SVBNING BULI.BTIN.
BATURDAYi DEQEMRER. 16*. 1866*
SUFFRAGE in the district*
The bill extending the principle of
universal suffrage to the District of .Col
ombia yesterday passed the House by
more than a two-thirds’ vote, and will
become a law, with or without the Pres
ident’s consent. In accordance with his
uniform course of opposition to all legis
lation for the benefit of the colored racd,
lie will probably veto the bill, but with
the present strength and temper of Con
gress there will be no difficulty in pass
ing it over his head. ■ '
•pjie passage of this bill marks an im
portant era in the history of this coun
try. It is the first step towards the
adoption of universal suffrage through
out the land. It is the introduction of a
new principle into the system of this
Bepublie, or rather it is the first practi
cal application of the original principle
of equality laid down in the Declaration
of Independence. And yet it has passed
through Congress without a ripple of ex
citement, and almost without debate,
except such as was excited by Mr. Cow
an’s attempt to throw ridicule upon the
bill by the introduction of the principle
of female suffrage, Nothing could more
clearly indicate the influence which the
late elections have had upon Congress
than its action upon this most important
measure.
The responsibility of establishing un
limited suffrage in the District of Col
umbia, has been assumed deliberately by
more than two-thirds of a Congress fresh
from contact with the people, and com
prising as much solid intelligence,ability
and patriotism as any Congress that ever
sat in. this country. Such action
carries with it a powerful moral influ
ence; and yet there is a vast b jdy of in
telligent, thoughtful, earnest-minded
people, who look with unqualified con
cern and anxiety upon this great expe
riment, if experiment it may be called.
They accept and maintain the principle
of Impartial Suffrage as a great safe
guard to Republican institutions; but, in
view of the wide-spread corruption and
abuse that have grown out of the univer
sal ivhite suffrage, they see only an in
crease of the evil in the addition of
universal black suffrage. That the cor
ruption and abuse do exist cannot be
denied, and it is impossible to avoid the
logical deduction that the evil must in
crease in proportion as the limits of suf
frage are extended. Mr. Wilson’s new
doctrine of the advantages of ignorance
will make converts but slowly in this
land of school houses,for the people have
never heretofore been taught that igno
rance, like the national debt, is a na
tional blessing. Thejstep taken yester
day by Congress is based upon the broad
and sound principles of human freedom;
but it is a fixed axiom that no truth can
conflict with any other truth, and if the
glaring abuses which now confront usat
the ballot-box have groffS necessarily
nut of an uneducated, unqualified USS X}{
the privilege of voting, the extension of
the game sort of suffrage to other hun
dreds of thousands of voters would seem
to he in conflict with the public welfare
and not based upon a sound principle.
It will be a long time yet before the best
classes of American citizens will sur
render the belief that what is really
wanted for the preservation of a pure
republicanism is less, and not more suf
frage. For Impartial Suffrage, most
honest and intelligent men can see good
and sound reasons. For Universal Buf
fi age they entertain wholesome and
weil grounded fears.
SATIOHAIj taxation.
In oile of the most important point 3
considered by Secretary McCulloch in
his recent report, we believe that the
great majority of the enlightened and
reflective portion of the people of this
country will entirely dissent from him.
Mir. McCulloch is of opinion that the i
present heavy rate of national taxation
be continued with a view to pay
ing off the National Debt. Almost the
only argument by which he supports
Ms theory is that the Southern people
-will always object to being taxed on
their portion of the interest of the war
debt. In other words, those who were
the means of putting the whole of this
heavy load upon the country, are
to be humored in tbeir objection to pay
ing their small disproportionate part.
During and since the war they have paid
nothing, or next to it, and Mr. Mc-
Culloch has repeatedly expressed Mm
self in favor of forgiving them their
portion. For some years to come
they are likely to pay very little, espe
cially if they continue to prefer
to occupy themselves with political agi
tation rather than with useful industry.
During all this time we pay pretty much
the whole of the interest, and if we
accept the advice of the Secretary we
shali continue to pay, ourselves, and to
b'ot out as large a portion of the princi
pal as possible, in the interval before
the South comes to-bear its just propor
tion of the burden—if indeed any portion
short of the whole can be j ustly so desig
nated.
