fiwomwilmivoumuothi-
.E'rery , •Sattirdayquotes ~4, r idertf= 4 96.4
el ;a. few instances of the pre.:)ridifo still-Sur- -
viviughi• Britain . ; -
Soon We .shall 1111176 no SociaNsupqrstitio4
, simpatie -They are - destnedine thiubt, to flue -T
. - appe.le with, political 'supOilithiniatid religions
Enperatitiens,—or whatpeople sire' pleased to
cOnsider as sncb,-in the natural course of the
abolition ~iof Most thin.gs. - How many have
one .
i-Lorfin atime within
theexperience . ,ofmen.and `women: still among ,
Uts - r - 1434 . .fanaliafitt lastiria - relleeted light.
• The superstitions to which I refer are not.
Veryimportant perhaps, but they mark changes
luta:tanners, ;and , . eharigna in manners mark
• changes in great'rmany other things. A great
ntimber have gone,-asi have Said: The 'atitietz'd
stitious observance of the:.custom .of getting :
drunk afteidirniet• - Tor instance, is among the
disappearances. A great many :people still-get
drank, it must be confessed; but they Usually..
pay the homage which - intoxication • owes ' to.
• sobriety, and deny or -conceal ' the fact. There
. used to . be a superstition among a certain class,
line , gentlemen . that it was "bad formr—or.
whatever was the equivalent , ' phrase of the
period—to be
.able to do anything for` one's self,
and that a state of utter apathy and indifference
,to things in general ; was 'the 'surest' mark 'of
good breeding, There may be suclimert about'
• now, butthey•are .very;carefullY cut; I should'
think; and -a • negative condition- of - and
body 'would -certainly not in these days be con
- sidereda sign - of bowton..' There' was a super
,-stition *nee in 'favor .'of snufatikitT. Long
'elute - 06. days when aanuft-box- was as neces
sary an' appendage to a gentleman as lais'shoe-,
thribabit of putting it to use was stil
- general, - and it disappeared only in the pre
sent generation. During the 'rule ofsriuff, amok
-- ingwas the iexteption; and .tlieugh the, latter
liadniany: votaries, the "vicewora.s a secret one, •
be indulged onlyin outsof-the-way places.
'Astable..or a harness-rooni was theught quite
goOd enough ,and the tap room at a low tavern
,most appropriate.' -When rooms were set apart
Vfor the, purpose at clubs they .were always the
Worst in• the -house; -and up to so late . a . period
.as to be . ealled the- other day there was no •
smoking-room at one-of the leading clubs in
London. Now,. not only are smokers in clubs
luxuriously provided, but everk . honse of suffi
',cient size and pretensionsin the-country, at
any rate—has an apartment .available Ter the
weed; and in connection with billiards,' ladies
endure it with a char Ming doellity,—develeped
in some cases,so scandal declares, into the most
'practical exPressian of tolerance. In the old
times only the most hardened offenders would .
,venture to smoke in the streets or public places.
I. need scarcely say . how this .superstition . has
been dispesed of in these days; when Royal
Princes lead the way, and a Royal Duke -may
.be seen on most mornings on Constitution
Mill in company with an enormous regalia.
There was a superstition prevalent for many
years that a gentleman could not be properly
costumed unless half strangled in an enorm
ous stock. This . machine Was wonderfully
. and fearfully made, pith a slight pretence of
elasticity, but intended evidently to keep the
bead up, and promote an Appearance
Of ,;dignified apoplexy in . the wearer,—
'with the occasional effect of a divergence from
appearance into reality. The custom originated
:through the "most finished gentleman in Eu
rope' not:being proud of his neck; and it be
came so rigorous as to ruin any man who re
-fused to follow it. There is only one instance .
of such -hardihood, however, 'and; that Is in the
case of Lord:Byron. It isgenerally supposed
that society set its face against the poet because
-he Was-supposed to be an immoral man, to
. ill-treat. his Wife, and exhibit a vicious
tendency his writings. I
the
noth
ing of the hind.' -Society at the time made
. -pets of men*liii-Were far worse than Byron
was even supposed to who got on no better
With their wives, and who set. quite as vicious
an example in-their lives as Byron was alleged
to set in his writings. Society cut Byron be
cause he turned down his collar, and that is the
whole fact of the matter. Had he worn a stock
be would have been' one of themselves, and
they would have forgiven him as they did other
people. .
, Stocks are seldom .seen now, except in the
arniY,' where, in a certain but not sullielently
modified 'degree,,they are still the rule; at the
diseretion, however,. of coxnmanding officers;
who, may. allow them to be dispensed with if
____theyithinkthe_relaxation necessary or desira
ble. •.Nobody, in 'fact, wears a stock in these
— days - mile - ss - b - e - is - obliged - to - d6' So, -- except a few
fogies who cling to the superstition as a. link
to life: - • -
:"What do you think of my uncle ?" asked a
--manna long-since .of his friend, with whom
he was walking in Pall. Mall. They had• just
reet - the gentleniairinquestion..
the-contemptuous-re
. ply .!'why, weers a.stock and bockles it: U.@
what I tiiink of him."
_:.__You'seeby this little incident, the kind of
feeling-that stocks excite in present clay.---
.
If:there, are superstitions among men - there
are superstitions among' women, you .may be
sure,amongand the latter as amoure the former
there have been a great many that are now ex
ploded. As regards dress and deportment
• there was one connected with the ideal of a
lady which seems to have no believers in these
times. A lady was supposed to be arrayed in
the plainest manner,—to wear robes of the
soberest colors and the simplest cut. Anybody
who deviated 'from the rule was supposed not
to be a lady; and, the French, who set the
fashions.thenas they do now, were far in ad
vance of the - English in this respect.' That
this superstition no longer prevails need scarcely
.be pointed Out.' The change in the present
direction has been accompanied, 'too, •by
some incidental superStitions which have also
-- come to an end,—Or very nearly so. One was
that ladies in order to attain elegance
in skirts must be cheesed in a steel cage ab
surdly—considering the derivation of the word
.—called a. crinoline. Another was 'founded
. upon the idea that a lady could not appear out
of doors without wearing upon her head a pie
posterous contrivance, which, had it been dis
covered in the ruins of Pompeii, or in some
.such place, without any indication of the use
to Which it was applied, would have been
A. mystery to succeeding ages, and remained
; perhaps a puzzle to antiquarians up to the
present time. The thing which I mean was
called a bonnet.
What . .monstrosity it was I. It
.atoo.d , alone in creation. Nature never
. preduccd.,,tutythiog like it in her wildest
.and ;Moat ,colonial Moods. Art could never
:bane. .':conceived -such -an object. < For the .
,bonnet wits like our old friend Topsy, accord
ing to idea of her _origin,:
It •Tifl.B never horn of the of - .an4 , 1 1 1 0 -
. -inamor wenitinflr"gue.SN'irgrOWed. ' YOU
cooldnotindoed resemble it to anything else.
It, wfati not like.a Coal7skattle, to which some of
its varieties have been flatteringly • compared,
for it would not stand on its .end, if indeed it
had a:n.e.nd to stand .on; and for similar'reasons
among others it could not be supposed to be
intended for ,a coffee-pot, a breadhasket, a
card-tray, a toast-rack, a mouse-trap, or a
warmingian.
It'was certainly not like a. hit; for though . ,it
contained a place V,here you could put part of
a head;, there was nothing to indicate—in the
absence' of previous intbrination—that such an
uncomfortable receptacle
.was meant for such 'a
Int. 'ooinci'lPrbee was altogether insuffi
. dent.. r You may put - your head into a bag or a
piartnianteau, but nobody would griess those
us;pful articles to be head-dresses' on that ac
counti ',.Yl'behennet, In its ultra days at any
ratci wista-o.lthapeless a monster as the Pledrre,
first described by Victor Hugo, and since made
' tunillar us -in collections of aquaria; with
" k " olers tur I
bOyis and flowers Jor ", n up, in,
arbikraty. and unexpecteP _ we--;
innocent :of Az. fo dilt 1n -use
anion tai '. rseit--
chorolco kr , nd • e ;,sbouliil,
haVe faiitled ,
religious
suppeithAtH,. • 0 0 iI , Vann
tarilY•weai s fordts owrita.k6. That -
it is an exploded superstition among civilized
nations is a fact for which everybody blessed
with_ ey,esight __ought , ; .to by „grateful. _ The
present substitute is"called by the same name;
but nobody, seeing the two things together,
would guess that they Were put to the same
use. The . bonnet> of the period is a
charming little decorative arran g ement,
which may be quite useless as far as
'allelto, is c.oneerned, but, is searcely
so' than itspredecessor, , which was
bleffectnaingainet'sun or rain, and had'rict the
excuse of bob* Ornamental instead: •
Another superstition of the pas ~,;was the
corset. 'I am not quite sure that I all •be al
lowed to allude to such a subject, but must
take'my chance. I will be content, however,
to observe that 'the garment,—Lit can'i3carcely
be called a garinent though; ivhat am I to 'call
it?—the article?--the machine? The machine
will do. It was a point.of faith that this ma
chine was indispensable to the female kind, or
at any rate that it ought, to be, and it was worn
_when not wanted as a distinction of the sex.
One need'not be the eldest inhabitant of any
-.place to,remember 'these curious=-contrivances
of which wood or steel, and whalebone inevita
bly, fOrnied such 'important features. Such
things may exist in the present day; but they
could never have been necessities; for ,the in
t,eresting wearers of, the modified mysteries
now in use under the same name do not seem
to suffer from the absence of their predeceasors.
On the contrary, they evidently flourish the
more, for the change, look a great deal better,
. and must feel a great deal better if they can
feel at all. . ' •
Among ,social 'observances Which' may be
classed among exploded . superstitions,''; I may
include the circulation of wedding-cards and
wedding-cake among the friends of married
couples. The cake . Went; first, and the
cards are :?fast following: I ' am not quite
sure - that the, ;omission M either case is an
advantage. People alwaysliked getting the
cake, though it is' a horrible thing to eat, and
the cards terry. answered theht intended
purpose,—thaL'of - Marking the feeling towards
old . ,acquainfanees under new conditions;. and
Influencing theth in paying .coligattilatory
visits. Now, under the new arrangement, half
. the acquaintances of :the bride ani bridegroom
are uncertain -whether to- call or not; and as
they are very apt to give' themselveS the benefit
of the doubt which gives the least trouble,they
frequently remain
,upon anomalous terms with
the happy pair for an indefinite period,—deter
mined in the end perhaps by' an accident.
The superstition which dictates the - use of
cardsin general intercourse is not likely to die
out. 'Society cannot get ou without them. But
galling-where you actually want to see the
people--has been.relieved of half its horror by
the practice of appointing certain days' for being
at home, and adding the attraction of tea,
'which, whether visitors want that refreshrnent
. ornot,•at least gives -them something to do'. A
great many people would prefer that . thes(ltites
Should be performed after dinner instead of be
foreoind it would be Well to allow them the
alternatiVe. I dare say we' shall come to this
some day.. Meanwhile many take kindly to what
,has been called the Social treadmill, and grind
away for the fun of the 'thing. It is hard, per
"bapST-to-liavertp--.Arop additional cards after
having dined at a house, and such si.4ites de
digestion are usually paid with the ldnd of
gratitude known as a lively sense of benefits to
Among Misting superstitions that which ne
cessitates • introductionS at balls in • private
houses has a-great many heterodox 'enemies.
They are mere matters of fOrm,,sinde the per
ionS introduced are ,frequentlY no wiser as to
one another's personality than they were be
fore; and the.obServance has the effect of curb
ing,
individual ardor. . There is no harm in
them;
, they are.. often an assistance; but
they should not be held necessary, and in a
happier state of existence I dare say they will
be dispensed with. •
AMong eXpleded superstitions dpon suefioct.
casions may be reckoned speeches after supper.
Where there is no regular supper to , make
. speeches ,after, tbe evil naturally, cures Itself;
but mien where there , is, the bore in question is
never met with except in offensively old
fashioned society. - So-nitchlhe-betterisayall
senSible people. Speeches after' dinner, when
the dinner has a business objeCt, of course
can't be helped, and come under •i different
category.
Apropos to dinners I may mention a very
old superStitiOlVNyhieli - gssellie -7 palm - to - Env r
lisp-dinners Over-all-other-dinners in the world.
“Foreign. kickshaws," ..compared ~with them,.
were held in contempt as unWholesOnle abo-
And:LanLEnglish__dinner,—whenj_
icell cooked,-IS-no doubt a-very-fine thing,- and
better for people - leading an active - life- than,
say, a French one, as a continuous: arrange
ment. But kis the old story still,—our
din
neis come from a • sacred, our cooks from a
profane source. To cook an English dinner
well, a person ought to be capable of cooking a
French one: The principles are the same, and
the ornate variations, in the latter case, are
mere matters of special attainment, easily ac
quired from prescribed fornmhe:
But the popular delusion with the cbMinon
run of cooks is, that an English dinner, iu
order to have "no nonsense abort it," Should
be essentially solid, and leave digestibility an
open queStion. Any suggestion of an advance
upon these conditions is met by the response
that Mary Jane does not profess to . understand
foreign cookery ; and an intimation, if she is
disposed to •be candid, that she considers
"plain English" Mititled to the prefer
ence in , every respect. She can never
be made to understand that food prepared
in the English fashion is not necessarily.
crude, comfortless and injurious. Her
main idea is that everything English ought to
be substantial—that is tosay, heavy; and in
imrsuance of this 1 hai'e known her send up
such a thing a .suet: pudding, with particular
joints. The accompaniment is well known in
schools, where it is accepted aS part of the dis
cipline of the establishMent; but surely nobody
ever ate suet pudding as:a i'me agent! This is
perhaps an aggravated instance of infatuation;
but it is quite within the compass of common
"plain cooks," who minister to; the middle
classes of society. flow the poor fare,: who
are their own cooks, is a sad consideration.
