The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-09

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Chesnut streets, and a single glance at the win.
| dows of the numerous stores where dry goods
and dress goods Of every description are offered
for sale, and you will be convinced of the truth
| Of the assertion.
In q single week these windows have under
| gone a sudden and complete metamorphose. In
the place Of articles OF wearing apparel Of bright
colors and light texture, there now appear goods
Of sombre look, and OF such stout material, as to
almost cause the pcrspiration TO gather upon your
| forehead, even amid the cool and penetrating
atmosphere Of such weather rs we have had for
the past few days. The stocks are larger, the
| assortment of the most varied nature; and not
withstanding the high price of almost every arti-
/ Gle OF wearing apparel, the extensive competition
among these houses oOligos them to dispose Of
| their goods at the lowest possible figure.
Within the past few years there has been a
| steadily increasing trade transacted by these
! establishments, on Second street. From our boy
and gitlhOod many of us have, from common
| report, been educated into the belief that no
shopping" for any description Of article, from
| package OF hair pins TO n dress pattern, was To
be done outside of Eighth street. that is If economy
| as well as worth was to he consulted.
or later years. however, we have discovered
that while houses on Eighth street dispose OF tho
Test goods on the most reasonable terms, too, at
! the same time Second street, Arch, Market, aud
even that generally voted CrDeHSirc street Chestnut
thecause OF high rents, say sOme), offer Just as
strong inducements to purchasers as did Eighth
street in the days Of yore and as It still continues
TO DO.
Take, for instance, a fifteen minutes walk aloTr
Second street, and take but hasty glance at
the stock OF goods offered for sale by some of
tlC leading houses that of Edwin uall q Co..
| Curwen St0ddart q Bro, Jno. w. Thomas Pol
lock, Cassclbcuy & Co, Horace Cooper, and scores
of others, and YOU will readily admit that
for extent Of stock, a. well as cheapness
these houses viii iayoraOly compare with
those located on any other street. There
are to be found empress cloths, cpshmcres me-
rino, mOusainS, ,haw,s of every description, and
OF the most costly characters silks of all CDlors
tile greatest novelties of dress goods; cloths for
gehtlemcns wear, for Cloaks, NC, aud in fact
almost every article in this line that can be dc.
scriJCd. To enter into the minutiU of the nature
Ot the business of these houses would be folly
We only wish TO impress upon the minds Of Que
readers that sales on the most advantageous terms
| are to be had at the Second street houses; that
constant additions are being made to these st lcs
and that among no tradesmen in the city is the
nimble siNpence in preference to the slow shil-
ling more specially coveted than by these Second
street dry goods dealers.
Eighth street needs no mention at our hands.
Every man, woman, or child, who ever did any
shopping, knows all about Eighth street-iust
where 20 gO-which is the best known, aud which
sells the cheapest. There is hardly lady rea Ter
of THE TELEGRAPH who is not acquainted with
| such establishments us those of Owen Evans Il.
| X. Lee, Prico & Wood, +. SChueermann, 4 Co.,
! II. Hoffman, Mcdaniel, Ramage & MOtctt, Lon
! nenstader, lsalc Long, Newman & Arnold,
! J. c. Strawbridge x Co., and host of
| othCIs. Within few days past an extensive
! stock of fall goods has been opened by these
firms, and the greatest novelties of the season are
| to be found here.
Market street also offers tempting inducements
! to purchasers. Extensive additions have been
| made 20 the stocks of many Of these leading
houses, all of which are offered to purchasers mt
] the lowest figure. Some of the fall goods OIarpi
! here are the most attractive that have been ntro-
| duccd into the market for many years past.
! Among the houses that have been particularly
! brought TO our notice from the variety of goods
displayed are those of Granville b. Haines, PEN
| nell Brother, V. B. Archambault, NJ. *.
| Williams, and Cooper < Conrad.