We believe that every loyal American
will look with great satisfaction upon
the large payment that has been already
made, ofthe principal of the debt. Itis
a striking proof of both our ability and
our honesty, and it ts a financial effort
which has never been equalled in the
history of the world. This is enough;
we have shown our resolute determina
tion that the interestshall be punctually
met, and further,: we have given the
most striking proof that, were it really
< advisable,, we both could and would
rapidly pay off the principal. •
But we believe that it is not so. Our
present taxation is very onerous, and
should be lightened. Enough only
THEDAILY EVENING E DLLITIN.~PHIIiAI?EX PH lA, SATURDAY, PECEMBER 15.-TRIPLE SHEET
should be raised to pay for a very econ
omical administration of the govern-:
ment, and the punctual payment of the
interest. Then a simple continuation
at the same rates will in itself lead to an
extinction of the debt. For the business
of the South will gradually resume its
former, and more than its former im
portance, and as the Western portion of
the country is peopled and brought
under cultivation, the basis of taxation
will continually enlarge, and the re
ceipts from afiy ■ fixed rate will' year by
year be larger. This increase might le
gitimately be applied to the extinction
of the debt.
It does not seem right or just that the
immediate present, which has scarcely
completed the gigantic task of subduing
the rebellion, should be further loaded
with the extinction of the principal of
this debt. The enormous loss of life
has made labor very scarce, and every
department of business is suffering from
this. This scarcity of labor is the main
and real cause of the high prices which
exist: these prices are now in many
cases higher than when gold was 280
simply because wages are higher.
We believe then that the intelligent
opinion of this country is and ought to
be opposed to forcing the payment of the
principal of the debt, and that taxation,
should be reduced so as to provide for
expenses and interest only. Especially
the most onerous and odious of all taxes,
the income tax, should be removed. At
the time it was imposed, it was the
general understanding that it was essen
tially temporary, and that a year-or two
would see its end. Its heavy amount,
made in a single payment, its -inquisito
rial nature and the publicity given to
private affairs, all unite to make it an es
pecial subjeet of dislike. It should be
the first repealed, and as many others
as possible should follow after. This is
the ground which we hope to see taken
by Congress, which will probably not be
disposed to share Mr.McCulloeh’s desire
to screen the South from the payment of
its just share of the burden it hasplaced
upon us all. Fur ther,whilst we are very
far from believing a national debt
to be a national blessing, we do believe
that its existence is a check upon useless
foreign wars. And even if the debt
were paid, we are by no means
quite sure that taxation would
be correspondingly reduced. If 7 at the
end of fifteen, twenty or twenty-fitfe
years of very heavy taxation, this ex
tinction were completed, there would
be no small temptation to continue a
burden to which the people would have
become, to some extent, accustomed,
and to find some new object to which
the income could be appropriated. We
repeat,therefore, that the right way is to
pay our interest with the exactest punc
tuality, and to devote the natural in
crease of revenue arising from the
growth of the country to gradually
wiping out the debt, and such we hope
will be the policy of Congress.
RAILROAD CROSSINGS*
{.>)]<? of the most serious defects in rail
road management in the United States
is, first, the grand cardinal error of
allowing lines of roads upon which there
are frequent trains rim, to cross at grade
rail or other roads upon which there
is constant travel. Every person fami
liar with the Philadel
phia wiil remember scores of cases in
our own vicinity where railroads along
which trains thunder every few min
utes cross other railroads on the same level
where travel is as incessant, and where
streets, turnpikes and common roads are
intersected by rails upon which locomo
< ives are run. The danger attending this
system can scarcely be over-estimated,
and the only wonder is that serious acci
dents from it are not more frequent. The
allowing of railroads to cross each
other and other roads at grade is the
primary evil,and nest come the careless
employment or the non-employment of
such agencies as have been brought in use
to avoid accidents. Engineers sometimes
feil to give the needful signal at the pro
per time,and the drivers of ordinary vehi
cles sometimes find themselves in situa-
tions of peril without a moment’s notice;
while such precautions as flagmen, at
critical points, gates to shutoff travel
through a crowded street, while a train
is passing, and other well known expe
dients, are entirely neglected.
In these days of tunneling and bridg
ing, the avoidance Of the evils referred
to is not so difficult a matter as might be
imagined. Tunnels through mountains
arecommon as railroads themselves, and
there are several instances where roads
are run far below the foundation walls
of the houses in large cities. A news
paper correspondent, writing froth Lon
don, gives an account of what they are
doing in the way of subterranean rail
roading in the Metropolis. He says:
“I found myself in Easton Street Station,
London. Having to proceed some distance
into the city, we determined to take the un
derground railway, which, by the way, is
not t.uch a myth as onr American under
ground, but is a very pleasant reality, for
it is removed far from the dust and noise
of the crowded streets. The Metropolitan
is still in its infancy, having been con
structed but a few years. On reaching the
station we were much struck with the
novelty of descending some thirty or forty
feet beneath the surface before we found the
train, and when we did find it, we were
hnstled in by an officious porter (all porters
are officious in England), the whistle blew
and we were off. We expected to expert
ence some disagreeable sensations on this,
onr first trip; but onr expectations were
never realized. The 'carriages are very com
fortable, and much like the common Eng
lish carriages, being divided into compart
ments capable of holding six persons; these
compartments are of three grades, first, sec
ond and third, the doors being at the side.
