THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAFll-TRIPLE SHEET PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, .DECEMBER 24, 1869.
5
EFXXfcIT OF TSXj FRXSS.
P.lliertaJ OpInLna mt the lndln Juraal
Upon Current Toplrn Compiled Rverv
I)bi for ib JCvrninc Telegraph.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS,
from (a. S. Y. Tribune.
The great question of our demands npon
England growing out of a war carried ou from
her ports in the interests of Southern
ulavery and her own mercantile supremacy,
is revived in a chapter from the State
Department. It is a long one, hut it is as
spirited as it is important, and npon the
whole well worth attentive roading. Those
who have denounced our high-minded Secre
tary as the slave of Spanish influences, the
betrayer of American principles, and the de
stroyer of Cuba, might read his correspond
ence with profit. They ltiiyht then be ena
bled to suggest to themselves why our
Oovernment has not interpreted the law
of 1M8 into a justification of the
premature recognition of tho Southern
Confederacy, and why it prefers notto risk
the commission of such acts as might tend to
destroy the morality of the complaint we have
so justly, so earnestly, so feelingly made
against the consummate wrong inflicted upon
us by England. But apart from any such
consideration as this, Secretary Fish holds, we
doubt not, that the course of straightforward
duty is in the long run the best helper of men
and nations, and that as England's premature
and sinister aid only brought prolonged ruin
on the South, so anything less than square
dealing with the Cuban quostion will only
protract the pains of those whom we desire to
be able to rescue.
Uoth in his Cuban and English correspon
dence Mr. Fish has shown a steady ability
which the admirers of serpentine and san
guinary statesmanship will have occasion to
acknowledge. No point in tho case of our
claims has been omitted by him; and every
argument gains strength by tho iirm and
graceful manner in which he presents it.
While demonstrating that the judgment of
Congress and the people as to the Johnson
Clarendon treaty has been almost unanimous,
yet he takes pains to show, by reference to an
historical precedent, that the rejection of the
treaty by the Senate was as natural as it was
legal and rightful, and was not to be re
garded as a discourtesy. Reopening the
general question of the claims, the Secretary
reiterates our right in 181 to expeui -'llie
earnest good will, sympathy, and moral sup
port of Great Britain." Then c our
standard array of facts, reinforced . i ad
mirable statement and clear logic. The de
termination of the English Government on
the Oth of May to recognize the South, four
days prior to the arrival in London of any
official knowledge of the President's procla
mation of April 17, 1W!J, is of course dwelt
npon gravely. It is by reference to this
proclamation that the Queen's proclama
tion of belligerency has been dofeuded,
bat the'defense falls to the ground when it
is considered that the purpose of recog
nizing the. South was expressly declared
before it had any proclamation of ours to
justify it. At the time of recognition there
was no such thing as "a population elevated
into a force by the prosecution of war, which,
as Mr. Canning points out, is the test of bel
ligerent condition." There was no fact of
pre-existing quarrel or misunderstanding to
justify this wholesale injury. Belligerency,
so far as the Rebels maintained it, proceodod
argues the Secretary from the ports of
Great Britain and her provinces. This and
more, he remarks, on the precipitancy of the
Queen's declaration, as Mr. Bright character
ized it which concession of belligerency, we
are made to understand, the President re
gards as a part of our case only so far as it
shows the beginning and animus of a course
of conduct.
We have neither time nor spaco to pursue
fnlly an argument which takes up so many of
our columns. But we cannot forbear to com
mend again the statements that "Great Bri
tain to the end continued to be the arsenal,
4he navy yard, and the treasury of the insur
gents," and that whereas we lost more than a
million of tons shipping by the war waged by
Anglo-llebeldom, Great Britain increased her
shipping correspondingly by 1,1 :.'), cr() tons.
Approaching the direct question of the claims,
our State Department, complains that' mouth
after month the Queen's Courts consumed in
quibbling over statutory technicalities, which
Parliament uncut nave settled in a
moment by an act. "Learned counsel
gave sanction to artful devices of doceit,"
and tho English Government excusod itself
by alleged defects of law and municipal
regulations. Why not have repaired the law ?
