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FRIDAT. JULY 3,
THE PROGRESS OF POLITICAL "RE
FORM." SoAMDAi-otTS aa were the proceedings of the
last Legislature of this State, one good result
flowed from theui. The attention of the
. public was generally attracted to the prevail
ing rasoalitjr in political management, and
, from all sides came protests against the cor
rnptiou of the present system and appeals
for a change in the future. The press of this
' Uy, especially, were thoroughly aroused to
the necessity for ft radical change, and were
fdmost, if not quite, unanimous in their de
mand for a thorough and sweeping reform.
The only manner in which this reform could
possibly be inaugurated was clearly seen to
be by a repudiation on the part of the people
of the shameless and reckless plunderers who
J i d contrived to install themselves in positions
1 1 honor, trust, and profit. The essential
piinciples of the two great political parties of
the country wore not connected in any way
with the corruptions and abuses whieh had
crept into the management of public affairs
by the so-callod representatives of either of
these parties. The evil of the system con
sisted, not in the principles professed by
place-holders, but in the character of the
place-holders themselves; and the only hope
of a reform lay in the future selection of men
who were not utterly lost to all sense of
ehame, who wore not entirely deficient in the
elements of decency, capacity, and honesty.
With the powerful incentive of public
Opinion at their back, the Republican man
agers a few weeks ago presented a city and
county ticket which was unexceptionable from
" first to last, except in the case of one name
. placed upon it. Through the agency of the
most unblushing roguery, John A. Houseman
vr&n declared the candidate of the party for
the office of Recorder of Deeds. The manner
in which he secured his so-called nomination,
and the general disrepute attaching to his po
litical affiliations, render him entirely un
trorthy of the support of decent and respect
able citizens who have the welfare of the com
munity and the strength and purity of the
Republican party at heart. In respect to the
nominations for the State Legislature, the
result was not so fortunate. The districts are
comparatively small, and were therefore much
more easily manipulated. By reason of this,
the ring which secured the pretended nomi
nation of Houseman succeeded in splitting
one of the Representative conventions and in
gaining for William Elliott, one of its servile
tools, the shadow of a nomination. Six of
the old members likewise managed things so
adroitly that they were enabled to claim a
"regular" nomination, by which they expect
to counteract the disreputable records left
behind them when the den of thieves at Har
risburg was broken up for the season. With
the exception of these eight men Houseman,
Elliott, Stokes, Davis, Bunn, Adaire, Cloud,
and Hong the general and legislative tickets
of the Republican party come before the
people with the strongest claims upon their
hearty support, in the cause of the new re
form.
But the Democracy ! Last night the last
of their conventions adjourned, and the re
suits of their labors as a whole are now before
the people. For the lower house of the State
Legislature, two of their old members, Sam
Josephs and Samuel D. Dailey, secured uncon
tested renominations, while in two of the
other districts controlled by them the con
ventions were rent asunder through the de
termination of the old members, John I
Rogers and Michael Mullin, to secure a re-
nomination at all hazards. John McGinnis,
the other Democratic member, for some
reason did not turn up on Tuesday, but still
another split presented two candidates, while
in the Eleventh district, which is neither one
thing nor the other, there are also two candi
dates. From this showing, it appears that,
in their Legislative conventions, the reform
movement in the Democratic ranks was
knocked in the head, and either fell dead at
the outset, or lingers on the brink of the
grave.
- The Democratic conventions at forge wit
nessed the same melancholy result. The
Claims of such men as Joseph N. Peirsol,
Major J. R. Coxe, Colonel A. II. Reynolds,
Dr. F. F. Bui-meister, and Dr. II. R. Linder
nian, were utterly ignored, in deference to the
aspirations ef such unterrified specimens as
John P. Ahern, James Stewart, and Charles
M. Hurley. On the entire ticket we find the
names of but two men who have any claims
ou the support of the decent law-abiding,
and order-loving portion of the community.
