I ILE YIIICISICAL SEN‘ATION 11N PA111.161 Auher's Pow opera—Grand Ovation to the Veteran Composer. tcorreopondenco of thr New, York worm) Pains, Feb. 21.—The "maestro" Auber has been the "lion" of the week in Paris. This wonderful old man seems an inexhaustible mine of musical treasures, and has actually 21 es years of age composed one of the freshest and most effective of chef d'oeuvres. The first representation of this opera, Le Premier jour do Bonhcur,mentioned in my last letter, was the occasion of a veritable ovation to the composer, which is compared to a similar great event in the life of the great Voltaire—the representation of Irene at the Theatre Francaise. The comparison is not by any means a just ono. Irene was in fact, the most insignificant of Voltaire's pieces— indeed, the .tench do not hesitate to call it detestable and ignoble—and Voltaire received the magnificent triumph on the occasion of its first appearance, not as the author of the poor tragedy which fell immediately before the public criticism, but for having conse crated his life in defence of ideas which in the outset were pereecuted and misunderstood, but commencing to take deep root in the popular mind, and which led to the immortal revolution of 'B9. Auber's case is not in the least similar. He has lived entirely away from political agitations, and has contented himself by singhig like a bird, without taking into account the changes of governmenta go ing on around him. When he wrote the .41tvette do Portia. ("Matteabiello") he had not the faintest idea that in the grand duo between Pietro and Mas nanicllo be was assisting in overturning a throne and in sending a dynasty into exile. (This duo, itmay be known, is one of the great republican songs of Naples.) Auber, in this case, was the unconscious spark destined to create a great conflagration. The immense attecess of the new piece is theretore not in the least due to a worship of the man, or even as a testimony of respect to his old age. :tuber, at sixty years of age, brought out the dancee of the King of Garbe," which was i sastrous failure. The "Premier jour de Bonheur" has succeeded purely and simply on its own intrinsic merits, and one cannot help being surprised that the grey-headed old man should be capable , of producing such exquisite-love- melodies- as -are to----be found in the new opera. The libretto is full of charnac—a rare thing in modern opera, it must be admitted. The scene is laid in India, at the period when the Commander Dupleix defended the French Colonies against the aggressions of the English—far superior in numbers and with better ap pointed army. A young French officer, Gaston de Maillepre, has just arrived from Versailles. He is entirely received, and is hopelessly in love with an unknown fair one, whom he has seen but a moment, during a passing visit to London. Under these cir cumstances he performs prodigies of valor in the hope of being put out of his misery by a "friendly" shot from the enemy. In the meantime, however, he relates his tribula- OM to an Indian priestess, Djelma, who consoles him, and counsels him to live and hope. Suddenly a wonderful change comes over his fortunes. In the same' day be is breveted colonel, receives the announcement that he has fallen heir to a great estate, and towards evening his soldiers lead in a fair lady prisoner vihorn they have taken within the French lines. -Of course, the fair lady proves to be the lovely Helene, his unknown charmer of London. This situation is, as may be supposed, too bright to last. Just as he thinks his happi ness assured; his fortime is dissipated by his gamin Bergerac; his best friend challenges him for having been passed colonel over his head, and Helen announces that "Sir John," who had been brought into camp at the same time with herself, having accompanied her in the promenade, which ended so unluckily —Sir John was her destined husband! In the second act we are in Madras, in the' drawing-rooms of the English Governor, who is giving a great ball in honor of the safe return of his niece Helene, who has been re leased and returned to her uncle's protection by the two gallant Frenchmen, Bergerac and De Mailly. Here come a ballet to represent the gay dances of the Governor's guests, and in the height of the festivity is introduced our friend Gaston, who, in his turn, has been made prisoner; in his eagerness to approach Helen after her liberation he has been sur- - prieed and taken. The Governor treats him as a guest and invites him to be of the party. He finds himself at once the object of the politeness and attention of all the com pany, as he is, of course, ' a model .chivalry and elegance. Helen grows less sby. Bergerac and De Mailly have made efforts to conciliate him. 'Later, these sympathies of the company seem redoubled in the most incomprehensible fashion. Ber gerac approaches and tells him that he re nounces the disputed inheritance; De Mailly begs pardon for his ridiculous challenge; Helen, with tears in her eyes, allows herself to express to him the tenderest sentiments. Gaston does not try to analyze all his de lightful sensations; he gives himself up to the charna of the hour. Alas! his dream is but a a short one. The Governor advances, and with a thousand circumlocutions, declares that Sir John, during his captivity, had for pure pastime made a sketch of the French fortifications; this sketch had been found, and Sir John was accused of being a spy, and had been condemned to, be shot; that the execution would take place at daybreak ; and that, as a reprisal, it had been decided -by the General in command, that ' Gaston should be shot at the same hour. Poor Gaston begins, to -comprehend -the gen erosity of Bergerac, the remorse of De Madly, and the sudden passion of Helen; but, after a moment's melancholy, he takes his place again in the dance,and continues to converse with Helen, withhowever, much more tend . erness and deeper feeling. Helen, full of sorrow, finds that she really loves the young hero, and responds fully to all his avowals. hi the third act Gaston is preparing to die. He says adieu to Helen and Djelma, who have come to soften the horrors of his last moments. But suddenly appears Sir John ; the phlegmatic Englishman has come to, request that he may be exchanged for Gaston, and, in case of refusal, he has given his " parole " that he will re turn to the French camp. The English Gen eral accepts the condition, but Gaston refuses. He prefers death to being a. witness to Helen's marriage with his cold rival. Sir John is determined to live at any price—consents to eive up Helen, and everybody is made happy. Ike success of the piece was immense, the ole theatre calling out for the author, but Auher did not make his appearance. Bou iluets of the most tigantie proportions were ready to be thrown7to him upon the stage . ; but he remained hidden .fin the back part of his .twoe one the stage), and, f heai, was en tirely inconsolable because the Emperor had not consecrated his triumph by his imperial presence. All the loud huzzas were lost on him, He attempted to leave the theatre by a private door, but the crowd *sated for him, and pressed around his carriage with acclamations and felicitations. stage Costume—Blunder s of the Past. fillOrt historical sketch of the anachrone kali) • of our stage costume will serve best to show bow slow but steady has been the pro gress of realism, natural as it now seems, that actors should wear the correct 'dress of the time and place which the author had used in the play he has giVen them to represent. In Shakespeare's day there was no attempt to dress characters correctly. The Earl of Southampteo, Italeigh,and such patrons, gave their court-suits to the players. Hamlet was enacted in the peascod doublet and bolstered hose of James the First's court; and the pretty pages and chorister-boys who played Juliet and Imogene, played in large fardin gales and white quilled ruffs. There was no more attention to correctness, then than there is now in drawing-room charades. That great tragedian Betterton played Hamlet and Alexander the Great in the stiff square-cut dress of William of Orange, with tufts of rib bon on his shoulders and on his sword-hilt, knee-breeches and square-cut shoes. He pointed his periods with waves of his cocked hat and tossing of the huge powdered mane of his court wig. Over his -manly breast streamed a broad steenkirk of Flemish lace; he not improbably took snuff and made a point of dropping his snuff-box when he saw his father's ghost. As for the stage murderer, he always scowled from under a black Charles the. Second wig. Quin played the gay lover in a heavy scarlet coat anti waist coat, black velvet breeches and long half powdered wig,flowing down upon his breast. Garrick, a scholarly man, and the friend of scholars, was no better. He dressed Hamlet in a black court suit and short bag-wig: he had ruffles on his wrists and buckles in his shoes. His cravat was of the time of William the Third, and streamed over his chest. Woodward, as the gay Mercutio,was still more inconigible. The rashness of the delightful young Veronese gallant was indicated by a carelessly-tied laced cravat, and a three-cor nered gold-laced hat,cocked gayly on one side. His waistcoat came down nearly to his knees, and into one of its profound pockets he thrust his hand when he began his arch de scription of Dreamland and Queen Mab. Another actor of the same period played Charles 1., whose style of hair is so familiar to us, in a streaming full-bottomed flaxen wig of Pope's time. Talking of Pope, we learn from a passage in the works of that satirist, that Booth played the venerable Cato in a large fashionable wig and a richly flowered dressing-gown. But to return to Garrick, that excellent and ver satile actor made Macbeth a sort of Scottish sergeant-majori Jas....Ron - Igo wore the cotqt, dress so familiar to us in Hogarth's pictures; in Richard the Third he was, however, a little daring, and ventured on an ermine trimmed cloak, brigand boots, and slashed James the First breeches; but Buckingham, Hastings, and Cateaby were not allowed to go beyond bag-wigs, cocked hats, and the stiff regulated costume of the time. Kemble was innovating, but his errors, too, were outrageous. He put Hamlet into a black velvet Vandyke dress, powdered black curly wig, and diamond shoe-buckles. Below his knee he wore the Garter, and the broad blue ribbon of the order instituted by Edward the Third was conspicuously scarfed across his breast. Charles the First, as Hamlet,— that was what he appeared to all educated people. The stage of the Kem ble period kept pace exactly with the art knowledge of those days. Fuseli, Northcote and Stothard dressed their his torical characters just as well, but no better. In Mortimer's drawings you perpetually see half-naked men with nothing on but breast plates and flaps of armor reaching to their knees. The absurd,abominable brigand hoot was clapped on every one, warrior or prince, David Rizzio or murderer in the Tower. How did Lewis play Earl Percy—in coat of mail? 0 dear me, no !—in a jerkin and knee-breeches, of summer silk; while hi ow in hair, plentifully powdered (Dr. loran tells us), was bound with light blue streamers. This same gracefactor played Hyppolytus, the son of These , a hero of the ante-Homeric days, in a spacket -silk knee-breeches, tight thin boots, and a court sword. Mrs. Crouch sang as one of the Witches in Macbeth, disdaining hump, ruddled wrinkles, tow hair, and brown-paper nose, in a charm ing broad-brimmed fancy hat, her hair pow dered and her snowy bosom emerging from airy clouds of lace and muslin. Edmund Kean moved things a little. Dar ing and passionate in everything, he tried - to be true in dress. He it was woo discarded the traditional red wig (Judas color) of Shy lock; he and Macready turned Macbeth into the grim, _Highland _chieftain, now__ so ...well known to us. Mr. Charles Kean, we believe, first introduced the earlier semi-Norse dress, which at once carries us back to the earlier times of ' Scottish history, and is correct enough for even the sternest critic. To Mr. Charles Kean, indeed (insufficient as an actor in all but melodrama), we owe much. His adviser, Mr. George Scharf (au excellent antiquarian and no mean artist), with great research' and the best taste, superintended his great historical revivals. It is untair to say that in them Shakespeare was buried under heaps of flue dresses and hidden away behind scenery. It was not Mr. Kean's fault, but natures, if the actor did not rise above the dresses and scenery. The Richard the Second was admirable in costume and very true to old illustratiOni. The lotig4o - ed - POlit - h - bo - iitSr tied up with chains to the knee, the jagged fringed sleeves, the parti-colored surcoats., were all as true as they were picturesque; equally true was the Henry VIII. and the Hamlet. There is one curious fact about stage cos tume, mentioned by an excellent writer on the'subject,—that is, that many of the stage dresses of old time had been celebrated court dresses. The first villain .at Covent Garden wore for a whole century a black wig that Charles the Second had-given--Killigrew..