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THIRD- S THEE T JOBBING HOUSES'
BOS, iOAND 43 KORTE THIHD BTSBCT> 1
, ]]iro&!nms iuio i^^bbsin ■ ,
BILKS, KIBBONS.DREBS GOODS,
"y* WHITE GOODS, LAOES, LINENS,
:;,. T ’ ;, , EMBROIDERIES, *«•
HOSIERY, BLQYB3, Mtmi. AjJD BHAWLB.
Mf-SU -- , /'IV. ’,, ,
JjAINa & MAGHNNIS. ,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALEDBALERS IN
KNBLIBH AND AMERICAN
SHOE T H A » EAD S.
' French and English Eastings,‘anb
SHOE-MANUFACTURERS’ A BTIO LE 8;
Seyftiif Mwblno Slli, Thread and Nomlm. .
■ ■
nnHig.’., . J -, ,i , .j -
§Ot WEB, BARNES, & GO.,
PUBLISHERS AND DEALERS IN
SCHOOL,-. A H;D
'- i; TiBLASE ROOKS AND STATIONERY, ■
80, STNQRTKTftIROBTREKT, ERWW ARCH
Eatlliherjor Psltgn’t'fiMn'diti SafiMof-K . ri
, OUTLINE •
DR. KMMONS’TnEW 'AMEEIOAN MANtfAfi' OP,
. 5 ' •< '.GEOLOGY.''' •>'•’•’
B&nde?» T , New Reader*; Grtenleaf’a and' Brooks
Wimat ’ W aTO’
rpHOS. MELLOR & CO.,
80. S MORTR THIRD STREET,
IMPORTEItS
O* ,
ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN
-/-•-raX>;SI-:E:RYV;
BLtfyjlS, SHJCRTS, DRAWERS, *o.
aus-Sm . , ’ .
Peise Sioux, . . Wm. B. Bxied, Johx,Wi»i, .
J.cox RiaoKi,, D.B. Extra.
jjlkoEli, BAIRD, & CO.,
(Late. Bieger* Lamb, & C 0,,).
. a IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS .
DRY GOODS,
NO. 4T North'THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA.'
op;EADD STOOK
I* now oompletaln all its department*, and ready for
Borer*. Prompt paying Merob&nt* from all parts of the
Union are recpaotfuliy aolioited to call and examine for
themeelvtt. , ', , , ' auS-Sm
SHOE FINDINGS.
WM. JOPINS & SON.
'**■' IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS IN
ROOT, SHOE, AND BAETER MATERIALS,
ABTINGB, GALLOONS,
. SHEETINGS, PATENT LEATHER,
RENCH KIDS, SLIPPER VPPERS, LACETS, Ac,
N. H. CORNER FOURTH AND ARCH 6TS.
■nS-Sm
GENTS’ FURNISUING GOODS.
T W. SOOTT—late of the firm of Win
CHESTNyTSmeti (nearlyopposite the Girard Hcnue
j! w.i would call the attention .of hi*
former patrons and frieml* &> his near store, and u pre
pared to. fill order* for SHIRTS at short notice*,. A
perfect fit guarantied. WholeaaleTrade supplied with
ftne Shin* and Collars,. -- JrJMy.
HARDWARE.
ffRUITT. BRO.. & CO..
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS
HARDWARE.
CUTLERY, SUNS, PISTOLS, *o.,
539 MARKET STBEET. 539
BELOW SIXTH, NORTH SIDE,
u*-am PHILADELPHIA.
JtJOORE, HENSZEY & GO-.
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, AND'UUJ
80. 4ST MARKET, aNDAIO OOMiIEROB Sffl.,
PHtLADELTHT'A,
LOOKING-GLASBES.
GLASSES.
Now lii store the moet ezteaeire ud eleiut Maori
mentof
LOOKING SLABBKS,
For every epaoe and ovary position* and at Un swat
'moderate prices. . .
LOOKING GLASSES
Zb the most elaboratejind the moat simple frames.
LOOKING GLASSES
Framed in the best taste* and in the most substantial
manner.
LOOKING GLASSES
Farnuhedtatotflffema&u&tttaredby ourselves is eat
own establishment.
LOOKING GLASSES
MAHOGANY• and WALNUT frames for Country
JAMES S. EARLE A SON,
16 CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
PAPER HANGINGS, Arc.
pAPER HANGINGS.
HOW li THX TUCK TO
PAPER YOUR HOUSES.
HART, MONTGOMERY, & 00.,
NO, 343 CHESTNUT STREET,
Have for Bsloevory varifltT of ' _
PAPER HANGINGS.
BORDERS. &G„
Which will be told at the lowest rates* and pot op by
eareful'workmen. t'O-dtuolO
MEDICINAL.
Hf RB. WINSLOW,
Wi AN EXPERIENCED NURSE AND FEMALE"
FOB CHILDREN TEETHING,
which neatly facilitates the processor teething, by eoft
nusiM flUai, reducing all inflammation; will allay
Aeve&d open it, mother*, it will give rest to youreelvee
jfcBLJBFAND HEALTH TO YOUR INFANTS,
we have and soldi * rthis art!ale for over- ten
veers*aiuioaany«moon m fidenee and troth of it,
What Refer f£?Sfc> v far of;aay other
M Sot A c 6A n ß* when
Bjaelr peed* 'Never did £* wo know.an instance of
meinaefMbonbrany one lZ wm used it. On the con
trary raSTais dimgbttd CO with it* operations, add
flpeafclnterms of mmpsl oommendanonofitsmag}*
cedeffeotaa&dmedicefvjr p taev. .WVspcak inthii
tofttter ye do Jgj now**'.,after ten year?
«xttnenee**adpiedgeoarr; reputation for the fuifll
stontof what we her* de £ pUre. In almost every
biafeaet'wbsrethe infant n ui suffering from pain and
feStWo
NURSES inNewllngUuid and has been need with
*£. jn 05
yi«orU9sUieAoiiuion<uid ■ towels, oorreeta Mlditr,
|vW'«Vi
AKjUySiNI) O OOLroiadoreroomecon-
il not „j fpeddili remedied* end in
death. We believe it the "Z bertanSaurest remedy m
toxoridjn;aU Mill ol M BYsMTERf»nd DIAR
jtIHOKA UiJMQLDRKN, 25 wfaetherTjt-anees from
toe thing or from anjotUer cause,; w* would e&y to
O mother who Am a 7 child suffering from any of
iregothg Ooraptaints, *£ do not let your prejudices*
nor the ,pNUadieee o others.,stand between
IFA«»u‘| co p
nM of OH. medinmo. if HraeljraMd. Mj direc
tion, for nkimrwUfwoiim » ..n* MohTbjftlo. Non.
(asDfn.juilen the AM a) simile of CURTIS t PER
RINS,„ New.*>rk,U on “ ft.nMunwr,' . .
UMBRELLAS, •
gDEEPER & FENNER.
: WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS
■t or ■
•MBRELLAfi AND PARASOLS, ..
V , 336 MARKET STREET, PHILA.,
r An now miking more than iivb hchtodto tn.mxnT
rasi.iou pf UiabnOM, of everr «i»e, from St to 40
“SunirtoWenot had 8. i- F.’e mnk. of good, will
' flndtheir time vrm .pent mlooklng over this well-muz.
•took, jrhioh includes turn hov&me«, „o< <o be nut
wtt. tUtuhett. - . , . »us-*n
: COAL~ on, works! 1
FIRST PREMIUM.
• , AWAHiJEt) AT
; , Pennsylvania state fair, ' „
FACTORY WOOD STREET,' ‘WHARF BCHUYL
- , kill;
- OFFICE 127 WALNUT STREET.
0.10-la ' H. 8. HUBBARD fc SON.
q^rriages
OF THE MANUFACTURE OF
WIIililAM D. ROGERS.
REPOSITORY,
i.wasmvtinxssc. 1011
j’ftfSWfYOBK BYRUP—3OO bbls. assorted,
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VOL. 3.—NO. 81.
