4 THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1870. Arming Sclqjtaph published E YTllT AFTERNOON (SUNDAYS T.i Kl-TEH), AT TI7E F.VKN1NO TI'Xr.C.itAl'II BUILDING, No. 108 S. THillD STREET, i - - ' PHILADELPHIA. Thel'rire it three ('. per cnpyUlonhle nherl); or eiyhUen ant per irmk, payable to the carrier by iriom tervcd. The niibneription price hi mail in Ainu Iollar per annum, or One ItolJar uwl Fifty Cent for two months, invariably in advance for the time ordered. . TUESDAY, MARCH IS, 1870. TBE HOUSE OF COlinKCTIOXLEr THE LEGISLATURE UNDO ICS BABEL WORK. When the future historian of Philadelphia describes the action of the present generation in reference to a House of Correction, what a fearful picture of vacillation and incompe tency will he present ! Sixteen years ago an aot providing for the establishment of such an institution was passed by the Legislature, and the subject has been continually agitated ever since, every day increasing the manifest necessity for its construction. And yet the muddle in which this projeot is involved seems to grow deeper and deeper with eaoh new demonstration of the importance of its success. The underlying reason of these difficulties is the question of location for the contemplated structure. The trouble does not arise from the pauoity of proposed sites but from their superabundance, and this t rouble is intensified by the anxiety of one set of interested parties to prevent the House of Correction from being erected in one region, and the desire of another Bet to have it built in some other special locality. The city ovrns an abundanoe of land, but its right to use its own property has bean circumscribed by the Legislature, with the apparent intent of f oroing it to become a real estate purchaser for the special benefit of some one of a doion knots of speculators. When the House of Correction was first talked of the Almshouse farm was fixed by law as the proper looation. But this project awakened the h ostility of adjacent property owners, and it was (not unwisely) defeated, first, by the reoommend i tions of the committee which originally had the subject in charge, and, second, by a legis lative enactment which forbids our citizens from using any property in the ward ia which the Almshouse is located as a House of Correction. After some years the grounds adjacent to Moyamensing Prison rose into favor, and this is, above all others, the proper site, or, indeed, the only economical and ap propriate one. Three acres of land are avail able, affording ample room, with proper architectural arrangements, for the confine ment and employment of all our prisoners, Vagrants, able-bodied paupers, drunkards, and disorderly persons for years to coma. Thousands of men can be set and kept at work in the space therein furnished, aul some of the largest and most thickly-populated institutions of a kindred character do not possess more room than the city has at her disposal on the grounds adjacent to the County Prison. This is the only project that ever reoeived a hearty and thorough endorse ment, and the only one yot presented which should be adopted. It is recommended iu the strongest terms by the Bo ird of Prison Inspectors, a body of men who, above all others, best understand this subject, ami act from enlightened and disinterested motives. It .was also favored, a few years ago, by every , meuibor of a joint committee of Councils which h-ul thoroughly examined this whole subject. Nor did the favorable and propitious action stop here. Connoils authorized a loan of one hun dred thousand dollars to erect the necessary buildings on the site which had thus been warmly approved; so that, as the city p j Bessed the land and the money to erect tun buildings was provided, the whole question of a House of Correction was on the point o! reaching a satisfactory solution. The only thing needed was an act of the Legislature authorizing our citizens to do what, after mature consideration, competent offioials had decided to be the best