That they eat at all is a ma*lel; and at.isa still
.--greater marvel, considering :the .Aavage.,:cliar
acter Of their meals, that the do not rink
twice. as much as they do.
The . _
simerstitioziwbicli exalts had' cOOkery
and calls it
. E,nglish is less strong
.than it „was,
,WaS,
and among the educated clasSeS is rapidly
pas Sing away. But, unhappily the greater part
of the population are not educated,—even to an
appreciation of the commonest etrinforts,- - -4Ml'
are still willing victims to a delusion unknown
hi any other civili7.ed country.
The Popular delusion in the :natter of wineS,
, which was epthited for more than a hundred
• years, has'a greater chance Of being dispelled;
and if the nuts§ of the wine-drinking popula
tion—so. largely increased of latestill cling
exclusively to port and sherry, it, is surely - not
for the want of other wines . being suggested
dually to their palates and pockets. Port' is
now favored by only two. classes* ittersons—
: the few Who will pay fabnlOus Siingt..i for the
' little that can be got of the best ' , kind, and the
inanyWho are not yet influenced by the light
wine movement, and still incline theMselves—
rona Superstitious,motives—to any concoction
fcalled by the name.
TAE DArx„x„ExplNGtrilitETlN"-PAILADELPHIA, MONDAY, o, l ,arsfr 2, 1869.
Oriner need not be converted. Their taste. ,
Ji.0 , 14,404' to the bigtie*-4,
th**lfey will long enjoy the ineansitti 'gratify
OttAe latter are lxi*cotaiiiktted fit de f aces,
; if May . l3elieve 'in'statisti4; foekthe'l.con
inniPtion of port which eoinciOtmi3Tohilg 4l '
ba4g,nsibly decreased 'oClate, lcarti;`*4;,.-Ite - Is ,
not • ,to be . supposed '''' that (the pro-'
''ductiOn. - the spurloos• article can have
increased in the face of theAnereased facilities
for:obtaining the. real one.. , . The -wines of all
other Wine t producingcountries are now largely
consumed in this country; the'. - natural
conclusion is beyond a doubt,—that the majority
of habitual or occasional drinkers of wine do
not drink port;While the Inhaority.drink it in
less proportion than formerly: !Sherry has
.made a firmer stand, and is. still considered a
necessary wine,,Ahateyer. , :ber the other ,wines
'Which find a place piblie:'fairor. There
,is a competition, too,- in the market hetween
sherry and sherry,—thatii; to say, , between
sherry as usually. prepared Jar' English con
gumption,' and sherry as it natural .state; -
and other Spanish wines Which are not 'sherry,
but which have the same character, are. also
entering . the field - of. - opposition. The
"natural"? wines; as the 'merchants call them,
haVe a hard fight for it at present; for the mass
of wine-drinkers undoubtedly prefer the old
fiery mixtures.. But there is a; demand for the
"dry" qualities rapidly spreading, and palates
educated to these—dreadfully
,doctored as they
commonly are—Will -find- out in-time that-they_
can be better gratified by unadulterated via
. tages-which are at least not deprived of their
original character.. Between Spanish wines as
they ought to be and French. wines as they
are—to say nothing of Itallen;:liungarian, and
Greek which are making their way—the time
Is probably not far distant when the supersti
tion which gave exclusiveness t to, port and
sherry will be known no more.
Port is associated with Prejudice, 'and preju
dice of many kinds is, breaking -down with
, port. I allude speciallyto English prejudice—
to be classed with .superstition = in reference to
thifigs continental- There was: an old belief.
that one Englishman was always able to beat
three French Men. That delusion must surely
'have exploded; and ;I May inention•as a matter
of perSonal experience, that once made the
experirnent with' only two' of our lively neigh
bors,—and signally failed.' But the supersti
tious; sense of superiority on the part of 'our
traveling countrymen' on the Continent still
prevails to a great extent; the principal ex
ception being Jim members of the gentler
sex, whb have thrown off their tradi
tional reserve in a remarkable 'Manner,
and-dash ~about. in out-Of-doors • diversions
with an, affability which 'is a wonder; not to
say a scandal,' and utterly. confutes the stock
caricatures which, in Paris' especially, still re
present the blonde misses of Albion as embodi
• ments of prudish affeetation;--wearing green
veils and actual bonnets, and regarding the so
cial freedom of France as 'shocking, quite in the
old style. There has, to beisure,, been lately
opened a rival vein of satire, represented in
periodicals like the Vie' Parisienne, 'which
.gives the English girl in heti gushing, batty,,
'high-heeled aspect, and had' 'just begun to' un
derstand the joke about "the period.";' but this
deVelopment is quite recent,—the blonde misse
still holds her own in the shop windows, and it
Will be years before she is accepted‘in. her new
I 'character. ' •
• lain" not quite sure thaMe English super
stition as regards our relationS towards our
lively neighbors has been dissipated with un
'Mbted atWantage,—as far as tale gentler sex is
concerned. . But it must 'be admitted . that,
,whether through French or other influence,
English women—including EngliSh girls of
course--dress - a great deal better than they did,
and except wheri they earieature.s of
;themselves-cannot be accusedof failing to set
off their beauty to the beSt advantage..
The mention of dress again suggests that an
old superstition concerning costume has just
exploded.. I mean that which:-mide. It de •
rigueirr for gentlemen, unless in some kind of
uniform, to go to court in the habits as they
lived of Out forefathers in the middle of the
reign of George The dress was both un-
Comfortable and incongruous, and nobody
liked it; and the, change' has at least this ad
vantage, that it enables a man to wear' in the
presence of his sovereign a dress of the -shape
to which he is aectiatlinteff ' in * common life.
But hmor alien lie b iveaitinOation, and new we
find Certain ley . ' the .court
_dresS wornLb / _ladies as a superstition. Why,
Weyasli, cannot,ladies go to the drawing-rooms
fnlnorning - dresses—with - high7bodies? These
agitators would, it • seems, get rid of ; the
"feathers, blontle-tappets and diarrionds,"•and
all the • rest - of it, at one fell swoop, on the
ground that ftill dress happening- hi these clay
to be rather scanty, ladies: who go to drawing
-rtmins-Me-apt-to take cold: — The agitators may
--tlepend-uponlit-that some stronger reason than
this must be discovered hefore:the ladies-con
cerned will join the agitation, even if such 'a:
_simplification _would ever be permitted • 14 , the'
milliners. - .17-fact sodfrir pour etre belie js.
social 'decree submitted to"more philosophically
than is the fate of most legal decrees.. And if:
those who wear court dresses are content to.
suffer in one way, you may be sure that those
who malteAhem will not be content to suffer
in another. So the question, I fancy, May he
safely left at rest between the two: •
Among superstitions which still survive may
be mentioned the belief in some , apocryphal
period known as the "palmy days of the ;
drama." When these days existed, and what.
they were like, is not easy to determine. For
we find no contemporary evidence of their ex
istence; it has never been handed down to us
that , people have said, "These are the paliny
days of 'the drama; I am content with the*con
dition, of the stage." On the contrary, froM
the earliest times of which we are able to take.
anything like a near view, the cry has always •
been that the regular' ama was neglected
Whenever there *re-: counter-attractions in the
form of French dancing*girls, perforniing dogs
or,monkeys, or even such exhibitions as , pup
pet-shows.
-Nobody seems ever . to -have beard of :the
palmy days of the drama until they had passed
away, and then the praises had a suspicious'
appearance of being rung for the tempora'acti
in the " abstract. Great actors and actresses
have lived no doubt before the Agamethnons
of our own times, and their Hornets have kept
their , fame alive ; ,but it must be doubted if the
drama4that is to Say, the regular drarna.•-,has:
hadsuch great days for its own sake as has
been made 'oat. The days of which we have'
the most distinct idea
: are. those comparatively
hithe century, when enthusiastic. ;people
nSeittO go to' the pit .do6r .of Entry Lithe, and
wait from two o'cloekin the day to see:
Siddons or,the kr:Macs,: and later still
the .elder, ...Kean,—buy JAW' _in the
street, and struggle for the attainment of three'
boiurs' intellectual ecstasy. One may suppose;
that the . reward was greater than could jbe
gainid now by- a similar process,--supposing
the process: to be, necessary; but the, fact was
due to exceptional circumstances; and if the
public taste was high,it bad not so many invita
tions as it, has in the present day tobecome low.
If there were better actors there' wete'aertainly
worse, 'and the same may be said of the piece's
which "obtained , Weiler, class
of which -Would . not be listened to now,, as has'
beeziproved by occasional experinientS:.There,
is a larger public hi these times; but even
making allowance for the fact, 'a larger propor-'
tionate amen* of 'ynoney' is spent. upon , the
drania than used to. be spent, dramatic authors
Makeflarger Profit,. and dramatic performers
are beiter paid. • ,
,It, is true that plays of a low class, and
players of a low class,. sometimes succeed as
well as7plays and players of a higher clasS,—
sometimes better, indeed, when a. thorough hit
is made:ijlin, this has always lieen tie'tom, i
ead'At,y , 46 ,- notlol beeigteCtlioy ( *... of ta
.14:50,04.* vinsiicce*:
"furl itga.beeause therOSsatOt 1 . Wrongah*
4hernbeo,4insejheirffirelittia dna: and
4flifittea fOrestag& A,Veat c ,deal of false
sentiment
s zuld
many' situ Joni-which-we haVe 'discovered to
be claptrap were accepted by our forefathers in
good -faith. On the whole, judging by the
•,number.of;theatres.w,e-..have.and the number
of pieces that fill them; and the standard of ex
celleneedennifided by most of the audiences,, it
must be a mistake to suppose that the drama
has - declined' or 'is declining. 'Therefore the
belief in thepaliatflOth, tOrriPared with our .
hoWever, bier weaker than it
was,-'-must be ranked among the superstitions,
, -, An alleged cause of the supposed' decline of
the, drainais the late hour, at - which most'ofus
dine. , It has, become. later, and : later: in the
course of the last few -years,.and vve.seem , rapi
idly arriving;' t he tasNonabi6, point, said to
have'een attained- by. a.' late Aniericari Presi
dent, who was such a' great marl that he never
took his dinner the next 'day But it is,
made later; end 11'one:than later.beeause less,
certain, by' a' superstitions custom which pre-.
veils of the host fixing 'one thde; and the guests
assembling at another.' . The" inconvenience
was'pointed out the Other 'day in a'o morning
journal, and kis one which decidedly demands:
reform. Everybody understands that a" little'
_gracela_allowed-beyondthequarterpast tieVem
quarnr to eight; or eight, set down in the invite
tiom..but, nobody Imows
,exactly how Much,
unless well acquainted with the custom of the
paaticular house. And as few' choose to incur
,the embarrassment of. being too early, a great
many run the hazard of being too late.
The consequence is an amount of eonfusion
and annoyance :which is felt equally by. host
and ' There is only one way of destroy
ing this monstrous delusion, and saving the
enormous amount of time'and temper which
it wastes in the'course of. the year;; thatis, to
issue invitations for the exact: hour at which
the party is expected to lie assembled,with a spe
cial provision as to punctuality. until the rule
becomes generally...understood.. .
While on the subject of dinners, I. may men
tion a custom which is surely founded upon
superstition; ~andoug,ht to be banished forever
from civilized 'sodiety,the- only, rsocietY in
,which it prevails, 4 ,Why should we be obliged
to perform the not very difficult operation of
dividing our food into morsels. fitted
for the mouth with • a weapon so formidable
and effective that we could employ •it with the
greatest ease to cut the throat of our next neigh
bor from ear to ear? Had we.to kill the Meat in
the first instance, one ,could understand the
propriety of being so armed; for the sake of
carving joints that bore and birds that bewilder;.
such an instrument is appropriate enough..
But why place it in the hands of• persons who
have only their own' mouths to accommodate ?
It is enough to embarrass a nervous man, and'
how that very uncomfortable person, "the most:
delicate lady,", manages to survive the responsi-f
bility is one of those marvels which can .be
accounted for only by custom founded on the.
grossest superstition. The anomaly exists: ,
but in •:•association With European
manners. The natives of the East,
and semi -civilized people elsewhere, would not;
dream of sueli an enormity.' I do not ,insist,
of course, that the people ought to• eat with
their fingers; and chopsticks • are naturally un
fitted for dividing a steak. But when knives'
are wanted,—and they are not wanted, nor
used, for many dishes,—why should we be
made to use. a murderousweanon ? One can,
fancy their fitted for' the dayti of old, when
knights carved at the meal in gloves of steel i
and drank the red wine through the helmet ,
barred; but in those times people used their
own knives at the table, and employed em,
upon occasion, in casual
.them,
combats. Such is
not now the custom; though therpare instances
'of the proceeding' on the part. of violent per
sons even when enOged at the meal itself;
and' the temptation is one Which should not be
thrown in', the:way. of men of ungovernable
tempers,.exasperated,' it may be,' by the bad
dinner of humble - life. But these enormous
knives are 'given us advisedly, and so careful is,
custom in measuring the supposed necessities
.the case,,,that. fel; the lighter deseriptiona of
foOd'snialler kinVes are given, so that you are
supposed to calculate the amount of force re
-waked at every course, and always employ it
accordingly. It iselways comfort to get to
a little knife after a large one,—it is like_the
Sense of 'peace :and .security ater a fray,—and
no knife need be larger than the - silver one - put
on for desert, if indeed it need be so large; and
I need scarcely add that forks might be modified
in proportion.. • •
There are a few superstitione connected with
our language which may be pointedout in this
place'. There have,beene greatinanyininost
times; butsome_ha.ve4hppeared Whileethers
have arisen, a n a. ;there re not many_ . maiy re- .