' : DRY-GOODS JOBSS
JtJ[ERRIMAOKPRINTS.
: ‘ ELEVEN NEW STYLES, ’ : '
- * *0 BB
. • OPENED
MONDAY. OCTOBER 17.
FOR SALE BY
JOSHUA 'Li. BAILY,
*l3 MARKET STREET,
0018-tf ■ PHILADELPHIA,
Q',A;R ; :D..
S 0 M B R S: ;& 'SNODGRASS,
’ 3 i'SrSBCOND, AND S 3 STRAWBERRY STB„
have ia. .tore, a large .took of
CHINCHILLA, ESKIMO,
FROSTED TRICOT, AMD
SATINGACBO BEAVER CLOTHS.
ALSO,'
:BATIN-FACED DOESKINS; anp-HEAVY PATENT
■ , FINISHED CLOTHS, ..
FOR LADIES’CLOAKS ANb MANTLES, ,
- AND, GENTLEMEN'S OVERCOATINGS..
,OJS-tf, .
1859 1859
JOED J. BAIDY & CO.,
No. *lB MARKET STREET, AND 208 CHURCH
ALLEY!, PHILADELPHIA, ,
Have received by recent arrival!* aid will continue to
reeeive dttriM thaaeaeOn a. foil and complete assort
ment of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
Consisting in part of
HOSIERY, GLOVES, MITTS, AND GAUNTLETS.
LADIES’, MISSES’, GENTS’, ard
. BOYS LAMBS*WOOL* MERINO,
SILK AND COTTON SHIRTS AND PANTS.
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
filao'c and Fanoy Silk Searfd, Ties, and Cravats,
Linen, Cambrio, and Silk Hdkfa.
SHETLAND WOOL ZEPHYRS, &c.
Also, a handsome stook of WHITE, LACE, and
MILLINERY GOODS AND EMBROIDERIES.
COTTON, MARSEILLES, and LINEN SHIRT
FRONTS, a large and cheap variety.
“JOUVIN’S SYSTEMS.” BEST QUALITY KID
GLOVES. A splendid assortment of oolors and sixes.
WOOL COMFORTS,HOODS, JACKETS, NUBIAS, &e
Together with a Urge assortment of CLARK’S snpe
perior Mix-cord ** Bilk-Fininbed ” ,and “Enamelled’*
SPOOL COTTONi Also, their Sewing Machine Cotton,
put up on spools of 1,400 yards eapb, to which the atten
tion of Shirt Makers and Manufacturers is particularly
requested.
CASH AND PROMPT SIX-MONTHS BUYERS
are.invited to examine our Stock, whioh is one of the
largest and most attractive ever offered to the trade,
*7-lm - ,
CLOTHS 11!
SNODGRASS & STEELMAN,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
CLOTHS, CASSIMEBES, VESTINGS, Ao.,
NO. 52 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
• 1 ' ABOVE CHESTNUT,’ / 1 '
Ar. daily nwnu addition, to their already lari,
■took of
FALL GOODS,
Comprised inpsrt of
BLACK AND COLORED CLOTHS,
“ BRAVERS,
OABSIMERES AND DOESKINB,
PLAIN AND FANCY CASSIMERSB,
SILK, VELVET, AND CASHMERE VESTINGS, Ac.
' N.B.—A variety of Clottu and Leaver, suitable for
LADIES’ CLOAKS and MANTILLAS, <Ol of rrhlch
will be eoid at raaeonable prioe,. , aOA-tf
S. STEWART & CO..
- . JOBBERS OF AUCTION GOODS,
~3OVMASjnrr~rrrREBT, ABGVE T U> R B,
Have now in Store a full, line of ~ _
'• BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
' I BROCHE AND OTHER SHAWLS,
BILK MANTILLA VELVETS,
Of all grades, and all the new fabrio* in Dress Goods, to
whioh we invite the attention of
CASH AND PROMPT SIX-MONTH BUYERS,
»g-gm .
jgITER, PRICE. & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS.
816 MARKET STREET.
J # W„ GIBBS & SONS,
NO. SSI MARKET STREET,
. An sow opening their
FALL fc WINTER STOCK OF OOODB ADAPTED TO
MEN’S WEAR,
In which trill be found a foil assortment of
CLOTHS, DOESKINS, VESTINGS, TRIMMINGS,
,4c. aufi-Jm
WOOD, MARSH; * HAYWARD,
* IMPORTERS
AND
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING.
NO. 309 MARKET BTREET.
PHILADELPHIA.
Fall and Winter Btook now oomplete and ready for
buyers. ~ aui-5m
GRANT, * 00.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTINGS,
Ann
TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS.
NO. 333 MARKET STREET,
(Up Stairs.) .
a«J-Sm PHILADELPHIA.
W. LITTLE & CO,
’bilkgoods,
NO. 82$ MARKET ST.
•tiMm
gHAPLEIGH, RUE, & CO.,
IMPORTERS OP
L * NI!HB toHmS GOODS. ,
LACES, m £ MBROIDKRIES ,
NO. 328 MARKET STREET.
JKTOnr Stook, «eleoted in the best European markets
by ourselves, is large and oomplete. auMm
WILLIAMSON & CO.,
, WHOLESALE SEALERS AND JOBBERS IN
DRY GOODS,
NO. 42$ MARKET STREET,
(And 414 CommeroO street,)
BITWISE FOURTH AND FIFTH, NORTH Blfil,
OQr stock, especially adapted to Southern ami West
ern trade, is now large and oomplete in every parti*
oular. aua-tf
1859 FALL IMPOBTATIONa IBS9
DALE. ROSS & WITHERS,
Ml MARKET, AND 618 COMMERCE STREETS,
PHILADELPHIA.
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
OF
SILK
AND
PANOY GOOSDS,
Have now a oomplete stook, to wbtah they invite the at*
Mention nf bnvArt. •. *ns-#BJ .
CARPETINGS, OIL CLOTHS, &c.
QARPET NOTICE.
BAILY & BROTHER,
NO. 920 CHESTNUT STREET,
WILL THIS DAY
REDUCE THE PRICE
' . Of their entire Stook of
"OROSSLE Y’S” BRUSSELS
TAPESTKIES
TO
ONE DOLLAR A YARD,
Inoloding all the beet
PATTERNS.
oo»-tf
OAft BBLS, No. 1 HERRING—IOO half
htie. extra Mnckmtw White Fieh.in jftorgand
W f HARVHa fM ' ' TAYI ' OR * cu 'i U 3 and ja North
, . COMMISSION HOUSES.
:\YE3ULINa. COFFIN. &
i ’ COMPANY. '
lift CHESTNUT STREET,
AGENTS/fcoß THE SALE OP
A. > W.' SPRAGUE’S PRINTS.
Ih great variety, inolndlng Chocolates, Turkey Rede
Greens, Blues, Shirtings, and Fancy Styles.
BLEACHED SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS.
LonsiaU, Masonville, Slatorsville,'
Washington Union Mills,
Blaokstone, Cohannet, Johnston,
Belvidere, Phoenix, BmUhviUe,
BROWN SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, AND
OSNABURGS.
' Matoaoa, Virginia Family, Groton,
' Ettriek, 1 •. Eagle, Manchester*
.Meo’i & Farm's, Black Hawk* Mercer A,
Warren A, k .7’ Farmera’, - Riverside,
Carr’s River,' Elwell.
. v , . CLOTHS.
Bottdmley’s, Pomeroy’s, Glenham Co.’s, and other
’ makes of Black and Fanoy alt wool and cotton warp
Cloths m great vsriety.
DOESKINS AND CASBIMERES.
Greenfield Co., Saxtons River, Lewiston Falls,
Steam’s M. Gay & Sons, Glendale,
Berkshire Co.* and others.
■•, . . SATINETS. ~
Ste&fh’s \ ?x '*“*Ayie»&-AA4rich> TaßAC&pion* .
, Minot,"''" CharterJDsSr,' Crystal Springs,
Swift River, Carpenter^,' '’Ftorenoe Mills,
Carroll’s, Duhring’s, ' Convefsville, Ao.
