouo of tho
strongest ground In nrnvini? the motive was
the production of a will, dated and executed a
very short time previous to her death, which
bequeaths her entire estate to the prisoner, and
ui which ne aim in lainerare the only subscrib
ing witnesses.
Fan-Inn Alliilra.
London, May 7. In the House of Commons,
Mr. Otway, I nder Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
in reply to a question, stated that tho papers la
the case of the Alabama would shortly bo laid
upon the table.
At the Kpsom races to-day her Majesty's plato
was won by 'Komping Girl," beating ''Expan
sion" and "Biancu." Tho two-year old stakes
were won by "l'ate."
London, May 7. George Peabody sails for
New York ou Saturday next.
Fakis. May a7. L. B. Washburno, United
States Minister, was receved by tho Emperor
to-day, and made a brief address, iu w hich ho
assured the Emperor of the friendship enter
tained by the pooplo and Government of tho
United States tow ards himself uud tho French
nation. Napoleon, in reply, expressed the ut
most satisfaction, ftt Mr. Wa&liburuc's cordiul
assurances, and hoped that the present friendly
relations between tho two countries would long
bo fnalntained.
Mr. Washburno called on Trlnce Napoleon
to-day, and met with a hearty welcome.
Election disturbances are reportsd at Amiens,
Lisle, nnd Toulouse, but wero of a trivial nature
and wero easily suppressed. '
Tho specie "in tho Bank of Franco has In
creased 700,0Mf.
Havana, May 25, via Kkv West, Mav 27.
Dulee is dangerously 111 of a caticer.'and' is
hourly expected to die.
A riot occurred at Fort Cabanos ou Saturday
night on the departure of the prisoners captured
on the schooner Gnlvani, for Spain.
The volunteers tried to stop their embarkation,
nnd in the mi'lre which followed cried "Death to
Dulce." Further outrages were prevented bv
the supplications ol the Governor of the fortress,
and the prisoners allowed to proceed.
A Spanish steamer, in the Hay of Nipe, fired
by mistake Into some Spanish troops on shore,
aiul it is reported that forty men were killed.
The Spaniards arc greatly excited by frequent
reports of the landing of filibustering expedi
tions. Havana, May 27. Tho iron-clad Victoria has
arrived. A detachment of volunteers is expected
on June 4.
Intelligence has been received from St.
Thomas to the effect that the Peruvian monitors
have sailed thence, for Martinique.
London, May 27 Tho Alabama claims still
form the great theme of conversation and news
paper comment. The Times of to-day has an
article on the communications of Sir Francis
Head, which have recently been published here
respecting the case of the steamer Caroline, and
the course of the United States towards Canada
during the patriot war.
The Times says Mr. Sumner's assertions of
England's hostility to America is met by the tes
timony of American oftlclals. Abuses much
more flagrant occurred within the frontier of
the United States, for the popular feeling of tho
State of New York is admitted to have more
than countenanced tho Fenian expeditions to
Canada.
The Messrs. Laird, of Birkenhead, who built
the Alabama, have recently published a let'.er
giving legal opinions and extracts from docu
ments and speeches, to prove that the building
of the Alabama was not illegal. The letter has
been extensively copied, and is thus commented
on by the press to-day:
The Star says: "Laird maybe guiltless, hut
that England cannot escape the penalty is the
verdict of the best authorities, and is a foregone
conclusion."
The J'tmt say: "The vindication of the Lairds
is complete. The law was inadequate to prevent
the transaction, and the remedy lav with the
Legislature, and not with the Executive."
The Mctinlard says Laird's vindication con
demns the Government. The inadequacy of the
lawis nninsullicieutexeuse for a breach of in
ternational obligations. England's obligations
were broken for the North as well as the South.
The Americans were equally guilty of a breach
of national obligations iti the case of the Caro
line, and in Ihe case of the Fenian drillings
and organizations. The final reckoning will
give a heavy balance to tho debit of the United
States.
PRESBYTERIAN REUNION.
The I'liin Adopted by the Two AHncmhlicn In
New York-' nil Text of the Joint Commit
tee's Kcport.
This is the plan agreed upon by the joint com
mittce of the Old and New School Presbyterian
Assemblies now in New York as a basis of re
union. Last evening it was adopted:
v PLAN OF KEfNIOS.
