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    THE, DAILY EvbhiNQ TELEGRAPH- PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL .25, 1871.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
A SERMON
Delivered toy the Rev. II. O. Ttattersott,
D.I)., at St. Clement's Church, Philadel
phia, on Bnuday Kventng, April 23, 1871.
' When BedcparUil He took out twopence
.and gave thtm to Ihe h it, and laid unto him,
lake care of him; and whateoever thou
tpendest more, when 1 come again IicUl repay
thee.'" Luke x, 35.
The mystical interpretation of the parable
of the Good Samaritan is, I doubt not, known
to most of yon; yet it may be useful to state
it briefly, while I take ocoasion from it to say a
few words on the subject itsuggests the min
istration of the Word and sacraments of
Christ as a remedy against sin.
The Good Samaritan is a representative of
our Lord Jesus Christ. Th traveller is man
himself, who early left his home, Jerusalem,
the Holy City, the paradisal vision of peace,
and went down to Jericho, the cily of the
world. When once the gates of Eden were
closed upon him, his course was ever and con
tinually downward. His way lay through a
vast and ever-widening moral wilderness, in
which he fell among thieves, the evil crew
of Satan, a robber and a murderer
from the beginning. They stripped him of
his raiment the deceat clothing of his origi
nal righteousness they covered him with the
wounds and bruises of sin, nor left him until
(half -dead as he was in his trespasses) they
thought his destruction and death were cer
tain. In this condition, man could do nothing
for his own reoovery. His case, as to any
help in himself, was desperate; but with God
all things are possible. In Ilia good time a
means of recovery was provided. The dis
pensation of the law, the exhortations of the
prophets, did not reach the case. The law
was weak; its priest passed by on the other
Bide.
The prophets came nearer to man, as did
the Levite, for they tried to bring home the
law to the consciences of the people, and ap
pealed to them by the love and terrors of
God. "Ifthere had been a law given, which
could have given life, verily righteousness
should have been by the law." But the law
was weak and powerless to this end, and man
could only wait for the fulness of time, in
hope of more effectual aid.
At length the blessed Son of God under
took His weary journey and came to man, as
he lay all wounded and helpless. He came
full of compassion, and (that He might more
fully sympathize wilh the weakness and
wants of humanity) He laid aside His own
glory, and came to man as a man, binding up
his spiritual wounds, into which He poured
wine (the blood of His passion) and oil the
anointing of His Holy Spirit. The wine
may also indicate the smarting which correc
tion of sin produces, while the oil is the
comfortable assurance of forgiveness. Man
is then raised from the ground through the
exaltation of his nature by the incarnation of
Christ, ne is brought to the inn, which is
the refuge and shelter of us all; the Church
of the Acw Covenant; and there he is cared
for with the most loving solicitude. Bat
inasmuch as Christ could not
always remain in the flash
with maii aS became expedient for
man that' he should go away, 7efc He would
not leave Him alone and friendless.
The Lord commits him to t- are of tba
hoBt the ministry of Jl9 church in whoae
ka1, he lltjes, like two pieces of money,
S.S Word and Ilia sacraments. A sufficient
provision for man's edidcation and support
until he can enter upon the last stage of his
heavenward journey.
The parting command of the Saviour to His
apostles and their successors concerning the
wounded man is, "Take care of him;" or, as
He said to St. Peter, "Feed my lambs"
Teed my sheep;" anl there is a promise,
"Whatsoever thou spendest more, when I
come again I will repay thee." "If besides the
due ministration of my word and sacraments,
which I have committed to you, ye shall
bestow, out of self-denying love and sympa
thy, kind, healing words, gentle and lowly
deeds, charitable thoughts, a pure intention,
these things (even to a cup of cold water) I
will not overlook ye shall in no wise lose
your reward.
It is to the ministration of the sacraments
of Christ those two priceless pieces of money
which ne has given to His churoh that I
would now draw your thoughts.
Let us oonsider this ministration as it is
a remedy for sin; a remedy against the
po'son of sin past; a remedy tending to its
gradual and complete removal from our whole
system.
First. Consider the ministration of the
"Word of God in the Church. How fully and
systematically is that word read in the daily
course of the let-sous, and in the weekly
course ol epistle and gowpel! How are we, hour
by hour, taught to take into our mouths,
as part of daily heavenly food, the rich and
exhanstless language of tbe Psalms of David!
How is the liturgy of the Churoh, her matins
and even-song, her various offices for special
times and occasions, steeped, as it were, in
the words of Scripture! And then to all this
patient setting forth of the Word is added
the illustration of the same, and its enforce
ment by continuous and faithful preaching.
In the face of such a constant proclaiming
of the revealed will of God, such an orderly
Betting forth of the history of man, such an
increasing testimony to the misery which sin
has brought into the world, there ought
Burely to be no churchman of ordinary spiri
tual apprehension and ordinary opportunities
of grace, who is not convinced of sin, per
suaded of its opposition to the will of God,
its ruinous efi'eots on the human race, and
its exceeding sinfulness in that it needed no
leas an atonement than tbe shedding of the
innocent blood of Jesus Christ, the beloved
Son of God.
