THE DAiLr liVENlISQ TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1869. feting jclcgtapli PUBLISHED EVER AFTERNOON (HCXDAYS BXCSPTIP), AT TIMS EVENING TELEGRAril BUILDING, NO. 108 S. THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. The Metis three cent per copy double nhect); or fifteen cents per week, payatle to the carrier by whom arrtted The mibseription price by mail it Sine Dollars veran,vm,or One Dollar and Fifty Cent for two month invariably in advance for the time ordered. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1809. MANN ON THE EPHEMERA. Is December, 18G5, William B. Mann being then District Attorney, James Haggerty was convicted of burglary and sentenced therefor to ten years' imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary. In a few months, however,.. this desperado, whose just conviction and well-merited sentence were secured by Mr. Mann, was let loose upon the community. The Court of Quarter Sessions is now en gaged in determining the question as to whether Haggerty must be returned to his old quarters at Cherry Hill because he failed to comply with the conditions inserted in his pardon; and, astonishing as it may appoar, Mr. Mann is his zealous advocate, and has had a great deal to say about the manner in which the dearest rights and most precious privileges of the people are about to suffer in the person of James Haggerty. Mr. Mann furthermore embraces the op portunity to express again an unfavorable opinion of the newspapers of this city. He concentrates all his venom into one word, and hurls it at them; and, not content with styling them "ephemeral," declares, with evident satisfaction, that they "will pass away." Now the cause of this terrific onslaught upon the press of the city consists in the fact that it has been endeavoring to make Haggerty notorious. If the press would simply let Haggerty alone, be would not achieve no toriety, as a matter of course; but could knock down and drag out policemen, and perfotm other deeds of high emprise, with out being brought unpleasantly before the public. It will be seen, at a glance, that the "ephemeral newspapers"' are calculated directly to interfere with the operations of such worthy gentlemen as Haggerty, and flhat they will further tend to counteract, to a con derable extent, all the tricks and quibbles by which the pettifoggers of the Quarter Ses sions attempt to secure the worthy Haggerty immunity for his defiance of the laws of the land. Therefore it is very natural that Mr. Mann should indulge in the fond dream that they will ultimately pass away, to the infinite relief of Haggerty and himself. But there is another ground on which Mr. Manu can reasonably base his desire to wit ness the final passing away of the "epheme ral" press. About a year ago some of the "ephemeral newspapers" of this city pursued a course which tended materially to render Mr. Mann himself notorious, and the direct result of the notoriety which he aohieved through this "ephemeral" agency was his in voluntary withdrawal from the contest for the District Attorneyship an office which, by tha indulgence of the "ephemeral newspapers," he had held so long that he had come qui to naturally to regard the fee simple of it as lodged in himself. Mr. Mann has, doubtless, many saintly qualities, but he is not over burdened with forbearance, and we do not expect him to forget and forgive the griev ances heaped upon him last year by the "ephemeral" press. He would be only too happy to forget and forgive them after their perpetrators have passed away, and the desire to do so probably influenced an expression of the prophecy which sprung from the desire of his heart. Yet it cannot be denied that the pissing away of the "ephemeral newspapers" would operate very disastrously upon the fame and fortunes of such as Mr. Mann. The petti foggers who haunt the Court of Quarter Ses sions depend upon these "ephemeral" agencies for daily advertisement, which, unlike the other patrons of the "ephemeral newspapers," they have hitherto secured without cost. If the names of the pettifoggers whose business it is to assist such desperadoes as James Hag gerty in extricating themselves from the tlutches of the law were studiously omitted from the court reports, their opportunities for per verting the course of justice would be materially diminished. However, we have no disposition just at present to