4 1 LBW PIFI3LICATIONS. e West. Chester dompany have 'lssued a Guide Book for the route covered by their line. A, decorative little volume is pent to us, embellished with fourteen &Op:, on stone by Thoinas Moran; the lants.gtpe painter. On recognizing the monogram of that artist we were prepared fora degree of, merit - unusual' in the department of 'such books, and we think we see real art in such plates as those of Brandywine battle-ground from Osborn's 11111, 'Ridley Creek from Media, ' Chester Creek ,from Baltimore Junction, and the prospect from the summit of Market street, in the suburbs of, West Chester. It is true that Mr., 'Moran's hand, accustomed to a grander scale, is sometimes a little 116;14, for klibese miniature pencillings.; and he has taken a parallelogram which must pave seemed very small to Min, yet which occupies' the whole ;page, leaving insuflicient margin for the effective display of the dra,wings. But the not very common luxury of an artistic touch and of skilful chiaroscuro make it. a real pleasure to turn over the prodigal glustrationa of this little itinerary. The lite tiry department is one long Magnificat sung er the beauties and absorbing interests of ..the road which has the happY function of going but to West Chester. We are not sure that it 95 a very common thing to meet the " Euru eantenrists not fow" whom the editor %notes saying that twenty-Six consecutive wiles of railroad could not be met " any- Avbere" commanding the same variety of beau ttiful scenes. Yet truly, when we consider the `pain of interesting objects on this track-- Woodlands, Blockley, West's birth-place, the '4ll new College of Swarthmore, the beautifully- Ailanted Sanitarian' and Training-School at ~Medift, the first paper-mill set up on the conti nent at Ivy Mills, the Friends' School- "as cloistral and unworldly as ariY Vnropean monastery," at Westtow' n, and the debatichi `'of the road into the general region of the Brandywine fight, of - Howe's and -Knyp hausen's strategy, Washington's re • pulse and Lafayette's wound; when Ave recall the completely foreign 'sir of many manufacturing, Settlements here, abouts—Glen Riddle, compared to a nestling village on the SaOne,—the villages of the York shire factory-peofple,,giving a perfectly York shire aspect to the banks of Ridley and Chester £reeks,—and the Warwickshire look of the hedged-in Brinton farths about the Brandywine; and when we observe that, by a rare good fOrtune, the cul tivation of the finest butter-region -in America has bad but little deteriorating effect upon a rolling stream-fed landscape; these 'Attentions being paid to the subject, we ought to grant that the literary gentleman's ecstasy has some reason, and. that history, antiquities, landscape and "milk-and-honey," are really Sot often/combined in this ,way in such a young . country 'as ours.. Without however reiterating the compiler's natural opinion that no other objects of interest are at all interesting in comparison with the interest of his objects of interest, we may freely giant that the Guide , shows a succession of curious and attractive Apcalities, carefully described. The style is,.. generally correct, though the writer continually uses the word " Creek" for Stream, which if not an emu is a tasteless provincialism, and in which ne haye been obliged to folio* him. A few notices of out,of-the-way places de scribed in the Guide may be of interest to the .. general reader. Ten miles from the Philadel phia depOt, at West Dale Station, the track, passes in sight of THE BIETIIPLACE OF WEST, 4, one of the spots consecrated by the na tivity of genius: The " original stone farm house, of. good size for, the last; century, where the painter Benjamin West was born in 1735, still stands in excellent preservation, a couple of hundred yards from the station. The trees around it Weresometintes ins modeLS for-those earl} , sketches' which are now carefully pre served, and handed down as heirlobuis among the few families in the neighborhood of Phila delphia whose ancestors patronized the youthful artist. In .the woods and fields adjacent, young West used to fraternize with the Indians, bor rowing their pigments. and admiring the games of the young braves, to .whona he suhsequently likened the Apollo Belvidere. Here, too, on the Springfield road, the future companion of King George refused to ride with a boy.com rade who confessed that he intended to appren tice himself to a tailor. The town of Spring field is a sort of Quaker Arcadia, where a peaCeful society of calm and Orderly families reside in a tranquil settlement among the rich est and most highly cultivated farms." Near Media, thirteen miles on the road, are situated two institutions of reform and educa tion, Dr. Parrish's Sanitarium and the Training-School for children of feeble intellect. THE SANITARIUM ''for Inebriates from alcOhol and opium, is an institution which occupies one of the most re tired and beautiful sites in the borough of Media. It is situated at the east end of the town, in a tract of about five acres, than which. nothing-can be more picturesque and beautiful. Well shaded and watered, with a productive garden, it allOrds a most hospitable and hopeful retreat for persons of the class in vited to its shelter. It is a :private institution, under the charge of Dr. Joseph Parrish, for merly Superintendent of the Training School, and is conducted upon a principle entirely novel and original. Intemperance, either from alco holic beverages, opium, or other narcotics, is treated as a disease, arid with encouraging re sults. The Sanitarium, though not visible from the railroad,and scarcely so faim the town itself, enjoys a beautiful and .healthful site, and in cludes within its own limits the desirable fea tures of city and country comfort. Water iu great abundance is supplied from the town,and the institution is lighted with gas. •in Lippin cott's Magazine for September, 1869, is a con tribution from an inmate of this institu tion, rendering grateful testimony to the genial kindness and able • treat ment of Dr. and Mrs. Parrish, and to the style of indulgence and home comfort main tained in the retreat." • THE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE-MINDED cumin:EN located on a beautiful bill within a mile of Media. it is under the control• of a Board of Managers, and is superintended by Dr. J. • Kerlin. The situation of 'the bnilding is charming, and the edifice itself massive and handsome. It furnishes accommodation for one hundred and eighty inmates, and is failed annually by appropriations from the State Treasury, from the City Councils 'of Philadel phia, and from the States of New Jersey and Delaware. It is the only institution of the kind in Pennsylvania, and while it is quietly doing untold good to a needy portion of the population, as well as to many a rleh man's heir, the..beatity •of its location and buildings •jurnishes one of the greateSt attractions on the of the railroad. It has ~steadily grown in ) , ,te*ent.and usefulness, until it now rankB first "4:o' its kind in the United States., It is open to , 4 4161t0rs on Wednesday of every week." , Ord) Atim..m. Eighteen utiles or so from I'lilladdiphia, iu the neighborhood of the Baltiinore Junction station, is . established the first paper -mill erectedin-this-country:----- ItIPL'I •01'...: "Two miles off, to the ;westward,- is- the, ancient Ivy Mills .1 1 44 1 0 Atn the pioneer of. this species of manufacture on the American continent. Nearly a century , and a half ago, Thomas Wilcox erected the first paper mill there; and the building wliti4 already 'old when Benjamin Franklin's printing-paper and the paper for the Continental currency were made. It stood the test of time, and lived through the great revolution in. paper-roaldng, having been the lait hand-mill in the United States to succumb to machinery." A Nearer the city: "On Crum Creek, oneinile north of Walling ford Bridge ; are established the ancient Wal lingford Cotton Mills and Dye Works, the property of Mr, Mordecai Lewis, in whose family these venerable works have existed for More than a hundred years. Half a mile higher tip, on the same stream, is 'the' establishment of Mr. Howard Lewis, for the manufacture of printing-paper, the production being ten tons per week.' , From Street-Road Station; twenty-two miles from Philadelphia, is approached the quaint old School of the Friends,' half convent, half monastery, the two sexes being educated, under one roof. As a secluded curiosity not often de scribed, we think this ancient establishment will bear a longer extract. WEsTTOWN SCHOOL. This time-honored .institUtlon. is accessible from Street-Road Station, at distance of a mile and a half to the northeast. For so long a period as seventy years Westtown School has contributed to the culture and mental eleva tion of a sect remarkable for its shrewd intelli gence, and it is estimated to have prepared more than ten thousand men and women for lives of 'usefulness by a youth ofguarded study. This school was opened in the spring of 1799, on a property of six hundred acres, in the Joveliest section of the county, in tersected and watered by Chester creek. In this favorite seclusion the Society of Friends then began to receive and mould the young minds of their families according- . to , that ,reasonable theory which maintains that the Intellect, while growing, needs shelter and withdrawal from contami nating influences. The children of both sexes are here educated under the same roof, but upon separate systems of instruction. In the ample, hours •of recreation. they are allowed, under prolier regulations, to explore the broad possessions of the school. The richest prospects, the finest diversity of wood and water, the broadest sweep of pure country air,are among their outdoor iiilVileges.; and many of the old pupils, now immersed in cares and business 'at a distance, look