THE DAILT EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1809.; srxnxT or the press. Kwltorfnl Opinion of the Lending Janrnala Upon (lilrrcnt ToBlow-Coinplled Evert lr for Hie Evening THi-graph. TLIK CONGRESSIONAL PASTIME OF MOCKING THE DEAD. Frnm the N. Times. In out public life ft custom prevails which is very litllo to our creilit. It haa apparently not. been borrowed from any other peopl, and, ho far as we are aware, it has never yet been borrowed from us. It conHiHtn, in the first place, of proclaiming war to the knife against the man who happens to diverge, thongh ever so slightly, from tho regular party lines. He may have been an eminent loader of (.that party, and have rendered it dis fcingushed services in days when enemies were powerful and friends but few. He may save spent a long lifetime in contend ing for the principles which it is the lot of younger men to embrace only when the hardest part of the battle is over. But should lie hesitate or refuse to commit himself to some particular measure of which his judg ment disapproves, all his past life counts for nothing. His actions are misrepresented, his motives blackened, his honor assailed. The people are called upon to cast him out, and it becomes dangerous to raise even a voice in his behalf. The mark of Cain is set upon him. rrosontly he dies, and another peculiarity of our customs comes into play. We pro ceed to "do him justice." "When it is too late to injure him any further, we magnanimously resolve to toll the truth. If he happens to have been in Congress, his collengues, whose tongues were lately full of venom and gall, rise in solemn order, one after another, and rehearse carefully-prepared orations in his honor. Each ne tries to outdo the rest in praising the man who a few weeks boforo was bitterly slandered. There is no trace of shame in their countenances. There is no remorse mingled with the mawkish sentimen tality of their schoolboy addresses. They act like performers in a show, as if they had been hired to mock the dead with flattery. The howlers at an Irish wake are at least in earnest for the moment. But these "funeral orators" soldom are. If they had spoken while yet the object of their eulogies were alive, it would be possible to respect their candor. But first they hunt a man into his grave, and then hypocritically proclaim thoir griof at his loss. They defame his life, and call it "reparation" to fling a few artificial flowors on his coitin. Surely, of the two, the ineonse burnt nfter death is more offensive than the dirt cast at the living. Most of us can judge for ourselves what Mr. Fessendon would have thought of the npoeches made on Tuesday by Senators who had pursued him to the end with implacable enmity and rancor. Can we forget the foul calumnies which wero heaped upon him when he deolined to go step by step with some who now heap praise upon his memory? He know how unjust the accusations were, and his accusers knew it too but the barbed arrows struck, and the poison must have lingered in the wound. A man of high principle and feeling is very sensitive of his honor, and when ho is slandered is it supposed that he does not bleed inwardly? Is it imagined that the loud shouts of detraction and malice do not come ladon with sorrow to him in his own cham ber ? Senator Sumner now tells us that Mr. I'essenden was a "man of perfect integrity and austerest virtue" that "he was inacces sible to those temptations which in various forms beset the avenues of publio life." Senator Morrill praises his "disin terested devotion to worthy ends and aims." Senator Williams declares that "he was invariably above suspicion." So runs the chorus of adulation; and it was but yesterday that shameful reproaches were pouring from Senators and partisans on the name man. Is there no conscience remain ing in politicians? Has it ceased to be dis honorable to traduce innocent men, and only to avow that they were traduced after their deaths? To plead for justice to the living would be idle. But is it not an indeoent spectacle to see men, who aspire to be called "statesmen," pretending to weep over the grave of one whom they wilfully and wan tonly assailed when his estimate of duty dif fered trom tneire A CHANGE IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT DEMANDED. From the If. T. Sun. This country, standing in the light of its experiences during the last tea years, ought to be the foremost nation of the earth in the cause of popular freedom and representative government. Especially should it be the will ing and courageous champion of these inte rests in the Western Hemisphere. But, so far from meeting the publio expectations, and performing its duties in this regard, it abandons Cuba, and thus falls far short of emulating the brilliant example set by tho" Government forty-five years ago, when the other colonies of Spain on this continent were struggling to achieve their independence. Then James Monroe filled the exeoutive chair; the Seoretary of State was John Quincy Adams; and the Senate Chamber and House of Representatives echoed with the logic of Benton and the eloquence of Clay. Then the United States, though comparatively but a feeble power, assumed an attitude in regard to these struggles which commanded the re aped of all Europe, and finally . compelled Spain to relax her hold upon most of her transatlantic possessions. Now our cowardly and inconsistent course on the Cuban question excites the surprise and will soon evoke the contempt of Euro pean powers. Spain no doubt is amazed at the facility with whioh a lawyer whom she hires, and who is only a son-in-law of the Sec retary of State, is able to control General Grant's administration; while England, though gratified to see us abase ourselves at the feet of one of the weakest despotisms of Europe, must wonder at our folly; for she knows that the anti-American conduct of the administration in the matter of Cuba will enure greatly to her advuntage whenever General Grant and his Secretary of State shall muster up courage enough to pro pose to reopen negotiations on the Alabama question. , This mismanaged Alabama business has been partly used to make cowards of the President and his Secretary of State. Thev seem to be afraid of establishing precedents in the Cuban affair which will embarrass them in enforcing tho Alabama claims, failing to see. that there is really no analogy in the two cases, and that they stand on entirely differ-, ent grounds, and are governed by quite dis similar nriuoinlos of international law. But it is ot little use to argue with men, mougn iney may toe Presidents and seoreta rie of State, whose brains are muddlod with eitrwiaous intluenoes, and whose ' courage tiM mi oozea out 01 the na ins of their hands, If Lenerai Grant WMuld, aav' kia renntation and Lis administration, he vomt-i promptly change the head of his Cabinet, and intrust . . A A' . me uiaiidgomeui 01 our iojga auairs to statesman who Jis neither a wershipper of I England nor the father-in-law of a lawyoi I who gets in gold forty thousand dollar fees from Spain. un, lor one aay ot donn tjuincy Aaams or Andrew Jackson 1 THE NEW SUPREME COURT JUDGE. fYom the If. T. World. In accordance with general expectation, tho President has nominated Attorney-General Hoar to fill the vacancy on the bench of the Supreme Court caused by the death of J 0.9 tice Wayne, of Georgia. This appointment serves several purposes besides supplying a now judge to that tribunal. It relieves the President of a rather unpopular Cabinet officer, whom ho conld not very woll dismiss considering the circumstances of his appointment. It enables him to rec tify the geographical unfairness of two members of the Cabinet from the small State of Massachusetts, which has also the most important of the great foreign missions. It is a means of courting the favor of Con gress by the marked indignity to tho Southern States which is implied in sending a carpet bagger to take the place of a deceased South ern judge. There is as great a geographical unfitness in appointing Mr. Hoar to succeed Judge Wayne, as there was in giving three of the most important offices under the Govern ment to one small New England State. In point of personal qualifications this ap pointment is respectable, but not imposing. A State which, in former days, gave a Story and a Curtis to that bench, ought to be able to supply a greater jurist than Mr. Hoar if it has such a superabundance of that kind of ability that it may claim