The Rebel Cotton Loan.
WASHINGTON, May I.—The president to
day sent a message to theilouse in response
to a resolution of April 25th, requesting in
formation in regard to the rebel debt, knoWo,
as the "Cotton Loan," transmitting a report
from the Secretary of State, to whom it was
:referred, as follows: •
MR. SEWARTi TO Mn. MCCULLOCH.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON,
April, 1866.—The Hon. Hugh McCulloch.,
Secretary of the Treasury—Situ—By direc
tion of the President I have examined cer
tain papers which you have submitted to
'e relating to the lite rebel loan; and which
are as follows:
First—A communication which 1s ad.:
.dressed to the President, and which bears
the date of London, the 10th of March, 1866,
and is signed, by orJer of Sir Provo Wallis,
B. C.;ED. E. Morgan, Secretary; Francis
Phillips, C. M. T. Weston, W. M. Morgan
and F. Harvey.
Seeond—A communication of the same
date, addressed to "His Excellency JameS
L. Orr, Governor of the State of South Caro
lino," and signed by the same partietrin the
same form.
Third—A communication bearing the
same date, signed Eby the same parties, and
addressed to Hon. Hugh McCulloch, Secre
tary of the Treasury.
Fourth and Fijth—Two letters from
George McHenry, under date of April 10,
1866, addressed to.the "Hon. Hugh lkfcCul
loch, United States Secretary of the Trea
sury."
- George McHenry, in his first letter to the
Secretary of the Treasury, develops, for the
consideration of this Government, a plan
which he says he has proposed to the afore
mentioned committee, and which they have
at i cepted. This plan is that the United
Sfates Government._ shall furnish to that
committee a copy of the contract which he
4ays was made between Erlanger dt Co., of
Paris,
and the late rebel conspiracy at Rich
mond, together with the particulars of the
settlement of the same, which contract and
investment of settlement McHenry assumes
are to be found among the documents of
that traitorous conspiracy which has come
into the possession of this Government.
When the papers indicated shall have
beene delivered over to the committee of
rebel bondholders in London, then the
committee promise that the outstanding
rebel cotton loan bonds shall be delivered
up to agents of the United States for can.
celation.
&cm/d—The aforementioned bondholders
shall waive• any right or claim they may
hitt , e under the laws of England on any
hinds that are in the hands of the former
agents of the late traitorous conspiracy at
Richmond.
,Third. The said bondholders shall guar
suite:e that either they or their friends will
subscribe forthwith to a new loan to be
created' by the cotton and tobacco States,
(what particular States are meant is not
more distinctly explained), for £5,000,000, at
50 . per centum, payable in London, the
money to be used solely in re-developing
the resources of those States.
_Fourth. In the event of the credit of the
Southern States being restored through the
influence of the last named operation, a
second loan of .£5,000,000 is to be taken at
60 per centum, within three monthefafter
the placing of the first loan upon the
market.
_Fifth. In the event of such second loan
being successful, then a loan for £10,000,000
is to be taken at seventy per centum after a
like interval.of time.
George McHenry argues in support of
!his scheme as follows:
t!ThuS the Southern States will receive
£20,000,000 at an average of 62 , 1 per cent. in
sterling, equivalent to about 90 in Federal
currency. The interest and principal being
payable -in .London, the bonds would, of
comae remain in Europe, and not be liable,
as Federal securities found there are, to be
returned to Wall street."
* a a a* a a a
"My plan," Mr. McHenry says, "if car
ried out would, no doubt, at once elevate
the credit of the several Southern States,
and at the same time remove any ex
cuse the Confederate agents may have for
not rendering their accounts and withhold
ing funds from the representatives of the
United States."
According to McHenry, the bondholders
allege that as they purchased their bonds
from Messrs. Erlanger & Co., under misrep
resentations,, they, the bondholders, have a
chance of recovering something from that
house, if they obtain copies of the contract
with particulars of the settlement.
"Then," said Mr. McHenry, "it is *quits
clear that unless these cotton bonds are put
cut of the way in some manner it will be
impossible to make . any negotiation of
Southern securities, State, railroad, or mu
nicipal, in the London market, and,what is,
perhaps, even worsq, so long as the public
credit of the Southern States is destroyed,
England will not extend her system of
private business to those States. A similar
condition of affairs exist just now in regard
to !Spain."
