SPEECH OF SECRETARY SEWARD AT
Al BURN.'
His Views on Reconstruction.
AIIROBN, N. Y., May22.—Secretary Sew
ard delivered a lengthy speech on national
affairs at Corning Hall, this evening, before
a crowded audience.
Mr. Seward. said—My good friends, your
kind importunity will' not avail me as an
excuse for speaking if I ought to keep si
lence. Perhaps, however, the solicitude
which pervades the country may justify us
all in conversing upon political questions
in a candid arta patriotic spirit. We were ,
together here in October last. The national
condition has undergone some material
changes since that. time. We were then on'
the verge of a series of elections through
out the States. The leaders who so perti
naciously claim to be Democratic orga
nized with their customary machinery.
They had wisely ceased to denounce as a
failure the war for the Union, which had at
last become a glorionssuccess. They thought
to undermine the distinctive party of the
Union by affecting a new-born admiration
for its chief, Andrew Johnson. They
seemed anxious to prove their devotion su
perior to ours, by committing themselves to
supporthim - as a Candidate for the,Presi
dency in 1868. They inscribed our reo'on
ciliation mottoes upon their newly-wrought
banners, and reorganizing, their straggling
lines as' well'as they so hastily could, they
vehemently charged Onward for a partisan,
not :a patriotic, victory. What led the De
mocratic leaders to make this - change was
the striking, Inlay call it the marvelous,
phenomenon,which was just then exhibited
on the scene of the recent rebellion.
The whole` disloyal community in that
blighted and desolated region, accepting the
condition - 8 of partial amnesty and the invi
tation to returning allegiance which were
proclaimed by the Administration, all at
once renounced the principles, practices and
policy of secession and disunion and
tendered us a new covenant of loyalty,
sealed with their oaths, and brought forward
with alacrity the remains of their long
cherished institution of slavery, and cheer
fully threw it to be burned upon the consti
tutional altar, which they had so newly re
stored. These unexpected changes in the
attitude of political adversaries, once so ob
stinate, naturally enough excited suspicions,
jealousies and apprehensions among loyal
and tried Union men. It was tne old
course of William of Orange, who, having
in civil war put down the Tories, after
wards found it necessary to cede to repent
ing Jacobites and Papists the right of citi
zenship. It is the case which has ever oc
curred, and which mast forevermore
occur, at the end of a successful re
sistance to rebellion. How . - could
Democrats and rebels lie con
verted to the support of a triumphant Union
Administration? This was the question
everywhere put by the zealous leaders of the
Union party. It was at that moment that I
answered that question, by asking others,
viz: How could Democrats and rebels avoid
being converted? Is it not their conversion
that you contended for and that you even
desire? I expressed the opinion that the con
dition of peace, with its new responsibilties,
must henceforth be in good faith accept
ed. I advised prompt and complete re
_conciliation, with the restoration at once of
the constitutional symmetry of the Union.
Rejecting the ungeneroussuspicion that the
rebels and their Democratic abetters were
only changing their_political strategy with
traitorous purpose, I tirgued that, with few
and marked exceptions, they were now to
be received and accepted as fellow-citizens
, and brethren. I argued that this would be
safely: done if only the tried friends of the
Administration, remained united and har
monious, and thus retaining their justly ac
quired prestige,shottld themselves promptly
and magnanimously secure to the nation
the enjoyment of ardeptly desired peace
and indispensably acqiured prosperity.
For a time the friends of the Union acted
upon that policy; the elections everywhere
resulted in the defeat and overthrow of the
Democratic organization, and placed the
administration of Andrew Johnson beyond
the reach of danger at home or abroad. The
-work of reconstruction has outrun expecta
tion. Indeed, it has never had a parallel in
human affairs. With internal commotions,
disturbances, less serious than those which
sometimes attend popular elections in a free
country in time of profound peace, the
heretofore disloyal people of the Southern
states successively, nay, almost simulta
neously, assembled and adopted new con
stitutions in conformity with the Constitu
tion of the United States. They upturned
xebellion,with all its far-spreading roots
and allits poisonous fruits, and they
accepted and ratified the then pending Con
gressional amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, which abolishes slavery
thenceforth and forever.
The people of these States have, at the
same time, chosen for themselves by free
and uncontrolled suffrage, Governors, Le
gislatures, Judiciaries and municipal au
thorities. Between the Federal Govern
ment and those restored and reorganized
State governments there exists now a more
complete and practical harmony than has
ever I before prevailed between the Union
and so many of its members since it was
fast established. Within the same time
the Executive department of the United
States has assumed its functions among the
people of these former disloyal States.
All this has been done, with the active
concurrence of the people of those States,
absolutely free from military control, while
the army of the United States, instead of
being increased, has been reduced from a
million and a half of men to some sixty or
eighty thousand. The expenses of the Fed
eral Government have been reduced from a
million and a half per day, to a sum less
than the daily receipts of the Treasury, and
the great, but in every sense sacred, debt of
the Union is already perceptibly diminished.
