THE DAILY. EVENING TELEQRAHI PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, I8G3. THE ELECTION CONTESTS. Th Court Jrrl1r tlm Controversy by Ketnlnlttg nr. fox tH flavor, inl thint In Out the other Incumbent Judge Ludlow Divoouf :. The contested election of 1 lias at length hseii Bet nt rent, lor 0110 whole year It h;u consumed Hie time and attention of tho Conn, lias oaten tho l'ltolip money, nnd 1) r s held In liarjnful doubt tlio title to thn nio' t Important municipal and county Cflo.ps : lui novf It Isn thlnrj of the prist. On Satur day, at 12 o'clock, tlio Jnd.m' of the (-0111111011 l'le;n asscmhled lxfore a large and excited audience to pas their Judgment upon it. Jnd.re Hrewster tie livered tlio cplnion of the majority, and Judixo Ludlow nftrrwnrds read an opinion, dissenting lroin the views of his brethren. Jnlg llrwT- Opinion. After referring to the difavor with which tho Com Is of this couuiry and of Finland havo ro celved conlestcikeleotion eases, which are so vexa tious and intricate, imposing as they do so heavy a responsibility upon the Court, .Indue lirewsler, de liviriiiu tlio opinion of the maturity of the Court, spoke of the present caso in substanco as follows: We have btdore us petitions contMtiiig the titles of seven ollices In this city and county, to-wit: Mayor, District Attorney, City Solicitor, City Con troller, Kcceivcr of Taxes, City Commissioner and Prolliountaiy of the Court of Common l'lea. To each of these an answer has been hied. Tho peti tions all chaise an undue election and a false re turn, and t in y all contain numerous specifications, chaiKinj: certain alleged frauds with great partieu laiily. The answers deny the averments of the petitions, and eharce In their turn that the majori ties were in fact creator than certified by the elec tion clhccis. in support of tiiis allegation, a num ber of Hpcf iflcations of illegal and fraudulent acts are given In detail by each respondent. Manv ol the issues finis presented by tlio pleadings were entirely unsupported by any tostimony which would warrant either party in pressing them upon our consideration, and they were with great pro priety, either formally or tacitly abandoned upon the argument. The remaining positions assumed by the respective parties may bo thus stated : 1. Ths contestants ask us to entirely reject tho J returns from the Seventh Division of the Third -' Ward : the Sixth. Seventh and Kigltth Divisions of the Fourth Ward; the Sixth and Seventh Divisions of the Seventeenth Ward, and the I'ourth Divi sion of the Twenty fifth Ward, p 2. To reject the entire vote polled durins; the last three hours In tho Eighth Division ol tho Ninth Ward, and . 3. To give to contestants the benefit of a recount nt the ballots In the Sixteenth Division of tho Twentieth Ward. The respondents Insist that 110 one of these re quests shall be granted and in their turn maintain. 1. That tb.e petitions contesting the offices ot Dis trict Attorney and I'rothonolary of the Court of Common fleas should bo dismissed because the cases have not been determined "at the next term ojter the, ch'i'tlnn." 2. That the Court should entirely reicct tho re turns from the Second and Tenth Divisions of tlio First Ward, and the Tenth Division of tho Nine teenth Ward, because of alleged frauds and vio lence. 3. That the returns from thirty-nine other divi sions should also be rejected, because of the de signed exclusion by the election ollicers of certain persons claiming to vote upon naturalization papers Issued by the Supreme Court. 4. That lifty-two votes were received from con testants from persons who, it is alleged, held fraudulent naturalization papers. It is. thereforo, claimed that these should be properly charged. 5. That thirty-six naturalized citizens who ollered to vote for the respondents.were not allowed to do so, and that the majorities returned should accord ingly bo increased. The statement of these various propositions con tains the measure of the work which is before us, ' nnd we shall discharge our duty here as brlelly as is consistent with a due regard to the importance of the questions thus presented lor our considera tion. The first point to bo considered Is tho power of the Court, which has been questioned by the re spondents. Citing the act of 1SD9, and many decided cases, the Judge concluded : We regard then the power to throw out a return in a pmjtcf case as existing, and as applicable alike to municipal and county elections. And this brings us directly to the heart of this content which may be said to lie beneath tho rpies tion when sliull a dtriitfon lie xtrleke.n out It is conceded in t he able argument of Mr. Sellers, that "a poll should bo excluded where it is closed in roiut of fact or in point of law." This is the princi ple laid down In the l'eun District case t2 Tarsous, &6.) But it must be admitted that this does not present the true boundary line of the power, lu the Ulocklev election (lb. 631) ballots were rejected because the tickets contained one name too many, although the additional naino was stated to bo for a vacancy which did not exist. If all the votes in a division were so misprinted, clearly the whole noli would have to be rejected. In Mann vs. Cas- sidy (supra), Judge Thompson held that where the whole proceedings are tarnished with fraud the en tire returns will be rejected. In Thompson vs, lowing (supra), the same judge said "the whole conduct ol election officers may (though actual Jravd lm nut aipart,nt), amount to such gross and culpable neglineuce, such a disregard of their otll cial duties as to render their doings unintelligible or unworthy of credence, and tho results of their action entirely unreliable for any purpose. I11 the name case, Judge Ludlow, referring to a certain precinct, said: ''We must reject the entire vote polled in this division, because wo cannot with cer tainty determine which candidate received a ma jority of votes." In speaking of another return, ho said "If it had appeared that because of a dis recard of tho directory urovisions of the election laws, a fraud or mistake had been committed,. tend inn to cast a aonot vjion, enuanger or aestroy the rights of the respondent, we would instantly reject item rofc cast, because then we would be unable to discover the true majority of the votes." In Weaver vs. Given (supra), President Judge Allison reaffirmed the doctrine above quoted from Thompson vs. Kwing, and in the contested election of ISO, twipra) the same learned Judge gave addi tional emphasis to the principle thus announced. In the same proceeding ! took occasion to say that the remedy should never be applied except in the extrtmest case, and that "Impossibility" was the test. My brother, Judge Pierce, also concurred in the view's of the President Judge. From this review of the decisions of our prede cessors und ourselves, there would seem to be an unanimous coirclusion that wherever a Division Peturu is attacked, and the result cannot be ascer tained, the poll is to be rejected. And this, whether the distuibiug cause be fraud, or gross and cul pable negligence, or even in tho language; of my brother Judge Ludlow, ."mistake." It matters not, then, what lias produced the mis chief, the question Is, after