, . ftrESTfiM STREET. '." - ; -- u&j TTTft’ 1 . 1 _ u'i. •* . : , M^)MW J Bpiilptiber«outbf : tt , «‘OUritBix i 'l)ot , .ill« rBR f Xn*HiTM.'PotR CqLLAKS pott Eiqjit Months; TnißK Siseinvariably in nd~ vMfefm’.iho timeurdorod. : , ■» - : : PRESS. ,' . I'tnileit W suboirilrara out of the Citr at Thbb Dol: , : ; ”4 IT.WJC BKOIKKIRS. 8 BBS ON; STQPIf *Bim 33 • ranjAWßLjear* w»>; i ’J. 6b S' AND Bq n i>s . • OF; A&t THE HEADING;,PASSENGER ■/MIOT'A7S IN roiEADELtfIIA; : to w)Moh'*^w«^^2!2H£2iiit am* ■HofVankliataiiMk.lMjitniKr.-'. '. i ;^)A|PSi'FtJ-BS.’; . : ;: ; iwei.^.'iuw-wa^^KßX-.MSiwtj^i LOWEST' KOCl»“ ; AHB M SOUTH FOURTH SlBnr, -ii.r V , ' 1 .V , -7 1,.,',-.; ,' : / WMalkoUrMt^.yhoUMlii’PwliTdt WOB’/f HATS, 'ti&XßA' *o., ", Ban navcvm for iwwtfon » nmr and alataat stock. :•;■ DRYGOODS. J.»: STRYKER & 00.. * - ;.V DBALERB IN \\ ;ifSHS?BSNOH, AND AMERICAN./; ' DItXGO OD S. "i'fPXff -ys-i jaitWiW* > j :?quaißpr.;AT Jipqlfw»;';„,;. \ NO.. 310 HAKKJSX BIHBST,' »ui V'- ~ V~ rafcAbßLggiA . - SHOE FINDINGS. • & SOtf. ; - ; 333REPOBTRW, AND JJKUIBM HI BOOT;.BHOB,ANI);aAimMATBRUVe i ■" FBE«onKIDB;SIiIPfER ; tn , fEKB,LAOKT9.k t ,. B. .Ej AItCH BXB, r aaB-Am -y.-.-;;v -t f-u:i CRACKERS; jgOSXON obackiss. ' ; B Q»iK'BBS; .■ .*Vx* •!■. r --jr-i ™ Br« Me«c»»t«iUri»o*jTipr tM> otlsbnted oukrof OiKkwitOimlromttaiut taWraWlnxMintfl 1181. V H. H. TKENOH. Aawri, an-fr r. •' , ; rmaini^!tncafyi.’ WATCHES, JEWEEUY, Ac. JJAILEY&CO.. • »o*K**L» ' • BAttBYA KirOHItN, • " H»*» ismoTsd to tho new Fireproof, Whits' Mubls . i, • _Btor«, SIS OHEBTNCT gTREKT, . KOitxri SIDE, BELOW THE SIR ARB HOUSE. Now opening their F&U Btook of ~. , IMPORTED JBWELRV, PLATED WARES, 1 AMD '• FjWOY DOOM, /' i' ! l Towhioh they innts ths atiAation of the yebile. SIL\IEE-WARB,WATOKEB,DIAMONBSiAND J t'/PEARM,’' , 'At Wholuaxi akd xktaia* '7 „ 1 u"/, ■■■ 7,7 V . JS iIABDBN A/BRO., , . •MANUFACTURERS AMD IMPORTERS OP > . ' SILVER-PLATED WARE, ‘ • Ho.*E CHESTNUT Street, above Third, (up stsin,, • '.'.-.tThlWelSlis-t;.; ‘= . Oildict end plating on ell hinde of meul. ’ seS-lj 0 BUY CHEAP ;WATCHI^wj MriMoISHPONDnS.JffiJYSt.., HARDWARE PACKAGE HOUSES. JJANPY;. & BRENNER../ nos. as, and si, north- fifth street : , 77' 1 ' PHILADELPHIA, 1 7-- ; ; ' 7 WHjJI^SALESOOMiUBSIOIfMEROHdu.TE,' 1 ■ Poltheeaieofallhiediof 77 7 - AMERICAN MANUFACTURED HARDWARE, '<' 'ASBiRMBtaaB or : ' GERMAN. FRENCH, AMD ENGLISH AUTHEHT,: Keep borietantiyon hand s Urle etook of Goode to eup . *;ply Hardware Deal ere. . '.jBJDT'C HEK’SEILEB, ’ . - i ,: BUTORER’SEDGE TOOLfI, 7 ~ . ; . tfjffimtftiiiai&b'm Famous tom, WBISHT’S PAmST ASVILS AND VIOBB, .. .. BHIP.OHATH, . 1 ~ And otiurkimU in everyyarletr. ' ' V 0V77 >Ol/* ASKAIB TOR r - B H AtfP’B- R B PXBTOL, MODEL- RIPLESANDPISTOLS, xdwabd ». aumrt::'lf.-p, pjipinraß.' anli-tf •' . ■pXCKAOE. HAB*WABE HOUSE.-We , Sttontido'of,tho Ofiw.' GoOde de liyeredeilher IntMa grUeße. '■ AadAtkaWi^ei^SCS" I *': • - _-.rcr’’O;';-;--■lrt-it, - auC-tf < 777 lifßB. WINSLOW. • •• i' V, AN BXtSR®NOBD.NtiBBB ABB FBMAMS T OR S 0»fl-I)BE N TEEI!HINO, J>efend won it, mother*, it lrilfirTvftreittrj yoar*«lv#tf . ’ '• ' , ' ' ’ '” ' :\ ■A jVOL. 3—P*o. 36. | MIIiMfCPHY ’COODS, .ft'PE N-I-N _Gr- J , ; TfOOB.&NIOHOLS, , - . . .135 BTiuBBT, '. I DOORS WEST OP MASONIO TEMPLE, j ; i Witt Him Ttlßlk ‘ ’ ■ fJaljl OPENING OP BONNETS, Ao . i s DA Y. i i I >' ' ' 1 , j THURSDAY, THE 8m INST. j awnn • v j "■■ , y MBjUNBRT GOOljs. 'j JOHk 8-TON* *; SONS, FLOWSRS, -.v, -i i •>• RIbBONS/ ; ; ■' ’• pv. OBAPES,--' - V LACKS, ;T.'M®’P-. ] B'.jMKN,B T i'M AT. HR I.AL 8, attention ofth.trftde. i iIABIcei, t STKKET.r'! •" ‘ "• lnuaen*e rtu.t»! ' , \ ; ,J OONNBT VELVBTSpi^.jj, 0 I . ! eßtfpVNjtfs'PMNiNtfßsjyta; , X, . ; , FRENCH k AMERICAN ARTltvn.r, ; FLOWBRa/FBATHBRS, B.UOHEBrvn ‘ . ' : X AlaOinaweitFaUityloiof, *■ ! STRAWAND FANCY BONNBTB, | Asa SiRAW,.GOODS, of .Terr dwripHon, . 1 Now open, and pre,enUngaHog«Uier the moot opra »lete a&k of MILLINERY GOODSUA title nierirot. Merchant# and WlUiner* Bom oVatf'Motion 1 of the oountry ertrwrdiallytnvHed to’oell nad'eaemlne bug •took, Which wo offer At Urn ■ Xj ; CLOSESTPOSSIBIS PRICES. !,'jiOBBNHBIM, BROOKB, k 00,, s>a*M-teorl 1 .-4* V MARKET STRBHT. y~" ■■- '. ■ . s_* 'MIiMUIM, 1859. N|;|Agabd sr co.. , ’ , ’ r fe;; ; .W 'MARKET STREET, WHOLBBALB DEALERS -r, •• •■■ ■ - ’.MU - . . ' ' Saw, 1 caps,’purs, ■ 1 , • (.BONNETS, RUOHBS, FLO WEBS, Ac., BA.# liowin etorea full .took of Good** to which they invite theatt#kticm of Arit-olaeabujin, avld-am* J ; HIIjTjBORN JONES, - Im*ort»r’«ad Manofutiirerof ’ FANOY SILK ' . Atm ■ gTBA’W -BONNETS, ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, • ' ‘ ' l ‘' 7 FEATHERS, RUOHBS, *0 Th# attention of City Rmi Countfr Dealer.!, Invited to . largo and rained Hook of too abora goods, at .- ■ 433 ' Market strhbtt i aif-Am Below FIFTH.- „, CQJI/IMSSION HOUSES.. gHUtfoEY, HAZABI),: A lIUTOHINSON, i 7:' '•■'''n'6. ? »iV cttkmtur.tfrJ. 2 ". j - COMMISSION, MERCHANTS 'ill ’"fob'tSß jaleof ! .©HIIaA-DELiPHIA-MADE ,%j ** ' GOODS. . itto- . ... IgEiI^PES^EEO^D. ; JX9.CHBSTNUT STtIBBT, . I«rite the attention of a* ti»d* toUi«ir -BtookiOoa ifaitlfil of vrf inAtf of >j - ‘ffIWBXX ;»fli,: awfiP“"‘ "sHPuyMM ■■ Alab,'af«ntefcrtli» 1,1 - iWINNIPA UR 0 O.JMP.ANT’S Mmfs: \ \ J l 4 fott MEorlwiwit ofiradycid aok>r» au*.w»*tf gURGESBAMBAD. DUNDEE GOODS. „ «r irn* >ACKAo». WOOLLENS AND CLOTHING GOODS, , ■ HOSIERY AN? OLOyBB. ' Sol. Ag.ot. in the United Bt&tM for the aele of CARTWRIGHT fc WARNER’S MERINO -HOSIERY AND'.UNDERWEAR, ~ N0.,#8 BARCLAY STREET, , (O;route Collet* FUoe.) -?(! .r... ■ ... ,NBW YORK. 1? r R. garsed & CO.. . OBNBRAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, COTTON, COTTON YARNS, , , sperm, lard; and > , . WHALE.OILS, .: FLOUR, ;DRUOS. *o lIW The attention of Monufooturero t. ttrtclalljf «ollM to oar ;, SPERM OILS. ■HA-ta . No. 98 N. FRONT BTRBBT, PHIL A, gMITH, MURPHY, & (JO, B>T MARKET ST„ aHd BSS CHURCH ALLEY, i '■ Aro now oponint their NALL AND WINTER BTOOK ■ ; btaflband fanoy _ DRYGOODS. To whioh ther invite tH6 attention of . OAfiH AND PROMPT BHORT-TIMB BUYBRB. Aamst, ÜBO. anMm pARRELL * MORRIS. ; ' 00MJUB8I0N KBROHAHTB. . * . raroxTßKs / • ■- or >l - l CLOTHS, LQESKINS. &«. . MS OSBBTHirrSTBBBT, , •M-tm, .", ', rmUiPBhfHU. ; gCOTOH LINENS. BAZXBB'B DUCKS, HOWARD'S CAHVAB, OiI,ROY’S BURLAPS. THOMJWff'B BBMf OARPHTSi ;R A VEN DECKS. HEATT CANVAS, DIAPERS, TOWELS, , BHHETWO6,DAMABKS, Jto.i *o., fcOi u iaa LOWEST PIUOEB., CONRAD & SERRILL. ,* ; HO. 808 OHESINUT BTRBBT. ■ Mj-tm ' ; CIGARS, TOBACCO, Ac. '""‘ v ’Ift'BQDTH'jRONX BXRBBT, ’ , v i Offer* for 'IW», t iAije AMOrtmeet of U;' ■lieelveidlrsot from of.hoi*. »n 4 Writ* i;; T ,|^OOKINQGI »®»ft tnmtt, iftfeHlfl ttti'WH tuft, Mil In'ft* mo«* nMUtld Sft&wivfiiiS&SftßSm' 7»• ■ . ? £sXS£fisu£^Lt f * i****dk*tur*il by. ovmHn 1b ow ,^Mjip>^WoriNB ; 'atiiiSEB ,} liutaM- WALNUT frueu foMJonnbr j-infr • . ? • > " L 1 STREET, ’ DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. gITER, PRICE, & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. 