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foots far banking and mercantile sum ieVhebeat la the
BxhlMtion.>The seleeifenof the Material hrgood; the
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Jewelrr,CkatelaUa, YeatOfcalae,
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felt Mea 6. . Bexar BaeYela. ■
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Coral. LaVa atyl Mottle Bate.
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the American end Trench end 10 parte finer than
the English sterling, . Wt mil ail cur own filter,6*4
our foreman bring conmtM with Me rtfiningdoj/art’
mnf of[ tksUiiittdßuiut 'ftikl for eeTO»l : S'e*fi|!we
g*ara#iee’the''flialHgr ee ifeore (Ws),Wh!ehls the
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VOL. 2yNO. 126.
BY Tat BIRD or TGWBB HILL,
<< Once mer? onto the breathy dear friends, onoe more.”
We’re wrltfontn all sorts of things,
•I’entheAtUnttoOeble,
And prelted It—some one eboald u cane,
For on it we were a&Ifl.
We thought, from whet we heard and read
OftboieWhoJaidthewlre, 1 - J
¥b*t the/, la epite of ocean warts,
. Would ‘-set the world on fire ”
v - . Their praise wts song throughout our land,
, . By ev’ry son and daughter,' „
- That they bad kept their spirits strong—
Not weaken’d by the water.
.. .. The pealing song, in thunder tones,
Was borne scrota the main,
And' on the cable, wasj we think,
' By far, too gireata strain.
Our hopes went up like Franklin’s kite,
When he the lightning caught,
Which would, we said, by Morse bo trained,
And drore to trains o/ thought
r , \Bene'atb the ocean wares'; but ah—
Tain words, untimely spoken—
'.The lightning steed lost all its speed,
- When to the harness— brokt*.
■ of enterprise. In which
Btock-jobbers.seea were sowing—
Though all they sowed has <* gone to gran”—
. Will det cow pay for mowing
They, with the cable, closely,linked
Ofd England with our Union,
But failed in making “ bo h end# meet”
: In (stock aside) communion.
- The ends, at first,'with promise fair'
Filled their respective stations; . .
They recognised, each other, and
Acknowledged ttolf {stations. t
' Thus soeflifi on the start, tlJere was
.No rupture apprehended;
But, witn tke greetings from each end,
Oomnsunleatlott ended. ’ 1
’ ; They ha>a bcSh urged; for but one word,
r Tet; *rtM, both ends keep mam,
- , Bare now and then a trifling burs,
.., Which folks pronounce “ a hum.**
We’ll not assail the entcrorlse,.
For it would nioght avail—
In vain would be a m®re assault,
- - : When', even, batteries fail.
We hope a cable wilt be laid,
1 rWiUiin th« year to come,
That will, at least, make signs, although
It bo both 4 deaf And dumb. ,
No one in gutta percha clothed—
'The potntuay seem far fetohed—
*- • But one that will; in rubber clad,
. Admit ot.btSssg stretched, -
Stretched!—this suggests that we hare stretched
. „ par lines out much top far,.
So we will take the home etretch, now,
To Bennett’s Grand Bazaar,
Whefehe/ib spite of all mishaps
Attendant on the cable,
Is dosing ont his winter stock,
•’' From Which a man Is able
To buy a suit just to his taste,
And at a price so low
That ever after, past a doubt,. . . .
ToTowSEHlLLhe’llgo t
BflmfßTT’s t Towxr Hill OLOTsisa Birns, Noi
518,'MARKET Street, South" Side, between Fifth and
Sixth streets, Philadelphia. ....
PAFBB,
Hetoil Prs (Soote.
JJOLIDAY GIFTS!
LADIES* AND MISSES*
CLOAKS.
ATBBDOOBD PBIOBB.
THE LABQBBT BIOCK
' .. mtew o x.o aks
,- s> . .nrWMB.'ITMir -DAT,
IOTakoMBB ovtiiibbaboh.
BINS: ITOm VBLVBT CLOAKB i
7 ,A 7 BlDaoatD TMGtt. '
HH B ; M i V.X AH D MOBOQW
B BAT IB 0 L OAK S,
FD» FRBHOH - j
CASTOR BBATBR CfLOABS, \
*V.rf " u -" i ' ; r 'X : 'A^ *7V *-1
-7*,., mixed and. drat mixed ,
BNGM EH BEAVER OI.OAKS,
• AT IZDUOSD FBtCEI.
KISSES’*'ARh' oHILDRBN'O OLOAHB,
. ' AT aiDVOED rBICIi.
PJtyn'lS MX D& CLOCKS ,
7 .V
REDUCTION OF WsNTY-BlV* MB CHS®.,
OW9*Voubtb from former prioes..
\ At taw
.
PARIS MANTILLA AND CLOAK EMPORIUM,
BPBOIALLY DEVOTED
BABE OF THESE GOODS, ;
Axp mini
MAY 1 AT ALL TIMES BE POUND
THE LARGEST STOCK IN THB OITYj.
J. V. PBOOTOB & 00.,
.TOE CHESTNUT STREET.
<UB-12t : , - i-■■■ j I
|| OLIDAY: PRESENTS.
L. J. LEVY & GO
- ’ ‘ Are now offering, »t
7 aBBAXLX RBPtTOBD PRICES, j
A Urg* witty of Ooodi fullable fpf Holiday Present*,
taehM— t .
BXLKB and BIIIK ROBES,
\ EMBROIDERIES, - ’ !
r LAOS ARTICLES, j.
.. . SHAWLS, !
'; ‘' •" ’ CLOAKS, ;
“ ! — im— !
WXHTBR DRESS GOODS GENERALLY.
; AUthtAbore article* art offered at prioea below thf
oort of importation, to bloab ont,'M newly u poulblej
before the Raw Tear, the balance of ' 1 '
VINTERSTOOK * ,
L. J . LETT A 00. are now; baring maftafftotured for
them In Europe a Variety of
3STEW GKDOIDQ
808 THE SPRING TRADE,
5 " { ythlth; they will tdcelre early In the Season.
?r . :■. 809 and 811 CHESTNUT Street.
dSO-fit
KfE^OLOARS.
J.Y OPENING EVERYDAY
, r: . 'XT TH* - _ ;
PARIS MANTILLA k CLOAK EMPORIUM,
JINEBEAVER.CLOAKS.
RICH VELV&POLOAKS, •-
i • MOURNING OLOAKB,
MISSES* CLOAKS.
OPERA CLOAKS.
• - ‘MIX’D BE AVER CLOAKS.
The largest Auortment la the elty.
~ at *»■
PARIS MANTILLA ANB CLOAK EMPOBTUU.
*. 70S‘ CHESTNUT STREET.
J. w. PROOTOR k 00.,
dlB-tf '
ipiBSAT SALB Of BROCHE SHAWLS
V* • 'And cloaks nr
„ Unprecedented Bargalnel , ,
- We’re had a perfect .nun!. \ „ .
7 We’re *eUln* an iwmenaity of Good* I
u Our trade’* increasing!,
Omr Modeof doing tnuinean eeemitomeet withgene
ralapprorali! - Namely—
• “ToHareßat One Prlee.”
‘‘To Mil Cheep for Caib.”
' “ Nerer to misrepresent Ooodi In order
; TO BffEOT SAXES.” , 4
, ftTo deal falrir and justly. and wait npon all earffo
men with attention and politeness.” . ■ *
((Thus to gain their oonfidenoe, and beep it by eon-
Mining to y j, CHISM.
If* havo now on hand , , _
Excellent Dong Broehe Shawl, for;*B.
■ ' Still better quality Mr *lO,lll, *l2, >18,114. Wi
$lB, *3O, *23; and $36.. ■ ' ! ; \; *
• Sqnw. Brock. Bh»i*« from |5 up to *ll. •
long uid Bqnuo Blanket Shawls in erery .arloty,
- j oUldren , a, Mines, and Gentleman’. Bkawlfl, 0.0.
<' Goof Black Cloth Cloaks for 88. -
Brerr other qu.Utr and Stfle for *8 up to *lB.
A 80S DOT OV CLOAKS FROM LAST SEASON AS
■ BALV'PBIOBI
~ ' Baet Black Bilks rortOo. to *ll6O per ward.
