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, Mailed,to Efnbionbem out of the pit* atSix Pollass
m AMNttUM, - Fov*Doi.i*axs vouEuiht Mourn*;
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vance for the time ordered.
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■ Mailed toMbewiborroitt of the <Jity at This Dol
• Lars pbr Airauxt to advance./
COMfIaSSION houses™
COFFIN. &
, '. ■ 116 C.UBSTNVT STREET,
.AGENTS FOB*-THE SALE OF
A. * W, SPKAaUE’S PRINTS*
In treat variety, inoludinit .Choooletea, Turkey KotI«
- (ireeue, lilufse, Shirtinae, and Fancy Style*.
BLEACHED SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS,
Lonsdale,; ’' Maionville, , Slatersville, .
,v Stop®, k l ; UnionMlU*i
v hßlackstohe, .--Oobannet,,. . Johnston, •- s
- v Belviilere, •- Thcnix, - . Sraithville. ,
BROWN SHEETINGS* SHIRTINGS, AND
- ‘ : OSNABUKGS. : t
u Matoaoa, , * ‘VlrginiaFamily, Groton,
; BttHok, ’Eairtoi ' " Manchester,
’ Meo’s AFarzn’s, BlodkN&wk, : Meroer A,
.Warren At- Farmer**, . Riverside,
OvT’saivar, ,Biwell ; , .
OBOTHSI :
Ftnneroy’s, Giehbam Co.*#, and ether
' m&keaofSlaok andFanoyallwool and oottoa„warp
Olotlis ingrefttTanety. • , . . - ■
- '<? -r/ 1 DOESKINS AND CASSIMEKE9.
Greenfield Go., Saxtonsßiver, - Lewiston Fallen
StearhV *V\«V. iftLGayASons, 'Glendale,
Berkshire Co*# : ' : -and©there,-'
.
: Steam's, ft; Ayres &AUirioh f Taft & Capron^
' Minot* -v ' 'Charter Oak, Crystal Springs, <
r . \ BwiftßitM, \' Otfpentersy - Florence Mills; t ,
'' Carroll’s, -• •} Dnhrins's, • " ConversviUe, &a.
' BlLEglAß.~Lonsdale Co.’#, Smith's, andothermakes,*
pWaand twilled, of ell colors.- - - <
Fancy Negro Stripe* and Plaids.. . . , T .
Jewett eftyand Irene Striped Denims, and Tickings.
' Rhode IfUnd&ndPhiladetphieLtaseys,ApronCHeoks,
and Pantaloon Staffs. =
Shepard’s aodFlater’s Canton Flannels, ;
.FUheryilleCo*'s Corset Jeans, Ae»:
, , -
jgHIPLEY, HAZARD, &; HUTCHINSON,
.‘■'•'l i. ; KO. lii CHEdTffijT ST., .
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
- , FOR THE SAMS OP , . " i
PHIIiADEEPHIA-MAPE
GOODS.
; HIMINERY GOODS.
MAHiET STREET.
431
RIBBONS,
Ofevery kmd* in immense variety {
NEW BONNET, MATERIALS, ,
BONNET TTBLVJSTSi BATINS, T
NAPS, lilNmo SILKS, ;
/ / ENGLISH CRAPES, of the best make*,'
. ' .7. k AMERICAN - ARTIFICIAL -
FLOWERS,'FEATHERS, RUOHES.Ac
Also, unrest Fall style* of
STRAW AND FANCY BONNKTH,
And STRAW GOODS, of every desbnption,
Ncwopeut and presenting altogether the most com
plete stook of MILLINERY GOODS In this market. 1
.‘Merchant* and Milliner* .from ever?'Motion of* the
country are ooriially invited tooall and examine our
etook.whiobwopfforatthe. . . . ~ , ; -
CLOSEST POSSIBLE PRICES,
ROSENHEIM, BROOKS, * 00.,
aolO-tnnvJO
J\ HAMBURGER, No. 116 North
: WfcEECOND Street, w prepared to exhibit the most
■ oompista stock'ofMiihbery Gopdsi comprising Ribbons,
. .Plovers, Feathers,, Blojidi* Laces, Ruches, .Velvet*,
and other Bonnet Materials. Also, a handsome asaort
njeatjjC- Pattern Bonne ta,to all or which he would in
.vitettirtftenbwtofllerebanteßnd Milliner*; r, ; - t
N. B.tKjoou* daily received from. Auction, and sold at
the lowest prices. ~ . ~y , iafr-2m* .
t .GKNT.Sf FURNISHING GOODS,
T W. SCOTT—late* of the‘ flrm of .'Win
CHg|rNl|T Street, fae&rij opposite the Girard House
■-T,W.;s£'wpuid' respectfully call the attention of his
former perrons anu friends to his new store, ami is pre
fared to filLordepi forjHIRTS at ehort notion. A,
xi4de tw*
BOOTSANDSHOKB.
f & KARSOJIC
P'-lfoj.. ; MASOTAOTDKBBfI ,
I' ihji-l^v 1 ' ' ■
WHOtESALpDBAtikas ; '•.•"
-1' -~t,j Vi.farv.jv'j';*-,,.-,
BOOTB AND SHOES.
NO. NOBTH THIBD STHUET.
A fuUoMortmetU of City made Boot* and Shoei oon
tOßtlroohand.:,v’ , • > *io-tf
W. MoOURDY ft SON,
821 OHESTNUT BTBEET, (Sd FLOOR.) 1
I«ADIESVUIBSE3S AND BOOTS,
SHOBS, ANDGAITKKB,
’>■ ’; BUnufacturodororenlTfort&»lUtailTrod®.
- LOOKING-GLASSES.
JjOOKIKG GLASSES.