brick to the hours spent in this 'guarded retreat of innocence and purity as the bright parts of their existence. Games of ball and cricket, clubbing for chestnuts, butternuts, and 'walnuts in the autumn, exploring the wooded crest ; of Walnut Hill, or indulging the reveries of boyhood on its slopes, while the birds sing in the crisp foliage, and the school house "rises before in a panorama of woods and fields,,,-such are the past delights to which Many a heart recurs as the best possessions of 'memory. .The order of education at Westtown School is kindly and liberal, comprising the usual branches of English instruction, together with the dead languages. The principal building of Westtown School is a plain edifice of brick, 165 feet long by 55 feet wide, illuminated with gas manufactured •by the institution, and supplied with water from a fine spring on the premises. A new structure of 04 by 58 feet is now completing, at a Cost of $20,000, and the lawn to the east, in tersected by a beautiful avenue, is studded with the residences of the teachers, in stone and frame. Three hundred pupils can be conveni ently accommodated, and in some years that number has been nearly reached. The chil dren of the sect, wherever born, are freely ad mitted,. although the expense of the institution (by no means a self-supporting one) is borne by a single constituency,—that of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, which includes only Friends from East Pennsylvania and Maryland, Dela ware and New Jersey. It is quite consistent with the generous decorum of the sect that the price for tuition and board should be""placed far within' the actual expense. the deficit to be covered by the pub lic funds of the • meeting. The. children of rich and poor thus mingle Without a thought of inequality, and it is quite probable thatso large a family could not be found in any civilized community so completely divested of notions of caste. The walks west of the building, and a beau tiful grove to the south, are sacred .to the fe male inmates of the school. Here they prose cute their studies, al fresco, under the shade of magnificent tulip and pine trees, until the note front the belfry summons them to their exer cises or repasts. Some twenty acres are di ,verted from farming purposes for' the. plea sure of the students, while the Test is subject to a careful cultivation. Until lately, the milk. and butter supply of the school was obtained partly by purchase, but it is now intended to increase the dairy ac commodation, to enlarge the herd of cows from 40 to 60, to finish a very large barn now : under way, and derive the alimentation of the whole establishment from its own resources. The headquarters of the farm department are in a neat building sixty rods to the south,, where the relatives of the pupils, committees of in spection, &c., are handsomely entertained on their visits. The school is furnished with elaborate chemi cal and philosophical apparatus, for lecture purposes, and contains a good ornithological collection, principally mounted and gutted by Davis Reece, late governor of, the young men's department, how retired. He is a naturalist and botanist of great cultivation. One teacher, Sarah Bally, sister of Judge Bally, of' West Chester, has been an instructor in the establish ment for thirty-five years. Among those who have risen to more or less eminence on the basis of education furnished by Westtown School, may be mentioned Dr. I. I. Hayes, the Arctic explorer; Brigadier-General Isaac J. Wistar; Professor Edward D. Cope, eminent as a naturalist; the late Professor Joseph Har lan, and Charles E. Smith,' President of the Reading Railroad Company. At the twenty-sixth mile from the Philadel phia terminus the road terminates in.,,„.the borough of West Chester, which some readers will not be prepared to find such an exalted abode of natural loveliness, and intellect and joy. It does us good to see the literary gentle man's Pegasus, at the termination of his task, take the bit between his teeth and roll and curvet in the following ecstatic passage WEST CIIESTEE. In the airy charm of its location, the fertility and high state of culture of the surrounding country, and the neatness of its happy homes, West Chester is the gem, of Eastern Pennsyl vania. Lifted up upon the watershed between Brandywine and Chester creeks, to a height has before mentioned) of. 480 feet above the tide, it enjoys the bracing salubrity of moun tain regions without their rigors. The town soil is completely free from marsh or swamp, and the annoyances of the mosquito, as well as the graver ills arising in malarial regions, are unknown. West Chester .is a town of 6,1;00 inhabitants, distant from Philadelphia twenty-two miles by stage, and twenty-six by the railroad just traversed. As a place either of temporary - sojoum or of permanent resi dence, this delightful country tom': possesses privileges not often found iitsuch happy com bination. In healthfuluesS it is unsur passed, and it is resorted to accord ingly, with the best results, by those, who have. been debilitated by the miasmatic diseases of less favored localities. Seated amongst the most pinduative and highly-tilled farms, its markets glitter with all that is most tempting and most nutritious. Crystal water, from a natural spring, is lifted by Steam' and tstributed to all parts of the borough. Its well-paved,atreets and sidewalks are ilghted with gas, Irept trial and elean t and shaded; with a great variety of trees in the finest growth, while private r gardens glow with rare and fra grant flowers around the dwellings. The society . Ofl,he" Own, to k thoSe visitera whci are admitted into it, is .a Mei and ••privt leged attraction. This beautifhl seat of worth, excellence, and , intelligence, is blessed with_ 'a eircktof• cultured, minds that wauld do honor community: any conity: The lives 4.)f' study and contemplation put in practice by some who are dead have continued their traditions among the living, and the New York book importer is familiar with the name of this sequestered town from often marking it lijodgeonsignments of the rarest and choicest literature. Here lived Dr. Wm. Darlington, that man of almost universal scientific attainments, and here he digested into the, treatise called .ftgr'a cestrica the whole botany of a county rich in indige nous varieties. Here was the resi dence of the late Judge Townsend. Their Cabinets and collections are preserved in the locality, or extended under the care of lovers of science, who in great nurnberslhave ,eought the quiet of the place, among whom: the - riames Of Ilartn3an, and Jefferis, and Hoopes, may be cited. Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, author of a philosophical work on the Indian. Myths,and the intelligent explorer of the Floridian enin sula, here makes his home, as does likewise Hon. John Hickman, in the iritervfds of repose granted to an eminent political career. For the tourist interested in revolutionary history there is grateful matter in the region of BIRMINGHAM TOWNSHIP. Three miles to the south are the hue hills' of Birmingham, the estate of Dr. Cheston,Morris, interesting for 'its, perfect cultivation and its hue herd of. Devans, as well as its thriving Berkshire swine. The neighboring farms bordering upon the Brandywine are the ancestral possessions of 'irarious'. misnibers of the Brinton family, and with their beautiful dividina b hedges and extreme fertility have re minded travelers of the Warwickshire, region in England, the home and haunt of .shake speare. For the patriot,this extent of country 'is falel with memories and objects of inquity: Take the State road to Jefibris's ford, where, on the memorable 11th of September, 1777, the, main body of the British army crossed the. Brandy- Wine. Follow the route by Sconneltown, of width classic village but the name remains,past Strode's Mill, over the ,heights of Osborne's WhiOh commands so fine a view of the country made memorable by the action of-the Brandywine. On this height, Sir. William ,Ilowe, with his stall; stood to view the opening battle of that engagement. This eminence is between West Ohester and the above-mentioned Township of Birmingham. . lIIRMINOIIAM MEETING-TIOUSE. At the latter locality is the antique' Meeting- House of the, ‘ Frieuds, one of the best-preserved witnseses of the Revolution, unchanged, except by undisturbed old age, since the day when the storm of battle surged up against its peaceful walls. There dismount, and mark the ground Where Lafayette was ,wounded, wherd one of the bloodiest battles of the Revolution was fought, and one of its most disastrous defeats encountered by our army un der Washington: Standing by the old Meeting- House, which became ,at'last the focus of the fight, you look away westward, and mark the rising grounds over which the American right wing was rapidly driven in; you gaze with in terest upon the stone, wall behind which the patriots threw themselVes, and maintained the stubborn fight until the day was lust elsewhere. The rank grass around you covers the hasty graves of many hundreds of the combatants of that day, who sleep side by side. By the courtesy of some unwarlike. custodian ,of the building you may enter the old Meeting-111We, and look upon the .same floor which served fora couch for So many of the wounded, the seats which furnished rude tables for the sur-. geons, and the dark stains on both floor and benches which are the relics or the blood of that most bloody fray. With these excerpts—too liberal, :perhaps) yet delineating a class of local curiosities that do not often •get • into print—we 'close,. The book,' we should think, would `;be- desired by any intelligent traveler whose allairs'lead him to trace the railway in question or a part of it. It is a rather superior compilation, and is sold, at a trifle which can hardly cover the printer's expenses, in the termini and stations of the The following works are recently issued by Lippincott & Co.: • Divisions in the 'SOciety of Friends, By Thomas If. Speakman.