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SCENES FROM PARISIAN THEATRES.
i tin Dublin Magazine.
Theatrical entertainments liave at alltimes
entered more into the social life of the French
jwople than that ol their Inland nci(;h'irs. It
would hardly come within the seopo of our pro
tent paper to account for the circumstance,
which we believe will bo taken on trust by our
readers, especially branch of them as have mado
the transit of the Channel. They have neon that
six days of the week are not sufUiient for the
Parisian play-goer's enjoyment of 1a: FpevlaeU;
he must supplement it by Sunday evening. We
lo not envy his sensations at his awaking on
Monday morning, if he ha any regular employ
ment. We Rritish (Blunders plume ourselves
on our Kupcrior morality when we put ourselves
In comparison with our Gallic contemporaries,
and, without doubt, tho moral exchange between
French and HritiKli comedians and directors of
theatres Is in favor of tho latter. Were every
shadow of restraint to be removed from theatri
cal management in London, Dublin, and Edin
burgh, no such licentious spectacles would ever
be tolerated by the public as were exhibited
fuceePFivcly in Paris immediately after its three
revolutions. In fact, no actors or actresses
known to tke Rritlhh public could ever he in
duced to appear in them.
The interest taken in the drama in Paris" so
much exceeding anything witnessed here, it is
not to be wondered at that the French (Jovern
mcnt should so long have made a useful engine
tit it, and subsidized it with liberal subventions
when it was incapable of supporting itself, or
that the great people about tho Court have from
the days of Corneille at all times been assiduous
visitors to the green-rooms and the coulisse of
the principal theatres. The pconlu in authority
during tho Directory and those who succeeded
them in the Consulate were as assiduous in their
attendance as those vh o, under the elder regime,
were admitted to the orgies ot the Kegeucy ami
of the Court of Louis XV.
Onr object in this paper being merely to notice
Miine interesting circumstances and characters
of the Parisian stage within the present century,
the reader need not fear the perusal of a chroni
cle embracing the lives and works of Corneille,
Kaclne, Moliere, and their less kuown suo
I'tssoru. ,
TALMA AND BONAPARTE.
The predilection of the First Consul for the
theatre was only less strong than his love of arms.
From the epoch of IT'.i'J he and Talma were insep
arable, and ho passed his evenings in the cou
lisses of the Theatre Francais. More than once the
stage manager asked Talma. "Who is this young
lliccr ?" "Napoleon Honanarte." "His name
is not on our stage list." "Don't mind; he is my
friend." "Oh, that's another affair."
If ever emperor, or king loved the theatre,
that man was Napoleon 1. On the battle
field, and in the gallery, pit, und boxes of
the playhouse, it was his supreme will to
civilize and render happy all the nations of
the earth. When conquering and going to con
quer, he carried about with hi in his favorite
actors and actresses. When at Eri'urtli. in 1S0N,
Talma presented every morning to the Km
peror the play-bill of tlie ensuing evening. One
morning, as he afterwards related to Dr. Vcron,
when proceeding to the door of Napoleon's re
ception room, he found himself detained by the
skirt of his coat. "Will you inform the Km
peror," said the impatient visitor, "that I am
here?" This impatient visitor was the King of
Saxony.
TALMA AND HUM AS.
One of the earliest theatrical performances
witnessed by Alexander Dumas in his youth
was Talma's "Hamlet" in Dueis'fljudaptation of
the play. It was an epoch in ins life. What
would it not have been had he seen the "Hamlet"
of Shakespeare! He had read some of the trage
dies of Corneille and llaein';, and found the ex
ercise rather tiresome. The piece was performed
at Soissons by a strolling company, but he had
not Ecen Talma, nor ever had been inside a Paris
theatre, nor heard Shakespeare's name pro
nounced. "Tho uetor," he writes in his "Meinoires,"tomc
5, "who presented 'Hamlet' was a tall, pale, and
dark young fellow named Cudot. He had tine
eyes, a powerful voice, and such good recollec
tion of Talma, that when I saw the great trage
dian' in the same part, I thought he was imi
tating Cudot.
"As I was entirely ignorant of the original,
the 'Hamlet' of Duels, with his fantastic entry,
his apparition, visible to himself only, his argu
ment with his mother, his soliloquy, the sombre
interrogatory addressed by doubt to death in
fine, the 'Hamlet' of Ducis appeared a master
piece, and made a profound impression on me,
full of inexplicable sensations, of desires with
out object, of mysterious vistas of light, of pleas
ing but puzzling ideas."
Dumas, on procuring the printed play, got it
by heart in three days; and later in time, when
he became acquainted with the original (Alex
ander is vain of his knowledge of English), he
could not forget the poor adaptation," anil this
has always been a source of annoyance to him.
It was a happy morning for young Alexander
when his friend Adolphe introduced hiin to the
great tragedian, the object of the Visit being
tickets to see him in "Sylla" in the evening.
"Talma was very sliort-sighted, so I do not
know whether he saw me or not.
"He was washing his breast. His head was
nearly bald, a circumstance which rather puz
zled me, as I heard that his hair absolutely rose
on his head at the supposed sight of the ghost.