815 MARKET STREET. ,§HAWL SALE. A FULL LINK • K ■ . ; r STELLA SHAWLS. PRINTED AND BROCHE BORDERS, * , RIdUJK AND COLORED CENTRES, rnou ’/in GREAT AUCTION SALES I . - OF PATUBLE, LUPIN, A CO., H. HENNEQUIN 4 CO., to nn OPHN B D TH I S DAY, JOSHUA L. BAILY, NO. 313 MARKET STREET, J ( W. GIBBS & SONS. . ijo. in market street, Art cow opening their 1 FALL A WINTBR STOCK OF GOODS ADAPTED TO N MEN’S WEAR. I In'dtioh will befound a fall assortment of, GLOTlfe: DOEBKINB, VESTINGS, TRIMMINGS, ** . ■ • x » • , ' au^a W m -. m XEU& co.. NOB. M 80VTt( FRONT STREET, ~ ■ -W • »S LBTITIAIn^RBT, IMPORTERaop IRISH AND SCOTCH LINENS. Of amt rov.il makM, ALSO, BRITISH GOODS, oomprUin,; ITALIAN CLOTHS, ALPACAS,' CORDS, BEAYERTRBNS, VBLVETS, TIED PADDINGS, PAPER MUSLINS, to., to. iTt-otutUiSSt JAS.R. CAMPBELL Be CO. IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS Hi DRYGOODS, LINBNS, WHITE GOODS, CLOTHS, OABBIMRHEB,' BLANKET*, to NO. 304 MARKET STREET, UMa PALL IMPORT. 18 B 9. HERRING & OTT. Hava now in Store thalrturaal SPLENDID STOCK ■""'Sibrons, . GOODS, S. W. CORNER FOURTH AND MARKET STS. 1859. TBADB - 1859. SHORTRXDGE & BROV, (#tCKBTfO SAMltfAff SBTDBt, & C 0„) ■ \ 3MPORTJSRS AND JOBBERS DRYGOODS, 480 MARKET STREET, 1 • H.vo fa, .tor. a'oomptot. lins of FOREIGN AND DOMBSTIO GOODS, Sol.otoS exprmolr vith . view to th« iatorosto of CASH AND PROMPT BHORT-CREDIT-DEALBRS, To wUioh theyrejpKjtfuUr mvit. tH» ettoutlon of the ,N. B.—A full otooV oonaUntl, on hand, and ordo n wiU bo executed nromptlr. at the ' . aua-lml LOWEST MARKHT, RATES. GRANT, 4 00., IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DBALERB IN CLOTHS, OASBIMERKS, VESHNGB, ABO TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS. NO. 333 MARKET STREET, (Up stair*,) Mt-ta PHILADELPHIA. —^———— —— w. LIYTLE & CO.. ’silk good^ NO. 325 MARKET BT, PALL GOODS. BAROROFT & 00.. NOS. 404 AND 40T MARKET STREET, IMPORTERS Aim IOBBKRi 0? FOBHIGN AND DOMBSTIO DRV GOODS. Stock now oorapleta and readr for barer*, (auß- Ut gHAPLEIGH, RUE. & CO., IMPORTERS OF LINENS, *,I,TBaOOD ? EMBROIDERIES, NO. 320 MARKET STREET. ■7* Oar Stock, eeleoted in the beet European marketa bj oureelvef. is lane and complete. auff-Sm & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS or SILKS Airs FANCY DRY GOODS, NOS *9t MARKET, AND 024 COMMERCE STS. BELOW SIXTH. Having Just removed to tbs above location, are new opening a new end vary dedrable Stook of Goods, em bracing every variety in their line, which they offer to the trade at the lovreat market rate*, for o&ah or ay proved credit aui-Sm pRIOE. FERRIS, & 00., . IMPORTERS OF , XA (4/S)tILLAB, Ac. NOS.SSff MARKET ST.. AND *B* COMMERCE ST. WTOqt Stook I. uleoftd b, * memtur of the (inn, in ft * ' BBBT BUROFBAN MARKETS. «UK-Sm £| f WOOD,'.MARSH, & HAYWARD, ’ IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN DRY GOODB AND CLOTHING, NO. 809 MARKET STREET. PHILADELPHIA. FaU and Winter Stook mow complete and ready for trayere. auS-Sm WILLIAMSON & 00.. WHOLESALE DEALERS AND JOBBERS IN DEY GOODS, NO. 4*S MARKET STREET, (And 414 Commerce street,) BBTWBIIT ronkTH AHD VlftH, NORTH •!»*, 1 Out atook, eepeoiallj adapted to Southern, and West ern trade, ie now large and oomplete in every parti cular* 1859PALD IMPORTATIONS. Jgg9 DALE, ROSS & WITHERS, *Bl MARKET, AND «1S COMMERCE STREETS, PHILADELPHIA. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS or SILK Ann FANCY GOODS, Rave now . eomtfete itaelt, to whloh th.r invite the.t t.s«on of bnr.r.. onstm fKTRIiI CONFECTIONERY, , Wointz; Late cif fl. Henrron. - PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1859. »Y THE BARD 0» TOWER HALL,. Text.— 4 * Jack and Jill went up a hill , . To Ret a pail of water: . Jack roll down and broke hi* orowtw Anu Jill came tumbling aOer.” The world is full of Jacks nn<] Jills, AU climhin* up the rugged lulls • To leave the vales behind— riie lulls where stand the oaatles fair, Which fairy fnnoy air For man and womankind. Some Jack in speculation tries < His hand, and wealth, that.hand supplies, Then onyard rush the Jills, ; Andt Beeping gold to pamper ptiue, v 4 Go olimbin* on the paths untried. Of Speculation's hills. . : j. Borne Jack, a pohtieina. startii ' : - A dodge to make the people’s hearts Dent hard against their ribs, And, lo: he finds, In little tune. A host of Jills, and hills they climb - To feed at party crib*. „ ■ ■ < Some dame, to Fashion’* shrine en route, ,• Arrayed in styles “ the latest out, * - V AKKttfflUd- - - ' The Jills—start up, and ro it “ blind” While husbands foot the bills. < < For place and power, for pome and pride, - * < They foohsUlv and blindly ro ’ , * From where the streams of pleasure flow ’ > In sweet Contentment’s vale. . u Too many, with a trust misplaced, 1 Dame Fortune o'er the hills have chased, 1 For few, nlass have caught her— The most nave fared like Jack am] Jill , Who, in Our text, went up the lull To get the pail of water. 1 Noth.— Gtir tenders need not fear a fall ’ ' * Who climb too stairs *t To WBUHALLr _lv to the topmost rafter— • .1 Than, for their Clothing, let the Jacks To Tower Hall be making tracks. . 1 While *• Jills go tumbling alter.” 1 t A full and complete assortment of Fall and Wlnthi Clothing 1 suited to every market, now on hand, tuwhinhr the attention oCWhotesale bujor* in invited. W%jwould, particularly call attention to the atjrle and makftVt one garuiente—at TOWER HALL CLOTHING BAfcAAR* No. M 8 MARKET Street, Philadelphia, , i BENNETT $ yO. ., t PHILADELPHIA. THIRD-STREET JOBBING HOPES': CHAMBERS & CATTeBS' NO. 33 NORTH THIRD BTRBET, PHILADELPHIA. IMPORTERS OP 7 FRENCH OAXjF SKINS,? AND 1, ‘ MANUFACTURERS OF CITY OALP AND Morocco! and Liningi, Oak and Red Bola Le&thef, aus-tooB \ MOORE & C., IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS m T> R T qr O Or> B\ NOS. 230 AND 333 NORTH THIRD STREET, ABOVE RACE, WEST SIDE. We have now open the Lahoist and Moat Com plete Stock of Goods we have ever offered to Dio Trade, The attention of CASH AND SIX-MONTHS BUYERS is solicited. a?