.t btni tst Nil of IrtriSt•Cialos Itosew9oll 1 4-PLANOB -- • : 4AT rPIC'ES •ISELOW THU ACTUAL ,COST TO - • MANUFACTURE. z' Idolvdne . detetwitted to offer our trefenefre stock of 111:2;17.Xnehtr t t o tIre t eptf l a c tied ai teeen-octavo Rosewood 'lts will eat during the Ino ` tith Dgrlttr m e a t i rll f t% tur° ' ;., 'LOWER TUN'S VE EvVIII OFF ERL'D HERETO. . FORE, AvsnOts NVTICEigt •. " , order to close mit our sitrplus 'stock by the ond o the year. • ' The repution of our instruments makes it unnecetb torus ti say a Irurfl in their faior. They aro au kpowledged to be equal. if not-superior, to any instru ment made in the world. Periloniwishing to purchase, or desiring to make CHRISTMAS PRESENTS,' Will Sid that the special and extraordinary reductions Of our prices will enable them to obtain A FIRST-CLASS 'tbUSTRUMENT At a_price even lass than they would otherwise have to • litaY fora oecoutl-rate or inferior one. .• Those wanting bargains should not fall to call early at our ' WAREBOOMS, NO. 1103 CHESTNUT STREET, ' ' . And examine our stock, where they can readily be con vinced of the superiority of our instruments, and the eadritlce at which we are offoring,them. WAREBOOMS. 110S3CH UEMANHER TRCEOT . N. 8.-.'-Sole Agents for the celebrated . BURDETT ORGAN, A special discount of 30 per cent, during the month of December. de4 a to th 12t§ The Weber Pianos, The best Pianos now manufactured and used exclusively W , Madame Parepa-Rosa. W eskenogg, Miss Alido T'opp, _Messrs. Theo. Thomas,. Brignoll, Mills, Patter son, Wm. Mason Sanderson, &c., and by our resident artists, Dietrich, Warner, Gaertner, Giles, Ao., because or their great superibrity for . brilliancy. sonority and moot strength. The enormous increase in their sale in two;years has been over two hundred and ten per cent., as Per Internal Revenue returns. For sale only by J. A. ORTZE, 1102 Chestnut etreet. Also, " Temple" and " Silver Tongue" Organs, in every variety. deli to th a tl de3l - Albrecht, RIEKES ,tc SCHMIDT, Manufacturers of FIRST-CLASS AGREFFE PLATES PIANO FORTES. Wareroonas, No. 610 ARCH street. se9th a to 4m§ Philadelphia. Just Out! "CHERRY PECTORAL TROCHES," For Colds, Coughs, Sore Throats, and Bronchitis None so good, none so pleasant none cure as quick. RUSHTON & CO., 10 ASTOR noun, New York. Dee no more of those horrible tasted nauseating "BROWN CUBED THINGS." ocltilas to th-3mo§ • OARD.—I have; for the last year, been selling my ele c. ant4Stmk at Go. grand square and upright Pianos; alb HaLnea Bros.' Pianos, nearly as low as at auy former . time, hoping that an attempt to, get back to Old Times' prices would be made up' by increase of trade. Result are Tory aatisfactory, - _, J. B. aorLD, nod-If • No. 923 Chestnut street. - . Vonrad Meyer, Inventor and llanuthe. hirer of the celebrated Iron Frame Piano, bat received the prize Medal of the World's Great Exhibition, Lon don, England. 'The highest prizes awarded When and wherever exhibited. Warerooms, 722 Arch street. Established 1823. myl-s m w tf§ Steinway dr Sone' Grand Square and Upright Fiume with their newly patented Resonator, by which the original volume of sound can always be retained the same as in a violin. At BLASIUS BROS., sell tf§ No. 1006 iThestnut street. THE COURTS. eci si nin the Draper,Habeas Corpus Case Nisi i i inus- . --justice Williams.—This morn ing, shortly after the opening of the Court, ' ,•4 • Charles Gibbons, Esq., announced the death of Edwin M. Stanton; One of the Judges of the • Supreme Court oftlu.3 United States. He was : - followed by Theodore. Onyler and Williaiu L; Hind, Esqe., all Of them delivering eulogies of the deCeased. , Justice Williams responded,: and then, "upon motion of , Mr. Gibbons, the proceedings were entered 'upon the minutes' - . and the Court adjourned. • • • - Mcllwee vs. The WeSt Chester and Philp, delphia Railroad Company. Before reported. Verdict for plaintiff for $l,OOO. . , , THIS IiRAPER CASE. • , QUAitTER SEsstows--sludge Ludlow.—This morning an opinion'was delivered as follows in the case of George W. Draper, an alleged lunatic, who asked to be discharged from the PennsylVania Hospital for the insane: ' Commonwealth ex. rel. Ebenezer Haskell • vs. Dr. Thomas S. - Kirkbride:—Habeas - Corpus —George W. Draper's Case.—This writ was issued under and by virtue of the Act of' AS sembly of f2Oth of April, A. D. 1869. Admonished by the character of the class of cases to which this one belongs df the deli cate nature of the duty about to be performed, we have determined, oil behalf of George W. Draper, the real party in interest, to lay aside the strict rules of law which . guide us in deter mining most causes of a criminal and even civil nature, and to deal judicially with this unfertumite man as one would treat a suffering brother, child or friend; or as, in the Orphans'• Court, we would protect and guard the best. interests of the minor children within our jurisdiction who are wards of the Court. Proceeding to the investigation of the case, two or three thoughts naturally strike the mind upon reading the act of Assembly under which these proceedingS have been instituted. And this is so, not indeed because the distinct provisions of the law are, when considered separately, new, but because the act groups - 1 together principles of action of vital impor tance, and thus presents the subject for con sideration. We see in this law the vast difference be tween a civilized free people and a savage na tion. Here provision is made for the iniiane; they may be placed legally "in a hospital," that is, not in a prison, but "in a building in which provision is made for the sick, the wounded, lunatics, or other unfortunate person.s." The insane, no longer cast out upon the cold charity of. the world—a charity often banter than adamant and colder than ice— are to be treated as human beings, and the malady with which they are afflicted is to be conquered by the advice; care and skill of scientific men, whose lives are devoted to a special object. It may be that a permanent cure can be effected ; but if this be impossible, human sympathy and tender care, yet follow the unfortunates, and sympathetic benevo lence at least tends to alleviate a dreadful malady. or exercises a wise and beneficent restraint, until death closes the sufferings with the existence of the patient: - The second' thought suggested by reading this law is, that all power over the person is, liable to abuse, and, therefore, no man or sveinau shall be sent to even a hospital for the insane, unless upon certificates of personal examination by two physicians, signed and acknowledged before "a magistrate or judicial officer. who shall certify to the - genuineness of the signature and the respectability of the signers; ' or upon the order of a court or law judge, after due examination, as specified in the act. The right of personal liberty is thus jealously ,_ guarded, and the tendency to abuse is checked 14- Ntinil restrained by the certainty of detection. The third thought embodied in the law is, ' that anylaw judge may exercise a quasi visi tatorial power, for any respectable person may swear to a statement that an individual is not ' insane, and thereupon the writ of habeas corpus ,r'•, mast issue. No board of directors, no physcian or as sistant, howev'er scientific or experienced— not even the walls of the building itself—can withstand the power of the, great writ. Through its agency the law knocks at the door of the asylunsand asks why a human being is restrained of his or her liberty? An answer must be made, and au examination will take place—not in the dark, but before ajudicial officer and at a public hearing. The elements of advanced civilization among"a free people are clustered together in this law; for here we have a hospital, a home . for the sick recognized by law, the personal liberty of its inmates guarded, and a power existing which may at any time be exercised to prevent and arrest abuse and enforce clearly denfied rights. , ,"•. This brief analysis of the act of Assembly ' must Balky any one that ~this remedcal ' statute, if properly expounded, is a most be neficent one. If, however, its provisions are ' used for the purpose of unwise experiment fi And at the dictation of irresponsible persons, • s ~ f---It will be fatal in its operations, not only to i ythe institutions xiamed,but also and especially o,s s,„ t to the unfortunate beings who may from time • to time inhabitthem. Next to the dreadful •:,: 4 malady, no greater calamity can befall an in , - Visane WaU and his family than to exhibit in de , if tail his.Werikness to the gaze of the public by 'Tim examination in court. We have spoken of a hospital for the insane : its a home for the sick and not a prison, and \ • a giving an interpretation to the law this I 4 \'.. ,-• ought must not be overlooked. : - ; , ; 4 4liie'inStitUtiert is Rice in many. respects ~:, r - r , ~' other Oldie °herniae; but inasmuch Wilts PDF tients are afflicted with,a subtle and peculiar disehae, its powers in praetioe exeeed those ; of other asylums in that, while it treats diseitie l, it must of neeeiesity exercise restraint. There are three reasons why this aticiulli be so: First; because the anxiety and distress , of family, and friends is thus alleviated; Secondly; because the community is thereby protected ;, end thirdly , the patient is guarded, and oared, for and,it may be cured. .;When it appears' by any evidence that a - person has been sent to the asylum from a corrupt motive, or is un necessarily restraints:lbl his or her .liberty then indeed the potent 'agency 'of 'the :great wris cannot be:-toe speedily invoked; but When in any case it appears that '•no mOtiva' exists except the kindest and must beneOlent, for the separation of one member of the , fam , ily from all the rest, or of au individual from society, the Court ought to act with the' great est delicacy and care, before; by discharging the patient, it :inflicts what in many oases proves to bo an irrep arable _ injury. , My own' individual experience upon this benchjlistifies this remark; for while a prema ture discharge has, in one instance: , atleast, , caused the most disastrous results, in 'many cases the advice of the eminent Superintend ent of the Pennsylvania Hos,pltal has proved to have been of the wisest and most beneficent. character and a disregard of it has been at-, tended with nothing but unmixed injury. While all this is to be said, it must also be remarked that in the , past ,physiclans hero * not always examined patients with that de liberation and caution which is so, desirable, and they cannot be too careful when called upon to sign the certificates which .consign men to the asylum; while the Superintendent and his assistants at the hospital must remem ber that, while many individuals May in one sense be of unsound mind, it does not always follow that they are lit subjects for the hospi tal. And in the management of the institution, these officers should; by repeated personal ex aminations, satisfy themselves of the fact, that even raving maniacs are not abuaed and sub jected to unnecessary restraint by any person or persons, and especially by subordinate Of ficers. All will agree that an insane and dangerous man. ought to be restrained. The difficulty arises in that class of cases In Which it appears that, while comparatively harmless, the patient is not able to take care of himself, is imbecile; and yet in some respects resembles asane man with a feeble intellect or a mere child. How far is it Justifiable to keep such ,persons within the walls of a hospital? .The natural impulse of a sensitive, nature is at once to grant a discharge or try ,an (Aped-. .ment; and especially is this case, when the peer invalid has spent years in the asylum. NM; we, by following either course, do the ilitient a benefit or an injury? .". • The answer to this last inquiry involves a responsibility little dreamed of by those who are not compelled to assume it. If there .existeitin this country (as I am told 'there exists irr•Earope) a class of persons who earn their living by boarding. imbeciles .in secluded villages,and who thus voluntarily associate with, and care for, the unfortanate beings who thus compose the community, the • dull cul tY Would be solved; but what are we to do here,where a discharge from an asylummeans often association with the members of a fam ily under the most distressing and. injurious carctunstances, or a residence 'at a boarding house with total strangers, and always in con tact with 'a world too ready either to be amused - at the expense of the unfortunatelm beelle, or to shun and avoid his society. I do not quite agree with the accomplished and learned counsellor the Hospital, Mr. Bid dle, that it is in all respects a desirable resi dence for anybody t because the inmates there are necessarily subjected to , supervision and restraint; but I do agree with him in the view which he takes .of its admirable adaptation to the wants . of the demented. .as well as of raving maniacs. ,Considering the fact that a system of classi fication exists in the hospital, and that patients or all classes are not thrown to, - bether; remembering that the most spacious uildings, well-warmed in winter, and well ventilated at all seasons of the year, have been erected; that a library has been provided, with abounding amusements of every proper kind and description ; that newspapers aro contributed freely and delivered daily to the patients Who desire and are able to read them; that spacious grounds surround the institu tion, while horses and carriages are constantly used -by the patients inside and outside of the walls of the institu tion ; and finally remembering that the whole establishment is ' under the supervision of an able and ex-, perienced scientific physician, with assistants, whose qualifications cannot now be ques tioned. I ani'constrained to say that I will not turn my back upon all these advantages, and for the sake of an experiment, subject any imbecile now in the asylum to danger and to death itself, until you satisfy_ me that some other place has been provided equal to the institution from which you desire rashly to remove the patient. Baying said this much of the principles in volved in this case, I shall now proceed to apply them to the writ before me. George W. Draper was sent to the Hospital . _ . many years ago by his father, his mother then being alive ; during the lifetime of both father and mother, for ten and fifteen years, he re mained in the Asylum. At the death of his father, proceedings having been instituted for the purpose, a jury found him to be a lunatic; the report of the Commission and jury of in eisitien was filed on the 26th of March, 1865; on the same day the proceedings were con firmed by the. Court, his brother was duly ap pointed committee of his person and estate, and gave adequate security; which was duly approved by the Court. These proceedings were instituted under the advice of the able and judicious couns for the estate of the father. Mr. Jos. A. Clan } -. By - the will of John Draper, the father of George, theproperty of this son is placed in trust for his life for his maintenance' and sup port, with remainder to his other children should George die without issue. It is agreed by all aarties .before me that George W. Dra T per is now demented, and that lie cannot be , trusted in or out af-the asylum without a "care-taker." The evidence-"satisfies my mind that Lthe family, and•especially the committee, of this unfortunate gentleman, have acted froth the purest motives, and that he has expended all that Was necessary for his comfort and sup yeti. The vigilant and efficient junior counsel for the relator, Mr. Warriner, and also his senior colleague, David Paul Brown, Esq., whose eloquence and strength, not yet abated by length of years, is still expended in defence of personal liberty, both surprised Me when they hinted at the probability of a mercenary mo tive being at the bottom of the continued con finement of George, and also complained be cause the interest of the trust fund had been made to support the patient. The object of