THE DAILY EVENING . TELEGRAm PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 18C9.
LITERATURE.
REVIEW OF NEW BOO KS.
KOKIOBMARK J THE LlIOF.ND OF TUE HOUNDS,
and other 1'okmb. Hy George II. Boker.
1'ubliHhcd by J. li. Lippincott 4$: Co.
Mr. Boker enjoys the distinction of being
the only American author of the present clay
who has written an actable play that is not
beneath contempt as a literary performance.
Why our poets and best proHO writers should
bo completely cut themselves away from the
drama it is not easy to tell; and with dramatic
literature, as it is now, at its lowest ebb, it
would be most gratifying to see a writer of
real ability devote himself to what is certainly
a noble stylo of composition, and endeavor to
raise it to something of its formor dignity.
Most modern poets, however, have shown a
nensitive dread of the theatre. Lord Byron
purposely constructed his dramas so that they
could not bo acted, and Swinburne appoars to
have had the same idoa in view in his
Chaxtelard and Queen Mother, two works that,
with a little pains, he might have made first
rate stage plays instead of merely dramatic
poems. Shelley, it is true, was controlled by
no such squeamishness, and in his Ccnci he
Kpecially avoided the temptations to overload
his subject with poetical ornamentation and
adhered strictly to his purpose of writing a
drama that would act well. Ho produced tho
iinest tragedy in the English language, out
side of Shakespeare-one admirably adapted to
tho stage, but which has been excluded from
the theatre on account of the unfortunate
Hubjeet. Uulwer remains as the only writer
of first-rato reputation who has mado a
real and successful effort to occupy the stage,
unless we except Mr. Boker, most of whoso
dramas obtained a fair amount of popularity
on their first production, but for some reason
or other they have failed to maintain them
Kelves in the regard of tho public.
In looking over a new dramatic work by
Mr. Boker, therefore, wo arc inclined to
consider its acting capabilities as of even
more importance than some other qualities.
In this respect Koniijaiiutrk appears to have
the same inherent defect as most of the other
dramatic writings of Mr. Boker. While it
might succeed as a novelty, it is doubtful
whether it is sufficiently strong in its plot and
situations to maintain a permanent hold upon
the regards of the playgoing public. As an
acting play it is fully equal to the majority
' of the novelties that are brought out at our
theatres in the course of a season, while as a
literary work it is out of all comparison above
them. The play, however, cannot be called
a strong one. The subject does not lack
tragic interest, but the author has been una
ble to rise above a certain level in working
out his theme. The scene of the
tragedy, which follows very closely a well
known historical incident, is laid at a petty
German court, and it is occupied with the
miserable intrigues of a worthless woman to
compass tho destruction of a man who has
discarded her affections. It is hard, perhaps,
to tell why, but this play, like Schiller's
Cabaleund Lieb and Lessing's Emilia Guhtti,
is belittled by its surroundings. It is impos
sible to feel a real tragic interest in the jeal
ousies, plots and counterplots of tho
princes and courtiers of little seven-by-nino
German principalities. All tho genius and
fiery energy of Schiller and tho tine poetic
taste of Lessing could not make either
Cabale wid Litb or Emilia Gedotti more than
mere bandbox tragedies. It is but just to Mr.
Boker to say that this sense of littleness is
not so apparent in Koitiyxniark as in either
of the works named, probably because it is
based on a real tragedy, but it still lacks
something of tho dignity that is indispensa
Lie in a tragic work. Mr. Boker does not
Beern to have derived any inspiration from his
subject: his blank verso is smooth and llow
ing, it is studded with poetical thoughts, and
while the drama is evenly good throughout,
there is, even in the culminating scenes of the
tragedy, a lack of energy that makes them ap
pear tame and feeble.
That Mr. Boker can write energetic verse,
powerful in its tragic interest, is shown by
his spirited poem entitled "Tho Legend of
the Hounds." Tho story is told of a brutal
Cornish Bquire, who, because his hounds
show themselves laggards in the chase before
a company of cockney visitors, throws them
one by one into tho blazing month of tho
Colebrook furnace, not even sparing Flora,
the favorite dog that had on one occasion
saved his own life. Tho subject is a horrible
one, but for genuine poetic vigor of expres
sion it is unsurpassed by finything that has
yet proceeded from Mr. Boker's pen. As a
specimen of this remarkable poem, we quote
the following description of the squire's
death-bed:
'He spoke: 'Where's Flora?' None replied.
That's strati (re !' ana then lie weakly tried
To peer around. 'Gone, gone! then 1
Murt follow 1' With a dreary high,
As one accents a coming fate,
Foredoomed him from the earliest date,
The Bquire turned slowly on his bed.
'Open the curtains; raise my head 1
For I must look my lust to-night
On Colebrook Furnace. What a light
Circles Its head ! What angry reeks,
la blue and white and yellow streaks,
Roll o'er It, Dashing high and higher,
Whene'er they feed the raging Lie!
Give me some drink. Not that damned stun,
Jtut whisky ! I have had enough
Of doctor's potions. Let me slip,
With honest liquor on my lip,
Out of this life. I long to nee :
Better may come ; worse cannot be.'
Ah he was ordered thus, the nurse
Held long and oft the liquid curse
To the Huulre'a mouth. The leech had said.
Shaking fits placid Biulllng head,
'When the spent wretch rejects his draught'
And here the fawning nurse had laughed
His hour will be at hand.' The Squirt)
Uazed long on Colebrook'B lurid tire.
A while lie muttered to himself
Of dogs and horses, girls and pelf;
Or softer fancies of the child
Hade pictures, till he aliuoBt smiled.
lint suddenly, with fearful cries.
