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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1869.
THE SUIT TO RECOVER THE
SWORDS OF GEN. TWIGGS.
The most recent sensation in the way of a
lawsuit against a Union oflicer is the attomp'
of certain Rowena Florence to arrest and
prosecute Oencrnl Benjamin F. Butler for
his seizure, at Now Orleans, of throe valuable
Bwordfl, which were once the property of
Darid E. Twiggs. This doubly disgraced and
dishonored individual was the meanest and
most despicable spirit connected with the
Rebellion. As a Brigadier-General of the
Army of the United States be was entrusted,
in the early part of 180, with tho command
of all the military property and the army i
posts in Texas; nnd before the Confoderat-y
fob fairly organized, and without even a re
spectable demonstration of Rebel force or
strength being made against hitn,he delivered
all these forts, with other Government pro
perty, worth at least a million and a half of
dollars, for which he was personally respon
sible, to the rebellious authorities of
Texas. lie committed this act of
treason and of theft so clearly against the
wish of tho majority of his subordinate
officers and the private soldiers, that, after a
vain attempt to seduco them from thoir alle
giance, they were allowed to leave Texas, and
to return within the union lines without mo
lestation. As soon as the Government at
Washington heard of this infamous treachery,
an order was issued for the ignominious ex
pulsion of the.gteaiing, sneaking traitor from
the United States army, and he was, of
"Course, not permitted to resign. The Con
federate Government rewarded him by a com
mission as a Major-Geueral, and for a time
he was intrusted with the command of New
Orleans, but even in the domain of secession
the execrable nature of his conduct seems to
hare boon fully understood, and to have been
regarded by every mind not dead to all sense
of honor with the contempt it so richly
merited. As his action had furnished the
closest parallel that can be found in
our modern history to the premeditated
treachery of Benedict Arnold, he had
no favors to expect when, in 1802, the Anie-
. rican army entered New Orloans, in which
Oity he was then residing. Fully conscious
of the depth of his guilt, and of the fact that
he a thousand times more richly deserved a
felon's fate than Major Andre, who was
merely the unfortunate accomplice of Twiggs'
prototype, he hastily flod, and General Butler
and the Union officers took possession of the
quarters he had abandoned, as well as of his
property. If any man's goods should ever be
forfeited to the State, it should certainly be
those of the thief who had stolen a vast amount
of Government property, and had intensified
this crime by acting as a double
dyed traitor. Among this property were
the three swords now in issue. Twiggs, fully
conscious that the surrender of all his effects,
as well as the destruction of his ignominious
life, would be but a slight atonement for his
crimes, devised a scheme to save his swords,
by a short declaration, written during his
flight, that he left them to a certain Miss
Rowena Florence; bnt this deed of gift was
so manifestly a mere trick of a fugitive
scoundrel, that General Butler properly paid
no regard to it. Seizing the swords, ho sent
them to Washington, where they still await
the action of the national authorities. It is
difficult, undor the circumstances, to imagine
any lawsuit in which the ground of action
was more untonable than in the present
instance. The swords long since passed
from the control of General Butler, and it
is beyond his power to restore them to Miss
Florence, whose proper course, if her claim
is valid, is to appeal to Congress. But even
if her grounds for legal action were a thou
sand times butter than they are, it is high
time that the pVosecutions of all Union officer
for anything they may have done amiss during
the war should ceaso. The nation has actod
. magnanimously to those who were concerned
in the Rebellion. Not one of tho leading
actors has been prosecuted by the courts, and
although the South contains thousands of
men who would have been liable to prosecu
tions, pardon after pardon has been issued,
until even their arch-criminals stand guilt
less in tho eye of the law.
The spirit which remains untouched by
this example must bo to the last degree re
vengeful and barbaric; and bince it proves so
intractable and so firmly resolved that, while
& universal amnesty is granted on the part of
the victors, there will be no grant of am
nesty by the vanquished, fair-minded men in
all parts of tho country should unito in
frowning down these ftttetjopts to revive bit
ter memories. If such a thing is possible,
Congress thonld provide for the punishment
of those who bring vexations suits founded ou
. occurrences of the war, and tho Miss Rowena
Florences should be taught that such enter
prises will ensure tbem not only unenviable
notoriety, but other penalties which even
their hardened natures will not lightly
invoke.