"I speak from experience, as I have been
endeavoring for several months past to
throw capital into the Southern States, in
order to encourage the culture of cotton.
While I have found every disposition mani
fested by my friends in Lancashire to ac
quiesce in my suggestion, I have also found
that word repudiation to be a stumb
ling block in the way. That difficulty re
moved, all will work well."
McHenry closes his first letter to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury with the assurance
that his arrangements are such that if the
public credit of the South be restored he will
be able to borrow for the various Southern
railroads, on fair terms, as much money in
Euroße as they may need.
McHenrsr, in his second letter to the Sec
retary of the Treasury, informs us that a
committee of bondholders handed to him
(MeHenry) some printed matter topresent
to the Secretary, which he (McHenry) finds,
upon examination, contains in opinion of
the English counsel of the rebel bondholders
that the . United States Geyernment is res
ponsible for these bonds. •
McHenry states that he does not wish to
enter upon that point, and therefore he re
tains the printed matter. He seeks to pre
pare the way for gaining the confidence-of
the 'United States Government, by declaring
that he has no interest whatever. in those
bonds; that be advised the bondholders to
abandon all claim upon the United States,
and upon any property of the late Confede
raay, and to fallback upon Erlanger & Co.,
who received the money for the bonds. He
declares that the bondholders had no deal
ings with the Confederate authorities; that
the transaction was conducted by certain
persons called Schroder & Co., who acted as
agents for Erlanger & Co., and not as agents
for the Confederate Government; that Er
/anger & Co., in a letter to the bondholders,
of date November 12,1865, state that they do
not feel at liberty to give the bondholders
the inspection of the contract, which is a
document, they say, of the Confederate Go
vernment themslves.
He adds: " There is a rumor prevalent
that at'the date of that letter Messrs. Erlau
gez 4 Co. •did owe the Confederate Govern
ment a considerable sum of money, but that
they Settled with one of the ex-agents of the
Confederacy, by paying him bonds of the
cotton loan, which they purchased at about
sixpence ,' and which he afterwards sold at
about the same rate."
Hey .
w Xoseede to state farther that the man
netrin hich. the ex-agents have .acted has
in no way tended to strengthen or elevate
Southern credit
T_herepresentatiiins which are made by
the'Eriglish''''cornaiittee of holders of the
rebel cottaiibonds, in the papers which
McHenry , submits e m_their behalf, - may be
briefly recited, folloWs: ' •
The-applicants inform the President that
.hifi,patriotic and. Matpsnuinlike• PolioY to-
wards the Sotithern States of the Union hai
excited admiration in Mngland. They eig
pecially tall his attention to the manner in
which this Administration is, illustrated
this fact thatthey, who *ho have been deeply
injured have, neveitheless, now favored him'
with their;correspondence, and that in' thin
correspondence they congratulate him upon
his noble efforts to restore the Union of the
States, and they urge him "to persevere in
every manner, in order to accomplish that
object.
The writer says they, represent a large
financial interest in England; but without
telling us when or where they so represent
that interest in general, they proceed to say
that, in their'capacity of a comnaittee, they
particularly represent the unfortunate pur
chasers of the cotton bonds, which were
issued under the loan contracted by Messrs.
Erlanger it Co., of Paris, with the Southern
States lately confederated.
Without explaining or dwelling upon the
injuries, misfortunes and losses to which
they so feelingly allude, they say they are
content to leave the settlement of the claims
of their constituents, the Rebel cotton bond
holders, to - the magnanimity of the United
States.
Having thus voluntarily submitted them
selves to the justice - of the United States,
they proceed to a new and distinct subject.
"Our desire," they say, "now is to assist
the Southern States with capital, for the ea
press purpose of redeveloping the resources
of these States, and thus promoting the
prosperity of all the United States."
They next present to the President's no
tice a discotraging embarrassment which
they encounter in yielding to the desire they
have thus expressed. This difficulty is
stated in the following words:
"Under the clrcumstances, however, in
which you havelfiaced us, we hesitate in
running any further risk, we first
obtain the concurrence of the Federal Gov
ernment. At the present time, owing to the
financial discredit that overhangs the South
em States, there would be no market value
for any loan made to those States; we, there
fore, wish to remove that obstacle, by pro
claiming to the world that our confidence in
the integrity and in the 'future prosperity
of the Southern States,
and of course of the
United States, is such that we have your
(the President's) assent to furnish them with
money to promole their agricultural in
dustry."
