TUB DAILY EVENING TELEGRAni PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, I860.
Wagner Ziew Opera.
A corroHponclent of the London Athenrnm,
Writing from Munich under date of Septem
ber 4, gives the following account of Wag
Ber's lant opera:
I was present the other evening at a full
dress stage rehearsal of Hen Wagnor'B Da
MdngoUl, the Trologue to his three Nibe
hingen operas. This rehearsal was, in most
respects, tantamount to a first performance
elsewhere; and was followed during some two-and-a-half
of the dreariest hours which I ever
endured with an amount of readiness to ad
Mire, and patience to listen, creditable to the
good faith of all concerned, but therefore
one the loss amazing. The Opera Orchestra
in Munich, notoriously superb, had been
strengthened for the occasion, and includod
many harps. By a new arrangement it was
Bunk out of sight, the traditional foot-lights
fceing also removed. Both innovations seemed
to me open to question. The stage was too
dark; the accompaniments, at the hack of the
parterre, sounded weak, wiry, and ill-balanced.
The harps were no more potent than so many
gnats would have boon.
Hut the world had beon promised scenic
effects of exquisite fantasy. The opouing
scene of Dim llheiugold is the bed of the
Khine, where throe swimming nymphs of the
stream are discovered as wheeling upwards
and downwards, in guard of the mysterious
golden treasure. As a stage effect, this
would be, under the best of conditions, ob
viously extravagant need it to be said, im
possible ? Yet the solution of a similar diffi
culty was infinitely better effected at the
Grand Opera of Talis, some thirty-five years
ago, when Taglioni danced so exquisitely to
Adolphe Adam's charming music, in La frillc
da )a unite. The subsequent scenes, including
a final one with a practicable rainbow, low
to earth, and intended for persons to mount
by way of tableau, were picturosque enough;
but by those who recollect analogous displays
at Berlin, Paris, and last, not least Lou
don, it could not be accepted as either amaz
ing or probable. It is needful to dwell on.
those facts, because to consider them becomes
a just necessity, when a scenic whole, ex-'
hibitod by one who has more impudently sati
rized his predecessors than uny one pretend
ing to the name of musical artist lias done be
fore him and who has professed to inaugurate
a new era is paraded before the public. Herr
Wagner's dreams of shows, which were to
carry off' the ancient legend, monstrous and
dull as arranged by him (yet not without a
rertaiu amount of grim, old-world poetry in
its idea), and music such as he is capable of
making, have not alas the day ! been
realized.
Everybody concerned in the failure of the
rehearsal and the postponement of the perform
ance is of course to blame save the arrogant
author. But the work in itself, opart from all
its trappings and paddings and pull's prelimi
nary, and enthusiasm wrought up to a fever
heat by the herd ready to wonder, '"with a
foolish face of praise, " at any long-bearded
prophet or sepulchral seer who is able, by
force of brass, to get a hearing and a patron
what is the work, when it is dispassionately
considered ? Let it be granted that the Ni
hdungen Lied offers matter for three sepa-
rate and consecutive musical dramas, to be
performed on as many successive evenings,
after a first or prefatory one has been devoted
to Das Ilhciitgold. This is a concession,
on the one hand, tolerably sweeping; while,
on the other, such a grant inevitably limits
the presentation of the unwieldy marvel. '
Da JViringold consists of four scenes the
first framing three swimming and singing
nymphs, who caracole up and down the hill
peaks at the bottom of the Khine, with pain
fully acrobatic gestures, to a gibberish of
vowel-sounds, recalling similar cries in the
Vavxt of Berlioz, and -)roh pudr! the
barking dogs in M. Offenbach's RA Barkmtf!
After this water-music enters the hero, to the
following euphonious line
"Garstig glatter glitsch'riger Glimmer."