THE NA VA h (J UESTION.
The naval question has assumed a double
aspect. In taddition to tho long-standing
dispute between tho line and stall', another
difficulty has been brought to the surface,
concerning the relative powers of naval com
manders and our diplomatio representatives
abroad.
In relation to tho question of relative rank
in tho lino and btaft', but little need bo said in
addition to the full comment! which, h.av
repeatedly made Tpon the subject. A oirn
initwion is now in session at Washington, en
trusted with tho difficult task of adjusting the
differences between the two branches of the
service which have so long impaired the
efficiency of the navy. As first announced,
this commission oonsisted of three members
from the staff, and an equal number from
tho lino. Here was a show of justice, but it
was quickly dissipated by the appointmont of
an additional lino officer; and when it was
seen that such an inequality in the represen
tation of the two branches of the service
would render the commission an ostensible as
well as a practical farce, an attempt was made
to hoodwink the public by increasing tho
membership of the commission to ten, equally
divided between the lino and staff. Surgeon
Finckney, who holds a scat in the commission
ns a representative of the staff, is said to be
the only staff officer in the navy who favors
Vice-Admiral Forter's notions of the innate
and inherent superiority of a lino over a staff
officer. If this allegation be true, tho com
mission will prove a mere farce, and its re
commendations have no moro weight than if
tho commission were mado up exclusively of
representatives of the line. About the only
thing thus far accomplished by the commis
sion is the granting of permission to the staff
officers to present a protest against tho word
ing of the order convoking tho commission,
which reads as follows: "Said officers are
constituted a board to examine into all ques
tions in regard to the rank of the lino and
the ciiil officers of the navy." The designa
tion of tho staff as civil officers was nothing
more nor less than a direot and intentional
insul t.f or which Vice-Admiral Torter is unques
tionably responsible. The action of the com
mission in permitting the staff officers to pro
test against this slur deserves no special com
mendation, for common decency demanded
it, and presents no reliable indication of its
probablo action on more material points.
Tho difficulty concerning the relative powers
of our naval commanders and diplomatio re
presentatives abroad arose from the dispute be
tween J. Watson Webb, our former Minister to
Brazil, and Rear-Admiral Davis, who was in
command of the Brazilian station. This sub
ject is also undergoing investigation at tho
capital, and an effort is being made by a
committee of Congress to ascertain the claims
and practices of the diplomatic and naval
services. Vice-Admiral Forter yesterday ap
peared before tho committee, and with his
customary assumption explained to them, in
the language of a Washington despatch, "why
it was not exactly the thing for naval officers
to recognize any but their superior officers iu
tho navy."
In this connection we reproduce the follow
ing communication, which appeared in the
New York Time, over the signature of
"Emir," on the 10th of February last;
"The Wehb-lUvIs liiti;tiltv hits exclteil considera
ble tliRt'iisaiuu in naval circles, as it involves not
only the rights, hut the official dignity of ouo of its
most diHtiiiKUl.shed oruuhiuntH ltoar-Arimiral Davis.
The. press has commented rather too freely ou this
subject without iii!d!rntiiuilng fulUi Urn Main of
uaval oillcers coniiiiittidliii? our siiiaiirons abroad. It
forgets tlmt an Admiral U clothed with extraordi
nary powers, and is entirely independent of any
ministerial control; Unit lie is the hlliest represen
tative of our country abroad, and is Hulxirdiuuteontv
to the Secretary of the Navy and tho President of
the I'nltcd States. It Is a gratuitous Insult to
the navy to mipposo that its line oillcers cannot
exercise Judgment iu international ailuirs, or
act upon their own responsibility in all matters re
latliitr to the honor of our i!:i'. Thev r n well
versed in diplomacy mid iuteruationaflaw as most
of our foreign JlHiislcra, and it is admitted that
naval lino oillcers are the bent educated men in anv
branch of the public service. They piiss at the Naval
Acauciny nil orneui lumicr titan west J'uint, i ale, or
Harvard, or even Oxford or Cambridtie. and tira not
only thoroughly grounded in everything relating to
war, naval ami military engineering, etc., but aim in
the hiy her wiener ami international law a claxaicnl
education nut attainable tltewliere in thin country. No
wonuer uieu iniiu ineyareprouu oi tneir position,
and jealous of their rights ami privileges, that they
are more dignified ami lev democratic than their
army eo.ifrere, and that they indignantly resent the
interference of civilian Similiters with their shins or
squadrons unless through the Secretary of the Navv.
inn iruunie oeiweeu Autumn uavis and Mr.