thing that could b done in the matter. But a superlatively stu pid and iniquitous piece of legislative botohery was perpetrated at this wouidut. Instead of conferring the privilege asked for the Legislature passed a law prohibiting thj people of Philadelphia from construct ing a House of Correction aul Employment in the ward in whiou the County Prison is located, and dolaito action en the whole subject was delayed an 1 prevented by this outrageous proceeding. If our citizens had been represented at IlnrrU burg by men who possessed a decent degren of intelligence, honesty, and regard for ttniir welfare, such an infamous law could not pos sibly have been adopted. Its passage ' hu already oost Philadelphia hundreds of t'a u Bands of dollars, and it has stimulated au im mense amount of crime and pauperism. It it is not repealed it will cost millions of dol lars more, and multiply tho race of bummars until the whole city swarms with them; au l the burdens of tax-payers will be increasol to an incalculable extent by the damaging commission and omission of drivelling legislators. Councils, deprived of the power of doing what their better j udx ment favored, were naturally thrown bank upon a series of expedients none of which are satisfactory. It is time, however, that the farce of chasing up sites should cease. Let the Legislature heed the request ma le ia tho last report of the Prison Inspectors, giva them the enabling aot they ask for, auj th-m let Councils extend tho Moyauiensing 1'rUou buildings. The loan already authorized will provide the necessary means. The wh'le question ia exceedingly simple if the Legis lature, for once, treats our citizens with jus tice, and not as the objects of legislative speculation. The LTarmburg Solons have only to undo (heir own Babel work. THE L KCl A li-1 Kyn er wcuistox. A f'.nr.AT doal of puerile critioism has ap parrd in tho papers on the redout logil touiler decision by tho Supreme Court of the Uiiifml Stiffs, nud tho most nmazing conse quences nro predicted as snro to follow from it. Not the least ridiculous of the ideas held by some of these wiseacres is that one which implies that transactions passed and gone may be liable to be dragged out again, and that even a rooeipt in full is a mat tor of dreadful tmcertainty. The legal-tender deci sion applies, of coiirso, only to contracts made before February, 1802, and only to such of those as $UU remain in force. Any one who chose to take greenbacks and sign a re ceipt in full, cannot now claim that ho should have had gold. This, we apprehend, applies to interest paid on mortgages, to ground rents, and interest paid on corporation bonds, etc Interest, according to the well known rule of law, follows the principal, and if the principal is payable in gold the interest will be also, and accruing interest and unpaid arrears may be so collected. We wish, how ever, to assure our readers that if they have paid off a gold mortgage, or other debt, or interest on it, in greenbacks, and that pay ment has been accepted by the parties, they can sleep in peace, and have no fears of boing called on for "the difference."' Where sums have been received expressly under protest, such cases may form exceptions to the rule according to the phraseology of each case, though even there we very much doubt whether the only available "protest" may not be held to be a refusal to accept. In ninety nine out of every hundred cases, however, payment was made and accepted without any thought on either side of any "protest," or of any decision suoh as the court has made. In all such cases the question is closed. Afteb all, commend us to a New York Deputy Sheriff for a display of peouliar fit ness for office. The papers of our neigh boring city narrate at longth the adventure! of one such during a journey from New York to Sing Sing in charge of four convicts whose united sentences spanned seventeen years. The deputy was crazy drunk so crazy drunk that justice was within an ace of being cheated out of