Owning .jeltppfc yUBLISIIBD BVBRY AFTERNOON (StmDITfl BXCSrTBD), X TUB EYENLNQ TBLBQRAFH BUILDING, NO. 108 & THOU) STREET, P7TTT.tnyr.pm a, The rriee is three cents per copy (double ihee-t); or Mghteen cent per veek, payable to the carrier by whom tjerved. The subscription price by mailti A'ine Dollars per annum, or One Dollar and Fifty Cent for two months, invariably in advance for the time ordered, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1869. HON. ROBERT J. WALKER. Hon. Rodebt J. Walker, whose doatli in re corded in another column, and whose public Caroer is sketched at length elsewhere, was in some respects the most able man ever Lorn in Pennsylvania. lie possossod a re markable degree of the statesmanlike saga- City which is one of the rarest attributes in this nation of politicians. At an early period of his life he departed from the usual line of emigration by seeking a now homo in Missis sippi, and speedily established a reputation there which secured his admission to the national arena that was best fitted for the display of his talents. As a young mem ber of the United States Senate, at a tima when it was filled with intellectual giants, he strengthened and confirmed his reputation, and during the last quarter of a century he exercised a marked and, in some cases, a controlling influence upon masy important national events. In the Democratic National Convention of 1844 he was the prime mover in enforcing the two-third rule, which, by defeating Van Buren's nomination, gave a new direction to the whole policy of the country, and as Mr. Polk's Secretary of the Treasury he was the author of the tariff of 184G, which gave such deep olTonse to his native State, and laid the foundation of many important political changes. In a number of leading Presidential contests pamphlets from Lis pen obtained a wide circulation, and ex erted a greater influence than any other docu ments of contemporaneous issue. He rendered great aid in this manner to Buchanan in the memorable contest of 18,)(5, which was illy requited in turn, by Buchanan's treat ment of Walker when he was acting as Gov ernor of Kansas. His careor in that oflioo and the occurrences connected therewith gave the culminating interest to the nnti Lecompton movement, which finally resulted in the downfall of the old Democratic party and tho triumph of the Republican organiza tion. With the latter Robert J. Walker was never in full sympathy, although he aided the Cause of the nation during the war. Ho was devotedly attached to the Democratic party, but one of his great aims was to purify that party of Southern sectionalism and of treason, and he was a deadly antagonist of Jeff. Davis, whom ho had opposed in Mississippi as well as on a broader arena. Intellectually, Robert J. Walker had few equals. As a lawyer, in great national cases, ho possessed wonderful astuteness; as a statesman his perceptions wore remarkably clear; as a politician he en gineered some of the most difficult and im portant movements ever made in this coun try; and as a controversial writer on political questions he surpassed all his contemporaries. THE SCHOOLS FOR FREE DM EX. One of tho most iniquitous features of the American system of slavery was tho prohibi tion of education by severe penalties. Soma of the slaves of ancient nations wove tha most intelligent and learned men of their day, but our Southern taskmasters, not satisfied with enchaining the body, sought to dwarf the minds of their unhappy victims. It was deemed a crime to teach a slave the alphabet, and no bondman could acquiro even the rudi ments of learning oxcept by stealth or as an especial and unusual favor. A Maryland negro, now more than eighty years of age, who manifests much interest in the freod men's schools of that State, was recently asked if he had any learning himself, to which lie replied, "Only what I got behind de plow tail stole it like." When ho was asked, 'How was that, uncle ?" he replied, "Why, when children gwine to school, I goes up to de fence, get little lesson from dem in de book give chile hen egg for it, you see." Thus, while all the civilized world was striv ing to make education universal, ant whilg some of tho most despotic