to furnish Supreme Court judges not only for New England but for the Southern States. Mr. Hoar is reputed to be an able lawyer; but his experience has been mostly confined to the State courts, and his short service as Attorney-General cannot have made him very familiar with the Federal jurisprudence. But the knowledge which he lacks he has on undoubted capacity to acquire, and after an apprenticeship more or less brief, he will probably make a useful judge. A lawyer of trained legal perceptions and considerable judicial experience can acquire that kind of knowledge very rapidly. The zeal which Mr. Hoar has recently ex hibited in pushing Senator Trumbull's bill for curtailing tho authority of tho Supremo Court is not calculated to make a favorable impression; although it may have been a shrewd stroke of policy for forwarding his own interests. The Senate will perhapai ac cept it as a guarantee that Judge Hoar's resi dence in a Southern circuit will not abate his staunch radiculism. When Congress sees such men going upon the bench it may be willing to increase tho salaries of the judges, which it would be very slow to do in favor of such men as have hither composed a majority of the Supreme Court. Mr. Hoar mny not be a very eminent jurist; but he is evidently a man "wise in his own generation." He did a shrewd thing when ho presented General Grant with a library; and he has perhaps been equally politic in abetting the hostility of Congress to the old judges of the Supreme Court. , . CHINESE INDEPENDENCE. Prom the K Y. Tribune. The false despatch published some time ago, that the Chinese Government had re jected the Burlingame treaty with this coun try, seems not only to have hastened the rati fication of that treaty, but to have led Prince Kung to take prompt action upon the treaties negotiated with other Governments by Mr. Burlingame. The cable telegram announcing the ratification of the American treaty at Pekin has been quickly followed by another telegram announcing the ratification of the treaty with England. As the same principle is embodied in each of the other treaties ne gotiated by the Chinese Embassy, there is not the slightest doubt that they will all be duly ratified as they are received at Pekin. . Though Mr. Burlingame's mission was in some respects difficult, it was exceedingly simple. It was merely to secure the estab lishment of the principle that the Govern ments of Europe and America would deal with the Chinese Government as they are in the habit of dealing with each other. China did not ask any special privileges, or seek to be released from any of the obligations or re sponsibilities of international law. She merely sought to obtain the ordinary rights of nations, and if she was to be held liable for publio obligations, she also claimed the privileges of publio justice. To those unfamiliar with vents in China during the last naif century, it may not seem muoh that Mr. Bur lingame has . accomplished in securing the recognition of the Pekin authorities as the cower through whom all ne gotiations must be conducted, and to whom all appeals must be made; but it is in reality nothing leas than the scouring of those few inherent rights belonging to all in dependent nations, and without which the cluim of independence is a larce. more was, of course, no difficulty in securing this recog nition from the American Government, which hud neither relations nor interests in China antagonistic with justice, and, consequently, as soon as Mr. Burlingame had drawn up his treaty here it was ratified by the Senate and signed by the President. But he had very formidable opposition to encounter in Eng land, and ho had serious dithouHies to over come in France; and the remarkable success he has met with in these and other- countries shows that they have received from that most intelligent and distinguished ol Chinese states, men. Prince Kung. By tho ratification of these treaties China is for the first time admitted into the family of nations as a sovereign power, equal in rights, privileges, obligations, and responsi bilities with all the others. By these treaties the Governments of the world have for the first time recognized the independence of China, and civen her a guarantee for the mainte