-Lo JAMES. KENT. SANTEjB. & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS - <‘A. .v • DRY GO O DS. N0«.83T t 841 NORTH THIRD Br.. x«o»x RACE, Would now inform Ihoir ouilonwra and thn trtd« nun mllr, that their itoak thic muon urill bn 1 . . UNUSUALLY ATTRACTIVE. aus-Jui YARD, GILMORE, & CO„ NOS. 40 AND 43 NORTH THIRD STREET, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN SILKS, RIBBONI, DRESS GOODS, WHITE GOODS, LACES, LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, Ac. HOSIERY, OLOVEB, MITTS, AND SHAWLS. au4-3ra 1859. FALL TBADE -1859. J. T. W A Y & 00., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OT DBY GOODS, NEW MARBLE BUILDING, N 0.128 NORTH THIRD STREET. We offer, by the package or piece, to ‘ CASH OR PROMPT SIX-MONTHS BUYERS, A very large and Attractive Stock of AMERICAN AND FOREIGN DRY GOODS. Puroh ere will find our a took well assorted at nil sea eons of no year. J. T WAY, JAB. H DUNLAP, WM. P. WAY, lauft-km) OEO. P. WAY. & MAGINNIS. IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SHOE THBEADS, FRENCH AND ENGLISH LASTINGS, AND SHOE-MANUFACTURERS’ ARTICLES; Savins Meohino Silk, ThreaO nnd Needle*. NO. 30 NORTH THIRD 8T„ 1,11 UP?IKLD’S PATENT UOOT-TRBES. ouSJra JUNOEKICH & SMITH, NO. 43 NORTH THIRD STREET Honey, and Lovermg’* Syrup alwaye on hand, aus'2m gOWER, BARNES, & CO., PUBLISHERS AND DEALERS IN MISCELLANEOUS, SCHOOL, AND BLANK BOOKS AND STATIONERY. NO. 37 NORTH THIRD PTREET, BELOW ARCH DR. EMMONS’ NEW AMERICAN MANUAL OF Sander*’ Now Renders. Oreenloaf'e and Brooks’ Arithmetics, fco. Blank Books, Writing, Wrapping, Curtain, and Wall Papers. aua-3m JJENDRY & HARRIS. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS BOOTS AND SHOES, NORTHWEST CORNER THIRD AND ARCH STS. rpHOS. MELLOR & CO., NO. 8 NORTH THIRD STREET, IMPORTERS OS ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN H O S I E R Y, GLOVE B, 811IRT8, DRAWERS, *0 uMm FiTnn SIBOKR, Wm. 8. Baibd, Joint Wi*»t, Jacob Riscna, D. B. Ekvin. jjIEGEL, BAIRD, & CO„ (Late Sieger, Lamb. A C 0.,) IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS or D RY GOODS, No, 47 North THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. OUR FALL STOOK I. now oomplote in nil it. department., end .ready for Bujrpre. Prompt pnjring Merchant, from all part, of the Union ate respectfully eolioited to call and enamme for thenuelvee, ° uB - Jll > EMORY, & CO., NO. 387 MARKET STREET, Importer, and Jobber, of ' HOUSE-FURNISHING DRY GOODS, BLANKETS, GUILTS, TOWELLINGS, Ac., Ac., CURTAIN MATERIALS, And Sole Agent* in Philadelphia for HUOtIBKOI BREBTXNGB. auU-im Jacks and Jills* WHOLESALE OROOERS, PHILADELPHIA. CURTAIN MATERIALS. C| \]t Jrm. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1859. Sale ol tins. It is ciilculated thiit tho sum paid i'ot ga's in jSngljtnd ainounta to $25j000,000 a year. Largo as' this disbnrscmont is, it should Lo tiotod tlmt tho quantity of gas, in domestic consump tion, In*.;England, is very small. Not ouo -liouse in 30,000 liurnsgas, ibr homouso, as wo 'clo iq thin country. Gas is there consumed by street lamps, In public ostnblislmicnta, in ware houses, in shops, and in hotels, irins, and public liohses, but scarcely at all in prirato houses, /IjKb'people, taking them generally, aro afraid of It* t They look upon agos-meter as a sort of itilornal machine, which, without notice, may take it iufo its lierul to explode, and hurl the .house and its indvvollors into an unhappy state of everlasting smash* They aro afraid of escapes of gas,-and asphyxia from its deleteri ous qualities, if spontaneous combustion does Hot take place. They are afraid, moreover, of allowing their domestics to turn tho gas oft' or on. Tho rosult, us wo Imvo said, is that gas Is used very little in private houses lik u the old country.” With us, as everybody knows, it is entirely different. The greaterquantityofgas is used, in this country, in! dwelling houses. Wo could not do without it, Gandies, campheno, oil, or any other artificial light-givers aro at a great discount, in this country, wherever there is a -fehsometer. -Sodiflercnt, even among pcoplo of Aicommon stock aud much tho same amount of civilization, are uses, customs, and habits. , In ono point, however, tho English and the Americans unhappily agree. Owing to tho absence of any legal control or supervision in -th(f matter, a fierce battle is continuously Mging between tho gas-compauios and the gaa-consumers on the sutdoct of measurement. Both parties in this wrangle raako complaints. Tho gas-consumers declare, very pertina ciously, that (hey are frequently charged largely in excess of tho quantity actually used, while tho gas-coni panics sometimes declare that their consumers have a trick of tampering with their respective meters. To provide a remedy for these evils, the British Parliament, in tho session just ended, yielded to the de;fire of tho gas-consumers, Id that country, aud passed a statute, which bears tho title ot « Sale of Gas Bill.** IVo annex a summary of its provisions t tho ,P a ?‘ n K of this act the only legal standard or unit of moasuro for the sale 6f gasby metre shall bo the cube foot, containing M.ftt lb, avoirdupois weigh t of distilled or nun Water jW sighed ft 1110 tetoporstttro of t!2 degrees of Fahren noUs thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inenes; except as relates to contracts made boforo ir mfi 4 ? Dff i by whioh a difference of unit ?iI!! eM j ro i2. ,w * o P to< *’ which contracts may not be renewod. Tho models of measures aro to be mode and verified under tho direction of the Treasury. r«niiVi er^ rda *? frj d«positod In the office of the Controller-General of at Westmin ster, and coplosof the same are to be sentrio the Lord MJyorof London, theohief magistratesofEdinlmroh an< \ to the ohlo? magistrates of such other cities And boroughs, and To other plaoes H® J^” 0119 « her Majesty’s dominions, as tho Lord High Treasurer of hor Mnjesty’s Treasury way from time to time direct. The number and slios of tho said models to be decided within nino month* from the passing of this act in England by order of general or quarter sessions, cxoeptlng in the oaw of boroughs where the ordor shall be made by the town council, and iu Ireland by the town coun cil of towh commissioners of every borough or town, (Wioh town council or commissioners not be ing manufacturers or sellers of gas, ) and in Scot lend by meetings of justices. The sarao authori- VW-tD the-appointment of Inspectors !£*?