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-El Prkr natures. Sales-roma Itith A M. rae.N.
utaoutt c Co, 613 Market street; t jr3l a tuth-30ti
EDDIN G, CARDS, INVITATIONS
for PartiSsi Ito. Now styles. MASON &00
irtZtf§
907 Obestuutstreet.
VEDDING INVITATIONS' EN
the'tieweet: and beet manner. LOUIS
7) KA'. o l3tittlatjer and > Etutratror; 1033 'elteetnut
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DIED.
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DoRBANog, , AA Bristol, • Serdember 28, John Dor
iennee, inure sixty-seventh year of his age.
Thlifriotda of the family nre invited to ettetut the fu
neral.frentSt. James's Church, Bristol,en Thursday, the
30thins_4,.at,,four ,
- GBESIVE - . 4, -On - Baturday,' .-Septerntier 2.5 th. -in
, , ti n. Miss. Iltheeen Greble,Atgad
eighteen years. font moot aan ye I aye.
110WARD.--Outhe 27th inst., J. Henry, son of ]iota. -
Obit": Naward. . • ,
The relatives Slid friends of the family are , partici",
larlyAnalted t0,. -- atterat the funeral,' front his father's
;reildente.N. 10. corner Thirty-ninth and• Walnut streets,
oriThursday next, at P.M. . .
140EMAKE11.—Died,9th month;24th daY,1859; Allen
Shoemaker, nged 134 years. . ,
_nt) relatives and friends or the family are , respect
fillly invited to attend the funeral. from the residence
o • his son. •Cootly Shoemaker. No. 914 North Eighth
street.,on Third -day afternoon, the 29th instant. two O'clock. ; ' ' - • •
TIVATER PROOFS FOR SUITS.
v BLACK. AND WHITE REPELLANTS.
tGOLD AND BLACK REPELLANTS.
BROWN AND WHITE REPELLANT
EYES, & LANDFAI, •
Fourth and Arch
srEcritL Norievi.
fist 612th satrfor additional Xotius
R-71t - Ec•JoroirloN2
THURSDAY
THIS WEEK.
oiDepartmeriteof our Establishment.,
Beady-Made Clothing,
, c¢js , and,rl(o4 ll ' 43 .9thiqgs,
Furnishing Goods and
Custom, Department.
•
We will open on the day abovenamednn 'entir.% new
and very extensive stock of Fall and Winter Goulvonueh
of It of
•
tuiportation=
M~;nuf Ott e:"
Zibelines,
Sims:Wee ',grepe,
Autumn Bannockburns, •
Scotch Suitings,
Johanny Furs, • ,
•Paris. Stripes,
Olive Diigemds,Beskektbacks,
Colored Granititi
Devonshire Kersey,
Carr*s Finished Meitons,
Huckeswagen'e Piques,
Velours,
Chinchillas,
Imperial Curless,
Castor Cloths,
Schoellees Winterings,
Genuine
,Whitneys„'
Elbeoufs,
West-of-England Cloths,
Pand_H's---alLoolors_l22),
English Plaids—Warranted Soap Shrunk,
kdrOdOns, ,
Oxford Doeskins,
English Doubles,
Eskimos,
Trecot Londes.
s y i ".sf+'''r
And . 14 hundred ( 1003 other materiats—aome of them,
ENTIRELY NEW,
All of t4etu,
EXCEEDIN,GLY BEAUTIFUL.
. .
oar We Will receive visitors from 8 A. St. to 9 P. At.,
and cordially invite gentlemen and ladles to spend a fort
momenta in looking through our house.
The Chestnut Street Clothing House,
818 and 820 Chestnut Street
JOHN WANAMAKER.
POLITICAL NOTI
DZin REPUBLICAN MASS MEETINGS
WILL BE ADDRESSED BY
JAMES M. SC OVEL
AND
CHARLES J. HOT, LIS
At the follovarm places
AT CAMDEN COUNTY COURT HOUSE,
TUESDAY, September 28, P. M.
".The Ladles are invited to attend."
FRIDAY, October.l,
WATERFORD.
SATURDAY, October 2, 2 P. 31.,
At People's Mass Convention, Chew Land
ing, N. J.
se23 too§
OD - FIFTRENT,II. WARD.
AN ADJOURNED MEETING,
OF THE
13e j►uUl~eau Citizens; Of Ward
to - theformatiou of .a ticket whish,ivill.•coin
mend the support of intelligent isitori,"Urill be:held on!
~ ':WedpesidoEveningi
At half-past 7 o'clock, at the
MISSION ROOM, ".
North side of. Brandywine, above Fifteenth Sired.
Ot•
• . .
, . • .FIFTII AND tIBILATLY STREETS.
F' • ' Se t
, • , •PF,P11869.
Dlonbrro will at+oomblo nt Ileadquattera on TUESDAY
ENFittIEG, Sopt. 28, 186, airo'olinikfaltarit for Parade,
and to attend the Masa , tioetirig DEQAI). etiinit :and
.011tAilD avenue. •
~1 •
‘.l3y order of
GIIORtiE,TRUMAK;;;Yre.,
• • • • " Oblef
.10firmit K. lifeCnrataciNt t AB R i e t an t, m ara h a i s .
027.241
Vtt.'n'a B. Kilank.tc,
,ii,ol.4ii - .:.5.0.Tii,i* . 4': ., :i!..'4:::. ° '.
00" To the Citizens. of the.lsth Wird.
Some FOOL or If RANT has poitCd my tnitne ais a can
didate for Select Council. For more than forty ydprsl
have *voided In this city, but .luive never been a condi- '
date for office. W: W. BURNELL, the Gaa-Copewrheaxt
candidate, has, in leas than half that time, been VORTY
TINES a candidate. , • •
THOMAS W. PRICE.
se7l3t¢
u. THE FOLLOWING COLLECTORS
bal) been appointed to COLLECT PERSONAL
TAXES, front clUzanslyboso AMOS are ;on the regular„
, e . I •I 1 •
• .
,111.411.0%e1a
CHAS, SMITH South Broad and iellowhouse road, for
the let Division. . • • , • -; •
JOHNS. OREGG, No. 508 Wharton (street, for the
,24,
3d, 4th,•lit h and lath Divisions. • . • • -
GEO. EOWER, No, 1304 South Eevetith, Street, for. the.