SILESIAS.-’Longdale Co.’s. Smith’s,
plain and twilled, of all oolors.
Fanoy Nogro Stripes and Plaids.
Jewett oity snd Irene Stripes, Denims, and Tioldngs.
Rhode Island and PhitadelphiaLinseys, Apron Cheoks,
and Pantaloon Stuffs.
' Bhepard’e and Slater’s Canton Flannels.
FisherviUe Co/s Corset Jeans, Ao,
' aug-dtsepl—eepl-flnAwtf
gmPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON,
NO. 112 CHESTNUT 8T„
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
FOR THE SALE OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
as-,.,
PARSED & CO.,
'general commission merchants.
COTTON, COTTON YARNS,
SPERM, LARD, AND
WHALE OILS,
FLOUR, DRUGS, 4
H7* The attention of Manufacturers is urtcially
oalied to our
SPERM OILS.
■MI No. 23 N. FRONT STREET. PHILA.
SPOOL
COTTON.
Jnstreoeived*
A FULL ASSORTMENT IN
WHITE, BLACK, AND COLORS,
For sale by
CHARLES FIELD,
NO. SO NORTH SIXTH STREET,
AGENT FOR PHILADELPHIA.
jgMITH, MURPHY, & CO,
S3T MARXET ST., AND 3*B CHURCH ALLEY,
Are now opening their
FALL AND WINTER STOCK
or
BTAPLK AND FANCY
DRY GOODS.
To which they invite the attention of
CASH AND PROMPT SHORT-TIME BUYERS.
Pbilajda.. August, 18S9, au9-9m
WATCHES, JEWELRY, Ac.
gAILEY & CO..
ronsn&LT
BAILEY A KITCHEN,
Save removed to the new Fire-proof, White. Marble
Store,
‘ -—-JQQ fITTKfi’EHEP'T-
NORTH SIDE, BELOW THE GIRARD HOUSE.
Now opening their Fall Stook of
IMPORTED JEWELRY, PLATED WARES, AND
FANOY GOODS,
Wo which they invite the attention of the pubiie*
SILVER-WARE, WATCHES, DIAMONDS, AND
PEARLS,
at WBOMuiLt ayts man.
gILVE’I WARE.
WM. WILSON & SON
Invite epeoial attention'to their stook of SILVER
WARE,wh»oh is now unusually large, affording ava
nety of pattern and design unsurpassed by any house
the United Staten, and of finer Quality than is manufao*
tured for table use in any part of the worlda
Oar Standard of Silver is 035*1000 parts pare
Tho English 5ter1ing...a.,..926-1000 “
Amerioanao.4 Frea0h.......Q00*1000 “
Thus it will be seen that we give thirty-five parts purer
than the American and Frenoh coin, and ten parts purei
than the English Sterling. We melt all our own Silver*
and our Foreman being connected with the Refining Do
partment of the United States Mint for several years, wr
guarantee the quality as above <835), which is tho finest
that can be made to be serviceable , and will resist the
notion of acids much better than the ordinary Silv #•
puutHfactured.
WM. WILSON & SON,
B. W. CORNER FIFTH AND CHERRY STS.
N. B.—Any fineness of Silver manufactured as agreed
upon, bnt positively none inferior to FVtnefc and Amiri
can standard,
Dealers supplied with the same standard as uaed in
our retail department.
Fine Silver Bars, 999-1000 parts pure, constantly on
hand. au24-6m
JS. JA RDEN & BRO.,
•MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF
SILVER-PLATED WARE
N 0.804 CHESTNUT Street, above Third, (up stairs,
Philadelphia.
Constantly on hand and for sale to the Trade.
fBA-SETS. COMMUNION SKRVICE-fIETS, URNS,
PITCHERS, GOBLETS, CUPB.WAITERB. BAS
KETS/ CABTORB, KNIVES, SPOONS,
FORKS, LADLES, &o.' Ac.
gilding and plating on all kinds of metal. eel-ly
CHINA AND QUEENS WAKE.
GRANITE AND CHINA
TEA SETS,
DINNER SETS, TOILET SETS,
PRESSED GLASS GOBLETS, TUMBLERS, Ac.,
AT LOW PRICES.
WRIOHT, SMITH * CO.,
NO. 5 NORTH FIFTH ST.
oW-wfmtf
gOYD & STROUD,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
Hava now on hand a oomplete Btook of
QUEENSWARB.
GLASSWARE, and
FRENCH AND ENGLISH CHINA,
At their Odd Btawd, No. 32 NORTH FOURTH ST.,
four doors below Merchants’ Hotel, to which they invite
the attention of WHOLESALE BUYERS.
iar Aqbntr for Pittfrubs Glass. anfi-Sm
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, &c.
JJRUGS, GLASS, PAINTS, Ac. _
ROBT. SHOEMAKER & CO.
NORTHEAST CORNER
FOURTH AND RACE STREETS,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
Importer, end Denier, in WINDOW GLASS, FAINTS.
&0., invite tho attention of
COUNTRY MERCHANTS
To their large stock of Goods, w£oh they offer at the
lowest market rates. ocfi-tf
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS.
QOODS FOR THE SEASON.
BRONZED FENDERS’AND IRONS,
STEEL FIRE SETS, FOOT WARMERS,
BLOWER STANDS, PLATE WARMERS, IIOT
BL,U ' WATER bISKES, *c., *c.,
AT THE
HOUSE-FURNISHING STORES,
NOS. 692 AND 1998 CHESTNUT BTEEKT.
JNO. A. MURPHEY & CO,
018-wfmtf _
HATS, CAPS, &e.
1859. FALL TBADE -1859.
C. H. GARDEN & CO..
Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in
HATS, OAFS, FURS.
BILK AND STRAW BONNETS,
AND STRAW GOODB,
ARTIFICIAL Fi.OWERS.
FEATHERS, RUCHES, &<!., Ac,.
NOB. 808 AND 60S MARKET STREET,
corner of Sixth.
B £gK? IVJS STOCK rf&! ™ RM8 ’ OWEST
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAV, NOVEMBER 4, 1859.
FANCY DltY GOODS JOBBERS.
gCHAFFJER * ROBERTS,.
499 MARKET STREET,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
HOSIERY, GLOVES.
SMALL WARES, COMtiS,
BRUSHES, LOOKING-GLASSES,
GERMAN and FRENCH FANCY GOODS,
AND
TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS. auMm
PEDDLE,
& HAMRICK.
Importers and dealers in
HOSIERY, GLOVES, AND FANOY NOTIONS, >
NO. 30 NORTH FOURTH STREET, (
Five doors below the Merohanta* Hotel/,
Oder for sale the ihostoomplote stook of Goods in their
line to be found in the.UNiTKp States, consisting of 4
HOBIERY,of overr'grnde. , 1 ■ j
GLOVES, m three n andred varieties, . i
• i
LINEN CAMBRIC HI)KFB. A BHIRTFRONTB*>
LADIEB’ ELASTIC DELTB, With clasps or enf
tirCly uew designs, with an endless variety Of NO-.
TIONS, to whioh they- invito the attention of l
FIR&T-CLASS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ;
xiivox w BUYERS. -aug-gcd
CIGAKS, TOUACCO, &Ok ~
2;WISSLER & FIORIiLD<S>,
125 NORTH THIRD STREET, ./. *
Have for sale a large supply of ‘ :
C I O' A K 8
OF TIIE BEST
HAVANA BRANDS. 5
TOBACCO, SNUFF, PIPES, ho. *
AGENTS FOR GAIL & AX,
GERMAN SMOKING TOBACCO AND CIOARS.
oo2i-3m
MBRINO,
HO SOUTH FRONT -STREET,
Ha* in atoro and bond, and
Offers for Sale, a Large Assortment *1
CIGARS,
Received direct from Havana, of ohoioe and favorite
Brands. auK-tf
MILLINEUY GOODS*
MARKET STREET.
RIBBONS.
