EVENING BULLETIN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1866, STATE EBCCmoS. The State Convention of School Super intendents which has just adjourned at Harrisburg, has presented to the public many facte mid suggestions which de serve the most thoughtful consideration and energetic action of the citizens of this Commonwealth generally. Every county in the State (excepting Philadel phia, which has an independent school system),Beaver, Clarion, Elk, Erie, For rest, Fulton,lndiana,Lancaster, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Pike, Bullivan, Tioga and Venango, was represented by its superintendent, and there seems to have been a free and intelligent interchange of ''opinions and experi ences upon the general educational inte rests of the State. The debates of the Convention do not appear to have re sulted in any positive action, the most important proposition, that of extending the school term from four to six months, having been voted down; but much .valuable information was developed these •discussions. The condition of many of the school houses and the qualifications of many of the teachers are alike disgraceful to the State. The Superintendent of Bed ford county declared that “their school houses are unfit to contain brutes;” while Mr. Armstrong, of Luzerne, bold ly asserted that “not one-fifth of the teachers in his county who held perma nent certificates were fit to-hold them.” Here are two radical defects in the working of our public-school system. School houses such as may be seen scat tered all over the State, in which one would not like testable a valuable horse; ugly in appearance, uncomfortable in arrangement, exposed on all sides to the inclemency of the weather, scarcely de cent in any of their appointments,tum bling to pieces with neglect and decay, are not only a disgrace to the State, but an effectual bar to educational improve ment. Teachers, often appointed by boards of school directors more ignorant than themselves, dragging through a meagre examination by the skin of their teeth, with no reference to their natural qualifications for interesting instructing and controlling the young! are not the sort of people who should be entrusted with the education of the fu ture legislators and rulers of this com monwealth and country. And yet these are the facts brought out, not by any means for the first time, by the late School Convention. There is another important fact which was made the subject of one of the su perintendents’ reports. Irregularity of attendance is increasing in almost every school district. The report gives some singular statistics on this subject. It appears that “Pittsburgh, with all its perfections of teachers, buildings, &c.< secures, according to statistics, only an average of 53 per ceijt. in attendance, whilst Patton district, in the same county, with remote and ordinary houses, middling teachers and four months’ school term, has an ave rage of 86 per cent. Westchester, well supplied, has 49 per cent., whilst East Vincent, in the same county, with school houses scattered and six months’ term, has 89 per cent of its enrolled pupils in attendance. Reading city has only 51 percent of its pupils in attend ance, which is the lowest figure of any district in Berts county.” The report argues, with much plausibility, from theae and other, similar statistics, that, good school houses and teachers will not, alone, correct irregular attendance, but that the attendance of the scholars can only be secured by compulsory legisla tion. Boston, where 91 per cent, of en rolled pupils are in attendance, and Massachusetts generally, where the average is 76 per cent, against an average in this State of only 62 per cent.,are cited in favor of such legislation. That the State’ has a right to expect parents and guardians to enforce the at tendance of their children or wards at school, cannot be denied. The prosper ity of the State depends upon the edu cated intelligence of its citizens, and no man has a right to bring up his children in ignorance, in a land where education may be had. But we are not prepared to admit that the existing evil is only to be cured by direct and compulsory