The committee then proceed tconfold the
scheme which they have adoptMfor carry
ing into effect this benevolent purpose of the
unfortunate purchasers or the rebel cotton.
They say :
"We have requested Mr. McHenry to
offer the Governors of the ,several States a
much larger rate fora new loan than the
ante-war unrepudiated loans of any of those
States now command in the market."
The committee'seem to assume, and very
justly, that the extraordinary act of munifi
cence which they propose to perform must
excite on our part some anxiety lest it may
prove injurious to themselves. They, there
fore, proceed to quiet our apprehensions on
that point. They assere us in this regard
that they feel warranted in doing what they
propose, because they believe that when
their present_ claims against the States
(meaning, as is supposed, the assumed
claims of the bondholders of the rebel cotton
loan) are surrendered, when the taint of re
pudiation (meaning, •as w.e., suppose, the
failure of those rebel bonds to be recognized
and acknowledged by any competent na
tional or political power) is cleared away,
the credit of the Southern States (meaning,
as is understood, the States lately involved
in the rebellion) in Europe will be restored,
and that of the Federal States (meaning, as
we understand, the credit orthe United
States) will be augmented.
Next, by way of showing us the unrea
sonableness of disallowing their project, the
committee state that if nothing shall be
done—that is. if they do not carry out this
new enterprise, do not surrender the afore
said claims and clear away the- aforesaid
taint of repudiation from the aforesaid
Southern States in Europe—then the United
States, the Southern States and the projec
tors of the new enterprise must all continue
to be sufferers by the existing state of affairs.
The committee then again revert to the
munificence of their offer, and, under seem
ing apprehensions that it may bring this
soundness of jadgment in question, they
pr
proceed to remove this difficulty by declar
ing that they look at this matter in a purely
business light. The interests they represent
are largely concerned in the bonds of the
several States North and South, as well as
those issued by the United States Govern
ment. They declare that they purchased
the now repudiated cotton bonds (of the
rebels) solely as a commercial speculation,
in order to obtain cotton at sixpence per
pound, just as they purchased Five-twenty
stocks of the United States when gold was
at 200, under the conviction that when peace
should be restored both would turn out to
be profitable operations.
Having made these frank explanations,
the committee recurs to the subject of the
embarrassment first mentioned declaring
themselves, with emphasis as follows :
"We have now to add that in supplant
ing Southern credit at this trying juncture,
we hope in the course of a few years
a portion of our losses (meaning, as is
supposed, their losses resulting from the
purchase of rebel cotton loan bonds) 'will
thus be made up, but we cannot again run
the risk of repudiation."
The committee then felicitate themselves
(with how much reason must be imperfect
ly known to us) upon the great sum of their
resources, and the superior wisdom and
sagacity and patriotism of their agent, Mc-
Henry.
"We deem it,")they say, "alike fortunate
for the States, that we alone in this metrop
olis can restore to the South (meaning the
lately rebel population in the United States)
her, financial position in this community
(meaning England). We feel greatly
obliged to Mr. McHenry for his suggestion
in reference to these matters. His views
are eminently patriotic (whether in an Ame
rican, or a British or a rebel sense, is left
Obscure), and at the same time he (Mr. Mc
appearsd to have grappled with the
difficulties presented on both sides of the
Atlantic, and as far as. we' (meaning the
holders of the rebel cotton loan) are con
cerned, he has smoothed the way for a com
plete return credit. We entirely approve of
the plans presented by him."
From the letter which was addressed by
the. Committee to the Secretary of the Trea:
sury, we learn the interesting fact that the
so-called cotton bonds were to authorize the
holders to claim from the rebels who issued
them payment in cotton, and at six pence
per pound; six months after a treaty of
peace between the United States and those
rebels should be signed, and that the bottds
so held by the applicants represent a claim
on this basis of £8,000,000.
We learn also the further fact that the
bondholders regard the SeOretary of the
Treasury as one of the -ablest financiers of
the 'present day, and as a man of business
who .knows the full value of credit.