Through the wide sash ho fixed his eyes;
Then strained, and rose, full half his length,
Vpon his mattress, by main strength,
Khoutlng, so all the house wight tear,
Aghast with more than mortal fear,
Here they all come, the hellish pack,
Pouring from Colebrook Furnace, bacK
J u to the world ! Oh, see, see. see 1
They snuff, te get the wind of me!
They've found it 1 Flora heads tho whole,
w niter man any snows mat run
O'er Cornwall's hills, and bury deep
The wanderer In blissful sleep.
Ho I mark them I We shall have a run
liefore this ghastly meet Is done I
Mew they giye tongue I Tuvjf ve found tK'ir pr?j
Here they come crashing all this way
And all all re! And It is 1
Weak as I am. and like to die
W ho must be hunted 1' With a bound
He reached the floor, and fled around ;
Once, twice, thrice, round the room he fled,
Then In the nurse's arms fell dead.
Htlll Colebrook Fnrnaco grimly standB,
Waving it plume o'er Cornwall's lands,
Blighting the air with poisoned breath,
spreading Its hounds of waste and death,
Its slag and cinder, dry and dun,
That nothing green will grow upon;
Htlll, like a hoary king, it rears
It head among Its diurnal peers;
Htlll at Its glowing feet ore rolled
The floods that turn to wicked gold ;
Htlll beasts, birds, reptiles slum the place,
And nisn alone will do It grace;
The Sfiilre and all his race arc gone;
Hut this wild legend still lives on.
Christ save us from the wretched fate
Of hlrn who dared his wrath to sate
fin Ood'a dumb creatures, ns of old
Befell the Squire of whom 1 told'.''
In addition to the two leading works that
give tho title to tho volume, wo have a collec
tion of tho miscellaneous poems from Mr.
Boker's pen that have appeared from time to
time in the magazines and newspapors during
the last five or six years. Those include
"Countess Laura," "Tho Fiddler," "Ad Unti-
enm," "Dirgo for a Sailor," "Captain Semmes,
C. S. A. N.," "Cavalry Sheridan," and other
well-known verses, which are among the most
popular of the offspring of Mr. Bokor's
muso.
rroni Turner Brothers it Co. wo have re
ceived a number of new publications. "Adam
Bedo" is the first volumo of a now, cheap,
and elegant "Household" edition of George
Eliot's workR, the publication of which has boon
commenced by Fields, Osgood &. Co. There
is no English writer of the present day that
better deserves to bo put before tho public in
a handsome but cheap and popular stylo than
the author of "Adam Bedo" and "llomola,"
and in this country, whero her genius has al
ways received tho heartiest recognition, this
edition of her writings will undoubtedly ob
tain a wide-spread popularity. It is proper to
state, too, that the author has a pecuniary in
terest in this "Household" edition, and in a
letter to the publishers, a facsimile of which
is given, sho expresses a desiro that her books
may appear under their auspices. Tho series
will be concluded in five volumes, and will be
bound in green cloth, similar to tho "Ilouse
hold" editions of Charles lleade and Thackeray.
"Mc-ta's Faith," 'by tho author of "St.
Olave," etc., and "Falso Colors," by Aunio
Thomas, are a couple of entertaining novels
by popular writers.
Ajqih ton's Joiinnd for September 11 1ms
for a frontispiece an engraving entitled "The
Chess riayers," from a painting by Mcissonier,
and it also contains, besides other illustrations,
a steel engraving of "West Point," from a
painting by II. Feim. Tho literary contents
of this number are up to tho usual mark of
excellence.
Our Buys and GirU for September 11
has an entertaining variety of reading matter
for young people.
From -the same house and from Porter &
Coates we have received "A Guide and Tiuio
Table to Fairmount Tark," which contains a
colored map of the Park and a tinio tablo of
tho Tark accommodation train run by tho
Philadelphia and Beading Puiilroad and also
of tho Schuylkill river steamboats.
From T. Ellwood Zell wo h ivo received
Nos. 45 and 4( of "Zell's Popular Encyclo
pedia," which is brought down to tho title
"Briseis."
From McCauley, No. 1.11 1 Chesnut street,
wo have received parts three, four, and fivo
of a new collection of hymns edited by James
Pearce, Esq., organist of St. Mark's Church.
The September number of The American
Journal of Iloiivittpiithie Materia Mcdira,
edited by Constantino Herring, M. D., and
Henry Noah Martin, M. D., contains a num
ber of valuable papers on medical subjects.
BUTLEll OX 1IVH0X.
The Hero of the Hiilch Jni Canul Reviews
I lie Mon i' x-niKlnl. anil ihmioiiiicch it In Toio.
From a lengthy article by General Benjamin K.
Butler, In the Boston .hwrnal of Monday, we present
the following extracts:
When wo contemplate the alleged motives of
Lady Byron for disclosing the horrible tale of guilt,
which should hardly be named among Christian
nu n, forty years after her husband's death, we are
struck with the extreme puerility or, as Lady Byron
was then at the mature ugeoi o4, better the senility
of the reasons given for the desirableness of its puli-
ication and the necessity lor tins consultation.
How could Lady Byron or her advisers believe that
he interest ol the masses ol tue people or Juiirlund
lu the cheap edition of Lord Byron's poems would
be diminished by the publication of the fact
by his wilo that he had been guilty of in
cest with his only sister, and that tlio
wife had assented to that intimacy by living witti
him during quite tlietr whole married life, until she
was driven away'.' .Nor is it explained how It was
supposed that this disclosure was to go hand in hand
with the cheap edition to the people of England.