Among them I will note only Some
pecUliarities in_ promuaciation. . Ve still
Derby, Darby, and- -Berkeley- -Barkeley,--Palf
Mall Pell Moll, not to add other instances, - Con
tractions, too are not unfreqUent. Thus we
cannot ask if MarqUis of Cholmondeley is
at home, giving the ,syllables their legitimate
sound, without running the risk of being told
by a facetious servant that he will refer. us to
some of his people.. If we ask for the Marquis
of Cliumley :we shall be treated at least with
respect. Again, ,we must not say Leveson
Gower, but Leuson Gore, unless we wish to be
supposed out of the pale of society; and Mr.
Majoribanks would consider us a Goth if we
called him anything but Iklarchbanks: These
are only some of the cases that might be cited.
Are they not founded upon superstition?
There are other superstitious observances in
F?ecial life to which . I might refer, but I dare
say I have cited illustrations emaugh, and the
rest may suggest themselves to your mind with
out my assistance.
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
Christian Singers of Germany. By Cathe 7
sine Winkworth. 12mo, pp. :340, illustrated.
J. B: Lippincott & Co.
Aspasia. By C.' Holland. 12tUO, pp. 102.
13. B. Lippincott & Co. ,
Daisy., Continued from "Melbourne House."
By the author of "'rhe Wide, , Wide World."
Second series. 12mo, pp. 380. J. - B. Lippin
cote & Co. • • •
Moral Reforms. By: A. Cleveland Coxe;
Bishop of Western New. York. 12me; pp'. 151,
J. B. LipPineott &, C 0..;, •
Lossing s Pictorial Field-Book of the War of
1812.. Svo, pp. 1084 4 several hundred illustra-:
tions. Published by Harper & Bros., for sale
'by TUrner Bros. & Co. •
PhilOsOphy :Of
_Teaching. :By 'Nathaniel
i se n o; 8,v 0 ,,pp40.7. 1 P0b1i - Wed :Harper &'
for sale ; by. - TUrner,i3rOS. Co.: •
:A Parser and Analyzer for. .Beginners.. By
`ProL,Franeis A. March, of Lafayette:College:
Published by Harper Bros.; for sale' by ,
Turner Bres:'& Co.:: ; • ;: ; ; , : •
Hetty.. By Henry Kingsley. Svo, broda.
Published' by Harper & Bros., for Sale by
Turner BroS. & Co: , •
Love me Little, Love me Long. By : Charles
Wade.. Svo, broad. Published by Harper &
Bros.; fOrsale by Turner Bros. `&
!:Claude' . Gueux ; 'and, The MaSt DAY -of a
Condemned Man. Translated 'frein' Victor
Hugo. 12mo, pp.' 215. Published by Carleton,
for sale by Porter & Coates. . '
Wedlock . : or, 'the' Right`'Rel;ttions ,of the
Sexes, S. B. Wells, author and publisher,. New
PEmonicAm.—Deitz's .Elefieriluenta4 Farm
Journal, for. July. Chambersbnrg, Pa; Mer
ry's Museum, for August, sold ty.Turnerilros..
The Gardener's Monthly, for - August, 23 North
Sixth'street. De Witt's Sixpenny Series of the
;test music; Nod fl-12 .` NOr treet
'44c1117 York • ,
v; l 4
41 , 4441 X, ITEIII9- .
'.4 , ke•
—The cupolli,of 014. PtiOr's; Bbhae, 'Weds
I .1
repairs to its leall
is to be partly gilt;irrir.i, the ne'ofSlxtds the
Fifth. •
—A pupil of lleissonier had,a marvelous plc
. ture inthe present Freneh•salon; for which he
has received a medal. The subject is Soldiers
—"Le repos pendant la manceiture; . Camp de
St. Maur, en 1808." His name is Edouard
Detaille, and the work is said, to have 'been
purchased fora large price by A. T. Stewart,
for his gallery in New York.
—The Arundel Society has an ageney bele
(in NOW York), and ought to be better known
by Amelicans than it is. Its great success in
Europe—four or five thousand subscribers
await r each fall or, each spring, the appearance
of its publications—and the real excellence of
its, works, especially of late years, ought, to be
responded to from this side the water more
Heartily than they have been. Perhaps there
may be fifty subscribers in America, but we do
not believe there are more.. The Society was
founded in 1848, having among its founders the
MarqUis of 'Lansdowne, Lord .Lindsay (author
of " The History of Christian Art"), Samuel
Rogers, Mr.-Ruskin, ' and Mr. Layard, "the
Member from Nineveh," as Punch calls him,
who, known to the would chiefly as- explorer of
the , mounds where Babylon- and Nineveh
lie buried, has worked well and to
the, purpose at the elucidation of
Italian early, painting. The frescoes of the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, in Italy have
always been the chief study of the Society. A
"copying fund" exists, out of which the best
procurable copies in water-color of frescoes,
especially those most in danger of decay, de
struction, or ruinous repairs, are paid for.
These copies form a gallery at. the Society's
rooms in London, and from among them are
selected the subjects of the cluemos which the
Society publishechromos which recent hn
provements have enabled the council to male
very fine. One of those published for the
"Second; Subscribers" for 1808 is as fine' a
chromo as even Kellerhoven. has produced—as
fine, indeed, as it seems passible
to produce. The illustrated history
and description of the works of the
Society, recently published by the Secretary,
Mr. P. W. Maynard,'is an importaht aid to the
study of art ; for, though the illustrations are
only reproductions in little of the Arundel pub
lications, they, at least, can be had, while the
originals are not easy to get and are very ex
pensive ; moreover, the text, containing histori
cal notices of painters whose works have been
copied by the Society, includes much good mat
ter. The photographs are excellent, even whin
judged by a very high standard of excellence in
such things. They represent all the publica
tioias of the Society, and Are all taken on the
same scale; that is, each photograph is 'of
one-fifth the diameter of its original—not
"one-fifth the original size," as the title
page has it, but one-twenty-fifth • the size,
or one-fifth in each dimension. Those,
for instance, taken from chromo-lithoara,, phs
• are, of course, much less pleasing than those
from bas-reliefs in plaster and ivory. But there
is no reason to take exception to any; every
one well represents the subject and idea of the
original work. The photographs of carved
ivories are very fine. The set of about one
hundred and fifty pieces admirably represents
the successive schools of sculpture in ivory
from the times of the F,mpire to the XVlth
century. The originals being scattered over
Europe in a score of museums, treasuries and
private collections, and the casts carefully made
' m ceramic " fictile ivory," and supposed to re
produce with strict fidelity the precious originals,
being themselves. ery costly and seldom seen,
these little photographs are simply invaluable to
all students of art.—Nation..
areyery, glad to,' ptiblisli the fact of the
Arundel Society's having a- branch in this
Country', as welnow Of no ' publications so use
ful,to artistB as those Of thisaseociation.. The
true and legitimate function of chromci7litho
graphy may be seen illustrated teirscrup
lons copies of early paintMgs and illuminations ;
.016thga0q of the, cartoons of itaPhael)
large„ sections, ; are ,extremely. valuable; to. the
draughtsman; while their list. of copies - of
historical portraits i made , from the-annual--por,- . : 1 -
trait galleries arranged by Lord Derby, is OD
fyllest, in the World, we suppose, and of interest
to historians and everybody. Any of-these
treastireS may be obtained by:mail, by corres
pondence at, once with agent, of the Society,
in__the..._SOuth_.Xensingtoni Museum,_Lotiden. _
By_ the way, our -.artists do not,avail-them
selves as much . as. they of postal
facilities in obtaining the photographs and
rare-engrayings-so necessary to them. —We may
mention that latterly, having occasion Co in
estigate the • Venice
. - SphoOl - of 'Painting, we
simply turned to Murray's' guide-book for the
name of a Venice . pliOtograPher,',incloSed: a
small draft of Drexel's, fiS the' Signor Ponti
there mentioned, and asked for a selection of
photographs' taken direct from Bellini and
Veronese. We gave • the Italian a London
address, that of • an art-establishment, to which
he mailed his photographs without duty, and
the London firm straightway sent us the roll
by express, again without duty or any trouble
in'the world to us. For twenty-five francs
eleven unmounted phetographs, a foot high,
u ere obtained, adMirahie copies of the original
paintings of the . . Venice Academy.. Any
,artist
on fill his portfolio by the same plan, and avail
himself of the undiluted instruction of the old
masters without leaving. home.
EDUCATION.
TOE EberEl-ILL SQHOOI,
will begin its nexeserielorilp the New ACademy 1310141ng
At ltlerchantville, N. J.,"
(Foul'. miles from Camden,/
ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
, For Circulare, tipply, to
jy2Ai tw§
OHEGARAY INSTITUTE FRENCH
IL/and English,for youag ladles and misses.boardi ng tin ti
puptla,lb27. atid 1529 bprucest., Volatra.,will re-open
on llUltSDAY,Beptember2Oth. ranch is the language
of bah: i' unity, rind is constantly 4pokon in -the , Institute.
,14411/AlliE VIthlltli1111,1", Prinqtpal: jyl2 mwf Sm
F _
EMALE COLLEGE, BORDE,NTOWN,
N. J,-This Institution, so long and so favorably
knoWit, continues to.furiiielt the best educational advan
'tam, hi connection. with a, tileasant,Pliristian home,
'..Catologuesorith-termitoitc.,' -furnish Oil. on-application.
College oPena &Member lath. - • -
0, • ...
14-2 mg JOHN H. BI,AKELEY 4 President.
RORSEKANSTITY . SCIENTIFI:
tally taught at the Philadelphia Riding School,
atn'tdreetotbove , -Vine. :The, horses are: quibt and
thoroughly trained. For biro, saddle horses. Also car-,
riages at nil times for weddings l parties, opera, funerals;
&c. Horsestrained to the sadd e. •
• ' THO fAS ()HAIGH & SON
TEACItErt OP
f Shying... Private lerieotta!'and clams. Reeidepoe,
908 13 Thirteenth street. au2s-tf§
CUTLERY.
R 0 to G E 'ANDAWOPTENHOIitiff 13
POCKET KNIVES,' 4P L'. and' STAG , HAN
DLES of beautiful finish" HERS , • and WADE. &
BUTCHER'S, and tho CELEBRATED LECOULTRE
RAZOR. .80/SSORS CASES of tho finostquality
Razors, Knives, Scissors and Table Cutlery, grollnd and ,
polished. 'EAR INSTRUMENTS of the inostap_proved
constrnction to assist the hoaxing, ,at' MADNIRAA!,
Cutler and Surgical Inetxtunonthl4ol,lLs Tenth street,
bolo*Chostnut. , -‘• • • •
seANYIML:IS - 11 7 1146ERT -- -
Preeerved Ginger, Jr, syrup of the celebrated Ohy
loong brand; also, Dry Preserved Ginger, in boxes, im
orted and for sale by JOB. 00., /08
°nth Delaware avenue.
• ,FOR . CAPE - MAY,
• von neative, - Thursdays =sr - ft4rdays.
onti n a after S D Y Jaffe 26th the new and
gp_lendl4,otellnlet L ADY OF THE LAKE, Captain
w. Thomnsoir', - willcommence running rogulany to
Cope Mayaeaving Arch Street Wharf on TUESDAY.
THURSDAY , and,...HATURDAY MORNINGS at 9
o'clock and returning, leave the landlng._at Capp May
on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS at
8 ,o'clock.
-FAR
T E,• INCLUDJNG'CAITAGH"HVG3,' 026,
410HILDREN, , x 26
SERVANS - 4, Tao . , ,
SEASON TICKETS, ' t3lo ' 'CARRIAGE , ThniE
THE LADY OF THE. LAKE is a lino sea boat, has
handsome, state-room accommodations, and is fitted'-up
with everything necessary for the safety'. and comfort of
passengere.,
_‘ • ^
Tickets sold and Daggage checked , at the , Transfer
Office ,82:8 Chestnut street under the Continental Hotel.
• yreight received until flif, o!olock. •• _ • ,_••
For hirtheir_particularii, inquire at the" Office, •110 - . - 88
North DELAWARE Avenue,
G. H. HIIDDELL;
e2Otfs
CALVIN TAGGART.
• _ • ' •
UNITED STATES HOTEL,
ATLANTIC CITY,
Will open for the reception of Oneida
Saturday, June 26th,1869.
Roesler's Bkirid, under the direction of Mr. Simon
Roesler, la engaged for the season.
• Eamon wishing to engage Rooms will apply to
GEO. PREElLAN,Superintendent,_
Atlantic City„ N. J.,
Or BROWN At WOE PER,
Ja62m 827 Richmond Street, Philadelphia.
, .
SURF ROUSE ATLANTIC CITY N. , 0
WILL BE OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER Z/.
For Booms, Tonna, tto., address
THOMAS iFAELEY;Proprietar.
Carl Sentz's Parlor Orehestra hal been encased/or the
deadOri.
CAPE MAY •
.
With accommodations for 760 guests, Is now open.
~ T he Germania Serenade Band, under the direction o
Prof. Geo, Bastert, has been secured for the season.
, • ' GEO. J. BOLTON, Proprietor.
jt-26 2E4
A Bret-clams RESTAURANT,
_a la carte, will be
opened by ADOLPH PROSKAUEN, of 222 S. THIRD
Street, Philadelphia, on the 7th of J ute, under the name
and title of NA ISON LOBES, at the corner of WASH
INGTON and JACKSON Ste., known as Bart's Cottage.
SW' Families will be supplied at the Cottage.
Lodging Booms by Day or Week to Rent
L GHETTO SPRINGS,
CAMBRIA COU,NTY,
WUI be opened to Guests Inlylst.