Why not have taken the risk of doing damage
to two individuals like Laird and Prioloau in
stead of wreaking desolation npon a great
and friendly nation ? We need not pursue
the narrative of these claims, still deeply in
teresting to every American, still insisted
upon with the constancy we owe to principle
even more than to outraged feeling. What
Mr. Cobden said Mr. Fish now most oppor
tunely recalls "You have been carrying on
war against tho Unitod Slates from these
shores and have been inflicting damage
greater than would have bean produced by
many ordinary wars." Lot it be understood,
finally, that our State Department lays down
tho principle that no sovereign power can
I&triy pieuu uii;i ui ilb uuuichuu icuai
statutes to justify or extenuate an internal
tiiinal wrong, or, in other words, that muni
-tl l-.. i T r ..A . c . . .1 . : .. i
cipal regulations do not constitute the mea-
si jre of a nation's responsibilities.
WOULD SPAIN MAKE WAR ON US ?
Htna the N. Y. Sun.
(Anion tr the arcuuionts put forth by the
S tanish agents and advocates among us, paid
a Ad unpaid in the State Dapartmont and out
o it to deter tne American people from
tioing their duty to Cuba, U the danger of a
Atu Willi tpaui. xuio unn uu'u vayviany
dwelt upon by tne bpanish journal m Uronuta
1 f . i . r?M . . . 1. '.IL , .
in tills CUV. iuut paper lias niuiuiieu to us
the Spanish navy, iron-clads and
all, coming up the Bay of New York,
under a full nead of steam, and taking this mo
tropolw captive, or putting it to a ransom
oi two or tnreo nunurea minions oi aouars.
Other advocates of Spanish tyranny paint for
us tne destruction ot wnat commerce still re
mains to us on the ocean. Mr. Sumner, we
believe, has drawn such a picture with the
consequent bankruptcy of our shipping nier-
vliants. So basely do these menus ot taro
pean despotism and of slavery think of the
American nation, that they fancy such ap
peals to mere material interest can smother
in our hearts the inspiration of every moral
idea, the promiitinc of every generous and
manly instinct.
There is no danger of a war with Spain
She has not tho means to make war. Is it
likely that the bankrupt Government which
has not been able to conquer the unarmed
and nndisciplined patriots of Cuba will at
tempt in addition to conquer the Unitod
States? Those unprincipled debauchees,
l'rim and Serrano, who now hold Spain in
their clutch, would not dare to allow the
signal for a contest which would first of all
overthrow their own usurped authority. It
is true that there is a war party in
Spain, but it is tho party who seek
to get rid of Prim and Sorrano
in order to enjoy the public plunder them
selves. This party is looking to Cabal
kro de llodas, Captain-General at Havana,
for its leader. He is desirous of getting back
to Spain to enjoy his chances, and is con
stantly telegraphing to Madrid that the Cuban
revolt Is fimshod, in the hope that he may be
ordered home again. He is for war with tho
United Mates, and we happen to know that he
has repeatedly written to his private friends
in Madrid in favor of such a war, on the
ground that they could make a great deal of
money by selling letters of marque to operate
against American commorce. But Do llodas
and his friends are not likely to gain their
ends; Trim is too smart for them; and there
will be no war even if we should go so far as
to recognize the independence of the Cuban
Republic.
However, in tho case of a war, should wo bo
likely to suffer a defeat? That is the first
question to be answered; and we should like
to see Mr. Fish, or Mr. Sumner, or Mr. Sid
ney Webster, or any other advocate of Span
ish rule in America, stanil up before an
American audience and say that we should be
defeated. Next, would it bo a long or a
costly war? By no means. If 40,000 Cubans
can defy the whole power of Spain, and gain
ground daily in their war for tho possession
of that island, how would it be if an Ameri
can fleet were to be sent down there to open
their ports and an American volunteer force
of 10,000 r 20,000 men to be added to their
righting ability? Would not Spain finally
aud irredeemably lose both Cuba and Porto
llico within a month from the beginning of
tho war ? Do Mr. Fish and Mr. Sumner en
tertain any doubt on that point ? And would
not fifty or a hundred millions of dollars
spent in helping the republicans of these
islands to independence be a first-rate invest
ment ? Mr. Sumner displayed a great genius
for statistics in demonstrating that Alaska
was worth seven millions. What would tho
value of the Spanish West Indies be by his
arithmetic ?