- Mr. Seward went onto say that the public
mind, to his view, was cheerful and hopeful.
There were many, however, unprepared to
accept the improved condition of affairs,
and who would have it that the country was
still in a turbulent condition. He thought
that the feature of affairs which disturbs the
public mind is a supposed divergence be
tween the President and the representatives
in Congress of the National Union party,
and continued:
I agree that it is altogether easier and al
together more desirable that the work of
reconciliation so happily begun and so suc
cessfully prosecuted heretofore shall be con
tinued and ended under the auspices of the
National Union party, and of the President
and Congress as the representatives cf that
party. I agree therefore that it would be a
sad misfortune if divergence between the
President and Congress should work a de
cline and downfall of the National Union
party.
But President, Congress, statesmen and
parties are of no real account, in my esti
mation, when weigned against the national
life. The nation must live—it must live
forever—whether it receive the needed care,
in any emergency,'at the hands of one Pre
sident Congress and party or at the hands
of another. What does the country actually
need? Most persons say—reconstruction. I
think it needs no such thing. The country
is reconstructed already. It needs just
what I have dwelt upon so much an so
earnestly in these remarks. It needs re
donciliation, and just now needs nothing
more. It needs, moreover, a very little of
this. It needs a reconciliation between the
Senators of the United States who are now
acting and those Senators who, being loyal
and qualified for membership of the Senate,
have been already or may hereafter bs
elected by the people of the several States
which were lately involved in the rebellion.
In needs reconciliation between members
of the House of ,Representatiyee who are
now acting, and the loyal members already
elected or to be elected by the people in:the
same befoie-mentioned States. It needs:
just this'Congressional reconciliation and
nothing more. ' • •
Mr. Seward said the representatives of
the National Union party in. Congress r do
not agree with the President, but he
thought they differ only in respect to non
essentials.
Mr. Seward went on to say that the Presi
dent had proposed a plan, but Congress had
not. The President's plan had grown, not
out of his brain, but out of the unavoidable.
- There could-be no reconstruction without a
large measure of amnesty.
The speaker contended that a sweeping
disfranchisement was not authorized by the
Constitution. Although the Constitution.
was, in many of its provisions, displaced or
suspended in the disloyal States, • by the
war, yet it necessarily gains its absolute
authority on the return of peace.
The tender of amnesty and pardon by the
President and- his invitation to the rebels to
return to their constitutional relations, like
the proclamation against slavery, were not
forbidden by any law of Congress or by the
laws of nations. Congress nevertheless re
tains and reserves all necessary powers
.over the question of reconstruction in their
reserved and indefeasible right to deter
mine the qualifications of members elected
to the respective houses.
There was no prospect that the assent of
a constitutional number of States to an
amendment of the Constitution, establish
ing negro suffrage, could be in any way se
cured through any form of action which
Congress could adopt at the present time.
Mr. Seward continued to speak on other
subjects, including the vetoes of the Presi
dent, and said that all three of those mea
sures in which the President declined to
concur with Congress are purely extraneous
incidents, and have no necessary or real
bearing - upon the question of reconciliation.
I think it may be now assumed that the.
President has neither sought nor made nor
accepted any occasion for disagreeing from
Congress, and that so far as the purely inci
dental legislation to which .I have referred
is concerned, he is as loyal to its principles
and to the National cause as Congress or
any of its members can claim to be.
The sowers of discord further insist that
Representatives who have come from the
unrepresented States are actually disloyal.
It is agreed on all hands that disloyal Re
presentatives ought not to be in any case
admitted. Congress, however, has the con
stitutional right and power to exclude all
such Representatives, not only from the
States unrepresented; but from any other
State. When, therefore,a Senator or Repre
sentative from any of the unrepresented
States presents his credentials to the body
to which he has been elected, he offers him
self as any other member does for a trial
upon the question of his loyalty and alle
giance. It belongs to Congress to prescribe
the form of the trial and the evidence of
loyalty it will demand. In accordance with
this principle, and in view of exactly this
occasion, Congress has heretofore estab
lished two test oaths, one a general oath of
ffdelity and allegiance, the other a special
one, disavowing and repudiating all con
nection with disunion and rebellion.
These laws are general and require every
member to subscribe to them, and theyare
required to be presented to every claimant
to a seat, and yet the members from Ten
nessee and Arkansas have been six months
asking to have these oaths tendered to
them for their subscription, and have been
denied.
- - -
It seems that they could be justly denied
only on the ground that in subscribing to
the oaths the claimant would commit a
fraud and perjury. Not only is there a legal
presumption to the contrary, but every in
telligent man in the community admits the
proved loyalty, fidelity and constancy Grail
the members who have come from Tennes
see and Arkansas.