Of every kind, in immense variety t
NEW BONNET MATERIALS,
BONNET VELVETS, SATINS, 1
GKO DE NAPS, LINING SILKS,
ENGLISH CRAPES, of th. but maku,
FRENCH i AMERICAN ARTIFICIAL
FLOWERS, FEATHERS, RUCHES, tc
Also, newest Fall styles of
STRAW AND FANOY BONNETS,
And STRAW GOODS, of every description,
Now open, and presenting altogether the moat com
plete etook of MILLINERY GOODS in this market,
Merchants and Milliners from every section of the
oonntry are ooidially invited to oall and examine our
stock, whioh we offer at the
CLOSEBT POSSIBLE PRICES.
ROSENHEIM, BROOKS, h CO.,
aulO'tnovlO 431 MARKET STREET.
J m HILLBORN JONES.
Importer and Manufacturer of
FANCY SILK
AND
STRAW BONNETS*
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS,
FEATHERS, RUCHES, Ac
The attention of City and Country Dealera is invited
to a large ami varied stock of the above good*,,at
433 .
.uMa Below FIFTH.
/pto J. HAMBERGER, No. 116 North
!&4mSECOND Street, is prepared to exhibit the most
complete itook of Mulmenr Goods, comprising Ribbons.
Flowers, Feather*. Blonds, Laoes, Ruches, Velvets,
and othor Bonnet Material*. Al*o. a handsome as*ott
njent of Pattern Bonnets, to all or wjhich he would in
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Thomas Panic**
Tho subject of enthusiastic eulogy on one
'hand and of energetic übuso on tlio other,
Tuouas Paine has been roughly dealt with.
.Por while his polemical writings have been al
most universally condemned, his political pro
ductions have somewhat boon under esti
mated. Yet, ho was, undoubtedly, a loading
writor in his time, and did good service to the
great cause of N ational Independence by bis
ppn. The motivo which induced him to write
on’the side of struggling liberty in America
may bo questioned, but the effect which he
produced was great. He seems to have had
very little principle; to have bad an eye to
Adi payment forhis work, oven while patrioti
cally professing tho utmost disinterestedness;
to have been actuated by caprice, passion, and
personal feeling. But his pamphlet, entitled
(1 Common Sense” was as well-timed as it was
well-written. It told bold truths at a moment
when thoir utterance was needed. It was
trenchant in tone and plain in languago, so that
the moat unlearned conld understand it. The.
writer was petulant, vain, solflsh, and almost
Itch from what is called moral principle, but he
did that workwell. It has been doubted wheth
er ho Was earnest in his advocacy of tho cause
which he espoused, but nobody can doubt that
ho wroto earnestly, as if ho indeed were fully
possessed with the inspiration of truth. Nor
can any one fairly say that ho did not desire tho
success of tho American cause.
4 More than half a century ago, Thomas
Paine died. So much unpopularity remains
attached to his name, from his later works
against tho Holy Bible, and from tho profliga
cy. of bis closing years, that fow have cared dis
passionately to discuss his ontiro life—to do
justice to his services to this country, ero ho
sank into tho discredit which is likely over to
be attached to his name. Mr. William A.
Stokes, of Grccnsburg, an eminent lawyer
and an eloquent orator, ’ has had tho moral
courage to “point a moral” from the ex
ample of this man, and to apeak openly and
ftilrly of him to the inquiring alumni of Frank
lin and Marshall Gollcgo, Lancaster. It is
neither a partial defence nor a fhll condemna
tion of Paine. It Is an exposition— showing
for what he merits public acknowledgment,
and principally dealing with him outside of his
irreligion. Mr. Stokes has executed his diffi
cult purpose with tact as well as with ability,
and we accept his Address as a contribution to
tho Historical nnnals of a great and stirring
epoch. We shall follow him closely in what
we hero shall write, sometimes using his tp
4wrima verba , feeling that wo could not im
prove upon them.
Thomas Paine was Bon of a Quaker stay
maker, in,the cast of England. Originally ho
received only a scanty education, but was a
man entitled to fiftast, as he did, that ho had
seldom passed five minutes of his life, how
ever mreumstanced, in which he did not ac
quire some information. He had been to sea
in a privateer, had worked at bis father’s busi
ness, and had successively been an exciseman,
usher at a school, dissenting preacher, grocer,
and pamphleteer, befqro ho made the acquaint
ance of Dr. Franklin, then colonial agent in
London, who advised him to proceed to Ame
rica. Ho arrived in Philadelphia in tho win
ter of 1774, and was then thirty-seven years
old. Ho became editor of tho Pennsylvania
Magazine, and, Mr. Stokes adds :
• r Ho now bad aoecss to books, and tbo dormant
energies of bis mind were aroused. Ho eagerly
embroiOd'ttnrcnoso of -the aoloniofl, and WAS #oou
to act on important and meritorious part in'the
coming qqnthct,”
In HU conduct of tho magazine, Paine
showed so much ability as to attract tho fa
vorable notico of Dr. Rtrsn, aud other literati
of tho city. It was thought desirable that a
popular work should be writton, fairly and
boldly, from the American side of tho quaTrol
with England. Paine was encouraged to
write, and, in Jauuary, 177 G, published, tho
remarkable pamphlet of « Common Sonse.”
Mr. Stokes says:
“Admirable os was tho‘execution of this work,
it was not written spontaneously, but at tlio sug
gestion of Df. Hush, who read tho shoots as they
were composed, as did also Dr. Franklin imd
Samuel Adams. Tho former struck from tho
manuscript what scorns a telling sentenco, ‘A
greater absurdity cannot be conceived of, than
ihrco millions of people running to their sea coast,
overy limo a shin arrives from London, to know
what portion of liberty they should enjoy.' When
tho manuscript was ready for tho press, Paino pro
posed to call it 'Plain Truth,' but Dr. Hush ob
jected, and gavo it tho titlo of 'Common Sense.'
Manyyoars afterwards, Genoral Washington ap
plied the titlo of tho book to its author, and spoke
of tho merits and services of 1 Common Sense' as
unrewarded by this country.
“ Certain It is that an instant and irnmonso im
petus was given to the cause of independence by
the then unknown pamphlctoor. Tho dosiro of tho
people for the immemorial liberties of their an
oestors gave placo to a determination to free them
selves forever from foreign domination, and sub
mission to a King was oxohnnged for resolution to
establish a Ropublio.”
The pamphlet had vast circulation and wide
influence, for it said what the masses thought .
Its character is thus concisely given by Mr.
Stokes :
“ Whon ‘ Common Sense' was published a great
blow was struok. It was felt from Now England
to tho Carolines, it resounded throughout tho world <
Principles of politics wore proclaimed, not new, but
true; sanctioned by antiquity, familiar to tho learn
ed, but hitherto concealed in books unknown to tho
public*, principles which found instaut recognition
in tho natural sonso of justioo which God implants
in Ml ills ore&luros; arguments wore adducejl
wbioh wont right homo to the understanding, and
found thore immediate rooeution. Common sense
—tho best kind of sense, without which knowledge
is vain—oagerly embraced and appropriated the
dogmas and conclusions of this mastor-pieco of
popular reasoning, which rather aroused what al
ready lay deep down in the hidden recesses of tho
human mind, than communicated any strange sen
timents. Tho boldness, vigor, dirootnees, the very
rudeness, tho raoy roughness of tho author, gavo
irrcsifitiblo force to his matchless appeal. Nor did
ho hesitate to avail himself of all rhotorical ad
junct!. He not only reasonod hut ho flattered; ho
availed himself of prejudice, ho doalt freely in in
vective. For this Ido not censure him, for tho
Tribune of tho people, whose words were intended
to dismember an empire, might well resort to ail
Mils of art in accomplishing his stupendous
task ” ~
Ho also truly says, “ Tho approaching dis
enthralraent of America, felt in tho bosoms of
tho yoomon of Massachusetts, had been pre
dicted by tho orators of Virginia Tho rays
of tho sun of independence wero already gild
ing tho horizon with promise oi a glorious fu
ture. Tho coming brightness of tho perfect
day of freedom was revealed to tho common
sense of the people, boforo it was announced
in tho Common Sense of Paine. If tho latter
originated nothing, it disseminated tho truth
of politics and precipitated tho inevitable mo
ment of National maturity. With all its merit
tCommon Sense * has proved ephemeral. It
j|ias died the death of a pamphlet, Harring
ton, Syi>nbv> and Locke still authoritatively
define tho ftinctions of tho State and tho duty
of tho citizen, but who reads Paine ? Truo
it is that tho subsequent baso prostitution of
his powers has tended to diminish tho influ
ence of his earlier productions, but this alono
will not account for their neglect. We all
read BoLiNGnuoicE, Hi me still touches us his
tory, Voltaire delights us with poetry, Gib
bon's gorgeous pictures fascinate us, and many
illustrious infidels live in their works, for tho
instruction of mankind on subjects not involv
ing theological error. A man was needed for
tho crisis of tho Kovolution. Paink appeared
did his work, and is fast descending to ob
livion, without hopo of rescuo, unless by im
mortality of infamy.”