Kioh fanqr Bilks reallr koentlfnl.
'i STCTT Tarletr kf DRESS GOODS.
CLOTHS I 0AS8IHEBEB!!. BATTINETIS, &0.111
','Hean Blank Beaver Cloth., fine French dn., to., tea.
' Blanketa, Ilannele, Linen., and Mnillna..
In fact no better .took of general Brjr Good, can be
Conhd than at •'
THOENLBY * OH IBM.’B,
‘ Northeeat Corner EIGHTH A GABDER..
nolB-tf ~f;„ i •; J
.bargains in dbt goodb—
XX-,. r ", g.v.B. hunter. .. „
Ha. BEMOVSD froni No. 80 to No. 40 fionth SECOND
Btroot, where he la now prepared, to fur nish the Ledlea
With a freeh end well-Mleoted .took of
DKEBB .
Towhiohhe lnrlt.l,their attention, being determined
to.ell at erceedtnglj IX) WTBICE9.
‘; N. K—Arlene, eaeortment. of Broehe, Stella, and
#ftiuh Blanket Shawl.. Al»,.a variety of SUk and
Ol^J^meConAnt^tand^ttt.
«eT-*a No. 40 Booth SECOND Street,)
The Atlantic' Cable.
IK THE CITY.
AT BSDVOID raiois,
u iv’u?Vo>9 rsiqßß'.
All Impovtad OlOAhe,
New JjHbliiatione.
JANUARY HARPER! —Harper for Janu-
ARY, 16 CENTS, »t
PETERSON &, BROTHERS*.
Harper for January—Price Fifteen
CENTS, tills day received at
PETERSON & BROTHERS*,
. ? ”...No. 308 Chestnut street.
1 K GENTS FORHARP.ER’S MAGAZINE
XfJ for JANUARY, ready this day. and for sale at
PETERSON & BROTHERS*.
THE JANUARY- NUMBER of Harper’s at
PETERSONS*,this mowing, for 15 CENTS.
Harper for January i harper
FOB JANUARY! HARPEB.FOK JANUARY,
at PETERSONS’. Pries 16 CENTS. . d24-8t
QOULD & LINCOLN’S
BOOK LIST FOR THE
holidays.
IHD GREAT DAY OP ATONEMENT. Nsbslsln.
THE EVENING OP LIFK. Chsplin. ,1.00
SALVATION BY CHRIST. ' Wajland. *1 00
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. B»,ne. ,1.25
THE GREYBON LETTERS. Rogers, tl 26
THE SUPPEBING SAVIOUR. Krammscher. 11.26
LITE AND TIMES OP BACKUS. Hor.y. ,1.26
CYCLOPAEDIA OP ENGLISH LITEBATURE. Cham
hers. 65.00 ...
ESSAYS IN BIOGRAPHY ANB CRITICISM, 2 Tola.
Bayne. $1.25 each.
LIVE OP AMOS LAWRENCE. Lawrence. ,1.00
CYCLOPAEDIA OP ANECDOTES. Anlne. ,3 00
EUROPEAN CELEBRITIES. Spragiie. ,1 00
HOME-BOOK OP MISCELLANY, 0 role. Chambers
*3.00
CRUISE OP THE NORTH STAR. Choules. ,1 60
THE BETTER LAND. Thompson. 86 ota.
CYCLOPAEDIA OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE. Kitto.
. ,3.00 .
LIFE OP DANIEL WEBSTER. Bsnrard. 76 els,
THE ISLAND HOME. Romaunt. 76 ota.
IMITATION OP CHRIST. UPS OP A'KEUPIB. Dll
man. 86 ota 1 .
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.' Knight. $1.26
THE HAXJiIG (froin the German ) Marsh. ,100
THE PREACHER AND KING. Bungener. ,1.26
THE EXCELLENT WOMsN. Sprsgue. ,1.00
THE GREAT TEACHER. Harris. 86ots.
SAPS HOME, OB FANNY KENYON. Stoddard. 260.
OUR.LITTLE ONES IN HEAVEN. Aim-well. 60 ctf.
GATHERED LILIES. Thompson 81 cts.
PLYMOUTH AND TUB PILGRIMS. Bannrd. 00 cts
MOTHERS OP THE WISE ANB GOOD. Burae. 76c,
LIPS OP JAMES MONTGOMERY. Knight. ,1.26
RELIGIOUS PROGRESS.. Williams. 86 eta.
THE TEAOBBB’B LAST LESSON. Badger. ,1.00
UY MOTHER, OB MATERNAL INPLUENOB. Mitch
ell. 76.0t5. ; .
HUGH MILLER’S WORKS. Uniform in 6 role. Miller.
,7 00"
THE POOR BOY AND MERCHANT PRINCE. Thejer
. ~76ct«-. *
THE POOR GIRL AND TBUB WOMAN. Theysr. 760.
THE AIM WELL StORIES. In Boxed: Swob. Aim
well. 03 eta, each.
THE PLURALITY OP .WORLDS.; Whewell. ,1.00
THESAURUS OP ENGLISH WORDS: Roget. ,1.60
BEATEN, Ulnstrated. KlmbaU. ,1.00.
HISTORY OP. PALESTINE. JKUto. ,126
, The abora map b'd had iovarlona styles of binding—
eloth, cloth gilt, hair calf, calf, &c., suitable foirpre
eents. Any of.them will he sent by mall raaa or
postaqb to any one remitting the retail prloe,
■Q, A L. also have on hand, biaides their own publi-
eations, a large, assortment of elegant books designed
for the holidays. • d22*ws&w-3t
The Founder and Publisher of
VAN COURT’S
COUNTERFEIT PETEOTOR,
Desirous of RETIRING from this branoh of business,
has merged that old established work in the popular
BANK-NOTE REPORTER
3c BIOKKTEIhXi.
" Having publtahed V£N OOURT’B DKTECTQR since
1639, the undersigned reluctantly parts with his old
friends and subscribers} - but this reluctance is lessened
by ■ the conviction that in IMLAY & DIOKNEIjL’B
BANK-NOTB REPORTER they wIU noelve a work
-that matches the tines.
J. VAN* COUBT.
Pbi&amlpsu, Deoember 20,1858.
NOTICE.
ALL SUBSORIPTIONB TO
IMLAY Sc BIOBLISrEr-X-’Q
BANK-NOTE REPORTER
Are pajable eornpnlouoly IN ADVANCE. The COINS
OF THE WOBLD, lamed by Imlay A Bloknell, will
he glven' gratnitonely during January to all old'and
new .nhfferlhera. All Colne, Chart., Gttlde., and Man
nala, a. ooipared with thlß, m.y be oon.ldered waste
paper.
IMLAY & BICKNEKL,
No. 112 SOUTH THIRD ST.,
BULLETIN BUILDING,
Elegant gift books
FOB '
THE HOLIDAYS. ;
GOODRICH'S t Most .nperhly bound In Tnr-
WOMKN OF BBADTF f key, foil gilt or AnUque.
ABB I Illustr.ted with 19 Steel
HBBOI9M. ' j Portraits. Price *l2 CO.
ann
GOODRICH’S Megnlflcently bound in Tur.
COURT - key, fullgiltorAntique. A
OF new edition, with Id Steel
NAPOLEON. Portraits. PricqJlifW.
HUNT’S LIVES 1 Two elegentootavovole .wlth
OF I 19 Bteel Portraits. Tnrkey
AMERICAN | morocco. Prioe *l2; heff
MEBOHANTS. J Ant'que,*S.
RANDALL’S LIFE Twelve handsome v 01.., with
AND illnfltrations, bound in half
. WOBBB calf Antique, *43 69; Li-
OF JBFFBBiON. brary Style, *36.
ALSO,
Addison’S WORKS, Six vols. I The Celebrated
GOLDSMITH’S WOBKS, Ponrvole. British OIM
FIELDING’S WORKS, Four vole, sic pat up In
SMOLLETT’S WOBKS, Sl* vole. two neet ca-
STERNE’S WORKS, Two vole. . eea. Price in
DEANSWIFT’BWOBKS.SIxvoie. half oalt, gilt
BOSWELL’SJOHNEON, Four vole. | or enllque,
JOHNSON’S WOBKS, Two vole. . *11360; In li-
DEFOE’S WOBKS. Two vole. brary . style,
LAMB’S WORKS, Five vole *** i '» cloth,
HAZLITT'B WORKS, Five vole. *62 60.