The entire libretto is wrought out in lan
guage varying between such hideous caco
phony as the above and a euphuistic allitera
tion no less remarkable, the source of the
verse considered. The march of the story
(which marches not) is no less singular and
Wagnerian. The legend is conducted by a
series of monologues, with the occa
sional production of bystanders who
have nothing to say and do. There
is Bmall apparent reason why (Herr
Wagner's courage holding out) it should not
Lave been prolonged for some ten hours and
as many scenes more ! And Das RheingoM,
be it recollected, is represented as only the
first of a series of four Festival Perform-
ancos
Never has partisanship been so unblushing
and unscrupulous as on this occasion. Those
who refer to the piano-forte score (MM.
Schott & Co.) will hear with amazement that
persons of no mean authority promised that
Das Rltcingold was to reveal an -entire change
in its master's manner, that the work was
of the simplest possible structure, and full
of intelligible melody. So far. from this
being the case, all who refuse to surrender
themselves to the insanities of the hour
must agree that the scanty and spare and
Btale melodio phrases which it contains,
foisted on the public by feeble and inflated
efforts at orchestral intricacy, are compli
cated and worked to death with a persistency
which, if found in the work of an old master,
would call forth an outpouring of tho vials of
vitriolic sarcasm by these new prophets ,' and
their fanatical congregations.
The opening prelude, however, on a meagre
four-bar phrase may be said to produce a
monotonous and flowing water-eft'ect by its
repetition and climax. There is a stately
entrance for -the bass voice at the second
scene. The appearance of the Khine
nymphs is announced by a phrase judi
ciously borrowed from Mendelssohn's
Melusine overture. Later, in the. music for
the Giants, Meyerbeer's resuscitation of
. the Nuns in - Robert, with its peculiar !)-8
rhythm, has been no less coolly appro
priated by the unblushing iusulter of Judaism
fn mnain ! The diatonic doHRfinrlinrir amiU
in music i iiw umwmic uomieuainff soma
which marks the character of one of the giants
is noticeable in the dearlu of better ideas, Ou
the other hand, a chromatic progression as
cending and descending becomes most tire
some to the ear, because of its unmeaning
triteness. The perpetual use of the tremo'.uiulv
to support the recitatives is no less significant
of poverty of resonroe. The vapidity and un
graciousness of the declamatory inusiq will
make itself moat wearily felt by all who remem
ber what Uiucn ana (.peruaps a rawer com-
i Dariaon) Weber could make pf their dialogue.
1 eannot but think that the orchestra is ill
handled. As has been formerly observed in
Herr Wacnor'8 aoores, the Btnnged quartette
jb loan, and wants the support of central
, in its tenor portion; even in his twe of
h tarn our iconoclast is puny and ineffeo-
live, aa compared wiw i jueyeruuor uu
Berlioz.
Thus much of personal impressions
which are purposely under rather i than
everstated. Now aa to facts. 1 The
Mtnounctment ot the performance,
t, . i r 1 . . . J
l more than once postponed, had drawn to
gether a large and intollignnt audience of
dilettanti artibts and critics, some from places
as far a-field as London, Paris and Florence,
proud to get admission to the rehearsal, and
the majority, at least, disposed to believe and
accept whatever the archiniage of modern
German opera might vouchsafe to set before
them. Curious it was to observe how the
most fervent of the congregai ion began to
shrink and to look anxiously hither
and thither as "the allegory" at the
bottom of the Khine was unfolded n w,
should I not rather say, enveloped in fresh
mystery? There was a weak attorn ot
at moribund enthusiasm when all was over;
but this was as siguiiieently transient as it was
weak. Subsequently the faithful have made
some attempt to rally in nooks and corners by
the declaration, as old as theatrical defeat,
that the work had been too hastily produced
and unfairly treated. Who does not know
such imputations and defenses by heart? I
recollect an old amateur player belonging to
a quartette not unlike that of "Monsieur Pat
tier," whimsically doscribed by Taul de Kock,
who, when his evening's work was over, took
off' his spectacles, wiped his forehead, and
sadly said, "Had there not been a cobweb in
my violoncello I should have been heard
bettor."