—Quakerism, in the progress of Modern thought, has not been able to preserve,itself,. from Ile pronounced diver gency of oninionwhielk has divided the world, —from Unitarianism on the one hand, and on the other from an anxious Trinitarianism, re posing on the letter of a feW texts as .upon a talisman. The native spirituality which we may grant to original Quakerism seems ,Co be in .some danger' from these extremes. As for the writings left by the Quaker fathers,they undoubtedly contain passages which may be used in justification of many shades of belief; but it ought to be said in defence of their alleged shortcomings that they were not undertaking to combat modern Unitarian doctrines, which were not among the enemies of their arena. To defend the "divinity of Te - sus," would have seemed merely supererogatory to: Barclay or Fox. Bence if we mistake not,, the claim of the modern Unitarian Quakers that their views are countenanced by "the discreet silence of old worthies. Friend Thomas 11. Speakman, in a little tract on the Divisionfi in the Society Of Friends, combats the historic theory of the extreme Trinitarians, expressed in their organ Friends' Review. He pleads well, but we do not consider his argtunents of interest to the general public, or that we ought. to reproduce them at length. To indicate the book and its purpose is all we have to do. Dr. Wm. H. Holcombe, author of those mystical speculatiOns, " Our -Children in lleayen," "The Sexes Here and Hereafter," &c., 'reduces a still wilder vision than either of tlidse, entitled "In 13oth Worlds," 'there is a Dantesque latitude in Dr. Holcombe's Wan derings through Heaven, Hell and Linftio; but the bitter intensity of the Tuscan is wanting ju this genial Writer—to his advantage, as modern readers Will be apt to think. "Erling the Bold," by R. M. Ballantyne.—A, " sea-king's daughter from over the Sea " is this offspring of -the Caledonian brain that erst de scribed "Fighting the Flames," and concocted "A Tale of the Cornish Mines." It celebrates the bold - deeds of the northern water-warriors, to whom, as the author reminds us, our race owes much of its present jiberty,--its sytem of juries, aid its privilege of representative leafs lation. For his faCts,,kr. Ballantyne goes to an Icelaiidic writer, Snorro Sturleson, author of " The 13eimskringln, or Chronicles of the Kings of Norway." . The illustrations of hiS tale are by Dr. Ballantyne himself. This is a bold saga, with romance and adventure enough , to fire the laziest heart. Lippineott's Magqtine for. January, 1870, will contain : The Vicar of Bullhatupton. Part ~ By Anthony Trollope. Illustrated; Li The Persecuted Woman ; 11. The Fairy and the Ghost : a-Christmas Tale. With Illus trations; 111. On Christmas Eve: a Poem. By Edgar Fawcett ; 'IV. Our Capital. By Wm. R. Hooper; Sne and- 1: a Tale • inger..a. oem,.lly 7.ttcy_llatO)ll ten tiooper; Vil , The philosophy or Self-Illt pOrtance. Edward :Spencer; VIII. Be yond , I,he 'Breakers. Part, acin. By lion.' Ro*rt Dale Ovveri ; IX. Internationa l Coin 'age. By J. Ross Snowden; X. liltisings on an Old' ?, , ,tansitan; ,XI. Gettig ' EiraAd : Ohrb3tmas` tsto4; XII. The Oritic: tutor ;, XIII. Literary i Lunatici; A;lur Atoutiabg eossip;, :XV. Literature of She -Day. s •The; number is announced , -as:to -be proluitely illustrated ;" And we may' hope' that'thi,s , pro= raise' indietttet ntu abandoent df, the cheap, plan of embelliiiiing bYlnentki or the/ 8 h gAilpga. 'Lippincott's was, beghttling to: t seri, a speciality in original work, by taking , in hand ambitious young talent: and :t producing: it with the best engraving •and printingt—a: speciality whose fame has echoed to our ears both treat Boston and Nev York.: If Ike publishers should drop this distinction, there is' one credit the less for Philadelphia llnt we hope some of the '‘profuse" embellishments are to be native. Lippincott & Co. have nearly ready : "Puck," by Ouida ; "The Great Empress,' by Prof. Schele de Ter° ; "History of Freemasonry," Lby Findel ; "Analysis of American Law," by Ti W. Powell ;' '"Karris the 'Copt," by De Leon ; "Only a Girl," from the German, by , Mrs. Wister ; n new edition of Anne's Brew ster's "Compensation ;" a metrical , version of the. Regimen Sanitatis Sulerni, by Prof. Or donaux, and, other works. Their Cla.ssilied Catalogue is a pamphlet of over fifty pages, dis playing a mass of publications, all of one house,that is amazing , in extent and variety. "Peterson's Cook-Book" is one of the most complete and instructive, for plain practi cal housekeepers, ever Issued frowthe Ameri can press. An idea of its variety may be gained from the fact, that the table of matters alone occupies twenty-seven columns on large pages: It is a manual in which the - method of preparing eVery , dish know to liked by Ameri cans may with certainty be found. • Peterson & Broe. publish a new edition of the famous "Hans Breitmann Ballads," in such luminousness of type and tinted page that they become almost intelligible. As a fancy book, In beveled cloth backs and. full gilt edges; the price mounts to $3. . ' "Bread from God" is a good poem, put out by the American Sunday-School Union in holi day style, each stanza printed in gold on a quarto page, with a gold border and separate illustration. The pictures, in chrome by .7ilo - are tender but weakly ; the second plate is good, however—a winter scene with snow birds. • The following publications of Harper & Bros. are received from Turner Bros. & Co.: "llaydn's Dictionary of Dates," a complete chronology of the world's progress, tells the reader with equal good-nature the day, on which the Conqueror landed, or that on which celery was introduced to the roast beef of Old England. In fact it is a standard long in favor acress the water, and now adjusted to Ameri can necessities by history-mougers like Benson J. Lossing, under whose care items as recent as those of our Chid War are minutely dated and arranged. Nothing seems to Le omitted, down to a couple of years back, and the book is one of the few that will bear the time-worn recommendation that no ,gentleman's library should be without it. Mr. JameS Greenwood's lively and plea.sant pen is well known since the experiences of the "Amateur Casual." He can turn it to any use, and now appear as the chronicler of "Wild' 'Sports of the World," in which the spoils of men like Gordon Cumming, Livingstone, Du Chaffin, and other 'slayers mighty before the lord (of the desert) are thing into a heap. It Is a bloody hecatomb at best, but the book 'isgamey and full of movement. Among its 147 wood-cuts we recognize most of the better il lustrations of books of travel and natural his tory that have appeared iu the last half _dozen years. . Prince Paul du Chai now appears as, the entertainer of our yoUng folks, not only on Air. Pugh's lecture-board, but within the blue boards arranged for him by the harpers. His "Lost in the Jungle" is got up for the juveniles, and unlike Greenwood's book reveals a man who has "been there." His old story of gorilla adventures, African witchcraft, idolatry, &C., makes a good eye-opener for the innocence of little boyhood. 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' Through the anther-sprinkled glory Of the purr& deep of Night, • Whilst - I weary sat, my story .Inded with Day's parting light. , , • Suddgnly* setn§e, 4 otibeatitY nledli 4 -BidopOli 'My Aching '' And a solemn stillness bound me 'Death the stars' mute throbbings bright, Till a whisper breathed around me,— • Whisper of the Infinite "Hush," it breathed, •41is not thy duty 'God's great purpose to indict - ; HE can light Sin's darkest features, All her shadowed thoughts efface ; Souls fore-doom'd by doom's harsh preachers 'Gift with Seraphs' beaminggrace:r.,r HE bath room for all hle creatures" • In the storehouse of the spheres— 'Hs whose rain-drops arefrnorp.counties , 4 Than the rain ofburnan tears ; ' 4 Stores of worlds bath numberless To 'Unloose all human fears ; f. Think His for 11l created - I Aught Hts boithdle ess lov ha bless ? Deem ye man who bates in hated By his - Maker? 'TIs typ guess' Of blinded'hothingnesS " • Creeping in Folly s wildernesti— lt is our faithless frenzy to conies,' Which Heav'n might forgive, if Heav'n wore few ' Erroll} Abe i'4ll Mail Gazf?tte.l ♦E%ICt AND snAKlENrigimar. It is difficult as one glides 6eneath the bridge of Rialto or by the site of the palace which Mr. Browne has identified with that of a the Moor," not to suspect sonic closer relation between Shakespeare and Venice than is accounted for by the ordinary talk about Venetian novel ettes." Romance had no doubt found its home in the lagoon from the days of the Renascence, and the fictions of the Venetian press circulated widely in Europe. No doubt, too, one may find among these romances the stories of eShy lock " and Othello as one dOes find that of itoinco and Juliet. But Borneo and Juliet throws no light on the life or history of Verona, while every day spent on its "canals deepens our surprise at the fulness and completeness .with which the two dramas of Othello and the Merchant reproduce fOr us the Venice or the Six . - teenth century, We are not inclined to dwell on local allusions, such as the position of Por tia's house on the Main land, or her jotirney the Traglietto, To the common ferry Which trades to Venice,— or the single'lne . ntio n ~ ' cti" the gondola In the same play. Accurate as these allusions are, they ant few enough to prove that Shakspeare's knowledge of Venice could hardly have been derived from any visit to it. But It is impos sible not to feel the "truth of atmosphere" in the whole movement and tone cif the plays themselves. The moment we look ,behind "Shylock" "Or Othello" we see Venice,the