Webb arose from the fact that the latter rciuired the
Admiral to send his fleet without delav to the Itivcr
Plate for the protection of American interests. The
Admiral having reliable information from one of hi
oillcers as to the state of ail'alrs, saw no necessity
for a warlike demonstration, and fearing to embroil
the r ntted states with a foreign power, very pro
perly, uo doubt, dissented from the opinion of our
Minister and refused to mill. It is absurd to suppose
that any necessity whatever can give the right to
an Knvoy to direct the commander of a squadron to
imike a demonstration with his ileet, or to uso any of
his vessels for any purpose, without the authority of
the Secretary or the President.
'The idea seems to lie that our squadrons are to
be used for the protection of our Interests whenever
necessary in the estimation of an Enmt Extranrdi
uary, reducing the navy to a (Jovcrnmeut police iu
times of peace, a position which they may occupy in
countries whero Ambassadors represent the sove
reign power, and in consequence exercise anthority
over their naval commanders. Thi3 will not do
under a republic; our Admirals are as much the
representatives of the 1'nlted Slates ascurJIlniaters;
they are of equal, if iwt superior rank; their powors
are greater, their diimity wo less yet there are those
who would seeoursea-klngs, who saved the coun
try in its need, subordinated to a mere civilian
Minister Plenipotentiary, who knows nothing what
ever about naval ailalrs. Minister Webb consulted
and advised with Admiral Davis upon tho critical
position or Messrs. Bliss and Masternian, and when
the Admiral dissented, the matter should have ended
there. Personal feeling, however, was engendered by
the Minister's rcquinttion for tho Admiral's fleet,
which was considered an interference on tho part
of a civilian ; and to prove to Minister Webb that he
had no authority over him, the Admiral very pro
perly not only refused to go on the 8th (Instead of
the loth), but .delayed sailing until it suited his own
convenience, on tho aoth. This assertion of the Ad
miral's dignity and rights excited the wrath of the
Minister, who assails tho navy by deuying tho neces
sity for large squadron's abroad, dilating upon the
necessary expenses of tho 'Admiral's yacht,' as lie
terms the llagihlps, forgetting that there is quite as
much necessity lor Admirals and their 'yachts' as
for our Ministers or iaivoys abroad. Your corres
yondeut 'TV claims that 'ten millions now thrown
away upon squadrons which are of no nso when re
quired, may be saved In the annual expenditures.'
lie forgets that these squadrons are of use. Truly,
not when our Mi mat ere require them, but when our
Admiral chooses to uso them ; and of that necessity
when abroad they alone must J'idge, for our squad
rons are not only required to keep up our naval
prestige, but to vhola the dvjnity of our Admirals on
every foreign station.
"Minister Webb complains of receiving a commu
nication from tho Admiral at a 'corner grocery' where
it was probably left lor convenience sake; bnt ho
sees nothing derogatory to diplomatic dlguity In
handing Mr. Washburn's official letter to l'lt Suntion
Ducal to read and deliver to tho Admiral, or In send.
iug his communications by a doctor to the com
mander of a licet.
"In conclusion, Minister Webb is correct In saying
that theAdiulral and himself cannot both be right. For
the honor of our country let us hope that Congress will
speedily settle this matter in favor of Admiral Davis.
so as to prevent In future any civillau agent of our
uoverumenr, nowever nigii, from interfering or at
tempting to exercise authority over uaval oillcers,
no matter what way bo their rank or position."
Tho above doouniout roads very muoh like
a burlesque, but thoso who are familiar with
the arrogant spirit of tho great majority of
tho line officers in the navy, will not hesitate
in pronouncing it a serious presentation of
thoir claims, only tho more characteristic be
causo of its almost insolent (wsumjitlou of
superiority for any and every graduate of the
Naval Academy. Not until tho line officers
are forced, either by their own sense of jus
tice and docency, or by tho interposition of
Congress, to lower their claims, can wo hope
to witness that degree of harmony in our
naval service which is so essential to its effi
ciency; and not until our Lord High Admi
rals are made to realize the fact, by somo
authority, that they are not the supreme rep
resentatives of this country abroad, will our
relations with foreign Governments and our
most vital interests throughout tho world be
secure from thoir perilous interference.
