Veto Message of the President on the
Freedmen's Bureau Bill.
To the Senate•of the United States: I have
examined with care the act which has been
passed by the two Houses of Congress to
amend an act entitled " An act to establish
a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and
Refugees, and for other purposes." Having
with much regret come to the conclusion
- that- it -wouldrnot be consistent with, the
public welfare to give my approval to the
measure; I return the bill to the Senate with
my objections to its becoming a law. I.
'might pull to mind, in advance of these ob
jections, that there is noimmediate necessity
forthe proposedmeasure.
The act to establish a Bureau, for the relief
of freedmen and refugees,, which was ap
'proved in the month of March last, has not
vet expired. It-was thought stringent and
extreme enough for the purpose in view in
time of war. -Be - fore it ceases to have effect,
further experience may assist to guide us to
a wise conclusion as to the policy to be
adopted in time of peace; Ishare with Con
gress the. strongest desire to secure to the
freedmen the full enjoyment of their free
.dona and their prosperity and their entire
independence and equality in making con
tracts for their 'labor ; but the bill before
me contain provisions which, in my opin
ion, are not'warranted by the Constitution,'
and are not well suited to accomplish the
end in view. The bill proposes to establith,
by authoriV of Congress, military jurisdic
tion over all parts of the United States con
taining refugees and freedmen. •
It would, by its very nature, apply with
the most force to those parts of the United
States in which the freedmen most abound;
and it expressly extends the existing tem
porary jurisdiction of the Freedmen's Bu
reau; with greatly enlarged power over
those States in which the ordinary coarse
of judicial proceeding has been interrupted
by the rebellion. The source from which
this military jurisdiction is to emanate is
Bone other than the President of the United
States, acting through the War Depart
ment and the Commissioner of the Freed
men's Bureau. The agents to carry out
this military jurisdiction are to be selected
either from the army or from civil life;
the country is to be divided
into sub-districts, districts and
and the number of salaried agents to be
employed may be equal to the number of
counties or parishes in all the United states
where freedmen or refugees are to be
found.'
The subject over which this military ju
risdiction is to extend in every part of the
Uflited States includes protection to all em
ployes, agents and officers of this Bureau in
the exercise of the duties imposed upon
them by the bill, in eleven States. It is
further to extend over all cases affecting
freedmen and refugees discriminated
against by local laws, custom or prejudice.
In those eleven States the bill subjects any
white person who may be charged with
depriving a freedman of any civil rights or
immunities belonging to white persons, to
imprisonment or fine,. or both, without,
however, defining the civil rights or immu
nities which are thus to, be secured to the
freedmen by military law.
This military jurisdictiOn also extends to
all questions that may arise respecting con
tracts. The agent who is thus to exercise
the offiee of a judge may be a stranger, en
tirely, ignorant of the laws of the place, and
exposed to the errors of judgment to which
all men are liable. The exercises of power
over which there is no legal supervision,
by so vast a number of agents as is oontem
-plated by this bill, must, by the very
nature of man, be attended by acts of
_caprice, injustice and passion. The trials
havinietheir origin under this bill are to
take place without the intervention of a
jury, and without any fixed rules of law
or evidence. The rules on which offences
are to be heard and determined by the
numerous agents are such rules and regu
- - lotions as the President through the War
Department shall prescribe.
No previous presentment is required, nor
any indictment charging the commission of
a crime against the laws, but the trial must
. proceed on charges and specifications. The
punishment will be, not what the law de
clares,but such as a court martial may think
proper, and from these arbitrary tribunals
there hes no appeal, no writ of error, to any
of the courts in which the Constitution of
the United States rests exclusively the
judicial power of the country. While the
territory and the classes of actions and of
' fences that are made subject to this measure
are so extensive, the bill itself, should it
become a law, will have no limitation in
point of time, but will form part of the per
manent legislation of the country.
I cannot conceive a system of military
jurisdiction of this kind, with the words of
the Constitution which declares that "no
person shall be held to answer for a capital
or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a
presentment or indictment of a grand jury,
excepting cases arising in the laud and
naval forces, or in the military when in
service in time of war or public danger,"
and that "in all criminal proceedings, te
accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy
and public trial by an impartial jury of the
State or district wherein the crime shall
have been committed." The safeguards
which the experience and wisdom of ages
taught our fathers to establish as securities
for the protection of the innocent, the pun
ishment of the guilty, and the equal admi
nistration of justice, are to be set aside, and,
for the sake of a more vigorous interposi
tion in behalf of justice, we are to take the
risk of the many acts of injustice that
would necessarily follow from almost coant
less numbers of agents established in every
parish or county, in nearly a third of the
States of the Union, over whose decisions
there is to be no supervision or control by
the Federal Courts.
The power that would be thus placed in
the hands of the President is such as in time
of peace certainly ought never to be en
trusted to any one man. If it be asked
whether the creation of such a tribunal ie a
State was warranted as a measure of war,
the question immediately presents itself
whether we are still engaged in war. Let us
not unnecessarily disturb the commerce
and credit and industry of the country by
declaring to the American people, and to
the world, that the United States are still in
a condition of civil war. At present there
is no part of our country in which the au
thority of the United States is disputed.
Offences that may be committed by indi
viduals should not work a forfeiture of the
- rights of whole communities. The commu
nity has returned or is returning to a state
of peace and industry. The rebellion is at
an end. The measure, therefore, seems to
be as inconsistent with the actual condition
, of the country as it is at variance with the
. Constitution of the United States.