6th, 7tb, Bth and 9th Divisions. • ,•
= • SECOND WARD.. ' " '
Alderman HUGH COLLINS,, N 0.710 Carpenter street,
for the Ist,2/1,3d,4th, sth, Oth, 7th and 12th Diris
JAMES CROSSON. 8. E. cor.liinith Ina Christian
,streets, for the Bth , 9th, 10th , llth,L3th, - 1401 and - 12th
Divisions '• • • •._ -
_ • '• • , • •
• • THIRDWARD.
Alderman F. A: DEVITT 'N0.827, Solidi Fiftlt stred,for
the lst.2d, &L'4th and sth DivisiOns. •
Alderman R.• McCLUSKEY, No. -755 South Seventh
street, for the 6th, 7th, Bth and 90.1 Diviskins. ' •
• FOURTH WARD. • • ,
AldermiaGEOßGE Id/DORE, No. 712 South • Fourth
street, for the Ist, 2d, 3d. 4th, sth end 7th Divisions.
Alderman WILLIAM. • hfcMULLIN. No. 722 South
Eighth street, for the 6th, 7th, Bth, 9th, 10th and 11th
• ' Divisions. •- FIFTH WARD.
TA3IEB MaillANE, No. 602 South Fifth street, for, the
Ist, 2(1, 3d end 4th Divisions:
Alderman W. W. DOUGHERTY: N 0.406 Walnut street,
• for the sth, 6th, 7th and Bth Divisions.
• SIXTH WARD.
Aidernian E. WILLIAMS. No. 430 Race street. •
• .SEVE_NTII WARD.
Alderman WM.BELSHAW, N 0.491 8. Tenth street, for
the 15t,21.3d. 401,5 th, Gth and 7th Divisions.
H. McILHENN Y, No. SEI 8. Eighteenth street, for the
Bth, 9th, llth, 12th, 131.1 i and 14th DiviblOtLS.
HUBERT - RIDDLE, No. 518 South Eighteetith street.
for the sth 6411, .7th, Bth, Mb, 10th, /Ith, 12th, - 13th
and 14th Divisions.
EIGHTH WARD.
JAMEEFLAIIER.TY, S. E. corner Eleventh and Lo
cust streets, for the Ist, 2/1 and 3d Divisions.
J. J. LONGHERRY, No. 272 8. Twentieth street, for
, the 4th, sth,6jl and 7th Divisions-
NINTH WARD.
W3l. F. MOONEY No. 26N. Twelfth street. for the Ist,
2t1.34 and 4th Divisions.
JAMES SHAUGHNEY. Jr. No-!41 8. Seventeenth
street, for the fith.Gth,7th'and tlth Divisions.
TENTH WARD
MI. KENDALL, 8. W. corner Eleventh and Cherry,
for thelet 2d' ad, 4th and sth Divisions.'JOAN 31cOUFFIN, No. 1 532 Race street, for the 6th,
7th, 8111,9 th and lath Divisions: • •
ELEVENTH WARD.
Alderman JOHN 11. CAHILL, No. 493 North Thir d
street. for the Ist,2d;3d and 4th Divisions.
JOHN CAHILL, at Alderman Becker's Office, No. 141
__....13t0wn etreet„ for the sth, 6th; 7th and Bth Divisions
. TWELFTH WARD. •
Alderman PETER' HAY No. 335 North Sixth dreet,
for the 15t.24 and 11 Divisions.
HENRY S. DRYSDLE, N. E. corner Fonrth and Coates
streets, 4th. sth, sth and 7th Divisions. 4 .
THIRTE.ENTII WARD. •
HENRY WAGNER, - N. E. corner Callowhiti `and
• Ennui, for the tat'
_, 2d, 3d and 401 - •
GEO. IdEGEE,Jr., N.S. corner .Seventh and Cdates,
for the sth ,6th.7th and BthDivisions. - •
•
FOURTEENTH WARD.
SAMUEL VANSTAVOREN, N 0.1121 Ridge avenue,for
the let, 2d, 3d and 4th ' • • • - '
IVSI. EVANS, N 0.1.367 Ridge avenue, for the 6th, 7th,
Bth, 91.11 and lath Divisions.
FIFTEENTH WARD. • -
JAMES DOUGHERTY. No. 1529 Callowhill, for theist,
2d,34, 4th, 74th and 16th Divisions: ' • •
E. 11:11cCOR3IICK, No. 1910 Buttonwood, for the 51ii,
7. 9th, llth, 12t1s. 15th and 17tb37ivisions. •
"1v.D...1. MURRAY, N 0.2317 Spring Garden, for the 6th',
7111,8 th. leth. 13th. 18th and 19th Divisions. • •
.• • • SIXTEENTH • WARD.
11., KINNEY, at Alderman Riddle's, No. 1131 North
Third. . ,
SEVENTEENTH, WARD.
Alderman JOHN DEVLIN. No. 1351 N. Second 'street,
for the Ist, Yd, 311, 4th and sth Divisions. • •
JAS. CLARKE, 8. W corner Fourth and Mader, for the
6th, 7th, Bth. 9th and 10th Divisions:
EIGHTEENTH WARD.
JOSEPH R/TERSON, No. 1209 Marlborough street, for
the Ist. 21.3 d, 4th, sth and Bth Divisions.
JNO. Pt/WELL. No. .209•Richniond street, for the Gth,
Ith,9th, 70th. 1011 and 12th Divisions. ~ -
NINETEENTH WARD.. '
THOS. H. - FLOOD, at 11. Rua's, Fraukfordßoad,above
• York, for the 2,1,3(1, sth, Gth and 14th Divisions.
STUART FIELD, N 0.2052 North Fifth street, for His
Ist, 7th , 9th, litkand 12th Divisions. • •
EDW. BUCKLEY, N 0.511 Otis street, for the 4tli,Bth,
10th and 13th Divisions.
TWENTIETH WARD.
P. CUMMINGS, ut Alderman Allison's, Eleventh and
Girard avenue, for the ISt, 2d, 4th, sth and 6th Divi
sions.
. W. eoruer of Eleventh - and "Orford "
streets, for the Id, 7th, lltb, 12th, 13th, 14th,18tti and
• 19th Divisions.
JOHN 8. PAINTER, S. W. corner Fifteenth and
Thompson streets, for the Bth, 15th and 16th Divi
sions.
JOHN M. LARKLW. N. E., corner of Girard and
Ridge avenues, for the 9th, lath, 17th and 20th Di
visions.
TWENTY-FIRST WARD.