The stations' are supplied witn light from
above by means of reflectors, and the carri
ages are lighted with gas. The tunnel-is
aired by a system of flues, which keepnp a
continual circulation, so that no unpleasant
odors arise from the smoke or use of gas.
When we arrived at onr destination—Far
ringdon street—we once more ascended to
the upper regions. In our rambles over
London, we noticed numbers- of buildings
in process of destruction to make room for
a further extension of-; these subterraneous
routes. The idea of building these railways
was to relieve the streets from a great deal
of travel.” 5 r. h
If engineering skill and enterprisecan
devise such a mode of ‘passing from one
part of a city to another, there can be
but little excuse for the construction of
roads in such a, way that travel upon in
tersecting streets and highways is con
tinually interrupted by passing trains,
and where the peril to life and limb is
constant.
Bread Street— A. Grand Improvement.
1 Another link in the extension of our great
thoroughfare—Broad street—was yesterday
formally thrown open to pubUonse. and the
event wsb celebrated by a most agreeable
social gathering at the house of our enter
prising townsman, ; James D. Whetbam,
Esq., at Broad street and Nicetown lane.
A largenumber of the dignitaries of the city
were present, including his - Honor, the
Mayor, the Judges of the Supreme,District,
and Common Pleas Courts, Strickland
Kneass, Esq., City Surveyor, the members
of Councils having supervision of the ex
tension of roads and streets, prominent
military gentlemen, and a number of dis
tinguished citizens. The section of the city
thrown open by this important improve
ment extends from Nicetown Lane to
Fisher’s Dane, and the value of the im
provement can only be properly appreciated
by a visit. Large numbers of choice build
ing sites, that have hitherto remained un
improved because of the want of convenient
access to the city, will now be built upon,
and the cost to the city in the way of grad
ing and bridging will be compensated for in
toe increase of taxable property, without
taking into account toe general improve
ment and beautifying of toe city and toe
convenience of citizens.
The next step will be to complete toe work
by curbing and paving and toe construction
of a bridge on toe Beadingßaiiroad,at Nice
town, when Philadelphia will have one of
toe grandest streets in the world; an avenue
ten miles long, with a width of 113 feet, and
straight as an arrow. There are yet about
fwo miles to open’ to reach toe northern
limits of the city, when it is believed that an
effort will bs made to extend toe street still
farther north, as a State road, even to too
Delaware River at, or near New Hope,a dis •
tance of some thirty miles from League
Island the southern terminus of the road
In the improvement of this street, toe
owners of property along its line are desir
ous to avoid the use of cobb’.e-Btone
pavingon the carriage-way and adapt a de
seriplion of paving more in accordance with
the progress and want of the age.
Much will depend upon the snceess of the
Nicolson pavement now being laid on
Bread street, between Jefferson and Oxford
streets. These who have seen this pave
ment in use in Chicago and St. Louis are
strongly impressed with its superiorityover
the .stone causeways over which which
Philadelphia horses have been doomed to
eiatter ever since the streets of the city were
nrat paved. The experimental pavement
~ow going down on a portion of Broad street
will'give our citizens an opportunity to
test it practically, and there is'but little
doubt that its advantages will be so far ap
preciated that an effort will be made to
"itend them over toe new portions of our
s reat lccal thoroughfare.
The Atlantic for January.
Messrs. Ticknor & Fields begin the year
1837 with a capital number of the Atlantic
Monthly. The first part of a new story by
Dr. Holmes, called “The Guardian Angel,”
gives promise of something fally worthy of
his great reputation. A humorous story in
verse, by Lowell, is alsp excellent. Mr.
Paxton’s sketch of Henry Ward Beecher,
his church and his congregation, is graphic
and very pleasant. Whittier, Emerson and
S'edmsn each contribute a characteristic
poem, ard Mr. Bryant a vigorous transla
tion cl' a scene from the Hiad of Homer,
There ere also good articles by Bayard
Taylor, Higginson, Trowbridge, Shanly,
Walter Mitchell, Frederick Donglass and
others. Persons wishing to procure this
cumber, or to subscribe ior the Afiaafic,can
uo so at Mr. Pugh’s, in the Bulletin
building, where Our, Young cFollcs, which
likewise begins the new year well,' may
also be obtained,
The Artists’ Fund Society.