If, passing from general considerations,
we examine the bill in detail, it is open to
weighty objections. In time of war it was
eminently proper that we should provide
for those who are passing suddenly from a
condition of bondage to a state of freedom;
, but this bill proposes to make the Freed
man's Bureau'established by the actoflB6s,
, as one of many great and extraordinary
military measures to suppress a formidable
. rebellion, a permanent branch of the public
• administration, with powers greatly en
larged. '
1 have no reason to suppose, and I do not
understand it to be alleged, that the .act of
March, 1885, has proved deficient for the,
purpose for which it was passed, although
at that time, and fora considerable period
thereafter, the government of the •United
States remained unacknowledged 'in most
of the States'wheiseinhabitantshad been in
, volVecl in the rebellion. The institution of
slavery, for the military destruction of
/ which the Freedthan's Bureau was called
into existence as an auxiliary, has been al
__ :.ready effectually and fundly abrogated
throughout the' whole country by •ati
amendment of the Constitution of the United
States, and practically : its eradication has
received.the assent and concurrence . of most
of those States in which it had at any time
bad an existence. I am not, therefore, able
to discern, in the condition of the country,
anything to justify an apprehension that.
the powers and agencies of the Freedmen's
Bureau, which were effective for the pro
tection of freedmen and refugees during the
actual continuance of hostilities, will- now
in a time of peace, and after the abolition of
slavery, prove inadequate to the same pro
per ends. If I am correct in these views
there can be no necessity for the enlarge
ment of the powers of the Bureau,for which
provision is made in the bill.
The third section of the bill authorizes a
general and [unlimited grant of support to
the destitute and suffering refugees and
freedmen, their wives and children. Suc
ceeding sections make provision for the
rent or purchase of landed estates for freed
men, and for the erection, for their, benefit,
of suitable buildings for asylums and
schools, the expenses to be defrayed from
the treasury of the whole people. The Con
gress of the United States has never hereto
fore thought itself empowered to establish
asylums beyond the limits of the District of
Columbia, except for the benefit of our dis
abled soldiers and sailors. It has
never founded schools for any class of
our own people, not even for those who have
fallen in defence of the Union but has left
the care of their education to the much more
competent and efficient control of the State,
of communities, of private associations and
of individuals. It has never deemed itself
authorized to expend the public money for
the rent or purchase of houses for the thou
sands, not to say millions, of the white race
who are honestly toiling from day to day for
their subsistence. A system for the support
of indigent persons in the United States was
never contemplated by the authors of the
Constitution. Nor can any good reason be
advanced why as a permanent establish
ment it should be founded for one class or
color of our people more than for another.
- Fending the war many refugees and
freedmen received support from, the gov
ernment, but it was never intended that
they should henceforth be fed, clothed, edu
cated and sheltered by the United States,
The idea on which the slaves were assisted
to freedom was that on becoming free they
would be a. self-sustaining population, and
any legislation that shall imply that they
are not expected to attain a self-sustaining
condition must have a tendency injurious
alike to their character and their prosperity,
The appointment of an agent for every
county and parish will create an immense
patronage, and the expense of the numer
ous officers and theirclerks to be appointed
by the President will be great in the be
ginning, with a tendency steadily to in
crease. The appropriations asked by the
Freedmen's Bureau, as now established for
the year 1866, amount to $11,745,000, and it
may be safely estimated that the cost to be
incurred under the pending bill will require
doudle that amount, more than the entirer , , -
sum expended in any one year under the
administration of the second Adams. 1 ,
If the presence of agents in every parish
and county is to be considered as a war
measure, opposition, or even resistance,
might be provoked, so that to give effect to
their jurisdiction troops would hair') to be
stationed within reach of every one of them,
and thus a large standing force be rendered
necessary.
Large appropriations would, therefore, be
required to sustain and enforce military ju
risdiction in every county or parish from
the Potomac to the Rio Grande. The con
dition of our fiscal affairs is encouraging ;
but in order to sustain the present measure
of public confidence, it is necessary that we
practise not merely customary economy,
but, as far as possible, severe retrenchment.
In addition to the objections already
stated, the fifth section of the bill proposes
to take away land from its former owners
without any legal proceedings being first
had, contrary to that provision of the Con
stitution which declares that no person shall
be deprived of life, liberty or property with
out due process of law. It does not appear
that a part of the land to which this section
refers may not be owned by minors or per
sons of unsound mind, - or by those who
have been fatthful to all their obligations as
citizens of the United States. If any por
tion of the land is held by such persons, it
is not competent for any authority to de
prive them of it. If, on the other hand, it
be found that the property is liable to con
fiscation, even then it cannot be appro
propriated to public purposes until, by due
process of law, it shall have been declared
forfeited to the government.
There is still further objection to the bill
on grounds seriously affecting the class of
persons to whom it is designed to bring re
lief: it will tend to steep the mind of the
freedman in a state of uncertain expectation
and restlessness,while to those among whom
he lives it will be a source of constant and
vague apprehension.
Undoubtedly the freedman should be pro
tected, but he should be protected by the
civil authorities, and especially by the exer
cise of all the constitutional powers of the
courts of the United States and of the States.