Cobweb or no cobweb, however, the end of
the whole absurdity was that, subsequent to
this rehearsal, the production of Dan Hlieiii
gtrfdd'ul not take place as advertised. For tho
utter absence of anything like cordiality at
the rehearsal on the part of the audience,
"packed" as it wixs, some reason must needs
be given, and Ilurr Kichter is said to have
pleaded for more rehearsal, being seconded by
telegraphic instructions to that effect for the
music, or tho music did not fit the scenery, or
the actors failed to act properly (where there
is nothing to act), or to sing correctly
music (in every scene of which a hundred
f olse notes, more or less, would make not the
slightest difference.) Thus ran the excuses,
after ton weeks' intense and ardnous prepara
tion ! To this a peremptory refusal was re
turned by tho Court manager of the theatre,
Baron von Perfall, and, it may bo presumed
with the consent of Herr Wagner's "kingly
friend" Herr Kichter was, on the spot,
suspended, anil, to my certain knowledge,
half a dozen Ktpe!'meixcrs, who had been
drujvn to Munich by curiosity, were tempted
to assume the dangerous responsibility.
All save one declined. But matters, as I left
them, were at "a dead lock," owing to
the assumptions of Herr Wagner, who is
"nothing if not'' persecuted, or when brewing
storm. . That, for the moment, he will make
capital out of his lust and worst attempt on
public credulity may be safely predicated.
The end is not yet. Meanwhile, no one need
be surprised should the composer recover or
regain his Court ascendancy; if the vindica
tion of a cause so utterly worthless as his, and
so utterly distasteful to all right judging
people, were to lead to a repetition of those
scandals which marked tho close of the career
of King Louis of Bavaria, who, with all his
favoritisms and fopperies in art, proved him
self a far wisor and wider patron than his
successor has hitherto done by his champion
ship of the trashy productions of the author
of Das liheingold. Never, surely, was there
such a storm in a slop-basin.
THE HEIRESS OF ABBOTSFORD.
From A pplcton's Journal.
"When one remembers the herculean toils of
Walter Scott to purchase and adorn Abbotsford,
as the future home of his family for many gene
rations, it is melancholy to rctlect that his family
is entirely extinct, and tho place fast going to
decay.
As tho above paragraph is now going the rounds
of tho papers, and has found its way into
the columns of several usually well-iuformed
journals, we think it time to correct its mis
statements. Sir Walter's family is not extinct, nor
is his loved domain going to decay. Abbotsford,
when we visited it, was in the most perfect order;
and a friend, who was there in July, writes to us
that the grounds have been beautified and Im
proved in various ways, since his previous visit
during the summer of 1855. Tho only change
made in this most interesting inedueval mansion,
since the death of Sir Walter Scott, is the addi
tion, to the north end of tho building, of a
Romish chapel, its present occupant buiug a
member of that Church.
"Tho great unknown" died on a sunny Sep
tember day, lSW, realizing, before he passed
away, in reicrencc to an nis iame, uonor, anu
renown, the truth of Solomou: "Vanity of vani
ties, saith the preacher all is vanity and vexa
tion of spirit." He left four children Walter,
who succeeded to tho baronetcy; Charles;
Sophia, tho witu of John Gibson Lockhart; and
Anue, who died on the 25th of June, 1S:W, her
health and high spirit being broken by her
father's misfortuues, and the care with which
slio had attended Sir Walter and Lady Scott
In their last illness. Her sister Sophia
died lour year afterwards, in May, 18157. When
lockhart eoneludeddTw Life of his father-in-law,
he said: "There remain of Sir Walter's race
only his two Rous, Walter, his successor in the
baronetcy, major in the 15th Regiment of Hus
sars, and Charles, a clerk in tho office of her
Majesty's Secretary of Stato for Foreign Affairs,
with two children left by their sister Sophia a
boy and a tirl." Charles died a few years after
Mrs. Lockhart, leaving his elder brother Walter
to perpetuate tho name of the . author of
"Wavcrlcy." Walter was six feet one, and as
handsome a fellow as ever put foot in a stirrup.