"It must be acknowledged that there was
little of tiie poetical at that moment about
Talma.
"Still, when he stood upright, with the lower
part of his body draped in a white woollen robe,
and drew a corner of it over his shoulder and
breast, there was in the movement something
imperial."
Discovering that Alexander was a son of an
old acquaintance, he discoursed awhile with
him, and at parting gave him his hand, which
his visitor would have gladlv kissed. His de
scription of the rest is entireiv Dumasian.
"With my exalted ideas of the theatre. Talma
"was a god one unknown 'tis true as Jupiter was
to Scmele a god who then appeared to me, but
who would be fully revealed in the evening.
"Our hands touched.
"O Talma, If you had been twenty years
younger, or I twenty years older !
"Ail the honor was for mo. I knew the past;
you could not know the future (.renown of D.
to wit).
"If any one could have told you that the hand
which you then held would thereafter write sixty
or eighty dramas, in each of which you who
were seeking lor characters all your life would
have found one which you would exalt to a won
der, you would not have let oil so coolly the
Cr young man, all blushing for having had tho
tor of speaking to you of touching your
hand.
"But bow could you have discovered in me, O
Talma, that of which 1 was unconscious mv
eelf?" '
A very sensible query! Many a successful
man of letters, as well as Dumas, has been
seized with melancholy at the recollection of
the death of his parents before they could enjoy
the literary renown of their child.
MADEMOISELLE GEOU0K8.
In the revolutions of years, Talma hod his
entrees at the Tuillerics, and this or that crowned
head would ask of the Emperor, "Sire, who is
this man?" and the answer invariably was, "It
is Talma, one of my friends." It was Talma
who first gave tie little court at Malmaisou u
desire to see M;ylTie (Jeorges, who made her
tkbut in Iphigenit tt Aulis, at the Theatre of
the Republic, on thv 20th of November, 18iKJ. A
lino woman and chrmiug actress was Mad'lJo
Georges Weymer, nna hard was the struggle for
placcB to get a glimpse of her on that memor
able nighu Gcoflry, tho "Jules Janin" of that
dav, was scandalized at the ill-conduct which
the most polite people under the sun exhibited
on petting into the playhouse.
"This taste for spectacles resembles ferocity
and barbarism. Women nearly stilled uttered
piercing cries, while men, in a savage silence,
forgetful of all politeness and respect to the fair
sex, thought of nothing but forcing a passage at
the expense of all that surrounded theui. We
have, perhaps, better pieces and better actors
lUu W Atlicuiunitlus Ift M4 proyed but Jt js
certain that they conferred on their scenic enter
tainments more nobility and dignity.
"The councillors of King Priam cried out ft
Helen went by, Ho beautiful a princess is worth
fighting for. but however wonderful her beauty,
peace Ci to be preferred to It.'
"And I hav said to myself In beholding Mile.
Georges, 'Can we be surprised that people should
run the risk of suffocation for the sight of so
superb a woman? Hut if she wcro fairer still,
they should not allow people to be stilled even
on her own account, for an audience is more se
vere on a debutante when the sight of her has
cost them much."
The historian of the Dublin Theatre in our
own days would not subscribe this opinion. He
says, and it is from experience ho speaks, that
no spectators are more chary of applause than
those who have paid nothing ut tho doors.
In 18.'15, thirty-three years later.Theophile (lau
tier felt himself at a loss for words to present a be
fitting Idea of the appearance of the same enchant
ress. How a woman ever under tho influence of
public applause, strong hopes, strong fears, ex
haustive passions, and life spent in the un
healthy atmosphere of a theatre, could retain her
good looks and her popularity for such a long
period, is more than we can undertake to ac
count for. "We must venture on a version of
(iautier's impassioned French:
"Mademoiselle Georges resembles a medal id'
Syracuse, or an l.iix from the bas-reliefs of
Eginii. The curve of the eye-brows, traced
with an Incomparable purity and delicacy,
shadow two eyes full of tire and the lightning
Hashes of tragedy. The nose slender and
straight, distinguished by nostrils oblique
and dilated when under the'inllucncc of passion,
is united to the forehead bv a line simple
and grand at the fame time. The. mouth, display
ing great lirmncss, is distinguished by sharpness
at the corners, and J is us superbly disdainful as
that of the avenging Nemesis, about to unmuzzle
her lion with the claws of bronze. This mouth,
however, is decked at times with smiles of im
perial grace, and no one would think when it is
expressing the tender passions that it has ever
launched the antique Imprecation or the modern
anathema. The chin, full of strength and reso
lution, relieves by a majestic outline the profile,
which is rather that of a goddess than a mortal.
As all the fine women of the Pagan cycle.
Mademoiselle Georges has the forehead
broad, lull, and swelling at the temples
not high, however resembling in this
particular the Venus of Milo. The junction of
the arms (to the body") presents a formidable ap
pearance from the vigor of the muscles and the
boldness of the outline. One of the bracelets of
the upper arm would serve for girdle to a woman of
moderate size, lint they (the arms) are white,
smooth and terminated by a dimpled hand of
childislf delicacy genuine royal hands, made to
bear the sceptre or the poniard of .Eseliylus
or Euripides."