glare of its torches, the noise of its revels, the endless warfare of lazzl and badinage, its easy morals,, its' cynical proverbs, its quick, secret rivalries and passions, the silence and order of its streets, the proud gravity of its nobles, the wise whispers of-its council chamber, the hum of its Rialto, the strange medley of East and West,' on its Piastia: " Venice itself lithe canvas from which the two terrible incarnations of jealousy and revenge stand out. There is throughout a personal familarity with and intelligence of its strange mingled life which hardly anything hut personal association with 'Venetians Could have given. HOW SIIAKEITEARE LEARNED OF VENICE. Now it happens that the :_very time during - Which these dramas were produced is precisely the time in which such a personal association would have been possible for Shakespeare. In the preface to his first, volume of "Venetian State Papers" Mr. liawffon BroWne has 'called • attention to the singular' interest excited in ' England by the arrival of an embassy from the republic in 164)3. No Venetian resident had been seen in London since the death of Queen. Mary, and, * in Spite of constant efforts on the part of Elizabeth, it was only at the very close of her reign that she received this public re cognition from the wariest and the most timid of European powers. Elizabeth's gratification at the arrival of the embassy seems to have been extreme, but there were some of her sub jects in whom the arrival Would probably ex cite an interest very different frOm that of the Queen. Italy was still the intellectual centre of the world, and in the little group of Vene- ' tians England was brought face to face with Italy. It torn Spenser to Milton one sees how strong was the attraction which Italy exercised on our literature. Venice, moreover, had at the moment a strong interest of R is own for Eng lishmen in the splendor of its commerce, in its political and religious similarity with England's own position, as the one Italian State whose soil was still free from the stranger, and which still defied the interdict of the Pope. Inter course with the members of the Embassy was, it must be remembered, easy at a time when Italian was as familiar to educated Englishmen as French has become now, and when London was small enough to serve as a sort of club for men of letters or society. It is possible that in this way the arrival of the Venetian envoy has left its print on sonic of the noblest works of our literature, and that it is to his intercourse with real Bacsanios and Antonios that we owe. two of Shakespeare's greatest creations ? ,There is but one man, living who could adequately answer this question. We may still hope that Mr. Rawdon BroWne will publish „those re searches. into the Usti iry of OthellO, whose re sults be communicated to. Mr. Ruskin a dozen years ago. But some soft of an answer, if not an adequate one, may, we think, be given from a simple reading of the plays themselves. vEsict: As THE pEFENDER OF THE RIGHTS OF D[_l.\ Besides, however. the familiarity with which the outer life of Venieeis. painted,, there 'is an appreciation of the ideas which it represented which proves how profound had been the im pression which Shakespeare received from the Republic. The historical ; 'interest of the two. dramas Consists especially in this, that thrOugh them we are enabled 'to read Venice as Shake speare read it, and to see what seemed to an eye like his the most reinaittible- thing's . about It. It is in noting the truth and largeness with which Its inner character is. thus represented that we recognize the spell which Venice in its glory cast over the poet, as it still casts a spell over us in its decay. The keynote of his deepest interest in Venice Shakespeare strikes, in the two great central figures of his plays. In no other European State could he have imagined a Moor as general or a Jew as,walk , inglreelY'among his brother, merchants on the exchange. Michelet has rightly marked the age of the Renascence as that which .first revived across the chasms of warring Breeds a faith in humanity. But the alliance of Francis the First with the Turk had even then brought upon him the execration of every devout Christian of the time ; and almost a century later the preachers who put down- Shakespeare as immoral • could „thunder , Leaven's curses at the Protector for proposing the 'return of the Jews. So far as England was ,concerned, at the time that, this:'dreana of a common humanity above all difference of race or creed floated through the poet's mind to embody itself in the figures of the Moor and the Jew, the Jew• was by law an outcast and the Moor a mere bogie of nursery rhymes. What we are, however, concerned ; with here Is. that ShakesPeare.looks-for both'Moor and JeW in Venice. Even at the very, close of its free existence -the city was, as Beekford saw shrewdly enough, the most representative human spot in Europe. Placed on the confines .of east .and west, its piazza was the one bit of neutral ground • where the' caftan'or the Turk and the gaberdine of the Jew could- mingle without insult with the purple robes of ,chnrclunan or Senator. Here alone it was - . possible with dramatic .truth to plead for a brotherhood of mankind higher than all na =tional or religious brotherhoods. -Here alone a patrician girl:could he painted' itslovink•and even wooing 'a Moor, or 'doges and cou4Sel- MONO. Tifs,l)4ll4t EVENINO PATIJILVAi DECKIKESE, 41, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. fors as entrusting to him the safety of the Mate. Here;alone a 1 ttdwlrtighr wlthpitt ab :surdity be reprk,sentedAs Weal* tbeiwrongal of his race,' and claiming, " like a Chrlstian,"{ the equal justice of the Duke. It may have been /that this %indication of man was sug-i ,gebit.d by the shretyd,chstty bringers of the: ''eknpaissy as theetintradte . o donftishiti bf; tongues and people; at Home With the, insider; isolation and monotony of the land where they:, were doomed to shiver. It, is certain that 4 Shylock andiOthello could rieVer iithisted , at, all, unless the imagination of the poet hadt caught some glimpse, of the strange Oriental! figures, twine eels, of. . the babel of languages,,, just, without the Eastern stillness of St. Mark. Here, no doubt, lay the human interest of; Venice for Sliakespeare. F:IIA.ISESPEAIeS POLITICAL. INTEREST 'IN? it is even more curious to see in what lay directly political interest. Ever since the mid dle ages the statecraft of Venice had been the object of adtniration among European chalk Stripped of its nobler elements, it lead bee,n, copied : hy Borgiasi aticf,ftn~ppularizedi in ilk "Prince," tilr it had become the object! of an absurd imitation in the secrecy, the de2, lays, the endless diplomacies and intrigues of Statesmen like Granville or Walsingham. No doubt the scene which most moved the inter-. ,est of Elizabeth,andher Cor.ift -would the cottnell cframber—thwealm group of wise old men testing,weighing the tidings of the Turkish fieet,.their cool experience brought out in sharp relief . agaiiiid, the heady haste of post after post, weighing cautiously, striking hard and quick. Shakespeare has fairly painted this political wisdom on its higher as on its lower sides, the noble absorption of all private feeling or interest in the good of the State whichsweeps aside the wrong of Barberigo and the offended pride of their class, when only Othello can save Venice, the sleep less suspicion and distrust which follows up his victory with the instant order of recall. But Shakespeare never forgets that statecraft such as this was not peculiar to Venice, and that only a noble aim could give it, nobleness and:. individuality. It Is by the hurry of post after post with "tidings of the Turkish fleet" that Shakespeare lifts its policy out of the mere politician's level. Re seizes with a rare sym pathy, on the one office which gave dignity to the attitude. - of the ;Republic long after it bad sunk into unimportance as a European Power —the office of defending Christendom against the Moslem fleets.. The State which to Bur leigh or Elizabeth was simply the type of astute, unscrupulous selfishness, is to Shake speare Europe's "bulwark against the Otto man." No one who forgets to realize what 'the fear of Turkish ,tononest was in the six teenth century, the panic of Luther or the anxieties of Philip II.; from what imminent peril men everywhere believed Christendom to have been delivered by the defence of Malta and the victory of Lepanto, can appreciate the true impression which Shakespeare' meant to produce by that scene in the council chamber or by the news of shipwreck of the Turkish fleet. HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL INTEREST Of this historical interest O thello tells us most. The social interestofVenice lies in the very title of its rival, the Merchant of Venice. Throughout 'the whole play we feel the atr movhere of conueree,,we. fee the argosies come home From Tripolis,from Mexico and England, From Lisbon, Barbary and India; or the bankrupt who "dare scarce show his head on the Mart." IVe liear'ffmn end to end of the drama the cry, "What news among the merchants ? What news on the. Rialto?" What is more noteworthy, perhaps, than these onterincidents is that the poet boldly bases on a purely commercial origin that " force in the decrees of Venice," that absence of any power there which "can alter a decree established," or" wrest the law to its authority," which had wen the admiration of the world. The Duke cannot deny the course of law, For the commodity that strangers have With us at Venice; if it be denied. 