"When we see how Bin cast the disobedient
angels out of heaven, and our diso
bedient first parents out of Paradise; bow it
marred every effort under the law and the
prophets for the bettering of man's fallen
estate; how, even after the incarnation of
the Bon of God it entered into the Church
Which He founded, and introduced schisms
and heresies; and is even now, day by day,
rending into ever smaller shreds the seamless
robe, when we see it in the unspeakable hor
rors of war, and the throes and upheaving
and convulsions of professedly Christian na
tions, in the wrong and cruelty of man to man,
and in the disquiet of the sinner's breast
through his sin, the words so constantly rea 1
and preaohed to us from Scriptures touching
sin, are brought home to us, and evermore
proved before oar eyes and in our hearts.
Surely nothing more should be wauted to
awaken in ns that amazement at the dre 1
oonse(ueneeB of Bin, and that sharp fear of
its punishment in ourselves, which is the first
step in the case of most mea toward reoavery
from it.
After a while the further knowledge of the
"Word will begin to excite in us a worthy hor
ror of sin as a malignant, defiant opposition
to the will of God and the terrible cause of
the humiliation, the agony, and the death of
Christ. Then follows the kindling of love
towards ihe Kedeemer, through whom the
restoration of man is effected, and a fountain
opened for in and for all uncloanness. Tbe
more we contemplate the mighty work which
was necessary to undo the consequenoes of
sin in the world, the more must we be filled
with that love of our Divine Master which
issues at length in a complete detestation of
sin, ia a saving repentance, in the most
watchful heed against future assaults of the
evil within and without ns.
The love exhibited in the atonecent pro
vokes our love in return; and when Chat love
is perfected in ns the bitterness of sin and
the fears of its reward must be cist out
forever.
But tbe remedy for ein is neither iatellec
tual alone, through understanding of Holy
Scripture, nor selfish alone, through fear of
the punishment of sin, or even through de
sire for the blessedness of heaven; nor is it
emotional alone, through a zealous love cf
Him who so loved us; but it must come of
grace infused into the heart an 4 soul, a gift
direct from God. It is a participation vouch
safed ns in the divinity of Him whose mem
bers we were made in baptism. It is tho
taking of our human nature into God; the
extension to us of the incarnation of Christ.
Began in baptism, it is increased to us in
confirmation, and in all the ordinary ap
pointed means of grace offered through the
Church, and specially strengthened in worth)
communion the feast upon the sacrifice of
the body and blood of Christ.
Without these divinely instituted means of
grace, there could be no true conviction
of pin; no repentance, no amendment, no
love for Him who redeemed ns by His mighty
passion and death.
Thus the sacrament of baptism is our new
.birth in Christ, the begiuning of our spiritual
me, tne emigntenment of our moral under
standing. Through its virtue we first conceive a filial
love for Him who has thus begotten us anew
in Christ, that we should be sons with Him
and joint heirs in His everlasting kingdom.
Through its light we discern the boundaries
of good and evil; nor can we choo3e evil, after
we have received baptism, without knowing
what we are doing and wilfully abandoning
the vantage-ground of truth and purity on
which we had been placed. And even with
regard to Bins after baptism, the power of the
sacrament is not limited; it reaches forward
as well as backward, and all the penitence of
our after-life is but a striving to recover tho
lost innocence which the waters of the holy
flood of baptism bestowed upon us.
Bnptism, therefore, is the prime sacrament
of the Christian life; the sacrament most ne
cessary to salvation; tho first remedy, the
chief remedy ng&inst sin, original and aotual
alike.
Then what a mighty means for the with
standing of sin is the sacramental rite of con
firmation! Tho seven-fold gifts of the Spirit
are poured out upon the worthy rociplent,
and at the most critical period of their days
they receive large increase of strength where
with to fight the battle of life. Would that
it were more common to bestow this gift
before the special dangers of life come in like
a flood upon the young soul, rather than when
those dangers are already come!
xnen mere is me least of lov kna thnnk
f H01! -aoharist. This is
be in deed and in truth worthy partakers in it
and of it.
For, in order to a worthy partakinc, there
must be a very sincere repentance, an aotual
forsaking of wilful sin, a sincere love for
God and man. While the result of a worthy
partaking is such a measure of spiritual
strength and refreshment, such a drawing
closer of the bonds of our union with Christ
as makes us strong to resist the assaults and
temptations of the Devil, and to bear the
burden of that spiritual watchfulness and
bodily self-denial essential to any real and
true progress in a godly life. It is the nearest
approach to heaven which mortal flesh can
meke.
In the language of our own bishops, it is
indeed a "heavenly place."
"In the bread and wine of that holy com
munion, faith discerns the body and blood
of our Saviour Christ; and to those who
worthily receive that sacrament, how inesti
mable its benefits !
It is unlike any other festival on earth. The
host, whose table we surround as guests, is
there set forth, evidently crucified before us;
and though we do carnally and visibly press
with oar teeth the sacrament of the body and
blood of Christ, yet if we be void of a lively
faith, we only eat and drink damnation to
ourselves.