Alderman J. B. GIBSON, Manama:, for the Ist, 2(1 and
3d Divisiens., •
WIC LEISTER, Shoesmith's Hotel, Main street, for
the 4th, sth and Gth Divisions. •
JNO RITTENHOUSE, Roxborough,for the 7th and Bth
Divisions.
TWENTY-SECOND WARD. •
ELI RORER, Brancinown Hotel, for the Ist and 2.d Di
/ visions.
C. M. HOCKER, Jr., Railroad Hotel, adjoining
° Depot,
for the 3d. 4th, sth and loth Divisions:
ANDREW GODFREY - , Germantown avenue and Car
peuter street, for the 6th, 7th, 9th and 11th Divisions.
HENRY C. READER, Chestnut Hill, for the Bth Divi
sion. •
TWENTY-THIRD WARD. '
FREDERICK &RIMER. llolnicsburg, for the let Di
vision. • -
Alderman JNO. LINGERMAN: Smithfield, for the 3d
Division.
ALFRED GENTRY, FrAnkford. for _ the 2,1, Gth, 7th,
and Bth Divisions.
E. L. BENDER, ' , 0% en Stars Hotel, Frankford. fur the
4th, sth, 9th, and loth Divisions.
• TWENTY-FOURTH WARD. •
JOHN CHASE. No. 17 State street, for the Ist, 2,1,
4th. and 14th Di'. talons.
Alderman THOS. It CLARKE, Lancaster avenue;
above Forty-first, for the 501, 10th, ilth, nth and
' 13th Divisions.
WM. COOPER, llestonville, for the 6th, 7th. 9th, and
9th Divisions. •
• TWENTY-FIFTH WARD.. .
RUDOLPH BOOKIES, No. 3930 Frankford' road, for
the 2d, 3d. sth. aunt 7tb Divisions. •
CHAS. F. JONES, Rising Sun, for the let and Bth biri
sinus .
Alderman McDONALD, No. 1503 Richmond street for
. the 4th and 6th Divisions.
TWENTY-SIXTH WARD.
JNO..J. GALLAGHER,
, Seventeeuth and Carpenter
streets. for the Ist, 2,1, ssi, 4th, sth, Gth, 7th, Bth, 9th
and leth - Division.
JAS. PEOPLES, SevenW'enth and Carpenter, for the
ist,2d, 3,1,5 t it , and 12th Divisions.
THOS. MAGEE, N. IV. corner Twenty-tirittand Catha
rine, for the 7th, Bth, 9tb, leth and 11th Divisions.
JOHNSON MAJOR. No. 72.1 South Broad, for the 4th,
. Gth, 13tn. lith, and lzth Divisions.
' • • TWENTY-SEVENTH WARD. -
It. PHILIP DONAHUE, No. 352 e Market street, for
the Ist, 2(1.3d, 4th and 6th Divisions.
WM. SMILEY. Fifty-first street and Darby road,tor the
sth and 7th Divisions. . ,
GEO. DANENHOWER, Darby road near Blue Bell; for
. the Bth Division.' •
TWENTY-EIGHTH WARD:
JAMES NAULTY, east side Broad, below Datil:dill', for
the lin, 2d and .3(.1 Divisions.
JAMES 51. DAVIS, Broad and Tioga streets; for tits 4tit
sth and Gth Divisions.
THOMAS DELAH AUNTY. Ridge road,oppos ite Laurel
, 11111, for the 7th and Bth Divisions.
• JOHN 141. MELLOY, ;
6527 •• , Receiver of Taxes.
[IO''GU_LD'AT NEW YORK--Mo-
Clamber at Seventeenth and Locust. Imported
Cigars a specialty. 'Fresh goods from tho, new crop _of
tobacco just received. se2S-Strp§
STATE- • RIGHTS • FOR
tioeY - --State rhi
~ bta of a valuable inventionjuat patenteil l
tuulohalgued for= the slicing cutting ..und cbinking- el
dried beef, cabbage„ &c., are bereby offered for sale; ' It;
is an article orgreat value to proprietors of hdtela and
entanrante, and it should be introduced into everylarn-
Iv State 'rights for sale. Model can be Beau at the!
telegraph Office, Cooper's Point N. J. . =
InT 2 g - lii, = •11:7NDY ii(ilta.AN: •
1109 GIRARD STREET. i 41f 19
RUSSIAN, AND PENNI:IE7ID IIATIIB.I
Departments for Ladles
Baths Osieti from 6.1 i. M. to 9 P. U.
J. E. G01314D, NO'.. 923 'CHESTNUT
street,ia sellinkkiteck tt•Clo;'a and. Itained 'Bros.' I
r planos and Maaon do itasal . iya Catduot prgans nearly as i
kilo as at any John • • an27 4 tt
HOWARD HOSPITAL) 1518
andlo3 Lombard etract,DlspenoaryDenatttnent.l
—Medical trentment and medicinn fun:debt:4M, t 1 449 115 /7 ,
tO the Door. . •
CITY NOTICES.
See Sixth rcrgefor, Oki goiiees.
_ „ L i Arott„„
..w. H. ()Alumn i having resumed, the ijur
tato Business with hia eons t invites the patronage of his
friends and nubile
. generally,. 723 Chestnut street..
Railroad supplies and trimmings generally. u.
Mann, it bows, 733 Chestnut street.
TUESD.'4Y, / SEMEMBER
." FOHMOBA" AT THE AliCll.-
•:-Form via or,The Railroad to RUifl, a realtstie mensal
igay by Dion lioticicault, was produced at We Arch
,Street Theatre last night. - AS an acting drama we think'
4"ormOsa has been very much overrated. Take front It'
the artificial interest which is given to it bY, the boat;
club husincls, and the harlotry, and it is a weak play.;
titer, much less dramatic thin many by thisaMenuther;
1. although it bea the hackneyed villalas, fond . .narents,,
broken hearted lovers, and all the familiai'cliaracters
which stalk about in this kind of drama. There is ,but
,one really strong figure in the pkty-,-"MajorJorum,"---
; and he is a manifest plagiarism yor Dickens's Joe litig
stock. There la a single pewortul situation. It occurih
, in the third act, where the • arenti of be .
s a hawd,—come upon her in the 'Muse of, her slMme,, and'
discover her true character. All the rest is either twine;
;or stale. But' the piece is handsomely mounted, and'
well acted. These`condttions, with the reputation tor:
i uncleanness Which', has attached itself to the drama, ult .: ,
i douhtless make it successful.
