SEW PUBLICATIONS. “Our DrnncU and its 1 ribntarlci.” As a title for a book, the above would npt be very sn&gestive to most people in this part of the world. But it is expressive and sig nificant in the volume before us. The full title is, “Our Branch and its , Tributa ries; being a History of the Work of the Northwestern Sanitary Commission and -its Auxiliaries During the War of the Rebellion; by Mrs.' Sarah Edwards Henshaw; including a full Report of Receipts and Disbursements, by E. W. Blatchford, Treasurer, and an in troductory chapter by Hon.. Mark Skinner.” It is published in Chicago by Alfred L. Sew ell, who has produced a volume of which any Eastern house might be proud. The pa , per was made in the Northwest; the press used was made in Chicago, and there, too, the printing and binding were done. -It is much the most elegant book that has yet come under our notice from the West. ’Mrs. Ilenshaw, of Ottawa, Illinois, who had taken an active part in the Sanitary work, was requested by the President of the North western Sanitary Commission, E. B. McCagg, Esq., to write its history,. and all the volu minous records and correspondence were placed at her disposal. With great labor,and with tact, taste and intelligence that are quite remarkable, she has selected her materials, arranged and classified them, and then wrought them into a narrative that is really fascinating. No part of the history of the war oi the rebellion has yet been written so well as this account of the work of the noble men and women connected with the North western Branch of the Sanitary Commission and its tributaries. As a mere record of im portant faets and events, it is all that was needed. But it lS also a' vivid and absorbing story, with charac ters, anecdotes and incidents that give it the color ef a romance. Mrs. Hen shaw has never before published a book ; but this one entitles her to a high rank among the literary women of America. Her style is not rhetorical or in any way pretentious. But it is correct, simple, graceful, and often eloquent. There are many passages that cannot be read without moistened eyes ; there are many, too, that will excite mirth. Some of the noble men and women who were most active in the hard work of the Commission, are made familiar to us in Mrs. Henshaw’s pages. Mrs. Livermore, Mrs. Hoge, Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Bickerdyke and i others are capitally portrayed. It is hard to detach any portion of this admirable book for reprinting • but the following will illus trate the general style, and introduce some of the characters alluded to : , The battle of Pittsburg Landing found Mr 6. Porter at Cairo whore she was distributing stores. Hearing that a boatload of wounded was on their way for Mound City Hospital, she hastened there to assist in its reception. The boat arrived in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Porter went on board, and passed through scene after scene of sorrow. They spent the night in ad ministering refreshments to the fainting, stimu lants to the sinking, comfort to the dying. Many a farewell to father,, mother, sister, wife, and friend, was given to their lender keeping. One young man, in his last moments, painfully drew forth from his bosom a picture of his be trothed; and, with broken, dying accents, said to Mrs. Porter, “Tell her—l love her! Tell her—l loved her to the laBt! ’’ Then his head dropped back on bis pillow, and he was dead. The survivors were placed in Mound City Hospital. Even the pork house referred to by Mother Angela was filled. Mound City was in undated, for Ihe rivers were high, and the pas sage to and fro about the hospital was made in boats. Between the openings in the imperfect flooring of the pork house, could be seen the swelling water. Having dono what she could in Mound City, Mrs. Porter hurried back to Cairo, whero a telegram from the Commission informed her that six ladles were on their way thither, ab nurses for Paducah. These she conducted to Paducah, and placed in hospitals there, which were also filled with the wounded from the battle of Pittsburg Landing. Then she hastened to the front. Here, she was, on her own suggestion, empowered by Ur. Mc- Dougall, to procure for the wounded a supply of female nurses. She went back to Chicago, ob tained the number desired, conducted them south, and distributed them among the hospitals at Savanna, where they labored under the super vision of Mrs. Bickerdyke. ' From this time, Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Bicker dyke occupied tko position of “agents in the field” for the Chicago BraUch. Their work lay in ihe hospitals, and was of tho most exhausting character. They distributed supplies,attend id to the sick, sacrificed their neediul sleop, lived in sight of wounded and suffering and blooi, in haled often a tainted, sickening air, olten were wet, and cold, and hungry, slept on hard beds, dressed in rude clothing, ate coarse food, and en dured every kind of privation. Much of tho lime they labored together. They •were so admirably harmonized by contrast, that in sanitary work each seemed the complement of the other. Mrs. Porter was gentle, Mrs. Bicker dyke waß brusque. The mildness of the one was an offset to the positiveness of the other; the noiseless efficiency of the oncy to tho turbulent energy ol the other. Tho culture and social po sition of Mrs. Porter gave her ready access to the officers; Mrs. Bickerdyke followed her own bent and adaptations in devoting herself to the rank and file. In person Mrs. Porter was petite,- Mrs. Bickerdyke, the reverse; and their very voices acquired, during their wonderful army life, a per manent coloring, which, in Mrs. Porter, was an accent of pity and of sympathy; in Mrs. Bicker dyke, of protest and of cheer. It was on the breaking up of the hospitals at Savannah that Mrs. Bickerdyke began to develop one ol' her specialties. The order had gone forth; and everything was being made ready, On ap proaching. one day, the main hospital, she es pied a huge pile of soiled clothing—sanitary shirts and drawers, blankets and sheets—evi dently prepared for some form of destruction. “What is to be dono with these?” elie inquired,ln "a tone. of remonstrance. “They are to be burned,” was the reply. “Burned!” she ex claimed. “Burned!” These goods that belong to a*, and that the wives and mothers of the boys have worked so hard to send!" “Nothing else can be done with them,” was the answer;' "you Gee they are soiled and bloody; there are too many of them to be washed, and they cannot be moved in this state.” “PH show yon, sir, that they can be washed,” she said; “don’t touch them tmtil you hear from me 1” She went to the proper officer, and asked that a detail of seven men might be sent her for Mon day. The day sacred to the American wash-tub arrived, and with it men, teams, barrels and ket tlca. The hospital yard was tnrned into a laun dry. Washing, wrlogbig, boiling, and drying went rapidly on. Tuesday, the same. Wednes day, And so of Thursday, and Friday, and Baturday.~ -Mrs. Bickerdyke superintended every process, all the while attending to her sick; never forgetting at the right hour to give this one an egg, and that one a brandy punch. New re lays,of men were sent each day; for tho work was tiresome, and the supervision w„b vigorous. “That’s no way to wring!” she would exclaim, seizing the garment and giving a specimen twist, while her pupil looked on, In uopeless admira tion. The men worked willingly, for everything Mrs: Bickerdyke did was right, ir their eyes. The clothes were washed, dried, folr'ed, (there was no ironing), boxed, and sent to the next point of destination. The first and second Sanitary Fairs held in Chicago are described by Mrs. Henshaw in the most animated manner. The assassina tion of Mr. Lincoln occurred during the pre parations for the second, and his portrait, draped in black, was seen everywhere in the Jair. Mrs. Henshaw relates the following touching incident, which we have not seen reported elsewhere: “The youngest,_ and much-loved .one of Presi dent Lincoln, ‘Little Tad,’ was present at this Fair. Ho wandered from booth to booth, and finally was fonnd by * lady, sitting apart In bit ter weeping; to her inqurles he replied, ‘I cannot go anywhere without seeing a picture of my father.’ ‘You dfd love your father very much ?’ said Ibo lady, her own eyes humid with sympa thy. ‘O, yes,’ exclaimed the child; ‘nobody over hod such a good father! Ho was always kind.and there was on. (thing that he never forgot —nerer !’ said the child, with loving emphaslß. ‘And what was that?’ inquired his interested auditor. ‘Every day, no matter how bußy ho was,ho never forgot to say a prayer with me. If he had timo for only from or five words, he would put his hand on my head and siiy thorn." The excellent narrative of Mrs. Henshaw is thus diversified with anecdotes, sometimes sad like this one, and again mirth-provoking. There is not a dry, uninteresting page in the whole volume. The heart of the author was -in her work, as it was when she labored with the commission. The introductory chapter, by Hon. Mark Skinner, first President of the Commission, is valuable and interesting; and the Treasurer’s report will doubtless have justice done to it. But Mrs. Henshaw’s nar rative will delight every one for its manner as well as its.matter. The book is to be sold by canvassers in the Northwest, but we presume copies could bo procured for parties in the East by addressing the publisher, Mr. Sewell. The North American Review, The midsummer number opens with a pleasant essay on the life and writings of Sterne,in which the whitewashing movement introduced by Fitzgerald’s “Life" is cautiously but pretty accurately followed up. We do not think it practicable to erect Laurence Bterne into anything like a hero. What he brought into English literature was the tone of French eauserie —the brilliant, unhinged, flighty way of getting around any statement, in which the French salon was at that timo an acknowledged artist; together with a huge importation of the humor (humor much too Oauloise ), which he found in Rabelais, and with which, when he plumped it into the well of English letters, the whole fountain was perfumed. Until Sterne, the national writing was pure or else heartily groBS, with an innocent bigness in its very animalism; and Sterne taught it the leer and the double meaning. The charitable efforts of Mr. Percy Fitzgerald, and here of Mr. Hill, are not efforts to disprove these old opinions, but to get over them. , Some facts on meteoric showers are col lected and reasoned from by Mr. Newcomb. The facts begin with the year 50!), when a dance of stars occurred over Arabia which reminded the natives of the movements of locusts. The most satisfactorily-observed streams of meteoroids are found to be parti cles left behind after our intersection with a comet; but the matter of which these mes sengers is composed is of such tenuity that any effort on their part to shake pestilence and war from their hair would simply result in their shaking themselves to pieces. The particles of which