ABTESIIB WARD’S FIRST LETTER. ■And Something Abont bis Early History as a Humorist. TFrom the Cleveland Flalndesler of Saturday, j The Toledo Commercial not long had the following paragraph: “It was oyer ten years ago that Mr. Browne became the local editor of this (being his first appearance as a writer for the public)* and continued as ■such for some years, when he assumed a similar position on the Cleveland Plain dealer, - and afterward wrote for the Vanity-Fair, since which time he has been' engaged exclusively in traveling -and lecturing. It is a fact that Mr. Browne was at onetime a ‘jour printer,’ ■and probably a (strapped’ one. He was a compositor on the -Commercial ■before becoming its local editor, and it was while thus employed that he began to -develop the peculiar talent as a writer which gave him a national* and has mow given him a ’world-wide reputa* tion.” To this the Cleveland Plaindealer rejoins: “It is true that Mr. Browne first -essayed humorous writing on the Toledo Commercial, but his talent in that line was developed, and first attracted public --attention, on the Plaindealer . While working as a. ‘jour’ on the Commercial , his sense of the ludicrous was one day strongly excited by some funny occur rence that he saw in the street, and a humorous account of it of it was the re sult. The sketch was left on) the edi tor’s desk, and please!! him so much that Mr. Browne was taken from the prints, ing office, and installed in a more con- J .genial position in the sanctum. Although Jiis first regular press writing was done on the Toledo paper, he had previously contributed some hnmoroussquibs to Mr. Hhillabar’s (Mrs. Partington): Carpet Bag , upon which paper he worked for a time. “Mr. Browne commenced writing for Hie Plaindealer , in the summer of ’sB— J. W. Gray being then proprietor. JTis limitless humor confined itself to no subject, for a number of months, but was constantly ‘cropping out,’ in all sorts of quaint sayings and juicy para graphs. He finally—concluded to give his writing more individuality by adopt ing a nom de plume. Hence the famous letters from ‘Artemus Ward,’ showman. These letters, first merely written for the purpose of ‘filling up,’ when ‘copy’ was scarce, sprang almost immediately onto wide-spread notoriety. The first -one appeared in the fall of’sB. Here it is: ' “‘To the Editor of the Plain Dealer — Bib: I’m moving along—slowly along— •down tords your place. I want you should write me a letter, sayin how’s the show bizniss in your place. My show at present consists of three moral Bears, a Kangaroo (a amoozin little Haskal—’twouid make you larf to deth to see. the little cuss jump up and squeal), wax figgers of G. Washington, -General Taylor, John Banyan, Dr. Kidd -and Dr. Webster in the act of killing Dr. Turkman, beside several missellanyus moral wax stattoots of celebrated piruts -and murderers, &c., ekalled by few,and excelled by none. How, Mr. Editor, scratch off a few lines sayin how is the show bizniss down to your place. I shall have my hand bills done at your offiss. .Depend upon it. I want you should git imy hand bills up in fiamin style. Also git up a tremenjus excitement in your piaper, ’bowt my onparalleled show. We must fetch the public somehow. We must work on their feelins— ,-come the moral on ’em strong. If it’s a temperance community, tell ’em I sined - the pledge fif teen miaits arber ise born. But on the -contrary, if your people take their tods, say that Mister Ward is as genial a fel ler as We ever met —full of conwiviality, and the life and sole of the soshul Bored. Take, don’t you? If you say anything ’bout my show, say my snaix is as harmless as a new born babe. What a interesting study it is to see a zonologi ■cal animal like a snaik, under perfect subjection. My Kangaroo is the most larfable little cuss I ever saw—all for fifteen cents. I am anxyus to skewer your inflcoence. I repeet in regard to them hand bills, that I shall git them struck off up to your printin offis. My perlitical sentiments agree with yourn exackly. I know they do, becauz I never saw a man whoos didn’t. “ ‘Respectfully yours, “ ‘A. Ward.’ “ ‘P. S.