"Excursion 'rickets, " good for the season, over the-
PCl3llSylrattia Central Ibtilroad, can be procured from
Philadelphia Pittsturgh, and Harrisburg, to Naylor
Station. mll'es from the Springs, where coaches will be
in readiness to convey guests to the Springs:
The _proprietor takes pleasure in notifying the public
that the hotel is in proper , order, and all amusements
usually found at watering places can be found at the
above resort. TOMB. 412 GO per day, er {Paper mouth.
• FRANCIS A. GIBBONS, Proprietor.
NIHON NEWTON. Superintendent,
Of the Atlantic Hotel, Newport.
T IGHT HOUSE COTTAGE, ATLANTIC
1.2 City. JONAH WOOTTON. Proprietor.
The most desirable,lscation as the Island, being tho
nearest, point to the surf.. - -
Guests for the house will leave the cars at the Hutted
State, Hotel. No bar. jyl9-Imi
Qgdt. - BATHLNG.—NATIONAL HALL,
1.7 Cape May City, If. J. •
• This large and commodious 'hotel, known la the
Ile
all, 11, is now reeeiring visitors.
. AARON OARRETSON,
jet!-.2uk§ • Proprietor.
. .
11QMOAD TOP 1410eNTAYN HOUSE,
.1.." Broad Top, Runtinordon county, Pa" now open.
jylil Imp W. T. PEARSON, Proprietor.
ELAWARE HO USE, CAPE 181.
is now ogorfnrk reorfget
r -
V,jligcitthv:=to
PATENT - SHOULDER SEAM, SHIRT
MANUFACTORY.
Orders for these celebrated Shirts supplied promptly on
brief notice.
'TINE - DRESS SHIRTS
itgr..I;;V:CATTV.LL
.: ~;r.n
SUMMER RESO ' TS,
COLUMBIA HOUSE,
CAPE ISLAND, N. J -P
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods,
Of late styles In fell variety
WINCHESTER •& CO.
706 CI-lES'rIsTUT.
jeS•m tf
GENTS' NOVELTIES.
.' l- 4.W .7 :5 - OOTT;: - . - 4S4 - 7Q94.
No. 814 Chestnut Street,'Philactelphia,
helow - Contlifeiitarnoter. —
mtil-ftn m tf
THE FINE ARTS.
JEsta,blished 1'705.
A. S. ROBINSON,
FRENCH PLATE 'LOOKING: GLASSES, k,
Beautiful Chrplaaos,
ENGRAVINGS AND PAINTINGS,
Manufacturer of all klnde of
Looking. Glass, Portrait & Picture Frames.
910 CHESTNUT STREET,
Fifth Door shore the Continental
PHILADELPHIA.
FURNITURE, &C.
1869.
FURNITURE.
1316 CHESTNUT STREET.
.
Basing just completed the finest lot'of Furniture ever
Produced in this city, I will receiTo orders for the same ,
during the mouth of August;
• , • ,• • • , • • - •:, .
AT PRICES' THAT WILL OFFER INDUCEMENTS
TO PUROIiASERS
The designs are new: and elegant, • ThoAvorkmanslii p
and matertals,areuf the highest order. ,
'lltivite the attetttlon of those VAtlio intend furnishing to
call and examine, the: stock of Furniture; 'and convince
themselves of the above facts.
JOHN 311. GARDNER, 1316 Chestnut: St.
j 311
TYPE. FOUNDRY..
HILADELPHIA
~~CPP: FOUNDIiI
111IRT3PREPt EURNESHMO WAREHOUSE,
f s i , Establiabodat4l. •
• "greatly' TIM sub Scriber; av n increased facilities for
manufacturing, calls particular attention . to ids New ,
Series of Classic .riteCl3 of Book. and Newspaper Typee
w hi c h will compare favorably with' those adv other'
Founder.,Etopractical - exPerielice id: (I,ll;branclies'ap
pertaining .to'llio - Manufacturo of 'Pype, and the fact of,
constant Personal EittperVisiou of ouch:department of 'hill
bURiECIIII, is the bout guarantee '4,444 Printer of
finished and durable article:. • • •• • • ••• •
Everything WlCOiliettry in a complete i Printing. ZS
tabliehmont furnished a 4 the shoats; notice. .
. • • • • • AGENT FOR
. .
HOEIL -. TAYLOR, GORDON, CAMPBELL
• DNGENER, ' POTTER', ~ AND , ALL OTHER • • •
ruEl3B MANUFACTURERS.
Solo Agents for thie City of '•
D. WADE & • CO.'S . UNRIVALED INKS.
• , .A good article •is n saving of money, ;
077 Give us a trial
, • •
..,• - • • • • • L.' PELOUZE,'
N.N..cornor of„TII1RD and CHESTNUT Streets
,null-m'w f tf Phihuielphia, pa
LARD OIL.-- f).
20, IiBLS. N. J WESTERN _
Lard Oily to arrive and for aide 'by COCTIRAN
RUSSELL & CO„22biortb Front atreet.
jy3l se2o
1869.
'811,101101.2
Dr x CAlmos lsaa re--entered ranee
GEM•liar) , Pinii is going Al. VieltiAti - "-ri
operate.
NAPOLEON is blamed for his lenity to, the
, Carlists kinnee.' e ; ' ; •
TUE „Carlist rebellion in. Spain is reported as
baying been very effectively crushed !
JOSEPII 31oonE, a Revolutionary soldier,
died at Peaely, Mo., on July 20, aged 102;
• SEVERAL peOple implicated lathe attempt to
kidnap Juarez, in Mexico, are tinder' arrest.
• ImmENtilifires are still raging in the foiests
of Washinglon Texritory. s
nth, meetink of the Canadian Parliament
Ins 1) 74 PrOrcglied.p.ntil September. 2 7!
cliargedlwith incendiai
ism at Altoetraixerc foiuul guilty on S'aturday.
iiiexico, is in a. very titrbu
lent condition from the recent attempted reVO.•
IlltlollS.
Americans are on trial in Mexico,
chaiged with .. a conspiracy against the - Public
Treasury.
A LA1:0; iiortion of General Puello's com
mand in Cuba, it, is reported, has gone over to
the enemy.
11F.porres from 'Bavaria sap that a cargo of
slaves were landed a few days ago, for the Ha
vana planters.
Mtg. SrYti AI r, , United' States' District.dt
torneylifieff — le SatithefirDistrlet — oritissiAsior, - .
hits been'suspended by the President.
Tice; White Pine. fillers' strike has, ended
\by . the men returning to work at ieduced .
*ages.
Tur.-silk hat factory of Pariniento Brothers;,
in street, New York, Avia.burned.,' on!.
Saturday night. Loss, $20,000. .
Tut; total debt of the city of Boston on
April.3lst ;last,WitS "$17,304,435—an increase,
since April, 11308, of $1,480,013.
Internal. revenue receipts for the month
have been $21;587,000.. The receipts for July
of last year were $13,000,000.
.
Tut; laborers at work imon the new • .radroad
`bridge at. Oinaha Lire 'shank, and their places
are to .be filled by Chinese from San Francisco.
THE Secretary of the .Treasury has ordered
• the purchase of $2,000,000 in 5-20 bonds weekly
during August... This is in addition to the
$1,000,000 on alternate weeks.
Two. vtcrroniEs are reported as having
been gained by the insurgents, recently, at Santi
ago de Cuba, between Puerto Principe and
Nuevitas.
ALTHOUGH, urged by the Judge. Advocate,
the death penalty will ;probably not be }visited
upon the Carlisti captured in the recent
troubles in Spain.
Tug' rear car of a train on the Chesapeake
^ and Ohio -Railroattivas thrown fu3Tni'.the track
near Ivy Depot,N..a.., - on . Saturday ,: and four
ladies and a brakeman were injured. •
Two'Weiltht'Chlitete` Merchants; . 1,614
businesiin,San I?nintiSee,. are coining. East to
make business arrangements, and will visit
Philadelphia. • . , , . ,•
THE book and Stationery store of E. S. Past
man & Co., at 'Concord, was burned on Satur
day' night. LLiksi $40,000 . . : .- Mani
I'atrick Mora, was burned 11l the
Tiiz•codfisbertiwon- Chooma,gui Island are:.
r4rteil his being of little Value. Tlie
lOrmerly located there are in quest of ~more,
profitable" ennilOY1410:11r . •
31essits. Systo*ls4- ice grocers, of
Morris county, N. Y.,: are 'iv:ported
. to have
absconded, leairVgl,lhabilitia.,.infolinting to
$20,000.
A BurpJi...r.o despatch says the crop prospects
in Western New York were never better. The
wheat crop will be- a ',third Larger than last
year, mad thuhay„crop, , tenormous.r.,,
ALi ~PATCII from `Montreal "rePorti, that—
orders had been sent to' Three Rivers district to
hold the' tztiori , thert9tr readinesi,to march to
the frontier, and that two strong liattalions Were
at once got ready for marching.
'rift: owners of property ,ori . the piers at,
Albany, N. Y., damaged by the llOods - 'last
winter, have sued the city. Their claims ag
gregide $137,000,and if not settled will be tried
in Noveimber:
. THE Supreme *Court of Loulsia,rta decides
_ that Girv.,! - Wlindouth has not the Pov . .!'er to re
inoVe appoint State or other officers, and the
_ Judge removed by the goVernor is ordered by
,the C'cnirt to retain his Office.
A coissEnvAnv.r. REPUBLICAN from Dlis-
sissippi, who had an interview . with President
tintnt on Thursday, in relation to 31isissiripi
repprts the President- as-sayink-that-he
-- wished for 'die success of the - party that would
catry out_t te_Reconstri3ction_acts,Jatify_the_
Aniendment, and protect life and
propetty in the State.
7he My iteriotat Robbery in Harrisburg—
Arrest ofthe Thieves.
Erman the It Telegrapbor Saturday.]
• 011' the morning of June 4th, during the'ab
sence of Mr. C. A. Aughinbang,b, his , jewelry
establisluneut at No. 322:- Market, street was
robbed of watches,. jewelry, &c., amounting to
nearly four thousand dollars,. and for some
time no clue could be. found to the burglars
ttr_t bp-wherealxiuts' of the st,olen goodS,although
•
Mt:. Attginbatiglroffered a large reward. On
'Saturday morninilait, '24tlt inst.,' all the goods,
with the exception ota few articles, were re
turned by' Mains Express from Philadelphia.
; About' half-past - ten - o'clook last night, three
young men of this city, A. Jackson Kolp, Mor
gan Royal and, George S. , were_ar
-1 rested °lra •charge:bi having stolen the, goods.
Kolp, at the time 'Of the ' robbery,' WaS' iu the
employ of Mr. Aughinbaugh, and was
reported tO : baVeheen !put under the' influence,
, of chloroform by the burglars, to enable them
to successfully, carry on , their, depredations.
The day previous to the return of , the goods
Morgan Royal called at the store of Mr.
Aughinbaugh , and stated that' he (Royal) had
received .biformation concerning. the stolen
goods, and said that they would be returned
the following Way: Ott Saturday, after the re
turn of the goods, ,Mr. Augbiubaugh received
an ancatymous cornmimiCation calling atten
tion to, the fact.that he, had offered a reward of
five 4undiefl . tiollars!,for the return of the goods,
warning him not to pay the money to the
wrong partieS, and'atatingthat he would be in
formed at a future tithe as to the place and
manner of the payment of the reward.
On Monday a second letter was received, in
which it Was :stated that "iii .cousideration of
certain :goods ; pot „being, returnee, OPY_WP*
awee
to snake a deduction i,froin:l the amount,
of the reward l that .wouldcovet'. the.valne. of
:7 - the - _ - thissing:rarticiesand: - stating7that 'if Mr.
htighinba.ugh was willing to - accept the *ripe
sition, he should signify that 'fact by a. Sign,
which was to be placed 'in ' , the' 'sliew-vilnilonr, •
that the: parties, alone . would understand, and
at the - same time Would riot' cause suspicion
on the part, .of. others. In this letter he was
warned not to - 'divulge May of the' information
imparted On:Ttiesday /
'tlierrequest, antl • after
having removed', ull . Ahe,goods:. that had been
returned, and which had been placed in the
window on,- , :elthibittOn; ; lre't - ptifee, !goods
• in the WindOw and, at the sanietiine;the sign
-agreed • and,
'- Nitednesdny; -Royal -. called
again .a conyersation'..witk Mr.
Aughinhaugh, inquiredTif he intended; prose
.
eating the guilty parties, and advised hizn to .do
so after hi' had . . paid 'the 'reward, at the titan
time endeavoring to learn from '1111:
baugli the manner in whicli he propoSed paying
the inn' at d. [Tliis conversation was .no doubt
inteilada to asceitaiii froin_ Mr. Atighinbaugh
his - plan of operation.) All correspondence be--.
tween the partitiV. - 31MC'Mr,r Aug,hinbaugh
was;, ' conducted ;throtigh letters from'
(theta' -air re#ll. 7 l
'versations .with Royid, on, the, pari of Mr.
.Aughinbaugh he acting under advice , from
the District-Ain„ ' irefy i CiVrteitlingi On
Thursday Mog.Mr Afighinbaukh 'received
another letter, postmarked Harrisburg, ap
pointing a meeting on the paverttentlefore the
German Catholic Church, on 'Front street, be
tween 'Walnut , and Locust, eV - half:past_len;
o'clock on Friday night. At the hour appointed'
Mr. Anghinbaugh made hls appearance,' and;
McCalla and RoYal, iveming utmlis, With faces
blackened and disguised' by wigs; Nl6' mus-'
Macs and other articles, met him at the
rendezvous, and placed in his hands
watch,, and the movement of another,. which'
he recognized as correspending:with his nuni
hers. Mr. A. then proceeded ,to count out
.the money in small bills on the steps of-,..the
church. The police had been stationed early
in the evening, and were awaiting the result of
the Interview. A sharp cough from. Mr.
the'Tsignal agreed upon, brought the officers ;
from their hiding places, when the parties at
tempted ,to make their escape. Royal 3Vas
seized by Mr. Anghinbangb, and McCalla'
started in the direction of the old bridge, when
an officer posted. there fired' on him, and ; he
rail in another dlieetiOn, when the report or a
pistol in front of him f accompanied by
a stern order ' to halt, compelled him to
surrender. Kolp was found in his bed ; at the,
- Bolton house - - The were taken before
Mayor Hays; whebound thein frier in the sum
of $2,000 each for their appearance at court.