• Pf 7™* 1/1 h" P**d out of the county rato, and in boroughs ont of any funds applicable for purposes; and if no suoh fund, then out °. the borough fund (In tho city of London out -Of tho consolidated rate.) Similar arrangement* are made in the caso of Ireland and Scotland. In spectors are required to furnish security, are sub ject to a fine not exceeding 15 for each breach of duty, and aro prohibited from repairing, making, and selling motors of gas, and must hold no ap pointment of any kind iu any gas company. Jus tloes of tho peace and the town council in bo roughs to dctormlno and appoint on what days, at wbat hours, and at what places tho Inspectors shall attend with thoir measuring apparatus within their respective jurisdictions. A trifling fee to bo obargod for testing, do., each meter—for meter* of ft small size it will be 6d—such foe to be ©aid over to the treasurer of tho county, or to Buch other person as shall bo duly au (homed by those by whom he may have been ap pointed ; no motor shall bo stamped which shall be found to register or bo capable, by tho increase or decrease of water, or by any other oontrivai.ee practically provontod In good motors, to register quantities vnrylng from tho truo standnrd measure °l more than two per cent, in favor of the seller, or three peroont. in favor of the con sumer. Tho only excretion to this which i» per mittfix is where tiro tontrorth/g parties enter into a'written agreement to adopt a Jijjerent Lind of meter. At tho request and expense of any buyer or seller of gas, it shall bo lawful for any inspec tor, authorized in writing under ththand of any justico of tho peace in England or Ireland, or of any sheriff, justice, or magtatrnto In Scot land, at all seasonable times, to enter any build* toff y®rd» °r othor place whore nuy meter, whether stamped or unstamped, is fixed, and to examine and test, and if necessary to remove the same, liefure this ran he done , however , it is necessary that the other party to the eon tract should /ujve previously received 24 hoars' notice in witting ofsneh intention. In oasoof a dispu ted decision of inspectors, tho points to bo referred to two inspector* of adjoining district*. Persons n fs6 r i ev °d may appeal to Quarter Sessions. After tha expiration of twelvo months from tho passing of this act no gaft-metor shall bo fixed for uso but what Ims been duly toated and stamped outside in lcgiblo letters or figures by an inspector of meters under tho provisions of this act, ami every purchn* sor and seller of gas may at any time after the ex piration of said twelvo months, require any un stamped meter by whioh his gBB is measured to be examined, tested, and, if found correct, stamped, or he may, at his own exponse, substitute a stamped meter in plaao of any suoh unstamped motor.” Tho provisions which we Imvc printed in Italics niay bo evaded. For example, though tho Act provides that tho gas-meter shall not register with a variation of not more than two percent, in favor’of tho seller, or three per cent, iu favor of the consumer, unless a dif ferent kind of meter be used, by mutual con sent, a gas company may refuse to supply gas unless Us consumption bo tested by tho exist ing meter, and by this reftiaal compel tho con sumer to use that or none. Again, cither party, vendor or consumer, should bo allowed to call on tho Inspector, without notice, in voasonablo hours. For, suppose that a consumer believes that Ills meter robs him, by registering falsely, if ho has to give twenty-four hours’ notico of his intention to have it examined by tho legal offi clal, tho Company may come in, in tho mean while, and adjust tho meter. So, too, in tho instances—which wo tako to bo rare—where tho Company has reason to think that the con sumer has tampored with the meter. Tho clause, allowing tho Consuinor, at his own proper charge, to substitute a stamped meter for that supplied by tho Company, is very fair and judicious. Tho idea, of having a regular inspector of metres is not new. If wo mistake not, tho legislature of Now York State, in 1858, passed a law providing New York city and Brooklyn with such officers. Wo should think that not only gas-consum ers, but gas-companies in tins country would approve of such statutory regulations of tho sale of *gas as arc supplied by the English laws. To gas-companies, who arc perpetually charg ed with requiring payment for moro gas than is consumed, such a law, placing them above complaint or oven suspicion, would bo a groat relief. A Screw Loose. Lord FaljMKrston took office, on the down fall of tho Dcrby-Diaraeli ministry, on a so lemn pledge to bring in a Reform Hill which would greatly bettor tho parliamentary repre sentation of tho British Islands. Ho lias suc ceeded, on the pretext of want of time, in carrying that promised measure to the next Session of Parliament, which will commence next February. It has been reported, for se veral weeks past, that Lord Palsierston and Lord John Russell cannot agreo upon tho ex tent of tho reform to bo granted. Neither, wo bellcvo, cares ono phi s s point about the mat ter—but Reform is a party cry, and Russell bidding moro largely for popularity than his colleague-rival, is willing to extend tho fran chise rathor more than suits tho old Toryism of that political Vicar of Bray, Lord Viscount Palmerston. There is said to be dissension in tho camp, and a strong prospect that, If tho two cbiofh quarrel, tho Dcrbyites will again re turn to ofllce and pass a toally good Reform Bill! News ot Literature. Among tho attractive literary novelties which Mesars. Harper, of New York, have nearly ready is a library edition of Miss Mulock’s new novel, “A Life for a Life,” uniform with their recently issued !2mo edition of ** John Halifax.”—We bo liove that when the two leadiug attractions of Harper'* IW eJbly (“Trumps,” by Hr. Curtis, and “A Tale-of Two Oltles,” by Dickens) are completed, It Is Messrs. Harpers' intention to pub lish them in book form, with tho characteristic illustrations by A. Hoppin and John MoLcnan. Copland’s Medical Dictionary, literally the work of a llfo-time, whioh has lately been completed, and issued in three !aj#e Bvo votumos, by Messrs. Harper, Is meeting with a large, steady, and in oroasing salo. It ia a dictionary of practical medicine, comprising geueral pathology, the nature and treatment of diseases, morbid itntfthres, aod the disorders especially incidental td climates, to die sex, and- to the different epoohs of life, with numerous prescriptions for tho medicines roeom mended. It also contains a classification of dis eases, a copious bibliography, ah appendix of ap proved formula, do. T. B. Peterson A Brothers have in the press a novel by Charles J. Peterson, entitled “ The Old Stone Mansion,” which we noticed, with high com mendation, as it appeared in Peterson's Maga zine. It has boon revised and enlarged, and we are confident, will bo an agreeable addition to our popular literature. The same publishers have nearly ready “Peterson’sNewCook-BOok,” which will be wholly original, and particularly adapted for thoso who have more taste than money. Sheldon and Co., of New York, announce “ Smooth Stones from an Anoient Brook,” by the Rov. 0. 