—You scratch my back aud lie [Scratch your back.” . “Mr: Browne worked on ta.Q Plain dealer for over two years, at the end of ■which time he enjoyed a national repu tation, his letters in this paper having l)een copied far and wide —even in Eu rope. In the winter Of 1860; we believe, he accepted an offer from Vanity Fair, and went to New York to take a leading position on that paper. He was there hut a few months, when he commenced ; his career as a lecturer, which has been attended by such uniform and perfect .-success, and which is so familiar to our readers.” ‘ ■ THE HUMOR OF ARTEMUS WARD. [From the London Spectator.] When he first appears, for instance: he says with the greatest simplicity and -a pathetic kind of earnestness, that he does not himself think at all highly of his entertainment or expect much from it, that he only hopes to obtain from it a small sum of money sufficient to take •him to New Zealand, “for,” he adds, “if I could only go to New Zealand,l should that Ihad not wholly lived in vain;” and then, as the audience laugh at this mew recipe for avoiding a completely •vain life, he adds with eagerness and a child-like sort of effusion to his audi ence, “I don’t want to live wholly m •vain:” at which, of course, the laughter •deepens into a hearty roar. This is a typo of the whole character of his humor. He gets hold of two inconsistent and .absurdly arbitrary ideas, connects, them with "a sort of simple fervor in his own mind, and presses them on his hearers with an air of plaintive good faith that is •quite •irresistible. So, a few sentences . afterward, when he - mentions that he • would not allow a bust of himself to be -taken because he could . not bear the idea pf the people carrying him about ■everywhere, making him common, anc lugging him in plaster of Paris, and his . audience (rather prematurely) laugh, he assumes the laugh to be skeptical, and says with a sharp, half-snappish air of : innocent, argumentative irritation, ■*‘Yes, they would;” and then those who . saw nothing humorous before are fully carried away now and join in the uni- I~ ~~~ %horus. All his best points are : i3| producing this impression— . Jm mind is floating inevitably dfiiatural current of ideas where \Kce see the most absurd com THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN.-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29 1566.-TKIPLE binations. In one of his Punch Papers, Artemus Ward’s best point wasren»'ara ing quite simply that the Tower .i, a . a “sweet boon,” but the humor of tb' la criticism would have been immensely 7 enhanced by this manner. He would , have said it with such accidental pathos, as, if the words were the only possible ones; that could to his lips to describe the Tower, that the humor, real enough in the printed letter,would have convulsed his audience. - All he says seems to be thought aloud, as if it were ; ust bubbling up new within him. And when he hits on a deep thought,and says for instance,'with a sort of hesitating, perplexed candor, as though he were getting a little beyond his own depth and his audience’s too—“ Time passed on. You may -have noticed’that it usually does; that that is a sort of way that time has about it,it generally passes on,” a joke of no absolute merit takes a very great humor from his hesitating, anxious way of appearing to show the analysis of his own embarrassed thoughts to the people he is addressing. The cha racter he best likes to fill is that of a sort ;of intellectual Hans—the model simple ton of the old German stories—in the* act of confiding himself to the public. In the German stories Hans only makes a practical fool of himself in all possible ways. But Artemus Ward intellec tualizes him—shows the inner absurdity of his own thoughts with a pathetic earnestness and candor. His mind seenis to wonder when he speaks of his town past with winning simplicity. ‘ With .the sunny dayi of youth, he says, many sweet forms are associated, “es- married another— you may. notice they frequently do”- and he brings'out all such happy gene ralizations with areal heave of intellec tual travail that convulses his hearers with gbod reason. “ Cockloft Hull. “Hours at Home ” for January con tains a racy little article from the pen of W. J; Paulding, devoted to “Co’ck loft Hall,” a pleasant homestead of this city, which years ago; was the haunt of Washington Irving, James K. Pauld ing and other fellows of the pen in the days of Salmagundi, When nobody read an American book. The house is still standing and likely to stand and bear its honors proudly as deserving,- more than any other, the name of the birth-place of American literature. Mr. Paulding explains the habits of the inmates as follows: : I should briefly premise that, at the time of which lam about to treat, the first series of Salmagundi was in the full flush of success, and that Washington Irving and James K, Paulding, the authors, and Henry Brevoort, Jr., their sworn ally, were the most assiduous visitors of this place, the property of their common friend, Gouverneur Kem ble. Irving and Paulding not only fre quented the house themselves but peo-, pled it with a brood of imaginary gentlefolks and their dependents. Other of the Irving family, and friends of all the parties named, assisted occasionally in the frolics that went on there; and all, or almost all, had' nick-names, as will incidentally appear. Gouverneur Kemble, for example, who came into possession about the year 1806, in recog nition of his proprietorship was fitted with the title of “Patroon,” doubtless in ridicule of the limited extent of his grounds, for estatesin New York in those days often went by the square mile. A description of the house and its various rooms follows, concluding with: Tbe Green Moreen, which occupied the southwestern angle of the second story, seems to have been the favorite bachelor’s quarters. Fast by the western Window, on the 'southerly side of the stoop, grew an immense honey-cherry, to the fruit of which the birds were ex tremely partial; and it is averred that these lazy dogs of Balmagundians would lie in bed there and shoot them. Into this tree “Billy Taylor” (Paulding) once incautiously climbed, and the rest of the roaring boys, having detected him there pilfering, pelted him bitterly before they allowed him to descend; and, doubtless, It was a reminiscence of it that suggested one of the finest papers in the second series of Salmagundi. The laziness of the friends on their incursions was notorious among their acquaintances. Peter Irving has re corded how they “sometimes fell socia bly into a general nap in the drawing room in the dusk of the evening;” and it is told that on one occasion Miss Bella 0., a neighbor in the outskirts of Newark, sent a bustling and peppery little doctor to see Mr. Paulding, at an hour when she had calculated that he would be found stretched on the sofa. Sure enough, before “Billy Taylor” had fairly comprehended that a stranger was in the room, the doctor watch in hand, had birr) by the wrist, and was demand ing the specification of his symptoms. The denouement may be imagined. Both parties at first thought the other wasplaying off a joke upon him, and both soon found that they were joint vic tims of a third. Many were the rare doings and the absurd pranks in and about that house, , of which the trials at jumping and the games of leap frog-Were of the least. In the Chinese saloon, Dick McCall (teste Washington Irving et al.) was, in a rather irregular way, dubbed a knight by Peter Irving, “senior of our order,” and bepaganized into“Ooroondates;”and “round and round about” the lawn, and finally into the summer house, upon a certain Fourth of July, was paraded the “supercargo” (Harry Ogden) in the character of St. Tammany, and in a mantle of red cotton, his Indian head dress being represented by a huge fly brush of peacocks’feathers struck handle wise down his back under the collar of hiß coat, and towering majestically over his figure. , . This gay little coterie was destined to a distinguished future: Both of the literary members of the fraternity rose to high public station— Irving a foreign minister, Paulding a cabinet officer. ■, In letters, the name of the former has become truly illustrious, and if the other has not achieved or de served so universal a recognition,he was yet not even an every'day