THE AMERICAN QUESTION IN
ENGLAND.
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LOYAL .
PHILADELPHIA.N AND AN ENGLISH
CLERGYMAN.
The following correspondence, which has
teen handed to us for publication, will be read
with interest
To the Reu. , Yorkshire, England: —
Dm Si.: I have your pleasant letter of
with the newspapers, and am glad to see the
good feeling towards ns which the speech of
Sir B. Palmer displays, and hope that it will
not be long before our discussions are settled.
The foundation of all the trouble between us, is
- ;the fact that England, s ympathizing with the
South, acknowledged the rebels as belligerents
before they had won a battle, thereby placing
— them on an equality with the goverament of the
limited States., with whom she was then on
terms of perfect amity. You can easily ima
lifte w h a t the feeling on this subject is here, if
you will think what your own feelings would
have been if in the .rebellion in India, we had
acknowledged the Sepoys as belligerents on the
outbreak of the war, and then permitted some
American Mr. Laird to furnish them with
steamers, to prey upon your COM
pierce. I say it kindly, Sir, but believe
me when I tell you, that nalm judging
gentlemen in this country think, that when
future generations, unbiassed by the passions
of to-day, look back at the events of this war,
your hasty acknowledgement of these scoun
drels as belligerents will stand out in bold
relief, a blot upon the otherwise untarnished
reign of your good Queen. - Notwithstanding
all that has happened, however, the hostile
feeling here towards England has much abated,
arid-I hope will soon pass away entirely,though,
if, if does not, it will, perhaps, be upon the
good principle of "forgiving those who perse
cute yon, praying for those who despitefully
lase you: ,
As regards the position of our own affairs in
this country, it is strange to see how the public
mind in England is misled. If you will permit
ine, I will tell Son in a few worth' the simple
truth.
The North did not bring on this war—the
cry of . Abolitionist was a falsehood uttered by
Southern conspirators to lure their followers to
the field.
Before Sumter fell, thd great mass or Nor
theners had no desire to take from the
any right, and "Abolitionist" was then a term
of reproach.
But the boom of the first gun leveled at that
fort, startled to their feet a million freemen.
More than seven hundred thousand volunteers
have already gone forth to battle for the sim
ple right„freely pouring out the best blood in
the land. Thousands upon thousands of brave
and intelligent men lie buried south of the Po
tomac, who have,without a murmur, laid down
their lives in a gtlilant cause, and yet before
this Government goes down, you . will see the
North - rise en masse, if need be, to save it.
This is no fiction, but a fact known to thinking
men here.
E l The recent supineness is but temporary, and
arises chiefly from a sense of security and
Power. "It will vanish the moment that sense
of security is lost. The traitorous faction at
the North, to which Mr. Vallandigham belongs,
is not (as you seem to suppose) upheld by
tigentlemen" here; but is thoroughly despised
by our more intelligent classes, as being com
posed of a few insignificant politicians who
hope to rise upon the ruins of their country to
a pinnacle of fame, or rather infamy, otherwise
beyond their reach. Mr. Vallandigham him
self, instead of being looked upon as an injured
man, is considered by a large majority of our
citizens to have been guilty of a foul high trea
son, and if he escapes hanging it will be through
khe leniency of our Govemment,rather than its •
jttstice.
The only real danger from these men is in
the shortness of our Presidential term, and the
ignorance of many of our lower classes; who are
more or lesa influenced by their arguments when
supported by the fact that the war has brought
with it taxes and the draft. Both are, of
course,
unpopular, .but their dangers are les
sened by the common sense of the better
classes, who have everything to lose and noth
ing to gain by overthrowing the Administra
tion.' •
Our country is reeking with blood, but she
will 'not. die.. The war is not over, but it is
drawing to a Close, and although its calamities
are terrible, the day is not far distant when
you will see the triumph of Northern Loyalty
over Southern Treason, when Europe will be
thronged by traitors fleeing from the righteous
ndignation of our insulted and injured Gov
ernment.
Should Mr. Davis and his fellow-conspirators
escape, they will live, scorned by all right
minded men, a reproach to the civilization of
the age, and when they die the last sound they
will bear as Charon ferries them over, will be the
wail of the widows and orphans they have left
behind them.
XORKSHIRE, ENGIAND, March 15, MI.
• Dear Sir: In your letter to me you complain
of our admitting the South to be belligerents,
and draw a parallel between the secession and
the Indian mutiny; asking how we should have
felt if you had recognized a belligerent status
among the revolted soldiers, or, had permitted
an American “Laird" to fit out an Alabama.
Now, with regard to this you must allow the
in all courtesy to object to the premises of your
argument. the Indian mutiny was a revolt of
soldiers whom we had trained, armed and paid.
