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THE DAILY isrVETtfNG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1868. A WORKlKtiMAS'S CLUB-HOUSE. Vb New Experiment In Xoadom. Three years nfo a benevolent gentleman la London Mr. Henry lloare undertook the formation of a club for workingmon in Soho, One of the most unlovely parts of the city.

The proRieM and results of this experiment are noted In a recent number of the London Zelegroi'h: HOW TUB CIX8 WA3 8TABTSB. "Meetings were held, and a number of earnest tMsmm who attended them to have a club of their own, wbicn should In every respect be mnuaRed by themselves. The Rround floor of a houso Id llote s'reet was occupied at a yearly rental of seven ty-flve pounds. Mr. Uonro tecuiiio security for the rrtit, but the Soho men always managed to pay it themselves.

Their 8ucces was such that last summer they lelt bound to look out for new premises. An old buildiiiR at tho corner of Rnpert street, which Jiad been occupied as a printing establishment, was empty, and Mr. Hoare suggested that tho Whole place should bo taken, and thnt the scheme of tho club should bo enlarged. lie at-compunlud his sutwsiion with a very substantial oiler. It was not a gift, but a loan, and ho trusted to the honor of.

the worklngmen with whom he was dealing to pay buck to him every jiennj which he propoed to ndvauce. After some consideration the men accepted his oiler. It was, that he should pay lor the purchase ot the lease, which had five years to run, and for the altcratiou, the decoration, and tho furnishing ot the several rooms. Altogether about a thoueund pounds weie expended. This it is proposed thull be repud in the form ot a rent charge, so arranged that the club may be free in five yeuie, at the termination of the present lease.

"In January, 1808, the new premises wore Opened. In the old club the subscription hai only been twopence per week; it was now Increased to threepence. There was at once a large accession ot members. By the end of February they numbered about 700, and it was found necessary to adopt some- restrictive rales to prevent a too rapid inrush of neff men. With summer, of course, the members decrease considerably, out-door life being more attractive.

"Sutlicient time has now passed to enable the observer to say something of the prospects of enccess which attend this scheme. It is a ecbemo which will be sure to have enemies in many places. Philanthropy pretentious and supported by plenty of cant would be horror-etrickcn. (ieorge Cruikshank would put the club and its members in a corner of hi Bottle' picture. Many very good men would hold aloof or fear of the results; but Mr.

Henry Ilcmre is bold ami confident, and deserves great praise for his independent action. MANAGEMENT. "Soho is not an unknown district. Its population is of a peculiar character, comprising an immense number of tailors and hlioeiiiakurs; and many workmen are employed in those out-of-the-way industries, nmoug which the manufacture of meerschaum pipes and of artificial teeth may be reckoned the most respectable. Here, too, the close attendants upon wealth, tha suppliers of tome of its luxuries, and the servauU who wait upon it in its palatial clubs, tiud their Lome.

Close to it are districts in which immorality and crime abide, scarcely deign ins to hide their horrid shapes in the light of day, and making the night uuholy aud terrible. "In this dibtrict Mr. lloare, aud the men in whom he believes, are doing their work. The kernel of their design was to accept conditions just as they were, aud in preparing their club to make it in all respects a place like to thoie In which the work ineuien ot the district ordiua-Tlly eousrbt amusement ana recreation. As in the public house, so there they should have drink, malt liquors, aud whips, and spirits, as plentifully as they liked.

Th.y t-hould have a concert-room, in which the soucs euug should be jubt what those of their number who volunteered to sing were pleased to offer, and the audience pleassd to accept. For amusement they should have cards nud dominos, and draughts, and chess; they should have billiurds and bagatelle. If they cared for out-door games, there theyj should manago their cricket club and their swimming club, should arrange rowiiif matches, and summer jaunts In the country. As it happened there were in Soho who cared for something bejond these things, It was further resolved that to them and to the ethers should be opened a reading room and library, class rooms, and lectures and discussions. Indeed, uo one phase oi the ordinary life of the Soho workiugman was neglected.