Seldom, however, has any pamphleteer been
ao immediately or abundantly rewarded. Mr.
Stokes tolls us—
“ His was not tho fato of many benofnotojs of
our race, whoso only earthly reward is the homage
of after ages. Immediately this obscure son of a
mechanic, this discarded English oxolso oflicor,
needy adventurer of tainted morals nud disrepu
table history, earning a scanty livelihood ns jour
neyman-editor of a provtnoiat periodical, became
the wonder, admiration and hopo of millions. Tho
first glow of gratitudo encircled his name with ra
diance beforo which tho elory of earlier and purer
patriots bccamo dim. Ho was at onco a favorite
of the leading soldlors and statesmen of that
ovontful poriod. Attnohed to tho army, ho was
♦ho frequent guest and habitual associate of Wash
ington and his oflicors. Pennsylvania gavo him
‘Thomas Paine. An Address, by William A. Stokes.
Pehvored before the Gathenn and Diagnothian Socie
ties of Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Fa.i
July 8d» IS6G. Lancasters Feanol A Grist.
five hundred pounds, an unexampled prioe for forty
printoJ pages, ad<l munificent compensation com
pared with that of Samuel Johnson, for ( Taxation
no Tyranny,’ and similar productions, on the
other side of the question.”
Nor was this all. In 1777, Paine was ap
pointed by Congress Secretary to the coramit
teo for foreign affairs, but “ in less than two
years, and pending proceedings against him
for false publications and violations of his
trust and oath, ho resigned office to escape a
disgraceful dismissal.” Subsequently he was
Clerk to the General Assembly of Pennsylva
nia. In 1785, Congress voted him an appro
priation of $B,OOO. Finally, New York granted
him a farm at New Rochelle, which ho valued
at $3O/)00.
Ho held no idle pen, it must bo admitted,
after the publication of Common Sense. Du
ring tho six months which elapsed between tho
publication of Common Sense and the Decla
ration of Independence, he wrote several es
says in the Philadelphia newspapers, over tho
signature of “Tho Forester,”in defence of
tho doctrines of his pamphlet. They are not
equal to his oiher productions, and are known
only to those who are curious in such matters.
Further, as Mr. Stokeh informs us:
“In Decembor, 1770, after the defeat on Long
Island and tho loss of Fort Washington and Fort
Leo, when tho first burst of patriotism was followed
by universal dospondenoy, and the cause of the
country seemed lost at the commencement of the
struggle, Paine published the first number .of f Tho
Crisis,’ which aroused, ns by magic, the droop
ing ardor of the people. Even now, transported by
imagination to that time of rfooro, amidst the dark
ness of tho tempest in whion (he frail bark of State
seeroed about to be engalphed, with all the hopes
of humanity, our blood warms as we hoar the in
spiring language: ‘These are the times that try
men’s souls. Tno summer soldier and the sunshine
patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service
of his aountry; but he that stands it now deserves
tho lovo and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny,
like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this
consolation with us, that the harder the conflict the
more glorious the triumph.’ This soul-stirring
appeal was read at tho head of every regiment, ana
inspired n martial ardor which both animated and
filled tho ranks of the army. Published every
whore, it every wboro infused fresh vigor into the
counsels and renewed resolution into tho masses.
The battlo of Tronton was tho first fruit of this re
animated enthusiasm, and the first assurance of
confidence in the armed oitlzons of tho Republic.”
After tho affair at Trenton, appeared the
second number of “ The Crisis.” Eighteen
numbers were published in all, but “ none of
them aro equal.to the first; many are feeble
in argument, naked of facts, and full of such
senseless invective as evince personal malig
nity, and thus becomo ineffective. Still, with
ail thoso defects, there are touches of nature
which roach tho heart, and a courageous logic
well adapted to captivate tho popular under
standing. Undoubtedly they aided tho cause
of the country, and probably to a greater ex
tent than would bo now supposed from read
ing them. Their, very coarseness gave them
strength; they aroused a patriotic rage, and,
aided by tho reputation of their author, circu
lated in homely recesses which more elabo
rate productions were not likely to reaph.
Even this glowing patriotism was made to
order, and purchased like any other market
able commodity. Paine paused, after some
numbers of The Crisis had been published,
and thoir value was perceived, until Robe&t
Moanis induced him to proceed by promise of
a stipulated sum of money, as compensation
forhis services.”
Tho more substantial products of his author
ship (from Congress and New York) wore
given to Paine after tho conclusion of tho
War, and Mr. Stokes says:
“ Paine was now, by tho product of his patriot
ism, a landed proprietor with full pocket*. His
servioos were amply recognised, his talent* were
universally admitted. But for the taint of corrupt
morality, the crossness of his manners and greodi*
peas for gain, no might now—the Revolution ac
complished, and the prosperity of the Republic as
sured—have entered upon a distinguished and ho
norable oareer, and given to posterity another glo
rious namo for tho catalogue of the founders of
American institutions. He was reserved to teaob
aopthor lesion—that God'* vongeance Is not always
delayed for eternity, hut that, even in tiua'sMirld,-'
blasphemous deflaooo of the Dtvino authority car
ries the swift justice of a present onrse.”
Played out here, and awakening disgust by
his morals and manners, where he had once
obtained reputation by his boldness and talent,
Paine retnrned to Europe in 1787, with the
double intent of overturning the British Go
vernment and making money by an iron bridge
which ho had invented. First, he visited
Paris, where tho Revolution was seething in
the cauldron of Public Discontent. Thence
to England, where his bridge project failed
from waul of funds, and he was imprisoned for
dobi, and-released by American kindness. Ho
returned to Paris for a short time soon after
tiie breaking ont of the Revolution, but speed
ing back to England, found general admiration
of Mr. Burke’s “Reflections on tho French
Reaohition/’ a work which he immediately
answered, as did Mackintosh.
Paine’s “Rights of Man,” dedicated to
Washington, was published in March, 1791.
The second part, completing tho work, appear
ed in February, 1792, and a million and a half
of copies are said to have been circulated in
England. Mr. Stokes thus characterizes this
production:
“ Ho examines very fairly tho natural condition
of man nnd the objects of political organization,
asserts tho innlienablo right of absoluto control of
government by the governed, denies tho bind
ng force of any political compact, develops the
sound idoA that tho will of the cltizon is always hu
jremc, and his interest tho solo legitimate object of
;ho Stnto; attacks monarchy, hereditary legisla
tors, tho sottlovmnt of tbo Revolution of 1653 and
tho British Constitution; defends all tho proceed
ings of tho French leaders; lauds tho American
system, villlflos with passionate ardor alt the ex
isting institutions of England. Mr. Burke is not
treated with the excessive rudeness which common
ly distinguishes Fnino’s attacks. * # *
* # * “ Although much more exten
sive and ambitious, it is not in Aliy respect equal
to ‘ Common Sense,' or the host numbers of
* The Crisis' and abounds iu gross historical
blundors. Still it is very striking, plain, plausi
ble, mostly true in its enunciation of abstraot po
sitions, erroneous often in their application, aud
weakened by tho bitter spirit which porvades every
pago. It seems ■ rather the revengeful diatribe of
a aisoharged excise officer, than the calm discus
sion of a politio&l philosopher."