TllK IDOLS OF DM, A WA UK.
Thbkk is now at tlieofllco of Tbk Evknino Tri.k
oitArii, for the inspection of the curious, a work of
art such as rould scarcely have been produced In
any other than a semi-barbarous statu of society,
and yet it has all the r ssentlals of art of the very
highest grade, for tho artist has cvldrutly put his
whole soul into the execution of the work, and It
expresses all that lie intended. The best ctfort of
the most finished sculptor oould do no morn than
this, and in this performance wc hive brought
iK-foro our eyes, In a manner at onco edifying and
suggestive, a proof of the stale of civilization at a
place not more than forty miles from Philadelphia.
On Saturday last took place tho usual half-yearly
sacrifice at the shrine of St. rillory, and the usually
quiet town of New C'astlo was treated to the exhibi
tion It so fondly admire". There, just between the
Episcopal and Presbyterian churches, which point
their spires to heaven, seeming to Indicate that
Christianity has some foothold In Delaware, stands
Delaware's Idol that Christianity lias not yet been
able to overthrow. Indeed, Delaware may lc said
to be joined to her idol, for while the entire press of
the United States was condemning the barbarisms of
St. Pillory, she took down the blood-stained wlilp-plng-post
that had stood for so many years In the
Jail-yard, and erected a new one defiantly in Its place.
Tho wood of the old whipping-post was eagerly ap
propriated In bits by the faltiiful as relics, and tho
work of art now in our possession i imleof some
of the splinters. The artist is a prisoner In the New
Castle jail, and one of the victims who have suiTered
under tho lash of tho Shcrlir of New C'astlo
county. This, therefore, is no Idle effort
of fancy, but a stern reality, that tells
the story of the whipping post and pillory in a moro
graphic manner than any words can do. It Is a re
presentation iu miniature of the New Castle whip
ping post and pillory, with a couple of offenders
against Delaware law confined nock and hands,
while below the Sheriff is "operating" on tho back of
a victim. One of the most remarkable features of
this specimen of Delaware art is tho resemblance
tho figures bear to these hideous, grotesque idols
that pious missionaries are so fond of bringing home
from Africa and the South Sea Islands, to show
to Sunday School children for the purpose of
Impressing them with a horror of heathenism. We
especially admire the (Igure of the Sheriff, which la
evidently taken from life, ami the artist has exer
cised all his ability in the attempt to represent the
ferocious features of this minister of the law. The
Sheriff is cortaiidy a success, whatever may be
thought of the other figures. Lie looks more
than half ashamed of his work, as if
there were about half a dozen reporters looking on
to inform the civilized world exactly how ho laid on
every stroke, and at ttie same time there Is a wicked
cxproHBlon about his eyes and a fierce twist In his
beard, as if lie would bo particularly delighted If he
could only get a chance to swing his cat over the
backs of all the editors and reporters who have
united In denouncing tho Delaware instrument of
torture. AJl of our readers have U?ard of tho whip
ping-post and pillory, but fevv of them, happily, have
ever seou them in operation. Even those who aro
curious on the subject cannot very well make a trip
to New Castle whenever the se.ml-aiiuual perform
ance comes off, and for tho benefit, therefore, of
those who desire to see for themselves exactly what
the Delaware whipping-post and pillory looks like,
the model we have referred to can be inspected at
this ofllce for a few days.
The denunciations of the whipping-post system
which have taken place by the press all over the
country have been bitterly resented by the people Of
Delaware ; and tho old cry of the pro-slavery advo
cates, "let us alone," is repeated with all due vehe
mence. But tho eyes of tho civilized world are on
Delaware; her whipping-post Is an offense against
civilization; It Is a nuisance to all tho neighboring
States, who have to receive and support the crimi
nals that are driven across her borders by tho lash
of the sheriff, because her people are too mean to
build a penitentiary ami take care of them in a
proper manner; and it is Impossible that we should
let Delaware alone until she abolishes the whipping
post and becomes civilized like her neighbors. There
arc people in Delaware who are heartily ashamed of
her criminal code, and who are agitating with good
effect to have it done away with, but as yet they are
iu the minority, and tho worshippers of St. Pillory
are too strong to bo overthrown. Delaware moves
slowly, and conservation has a fast hold, in the
lower counties especially; but' Delaware is too small
to withstand for any grout time the pressure of pub
lic oplulon, and the day cannot be far distant when
tho whlpplng-posl will follow slavery and other
abominations.