Was It to bo put ny trie pmuiNiicis as an auverusu.
ment to that cheap edition? W ithout further criti
cizing the Milllcieticy of the motive for this disclo
sure, ' e- to prevent tne sine oi me cneup kuiuou,
was it the true one? If so, how does it comport
with the fact stated by Professor Wilson in lAack
vmnl, in IMS'-', that Lady Byron sat specially for her
portrait to Illustrate a very high-priced edition of all
B roii's works, then about to be published by Murray .
and thus to enhance the sale ol "Manfred," "Ciitu,"
Don Juan, " and all, among tne aristocracy or i.ug-
if Mrs. stowc s revelation nad anocieci i,om l.vron
alone, then had this examination of its credibility
probably never been mude. But the last gift ol Hie
sister to the erring brother when they parted :h
mentioned Incidentally in one or tue letters or Byron
to his imbliHher ordering books for his library, live
years after the separation, when there could ! uo
motive lor not HI u mix ui" " urn is u i iukiiiunk wi
the w oful falsitv of this "True Story," that the writer
wus led to examine the testimony to prove it. What
could Christian men and women conjecture to lie the
last gift of an adulterous, incestuous, slster-paia-uiour
to her brother when they were about parti nx,
It may be forever, separated under the threat of itii)
exposure of their guilt by tho injured wife if they
ever met again; i nner uuiu ui wluiuti j, imi, hi,
Bavemia, Byron, writing to Murray, his publisher,
to send him books, among other things, says:
"Send ..
A common Bible, of a good legible print (bound
Kussia). I An DC one; but as it was the last gift of
iiivMiutorwhiiin I shall nrobablv never see again , I
can only use It carefully and less frequently, became
1 111.- . l l. 1.. .......1 ir,lnr "
a one tu Keep u 111 nuuu vmv.
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t iii .uiiinnit tn n..n how this mistake of two yean
for one could have been made by Lady Byron, a
wttv. wmi.i ik.v.t iittniii nil age which could cloud
her memory of the pungent epigram mauo oy u-r
husband on his wedding-day, as to the durution of
ineir marneu lire:
TO r-ENBLOI'E.
This day, of all our day, has done
The worse r me and you ;
'Tie just tix year since we were one,
And kirn Hi lira wa were ttco.
Let us now examine the two main statements of
this "True Story," to which we can appiy any w
of truth other thim that, of nrobableness, by com
paring them with other known facts. If the story
of the wedding scene and the Btory of the manner
i me separation, in tne circuiiisiBiices oi ci",
found, as set forth in this "True Ktory," to be en
tirelv eoiOru.itotors in every other fact and circum
stance. heri.ti.rr known or believed in relation
thereto; and U more than all the very statement
incontradictory iu itself, then there will be no neces
sity for aimlvislng further this "True Btory," but it
can be dismissed from the minds of all good men
wun me simple wiali that it uuu never Hva wju.
If the statement of Byron's conduct to his wife Is i
entirely true, the fact Is an entirely Inexplicable one
npon Mrs. Htowe's theory or that of anybody else.
W hat could hsve been the motive of Lord Hyron for
snch an attack, at such a time, upon a young and
loving wife, at the prospect of losing whom he had
1 alntod soma weeks before, and whom he had treated
with an at least uncomplalned of affection up
to that moment? It ought to take a great deal of
evidence to verify so unlikely a fact, llrst stated
forty years after It occurred.
Comparing It wltn contemporaneous history, we
find the letters of Byron to his friend Moore, who
had advised him against marrying MissMldbank,
written within a week after this occurrence, and fol
lowed from time to time during the honeymoon,
filled with many expressions of love, affection, and
satisfaction with his wife. These were not written
for any purpose of defense by Byron, or with the
expectation of meeting the public eye, but are appa
rent transcripts of his condition of mind to his most
Intimate frh-mi at the very (linn. It may be permis
sible to quote a sentence or two from them.
The llrst business letter written at Halnahy, where
the nnhappy wedding Journey terminated, within a
week after the hour when Mrs. Stowe represents
Lady Byron as alighting from the carriage In an atti
tude and with a face of despair, with traces of tears,
after having been told that "she had married a
devil" and ho really seemed, tr tho statement is
true, to have begun acting well his part written to
Mr. Moore, has this postscript:
"Lady Byron is eastly well. How are Mrs. Moore
and Joe Atkinson's graces ? (Moore's children.) We
must present our women to one another."
Again, In a letter written nine days afterward, on
Jan. 19, llfteen days after marriage, Bvron says:
".So, you want to know about milady and me 1
I like Bell (his wife) as well as you do (or
did. yon villain!) Bessy anil that Is (or was) saying
a great deal."
Again, ten days afterward, on the 2d of February,
he sa.vs :
"My spouse and I agree to and In admiration.
Swiit says no wise man ever married ; but, for a
fool, 1 think It the most ambrosial of all possible
future Males. 1 still think one ought to marry upon
lease; but am very sure I should renew mine at the
expiration, though next term were for ninety and
nine years."
We are not left, however, without Bvron's account
of the journey ; and If the fact which Is therein stated
Is true, then the narration of Lady Byron of what
took place In that carriage Is simply Impossible, in
his conversations with Captain Barry, which were
published more than forty years ago, and have re
mained uncontradicted to this time, Lord Byron
speaks of It as follows:
"Alter the ordeal was over, we set oir for a country-seat
of Mr Kalph's (Lady B.'s father), and I was
surprised at the arrangements for the journey, and
somewhat out of humor, to dnd the lady's maid
stuck bet ween me and my bride. It was rather too
curly to assume the husband, so I was forced to sub
mit, but it was not with a very good grace. I have
been licensed of saying, on getting Into the carriage,
that 1 hud married Lady Byron out of spire, and be
cause she hail refused me twice. Though I was for
a moment vexed at her prudery, or whatever you
may choose to call It, if I had made so uncavaller.
not to say brutal, a speech, I am convinced Lady
Byron would Instantly have left the carriage to me
and the maid. She had spirit enough to have done
so, and would properly have resented the ail'ront.
Our honeyuiooii was not all sunshine; it had Its
clouds."