; Nov in store tho most oxtossive and. elegant a«ert'
mental f
• LOOKING GI/A88E8» < ’ ‘ -
FotererT *?aoo amJ every petition*“aad‘at the moet
- moderatepnoe*. f , , ,
TT '- ■/■.] -iDOOKJNG GLASSES
/. Is tke jnott elaborate' and the mottiimple frames.
; ; A -IsOOKING. GLASSES „ - ?
, Framed tikthitet taste, arid in the nso** nheUntial
manner* " , '
.lookingglasses.:’
to MiAre teamfaotnred by oareelre* li e«r
•' ; *r LOpiONG GLASSES,
aztd WALNUT fruiM for Coutry
, : - , JAMNS B KABKB * BON,
18 OHBSTIfUT. STB.EBT,
FHII/ADKLPHIA.
pAPER HANGINGS.
ROW I* THX TIMS TO
PAPES. YOUE HOUSES.
HART, _ MONTGOMERY, & CO.,
'N0.329 CHESTNUT BTEEET,
\ Bats for mU every variety of
PAPE R HAN GI N GS.
BORDERS, &C..
*WTiifll>iU be»old&Uh«loir , «*t rates, and put up by
> oareftrt y orttroenu, ' - ’ aSO-dtnolP ,
HOLIDAY! GOODS.
y gQR THE HOLIDAYS/
* - A choiceand varied assortment of GOODBsnited to
the coming Holidays, selected firom the latest imports-:
tionf Genn«oy r ana England,’ m vhioh
WrmnirDesluf," Jeirel Boies,./-'Colored Lithographs,
Pdrt Folios, .• Ports MonnAiesvFßnoyArtioleiiQ
-% Watch Stands, ,;-Parian. -
•- - 1 . gfope Bohemian Glass, tt
• BcrapßoQlcs, Lava, China, Ae.,9
- ' . ti-Eoa vAaiRTTo?. . ■
, i-/Dotts* Model* Sleeping, Speaking. Wax* China; and
Patent. parasols. Umbrellas. Hats. Mitts,
-i: : ghdes. Hoije.'and 3ewelrr. , Complete- Setaof Baby
.:- vficfa*eFanliture. Pap»r Xfolls, Housesi and Furniture.
• frees. E-ox Tors. Wnre
BtaWe,f - **?*T
MoeUins’si’lna Pcffnmery; ’it only trants to be
, , triedtorro.ij&iiiiser.oriiunllt,. : .
' ’’ ' A assort mor.t of Silk
•., OMT.E.n.fttraMuMly loir.Moo., . ~o .
‘ rtwjato£ a»nws.-Allof wkiohTrill
, .. .be»WLottSfibiao{*rao<l*riJ*J«rm«<aUh»
.. -ctfttlonsrjf nnd Fsnoy woods Emporium
i; r .. .
%V;-,PHILADELPHIA. :
2WISSLER & FIORIELO,
A, MERINO.
149 SOUTH FRONT STREET,
Ha* in store and bond, and
Offer* for Sale, a Large Assortment ef *
CIGARS,
Reoeiyed direct from Havana, of ohoioe and favorite
Brand*. auS-tf
GLASS, PAINTS, &o.
HOST. SHOEMAKER & CO.
NORTHEAST CORNER
■ FOURTH AND RACE STREETS,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
Ipporteri »nd Healer, in WINDOW GLABB, PAINTS,
&c., invite the attention of
COUNTRY MERCHANTS
To their large stock of Goods, whioh they offer at the.
lowest market rates. ocs-tf
HARDWARE PACKAGE HOUSES.
fJANDY & BRENNER.
NOS. 93, 98, AND ST NORTH FIFTH STREET
PHILADELPHIA,
: WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
For the sale of all kinds of
AMERICAN MANUFACTURED HARDWARE,
ASD IHPOBTXRS OP
GERMAN,. BELGIAN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY,
Keep oonatantly on hat da large etoekof Goods to mp
, , piy Hardware Dealers.
BOTOHSS’S FILES,
By the eaek or othertrise.
BUTCHER’S EDGE TOOLB,
BUTCHER’S STEEL OF VARIOUS KINDS.
WRIGHT’S PATENT ANVILS AND VICES,
SHIP CHAIN,
And other Jdnds In every variety.
SOI* Aoxlffs FOB
HARP’S REPEATER PISTOL;
WEIGHING ONLY BH OUNCES.
SHARP’S NEW MODEL RIFLES AND PISTOLS.
■dwabdb. Hanky. iko.o.brvssbb. c.p. BnannKß.
anlS-tf
PACKAGE HARD WAKE HOUSE.—We
K vrould respectfully call the attention of the Gene
ral-Hardware Trade to our extensive Stock of BIR
MINGHAM HARDWARE, whioh we offer at a spud)
advance by the package.
, Orders for direct importation solicited, and Goode de
livered either m thleoity, New York, or New Orleans.
W, O. LEWIS & Son,
41* COMMERCE Street,
. . . Importing and CommiMion Merchant*.
And Agent* for Foreign and Domestic Hardware.
• ■ aa23-tf
431 MARKET STREET,
CARPETINGS, OIL CLOTHS, Ac.
OARPET NOTICE.
BAILY & BROTHER.
NO. 920 CHESTNUT STREET,
WILL THIS DAY
REDUCE THE PRICE
Of their entire Stock of •
‘‘CBOSSLE Y’S” BRUSSELS
TAPESTRIES
to" . -
ONE DOLLAR A
Ineludin tall the beat
PATTERNS.
ocha-tf
RAPHAEL P. M. ESTRADA,
MEBOHANT TAIIiOB.