11. Spurgeon; “Lessons from Jesus,” by the Rev. W. P. Bellbrn; three new religious works by Mrs. Thomas Geldart, and “The Chinn Mis sion,''by the Rev. Dr. Dean. Next month, Mr. Scribner, of New York, will publish “ Gold Foil, hammered from Popular Pro verbs,” by Timothy Titcomb, i>f whose “Letters to the Young, Single and Married,” over 17,000 have been sold. Tho seventh volume of Appleton’s New Ameri can Cyclopedia will appear in about a fortnight. We bare frequent occasion to consult this elaborate work of reference, and rarely aro disappointed either in the fullness or accuracy of the information whioh it supplies, “ Battles of tho United States, by Sea and Land,” written by Mr. Henry A. Dawson, and snperhly illustrated by Chappel, has reached its sixteenth number. It poaaosses one groat advan tage. To the author's own spirited descriptions of each battle, which will hore includo from Lexing ton to Moxico, he apponds documents giving the official reports and other corroborate acoount*. This work U issued by Johnson, Fry, A Co., of New York. A now comic paper in New York bears the title of “Pickles.” Whether Robert Merry bo a uom de plume or not, it is certain that he is almost unequallod as a writer of books (or young people. He avoids the too common error of writibg down to the capacity df children; Blx books, each of 240 pages 12 mo., Written or edited by him, and neatly illustrated, have just been Issued by H. Dayton, New York. These aro Merry’s Book of Animals, Book of Eastern Wonders, Book of Tales and Stories, Book of Travel and Adventure,- Book of Birds, and Book of Prose and Poetry. They will be most de sirable acquisitions to thousands of juvenile libra ries throughout the Union. Bulwer, whose health Is restored, is on the eve of leaving England, on a tour, whioh ho will probably extend to Egypt and the East. Before he departs ho. will complete and publish an historical novel, commenced many years ago. We know (for we have it in hlv own hand-writing now before us) that he commenced a romance previous to 1843, upon the subjoetof Alehomy and Theurgy, taking Cornelius Agrippa as his horo. Some of our female readers may like to khojr Balwor’a ago. He is in his fifty fifth year, havingbienboip in 180$. There la some talk that Mr. John Raskin, the most eloquent and most Mlf-opinlooeted art-critic of the age, wilt visit the United States upon » lee* taring tour. We doubt Whether it wilt pay. Dickens or Bulwer might draw large houses, but scarcely any other foreign author. ’ Tho folio edition of Shakspeare, published In 1632, formerly the property of Mr. J. P. Collier, aud now belonging to the Duke of Devonshire, has been withdrawn by him from the British Museum, where a closo, and not very friendly, or oven fair, scrutiny of tho numerous manuscript notes whioh it contains, has lately been made. A committee' is to be appointed, consisting of litorary men and paleographies, (from which the rival editors of “ Sliakspearo,” Mr. Dyce, Mr. Knight, and Air. Halliwoll, and all officer* of the British Museum, are to be exoluded,) for the purposo of deciding the question of the antiquity of those marginal readings. Whoever is curious on tho subject of this annotated folio, should read “Notes and Emendations to tho Text of Sbakspcare's Plays, from tho Early Manuscript Corrections in a oopy of tbo Folio of 1032, In the possession of John Payno Collier.” This was published in England in 1K52, and republished by lledfield, of New York, in 1853. For our own part, having vory carefully studied the emendations iu question, and having found most of them decidedly good correc tions and restorations of the text, wo predict that tho result of a fair examination of the MSS. notes will establish their antiquity—as far back, at any rate, ns tho latter pArt of the seventeenth century. There are many strange ways of raising tho wind. Here is one: wo cut the advertisement from the London Atheneeum: rrHE FISHES EATEN by our SAVIOUR, -R WITH HIS DIBCfri.ES, after His flenuneehon from tho Dead. Their Hyecies and nature nooertamed hf on ancient Pliraician. A fac-Kimil* reprint of on ex treme!} taro amW'u»ious tract. Bent free on receipt of nix iiiintiweetiunps. Address J, H. Fax.Mai.aTrifCoii rorui, Kennuigton-Fote, Surrey. Ornithologists will be attracted by the announce mont, from a publisher iu London, of the first vo lume of “ Tho Birds of Europo not observed in tbe British Isles," by 0. R. Brce. Thero has just appeared a complete edition (hitherto unattempted in Knglimd) of Beethoven'* Bongs, with the original German words and Eng lish version, written and adapted by Mr. William Hills, editor of tho highly popular “105 Rounds aud Canons." A very fall and accurate biography of Lady I Morgan, the novelist, has appeared in the last num ber of tbo Risk Quarterly Review. Tho Book of Jonah, in Ghaldoo, Syriac, Ethl oplcand Arabio; with Glossaries, by W. Wright, Professor of Arabio in the University of Dublin, has just appeared. Tho Kev. Dr. Gumming, of London, announces an Bvo volume about “ The Great Tribulation coming ou tho Earth.” This reverend gentleman has a propensity for propbeoying Once, he wrote a book to warn the public that the world would bo ended |in 1862. This was about 1849, at which time tho sagacious prophet, who had oqly thirteen years before him, on his own showing, took a bouse on lease for twenty-one years! We notice that Professor Authon’s classical workß, for schools, are largely reprinted in Lon don. Fourteen of them aro advertised in tho last received number of th s Athenaum. Sir Bernard Burke, the Irish Herald, announces a volume of “ Vicissitudes of Families, and other Essays,” Sir John Bowring’s “ Visit to tbo Philippine Isles’ in 18&8-’59,” is announced for immediate publica tion. U. 11. Dana’s “ To Cuba and Baok,” has been republished in London, at noftrly thrice the Boston price. Thackeray, whose “ Virginians ” is nearly finish ed, is about editing a magazine, to bo published in London in January. PERSONAL. Ex-President Fillmore and Mrs. Fillmore bavo been passing a few days at Westernport, Conn. Captain Thomas Blair, an old resident of Froat burg, Md., died on Tuesday last. He sorved in tho war of 1812. The St Louis pnper* arc urging tho commence ment and completion of a monument to Col. Ben ton. Death of a Veteran Printer.