"li the lady's maid were in that carriage, the
speech attributed to Lord Byron, in Its length and
breadth, is Impossible. If she were not, how did
the version of the story get in circulation that he
said to I ady Byron that he hail married her out of
spite? And why has not that version of the story
been contradicted belore, Bvron having put li t -t for
ward more than lorty years ago? There is a little In
cidental evidence showing that the ludy s maid was
present, m one of lus letters to Moore, dated March
N isin. which would seem to be conclusive upon this
point :
i.en is in neami, aim unvaried good nunior and
behavior. But we are ail in the agonies of packing
and piuting; aim, suppose oy tins tune to-morrow.
l slum be muck in tne ciiai'ioi wini my cilia apon a
bandbox. 1 have prepared, however, another car
riage for the abigail, and all the trumpery which our
wives carry along witn mem.
To nave a lady s maid thrust into a carriage with
one at the beginning of a wedding tour might easily
be imagined to oe vexations, lor it is to be hoped
nobody but Byron has hail any experience in that
direction; and in balancing probabilities, which is
more likely, that Ityron might in vexation have said
to his wile, In reference to this proceeding of his
niotner-in-iaw, who uni it: -ion nan power to nave
saved me from tins annoyance, uue would suppose
that your mother, madam, thought you had married
a devil!'' and that years after this was remembered
to his disadvantage, and the version given which
Mrs. titowe recites; or that to a young mid loving
wue, inner mam s presence, ne nursi lorin mine
brutal manner alleged 1 In tne interest of manhood
and human nature, we are constrained to believe the
former.
Mrs. Stowe avers that "during all this time an
other gul tier and more damning memory over
shadowed the wedding hour;" thus plainly leaving
us to infer that the connection between Byron and
his sister had been going on long previously to this
time. Yet we rind, from the very letter which we
have quoted, thut the packing and journeying was
to take the newly-married pair to Colonel Leigh's.
the house of trie husband of Augusta, there to reiniiu
until the 17th of March. Could It be possible that a
man thus writing to his most Intimate friend about
his new wife, was taking her to the house of his bis.
tet's husband for the purpose of incestuous conueC'
tion with that sister?
How did Lady Byron learn that this connection
had been going on for nearly a year before her mar-
r ace 1 hat valid excuse can she give for remain
lug in the house where this pollution wus present, as
she claims, for two years one year longer than she
actually did V now could a woman or tne nigh
purity or character or i.aoy uyron live in me house,
us Mrs. Stowe declares she did, for more than a
vear (two), as a cloak and accomplice of such 1
famy V How, under such circumstances, can the
declaration of Mrs. Stowe that she did not leave her
husband at last, but w as "driven" from him, be true?
For the sake of "pure womanwood" nay, for the
sake of human nature itself ought not Lady Byron
to have tied irom such a House as sue would
have tied irom isodom anil not looked back, and not
have been driven from It, even If her views of the
duties of u wife would not permit her to denounce
the crimes therein perpetrated? Mio did not hesi
tate to denounce other women less guilty. For.
finding in Byron's desk the correspondence of a
married woman, she sent it to the injured husband.
Why was Kho less thoughtful In regard to her
brot'her-lu-law, Colonel Leigh ? And yet Mrs. Stowe
makes it a merit in Lady Byron that she staid in
such a house until driven irom it by Myron.
AVe are turther called upon to believe that she
maintained a "child of sin," which we are to inter
was the child or Augusta by ner brother. .Now her
is something tangible, because we are told the child
lived to a very considerable age. Why have we not
heard the btory of this child before? Mrs. Leigh had
other children by her husband. hy was it. not pos
sible that her husband was the father ol this?
W ould it not have been more than possible for so
bad a woman as Its mother to have so claimed its
parentage to shield her own reputation? How cairn
either Bvron or Mrs. Leigh to nut themselves iu tin
power of his wile by leaving the fruit and "damning
proof " of their sill In the possession of Lady By run
when there was so ready a means of concealment?
Above all, why should not Mrs. Stowe have spoken
outplainlv? Hoes she mean to hay this "child of
sin" was Mrs. Leigh's or not ?
Ve do not here advert to the remarkable Reuse of
Ttityto herself or the world which Induced Ladv
Bvron to foster such a child, bom under such cir
cumstances. The Christian spirit of forgiveness
which this shows Is almost too lovely foreartii, esoe
nully taken iu connection with the story of Mrs.
Stowe that. Lady Augusta Dually died in Lalv
Byron's arms. She seems m nave iorgiven everv
i.uiv concerned in these transactions, innocent or
guilty, save the one most needing It her husband.
TO llllll MIO IS Uliputciioiu en-u imvi ucuiii,
Could it be possible that Byron should write letter
demanding reasons lor a separation when he had
driven his wife away for a deadly guilty reusou which
he knew too well of 1
That correspondence llyron desired to have pub
lished, and put it into tlio hands of his publishers
for that purpose arter his death. That correspon
dence Lady Ityron caused to be destroyed, so far u4
he was concerned. She had.it is to be presumed,
on her part at least, his letters to her at the luue of
her consultation with Mrs. Stave. Did she show
those letters to Mrs. Stowe? They would have been
the most valuable "memoranda with the dates
aillxed," to throw light upou this quest km. Bo those
letters exist now iu the hands of her executor or
friends? If so, it is due to the memory of her child's
father, It is due to Literature-nay, to Kellglon and
to the world that those letters should be published
and the truth be made known.
But, It may be asked, what motive could Lady
Byron have for pushing forward Hits story? Mrs.
Stowe, in apologizing for her. feels that there Is a
necessity for some explanation for the manner In
which, and the causes for which, Lady Byron sepa
rated from her husband. The world has felt that, up
to to-day, accusing htm of the ordinary Infidelities of
a husband would not be sufllclent. She took him
with those; she lived with him with those ; she In
vited him to her bed, and caused her mother to In
dorse the invitation, after learning them all. In the
language of the law, she condoned all these. May
she not have felt that no other excuse was loft her
except the one now so unfortunately, and we may
hope without an unkliu thought towards her so un
truthfully put forward? But we are not required to
find motives; we are dealing only witU thofttcW
aud tlie evidence to BUHUuja Uietu.