From the letter in which the committee
addressed His Excellency Governor Orr, we
learn the further fact that the aforesaid ,
bondholders have used every effort to ob
tain from Erlanger & Co., and other con . -
doctors of the late rubels, some account of
their stewardship, but that all their efforts
have been in vain.
This letter gives , us farther evidence of
the scrupulous impartiality of the holders
of the rebel bonds.
_ _ ..... .
They declare that they are holders, also,
of the Federal and Northern State securi
ties, which they purchased at the same time
with their purchase of, the rebel bondS, and
which they purchased upon the good faith
of the Government by whom they`were is
sued, and so they declare' themselves free
td say that as -far as they are concerned.
there was no political, feeling whatever in
that transaction. They enforce their appli-
THE DAILY EVENING ULLETIN ; PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 02,1866.
pation upon the serious attention of his Ex
cellency-the Governor, by expressing to
bircilhe belief that the Northern .securities
(that is, bonds which have been heretofore
lasted by the Northern andloyal States of
the United States), will be'as valueless as
the Southern rebel bonds, unless means are
resorted to by which the Southern States,as
component -parts of the United States; are
not only restored to the Union, but also re
instated in their material prosperity.
With the end, therefore, of preventing the.
apprehended decline and failure of the stocks
of the Northern States,the rebel bondholders
propose to throw additional money into the
Southern States.
Passing from the narrow ground which
they have thus glea.red up to a broader one,
the committee of rebel bondholders next
commend their project to the Governor, by
stating that they are not ashamed to own
that the prosperity of the British empire, as
well as the prosperity of the ITnited• States,
would be enhanced by the increase of the
staple productions of the Southern States.
The committee conclude their letter with
declaring that they have confidence not only
in McHenry's ability to place the matter
before his Excellency,Governor Orr, in a
clear light, but that they also have, confi
dence in the great judgment and statesman
ship which his Excellency Governor Orr, is
universally so well known to possess.
George McHenry, who now presents him
self as an agent for the rebel lxindholders,
is not altogether 'unknown to this Govern-'
ment. In 1863 he published, in London, a
volume entitled—" The Cotton Trade; Its
Bearing upon the Prosperity of Gr sat Britain
and the Commerce of the American Re
public, Considered in Connection with the
System of Negro Slavery in the Confederate
States."
The volume bore a motto extracted from
the treasonable writings of Jefferson Davis,
and inscribed to William H. Gregory, Esq.,
a member of the British Parliament, hostile
to the United States.
In the dedication, McHenry announced
himself as an American rebel in Europe.
He speaks, concerning the rebellion, as
follows ;
"During the , last twenty-eight weary
months,weary enough to all Conederates in-
America and Europe, I have been more
and more convinced that the long train of
calamities which have occurred within that
time relight have been averted but for the
opposition on the part of the British Minis
try and radical members of Parliament to
the motion which you,on March 4,1862, gave
notice of your intention to bring forward in
favor of the recognition of the Southern
Confederacy, then composed of the seven
cotton States."
lam of the opinion that neither the na
ture of these several communications, nor
the matters discussed therein, nor the form
in which they are therein treated, nor the
character of their authors, nor thatof their
agent, is such as todeserve consideration on
the part of the Government of the United
States.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedien
servant, Virtmaalt . SEWARDA
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BENCE and his daughter MARY, at, RORTICII
TVBAL HALL. Broad and Walnut streets. on
IHURSDAY RVENING, ltfay Sd, on which occasion
e will have the Pleasure of Introducing to the au
dience one of the most elegant and refined lady read.
era in this conntry, Miss RACELIE HINKLE. of
Philadelphia, who will recite Poe's "Raven" and
Whittier's "Angels of Buena Vista."
Tickets, 60 cebta. Commence at g o'clock. inyl..2t*
HARNESS, SADDLES,
THE OLDEST AND LARGEST
SADDLE 66 HARNES S
Manutheturing Establishment in the
Country.;
LA CEY,MEEKER & Co
No, 1216 CHESTNUT STREET
OFFEH OF THEIR OWN MANZTACTITRE:
BUGGY HARNESS. trom.-----.ll= 50 to itls
LIGHT BAROUCECE CO to 33i
HES.VY do do - CO to 501
ExpßEF,s,tro ARB 21101TNTED . Ractiorss.= 50 to Ss
WAGON and SELF-A1t)0T1NG..—.....13 00 to 31
STAGE and TEAM do ..----.20 00 to Et
LADLES SADDLE do ----At 00 to IN
GENTS' do , do 300 to V.
