bubiness notices. WB ABB SELLING, «.-Tirn.Tf- 00. Price last year *2O 00 « JB 80. “ “ 25 09 „ 1. so 00. " *' " 30 00 •» n 26 00. " " “ .35 00 „ h 80 00. “ “ " 45 M „ “ 35 00. “ “ ** . , SO 00 ;; ;; “ :: %% ■: “ “"'SS „ .. J 2 00. MOO « .. MOO. “ “ ' " 20 00 16 00. " “ 28 00 .. .. 18 00. '• " “ 25.00 ,t. 8 4 00. “ “ “ 80 00 „ .. 6 00. “ ■“ “ *6O „ » V 7 00. 10 00 M “ 8 00. „ • • « ' 9 00,' „ I. 10 00. “ “ “ MOO U “ 4 00. " “ v “ 6 03 „ •• ' 6 CO. ■“ ' N “ 780 • >i 6 00. ” “ “ 8 far the Ingest andbeßt assortmento. ■Jm'e Tenths’ and Boys’ Clothing In Philadelphia, is being replenished by large dally additions, manufactured of goods purchased recently at much Ha than sort, and having reduced all Btockon hand to proportionate prices, are offering auchhargalns as «re above numerated. Bow IS THE TIME TO BUY—FBICBS CAN BE NO W»I.V WAV BETWEEN 1 BENNETT A 00., SXLr }■ Toweb Hann, j* rttto Btb. J Mg Mabbst Stbeet. •v H it.—had WAY’S BXXDY TVKI/IKF.—TO BE ocoSons of palmor snddra sKJness. Im- reSefand consequent core for the ailments prescribed, & what the Belife gnaran ?2s tS«m. Ita motto la plain and systematic: TtwUl surety cunt There Is no other rfffljSfflT, no hind of Pain-kibleb, that will ualnaoßuddenly and so satisfactorily as.Bai> m ma.m. It has been thoroughly tested Slhe workshop and In the field, In the counting-room •mi Rt thetoree, among civilians and soldiers, In the hospital, thronghontmi the varied StL.pi of the earth, and one general verdict has come -’The moment Badwaft Beady B*MM applied, Smially, or taken inwardly, acmrdingto directions, vsmfrom whatever cause, ceases to exit t!" Use no Sfkains or Bubns, er Bcanns, or Cuts, -CaaMPS. Bbuises, or Stbains, It Is excellent for Mosquito-Bites, also Sunqb of Poi coeou6 Insects. It Is unparalleled for Bub stbokes, APOPLEXY, BHEUMATISM, TOOTHACHE, TIC DOLOU bbot. Inflammation of the Stomach, Bowsxs. mhevs. &c. Good for almost everything. No SSly thould be without It. Fellow direcaons and cme will be effected. Bold by Druggists. PitoM cento per bottle,. no2i-w,f,m-l3t * own. ttTXUX. A CO.'B PIANOa-^gfa. aKttßfafcrmsmnft bMudltil- instruments are bswju .t! SWlißtTODllyrecommended by the fellow-H IVTI iM amone ® leading artists In America as any T»c«Ha wmSfl in this coiuitPQg In Korop6i Wolfeohn, Chas. H. JaryjflTSl^.too^Jwl tt. Q 4 Thunder, J< N. Beck, Joseph Blszo, 3< ®Ci2ctlabs of certificates as to and jbe references ot one thousand purchasers in Phlla urtobfe and vicinity, to be had on application. HKfSaie in Philadelphia QomJ)t j»*r-tfs Seventh and Chestnnt. Jl mnnymuin PIANOS m'kUBOPK.—HANB fe»^ PIAJSOS to B&pUi So. 814 Chestnut street. PIANOS. ■) GEO.BTSCK A GO’S, PIANOS. gi£gf IST* “i. £ g»nj£§Bl. araanuo. j ujr Seventh and Chestnut. a rannwintlNaGßANDPlANb^mfe JWVltof*Surope, at Florence, Italy, waaMlVr H. DUTTON GHIOEBBINQ 6BAND PIANO&_JMb af'SXmS sssssms? CABINET ORGANB.I These beautiful Instruments CABINET ORGANS. iare made only by MASON CABINET ORGANS. j HAMT.TN, and for rale In TbOadelphia, only by ... X E. GOoidD, **. r --iww, *“* # Seventh and Chestnut _ mnt fIHTfIR BRING UPRIGHT KBSFIANOS possess quality of tone sndsfcjwp 8141 Umiwuit of power next to the Grand* I * *' Piano, and are partlcnlarly adapted to toe Parlor, the Bondolr or toe Study. These beautiful Instru manta, In great variety, at toe Chickering -Rooms, 914 Chgtoota&eet. W. H. DUTTON. —l CT.TIT A MANZ’S (FORMERLY WITH fiSsSStelnway) unsurpassed PIANOS, at mode -111 4! Irate prices. Marshall & Mittauer’s powerful Pianos, others forms. A, 80HERZER, > n023.f,m,w-i3tj 525 Arch street. 1 A»aim MwtrsnimiSiH KVKRY ■ae=5sTYXE.-The oeleorated Gem Organ. tESf WlVn immense assortmentrveiylow priraalll PIANO BOOMS. W. H. DUTTON, £»!