That exoellent association of Philadelphia
■artists, known as “The Artists’ Fond So.
■ciety,’ ’ have recently got possession of beau
'lifuiiiew rooms at 1834 Chestnut street, op
tj. osiPe the Mint, which they intend to keep
(xlWays open for the free exhibition of pic
tures by the members of the Society and
others.
A fine collection of original works is now
on exhibition, which will besold at auction
on Tuesday evening next,beginning at half
past seven o’clock. Among the artists con
tributing to this sale ore Hamilton, Solly,
E. Moran, T. Morar, P. Moran, W. T. Rich
ards, F. Deß. Richards, George C. Lamb
din* Waugb, Winner, Knight, Milne Rim
ssy, Winner, E. B. Wood, Jr., Schuesss!e,J.
Sartain, S. Sartain, T. H. Smith, Willcox,
I. L. Williams, Blanvelt and Trotter, each
of'wbom is represented by one or more most
excellent work's. The proceeds of the sate
ate for the maintenance of the gallery.
TS ailame Sis tori.
The old: fashioned classical drama of Ri
cine, Corneille and Ailieri, in whicu there is
such rigorous regard tor the “unities,” i%
not.pleasing to modern taste, and it requires
a great genius to make a performance of
such a play interesting. But last evening nn
Italian version of Racine’s Phcdre was per
formed at the Academy, by the Ristori
troupe, and the surpassing talent of the
great actress was displayed in snch a way,
that the dreary old drama interested every
bearer, from first to last. Every passion of
the human breast was portrayed with extra
ordinary vividness. Love, jealousy,hatred,
vengeance, remorse and grief were, by turnß
expressed, and the auditors were aroused
to extraordinary enthusiasm. There- is
scarcely any play of the repertoire that re
quires so much real genius as Phcdrefani
none in which Ristori is more fully equal to
the work.
This evening Mme. Ristori will appear in
the great drama ot Elisdbelta, for the repeti
tion of wbioh there is such a desire that
there is already a certainty of a crowded
house. For various-reasons it haa been de
termined to begin the performance at half
past seven o’clock, and though the play is
in five acts, and the entr’actes, owing to the
changes of dress, are long, persons'from the
country will still be able to take the late
trains for home; hOn Monday:evening will
be given. Deborah, an Italian version of
Leah, toe copy-right of which Mme. Bistort
bought from the author, Mosenthal. and
which she has played with extraordinary
success all over Europe.-
Mb. J. A, Getze, of No. 1102 Chestnut
street, advertises on this page,, toe Weber
Pianofortes, of toe merits of which, both in
toe grand and square, he furnishes ample
and most flattering testimonials.
John B. Myers & Uk, Auctioneers, Nos.
im and 234 Market street, will hold during next-week
the following important eales.vla:
ON Monday, December 17, at lo o’clock, by cata
logue. on four months’ credit, about7oo lots of French,
India. German and British .Dry Goods, Including
French Merinos, Poplins. Jfplngllnea, Alpacas, Mo
hairs, Cobnrgs Delaines, plaids. Sllss, shawls. Scarfs,
<&c; Invoice of superior Winter Gloves, Buck and
Gauntlets. Beaver, Castor. Calf, Kid and Bilk, Plain
ar d Fleeced, also, English Merino Hose, Shirts an -
Dtawers. Also, fashionable Ecus, Muffi. Collars and
Cepes. Also, fifteen cases of very rich Fancy Go da,
Tors, Furnltmeand CnlnaSe’a, Dolla.&c., for Holiday
t-iesenis A-so, a linn ofelegaut banc-made Dace Col
lars. Also, Frilled Chemises Collarets. Ac.; Balmoral
and Boop Skirts, Ribbons,Trimmings, French Corsets.
Also, large invoice rich MtsUn Draperies and vestibule
Muslin and Dace. Also, handsome Carriageand Blelgh
Bobes. DomtstlcGoods.Ac..
OnTvksday, December is, at 10 o’clock, by cata
logue, on four months’ credit, about 1.100 package,
Boots. Shoes. Brogans &c.. of city and Eastern manu
facture. Also,?raveling Begs,onoeLaceta, 4a
ON Thubsday, December ao, at 10 o’clock, by cata
logue, m four months’ credit and part for cash, 700
packages and lots of Foreign ana Domestic Dry
Goods? Including Cloths, Fancy Oasstmeree, and Coat
ings. Chinchillas. Fancy Cloakings, Beavers, Satinets,
Doeskins,ltalians, Ac. . ._
Also, Dress Goods, Silks Shawls, linens, Hosiery,
Gloves, i-hlrts and Drawers, Ties, Balmoral and Hoop
Skirts. Sewings, Umbrellas, Ac -
. Also, iso packages cotton and Woolen Domestics.