COMMKW'B OK THE NOItTH CKtlMAN CONFEDERA
TION. Tile imports into tho Zollvereln during tho
llrst half of the current year compare favorably with
the corresponding period of lws. or tho most im
portant articles the following quantities paid duty or
were admitted duty free: Haw cotton, 1,191,252
centners (compared with the preceding year, 29 per
cent, less) ; twist, 1C;i,32T centners (S per cent, less) ;
dyewoods, iiyj,7S4 centners (1 C per cent, more) ; in
dlgo, 21,7'Ju centners ( per cent, more); raisins,
1,483,420 centners (44 per cent, more) ; steel, 2S,ooo
centners (IS percent, more),- coarse hardware, 140,711
centners (124 per cent, more); Iron ore, 2,237,867
centners (13 per cent, more ;) flax and hemp, M9,8T9
centners (21 per cent, less) ; grain, 13,217,077 scheffela
(43 per cent. lcs.) : green concave glass, 12,83 cent
ners (109 per cent, more); raw hides, 814,032 cent
ners (30 per cent, more) ; machines, principally of
cast iron, 84,000 centners (33 per cent, more); do.,
chiefly of malleable iron, 17,023 centners (4t per
cent, more); raw liuen thread, machine spun,
81,208 centners (u7 per cent. ru.rc); grey packing
linen, fiO.siaa centners (11-7 per cent, more); un
bleached linen, 23,7.9 centners (31 per cent, more);
wine, 308,21)4 centners (4'J percent- more) ; dried fruit,
127,800 centners (54 per cuur. more); herrings, 171,283
tons (28 per cent, more) ; coffee, 608,501 centners (4-3
percent, more); salt, 4 ffl.liil centners (13 per cent,
less); raw tobacco, 200,010 centners (45 per cent,
less) ; tea, 7760 centners (12-4 per cent, more) ; olive
oil for machinery, 60,082 centners (03 per cent, more) ;
Unseed oil, 105.217 ceiitners (OS per cent, more); tal
low, 05,030 ceutucrs (23 per cent, more) ; raw silk,
15,907 centners (80 per cent, less); coal, 15,990,208
centners (7 per cent, more); turf, 2-24,805 centners
(.'; per cent, more) ; petroleum. 710,620 centners (2
per cent, more) ; horses, 21,713 (9-9 percent, less);
oxen, 45,B07 (20 per ccut. more) ; cows, 23,007 (9-9 per
cent, more) ; pigs, 273,018 (29 per cent, more); raw
wool, 303,729 centners (22 per cent, less) ; raw woollon
yarn, 127,602 centners (4 0 per cent, less); woollen
ariiules, U6.097 centners (21 per cent. more).
Tub Misstssii'i'i I.kvbks The reclamation of tho
vast area or alluvial soil on the banks or tho Missis
sippi is a matter In which many States of the Union
are directly Interested. Tho lato convention at
Louisville took action on tho subject and referred
tho matter to Congress. Tlicy ask for some aid from
Congress, but they say that tho work could not be
done either by State or Kedci .il intervention alone.
A meeting was recently held at New Orleans, when
the whole matter was canvassed, and tho following
conclusions were reached:
First That tho work was ontirely practicable, that
tho means known to science for the prevention of
crevasses were abundant, and they needed only to
be applied to use, as they never. hail been;
Second. That the work could be done more effec
tual! and v;jyfijr,,j by privs'.-, wcrprwu, ua'l
Sn If I L "'etlnn of an associated company, than
VhX.? X'rn,n,,,t"1 superintendence;
t ih Jl . 1 " ""al and uniform plan op?l.f Ing
irw.fLW h0 ? rhrpr a,1er hs essential to protect
Lt?l L?w!ilch y,onl,i b greatly exposed If each
mate should undertake to protect Its own shores:
iumkIIH' ,TrM "''P bp Rt once taken to organtste a
company for operation.