He married, but 'died at tho Cape of (rood
Hope, in 1847, without issue. Lieutenant-Colonel
Sir Waller Scott, Bart.,
was succeeded by Walter Scott Lockhart,
a cornet in the l'itl'i Lancers, tho only son of tho
editor of the Vnarteriy llncunc, and the only
grandson of the fjre.it author. Ho, too, paised
away childless many years ago, and was suc
ceeded by his sister t'harlotto, wife of James
Hope, the eminent parliamentary counsel, who
took the name of Scott ou tho death of his brother-in-law,
Walter Scott Lockhart. Mary
Monica Hope Scott, a fair-haired, bluc-evod girl,
whose next birthday will occur on tho 5ih of
October, when she will be seventeen years of
age, Is the sole survivor ol the Scotts of Ab
botsford, her mother having passed away, a few
summers 6incc, to join two of her children who
preceded her to i .
Those everlasting gardens .
Where angels walk and seraphs are the wartlnns."
leaving this fair young girl as tho only repre
sentative of all that noble race. Mr. Hope Scott
has since married a daughter ot the Duke of
Norfolk, and erected the Komish chapel, ho and
, t f- i.-.I . ...i...... t Mt,,H..l. nn....
lllS W11C lueuiutriB ui wiub yiiuii.u. minr)
Scott, tho great-grandchild of Sir Walter by tho
female side, is the heiress of Abbotsford house
and estate, her father being merely the luuuiuis
trator. in respect to the property, at present.
Should Mary Monica marry, her husband must
take tho name or seoit; ana, suouia suo.aie
without Issue, then tho property, but not tho
title, which is now extinct, will revert to me
nephews of Sir alter, sons oi liia eiaor oroiuer
Thomas, who reside iu Canada. Thus, although
tlntrn In no Ihiiw of fonrwlmir ft fimillv in the
direct male lino, there may yet exist a long line
of Scotts of Abbotsford.
Strange and sad Is tho fatality which has at
tended the family ol the modern BhaKospeare
Sir Walter's brothers all died young. Ills sons
ana auugnters were summoned early to mo snem,
land. Lockhart. his gifted son-in-law, died
broken-hearted. In 1854: and Hp.nt.t.'a duuirhter-in
law, the pretty heiress of Lochore. has also cone
t the mysterious realm whence no traveller
returns. Let us hope that the surviving scion of
tho great minstrel's race may be long spared,
that she mav hand down to nnatnrltv th name
and the features of the dlattoijuiflboU Bcotcluutto
whose presence was so dear to tho generation
who knew nnd revered hlin, aud whose genius is
one of the brightest inheritances of his native
land !
1'oiM'lan Item.
Among the favors distributed in France
on the occasion of the centenary of the First
Napoleon was the pardon granted to. Ihirty
four forcats confined at Toulon. As every
reader of the "Miserables" knows, these con.
victs are allowed, and, indeed encouraged,
to employ their spare time in the manufac
ture of different objects, such as toys, tramos,
baskets, etc., which are sold for their benefit,
and tho proceeds of which ara handed to them
at the expiration of their 'sentences. On the
present occasion the sum paid to the thirty
four liberated prisoners amounted to no less
than 2i,(MX) francs, an average of about 4!:10
per man. A sailor who had been nine years
in confinement, and was famous for his skill
in the construction of model ships, received
for his share nearly 100. It appears that
the various sums due were formerly handed
to the prisoners immediately on their being
set at liberty, but it has been found prefer
able to deliver their earnings to them in initn
dnts payable at the prefectures of the diff e
rent towns appointed for their future resi
dence, as, under the old system, those known
to have received the largest sums were gene
rally waylaid and robbed by their less fortu
nate comrades.