Mr. S. Gross Fry secured the nomination for
City Treasurer, but this result was achieved
only by the inot flagrant violations of the
rules of the party, and amidst a soene of riot
ous disorder which fully warranted Mr Peir
Bol in requesting his friends to withdraw from
the convention. Mr. William F. Scheible
who ih announced as the can ilidate f or Pro
thonotary of the District Court, iH well
known as a decent and honorable gentleman
But that consummation of chaos and climax
Of Fourth ward rowdyism, the County Con
vention, which placed him iu nomination
dealt a severe blow at his reputation and
- standing in the community by honoring him
with their endorsement, while the character
of his associates on the ticket effectually robs
him of all the respectability that was left.
??iuj2 tli p to. or three years dj.
niocracy of Philadelphia have boon ou their
good behavior. The incontestable fact that they
were in the minority led theiu to present very
respectable ticket, while the overweening
confidence of the Republicans resulted in the
selection of candidates who, to say the
least, were lacking in the element of strength.
The result was a general resmcitntiou of the
city Democracy, unlil they have at last secured
a fair share of the city and county offices.
Then came the reaction, and this weok the
Democracy steered their shaky craft against
i- n whii-h the staunch Republican
ship has sustained so many serious shocks.
And down she went down to the
very bottom. Peirsol, and Coxe,
and Reynolds, and ' Burmoister,
and Lindenuan were unable to grasp even a
Btraw as the dark, slimy waters of corruption
and violence closed over them, and their dead
bodies have not yet been fished out of the deep.
Such burly tars as Ahern and Stewart, and
such adroit political swimmers as Hurley and
Duncan, secured each a stout plank, while
Fry and Scheible, weaker, because more re
spectable, are hugging desperately to a couple
of treacherous spars, now with their hoclsand
ears out of water, and now completely sub
merged. The unhappy fate of the
whole crew it will be our melancholy duty to
record on the loth of October next. But we
do not, by any means, bid them adieu till theu
NAVAL NOMENCLATURE!.
Some of the jaw-breaking Indian names affixed
to our national vessels of war by that "old
man of the sea," Mr. Gideon Welles, were
criticized rather freely. It was felt, how
ever, that there was a certain propriety in
choosing Indian names for this purpose,
especially as they represented mountains,
lakes, rivers, towns, etc. of our own land,
which gave them a distinctively national char
acter; the sailors, too, who generally like high
sounding titles for men-of-war, took kindly to
the nomenclature adopted by the Navy De
partment; and if we except a little good,
natured banter at the expense of the queer
old gentleman who for eight long years figured
as Secretary of the Navy, there was no serious
objection to them.
Under the administration of Mr. Borie,
however, all this was changed; and instead of
renaming the vessels as the law di
rects, the nomenclature of the Bri
tish service, which, by-the-way, savors
strangely the prize ring, was adopted.
This change, it is understood, was adopted at
the instance of Admiral Porter, who may be a
very good officer to command a fleet, but who,
while managing the Navy Department for Mr.
Borie, showed a singular aptitude for creating
dissatisfaction in all quarters, and who cer
tainly displayed neither taste nor judgment
in this particular instance. It is rumored
that our new Secretary, Gen. Robeson, not
withstanding the fact that he is a Jerseyuiau,
has determined to send Porter back to Anna
polis to resume the duties of schoolmaster,
and that he will run the Navy Department
after his own ideas. It is to be hoped that
his ideas are good ones, and that he will not
run the navy into the ground. Rumor has it
that Gen. Robeson is about to abolish the new
names given to our ships of war and restore
those originally given. This is what he
should do, for the name of a vessel ought
not to be changed except for very decided
reasons, and there does not appear to be any
necessity for altering the nomenclature
adopted by Mr. Welles. It has been sug
gested that, if a change must be made, it
would be preferable to adopt such as "Billy
Bowlegs," or "Tall Bear," or "Jumping
Bear," or "Hole in the Sky," or "Squinting
Eyes," or others equally expressive, rather
than to borrow from classic mythology, which
has been used up long ago for such purposes,
or the even more objectionable names of the
British navy, which savor strongly of black
guardism, which is sufficient to condemn them
even if there was nothing else to urge against
them. Those we have indicated are expres
sive if not elegant, and they have the advan
tage of being genuinely American.
THE NATIONAL DEBT.
The Tall Mall Gazette recently referred to
the interest that was felt in the statements of
the national debt as a curious phase of the
American character. . The English have long
since ceased to regard their debt as anything
but a permanent institution: they are satisfied
to pay the interest regularly, and all hope of
ever reducing the principal has long since
been abandoned. Every American, however,
has a personal interest in the debt incurred to
defeat the Rebellion: it is considered a nui
sance of the first magnitude, that must be
abated as soon as possible. To
the amazement of the well-disciplined
British tax-payer, the exact standing
of our debt is a matter of solicitude. The
Secretary of the Treasury is expected to
publish frequent statements of the exact
condition of the debt, and its increase or
decrease is a matter for congratulation or
otherwise.
The British subject has become so accus
tomed to being taxed, that he is supposed to
rather like it; but on this side of the Atlantic
it is an object of the first moment to reduce
taxation to a minimum, and there is a deter
mination to get rid of the burden imposed
upon us by the Rebellion as soon as it can
possibly be done.
It is expected of President Grant's admin
istration Jhat the public expenditures will be
conducted with economy, and that a material
reduction of the debt will be made within the
next four years. A good beginning has been
made, and Secretary Boutwell appears to have
managod the Treasury with excellent judg
ment. It was estimated that during the
month of June there would be a reduction of
the national debt to the amount of i),000,00.
The statement of the debt, however, which
lias been published by the Treasury Depart
ment, shows that the actual reduction has been
li,4l0,l82T4, at which rate the whole debt
could be paid ofl- in about fifteen years. It
cannot, however, be expected that so large a
reduction will be made every month, but
vith discreet management the debt could
probably be liquidated within the time spec
www (U ttc saaiv Imw.
THE DEMOCRATIC RESOLUTIONS.
Anna the roughs and rowdies of the Demo
cracy had for three days swayed their County
Convention, making the most disgraceful
nominations that were ever presented to the
citizens of Philadelphia, the pecforminces
were not considered complete without the
adoption of a string of resolutions. The first
of the series announces that "upon the actual
issues of the day the best guide will be found
in the principles upon which our Government
is founded, as declared by the fathers of the
republic." The "actual issues of the day"
immediately connected with the proceedings
of this convention relate to the question
whether its nominees should be endorsed
at the polls, and we think the fathers
of the republic would be much better
pleased by their overwhelming defeat than by
their election. The success of popular gov
ernment depends upon the dominance of vir
tue, intelligence, and patriotism in the orga
nizations which wield ruling power. The
Democratic Convention was notoriously con
trolled by the worst influences of that party;
its ticket is the offspring of knavery, vio
lence, terrorism, and corruption; and the
election of men of the grade of its champions
is the very last thing the fathers of the re
public coidd ever have desired. Other reso
lutions express solicitude for the "rights of
the States" and antagonism to colored suf
frage. -sU'he people have loamed by bitter ex
perience what mischiefs flow from Democratic
State Rights doctrines, and they have no in
clination to endorse any modified form of
rebellion or secession. As to colored suffrage,
the negroes must indeed be sorry specimens
of humanity if they do not make a better use
of citizenship than the members of the late De
mocratic County Convention. The foes of the
Colored race can predict or fear nothing worse
than that they will prove as bad as the men
who have recently controlled the movements
of the Democracy of Philadelphia. The
last two resolutions commend the new candi
dates as "men entitled to the confidence of
the community," and pledge the party to re
trenchment, and "the reform of every abuse
that can" give occasion for complaint." Im
pudence could no farther go. The assemblage
at Eighth and Spring Garden streets was as
unpromising a body of reformers as ever met
on the continent, gangs of convicts not ex
cepted. The sort of reform that would best
suit their tastes would be the destruction of
every shield of public and private virtue, the
abrogation of every restraint upon vice aud
lawlessness, and the establishment of the rule
of luflianihm and rascality.
Drawing it Mild. The Age this morning
devotes twenty-seven lines to an endorsement
of the Democratic ticket, in the course of
which it says: "We do not consider the
ticket as popular as if might have been, aud
as we labored zealously and honestly to make
it." In this dilemma it takes the bull by both
horns, with the lamentation that "fidelity to
organization is the only safeguard of a party."
We think the Age is about correct, when a
pai ty saddles itself with such millstenes, as
Ahern, Stewart, and Hurley.
RAILROADS IS THE VSITED STATU.
Tub importance of railroad facilities in tbe I'nited
States Is perhaps better appreciated now than at
any former time iu the hlBtory of the country. We
hare such an Immense extent of country yet unde
veloped, and the boundaries of our dominion are so
widely separated, that without numerous ruilroads
intersecting aud connecting: with one another It
would probably be Impossible to maintain a politi
cal union between people so widely separated as
are those of some of the States. The first railroad
for passengers was opened In 1831, and since then
the progress of railroad building has been as follows :
1'ear. Year.
lwti 23 miles, isfts 18,374 miles.
1H30 1273 " 18C0 80,030 "
1840 8818 " 1805 S.V080 "
1848 4633 " 1807 39,270 "
I860 9020 " 1868 42,250 "
It is estimated that at the present time over forty
three thousand miles of railroad are in actual opera
tion. Pennsylvania leads all the States, having four
thousand and four hundred miles; Illinois ranks
second, and Ohio and New York, which have nearly
the sam number of miles, come next. The follow
ing table gives those States that have over 1000 miles
of railroad :
MiU: t Mil ft.
Pennsylvania 4400 Missouri 1400
Illinois 84.V) Virginia 1480
Ohio 8400 Tennessee 1440
New York 8400 Wisconsin lgno
Indiana 2600 Michigan 1200
Iowa 1560 North Carolina 1100
Georgia 1680 South Carolina low
Massachusetts 1450
The amount of capital Invested In these roads is
of course immense, and a comparison between
them and the banks will show the importance or the
railroad Interests :
Banks, national, 1C30; capital, 1969...
Banks, State, 240; " ...
4-20,0O0,OOO
07,000,000
Total, United States 93,0oo,0O0
Railroad, 43,oo0 miles in operation in
tlie United States, cost 11,870,000,000
The earnings of the banks may be estimated at
from fifty to sixty millions of dollars, or from ton to
twelve per cent, on their capital, while the earnings
of tbe railroads in the United States amounted to
1400,000,000, as follows:
From freight... ,..1280,000,000
From passengers 120,000,000
a sum exceeding largely the entire yearly revenues
of the Government.
The number of miles and the capital Invested in
railroads In this country, as compared with Great
Britain, are very nearly as follows :
.. , , Mihs. (!.
I nited States 4:1,0011 l,87i),ooo,000
Great Britain 14,600 2,5io,ooo,ooo
"According to the most reliable information ou the
subject, there are in the whole of K 11 rope about 56, 700
miles or railroad, which cost about $7,600,000,000.
The Increase In the number of miles or railroad
constructed in the United States at dltlereut periods,
presents some Interesting figures.
From 1840 to 1860 the Increase was over two hud
dred per cent. ; rrom I860 to I860 the increase was
about in the same ratio; rrom I860 to 1870 it is esti
mated that the Increase will be about lirty percent.,
or rrom 30,000 miici in I860 to 45,ooo miles In 1870.
In Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Virginia,
Ohio, aud In many or the Western States, great ex
ertions are being made to iucrnuse the railroad fucl
llties for the development of internal resources; and
now that the Pacific Railroad is completed, what is
now a wilderness will probably soon be covered with
a network or iron rails, which will open np the waste
places of our empire for cultivation and civilization.
THE PANTOMIME A T THE ARCH.
Tub Arch Street Theatre has, by a long course of
excellent management, obtained a reputation as a
placo of amusement of the highest class, where
decent people can go, with themselves and their
fumiiics, without rear or being offended by black
guard exhibitions or any kind on the stage.
Such a reputation as this ought nut to be Impe
rilled, and It Is therefore with sincere regret that wo
alluded yesterday to certain excessively disgusting
features that have been Introduced into the panto
mime or llumpty Dwnpty, now being performed
there. Iu a matter or this kind, it is or Importance
tO Hi IllV rvxpomuWlit y U ' Piopvr peiS'.'M,") ; ajd. y
the authority of thn manager of the pantomime, we
re elle to state that the entire stage business 14 In
the hands of Mr. Denier. Anything of an Improper
nntnre that Is Introduced I at the Instance of this
performer, and he alone t responsible for the black
Kiiardium to which we have referred. In
deed, Mr. Denier' colleague have remon
strated with him but he has disregarded them
and Ims preferred to run the rink f driving all de
cent people from the theatre for the sake of creating
laughter among such congenial spirit a may be 111
the audience. The fun in a pantomime is always of
a rather rough kind, hut It is not open to censure on
that - account, If it does not overstep the
iKHinds of propriety. Thera no
reason why such a performance cannot be decent a
well as funny, and at such an establishment as the
Arch it will have to be decent, or It will not succeed.
Such an extinction as we alluded to yesterday 1 a
disgrace to any place of amusement, and the
decent people iu the audience should show
their displeasure by hi&Mngly it heartily and
then leaving the house. A lesson of this kind
would probably bring Mr. Denier to his senses, and
teach him that such nastiuess is not to be endured in
a place of amusement where gentlemen expect to be
able to take their wives and children without having
them shocked by vllenes that would be disgraceful
In the lowest slums of the city. We advise the
theatre-going public to shun the theatre until t!ie
evils of which we speak are abated, upou which we
will give due notice.
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gST THE SUMMER. TO PREVENT
snnrmru and ill discoloration, and irritation of th
kin, bit of mosquitoes or other iwMct. m Wriht"
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jT U. 8. OFFICE OF ARTIFICIAL LIMM3.
An appropriation (450,000) harm bosa matte
bl Oonrresa for purchasing
ARTIKICIAL, LIMBS FOR OFFIOFRS
of the United Htatea Army and 'Nary mutilated in the
service, applications mar now be made, in person or b
letter, bj officers entitled to the benefit of tus sot, sod
who desire the best Artificial Limbs, to
Dr. B. ('HANK PALMKK. Surgeon Artist,
No. ltOHKS5UT Street. Philadelphia,
No. 678 BROADWAY, New York,
No. 81 GRKKN Street, Boston.
13? Offices for Supplying- Army and Nary Officers.
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Mombcrs of other Stste Societies who may be in the city
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NOT IOK. The mtes for the transportation of coal to
takeetlect July l,im, can be obtained upon application
at this oihee.
m S. B. KINGSTON,
6 General Freight Agent.
gy BRANCH OFFICE REPUBLIC FIRE IN
SURANCE COMPANY OF CHICAGO, N. K.
corner FIFTH and WALNUT Streets.
A semi annual dividend of FIVK PKR CF.NT. has been
declared, and is now payable at this Ortice.
SABINE Jt ALLEN,
Cash Assets June I, $1,400,000. ' 7 1 6t
OFFICE OF THE UNION PASSENGER
nDns,LVWAY COMPANY, TWENTY-THIRD and
dKUHVN Streets.
, . . PHir.ADF.r.PHtA, June 29, 159.
The Coupons for interest on the Bonds of this Company,
duejuly 1, 18i,will be paid (free of taxioa presentation at
theothceof JACOB K. KIDGWAY, No. 67 South THIRD
Street, on and at tor Thursday, July 1.
o3u8t WM. ILKKMBLE, Treasurer.
tT "A PENNY SAVED IS EQUAL TO TWO
Earned." The time to save money it when yon earn
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fftWvt'SiS? 4d Ranklin Saving hSMi. No. i3
8. IOURTH Street, below Ohesnut. Money In Urge or
mall amount received, and five per oent. interest allowed.
Open daily from V to 8, and on Monday evenings from 7 to 9
o'gl'Hik. GYRUS OADWALLADKR,
Treasurer.
tSf OLD OAKS CEMETERY COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA.
OFFICE. No. 3 IS WALNUT STREET.
This Company it now prepared to dispose of Lots, clear
of all incumbrance, on REASONABLE TERMS. Th ad
vantages offered by this Cemetery are well known to b
qual if not superior to those poniesnd by any other Usme
terv. W invite all who deslr to pnrchas Burial Lots to call
at th office, where plan can bsssen and all particular
will b given.
To societies desiring Urge tract ofXUnd a liberal reduc
tion will be mad.
ALFREDO. HARMFR, President.
MARTIN LA-NDKNBERGKR, Treasurer.
MICHAEL Nimbkt. Secretary. 1 11 tira
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RAILROAD COMPANY.
Phii.adki.phi A, June 30, ls9.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Tbe Transfer books of thi company will b closed on
Thursday, July 8, and reopened on FRIDAY, July 23,
A DIVIDEND OF FIVK PKR CENT,
has been declared on the preferred and common stock,
clear of national and State taxes, payable in common stock
on and after tbe 2Jd of July next, to the holders thereof,
as they stand registered ou the books of the company at
the close of business on the 8th of July next. All payable
at this office.
All orders for dividends must be witnessed and
stamped. 8. BRADFORD,
JI1 S6t Treasurer.
OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA
AND READING RAILROAD COMPANY, NO.
227 S. FOURTH Street.
Philadelphia, June 38, im.
NOTICE. In accordance with the terms of tbe lease
and contract between the East Pennsylvania Bailroad
Company and the Philadelphia and Reading Ruilroad
Company, duted Muy 19, 18t9, the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad Company will psy at their office, No. iil
8. FOURTH Street, Philadelphia, on aud after tbe3)th
day of July, 1H69, a DIVIDEND of ft I '50 per share, clear
of all taxes, to the stockholders of tbe East Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, as they stand registered oa the books
of the said East Pennsylvania Railroad Company oa thy
1st day of July, 18of.
R BRADFORD.
Treasurer Philadelphia tad Reading Railroad Co.
NOTE. The transfer books of the EAST PENNSYL
VANIA RAILROAD COMPANY will bs closed oa
July 1 tad reopened on July 11, 1869.
HENRY 0. JONES,
6 SOwfinH Treasurer Fast Pennsylvania Ruilroad Co.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY,
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT.
rnn.iusi.ynii, ra., May 8d, 1S69.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
The Board of Directors have thla day declared a
Beml-annual dividend of FIVE PER CENT, oa the
capital stock of the Company, olear of National and
State taxes, payable la caali on aiKt arter May 30.
1869.
Blank powers of attorney for collecting dtvtilends
can be had at the Ornce of the Company, Ho. sss 3,
Third street.
The Office will be opened at 8 A. M. and closed at
P. M. from May 89 to June B, for the payment of
dividends, and after that date from 9 A. M. to 8
P. M. TUOMAS T. FIRTH,
B8 60t Treasurer.
"Noti The Third Instalment on New Stock; or
;SM m due i.J ayaWg vu 9 UclJit toe 15.
HEELER & WILQON'8
SEWING MACHINES
Are the Best, and are Sold on the Easiest Terms.
PETERSON & CARPENTER,
GENERAL AOKNT3, ,
Wo. 014 CIIVSAIT Street,
1 6 taw, PHILADELPHIA.
OLOTHINO.
THE PEOPtE
ACCEPT THE INVITATION.
Knormous attraction!
Couaprcie aatiafacUost ' ' ;
Forthepeopie wh.icsM; . ,
Such courteous attention, .'
Det'ghtfui to mention, ; ;
AT GREAT BROWX HALL. .
. V
" ' The sales are stupendotw ; v
The stock U tremeadotis, '
For clever folks a J ; ,
So wondrous tnvitlnj, '
E.ic-0 eailcr deiitiUi)K,
AT GREAT BUOWN HALL.
Wheo, freely perspiring,
The thin clothes adminnir,
Folks eagerly call.
Each happy new comer
Finds tii in clothes for summer
AT GREAT BROWN HALL.
Every sort of One clothes you want, gentlemen!
Thru! Thinner!! Thinnest!!!
Come yourselves,
And bring your boys
TO TH J
Great Browa Stons Hall
ROCKHILL & WILSON,
NOS. 603 AND 605 CHESN'UT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
WESTON & BROTHER,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
S. W. Corner NINTH and ARCH St.
PHILADELPHIA.
DAI LT RECEIVING
SPRING AND SUMMER STYLES OF
THE LATEST IMPORTATIONS.
A Superior Garment at a reasonable price.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. i813mrp
T H E ST A R.
THE LARGEST ONE-PRICE
CLOTHING, HOUSE.
No advantage taken of a want of knowledge of
goods. FINE GOODS AT THE LOWEST RATES.
STRICTLY ONE PRICE.
PERRY & CO.,
61i'mwnrp No.JS0i OJi ESNUTSt.. bov Sixth.
P EN N8 Y L V A N I A
AND
New York Canal and Railroad Co.'s
SEVEN PER CENT. BONDS.
A limited amount of these Bonds guaranteed by
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Is offered at
NINETY AND ONE-HALF PER CENT.
The Canal of this Company Is 105 miles long. Their
Railroad of the same length is fast approaching com
pletion, and being principally owned by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Company, will open In connection
therewith an Immense and protitable trade north
ward from the coal regions to Western and Southern
New York and the Great Lakes.
Apply at Lehigh Vnliey Railroad Company's Ofttee
No. S03 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia. 7 1 12Up
CHARLES C. LONGSTRETH,
Treasurer Lehigh Valley Railroad Company.
QREXEL & CO..
NO. 34 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
American and IToreiffu
rilfrKF, DRAFTS AND CIRCULAR LETTERS
CREDIT available on presentation In any part of
Europe. r
Travellers can make all their financial arrange
meuts through us, and we will collect their Interest
and dividends without charge.
DBlXKL,WmrHK0P4C0.,DBIXSL, Hahjm It Co.,
New York. , I Parts. 3 10 p
INSTRUCTION.
UE LEHIGH U N I V E R sTt y
SOUTH BETHLKIIEM, PENNSYLVANIA,
Applicallls for admission on SEPTEMBER 1, l&rJ9, will
b xamind on MONDAY, Juu 31, or oa 1 RID AY,
August 27. A piil to
HENRY OOPPEE, LL. D.,
6 17 lm . , Prsidsat
rjMIE EDGeViU ScTuToT;
a Boarding and Day School for Boys, will begin its next
session la the new Academy Building utt
MERCHANTVILLE, NEW JERSEY,
MONDAY, September 6, lSb'S.
Foi circulars pply to Rev. T. W. OATTEI.I.,
'Wtf Principal.
fJEW SPICED SALMON,
FIRST OF TIIE SEASON.
ALBERT C. ROBERTS,
Dealer In Fine Groceries,
Li!" Corner ELEVENTnandjviNE Streets.
"MEW SPICED SALMON FIVE CASHES
just armed, for sals by
1 1
11
Nj.
lit .SOUTH YYllAHV V$,
E. V. CLARK &C
No. 35 South THIRD St;
P II I I. A I) E t. P II I A.
1
DEALERS IN I
Government Securities
Stock Gold and Note ere
Account o( Banks. Firms, and Individual
object to check at smlit.
INTEREST ALLOWED 0 BALAtfWfl
GENERAL AGENTS
ran
punns ylvawi
AND 1
SOUTHERN NEW JEHSEYi
or thi
NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE
or rm
UNITED STATE3 OP AMEHl(
THK NATION At. LIFE IXSURANOK OOMP(
4 corporal ioa chartered bjr special Act of OooT
rod July 25, I, villi a j
CASH CAPITAL OF l.OOO.OOO, PUI.I. f
Liberal term offered t Agent and Solicitor,
invfted to apply st our ofltc.
I ull particular to be had on application at our
looted in the second story of our Rankin House,
Circulars sn1 Pamphlets, fully describing th adva
ottered by tiis Oompany, may b had. r
E. W. t'LARK A CO.
8 ftu Wo. 35 Smith THI BO
MARVIN'S i
Patent Alum and Dry Plasty
FIRE-PROOF SAFi
i
ARE THE MOST DESIRABLE FOR QUAlf
FINISH, AND PRICE.
CHROME IRON
SPHERICAL BURGLAR SAFE
Cannot be Sledged !
Cannot be Wedged !
Cannot be Dri
Please send for a catalogue to
BIAltVIN Jfc CO.,
NO. 721 CHESNUT STUB
(MASONIC HALL), PinLADELPnUl
No. 26o BROADWAY, NEW YOBS,
NO. 103 BANK STREET, CLEVELAND, Ol
SECOND-HAND SAFES OF ALLMAMf(
SALS LOW. 8 is nt
SAFES AND MACHINERY MOVED.
"I ADINP ATTCMBVliA r4.l
jniiiiiM a a. in r 1 iwiy
HERRING'S PATENll
FKANKLINITE BANKER'S CH
rERRT vili.e Station. Pk.vnsvi.tanii r
June 13, ldv)
Messrs. Farrki., Hirrino a Co..
No. 09 CUesnnt street, Phlladelph
Gents: A persistent but unsuccessful effotfi
raaae on tne. night of May 29, 1309, to dr
Banker's chest received from von a fr manth
From facts that have come to our knowledge!
cviucui, mat me nueiupi 10 open n was renewtl
Sunday evening followlnir. Finding all efforts tofl
u uscicuB, me eiion was men made to brea
lock. The hammerinar was heard hv nnrtiM 1
neighborhood lor several houra, but supposing
arise from the railroad men reninriiKr a Hr.,
rail, excited no alarm. The tools, with the excej
Of the drills, were left. It Is evident that they i
not only prepared, but perfectly familiar with
construction 01 your meat.
That they failed is another evidence that
Banker's Chests are what you claim for them,
glar-Proof.
Respectfully yours,
1S P J. BALSBACK, Age
S TE A MS OAT C N E S.
r w n u a r k .m A
ru IthDUAYS, THURSDAYS.
3 SATI'-Rll VM
Ou ana after SATl RD AY, June art, the new and si!
did steamer I.ADY I IK THW I.Ak-1.1 1 I
2'.li9rM.Is9N' WJ" ''""""ence running regularly to
Til I RSDA V. and SAIL R1JA VMiihmki m.VKi.I
aid returning lltMive the binding ut t'aue .May 011 Mtl
DAYS. WKBlJiCNDAYS. d SATURDAYS t 80YU
Jare, including Can iae hire 1 i
Children! " " "!
Servant "
heabon Tickets $M- r'urriaffe'liir'e extra
The IMDYOTHKI.aTk'uH;, ... boat.
handwome state-room uccommudationH, and is fitted 1
with everything necessary for the safely aud comfort
paKsensers.
Freinht received until 8!i o'clock. Vor further nsrti
lars inquire at the Office, No. B8 North DKl.AWAi
A"'"?. ti. H. HUDDKI.U -
CALVIN TAUUART
7, OK CAl'E MAY ON SATl'ItDAi
'Vi Tho htesmnr f.AllV ill, 'I'uw a v
leaves Arcll street. ili..r n uii'iTiiit 1
ftlUUiVlRl., July 3, Ht H O'clock, and returning lenv
Cape May ou MONDAY', at b A. AI. ' "
iare, if'i iiS, inclndnm carriage hire. Fxcnrsion ticks'
good to return L7 boat on Monday. iH:l, including oarna
hue. T ickets will also ue soldjou tlu hnai, gu.Ml to retui
by cars leaving Cape May Sunday afternoon, or by 6 A. I
train, Monday morning, for $4. 71 2i
, IT? FOR CHESTER, HOOK," AN
sSKassmseM Tbeateumer ARIEL will leave CUES NT
Street wharf every morning (except Sunday) at 8'c. o't loc
and returning leave Wilmington at Sv o'clock. Fare ,'
Chester or Hook, cynti.; iliuingtou, M cents, 7 1 til
GLOUCESTER POINT. GO YOl'I
l"fllf mna tulre Dim fnit.llu . .1.;.. ..li..u
tfulBDOt. r
ew si uamers, witn every comiort, leav oUUTn Btt
Sliu daily, evarv few minutes. ti IS Bui
SEWING MACHINES. J
r H E LATE S T A N D B E S T
THE PARHAM !
NEW FAMILY SEWIXG MACHINE, j
Combining all tli good quality of the best machines fc
the market, with many now and adC'rubl featurei ne
found in any other. Is adapted for every -Wriptloa
family aewing and for light manufacturing purtJM!
. P1UNK ieted. It ilegaotit
tylo and finish; .impl. , construction S noiselej la
operation j make, perfect work oa .very desoriptio of
material; is perfectly free in .11 ft. movement, "towf
bght ruun.ng, and i. pl..enr. f or the operator to ui. .U
Call and examine it at the olBc of i
THIi PAKIIAJI K;n iN. MAC HINE 10 j
9 10 lm PuiLipjaniiA
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