§}___ No. 914 Chestnut street. tow TTMATrrTFPI, NEW STYLE KKER MBEIgma PlANOS.seven octaves; charming tone; Prl0& W. H. DUTTON. TTTAKnw' •> HAINEB EBO’B. elegant lnatrameata PX43SBB. land moderate in price, 1 have dealt in lor PIA2STOS, 1 loorteen years, and give a ttve years Seventh and Chestnut. CONING BULLETIN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1866. E»CCATIOSAI. TESTS. The debate in the Senate upon the hill regulating suffrage in the District o Columbia took a course which wil greatly surprise the majority of intelH gent people in this country and in Europe. That Mr. Saulsbury should have opposed the proposition to impose an educational test was to be expected, ss his own power in Delaware would be soon destroyed if education were to snake any considerable advanoe in that Btate. But when Mr. Wilson and Mr. Sumner, representing one of whose proudest boasts has been that she abandoned-universal suffrage and adopted an educational test, are -found arguing on Mr. Saulsbury’3 side of the question, the surprise of the peo ple will be universal and genuine. The telegraphic reportsof the speeches against an educational standard are of course condensed, and do not, perhaps give a clear idea of the arguments ad vanced. Mr. Wilson appears to have assumed the remarkable position that “impartial suffrage would result in hin dering the education of the black man,” while universal suffrage would promote it. The idea is that in the former case they would be prevented from learning to read and write, and in the latter they would be instructed so as to make them "intelligent voters. In other words, the more inducements are offered the black man the less he will improve. If the prize of the ballot box is set before him, as the reward of his ability to read and write, he will not strive after it, but if the boon is given him without any qualification he will certainly work to fit himself for what he already possesses. Beason and experience both seem to te against this logic. Universal suf frage now exists among the white popu lation of the city of New York. Has it improved the educational condition of the ignorant masses of that great city ? Is there any desire there to make intel ligent voters of the people Who control the elections and send prize-fighters and burglars and faro-bank keepers to Con gress? Is not the very contrary the truth? The ignorant emigrant, who has a ballot thrust into his hand almost as Ire Jan<|9 at Castle Garden, finds himself clothed -with a political equality which puts him on a level with the Astora and Stewarts/and Vanderbilts and . Morris seys of New York, and he is well con tent with his ignorance when he knows that he heeds no learning to make him oneof the sovereigns of the land. The illustration is a case precisely to the point, and goes to show that learning should precede and; not be expected to follow the ballot. Mr. Sumner’s argument, coming from one who ordinarily carries hiß adherence to abstract principle to an obstinate ex treme, is as unlike himself, as is that of Mr. Wilson. He admits that hevote3 upon a bill involving a very important principle, upon a mere consideration ot expediency, based upon the proposition that “the votes of the black loyalists are needed now.” No doubt their votes are needed to re-inforce the white loyalists at the South, but whether universal suf frage, offered with this discount which the Senate has put upon education, will secure the colored vote for the cause of liberty and Republican principles and institutions, is a question about which very grave doubts may be entertained. •I n •• 12 00 “14 03 : A funeral took place at St. John’s Catholic Church in this city to-day,that, under different circumstances, might have excited