these masses are made up appear to have just extension enough to re flect the light and assert their ex istence. Professor Newton estimates the number of shooting stars which enter the earth's atmosphere daily at seven millions. Their average mass appears to be a fraction of a grain,—saw one third. We may therefore roughly estimate the amount of matter daily added to the earth in the way we have described at three hun dr ed pounds, or one cubic foot. At this rate it would require seven millions of millions of years to increase the diameter of the earth by a single foot. It is easy to recognize the mythical character of the supposed “meteoric dust” which has been collected on dinner plates after meteoric showers. All such de bris as would fall on a plate an acre in ex tent could hardly be weighed in a balance. “It does not,” says Mr. Newcomb, “seem extravagant lu hope that shooting-stars may yet thrbw Borne light on the grandest problem now presented to the human mind —the origin of the universe. Is the present arrangement ol the stellar nnd planetary systems fitted to exist Irom eternity to eternity? Did it spring ready made from the hand of the Creator? Or did il condense from a nebulous gas in pe riods of time compared with which the ages of geology arc but moments? The modern discoveries and theories in physics and as tronomy all seem to tend toward the solution of these questions, and we may believe that their answer will be found within the power of the human intellect.” The moribund state of the Papacy is evi dent enough, and the uneaßy efforts of the present Pope to shine theatrically by Bensa tionai allocuiionsand the incessant declaia tion of dogmas are nothing but the indica tions of it. Mr. Henry C. Lsa, in his fine notice of the movement of religious re orm in Italy points out clearly that the technical suc cess of the temporal power in last November was an actual disaster; it was a flash ot ligh 1 upon the existing moral position of the Hi man church: “To bring about, all this the disasters of last November have largely contributed. The unification of the Italian nation has been greatly accelerated, while the Pope-king has stood forth more prominently than ever as the obstacle to progress. As long as he pro tested his helplessness to resist, and declared his readiness to die rather than to abandon the sacred heritage confided to his feeble hands, even his enemies could not but entertain a feeling of respect for the fortitude which seemed to draw its strength from faith alone, and to preserve its consistency with the precepts of the Saviour. When, how ever, he showed to the world how perfectly the Church represents the ultimate develop ment of feudalism, —a lord paramount whoße vassals of whatever degree are equally his serfs, —and how utterly the spiritual sover eignty has been subordinated to the tempo ral; when men reflected that in the height of itß medieval power the Church always denied to itself the right to shed blood, and that even the fiercest Inquisitor always “relaxed” his victims by handing them over to the secular tribunals for punishment, they could not but shudder to see the Vicegerent of Christ re cruiting soldiers in every corner of Catholic Europe, offering blessings and boun ties with equal hand, signing death warrants, sending his mercenaries to battle, and after killing Mb enemies, enjoying the additional, satisfaction of consigning them to eternal damnation, and of ordering their iriends to sing Te Dcums over their graves. It is not every one whose heart is so hardened by religious zeal as to enjoy the pious joke ol Bishop Dupanloup in rejoicing over the Papal victory. It was necessary, said he, that blood should flow, Tramstulit it lots per mare rubrum. This terrible commingling of the sacred and profane was aptly illustra ted by the awkward enthusiasm of General de Failly, when he hastened to inform Louis THE DAILY EVERTO BULLETIN—PHIMDELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULffJI, 1868. Napoleon that at Mentana the new rifles had performed miracles; and it is no wonder that the reformers eagerly caught up tho Idea by suggesting that the now : saint- should be added to the calendar, and that a new invo cation should be inserted in tho Roman litany —Sancte Chasscpot ora pro nobis! The happy flexibility of;.the Romish prin ciple, ns a power of propagandists, is ex hibited wherever its missionaries penetrate, whether in Asia or America; Mr. Lea ob serves this,but soon arrives at tho kernel of tho difficulty, the radical fixity of its central doc trine, which prevents anything but an exter nal or numerical progress through tho world of souls. “In this country we see the Gatholic clorgy adapting themselves without complaint tore publican institutions, subjected to the laws of the land, enjoying no special immunities or privileges, busily devoted to the duties of tho pastorate, propagating their faith by persua siveness, earnestly engaged in Hid religious instruction and moral training of their flocks, and active in the charitable work of feeding the hungry and curing tho Bick. Moro than any other denomination through out the populous North, their labors lie among the poor and humble, and their cease less ministrations accomplish results which could be reached by no other instrumental ity. It is difficult to imagine thoße ardent and self-denying men as memberß of the same brotherhood, believers in the same faith, part of the same organization, as that which from the Vatican has armed the Anti bes legion, and which proclaims eternal war againßt equality, freedom of conscience, lib eral education, self-government, and, in short, all the forces which constitute progress and modem cmlization. “While the ministers of the Church, under the pressure of circumstances, can adapt themselves to the necessities of their position in a free community like burs, it is the mis fortune of. the Papacy.thM it,is the,exponent of an infallible church, and that,, acting under the immediate inspiration, of St. Peter, the Popes have always been and must always be infallible. - Infallibility is a heavy burden for poor humanity. It can confess no errors, it can rectify no blunders, it can offer no expia tion for wrongs. To be consistent with itself, it must remain in one age what it was in another, under totally different conditions. The’world moves on, while it is forced to lag behind, and it thus becomes an anachronism which has lost its usefulness, and can only exert its powers for evil rather than for good. Thus Mastoi Ferretti, kind and benevolent as a man, finds himself as Pius IX, charged with the tremendous taßk of perpetuating in the nineteenth century the theocratic-auto cracy which Hildebrand aimed to establish, and which Innocent Hi. wielded with awful effect." From the throng of valuable facts amassed by Mr. Brigham in his account of the lumber region of Michigan, we select the following heavy figures, to give a conception of the fatal way in which our West is losing her crowns of pine, restricting our summary to certain mills in the Saginaw Valley alone; “The whole number of mills in the Sagi naw Valley, or tributary to it, exclusive of' those at Flint, was, in 1867, eighty-two, with an invested capital of $3,428,500. In these mills there are seventy-five circular saws, sixty-nine vertical or “muley” saws, and thirty-nine gang saws,—one hundred and eighty-three in aIL The lumber manufac tured in these mills, boards and shingles, amounted to 423,960,190 feet, tyhich is but little more than half their capacity. The ag gregate of logs in the booms was 17,304,605. The number of men employed in these mills was 2,402. In addition to this lumber,nearly sixty-four million laths were made during the year. Of this vast product of the year, less than one-eighth remained unsold at the close of work in the winter. About four hundred million feet of manufactured lumber were actually transported from this Valley dur ing the summer and autumn of the year 1867. Figures like these oppress the imagina tion.” And here is the Michigan lumberman at home: “The first party of woodmen usually go out in November, as soon as the ground be gins to freeze; they select a place for their camp as nearly as possible in the centre of the ‘lot’ which they are to work upon, taking care to get a dry soil, in the neighborhood of some spring or brook; they build a log-house, and cut a road to the nearest stream, on which the logs must be floated down. The log houses are large enough to accommodate from twenty to fifty persons. In the centre a raised fireplace is built, directly under the apex of the roof, and the only chimney is a tunnel above this fireplace. The work of wood-cutting begins as soon as the road is finished and the ground becomes hard enough to haul the logs —usually early in December —ahd it is continued until the streams break up in the spring. The daily Wood-chopping begins with the early morning, and is kept up so long as there is light. In the evenings the wood men sit around their fire, play cards, smoke their pipes, tell stories and sometimes get up rude dances. There is very little drinking among them during the season of work in the woods. Suttlers are not allowed upon the premises, and the men have usually no money to buy liquor. They are paid by the day, and supplied with suitable food by their em ployers. Fork and beans, driecl fish, bread, and tea are the most approved articles of diet. Coffee is not generally provided, and the deli cacies consist cMefly in the wild game which the woodmen themselves may chance to catch. There is plenty of this to be had, if there were time to take it; for the woods are iull of squirrels, rabbits, poons, deer, and black bears, whose flesh is not unpalatable; the streams, too, are full of fißh. But the men are too busy in their craft to do much Ashing or hunting, and are content with their simple, but nourishing, regular fare. In ad dition to their ‘nourishment,’ they get, on an average, about a dollar a day for their labor. The whole gain of a lumberman, in his win ter’s work, is about a hundred dollars, which a new suit of clothes and a few weeks of sport in the spring generally exhaust. The hie of a lumberman is like that of sailors, and very few lay up the fruits of their toil. In character, the men are quite as good as the average of those who lead a roving life. They dispense with prayers and preaching, and make little account of Sunday. A few have books, but the taste for reading is not general; mending clothes and sharpening axes, with such amusements as we have mentioned, fill the spare time. Their occu pation is healthy and cheerfiil. The stock of medicines rarely needs to be replenished, and there is not much for a physician to d’o in their strong-armed company.” The foreign critics who complain of the want of tone in American life have seve ral times gracefully particularized the fact that of our first writers a number display a - more exquisite urbanity of style than the children of older civilizations. A selection that should pick out the finished stylists of the time would undoubtedly include several