Tito British Government issued a procla
mation denouncing such works as this as
“ wicked and seditious,” and prosecuted
Paine. Pending tho prosecution Paine fled
to Franco, hut tho trial went on, and ended in
his conviction and outlawry.
In Paris, where a translation of “ The Rights
of Man” had become very popular, Paine
took his scat as a member of tbo National
Convention, to which he had been elected in
December, 1791. He voted for tho war with
England, nnd against the execution of Louis
XVI. For this last vofce ho was committed to
prison, by tho Conveution, in 1794, and nar
rowly escaped tho guillotine during tho dicta
torship of Robespierre. When liberated,
in the autumn of 1794, he resumed his seat in
tho Convention, retaining it until that body
was dissolved. He continued in Paris for
some years, sinking deeper and deeper in
debauchery and excess, and returned to Ameri
ca in October, 1802.
In March 1794, while Paine was imprison
ed at Paris, appeared tho first part of his “Ago
of Reason,” an audacious nnd ribald attack
upon tho Holy Bible and Revealed Religion.
Mr. Stokes thus strikingly analyzes this pro
duction:
“His most celebrated attack on religion Is tho
'Age of Reason,' h reproduction, in a now and
most effootivo and popular form, of the oft-refhted
assaults on Christianity, basod on an assumption of
tbe powor of finite man to judge of the justice of the
Infinite; and assumes tho universality of human
knowledge aud tho infallibility of human
judgment. Tho entire argument is vicious, be
cause It rests on thc&o falso assumptions; it sub
jects Roligion, which if of God, must be above
man, to puroly intellectual tests; it ignores tho his
torical, presumptive and internal evidence, which
in regard to a profane narrative would be indis
putou. It is ooarso and strong, brutal and inde
cent ; arraigns the Almighty, as known by revela
tion, for cruelty and tyranny; disoardsthe argu
ment deduced from fulfilment of prophecy, from
tho extraordinary propagation of Christianity,
from Us morality, its self abnegation, Us chari
ty, its countloss blessings to tbo human race,
its redemption of nations from tho bondage
of suporstltion and idolatry; treats the miracles as
false, and the Apostles as Impostors; ridicules all
Biblical history from Paradise to Calvary. Xeno
phon, Socrates, Plato, Cicero, all tho wisest and
most virtuous philosophers of antiquity, had felt
the need of religious light, of a Divine revelation ;
but Paine hold that the light of Nature was suffi
cient for morals; ho rojeoted faith and shut his
eyes to tho blaring glory of the sun of righteous
ness, aud its fruits, in tho order, security,
and morality of Christian civilization, as compared
with tho dark developments of heathenism, and
the diaoord of infidelity.
“ Its poison is in its stylo, easily comprehended
by the unlearned; He antidote is In its blasphemy,
so profligate ns to shook oven unbelievers.”
Tho second part of “ The Age of Reason ”
nppenrod in December, 1795. It was said that
TWO CENTS.
he had written, it in the prison of the ■Luxem
bourg at Paris, In a letter to Samuel Adahb,
ho says, « Expecting to die every hour, I had
no time to lose, and determined to publish my
work. I saw the French people debased in
atheism, and resolved to establish (hem in that
pet article of all faiths—tho belief of a God.”
But he bitterly assailed and slandered the God
of tho Bible.
Among other of Paine's writings, at Paris,
which wore chiefly political and financial,
-was a *< Letter to Giohoe Washington,” in
■ which he attacked the newly-formed American
Constitution, and'abused Washington.
Returning to the United states, in 1802,
invited by President Jefbbebon, who was soon
disgusted with his habits/ manners, and
morals, Paine endeavored to resume his po
litical position hero, and failed. Finally, ho
retired to his farm at La Rochelle, where ho
died on the Bth of June, 1809—calling, in bis
agony of pain, upon the God whom he had In
sulted, tho Christ whom he had denied.
The summing up, by -Mr. Stokes, is at once
so vivid and faithful that we subjoin it:
‘‘Tho narrative of his life is the development of
his character, and few biographies-are-more in
structive than Paine’s. He was endowed with
genius, lived in a momentous era, associated with
the .leading-spirits of the age, was concerned in
organizing a new nation. As a writer he was
always strong, and often eloquent’; especially he
excelled in statement and invective; as a logician
ho was plain and striking; he knew the human
heart, but appreciated the understanding better,
though ho has shown that ho oould arouse tho
passions when he pleased. Hiq style was so bold,
brave, and animated,.that he could always arrest
the popular attention; his air of confidence gave
him the confidence of his readers, whom hedld
not hesitate to flatter by appeals to their know
ledge and reason. Twice in serious crises of the
Revolution, he rendered important service to the
cause of liberty and man, by startling, as with
thunder, tho unthinking to reflection, the irresolute
to determination,'and the supine to action. Suc
cess always followed the efforts of bis earlier life
in America; agratefol people crowned him with
honor; the world was ready to hail him as the
champion of Right; fortupe.smiled, and he might
have basked in the sunshine of prosperity, thrilled
the earth with the echoes of his fame,'and left for
posterity a name glorious among the most illustri
ous of those who have proclaimed, with the trum
pet-tongued power of truth, the heaven'born
maxim of man’s equality to man.
“ But neither the splendor of his natural genius
nor the adventitious aid of circumstances were able
to rescue him from the'doom reserved for those
conspicuous characters who are selected by Provi
dence to prove that the ( way of the transgressor Is
hard.’
“The memory which might hare been so bright
and glorious shines only *lth the lurid-glare of
hell. He was shameless, presumptuous, passion
ate. vindictive,' cowardly, unchaste,' mendacious,
avaricious, ungrateful, slanderous, false; cruel, im
pious. He has himself written his own epitaph—
vi famous; for what infamy ean equal that of him
who attomptß to breakdown the carriers of. reli
gion, which alone is efficient protection for social
order, domestic happiness, confidence among men,
security for right; only comfort in affliction, only
antidote for evil,- only refnge for sdvertityj chief
solAoe in this life, sole-hope in the life to come ?
“These are tho dark deeds which have earned
for Paine an execrable celebrity; and for those
crimes, which reach beyond time Into' the bound
less future, Crimes which sacrifice immortal goals,
the voioe of ages will repeat the sentence of con
demnatibn whioh the avenging angel has already
-executed. * >
“Toeach of.us this vicious Ufe and dreadful
death suggests a lesson for-our individual instruc
tion,better taught in meditation than in words;
and in opr other character of citizens, it is equally j
suggestive, for if our country is to continue her
career of prosperity, it must be by the practice of
virtue, which is only efficiently sustained by reli.
glous faith. . . /
“ republic in which each citizen is a Christian
hero is spectacle for the admiration of angels,
the imitation of men. ■ Such a nation may defy the
assaults of time bee&use it is built upon the rock of
ages. Such a nation may this become, is the ar
dent hope and prayer of every patriot. 1 ’
The length of our extracts will show our
ostimate of tho marked ability with which Mr.
Stokes has treated the subject. ‘ TV’s cordially
recommend his eloquent and Interesting Ad
dress to tho public. He has written it as might
be expected from & Christian gentleman.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
pir* Several ultra Southern papers, which dis
tinguish themsclges'by their constant abuse of Sena
tor Douglas, and intimate that they Will-not sup
port him if nominated by the Charleston Conven
tion, advocate the nomination of Gen. Joseph Lane,
of Oregon.
Carlisle (Pa.) Democrat warmly sup
ports the nomination of George Sanderson, Esq.,
the editor of the Lancaster Intelligencer , as the
next Democratic candidate for Governor of Penn
sylvania.