How all this has been done, how the enterprise looks now, and what the results have been may be best gathered from a description of the place SATUBDAY NIGHT SCENES. "Saturday night is the best time to study this club lile in Soho. Then the men are at leisure, hud seek to end a week's labor by recreation more or less hilarious. The approaches to the place are not Dy auy means attractive, there are narrow streets and queer courts, in which it would be well to make compulsory the sanitury rules which obtain in work-house? and iu prisons. Then there arc other streets not much wider, but filled with shops, the footways and the way for tho pus-aye of vehicles being crowded by -people who have somethinir to sell, and others who watit to buy.

The sellers' cries are such as may be heard in other districts. They bespeak poverty, attention to the lowest needs ot humanity, and to tho fondness for finery which Las its place among women who dwell in noisome garrets as well aa in mere decent hone. "Pussing these, at the corner of Rupert street, jou see a rather daisy the door of which is, perhaps, partly open. 5fou enter, and at once find yourself in a crowd of beings, noisy, but evidently pool-humored. The outer door opens straight upon the refreshment bar.

Be-bind this you see the barmaid, with one or two assistants, serving the men who btuud outside With great lapidity. Pots of Btout, of half-aud-lialf, of pale ale, of new aud bitter this attempt at wit is not at all novel are asked for and tup-plied with wouderlul quickucss. The purchaser carries his pot away to his teat iu the concert-room, or to whatever room lie may have been occupying, and perhaps on his way stumbles upon a friend, to whose lips he thrusts bis pot, imploring Bill, or Bob, or Jem to have a palL If you stuud there a loug time, even when the hand of the clock Is moving on towards midnight, you will uot hear many calls for gin, or whisky, cr other spirits; of course you will hear some, and they are attended to without question. "There is wo drunkenness, lor the members and only member ure admitted are aware of and respect tho rules ot tho These rules do not in any way measure tho quantity of drink which each may ask fur aud have. They do not curb individual action in any way; but they do call for respect for others.

They ask that whilst jou care particularly for self lor number one-numbers two aud three, and so on to seven hundred, or whatever the number of mcmbeis may be, shall not be altogether disregarded. And all this is observed iu a rough and ready way. "It is but a stpp from tho bar to the Here you se about a hundred men sitting on rough beats, and listening to tke soug Which is beini; sung. The singer is not a paid one; he hu9 been, and will be again iu a miuute or two, a member of tho audience; aud it Is amusing to note the ready and very free interchange of rcmurks between platform and audience. The songs are not, as a rule, of a very bigh class; they ure, however, equal to those to Which cprtain distinguished liiiglibUaiau is said to have listened appreciatively.

TUB CLUB RESTAURANT. "This cpneert-rooin is used as dining-room In the middle ot the day, for lhere are youni' men in Soho who have a lancy lor dluiug at ueireiuu. ueyao mis in vueir own fusblon, and at price which differs Irom the price charged in Pall Mall. If you were to bten in Here any day between 12 and 2 you would see lialf-a-doeeu of those young fellows Bitting at the tables, eating miier lazily, and taking the day's news and their dianer together. There is nothing graud In what is served or in the serving of it: the waiter is in his shirt slotsvpg.

and looks so warm that you can't help funcvlu2 that lie works in the kitchen iu the intervals of attending to the wants of the members. There is no carle: the waiter tells you what the dishes ri c-u. can nave, say roast muuou or beef, with potatoes and some green vegetable'. If you mean to be extravaaftnt, you ma; hnvo now and then a bit of turbot or other fish to begin with. You cn have paddings and tart, and you can finish with cheesa.

Of course, the price of dinner Is a ercat thing to consider in Soho. At the club they give you meat and two vegetables for sixpence, and pa Iding is only a penny. A dinner for sevenpenco Is something too cheap even for city clerk. If a member does not want to dine, as may happen some day when he is out of work.be can tmc a sand, wicli for ft penny, or bread and cheese for twopence. The amount of business done niaht and day in tho week is worth noting, It must of courcebe remembered that this Is summer time, and that the demand is not by any meaus great as It will be when the long nights come In.