It waa proposed to raise a company with f50,000,00l,
and to do the work promptly and cfTlclently, having
always a hody of workmen at hand ready to rush to
any exposed or devastated point. Somo Idea of the
value of the work to bo done may be gathered from
the fact mat MajoMJennral Humphreys, In his re
port on (he hydraulic of too Mississippi river, statos
Ihatasysbm of levees will reclaim several million
acres of the best arablo lauds In the world, capablo
of producing at least one bale to the aero, which, at
100 per bale, would yield alone H20,000,000.
Tins Wout.n ok Ours. There aro now on tho
globe l,23S,ooo,ooo of souls, of which boo.ooo.ooo are
of the Caucasian race; i .',000,000 of tho Mongul
rnce; 17,ooo,0i 0 of tho Malay race; 1,000,000 of tho
Indo-Ameriean race. Thero are 8842 languages
spoken, and 100 different religions. Tho yearly
mortality of the globe is 33,333,333 persons. This Is
at Liberate of ,i,r per day, 8730 per hour, 62 per
minute. 80 each pulsation or tho heart marks tho
decease or some human creature. The average of
human life is 63 years. Married men live longer than
Kltiglo ones. One-eighth of the whole population la
military. There are 830,000,000 Christians, B.000,000
Israelites, C0,0f0,00 Aslatio religionists, 190,000.000
Alol.ommednns, and Roo.oon.ooo Pagans. lit the
Christian churches .170,000,0110 profess the Koman
Catholic, 7r.,ooo,0o profess the Greek, faith, 90,009,000
the lTotettant.
(Jamb in Skaso.n Minister Mandarin Hurlingame
Is in Kcrlln, He is a daring man as well as a man
darin. SPECIAL. NOTIOES.
For ad'Htlonal Special KoUce tee the Inride iw.
jjfggo, GENTLEMEN WIS1IINO A. Q(JYT
Cut inthe'highest style, and made
up with every embellishment or
Silk Facings, Velvet Collars,
Quilled Lapels, etc., can got it best,
cither ready-made or to order,
at Nos. 819 and 920 CI I ESN UT Street.
ANY GENTLEMAN WISI1INU
whether plain or nobby, made
of fancy Casslmerc or Heavy
Cloths, artistically cut, warranted to
tit well, can get the beet, cither
ready-made or to order, at Nos.
819 ami 820 CIIESNUT Street.
ANY GENTLEMAN WI6IIINU A VEST
cut high or low, mado of Velvet,
Silk, or any other flue material,
can satisfy himself best in
tho Custom Department or
Ready-made Department of
Nos. 818 an l 820 CIIESNUT Street.
TIIE CUESNTJT STREET
CLOTIHNG ESTABLISHMENT,
OP
102J
JOHN WANAMABLEK
NOS. 818 AND 820 CIIESNUT STREET.
OVERCOATS. OVERCOATS. OVERCOATS.
ZT JOHN B. COUGH
AT TflR
ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER C,
Subject "ClltCUMBTANC'KS."
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER i;S,
Subjoct-"UAlT."
HENRY WARD EEECIIER,
Subject not yet announced,
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBEUABY I.
HORACE GREELEY,
"Thb Woman Question,"
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22.
These Lectures will be delivered in tho Academy of
Jlunio, on the days named, for the benofit of the Young
Hen's Obritttian Association of Philadelphia.
Tickots for the course of four loctures will be sold at
Duffleld Ashmoad's Bookstore, No. 724 Ohesnut street, on
Tuesday, November 80. Single Tickets on Wednosdny,
December 1. Reserved Seats Course Tickets, $2'50 ; Sin
gle Tickets, 7,'c. ; Kamily Circle, BUu. 111 2J 24 27 23
ACADEMY OF MTJsTc.
THE STAR C0UR"SE" OF LECTURES.
mrn LKOTURK
ON MONDAY KVOINl J, Nov. 2
HON. 8. S. COX.
Subject "Progress in Hiuin." (Prepared exprossly for
this oceaxion.)
WKDNE8VAY KVKNINO. Pro 1
HON. CIIARLKS SUMNKIt,
Subject "Tho Question o( C!tte."
HIIDAY KY KNINO, Io. 11,
HKV. ROItERT COL1 YKK, !. 1..
Subject -"Clear Grit."