All the influence o' the Christian religion has
hitherto been ineffectual to drive out the sen
suous pagan spirit from the inhabitants of the
old I.utctia, its stronghold and citadel being in
the hearts and minds of its men of letters and
its artists.
NAPOLEON A GREAT l'l.A Y-tiOKIt.
We do not purpose to dwell on the special
favor found by Mile. Gcorges,is well as Mile.
Mars, in the sight of the First Consul. With hu
innate love of the stage and everything con
nected with it, it followed of course that two
such gifted and attractive exponents of the insti
tution should have entered more deeply into his
affections than was agreeable to poor Josephine.
The reader proba'ily recollects the name of
that Roman general "who, when seeing some
masterpieces of Grecian art embarked at the
Pineus for Home, gave the captain a serious
charge concerning them. "Take special care of
these images and pictures." said he, "for if tliev
are lost or damaged, you will have to get others
as good as them made."
The First Consul had in him something of the
stuff of this man of war. Heing in want of a
few poets, he asked them of his Grand Master
of the University, as lie would have demanded
soldiers from his War Minister. "Hut." as
Dumas says in his ".Meinoircs," "it was easier for
M. le Due de Keltic to furnish three hundred
thousand conscripts than for M. de Fontanes
to furnish twelve poets." So the groat man
was obliged to lie content with a few men of
verse of the second order. For the
sake of geniuses of this class many chiefs like
Napoleon I would be desirable. Said ho to
Luce de Lancival. who had just finished the
readings of his Ilrrtor, "You have written a fine
tragedy; I will have it acted in the camp." And
the evening of its representation he sent the
poet a brevet of liOOO francs' pension, with
directions that, taking into consideration the
poverty of poets in general, the first year's
salary should be paid in advance.
.MADEMOISELLE MAKH.
It was the imperial will that all the mem
bers of his family and the great digni
taries of the crown should have their
boxes at the Theatre Francais. lie set them
the example by engaging one for himself at
21.0IKI francs per annum. He did not even think
it beneath his dignity to pay attention to the
reigning stage goddess on a public occasion.
One Sunday, reviewing his guards in the court
of the Tf.ileries, he perceived Mile. Mars in
the crowd of spectators, kept from pressing on
the exercise-ground by a row of pickets. He
advanced at once through this cordon, and ac
costed the lady with the utmost kindliness and
courtesy. "You have, mademoiselle,1' ("aid he,
"come to return one of the frequent visits which
it gives us such pleasure to make to you at the
Theatre Francais." Of course the eyes and
attention of the staff oflicers were at once fixed
on the lady, whom all her familiarity with the
attention of tho great hardly fitted to go com
posedly through her part in the conference.
Bonaparte's return from Elba was a source of
joy and triumph to tne great actress. On her
first appearance during the "Hundred Days"
she held in her hand a bouquet of violets; she
bore violets In her sash; they were to bo seen in
the borders of her robe; they adorned her hair.
This was remembered to her prejudice in tho
early days of the Restoration. Acting in "Tar
tttfle," she was prevented from proceeding by
loud orders from the orchestra and the pit to cry
Vive le Hoi !' " She availed herself of a moment
of quiet to say, "Gentlemen, I have already
cried, "Vivo le Roi !" and they condescended
not to insist on the repetition.
In private life, as well as on the boards, Made
moiselle Mars was natural, unaffected and cheer
ful. She showed in her manners, in her lan
guage, and in her conduct, a rare penetration,
and the delicacy of a well-educated woman.
She did not seek for witty expressions, but
spoke w ith tact and good sense. One of her ob
servations deserves to be quoted: "How much
better would we act if we sought applause less!"
Daughter of a comedian, she appeared on the
boards at eight yearn of age. Her debut as an
ingenue in the Theatre Francais was not suc
cessful. She was meagre in person, had sharp
elbows, mid rather red arms and hands, but her
eyes were expressive, her smile agreeable, and
her voice of a pleat ing and impressive character.
With time cuiue soft and rounded contours, and
she combined in herself all the qualities of
beauty, talent, and success.
Mademoiselle Mars was well-favored bv for
tune, liesides her prolits as nocietain; of the
theatre, she was In receipt ot a salary of 30,000
iranes besides her gaius during the recess; and
the presents made to her (some from unknown
quarters) amounted to a fabulous Bum.
ixm 1!"" :I,uro'w ! charitable (lis
Qft m "l'Prtcl more than one
helpless artist. The life of the
theatre was so combined with her well
being that she did not renounce tho prestation
ot young "Ingenues" till she was close to six"?
years er larewell t the stage was an in tia
tory death.
In WiS. when the ocietaire of tho theatre
were becoming painfully sensible that the lady's
ago and appearance, and her pretensions to nil
the parts of young ladies, were not iu accord
ance, some of them said to Scribe, "Ah, if you
could induce her to select tho role of a duenna !"
"Certainly," said he, "I'll do It." A wager was
made, and the never-weary dramatist composed
a piece in which there was a charming woman,
but still a grandmother. She was such a delight
ful personage that the wooer of her grand
(UuLtvr changed Lis injud ami proposed Jo
nerscll. Having read tho piece to Mad'Uo Mars,
and received abundant applause for it, ho aid,
"I need not mention. Mademoiselle, the part In
tended for you." "Oh, no need at all," said she,
"but whom do you Intend for the grandmother?"