writer; while in one point of view he will command in future ages a keener study than his more famous friend, that he was more charac teristic of his age and country, That they should all have turned out so creditably seems to have astonished even themselves. Said Irving to Kem ble in i 849: “Who would have thought that we should ever have lived to be two such respectable old gentlemen! V The friendship of these four comrades remained unbroken, while they lived; and it is pleasant, and at the same tiffie almost pathetic, to learn from-their let ters, how often as the years wore on their hearts reverted to Cockloft Hall and their early association there. It waß dear to all of them. The two authors used it kindly. As anillustra f ration ofi how tenderly and affection ately these men touched with the wand of memory, and almost hallowed with tlheir touch, even the inanimate features of'the plate, I append an extract from that paper in the second series of Sal magundi, to which I have alluded. It is from the pen of Paulding. He has imagined and finely described a thunder gust, during which th» Cock loft ladies are represented as having re tired into a room with closed'shutters, and ensconced themselves amid feather beds. > ; . “The old cherry-tree,” says the chron icler, “at the first blast,fell to the ground almost without a struggle. ‘lt has gone befoie me,’said old Christopher; ‘why complain of the shortness of life, when all live long enough to bury half the friends they love, and see the cherished objects of • their youth leveled in the dust?”’ ■ REAJb ESTATES. CHESTER' COMTY FARM. WILL BE SOLD‘AT PUBLIC SALE, JANUARY 3d, 1867. Adjoins' the Borough of KENNKT SQUARE, con tains abont 151 acres, Is in a high state of cultivation. The buildings are excellent. ~ . ■ . . Ihe Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Bal'road rona through the farm, ' ' . This i a one of the finest Arms In Chester county .and has many advantages. _ , j ■< It belongs to the estate of Harlan Ganse, (dec’d). Tbe aale will take place at one o'clock, on the pre : tforitartber particulars and printed descrlptlon,send . to B; IRWIN GATJBE, Kannett Square, Pa., Hying on tbe premises; or, J. T. GAUSS, Wilmington, Del, de2otja3i .. m FOR SALE, Elegant Brick and .Brown Stone-DWELLING, No 2u20 SPRUCE Street, immediate Possession. - matt nr,, BROTHER A 00., de4-lm* „ 2600 SOUTH Street, M MASTER'S PEREMPTORY SALE OF VAL UABLE •RTCATs ESTATE —THOMAS & SON". A uctioceers —EXTRA VALUABEE BUSINESS STAND. THREE-STORY BRICK BUILDING. No. 133 South THIRD Street, between Walnut and Cheat* aut streets.- In-pursuance of a Decree of toe District »»c-urt of the Cfiy and County of Philadelphia. In rquity. Andrew B. Wells vs. Bamuel Wagner and Tobias Wagner, Executors, Ac., etaL JaueTerm, IS6B. No. 9. On TUESDAY, January Bth, 1867, at 12 o’clock, noon, will be sold at Public Sale, without re serve, at the PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE-All tbat three-story brick messuage and lot of ground, situate on the west side ot Third street, Ibetween Wftl* out and Ch»tnut streets. 154 feet north of Walnut street, In the City of Philadelphia; containing in front on Third street 20 feet, and in depth 120 feet to a 4 feet alley; icgetherwlth the right and privilege of said 4 feet alley, in common with the owners and occupiers oi tbe lots of ground adjoining the same, and of water courses therein*. wy The improvements on the above are a three sti.iy brick building, with three-story back buildings, now occupied as pfticee. . Al _ . The papers be seen at the office of tbe Master, No. 416 Walnut Btreet. CHARLES a PANCOAST, Master. M. THOMAS A SONS, Auctioneers, de14.15,17.19, 139 and I*l S. Fonrtti street. FUR SALE—A DESIRABLE COUNTRY lawi PLACE, acres superior land, slip t.ie on the Lancaster road one_xnile from Rosemont station, on the Pennsylvania uentral Railroad, and ten miles from the City, btone house, barn and all nectssary onbbaildings; fruit in abundance and a stream of water running through the place. J, M. rtTTMM-RY & SONS, 508 walnut street. .. 4=a FOR SALE.