Americans—lr vine, Prescott, Hawthorne, and perhaps Longfellow and Curtis, the last-named, in those books which attach him to the circle of literature proper, displays indeed au over- exquiaffimess, a sugary finish .that Would Se£m todo.’dve'proman age df decline, as if he tfere’ the swcotj accomplished Virgil of ;some rhcl low empire just ripening to IS fall.' Yet Cnr tis’a addictlon to m,usic has itieeii pursued ‘in the'tabst discordant of American life. What would bo made of him by critics of the order of Taine, who are eternally construct ing an artist from the influences of his age? Mr. Howells, in his friendly and kindly pane gyric,l acoepts his man because he exists, and docs not attempt to account for him at all. A very charming little memoir results. John Fiske’s considerations on tho char racler of a liberal education are based on the essays of Prof. Farrar, and give a brisk Jog to our repose on old systems of teaching. Suppose we have been all wrong in commit ting to memory first the rule or the paradigm, and arguing from that to the example ? Sup- ■pose ourcompctitive examinations only bring ont the brassy, unabashable student, leaving modest worth unnoticed in the shade it loves ? Suppose the selectiqn of great authors for grammar exercises and translations is insult ing and stultifying ? The strictures of Mr. Fiske are worth all attention, but we think he underrates the discipline of memory at tained under the old arbitrary rote-study. John Hookham Frere was a Crichton of the age of Byron and Scott, “all perfect, finished to the finger-nail," but condemned by prosperity and fortune to be a merq latent force in private circle?. The extracts from his published but forgotten works indicate immense accomplishments; and are very ably selected and criticised by editor Norton. Mr. Adams Sherman Hill contributes to history a, good report of the Chicago Conven tion.—Air. Lowell devotes sixty-two of the ample pagesof the JBevtcto to an elaborate, exhaustive, magnificent handling of Dfyden, in his worka and personal character. It has never been so well done, that is certain, and yet how little of new there was to say! This essay will remain, for American boys,' the authority that Macanlay’s Milton was to their elder brothers. Yet the virtue of Lowell is that he attempts no il-plomb, no rhetoric, no phrases, but takes his color completely from what he criticißCß, Tn a delightful method that is as different from the Macaulay method as possible. When will the scholarly Boston publishers give to the American bookshelf a complete edition of Lowell’s essayß? The time is ripe, and the mind of the country needs them.—Mr. Godkin's exposition of our Political Corruption and Commercial Immor ality, iB one of the many reform-essays that have sprang np ail about, since the presentation of Mr. Jenckes' bill, amoDg our dailies, weeklies, monthlies, and now in Our best quarterly. The last Ju venal is unimpeachable, and brings grave considerations to light, bat we cannot but wish that somebody of the temper of Mr. Parton had gone over his satire and fur bished it up for popular reading. It is one of the Nation’s most dreadful editorials, trans ferred from that journal because it was too long and not susceptible of paragraphy. The Critical Notices examine nineteen sep arate workß, with admirable judgment The whole number keeps np the place of the North American as the best existing expo nent of modem, thought from the republican standpoint. Its finish and temper belong to a balanced and tranquil civilization, and one cannot advise with a'better guide for the for mation of liberal and living opinions. Harper’s Pictorial History of tbe Great Rebellion. With Nos. 33, 34 and 35, this enterprise is concluded. We receive them from Q. W. Pitcher. In 1863, while the issue of the great war was still dubious, “and the bravest held his breath for a time,” Mr. Richard Grant White commenced to prepare for Har per & Brothers a'Bummary of the course of events, to be continued up to the termination, of the revolt, whatever its issue. Messrs. Harper contributed to this the best plates from their Illustrated Weekly, and issued the work in large folio pages which would ac commodate the most considerable of theso engravings. Mr. White retired from the task at the conclusion of the introductory chap ters, leaving the work in the hands of two able gentlemen, Mr. Alfred H. Guernsey and Mr. Henry M. Alden. Of these editors, the former attended to operations in the East, and the latter to Sherman’s and other Western campaigns. Of the political criticism' of the war, the responsible direction was shared about equally by both these gentlemen with the first editor, Mr. Richard Grant White. Messrs. Guernsey and Alden have compiled from Official Reports, and the minutes of the Congressional Globe; from army corres pondence in the newspapers; from the hosts pf biographies; and from the official returns pf both armies, a good and vital History, full Of the freshness of contemporary opinion, and yet striving to attain to the impartiality of the posthumous verdict. Their account is derived at once from these authorities, without refer ence to more hastily prepared Histories. Tne slight delay in finishing the enterprise has al lowed the Reconstruction Acts of the Thirty ninth and Fortieth Congresses to be admit ted, thus pointing to the future re-edification of the States deprived of their rights by in subordination. . The work stops at folio 836, the page being half the size of this page of the Bulletin. The illustrations amount to a thousand or over. It is unfortunate that they are not generally of a little better quality, but the extreme haste demanded by the ex igencies of a newspaper must be taken into consideration in judging them. With all their faults, they conserve details of topogra phy, of equipment, and often of the weather in which an action took place or the attitude in which a hero died, that have the reliability ol notes taken on the spot, and add greatly to the picturesqueness of history. With the cover of each number as it comes out we have the benefit of an allegory, ol Mr. Harry, Stephenß’s conception. Stephens, who is a good hand at caricaturing ’ animals, has still better success in caricaturing ideal per sonages, so that on the whole we recommend the artist to call in if posslble,_beforo it is too late, his thirty-five title pages from the sub scribers, who will probably yield them up without mental agony. We must repudiate, for-the thirty-fifth time, this fatal America with the near-sighted expression who miracu lously, with a muscular and heavily-knuckled band, upholds a flag that ha&ito wliilg,-. fromuho globe on which :Bbe stands ibfy sloVly sliding off a' pug-nosed lady With a pen ana an aquiline lady; with a crayon, for-* getting in their insecurity to write and draw, and turning their Imbecile backs to the army and navy of the Republic.’ rriuNoiAL. POPULAR LOAKS. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, At 102 and Accrued Interest. CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS, At 103 and Accrued Interest. 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The Mortgage Bonds of nearly all other railroads in this country, are payable, principal and .interesk-in. cur rency ; and it is asserted, without fear of contradiction, that no other railroad company in the world, building so great an extent of road, Issues bonds of equal value with tlieFiret Mortgage Bonds now offered for sale by the UnJoh Pacific Railroad Company. The price of these Bonds is now 102 and accrued in. Merest from July l, in currency. The Company bellove that at this price their Bonds are the Safest and Mott Profitable Investment in the market, and they confidently expect that they will shortly command a higher premium than any ptwiitar ee curity. The Company reserve the right to advance the price at any time, and will not fill any ordera or receive any subscription on which the money has not been actually paid at the Company's office before the time of such advance. Subscriptions will be received in Philadelphia by DE HAVEN & BROTHER, No. 40 S. Third Stroot, WM. PAINTER & CO., N0.'33 S. Third Street. SMITH, RANDOLPH & CO., 16 South Third Street. And in New York At the Company’s Office,No.2o Nassau St, i AND BY John J. Cisco & Son, Bankers, 59 Wall St. And by the Company’s advertised Agents throughout the United States. Remittances should be made In drafts or other funds par In New York, and the bonds will be sent free of * charge by return exprees. Parties subscribing ’through local agents will look to them for their eafe delivery! A PAMPHLET AND MAP HOBIBBB has just been pub lished by the Company, giving fuller Information than’ is possible in an advertisement, respecting the Progress of the Work, the Besources of tho Country traversed by tho Boad, the Means for Construction, and the Volua of iho Bondß,which will be sent free on application at the Cbm. : pany’s offlees or to any of the advertised" Agents,, ; JOHN J. CISCO, Treasurer, Now York July 21,18% THE FINE ARTS. INew Thing 1 in Art. BERLIN PAINTED PHOTOGRAPHS. ? ROBINSON, No. 910 CHESTNUT street, Ha. Juet received a euperb collecUon of Berlin Painted Photographs of flowers. They arc exquisite gem. of art. rivalling in beauty.' naturalncee of tint, and perfecUpn of form a great variofr of the cholce.t exoUc flowering planta. They aremountaa on board, of three rizee, and told from 25 ccnta to SB am* $4 each. . For framing, or tho album, they are incomparably beautiful. OENTEiEUOfiN’S H-VIX.XSastI.HU SUOUd PATENT SHOULDER SEAM SHIRT \3r6Ctt toe tboco colobretedShlrU lUppUcd brief notice, ** Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, WINCHESTER & CO.. jJOOOHEBTNUT. FUSE .DRESS SHIRTS AND GENTS' NOVELTIES. J. W. SCOTT & CO., 814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia^ . GENTS’ FATENT-BFHINQ AND BUTM Fj .toned Over Oaltera,Cloth,LeaUwr, white Jyi MATtaowmldneai Children*. Ooib «a» ‘Wk Velvet legging, i auo made to order ■§» ar-oiam’ FumttsiUNGGobDß. 0 f avery deKrictlon, very low, 903 Cherinst 13 rtreet, comer of Ninth. The bert Kid Glove. oflidlMisCnotiiit RICHELDERFER’S BAZAAB. nolktfl OPEN IN TBE EVENING., heatehs aiw nroves. m Lilt mm ILLUMINATING DO OB 8. The meet Cheerful and Perfect Heater In Uec- To be had, Wholesale and Retail, of ~..-S J. S. CLARK, / \ 1008 MAKHia STREET* my\Bms \ a THOMAB 8. DIXON A SONS, " fibSk XLato Andrews A Dixon. fejj'fl No. 1234 OpESTNUT Street, PhiUdoJphU WSI&. OpScHte United State* Mint, Mapufeehireni of J I/)W DOWN, PARLOR. CHAMBER, OFFICE, And other ORA _ud other > -TE3, Cor Anthracite, BUumlnotu ana Wood Ptra, WARM-AIKFIIniNACE9. For Warming Public and Private UolldiacE, KEGJLSTERS* VENTLLATOBS, a AMP OOOKTN WHOLKSALEaad RETAIL. WATCHES, J£WELBI, SS, •DIAMOND DEALERS & JEWKLEBB.j] WATCHES, JEUTEIUV k SILTEn W4BE. II ATOHEB and JEWELRY REPAIRED.