inaugurate such a reform. District-Attorney Sheppard, and his assistants, Messrs. Hagert and Dechert, have proven themselves abundantly qualified for encountering and 'discomfiting a whole regiment of Manns, and as long aft they, or men of equal ability and integrity, hold office, the "ephemeral newspapers" can afford to give occasional gratuitous advertisements to the half -fledged lawyers who congregate about the Quarter bessions Court-room. A ritOTESTANT ECUMENICAL COUNCIL. Db. Memjc d'Attbione, in a letter to an Eng lisu friend, proposes a General Conference of the Protestant Churches, to be held after the approaching Ecumenical Council of the Boman Catholio Church, and to have for its object "a manifestation of evangelical prin doles. " in reply to the doctrinal announce menta expected from Borne. "The work of the Beformation," writes Dr. d'Aubigne, "was n-ARtAil in the second half of the sixteenth oenturv. It is time that we should take it up ..n h invitation which the Pope has ad dressed to us furnishes a suitable occasion." The work which the writer proposes for the conference is: 1. To affirm "the great doc trines of Holy Scripture;" 2. To urge upon rrotestanta the duty of "carrying on the work of the Beformation;" and 8. "To try to mane Eoman Catholics understand that the differ . nca between tWm and Protestants is this: i,t thAv nlino to a relifrion which addresses iUfllf to the imagination or intellect, the es (3CHC0 of which U submission to the Church, to the commandments of men a dead form; while Protestants ask them to receive a per fect and free salvation by grace, to find a living Christ that kingdom of God which is righteousness and peace aaj jov n the Holy Ghost." This work, he continues, "must be done without pride, without bitterness, with out violence; it must be done in love." If the conference can be kept within the bounds, and be conducted in the spirit, pre scribed for it by Dr. d'Aubigne, it must cer tainly do good, and ought to be held. The Reformation, as an open movement, ended with the Council of Trent, called in 1515 by Charles V, of Germany, to restore unity and peace to the divided and warring Church. Its throe sessions, howevor, resulted only in a wider separation of the Protestants from the ancient Church, and no reconciliation has since beon attempted. On the contrary, mis conceptions and misunderstandings have widened the breach. The proposed confer ence will accomplish one thing, if it do noth ing else: it will state clearly the essential difference between the two systems; in other words, it will define carefully the real question at issue between them. Dr. d'Aubigne well writes: "It is not true that the men of earnestness, sincerity, and noble character, now in the Church of Borne, should abandon a religion of exteriors, of forms and rites, to receive that which is 'spirit and life.1 " The Church of Borne may retain all its individuality, and yet be "re formed." Luther found fault not with the ceremonial, but with the teaching and prac tice of the Boman Church. This statement of the question made, and the difficulty is half solved. But for one other reason this conference is advisable. Truth need never, should never, shun the light. If, in this case, the truth lie wholly on one side, a calm, unimpassioned statement of principles by each side will help to determine on which; if it lie somewhere between, discussion will but show the more clearly where. If Protestantism be "a fail ure," nothing will tend so directly to its expo sure as the plain "setting in order" of its principles. If Protestants, bravely examining their doctrines, find them false, they must deny them. But if, on the other hand, Ca tholicism be a degeneration, a candid view of its dogmas will make its errors manifest, especially to Catholics, now blinded upon this supposition by the "traditions of men." The one point of danger and difficulty in the plan Dr. d'Aubigne does not touch. It is very doubtful whether Protestants can unite upon any one "platform" whether, the nineteenth century is liberal enough to cast aside non-essential preferences, and deter mine what is the essence of Protestantism. The schisms of every reformed Church are accepted by Catholics as assurances of the ultimate failure of the Beformation, and the ground for their hope is not small, though it may be illogical. But a Protestant Con ference must put all these differences