countries of Europe Vero making it compulsory, no pains were spared to stamp out every spark of intelli gence among the Southern negroes. It is no wonder, under these circumstances, that tho philanthropic spirits of the nation did not consider the work arising from abolition com plete without an earnest effort to illuminate the mass of ignorance which had been thus artificially and most unjustly created. To deny to four millions of human beings, in this age, all opportunities of mental enlight enment, was a crime only one degree less, detestable than the perpotuation of slavery itself, and the duty of undoing this great wrong was only secondary in importance to emancipation. The eighth semi-annual report on schools for freedmen, giving an account of the ope rations for the six months ending July 1, 18Ct, has recently been issued by the General Superintendent, J. W. Alvord, and it fur- nishes much valuable information illustrative of tho progress of the groat work which has been prosecuted iu part by the Government and in part by benevolent associations. The field of labor has been so wonderfully exten sive that many of its subdivisions have never been reached, but the results, on the whole, are eminently satisfactory and creditable. In the wide domain where, ten years ogo, there was not a single school for tho education of an enslaved race, thoro is now an aggregate of day, night, regular, irregular, secular, and Hunday-schools for the freedmen of no less than 44''4, supplied with It.'OH teachers and fttondod by 250,353 pupl s. For the support TUB DAILY MVBNIXO TKIiKfllUl'Il-imLADBLPKIA. THURSDAY", of these schools more than one million of dollars was contributed during a period of six months, not quite half of this sum being obtained from the Government, and nearly one-fifth of it being contributed by tho f reod men themselves. The schools are now in a better condition and more largely attendod than at any former period, tho increase over the six months previously reported being 4 1 1 in the number of schools, 8"r in tho number of teachers, and 10,407 in the nnmbor of pupils. In view of the many difficulties that bad to be overcome, the neglect of all forma of popular education in tho South, and the strong feeling of hostility to the enlighten ment of the negroes by which a large portion of the Southern whites are still animated, the work has been attended with extraordi nary success, and it well deserves to bo ranked aenong the greatest triumphs of modern civilization. We regret that, although cases of criminal hostility to tho froodmon's Bchools and teachers are growing loss fre quent, they still occasionally occur. Not long sinco a now school-houso was burnt at Slaughter's Neck, Sussex county, Delaware, before the plastering was dry, and there was little doubt that this destruction was the work of incendiaries, as declarations had been made that it was "no use to build a nigger school-house; it shall noU stand; it shall be burned down." At one place in Louisiana a faithful colored teacher was killed a few months since. A teacher in Kentucky reports that ho was visited one night by tho Ku-Klux Klon, who threatened to kill him if he did not instantly give up his school; and similar occurrences are reported iu various other quarters. There is, however, in thou sands of Southern neighborhoods, a marked improvement in tho tone of popular senti ment, and in some Slates active opposition to the education of the freedmen seems to have entirely ceased. The continued interest of the negroes is a constant incentive to renewed exertions, aad it is frequently displayed in a touching man ner. One old colored womon in North Caro lina, who attends night school, and works very hard that her children may go to school, feels consoled for her labors and privations by the family progress in learning, and says: "I tells you, niassa, we can't feel hungry when we reads; dats better than vittals, ninssn." Another old freedwoman in Missis sippi, a widow with seven children, who is very poor, says: "I mean to educate my children, if I havo to work my hands oft". While the hoccake lasts they go to school." An old negro in Mississippi says: "If I nob ber docs nothing more