It is currently reported, that, sonic of The par
ties arrested have made a voluntary admission
of, their complicity in the,., ransaction. The
I)istriet-Attorney, me: Wiestling,, Mayor Hays,
Mr. Aughinhaugh and the city police acted in
conjunction in, their effolts to feiret out and
secure the arrest of the guilty parties, for which
great credit is due them.
From our late editions of Saturday
By the Atlantic Cable.:
LONDON, July 31:—Mr. Gladstone, who had
been ill for a few days past, has returned to
.tondon. His health is much improved,
though he'hi still weak
The Oxford boat's crew went down the river
Thames, to Pangborn, yesterda3r, to practice.
This was done in order to get deeper water
and a longer course. The Oxfords have Just
received a new four-oared racing boat,. built
by Satter, who is now engaged upon one for
the Harvard crew. The weight of the Har
vard crew is four pounds heavier than that of
Oxford.
Yams, July 31.—The managers and two of
the editors of the Rappel newspaper have
been sentenced to one month's imprisonment,
and to pay a large fine, for publishing false
news.
ay the Cuba Cable.
, HAvANA 'July 31.—The following estimates
have been 'Lade for August :—Expenses of the
War Department,': $800,000; Navy, S2A000;
Civil, $750,900 i Miscellaneous, 5300,000.
The steamsiup Cleopatra arrived this morn
ing from Vera' Cruz, bringing . dates 'from
Mexico , to the 'MI. ll was qtuet at'Quere
taro. The Puebla Railroad will be open in
September. ,
An insurrection had broliett° out among the
Indians of Yucatan. '
The voleanie - eruption'in Colima: is growing
worse.
The War la earagtia*. •
[Special Deapitch 'to *the i WIIwIB. Evetting - Dullotitij
Zr r ,Yonx, July 31.—The accounts from
the Rio Plata by 'the" steamer Alaska, state
that the position of Lopez is impreable. He
has eight thousand robust, welWisciplined
men under arms,besides four thousand youths.
The inhabitants have for the most part re
treated to the interior.
Lopez is exploring his iron mines. Near
these mines is an arsenal , in which , cannon
are being cast.'
_ _
Besides the fortifieations which have al
ready been built, other intrenchments in the
interior are :being, made. The ~Paraguayau
officers cleave that in. their o_pinion the war
will last ten years longer, as the Paraguayans
are determined to tht to :tiie last man.
At Asuncion and . the other points occupied
by the ABlei them is no - cithex ,but. Brazilian
authority. The apparent object of Brazil is to
imperceptibly absorb Paraguay by protracted
siege or by the expatriation of sons.
Tax on Ciseurs.rpoioni?lng-,Case.
• BALTimonu;jlilY3l.—A. number Of cases of
.a violation:' of; the revenue .1419: ; t: by 'selling
cigars froth licores not properly stanaped;have
been before the _United_ States_ Coththissioner
this week. In nearl,y_ali the cases the_parties
have been held to await the action of the
Grand Jury of the United States District
Court at the September term..
A fatal case of _ poisoning ccenrreclAn this
city last: evening - V - thc - adthisaistration of a
dose of, poison
, Rnt up by a, druggist through
mistake.__The_jurF_of_inquest - _ , _rendered a _ver
dict that death was causedby a dose of aqua
ammonia; - :administered -- tlirough. - gross-care
lessness of the_ apothecary. ,T,he prescription
by the physiCian was aipiadiiiithmon.
From MaShington.
July- 31;a—Ten-bids for- ex
cavating for the foundation of the. New. York
Post-office were opened to-day by Mr.Mullett,
the superintending architect. The loWest bid;
der was James Edwards, of New York city,
at 83 cents per cubic yard. For, cement, four
bids were submitted, Delmfield & Baxter; of
New York, being the lowest bidder, at $97
per barrel. For the removal and purchase, of
stone fence and coping, eleven bids,were sub
mitted, the highest by E. L. Brady, of. Jersey
City, at $1,125. It is 'probable that none of
these bids will be acceptedthe fence being
worth much more money. •
WASHINGTON, July 31.—The following offi
cers have been detailed fox recruiting service,
and ordered to report to Brevet Brigadier-
General Reeve, at New York: Captains F.
W. Perry, George L. Tyler, E. N. Wilcox and
S. G. Whipple.
The following to General Hatch, Superin
tendent of mounted recruits at Carlisle Bar
racks, Pennsylvania: Captains Arthur Mac-
Arthur H. B. Freeman, Isaac D. Isay, and
Second'Lieutenant Frank Madden. Second
Lieutenant Charles Hay, Twenty-third in
fantry, has been ordered to conduct recruits
,from Carlisle Barracks to the Pacific Coast.
Post-Chaplain Edward H. Leavitt and First
Lieutenant PeterEngela, LT. S. N.; have re
signed.
- Fractional currency received from the Prin
ting Division of the Treasury Department for.
tihe weer ending to-day, $190,8003 shipments to
Assistant Treasurer at Philadelphia, $10,000;
Boston, $20,000; S. Depbsitory, Cincinnati,
$16,000; Baltimore, $lO,OOO Pittsburgh, $lO,-
000; National Banks, ,$27,626.: The. Treasury
holds in 'trust, as security for the' National
Bank circulation; $343,307,260; and for publis
deposits,, $21,604,600. Mutilated bank notes
burned, $110,250. Total amount Inirned to
date, $15,141;394. Bank currency, issued for
bills destroyedduringlhe week, =9,640. To
tal issued therefor, $15,020,488, Balance due,
$120,906.--A - ctual circulation-at this date F sV.),
782,810. - -
Colonel .Pelinebaker, the Kentucky State
,Agent, is pronounced by his physicians ,to ha
in a dying condition., ' :
* Mroin Richmond.
Ragnmo.pm, July 3l.—John W. Jenkins,
Chairman of the State Central CoMmittee of
the Wells party ; having written a letter to Dr.
Gilmer, Chairman of the. Central Committee
of the Walker party; urging 'the two par
ties no* reunite for carrying out Republfcan
principles' 'the latter' entleman writes a reply
saying that the Walkeritesleft the Wells, party
because they, were eltber,,forced to dd so, or
to oppose the policy of Ole:President. After
alluding to, the almost unanimous indorsement
of Republican prinelples by 7 the white men of
the State, and asserting that the , colored peo.
ple who'were misled by the•'Wells leaders are
now flocking by hundreds to the Grant and
Walker standardihe concludeS as follows :
" Von ask for a coalition of the two wings
of the Republican party: eannOt• admit OW
tlie'partris divided. On the contrary, I claim
that the Grant-Walker is the National Iteimb-
TH ',AYPIIII:ftAOt4M.NrIWJAPPIaPTI II9IIPAY:.; gtuftuffrA.,ll-140ir?
can Alnginia--4repr, esenting the
olicy of therroodent aria of Congress, and
K tueh, has no division 'to Leal. To the late
Veils party, I have only; to Say, we shall
gladly welcome them to our - ranks, for we are'
unwilling.to depriu@auvulass of rciti2ens ,of,
the innumerqblkbloollo4' 'that must iflow to
Virginia from an unequivocal enforcement or
those national principles' 'of which President'
Grant and•Congress,are , ,the bead , andfroqt',!-„,
Cob Thoh: P ..A.Ugitst.aip - rofninent
died to-day. He was an officer in the Mexican
war, , Colonel of, the 16th Virginia Confeder
d
ate Regiment durifig•ther rebellion; and former
State Senator from this district.
• ~• • '' ;:
Senile America. '
Nrtv Yowl - , July 31i.--tfTlie steamer Alaska,
~from Aspinwall the 23d inst., has arrived, and
lee. *65,0000-in treasure from. California. 7t 0
whaling VeiSels liti`dischargitig tbeiedargii at
''aiiama for transhipment to New York,,
. ,
Valparaiso - dates of July; state that there'
have beep frequent gales, on the coast of Vbile.
During one ' of them the • Anielrican schooner
'Rippling Wave was wrecked., The simll-pox
lias brokep out in Valparaiso. Consul
- Clarke has returned to' tlie United States on
the Alaska.. • ` '
The yellowy fever has made it's appearance in
Rio Janeiro.,.• - P
Over onehundred vessels areat the Guanape
guano islandCawaiting cargoes.;. :These are
the new Peruvian guano islands.
Earthquakes continued in, the neighborhood
of Iquique, creating .much ''uneaSiness. -' The
volcano Isluga is again in action, emitting fire
and ashes.
Two .vessels with lumber had arrived from
New York at Arica r for-bnilding operations,
Earthquultes are also,rocurringat -4-rettuiNt?,
The corvette Ainerica, which Atli& landed , a,
Mild from shore by the -big waVelast AtiguSt;
its going to pieces. Her armament has been
saved. Captain Stevens, _of the ship Charles
13
Davenport, of ;Bath, Maine; had died at Chin
cha Islands, and the first mate, White, ab
sconded with $1,500 of the ship's funds.
Ninety-two. vessels . ;were, at the Chinch,a,
Islands awaiting cargoes.
Sad Drowning Case in North River, N. Y.
IQEW YOxig.,"..luty 31.-. About dark last even
ing,'a whole nmily, consisting .of man,wife,
and, two daughters,' about 15 and 17 years of
age, and two little ,children, were observed
rowing in Mirth river, in'a small bdat.' When
opposite Bull's. Ferry, boat capsized, and,
the whole party appeared to have been thrown
into the water. .Two naen . itaraediately put
out to their rescue, but before they could reach
the party, the man, woman, and two eldest
daughters sank.' The two little wink, boweVer,
were found in the boat, which had righted, but,
was-half full of water. , They were rescued
and brought to the shore. Both were too
young to give their name.s, and _the men who
rescued them were • unable to ascertain the
names of the family. Ono of the little girls
could only ,say."mamina" and. '..'papa." They
were safely cared for, and this morning an
eflort is being made to find out their names.
It is reported that the parties resided on the
brow of the bill at the upper end of Hoboken,
and the husband is a druggist, doing business,
in Brooklyn. • .
P.ORTLAND, - July , 3l4—Altln Blake,' of Bos
ton, under arrest here,,charged SVlth robbing
the Adams Express Co. of SID) ,"claims to be
one of the Ocean BstAk fqbbers: Bat, Ids story
is not believed.
~. . ,
IMPo,RTA..CIONS. ' •
Reported for the Polladelphia•Bysning BtdletirG
MATANZAS—Brig Annie, Laritoh-:=347 bhd. , 4 niolaisen
35 tea do AII Dallett 5; bon. . , ,
~ ~
TO ARRIVE. • ..• .".. -.•&•., t.:. ~ :,
sloes' FROM . POE ' ' DATE
City of Cork.......,...Liverpool..biew,Yorkvia T4... - ....J.n1y 17
Obio •-, Idoutbaninton..:Baltunore. . . ... ...: . 1....•.Jn1y 17
Bellona.. London-. New York July 17
Erin...--,.......Liverp00k-New York.--.--,- ..... July 21
Nevada.. ' • ' LiverpooLLNew-York -.....Tti1y 21
C of 'Weehing'n_LiverpooL-New.York- July 22
Catedon IA ......... Glasgova.:.New Yotk - ......... --July 23
Iluvida: Liverpool... New York July 24
Cinvbria..............-...„Havre...New , York , .... ....July 24
Bremen.--"
. ..
..... .biavre...NowiYork _' ...:....:....:J_' ...:....:.._' ...:....:....:Ju1y......-July 24
Main- Southamptpn...tiew York July 27
Aleppo. Liverpaiol...Nevr York via 8..,.-July.27
Yennaylvania........LiverpooLf-New York ......:..,•.......attly 28
Colorado- . . ...' Liverpool...NewLYork ..i. •• i.July-.
City of Antwerp-Liverpool...New York July. 29
.. - TO.. DEPART,
GG . . . .
ermania:::' ...L."...:New Y0rk...:11.14mbUre.....',.............Abg. 3
City of Antwerp:Neva York... Antwerp Aug 4
,Minnesota. New York... Liverpool --..-........ Aug. 4
ann , t.New York...LiverpooL- • - Aug. ' 4
Eagle New.York-Havana.., ' Aug. 5
Siberia .. . . --New It ork--Liverpool -.. Aug. 5
Ville de liaris.....New York...Havre..... Aug. 7
Denmark--; .... ..New York... Liverpool.....-• • Aug. '7
Europp.....c.„-.......New•York...Giasgow-...........- Aug. 7
Cimbria.-...--...N0w York-.11ambura.......---....A.ng. 10
Nevada....:.:.: New York... Liverpool 4.ng. 10
City of Cork New York... Liverpool via 11 Aug. 11
13 HOARD OF TRADE.
JOHN u. JAMES,,_
C. B. DURBOROW. Nomura- ComurrEs
THOS. L..GILLESPIE,
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA—Arc. 2
fa 1 Sine Bwrs,7.- 121 Haan -WATER, 9 36
•
-Steamer-24-,-Brooks.-24, -houralrom , New___Yorlc,
with mdse - to_Johri_F Ohl, • _
nz
'Brig Annie (Br), Larson ~.10 tWil from Mataas, with
molasses to A H Dallett & Son.