out of sight. Can it ? Perhaps, if the kindness and love which Dr. d'Aubigne bespeaks for Catho lics are exercised by Protestants towards each other, it may. If so, both the conference and the council may redound to the glory of God, by establishing vital truth and removing error and prejudice. THE PENSIONS AND THE AGENTS. A telegram to the Associated Press states that the Secretary of the Interior sustains the instructions of the Commissioner of Pensions, that all pensions must be paid in checks drawn directly to the order of the pensioners, in stead of being paid in currency to agents or attorneys. This course has been rendered necessary in consequence of numerous com- plaints that attorneys or agents have exacted enormous fees from the objects of the bounty of the Government, and we are only surprised that it was not adopted long ago. We trust that it will prove an effective safeguard to pensioners hereafter. At all events, it will ensure to tnem tne control 01 tne money drawn for their use from the Treasury, and no perquisite or fee can be exacted without their free and voluntary consent. While agents or attorneys collected in currency they were masters of the situation, and facilities were given for a thousand species of fraud, from an exorbitant charge for their services to the downright swindle of pocketing the whole sum appropriated by the Government to some of its defenders. The plea is set up that the pensioners in re mote districts will be put to great inconve nience by the new system, but we see little danger of this. The Secretary of the Interior says that "a check on the Treasury is believed by the pensioners to be as good as currency," and there is no reason to doubt this assertion It is not at all necessary that a bank should be near to ensure prompt collection. There is not a merchant, and scarcely an active busi ness man, who will not accept one of these checks from a pensioner ox his acquaintance as readily as greenbacks; and for country merchants, as well as pensioners, they answer even abetter purpose than currency, because, when made payable to order, they cannot be rendered available by any branch of the light- fingered family. i youoiuu Bysteui was aevisea, ana it is now sustained at an enormous expense, for the benefit of soldiers and their families, and not for the advantage or enrichment of any class of agents or attorneys. Thousands and tens of thousands of pensioners, however, Have been robbed of a large portion or the whole 01 tne sums awarded, to them by the nation, ana ino laws, as practically adminis i 1 a. n . rerea, nave inaue me largest pensioners on the list men who never set a squadron in the field, never fought a battle, never received a wound, never shouldered a musket, but who, worse than the vampires, have fattened exclusively on patriot blood. The closer their bills are cut the better will it be for the nation and the soldiers. The Irish Church, having suffered dis- establishment, is going about the task of re constructing itself in the most sensible man ner. . La the Synod of Armagh, recently, the resolution excluding the laity from parti cipation in the decision of doctrinal and dis ciplinary questions was rejected by a large majority. This is a Bign of a healthy senti ment in the Church, and if it is rehabilitated in this generous spirit, the gain by disesta blishment will be incomparably greater than the loss. THE TIIItEA I EN ED WAR WITH SPAIN. . It is difficult to imagine anything more ab surd than the idea of Spain going to war with the United States on account of the friendly proffer made by our Government of its ser vices as a mediator betweon the mother coun try and Cuba. If our advances are objec tionable, it is an easy matter for the Spanish Cabinet to reject them; and if no practicable form of negotiation is suggested, the whole subject will be at once disposed of, and Spain and Cuba will be left at full liberty to continue their mutually ruinous struggle. But it is now alleged that a large party in Spain, not satisfied with their internal diffi culties in fighting against factionist., and with the additional embarrass ments arising , from the efforts to equip new expeditions to Cuba, propose to get up a war with this country. A Spanish organ in New York, to give plausibility to this incredible story, states that thousands of letters have been received from ex-Confede-rateg offering their