The apology for the denial is,that although
the members now ckosen are loyal, yet that
they might become disloyal after being
admitted. Is it necessary to say that the
same subterfuge may be equally resorted to
in the case of every other member of Con
gress.
The suspension is illogical and unwar
ranted by the Constitution, and even if it
were both constitutional and logical, Con
gress has still the reserved but absolute
power to expel the member whenever he
shall have become unfaithful or falter in his
allegiance. •
The advocates of dissolution, pressed by
these facts, resort to the ; argument that at
though it is true that Representatives who
have come from Tennessee and Arkansas
are loyal and can meet conscientiously and
legally every test which Congress has pre
scribed or can prescribe, and although they
may be expected to remain loyal them
selves, yet, that among those who have
come from other unrepresented States, there
are persons who cannot take the test oaths,
and are properly held to be disloyal.
The reply is obvious. Let all disloyal
claimants from other States be rejected, but
in any case admit the loyal Representatives
of Tennessee and Arkansas. Still Congress
excludes the loyal, grouping them in one
indiscriminate mass with the disloyal.
This course of the opposition has failed to
be satisfactory, and therefore new argu
ments must be found. One of these is, that
although the present Representatives are
loyal, the terms for which they were elected
will some day expire, and they may be fol
lowed by disloyal successors.
The same argument would upset every
seat in both Houses of Congress, because
although the constitutional presumptiomin
favor of loyalty in the several States al
ways remains good, yet none can absolutely
guarantee that any pne State or district in
the United States may not at some future
time send a disloyal Representative.
We all see clearly that the question is not
of what is past, nor yet of the future, judged
by any standard of patriotism and loyalty,
that the whole Congress could accept some
districts in every State, and - many of the
States have at times heretofore suffered
themselves to be represented by disloyal
men, and any one or all of them may con
sent to be represented by disloyal men here
after.
The only sure way to guard against this
imaginary danger, would be to dispense
with Congress altogether. The advocates
of disunion seem to arrive at the conclusion
that oar entire system of republican Gov
ernment is an absurd failure. What then is
my conclusion ? It is one at least that will
be admitted to harmonize with my past life.
I am hopeful of the President, hopeful of
the Congress, hopeful of the National Union
harty, hopeful of the Democratic party,
opeful of the represented and unrepresent
ed States, above all, hdpeful of the whole
people, and hopeful of the continued favor
of Almighty God.
When I shall return here from the field of
public service, and shall come to mingle
once more in your quiet and peaceful pur
suits, I desire and hop& then to be able to
look with renewed affection and pride upon
our beloved country.
I hope that, then, while I remember how
perceptibly within our own times she has
been beset and besieged, I shall nevertheless
be able to say: "All her enemies,at home as
well as abroad,compass her walls in solemn
pomp. Your eyes quite round her cast,
count all her towers, and see if there youifind
one stone displaced."
RECOVERING FROM TELE vv. Ty' AR,—Chatta
nooga, Tenn., is about to have a new town
ball, market-house, jail and water-works.
Last of;all, abandoned churches are to be
fitted up and:renovated. some at great ex
pense. The city is rapidly regaining the
appearance it had before the war.
EMNRY W. Auvux, late rebel Governor of
Louisiana, died lately in Mexico, of wounds
received during the war.
THE DAILY EVENING-BULLETIN ; PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23,1866.
Thie Paul/runt Act-Passed-by tke House.
The following is a summary of the Bank
rupt law, as passed by the House yeiderday:
-The first• section constitutes the District
Courts of the United States Courts of Bank
ruTptcy.
he section section gives the United States
Circuit Courts generaLtsuperliatendence and
jurisdiction of all cases, and questions aris
ing under the act;
Sections three to seven, inclusive, - relate
to the administration of the law in Courts
of Bankruptcy. _
Sections eight, nine and ten refer to ap
peals and practice.
The •eleventh section provides that if any
person residing within the jurisdiction of the
United States, owing debts over three hun
dred dollars shall apply by petition to the
judge of his judicial district, setting out his
inability to pay his debts in full,and his wil
lingness to surrender- his estates for the,
benefit of his creditors, the filing of such pe
tition shall be an act of bankruptcy, and
such petitioner shall be adjudged a bank
rupt. A warrant shall then be issued by
the judge directing the marshal of the dis
trict to take possession of the estateand keep
the same until the, appointment of an as
signee. Notice „is then to be given to the
creditors to bold a meeting and choose one
or more assignees.
Sections twelve tu eighteen, inclusive, de
fineiwgreat detail the duties of assignees.
Sections nineteen- to-twenty-four,inclu
sive, relate to debts and the proof oclaims.
Section twenty-five vides for the sale
of perishable property.