It was not a national uprising, or it could never
have been quelled. , Secession with you is the
separation of certain States, each possessing
its own government, and united in a. federation
which, practically, ruled its foreign policy alone,
and had little to do with home subjects. When
this secession first took place, we in England
thought it wrong and foolish; that, however,
was not our affair. We wanted to be neutral,
and do justice to both, and a recognition of the
South as belligerents seems to me, as it does
to all with whom I have conversed, inevitable
from the peculiar circumstances of the Federal
system and the magnitude of the revolt itself.
With respect to "Laird" and the Alabama I
will candidly avow that his conduct was hardly
patriotic. He has placed this Country
in "a — difficult position, and he must have
known that such would be the case.
So far however as I can see, the law on this and
similar cases is obscure, and our courts of law
have refused up to the present time to sanction
the seizure of vessels, even when there is
grOund for suspicion as to their destination. I
need scarcely point out to you, that we consider
our Courts to be above being biased by any
national sympathy, they are simply guided by
the laws, and -if upon a fair construction, the
law does not authorize the detention of vessels,
such as the iron-clad rams, they must be re
leased, whatever the consequences may be.
This, however, does not in my mind exonerate
those Who place us in such a painful position.
I do not know whether .in America you have
the, same high opinion of your judicial authori
ties, but I hope you will see that for England
there is but this one course to pursue. lam
rejoiced, as every man of Christian feelings
must be, at any signs of returning good-will,
and pray that they may increase, and whatever
be the issue of your great struggle, that at-least
the flames of war may not break out between
the Old Country and the New. There is one
oint which I desire most emphatically to deny
so far as my knowledge goes) and that is,
hat EngTand has any spite against America ; it
is utterly false. England deserves to be "at
eace with allrbecause she has had enough of
war; she has come to the conclusion that it does
not pay, and in her heart thinks it to be sinful.
With America however she est)ecially de
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sires, not peace merely,, but friendship, for she
remembers that there is the same blood and
language. Still though she will submit and has
submitted to more from America than she
would do from any nation she was not akin to;
though she hates war, yet there are limits
which must not be passed, and •if such events
as the Trent business recur, there can ba brit
one end. And here I wish to guard myself
against any suspicion of bragging. We do not
say we can lick you or you us, wp have no wish
to ascertain which is the better. We desire
love and amity—but even if we know that we
should be beaten in a combat with you, I think
we should fight rather than submit to have our
national honor trampled upon. I am a quiet
country parson, and never struck a blow in
anger in my life, yet if any one were to be per
petually flourishing his fists in my face, and
daring me to come on, varying the proceedings
by an occasional kick, I think there would be.
war, though neither my natural. beauty nor
'clerical character would be improved ttiereby,
even if I escaped the threatened thrashing. I
.am writing rather a; discurSive letter, and as' I
have not taken a rough copy, it is not as well
arranged an it might be; butthere is one reason
, why we have a little sympathy with the South,
to which I might have alluded before. That is,
the disparity of numbers. When a little fellow
fights a big one, and shows pluck and science,
whatever may be the merits of the contest,
every-one has a certain amount of admiration
for the little man. If Nortb and South had
been equally balanced, I really think there
would have not have been so much Southern
feeling in England. We are often troubled
with this sympathy with slaveholders, and it
cannot be denied that there is a very strong
feeling in favor of the South. And I will be
honest and tell you, that I have it too. But we
utterly repudiate; any sympathy with slavery
and are not at-the pains to do more than simply
deny it, as we think that an Englishman need
as little enter into a lengthened argument to
prove that two and two make four, as that he
hates slavery; the proposition he thinks is self
evident. I regard the Southern feeling then
in England, to arise from three (muses. First
the care which your press has taken to alienate
our sympathies, and the official recognition of
the Trent, with other smaller lights. Secondly,
because we cannot withhold our admiration at
the pluck and perseverance of the Smith; and
thirdly, because as you have now fought so
long, and become so embittered in feelings we
think yon would prosper more, as independent
republics than as—the conquering ruling the
conquered. But in any case, I trust we may
keep good friends with you both,
that we may make those allowances
for your present disturbed condition, and not
expect that calm judgment on our actions
which in the course of time we believe we shall
receive, and by which, we believe, we shall
be acquitted of the charges which ave been
made against us, and that you will not be ready
to imagine that we wish you ill, or have any
jealousy of your present or future greatness. -
I will only add one remark, and that is, that it
is because we are so near loving one another,
that we are so near hating one another; and I
trust the time may soon come when we shall
have done with all these threatenings and re
criMinations which prevent us , from being
really brethren.