ARRIVED_ ON. SATURDAY.
Schr James 1.1 Moore, Nickerson, from Boston, with
mdse to Alershon & ClAnd.
-Schr Sarah, Benson* from-Near-Bedfordi-with-mdsato-
Mershon & Cloud. ,
ag - Brig 31 A Bar 7; from - Matanzas, before reported
at_Quaritutine. will dtscharge_there.
CLEARED ON SATURDAY;
Steamer Roman, Baker:Boston, H Winsor& Co. '
Steamer J b Shriven, Biggins, Baltimore,,A A. Groves. Jr.
Steanier Corn Adams, Fenton ,Cheater River, J W Bacon.
BarkMaryßutaiell - Mitford, Berry, - Stettin, L Wester
gourd &
Rarkkinda,Fleming.__liingston,Ja.-D.S Stetson lc Co.-
Brig.E A Barnard,lleed. Gibredtar, .E.A_Souder & Co. -
Brig Prairie Rose, Lowe, Boston, J Ronunel, Jr. & Bro.
Sehr Jno Roberta, Bradley, Wilmington, J W Bacon.
Schr Access, Collier, Washington, • - do
Seim Merchant. Phillips, dodo ,
Scbr AuguSta, Btuton, do - do"'
Schr Illary E Jones, Jones, Norfolk, Va.' do - '
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
READING, July 30,1869.
The following boats from the Union Canal passed into
the - Schuylkill Canal, bound to Philadelphia, laden and
consigned as follows' ' ,
J
Industry,
with lumber to H Deysher; Priscilla, do
to Bean & Bro; Lab Trans Co No 4, pig iron to Cabeen
& Co; 2 rafts timber to Sch Nay Co. F.
, Foreign and coastwise arrivals for the month of July,
1E69, as compared with the same period in 1868 :
MSS
For. Ijoast. Total. Par. Coast. Total.
Steamships_. 1 ... 1 2 2
i rks 21- 1 22. 5 20. - 21
43 10 63 29 9' 38
Schooners 24 894 918 24 848 872
- - -
Stoops -••
Steamers
Total 90 4506 4596 81 3449 3530
, Ship SanapareiLlileAlpin,from Liverpool for this port,
was spoken 26th ult. lat 43 25, lon 64'25.
Steamer Utility, Nickerson, hence at Providence Seth
Steamer Prometheus, Gray, sailed from Charleston
31Ft ult, for thia_Port.
Steamer Heiman (NG), Wenke; from Bremen via
Southampton 20th, at ,Now York . Slit 'ult. with 699 pas
sengers.
Steamer Allemannia, 'Bardua, from' Now York, at
Southampton 31st ult. - , • • ,
Steamer Norfolk , Platt, sailed from Richmond 30th
ult. for this port. •
Steamer City of Brooklyn, Brooks, cleared at N York
31st ult. ior Liverpool.
Steamer Arizona, Maury, cleared at Now York Slit
ult. for Aspinwall. .
Steamer Alaska Gray, from, Aspinwall 26th ult. at
New York 31st ult. 26th ult. lon 1955 N, passed steamer
Henry , Cbanncey, forAspinwall. ,
Bark Augustine, Thom, hence for Ivigtut, was spoken
26th ult. 1at.41 29, lon 69 50. ' '
• Bark Ada (Br), Murphy, cleared at Now York 31st ult.
for this port. • , ' "
Bark White - Cloud;,Freeman, hence for Charlestown,
at Holniee' 8010 AM 29th ult. ' ' '
. • • .
Bark Acacia, Robinson, bente, remained at , 'Matanzas
ul ß t. r f gE r l ib ne a Y m sD d m y an o wada t o S r t J ohnrst PRor'
th of
Hatteras— , . • ,
' Brig Levi Stevens; Stevens, cleared at Boston 30th ult.
for this port: • ..' _
Brighatubdin, Saunderii, was at San Domingo 16th
ult.ifor Boston same day. • -
••• Prig 11. 11 Seavey. Loco sailed front Cardenas 22d ult.
for a port north of Hatteras. • , , •
Brig . lsl aria Wheeler, Wheeler, cleared at ,N York 31st
ult. for this port.
Brig Bachelor. Carlton, hence at Kingston, Jam:lsth
ult. .
BrigEseex,.fileenot from Goorgetown,DC. for Boston,
at , Holmes' }lois .10th tilt., , .
Sobr ED Finney; Melton;
.cleared at Jacksonville 2,3 d
ult. for New York.
Behr Windward, Beeves, hone© at Petersburg, Va, 27th
Behr JSkL(.I Adams, Adams,'cleared at NoW 'York
.311 d , ult. for great Egg Harbor.
Behr Easton, Wilson, sailed from Kingston, Ja, 11th
ult. for this_port.v la Bahamas.
San. Ella Rodsclon, liodsdou,herice at Bangor 29th ult.
• Bohr Transit, Endicott, from. Philadelphia, of and for
Dighton, with coal, which struck ,on Bothain
llockw while entering , Newport , harbor on Wednesday
evening,,wentto ,pieces Thursdar.afternoon.
been stripped of, all' her inaterialt4 which:were saved.
,Yessel and cargo a total loss, T,ho - Transit was. an A 2
,vessel of 259 tons, built at Port . Jefferson in 1855, and
Owned W Cobb & Co. and 9there, of Dighpu, Mass,
and was insured. , • • .
Claimaut..p:r Honors :
MARINE BULLETIN.
~! ~~~~~i ai ~g'~;~j:9 Y;~i~~'J
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA
364 364
..416 503
1530 153i9 679 679
11g9 • 1199 • .... /184 12 .4
_
MEMORANDA.
MARINE I!SISOELANY
• ItztrptithrroAL-,-;,-,71 tztrptithrroAL-,-;,-,7-
829: -- elr" •
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kat tNStiii4NOt' 0013 4 1PANY •
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Offi6-485aiia437011stoat treat
- Assets; ee.Jairteee3nl47lB6:9 s
02.407. 1 73 , 72 - -,
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70
Accrted Burldtm 4
••• "t"*" . " -- "" " 1,11 . 3,813 AS
rrendurns
uxi3riTLEli othamii, IN O . Oll z pirt 1862 4
?mosses Paicl.Since 1:929: Oyer
1 055500,000.
Derimtual and Temporary POlici r e's' on Liberal Terms
' The Company_ also issues I'ollcies 'upon, the -Rents of
all kinds of buildings, Urouraltents and Mortgages.
DIRRGTORS.
Alfred i3ivilliker. „Alfredielthir,L.
Samuel Grant, Thomas Sparks.
Geo. W. Richards,' ' S. Grant.'
ileac Lea, - Thomas S. Ellis,.
Gee. ALFRED e nA uf 4 ta E v it us .P L refi ß ld nil otlt ri ,
GEO. FALE'EI, - VICO President.'
JAS. W. McALLISTER, .
Secretary..
THEODORE M. = RGE, Assistant '7 cre facdo3l
FIRE ASSOCIATION ,
F.... - .•
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A --
• PHILAJDELPHI
-_ , .
Incorporated March, 27,. 1820.
Office . .
i.- . :No. 34 North. Fifth Street,
INSURE BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
• AND 11ERCHANDISE GENERA.LLY , FRON.
LOSS BY ETRE.
Assets January 1808,
$1,406,0045 O.
TRUSTEES:
William H. Hamilton, Samuel SParhawk,
Peter A. Keyser, I
'Je'sse
P. Bower,
John Carrow, / Jesse Lightfoot,
George I. Young, Robert Shoemaker,
Joseph R. Lyndon, Peter Armbruster,
Levi P. Coate, 31.11'. Dickinson,
Peter Wi Samson. I
• WM. H. HAMILTON, Presldent,i
SAMUEL SPARHAWR, Vice President.,
NM. T. BUTLER, Secretary. ' -
ELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY IN
BUIIIMEt.COMPANY.' ' ' •
Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvatuti,lB3s.
Office B. E. corn m e A r ß o lli f r ; i f iE lll d ß? h ind ,WALNUT Stre9ni,
INA:AMMO
_. •
On 'Vessels, Cargo ' and Freight to all parts of the world.
INLAND INSLTRANCES , •
On goods by river, canal, Ink 'and land carriage to all
Fr a i r E ts llAir e n ti /Niet
On Merchandise generally, Storm, Dwellings
eiciouces, .
• •
ASSETS OF THE COMPANY,
November 1, 1808.
8200.000 United States Five ,Per Cent.Dottn,
10-41Ps. 8208,500 00
120,000 United l
States Six Per Cent. Loan,
128 - 135
01,000 United States Six Per Cent. Loan.
,800 00
r Pacific Railroad) 50,000 00
200,000 Stat f e fo of Pennsylvania Six Per
Cent. Loan—...." . 211,375 00
,
125 000 City of Philadelphia Six Per Cent.
- '
Loan exempt from Taxi 128,591 00
• 50,000 State of New Jersey Six Per Cent.
• Loan...» .. . ..... •........... .,.:. • 51,500 00
20,000 Pennsylvania - Railroa F irst .
Mortgage Six-Per Cent. Bonds 20,200 MI
• 25,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Second
Mortgage Six Per Cent Bonds' 21,000 00 .
25.000 Western Pennsylvania Railroad
• -Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds .• • '
(Penns: R. R. guarantee).....„.. 2p,625 pco .
• 30,000 State of
oan Tennessee Five Per Cent.
-L . • 21,000 00
1,000 State of Tennessee Six Per Cent.a 5,011 25
15,000 Germantown Gas Company, princi
pal and interept guaranteed by ,
the City of .Philtuielphia,3oo
- shares stock • • - 13,00000
. 10,000 Pennsylvania Railroad company ' ,
200 shares stock • ' - 11;30000
5 0 -.)o North Pennsylvania. -Railroad - •
Company, 10041ares'istock- 8,500 00
20.000 Philadelphia and ;Southern ' . • •
•Steamship Company, 80 shares
15,000 00
207,900 Loans on Bond and "Mortgage, first
liens on City Properties • ' 207,960.00
• • 'Market Value; $1;10,32525
Cost, 81,093,601 25 • •
Beal Estatis ' ' 36,000 00
Bills . receivable for Insurances •
made. 322,486 94
balances due at Agencies—Pre.
udiuns cin Marine Policies—
" Accrued Interest and other
• debts due the 40,178 88
Stock and' Scrip of sundry Corpo- •
rations, a 3,156 09. Estimated
• 1,813 00
Cash in Bank-. " -8116,150 08- •
Cash in Drawer 413 65 '
116,583 73
"81,109,900 Par
_ DIR.ECTORB. ,
Thomas G. nand, James B. illentriand,
Edward'Harlington, Witham C. Inidwk,
Joseph H. Beal, - . • Jacob P. Jones,
Edmund•A. Bonder,' • ' Joshua Eyre, -
The Joh - Ina Paulding, . William G. Boultin,
Hugh Craig, Henry C. Hallett, Jr.,
John C. Davis, . • John D. Taylor, •
James C. Haud, Edward Laiourca de ;
John B. Penrose, • Jacob Relol, • •
H._Jon_es Brooke, George W. Berriadou,
Opencer Ill'llvaine, Wm. C: Hoaston
Henry Sloan, • ~. •• ,T. illargai, Pittsburgh,
Samuel E. Stakes,' - John B. Semple, do.,
' 4llt"Tra " air ' THOHAB l lArgig er ii•esidegt:
' • JOHN , C.; DAVIS .V ti President,
HiNßYTHirißUßN,Becie—
tary. -
.HENRY, BALL, Ass't.BecretarnT
V COMPANY OP PHII.ADELPHIA.
This Company takeei risks at the lowest rates consistent
with safety, and confines its business exclusively to • - •
• •
FIRE INSURANCE IN VIE CITY OF PHLLADEL-
OFFICE-No. 723 Arch street, Fourth National Bank
Building. •
• DIRECTORS.
•Thonias J. Martin, Henry W. Brenner,
J ohn Hirst. Albert - vs King,
Wm. A. Bolin, Henry Itanini,
James 31ongan, James Wood,
William Glenn, ' John tiliallcross,
James Jenner, J. Henry Askin,
Alexander T. Dickson, Hug.h
Alliert C. Roberts Philip Fitzpatrick,
James F. Dillon.,.
. .
CONRAD B. ANDRESS, President.
Wig. A. Rottll, Treas. Win.; H. FAGRN. 800 Y.
THE PENNSYLVANIA. FIRE. INSU
RANCE COMPANY. • •
—lncorporated 1525--Chatter PcirPetual. •
No. MO WALNUT street, opposite Independence Square.
This Company, favorably knotvri to the community for
over forty years, continues to insure against loss or
damage by tire on Public or Private Buildings, 'either
permanently or for a limited time.- , Also on Furnitpre,
Stocks of Goods, and Merchandise ` generally, on liberal
•
terms.
Their Capital, together with a largo Surplus Fund, is
invested in the most careful manner, which enables them'
to oger to the insured an undoubted security in the case
of loss.
_ DIRFCTORS.
Daniel Smith, Jr., - IJohn DeVereux .
Alexander Benson, 'Thomas Smith,
Isaac Haziehurst, Henry Lewis
Thomas Robins, J. Gillingham Fell,
•
. - -Daniel Haddock, Jr.
.
•
DANIEL SMITH, JR., President.
WM. G. CROWELL, Secretary. • apl9-tf
Eltil
THE COUNTY FIRE INSURANCE CONV
PANY.—Office, No. - 110 South Fourth street, below
Tho Fire Insurance Company of the ()ony of Phila
delphia," Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia in 1839, forlndemnity against less c.r. damage by fire;
exclusively. •
and
PERPETUAL.