while I live, I, shall give my children a chance to go to school, for I considers education next best ling to liberty," and another negro in tho same localily declares: "Dere isn't money enough in all old Massysippi to buy what laming niy chile got from you all.'' There is good reason to believe that at no distant period the education of the mass of the Southern whites, which has hitherto been fearfully neglected, will bo liberally provided for, mainly on account of the example set, and the exertions made, primarily, for tho in struction of the freedmen. A double good will thus result from the labors which have been prosecuted with such praiseworthy zeal, and (lie removal of tho veil of ignorance from the Southern mind will prove in the cud the crowning glory of the great work of re ccnsUuction. PAT AND IllS VIVE. The war for tho liberation of Ireland from British tyranny is about to commence in earnest. Tho l'enians have talked lop.g enough, and now they intend to act with de cision. It is their purpose to subduo the Britishlion, but first they intend to pull out his teeth and cut his claws. There are to bo no nioro insurrections, riots, and invasions; to produce no better results than sending a few unhappy patriots to the gallows, but Pat has now fallen back on strategy, and very Irish strategy at that. The Fenian Amnesty Com mittee in London ha issued a general request to Irishmen to abstain from the use of tobacco until the imprisoned Fenians are released, tho object being to reduce the revenue and thus bring the Government to terms, through fear of bankruptcy, and at the same time to accumulate a fund for continuing tho agita tion. This, it will bo seen, is killiug two birds with one stone, and really tho scheme has a most fascinating appearance on paper. The duties on tobacco furnish England with a large portion of her roveuue, and it is scarcely possible to estimato the effect that will bo produced when millions of Irishmen knock the ashes out of their dudheens for the last time, and raisiug the blackened bowls aloft, swear that not another whiff shall be blown until Gladstone succumb end strikes the chains from tho limbs of tho imprisoned he roes. And then all tho money that would have been expended in tobacco will of course go into the Fenian treasury; and as John Bull's purse grows less, that of Pat will bo swelled with a plethora of wealth, and he will be able to meet his aucient adversary on something more than equal terms. The Bos ton tea party was no'thing to this, and yet it secured the independence of America. When Pat abandons his pipe, Ireland also will be free perhaps. To make tho thing a cer tainly, however, all tliit is needed is for every true-born Irishman to refuse ou any terms to chink any more whisky until the green banner with the golden harp of Brian Boru we believe the harp originally belonged to this hero waves iu triumph from the top most tower of Dublin Castle. What a no vol spoctaclo would bo presented by tho entire race of Irishmen forswearing tobacoo aud whisky ! This of itself would be sufficient to induce Gladstone to conulude that tho time had arrived for tho adoption of a conciliatory policy, and tho prison doors would fly opon without further argument, and the Fenian captives would fly to tho arms of tho Amnesty Committee, aud rejoice with them that the hour of Ireland's deliverance had come at last. Tat may give up his pipe, but the whisky '( uIj, theio M the rub I THE RESPONSWILITIES OF INSUR ANCE COMPANIES. A cask of considerable interest has just boon decided in tho Now York Superior Court, in volving the responsibility of insuranco com panies. An insurance company declined to poy a policy on the ground that tho porson insured vitiated it by committing suicido. It was found, howover, impossible to prove this, and tho affair was settled by tho company abandoning its case. This brings us to the question whothor it is to the advantage of an insuranco company to dispute a matter of this kind. The number of mon who would be likely to kill themselves for the sake of securing to their families the amount for which they may be insured, must nocessarily be so smnll as to bo scarcely appreciable in a calculation of