'Twill much impeach the justice of the State; Since that the trade and profit of the-city Consisteth of all nations. These, however, are points which any careful observer might have detected. The true proof of Shakespeare's insight into the social condi tion of Venice lies in the perfect accuracy with which he has discerned and a Venetian merchant really was. The mer chant of Venice is no mere trader. It was only a century since English nobles had mocked at the merchant-patricians as "fishermen." Shakespeare knew well enough that the ances tors of these fishermen had been ruling States and guiding the destinies of nations before the mushroom houses of England had been beard of. Again and again the merchant of Venice is with him "a royal merchant." At the very openin , = b of the play he strives to raise the spec tator to a sense of the dignity of Venetian commerce by picturing its world-wide extent, its mighty argosies that " overpeer the petty tralliekers ;" the costly cargoes of silks and spices that seemed to lift it out of the realm of mere trade. But it is in the character of " An tonio" himself that his appreciation of the real position of this merchant class appears most vividly. Shakespeare must have remembered the proud boast of the Venetians that, let.l e a wreck of the older world and untouched by , barbaric contamination, they were "Romanis ipSis Rotnaniores," when he described his mer chant as One in whom The ancient Roman honor more appears Than any that draws breath in Italy. Throughout the merchant is a noble. Ire moves as an equal with the mag,nificoes and the Doge. Antonio is proud with the pride of class. Barberizo With the pride of blood. The one hows with a stoical fortittide' to death at the call of the State's justice, the other retires silent to die rather than wreak his revenge at the cost of the State's defence. The poet seems to dwell with especinifOndness:Mt these many-sided figures—at once "a Venetian, a scholar, and a soldier"—that . coinbine the re- finement, the self-control of the philosopher With the keen - activity, the boldness, the cau tion of the trader, the warrior, and the states man. We must not, however, , dwell further now on the question we lLive suggeSted. - !Our readers may, perhaps, find a welcome excuse for reading through the Merchant and Othello aPiP• GROCERIES, - LIQUORS,Wt,. STEW MESS SHAD AND SPICED Sahnon, Tongues and Sounds, in prime order, mud received and for sale at MUSTY •S East End GrocerY No. NS South Second street. below Chestoutstreet. . . _ - - -- 131tE SPIC.C.4;VIILOUND AND WHOLB P—Pure English Ilftistard pound—Choice White Wine and Crab Apple Vinegar for pickling In store, and for sale at COUSTY'S East End Grocery, No. 11A,South tieeond street, below Chestnut street. ATEW GREEN-, GINGER:, 100 POUNDS of choice Green Ginger in "store and for sale at COVSTY'S East End Grocery, No. DS South Second street, below Chestnut street. WHITE . BRANDY FOR PRESERVING. A choice article j•tst received and for sale at TY'S East End Grocery, No.llB South Second street below Chestnut street. 8 0 P S.—T OMAT 0, PEA, N.lOOll Turtle and Jultien Soups of Boston Club ?daunts°. ture, one of the tined articles for pie-nice and sailing partite. For saia at COUSTY'S Bast Bud Grocery, No lid Eouth Second street. below Chestnut street. DR UGH. CASTILE SOAP—GENUINE AND VERY iinverion--2uo Dicitie just landed from bdm, and for vale by ROBERT SIIOEMAKER Jr, COO., Importing Druggists, N. E. corner Fourth and Race streets. JRUG GISTS SYILI. FIND A 'LARGE 4tock of Allen's Medicinal itixtractt; and Oil Almonds, Rad. Rhei. Opt., Citric Acid, COXO'H Sparkling Gelatin, gmmino Wedgwood Mortars. &e., just lauded from bark Hognung, from. London. ROBERT. 5110.&MASIER & Wholosalo:Druggista, N. E...cornoz Fourth and mf e o atreeta. DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES. GRAD ates, Mortar, Pill Tiles, Combs, Brnshersi•Mirrors, Tweezers, Puff Boxes , Horn Scoops, Surgical Instru ments, Trusses, Hard and Soft Rubber Goods, Vial Cases, Glass and Metal Syringes, dm. all at " First Hands" prices. SNOWDEN 42 ' 13E0111ER, ao-tf 23 South Eighth street. JOTT - -( JN . : 7--T Ier.tiALETTCOTTON", -- I — A - Isli: ing from ateannw Tonawanda. for oalo by coca, EAR. RUSSELL & CO., 11l Chestuut street. VI"S ICI:. INSIVR&NCE. INCORPORATED 11506. VW , ,DELAtihE MUTUAL suorr gIVSFRANCE COOpmiy.„ Philadelphla November 10, 1869: • ' - ,T,114 follotvlog fitaternerit of the alfalio of the Cooapane publiehed itt confonnit9 with a proililoit of its Premiums received fror i cklicamiter 1, *8&, to Octobers On Monne and iolitud ithsko.. 41043,795 94 On Fire Hbfke 161,90 96 • , • Premiums on Polio! eK not =6'4 off November I, MOIL. . ' ',.... =:•.; PreMinim marked off se earned from No rember 1,1868, to Octoberal, 1809 : • , On Marine and Inland Rieke.. $1914,218 29 ',' -: . On Fire Itieks... /49,629 70 Interest dnrin9 the same period— • ---7-441A63.845 ,tl44l4.ages, Aie....- - - - • - 1/11027,0 - .- • 111,178,873 64 Loes'es, Eipensee, etc., during the year an above:. Marine and Inland liartga. tion Losses.. .. . .. as ; Fire Losses 94,244 81 ' `'Return Premiums 49,628 10 Ea-Insurances ' 41,2:71 84 ° Agency ITharges, Adver tising, Printing. Ac 64,68710 Tom:el—United Brutes, State and Blunicipal Taxes 52490 84 Expenses 23,927 08 $744,154 01' ASSETS OF THE COMPANY November 1.1800. ' 8200,000 U Lo e a d , St n a -fo s tiekl.y e Per Cent. fit 215,000 01 ' 100, 000 United States Six Per Cent. Loan (lawful money) 107,750 00 50,000 United Staies Six. Per Cent. Loan, 1881 60,000 00 2004)00 State of Pennsylvania Six Per Cent. Loan 213,950 00 ,000200 City of Philadelphia Six Per Cent Loan (exenipt from taxi,.. . 200,925 00 ', 100,000 State of New Jersey Six Per Cent. Loan.... . —......,..... .. ... 102,000 00 20,000 Penn/3)11'8411a ... Iroad - First Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds_ 19,450 00 25,000 Pennsyli ania Railroad Second bfortgagt. Six Por Cent. Bonds.. Z 3,625 00 , 25,000 Western Pennsylvania Railroad Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds " ' (antee) Pennsylvania Railroad guar ' 90,000 00 WOOO State of Tennessee Five Per Cent. Loan 15,000 00 7,000 State of Tennessee Six Per Cent. Loan 4,270 00 12,500 Pennsylvania Railroad Coin. - many, 250. shares stock,' 14,000 00 5,000 North. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, MO shares stock 3,900 00 10,000 Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship Company, SO sharea stock..... . 7,500 0 0 240,9 0 0 Loans on Bond and Mortgage, • - first liens on City Properties 240,900 00 81,231400 Par Market value, 81,255,280 00 Cost, 81,215,6it1 27. Real Estate ' 35,000 00 Bills Receivable for Insurance made 323,700 75 Balances due at Agencies—Pre miums on Marine Ac- , ' crued Interest and other debts due the Company 65,037 95 Stock, Scrip, dm.. of sundry Cor. porations, 814,706. Estimated value ' 2,740 20 Cash in Bank.... Cash in DIVAN er. PIMLADEL MITA,, Nov. 10,1669. The Board of Directors have this day declared a CASH DIVIDEND of TEN PER CENT. on the CAPITAL STOCK ,and SIX. PER CENT. interest on the SCRIP of the Company, payable on and after the Ist of December proximo. free of National and State Taxes. 'They have also declared a SCRIP DIVIDEND of THIRTY-FIVE PER CENT. on the EARNED PRE MIUMS Tor the year ending October 31,1869, certificates of which will be issued to the parties entitled to the Fame, on and after theist of December proximo, free of National and State Taxes. They have ordered, also that the Scrip Certificates of Profits of the Company :for the year ending October 31. MU, be redeemed in Cash, at the office of the Com pany, on and after Ist cf December proximo, all in terest thereon to cease on that day. By a provision of the Charter, all Certificates of Scrip not presented for "lvderriPtion within five years. alter public notice that they will be redeemed, shall be forfeited and cancelled on the books of the Company. , certificateof profits issued under $25. By the act lof incorporation, "no Certificate shall issue unless claimed within two years after the declaration of the dividend whereof it is evidence." DIRECTORS. Sarriuel E. Stokes, William G. Boulton, Edward Darlington, H. Jones Brooke, Edward Lafourcade, Jacob Riegel, Jacob P. Jones, James B. M'Farland, Joshua P. Eyre, Spencer Id 'llvain, J. B. Semple, Pittsburg, IA .13:Berger, D. T. Morgan, IS C. FlANlPresident. DAVIS, Vice President. xetary. it Secretary. nol: Imrp Thomas C. Band, John C. Davis, Edmund E. Solider, Theophilus Paulding, James TrBQnair, Henry Sloan, Henry C. Dalletl, James C. Hand, C. Ludwig, J osep h H. Seal, Hugh Craig, John D. Tailor, George W. Bernadon, William C. Houston inam JOHN s HENRY LYLBURN, Se HENRY BALL, Aesistan The Liverpool e Lon don Ce Globe Ins. Co. ° tissets Gold, g 17,690,390 66 ' in the United States 2,000,000 bay Receipts over $2.0,000.00 Premium: in 1868, ,- $5,665,075.00 Losses in 2868, $3,662,445-0° No. 6 Merchants' Exchange, Philadelphia. THE RELIANCE INSURANCE COM PANY OF PRILARELPRIAP Incorporated In 1841. Charter Perpetual. Onice, No. 908 Walnut stirt. CAPITAL *300,000. Inauree against loss or damage by FIRE, on Houses , Stores and other It nildinge, limited or perpetual, and on Furniture, Goods, Wares and Merchandise in town or country. LOSBES PROMPTLY ADJIISTEDAND PAID. Assets $437,908 Invested in the following Securities , 'la.: First Mortgages on City Property, well se. ' c0red.......... --exiss,soo 00 United States Government Loans 117,000 IV Philadelphia City 6 Per Cent. Loans 76,000 00 Pennsylvania 3,000,000 6 Per Cent Loan 80,000 01 Pennsylvania Railroad Bonds i First Mortgage . am) so Camden and Amboy Railroad Company's 6 Per Cont. Loan 6,000 00 Loans on CoLlaterals..., 800 00 II untin gdon and Broad Top 7 Per Cent. 31tiit gage Bonds 4,660 00 County Fire Insurance Company's Stock. 1,050 IV Mechanics' Bank Stock. ' 4,00000 Commercial Bank of Pennsylvania Stock. 10,000 00 Union Mutual Insurance Company's Stock. 880 00 Reliance Insurance Company of Philadelphia Stock 3450 00 Cash in Bank and on hand. 12,268 32 Worth at Par 8437,698 88 X 943448139 Worth this date at market prices.