J3r* A largo meeting of the Democracy of New
York city was held at T&mmasy Hall on the eve
ning of the let instant. Letters were addressed to 1
it by five of tho membors of the Cabinet—Cass,
Cobb, Thompson, Toucey, and Floyd. The princi
pal topic discussed was the late outbreak at Har
per’s Perry.
pp* Hob. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, has recently
addressed large Republican audiences in New York
and Brooklyn.
ItF* Fred Douglass has addressed a letter to the
Rocbostor Democrat , dated Canada West, October
31, denying the alleged statement of Cook that he
had agreed to assist the John Brown expedition.
Ho says:
“ My field of labor for the abolition of slavery has
not extended to an attack upon tho United States
Arsenal. In the teeth of the documents already
published, and cf those which may hereafter be
fmblished, I affirm that no man connected with that
nsurreetion, from its noble andherotcleaderdown,
can connect my name with a single broken promise
of any sort whatever. So much I deem it proper
toeay negatively.
“ The time for a full statement of what I know,
And of all I know, of this desperate but sublimely
disinterested effort to emancipate tho slaves of
Maryland and Virginia'from their cruel task-mas
ters, has not yet come, and may never come. In
the denial which I have now made, my motive is
more a respectful consideration for the opinions of
the slaves’ friends, than from my fear of being
mado an accomplice in the general conspiracy
against elavory. lam ever ready to write, speak,
publish, organize, combine, and even to conspire
against slavery, when there is a reasonable hope
for success.”
fly?" At the lato Democratio State (?) Convention
in Kansas, held at Lawrence on the 25th alt., the
appointment of delegates to the Charleston Con
vention was deferred by a vote of 35 ayes to 28
noes. Samuel Mednry was nominated for Gover
nor on tho first ballot by a majority of six rotes
over two competitors, Denman and Holliday. The
State ticket was then completed os follows:
Lieutenant-Governor—John P. Slough, of Lea"
venworth.
Seorotary of State —A. P. Walker, of Locomp*
ton.
State Auditor—J. K. Goodin.
Attorney Genera!—Mr. Thnrston, of Allen connty.
Superintendent of Publio Instruction—S. McGill.
Chief Justice—Judge Williams.
Assistant Justices—Robert B. Mitchell and Sami.
A. Stinson.
|3P The Cleveland Pla indealer says that when
Jesse D. Bright, the Indiana Senator, recently
passed through Cleveland, from Washington, to
Superior city, ha was asked confidentially, by one
of our Administration officials, “If Old Buck was
really a candidate for re-election?” “Tobe sure
he is,” said Bright, “ and the old fool will not get
a Tote In tho Convention, North or South.”
PfF 3 Tho Grcensburg (Pa.) Argus contains the
following announcement:
“The Rev. Mr. Keesey, pastor of the United
Brethren Church, of Greensburg, left his homo on
tbe 19th of October, to assist a brethor at Altoona,
Pa. Since then he has not been heard of. It is
ascertained that he did not go to Altoona, and the
most painfnl apprehensions are felt by his wifo
and friends for nis disappearance. Mr. Keesey is
an able and popular preaoner—happy In bis family
relations—no man was more prudent and ciroum
speot In his deportment. He has a wife and five
children, to whom he was a most kind and affec
tionate husband and father. For some days be
fore he left, he appeared to be gloomy and in deep
trouble. Simultaneous with ms leaving home, a
very handsome and fascinating young grass widow
has also disappeared in a mysterious manner. The
disappearance of the grass widow on the same day
that Mr. Keesey left has thrown a dark cloud
around tho circumstances, and filled the hearts of
his wife And friends with unalloyed anguish. We
trust, bowevor. that a few days will explain the
inAtter in such a manner ns to relieve the character
of tho Rev. gentleman from suspicions that now
surround him, and restore him to that high position
in the affections of his congregation that he has
hitherto ocoupied.”
lowa. —Nearly every county of lowa has been
heard from, and the Republican majority for Go
vernor is just about 3,000. (Lost Governor’s elec
tion, 2,151.) On tbe rest of the State ticket, the
Senate will stand, 20 Republican to 17 Democra
tio. The nouse stands, so far as heard from, 47
Republican to 32 Democratic, leaving • eight dis
tricts to hoar from, all of which gavo Republican
majorities at the State election in 1858.
Senator Fitzpatrick’s Position. Senator
Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, h&a written a letter defi
ning his position on the Presidential question. He
says ho is opposed to squatter sovereignty and is
not a friend to Douglas, but ho expeots to vote for
the nominee of the Charleston Convention.
Tub Fistic CnAMPiONsnir.—Thoro is much in
terest in tho contemplated Uoenan and Sayers bat
tle, and many are tho predictions that the'"Beni
cia Boy” will not bo able to meet tho Champion of
England in tho ring, before that hero finally re
tires from publio life, an event which will occur
next spring. There is so much uncertainty on this
point, that John Morrissey has bet Heenan $290
that be (Hocnan) will never fight Sayers, and the
$4OO is now on deposit at the offioe of Wittes'
Spirit of the Twits,
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CALIFORNIA PBUI.
Imti Semi-Monthly in time for me CeUfonile
Ste&mera,
The Baltimore Election Outrage*.
PLUO-I7QI.TISK IX TH* ASCXJTDAJTT.
[From the Baltimore Sub of yeeterday }
terdsy ' amnpapirt ° r ootMgM of ye*.
Cockey „ts bidly
stabbed with awls and several persons seriously
beaten. About half past ten o'clock a mm
named Kelly started np the hfll to the polls
and when about 'a hundred yards distanVhi
was assailed by fire meat one of whom' dealt him
& blow which felled him to the ground. He
instantly regained his feet, and drawing a xerol
ver, pursued and fired six shots at his assailants,
and threw his pistol after them. He was not
seriously injured.
w *rd, the rowdies interfered with
the election, compelling many naturalised citixeca
to vote their ticket. Wm. P. Preston. Esq., Demo
cratic candidate for Congress from the Ihlrd dis
trict, was brutally beaten.
lnlnw 1 ? ward, Mr. Henry Herring, Jr.,
wSat£.^S2 0r i K °- 62 Bonii street, wentln be
biin-iccde to vote, and being pressed and
J feUdead bj Th£ T 8 staggered outside and
l*?«naua, wbo were called, aay
“* jn n ,fu) result of apoplexy. A man
?" badljbesden about eleven
°f?*°° v , t*™® there was quiet, no oppo
*io h *2 poaeasio/rf
the polls. Mr. Isaac 8. George, a most resneetaM*
o Usen, residing on .East
standing at the door with an infant child In his
arms, when ha observed some parties coming alone ‘
U!.t r0 ?£?. g .f m 9 tonntryoen. He madethor?
“ wr " s s shame, when he was arrest*
„,V. *° m f P? ,lc e who happened to bo along,,
and taken to the Eastern police station, whence ho
™ Sd?"" Uj released!^No records! his arrest.
•D T . h l. Fourth w V d *'■ ebow of opposition by the
Hefonuers was abandoned. J
In the Fifth ward, Joseph Vansant, son of the
Hon. Joshua Vansant, was severely beaten. Seve
ral others shared the same fate. Mr. Joseph Clark
son, machinist, qc Front street, and his two boos,
were severely hasten, alter which the three wera
arrested ana taken to the Central police station.
Before the opening of tho polls the windows in the
f olu * w ; Hunt, a * comer of Payette
and Exeter streets, were broken, and bricks were
thrown into hia house. Several other houses shared
the same treatment.
In the Sixth ward the Rough, held fun nray.
In tho Eighth ward everything progressed quiet
ly from the time the polls wer» epceed/A barri
cade was erected so that the window could not be
crowded and the voting went on rapidly. There
were several police officers present, but they left
at noon and did not return. The judges provided
themselves with the different tiekete to be Toted
for, and supplied ail who did not obtain them be
fore reaching ibo polls. A large number of per
sons who do not live in the ward presented them
selves, but their votes were promptly mooted with
out creating any disorder. About four o’clock In
the afternoon a man named PetUcord, from the
th ward, presented himself and demanded
the right to vote, which was refused him. He be-,
came violent, when some one struck at him, but
he way qaiokly surrounded and guarded to a plane
of safety. That was the only difficulty during the
day, and no personal, injury was - sustained, nor
was there at any time aay crowding at the:polls.