"Believing that tho interests of the Redeemer's
kingdom would be promoted by the healing of
our divisions, and that the two bodies bearing
the same name, having the same constitution.
and each recognizing the other as a sound and
orthodox body, according to the principles of
tne contessiou common to both, cannot be lustl
lied by any but the most imperative reasons iu
maintaining separate and, in some respects.
rival organizations, we are now clearly of the
opinion that the reunion ol those bodies ought,
as soon as the necessary steps can bo taken, to
be accomplished upon the basis liercinalter set
lorth:
"1. The Presbyterian Churches in the United
States of America, namely, that whose General
Assembly convened in the iinck Church in the
city of New York on the 20th day of May, 18(i!l,
and that whose General Assembly met in the
Church of the Covenant in the said citv on the
same day, shall be reunited as one Church, under
the name and style ot the rresbyterlau Church
in the t inted States ot America, possessing al
the legal and corporate rights and powers per
taining to the Church previous to the division in
18o8. and all the legal and corporate rights and
powers w men the separate churches nowpossess.
"a. ihe reunion shall bo enected on tho doc
trinal uud ecclesiastical basis of our common
standards; the Scriptures of the Old aud New
Testaments shall be acknowledged to be the in
spired Word of God, and the only infallible rule
of faith aud practice; the Confession of Faith
shall continue to he sincerely received and
adopted as containing the system ot doctrine
taught in the Holy Scriptures; and tho govern
ment and discipline ot the rresbyterian i.uurcn
in tne Limed Mates shall be approved us con
taininir the iirinc.ioles and rules of our Dolitv.
Each of the said Assemblies shall submit
the foregoing basis to its Presbyteries, which
shall be required to meet on or belore the loth
day of October, 18C.I, to express their approval
or disapproval of the same by a categorical an
swer to the iouowing questions:
"Do you approve of the reunion of tho two
bodies now claiming the name aud rights ot tho
Presbyterian Church in the Uuited States of
America, on the following basis, namely: 'The
reunion shall be effected on the doctrinal and
ecclesiastical basis of our common standard
the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments
shall be acknowledged to bo the inspired word
of God, and the only infallible rule of faith
nnd practice; the (. oniession ol laitii shall con
tinue to be sincerely received and adopted as
containing the system ot doctrine taught in the
Holy scriptures; and the government and (lis
ciphne of the Presbyterian Church in tho United
Slates shall be approved as containing the prin
cipics and rules ot our polity.
"Each Presbytery shall, before the 1st day of
November, 180!l, forward to the Stated Clerk of
the General Assembly with which it is con
uectcd, a statement of its vote ou the said Basis
of Reunion.
"4. The said General Assemblies now sitting
shall, niter finishing their business, adjourn to
meet in the city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on
the second Wednesday of November," lSli'J, at 11
o clock A. M.
"If the two General Assembles shall then find
nnd declare that tho above-named Basis of Re
union has been approved by two-thirds of tho
Presbyteries connected with each branch of the
Church, then the same shall be of binding force
and the two Assemblies shall take action accord-
Incly.
"5. Tho said General Assemblies shall thou
nnd there make provision for the meeting of the
General Assembly of the United Chnrch on the
third Thursday of Mav, 1870. The Moderators
ol tho two present Assemblies shall jointly pre
side at tho Assembly of 1870 until another Mode
rotor is choicn. The Moderator of tho Assetu
blv now sitting at the Brick Church aforesaid
shall, If present, put ull votes, decide questions
of order; nnd tlio .Moderator oi mo otuer Assem
blv shall, if uresent. preach the opening sermon
und the stated clerks of the . present Assemblies
shall act as 6tated clerks of the Assembly of tho
United Church until a stated clerk or clerk
sbiill have been chosen thereby; and no com
uilssioner shall have a right to vote or deliberate
in said Assembly until his name shall have been
enrolled bv the said clerks, and his commission
examined and filed umong tho papers of tho
Assembly.
"o. Each Presbytery of tho separate churches
shall be entitlud to the same representation In
the Assembly of the United Church in 1870, as
h is eniiued to in the Assembly witu wmeu it l
now connected."
CONCURRENT HECLARATIONS.
"As thero are maiteri pertulni to tho late
rests of tho Church, when It shall have bocotne
reunited, which will manifestly require adjust
ment on the eominp: together of two oouios
w hich havo so long acted separately, anu con
cerning som oi wnicu manors u is uikioj "
lrablo that there should bo a previous good
understanding, the two Assemblies agree to
adopt the following declaration, not as articles
of compact or covenant, but us In their Judg
ment proper and equitable arrangements, 10
Wit:
'1. All the ministers and churches embraced
n the two bodies should be admitted to tho same
standing in the united body which they may
have held In their respective connections up to
the consummation of the union.