the father in creating a trust was to provide a permanent fund for the sup port of his unfortunate son, and this money has been faithfully and wisely expended for that purpose; and the idea that the brothers . of George continued to confine him for the purpose of preventing his inarriage was so totally at war with the admitted fact of his actual imbecility that it hardly requires con sideration. • Can it be possible that it ever entered into any males mind that an individual who, for fifteen years of bis father's life, was an ad mitted imbecile and so continued, could enter into a contract of marriage? The policy of the law, for the Most obvious reasons, ought to condemn any matrimonial engagement of the nature suggested. But it is said that an experiment ought to be tried. We ask, how is this to be done The committee has a perfect right to say that the patient cannot live at his own home; and he must be the sole judge of his own ac tion in tins respect, for a moment's considera tion will satisfy any one that his reasons -may be of the most substantial nature. Strangers, then, must take care of George. But how is this to be done, and where ? we again ask. He must be under restraint some where, all admit. Is it likely that outside of an institution specially , adapted to the wants of the demented he will receive that care and attention which his condition imperatively de mands? But we are urged to take the' responsibility. All this is well enough in argument, but can we forget that a. mother's love bore an en forced separation from her beloved son for ton long years, and all for his good, .although it tortured her maternal heart? Shall we not remeinber that his father, driven by the irre sistible logic of facts, placed his onspring in this institution, and with most prudent fore sight established a trust, and thus to this day, e xercises parental control ? THE DAILY EVENING BiJLLETIN---PHILADELPHIA; FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24#1869.-fiItIPLE SHEET, lIIIMIESEE IM:other dr ifittinste personal 'friend asks, 'for our interposition ; +,` To tako a prciper end jast teSpotlaibility in such ems as this ,requires net !bravery, t' ut coinage—not that, quality *htok;sometimes degenerates into temerity,. and is reckless of danger, but ~rather that otheequalityvhieh' is tho result of• reilectioA, tni. always":cool and collected. , • • Where our path of duty is plain, we ought judicially to be courageous, not brae , ' Bowing to that mysterious dispebsatioi of :Providence which has deprived. this .man of his reason, we return him to the, hospital, in the hope that attoMm future time his commit tee and physicians maybe able to restore him ,th society, or permit WM Withont injury to be removed from the asylum. If this lingering hope shall fall, then, in- retyrning this patient to the institution; we Solemnly charge. "those who shall have hunin their ,keeping to deal very tenderly with him, as they shall •answer for it here and hereafter. Thus, gently led,his, descending pathway shall be smoothed, and •human sympathy, ever watchful,, *ill con tinue to surround and follow him ' ,until '' .the veil shall be rent in it*ain, and his 'disem bodied spirit, freed from the cloy of its earthly tenement,sholl be ushered into , another world. There our hope and faith teach as to believe that reason will resume her sways the Appa rent inequalities of this mortal life , shall be ad justed by divine wisdom, and this now clouded intellect will develop capacities for culture and, enjoyment as bOundless as they shall be in duration eternal. The New ()tithe!le Blight's) at' [From the Chicago Republican, Doc. 22.1 Since the Bishop of Chicago, Right Rev. James Duggan, has become, it is said, insane, the Afetropolltan Bishop of the province, .Archbishop Kendrick, of St. Louis, has been endeavoring to select a proper person to suc ceed him. Advises from Rome are now to the effect that a. prominent priest from Balti more has just been appointed coadjutor Bishop of Chicago, with the title of Bishop of .Fergamus, in . partibua in, fidelium. Rev. Thomas Foley is the appointee, and is Said to be a clergyman of talent and a gentle man of great culture: and refinement, The diocese, indeed, requires a clergyman not only of, large administrative faculties, but,of great mental resources, as it is, an unusually exten sive and important one, and the work to be done in it immense. Besides, the affairs of the diocese are understood to be in much dis order consequent upon past mismanagement, especially as respects its finances, and which Mismanagement is supposed to be attributable, in a great degree, to the unfortunate mental alienation of the Bishop. ' ' orILMANY. Ring William of Prussia on Religion and Infidelity., - ! In Berlin, Dec. 7, - the King of Prussia re ceived the members of the ProVincial . Synod of Brandenburg, among whom was remarked Baron de Mantentlel, formerly President of the Council of 3linisters. l'he Protestant Clergyman Wolbing, Who headed the deputa tion, expressed in his address the wish that Heaven might long preserve his Majesty to the Evangelical Church and realize the royal Intentions relative .to the 'reorganization of that body. King William replied in the. folio - Wing terms: "I thank you for , your'. good wishes, and on my side I desire that the work. com menced under the auspices- of peace may be aceomplished tranquilly. For' the Church It was necessary that something should be done to reassure men's minds, for we have many enemies ; Ido not allude to the Catholics. if wirare no longer to believe that the Messiah Is the Son of God; what will occur? Sacred precept.; will be nothi,ug more' than bumau aphorisms.. That is why I, renew My wish to see you arrive pacifically at the satisfactory termination of the work you have • com menced." ct]ARIDIE BIUL.LETII%. POET OF PHILADELPHIA-DEC.24 wir sea Marine Builetin on Inside Page. ARRIVED TIIIB DAY. Steamer Brunette, Tomlin. 21 hours from New York, with mdse to John N Ohl. , _ . Steamer R L Gaw Web b. 13 hours iron) Baltimore,with titiFe to A Groves. Jr. - hair M C Burnite, Darborew.l day from. Camden with grain to .1 L 'Bewley 1 Co. Schr W /1 Tiers, Gifford, Boston. , Bohr 111 1) Cramer, Crammer, Fall River. ' Tug Clyde, Duman, from Havre de Onice, with tow of barges to W P Clyde & Co. Tng Ella, Bramel, from Havre de Grace, with a tow of barges to .W P Clyde Je Co. CLEARED Tills DAY. Steamer Brunette. Tomlin. New York. Join, F Ohl. Steamer Rattlesnake, Mershon, Portland, Day, Iluddell di , Co. Brig Ruby (Br). Leayy, St John. NB. C C Van born.,schr I) Corbin. Eldridge, Absecum, Day, Iluddell & Co. Schr Annie Nay. Nay, Providence, - do Schr Hiawatha, Lee, New York via New Castle, Del, Knight 6; Sons. . Schr Nary Ella, Thomas, Newburyport via New Castle, - Del. Knight & Sons. MEMORANDA Ship Jobri Nichols, from Liverpool for his port, in the roads, Holyhead, 10th inst. ready, hav lig repaired and reloaded. Ship tiansparelL McAlpine, sailed from Antwerp Bth net. ter Savannah. • , • Steamer Ariel', Sirlley, cleared at Boston 22d hut. fer tide port Steamer Volunteer, Jones, hence at New York yester day bteamer Fanita, Freeman, at New York yesterday from Wilmington, NC. Steamer Yazoo, Catherine, from New Orleans forthis port, sailed from Havana yesterday. Steamer Columhia, Van dice, cleared at !New York yesterday for Havana. Steamer Eutaw.from Now York tor this parr. is ashore at Peek'e Bank, NJ, and is having her cargo discharged on the beach by the Coast Wrecking Co, who have con tracted to got her off. Barg Star of Hope t NG), Peterson, hence at Genoa 3d instant. Bork Meridian, Lenz, from Bremen for this port, wits off Dover ttli hurt. . er Bark Lepanto, Bell, hence , for Antwerp, put into the Moth Bank 7th inst. Bark Hermelin, Nilsson, entered out at Liverpool 7th inst. tor this port. Bark Alfred (of Bath, Me). Burt,,, from Liverpool 72 days for tide port, with a general earo, pat Into St. Georges, Bermuda, 4th inst. and sailed again 11th. The A experienced very heavy gales, and had been within Muffles of Cape Ilenlopen. , She