legis lation. The exp erience and observation of many years warrant the opinion that commodious school houses, pre sided over by teachers who are not mere mercenaries, but whose hearts are thoroughly in their work, and whose heads are thoroughly furnished for the difficult business of winning the affec tions and stimulating the ambition of their scholars, will not long present these beggarly accounts .of empty benches, that are now so bitterly com plained of. Boys and girls, in this free country, cannot be successfully driven to school, either by parentsor legislators, and until'the present miserable sheds and barns, that pass for county school houses, are replaced by decent, commo dious and attractive buildings, and until the blockheads and incapables who now, in so many places, are laboring to beat into the backs of boys what they have not brains enough to getinto their heads, are cleared out and their places taken by efficient and conscientious teachers, worthy of the name, it is in vain to look for any general improvement in the 'average either of the attendance, deport ment or attainments of the pupils. A CONCESSION. Ex-Governor Perry, of South Carolina, is of opinion that “if the proposition is |jjaade by the North for the calling of a nywonal Convention of the wisest and ■ggSgjest men of both sections, the South *™SEcaccede to the call without delay.” ■Jilferth will possibly be much obliged TgE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN.— PHILADELPHIA. SATTPRAT, PECFMJBER B - T R to the South for thi9' concession. ' The experiment was tried in Philadelphia in August last, and it proved to be some what of a failure, a fact that is due, per haps, to the fact that the “wisest and greatest men” of both sections declined to take part in.it. The days of, conven tions came to an end in April, 1861. The Southerners tried the recourse to another arbitrament about that time, and they will have to abide by the result of their own appeal. A FUNEREAL MUDDLR. On Thursday last Mr. Le Blond, of Ohio, speaking in Congress for the Dem ocratic party, read Mr. Andrew John son out of the organization of #hich he was the spokesman. Last night the “National Union Club” of the Fifteenth Ward, in this city, assembled in their might and majesty, and read the Dem ocratic party out of Mr. Johnson, and it is not quite clear, from their published proceedings, whether they did not also read Mr. Johnson himself out of the Johnson party. At all events they scolded A. J. because he had overlooked theirmerits in making his appointments, only as men can scold, who have been “left out in the cold,” when the loaves and fishes are being passed around. They even went so far as to resolve as follows: “Resolved, That the National Union Johnson Club of the Fifteenth Ward do res pectfully but earnestly protest to the Presi dent against the manner in which appoint ments have been made in this city, “Resolved, That we will, at every hazard, maintain in its integrity the organization of the National Union Party, and under no circumstances allow our organization to be used by any other-party to further their schemes.” As Sir Lucius O’Trigger would re mark,” it is a very pretty quarrel as it stands.” Mr. “Leßlond says, “we have no interest in the executive on this side of the House, not the least;” the Fif teenth Ward National Union Club re torts by saying that in supporting An drew Johnson they “did not agree to become the tools of the Democratic party and assist to restore it to power.” Mr. Le Blond, “Mr. Johnson is not the man of our choice; we did not put him there.” Says the F. W. N. U. C., “In nearly eveiy state in the Union the National Union men were simply used by the Democratic party to place the reins of Government in their hands.” Mr. Leßlond declares that “the Democratic party did .not receive any benefits from Mr. Johnson in the late campaign;” the F. W. N. U. C. responds that “here, in Philadelphia, the claims of the original friends of President John son are ignored and the worst class of Democrats placed in position.” “We never dropped Mr. Johns m, for we never took him up,” shouts Mr. Le Blond derisively; “The manner in which the patronage