— Col. Samuel Greon, boliovod to ho tho oldest printer in the Union, diod at Hartford, Conn., on the 6th instant, in the 92d year of his age. Ho servod hla time at tho printing busineaa in New London, Conn. The Register, which for many years was known as Green's Register, was commenced by his father, Timothy Green, in 1785. In 1790 his son waa as sociated with him, and it was published by “T. Grocn w)sn« ejaoelatadirUh Hr. Hiteh. ill in (ha puMination of theAf todviths Agt. j Donald MoK&yytba noVid ahlp-MWer, toot J»*o In til* (taarntr Amarine, whloh •eiladlut Wednaelayfor UwtpW.- Ha serried: Trilh him tlaoi And apMlfehUoai epporfcmUjr nf JstmdnHng; fmsa of bia mocjela U foraljh BhtiN. "J < { A loiter from * jßeottiah ledy lhAtbaui rdfcnfcy tt io celebrated, Swedish: authoress u fellow*: Miss F. Bremer Is at present here. She is a dear little old lady. She has a very high forehead. Her manners are very pleasing. She speaks English very well, although with what yoo wcndd oall a German accent.” .. I Mr. 0. 0. Woodman, nixie* datatoteollMli— iV ** maoh noU* at New York two jroara etolvydied on tho 30th nil., at Cojnor’i Springe, .-Ktr: The Boaton Altai tind Hie HR,, thatfk«.itmftg*. ration of the Wehater Btatae, on AMl>thiMk, twill be a general hoUdaj, M UUUteMafcnftnfptftL* lettlementof the modem .dtflfolfo 'atotoitfwtby Mr. Brerett, upon nhieh flAhte itope engaged for ajiue Uina. will bea mMWrpleeetfhfoHle. j Tbomaa ff. PhtlUp* Btatoa, the old eat sen of the Mon. Jobec-Phillipe,, for matter -yeara president of the Jgefokif ct Mueubitfette, and. the Srat Mayor of.Boatopj tMe4»tS»ta&i bhttZhara day morning. . . ; , 1 Er-Preaident ?iUmorh afrlred et-.Niiram, o*., oh Tnoaday last,, to atiaai foeU-oentalutiil tele bratlon.,, . MlwMilpheUhw caused aft observatory to be bhilfc in Nantucket for th* r i Miniliteii»rif bo and beautiful telescope. 6he take* put da light in this instrumept, pud p**** tbo entire night in her observatory, watebing the he&resly bodies. Her new telescope, which to * very powerful instrument, was proofed to ho by a few personal friends. RELIGIOUS. Histort, pßiircirtES Aim RcvoLUfiowAßr Tra- DiTtoxs or the Oehmam Bevesth Bat Bap tists—No. I. Br Qraybcard. iHaving had occasion, in a previous number, to refer to tho original settlement of this devoted so ciety of Christians, at Ephrata, Lancaster county, 1 recur to It now for the purpose of redeeming a promise then made. The eight individuals spoken of In the former article, as having met in the year 1708, in Northern Germany, for the purpose of im pirtially examining the Scriptures, (which resulted in tho formation of the society now called Bunkers) were bonded by Alexander Mack. Goaded by re ligious persecution at home, a large number of con verts to this new society left thoir native land In 1719, and came to Pennsylvania, under the leader ship of Mack, who, to attest his devotion to the cause, gave hia entire property, which was conside rable, to their common use. These settled respec tively at Germantown. Skippaok, Oley, Conestoga, and shortly after a church was also formed at Muflbaehy (Mill Creek,) Lancaster county, which latter had the fortune to number among its mem bers a man of decided mark, and destined to figure in no mean degree upon the checker-board of the future history of his adopted country. I allude to Conrad Beiisel, the original founder of the German Seventh Day Baptists in America. Beissel was converted and admitted into the Presbyterian church as early as the year 1715, bat ombraced the views of tho Bunkers shortly after his arrival in this country, and was baptized (by trino immersion, which is the only mode considered valid by this society) by Peter Becker, in Peqtira Creek. TiYith scholastic attainments of a high order, Beissol combined a degree of natural ability that few possess. Having applied himself with great earnestness to the independent research of the Scriptures, he became persuaded that instead of the first, the seventh day of the week was the one conimandod by Jehovah to bo observed forever as The Sabbath- iiUviowa on this subject he set forth and advocated in tracts, tho effect of which was to win a largo number of his fellow-members to em brace the same opinion. .To escape from the ex citement which his new doctrines were evidently creating, he retired from the settlement at Mill Creek, to a cell on tho banks of the Cocalico, a lit tle stream on which tho village of Ephrat* was sub sequently built, and which derives its present from the Indian name Koch'Uaickung % tho German of which is **>’ ehlangen hoehle, or Serpents' Den, from the abundance of serpents along the stream. This same coll, tradition tells us, had boen previously oc cupied by one F.liraelicb, a hermit. Beissel’e place of retirement having been ascertained, a Urge num ber of his converts gathered around him, and erect ed cottages, which constituted tho nucleus of eer tainly one of, if not the most interesting old settle ment in Pennsylvania; and it was that in the year of 1728, the new society “ Sieben Taeger.’* or UermaQ Seventh Bay Baptists, had its rise. Having started out on a thoroughly independent and uuprejudiced basis, they admitted no pre existing rites or customs without first submitting them to a rigid Scripture .test. By this inquiry they were soon led to oxchange tho solitary life which they had at first adopted, for a coovcntical one, and accordingly a Monastic Society was estab lished as soon as buildings were erected for the purpose—May, 1738. The habit of the Capuchins, or White Friars, was adopted by both the brethren nod sisters. In consequence of this, the term Klos ter, from Cloister, was for gome time applied to the village prior to its baring received the beautiful nnrnc it now boars. Monastio names wero given to all who entered the cloister. Onesimua (Israel Eckcrlin) was constituted Prior, wbo was succeeded by the next most noted name iu tho history of this people, John Peter Miller, surnamed Jftbcz, Upon Beiasel tho title of Father was bestowed by tho so ciety, whoso monastic name was Friedsam, to which the term Gottreeht was also afterward added; the joint names implying Father Peaceablo God-right —“Father Peaceful” being to this day the common term applied to this exemplary Christian man, by his followers and their descendants in the vicinity of Ephrata. With regard .to the monastery hero established, however, no vows were taken on entering it. neither had they any written covenant; which is still the caso, I believe, in Bsptist churches generally. The Now Testament was their only confession of faith, their codo of laws, and their church discipline. Tho community was a republic, in which all stood upon equal footing; yet, while the property of the society aid the labor of the single