According to the Lancet, a plan has been
generally adopted iu France of placing babies
in bran. An ordinary cradle is filled with
common bran, a hair pillow is put in, and
then the bran is moved aside with tho hands
until a "hollow"' is formed the size of the
child's body. The infant ,divested of every
thing below the waist, and having a little
bodice or cape above that, is then placed in
the bran, and its body completely covered
with it, exactly as may be seen at the seaside
at the present time, where children play at
burying one another in tho sand. A light
coverlet or counterpane is finally placed above
all, and the baby is in bed for the night. The
two great advantages connected with bran
are stated to be its particular cleanliness, and
the very pleasant and equable temperature
which it maintains about tho infant's body.
There seems to be no good reason why the
privilege of sleeping in bran, if it possesses
these advantages, should be confined to tho
small and noisier portion of humanity. Bran
might be used instead of bedding in casual
wards, night refuges, common lodging-houses,
and indeed would be far preferable to the
dirty, uncomfortable beds to be found in full
perfection at seaside lodgings. Perhaps the
day is not far distant when tho sojourner at
the seaside will take with his carpet-bag a
folding box and a bag of bran, and bid de
fiance to dirt, fleas, and infection.
Tree and serpent worship must be very in
convenient at times, more especially tha lat
ter. In a letter from Bishop Crowther, we
have . an account of tho extent to which it
prevails at Brass, a station of the Niger mis
sion. "No poultry," the Bishop says, "can
be reared on account of the snake cobra, a
species of boa constrictor, which is held
sacred here by the people. Not to be killed
because sacred, they become possessors of
the bushes, and prove a great annoyance and
nuisance to the country. They very often
visited the poultry coops at night, and swal
lowed as many as they wanted; in consequence
of which no poultry could be kept, either by
the natives themselves, or by the supercargoes
in their' establishments on shore: neither
goats, sheep, nor small pigs escaped them.
Thus the country is literally impoverished
by them. I myself was an eye-witness of oua
of these instances of late at the establishment
of the Company of the African Merchants, on
the 13th of October, and two of these rep
tiles had to be removed by their devotees,
after they had devoured seven fowls from the
kitchen, leaving some, it is true, for Mr.
Lyons for his meal, and yet he dared not kill
the creatures, because, by the treaty, he
would be fined one puncheon of palm oil ; ia
value; at the same time the treaty made no
provision for compensation to the sufferers of
their stock." To support this superstition
two articles in the treaty made and sanctioned
by Thomas Joseph Hutchinson, Esq., her
Britannic Majesty's Consul for the Bight of
Biafra and the island of Fernando Po, on
November 17, lK5ti, run thus: j
Article 12. That long detention having heretofore
occurred n traile, and much angry leeling having
been excited in the natives from the destruction by
white men in their ignorance of a certain species of
boa-constrictor that vit Its the houses, and which is
ju-ju, or sacred, to the llrassmen, it is hereby for
bidden to all Itritish subjects to harm or destroy any
such snake, but they are required, on finding the
reptile on the premises, to give notice thereof to the
chief man in town, who is to come and remove it
away. ...... , ,
Article 13. That should, nnfortnnately, anycasualty
of said reptile a death again occur, the master or
supercargo who himself or his people has been
guilty of the same shall pay a line of one puncheon
of palm till, and his trade stuill sutler no stoppage;
any detention occurring arter tnis amount nas been
tendered will render the chief liable to a line of one
puncheon of oil per day. '
Under these circumstances we would not
recommend Brass as a pleasant place at which
holidays may be spent, more particularly if
mere ue young emiaren.
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" DUNTON A LUSSON,
tlb SOUTH FRONT STREET.