risks; and, indeed, death by suicide is so rare that it seems scarcely worth while to consider it at all. The trouble is that, with an except ion against death by sui cide, such as is contained in most life insu ranoe policies, the door is opened for litiga tion and troublo, both to insurer and insured, without corresponding benefit to either. Would it not be much better and more satis factory to all parties if the insurance com panies were to strike an average of all risks, and so give the insurer and his family to understand that they, arc secure under every contingency? In other branches of the insurance business, the manner in which policies are usually drawn is even more unsatisfactory, and the number of exceptions, generally printed in tho finest' typo, is so great that many persons really do not know whether they aro insured or not. In marine insurance, especially, a wido door is open to fraud; and the notorious difficulty that insurers have in getting payment for damages of limited amount, annually causes a loss to the insurance compauics f thou sands of dollars that might bo savod by a little liberality. Many owners givo tho captains of their vessels orders not to bring in bills for damages under certain amounts that will bo sufficiently large to secure payment. In all of these cases the most satisfactory mothod of doing business would certainly bo to esti mato all the risks, and then strike an average. Even if tho premium were to bo a little higher, insurers would rather pay it thau run the risks they now do of having their property destroyed, and then to find somo excoplion in tho policy, that had been overlooked, brought forward by the insurance eompanios as an excuse for non-payment. Under the present way of doing business many insurers scarcely feci any more secure than if they had not taken out policies at all, and the disposi tion manifested by some companies to shirk their responsibilities, if possible, is not cal culated to advance tho interests of the busi ness or to increase the confidence of property owners. Br Tin: formal opening of Kwarthmore Col lcgo yesterday, an important addition has been ruado to the educational institutions of the Stale. It will be especially useful to stu dents connected with the branch of the Friends or Quakers who aro popularly known ns Hicksites; but one of tho speakers at the inauguration declared that in a broader sense it would not be sectarian in its character, as the plan of operations contemplated "no confession of faith, or formalism in wor ship." nus IX. VS. FHKK MASOXIir. IVtcltcoilcH Xrin Monthly Stttgazliie for December will contain an important article under the above title, in answer to the recent order of the Tope calling l iore the (Ecumenical Council, as special objects of censure, Bible Societies and Free Masons. Tlie writer disputes, on the part of the Masonic fra ternity, the right of the Pope to interfere with its liu'ttirs under any pretext, and shows that Masonry is In fuii accord with tho true spirit of Christianity. We make the following extract from the advanced sheets that have beeu furnished us: "Whoever Is a believer la Christ is oar friend and brother, Irrespective of the form or title under wlncn he choosm to pay his homage or perform what he considers liU religious obligations. 'J!ut when any sect of Catholic or Frotestant per suasion attempts to dictate to mankind In maticrs of state, or purely secular aituirs, we claim the right to analj.e Its motives aud denounce them, if need be. "The lime was when priests and ministers of the Gospel were Urn main instructors, and, ncccssarliv, the directors of the people, eyeu iu worldlv n Mali's when the reign of caste was deemed absolutely re miluito to tho well-being of society ; hut that time hut long cinee passed away. Tho temporal power then granted to the clergy has been revoked by the dawn ing of greater intelligence among the masses. Cheap educational facilities, brought ubout by the steam press aud the electric telegraph, have 'been substi tuted In their place, aud to-day men think for them selves. "The action of his Holiness la thu9 throwing down the gauntlet in the face of civilization iu attempting to revive In the nineteenth