brethren and sis ters were common stock, none was obliged to give up Any of his possessions ou becoming a member. As early as 1740, twelve yea s after the inception of the society, there were thirty-six'single brethren iu tho cloistor, and thirty-five sisters. The greatest number which their membership, iu whole, ever attained, was about three hundred, which was prior to tho Revolutionary war, nt which time the practical workings of their principles, being still cherished in the hearts and exemplified in the lives of those who felt the magnetism of ha ving carved out the truth for themselves, elicited the highest encomiums from many visiters from all parts of the world, including some of the most emi nent dignitaries of this and other lands. Iu the matters of bearing arras and litigation, tboeo people strike hands with tho peace-loving fol lowers of Penn, notwithstanding which, however, they were decided Whigs In the Revolution; and, witii a blush for tho vaunted religious liberty of our institutions bo it said, they have not unfrequently boen obliged to defend themselves in our courta of justice on account of their religious convictions with regard to the Sabbath. Exemplary and con sistent lovers of their country they havo always boon ; and although they have not v indicated their claim to that particular seven-sided phase of patri otism—tho “ five loaves and two fishes”—os loudly as some others, yet it must be admitted that in the part of acting thu good citizen, the history of Eph rata will stand forever an honorable monument to tho wisdom and virtue of this now, with sorrow bo it spoken, waning religious society. In tho French war of 1750, tho doors of their cloister, and every other publio building in the set tlement, was opened as a refugo of the inhabitants on the frontier, from tho incursions of hostile In dian*: for which service the royal governmental Philadelphia made tho society at Ephrata a pre sent of a pair of large glass communion goblets! which was tho only recompenso thoy would receive, though it may be added that the wooden goblets which they had previously used were never sup planted by tho glass ones for active seme©, the former being still employed at each communion, and were thus seen by tb© writer within the lost two weeks. Governor Penn visited them frequent ly, and to attost his regard had at one time a tract of five thousand acres of land surrounding Ephrata surveyed and conveyed to them, as the Seventh Bay Baptist Manor, but they refused to accept, be lieving that tho accumulation of property was in imical to thoir spiritual interests. It in&y now probably bo eahl, without doing injustice to any ono, that this class of conscientious scruple*, like tho* palmy days of the society, is among the things that were. As mentioned in a former articlo, some five hun dred wounded at the battle of Brandywine were taken to Ephrata, where nearly two hundred of thotn died, and are burled. The completion of the monument to their memory should be a matter of pride to every Pennsylvanian, and I doubt sot If proper efforts were made, the requisite sum for tb)d object would be promptly subscribed. The school-house in which Ludwig Hacker, or Brother Obed, as he was called, commenced tho first Sab* bath-sohool in the world, was used as a hospital on that occasion. The industrial arts, which were early patronized at this ancient settlement in Laneaster county, are espooislly worthy of cotioe, did space THE .WEEKLY PRESS. Yki V|KXIT Fpxs, "will t). lent to Babvnb.ll by i mail {per annum, in ad ranee.) at 8140 Three Coptee, “ “ TtveCopiea, “ " ap. Ten Copiea, ** ni, Twenty Copiea," '• ~ tto one addme) U.OO Twenty Copiea,or nrer. 44 - - tto addraaa of each Subacriber.) aaf* V» For a Clnh of Twenty -oue or over, we will tend in extra copy to the letter up'of the Club. Poettnaatei. are relocated to net Me agente for Tan Wnantr Pnnas. CALIFORNIA PRESS. leaned Semi-Monthly in time for the California Steamer*. permit. The two hundred sore* of land, or them about, which they formed in common (and Which 1* Jtai held in trait by the wee in nn easel lent etate of induration. A pit null, oU min and falling mill were alio aariy pieced b asm. Uon. Ono of the drat paper mills in Pennaylranla, fold the eeoond Gorman printing preaa in America foero alee ' eetabltahed, the latter being -.ni intnallr ln nae, and Tnepeeted ennuUy bybu f *1 YteUers., A few tfoye prarioßa to the bet fie af Jleandyriae, rooeeepgere were drepetchcd tn foil pfeorfeaMtwr to maie cartridge*, hot anforto aetelythaaSZPpfoaalraeted. Not willing, how erer, that ikaMfeaftEfeedoa ahnld go moored fcr srf»*at,>twfcj««ntjia eomewbit axpanfora expedient wMfoprta)! tp of Hading uutead.aerent of X« « Book of Martyr*, which tw fere pnhllehih,, the eppiee been 3 lf randy for nindibg. r ia udenfood that enn ry reflea 6tthU literary ammunition ara itill pie- Wedby tdd rewident* near the battlrgmnd; if », <3raybe«ri'l thank* and n '-V” will be due to hhj Che who will havo tbe hiDdneai to forward to » properly authantieeted copy.atthsoOaaof rl** Press. X will conclude this number by; rolotinf, as I beard it from the lip* of Joseph Kaaigmaeber, fit]., • revolutionary inchfexd, which may >Ol be fedd with pride by the descendant* of Uris peculiar pea* pie, Mißaitrativeo# the sincerity of thatr fatbera if the religious doctrine* they professed. Atth* . teemed his friendship, the prayer of Millar la be half of his unfortunate friend Whitman c ouUnot be granted. “My friend!'* exclaimed Miller; “ on the contrary, I have not a worse enemy living than this same Whitman.” “What! 1 * rsgdaed Washington, “ yon hare walked sixty mile* to are the life of your enemy That, io my judgment, places the matter in a different light; I will grant yon his pardon.” The pardon was immediately made on t and placed in the hscdsof the disinterest ed petitioner, who,. without losing a mocncnVf time, proceeded on foot to old Chester, fifteen miles distant, where the exaeation was to take place on the afternoon of that day. MiQer arrived at the spot just as Whitman was being conducted to the scaffold, and seeing the w*" with Ms white friar robe and tall staff in the crowd whteh had assembled to witness hi* death, he remarked to a by-slander, ‘ ‘There's old Peter Miller; he ha* walked a)l the way from Ephrata to kave hi*re venge gratified to-day by seeing me hung.’