seventeen years of hard labor by way of recompense for outraged law. This model deputy was not content with get ting drunk himself, but marched his prisoners into a saloon and set their wits afloat in whisky, as well as his own; and then, for fear that either himself or some one of his maua cled companions might by chance draw a sober breath before the end of the journey was reached, filled a pocket flask, and the tedium of travel was relieved by its frequent eleva tion all around. When the party arrived at Sing Sing, the deputy had sunk into such a drunken stupor that he could be arousod only by a vigorous rubbing of his ears, which goes far towards proving that what little sense he had left was located in those organs. That the four convicts did not make good their escape was in consequence of the fact that they were too drunk to appreciate their opportunity, and were moreover under the watchful eyes of a policeman and a friend of the deputy throughout the journey. Captain Williams, the heroic man who commanded the ill-fated Oneida, gave utter ance to a sentence which is destined to rank forever with the most notable in naval history. Mr. Crowninshield, the captain s clerk, who has written a thrilling narrative of his own almost miraculous escape, states that when one of the officers urged him to take to the boats, he replied "I go down with my ship!" and that, in response to an appeal from still another of his subordinates, he exolaiined, No; this is my place, and here I remain!" If the serviceable boats of the Oneida had been of sufficient capacity to accommodate the whole ship's company, suoh conduct on the part of the commander would have been unpardonable bravado; but as it was, the noble sailor only showed that he was fit to tread the quarter-deck of the grandest vessel that ever was launohed. The loss of a man with such a spirit is one that no service could well afford to sustain, and the country will lament it with as much feeling as if Captain Eyre, of the Bombay, were a red-handed pirate in name as well as in act. Poor Feobia! To-day the people of Peoria are to be forced to listen to harangues from Miss Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Miss Anna E. Dickinson. Now Peoria is situate a thousand miles, more or less, from Philadelphia, and it may be that the full enormity of its iniquities has not yet reached us by report. But we should think that there could have been found within its limits at least one sensible, sober-minded, satis fied woman, whose simple presence ought to be sufficient to save the town from the triple infliction which has fallen upon it. Tm Increase of tuk Kevknuk of the General Government la a gratifying sign. Commissioner Delano estimated the revenue fur the current ducal year at f HS.OOO.OOO, to meet which prophecy required a gain of 110,000,000 ovpr last year. Nine teen millions have already ben gained; but, Inas much as nine millions of tax were obtained In the last quarter of the last fiscal year from whUky which was forced out of bond by operation of law, it Is ex pected that the remaining months of the current fiscal year will show a slight comparative deorease, and that the net gain for the year will about equal the estimate made by Commissioner Delano. Iu the following la given a comparison of the aggregate collections of Internal revenue during the years endlDg June SO, 1809, and January 81, 1870, showing how the amount reoeived from each son roe Is being gradually swollen: Year XwUng ' Year Ending . Jun. IBtitt. Januaru. 1870. spirits U3,oe,4ua totf.fos.in 1 ouaeco ii3,43O.T0S 811,827,008 i eruieuted liquors o,ut,880 8,084,574 j3uuKsanu uuiiKera S.naft.olT B,MJ,!J8 Grusa receipts , e.BlHl.WM) o,641,Ti6 "Hies 8,0tt,ba 8,7uo,BlS Special tuxes not elsewhere enumerated 8,801,455 9,823,90 Income, Including salaries. 84, iQl.BMI 87,614,311 Jeguclia 1,2-U.KST " 1,694,484 huccesidims LlSU.Tftu 1,8TT,87 Articles lu Schedule A 8S8.8H1 B2,6a 1'absportu Blt,4o8 3,775 J,"- ' 8,11,006 8,213,639 livsiduu of collections from tuxt-s removed 1,284.979 403,846 Penalties 877.08 S8,B4 hut receipts from stamps.. 