of the Government j in tjus city has been dispensed is dis-' graceful,” mournfully ejaculates the F. W. N. U. C. Mr. Leßlond, rising with •the occasion, protests that “to shoulder Andrew Johnson would destroy any party in the world,” and the F. W. N. U. C., not to be outdone, says that “the President has allowed a few reckless politicians, who assumed to represent his friends, to control all the appoint ments. Men who two years ago de nounced him as a traitor and a usurper I are now the dispensers of his favors.” J Both the F. W. N. U. C. and Mr. Le- Blond tell a good deal of truth in their criminations and recriminations; but it may well be questioned whether it is decent to go to quarreling in this manner over their defunct Caesar. As the little boy once remarked philosophically, “it is none of our funeral;” but everybody expects to see at least a semblance of de- I ceney upon such mournful occasions. HIGHLY PROBABLE. The New York Times says: “We hardly suppose that the proposition of Senator Wade for amending the Consti tution, by making the President ineligible for re-election,can be taken as a blow aimed at tie present incumbent of the Presiden tial chair.” Is this intended as a quiet hint at the proverbial difficulty of spoiling tainted fish ? The country will agree with Mr. Raymond that no sane man will take any action towards rendering the pre sent incumbent of the executive chair ineligible for re-election. Mr. Johnson settled that queirtioh very decidedly when he “swung around the circle” on his recent Western trip. Senator Wade is not the man (to use a phrase of the President’s), to waste ammunition upon dead game. The proposed amendment could be postponed for three or four years v ithout iu the slightest degree in creasing the chances of Mr. Johnson’s re-election. AN IMPORTANT CONFESSION. Mr. Postmaster-General Bandall, in his report, recommends an increase of the salaries of the clerks in his depart ment. He says: “The salaries of clerks in the Post Office .Department during the four years of war were not increased, while all the expenses of living were more than doubled. The sala ries were fixed in times of peace and low prices. TheyweTe not raised when war raised prices. Clerks were compelled to run in debt, ard, in many cases, their families suffered from want.” This is good logic, and Mr. Bandall is certainly justified in presenting to Con gress the claims of these poorly-paid clerks and urging a better compensation for them. But he goes a step farther) and pays a tribute to them which is worthy of special note. He adds : or .ked faithfully and skillfully <Jlß oharglng important du wfr.^^ vern,nent - 1 submit that to have some reasonable allow in the fntnre?” Bt, and an inoreaße of salary Here is a voluntary admission by the .Postmaster General that the employees of his department have, as a class, been faithful, skillful and honest. How does he - reconcile this confession with his wholesale slaughter of these men, all over the country,: for maintaining the prin ciples.of the - Republican party? There is no pretence that the postmasters and clerks who have been discharged under; Mr. Randall, and who have been “com pelled to run *in debt,” while “their fa milies suffered from want,” were less faithful, skillful or honest than those Who have taken 'their places. On the contrary, Mr. Randall well knows that the very reverse of this is true, and that all that be has demanded pf his present appointees has been abso lute compliance with Mr. Johnson’s de funct policy. The Postmaster General has inadvertently paid a compliment to his clerks, at the expense of his own reputation, and has confessed himself the mere tool of. the President in punishing men, who, by his own confession, “worked feithfully and skilfully and honestly in discharging important duties for the Government.” A TEI.EOBAPHIC BLESDEB. | The United States Associated Press yesterday afternoon transmitted to the various papers, a despatch headed “Message of the Governor of New York,” which caused no small bewilder ment to thousands of readers who were at a loss to account for the sudden som ersault which Governor Fenton had ap parently executed, in