all, can the Court sift out the result? Can we separate the pure gold from the dross? Is it possible to reach certainty or even an approach to certainty? With this principle for our guide, firmly esta blished by authority, and commending Itself to our reason and our love of justice, let us approach the settlement of this controversy. The lii-st t-peciflcation to which our attention was viiip,i in Din argument is that which assails the re- turn from 'he Seentli Division of the Thud Ward. It is charged here, as elsewhere, that the "ollicers or said clivi-.ion irauuuieuii.v can iuo uu .uu uiut; tion with a wilful disregard of all the require ments of the laws regulating elections, by means of which only the true votes and will of the people could be ascertained." To this general averment are attached specifications winch may bo con densed into a charge that every duly unjoined by law was omilted. Tiii is einiiii.'iLlcnllv denied bv the answer. A careful examination of the proofs shows that Howards of one tenth of the entire vote of this division was fraudulent; that the record of the election was falsified by marking persons as voting who, it Is conceded, did not vote, and that a largo number of voters were not marked as voting 011 .1... f t:iv.-itln. These falsifications of. and omission from the record, amount to upwards of one sixth of tho entire list, and from these three, sources or attack nearly oneard of all the votes cast are destroyed. This, it will be understood, is i.. r.i .liiect evidence -bearing on specific names. If tlio caso rested here it would be an easy matter to mgo the-poll, but the falsification of the list of taxables to the extent presented by tho proofs before us, is a feature peculiar to this ruse Ordinarily the ollicers have Ken content to 1 iipi-snns not on tho list without requiring iho proof exacted by tho statute and to omit the recording of tue names of tho voters on the list of taxables. In such cases it has been comparatively an easy task to charge every such vote against the wrong doers; but the difficulty presented bv this record is the Impossibility of tip i',.:2r... "i .w.,,.,1 i-nin tar t ie nuiv'ation of the floll To Htriko from tho majority a number of Vole equal to the falsifications 01 me regis ei would c early not be a decision on the merits I or thesoloi genes are not relied on for the correction of . elite, voles. W hen the officers marked oppo Bite the r.inio of a qualified Miter the letter V, and t .re v Indicated that ho had voted when, 11 Ui. fi he had not Ih-cii near the m.ll-. Ihey did he ' . a peat wroiiKi and v-h-i) they repea .;, this in sens .f ca-.u.tlic.v left incu- u.oulso self accusing and so sHf-condemncd that they ran blame no man fur saying that it Is Impossible to make light from mich thick darkness, or truth from such a mass of falsehoods. V hen It Is added to this that ditriniMhe first hour votes were received in the most Indecent haste and disorder, " that several hands wero thrust in tho window at one time when tho polls wero opened: that tickets were received vrrv rapidly nnd placed in the box ; that it was an Impossibility to tick ofl the names of cverv voter, or to seo who were vot ing;" and that at other times challenges were dis regarded, and a band of persons known to he from tt not her city wero allowed to voto, somo faint per ception of the truth can be arrived at. It is duo to the respondents to say that these allegations are contradicted by one of the ollicers, but he is 1111 nupported by any ol Ids brethren Inside, or friends outside of the polls; he Is not sustained by satis factory proof of the Integrity of a single attacked vote, ami he is so thoroughly contradicted by other witnesses, and Indeed by Ins own record, as to re quire us to attach little if anv importance to his statement, 1 have tried in vain to establish somo theory by which this poll may he simply corrected and not destroyed. 1 have found this to be Im possible, and tn such a state of facts justice seems to require that each party should prove his vote, and lliiit to the extent of his failure herein the poll I o be stricken out. Tho contestants have proved 12t'i votes. Tho reapondents have proved 11, but they were all unassessed voters, and thoy failed to .show anv qualifieat ion nave that of residence. The contestants did not prove tho qualification of their voters. Had this been done on either s'ulo the legal ballots might have been obtained. It was doubtless supposed that if a man were noted on I ha assessment list, it was not necessary to do more than to provo for whom ho voted. hero, how ever, a return is attacked for fraud or uncertainly, the party failing to establish the entire qualifica tions of his voters can claim nothing. I'.y reason, therefore, of tho intentional and gros frauds (he sit!t:tin(tlxi, as well as the snitinvumo i f-ri, which staid the record of this election divi sion, and tlio utter uncertainty of arriving at acor reet result wo must reject this entire return. The next division attacked by tho contestants is the Sixth of tho Fourth Ward. The evidence hero establishes a condition of affairs well calculated to elicit t lie condemnation of all just-minded men. The list of taxables was "kept back by the Judge, and by some other means until about eleven 0 ciociy. me lmponanco 01 1111s uooiv 111 im: con duct of an election cannot bo over-estimated. Judge King laid great stress upon it in Kueass' case (2 Parsons 51). and his remarks have beeli frequently quoted mid always approved. Tho as sessment list Is tlio chart by which tho officers are to steer. Us accidental loss, its abstraction by a stranger would not endanger a pole honestly con ducted. Put its suppression or falsification by an officer of the election is one of the strongest badges 01 fraud. Prior to the appearance of tins book in the Sixth Division of tlio Fourth Ward upward of 2uo votes were polled. More than one-half of the whole number of votes rfceived in this division wero placed in the hex w hilst this important record ot the election re quired to be consulted and marked at t ho reception of every ballot was in close confinement hi tho custody of one of the ollicers. More than one-half of all tho persons who did vote are not noted 011 this book as voting, livery such omission leltwido open a door for great fraud. Thirty-five persons voted who wero not on the list. Forty challenges were disregarded, A gr.ng of twelve or fifteen strangers came up and voted. A cition endeav oring to guard the purity of the ballot box by the exercise of tlio right of challenge was threatened with personal violence, and when ho persevered he was actually arrested and dragged away from the window by a Deputy Sheriff. An inside officer who endeavored to stay this How of fraudulent votes, was threatened and intimidated. Strangers voted in squads and bunches. Personations wero made of a minor, of a pauper in tlio Alms House, and of the dead. Only one naturalization paper was shown, and that was wrapped up and handed back unexamined. This is the case almost without its parallel even in the history of election frauds which is ni.ido out by a number of tlio contestants' witnesses. On the part of the respondents there is hardly an at tempt