Section twenty-six provides for the exam
ination of bankrupts before the court, and
exempts them from liability to arrest du
ring the pendency of the proceedings in
bankruptcy in civil. actions.
Section twenty-seven relates to the distri
bution of the bankrupt's estate. All credi
tors whose debts are duly proved and al
lowed are to be entitled to share in the
bankrupt's property pro rata, without any
priority or preference whatever, except that•
the wages due from him to any operative,
clerk or house servant to an amount not
exceeding fifty dollars for labor performed
within six months next preceding the ad
judication of bankruptcy, shall be entitled
to priority and shall be first paidin fall. In
the order for a dividend the following
claims are to be entitled to priority or pre
ference, and to be first paid in fall in the
following order.
First. The fees, costs and expenses of
suits and for the custody of property.
Second. All dents due to the United
States and all taxes and assessments under
thelaws thereof.
Third. All debts due to the State in which
the proceedings in bankruptcy ure pending,
and all taxes and assessments made under
the laws of such State.
Fourth. Wages due to any operative,
clerk or house servant, to an amount not
exceeding fifty dollars, for labor performed
within six months next preceding the first
publication of the notice of proceedings in
bankruptcy.
Fifth. All debts due to any persons who,
by the laws of the United States, are or may
be entitled to a priority or preference in
like manner as if this act had not been
passed, always provided that nothing con
tained in the act shall interfere with the as
sessment and collection of taxes by the
United States or any State.
Section twenty-nine, and the five follow
ing sections relate to the bankrupt's dis
charge and its effect. If it shall appear in
court that the bankrupt has in all things
conformed to his duty under this act, and
that he is entitled under the provisions
thereof to receive a discharge, the court shall
grant him a discharge from all his debts,
except as thereinafter provided, and shall
give him a certificate thereof under the seal
of the court.
Section thirty-five declares preferences
and fraudulent conveyances void.
Section thirty-six, tlurty-seven and thirty
eight relate to bankruptcy of partnerships,
and of corporations, and to dates and depo
sitions.
Sections thirty-nine to forty-two, inclu
sive, provide for the case of involuntary
bankruptcy. A departure from the State,
avoiding the service of legal process, re
moval or concealment of property, fraudu
lent assignment of property, arrest and de
tention for debt for a period of seven days,
confession of judgment or suspension of
payment of commercial paper for fourteen
days shall be deemed an act of bankruptcy.
Section forty-three provides for the super
seding of the bankrupt proceedings by ar
rangement.
Section forty-four provides penalties
against bankrupts for concealment of pro
perty, falsifying books or papers, fraudulent
assignment or conveyance of property,
spending it in gaming, permitting a ficti
tious debt' to be proved against him, ob
taining goods on credit fraudulently within
three months of the commencement of pro
ceedings in bankruptcy. These are to be
deemed misdemeanors, and are to be pun
ished by imprisonment, with or without
hard labor, for a term not exceeding three
years.
Sections forty-five and forty-six provide
penalties against afters in administering
the law.
Section forty-seven regulates fees and
costs.
Section forty-eight regulates stamp duties
on petitions, warrants, (to.
Sections forty-nine and fifty define the
meaning of terms and the computation of
time.
The fifty-first and last section enacts that
this act shall commence and take effect as
to the appointment of the officers created
hereby, and the promulgation of rules and
general orders from and after the date of its
approval. Provided, that no petition or
other proceeding under this act shall be
filed, received or commenced before the Ist
day of November, 1866.
REDEMPTION OF CERTIFICATES OF IN
DERTEDNESS.—OffitiaI notice is given to
holders of certificates of indebtedness, is
sued under acts of Congress approved
March let, and 17th, 1862, that the Secretary
of the Treasury, in accordance with said
acts and the tenor of the said certificates, is
prepared to redeem before maturity all cer
tificates of indebtedness falling duein June,
July or August, 1866, with accrued interest
thereon, if presented for redemption on or
before ay 31st, and that thereafter such
certificates will cease to bear interest, and
will be paid on presentation at this Depart
ment, with interest only to the said 31st in
stant.
A. S. ROBINSON,
910 CHESTNUT STREET.
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OIL PAINTINGS,
Takes this opportunity of thanking his former patrons
for their liberal patronage, and respectfully requests a
continuance of the same, at his new Rooms, 1029
Chestnut street, adjoining the Academy of Fine Arts:
He refers to the President and members of the Penn
sylvania Acaeemy Hof Fine. Arts, and all the con. ,
nois , ems of the city and neighborhood.
A choice Collection of Pain tinge always on
Stand,
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Doors open at 7.15.
Curtain rises at 8.
Of the Popular Young American Tragedian,
MR. EDWIN ADAMS,
' ' MR. EDWIN'ADAMS,
EIR. EDWIN ADAMS,
MB. EDWIN ADAMS,
MR. EDWIN AD tMS,
Who will appear THIS - EWEN...NG.