His condition is not so exposed as may at
first be imagined, He is in a portion of the
country where his labor cannot well be
spared. Competition for his services from
planters, from those who are constructing
or repairing railroads, and from capitalists
in his vicinage or from other States, will
enable him to command almost his own
terms. He also possesses a perfect right to
change his place of abode; and if, therefore,
he does not find in one community or State
a mode of life suited to his desires, or proper
remuneration Tor his labor, be can move to
another, where that labor is mere esteemed
and better rewarded. •
In truth, however, such State, induced by
its own wants and interests, will do what is
necessary and proper to retain within its
borders all the labor that is needed for the
development of its resources. The laws
that regulate supply and demand will
maintain their force, and the wages of the
laborer will be regulated thereby. There is
no danger that the exceedingly great demand
for, labor will not operate in favor of the
laborer, neither is sufficient consideration
given to the avidity of the freedmen to pro
tect and take care of themselves.
It . is no more than justice to t,hem to
believe that as they have received their
freedom with moderation and forbearance,
so they will distinguish themselves by their
industry and thrift, and soon show the
world that in a condition of freedom they
are self sustaining, capable of selecting their
own employment and their own places of
abode, of insisting for themselves on a pro
per remuneration, and of establishing and
maintaining their own asylums and schools.
It is ,earnestly hoped that instead of wasting
away they will, by their own efforts, esta
blish for themselves a condition of respect
ability and prosperity. It . is certain that
they can attain to that condition only
through their own merits and actions.
In this connection the auery presents
itself, whether the system proposed by , the
bill will not, when. put,into complete opera
tion, practically transfer the entire care,
support and, control of four million of eman
cipated slaves to agents, observers or task
masters, who, , appointed, at Washington,
are to be located in every county and parish
throughout the United States containing
freedmen and refugees.;Such a system would
inevitably - tend to a concentrsition of power
in the Executive, which:would enable him,
if so disposed, to control ,the action of this
numerous class, !and .use., them for the at
tainment of his own political ends.
I 'cannot but add another very grave ob
jection to the bill. The Conntitution impe
ratively declares, in connection with taxa
tion, that each State shall have at least one
representative, and fixes the rule for the
number to which in future tines each State
EVENING BULL:EnN; ;PHILADELPHIA, .TIJESPAY, FEBR
;hall be entitled; it also provides that the'
Senate of the United States shall be'com-'•
posed of two Senators from-each State, and
adds, with peculiar force, that no :State,'.
without its consent, shill be deprived of its
equal suffrage in the Senate: The original
act was necessarily passed in the absence of
the States chiefly to be affected, ; because
their people were then contumaciously
engaged in the rebellion. - -
Now the case is changed, and some, at
least, of the States are attending Congress
by loyal representation, soliciting the al
lowance- of the constitutional right of re
presentation. At the time, however, of the
consideration and the passing of this bill,
there was no Senator or Representative in
Congress from the eleven States which are
to be mainly affected by its provisions. The
very fact that reports were and are made
against the good disposition of the country
is an additional reason why they need and
should have representation in Congress, to
explain their condition,reply to accusations,
and assist, by their local knowledge, in per
. fecting measures immediately affecting
themselves.; While the liberty of delibera
tion would have full power to decide accord
ing to its judgment, there could be no ob
jectiens urged that the States most
interested had not been permitted to be
heard. •
The principle is firmly fixed in the minds
of the American people that there should be
no taxation without representation. Great
burdens have now to be borne by all the
country, and we may best demand that
they shall be borne without murmur when
they are voted by a majority of the repre
entatives of all the people. I would not
nterfere with the unquestionable right of
Congress to judge and act for itself of the
election, returns and qualifications of its
own members, but that authority cannot be
construed as including , the right to shut out,
n time of peace, any . btate from the repre
sentation to which it is entitled by the Con
stitution at present.
All the people of eleven States are ex
cluded; those who were most faithful
during the war not less than others. The
State orrennessee, for instance, whose au
thorities engaged in rebellion, was restored
to all her constitutional relations to the
Union by the patriotism and energy of her
injured : and betrayed people. Before the
war was brought to a termination they had
placed themselves in relation with the gen
eral government; had established a State
government of their own, and as they were
not included in the emancipation proclama
tion, they, by their own act, had amended
their constitution so as to abolish slaver}
within the limits of their State.
I knoW no reason why the State of Ten
nessee, for example, should not fully enjoy
all her constitutional rights in the United
States. The President of the United State
stands toward the country in a somewhie
different attribute from that of any mem
ber of Congress chosen from a single district
or State. The President is chosen by the
people of all the States, Eleven States are
not at this time represented in either branch
'of Congress, and it would seem to be hi. - ;
duty, on all proper occasions, to present
their just claims to Congress.
`there always will be differences o'
opinion in the community, and individual
may be guilty of transgressions of the law:
but these do not constitute valid objection
against the right of a State to representa
tion, and would in nowise interfere with.
the discretion of Congress with regard t.;
the qualifications of members; bat
. I bolo
it my duty to recommend to you, in the in
terests of peace, and in the interest of the
the admission of every State to ie.
share in public legislation when, however
insubordinate, insurgent or rebellions
people may have been, it presents itself not
only in an attitude of loyalty and harmor*
but in the persons of representatives whose
loyalty cannot be questioned under an)
existing constitutional or legal teat.