Bridles, Mountings, Bits, Rosettes, Horse Covers
Brushes, Combs, Soaps, Bit . .hleg, Ladles' and Gents'
Traveling anti Tourist Ears and sacks. Lunen Baslte
Dretssing and Shirt Cases,Trnnks and Valises, othlo.6n
No. 1216 Chestnut Street.
FIIBNITIJBE .4LITD BEDDING
ROFEWOOD, CHAVIBER AND
PARLOR SUITES,
AT
Geo. J. Henkels',
Thirteenth and Chestnut Streets,
Formerly Et 9 and 811 Chestnut Street.
apl&W fr m 18ti
FTJII..N ][tru-Et]F..
GOULD & CO.'S
Celebrated Funfairs Establishment Is removed from
Second and Face streets to the splendidNEW DEPOT,
No 37 and 39 N. Second street,
(Opposite Chris& Church.)
Met Wher e they purpose selling for one year, at about
.
Elegant Furniture at Falbnlonaly Low
Prices.
Also at their Ninth and Ihia:het Streets Bianch
where they are selling equally low, being about to en
large the premises.
GOULD & CO.'S PTIBNITIIRE DEPOTS,
Nos. 87 and 89 N. SECOND. Street, and
zob94Ti Corner NINTH and MAREgT.
Walnut Chamber and Parlor Suites
Either Polished or Oiled. at
G-eo. J. Henkels',
Thirteenth and Chestnut Streets,
Pnmezly of 809 and 811 Chestnut Street.
aplB-w fr mlBO
TO - ErBEKEEPERB.
I have a large stock of every variety of Furniture
which I will sell at reduced prices, consisting of
pr ATN AND MARBLE•TOP COTTAGE SUITS.
WALNUT CHAMBER SUITS.
PARLOR SUITS IN VELVET FLUSH.
PARLOR SUITS IN HAIR CLOTH.
PARLOR SUITS IN RIMS.
Sideboards, ;Extension Tables, Wardrobes Book
cases, Zdattrases, Lounges. Cane and Woodseed
Chairs, Bedsteads and Tables of every description.
P. P. GUSUNIC,
_mhiKOn N. E.' Corner Second and Race street&
SPRING lIIATRE6B!
REST QUALITY AND STYLE,
AND BEDDING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
J. G. rut.LER,
m1237.8in 9 smith BEV A,19 %cu. Street.
ipEIIGENLE . AND MAItTiON OF "ENGLAND
PEAS. A new importation of these celebrated
eign varietlesjust received per ship British Queen.
For eateby •ROBERT HIRST, Jr,
Seed and Agricultural Warehoute, Nos: 9= and 924
Market street above Ninth. : - 81330-6 ti
lOW ENGLISH RIVETED BAGS. LAWN GRASS
=.7._ SCYTHES. Riveted Back Grass Hooka.-Welsh
scythe'Stones Gratis Border shears. Hedge and Box'
t , bears, Grass Edging Knives; with - all other English
and American Garden Implements , for sale by,,
ROBERT.IO3It,T,JIt.;
apseestil 1ir.99. 924 & 9251Starketetreet, above! Ninth.- -
A_ND 1 . 151.10 W Wituf:lllll46
L. ) Brassier atOtnier. Walla, lioltalutd In ro ~ Oopppert.
00Eatantly on hand and for age by ILEMBY
CO., Mit SontliWharires.
RETAIL DRY iIOODS
, LA
gT4 Fourth and Arch
NEW GOODS FOR SPRING SALES
AT PRICES TO MEET THE VIEWS OF Bu xaditi
--ARE OPENING TO-DAY FOB 0
SI ) 33IEN Gf• SALTAUS9'
'•FASHIONABLE NEW SILKS,
NOVELTIES IN DRESS GOO D S
NEW STYLES SPRING SILt.WLB.
NEW TRAVELING DRESS GOODS,
FINE ekTOCK OF NEW GOODS,
MAGNIFICENT FOULARDS,
SPLENDID BLACK SURE,
P.