At present about twenty shillings' worth of spirits are sold in a week: beer and ales to tha extent of about ginger beer and lemonade about and the receipt for tea, coifoe, aud foiui food, dinners included, amount to about 12 a week. TUB RBADIKO-BOOM AND MMIARY. 'Tossing fiom tho refreshment department we ascend the stairs to the reading-room and library and class-room, all of which are on the lirat floor. Here are collected a tew of the members who wish to make themselves acquainted with parsing events, or who prefer the quiet to the concert-room aud the bar. But there is no attempt to separate the render from othr members; Indeed, the fact is that ihcro is a tree intvrcommutiication which shows that the reader, the steady member of the club, has very considerable Influence upon tho others.

All are better because ot his being there. On the second fl'or is room for conversation and playing, this games being cards, dominoes, cl ess and draughts. You can see siaid men there sitting quietly around a little Pembroke tabic, absorbed in tho chances nflorded for fine play, and for appreciation of character, hich oil get in a rubber at whist. Again mounting the stairs you reach tho billiard and bagatelle room. This is evidently a favorite resort of many members.

Theamusc-ments are paid for at very reasonable ratc. An ordinary two-handed game of billiards costs three half peuce; a game maybe had for threepence; bagatelle is a penny a game; ior cards the players pay a penny per night. C'Lese, draughts and dominoes are free." Tite English Parliament ami the Tress. From the London Spectator, If the entire body of members in the Ilonse of Commons cannot abolish a grievance which closely and personally touches thein all, elfect-lve power has ceased to exist in Dnglaud. We do not believe it has ceased, and consequently believe that a vote of 120,000 for a new House of Commons may be placed in the estimates this year and accepted without a division.

It is a little absurd that alter spending two millions aud a halt on a pailiamentary palace niaiuly intended to lodge tin; Uoujc of Commons, 120,000 more should be demanded for lodging the tame body; but Knglisbuieu are slow to ltaru except by experience, aud the existing grievance is almost intolerable. It is bad enough lor members, but for journalists it is so b.id that it tin-re was the spirit of unity in the profession they would strike, and reduce the House at a blow from a governing boJy into a bad-torn peied debating club, wasting its evenings iu debates to which nobody attended. Without the journalists the members would be a pHCkof nobodies, chuUent'g every eveuiug to each other with uobody to listen to them; yet they treat the proiessionals whoso aid makes them governing men as it they were servants huddled Into the lobby of a theatro with their masters' umbrellas. Their own case, no doubt, is a serious one. The new bouse supposed to be built for their accommodation will not scat comfortably halt their number, aud will not hold two-thirds with auy amount ot parking; it ha a floor which renders one man iu three inaudible, is so ventilated that three hours of that climate makes old men sleepy and young men furious, and has galleries in wuich no one, except he be perhapi a peer, can 6ce, hear, or wnte with any approuch to comioit.

If they like quarrelliug for their scats, aud speaking over a floor which drinks their voices, and standing in thuir shadows so deep that the most genial oi Tories looks like a Jacobin haranguing his club, it is no busiuessof our to reruon-fcirate atiainsi that form of Imbecility. All we can say is that they are neglecting their duty to theh constituents iu not making the best of th'-inselves. We st eak lor our own profession, which is as essential to the House as its own members ami its own constituents, and which is at once degraded and injured by the. existing arrangements. Not to mention that the journalists and reporters are placed in the very worst locality lor either seeing, hearing, or writing, with chattering womeu overhead, and all kpeakerslur below, they are denied anything like udequate tpnec.

The reporters of the older journals, who alone are considered legitimate occupants of the gallery, are cramped for room, and compelled to write iu the most uuuatural of p.ttituiies, that of worshippers in a pawed church, while new papers positively canuot get admittance. Are the members really so loud of the old ones that they are willing to Tote them a close monopoly As for the provincial journal, who are daily be jomlog more powertal, and whose representatives have as much right within the walls of Parliament as the London reporters, there is uo room for them; while the weekly papers are subjected to a regime ub-olub-ly in its lolly and injustice. The Situidaj Keoicw, the Spectator, the Examiner, the London Ueoiew, and half a dozen more are just ns much rend oy politicians, and have just as much influence on politics as the daily papers; yet their conductors are debarred from listening to the debates for which they navu furnished ha'f the material, iney are permitted as a great favor, to aiUnd in the henorters' Gallerv. in which they have bo seats of rieht, once a week, the rule being made most stiiegeut when the debates are most, important and consecutive, as, lor example, tue deoaie upon Itelorm. The editors of the daily papers, many ot whom are as poweriui 06 any men the front benches, are, we believe, tolerated nverT niolit.