---It. afterwards belonged to Dickey Suett, who cried like an infant when it was destroyed in a fire. Quick used to wear a coat of James the Second's, and King Arthur's dress in Tona Thumb had belonged - to Lord Northumber land when English Ambassador at Venice. Theatrical costumes were often handed down for generations. Dr. Doran says that Matthews, as Old Foresight, used to wear the dress in which Wilkes played the fashionable Sir Harry Wildair, and Peg Woffington's coat for that favorite character was afterwards worn by Dicky Suett when playing ridiculous old men.—Every Saturday. ENGLAND AND ARIERICA. Continents 'Upon the Career of Minister Adams, tuna Speculations as to the 113UOICO of Ills bliCeeSSol%. [From the London Times, Feb. 2M In the midst of the singularly intricate and difficult negotiation which arose between the Governments of Great Britain and the United States out of the incidents of the civil war, it has happened that the Envoy of each power has been removed. It is acontroversy which has passed through - many vicissitudes. Of "the persons who were originally ,erigaged in it one. only remains `to carry it on. The English Foreign Office has been under the direction of three Ministers since the ques tions still in dispute were first raised, and of the two plenipotentiaries who represented the Government at Washington between MO and 167 ODOIS now Ambassador at Paris, and the other is dead. On the part of the Arnei leans there has been no change in the principal negotiators until now, when the retirement of Mr. Adams is announced, and thus Mr. Seward is left, the only Minister who has throughout taken a part in the dis cussion. There might be circumstances in which the • substitution of one voice for another in so protracted -a dispute - would -be THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN.-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY M*AHCII p,..1868. _ of advantage, but the: resignation, of Mr. Adams can only be regarded as a great;lots to both Governments. He is ; thoronzlilY fit-, miliarWith every one of tie points at issue, and although he has never shrunk from pre senting hls own case with firmness and deci sion, and maintaining it even ,with persist ence, he has always been fair' and courteous, anxious to maintain peace, though never for a moment forgetting. the interests of his country. There have been times, no doubt, within the last seven years when we should have liked him better if, consist ently with his duties, he could have put be fore us the views of his government in a less rigid and inflexible form. It is - natural, al though perhaps not altogether reasonable,that we should have wished him to look at the questions between us with English rather than with American eyes. But Mr. Adams had his duty to his own Government to per form, and the nicest ingenuity could not have enabled him to render that duty specially at tractive to us. He invariably, however, ex hibited a wise discretion and a cool judgment. It is easy to comprehend the painful embar rassments into which both countries might have been plunged by a less cautious or a less capable man. We have only to read the speeches constantly delivered in the Senate of the United States to appreciate the mischief which some prominent advisers of the Ame rican people would have produced. Mr. Adams, the representative of a family which has been connected with public life in the United States since the earliest days of the Republic, has himself taken an active part in the politics of his own country for al most a quarter of a century. It would be in gratitude on the part ofkhe American people to forget the services helms rendered them in England. He has been unyielding in their behalf, but no English Minister has ever ques tioned his good faith or good feeling. It is a success of no common kind for a " man to have been constantly engaged years together in pressing upon us questions of claims which we deemed strained or unjust, and yet to have won the regard of the Government and the nation. Mr. Adams has been obliged to pur sue a course often most distasteful to us, but when he leaves this country it will be with the esteem and good wishes of all classes of the people. We have so recently experienced the diffi culty of finding a competent represfentative at Washington, that we can understand the reluctance of the American Administration to part with Mr. Adams. He has, we believe, sought to be relieved ever since the close of the war, but Mr. Seward was reluctant to deptive himself of so efficient find trustworthy an agent. A successor, however, has now to be appointed,and the choice is rendered more perplexing than ever by the bitter variance which exists between the President and the Senate. In these days the President can nei ther appoint nor remove a public officer of any eminence without the concurrence of the Senate, and the post of Minister to England is likely to be warmly contested on both sites. The President would scarcely like to have in England, as a mouthpiece of his Government, a man who was intensely hostile to it, and,on the other hand, the senate will not permit the designs of Congress to be unfavorably repre sented. Thus a new conflict is unavoidable. To us it is of no importance from which party the new Minister may be selected, but it is of great importance that he should be a fair and just-minded man. « * * * * If the recent - precedent of the Vienna Mis sion be followed with regard to England, the future Minister will be chosen by a process of elimination. It will be remembered that the--President nominated--gentlemen of all parties, and that his nominations were inva riably rejected by the Senate until he hit upon a candidate who happened by an extarordi nary combination- of accidents to be equally a favorite at the - White House and the -Gaoi tol. In the present instance the President has begun what is likely to be a sharp cam paign by nominating an officer who was once extremely popular with his. country men, General McClellan. Such a nomina tion could scarcely be made without rekind ling some animosities which are better for gotten, but with these domestic questions we in England have nothing to do. Should the President's nomination be accepted, America Would again be represented by a dis tinguished citizen, and one who would I command a welcome from us. Mc- Clellan _ -is an able man, :still_ the prime of life, and his military renown, and his active experience in a war, the conduct of which will always have great interest for Englishmen, would recommend him favor ably to this country. Before that war was ended, and while all its disturbing forces were still in operation, Mr. Adams wrote to his Government to counsel a policy of recon ciliation. He reminded Mr. Seward that the English Ministry had resisted all temptations to break faith with the American Uovern ment, and admitted that "at one moment a slight vaiittion, stimulated by sonic of the adverse influences within it," might "have led to a material modification of our present prospects of success. In any event it would have imposed much greater difficulties in our way.” - We can desire no better - repreSenta five of the United States in this country than a man who was thus able to do justice to our general purposes, however much he may have misjudged isolated circumstances. Philadelphia. Bank Satteinent. The following is the weekly statement of toe Phila delphia Banks, made up on Monday afternoon, which presents the following aggregates: Capital Stock.. ........ .......... $16,9170.50 Loans turd Discounts.... ...... .... .. 53,081,665 Specie 232,180 Due from Other 8ank5................ . . .... 4,048,024 Due to other Bunks. ....... 8,147,941 .. . .. 3026;861 Circulation.. ...... ....... .... ....... ....... 10,633,713 U. S. Legal Tender and Demand Notes..... 17,157,954 Clearings.. ........ ........... . 32,079,505 Balance.— ................ .3,358,843 The following statement shows the condition of the Banks of Philadelphia, at various times during the last few mouths: 1867. Loans, Specie, Circalation.DepoSits. tin. 1.....52,311,825' 903,633 10,369,820 '41,308;327 Feb. 4.....52,661,130 874,564 10,430,893 39,592,713 Star. 4..,..51,979,173 820,873 10,691,800 39,367,388 April 1....50,780,306 803,148 10,631,632 34,150,285 May 6.-53,064,267 386.063 10,610,696 37,574,050 June 1....52,747,308 334,303 10,637,132 37,332,144 July 1....52,538,002 365,187 10,641,311 36,616.847 AO* 5„ _153,427,840 302,055 10,635,925 83,094,543 Sept, 2....53,734,657 307,658 10,625,2113 38,323,354 Oct. 7....53.041,100 258,1303 10.627,921 34,857,406 Nov. 4....52,694,677 273,500 10,64(1,820 33,604,001 13ec.2, _61,013.435 216,071 10,646,319 31,817,955 1868. • Jan. 6.....52,002,304 235,912 10,639,003 36,621,274 Feb. 3...152 604,919 248,673 10,630,915 37,022,287 " 10....52,612,448 257 875 10,635 926 37,390,653 17....82,662,046 263,157 10,631,328 37,010,520 24.,..52,423,166 204,929 10,632 495 30,453,464 •Mar. '2.,..52,459,759 211.965 10,030,424 35,799,314 " 9....53,081,665 232,180 10,633,7131 34,826,861 The following is a detailed statement of the busi ur r of the Ph; ladelphla Clearing 11006 C for the past week, furnirhed by G. E. Arnold, Esq., Manager: iMearingS. • Balances. $6,001.782 SO $700,155 81 5.446.1139 15 430,639 32 5 .75386241 : 44T.476 4,08 1 ,761 61 • 759,072 05 . 4,969,440 Of 452,709 a 4,926,618 99 569,735 00 Mar. AND $B,OOO TO LOAN ON StOR rc AGE: $12.000 LUKINN &moN.mommly, - NM; 2t.' 10M Beach street. WELL SEOI.IIIED SS 383 33. - 0 Rent W roM D-A uf a Per annum C . thliO 2t. LUKENS & MONTGOMERY. 1015 Reach et, ot ,i di TO LOAN ON MORTGAGE. tip t_ll I V. LUKENS & MONTGOMERY. , i Luti.4,2t,* , 1.035 Reach otreot. _.._ . , 134.4100 TO proved Real( E y t atT(4 ,3 4 ci a m q BO? , B 608 ir r ggitit mtre y et • TURKEYFIGI3.—a. CA'SEI3 I :EWclioP. — v - ARiOUI3 grades, landing and for ode by JOE. B, BUBBLER CO.. lue booth Delaware avenue. !i32,070,505 00 CI 358,845 01 FINAINCIIALL. crirY oIi.IOIIrvANCES. , COMMON -COUNCIL—OF -PaIhADELPRIA., CrAr.nx's OsiticE. PITILADELPRIA, Feb. 23. 186 S. In pursuance of the annexed reeolution the following bill, entitled - AN ORDINANCE . To authorize a loan for the construction of Ctilrerls, is hereby published in accordance with the Act of Assembly, for public information. JOAN ECKSTEIN, Clerk of Common Council. AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE A LOAN for the construction of culverts. SHI.,TION 1. The. Select and Common Councils of the city of Philadelphia do ordain, That the Mayor of Philadelphia be, and he is hereby au thoried to borrow, at not less than par, on the credit of the city, from time to time, eight hun dred thousand dollars for the construction of culverts, for which Interest, not to exceed the rate of six per cent, per annum, shall be paid half-Yea rly,on the first days of January and July, at the office of the City Treasurer. The princi pal of said loan shall be payable and paid at the expiration of thirt years from the date of the same, and not before without the content of the holders thereof; and the certificates therefor, in the usual form of the certificates of city loan, shall be issued in such amounts as the lenders may require, but not for any fractional part of one hundred dollars, or, if required, in amounts ci five hundred or one thousand dollars; and it •shall be expressed in said certificates that the loan therein mentioned, and the interest thereof, are payable tree from all taxes. SEC. 2. Whenever any loan shall be made by virtue thereof, there shall be by force of this ordinance annually appropriated out the lucerne of the corporate estates, and from the sum raised by taxation, a sum sufficient to pay the interest on said certificates; and the further sum of three tenths of one per centum on the par value of such certificates so issued shall be appropriated quarterly out of said income and taxes to a sink ing fund, which fund and its accumulations are hereby especially pledged for the redemption and payment of said certificates. RESOLUTION TO PUBLISH it LOAN BILL. Resolved, That the Clerk of Common Council be authorized to publish in two daily newspapers of this city, daily for four weeks, the Ordinance presented to Common Council on Thursday, Feb ruary 20, 1868, entitled "An Ordinance to autho rize a loan for the construction of adverts." 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The undersigned are prepared to receive orders for the Iron-work of the Coalhrook Dale Company, Shropshire, especially sheep and cattle hurdles, and every descripiton of fencing, railing and palisading; also, entrance and hand-gates, garden seals and chains, and all varieties of ornamental castings. Pattern books with lista of prices can be seen by application to YAT:NALL & 'MOM LE. fal-f&tuBt4 418 S. Delaware avenue. 