LEIGH HUNT’S WOBKS, Four vol.
DERBY fc JACHBOI
No. 119 NASSAU Btri
Auid for sale by the principal Booked
dv\s-w&*4t
-crff ANTIQUE BOOK STORE,27 SOUTH
JL fc<IXTH STREET.—J. BABIN respectfully an
nonnofli' that be ha* on sale the largest variety of EN
GLISH HOOKS in the city, all of which, having been
tvnncrht athuction, will be sold at
bought at bxthbMELY LOW PRICES.
Such of the public who hare hitherto been prevented
from an inspection of English Book*, on account of
their high price, are respectfully Invited to examine
Among the noticeable Books will be found the
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, complete from the
commencement 14 tola, folio, half calf, sio.
PENNY CYCLOPEDIA, new edition, Just published,
17 vole, doth, $l5, or in half morocco, $7O.
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PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 25. 1858.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1868. !
We read our own young life over again in
the happy faces that surround us as we write—
faces with large' eyes that will hardly
close to-night—(for as wo run on it jis
Christmas eve) —hut will anxiously watch
for the morning with all its expected beno
fictions. What a season of speculation
and wonder to them 1 How eager they
are. to know, and yot how willing to jbo
deceived t The lapse of years has
onr own enthusiasm, but we recall the record
of a not unhappy past in the glee of the new
generation that gathers about our editorial
chair. Of all the holidays of file year give us
Christmas. It is the only one upon which the
Christian world may be said to unite. Mil
lions who believe in a common faith, who.
worship the same God, to-day forget the
schisms of the doctrinaires, the feuds of ain
bitious priests, the learned plausibilities of
those who would rather he original than
righteous. The partition' walls of seots are
broken down to-day. The sacred Btoty of the
Saviour—who belongs to no one denomi
nation, but to all—is told at millions of bright
hearths to-day. Men of distant climes, of
strange tongues, and of different habits, speak
of his wondrons life, his suffering, and his
death, jNfo sorrow mingles with the retro
spect j for if we mourn the grave, we com
memorate the Birth, and if wo grieve at the
Cross, we glory in tho Resurrection.
Happy Christmas 1
It was the calm and silent night J
Seven hundred years and fifty-three
Had Borne been growing op to .might, ; ,
And now was queen of land and sea.
No sound was heard ot clashing wars— ■
Peace brooded o'er the hushed domain;
Apollo, Pallas, Jove, and Mars
Held undisturbed their anoient reign,
In the solemn midnight,
Centuries ago. ■
*Twab in the calm and silent night!
The Senator of haughty Romo
Impatient urged his chariot’s flight
From lordly revel rolling home;
Triumphant arches, gleaming, s*ell ‘
His breast with thoughts of boundless away
What recked the Roman what liefol
A paltry province far away.
In the solemn midnight,
Centuries ago ?
Within that province far away ,
Went plodding home a weary boor j
A streak of light before him lay,
Fallen through a half-shut stable-door
Across his path He passed—for naught
Told what was going on within.
How keen the stars, his only thought—
The air how cold and calm, and thin,
In the solemn midnight,
Centuries ago»
Ob, strange indifference *. low and high
'Drowsed over common jo; sand oares:
The earth was still, bnt knew not why
The world.was listening, unawares.
How calm a moment may precede
One that shall thrill the world forever!
To that still moment none would heed '
'Man's doom was linked, no more to sever—
In the solemn midnight,
Centtuies ago l
'lt la the calm and solemn night *' .
A thousand bells ring out, and throw !
Their joyous peals abroad, and smito
The darkness—charmed land hojy now!
The night that erst no shame had Worn,
To it a happy name is given;
For in that stable lay, new born; '
«' of earth and hfarejv-— ,j
r - xhlhe solemn midmight, " v 1 '■ “
Centuries ago!
The holiday season naturally inspires onr
hearts with buoyancy and confidence, by the
many evidences of comfort, of abundance,
and of material prosperity which it brings pro
minently to onrnotico. If a stranger, who
knew nothing of onr history and position, and
whose life had been spent in some of the less
favered portions of the globe, should suddenly
bo transported to Philadelphia, in the midst of
sur Christmas festivities, and shonld behold
the immonße throngs of happy-looking and
well-dressed people who crowd onr thorough
fares, the magnificent displays of merchandise
which deck tho windows of thousands of well
filled stores,. tho little forests of Christmas
trees that lino the sidewalks, tho market
houses groaning boneath the burdens of a su
perabundance of edibles, the loads qf purchases
on their way to tho happy .homes they are to
gladden—and If he conld, Asmodeus-like, lift
the roofs from the comfortable houses within
tho limits of our city, and behold the appli
ances of human convenience and luxury as
sembled there, ho would surely think that our
lot had been cast In pleasant places, and that
our hearts shonld glow with the warmest emo
tions of gratitndo. If he were told, notwith
standing tho manifold evidences of pros
perity be witnessed, that we considered we
upon evil times, that the language
rather of complaint and of despondency than
that of joy and confidence constituted the
great staple .of our daily utterance, wo can
well conceive how great would be his astonish
ment.
Bat even while our eyes gaze with delight
upon the joyous spectacle created by the halo
which the holiday mantle has thrown around
us, we naturally look with deep interest to
the omens of the future, eagerly desiring to
grasp guarantees for the preservation of pre
sent blessingß, and for our continued success
in the great battle of life.
We are just fairly emerging from the late
financial difficulties. The turning point has
been successfully passed, and some progress
made in the new direction. With' prudence
and proper management hereafter, our march
will be steadily onward. ‘‘Sweet are the
uses of adversity,” and our calamity, dread
ful as it was, has yet yielded some substantial
benefits. It has im pressed with terrible force
upon onr minds the truth and solidity of le
gitimate and well-directed Industry, as con
trasted with the bubbles of speculation; it
has taught capitalists the folly of trusting
their fortunes to glittering pretenders rather
than to humbler but to more intelligent,
worthy, industrious, and deserving business
men; it has roused the nation to the perils of
sloth and luxury; it has sot men’s brains and
bands earnestly at work at enterprises in
which they deserve success. When a really
valuable lesson is thus taught to the energetic,
enterprising, and mighty race of freemen who
constitute this nation, it always mnst speedily
produce beneficent results, which will go far
to compensate for the misery, however great
it may have been, which accompanied its ac
quisition. The national disposition having been
thus chastened and improved, and new in
centives to industry, economy, and prudence
having been created, “ good times ” might
bo looked forward to as an almost certain re
sult, even if no extraneous circumstances as
sisted to develop them.
Such assistance, howevor, is, wo think, near
at hand, as an evidence of which we paint to
three of tho leading topics of the day, viz:
the discovery of new gold mines, tho contem
plated revision of tho tariff, and the construc
tion of a great Pacific railroad.
Unless the statements which are constantly
being reiterated from the Pike’s Peak mines
are entirely false, an extensive and very pro
ductive mining region exists there, whloh will
afford profitable employment to many thou
sands of our citizens. Gold mlnos are also
reported in Nebraska and Arizona. While
we are aware of the absurdity of reckoning the
wealth of a nation by the more amount of the
precious metals it produces or possesses, it i
is certain that if these discoveries are as im
portant as they are represented to bo, they
will attract population ftom those localities
where it is too redundant, give lucrative em
ployment not only to those who go, but to
those who romain behind, and pour through
the avenues of commerce a bounteous Btream
of gold.
In regard to the tariff, the condition of the
Publishers,
■eet, New York
Uleri.
CHRISTMAS.
[SELECTED.]
A Christmas Hymn.
nr ALFBED DCHHSTT.
Good Times.
National Treasury Imperatively demands its
revision. Mr. Buchanan has recommended
it, and; has even given an emphatic endorse
ment to specific duties upon the articles which
most need them. .In the Honse of Represen
tatives!, wo'do not doubt that a majority of the
members would favor a fair tariff, jadiciously
framed | and Mr. Phillips, of this city, one of
tho Obmmittee of Ways and Means, is now
about framing a bill which will not only
yield mere revenue, hut probably a much
greater amount ot protection than the pre
sent ;tariff, and several members have intro
duced-propositions for the accomplishment of
the Same objects. In the Senate, the vote on
Mr. F.osieu’s amendment to tho Pacific Rail
road' .hill is a very emphatic indication of a
friendly spirit towards American industry.