But it would not be principally in the West
Indies that we should strike at Spain. That
is a good point, but not vital enough for a
short, sharp, and decisive war. We need a
naval station in the Mediterranean, and such
a war would give us an opportunity to ac
quire one. liie Ualearic Islands lie fairly
out in that sea Majorca, Minorca, Ivica,
and two little islets and they would iust
suit our purposes. Their trade is conside
rable, their peoplo are docilo and well suited
to enjoy republican institutions of the
American pattern; we could take those
islands easily, and hold them with advan
tage. That is where we should aim in the
event of a war. Admiral Farragnt, him
self descended from a family of Minorca,
would go out with a fleet and a small army
and capture the group of islands. Not only
would they be of use to us as a naval station,
lnt their vicinity to the Suez Canal would
give them great importance as a depot for
American commerce with the East. The
conquest would not be difficult, and it
would more than- repay the whole cost of
the war.
But we repeat it, there is no probability
of such an event. If we should recognize the
independence of Cuba, it would not lead to
any hostilities with Spain. Wo may act to
wards that young republic the part which our
principles and our position require, without
putting ourselves under any necessity of ac
quiring the Balearic Islands by conquest, or
of annexing the Spanish Antilles as prizes of
war.
EDUCATION FOR THE FKEEDMEN.
F'om the A. Y. Times.
There are no charities save, perhaps, an
occasional "self-paying one" which so suc
cessfully appeal to popular good-will and
support, as those that pay the largest possible
percentage of receipts to beneficiaries, and
the smallest possible percentage to agents,
Let a charitable institution possess this one
merit the direct distribution of its gifts to
the greatest number of persons by the sim
plest machinery and it at once appeals to
generosity on the one hand and to our ap
proval of business skill and economical man
agement on the other.
Ihe exhibit recently made by Uoneral How
ard regarding the educational work of tho
Freedmen's Bureau disclosed a charity of tho
sort just spoken of. It is surprising how
many people, white and black, at the South,
have been taught, through the Bureau's in
strumentality, during the past year, and by
how few Government agents the work has
been done. The number of the persons to
whom the bureau has directly or indiroctly
furaibhod education in this way amounts to
more than a hundred thousand; and yet tho
whole work has been accomplished without a
dollar of new exponse, the sum used beiag a
part ot tho savings ot old appropriations.
uenerai uox, nowever, in uis report as
Secretary of the Interior, makes a new and
important suggestion relative to a still fur
ther consolidation and economy in the work
of education. It is well known that at the
last session of Congress the organization of
the Department of Education was essentiidly
reduced. 1 he Commissioner has accord
ingly devoted his time to giving advice, in
formation and aid to State officers or tru
tees or instructors of common schools, to
preparing and transmitting circulars and me
moirs on education, and to personally visiting
schools and education conventions for the
interchange of views. But General Cox ob
serves that the encouragement of education
anions the freediueu. which litis hitherto de-
volved on their bureau, is really closely allied
to the general scope of the duties dovolving
upon the Commissioner of Education. Ac
cordingly, he suggests the propriety of unit
ing the whole in the latter ollice, with buit
able powors and provisions for fostering edu
cation and increasing intelligence among the
freedmen. The suggestion seems to be u
very good one. The Department of Educa
tion should naturally succeed to the educv
tional part of the Freedmen's Bureau, the
latter institution having now been substan
tially abolished.
MINCED MEAT.
Atmore's Mince Meat !
Cannot be equalled!!
The best always the Cheapest!
Everybody knows it'.l
VI 18 fit
DR. M. KLINE CAN CURE CUTANEOUS
Eruptions, Marks on the fiklu, Ulcer, in the throat,
month aud dom, sore legs and sore of everr oowieivabl.
character. Offlo No. bout stLUVJtfti'U, UOtweso
iilMssut and Marks ttr U
DRY GOODS.
GREAT CRASH
IK
DRY GOOD S.
EVERYTHING DOWN-HIGII PRICES
OVER FOR THE SEASON.
CRAND CLOSING SALE
0
RICKEY, SHARP & COVS
IKmiEWSE STOCK
OF
3 K Y O O I H
Vt Retail.
Unprecedented Bargains
BILES,
VELVETS,
DRESS O00SS, and
MISCELLANEOUS
DET GOODS.