0.-The above are all new goods, and at prices
mit.
r . ! ..r..Lt4._yp.aLsjaivjLgita2e
1866. Spring . Irspertation. 1866,
E. N. ISLES
Haa • Just opened, •
1 1 000 PIECES WHITE GOODS :
In PLAIN. FANCY, STRIPED PLAID and
Figured Jaconets, Cambrics, Nainsosik, Ditat
tim. Swiss. Mull and other Muslims, comprls
ing a most complete stock to which the atten
tion of purchasers is solicited as they are of.
fered at a large
_REDUCTION from last SEA.-
SOWS P. 1310315. • -
too pieces SHIRRED HTJELINS for Bodies.
100 pieces PIQUES in all varieties of style and
price from eis.._togteo.
SO PARIS GO ' SHIRTS, newest
styles, of my own importation.
0111c#c It ft KZ 11 - 1101 Zit 4 zic s:(em=.7--t.l
CASSIMEBES AND COATLNGS.—james
de rA CR EM ie invite the attention of their friends and
others to their large and well assorted Spring Stock,
tomprising, In part,
- COATING GOODS,
Stipp-A - Black French Cloth.
Colored Cloths, of all kinds,
Black TricotCoatings.
Fancy French Coatings,
Super Silk n
Mixed Coatin,
Tweeds. of every abaft:and quality.
PANTALOON STUFFS.
Black French Doeskins, the finest texture,
Black French Cassimeres, the finest texture.
New styles of Fancy Cassimeres.
Plain and neat styles Cassimeres. -
Mixed Doeskins and Cassimerea.
Silk Mixed and Plaid Casatmeres.
Cords, Beaverteens and Velveteens.
Cassimeres for Suits, all styles.
Also, a large assortment or Goods expressly i esimted
to Boys' wear, for sale cheap. JAMBI'S &
No. North Second at., sign of the Golden Lamb,
EDWIN HALL & CO., 28 South Second street, have
now open their Spring Stock of Shawls.
Open Centre Bnsche Shawls.
Open Centre Square Shawls.
Filled Centre Square shawls. '
New Styles of Shawls.
Spun Silk Shawls.
Llama Wool Shawls.
Cashmere Wool Shawls.
Berlin Wool Shawls.
Long and Square Black Thlbet Shawls, in great Va
riety. wholesale and retail. •
EDWIN HALL & CO., 28 Soullcsad 'street, are
opening daily new goods.
Check Silks, Colored Grounds.
Check Silks, White Grounds.
Rich Illoire Antiques.
Bich Shades Plain Silks.
Foulard Sl'ka, rich styles.
Palk and Linen Poplins.
Black Silks,of all littnds,lbreLoata.
SILKS AT REDD:MD PRICES.
E , YRE.th LANDELL FOURTH AND ARCELOREN
TODAY—
I ,600 YARDS FOULARDS AT fl A YARD.
SHEPHERD PLAID SILkS, IL
NEAT STRIPE BILKS, fLti and 110.4.
PURE WHITE SBETLA.ND SHAWLS.
RUBE WHITE BAREGE SHAWLS.
FULL LINE OF SUMMER SHAWLS.
BLACK SHAWLS, WHIN. A B and RETAIL.
LYRE dt LANDELL OPEN TO-DAY-.
Co CRAPE PONSFRR FOR SUITS,
PLAIN PONGF:ES, FOR SUITS.
SUMMER POPLINS. FOR SUITS.
FASHIoNABLE SPRING DRESS GOODS.
6 4 LIGHT CLOTH BACKINGS.
LUPINS GOODS, PROM AUCTIO 1 4r
SUMMER SILKS. AT LOW PRIC E. ,
-
00 LINEN BED BEMETS, in good order
1.0
for sale hy the lot.
stp3 I IL, N. E. eon South and Penn.
CARPETINCHS tit OIL CLOTHS
C.A.Fcrov.rriNerS,
OIL CLOTHS,
REEVE L. OUGHT ds SON,
807 CHESTNUT ST.
PHILADELPHIA
OIL CLOTH WORKS.
Established in 1820.
The undersigned Invites the attention of Dealers to
te t r e oi3 j t desirable ,c stocki of OIL CLOTHS to be found
Floor Oil Cloths.
Carriage Oil Cloths,
Table Oil Cloths,
Stair Oil Cloths, and
Window Shades. .
THOMAS POTTER,
BIANUFACITUBBIL
Warehouse.
- No. 229 Arch Street.
