0 THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADKLHII A, FRIDAY, MAY G, 1870. Flnraler BeTtn. Number fieven is more favored in the world than any other digit. It is trna that, in a cert tin conventional sense, Number One is paid to occnpy more of each man's attention; but, this selfish aspect set aside, the palm must certainly be given in all other respeots to Number Seven. The favoritism of this number is variously explained. Ingpen, in 1C24, satisfied himself of the snperexcellenow of Number Seven in the following ingenious way: "It is compounded ,of one and six, two and five, three and four. Now every one of these being excellent of themselves fas hath been demonstrated), how can this num ber but be far more excellent, consisting of them all, and participating as it were of all their excellent virtues ?" Number Seven was largely used by the Hebrew biblical writers, both in the plain and ordinary sense and in a typical or figurative man ner. Besides the seven days of the week, there were Jewish feasts or festivals connected with a period of seven weeks; seven times seven years constituted a jubilee or period of rejoicing; the candle stick of Moses had seven branches, eta. Then there are the many passages relating in various ways and at different eras in the Biblical narrative, to the Seven Churches ef Asia, the Seven Wise Men, the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost, the Seventh Day cf the Seventh Month, the freeing of bond men in the Seventh Year, the Seven Myste teriouB Seals, the Seven Symbolical Trumpets, the Seven Heads of the Dragon, the Seven Angels, the Seven Witnesses, etc. The Roman Catholio Church is rich in Number Seven, in doctrine and in ritual. There are the Seven Deadly Sins, the Seven Sacra ments, the Seven Canonical Hours, the Seven Joys and Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and the Seven Penitential Psalms. The canonical hours here mentioned are the times fixed for divine servioe in the churches; they divide the ecclesiastical day into seven parts; and besides having a mys tical relation to certain sacred occurrences, they are regarded as symbolizing the seven days of creation, the seven times a day that the just man falls, the seven graces of the Holy Spirit, the seven divisions of, the Lord's Prayer, and other applications of Number Seven. There is in Lambeth Palace Library A manuscript about four centuries old, in which the seven hours are connected with the seven periods of man's life, as follows: Morning, infancy; mid-morrow, childhood; nndern, school-age; midday, the knightly age; nones or high noon, the kingly age; midovernoon, elderly; evenson, declining. It is interesting to compare this with Shake speare's Seven Ages of Man, as depicted by melancholy Jacques in As You Like It. There is a still older MS. illuminated in an elabo rate manner. It represents a wheel cut into ren rays, and composed of seven concen tiio cordons, which with the rays form seven times seven compartments; seven of these compartments contain the Seven Petitions of the Lord's Prayer; seven others, the Seven Sacraments; seven others, the Seven Spiritual Arms of Justice; seven others, the Seven Works of Mercy; seven others, the Seven Virtues; " seven others, the Seven Deadly Sins; and the last seven, the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost all beautifully written and painted. Departing from these serious matters, we find Number Seven in favor in all sorts of mundane and social affairs. There were the Seven Stones of the Arabs, and the Seven Tripods of Agamemnon. There were the Seven Wonders of the World, and the Seven Hills on which more than one celebrated city is said to be built. There were the Soven Planets and the Seven Stars the former, cruelly disturbed in number and put out of joint by modern astronomical discoveries; the latter applicable either to the seven prin cipal stars in Orion, or to those in the Great Bear, or to the beautiful little Pleiades There were the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, whose sound nap lasted two hundred and twenty-nine years, and who have had com panions in the Seven Mohammedan Sleepers, and the Seven Sleepers of the North. - We are told that there are seven liberal arts, seven senses, seven notes in music, and seven colors in the rainbow, neither more nor less. For some special inquiries, there is a jury of seven matrons. There used to be, more frequently tnan at present, a period or seven years ap prenticeship; and many a malefactor has had occasion to know that seven years was a fre quent duration for a sentence of transporta tion. Some years ago there was a Septuage narian Club proposed, in which every mem ber was to be seven times ten years or up wards; all young fellows between sixty-five and seventy entering it simply as cadets. Seven Oaks have, as we know, Riven