The play has for its motive the glorification of a Watt:,
ton. Its pin:Post and effect ate to instruct its heareri'
(that hullos can live in inftunems debauchery through,'
!four gets of their lives, and return to virtue and honori
tithle womanhood in the fifth, in time to re-eatablish• re.'
; putation before the fall of the drop-curtain of cleat/h.:.
; Whether the obvious moral is just or not, is a question'
loverwhich there can be no dispute. Whether the lesson,
is a good one to act before the ptiblic upon the stage of ie
theatre night aftei night, might seem equally undebati- )
ble'; but the authorouid sundry gentlemen whose idlialt
;decency are not, like his, controlled by considerations of
; profit, have thought the affirmative side of.this question/
-defensible.', The coneequence has been a very animated,
, discussion in the English newspapers, and a vast amount
of gratuitous advertising, about, 'which 'Mr. Bouciciult
;is probably much more anxious than he' is about'the
moral or immoral effects produCed by his drama.' for
oureelves we object to Formosa; not because we Imagine
that it will immediately brink to its hearers a conviction
' of the blessed results of leading an abandoned life, but
because we regard the introduction of any intrinsically"
nasty thing upon the stage as deserving of reprobation,
and its subsequent exaltation into a sentimental simula
tidu of cleanliness, iul the meanest kind et a falsehood
that can be devised.
Realism of • the Boucicault kind may have its merits.
There are people who derive happinees from the repre
sentation Upon the stage of any familiar object or any
well-known scene/ These persons become enthusiast'c
over a paint-and-canvas State HOMO, and indulge in jpar.
oxysiosiddelight if a real donkey comes upon the gage,
pulling an actual" cart. If these things' bring gratifica ,
tion, Why 'let' them be introduced; but there is such
thing as carrying ; this business too far.: When we see
Flu Diarato' we dd not. wish Zerlina'a bed-roem fur
/tithed with all the common utensils of such apartments,
nor do we desire to have that young lady complete the
process of dierobing exactly as ahe, deres in the privacy
of. her own dumber at the hotel. _There are some ac-
tions of humiln beings which had better_not be repre-_
stinted. even Boucicault;• there are some people
whom r we • know to exist, in unpleasantly /
numbers, but who, we think, are offensive enough
in real life, to decent •men and-women without being
. placed upon the stage, and made heroes and heroines of.
Because men haye disgustingly sore legs sometimes,it is
not desirable that the members of a theatrical company
should appear with their legs painted to repreeent such
foulness. Ha/cause Society has Some of its members dis
eased, it is not necessary that the hideousness should be
stuck into our faces in the draina. There are enough
less repulsive things which Cali be chosen, from which,
a better and fairer presentation of . society can be made,
and from which a truer lekson can be taught. •
Mr. Boncicanitsheltemlimaeli behind La Traeleto,
Fau,q,,Don qieranni.. IZigoletto,no better men have dene
befdre,until the argument Is flat and stale and wore' out.
Because the stories of these/ lyric dramas treat of
Impure themes, Formosa Must be excused. But there is
a differerite...Nobodi admires: "Camille" because she is
an outcast, or loves "Marguerite" because she suffered
herself te be betrayed. The first dramalsOtlically im
pure, and none but a Parisian audience would ever have
wept over it. The other,if it has any single great moral,
teaches that awful suffering must follow upon misdoing.
But all of these are works of ;genius ; and they are
wedded to immortal music. We can and do pardon the
blemishes in Able marble for the entire beauty of the
Statue. There is much more,.than impurity here.
There is greatness and majeety, and in some, a high
purpose, in looking upward to :which we forget the
mean things below. We forgive the brutal smut of
Rabelais for his abounding wit; we overlook the inde
cencies of Shakespeare for the - rich jewels of sentiment
- a - rid - plcdosoriby teith - Witich - hitithxt Is filled. - But Ilon
cicault has , no quality which entitles his name to a place
in the same paragraph with these great men., , Fie has
no genius. Be is simply a purloiner of wiser men's
ideas and an ingenious dramatic builder. His materials
are clap-trap and cheap sentiment. He has never writ
ten a line worthy of preservation, or conceived a char
acter with any individuality. Ho simply has construc
tive talent, and when ho undertakes to tit the figure of a
bawd into a play, he places her there, a mere vile crea
taro, u nrelieced by any word or circumstance which can
palliate the offence. His impurity is undisguised 11R--
tines,.
And his position is made no stronger by the fact that
people flock to see his bawdry. le exults over this,and,
shaking hie fist at the critics, calls upon the world to
witness that the public approve of his ventures in inde
cency. But this only proves that there is still in the
human heartia very steadfast yearning after forbidden
things. We know, very well, ;:hat the more suggestion
that a' play is smutty will attract to a theatre persons
who would not have thought of going if virtue was made
to receive its reward. • This does not make the entertain
, meat any less objectionable; nor :does it signify that
those:who witness it endorse itmimpletely. lieu go to
see model artists, and sometimes contribute to the ap
plause : but very few would undertake• to prove
the. propriety of the, exhibition or to
argue • the expediency of introducing primitive
simplicity of costume into general society. Nastiness is
not converted Into niceness by popularity, any more
than vice is made virtuous by its frequehey.. Besides, it
iSthemanifest duty of the critic to tell the honest truth
about such plays as Foimosa, whether it does or does not
coincide with popular opinion—Whether it advertises it
or not. Certainly we are not to judge of the excellence
of a drama by the size of the audience,'or by the enthu
siasm of the man at our elbow. If we praised it, people
would go to see it none the less, and then they would
know that the truth had not been told—for we are sure
that every intelligent man will agree with ns that
Formosa is not a nice play, no- matter how much he
may have enjoyed its representation. • -
Finally, we insist upon the theory, that art and mor
ality go'hand in hand, and that as the mission of art is
to give permanent pleasure, it must cast aside what is
disgusting and indecent and cling to that which is pure
and elevating. The multitude may for a while crowd to
see dramas in which harlots are glorified, but they will
. tire of_ such unnatural food, and demand back again,
not the lackadaisically moral, but 'that which is pure
;and good. After all; men and women - generally give
their sympathies ta the cause of virtue. It is the honest
man, the pure woman, the noblest sentiments upon the
stage,that receive the heartiest applause, evoe from the
galleries. "Formosa" may, by her pathos, excite pity in
some tender souls; but she is intrinsically foul, ,and men
conic awny'front the entertainment in which she plays
heroine with a bad Mete in their mouths, and with a clis•
satisfied feeling that the moral N%'as not precisely what it
should have been. •
• - • • • THE"OHESTNIIT. : - -
.