Suroiy it is the height of folly lor those who
are .sincerely anxious to reclaim the manufac
turing interests of tho nation from their le
thargic condition to disregard all these Indi
cations, and postpone, to an uncertain fu
ture, 1 aid that would now be doubly welcome.
Hoping and trusting that some speedy action
on tllis important subject may soon bo taken,
we regard this prospeot os one. of the most
promising indications that could be given of
the near approach of good times.
The Pacific Railroad project is beginning to
osjurno the air of a rl&lity. The practicability
of an overland stage-coach mail route to Cali
fornia has been fully demonstrated, and in this
locomotive follows quick upon the
of that conveyance, and seems, like a
jealous monster, to seek for its extirpation
froin the face of the earth. The outposts of
civilization are closing in upon each other,
California pressing eastward with gigantic
strides, and onr frontier States advancing
westward at ano less rapid pace. The rail
road-, daily becomes more and more of a na
tional necessity for tho transmission of mails,
the transportation of troops, passengers, and
merchandise, the security of our possessions
on tho Pacifio, and tho general prosperity of
the nation. There are strong indications that
a bill for its construction may bo adopted by
the present Congress—it seems certain, at all
events, that it will not long be delayed. It,
too, will famish much active employment to
all classes, and the immense quantity of iron
it will require will of itself sot in motion many
a fumaco now lying idle, and gladden many a
heart now gloomy and desponding, by the sub
stantial tokens of good times that tho oppor
tunity of obtaining remunerative labor would
furnish.
JHr. Morris’s Territorial Bill.
[Oorretpondence of The Press.]
Washinutow, Deo. 23,1858.
In the House, on Wednesday, Mr. Phelps, of
Missouri, among other resolutions relative to tho
roforonoo of certain portions of tho President's
message to their propor oommittoes, ofibrod the
following:
Rexotved , That so much of said messago and
aooompanving dooumenta as relates to the Terri
tories of the United States, the establishment of a
Territorial Government over Arizona, and the
si-ovision5 i-ovision for a general aot for the admission of
erritories into tho Union as States, bo referred to
tho Committee on Territories.
Whereupon, Mr. Morris, of Illinois, moved to
amend the resolution so as to instmot tho Com
mittee on Territories to report tho hill which he
had . prepared, providing for tho elootion by tho
oitisons of tho Territories of thoir Territorial offi
cers.
The chairman stating that the amendment conld
be'proposcd whon the resolutions wore takon up
for final notion, and that tho motion oonld not bo
entertained at the present time, Mr. Morris then
desired tho bill to be read ns a part of his spceoh.
The folloiHng Is a oopy of the same:
A blll for an'aot, granting to the people of tho
SBtWal organized Terruorioz ef tho United
Stoles,,the, right to provide, through thoir re
-u.MS<!t,W»,Legislature*, for m» an)Bm t ,n„. ..
-jndgesi ■ and all
at)ier Territorial offieers, in such mode or man
,. nor as said Legislatures may by law determine.
Seotionl. Belt enaeted by the Senate and
Honse of Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled, That tho people
Of tho several organized Territories of the United
States be, and they are hereby, authorized and
eihpeWired to appoint or oloot thoir governors,
Jadzes, and all other Territorial offioors, in suoh
mode or manner as their respootive Legislatures
may by law dotormino; and to define thoir
powers and presorlbe their duties: Provided,
That nothing herein contained shall he so con
strued as to interfere with tho rights of the ex
isting offioors in said Territories, or those that may
be hereafter appointed by tbo President, to hold
thoir respective officos nntil their snooessors are
appointed or elected, and qualified in pursuance'
to the low of said Territories.
Seotion 2. The people of the Territories hero*
after organized by aot of Congress shall be vested,
with the same right and power of appointing or
electing their governors, Judges, and all other Ter
ritorial officers, and defining their powers and
prescribing their duties, which by the provision
of the foregoing seotion, aro oonforred on tho peo
ple of the Territory now organised.
Seotion 3. That all suits and o&use? of aotlon in
the sail Territories arising under tho Constitution,
and laws of the United States shall be tried at
sueh times, and in snob manner, as Congress may
by law provide:
Section 4. That tho people of any Territory of
the United States now organised, or whioh may be
hereafter organized, ate' hereby authorized and
empowered to call a Convention and frame a Con
stitution preparatory to admission into the Union
as a State, in suoh manner aa their Legislature
may by law prescribe : Provided , That applica
tion for suoh admission into tho Union shall
not be mado until the* population of such
Territory shall bo sufficiently numerous to
entitle it to one Representative in the House of
Representatives, on the basis of the apportionment
of representation established by Congress for the
several States: And provided , further, That no
suoh application shall be received or entertained
by Congress until tbe Constitution framed for said
Territory shall be submittod to tho people theroof,
by a direct vote, for their approval or rejection,
and shall h»vo been approved by a majority, of
the legal voters of said Territory ; And provided ,
further , That nothing herein oontained shall ope
rate against the immediato admission of Kansas
and Oregon into the Union.
Beotlon 5. Ail acts and parts of acts coming, in
confiiot with this aot be,and the same are hereby,
ropealed. Con.
Letter from New York*
HANDSOME COMPLIMENT FROM ARTISTS : THE RAN
KEV PICTURES —MOUNT VERNON > THE BALL A
FAILURE I THE CONCERT A SUCCESS—FAIR OP
THE u AMERICAN UNIONVISIT FROM CITY
FATHERS OF BALTIMORE—CABK OF LIEUTENANT
dIBSON, U. 8 N.—GENERAL NVB—BCANDAL—
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
fGorreepondooce of The Press.]
Nbw York, Deo. 23, 1858.
Tbe artists of New York have done a handsome
thli% la sending plotnres and sketches to the Ranney
exhibition, and subsequently presenting them to Mr,
Banney’s widow, for whose benefit they were sold, on,
Monday last, at ths National Academy of Design. The
sales amounted in the aggregate to about nine thonsaud
dollars, and it may, perhaps, interest yonr Philadelphia
artists to know what some of the pictures brought. A
beautiful little thing of Elliott’s brought four hundred
dollars; “ A Foggy Morning,” by Konsett, three hun
dred and fifty dollars; Durand’s “Study from Nature,’’
two hundred and forty dollars; “Autumn,” by GJg
nona, two hundred dollars; “ South American See.
nery,” an exquisite thing, by Church, twelro inches by
eight, was knocked down at the moderate sum of five
hundred and fifty-five dollars. Various othors brought
from twenty to two hundred dollars. Could anything
he more geoial and kindly than this—anything more
graceful by way of a Christmas gift to the amiable
widow of a brother artist ?
The Mount Vernon Ball was rather damp. The
woather seived as a reminder of the deluge. Theeotn*
pany, said to be ultra-fashionable, was cold, formal,
and not at all disposed to bo frolicsome. It was of the
moat Intensified respectability; but It didn’t pay. The
Concert last evening, however, was better. It cost but
a quarter to get in, and tbe mnsio wawdashy and en
joyable). Musard was at home. It wss so successful
that Manager Ullman his announced it for repetition
on Friday, (to-morrow.)
The “ American Union,” dosigned to supersede the
old American Instltuto, opened its first exhibition yes
terday at 020 Broadway. In view of tho <lef truotlon of
articles at the Crystal Palace, and the variety of ar
rangements that have had to he made since, the exhi
bition Is very creditable to the taot and energy of the
managers. It deserves encouragement from the press,
fiom its determination to extricate the Inventive talent
of tho country from the old rut in whioh the Institute
sought to make 11 forever run.
The oity fathers if Baltimore, learning bow agree
ably tbe aldermen of Philadelphia were treated by the
municipal authorities of Gotham, have come hither
for the purpose of seeing how it will work tn their
oase.
The restoration of Lieutenant Gibson, of the navy,
from tho retired Hat, and his promotion to be a com
mander, is a subject of congratulation to his many
friends His oase was one of peculiar hardship. On
returning from a three-years cruise in the sloop-of-war
Bt Louis, of whioh he was first lieutenant, he found
himself virtually ejeoted fiom the service, without &
cb&tge of any kind having been preferred aga'net him.
Being without employment, on the organisation of the
harbor poll ce, he was appointed sergeant of that part
of tho Metropolitan force, for which he wss admirably
qualified. It is a handsome step from this to a com
maudership In the navy.
General Nye, President of the Police Commissioners,
and principal political fuglemab of the Republican por
tion of that body, is about to resign, to accept tbe po
sition of attorney to the Amerioan Express Company,
and an honorable and profitable place In connection
with the Galway line of steamers.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
[Reported for The Press.]
Contemplated .New Hall for the Young
Men’s Christian Association.— The movement
in favor of building an immense bail on one of onr
leading avenues, in a central part of the city, is
meeting with ohoering enoonragemont. The esti
mated means requisite for suoh an enterprise—
from $150,000 to s2oo,ooo—seem to interpose no
obstacle, nor in any way to dampen the sanguine
expectations of those who, have the subjeot at
heart. The first public intimation that suoh a
work was contemplated, was had at the anniver
sary of the association at Jayne’s Hall on
tho evening of the seoond of last month. The
resolution then offered in that behalf, it will bo
remembered, was adopted by acclamation. Since
then there have been two meetings held at the
rooms of the association with reference to the mat~
ter, both of whioh were largely attended by olergj
men and many of our first business on, whose
great interest in the work it is thought will, with
the aid of individual congregations, and the oom>
inanity at large, soon plaoe suffiol ent money in
the hands of the trustees to commence operations.
The principal business transacted at the last
meeting was the submission and adoption of a deed
of trust, for the greater security of contributors.
The probability is that the new hall will be built
on the north side of Chestnut street, between
Tenth and Eleventh streets. The proposition to
devote suitable apartments in the building to tho
very important object of physical exercise for the
members, has, we believe, been fully determined
upon, and, moreover, with sensible people meets
with univorsal favor. Tho 'sedentary habits of
many olergymen render exeroiseß suoh as are
best afforded in a gymnasium moßt essential to the
promotion of health, and tho same may be sald;of
many young mon confined to stores and counting
houses. That a minister of the Gospel should pre
fer exercising his musoles at u ten-pinß,” in a
plaoe where the proprieties of a Christian life are
to be uniformly observed, to mingling in the indis
criminate throng for that purpose, as he would be
obliged to do at almost any “ alley” we could
name, is oertainly not surprising; indeed, upon
the whole, the mere fact that those gentlemen—
considering the influence of their opinions upon
tho minds of thoir congregations—have taken so
liberal a step towards physical emancipation , is
really worthy of all praise. There will be another
mooting held at tho room 9 of the association re
specting the new ball, on Monday afternoon next,
when final action will be taken upon what has
already been submitted by the oommUtee, and .a
board of trustees appointed to carry out the ob*
jeot proposed, which board will be composed of
one representative from eaob of the denominations
numbered in the association.
The Bishop White Prayer Book Society.—
The Twenty-fifth Annual Report of this Society,
as read before that body in St. Luke’s Church,
at their recent anniversary meeting, has just been,
handed to us in a neat pamphlot. From iho
Manager’s report contained in U, we .learn that
since its organization as a society 145,807 Books of
Common Prayer have by it been distributed, of
which 0,080 bave been scattered daring the past
year. The balance in the treasury on the first
day of October was $l6O 70, against an indebted
ness due to publishers, of $l7O 88. The donations
received within the past year are $1,013 03. The
Excoutlve Committee of this sooioty are under in
structions from the board which will not be re
moved, not to oreate a debt beyond a very limited
amount, so.that the operations of it will necessa
rily bo govornod wholly by the amount of con
tributions roooivod.* |
Discontinued.— The Rev. T. L. Cuyler wifi
close his services in the Cooper Institute, Netr-
York, to-morrow evening, having oooupied that
large hall for religious services every Sabbath
evening for the last three months. Mr. Cooper
has furnished the ball during this time at the no
minal rent of $25 per night, to defray the expense
of lighting, heating, cleaning, Ac. Mr. Cuyler>s
subjeot last Sunday evening was, “ Ralny-day Re
ligion ; or, a plea for God in the Storm.” The ha(l
was filled. <
Laying of a Coener-stone.— The corner-stone
of the Nioetown Baptist Churoh was laid at that
plaoe .on Thursday afternoon of this week, at 21
o’clock, the ceremonies'having been participated
in by Revs. Randolph, Campbell, Cuthbert, Ken*
UKTOrffecrrey/Malcolm, and others. - • ;
-
Mission Chapel, a structure, which we have already'
noticed in these columns, will be dedicated to the
service of divine worship to-morrow morning, at
10£ o’olook; sermon by the Rev. Dr. Kennard. At
3 o’olook in the afternoon there will be preaching
by Rev. Mr. Jeffrey; and by Rev. R Lewis at 7 in
the evening. i
Interesting Controversy.— The Rev. Nehe
miah Adams, of Boston, has aooepted a challenge
of Rev. Sylvanns Cobb, to discuss in the Christian
Freeman , edited by the latter, the Soriptural au
thority for tho doctrine of endless punishment, j
Baptist Institute and. Reading Room Asso
ciation —Another meeting in behalf of this en
terprise was held in tho Spring Garden Church
(Rev. Mr. MoKean’s) on Wednesday evening of
the present week. j
Pine-street Church —There was an accession
of eighteen to tho membership of tho Piqq-b treat
Presbytorian Churoh, of whioh the Rev. Dr. Brai
herd is pastor, on last Sabbath, at their regular
qu&rtorly communion. Of these, thirteen were
on profession of faith, and five by letter from other
ohurches.
Presbyterian Exchanges. —Thirty-four Pres
byterian pastors of this oity, at the suggestion of
a number of laymen, have made an arrangement
for a systematic exchange of pulpits for fifteen
months, on the first Sabbath afternoon of each
month, and a programme has .been printed, show
ing where each pastor will pre&oh on a given
Sabbath.
Interesting to Friends.— A special confer
ence of tho Sooiety of Friends has jast been held
in London, to dißouss tbe question of permitting
marriages in meeting, in cases where bat one of
the parties is a Friend. The determination was
in favor of authorizing suoh marriages.
Rome.— The railway carriages constrnotod for
the Pope are so arranged as to form a sort of tor
raoe, an anto*ohamber, a throno-room, and a
bed-room. Tho throne-room is magnificently fit
ted up, and deoorated with paintings by Jerome,
representing the Cburoh, seated between St. Peter
and Paul, the four Evangelists, tho Popo blessing
a railway, <fco.; also with a figure of Christ on tbe
Cross, by .Touisaant. Tbe nod-room has bind
hangings, and is ornamented with a painting of
the Immaoulat© Conception by Millet. The ex*
tenor of tho carriages is tastefully decorated with
objects in bronze.
Confirmations. —Tho Rt. Rev. Bishop Non*
mann administered the Sacrament of Confirma
tion in St. Vincent's Church, Minersville, on the
sth, to ninety persons, and on the following day,
in the be&utifnl new churoh at Heokcrsville—
whioh is a noble monament of tho piety and
liberality of the Catholios of that town and dis
trict—the same saorament was conferred upon ono
hundred and fifty-six persons.
Unitarians.— The Christian Register says:
u yf © are highly gratified by the assurance of The
Congregationalism that seme of the most eminent
and most Old-Soheol divines of our denomination
in Saffolk county purposely, so phrase thoir form
ula of invitation to tho commumon table, as to in
oludo Unitarians, and invite them to come if thoy
please to take tho responsibility of doing so. This
is all we ask on that point from Orthodox
ohurohes.”
The Rev. J. A. Brown, pastor of St. Matthew’s
Lutheran Churoh, in Reading, has been invited
to take a professorship in the new Lutheran Col
lege and Theologioal Sominary at Newbury, South
Carolina. It is bolieved that he will acoept tho
Invitation. It is also stated that the Rev. Tho*
ophilus Stork, D. D., of Philadelphia, has accept
ed tho presidency of the same institution.
An aged Minister Gone —The English pa
pers announce tbe death of the Rev. John
HiokUng, the oldest Methodist preacher in tbe
world,and the last survivor of the “ helpers” of
John wesloy. Mr. Hiokling was in the seventy
first yoar of his ministry, and was nearly ninety
three years old. A fortnight bofore his death, ho
leotured in Birmingham on “Early Methodism.”
He died at Audley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
A New Catholic Church. —We learn from the
Dover (N. H ) Gazette-, “ that the Catholics of
that oity contemplate erocting a new churoh edi
fice, to bo commenced as soon ns the spring opons,
at an expense of $35,000 to $40,000. Their pastor
has offered to his congregation, that, whatever
sum of money they will raise, ho will add twioe
as inuoh to it.”
What is the Cause?— The Churchman la
ments that eighty per oent. of the members of the
Cburoh of Eoglana whooomo to this country fail
to join tho Amerioan Episcopal Churoh. “ Eighty
por cent,” it says, "is surely a largo proportion
to lose by tho simple aot of migration from ono
oountry to another, of those who were once will
ing members of out branoh of the Catholio
Churoh.” *
A Plea for Christian Union. —The Episco
pal Recorder says: “An examination ot late
Convention Journals will show that the confirma
tions have been largest in those oases, suoh ss St.
Phillip’s, Philadelphia, St. George’s, New York,
and tho Churoh of tho Atonement, Philadelphia,
in whioh the ministers have united in the great
revival movement of this summer.
A Rare Preacher. —The Methodists have a
rare preacher among them, if we are to beliove a
correspondent of the Memphis Christian Advo
cate-, who says of a Rev. F. E Pitts, one of their
pulpit orators: “X have repeatedly heard the
inost famed men of Amorioa, but there are timos
when the flame of his pathos lids the everlast
ing hills toith a roar that moves yonr soul to
the depths fathomed by few other men.”
Progress of Methodism. —The Methodist
Episcopal Churoh has gained a strong foothold in-
Indiana. It is only a little more than' a quarter
of a oentury since the Indiana was setoff from
the Illinois oonferenoe: now the former has been
divided into four, with a total membership of
00,209, an inore&so daring the last year qf 12,455,
TWO CENTS.:
Spurgeon’s Extravagance.—lt has been re*
ported that this popular and successful London
preacher lives in the greatest extravagance, rides
* \ oarr * a £G drawn by six horses, <fco. *lt turns
out, however, that a parishioner occasionally asks
mm to ride a few miles, who 'has the means of
s This is about the amount of
nlB extravaganoe.
Commendabls —AU the clergy of the Episcopal
undo!to» inn ttabt,lg r n i ‘I s ™' n V have United,
tS?iii,m!i!?? u 5 nooo * f Blsho P Bowman, for the ea
r? b J: ? m !P fc mai ntenance of oharoh institu
anTorphinpoo” 6 ® 101 tteaSedl fafinn >
Wesleyan Me
jDada . hav , e “looted several clergy
men of their denomination as missionaries for the
recently discovered gold regions on Frazer river!
The superintendent of the mission .is Rev Dr
Canada* gentloman W ® U “ nd faTOrabl Y known in
AFix.-APreabytenan minister of Newark re
cently exchanged with a brother minister at Pa
terson, N. J., and •had'* his overcoat stolen from
the hall of the house .where he was entertained.
The garment contained his sermons, and he was
consequently obliged to extemporize!
A Credit to Them —Rev. J. W. Kelley, of the
Sauth Carolina Conference, states, in. a published
letter, that in one oharoh in that State the col
ored members meet one-third of the expenses of
the parish, giving from st,ooo to $1,500 annually.
Theological-Semin art.—The annual cata
logue of the Theologioal Seminary at Newßrnns
wiok has been published. There are now in that
institution fifty students in all. In Rutgers Col
lege and Grammar School are fifty more, having
in view the Gospel ministry.
Novel Ordination.—At too late Indian Con
ference of too Methodist Episcopal Ohuroh South,
too venerable Bishop Early ordained twelve In
dians, principally ohiefs of their tribes, to the
Gospel ministry.
A Mb. M. Celt Trevilian has written and
published a handsome octavo of 580 pages to
preve that Lonis Napoleon is the Beast of the
Apocalypse ! •
The Roman Catholics of Cinoinnati have adopt*
ed a regulation that hut six carriages shall bo
permitted at funerals. v
The Unitarian Sooibtt in Charleston. S. G.,
has erected a monument to the memory of the late
Rev. Dr. Gilman.. Rev. J. R.,McFarland has
been invited to succeed Dr.'G.
Bishop Mcllvaine is expeoted to return to this
oountry about the first of January next. His
advices 18 about the same as at the previous
A Baptist layman, of Sumpter county, Ala.,
contributes $3,000 per annum for the education of
the rising minis try, of tjie Baptist ohuroh.
Twelve Missionaries sailed from Boston last
week in the ship Como for India. ’ ;
Saving.—The. origin of wealth is in a moral
feeling self-denial. “ Here Is something I will
not consume, or throw away—l will take care of
it, store it up for the future use of myself or
others.” The man who first said and aoted thus
laid the fonndatlon of a virtue upon earth.' The
savings of eaoh man are a diffusive blessing to all,
and therefore, so far, frugality is a thing which all
may and ought to applaud. ;
It affords us pleasure in this connection to point
our readers to the “ Franklin Saving Fund Soci
ety,” in. Fourth street, between Cbestnut and
Walnut, of which wo have no hesitation in speak
ing in the highest terms of praise- . Its officers are
liberal-minded gentlemen, who offer every induce
ment to those who desire to do so, to economise.
They receive any 'sum—so matter how small—on
deposit, pay five per oent. interest, and are always
willing and competent to pay baok, on demand,
any required amount. This company never sus
pended. Our readers will , see their card in our
advertising columns. „
GENERAL NEWS.
SUIOIDB BY A! CONSUMPTIVE AT TEE ; POINT
op, Death.—The inmates of the Circus-street In
firmary at New Orleans, Louisiana,' were startled
lately by hearing the report of a pistol in one of
the wards, and upon rushing-to the plaQe,.a hor
rible sight presented himeelt. ' A man whose name
was O. J.• Vanhorn, aged about twenty-five years,
a native of New York, who was lying at the point
ofdeath with pulmonary disease, had committed'
suicide by shooting himsolfin the head, blowing
off'nearly'the whole top of the oraninm,' and be
smearing the wall of tbe room with hid brains and
blood. It seems that Vanhorn had .taken from
his carpetbag a single-barreled pistol/and hot
having strength enough to pull thetrigger, being
dreadfully emaciated,'had. placed a- River -spoon
aorpss the trigger,(through the guard.) and pressing
both hands, against the spoon, brought dpWtt’the
hammer. He was lying "down at the time,-and
■When discovered - had:hol<Lof - both;.ends-of. , fcbu
~apwn., Thrri-Nni.Mna, n« frn^A
upon fits pereonrfflHr uiitj ‘traou
oame passenger in* the second cabin of the steam
ship Empire v City, on her last trip to this port. He
had no baggage, save a carpet-bag containing a
few clothes. He had been in the hospital but two -
days, and it was. tbe opinion of the physipion
that ho could not possibly have survived more
than aoouple of days longer. —New Orleans Del •
la, 15/A. ' * **. |
* Horrible—A Boy Eaten by his own Doq.*
—The Laporte (la ) Times gives the particulars
of a horrible affair in that neighborhood. Several
boys started from the residence of a • German
widow lady, a* mile or two from town,;to go to
Laporte, and among.them .was,the son of the
widow. He was in liquor, and, after leaving the
house, his companions discovered that he had left
his bat behind him. And started him baok after it.
Shortly afterwards a gentleman and lady, passing
near by in a wagon, heard n moan as of a person
in great agony, and at the'same time heard a
dog growl as if devouring'something. The lady*
prevailed upon her hußband to go add ascertain the
oause, whioh ho did* when,’horrible to* relato, he
found the German boy alluded to' down,- and his
own dog literally chewing him to pieoes. At lost
account he was not dead, though it was so&roely
possible for him to reoovor.
Arrival of tee Lost Lord's.—Lords Cav
endish, Grosvenor, and Ashley, the'young Eng
lish lords who were reported to have been lost on
the Red river, in a skirmish with, the Indians a
few days since, arrived safe in town last night.
They oame down from Pemblna on a dog-train, in
company with tbo Canadian surveying party be
fore mentioned in ouroolumns. Oneoftbeirparty
remains, who will winter in the settlement, ana
exptore the Saskatchewan next summer. The
lords appear to be perfectly satisfied with their
experience of winter on the northern frontier, and
will leave this morning for the East by Burbank’s
line,-and proceed immediately.home.—iifinHMo
tian, 17/4.
Pretty Good.—A woman' rushed breath
lessly into a store at Sb. Louis, last week, and ex
olaimed that a man who had insulted her in the
street was in hot pursuit. Storekeeper ran to
the door, stared up, down, and all over, and re
turned with the cheering announcement, “ noth
ing visible ” The lady, thanked him gracefully,
and retired; and the storekeeper, only oeosed to
congratulate himself on becoming a knight-protoo
tor ef female virtue, when he found that two hun
dred dollars’ worth of his most valuable goods had
gone with her The woman, Sarah MoCrite, was
subsequently arrested.
In Cincinnati, at noon/on Monday last, a
boy, about twelve years old,' named Louis Lyons,
in company with-another lad - on their way from
school, looked into the jewelry store of J. S Voss,
No. 40 Fifth sfcreot, between Vine and Walnut,
and-asked for a Christmas present, when a man,
it is alleged, in conversation with the proprietor
behind the counter, pioked tip a knife ana threw it
at them, the blade entering the back of Lyons, be
tween the two lowest ribs, and sticking thereuntil
be had run thedistanoe of a square, and itwafi
removed by a passer-by. 'A young man employed
in the establishment was arrested.
A Gentile, last week* ran away with a
Erotty Miriam, the daughter of a Cincinnati pawn
roker. They were traced to St. Louis, where the
father had the youth arrested for abduotion. By
some.means the littlo Jewess succeeded in obtain
ing p emission to visit him in his cell, accompanied
by a jn Btioo from Xilinolstown; and while the atten
tion of the jailor was diverted, the parties were
made ono by tho magistrate, and tho Hebrew’s
plans dofeated in the twinkling of an eye. Wo
man’s wit saved the lover. In the afternoon the
father withdrew his complaint, and the happy oou
ple went on thoir way rejoioing.
An Insane Man Hurdebed.— Augustus
Pitt, an insane inmate in the York'county alms
house, was found dead in his oell on Wednesday
morning last. The deceased was confined in
tho oell with another insane man, whose name
is not known, and the supposition is that Pitt was
murdered by him, as one ef his eyeß was pierced
ont and the wound penetrating thebrain. An iron
spoon was fonnd in the celt with blood upon it,
whioh is supposed to have been used in inflioting
the wound, and thus oansing his death.
A DANGEROUS YOUNG WIDOW OF 30, in Lud
low, Mass., with four dead or discarded husbands,
has torn a yonne"lad of eighteen years from his
afflioted parents fn the same town, and taken him
to bed and board os No. 5. The parents looked
up the boy, but tho widow was too smart for them,
got him out, and fled with him to Palmer, where
they married.
Mr. H. B. Brown, of Portland, Maine, is
engaged upon a morning view of the White Moun
tains from the Berlin Falls. A sunset view of
Clapboard Island, near Portland, ho lately finish
ed, and sold to the same party who gave the com
mission for the work he is at present engaged on.
Laroe Bequest.— John Killinger, a Ger
man apotheo>ry at Lebanon, Ohio, died a few
day ago, leaving, it is said, property valued at
$750,000. which, by his will, is to be invest*! and
the Interest to be devoted to the edaoatlon of the
German Protestants in Ohio.
At a reoent meeting of the corporation
of Yale College, Governor Buckingham, who is
ex-officio a member of tho corporation, tendored
to tho treasurer a draft on the State Treasury for
his saUry as Governor, $l,lOO, during this year.
“Some Oat.”— Mr. Peter Millibon,a few
evenings sinoe, near Verona, Westmoreland 00.,
Pa., caught an enormous wild cat in wolf trap. It
measured four feet in length, sixteen inoheß in
height, and twenty-two inohes around the body.
Awful Gardner., who was converted da
zing the reoent religions revival, related his ex
perience at the Methodist Churoh in Tarry town a
couple of Sundays ago. , _ . • „
Prof. Joseph G. H«yt, of Exeter, N. H.,
has been invited to tho Chancellorship of the
Washington University, at St. Louis.
Generous.—Tho proprietors of the Boston
Museum have given three hundred and fif y, odd
dollars to the Mount Vernon Fand.
An Italian Military Company, oailed the
Gardia N.azionale Italiana, has bten formed in
Hew York,
JVOnCK TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Oonwpontfmi»for«T!nrpiiss»winplMBebeir in
mind the following rales z
Every communication mnsf fie accompanied by the
name of the writer, _ In order to insure correctness in
tt9 hj, tat on* Me of toe sheet should bo
written upon* ...
W«iWlb»jn,ti, otllzed to gentlemen In Pent,
sylrsnia end other States for eontrilratloM giving the
oumnt news of the day in their partlaular ioaalltlefl,
the reeonrees of the surrounding country, the. luoreasa
or popnletion, or »nj lnformetion thet will le‘ Interest.
log to the general reador.
the mount yernon fapeks.
They Are Keceived. .. _
E c>l°™g the Sentiment, of the
gertoutf ° nt **’»»*»* Voiee-TheLed
tho Now I 'Rrk r^| ig,lt I “ nrs sino ° nnmhor of
»ag«o°nteining toe first of Mr.
r ita oo4, and yet in that brief
Sod f or P otio “ have been' re
oeivea. Of course* this ia bufcamer®
wrifhooin ? < rf-rf h 0 Petton^iU^h?
well-known adYOrtteing agent, assures Mr. Bon
ner, that he has not yet seen one unfavorable no
tice of this number of too hedger in all the naners
received at bis office, and be receives more out of
*i Wn * ban M y -other, man;in New York
city. , This is certainly significant.-, >
.I*"f a riy half a million copies of the Ledger, With
the-firstof the Mount Vernon Papers, hive been
published. Ten steam presses have been at work,
an( * ni B b t, for the past two weeks ,* and yet
tne demand remains unsuppHed. . Telegraphic
despatches for “ moro ” are Constantly received
frm dealers in distant cities and towns.
loose who have not yet read this number'of tho
Laager can obtain copies ot it atany of.tho book
stores where papers and magazines
fht eaT }y eubsoriptums are received at
S?®;ppersons residing in New
otbar large olties r out if peo
hav ® tbo Ledger. left at
to uk W * eek ’ thoy wHI have *0 doSfetil be
oawicr who serves them with any daily
fhTX e n: o g. i ‘-“ <illBwm b 8
(from the New York’ Ohtoniele, % leading Saptist
, r j, piper.j , - f
Mount Vernon Papers, bt Edward Everett
press,.the first of .these much ex
pectod Contributions of the aocomplifhed Everett
to the Ledger, appears in * the' Columns of that
P a P® r - We are willing to take this opportunity to
! ya word concerning the Ledger and its proprie
in*i,n.{ff U rc m 2 D P raiaQ thee,” , saith high
authority, “when thou doest well for thyself!”
Mr. Bonner is receiving the full benefit of this
proclivity of human, nature. * At the risk of being
involved in the classification, we say that • tho
Ledger is by far thejtast paper of its class.' There
is probably muob misapprehension as''t6its*charac
ter, especially among those who are religions, con
servauve and jealous for public .morals,: 1 For--al
though there have been issued .the inoredible num
ber of half a million of copies for Januafcy.l, there
are agreat many people whonever, by any chance,
we tbe Ledger, ana who think it a paper of at least
very doubtful character. ■ While it is neither pro
found nor. high; it is unexceptionable in morels;
and we, at least; have no right to complain of it on
.the score of taste, having observed, in several in
stances, extracts from our own editorials adorning
its’ eolnmns, unostentatious of their source.' Int
deed, the proprietor is exceedingly fastidious upon
the point of delicacy, and rigid,in his'require
ments tea degree whioh might be imitated, by
many of onr most, respectable; papers, with,great
advantage to*themselves. While this is true, dnd
Mr* Bonner deserves-the credit of it, w^'think
that, the illustrated stories, upon whioh .we sup
pose a large -portionof -the circulation of the.pa-
Jer idepends, are- rather.calculated to pamper a
iking for the ad venturous,’romantic, and mar
vellous, than to cultivate a refined and healthy
taste. ' *. y:
We should have expeoted .as .much good firom a
gentleman of ,MT. Bonner's known religious cha
racter, and may be 'permitted to 'express* a hopa
that he will net' *be ’averse i to ; any improvement
wbien may render- hls-paper not onlv a source of
woaltb, but employ Its great influence for the high
est interests of .its readers.; This would be-a noble
ambition, and might make bis name a'monument.