: Also, a line of choice styles Carpets, of the best Phi
ladelphia makes.
Orphans’ Court and Executors’ Bale of
Valuable Beal Estate, SioeUs, Doans.
Ac., Tuesday Sett. ,
Thomas A Sons’ sale, on Tuesday, 18th lnat, st 12
o’clock noon, at the Exchange, w<U Include desirable
residences northwestcoxner Eighteenth and Delancey
Place, S 6 feet iront; northwest ramrr Twelfth and
W allac.; Ho, 1518 north Broad; Ho. 1129 Mount Ver
non. ano several very desirable small dwellings; valu
able hotel k nown ss the •’Abbey,” Township Hoe road;
Farm and country seat, 70 acres, Washington lane;
stores, Sontb Second. -Front Water and Arch streets;
building lots; lurge amount of stocks, leans, Ac. See
pamphlet catalogues, which may he had at the Auc
tion Booms.
Sale ofn Vnlunble Store. Third street, be
low Vine, the Estate of Meter Bovoudt,
deceased.
James a. Freeman’s Bale on Wednesday of next
week Includes among other valuable estates that of
Aftr Bovoudt. diceased, being a desirable Blori.Ho.
256hoBTHlBmDsueet,22!eby 84. q feet.
*3F UU DESCRIPTIONS » PAMPHLET CATALOGUES
SOW BEADY. .
Auction notice—Sale of Boots and Shoes.
Philip Ford A Co., Auctioneer!, will sell at their
store. Ho. 506 Market street, on Monday morning,
December 17, commencing at ten o’clock, a large and
desirable assortment of Boom, Shoes, Brogans, Bal
morals, <fcc. i
To which the attention of the trade Is called.
T ww TTATKHS 88Q3.’ PIANOS-Moderate In
ffgsjgpTira- and sold with five j ears’ guarantee,
HTVTr J, K GOULD,
J [.SEVENTH and iHKftTetPT.
OTATiGiSKKY-LETTEKa, GAP ANJ) NOTI*
©PAPAS*. ENVELOPES, BLANK BOOKS, ano
avery requisite Is toe Stationery line, telling at top
fixtures at
J. B. DOWNING’S stationery Score,
f pai9..ta , pi Flghth street, two doom above WalnsV
JOHN CBOTP, BULLDKK,
17*1 CHESTNUT STREET,
andSIS LODGE STREET.
Mechanics of every branch required for hou3Gbuiio
rig nnd a tun s promptly famished. Jy23-6mrp
Samuel w. lmnau,_no, m sooth seventh
Btreet. Philadelphia, PLUMBER, GAS and
»TKAM FITTER. Wort done promptly and In the
best xn&nrer. Pumps, Gas fixtures, and all material
osed in the bnstntsa furnished. oci?-6EMpj
tm> WABBUBTON,
JB FASHIONABLE HATTER,
PI 4SO Chestnut street,
ael3-ly,4p| Next door to Pott office.
Newspaper advertising.—joy, coe aoo
N. £. corner of FIFTH A CHESTNUT Streets
Philadelphia, and TRIBUNE BUILDINGS, Nevr
York, are agents Or the Btolstxn and fbr toe News
papers of toe whole country.
jrxT'Cj&ypl jot, gok a 00.
raj THE HOLIDAY HAT. JB)
THJBO. H H’CaLLA,
hat and cap emporium,
del‘2lms CHESTNUT STitEiST.
600. LADIES AN 600.
Call and see
T he best assortment and latest ttyles Steel Skates.
HObhlVS CLIPPERS.
SHIRLEYS SKATES. _
GRIFFITH & PAGE,
de7 6dp Arch street.
,ifl BOUSE STOKE, IQ
qy 43 SOUTH NINTH STREET. ‘tV
1 IN. WOOD, WILLOW a NDIRON WARE. RAPES,
SETTLE TABLES and CLOTHES WRINGERS.
HOLIDAY GOODS.
no 9 cm rpl TBPS W. YOST, Agent.
XYPERA GLASSES,
\J pine Opera Glasses, made by H. BARDOU, oi
Paris.
Imported and for sale only by
* O.W.A. TKUHPLER,
oc-to 4p,tf Seventh and Chestnut streets.