• 'Miss Lentil Keene's heautifyil theatre contained a good
andieece last evening, When -the excellent find tiffecting
T.lomeetiddranq Oria'airdieriufferwie presented.. The
acting of Miss Knene,.in the part of " Rachel," was moot
finished ;
,itt the some time, it 'was full of pathos and
grace. Miss Carr ' Mite Andersnn sustained their
• parts well, and the same may be said of the gentlemen in
the cast. Mr. Mordannt, .hoivei•ory in personating the
villain of the piece, makes him so gross and Jakeyish
that it is hard to conceive that he could over have de
, ceived a gentle, sensitive, girl. like ." „If he
could tone down hie nersonation the perforrnance would ,
be much more. satisfactory 'Everi as it is, the 'play,
natural and utuiensational as it is, affords a real treat to
'liners of the legitimate drama, and it' ought, to draw
crowded honses. L lt Will be rephiated this evening; along
Lwith tholiVely little comedy, er HaPpli H •
Booth will appear as t faiulet'7 at. ,tho Wel
, nut this evening.., The remaining nights of the week will
ho' .deVoted to tho fallowing ) , plays: On and wed
' nesdaT. Him let on 'Thursday, 'The Ladi at Lyons; on,
Friday, ninth Ado About Nothing; on Saturday night,
271 e" AfgrchOut Qf , Yeuice: Thoge be',l6 matinee on
-Saturday, %rhea Blush , Ado
,Abont Noiliing will be re-:
—On Monday evening nest the Parepa.itosa 'English
Opera troupe will begin an engagement at the Academy
o f mu ti h l with Plaritasta. The company in •
,
) , pittrp
OUR WHOLE
AntisrmENTs.
eludes NUB, Renee, an English' eingei of eeMihlerablei
reputation; charming'Mrs;' Segiiia..:Ketara. Castle,
Canapello.Beguin, Henry. Ifordblotn, It/hert .Laureuee
and othete.of lesser. fame. The ea le,ofieepty ;, n 11l ,begin
/, 011ThuradaY morning next, at .9 o'clock.
At the Neil EleVenth Street Opera Mouse carnereatt
& pixei•es Minstrels *i.ll grre an'eicellent mbikatrel bar
,
farmanco
CI.TY BULLETIN.
,TANABL,E INHABITANTS, IN PIIILATINLPHIA.
--'ile,l.Lssessors of the. city have , made their
; jefniz4 'of the taxable inhabitants:of 'the city
1011869 to the, City Commissioners TJIe fol
lowingia"a statement of thOnuinbeir of names
a6S - eBl3it,6rat. - 1;66 (regular alul
each Ward of the city: • • • - •
Wards. Regular. Extra. , • Totcd.
..... 4,987 • f 482
Sf.cottcl . • 6,970 „ .7,525
Thifd 4,024 . 295 :'4,319
Four"— • 1,701 576 4,277:
Fifth... • • 3325 337 3,662
s _
Sixth .... ... 2,4,53 • • Cl; • 3,016
Seventh • . 5,583 . 382 5,965
Eighth. 4,075' 7' , ' , NM • -4,379
3,773 , 583: ; , 4,356
Tenth 4775 699 , 5,4.74
Eleventh. . .. 3225 393 3,618
Twelfth" 3110 . 422
Thfiteenth .. 4230 ` 391 '4,621
Fourteenth ... 4911 5717 • 5,414.1
Fifteenth.: . . .... 8632• 541 • - ' 9,173
Sixteenth 4:310 • 389 • 4;699
Seventeenth 4890 MI • 5,179
Eighteenth 6094 2L4 . ._ 6,318
Nineteenth 8209 , 554 8;663
Twentieth .10,870 916 11,786
TWOnty4lrst2,B72 118 2,990
Twenty-Second.... 4,678 196 • 4,874
Twenty-third 4,324 365 ,• 4,690
Twenty.-fourth..... 4,782 ' 468 • 5,250
Twenty-fifth : 3,5.29 290 , 3,819
Twenty-sixth 7,211 .499 7,710
Twenty-seyenth 2,2.03 Wri • 2,492
Twerity-eighth..... 1 777 171 1 951
Total 133,751 11,817 145,571
Both the reg-ular and extra assmaaents shOW
considerable talling-off, from the mumber in
1868. The decrease in the regular assessment
is 6,097, and that in the extra assessment is
! I:l The .
statement of the asSeSsments fOr 1868
and 1867 is as follows
Wirrds. I?egultrr. Extra. Regutar.. Extra.
Ist 5,004 8213, 4,712 ' 611
2d ... 7,551 931 • 7,386, 316
3d ... 4,181 f 660, :3,827 397
4th1.934 935 • , - 4,823 - 598
sth 3,871; - 703- • 3,579 580
6th 3,2.4 , 3,073 ' 531
7th . 5,765 ' 'BB4 5,743
Bth ' . 4,316 • 629. '4,290 320
, 9th'' 4,518 915 (302
10th . 5,177 1,097 • 4,861. 537
11th 3,484 .:616 . .267
12th.,... , 3,047 797 : 12,3M 429
13th. 4034 844 , 4,157 • 417
14th. : . 621 , 5,087 306
15th. 9,100 1,M5 8,616 584
16th. 4,634 . 1;83 4,588' • • 'M.
17th. 5,147 - 573 , 5,067 • 209,
18th.... , . ... .... '6,4(18 ' 1133 6,221 193
19th............8,368 I,olB' 7,519 . 449
20th. 10,4= 1.620 ! ~ 9,4 , 19 • 775
21st .. . 327 2,924 136
22d. - .4 625 458
24th .... . . '4,507 879 4',335 407
25th 3,714 464 3,333 175
26th :6,669 1,170 ' 5,660 448
27th . 2,380 461 2,238 141
28th 1,763 339 , 1,088 226
,
T0ta1...... 1:9,551 21,824, , 133,`XS . 11,004
LAYING OF A ConNaa-Sarorm. —The corner
stone of the Woodland Presbyterian Church,
now in course of erection at the corner of
Forty-second and Pine affeets,was laid yester
day afternoon. The lams:laden of the church
was covered over with boards, and on these
seats were erected:for those who participated.