^ Watches of the Finest Makers. Diamond and Other Jewelry? Solid Silver and Plated Ware, Etc., Etc. SMALL STUDS FOB ETELET HOLESo A. large assortment Jort received* with a variety off letfange. JEWELRY! JEWELRY I 8. E. corner Tenth and Chestnut. NEW STOBE. NEW GOODS. WRIGGINS & CO., (Formerly Wrigglne & Warden. Fifth and Chestnut.) Invito attention to their New Jewelry Store, 8. E. comer TENTH and CHESTNUT Streets. Wo are now prepared with our Extensive Stock to offer GREATINDUCEMENTS to Boyer*. WATCHES of tho most celebrated makers. JEWELRY and SILVER WARE, always the latest design* and befit qualities. Goods especially designed for BRIDAL PRESENTS. Particular attention, given to the Repairing of WATCHES and JEWELRY. WRIGGINS & 00., 8. E. corner Tenth and Cbestnat Streets. mjstuthsSm WM. B« WABNE & CO., gSItSa Wholesale Dealers In WATCHES AND JEWELRY, 8. E. corner Seventh and Chestnut Streets, And late of No, 85 South Third street. le2ly GKOOEJBIEB, JLIQUOfLS, TO FAMILIES Residing in the Rural Districts. We are prepared, oa heretofore, to inpply families a£ their country residences with every description of FINE GROCERIES, TEAS, &0., &o„ ALBERT C. ROBERTS, Corner Eleventh and Vine Streets* RICHARD W. FAIRTHORNE & CO.j Dealer In Tea* and Coffee*,. No. 1036 HIARKET STREET.; pure, of the best quality, and sola- I ' • rnyb-th stu 8m rriABLE CLABET.—2OO CASES OP SUPERIOR TABLE- A V T?,S r S!? n , t f, <1 to rive satisfaction.- For sale by M. P. SPIIXJN, N. W. comer Arch and Eighth streets. baskets of latour>» salad- SifiU ol tho lateat importation. For sale ,by M. F. HPILLIN, hi. W. corner Arch and Eighth streets. Sams, dried beef and- tongues.—john Steward’s lastly celebrated Hams and Dried Beef, ana Beef Tongues; also the best brands of Cincinnati S,dEigh F t ohrs£cce£rM 0 h r s£cc e £ rM - BBJLLIN, N. W;.cornerArch CROSS CHEEK LEHIGH COAL. PLAIBTED & MoCOLLIN, 1 No. 8033 CHESTNUT Street, WeatFhlladelphia, : Sole Retail Agents for Coxe Brothers * Co’a celebrated CrOES Creek Lehigh CoaL from the Buck Mountain Vein. This Coal is particularly adapted for making Steam for Sugar and MaftHohseßi Breweries; &o.- It Is also.nnaur pasaedss a Family Coal. Orders left at the office of the- Miners, No. 841 WALNUT* Street Clot floor); will receive our prompt attention. Liberal arrangements made with manufacturers using a regular quantity. . - jyletf L y*Rnn wnmL" i»,. i JOHIT y. BITBATT* rpHE . UNDERSIGNED INVITE ATTENTION 1 TO A their stock of ' . _ Spring Mountain, Lehigh and Locust Mountain GoaL which, withtho preparation given by us, wp think cannot bp excelled by any other, Coal- *«•■«.»• ■ Office. Rute> Inrtihite Arch street wharf, BchnvikflL ATORTON'B PINE APPLE CHEESE.—IOO BOXES ON J> Consignment. Landing and for tale by JOS. 8,. BUSBIER & CO.. Agentafor Norton & Elmer. 108 Boutli Pelawue Avenne.l jy7 tu th s U 5 MANUFACTORY. Of lata ityloa In fall variety. Four doom below Continental Hotel! ; rohl-f m wtf B ALTIMORE i DII’BOVED BABE BURNING jl FlltE-Pli ACE HEATJKB? , MAGAZINE ladomus & ca 802 Cheatnnt Bt.. Phila; Of the latent ttylea. COAX. AND WOOD* the FUIiDKHtJ HI lit,. Fetter from Tlmd. Stevens. .TJjo following letter has been addressed by Horf._ Tbnddeus Stevens to n personal friend: Dear Sir : The gold question Is settled. It is not surprising that an ancient philosopher should xqarvel at the singular workings of truth, some times operating with provoking slowness and sometimes with electric rapidity, but ol ways with eventual accuracy.' This has been called to my mind by tbo late sudden settlement of tho qaesr tion In what currency the five-twenties were pay able. For some time past that question has been' •discussed in a vultrnr manner, and I confess, so far as I was concerned. In a temper apd stylo that was unbecoming j and yet wilhlu a week the whole question haß been settled without turmoil snd without it seeming to be understood by tho people at large. _ A funding bill was introduced by Mr. Senator Sherman, and passed the Senate, was sent to the Bouse, where it received several amendments. The Senate non-concurrcd, and it went to a com mittee of conference. They reported an entirely new bill, in which they settled tho whole question of what tho five-twcntle3 should be payable In, so wisely as to reduoo'-tho-wholc national loanlo poyment in coin. They provided bonds to tho full amount of the five-twenties and no more, to bo exchanged, par for par, and payable in coin In thirty and forty years. . Now, if tho five-twenties had already been pay able, principal and interest, in gold, nothing need to havo been said except as to the time, ■which the government had tho right to extend; but they dla provide that tho bonds to bo substi tuted should bo of different interest value from tho face of tho five-twenties. It la provided that they shall bear on interest of four per centum in s;old instead of six per centum as now; and os an equivalent for' tho reduction of the Interest, the principal should be payable In gold at maturity. If the principal were already payablo in gold there could have been no occasion to repeat it nor to reduce the coin interest for thirty years by onc-tbird. That settled that the bonds bearing four per cent, interest for forty years, and their principal and interest payable in coin, were Just equal to what the committee considered the value of the five-twenty bonds, bearing one third more In'crest in coin and tho principal pay oblo in just what it now is. ■ These provisions, I think, cannot be, misun derstood by any,gentleman. If the bondholder choosesjto deal,let him exchange, one'of those four-forty bonds, bearing four per cent; interest, for one of the same value called five-twenties, bearing six per cent, interest in gold and the principal In money. This proposition, containing so just and con venient an arrangement, so as to reduce the na tional loan to uniformity and settle the vexed question “in what It should be paid,” was sub mitted to both houses, passed at onoe by the Sen ate and passed by the House of Representatives, almost every Republican member voting for It. If It is not now a law it is because the President lias not signed it— - _—: This compromise bill was a happy thought, settling an Irritating question, and Informing every bondholder what and how much be is to receive for hls bond. It does not do to exult, bat it must De gratifying to those who hold that there was a difference "in value between the five-twenties aDd what they would bo if they were payable in coin. 'Respectfully, &e.,. Tiiadueos Stkykxs. State Convention ol Softool Snpcrin- ten (lent*. Hai!l:ismjrg, July 30. —The Btate Convention of County School Superintendents was called to •order by Professor J. P. Wickersham, State Su perintendent, in the Supremo Court Room, at two o’clock this afternoon. Mr. Wickersham, In his address, alluded to the interest manifested by the people in education. In 18C7, £1,800,000 were spent for school houses alone. In i8G8.5500,000 more were appropriated, and in the official year of 18(19, commencing last June, $2,500,000 dollars would be required for budding purposes. Besides, school boards throughout the country were allowed now to borrow, In the aggregate. $500,000, in addition to the tbirtccn-mill tax. Pennsylvania had spent more for this purpose in one year than any other ■Stale in tho Union. He alluded in general terms to tho object of , the Convention. Now was the time to take huge steps forward. • ■ W. W. Woodruff, of Chester, was chosen per manent President, and he spoke eloquently for the work. H. Armstrong, of Luzcrno, and O. X. Chnbbuck, of Bradford, wore chosen Vico Presidents. W. W. Watson, of Susquehanna, Aaron Sheely, of Adams, and G. J. I.uckey, Pittsburgh, were eclecied as Secretaries. Sir. J. W. Martin, of Sullivan, moved the ap pointment of a committee of five to wait on the Governor. Agreed to, nnd Messrs. Wlckersham, of Harrisburg: E. R, Mentrout, of Berks; Gil christ, of Washington ; Dale, of Venango, and Lindsey, of Warren, were appointed said com mittee.’ The roll was called, and Adams, Armstrong, Beaver, Backs,'-Blair, Bradford, Cambria. Came ron. Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Eric. Franklin, Huntingdon, Indiana, Lancaster, Lebanon. Luzerne, Lycdming, Mifflin, Montour, Perry, Potter, Schuylkill. Snyder, Sullivan. Sus quehanna, Tioga, Cnion, Venango, Washington, Warren, Westmoreland and York counties, and Pittsburgh, Allentown, Scranton and Erie cities responded, beine fortv-seven superintendents, representing 7,911 schools. Superintendent Wickcrsham, Deputy Superin tendent Hon. Charles R. Coburn; State Historian, Professor Bates; Colonel George F. McFarland, Superintendent soldiers’ orphans, and all princi pals of normal schools were admitted as mem bers, the first to a seat and a vote. Rev. William Calkins, of Tioga, offered a prayer. Governor Geary was then introduced to the members. He a aid; Mr. President and Gentlemen ; I can hardly find words to express my gratification at meeting so many eminent men from all parts of the State. I consider this one of the most Important meet ings ever held, when the superintendent of the Stste and the county superintendents meet to o' Aider the great subject of education. What ti~ generals of division were to the army in the rebellion, so do I regard the school superinten dents of the counties to education, t believe much knowledge will be eliminated and much good result from your deliberations. I have but a few minutes before I leave the city to give you a hasty welcome to the capital of the State. When I think that we aro preparing youth to fill the great and high positions now occupied by able men throughout the country, I feel that we have an important duty before us. We have had to .meet much prejudice and much determination to break down the school system, and sometimes the most devoted friends of the system were in great doubt as to the resale Bat it is a doabtno longer, and Pennsylvania to-day is not behind a single State In the Union in her school system. We are not moulding vassals or slaves, but sov nriegns to wield power and shape the destinies of the great Republic. I hope, therefore, your meeting here will produce much good to Penn sylvania and her school system. I think the meeting was wisely called, that we may meet the school superintendents face to face, so 1 that the subject of colleges and schools will receive such .attention that I can knowingly lay the matter before the Legislature. X have no doubt but that your combined wisdom will be produotive of great results. Wo still have our enemies to the school system; but no matter what difficulties we may meet, we will overcome them, and I trust that He who Is above alt will bless the efforts of this convention to accomplish its great ends. On motion of Mr. Gilchrist, of Washington county, a vote thanks was tendered to the Governor for his words of encouragement. The vote was token standing, and was unanimously agreed to. A brief recess was then taken, and the members presented to the Governor. • On reassombllng, Messrs. Walthour, West moreland county; Heiges,. Pork county, and Evans, of Lancaster, wore appointed as the execu tive committee. Saturday noon was fixed as the time for final adjournment. The Convention resolved to hold three sessions day—From nine to twelve in the morning; ‘ from two to five in the afternoon, and eight to ten in the evening. The first question in the order of business—the examination of teachers, &c., involving oral and written pnblic and private examinations, and the propriety of a Uniform standard of estimating qualifications, and of examination in the theory of teaching—was discussed by Messrs. Calkins, of Tioga; Gilchrist, of Washington, Dale, of Venan go; Allen, of Potter; Wltham, of Beaver; Magee, of Centre ; Heiges, of York; Martin, of Sullivan; Persons, of Crawford; Mentrout, of Berks; Haw- key, ofWayne,*n4 Uadeey, of,Warren, till the adjournment, wltbont final action. ,An invitation to. visit tho State Lunatic Apy- Inm, 'otfUtmonotoi 1 - at fo'ttf b’&ockJP. 