AD. P Josis, Wm. Temp ok, Joh s Buklusol
JONES. TEMPLE & CO., „
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
HAT MANUFACTURERS, S 3 Bomb NINTH street,
first store above Chestnut. o«-tf
/"IUME- EARLY IN THE DAY IP YOU WAS v
\ j Photographs of yourself fur Christmas 3111 s, r.:
-ElMEß'BUaliery.fcecriudetrret.ahsve Gresu. Slv
Cares or one large Photograph tor it; 12 Ferrotype
-50 cents, -
IB YOUR BOY A GENIUS t Bay for hia CbrtsWiv
Gilt a Chest of Tools, Work Belch and Tu utnS
Lathe, that through these his cat.nt may becom
prsctical and home amusement suj.plled to hi F.,r
rale by TRUMAN <6 SHAW, No. 835 (Eight Thirty
live) Market street, below Ninth.
ENGRAVINGS ELEGANTLY .PH a MED tott a
Christmas Gift; resort to REimSR’S Loosing
Glass and Plcinre Emporium, Arch street, east ol
Seventh, ra—
SILVER-PLATED N DT PICKS, with pearl handles
and in cent cases, and an assortment of other
styles: also, varlonsklnds of Nat Crackers, firrsaleby
TEUMAN SHAW— No. 835 (Eight Tolcty-dve)
Market street, below Ninth.
]N GIVING A PRESENT FOR CHRISTO AS, give
I something that will always be veined; a Photograph
made at B. P. BE IMHB'B Gallery, No. 511 Arch st.
SETS OP BEAUTIFUL SCISSORS In handsome
inlaid and Morocco csbcs, by English. French and
Gt-rn an makers, and very beautiful Pocbot Knives,
suitable fur Christmas Gifts, for sale by TRUMAN *
SHAW, No. 835 (Eight Thirty-flve) Market street,
below Ninth. . - .
rCE.- IROPCSAIS for Filllngtwo Ice Houses on the
errand, ui the United States Naval Asylum, will
b«iecelvedontiUbe2Sd lost. Address
GOVERNOR OF U. S. NAVAL ASYLUM.
' Gray’s Fetry Road.
d35,ia.20 22J _ Philadelphia.
CRANBERRIES— A fewba-reis Extra Jereey Ber
ries, jest renewed. C. P.KNIGHT&BROS.,
it,, 114 South Wuarves.
/ BEAT INDUCEMENTS,
YOUTHS’ AND BOYS’ CLOTHING
FELLING OFF AT A GREAT SACRIFICE,
mi account of the Lt-ase'explriug by the Ist of January.
' WetU'er a largo and lice assortment of Youths'and
tcys'uear, made at the best materials and latest
tyles, ai very low prices,
e all ana examine tbogoodß at
dols-i.lt No. 821 CHESTNUT street.
MlfcSK. CARDWELL.
Ko. $24 AROH street,
Bb> jnst received & large ard b&ndsone assortment
t ,i‘ l/JrtI£SS*CATS and HEAD DHKSSaiS lor
Christmas Presents. dels-ot*
ELDING and visiting cards-
I legantly executed In the
latest ooveityof style.
. HASOii&cO..
y 907 Chestnut street.
!>u-JitVOUII WRITING DESKS—
Plain and Inlaid.
W and French Calfjßussia leather and
Turkey Morocco,
A t very lew prices.
Ma*ON <fc CO.,
■ 907 Chestnut street.
JU A N 8— •
X A beautiful assortment,
Paimed French Fan,,
Just received direct.
MASON & CO,,
90' Chestnutstreet.
D’ORLiANS-
A mott delightful toilet water,
MASOH & CO., .
Sole Agate,
907 Cheatnut pteel
A VARIETY OP KLEGANT AND TThßpll AR
TICLES FOR THJ* HOLIDAYS—in carted and
beotrtowooa end Ivory.Pon-boiders, Bookmarks, Pa
\ or Knives. Inkstands, Match Boxes <&c., <£c.
mason & co.,
907 Chestnut street.
dei-istrpi
7TJU&B JURGHNSEN’S—The finest Watches lm
v ported. An assortment for sale by
if ABB & BROTHER, Importer of Watches, <&Cm
324 Chestnut street, below Fourth,
MASON & HA MIL IN CABINET OR
flrom 575 upward*. OnlyatGOULlfg,
HT%T»sEVENTH and CHESTNUT. nclO-tf^pl
SUNDAY .TRANSCRIPT
New Type*
New Press.
New Features,
The .Sunday transcript To-morrow
WILL BE A FAMILY HBWBPAPBB,
J Iff ant 14 its typoyrapliy, excellent,Jo Its literary
contents, end leplete wlui News, CHtlotaiß and com
ments on ths
PABISIAS PKHIS6S,
PICTURES OF THE FIEII),
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES,
HUMOROUS HITS,
CHOICE{STORIES.