Bcrlbe's spirits descended into his boots; he lost
his wager, and tho company their hopes.
RACHEL.
Madcrnolscllo Rachel, who enjoyed such a de
gree of public favor, was In her youth so thin
and sickly looking, that wheu she solicited somo
lessons from M. Provost, one of the company of
the Theatre Francais, he advised her to go and
sell flowers. On one of the evenings of her
later triumphs, when she was enthusiastically
called for, and bouquets in profusion flung to
her, as soon as the curtain was down she col
lected a number of them in her Greek tunic, ap
proached her master that should have been, and
gracefully kneeling before him, and holding out
her collection, thus addressed him: "I have fol
lowed your advice, M. Provost, and am a flower
seller; will you buy?" The professor, of course,
acknowledged his wnut of foresight, and paid
her due compliments.
When Rachel entered the Theatre Francais In
the year 1HH8, she was a well-exercised come
dienne, though young iu years. Her first studies
were directed to singing, under a certain M.
Choron, whose school of religious mu.-dc wassub
ventioned by the Government of the Restaura
tion. He requested her to take tho name of
Kli.a as more befitting a Christian school. She
gave up the vocal study, and entered a class of
declamation kept by M. St. Aulaire, and was
very glad to get occasionally two francs per
night lor nssisting in juvenile performances.
She performed at the Theatre Moliere, under the
pet name of La Petite Elisa, and then entered
the Gymnasc under M. Poirson. "Have you any
other name besides Eliza?" said he. "i'es, my
name is Elizabeth Racnel." "Then Ra
chel you shall be; Eliza is not a good name on a
play-bill." Previous to this she had tilled a
variety of characters. In "La Vendeenne" she
made her debut at the Gymnasc. Poirson, after
Mime study of her abilities, counselled her to
adopt the serious business of tragedy. She fol
lowed his advice, and put herself under the In
struction of M. Samson, one of the company of
the Theatre Francais. Being received at that
theatre, she attracted little notice at first, but
she won her way to public favor, in a few
months, by the possession of genuine talents aud
perseverance.
Sprung from people of low condition, spend
ing her youth in a state of penury, and in a
society far from edifying, she found herself sud
denly admitted to the tables and the salons of
the nobility, vet a stranger meeting her there
would scarcely suspect that she had not been
"to the manor born." Without education, she
was nlwayB ready to be instructed by competent
authorities in literary matters. As an artist, she
was unrivalled in the expression of the stronger
and fiercer passions and feelings, but she was
deficient in exhibiting the tenderer emotions of
onr nature. She attempted comedy, like other
eminent tragedians, but failed of success.
Where she felt at case in society she gave way
to all her lively, cheerful, and satirical impulses,
and charmed her company. She could act the
line lady to the entire approbation of any re
union In high society in w hich she might happen
to be, but, like Tony Lumpkin, frequently pre
ferred the company of the "Three Pigeons to
the people of the "great house."
Having read before her Majesty at Windsor,
and won royal approbation by her delivery as
well as her easy, unaffected demeanor, she
entered the family circle much fatigued, and
throwing herself on a sofa, cried out in a tone
of relief, "(), how I love to vulgarize myself
(M'encanailU'r)."
That she was grasping as well as generous,
fickle, eager to take back to-day what she
liberally gave away yesterday, that she by no
means appreciated a good woman's best gift," can
not be denied. She was only thirty-eight years
old at her death in 1858.
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tion will be made.
ALFRED C. IIARMFR, President.
MARTIN LANDF.NBKKUKR, Treasurer.
MlCttAF.L Nihiif.t, Secretary. 1 11 Am
TERRA COT T A WORKS.
(LOlCivSTEIt TEIUtACOTTA AVOllKS
DIXEY A CO.
STORE AND OFFICE
NO. 122 NORTH flXTH STREET,
ABOTB ARCH,
PHILADELPHIA,
MANUFACTURERS OF
DOUBLE GLAZED VITRIFIED
DRAIN PIPES,
With Branches, Bends, Sleeves, Traps, etc.
DRAINING TILE, PAVEMENT TILE,
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL CHIMNEY TOPS,
HOT-AIR FLUES,
HOPrERS,
GARDEN VASES,
STATUARY, ETC.
OWNERS, BUILDERS, AND CONTRACTORS
Will consult their Interests by giving us a call.
Having a large supply of all kinds constantly on
hand, aud delivered at the shortest notice.
Respectfully soliciting your orders, we are, yours
B 3t f DIXEY & CO.
FERTILIZERS.
FOK LAWNS, GARDENS, GREEN
HOUSES AND FARMS,
B AU O II'S
RAW-BONE SUTER-PIIOSPHATE OF LIM-3 will
be found a powerful MANURE.
It Is prompt In its action; It contains the seeds of
no pestiferous weeds, aud will produce luxuriant
growth of Orass, Flowers, Strawberries, and all Gar
den Vegetables and Plants.
Dealers supplied by the cargo, direct from the
wharf or the manufactory, on liberal terms.