FOR THE ONLY TIME,
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In Ehakspeare's Beautiful Tragedy. entitled '
ROMEO AND JULIET.
ROMEO AND JULIET.
ROMEO AND JULIET.
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..........Mr. EDWIN ADAMS
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NINTH and WALNUT. Begins at M to S.
THIS (Wednesday) EVENING, May 23,1866,
Twenty-seventh night of the brilliant engagement of
MR, EDWIN BOOTH i
Who will appear, for the 15th time, n Shatospeare's
Tragedy of
HAMLET,
Which has been placed on the Stage in a style, it is
hoped. combining splendor of production with strict
Listorical correctness.
MR. EDWIN BOOTH AS HAMLET.
Mr. Charles Barron
Mr J. H. Tay - 1 , r......„5ts the Ghost of Haa,let'd Father
THURSDAY—OtheIIo. the Moor of Venice.
MR. EDWIN ROOTH AS lAGO.
FRIDAY—BENEFIT OF MR. EDWIN BOOTH.
In rehearsal Tom Taylor's Tragedy of
THE FOOL'S RRVEISO E.
MR. EDWIN BOOTH AS 'I HE DUKE'S JESTER.
B.S. JOHN DREW'S NEW ARCH STREEI
lily THEATRE. 'Begins at ifi to 8 o'clock.
LAST NIGHT BUT THREE OF
MISS LUCY RUsIiTON.
THIS (Wednesday) EVENING, May M, 1855,
Tobln's Comedy (played in five aetsl,
THE HONEYMOON.
JULLANA.-.
LUCY RITSTETON
Duke Aranza Rankle
Rolando-. -.Owen Marlowe
To conciiig ;Gino "i"oriou or
ICI ON PA_BLE FRANCAIS.
Springlns..- -.Mr. S. Hemple
RIDAY —ifffrEFHOY:Eiref ii - us rox,
THE BLACK DOMINO and.
ROM RA STES FUR lOSO.
MONDAY NEXT—Mra, JOHN DREW will appear
in the "NEEDFUL."
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Far greater curiosities than the Sjamese Twine—their
connection more perfect; their organization totally
differing. Mille and Christian are 16 years °Lege;
educated, cheerful and musical, and nothing repulsive
In their appearance.
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AFTERNOONS at 8 o'c.lock.
Admission. 25 cents—Children, 15 cents. Reserved
Seats, 50 pants, mta9
A I,rErticax ACADEMY OF MUSIC The Animal
A& Meeting of the Stockholders will be held lu the
FOYER of the Academy on MONDAY, June 4th, at 4
o'clock P. M., when an election will be held for twelve
Directors to serve the ensuing year.
AIICAAEL NisuEr,
my15,19,28,26,300,4i Secretarya
A ult )11 YOP P SEAM, CIEHPVLIECUT, &noel
nreet,
Open trout 9 A. M. till 6 P. M.
Iterkda T us cest's great Pietare 0
stun on exhibition. !e1440
F: tlt4k3 Dr*/11:1.11) n
IHE OLDEST AND LARGEST
SADDLE & HARNESS
Manufacturing Establishinent in the
Country.
LACEY,MEJKER & 09
• N0.'1216 CHESTNUT STREET
OFFER OF THEIR OWN MANUFACTUREI
BUGGY HARNESS, from tea 50 to eau
LIGHT BAROUCHE fr0m..........50 00 to 850
HEAVY do do —....-- 75 00 to &X
ExpyrFsiS,BRASS MOUNTED Etemouss.27 EA to 90
WAGON and SELE.ARTUSTENG 15 00 to 80
STA GE and TEAM do ............80 to to 50
LADIES' SADDLE do .12 00 to 150
GENTS' do do 800 to 75
Bridles, Mountings, Rita, Rosettes, Horse Covers,
Breathes, Combs, Soaps, Blacking, Ladies' and Gents' Traveling and Tourist Bags and Sacks, Lunch Baskal
Dressing and Shirt Cases,Trnnlin and Valises, ralftem
No. 1216 Chestnut Street.
PROPOts)A.LS.
DEPARTMENT OP PUBLIC HIGHWAYS— OF
FICE. S. W.' CORNER WALNUT AND FIFTH
STREETS, PIin,ADELPHIA, May 21st, 1866.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed Proposals will be received at the Office of
the Chief Commissioner of Highways until 12 o'clock,
M., on MONDAY, 28th inst.. for the construction of a
Sewer on the line of Chestnut street, from Twenty
third to Twenty-second street; to be of brick, with an
inside diameter of three feet. There shall be one man
hole, and two cast iron inlets, to be located as maybe
directed by the Chief Engineer and Surveyor. The
understanding to be that the contractor shall take bills
prepared against the dollar and
on said sewer
to the amount of one dollar and twenty five cents for
each lineal foot of front on each side of the street, - es
elusive of legal deductions, as so much cash paid; the
balance to be paid by the city. All bidden{ are invited
to be present at the time and place of opening the said
proposals. Each proposal will be accompanied by a
certificate that a bond .has been file,din the Law De
partment as directed by Ordinance of May 25,1800. If
e h,west bidder shall not execute a contract within
five days afte r the work is awarded he will be deemed
as, declining, and will be held - liable on his bond for
the' difference between his bid and the next higher
bid. specifications may be bad at the Department of
Surveys, which will be strictly adhered te..