FINE FASHIONABLE
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
. AND
SUPERIOR FABRICS FOR CUSTOMER WOHK,
NO. 21 SOUTH SEVENTH STKEET,
• ' PHILADELPHIA,
RAPHAELP. Mi EBTB ADA, bavins associated with
him m ARTISTIC CUTTER, Mr. JOHN HIJBSON
(late Of Granville fitokee’,) respectfully invites the at
tentioaof the public to hi* new establishment, and his
splendid stock of. FURNISHING GOODS for Gentle
men’S'Wear. - . ,
. He ha* on hand a onoice eeleotion of Fabric* e*peolal
iy for rtostqmer w-irk, and ajtmned Assortment of fa
luiionable ■ RkA DY-MADE CLOTHING, to which he
inviteatbe,attention of lniyer*e Kook article warranted
to give entire satisfaction.
*34-3m JOHN HOBSON, Artist*
pURE AND CHEAP BREAD,
MECHANICAL BAKERY,
CAR U OtTAIRSS AT TBI VOLLOWIsa
' PLACESI
MECHANICAL BAKERY, S> W* oornerof Broad and
„ Vina streets.
OtM. CLARK, .?opl&i street, bolov
H. MoN£lL >mmm . S. E. corner Sixth and
Coates street.
JATHO k .No, 553 North Fifth street.
8. PANCOABT .No. 410 Borins Garden
JOHN G. MOXEV— tffmi Yin, alrtat.
T, P, SMITH,,—** w> No. lid North Fifth street
JOSH E. Corner Fifth and
-_'• „ Spruce streets.
W. W. MATHEWS. .8. E. corner Eleventh and
h 1 T«r.n,, m • .Locust streets.
ft. KNlGHT..*—.......Broad street, beloer Wal-
GEORGK GARVIN nS?I4IS Lombard street,
B. COURTNEY* ■ ■ .N. W. corner Sixteenth
w.r and Fine streets.
WAL COURTNEY. ~**.No, £O6 South Twelftn
8i R. WANAMAKBIL*. street, above
»i ' r S * ''•'Sixth.' *
£• LlffiTZ.*— —Corner Sooth Fourth and
. " * .. Johnston streets.
L. HOLLAND. 8. W.comer Sixteenth and
DAVID SADDLER No? WO North Eleventh
J» WKIPHTMANL~ ...S. E. corner Eleventh and
> Jefferson streets.
B.S.TOMKINS. , No? loS) North Front
K BROOKS.—. 8* W, corner of| Seventh
, ‘ and Pine streets.
JANE MYERB.„..Coates street, beiov Thir
ls. AL.WOOD,.-—,B, W.corn* iKrnnklii/and
F. MORRie.w Wfcw . w *«HpiW o cJmer t Tenth and
■ >w Bhippen streets.
E. B, TURNER*.—..-..N0. J 215 South Front
street.
_f. i-i — t Si W. corner Broad and
• - - _ Parnah streets.
THOS. T. BLEST*—*- .Corner Nineteenth street
„ _ _ tl __ and Ridge avenue.
B. 8* BOWN...****.*....—N. £< corner Ninth and
, Federal streets.
J, AIoINTYKE.— Twenty-second street, ab,
Coates.
ALEX. FULLERTON. —. Corner of Fifth and Chris
, tlito.
J, L. HICKS.. Camden. N. J., store 119
Arc!) street.
C. H. RAINIER. West Philadelphia,B6thst
ab. Haverford road.
R. L, YARNELL LenniT Penna.
JOHN FARNDT - --Tmmont and Vine Grove
• , . Ponna,. _
GEO. B, 10WNSENB.~~'WwtC!ie»ter,F.iiin
M. McOIjEES A»l»ntio Oitjr, N. J.
D. HORTON.
& 7. EBEKLKIN —— ....... Columbia, Pa.
TIfEOHANIOAIi BAKERY, S. W. Corner
±l*. BROAD a ß d VINK Street, PHILADELPHIA.
- Tmi eitatmihroent t» now in roopDMfui operation. daj
and niglit* and all are respectfully invited to call ana see
h/ead-raiMSbg for themselves.
..The undersigned takes the liberty of saying that A>r
thirty-five years he has been a practical Baker—five as
apprentioe. and five as joarneyman In one of the first
experiroents, and oUcrving all theimproveniflntswhicn
navp been made danng that period, .
°. f which its has now the man
agement, m addition to the oompiete labor-savin* ma
chinery, he has how facilities of many kinds not hereto
fore possessed, .
Being unrestrained in the purchase of flour, none but
the soundest and best shall ever bo used; and ne has no
hesitation in' saying .that Bread of all kinds oan be de
livered, unsurpassed m quality and weight by that made
by the orQinary.pTocesß. ,
‘ p&millesin which the Bread made by the Mechanics
Bakery has not been tried* or in which it hay been trie*
only at its commencement* before the machinery was h
perfect working order, are respectfully naked to give it
atrial now, the undersigned believmr itwoujd lead to
mutual advantage. JOHN G. MQXKY,
myglrtf ’, i Superintendent.
,evar/
Ain and
.^twontr,
on ofon#
IKHiFUL
'M -imlt
fIOEAP PUKE TEAS, CHEAP SUGARS
V- Colre ?“’ B/t'oVfs Tefator.,
; na . , , seventh ana Brown.
jfIUTTEa,— 74 tuts "extra quality Goshen
, k rß ssiT o isbi| n sdssiT n »‘^kd a d~; y r
AhoVsFrnni, i 1 ea
A‘,a£f r U
.Ota anyo
®b
'foflw tbs
tkl?'
IVEW YORK SYRUP—3OO bbls. assorted,
~ JAMES MAHAM
SPANISH OLIVES—In bulk, in prime
Htr° a ‘, r ', f fjE JtiSuNO, 1« Sesth FRONT StrMt.