It Is plain that an indefinite or permanen
exclusion of any part of the country fron;
representation must be attended by a spirit
of disquiet and complaint. It is' unwise
and dangerous to pursue a course of mea
sures which will unite a very large section
of the country against another section of
the country, however much the latter may
preponderate. The course of emigration,
the development of industry and business;
and natural:causes will raise t up at the South
men as devoted to the Union as those of
any other part of the land. But if they are
all excluded from Congress—if, in a perma
nent statute, they are declared .not to be it.
full constitutional relations to the country—
they may think that they have cause to tre
come a unit in feeling and sentiment against
the government. Under the political edu
cation of the American people, the idea is
inherent and ineradicable that the consen'
of the majority of the whole people is neces
sary to secure a willing acquiescence in
le.islation.
The bill under consideration refers to cer
;ain of the States as though they had "been
sully restored in all their constitutional
relations in the United States." If they
have not, let us atones act together to secure
that desirable end at the earliest possible
moment. It is hardly necessary for me to
inform Congress that in my judgment most
of those States, so far at least dependent
on their own action, have already . been
fully restored, and are to be deemed as en
titled to enjoy their constitutional rights as
members of the Union.
Reasoning from the Constitution itself,
and from the actual situation of the country
1 feel not only entitled but bound to assume
that with the Federal Courts restored, and
those of the several States in the full exer
cise of their functions, the rights and in
terests of all classes of the people will, with
the aid of the military in cases of resistance
to the law, be essentially protected against
unconstitutional infringement and viola
tion.
Should this expectation unhappily fail,
which I do not anticipate, then the Execu
tive is already fully armed with the powers
conferred by the act of March, 1865, estab
lishing the Freedmen's Bureau, and here
after, as heretofore, he can employ the land
and naval forces of the country to suppress
insurrection, or to overcome obstructions to
the laws, in accordance with the Constitu
tion.
I return the bill to the Senate, in the ear
nest hope that a measure involving ques
tions and interests so important to the
country will not become a law, unless, upon
deliberate consideration by the people, it
shall receive the sanction of an enlightened
public judgment.
NEW CH l s's NUT STREET eet Th THEAT
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ew Chestnut Strt re.
New Chestnut Street Theatre.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTH. DAY.
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Washington's Birth Day. Washington's Birth Day.
THEWashingto GL Birth Oßl O Day.
US W BLUTH DAYhin n's Birth Day.
OF THE '
IMMORTAL WASHINGTON
Immortal Washington Immortal Washington
immortal Washington Immortal Washington
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WILL BE DULY CELEBRATED
By this Theatre, by
A GRAND EXTRA. MATINEE,
A GRAND EYTRA MATINEE,
A GRAND EXTRA MATINEE,
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. =I,
Thursday Afternoon, Feb. 22d,
Thursday Afternoon, Feb. 22d,
• Thursday Afternoon, Feb. 22d,
When will be presented
THE GORGEOUS
SPECTACULAR FAIRY !LEGEND
Entitled
THE ICE WITCH.
The Tee Witch. The Ice Witch.
The Ice Witch: The Ice Witch.
The Ice 'Witch. The Ice Witch.
THE FIRST DAYLIGHT PERFORMANCE.
-ADMRSION TO ALL
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OP' THE HOUSE,
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ANDREW Jomvsaw.
WAsHINGIISN, D. C., February 19, 186 G.
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trnfldren, 25 cents. ,
'Doors open at MS. ' Curtain rises ntl3o.' l fel9-2t
ri_ERMANIA OROHESTELL—PabIio Rehearsals
kJi every Saturday afternoon at the Musical. Bond
Hall, at half grit three o'clock. Engagements made
by addressing GEOB GE HASTERT, agent, MU Mow,
eteYskeet, between Race and vine, mint
t. ~ ,i - ~2.
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rtHOION t3PAT6 AND ADM:113810N THIMICTE
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OF.lrt7Biu;oxi to 6 o'clock every evening. sehnl
rEI3I)3IVVIII:II'4 I I3IMPia
The Grand Oratorio of
Will be repeated at the
ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
On Friday Evening, Feb. 23, 1866.
In consequence of the pre-engagement of Mr. RII
DOLPHSEN' the popular Basso of St. Augustine's
Church. Mr. JEAN LOUIS. has been engaged- Mr.
SIMPSON, Miss McCAFFREY and Miss ALEX
ANDER will sing the other party same as at Musical
Fund Hall.
The GERMANIA ORCHEISTRA wPI be enlarged to
over thirty Instruments, all under the direction of
CARL BENTZ.
The Box Sheet is now open at C. W. R. TRUMP
LER'S and at the ACADE3I T. fel9-sti
Sot ureel seats in the Parquet, Parquet
Circle and Balcony ONE DOLLAR
Family Circle 50 cents.
Amphitheatre for colored persons .50 cents
The Oratorio will commence at 714 o'clock precisely.
AMERICAN ACADEMY •o F MUSIC.
LEONARD GROVER Director
A BRIEF sEASON OF
GROVER'S
GRAND OFRMAN OPERA COMPANY.
LIMITED TO TEN NIGHT'S,
COILIMSCING
MONDAY, Feb. 26th,
The Company at present embraces :
1111 e. ELVIRA. NADDI, Madame JOHANNA ROT
TER. Madame BERTHA JOHAWSEN,MIIe.SOPHIE
DZIUBA, Mile. MARI PICONAZZI: Madame FRE
REKA 13 AUP MAN, FRANZ HIMMI6R. JOHANN
ARMAND, THEODORE HABELIEAN, ANSON
VEI RECK. JOSEPH HEW/ANS, JOSEPH WEIN •
LICH, HEINRICH STEINECICE, OTTO LEHMAN.