'2. Imperfectly organized churches arc coun
selled and expected to become thoroughly rres
byterian, as early within the period of Ave years
as may be permitted by the highest interests to
be consulted, and no oilier cnurcues snau no
hereafter received.
'3. The boundaries of the several Presbyteries
nnd Synods should be adjusted by the Goneral
Assembly of the United Church.
"4. The ollicial records of the two branches of
the Church for the period of separation should
be preserved, and held as making up tne one
history of the Church; and no rule or precedent
which does not stand approved by both the
bodies should be of any authority until rc-esfab-
lL-hed in the united body, except in so far as
such rule or precedent may affect the rights of
property lounucd thereon.
"5. The corporate rights now held by the two
General Assemblies, and by their Boards and
Committees, should, as far as practicable, be
consolidated, and applied for their aeveral ob
jects ns dell tied by law.
Mi. lhcre should lie one set ot i:ommittees or
Boards for Home and Foreign Missions and tho
other religious enterprises of the Church, which
the churches should be encouraged to sustain,
though Iree to cast contributions Into other
channels, If they desire to do so.
'7. As soon as practicable alter the union shall
have been effected, the General Assembly should
reconstruct and consolidate the several per
manent committees and boards which now
belong to the two Assemblies, so ns to represent
as far as possible with impartiality the views
and w ishes of the two bodies constituting tho
tinted Church.
'8. The publications of tho Board of Publica
tion and of the Publication Committee should
continue to be issued as at present, leaving it to
the Board of Publication of the United Church to
revise these issues and perfect a catalogue for
the United Church so us to exclude invidious
references to past controversies.
"'.). in order to a uiiiionu system 01 ecclesias
tical supervision, those Theological seminaries
that are now under Assembly control, may. If
their Boards of Directors so elect, be translerrcd
to the watch and care of one or more of tho ad
jacent Synods; aud the other Seminaries are
tdvised to introduce, as lar as may lie, into their
constitutions, the principle of Synodical or
Assembly supervision, in which case they shall
be entitled to an ollicial recognition and appro
bation on the part of tho General Assembly.
"10. It should be regarded as tho duty ot all
our judicatories, ministers, nnd people in tho
United Church to study the things which make
for peace, and to guard against all needless and
offensive references to tho causes that have di
vided us; and in order to avoid the revival of
past issues by the continuance of any usage in
cither branch ol the Church that has grown out
of former conllicts, it is earnestly recommended
to the lower judicatories of the Church that
they conform their practice in relation to all such
usages, as far as is consistent with their convic
tions of duty, to the general custom ot the
Church prior to the controversies that resulted
in the separation.
A HAY OF I'RAYEK.
"That the counsels of Infinite Wisdom may
guide our decisions, and the blessings of the
Great Head of tho Church rest upon the result of
our eftorts for reunion, it is earnestly recom
mended to the churches throughout both
branches of the Presbyterian Church, that they
observe the second Sabbath iu September. 1800.
as a day of fervent and united prayer to
Almighty God, that He would grant uuto us all
'The spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of
knowledge and the iear ot tho L,ord, aud iu the
new relations now contemplated, enable us to
keep tho unity of the Spirit in tho bonds of
peace.
CITY COUNCILS.
City Councils met yesterday afternoon for
the transaction of business :
Pklect Brakch. President Stokley in tho
clmir.
The followine: resolution relatlner to the semi
centennial ami iversary of St. John's Command-
cry, no. 4, was agreed 10 :
Whereus the Masonic Order of St. John's
Conimaudery, No. 4, Knights Templar of Jfeun
sylvania, celebrate the semi-centennial anni
versary ot the establishment of their Com-
mandery on June la, lhv'J, 11 this city; and
wheieas a large number of other Masouio
organizations, from the different States and
cities of our country, will bo present, by Invi
tation, to join in the ceremonies of the occa
sion, ana in me public parade which is to take
place on that day,
Resolved, by the Select and Common Council
of Philadelphia, That the invitation extended
to councils to accept a marching salute frotn
St. John's Commanderv. No. 4. Knights
Templar, on the occasion of the celebration of
the semi centennial anniversary of the estau-
lisnment or meir uommanuery, be anu uie
same is hereby accepted, and that Councils be
present for that purpose at noon of that day,
in Chestnut struct, 111 front of Independence
Hall, and that the hospitalities of the city of
Philadelphia are hereby extended to all visit
ing coin man aeries who may participate in tne
ceremonies of that occasion.