Send your address and procure free "Journal of tho
Farm."
ItAI Ac SO,
No. '20 S. DELAWARE AVENUE.
This Fertilizer can be had of all Agricu.tural Deal
ers in city or country. 3 2 luMisilm
VELOCIPEDES.
gl'ECIALTY OF
1 O N Y I IIAETON S
AKD
, Velocipedes,
OF TIIE LATEST STYLES and LOWEST PRICES;
ToRcthcr with nil the NEW SPRING PATTERNS ot
Urst-class PHAETONS AND CARRIAGES, iu stock
and llnish. For sale by
S. W. JACOBS,
4 10 fmwUm No. 617 ARCH STREET.
LUMBER.
18(H)
SPRUCE JOIST.
SPRUCE JOIST.
HEMLOCK.
HEMLOCK. '
18(9
1 SstCl SEASONED CLEAR PINE. 1C-i0
lOUt SEASONED CLEAR PINK. lOOU
CHOICE PATTERN PINK.
SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR.
18G9
FLORIDA FLOORING.
FLORIDA FLOORING.
CAROLINA FLOORING.!
VIRGINIA FUiORING.
DEI AtVAKH I'lAiOKINtt.
ASH FLOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
FLORIDA STEP BOARDS.!
RAIL PLANK.
18(59
1 SUtl WALNUT BD8. AND PLANK. 1 Di'Q
OUJ WALNUT BDS. AND PLANK. lOOil1
WALNUT BOARDS.
WALMtIT PLANK.
IQftC, UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. 1Qfn
lOUJ UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. J.OOIJ
RED CEDAR,
WALNUT AND PINK.
18G9
SEASONED POPLAR.
SEASONED CHERRY.
18(59
AMI.
WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS.
HICKORY.
IftftO CIGAR BOX MAKERS' 1D,n
lOUJ CIGAR BOX MAKERS 1001
SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARDS.
EOR SALE LOW.
18(59
CAROLINA SCANTLING
CAROLINA H. T. KILLS.
NORWAY SCANTLING.
18G9
18G9
CEDAR SHINGLES. in(.n
CYPRESS SHINGLES. lOOl
MAU I E, BROTHKR 4 CO.,
No. tfSOO SOUTH Street,
gSLER & BROTHER'S
U. S. BUILDERS' MILL,
Kos. 24, 26 and 23 S. FIFTEENTH St.
We offer this season to the trade a .larger and more su
perior stock of
Wood Mouldings, Brackets, Balusters,
Newell Posts, Etc.
The stock is made from a oaroful selection of Michigan
Lumber, from the mills direct, and we invite buildurs ana
contractors to examine it before purchasing elaewhere.
Turning and Scroll Work in all iu varieties. 6 ti ha
JUM BE K UNDKll GOV Ell
ALWAYS D11Y.
WATSON & CILLINCHAM,
1 1 No. 24 RICHMOND Street. '
f)ANEL PLANK ALL THICKNESSES.
1 and 9 SIDE FENCE BOARDS.
W1U1K PINE FLOORING BOARDS.
YFLI.OW AND SAP PINK , FLOORLNU8, IX and
fM. bPRUCE JOIST, ALL SIZES. w
HEM LOI'k JOIST, ALL SIZES.
PLASTERING LATH A SPECIALTY.
Together with a general saaortment of Building Lnmba
foraalelowloreaaL ,OTU T. W. SMALTZ,
S iu tan FIFTEENTH and STILES Street s
ODGER8' AND WOSTENHOLM'8 POCKET
KNIVES, Pearl and Stag Handles of beaotiful finish.
KODOERS' and WADE 4 BUTt HER'8 RAZORS, and
the oelehrated LKUOLTKK KAJAJH SCISSORS of Ui
llueat quality. . , ,
Raaore, Kniyes. Sclsaors. and Table Cutler Ground and
PolialuMt, at P. MAUEUU'S, No. 113 S, 11LNXU Street,
belvw CbvsUUt. .
WIRE FENCING,
For Farms,
Gardens,
Lawns 13 tc.
Ai.se,
WHITE X&ETAL WIRE,
FOR CLOTHES LINES.
G. DE WITT BROTHER & CO
No. 633 MARKET STREET,
619 wfmlm
rillLADKLPIU.V.
O U A
R D " s",
FOR STORE FRONTS, ASYLUMS, FAC
TORIES, ETC.
Talent Wire Railliifr, Iron ReclHtcnds, Ornamental
Wire Work, Papcr-niakera' Win-s, uiiil every variety
of Wire Work, manufactured ly
M. WALKER A SONS,
2 .Traw! No. 11 N. SIXTH Strict.
PAP ER HA N CINQS.
g E A N & WARD,
PLAIN AUD DECORATIVE
PAPER HANGINGS,
KO. 251 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
BETWEEN WALK IT AKD 8PRCCH,
FIIILADELFIILV,
COUNTRY
TO.
WORK PROMPTLY
ATTENDED
S IS
LOOK1 LOOK!! LOOK !! '.WALL PAPERS
and Linen Window Shades Manufactured, the
cnennpM in tne cuy.ai jutli0 ro.N'S Unpot, No. 1 fi.'l.'l
SFR1NO GARDEN Street, boiow Eleventh, Branch, No!