much interest in the world. Augustin de Iturbide, oldest son of the only rightful Emperor that Mexico ever had, diedin New York onTuesday, and his remains were brought to Philadelphia.for interment by the side of his mother, the ex-empress, who expired here a fewyears ago. The liberation of Mexico from Span ish rulp was the work of Augustin de Iturbide more than of any other one man, or of any party of men. His elevation to imperial power was an unsolicited re ward for his services to his country. His fall and his subsequent execution were early illustrations of the inconstancy of the Mexican character, of which there have been many other illustrations dar ing the past forty years. Thegentleman whose remains were to day laid at rest at St. John’s, was tho rightful heir to any properly organized empire there might be in Mexico. The present spurious head of a fallen govern ment had a certain sense of the rights of the Iturbides, when he adopted a 3 his successor a nephew of the gentleman just deceased. Don Angel de Itur bide, the father of this heir presumptive to the Mexican throne, was present as chief mourner at his brother’s grave to-day. He has not,and never has had, any confidence in the success of Napoleon’s scheme for establishing Maximilian, and therefore he is not sur prised or disturbed at the prospect of his little boyls loss of the offered inheri tance. Nor had the late Don Augustin any more confidence ip the Franco- Auetrian establishment. When called on for a speech at the opera house on Maximilian’s fete-day, a year or two ago, he is reported to have said: “You want me to speak as the son of the libe rator of Mexico, the immortal iturbide. Well, he was your chosen Emperor; he was the only honest man in Mexico,and so you shot him! In doing so you acted like the parcel of robbers and assassins that you always were and always will be.” THE DAILY JYEWfi THE ITURBIDES. These were bold words to be uttered at such a time and place, but they were pretty near the truth, and the Mexicans present received them with applause. Perhaps had he been in Mexico and in good health, duringthe past fewmonths, a party might have rallied to place him at the head of the nation. But he. was inEurope suffering from an acute disease t and he returned to this country only a short time ago, to die. In the total ob scurity that veils the fature of his native country, it is impossible to pre dict wbat form of government can be permanently established, or who may be at its head. But there have been stranger things than the elevation of another Iturbide would be, and it would certainly be more acceptable to the Mexicans and more agreeable to the United States, than the continuance of a throne, established by European bayo nets, and occupied by a prince of the house of Hapsburg. SOT DOING IT. A very pretty example of “How not to do it” has just been afforded in the case of the bill for the better regulation of the Fire Department. Some weeks since Mr. E vans of Common Council originated a bill for the purpose referred to,and pending its consideration it was referred to the Committee on Fire and Trusts, where it was hoped that it would be “laid to rest.” The sentiment of the public was so clearly, opposed to the smothering process that vitality was preserved; but the bill was so much , emasculated by the majority of the com • mittee, that when it was reported to Councils, yesterday, it was essentially the play of Hamlet with the part of the ttoyal Dane omitted. There was also a minority report which preserved the substance of the original bill. Common Council adopted the minority report, and the bill was sent into Select Council, where sit was indefinitely postponed, and in or. derto kill