A communication was presented from a laay
asking lor a change of the name of Bedford
siretti. iteieireu.
Mr. Kox presented a petition for a new
election district in the Twenty-nfth Ward. Re-
icri'ttu.
Mr. Smith, chairman or the Committee on
City Property, presented an ordinance making
an appropriation of tsso to the Department of
Markets and City Property, for the purpose of
placing Hunting Park in a proper condition
tor public use.
Mi, Harlow presented an ordinance, making
an appropriation of i));tu,7ii:' for tho purpose of
ereciug a new schaoihouse on Dickorson
street, bet ween Sixth and hoveuih streets, in
the First Ward. Agreed to.
a resolution was adopted exempting the
Philadelphia fountain Society front ihe pay.
went of water lates.
Mr. King presented a petition for the paving
of Court street, between Peach and Brown
streets. Referred.
Mr. Cochran then moT' d a recons deration
of the vo e by which ihe ordinance providing
lor the sale of a pieca of ground in the Twenty,
seventh Ward to the University of Pennsyl.
vania was postponed until next Thursday
week.
Mr. Hopkins moved to postpone the matter
lmltliniicly, which was not agreed to, by a
vote f 11 yeas to 17 nays.
Tlio motion to reconsider was then agreed
to Yeas 15, nays 13.
A motion to postpone the bill, for the pur.
pose of making it the special order for June
10, was agreed to Veas 18. nays 13.
Mr. King presented an oraiuance to prevent
the counterfeiting of city warrant?. Tae ordi
nance provides that the City Treasurer shall
authorize to be engraved a suitable plate, on
copper or sinel, from which may bo printed all
city warrants. The warrants shad bo printed
on fine white paper, and bo manufactured ex
pressly for the purpose, with a waler-uisi lc iu
the words "The City of Philadelphia." Each
warrant shall contain, as a vigueiio, a repre
sentation ot the seal ot the city and oilier
devices. The City Controller shall procure
a suitable engraved stamp, or red seal,
wtth such emblems as shall bo approved,
w ith the words 'Department of City Coutroll
ei'' engruveu thereon, and this seal to be kept
constantly in the office. The Controller shall
cause to be printed aud bound in books, from
the plate engraved for such purpose, a
sufllcieut number of warrants for the use
of the several departments for tlio years itma
and 170. These books shall be printed and
bound annually m sufllclent number for the'
ensuing year. These bowks shall be placed in
the custody of Hie City Controller, and ho
shall be held responsible for their safe keeping.
All warrants shull be issued by the Controller
or bis clerk, on the order of a Head of Depart
ment, and shall be sent to the department or
dering the sam, to be Blgued by thoJIeadof
the Uepaituieut, aud then to bo returned to
the City Controller for his approval. The Co-
troller shall then porsonaUy stamp -acli of the
warrants with an Impression ot tho stamp.
The Controller shall not xe.i'mit any blank
wan ants to b taken from his office, hut all
blanks or warrants shall lie filled by the Con
1 roller, excepting tho signature of the proper
head of t he depaitment.
Dr. Kamerly thought that no engraved war
rants, no matter how nearly they mignt be ex-
cmed, could prevent their being counter-
reiieo. 1 no iionim 01 mo cnuon states were
fftn counterfeited, and the only dilllmillv
Hint counterfeiters had to contend with was
imitating the signatures ou bonds, warrants,
Ac.
Mr'Klng said that there wero tVOO.noo city
win 1 mils now afloat. They have liooii ooun
teilelt .d, and some such ineHur as Unit now
proposed was absolutely necessary to prevent
iiiliilttoiini counierieiiH,
The ordination was then referred to tho com-
mittee to erit'y tho cash uccounts of the City
Treasury.
Select Council then retired to Common
Council Cbninber to elect In Joint convention
Port WariMin lor me city or nitiaueipnia.
A reso hit ton Hi1s11en1l1111rt.be sprlnir li anion
Inline Company was agreed to.
A i-esol 111 ton suspending the Columbia and
Schuylkill lloso Companies, for ono monlti,
wai Hincndcd by air. Jjuny 10 liieuiue 111a in
dependence Engine Company. Tho entire
nuttier was postponed for llio present, on mo
tion of Mr, siareus.