but onlv of favor: aud a serious complaint was made before this very Committee that their pretence was a uinurance ana a nui sance to the reporters, who uo not waui cu ier to offend them or bs bothered with their con versation. Much of this arrangement is, oi course, due to the arroirnut theory that reporters and journalists, through whom alono tuc uouse is powerful, are mere "strangers." surplusage, people of whoso existence the House cannot condescend to be aware; but some of it is duo to the contracted limits ot a lloune in wuicu the reporters' galleries seeru to have been an nltcituougbt. The journalists and reporters do not ask much, only room to perform their unpaid but inestimable service; and if it is refused in any new House, they ought, gilt-respect, to rf iider members' lives a inhery to them, a task they could perform very easily by ignoring them in leaders, and reporting their chatter verbatim, with all the repetitions, delays, interludes, Interjections, hawks, and other marks of oratorical Incapacity, which they now suppress. Mr. Bairn's scheme for buildiug a new House over tho Commons Court aud the dining-rooms remedies most of these evils, but it is insufficient.

His plan avoids any Interference with the Pidace, or any necessity for a temporary House, and nilpht, if ho Is energetic, be completed with decent speed; but he still more attentive to niiytoingthan the House itself, which alone is of tlm-rate importance. He provides 609 scats; but no House is complete which does not contain CG5 separate and numbered scat, fme for every member whenever ho chooses to attend. That number once secured, each member would retain his own place, subject to the well-known purty arrangements, any vacancy as it occurred being ottered to mem-bets of the same side according to their seniority in the House. All the quarrelling and los of time caused by the present schoolboy arramre. nieuts would then be obviated; and members could come in at their own time, and ou the fullest night there would bo no confusion.

The House would be almost as reasonably organized as tho stalls in a provincial theatre a system of a tribune is Inconsistent witli our jirocee Jings In Committee: but fixed seats would be no injury to any one, except, pcihaps, a few new members with bad voices, who would creep hp towards better seat and greater obvioiuoess quite as soon as is good for them. With this alteration, an eipansion of one-sixth, the uew auditorium would, as far as the members are I CPf fcroed, be all that could be desired for Mr. Barry mut not forget that every constituency is now a popular one, and tha every populsr constituency insists on regular attendance. Members are not permitted In America to. postpone a vole to a flirtation.

The space provided tor the i'cers is, as usual, sufheteut they rarely get the second best ol anything, and it wlil never be well to admit strangers enough to form a mob, a mistake made both iu the Corpj lgis-latifaud the House of Representatives, but Wo do not feel quite satisfied about the prest. The reporters tire allowed forty-four seats, Instead ot thirty-elpiht; but that does not allow for the inevitable requirements of fresh growing wants and power of the provincial press. A new institution, the editors' box, is, howevsr, a decided improvement, aud will, we hope, speedily cause the abolition of the ban flnuer which weekly newspapers at present He; and r. narry win, we uouot not, it pressed, screw out ten more seats for the reporters. If nis plan is adopted, which seems probable, the whole country would be benefitted, and the ex-peeso is atufle compared with the sum most countries waste upon members' salaries; but it will still be necessary for the House to Insist upon one or tuo tovelties in the actual work.

First, that Mr. Barry, it separately paid at all, be paid a sum, and not a percentage on the woik, an arraugement which, were he an angel of virtue, would not tend to in crease expense; secondly, that the time ior construction be as short as is consistent with cflieient work; and thirdly, that the contractor be heavily fined for every week's delay. Otherwise, the members will not get into their new House until they are of them greyheaded, probably not until an act establishing universal sufl'race and coual electoral dis tricts has made all their arrangements obsolete. weuonot, ot course, expect that amount of efficiency out of the whole House; which is never peremptory except about cattle; but still, if two or three indenendent members will just keep the ideal in mind and worry once a montn ior explanation, and get a tew figures from M. Haussmann, and oppose supplementary votes, they will, with the assistance of the journalists thirsting for room to breathe, get the woik done betore the new law courts are complete, or the Thames embankment is finished, or Londou municipalities have learnt how to make, to smooth, or to clean a paved roadway.