THEATRICAL IS TEEEIGES’CE,
POLITICAL MOVEMENTS,
THE WORLD OF ART,
FASHIONABLE CHIT-CHAT.
Together with the T*tost Telegraphic "Reports,Local
News, Coart Proceedings, Criticisms and Edita rials
will constitute
A Journal cf Unquestioned Excellence
.. AND
E. W. O. GREENE,
Ho 110’South Third Street
mtn>
CHIt'KEBING TESTIMONIALS.
The following letter will be read with satisfaction
by allwbotakepridein the Jo*t appreciation abroad
or American skill and Ingenuity tnher manufactures:
UMTKD STATES COKSUIi\TS,
Emm. Prussia, Nov.?, 1868.
MTSSBB. CHICKEKHSU & SDKS,
Gkntlemxxl profit of the opportunity afforded
by the return xo Boston, or my friend, Hago Leonhard,
£eq., toe eminent pianistof yoor dty, tooo wnat ought
to have been done ere this, to acquaint yoa of the sa*e
arrival or the magnificent “Chicfcering” Grand Piano
whfrh 3lr. LeoDhaid had been good enough to select
for me.
i n-iiks to ycur care and foresight, it came In perfect
order notwithstanding the frtqueut handling to which
U had necessarily been subjecitd on its lug pa&sage
bom Boston to Berlin. The instrument, in regard t*
its eieaantand tasteful exterior a* weliaslta&tauHftl
tone and perfect action, is everything that I could
have desired.
All those who have seen, heard, examined and
plaied upon it—among tbem the very be>t judges in
Berlin. players as well as piano mak.rs—can
not sufficiently admire it, and pronounce it superior to
anyGx&£d Planes made here cr elsewhere in Ger
many. not excepting the widely and justly celebrated
••B€chnein‘ T iistrotcents ofthlschv. Tnequalityof
U e tone of yoir splendid instrument is found to be so
refin* d and jure, it ‘sing*” so beautifuLy. as the Ger
mane express it the quality of in- tone la so fiiU.ronod
ai d ample; the graduation of strength Crcm the lower
to the upper re«lstera so complete acd even, and its
action ai d trecbam&in so perfect, that all coucur in
the ojin’on that iis equal m excellenceand perfection
hss not before been seen in Berlin.
So corns rocs have be-n the encomiums passed opon
it, in m&nyinsuncea.frcm local piid», given only be
cause thtir sense of JastlceaDd lave oftruih compelled
the eminent gentlemen to give them—and for *»»A rea
son all the mm evaluable—that la«surevoo,gentlemen,
I esteem ita t rlvilege.and feel proud to be in possession
of specimen of American art, ingenuity
Wiih my compliments arxl bestwishesforyour con
tinued well deserved success,
I am. gentlemer,yourob€dlentEeivant,
BUFIIELD ASHMEAD,
No 724 Chestnut Ftreet
HAS SOW
THE FINEST OF ILLUSTRATED
WORKS.
CHOICE EXITIONS OF THE POETS
ASD
STAI'DARO LITERATURE,
ix rrxF. BiXDistfS,
Ever offered for sale In this city, and at reduced prirea,
Call and examine our stock,
cai-alcjrues far* ished grsilr.
Until Christmas, cur store will be open in the even*
iofcs i ntil t» o’clock. deis-s,m,w,3t
PKBFECIIOiI ATTAINED.
S!i(v;ili! Etauij! Cheapness!
HARDING’S PATENT CHAIN-BACK
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
•njeTrsdeand df&’ers supplied at the lowest rates.
Purchasers should ask for Ilardlng’s Patent Chain-
Bnck Albums. they are for super or to aay others.
WM, \V. HARDING, 326 Cheitcnfc street. dels-St*
GILBERT 6 LEFT HER,
tuccesior to N. Starkey,
GREAT REDUCTION
~ THEIR
Lsrcs A'sortmmt of Portable Desks,
\ f tbelr own Mam future. Sultablj for Holiday
Presents,
114 9 Eighth Btreet, below Chestnut.
deISU
UMBBELiL^S
OF
French Twiiled Silks.
A JiWAi-D SUPERIOR ARTICLE.