'MERRICK & SONS, SOUTHWARK FOUNDRY, 930 WASHINGTON Avenue, Philadelphia, MANUFACTURE STEAM ENGINES—High and Low Pressure, Horizontal, Vertical, Beam, Oscillating, Blast and Cornish Pump ing. • BOlLERS—Cylinder, Flue, Tubular, &c. STEAM HAMMEBS--Nasrnyth and Davy styles, and of all sizes CASTINGS—Loom, Dry and Green Sand, Brass, &e. ROOFS—Iron Frames. for covering with 'Slate or iron. TANKS—Of Cast or Wrought Hon, for refineries, water, oil, &c. GAS MACHINERY—Such as Retorts, Bench Castings, Holders and Frames, Purifiers, Coke and Charcoal Bar- TOWP, VHIVCS, G0V0 , 11.113. &c. SUGARMACHINERY- Such ing Vacuum Pans and Pumps, Defeeafors, Bone Black Filters, Limners, Wash. era and Elevators; leg Filters, Sugar and Bone Black — Cars: - &c: Solo manufacturers of the following Biles:Wiles: In Pbliadelphia and vicinity, of Wiiinuir Wright's Patent Variable Cut off Steam Engine. In Pennsylvania, of Shaw & Justice's Patent Deal Stroke Pow Cr it airliner. • In the 1. rifted States, of Weston's Patent Self-centering and Self-balancing Centrifugal Sugar.draining_tglachine. Glass & BaitoPs improvement on Aspinwall dr. Woolsoro Centrifugal. ilartors Patent Wroughtlron Retort Lid. Stratian'iDrill Grinding Rest. conti actors for the design, erection, and• fitting up of Re- Snarled for working Sugar or Molasses. COPPER AND YELLOW METAL SHEATHING, Brazier's Copper Nails, Bolts and Ingot Cooper, con stantly on band and for sale by HENRY WiNSOR bt CO., No. 532 South Whams. wru - mDraz ONE SCOTCH lIM PIG IRON—ENGA_R. 11 :nook. brand, in store and for sale in lots to snit, by PETER. WRIGHT SONS, 115 Walnut street. CROWN BRAND LAYER RAISINS. WHOLES, halves and - quarter boxes of this, splendid fruit, land ing auo for sale bY JOS. B. BOSSIER & (n. 103 South Delaware avenue. REIM" DST ' . GREAT BARGAINS WHITE 'GOODS &O • The dissolution of our tirm on the lot of January. re quiring 1 . 01 its settlement a heavy reduction of our Meek, we are now offering, at Greatly B educed Prices, To rneure Speedy Sales, OUR P.NTJRE ABROATMENTOF White Goode, Linens. • Laces, Embroideries, And House.; Furnishing Dry Goods. Ladies will find It to their advantage to lay in their SPRING SUPPLIES in WHITE GOODS, &0., NOW, As they will be able to purchase them at about ANTI. WAR PRICES. Extra inducements will be offered to those purchasing by the Piece. E. M. NEEDLES & CO., Eleventh and Chestnut Sts. GIRARD BOW: • tel MYER POPLINETTS iT) For the Spriug trade, MS. An ateortment of thee° N cry Choice Goode, mat received. SPRING SILKS , rjUNG POPLINS, SPRING MOIIAIRS: In the New and Dei.iro.hle Blinded. ', CF: , . from 213 to 75 centa. A great variety of Pattern& 111::% RY ALBERTSON fi• BRO. - 245 Booth Second Street, Phila. WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT UP STAIRS. mix 934 T ADIESCANSAVETJMEAND MONEY BY CALL 1.1 ing at Mae. M. A. BINDER'S "TEMPLe: OF FASH ION," NW Chcs,nnt. LATEbT PARISI &N FASHIONS. over 5(3 different THINIMED PATTERNS. whole:Aide and I'o+ol. A liberal dierount to Dreeemakere. Porteiau Dreee and Cloak Making in every variety. A leo, DRES.I and iLUAK TRIM3IINGef at aetonlisliing ow price e. Silk Bullion and li istori Fringee, Tareeb, Corde, Gimpe, aide, Bottom , . Satin Platte and Pipinge, Crape Trim- Velvets, real and Imitation Laces, Bridal Veil, and Wreathe, . . I.3dica' and Children'e French Coned)! and !Loop Skirt,. Ju=t received, fine French Gilt Jewelry. Gilt and Pearl Orr.amente and Banda tor the Hair,. Coral, Steel and Jet bete mhti tf SILKS' CI %eat Plaid 7.4ikp, *1 1236 Neat Strip. riikr: Neat Foulard Him f - 73-1. White Ground Black I'laid, id 12. Black slikr, allgrader. 'Mode flilkn, good <viably. Irirn Poplins, 42 .nd i t 25- mhsl.t.f STO WOOD, 702 Archtr(:.et. uusyn; HALL & CO.. 211 SOUTH SEGO 4D STREET. £4 are now prepared to supply their customers with liartirl.i'n Table !Anew" and Napkins. Table Cloths and Napkins. Itichardeon'a Linens. Colored Bordered Towels. Bath Towels. liuckabaek Towels and Toweling. Linen bheetinge and Shirting,' Beet makes of Cotton Sheeting,' and Shirtinge. Counterpanes, Honey Comb Spreads. Piano and Table Covers. Superior Blankets. EDWIN HALL es CO., foe South Second street GROCERIES. LIQIDORS I ittN. 1868. New Salad Oil, French Peas, Green Corn, Fresh Peaches, Tomatoes, &c., &c. New Messina and_ Havana Oranges. A LBERT c. ROBER.TB, Dulf.riD rt 9 Groceziec Rleventli and Vine Btreeta 1 '4T 1 0 . DE FOIES GRAS, TOMATOES, GREEN PEAS, OREEN CORN, FNESII FRUITS. &c. J A M ES R. _W EBB, rwawr WALNUT And Streets. err 1 F ;,.'r. 7 7!`,. ' .Z ''' &CO -4 't :. . -;','.4:, .I . ' / i'.:l 7'!.:j 1 r', : [ . ~. , my.ll-tu &th•ly D.A c l u l u S tv ' ti 1)1...kM O f N t 1 1 ) B!LAN I) . C t IN ro erived and for r Ile at C Liam lirrt .61 1 .131 11• 0:4 1 ga o st E ' ri ° ,lVo ° ,ti .) , u , s ilb South theou ' d Street. PEAMES FM: NES,IN 31b. CANS AT 2) r cents rer can, Green Corn, Tomatoes, Peac, also French Peas and Mushrooms, in store and for sale at I',B East End Grocery, No. 118 South &mind street. uvEsT INDIA HONEY AND OLD FASHIONED V I Sugar HOUPO MoLuses by the gallonat COUSTY'S East End Grocery, No. 118 South Second 'street. MEW YORK PLUMS, PITTED CHERRIES, VIM ainin Pared Poaches, Dried IllackberrieN in store and for male nt CO USTI '5 Lied End End Grocery. .oio. 118 South Second Street. NT, ENV BONELESS MACKEREL, YARMOUTH /A Bloaters, Bpiced -Salmon,-Mess' and-No. IMackerel for sale at COUBTY'S East End Grocery. No. HE3 South Second Street. (111010 E OLIVE OIL, lee doz. OF SUPERIOR QUALI. ty of ENrcet Oil of own importation. it'd received and for ease at COL' STY'S Eatst End Grocery, No. 1113 South Second Arcot. L in GRAPES.-100 KEGS ALMERIA GRAPE/3. Ain largo clusters and of superior quality, in store and for solo by M. P. SPILLIN, N. W. corner Eighth and Arch streets. 'PRINCESS ALMONDS.—NEW CROW PRINCESS PA. persholl Almonds just received and for sate by SPILLIN, N. W. cor. 'Arch and Eighth streets. I) &MINS 'RAISINS I I-2.00 WHOL, HALE AND LI , quarter boxes of Muhl° Crown' Raisins, the best fruit in the market, for sale by M. F.LIPL4LIN.N.W. cor Areh and Eighth streets. POCKET BOOKS. PORTEBUIPMNIES.Cet F r . 4 4 . t is 7 4 Ad G';ag Itoaewood tut! Mahogany Writing Deska. UENU' EIJUNISHINO Goons. GENT' PATENT•SPRING AND DIM toned Over 9.oterg, ()loth, Leather, whit! if 7 , and brown Linen; Children ' s Cloth and * 4 Velvet Leasings • also made to order • • IarGENTs , truuNISHING ClOo Ob D ittnnt S. ' •••• of every deseription,very_low, fge * P street, comer of Ninth. na :best Sid Gloves or 1841" and gent'. at RICIIELDERPER.I3 BAZAAR, nolitAto OPEN IN THE EVENING. LATANTED—A PIEBTGLA6I3 TRUCK GARDENE R IL— VT wen preferred. Addresd or eel! at Idoyameneing avenue. m.l.ls.titi Cf )lAG ATE & CO.'S Fragrant Toilet Soaps are prepared by Skilled *.v..ris men front the been materials, and are Known as the S rAND. tin) by dealers and customers. Sold everywhere. rocket Books, Portemonn Olga? Cases ) , Portfollps, Dressing Cases, Bankers! Cases. ‘.l 13% 4 Ladles' Gents' Satchels and Travelllng flags, In all styles. Ladles' and Gents Oases, Wks.. , , INSIUKANCE I r Mutual life Inpurauce Company OP NEAV YORK. P. N. WlNSTON,'Prealdent, N. Y. E. RATCHFORD HIER General Agent Penn sylvania and De.lanai°. • F. N. YAMMER!. Agent, 400 Walnut St , Phila. Total Cash Assets, - $25,319,319 55 DIVIDEND PAID IN CAM TO POLICY.IIOLDEIIS LAST YEAR 0 VElt $2,605000. CABII DIVIDENDS DECLARED AND PAID ANNU ALLY ON EVERY POLICY BEGINNING AT IMAGE FIRST YEAR. Stott nn.nt of the condition of tile Mutual Life Itneir. enc. Conitoiny, of New Yo, k, on thk; lht Febritary,liM, itccording to luw, First. 1. Capital Stork, None, being 9. purely nmtnal. ....... INninber of ahaxem of dock nub: scribed for 8. Amount of weeeament; or in etalumutm on stock paid in oath.. Second•-.-Tbe Property or Affsets held by the Company.. 1. The value, or nearly 'lawny be, ol the Heal. Estate held by the comportY • ti1V7,138.6 12 2. Amount of Caeh on haze: et - Tele. ......l 4,749 A 3 currency 0,419a.1.1 3. Amount of oath depooited in Bankr,tpeetfying In ct hat Banks the come it depoolted: Ater. ehonte Exchange flank. Bank of New York, Central National Bank,Alnetlean Exchange/Sauk, Continental Bank, N. 1. Cma ranteo and 1. Co„ Union Trutt Co U, 8. Trust Co. Total 1.473,481 l 8 4. Amount of mall in handa of Agent and in couree of tram, nmackn. ;Waimea due from Ayenta ......... .. . 5. Amount of ton ne xecore . d by bonds and mot tgogog, coma. toting the that lieu on real estate, on which there ix !ere than one • yearta inn:rent due and owing, „ 15376,545 rya 5. Amount of Mane on which In ternet ham not been paid within One year 7. Amo dm:Company on which Judpmenta have been obtained.. 8. Amount of el ockA owned by the Cuinvituy. whether et any State or the t. piled Stater, or of any Incotrorated city of ale United Mato., or 6f any other deoerin th,n. rr,elf)ing the number of 0111u...a and um par and market value of the came Par U. 8.5 per et., 171. Ites'd itZ.lo,(lte itt 118 :17,4.000 00 U. S. 5 per et.. 1874, Coupon, KM at 112 36.(00 00 U. 8, a per et, 18 , 1.1, lies'd 2,1C0 3 :50 at 111 2.314.7723 51 U. S. pr r et. g'd .. 2 40.000 at 108 2.1C.0,000 CO U.a.sper et. 10-41.1. Beor,d 6.,..5u at 101'. New S tate BountY. 7 per ct. OtO,COO it 10Th . 536.250 00 5.543.061 44 5. Amount of stock held by the Ccmpany as collateral reeurity for loans, with the amount loaned on each kind of stock, its par and market value . . ....„ None. Interest seamed but not due 171,110 00 interest due end unpaid . 4,262 46 Value of future commicalolle com muted . . ._ 647461 11 Prmiturno deferred:semi annual ' and quarterly ........ ...—..... 1,04.5.568 63 Premiums due (principally for Policies halted in December and Gross /vets, Feb. 1, 1868, $25,319 0 119 SS• Arocunt .of _aseesementa on the .lock cf the Company. caUed th e due and unpaid........ ....... ... IL Amount of premfutn motor due andunpaid ......... None. 13 Amount of intereat on ....... merge...matt .by .tho_Corupany, due and ...... Sec above. Third -The Liabilities of the Company. I. l. l . ru id e ..... . . . and un• None. 2. A nu Pi He chcitto. for 10t. , ./4 which are in cult or r,euteeted by the. Company None. 3. Amount of 10.. em duritg the year, it bleb have been t.a1d.... 914,5 755 4. ArLeetit 1c.?.?e8 during the Jeer. a hid: ha - .o not be e n ret tltd. tot yct due IW:4M 51 5. i+.l,lollLt of lerres deth.e the hitrh are contrAcd.... h. Itreoura dm leg the )'tar. tel to the trewratil", etd not at no ..... . 5. lireo.ott of dividends Ida - only 1:t. 4,17 r.t ttivldet“l-. dr, lared,_ doe r i d oupuid.. . ... ~. 1., A ir.m,Lt .‘lllli.r dctialvd ut.d not Yltt. due.......... . .... .... . Noce. lo A et . Lorrolved aid the 1..1111 ZU.10..4L2 11 , ; . Nene 11 Ae..12.1.1 (1 other t,oatr,t th.• , a).3 • d or ethk.r..%;,.. Fourth—lncoin4:t of the Core.pany,..- I. Amount of car,h prehdulim re. 3. A II I,OleM tfikt 11 ty the Company . 3..1.:n0ur0 pr0ndumn.....7: ,1 1.... 4 Amonr.t of it ter. -t mt,ney re• ctiv. d trom the in, or.tuu nti of the 4 mvcuy ........ ........ 1.1315.741 5. Amount of Intoze of the Corn pang Rem any other source IF/ 111. The .1 1 _:xyyendituree of ti.e / Cc)ll.ll3Ltriy. - - • 1. Amount of losses paid during the year 914,537 78 2, itn.onnt of losses paid during the year, which accrued prier to the year. '.....„....... .... . 3. Amount at which the losses were i otimated in former ptate neut, which were paid during the year Paid on endow nitrite matured..., 4 Amount paid and owing fur re ineurance preiniuma None. 5. Amount of return premiums, whether loader unpaid.... ...... Pat d o .... . , 6. Amount of dividends paid der - iIJ g !be year"—, • ....2,517,11.4 06 Sue ride - wed •• 256,687 26 , 7. Amount of expenses paid dur. Jug the year, including 6ninils. aim - a and secs paid to agenta i•nd officers of the Company [paid column-awns and in commuta tion of commissions) 925,037 3d 8. Amount Of taxis paid by the Company and sundry office ex. peaces.... 106,921 87 Medical- lixandners, salaries, and law ex; on . 