"But though this table is ladon with sym
bols of death; though we are to eat and flrink
memorials of death the most fearful death
that ever took place on earth, yet it is a most
joyful feast, and we partake of it with a
solemn gladness, and with a calm yet rejoicing
soul. (Jur eyes, indoed, may overrun witn
tears, as we remember how deeply, how fre
quently, and how vilely we have sinned against
the Blessed Saviour, our hearts, indeed,
may throb with momentary anguish, as we
call to mind the intense sufferings of the
dying Jesus; but the pervading tone of the
mind is that of holy joy, springing fro u
peace with God, through the blood of the
Cross. For that feast assures that "a full,
perfect, and sufficient sacrifice oblation aud
satisfaction has been made" for our sins;
that the Atonement has been accepted of
God; that that death has purchased for us
eternal life; that blood secured our pardon;
those merits have become to us a robe of
righteousness; and thus clad in the garment
of our Elder Brother, thus washed in the
blood of Calvary, thus reconciled to God, and
united to Christ by a living and s jul-purifying
faith we approach with gladness, and gain
there new assurance of mercy, new strength
for duties, new supplies of peaoe, and a
deeper fulness of joy in the noly Ghost. At
the communion we get nearer to the heart of
Jesus than at any other time. Like St. John,
we then seem to lean upon His bosom, and feel
beneath our head the puUe-btut of His lov,
as He breathes over us the Spirit of holi
ness and peace."
These are not my own words; they are the
words of our own bishop, and were they not
an endorsement of every word I have taught
on the subject I should not quota them here.
The services of our Churoh are filled with
blesbings, with good things, to be used as
need requires. And these good things are
common and free. "They are not only fitted
for all the wants of life, they are free to be
used by everybody when those wants come.
There is something for every man and for
every condition in which any man may be
placed. There are words of comfort for the
difetressed. There is instruction for the ig
norant. There are thanksgivings for the
rejoicing. There are confessions and for
giveness for the penitent. For the sorrow
ing there is hope. Can we ask that more be
said to bring out the Samaritan ideal in the
practical working of the Church? The
Church of God that is, is meant to be, and 1b,
a home and rest. A man is to feel as if ho
wore in a Father's house, where ie may enjoy,
all the house contains.
How many eh.irchmen nnderstend this and
act npon it ? How many of ns use the good
freely given ns ? We are too mcdest or too
thoughtless oerUinly very few cf u get
half the good tLat we might or.t of tho
Church.
Consider the ptayers and thanl qgivingr
concerning sickneaj, travail, and distress.
Tha Church prays in general for "ail in trou
ble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other ad
versity." But she ofTsra special petitions for
individual cases. Tto humblest member of
any parish may ask the prayers of all his
brethren in the house of God in any Buffering
or distress. The humblest soul may ask all
to join wilh it in thanksgiving for any good
that God has sent. The Church will ilr Lis
special petition or his special thanksgiving 3
ana put it up as ner common onering to God.
In this, especially, the family character of
the Catholic Church comes cut of the close
ness of the unity wherein, "if one member
suffer, all tho members suffer with it." She
makes common caiiHe wilh all her children.
The loneliest sufferer is not alon. The most
single-handed toiler does not toil single
handed. She seoks to bind all in loving
bonds and knit together all her ruemuess in a
common life, with cccimon interests, hopes,
and aim?.
In thus setting before you, my brethren,
the ministration of the word and the sacra
ments of Christ in the Church as a remedy
against sin, we would neither boast ourselves
too highly, nor would we undervalue those
who do not possess the same high privileges.
We feel that the very greatness of our spirit
ual gifts is an abundant reason for oar own
exceeding care that we do not, amid such
almost limitless means of grace, prove fruit
less and unprofitable.
It will be grievous indoed to see those
who had far less advantages than ours out
stripping us in the heavenly race. Very ter
rible will be our condemnation if, in spite of
all our helps and blessings, we come short of
the prize of our everlasting race. Church
men, above all who profess and call them
selves Christians, ought to fear aud tremble
the most in working out their salvation; aud
while at the present day we are tempted to
bewail the many hindrances which lie in the
way, obstructing the free energies of the
Church, letnsremembertoour shame that few
of us live up to and use the privileges and
opportunities we already popsess. Ve have
not yet proved so faithfui in few things as to
entitle us to claim tho use of many things.
We are not so catholic in our lives as the
Church to which we belong is catholio in
her teaohing, in spite of all her chains and
fettejs.
Let us use what gif t3 wo have, and God
will surely bestow upon us His larger bless
ings. Let us pray not only with our lips, but
let it be the living prayer of our daily walk
and conversation, that we may first daly
appreciate the means of grace already
ollered us, that that which is good among
ns may be strengthened by use; and then,
when we have shon ourselves capable of
higher and better things, tljn.t which is want
ing to us may, in ine tender pity of the
grea Head of the Church, be vouchsafed
to us.
Le us ask ourselves "What is the work of
tLe Church in tho world?" Is it to gather a
few respectable men and women in the
church once in a week to hear the sermon ?
Ia it merely to be a useful institution in
providing for tho wants of the poor? Ah, no!
It is to grapple with the deadly power of sin,
to close wilh tbe devil in bin own palaoa, to
drive him from his dwelling-place, the human
heart.
Is the Church in America really doing this
work? Is it exercieiug any real power in this
awful contest? We have well-filled churches,
but what proportion of the many hearer are
really doers of the Word? Do we not hear the
mournful plaint every day of the lo.v state of
morals all through the land? What power has
tho Chnrch of God to-day among the lmsses?
Is not the state of morals of a large propor
tion of this great city something saddeniag
and terrible to contemplate? Three or four
hundred thousand peoplo in this city to-day
who have not said one prayer or hymned one
word of praise to God. What is the Chnrch
doing for such ns these? What is the result
of the work of tbe Church during the first
century of her existence on this continent?