a name to a pleasant place in Kent; and Dean Stanley describes seven oaks standing in a line at a particular spot in Palestine, associated in the minds of the natives with a very strange legend. When Cain (the legend runs) killed his brother Abel, he was punished by being compelled to carry tne aeaci body during the long period of five hundred years, and to bury it in this Bpot; he planted hid staff to mark the spot, and out of this staff grew up me seven oait trees. Who can tell us anything about the Seven bibters, tne name of, seven elm trees at Tot tenham, which have also given their name to the road from thence to Upper nolloway? In Jiedweus History of lottennam, written nearly two hundred And forty years ago, he describes 1 age-green, by the side of tne high road at that village, and a group of seven elm trees in a tirclo, witn a walnut tree in the centre. He says: "This tree hath thismanv yeares Btod there, and it is observed yearely to live ana beare leavs, and yet to stand at a stay, mat is, to growe neither greater nor higher. This people do oommonlv tell the reason to bee, for that there was one burnt upon that place for the prof ession of the Gos pell." There was also some connecting link Between tne wainui tree ana tne Seven Sis ters ' by whicn it was surrounded. There irere seven elms planted by seven . Bisters, one by each. The tree planted bv the most diminutive of the sisters was always irregular and low in its growth. But now comes another legend of the walnut tree. There was an eighth sister, who planted an elm in the rmd&t of the other seven; it withered and died when she died, and then a walnut tree grew in its place. But now the walnut tree is gone, one of the elms is gone, and the others are gradually ' withering. la Ireland there is a legend connected with a lonely castle on the coast of Kerry, telling, in like manner, of seven sisters. The lord of the castle was a grim and cruel man, who had seven beautiful daughters, oeven Drotners, Lelontrinor to a Iband of Northmen rovers, were cast on that coast, and fell desperataly i in love with the seven ladies. A clandestine escape was planned; this being discovered the heartless parent threw all the seven lovely damsels . down a , chasm into the raging surf below. Something more IS known about that paradise of bird cages, that emporium of birds and tiid-lime, that resort ef bird-catchers and lird-bujere, Seven Dials. Evelyn, writing in 1C.94. said. "I went to see the building begin ning near St. Giles', where seven streets make a star from a Doric pillar placed in the middle of a circular area. This erection was said to be seven feet square at the top, had seven faces or sides, and ' seven Bnn-dials on those seven faces. The seven dials faced seven streets: Great Earl, Little Earl, Great St. Andrew's, Little St. Andrew's, Great White Lion, Little White Lion, and Queen streets. The pillar and its seven dials were removed about three-quarters of a century neo. Were thev not taken to Walton.on. Thames, and are they in existence now? inose friends of our boyish years, the Seven Champions of Christendom, have been a subject of more learned discussion than most boys even old boys would suppeso. It would seem a daring question to ask whether Shakespeare condescended to borrow any of his beautiful language, any of his rich imagery, from his bosk. And yet such a question ,has been asked. Mr. Keightley, author of the Fairy Mythology, started the subject a few years ago in Motes and Queries. It appears that Richard Johnson, the author of the Seven Champions, was one of the con temporaries of Shakespeare, and that the book was published at about the same time as many of the plays of our great poet. Let us cite three passages pointed out by Mr. Keightley. The Champions say: "As they passed along by the river side, wnicn, gently running, made sweet music with the enamelled stones, and seemed to give a gentle kiss to every sedge he overtook in his watery pilcrimaco. Compare this with a passage in the second act of tne l co ucnuemen of yerona: "The current thaf. with aentle murmurs elides Thou know est, being stopped, Impatiently doth rage; Bat. when his fair course is not hindered, lie maket tvert music with th tnameid atones. Giving a gentle ki$n to every sedge III overtaketh in his pilgrimage." The italicized words in the latter show how many are the points of resemblance in the imagery and language. A second passage runs thus: "Where they found in Duke Ursini, Death's pale flag advanced in his cheeks." With this compare a passage in the fifth act of Jiomeo a nd Juliet: 'Beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheek', And Death's pale flag iajiot advanced there." Once more: "It seemed indeed that the eaves wagged, as you may behold when Zephyrus with a gentle breath plays with them." Now turn to the fourth act of