On motion of Mr. Shailcross, a number of Id a
recent police appointments of Mayor Fox
were conrti nicd.
Mr. Harlow moved a reconsideration ot ine
vote by which the new mode of indexing ques.
tlons was postponed. The matter was post
poned for 0110 week.
A low unimportant Common Council bills
were concurred, in, when tho Chamber ad
journed.
Com mow Biianch. Joseph F. Mareer, Pres
ident . called tho Chamber to order at quarter
r ast three o'clock.
A communication was received from tho
Citv Solicitor, calling attention 10 tlio decision
of Justice hilars ood to theeirect that the city
could not compel taxpayers to repave and re
pair streets.
A communication was rceelvod from the
Msyor, stating that together with Councils ho
hail been tendered the compliment of a marcti
iuit salute by the Knmhts Tomplar on their
semi-centennial celebration parade, to take
place Juno 15. On motion, the invitation was
accepted.
Mr. Kay offered a resolution to recall from
Select Council the bill to sell tho University of
Pennsylvania the tract of land belonging to
tho Almshouse grounds. He st ated that iO.OOO
per acre could be got lor It, and that a membor
ot Select Council bad told htm that ho would
give that amount for it.
Mr. Hanna said that Cwtnmon Council had
acted in a liberal and public-spirited mainor
in giving the ground for the sum named, and
that it would redound to tho crodit of tho
city.
Mr. Shoemaker said that the bill had tho
piovlsoihat tho University should pavo and
curb all streets opened through the grounds,
mid that the city had the right to open all
streets on the city plan tuat run through the
tract.
Mr. Hay referred to a communication in the
Inquirer, stating that no believed the land was
soid too low, and as a taxpayer and represent
ative ho wished the city to get the highest
price for the land.
Mr. Wagner said that the pice offered wis a
fair one, and that hu did 1101 believe 111 the
"penny wise, pound foolish'' policy of the
gentleman from the Eighteenth (Air. Hay).
1 ho policy of the city should be to encourage
our public institutions.
Mr. Willits concurred with Mr. Wagner.
Mr. Micklcs said that ho did not know
whet er the city had a rigutto soil this laud
at private sale.
Mr. Iletzeli said he did not believe In giving
tho institution a preference over any one else
Tlio property should uo sold to the highest
bidder at public sale. Ha was willing to bo
reasonable witu tho University, but did not
believe the city bad a right to sell the laud for
speculative purposes.
Mr. Wagner replied at length to the words of
the opponents ot 1110 0111, quoting tne opinions
ot tiiiiei'i-ni woit-anown citizens.
Mr. Iletzeli said the city had no riht to sell
the ground below its roul value. It would not
be justico to our constituents to thus vote
aw uy ine property 01 toe city.
Mr. Martin called tho yeas and nays on a
motion to indetlultely postpone. It resulted,
yeas -U, nays 'Al. The motion was agreed to.
Select Council appeared, and Mr. tttokley,
I'j sinen , look the chair.
Mr Martin nominated as Port Wardens John
W. Kverman, George Stockham, John it. Pen.
rcse. Jacob Walker, Kdwin J. Spangler, rienry
W. Workman, Preston ISreaiiy, and Lunlow
Matthews.
Trustees of Northern Liberties Gas Worki
Townsend tearsley, K. 11. t'itler, and Joseph
IS. Hancock, the latter for the unexpiredterm
of Thomas Potter.
On motion of Mr. Iletr.ell, the above gontle
men were unanimously elected.
Mr. Martin nominated John Devereux as
Trustee of tho City Ice Boat.
On motion of Mr. Iletzeli, the above gentle
man was eleetod by acclamation.
Mr. Shoemaker offered a resolution to ap
prove tho securities of It. W. Liberton, Eph
ruim II. Shaw, and Martin Ulricb, Supervis
ors. Agreed to.
Mr. Myers offered a bill to allow bakers to
run their carts on the sidewalks on Saturday
afternoons, In summer, between tour and six
o'clock, and in winter from three to four
o'clock. Agreed to.
Also, an ordinance to enforce an ordinance
relatingto the numbers of hacks and carriages
on street stauds, making the plate, bearing the
number, two inches in diameter; also, that
the driver shall be a resident of the city six
months, and wear a badge on his coat.
On motion of Mr. Iletzeli, the bill was indefi
nitely postponed before the clerk had finished
reading it.