"We found the savage stranger lying in his
degradation, and, pnssing by on tho other side,
we have allowed the pillage, rapine, and
murder of a so-called Christian government
to scatter their bleaching bones on every
hillside in the land!
We call ourselves a Christian nation, and
yet we are a nation of unbaptized, non-communicating,
skeptical, unbelieving believers.
And yet we fold our hands with self-com
placency, thanking G-d that we are not as
other men; boasting of our f roedom of speeoh,
we shut our eyes to the fact that it has be
come freedom of slander ! Our brethren on
every Bide, sick and wounded, weary and
helpless, cry to us for succor, and we "pass
by on tbe other Bide.
O God of pity, lieip ns ! lsit in mercy
this vine which Inou bast planted! liaise up,
we pray Thee, Thy power, and come among
us ! By iby bountitui graoe and mercy help
and deliver us ! Cast us not away for our
bins, O Lord ! but give us repentance and for
giveness through the blood of Jesus Christ
our Lord.
WATOHgB, JEWELRY, CTO.
GOLD MED AL REUULlTOItS.
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Pegs to call the attention of the trace and customers
to the annexed letter:
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'T take measure to announce that I have srtven to
Mr. G. W. RU&SKLL, of Philadelphia, tue exclusive
sale of all goods of uiy manufacture, lie wUM be
utile to sell them at tue very lowest prices.
"GUSTW BECKER,
First Manufacturer o Regulators,
"Freiburg, uermany.
TOBACCO.
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EDUOATIONAL.
JJAKVAKD UNIVEliBITY,
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.,
CornpriBee the following Dcpartaaonta:
Harvard College, the University Lectures, Divinity
SoLoc Law School, Mellcal School, Dental School,
LaArrence Scleutloo School, School of Mining and
Practical Geology, Burs'!? Institution (a Koheol of
Agriculture and Horticulture), Botanic Garden, As
tronomical Observatory, Museum of Compwattve
Zoology, Peabody Museum ef Archaeology, Eplaoepal
Theological School.
Tha aext academic year begins on September S3,
1S71.
The Drst examination for admission to Harvard
College will beg-tn June S9, at 8 A. M. The second
examination for admission to Harvard College, and
the examinations for admission to the Sctentlflo
and Stlnlnr Schools,; will begin September 89. The
requisites for admission to the College have been
changed this year. There is now a mathematical
I'ternatlve for a portion of the classics. A circular
describing the new requisites and recent examina.
tlca papers will be mailed on application.
T .MVERSITV LECTURES. Thirtv-three courses
In 1-sro-Tl, of whicii twenty begin In the week Feb
ruary 12-19. These lectures are intended for gradu
ates o colleges, teachers, and other competent
adults (cien or womn). A circular describing them
will be called on application.
THE LAW SCHOOL, bas been reorganized this
year. It has seven l&structors, and a library of
16,eoo volumes. A circular explains the new course
of study, the requisites for the degree, and the cost
of attending the schooL The second half of the
year begins February M.
For catalogues, clrculara, or Information, ad-
dress J. W. HARRIS.
963m Secretary.
E
D Q E H I L L
C U O O I
4IKRCHAKTVILLR, N. J.,
Four Miles from Philadelphia.
The session commenced MONDAY", April 10,
isn.
For circulars apply to
Rev. T. W. CATT3LI
THE REV. DR. WELLS'
X
EOARDING SCHOOL FOR LITTLE BOYS
From Six to Fourteen years of age. Address the
Rev. DR. WELLS,
2 23 tutt82m Andalusia, Pa.
PROPOSALS.
riX CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS
JL SEALED PROPOSALS, Indorsed "Propo
sals for Building a Public School-
house In the Twenty-second Ward." will
e received by the undersigned at tne oillco. south
east corner of SIXTH and A DELPHI StreeU. until
THURSDAY, Arril 27, 1S71, at 12 o'clock M.,
lor bunding a I'ubiic school-house ou a lot of
ground situate on Alien s lane, Mount Airy, Twenty
second ward.
Said school-house to be built In accordance with
the plans of L. H. Esk'r, Superintendent of Scnool
Buildings, to ne seen at tne omce oi tne Board of
Public Education.
No bids will tie considered unions accompanied by
a ceitlUeato from tLe Oity Solicitor tnat tho provi
sions of an ordinance approved May 25, I860, have
been complied with.
'l he contract will be awarded only to Known mas
ter builders.
By order of the Committee on Property.
1L W. UALLI WELL
i 14 Secretary.
T7N1TED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE,
U Tuikd Story union bank bcu.hinos,
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371.)
r ayette street, near unaries,
Balt.more. Md.. March 2S, 1371.
PROPOS ALS are Invited for dredging a channel
through Fredeilchsmirg and Spotiswood Bars, In
the Rappahannock river, Proposals, to ba nailed, in
duplicate, rmluretl on ovtxhle, and accompanied by a
copy of this advertisement, will be received umll
noon or April 28, 1871, and will he opened In ten
tiiinstts thereafter, in presence of such binder as
may w ish to be present, separate Propoxate will bj
also received for removing one wreck in Kroderlcks
burg bar.
rim material is easuy removed, 'i ne channel is
not to exceed 80 feet iu width or 8 feet In depth at
mean low water. The locality is sneltered. Tne
tide rises abi-ut two leet
Forms of proiioral and any desired information
to be had on application at this oltlce.