nance of her independence such as she has nover heretofore possessed. i THE BRAIN FURNISIIEliS. i'rom th St. Louis Republican, Wendell Phillips is the Robespierre and Theodore Tilton the Camille Desmoulins of our Radical revolution, and when the Radical party reaches a point where a further advance toward consolidated despotism is necessary, the bugle note is sounded first by Phillips, and then promptly re-echoed by Tilton. Not withstanding tho faot that the more conserva tive members and journals of this party are continually repudiating all connection with these two worthies, and insisting that', they represent no one but themselves, yet .orders emanating from the Anti-Slavery Standard, or the New York independent, are always obeyed implicitly, proving beyond doubt that "the power behind the throne is greater than the throne itself." Everyone knows that for years before the war, as well 08 ever since its termination, Phillips has been bombarding the Supreme Court with rhetorioal hot-shot, - and insisting upon its entire " annihilation, or at loast tippii such an abridgment of its powers as shall reduce it to a practical nullity. Tilton has steadily in dorsed the views of his colleague, and just previous to the beginning of the present ses sion of Congress issued a formal pronuncia roento ilk the shape of an editorial from which we take the opening paragraph: , We hope the Ilottw of Heprcsentftttves will promptly prepare artiiUus of impuaclimuut strains! the Suprome Court of the United States, Including its whole txinch of jndipR,'all and slog alar, for din obedience to the Civil Klghtu bill." Those persons who have not attentively studied the course of events during the reign of radicalism in the country laughed at this suggestion as the raving of a lunatio or the blind fanaticism of a political enthusiast. But there was a deal of method in the madness of both Phillips and Tilton, as the result has demonstrated. Senators Drake and Trumbull have virtually anticipated any action which the House of Representatives might have been disposed to take in the matter, by intro ducing bills whose avowed object and intent are to fix a pormanent gag in the mouth of the Supreme Court, and reduce the judicial branch of the Government to dimensions so utterly mean and ins'gnifioent that no lawyer with an atom of ability or solf-respeet will oare to occupy a seat upon the bench should these bills becoino laws. We have already commented sufficiently on the principles involved in the measures intro duced by the Senator from Missouri and the Senator from Hlinois, and our only desire at this time is to show their constituents and the country at large that neither Trumbull nor Drake can rightfully lay claim to any originality in the proposed iniquity. They are preparing to bdtcher the Supreme Court and bury the mutilated oorpse out of sight, simply because the Jacobin cabal led by Phillips and Tilton have declared that it must be done. There is no objection, that we are aware of, to these distinguished Sonators wearing their second-hand honors as grace fully as possiblo under the circumstancos. SPECIAL. NOTICES. SST ACADEMY OF MUSIC. TOE STAR COURSE OF LECTURES. YOUNG FOLKS' 8KRIES. Day Lectures by PAUL 11. BTJ CIIAILLU. THIRD AN11 IiAST LKCIURK. On SATUH DAY AFTKRNOON, December 18. "LOST IN TUK JUNGLKH." On which occasion Mr. DU (.HA1I.LU will appear in the costume worn by him in bis tin vols, Admmsion, 24 cents. Reserved seats, 26 cents extra. Doom opon st 2. Lecturo at 3. Orchestral prelude'at 2M. Tickets to be obtained at Gould's, No. KM OHHSNUi' Street, und at tho Academy on tiie afternoon of the Leo ture. ; 12 IB iit fi FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' NA- fl ' T X- 1 1 ... .Mr Pmi.APEt.PinA, Doo. 10, 18!). The Annual Klnct.lnn far Dirni-.tnifi of this Hunk will he hold at the lSankinu House on W KDNKSDA Y, the 12th day of .lumiary rent, between the hour of 11 o'clock A. M. and 2 o'clock P.M. 12 n W13 w. KUSHTON, jr., Uasnler. fffif SOUTnWARK NATIONAL BANK. The Annual Election for Directors will be held at the Bunking Umise,on TUKKDAY, January 11, lUTO, between the hours of lu o clock A. M. and 12 o'clock M. 12 IS mwfiat P. LAMB, Cashier. DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL K'fm i art x . OvrieK ov tuk Knoineeii Ajr Superintendent,! Thknton, Deo. 11, 186D The wator will net be drawn frem the level of the Dolaware and Karitan Canal until the 25th instant. J. O. 8TKVKNS, 13 13 mw'St Engineer and Superintendent. f(S? FAIR. A FAIR WILL BE HELD T4IK 14th. Kith, and lrtth instant, at the PENNA. INDUS TRIAL HOME FOR BLIND WOMEN, No. 321 LUC'UST Street. West Philadelphia, the proceeds to be applied to tho payment for the ''Home 12 11 STEREO PTICON AND MAGIC LAN- i III .1 nAniDiiiono kitwu w minuay nuuvinn, ftrhoole, Colleges, and for private entertainments. W. MITCHELL MoALlJSTKK. No. 728 -JHKfcNUT Street, second story. 11 3 2mrp OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD rtnluPiNV TBRASIIRM'S nRPARTMKNP. Philadelphia. Penna., Not. 2, 1889. ' NOTIOKTO STOOKHOLUKKS. TtlA Rnirfl nf T)i punfnra hkvji t.hia fffiv rianl&mwl a Mm. annual dividend of i'lVK PRU OHNT. on the Capital Stock of the Conroany. clear of National and State taxes. payable in caaQ on and after November ft.. 1869. Blank Powers of Attorney for collecting dividends eta be had at the office of the Company, No. 2SS Month TUIKD btreet. The offloe will beonenod at 8 A. M., and closed at 8 P. M.. from November & to December 4, for the payment of Dividends, and after that date from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M., aa usual. 11 a tl 1 thus, t. jririT fi, Treasurer. jjr OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, Philadelphia, Dee. 6, 1869. Warrants registered to No. 67,000 will be paid on presentation at this office, in terest ceasing from date. 12 16 City Treasurer. r EAST MAIIANOY RAILROAD COM PA NY .-Office No. 227 8. FOURTH Street, rlilLAPELPHIA, Aeo. 16, 1SBH. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com pany und an eleotion for Oftioers to serve for the ensiling year, will be held at the Office ol the Company onMON- da x , January lu, lo.c, at 2 O'viook r. m. 12 14 2.1t Seoretary. gy- THE MAIIANOY AND BROAD MOU". TAIN RAILROAD COM PAN Y. Office No. 227 8. FOURTH Street. . - Philadelphia, Deo. 16, 1869. The Annual Mooting of the Stockholders of this Com pany and an election torOthcers to servo for the ensuing year, will he held at the Office of the Company on MON DAY, January 10, 187U, at 1 o'clock f. M. , ALBKRT FOSTER, 12 14 23t 8ecrotary. COLD WEATHER DOES NOT CHAP orrouKhen the nkin after using WRIGHT'S AL OONATKD ULYCERINK TABLET OF SOLIDIFIED GLYCERINE. Ita daily uw makes the skin delioately (oit and beautiful, bold by all druiirista. R. i U. A. WRIGHT. 4S No. K24CHKSNUT Street jlgf- AS A FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, suitable for all kinds of sewing, the PARHAM is decidedly the best in uae. anit simple in construction, durable, and sold on terms to suit all. It will pay you to call and examine. Office and SaJosroom, No. 7U7 UHliS NUTl Street. 13 16 ft egp NOTICE. A QUARTERLY MEETING of the HIIiEKNIAN SODIKTY will be held at the CONTINENTAL HOTEL on FRIDAY EVKN1NO. tho 17th liml., at 7 o'clock. D. B. KELLY, 12 16 3t Seoretary. g- DR. F. R. THOMAS, THE LATE OPE- rator of the Colton Dental Association, is now the OTiJy one in Philadelphia who devotes his entire time and practice to extracting teot h, absolutely without pain, by nusu nurous oxme gas. mnoe.MU WALK U 1 HI. 1 HO? EaT COLTON DENTAL ASSOCIATION onginarea rue axurstneTio use ol nitrous oxide, or LAimmNn o as And devote their whole time and practice to extracting Irtmiu Wllfinui pain. Office. EIGHTH and WALNUT Streets. 1185 QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. LONDON AND LIVERPOOL. BAB INK, ALLEN DULLES. Acenta, FIFTH and WALNUT Streets. Ull rU AlJ, JL4,LAAMHH), Ifcar RASPBERRY M I R I N Q U E S FRESH DAILY, AT 13116trp MORSE'S. No. M02 AROH Street. I fST NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an application will be made, at the next meeting of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for the incorporation of a company, in accordance with the laws of the Common wealth, to be entitled "The Philadelphia Hanking and Savings Deposit Company," to be located at Philadelphia, uu a cnpuai of one million acinars, witn the rig tit to iu creuse the same to three millions of dollars. . 