—The three-stery brick dwell JK ING with double three-story back buildings, situate No. 227 South Twentieth street. Has every modern convenience and improvement, and is in good order. Lot 18 fret front by 88 feet deep. J. M. GUM ■dKYABOBS 508 Walnut street. gS FOB BALE.—The handsome brick Residence, Elia 22 feet front, with Stable and Carriage honse, and lot 240 feet deep to a 40 feet wide street, sltaate No. 1509 spruce street; has every modem convenience. J M. UOMMEY dt BOKS, 508 Walnut street, §a FOB BAT.It FOB 5.500 DOLLAhS OK TO LET ■ for too dollars per annum, a donate three story brick house wltn double three4!torj back buildings, o a TSNTH Btreet,below Montgomery avenue. de2S 2t« -FOB SALE—THE FXRST-CLAB3 HOUSE K2J u, E. comer Eighteenth and Arch. Possession in May next. Apply at No. 253 Chestnut at. de27-6t* To RBUT-THREE ROO«S-3)by 68 feet; Second, Third and. Fourth Stories, ITS North THIRD street. de27-6t» Building lot for sALE-situate on the south eaat corner of Christian and Sixteenth streets, 264 feet front on Christian, by 133 feet deepon Sixteenth to Itiontrose street, J.M.GUMMXX <fc SONS, 50S Wal nut street. • * FHBMITITBE AMP gEPPSSSI A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. GOULD & 00., UNION FURNITURE DEPOTS, Comer NINTH and MARKET Streets, and Nos, (7 and 89 North SECOND streat, invite all their old customers and aa many new ones «a will come to see their elegant and large assortment of FURNITURE, suitable for Presents or otherwise, mh9 iy v . HOOP SKIRTS. coq hoop skirts. ■ £*qq 040. LATEST STYLE, JTJ3T OUT. 040. LE PETIT TRAIL,for toe Promenade, 2« ydAronnd. THE CHAMPION TRAIL, Drawing-Room, 3 yards round. . These Skirts are In everyway the moat desirable that we have heretofore offered to the public; also, com olete Uses of Ladles’, Misses’ and Childrens’ Plain and rraU Hoop Skirts, from 2X to 4 yards in tircumfex •ence,of every length,aU of “our own matte,’ wholesale and retail, and warranted to give satisfaction. Constantly on handr'low-pricedSNew York madt Skirts. Plain and Trail. SO springs. 90 cents; 25 springs «: so sprlngß, fl 10, and 40 springs, $125. Fklrta made to order, altered and repaired. Call or send for Circular of styles, sizes and prices. Manufactory and Salesrooms, No. 628- Arch Street. WM. T. HOrengß. pol4-3mg PEBFUMEBI. MASONIC MASKS. m MARTIN LEANS, NO. «SCHESTNin fj\ STBBB7T. First Premium awarded by Franklin Insti ' T ' pure, wmbt.kmb, &0.. *0: Hi. and original designs of Masonic Marks, Tem plars’ Medals. Army Medals and Corps Badges 01 dAMTlptfan. nol4»’w.tn.f«B.3uM_ IiOST AND FOUND. TkTOTICiE —Policy No, 2730, In the Franklin Insurance {Company, on House N o. 300 South Tenth street,has been loßt or mislaid. Application for the issue of a new Policy; In lieu thereof, has been made te the Com pauy. GEORGE JONKIN.Jb., dei9-w,s4t* S. B. cor. Sixth and Walnut streets. ROOF/MG [ > OLD SHINGLE HOOFS FLAT OR STEEP, COVERED WITH JOHN’S ENGLISH ROOFING CLOTH, and covered with LIQUID GUTTA PKROKA FAINT, making them perfectly water-proof. Leaky .Gravel and Blate Roofs, also TIN COPPER ZINC and IRON ROOFS, coated and repaired with LIQUID GUTTA PEROHA PAINT, which becomes hard and impervious As these materials are warranted fer FIVE TEARS this Is the NE PLUS ULTRA of all other preparations Price only from one to two cents per sqnare foot, RAVEL ROOFING also done at the Shortwst notice, RECKLESS A EVERETT, 802 GREEN STREET. de!4 3mj /TANKED FRUIT, VEGETABLES, *O.-1,000 cases \J fresh Canned Peaches; 600 cases fresh Canned Pine Apples; 200 cases fresh Pine Apples in glass; 1,000 cases Green,Cern and GreenPesa; 500 cases fresh Plums, In cans; 200 cases fresh green Gages;: 500 cases Cherries In syrnpf 600 cases Blackberries in syrup; 500 cases Straw berries In syrup; «H) cases -fresn Fears; in syrup; 2,000 cases canned cases Oysters, Lobsters and Glams; 600 cases Boast Beef. Mutton, Veal. Boups, &a For saie by JOSEPH B. BUSSIER A CO., 108 Booth r>FT. a WARE avenne, ~ oc2Q Ur ALKDTB ANB ALMONDS.—New crop Grsnoblt W walnuts and Paper Shell AUnonds, for sals hi B. .®iiawar»AT*BMi BEMOTiK. MmmAL ■■ ■/'■■■■ OP THE North Pennsylvania Railroad PASSENGER STATION. 