The riKht to reject any bin is reserved.
Wid. P. ORAIQHILL,
3 29 Major of Engineers U. S. A.
0
U A RTEKM ASTER'S
OFFICE, UNITED
faTATKb AltJlY,
Philadelphia, Pa., April 5, 1ST1.
SEALED FROFOSALS in triplicate will bo re
ceived at this otlice until 12 o'cloc M. on MONDAY,
Way 6, 1&71, lor tuo delivery or niteen (15) coras oi
merchantable hard Wood, at each of the lollowlng-
naiued .National cemeteries, viz. :
Aniispolls. Md. ; Culpeper, Va.; City Point, Va. ;
Danville, Va.; Fredericksburg, Va.; Fort Harrison,
Va. ; Olendale, Va. ; Cold Harbor, Va., the last three
near Richmond, Va. ; Poplar Grove.Va., near Peters
burg, Va. ; Richmond, Va, ; Staunton, Va. ; Seven
Pines, Va. ; Winchester, Va.; Hampton, Va, ; York
town, Va. ; tiewbern, N. C. ; Raleigh, N. C. ; Salis
bury, N. C. ; and Wilmington, N. (5.
The Wood to be delivered in such quantities and
at such times as the Superintendents at eacn of the
Cemeteries nay respectively desire.
Forms for proposals furnished upon application
to this Olllce. HEN RY C. HODQES,
4 B tit Major and Quartermaster U. S. Army.
u.
8. ENOINKER OFFI
C E,
Tnian Story Union Bank Building,
Fayettk St., kkak Cuaklks
3h
Baltimore, Md., March 29. 1871
PROPOSALS are Invited for excavating a channel
In the James rlvtr, at tbe Rocketts, near Richmond,
Va.
Proposals, to be sealed, in duplicate, endorsed on
vvtmue, and accompanied by a copy or this adver
tisement, will be received until noon or April 29,
lbil. aud will be opened in ten minutes thereafter,
In presence of such bidders as may wish to be pre
sent. The material to be removed Is rock In beds and
bouldera. The channel Is not to exceed ISO reet In
width or 18 feet In depth at mean high water. The
locality Is sheltered. 1 he tide rises about 2!tf reet,
Forms or proposal and any desired information to
be had on application at tins oinoe.
The right to reject any bid is reserved.
WM. P. CKAIOniLL,
3 S3 Major or Engineers U. S. A.
QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE, U. S. ARMY,
V i uiLAnELPHi a, ra., marcn 3i, isu.
SEALFD PROPOSALS In duplicate will be re-
reived at this otlice until Vi o'clock M. on Monday,
May 1, 1871, for building a brick or stone wall with
one double and one single Iron gate, around the
National Cemetery at Annapolis. Md.
Bidders will bo required to specify the price per
lineal foot, and no bid will be entertained that does
not conform to this requirement. Forms ror propo
na's aud fpeciiications furnished upon application to
tills omce.
nENRYC. HODGES,
3 31 Major and Quartermaster U. S. A,
MARBLE WORKS.
H. S. TARE, & SON'S
MANUFACTORY OF
Carved and Ornamental Marble
Work,
CllRIIt Street, above Seventh,
1 80 8m PHILADELPHIA
OOAL.
P. OWEN A CO.,
tlOAL DEALERS,
FILBERT STREET WHARF,
SCHUYLKILL. 8101y
CNOWDON A RAU'S COAL DEPOT, CORNER
O D1LLWYN and WILLOW Streets. Lehigh and
Schuylkill c al, prepared expreawj mi huuuj ujw
at the lowest caan prions.
S R
Y S
PATENT COMBINED
WATER-COOLER AND REFRIGERATOR
baa proved lueix to be superior to any la the
market.' Call and examine,
JACOB F. HAND, J a.,
4etbbtu 2m Depot, No. 320 MARKET Street.
IHIPPINO.
ggffifr. NATIONAL
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
STEAM DIRKrT TO AND FROM NEW YORK
7 - - ..... i. i. Riiininiig m Lnis line.
sailing regularly every SATURDAY, are among the
largest In the world, and famous for the degree of
alety, comfort, and speed attained.
CABIN RATES, CURRENCY,
7B and 68. First, class Excursion Tickets, good for
twelve months, $180. Early application must be
made In order to secure a choice of state-rooma.
BTEEBAOE RATES, CURRENCY,
?a3 m !r?Pa,1' 3a- "Eckels to and from
Londonderry and Glasgow at tho same low rates.
Feisons visiting the old country, or sending ror their
friends should remember that theae steerago rates
are 3 cheaper than several other lines.
Bank drafts Issued for any amonnt,at lowest rates,
Ll!',blei)n 2fman lD Parrtof England. I.eland;
Scotland, Wales, and the Continent or Europe.
TbA tt i u rrn 1 fl con t nnnan (J ......... . . . . . . .
Ao. 804 WALSUT St., just obow Snd.
fcl'OWN.-The Inmnn T.ln nf u.t
Steamers are appointed to sail as follows :
uiiy oi crassem, Saturday. April ti. at 8 P. M.
City of London, Watnrday. April 29. at 1 P. M ,
Cltv of Dublin, via Halifax, Tuesday, May 8, at 1
Cltv of Antwrrn. Woilnoarlftv. Mvi f a x u-
P.