For sale by
WILLIAM A, DROWN dc 00.,
2(6 MAKKLT STHE3T
.niRCH ttfsONS, AUCTIONEERS, 1110
i chesinnt street, s-tle of Jeyelry
• e;?, Lliains, Diamond Rings and Fins, on MONDAY
CORNING, I7»h inauirt—open lor examination wan
cualrjme at ti o’clock, Sale •to take place at ‘l2
v*doe>, del4»2trp*
huh |i 00 A CHANCB. AT THE FRENCH
PAIR' now held in the ASSEMBLY BUILD
imn itsG. Ti NTH and CHESTNUT streets.
A valuable 5600 PIANO.
Fair t on Patniday night, Dec. 15. de!2-4trp*
MASON & CO.,
907 Chestnut street.
- CHICKEBJ-NG UPRIGHT PIANOS,
fiSPfl 914 CHESTNUT STREET. „
InTTi OC6-tf 4p W. H. DUTTON.
ROOEHILL& WILSON
WAJJSu & WINTBB
' IX OEEAT VARIETY.
To-Morrow.
EVERTS OF THE DAT.
Acknowledged Superiority.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
- taa-c3
. sar
American Pianos in Europe.
b. kbeishasx,
United State Consol.
Chickerirg Piano Booms,
914CN£.SI5Cr STREET.
W. H. Dutton.
FINE CLOTHING HOUSE,
603 and 605 Chestnut Street.
OVERCOATS
HARDINGS EDITIONS
THE HOtY Blßtft
Family, Pulp t and Photograph Bibles.
CHBISfBUS,
WIDDISG, anil
BIBIBOAT
: PRESENTS-
Also Presentation Bibles, for ; -
CHURCHES, ■
ILERCYMEIt,
SOCIETIKS,
TEACHERS, &e.
Newand Brperb assortment bound In Kich Levant
Turkry; Paneled and ornamental Designs, eoaal to
! be London and Oxford editions, at less tlian ball
iheir prices.
WM. W. HARDING,
Wo 826 ChMtnat Stuet
CHRISTMAS PBEBENTS
FOB THE
HOLT DAYS.
Opera Glasses,
Gold Spectacles,
Gold Eye Glasses,
Siereo; copes, Microscopes,
.L
Drawing Instruments,
Bottle Imps, Waltzers,
Anda variety ef other useful and amnalag BCUEN-
TLPJC TOTS.
william y. McAllister,
Optician,
728 CHES’NUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
LIFE INSURANCE.
It m a religions duty, because we are taught “If any
prcvidenot for his own. and especially for those of
own bonse, he hath denied the faith and is worse than-'
an iaficel”—l Timothy, v, 8.
N O T'l C E .
To persons intending to effect USSTjKAISOE npo»-
their I*IV£S,
THE PENN MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
921 Chestnut Street, Philad’a.,
Offers Inducements equal to any other Company, and*,
superior to many.
The reiurn premium has averaged larger than most'
of the other Companies.
The Insured participate EVERY YEAR in the divi
sion of surplus, while in some Companies no return
is ever given for the first year’s premium.
ATT. THE SURPLUS BELONGS TO THE'
INSURED!
there being no Stockholders to claim a share.
The Security is ample. The Assets are well and
Safely Invested, and in pro portion to the
amount of Liability.
INSURE NOW!
All policies issued previous to Ist January will share
in the January Division.
Assets* Sl a S00»000.
OSSES PAID PROMPTLY,
MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
EDWARD HARTSHORNE, If. D., No. 14S9Walnn*
Street.
EDWARD A. PAGE, 21. D., No. 1415 Walnut Street.
In attendance at the Office of the Company from 1 to 2a
P, M. dally.
JAMKS TRAQUALB, President.
SAMUELS! STOKES, Vice President,
JOHN W. HOBNOB, A. V. P. andActuaiy.
HORATIO S. STEPHENS, Sec'y. noM-s,w,Btrp|
Alt retail,
SILKS, SHAWLS,
VELVETS AHD
DRISS GOODS.
FOB THE
HOLIDAY®.
JAMES. R. CAMPBELL & CO y
No V 37 Chestnut HBtreelii-
Celo-st tpj
OBAB APPLE CIDER.
THE GENUINE ARTICLE.
Quality unusually fine, For sale by Barrel or Re
tail. by
James H. Webb,
WALNUT AND BIGHTB.
delt-strpj
irlit Ml. BQUA BW flAEtft,
fc'WV-y CHI ‘9I4 cmssTNUT sTßuaffr. m
I\Ytn 005-tf4p W. H. BUTTON.
RGOKHILL& WILBOM
FINE GLOIHING HOUSE,
603 aid 605 ChestHßl Street.
latest stile sack & walking
COAT.
BOYS' OLOTHINO.
Magic Lanterns,
Tableaux Fire,-