The repertory selected presents:
Will:l . AM TELL, Rossini: MIREILLE. Gormod:
FRA DIAVOLO, Auber. HUGENOTS, Meyerbeer:
FAUST. Gormod: ROBERT, Meyerbeer.
MARTHA and "ROBIN ADAIR" act LA DAME
BLA NCB E. same night.
DON GIOVANNI and MAGIC FLUTE, Mozart.
The Operas are mounted and costumed with the
MAGNIFICENT DRESSES,
JEWALS, TROPHIES, and
PAR.o..PIIIRNALIA of the
CELEBRATED ESMERALDA WARDROBE.
r The following signiticant brief quotations sum
most conclusively the claims of the coming season:
The Washington Chronicle: "And so doses what we
may Justly chronicle as the most brilliant and satis
factory season which has yet taken place in Wash
ington."
The Baltimore Sunday Iflegram: "With the per
formance of last night closed the season. and the
Director may well take pride I u the result. Certainly
a season In many respects the most pleasing and sari ,
iactory which we have enjoyed for years. Its only
defect was its brevity."
The Philadelphia Merton: "We heard the Com
pany but just now in Baltlwore,a , d they are certainly
singing much fetter than at any former season of
German Opera."
Aft - The Director has the gratification to annouwe
that the
SEASON SALE commenced THIS IifORSITNG in a
meat auspicious and flatter ng manlier_ By far tile
greatest number of Season Seats have been se urea
which have ever vet beet sold in a single day.
SCALE OF PRICES:
SECURED SEAT FOE TEX NIGHTS,
TES DOLLARS.
SECURED SEAT FOR FIVE NIGIITS, alternating
with either First or Second Opera, - IX DOLLAR,S.
It will be observed that the prices selected are
TREL6WE;T AT \VIIIUII THE ORAND OPERA
Ii aS BEEN PRESENTED at any time since toe
altered condition of the currency.
NEW CREISTNUT STREET THEATRE.
CRESTNU Street, above TWELFTH.
LEONARD GROPER and WS. E. SINN.
Lessees and Managers
SECOND NIGHT OF
THE GORGEOUS FAIRY LEGEND.
THE ICE WITCH ; - THE ICE WITCH ;
08,
glib SEA KING'S BRIDE,
Produced alter
FOUR 3InNTBS' PREPARATION
AT AN EXPENSE OP 15.R.0,
Witb entirely New scenery, Elegant Costente.
Beautifnl Groupings, New Appointments, Delightfe
Music. tharacteristic Effects, singing. Dancing. eac..
this
and every
brilltant other adjunct that can add to the enc. t of
tpemacle.
Miss Rosie Orton, Mr. G. H. Clarke. Mr. W. Leaner..
Mr. B. Young Mr. C Lewis, Mx. F. Foster Mrs. t. F
Reach. Miss C. Cappelle, bliss L. Cooper. Linle Haile
Baia' stud other. will appear.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON% Feb. 21,
GRAND EXTRA MATINEE.
THE OCTOIWON.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. Feb. 22.,
GRAND EXTRA ,MAT/N a.E
In honor of
WASHINGTON'S RIRTII DST.
First Day Pertbrcusnce at
THE. ICE W ITCH.
SATURDAY AFTEKNOON. February Nth.
NINETT-THERD GE a ND FAMILY MATINEE,
Second Day Performance of
THE ICE WITCH.
Ada:intim to 'Matinees, to cents to all parts of the
House. Children, Y 5 cents. Doors open at 1.15. Oar
talc rises at Y. 15..
Admission to evening performance, H cents, 50 cent.
and fl.
Doors open at et. 45. Curtain rises at 7.45.
MMMMiMMMI
MM=MI
of the unprecedentedly triumphant encegement of
Pd H. JIL;Fi N S Z:LAR:P.:g
CLARKE 'TN COMEDY AND DRAMA.
THIS (Tuesday) EVENTING, Feb.
CLARKE as MAJOR WELLINGTON DE BOOTS,
In the great t - ornedy of
EVER.I BoDT'S FRIEND,
EVEBYBODVS P.B.Lb ND,
AND
NEW VAN NOU3S)
In the beautiful Drama. from Dickens, of
NICHOLAS N [CELE.:
:St CHOLAS NICKLBBY.
Will be prod ced in a tea davits new American Pls.
a five acts. with New scenery by Witham, called
TIDGMEMBER FROM PIKE.
Chairs secured three data in alvsnce.
mRS. JOHN DRRWS NR \V ARCH STREEI
THEATRE. Begins W o'clock.
ARRIVAL OF •• sA M."
SFCOND NIGHT OF THE GREAT CHARACTER
ALTOR,
CHA.N FRAU.
.Aided by OLIVE LOGAN, C. T. YARSLOE, and the
Author. DE WALDEN.
TUESDAY AND EVERY EVENING.
DE WALDEI 4 .•S FIVE ACT COMEDY OF
"SAM." _ _ _
- - .
SAM Mr. CIIA.N - Fnitu
LA URA OLIVE LO(; AN
LICK. SAM'S 'I WER............. .............. O. T. PAR-SLOE
BILL CROCKETT - DE WALDEN
Gen. Roslyn. ......... ........ ......... .......... ..... Mr. F. F. ainCii.lily
James Plusbley Owen Marlowe
FRIDAY—BENEFIT OF MR. CHANFRALL
NSEDIRLY RUELDINcis,
B W. corner of TENTH and CHESTNUT Streets
FIFI H WEER. FIFTH WEEK.