' ,iv "i i in.
And f-flch RUV,CWiTUi Sam tvl aw n,wi & 1 1 m
. - - n - huv BiKli LAO In I 1AHH
day, from pier No. 4ft North river.
By Mall Steamer Sailing every Saturday.
Payable in irolrt. PucoKio in st.
First Cabin. lift, Steerage '. .130
Ta Tendon cn m I..,.,,-
To Halifax sol To Halifax ih
sim, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, etc,, at reduced
CltfiB
ro
Tickets enn he boneht, hp at mnrinrn
persons wishing to send for their friends.
For farther Information apply at the company's
Office.
JOHN tt. DALE, Agent, No. 18 Broadway, N. Y.l
Or to O'DONN ELL ft FAULK, Agents,
No. 403 CHESNUT Street. PtlladelDhia,
rpEB RKOULAR STEAMSHIPS ON THE PHI
L. LaPKLPHlA Ann cmRMfiiTiiv otvim
SHIP LINE are ALONE authorized" to Issue througt
umavi minus i alienor points soutn and West ir
.(rnflnnHiii, with t: .. . . . fiAMnwH ti. -
wjuibvMwij wnu Duum vaiuiiim rut 1 1 rutin vjcrnnanv,
I I UW LM T TUT T. (
Vice-President So. C. RR. Co. -
TC tITTTT inprrtTTTI .
riUfcLlMAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S hp.
o
I l.AK SEMI-MONTHLY I.ITJII To icvur
LEANS. La. W"
Thft .TI'NIATA will Bftfl fnr Moor OrUon. i tt
.... ..... vimauo. itaiiir
vana, on Tuepclay, May 9, at 8 A. M.
ine wiu sau irom new Orleans, via Ha
vana, on . May
through dills of LADING at as low rates
as by any other route given to MODILE, GALVES
TON, 1ND1ANOLA. ROCKPORT, LAVAgoa, and
BRAZOS, and to all points on the Mississippi river
hf-t.wpfn Np w Orlp.fltm and fit. T.nnla it
. - . - --- uvu.a. VVjVA ftlVUl
freights reshlpped at New Orleana without charge
of commissions.
WEEKLY LINK TO SAVANNAn, GA. '
The WYOMING wiil sail for Savannah on Sat
urday, April W, at 8 A. M.
mo TUMAWANA.A will sail rrom Savaanan on
Snturdaj, April n.
ruitOLUii JJILL3 of LADING given to all the
principal towus In Georgia. Alabama. Florida. Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, aud Tennessee In con
nection with the Central Railroad of Georgia, At-
-hulic auo uaii uauroao, ana r ioriaa steamers, at
8 slow rates aa by competing lines.
SEMI-MONTHLY LINE TO WILMINGTON, N. C.
The PIONEER will sail for Wilmington on
Tuesday, April 25, at 6 A. M. Returning, will leave
w nmington Tuesday, may 8.
Connects with the Cape Fear River Steamboat
Compcny, the Wilmington and Weldon and North
Carolina Railroads, and the Wilmington and Man-
.. V. . ....... Tl.il T . . ' 1 I .... I H..t....
Freights lor Columbia, S. C, and Augusta, Ga.,
take n via Wilmington at as low rates as by any
otter route.
Insurance effected when requested by shippers.
Bills of lading signed at Queen street wharf oa or
before day of sailing.
wu-ljaju L. JAjiiss, uenerai Agent,
No. 130 S. THIRD Street.
T I I, I 1 ri . n .. . i. urn i nt'Li
PlllLADP.Lf 111 A. RICHMOND AND NORFOLK
STEAMSHIP LINE, THROUGH FREIGHT AIR
LINE TO 1 HE SOUTH AND WEST.
Steamers leave every WEDNESDAY and SATUR
DAY "at noon," from FIRST WHARF above MAR-
RET Street.
No bills of lading signed after 12 o'clock on sailing
day.
THROUGH RATES to all points In North and
South Carolina, via Seaboard Air-line Railroad, con
necting at Portsmouth, and atLyuchburg, Va., Ten
nessee, and the West via Virginia and Tennessee
Air-llne, and Richmond and Danville Railroads.
Freights HANDLED BUT ONCE and taken at
LOW EK HaTES than by any other line.
No charge ror comminsions, drayage, or any ex
pense of transfer. Steamships Insure at lowest
FREIGHTS RECEIVFD DAILY.
State-room accommodations lor passungcra.
WM. P. FOKVKh, Agent, Richmond and City
Point. T. P. CROWELL fc CO., Agents, Norfolk.
PHILADELPHIA AND nilART.RSTnN
Us-PHILADELPUIA and CHARLESTON
STEAMSHIP LINE.
THURSDAY LINE FOR CHARLKSTON.
The first-class Steamship FalL RIVER, captain
HI ckliy, will sail on Thursday, Anrll 87, at 18
o'clock, noon, from Pier 8, North Wharves, above
Arch street.
Through bills of lading to all principal points In
Sonth Carolina, Georgia, Florida, etc., etc.
Rates of freight as low as by any other route,
yor rrelght or passage apply on the Pier, as above.
WM. A. COURTENAY, Agent In Charleston.
-.rr. FOR NEW YORK DAILY VIA
JS332delawa he and RARITAN CANAL.
kvi'KKSS Si'KAMbOAT COMPANY.
