Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-12-12

hHruHn INeHhrION OF their Advertisements and
fsrmsd that their favorH MUST ba handed In previous to
nlns O o'closk, A. NJ, on Mondays aud ThurtdAya.
CITY mATTERs.
RaFHoLIDAYsl
BouoHMAN, THOMAS & Co.,
Have now open and ready very much the
best assortment of
PRESENTATION GOODS
ever offered to our people, Their purchases
have been carefully selected from the New
York and other markets, and many articles
will be sold at rery much reduced rates
Their stock comprises Ladies' Work Boxes,
Writing Desks, Port Folios, Writing Cases,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, Ladies' and Gents
Satchels, Pearl Card Cases, Opera Glasses,
Ladies' and Gents Dressing Gases, Gold
Pens and Pencils Juvenile Books, splen-
did stock of FINE GIFT Books, and an un-
usual variety of neto styles Of Fancy Stdtione.
Nv and Goods They confidently ask an early
examination of their stock.
BoueHMAN, THOMAS & Co.,
(SueeesS0rs 10 j. r. Heald,)
42l Market Street, Wilmington, Del.
R6e FARMERS BANK sTocK.-John Nc
Lear & Son, No. 607 Market street, have
twenty FIVE shares of Farmers Bank Stock,
which they will dispose Of at $40 per share
The dividend due in January will accrue 10
the purchasers. The last dividend was
e2 per share. If the January dividend
should be the same, the price at which they
offer the stock is really little over $47. Par
$50. They have other lots which they hold
higher-one as high as $51, and they have
recently sold some at $50. The owner of
this lot being desirous of closing 1t out, offers
it ct the low rate above mentioned.
Star Paper, for water closet use, at
E. BRINeHURsT & Cos,
Corner Sixth and Market Streets
hSy- New YoRK TRI-W WEEKLY STEAM
FREIGHT LINE THRoUGH FROM WIIMINo-
ToN.-The subscriber having made an ar
Tangement with the Outside Line of Steam
ers from Philadelphia to New York, will run
q barge tri-weekly in connection with that
line, by which goods can be forwarded, at
Philadelphia rates of freight, through from
Wilmington to New York, and from New
York to Wilmington, free ofporlerage and 9TH
CT charges in Philadelphia. Freight received
daily. Leave French Street Wharf, Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8 7. NJ.
Leave Cedar Street Wharf, New York, Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 4 p. NJ.
The utmost despatch given to goods for
warded by this line, and attention paid to
their proper handling. GEo. W. Bush,
French Street Wharf
Wilmington, December 8, 1865.
EN-Pocket Flasks, various styles, at
T.. BRINGHuRsT Il Co.'S,
Sixth and Market.
D&-A LARGE NUMBER.- The Herald's
despatch says the number of Rebel prison.
ers captured and paroled by us during the
war, amounted to 320 900. The number of
Union prisoners captured by the Rebels
during the war is stated to have been l57, 600.
We would remind our readers that j. H.
Muhlhausen, No. AIS King Street, in this
city, has on hand splendid assortment of
material, which he is prepared to make up
into gentlemen's garments, at short notice,
in the most fashionable styles, and at the
lowest prices.
ts- Sozodont for the teeth, at
Z. BRINcHURsT & Co.'S,
Corner Sixth and Market Streets.
RgTHE LADIES Es-Comptroler Clark has
decided that ladies are not recognized by
law as citizens, and therefore cannot be
directors of National Banks. Be this as il
may, James Parkers Excelsior Bathing and
Hair Dressing Saloon, No. IL East Third
Street, is recognized by everybody as the
best managed establishment in the city
Everything is done in the best style,'at short
notice and on reasonable terms.
WPomades, Hair Oils, Hair Dyes, &C.,
At z. BRIHeHuRsT Co.'S,
Sixth and Market.
E~ NATIONAL refinement is indicated, TO
no small extent, by delicate appreciation of
the comparative merits of perfumes and it
10 proof Of the critical taste OF the Ameri-
can public in toilet luxuries, that they have
adopted as the standard article Of its class,
Phalon's might Blooming Cereus." Sold
everywhere.
TFlower Vases and Fancy Articles, at
E. BRIHeHURsT & Co.'S,
Corner Sixth and Market Streets.
n@HoL1pAY PREsENTs.- First, jew
eller, No. 10, E. Fourth Street is now pre-
pared to supply his friends and the public
generally, with Christmas presents, such as
clocks, watches, finger rings, spectacles, and
sets of jewelry of every description. He
feels confident that he can sell as cheap as
the cheapest He is also prepared to repair
clocks, watches, and iewelry, at the shortest
notice. and in the best manner. He warrants
all work to give satisfaction. Persons would
do well to give him call, before purchasing
elsewhere.
n6T The Eggs of Pharoahs Serpents, at
wholesale or retail, by
e. BRNeHURsT & Co.,
Sixth and Market
RETHR REGULAR STATED MEETING of the
Historical Society of Delaware, will be held
in the room of the Society, No. s. Whining
ton Institute, next Thursday evening at halt
past seven o'clock Gentlemen and ladies
invited to be present
WIN. D. DOVE, Secretary.
Wilmington, Dec. 11th, 1866.
RSTU. s. 5-20's, 1905, and all kinds of
Government Securities at lowest market
rates. McLesr & Son, 607 Market St.
THE UNIVERSAL CLOTHES WRINeER-W
invite our readers to call at the store of j. A.
Robinson & Co., S. E. corner of Second and
Market Streets, and examine the Universal
Clothes Wringer. 1t is a washer, wrnger
and starcher combined, self-adjusting and
adjustable. 1t is the only Wringer with the
Patent Cog Wheel Regulator, for turning
both rolls together, and which positively
prevents the rolls from breaking or twisting
on the shaft. II is not only perfect Wrin-
ger, blit the cog-wheels giveit o power which
renders il most excellent washer, pressing
and separating as 1t does, the dirt with the
water from the clothes, leaving them dryer,
whittier and smoother, than when wrung by
hand The water can be pressed from large
and small articles, easier, quicker and more
thoroughly, than by the ordinary, old-iash.
ioned back k-breaking, wrist straining and
clothes destroying process. ltgreatly reducs
the hours of work on washing day, as well
as the amount of labor. Wherever it has
been used it has given universal satisfaction.
NJ housekeeper should be without it,
nov21-3mos
n6S-A GENTLEMAN connected with one of
our I.rge !. .fachine Shops, proposes to start a
SCI School ,o for Mechanical Drawing, provided
ennngh Students present themselves Terms
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