PHILADELPHIA, April 15,-1804.
To Rev. ---, Yorkshire, England : DEAR
SIR : I am obliged to you for your genial and
pleasant note, and only regret that so ready a
pen should not be used ins better cause.
I fear that you have prejudgedthe matter,
and that my answer to your arguments will not
convince you, but still will say a few words
more, in the hope that their inherent truth will
at least modify your views.
You say that our recognition of the Sepeys
would not have been a parallel case, b:.cause
they were "trained and paid soldiers,"
but it seems to me that tlds is a distinction
without a difference. How many of the leaders
of this rebellion were trained and paid officers
of the Army and Navy of the United States, to
say nothing of members of our Cabinet and
Congress.
But =I need not have sought so distant a
country to prove the point . in question. The
matter can be brought nearer home. Suppose
we had acknowledged the Irish as belligerents,
in their rebellion, or that Russia had acknowl
edged the Scotch as Belligerents in '45, our
ship-builders being permitted to build vdssel
after vessel_ to prey upon your commerce,
while our ports afforded to the new flag a sate
harbor whenever it was too closely parsued.
"Would not this have been a case so similar
that the only difference would be such as exists
between my ox goring your bull and your bull
goring my Ox?
Your next proposition, that the "Federal
Government practically rules only its foreign
policy and has little to do with home subjects,"
is simply the rebel doctrine of "States'
Rights;" a doctrine contrary to either the
spirit or the letter of our Constitution, founded
upon subterfuge, and only upheld in this
country by the disloyal.
Loden has a separate government from
Great Britain in her municipal affairs, and she
might as well say England must only regulate
my foreign policy; she has nothing to do with
my citizens!
As regards your Judiciary, it is held in pro
per esteem here, and as a body its ability and
integrity is not doubted, still we are aware that
it is human and not infallible. We know that
Judges are sometimes biassed by the atmos
phere in which they live. We know that their
decisions are sometimes reversed, and that a
.letileys has occasionally been invested with
your judicial ermine.
I fully agree with you in thinking that a na
tion, as well as . an individual, has an undoubted
right to resent threats as well as actual inju
ries. But you must remember that you aro
quite as often the giver as the receiver in this
matter.
The mutual recrimination and threats of
newspapers and politicians on both sides of the
water, are often' improper and irritating; but
how can they be helped ? It would be a diffi
cult matter to suppress a New York Herald
or to.muzzle a Mr. Roebuck. This paper which
I name as being perhaps the most abusive we
have, is largely read for its news, but its edi
torials are not generally respected or heeded,
while the London Times its compeer in scur
rility, is simply despiseehere, for its daily sub
terfuges and puerile malignity.
But these are trifles; we have graver causes
of irritation.
In addition to the fact that armed vessels--:
British .frorn royals to keel, are sweeping our
commerce from the ocean; scarcely a fort has
been taken by Union troops, that has not been
found to contain English guns of recent manu
facture; the smoke of' Anglo-Southern powder
is seen rising in clouds- from every field of
battle, and many a Northern soldier has been
laid low by England's neutral explosive bullets.
Your Government may consider the permitting
-this not to be an unfriendly act, your judiciary
may pronounce it neutrality, and' our people
.may be doing wrong, to complain of . such
proper treatment, yet still I - think the living
sufferers by: -your proceedings, may be
pardoned for being restive, in consideration
d
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yon,t ey c t r a l t d b
ine
of the vacant places at their fire-sides.
cal the led nt b h a n c r it,w w o n u ri l d d
probably The
Yankee threats are considered as much less
destructive than English neutrality. -
Your admiration for the pluck of the South
'natural, is very bu I wonder you do not permit
the North to shays your esteem. She also has
certainly shown pluck. In the beginning of
this war these brave Southerners had much the
advantage. •
Those of their leaders who-were in Congress
and our Cabinet, by a systematic betrayal of
the Government they had sworn .to sup - port,
had contrived to remove to-the South the much
larger portion of the arms of the 'United
States.
Our little navy had been judiciously scattered
about in distant seas, by the gallant Southerner,
to whose honor it had been confided, while our
Presidential chair was disgraced by an apology
for a man, who was certainly the if not the
accomplice of traitors.
The rebels were thoroughly organized, well
armed, and ably led at the very outset. They
had been drilling for many months under pre
tence of protecting themselves against slave
insurrections, while at the North - a
large majo
rity of the inhabitants had never loaded a gun,
and some scarcely knew the barrel from the
stock. Nevertheless these peaceful citizens,
whose courage seems so little worthy the
admiration of Englishmen as compared with
that of the South, blundered up to the canon's
month and often died like men, if they did not
live the victors.