Tlie CHEAPEST and QUICKEST water commu
nication between rnnaoeipnia aua .ew xoric.
Steamers leave DAILY Irom first wharf below
MARKET Street, Philadelphia, and foot of WALL
Street. New i orK.
THP.nl Gil IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Goods forwarded by all the lines running out of
New York, Norm, taat, anu est, nee oi commis-
Freight received dally and forwarded on accom-
modatlng terms. JAMES HAND, Agent,
No. 119 WALL Street, New York.
,fP ,, Nk-W EXPRESS LINE to ALEX
XiaSANDRIA, GEORGETOWN, AND
WaMUNGION, D. C, Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal, connecting with Orange and Alexandria
Tiallrnnd.
steamers leave regularly every SATURDAY at
noon, from First Wharf above MARKET Street.
Freights received dally.
HY'DB TYLER. Agents, Georgetown, D. C.
M. ELDRIDGE & CO., Agents, Alexandria Va.
DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE
TOW-BOAT COMPANY.
uor..uu t.nwed between Philadelphia. Baltimore.
TioUr-rt.orace. Delaware City, and intermediate
p0lt'APTAIN JOHN LAUGnLIN, Superintendent.
' PHILADELPHIA.
WILLIAM pTcLYDE k CO.,
AGENTS
For all the above lines, m..,M.
where I
further Information may be obtained.
LOIULLARD STEAMSHIP OOMPARY
Volt NEW TO UK,
BAILING TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, AND SAT-
URDAY8 AT NOON.
INSURANCE ONE-EIGHTH OF ONE PER CENT.
Ho bill of lading or receipt signed for less than
arty cents, and no insurance effected (or lesa than
one dollar premium,
For further particulars and rates apply at Com
pany's oalce, pier 83 East river, New York, or to
JOHN F. OlIL,
PIER 19 NORTH WHARVES.
N. i, .Extra rates on small package! Iron, metalaf
eta
jrfr. ' FOR NEW YORK, VIA DELAWARE
Lr.-i.-j-.and Karitan canal.
bVV 1 bi SI RE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.
DESPATCH AND SWIF1 SURE LIN El
Tbe steam propellers of this company leave daily
at li M. and 6 P. M.
Through in twenty-four hours.
Goods forwarded to aay point free of commission.
Freights takea oa accommodating terms.
Apply to
WILLIAM M. BATRD k CO., Agenta,
No. Wi bouta DELAW ARE Avenue.
a-.
smppiNa.
F
OK SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
THE FLORIDA PORTS,
AND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWKST.
GREAT SOUTHERN FREIGHT AND PA8SEN-
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF GEORGIA AND AT.
Win l ivj flrni UUL.ir JU 1 1, Kl JiVAfc
VOIIR KTF.AMRP.4 A WKIIir
TUESDAYS,
THURSDAYS,
AND SATURDAYS.
TnE STEAMSHIPS
RAN SALVADOR f'ontoln Nli.bnrun hn m.
NftSNortaKifen r "w
WM. R. GARRISON, Agent,
No. 6 Bowling Green.
MONTGOMERY, Captain Falrcloth, from Pier No.
I North River.
R. LOW DEN, Agent,
No. 93 West street.
LTD. Pflrtflln tVirhnni fmn Pin vt . - ...
13
River "- " io Aast
MURRAY, FERRIS fc CO., Agents,
Nos. ei and 68 South street.
GTTNKrtAT, RARXTTS r.nt.in innM
No. 86 Norti. River: ' w
LIVINGSTON, FOX A CO., Agents,
No. 63 Liberty street.
Insurance by this line ONE-HALF PER CENT
Superior accommodations for passengers. '
Through rates and bills of lading ia connection
ylth Uie Atlantic and Gulf Freight Hue.
Through rates and bills of lading In connection
Hth Central Railroad Of Georgia, to all point.
C D. OWENS, I GEORGE YONUE,
AentA.G.R.R., Agent C.R?R,
No- g'9 Broadway. No. 409 Broadway.
THE ANCHOR LINE STEAMERS
Sail every Saturday and altemato Wednesday
PaSRI'Bgers booked and fnrwnrriiit In on tmm an
railway titations In Great Britain, Ireland, Ger
many, Norway, Sweden, or Denmark and America
.a,n,,rrm.-ui, cowioriaoiy, ana cneapiyaabv
any other route or line. vt'-vw
JSXPRRK8 6TEAUXKB.
ANGLIA.
RXTHA" BTBAMXBA,
AUSTRALIA,
lO W A,
TYRIAN,
BRITANNIA,
IOWA,
TYRIAN,
BRITANNIA.
BRITANNIA,
COLUMBIA,
From Pier 80 Nerth river, New York, at noon.
Rote8 0f rassage, Payable In Currency,
to Liverpool, Glasgow, or Derry :
First cabins, $06 and 7S, according to location.
Cabin excursion tickets (trood for tmrnisn mm.thav
securing best accommodations, $130.
intermediate, 133; steerage, lis.
Certificates, at reduced ratpn ran ho hnnnht Yi
by those winning to send for their friends.
traits issued, payable on presentation.
Apply at the company's oiiines to
HENDERSON BROTHERS,
No. 7 BOWLING GREEN.