at contradiction. Some evidence was sub mitted 111 defense of tho personations, out as to tlio general conduct of tho election only one witness, the Judge, was examined. In answer to the sori ous case presented by six witnesses, he favors us with answers to three questions on his examina tion in chief, in which he states that he was the Judge, that no challenge was disregarded, and that all the voters were sworn, with the exception of those whom ho knew to bo legal votors in tlio division. This is his whole defense, lie was not asked a word as to the suppression of tho assess ment book, tho specific frauds, the gangs of stran gers, the arrest of one challenger, and the silenc ing of another by terror. ( n these and the other points of the case he is mute. Tlio w hole ,a!e en dorsement he undertakes to give to the poll is de stroyed by his cross examination. lie swears that he knows Levi Fish, and that he did not, to Ids knowledge, see a man vote in that name ; yet tho election record, kept under the supervision of this witness, shows that the name I.evl Fish was called, recorded and voted on, whilst its owner swears that he was not in tho city on election day. lie did not vole, out, although personally Known to the Judge, was personated. Further comment would seem to fie unnecessary, w e und Here un contradicted frauds upon the records of tho olce: tion I rands in tho reception of votes and, super added to all this, the employment of force in fur- tneiance 01 a settled design to overwhelm me poll with illegal votes. M court should ue : isked to perforin the impossible task of purging this poll, and we accordingly reject ir. The Seventh and Ftgtitn Divtstous or the fourtn Ward may be considered together. In both of these Divisions we find: 1. Direct falsification of the records, notonlvby the omission to note on the list of taxables Iho vot ing of many persons, but also by tho actual mark; ing of numbers as having voted when in fact the did uot vote, it is, 1111101 innately, too evident mac these books wero tampered with in order to give a glo:s to numerous ami glaring violations 01 tno law. 2. We also find that In each of these Divisions a number of palpable frauds were committed. Largo numbers of strangers voted, tho ballots were taken in so rapidly that there was 110 time to search for the names given by tho voters; "Hummers, Alms House People," were brought up, and the vetes "shoved in." Parties came up to tho polls with names written on paper; sometimes the voter would whisper the name, and when the officers did not hear it, the persons outside would "slug il out."- No questions were asked. Votes wero were put 111 me oox ueioro inn names were an nounced. Manv hands and personations are di- itctly proved. In addition to all this, we also find in the seenth Division of the Fourth Ward that force was employed to drive oil leual voters. One respect able cit lien went to the polls threo times. At lir.st a voucher was required ; when he returned with a qualilicd voter of the Division, his friend was knocked into the gutter, because, although be longing to the paity in (he majority, he was about to vouch fur a political opponent. The witness adds: "When they found that ha was going to vouch forme and 1 was a regular voter,! hey told 1110 if 1 would vote tlio ticket they showed me 1 would have no ddiieully. I told them no, 1 would not. When they found out I was going to vote tho ticket I had in mv hand ttiey comineuccd uporaiuing Mr. Means for going to vouch for me. They kept him away from tho window, nnd when tliov round he was commit up. and That lie was deter mined to coiuo up lb tho window, they kuoukwd him flown." Another witness was deterred irotn voting uy a threat against his life and ho speaks of "it gang at mo pons an uay. ticaisonnua nuinuer 01 per solutions in both of these divisions. As to the Fight Division of the Fourth Ward, the respondent's briel does not furnish the name -ot a single witness as called by the defense, and in tho Seenlh Division but one w itness was examined in answer to all these charges. lie simply states that only one ciuuicuuc was uisieuaroeii, and that sev eral were not allowed to vote because they had 110 vouchers. '1 he frauds upon the records, the frauds inside thebox, and the force outside, are all uiieontra dieted and unexplained. 'Unco such elements afitctlng large proportions of the entire vote, are present d for the first time in these cases. No man t ail, W 11 11 i 1 ritnuimvio u"'(? wi ,11 1 1 r iij ui tnu II mil, miemut the Impossible task of scparatim: the irood iii.m the evil lu these pedis. A few scam-rod grains 1 cast upon the surface of clear water may easily be removed, and a filter may enable us to deprive it of , still greater accumulations, but when the earth Is applied in such excess as to solidity tho mass, the 1 hu d disappears, and it Is beyond the power of man I to recall it. So here, the few honest votes that may possiblv lie in tlio boxes of these divisions are so covered up with f lauds that they are buried tar out of sight ni.d past all judicial redemption. I The returns from these precincts ate therefore ( ,ejii'tlie Pighth Division of tho Ninth Ward, a very ' daiiii" fraud was dl '.eovered by a mere uci went. A Mrs. Andrews, hearing voices In the alloy ad- 1 ioining lier residence, looki.d out of the window and taw a mimlerof men she judged to be twenty- six asking one of their party, who lici t a printed nT'-Mneiit list In Ids kind, lor duleivnt Pieces ot the pal er. One said. "iive me a slioem tkr." an- ; other asked for "a tailor," ive. As they spok... oniniodatcd with snips lroiil the li.l. Mrs iulrews Haw them leave the alley, and saw , theiil followed by Mr. Atkinson, ilo esiiinalci their number at louilcen, and it is proved by Mr. ; he ly that this same party voted in he l.i.'.h.n I .- ; visu'nof ikoMu'.h VY-ai'l- Mr. Audi ew U. M.1,1 II raw them vote; they oli';ia:d fur eacu o.lud. i ue , W i" lie.- mis :,( i e( IL.iIIMI hi '"' . No 1. Pi' er of the election. 01 ( 1 11 called to loiiti.K'.at the -e other ,!:tteni' il, has ids The contestants do not ask that thli entire poll should be rejected, but simply that we should east out the vote of tho last three hours, during which period the frauds above detailed were practised. Itesides this, there is proof that durins; this time P.) Illegal votes were received, and 14 uuassessod per sons were allowed to voto, wdiose names wero not added to the list, and who did uot comply with a fdngle requirement of the law. During the last three hours 7ti votes wero polled. Tho fraudulent voles wrre largely In excess of the honest ballols; but, applying the test of possibility, wo Und that the poll can be saved. Thus tho illegal votes proved amount to 17 '1 he contestant's vote was 10 They havo proed s Contestant's voto unproved . 2 2 p.alanco to be charged to respondents. . . l Asto the remaining divisions attacked bv the contestants, but a brief synopsis of tho evidence can be given. In this manner a number of divisions, attacked by Iho respondents, weie discussed, and those In w hieh the proof of fraud was complete were thrown out by the Court, and others, in w hich the proof w as incomplete, were not rejected, but were purged of the illegal voles. The Judge then resumed : Pcforo passing to the consideration of the divi sions attacked by the defendant. It imy not bo out of place to notice several obj.