W. W. SMEDLEY, ,
ray22-3tl Chief Commissioner of Highways.
Q08.G.1117M.--Ohlnese Sugar Quie Syr , up, bandaoun
0 article, far sale by JOS. B. J3115F..- - PA.:k 00.,11E
boutn.Delaware avenue,
RETAIL DRY GOODS
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44 , a ,
Ay N c ,,
Fourth and Arch
NEW GOODS FOR SPRING SAL ES
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AT PRICES TO BEET THE VIEWS OF Bu Ex.=
ARE OPENING TO-DAY FOR
SPRING SALAMIS,
FASHIONABLE NEW SILKS,
NOVELTIES IN DRESS GOODS,
NEW STYLES SPRING SHAWLS.
- NEW TRAVELING DRESS GOODS,
FINE sTOOK OF NEW GOODS,
2.3AGNIFICENT FOULARDS,
SPLENDID PLACE arras.
P. S.—The above are all new goods, and at prices
snit.
II tivitrAirill :I* Zil Mill elf Zit M;1 Di DV
I E. li. NEEDLES 9 -
1024 caireninTr street, ..
OFFERS AT LOW PRIME, II
' 2;000 PIECES WHITE GOODS,
Including all varieties Shirred. Puffed. Tacked, 0
, Plaid, Striped. Plain and Figured MUSLINS, '
suitable for White Bodies and Dresses.
100 pieces printed Luv - rag LAWNS. desirable "
styles fur Dresses.
Cluny, Valencienne and other Lame Inset*
I ings, Edgings Ilouncings and Bands, Hand
kerchiefs, Veils, Oollars, Sleeves,ete. •
The above are offered for sale OISZEAP and
in great VARIETY.
I.ADERS WOULD DO WELL TO 33:2Ekle.
I
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iC frthrizil ell i'.4 ft Az ic * : sik.:2-.1.
64 FRENCH CASSIMERES.
SLI,R-IttIEED COATINGS,
FANCY COATINGS,
NEW STYLE cessrmattas,
With a full line of goods for
MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR.
From the late auction sales;
AT VERY LOW PRICES.
CI:TRW - EN STODDARD fi BROTHER,
Nos. 450, 452 and 454 North Second at., above Willow.
PEARL COLOR MOUSSEIE DETAINES,
PEARL COLOR MOHAIR%
PEARL COLOR EMPRESS CLOTHS,
AT LOW PRICE, FROM THE LATE AUCTION
SALES.
CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER,
Nos. 450. 452 and 454 North Second et., above Willow.
a" A ALL-WOOL BLA.CE. MOUSSELINE. DE
u-x- LAE , : E,
' AT REDUCED PRIC.
CERWEiN STODDART & - BROTHER,
Nos. 450, 452 and 454 North Second st., above Willow
R ICA BLACK SILKS,
AT REX' YUCED PRICES,
A Full Line, comprising all widths and grades.
FROM TAE LATE AUCTION SALES.
CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER,
Nos. 450, 453 and 454 North k econd st., above Willow.
64 BLACK TAMERTINES,
From Auction,
AT REDUCED PRICES.
CURWEN STODDART & BROTE7IIB,
Nos. 450, 4,52 and 454 North Second et., above Willow.
PLAID T
es"l BIPED LENDS,
Of Desirable Styles, at Low Prices,
FROM TILE LATE AUCTION SALES.
cumwEll STODDART & BROTHER,
Nos. 430, 432 and 01 North Second et, above Willow.
BLACK ANO WHITE CHECK II•Eg. BLACK
AND WHITE PLAID SILKY,
From Auction. at Low Prices.
CURWES STODDARD BROTHER,
Nos. sae, 4.52. and 434 North Second at... above Willow.
A ALL WOO L COLORED MOUSSELINE DAL
LALN,
At Low Prices, from Auction.
CUR WEN STODDART & BROTHER,
myllati Nos. 450, 452 and 451 N. Second at., ab.
ETYRE & LANDELL , FOURTH AND AB
STREETS, HAVE A FINE STOCK 00
DESIRABLE SUMMER GOODS:
BLACK PUSHER LACE POINTS.
BLACK LLAMA LACE POINTS.