THIS STOCK IS TUB MOST EXTENSIVE AND
VAJUKD EVER OFFERED AT RETAIL
IN TIIIS CITY,
AND CONTAINS MORE NOVELTIES AND STA
PLES OP RECENT IMPORTATION THAN
CAN BE FOUND ELSEWHERE.
ONE PRICE AND NO DEVIATION.
RICKEY, SHARP & CO.,
No. 727 CHESNUT STREET,
l strrp
PHILADELPHIA.
EDWIN HALL & CO.
WILL OFFER
BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS
FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS.
Winter Stock to be Closed Out.
Fancy Silks Reduced from 2 ft(l to l-7fi.
Fancy Kilks Reduced from 45 to 3.
Moire Antiune from $b to X
Rich Corded Silks from (B.VSO to STiO.
Satin Face Poult de ISoio from ffcfi'to 4.
Ottoman Vulour from $t'&0 to 4'uO. I
UISKrSH GOODS.
Bilk Serges Reduced from Q2'S0 to l'2o.
hilk Poplins from $l'7ft to 1.
nam insn i-opiins trom tr.i to a.
French Poplin, Irish Fininli, from $2'50 to 3.
Fluid Sprues from 1 N) to 1.
Silk Sernes from Hrftl to K7,Vc.
Stripe PoplinB from fl'Su to :)7c.
Stripe Poplins from 60 to 2o.
figured wool uelaine. trom in to ;nc.
Iini)Oilocl Clotli l?luilH
ioi SuKh.
GREKN AND BLUE, from $1 to tiOc.
ASTJIACIIAN CLOTHS.
Ast.rachan Cloth Rednoed from 1(116 to H.
Astrakhan IJloth Knrtuced trom to V.
AHtracbnn ( '.'loth Rndurml frmn it 12 to X.
Plaid PhiHh Antrai-han from iM to 8.
Guraculla Cloth from $18 to 12.
Oreat Reduction in Hroche Shawls.
(ireat Kuduction in Blanket CjiiuwIh.
&ill PIUKIIOH, Sillt PlllMllOK.
FASU ION ABLE SILK PLU 811 KS, Reduced.
Sillt Clonic Velvets.
LYONS SILK CLOAK VF.LVKTS. Reduced.
EDWIN HALL & CO.,
NO. 28 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
9 UltnthsUlrpl PtlTLADKLPHI A.
1869.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
SPECIAL SHAWL SALE.
14 THORNUEY'S,"
EIGHTH AND SPUING GARDEN.
We have mado the following redaction in price :-r
PA IS LET AND BROGUE SHAWLS, rant(iu from $60
to $75, reduced from $1U to $15.
PAISLEY AND P.ROGHR SHAWLS, ranging from $25
to $50, reduced from $5 to $10.
PAISLEY AND BROCHE 8HAWLS, ranging from $15
to $115, reduced from $3 to $5.
The above Shawls were cheap at the prices quoted, but
at the reduced prices they are cheaper than evor before
offered in Philadelphia.
Blanket Shawls, Black Thibet Shawls, etc.
(irntlemen's Shawls, Breakfast Sliawbi, etc. eti.
Dress Gocdi, Silks, BuarR, HdktH., etc.
Blankets, tjuilts, Piano Covers, etc uta.
AT THORNLEY'S,
Comer of Eighth and Spring Garden,
1016U PHILADELPHIA
GOLD I'RICES,
WITH
(i Ki:-V I PAl.tIK.T,
is
"Your Store alwaytt looks bo cheerful," Lady huUI
to ux recently. Yen, and
OI K GOODS AUE C1IKEIUTU
oi'it piucus;akr CHEERFUL.
OI.lt BUYERS ARE CHEERFUL.
THESE MAKE I S CHEERFUL.
Tlirt rvHwon for all, 1h a WELL LIGHTED, WELL
WAUMKD, ttiid WELL VENTILATED STOKE, well
tilled with a very attractive and active stock.
UHH1STMA8 LOW PRICES.
CHRISTMAS LOW PRICES.
CLOSING OUT SALES.
( LOSING OUT HALES. "
COOPER & C0NARD,
8, K. CORNER NINTH AND MARKET,
JlTfHm "PHILADELPHIA
INDIA SCARFS.