it “very dead,” the parlia mentary expedient was resorted to of voting down a motion to reconsider. So ; City Councils have not done it once more, and the portion of the Fire De partment which claims to be superior to law has carried the day. As a general principle, State interference with inter ests that are purely local is not a thing to be commended; but there are extreme ; cases where such interference is neces sary, from the peculiar surroundings of proposed reforms. In New York it was found to be impossible to accomplish any change that looked to a revolution in the Fire Department of that city. - Property-holders demanded it; but ■the men who were unwilling to have ftheir inalienable rights to “run wid der masheen” trenched upon, were too po tential in Ward politics to be offended, and Aldermen and Common Council imen were unwilling to deprive large bodies of voters of the privilege of wash ing out an entire neighborhood on the occasion of a fire and of breaking the heads of all persons who objected to the aquatic indulgence. The State Legisla ture,which was subject to no such influ ences, abolished the' volunteer system and New York now has a paid Fire Department. Philadelphia may yet have to apply to Harrisburg for. the relief that its own City authorities are unable lor unwilling to afford them. THE SALARIES OF SCHOOL TEACHERS | The subject of the increase of salaries of the teachers in the public schools is exciting no little attention, not only among the members of the Board of Con trollers and the teachers, but among the publio generally. That the lower grades of school teachers are inadequately paid .no one who will inquire into, the facts can fail to"acknowledge,while the whole range of salaried is twenty-five to thirty per cent, below those of any other large cities. The Board of Controllers have presented to Councils a petition asking an increase in the salaries,and the teach ers are. moving in a body in furtherance of the purpose. They are to hold a meet ing to-morrow afternoon in the Girl’s High School building,in Sergeant street, to organize a movementin thatdirection. Sale ofValnable Real Estate by James A. Freeman, auctioneer. The catalogues of James A. Freeman’s tale on Wed ncsaoy nexlv.Ul he found to contain a number of very desirable properties to be told without reserve, by order of Executors, Orphans’ Court and others. For Sales of Real Estate, Stoebs, Ac., at the Xx change. Bee Thomas l. BOYS* WOOD SAWS AND HORSES. small Axes Hatchets and Places, Boxes and Che ts of Tools. Boys* Work Benches and Taming Lathes, f>r sale by TRUMAN es and Skaters'aaslat aiitaat TRUMAN ASKAW’S, No. 855 (Eight Thirty five) Market street, below Ninth. ■you ARE SURE OF GETTING GOOD PHOTO- X GRAPHS, and are never overcharged, at RKI-, IIIR’S Gallery* Second street, above Green. Six Cards or one large Photograph for |l. Beautiful pocket knives, of Rodgers’s, Woßtenholm’s Orooke’s and other celebrated makesr&cd a variety of Scissors, Nnt Picks and Table Cntbry. for e&le by TRUMAN <& SHAW, No. 833 (Eight Thirty-five) Market street, below Ninth. THE ASHLAND COAL COMPANY, BROAD St. below Wood, are selling the Best FAMtLY vOCL from their own mines at prices entirely below regular i etatl yards, an din all cases legal weight, 2,240 pounds per ton. delt-lmt THOS. BIRCH Fashion periodical in the united Stales or Europe. Lock at the contents: Tl e First Party. a very superior steel engraving. A Steel-plat© Title-page, containing several hand some pictures bur usual highly-finished Colored Fashion-plate. Brides and Bridexnaids. A fancy Slipper- Printed in colors. On the Wlssahlckon. A Skating Scene, printed In colors. Spending a Penny. A handsome engraving for the juveniles. Cur