century the obsolete dogmas of the age of darkness ami the direct insult oifered to one of the purest and best of social institutions, cannot fail to produce results which will nearly, If not quite, extinguish the re maining power of his relgu in Europe; while in America it will be tho means of lessening respcet for him, and ol convincing thousands of the great necessity for preserving in wide separation tho ailalrs of Church and State. "l''ree Masonry hail its birth long before Pope Pius IX, and, judging the future by the past, it will flour IhIi long alter his Ilolinessshall be numbered among his illustrious predcucBHors. Its mission has been ever free from political aims. It has kept steadily on in the puth of the Good Samaritan, and the tires of virtue, truth, and justice still burn brightly upon its altars. Its ritual has never forgotten that to Ctesnr belong tho thlugs that are Caisar'd, and to God the things that are Hod's." The peine forte ct dure to which accused persons In Frame aro subjected by the system of repeated Interrogation employed In that country to farther the ends of justice has always excited our curiosity from the marked contrast which it presents to our own plan of procedure. A French paper, describing tho effect of this process on tho murderer Tropmann, says: "This Interrogation is the terror of the guilty. It Is an agony that is dally repeated a moral torture which has succeeded the aotaal rack without its apparatus of torment. When that monstrous system of physical suffering come to help the moral It was perhaps easier to keep silence than It is In the present, lay. iloneg crocked lu the boot, the joints were (imiocated on the rack, but it was only necessary to Keep silence. Now one must speak and yet say !!? ,",,8,m11 8fty lU'tliiug, they will know noth ng, nils is iropmuun's leading Idea. Ho has turned I oyer and over lu his mind, and ever conies back to mat phrase which ho murmurs to himself like tho cadence or r tune, "1 shall say nothing; they will know nothing." Yesterday, as the day before yester day, ha had promised himself lliat ho would say noth ing, mid yd he saw the judge relleet ufter he hod uttered some lnslguillcaiit words, and tho clerk wrote to his dictation. Again ho determines that to-day shall bo as yesterday, and to-morrow as to-day. 'They 8lttl, novf tmnjr; 1 skull say nothiug.' Then Tiopniaiui begins bv rolusing to answer, then comes to yes ttml no; aud at last, car ried away by the wish to dereud himself, relates for the huiidiedlli time the romance ol the gulllor Jean Kinck. lie stops suddenly; has his memory been luilhful ? Una he not beeu betrayed into some slight variation f Ych; he has said audi aud such a thing which did not lliMire in his previous accounts. His tongue cleave to iu fowl oi ut uuauu iw w Hi luo w rJ.r,?.' VYr1, ,hnt "". tier,' ami the pea aw,?"1" on ,h P"ncr. A few minutes more, t.n.r W,nnB' PXhustod, is given back Into the fnnr.. 18 wart',ra. The Judgo knows something m2i,..T oacPUMd knowd nothing." Imagination wimo . 1P! .n,.8ffnlfT "e suuerlngs or the culprit "'" cr' lelng thus gradually forced from his r.T Vi V4)p8 : but th0 '"'' relate, as a matter of i? ropmRnn thB mer day refused to take some medicine which had been ordered for htm, lest ,'" 1 , contain some mtlwtanrc possessing tho conceal makln him divulge what he wished to One of the French papers believes In an Ingenious method by which n distinguished statesmai of the lourtof Rome puts an end to Inconvenient Inter views, u the Minister docs not wish to answer a question put to him, or thinks tho audlonoe he has V.tor,..x t0Jl,f to an unreasonable length, ho puts nS!ldJ nl,,f,kll cap. Immediately a terrllc vnin!ado pJ,lolM behind the ana-chair or his (.... .T1'18 ni)iao Proceeds from a parrot, who !. 1 S-Vi1 lc """"''T of guns whenever the Minister . Il.sr?1?