3L, was ■accented. Evening toiton—The subject of the examina tion of teachers was resumed, and after a full discussion, the Convention, by a largo voto, de cided the following points: ;Etnl— That examina tions should be both oral and written. Second— That examinations should bo public. Third— Thoj. it la impracticable, to .establish a uniform standard of estimating qualifications of appli cants. [This was determined by a voto of 13 to 22. J Fourth— Tbaf there, should bo separate ex aminations on the theory d teaching. Adjourned nntil to-morrow morning. Tfto Bnlttmoro Suits against Gone, rat Butler. General Butler has addressed tho following let ter to the Boston Jounial: BosTOjq Jply 29/1808. —Tv the Editor of the Doiton Journal : Bibl Sec in your telegraphic column a notlco that Charles W. Woolley and Kimberly-Brothers, brought suit against me la Baltimore; in other land-less- accurate papers that-' 1 1-was arrested.” The first is true, tho lat temot. ■ ■——•— = -a— Tho purpose, of Woolley’s snlt is obvious. The telegrams add that tho Kimberlv 6ult is “for j money extorted from (them while I was In com- j maid of Fortress" Mpnroe.” Both suits were “ brought by John Surratt's attorney—the lattur In , order to give occasion for the telegram. Kimberly brothers’ claim is for rent paid by I them for occupation of Government land. A | board of survey reported that oil the occupants of G6vefnihent laffl><for "shopkeeping. purposes should pay rent, the amount of which tho board ; fixed." "My' prbvb&mafshar collected of the Kimberlys (kmong others), and accounted for ; that rent for which I am sued, and it is tele- ! graphed over tho country “for extorting money.” This is a specimen of rebel slanders against ■ me, and rebel claims against the Government. All respectable papers unwittingly giving cur rency to this calumny will, I doubt not, give place to the refutation. Respectfully, • Benjamin F. Botlep.. rltogi »AggiwOTQ«r. ! July 30 the DKrlitfririat os' agriculture. The a report of tlio.cdncUjlon otjthjcrops jn Joly; j '•; ■ Com—The most rehilfklibio’ract'lnxOimectioh with ■ the com crop of tho present year!ls the great increase of Its acreage in thcSouth, the difference In the nnm her of acres between the 'present and the preceding year being more than two millions and a half. A slight decrease Is apparent in the Eastern seaboard 1 States, rcenlting from the nnpropritiona character of the recent cold, wet and backward spring, which sadly Interfered with planting, A carcfnl estimate of the average shows a decrease of 49,009 acres, in Maine, New Hampshire, Massa chcrctte.'RSodc IsTshST Connecticut, Ne'vTToric, New' Jersey and Maryland, and an Increase of 3.105, 225 acres in the other States. The figures show an In crease of over 3,000,000 of acres In com, making □bout 38,0C0.000 In the United States, an advance of nine per cent, die percentage of Lonisiana reaches 05; that of ArkaV.raS, 4~; Kansas, 30; Mississippi, 25? Nebraska, 25; Missouri, 22; Texas, IS; Minnesota, 17; lowa, 15; Illinois and Ohio, 8, and Indiana, 4. The drought In the South has retarded somewhat the growth of com, but Its condition In that section [8 generally good. In tho West the average la high, with the exception of Ohio, and Indiana, where the weather has been somewhat nnpropltlous and storms destructive. In the East the last of Jane the growth was fmaU, but thehot weather of July has brought a large portion of .the crop in splendid condition. Wheat—The condition of wheat, as shown in the July returns, Is abeve the average for the last year In ell the States except Vermont, COnnecticnt, the Car olines, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, MisaisaipphTexas and Nebraska. The season has been peculiarly favorable to the growth and ripening of this bread crop in,all except tho Southern States. Cotton—Heturnsfrom the cotton-districts Indicate e very where a reduction <Sf tho acreage In that crop with the exception of Texas, which shows an Increase of thirty-three per cent, o.vie* last year, and Alabama, where there appears to be no material change in the figures, Tho falling off' In Mississippi appears to be eighteen fct cent., twenty-four In Louisiana, twelve in Georgia, thirteen In Arkansas, eighteen In Soutn Carolina, twenty In Tennessee, and ihlrty-two In North Carolina. The average redaction In acreage is about ten per cent. With this diminished breadth there is cleaner and better culture and a more general use of fertilizers, so that the yield may be quite equal to last year, tfie season being equally favorable. With alike experience as to inßects and other causes of Injury, one county In Alkane as, Desha, reports less than a third of the acreage of last year, while the area In com.ls three times as large, and such indications are hopeful. The correspondent, as might be expected, declares that the crops ore ail In Bpiendld condition, and if not injured by a drought, the finest yield for many years will be the result. A want of rain has been apparent In the Gulf States, and a severe drought has afflicted Western Tennessee, but few complaints of Its effects uj on cotton are made. So far the plant enjoys a very general exemption from casualties and injuries. It ye, oats and barley promise abundant crops. No eerlous drawbacks are reported, and few complaints of bad condition are received. Potatoes, so exceptionally unproductive last year, are In nnnanafiy fine condition, and the average Is in creased In every State except Rhode Island, the natu ral result of extremely high prices of last year’s crop. Frnlt is variable, apples and peaches less promising than usual. Vermont, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary land, Virginia, Arkansas, Missouri, lowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia make a worse record than other States os to apples. Peaches will be less abundant than apples, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware promising but half a crop, and Illinois and Michigan showing a considerable redaction. A fair promise of grapes is Indicated. Tobacco covers as large an area as usual In Vir ginia, Kentucky and Connecticut; somewhat less in Indiana. Illinois and Missouri. Its condition is good in Kentucky and Michigan. Elsewhere a little below an average. Borghnm is generally dolnc well In the West, bat not so well os nsnal in the middle belt of Sonthern States. SOIIIH AMERICA. Full of Ilumalla Loudon, July 30.— Further advices from Rio Janeiro announce the fall of the Paraguayan fortress of Ha tuatifl. The South American mails famish additions] news from the scene of war on the Parana. Dispatches received In Rio Janeiro, from the Mar quis do Caxias, Commander-In-Chief of the allied armies, announce that the Fortress of Homalta, so long and obstinately defended by the Paraguayans, had fallen Into the hands of the allies. No particu lars of the last day’s siege are given, nor were the terms of surrender known. The Tronble with the American minister. London, July 30.— The dispute which had arisen between General Caxias [and Mr. Washburn, the American Minister to Paraguay, remained unsettled. It originated in an attempt on the part of the Marquis to prevent the United States steamer Wasp, with the American Minister on board, from proceeding up the Parana River.’ Mr. Webb, Minister of the United States at Rio, has remonstrated with the Brazillian government, against this interference with the move ment, of tho Minister to Paraguay, and will demand his passport. Tho steamer Wasp is again detained by the commander of the allied forces. Paraguayan Accounts. London, July 30.—Tho following report Is from Paraguayan sources: The alließ made a reconnoissance in force in the di rection of the fortifications on the Tebicuary River. Tho detachment, consisting of six hundred men, wa met by the Paraguayan forces on the Tabar River and a severe engagement followed, which ended in the defeat and rout of the allies, with a heavy loss in prieonera, horses, arms, and munitions of war. Accounts from the same quarter represent that the poßitioh of the Paraguayans at Hnmarta was as strong and well manned at It ever had been, and there were no prospects of its abandonment. The new and extensive fortifications on the Teblcu- THE DAILY EVENING FRIDAY, JULY 31,1868. ary had been completed, and werb well provisioned and garrisoned. The river had been effectually,closed at that point by chalfia and other obstructions. Tho above accounts, coming from behind the Para guayan fixes, airy necessarily, of earllor date than the latest news received at Rio from the allied camp; No intimation is given that General Lopez has sued for peace. Goodwood, July 30. —The Goodwood Cup, valued at £3OO, added to a subscription of £2O for each 2K miles, was won by the Dake of Newcastle's three year old colt, 'Speculum, by Pcdelte. Mr. Shlrle’a three-year old colt, jllueakln; by Stqrmcshir, was sec ond. and Mr. F. Johnston’s three-year old colt Tab onret, by Rataplan, third; Baron Rothschild’s three year old colt Suffolk, by North Ltncbljti* fourth; Duke of Newcastle’s colt Julias, by St. Albius," fifth. Each carried 102 pounds, except Julius,, who carried 126 pounds. Time, Jullns was the favorite. The second race, for the Racing stakes, for three-year colt and fillies, was won by Mr. Bowe’s colt Spyj by Underfiand- Mr. Solomon’s colt' Vnlßoyal,"by Stock well, second. —Yal Royal was the favorite. ! - Tho eweepßtnkcß for two-year old fillies was won hy Mr. Sblrle’s filly, by Prime Minister. Lord Stam ford's Snntilla, second, and the Marquis of Hastings’ Kamschatka third BnntUla was tho favorite. The Sixteenth—Bentlnck memorial stakes, for foals of 18G1, was won by Mr. Bowe’s gelding Saraband, by Rataplan. Seville was second. The Seventeenth—Bentlnck memorial waa won by the Bpy. Bandit was second, and Sunstroke third. The favorite, Coon. Tho Holecomb stakes, for two-year old colts and fillies, waa won by Mr. Morris’ Belladrum, by Stock welt Chatefiarrnlt, second. adtMnaw of ooeah bteaimebh. A TO ABBim ' ’• 1 i'i SHIPS VBOM ros sin Louisiana. .Vr OJvcrpooL .New York.. ..i .July 15 Moravian...;Livflrpoo!..Quebec.; July 16 ; CityofWMhinitoiLlAvGrpoo!..Ny via Halifax... July 18 , Palmyra. .Liverpool,,NewYork......... July 2} . Hera aim...... .Southampton.. New Y0rk........ i .July 31 Nebraska .