SUMMER RESORTS. J3ELVI1EKE AND DELAWARE RAILROAD COMTANY. "DELAWARE WATER UAl NOTICE For the special accommodation of Pas-sencera desirous ol spending Sunday at the BE WATER GAP. an additional line will leave the Wat-r Gap every MONDAY MORNING at O'clock, arriving In Philadelphia about 11 A. M.

Lines leave Keritlngton Depot for Delaware Water Gap dally (Sjuuduys excepted) at 7 A. and 3-30 P.M. 725eod5w W. H. OA1ZMER, Ageut.

gYGEHIA HOUSE. COLLINS BEACH, DlvlAWAKE, Is now onen for tha reopntlon nf cnnRH Thia imn rite place of resort In beaulilully al uuted at a point on me jjeiaware uav, a lew mmsirom tue (Japes. It has a beantlful lawn In frnnt. wail nha'ari cnin water bathing, sailing, etc. Take steamer Perry A.rcn street wnarr.

7 10 lm FRANK COLLINS, Proprietor. Post Oilice address, Deaky nevllle, Del. rpiIE CATSK1LL MOUMALN UOUSE. This favorite BUMMER REhORT, situated on the CATfcKlLL MOUNTAINS. State of New YorX, and commanding the finest view In America, bavlug been recently enlarged, will be open from JUNJS 10 to OCTOBER 1, Terms, $450 per day, or $2300 per Tree.

States connect at Catsklll with all of tbe Hudson Blver Railroad trains, and the day boats txoin iew York or Albany. Abo the steamboats Tboirai Powell and New ChBiuplon, leavii'g Plvr 85. loot of FRANKLIN fcilrnei. Sew York, dally, at 5 1. at.

Saturday, at P. M. 6 9 2mJ CHA.KLE3 JU BEAGH.ProprletOf QONCRESS II ALL, CAPE ISLAND, SEW JERSEY, WiJl receive guests June 23. Terms $400 per day $2500 per week. Please address, 6 9tatbfi2m J.

F. CAKE, CAPE ISLAND. "QNITED STATES HOTEL, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Is now open for the reception of Quests.

Music under the direction of Simon JIas.iler Persons wlsuiug to engage rooms cau do so by BP- piyiiig iu UROWIl WOELPPER, Proprietors, ATLANTIC CITY, or Mo. 827 RICHMOND (Street. 6 2 3m -THE FSEPTUfJE HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. Has been enlarged, repainted, refurnished with new furniture and spring beds, and Is now open lor tbe reception ot visitors. It Is wltblu FIFTY YARDS Of tbe beach, JOHN SMJCK, Proprietor.

ROBERT L. FURY 7 18 Ira pOUHTKY BOARDING. CBESNUT BPRINGS, NEAR WILLOW GROVE AVENUE, (Formerly Hospital station.) Two communicating rooms vacant. A pply on the premises, or at No 1402 WALNUT Kneel. 7 23 FLAGS, BANNERS, ETC.

1860. CONTEST FLAUS, BANAEKS, TRANSPARENCIES, AND LANTERNS, Campaign Radges, Medals, and Plus, OF BOTH CANDIDATES. Ten dinvrent styles sent on receipt ot One Dollar and Fifty Cents. Agents wanted everywhere. Flags In Muslin, Hunting, and bilk, all sizes, whole sale and retail.

Political Clubs fitted out with everything they require. CALL ON OR ADDRESS V. F. SCMCIDI.E, Ko. 43 SOUTH TI1IRW STREET, tlgtfrp PHILADELPU REFRIGERATORS.

Fit I OE RATOItS XX AT BKVKN DOLLARS AND UPWARDS. WATER COOLERS, CLOTH ES-WRINOkRS AND WABHERS, and a general variety of HOUaE-y UB- KIBHXNU GOODS. 13. A. WILDMAN 28 taUuSp Depot, HO, MU BP KINO 0 Bt, FINANCIAL.