bewailing the ac tion of Congress and denouncing the course of the “Radicals.” The despatch Was received at this office just before th e late edition of the Bulletin went to press, and so escaped the usual scrutiny to which all matters intended for pub lication are subjected. Upon examina tion it will be seen that Governor Fenton had nothing to do with the message, but that it was the production of Governor Patton, of Alabama, quite a different style of person. The message may be found correctly printed,as trans mitted by the New York Associated Press, in an earlier edition of yesterday’s Bulletin. THE SEW FIRE ORDINANCE. A committee of firemen had a confe rence yesterday afternoon with the Committee of Fire'and Trusts, upon the subject of re-organizing the Fire Depart ment. The firemen proposed to amend the ordinance now before Councils. As the amendments would leave the De partment substantially in its present condition, it is not probable that Coun cils will take a step backward in the work of reform. They will doubtless consult the public good, and not be go verned by the protests of a body of meu who, however meritorious they may be, are too restive under lawful restraints for the peace, profit and good order of the community at large. French Opera. I The attendance at the Academy of Musi-, last evening, was large. The Phlegmatio Five Hundred were there in full force, and several of them were seen to applaud quite warmly on two or three occasions. The rest of the audience was 11 large and respectable,” and was very enthußiastie over a most excellent performance of gampa. mum, Naddie and LaurenOs sang and acted ad mirably, as did M. Armand, who, with a fine presence, has a tenor voice that is par tioularly good in its upper notes. The other parts and the chorus and orchestra were extremely good. The one-act opera of Le Maitrede ChapelU, byPaer, is a charming and most amusing little trifle, in which M. Wilhem distinguishes himself by most excellent singing and amusing acting, being extremely well supported by Mile. Lau rentis. They were repeatedly applauded, and were called out at the close. The troupe plays Auber’s drown Diamonds this afternoon. There is reason to hope that the success which has attended these two per formances will induce this capital company to visit Philadelphia frequently during the present season. The Bisiori Reason. The world of refinement and fashion is on the qui vive for the first appearance of the great Italian actress, Mme. Bistori, which will take place at the Academy of Mnsic on Monday evening. The opening play is LegouvS’s splendid tragedy of Medea, translated into Italian verse by Montanelli. There is no one of her plays in which the great artiste appears to more advantage than this. All who design hear ing Ristori should provide themselves with the libretto in advance, ©n Tuesday even ing Ristori and her troupe appear in a translation of Schiller's Mary Stuart, in which she is surpassingly fine. Great Book Sale.— Next Monday,Tnes day and Wednesday afternoons Messrs. Thomas & Sonß will sell a very fine selec tion of elegantly bound books, suitable for Christmas and New Years’ gifts, from the stock of Messrs D. Appleton* Co. Among the works in the catalogue we find the Wa verly Novels, 25 vote., with Proof Plates; Dickens’s works, with over 500 Designs by Crnikshank; Lever’s Complete Works il lustrated by Phiz; Complete and Uniform Edition of Macaulay’s works; Mew Ameri can Cyclopaedia; Sbakspeare’s Works; Life of Man Symbolized; The Holy Bible, new edition, and Milton’s Paradise Lost, illna-' tratedby Dorfi; Galleries of Berlin,Dresden Munich and Vienna; choice editions of the Poets, and many other superb Gift Books with the best standard literature. The list runs up to number 700 in the catalogue which may now be had of Messrs. Thomas & Sons. Every work in the catalogue will be sold without reserve, and this is the only sale Messrs. Appleton <fc Co. will have in this city dnrißg the year. No lover of valuable literary works, handsomely print ed and bound, shonld miss this sale. Musical. —Mr. Jarvis commences his fifth season of classical entertainments on Thursday next, at the Foyer of ’the