-et ions Hi it were urged at bar against the right of tho Court to re ject a noil. It was insNled 1. That this ought never to Im done, became it leads to an unconstitutional disfranchisement ot a voter, and 2. That, at all events, polls could not. no rejected in this coiile-t, because the facts were exactly pa rallel with those developed In the elect ion cases of n;7 (1 lirewster, hiJ), in which wc refuse to adopt that remedy. ft Is believd that both of these difficulties can be settled in a tew words. As 10 tho constitutional objection, it isasufil. cient answer to say that wo do not disfranchise a single voter. If he Is so Injured, it Is not by our act, but by tlio I rauds and wrongs of the servants of his ow n choice. Suoposo the election officers close the poll for an hour, us in the Stato of Ohio s. Pitt. (7 Am. I .aw Keg. ss), 0r two hours beforo the time fixed by law, as in tho Penn District Flection (2 Parsons, 52d), or that they throw in hundreds of vtes in ail these instances the legal voter Is dislrauchised. Tho polls we have rejected stand precisely upon tin) footing ot the last case supposed, save that instead of placing tho I11111 duils of fraudulent ballots in the boxes themselves, the election ollicers suffered others to do so, which is in effect and consequence the same wrong. That patties may bo injured by tho acts of their servants is no new doctrine, and has been lllus dated to the sad experience of many, as Is well attested in the frauds practiced upon tho Xew Haven Pailroad Company (ISridgepoit l'.ank vs. Kc York and New Haven Pailroad Company, Am. Paw Peg. 210), and in numerous other cases. The remedy of the legal voter is also very simple. Whenever there is a contest let him coiuo forward and insist upon proving ids voto. Tlio Court will alw ays see to it that his fullest rights are secured. It is not then to produce, but to guard against, disfranchisement, that wo reject these polls, lu every case of the hundreds of frauds and persona tions which swarm in these divisions, some lotl voters have been disfranchised. If the fraud is sanctioned by us, it has the victory, and tho honest voter is not only disfranchised but these over whelming frauds allect majorities in other polls. If wc reject the division wedos'tue partial good, for wo teach' fraud and force that they shall no longer tri umph: that they cannot possibly gain, and m iv Iofo. e take away the reward from crime, and make honesty 1101 only tno best, but tho solo policy of the 'majority in every division, and when we shall have done that wo may reasonably hope to have recovered our city from tho violence and wrong which have marked its polls for many years, and have made all good citizens wonder whether the day would ever come when we sliould enjoy an honest and fair election. In the face of frequent contests by citizens, and of repeated warnings from this Court, these frauds have increased to an extent which may be said without a particle of exaggeration, to endanger tho existence of the principle which underlies oar go vernment. When the majority can bo repeatedly and successfully overcome by wrong, tno confi dence of all in the prosperity of our institu tions must bo impaired, if it is not destroyed, and when election ollicers. 1n the lizht of all this truth and of all past admonition, increase and multiply these frauds, courts of Justice may perhaps be ex cused if they grow intolerant of the evil. Qo- itx'tite tandem aim tore CataUna pati.cnt.iii nostra? fc jnn,i ad finem sese cj'renaxa Jactuhti uh tlacia?. We now pass to the consideration of the posi tions assumed by the defense. llie respondents asK us 10 rejeciino returns from the Second and Tenth Divisions of the First aid, and the Tentli Division 01 tno Nine teenth Ward, becauso of alleged frauds and vio lence. . . The Second and Tenth Divisions 01 lite i irst Ward may be considered together because of their vicinity to each other, and the probable identity of the wrong-doers in each precinct. It is distinctly in proof that between 1 and 2 P. M. in one division, and au hour lator in the other division, there was great disorder at those, polls. Several voters wero murderously attacked and driven away. Many others were deferred from voting and from challenging. A large number of naturalization papers wero rejected ; a squad of seven strangers were s?eu at one poll whoappeared to be acting in concert with the Judge; handsful of votes wero thrown Into the window, though none reached the ballot boxes; several voters standing peaceably in the line were arrosien uy tue police, dragged Viom tlio poll, and one of them was con fined in tiie hail for two days. besides all this there wero in one division seven personations, six ol v liicii occurred after the hour mentioned. It is said, in answer tothpse serious charges, that there are some contradictions in tlio statements of the witnesses called by respondents, and that there is conflicting testimony. It is also urged that tho returns show that tho respondents' vote was at one poll greater than It had ever been before or since; and as to the other division, that it reached w ithin four votes of the highest number ever there polled. A comparison of election returns would indicate that the respondents had received l.nt little, if any damage from the acts complained of. But wo do not regard this as the true test in such a case. The question which specially concerns the public and the law Is tho freedom and the purity of au elec tion. We find the fact to be that unoffending citi zens were shot at, beaten and arrested at these polls, simply to prevent the exercise of their right of sullrage. From many pages of testimony to this effect, I quote Lut a low linos. Martin Cavenaugh swearsthat ho "was dragged out-of the linos and handed over to a policeman or special constable, lie was taken up to Soufhwark Hall, and kept there for two days to teed on water. No charge was made against him. lie had been livins in that division Uiirtuen years, and had been a voter since pr7. diaries McTlrlde states that a crowd threatenod his life, and that Alexander Mcl'-ridc was driven away while attempting to vote, and was shot at. This is corroborated by Alexander McBride, James Fricson. and others. A few hours later tlio oppo site parly had full possession of tho poll, and the votes during that interval, between four and five o'clock, were 13, all on one side. This was in tlio Second Division, but in the Tenth matters assumed flic same cehiplexiou, the onlydiii'erenooboingtliat the violence commenced later. Pernard Devine saw no lighting but witnessed thiee arrests of persons in the line. Puniest Steublng was cruelly beaten because he attempted to vouch for his son, and otliar persons testify to more or less of violence and wrong. We have no hesitation in condemning all these pit.ccedings, and our reprobation sliould ba espe cially inai ked of the police, who so shamefully vio lated the law it was tlieir duty to preserve. The evidence establishes that after one o'clock in the Second Division, and after two o'clock in tho Tenth Division, there was at all events uu amount of violence which lenders it impossible for us to say what was the legal vote, and wo therefore apply in favor of the respondents the same principle which has been invoked against them elsew here, and wo reject all votes ieccived'in these divisions after tho hours named. 