- The** words had scarcely bee* spoken when be waa made acquainted with the .very different nature of Mil ler’s writ. The criminal’s life was spared, and the pleasure of that moment doubtiem repaid the good old man for the labor* of his journey, fie must have been past seventy years at the time, a* he deceased September 25th. 1796, at nearly eighty seven yean of age,-and the event which I hire here related occurred In 1780. Letter from New York- X HEW “ XXhITEBiSBT • —WJTW BDITIOK OP KlW ism's worxs— vAisissrar— HOV. GRAXTUSr BKRVLXV—TUB CRICRSTRR6— TUB AVCRICAT iVSnTTTR BCTLICAttSO A ROfll'K—'THE fOLLIX* BVEAXBBB—XISB FtO TI'RES FROM tUROPB—BEX WOOI» IXTADBfI PUR PLE AM* MS* LIRR’f OP TH* UPPER TRS. (Corv«a*oDdeaos of Th* Preaa] New yoRC, Sept 8,1559. That large and highly respectable class of per sons who have takin active part in the daily prayers held in this and other cities, have determined to hold an anniversary in this city, for- the pftrpos* of affording an opportunity for the exchange of views, and of Christian greetings to those wbo may be gathered from all parts of the land, and to take measures for establishing daily prayer meetings la cities and villages throughout the country. The day fixed upon fur holding the Convention la the 22d of September, the anniversary of the establishment of the FuUon-strect meeting. A new and uniform edition of the work* of th* Hon. John P. Kennedy, carefully revised by him self, is being got ready for publication. Tuckerman is correcting the proofs of his new volume, “The Character and Portraits of Wash ington.” It will prove to be one of the great es sayists most felicitous and scholarly production*. The Hon. Grontiey Berkley is stilt at the Cla rendon Hotel, quietly making preparations for his grand hunt on the prairies and wilds of the West, but will not probably start until after the first gam* of cricket shall have been played between the All Englanders and AU Americans, on the 27th* Last evening Mr. Walter, one of the principal man of the St. George’s Club, told me that the Bogtidi eleven are, beyond question, the best eleven pro fessionals ever combined io a single game. Parr, in particular, is not only the best batsman going, bat has this season made the best displays known in the history of the game. Twice this year ha has kept his bat for five hour* in succession, against the- best bowlers of England, and once made the unprecedented number of one hundred and fifty innings. The United States twenty-two are already agreed upon, bat their names will not be made public until after the arrival of the bloody Britishers. Besides ample refreshments to be fur nished in the field, on the eventful day, an im mense formal feed is to be given them at on* of the Broadway hotels, where the usual spreading of the wings of th* national fowl of A memo, ana the howling of the royal beast of Great Britain, will mingle aeroee the common mahogany. The committee of the American Institute haring charge of the preparations for the Annual Pair are progressing satisfactorily in their work. The agricultural and horticultural exhibition will b* held in the spaoious halls and the adjoining grounds of the Third avenue Railroad depot, whka fs accessible by several lines of ears and omni buses. Ample provision will be mad* for the exhi bition of stock, and, for the publio convenience, the Florer and Fruit show will be kept open daring the evenings. The mechanical and miscel laneous exhibition will be held at Palace Gardens, corner of Sixth avenne and Fourteenth street, and will continue open for several weeks. I learn from a member of the Institute, haring partial charge of this branch of the exhibition, that the specimens of machinery will cot be inferior, if they do sot prove to be superior, to anything of the kind here tofore offered. The police authorities have a summary way of familiarising the force with the physiognomy of recalcitrant nickers and stealers, a practical ex ample of which took place yesterday. A well dressed youDg mao, named Johnson, whom the detectives knew to be a thief, was arrested on board the sound steamer Connecticut, and taken to the police headquarters, where, among other articles not usually found on the persons of repu. table individuals, were nippers, skeleton keys, do., Ac. An effort was made to take th* portrait of the fellow, to be added to the Rogue's Gallery, but be wouldn’t sit still, and th* artist gave up the attempt in despair. The officers, thereupon, took' my gentleman into a carriage, and drove him to the several station-houses, where the captains, sergeants, and clerks, took aeerutiniiing vi«w of his thiefship, alter which he was permitted to va moee. In a few days, those splendid specimens of Ame rican marine architecture, the voUini steamers, will be again afloat, and in active sendee- The Atlantic. Raltio, and Adriatic, now lying' at th* foot’ of Canal street, are swarming with painters, caulkers, joiners, and carpenters, preparing them for service In the California tine. They will soon be ready for a voyage. Next Monday there will be opened, at the room* of the Academy of Design, what is regarded as the most extensive and varied collection of French and English paintings erer exhibited in New York. It will contain, among others, the master-pieces of Rosa Bonhenr, Ary Scheffer, Frere, Troyon, Mil lais, Contnro, Bryon, Herring, Gerald, Isabej, Landseer, and Stanfield. Some of these pieturee, including the hut ever painted by Ary Scheffer, and the “ Hay-Making,” by Rosa tionheur, which was pointed expressly for this exhibition.' were never publioly shown "in Europe- The pnbtio are indebted to tho enterprise of Mr. Gam hart, the. publisher, of London, for the opportunity of Boeing this fine collection. Ben Wood, proprietor of Wood’s Minstrels, (bro ther of ex-Mayor Wood. and one of the firm of Wood, Eddy, A Co., lottery dealers, has invaded the very inner sanotum of fashion, having leased for twenty years, at eight thousand dollars per an num. the splendid double-mansion of Mr. Pitml man, on Fourteenth street, directly opposite Union Square, which he proposes to convert into an Afri can Opera House. Tne effect of the manauvT* upon real estate in that rose-colored quarter may be as easily imagined as described. Gas-Lighting I.vsTßrxxNT.—An improved method of lighting gas by electricity, by which any number otburuen throughout a budding may be ignited instantly from one point, consistsin combining with a galvanic battery *n iodootxra apparatus and electro-magnet, so arranged as to emit electrical sparks from metallic points con nected with the bonier. Though denees, of which this Is an improvement, are a good deal used in England, they h&Te cot yet been introduced hero; but as several inventions have been recently tried with apparent success, they will probably be rapidly applied in all our ehurches, thc&ttee, publio nail*, Ac.