7 WM' 7 MaiVUCO.VihU JUUil u X xui ' splendid Hair Dye is the best in the world ; the eoly true and perfect Dye ; harmless, reliable, Instantaneous i " disappointment no ridiculous tints; remedies the ill effects ot bad dyes: invigorates and leaves the Hair soft nil Ku. ....... 1 If Y. L L.' 1 I i I . .1 . UiTrM.lVl nuai XI A Tl IWTTf rrUia Perfumers; and properly applied at Batohslor's Wig Fa "S.?0-18 BOND Street. New York 27mw PAPER HANQINQS. T OOK I LOOK 1 1 LOOK I ! I WALL PAPERS XJ and Linen Window Shades Manufactured, tbs choapest in the city, at JHulSTON'h Depot, No. V& "Aiwin.nl otroei,, oeiow nitrsota, tfraiion, No. Ml HDEH A L Street, , Camden. Mew Jsrsay. I ORN EXCHANQB BAfl MAHUFAOTORT. ' l, 1 JOHN T. HAILKY, , ; N. K. comer of MARKET and WATER Streets, Philadelphia. J , . Of every description, for Grxln, Flour, holt, HuiiM-PhoaphaU of Lime, Boa Dust. Eto. lree and small GUNN BAGS constantly oa hand. m Also, WOOL SAOKS. DRY GOODS. JE. JR. 1132 IS, No. 4.1 NORTH EIGHTH BTREET, OPENED THIS DAY i For the Holidays, 250 DOZEN LEGRAND XTRACT, Warranted genuine (as good as Lnbln'g) only 50 eta. Ladles' and Gents' ndkfs. for the Holidays, Handsome Ileal Lace Hdkfs. and Collars. 60 doKen Lace Collars for rreseits, 85 and 8T eta. 600 Real Clunj Collars, CO and 75 oents. FANS! FAN8! FANS! FANS! ino Silk Fans, 78 cents and 1 1 Da Elegant SUK and Satin Fans ; Spangled Fans. Fans closing out. GLOVES! GLOVES! GLOVES! FOR PRESENTS 50 dozen genuine Jouvln s-bnttons, $1 -as, cost over 1 oo. 78 dozen Duchess Laced Gloves, ll-oo. Great Bargains in Gtlovcs, at verj low prices. Largest lot of Gloves in the market. FANCY GOODS CLOSING OUT. New Calicoes for presents, 12X cents. 1000 yards Cress Goods, 26 and 28 cents. Yard-wide Heavy Poplins, 83 cents. BLACK SILKS reduced for presents. An elegant lot ot 12 15 wfsra It VIENNA WRITING DESKS, Closing out at Great Bargains. GREAT CRASH IN DRY CO O D S. EVERYTHING DOWN-HIGH PRICES OVER FOR THE SEASON. GRAND CLOSING SALE or RICKEY, SHARP & CO.'S iiiimTssn stock OK 3 Ii, Y 1 O O T A.t Xtetail. Unprecedented jSargaiiui BILES, VELVETS, DESSS GOODS, and MISCELLANEOUS DRY G00S3. THIS STOCK IS TUB MOST EXTENSIVE AND VARIED EVER OFFERED AT RETAIL IN THIS CITY, AND CONTAINS MORE NOVELTIES AND STA PLES OF RECENT IMPORTATION THAN CAN BE FOUND ELSEWHERE. ONE PEICE AND NO DEVIATION. RICKEY, SHARP & CO., No. 727 CHESNUT STREET, 1 stfrp PHILADELPHIA. 1869. HOLIDA-JT rHESENTS ! BEAUTIFUL AND CHEAP. A GREAT DEAL FOR LITTLE MONEY We hare most splendid stock of Goods, finely assorted, and have put the prices down to the lowest DOT, as we oluse out stock 1 WICK A YEAR regularly that's our rulo so as always to keep things fresh and new. SPECIAL and POSITIVE BARGAINS MAY BE EXPECTED. We invite attention ta PAISLEY AND BROCIIE 8HAWL8. POPLINS, BLACK 81LK8, AND PLAIDS. KID GLOVES, BLANKETS, AND CASSI MERES. JOSEPH H. TnORNLEY, N. E. Cor. Eighth and Spring Garden, 10 16 U PHILADELPHIA. $40 SILK VELVET CLOAKS. Finest Silk Velvet Cloaks. V and ts Beaver Cloaks. 9 and $10 Curaoulla Cloaks. Finest and Medium Cloaks. Real Astrachan Skin Cloaks. MUFFS, Muffs to maton. SHAWLS. . (5-00 Heavy Largest Long Sbawls. t5-60, fa DO, Heavj Largest Long Sbawls. Extra Fine Woollen Long Shawls. 113 Extra Good Paisley Square Shawls. 119 Extra Good Paisley Long Shawls. ! 1200 Shawls, Elegant Display, fl to t CLOAK INGS. Beavers, fi-so to f 9m Astrachans, SOW to $18-00. Ch 'nehUlas, $3-60 to $-0". - Cai cullas, t'i 00 to $18 00. Fancy Cloaklngs. SILK VELVETS. Silk Cloaking Velvets, $0 to $13. Best Black Velveteens, 75 cent to H-W. COOPER & CONABD, - B. E. CORNER NINTH AND MARKET, lttsm PHILADELPHIA. NDIA SCARFS. INDIA SHAWLS. REAL INDIA CAMEL'S HAIR SHAWLS AND SCARFS, FOR A VALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT, i CHEAP AT O 12 O IK U 12' F It Y 12 ll'W, Ho. 9l CI1EMNUT STttKKT, , ' j.' , 10 2 3m PHILADELPHIA, I ' DRY GOODS. ' SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Shepparfl, Van Harliiip & Arriioii, No. 1008 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Respectfully announce to their friends and the public generally, that for THIRTY DATS they will odor their ENTIRE STOCK or OIIOICK AND FINE GOODS at such a reduction as will Insure a QUICK SALE. SPECIAL ATTENTION Is Invited to the