18,508 4U3 15,923,05 Totals. $1B,124.12T $174,839,928 I he Ueciease lu the third Item from the end of the list Is In the case nf tntrrf wntch havr, i,en r"nvvv 1, Willie nil the collee. Ions from tlinna source. ir:il!ii Hie taxes In question were in force wero nof. yet palil in. Th! decreii. e in tho receipt from pen il ti. s Is occuKioiii'fl b.r tli.i fact that t!io 1d; irimnt now mure uniformly prosecutes mil'.s to a conclu sion, thus reclnctiijT tlie nii'Mocr of compromises, In rein pennlt.il s are pnid in lieu of taxes. Alto gether, the ex''liilt 1.4 a very wit ; fnct M-y one to tax payer, and shows lioiv riwliy the lutilslt'jr!:il In Pome tax can be dispensed with. I JIk. Lkkciikr, having set before tho wnrll tho new code regulaliiig thu niaritnl relations, follows It lip with a prouuucUinento upon p iruut.il respon sibility. Hear hlni, jo lathers and mothers, and take heed "The -wayward children' aro not so nmch to blame, it seems, a.1 the parents. A bad hoy snatches his sister's doll and plump It Into the lire; that's his mother s fault! BUI runs off with his J linger brother's sled, and when tho defrauded ui chin cries after it, he gets 'rubbed' in the snor and kicked; and that's his father's fadlt! A thiev ish boy eat up all the doughnuts set apart for sup per, and then denies that he tonched them, and puts It off on a poor bound servant-girl, and gets her Into disgrace, and suborns his younger brother to Jolninthedooelt; and all this U ike fault of his parents 1" ! Tin Dbvastation op War Is something torrlble to contemplate in the aggregate. Mr. Loray-Beau-lleu, a diaclplo of the peuce-at-auy-prlce party, who argues that all the wars between 1853 and 1809 might have been avoided If those engaged In thera had so chosen, thus summarizes the expenditure In men and money during the period of thirteen years: . Millinr.U Urn ftfjranrt War killrd, ejtnti. Crimean.... 784,991 8,50i) Italian.... ,im)) l.s"l Danish .&' American (North) 2S1 000 American (South) 619,000 lt.so-) Austro-PruHsian 45,0 fl i,v Various 65,000 l.O'O Total. .1,743,491 47,830 Alexandre Dumas, according to a rumor current In Paris, has had a lit of apoplexy. Figaro siys that It cannot vouch for the attack, hopes the story la a mistake, and only mentluns it to have the pie li.ire of contradicting it iu the vent of Its not beinr true. We suppose that, In case the rumor hhould provj true, h'ujaro will g:orify Itself on having been iu the field so early with the announcement. The most primitive moans of conveyance are not uecesearily tree from fatal daubers. A Mr. Dority, near Alertou, Wisconsin! :wm driv ing a team attached to a pair oCiJjobslellis currying a sawiog. ai nis invitation a .nr. ll..l,..ii wtilLrtiitr hv thu rii'irlMirln ulimr.fmlf n. riiln u . k 1 1 w.n... J v.w . ....... ....... - on the log. fcuortly afterwards the log slipped from the ninu bot, ana, turning over tue ior ward bob. struck Dalton ou the temple, causliir instaut death, and rolling upon Dority fasiuned 111 in ou the prouud, where no wus auiwst tro.un bclore aid arrived. Tue fatal accideuU of travel where horses draw the vehicles are more numerous, though less noticed, tuau those where steam is the motive power. Opium has been raised with success In Ver mont. The yield would appear to have been 100 pounds of juice to the acre, merely requiring drying to become a marketable opium which brought from $8 to 410 per pouud, as It con tained more than six per cent, of morphia. If this tbiuir enn be accomplished in so cold iv cli mate, would not still better sucues-i attend It-i culture iu California? It may yet bo no object to Chinese smugglers to brio); opium iuto 8 in raticisco plugged up into the Inside of granite building-blocks, or sandwiched betweeu the iuner and outer soles of their shoe. The next 'opium war may find us the rival of the East India company in supplying mo drug to China. SPECIAL. NOTICES. Fbr additional Special o(icM Mo (A Intid Fanat. AD INTERIM! For the brief space between now and the opening of our New Spring Importations, we will dispose of the remainder of our Winter Stock (much of which Is not Inappropriate for Spring Wear) at moderate prices. joiin wanamaker', Noa. 818 and 620 C1IESNUT Street. 8- ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, BO. 1025 OHE3NTJT STREET. SHERIDAN'S RIDE, LIFE-SIZE PAINTING PIT TUE POET ARTIST, T. BUCHANAN KKAD. THIRD WEEK OF THE EXHIBITION. GALLERIES THRONGED DAY AND EVENING!. OVER 20,000 VISITORS. "With foam and with dust .ha black char or was groy ; hj tbo Uaob ot his y, ami tti ru noNtnla' play, He geetnud to the wuule (treat army to aay : M have hrouuht yuu thenilii all tuo way From Winchester down to save tie day!' " OHBOMOS of the above, in size 30i3S inches, now m1y. Price, 10. 3 7 AomiuBion 25 oents. includiuK tue entire collection of the Academy. Open from 9 A. M. to 6 P. Al and from 7t to IU P. M. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIJ.- faiAD a r rnvi ii.dh IN AID OF "i'HK UAPTINT HOMK." O A ntTin TV A V 111 UlllI Ilk lorn . a U If The GRAND (JIIORUcS, composed of the Buutint Sun day Bcnoois. win 00 oonancten iy Mr. O. 11. SNVDER, And socompanied by foar icrand ltnnos and two Organs. Climnart Ln rninn liv an Overture for four Planus. TIl'VTTH (Adult! ?08nt M HJuildien, nnder twelve years so Tlt'ketaoan be nrneurad at the American Baptist Pub lication Society's Uuouia, No. 630 AUUHStraet, or at the Acaaemy on tue any 01 ine uoncen. Doore open at 2 o'olock. " Ht BfST AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC "HOW TO bAV THINGS," a Lecture by PROFESSOR J. W. SHOEMAKER. the Popular Uloeuttouiat. , At tho request of many friends Profewor Shoemaker wili deliver the above instructive, entertaiuiog, and humorous lecture at tho Aoadxinyof Music, On FRIDAY KVKMN'G, March 18. Tickota, 50 oents. JUaervod Boats iu Parquet, Parquet Circi auU Balcony, 74 cents. Revived se:its in hauiuy Uircle. bo oeula. Tickets tor sale St Gould's Piano Rooms, No. fJ3 Ghesnat street. l ' it lioors open at 7 o'clock. Ltcture to commence al 8 tQr PILGRIM 11ENKFIT8. Tuesday Ni;ht Moriiiufc fcitar pivMnn. H. rf V, 'Wednesday, 2'SO and Evening --Banan Baptist llmroa.. T: ursdny Kvening-Contrnl PrcBli)t:riau CUuroh. Friday Kveuiw larin M. K. i;liurou. Saluiday S &i P. M. and B Kveninic. All hocietiea make money by beuetita. OtHce hours, 11 to 1 P. M. . , . . 8 16 lit J. W. BAIN, Proprietor. tjZr NOTICE.-A FREE LECTURE WILL bedelirered b RAOHHL W. M. TOWN8END. in the hall of the MKROANTJ1.K LIBRARY, os I'KM Hireet, abore Olieanut, on FOURl'H (WKUNK.S. UAV) KVKNING, Ibtli instant, al 8 o'olock, to which the eitixena generally are invited. , , . ,, ,. Kuliject-tttale ut Bociety la Washington Oityt iU Oateuutloaand Ieradatlou. It SPECIAL NOTIOES. jptf- TO TIIF, STOOKIIOLnr.liS OF TUK W KROA NTII.K MBRARY (iOMPANY. 1b Hoard of liitertnia havine: tailed to carry out lbs rriw.iulion instruouna: them tnpn Ins Library on Sun da,, vrniuh awd by a larir majority at. (Ho niett 0 tbo l.onu any b.ld i , binary ia. all otorkboblora. wio tber In Invor ot Minrlay op. nut er not. who hold that I 'i ! I'iri'cn.ts nre bound to obey tho luxtrnxtiona a-iven t mm at tbe nu etinua or the (Jompany, are Invited to meet, . 01 I Ilmlt,til,u,il ,,, ,v (( ,r,T HKOMIand H A 1. VII f '' ".."" '' '''' nminii, I1V1 imi , n S o'. ..rA, to exurms thoir nirawimbatlnn o( tho couran ntirauni by the Ui.r.l, and t (i lake such action in tue premises aa taey mty dnein exfi1ient. V i. In. in V. Mrllnih (1. Morran KldridRS, B. M Andot-on, A Ibrrt U. Frland, John I., rtodner, tlotin V (iraiijzer. 1. K. Hart, 8. (WtniT, .Ir., 8aniuHl W. l'ennypaoker, K.lward J. Tiel, Joseph K. Pulte, 'I hoiiiaa Hockley, .lolin H. Kuultor, H. K. Kairarneve, It K. lHllnin, R. l'nncan ('oombs, J. Wemer Knox, (J. W. McMillan. Edward H. Tyson, .1. K. F. Xoh. B. T. Milhaan, A. W'pssotl, Hteption Kaejnn, An 1 others. 