DCC.7-STARK TWAIN.
Dec. DkOOKDOVA.
Deo. lti-WKNIKLL PHILLIPS.
A dinifnion, B0o. Renorvo.1 HnatH, I'm.
Tickets fur sale at tiOULU'ii l'mnn Wareroome, No. ftl
('HI' "MIS UT Street, and at the Academy ou tho ovcuing of
the Lecturea.
Orchestral Prelude at o'clock. 1131 7t
t? HOMOEOPATHIC HOSPITAL FAIR,
AT IIORTIOUMTRAL HAM,,
WILL CONTINUi! OPEN T1L.L SuTil INST. t
The Lady Managers desire to announce that the eiten
alvo preparation of articles for I bin fair was beyond tbo
capacity of tho llall to properly display, and tlmt the
tables are Dow, notwithstanding the lrg aules, as abun
dant lyimpplied with every class of goods as at its com
mencement, and will be added to from reserves yet num.
lnliiied. Rvsry article ottered at remunerative prices
only. No auction bales will lie made.
CARL hKNTZ'8 OUUHKSTKA every evening. 113431'
OUOTHINQ.
MEN AND MEASURES.
AS FAST A3 MEN COME
IT GIVES US GREAT PLEASURE,
WITH SPEED AND EXACTNESS
TO TAKE EAfll ONE'S MEASURE.
WE II AVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OP GARMENTS IN STORE,
AND CAN MAKE, TO YOUR ORDER,
A FEW THOUSAND MORS.
No end of variety In elegant fabrics for Winter
Wear.
Custom Department in the most efficient opera
tion. Throngs of Joyful customers constantly obtaining
the moBt complete satisfaction.
JUST NOW our GORGEOUS OVERCOATS are
tie Bpccialty of the day.
COME, and be COMFORTABLE as well as GOOD
IXOKINQ, at the lowest cash prices.
EOCKHILL & WILSON,
Great Srown Hall,
jlOS. 60S AND 605 OHESNUT STliEKT,
PmiAPELPUlA,
OHOOERIE8, ETO.
ATTRACTION! ATTRACTION!
200 SSGS
Extra Fine White Almeria Grapes,
ONLY
45 CENT8 PER POUND.
CRIPPEN & MADDOCK,
No, 115 SOUTH THIRD STREET.
7i:r 1'ropFJnfnt Dclieen Italln,
In whole, half, and quarter
boxes.
IVew Citron.
Currant,
l'runcllo.
lrl ncoHM Almond,
llorlrnux l'riinrn,
cctIlcM ClterrieM.
Doultlc iilouceeter and lYeufrha
t'l Cueee,
JUST RECEIVED IN I'INE ORDER.
Extra Fine Goshen Butter,
IN IS MALL TUBS.
The Finest Quality Family Flour,
Made from Southern White Wheat.
And a full assortment of CANNED FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES, 8ARDINES, etc., which we offer to
families In unbroken packages at wholesale prices.
CRIPPEN & MADDOCK,
Dealer nnd Importer In I'lne
CiiroccrieH of Erery Description,
No. 115 South THIRD Street,
II 84 lMp BELOW CIIESNUT. Philadelphia.
18 0 9.
CQUSTVS EAST END GROCERY
WHITE ALMERIA GRAPES, 48 cents per lb.
FINE DEHESA RAISINS.
FINEST PRINCESS PAfER SHELL ALMONDS.
FINE LAYER FIOS.
CHOICE MEDICINAL WINES AND BRANDIES.
OUR TABLE SHERRY,
IJ-60 per gallon by cask, or $2-75 by Ore-gallon
demijohn.
COUSTY'S EAST END GROCERY,
No. 118 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
11 IS mwfUtrp BELOW CHESNUT.
8EWINQ MACHINES.
HEELER & WILSON O
SEWING MACHINES
Are the Best, and are Sold on the Easiest Terms.
PETERSON & CARPENTEB,
GENERAL AGENTS,
no. 914 CIIESiUT Street,
B B fmwl PHILADE ,1'HIA.