At the argent reque s t of many
I ci Y tizens, the
PE FAML
PEAK FAMILY
SWISS SELL RINGERS.
SWIaS BELL RINGERS,
have consented to remain one e. eek longer.
CHANGE OF PROGRAMME.
I_ Two Grand Matinees.
WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS.
Carte of admission, 85 cents. Reserved Seats, so
cents. Children, 25 cents. No half-price to reserved
seats.
Tickets can be secured three days in advance at
Ches. W. A. Trumpler's Music Store, and at the Hall.
Children admitted to the Matinee for 15 cents.
Doors open at 7 o'clock. To commence at 8.
Afternoon—Doom open at 2. Begin at 1. fel9-6t4
N EW AMERICAN TMEATRE,
GRAND NATIONAL CIRCUS,
WALNUT street, shops Elghtlk.
LAST WEEK OF THE
EQUFSTRIAN PERFORMANCE.
LAST WEEK OF W. F. WA LLETT.
REAPPEARANCE OF MASTER BARRY.
WONDERFUL SOUTH Y
AE VENIN MERICAN BROTHERS
EVERG
AND ON WEDNE SDA NOON&Y AND SATURDAY AFTER
STAR EQUESTRIAN TROUPE.
BBTT T,T ANT STUD OF HORSES, PONIES,
MULES, dtc.
ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS.
.THE SPHYNX. Tlik.. SPHYNX
SIGNOR RIAD
Will introduce every evening this week the marvelous
Illusion of THE SPHYN X, which has created an im•
menee sensation In Europe and In this country.
Commence, evenings at 734 o'clock, and Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons, at 3 o'clock.
Admission, 25 cts.; Children, 15 eta.; Reserved seats, 50e
- IDERELLTS AMATEUR OPERA.
LUCKPZLA BORGIA. will be repeated at CON
CERT HALL on TUESDAY EVENING, February
20th. Season tickets for the remainder of the Season,
admitting a gentleman and two ladies to each opera,
110, Single tickets, $1 50. to be had from 9to4P. M. on
.TUESDAY, 20th lost„ at Mr. PERELLPS Rooms, ITM
Chestnut street. fel9.2t*
A CADEMY OF FINE ARTS, CHESTIVJT, alms%
Tenth street,
Open from 9 A. M. till 6 P. M.
' WRIST est'REMOTs great
REJECTED.ture o
• CH
Still on ,exhibition.. Jen-VI
•
TITSTITwiION FOR THE BLIND. n'rhtoltion
J. every Wednesdivy at 856 F. X. Admission Ten
Cents.' Store, No.ll South Eighth street. it*
T.hellniiih Paper Box M an ufacturine
. •
N. W tor. Baca and Second Sta.,
Invite the attention of Partieslreqniring goodsin them
line) to the facilities they have of furnishing Boxes of
,every description, which for durability and neatness,
they del; competition. • • . • _
PARIS & do.
fell-Sti
3.2 6„, OARACCAS INDIGO now landing
Li from Bark WHITE WING fo
DALLATT , CO, Walno etno, r sale by JOHN
:IVRY 20, 1866,
BEIMEICDRY 46100D5--
1024.0kiESTNUT STREET.
N 1866. Spring Importation. 1866. W
_
g • • • -
E 4 E. II NEEDLES
Ei rn en
Has Just opened, .
Z 1,000 PIECES WHITE GOODS,
E 4 In PLAIN. FANCY,STRIPED PLAID and
Figured Jaconets, Cambrics, Nainsook. Dimi-
C 4 14 =lot M m land s ot teb i c i rc r :tn s g i g , tt e nft r et
Lion of purchasers is solicited as they are of
fered at a large Ith,..DOCTION from last SEA. 1.4
Q 502 , 1'e PRICES. '
di 100 pieces SHIMMED BITISLINS for Bodies.
01100 p p ieces PIQUNS in all varieties of style and
ri fm eoc. to 50.
300 PA ce RIS ro GOFFERE,D SKIRTS, newest 0
l styles, of my own importation.
MIS -T7ao • T ri
rilBE -OLD MSTABLISHED CIEFELP CLOTH
sr,DRE„, , —,TAJNIEs.. dr, tv.P. invite the attention of
their friends and others_to their large stock of season
able goods, which they are selling at greatly reduced
Pfices. •
Superior Black French Cloths
Superior Colored French ClO5.
overcoat Cloths, all qualities.
Black French Doeskins.
Black French Cassimeres.
Mixed and Plain Caasimeres.
Fancy Cassime•res, of every description.
Scotch and Shepherd's Plaid Cassbneres.
Cords, Beaverteens and Satinetts.
Plain and Neat Figured Silk Vestings.
Black Satins and Fancy Vestings.
With a large assortment of Tailors' Trimmings,
Boys' wear, ac., for sale, wholesaleor retail, by
& T• 7 1 74
No. 11 North Second st., Sign of the Golden Lamb.
ETILE ,t, LANDELL, FOURTH AND ARM, have
just replenished their assortment of
STAPLE HOUSEHOLD GOODS,
And are now frilly prepared to supWy_fatnillits with
GOOD MUSLINS, BY 111.6 PI E CE
GOOD SHIRTING LINENS.
GOOD TABL LINENS.