New York Oboe,
No 78 Duane Street
mbia-2m7
c.A.]Etros
The Cheapest Carpet apd Furniture
Warehouse in the City.
CARPETS.
OIL morns,
MATTING%
WINDOW SHADES.
COTTAGE SUITS Or EVERY STYLE.
And a general aseortment of Household Furniture.
H. R. LEWIS,
1434 MARKET STREET,
11319-3 m. A First Furniture Store below ldtbaower Bide
OVAL.—ADAMS , WYPRESS COMPANY-'-en
I.IJ find after TUESDAY, Ma.Yl tbe• FREIGHT. DIN
PAIVI MEET of this Company will be REMOVED to
the Company's New• suUding. S. E. corner of.ELE
VENTH and MAitKETstreets. EntranceortEleventh
street and on Marble street.
SlONltiraud COLLECTION BUSINESS
Will be transacted as 'heretofore at 820 Chestnut street.'
• Piusll Parcels and:: Packages, will be received - at
eitber office Call Books ullt be kept at each office,
and' ny Calls entered therein previous to 6' P..15L-Nr111:
receive attention same day. If withina reasonable ais,
tense' of our offices. Inquiries for &Ode and settle.,
manta to be rnadeat 820 chestnut:BUNN:lL; •
. JOHN' 818WW.4 - 1 . •
It - PiniLtratm,Park. April KIM , . - apstabr
GELATIN. TAPIOCA AND BAGC.—'•Caz'a Scoteit
' Gelatin, Rio Tapioca and East India Pearl Sago,
landing and for sale by 3,'Bi 4171381.131Ei' /id G.
illeitottarp Avenue.
xmw rwrniraruATiom.
0 - UR NEW 800 S
AND WHAT IS SAID OF THEM H
Life of • Swedenborg.
1 vol. 12mo. $1 50. This is a superior Boak; IC'
not only presents the outlines of the life-of the
- great seer and philosopher. but a reasonable re.,
some of his philosophical'system and of his the°,
ries upon future 111e.—Boston Post.
Cerise : A Tale of the Last Century.
voLlizno. 1
Rarely in the course of the longest career of
what may be called professional novel reading
. Is such a treat as the perusal of , a work like.
"Cerise" offered to the reader.—Loadon Morning
Post.
A Rebel War Clerk's Diary.
By J. B. Jones. In 2 vols., crown. BVO, $l5 5 4 1
It is more interesting than any novel of the
. age.—Columbus Journal.
The Story of Gisli, the Outlaw.
From the Icelandic. Rinstrated. 1 vol., small:
sto.
"The story of 'Mali, the Outlaw.' is one of the
choicest gems of Icelandic Legendary Lore."
Jehovah Jireh.
A Treatise on Providence. By William
Plume?, D. D., LL.D. 1 vol. lane. $1 50.
"We have not for many a day taken up a boolc
among original publications which has so much;
to commend it."—Oincinnati .Presbyter.
Mosaics of Life.
By Mrs. Elizabeth A. Thurston, 1 vol., 121 n0.;
cloth, gilt top, V.
"A short acquaintance with it will secure it a,.
place among the choice volumeswhich are to be
found in every library, and whch are esteemed
of more value than the weight in gold."—Bos-,
ion Journal.
May and December.
A Tale of Wedded Life. By Mrs. Hubback. Just.
published. 12mo, cloth, 81 75.
History of Usury. •
prom•tbeparueet Period to the Present Time.
By J. P. C. Murray. 1 voL, Bvo. ,$2 00.
* * * Will be a valuable addition to our COM_
mercial literature. The historical sketch dis-*
plays thorough research and will' be interesting
to the general reader and much more to those
apecially interested in the subiect. The book is
timely and deserves to be widely circulated.-- •
Stephen Cols ell.
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.,
715 and 717 Market Street, Phila.
ap2s-4t?
MUSIC.
Twenty-five centslwlll buy one dol.
brs wcrth of NEW (not second
hand) MUSIC, this week
only, at
TURNER HAMILTON'S
Book and Stationery Store, Assembly Buildings.
206 South r.lhay.i.H Street.
Nearlt ten thousand .feces to select from. a. no
ygyORES ON CHOLERA.—
Ili" ASIATIC CHOLE • 4, by F. A. Buorall, M. D.,
in one volume.