latest Paris Fashions consist of a Morning Robe; Promenade suit, two engravings; Suits for Children; The Ir*ne Jacket, front and back view, and a Gentle* man's Dressing G awn. a mocg the SovelUes will bo found a new Waist nai* tern, suitable for a schoolgirl; fives auttful Bouneis; Peplum dress; Dinner dress; Promenade Suit fur a ytung girl, front and back view. «tc, Ac, Tfc- Work Department contains the following va rielycfwork: Rat Pegs: Hanging Border, worked in beads; Al phabet ftrßead or worsted work; Case for Knitting or Crochet Heeclte; A Basket for Drying Salad; £qlp ted Border fbr a BedquUt; Ladles' Kittens In Berlin work: Design forth* end of a Fancy Scarf. Crochet Snd warranted accurate timekeepers. FARR & BROTHER. Importers, 824 Chestnut street, below Fourth. .. HP*-. CHIOgERING~SQUARg~PIANOh~ 914 CHESTNUT STREET. Iflll'OCs-tl4p W. H. DUTTON, UOCKHILI&WILSOH FINE CLOTH!?* G HOUSE, 603 and 605 Chestnut Street. FALL & WINTER OVERCOATS IN GREAT VARIETY. THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY Jannaryj - Flrit Number of the Nineteenth Volume, Contains articles of great value and by wilters, many of wnom stand conspicuously lore most among American authors. It has . SERIAL STOBIES, By Oliver Wendell Helmet, and tie author of “Heft man.” POEMS, Byß W. Emerson. James Bussell Lowell, John G. Whittier, E, C. Stedman and W. C. Bryant, SHORT STOBIES, By Bayard Taylor and J. T. Trowbridge. POLITICAL ABTICIES, By FrederlckDouglassand O. M. Bills. ESSAYS AND SKETCHES, By T. W. Hlgglnson. James Barton, Charles Dawson bhanly and waiter Mitchell. . And BEVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES. Price, 35 cents a number: HGO a years Two copies, 17 go; Five'copies, fie 00; Ten copies, (30 00; Twenty coplee. 980 oo; and an extra copy to the person forming the Club of Twenty. OUR YOUNG FOLKS, For 1867. THE FIRST NUMBER 07 THE THIRD YEAR, SEIKO THAT 808 JANUARY, 1867, Is Now Ready. IT CONTAINS MANY NEW FEATEBES AND ’ Among which are: t3,FOEMS, by Longfellow and Lowell. TJ3J6TORIEB and SKETCHES, by Bayard Taylor- J. T. Trowbridge. Harriet IBeecher Stowe Annt Fanny, Gall Hamilton, E. Stuart Phelps and Louise E. Chollet M.TOBiFIBSS PAST of “GOOD OLD TIMES.” by Elljanpg ellogg.- «m A NEW YEAB SONG—Three Pagaa of Mnslo- expressly for ‘Our 1 otujg Folks.-’ by J. R Thomas. A ! PORTRAIT OB STEEL of CAPT. HATSE from a Photograph taken for Our Young Folks.” M. A FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATION, by S. Ky tinge, Jr. *9-FOURTEEN OTHER ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD, by the beet Artists. •a. 'BOUND THE EVENING LAMP.” (with a new Design), and “OUR LETTER BOX.” filled with firesb and detlghtfal nutter. Altogether keeping “OUR YOUNG FOLKS’’ the brightest and the best. Price, 20 cents a number; ft oo a year. Three copies, |5 a; live copies, ts CO: Ten copies {l5 OO: Twenty copies, {3O 00, and an extra copy obatis to the person Liming the Club of Twenty. Ticknor Sc Fields, publishers, boston. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. OPERA GLASSES. GOLD SPECTACLE' 1 . ' HILLRIN’S MAGIC LANTERNS, DRAWING INSTRUMENTS, &c.. &c. JAMES W. QUEEN & CO., 924- nHESTNUT STREET dfcTlfrpS OPE El A GLASSES. Just Received, A large and well assorted stock of FINK OPERA GLASSES made by H. RARDQT7, of Paris, for sale by 0. W, A. TBUMPLEE, BEV3HTH AND CHESTNUT SIS. de3ifrp} J. H. BURDSALL’S COBPECTIONBRY, loe Creem and Dialog Saloons, No. 1121 Chestnut Street. GIRARD ROW. FRUIT AND POUND CAKES of all sizes, with a large assortment of CONFECTIONERY, Ac. for the HOLIDAYS. dell-lmrp NEW .sjdgfe PBEIGHT IfcOUX-E To the Somh aad Jostkwest, VIA THE Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti- more and Delaware