1ITIIMHD0LPK BUY COUPONS OP i GOVERNMENT BONDS AT SAME PEICE AS GOLD. AGENTS OR THE SALE OF THE POPU LAR LOANS i Central and Union Pacific Rail road First Mortgage Bonds, Principal and Interest Payable In Gold. COUPONS OF THESE BONDS CASHED AT OUR OFFICE. Dealers In all Government Securities SMITH, RANDOLPH No. IG South THIRD Street, 710 PHILADELPHIA.

8 OP THE FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS OP The Union Pacific Railroad AND Central Pacific Railroad Paid at Hie Banking House 01 WH. PAINTER Uo. 30 8. THIRD Street, 61U PHILADELPHIA, Who have the Pacific Bonds on hand for immediate deUvery. New Descriptive Pamphlets, Yfllh Map, furnished vr Ilhout charge, on application.

LEHIGH VALLEY BAILIIOAD COMPANY'S MORTGAGE BONDS, DUE IX 1803. 5,000,000, Ti lth Interest at Six Per Payable on the First Day of June and Dcceni bcr of each year, FEEE PE03I STATE AND UNITED STATES TAXES. These Bonds are secured by mortgage on the following Baliroads belonging to this Company, namely, tbe mam line from Phil UpBburg, New Jersey, through Manch Chunk to Wllkesbarre, Pennsylvania, 101 mileu; the Beaver Meadow branch, 17X miles, and the Lelilgh and Mahanoy branch, 42 miles, making a total of 161 miles of road, Including 78 miles double-track, eqnal, with sidings, to 309 miles of single track. together with all lauds, bridges, work-shops, machinery, depots! engine houaes, and buildings there-nnto belonging, and all rolling stock, tools, implements, and materials belonging to mla Company, lu use on the said Batlroada. This mortgage is a first Hen on all of the above Boads, except 48 miles, from Easton to Manch Chunk, on which It is preceded by a mortgage for dne in 1678, the Bonds of which are exchanging, as fast as presented, for the present Issues; those not presented until maturity are to be paid out of the present loan, making It a first mortgage on the above-mentioned property, $1,000,000 OF THESE BONDS, Either Coupon or ltegistercd, Are offered at ninety-five per centum, with Interest from the day of sale, free from State and United States' taxes.

CHAELES C.L0NGSTRET1I, Treasurer, Office of the Lehigh Va.ley Railroad Company, 7 1 lm Ko. 803 WA1JSUT Street. Philadelphia. RANKING HOUSE OP Kos. 112 and Hi South THIED Street PHILADELPHIA.

Dealers In all Government Securities. Old 5-20s Wanted In Exchange for New A liberal Difference allowed. Compound Interest Notes Wautcd. Interest Allowed on Deposits. COLLECTIONS MADE.

STOCKS bought and sold on Coninilbilcn. Special business accommodations recerved for ladles. IL'BL QLENDINNING DAVIS. MO. BOCTII THIUD STREET I Clock and Gold Brokers.

QUOTATIONS OP NEW YORK STOCKS AL WA YS OH MASO. I 8 K. aLspimie. lour h. pavts Q1TY OF PITTSBURG WATER WORK BEVEN PER CENT.

UONDS, FOB BALE BY WHELEN UE0T11EES, No. 106 South. THIRD sued, FINANCIAL. POPULAR LOANS. I UNION PACIFIC RAILROAI FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS At 102, And Accrued Interest CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS At 103, And Accrued Interest.

Bonds on hand Tor Immediate delivery. Full Eeports, Maps, furnished upon application. De Haven No. 40 SOUTU TIIIRD STREET, 825 PHILADELPHIA. fa VERY DESIRABLE FIRST-CLASS INVESTMENT.

A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TE1 Firbt Mortgage Seven Per Cent. Bonds OF TEH ROCHESTER WATER WORKS CO. FOB SALE BELOW PAR, Bearing Interest from JULY 1, 1SG, PAYABLE MCnrANHUALLT, FOR. FURTHER PA RTI OU A.RS APPLY TO GLENDINMNG DATIS, No. 48 South THIRD Street, 7 20 20t PHILADELPHIA.