„.... m ,.. DIRECTORS. Thomas C. Hlll,l Thomas H. Moore, William Musser Samuel Castner, Samuel Bispham i , James T. Young, H. L. Carson, Isaac 13'. Baker, liVrti. Stevenson, .. Christian J. Hoffman, Benj. W. Tingley, Samuel B. Thomas, Edwar Sitar. THOMAS O.IIILL, President. Wm. Curren, Secretary. • Pui.t.apatrouta. February 17,1869. jal•tu th fl tf AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE COM PANY, incorporated Mr.—Charter perpetual. No. 310 WALNUT eared, above Third, Philadelphia. Hwang a large pall-dp Capital Stock and Surplus in vested in sound and available Securities, continuo to insure on dwellings , stores, furniture, merchandise., vessela in port,. and their cargoea,,and other personal property. All ioases liberally and Promptly adjusted. DIRECTORS. i v Thomas R. Maria, Edianiud G. MAIM, John Welsh t Charles W. Poultney, Patrick Brady, ' Israel Morris, John T. Lewis. • , John P. Wetherill, ' '• William . pain. • • ' • ~ THOMAS R. MARIS, President. &mom' C. OiLiwiroan. Secretary. VANE INSURANCE COMPANY, NO. X SOP CHESTNIM STREET, . IIiCOGPOILATED MS. OGARTER PERP ETUAL. CAPITAL &Whine. • - FIRE nisunANoill IaxOLVSIVELT, Irumres against Loss or Damage by Fire i either' by Per- Pettis' or Temporary Polk ea. Charles Richardson ? , Robert Pearce,' Wm. 11. Plana, John Rueter, Jr„ William Di. Seyfert, — : • . Edward R. Onae, 4 . Henry Lewis, Charles Stokes, ii. :' Nathan Hines, , ; • ' . John 0, Proms:i s , $ George A. West, Mordecai Duzby, . ORARLE .0 lonelipOON, Presidents I WM. H. DRAWN, vice-President. WILLIAMS I. BLANORABD,Secretsry. opt tt , „ -81,106,70120 460414 01 $7:516.338 81 434.510 63 8168,318 88 972 2i 163M1 14 $1,852,100 04 11ai~r~AlU'Cl~: SPECIA-1. NOTICE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, OF PHILADELPHIA, (MARINB).. INCOiIPOIIATIVII 1794. , Capital, $500,000 00 Assets July 15t,1869, $2,593,92210 This Company iht now Prepared to issue Certificates or Insuranae,> payable in London, at the Conatliagalksitoe of MosorO , YirOwit, Shipley Qc Co. CHARLES PLATT, Vice-President. qe.3lrp, AITTI lU A L FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY op PHILADELPHIA Office; No. 701'Arch Street, From N 0.3 South Fifth Street. N, The Directors, in announcing their BERICIFAL to. this location, with increased facilities for business, wotild respectfully solicit the patronage of their friends and the public, believing the advantagee to the assured are equal to those offered by any other Company. The only strictly Mutual Fire Insurance Company in the consolidated City. A Rebate of 33 per cent. is made, and a further deduc- Hon may be expected if the Company continues as suc cessful as it has been. All to whom Economy is an object should Insure In this Company. RATES -LOW. Insurances made on Buildings Perpetual and Limited; on Merchandise and Household Goode annually, Assets, $183,682 32 DIRECTORS. William P. Reeder, Joseph Chapman, Francis T. Atkinson, Edward M. Needles, Wilson M. Jenkins, Lukens Webster. TETER, President. MALONE, Vice President ?usurer. N, Secretary. Caleb Clothier, Benjamin Malone, Thoinaa Mather, T. Ellwood Chapman, Simeon Matlack, Aaron W. Gaekill,, CALEB CLA BENJAMIN THOMAS MATHER, Tr • T. ELLWOOD CHAPMA 'se2s s 12t 1829. --CHARTM PERPETUAL. FitA.NIKTAIN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. Office--435 and 437 Chestnut Street Assets on January 1,1869, $2,077,372 13. Accrued Surplus...—. ... . . 1,083428 70 rrenaluzas ...... 1. 1 03.813 43 UNSETTLED CLAIMS, INCOME FOE 111422 e 23,7138 12. 8980,000. Losses Paid SinoelB29 Over *5,500,4)00. Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms, The Company also issues Policies upon • the Reath of all kinds of buildings, Ground Bents and Mortgages. DIRECTOSB. Alfred Filler. Thomas Sparks, • Wm. S. Grant, Thomas S. Ellis, dGustavus S. Benson, . BAKER, President. ES, Vice President. Secretary._ • Assistant Iceorefarlr. fell tdeSl Alfred G. Baker, Samuel Grant, Geo. W. Richards, Isaac Lea, Geo. Bales, ALFBED GEO:I4L . JAB. W. McALLISTEIt. THEODORE IC HEGER FIRE ASSOCIATION F , A or PHILADELPHIA. Incorporated March, 27, 1820. Offiee---NO. 34 North Fifth Street. INSURE BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURE AND MERCHANDISE GENERALLY YBOM LOSS BY VIBE. Assets Janusr3r 1,1869, 01,406,095 OS. TRUSTEES: • William H. Hamilton, Charles P. Bower, John Carrow, Jesse Lightfoot, George I. Young, Robert Shoemaker, Joseph B . Lyndall, Peter Armbruster, . Levi P. Coats, M. H. Dickinson. Samuel Sparliawk, , Peter Wftliamson, Si m. A ug. __ Seeger. WM. B. HADHLTON, President, . , SAMUEL SPARHAWK, Vice President, WM. T. BUTLER, Secret UNITED FIREMEN'S INSUBA.NOE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. This Company takes risks at the lowest rates coruilsten with safety, and confines its business exclusively to KIRK ENBURARCRIN TFRIA.HE OFTY OF IRILADEL OFFICE—No. 723 Arch street, Fourth National Bunk Building. Thomas J. Martin, DIRECTORS. Henry W. Brenner, John Hirst, Albertto, Ring, Wm. A. Bolin, henry Bumm, James M ongan, James Wood, William Glenn, , John Shallcross, James Jenner,_ J. Henry Aekin, Alexander T. Hickson, Hugh Mulligan, Albert G. BoberteLJ ames P. Philip Fitzpatrick, Dilon. . . . . . . . . CONRAD WM. A. Romig. Treaa. LIFE INSURANCE AND - TRUST CO. THE GIRARD LIFE INSITRANNCE, ANNUITY AND TRUST COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA.- OFFICE, 40S CHESTNUT STREET. . ASSETS, 83,083,44 6 56, JANUARY 1,1359. The oldest Company of the kind but one in the State continue to insure lives on the most reassonablo terms and declare profits to the insured for the whole of life. Premiums paid yearly, half yearly, or quarterly. They receive Trusts of all kinds, whether as Trustels, As signees, Guardians, or Committee of Lunacy. Also, net as Executors anti Administratots, to the duties of which particular attention is paid. Deposits and Trust Funds are not in any event liable for the Debts or Obligations of the Company. Charter perpetual- THOMAS RIDGWAY, President. SETH I. COALLY, Vice President. JOHN F. JAMES, Actuary. WILLIAM IL STOEVEH Met Actuary. N. B.—Dr. S. CHAMBERLAIN, No. 1411 LOCUST street, attends every day at 1 o'elock precisely at the office. 0c27 3m ' THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSU .L • RANCE CODIPANT. Incorliorated lEo.4—Charter Perpetual: No. 510 WALNUT street, opposite Independence Scaare. This Company, favorably known to the community for eve; forty years, continues to insure against loss or damage by tire on Public or Private Buildings, either S or for a limited time. Also on Furniture, Stocks of Goons, and Merchandise generally, on liberal terms. Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, is Invested In the most careful manner, which enables them to offer to the insured an undoubted security in the caae °floss. ,• . . DuapToßs. Daniel Smith, Jr., !John Deverenx Alexander Benson, Thomeis Smith, Isaac Hexlehurst, Henry Lewis Thentat, Robins, ~ J. Gillingham Fell, Daniel Haddock, Jr. DANIEL SMITH, JR., President. WM. G. CROWELL, Secretary. aplB.4l _ _ TEFFERSON FIRE INSURANCE COM- E/ PANY of Phfladelphia.—Office, NO. 241lorth Fifth ,Make insurance street. near Market street. __ .___ _ ._ Incorporated by the Legislature o f Pen ns ylvania. Charter porpetual.k Capital and ag A e ste v ta ii tloo on ,Om pu . insurance against Lose or darn Private Buildings. Furniture, etocke, Goods and Mer chandise, on favorable ..:teros DilEt terms. Wm. McDaniel Edw ard P. Moyer carelfeter6o3 lireer!ckLaduer John F. B0100;114 , Adam J LiiaZ, Henry Troemner, • Henry hn Ell_P..iottelatir , I , Fric k Jacob Schandem s . I riet l an D . ,F. r i c l4 Frederick Doll, Ch eanstuel Miller s .. win , in v D o e a o r r d it t e w E r . Fort, ,President. PSU t 7 ' ISRAEL PETERSON Vice President. IL Cortststi„ Secretary and Treasurer. A 14 TIL INSITRANUE (10.15f x1 PANY.—C_RARTRR PIMPETOAL. Office,. No: 311 WALNUT Street, above Third, Philada. Will intone agitinet Loss pr Damage by 'Fire ou Bu tld ings,either perpetually or for a limited time, Household Furniture and M.etzhandise generally. Also, Marine Insurance on Vessels, Cargoes and Nl' eight". Inland Insu rance to all, parts of the Union. DIRECTORS. • William Eshok, Lewla Andenrieiit I). Luther, John Ketchum, • John 'R. J. Rama; ' William F. Dean, John Is. Ile_yl, Peter Sieger,' ; Samuel R. Rothermel. WILLIAM 01111 R ,_President. WILLIAM P.,DEAN, Vice President. wx. Obarg,Becrotary. ia22 to th a tf V. ANDRESS, Prealdent WM. B. FAGYN. Seel, INSITItANCE. rbtitilki 1 .- 9TP= itlfitlitAXolo 00 1 ti r :i PANT.:4)IIIOea 2 f!›. 110 6 ). 1 0 TPuirgil sifootttle hestaut. • ' ~ "The b'irg Ininisetieeomngsgor 01114 Count" iit rbila..i daphte,- Incoolarat&l by tbia lieglinitto re, of Penniryrift bi nfp map, for. thactanity Aganss lon cir deluge by age 4; eulnilivei7l '-‘lleAit t rilllL PEIiIITHILL., . r'.. .- • , . This old and , reliable institut ion, with,. amPlo as t a l and contingent fund carefullyinvested, &antismog in• sure buildings, furniture., merchandise, ato., either per. or for a limited "time, against loos or dam'age by ere, at the lowest rides gonsistent , with the absolute safety of Its customers. Losses adjusted and paid with'el! possible deillgitCh: BLUOTOEti , , libas. J. Butter, Andrew H. Miller,' • H enr y Budd, , ; , ' J ames. lff . Btone t : J o h n Rom , . , JgdWill L. Reek , Joseph Moore, ' " Robert V. Massey , Jr. f a"1" Menke, MAUL 8 I PE r it'Pa i ll 2t ,.Pleedeiii• ' _____2 HE BY BUDD. Vice . Eresident. . ' BENJAMIN E. HOE LE Y. Secretary and Treasurer, tucwzr M - THOMAS & BONS, AUCTIONZEItB; AUL. "Kine:l29 Wad 141 610tith FOURTH street. SALES Dr STOOKS. AND REAL ESTATE. , , igg - Public , sales at the Philadelphia Sieben/1e elrezT. EUESDAFat 12 o'clook. lair Furniture Sales at: the Attet/on Store 11/VBEI THURSDAY. • . mfr. Sales at Residences receive especial attention. Executors' Sale. Estate of ISAAC P. GARRETT, deceased. STOCKS AND LOANS, - • ON TUESDAY, DEC. 14. At 12 o'clOck noon, lathe Philadelphia Exchange -9 shales Lehigh Coal and Navigation CO. 14 shares Kittaning Coal Co. 107 shares Coal Ridge Improvement and Coal Co. 65 shares Little Schuylkill Railroad and Coal Co. -100. shares Locust Mountain Iron and Coal Co. 250 shares bleKean and Elk, Land and Improvement Company. - 12 shares Philada. and West Chester Turnpike Co, 2 shares Garrettsford Plank Road (Jo. I share Delaware County Turnpike Co. 10 shares Darb - Turnpike or Plank Road Co. 100 shares Allegheny Railroad and Coal Co. 100 shares Tarr farm Oil Co. 200 shares Union Petroleum Co: 325 shares Beaver Valley Oil Co 013,000 Schuylkill Navigation Boat and Car Loan. - 52,550 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Convertible Loan. ' 22 shares Coal Ridge Improv't and' Coal preferred. 