INDIA SHAWLS.
REAL INDIA CAMEL'S HAIR SHAWLS
AND SCARFS,
- FOR A VALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
CHEAP AT
Li i: a 12 r it v 12 it.
No. Oltt CIIUN.XUT HTIIKKT,
10 sum !'u.lMPELP2H-
ryr.PIIYItS AND GETCMANTOWN WOOLS,
I J Stocking Yarn, of all kinds; Tidy, Crochet, and
AlMndina Col ton, wholesale and retail, at i aeory, No,
1M4 LOMBARD Street. U iiiot
DRY GOODS.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
Shepparfl, Van Mmp & Arrison,
No. 1008 CHESNUT STREET, ,
PHILADELPHIA,
Respectfully announce to their friends and the
public generally, that for THIRTY DAYS they will
offer their ENTIRE STOCK Of CHOICE AND FINE
GOODS at tmch a reduction aa will insure a QUICK
SALE.
SPECIAL ATTENTION Is Invited to the following
linen of Roods, an.ong which are our NEW IMPOR
TATIONS, MANY NOVELTIES, and some of the
nncBt qualities made, being expressly Imported for
the
IIolitlayH,
DOUBLE DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS,
IN ALL SIZES.
DOUBLE DAMASK TABLE NAPKINS,
IN ALL SIZES.
DOUBLE DAMASK TABLE LINENS,
TOWELS AND TOWELLINGS.
PARIS TAPESTRY PIANO and TABLE
COVERS.
RICH EMBROIDERED FIANO AND
TABLE COVERS.
RICH AND ELEGANT LACE CUR
TAINS.
RICH SATIN CURTAIN MATERIALS.
BRIDAL MARSEILLES QUDLTS.
EXPOSITION DO. DO.
EINE HEMSTITCHED HANDKER
CHIEFS,
Togetiar with a large and general Mock of
WHITE GOODS,
LINEN GOODS,
HOUSEKEEPING DRY GOODS,
BLANKETS,
FLANNELS,
DOMESTIC MUSLINS,
ETC. ETC. ETC. 12 mwf lot
QHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
We would call attention to our large atwirtment of
BLACK SILIt,
BLACK SILK,
irisii poflxus,
irish f0flxn8,
FLAID FOFLIZJS,
FLAXD FOFLXNS,
BLACK ALFACAS,
BLACK ALFACAS,
SILK FOFLXNS,
SILK FOFLX1YS,
TARTAN FLAXDS.
TARTAN FLAIDS.
VKLVETKEN8, handsome silk flntnb ; VELVF.TEEN3,
Ljon velvet finish. ALL AT REDUCED PRICES.
Just opened for the holidays, 3000 yard, double width
tino MOHAIR. All the new .hades, only 31 cents, half
pric All the above at
GEO. D. WISHAM'S
CHEAP STORE,
No. 7 Noith EIGHTH Street,
11 24 WB13M
PHILADELPHIA.
Shawls Lower in Price.
EYRE & LANDELL,
. 1 v
' t
FOURTH AND ARCH STREETS,
HAVE REDUCED THEIR STOCK OF
JTIIVE HIIAWLS.
EXTRA FINE BROCDE,
MEDIUM GRADE I3ROCHE,
LOW GRADE BROCHE,
BLACK AND SCARLET CENTRES,
OPEN AND FILLED CENTRES,
WOOLLEN LONG SHAWLS,
ALL REDUCED FOR
ChriHtmaM I?resents.
Camels' Hair Scarfs, Broad Roman Sashes, Red
Point Lace Collars, Valenciennes Lace Collars and
Beta, New Shape Linen Collars, Jack Tar Shape
Point Lace and linen Collars, Handkerchiefs, In
splendid boxes. 10 U smw
LINEN STOKES.
OLD STORE.
No. 828 ARCH STREET.
NEW STORE,
No. I 128 CHESNUT Street.
NEW DEPARTMENT BED CLOTHING.
BEST BLANKETS, fresh from the mills.
MARSEILLES BED QUILTS.
HONEYCOMB QUILT8, all sizes.
ALLENDALE AND LANCASTER QUILTS.
LINEN SHEETINGS, all widths.