Cym- oeune: "Aa Zephyrs, biowinjr beneath the violet, not Wagging his sweet head." We cannot go into the critical questions of bibliography involved here; but may simply state that an opinion is held by commenta tors in favor of Johnson having had prece dence of (Shakespeare in these passages. At any rate, Number Seven is very much hon ored by such comparisons. Not the least curious among these associa tions of Number Seven is that with the seventh son. Whoever has the good fortune to be the father of seven boys, especially if no girl intervene to break the continuity of the series, is to be congratulated forthwith. Let him not talk about too many olive branches in his garden, or too many arrows in his quiver, or too many little folks around his table; his seventh boy will be a wonder. In the district around Urleans in i ranee, a seventh son, without a daughter intervening, is . called a inarcou. ins body is (or is sup posed by the peasantry to be) marked in some spot or other with a neur-de-lis. If a patient suffering under king's evil touch the fleur-de-lis, or if the marcou breathe upon him, the malady disappears. Or at least there is so great a popular faith that it will do so, that the country people will come from places far and wide to visit a marcou. About fifteen years ago there was one of these persona named Foulon, a cooper, at Ormes, who was greatly sought for Lis re puted healing-powers, especially ia Holy Vv eek, and more especially on Good Friday, when his patients reached the number of four or five hundred. As to the origin of the name king's-evil, a manuscript in the University library at Cambridge tells ns that "The Kings of England and Fraunce by a peculiar guift cure the king's-evill by touching them with their hands; and so doth the seaventh sonne." It is something to eay that a seventh son, in this matter, is as good . as a king. Mr. Keightley has found among the Welsh folk-lore an account of a family famous in this way. "Jones was their name, and they lived at a place called Muddfi. In them was said to have originated the tradition of the seventh son, or Septimus, being born for the healing art; as for many generations Beven sons were regularly born in each family, the seventh of whom became the doctor,- and wonderful in his profession." Steele jested at this belief a century and a half ago, in sarcastic relation to another of the troubles with which men are occasionally visited: "lipstan, being a seventh son, used to cure the king's evil, but his rascally de scendants are so far from having that healing quality, that by a touch upon the shoulder they gave a man such an ill habit of body, that he can never come abroad afterwards." But if there happen to be a seventh son of a seventh son, the curative powers are much more marvellous. Mr. Carleton, in his story of the Black Prophet, says that the Irish pea santry entertain a very nndoubtjng faith in the reality of these powers. In Cornwall the belief is, in like manner, entertained; the ordeal being that the gifted person should thrice gently stroke the part aff ected, thrice blow on it, and repeat oertain word. At Bristol, some years ago, a tradesman was regularly called Dr. So-and-so simply because he was the seventh son, and without any re lation to his notuai trade. .Larly in tho pre sent century, a man perambulated the rural districts of Ilmsphire to cure the blind, the sick, and the lame. Numerous cures were ascribed to him, and he had quite a large collection of erutches and walking-sticks, said to have been left by his patients, who had no longer any need for them. How much was deception, and how much cue to the implicit faith placed in him by the igno rant, it might have been difficult to decide; but he was held in much awe and respect on account of his claim to be the seventh son of a seventh son. At Plymouth, not very long ago, was to be seen this inscription on a board: A. BUEI'HKKD, The third seventh daughter, DoctrcBd. A Yorkshire lad at a school was purposely intended to study afterwards for the medical profession, because, as he told hid school fellows, "The seventh of the seventh maks the bigg'st o' doctors." Another story is told of an Irish lad, who, as an errand-boy, was frequently censured for being late in his arrival, and dilatory when on his errands. His excuse on one occasion took the following form: "I'm sure I wouldn't help it, sir, I'm Bure I wouldn't. I've only bin on an act o' mercy. Ye see, sir, I'm a seventh of a seventh, an I touches for sickness, sir, an' I've been to two childer this morn, Bir, a long way." It appeared that he had to touch, fasting, in order that his wonderful proper ties should be developed; Mid his palm was crossed by a piece of silver varying in value from a fourpenny piece to half a crown, ac cording to the social position of his patients. All tne Year Round. A RIGHT OF