An ordinance appropriating $500 to the Law
Department, for the drafting of plans of the
city to enable Jarors to assess damages on
property, was agreed to.
Mr. Stock ham, from tho Committee on Fire
and Trusts, offered an ordinance making an
appropriation for the building of a lire-alarm
box in the Tenth and Eleventh Streets Pas
seuger Railway depot. Agreed to.
Also, a resolutio to reinstate the Independ
ence Engine Company. Laid on the table.
Mr. Iletzeli said that the assertion made by
him on Thursday last, that the Independence
Engine Company had not been outofservico
for ten years, was true. He read a letter from
the Secretary of the Eire Department to that
effect.
The resolution from Select Council, accepting
the invitation from the St. John's Com luand
ery, Knights Templar, was concurred in.
The Highway Committee offered a resolution
to pave Jefferson street from Tweniie'h street
to Hidge avenue, and Horshaw street from
Eitzwater to Catharine street. Agreed to.
Mr. Shoemaker submitted an ordinance ap
propriating $10,000 for the building or a new
schoolhouse 011 Noble street, above Elfth, in
the Twelth Ward. Pussed.
Also, an ordinance appropriating (10,410 for
furniture in new school buildings, and otUor
purposes.
Mr. Hotzell moved that the amount be taken
from a loan hereafter to be created.
The yeas aud nays were culled on the passage
of the ordinance, but no quorum voting, tho
Chamber was declared adjourned.
An angel born In Indiana with wings only stayed
three hours.
Pullman palace cars are to be Internal revenued
as hutcls.
Huntington, Massachusetts, has a society for set
ting out shade trees.
Wisconsin Is sorrowing over a decrease of Slate
Plisun cunvlcts.
A Norwich school chimney has a population of a
thcusuud swallows.
Wheat -buyers are squeezing all the grain in Min
nesota into a corner.
Potter Palmer's Chlcngo Improvements have
doubled rents on State street,
Cheshire, Conn., snorts a penny postman. He
delivers forty letters a day.
Memphis Is afraid of caving Into the Mississippi.
Heller take out a caveat !
Illinois is to dedicate Its State Soldiers' Orphans'
Home at Normal, June 17.
Maryland und Delaware promise to peach on us
live million baskets this season.
A Vtlca landlord has hired several organ grind
ers to eject a recalcltrunt tenant.
lioston merchants employ 10,000 "drummers"
who will ussist at ihe Jubilee,
Hartford put a deteetiv after a "medium" the
other night, who explained the mystery.
The Chicago Fruit Packing Company advertise
for 120,000 bushels of tomatoes lu tlio fall.
-The Mlildh town velocipede rink has declared a
12 per ctut. dividend, two months earnings.
-Gua having gone up, New Loudou i lulling kindly
to kerosene.
MA11IKE TELEGRAPH.
For addittomaX Marine A'nnn - Firnt Vaflt,
A I.MAN AO FOR PIin.AnirT.PHT ruiim
Bttk Risks. 4-SHMxnt Rimkh t,i lt
BUM hRTH. 7!I!I,H WlTKH 4 11
PHILA DKLm 1 A BOARD OK TRADK.
IlFniix TTinn.nl,
(iKOIlim N. Ai.i.rN
(;ko. MonniHOM (Xiatrs,)
OOMMITTF.K or tub Mount
Abtlantn Tcmliin Now York Mar II
Mnlta Liverpool.. ...Now Vnrk via llus..i'Mar II
I). kiii(r!tn (diihitnw Now York '.'.Mar j
Ilibertiiiin I.ireniool ....Now York g
Virginia jrorHol Now York 'l
Kritaiinia (,laaiw New York ilViay M
Main SotiUminiitoii. ...New York Mar is
Tanla. Liverpool Now York via Pdb.. ..May 14
Tripoli Liverpool Now York May IS
MrnilinUan Lirorpool New York May 1
I ouiHiHiin Liverpool Now Yoik May 1
Oauian (dai-irow Now York May lit
, 1 HUH KUIiOI'K.