VOL. 3.—NO. 85.
CIGARS, TOBACCO, Ac.
125 NORTH THIRD STREET,
Have for sale a large supply of
cigar s
OF THE BEST
HAVANA BRANDS
TOBACCO; SNUFF, PIPES, &o.
AGENTS FOR GAIL A Atf,'
GERMAN SMOKING TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
0<&(-3in
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, Ac.
CLOTHING.
BREAD
MANUFACTURED BY THE
Florence, N. J.
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
0 A R D.
SOMERS & SNODGRASS
34 S. SECOND, AND 83 STRAWBERRY STS.,
have in atore a large stock of
CHINCHILLA, ESKIMO,
FROSTED TRICOT, a»»
BATIN-FACED BEAVER CLOTHS,
SATIN-FACED DOESKINS, and HEAVY PATENT
FINISHED CLOTHS,
FOR LADIES’ CLOAKS AND MANTLES,
AND OENTLEMEN’S OVERCOATINGS.
025-tf
Il CLOTHS! 11
SNODGRASS & STEELMAN,
• IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, &«.,
NO. 53 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
ABOVE CHESTNUT,
Are daily reoeivmg addition* to their already large
stock of
FAIiL GOODS.
Comprised in part of
BLACK AND COLORED CLOTHS,
“ 4< “ BEAVERS,
“ CASSIMEREB AND DOESKINS,
PLAIN AND FANCY CASSIMERES,
BILK, VELVET, AND CASHMERE VESTINGB, ko.
N. B.—A variety of Cloth* and Reaver* suitable for
LADIES* CLOAKS and MANTILLAS, all of whioh
will be sold at reasonable prices. *24-tf
S. STEWART & CO,,
JOBBERS OF AUCTION GOODS,
308 MARKET STREET, ABOVE THIRD,
Have now in Store a full lino of
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
BROCHE AND OTHER SHAWLS,
BILK MANTILLA VELVETS,
Of all grades, and all the new fabrics in Dress Goods, to
whioh we invite the attention of
CASH AND PROMPT SIX-MONTH BUYERS,
*9-Sm
gITER, PRICE, & CO..
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS.
815 MARKET STREET.
3| # WILLIAMSON & CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS AND JOBBERS IN
DRY GOODS,
NO. 42 5 M’ARKET STREET,
(And 414 Commerce street,)
11TWBIN POUHTH AND PIPyH, NORTH 815*,
Oar stook, especially adapted to Southern and West
ern trade, i* now large and complete in every parti
cular. acS-tf
WATCHES, JEWELRY, Ac.
gILVER WARE.
WM. WILSON & SON
Jnvite special attention to their etoek of SILVER
WARE, whioh is now unusually large, affording a va
riety of pattern and design unaurpaseod by any house
the United State*, and of finer quality than if manufac
tured for table use in any part of the world.
Opr Standard of Silver Is 938*1000 part* pore
The English 5ter1ing.......,925-1000 “
American and French....... 000-1000 <<
That it will be seen that we give thirty-five part* purer
than the American and French coin, and ten parts purer
than the English Sterling. We melt ail our own Silver,
and oar Foreman being oonneotod with the Refining De
partment of the United State* Mint for several years, we
guarantee tho quality as above (93*), which m the Mtst
tkat can be made (a be sirviceaMa, and will resist the
action of aoids much Utter than the ordinary Silver
manufactured,
WM. WILSOtf h SON,
S. W. CORNER FIFTH AND CHERRY STS.
N. B,~Auj fineness of Silver manu&otnred ** arreed
npon, but positively none inferior to french and Amtri
eon standard,
Dealers supplied with the tame standard as used in
our retail department.
Fine Silver Bar*, 080-1000 part* puts, constantly on
hand, au2(4ra
JS. JA RDfiN & BRO.,
•MANUFACTURERS AND IMFORTKRS OF
SILVER-PLATED WARE
H 0,804 CHESTNUT Street, above Third, (up stain,.
Philadelphia.
.. Constantly on hand and for sale to the Trade,
COMMUNION SERVICE SETS, URNS,
f 1T0 klts 1 castor!’ a s I »A bab -
I “ TS J’ORKB^A'DLESyL B ', gS? o **’
tiildiny and plating on all kinds of metal. ieMy
JOB PRINTING*
<|U4E NEW JOB PRINTING OFFICE
“THE PRESS’*
1 prepared to execute neatly,cheaply and expeditiously
BVSRT DESCRIPTION OP
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL PRINTING,
PAMPHLETS,
PAPER BOOKS,
CIRCULARS,
BLANKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
POSTERS,
HANDBILLS,
Printing for AUCTIONEERS, LAWYERS,
MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS,
MECHANICS, BANKS,
RAILROAD AND INSURANCE
few AH order* led at the Publication Offioe of The
rets, No. 417 CHESTNUT STREET, will be promptly
ttended to. Jeld-tf
~ HOTELS AND lIEBTADRANTB.
Briggs house.
Corner RANDOLPH and WELLS Streets,
CHICAGO.
WM. F. TUCKER & CO., Proprietors. nl-lm*
IVIURRAY HOUSE.
IWL NEWARK, OHIO,
Is the largest and beet arranged Hotel in central Ohio,
is oentrajly located and is easy of access from all the
routes of travel. It contains all the modern improve
ments, and every convenience for the comfort and ao
oonunodation of the travelling pubho, The Sleeping
Room* are large and well ventilated. The Suites o|
Rooms are well arranged and carefully furnished lor
families and large travelling parties; and the House wil'
be kept as & firat-olass Hotel in every respect.