DEATH. Vhe Detraction of the Richmond Theatre In lhll Weveutv 1,Itc. l.ont. The gloom that pervades Richmond on ac count of the recent disaster is quite as deep as that which rested upon it on the morning of the 27th of December, 1811. On the night of Thursday, the 2(Jth, the Richmond Theatre was burned, and some fifty of her first citi zens cither trampled or burned to death, and twenty more afterward died from injuries re ceived. The Richmond Enquirer, on the 28th of the same month, contained the following description of the night of horrors: On Thursday night a new play and a new afterpiece were played for the benefit of Mr. riacide. Crowds swarmed to the theatre it was the fullest house this Beason there were not less than 000 present. The play went off the pantomime began, the first act was over. The whole scene was before us, and all around ns was mirth and festivity. O, God! what a horrible revolution did one minute produce! The curtain rose on the second act of the pantomime, the orohestra was in full chorus, and Mr. West came on to open the scene, when sparks of fire began to fall on the back part of the stage, and Mr. llobinson came out in unutterable distress, waved his band to the ceiling, and uttered these appalling words: "The house is on fire!" His hand was instantly stretched forth to persons in the stage box to help them on the stage, and aid their retreat in that direction This is all that we caught of the stage, the cry of "fire, fire," passed with electrical velocity through the house every one flew from their seats to gain the lobby stairs. The scene baffles all descrip tion. The most heart-rending cries pervaded the house. "Save me, save me;" wives ask ing for their husbands; females and children shrieking, while the gathering element came rolling on its curling flames and column of smoke, threatening to devour every human being in the building. Many were trod under foot. Several were thrown back from the windows, from which they were struggling to leap. The stairways were immediately blocked up; the throng was so groat that many were raised several feet over the heads of the rest; the smoke threatened an instant destruction. Many leaped from the windows of the first story and were saved. Children and females and men of all descriptions were seen to precipitate themselves on the ground below. Most of these escaped, though several of them with broken legs and thighs and hideous contusions. Most, if not all, who were in the pit escaped, now melancholy that many who were in the boxes did not also jump into the pit and fly in the same direc tion: but those who were in the boxes above and below pushed for the lobbies; many, as has been Baid, escaped through the windows, but the most of them had no other resource than to descend the stairs. Many escaped this way, but so great was the pressure that they retarded each other until the devouring element approached to sweep them into eter nity. Several who even emerged from the building were so much scorched that they have since perished. Some even jumped from the second-story window; some others had been dreadfully burned. The fire flew with a rapidity almost beyond example; within ten minutes after it caught the whole house was wrapt in flames. The colored people in the gallery, most of them escaped through the stairs cut off from the rest of the house some have no doubt fallen victims. Tho pit and boxes have but one common avenue only, through which the whole crowd could escape, save those only who leaped through the windows. But the scene which ensued it is impossible to paint. Women with dishevelled hair, fathers and mothers shrieking out for their children, husbands for their wives, brothers for their sisters, filled the whole area on the outside of the building. A few who had es caped plunged again into the flames to save some dear object of their regard, and they perished. The Governor, perhaps, shared this melancholy fate. Others were frantio, and would have rushed to destruction, but for the hand of a friend. The bells tolled; almost the whole town rushed to the fatal spot. The flames must have caught to the scenery from some light behind. Robertson saw it when it was no longer than his arm. Young saw it on the roof when it burst through. Every article of the theatre was consumed, as well as the dwelling house next to it; but what is wealth in comparison to the valuable lives which have gone forever? The whole town is shrouded in woe. Heads of families extinguished forever. Many and many is the house in which a chasm has been made that can never be filled up. We cannot dwell on this picture. 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SAB INK, ALLEN A DULLES, Agenta, 25 FIFTH and WALNUT Streets. PROPOSALS. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. To Railroad Contractors. Sealed Proposals will be received at trie omce of the NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, No. 120 BROADWAY, comer of Cedar street, New York, until WEDNESDAY, the 1st day of "nne, 1870, at 18 o'clock: Noon, for the GradiDg, Masonry, Bridging and Ballasting of that portion or the Northern Pacino Railroad In the State of Minnesota, extending from the Dalles of the SL Louis River to the Red River, the weBtern boundary of Minnesota (a distance of about 230 miles), Including everything requisite to complete the road-bed for a slDgle track, and necessary side tracks, ready to receive the rail superstructure. Proposals may be for the work in detail, or by the mile. The said Company will also receive Proposals, at tbe same time and place, for the timber cross-ties, and for the iron rails, spikes, and "fixtures for the road as above. The Iron rails to be delivered on the dock at Dnluth, Minnesota, or at the crossing of the Mississippi Klver, and the ties to be received accord ing to blank forms which will be ready for distribu tion on WEDNESDAY, May 4, 1870, at the oillce of the Company, as above, where plana of the struc tures, and maps and profiles of the road, with full specifications, can then be seen, and the time al lowed for completion of the contracts made known. The Company reserve the right to reject any or all bids not deemed to be for the interest of the Company. Printed circulars containing full information will be furnished on application, by mall or otherwise, to EDWIN P. JOHNSON, Chief Engineer, or to the President of the Company, at the office, No. 120 BROADWAY, as above. J. GREGORY SMITH. President Northern Pacific Railroad Co, New York, April 26, 18T0. 27 lot DEPARTMENT OP HIGH WAY 8, OrKICB NO. 104 S. FlKTH BTKKKT.l Piiilauklpdu, May 4, 1S70. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at the Office of tbe Chief ComtnlHHioner of Highways until 12 o'clock SI., on MOMDAi, y til instant, for the con struction of a Sewer on the line of Coatea street, from Twenty-second street to Twenty-third street. On Sixteenth street, from Market street to the sonth curb Hue of Chesuut street. On Locust street, from Fliteeuth street to the west line of Vaughn street. rialtl Sswers to be constructed with bricks, circular in form, with a clear inside uianieter or three feet. with such man-holes as may ie directed by the Chief Kuiflneer ami Surveyor. The understanding to be that the Sewers herein advertised are to be corunlt'ted on or before the 3lst da of Ju t. 1S70. And the contractor shall take bills prepared against the .property fronting on said Sewers to the amount of one dollar and liity cents for each lineal foot of front on each siUe of the street as so much cash paid ; the DHlance, as limited by ordinance, to be paid by the city; and the contractor will lie required to keep tiie streets and sewers in good order for three years alter tue sewer is uiiiHiien. .-no allowance win be male for rock excavations, except by special contract. When the street is occupied by a City Passenger Rsilroad track, the sewer bha!l be constructed aloni?- siile of stud truck lu sucn maimer as not to obstruct or interfere with the sale passage of the cars thereon ; and no claim for remuneration snuu oe paiu mo con. tractor by the company using said track, as specliied in Act of Assembly aniiroveil May S, ISod. Each pri p&sal will be accompanied by a cer tiUcate that a bond has been hied in the Law Department, as directed by ordlnaucoof May 25, 1ni. 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Tbe amount of Bonda issued Is $('.5,000, and are secured br a First Mortgage on real estate, railroad, and franchises of the Company tha former of which ooet two hundred thousand dollars, which has been paid for from Block subscriptions, and after the railroad is finished, so that the products of tbe mines can be brought to market, it ia estimated to be worth 1,000,000. 1 be Kailroad connects with the Cumberland Valley Railroad about four miles below Ohambersbnrg, and runs through a section of tha most fertile part of tha Cumber land Valley. We sell them at fit and accrued interest from March L For further particulars apply to C. T. YERKE8, Jr., A CO., BANKERS, TO 3 BOTJTH THIRD .STREET, PHILADELPHIA. JayC00KE3;(P' PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, AND WASHINGTON, BANKERS AND Dealers in Government Securities. Special attention given to the Purchase and Sale of Bonds and Stocks on Commission, at tbe Board of Brokers in this and other cities. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL POINTS. GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT AND SOLD. RELIABLE RAILROAD BONDS FOR INVEST MENT. Pamphlets and fall information given at oor office, No. 1 14 8.TIIIRD Street, PHILADELPHIA. 