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7!) Calf Lkins.
45 Morocco Skins.
Boo pounds Bridle Leather.
150 pounds Deers' Hair.
V.) quarts Laudanum.
10 pounds I'russlate of Potash.
10 pounds Sulphate of Potash.
The ordnance Department reserves the right to re
ject all bids not deemed satisfactory. Prior to tho
acceptance of any bid it will have to he approved by
the War Department. Terms cash, in Government
funds.
These stores are on hand at Watervllet Arsenal,
West, Troy, N. Y. Bidders will state In thoir bids
whether they will receive the goods at New York
city or w est Troy, in. y. Thirty days will be ai
lowed for removal of the stores.
Proposals will be addressed to the undersigned,
and Indorsed "Proposals for Purchasing Ordnance
Stores."
Samples can be seen at Watervllet Arsenal or at
tins Agency.
Forfurther!iuforniation apply to the undersigned
S. CRISPIN,
Brevet Colonel V. 8. A.,
0 C Ct Major of Ordnance.
QFFIC'E OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF
Till! SINKING FUND.
TREAsrnv Dkpahtmf.nt of Pfnurtlvania,)
llAlllUhllLUU, August lill, lSriH. )
Sealed bids will bo received for the redemption of
ONE MILLION DOLLARS of the loan of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, due July 1, 1H70, until 13 o'clock M.,
October 1, 169. Communications to bo addressed to
R. W. MAOKKY, Ksq., State Troasurer, Hiirrialmrft,
Tennsylv "'a, and endorsed Bid for Redemption of State
Loan.
F. JORDAN,
Secretary of State.
J. F. HARTRANFT,
Auditor-lienerul.
R. W. MAOKKY,
State Treasurer.
Commissioners of the Sinking Fond.
N. B. No newspupor publishing the above without
authority will receive pay therefor. 8 23 Ira
CENT.'S FURNISHING GOODS.
A
C A It 1 .
Till: FOUNT OF FASHION,
;untm h kmhiiim; ktoke,
will bo opened Saturday, the 11th instant,
No. 1W 8. F.IGHTH STRKET,
with a full assortment of Gents' Furnishing Goods, con
sisting of thorinost domestio and imported goods only,
making a specially of Kid Gloves, Neckties, Cravuts, and
Scarfs, in tlio most superior and varied styles. Introducing
the novel features ef presenting to the purchaser of
twelvo articlos.the thirteenth ; hemming all handkerchiefs
purchased free of charge.
Umbrellas kept to hire for a triile for gonoral accommo
dation. The patronage of friends and the publio is respectfully
invited.
Polite Salesladies in attendance.
!': M RS. Cl'MMINCS,
Ha S Ka Ca
Harris' Seamless Kid Cloves.
EVERY PAIK WARRANTED.
EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR GENTS' GLOVES.
J. W. SCOTT & CO.,
B!7;rp Nf-814 CHESNUT Street.
J)ATENT SHOULDElt-SEAM
SHIRT MANUFACTORY,
AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE.
PERFECTLY FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWERS
made from measurement at very short notice.
All other articles of GENTLEMEN'S DRESS
GOODS in full variety.
WINCHESTER A CO.,
11 8 No. TOtH.'HKSNUT Street,
yJ IRE WORK.
GALVANIZED and Painted WIRE GUARDS,
store frouts and windows, for factory and warehous.
windows, for churches and cellar windows.
IRON and WIRE RAILINGS, for balconies, offices
cemetery and garden fences.
Liberal allowance made to Contractors, Builders
and Carpenters. All orders filled with promptuea
and work guaranteed.
KOBE11T WOOD & CO.,
7 ft gtnthem No. liaa RIDGE Avenue Phlla.
-yy IKE O U A 11 D S,
FOlt &TOIIE FRONTS, ASYLUMS, FAC
TORIES, ETC.
Tatent Wire Railing, Iron Bedsteads, Ornamontal
Wire Work. Paper-makers' Wires, and every variety
of Wire Work, manufactured by
M. WALKER A SONS,
8 Sfmwt No. 11 N. SIXTH Btreet.
"JOHN FARNUM.&CO., COMMISSION MER
t J chant and Manufacturer, of ConMton Ticking, etc.
Ko, m CUESJS IJ ' blrwW PuiUdvlplua. 4 1 wimj
fc.DUOATIONAL. .
1)1.'IIV ArAUEJlY lor HO,
-IV No.l4tft LOCUST Htnwt,
EDWARD ULARKNUK SMITH, A. M Principal.
Tonne men htmt1 tot MiWr or hlnft landing In Ool-
l. Circular, at mo. nrjH un f K" u Dirmi.
fdpt sculon bpgins Heptemnrr ! "
717m
UNIVERSITY OK PF,NNSXL,VAmA.
FAOULTY OF ARTS.
Tho first tprm of theUolloge y ;wiii ,,";'" ',.
11 1 v u 1 it -. in nVl.tj'W ADitlfoantfl inr
admission will apply for anamination at 10 o ";-
clonte may pursue eiitier uie onuma m a,..... ., Tb 'wit
ORKK OK HACHKIAIR OK ARTS or the DKORK.K
OF BAUHKLOR OF 8UIKNCK, In which the Ancient
Lanausgas are nut .Indian, hut uniiwrni v
to the Mathamatioa and the Modern Ingiiagea, or thny
may pursue auch separate studies aa they desire, and wnivb
Fes for either of Ilia fnll eonrsea, THIRTY-r INK DOL
I,AH8 a term, payable in advance. ,. .
Htm KRANU1B A. .IAOKSON, Bocretary.