DRUGS, PAINTS, ETC. JOIJEIIT SHOEMAKER CO K.E. Corner of F0UET1I and BACE PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. IMPORT EES AND MANUFACTURERS OF White Lead and Colored Paints, Tultj, Yarnishcs, Etc. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED FEEXC1I ZLNC PALNTS.

DEALERS AND CONSUMERS BUPPLIED LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH. 616t LEGAL NOTICES. TN THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE CX1TED HTATKB FUR KAtiTiiUiN DICilAICX Oil' I'JUSiH- bYLVAKIA, Yr, IN BANKRUPTCY. The undersigned beitby nlves notice of Ills appoint ment as AealKuee of UAMUJCu R. ADAMS, of tbe city ami county or riiiiKUeipiiia.iid mate or rentiHyt.

v.ulu. wltliln Buld DlRtrlct. who ha. buen adjudged a Euukrupt uiiou tils own pmion. LKWia WALN SMITH, Assignee, Nn.

20 WA LN UT btreet. To CrertltoiB of said Bankrupt. 7 13 tli3t TN TnE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STA'l KM OK THIS KAtil'MHS UltsTKlCT OP In lUnkruutcr. at Philadelphia. June 80.

1868. The uuderMgutMl hereby glvm notice oi hit appilnt meotas Aaaliiueeol CllARLKS T. UKttCH of Phila delphia, In tbe county ol Philadelphia and stale of Pennsylvania, within said District, who has been ad-Judged a Bankrupt, upon bUown petition, by tbeUla. trio: I'ourioi 8B1U jjinirn i. To tbe Creditors of bald llankrupt 11.

J. WARKTNEH. 7 Ifl tha. No. 26 BKVHNT1I Ht PROPOSALS.

IMPROVEMENT OP OUDENSB'JRQ U.B- ilOH. JSEW YORK. healed Proposals. In dtipllckte, will be received at thin cilice until MONDAY, August lo, isntj, for dec peijluic by UrerfuluK tbe harbor of Ntw Yoik ai as to Klve twelve feet of wiuer at tue loweat stage, in the lollowlng plucei, fci' tloii on the ciuer bur ucruns the channel Into the upper harbor, northeasterly from the lighthouse, whereabout la.iinii cubic yard of hard auud Is estimated lo require removal. fcecilon il.

Between the bridge, the lerry wharf and the Rome Railroad depot, where, It Is about cnhio yards ol very hard hard-pun," witb gravel and small boulders, must be taken out. All the material (which will be measured In the scows) must be dumped at least half a nnlo below the otiter bur, In deep waier, at a point lo be murked. 1 he work uiust be commenced as soon as pjsslble, and no later than fcept. la luts, continued as long ai lOtHiule tbls neasou, and computed by theaoiUoi November, ltfcU. Bidders muBt propose for each section separately, and separate contracts will be made tor etch, Jili must be made uiiou printed blanks, which Cftn be procured at this ottico tor similar writien ones), which mutt be roperly tilled up and signed ai Indicated, Ail the Inioruiailon pisheesed ut mis olllee will be Klven to bidders, bat till wUhi'iu lo eoiitrart ure purliculurly riutuu touamine at Oydnuburu Iwfure uiuliiip in tlit ir bills.

V. BMJisT, Lieut, -i ol. Knitlnpers and Brevet-Col, U. S. A.

U. b. NOINKSK UKkH'K, OtWkuO. N. July 14.

1SU8.J 7 16 20t griTLEZR, WEAVER MANUFACTURES OF MANILLA AND A REED CORDAGE, C0I1D8 TWINES, No. 23 North WATER (street, and KO. North DP'LA Avenu. 'FHIULDELfHIA. Kdwis Hi Fitikb, Michael Wiavlk, Com bad x.

Clotjuiul DRY GOODS. W. PROCTOR 1 KILL Of run AT TIIF.1R BEE-IIITE DRY GOODS STORE, THEIR ENTIRE STOCK AT GREATLY REDUCED TRICES. BLACK AND COLORED MILK, pbess conns, KminoiDEaiE, LACES, LACB (lOODI, LADIES noiIERT, CLOTES, PARANOLN, AJID FAJfCT AKT1CLLM. HCM.1IER Nil AWL, SAC1 ITEM, PELISSES, SEA-SIDE AND CAKRIAttH UARHEHTS, LAMA LACE Nil AW IX, BOVHROVX AND ROTONDEV IN BLACK AMD WHITE.