Academy. Four performances are to be given, on December 13th, January 24th February 28th and March 21st, commenc ing at four o’ciook, and continuing for about an hour and a half. Mr. Jarvis will be assisted by Messrs. Gaertner and Sohintz The programme for the first matinee com prises a sonata by Beethoven (op. 69): a violin solo by David; a piano Solo by Liszt and a grand trio (op. 66)- by Mendelssohn’ The rapidly growing taste for the pure classical standards of music, warrants the expectation of crowded audiences at these choice entertainments. ■' IXOr hie Philadelphia Evening; Enlletln.J JOHNSON AND RAYMOND. A TALE OF A TURNED COAT, When Andrew J.'and Henry J. ' Struck hands in the Wigwam, one fine day, Both Henry J. and Andrew J. . Thought they’d an easy game to play, : But the people punished Andrew J., And Henry J„ In dire dismay, . From the Bread and .Butternuts fled away, Leaving Andrew the game alone to play. g.ow Henry J. begins to pray, ike a sheep that has blindly lost his way, To come in the fold again, to stay, Vowing no more from the flock to stray. He says that the tailor, named A. J,, Had promised to turn his coat in a day, And make it fit'in an elegant way, But the bungling tailor, named A. J., <s Had quite forgotten the needle’s play, And,being without a machine ofSinger’s, His stitches wandered in every way; He patched the blue all over with gray, While, with every goose that he did essay, ;. He scorched the cloth ana burnt his fingers. So Henry J., whenhe saw the garment, Frothed and foamed like a very varmint. “They told me,” he cried,, “O, blundering Andy, That you with the needle were very handy, And, though you were down' on ducks that ; - were dead, .5 ■ . You were “ right on the goose,” at least, they said. “O downy duck i O downy goose! You are brought to a very ignoble use. Poor water-fowl, I fear some plotter, Has watered his fowl, or fouled Ms water With essence of rye or confederate ink, A dangerous thing when he takes a drink. When down on a duck, he’ll do,it is clear, To stuff a pillow or tiokle an ear, But when on the goose his fingers repose, He’s very apt to ruin the clothes: Bo with either water-fowl that you please, Whether geese of iron or ii ving geese, Or e’en dead dneks, Pm sure his deducflbn Is wrong, if he calls th.s Reconstruction!” Then rose and blustered the tailor Andrew, With breath as fierce as ever a ™<>t> drew; “You dare to say that I am a blunderer, You impudent, penny-pipe ape of the Thun derer! O, Henry J,, why will you say That coat don’t fit your stately figure? I fear, H. J., you would shirk your pay, Or put it off till the dreadful day When the right of voting is given the nigger. You asked me, Henry, to turn your coat; I turned it and now I come as a claimant Upon your service—that’s my payment Give it at once; I want no note; For, H. J. Raymond, The job may be lime, and Yet, whether change of Raymond or rai- ment, Twas done to order, so where’s my pay ment?” “Payment! payment! ; For such a raiment? O, Andrew, ’twould be a folly and sin, too; Your fits are tight, And it wouldn’t be right Such a bad habit as this to get into.” “It cannot be tight, it cannot be too little. It fits as nicely as that of Doolittle. ’Tis the very latest Policy style: The beautiful tail, observe a while, Has a graceful Southern slope; the sleeye Is good to laugh in, when Yankees griete And as for the collar, sublime production! ’ I call It the Collar of Reconstruction. Seward and Browning helped design it, Butl got a Southern stnfftoline it— - A cotton bnokram to stiffen the neck And give all Northern leanings a check. Cowan and Norton like it, and why’ll You not take it and give it a trial?” “Give it a trial? Andrew J„ Your Policy feahionhaa had ita day. I thought it good in the Wigwam weather, But for Northern climes it’s flimsy—rether; And all the coats that yon turned, I see ’ Look shabby and ragged and beggarly; Their owners shiver, and, showing the holes. Say they got them all at the last fell’s polls- So take mine back; at last I learn There are better garments than coats you turn, And a naked hack I can bear, in sooth, If I only stick to the naked truth.” This was the Tale of