CHAMPAGNES. Agent for her MaiesW. Duo da
Montebeilo, Carte Bleue, Carte Blanche, and Cbnrlo
Eurre's Grand Vin Eugenie, and Vin Imperial, M. K lee
Bun A Co., ef Mayence, bparkiing Moselle and RHLNK
MADEIRAS. Old Island. Sooth Side Reserve.
SHERRIES. F. Rndolphe, Amontillado, Topaz, VaU
lette, rale ana iioinencnr, urown, etc.
PORTS. Vinbo Velho Real. Vallette. and Grown.
CLARETS Promis Aine A Cie., Montierrand and Bor
deaux, Ularets&mi bautorne nine.
Ci'lK. "Meder Swan."
BRANDLES. Hennessey, Otard, Dnpny A Cp.'Bvarion
Vintage.
QAKSTAIKS & MoOALL,
No. 126 WALNUT and 21 GRANITE Street. '
Importer of
BRANDIES, WINES, GIN, OLIYE OIL, ETC..
AND
C0M3IISSI0N MERCHANTS ' i
For the sale of
PUKE OLD RYE, WHEAT, AND BOURBON WHI8.
KIES. 6 28 2pi
CARSTAIRS' OLIVE OIL AN INVOICB
of the above for sale by
CARSTAIRS A McOALL,
6 28 2p4 No. 126 'WALNUT and 21 GRANITE bta.
LOOKING CLASSES, ETC
STABLISHED 179 5.
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A. S. ROBINSON,
FRENCH PLATE LOOKING-GLASSES,
ENGRAVINGS,
BEAUTIFUL CBROMOS,
PAINTINGS,
Manufacturer of all Kinds of
LOOKING-GLASS, '
PORTRAIT, AND PICTURE FRAMES.
NO. 910 CHESNUT STREET,
8 15 Finn door above the Continental, Pbtla.
PATENTS.
OFFICES FOR PROCURING PATENTS
FORREST BUILDINGS,
No. 119 S. FOURTH STREET, PHILA,,
''.' And Marble Buildings,
No. 460 SEVENTH Street, opposite U. S. Patent
Oftce, Washington, D. C.
, . II. HOWSON,
Solicitor of Patents.
' C. HOWSON,
Attorney at Law.
Communications to be addressed to the Principal
Offlce, Philadelphia. v
9 IT Ira
P A T E N T O F F ICE S,
N. W. Corner FOURTn and CHESNUT,
' ' "(Entrance on FOURTH street). !
FRANCIS D. rASTORIUS,
' SOLICITOR OF PATENTS. ...
I patents procured for indentions In the United
Elates and Foreign Countries, and all business re
lating to the same promptly transacted. Call or fend
for circulars on Patent. " ' ' I
Open till 9 o'clock every evening. Bosmais
PaTen t officer
N. W. Corner FOURTH and WALNUT,
PHILADELPHIA.
FEES LESS THAN ANY OTHER
AGENCY.
. Send for pamphle on Patents.' r
RELIABLE
8 4 thstiiv
CHARLES U. EVANS.
C TATE RIGHTS FOR SALE. STATE
Rights of a Talnabla Invention just patented, and for
the KLKlNO. t!TTlNO,and OHIFPlhy of dried W.
cabbaK. beni' onerd !r f1,8- n
;. irrilt value to proprietor of bote Is and restaurant h.
Sjfeg VLfrfbT A HOFFMAN
TJE X A N D ER O. CATTELL CO.,
PRODUCE COMMISSION MKROUAHTfl. '
r Jli. pi JkORTrl WHARVES
' Wo. 87 NORTH 'rVATKR STREET, !
PHILADELPHIA. 184
iinmiia Q CA2YKU . KLUAS OAXHUe
FINANOI
A RELIABLE H0ftt INVESTMENT.
THE riBST MORTGAGE BODS
r to
Wilmington and Reading Railroad,
BEARING INTEREST
At SEVEN PER CENT, in Currency,
PAYABLE APRIL AND OCTOBER, FREE OF
STATE AND UNITED STATES TAXES.