241,985 91 other'P. Amount of all . thet expenses and expenditures of the Com pany Office rent, oinking fund......... Exchange, posingc, advertising, printing and stationery 116,610 10 1. Andunt. of pronitecory notes nrigin ally forming the capital of the Company.... None. 2. Amour tof said notes held by .r the Company +rs part of the None. whole of capital t hereof.. ••• •• • [Signed) 111CIIARD A. IitoCURDY, Vice• President. JOHN M. STEWART, Secretary. ante of Au) York. CHI/ an County of new York; 88. Br b it e r o c r u e iT h vi e ll e e n re i t e t ri br er o . n ., t i b i l o s iii 4t A t ty w_ of 4 n bi lul arc d h i o A r : ti D te .. State of New York. duly commissioned and authorized by t h e ovet no* of the State of Pennsylvania to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and, other writings, to he used and recorded in the raid state of Pennsylvania, and to mit ninisttr oaths and 01 1. i f iN l c i e r e t w y ry t e lF dk e e , ,na p tn e od r f s o Tm n ha tt e ll 4ise v itoi a tt p tut p ah e a tLh r if e a d ot tut 18 a trio statement of the condi itl the (i n e r; iie aboveA cu lf ;o l dn c t.; } r : d ir Y o. tion of hUld The Mutual life Insurance Company, uPOU the : l day of February. igaa, Aud I farther certify that I hove made. personal exami nation of the condition of said The Mutual Lifo Insurance: c o mpany betide day, and um saintled that they have assets safely invested to the amount of at least Three iluudred Thousand Dollars; that I have examined the securities now in the hands of Out Company, ae set forth in the foregoing statement, and the same sire of the value re ri e u 2 r e t n li t e e r d ce in tt t e h y u tTlV 7::: t not interested In the . affairs of said Company. In witness whereof T have hereunto set my hand and alb xi:a my official seal thie 4th day of March, A. D. hut. [Signed] MOdEd B. MACLAY ) • iSEALj Pennsylvania Commissioner in the City of • Now ork. F. RATCHFORD STARR, Gen'! Agent, 400 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. tu th•tit 5-,032 EO '2, L2l,!Xk) 75 3i3,300 01 , None. 14 078 08 .11CLith CONORESS,WECOND SESSION. CLOSE OF YN.STIIRDAY'S PROCEEIII24OB. Senate. • Mr. WinsolY, of Mnssactinsetts, called up the joint resolution for the restoration of. Alabania to represent ation in Copgreee._, • Mr. Wain said be had received a large number of letters from well-known persona, certifying that many citizens had been threatened with dismissal from ern uloyment, and 'actually dismissed after they voted, and that professional men had been deterred from voting by representation° that they would otherwise be injured in their hnsineas. lie related several in stances where ouch had been the resell , : among others the ease of Generill Fitzpatrick, formerly a Senator of the United States, who had threatened to dismiss men in his employment if they participated in the ielection,'aud afterWardo did so. liad there been a fair vote Congress would have been hound to recognize the election as valid; but as that had not been the case, and as no doubt an overwhelming majority NvOeld otherWlee have 'voted for the. Constitution. he understood that General Mende was now investigating tte matter, and would 8061) make a report, and that it tvaeproposcd to hold a new eIf:WC/11 in the counties where violence was used, and where there had been no election. fie moved to refer to the Committee on the Judiciary, hoping - they would report it at an eiirly day. ......... ' • Mr. Wn-sosr introduced a bill to provide for the can verslon and lending of. the interest• bearing debt, and to amend the banking laws of the [titled which, on his motion, was ordered to be printed and laid on the table. It atittiori, , ,es and requires the Sec retary of the Treasury to isms c - atport or registered bonds aufficient to redeem the entire interest-bearing debt., except the five per minium and forty years' bonds, and provides that e4d bonds Phan he payable In thirty years, bearing six per cent. interest for twenty years and five per cent. after twenty years, in terest payable semiannually, principal and interest payable in coin. The third section provides that said bonds shall be used solely . for redemption and exchange of existing bonds, and such exchange may be made anti! January 1, IRO, tinder regulations to be prescribed by the Sec retary of the Treasury. . The fourth fatten lays a tax of one per cent. per annum Mil at° new bonds, and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold the same from payment of interest as it accrues. Section the dhecta the Secretary of the. Treasury to ascertain as nearly as possible the amount of tax paid by each State through Its citizens and corporations, and to pay annually to each State the amount, of tax received from its citizens and corporations; said taxes to be in lieu of State, municipal and local taxation on the bonds. Section six provides for the gradual redaction and final extinction of • said debt, as follows: First. by ap plying annually to the payment of the principal all taxes paid on bonds held or owned out of the United States; second, by directine the Secretary of the Treasury, for the first decade' hereafter, to redeem annually, by purchase, in coin, ten williona of said debt, for the second decade twenty millions annnallY, for the third decade forty millions annually, and for the fifth decade eighty millions annually, or until the tir liole debt is redeemed. The seventh section authorizes the increase of the national currency to five hundred million dollars, and directs preference of isaa,u thereof to Becttotie of ountiy cot adequately supplied with banking facili ties. The eighth eectlon d;re , t, ,, the secretary of th \ Treasury. when the whole currency of the country ex.- \ ceede seven hundred million-, to retire and cancel as rapidly as poesitee until ontetandlAi United States' noses are reduce! to two•handred • . _ The lett section directs each banking association to hold its coin interest recce eel ou bonds at a specie reserve, until able to redeem its currency, and not to Use Ate teeth reserve for any other parpese. Accompanying the bill, and ordered] to be printed with it. is a table showing that under the provistorts of Its' sixth section the interest-hearing debt now amount nit to two thousand millions would be re duced in 1878 to nineteen hundred millions, and the interest to one hundred and fourteen millions: while the national wealth, according to the ratio of Its in crease from 18 te to 1880. will have increased from twenty-two thousand millions to thirty-seven thou send millions. In IsBB the debt would be seventeen hundred millions, with interest one hundred and one millions. and the national wealth sixty-five thousand millions. In ISe7B the debt would be thirteen hundred iitillior.e. with an interest of sixty-five millions. and the vablit wealth enehundred and fourteen thoneand Mullane. In MS the debt would be seven hundred millions, the interest thirty-five millions, and the public wealth two hundred and three thousand mti- Stuns: and in 11/18 the lee; payment required to exttn •ternish the debt would be only sixty-three millions dollars. while the national wealth would have reached the enormous sum of three hundred and twenty-three thousand milliens of dollars. steeeor. VICKERS, OF MARYLAND. Mr. JORNEON. of Maryland, preeented the crelen- Vets of the Hon. George Vickers, Senator elect from Ms land. The credentiale - were - readeand - Ifeelotterson - wens -- about escorting Mr. Vickers forward to take the re ti tette oaths, when Mr. Sr Nairn offered the following resolution: llesoked, That the credentials or the Hon. George Vickere, Senator elect from Maryland,-be referred to ..the Committee on the. Justiciary. to consider if the State of Maryland, with its existing Constitution, has a republican form ofgovernment, eo as 'to he able at this time to eelect and commission a Senator of the United States. • Mr. Sumner read the first section of the Constitu tion of Maryland, "providing for voting by white male citizens'," claiming that It was founded on the principle of exclusion, and was anti-republican. con trary to the principle on which their government was formed according to the solemn de iarati one of our fathers. Ail the States but South Carolina, when the Constitution was formed, recognized the principle that all citizens were entitled to suffrage: and when the articles of confederation were framed an attempt at exclueion on account of color was voted down. lie read from the writings of Alexander Hamilton, in the Federalist, an expression of opinion that. if the laws were to restore the rights that have been teken, the nmrom could no longer be refne.ed an equal share of representation, and he claimed that the necessary consequence of the freedom of the ne t:rote was their restoration to all the rightg of citi zenship. Some two hundred thousand citizens of Mary land,therofore, being dented their right of repre sentation, he submitted that the Constitution of Maryland could not be republican inform. He then pointed out that fourteen counties in Maryland, with a total population of 11e,e71, elected fourteen Sena tors' out of twenty-four. a majority lof the body. This system of rotten boroughs was also anti-rdpueli ean in form, and the Legislature thus composed, having furnished a commission to the gentleman now presenting himself, he (Mr. Sumner) thought a committee of this body should consider the question of the Constitution. Be might Stand alone in this, as he had been more than once reminded in other dale. But he did not regard it now more than he did then, and he insisted that it was the duty of the 4enate to declare its opinion on this question. Mr. Coexses of California, said that tinder the principle pet folth be the Senator, of but the five New Eneland States and the State of Wisconsin were republican in form. He supposed that when the :Senator came here from California with his creden tials. he would be sent back, because the State did not possess a government republican in form, and he pre stewed the Senator offered the resolution to indicate how far he was in the advance of his party friends. If. that was so, as his object was attained, he (Mr. Conness) would move to lay the resolution on the table. Mr. Connees, at the Instance of Mr. Nrr, of Ne vada], withdrew the motion, who called attention to the fact that the present Governor of Maryland was elected under the Constitution of 18fi9 i by 'which those who had been engaged in the rebellion had been dis franchised; - Egbeeriently, upon' an arrangement with the Governor, registers_ were appointed through-whom even those wile bad been generals in the rebel army were allowed to vote without pardon. By this fraud-. ulent transaction the State has, been placed in the hands of rebels. • ] Mr. Nirr read from a letter written by the Hon. Mr. Carmichael in contirmatton of his atatementeAnd said if it was true the present Constitution of blaryland rested on the basis of a corropt-politicalcombituttlow. and it was confirmed thus by one of their • own num ber, Governor Swarm having, in 'violation of the ex isting Constitution,:directed his, registers to thwart the wishes of the loyal people of 'Maryland, he, for one, would not be a party to a crime that would for ever be a stench in the nostrils of the citizens of the country, Me. Torresox said that when the State of Maryland had any fault to find with the Constitution, her repre- Sentences on this floor would be ready to do it.. Mr. Cotoress then renewed the motion to lay the resolution on the table. But Mr. SUMNER withdrew the resolution, saying he had accompliebed his purpose. Mr, Venoms then came forward and was sworn. DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATION RILL'. The Senate again took up the Consular and Diplo matic appropriation bill. The question was on the amendment b_y the Cominittee on Appropriations, - striking out the appropriation to the Minister to For tegaL Mr. Moenne, of Maine, again explained the con eiderations which had influeuced the committee. Mr. F.rtisrerneei, of Maine said the law of 1857 merely prohibited the Minister receiving anything out of existing apPTOPrietione. Mr. Molutiee, ofMhine. sitinhat 18111; Congress passed iclaw providing that no compensation be elven to this Minister, and the same Congress in 1857 re fused to make any appropriation to - thie mission. On this state of facts the committee feel bound to strike out the appropriation. ] Mr Su unit said that since the session of Saturday ho had seen the Secretary of State. -who had informed him that at this moment Mr. Harvey was Minister to Portugal, and thought he was new in Washington. Ile Mr:Sumner) hoped the amendment 01 the committee would be agreed to. Mr. WILLEY, of West Virginia, opposed the amend ment, saying that if the Senator had not called for the letter of Mr. Harvey, which had given rise to the trouble, it would have been long since forgotten. It wits inconsistent with the dignity of the Senate to make so much ado about a private letter never. In tended for their eyes- 11%waa opposed to the amend ment. Mr. bionnnee of Vermont, thought Mr: Harvey had sheen sufficiently punished,and that they ought to treat this tie if it were an original qrietition, He understood f that Mr. Harvey had apps' ed before the house Com mittee and 'made an explanation satitfactory to them. The amendment was trot adopted. On ^an amendment 'by. the committee, - striking out an appropriation for the mission to Ecuador, con siderable debate took place in regard to the necessity for a miesion.:duritg which it was stated that it was proposed to class it with thirmission to Peru, and that for the sake of economy there being no Minister at present anpointed—it had been thought heat to dis pense with this mission.. The ftmerdiment was agreed to. The first part of the