AMERICAN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
OFUCK No. 1"24 WALNUT Street. .
CLASS ROOMS 1(24 WALNUT and 857 N. BROAD,
laatrurtionswlll heirin MONUAY, September 0, m.
C1KOULAK8 AT TliK MUHWJ HIORF.S. 7 lwl2t
MISS CLEVELAND DESIRES TO AN
nounce that sho will npon on MONDAY, September
amh, at No. 2i ''it IK l.ANCKY Place, a School for the edir
catifnof a limited number of Youna: iArlioa.
t'treulara may he had on application at No. 213 S,
F.ICH'i H Street, between the hours of 1 and 2. 2tf
II U
US ADAM
ELOCUTIONIST,
s,
No. 11 GIRAUD Streot, between Elovonth and
Twelfth and Chesnut and Market.
H7
AIISS ELIZA W. SMITH. HAVINC RE
1M moved from No. 11)24 to No. 1213 M'RUCH Streot,
win reopen imr nnarninK ana imv ocuool lur lounii la
dies on WKDNK.SDA Y. Sept. 15.
Circulars ms be obtained from Lee A Walker, James
YY. Vuetn ft Co., am! alter Aupust 2v,
AT THK SCHOOL. 727 3ra
17EMALE COLLEGE. i:OlU)KN'TOW'N" N
J J. This institution, so long and so favorably known,
coniinuoa to iurnisn mo pom euucaiionul anvunutgoa,
in connection with It pleasant Christian home. Cuta
lolzucs. with terms, etc.. furnisher! nn a.iinli:tinn. Cnl.
h ire opens September lit.
7 27 3rn JOHN II. PR AKKLF.Y, Presidont.
TIAMILTON INSTITUTE, DAY AND
-1 Hoarding School for younR Indies, No. 3H0 CHI'S
NUT Street, will re open MONDAY, Hoptembor . For
circulars, containing terms, etc., apply at the school, which
is accessible to all parts of the city hy the horse cars.
V P. A. CRK.OAR.tA. M., Principal.
pIIF.OAKAY INSTITUTE, ENGLISH AND
FRKNCH, forYounc Ladies and Misses, honntinu
unci day pupils, Nos. 1527 and 162H Sl'RUCK Street, Phila
delphia, Pit., will
KK-OPKN ON MONDAY, September 20.
French is the language of the family, and is con
stant ly spoken in the institute.
7 15 thstu 2ra MADAM K D'HF.RYILLY Princlpal.
LASELL FEMALE SEMINARY (AT AU
liURNDALIC, Mass., ten miles from lioston, on
Host on and Albany Railroad). For seventeen years a lead
ing New VCnglnnd Seminary. Not excelled in thorough
English or artificial training, nor in highest accomplish
ments in Modern Languages, Painting, and Music, loca
tion for health beauty, and rolining intluenoes, unsur
panned. Next year begins Sept. 30. Address
7 27KW CHARLES W. CUSHtNO
"OECTORY SCHOOL,
JV HAM DEN, CONN.
Rev. C. W. EVEREST, Rector, aided by five resident
assistants. The school is closing its twenty-sixth year,
and rotors to its old pupils, found in all the protxsaions,
and every department of business. Thorough physical
education, including military drill, boating, and swim
ming in their season. Age of admission, from nine to
fourteen. Terms, $75(1 per annum.
The tall session begins September 7.
Reference Rt. Rev. J. Williams, D. D.
Hamden, July 15, 1-hW. 7 27 2ra
A CADEMY OF THE PROTESTANT EPI3-
iV. COPAL CHURCH,
(l l)UNDKD A. D. 17R5.)
S. W.Cor. LOCUST and JUNiPKR Streets.
The Rev. JAM KS W. ROBINS, A. M Head Master,
With Ten Assistant Teachers.
From September 1, liH, tho price of Tuition will bo
NINETY DOLLARS per annum, for all Classes: payuble
half yearly in advance.
French, Ceruian, Drawing, and INatural Philosophy are
tn light without extra charge.
Ly order of the Trust ens,
tilOOKUE W. HUNTER, Treasurer.
The Session will open on MONDAY, September 6. Ap
plications for admiHsion nuiy be made during the pre-
ccuiug weea, Between IU ana IJ o'clock in tue morning,
JAMES W. ROBINS,
Head Master.
8 IB mwf tiw
JAFAYETTE COLLEGE.
Owing to the work of remodelling the main buililing,
the opening of tho Fall Term is deferred to THURSDAY,
Septembor 16,1809. Examination for admission on the
preceding day at 8 o'clock A. SI.
Classical Course, Technical Courses in Civil Engineer
ing, Chemistry, and Mining and Metallurgy, and a Post
Graduate Course. Requirements for admission may be
known by addressing Prosident CATTELL. H 8 28 3w
4 'WEST PENN SQUARE ACADEMY,"
8. W. corner of MARKET Street and WEST
PENN SQUARE.
T. BRANTLY LANGTON having leased the upper part
f the Third National Bank Building, will reopen b s
School on MONDAY, tember 13.
The facilities of this building for school purposes will
be apparent upon inspection. The Gymnasium will be
nnder the immediat ervisi of Dr. Jansen, and is
being abundantly supplied with apparatus for the practice
of either light or heavy gymnastics.
The course of instruction embraces all that is needed
to fit boys for College, Polytechnic Schools, or Commercial
Life.
Circulars containing full information respecting Primary
Department, College Classes, the study of Vocal Music,
Art, etc.. may be obtained by addressing the Principal as
above, the rooms will be open for inspection alter
August 21. 8 21tf
T II E HILL"
A SELECT FAMILY BOARDING SCHOOL,
An English, Classical, Mathematical, bcientiho
and Artistic Institution,
FOR YOUNO MEN AND BOYS!
At Pottatown, Montgomery County, Pa.