COTTON SHEETINGS, al) width.
PILLOW CASINGS.
We bid for a large trade In BED CLOTHING, by
eUlnir reliable good at the lowest prices. 8 81 mwf
UAUOAINS 1'OK' THE HOLIDAYS.
l
CHAM. Hinrnun c iiku.,
Nos. 1)22 and 924 PINE STREET.
BARGAINS FOR THK HOLIDAYS.
Rohemian lla Toilet Hets. cheap ; only 91.
Kuhuiuian Cut Gluns Wine nets, liuautitul.
Bouquet Holders for almost no prie
Beii ut iful KmokiDK HhIh, 1'00, worth 92'(KI.
Ii',l.n,i,i.iruil '.,. hr Kl miur at to '(
Kmrmilnni Zonhvr Cuxliion and Chair Hatlerns in
Ii.ii.iii ii i, I jl.i.iini. h I half ti r ilia.
very low urines; wmie very rich.
Ladiegr Hunint itched Linen Udkfs.,
JLUIUrolUwrnu WJi. ..lutiu vji i. in. s u v u 1 1 n, uun m i
at very reduced
'our SO-cnnt IIui'W Friuped Red Border Linen Towels
reduced to liV. Ul-oeut Ouiuaik Towels now selllnx at iii
n.,A -II. ,
A great reduction on all our imported goods. We are
dittHiiuiiied to uell out our stonk of Roodi ; if yon cannot
tlud harKaiiis here, they are not vo ie louua in towu.
CHAN. p. im8om Ac 1IUO.,
1410)31 No m and tit piNJC Street.
DRY GOODS.
PRICE & WOOD,
N. W. Corner EIGHTH and FILBERT.
Fancy Goods Suitable for Holiday
Gifti.
JUST OPENED,
1000 Paris Silk Fans, at 76. 90, 91, $1-26, Cl io, tl'76, np
to If 3.
Vienna Fans, a job lot, very cheap.
Gilt Stick Fans.
Fancj Parses, io, 31, 3H, (0 cents np to $1.
Portemonnales, 20, 25, 28, 31, 36, 38, 40, 44, 60, 65, !), 76,
80c, 1 op to t'2'60.
Bargains in Lace Hdkf a, linon centres, at 60, 62, 78,
Wo.. 1, 9160 and 92.
Lace Collars, 26, 81, 36, 60, 62Jtf, 76, R8c., 91. 9160.
Ladies' Hemstitch Udkfs., ail linen, 16, U, 20, 26, 28, 81,
36, 38,60,60,76c.
Gent.' Hemstitched Udkfs., all linen, 81, 38, 42, 60, np to
91.
Ladies' Embroidered Hdkfa.
Ladies' Corded Hemstitch Udkfs., all littoo, 40, 60, 56,
and 80o.
Cents' Colored Borer Hdkfs,, 81, S5, 40, 60, 65 and 7&c.
Ladies' and Gents' Gloves.
Misses' and Boys' Gloves.
Gents' Lined Kid Gloves.
Ladies' Kid Gloves, etc.
Several lots of Fancy Goods, consisting of Tea Sets,
Toilet Beta, Vases, Tulip Stands, Card Receiver., Jardi
nieres, Buildinc Blocks, Ton Pins, Puzzles, etc
PRICE & WOOD,
N. W. t'ORNKR KIGHTH AND FILBERT,
10 31 sw
PHILADKLPHIA.
McVAUGH & DUNGAN,
TVo.114 8. ULKVII.-NTU Street,
Have this week opened a fine assortment of SEASON
ABLE GOODS for Present, for the approaching Holi
days. LINEN HDKFS.
A fnll line for Ladies. Gent, and Children, from th.
lowest to the nnest gTades.
EMBROIDERIES,
In Frenoh work and Hamburg, choice styles.
LINEN SETS,
Frem the plainest style to the finest imported.
TIDIES,
In treat variety and entirely now designs.
LACES.
Polnte. Points d'ApplIaue, Vulenoiennes. Thread and
Gnipure, in new patterns.
COLLARS AND CUFFS,
FRENCH BREAKFAST CAPS,
And a great variety of II 29 mwflm
FANCY ARTICLES.
RED U C T I O N.
We are reducing our eutiro stock to meet the
lowest Gold Figures.