amendment, to include in item "for the contingent expenses of foreign intercourse,' for which 630,000 was appropriated in the bill as it came from the House, was lost. The question recurred on ,reducing the amount to 2.0,001.1. Mr:.Corwarrir,, of New York, said it had hero= so now that no one could advocate economy in any meas ure without provoking ridicule, on the ground that one thing was too small aria another too far. e. con veying the idea that it was all a mere flourish of trumpets—mere deinagogism. Nevert betels he thous lit this bill a proper subject for an attempt to lop off the excrescences in public service. He reuri some of the items w lien wont to make up the amount last your. Mr. Ft.r.srir.ii, of Maine, s lid it was not the fact Of economy that he objected to, hut rat her t-hat neces ear) appropriations were objected to on the scare of economy. thus holding out Copt to the can larr lb it cobld not be realized. He explained that his former remark meant that he had been ( (intent heretofore to let Ire reentry im in its opinion of his economical disposii ion. The latter part of the amendment was agreed to. An amendment striking out an appropriation of *30,000 for lbe expenses of intercourse with Barbary powers WAS adopted. At half past fonr o'clock, pending the further consideration of the bill, a motion was made to maj , nria. Mr. ilowAnn, of Michigan, asked first to offer a resolution. The CLEW( proceded to read the resolution. Rewired, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following documents and proceedings of the Senate, sitting in Executive session, viz: At this point Mr. Tnerxamt. of Illinois. objected, raying that if they were read in open session there would be no necessity fur the resolution. Senators might have objectithis: and accordingly, on motion of Mr. CON - KIANG, the Senate went into Executive ses sion, and In a few minutes adjourned. Rouse 01 Representatives. TEXAS.. The call of bills being concluded, the House pro. ceeded to the consideration of the resolut lon offered last Tuesday by Mr: Loan, instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire into the political Ptntus of the State of Texas. After some remarks by Mr. LOAN the resolution was adopted, AMENDMENT TO THE CONRTITETION Mr. NEU : of Ws , ourl. offered a resolution in structing the Judiciary Committee to report etch an amendment to the Constitution of the United States as shall settle qualifications of electors impartially and uniformly in all the States. Adopted. CODE.EIPoNDENCE CALLED Foil. r. CooK, of Illinois, offered a resolution directing the General of the Army to commut.icate all corree pondenre in his office in relation to the City elle of New Orleans and Jefferson City, Louisiana, Adopted. Mr. Bluntlysm.. of Illinois, offered a resolution de claring that the House has never surrendered and never will surrender the right to withhold appropria tions for carrying out treaties annexir,g territory. Referred to the on the Judiciary. Mr. JrnP, of Illinois, offered a resolution directing the Secretary of State to furnish copies of corres pondence, negotiations and treaties with any of the German States since January 1, I±:4;.e. last, relative to naturalized citizens. Adopted. Mr. Bt•nrt, of I.lllnoir, offered reFolut ion declaring that a ?mind • financial policy requires the :Iradnal withdrawal of interest-bearing bonds, and the babsii tion therefor of greenbacks. SPALDING, of Ohio. moved to lay the reeolu tift on the table.. Nezatived—yeas SG, nays CZ, as fol low.: . 1 - ran-3fetpris. Ames. Arnell, 'Ashley. of Ohin. Bea man, Blaine, Blair, Chewier, Churchill, Dawes. Dixon, Drigge, Eckley, Eliot, Farnsworth, Fields, Garfield, Griswold, Bighy.,ilooper, Hopkins, Hubbard of Weat Virginia, HulbnlE of New York, Hunter, Jenckes, Johnson, Kelley, Kelsey, 141 in, Lincoln, Lynch, Mar vin. Pdcearthy, hillier ' Myers, O'Neil, Perham. Peters, Pile, Poland, Price, Robertson. Sawyer, Smith, Spald ing, Starkweat her, Taber, Thomas. Twitcher, Upson, Van Aernam, Van Wick, Ward, Washbarn of Wis consin, 't ashburn of Massatbusetts,Williams of Penn sylvania, and Wood-56. Naya—Mesma Adam, Allison, Archer, A xtell, Baker, Barnes, Barntun, Beatty. Beck. Bayer. Brom well. Butt, Cake, Clarke of Kansan, Cobb, Cook, Cul lontildridge_Ferrits, Gravely, Grover, Haight, Harding, Hawkins. HOillllll, Hotchkies, Ingersoll; Judd, Julian, Kerr, Knn't, Koontz. Lawrence of Pennsylvania, Lawrence of Ohio, Loan, Longhridge, Mallory, Marshall, Maynard, McClurg, _McCormick, Morgan. _Mtingen. :Newcomb, Ottb, Paine, Pike, Polsley, Baum. Ross,, Schenck, Scofield, Bitgreaves, - Stone. Tate, Trinib.e of Kentucky. Van Trump, Welker, Williams of Indiana. Wilson and Woodward—O. The House refused to second the previous question, and then On motion of Mr. ALLMON. the resolution was re teried to the Committee of Ways and Means. -- - Mr. BEAMAN', of Michigan, from the Committee on Reconstruction. reported a resolution directing • the General commanding the armies to report the number of votes cast under the reconstruction laws, up to the present time, for and against the Alabama Constitu tion. The Rouse proceeded to the busine,:s on the Speak er's table, as follows: MRS. GENERAL ANDERSON The Senate disurreeinent to the atnendnu•nt of the Hone to the bill for the relief of Mr'. General An tic/eon. On motion of Mr. IlmostAN the 'louse insisted on its amendment, and asked for a committee of con- SENATE' SLTBSTITURe The Senate :tibetltate for t helloase joint resolu tion directing that certain money now in the hands of the Unitt.d States Treasurer, as specified agent of the Treasury Department, be covered by warrant into the 'United States Treasury. - _ Mr. WAF17111:11N, of ikisconsin, moved that the Sen. ate substitute be concurred in The matter gave rise to considerable and excited debate. Mr. WAELIIILT.N specified the cotton case of Shep pard & Co., of Porkman, Brooks & Co., as a case where gros' frauds had been perpetrated. and Mr. Loe.ss; ',declared that be had acted as attorney for those parties, and that the claim was a perfectly honest and just one. While Mr. LOGAN was speaking, Mr. CHANLER put some questions to him, and after some cross-firing between them, • Mr. LoGAN remarked that there was no necessity for the gentleman from Now York getting excited, adding that a wasp could get excited, that an ant could bite, and that small things could annoy. Mr. CHANLER interposed the suggestion, "Or can make an ass kick." Subsequently Mr. Chanter. rising. to a personal explanation. said that the ',:gentle man from Illinois had entirely misunderstood his motive in putting questions to Wm, and had, there fore, In the course of his remarks, made use of ex pressions which he was sure he would, on understand ing his (Mr. Changer's) motives, withdraw. Mr. Looew said he had supposed from the gentle man's,. (Mr. Chanler's) manner that his.question were put to harass him, but on, the gentletnzin's explana tion he would withdraw anything offensive he might have said. In the course of the discussion Mr. Logan alluded to a fact which created a considerable stir. He said that recently the Superintendent of the Treasury Printing Bureau (Mr. Clark) had obtained the certiti. cate of threa other ofilciale of the Treasury to the destruction in their presence of cancelled bonds to the amount of $18,640,000, while in fact no such bonds had been destroyed, and while what was supposed to be such bonds was; nothing more than blank paper. This be had been told:by Mr. Clark himself. He had not believed the statement, and had gone to see the Treasurer (General Spinner) on the subject. General Spinner bad told him that it was all wrong, and that there Ought to be some explanation made 'of it. He (General Spinner) did not know how it was, and sup posed it must , have been done statistically. He said it be had known the fact at the time he would not have allowed it to be clone. Mr. Pules remarked that this was an alarming dec laration, and he Wished to have some more particu lars,. He wished the gentleman from Illinois to state whether the certificate showed the numbers, dates and denominations of the bonds represented as being destroyed; Mr. Loser:; of Illinois, replied that the certificate in question showed precisely the same character of facts and figures as all other similar certificates in the Treasury. • Mr. Flocs remarked that the gentleman from Illi nois would see the object of his asking the question. If three gentlemen had certified to the destruction of eighteen millions worth of bonds, and if those bonds were still in the market,'-there wasla swindle to that amount. That was a-little more startling-and alarm .ing than anything he had heard of lately. • Mr. Loolin repeated substantially his statement. Mr. Rattm, of Illinois, inquired of him what had be come of the bonds. • Mr. Loner( said he did not know, 'and did not pre tend to be able to explain it.' He aleo stated that he had information that rebel Officers had been appointed, in the State of Georgia in connection with tee, inter nal revenue and were drawing pay, from waose official oaths the material part had been scratched out with a pen., • Mr. Purer subsequinitly referring again to the state ment in relation to the fictitious destruction of bonds in the Treasury, said that, in' common with other members of the 'House, he had been very much startled by. the declaration, and that he would move for a cora. rnitre.e to investigate the matter forthivith. If such fraudulent certificates could be obtained for 'eighteen millions, they could be obtained for eighteen hundred millions. The Statement would bo carried before sun et to-day all over the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and all round the globe, Startling the THE DAILY! EVENING BULLNITN.-7PHITJADELPHIA, TUESDAY,, MARCH 10, 1868: bondholders and layering the credit of the govern ment. Mr. IN/I,IMM of Ohio, said the Committee on Re trenchmtnt wea already engaged in, the investiga • tion. Mr. Puma, of loan. nubpequentl Lion instructing the Committee on itiveqiirste the subject, and to . repo liVednestlay. Adopted. ! The setreni h 'amendment, on will had arisen, was amended by strikkif of one hundred thousand dollars,.at substitute was agreed to. ;1 1U DQJ.. i I The Senate bill for the relief of th Ryes of the late Philip R. Fend4ll,li labor performed in editing :the. Madison, was taken from the 11 passed, ASSAY OFFICE, Mr. BLAINE, of Maine, from theiVommittee on Ap propriations, reported a bill to locale and establish an APSE) , °ince at *Mire City, Idaho, i The several other hills on the Spl.alier's.tahle were taken up and referred to their appropriaie commit tees. Mr. Clresr.rit, 01 New York, Introduced a bill ex planatory 'the art of January 11, IH;S, to prevent ;rands in the collection of taxes on: distilled spirits. Referred to the Committee of WaJa and Means. COURTS. Mr. MAnCIIALL. of Illinois, frbm the , Judiciary Committee, reported a bill for the holding of terms of Circuit and District Courts of the United States a! Cairo, Commencing on the first Mondays of Marchand October. Passed. POST OFFT(r. AT BOSTON. Mr. FARIS'IvriRTII, of Illinois, the , Postoilice CommitO e, reported a joint resalution anthorizing the purchase of a site for a postofficb and sub-treasury at Boston, at a sum not exceeding $500,00. After explanations by Mr. Narnsworth. and Mr. Banks, the joint resolution wad', passed, with an amendment requiring the certificate of the District Attorney for the Eastern District of Massachusetts as to the title. Mr. SCITENCIi, of Ohio, offered a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the House whether Edmund Cooper is now performing the duties of Assistant Secretary of the 'f'reastiry, or has been co at any time since the rejection of his nomi nation ny the Senate, and if so by what authority of law. Adopted The Senate joint resolution providing for the repre sentation of the United Staten at the International Maritime Exposition at Havre was taken from the Speaker's table. After considerable discussion, Mr. SCLIENCK moved to lay the joint resolution on the table. Rejected. —.int reonluth ran then passed, with amend- The joint resolution wa.„.,en pre,.....,, ...,......