This old and reliable Institution, with ample capital
and contingent fund carefully invested, continues to in
sure buildings; furniture, merchandise, Jac., either per
manently or for a limited time, against lose or damage
by tiro, at the lowest rates consistent with the absolute
safety of its customers. ' • • •
Losses adjusted and paid 'withal' possible despatch.
• DIRECTORS: • , •
Mee. J. Sutter, , Andrew D..,151i110r,
Henry Rudd, JameS litone,
John Horn, Edwin L. Reakirt,
Joseph Moore, ' • Robert. V. Massey; Jr.;
George Meek'', • Mark Devine.
(MARL SJ. SUTTER, President.
- HENRY BUDD, Vice President.
-11ENJAMIN_F. HOECKLEY, 'Secretary and Treasurer.
--- 31DR10.0 FIRE' INBIJRANQECOW A PANY,incorporatedlBlo.=-Charter perpetual...
No. 310 WALNUT street, above Third, Philadelphia.'
Raving a large pal,Lup Capital Stock and Surplus in
vested in Sound • and available Securities, Continue to
insure on. dwelliugei,' stores, furniture, merchandise,
vessels in port,. and their cargoes, and other personal
property. All looses liberally, und promptly edjusted; -
DIRECTORS. - • • '
i s
Thomas it. Marts, ..,; - ~ , Edmund G. Dutilh , ,
Jahn Welsh, , L '., ' Charles Wi Poultney,
Patrick Brady, .... - . . Israel Morris
• 'i I '•D 'AV till 'fil
John T. Lewis,s, - ' 9m• o er , .
William- V,_.• Paul. ' ' '
TROMAii R.l4l.ARlSiTresident,
ALBERT C. CrtAwronn;;SetretarY, ~ , ' . -.
FAME "INSURANCE • COMPANY, NO.
869 CHESTNUT STREET. , • • • • ' ' -
INCORPORATED .1856. CHARTER PERPETUAL,,,
CAPITATI,. 8_ , A10," 000: , • •
FIRE INSURANCE :EXUTillat v 140 . , *
Insures against Loss, or Damage. by Firo either by Per. ,
t petual or ,Tomporary Policies. •
DIRECTORD. ' .
Oharlos Richardson;... , , . Apberc rearce,. '
WM,II. Rbawn, ' , John Kesslcri,Jr., . • •
Francis N. Buck, ! Edward'll, • Orna, ,• •
Henry.Lolvis, '4 , Charles Stokes, .
Nathan Hines, ' John Everman, '• '
Demo A. West ." Mordeoni Busby, .. .
OHABLES ICHAWSON,•President,
BRAWNiVico-Proltdeut.
WILLIAMS bkgettity. apl tt '•
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$1,617,367 80
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NATIONAL *.LIFE
..-iiNsivic..4:•N - i.0x,.;':0 - .ormpix,:ri.
02. TH2 '
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Chartered by Special Act of Congress.
Cash Capital, I,OOQQOO
Branch. Office, Philadelphia.
CLARENCE Philadelphia, President.
SAY COOICE, Pisiihideiphli,' Chairman 'Finance and
- •- -
Exientlie Committee; ‘• • • • •
HENRY D. COOKE, Washington, Vice President.
EMEDEON-W.-- - PEET Philadelphia - .Beeretaty'and - .
Actuary
FRANCIS (1 . . SMITH, M. D. Philadelphia, Medieal
.. •
- Diiector. • -
J. EWING MEARS. M' D.i Philadelphia,'Aiisistant
Medical Director. • i •
This Company issued, iu , the first TEN MONTHS
lxistence, ,
5,395 POLICIES,
wsunENG
$15,14a,800.
I This Company affords to its Policy-lloldora
PERFECT SECURITY
by Cash paid up Capital of One million Dollars, and
guarantees to the insured, by its
LOW - RITES OF PROTIUM
LARGE DIVIDENDS IN ADVANCE,
OR A 'REVERSIONARY DIVIDEND OF 100 PER
BEN T. BY ITS
RETURN PREMIUM PLAN.
E. W. CLARK IS; "CO., Bankers,
No. 35 South Third. Street, Philadelphia,
General Agents :for Pennsyltnitia and 'Southern
, ' New Jersey.
B. S. RUSSELL, Alla,nager.
..,_ . . .
JEFFER,SON .F.T.IO:4IItipIi,ANCE . COM
PANT' of_Philidelphie.-0,ftice,.Ne..2.1 North Fifth
street, near ALtrket street. •.• :. ~ , : r ; .. r.—: ~.•: ,
Incorporated by ,the Legislature, of Peansylyania.
Charter perpetual.' Capital and Assets: 0166,000. Make
insurance against Loss or damage by Fire ou Public ;or
Private Buildings, Furniture, Stocks, Goods and Mer
chandise, on favorable terms.
DIRECTORS; ig
Wm. McDaniel, r.,.. . Edwardll. Moyer • . , :" '
Israel Peterson. • Frederick Ladner, . .
John'F. Belsterling, ". , Adam J., Glass, . , •; . , ',.. - •
Henry Troemner, . , Henry Delany, ~
Jacob Bchandein, • • John Elllott,/' .., . .....:1 '
Frederick Doll, • , „ Christian D. Frick, ,
Bemuel Miller, , •, , ' ' .l Getirge 'B. Fort, • I ' l •
William R.- Gardner— , . ~,
. • ''' ' WILLIAM •McDANIKL; Presiderit., - . 1
, E .
_ C ISRAEL , PB . LEILSON, Vice President.
PHILIP E. oL'Emast, Secretary and Treasurer. • '
SICIPPE 8' `GUIDZ.
• 141 011 13 0 S T,_o_N N.—STEAMSHIP , LINE
I. DIRECT, SAILING FROM EACH PORT EVERT'
WediteAdaY and Saturday.' '
FROM PINE STREET WHARF. PHILADELPHIA,.
• AND LONG WHARF, BOSTON. •
FROM PHILADELPHIA I ~ pHOSI BOSTON.
10 A. 111. •I • • • ' •-• 3 P, M. '
SAXON,Wedneaday,Aug. 4 ARlES ' Wednesday, Aug. 4
'NORMAN, Saturday, " 7 ROMAN, Saturday " 7
ARlES,WedrLesda.Y, " 11 SAXON, Wednes day, " If
ROMAN, Saturday," ""- 14 NORMAN,' Saturday, " 14
SAXON, Wednesday, " 18 ARlESi_Wedneaday, " 13
NORMAN, Saturday, " 21 ROALAR, Saturday, " 21
1
ARIES, Wedueaday " 25 SAXON,WednesdaY, " ' 25
ROMAN, Saturday, " 28 NORMAN, Saturday," 28
_._These Steamships-sail punctually.- -Freight- received
every day. • . ,_ • ' ' • '
rd •
Freight fOrwaed lo ill poilitaiii - NlivTEnglaud.
Per Freight or Passage (superior accoramodationa)
apply to HENRY WINSOR do CO'.,
u: . , 338 S outl4 Delaware avenue,
PLL.ADELPITIA,___RICIIMOND
NORFOLK STEA3ISHIP LINE.
THROUGH FREIGHT AIR LINE 'TO: THNSOUTH
AND WEBT.
EVERY SATURDAY;nt - Ntiorf•frotAFlßST 'WHARF'
above MARKET-Street. , --
THROUGH' RATES' Willt - Vointeln North and South
Carolina via Seaboard Air-Line Railroad, connecting.at
Portembiltlicand 'toTiknehburg, Va.: Tennessee and the
West via Virginia ' , and Tennessee: Air-Line and Rich
mond and Danville Railroad.
Ireigbilill.NDl,EVliliT . 4iNGE,difdlalteti it LOWER
ELATES THAN ANY DTIL'EIt LINE.
The regularity, safety and cheapness' of this route
commend, it to the publib as the most desirable medium
for carrying every descriptiou of freight. •
No charge for commission, drayage, or any expense for
transfer.
Steamships insure at lowest rates.
Freight received DAILY.
_ , • WILLIAM P. CLYDE, Aft Co.:
No. 12 South Wharves and Pier No. 1 North Wharves.
W. P. PORTER/ Agent atßiclimend and City Point.
T. P. CROWELL dc CO., Agents at Norfolk.
PHILADELPHIA AND , SOUTHERN
MAIL' STEANsrni , • COMPANY'S REGULAR
LINES FRO , QUEEN STREET WHARF.
J
,The UNIATA will sail for NEW" ORLEANS,
August—i at FS A. 111, , • • , •
The JUNIATA will sail trim NEW ORLEANS, via
HAVANA,August . • , :
The TONAWANDA will mil for SAVANNAH on
Saturday, Aug. 14, nt o'clock A. M. , •
The TONAWANDA will sail from SAVANNAH on
Saturday ;Ang. 7. • '
The PIONF,ER will sail for WILMINGTON, N. Q.,ori
FridO, Aug: 33, at 8 A. M.
Through bills of lading signed, and passage tickets
sold to all points South and West.
BILLS of LADING SIGNED.at QUEEN ST. WHARF.
For freight or passage, apply to
WI - LLIA.M. L. JAMES; General Agent,
130 South Third street.
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.L 1 0 R LI. V . E - .ll — P - 0 ; 0L . .
ThO Fine First-class Ship
."VIALGINIA,"
934 Tons Register—Captain Campbell.
This yestiel succeeds the "'Matilda Hilyard," and
having a portion of her cargo engaged, will have
despatch.: . •' . • )
W4'For balance of Freight or Passage, apply to
PE PER WRIGHT x '
il2l-tf ; No. 115 : Walnut street, Philadelphia,..
ATEW XPRESS LINE TO ALEXA.N
-..L11 dria;CeorgetoWn and 'Washington, D. C., - viir Ches.
apeake.and Delawaro,canal, with 'connections at. Alex,
andria from the niedt"direct route for. Lynchburg, Brig.
tot, .llnoxrillei Nashville, Dalton and the Southwest.
Steamers leave regularly from the first wharf above
Market street, ever yt Saturday at noon. '
re o c ugi i g;Yra l an
CO.,
S ttt3 an Pier Wharves.t
-
HYDE ,b TYLER, A gents . Georgetow - •
21. ELDRIDGE' Agents at.A.loxandriti, Ya..
NEW YORK,; ;•
VIA DEL
AWARE AND RARITAN: .CANAL ,ET..,PRESS
.STEAMI3OAT COMPANY, •
The CHEAPEST and (010E:EST - water communica
tion between l'hilittlelphittiuidliewMOrk
Steamers leave daily _front Brat wharf below Market
street ; fbanifiVallTitriieti - NOV.York.
Goods fgrwarded theilities : running. out of 'New
York North, East and West--trea of Commission.
Freight„receiyed 'and . forwarded '-o , accommodating
terms, ' P. CLYDE CO., Agents,
' • N 0.12 South Dplaware at - onus, hiladel Oda,
4AS: HAND, Agent, No. 119 Wall street, New York.
X0 1 TICE:•=:F(111. NEW YORK, VIA DEL
AWARHAND RARITAN CANAL:
SWIFTSURE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY._
DESPATCII , AND tSWIFTSURE LINES.
The business of,these Rues will be rotiumed on and after
the 19th.of March. 'For freight, Which will be taken on
accomMOdat Int terms, apply t.o.WM. BAIRD ,t CO.,
.
N_ o. 132 South Wharves.
TIELAWARE . AND CHESAPEAKE
...12! Steam Tow• Boat Company.—Barges towed between
Philadelphia,. Baltimore, Havre do. Grace, Delaware
Olt y!tind intermediate points. • L
WM. P. CLYDE do CO.,Age ate; Capt. JOHN LAUGH-.
: LIN, flupl4Offl'ge, 12 South Wharves, Philadelphia.
.I.lll,.avieTea rt (lßariten; Canal—Swiftsure Transporta.
tienr crompanV-Despatch and' 'Swiftsuire Lines.— The
busteeitjt,y• these Linea will be resumed on Bud after
ithe 11 - 45BAHarch.' For Freight, which will be taken
'.ow-necommodating terms, apPIY to ,WM. M, BAIRD
'CO. 132 South What -yea.
••'poEiditih'Sheothing Folt, for 8010 byPETER WEIGHT
' 4 4.80,N 116 Walnut street.
BvAT.:34.T.TY , Pßilmagt.w , itia a ,:i
.iptlit# t ittalst - ecei - '' ta lr o 444 0 - :,•' . 1:r
a 1".,: 1? ÷ : ,. J".
eat Vlo
• 1 1if81.1 1 1710 'OP.MIG r mi l i tifiiir:ac.
Irk
muu-,. ApEp otly -.snoiy_TicAvErinitialtrsthsM,
I - , .'. - . tr-zuEsDAr Juußxxxo,
Augpat3,l4 , 4:o'elptlt t on fear tociltrisdi , ,
ruts ineirs,PDXitriand,rouths t 01,4 kip b s 11'4',
rain Cavalry, Napoleon; Dress and Go 'l' , 4
alnientle;,,kl ~ huff and..pelishettiraintßro ' tr.iyso2tif ,
men 0,, Anis and childreu!s calf_kidi, ermine ¢t t-:..
buff „leather, oat and morocco salmorals; Onicralia 'A",
et
Gaiters; Lace ootslAnklo , lies; Slippers; EletallieoTert, -
6, i
shOeti anasiadalit; Traveling 'Bage sliqi).laticetkryfti e -
I ''''.' FiliiitTLiEGE TALL SAE.lOlri .17A; ; i O S ,
RRITISH,, , ERENIIIIeGERBIAN AND DOBIESTifI DRY OuODB:
S ', ••*" ON VEIURSDAT'IMOICSMNTL" '' 4 '''''"", rtt. zt. 4
Anglia tiro, ac. r/Ct so, cloc , k) on four tatnatßS' IcredttileierP
ding--, .. 1,7, ...it, .1,:1,.. ' l, • ~P ~.: -t,,, If t, , , s,
i SHIRTINGS „AND .-SH.RETINGEII4II. widths blea.
and brown Attawatt,gan,'Portinbuthiartinswick,Stunty .