600 Coal Ridge Improv't and Coal Co. Loan. e 2,000 Philada. and Erie R. R. Loan, 6 per cent. 8! 1 AV Sunbury and Erie R. R. Loan, 7 per cent. $550 Allegheny R. R. and Coal Loan, ti per cent. For Other Accounts— , 53 shares Southwark Ins. Annuity and Trust Co. 27 shares National Bank. '`loo shares Central Transportation Co. • 10. shares American Hot Oast Porcelain Co., full paid. 4(5,400 Belvidere and Delaware R. R. 3d mortgage 6 per ',. cent. coupon bonds. 21 Shares Reliance Ins. Co. 5 shares Academy of Music. 6 shares Bank. Of North America. 20 shares National-Bank of the Republic. 20 shares Penu'a Stall Co. 10,000 shares Walnut Bend'and Black Diamond Oil Co. 20 shares Morris Canal Consolidated, common. 75 shares Lehigh Nnvigatiolalo. Lot 372, Section D, Monument CemeterP. . For account of whom itmay'Concern— ' 70 shares The Wm. Butcher Steel Works of Nina ' delphia, par eIUO. Paid tip,„ REAL ESTATE SALE, DEC. 14. Wlll Include— Orphans' Court Sale—Estate of DWELLING,,crt dec'd—THREE-STORY BRICK Beach , street, Eighteenth Ward. Same Estate-2 TWO STORY BRICK DWELLINGS, Hutchinson street, south of Master; Twentieth Ward. Orphans' Court. Sale—Estate of Joseph Eavensoa. dec'a —VALUABLE PROPERTY—LARGE MAN SION, known as the "Franklin House," and about 16 acres of land, Lancaster Turnpike, Tredyffrin town ship, Chester county, Pa., near Paoli Station, on the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. MODERN THREE-STORY. BRICK DWELLING, No. 820 Nortb Twenty-third street, north of Brown. Immediate possession. Peremptory Sah—To Close an Account—VALUABLE BUILDING .LOT, N. E. comer of Twenty-first and Cherry streets, Tenth Ward. Executors' Peremptory Sale—LOT, Thompson street, west of Twenty-fifth. DESIRABLE THREE-STORY BRIM DWELLING, No. 2218 Coates street. Iles all thenuoderh conveni ences. Immediate possession. DESIRABLE THREE-STORY BRICK DWELLING, No. 2215 Wallace street. Has all the modern conveni ences. Immediate possession. 2 GROUND RENTS, each -542 a year. Peremptary Sale—To Close an Estate—VALUABLE BUSINESS STAND—THREE-STORY BRICK STORE and DWELLING, S. - W. corner of Fifth and Locust streets. BUSINESS STAND—THREE STORY BRICK STORE, and DWELLING. No. 2132 tiummsr straet. Peremptory Sale—To Close an Account-VALUABLE BUILDING LO'f, N. T. corner of Twenty-first and cherry streets, Tenth Ward. Peremptory Sale—Fur Account of a Former Pnrcha ser-2 ELL- SECURED GROUND RENTS, each 4250 a year. tp,,2 THREE-STORY BRICK DWELLINGS, Share woad street. east of Twenty-fourth. 2 TWO-STORY BRICK DWELLINGS, - Steward st., east of Twenty-fourth. MODERN FOUR-STORY BRICK RESIDENCE, No. 1616 Spruce Street. Has the modern conveniences. La mediate posse s sion. THREE-STORY BRICK COTTAGE, Forty-fourth street, ncrth of Eadline street, Twenty -font th Ward-60 feet front. A 2 TWO-STORY" BRICK DWELLINGS, Nos: 519 and 521 Enterprise street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, and below Dickerson. THREE-STORY BRICK DWELLING, No. 2313 North Fifth street, above Dauphin et. • Peremptory Sale at No. 717 North Twentieth street. RESIDENCE AND FURNITURE. HANDSOME ROSEWOOD AND WALNUT FURNITURE, FINE BRUSSELS, VENETIAN AND OTHER GAR PETS, <tc. • ON MONDAY MORNING, Deo. 13, at 10 o'clock,at No. 717 North Twentieth street, - below Prune street, the entire Furniture, comprising— Handsome Walnut Parlor Furniture, covered with hair cloth; Walnutßouquet Table, marble top; Walnut Ex tension Table, suit elegant Rosewood Chamber Furni ture, three pieces; Walnut and Cottage Furniture. flue Hair Matresses, Refrigerator, (looking Utensils, .t . c. ow- Pres ions to the Bal. of Furniture will be sold, the THREE•STORY BRICK RESIDENCE, with three story double back buildings, lot Id feet by 10.3 feet 10. inches deep. Has the modern improvements. May be examined at 8 o'clock on the morning of sale. PEREMPTORY SALE. LARGE STOCK OF ELEGANT CABINET FURNITURE, Minufactured by George J. Henkel - a for hie Wereroneri . _Salea.. _ ELEGANT ROSEWOOD AND WALNUT DRAWING BOOM AND LIBRARY SUITS, Walnut aud Ebony lied Room Furniture, Ornamental Tables, Sldcboarda, Etageres, Fancy Chairs, ke, ON FRIDAY MORNING. Dec. ]7.at 10 o'clock. at theauctban rooms. N 05.130 and 141 South Fourth street . , by catalogne,a splendid assort ment of tirst-class Cabinet Furniture, manufactured by George J. llenkels, expressly for his wareroom sales, comprising—Rosewood Parlor Snits, covered with plush and other fine materials; Walnut Parlor Suits. with the finest and most fashionable coverings; elegant Library Suite, in terry and leather; elegant Hall Furniture, very elegant Walnut anti Ebony Chamber Furniture,Walnut Chamber Stilts,elegant Centre and Bouquet Tables, Rosewood and Walnut Sideboards, various marbles; Etageres. Fancy Chairs ; 'Sc., all front Mr. Ilenkels's warerooms. This - ie 'will comprise the large,it amount of fir - dims Furniture ever offered at public RM.!, and will be •s ti held in on largo salesroom second story. • Oa" Pim :mere are imsnri;tl that every article will ho cold withou reserve or thnit,...tion. Sale Eleventh and Spruce streets. SUPERIOR FURNITURE. PIANO, CURTAINS, SILVER, BRONZES, PAINTINGS. STATUARY, CHANDELIERS. VELVET CARPETS. &C. ON MONDAY MORNING. .Dec. 20th: et 10 o'clock nt thd N. W. corner of Elevonth art i Spruce street:3.l,v catalogue, comprising—Su it rose• wohd drawing room furniture, green Mad Col+ note anti Table' ; French Plato Mirrora ;.6111in thirtahlA ; *decant carved rev-wor! Cabinet Plan. ; tin 8r0nz.,4 ; .fine marble Etatue " Ariadue ;" " Burrow of Rabbit,. Silver Plate ; China; elegant e.irved oak antique halt and dining room furniture; Buffet; Exten aim' 'fable ; Chairti ; ltutc:ch; Suit elegant ro4ewo.,d chamber furniture; Wardrobes. mirror doom; Otto Fpring. and hair Matreasea ; Velvet Corpora ; elegant gloom Chandelier., &c. Also, line Guns ; 4 Bultde Rupee, MARTIN BROTHERS, AIirCTIONEERB (Lately Sales - Men for M. Thomas St Sons,) • No. CHESTNUT street. rear entrance from Minos SALE. OF STOCKS AND REAL ESTATE. At the Philadelphia Exchauge, Third and Walnut streets, on MONDAY. Dee. 20, at 12 O'clock, M. Exc. wets ',Port toptory'sule—Estate of Ann Murphy, dee 'd—STO RE and MI E L LIN G, S. E. corner of Ridge road and GI onn street. . DWELLING, No. r,19 Chirucwit 4treet, notith of Lam Lard, ia..!.st 01 Twenty-t-ix streot. EXTENSIVE PEREIIPToRY SALE OF A. S. ROB INSON'S COLLECTION OF TILE FINE ARTS. VALITABLE OIL PAINTINLS, FINE FOREIGN ENGRAVINGS, ELEGANT DRESDEN . ENAMNLS, In I! ttntiHnnw Fravive. ON WEDNESDAY. THrit..DAY and FRIDAY, pool - 1 110. r tn, . S and 17. At 11 o'clock, at Itel,in.un o GaJlery. NO. 910 Cinbitnut mtroet,Ly catalogue, entire vary 1.1.rg,u :tri.l valuable rollevtions of Om Fine Arts, coniprising 4'J Pleturei t and 41,111.1.4)g Paintings such artiste us Itrochart.,4 Parie: Bodington. Loudon: illasgow; noffner Mid SIM It Inmseidorff; Danko, flontiuld, 310 ran and otlierF, Ano•rica: tine Foreign elegant Pre:U.l , .n EnamclN, t'uinted 'Photo graphs. fi , . Each Picture is franeul in an elegant Gold-gilt or IVulnut I ruiw,. C:; , 'The Cellvetiou still be ou free, exhibithq: until ettle. AM HRICA N AnTiwrs) LARGE PEREMPTORY SALE oh' VAL IJA 11 LE MUUiJRN OIL PUNT. INDS, • ON TItUESIIAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, Decemuer 17, Plana 19, At the auction rx•c•ans, No. ;;ZI l'heettant stre , t, a largm and valuable collection 4LVlndern Oil Paintings. Among the artists represented are Paul Ritter. George .Y. Hard wick, Hart, Coates Stonefield, Loticbions, Vett Ney and othere,agnally celebrated. The Pictures are all mounted in elegant gold gilt The collection Rill be on exhibition on TUESDAY, thi , 4th'inst., and on the days of solo. D AVIS ' & EAR VEY, AUCTIONEZWEI, (Late with M. Thomas & Sons.) Store Noe. 4)1 and 60 North SIXTH street Administrator's Sale. VALLABLE o P f tlthe TE LIBRARY IVA late CillAftLES N, BANOKEIL Esq. DYER lu,tNU VOLUMES. • THIS 'DAY. Dec.o,and EliCeedeive days.comineucing at 10 o'clock each day, and cootinning day and - evening until sold, a ca. faction of flare and Valuable Books., choice editions, representing almost every brunch in Literature, Art .and Sclenct-,, being the entire Library of Charles N. Bendier, Msg.; deceased; carefully collected during the last seventy years. and- forming one of the most com plete and extensive Libraries ever offered at public sale in title country, .The . 'Lcloks are in excellent condi tion, and chiefly be very snnerior bindings. Pr • • • drolutna , Court S tk ' • Estitts of Patrick 'Murra y deeeased. 011 TIUBWI).6.Y : DEC.EV. 30 1 • . At 12 o'clock , goon ' ott the Philadelphi Exchange, Three-story Brick . , Twenty-fourth stroet, north of. Middle street, Fifteenth Ward, 17 feet front, SI) f cot deep to Oeproy atret t. Ground rout 031, AIIOIION - SALES , • • TAM • ey. ..' • tite 422 Walnut:Street: • • • • REAL. ESTATE SALE, DEC. 'moss: ThtS.IIitKon , WEDNESDAY . i.at 110'cloelc notie‘iit the Exchanges , will tncludo the at . • • Nos,lolo_,_and 1012. SA NBOld, ST. Valuable :Beanies • Propertfi'llOteland Dwelling.lotB236 by 1 07 , YeatrKedt--_, • cal street. Subject; to fs34ground rent:- OrPAasts!Vdesit • ' Sale, 'E'sfateaf lifhtt Parotid - at pfeeW k• • • I.l6,xxotun ST.: Valuable 'property known. ere tW Second Universalist Church. above Noble street 10k*H . 