PURE WHITE LLAMA SHAWLS.
WHITE SHETLAND SHAWLS.
WHITE BAREGE SHAWLS.
BLACK GRENADINE SHAWLS.
WO YARDS WIDE GRENADINES.
SUMMER SILKS. REDUCED.
SUMMER DRESS GOODS .I::ROUCED.
FULL LICE OF BLACK GOODS.
PULE LINE OF WHITE GOODS.
BUFF, PINK AND BLUE PERCALES.
BUFF, PINE AND BLUE LACONS.
TOURIS'W DR E SS GOODS.
ORGANDIE AND FOULARDS.
BEST BLACK S XS, .tc., &c.
MOTHS CASSIM 'FRP.; AND COATI:NOS.—James
& ',Lee invite the attention of their friends and
others to their large and well assorted Spring Stock.
comprising, in part,
COAT - 17G GOODS,
Superrlt. lack French Cloth,
Colored Cloths, of all kinds.
Black Tricot Coatings:
Fancy French Coatings,
Super Silk Mixed 43aa sftgs,
Tweeds. of every shade and qtiall4 , 4
PANTALOON STUFFS.
Black French Doeskins, the finest texture,
Black French Cesslmeres, the finest texture.
New styles of Fancy Casslmeres.
Plain and neat styles Passimeres.
Mixed Doeskins and Cas‘fraeres„
bilk Mixed and Plaid - cainleres.
' Cords, Beaverteens and Velveteens.
Cassimeres for Snits, all atyles.
Also, a large assortment or Goods expressly i sUted
p.
to Boys' wear, for sale cheap. JAMBS ,k
No. 11 North Second st., sign of the Golden Lamb.
6.IrTE ST.] A. BACHENHRIME.R.MOSouxusT.
ITAVII.7O a large stock of DRY GOODS AND L -
11 DIPS' CLOAKS on hand. which I will offer to
sell at the lowest rate,cheaper than any house in South
street, such as
One yard wide Piece Muslin at :0 cents per yard.
Brown at 15 cents.
Ladles' Season Sacks, from f 4 and upwards.
Very. tine Dress Goods, of all kinds, from 20 cents
per yard and upwards. my Is4l*
EIDWIN HALL & CO., 23 South Second street, have
.121 now open their Spring Stock of Shawls.
Open Centre Broche Shawls.
Open Centre Square Shawls.
Filled Centre Square t haw's.
New Styles of Shawls.
Spun Silk Shawls.
Llama Wool Shawls.
Cashmere Wool Shawls.
Berlin Wool Shawls.
Long and Square Black Thlbet Shawls, in great Var
rlety, wholesale and retail.
EDWIN HALL & CO., 28 South.Tteccdtd street, Are
opening daily new goods.
Check Silks Colored Grounds.
Check Silks, White Grounds.
Bich Moire Antiques. -
Bich Shades Plain Silks.
roulard Silks rich styles.
Bilk and Linen Poplins.
• Black Silks,of all kinds r for masks.
BILKS AT REDUCED PRICES.
NITHITE GOODS. FROWAUCTION.
yy plain and Plaid. Nalnsooks,
White JaCOnetS and Cambric&
Dotted and Plain Swiss Muslin!,
Plaid eambrics, all prices,
Victoria and Bishop's Lawn,
Shirred Muslin, for Waists,
Soft tinish Cambries, for Skirting.
Piques. for Basques and Dresses
At STOK . F34 WOOD'S, 792. Arch street.
BROWN & NIAGEE,
‘., MANUFACTURERS OF
* l kSs Keie
fireal r 6a
• 5 ,
1 " 414
Q t r t 1 k5 4441
RE " i \
70S Chestnat ligtreet,
a p22 PRMADEMPHIA.
T AM - S.-100 000 .Latha afloat for sale by 13011
14 NB, a ad., Dock Street •
SVISIMER RESORTS.
MOUNTAIN HOUSE,
Cresson Springs,
This delightful Summer Resort will be OPEN irer"
the reception of ousts en
SATURDAY, JUNE 2d, 1866.
For further information aecTress
GEO. W. MULLIN";
cpyssozr SPRINGS,
myrt-nni GeND3ELLA. CO., PI
C 'ON z IT ALL
CAPE 'BEANE, N. J..
WILL RECEIVE GUESTS
ON
Thursday, May 31st, 1866..
d. P. CAME, Proprietor.
myl2t*
SUMMER RESORTS
ON UNE op
Reading Railroad and Branches.
MANSION ROUSE, MOUNT CARBON,
Mrs. Garonne Wunder, Potter - Me P. 0., Schny'l 00.
TUSCABOBA HOTEL,
Hrs. Hannah Hiller, Tuscarora P. 0., Eichwakill coe
MAHAN 01 CITY HOTEL.