This road runs through a thickly populated and
rich agricultural and manufacturing district
For the present, n e are offering a limited amonnt
oi the above Bonds at
85 CENTS AND INTEREST.
The connection of this road with the Pennsylvania
and Reading Railroads insures It a largo and remu
nerative trade. We recommend tho bonds aa the
cheapest tlrst-class Investment lu the market.
VwT. PilirJTEJA a CO.,
i
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BANKERS AND DEALERS IN GOVERNMENTS,
No. 3G SOUTH THIRD STREET.
9 4 tl2 31
PHILADELPHIA.
7E HAVE FOR SALE
SIX PER CENT. GOLD BONDS
OF THE
ROCHESTER WATER WORKS CO.
BUD 1889.
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE
IN GOLD. j
...'
INTEREST AT SIX TER CENT. :
COUPONS MAY AND NOVEMBER. ;
;
For particulars apply to '
DE IIAYEN & BRO.,
BANKERS,
No. 40 South THIRD Street.
lie
PHILADELPHIA.
B
A N K I N G HOUSE
or
JAY COOKE & CO.,
- i
Nos. 112 and 114 South THIRD Street.
PHILADELPHIA, '
Dealers In all Government Securities.
Old 5-208 Wanted In Exchange for New.
A Liberal Difference allowed.
Compound Interest Notes Wanted.
Interest Allowed on Deposits. i
COLLECTIONS MADE. STOCKS bought Ad sold
on Commission. . . j
Special business accommodations reserved for
tadlcs.
We will receive applications for Policies of Life
Insurance in the National Life Insurance Company
Gf the United States. Full Information given at our
office. . T 1 8m
B. 2Z. JARXXSOr 6L CO.',
SUCCESSORS TO j .
P. F. KELLY & CO., : .
Hankers and Dealers In j
Gold, Silver, and. Government Bonds,
AT CLOSEST MZRKET RATES, J
t
N.W. Comer THIED and CHESNUT Sts.
Special attention given to COMMISSION ORDERS
in hew York and Philadelphia Steele Boards, eta
etc. 6 s us 81
TLLIOTT & DUNN,
BANKERS, ' j
NO. 109 SOUTH TIII11D STKEET,'
miLADELl'UU,
DRAW BILLS OP EXCHANGE ON THE UNION
BANK OF LONDON. '
DEALERS IN ALL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES,
GOLD, BILLS, Etc j
Receive MONEY ON DEPOSIT, allowing interest.
Execute orders for Stocks in Philadelphia, New
York, Boston, and Baltimore. 4 2ki
H
QLENLINNING, DAVIS & CO.,
NO. 48 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
GLENDINNING, DAVIS & AMORT,
NO. 2 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
Direct telegraphic communication with the New
York Stock Boards from the Philadelphia Offloe. 12 25
1
niTY WARRANTS
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
C. T. YERKESf Jr., & CO.,
NO. 20 SOUTH THIRD STREET, '
' FJULADSLPIIIA
FINANCIAL..
PACIFIC RAILWAY (HOLD LOAN.
Messrs. DABNET, MORGAN ft CO
No. 63 EXCHANGE Place, and Iff. K.
JESTJP & CO., No. 12 PINE Street.
New York, offer for sale the Bonds of
the Kansas Pacific Railway. These
Eonds pay Seven Per Cent, in Gold:
have thirty years to run; are Free froin
Government Taxation; are secured by a
Land Grant of Three Million Acres of
the Finest Lands in Kansas and Colo
rado. In addition to this special grant,
the Company also owns Three Millions
of Acres in Kansas, which are being
rapidly sold to develop the country and
improve the road. They are a first
mortgage upon the extension of the
road from Sheridan, Kansas, to Denver,
Colorado. The road in operation NOW
EARNS MORE THAN ENOUGH, NET
INCOME TO PAY THE INTEREST ON
THE NEW LOAN. There is no better
security in the market this being ia
some respects better than Government
Securities. PRINCIPAL AND INTE
REST PAYABLE IN GOLD. Price 96,
and accrued Interest, in Currency.