lost maintopgallant-, mast and bad bulwarks, &c. washed away. Bark Egiz (Nor), bound to Philadelphia, was spoken yesterday off the Delaware Lightship, with loss of fore mast and maintopmast: had rigged jury foremost. i Bark Albert, Meyer, sailed from Dieppe 7th instant for this port. ;Bark (Inn'. Danneviir,.hence at Amsterdam 4th hist, Bark Dlexietin, Arthur, from Liverpool for this port, N6B off Great Ormshead t P 6th hod. • , Brig Juliet C Clark, Moore, hence at Leghorn 34 inst. Brig Fanny, Turner, hence at Marseilles Ilth Brigs Condova, Eddy, and Scotland. Cook, cleared at Matanzas 16th inst. for a port north of Hatteras. ticks M Freeman, Newcomb; S E Darla, Hatch; Henrietta Simmons, Godfrey; Alaska, Strout; J Paine, elevens; E It Graham, Smith* J A Garrison, Smith; .1 M Fitzpatrick, Smith, and Mary E Long, Johnson, hence at Beaton 22d inst. Seim J .1 Spencer, Heather, at Boator• 224 imat. from Oltlveatnu. Behr Alice 0 Grace. hence for Salem, sailed from Ed gurt.own 19th inst. Sehr Blargaretitelnliart. Hand, from Boston for thin Dort; at Holmes' Bole 21st Inst. Sam blalvina June. btnith, Lance for St.. John, NB at 'Holmes' Holt , 21st inbt. Schr Nellie Doe, Richardson, from Rucksport for this i.ert, nt Holm H es' ole 2lst Inst—would discharge deck °ad at thnt port. Behr Amin Myrick, Richardson, hence for Province- Own, at Newport 22d hint. Petit . Georgia Doering. Willard, hence at Portland 21st ustant tchr Rescue, Kelley, hence at Now Bedford 21st inst. Behr It W Godfrey. Garwood, from Boston for this port, at Holmes' Hole 21st inst. Behr Ruth Shaw, ellaw, from Boston for this port, passed'llell Gate yeaterday. Seim; Biondol, Jackman. hence for Boston: Maggie M Weaver, Weaver, and W ti Bartlett, Bartlett, from Melton for this port, and 'A L Adams. Robbins, front Portiond fordo, at Holmes' Hole 22d inst. Behr L A Danenhower. Gardner, from Boston for this port, passed Holmes' Hole 22d inst. By TELEGRAPH. NEW YORK. Dec. 24—Arrived, steamer Nebraska, from Liverpool. GOVERNMENI SALE. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 3, 1869. 1 SALE OF SERVICEABLE AND UN SERVICEABLE ORDNANCE STORES. There will be sold, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at, noon, on Wednesday, Janu ary 12, 1870, in the office of the Inspector of Ordnance, Navy-Yard, Norfolk, a large lot of articles of ordnance, . comprising gun-car riages and miscellaneous stores. Taus : One-hail cash, in Government funds, on the conclusion of the sale, and the remainder within ten days afterwards, during which time the articles must be removed from the yard ; otherwise they will_ revert to the Government. It is to be distinctly understood that no guarantee will be given to purchasers of arti cles offered for sale, and noted in the cata logue, as regards their exact condition or quality, but it is believed, however, that every thing offered for sale is as represented. A. LUDLOW CASE, Chief of Bureau. de“..tn,w,tjal2§ DIIILADIMPHIA BURGEONS' BAND ." AGIN: INSTITUTE,I4 N. 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We are now receiving from Italy several finely executed Italian Morble Monumental Statues, Italian Melillo Garden Statues' and Vases, finely excl. , outed Italian 'Statuary Marble Gallery Works of Art, Italian Marble Monu ments, Alabaster Vases,, Columns, L Groups and Statuettes, &0., . which we are offering at the lowest imPortinil rates. VITI BROSI (Late, Vita Viti & SOns,), • Importers* G ;• 149 South Front-Streitt, • %1,1 f o i ( ~ „ - ( ~ - i ;-~ _ inns riARVEsir - or Tar NEC Tbeiii le a plough that bath Ito sibare, But a coulter that partcth keen and fair, ' The furrows rise , To :a terrible size. • Or ever the plough bath touched them there, 'Oainst horse and plough in wrath they shake; The horsed are fierce; but the plough will break. . . And the seed that is dropped in these fOrrown of fear, Will Mt to the min neithor blade nor ear. Down it drops plumb Whore no spring4bOo4 oolitic; Nor needeth it any harrowUng gear Wb.at nor poppy nor any leaf Will cover this naked ground of grief. r, But harvest day will come at last, 'When the„watory wiuter all is,pastr, Thelfurrovis bly Shall be shorn away By the angels' sickles keen and fast ; And the buried harvest of the sea stored in the barns of eternity. • • LOVERS SMOCK BY LIGHTNING. The recentaAteath 'Pot tio - lovets, Struck' by lightning in a field, is paralleled to a remarka ble degree by an event which took place a century and a half ago,. and which exercised the pens orthree Of Octr peet4Popc; Gay; .And Thomson: It'etirlonsly marks the difference between the two periods, that the catastrophe was treated poetically at that time,whereas now our newspapers am ,4 ventilathg" it as a matter of science, connected' with Currents; positive and negative electricity, and so forth.. Briefly, the episode in George I.'g,reign was as follows (it will be found Somewhat more fully treated in Chambers's Book of Days): On the 31st of 'July, 1718, John limit and Sarah Drew wens...reln tieldenearStariton Har court, in (-))rforlishire.:'... They wefe: rustic lovers; he about twenty-five years of age, and she a comely maiden a little younger. They were betrothed, and bad ou that very morn ing obtainedithe consent of theparents-On both sides'to their marriage; which was to take place in the next following week. -Pope .atid.,Gay, were both guests at Stanton Harcourt at the. time ; and the latter reeerded the tragic inci dent of the day in the following words: " Be tween two and three o'clock in the afternoon tber:clotide grew' black, and,suCh a storm '.-of thunder and lightning ensued that all the laborers wade the. best' of their way to what shelter the, trees and hedges afforded. Sarah was frightened, and fell- down sweat' on' a heap of barley; John, Who never separated . from ,- her, having rAed together twit Or three lieaps,llie' better to secure her from the storm. Immediately alter was beard so loud a crash as if the heavens had split asunder. Every one was now so- . ii~dthusfor,the alfety of his neighbor; and they called'to oneanother throughout the field. No answer being returned to tingle - who called to , the lovers, they stepped to the place where they lay, , T,bey,percelved the barley all in a smoke.' and then spied the faithful pair; John with one arm about Sarah's neck, and the .othen held over her, as if to screen her from the lightning. They were struck dead, and stiffened in.this tender pcisbire. Sarah's -left eye was Injured, and there appeared a black spot on her breast. Her lover was blackened all over; not the least alga of life was found in either. Attended-, by their melancholy-com panions, they Were eonieyedlo The town, and next day were interred in Stanton Harcourt churchyard." . It is 'believed that Thomson had this inci dent in his thoughts when he wrote the lines (in his Seasonn) begirwing Young CaJedon • And his Amelia were a. matchless pair On Sunday, September 3, ISGD, Thomas liardaker and Emma Carrick were walking in the field near Leeds,on a footpath leadingfroin Stanningley to Farsley. The young man was a toy dealer; and the young woman a weaver; employed at one of the woolen mills which so abound in that neighborhood. ,The couple had been Sunday School teachers together, were betrothed, and had arranged to be married_ In a month or two. On the Sunday afternoon they took tea at the house of the poor girl's father at Stanningley ; then walked to Farsley, where ilardaker was staying • and .were _returning :when the . catastrophe befel l them. They took a field-path, and were last seen alive in conversation in a narrow road, bounded by two walls. They retreated a little towards Farsley, on seeing that a storm was coming on, and took partial shelter behind a garden wall. Two iron gates or palisad'mg,s were on either side of them at no great dis tance; and these metals are supposed to have had an intimate connection with the sad result. It was about nine o'clock in the evening, dark, and gloomy; rain fell slightly, then heavily, and vivid flashes of lightning were followed by terrible peals of