H. A. MURRAY A BRO.,
an*l-3m ; Proprietors.
ITIHE UNION,
A ARCH STREET, ABOVE THIRD,
PHILADELPHIA
UPTON S. NEWCOMER.
The situation of this HOTEL is superiorly adapted to
the wants of the Business fublio; andto those in searoh
of pleasure, Passenger Railroads, wlnoh now run post,
and in olose proximity, afford a cheap and pleasant nde
to all places of interest in or about the oitr. Jy fiMco
|JOPE COAL OIL WORKS.
FIRST PREMIUM.
AWARDED AT
PENNSYLVANIA STATE FAIR,
FACTORY WOOD STREET, WHARF SCIIUYb
KILL,
OFFICE 187 WALNUT STREET.
0010-Sro R. «. HUBBARD * SON.
CARRIAGES
OF THE MANUFACTURE OK
WILI-iIAM 13. ROGERS.
REPOSITORY,
lOOU CHESTNUT STREET. 1011
■IS-Sm
UfAM’IN & QUAYLE’S
I'A STATIONERY, TOY, Aim FANCY GOODS
EMPOItIUM.
105! WALNUT STREET,
.... BELOW *LBVKNr«. .
n 1 -T it fp PHILABELPHIA.
Ooiwtantly on hand Perfumery and Toilet Articles.
T 3 AM AGED HAVANA CIGARS.—An in
■4-I°, g'lSlffit.
250 000 HAVANA CIGARS, of vn-
SSaftaw'*'* I ''
TVff AUKEREL —125 hbls., ISO halves, 115
, anarters, and K» kittn prims No. la: 500 bbla. and
SSl‘f^y?ftl a lSS.'s ,o :3*'" , . l,tor “. Bad Tor gale br WM. J.
TAYLOR k CO., 123 and 151 North WHARVES. ofc
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1859.
%\ t f! X t S 5 8
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1855.
Friedrich Schiller’s Centenary.
One hundred years ago, completed to-mor
row, was born the great poet of Germany,
by narao FniKDnicH ScniLtEn. That same
year ofgraco, one thousand seven hundred and
Ufty-nine, can boast ot having given to tho
world other men of note. Robert Bubhs, the
great lyric poet of Scotland, was horn in that
year. So were Riciunn Poksok « ranch re
nowned for Greek,” as Btbon said; William
Pitt, who was Prime Minister of England at
tho ago of livo-and-twenty, and died in har
ness, heart-broken at tho victory of Austerlitz;
William WiLanitronCE, tho champion of lm
manity; Makt W olston’kouatt, author of tho
Rights of Woman, who filially married
William Godwin, tho novelist, and whoso
only dangliter became second wife to Paaor
Bvsscue Suellf.y, tho poet. In that samo
year died two pcoplo of note,’ Handel, tho
great musician, and William Collins.
The Germans aro justly proud.of Scmilleu.
Ho was dramatist, novelist, and historian, as
well as lyric poet. Ilis ballads, by common
consent, are confessed by all to havo infused a
new olement into Ills national literature. Con
temporary with Wielano, lleiuieu, and Gon
the, assuredly ho was inferior „tq none of
thorn. His poetry has an case, natu
ralness, and forco which no other German
possessed, or exhibited, up to his time, —
which, since Ills death, now more than half a
century ago, none lias approached. As a
lyristhe is without an equal. Ills Minor Poems,
as they aro called, show the man’s whole mind.
What Jean Paul said of Heuuek may bo ap
plied to Schiller, —that ho was less a Poet
than n Poem,, and, therefore, all his poetry
should ho studied as illustrations of the Human
himselr. Tho merely Eng
lish reader, who knows ScnriLEtt only through
translations, will probably ngreo with us that
ho resembles, as a lyrist, a compound of Byron
and liuiixs. You read his ballads and shorter
poems, nnd drink in an intorcst in tho man ns
well ns in tho writing. Tho porsonal interest,
awakened by tho poetry of Byron, makes a
great part of his attraction, and we linger over
Burns, because, in truth, his pootry was a
transcript of his inner life. His loves and
hates, sorrows and angers, hopes nnd feiirs, re
grets nnd joys, aro all expressed in his
writings.
Schiller has been fortunate in his biogra
phers. He is a favorite subject for Gorman
writers. In England his life has been written by
two eminont, but very different men, Carlyle
and Bulwer. Wo scarcely know which is best.
« Tho Life of Friedrich Schiller, compre
hending an examination of his Works,” origin
ally appeared, piecemeal, in tlio London Maga
zine in 1828-4, and was Tiiomas Carlyle’s
first contribution of any moment to English
literature. It is the most thoroughly English
ot all his writings; for, at that time, ho had
not fallen so much in love with his own gonius
as to imagine that a new mode of expression
should bo invented to express its thoughts and
feelings, in other words, lie had not thon
invented tho Carlylean dialect, with its con
tortions of composition—its eccentricities of
utterance—its involutions of structure—that
dialect, a sort of Germanized English, to
which there Bhouhl ho a glossary, in every
book in which it is used. '
Carlyle’s Schiller is one of tho most inte
resting of modern biographies. 'Carlyle Jthew
liis author’s works thoroughly-ond aftlreciated
them feelingly. The work was evidently writ
ten con amort, and lias snatches of beautiful
composition in it such as can scarcely- be
matched dn any otLur -[iron.- in
Bolwer’s biography of Schiller is prefixed
to ids translations of (t The Poems and Bal
lads of Schiller,” which originally appeared in
Blackwood’s Magazine, and were collected and
published separately in 1844. This Life of
Scliillar is full of interest, nnd lias only the
fault of being written a little too ambitiously.