307 FEDERAL Street. Camdca, New Jersey. 2 Xii
ENCINES, MACHINERY, ETC.
PENN STEAM ENGINE AN I
--ftViil BOll.KK WORKS. -NEAKIK A LEVY,
. EJr PRACTICAL AND THEoHETinAl'
fPJr-i-.r EN;iNEKKS.MAl!HfVtsi'K umr tru.
"aainn. i.cAiyivnji 1 1 u, and (UUJil)KKH having,
for many years been in sucoosaful operation, and beuu ex
cluHively eiinaed in building and repairing Marinn and
River Engines, high and low-presume. Iron lloilors, Watui
Tanks, Propellere, etc. etc., respectfully offor their service)
to the public aa being fully prepared to contract for en.
dines of all sizes. Murine, River, and Stationary ; having
sots of patterns of different sizos are prepared to execute
orders with quick dKiatch. Every doHcription of pattern
making mane at the shortest notico. High and Low pres
sure Pine Tubular and Cylinder Hollers o? the bost Penn
sylvania Charcoal Iron. Eorgingsof all sizes and kin.ts.
Iron and Brass Castings of all descriptions. Roll Turning
Screw Cutting, and all other werW connected with thi
above business.
Drawings and specifications for all work done at the esta
blishment free of charge, and work guaruntood.
The subscribers have ample wharf -dock room for repairs
of boats, where they can lie in perfect safety, and are pre
Tidod with shears, blocks, falls, eto. etc., fur raising hoav
or light weight.
JACOB O. NEAFIK.
JOHN P. LEVY,
BEACH and PALMER Streets.
8JL
M
E K It I C K
SONS
SOCTHWARK FOUNDRY,
No. 430 WASHINGTON AVENUE, Philadelphia,
WILLIAM WRIGHT'S PATENT VARIABLE
CUT-OFF STEAM ENGINE,
Repainted by the Governor.
MERRICK'S SAFETY HOISTING MACHINE,
Patented June, 1SCS.
DAVID JOY'S
PATENT VALVELE.SS STEAM HAMMER.
D. M. WESTON'S
PATENT PELF-CENTRING, SELF-TUT. NCING
CENTRIFUGAL SUGAlt-DKAINING MACHINE.
HYDRO EXTRACTOR.
For t otton or oollen Manufacturers. 7 10 rawf
t. VALGUN MEBI1ICE.
WtlJJAM H. MKKHICK.
JOHN . COI'E
C 01 'Til WAR K FOUNDRY, FIFTH AND
O WASHINGTON Streets.
I'mi-AlilXPHIA.
MERRICK & SONS,
UNO INK EES AND M AC1IINISTS,
manufacture Hit-h and Ixiw Pressure Steam Engines for
Land. Kiver, and Marine Service.
Rollers, Gasometer, Tanks, Iron Boats, eto.
Castings of all kinds, either Iron or Rraas.
Iron I rame Roots for Gas Works, Workshops, and Rati
road Statious, etc.
Retorts and G:i Machinery of the latest and most Im
proved construction.
Every description of Plantation Machinery, also, Sugar,
Paw, aud Grist Mills, Vacuum Fuus, Oil Steam Trains, U.
lecuuirs, niters, ruinping I'.ugiues, eto.
Sulo Agents for N. Hilleui's Patent Sugar Boiling Appa
ratus, Nei-myth's Patent Steam Hammer, ami Aapinwall
& Moolaoy'i Patent CeoUilugai Sugar Draining Ma
chines. 4 guj
QIRARD TUBE WORKS.
JOHN II. MURPHY & BROS,
itlanufnx'turrra of Wrought Irou Plue, lite.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. v
WORKS,
TWENTY-THIRD and FILBERT Ktrerta.
OFFICE, 4 1
No. 4'i North FIFTH ftrrert.
STOVES, RANGES, ETO.
NOTICE. THE UNDERSIGNED
would call tho attention of the public to his
This is an entirely new heater. It is so ivmnmnll
as to once commend itself to general favor, being a combi
nation of wrought and oast. Iron. It is very simple in its
construction, and is perfectly air-tight , self-oloaniug, hav
ing no pipes or drums to be taken out aud cleaned. It is
so arranged with upright Hues as to produce a larger
amount of beat from the same weight of coal than any fur
nace now in ue. The hygromotrio condition of the air as
produced by my new arrangement of evaporation will at
once demonstrate that it in the only Hot Air Furnace that
will produce a perfectly healthy atmosphere.
Those in want of a complete Heating Apparatus would
do well to call and examine I he Golden Eagle.
CHARLES WILLIAMS,
Nos. lli-Z and 1131 MARKET Street,
. , Philadelphia,
A large assortment of Cooking Ranges, Eire-board
Stoves, Low Down Grates, Ventilators, etc.. always on
band.
N. B Jobbing of all kinds promptly dons. 6 109
THOMSON'S LONDON KITCHENER
or EUROPEAN RANGE, for families, botols, or
public institutions, in TWENTY Di FEE RENT
SIZES. Also. Philadelphia Ramres. Hot. Air I.,,..
naces. Portable lleutcrs, lyowdown Grates, Firelward
Stoves, Hath Boilers, Stew-hole Plates, Boilers, Cookiu
Stoves, etc., wholesale and ret), by the manufacturers.