-..Liverpool. -Now York .July 21 City of London.. . Jaly23 Enn .Liverpool.. New York. .July 23 , HoJeatla.. j. u, iSonthampton. ;New'Y 0rk..... .July 24 Scotia :.;;.;.i..Liverpool..NewYorl&...July 25 Atalanta London. .New York July 26 •' TODEFABTi'’ -- San Fratdrco.. ...New York;. Vera: Cmz.-.vl City of Paris New York..Llveropopl..*.. Aug 1 Columbia., 'i ....... .New York/ .G1a5g0w.........«.. Aug* 1 Pemuylvarda......New kork..LiverpOol...«; Aug. 1 Alltm&nnia New York. .Hamburg. Aug. A Dakota New York.. Aspinwoll :...Aag. 6 Colorado New York. .Liverp001.......... .Aug. 5 Australasian New York.. Liverpool Aug, 6 Weeer New York. .Bremen.... Aug. 6 Mheouri..., New York... Havana. Aug. 6 Juniata*.Philadelphia*.New Orleans../ .....Aug. Pioneer. Philadelphia..Wilmington.........Aug. 6 Wyoming Savannah. Aug. 8 Bt Laurent ;New York,“.Havre Aug. 8 Wm Penn New York. .London Aug. 8 I oLldiana, New York. .Liverpool Aug. 8 City of London. ...Now York. .Liverpool Aug. 8 Caledonia,. -8 City of Washington.N. York..Liverp t lvia Hal»x., .Aug 11 .u,' Rises, 4 561 Suit Sets, 7 4 I Hion Waxes, 1231 ARRIVED meSTEHDAT. - ' . , ; , Steamer D Uutley, Davtfl, 24 hours from Now York, with n-dht* to W M Baird & Co. Bark Victoria (Br). Nickerson, 10 days from Matanzas, vitb molasses to J Baker & Co. Ttie V fyill be discharged at Chester. _ , Eclir Sarah Gardner. Stacey, from City Point, with ship timber for 8t George, Me. The 8 G Bprung aleak when oLedayout, and put into the Breakwater, whenco ahe wai towid to tbia port for repair* by the tug America. SchrAdaß Allan. Owen, 10 days from St John, NB. with lomber to J E Bazloy 6 Co. , Schr W Lopcr.McCUntock, 3 days from New York, with cedar and walnut logs to J Eisenbrey & Co. - t?rbr Mahlon, Fooks, A days from Barren Creek, Md. with lumber to Collins & Co, Schr Thoa G Smith, Lake, Boston. . cn.RARKp yesterday. Steamer Diamond State, Webb, Baltimore, R Foster, atenmer Beverly. York. W P Clyd* & Co. bark Friedrich Scalla (Pros), Waack, Rotterdam, Mer- chant A Co. Brig Kate (Br), McDougall. Maitland, NS. CC Van Horn. ScLr G Kii nrnty, Mumey, Petersburg, Va. Kerr 4i Bros. Ship James Cbeston* Swain, at Callao 13th inat from New York—arr Ist. Ship Southern Chief, Higgins, from New York for San Francisco, waa epoken lat mat lat 21S, lon 29 W. ship Hope. Hancock, from Savannah for Montevideo, was spoken Ist inat lat 2 S, lon 29 12. Ship Dreadnought Callaghan, from New York March 1, at San Francisco 29th inat. Ship Lookout Nugent, from New York 3d April, at San Francisco 29th uut. Ships Morseman, from Liverpool, and Gen Windham, from Australia, at Son Francisco 29th inat Steamer Columbia (Br), Camaghan, cleared at N York jeeterday for Glasgow. _ . Steamer America (NG), Ernst cleared at New York rerterday for Bremen. „ . Steamer Tarifa (Br). Murphy, cleared at New York yesterday for Liverpool. _ _ Steamer City of New York (Br). Halcrow, from Liver pool for New York, at Halifax 28th inst Steamer United States, Norton, cleared at New Orleans 26th inst. for New York. , Bark Vinco (NG), Cameron, hence for Rostock, waa off the Lizard 18th inst. « Baik Clara (Br), McConnell, hence at Falmouth 18th instant Bark Sarina (Br), Patton, 64 days from Buenos Ayres, at Baltimore 29th mat Bark Geo T Kemp CBr), Whiting, at Boston yesterday from Cape Town* , , , bark John Wooster. Knowles, at Singapore 6th uit. for Kong Kong, to load timber. Brig Maris Wheeler, Wheeler, hence at Boston yester day. brig Angolia. Brown, 13 days from Cardenas, at N York yea erday. Brig J VV Drisko, Eaton, hence at Boston 29th Inst. Bcur N H Skinner, Thrasher, hence at Providence 29th instant , Bc.hr Anna Barton. Frink, hence at Holmes* Hole 29th instant Schr Manantico. Claypole, at Boston yesterday from Mobile. Schr Martha, Smith, cleared at Jacksonville 22d inst for this port. Schr Baltimore, Dix, cleared at Calais 25th instant for this port Schr Jsb S Shindler, Lee, sailed from Marblehead 24th inet for this port Schr Artie Garwood, Howell, at Boston 29th Inst, from Georgetown. DU. _ , Schrs J H Bartlett, Harris, and J A Parsons, Clark, hence at Boston 29th inet Schr Wm D Cargill, Kelly, cleared at Boston 29th inst for this port Schrß E & L Cordery, Grace; B L Sherman, Penny; M A Tyler, Tyler: 6 & E Corson. Coreon; John H Allen, Ketchum; JH Bartlett, Harris; J A Parsons, Clark; &, V Bergen, Tbompeod; George H Bent Smitli: J.B Clayton, Clayton: S B Wheeler, McLaughlin; F Nowell,Fenni inore; Wm W Marcy, Champion; Sami Gilman, Kelley; Ida A Jayne, Aldrich, and 8 B Franklin, Moll, hence at Bob«od 29th instr Bchm Revenue, Gandy; JG Curtis, Atwood, and De corra. Clark, bonce for Boston; Clara Davidson. Jeffrey, Ik nee fir Medford, and H Prescott Freeman, hence for Gloucester, at Holmes* Hole 28th inst Sailed, all the vessels before reported, except brigs Geo E Dale, Essex, Aquidneck. Geo W Chase, and James; schrs White Sea, E J Heraty, and Ira Bliss. MARINE MISCELLANY. Srlir Ruth H Babcr.from Elizabetbpott for Portsmouth, with coal, lately sunk sunk at Hell Gate, was raised on the 23th imt. by Captain Conklin, of the Coast Wrecking Co. Bho was taken to Newport and placed on tho Dry Dock for repairs. Schr Mary E Eellinger, of New York, from Alexandria for Boston, with a cargo of coal, struck on hot anchor on Wednesday noon, and sunk tin three fathoms water on the Middle Grounds off Cape Charles. Tho crew were taken off by the Bchr Trident.' instructions have been issued to Collectors that no bill of sale of a vessel shall bo recorded unless the same be acknowledged before a Justice of the Peace, the same aa It required for a deed. These instructions are in accord ance with a recent Act of Congress, ROBERT M. O’KEEFE, Plain and Ornamental Home and sign Painter IAUM A. WEIGHT, THOBHTON BIKE, CLEMENT A. GBIftOOK THEODORE WRIGHT, FRANK L. NKAXJm PETER WEIGHT 6SONB, Importer* of Earthenware and Shipping and Commission Merchant*. No. 115 Walnut street, Philadelphia. COTTON AND LINEN SAIL DUCK OF EVERY \J width, from one to six feet wide, all numbers. Tent and Awning Ducfc Papermakers Felting. Sail Twine, &c. JOHN W. EVERMAN & CO., No. 108 Church St. 1 PRIVY WELLS.—OWNERS OF PROPERTY—THE JT only place to get privywella cleansed and disinfected, at very low prices. A. PEYBSON, Manufacturer of Poa. drette. Goldsmith's Hall, Library street. Notice of change of name—in accord. acce with r,bo Act of Assembly of the Ntuth of April, A. D., 1853. noUco is hereby given that tho Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County did on the Fif teenth day of July, A. D ,1868, decree that the name of E obart Emlen Haro should thereafter be Hobart Amory Haro. jy27 24t Advertising agency., GEORGE DELP A CO., Agents for all newspapers at the lowest-rates, _ Office, No. 703 Chestnut street, second floor, PRESS BUILD* ING. nos»tu.th«B.ly A HORSEMANSHIP—AT THE PHILADEti PHIA RIDING SCHOOL, Fourth street, above vine, will he found every facility for acquirlm a knowledge of this healthful and elegant accomplish ment The School is pleasantly ventilated and warmed the horses safe and well trained. An Afternoon Class for Young Ladles. Saddle Horse* trained in the beet maimer. Saddle HortM.Hpme. and Vshlclo* to hire. Also, Carriage, to Depots Partle., Wedding.. Bho Pb stf THOMAS CRAIGEA BON. GREAT UHITAinr. tioodgvootf Races. JAMES COATES WALTON,) Monthly Committee. THOMAS POTTER.) PORT OF PHILADELPHIA—J 01y.3L MEMORANDA BU3IIIGSI CARDS* 1031 "Walnu-t Street. Glazing promptly attended to. mySOSra} PERSONAL. INSTRUCTION. ~OTARTER FERPETUALi FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY 6? PHILADELPHIA,’ Nos, 4& and 437 Chestnut Shook Assets on January i* 1868; $2,603,740 09 Capita 1........ ■400,006 M Accrued Burplu, 1,106,®3 8» Fremlftnu ...1484.8M id UNSETTLED CLAIMS, INCOME FOB IM *3X683 23. ’ *330.000, Losses Paid Since 1829 Over, $6,600,000. Perpetual and Temporary PollclM on Liberal TarmYl Cha«,N. Baneker. DIBECT cSf.FaI«. Tobla, Wagner, AlfredETOer. Bamucl Grant, Fras. W. LewU, M. DJ Geo. W. Richards, Thomaa Sparta, laaacLea. Wm, 8. Grant. CIIARLI3 N. BANCKER,.Pre«Ident. •..o n. » , GEO. FALES, Vico Prcaidcnt JAB. W, MoALLISTEB, Secretarvpro tem. ■■ Except at Lexington, Kentucky. thU Company haa no Agencies Wert of Pitaburgh. fell TAELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCE COM, Intotported by the Le (filature of Fenniyl, Office. 8, E. comer TEmD and WALNUT Btreeti, . ' .Philadelphia, . „ marine insurances On the world. Oligootu by river, canal, lake and land carriage to all ITRE INfIUEANCES On merchandise generaßv. • , OnStore,. Dwellings,Ac. ASSETS OF THE COMPANY. „ November LlBO7. *200.000 United Stato, Five Per Cent Loan, 1040’s 8201,000 0 120,000 United State, Six Per Cent Loan, 1881.. 134,400 00 60,000 United Statea 7 3-11) Per Cant. Loan, Treasury Note, 32,308 00 "EOtWO State of Pennsylvania Blx Cent IvOLn 210,070 00 125,000 City of FhOadslphla Six Per Gent Loan (exempt from tax) 126,623 00 60,000 State of New Jersey Six Per Cent _Loan. 1,000 00 20J100 Penruylvanla Railroad Flrit Mort gage Six Far Cent Bonds 12,800 CO 25,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Becond Molt gage Six Per Cent Bonds 23,375 0) 25,000 Western Pennsylvania Kaliroad Six Per Cent Bonds (Penna. RR, guarantee) 30,000 State of Tennessee Five Per Cent. Loan 18,000 00 7,000 State of Tennessee Six Per Cent Loan. 4,270 00 15,000 800 shares stock Germantown Gas Company, Principal and interest - guaranteed by the City of Phila delphia - 15,000 00 7,500 150 shares stock Pennsylvania Ball. road Company 7,600 00 5,000 100 shares stock North Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 6,000 00 23,000 80 shares stock Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship Co • 15,00) 00 201*900 Loans on Bond and Mortgage, tint Uens on City Properties 201,900 00 31,101,400 Par Market Value 8U02.003 00 Colt. 8 L. 089,679 26. Rea! Estate 06,000 00 Bills Receivable (or Insurance* made 219J3S 6 Balances due at Agencies—Pre miums on Marine Policiee—Ac crued Interest, and other debts duo the Company. 43,384 36 Stock and Scrip of sundry Insu rance and other Companies, $5,070 00, Estimated value 3.017 00 Cash in Bank 8103,017 10 Cash in Drawer —S&9 19 . 103,315 m directors. Thomas 0. Hand, James O. Band. JoLm C. Davis, Samuel E. Stokes, Edmund A. Saucier* James Traqualr, Joseph H. Seal, William CVLudwif, Theophilos Paulding. Jacob F. Jones, Hugh Craig, Jamoa B. McFarland, Edward Darlington, Joshua P. Eyre* John R. Penrose, John D. Taylor, H. Jones Brooke* Spencer Mcllvaine, Henry Sloan,. Henry C. Dallett, Jr.* George G. Leiper, George W. Bernadotu William G. Boulton* John jB. Semple* Pittsburgh, Edward Lafourcade, D. T. Morgan* ** Jacob Siegel* A. B. Berger, " THOMAS C. HAND, fcreridont, jJOHN C. DAVIS, Vloa President HENRY LI'LBURN. Secretary. HEN BY BALL, Assistant Secretary, FIRE ASSOCIATION OP PHELADEL njjgS phia. Incorporated March 27, 1820. Office* H ; Egg* A No. 84 N. Fifth street Insure Buildings, PsfjgHS’ Household Furniture and Merchandise /SSKsBSO generally, from Lou by Fire (in the City ot Philadelphia only.)] ’SSEBSKSS O Statement of the Assets of the Association January Ist* 1368, published in compliance with the pro* visions of an Act of Assembly of April 6th, 1341. Bonds and Mortgages on Property m the City of Philadelphia only 81.07A1W 19 Ground Rents 13314 W Real Estate ...... 