IV II I IE OOODS AND LIHEMS, FMIUKS, PERCALES, ENGLISH NAI HNOOKS, PLAIN A CIIECK. FRENCH OROANIHFS, NOtBNIXO DBEN9 UOOUI, CRAPES CRAPE COLLARS AND VEILS. LINEN COLLARS AND SETSi LINEN CAMRRIC HANDKERCHIEFS, ETC ETC. ETC. J.

W. PROCTOR A THE BEE-niTE. No. 020 CHESNUT Street, lMtalbsftp PHILADELPHIA. LADJES ABOUT TO LEAVE TUB city for their country houaes or the sea-shore will And It treatly to tbelr advantage, before par.

chasing elsewhere, lo examine The Extensive Slock, at Greatly Eedncod Prices, or E. M. NEEDLES No. HOI CHESNUT STREET ROW, Comprising a complete assortment lor personal oi household use, of LACES, EMBROIDERIES HANDKER0HIEF3 PUFFED, BEVKBED AND TUCKED MUSLINS, CAMBRICS, JACONETS, PIQUES, and WHITE QUODS, in every variety. VEILS AND VEIL MATERIALS of every deecrlp.

tlon, together with an extensive assortment of HOUSEHOLD LINENS, iVT TEMPTING PRICES In width and quality, BHnvrrNG.PILLOW-UASB.BHEETING, LINENS, NAPKINS. DOYLIES, FLANNELS, DIMITIES POR fPREADH, AND FUKNI. TUBE COVERS, MARSEILLES, HONEYCOMB, AND OTHER SPREADS, TOWELS AND TOWELLING IN DAMASK AND HUCKABACK, HUMMER BLANKETS, TABLE COVERS, Em ALSO, SHIRTING, PILLOW-CASE AND SHEET' ING MUSLINS, C. M. NEEDLES No.

HOI OHESNUT STREET, GIBABD BOW A FULL LINE OF COL'D SILKS IN CHOICE SHADES, AT f2 PER YARD, BEOKCE D. WIMWAM'S. PENED THIS MORNING, ANOTHER CASE OP THOaB PLAID BILKS, Black and While Plaids, ll'li', Green and White Plaids, 1-12. Blue and White Plaids, Sl'12, Purple and White Plaids, flt. One case still Richer, at l'25.

WISIIA.TM CHEAP STORE. I WILL OrEN THIS MORNING IBJSH POPLINS LN CHOICE SHADES, FORTH SPRING OF 1868, at EO. D. WIS HAM'S. EIGHTH ST.

EMPORIUM FOR BLACK SILKS. White Edge, Heavy, only (1 79, Gro4 Grains. Heavy, only 1B7. Gros Grains, Extra Heavy, onlv Lyons Groe Grain, Elegant, only t2S0. Best Makes from 2 S0 to f6 per yard.

ALL THE ABOVE AT I tthstnr WlailAM' CHEAP SILK STORE. SEWING MACHINES. fHE GRE A AMERICAN COMCIXATIOH 0VLT.SEA3IINU AND SEWING MACHINE, Its rroudcif ill Popularity Conclusive Prooi of its Great JUcrit. The Increase In the demand for this valuable Machine has been TENFOLD during the last seveo mouths of Its first year beiord tbe public This grand aud surprising succeai Is unprecedented In tbe history oi Sewing Machines, and welcelully warranted Iu claiming that IT HAS NO EQUAL, Belrg absolutely the best FAMILY MACHINE IN THE WORLD, And Intrinsically the cheapest, or It Is really two Machines combined In one. to'd at the S.

Vi Cor. of ELEYmil aud CIIESNUT, PHILADELPHIA. .18 M)itathtf COTTON AND BAIL DUCK AND CANVAS. Of all numbers and brands. Tent, Awnlne, Trunk, and Wairou lover Duck.

Also PaiM-r Manufacitirers' Drlor Felts from one to eveial teel Wide) 1'uuii g. Belling Hall Twine, eto. eve wov JuHN V. KVERM AN A No, 108 JONIlU Ailoy.