The_ cerernordes____weruof_a_very_ impressive_
character. The West Philadelphia Choral
Society was in attendance, and sang, with
great effect, the hymns : Love Thy King
dom, Lord," and Christ is our Corner
stone."
The following Was the order of exercises :
Invocation,. Rey: & N. Dana,; Hymn, 1; Read
ing of the Forty-eighth Psalm Rev. J. A.
Henry; Prayer; Address, Dr. Musgrave; Ad
dress, Dr. Beadle; Hymn 2; History of the
Church, President of the Board of. Trustees;
Laying of Corner-stone, Pastor; Anthein;
Prayer; Doxology.
The following articles Were deposited in the
corner-Stone": Conies of the Holy Bible and
Hymnal, Confession of Faith, Minutes of the
General Asseinbly; containing the basis of the
union between the Old, and , New, Schools of
the Presbyterian Church ;
,a copy, of the Pres
byterian, a copy of the church charter, a his
tory of the church, 'And the daily papers.
The record shoWs that the Churc,h was or,
ganized March 22, 1866, with thirty-four mem
bers, under the leadership 'of. the Rev.. W.
Radcliffe, the ',resent :pastor;who was called
May 23, and ordained and installed on August
23,1866. The meetings . of the: congregation
Were held in a, temporary frame building:, in
Pine streetoiear FortY-tirst, street, where they
continued to worshi until the groWth of the
membership compelled them to make effortS
to secure a: permanent building, more commo
dious than the old structure. All efforts; how
ever, were unsuccessful, until the, present
spring,
whenthe site of a new church, a lot
127 by 150 feet, was secured .
The plans,of the church embrace a ehureli
building, lecture,, , room and 'parsonage. The
effort of the congregation will be to complete
their church 'building'. Its 'front on Forty
second streetlifte, be 79feet; length on Pine
street, 98 feet. , TOwer, , 130 feet. The base is
to be of granite, the body of the church of ser
pentine stone, .with,brown-stone trimmings,
and the. auditorium is ; to : have 138 pews,
capable of Seating 709 people on the ground
floor. The church is to be ready for occu
pancy on theist of September, 1870. ' •
•
TEE Cor.r.,.to•k; OF PnAnnnov.--',The semi
annual meeting of the Philitdeiphia College
of Pharraa was held' last evening,. in the
College Hall, Tenth street, above Cherry. In
the absence of the Prestdent, the first Vice
President, Prol..W. Proctor, Jr.; occupied the
chair. The minutes of theanntuil .3.neeting,
also the minutes of the Board of Trustees for
the past six Inonths, were read, shoiving that
the,institution wits in a vigorous and success
• ful condition: -After 'the: presentation of
several reports, the committee on the revision
of the constitution ;and laws of the college sub
initted theifreport,-ivhich was taken' and
gdiscussed, section' byser,tiorkand passel.--Thy -
'election of- eighttrustees was thou ordered,.
which resultediriuthe.. cholde of Wilson H.,
Pile, M. D. Edward' Parrish; A.R. Taylor,
Evan T. Ellis, William, C. Bakes; William T.
Jenks, BenrYls4Aittenhouse, Charles Bhivers.
. Committee.; on . Deceased Memb,ers—Edward
Parrish, `William*prOctor; ,Charles, Bul
lock. • r, ,
The introductory lecture to did . foriy-eighth
session of:ttee code a eatirse mill be delivered •
by Profit Robert . ' Bridges, 31;.', D.; on Friday •
evening, 'at.T4 o'clobk: . o.
• AssATYL'illiG A I S OLlOllntarr.J—Patrick Fitz-,
gerald got drunk last night, and at Tenth and
Washington streets assaulted Policimum Cain ,
'mon, wno arrested Wm. , Pat.. was taken be:
fore Ald. BousallTaud was, pent ito prison to
await trial on the ebafgp of „assault , and , bat-
FnosT.—The ground inthanfral portiona of ,
the city was covered Withn heaVy white fkost
this morning: The atmosphere was'
during laat night that pirercoats and blankets
felt Very comnirtable.
Gown', anu, ot course, could not tine anynoay
but merabers of the Republican Invincibl&i:
Five were Seized, and were dragged oil to the
station-house, Lieutenant Gercke heard the
various statements,and discharged the prison
, ers upon ‘ a promise to appear, this ,morning.
' The two.were promptly on hand thismorning,
and_,so*ere the policemen to make the charge
against theta. It was said that pistols were
flied, and somebody might have beetishot.
Then the prisoners were held in 16;500 bail for a
further. hearing.
litormgmo.—The Masonic Hall, on Sonth
Eleventh street, has been , completely rent).
vated, and will be open for the inspection of
the public this evening, and to-morrow, ,and
Thursday evenings. A band of music %rip be
_in attendance. ,
• ,
4 . . 7 777 ' 131
45171 1: 3 245 '252
Among the steadygoing , Friends they:; have
some corservative and excellent inattattons
that challenge the admiration of whosoever
will give them study. Among these the Penn
.Mutual LifeiS,conspicuOus, and deserVedly so.
Organized twenty-two years', ago, Progressing
quietly but Steadily. the Pnn Mutual has
earned a, name for prudent management and
solid worth of which any company might' be
proud.
• There are niany,points of iavor to which:the
rnanagors take pleasure in calling attention,
and ansoug,them we note the economieal rnan
`agement as indicated by the very low 'ratio of
exPon 6 e. B is income, falliuk, as it does, below
all Jilin other companies;
. the ratios °Casson;
,0"../tabilities 'and assets to expenses aro also
very fayOrable, and commend the company to
all.who seek. k,oettrity as a guarantee of
',present and future safoty. , , ,
General La Marmorw has beoonto quite
gray and infirm. Ile 18 engaged in writing his
merioire. •
HOW THE Power. .n.er.--Last• night an at-,
tempt 2 was made to cUsturb the , Republican
mass-meeting at Broacland Chestnut streets.
A, trowd of men and, boys organized, a bur-',
leSque meeting on the steps of • the church ion
Broad o strekt, above Cliestant, immediately in
the rear,of the speakers'' stand of the rdgular
meeting, and a , red-headed youth began a'
barangne, in which he usedthe
about'a gentleman who Wes delivering an aUr
dress from the staud. These proteedings bb-:
came very annoying, and the Republican! In- ,
vineiblea attempted to put a stop to, theta.