thunder. The circumstances led to a supposition that the lightning, attracted by the iron of the first gate, swept onward to the second, and caught the hapless couple on the way. No one saw the death-stroke; but the evidence afterwards adduced lent support . to this supposition. At eleven o'clock on that night, a cloth weaver, passing that way, almost, trod on the bodies of the two young people, who were lying across the footpath near one of the gates. , Ile touched them with his umbrella, and bade them get up, thinking they were intoxicated; but as they were senseless and motionless, he hastened fora lantern. It was then found that the poor young people were-really dead. Emma Carrick -was lying flat on her face, Thomas Hardaker on his back; her dress was but little touched, but his right boot was split or ripped up. The only actual mark of light _ring on the bodies was to be seen on the faces, which were scarred and burned about the fore head and nose. Besides the ripping up of the young man's boot, small boles were burned in his shirt and purse: Gold, silver and copper, in ,the purse and the pocket, were partially . melted ; and two shilling pieces were fused to gether. Sq little was the discoloration of the faces, that then the lovers were laid out skin by side, they seemed to be tranquilly asleep. No poet was near to write monody or epitaph; but the sad event made a deep impression on the neighbors, by whom the youngcouple we re well-known and respected. Arseizic nateni. So it is true that there are people in Styria who eat arsenic as the Asiatic eats opitair or the European chews tobacco—as a matter of taste: 'Travelers had asserted the fact, though. the learned 'denied it, deelaring that the white' substance taken, for arsenic must have been some harmless mineral like chalk. But an official inquiry has been instituted, and seventeen Styrian physicians have re ported upon the. matter -;. and there is no doubt about - the • truth of the travelers' stories. There are people who take doses varying from pellets the size of a'rnillet to pills. the size of a pea, of - varlet's kinds' of arsenic, the favorite being the white' quality knoWn as ratsbane., They will take .it daily, or 'on alternate days, or twice a week, 'according to' circumstances; generally they abstain - from the luxury at the time of new moon, beginning small doses with the young moon and, increasing them .. .rto, a maximum by full 'moon.'" Why this lunar observance it is hard t guess, unless, ,as ; they profess that the ' arsenic' nukes ' them' strong ,and healthy, they. fancy that the waxing" Moon' weakens them and renders the greater•' pro., portion Of, the restorative necessary.. The habit is most commonly found among the- lower orders; .andit begins' to attack the youth at about the. same time as , the tobacco taste affects our youngsters. Some few females are fond of ratsbane, but its patrons are mostly of the harder sex. - The ' regular con sumers live to good ages, and' are strong, healthy and conrageous. So we have a proof that what is one man's poison is another man's food. • THE DAjt,, T l;ygoixe„BULLFll'ili,:-.I?4II;.ADELPII,IA.....FRIDA,x,DgczkipEg, 2.4,486,9.-TATTIig)BBEot Madden illibssiti of .04Cti fkiveniiiio4l, the • , snorted. prionS thol/Ctioxvllle WWII, Dec.l4.) Captain George W. Ilarris, better known as 64 But Lovengood," died"at the Atkin House, in this city, on Saturday night,. the 11th instant, at half-past eleven o'clock. A gentleman of this city who was well ac q4uainted with Captain Muria; entered'the ears of the East 'Tennessee and Virginia . Railroad train, immediately upon its arrival at the depot, at one o'clock on Saturday, when he saw Cap ••tain rianis lying back on a seat evidently suf fering intenie•agony; mid unable to move or speak. Assistance being called, he was carried to the Atkin House, placed upon a bed, and 'Medical assistance procured. Captain Batts lingered anti' 11.30 in the evening, when he died.. • • A The deciaied was a native of Eribitville;and' a resident of Georgia. He has been better known, for years past, as 44 Sut Lovengood," by contributions for the press, which have en riched its colunms with wit and humor. His remains left for Alabama (where he was married a •few weeks ago) on Sunday, there to be interred. .1 , • • gditorial GEO. W. HARRIS—HOW IS IT? `.. This community, where this gentlemen had .so long lived and.was so generallg.bonored, for bia'marrY excellent qualities of fierutand• heart, was startled, upon the arrival of the 'Eastern train, on last Saturday, by the melancholy in telligence that be was; perhaps, in a dying con dition; • tin was' JOutid. 'Stretched upon the seats, his eyes set in his heart.yand speechless, powerless and senseless. Some painful rumors reach our ears concern ' big his death. Wekinnot vouch for them,and only state themas - we have heard them. jt is more than hinted that he waspoisOned; where, and hy_whoutwe do not pretend, to know. There , maY be no truth in it, antnure- hope, for the saltsofhunianity, it 'suet.' It is said that - be had a considerable amount of money when he left borne, and that, upon his arrival here, he bad none, ' • '• Why Was it, we would kindly - ask, he Was allowed on the Virginia road to find a resting place for his suffering body down on the floor and between the'seats of the cars? The deceased has won a national fame as the author of the "Sut Lovengood Papers." The first of the series,- ".The, Snake-Bit Irish 'man,"' was contributed originally' to the New' York Spirit of the. Times,. when it was editor lallynumar.,ed by the gifted T. Porter. Mr. Porter, discerning the genius and wit : of - 'his cent - Minter, at once 'offered bim liberal in- dueements to continue his contributions. Without pay, be 'wrote for the Spirit many of his most popular pieces, until Porter was sum— marily removed from that journal. After that his articles, though always characteristic for Wit and naturalness; were. contributed to' such local journals' as the whim of the moment roffiged.- - :T4e union. .and ::American of Nashville, then under control of MS old friend 'and former.. townsman, Major E. Eastman, was the recipient . of the largest share of his leisure moments.. • - , • • There has never been anything like a coria 2 plete compilation 'of his writings. His unaf fected Jnode4lrty and apparent want -of; confi.., denie in his own merit were a great drawback to him pecuniarily. We have read letters ad dressed to, bim, from the most prominent pub lishers North; offering a most liberal price for 'aitviied edition of his articles: - To these he invariably replied that be had no time to collect them, but that they were welcome to extract from the files of the papers to which they were Contributed, and publish in any form, without regard to his interests as author. " He might have thriven Much better, possiby,,had his ambition Been greateiinuch."