The First Term of the Nineteenth Annual Session will
commence on WEDNESDAY, the 8th day of September
next. Pupils received at any time. For Circular address
KEV. OEORUK F. MILLER, A. M.
Principal.
REFERENCES
REV. DRS. Moigs, bchaerfor, Mann, Krauth, Soiss,
Muhlenberg, Sutver, Huttor, Stork, Conrad, Bom
ha'eer, Wylio, Sterret, Murphy, GruiKshsnks, etc.
HONS. Judge ll.udlow, Leonard Myers, M. Russell
Thayer, henj. M. Buyer, Jacob S. Yost, liiester Clymer,
John Killinger, etu.
ESWS. James E. Caldwell, James L. Claghorn, O. 8.
Grove, T. C. Wood, Harvey Rancioft.TheodoreG. Boggs,
C. F. Norton, L. L. Mount, S. Gross Fry, Miller & Derr,
Charles Wauneiuacber, James, Kent, Santee Jt Co.,
etc. 7 2dmwr2in
ir.
Y. LAUDER BACH'S
CLASSICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMERCIAI
ACADEMY,
FOR BOYS AND YOUNO MEN,
ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS,
Entrance No. 108 S. TENTH Street.
This school presents the following advantages:
Finely-ventilated class-rooms, with ceilings thirty feet in
height, giving each pupil more than double the usual
breathing space.
Wide, masaive stairways, rendering accidents in assem
bling and dismissing almost impossible.
A corps of teachers every one of whom has had years of
experience in the art of imiaring knowledge and
making study interesting, and, consequently, profitable.
A mode of teaching and discipline calculated to make
school attractive, instead of burdensome, to the pupil an
indispensable requisite for complete success.
Applications received at the Academy from 10 A. M. to
b P. At., daily, on and after August 23.
Catalogues containing full particular ana the names
of many of our leading citizens, patrons of theinatitution.
may be obtained at Air. W. F. Warburton's, No. 430 Ches
uut street, or by addressing the Principal, as above
H. Y. IjA I ' UK KM AVW
Late Principal of tbe Nortbwtt ruuiio uran raw
nr.iiiM.1. v
DRUGS, PAINTS, ETO.
T OBEHT
SHOEMAKER & CO.
N. Corner FOURTH and RACE St.
PHILADELPHIA.
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS'
Importer wid Manufacturen of
White Lead and Colored Palnti, Pnttyl
Varnishes, Etc.
AGENTS FOB TBS CELEBRATED
FBENOH ZINO PAINTS.
Dealer and conimmer lupplled at lowest price.
(or cash.
18 45
I?MPIRE BLATE MANTEL WORKS.-J. B.
EDUOATIONALi
rpiIE MISSES ROC.EKS, NO. 1014 P1NB
k KTHFFT, have reopened their School for Young lav
dies and 'hlldren.
X HP
MISS BURNIIAM'8 SCHOOL FOK YOUNG
Indies opens September 90. Personal interview oan
be had, after Hpptember , at No. Iilltl Filbert streak
tor circulars, address F. E. tiOURLAY, Esq., No Hi
WALK CT Btreet. b ' im
HD. GREGORY, A. M..W1LL REOPEN His
a CLAbSICAL AND KNULIMH SCHOOL, No 111)
MARKET Street, on MONDAY, Kept. 9. g 2J Im1
M
R. O. F. BISHOP, TEACHER OF BlNO-
ing and Piano, No. 83 S. NINFTF.F.NTH 8t. a 81 ltt
fUE MISSES GREGORY WILL REOPEN
X their SCHOOL FOR YOUNO LADIES, No. i7
LOOCKT Street, on MONDAY, September 13. 8 30 lmi
AIIS8 BONNEY AND MISS DILLAYE WILL
iI reopn their HOARDING and DAY SCHOOL
(taentietli year), Sept, 16, at No. 1B16 CHESNUT.Streeu
I articular from Circulars. 8 16 7w
AN D A L U 8 I A C 6 L l7"b G E
. RF.OPFN8 SEPTEMBER 13, IW.
PRIMARY AND ACADEMIC DKPAKTMRNTS
A IIOMK BOARD1NU-KCUOOL FOR BUYS
t karges- f2M to :m per year.
Address Rev. Dr. Vi F.L1JS, Andsmsla, Pa. 8 13 lm
JJELACOVE INSTITUTE, BEVEKLY, NEW
JERSEY. A leading school for Young Ladies, prom!
nent for Its select tone and superior appointments.
For prospectus address the Principal,
HlttutbsKw M RACHKLLE O. HUXT.
fl ERM ANTOWN AC A DEM Y, ESTA BLISH ED
KM. English, Classical, aad Scientific School for
Pi.ys. Hoarding and Day Pupils. Session befc-ius .MON
DAY, September 6. For circulars apply to
O. V. MAYS, A. M.. Principal,
8 11 tilths tf Cermantown, Phdmldphia.
C T EVE N 8 DA L E INSTITUTE," SOUTH
k. 1 A M ROY, N. J. A Family Hoarding School for Uoy
mil commence on .Se,.. mber ti, Ist.H. locution unsur.
parsed in cver thing dpxirntile for a school. Tho instruc
tion will be thorough and practical, embracing a careful
preparation for college. ( Uiriil irs sent on ri'nu mt.
l. II. 11 111 JiU I A. M.. Principal,
SOU! U A.MliOYJV. J.
'p II E E D O E II I L L 8 C II O oT,
Hoarding and Day School for Boy, will begin its noil
session in the new Acadomy Building at
MERCHANTA BLE. NKVY JERSKY,
MONDAY, September H, lhtH
Foi circulars apply to Itev. T. W. CATTELL,
6 S" . Principal
AJISS JENNIE T. BECK, TEACHER o"f
1 Piano, will resume her duties September o, at No
74ij FLOIUDA Street, botweon Eleventh av.d Twelfth
trot n 1 am
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, NINTH
1 Street, south of Locust. Medical Department
Session lNiii-di commences October ti, at 7 o'clock with
at.eneral Introductory by JOHN O'BYRNE, Eso.' Free
o the publio. Students desirous of attending College
will call upon the Dean, VV. PAINE, SI. I)., at the Uni.
versity, from to 4. il3lmw lot
T7EST PENN SQUARE SEMINARY FOR
Voting Ladies, No. 6 8. MKRRK'K Streot (lata
Mrs. M. b. Mitchell s). The Fall Term of this School will
begin on WEDNESDAY, Septombor 23. Miss ACNKS
IRWIN, Principal. 3fuiwHt
ENGINES, MACHINERY, ETO.
hsrO. PENN STEAM ENGINE AND
Lrra BOILER WOKK3.-NKAKIK A f.ifvv
.-JL'tU 1'IUIiTIIIAI. AVI 'III if. k,i i."i'i.,V
fcSaCaS.W ENCINI'.KftS.MACHINIsfs, KOILFK.
ilAKEKh. BLACKSMITHS, anrl hOITKIilfLu hL...
for mauy years been in successful operation, aud been ex!
clusively engaged in building and repairing Marine and
River Engines, high and low-pressure, Iron Boilers, Water
J ants, Propellers, etc., etc,, respectfully olfor their ser.
vices to the publio as being fully prepared to eontraot for
engines of all sizes, Marine, River, and Stationary; having
(els of patterns of different sizes, are prepared to eiacata
orders with quick despatch. Every description of pattern,
making made at toe shortest notice. High and Low-nrsa.
sure t ine tubular and Cylinder Boilers of the best Peno.
sylvania Charcoal Iron. Forcings of all sizes and kinds.
Iron and Brase Castings of all descriptions. Roll Turning.
Screw Cutting, and ail othor work connected with tbi
above business. . "
Drawings and specifications for all work done at tbi
establishment free of charge, and work guaranteed.
The subscribers have amide wharf dock-room for repair!
of boats, where they can lie in perfect safety, and are pro
rid nd with shears, blocks, fall, eto. etc., for raising hear!
or light weight.
JACOB O. NEAFIH.
,. . JOHN P. LEVY,
81 BEAOU and PALM KK Street
COUTIIWARK FOUNDRY, FIFTH AND
II MUUUtUlU.I lllll '
PHILADELPHIA.
MKKKJCK A SONS,
ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS
manufacture High and Low Pressure Steam Engines
v. i-duii, unci, unit lmiiiuu oervice.
Boilers, GnBometerB, Tanks, Iron Bofltfc etc.
famines Of all k!nd. either Iron ov llnwH.
Iron Frame Koofs for Gas Works, Workshops, and
Railroad Stations, etc.
Itetorts aud Gas Machinery of the latest and most
uupruveu construction.
Everv fleaerlntfnn it PlnntntlAn Vnnhlnnpn ni..
Sugar, Saw, aud Grist Mills, Vacuum Pans, Oil
a.u.ajo, iVJCtaiulD. ClltUlD, X UUipiUK Hu
gines, etc.
sole Agents ror n. Biiieux's Sugar Boiling Appa
ratus, Nt'sinyth's Patent Steum Hammer, and Aspln.
wall A W'oolsey's Patent Centrifugal Sugar Drain-
ing juaciuncs.
4 110
QIRARD TUBE WORKS.
JOHN n. MUKPHY & BROS.
Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Pipe, Bt.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
WORKS,
TWENTY-TIIIKl) und FILBERT Btreet..
OFFICE, 4 1
No. 43 North F1KTII Street.
ICE CREAM AND WATER ICE.
"-HE NEAPOLITAN
ICE CKEAM AND WATEIt ICES.
TIIE PUREST AND BEST IK THE WORLD.
This celebrated Brick Ice Cream and Water Ice can be
carried in a paper to any part of the city, as you would
canily. ! ilteen or twenty different kinds of thorn are kept
const ant ly on btnd, aud ONE HUNURKD DIFFERENT
JLAVOHS can be made to order for those who desire to
have something never before seen in tbe United States,
aud superior to any Ice Cream made in Europe.
Principal Depot- No. V.r4 WA I, NUT Btreet.
Branch btore No. luu bi KING GARDEN Street.
Ui F. J. ALLEUltKTTI.
rp 11 E PRINCIPAL DEPOT
F0R THE SALE OF
REVENUE STAMPS
No. 304 CHESNUT STREET.
CENTRAL OFFICE, No. It S. FIFTH STREET,
(Two doors below Chesnut street)
ESTABLISHED 1862.
Theeule of Revenue stamps Is still continued at.
the Ulil-LHtublihhed Agencies.
The stock comprises every denomination printed
by the Government, und having at all times a large
nupjily, we are enabled to till and forward (by Mall or
Express), all orders Immediately upon receipt, a
mutter of great Unportunce.
United States Notes, National Bank Notes, Drafts
on Philadelphia, and Post Oillce Orders received In
payment.
Any Information regarding the decisions of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue cheerfully aud
gratuitously furnished.
Revenue Stamps printed upon Drafts, Checks,
Receipts, etc.
The following rates of commission are allowed on
Stamps and Stamped Paper;
On 28 and upwards
100 "
" sno "
Address all orders, etc., to
,2 per cent.
8 "
4
STAMP AGENCY,
No. 804 CIIESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
fJORNY'S TASTELESS
Fruit Preserving Powder,
li warranted U keep Strawberries in pert or to any know
Drocaaa, aa well as other fruit, without betn air-Una
Price, bb cents a package. Sold by the grocera.
ZAMK, MOltNY Jk COm Proprietor
I la K 136 IN'orUi SBOOHD BL, FhJhUev
1