Frosted Beavers reduced from 16-00 to $4 00.
Cloaking Cloths, all reduced.
Shawls in variety, at S3 CO, $4-00, ts-oo and to-oo.
Flue French Merlnoes, in choice shades.
Dress Goods of all kinds, down with the rest.
Black Silks, In lajge assortment
Table Linen Napkins, Doylies and Towels at gold
prices.
STOKES & WOOD,
S. W. COR. SEVENTH AND ARCH STS.,
PHILADELPHIA.
8wl
GOODS FOR THE LADIES.
pRIDAL, BIRTHDAY, AND HOLIDAY
PRESENTS.
i
The One Dollar Department contains a large assortment
of FINK FKKNCH GOODS, embracing
DESKS, WORK, GLOVK, HANDKERCHIEF, ATJD
DRESSING UOXK8. in great variety.
DOLUS, MECHANICAL TOYS, and TREK TRIM-
MINUS.
SILK FANS, LEATHER BAGS, POCKET BOOK8-I
CULNA VASXS and ORNAMENTS, JEWELRY, KTtl
From $1'00 to SSO'OO.
Call and examine onr Paris Goods.
Party and Kvening Dresses made and trimmed from
French and English fashion plates.
Fancy Costumes for Masquerades, Balls, etc., made to
order in forty-eight hours' notice, at
( MRS. M. A. BINDER'S
LADIES' DRKSS TRIMMINGS, PAPKR PATTERS
DRESS and CLOAK MAKING ESTABLISHMENT,
XT. W. Corner Eleventh, and Chesnut
S6stuth PUILADFXPHIA.
CLOAKS.
CLOAKS! CLOAKS!
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT.
THE FINEST QUALITIES
Tlie jtloNt Xteaxonable Prlcei.
IVENS & CO.,
S3 S.IVIZVrilNtreet.and X. 12. Cor,
KICSIETII andWALNUT,
116stntb2m PHILADKLPHIA.
FURS.
SABLE FURS, ,
RUSSIAN AND HUDSON'S BAY
The subscriber having niade the above articles
SPECIALTY In his business, has prepared a lurgo as
sortment In different styles at his Store,
No. 139 NORTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
Ktablialuti 44 year ago. '
108 fw3mrpj JAXVIE3 ItEIKTr,
I 107 CHESNUT STREET.
MUFFS CIVEN AWAY!
W. are giving away
Fine Black Astrach an Muffs . , .
1RKK OF COST, and retailing the finest i
: FURS AND ROBKS
In the city at WHOLKBALR PRI0K8. '
M. MARTIN it CO.,'
lailtmrp No. 1107 CHKSNUT Street
; ; ... . - 1 . . ' . ...
CTlilliMO.'V, 1IUO., Ac CO.
OII.N, '
11 li am Ho. 139 S. BHOOND Bueet '
OLOTHINQ.
D U R A B I L I T Y,
COMFORT, AND ECONOMY
Are combined in onr
8 cote h Cheviot Suits.
Which we are making to measure for
4UI
A Iso, onr
Frieze and Cassimere Suits at SI 8.
STYLE, FIT, TRIMMINGS, AND WORK EQUAL.
TO ANY HOUSE IN TUB CITY
Having determined to makeaQnlok Sale of ear large
Stock of Goods, Ready-made and Uncut, we have reduneel
prices so low as to render COMPETITION IfOPELF.HS.
We guarantee satisfaction in every particular, or the eal
annulled and money returned.
EVANS & LEECH,
MHlmrp No. 6W MARKET Street.
THE CHESNUT STREET
One-price Clothing Houso,
NO. 609 CHESNUT ST., ABOVE SIXTH.
COMPLETE NEW FALL STOCK.
LARGE AND CHOICE ASSORTMENT.
PRICES AS LOW AS THE LOWEST.
DO NOT FAIL TO CALL AND EXAMINE.
STRICTLY ONE PRICE. 92Bstata3nt
PERRY & CO.
OARPETINOS, ETO.
C A R PET I N , C 8.
CifilliAT NAI.i: PREVIOUS TO
REMOVAL
TO OUR NEW STORE,
No. 635 MARKET STREET,
North Side, one door east of Seventh,
ON THE FIRST OF JANUARY NEXT.