0. W. Frost, Hahanoy My P. 0., Schwind! ico.
WHITE HOUSE,
Mrs. Susan Itarsderf, Heading P. O.
ANDALUSIA,
James B. Madeira, Rem ng P. O.
LIVING SPRINGS HOTEL,
Dr. A. Smith, Wernersville P. 0., Parks co.
SOUTH MOUNTAIN HOUSE,
H. 'EL Manderbaeh,Womelsdorf P. 0., Berke erk
COLD SPRINGS HOTEL,
Lebanon co., Charles Boetiermel, Harrisburg P.
BOYERSTOWN SEMINARY,
J. B. Henley, Boyerbtowu P. 0., Berks co.
YELLOW SPRINGS HOTEL,
A. 11. Snyder, Yellow Springs P. 0., Chester 00.
LITIZ SPJ?ThTGS,
Samuel Lichtenth cam'. " r , ir 47 P. 0., Lancaster co,
EPHRATA MOUNTAIN I BPRDTGA
dlex. S. Feather, Pro., Ephrata P. 0.. Lancaster co.
APls= Vet,
ap:t4-2m
A . BIONG THE 'MOUNTAINS.—
“FTVIIII.I.O ROUSE." WILLT 'IMPORT, Re..
The largest Hotel" in the State, outside of Philadel
phia. entirely new, and strictly a first-clwß ht use.. Lo
cation unsurpassed beautiful grounds, splendid drives,
fine hunting and Eshing, and the scenery all that could'
be desired.
ferences—Hon. Judze Grier. Daniel Dougherty,
Esq.. Dr. 0.,.. Judson, John Anspach, Esq.
A. number of hue, large airy rooms yet unengaged.
For terms, &c., address
GEOR3E. HOPPER Proprietor.
Williamsport, Pa.
myl3lM•
F7MAINCIAL.
00 . 1 C
e to,
)
/ 4 SPECIALTY.
SMITH, RANDOLPH la CO.,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
16 South Third Eit., I 3 Nassau street,
I New Tosl6
Philadelphia.
STOCKS AND GOLD
BODOHT AND BOLD ON 00NONEDIDEMIM
ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS
COMPOUND
INTEREST NOTES,
7 3-10 5-20,
Nv.A.N . Prior).
DE HAVEN & BRO.
40 South Third Street.
,1520.000 — .15.
mo b a.n y d other slur r i n t on molt.
2to M 3 North Tenth street.
111 : kti WV:O :II DI 13 13 IVO`
FUTtNigeIITJEUM.
The karst, cheapest and best stock of Furnitare lD
the world, is to be found at
GOULD & C 0.13
UNION FURNITURE DEPOT,
Corner NINTH and MARKET Streets, and
Nos. 37 aria SS North SECOND Street.
Parlor Suits. in Hair. Brocade Plush, Damask or
Rep; Dining Room, Chamber, Library, Kitchen and
Office Furniture, at fabulously' low prices, and the
newest styles and patterns; public buildings, schools,
colleges and shop Furniture in endlesavariety.
All kinds of Furniture wanted by housekeepers, at
exceedingly low prices. at either of their immenstr
establishments. If you want to save money and get ,
well served, g 0 to
GOULD & CO.'S before pnrchasingelsewhere.
Corner NINTH and BLAILKET, and
Noa. 37 and 89 N. SECOND Street.
mh9-Iy/
HOUSE KEEPERS;
I have a large stock of every variety of - Purnitarg ,
Which I will sell at reduced prices, consisting of
PLAIN AND lI_A_RBLE-TOP COTTAGE SUITS.
WALNUT CHAMBER SUITS. •
PARLOR SUITS IN le ha,VET PLUSH.
PARLOR SUITS IN HAIR CLOTH.
PARLOR SUITS IN REPS.
Sideboards, ;Extension Tables, Wardrobes, Book
cases, lilattrsses, Lounges, Cane and W0v19e93
Chairs, Bedsteads and Tables of every desorlPtion.
P. P. GIUSTINE,
_mhB-8m N. E. Corner Second and Race graces!.
SPRING MATREES.
BEST QUALITY AND STYLE,
AND BEDDING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
J. G. lEariuLER.
mh „ .sra 9 South spv - Kbrin stieet.
FRENCH. CALF
We are importing by every Steamer the following
Brands:
LEmorNE, ..THLYS JO DOT, LEVEN.
BEATINEVILLE, CARRIER DUPONT,
CONELIAN GUILLOT, BOUCIN CORBIT,
To which we invite the attention or the Trade.
• _ CHAMBERS & nA.TI ELL;
myl2s.&Wan 32. N. THIRD Street.
ELLOW PINE FLOOP.LNG BOARDS.-130.006
Y
feet yellow pine flooring boards, afloat. For sale
by E, 4. 50IID1R & CO.. Dock street wharf. aP/6•51