CiOOD BED T E IMINGS.
GOOD WHITE FLANNELS.
GOOD FINE BLANKETS.
GOOD DA MASK NAPEKCS.
BUFF MARSEILLES QUILTS.
PINE MARSEILLES QUILTS.
riziEsr AND LARGEST WurriC DO:
IRISH BIRD-EYE AND SCOTCH TO• sWIILIIIGS.
NEW LuT OF BRILLIAMS, MARSEILLES, &a.
. SPRING STYLE CHINTZES, PERCALES, &e.
511_CETIT BLACK ALPACAS.
1.1 63 7 andf superior Alpacas.
111 Go R ide Black Wool Delaines.
50 for finest v. wide Black Cashmeres.
I'2 for new Spring Shades Wide Wool Delaines.
- ew White Piques, Brilliances, Cambrics, Plaids, &c.
Heavy li:ursery Diapers, some extra wide goads,
Fine Towe s 40-cent Towels- a bargain,
$3 and cs Napkins are much under value.
Richardson's Heavy shirting and tine Fronting
Linens.
Table Damasks under rket price.
COOPER &
OONAHD,
S. E. corner Ninth and Market streets,
VLWIN BALL & C0..26 South Sec. ono street, would
Invite the attention of the Ladies to their stock of
SIZES, and recommend them purchasing now, as we
have no doubt of their having to pay a much advanced
price for them next mouth and the coming spring.
Colored Moire Antiques.
Black Moire Antiqu
Colored Corded S e iTks,_
Colored Poult de soles,
Black Corded Silks,
Tt act , ' Gros Granites,
Black Taffetas,
Black Gros de B.hdnes,
N. B.—A line stock of Evening Silks on band.
NOW IS TRIP.
TOW IS THE TIME TO BUY.iESLLNS AND
11 CA LICOES.
Gocd Unbleached Muslin, at is cents.
Excellent Unbleached Muslin, at 35.
Bleached Muslim, yard-wide. at 34.
Bleached tivtlln, very line, at 37! , :.
New York Mills, Wamanua„ and all the best makes
of Bleached and Unbleached Muslin, at the lowest
market prices, at. JOHNH. STOKES'S.
7r.. Arch street.
C _,f PURE V. htiTe.„ MOHAIR GLACE, with a 61111 finish, just adapted for Evening Dresses.
4-4 White Alpacas
,
White Irish Poplins,
White Wool Poplins,
Pearl CO/117 Irish Poplins,
White Opera Cloths
White Cloths, 'with Spots,
Scarlet Cloths.
EDWIN HALL & 00.. IS South Second at.
L1411:101M.
RICHARD PENISTANS
Ale, Wine and Liquor Vaults,
.439 Chestnut
,IStreet s
PHILADELPHIA.
Eatablished for the Sale of Unadulter
ated Liquors Only.
Special Notice to Families!
Richard
Penistan's
Celebrated, Ale, Porter and Brown
Stout,
Now so ranch recommended
liby the Medical Faculty
fbr Invads.
S 1 25 PER DOZEN,
(These Botues hold one Pint)
The above being of the very best quality, It must be
admitted the price Is exceedingly LOW.
It is celivered to all parts of the city without extra
charge.
Brandies, Wines, Gins, Whiskies, &0., &o.
Warranted pure. at the lowest possible rates, by the
Bottle, Gallon, or Cask.
CHAMPAGNES of the best brands offered Lowe?
ban by any other house.
On Draught and in Bottles,
PURE GRAPE JUICE.
This is an excellent article for Invalids. It Is a sm.
cure for Dyspepsia.
HAVANA CIGARS.
OLIVE OIL,
PICKLES, SAUCES.
BAY RUIl i
SARDINES, Ac
London and Dublin Porter and Brawn Stoat—Engllnk
and Scotch Ales. derma
HER MA JESTY
CHAMPAGNE ,
3_ F.. MINTO ) N,
151 80t1T11 MONT ET., GOLE AGENT.
TlTlN3Dit.—The attention of the trade is solicited tc
TV the following very choice Wines,_&c., fbr sale by
JOSEPH F. BUN TON, No. 151 Smith Front wee.
above Walnut
MADEJRAB—OId Island. 8 yew old,
SHERltapbell dr. Co., single, double and
triple @rape, E. Crnsee & Sons, Rudolph, Topaz, Bing
Spanish, Crown and F. Valletta.
FOBTS—Vallette, Vlnho Velho Real, De nton and
Al Valente & Co.,_ Vintages 1836 to 1856.
OI,ARETS—Cruse File Freres and St. )31ftephe OW.
esti ' I vAmPTTH--G..Tocirdzin, Brive & 00.
MIJSCAT—de Frontignan.
CHAMPAGNIDS Mmest Irrony_,
_"Golden Stare
de Venoge, Her Majesty and Bard Cabinet and .othin
favorite brands.
piNE W1LD331.Y.--Cholce lots of old Wheat,Ays
TON
North Whisky. for We by B. P. MIDDLE,
TON. 5 FRON'T
. . . .
MffeniDmoziovoiwil
CITY
Reading, finking and Chess Boom
EMINENT RESORT FOR GENTLEMEN,
Open FREE from 8 in the morning till 12 at night.
No Charge for use of Chess and Checker Tables, eto
T. G. KORONY & 00.
DBALEBS IN BEST IMPORTED CIGARS,
From TEN Cents upwards.
TOBACCOS.
LYNCHBURG, LONE JACK, SMOKING ROSE.
Large assortment of best Vienna, Meerschaum and
Briar Wood PIPES, &,c
English. Scotch, Irish, German and French News
papers and Magazines on file, among which can be
fotnam'
London Daily Tithes,
London Weekly Times
London Illuated,
Bell's Life,
Manchester Guardian,
London Era,
Journal de Debate
Illustrated Paris Journal,
Gartenlaube,
'Elsdderadatsch,
Solt ische Zeitung,
Atlantic MonthlY.
Army , and Navy . .Tottrnel
SE - IrLatest Return of Sto
FRENCH COFFEE. TF
fel-th.t4tu,tff At all
GEs AND T MONS.-81cily Oran es and
griPreMODEI,
CO.,prime order, for sale by JOS. B.
BVIRUZII a ona POLO Aelmyare avenue,
W, W. KtrltTZ,
NO. 23 SOUTH THIRD STREET;
tar Partrcular attention given to the Parasite and
Bale of Stocks. Bonds, &c., at the Regal= Board off
Brokers
•
5-20 7 3-10.
COMPOUND INTEREST NOTES
WANTED.
DE HAVEN & BRO.,
40 South Third Street,
London Punch,
London Society,
'London Olehestra,
London Fun.
Nort Nation hig,
The
Once a Week,
Athenteum,.•
Temple Bar,
Cornhill Magazine,
London Journal, •
HarpeTB' Monthly.
Baitleaore SEM.
• Mat. • r
1: A AND CHOCOLATE
hours.
- FINANCIAL
KURTZ & HOWARD,
STOOK AND NOTE BROKERS,
(ROOM NO. 5,)
PHILADELPHIA.
ALSO, COMMERCIAL PAPER
-41\
L _ •
Q - SPECIALTY. 11-
SMITH, RANDOLPH & CO.,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
16 South Third et., S Nassau street,
Philadelphia. I New York.
STOCKS AND GOAD
BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMOBSION.
ThTTEREST ALLOW ED O 1 DKPOSrTS. Jal7
A dak
C 4
Lisvd
1 1 STOCK & NOTE
BROKERS,
2181-2 WALNUT STREET.
BTOCIO3 and LOANS bought and sold onoo=l*
elan. Trust rands Invested In OUT, Mato or 04men3
meat Loans.
'arm IN. BACON. [no3)4mlr] GEO. A. WARMER
P. S. PETERSON es CO.
P. S. PETERSON & CO.,
39 South Third Street.
Stocks, Bonds, &o , &c, Bought and
Sold at Bosrd of Brokers.
Liberal Premium paid for COMPOUND /M7:IIE:ST
NOTES.
Interest allowed on Deposits. 11:9-tf
Gold and Compound Interest Notes
Wanted by
P. F. KELLY & CO.,
THIRD AND Cti-hSTNI7T,
C. A. ROBIZZEON
ROBINSON db DICKSON.
STOCK BROKERS,
No. 319 Walnut Street.
STOCK'S, BONDS, &c.. Bought and Sold at
Board of Brokers.
FANCY GOOOB.
PAPIER NACRE GOODS'
PAPIER MACHE GOODS.
•
TARTAR GOODS,
SCOTCH PLAID GOODS:
A fine assortment of Papier Mache Work Tables,
'Writing Desks, Inkstands and Scotch Plaid Goods,
just received per the steamer "St. George," too late for
Christmas sales, anitable for Bridal Gifts, &c., will bet
sold low.
ISAAC TOWNSEND,
House Furnishing Store of the late JOHN 4.
PHY ,
922 CRESTSTIT STREET,
la2Otij Below Tenth street.
HAIR RESTORATIVES.
Q.J li+~i~~ie
THE
INFALLIBLE HAIR RESTORATIVE 1
This is no Bair Dye.
REASONS WHY THE_ EUREKA SHOULD EE:
It will cleanse the scalp, and thereby promote the.
growth of the hair.
If the hair is dry, stiff and lifeless. it will give its.
softness and lively youthful appearance.
If the hair Is becoming thin, weak and falling eft, It:
will restore Its strength and beauty.
lithe hair is gray or becoming so, It will restore It tO ,
its original color without staining scalp or head.
It is free from all impurities or poisonous drugs.
It Is no hair dye, but an infallible restorative, ands
will do all that Is promised. when used by the directions..
SOLD, WHOLESA L AND RETAIL. By
ROBERT FISHER, Sole Agent,
No. 25 North Ntjth,between Chestnut and _Elmo, Rt. Louis..
Agent for Pennsylvania, MOTT do 00" 232 North ,
Second street, Phllada. ills th,s,ta am!
LUMBER.
500,00 C! FEET SPRUGE JULST.
5.4 Yellow Pine Flooring, Panel Plank,
And a general assortment of BUILDING LUMBER
on hand and for sale by
WILLIAMS . 45k . 13T0KE113,
Rd 741.4. • TWENTY, FIRST. AND . RACE.
TOPERTAL FRENCH - .1.8.11NE5.-50,cases In tie
11 canisters andfan boxes, Imported ' and' for sale
by 30S. B. 813 CO 108 South Delaware
SORGEIIM.—Chinese t3ugar Cane Byrn handsome.
article, for sale by JOS. B. BB & CO.,
gouth_Delaware avenue.
JOHN G. H0W.94%
[les-Imll
L, DICIESON,:Ja.