If you knew all the facts,your sympathy for
he e , Little Felloiv" might be diminished—but
perhaps not, as I do not remember that your
admiration for him was any less, when with five
thousand men he assailed Major Anderson and
his hand of seventy, -in Fort Sumter.
Three hundred thousand men fighting at
home on ground of their own choosing, can
hardly be considered so weak as to entitle them
to the general commiseration of mankind.
Being inside of the circle, they have needed
much fewer men, and our task in - comparison
with theirs, has been herculean. In nearly
every great battle on Southern soil the rebels
have fought behind "entrenchments, and the
numbers of the opposing forces have always
been about equal; the power of concentrating
men, fully making up to them for any deficiency
that may exist in the aggregate. Our artillery
has been dragged over appalling hills, through
sickly swamps and • tangled thickets, while
theirs has been moved with facility on their in
terior lines of railway. In many ways we have
been fighting at a terrible disadvantage, not
withstanding our superiority in having an ample
Supply of money and material.
- Add to all this, that the despotism they are
under makes them an apparent unit, and ea
ables their, rulers to pursue a straight course
While our Government is continually stepping
aside to avoid the fang of a Democratic ser
pent that is linking about its. feet, and you
may perhaps see that your sympathy fur the
weakness of the South is unnecessary.
There is another marked point in your let
ter which you must permit me to notice. You
acknowledge your sympathy with the slave
holder, but profess your abhorrence of slavery.
Can these things be reconciled under the ex
isting Circumstances ? You are - certainly
aware that slavery is the foundation of this re
bellion. You know that if the rebellion sno ,
ceeds slavery is to be continutd; and that if it
fails,the black becomes free. Do you think
the four millionS of dark faces in the South
are turned towards yon, in this their great day
of hopes and fears f Can they expect even
the good wishes of a nation whose sympathy
is so strong for their masters? They have
heard your proud boast that "when a man's
foot touches English soil he is free," but may
they not think that is now a fading glory/
May they not think that there is an incon
sistency between the Ipast and the present
when they see the picture of Britannia withione
band knocking the shackles from her own
slave and with the other helping to rivet the
chains of ours.
But to bring the matter more directly to a
bar of Christian gentlemen, like yourself de
siring to do right, permit me to tell you a
little more of the story.
This rebellion, in its conception has been
wicked and without just cause, and in its ex
ecution infathous.
Its leaders have shown themselves to be am
bitions of. power without regard tothe meaus
employed in attaining it.
Mr:, Davis 'is known to be a desperate man,
who haS deluged the country with blood far
the poor guerdon of political preferment, and
he and Mr. Beauregard have repeatedly issued
documents over their signatures, containing the
grossest lies. Mr. Beauregard's "Beauty and
Booty" proclamation alone, is 'sufficient to
stamp him as a man destitute of all principle.
Mr. Benjamin has been stated to have been
guilty of private acts which would debar him
from associating with gentlemen in any coun
try ; while Mr. Floyd, another prominent rebel,
when in the Cabinet of Mr. Buchanan, was
shown to have been a thief. The atrocities
committed by the Southern soldiers and their
officers, have been terrible. Our wounded are
frequently bayonetted while lying helpless on
the ground ; of officers in command of black
soldiers, many have been known to have been
murrred after surrendering, and the rest have
disappeared. The black soldiers, themselves,
have been put to death as soon as taken. Grey
haired gentlemen have been obliged to flee
from their homes and conceal themselves in
the woods, because they would not take the
oath of Southern allegiance, happy if they es
caped the blood-hounds, with which the rebels
track such fusitiVes.
Ministers of the gospel have been incarcera
ted in filthy cell=s, and then sometimes taken
out and shot simply for the crime of being
loyal to the flag they were born-under. Others
of our sick and wounded who have fallen into
the hands of the rebels have frequently died
in their prisons from the tainted food and inhu
man treatment they have received, and,in more
than one instance,have been shot dead for look
ing out of a window.
Robbed of their clothes and money, and
-cheated out of a large portion of the provi
sions sent by the North for their relief, they
have either died and received the burial of a
dog,or have been exchanged, if at all, in a ter
rible state of destitution—clothed in loathsome
rebel rags, often nearly naked and frequently
so weak from starvation that they have to be
carried through our lines. These . cruelties to
the living are only equaled in atrocity by the
indignities offered to the dead.
On one occasion the stumps of a partly cleared
field are said to have been adorned with the
heads of more than a dozen of our dead sol
diers. Near Fortress Monroo six teamsters
who had been captured by a baud of rebels,
were found the next day in the woods, tied to
a tree with their throats cut.