- Tm unhappy bir,, ,9 Rahl to have 'J longed to Admiral Lord Nelson, and was present, at tue bnttle of Traralgnr, slnco which time it has ec n out or Its mind. The noise or theeannon, com .Li i. 1 ,ho u'"lble scenes It then witnessed, ipset its reason; and the poor distracted biped now nutates the boom boom of the cannonade whenever I ! nJlnen e carry his hand to his head-gear, uecause this familiar gesture recalls to Its memory nionsnnds or Kngllahnien uncovering their heads at iuo sight or the corpse of Nelson, its own beloved master, Flam In that naval engagement. SPECIAL. NOTICES. fiT F I' L L LINES. So large is our stock or PIECE GOODS In our . CUSTOM DEPARTMENT that, although our sales have been so great, we have still ITU. AND COMPLETE LINES OF AM. TnK FINKST FABRICS AND TEXTl ltEs, AITOltDINd TUB MOST AMPLE RANCE OF CHOICE, AT THE CIIESNUT STREET CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT Nos. 813 and 820 CIIESNUT Street. JOHN WANAMAKER. NOTE. In our Ready-made Department we arc selling as beautiful OVERCOATS as will be turned out this season by any merchant-tailoring house in the city. io 2G SP OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE MU TUAL safety INSCKANOO'.COYIPANY, Phii.adklfhia, Not. ID, I8S9. The Hoard of Directors have thin dny doclurod a GASH D1V1DKND of TKN PKR CKNT. on the CAPITAL STOCK, and SIX PKR CENT, interoi on the SORIPJof the Company, payable on aud attor tho lut oi Doctmber proximo, true of National und Etuto taxes. Tbcy havo also doclarod a SOKIP DIVIDKND of THIRTY -FIVE PER CKNT. on tho EARNKD PR K. A1IUMS for the year ondinff October i'l, 18il, certificates of which will be irsuod to tho parties ontitlod to the same on and after tho 1st of Doi'ombor proximo, frao of Na tional and btute taxos. They have ordered, also, that t'.io Burip Certificates of Profits of tho Company, for tho yoar endinjr Ootobor 31, lstlo, bo redoemed in cash, at the ottioe of tho Company, on and altor 1st of T'ecomber proximo, all interest tnoroon to cease on that day. By a provision of the charter, all Cer tificates of Scrip not presented for redemption within five years after public notice that they will bo rodeomod, shall be forfeited nd cancelled on the books of the Com pany. No certificatt of profits ssued under $25. By the act of incorporation, "no cei tiilcuto shall issue unless claimed within two years after tho declaration of tho dividend whereof it is ovidonco." fi HENRY LYLllUn??, Secretary. 3 OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT ,.,,""'A,"':l l',"A' Ponna., Nov. 3, Hi NOTICE TO STOCK IKJLUEhS. Tte Board of Directors havo this dny declared a aomi. block of the Company, clear of National and Htuto taxes, pn vublo in cash on aud af tor November 30, lKtii. Blank Power of Attorney for colloctinir dividends cn be had at the oilice of the Compauy, No. 2J8 South T11IKU Street. The office will be opened at 8 A. M., and closed at 3 P. M.. fruni November li I to December 4, for tho payment of Dividends, and alter that date from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M as UEIUll. H2tl 1 THOS. T. FfRTH, Treasurer. UNION LEAGUE HOUSE, BROAD Street. PmLADF.r.PirtA, Nov. 4, UX. A meeting of the UNION LEAGUE OE PHILADEL PHIA will bo hold at tho LEAGUE HOUSK on THURS DAY, November 11, 18t, at 8 o'clock P. M., for tho pur pose of nominating candidates to be votod for as members of tho Board of Directors. By order of the Board of Directors. 'H r.EOROE H, BOKER, Secretary. Bar ACADEMY O F MUSIC THE STAR COUKSK OF LECTURES. Hon. 8. 8. OOX, November 2. Hon. CH ARLES SUMNER. Decomber 1. Rev. ROBERT COLA YER, December 3. MARK TWAIN, December 7. Dv.CORDOVA, Decembers. WENDELL PHILLIPS, December It!. 1 ickets at COULD'S, No. PSI UllEriHUT Street. 11 1 tf STEREOPTICON AND MAOIC LAN- TERN EXHIBITIONS civon to Sunday s3ftoU, N'linolri, t .'olli'uoH, and for privuto entertainment. W, NIK HELL MCALLISTER, No. 729 CIIESNUT Street, second atuiy. 11 U Jinrp EST FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' NA TIONAL BANK. . , Philadelphia. Nov. 2, li!. The Board of Directors have this day declarod a Divi dondol'lIVE l'l'.K, CENT., payabb) ou Uemaud, clear tax. W. UUSHION, JR.. " lt yi1'0. 