1 'I lie respondents also attacked the Fourth of tho Seventh, Pighlh of the Tenth, Ninth of tho Tenth, ; Tl ird of the Kighteeiitli, and the .-.0011111 Division 01 Twenty-sixth Ward. Although they did not I press any objections to these divislous upon tlio argument, we have felt it to bo our duty to examine ; the It-slinionvas to each of these polls. Wo dismiss ! tin m with the remark that we have found nothing which would Justify tlieir;rejectioii or purgation. 1 '1 he opinion heie touched upon tho Tenth Divi sion t,f ike Nmcuciitli aid. attacked by respond ents, and finding no sufiicieut proof ot fraud, 10- 1.11 in u 1 110 ict 111 11. 'Ihe if.- ondents ask us, in the next place, to re 1.(1 thu it turns from thii ty-nino oilier divisions Leeaue ot the designed exclusion by ihe ollicers of cei lain persons thinning to vote upon certificates of iialuia'.iaiiou issued by Uiu Supreme Court. I pon this point a great many wiine.-ses were ex aiiiiiied, and veiy lull arguments have been sub iniiii ii on their te.Mimony to the Court. It Is es talli'.leit ly lldii six persons that their votes wi it icjtvicd, although they wei duly nalural Ivi d, aial that Ihey would liave voieil for the- ie- t,poiideiits. f I'cvniid nil question their vouv-i .should new le tieoued to the lucumlionts. Tlio papers II I) pu timed were fciiuine ( liilieates issued by tl c 1 1 01 iii.noiarv nun muter no- seal ol 11. r iiigiic-i 11 nil in our Mule. No other tribunal should or can Impeach or question its Judgment, and they establish the right, of each of those witnesses to his- vote if otherwise qualified at the election which is now the subject of our Inquiry. oiher witnesses prove that a number of natu ralization papers were rejected from five to ten, or perhaps more at each of these divisions at tacked, and amountinif in all to about Sou cases. Ade from the thirty-six iorsons just referred to, no one of the ;tno was produced, nor have the re jected papers been exhibited to us. Tho proof horo is simply from citizen who wero at the polls, and saw pei sons' produce naturalization paper pur porting to have been Ksued by the ttupreme Com t, and saw their votes rejected. If the right ol these yoo persons to vote were established, and it it were in proof that they would have voted for the Incumbents, then it would become our plain duty to credit them, along with the thirty-six we have spoken of, to the respondents. We could not reject the entire polls, amounting to many thou sands of votes, because a number susceptible of di finite ascertainment, and actually computed for lis bv witnesses, had been rejected. It would In sik li a ease l.e possible to correct, the evil, and as alicudy explained, our duty is to work out every possibility of the contest. I'.ut v.e cannot even credit the three hundred to either side, for the following reasons: 1st. it nowhere uppears that the rejected certifi cates were genuine. 'They are not produced, and their authenticity which could, perhaps, be alone established by inspection is not referred to by any witness as within his knowledge. M. '1 he mere holding of a genuine paper wouM not establish the right to vote. There must also have been an assessment, payment of a tax and re sidence in the division. As to allot these points, the case Is barren of proof. M. The greatest difficulty in tho way of crediting these three hundred to any account is that there is no proof that they would nave voted for any par ticular candidate, or for whom? Can we conjecture that theo papers were genu ine, that the holders thereof had all the other qua 1. fictitious of voters, and that beyond all this they would have voted for the incumbents? No C ourt was ever asked to decide a question upon such a multiplication of guesses. 'I he next point presented by tho respondents 13, IhatW voles were received and counted for con testants from prisons holding fraudulent natural tri inn 1 aptrs, or otherwise lisqualiiied. The proofs establish this allegation, and tho In rumbc ids sliould receive the credit claimed. Most, if not all these voters should be prosecuted and ken id v punished It D often said in the argument of thco ra-cs that the only remedy for fraud is to punish tho wrong-doer. So tar as that fallacy is designed to paialyze the arm of the law in these investiga tions, ir should be rejected. So far as it asserts a sound truth, it should be accepted. Pnfortunalcly, however, with the exception of very rare and com mendable prosecutions, fraudulent voters have gone unpunished. Success brings with its satis faction, leniency for friends and magnanimity for foes, and thus great wrongs, amounting to treason the only treason It seems of our ago go un punished. That no blame may attach herein to the Court, wo commend these u2 and all the other fraudulent voters named on our record, and every officer who violated his oath, to the prompt atten tion of the proper authority. l.mdlv The respondents claim a credit for the thiiif-six naturalized litzens who would have voted for incumbents, but who were not permitted to do so. For tho reasons already slated, this de mand hhculd be allowed. Before the act of April 17. lsi 9. no election officer could go behind a genu ine seal and signature, and he incurred tho lia bility of a severe penalty by arrogating to hnnsolf si:ch an authority My brather Judge, Ludlow, dissents from the views above stated, ami will express his opinion. My brethren, President Judge Allison and Judge I'eirce. do not agree to the iiniioi-iHiilitu test. They think that the evidence may show a general ne glect ol dutv on the part of ihe ollicers of tho elec tion, violence at the polls, fraudulent voting. &a., which, in the language of the law, renders tho election t)iue, and yet it may lie possible to purge) the poll. '1 his thev do uot think they are required to do in all cases, but to ascertain if the election was a due election that is, a legal and proper f lection or whether the return is a true or false return. The views above stated lead to the following results: VOll MAYOK. Mr. Fox's majority, as returned, was : Ws To which I to be added the number of natural ized persons who swear they would have voted tor Mr. 1 ox, out whose votes wore uii,auy 1 ejected 30 1371 And there Is to be deducted therefrom: 1. The follow ing majorities 111 relucted pulls: 7th Division. Hd Ward.. -1.il i.th Division, ltd Ward 71 h Division, 4lh Ward hth Division, 4th Ward 11. The numbers charged by purging tiio polls: In I the 6th Division. Oth Ward Intl'oelh Division, 171 Ii Ward. ill In Ihe 7th Division, litu ward In the 4th Division. U'.th Ward The error in favor of Mr. Tyndale in the 121)1 Division. 1'it h Ward 'ihe loss to Mr. T.uulale by tip fraudulent count in tho liith Division, Ll ih Ward Ill IV. 103 1025 Tc ,I.a rrrnu n.vnlnct XTl 'I V llil 'I I H 1. I'.y (he Hi iking out of hourly returns lu the 2d Division. 1st Ward f2 in the luth Division. 