services to Spain in the contemplated struggle'. For daring to raise the voice of the nation in behalf of humanity, and for venturing to attempt to promote the interests of both parties involved in the Cuban struggle, we are threatened with a galvanized rebellion, on a small so.de, on our own soil, and the appearance on the ocean of a host of privateers, sailing under the Spanish flag, to prey on our commerce. These rumors are too ridiculous to merit serious notice; but if it should ever become necessary to prick the bubble of Spanish bluster, the nation will not be content with merely gobbling up the relics of Spanish colonial glory, but it will invade the domain of Spain herself, set up there the standard of a republic, and with the aid of the Republican party of that country, destroy forever Jhe prospects of all the contending claimants for the Spanish crown by perma nently establishing popular rule in one of the most ancient of European kingdoms. The King of Italy, says a cable telegram, has consented to the selection of the Duke of Genoa, one of his sons, as King of Spain. This is certainly very kind on the part of his Majesty, especially as the Spaniards have not, as yet, expressed any desire to have the Duke of Genda for their ruler. The chances are that neither the Duke of Genoa nor any other royal scion will be needed in Spain. Each day's delay in the selection of a king renders the republic more possi le and the monarchy more improbable. SOCfAL COSDITIOS OF ESQ LA XD. Tni feudal laws of entail and primogeniture, bar barous relics of a brutal age, that have locked up the lands of the United Kingdom In the hands of forty- two thousand landlords, and the vast powers iirst entrusted to the Barons when they were defenders of the borders of the kingdom from Invasion, but still usurped by them, although they now remain only labelled landowners, have been the fruitful sources of incalculable poverty, misery, and degra dation among the masses of the English people. Wielding an influence la law-making equivalent to that exercised by the Senate of the United States, although representing nobody but themselves, these lawgivers for life have prostituted their authority to perpetuating the existence of their own order. Had they been so minded, England would not disgrace this civilized age by a total neglect of public educa tion. Almost their last act In parliamentary session was to reject the measure for making education universal In Scotland, whim the humble petition of the British Association that natural science be made an essential part of the oourse of education was contemptuously treated. The practical wakings of such a system of semi vassalage Is shown by the facts that whilst the propor tlon of acreage under cultivation In the United King uom Is only S3 per cent, France has as much as 92 percent, of her land cultivated, and that whilst there Is not much difference In the proportion of acres ap propriated to corn crops, France has valuable addi tions of industrial products In beetroot, textile fabrics, and Bilk. In the numbers employed In agri culture there Is still greater difference. In the United Kingdom 1121 per cent of tho population are so employed, in France as many as 60 per cent, and whilst In the United Kingdom only 1-33 per cent, of the persons so employed are styled "landed pro prietors," In France the proportion Is not less than 20 per cent the numbers being 42,500 In the United Kingdom and 8,600,900 In France. In the United Kingdom there Is one proprietor for every 1009 acres In cultivation ; In France there is 1 to every 80 acres, In almost all continental countries property In land is more divided than In the United Kingdom, Tuklng the number employed in agriculture at 1,600,000, and the acreage of England and Wales at 2S,500,ooo, the supply of labor Is in tho proportion of persons per 100 acres. Assuming the demand of labor to be at the rate of 50 persons for 1000 acres pasture, the number required (with the present pro portion of cultivation) vould be only 30 per 100 acres, Much more capital could be employed in agriculture In many cases If the landlords would grant tenant- leases and settle rates of compensation for Improve ment. The condition of the agricultural laborer In Devonshire la very precarious. Taking the income of a family of Ove at 14s. per week, the minimum expenditure cannot be less than 143. 