_ _._ ments offered by Mr. Schenck providing against the payment of mileage to the commissioners,and against their being conveyed to or from Bane in any national or public vessel. , The Senate lot solution for the relief of Israel pS. - iehl was tak from the Speager's !table and r• ed. PETITIONB. '. WooDwann, of Pennsylvania, presente(l a peti tion of Joseph B. Scranton and other citizens of Pennsylviuda for the repeal of all laws establishing bonded warehouses. _ . . . . Mr .11ivErY, of Pennevlvania, pri.scented a petition from Fisherville, New Hampshire, to the eame effect. Aleo, the petition of the Philadelphia Board of Trade and buelneecmen for each change in, the law 11P wiil authorize the forwarding of imported goods, without warehoueing, (Meetly to the port of deetina tion. Mr. O'NEti t, of Pennsylvania, presented the pe• tit!on of the journeymen cigarmakers and cigar manufacturers of the second District, of Ptnasylva nh, against stamping each cigar:" The SPEAREn presented communications from the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the sale of ten forty bonds, the rate at which sold, &c.; and copies of contracts made for labor in the Appraiser's De partment of New York, authority the same, &c. 31r. 31.kvNano, of Tennessee. ..was permitted to record his vote affirmatively on the impeachment re-oh/Hon and impeachment articles. lle also asked permission to have some remarks on the subje::t printed in the Glo/A. The tit - Tar:re remarked that ilftY-nne meNbers had had that privilege, and he west:tined i,.lierl,!would be 'no objection. Mr. ELDRIDGE. of Wisconsin, said he ohLected, /isinuch as forty five members had vainly ensavored, the other day, to get leave to print one thfe minute speech. Mr. ScuExca. from the Committee aaf Way' and Means, reported a bill to exempt certain manufactures 11-ni internal tax. Ordered to be printed and recom. ?mated. with leave to report at anr, tixle. , • - The liom , e at 4:40 P. m.ladjoranod. Both branches convened yesterday afterncion for the transaction of business. fiejleet Branch. Preeldent'StokTee• yeas in the chair. Ile stated the: - object of the meeting was for the purpose of consider .leg the bill now before the State Legislature panel ing for the construction of a bridge over the eichnyl- I, ile at Vine street. This request Was made by Colo nel Page.• The tollowing is a copy,of the bill: . . ! . , 1$ he r,as. Owing to the rapid ,erowth of the City of Philadelphia. west of the Sclauyikill River, and the in creating necessity of direct, safe, and convenient means of crossing that river, it is found that present bridge facilities must be increased to accommodate the citizens: and whereas there is ur g ent need of a bridge at some point midway between the Market street and Fairmount bridges; and whereas the west ern approach to the said Fairmount .bridge is over and upon the track .of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and great damage to residents and the trav eling publlc, and inconvenience and expense to the said company and owners thereof; and whereas there is a sate and convenient approach to said bridge by way of liaverford and Bridgewater street., which pare under said track: and whereas the citizens of bald city and said company have asked for relief in the Kt inises, therefore, jEI TION I. .1: , it enacted by the Senate and Hoase fee' 8eia .,, ,e; . , latices of the Commonwealth of PennByl ?aoia. 4-,.., That the Judges of the Supreme Court, and the President Judges of the District Court, and court of Common'Pleas of the City of .Philadelphia, - shall within one month after the passage of this act. appoint ten citizens of Philadelphia, who, with the t nief Briginiqii - and Surveyor for the time being of teed city, shall be and are hereby created a Board of Conlinissioneni for the erection of a bridge over the lover Schuylkill. and the fiats 'or meadows adjoinine the same on the east, and the grounds of the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company,on the west side of said river, from the foot of Callowhill street, on the easteside of the river. to Powelton avenue, near Thirty-second Erect. on the west side thereof, in the County of Phil adelphia, with the powers and ditties hereinafter pro velcd. That in case any one of said persons above named shall desline, or fail to act ae one of said Cern- • inissioners, or, having begun to act, shall- die, resign, or from any cause cease or become unable to act, said other Commissioners shall nominate and appoint a person to 1111-his place, which person or persons to ap pointed, shall have all the powers, and be subject to all the (Intims that he.woulcl have or he subject to, if he had been named in this act. ' The second section provides that if any member of the Board shall be absent from two consecutive meet fogs, said absence shall be treated and acted upon as a resignation of said member by the remainder of the Board. Section 3 provides that the Board Aral proceed to aovertise for plans and proposals for building said bridge for such time and such manner as they may deem best; that they shall enter into contract for the building thereof,' provided that the position or lout tionea the piers and abutments of said bridge and the length of the spans, of the same upon and over. the works of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company shall be approved of by its Chief Engineer. , Section 4 empowers the Commissioners to take pots ' session for the uses or purposes of this act any real es ' tate, upon lain giving security for the 'Mi of the same. 5 ggi Section gives the power to theßoard to pledge the ' credit of the City of Philadelphia by the creation of a !loan or loans, to an amountenot to exceed $500,000, 1 t he interest on said loan to be at the rate of six per I cent. per annum. . Section 6 regulates the manner of keeping the pro ceedings of the meetings, etc., of the Board, and says : " Any tax-payer of said city shall receive a copy of any paper or minute of or belonging to said • Board, upon paying to the Secretary thereof, the sum `of twenty-five cents for each hundred words of such copy." Section 7 provides for the redemption of the loan at its maturing, and the payment of interest thereon. - Section 8 provides that the Board shall, upon the ' completion of the bridge, report the fact to the Mayor, and shall continue to hold its meetings till the first of ' January next ensiling when it shall cease to exist. Section 9 provides that in case any person to or upon I whom any power or duty shall bo given or cast by this act, shall neglect or refuse to . perform or execute or I aid in executing or performing the same: lie may, at !the instance of any tax-payer, of the county, be com pelled to do so by a writ of mandamus, to be issued from the Supreme Court at Nisi Prins. . Section 10 states that, upon the completion of the bridge, it shell be and remain forever a free bridge. ! Section D. provides that. on the completion. of the : bridge, the Chief Engineer and Surveyor shall provide for. the surveying, leering out, grading, opening, and extensiou of Mansion street. .... , , , ..., • Section 12 and 18 refer. to the sale of the poll, and . ' laying ndlroadtracks on streets in the vicinity of the ' bridge. Colonel Page effered the following, entitled a reso lutton of requeetto the Legislature - Il herias, An appiftlon is now pending be fore the Legislature rthe ' building of a new i t ;bridge, - over ' the -' l iver Schuylkill, near the Wife bridge.' ,And whereas, this application, 'if successful, I will heavily increase the debt end I taxes of the City,; and whether the bridge is a local necessity dr not, should first be:coneidered by the i Councils, the local Legislature having the authority, to whom no appetilthas yet been made; therefore, be it Xesolred, That. the Legislature be respectfully re } quested net to pass the said law In the absence of i nay actionly the Couneile on this !subject. - • - I • whits was agreed to. - * ' '' ' ' '' ' . ' The chamber receded from its amendments to the bill mailing riperopriatiens to ~-4, e misaionena of " City-Preperty,. Wharies and Lan " f' *l 4te offered a resolu- Retrench moot to to tilt:lion:3e on h the dlecußsion , out an exception 'd as amended the le legal representa• 11casing $l,lllO for iricittgHlrf James eakers able and i , EfIML D COO2'EU MARITIME EXIIIMITION CITY COUNCILBI. hH~y l Common Branch. This branch of the City Councils met yesterday afternoon for the consideration of the act of Assembly Providing for tie construction .of a bridge over the SubilY/blaistr - Vine - litreetwharli and lino the %sumac iron of other business. President Marcer in the chair. Select, Council business being first in. order, the following bills from that Charliber were concurred In: Resolution to discharge the Committee on Law from the consideration of the claim of Messrs. Delaney Albertson. lir:isolation to discharge the Committee on Law from the further consideration of the communication rela tive to Germantown Hall. Resolution to discharge the Committee on Girard Estate from the further consideration of the matter of opening Delaware avenue. Resolution instructing tile CRS . Controller to ap r.rove the warrant of James Rourke for 81,00 D in part papinent. for the construction of the school house in the Ninth Ward. Preamble and ordinance to prevent passenger rail. nay companies from salting' their tracks. Resolution appointing a committee on the ordi nance to rnakean appropriation to pay deficiency bills, for the years lfsis, MSG, 1957. The resolution authorizing the selection of a site for the engine bonne foundation and stack,' for the Twent3-fourth Ward Water Works, was referred to the Committee on Water. The L amentiments to the ordinance.makinz the an nual appropriation to the Deprtment of Markets and Cit' Property, were not concurred in. The ordinance to authorize the purchase of a re servoir at Mount Airy, Twenty-second Ward, Was re ferred to the Committee on Water. There solution of request to the Legislattire not to pass the act of Assembly providing for the building of a bridge over the Schuylkill below the Wire Bridge, was taken up. Mr. Harper contended that Councils should protest against the Legislature interfering with the rights of Philadelphians. Whenever a bill failed to pass the Councils, those in the interest of said hill would ap ply to the Legislature and secure the legislation de sired. - - - Mr. Bay and others spoke to the same effect, and the resolution passed. A resolution from the other Chamber. requesting the Governor to withhold his signature from the hill authorizing the macidemizing,the etreets of the city, was concurred in. A resolution pro - riding for the appointment of a special committee for the purpose of taking Into con sideration all legislation at. Harrisburg relati‘e to the ~City of Philadelphia, was indefinitely postponed. Mr. Dillon submitted a resolution requesting the Legislature not to wee the billiprovidingifor a change in the method of conducting elections in tae city. Post• poned for the piesent. Mr. Hancock offered a resolution requesting the Governor to withhold his signature from a bill pro viding for the sale of a certain portion of Almond Street landing. unless it provides that it shall be sold to the highest bidder. Laid on the table. Adjourned. • iIIYNIC/A• jujilip. OFFICE OF TILE GRAND ISLAND IRON CO. '"'""'' N 0.121 Walnut street. PUMA I , UAW lA, Feb. Itd3. In compliante with Section 1, Act March 6,1867 of the Legislature of Michigan, a meeting of the Stockholders of the Grand bland Iron Company will be held at too Com pany'e Office, in this city, No. 121 WALNUT Arcot, on the 30th day of March, Pfisi„ at 12 M. for the purpoFe of author. izing a sole of the property of mad Company in Schoolcratt county, State of Michigan. By order of the Board of Directora. fe2Ptnth3(K, GORDON MONOES, Secretary. air PENNsYLVANIA MINING COMPANY OF MICHIGAN.—Notice is hereby given that the An. mud Meeting of the Stockholderd of the Penueylvania Mining Comp Any of Michigan will be held at tlpir No. 2t, Wehmt etreet, Philadelphia. on MONDAY, the Sixth day IK4, at 12 M,, at which time and place uu election c.” 11 be held for Director? to eerve the Com• pang the emuutg year. w3L 1 , . WEAVER, Secretary. LADYI.rif lA, March 24, IPA. apd: OFFICE OF TEE DELAWARE COAL COM PHILADELPHIA, Fabrll ZIT 13, 194-. . . The Annual Meeting of 'the Stockholders of this wm. raw - , and an Election for Difectore. will be held at No. 316 Walnut street, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th day of March next at 11 o'clock A. M. fe13,30t• J. It. WHITE, Preeldent. false- THE ANNUAL MEETING OF TUE smolt*. holder of the HYDE FARM OIL COMPANY will be held at the °Mee of the Company en MONDAY. April 6th, at I P.M. TIIOS. 8. WOUD, m114.6t* Secretary. ler. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK holders of the EMI V.RT OIL COMPANY. will be held at the office a the Company. on WEDNESDAY, -April Ist. at .1 o'clock. P. M. inhitit• TllO5. S WOOD. Secretary. DIVIDEND L writ I.J.ES• stir a r s tp A a 2 , 7 S YLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE MAROEI 2. I. The Directors have this day declared a dividend of seven dollars fifty cents per share on the Stock of the Company f or the Jut eiz months, which_will_be_paßtta _ :the Stockholders or their leged representatives. after the 12th trig. M. G. CRO WELL, nil at till 124 Secretary. COAL AND WOOD. COAL : 2006 MARKET STREET. The undersigned of the late firm of Wm. Thornton at Co. having purchased all the right and interest of the said late firm, to now prepared to serve his friends and the public generally with the beet quality of coal, at the following prices: SchuslkilL at $6 00 per ton; Lehigh, VI 50; Large Nut, 00; Lehigh, $5 50. Where I hope byetrict attention to business to give general satisfaction to all that may give me a call. THOMAS THORNTON, an Old Soldier, 2000 alarkelstreet. Residence 1424 North Seventh street. Orders through Mail promptly attended to. m115,1m-5 F RECK'S CELEBRATED CENTRALIA. HONEY BROOK. LEHIGH AND OTHER FIEST•CLASS COALS; WEIGHT AND QUALITY GUARANTEED. SCOTT & CARRICK, 1(.24.2m P 346 MARKET STREET. j LEIGH, EAGLE VEIN AND BEST LOCUST ILA MOUNTAIN COAL, AT LOWEST RATES, SAMCHL C. DUBOIS & CO., CO-OPERATIVE COAL YARD. (Vico and Yard, 13X North Broad Street above Wood, Ea.! Side. Orden by Man fe3:3m p bIeGAJIRY at SON, TWA TAMS TN CEMENT. SAND, A IR. kfl., WIST END OF CH H ESTNUT STREET BRIDGE. G . .....;.2tn0 ALSO, COAL, AND WOOD. . N..., ,, 1N EINE& JOHN V F.III:AFF. TIIE I:7I•DERSIGNED INVITE ATTENTION TO I their stock of • . . Spring Mountain, Lehigh and Locust Mountain CoaL which, with the preparation given by us, we think cannot or excelled by any other Coal. cnice, Franklin Institute Building. Nc. 15 S Seventh t , trxct. HINES & HIEAFP, :LlO-tf Arch street wharf, S •huylkill. INSTRUCTION. cONNENT OF THE HOLY (JIII,LD JESUS. AND (:ADEMY FOR YOUNG LADIES, ST. H LEONARD'S OUSE, CHESTNUT 'STREET. HILADELPHIA, Under the Patronage of the RT. REV. DR. WOOD, Bishop of Philadelphia. The Religions, of the Society of the Holy Child Jens :mond opening, on the let of February an Academy for o ung Ladies, to the newly•erected 'Ridding, lately pun rhaeed by them, at the corner of Thirty-ninth and Cheat. out streets. Boarders as well as Day - Scholars will be received. Fat particulars, apply to the Superiorese, Sharon, near Darby, Delaware county. Pa.,or 1135 Spring Garden etroet, delobia. jalSatof IMERICAN CONSERVATORY OF NIVSIC, S. 11E: 1.1 corner of Tenth and. Walnut atreet. Regular Spnu& Tenn will begin March 16. Circulars at Andre's, 1 rum pier's, Gould's, Lee & Walker's, and at the 011 ice of the Coneervatory. Near puplla may commence at any time. Evening Classes for Gentlemen. fell f to. St .%1.4 HORSEMANSHIP—AT THE PRILADEL PHIA RIDING SCHOOL, Fourth street, above Vine, will be found every facility for acquiring a knowledge of this healthful and elegant accomplis h nient. The School is pleasantly ventilated andJwarmed. th hones safe and well trained. An Afternoon_ Chun for 'l'oung Ladies. Saddle Horace trained In the beat manner. Saddle Horsee.Horees and Vehicles to hire. Also. Carriages to Depots. Parties, Weddings, Sho ping, SW. ja6 tf THOMAS CRAIGE & SON. 131781NE88 QUIDS. VIENNOT & CO., GENERAL NEWSPAPER, COR- O responding and Advertising Agents, 133 Nassau street, New. York. (Established in 1862.) Advertisements inserted at publishers , rates in all the leading newspapers published iu the United States,British SOuth America, East, and. West Indies. 'MYER fll4 0 ES : Mr. 11. T. Relmbold. • Druggist, Wit Broadway, N. Y. ; Die era. S. R. Vanduzer, di Co., 198 Greenwich et.; Messrs. Bail & Backe', 21.8 Greenwidh street; Messrs. G. Bruce, Son & Co„ Type Founders 18 Chambers at.; Messrs . & Co.. Type minders, 88 Gold at., N. Y. fel94m4 J A MEti A. 43101INTO!4 MICE, CLEMENT A. Oltl TAUEODORP: Witloll'l.` t FUNK L. NEALL. PETER WRIGIIT & SONS, importers of Earthenware and Shipping and COMMIPtIiOXI. Merchants, N 0.11.5 Walnut street, Philadelphia. f lorroN AND LINEN BAIL DUCK OF EVEIVIt . width from- onn 'to six-feet-Wide. alimumbere. Tent end Awning Duck, Paperrottkere , Felting; MID Twine:as: . MAIN W. EVERAIAN ti.t. CO., No. In Jonee'a Alley. _• DRIVY WELLS.-OWNERS OP PROPERTY—TILE -only plane to got privy wolf a cleansed and disinfected, at very low prices. A.. PEY SON, Dianntaoturer of Pon. drette. Goldsmith's Ilan. Library street. 4 DEN VMS M'. OR., JOON ill., FINE'S DENTAL ROOMS. e ~. N 0.1119 Vine street.—Thitty gpars , practicer and sku .... one of the/oldest eatablhhed - D Whits in the city, Ladies beware of cheap dentistry, . T. °Pa rOvolPind calls weekly , from Male that bavo b Impoeled upon. and are waking new sets for thorn .. r beautiful life , , like teeth, and neat and substantial Work, ou prices are more reasonable - than any Dantist ,in the c ity. Teeth plugged, teeth repaired, exchanged, or' rfAncdelcil li P ) 51 4 Nitrous Oxide 0118 and Ether always on baud. o Pave , ', time and ti 3009. L &IVO vica calla before engaging 01.0 I where. No charge unless satisfied. Dot of refer. once, , • jall4.m.lri.6ro IkTEW TURKEY PRUNES 1,, ANDING AND VOR VI by a. ii.ryßainatim,toOtAtt.4.LOtlivOlivenat AUCTION MALES. THOMAS &A AUCTIONEER% • Noe. Da and 41 Routh Fourth litreet BALM OF STO WN% CKS AND REAL FAVOR -111R - --%Euldtc.salea.attlissEhliadelphinEneWilenEMOß_ TUEBDAY. at 12 o'clock. , SW' Handbills of each _property homed aelkratmlar. le addition to which we publish, on the /Saturday previous to each sale, One thousand &talons's, tn pamphlet form, giving full descriptions of all the property to be sofd on the FOLLOWEN CI TUESDAY. and a List of Real Estate at Private Bale. tar Our Bales are also advertised In the following newreapers : NOILTI( timcBICAN, Pares, LIEDOCC. LEOit IriTri.morsiora, Hickman% Acta, Evasome Brn.Lcrra, EVT.HINCOI MECHAM, 0 ZIIMAN DEMOCRAT, &C. IW'Fumitura Salto at the Auction. Btore EVERY TH URSDAY. 1W Bales at rezidences receive medal attention. Peremptory Sale at the Nottingham Knitting Mill. Germantown: VALUABLE HOSIERY MACHINERY. &c. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. March 11, at 11 o'clock, at the Nottingham Knitting MW northeastwardly side of Wakefield street, German. town, valuable Hosiery Machinery, including Balmoral Beside, Warp Machines. Spooling Machines, Shuttle LOOIIIP, Yarn Framee, double ribbed; Steam PrAPA, 813 W. the Mochinee, lot Woolen Yarn. Stocking Boards, dcc.; Office Furniture. Fireproof Safe. dc. May be examined on the morning of sale. Sale at Noe. 139 and 141 South Fourth street. HANDSoME WALNUT 110UsE1101.1) FURNITURE. MIRRORS. LARGE FIREPROOF SAFE. FINE ('NINA AND • G t•S WA RE, II N OSOME VELVET, BRUSSELS AND OTHER CARPETS. dm. ON THURSDAY MORNING. At 9 o'clock, at the auction rooms, by catalogue, an ex sellout assortment of very superior Household Furni ture handsome Walnut Parlor and Chamber Sn'ts, rots,l - 11ino Forte, tine Matress, Beds and Bedding, Dining. room and Li rary Furniture, China and Glassware Bookcases, Desks and 011ico Furniture,large and auperlor Fireproof Safe, mode by Farrel do Herring; haudmome Velvet, Brussels and other Carpets, &e. ELEGANT ENGLISH 110 AMERICAN BOORS. ON THURbDAY AFTERNOON. March 12. at 4 o'clock, comprising Poets, 180 vols.; bcott's Novels, 00 vois ; Dickens's Novels, 26 volt; B;itiebEerayiat. yob.; Dt) Quincoy'n Works. 22 Poets Dramatists, dc.; Privately Printed Books, Prank. lin and Sower Imprints. very rare editions of Classics, &c., chiefly in fine bindings. Sale No. 1629 Green street HANDSOME WALNUT FURNITURE, ELEGANT ROSEWOOD PIANO, FINE MANTEL MIRKJK, VELVET AND BRUSSELS CARPETS, &c. ON FRIDAY MORNING, March 13, at 10 o'clock. at No. 1629 Green street, by catalogue the entire, Furniture, including—Handsome ;Walnut Parlor. Chamber and Dlning•room Furniture, Secs etary Bookcase, eleghnt Rosewood Piano Forte, by Schor. neker & Co. • fine French Plate Mantel Mirror, very fine Engravings,gilt frames; Lace Window Cur tains, handsome Chia Vases, fine Velvet and Brussels.. Carpets, fine I , rer ch China. Cut Glassvvare,pair fine Duelling Pistols, made by Constable; Kitchen Utensils, &c.. &c. May be seen early on the morning of sale. I)UNTING, DURBOROW & CO., AUCTIONEERS, I/ Nos. 232 and 234 MARKET street, corner Bank street SUCCESSORS TO JOHN B. MYERS & CO. LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF BRITISH. FRENCH. GERMAN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. ON FOUR MONTHS' CREDIT. • ON THURSDAY MORNING. March 12, at 10 o'clock,_embracing about 1000 Packages and Lots of Staple and Fancy Articles. LARGE PEREM PTORY SALE OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. NOTlCE.—lnclueed in our sale of THURSDAY, March 12, will be found in part the fc Rowing, viz.: DOM.e.wries. • Bales bleached and brown Muellus and Drills do. Domet, Canton, and Fancy Shirting Flannels. Cares Cottonader, Manchester rind Domestic Ginghamo. do. Bine Checks, Striper, Deninle, Ticks. Linings. do. Madder Print., Sileciae.Cambrice, Corset Jeans. do. Kentucky and Mixed .Jeans, all Wool, Flannels do. Printed Satinets, Kerreys, Caerimeresi I weeds. LINEN GOODS. • Cases Shirting and Sheeting Linens. Toweling, Diaper. do. Bien and W. B. Damasks, Table Clothe, Napkins, Drills. do. Spanish. Bley and Blouse Linens, But laps, Ducks. Crash. 31EP.CIIA.NT TAILORS' GOODS. Pieces Belgian and English black and blue Cloths, Unions. do. French Fancy Careimeres and Coatings, Doe' skins. do. French Tricot, Silk Mixturee, Melton, Re pellante do. Black and Colored Italians, Satin de Chines, Drop d'Et.e. SPECIAL SALE OF SHAWLS. 31(0 superfine Suring Wool Shawls of entirely new etyles. manufactured expressly for first-class city trade, atd clover the entire balance of this production.. DRESS GOODS AND Slims, Pieces Manchester and Scotch Gingharna.Whlte Piques. do. Black and Colored Alpacas, Detainee, Poplins, 3lohairv. do. Lawns, Lenos, Fancy Checks, Baregee. do. Lyons Black and Colored Drees Silks, &c. —ALSO— oneycomb and Marseille! Quilts. Balmoral and Hoop Skirts, 13 celery and Gloves. Traveling and Under Shirts, The ! Umbrellas, White Goods, Sttopexiders e ttuirt Fronts., Sowings, Tailors' Trimmings, Notions, &c. • LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF CARPETENGS. MATTINGS, &c. ON FRIDAY MORNING. March 13. at' o'clock, on FOUR MONTHS' CREDIT, about oja, pieces Ingrain. Venetian, List, Hemp, Cottage and Rag Carpetings, Matting& &c. LARGE PEREMPTORY SALE OF ritexen -- may OTHER EUROPEAN DRY GOODS, &c. ON MONDAY MORNING. March 16. at 10 o'clock, ON FOUR. MONTHS' CREDIT. lOU lots of French, India, German and British Dry Goods. T kRALAS BIRCH E - SON. AUGTIONEERA AND COMMISSION MERCHANT% No. 1110 CHESTNUT street. • Rear Entrance 1107 Ransom street. ' - HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIP TION RECEIVED ON CONSIGNMENT. SALES EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. Bales of Furniture at Dwellings attended to on most reasonable terms. Sale Twenty-third and Parrish streets. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, CARPETS. PAINT INGS, &c. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, At 10 o'clock, west side of Twenty.third street, second house below Parrish street, will be sold— The Furniture of a family declining housekeeping, comprising Brussels. Ingrain and Venetian Carpets, Walnut Parlor Furniture, Mirrors, Paintings, Chamber Fin pita e, Beds and Bedding, Dining room and Kitchen Furniture. LARGE SALE OF SUPERIOR SHEFFIELD PLATED WAItE. PEARL AND IVORY HANDLE TABLE CUTLERY, BO LIE.NI lAN- GLASS TOILET SETS, VASES, &c. ON THURSDAY MORNING. At 11 o'clock, at No. 1115 Chestnut street, SECOND STultY, will be sold— A large and elegant assortment of Sheffield Plated Ware and tine Table Cutlet v, received direct from the manufacturers, JOsEPII DLAKIN & SUN, Sheffield, ngland. • The goods aro now open for examination. Sale at No. 1110 Chestnut street. SUPFRIOR NEW ANT) SECONDHAND HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PIANO FORTES, MIRRORS, CAR- Y - I:TS. CIIINA. FRAMED ENGRAVINGS, &c. ON FRIDAY MORNINU. At 9 o'clock, at the auction store, No. 1110 Chestnut street, v, ill be sold, by catalogue— A largo assortment of superior Household Furniture. SALE OF FINE PIANO FURLS. ON FRIDAY MORNINU. At 1 o'clock at the auction store, will lie sold-- Four first class new Rosewood Piano Fortes. made by 11(1.1 dman, New York. One do. do. by lime & Son. Now York, Ihree Secoud-hand Piano Fortes. H THOMPSON dr. CO., AUCTIONEERS. T , CONCERT HALL AUCTION ROOMS, 1219 CHEM NUT street and 1219 and 1221 CLOVER street. CARD.—We take pleasure in informing the public that our FURNITURE SALES are confined strictly to entirely NEW and FIRST-CLASS FURNITURE, all in perfect order and guaranteed in every respuot. Regular sales of Furniture every WEDNESDAY. Ont , door sales promptly atter ded to. SALE OF SUPERIOR NEW AND FIRST.CLASS 110113E110EL FURNITURE. &c., UN 'W.E.DNE4Dav, mARcH. 11. 1008 AT 10 O'CLOCK. ON WEDNESDAY 3W MORN/NO March 11, , at 10 o'clock, at the Concert Hall ArictlOn Rcoms, will be sold, a very desirable aseortment of Household Furniture, comprising—Antique and modern Parlor Suits, in French satin brocatelle, plush, hair cloth, terry, an d reps, in oil and varnished; Bedsteads Bureaus and Washstands. in Elikabethan, Grecian' Antique and other styles, with a large assortment of other articles. NCB; - SCOW'S ART GALLERY. N 0.1053 Chestnut street. Philadelphia. 