* In reference to Mr. Everett’s article we thiok
that more will be required than even his most
polished pen,, to persuade the . people—especially
of the North—that the proprietor of- the Mount
Vernon estate is not a degenerate • scion, a sordid
speculator. We are sure that nor noble women,
who, with the. sensitiveness of their sex what
?ver is high and have takeni this work
in hand, think.so. .We oonfesa',that, we do.not
envy him his position, .bargaining with those onr
earthly angels, who, taking from- our -hands- the
work we ought to have done, - are owning our
oountry ana'age from:» stigma - whioh history
would have fixed upon it forever.
New York D»y Book-1 ' > - : -
The Ledger for New Year’s Day.—We havo
reoeived a oopy of the NewYork-Ledger for, Janu
ary 1,1859. It is certainly the .most attraotive
number we have soon from- Mr-Conner’s’ hands.
The-prinoipal feature is, ef coutfo, the “Mount
Vernon Papers” of EdwardHverettr thft num
ber of which is now publishad. It-ls written in
thp easy, graceful atyle of that distinguished gen
tleman. and contains some valuable practical sug
gestions in- relation to tho-Moupt Vernbn enter-
P r l fie - . r * Bonnor spreads a feMt of good-things
before his patrons positively! unequalled in* any
previous issue of bis wbrld-renoirued sheet! Among
other attractions we notice the introductory ohap
tor of y “ .True His tory ’ of.! the-Colony .of. New
Plymouth,” by a descendant of Anne Bradatreet;
. a; xumkprqns article F by' Fanny-Yun; .a-bumorbus
PW. by John-G- tSaxe;; a
aketohby Mm. Bigqarney; other’;poems by. Wm.
Bofs WeUsce, Thomas Dunn. English.. George D.
Prfotre©, Alice Caiy, Phebp! Cary, and! Joseph
~ H sr
“Harry Montford, ortho Privateer’s Last Cruise,”
is commenced, and the great story of “ Alaric ” is
concluded. ’
,■* * ' [Yrom tie Boston AtJi* and Bee.j.
- Mb; Everett’s Mount Vernon Parers —Bon*
ner.’s Ledger for the first, .of January—fox an ad
vanceuopy of whlqh we are indebted to the enter
prising publisher—contains, the first df sMr.Jßre
rett’s ‘‘Mount Vernon*
traoted considerable comment by the TactthatMr.
Bonner has contributed $10,900 to th&fund for the
purobaseof the Mount Vernon estate.-in conside
ration fqr which Mr. Everett is to continue his se
ries of artioles weekly during the year. ,*.Th‘e first
paper is written in Mr.-Everett’s "pure and simple
style, and commences with his reasons for asium
ing the name, of •tbege ; papers, but says they will
be of a miscellaneous, embracing au
account of.the progress and prospects of purchas
ing Mount Vernon, traditions of Washington: nu
merous autographs and letters, os yet unpublished,
&Qe .
A CARD, FRO3I JIB. BOSNER ABODT-A UVB NEWS-
I believe that one man has as good a right to
publish a paper as another, or to got up a large
oiroulation,' or to employ eminent contributors, or
to advertise\extensively,. or to do anything else
that is honest’ and fair.* I do not believe, how
ever, that any publisher has a right'to impose
upon and deceive the habile, or to attempt to
steal another man’s “ thunder,” or to do any
thing else that is moan and dishonorable. laa
word, I believe that “ every -tub should stand
upon its own bottom.”
In yesterday’s Tribune, a Boston publication
advertised Itself as “A Live Newspaper,’*
and as. an evidence of its vitality—asa proof that
it was alive—that it contained, a contribution by
the Hon. Edward Everett, and a humorous poem
by John G. Saxe. On examining this* paper,
whioh was announced with suoh a flourish of
trumpets, I found that it contained just twenty
two lines by Mr. Everett, which it had copied
from an old agricultural address; and the
“humorous poem,” .by John G. Saxe, I found to
be “an old aoquamtanoo”—a poem which was
icritten for and published in the "Ledger some
weeks ago , and for which I paid . Mr.. Saxe
what he considered a very liberal sum.
Now, I leave it to tho publio to judge if such a
publication would not be moro appropriately de
signated by being advertised as a dead instcad’of
a wye newspaper. Bat this is not tho first tlmo
that this publication has offended. It has hereto
fore published some of my copyrighted articles,
but I am,not disposed to treat it harshly. Itdoc3
not stand alone in this matter
There is no paper published in the United States
from whioh so many stories, sketches, essays, and
poems are oopied by the eonntry press as tho New
York Ledger, and there is .none that receives so
Uttle credit in proportion to the amount of matter
taken from it. This arises, probably, from ths foot
that I do not print tho line, “ Writtenfor the New
York Ledger,” over everything which I publish
originally. This custom of extracting from the
columns of the Ledger, without the ouatom&ry ac
knowledgment. atone timeaonoyedme somewhat,
hut latterly it has been a source, of amusement, ss
will be seen by the facts above stated as well aa
those whioh follow:
Harper’s Weekly, some time ego, published an
article whioh struck us os being an old acquaint
ance, and on turning to out files we dfroovered
that it was, word for word, one of Fanny Fern’s
Ledger “ Sketches,” which had been published
and copyrighted by us. On being informed of
this fact, the Messrs. Harper promptly made the
amende honorable, and stated, in explanation,
that tho article had been oopied from ah English
periodical, whiob, it seems, “had appropriated”
the “ Sketohand published it as original.
A short time after this occurrence, tho Homo
Journal published a story, credited .to a London
a' er, whioh story was written expressly for the
ger by Sylvanus Cobb, Jr. We called General
Morris’s attention to Ibisfaot, and he immediately
and handsomely mado the proper acknowledg
ment; but in the same number of the Home Jour
nal in whioh the correction appeared another
Ledger artiole was pnhlished, likewise credited to
a London paper, 'ibis rather startled our friend
the General, What confounded thieves they are
ovor thero !” said he, “they lire by plundering
American literature.”
Next in turn came the grave Journal of Com
merce, with one of Emerson Bennett’s graphic
“ Mexican Sketches,” written expressly for the
Ledger, and which, having probably been pilfered
and published by some other paper, was copied by
the Journal, without oredifc to either tho Ledger
or the author.
And lastly, the Home Journal, notwithstanding
the great precautions taken by its conductors to
prevent the recurrence of such accidents, recently
published an artiole on “ Jealousy,” credited to
Dickens, which was written for ns by Augusta
Moore, and published in the Ledger of the 15th
of May last. We shall n>t say anything to our
¥;ood-natured friend, General Morris, about this
ast matter. We would not willingly drive him
to despair.
But, after all, we do not know that we can
blame our cotomporaries. It is very natural for
editors in searoh of matter to take the very best
they can find,
The Celebration in Massachusetts
Forefathers’ Day was celebrated in Massaehu
setts with great enthusiasm. At Plymouth, the
public exeroises differed from the customary
usage—Mr. Everett’s oration on Washington be
ing substituted for the ceremonies whioh have
hitherto taken place. The oration was delivered
in Davis* Hall, before a very large audience, and
was prefaced by a few remarks frem Mr. Everett,
suitable to the ocoasios. The “ Standish Guards”
turned out on parade. Id Boston, the day was
celebrated by the Massachusetts Historical So
oiety. The uon. .Robert C. Winthrop made an
address, and sundry historical ineidentXWero nar
rated by different gentlemen.
In Boston, the engravers are doing a greatbud
ness in the way of portraits. New views of the
faces of Emerson, Everett, and Humboldt have
been announced within a week) and others are to
follow eooQt