It was then reported, at the Sixth - Dis
trict Police - Station that ‘,‘. a riot"„
was
_oin on, a s ,
mid of iolicemen . rushe'd'
`• THE REPUBLICAN lxvgiciniv.s.—A. RepulV•
lican malts-meeting will be held at Broad street
and Girard avenue this evening. Thellepub•
lican .Lnvincibles will mates parade "on the'
occasion,,and will pass over the following'
route :—Up Chestnut to Sixth, up Sixth to
Poplar, up Poplar to Seventh. up Seventh to
Thomnson up 'Thompson to Tenth, up Tenth
to Columbia avenue, up Coluinbia avenue' to
Broad, and doWn (on Nicolson pavementl to
the place of meeting at Girard avenue. •
DELEGATES TO THE COMMERCIAL uoNTEN
nplf.—The Commercial Thrchange of Phila
delphia has , appointenhe following delegates
to the approaching Commercial Convention.to
be held. in Louisville, Ky.: George - L. Buzby
J. H.,3lichener, Theo. Wilson 4 E. Harper Jef
fries, Thos,.Ailman, Lafayette Baker and IVm.
Taylor:,
FATAL RES uur.- 7 -James Graham, who .*as
run over by an express wagon at Beach and
'Laurel street yesterday afternoon, died from
the effects of his injuries at 11 o'clock hist
night'. He resided at 1330 Frankford rood:
Isaac Van •Kirkel, the driver of the wagon,
was taken before Alderman liggleton, and was
held in 52,000 bail for a further hearing. 's,
BIMACII ORDINANCE.—H. 0. ,Medlith
was.arrested yesterday, at Fifth and. Vhestan
streets, for stopping his horse on the,dosS,ing
He was lined St.i by lilderman .K.err.
IlAmisoatE Bousu , rou SALE:—In another
column will be found an advertiseMent ,of a
brick dwelling and store, on the N. E. ccorner
of Tenth and Green streets, offered for Sale, to,
which the attention of parties desiring a hand,
some residence is called.. The dwelling 'has a
separate 'entrance from the store, is in the
best order, contains all modern improve:.
merits, and has attached to it a large , lot-df
ground. ' •
THEY. AHE already hard at work axranin
their stock and decorating their house,for the
intended display on Thursday of this week at
Wa.namaker's. They can and doubtless will
make an "Opening" such as it will be really
profitable to attend, 'and we look to see a
thronged house from morning till evening.
TINE INDIAN TROLDLES.
The Sioux Raid on the Pwanees. • "
A despatch to .the Omaha Republican is di
follows : ' • •
GENOA, PAWNEE RESERVE, Sept. 23,'1869:=
Editor Omaha Republican: SIR :—I herewith
inclose the particulars of the. fight Which oc
curred here yesterday between the Sioux and
the 'Pawnees.
•
About 12 o'clock, meridian, about 50 Sioux,
composed of Brules, OgalallahS, and a few
Yanktons; came down here and charged upon
a Pawnee who was herding horses. They
killed and scalped him; and shot., several ar
rows into him, and ran off tit horses. 'Soon
after this a llght commenced between the
tacking party and a number of Pawnees.
Major Noyes, commanding the ' cavalry
stationed here, promptly came up, with his
men, and charged the Siout,who immediately
fled. Major Noyes and the Pawnees pursued
them about thirty miles in the,bluffi. While
the, chase progressed they came upon about
two hundred Sioux,. but the whole body ran
like devils, apt having superior horSes, it was
impossible to overtake - them.
The 'Pawnees recaptured eleven of their
horses, but, the Sioux got away with ten or
twelve. Major Noyes is entitled to great
credit for his •prompt action. on this occasion.
We look for the Sioux to return in a. day or
two,, if they-do, you may expect warm work.
You may rely upon the accuracy of this re-
Port.. There are . all manner of exaggerated
stories afloat, but the above,iSthe
WA SA INOTON FuliroN,
• P. IVl': . , Genda.
TUE CABINET.
li!ennsylvania's
The Witilintn coreeSpondent of the New
York World say.• :
"Another movement has been made by
Pennsylvanians to secure the existing Cabinet
vacancy for their State. They do not, in this
iustauce,,, name a candidate, but respectfully
ask that, before the October election, the
State may be saved to the Repeblican party
by the selection of some prorni nein Pennsyl
vanian to the pOsition of Secretary 'of War.
One of the resolutions of a• public Meeting
even was laid before the President to-day,
in which tkey ask - .him as loyal
Pennsylvanians to recognize the Keystone
State, by calling to his Cabinet one of her
representative citizens--one in whom he,c,an
confide, as being wise in counsel and patriotic
in purpose;` one who will 'contribnte dignity
and efficiency to' his aAlministratiOn ; one, ,in
fine, who will aid in making that administrar
tio'u what a confiding people feel .assnred it
will be, 'a.success: This is the exact language
of, the resolution. Judging, froM ;.the outside
situation there is no prospect that the' Presi
dent will make an appointment' of Bearetary
Of War at present, and thoSe most in his con
fidence believe that. none will ,be 'made till
Congress meets!'
Frcon thOiieWTork Insurance Monitor.)
Penn . Muthallle:
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FACTWANIP
; (For the Phtlodelphia tie:Atha nutlet:n :0
, Old
You ask, What is Public Opinion.
But a tyrant of bugbear-ilontinion?
All tyrants Lave siunewhat,to stand on,;, r
And this bugbear we,:ea.unot abaruion. t‘ t:
Supply and demand firx its Value :
Every man lends his help, and so shalt Too.,
Debido your owirde'eth - ciq occasion,
Be goVerried by bantera and rumbriii;
And you'll ank with the eraverCenitginiteni• '/
So: then, between monareli7 and minion; !
There le value'in Public Opinion: • • '
l'ret not at the: old.art and 'mystery
Of jurare in verba "nagistr.i
—A vigilance committee in Tennessee finds'
hat it las hanged the wrofignialt.
—Offenbachin at work at a new opera called
Les Brigemes., ' • •.4
—The King of Sweden, like .several'othar
crowned heads, is said to think of abdicating.
—There are .now upward of sixty thousand
Germans.in Paris. •
—.lffoney is so scarce in Mimiesota that bra
dery and,bankslaroissuing shinplaster&
--Outrage)on the', high C—The efforts •of
certain opera, singer,—Ex.