! The old and wel-known house of Eyre & Ian
! dell, =. w. corner of Fourth and Arch streets,
still holds out prominent inducements to pur-
chasers in the dry goods line their assortment of
| goods being unusually extensive, and selected
! with all the prudential care for which they are
| prOYerbial. Every article can be obtained at the
| most reasonable rate of price and to know toat
| ii was obtained at Eyre * Landell's store, is
sufficient guarantee OF its superiority.
Those residing in the lower portions of the city
will find number of establishments on Pine
street. which are well worthy their patronage
These stores display fine collection of fall GO DDS
of very attractive character. Those offered by
T. Simpson & Sons, and Tagg Brothers, espc-
caly deserve cOmmendatiOn.
On Ninth and Tenth streets the stores of Price
& Wood II. Steel & Son, and Sterling, and on Arch
street those of Juo. Chambers and Cowperthwait &
Co. and John Finn ARE ladened with rich selection
of goods of varied assortment, and OF the most
approved pattern. The prices here will be found
to be as low rs those of any similar establish
ments in the city.
Chesnut street is not the dearest place TO pur-
chase dress goods or any other description of
goods the common voice 10 the contrary no.With-
standing as cheap bargains have been made here,
and are daily being made, as upon the streets of
Second, Eighth, or Ninth. lt may be that more
expensive character OF goods are kept at many
of the establishments on this street, and it is
this fact that frequently cOnfounds the matter of
price. While no man is so blind as to sell ut
rate of from fifteen 10 twenty per cent. above his
neighbors, yet at the same time ID should be re-
membCred that the cheapest goods are not aiIoayS
the best and that the difference in material is
always the cause of increase or decrease in price.
The most gorgeous silk goods, the finest India
shawls, the most recherche dress patterns, goods
for manlillas, cloaks, robes de chambre, &c, are
constantly displayed from the pIlatia Ies ablish-
ments of such firms as Thos. w. Evans Hatieiyh
& Co, Campbell & Co., Vogel, Geo. Fryer, Sharp
less Bros, Warburton, and other of our most
noted dealers in the articles we have referred 70.
Nowhere in Philadelphia can more extensive
variety be found than at the places above noted,
and at them the most iasudious taste can be
suited.
The fall trade in the class of goods described in
the preceding article is now fairly opened, and an
extensive business will no doubt be trans acted.
Our readers should watch our advertising columns
from day TO day, In order that they may be in
formed where the most advantageous purchases
are TO he made.
THE BRAVE EI0HTH.-In the action Of August
%, near Reams station, Virginia, in which the
Sth Pennsy ylyania Cavalry was engaged the fol-
lowing casualties occurred:-
hiHed.-Priyale Andrew ]. Miller, Co. b.
UOtmded.-Mnjor j. W. Wi,tar, comm ln1ing
Captain Robert Oldham, b Corporal Levi Harris,
q Prvates Abram BTOcous, b Frank Ever, b
Fred. Hanna @ Adam SIDES, g Michael O'DOn-
nell, II Henry Bachman, l.; Thomas Barns, l.;
Bugler TheO. L. McFadden, g.
MiSSinQ.-Priyate George Baker, c.
Major Wistar was the last field officer left with
the regiment, Colonel Huey having been cap
tuTed on the Goth OF June. Lieutenant-COlonel
Wilson and Major COrrie were wounded on the
10th of August at Deep Bottom creek, and
Lieutenant Bragg r G. s., having been killed on
chat day.
Notwithstanding the fact that the regiment re-
ceiyed a reinforcement Of three hundred men a
short time since, not more than two hundred
effective men are now TO be found in the reg-
ment.
TOKEN OF RRsPEcT.-To-mOrrow there will be
q meeting of the members OF the Philadelphia
Bar, at the Supreme Court rooms, to take action
in reference to the death of James L. Johnston,
Esq, lawyer of this city, who died on Wednes-
day last at Mount Carbon.
RESERVATIONS OF CoUNCILHEN.-The reslgna-
tiOns of Mr.. John Price Wetherill, of tho Ninth