1 lOthatunt TIioiiiiib I', h akeiuore, Bnn I). Hunter, A. J (a.lairi er, C'barlo- .1. Rainey, kl. Paxrnn. Cbarlra P. Bicknnll I A. K. Wonirt'h, I John Nc.l lo, 1 John A. Mionn, Tbomaa ir-ham. rriioaru i. tveioerill, Clinrics A. Inr;,n, J. Mi A Hi.ydt r, F K. Won-.mth, lesti'h IIfHipr. Rictianl W Pulte, Jonn lb aklna, Churles Henry Honoy, J. Hurry i inert ale, C'liar Hoakins, l.r uis hliaw, Tliomaa Alcllwne, lyjT PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Ol'FICE 7 OK ;ENF.RAL FREIGHT AGENT, No. 130J MARKET Htreet. Pnn.TiRLPHlA, Maroh 14, 1870. NOT I OK,. The rates for the Transportation of Oas Coal, to take efToct M arch lo, 18?0, can be obtsinod on aoplioatinn at this oHlce. 8. 11 KINGSTON. I It General FreiRht Agent. OROOERIE8. ETO. 1 w o. 11UY TIliE BEST. BUCK'8 FRKSII TOMATO FS. WINSLOW'S OREKN 8UAR CORN. MEKCIER GREEN FRBNCII PEAS. ASPARAGUS, LIMA BEANS, UK SEN GAGES, FRENCH AND ITALIAN PRUNES. New Crop Green and Black Teas, At greatly reduced prices. Families supplied la quarter and half chests at wholesale price. EXTRA WHITE WHEAT FAMILY FLOUR, Always on hand. HAMS! HAMS!! HAMS!!! NEWBOLD'S JBR8EY HAMS. 8TOKE3 JERSEY HAMS. MARYLAND HAMS. f. DAVIS' CINCINNATI HAMS. JOWA hams. ' Families dealrlDg Newbold's and Stokes' Jersey Hams cau leave their orders, as they will be In la a few days. CRIPPEM & MADDOCK, No. 115 SOUTH THIRD STREET, BELOW CHESNUT, Dealers and Importers in Fine Groceries of every description. S 15 tuth2t4p 1809. yy" A It 11 A N T E D GENUINE OLD Government Java Coffee, ICoufcted every day. at 40 cents per pound, at COUSTYS East End Grocery, No. 118 South SECOND St., S17thstn5 BELOW OHK8NTJT STREET. OLOTHINQ. THE BEST ISJHE CHEAPEST. There Is no poorer economy In the world than to buy poor clothing. BOCEHILL & WILSON COO EL- FINE CLOTHING DUO AT VERY LOW PRICES. There Is no place In Philadelphia wnere yon can receive better attention than at ROCKHILL A WILSON'S, Who nurl SELL FINE CLOTHING Q II U AT VER Y LOW PRICES. For the choicest materials, made Into the most fashionable Btyles of garments, yon will find that ROCKHILL 4 WILSON Pnr SELL FINE CLOTHING DUO AT VJtRY LOW PRICES. To please the boys, to give satisfaction to the men, to rejoice the hearts of the wives and mothers of America, ROCKHILL 4 WILSON rtiornut SELL FINE CLOTHING LllCSnill AT VERY LOW PRICES. The great army of customers constantly dealing at tue GREAT BROWN HALL cheerally testify to the .act that ROCKHILL 4 WILSON Ctrent SDLh FINE CLOTHING Oil CClt AT VERY LOiV PRICES. GREAT BROWN HALL, 603 and 605 CHESNUT Street, ROCKHILL & WILSON. BARGAINS IN CLOTHirJC. GOOD BUSINESS SUITS 114, were 118 " " 1 30 ". . " " 118 " tn OVERCOATS 18 " fie EVANS & LEACH. No. 628 MARKET STREET, 18 80 amrrj PHILADELPHIA. HATS. $8'00. II ATS. $600. WARBURTON'S NEW SHAPES TOR SPRING. Easily Fitting and Ventilating (Fatented). In consideration of the kind compliance of my numerous patrons (during the past season; with my new rule of business, CASH! I now make a reduc tion In prices as above. Said reduction Is greater ttan la warranted by the recent decline In gold or existing rates of wages for labor the latter never having been so high as now, nor so little disposed to foilow the turn of gold. Further reductions will be made when feasible ; in the meautlme the prices for Pitbs Silk Hats will be 18-00 for fine and ts-oo for extra One. a tery rare superfine quality, fio-oo. 1 W. F. WARBURTON, Hatter, No. 430 CHESNUT Street. 81B8Up, Kext door to Post Office. EYRE U LARtDELL, : POTT'S r.r I JL nud AKOII SMv(its, AUK OIVMNO Tw D.VY b'OH Sl'HI.VO KALI S, PrLBMlD IliENCH riUN'jZhH. JNKW STOCK OV PL .MS HII.HS. PEKCALE ROBK8, TFIHEE FLOUNCFS. BEST BLACK MILKS MACE. RICH SPRING PERCALI.S. PAISLEY LONG AN O oyliAIlrf bllAWLS. ORGANDY LAWN ROBES. L.XMa POISTS AND JACKKM. JAPANESE FIGURED SILKS. MAK1K ANT JINET IK AND V1CI1U8. JAPANESE PLAIN bILbS. 