1st ward i II. By the illegal voles charged. . no ....I8J0 1S00 Total deductions. Leaving the actual majority for Mr. Fox C3 l'oa DISTitll'T ATTOKNtY. Mr. Shcppard's majority as returned was 1273 To which is to be added 1. An error in the Pith Division 19lh Ward, in his favor, or 1 II. Another error in tho 1st ward u!3 1003 and there Is to be iicdi'dnl therefrom: I. The lollowing majorities 111 rejected pons: 7th Division, M ward i::: t,fh Division, 4th Ward 21 Vl ll Division. 4t h Ward :;SS 8lh Diviman. 4th Ward 470 11. The numbers charged by pu.'iug the polls: In the ftn Division, uin warn In the (ifh Division. 17th Ward 01 In the 7th Division, 17ih Ward ;i'i lu the4lh Division, "Mil Ward il 111. 'ihe loss to Mr. Lit tnuu by the fraud ideiit count in the nth Division. .'Ui Ward !' Ml .f." the charges ngaliut Mr. (tibbons: 1. Bv the striking out of hourly return: in the "d Division, 1st Ward n- Di iho luth Division, l-t Vaid ;l II. By the illegal voles chained W It Total deductions Mr. Sheppard's majority as aovr was. nti.i-liv f.ip Mr Citit'ons , ..K'.:1 ..l.'j- l8 The same recapitulations would show that all the other contestants wero elc. itd o nujoi ii.es .- reeding the figures last stated. HI.. I...Y, , u li....,.ive.or 'l.lVCS. bVOVCI .1 1"0 votes. nil. i Cllii'i .... . I. .. Mr. Hancock, as Controller, oy o.-. Mr. Worrell, as City Solicitor, by over. . Mr. Donegan, as Prothonotaiy ol iho Common Pleas, by over f Mr. McClien, as City Commissioner by The' u'recise ' majorities 'received 'i'.y each officer can be read ly ascertaincu oy tonus. ,, .. sired the court will at any time express the result m.. formally. '1 he law, however, only deyolv ing i f. .. r.iotv of aseertainiiia which candidates we ie elected, wc have contented ourselves with iho , , lb .....v. . . ,,,. n 1,11 -11 ...,a ... tli... .... effort simply to acquit our consciences 1 s ponsibiiityy P. theieMre.only ivmaius for us to named, that Is to say : Ch 111 ca is'ibPi'11.8 as Disliict Attorney. Licl aid l'eltz as Kcctiver ot i.ixcs. V- . ncl P. Hancock as City .Conliolkr. V u mas J. Worrell as City S.P.iriior. l.ichidd Donegal! as Prothonotaiy of C l:an el M. I'ox as w.ij' Hit ef Vcxaii(h'i'''Wc:ueii as City CominisMoii.-r. tiniou of !:. I'ieree. I do rot assent that where a poll is thro 11 01,1 for fiaud, Ihe vote legally ea.-d can be proved. The l i nt el fraud, win re so general as to render tin ccr a 11 t ie will ft the factors v,tiaL-s n, wilol0 poll, mid In. the language ot the law tnciu 1-, au llToie.ursecl'aii' other course would bo to olier a prcmi ini'to fraud, and give tiie perpetrators a pos. vl ill iv of having iho advantage of their fraud, while in 110 possibility cmild Ihcysuiicr from it. 1 admit that this doctrine Is an advance beyond ti e opinion entertained by me la-l year, to w hieli l l'ivclcm brou'dd by an iucre..-.cd observation of il r ettcct ol tlu-i frauds inn. 11 llie, elective franchise as lliusuaicn oj tin: t nun nanus 01 la I car. Jt?V' I-iMl!w" l.lr'.lt. ,udiou then it'iid hn oi'Hi:'.'n, di .-lontin Judge I iieeveu nnd dee are mar av mo :,.; t-uuoii ncm n it v and county ot 1 hdadeiplna on the second Tuesday of October. Isos, the billowing nan Pa ies received tl.ehi ie.,i numl' u- of Voles vV.'.e dulv and legally elected to the olilaes from the Judgmrhl entered by the majority. He diflered from it in his views, both of law and f ict. each of which he discussed at groat length, and summed up his conclusions as follows: First. I'nlrss the voto of whole divisions Is re Jected absolutely in tho computation of majorities, each of thr respondents iceclved a majority of votes at tho election In October, litis. Second. Adopting even the rule of the majority nf the Court, and adding to tho majorities not con tested the unassessed votes proved or accounted for, l urmnn Shcpnard was elected District Attor ney, and Daniel M. I'ox was elected Mayor. '1 bird. If every illegal and unassessed vote Is re- jected lu the final count, the respondents, with tho possible exception of the Puceivor of Taxes, re ceived a majority of Hie votes cast in October, ISoS. Fourth. It in every case (in which tho majority of votes were cast for respondents, and aro now attacked) the returns aro rejected, unless tho ne cessary steps are taken to ascertain tho legal votes cast at. the election In lsiis, thit 1 Start cannot can nut decide these cases niton tlieir merits. L If. I. Vf... ... ..... ,. ... . . , . rum. .iiuioiiL nooi 01 1 lie milliner 01 icgai votes of unnaturalized citizens illeuallv relected .it the October election of lsis, this Court cannot de cide these cases on tlieir merit, and we ought to ike an honest effort to ascertain this vole, and thus undo a great wrong. Mxtn. without tho proof above sneciiled. 1 11 Court cannot legally ascertain tho majorities or and one ol the contestants, and cannot,' therefore, declare either of them elected. 1 therefore dissent from the omn on of tho 111.1. Jority of the Court, iu so far as lesults are ascer tained and declared. Opinion of Jntlfrc AIIU011. I desil'O to add but a few words to what mv brethren havo said. Last year, w hen the contested elections wero before the Court, 1 desired to secure the adoption of the rule which is now advocated by luy brother. I.tidlow, with so much earnestness and zeal, in this I was unsuccessful. .Indue l'eirce. feeing W illi me in tlio view which is expressed at length, in the opinion which 1 then delivered (Brewster's reports), but diherlrg with me as to the number of election divisions to which, under the proofs, it ought to be applied. Judge Brewster did not rce his way clear to assent to the principle which Judge I'eirce and myself agreed to adopt. Judge Ludlow, who did not s.i with us in tho argu ment 01 1110 cases men ueiore us, lor a reason which we all agreed waja proper reason, was nevertheless invited by his brethren to Join thorn in their consultations, and assist them bv his ad vice. At that time his view was most decided, and the expression of it as emphatic as it could bo made, against the adoption cl a rule that would send an election contest back to the l.x.imiuers to take prools of the h ual vote, for the purpose of re storing to the count and adding it to tho undis puted vole as returned lor the several candidates. This advice had doubtlessly much iutluenco in pre-' venting the adoption of the rule which ho now ad vocates, and which 1 hoped to seo applied to the then pending cases, and to subsequent cases as they sliould arise. Ihe persons going into oittee under tno ccrtnt- cates of election would have remained in ollleo until the proof of the legal vote had been taken, thev Hssertimr tlieir ability-to show by such a course of investigation tlieir right to the several ollices lu contest, claiming inai uiey wero icgauy elected. The lefnsal of the Court to give tuein the oppor tunity to make such proof, turned the contestant's out of Court without inrthci iemedy. Wcaro ad vised that it would bo proper to give tlio present incumbents an advantage which wo denied to tlio contestants last year. Mv brother.l,udlow. thinks we ought now to adopt the rule which was tnen rejected, which would be to hold that that which was bad in prin ciple and virions in practice a ve.tr ago. is sound in principle