‘ He has gone to his'reward. We loved and respected him as a brother. He was genial as the sun, and all his impulses Were noble and generous. Americanism. • The voyager from Europe who lands upon our shores perceives a difference in the - sly above his head ; the height seems loftier, the zenith more remote, the horizon-wall more steep ; the moon appears to. hang hi middle air, beneath a dome that arches far beyond it. The sense of natural symbolism is so strong in us, that the mind unconsciously seeks a spiritual significance in this glory of the atmosphere. The traveler is not satisfied to find the sky alone enlarged, and not the mind,---coeitrinnou aninium. One wishes to be convinced that here the intellectual man inhales a deeper breath, and walks with bolder' tread: that philosopher and artist are here more buoyant, more fresh, more fertile;' that the human race has here escaped at one bound from the de spondency of ages, as from their wrongs. • And the true and healthy Americanism is to be found, let us believe, in • this attitude of hope ;an attitude not necessarily connected with culture nor with the absence of culture, but with the consciousness of new impulse given to all human progress. The most ignor ant matvmay feel the full strength and hearti ness of the American idea, and so may the most accomplished scholar. It is a matter of regyet if thus far we have mainly bad to look for our AmeriCanism and our scholarship in very different quarters, and if it has been a rare delight to find the two in one. • It seems unspeakably important that all per sons among us, and especially the student and the writer, should be pervaded with Atherican ism. Americanism' includes the faith that na tional self-government is not a chimera, but that. with whatever inconsistencies and-dr aw- backs, we are steadily establishing it here. It includes the faith that to this good thing all ether good things must in time be added. When a man is heartily, imbued with such a national sentiment as this, It is as marrow in his bones and blood in his veins. He may still need culture, brit be has the basis of all cUlture. He is entitled to au imperturbable patience and hopefulness, born of living faitli. All that is scanty in our Intellectual attainments, or poor in our . artistic life, may then be cheerfully en dured : if a man sees, his house steadily ris ing on- sure foundations, he can wait or let his children wait for the cornice and the frieze. But if one happens to be born or bred in America without this wholesome confidence, there is no happiness for him; he has his al ternative between being unhappy at hoine and unhappy abroad; it is a choice of martyrdoms for himself, and a certainty of martyrdoni for his friends. . . Happily, there are few among our cultivated nien in whom this oxygen of American life is wholly wanting. 'Where such exist;,. for them theiath across the ocean is easy; and the re turn how hard Yet our .national character develops slowly ; we.are aiming at something better than our English fatheii, and we pay for it. by greater vacillations and vibrations of movement. The Englishman's strong point is a vigorous insularity which he carries with him, portable and sometimes insupportable. The American's more perilous gift is a certain power of assimilation; through Which he ac 'quires something from every man he meets,but rims the risk of parting with something in re turn. For the result, greater possibilities of culture, balanced by greater extremes of syco pliancy and meanness. EinersonSays that the Englishman of all men stands most firmly on his feet. But it is not the whole of man's mis sion to be found standing, even at the most important post. Let him take one step for ward,—and in that, advancing figure you have the Americari.L--T. W.' Higginson,fii Atlantic :Monthly for January. Aets and Language. • • We appear to be making a somewhat curious progress backwards iin the matter of character istic and descriptive language. The phra.se 'ology now , assuming a vogue is a kind of cross between the jargon of the Euphuists of the Court of Queen Elizabeth and that languishing and "fade"style by which the Precieuses of the Society of Louis the Thirteenth and Four teenth endoAvored to throw a mist round reali- ties, and to invest miss acts with an air of re finementby applying to them phrases of strained delicacy. We have for some` time ceased to call spades spades. That sort of literalism Is, coarse and ,vulgar, fit,, only: for the Squire Westerns of a past age, who got gross upon strong beer and mad upon strong- - waters, people to whom, if the 'could be itsutiditated, the terms 'Fraviata anddemi-monde - would convey no idea:. A sedition-monger and a rebel is described, as an, Inopportune patriot, who has misinterpreted the signs.Of the time. Swindlers and robbers are culprits who have, had. `an evil hour, 'and podelien) and ruffians who stab or bludgeOn their oppenerits to'death are, unfortunate men who appear deeply sensible of their. position. All this is supposed among a large and increasr, Ing'class to indicate progress In refinement of thought. To me it seems no more and no better than a foolish retrogression in liniguage; —(Cofrlvondent, of Vanity .rafr. , SPIRO ' As no Wilki•••As Se Is. (From 11 . 40 Ot. Janos Magazine.) Those who go'to listen to Mr. Spumeon at the presentAfay, with notions derived from the reputation he earned for himself in, the, past, will,inquestionably be, disappointed. He no _longer indillges in those eccentricities Which did so much originally to attract notice to his, preaching! He still saYs'startling things; and it Li by no means uncoMinon to see a broad smile flit across the faces of his congregation, even when lie is speaking about the most soleinn subjects; but the extravagance of Lis earlier days is toned down. The writer, for his part, must declare that he went to listen to 3lr. Spurgeon as strongly pre judiced against Lim as one could well have been; but that after hearing: him preach at least half `a dozen times, and after reading more than a score of his printed sermons, ha finde his.old prejudice entirely destroyed. In their place he is free, to confess that he enter; Mains a very lively admiration of the great preacher's simplicity and, earnestness.. Ile has no respect for his literary powers, nor has he any sympathy with the forbidding character of much of his theological creed, but be has never heard a preacher who was able to impress his audience with Bitch a sense of his min earnest-' nem and sincerity 'by means so simple as those `which Mr: Spurgeon uses to effect this end. His sermons are, like his prayers,' entirely ei tempore. The preacherstands in front of his platform, pocket Bible in hand, and pours out in that wonderful voice of his a discourse which is al ways telling, and which would be really elo quent were a little more , pains taken with its composition. To literary merit, however, Mr. Spurgeon does not apparently aspire, nor does he ever seek to indulge in rhetorical fire-Works , above the beads of the congregation. On the contrary, his first object appears to be to talk, in the simplest manner; to each person Ire - fore'him. .timeedotes, some o them rather too ludicrous,. one would think, to be used with propriety in the pulpit, quaint illustrations and eaves , 'slims, the constant use of Scriptural phrases,' and forcible personal appeals to his hearers, make up the stock-in-trade of Mr. Spurgeonas a preacher. When you analyze his sermons you marvel at the effect they have produced ; but when you listen to ' them as a whole rolled forth by that magnificent voice, and evidently -coming straight from the heart of a man ter ribly in earnest. you cease to wonder at their success. That there are many drawbacks to the pleasure of listenin g to him we need hardly say. He does not scruple at times to harangue his congregation on Sunday morning upon the political events of the past week; but even when lie does not do this, it is impossible to mistake his political creed. He regards the Church Establishment as a monstrous iniquity; he looks upon the Conservative party as a herd composed of designing knaves and ignorant. dupes. He is as free in praising William Ewart Gladstone" as the Daily Telegraph itself. I.I%4PQMTAT TONS. Reported Tor the rhuadelphla Eveningßnlletin. ALICANTE—Ship Wm Wilcox, Johnson-1100 tone old railroad iron Naylor & Co. ST. JOHN. NB.—Schr Kathleen, Neve-7138,000 laths W Gastrin & Co. MOIIEMEN'IS OF ARRIVE. OCEAN STEAMERS. TO SIIIPs 1110,1 , - Bolt" DATE. Cella Loadon...New York. Dec. 4 Nebraska Liverpool... New York. Dec.. 8 Helvetia.-- LiverpOol.....New York.. Dec. 8 10wa... _Glasgow...New York.. Dec.lo Westphalia llay4e...New Y0rk............ ..... .Dec. 11 America .Southampron...liew York • Dec. 14 Tarifa-..---.....LiverpooL-New York Yla 8.-...-Dec. 14 !Ragland Liverpool... New York Dec. 15 Manhattan Liverpool... New York. Dec. 15 C of Washingt!n_Liverpool...New York Dec. 15 Nemesis-- ..... .....Liverpool...New York-----Dec. 17 Parrignay...-....-...-London...New York -......-.....De0. 18 Bt. Laurent Brest.-New York .....-... ...... .Dec. 18 Ilamrnonia Havre...New York.... Dec. 18 Cof Baltimore...Liverpool-New York via IL Dec. 18 TO DEPART; • - Pioneer... Philadelphia... Vera Cruz, &c Dec. 24 City of London... New York-Wilmington Dee. 25 Wyoming Philadelphia... Savannah ........ ----Dec. 25 Penasylvania....New York... Liverpool Dee. 25 Cambria New York... Glasgow.-..... ' Dec. 25 'Ville de Paris.... New Y0rk...1iavre....,. ..... Dec. 25 Etna New York... Liverpool Doc. 28 Russia. ...... ----New 1 one... Liverpoo- Dec. 29 Tripoli New York... Liverpool Dec.3o Rhein New York... Breme- -. Dec.3o Yazoo Philaielphia...N 0 via Havana. Jan. I Liberty.-- ..... --Balt imore...N 0 via Havana. Jan. 1 JAMES Otl JildoA ottEßTY 13 D OE TRADE. JD SAMUEL E. STOKES. 1 MOSTIILY COMMITTEE JOS. C. GRUBB, COMMITTEE ON ARBITRATION. J. 0. James, I E. A. Soader, Geo. L. Buzby, t Wm. W. Paul, • • Thomas Gillespie. MARINE BULLETIN. TORT OF PHILADELPHIA—Dac. 24. BUN Russ, 7 19 I BUN thrts. 4 391 HIGH WATER. 5 32 ARRIVED YESTERDAY. Fehr Kathleen (Br), Novo, 9 days from St John, NB. with laths to J W Baskin L Sons—vessel to E A Souder & CO. Sehr Tycoon, Cooper, day from Smyrna. Bel. with grain to Joe E Palmer. • behr E H Blox'som, inolBOttl, I day from Del.. with grain to Joe E Palmer. _ ammume CLEARED YESTERDAY. Steamer Prometheus. Oray.Clutrleaton, E A Souder&Co. Steamer It Willing. Cundiff. Baltimore. A Groves, Jr. Bark Blair Athol (Br), Haines, Rotterdam, P Wright & • Bono. , Bark Kensington (Br), Raymond, Bremen,- E A Souder & Co. Bark . Abhio N Franklin, Holbrook. Savannah, Scott, Walter & Behr II J llolway, Thompson, WilminglomNO. Warren - • roan. Sam E Edwards, Somers, Mobile, D S Stetson & Co MEMORANDA Ship Arkwriglit, Cuulkins, sailed from-San Francisco 22d iust for Callao, Ship Kearearge, Symonds, sailed from Liverpool COI inst. for Calcutta. Ship Energy, Caulking, from New York 9th June for Melbourne, was spoken 28th Aug. tat 82 S, Inn 27 W. Ship Jos Fish, Stackpolo, from Carditifor Rio Jartiro, was spoken 7th ult. tat 127 N. lon 24 05 W. Ship Golden State, Delano, from New York 30th Sept. for liong Hong, woe spoken 20th Oct. ant 5 N, lon 27 W. Ship Montano, Moore, from Boston 30th Sept for Gel- elate, was spoken 25th Oct. hat 13 12 N, lou 23 19 W. Steamer North America, Slocum, cleared at New York yesterday for Rio Janeiro. &c. Steamer Deutschland (NG ), Neynaher, for - Bremen, cleared at New York yesterday. Steamer Helvetia, Cook, sailed from Liverpool 81 inst. for New York. Steamer England, Griggs, at Liverpool 10th inst. from New York Steamer Circassian, Bilis, from New Orleans let inst. at Now York yesterday. Dec 11, put into Savannah short of 'coal. and sailed again 14th; 18th, 13 miles north of Barnegat,the wind SW with a heavy sea wont ashore; was got oil by the Coast Wrecking Co",, steamers hells(' and A Winanto , and towed to the city. -- Bark Frank Lovett, Cann. cleared nt Holvoet sth inst. for this port—before reported sailed 19th. Burk Pawnee (Br), Atikor, heuco at Queenstown 7th instant. Bark Desiah. Gilkey, sailed from Bromerhavea sth inst. for Cardiff. Bark Griffin (Br), Armstrong, cleared at Liverpool 10th inst. for this port. Bark Heiress, Ray, from Guanapo 18th.Aug,for Cork, was &gotten Ith nit. litt 17. N.' lob 31 W. , Prig Abbio C Titcomb, Tficonin. from Ivigtut, -Green land, for this port, sailed from Halifax, NS.2lst Brig Eliza McNeil, Small, at Palermo-. 30th Wt. from Marseilles. Brig Ambrose Light, Higgins. from (Wiz, at Malaga 2tl inst. Brig Win Welsh, Strobridge, cleared at London 10th Inst. for Demerara.. , , , ',Brig Rollereon. Mayo, hence, below Boston 228 inst. Brig Ortolan, Leeman, sailed from Messina 28th ult. for Boston. SOH . Elizabeth Magee, SMlth. cleared at Boston 21st inst. for this port. Schr S C Tyler, Steelman, at Boston 228 instant from Bavannali • behr 1) V Streaker, Vangilder: sailed from' Alexan dria 22d twit. for Charleston. Schre 1S lc Crowell, Howes;f. E Pratt, Nickerson; 1 aylor & Mathis Cbeeseman; W Martin, Noyes; Alice B, Alley; M E Rankin, Parker; Goo Nevinger, Smith; I H Coggswoll, Coggewell,. anti S Godfrey, Godfrey. hence at Boston 22d inst. ' Schr American Eagle, Shim, cleared at Now York yeeterday for Wilmington, Del.. MARINE MISCELL ANY Ship Joseph from New York for the Clyde before reported abandoned), Lao been 'picked up, seven . _ . . nines off liolybond, bottom by tbo - Inn TOTY owl wad being towed by bop to notibentt on the Steamer Georgo . B Upton, from Batton, crao,,izot L nflt Astoria boacb and ton Cd to Now 'York it uddlOntrd 2brt fitment, putnposl oat Akt.Xkl and platod on Stbalargetee• tional dock WATCHES, C. • - • • . • • C A L.Eng p 7 L, iCO. JEWELLERS, 902 CHESTNUT STREET, HAVE IMPORTED THIS SEASON THE LARGEST • VARIETY OF 0110I0E WORKS OF ART IN,BRONZR EVER OFFERED FOR FAN IN'TRIB4OOI3RTRY, EtiMBAOTRO Statuettes, Grenpes, Animals and Birds, SELECTED AS THE BEST- BROIL AMONG THE WONKB 081 EMILE HERBERT, A. CARRIER, 1. GREGOIRE, E. CARLIE II 9 lIIIZEL, POWER. P. J. MENE, DLJIAIGE, BIILIO, Candelabra, Vases, Card-Stands, . Ink-Stands and Fancy Articles gehOSlty.: Paris Mantel Clocks and Side Pieces, . IN BRONZE AND GILT, BRONZE AND WARBLE, FLORENTINE, ROMAN, GOLDEN, AN'TIQUZ, GREEN AND GILT, AND OXTDIZED MITER BRONZES, ANY OH WILICII WILL FORM AN ENDURING AND TASTEFUL Il liday Vresent. delwfmtt CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS. 'Being &tern:asked to reduce our very large stock of WATCHES, JEWELRY, _ DIAHONDS, AND SILVERWARE, We will sell all articles in our line much below the usual price. Onr stock of ' ' SLEEVE BUTTONS, is very large. PLAIN RINGS in great variety. WATCHES of all kinds. Some very fine LADIES' WATCHES, heavy cases. Purchasers will find it to their advantage by giving us a call. LEWIS LOOMS & CO., 802 Chestnut Street. delft 61§ lIHENRY HARPER, Li 520 ABM STREET, Has a well selected stock of Watches, Tine Jewelry, Silver Ware and • Silver-Plated Ware, SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY and BRIDAL PRESENTS del lro STATIONERY. IMPORTANT TO BOOK-KEEPERS. JUST PUBLISHED. • TUE " CATCH-WORD LEDGER INDEX. (COPYRIGHT SECURED.) Book-keepers and all others having to use an Index will find this a very valuable book. By using the ."Catch-word" Index, it will not only save time and eyesight.but the finding of a name quickly is a mathematical certainty. • Yon are invited to call and examine it. PUBLISHED BY JAS. B. SMITH & CO., Wholesalesnd Retail Blank Book Idanufacturere and Stationers, No. 27 South SEVENTH Street, - n 024 w f m Slurp§ WM. M. CHRISTY, PREMIUM BLANK BOOKS AND Counting-House Stationery, LITHOGRAPHIC AND TYPE PRINTING. DIARIES FOB 1870. PLAYING CARDS. POCKET BOOKS. POCKET KNIVES. GOLD PENS AID PENCILS. Foreign and Domestic Stationery IN GREAT VARIETY. WM • M. CHRISTY, 127 S. Third, above Dock Street. dela m w f 6t BOOTS AND SHOES. WINTER , BOOTS AND SHOES For -Gentlemen. BARTLETT, No. 33 South Sixth Streets ABOVE CIIESTNB.T. itel3.m Iv I )yrp MOIGNIEZ• - PAETROT, E. DELABIRI EMU; 430130T010, E. CANA, P.II!LEF, - DicsolusELLE, nowuvr, figiscEi#LANEougo ;first 0 4111 aid 01Pima A-v« , ,AREp.D 1!1111=1111111i itidtigeti'''T:iii:;..E,Oil* ','.6•% , ri.1 ' ! , • AMERICAN 'IMOITrIpTE FAR, Atrw Report n on Steard Boilers, Thirty-eighth Fair of the 'American Institute; held 'in the 'city of New; ork, October, 18 B 69 : , , • " The Bar Safe,!3! Boiler.