5?" NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. A Dividend of. TWENTY-FIVE CENTS ner share will bo paid by tho HESTONVILLIC, MANTUA, AND 1'AIK.MOIjNT PASSENGER RAILWAY UOMPANV, treo of State tax, en and aftor Dooombnr I noxt, at the Ottice of the Company. No. 112 South h HUNT Street. Transfer Books will bo cloai'd November 3 and reopen Deotmbord. CHARLES P. HASTINGS, 111UU Treasurer. jEgy- JAMES M. SCOVEL, LAWYER, CAMDEN, N. J. Collecting done in all parti of the State and returns promptly made. 11 4 3w fiS- COLD WEATlIElt DOES NOT CHAP orroiiKhon the skin aftor using WRIGHT'S A L DONATED GLYCERINE TABLET OE SOLIDIFIED GLYCERINE. Itsdiiilvusn makes tho skin delicately toft and beautiful. Bold by all druggists. K. V G. A. WRIGHT, 2 45 No. m CIIESNUT Street. jib2r DK. F. If. THOMAS, THE LATE OPE- ratur of the Colton Dental Association, is now the ouh) t in Philudeldiia who devotos his entire tune aud practice to eitniotniK toelh, absolutely without pain, by fresh nitrous oxido Ollico, it 11 WALNUT St 1 2SJ JQT y COLTON DENTAL ASSOCIATION NITROUS OXIDE, OR LAUGHING OAS, And devote tlioir whole time aud practice to extracting teeth without num. ..-,. CIHce, KIG1I1 11 and WALNUT Btroeta. us; REM O THE PHILADELPHIA 8AVINO FUND S O O I E T Y Commenced business at its NEW OFFICE, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WASHINGTON SOUAKIC AND WALNUT STREET, ON flIONDAY. llth int 10 1 Jim T QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, W LONDON AND LIVERPOOL. CAPITAL, i."J,uuo m. SABINE, ALLEN A DULLES. Agents, FIFTH aud WALNUT hireute. flfty-"TlIOSK PERSONS THAT H.tVH Hl'SI- nc:swit't Win HM IllKy&US WiUcj'l atl.i.Of. NOVKMUKR 11, 1869. SPECIAL NOTIOE8. IaT SCIENTIFIC LECTURE 8. HALL YOUNG MFW8' OHRISTfAM ASSOCIATION, . No. 1210 OHKHNUT HTKK.KT. The Course of SrimUtlo Lectures for Iwii-TO, free ro mmnhnni arid thnir frifncln. will be opened TO MORROW !' ,J?,W.,t,KIIAOt 8 o'clock, by Professor LEMUEL I. I'KAlj, 8ubjoRt : "Ohnmioal Affinity." 1 o be illustrated with numerous and brilliant expert ainnts. Nov. 1? Rev. It. D. SAUNDERS, D. D. Hubjoct :- Russia the Moat Progressive Nation of the Eastern Continent." Nov. 9S, Eov. K E. ADAMS, D. D. Subject :-"Intidel Theories Couceraiag Man. Membership, l uo per annum. Tickets furnished at tho Secretary's desk. It jr THE HOLY COMMUNION WILL BE administered in the Church of the Epiphany, corner of CIIESNUT and FIFTEENTH Streets, on WEDNES DAY, at IU A. M. On TUESDAY and THURSDAY there will be Public Mooting for Prnyer, at t() A. M. The Business Meetings of the Members of the reepentivo Societies will take place at 11 A. M. on Tuesday and Wed nesday, and at 4 P. U. on Thursday. A collection will be taken at each mooting. It 9 3t jtfjy EVANGELICAL EDUCATION SOCIETY. The Anniversary Meeting will be hold (D. V.) at the Church of the Epiphany, corner of CHE8NUT and FIFTEENTH Streets, on THURSDAY EVENING, November II, at TM o'clock. Addresses by Rev. WIL LIAM R. NICHOLSON, D. D., of Boston, Maas.j Rev. MATSON MEIER SMITH, D. D., of Newark, N. J.: and THOMAS A. JAUGAR, of New York. 11 9 at OLOTHINO. FOR YQUR BUSINESS SUIT, You want one of oar universally admired Checked rattcrn Suits, With "Beaufort" Coat. "Harvard" Coat. "Oxford" Ooat, or "Chesterfield" Coat. 1 he whole arrangement to be suranunnd witi a mag nificent Treble-milled Melton Oversoxt, Kerseymere Overcoat, Double Beaver Cloth Overcoat. Drab Devonshire Overooat, Or any other kind of Overcoat you may tleiire tava oar ample stock. We can rig you out completely In Ten IVIinutes! With a gorgeous BUSINESS SUIT, and then you can go and ATTEND TO YOUR BUSINESS. Cheaper than ever ! Come and see ! ROCKHILL & WILSON, Great Brown Hall, HOB. 603 Ami 605 CIIESNUT STREET, FniLArrLPMA. WESTON & BROTHER, TAILORS, No. 900 ARCH ST., PHILADELPHIA, Invite special attention to their HANDSOME STOCK OP FALL AND WINTER GOOD3, JUST RECEIVED. A SUPERIOR GARMENT AT A REASONABLE PRICE. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 0 18 3mrp OCDEN & HYATT, MERCHANT TAILORS, No. 815 ARCH STREET. COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF CHOICE GOODS. TERMS MODERATE. 9 16 thsta3rarp 7" HE CHE8NUT STREET One-price Clothing House, NO. 609 CIIESNUT ST., ABOVE SIXTH. COMPLETE NEW FALL STOCK. LARGE AND CHOICE ASSORTMENT. PHICES AS LOW AS THE LOWEST. DO NOT FAIL TO CALL AND EXAMINE. STRICTLY ONE PRICE. 9 215 stutUm PERRY A CO. CARRIAGES. mm CARRIAGES! CARRIAGES! WILLIAM D. ROGERS, Nos. 1009 and 1011' CHESNUT Street, 11 11 tli8ta2m4p PHILADELPHIA. AUCTION SALES. fur additional A'letioni tee the Seventh i1i.7.l LIPPINCOTT, SON & CO., AUCTIONEERS, No. 