418m gLLIOTT Jt DUIIIV. BANKERS No. 109 SOUTH THIRD STREET, DEALERS IN ALL GOVERNMENT SECURI TIES, GOLD BILLS, ETC. DRAW BILLS OP EXCHANGE AND ISSUE COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT ON THE UNION BANK OF LONDON. ISSUE TRAVELLERS' LETTERS OF CREDIT ON LONDON AND PARIS, available throughout Europe. Will collect all Coupons and Interest free of charge for parties making their financial arrangements with ns. .act QLLl)mLii, WAV IS & CO., No. 48 SOUTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. GLEND1NNING, DAVIS & AMORY, No. 2 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK, "BANKERS AND BROKERS. Receive deposits subject to check, allow interest on standing and temporary balances, and execute orders promptly for tha purchase and sale of STOCKS, BONDS and GOLD, In either city. Direct telegraph communication from Philadelphia house to New York. 18 OTC. WHARTON SMITH CO., BANKERS AND BROKERS, No. 121 SOUTH THIRD STREET. Successors to Bmito, B adolpo Go. Every branch of tha easiness wiil base prompt attention aa bars colore. Quotation of Blocks. Government and Gold eoo. atantly received boat New York by-prisoU srira, fro as out IrUnds, Kdmnnd D Bandolph A -wT nrTa wnwffaT BTVTT7Q riTTfiva O Ko.UB.UUm 11 fit ! FINANOIAL. Wilmington and Reading RAILROAD Seven Per Cent. Bonds. FREE OP TAXES. IV e nre oirerlngr; 200.000 of the Second Slortgne Homls of thin Company. AT 82J AND ACCRUED INTEREST. Foa the convenience of Investors these Bonds are Issued in denominations of 1000s, gSOOs, and lfc0. 'The money is required for the purchase of addl tlonal Rolling Stock and the full equipment of the Road. The receipts of the Company on the one-half of the Road now being operated from Coatcsvllle to Wil mington are about TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS per month, which will be more than DOUBLED with the opening of the other hair, over which the largo Coal Trade of the Road must come. Only SIX MILES are now required to complete the Road to Blrdsboro, which will be finished by the middle of the month. WM. PAINTER & CO., BANKERS, No. 36 South THIRD Street, OB PHILADELPHIA. SILVER On hand and FOR SALE In amounts and sizes to SUIT. DE HA YEN & BKO., No. 40 South THIRD Street. mi pm 8. PETERSON & CO., No. 39 SOUTH THIRD STREET, TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. GOVERNMENT AND STATE LOANS, RAIL. ROAD STOCKS AND BONDS, bought and sold on commission. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSIT, subject to check at sight. LOANS on collateral promptly negotiated. l set B. E. JAMISON & CO.. SUCCESSORS TO 1?. IT. KliLIiY ate CO, BANKERS AND DEALERS IN Gold, Silver and Government Bonds At Closest Market Bates, N. W. Cor. THIBD and CHESNUT St. Special attention given to COMMISSION ORDERS in New York and Philadelphia stock Boards, etc, etc. aw S I lu "V E FOB SALE. C. T. YERKES, Jr., I CO., BANKERS AND BROKERS, No. 20 South THIRD Street, 85 PHILADELPHIA. ENGINES. MACHINERY. ETO. PENN STEAM ENGINE AND iBOILKR WORKS. rTRAFlB M T.KW- tkAUllUAL sHU THKOKKT1U4L KNOfNKBRo, MACHINISTS, BOlLKli MAKKKb, BLACKSMITHS, and tOUVUKKS, bavins tor maoj isara ba in snooeaafal operation, and bean axolasirelj so. gaped In building and repairing Marin, and Kiver Engines, high and low pressor. Iron Boilers, Wat. Tanks, Propellers, etc. eto., respectally offer their ser vices to tbs palibo as being fully prepared to oontraot for anginas of all si see. Marine, Hive, and Htalionarf ; bavinf sets of patterns of different sizes, are prepared to Meat orders with quick despatch. Jtrerf description of pattern, making made at Uie aoortest notice. High and Low prea ear. tine Tubular and Cylinder boilers of tha beet Pano. sylvania Charcoal Iron. Forging of allaisesand kiDda. I ran and Brass Castings of all description. Roll Turning Screw Cutting, and ail other work oonii anted with Ui above business. Drawings and specification! for all work don. at the) actsbliahnient free of charge, aud work guaranteed. The subscribers have ample wharf dock-room fur repairs of boats, where they ean lie in perfect safety, and are proj vided with shears, blocks, falla. .to. eto., tor raiaing heari Or light welahta. . JACOB O. rTBABTB. JOHN P. LKVY. BRAOH and PALM Kit Street QIRARD TUBE WORKS. JOHN B. MURPHY & BROS., Manufacturer. f Wrought Iron Pipe, Ete. PHILADELPHIA, PA. WOKK.S. f vVENTY-TUIUIf and FILBERT Street.. OFFICE, It I No. 4 a North HFTII Street. Y H E VATICAN. No. lOlO CIIIZSXTJT Street. Harden Vases, slaasioal designs. barden Vasee at all price. ' Garden Vaseset Sit &0. Uardea Vjuxx at 3 uu. Garden aea at t UU. Garden Vases at 5 DO. Garden Vases at d UU. Garoea Vaaeaat j7 ml. Garden Vaaes at UU. Garde. Vasee at $ lO uO. Garden SUtnary, lower Pota. and Hanging Vases in great variety. K. decoration adds to tbe natural beautiea of tb. garden or lawnand at so litll. eaynnsw l a ItW Veeee hUod, With tto. snug planla. til Lu
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