HITS
STAR
LINE"
OCEANIO STEAM NA VTfl ATIOTT rflMP A MVH
LINE OF NEW STEAMERS BETWEEN NEW
YCRK AND LIVERPOOL, CALLING AT CORK
IRELAND. The company s fleet comprises the following mno--.
nlflcent full-powered ocean steamships, the six
largest In the world :
OCEANIC, Captain Mnrray. ARCTIC.
ATLANTIC. Captain ThomDSon. BALTIC
PACIFIC, Captain Perry. ADRIATIC.
These new vessels have been designed SDeclallv
for the transatlantic trade, and combine speed,
safety, end comfort.
rassenger accommoaations nnnvaned.
Parties tending for their friends In tbe old conn.
try can now obtain prepaid tickets.
Meernge, a, currency.
Other rates as low as any first-class line.
For further particulars apply to IS MAY. IMRTB
CO.. No. 10 WATER Street, Liverpool, and No. T
EAST INDIA Avenue, LEA DEIS HALL Street,
London: or at the company's ofllces, No. 1
BROADWAY, New York.
a . ii. ora.m.a, Agent.
FOR ST. THOMAS AND BRAZIL.
UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL STEAM
SHIP COMPANY.
REGULAR MAIL STEAMERS sailing On th
83d of every month.
MflRKifliAt'K, captain wier.
SOUTH AMKRICA, Captain E. L. TlnklepangQ.
NORTH AMERICA, Captain G. B. Slocum.
These splendid steamers sal on schedule time. and
call at St. Thrnnas, Para, Fernambuco, Bahla, and
Rio oe tianeiro, going ana returning. For engage
ments of freight or passage, apply to
wm. it. uAiotisu.N, Agent,
No. 5 Bowling-green, New York.
OORDAOE, ETO.
CORD ACS.
XIaniLU, Slial and Tarred Corda&3
At lowact Raw York FrloM asd Vralcbta,
EDWIN n. FITT.KR At CO
raotoiT, THPTH Bt. and aEBMANTOWH Avnaai
tor. Ho. 83 a. WATKB Bt. and 93 D DELAWARB
Avanna.
PIvILADELFHIA
JOHN S. LEE fc CO., ROPE AND TWINE
MAN1 FACTUREKS.
DEALERS IN NAVAL STORES,
ANCHORS AND CHAINS,
SHIP CHANDLERY GOODS, ETC..
Nob. 46 and 48 NORTH WHARVKS.
GOVERNMENT SALES.
Q.OVERNMENT SALE.
Will be sold at public auction at the UNITED
STATES CUSIOM HOUSE, on THURSDAY, April
87, 1871. at lu o'clock A. M., the following-described
property, seized at the Port of Philadelphia, P., for
violation or the revenue laws or the United States:.
June S3, 1S70, from Brig Lophemla, from Zaza, 1
lot cigars.
September 16. 1879, from Brig Thnsnelde, from.
Liverpool, 1 keg rum, 1 dem. whlaky.
September SI, 1878, rrom Schooner Wllhelmlna,
from Liverpool, 17 pieces old Iron.
September 81, 1S70, from Ship Enoch Talbot, from,'
Liverpool, 1 hamper iron stoneware, 8',' doz. brown,
stout.
October 18, 1870, from Bark Abbie N. Franklin,,
from Leghorn, 10 boxes soap, 1 bjx salad oil, 1
marble stab.
October ss, 1870, from Canal Line, from New York,,
1 chtk brandy.
February ti, 1871, from Brig John Chrystal, front
PerDamouco, 8 bags sugar.
March 7, lb71, from Brig Oeorgo K. Dale, from
Cardenas, 1 bbl. molasses, l dem. rum.
March 9, 1871, from Brig Ueloise, from Fernam
buco, 1 tbl. sugar.
March 4, 1871, from Schooner C. A. Farnaworth,
from Jamaica, 1 bag coffee, 1 obi. s agar, 1 bbl. rum,
1 keg rum.
March 11. 1871, from Schooner Mary E. Smith,
from Trinidad de Cuba, 1 bbl. sugar and X bbl.
Any person claiming said property la required to
appear aud bin with the Collector of Customs of
Philadelphia his claims to the sime within 80 days
Irom date of first publication of this notice.
HENRY 1). MOORK,
Co lector of Customs. ,
JAMES A FREEMAN, 1
4 13 85 Auctioneer.
. .
FUHNITUKt.
jokeph H Campion (late Moore & Campion),
WILLIAM BMITH, RICUABJ) B. CAUrlOH,
SMITH & CAMPION,
Manufacturers of
FINE FURNITURE, UPUOLSTERINGS, AND 1N
TERIOR HOUSE DECOR ATIONS,
No. 949 SOUTH THIRD Street
Manufactory, Nos. SIB and SIT LEVANT Street,
Pnuadelphla. . 91
COPYINQPEESSES.
Jnst received, a Large Assort
ment or the Latest Styles
COPYING PRESSES.
WM. M. CHRISTY,
Stationer and Printer,
NO.A3T S. THIRD Street,
Opposite Girard Bank.
1 28 eod
SAXOTJ GREEN.
Is Brighter, wHU not Fade, Costs Leas than any other
btcbute It will Paint twice aa much surface,
hOLl) BY ALX. DBAl.KUt IN
PAirJTS.
J, H. WEEKS A CO., Mannfactnxert
19 If N. lit N. FOUUfU L, PhiUdelpkUu
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