'MESSRS. VITI BBOTHERS SPECIAL SALT OF ELEGANT MARBLE AND ALABASTER ORNAMENTS, Fine Castellina Statuettes ankGrou pea, French Gilt and Black Marble Twenty.one Day Clocks, C uidelabras, Bronze Figures, Pedestals; Ormolu Gilt Works, Recalls Vases, Ornaments, lac., ON \VERN ESDAY MORNING. March 11, at 11 o'clock. at Scott's Art Gallery. No.lllll Chestnut street. The Collection will be arranged tor examination on Monday, 9th inst.with catalogues, and will comprise a very choice assortment of the above mentioned articles of Eine Art, all especially imported by Meagre. Vitl Brothera. I,Y BARRJTT dr. CO.. AUCTIONEERS. - CASH' AUCTION nousE, No. 230 MARKET street, corner of BANK street. Cash advanced on coutignmen vvithent extra charge. BY CATALOGUE. uE. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. March 11, commencing et 10 o'clock -300 lota of assorted Hosiery. 300 tote Staple and Fancy Dry Geodit. Also. invoices of Ileady.reade Clothing. Invoices of tiovernraent Goods, 100 lots Linen Tosr Ma and Diapers. Also, invoices of Udtbrellas, Doott Shoes, Felt Hats, &e. Also, a Stock of Dry Goods, dm. C. D. 11(*rLEE3 44 CO.. UCCESSORS TO MoCLELLAND ct. CO., Auctioneers. SALE OF 17C0 CASES BOO*SLI(YES. BROGANS, &c. ON THUMPAY ei.ORNENG. Marco 12, coroxuenciiirht ten o'clock, we will tell by ,catalogue, for oath, 1700 cases- lion's, Boys', and Youths' .Boote, ehoes, l3fogava, kialploralc, &p. a ouporior neeortmeat 01 Womothi; Mmes. and • Ohildren's wear. . To which the special attention of the trade is calked. MBE ritiNulP.AL MONEY ES YABLISIIMENT, S. B„ A comer of BIXT.II and RAGE streets. Money advanced on hlerclumelse g enerally—Watehog, J ew dry. Diamonds, Gold' and Silver. Nate. and on all articiss of valuefor any _length of time aigistd on. WATCHES ANDJEM..I4II.Ir AT PRIVATE SALE, Fine_ Gold Hunting Case, Double Bottom and Open Fate Vinglish. , American and Owlet( Fatentievar tWatches; Fine Gold Dimling Case and * ; ; n Face I.optne Witches; Fine Gold Duplex and other , • atoheac FineSlivet Bunt Anis Cane and O Face English, erjciu4 and swiss pen. rateist Lever and Loins; %Versales;l ; üblit Glum English ,Qututer and oth7 6 Watches Juslos*m_ol Watches; m Diaond Weedy; .; Finger Ftinget, mass; studs, !an Fine Gold. (Akins, MedattiOnac Bracelets; Scarf ;Pins Bresalpinil Biggar' A WAIT "Udi 01090 mil Jew eh 7 se F nBr ß alit kra i . L . A , 1 , 14 . fg, ; Fireproof Cheat aniAable for a Jeireler• k ccat • .a.iso ., several lute Is 094 Gamins, Fifth and Oliestnal AIDVTIO2III 'MLA*. hAVI.B & Ileac V.Ev -AtIVTIONEERI3. • (Late with M.Thomaa &Bons.) Btore No. 421 WALNUT street. FURNITURE BA atthe Store EVERY TUESDAY; - BALER 'AT 'IMIMI'ICISIViviIt ,-- reeette part fee attention. ,__ Bale No . 40 North Se v enteenth street. SUPERIOR P 'TURF:, FINE TAPESTR X ANA` • PERIA UARPETS, &c ON TIiURBDAY MORNIND. 2 At 10 o'clock, at No. 41 1 North Seventeenth street. betoW . Arch. the'Snocrior Furniture, tine Tapestry and Impertif Carprts, Hoe Spring and Hair M stresses Ons , Consaln&W Superior Refrigerator, Blankets. Bed and Table Lints., T. L. ASTIBBIDGE'dc CO., AUCTIONEERS,' No. 506 MA RICET street. above rink • 731XT11 SPRING SALE OF BOOTS AND 3E10E4. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. ' March 11. at if o'clock. we will sell by cataloe, abont' 1000 packages Boots and Shoes, embracing a fine 68601*..: mem of first ohms city acd Eastern made goods, Which the attention of the trade.is called. • TMES A. FREEMAN. 'AUCTIONEER, . . 422 WALNnT atetet. , rOtt riGERMANTON PROPERTY. FOR SALE. - The Bonen and Lot at the northwest corner of ,Oetc " mat town avenue and Walnut Lane. 'The Lot WA a front of 36 feet on the avenue; and 343 feet on. Walnut Lone. Apply to THOMAS WIWAMSON.. Xonthweet% corner of ot.venth and Arch streete, or to DAN I EL.R. ; SMITH, 4717 Germantown avenue. rohll FOR SALE—A COUNTRY SEAT AT BRANCH,. town; stone house 3ex44 feet; containing Vireo rooms lll~"w and kitchen on first floor, and seven chambere otlther. second floor. Holum titled for winter residenee; eituneloat very detlirable and healthy; within ten minutes` Walk of. Green Lane etation. North Penneyrania Butcher, baker and stores in the neighborhood; 141 X Item of lend; frame stable. Inquire of U. W. WHARTON. N s. 274 South Third street. m 149421* COUNTRY SEAT AND FA R'Al FOR SALE.—a 50 or 100 acres, Bristol pike,above 7 mile stone, ' and near Tacony. Mansion, coach shops and dwellings to let. Apply on premises, or to it. WiffTA., - KER. No. 610 Locust street. fe29-s to th 6t*- FOR SALT -TWO FINE LARGE GUM Homes and Lot. • Address ROSE, rali.s-6t4 BULLETIN OMCe. .ffaFOR SALE.—A HANDSOME FOUR-STORY Brown Stone Residence, No. 1521 Pine street, with all modern conveniences and in perfect order. Ap. ply to . C. H. J 5 H. I'. SIIHRHEID, 1nb5,6t4 205 South Sixth street; fIFOR BALE.—THE HANDSOME THBEE.STOini Brick Residence, with back budding s, stable and carriage house and lot, 41 feet front by 1138 feet deep '4 to a street, No. 517 South Ninth street, J. M. (lUMMEIC & BONS, 508 Walnut street. .12 ARCH STREET—FOR SALE.—THE HANDSOME Brown Stone Reeidenco Tcottage style). with let,' CI feet front by 106 feet deep, situate on the northwest corner of Arch and Twenty-first streets. Was erected in a emperior manner ; has large parlor, with bay window. and two French Plate Mirrorm 8 and 10 feet each; two bath•rooms, provision vault, paved with marble; sta tionary washstands, wash-tubs, with hot and cold water. and every convenience. J. GUMMEY & SONS. DM Walnut street. MARKET STREET.—FOR SALE—T E VALUA , tie Store Properties, situate Noe. 1,204, 1106 and Market street, with lot of ground, 46 feet fronthy 103 feet deep. Immediate possession given. J. M. GUM.. MEY & BONS, 508 Walnut street EtWALNUT STREET.—POBEIALr...--AN ELEGANT' brick Residence, 26 feet front, built and finished throughout in a superior manner, with extra cense. niences and in perfect repair, situate on tho touch side of Walnut street, above Ninth. Large stable and carriage. house, and lot 173 feet deep. J. M. GU/AMEX & 8048. Cob Walnut street. FOR SALE.—NO. 818 NORTH SEVENTH Street No. 925 Pine street No. 241 k and 2409 Lombard street. • Hamilton street, West Philadelphia. No. 5116 Pine street. West Arch itreet, above Twentieth. First elass Mansion, West Philadelphia. Apply to COPPUCK d; JORDAN, 933 Walnut street EEPHRATA MOUNTAIN SP NOS HOTEL , Pronerty, for sato. For particulars apply to J. M. GUMMEY & SONS. 508 Walnut street. ge i FOR SALE—THE HOUSE. No 314 S. TWELFTH street. BEDLOCK & PASCHALL, mh4 tf 715 Walnut street.. TNE SALE. - A LARGE LOT OF GROUND FRONTING IL' on the Reading Railroad, Iltunilton street and 'frrenty.second street, suitable for manufacturing per. posse, coal yards, kc. A. IL CARVER A: CO., S. W. corner Ninth and Filbert streets: mblo-6t 180,Q ELEGANT NBW RESIDENCE, 1 Qaca • VU. ELEGANT NEW RESIDENGE,' .I.OLPV. No. 2( SPRUCE STREET.. FOR SALE. MAULE BROTHER (lc IOC; 2tno 2500 SOUTH STREET. 1 Q QHANDSOME NEW DWELLING, 1 AO.O.HANDSOME NEW DWELLING, ' No. 1929 - WALLACE STREET. house 40 feed front ; lot 030 feet to n street. F , It BALE. MAULE BROTHER & CO.. fe27-2m* 2.600 SOUTH STREET. POE BALE.—GOODWILL. sroot AND FIXTURES I! of a handsome fitted up Cigar and Drinking_ Saloon. in the neiahborhood of two thtatrta and two fire . 00111,, _paniee. . Will be sold at a bargain if applied for soot._ Apply to CO[PtOK & - 30RDAN. 433 Walnut etre& TO IBLENV. TO RENT—TO A SMALL FAMILY OF GROWN:- irklnuereang, a famished 119un. Ad(lresa "B." at this °Mem mrllo-6t. jeCHESTNUT STREET.-FUR RENT--TUE MST and second doors or No. 9L2 Chestnut sfrset ; will have a now, attractive front. Also, second and third flow a of No. 1209 Chestnut street. J. M. GUMMEY QG EONS, 508 Walnut street. . c TO LET, THE SPLENDID TIPPER ROOMS OF 8 the store .W. corner Eleventh and Chestnut 3ta,, with all the modern improvements; water, water.closets, hatchway, gas,. &c. • rent low. Apply da the premises. ...1.. -"'.•.w FOR RENT—A FOUNDRY BUILT)ING TN A very deeirablo location. 60 feet front by 155 feet deep; through to a etrort in the rear. J. Si. GUMMEY 6r. EIONIi. 508 Walnut street. FOR RENT—FROM DECEMBER D3T,_A LAMB new Store. on Delaware avenukbelow Chestnut at. " Apply to JOB. B. B USBIES dt CO., noe.tr 108 South Delaware avenue. TO LET—THE NEW STORES 920 AND 420 InNorth Eighth street. Showy French plate Om win " <lowa. Apply at No. 424. • mhT it, • rFOR RENT—THE HANDSOME MODERN RESI. ' deuce , . situate N. W. corner Fourth and Buttonwood " etreeta. _J. M. GUMMY & SONS. bO6 Walnut at. REAL ESTATE ISACES. TO CAPITALISTS AND BUILDERS.—SALE SY order of the Court of Common Pleas—James A. Preemar4Auctioneer.—Under authority of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and Countrof Philadelphia, on Wednesday, third 25, lttri, at 12 o'clock, noon, will be eold at public tale, at the Philadelphia Exchange, the fol lowing described real c , tato, the property of the German- Lutheran Congiegatton. viz.: 18 Valuable Lots .of Ground, Eighth etreet,betvreen Race and inc.V All those ' certain 18 lots of ground on the east side of Eighth street. beginning at the distance of 172 feet north of Race street, in the Tenth Ward, each being 5 feet front and 110 feet deep, at right angles with Eighth street. Also, a lot of ground on the east side of Eighth street. adjoining the above on the south, 4 feet front and 110 feet deep at right angles with Eighth street. MTh° above lots are In the midst of a rapidly im proving neighborhood, and offer the greaten inducement's _to Real Eetate eperators. Eight and a half ticren; - TWdifty:fifth: - TWeritr.lidttic' Packer and Curtin sh•eets and Beggartown lane, Twenty xth V. All that certain tract of land situate on the north aide of Beggartown lane; in theTwentveixth Wind' of the city of Philadelphia ; beginning at a point 1,95 feet o inches west of the Penrose Ferry road; thence N. 24 deg. 30 min. E.. 1,110 feet 8 inches; thence S. 88 deg. 15 min. W. 212 feet 2 inches: thence S. 20 deg. W. 469 feet L% inches; thence B. 17 deg. al min. W. 310 feet 2 inches; thence 8.14 d•g. 5 min. W. 284 feet 9 inches; thence NA 'S deg, 20 min. E. 260 feet; thence S. 20 deg. W. 353 feet 11 , , inches to Beggartown lane, and 199 feet along the etude to , - the place of beginning; containing 8 acres 2 roods a perc.hes of land. Pr' The above tract of land wilt be g in tersected by Twenty.fifth and Twenty.sixth streets Or= by Curtin and Packer streets. as laid down °tithe vlin of the city. Or Survey and. plan by the Surveyor albs District can be examined at the Auction Store. 07 Terme of sale.- There shall be paid at the-bidding- "- SIC° on each lot; and - the jeciduenf7entithildetthirour= -- chase moneys shall be paid mr the execution of the deed ' to the purchager, or the whole thereot may be paid wt the , option of the Dutchmen, and if not to paid. the unpaid tw °thirds shall be, scoured by bond and warrant ' , with mortgage on the proteins eold,payable in one or more.but ' not over five years after date; 9.9lourchesorn may' prefer, Interest half yearly in usual form. By theggourt,_ FIMDERICIL 0. WOLTIERT, PrOthonotary. JAMES 'A. FREE3fAX, Atictitineer. • • Store, 424 Walnut, street. PUBLIC SALE.—THE FARM, (*STAINING 1234 acres. machinery. &c., &c. of ‘"The Sheet* F.r. Oil Company of Philadelphis,” on flunksa Creek, Greene county, fsubject to ' Utse of 25 sem and 63 perches of the farm for the purpose of boring asi,44 drilling for oil, ore, salt, or other minerals), will be sonS without reserve, at the Philadelphiaßgobango, phia, on Tuesday, March 24tb. 1868, it 12 o'clock. n 0046 Terms each. 61800 to bo4 paid sty time of kyle, and balsam on delivery of deed. M. THOMAS & SONS, Auctioneent. Jal6tnrll24s , Wand 141 South Fourth street LiiUGS• TAPIOCA.-25 BULB. GENUINE RIO TAPIOCA,. Piet arrived per bark:Eatafette. to atom 'and for sale by ROBERT SHOEMAKER NVho!wale Druaaiiit. Cor. Fourth apd INGO streed . UUOIiERT BEIOEMAXER k CO.. WEIOLDS4t Druggists. N. E. corner Fourth and Race et - invite tbe.attention of the Trade to their largestock.,', .t Yino Drugs and Chemicals. Essential 0114 13poagea,„ Corks, . as:WM, TIRUGGI :TS' SUNDRIF S.—GRADUATES, IitORTAIV Pill Tiles, Combo. Itruelloo, Mirroro, Tweezeror Boxee.floarr Stoop", 3urgiralinetru43ol3,tl%TilSokilm, Ogg, and Bolt 'tubber (0030. (itteco, iliara a nd_ p byringe.3, all aY 'Tit.t Ilan& 'price& SNO WIDEN & OROTH4I4, • 23 Routh Eighth street: —— DiIUEARB HOOT, OF RECEIfe - I.MPOIATATION,' : ' and very superior quality; White- Gura.-Arablo. a* Duna Castor Oil, Whitt., and Mottled Calitila Sant 4lilgt ' oil, Parlous Grande . For sale b, itODEHE•'EtttlEct MAKER d: (70. Druggists, Northeast and Raeo streets. - • c " Th r of Four %JURE PAINTS.—WE Orttß TO THE TRADETUR,PI White Lead, Zino White and t,lolored Patata of our own nuuntfacturo, of tindoubtalrfar quantlifea suit Purchasers. ROBVAT:SIIOE A.N.L4 & OO.,'Dealota In Paints and Vatradahaa,nig. ..wourtit and Race 13 AND..,,OPORGIA. u frlni tbo irwr" Vlte.`ttid or d aa ili d ng- Wv?,alie—Tl(l4 irna raue Pula. Pulit:,:atttd" witrtiourt )". 1 111:HOEur. "ii,Vott afr"nnals 14t01.3ftosuifiTsfirrtt.:
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