Side, Newburyporf &a, ' , -, - ' • r -
, FLANNELS--All woolPl)#e,tind gal?rgt/P54c.T.3?411k*.
mot, Fancy Shirting and heavy:Miners , *4
4 .410
BLANKETS—AII , tyrotal , white and, hem grArix4l F .34,„,
of noonlar makes. • ' - ''' '
CASSIMERES—BIagouid, all w o Ohbiftei eldqk.tstlY4 P., , i..
--
and T. boys' fancy plantationonolesicin, etc. ~
SATLNETS—IIeavy, bretvnp black and'. gold ' tOixoldil,Y.-
Monsoons, Oxford, ac. t a il - ,
JEANS--Glenmore, gold_ mixt,. heavy woolen, ,jr.i•
'lucky, &c. •
. GIN GIIAIIIS
U , AC—ManChester - book. fold, Ayrshire.
.Fancy Plaids, nion Pacific Cheeks, ttkev- , -At
Also, Ticking's; Stripes,' Denims,' Sifechts;4oainhricsi
Corset Jeans, Linstve ,l 'Kerseys, Prhlts, 1 peltiptett.POt- 1
tonades. Linings; Pad logs, &c. , . •
1: ' s t 4 ', nil ~ f LPACAS: ~,..." 1:: t i ed ,-' z,/, ~,
, Aldo, a full line of black Alpacas, double wa a, Inlit• ~
ablefor the best trade. •I,t 1 ," , 1 . ~ , . ,f,,,,,, . .
, _,... , .. SIIPITSAIiD DRAWERS. „ ~.. ~, „1
Galati heavy white and gray ribbed, various' gr ades! 4 tr.' , '
.. ~ - LISBN, GOODS, ,I, , t - , ~ ,t t '
Canes Shi r rtind atiil' Sheeting Linens, Lento'. I).ice,Denn:-
t .-, r askfl4litircliK l itp.r , r _ , I c _ ; .
Cases Towellng, , ,Dlaper,-Oansaii,LCrash; 'Wattle COlber—
-1 ' B ROHANT TAILORS' G.Ottßill,
Pieces ,lionch; English and :.Sakony all wool and,lTnioar ; •
black and blue Cloths. 5....
pieces French , black t litteskins, Tallied °kith', Ifeavi ,
, Bearers, Chinchillas, .fie ..,., , "... J 4
Pieces Ptincr Onesimerts, 'Coating"' tad. (mammas,
.: tltalthu Cloths. Ste. ~ , , ~; •,. : , ~
•500 I/OZEN noor SKMTS,
of faskionable shape , and supeTior quality.
ITALIAN CLOTHS.
Full Bumf 324U1d V inch Itottan Black, Italians. . .
, FANCY WOOLEN . SHIRTS.
_.
A largo invoice, !including some of the finest caws!.
r ! le LINEN CAMBRIC RDESS. •
Full lines X, ~,,,' and 4 tape borders:L. C. Hdkfil. ; ..,„ ,
Full lines 31," hemstitched do do.
Full lines U hemmed ___ _ t ,do do:. -. ,
BLANKETS.
6 cases 10-4 Lewiston all wool Blankets.
5 do 104 Willowdale do • do.. ' _
10' OASES 5-4 FANCY BEANENS.
especially suitable to the clothing trade
t • ' • 4-4 IRISH. LINENS'. "
•
Full lin 6, of bleached Shirting Linen, in.wkole and half
pieces, of a well known brand
• " SO 4 -
A line of 3:4 superfine Eng AL lish 11ELTONS.
A lino of 20 Ina heavy CAN VAS PADDING. - •
Aline of flue to best quality VELILETRENS.
A line of fine to best wiality SHIRT FRONTS.
: A line of Santo best_quality SWISS. MULLS.
70 PIECES BLACK SILKS,
including I 8 to 30 inch splendid quality Wadi Gros dui
Rhin, Gros Grains, Taffetas, ,Irc.
ALSO—
Dress Goods, Silks, Shawlsßalmoral Skirts,. Silk
Ties, White Goods, LUmbrellad, , 'll.andkercitiefs, Tailors"
Trimmings, etc, •
. .
MARTIN BROTHERS, AITOTIONRE
(Lately Salesmen for M. Thomas .& Boned. • .
'No. iSZ4 CHESTNUT street:tear entrance from Minor.
Peremptory Sale. N. W. corner Sixth and Chestnut eta.
LARGE' BAR, BAR FIXTURES. FRENCH PLATE'.
Id
MIRROR, AItI3LE TOP TABLES ; LIQUORS ;
Jec.',',3m. •
:• -ON, TUESDAY. MORNING,
August 3,- at 10 o'Clock, to close the partnership concern
of -Jackson & Boyce, the superior. Fixtures, including
large ,Bar,, with. marble top; large French Plate
Mirror, Bar Fixtures,. marble top Tables; Glasaware.
Crockery, Steam. Table,- Cooking 'Utensils, Stationary
Washstand, two outside:Lamps, ltc. Also; a quantity
of Whisky, Rutuibionors, &c. ,
• •
• . Sale No. 529 Chestnut street—
HANDSOME WALNUT PARLOR, CHAMBER AND
DINING .ROOM;: FURNITURE, ROSEWOOD.
, CHICK ERIN G PIANO FORTE,
__FRENCH . PLATE
MIRRORS " FINE BRUSSELS AND OTHER CAR.;
PETS. PLATED WARE, LARUE .AND SUPERIOR.
:FIREPROOF SAFES.'&e.' • . •
. ON .WEDNESDAY, MORNING, •
August 4, at - 10 o'clodk, at the auction rooms. No. 629
Ohesinnt scraetyLy cataiogtio, very superior Ho ‘ usaLoid
Furniture, &c.
,
" Stile No. 1035 Coates street.
FIANDSOMRW:ALNIIT PARLORAND :CHAMBER. - 1
:FURNITURE, SUPERIOR DINING ROOM FUR
:NI TURE. ELEGANT • -ROSEWOOD - SEVEN 00
TAVE PIANO , FORTE, MANDSOMFI BRUSSELS ;
AND - IMPERIAL CARPETS,' FINE BRUSSELS
'IIALL • AND STAIR CARPETS,. rrNE u4,4l,ALsa,
IIESSES, KITCHEN UTENSILS, &C,
.ON,THURSDAY MORNING,
August 5, at 10 o'clock, at No. KM Coates street,lly,rata-,
logue, the entire Household:Fiirxiiture,A-c.
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SAL . THOMAS ' SONS; AIJOTIONEEIMIIO
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_ _ _ Noe , ] 99 11l South FOUII. RV street
ES OF.STOOKS AND REAL ESTATE. ,
• ET Public sales at the Philadelnbia *xcholiFe . .twerE
• TUESDAY t at 12 o'clock. . -
'air Furniture sales at the Atictiou 'Stors'EVIARE
THURSDAY. , _ •
Sir Sales at BeeidenCee receive especial attention: •
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Administrator's !gale.
Eetato of ManassesdleCloskey, deceaaed.•
STOCK OF BRANDIES, WINES. GIN { — WHISKY,
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ON WEIMESDAY MORNING..
August 4; at 11 o'clock, at No. UN Edgemont ()
ahoy
Huntingdon street, will be Pohl . by catalogue, the entire
stock °Fa Hotel, comprising Brandies, Wines Holland
Gin. lineold Scotch and Monongahela Whiskies, Stand
Casks, Barrels, ,tc. •
Full particulars in -euteloguee. 7 :77
Salo at the Auction Rooms, Nos. 139 and 141 flouth
Fourth street. . •
SUPERIOR HOUSEHOLD YUIVNITUAni
OFFICE FURNITURE, lIAIR MATRESSES,
---F-EA-THEII,—BEDS,—CHINA.--AND- 1, GLASSWARE,—
STOVES, REFRIGERATORS, CARPETS: MAT TING kc -
'ON THURSDAY MORNING,.
August 5, at 9 o'clock, at the Auction Rooms, by Pata- '
logue, an assortment; of Parlari Ohamhor land , Dining
-- Itoom - Furniture, Mirrorsollica - Furniture, - Bookcasos,
Eiteneion. Tablosi China - DlasSware," , Hair ;Mat,'
resses, Feather Beds, liefrigerators, Stoves, 600 pounds
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—White Lead,CarpetsiMattingarto----,---,--,---,•----
_AND
AVI.S , AVVTXONEERS
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D• (Late with DI: Thomas &•:. Sons)
Store Nos. 48 and ta North SDLTH street
• Sale at the'Auction•Store. ••, • •
SUPERIOR FURNITURE FRENCH PLATE MUt-
ROES, HANDSOME BUFFETS, LOUNGES: OABI
NET BOOIIiCASE I EXTENSION •TA BDES, FIRE,
PROOF SAFES, INE' CARPETS,
, TUESDAy: MORNING„ , • •
At 10 o'clock, at the unction rooms, by catalogue att
excellent assortment of - superior Walnut Parlor,-Chlua
ber and Pining Room Furniture, two lino French Plato
Oval Mirrors; •Landsonte Cabinet ' Booliemek; Walnut
Library Tables, superior Walnut Extension Tables and
Oak Chaim reps Lounges, Cottage 'Snit, Marble' top;
nuperior Fireproof Safes by Farrel & Herring, and
other celebrated makers; line Carpets, &c.
W ALL - PAPERS:
Also, an invoice of Walt papers. , '
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DY BARRI,TT , CO., ,A - UCTIONEE.I343.,
CASH 'A.IICTION HOUSE,
• No. 2.30 MARKET' street,' corner of Bank street.
Cash advanced on consienments without extra charms.
FIRST REGULAR FALL SALE OF DRY: GOODS,
CLOTHS, CA SSIMERES, HOSIERY, SHIRTS,
DRAWERS; CLOTHING,' FANCY GOODS, Ax.; do,
ONIVEDNESDAY MORNING,*
August 4,1869, conunenchig at 10 o'clock.
FIRST SPECIAL FALL SALE.
BOOTS, SHOES BROGANS, HATS, CAPS.
BY CATALOGUE,
• ' ON• THURSDAY .111ORNING,
timust 5, at -I0 o'clock, on two mouths' credit, compri
ing 1,000 caves Men's, Boys' Youths', Ladies' 'Misses'
mu Children's Wear, suitable for tinst , class city trade_
e IAkES A. FRE.IIIMAN, AIJt3TIONEER,
No 4.n WALNUT dree t
;ALE OF REAL ESTATE. AUGUS.T 1439
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This Sale, on WEDNESDAY ht. 12 o'clock noon, at
the Exchange, will include the following— ,
2 GROUND RENTS OF .925 90 each, out of lots of
grontal ar street, S. E.'of Collorn street, 22d Ward.
Sale absolute.
COLLOM ST-4. strip of ground, N.' E. of;Wakefiold,
street, ..V.4.lWard..; Sale absolute.
m L. ASII.BRIDGE. ,I 30„ AUCTION-.
.•ERRS. No. 505 MARKET street. above Fifth. "
• •,SPEOIAIf SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING,
August. 4, at 10 o'clock, wo will sell, by catalogue, about
IA packages of Boots and Shoes, of, city and Eastern.
inanufacture, to which the attention of then trado is
THOMAS BIRCH & SON,_ AUCTION
EERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, "
, • " No. 1110 CHESTNIIT . street. •
. Rear entrance No. 1107 Sansom street.
Household Furniture of every description received. OA
Consignment.
Sales of Furniture at dwellings attended to on the 'most
reasonable terms,
- , 1219-CHEISTNUT etTeello.
:CONCEILT; HALL AUCTION ROOAltd., . '
Boar (minute° on Clover etreet.
Household Furniture and. Merchandise of every ''dos :,' seription received on consignment. Sales of c/fueniturts
at dwellings attended to on reasonable terms. ,
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rIIIIE PRINCIPAL 'MONEY 1t5TA.13.14113%•
11 nient—S. E. cornet of SIXTH and RAGE titreator...i
Money advanced on Merchandise ; generally—Artgoliesr;
Jewelry, Dhunends, Gold add Silver Plate,amit Ott
articles of value, for any length of timeagreedure.,,
WATCHES AND JEWELRY , AT:PRIVATE:SALE:
Fine Gold Hunting Case, Double Bottom alml:ONlift gaga
English, American and Swiss Tateut. TalcreE Whtulaas:
Fine Gold Hunting Case and Open FaceLeplisetWatohes•
Fine Gold Duplex and other Watches ; Tine Sffvor'llunti!
ing Case and Open FaceArnerlean and Swirsi
Patent Lever and Lep' ne Watches; Double Case English
Quartler and other Watohes,_• Ladine leaner Walchise;;,.
Diamond Breastpins; Fingal' /tinge; Ear . Dings; 5_ a ttars'
&c.; Fine Gold Chainsl -Medallions; Erseeteta; Scarf
Pins; Brenatpine; Einger, .Nrtgal PenellCatletkand Jew
Ohy generally. „.
OR SALE,--A large', andlvalitable, Fireproof Olsest. ,
suitable for Wiewoller; cod e 650 '
Also, several Lots itr South. Camden, Fifth and Cheri ;
nut streets.. . .
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C D. M.CCLEES & CO .
AUIC) NIVIRS
No. 506 MARKET str, ("i t T .
BOOT AliD'Bll.oE BALES EVERPIIIO/IDAIt Mak
WII.IIBODAI.