Drinking cups have been made of the skulls .
of our white soldiers who have fallen, while
their bones have been made into trinkets and
worn by, rebel women, even by those claiming
the appellation of ladles.
Fages of well-attested facts of this kind could
be given, but these are sufficient to show the
character of a rebellion that -has so far had the
sympathies of England.
On the part of the North there has been
nothing of this. The rebel prisoners aro as
well provided for, as our own men, and thosb
-who are sick and wounded among them, have
been tenderly cared for, although often reward
ing our kindness with curses. The war had
been - conducted on our part, with as much hu-,
manity as possible, and individual instances of
outrage which have been extremely few, have
been promptly punished. So much for the
conduct of the war, but do you_know what its
corner stone slavery means, and yet sympa
thize with those who are fighting to preserve
?
Its horrors have often been told, and as often
ignored, or disbelieved, but this war has led
many to think about it, who never gave it con
sideration before. How can right-minded men,
give and• support—no matter how indirect to a
system in which, the - marriage tie is entirely
disregarded, and in which the ties
of parent and child are only considered, so far
as they pertain to the pecuniary interest of the
master? Are you aware that -the master of a
plantation has the right to appropriate any fe
male slave on it for his mistress; that the house
servants are often the children of this master,
and that instances are known in which these
children have in time became the mistresses of
their own father? SlAves have often been known i
to, expire under the lash, and occasionally to
have been deliberately burned to death at the
stake; and although the acts have been wit
nessed by a whole plantation, the masters have
escaped punishment .because no white man was
present; a negro's oath not being taken as
evidence in Southern Courts of Justice ! In a
principal street of Charleston, South Carolina,
there stands a large yellow house, a sort of
slave-traders,exchange, where male and female
slaves of all shades of color, from nearly pure
white to black, are offered for sale.. It is the
usual custom of purchasers to strip them stark
naked and examine their
_parts, as a jockey-:
would a horse, the dumb beast havin , " °
the ad
vantage, however, in being exempted from the
indecent questions to which the slave is sub
jected. Nearly opposite to this building there
is a slave auction block, where I once saw a
good-looking mulatto woman, with two little
children, sold under the hammer, and warranted
sound. The children were sold to some resi
dent of Charleston, and the mother to a trader
from Texas—the poor woman, with tears
streaming from her eyes, begging her “Massa
George," who stood by, "for de good Lord's
sake, to - sell her only wid de chilren." The
murder of a slave is a crime by the laws of the
South, and fortunately, therefore, that does
not often happen ; it is also true that there are
many kind masters to whom few or none of
"these charges can be laid; but they are the ex
ceptions to the general rule, and the other facts
stated apply to a very large proportion of slave
holders.
Our eyes would long since have been opened
to these things had it not been for the injudi
cious conduct of the earlier Abolitionists here,
who were formerly an inconsiderable body,
m zed up with other "isms" that deprived
them of general respect. They attempted to
grasp a subject which had been suffered to lie
dormant because of the momentous conse
quences involved in its agitation. Now, how
ever, it is different. The war has brought the
truth - of the matter before us, and all loyal men
at the North now insist upon the extinction
of slavery so far as a rebel is concerned, and
only yield a reluctant permission to its continu
ance in the non-seceding Southern State, be
cause they have no legal power to abolish it
there, and because they see the shadow of its
approaching doom. There is authority for all
that I have stated, and of many of these facts
you must yourselves be cognizant • and now,
therefore, I appeal to you, sir, and to other
gentlemen in England, conscious of the integ
rity of your motives, for a portion of that Bri
tish justice of which you are so proud. Throw
aside your irritation regarding the Trent—we,
too, had cause for irritation there—banish from
your minds the attacks of politicians and news
papers—remember that our Government has
always acted honorably by you, and that
she has gone forward, foremost with
you, in the great march of Christianity and
Civilization, and then stand up and say before
God and man whether you are not doing wrong I
to sympathize with a causeless rebellion, led
by unworthy men, and founded upon a system
that brings a blush to woman's cheek and
makes man shudder. I ask you as honest men
to say whether this rebellion is not founded on
Slavery and assisted by it, and whether you do
not know the fate of the slave is involved in
that of the rebellion; and then; - further to say,
whether you have not, bY recognizing the
South as belligerents, by the overt acts of many
of your citizens, and by your acknowledged'
sympathy with the rebels. given them aid and
comfort, and thereby helped to prolong this in
iquitous institution of Slavery.
I honor your land too much, sir, to believe
that when you have learned and considered the
truth of this matter, you will forget your his
tory, forsake those principles which have made
you great, and suffer posterity to say that Entr
land, the boast of civilization for a thonsar - id
years, in the nineteenth century, stilled her
sense of right and wrong and gave her sympa
thy and aid to a horde of slave-owners who were
steeping a grand Christian Nation in blood that
' they might perpetuate their dominion over the
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Satesronms, 701 Chestnut Street,. above 7th..