the Turned Coat, Told by Raymond, that man of note, Who, though by trade a writer, can talk as Glibly as any. one in a caucus. The members listened with frown and . laugh— They are tender-hearted sons of men— And though not killing a fatted calf, They took the Prodigal back again. But as for Andrew, the bad tailore, He is merry. Andrew now no more: “My trade is ruined, my goose is plucked; I have apthing left me to reconstruct!” ’ This is the song he is sadly singing As round the circle he’s slowly swinging, Philadelphia, Dec. 8,1866. p. John B. Myers A Co« Auctioneers. Nos. 232 Market Btreet. win hold daring nextweek the following Important Bales, viz: wt - eK OK Mokday, December 10, at 10 o'clock, bv cam logne. on four months’ credit, about 600 lota of French Saxony Br ush mialndia Dry Goods, Including aline of rich raris Cashmere Shawls, Inst landed, for HoU day sales, Including many new patterns of D able Warp shawls, with pore white effects, In the style of the most elegant India Camel’s Hate St awlsTof the imttßuiactureot Messrs. H Hennsquln & Co Also llerlnos. Dodllds, alpacas, Bops. Mohalra, Delator All wool Tlaida. Fpuglines. <£c. Also. Dress" SiUs’ an di-feiVh RobS"for city t?aa^T° IC6Of OK luesday, December 11, at 10 o’clock.! bv cam. logue, on four credit, about 1200 package- Boots, Shoes, Balmorals, 4c., embracing a nrlmeand teeth assortment, of first-thass city and BSaaternmiinu- On Thdbsday. December 13, at 10 o'clock, by cata logue, in four months’credit and part for cash 850 lack ages and lota of Foreign ana Domestic Dry Goods, including Cloths, Casslmeres, Satinets. Hanoi maul. Moscows, Castors. Ratines, Chinchillas Fancy Cloak Ing, Diagonals, Doesi Ins, Coatings. Italians */ Also, Dress Goots, Bilks; Shawls, LlnensT HosierS" Rloves.J-hirts and Drawers, 1 lee. Balmoral andHooo Skirts. Sewings, Umbrellas and fiarasols. &c 00p Alßojlto packages Cotton and Woolen Domestics On Fbiday, December 14. at U v’clock, by cata logue, on four months’ credit, about MOpleces of gnoSC Sue and Fine Ingrain. Rovsi Venetlan Hemp, Cottage, and Bag Carpeting! ’ lj3t ’ „ „ Elesrant Book* at Auction. On Monday. Tuesday ano Wednesday afternoons of next week will ho Bold a large consignment or sooerb G Ift ßooks. from the celehmed New VoS pabllSmg* bom eof Messrs. D. Appleton & Co. The catalorae o 7 ? ver tnemost expensive goite, in- splendid bindings. We . notice panicularlv 'The Eitile, lllastrated_ 6y G. Dote; Don Quixote" Rote's n- Instratiors; Dantert Vision of Hell. if. Dorft MUion's Paradise Lc at. fi. Dor& The Life of Man hymbjiizSd elegantly embellished: .Cooper .Vignettes,! -aj lists ’ proofs, Waverley Novels. India proof Ulustratlona- Dickens’s and Lever's works, the Urinous modern Poets; all soperbly bound, in a great variety of styles making the lineal lot of bookß for holiday pres nts aver s»e;e.dßtanrtlomin.th^clty,:-nte Ka'ewlir be ottte auction store of M. Thomas * sons’ South Fourth Extensive; Bale ofßcalEstatc ana Stocks. 1 Thomas S. S' ns will sell «A Tnesday nert.at the Er chargfva large amount of bask andother stocks; very valuable lot and atabMa.NoieMNurthßroad street.' ill leet frost; rtaldences, Twenty second and Arch streets, 1135 , rpiece, Seventh and Buttonwood; deel rjbie country eeataudfierm, known aa’lGreenweod,” Chester com ty, Pennsylvania; several verydeslnble mail dwi Hinge, lots, Ac., by order of Orphans’ court, iateemora. Trustees and others. See psmphlet cata mgues, Issued to-day, and full advertisements on third Page. Auction Notice—Sale of Boots and Shoes, ; Fhliln Ford & Co.. Auctioneers, will sell at their store. Net 606 Market. street, on Monday morning, yecember 10, commencing at ten o’clock, a large and desirable assortment of Boots, Shoes; Brogans; Bal morals. &c. Towhicb the attention of buyers Is called* Sale of a Valn&ble Store, No. 207 Market street, by order of tbe Orphans’ Coart. James A . freeman's sale, on Wednesday next, <n 2!f * ?