following lines of goods, among which are onr NEW IMI'OK TATIONS, MANY NOVELTIES, una some f tho finest qualities made, betug expressly imported for the IIolicln.vH. DOUBLE DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS, IK ALL SIZES. , DOUBLE DAMASK TABLE NAPKINS, IN ALL SIZES. DOUBLE DAMASK TABLE LINENS, TOWELS AND TOWELLINGS. PARIS TATESTRY PIANO and TABLE COVERS. RICH EMBROIDERED PIANO AND TABLE COVERS. RICH AND ELEGANT LACE CUR TAINS. RlCn SATIN CURTAIN MATERIALS. BRIDAL MARSEILLES QUILTS. EXPOSITION DO. DO. FINE HEMSTITCHED HANDKER CHIEFS, Togetfier vrith a large and grntral utock of WHITE GOODS, LINEN GOODS, HOUSEKEEPING DRY GOODS, BLANKETS, FLANNELS, DOMESTIC MUSLINS, ETC. ETC. ETC. 13 li Biwflllt WM 1 JL, L I Iv 3E IV ' H LINEN STORES, OLD STORE. Ho. 823 ARCH STREET. NEW STORE, I 128 CHESNUT Street. No. HEW DEPARTMENT BED CLOTHING. BEST BLANKETS, fresh from the mills. MABSEILLES BED QUILTS. HONEYCOMB QUILTS, all sizes. ALLENDALE AND LANCASTER QUILTS. LINEN SHKETINQS, all widths. COTTON SHEETINGS, all widths. PILLOW CASINGS. We bid for a large trade In BED CLOTHING, by soiling reliable goods at the lowest prices. 8 SI mwf McVAUGH & DUNGAN, IVo . Il l g. ELKVEIT1I Street, Have this week opened a fine assortment of SEASON ABLE GOODS for Presents for the approaching Holi days. LINEN HDKFS. A full line for Ladies, Gents and Children, from the lowest to the finest grades. EMBROIDERIES, In Frenoh work and Hamburg, ohoioe styles. LINEN SETS, Frem the plainest style to the finest Imported. TIDIES, In great variety and entirely new designs. LACES. Points, Points d' Applique, Valenciennes, Thread and Guipure, in new patterns. COLLARS AND CUFFS, FRENCH BREAKFAST CAPS, And great variety of 11 39 mwflm FANCY ARTICLES. ;fEPIIYRS AND GERMANTOWN WOOLS, J Stocking Yarns of all kinds; Tidy, Crochet, and Aftmding Ootton, wholesale and retail, at Factory, No. 1U24 LP Si BAKU Street. ' U&3m PA TENT 8. W'LLIAM 8. IRWIN, GENERAL PATENT AGENT, No. 406 LIBRARY STREET. ouTOAxra patent elastic joint iro BOOK. AMERICAN CORRUGATED IRON OW'B HAND FACTUKKB, FIRU-PKOOF BUILDINGS, ETO. TAYLOR 4 OO ALE'S PATENT AUTOMATIC) LOOK-UP SAFETY VALVE. BRADFORD'S LOW WATER INDICATOR, ETO. ETO. 10 4 tl 1 STATE RIGHTS FOR SALE. STATE Nights of a valuable Invention Just patented, and for the SLICING, CUTTING, and (Jlill'l'lNG of dried beef, cabbage, etc., are hereby offered for sale. It is an article of great value to proprietors of hotels and restaurants, and it ahonld be introduced into every family. H TATK RIGHTS for sale. Modal can be aeon at TELEGRAPH OFFICE, OOOPKR'S POINT. N. J. 6 wtf M UN D Y 4 HOFFMAN FLAVORING EXTRACTS. wiirii:vi:irg FLAVORING EXTRACTS Ars warranted equal to any mads. VANILLA, ORANGK, LEMON, IU.OVKH. ROKK. NUTMF.O, F1VxNNA5v.KON. BiTVEk almonds, Prepared at A. Wiltbergrer's Iftmg- Store, i No. 238 North SECOND Street. Depot for BARLOWS INDIGO BLUE, the best artiols made for Blueing clothes. 11 g inwf3mrp ' COAL.. H. T AG CART, COAL DEALER. GOAL OF THE BE8T QUALITY. PREPARED EX I PRES8LY FOR FAMILY USE 1208, 1210 and 1212 WASHINGTON AV., 12 1 Sra Between Twelfth and Thirteenth streeta. FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFE J. WATSON & SON, f MS f$ Ol the UU Una of EVAN8 WATSON. I Kfl I FIRE AND BURGLAR-PROOF S A F K S T O K 12, I RO. 63 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, tali V(w doors bevsOhsuatsk.rnilada J N.EV! PUBUOATIONSs OliIBAV PIUJNENThT HARDING'S EDITIONS OH THE HOLY 15IIJH,1L Family, Pulpit, and lliotograph Biblts, " FOR CnRISTMAfl, WKDDINU AND ! ; MimiDAY . : , Present! Alo, Presentation Bibles for onuuciiKs, CLERGYMEN, (SOCIETIES ANI TBA0UKR8. ET( New nnd wipcrh assortment, bound In Rrdi teru Turkey Morocco, Paneled anil Ornamental Design, equal to the Lowdon aud Oxlord editions, at ltas ma half their prices. W. W. IIVlTDIIVGr, No. 326 CHESTUT BTREET, 8TRENGTH, BEAUTY, CHEAPNESS COMBINED! TTnri1iTio' Potent rholn.Kanlr I PunmPDnDu ai miMo nwiwwiifii sb naiu w Osi For VTeddlng, Holiday, or Birthday Presents, thoao Albums are particularly adapted. The book trade and dealers In fancy artlolei for holiday sales will And the most extensive asgortmwu of Photofrraph Albums In the country, and superlar to any heretofore made. For great strength, dura