and wholesomein its application a twelve- month Utter. Myou.iecuon 10 una is noi, 10 me first port ion of the proposition; bull do object to the Court doing that, which, iu my opinion, would make them justly chargeable with unfair dealing totiititors in the contested elections which wo are now deciding. W 0 ought not to say tnar a given principle win not be applied to the determination of election cases; to keep silence for a whole year; giving suitors no intimation of a change of purpose, and at the last hour spring on them, as it were, the ap plication 01 me very 1 uie wnicn me court, 111 tno cases which preceded those now 1 11 contest, had re fused to adont. This would be to mislead tho con testants, to spread for them a snare by which they would be entrapped; to dig a pit, and keep it con cealed, into which, by that concealment, they would fall. This 1 do not propose to do. and there fore cannot consent to tno proposition of our brother Ludlow, to send these cases back to tho l.xaininers. If we should bo so unfortunate as to have other cases of this kind to consider and de tide, in the future, we can at the start give such notice to the parties as will prevent injustice to any one, sliould wc ihen conclude to apply Hie rulo which Judge Ludlow thinks ought now to be en forced. Kf ly of Juilgp I.iiiilotr. ltook 110 part In these cases officially,. and tor the reason that 1 had been a candidate at the elec tion. hen asked as an individual. I did say that tho.so rases ought not to go back to ino lixaminei'; and a majority of the Court also thought so ; but to say that as a legal priuciple 1 ever hetd that tliey could not be sent back by the Court, and ought not ill any case so to be, is a clear mistake. Had I chleriaincd any such opinion, these cites would at once have changed it, for 1 have been taught that in no way, except by a reference back to tno Kxumihers, can the merit ot those cases bo determined, Mr. Skeppni-d'a t'nM iu I lie Niqirrme Court. After the Judges had concluded tho reading of the Opinions, Mr. Sellers, for Mr. Sheppard, called the attention of tho Court to the fact that a certio rari had been taken in that caso, lor the purpose of removing t lie record to tho Supreme Court. This applies only to the District Attorney. Whether Mr. Sheppard retains the ollice while tho case is pending 111 tiie Supreme Court, w ill probably be de termined to-dny. LOOKING CLASSES, ETC. E BTABLlSilKD 1 7 9 5. FKENCli PLATE LOO'.UNH-tlLAtjt'Ea, ENOKAVVNGS, BKAUT1FUL Cil HOMOS, PARmv; s, Maiiiifauturer of im kia ls of I.OGIilNCi-Ut.ASLs, PUUTKAIT, AN:; PIUTUKfl FHAMKS, SO, 910 CHEHNI T STREET, 8 ) J Firm dcor above ti-e Continental', Phlto. lOt. CFiEAM AND WATER IOE. OKLEUllATK.l NEAPOLITAN ICES, '1 !" jn.n-nt and best in thn wr-Id ; enn bs cirried ink !! 1 t. :t v out melt ing, or bout lu any pti rt of tu couulry, lur IkiIU, I'mii it, etc i'lui ItMltuj; ptiygi.'utiis of Pliilioleliilda recommand th 111, 1 iirt! rTipcjrd 1 ttirely et pn"-o fraits, cream, a ad -f . :-. IWi N'i V PllHiKKI. 1 U.AVORSol tUMf 'lCK CUE A MS AND WATEH ICE3 Aiu kept coubtact l on band. V. .1. AI.UfORKTTf. er. No L'OI WALNUT Slroet, PROPOSALS. 11U PC SALS FOll FiiKSlI 11 E E F. X. Ot fit'i-: ov A. C. S., 4 rHANKl ljHU A KrtKN All, PA. October 8, IStitf. ta!rd nrononals. In dnnllcdte, will be received by tiie mutt 11 .lulled t till oiticc until VI M., October 30, Im'-'.i, for fin nlKhuij tt.o trooi'.s Htatiuued at Frank foul AmciuiI with I liKSll jilCiiF, of a gooil mar Wc'.iillc fiiuil' v, in eimal M-oportiounof fore and hind riiiartcn! excnullng net kn, slunks, and kidney tal low. 'J'ho lJeef to be delivered free of coat to the troors, In mkIi quantltlrs and on Bitch days as may I c Iioiu lime to lime required by the proper au thority, and to cotitiuuo lu feco six nionilm, or such lcKdt'mo an ttio Coniintsar.y General uliall direct, end Hui.iert to Mh nprovl, commencing on the lut UYp!rnK8cA-rpt'u'nce of the oner, security and bond in Hie Mini cf tlx hundred ilollurs will bo required f( r ilic faithful performance ef the eontract lUdH to be ludvned r.omOsfor FrcHh Beer. Find Lieutenant Ordnance, 10 sfmvnt I'T' vot Caplaln U. 8. A., A. C. 8. rr xTnTTfTk G. CATTELLA CO., A " i-Vi-lVuK COMMISSION MKHOIiANTH. ' Ko S7 noHTH WTFR STREET, . 1-iui.ADn.u'uiA. iaa AirlNlfnO C-MlllU BUJAH OATIKU. -MiViliN PAIL I u .. A Dl'CK AND CANVAS, brai d. Tent, Awnin. 'J'rtiuk, V (.t 1 11 111111 ''..a n,,.. . , . L ... If a Uo. l'jtltttr t..i e i'.i.ii iv.. . ........ . : -. -- - . Iii.tr If I. i"i" thirty lo aBVeuly-aix mtiUoa wido, 1 ,ulu.., l.;i -' (if w. WI'RMAN, i:. lo'j CllVUUil hlreet lOuy blow) AUOTION SALES. M TITOMA8 A. PONS. NOB. 13 AND 141 9 D.VVU1OU01U1ULT, Halo .it No. if WtWnc.f 1rot. HAKTSOMK, t yitlS'ITL'Jtl't. MAIK Al ATritKSSli 8. l'.ooKCANK, FINK IlKURSKLS AND OIUI.lt CAltrii.'l'tj, KTO. On Tn Pindar Morning, Octnhfrla, at lOoVloel;, at tin. Situ Wnllncft Klrnnf, hy cntnlnKUo, the eclire homnhold li.rnlhiro, ooniirlHlDr wnlnnt jinrlur furniture, ci)Vmd with tmir oifith, walnut ihiinitier furniture, superior walnut buokcunn, loiins ami Mtwinlnn lnlitn, walnut aitlolinanl, China anil Rlnwiware, tine linr tnAttremro, feather beia, eu frravtDKn, flna RruaKela cni'iipts. rofrin-friMnr. kltohan uKinrilfi. btoven, n.u. At ay bo euuuned on the morning of aaln at I o clock. 10 ib- r . . BF' T' F.STATR A ND STOCKS, Ii a'i 1 1,5.' J,3 "'"'"fit neon, at th Kxchnmre:-XI'f'.VT:No- '-'"-Valnahla llrtek Kebi.lenoo. 1)1 I, A V A I II. (.iii;M'v- l. ....... u ... w . 37 at ret- - , . ... uuuu oui, inanition. f ijoitVi 1. tfc.,.!,.h nf,'''i"'"t-inntoot Dwelling. $72. nn.t 15 v", ri, u.. j, ipo., imit, Xl V, , . ' C"-,,T3 ""d 17-Vnl.inhtr. Store. ! i 1 , . '-b- htaliln nntl Cinach-hm.ao. ( bOLLI.i.11 It COUNTY, a. J.Uountry Seat, 4.4 i'I.'-'.ef.V11' N?' tffl-TWrn nnd Dwelling. Alt' II. No. Vr.'l Vi'lnaliln Kimidi nco. TWKVI'Y -SIX I II, Ninth tV.in Vilbgo -Urge ll I.UOAU fltu'. nnvwiii.ii k i.- K w" .''. . I n. nn.t iltel.li,. 7C -.mr-,BOi Hit A MIV Vt IM'. No. 115 Oonfocl Dwelling uS'llrvV1-' "' -M.Hi,.rU1t,ld. I W l-.A I Y-l OLlt ill Nurlhi. N. l7r.M..j ... 1 ling. ' " V,VJiV1,.HJ!S,',,:tJ'''.No' ICT'-Modarn U6ldono. MM Ml It, No. Store anil J .wiilimir. 1 lld.VIl -MO.N No. I:;J7 --Modem Ko-udeiioe. !'MViv(;tuv,N'N.o,,2l1:-,',',,n i""i0no. ! Nr-I'Ii;,ii, 2:'!lt 1 "S-Va .ial.lo I.ivorjr btaM. I 'II I' SMi I H1I. I i l'nm dcHiruMe Tracti 'l it IKI) (fitivth), l. 'IS - -J alUHl.lo molding. 1 ; .' ' A'Ni"rl ll No- H:W- Mn''ei n K.midenra. ' 11 IK Y KiKST kiiiI SIAiai.T .....1 1 . Tavern nnd lwt lling I O.VHAKI), No. I7W Orntpol Dwelling Tl- N't fl (IJorfh!, N. "Iri-. Modern l.wefli.ig. 17 ii;ire .Second and Tlntd Ktrnota t'aas. Hallway O. t) r-l.-neHl-lieiitn iM-ueiittoi- ( 'omiiany in i'ftiu..ylvtmia. hlmrrs rennnyh rnia t ire liuttii-nnen Cotniiatiy. 1C) RhtllTS ( 'titnMillllUH Mnnil.'.-r-l urin IJotiiltHliv. Jim I n, led H.ttta h-J lt-ntl, wb ft rtlu.rea Aiiierioan l.ifo IuHiirum-e t omp.iny. 41 pharon tsouthorn 'I'riotypoi-tHtioii ttempanr. ftphares Aciitleinr nt ,Innie, wit h tirttot. 20 Rhnrf-s Ituck ieuntnin C-oal 1'o.npuny. liU hliiirea t'enlral 'J'rauaortiition louipatiy. . 5 ttmrea Nutienul f'xt'linnrre ftiink. lt.il frtinn-a Amorietin l-.uttonlioln .itolitne (Jo. 40 KiiM-pM Tint ientil ltatik ol' t(io tfeputilie. 