4j- .... .. .... . On Tuesday, Jaxxl Ist; 1867, The Philadelphia Passsnger Siatioi. of thl, road v WILL BE BEHOVED from THIRD and) THOM P BON Streets, to the . I NEW AND COMMODIOUS DEPOT N.W.eor, Berks and American Street. •EUJSCIutBE, de24-10t? GENERAL AGENT. REMOVAL. THE GIRARD FIRE AND MARINE IN SURANCE COMPANY % • ■ ; _ HAVE EHMO VED TOTHBIB NEW OFFIOE N. E. ear. Chestnut and Seventh Sts, 'PTTTT.'A TnETVPTTT A, dßKtf a BROWN’S TRUNK STORE REMOVED from 70S Chestnnt street, te B. E. CORNER OF FOUBTHMD GSEBTJ9UT STS. Large Btock, and assortment of THINKS, VALISES, BAGS, RETICULES, POCKET-BOOKS, FLASKS, HBESSIIfK- CASES. t g; BROWN, S. S. Corner Fourth and Chestnut Btf. OLeififisu. HALLOWELL & SON. 534 Market Street Sallowell & Eon, 534 Market Street. Hallowell & &on, 534 Market Street, BOVS’ CLOTHIXG. BOVS’ CLOTHISO. BOVS’ CLOTHING. Splendid Assortment, S>desdld Assortment, splendid Assortment. Ball fcefbrepaxchailng elsewhere. Great inducements, YOUTHS' AND BOYS’ CLOTHING SELLING OFF AT A GREAT SACRIFICE, on account of theLeasehapirlng by the istof Jannary. We offer a large and isneassortment of Youths' and Boys' wear, made ot the best materials and latest styles, at very low prices, call and examine the goods at de!s-l2t No, 921 CHE3TNUT street. DKGOS. DRENCH BOSE WATER —Just received • n In voice r Of ths Celebrated “Cblrls triple dlsHlled BOSE, orange, FLOWER and CHERRY LAUREL WA.TEK. ■ , ' "“1 For sale in cans and botUes. " ■ ROBERT SHOEMAKER*CO., Wholesale Drogglsis, dea t'S Northeast cor. Fonrth and Race streets. ROBINBON’S PATENT BARLEY and GROATS, Bethf lehem oat Meal. Bennnda Arrow hoot. Coi'sSparkling Gelatin. Taylor's HomtEOM-hlc cocoa, Cocper'ibelatin, *c., suppUed to Retail Drug gist at lowest l«gg{ biOTaHOTOAI£Iia4ca . _ Wholesale Druggists, dt2t til North eaStcor. Fourth and Race street, AHA>HL 95 per cent. NO CHARGE FOR PACK AGER. C. L. Oil, new mode. Invoice Just re* chived and for sale In quantities suitable to the trade. Ipecac, root and powder, in bulk and bottles oi • hloroform ofthebest quality in carboys and demi johns. JOHN G. BAKER 00., noI9 718 Market street. T> FOR THE SEASON. X> Glycerin Lotion, for hands and face. Pectoral Lozengeejorsore throat,hoanenets, dtc. Camphor Ice, tor chapped Hands. Wild Cherry Compound tor cold, cough, &C. Olein, for chapped hands, &c. Troche Chlorate Potash, for ulcerated throat. HENRY o, RT.attvs SONB, Eighth and Walnut Sts WHITE GUM ARABIC.—For Bale by WILLIAM F.T.T.TR * CO., Druggists, No. 721 MARKET street. ~ ROBE WATER—Double Distilled Rose Water, con stantiy on hand and for sale by WILLIAM n. ct.tr *OO., Druggists. No. 724 MARKET street. /TBEAM OF TARTAR—Pure Cream of Tartar and U Boda, for sale by WILLIAM ELLIB ACO , Drug gists. No. 721 MARKET street. , ipxtkaut OF beef for beef tea or Essence a Ei Reef In sickness or for sonps for table use. Madl n Elgin, minds, by Gall Borden, from the juices of rholce beef and Is superior In [delicious flavor am mallty to any hitherto known. Packets with full di -eciions, one dollar each. HUBBELL, Apothecary Ulu Chestnut street. OSUGGIBTB' BUNDBIE3. eraduatsa Moran Fill Tiles, Combs, Brushes, Mirren, TwsasanhPnl lores, Horn Scoops, Burrtcal Instrnmena, Truissei lard and Soft Rnnher Goods, Vial Coses, Glass aa> «14l syrinx, *c.. aßa^^gHgrd^^ nps-tJJ • S 3 Booth Eighth stress, DOBERT SHOEMAKER * 00., K. E. OOBUm JK. FOURTH AMD RACE STREETS, Wholesall Dmgglsta, Manntactnren and Dealen In Wlndon GlaS/Whlte Lead, and Paints of every descrlptloa offer to the trade, or consnmen, aoomplete stock to mmfi In their line, at the lowest market ratea. \ *i Robert shoemaker a co,. : Korthesst corner Fonrth and Baoe stream. T>AY BUM.—Jnit received, an invoice of Gennlm JQ imported Bay Bnm, forsale by the gallon, hj kobeßt shoemaker * co„ Bmggist, hTb.cor nsr Fourth and Race streets. “ PICTHIES, FRAMES, AO. a GEORGE O. BEUKAUFF, Msnnlacturer of - LOOKINGGLASSEsrTORTRAIT. PHOTO GRAPH. PICTURE FRAMES, GILT MOULDINGS and CORNICES, No. 929 ARCH Street. Philadelphia. Ohromo-Llthographß, Paintings, and a great va riety of Engravings on hand. Frame-makers supplied WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 8e22-«m* LOOKING GLASSES. Alarge assortment In Ornamented GILT and WAL NUT framer. For sale by J. COWHAND; 58iSoutli Fourth Street, new Cheat nut Btff-4TOB ~ i BONDS AND SHADES. ! B. J. WILLIAMS, NO. 16 NOETH SIXTH STBINT, MANUFACTURER OP VENETIAN BLINDS ! . .AND WINDOW SHADES, The largest and finest assortment In tta( alt? fit tt «n»?e *u4 fetter * #sM * CHARLES ESTE, LUMBER, Seventeenth and Callcwhill Streets. . PHILADELPHIA. OC3I-3m 1 QUU —SELECT WHTSB PLNE iODD. EOARDS AHD PLANK, 4-4.6-4.64.2. 