4eet.ors.Elglithetreet, lir 140 feet deep, and let 80fesetAiic Noble by 39 feet below Eighth street. Sale by order - W . • No. 1414 FRANKLIN 81 i . Genteel - dwelling. sad let. . 77 by 66 feet,: 'Orphans' Court Sale. : Estate of 4 .l 49fier- , ; hard, deed... TWENTY-THIRD' AND SPRING oAlttltitl i ril..' •• Throe-story brick hotel sind.dWellings.at theeptithWil*' • corner. let 18 by 80 feet.' Orphans' Court Sale. :gelato Patrtele MrlYatl4; .!:., . , , • :,;, No. 1833 LOMBARD ST. Eour-story briCk store said • witlrbatk-builditigni: lot 17 by 60 feet tar+ Phone Court Sale . Estate of Arent O'Donne/l,der'd. r • No; `HU" WOODBINE ST. Neat -two-storjr by L 4$ rolling. and let. 14 by . 40. 40. feet. Oryh„ Court . Estateof John 0 H '.Donnelt, ll.' • SIXTH. AND DAUPHIN ST& Hotel and dyrall tot 72 by 61 feet.. Orphan's' Court Sate, Estate or IWO:" • min Beddoto. deed, ._ VININ,G PLACE. Brick bonen ( reris • 239' Cathartic ..A street), lot 16 . 3br 23.. foot. Orphans': Court Safe:lAtiffnli!..f of Caroline IlleLean, deed. . • 701 SOUTH THIRD . ST. Neat/2,1-story brick Ing and lot, 16 by 50% foot. Orphans' Court Sale. 82314:1 , .... estate. GASKILL ST. Twomtory .frame house sat lot, 10 by 23 feet. Orphans" Court Sale. Same'Rsteste: • ; f. • 444 AND 446 -EAST THOMPSON ST. Two .tbress-i4,-.. story brick i1011.10:1; below Hanover street, , lof4ils 1 01 , 3 r • ;), feet. • Orphans' Court Sale. Estate 9fElixabetle,Strossep s der'd. ACRES.V,f Main street, GermantOwns.apPOSita• 7tia .• 3111 e street. Orphans' Court Sala Eitate of Catharind - ••!: Foliar, der'd. • . No. 1020. LOCUST•• ST. • Tavern - stand and dWelll * ish lot i" by 46 feet. Executor's. Salo. 'Estate of 'Pot Lever, dec'd • No. 241 8. TWENTY-THIRD ST. Genteel th story brick dwelling and lot, 15 by 60 feet, Subjeoto , S5l ground rent. No. 119 SHUIWEI ST. Three-story brick. dwellialli and lot, 14 by 30 foot. Sale by order of the Court Ar: . „ mess Pleas. • , No.lll VINE BT. Modern four-story brick dwell, with back buildingsand lt. 17' by 81. feet. Subject , .512 ground rent. Executors 'Sale. •„ , „ No. 1203 PINE ST. ' Three-story brick' dwelling 4.• brick house on Kombld street, lot 19 by 908. : Exee Sale. En. of Christiana Lipsey, deed EMBLE ST. Building lot and bilck. stable,. Twelfths street, 60 by 45 feet. Executors.' Sa l e,. Ss . Estate. •• . • Nos. 114, 116 - and 118 DANA STREET . Thrree nab 2%-story brick dwellings (above 'Front end ..Nols streets), lots 16 by 75 fo ot , Adminzstrators' Sale, „Ester of John Eeieh'ine, der, a. • JEFFERSON and STILLMAN BTB. Large bill building at the N. E. corner, Twentieth Ward. Lot '•• by 84 feet. • • No. 1418 SHIPBEN ST. Three briek houses attd lot if : by 78 feet. Subject to 5.32 ground rent. • t • • • OLD IRREDEEMABIZ GROUND RENT of ~ per annum.' Well secured. Administrators' Sale.: THIRD ST. ABOVE NORRIS. Genteel three-stem. brick dwelling'q and lot hi by 66 feet. Sale Absolute. , THIRTY-SEVENTH ST Modern three-sto r y roses. ?' cast and brick dwelling, beow Walnut street,-with bade buildings. Lot 25 by 100 feet. . • lir CATALOGUES NOW READY. • . , • . MARSHAL'S SALE.. • By virtue of sundry writs of sale by the Hon. Johns, • • Cadwalader, Judge of the District Court of. the • United ' States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvanta,to 1111411 . directed, will be-sold at public sale, to, the Idies,t_b = public der. for cash, at No. 4alnut street, on TbrESD MORNING, - December 14 at- 11 o'clock,3 DARBIIL • • lIISK Y. 4 CASES AND 15 GROSS MATCHEStS BOXES. PLUG TOBACCO. • • , E. M. GREGO,RY, no27de4 U. S. Marshal, E. D. oF.Posuisco DU.RBO,BoW 004. AUCTIONEERS, Nos.= and 2.54 MAILHET street. corner_o_t ßank street Successors to JOHN B. lIIXE.RS A - 00. LARGE SALE OF FRENCH AND OTHER EURO. PEAK DRY GOODS. ON MONDAY MORNING; Dec. 13, at 10 o'clock. on four months-credit, fneludingz- DRESS GOODS: Pieces Parts fancy Fpinglines, Dearies, Merfiles, &o. do London black and col d /Hobe", Alpacas, Ga bum. ' PAR,IS.POPELINES. , An invoice of the . celebrated "Gold Medal" Make Sifk Chaim, Ponelines, pet landed from steamer Poreire,and the best offering of the season, • SILKS, VELVETS AND SATINS. Pieces Lyons black and colored Gros Grains and do do Drop de Francs, Cechemeretle Sole, ate. do do black and colored Silk and Cotton Velvets. do do • black and colored Silk Satins. ' SHAWLS CLOAKS, Paris Broche Long Shaw ls , _ of a favorite make. Black Thibet and Merino Long and Square, Shawls.._ Ladles' Trimmed Cloaks. Jackets, Broche Scarfs. High. colored Plaid Rod Pau Woolen Long Shawls. • RIBBONS AND MILLINERY GOODS. Paris assorted and solid colore Bonnet Ribbons. • • Paris extra rich Sash Ribbons. Black and cord Trindning and Velvet Ribbonti. Feathers, Plumes, Artificial Flowers, ha. PARIS CHINA AND GLASS 'FANCY ARTICLER, JUst received by steamer Scotia. - China and Crystal Curs, mounted. China and Crystal Flower Stands, ;., China Vases and Card Receivers, crystal Tulips ant • Baskets. Views of Paris, Flower Stands, Bonbon Boxes, Cat ‘,"tdcrginipged"Cs, with Bottles, Corlalles cud Watch Stands. Thermometers, mounted; Jewell Stands, &c.; being the finest lot of goods adapted to Christmas: presentsofferitt - at auction this season. , .. .. . . . . .. Also ' Gloves., Quilts, Braids; Buttons, Dress Trimming,., Umbrellas, kink Tien. Balmoral and Hoop Skirts, Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs. Co. Ab3o. bY order of Assignees— ' • • SALE OF TILE ENTIRE STOCK OF A. JOBBER. including the Lease, Goodwill and Fixtures of Store. No. SOS Manta street. • , , , LARGE SALE OF BRITISH FRENCH, GERMAN AND DOMESTIC D RY GOODS, ON THURSDAY MORNING, Doc. JO at 10 o'clock, on four months' credit— THE PRINCIPAL MONEY EStABLISEI. ment—S. E. corner of SIXTH and BASIC streets. Money advanced on Merchandise generaUr-rWatchea. Jewelry, Diamonds, Gold and Silver Plate, and on articles of value, for any length of time agreed on. A 1 ND AD JEWELRY AT PRIVATE SALE. Fine Gold Hunting Case Doubleßottom and Open Wad English, American and Swiss Patent Lever Watches; Fine Gold Hunting Case and Open Face Lepine Watthes; Nine Gold Duplex and other Watches; Fine Silver Hunt ing Case and Open Face English, American and Swint Patent Lever and Lepine Watches; Double Case English Qnartier and other Watches• k Ladles' Fancy Watoheig Diamond Breastpins; Finger Rings; Ear Binge; El t = Sc.; Fine Gold Chains; Medallions; Bracelets; Pine; Breastpins; Finger Binge; Pencil Case! and Jew elty corwrillv Or. bALIf,LA large and valuable / l ir °prod Chest. suitable for a Jeweller; cost SOL Also, several Lots in South Camden, Fifth and Obeet nnt streets. CD. ISIcOLEES & • nvrwr lICTIONZ BOOT AND filZiE H °et. "B' THETESEP Y 21("AT BUSINESS CARDS. Established 1821. WM. G. FLANAGAN & SON, HOUSE AND SHIP PLUMBERS, iy7 No. 129 Walnut Street. • .TAXT.II A. WRIMIT, THORNTON PIKE, CLEMENT A. HaLll- COM, THEODOR'S WRIGHT, PRANK NRALT... • ; SETER RIGHT' Sr SONS, • Importers of earthenwaro-------------- awl . Shipping and Commission Merchants, • • .N 0.115 Walnut street, EB. WIGH, : T ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Commissioner of Deeds fir the State of Permsylvtgaitt In .211nole. 96.1t1tullaon form-4, No. Chicago, 11lividly. m1191 4 4_ COTTON SAIL RUCK OF EVERY V width, from' inches to7diucheswido,alintuhbors Tent and Awning Duck, Paper-maker's Felting, Safi Twine, &c. JOHN W. EYERIAAN. ja26 N 0.103 Church street, City Store!. - Tat IVY WELLS.--'OWNERS OF PRQP erty—The only place to get privy vvellmeleansed and disinfected, at very low prices. A. PEYSSON., Mann. fucturer of Pondrette, Goldsmith's Hall. Library 'streak -;ii Acnirr ~ [ ty:"iJwl4t & . MERRICK & SONS I , SOUTRWARk. FOUNDRY , eio WASIIINGT4 iN Avelino. Philadelphia * MA ha - FACTURE , STEAM I:SWF:PA—Dinh and Low Premium, Horizon • Vertii.ii I, Beam, Oscillating, Blast and Cornish Pumping. BOlLERS—Cylinder, Fine, Tubular, I.c. STEAM. IfAMMEßS—Nainnytii end Bavy styles, and of all O.3STINGS—Loam, Dry and Green Sand, Brass, 810,.. ROO Iron Frein t. for covering with Slate or Iron. TANKS—Of Cast or Wrought Iron ,for rotineried, water. oil, Am. GAS MACIIINRLY—Snehas Retorts., Bench Caatings.. Holders and Frames, Puriliera, Coke and Charcoal EiITITAVs. Valves. Governors, Arc SUGAR AIACULNERY—Such as Vacuum PADS - Pumps, Denicatora. Bone Black Filters, Burndre, 'Washers and Eh's - store, Rag Filters, Sugar and Bone Illaqk Care, ,tic. Sole manufacturers of the following "peel/Wiest In Philadelphia and vic in i Wright'sratent Variahlo Cut-off Steam Engine. In the United States, of Weston's Patent Self.center ing and Self-balancing Centrifnga Tugar-drain !netts chino. Glass &Berton's improvement on As lima!! &Woolsey , . Centrifugal. . • • Bartol's Patent Wrougnt-IrOn Retort Lid. Strahan's Drill Grinding. Rost, ' _ ' Contractors for the design, erection And t4ting up oi .por. 't„„Oie'A fineries for working Supr or Moisties. • t COPPER AND YELLOW At NEALM .t gnentbiu g, Brazier's Copper Nails, Bolls and Nl* Copper, constantly_ on band and for sale hr. ammErt dOR Jr CO.. No, 132 South Wharves. . • , 7.73140 CAUTION TO TIC E.-ALL 7 PE.R SON i 8 1.1 hereby cautioned againaktrneting any of ThAtl. 114 of the lirlttali Bark lionatnitton, 'Raymond, ittasterto - *.• New York, as no debt of their contracting_ by either the Captain or COnsittnees. PETER WrIX 511N13,115 Walnut treat.. ==rows: --- PHILADELP4IA RIDIWr Scheel and LiverY litab to, =8 Market etree‘ili f ale eat , tl - deily; Au evening' clued for genthanen wfll tuonee about December lat. Ifamteetuo cartingaalionly , hire. norbes taken to livery. SETH MUMS. Proprietor _ Fluitlieb Sheathing Felt, for Nate br rsrr , =GUT di BONS, I.N Walnut Wed. •ir • ~,,, ~~.' . ,: 4 o)
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