40 0 YAHL8 PLalD SPRING hILKS, 81. NEAT STRIPE AND FIOUKED BILKS. PoPLtNS, NEW SfniNG STOCK. S U 3t DRY QOODS. CARD. 8HEPPARD, VAN HARLINCEN & ARRI80N. Wo. lOOS CIIKSIJT Street, Will continue the sale of their LARGE STOCK 0? FINE GOOLS, at EXTEAOELINAEILY LOW PEICES Making a difference of about 8Sx PER CENT, from former prices, being more than equal to the GEEAT DECLINE IN GOLD. Our old stock we are selling rapidly, and NEW GOODS are BEING RECEIVED DAILY, so that our Store shall continue to present to buyers the GBEATKST POSSIBLE ATTRACTIONS AND BARGAINS, in all descriptions of Skirting nd Fronting Linens. Table Cloths, Table Linens, Napkin, Doylies, Of entirely new and elegant patterns. Towels and Tcwellings of every de scription, ,, Marseilles Quilts, ; AND ALL VARIETIES OF Zlouse-furnishing Dry Goods. FURNITURE COVERINGS, CRETONNES, AND CHINTZES. TABLE AND PIANO COVES 8. REAL LACE AND NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS. CURTAIN MATERIALS AND UPHOLSTERY GOJDS. ALSO, An unusually large and attractive stock of FIUaT CLASS WHITE GOODS, PIQUES, TIOIES, HDKF3. and STAPLE EMBROIDERIES. No. 1008 CHESNUT Street, ' 8 9 wthstulOtrp PHILADELPHIA. JESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENT. RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENT. The Entire Stock Marked Down to Gold at Par. Specie 4iven In Change. GREAT BARGAINS IN Black Silks! Black Silks! The Cheapest! or Ten Years. WILL OPEN TO-D4.Y FROM NEW YORK, . I lot 26 inch Cro Grain, S1W, ch.ap for $3. 1 lot 26 inch Groa Grain, (176, cheap for (3 2S. 1 lot 96 inoh Oro Grain, i'J, oheap for $2'60. 1 lot axtra heavy oord. $3'15, oheap for $275. -Black Silk, $2-26, $2 50, $2 75, $3, 3 W, and $4. Daily Opening New Silks. Being determined to maintain oar reputation for selling the oheapest Black Sirka, wo have marked our entire atoolc down to Gold at par. JU8T OPRRRD 10,000 Yards of Japanese Silks, Pla n, Btrrpea, and in Robea. These gooda are the beat quality, aoprior lustre and finish. ' Irish Poplina in grant, Tariety fur Spring Suite. A full line ol beaotiful Dreaa Goods ltw. than bankrupt prices. lilaok Tamlae Mohair for Suits, a bargain. . ALL THE ABUVE AT CEO. D. WISHAM'S ONE-PRICK SrOBE, IVo. 7 north IIUIITII Street, S12tuat PHILADELPHIA. 1853 17th ABNIVEK8AEY, 187Q 1 HURSDAY, MARCH 10. (8eveBtecn Years on Spring Garden Street) Dry Goods Unprecedented Chsap. VTHORNLEY'S," Cor. EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN We have now a most complete stoek ot Seasonable and Desirable Goods, bought cheap and selling cheap. SUPERLATIVE BLACK SILKS. . BEAUTIFUL SILK VOPLINS. EXCEEDINGLY RICH FRENCH CHINTZES. BAKNSI.BY AN1I POWER-LOOM TABLE LINENS, WHITE PIQUES, PLAIO MUSLINS, BEbT BID GLOVES, CASS1MERES, VLKNUSLS, MARSEILLES QUILTS, Eta EiO. If ladles desire to shop pleasantly and economi cally, they will come direct to our store. If from a distance, they can ride to the door, and will sar car hire In the smallest purchase. . All goods, delivered freo of charge, promptly and carefully. JOSEPH H. THORN LEY, N. E. CORNER OP EIGHTH and SPUING GARDEN its, S S Uistui PHILADELPHIA. PARIS. AU PETIT ST. THOMAS, BUB DK BAO, Noa. S7. 2tt, VI. 83. 85, No. 8 RUK KB L'UNIV RSITK. Thin house, established npnard. of Hity years, is nniTer slly kuown aud famed as one of the first establishments in Paris, in which thorouirn eonfldenoe may be I iaoed. Ia its immense premises, whioh ad foreigners shuuld visit,, will be found, at the lowest prioea, the must oeinplete as soi tm tint of SILKS. EIRST NOVRI.TIK8 INDIA INu FRKNUH OA8HMKKK SHAWLS, WOOLLENS, LAUK, LINUKBIK, READY MA LK ARTIOLKS FOR LADIES, MANTLES, OMAK, FURS. , corr-m and thrkad btukks. uoirry, GLOVES, RIHBON8, THfMMINOS, OABPKT8, Ak'I'IOLKB OK FURNITURE, WEDDING OUTKITS. ENGLISH A8SI1-TANT8. . FIXKO PRICEU. May. U. iC Ap. 11, 16, SU, May J, , 18, and 26. R 8, R. DILLON, NOS. 821 AND 8S1 SOUTH STREET, has a Urr. assortment of FINE MILLINERY for Ladies and Misses, Ribbons, Satins, Bilks, Velvets and Vel. veteens. Crapes, Feathers. Flowers, Frames, Saab Ribbons, Ornaments, Mourning Millinery, Orape Veils, sto. DRY GOODS. No. 43 North EIGHTH Street, Ol'ESKD TITI3 DA.V, I 0 pieces Nainsook Cneck Muslins. 