2X, 3 and 4-lneh, CHOICE PANELAND FIB3T COMMC4W6 feetton*. 4-4, S 4, 6-4, 2,2 X, & and 4-Inch. WHITE PINE, PANEL PATTERN PLANE. LABQE AND SUPEBIOB STOCK ON HAND. tCfifi —CEDAR ANT' CYPRESS SHINGLES. 1.0 OO* LONG CEDAR SHINGLES. SHORT DEBAR SHINGLES, COOPER SHINGLES, FINE ASSORTMENT, FOB SALE LOW, No. I CEDAR LOGS AND POSTS; No. I CEDAR LOGS AND POSTS. BOYS’ CLOTHING. BOYS’ CLOTHING. BOYS’ CLOTHING. Bednced Prices. Bsdnced Prices. Bednced Prices, delltj&l X.IJHBRR HUGH McILiVAIN, 340IMarketStreei, w A fall assortment of 1 . Building Uiranbeiv A onperior lot of thoroughly seasoned , I'HBTSET BOARDS. OAEOimA FiiOcmnsro oabouna step . . rhathis, • - 6-4, 64.7-4,8-land 3 Inch MICHIGAN PLANK. Choice lot rf seasoned: HIOKOBY, suitable for Car riage Makers, . des-imj 1 QUU —BUILDINGI BUILDING! BUILDING LUMRKrP LUMBER l -LUMBER! 1 44 GAROLENA FLOORING; &-} GABO LINA FLOORING. . 4-4 DELAWARE FLOORING, * 5-4 DELAWARE FLOORING. WHITE PINJB FLOORING. ASH FLOOBISGi , ; WALNUT FLOORING; SPRUCE FLOORING. STEP BOAIV %. TtATT. PLA*iR'. PLASTERING LATH. 1 Q££ —LUMBER FOR UN OERTAXEB3 i lODD. LUMBER FOR UNDERTAKERS l CEDAR, WALNUT AND PINE, BED CEDAR, WALNUT AND PINE. 1 Q££ —ALBANY LUMBER OF ALL-RINDS. lODD. ALBANY LUMBER OB ALL KINDS. SEASONED WALNUT. SEASONED WALNUT. DRY POPLAR. CHERRY AND ASH. OAX PLANK AND BOARDS. MAHOGANY. ROSEWOOD AND WALNUT VENEERS. 1 QCfi -CIGAR BOX MANUFACTURERS. JLODD. CIGAR BOX MANUFACTURERS. SPANISH CIGAR BOX-BOARDS. 1 —SPRUCE JOIST—SPRUCE JOIST- IcOO. SPRUCE JOIST. SPRUCE JOIST FROM 14TO 32 FEET LONG. FROM 34 TO 32 FEET LONG. SUPERIOR NORWAY SCANTLING. MAULE, BROTHER <fc CO., no96m No. 2500 SOUTH Street. SPRUCE LUMBER AFLOAT.—Scantling and Joist ■it length frun 14 to 28 feet long, assorted sizes, Bx 4 to 3x14, about 160 M. feet. For sale by WORKMAN <& CO.. No. 123 Wainnt street. • UMBER.—The underMgned are prepared to receive Aj orders for Bt. Mary’s, Georgia, iamber, of any de scription, which will be promptly executed. JED* MUNP A. SO TIDES A 00. Dock St. WharE fanlStf COAL. C, M. PALMER & CO.’S FAMILY COAL YARD, No. 721 North Front St., PTTTT, A TVreTYPTTT A . Lehigh and Blacksmiths'Coal always on hand, of the bestrqaaUiies and loy eat prices. de4-tn th a 2mg P. McGARRY & SON. Dealers In COAL AND WOOD, West End cf Cbentnut St. Bridge. Also. Coal, Hickory, Oak and Pine Wood. deis,s,ta,threat COAL. COAL. COAL. J ACKSON & TEMPLETON’S ‘ Family Coal Yard) .First Yard on Nintli S.\, bel. Jefferson. Lehigh, Schnylkill, Eagle Vein, Greenwood, White Ash and other brands at the lowest market prices,con stantly on hand and prepared expressly for family nse. no3U lm? 2050. J. ALCORN, 2050. DEALER IN Lchlgb, Greenwood and Locust Moan tain CO AL, Yard, 2050 Market St., Philadelphia. gSTSelected from themost approved Mines, urdera Addressed through the Post Office will be promptly attended to. deS lms rr<HE ASHLAND COAL COMPANY, BROAD St., A below Wood, are selling the best FAMILY COAL from their own mines at prices entirely below regular retail yards, and In all cases legal weight, 2,240 pounds per ton. del4-lmjf « „j,oa Krana junta hsHSifl •JUiS UNDERSIGNED INVITE ATTENTION TT 1 their stock of ■, , Book Mountain Company's Ooal. Lehigh Navigation Oompany's Coal, and Locust Mountain, which they are prepared to sen at the lowest marks ■ttea, and to deliver in the best condition, Orders left with 8. MASON BINES, Franklin Instl tute Building, SEVENTH street, below Market, wB be promptly attended to. BINES A SHEAFS, eeAtf «rch Street Wharf, Schuytkiß. YTUAL.