—Prince Richard de Metternich and his
clever and eccentric wife are said to be the
best punsters in Paris. • • •„
, ,
—There is a rumor in Berlin that King Wil
liam the First of Prussia has shown symptoms
. -
—A pqrk buic er s sign in a rrench proVist
cial city. reads :- 4 ‘ Batta; Jr., slaughters hogiri
like his lather." ' - '
—lt is thopght tkat it is'the outcry againit
female' extravagance that has 'induced Me
ladies to reduce their waist: Ex:
-A-new comie paper is soon to"be issued it
London, the editors being seceders from , Judi/.
If, it is no brighter it will not he comic: :,'
r --Alboni o . after :singing a few more times,ist
nossini's Mass; intends to retire'permanently
from public.life, , . -
—A railroad. newsboy
_in•Sentucky is the
latest lavoilfejiif fortune. 'lie has fallen heir.
to $138,000 by the, death of an uncle 4uPOzipe,
—The French Go P veinnient 'regnested
Queen IsahellitckstayeWay'frotri Vichy during
General }.'rim's" sciSourn at. that fashionable
watering-place." • • '
--RubinSteitz 'has j finiAbed a .gra,nd can=
tats; entitled The Tower of Babe ' wliicle
will be performed for.the,first time at ,KOnigs , 7
burg a, , • , •
—Some excitement has been created. at Cp
hmilms,,,,Niss.,„ by the appearance there of four
unniense insects, supposed , to is' Egyptian le
custs: They were three ties as! large'as tin;
cemthon locust, 'with large black eyes; legs; of
great strength," feathered like' a ' Shanghai
chicken, , tails similarly , adorned, and It bard
shell covering. -The like of them was, never
seen before by the oldest inhabitant. •
- -:-.lt is a'curious fact that . men -who have
been prodigal , of their lives in battle, and have
passed through of;
hair-breadth escape s i''th' iisininent deadly; }breach," should have
so great a dread of death when it 'Smiles trent
the hand of an assassin. It (is said that (AVM
well was never seen to smile after he had read
" Killing no Murder," in which was advocated
his assassination. Sir • Neil Campbell, in his
journal lately published, gives us a graphic
account of- the
.fear which„Napoleon ,felt for
his life dining the journeyfrom Fontainebleau.
to Elba. On leaving Orarge where he had
been received with derision and abusO, he left
his carriage, and, enveloping himself tuft Rua
--sian-clookunillwearing-the- white - cockade ina common round hat, he rode on • in advance
of. his escort, accompanied iby only a single
courier, and during ,the rest of the journey re
peatedly changed names and clothes with the
commissioners - wl h
i accomPanied hinr.' So
chary, then, of life was the hero of Lodi.— Cssell's Magazine. ' '
—The' family of the late Earl of /Rosie, the
distinguished astronoiner, have erected to his
memory in the 'parish church Paniontown,
Ireland, a chaste cenotaph, witlithe following ,
inscription chiseled in ecclesiastical te,xt, with
rubricated capitals ; In remembrance of Wil
limn, third' Earl of Rosse, born June 17, 1800 ;
died October .3108 6 7, after, a ,long suffering,borne as' ' a ... brave man and' a true
Christian. Sprung from a. distinguished
race, eminently gifted both in body
.and mind, his use •of these - blessings was
worthy of him. In the university he won the
highest honors.; in ,the Boris'' of. Commons,
when he represented the .ICing's empty, ad
afterwards ,in the House of fiords,, he was
conspicuous fo'r, his integrity,, great
practical talent and devotion' to 'the,Best in.
terests of hiii coluitry. Admirable iii hll the
relations of life, as a husband, a father and a
landlord. ,He. Was renowned , in the, loftiest
range of science,
and he .revealed to mankind,
by the unrivalled creation of bia geni us, a
Mr/dOr vision of the - glory of god. , , .
—Dr. Cumming and the London Tm
ies are
ridiculed by' the • Spectator, the divine for wri
ting his peculiar letters to the Pope about the
[Ecumenical Council, and the journatfor pub
lishing them. Their critic says : "Dr. Cum
ming is anxious tube informed oy the Pope
or his prelates (through; the columns of the
Times!) on matters of this kind, for exionple •
—what the Roman Church means:when it re
quires people who conform to it to declare that
they will never 'take and interpret the Scrip
tures unless according to that', sense whieli
the Church has held and does hold"--on which
the reverend gentleman begs to know what
that means, since the Church hms notelet forth
the infallible sense•of anyone chapter - in the
Bible ? Why, Dr. Cumming's footman might
just, as well ,deeline his ,service on the ground
that he could not Serve without knowing what
waif wanteitUnd that Dr. Cumming had not
yet told what' his bidding would be for every
minute, or even hour, of any single day. Dr.
°miming' has always been a goose, but he
used to bee lively, or at least an entertaining
goose, and is getting to be a dull goose.' We
bad always thought, that dull geese were not
allowed to ca.ckledn the Times." , . , ,:i
Sydney Smith said a pun,.to he perfection
in its kind, should contain two distinct mean- ,
infix ; ' he , one, common.. and obvious ; , the.
Other; Ore remote, and' in the waiter' .which,
i
the mind takes of 'the relation between' 'these
two sets of words, and in , the surprise: which
that relation excites, do pleasure 'or, a „pun
consists. Miss kharlton, in , her book pa...g0:1a. , .
cation, Mentions an instance of a hozso very
neglected', that lie never could be brought to
read, the word patriarchs': bat whenever:lie
'met with it'he' , prinionneed it'partitdkeal , ' 4.,
friend of the' writer'' observed`“ tei '` her'
that it could 'hardly bo considereds,a2lnere•
piece of negligence; for ' it ...appefaed..,sto..ihins„
that the boy, in calling them, partridge%:wia
making game of the patriarchs.',„ N9.-sf, , here•
are two distinct m eanings Gent f itined in' tke
same phrase; for to make game -or 'the patri
archs is to laugh at them; .or to niskii`gamo of
there is, by a very extritVagant and ' laughalibs
sort of ignoranee oft 'WOrdB, to , rtnik thorn
amongpheasantS, partridges and: other suck .
delicacies, which the law takes antler Its Weir.
tection, and calls game; and the whole, .pies , -
'sure derived from , flint pun'eoMtibsta, In, 'ha'
sudden 'diacovery ' that two ' snob , olifferen
meanings air re(orableta one form otteltzpres
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