8d., allowing nothinut for drink, club, education, or sicKneBa. Any saving under these circumstances Is out of the ques tion; As to education, more women are ante 10 sign marriage registers In the agricultural than In the manufacturing districts. Bred up la Ignorance and wretchedness, thousands of children are early adepts In thieving and other vicious practices. The number of reformatory schools in Great Britain on December 81, 1863, was 64. Of these there were In England, for boys, 86; for girls, 14. In Scotland, for boys, 8; for glrjs.6. The number of offenders under detention In these sckoola on December 81, 1868, was 6248, vis., boys, 6072; glrU, 1176. They were distributed as follows: Protestant schools: Enland, boys, 8967; girls, 694; Scotland, boys, 781; girls, 187. Roman Catholic schools: England, boys, 1052; girls, 186; Scotland, boys, 878; girls, 109. m , In 1861 the population of England and Wales was 80,066,288. Of these, 9,880,000 had incomes or earned wages; 7,827,008 less than fl7 per year; and only 1,180,000 well enough to do to be taxed. In the latter class about 7500 ' had Income ranging from 5000 to 60,000 and upwards, about 42.o0 from 1000 to 5ooo a year, about 150,000 from 300 to 1000 a year, aud the receipts from all sources of about 850,500 were from looto 300ayear. In addition to these, there Is mention of 1,003,000 others In cluded ,'n the lists of "the middle and upper classes," Whose annum receipts from each Individual -range downward from less than 100 per annum to much smaller sums, the average being lees than 60. It has been estimated that not lew Uuuoue- quarter of the people of England are, at Bome period of their lives, dependent for snbgitttence npon public or private charity, and that millions of people in that country barely drag out existence upon a pittance Insufficient to secure food necessary for health, in abode unfit for human beings. In 1861 thirteen per cent, of the whole population of London were relieved as paupers; In 1S8 me per. ccntage had Increased to sixteen, or one In every aix. In lscs the number of actunl paupers In Eng land and Wales was 1.034,000, to 818,000 In 1854. Starvation wages, running from nine shillings a week for farm laborers to thirty shillings weekly to the best skilled workmen, has much to do with this, and thus it is that our American manufacturers are un dersold at their homes. In London 100,000 children run wild In the streets, nearly equivalent to the whole number of boys and girls In this city. That city has IH.403 professional criminals, ever 18,090 professional mendicants, and 8C0O abandoned women. Last year 100,337 cases of diunkenneea and disorderly conduct were before tne London courts, and 138,668 paupers received relief In one week of April last. LAY I?KrK8ESTATI0N IN THE METHODIST ClICRCII. The vote of the laity of the Methodist Episcopal Church on the question of lay representation was completed during the month of June laat, but full oniclal returns from all tho conferences have not yet been received. The following la the vote In such of the conferences as have been heard from In full: Corf.mce. For. Amiin't. Northwest German 1401 WIscoilBln , 2066 Pittsburg oostf Delaware ia4 Central Pennsylvania asno Colorado no Cincinnati 8500 Central German 1634 Southwest German. 1390 Oregon 4S 891 339 609D 157 827 It 2324 1013 83a 11S3 9 T19 1814 139 S21S 2MS 1325 1028 434 87 jtasi uenesee 8860 Wilmington 2018 Des Molues. 2724 Baltimore urn Troy 2306 West Virginia 829S New lotk East. 8777 Philadelphia 6038 Iowa 8706 California 937 revada nei Totals 118,748 63,413 The above embrace the returns of 846 districts, out of a total of 897, and give a total vote thus far re ported oT 177,154 The members of each Annual Conference are also required to vote npon the question at the first an nual meeting subsequent to the taking of the lay vote.l The following Is the result of the clerical vote, as far as It has been taken: Conference. For. A (lain fit. Total. LlllClDliail V5 131 12 88 151 1? 80 Colorado 13 Delaware 37 1 27 13 S 19 3 24 8 14 East Genesee 124 Oregon 83 Nevada s California, 07 Pes niolncp 76 Detroit 124 14S 90 07 Iowa 83 Central German 69 Totals '. 