Dlllty, and cheapness, Harding's Patent Chaln-baok Albums are unrivalled. Purchasers will And it greatly to their advantage to examine these dp.w lines or goods before making up taoir orders far holiday stock. Also.a large and splendid assortment or new stylfw of Photograph Albums made In the usual manner. W. W. IIAItDIlVGr, NO. 326 CHESNUT STREET, 11 17 ltn PHILADELPHIA. pniLOSOPHT OF MARRIAGE A. A New Oonrse of Leotnres, ss delivered at the Nsw York Alnsenm of Anatomy, embracing the snhjoots liow to Live, and What to Live for; Youth, Matnritr. an Old Axe; Manhood Generall Reviewed; The Clause ol Indigestion ; Flatulence and Nervous Dieeaaea Aooouwted For: Marriage Vhilneonhically Oonsidered, etc. eto. Pocket volnniee containing those Leotures will be for. warded, post paid, on receipt of 26 (wnn, by addressing W. A. LKARY.Jb.. 8. K. corner" FIFTH and WALNUT Htraeta. PhiUrieliihia. 181 PIANOS. fft-$ GREAT SALE OV First-Class Rosewood Pianos, AT PRICES BELOW THE ACTUAL COST TO MANUFACTURE. Having determined to olfur our extensive stock of ip ptrittr ami Manti"y jmixtitii Httaen vcUxi Honewomd Piani at prices below the actual cost to manufacture, we Witt sell during the mouth ol December, at rates ; Lower than we ever Offered Heretofore, In order to otose out our surplus stock by the end of aha year. The reputation of our instruments makes it unnecessary for us to say a word in thoir lavor. Thoy are acknowledged to be equal, if not superior, to any instrument made in the world. Persons wishing to purchase, or desiring to make OHHISTMA8 PRK8BNT8. Will find tbafthe special and extraordinary redactions of our prices will enable tnem to obtsin A FIKST CLASS INHTRUMKNT At a price even less than they would otherwise have te pny lor a second-rate or inferior one. 'ibuBo wanting bargain should not fail to call early at oar WARKROOM3, No. 1103 CHESNUT STREET, And examine our stock, where they can reaaily be ooa vinoed of the superiority of our instruments and the Maori hues at which we are otloring them. sciioraACKE:. &:., WARHROOMS, No. 1103 OHESNUT 8TUKKT. If. B. Sole Agents for the celebrated BURDKTT ORGAN. A special discount of 'JO per oont. daring the month of December. la 1 uiwUia ALBRECHT, RIEKKS A 80HMIDT. MANUKAOTnilKKS Or FIRST-LASS PIANO-ORTK8. Fall gaaruutoe and moderate prices. j WARKROOM8. No. 610 AROH Street. fEgi7 BRADBURY'S AND OTHER fi1 ''Pianos, $300. Taylor A Farlny's, also Oarhart tJSTVa'SI"Lnai ,rom M oP"rda. WILLIAM O. SxHJ'JiSin?,0- 10'8 ABCH Btr8et nl Ko- "l M- KLKVKNTH Street. . U 23 am WINES AND LIQUORS. jHER MAJESTY! CHAMPAGNE. EurjTorj sl Ziussozu. 215 SOUTn FRONT STREET. ' nBE ATTENTION OF THE TRADE 18 X solicited to the following very Choice Wines, etc.. for sale by DVNTON A LU88ON, 216 SOUTH FRONT STRUCT. OH A M PAON K.8. A gents for ber Majesty, Due de Montobelln, Carte Bleue, Oarte Blanche, and Charles Ferre'a Grand Vin F.ugenis, and Yin Imperial, M. K lee man A Co., of ilayence, Mpurkling Moselle and RUINK W IN F.8. M AOKIRA8. Old Island, South Side Reserve. HHHKRIKH. V. Buriolphe, Amontillado, Topax, Yal. litte, Pale and Golden bar, Ciown, eto. PORTS. Vinbo Velho lteal, Vallette, and Grown. OI.AKKT8. Promis Aine & Oie., Montforrand and Hoc. deaux, Olartits and Suuterne Wines tilN. "Meder Swan." BKANDIKS. Hennessey, Otard, Dupuy t Oo.'s rarioos vintaoes. 4 QAHSTAIKS McCALL, Nos. 136 WALNUT and 31 GRANITK 6treets. Importers of BRANDIK8, WINKS, OIN, OLIVK OIL, KTO, AMD COMMISSION MERCHANTS For the sale of Pt'RK OLD RYK, WHKAT, AND BOURBON WHI8- C"" AR STAIRS' OLIVE OIL AN INVOICE of the above for sale by OARSTAIRS A MoOALL, 28 3p Nos. 136 WALNUT and il ORANITK HtS. . M. Sharpens the Appetite. Y. v . 91. Makes the Weak Robiut. Y. r i. ai. Adds to tbs term of Life. V I. SI. JL e la Unadulterated. V i si. - e Is superiorjor Mince Meat. X . MakfS Best Whisky Punch. Ye' . SI. Cures Dyspepsia. Y. . SI. Is the Best In the World. Ullm EDUCATIONAL. rp h E EDGE HL L SCHOOL. A Boarding and Day School for Boys, Held in the new Academy Building at ' ' MBKOHANTVIM.K nkw .lvuvvir ' 1 For Circulars apply to RKV. T. W. OATTKLL, Principal. I628tf TMT'IKE SLATE" MANTEL WORK3.-4. B' J J alMlifl , Mv xlauJUJHitiNUf Htrsjet, UrUs '
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