-SUGAB LOAF, BEAVER MEADOW AH9 Ospring Mountain, Lehigh Ooal, and best Loom! Mountain from BchnylklU, prepared expreasly at family use. Depot, n7w. oorner EIGHTH and wm LOW streets Offloe, No, ns Baum SECOND street, YnhW J. WALTON A COt j STOVES . JOB BABTLETT A SOB, Manufacturers of the r~~ti OkISEBBATSU f®B, BABTLETT HEATBKS, _ cSoSng Ranges, Gas Ovens, A Sheet Iron Wort of every description. A splendid assortment of . REGISTERS AND VENTILATORS, i and silver’s Airtight Stoves, always on hand, at No. 224 Arch street, Philadelphia. «nBO-H .. THOMAS a. DIXON A SUNS, iPat Late Andrews A Dixon, i No. IS2« CHESTNUT attest, PkllMUlsfcls, Opposite United States Mint, ag&nnoctarai of liOW . I)OWIJ] PABLOB). i CHAMBER# OPPICB, _ And other GRATES. SOx Anthracite, Bituminous ana Wood Jf£€si WAEM-AIB^FtjBNACBS, A3TB CHIMNEY *<IAPS, tAUIEfe’ TSiaOtLSGa, Grand opening.—mbs. m. a. binder, NO, 1031 Chentaut street, Philadelphia, Importer of Ladles’ Dress and Cloak Trimmings. Cloak Making In all its varieties. . Ladles furnishing their rich ana costly materials may rely on being ar tistically fitted, and their work finished in the moM prompt and efficient manner, at the. lowest possible Drlceß. In twenty-four hours' notice. Catting and hast ing; Patterns In seta.or by the single piece Jbr men ch&ita and dressmakers now ready. selMy Turkey FIGB.-25 cases new crop, various grades landing and for sale by JOS. B, BUBSIiiJB * <JO>! ;QBBqatli»9tewxwky«anft. r , BANKING HOUSE JAY COOKE & CO., 112 and 114- S. Third S*., PMlad&J Dealers in all Government SecnritiesC OLD JWt WASTED IH EXCHANGE FOB HEW. A LIBISALDIFTKEEErCSALLOWBJ Compound Interest Hotes Wanted. IJTTEREBT ALLOWED OH DEPOSIT. Collections mode; Btocta Bought and Sold on Gan. mission, m ' bnsinesa accommodations reserved tor : 5-SO’S, ; 7 8-10 5 s f ISSl’s# 10-40’s, COMPOUND INTEBEST NOTES. BOUGHT AND SOLD. DE HA YEN & RRO* 40 SOUTH THIRD STREET. NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANE CAPITAL $300,000, FTJLL PAID, Has Bemoved To Its New Banking House, Nos. 633 and 635 Chestnut Street A. BOYD, President. JHO. W. erLBOTJGH, Cashier-. noTH .^ST.OAM^ BANKERS AND BROKERS, Ho. 17 HEW STREET, HEW YORK. . Particnlar attention given to the Purchase and Sate of all GOTTKX3IEXT SECCEIXUS, KATT/RWAB STOCKS, Business exclusively on Commission. AH orders will receive our personal attention at the- STOCK EXCHANGE and GOLD BOARDS, dll-lyfc Q SPECIALTY= SMITH, EAMBOLPI U €&, BANKERS AND BROKIRI, 16 BentD Third if., I 8 3a*2aa etyeaH pbiiadeipins: { Hew Ycra. STOCKS AND GOXsE* BOUGHT AND BOLD ON roWMBiaB) INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS, 01 3yl -ft. 3X T * Buccessm tc Q«o. V Gray. 9 BREWER# 24,26, 28 and SO Sonth Sixth St.PMlad’a. Fibs Old Stock & Sri-Brown Ales, fay Family HER MAJESTY CHAMPAGNE, J. S’. ETTITXOISr, ist togyg msr 4?.» tets &om. 1 A MERINO, No. 140 South FRONT street, pflfers • for sale, the following HOCK WINES from the. aelebrated house of’’Henkel! A Co. ” Mainz: Nlerstein, Stelnweln, Hochhelm, Marcobruun, Llebtromilch. Steinberg. BUDESHEIM: Sparkling Mosel Muscatel, do Jobannisberg, , do ■ Scbarzberg. CHAMPAGNE—Meet a Chandon’s, Green Seal. do Piper Heidaelck. CLARETS—From the house of Washington Mortonz Margaux, St. Eatephe, S*. Jnlien. A full supply of the above Wines constantly on hand. ’ ' de27-6t* WINES.— TUe attention of the trade is solicited to the following very choice Wines, Ac., for sale by JOSEPH F DUNTON, No. 151 South FRONT street, above Walnut: , - MADELRAB—OId Island, 8 years old. SHERRIES—CampbeII A Co., single, doublei and triple Grape, E. Crnsoe A Sons, Rudolph, Topaz, Rleg, Spanish, Crown and F, Vallette. , _ PORTS—Vallette, Vinho Velho Beal, Dan ton and Rebelio Valente A Co., Vintages 1836t0 1856. CLARETS—Cruse Fils Freres and St, Eatephe Cha teVERMOUTH—G. Jonrdan, Brive A Co. MUSCAT-deFrontignan, CHAMPAGNES—Ernest Irirony, “Golden St»£ de Venogo, Her MaJeety and Royal Cabinet and other favorite brands. * . /CHAMPAGNE—Bouchfi, FUs A Co., Star Green (Jseal. -Just received, a fresh invoice ofthe above now In store, and for sale by E. P. MIDDLETONeNo. s North Front street, sole Agents for the United States. aezi-at ... S North Front .hutl MUSfOAI. BALLAD . deis-lmo* ; 33 South Nineteenth street. a : R. TAYLOB. TEACHES GF BINGING AH* A.PIANO, 1207 TO’BSBX sSwfc BlPKteg tL'gH.. noEiqnnlng. J , ’ - < t ■ BOSSS AND 60£K
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