703 151 sr.3 From this It will be seen that the Methodist clergy are even more desirous of a change la the govern ment of the Church than the laity. An English paper snys the stnse Irishman has been a creature in whom no Euglishinau ever believed as a true representative of the real Hi bernian; but as he was, and is, even more popu lar on the Irish stage than our own, he has been accepted as something near the truth. It ii a curious lact that nearly all tne exaffsrerated stage Irishmen are the product of Irish authors. The easy, natural, gcntlemau-like stage Hiber nian was first created by nn Englishman "Major O'Flaherty," by Cumberland. The Irish press is very severe in its strictures, not against the caricatured Irishman of Irish authors, but against Londoners who take them for reritles. Recently an incident occurred at the PortaUown inquest which might excuee us poor Cockneys lor believing in the irishman of the stage. Even Cockneys know that an Irish inquest tops any "screaming large in tho world. At Portuuown the coroner rebuked a counsellor, and the latter angrily asked, "Do you take me for a jackass of only one year's standing ?" The olllclal did not answer the cnronoiogicai pare 01 tne question. in which there Is a flavor of the comic acting Irishman. SPECIAL. NOTICES. ftr additional Sjxciat Notice see the Inside Imi, JB- PROCLAMATION. OFFIO OF THE MiVOR ) OF THE ClTX OF PHILADELPHIA, -September 18, 1849.) Whereas, JAMES J. BROOKS, a Revenue Officer of the United States, was assaulted and shot on MONDAY, the 6th day of September instant, in a most cowardly and dastardly manner, in the neighborhood of Front and Arch streets, in this city, while in the discharge of his duties, bis would be assassins escaping in a carriage ; And whereas, from affidavits now in my possession, HUGH MAHER, or MARRA, NEIL MCLAUGHLIN and JAMES DOUGHERTY are believed to be impli cated in this nefarious crime ; 0 . And whereas, after diligent search for aaid persons, there is reason to believe that they have fled this jurisdio tlon, and are now eluding the officers of the law Now I, DANIEL M. FOX, Mayor of the olty of Phi la delphia, do hereby offer reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the arrest and delivery to me, at my office in the aaid city, of eaoh of the above-named persons, and this in addition to the reward already offered. The attention of the entire Police Department is directed to the matter of this Proclamation, and all good citizens are earnestly invoked to furnish all the informa tlon and assistance possible, that the perpetrators of such an unwarranted outrage may not escape the punishment due their crime. DANIEL M. FOX, Mayor of Philadelphia. DESCRIPTION. Tbesaid HUGH MAHER, or MARRA, is described as being about 37 years of age, 6 feet 7 inches in height, weighs about 140 pounds, light in complexion and hair, smooth face. The aaid NEIL MCLAUGHLIN, about 81 years of age, 6 feet 8 inches in height, weight from 126 to 130 pounds, light in complexion, and hair brnshed back of ears; small pimples in bis face ; tip of left ear sore. It The Mid JAMES DOUGHERTY, from 88 to 30 years of age, 8 feet 8 or 9 inches In helgh, weight about ICO pounds. OFFICE OF TUB FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. " Philadelphia, Sept. SO, 169 An Election fcr TEN DIKKUTOR8 for the ensuing yew will be held, agreebly to charter, at the Ortioe of the romps" y'n MONDAY, October 4 e. between 11 A. ' SuUt M' J. W. MCALLISTER, Herretary. CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE, , Philadelphia, September 17, lWS. City WarranU registering to eB.OuOwill be paid on pre ..nution. interest fromthi. d.tj. niRaQU 9 90 St Olty Treasurer. PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, NINTII iraat aruith of Leocust. Modicftl DDftrtment. Buafllon lHritt-70 ooiumenoe October at 7J o'clock, with a Ueneral Introductory by JOHN O BYRNE, Eu. Free A h nuliliu. Muuent wiU call upon the Dean, W. PAINE, M. V., at the Uui- veraily, from to . 9 13 Imn lot - FOR THE SUMMER TO PREVENT anubnra and all discoloration and irritations of the skin, bites of mosquitoes or other insects, um Wright1 i..n.,uirMnt. a.nd hti no eauifcl AS A tollnt eo&D. Aloouaiou uiyoenne laoieu w uoiiuiuiuit i nMcraui, druK' nll. tt. O. A. WiUUUT. t or saie or or druKK"" nru OUKbttUT (Street. 144 OLOTHINQ. 