--• First Medal and DiPlirtint for, ist, safet)f,;' 2d, economy of space y 3d, econom of fuel. This boiler', was the ,only one which was fousd reliable and ca pable of driving the engines , at the Exhibi tion, and which did furnish the'steam for the competitive 'test ot the engines" A true Copy from the report on tile ado ted iSizned) Joni/ W. CRAMBERB, SecretarY. December 7th, 1869. Address, ; • 'HARRISON BOILER' WORKS, PHILADELPHIA" dela m f rp tr RIME' 0:0D LIVER OIL. The superiority of.this 031,establiebed over 2) yeast ago, and so universally acknowledged by the 'Medical Faculty and by the Public, renders any further waled of its qualities • It tradergoce no process pf purification whatever, but au it flows from the Liver of the Fish so it le sold by the Proprietor. GUSTAVUS KRAUSE, N. W. cor. Twelfth and Chestnut Sts. And by Droggists generally. ' w e m 3mris) NOTICE. ILLAIIjajUnL2L.jU.LUM.aMII.A The price of Coke hasbeen reduced to EIGHT CENTS PER BUSHEL at the Market Street and Spring Garden Works, and to SEVEN CENTS PER BUSHEL. at the , Point Breeze and Manayunk Works. Orders may be left at the different Works, or at the Office, N0.'20 South SEVENTH Street. THOS R. BROWN, Engineer. • Pan.ADELr n la, December 20th, 1869. dell gtry§ M. MARSHALL, DRUGGIST AND CHEMIST, APD WHOLZECALE DEALERIfI PAINTS, OILS, GLASS AND PATENT MEDICINES, Nos. 1301 and 1303 MARKET STREET. oc3o-11to th 301714 PATENT OFFICES, • N. W. cor. Fourth and. Chestnut, (Second -story, Entrance on FOURTH Street.) FRANCIS D. EASTORIUS, Atterney.sit•Law, • SOLICITOR OF PATENTS. • Monte procured for Inventions, and all business per taining to the eame promptly transacted. Oall or_ send for circular on Patents. Offices open until 8% o'clock every evening, mh2o-e to th lyrpfi WIRE WORK. GALVANIZED and Painted WIRE GUARDS, for tore fronts and *windows, for factory and warehouse windows, for churches and cellar windows. IRON and WIRE RAILINGS. for balconies, ofaCes, cemetery and garden fences. Liberal allowance made to Contractors, Builders and Carpenters. All orders tilled with promptness and work guaranteed. ROBERT WOOD dd CO., 1136 Ridge Avenue, Phila. le3o to th a dmrl4 FRED. syLySTER, REAL ESTATE BROKER, 20S SOUTH FOURTH STREET, del7-1 rp4 FIRE-PROOF bATES. HERRING'S CHAMPION SAFES. The Burning of the Chamber of Commerce Building. PHILADELPH/A, December 13,,1869 IdEsstm. FARREL, HERRING £ Co., No. 629 Cheetnat 'street GENTLEMEN: The two lierring's Patent dhatapion Safes purchased of you by the Commercial Exchange and Chamber of Commerce about eight months ago were the conflagration of the Chamber of Commerce Build i on the7th inst. Upon opening them we found the books and papers in a perfect state of preservation. We can, therefore, readily testify to the Fire-proof qualities of the lien ing Patent Safes. J. 11. MICHENER, President Commercial Exchange SAMUEL L. WARD, Treasurer Chamber of Commerce PRILADELPIIIA, 12 month, 1869 FARREL, HERRING It CO You are reopectfully informed that the Safe purchased of you several years back was in Room No. 12, Com mercial Exchange, at the time of the fire on the 7th inst. It was opened without difficulty on the following day, and the money, checks and papers found to bo dry and perfect. The books wore also in as good state of pre servation as before the occurrence of the fire, except ono . or two being slightly dampened by steam, but in these) the writing and figures were not at all defaced, and the safe has given entire satisfaction. ELMO ROBERTS, Secretary of the antic Potroletun Storage Co Massßs. FARREL, HERRING .5: Co.: GENTLEzarqi The Sa6 which we purchased from you last Spring was in tbe late llre in thO Chamber of COm menu Building, and although it was submitted to the severest test 'of any in the building, we take pleasure in informing , you that it was opened the next day with ease. and papers, books, &M, that it contained, were found to be in perfect condition. Ecapectfully, WARDEN, FREW & CO., 111 Walnut Street.ll RERRING'S PATENT 'CITAMPION SAFES, the most reliable protection from lire now known. HER RING'S NEW PATENT' BANKERS' , SAFES, corn bluing hardened steel and, iron, with the Patent Franklinite, or SPIEGEL EISEN, furnish a resistant against boring and cutting tools, to an extent heretofore unknown. • Farfel,NexTing & Co., Philadelphia. Berring, Farrel & Sherman, No. 251 Broadway, corner Murray St., N. Y. Herring & Co.,•Chleage. Herring, Farrel & Sherman, New Orleans. delta rptt BAT s COTTON NOW C landing frpm steamer von:ling, from Savannah, tia., and for safe 111,00 BAN ,IWSSELL & 00,, 111 hostnut strut, A ''').llrOr PRINTING. The Pooket-Book Calendar and Directory for 1870, to a neat style of PRINTING le now ready and may be bad l ® l >. ,I ~I N1 : .,0:.:.:_T . : . .1i.,j.:...1 . ::,X.' - 'G,:: which iing near ae possible the rates at which work generally is done, A. C. BRYSON & Steam-power Printers, No. 607 CHESTNUT 41TREET, (Bul letin Buildfilo CARRIAGES. tat ' • ' CARRIA6t4B- 1 • We have now• in our Repository; , • THIRTEENTH AND PARRISH STS4 The largest assortment of • ' WINTER CARRIAGES To lie found in the, city, and to which we - vice the attention of the public. Our work is fully equal in style arid quality to any built . in the country, and will be sold at the loweSt prices possible. qpp. , F.; WATSON & CO. CARRIAGES ! 'CARRIAGES ! voipot 4isf WM. D. ROGERS CARRIAGE BUILDER, 1009 and 1011 Chestnut St. .13w fm tnrp CLA.RENCES COUPES AND SLEIGHS, AT COST. W. JACOBS, 617 ARCH STREET. del4 10tr PROPOSALS. ROPOSALS FOR TIMBER OFFICE OF PAYMASTER U. S. NAVY, NO. 426 CHESTNUT STREET, , . PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24th; 189. j SEA L ED PROPOSALS, endorsed " roi. posals for Timber," will be received at this office until 12 o'clock M. .on the 3d of January next, for furnishing the United States Navy Department with the following Thnber; to be of the best quality, and subject to in spection by the inspecting officer in the Phila delphia Navy Yard, where it is to be de livered within 30 days after acceptance of bid, free of expense to th a Government, for which' security must be given. FOR BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION; &c. 20pieces Spar Timber, Yellow Pine, 45 to O feet long, 18 to inches square, parallel. To be of the best quality fine grained South exo Yellow Pine, which has not been tapped. No more sapwood than one-eighth of the lame will be received ou each corner. Deductions will be made in the measurement for all sap wood, axe marks and improper squaring, To be free ftom cross-grains, shakes, large knots, or other defects. The butt and top to be cut off: to 'sound wood. For specifications, apply to NATAL CON STRUCTOTt ROBERT PETTIT, Paymaster, 'United States Navy de24-6t4 Auer - cols SALES NW For additional Auctions set Fifth Past. THOMAS. & SONS, AUCTIONEERS, . N 019.139 and 191 South FOURTH etroet. STOOKS, LOANS, ON TUESDAY, DEO. 25. At 12 o'clock noon. at the Phila.!elphia Exchange— Executors' Sale. . _ $5,000 Schuylkill Navigation Co. Boat and Car Loan,G percent. For Other Accounts— .lo shares Southwark National Bank.. • 5 shortie Academy of Music. l season ticket Academy of Music. 128 shares Northern Liberties Gas Co. NO shares Schuylkill Navigation common. tee shafes American Button Bole and Over-Scathing MaCilillo Co. 5(0 shares illingral Oil Co. tOO idiares Star , Oil Co. 1111.0 shares Leading Creek Oil Co. • ' 101.0 shares Dunkeril Oil Co. 1(00 shares Dorchester Alining Co. 247 shares Empire Copper Co. , , . REAL ESTATE. ON TUESDAY. DEC. '2B, At 1120 , clork noon, at tin , Philadelphia Exchange— Perm ptory Saler—LOT, Sylvester .street, east or Sev en til street. First Ward, AIAItTI.N BROTHERS, AUCTION.P4.I,_ I (Latelr Salesmen for M. Thomas & Sons.) 0. 129 OFIEbTNUT street. Rear entrance from Minor. Sale at the Auction Rooms. HANDSOME WALNUT PARLOR. CHAMBER AND, DINING ItOOM FURNITURE, ELEGANT' FRENCH. MIRRORS. ROSEWOOD' PIANO FORTE, BY CHICKERIND: FIREPROOF/3,, HANDSOME SIDEBOARDS. EXTENSION TA. 13L;E:3, CHINA AND GLASSWARE, (iAIItETS. &c., &c. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, Pee. 29, at 10 o'clock, at the auction r00me,N0.529 Cheat nut street,•by catalogue, an excellent assortment of. handsome Household Furniture, tine French Flaw., Mantel and ;Pier Mirrors, ()bickering Plano Forte, superior Fireproof Safes. by LillieEvan* & Watson and others; handsome - Sideboards, 'Extension Dining. Tables, tine China and Glassware, Brussels, .Ingrain end other Carpets, Desks and Office Furniture, Fisting' Goods, &c. F• , 41,47:2 fine other mounted Showcaiiis,‘ • : BUNTING, DURBOROW & C 0 . 4, AUCTIONEERS, ,* 4 Nos. 't2 and 234 Ittaricetetreet, corner of Bank. LAST SALE OF THE SEASON OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS • , ON THURSDAY Toe. 30, --• 10 o'clock, on four months' credit. CONCERT HALL AUCTION ROOMS, 15190.11ERTNIrr street. 1 T. A. McOI4ELLAND. Auctions*
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