Cambria Now York....(ilaow Mar 21
City of Anlwurp.Ncw York.. ..Liverpool May H
New York. ...Liverpool .'...May i
t'Ciiar New York . ...Liverpool May i
St. luront Now York. ...Havre Muy at
Allriitntinia .....Now York . ... Hanilmre Inn I
(). of N.ork... .Now York. ...Liverpool luue I
Iviihhih Now York.. ..Liverpool ,lunn 2
Nebraska Now York. ...Livorpool Inne
'Hy ol I'aru Now Yoik.... Livorpool Juno 6
.Iava.............N..w York.. ..Livorpool Jlln, 9
U"l L"i;"r"'k'inw J"r,k Antwerp ...June 9
IV.nf Kaltimoro..New V nrk . ...Liverpool June 11
ille do I'ana .. .Now York. ...Havre June 13
llollona Now York. ...Ix.mlon June IS
(JOA.NTWISK. DOMKKTIO, KTO.
( loopatra Now York. ...Havana May !
("ortea Now York.. .. Now Orleans May 2
I'lnnoor riiilnda Wilmington June 1
Arizona Now York. ... Aspinwall June 1
J. W. Rverman. .l'liilaila Charleston June 3
Tnnawnmla I'lnlnda Savannah June 5
Mailaare forwarded by every meamer In therettular line.
The M oiimora for or from Liverpool call at Wunenatown, ex
cept tlio Canadian lino, whieti oall at Loinlonitrry. Tha
OsamoiTifororJriim the Continent call ut Soiitluimplon.
CLKARKH TKSTKRDAy! "
Summer R. Willing, )innliff, llaltimore, A. (;rovr. Jr
Steamer Ann Hiza, Hii liardn, w York, W. P. ClydeAt!.
HriK J. I). Lincoln. Morriman, Cardomtn, Warren A (ireuir
llriu J. H. DillinRlinni, Small, Carilona. do.
SchrOnward, Hunker, Ctiarlestown, West raoroland Coal
Co.
Selir Frank and Nellie, Roan. Ronton, David Cooper.
Tiikh Hudson, Nil IhiIb. and Thus. JotTorwin, Allen, for
lialtiiuore, with a tow of baricea, W. 1. (Ji)de t, Uo.
ARRIVED YKSTKRDAT.
Stenmship Pioneer, Itarrott, fill hours from Wilmington,
N. C with cotton, naval Btores, etc., to l'hilaiiolpliia an J
Southern Mail Steamship (Jo.
Steamor Anthracite, Croon, 21 hours from Now York,
with nidse. to W. M. Hnird 4 Uo.
Steamer Reverly, Pierce, 21 hours from Now York, with,
mdso. to W. P. Clyde A (Jo.
Steamer Frank, Pierre, 24 hours from Now York, with
nidne. to W. M. liaird A Co.
Mourner H. I,. (Jaw, Ilor, 13 hours from HuKimore, with
nutse. to A. (JrovoH, Jr.
Norw. barque Memorla, Solvig, 65 days from Liverpool,
with mdse- to John R. Penrose.
Kr. Iiriir Star of Wales. Jones, 75 days from Mosaina,
with oraiiKea and lemons to 8. S. Scatteriiood A !o.
liriR James linker, Pliolan, 10 days from Cardenas, with
molaases to Jardon A. Co.
Schr Nadab, Cheney, 22 days from St. Andrews, with
cocoanuts to S. S. Si atterKiiod A Co. vessel to knight A
Sons Lett aclir Jackson, of Haltimoro.
Schr Kdward I .amcycr, ( ioruian, 3 days from (I ardinor.
Mo., with ice to Kniulit A Sons.
Schr lona, Kendull, 8 days trora Bangor, with lumber to
Knight A Sons.
Schr Mary Augusta, Lord, 7 days from Calais, with lum
ber to captain.
Schr Yandulia, Cnmpbell, 1 day from Loipsic, Del., with
grain to Jos. K. Palmer.
SclirM.C Huraito, rnirborow, 1 day from Camden,
lel.. Willi grain to .las. L. liovvley A Co.
ScIir.Mnry and Carolino, Fowler, 1 day from Loipsic.
Del., with grain to ,las. L. liewloy A Co.
Tugs Thomas Jefferson, Allen, an. I Hudson, NichoU,
from Baltimore, Willi tows of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co.
Sjtfrint Pfiftntrh to Th Fmiintf T'lrirnjh.
HAVitK-nisdiitAi'i:, May2s. Tug Clyde, with the follow
ing limits loft for Philadelphia this morning :
Isaiah Kroeson, with lumber.
A. Sherwood, with Hint, for Port Richmond.
A. C. Bishop, with lumber to Patterson A Lippincott.
Thos. Arnold, with slate to Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
Washington No. 'J, with lumber.