SHARPE A THOMSON,
!5 27wfmi;m No. UU N. SECOND Street
BOOTS AND SHOES.
gPRING STYLES
E00TS AND SHOES
FOB
GENTS1 "WEAR.
BAHTLETT,
NO. 33 SOUTH SIXTH STREET,
10 18 fmw ABOVE CHESNUT.
BOARDING.
AT NO. 1121 GIRARD STREET MAY BE
obtain tarnished and ufuiniaued rooms (or lodg.
lfr. ttwud aiao, if deaued. ilU
SHIPPING.
CHARLESTON. 8.
Til It ROITTIT A Km annrniDiKus
c.
fc. DVLlliniUi
FAST FUinciIT
EVERY THURSDAY.
The Stcamahtp PROMKTHF.US, Captain Gray. J,
WILL Ft) KM A KKOUIjAK WKKKLT UNIt
TUa tit wumnliin .1 W IlVKKXI &v mi
isi, 7ivis..ij.. . -..hi mi, Lii mm 1 1 ir u
TH I'HSHAY, Juno 8, Ht 4 P. M.
i nrotipn iiiim oi inning jrivon in connection with 8.
C. R. R. to point In the South and Southwest.
Insurance Ht lowest nitea. Iiu tl freight M low
9 uj auy oilier route, r or 1 10101, noiwv 10
E. A. HoVfjlkft A CO.,
S 22 tf JXCH STKKiiT V!IAR.
ONLY DIRECT LINETO FRANCE
THE OKNF.Ft A I. TRANS ATI.AWTin
CSS'V-'r.' CH-i PA NY'S MAIL STEAMSHIPS
I'Ki VU.KN NEW YORK AND HAVKR. GALLING AT
BREST. '
The splendid new vixuwls on this favrrtte nmta forth
Continent will sail from Pier No. W North river, aa lot-
lows;
'tHRtf --- Dueheane Satnrday, May 1
It lm J ZV RoH,..a Saturday M7l5
PI. I.Al KKM Ivnmiw, Saturday, May
V ILLE 1K PARIS Surmount Saturday, J una U
1.,,. . .. r,U(;K OFPASSAGK
In gold (including wiue),
1,. . . . 'Id hhlST OR HA VHP.
1-irst Cabin u,, Second Cabin
, TO PARIS,
. Vnulnl,DK railway li, kots, tumiahed on board.)
First Cabi i a,n, t
'.'","-' 'leui.- ers do not an; storage paMMuigera.
.Vetlicnl uiii'iii'o.m e lr,;e ot cliargu.
Anirtinin ttnveoers ,-oing tour returning from the ooo
tinuntol Mirt'pr, by taking the steamers uf tins line avoid
unnecessary riks from tntnsit by Kiutlish railways and
crossing the channel, beu.les siivmg time, trouble, and
eipense. GruRGE MACK K W.ff, Agent.
. , , No. ,',S IlKf MOW AY, New York.
for nassaire In Phi l. ...i .. ..,'.,",! "J
Comoany. t u LKA
niliiuiy, Iu
54
No. :W CI! KS.YUT Street.
f-.r-r.. I'HILADEH'HI.V RlCMMrtNT
!r;' ,-:AN, Norfolk si kamsuip lini
.Iirrir TIIKOCGIl freight ami unkt
ife223jsT!li: SOUTH AND WEST.
t i'. i i nn i 1 1 it i ' A i ,
at.', noon, irom l-lKM' WHARF abort MARKKA
Street.
THROUGH RATES to all point In North and Sou J
( arolina, via Seaboard Air Lino Railroad, onnoeotiiur J
PnrUUH'Ulli. t" Lynchburg, V., Teuneseeo. andtll
West, via V irginia and lenuusaue Air Line and Riehmoul
BUti a-' u 1 1 ii i fj iiniinmii,
Freight HANDLED RUT ONCE, and taken at LOWER '
RATES THAN ANY OTHER Lllil" M,WIC8
The regularity, suiety, and cheapness of this rout eora.
mend it to the public as the most desirable medium fur
carrying every description ot freight.
No charge for oonuuisaioa, drayage, or any expense oi
transfer.
Steamships Insured at the lowest rate.
Freight received daily.
WILLIAM P. OLYPF A OO.
No. Vi S. WHARVES and Pier I N. WHARVES
Mr. P. PORTER, Agent at Richmond and Oily Point.
T. P. CROW ELL A CO., Agents at Norfolk. 1
ajf LORILLAUD'8 ' STEAMSHIP
.t? LINK FOR
ra'" MEW YOftK.
Sailing Tuesdnys, Thursdays, nnd Saturdays.
REDUCTION OF RATES.
Spring rntes, commencing- March 18.
SalllnR Tm-Kcliiys, Thursdays, and Saturdays. On
and after 15th of jlareh freight by this line will be
taken ut 12 cents per loo pounds, 4 cunts per foot, or
1 cent per gallon, ship's option. Advance charges
caBhed at ollk e on Pier. Freight received at all
times on covered wharf.