DIARRHOEA and CHOT:FR 4; their origin,
proxi
mate cause and cure through the agency of the
Nervous system—by means of Ice—by John Chapman,
M. D.
JAMESON on EPIDEMIC CHOLERA.
HER NEW BOOKS.
HERBERT SPENCERS PRINCIPLES OF BI
OLOGY. Vel.L
INDIAN CORN ITS VALUE: CULTURE AND
USES. By Edward Fade] d.
THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM. A Pastoral
Letter to the Clerbu. By Henry Edward.
COMPANION POETS; Containing extracts from
Longfellow. Tennyson and Browning.
THE bTORY OP smsTNETT. By BaYard Taylor.
ORIGIN OF THE LATE WAR. By George Lunt.
HISTORY OF ITENRY THE FIFTH. By George
M. Towle.
LINLNGSTON'S EXPEDITION TO THE
SEWELL'S PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATI')N.
GOIILBLENS DEVOTIONAL STUDY OF TH2E I
SCRIPTURES.
All new and standard books for sale as soon as Pub
lished ty _ _
LLSTDSELY & BLARISTON,
Publishers, Booksellers and Importers,
No. Somh Sixth street, above Chestnut.
11JEW BOORS FOR THE SEASON.—GARDEN
1.11 FLOWERS; How to Cultivate Them. By E. S.
Rand, Jr. 1 vol., I=no., handsomely Illustrated.
THE BOOR OF ROSES; By Francis Parkman. 1.
vol.„lZno., illustrated.
CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. By W. C. Strong. I
vol., =no.. illustrated.
J. G. SAXE'S NEW BOOR. The Masquerade and
othfr Poems.
FIFTEEN DAYS; An Extract from Edward Col-
Nil's Journal.
COMPANION POETS, Vol. 2, containing Whittier,
Bryant and Holmes.
For sale by JAMFS S. CLAXTON,
• Successor to W. S. & A. Martian,
eee Chestnut street.
A LIMPS LIFE OF PHI2,IDOR.—Tim Lliz O
li pIITLEDOS., MutMau rind Chess Player, by OM=
/Wen, Greek Professor In the Untwist.'" of Penal
sYlvanla: vitha Supplementary Mosey on Phlllder, on
Chess Author and Chen Player, by Thesslle Vol Rob
debrand End de Laza, ienvoy Extraordinary and Ma.
later Plenipotentiary of the King of Prussia, at OM
Court of Saxe-Weimar. 1 vol., a:two, 34 veUum
top. Prize MS. Lately published by
B. EL nos 10 South Fourth Etrn3.
TA3EIDS BARR'S Blank .Books and &alb:lna:7, 110$
Market&. Old Books bonzbt and exchanged. no:IMO
GENTS' FURNIIHING GOODS•
PATRIIT SHOULDER SEAM SHIRT
MANITFACTORY.
Otters for these celebrated Shirts supplied Prom Par
at brief notice.
GENTLEMEN'S •
Furnishing 'Goods.
or late styles In hill variety.
WINCHESTER & CO.
706 CHESTNUT.
J. ' . SCOTT & CO.,
SHIRT MANUFACTURERS;
AND DRAT,VPIR IIQ
Men's Furnishing Goods'
No., 814 Chestnut Street,.
Poor doors below the "Continental,"
0:):$4,E10:1010:iliEt
WATCECIES AND JEWELRY:
lißMas T , A T)02:
r DIA/ItOND DEALER Sz JEWELER,
VS/MIES, ZEITELIZY & SILVER W ARE,
WATCHES and JEWELRY REPAIRED.
8 02 Chestnut St.. Phila.
Owing to the decline of Gold, has madtP
a great reduction in price of hie
large and well assorted
Stock of
Diamonds,
Watches,
Jewelry.
Silverware, iSce...
I tTie public , are resPeutfkll9 ctuvited , toanti
at:nine our stock before purchasing elsewhere:.jalitt
arANIRILOLUBS.—/00 Revs foes 4 Sparifith
150 pet maven tad for' salo :61 , 3t; B . SII98 • 130..10a Daltiwitre vanne, t ' •• 4.
'D I2 A== -. 2 & co ll ass eAß, C . sanut " issmis. l2742l) cr
"'lwwlan ". "
PIIBU;EM , ,,