Railroad, ToCrisfield, Md., thence by Steamers of tbs Great Navigation Oqmpany to Norfolk,Va, Tbe Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Ball* road Company are prepared to .offer inducements to shippers of fcoutberu and Southwestern freights which have not been afforded heretofore by any other line. Through Bills of Lading given to all prominent South* ern points, I or farther information apply to CHARLES E. "WILLIS, Agent, . Broad and Washington Avenue, CHARLE3E. DILKES, Agent, No. 411 Chestnut street. CHARLES K. IDE, Master of Transportation, noi7*tfrpJ P..W. andB,B.B. ROOKHILL&WILSOH FINE CLOTHING HOUSE, 603 and 605 Ckestout S&eet LATEST STYLE SACK & WALKING COAT. BOYS’ CLOTHING. HO LID A T GIFTS OLRY Sc CO., No. 9 North Sixth Street, Manufacturers, beg leave to offef WRITING DESKS, PORTFOLIOS, WORK BOXES, WRITING CASES, Hallowelt ft Eon, 531 Market Stmt, HaUowell & ton, 534 Market Btr«et> BOYS’ CLOTHING. BOYS’ CLOTHING. BOYS’ CLOTHING. Splendid Assortment. Splendid Assortment. Splendid Assortment. Reduced Prices. Reduced Prices. „ „ • , , . Reduced Prices. Ball before purchasing elsewhere. dei4tjai FLAT ORBTERP, COVERED WITH JOHN'S ENGLISH ROOFING CLOTH, and covered! with L QUID GUTTA PHEC M A PAINT, mating them perfectly water-proof Leaky .Gravel and Slate Boots, else TIN COPPER ZINC and IRON ttOOF-t. coated and repaired with L»QDID GUTTA PERCH a. Pi INI, which becomes hard and impervious. A 3 these materials are warranted ter FIVE YEARS this Is the NE PLUS ELTBA of all other preparatlona. Price only from one to two cents per square foot. RAVEL ROuF LKG also done at the Shortest RECKLESS & EVEREIT, j 302 GREEN STREET. OLD FAVORITES. GLOVE BOXES, Back Gammon Boards and other In-dpor Games* PAPIEB MAGHE GOODS. jjyßepalrlßg doneeqnaltonew. deH-lCt HALLOWELL & SOET. 534 Market Street. OLD SHINGLE BOOF3 del4 3 m! OBAB APPLE CIDER, THE GENUINE ARTICLE. Quality unusually fine, For sale by Barrel or taß, by James R, 'We'b'b, WALNUT AND EIGHTH. del<-3trpl Stephen f. whitmans INIMITABLE AND CHOICE CONFECTIONS Now Ready For the Holiday Season, Together -with a large variety of FANCY BOXES, Of bis own Importation, DIRECT FROM PARIS AND VIENNA. ALSO, NEW AND RARE CONFECTIONS AND BON BONs> ONLY KNOWN TO THIS HOUSE. Forming at once a rich and superb assortment front* which to chose For Select Presents. STEPHEN F. WHITMAN, No. 15310 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA. destfrp WM. A DBOWE & 00, ' 246 Market Street, Have new in Etcck an ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OF UMBRELLAS, MADE from: Miperior English and French Silks.,. OP THEIR own IMPORTATION, finished with the LiTISI STYXES CP IVORY, WALNUT AND PARTRIDas HANDLE®. ‘ ' FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. delltdeSSrp Christmas Presents^ PRESENTS FOB LADIES. PBKSKNTS FOB GENTLEMEN. We have now on hand a fresh stock of FATSOS G OODS, which we offer at reduced prices. FOR GPNTLEMXN. Weerschsnm Pipes, in gr‘*t variety. Meerschaum Cigar Holder# Brier Boot Pipes, < arcea and plain. •3 übacco Boxes, Toba: co Bag*. Cigar Cases. Match Boxes. Olgarstards. flasks. ■ Ink Stands, Match Boxes, Paper Weights. FOB La DIES. Eeautlful Bohemian Olds's Toilette Seta. Tcsesof Parian, and Bohem an Glass. ■** arsffes Collette Bott es. Card receivers. Odeur Cases and Mands, Traveling Bags. Btok Stands, Reading Stands, &c. B. «A. WRIGHT, G 24 CHESTNUT street- del2-12t rp| VKU .. Tdjtnn&ctnrera ol MATTp-* AND TAShBD 00^)A6B| Cords, Twines, Ac., Ho. a North DeJaww “»*» H< K^HA P g.O»«^f 4JtI,WIUTOfe EOOKHILL &WILSOH FINE CLOTHING HOUSE, Coachmen's Costs. Coachmen’s Goats, HUNTING COATS. HUNTING GOATS, DRESSING CASES, POCKET BOOKS, JEWEL BOXES, BOYS’ CLOTHING. BOYS’ CLOTHING. BOYS’ CLOTHING.