'M MARKET Street. LAROK SPKCIAL AND ATTRACTIVE RALE OF HOLIDAY t.OOUS. hj order of Meuars. liocht Uro- thorn, Now York. On Monday Morning, Nov. 15, W9, at 10 o'clock, on four months' credit. A (J A HU, We are authorized by Muanra. llecht Bros, to say thai this will be the largest assortment oi Holi day tlooda ever otlerud by them, and will comprise nrtiolos from vnry low to very hih ooht goods, lots nuitublo for jobbers and Hist cUas retail tradt il 11 Htt COPARTNERSHIPS. THE COPARTNERSHIP BETWEEN EVANS -1 A Mll.LK.lt, Conl Unalnrs, has bean dissolved by the withdrawal of J. li. Kvuuh. Tho bujiuoss will bo continued and all bills settled by t). K. MI I.I. Kit, No. 784 SWANbON (street. Novouibor 8, 1H69. It t 3t MCCXXVIIIv speotfully inform Un dei takers that, in ordor to moet the inoreabod demand for my patent liUulAL UASKE'16, 1 have taken the Urga Isuloryat v looo Dlnn? ivifMiTw With my enlarged facilitins, I am now prepared to tap. ply promptly all orders in city or country K. 8. HARLEY DEAFNESS EVERY INSTRUMENT THAT science and skill have invented to assist the neariua lu every dctfrre of diiafuess; ulso, Respirators; also ,Jran dali's Patent tlrutcnoB, suporior to any othors io uso. at K MAUKIKA'S. lift. Hi B. TitNlU bUWl, bjjljw iy.iMaitU OROOERIE8, ETO. PEEK, FRf AN & COS ; LONDON FANCY BISCUITS. ALBERT, EUGENIE, AND PEARL MACAROONS. ARROWROOT DESSERT RUSK, PALACE VARIETIES, MIXED, OIN3ERBRBADS. And a great varictjr of FINE BISCUITS for social parties. SIMON COLTON & CLARKE, S. W. Corner BROAD and WALWUT, TlBtotll PHILADELPHIA, CLOTHS, OASSIMERES, ETO. GRAND DEMONSTRATION nr WM.T.SNODGRASS&CO. No. 34 SOUTH SECOND &TUEET. ASTRACHANS. ASTRACHANS. VELVET CLOTHS. VELVET CLOTHS. BEAVERS. BEAVERS. CHINCHILLAS. CHINCHILLAS. VELVETEENS. VELVETEENS. t,mmrP WATERPROOFS. WATERPROOFS. pEW CENTRAL CLOTII IIOUSb! FRIES, MALSEED & HAWKINS, S. E. CORNER EIGHTH AND MA.RKET. mPn? J10. conPlete, with a large assort. SJ. ,V?f GH?8 embracing ail varieties In our line, bought entirely for cash at loweHt prices, and whlcli we will Bell at a very small advance. Ladies' Cloakings. IMPERIAL PLAIDS, from 11-78 upward VELVET HKAVKKS, CAKACULLA8 inTfVc CUINCUILLAS, A1 kachans, fancy cloths WATERPROOFS, PLAIDS, STRIPES ANO MIX TL'RLS, from IttW upwards. Men's and Boys' Wear. ALL-WOOL CASSIMERES, from 75 cents upwards PLAID CASSIMERK.", SCOTCH CHEVIom ENGLISH MELTONS. FROSTED BEAVEK& BASINETS UOE3KIA9' COUDuibvS AND m?,VKT?J?YKIS' CHINCHILLA BEAVERS. TAILORS' TRIAIMINGM, WHOLESALE AND RE TAIL FRIES, MALSEED & HAWKINS, 11 Btuthssm S. E. Corno.BIGIITII and MARKET MINCED MEAT. VI I N C E O MEAT. THE BUST IN THU VMnUBT, THE NE PLUS ULTRA 3HNCED MEA r THIS FACT IS BEYOND QUESTION. The uodors'BDed is dow ready to All all ordors for tb above celebrated MUfOED MEAT. a auiTenwll, taon 11 orer the country. JOSHUA WRIGHT, S. W. OORNKB FRANKLIN and SPRING GARDEN PHILADELPHIA. Fob Sits bv ill Gaoccaa. 11 3 tutuslmrp FURS. 510. FURS. CHEAP AND GOOD. JOSEPH ROSENBAUM & CO., AT THEIR NEW AND LIGHT STORE, Ilo. 510 AXiCZZ Street, BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH STS., SOUTH SIDE. Are soiling their Splendid Stock of Fresh Imported and Best Made and Trimmed Furs, At lit educed PriceH. Please give them a call, and satisfy yourselves as to tha truthfulness of this advertisement. N. business done on Saturday. Furs altored, etc. H 6 gtnUil3t FINANCIAL. Q R E X E L & C O.; NO. 34 SOUTH THIRD STREET, Amorloau and Foreign IS8IJE DRAFTS AND CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CKfiDlT available ou prcaentotta any part ,5 J?fy?n Lan make m tnelr financial arrange, menu through ng, and we will collect tnelr Interest and dividends wltnout charge. 001 Dbkikl,Wd.ihbop4Co.,iDehxkl, Hi tuna & go, New Torfc. Pam p 10 4 ART GALLERIES. C. F, HASELTIIS " Oallorlew oi tlio iVrt, No. 1125 CHESNUT STREET. LOOKING GLASSES. 1 rames made to order, repaired and rogilt. ARTISTS' MATERIALS. t.u" t'"' 'd w"."'11 V Chromosof all kinds, AU. l'ainiiuirs restored, rellued. cleanod, add varnished t'rXdto U '"""'B""u t, rt " Matters kept or at TI.e Cileries of Oil Paintings, with standi I cdUo. twu, u..
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