Bflwer’s translations in this volume (Bebn
itAnn Tai-ciinitz'h Leipzig edition, so compact,
neat, and cheap, is tho best) are very spirited.
In soino separate Instances bettor translations
have been made; thus, Clarence Manoan’s
version of tho Lay of tho Bell, though a little
too much of a paraphrase, perhaps, is more
spirited, and conveys a better idea of the
poem ; but, taken altogether, Bolwer’s trans
lations of Schiller’s poems, chiefly lyrical,
aro tho best in tho English language.
Friedrich Schiller, who died at Wlcmar
in 1805, in tho forty-sixth year of his life, was
a Suabinn hj’ birth. 110 c.anio from Jlarbach,
a small town in Wiirtcmborg, on tlio banks
ot tho Nocker. 110 camo of gentle blood, and
ids mother was an intellectual woman, a lover
of pootry and romance, who delighted to re
late to her children, this hoy and his three
sisters, little stories from the Book of Books.
ller son was a thoughtful and pious boy, whose
chief liopo was that ho might live to servo ot
tho altar, as a clcrgymau. 110 read a great
deal—preferring history and biography. Ho
lovod Nature, too, ami read her evor-opon,
ever-changing book with earnest avidity.'
Latin and even somo Greek did young
Schiller learn, while yet a boy, from a cler
gyman at Lurch, named Piiilid Moser, whose
name and virtues Schiller afterwards immor
talized in “ Tlio Bobbers.” At the age ofnitte,
ho was removed to tlio public school ofLud
wlgshurg, where lie made no small progress in
learning. Here, too, a thoughtful boy who
loved to retire* from lil3 schoolmates’ noisy
society, lie commenced writing verses, and
oven inediintcd upon tlio plot of a tragedy.
Still, up to the ago of fourtocn, ho continued
to liopo that ho might becoino a clergyman.
BILL HEADS,
LABELS.
COMPANIES.
Tho Grand-Duko of Wurtcmbcrg ofthat day
had formed a National Academy, which his
successors still maintain at Stuttgnrd. It was
intended chiefly, but not exclusively, for
thosowho were intended for tho Military I’ro
lesslon. SouiMiKit’s fattier, a Major in tho
Dultc’s army, was offered, as a favor, tho pri
vilege of having Ids only son educated at this
Academy. This was considered equivalent to
tho lad’s abandonment of tho Church. Tho
Duke, who would liavo his wuy, insisted on
this pupil joining ills Academy, hut promised
to leave him tree to choose his profession. So,
Friedbich Sciiu.r.En entered as a law-student,
with daily subjection to a corporal’s drill. lie
was allowed to study medicine, instead of law,
- but still kept up tho military drill. But tho
lad rend a great deal—among others Wtf
r..ixn's translation of Suakspkabe.
Between the age of sixteen and seventeen,
alter making a dash into dramatic writing,
SCHIU.EB wrote a low poems, imitated from
Ki.opstooK, (a very had model,) of which the
editor of tho Suabian Magazine thought so
w ell that lie printed them. Just then, Goetbk,'
exnctly ten years older than .Schiller, had
orison above the horizon. There was need
and place for another, a truer, a moro earnest
bird.
While still at the Military Academy,
Scuu.LGU had composed a drama which lie
called <> Tho Kobbors.” Ho kept it by lam
until lie was wholly removed from scholastic
discipline. Towards tho end of 1780, just
when Schiller had completodhis twenty-first
year, the Duke gavo him a commission as
Surgeon in ono of ids regiments. Noxt year,
allor vainly searching for a bookseller who
would relieve Mm of tho responsibility, Schil
ler published “ Tho Robbers,” at his own
expense, ut Mnnheliu. Wholly at variance
with tho established eouventunlities of tho
ago and country, “The Bobbers” excited
unusual interest not only in Germany, hut also
in Franco and England. It pleased tho bulk
of its readors, but displeased many—among
others tho Grand Duko of Wiirtemberg, who
sent for Schiller, and sharply desired him to
eschew poetry, to stick to medicine, or, If ho
did write, submit Ills productions to hiimelf l
Others said that Schiller had injured tho
causd of morality by his play.
Immediately after” Tho Robbers” appeared
many small poems by Soiiilleu. They had but
ft brief; magazine life, except a very few,
which ho preserved in tho collected edition of
his works, softening their extravagance, and
compressing their diffuseness.
In 1782, “ Tho Robbers/” remodelled for
stage representation, was acted at the theatre
in Manhcim with great success, under the
superintendence of a young nobleman, tho
Freiherr von Dalbeiuj, who presided over
that place of amusement. Schiller. Molo away
From Stuttganl to witness tho first performance
of his play, at Manheim, which is situated in
the Grand Duchy of Baden, and, being dis
covered, was placed under arrest for a week.
He repeated tho offence, and was led to ex
pect a much, moro sovero punishment. To
avoid this harsh treatment, and heartily tired
of military service and Ducal tyranny, he fled
from Stuttganl, and made his way to Man
lieim, with an empty purse in Ins pocket, and
a dark future boforo him. '
Schiller took with him to Manlieim a new
tragedy—his “ Fiesco.” 110 read it at tho
theatre to tho actors, who received it coldly.
But tlio manager took tho manuscript home,
read it that night, told Schiller that it was a
finer play than “ The Robbers,” and prepared
to produce it. This he did, hut the author,
who was penniless, had much care, and even
penury, to battle with for a long time. Pro
vidence, however, raised him friends, who
gave him a home, and ho devoted his now
abundant leisuro to composition. Following
«Flesco” camo tho tragedies of “Louiso
MUler,” (afterwards lhmops under tho name
of “ Cabal and Love,”) and “ Don Car
los,” his great historical play, the noblest of all
hia dramatic works. Finally, his fears of per
secution by tlio Duko of "Wurtcmberg ended
by the assurance that ho would bo undisturbed.