Pamphlets, Maps, and Circulars fur
nished on application.
We are authorized to sell th&
ponds in Philadelphia, and offer
them as a reliable investment to
our friends.
TOWXSEND WI1ELEN & CO.,
NO. 309 WALNUT STREET,
9 24 fmwrplm PHILADELPHIA.
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD CO.'S
BONDS,
OF THE ISSUE OF 1853, ' ; , ,
BEARING 6 PER CENT. INTEREST,
AND SUBJECT TO TAXES, -
Are Exchangeable for Hew Boads,
BEARING 6 PER CENT. INTEREST,
AND FREE FROM TAXES.
A LIMITED AMOUNT OF
Pennsylvania and New York Canal
and Railroad Co.'i
SEVEN PER CENT. BONDS
IS OFFERED AT
Ninety-One and One-Half Per Cent.
CHARLES C. LONGSTRETH,
Treasurer Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.,
1 "t4p No. 803 WALNUT Btrect.
SttlTH, RANDOLPH & CO.,
BANKERS,
PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK.
DEALERS IN UNITED STATES BONDS, and MEM-
BERS OF STOCK AND GOLD EXCHANGE,
Receive Acsounta of Banks and Bankers on Liberal
' ' Terms.
ISSUE BILLS OF EXCHANGE ON "'
. O. J. HAMBRO 4 SON, London.
B. METZLER, & SOHN A CO., Frankfork
JAMES W. TUCKER A CO., Paris.
And Other Principal Cities, and Letters of Credit
1 8 tf Available Throughout Europe.
P
S. PETERSON & CO.,
Stock and Exchange Brokers,
NO. 39 BOUTH THIRD STREET.
- 1 1.
Members of the New York and Philadelphia Stock
and Gold Boards.
STOCKS, BONDS, 'Etc,' bought and sold on com.
mltialon only at either city J t 884
QENT.'S FURNISHING OOOD8.
rpiE rOU3iT OI I AMIIO.
WENTS Fl UNI8HIN; STORE.
. MBS. MIHNIK OUMMIMOS baa opraad the abaT
Darned place, at No. 11)) bouth KXQHJ'II Street. whr
gentlemen etn find ever. thing in their line.
Tbe beat fitting SHIRTS In the eity, retdy mad or
made to order. , ,
Furuhaaei of twelr article receire tho thirteenth aa a
Gift.
UMBRELLAS TO HIRE for 25 c i(m.
Handkerct lefa hemmed free of charge. '
Polite Salesladies in attendance, ' '
' A call I retpectfully solicited and satisfaction guar,
nteed.
3 " " MINNIE CUMM1NGS.
pATENT SHOULDER-BEAM
. SHIRT MANUFACTORY, V- ! v
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. ' uftM9
. WINCHESTER ft CO.,
II 8 No, 106 CHESNUT Street
N
OW IS THE TIME TO OLEANSB
YOUR HOUSE.
WintllEU, 1IA1KTMAII CO.'I
WASIUNU AND CLEANSINO POWDKK
I unequalled for orubbln Paint, Floor, and all he
boid u. Aak for It and uS. no otLerT hoMI
Jos. W. U. HOWMAW. Sole Agent.
4sttm No. llixl FK-iN ith OHD Sid.
THE ADAMS EXPRE88 COMPANY, OFFICE
NM OUKSMUT Btot, forward. Paj
ae. . Meioh.nd.ae, Bank Note, aud hpeoia, eitbeV bilS
?"u ."k VD 00"J " "ith other KjoreVooniii.
o ail the prUMiiwl lowa, icd iUm ia thi j"it?Xtlr
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