51*944 89 Furniture and Fixtures of 0ffice....... 4,490 03 U. 8. 6-20 Registered Bonds ... 46,000 00 Cosh on hand. 81*87311 ....... V;BU22B*OB>M TRUSTEES. William EL Hamilton* Samuel Spar hawk, Peter A. Keyser, Charles P. Bower, John C arrow, Jesse Lightfoot. George LYmmg, Robert Shoemaker* Josepn R. Lyndall* Peter Armbrnster* LovfP. Coats, „ 4 w „M. H. Dickinson, Peter Willi airison^ WML n. HAMILTON. President. . BAMUEL SPARHAWK. Vico President. WM. T. BUTLER. Secretaire UNITED FIREMEN’S INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHIT.AnEI.Pm A. This Company take* risks at the lowest ratal consistent with safety* and confines its business exclusively to FIRE INSURANCE IN THE CITY OF PHILADEa*. PRIA. OFFICE—No. 723 Arch Street. Fonrth National Bank Buildill& DIRECT® RS: Thomai J. Martin, Charles R. Smith. John Hirst. Albertos King, Wm. A. Rolln. Henry Bumm. James Mongan, James Wood* William Glenn, John Shallcross, James Jenner, J. Henry Aekin. Alexander T. Dickson, Hugh Mulligan.. , Albert C. Roberts. Philip Fitzpatrick. v. »uuc CONKAI J R ANDREaa, President Wm. A. Rolqi, Treas. Wm. H. Faoem. Sec*y. r.’UE COUNTY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.—OF -1 fice, No. 110 South Fourth street below Chestnut "The Fire Insurance Company of the Coimiy of *Phlia dclphia,'* Incorporated by the Legislature <ff Penniytya* iJa in 1839, for indemnity against loss or damage by Are* exclusively. (JHABTEB PERPETUAL. Thi* old and reliable institution,with ample capita land contingent fund carefully invested, continues to insure o^f a f fenitod EySSauS lowest rates consistent with the absolute safety of its cos. adjusted withaß possible despatch. Cbas. J. Butter, Andrew H. Miller. Henry Budd* James N. Stone, John Horn, Edwin L, Bealdrt, Joseph Moore, I Robert V. Massey, Jr., George Mecke. a- Mark Devine. tt CHARLES j. SUTTER, President HENRY BUDD, Vice-President RifiTjAimt F. Hozgklxv, Secretary and Treasurer; PH (E-NIX - INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. INCORPORATED 1804—CHARTER PERPETUAL. No. 334 WALNUT street opposite the Exchange. This Company Insures fromlosses or damage by FIRE on liberal terms, on buildings, merchandise, furniture, Ac., for limited periods, and permanently on buildings by deposit or premium. The Company has been in active operation for more than sixty years, during which all losses have been promptly adjmrtel John L, Hodge, David Law!;. M. B,'M&honv, Benjamin Etflng. John. T. Lewis, Thoa. H. Powen, William ST Grant, A. R. McHenry, Robert W. Learning, Edmond Castulou, D. Clark Wharton, Samuel Wilcox, Lawrence j. w {f c ?^^' ellaent Sunni. Wmoox, Secretary. TEFFERSON FIRE INSURANCB COMPANY OF PHI. u ladolphia.—Offleo, No. 34 North Filth .treat, near Market street . _ Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania. Char, ter Perpetual. Capital and Araetfc 8168,000. Make In surance agaliut Lou or Damage by. Fire on Public oqPrt. vato Bnildingß, Furniture, Stocks, Good, and Mercnaa (Use, on favorable term.. DIRECTORS. Wm. McDaniel, Edward P. Moyer; Israel Poteiyon. Frederick Ladner, JohnF. Belsteriing, AdamJ. Glasz, Henry Tro earner, Henry Delany, Jacob Bohandeiiii John ElUctt. Frederick Doll, Christian D. Frick; Runnel Miliar, George E. Fort, William 0. Gardner. WILLIAM McDaniel, President. .. „ „ ISRAEL PETERSONrvice-Preildent.' PHmrnOoaamr, Secretary and Treairarer. A MEEICAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. INOOH. JX. poratod 1810.—Charter perpetual. No. 810 WALNUT street, above Third, Philadelphia. . Having a large paid-up Capita] Stock and Surplus in* vested in sound and available Securities, continue to In* sure on dwellings, stores, furniture,' merchandise* vetipu n port, and their cargoes, and other personal property. Ail louei liberally and promptly adjusted. Thomas R. lrfarfh Edmund G, Dutilh, John Wdah. Charles W. Pooltnoy. Patrick Braay, Israel Morris, John T» Lems. John P. WethorilL William w. Paul „ .. thomas r. maris. President. Albib* C. Lt Cwwroßft SMWtam^ GL.O BE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. NEW YORK. PLOT FREEJIi!?, Prcildent. LOMISOIAHDHEWB, l Ylce-PreaPta. WO. 4. HABDEfBEEGH, f vlcc ‘ rre “ t » > HEffBY C. FBEEHM, Secretary, Cash Assets- $1,800,000. ORGANIZED, JUNE, 1564. ALL POLICIES NON FORFEITABLE. PREMIUMS PAYABLE IN CASH. LOSSES PAID IN CASH. , Itßccelvca So Hotel and fliiei [Tone. By tbo provisions of its charter the entire surplai belongs to policy holders, and must bo paid to them in dividends, or reserved for thoir greater security. Divi. deeds are made on the contribution plan, and paid anna* ally> commencing two years from tho date of the policy. It has already made two .dividends amounting to $102,000, an amount never before equaled during the first three years of ony company. PERMITS TO TRAVEL GRANTED WITH OUT EXTRA CHARGE . NO POLICY FEE REQUIRED. FEMALE RISKS TAKEN AT THE USUAL PRINTED RATES, NO EXTRA PREMIUM BEING DEMANDED . Applications for all kinds of policies, life, ten-year life endowment, terms or cnildren*s endowment, taken, and all information cheerfully afforded at the BBAHCH OFFICE OF THE COTIPWY, NO. 408 WAL.NU " S L'REET , PHILADELPHIA. WM. E. GRIFEIT IS Jr., Manager, Eastern Department of the State of Pennsylvania. Particular attention given to FIRE AND MARINE RISKS. Which, in an instances, will bo placed in tint-class Com- Sanies of tbis city, as well as those of known standing in ew York, New England and Baltimore. ACCIDENTAL RISKS, and insurance on live. BTOCK. carefully attended to. in leading Companies of that fcfaiA By strict personal attention to, and prompt despatch of' business entrusted tom? care, I hope to merit andro* ceiye a full (bare of Jb . No. 408 Walnut Street .mhlS-f w tf{ rrHE RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANYoF PHIL A ADELPHIA, Incorporatedin 1841. - • , Charter. Perpetual. Office, No.feW Walnut street CAPITAL $300,000., Insures against low or damage by PIKE, on Hon**, Stores and othor Buildings, Limited or perpetual, and oo Furniture, Goods, Wares and Merchandise In town or ““looses promptly adjusted and Paid. Assets. ; .8421.177 71 Invested in the following Securities, nz.: First Mortgagee on City Property.wfiU secured. .sLfc,Qty 00 United States Government Loans 117,006 00 Philadelphia City 6 per cent. Loans 1.. 75.00 MC Pennsylvania $3,000,000 6 per cent Loan 99,000 Oil Pennsylvania Railroad Honda, first and second Mortgages 36,000 Of Camden and Amboy Railroad Company’s per Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company 4 * 6 per Cent Loan. 4,000 00 Huntingdon and Broad Top 7 per Cent Most gage Bonds 4,6G0 00 County Fire Insurance Company 1 # Stock. ... 1050 00 Mechanics 1 Bank Stock 4.000 00 Commercial Bank of Pennsylvania S f ock .... *O,OOO 00 Union Mutual Insurance Company 1 * Stock..... 380 00 Reliance Insurance Company of Philadelphia^ Stock,.., Cash in Bank and on hand. Worth at Par. Worth thin date at market price*.. DIRECTORS. Thomaa H. Meore, Samuel Costner, James T. Young, Isaac F. Baker, Christian J. Hoffman. Samuel H. Thomas, filter.. Clem. Tinfley, Wm. Musser, Samuel Bispham, 11. L. Carson, Wm. Stovcnson, Benj. W. Tingley, Edward OLEI Tuomab C. Hirjj, Becretar Pnp t ApKi.rau 1 December $1,607,605 IS Fire insurance exclusively.—toe penn. eylvania Fire Insurance Company—lncorporated 1821 —Charter Perpetual—No. 810 Walnut street, opposite In dependence Square. This Company, favorably known to the community for over forty yean, continues to injure against loss or dam age by fire, on Public or Private Buildings, either perma nently or for a limited time. Also, on Furniture, Stocks of Goods and Merchandise generally, on liberal terms. Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, is In vested in a most careful manner, which enables them to offer to the insured an undoubted security Id the ease 0/ loss. DIRECTORS. Daniel Smith, Jr., I John Deverqux Alexander Benson, [Thomas Smith, Isaac Bazelhurst, [Henry Lewis, Thomas Robins, IJ. Gillingham Fell. Daniel Haddock, Jr. DANIEL SMITH. Jr., evident William G. Cboweu. Secretory. AeStoocSl Anthracite insurance company, -cava TER PERPETUAL* Office, No. all WALNUT street, above Third, Phlladx Will insure against Loss or Damage by Fire, on Build logs, either perpetually or for a limited time, Household Furniture and Merchandise generally, Albo, Marine Insurance on Vessels Cargoes anf Freights. Inlandlnsuraneeto^alljarti of the Union Wm, Esher, Peter Sieger, D. Luther. J. E. Baum, Lewis Audenried, Wm F. Dean, John R. Blakiston, John Ketchaxn, Davis Pearson, B. Ueyl, WM. ESHER. President. - F. DEAN. Vice President ja23*tu.th.s-tl Wu. M. Binm* Secretary. Fame insurance com Street* PTTTL.AD] fire insurance exclusively DIRECTORS. „ Francis N. Back, Philip 8. Justice, Charles Richardson* John w. Everman, Henry Lewis, Edward D. Woodruff, Robert Pearce* Jno. Kessler, Jr., Geo. A. West, Chas. Stakes, a Robert B. Potter, Mordecal Buxby. g? FRAN CIB N- BUCK, President, CHAS. RICHARDSON, Vice President Williams L Blamohabp. Secretary. Scrofulous poison is one of tbo most destructive onemles of our race. Often, this unseen and unfelt tenant of the organism undermines tho constitution, and invites the at tach of enfeebling or fatal diseases, without exciting a suspicion of its presence. Again, it seems to breed infeo tion throughout the body, and then, on some favorable occasion, rapidly dovclop into one or other of its hideous forms, either en tho surface or among the yltals. In the latter, tubercles may be suddenly deposited in the lungs or heart, or tumors formed in the liver, ur it shows its presence by 1 eruptions on tho skin, or foul ulcer ations en some part of tho body. Hence the occa sional übo of a bottle of this Sabsapabh.ua is advisable, oven when no active symptoms of disease appear. Per sons afflicted with the following complaints generally find immediate relief, and, at length, cure, by the use of this SARSAPARILLA: St. Anthony's Fire, Robkob Erysipelas, Tetter, Sat.t Rheum, Soald Heap, Ring worm, Sorb Eyes, Sorb Earbji and other eruptions or visible forms of Scrofulous diabase. Also In tho more concealed forme, as Dybpepsia, Dropsy, Heart Disease, Fits, Epilepsy, rl euralgia, and the various Ulcerous affections of tho muscular and nervous systems. Syphilis or Vknerial and Mercurial Diseases are cured by it, though a long time is required for subduing these obstinate maladies oy any medicine. But long con tinued use of this medicine will cure tho complaint, Leuoorruoia or Whites,Uterene Ulcerations, andj Fe male Diseases, are commonly soon relieved and ulti mately cured by its purifying and invigorating offect. Minute Directions for each case are found in our Al manac, supplied gratis. Rheumatism and Gout, when caused by accumulations of extraneous matters In the blood, yield quickly to it, as also Liver Com plaints, Torpidity, Congestion or Inflammatiom of the Liver, and Jaundice, when arising* as they often do, from tho rankling poisons in tho blood. This SARSAPARILLA is agreat restorer for the strength and vigor of the system. Those who aro Languid and Listless, Despondent, Sleepless, and troubled with Nervous Apprehensions or Fears, or any of thoaneo. tions symptomatic of Weakness, will find immediate re lief ana convincing evidence of its restorative power upon by Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., Practical and Analytical Chemists. Sold by all Druggists everywhere. aiLsu-f,ly J. M. MARIS&CO., Philadelphia, Wholesale Agents. OPAL DENTALUNA.