28,28, and 8I0. . 1K doiea lare sire A ll-liuen Towels, , oents, ' 17 doz.n Ladies' Uemstitohed Uuen Hdkia., 12" and lSeenls. j Plaid Nainsooks, oheapest eer oRurad. ' I 100 pieces A Rleant Frenoh Mot'lna, 44 and SOeenta. eost76centairli. ; Fine Freuoh OiKanr'y, 81 and 37! ounts. I DKMUNA1 RATIO IN PLAID MU.Sl.lNrf. LIAEN GOODS A ftPKUl 4LTY. ' j 1000 yards Table Daroaaks. slUhily sithwl. Beaty hand-loom Table Dainuk, So cents. TABLE DAMASKS AND NAPKINH, (JRKAT RK. , . DUOTION. Hambnrs; Kdnings and Insertions. - 10,(JO yarda Hsroburg Embroideries, extra t'.ieap t bales Russia Crash, 1J,( and 15a. 1 100 dozen Lace Collars, bow styles, 85, 31, Bn.l 8'o. x.inen uollnrs ana UulIs-noTeltles. HOSIERY! HOSIERY! HOSIKUY! ' 1C0 dozen GenU' Superfine English H ilf llw, ji0 11U dosen Genu' Fine Reirular Half Hose, tfc, a j b ladles' Enarlish Lonir Hose. fin. a.,, a . from Mo. " . Ladies' Full Regular Fine Hose, 28 and 31o. , Boys' and Misses' Hose. ( Black Silks, leas than gold oost. 1 Black Silks, Ql 58 and $1 61. ' Black Bilks, cheapest in the market. ; BUok Silk, 82 and C3 45, speoial bargains. ; Sew Spring Poplina. , 8 Pisces double width Colored Mohairs, 31 0. 100 pieoes Dress Goods, 19o., reduoed from tio. Blaok Alpaoas, reduced. ' Special Bargains in Black Alpacas. Ladies' Undergarments, Night Dresses, eto., noTeltiea, tery oheap. i The Ooutills J. B. P. Freuoh Corsot, best fitting Corset In the market. Also, The Genuine Robert Werley Corset, reduced. Whalobone "Meehanio Corset," 9&o. Fans reduced. Hdkfs. bargains. Gloves closing out. Gents' Back. , Ladies' Jouvin Castor O lores. Nottingham Lace Curtains, from auction. 8 14 St Second Special Anncuncenot. J. W. PROCTOR & CO., No. 920 CHESNUT STREET. Caving been successful In disposing of a large portion of the stock to the public at an Immense sacrifice of the ORIGINAL COST, We are now determined to sell tho balance at a still greater reduction. BALANCE OP "PROCTOR" STOCK MUST BE SOLD. Some of the leading kinds of goods In this Itoclt now on hand are as follows : KID GLOVES, FURS IS SETS OK SEPARATE. HOSIERY. DRESS AND CLOAK. TRIMMINGS. CORSETS, WHITE, SCARLET, ANI BLUE CLOTHS, BLACK CLOTHrt, GOOD SIDE-BAN O CASSI MERES, 62tfo. ' ENGLISH 4-4 WATEUPKOOFS, 2k;o. 6-4 WATERPROOFS, 7fia ' PURE MOIIAIK BLACK ALPACAS, . AKaBS AT $0. WHITE VELVET CORALS, DOLAN'H PLAID CLOAK INGS, $4-80. BOYS' LINEN WEAK, . BLACK 11EKNANIS, iifto. , STRIPED GKENADI iSES, Wo. BLACK SILKS AT ONE-THIRD THEIR COST, ' FANCY SILKS AT YOUR OWN PRICE, REMNANTS OF DRESS GOODS NEARLY ALL GONE. LONG AND SQUARE BROCHE SHAWLS. BALANCE OF TIIE BLANKETS CLOSING OUT CHEAP, ONLY A FEW OF THE CHOICE FRENCH PIOUES LEFT. WHITE LACK POINTS, itO TUNDES, AND SACQUES. BLACK LACE DO. DO. PROCTORS, 816tuths8t5 No. 920 CHESNUT Street ' yE GUARANTEE TO SELL The Cheapest Slack Silks IN PHILADELPHIA. ' WE ARE WELL AWARP OVTHR RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ABOVE STATEMENT, BUT ARM PREPARED TO PROVE IT TO ALL WHO WILL GIVE U8 THE OPPORTUNITY. 10 Pieces mors heavieet "GOLD EDGE" BLAOK G ROB GRAIN, 82 65, worth (4 5 Pieces heavy "OOL.D EDGE" BLAOK GR03 GRAIN, (3, worth S3. 6 Pieces "WHITE JlDGE" GROS OR AIN, $1-75. The above silks are Tery slightly in perfeot on the sel vage, but the damage ia so trilling that it can soarooly bs deteoted. Having made arrangements with the importers to take II the above goods they get, buyers will find it greatly to their interest to examine them before purchasing eUe whero. X Case heavy square mesh BLAOK HERNANI, at 85o., great bargain. N. 8PERINC & SON, SUCCESSORS TO JAMES DENNY ft SON, S.E. COR. ELEVENTH AND LOMBARD. SISstuSt PHILADELPHIA. "YTE HAVE RECEIVED AN INVOICE OP OUR CELEBRATED BOMBAZINE FINISH ALPACAS. The lame make of goods is not kept by any other house. PERKINS & CO., 9 South rilTJTIZ Street, a IT thstu8mp PHILADELPHIA. OIOARS. JUST RECEIVED, SMALL LOT CHOICE HAVANA CIGARS, .FOR SALE BY V.VC.in.O,CAL.L,A.IIsVIVAcCO.v ' 10 Ctrp No. 206 WALNUT Street.
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