Scrm,XER accepted tho small-salaried situation
of poet to tho theatre at Manlieim, then tho
first in Germany, and horo lie arrived in July,
1780. “The Conspiracy of Fiesco” was flrst
performed early in 1781, and was followed, a
few weeks later, by «Cabal and Love,”
which waa yet more successful. He had now
a country, as well as fame, and was regarded
as the, most rising poet of Germany. From
that time ho emphatically was a man of let
ters and that alone.
In .4785 Sciiili.br visited Leipzig and Ber
lin, where ho was well received. Tho Duke of
Saxc-Wcimar, struck with admiration at tho
first acts of “ Don Carlos,published in the
Rhmeschc TAa/ta, edited by Soiuller, sent
him the honorary title of Counsellor. At
Dresden he completed “ Don Carlos,” which
was published in 178 G, and Instantly ad
vanced him to the foremost rank among mo
dem dramatists. During this tour, Schiller
wrote, his singular romanco the “Geistcr
heir,” and his “Philosophical Letters,” and
collected materials for a « History of tlio Re
volt of the Netherlands under Philip II.”
Schillsr. visited Weimar in 1787, then the
Athens of Germany, where, though ho did not
meet Goethe, (Bolwkr says absent in Italy,
whieh Oarltle denies,) ho became ac
quainted and familiar with Herder, the Nes
tor of German letters, and Wieland, In this
vicinity and companionship Scm&ißit wrote a
great deal—partly lyrical poems, while his
great labor was on the “ History of the Revolt
of the Netherlands.” Goethe returned, too,
and the poets became friends, though they did
not take kindly to each otherat onco. In 1780,
at the ago of thirty, Schiller was appointed
Historical Professor in the University of Jena
—ihoright man in the right place. Attracted
by hla fame, 400 students crowded to the lec
ture-room, and listened to him with such
hushed attention that, feeble though hia voico
was, it tilled tho nail. In the next year, the
title of Hoftath, (Aulic Councillor,) conferred
upon him by tho Court of Mcinergen, exalted
was thought by her high-born mothor,
to Aft-equality with Charlotte yok Lkngs
. courted for three years,
and their marriage, which was very happy,
took place in February, 1790.
But his literary labors were too much for Ms
health. Besides having to prepare his lec
tures, ho was completing his <* History of the
Thirty Years’ War,” and was also engaged in
various literary enterprises, which have more
or less lmd great influence on tho literature of
Germany. “Die Horen” and“ Der Musen-
Almanach,” to which the most eminent men
in Germany contributed, belong to this cate
gory. no also produced the “ Xenicn,” a col
lection of epigrams, and wrote his « Ballads,”
the beauty of which is so largely admitted.
Report spread,over Germany that Schili.f.r
was dead. Griof was deeply expressed, fol
lowed hy joy’when the ill nows proved false.
But consumption had already planted her ar
row within his breast. He was advised to sus
pend the labor of lecturing—the labor from
which came most of his income. Just then, a
Prince of Denmark, and a friend of his who
loved letters and did not personally know him,
begged Schiller to accept from them, for
three years, an annual gift of a thousand dol
lars. They invited him to Dunmnrk, and, ac
cepting their generosity, he lamented that tho
state of his health prevented his'visiting them
as they desired.
Soon aftor, in 1703, he returned to his
nativo Wiirtembcrg. No longer an obscure
oxile, but a poet-hero, with future laurels yet
to win. Ho again was in tho bosom of his
home; young in years, but broken with thought
and illness. In 1701, ho returned to Jena, at
w hich time the “Horen” was commenced and
conducted by himself, with Herder, Goethe,
and others, as assistants. So passed on the
years. In 1797-98, appeared tho Ballads,
written at the suggestion of William von
Humboldt. In 1799 appeared that beautiful
tragedy of “’Wallenstein,” in two parts, which
English Coleridge so well translated. From
that time Schiller was confessedly tho
National Poet of Germany.
The same year in which “"Wallenstein”
was published Sciiiller removed to Weimar,
where the Grand Duke, a true author-patron,
liberally pensioned him. Just then, his pen
was also yielding him a fair income. In
worldly matters he was easy. To some men
Poverty is a spur—so to Sciiillku was Genius.
Then came Ids play qf “ Mary Stuart” and
“The Lay of the Bell, ,J —the first the weak
est of his later dramas, the other the greatest
of his lyrics. This was in 1800. In the next
your ho .composed greater part of « The Maid
of Orleans,” and when he wont to see it
played at Leipzig, tho audience, recognising
him, shouted «Es lebe Friedrich Schiller’*
(Long livo Friedrich Schiller), and whon
he quitted the house, it was through a crowd
collected to honor him, every bend bared, and
fathers lifting up children to see tho pride of
Germany, shouting out << Diesel' ist ea”—
That is ho. At Weimar and Berlin, the same
play was acted with brilliant- success.
Associated now with Goethe in tho manage
ment of the Wiemnr Theatre, new dramatic
flights were meditated by Schiller, lu 1802,
without any solicitation, tho Emperor of Aus
tria sent him a patent of nobility. But now
tho last scene was not distant, lie wroto
“William Tellclosing, as ho had begun,
with liberty for his theme. Ho wrote bulbuls
occasionally.
Returning home from the theatre at Wei
mar, on the 20th April, 1805, Schiller was
attacked with serious illness. lie lingered for
a few days, latterly greatly weakened, On tho
9th of May ho expired calmly as sinks an in
fant to its soft repose, lie was buried on the
night of May 11, 1805. As tho bier was low
ered, the wind suddenly scattered tho clouds
which had gloomed the sky. The moon broke
forth, and Us light streamed upon tho coffin.