We will offer, till then, our entire stock of
Carpetiims,
- Oil Cloths,
Mattings, Etc..
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
LEEDOM & SHAW,
No. 910 ARCH STREET,
laiBtf
PHILADELPHIA.
II OLID JSl. Y
SUBSTANTIALS FOR 1969
Prices Down with Gold.
CARPET INQS,
OIL CLOTHS,
RUGS, MATS, ' '
OTTOMANS, HASSOCKS,
DRUGGETS (Bordered and Plal a).
R. L. KNICHT & SON.
IVo. 1222 CIIKSINIJT Street,
11 2 fmwl3t PHILADELPHIA.
FOR SALE.
p O R S ALE
ON ACCOMMODATING TE&M8, '
THE LEASE AND PERMANENT II
. TURES OF THE FLOUR STORE,
io. i23o itiAieitirr js-rituirt'!
Apply on the premises to
Vi au 4p
J. EDWARD ADDICKI
HANDSOME NEW DWELLING, WEI
Spruce Street, No. 3107, four-story (trench rot
wuU biult, for owner's .se.
TbisiB j
iust the kind of a residence mun want, bulr 'i
roomy and not extra large.
Term, will b. made accommodating to purchaser.
JOHN WANAMAKKR,
12 11 SIXTH and MARKET.
TO RENT.
F O R R E N T,
TV Largo Store,
In Splendid Order, Centrally Locate;
os
SOUTH SIDE OF CHESNUT 8TBEEI
Address "U 8. li." Inquirer Office. U 80 lit
TO LET THE RAILROAD DEPOT,
Nos. m snd 13 MARKKT 8treet. It ia provided
ttwo railroad curves and tracks through its entire)
length. It is admirably adapted lor a Forwarding ana)
Produce Commimiion business, for which purposes it baa
Ions been and is aow employed.
The present occupants are about to retire from the
business.
Inquiries can be made on the premises. la 22 ft
3 TO LEASE NEW HOTEL BUILDINO,
tiili) eighty rooms, CHKSNUT Street, above PIP
T KKN'l H. Address, or apply at building, No. It CHI'i
NUT Ktreet, or to JOrlN CRUMP,
laiUrif No. 1731 CHKSNUT Btreet.
.
TO LET THE 8TORE PROPERTY Ntt
72 Cbesnut street, twenty five feet front, one hnr
ornd and lortv-tive feet deeo to Bennett street. Bat
buildings five stories tush. Possession Miy 1, 1H70. Ad
dree THOMAH S. PLKl'CU K.R.
la lOtf Ueianoo, N. J.
fte TO RENT A PART OF A LARGE
IS Store, on the south side of CHKSNUT Street,
above htventh, suitable for a Jewelry or Piauo Htore, or
other similar buKineHa. Address "Store, Box JM8, Phila
delphiaPost Omco." la :t) Ut
" ""coAir"
yym H. T A C CAR T,
OOAL DEALER.
COAL OF THK BK8T QUALITY, PREPARED EX
PRKR8LY FOR FAMILY USE.
1208, 1210 and 1212 WASHINGTON AV.,
IS 1 8m Between Twelfth and Thirteenth street..
C O AT! C O A I,! fi O A !..'
Tho place to buy is at
MITCH HI. 1,'S COAI. OKPOT.
Corner of NINTH and G1KAKO Avenue. .
BEST QUALPIY Will I'M A811.
V.ftg and Htove i K37 per tio.
l.uianNut 6 "
K"Ve Vein Nut t'fiu "
Diilivured to any part of the city. la 32 3m
pUKE LEIUUIl AM) fvllUlXIUU
i 1'AMILY, FACTORY, AND Bl'l CM INOU8 03ALS.
Lorne stock always on hund. ,
Southeast curuur TUIRTKKNTH and WH.UJW6 ro.)te,
lai8m W.W.AC. I), II A INKS.
COTTON BAIL DUCK AND ICANVA?
of all numbers and bra nil a. T.nt, Awuln, Tron
and Wagon cover Duck. Also, Paper JUanut actnrer
Drier Feite, from thirty to seventy-sU tnahe. ia.
PauUn B2b. SaU Twu jg w
, Wo. 103 0HUWJU ekeetiOttybturea),