—A SUPERIOR ARTICLE FOB cleaning the Teeth, deatroying onimaloala which in. feet them, giving tonoto tho guma, and leaving a feeling of fragrance ua perfect cleanliness id tho inontn* It mu be rased daily, ondwUl bo found to atrengtheh weak Mid bleeding gnms, while the aroma and deteraiveneai wIU recommend it to every, one. Being oonmoaed with the (Usaiatance of tho Dontlat, Phvaidana Md_MlCTOßOopiat.il ia confidently offered aa a reliable anbatitnte for the un certain waahea formerly in voMe. Eminent Dentiata, acquainted vviUi the conatituanta of the Dentallina, advocate its nae; it containa nothing to prevent iH Broad ant Spruce itroeta For aalo by Druggiata generally, and Fred. Brown, D. L Staekhoine. Haaaard A Co., Robort C. Davia, C. R.Kecny. Geo. C. Bower, laaac H-gay. ChM, Shiver*. , C. H. Needier. B. M. McCollin, T. J. Husband, 8. C. Bunting. Ambroae Smith, Chai H. Eberle, Edward Parrish. Jamea N, Marta, Wm. B. Webb, E. Bringhunt A Co. Jamea LBiapham, U> ott * Co-- a Hugbea A Combe, •. Henry A. Bower, Wyeth a Bro. IR ATIF.T.T.A MARTANNO. M. D„ W N. TWELFTH Street. Conaultationa free. myfi-lr <411,177 71 TINOLFY. President jal-tu fch s tf ’ANY. NO. NUT 40« CHEST IaEDICINIL. AVER’S SARSAPARILLA, FOR PURIFYING „ THE BLOOD.—The reputation this excellent medicine enjoys ii derived from its cures, many of which ore truly marvellous. Inveterate cohos of Scrofulous disease, where the system seemed saturated with corrup tion, have been purified and cured by it. Scrofulous &ffec> tions and disorders, which were aggravated by the scro fulous contamination until they were painfully afflicting, have been radically cured m iost every section of the country, ied to be informed of its virtues tuonbiv muusm* (Vi mOAAft ti OOAO aUl?ril>hl!ifajSli ' . r l ' _ -Nos. 139 and 111 South FOURTH rtmt; m*ru. L £? °F BTOCKB AND REAL ESTATE. ; Tram'v' Thll*sell>hU Exduuue BVBBY A iii2VA*» . at J l3 —. — , of each property Issued separately;lA f?siv2 n Eatush, on the Saturday mjwaa one . thousand catalogues in pamphlet xotßfc tar Onr s.lei are aim advert!**! In the followta* newspapers : Nosts Amctiioajt, Prmw, t.ttkub. TifflMi Trmi.r.ioj™cm, Ikquirzu, Aok, Evehiao BrLLRnr« LVfcrtiyQ TEtEGBAPH, (iXBUAHDeMOCUT, €SC. THUESDAV 1 ™ B#lM ftt 018 AucUon Bto ™ EVES* tsr- Boles at residences receive especial attention. _ . Postponed Pcrcmptoiy Sale on the Premise?. 132 VERY DESIRABLE COTTAGE SITES. CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY. ON SATURDAY MORNING. August 1,1868, at 11>J o’clock, will bo sold at pnblioaale, without reserve. on the premises, 125 very desirable and beautifully located lots, commanding an unobstructed view of the ocean, about 1200 feet from tho moat beautiful and safe bathing grounds in the world,the same distance irctn the principalhotels a Plan 1 can bo had and further information ob tained on nrplication &t tho auction * ooms or ILB.Swain, Cap«* Liana, N. J„ Frederick Fnirthorn, Esq. No 17 Bouthlhlrd street, under who. e direction the sale is to bo made. bal7 absolute. STOCKS, LOANS, <fcci ON TUESDAY. AUG. 4, At 12 o’clock npon. at the Philadelphia Exchange, Executors’ eaio— -23 shares Harrisburg Railroad. SlituHar leburg R Allroad h per cent bond. Sale—Estate of George Reed. dec’d. 20 shares Kensington Bank, v 1 share United Fircmeo’a Insurance Co. For Account of Whom it may Contem— -85000 Salem Goal Co. 7 per cent. Bond. I share Point Breezo Park 18 shares Fourth National Bank* BEAL EBTATE BALE, AUGUST 4, 1 Will include— 4 LARGE and VALUABLE GRAVEL ACRES, Mont#ornery avenue, 8. E. from tho Willow Urove road. Chestnut Hill. LARGE and VALUABLE LOT, 4M acres, Willow Grove road snd Montgomcry avenuc. MODERN TWO STORY BRICK DWELLING, No. 619 South Ninth at, haa gas, bath, Ac. _By Order of the Ccmmisalontr of Markets and City Property—LAßGE and VALUABLE LOT snd Improve* meets. Booth side of Buttonwood at, east of Broad, 101 feet front, 116 H feet to Bacon sc—3 fronts. TRACT OF TIMBER LAND, 100 acres, L&wronca towmhip, Cleat field countv. Pa. ELEGANT MODERN RESIDENCE, Washington »t, borough of Media, has the modern conveniences; lot 200 byLtHect . „ Aeslgnees’ Peremptory Sale on the Promises. VERY VALUABLE WOOLEN AND COTTON MILL, MACHINERY, FIXTURES. <fcc. Knownaa -the and, n. JB pure.)\M>io. gjt-, iqnth of Lock Btreet, extending through.,to„tho Schuyl kill river.ManaTunk.Pa. ON WEDNEBDAY, Augustl2, at 12 o’clock, will be sold at publlcisale on thepremises, i he Real Estato and Machinery to be sold in one lot, Fo» particulars see handbills at the auction rooms. MARTIN BROTHERS, AUCTIONEERS. (Lately Salesmen for M. Thomas A Sons), No. 629 CHESTNUT street, rear entrance from minor. Sale at No, 629 Chestnut Btreet. VERY SUPERIOR WALNUT FURNITURE, HAND SOME BRUSSELS CAnPETS. CaNE SEAT CHAIRS, DuUblr harness, superior sewing ma chines, Ac- ON MONDAY MORNING. At 10 o’clork, at the auction rooms, by catalogue, very desirubleturrdturc, including— Walnut Parlor Fnimture, two Handsome Oiled Walnut Chambor suits, iapciior Extenfion Tables Lounges, llandeomo Brussels ard othor Carpets, Matrcsdes, Platform Scales, Push Cart, f'hina. Feather Beds, superior sewing Machines, made by Wheeler & Wilson and others. Also, eixly Handsomo Oiled Walnut Cano Beat Chairs, suitable for Dining Room, Chamber and Parlor. Safe at No. 1822 North Twelfth street. HANDSOME WALNUT FURNITURE VEPvY FINE PIER MIRRORS. HANDSOME BRUSSELS CAR PLTP, &c, ON TUESDAY MORNING. Arniet 4, at 10 o’clock at No. I*2£ North Twelfth street, by catalogue, Llet&nt Walnut and Hair Cloth Parlor Suits. Ltegere. Handsome Oiled Walnut Chamber S' it, % Cottage Chamber Suits, Hands, me Walnut Dialog Room Furniture, tine French Plate Pier Mirror, handsomely framed; Lace Window Curtains, Spring Beds and Mat* 1 esses, Handsome Brussels and ingrain carpets, Kitchen UttrDßns, Ac; 7be Furniture has been la use but seven months, made to order by Uenkcls, and equal to new in every respect. (432.083 SW rpHOMAS BIRCH <h SON, AUCTIONEERS AND 1 COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. HlO CHESTNUT street. Rear Entrance 1107 Bansom street. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIP TION RECEIVED ON CONSIGNMENT. Bales of Furniture at Dwellings attended to on the meat reasonable terms. Sale No. 2014 Arch street HANDSOME FUUMTURE, PIANO FORTE. FRENCH PI ATF MANTEL AND PIER MIRRORS, FINE CARPETB. <fcc. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. Avgust 6, at 10 o’clock, at No. 2014 Arch street will be solk. the Furniture of a family declining housekeeping* comprising—Llcgunt Velvet Brussels, an! other Carpets, RoAeweod Piano Forte, French Plate Mantel and Pier Mirrors, Walnut Parlor and Chamber Furniture,Oak Bitting Room Furniture. Bede and Beddinc. Dining room Furniture, China, Übss Plated Ware, Kitchon Farnl* lute 6C. t atalogues will bo ready at the auction store on Thies* T/ho furniture can be ex&minod oarly on the morning of salp. DUKBOKOW A CO., AUCTIONEERS. Jj Nob. 233 and 234 MARKET street, comer Bank at. Successors fo John B. Mvei* A Co _ FIRST LARGE PEREMPTORY SALE OF 2000 CASES BOOTS. SHOES, TRAVELING BAGS, Ac. ON TUESDAY MORNING, Aoguit 4, at 10 o’clock, on four months 1 credit 118 ST LARGE SALE OF BRITISH, FRENCH, GERMAN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. ON THURSDAY MORNING, August 0, at 10 o’clock, on four months ciofiit FIRST LARGE POSITIVE SALE Ow CARPETINGS. OIL CLOTHB, Ac. ON FRIDAY MORNING, August 7, at 11 o’clock, on four months’ credit, about Qod pieces of Ingrain. Venetian. List, Hemp, Cottage and Rag Carpetings, Oil Cloths, Rugs, Ac, AT PRIVATE SALE. ICOO rolls 4*4 to 5-4 CANTON MATTINGS, of choice brands. r 111112, PRINCIPAL MONEY ESTABLISHMENT, 8, B. jL comer of SIXTH ana RACE itroeti. Money advanced on Merchandise generally—Watches, Jewelry, Diamonds, Gold and Silver Plate, and on all articles of value, for any length of time agreed on. _ WATCHES AND JEWELRY AT PRIVATE SALE, Fine GoldlHunting Case, Doable Bottom and Open Face English. American and Swiss Patent Lever watches j Fine Gold Hunting Case and Open Face Lepine Watchesi Fine Gold Dnplei and other Watches; Fine Silver Hunt ing Case and Open Face English, American and Swiss Patent Lever and Lepine Watches j Double Case English Qnartier and other watches: Ladies 1 Fancy Watchesi Diamond Breastpins: Finger Rings; Ear Rings j Studs, Ac.; Fine Gold Chains, MedolUonsj Bracelets: Scarf Pins: Breastpins \ Finger Rings iPendl Cases and Jewelry A large and valuable Fireproof Chest* suitable for a coat 8660. _ _ , Also, several lots infonth Camden, Fifth and Chestnut struts. j Ahlto A. FREEMAN. AT PRIVATE SALE. _ A valuable property near Fourth and Walnut, A valuable business property No. Bly Arch street. Bum-iNUTuN.—A Handsome Mansion, on Main it* lot 6fl by 700 feet. _ „ , „ WOODLAND TERRACE—Handsome Modem Reaf* df>nre. \\ b. THOMPSON a OO..AUOTIQNEERB. W # CONCERT HALL AUCTION ROOMS, ISIS CHESTNUT street and 1219 and 1221 CLOVER street Ca RD.—We take pleasure In informing the publio that our FURNITURE SALES aro confined strictly to entirely NEW and FIRST CLASS FURNITURE, all in perfmt order and guaranteed in every respect. „ Hegular Sales of Furniture every WEDNESDAY. rW-door soles promptly attended to. BY BARRITT A CO., AUCTIONEERS. CASH AUCTION HOUSE. No. 230 MARKET street, corner of BANK street. Cash advanced on consignments without extra charge. Davis « harvey, auctioneers. Late with M. Thomas A Sous. Store No. 421 WALNUT Street. (Rear Entrance on Library street) BY B. BCQTT, Jb. SCOTT'S ART GALLERY. f No. 1020 CHESTNUT street Philadelphia. C’t D. McGLEES A CO.. J, AUCTIONEERS, No. 606 MARKET street TU ASBBRJDGE A CO.. AUCTIONEERS, . No. 505 MARKET .treat above Fifth, « A YOUNG LADY COMPETENT TO TEACH MUSIC. and with the brat reference, desires a position in a Seminary. Address “F," 3119 Chestnut etreotj^Phjladel- NAVAL STOKES. OILS.— 1.600 GALLS. NAT. WINTER 'WHALE OIL; 2,500 do. Est Bchd. dey 300 do. Sperm j6O do. No. I Lard do.: 20 do No. 3 do. For sale by COCHRAN. BUS SELL t Co., 33 North Front street Jy37tl CO TON.-500 BALES COTTON IN STORE AND FOR sole by COCHRAN, RUSSELL' 4: CO., 23 North Front street. ', iy27 tt Naval stores.—soo bbls. no. 2 rosin : 300 do no. 1 do.; ICO do. Pale do.; 60 do. Prime Bpirito Turpen tine; 100 do. H. Pitch; 50 do. Wilmington Tar. For sale by coon RAN, RUSSELL & CO., 23 N. Front street Jyißtf XT AVAL STOKES—693 BARRELS ROSIN, 124 NORTH XN Carolina Tar, large barrels; Xl2 barrola Spirits of Turpentine; 4 cords Hickory Bolts for spokemokers, now landing from steamer Pioneer, and foreale by, ED\V. H. ROWLEY. IB South Wharrca. IvSltfS A rABMJSg, HABHEgg, AC. WANTS.
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