Ctirrftpun'U-nrr nf Th F'rrhititj T'-tjrnrh.
K ANTON A M MAHON'S BULLKTIN.
NfwYoi:k Or'Kii'E, May 27. Barges leave to night,
westwnrd. as follows : Seven light barges tor Baltimore;
W. 8. Burton, with horseshoes, tor do.
Now K.ra, with lye, and Rose Ann, with rye, both for Phi
ladelphia. Bai.timohp. Branch Office. May 27. The following
barges loave to-night. : - W. A I. Thompson ; W. T. Blessing ;
Wnsp:M. Repplier: Massachusetts; and A. 11. (iriswold,
with coal, for Now York.
MEMORANDA.
Steamship J. W. K.vennan, Snydor, for Philadelphia,
sailed Irom Charleston yesterday.
Steamship Jas. S. Cruen, Yauce, honce, at Richmond
25th instant.
Steamship Fanlta, Freeman, cloared at Wilmington, N.
U., 2,'ih inst., for New York.
Steamship Hunter, Harding, hence, at Providence 25th
instant.
Steamer Novelty, Tufts, for Philadelphia, cleared at
Now York yesterday.
Barque Charles (,unim,Trofry, sailed from Cardenas 15th
inst., for a northern port.
Brig Kdith, Putnam, from Windsor, N. 8., for Philadel
phia, at Millhridge 2uth inst.
Brig J. B. Kirby, Barnard, hence, at Clenfuegos 15th
Instant.
Brig James Crosby, Baldwin, hence, at Portsmouth 23d
instant.
Brig Idalin, Gordon, for Philadelphia, sailed from Ha
vana 2nth inst.
Brig Mariposa, Staples, sailed from Cardenas 15th inst.,
for a port north of liatieras.
MISCELLANY.
A steam pump had been placed, on the 19th inst., on
board the schr Mary D. Ireland, from Philadelphia for
Galveston, ashoro on Pelican Spit, and the water pumped
out. It is very probable that with a good tide she will ha
fot afloat. A portion of the cargo, principally iron, had
oen discharged by the sloop Primero on the llith.
BOARDING.
AT NO. 1121 GIRAJ.D STREET MAY BE
obtained furnished and nnfuraishad rooms for lodg.
ina. Board also, if desired. 2 I tf
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URSTAIKS
&
McCALL,
Kos. 126 WALNUT and 21 GRANITE Si reels,
Importers of
BRANDIES, WINES, GIN, OLIVE OIL, ETC.,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
For the sale of
PURE OLD RYE, WHEAT, AND BOURBON WIIIS-
KIKS. 5 22.
pARSTAIRS' OLIVE OIL-AN INVOICE
of the above for sale by
CARSTAIRS A McCALL,
5 28 2)1 Nos. 126 WALNUT and 2IGRANITK St9.
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PONY PHAETONS
AND
"V elocipedoK,
OP THE LATEST STYLES and LOWEST PRICES
Topothcr with all tho NEW SPRING PATTERNS ol
flint-clusa PHAETONS AND CAU1UAGES, lu Stock:
anil finish. For sule by
S. W. JACOBS,
4 10 fmw9rn No. 617 ARCH STREET.
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CENTRAL OFFICES, NO. 105 S. FIFTH STREET
(Two door below Chennut street),
AND
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(I'ciiu ituililinir).
ESTABLISHED 1 8 6 8.
The sale of Revenue Stamps la still continued at
the Oltl-KhtabllMhcil Akciic.v.
The Btock comprise!! every denonii nation printed
by tho (iovcrniiieiit, ami having at all times a largo
supply, we are eimbleil to till ami forward (by Mail
or Express) ull order, immediately upon receipt, a
mutter of jrreat impoitance.
lUited States Noted, Nutlonal Bunk Notes, Drafu
on Philadelphia, and Post Otnee Orders received iu
payment.
Any information repanliiiR the decisions of the
C( uiinirsioiicr of internal Revenue t heerfully and
gratuitously furnished.
Revenue Slumps printed upon Drafts, Checks,
Receipts, etc.
The followlnp; rates of comiuisHion are allowed on
SUimps and Slumped Paper:
On 26 and upwards g per cent.
" 100 ' 3
" 300 !"!!."."!!!.!.".4
Address all orders, etc., to
STAMP AGENCY,
No. B04 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS of all
kinds aud bT AMI-ED ENVELOPES coiutautly 0a
band.