J HE AMERICAN
COMBINATION BUTTON-HOLE
AND
SEWIIIG MACHINE
Is now universally admitted to be superior to
others as a Family Machine. TUB SIMPLICITY
EAfiK, AND CERTAINTY with which It oporates
as well as tho uniform excellence of Its work,
throughout the entire range of sewing, la
Stitching, Hemming, Felling, Tucking,
Cording, Braiding, Quilting, Gath
ering, and Sewing on, Over
seaming, Embroidering on
the Edge, and its Beauti
ful Button-Hole and
Eyelet Hole Work,
PLACE IT UNQUESTIONABLY FAR IN AD
VANCJS OF ANY OTHER SIMILAR
INVENTION,
OFFICE,
S. W Cor. ELEVENTH and CHESNUT
IT fmwSinrp PHILADELPHIA.
LOOKING CLASSES, ETO.
EARLE8' GALLERIES
V IU be removed In fuw day, to tbs old location,
No. 810 CHFSXl'T STREET,
At prsaant.
No. 819 CHE8NUT STREET.
Now publicbinir. rim of eiquiitit PHOTOGRAPHIC
VIh.Yb, liy l'nrvmiici-, alou tho t'minaylron'a H.ilrniil,
in tour ai.oai "Umiu," Uui ik.; "kleiliuiu," !J onnt; "1m.
KHrial," 6Uoent;bteocoiio, 25 oonu. Ciioului.ou j
plication. NKW UllROMOH of every character.
NKVV r M.KAY INtiK.
1,hK1NO til.ASt.KH. n larss anil tni Irety new stock.
PORTRAIT AN1 HtUTtiKh. I'KAMKa.
KUUKitS' GROUPS, K'iO. K'lO. limwMp
TO RENT.
ROOM AND TOWER TO LET IN
now fWe-atory buililiuir, r'it'th and Columbia
avenue. liOSTON AND PHILADELPHIA.
1 1 1 a:t :u
r ALT PIH1I CO., Itooiu 12. 374 S. TUIUU tft.
CTKVKNSO.Ti, IIUO., .V CO.,
OII.H,
U I) Sia. N. 1 3-4 8. 8JiWD
NEW rUBLIOATlONS
He eometh vnto yon with a Tale whM h,iZ
rth children from flay, andoldmmi from tf
Chimney corner. Six Thilip Hidne.
THE STORY OF ft BSD BOI.
BY TIIOMA8 BAILRT ALDRIOH. Profwwty Itlu
UaUdbyS. Rytinxo.Jr. 130. ' ,
This Btory while appearing ln OUR YOURd KOLKH
baa bten followed by ail road em, old a well yootrir. wit
enthusiastic interest. The eJcelio nnturalnoai and
ulrn pilot ty which have diatinguifhed it : the varied and at
tractive chnraoter of ita incident, ; the healthy, manly
tone from beinninc to end : and the porfoot charm of it.
style-have won for Mr. Aldrtch'e story an unpreoedeatod
popularity.
H he idea of pointing the contrast between the anhealttt?
"ood boy" on the one extreme and tbo really bad hoy a.
the other, by a etory of an active, wide awnke boy. nook an
aversuo boy. are, in oarried out1 by Mr. Aldriub with Jt
lrableeaill.-MkiWfr. "n WHU ad-
The moat natnral tory ever writton. Mr. Aldrich la
wlnn.Mt tbo loveof evory boy in ibe Uuiled Utee.-A3
harm inwffnnt, "r"
A n admirable apecimen of what a boy'a atorr hoof A h.
for tale by all Booksellers. Sent postpaid on reonlpt of
price by the Pnbli&hcre,
FIELDS, OSGOOD A CO.,
BOSTOW.
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BY THH
American Sunday-School Union.
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pp i'ie V a CounlrJr i,arlsh- iwmocioth, sad
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DREAD FROM GOD. 4to, mtuila, with
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Teachers In invited to the. largo and beautiful awi"rt
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received rrom London. '
For sale by the
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U Hi mwfot
JUST PUBLISHED,
Little Ifcosie Series,
BY MARQARKT HOSMER,
A,itt0.roi'!Chn,T3!.tlm Missionary," "The) Voyage of the
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8 vols, lftno. Beautifully illustrated by Fiber. .
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Hr set, 2 35. .,
LITTLK ROSIK'S FIRST PI, AY DAYS
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CHRISTMAS TJMBS.
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rtict that "Little Roam" will soon become as general a
favorite as thoy are.
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PUKLISUFRS,
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