INDIA SHAWLS, INDIA, SCARPS,
INDIA. SILKS:
ELEGANT SILKS,
ELEGANT ORGANDIES,
' ELEGANT GRENADINES:
choice Shawls of all kinds.
Choice Dress Goods of all kinds. .
Choice Fancy Goods.
GEO FRYER, 916 Chestnut Street,
inTites the attention of the Ladles to his elegant
stack of SPRING SH AWLS and OTHER. GOODS
selected with great care for best City trade. m 1.9 DM
Fine Shirt Manufactory
The subscribers would invite attenticn to that,
IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS,
Which they make a specialty in their business.
Also, constantly receiving,
NOVELTIES JOB GENT'S WEAR
J. W. SCOTT JD CO.,
- Gentlemen's Furnishing Store,
814 01-1 ESTRUT STREET.
16 Four doors below the Continental Hotel.
EDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF COKE.—
__l In accordar,ce with a resolution of the Board
of... Trustees, passed on the .2.sthlinst. , the price of
Coke from the Market Street and Spring Garden
Gas Works, has been reduced to 10 cents per
bushel, and from the Point Breeze and Manayurtk
Works to 9 cents . per bushel.
JNO. O. CRESSON, Chief Engineer.©
PITADA. GAR WOURR. MB:Mb 1864. - m1129-lm
800 NAOS .LAGIJAYEA, COFFEE, NOW
landing from bark Thomas Dallett, For
sale by DA Ivr.ATT Zr. KIN, 129 i3orttb. FRONT
'tram.
N. STEEL & SON, .
HAVE NOW OPEN A CHOICE ASSORTMEN7
OF
Hal:111E0MB gag,
HANDSOME
DRESS GOODS
Handsome Shawls.
All - of this Spring's Importation.
PRICES LOW.
Nos. 713 8 715 North Tenth street
ap4-m wars 60
NEW MOURNING STORE.
The undersigned would respectfully announce
that they are now receiving their
SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK
OF
Itiourniug Goods,
SUCH AS
Bareges,. Mozambiques,
Crape Maretz, Organdies,
Ernanis, Poplins,
Grenadines, Valencias,
Talmattnes, Lawns,
()bailie, Mobairs,
Florentine, Foulards, &c., &c.
ALSO—SHAWLS, Shetland, Grenadine, bilk,
Barege, Lace, Tissue, &c., &c.
MANTLES of the newest styles.
A splendid assortment of LIGHT SILKS
always on hand.
- M. & A. 2.IYEREI & CO..
fe27e&w2m 926 CHESTNUT Street.
J. C. STRAWBRIDGE & CO.,
(Formerly Cowperthwait & Co.)
HAVE NOW OPEN,
A tine assortment of Black Silks.
Small Plaid India Silks.
Plain, Striped, and Plaid Poplins.
Superior Black and Colored Alpacas.
Pink, Blue, and Buff Biilliants.
Pink, Blue, and Buff Percales.
Striped and Figured French Chintzes
SHAWLS, SHAWLS, SHAWLS,
100 Lama Wool Shawls, from V 50 to V.
100 Mozambique it 3 to V.
100 Silk Check 4 to V.
100 Black Stella •" V 50 to $2O
We still have an immense stock of
COTTON AND LINEN
SHEETINGS Airn SHEEITI NG%
500 dozen Towels and Napkins.
A full line of Barnesby Table Linens.
The celebrated Power and Hand-Loom Table
Linens.
Huckaback, Birdeyeand Diaper.
Lancaster, Manchester and Honey•
Comb Quilts,
Pink, Blue, and White Marseilles.
Counterpanes and Quilts.
Cloths, CaKimeres and Cloakings.
A full assortment of Sackings.
A full assortment of Cloths and Cassimeres
A full assortment of Boys' wear_
At WltoleEale and Retsal,
N. W. - eolner Eight h` and Maiket Sts.
jall-th sa to tlpl
OT1C) NEC( ).PA R.TN
.LN SHIP heretofore existing; between the anderf
smurti, under the firm of COWPERTH WAIT
C0.,.18 this day dissolved by mutnal consent.
• JOSEPH COWPERTHWAIT,
JUSTUS C. STRAWBRIDGE.
FEnnuar.T• 19. IStll.
S. COWPERTHWAIT -& CO.,
Would inform their trialds, and the public gen
erally, that they will continue the'Dry Goods busi
ness at their
NEW STORE.