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HAT8 AND OAFS. n-WAKBURTONS IMPROVED VENTI lated and eauy flttina Dress Hats (patented), la All tbe iiuproreJ fanbiousof the msou. UUEoNL'T Ktreot, uoit Uwr t the Pvt Ute. - U Is rp FIRE AND BURGLAR PRO OP SAFE HERRING'S CHMPWSAFEST THE BURKING OF EABLES' ART GALLERY. PitrLADRr.pnia, September I, iv,j Messrs. Fabrxl, Hirriko a Co., No. 629 Chesnut street. Gentlemen : We have Just examined, with the ery greatest satisfaction, our 8afe, purchasod of you some years ago, and which passed through our de strnctlve Are of last night We And the contents, without exception, entirely unharmed, merely slightly damp, and we feel now in a condition to commence our business again, hating every book perfectly safe. We shall in a few days require a larger one, aal will call npon yon. Very respectfully, JAMES 8. EARLE k SONS. FARREL, HERRING S CO,, K. 029 OILESNUT STREET, 9 3 tf PHILADELPHIA. CHAMPION 8AFE3. PHfLADILPHU, August 87, 1369. Messrs. Farril, Herring a Co. Gentlemen: In the year 1866 I unfortunately was in business In the Artisan Building, which was de atroyed by Ore on the loth of April. I had then In use what I supposed was a Fire-Proof Safe, but upon opening It I found, everything destroyed, and Ore burning therein. You will recollect, gentlemen, there was several of your Bares In that fire, also several, in the Ore at Sixth and Commerce streets, the next May, Ave weeks afterwards, aU of which npon being opened proved they were Ore-proof indeed, for I witnessed the opening of the most of. them, and In every case the contents were preserved, while Safes of other makers were partially or entirely destroyed. I at once concluded to have aomethlng that I could de pend upon, and purchased one of your Safes. The safe I purchased of you at that time was sab jected to a white heat (which was witnessed by sev eral gentlemen that reside in the neighborhood) at the destruction of my Marble Paoer factor 001 Wallace street, on the afternoon and evening of the 24th lnst. After digging the safe from the ruins, and opening it this morning, I was much pleased to' find everything, consisting of books, papers, money and silverware, all right. I shall want another of your safes as soon as I can get a place to continue mv business In. I could not rest contented with any other make of safes. CTIARLES WILLIAMS, Marble Paper Manufacturer. HERRING'S PATENT CHAMPION SAFES, the most reliable protection from fire now known. HER RING'S NEW PATENT BANKERS' SAFES, com. binlng hardened steel and Iron with the latent Fiank linlte or SPIEGEL EiSEN, furnishes a resistant against boring and cutting tools to an extent hereto fore unknown. FARREL, HERRING & CO., PHILADELPHIA. HERRING, FARREL A SHERMAN, No. 861 BROADWAV, corner Murray St., N. Y. HERRING A CO., Chicago. HERRING, FARREL A SHERMAN, New Or. leans. 8 19 In MARVIN'S Patent Alum and Dry Plaster FIRE-PROOF SAFES ARE THE MOST DESIRABLE FOR QUALITY. FLNISH, AND PRICE. MARVIN'S CHROME IRON SPHERICAL BURGLAR SAFES Cannot be Sledged ! Cannot he Wedged ! Cannot he Drilled Please send for a catalogue to MARVIN to CO., NO. 721 CHESNUT STREET, (MASONIC HALL), PHILADELPHIA, NO. S66 BROADWAY,' NEW YORK, No. 103 BANK STREET, CLEVELAND, OHIO. SECOND-HAND SAFES OF ALL MAKES FOB SALE LOW. 11 mwflp SAFES AND MACHINERY MOVED. J. WATSON & SON, Of the late firm of EVANS A WATSON, FIRE AND BURGLAR-PROOF A F E STORE, NO. 53 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, 8 315 Ate doors Above Ohonut At., Pbilad. LOOKING CLASSES, ETO. JAMES 8 EARLE & SONS Hare now posAwion of th entUA premise No. 819 CHESNUT STREET, Where tbey Are prepAred to eihibit their NEW AND FRESH STYLES OF LOOKING GLi SS ES, PICTURE FRAMES, ETO. ETO., NEW OHROMOS. ENGRAVINGS, ROGERS' GROUPS AU lute fire. importations, receired since their disastrous' i Smwfip PERSONAL. A LL PERSONS HAVING LL GOODS DEPO- fonuerlr . whiob sited at BKTTKW'H LOAN 1 at RHTTRWH LOAN OK'SICK. tol OFFICE, northeast corner Fiftaentn and Market streets, whiob bare remained over tbe 1kh1 time, are berehT untitled to pay chirfoioo the earn at No. Hi N. r T KVK.N'TH Street, or tbey will be sold At public sale on MONDAY. Septem ber 27, in.lant . V lti lltt PHOTOGRAPHS. -VTEWEI.L, LANDSCAPE AND. GENERAL A BUSINESS PHOTOGRAPHER, No. 74 A ROM Street, bas erer facility for takiuii iibotosraphsor country A?ftts, in or out of tbe State. Meruliant. tuanutaoliiwn., aud Importers can have eumples of Aooda DUiHoraihl tbe Tery beat style. - 17lm BOARDING. ' BEAl'TIFl'L 81 IT - - OIT . - ROOMS ON' becond Floor, private bath, etc Private tf'jjs if dnsired. Also, two other rooms, at No l1 ",Jv''T btietft. . 17 t Hi
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