9t Bharts'lVnth nnd l-'teventh Stret I'titei. Ttuilw.if Oa. Flian Second nnd Third Streota 1'ass. Uailwny Oo. fiObiinres Knin-e Trannpt Co. llH Kliitrea (Ofuuintowu and 8th) Pass. Railway On. CutulOKUcs now loatly. 10 15 St Snle nt T?o. ftt S. Thir-I titrect. K EAT I10USKH01.P I I'ltN I I'll R M, I K.ATHKtt BKI.N, HAKPKTS, K.TO. On Wedncadny Morning, OclnlMr 20, at to o'clock, at No. :Ctl S. Tii.nl street, tlia nei-t lit. ur. hold turnttnio, coinpriHing wii'nut purler furni l uie, covered with rops; fott.mo vli,inilir furniture, wal nut fxloCMion tnldo, lino fn. her-lieds, inuttrown, china nnd rinsfWHTP, iniperiitl, ingrain, und other ciirputs; ro. li'Cei utor, kitchen utnnsi!, etc. 1 10 IH 3t llay be eiu mured on the morning of auto at 8 o'clock. Perrniplory S11I0 at the Kainnonat Iron Work. VAI.I !A I't.K POI.UNU.M 1 1.1. M A 'tl l. Ktl Y, s I'K AM I NCIM'S. PO!,!,S HOtLKHt, I' UltNACKS, ANOLM AislS Tl'.K litON. KTIJ. On Wednesday Mornsng, Ocloticr 20. at 11 o'cloolt. at t ho Kiiiriuuiiiit Iron Work, Crj-tCH ali-cet wlcirl. livw Ncli.iylkill, will Uo Bold al imhtin ftrle, wiiiioiit reserve, tiio ouiiro vuluuOla machinery, Blenin eujtint'F, etc. l'uiticulais in cntnlo.-runs now roady. II 13 Gt DVrOU K LOW Kit ROOTS. On Wednesday Aloriiing, ElOtrltitiPi-Ce. nl 11 o'clock, at the Auction Rooin.t. ons cane, renirir'ing a general assortment, or' suiierior xolortott hyHcirOhs, tu'ips. crocus, iuiri.is.--us. iris, driicuutuiluti, t-alanttiiuH, e'e, from Yandcraulicut Jr. Hon, Haarlnin, Uol'uud. 1U1H21 CTiKAT A11T BAT.K We will sell tt Concert Hull, Chennut atraet, abova Tv.olllh. On ttio evenings of Wednesday "and 1 hursday, Octobor M ant! 1. TIIK CJIOIfK AND KI.KOANT COTJ.KOTION O l'AtNUM.S lnONOIN(j TO Vlt. ClIAKl.KS K. iiasi i.Ti;;rc. now on vxhibition. krkm VN'IU. DAYS Ot1' SA T.K, AT HIS GAl.LKlllKS, NO. 1195 OH KSN UT KI'K KKT. The collection, wil.li otlior choice works by Croat men. unit iieo it'. -1 11 ten n 1110 lui lowing I. L. Oeiorae, Willcnis, l.'oomins, Oliavel, l'-nutiiiet, Ourutul, H. ('. Kcekkoek, l.trionno, t.'nrl Huckvr, Seliuftola, T.oyoux, Ourgulua, Prutllton, tvy, I-'tiB.czuwt-ki, Hoilisthoffor, Cnjitiiu, Privet, Compto t 'afix, Amlierg, LobricUoii, Accut-tt Morlo, Pliuwun, Viirliouckliovao, llaniman, .Monlinet, Hoguot. Herr.og, K.soostlra, Soignao, Trayer, l'.to. eto. oto. IU 9 12t puNTiNo, mniBor.ow & go., auctiow- I KKHti, hm. iittand 834 AIARKKT Ptreet, ooroor ( B.:uL ttre.it. Succesitora to John It. Aiyera A Co. tSALKOL'SUXI CASKS BfToTS, SHOK8, UATS, OAP8. FTC. On Tuc-Bttiiy Alorning, Oct. 1!', at ID o'clock, on four luoutha' credit. 10 13 6t LAKOK SAI.K OK PRI'l'IKff, I-HKNOK, GfORMAN. AND DOMKSTIO DRY (iiiOUb. v-"""' On 'I'liursday Morning, Oct. 21, at 10 o.'clock, ou four moo 1 lis' credit. Ill U 6t IAI POKTAJ.'T S A LK OK CARPKT1NUS. t IL ULOTUS. On l-'ritijiy Aloriiing, Ot t. 2?, at It o'clock, on tour months' oredit, about lot plot -ti iucraiii, V 01101 ian, list, bomp, cottago, and rag car pelingb, oil cloths, ruga, eio. lu 16 6t AfAltTIN BKOTNEK3, AUCTIONEERS. i' ( I jit fly Satesiurn for M. Thomas 4 Bona.) Mo. o'-'.l 'JilKoMUT trj I root, roar entrance from Minor. Si le No. 69 I'tioRut atreet. UANDSOAIK WALMjT HOCS! llOU I'lfRNITlIRB. Piano l'orlea, r'n-nch Plata Mirrors, 3 Very K t lienor Wulmit lioekcusei, 2 HundHtmto Cnliinots and Minerals, I'iicprooi Siit'ut, l.aige and Very Kioe Oabinut Organ, UiiBewood Mflcdt.on, ('liuml.or fcuitH, Parlor Bui' a, Wal nut Orsks aud Ottico i-nrtnturo, l'me Oliiua, tilass, and l'ialed Ware. J'ancy Oooda, Kine Veivol., ltrusa-ila, In grain, ami other tarpeta; .'.tattifsBen, ra iding, etc. On Wtrdnt'sdjy Morning, Oct. 20, at 10 o'clock, ut tlio auction room. No. 529 Olioa nut si rt et, t,y catalogue, n large awinrtmont of eicelloot hecoudluind hoiiHoboitl f urniluve. eto. " 10 fH it C D. McCLEKS & CO., AUCTIONEERS, Ko. DJiMAUKi'T buuot. LARCK AND ATTItAXJTIVft. hAI K . Ol BOOTS. sik t'.s. u at n i a :;h, liio. in Thm-ritlay Morning Oct. 21. at 10 o'clock, emii.i'.cing prune nnd seasonable toodH, to h hit h wo invite Hit ultcutionof the trade. 10 iHil T'KOMAS BTKCII & BON, Al t'TIONEERS 1 AM) COMMISMON M 1 KOH ANTS, No. Ilia OUI bi'.u'T trt root, rtar entrunce Ko. WW baaMiui sUaet, F.t !int No. 11 !0 t b isnut hfreet. f JNK SHI''lMi'l.) Pl.ATPo WAftK, HHOS7.K AltO Otl.r KICHi DAY CMM'KS. IIOUH.VtlAN (ii.ASS . VAf'KI.. P;aKI. AND 1 VoiiY 11 AN 1)1. 10 TAllLU ' tl.T! J-KV. l-.l'C. (rn 'I acidity Morning and I' vening, OlolKu Ii'.at 11 oci.- k A. M. and 'I'm t.olnck P. M at liib nut tion itere. No. 1 1 10 t'timrnit hi reel, will ba ki jd.11 ltt-(,'t HHM'-tim ut ot iIihWiimi, conu.riHing : To i ntl cot'u t tr.i-, witti ui ettnti trnye 10. n-.uteh ; diuiieran4l lut nkti'tt ttsteiK: liulter di-iiiea; b. 0011 hoi. lor; ladios; bin-ens ; fol el ,-. A 1-0. R twn.pltjiu 'fbt.itutotii of ptrail aud ivory handle lid It. t v.tlt-iy. Ut.i.tiit ptii lii Monday aftirnoen. 10 ItjSt ale at No. IT.T Nt rtli Ppeontl tttrent. S'ltil K Or A 1 I ' t; N I'l l HK i. I'tdtK, tiOODWILL. "IXTCHKS, fCiO. On V't,int?-i,:.iy Moiniii, Oct. til Hi. ut It o 1 1 t k,.rtt H 17 K01II1 Second atreot, will I'c -o'd. ttie tut n o ! k of it (.'aliintitintiker ddining the retail I .cslim-i, coinpr intr -i.uit-t 01 clt guBt autinuo and ntlitt h'.yfea of waiiitit pi.rlor lurnituru, in plinth, ropa autl tali- te.tj1, titilmit cliaiiitM-r' biiilii or olotiant. patturu.4; 6!e.t;l:oi. u'.s, et ,;i., s, ttarttri.i.es, eitensiou timing tutdoK, i'it;;t'iK: liui.iiirs, ret iTfn it it und booltcaftf , rockiug chi.io. ti.no out iiining rconi and chamhtir r'Triira, cottage luti.i.'ut e, tiai lutUs. ccoUo tinU ooutiuot tablei, with mar ble .o- n, etc. Catali (.ufb will be reatly aud tlio lurniture can be PXitniined en 'i'uebty. '1 be tore 10 urn I - tv-.af!uii Novetnbor I. It) 11 tl -f 1ITJNCUTT. POX A CO., AUCTIONEERS J.-J o. lt. Ai AhKI 1 Kitoot. I.rtiK POS1T1VK KAl'iTfM.' infill PACtC UiJ'.S AVI) I.O'l;; lultl'.lt.N AA'I) DOMKSTIU DKY OOOOS, f te . t-t f. lnciudotl v.ill lie ft und It! ADli 1)R!-:SS SI1.KK, fii pici-ef. Ii'at k t!ro.i Siilcs. ;'J. t -ii.th pi. 011 and fanev tlrcsf. gmiila. lO' il e'een t.eiiaan Iio.-i. ,y and g'.'jvea. ;io t-io-Hs Hfiir'a and druiveri,. f. i-tttteH jin-keti'. 4( t; no .en laii.OH' and luinfett' nioi ino vcHts, large lines nf Ct inirntiiwn Hoolens; 400 tloen lati.us' and geuls' kid (-lot om : Iti'O t in loim bonne. hnl', nnd Iriumiiug ribbons; aim, Vfi'iit-h ilf.tM.rft and I'oalhorH; 'Jtitl cut.fs lattioa', niit-f-ea. Mid t-hildrt-n'n tiii.H (tint boniiLts; also, volvet.-i, v. m t... n , hi. I ins-, iiice, Paris fancy goods, skirts autl 101 tent, etc. On WwIiw,m.1;v M orniiitr- ( ctoliei 'JO, at li. o'clock, on lour luontUi credit. to 11 tt n Y B . SCOTT, JR.. LDtiOOiTB 4KT OAI.I KUY. No. I IVJli OHKSNud Slruai, I'li.latluUihia. Kivixi or .'i:i:vj. VJt lli.liMI)llv'N I'lTKVI' !tb.tjl.VlNt l i t K li.XltlA toll Uu old I tn ute ou every I lt.it or autl Stove. It innreaaee I 1;;.- it. ..II' l i r 1 1 .tt. Kiel t.jvebiicr;irly 00H o.ill oi llie cotil. . 1. v i!t -tl... le.-'l ti i.ii m al ov? m pl.-teu ot ustove. OVl.L I M e. ilit .'.I a I the Ut.iui'...i!tory ni O. .1. I) If OMI'RTY, i . . Ko l N. M: 1 11 Htrojt.
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