S. E. 'CORN ER NINTH AND A Rtlll STREETS,
and would call the attention of buyers to taeii
Irrge and extensive
STOCK OF COTTONS,
Comprising all the popular makes, such as
New York Mills,
Warcsutta, Foresidale,
White Rock, Waurep.n,
Sernper ides, Housekeeper, Sc.,
Together with all the best makes of 5-4, 6-4 and
10-4 t.sh,• - ctings, both
BLEAITIED AND UNBLEACHED.
OUR ST OUR OF LINENS, comprising
SHEETINGS.
SHIRTING&
TABLE LINENS,
TOWELITs.:GS,
NAPKINS, &c.,
Will be offered at prices which will command
he attention of those in want of such gooes.
DRESS GOOD-a.
Our assortment is now complete, and In variety,
style and price, we c efy competition.
SHAWLS of all descriptions, adapted to the
present season.
BLACK SILKS, all widths and qualities, which
will be sold at very LOW PRICES.
PLAID INDIA SILKS, in all colors, extra
width, very cheap.
Great bargains in
MARSEILLES COUNTERPANES.
Give us a call, and we will convince you that
we still maintain our reputation of selling the best
goods at the lowest prices.
W ATORE.
SOUTHEAST CORNER NINTH AND ARCH
PHILADELPHIA.
J. COWPERTIMAIT & CO►
mh`24-th, s.ttt, to jyl
SPRING GOODS.
FIRST OPENING OP
SPRING DRESS GOODS,
At the Store of
J. F. 'YOUNG-,
(Successor to T. Emma)
No. 70 North FOURTH Street.
JOAN F. YOUNG
is now opening one of the most complete selections
of LADIES' DRESS STUFFS that can be found
kn this market. Special attention is directed to the
styles and prices. fe27s,tu-th26o
Old Established Shirt, Stock and Collaa
EMPORIUM.
No. 146 North Fourth Street,
Charles L. °rum & Co.,
Are prepared to execute all orders for their cel►
orated make of Shirts on short notice in the mos+
satisfactory manner.
These Shirts are cut by measurement on sciemillic
principles ' and surpass any other Shirt for neatness
of FIT on the BREAST, comfort in the NEGIC.and
ease on the SHOULDER. 0c27 sa. tu,th 6shf •
MR. CHARLES PAGE,
Fayorably known for the last twenty -years as
Principal .Des-gner of
GAS FIXTURES . 4 s.
FOR
MESSES CORNELIUS & BARER,
is this day admltted a partner in our firm.
We will continue the sale and manufacture id
GAS FIXTURES,
Under the firm name of
VAN KIRK & CO.
MANUFACTORY AT FRANFFORD.
SALESROOMS,.
912 ARGIL • STREET..
_ fetil-th 811. [II-2MS
Have You Provided for Your Family an
Insurance on Your Life ?
HOME
Life Insurance Coinpanys,
MTJ TM&
WITH, AN AMPLE CASH CAPITAL
WALTER S. GRIFFITH, President. `
G. C. Elmer, Sec. I. IL FROTIMIGHAII,TieIIa
WILLEtat.T. COFir/A, Actuary.
Phpadelphia
- - - - -
Hon. Wiliam Strong; Rev. Matthew Simpson.
D.D , Bishop of M E. Church;, Rev. 434mM
Barnes, D.D.; Rev . James M. Crowelh- Thr.mas.
Robins, Esq., Lewis R Ashhurst, EBll. 7, Samuel
Welsh, Esq.-, - James Dunlap. Esq ; W. R.Lejee,,
Esq.; John Rice, Esq..; Charles Humphreys. Esq;.
John. B. Austin. Esq.; S.- C. Palmer, Esq
Mount E q ; ;Samuel o:Perkins, Esq.; J'
t . hn R.
'oenrose, T sq.; Samuel Field. Esq.; Mssens. E.
W. Clark & Co.; 1-Incknor, McOsmmoa ft Co.;:
ohn B. Myers it Co.; Benjamin Bullock Fc Sons.
Wm. S. lc Alfred Martien; George B. Reese, Son,
lc Co.; J. B Mc: , reary Ac Co;George Cookakin.
& Co.; D B. Kershow CO.; - Kay do Brother.
JOHN H. PACKARD, 11.- D.
BEEDICAL EXA.3I.INE6.
No 1225 SPRUCE STREET,
In attendance at Agent's Once flatly 'from 1 to 2
P. M.
PHILADELPHIA OFFICE,
Corner Fourth and - Library streiii,
ars•tuths3Gt B K. ESLER, Agent
Lyon's Kathairon.