In the Ninth ward, a German was dreadfully
beaten whilst in the hands of an officer. The Re
formers were finally driven from the polls.
In the Tenth ward, John Hinesly, who was re
jected on Tuesday night by the City Council, acted
as judge of election. A few minutes after the polls
opened an attaek was made on tbe Reformers by
the “ Regulators.” Mr. R. B. Fisher, of the firm
of J, I. Fisher A Sons, was stuck by awls; and fired
a revolver on his assailant, and others defend*!
themselves. - A brick narrowly passed the head of
8. Teaekle Wallis, Esq ; a shower of stocee being
thrown, and a number of men who rushed out of
an -adjacent tavern, commenced an indiscriminate
firing with rifles and hone pistols. James Jeffers,
son of Madison Jeffers, was wounded by a shot OB
the head. Several others were wounded, but (heir
names oonld not be ascertained. Mr. T. H. Martin,
the Reform judge, objected to alleged unfairness,
and was struck by Hinesly and felt impelled to
leave his post. A young man named Roberts was
knocked down and badly beaten, about 4o r elo»*k;
for attempting to vote the Reform ticket Nu
merous knack downs occurred during the day.
In tho Eleventh ward the Reform era were in full
farce? and kept the and free to all legal
voters up to 1 o'clock I*. M. Several attempts
were made to drive off the'Reformers by the Boughs
from-other parts of the town, bnt they were met by
manly resistance, and were compelled to retreat.
Several prominent merchants and Reformers wera
arrested for asserting their rights and defending
themselves, taken to the station-house and released
on peace securities. When all the other wards
were in the hands of the clubs, George M. Gill,
Esq., addressed the Reformers, stating that as the
contest had been abandoned in all the other wards
except the Eighth, it was useless to continue it
•there, and advised their withdrawal. This was
then quietly done,-Dr. John Hanson Thomas, the
Reform judge, withdrawing with them. Several
of tbe roydies were arrested daring the day, but
immediately released. A man named Nally was
stabbed durinw the morning. '
In the Twelfth ward smrffi'pereonawera badly
beaten... Mr. Robert B. W&lieiv who had. been to
the polls, was shook with Vstbhtfbii Rutaw street,
near Baltimore, knocked down and kicked in the
face. Two policemen saw the assault and permit
ted the ruffians to get off.
In the Thirteenth ward no collisions occurred of
consequcnco, for the reason that there wt 3 no oppo
sition to the Americans.
In the Fourteenth ward there was a scene of car
nage, which began about half past nine o'clock.
At that time there was a rush to the polls, when a
man charged James Johnson, alias Sonny White,
with stabbing him with an awl, and immediately
drew a pistel and shot him. The ball penetrated
the oTblt of the left eye and lodged in the skull, a
little above and back of the left ear. This was the
signal, and some ten or fifteen shots were fired.
Mr. Henry Starr received two balls in hi* left leg,
one of which passed through the limb, and the oth
er wsa embedded about three inches below where
the first struck, and which was subsequently taken
out by Dr. Baxley. Mr. Stiles, a young man resi
ding on South Howard street,-received two balls in
the left arm. near the shoulder, one of which
crushed the bone and passed entirely through. Tho
other ernshed the bone and embedded itself in the
I mb. He also received a ball in the right leg, jeat
below the knee, which severed a blood vessel of
considerable sire, causing a large flow of blood, and
infiltrated tho soft tissues of the limb. He was at
tended by Dr. Baxlev. and his wounds ere of a
dangerous nature. It is thought that he will a:
least lose his arm.
Michael Duffy, watchman at tho Eutaw House,
received two balls in the right leg, below the knee,
ne Is not dangerously wounded. At the time tbe
fray began it appears that objection was made to
the vote of a Reformor, named Niedhammer, which
led to the first shot, which took effeet on Johnson.
After tbo shooting had ceased, Johnson was re
moved to the wjstern police station, when Dr.
Baxley was called to him. Dr. B. found him in a
comatose sta*e, and after inserting a probe tbreo
iuobes into bis ernninrn, pronounced the injury
mortal. He then searched for the bail, aC( j fj n nd
that it had broken through the skull, above the
left ear, whence he extracted it. Johnson was
then removed to the iufirmary, where he died
about two o’clock in the afternoon. His body waa
then removed to the residence of his parents, on
Pierce street.
Michael Duffy, tho man spoken of above as having
been shot in the leg, was arrested on the charge
of shooting Johnson, and he was held fora hear
ing. A gentleman who was present and saw tho
whole fracas, pointed out a party to a police officer
and demanded his arrest. The officer replied.
“Ton be d—d; attend to your own business, and
passed on. A Mr. Zimmerman was alsd said to
be shot at this poll, bnt the extent of his injury
could not ho ascertained.
In the Fifteenth ward a desperate assault was
madobythe “Tigers” on the Reformers just as
the polls opened. As Adam B. Kylei wholesale
dry-goods dealer on German street, was approach
ing the polls, he was met by a party of Tuffiara,
ono of whom soatohed his tioket from his hand, and
at the aame moment another knocked him dawn
with iron knuck’es. Mr. K. defended himself aa
1 well as he could with his cane until he regained his
feet, -when ho drew his revolver. Immediately
several shots were fired at him, without striking
bis porson, and one ball from his pistol penetrated
the thigh of one of bis assailants named Hiram
Ford Mr. K.‘retreated and took refuge in a house,
wbithor he was followed by his assailaata and shot.
A ball penetrated his head, inflicting a mortal
wound. Ho was removed to tho residence of his
father, No. 8S Hanover street, when Professor
Smith and other physicians were called in to at
tend him. George H. Kyle, a brotherof the abore,
was also assaulted by the same gang, and shot by
two balls in tho arm and one in the leg. His
wounds arc not considered dangerous. A boy who
was near at the time received a ball in his chest
, and was thought to he mortally wounded. Hi*
name did not transpire. After these occurrences
no Reformers ventured near the polls.
In the Sixteenth ward, Mr. Theodore Woodvrall.
a challenger of the Reformer*, and Mr. Frederiok
Bow6W, were assailed. And seriously beaten.
Crowds armed with swords and firearms held un
disputed sway. The Reform judge withdrew, and
one of the police who desired, but was prevented
by other officers horn doing his duty, expressed his
Intention to resign, and was reported to have done
so.
In the Seventeenth ward, Reformers were not,
except in very few instances, permitted to approach
the polls, being warned that if thev did so, it was
at the peril of their lives.
In the Eighteenth ward, the polls were earlv
taken possession of by the Roughs. Mr. Felix
McCurley, Mr. John MoCurley, Mr. Edward Moon,
and other good citizens, were knocked down and
severely beaten by parties of ruffians.
In the Nineteenth ward, Mr, John Ruhl was
very badly beaten and cut about the bead.
In tbe Twentieth ward, an attack was made on
the Reformers at an early hour, and they were
compelled to retire. One or two prominent gen
tlemen were arrested for defending themselves,
but subsequently released.
Knowledge.—The more widely knowledge
is spread, the more will they bo prized whoso
happy lot it is to extend its bounds by disco
vering new truths, to multiply its uses by in
venting new modes of applying it in practice.
Real knowledge neyer promoted either turbu
lence or unbelief; bnt its progress is tbe fore
runner of liberality and enlightened toleration.
Whoso dreads these, let him tremble; for he
may be well assured that their day is at length
come, and must put to sudden flight the evil
spirits of tyranny and persecution which
haunted tbe long night now gone down the sky
The Corinth (Miss.) True Democrat says that
several prisoners confined in the county jail escaped
on the night of the 16th alt. A man named New
comb, under sentenco of death, refused to go along
with the others, alleging, as a reason, that “ tho
night was bad, and he feared making himself rick
by the exposure!” The Democrat thinks his
conduct argues an absence of reason sufficient Vj
Justify the exercise ot executive elemeaey.