*.' vMwtblefour.itory brick store, 2fo 207 Market JEttate el Margaret JSally dcctated. Shskisprare. Jameson. NOW BEADY. “THE” GHFT ' BOOK OP THE SEASON. “^^^ EBPEAM! ™ ™ mrnmnuTtre o^ 866 ” “meal com By MRS. JAMKSON. One vol. Imperial Bvo, 3(0 pages,:and 24 superb Steel Engravings of Shakespeare’s Heroines. *Bonnd In Tnrkey morocco, extra, full gilt. : Pries *2O. Tbesamewlth Proof Plate printed on Indian Paper bound In themost stnnptnouastyle In TnrSey morocco’ relief, craate, chased edges. PUTT COPIES ONLY PRINTED. Price |3O 00« - ’ . * .. FOR SALE BYALLBCOKSELLEES. WM. H APPLITOF, Publisher, deB-s2t{ 192 and H GRAND STREET, New York, DICKEMS’ NEW CHRISTMAS STORY, MUGBY JUNCTION POB SAXE BY DUFFIELD ASHMEAD, 724 Chestnut Street. PBieestiEsm Also, a XABGE and SPLENDID assortment of PINE ILLUSTRATED S fiUPJERB. GIFT BOOKS and SnUabl?ftr BEST SI * JfIJABD LITERATURE, CHRISTMAS And NSW YEABS 1 PRESENTS AT LOW PRICES, G^TYsfoM®” o”^^^^ 0 ”^^^^ A MW BOOK STORE. MRS. JANE HAMILTON’S, 1344 chesifdt stbekt. HOUSEKEEPERS W3XL PLEASE JTOTICE OIJB GREAT SEDUCTION IN PRICES o» ' ‘ " 4 . ' BLANKETS. 10, 11, 12, |3 PERKINS 9 «,.&§£!P TH NINTH ST. WANTED,. HANDS ON GENTLEMEN’S WRAPPERS. AT ARCH STREET, Opera Glasses, Btereoscopes Magic Lanterns, Mlt losoopea,. . t Mathematical Instruments, Bpy Glasses, Gold Bpeotseles. Geld Bye Glasste > &o„&c. WM. Y. McALLISTEE, 738 Chestnut Street. H. & A. 0, VAN BEIL, OLD 818 WHISKEY FCR FAMILIES AND THE TRADE, 1810 (hestnm Streef. H.& A.C. VANBEIL. FINE OLD SHERRY WINES FO3 FAMILIES AND THE XBADE. 1810 Chestnut Street. H. &A. C. YAH BEIL. VERYSUPERIOR BRANDY For Medics 1 and other purposes. 1310 CHESTNUT STREET. HJ A C. YAH BEIL Champagne# OF ALL FAVORITE BRANDS, 1310 Chessnut Street. H. & AZ C. 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DRNCS AND EMPLOYMENT REMOVED INCOME OF YEAR. ENDING NOVEMBER *i«t 1566, OVER . . #1,100,000, N, D. MORGAN. PRESIDENT, NELSON F, EVANS, DAVID DURPEE, M. D, s MKDTCAT. BYtMTum; ] MOAiAGam G ffi SGEE ’ | XO-W WiLSUT BAMXJEL D. DJELP, I LIFE IKSURAHGE. n *. 3 . a reUgious dnty, because we are taught -if any provide not for his own. and eapftc’aliy torthnsenf own house, hehath denied the lsfith mfd ta an infidel”—! Tihothy, v, 8. wuree man NOTICE. To persons Intending to effect INSURANCE unon their U.VJKS, THE PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,. 821 Cheittmt Strest, Hiilad’a., Offers inducementseqnal to any other Company, and’ superior to many. The mum premium has averaged larger than most of the other Companies. The Insured participate EVERY YEAR in the dlvl slon of surplus, while in some Companies no return a evergiven for the .first year’s premium. ALL THE SURPLUS BELONGS TO THE INSURED! there being no Stockholders to claim a share. The Security is sample. The Assets are weU anil: Safely Invested, and in proportion to the 1 amount'of Liability. INSURE NOW! All policies Issned previous to Ist January wili share In the January Division. Aaseta, 51.500,000. OSSEB, PAID PBOMPILT.' MEDICAL EXAMINERS. EDWARD HARTSHORNE, M.D., No. 1439 Walnut . Street. EDWARD A. PAGE, M. D„ No. 1415 WalnntStreet. In attendance at the Office of the Company from l to C P. M. dilly. JAMES TEAQU 4IR, President. - SAMUELE. SIOKSS, Vice President. JOHN W. HORNOR, A. V. P. and Actuary. HORATIO S. STEPHENS. Sec’y. no24^,w,S£ri»2 TtfETHODIST EPIBCOPAL BOOK BOOM, No. i JM-1018 ARCH Street.—Dj mu Books, Biulea, Holi day Gif s. Rocks from the Best Houses, wholesale at a retail. de3-e,tu,lm,rp2 T ASH’S FIVE DOLLAR WASHING" MACHINE, AJ—ln order to Introduce our dve doltarwasher more generally lotho public, we propose to sell them with the understanding that they will be taken back and the money refunded. If they do not gl-e satisfaction. J S. LAN a a OO deBrs,tu,'h-3'} 727 Market street, Philadelphia. WrOTICE.—The bu-lness herelofore'carried on at is Twenty-first and Willow streets, by H Crosc-ove and W. P BeynoMs, trading as Orosgrove & Reynolds. ’ will hereafter be conducted by W. P, hei NOLD3 he having purchased the toll and enttre Interest therein ' ■ ADAMCfiO-GROVT*- W, P. REYNOLna ’ Philadelphia, Dee. 8,1866. rtia at* JESUBON EARTH, tl 75. ~’- i 1331 strewt deB-3t;rp No, 233 NoithTetuh street. ATJTBB’S J&T Bt*ACK HAIB DYB f<» aalfTknrt applied at Rldgway House, MAHKETT^etreet! UOOP BfliitT- aMtJ>UiraOTOBY—Hm. M 2 Eighth, «a£anjj>| AT *H2 OF TH2 GENERAL AGENT. BTBEJIT
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