JOHN F. oni,
S !85 Pier 19 North Wharves.
N. R. Extra rates on small packages Iron, ruetala, etc.
NEW EXPRESS LINE TO
Alexandria, Georgetown, and Washington, D.
ryeziyi C.. via Chesapeitko and 1 Inl.w.r l Vrtul with
.... ,.... . lu,u , ums,, oimoi route lor
Lynchburg, Bristol, Knoxvillu, Nashville, Dalton, and tha
Southwest.
Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noon from th
first wharf above Market streot.
Freight received daily.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE it OO.,
. No. 1 4 North and South Wharves.
HYDK ft TYLER, Agents, at Georgetown ; M.
ELD1UDUK jtCO.. Agents at Aloxandna. 4l
FOR LIVERPOOL AND
;yoKKNSTOWN. Inman Line of Mail
Steamers am unnm nr.ul , n ! .
rarfL'fPMiotvs:
uy ot Puns. Saturday. June 5. at 1 P. SI.
City of Italtimorc, Saturday, .lime ID, at 1 P. M.
City of Boston, via Halifax. Tuesday, June 15, at 11 A. M.
a mi eacu succeeding naiuraay ana alternate Tuesday,
from Pier 15, North River.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
BY THK MATT, HTKAMEB HAttJN KVKHt SATURDAY.
Payablo iu Gold. Payable in Currency.
FIRST CABIN $1(10 STEERAGE ...$35
To Ixmdon loo To Iondon iu
To Paris lis! To Paris
FAKHAOE BY THE TUESDAY BTEAMKK, VIA UAUTAX.
F1HKT CA111N. 8TKKHAUR.
Payable in Gold. Payable in Currency.
Liverpool $K0 ' Liverpool $30
Halitax...
.. a) Halitax 16
) 4-1 St, John's, N. F., ) .
. bv Uraneh Steamer.. . . .
St. John's, N. F.,
by Branch Steamer..
Passengers al io forwarded to Havre. ILunhurg. Bremen.
etc., at reduced rates.
Tickets can bn bought bore at mod orate rates by persona
wishing to send fcr their friends.
For further miormuiion apply at the Company's Offloos,
uuiiin u. UAl.r;, ahoiu, im. x.j, ttnuAuvtAi, n. x.
or to
O'DONNELL A FAL'LK. Airunta.
46
No. 4UOHESNUT Streot, Philadelphia.
I, iiviiv. rj. rviv ii,o iwirv, v ijv
A TtEr.AWARR AND RARfTAN
VATlPf r.'I XTfMJ VOD17 TTT k
- KX PRESS STKA M BOAT UOMPAN Y.
Ilie CHEAPEST and tjlJIOKEST water eommunioa.
tion botween Philadelphia and New York.
Steamers leave daily from first wharf below Market
street, Philadelphia, and foot of Wall street, New York.
Goods forwarded by all the lines running out of New
York, North, East, and West, free of commisaion.
Freight received and forwarded on accommodating terms.
VULLIAM P. CLYDE s CO., Agents,
No. Vi S. DELAWARE Avenue, Philadelphia.
JAMES HAND, Agent,
f 8 85 No. 1 19 WALL Street, New York.
J NOTICE. FOR NEW YORK,
via Delaware and Raritan Canal, SWIFT
MxJrSURE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.
UKSr-AIOH AND SWIFTSURK LINE.
The business by these lines will be resumed on and after
the nth of March. For Freights, which will be taken on
accommodating terms, apply tu
W. M. BAIRD CO.,
.8 Ne. 13'4 South Wharves.
PATENTS.
QFFICI3 FOR PROCUHING PATENTS,
FORREST BUILDINGS,
NO. 119 S. FOURTH STREET, PHILA.,
And Marble Buildings,
No. C0 SEVENTn Street, opposite U. & Patent
Office, Washington, JX C
II. HOWSON,
Solicitor of Patents.
C. IIOWSON,
Attorney at Law.
Commnnlcntions to bo addressed to tha Prinetnai
Olllce, l'tiiladclphla, 0 1 lm
p A TENT OFF I C E 8,
N. W. Corner FOl'RTn and CHESNUT
(Entnincc ou FOURTH Street).
TZlAIfCXS . PASTORXtTg,
SOLICITOR OF PATENTS.
Patents procured for Inventions In the United 8tates
ami Foreign Countries, and all business relating to
the same promptly transacted. Call or send for cir
culars on Patents.
Open till 0 o'clock every evening. 3 8ratn
t'uaioin llouao UroUcra und Notarleei Public,
No. 405 LIBRARY STREET.
ALL CUSTOM HOUSE BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
PASSPORTS PROCURED. 1 " "
PLUMBINQ ADjOASirT'i'tr
PEArTTflt
PLUMBER, OAS TITTER,
ouum f ifteenth street,
netow I.ocnit
DEAKNE88. EVERY INSTRUMENT THAT
science and skill hava lnTentd to aa. , lie heami
1 ST' 17 dwre8 of ueafneas: also. ltesuiraixialI ii5
MA iVyS" ryriTu,.TX'r7intilUap: