THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PH1LADELPIIIA, SATURDAY, AUGCJST 28, 180?.- 5 AFFAIRS. ''"-Rollins Va-hlntn-ITow the Lobby I OTanmirxl, Arrordln In Parton Hnve We a t'onrr--ilonnl Hnr-in f-Food far Thought and Food for Fnn-The Dunbar Fraud. rrtrtn Our Own Correspondent. Washington, Aug. 27. FOOD FOR FCN. The articles from the pen of James Tarton which have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly for August and September, entitled respectively xvABinriaTorc L i no strikers of the Washington Lobby" and y Log-Rolling at Washington," have afforded a among the old stagers of the lobby. It Is a mys tery even to those outside the lobby, and who arc but casual observers of Its operations, how Parton, who Is usually a shrewd obsorvcr, could have had the "wool pulled over his eyes," to use a common phrase, during his visit hero last winter, In the manner which the tenor of his articles indicate. I am afraid he came hctc with the impression that Congress was an innocent, highly moral, and much abused body, and that instead of seeking for competent .! and disinterested Witnesses, he went directly to the accused to ascertain whether his Impression was not the correct one. Very few criminals, when asked by the Judge, "Guilty or not guilty," are so utterly lacking in judgment as to answer in the aflirmative. Could Mr. Parton listen to the criticisms upon his articles of those who know somethln? about the lobby, and the connection of members of Congress therewith, ho would, I think, come to the conclusion that ho had been put upon the wrong scent. I saw tho other day an old lobbyist who has been here for many years, and who has amassed a fortune In tho business, reading the article on "The Strikers of the Washington Lobby." Every few minutes he would stop, lay down the Atlantic, and laugh immoderately. Upon being questioned as to ff the cause of his mirth, he said, I am laughing I ut the idea of anybody being such a fool as to suppose that members ot congress ever openly take money for their votes." And then he addcd,with a knowing wink, "If this fellow Par ton had come to me, I could have shown him that the business isn't transacted in that way." WHERE PARTON GOT HIS FACTS. Mr. Parton spent about three weeks here last winter, and was the guest of General Butler, lie was introduced to nearly all the Senators und members. His reputation as a writer had preceded him, and it was not unknown that the object of his visit was "to write up the lobby." He was here in the midst of the gay season, and he was feted, dined, and wined socially ad libi tum by Congressmen. I have not heard that the members of the lobby proffered him a dinner, or tendered him any information en a subject that they, of all others, may be presumed to know most about. In fact, Mr. Parton confined his asso ciations almost exclusively to Congressmen, and got his opinions of Congress from them. Now it is natural to suppose that every Congressman he met gave a good account of himself; and if Parton mado any allusion to the reports of "jobs" which have been or were then being put through Congress, tho virtuous member or Senator at once denounced It as a calumny put In circulation by those terrible "strikers." If Mr. Parton accidentally heard that General Butler was deeply interested in tho Alta Vela claim, then before the House, as he no doubt did, for it was well known here, I suppose he put that down as a "striker" story. The truth is Mr. Parton undertook to get his views of the lobby from the silent partners of that institution, and the result is apparent. He has succeeded in whitewashing one part of the firm, and partially exposing the vice of the other part. A FEW QUESTIONS FOK PARTON. Everybody likes to believe in the virtue of the National Legislature. It is only when tho truth is brought home by the most obstinate array of facts that we begin to doubt whether all the Congressmen are virtuous. JThat there arc some men in both houses who are above suspicion, no one w ill doubt, but that they are the most nume rous class is disputed by the number of enor mous "jobs" that are got through every sosslou. How docs Mr. Parton account for the existence of a lobby at all ? What makes the lobby possi ble but the existence of corrupt legislators? The "strikers" whom Mr. Parton writes about are no part of the regular lobby. They are miserable devils who eke out a preca rious existence by picking up odd bones thrown them by tho members of the genuine, recognized power known as the lobby They do not support style here. They don't keep elegant suits of rooms fitted up In a pala tial manner, with sideboards well stocked with the best liquors, the choicest wines, aud the rarest aud most costly brand of cigars. The Congressional Hies never come iulo the parlor of the hungry spiders whom Mr. Parton de nominates tho "strikers." As I mentioned in this correspondence last wiuter, the most noted lobbyists are the relatives of Congressmen, or their friends. People as unsophisticated as Mr. Parton have often wondered how it is that Con gressmen who come here so poor that they are forced to take their families to second-class boardiug-housos, are enabled in a few years sometimes at the end of a single session to fit up aud maintain magnificent establishments, Everybody who has lived in Washington knows that fine houses, fast horses, and liveried ser vants cannot be supported on five thousand a year. Perhaps Mr. Parton can tell us how It is done. HAVE WE A CONOHESS10NAL HAREM ? In his investigation of Washington, Mr. Par- ton seems to have been unusually superficial, tr liavo rnnrliml liia rmwliiKlnriri In flip, most. Ij extraordinary manner. When ho wanted to find IT . ... I. f'ini.Kmntiin ii'iirii nil hrtn.ut Will V UC 1 11 CI 1,11V 1 iiUii v 11 .iviu ho went to each member und interrogated him on that subject. So, when he wanted to satisfy himself that every woman employed In the Trea sury was equal to Ca'sar's wife in point of virtue, he visits tho building when everybody was hard at work, and of course on their good behavior, Did he expect to find tho Treasury girls and tho Congressmen in flagrante delicto then and there? As the veteran lobbyist to whom I have already alluded would say with that knowing wink of his keen eye, "the business is not done in that way." If ho had gone to some of the wives of these virtuous Congressmen, If he could have broken through the veil which many a wronged woman throws over tho guilt of her husband for tho sako of her children, ho would probably have written dif ferently. "Hannah Tyler," whether a myth, or a reality, was right, as everybody here who will take the pains to investigate can ascertain Heads of bureaus in the Treasury will tell you that there are women employed there who arc incompetent and troublesome, but they cannot turn them out because they have a powerful friend In some member of Cougress. Of courso no one will say that every woman In tho Trea sury Is lacking in virtue, nor that every member of Congress keeps a mistress there. But that there are mistresses employed there, and. that Congressmen put and keep them there, Is a fact o well known that I am surprised that even Mr. Parton failed to discover it. THE DUNBAR FRAUD. In his article on "Log Rolling at Washing ton," Mr. Parton gives, as an illustration of how Congressmen may be mistaken, the case of one Dunbar, who received an appropriation of twenty-flve thousand dollars for instructing the furriers of tho army in some particular method of shoeing horses and curing diseases of horses' feet. When tho army appropriation bill was up last winter, Mr. Wood, of New York, not the most virtuous man in the world, but still some times right, arose and moved to strike out all that related to the appropriation for Dunbar, and the motion was agreed to In Committee of the Whole. Mr. Parton relates how he, being ac quainted with the merits of the case, went to work to lobby for Dunbar, and finally got the appropria tion restored when tho bill came Into the House. Now Quartcrmaster-Gcncral Meigs, who ought to be authority better than Mr. Parton on this subject, says that the Dunbar system is a fail ure; that although Mr. Dunbar has already re ceived nineteen thousand dollars out of tho twenty-five appropriated by Congress, ho has not succeeded in Instructing one farrier in the secrets of tho system. Furthermore, ho states that every horso that has been shod under Dun bar's instructions has been Incurably lamed. So much for that. As an essayist, Mr. Parton may be a success, but as a historian of the lobby, he is not quite up to the mark. Josepuus. N Z3 WTO II IE X S XVX S. From Our Own CorrevponaenU New York, Aug. 2S, 1SW. Well, the contest between the 'Arviircls and the HoxforriN is over, and I am glad of it. I rejoice that one more international event is settled, even though Mayor Oakey Hall did not have the opportunity of firing off one hundred guns in honor of it In City Hall Park. About half-past one o'clock the excitement commenced around the news paper offices here, nnd kept pretty well up all afternoon. After this there was peace along Park Row and Buoadway, and when half an hour afterwards news came that the Hoxfords had won by three lengths, every native-born American felt that the ineffable disgrace of hav ing been six seconds behind could never be washed out. Our national Importance has gone; our idolized Institutions are tottering; the bul warks of our national liberty arc levelled to tho dust; the eyes of the goddess of liberty arc red with weeping; the stars have vanished out of our banner, nnd the stripes suggestions of infamy! alone remain. Was it for this that our grandpas fit iuto the Revolution ? Brother Jonathan is down iu the mouth. Uncle Sam hangs his head, aud blushes to own himself a man. Columbia is no longer the gem of the ocean or if she is, she is but a diamond in the rough. Them bloody Hoxfords (drat 'cm!) got three lengths a'ed, and them blarstcd 'Arvards bIx seconds be'iud! Isn't it 'ideous? TIiohc New York CorreHpondenlx who were going to achieve 6uch wonders at Halifax appear to have been doing very little after all. The fact is the public seems to be slowly but 6urcly settling down to the conviction that the New York correspondent, with the funds in his pocket, aud the newspaper and the public at his mercy, is rather apt to be a fraud, lie is far away from his native land; unaccus tomed champagne and sherry flow around him like water, and ho drinks like a fish. I do not 6ay that this is the case with any of the Halifax young gentlemen, but where arc those letters that were to have been published, and which, It was supposed, detailing every movement of the Prince, would fill the Philadelphia news papers with dreadful jealousy ? Not oue of those letters has yet appeared, and the managing edi tors of the various New York newspapers pine alter them in vain. It is not presumable that the prince's governor has shut down upon tho correspondcntial staff. Such an idea is not to be for one moment entertained. I lean to the more likely supposition that the charity of New York correspondents (to themselves) began in this instance abroad instead of at home, and that the majority of them had entered into en gagements to prepare so many exclusive ac counts for British journals as to leave them selves no time to write for the journals in New York they were supposed to represent. Time will show whether I am right. Prince Arthur, at any rate, cannot complain that hitherto ho has been overwritten here. There was a report on Wall street yesterday afternoon that I.uui Napoleon wan Dcnd. The spread of this report was helped by th s known fact of the Empress Eugenie s sudden and unexpected return to Paris. Consequently there was a great deal of happening in and out of the Gold Room, and between that aud the Harvard and Oxford row, tho mctrep. hardly knew which end of her was uppermost. Stephen JHamett (Jcemex Pipes of I'lpcsvllle) has gone heavily into the preaching business lately. By the cut of the jib ho looks like a sailor, but iu a floating Bethel, I have no doubt, ho would exercise a rugged eloquence corres ponding to Byron's "forty-parson power." He possesses the art of getting gratuitous notices from tho daily aud weekly papers, which, in this selfish centre, is an extremely useful art in a business point of view. Theatrical JohmIi. What do you think they are going to run next Monday week at the Olympic? Uncle Toiu's Cabin, with Mrs. G. C. Howard as "Topsy." By-the-by, why don't some scissorial genius take hold of Mrs. Stowe's last article in the At lantic and make a sensation play out of it? The plot would be quite as flue as many that have "been played upon the stage in this city during tho last year or two, and would be a pleasant contrast to the moral insipidity of her brother's healthy play of Norwood. Oh, they're a bright family, these Beechers one of them tho princi pal ism of the Hub, and tho other of Gotham. Am Baba. MUSICAL. AK1 DRAMATIC. "The Pioneer Patriot" at the Walnut. Last evening Mr. and Mrs.Watkms appeared, with much applause, in a romantic drama of the Ameri can revolution. Mr. Watklns Is tho author of tins production, and It does hlra considerable credit. Novels generally lose in tho process of dramatiza tion, but iu this instance one of hylvanus Cobb's stories has been boiled down to its es sence, and we have two brief acts crammed full of love, patriotism, and slaughter. The drama Is an Improvement on the novel; It does not waste auy words, but goes straight to the point In every in stance, relying upon action rather than declamation for success. The perils of the patriots are fearful, but just when their sufferings and the suspense of the audience become too great to be borne, tho enemy Is invariably scattered with terrille slaughter. The massacre of the red-skins is fearful, two or three chiefs and auy number of braves being tluished off at almost every scene, and by every variety of tho killing process, from roasting half a hundred or so lu a burning mansion to picking tuem oB one by one with the deadly rifle. The merits of trie piece mar be mimmpd up tn one word tcrrtllc. Of course It was a success It coulil not be otherwise; for where Is the rearter of a dime novel or the averapre habitut of the gallery of a thea tre that could resist being thrilled to the heart's core at a picture of patriotic surrerlnR during the Revolu tionary war, or fall to feel a savage delight when Tories and Indians received their Just dues In the shape of all the aironlzing forms of death that blood thirsty playwrights can Invent? The same drama will be represented this evening. At thk Akch the byrtla Thompson Burlesque Troupe will appear on Monday In Sinbarf the Sailor. Thk ;Kic iiiNiiS Knomsh Opkha Tkoupr will com mence a season at the Academy of Music on Monday eveuing, September 6. CITY ITEMS. GnF.AT BAIKiArNH IN HfMMKB OLOTHtNO of all kiml VlVf.. greatly redured to clot out tummer ntnrlt. Anrtmnl etilt good. Our anrmettt are nuperinr to any ready-miute LLK WAY BF.TWCEN i BKVNFTT A ( Fifth and Towkb Ha HUIh ttreett.) No. 618 It... .. 41. - t. .1 -I I.-... HALF WAY HF.TWfcEN 1 BKWFTT a J., AI.I., MARKET KT.. I llll.AIT.ljl 111 A. and No, yo Broadway. New Youc Gnnvrn A Baker's Highest Premium Sewing Machines, No. 730 Ohosmrt street. SiNOK.n's Skwino Machines. Ten dollars down, and balance in easy InRtalinents. U. F. Davin, No. 810 Ubesnut street. PliEstnviNii .Tahh, Preferring Cans, Preserving Hetties, Preserving Tumblers, Gorki and Sealing Wax, And all Articles nocesHary For Putting up Fruits. All gnodn delivered free. FF.THRRSTON A OO.'S. No. 1170 8. Second street. jEWTxnr. Mr. William W.Uassidy, No. 12 South Second stroet, has the largest and moat attractive assortment of fine Jowelry and Silverware in the oity. Purchasers can rely upon obtaining a roal, pure article, furnished at a "ice which cannot be equalled. He also has a large stock American Western Watches in all varieties and at all prices. A visit to his store is sure to result in pleasure and profit. HAS PUT DOWN THE PRICES. Chahi.i.h Ktokes nffors the balance of bis summer stock at UltKATI.Y REDUCED PHICKS to close out, in order to make room KOK THE immpiw aortment of FALL and WINTEIl STYLES of HUE FASHIONABLE CLOTHINU note in course of manufacture, at No. 824 Chehnut Street. Oat's Cbtna P alack, No. 1022 Chehnut Sth ret- Will olose their largo assortment of goods an hand at the following astonishing low prices, to make room for the irumonse stock purouased .by Mr. Gay in Europe, now in transit to this city : White French China Dining Plates, 94 in., per doz.. $2110 Wbito Stone China Dining Plutos, 9 in., per doz I'M Wbito French China Cups and Saucors, per sot, l'J piocos 12.5 White Stono China Caps and Saucors, per sot, 12 pus. SO Cut Glass Uoblcts, per dnzon 2'25 Pressed Glass Goblets, per dozen I'M Bost Stone China Tea Sots, 44 pes., cups with handles 4 00 Bost Stone China Tea Sots, 4ti pes., enps with handlos 4 75 Best Stone China Dining sets, 92 pieces lo'OO White Fronch China Dining Sets, 150 pieces 30'00 White Fronch China Tea Sots, 44 pieces 7'M The stock of Fancy Goods will be sold at a still greater discount from former prices. Goods to go out of the city will bo packod and delivered to transportation office free of charge, and insured against breakage to destination. Cull soon, before the assortment is broken. Peaches, Oh! Sloops, sohooners, boats, whatever floats. Bring peaches np and down. The railroad runs ten thousand tons, Kacb blessed week, to town. And carts go round, with shouting sound That every household reaches ; The urchin drops kites, toys, and tops. And pitches into peaches. Preserve the fruit, who wish to do it, And put some up in brandy, In winter time, they are Bublinin, In fact, they're always bandy. Preserve your gold, now thioves aro bold, In Marvin's magic Spherical; Ah! Murvin makes the Safe that takes : Quite sound and not ohimerioal. Uniuipeachablo Safes for preserving valuables, sold by Marvin A Co., No. 721 Chosnut street. Rim Fronch Docnrutod Dinner, Dossort, and Ton Sots, Vases, FiKuros.Fanoy Goods.otc, at greatly reduced prices. These goods must be sold to make room for now arriving Fulli nipnrtations. Thoso about to purchase will study tliuir interest by calling und examining our lurxe und varied stock. Kerr's China Hull , No. 121M Chesnut street. Best Qcality White French China, Breakfast, Din. nor, Dessert, and Tea Sots, Containing 176 piocos, for $53 Smaller Bots of 115 pieces, for $.')0 At Kerr's China hall, Ko. 121S Chosnut street. Best Quality fine Gold bund French China Tea Sets, 46 pieces, for $13 50, at Kerr'h China Hall, No. 1218 Chesnut street. Best Quality White French China Tea Sots, 6S pieces, for $10, ut Kerr's China Hall, No. 1218 Chesnut street. White Stone China Tea Sbts. Forty-six pieoos (cups with bundles), $0. Forty-four pieces (cups with bandies), $4. All best quality, at Kerr's China Hall, No.81218 Chesnut street. Best Quality White Ironstone Breakfust, Dinner, Des sert and Tea Sets Containing 12ft pieces, for 29 50. Containing 105 pieces, for $25. Containing 103 pieces, for $15. The above are mado up of useful pieces only, and are lurgeenouKh to dine twolve persons. Kekii's China Hnll, No. 1218 Chesnut stroet. CUT Clash Taiilk Tumulkkh, $115 and $135 per dozen at Kerr's China Hall, No. 1218 Chssnut street. Cut Wine Glakkeh, $1 per dozen, at Kerr's China Hall, No. 1218 Chesnut street. Cut Glass Quart Decanters, $175 per pair, at KERR'S ( tuna Hull, No. 1218 Chesnut street. GRKAT B.EBUCTI0N8, Great Reductions, Great Reductions, Great Reductions, Great Reductions, (ireat Reductions, Great Reductions, Great Reductions, Great Reductions, Great Reductions, Gents' aud Beys' Clothing, Gents' and Boys' Clothing, Geuts' and Boys' Clothing, Gents' and Boys' Clothing, Gents' and Boys' Clothing, Gents' and Boys' Clothing, Gents' and Boys' Clothing, Gents' and Buys' Clothing, Gents' aud Boys' Clothing, Gents' and Boys' Clothing, WANAMAKKK & BitOWM, Oak Hall, 8. E. coknbr Sixth and Market Strkkih. Closing out Summer Stock. AlAlCItl:i. CHEW-TURNER -On the 9th of Aucust, by the Rev. Junius Musnn. Mr. WILLIAM K. OHKW to Miaa HKN K1KTTA TURNER, all of this oit. SAGUE KISHKH On .Tna 17 lu)a K- w w.ll...... fe!!.eMU.'Mr,HAKKY SAG UK to Mini ANN1K a. i iuiiniv, an uj tun uicy, iii:i. BANCKER. On the 2rttn Inst., ANNE K. BANCKER, daughter of the lute Charles N. Bancker, Esq. Her funeral will take place on Sunday at ihi o'clock, from her lute residence. No. 437 flliuaiuit .trait BRASSK1X. On the 26th instant, EDWARD, son of John and Ellen Brassell, aged Is years and IS days. The relatives and friends of the family arespectfu!ly invited to attend the funeral, from the parent!' residenue. No. IS Middlesei street, Gloucester, N. J., on Sunday morning next at V o'clock. UAW.-On the 2dth instant, Mrs. KATE QAW, wife of William O. Gaw, and da,ughUr of tha la.t Banner aud ..-j.... . . . - The relative anil frinA ut thm fumll am MMtMirtfnluT Invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of hor husband. No. 211 Stamper'! street, on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. To proceed to Union Cemetorr. GORMAN On the Sfith Instant Mn. WfNNlFRED CMJKMA GORMAN, daughter of Mrs. Susan and the 1st" John Btaplt'Uin, aged 24 ynais. The relatives aad JrMinrla nf thafmmllv m fnvifAH to attend the funeral, from the residence of her mother, No. urn nprnre -iron., on monaay morning at s o clocK. HOWARD. On tha 25th Instant. KI.17.ARK1H HOW. A R D, in the 9:d year of her age. Tiie relatives and friends nf thA famtlv nMnMiltntl invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her grandson, Garrett Kitselman, Atlinnsville, Montgomery county, on Sunday morning next, the 29t h insUnt, at 10 o'clock. JOHNKS. At Trenton. N. .f.. on the 2Sih instant. Wlf- LI AM H. JOHNKS in the4Sth year of bis age. The relatives and friends of the frnnilv rn rana. tfiil invited to attend the funeral, from the re-idonoe of Wil liam Avres. no. 540 . Seventh street, on HnnOaV mnrnlni. the 2i'th instant, at 8 o'clock. MtlM.EN. Suddenly, on tha 25th instant. WIT. MAM II. MUM KN, aged 49 years. The relatives and friends of the familv am rennnctfiill invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence. No. iu. m. r.iKiH.ernwi nireoi-, noove wasnington avenue, on Sunday afternoon at 24 o'clock. To proceed to Macbpo lab Cemetery. KCHMITCK. On the SSth Inatunt- liknvinn 6CHMUCK, in the iVith yoar of his age. ins relatives ana inenas are invited to attend his funo d. from his late residence, on Snnrlav fununa at 1 o'clock. To proceed to Lafayette Cemetery. WILSON. On the 25th Instant, MATILDA M., wife of George E. Wilson, and only daughter of Dr. W. O. Mul- turn. The relatives and friends of the familv are rnmnewl fall Invited to attend her funeral, from the residenoe of her husband, No. 2SS Chesnut street. Camden, N. J., on Mon liny next, the HOtb instant, at i o'clock P. M. WRIGHT. On Fridsv, August 27, lt, LIM.IE HUNT, eldest daughter of Comly and Hannah G. Wriglit, in the 41 u yonr Ul iter age. Hie relatives and friends of the familv ara invit 4 t attend the funeral, from the residence of her parents, on jucony sirem, urriniown, i'u., on monuay, August 30, at 2 o'clock P. M., without further notice. WATCHES, JEWELRY. ETO. C. & A. PEQUIGNOT, c& MANUFACTURERS OF WATCH CA8ES, AND DEALERS LN AMERICAN AND FOREIGN WATCHES, Ho. 13 South SIXTH Street. 9 1 mw5rp MANUFACTORY, No. OT a FIFTII Street. R B M O V A li. V. JB. WARDEN, IMPORTER OF Watches, Diamonds, and Jewelry, ITua Removed from the S. K corner of Fifth and Chesnut Streets to No. 1029 CHESNUT Street, PHILADELPHIA. N. B.WATCnES REPAIRED IN TOE BEST MANNER. 3 llthBtu, XL ALEXANDER R. HARPER, SUCCES- y snr to John M. Harper, deceased, I.M POUTER OF wa luitr.M, no. aim unr..iii street, second story. Salesroom of the American Watch. It ANOTHER VICTORY OR WATSON'S SAFES. 82 Hours in the Fire. Philadelphia, Aug. is, 18S9. Oi FicB Bo.iton ano Philadelphia) Salt Fish Company. Mehmrs. J. 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Plaid and Stripe Nainsooks, Plaid and Stripe Swiss Muslins, etc etc Shirred Muslins, 60, 6S, 7S, 81, 80 cents, and l per yard. Handsome Marseilles Quilts. Honeycomb and Jacqaard Quilts. Colored Tarletans for covering. Mosquito Netting, by the piece or yard. Table Linens, Napkins, and Towels. Bleached and Unbleached Muslins. Bargains tn Ladles' and Gents' Hosiery and Gloves, Ladies' and Gents' Hdkfs, plain and hemstitched. Ladles' Linen Collars and Cuds. Hamburg Edgings and Inserting. Magic Ruilllugs, Coventry Ru filings. Marseilles Trimmings and Registered Edgings, cheap. FANS- FANS FANS! Fans very cheap. Linen Faus, Autograph SUk Fans, Japanese Fans, and Talni Leaf Fans. 4 3swi PRICE & WOOD, ft. W. CORNER EIGHTH AN I) FILBERT. RICKEY, SHARP & CO NO. 727 CHESNUT STREET, ARE CLOSING OUT LAWNS, OKOANDIES, And Other Summer Dress Goods, AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. IT 13 tf JJOUSE-FUKNISIIING DRY OOODS. Marseilles Counterpanes, all sizes and dualities. Jacquard Spreads, heavy and light weights, all sizes. Loom and Damusk Table Linens, from ftO cents to .l I HI. Towels and Towelling In every variety. 12-4, 11-1, 10-4, 1M, 8-4, C-4, and 6-4 sheeting Mus lins. KM, 8-4, 6-4, 6-4, and 4-4 Sheeting and Pillow Linens. All the popular makes of Wcauhed and Unbleached Muslins at the lowest market prices. STOKES & WOOD. 8. W. COR. SEVENTH AND ARCH STS., 8 3 W8 PHILADELPHIA. CIIAS. 1 KIMI'SON At 1IKO., N8. fi-J and 924 PINK Street, ' Clioup Good, liHrpaiDH. 6 castmyurii-wide huo Shirting Miinlin? ut 12 V"-, hypiocn or yard ; IhiH Muolin in worth l6c., una is suited tor ail kimlb of uuJerwt'tir. Willianibville Muslin 20c. by yurd. All other Muslins at cheap. Nainttook l'luidb at 25 and :iic. Swing Stripe MuKlinH at IS and 2ic. NuinMiok, ('nmhrio, and Hwiha Muhlinn, all graded. LiHon TowellinRb at 7, 10, 12, and 16o. pi r yard. Ijnim Napkinx, ohoup. I.inen Tamo Dauiank at very low prices. liini eye Nursery Diaper by piece, cheap. ltallardville and other Flannels, choap. (ireat inducements offored to persons buying; Itlaek. We havea large assortment of Mohairsand Alpuca Poplin-, all which were purchased at low prices at tile end ot the season, and hundreds of our customers have taken advan tage of this opportunity to secure cheap goods for the com ing fall. 6 4 Water-proof Cloakings only $1 per yard. Don't forgot our tine yard-wide Blurting is only 12Mc. per yard. 4 HAS. I SISIl'SO-V A: 1IICO., 8 UswtDHl Nog. 922 and 924P1NK 8treot. InMiire Your Property In I Home Companies) FlrNl, In Preference to Foreign Ones. S P R I N C C A R D E N FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. N. W. Cor. SIXTH and WOOD Streets. Philadelphia, August 1, 169. Capital and Assets Nearly $700,000, Invested as follows : Beal Estate $ln,37V00 Ground Rents Improved . 2,664'f0 Mortgages 375,3V7"3-J Interest unpaid loU'Ou II. h. Loans, lml, 6 per cents 127,7i (X) Philadelphia City Loans, 6 per cents 66,4: 00 Temporary loans, with full security 6,U9U'M 203 snares stock N. Liberties lias Co 6,964 00 Siuo shares stock Man. National liank 6,000 00 y 14 shares stock Ponn National Hunk- 18,212'uO 100 shares stock Commercial National Bank 6,825 00 61 Bhares stock Spring Garden h ire Ins. Co. 47,tHVOO Cash 2,267-98 $674,8330 This Company ii open for increased insurance oa merchandise generally, lumber in yards and on wharves, buildings and furniture in the city and surroundings, at as low rates as are consistent with security to its pohoy holders. Our merchants and business men's snocesa is idonti tiod with the increased prosperity of the eity of Phila delphia and the encouragement of its own institutions. Yours tmly. JOHN H. DOHNRRT, President. John A. Fry, Secretary. 8 14 aws t uihs6trp MCCXXVIII speotfully inform Un dertakers that, in order tolineet the increased demand for my patent bUKlAL UAbKK I S, I have taken tha Urge factory at . No. 1228 RIDOK AVENUE. with my enlarged facilities, I am now prepared to rap. ply promptly all orders in oity or country. 84thsturp K. 8. EARLKY D EAFNESS. EVEttY INSTRUMENT THAT acienoe and skill have invented to assist the hearing in every degree of deafness: alao. Kesnirators : also.Craa lall's Patent Crutches, superior to any others in use, at P. MADKIRA'tt, No. 116 S. TKNTli btreot, below Chesnut. SBrp RODGEKS' AND WOSTENIIOLM'S POCKET KNIVK8, Pearl and Stag Handles, of beautiful iiuiru, nomio.iva ana n . ' . . ' "iin'ing, and the oelebrated LEUULTRK BAZUH hOWbORa the finest quality. . , ,, . Razors, Knives, Scissors, and Tle Cutlery Ground ajid Polished at P. MADUjKA'Hi N.V- U& k- '.'t&TUBtr-et, below Guasjiut, 1 1 M A OHI3AT SLZ.XMZSD'Sr FOK THE CURB OP THROAT AND LUNG DISEASES. DR. WISHART'S PINE TREE! TAR CORDIAL. It is the vital principle of the Tine Tre, taincd by a peculiar process ia tho dLstiliation of the tar, by which its highest medical properties arc retained. It is the only safeguard and reliable rcmod which has ever been prepared from the juice of the Tine Tree. It invigorates the digestive orgaaa and re stores the appetite. It strengthens the debilitated system. It purifies and enriches the blood, and expels from the system the corruption which scrofula breeds on tho lungs. It dissolves the mucus or phlegm which stops the air passages of the lungs. Its healing principle acts upon the irritate surfuco of the lungs and throat, penetrating t each diseased part, relieving pain and subduing inflammation. It is the result of years of study and experi ment, and it is offered to the afflicted with thtt positive assurance of its power to cure the fol lowing diseases, if the patient has not too long delayed a resort to the means of cure: Consumption of the Lungs, Covgh,8ore Throat and JJreast, Bronchitis, Liver Complaint, lllind and Bleeding Piles, Asthma, Whooimg Cough, Biptheria, etc. THE VIRTUES OF TAR. A very ingenious "sell" upon the Royal So ciety of Great Britain was perpetrated by Bir Charles Hanbury Williams, a wicked wag of the age, ilurlug the furore caused by. the discovery of the wonderful healing powers of TAK WATER Sir Charles sent a communication t the President relatiug the circumstances of a sailor s breaking his leg ou board of tho guard bhip at Chatham, and its perfect union and cure by an application of spun oakum soaked in tar. After the communication had been read and printed iu the Royal Transactions, hesont a second letter, 6tating that he had forgotten to state la the former correspondence that the leg was a wooden one! Although this joke was a sore one for the society, It did not injure the reputation of Tar as a remedy, for its legitimate cures were so wonderful that odes were written in its praise, and the celebrated Bishop Berkely published two voluminous works describing, endorsing, and registering its virtues. From tho failure of scientific men. at that period, to extract and concentrate the curative principle from the crude tar, its nauseousness caused it to fall into disuse, and its great healing powers were lost to mankind until Dr. L. Q. C. Wishart succeeded in depriving the specific of its unpleasant and cruder particles, aud in his PINE TREE TAIt CORDIAL offering to the alllieted all that was valuable, while tho other parts were eliminated by its careful preparation. As soon as this was accomplished the remedy was again endorsed by the faculty, aud the cures were such as to con vert its enemies and firmly establish it as oue of the greatest blessings to suffering humanity. Its success was immediate and wide-spread, and iU miinufar.ture became of great importance and a source of wealth to its reviver. A long life was spent for the welfare of mankind by Dr. Wishart in perfecting his discovery and promulgating t ' usefulness, and at his decease (which took place but recently) the method of preparation and the extension of its usefulness devolved uponhla sons. Tar Cordial is an extremely potent and valu able medicine for the cure of throat and lung diseases. It combines, to a degree unknown la any other remedy, vigorous action with safety and harmlcssness. It cures colds and coughs with marvellous celerity, and is tho only preparation which ap proaches to a specific. It docs not cover and patch up, but eradicates disease by removing the cause, and for obstinate, long-continued catarrhs, and consequently of the incipient stages of consumption, is the only certain remedy in tho pharmacopoeia. It would bo a waste of the reader's time to enumerate cases, for the remedy is so well known, its virtues have been so thoroughly tested, that eulogy is superfluous and reference not requisite. Not only as an in ternal remedy is it valuable, but externally it heals sores and irritations, and as a pleasant fumigator in the sick room stands above all others. The firm also are the proprietors and preparers of the same physician's celebrated Worm Sugar Drops, which, while pleasant to the palate aad a treat to the child, effectually remove worms, and act as a mild purgative medicine, cleansing the system and removing those premonitory causes which might terminate in dangerous or fatal diseases. Invalids suffering from any of the diseases t which we have alluded, or from dyspepsia, should send to DR. WISHART, At No. 232 North SECOND Street, PHILADELPHIA, And obtain a circular, setting forth in detail the properties of the moiteinos sold by Mm.
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