Xathairon is from the Greek word . 4 1tath;o,"
or "Kathairo," signifying to cleanse, rejuvenater
and restore. This article is what its name signi
fies. For preserving, restoring and beautifying
the human hair it is the most remarkable prepara
tion.in the world. It is again owned and put up
by the original proprietor, and is now made with.-
the same care, skill and attention which gave it eir
sale of over one million bottles per annum.
It is a most delightful hair dressing.
It el adicates scurf end dandruff.
It keeps the head cool and clean.
It makes the hair rich. soft and glossy.
It prevents the hair from falling off and ttirning
gray.
It restores hair upon bald heads
Any lady or gentleman woo values a beautiftil
head of hair should nee Lyon's Xathairou. It is
known and used throughout the civilized world.
Sold by all respectable dealers.
DEMAS S. BARNES & CO., New York.
HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM.
This is the most delightful and extraordinary ar
ticle ever discoverer:. It changes the sun burnt
face and hands to a pearly satin texture of ra
vishing beauty, imparting the marble purity .02
youth, and the distil:gm appearance an inviting is
the city belie of fashion. It remo yes tan, heckles,
pimples and roughness of the skin, leaving - the
complexion fresh, transparent and smooth. It
contains no material injurious to the sksn. Pa
troutzed by Actresses and Opera Singers. It if
what every lady should have. Sold...everywhere%
Prepared by W. E. HAGAN; Troy, N.Y.
Address all orders to
Demas S. Barnes .& Co., New York:
HEIMSTREET'S -
inimitable Hair Restorative.
.NOT A DYE
Hut restores gray hair to as original color, by sup
plying the capillary tubes with na ural snste.
nance, impaired by age or disease. All instants•
neous dyes are composed of Naar caustic, destroying
the vitality and beauty of the hair, and afford of
themselves no dressing. Heimstreet's Inimitable
Coloi lug not only restores hair to its natural color
by an easy process, but gives the hair a -
•
Ltixuriant Beauty,
promotes its growth, prevents its fatting offeradi
cates dandruff, and impart: , health and pleasant
ness to the head, It has stood the - test of time, being
the or gins! Pair Coloring, and is constantly in
creasing in favor. Uted by bath gentlemen and
ladies. It is sold by all respectable dealers. crash
be procured by them of the comme - ratal agents, I).
S. BARNES & CO., 2112 Broadway, New York.
TWO sizes, 50 cents and St.
Mexican Mustang Liniment.
The parties in St. Louis and Cincinnati, who
have been Counterfeiting the Mustang Liniment
under pretence of proprietorship, have been Um.
roughly estftped by the Courts. To guard attains
further imposition, I have procured from the 11. S
Treasury, a private steel plate revenue stamp,
which is placed over the'top of each bottle. Each
stamp bears the [cc simile of my • ignatare, and
without which the artic.e is n Counterfeit, dan
gerous and worthless imitation. Examine every
bottle. This Liniment has been in use and grow
ing in favor tor many-years: There hardly exists
-mlet entne habitable Globe that does not con
tea' evidence of its wonderful effects. Itis the
best emollient in the world. With its present im
proved ingredients, its effects upon man and beast
are perfectly remarkable. Sdres are healed, pains
relieved. lives-saved, valuable animals made use
ful, and untold ills assua,zed. For cuts, bruises,.
sprains, rheumatism, swellings., bites, cuts, caked
breasts, strained horses, he, it is a Sovereign Re
medy that should never be dispensed with. ra
should be in every : family. Sold by all Druggists.
fe.l6-tuth s 6mis D. S. BIRNES. New York.
BLINDS AND -SHADES
B. J. WILLIAMS,
16 NORTH SIXTH SThEKP
MANUFACTURER OF
VENETIAN BLINDS
AND •
WINDOW SHADES.
KrThe Largest and Finest assortment in the carit
at the Lowest Prices.
Repainng promptly attended tO. -
Sir Store Shades Lettered.. sell
Patent Shoulder Seam Shirt
rilanufaetory, !
Orders for these celebrated Shirts supplied prompt.
ly at brief notice.
Gentlemen's Furnishing Goodk;
Of late Styles in full variety.
WINCHESTER - 80 00..
706 CHESTNUT STREET.
The Sunbeam Stories,
.oontaining the charming, bright Stories of
TRAP TO CATCH A SUNBEAM, -
CLOUD WITH SILVER LINING,
- HOUSE ON THE ROC
ONLY, OLD JOLLIFFE, MERRY OHEreTliaS 3 -
DREAM CHINTZ,
STAR IN THE DESERT, &C.:
Six beautiful volumes, Illustrated, $2 50. •
ia21.4 W. P. HZARD,_
, 31 South SI2LTH Street.
References.