When all was over, the sky was suddenly
obscured again.
So, aged littlo more than forty-five, did
Friedrich Schiller die—tho greatest poet,
not excepting Goetiii:, over produced by
Germany. So, therefore, will Germans all
over the world unite on to-morrow—a cen
tury since Ids birth—to honor his genius and
do homage to his name. May the Heavens
shine serenely upon such celebrations, wher
ever they tnko place; and may tho memory
of Uub good man and great poet long remain
gtecn in the hearts of all who lovo the might
of Genips.
To Texas and Bnck.—No. O.
[Corr«spoadono« of Th* Preis.l
Woopville, Texas, Oct. IS, 1959.
Mv Dear Press: One of our follow-passengers
to the stage, whom we piokod up ou tho road after
leaving Choooyvillo, was a candidate for the office
of constablo of that ward of the parish of Rapides.
Tho ward, whioh corresponds to a township with
u*, was the size of an ordinary county, and our
passenger was one of seven candidates for the lm*
portant office in which ho was anxious to serve tlio
publio. How many more candidates would ap
pear in the field before tho election, ho ooold not
tell, but had no doubt tho number would be con
siderably increased. There was a fair prospect of
an animated contest for an office worth four hun
dred dollars per annum; which might he increased,
as he suggested, by perquisites. He was an amu
sing character, and willing to lend a ready hand
and strong arm in any emergency. His aid was of
great service when we were delayed by the acci
dent to the wheel, and he assisted with great
alacrity in sotting fire to the fallen tree, to burn it
out of the road. Bis comments on th© people were
freely offered, and not generally in their favor;
one man in particular ho mentioned as being so
lasy that for four oonseoutive days his shadow re
fused to follow him. We left our frieodatNoals
burg about two o’clock; he was on his way to at
tend & b&rboouo, which was to come off in & day or.
two, to bo succeeded on tho following day by a
camp meeting, at both which bo no doubt intend
ed to improve his opportunities for securing votes.
Nealsburg is a now town, and tho stores had a
very - business-like, thriving look. We noticed
Jules H&uel’s name on some boxes of perfumery.
It was four o’clock before we reached Huddleston’*,'
somo fifteen miles from the Sabine, and stopped for
dinner, wfcieh we found not over>inviting in itself,
and rondered still loss appetizing by supdry odors,
somo wafted through tbo open door of the dining
room from some beef drying in tho yard, and oth
ers ascending through the crevices of the floor from
a pigpen and chicken roost under the house. We
had been delayed, not only by the accident to the
wheels, but by sundry stops, while our travelling
. blacksmith attended to shoeing the horses at the
stations along the road. It was late when we left
Huddleston’s, and wo did not reach the bonk of
the Sabine till nine o’clock Tuesday night. All
tho passongors had to get out and walk down the
steep bank while the stage drovo down on to the
flat boat whioh, by a rope ferry, took us across the
river, and wo found ourselves upon tho soil of Texas.
Tho moon was shining brightly, and we could see
that the river was a muddy stream running be*
tween high, steep banks, which, In high water, it
overflowed and spread for somo distance over the
bottom lands. The water was low at the time we
orossed, and the ferriago but a short distance.'
At midnight we stopped at Burkeviile for supper,
but we bad been dolayed so long, and were so
much behind time, that tho people at the stage*
house had been in bed some hours by the time we
arrived, and the unpromising aspect of the cold
sapper set out after they had been rousod from
their slumbers, brought us'to the conelusion that
an expenditure of “four-bits,” or fifty cents, for
tho privilege of partaking of the meal, would be a
most unprofitable investment. Tho road, daring
tho night, was quite tolerable, and wo managed to
got a reasonable amount of sleep. At seven Wed
nesday morning, we reached Jasper, the county
town of Jasper county, and stopped for breakfast.
This woa the first place of any site we taw in Texas,
and we were rather favorably impressed with' it*
appearance.
Tho court-house, a two-story frame building, oc
cupied tho centre of the publio square, around tho
four sides of which wore tho principal stores and
the three hotelsof the town. Tho houses' generally
were neat looking, and more comfortable in ap
pearance than those we had seen on the route from
Oheneyville. They were built of frame, clap
boarded or battened. Two or throe saw-mills in
the immediate vicinity supplied an abundance of
lumber from tho pine timber which grows in -largo
quantities in the neighborhood. There was to be a
meeting of a Hard Shell Baptist Association is the
town that day,and the people were beginning to come
in from the country even at that early hour. As we
woroloaving the town we met many parties on foot
and on horseback, and a few in wagons, going in to
attend the association. Most of.the travel through
this country is upon tho saddlo, and both inen and
women are accustomed to ride, and ride, well.
Mules are quite frequently used under the saddle.
After leaving Jasper, the character of the timber
ohanged, and we saw but little pine.' The jwoods
were mostly oak, beech, magnolia, and cypress,
with some hickory and dog-wood. The magnolia
grows here sometimes \ hundred feet high, and In
the spring and summer, when in flower, must be a
most beautiful object with its white flower! eon*'
trusting with the rich, dark, glossy green: of its
large leaves, and sending forU a delicious perfume.
Tho streams of water aro puro and clear, and the
country generally seemed well-watered. Where
the land had been cleared, large cotton-fields—the
plants vigorous and giving promise of an abundant
orop, part of which had already been picked—gave
evidence of the riohness and fertility of the soil.
Now and then, a small patch of sugar-cane was to
be seen; but only to provide a supply of sugar for
home consumption, tho juice being expressed iu a
mill operated by horse-power. Tho country is but
thinly settled, and tbero are large tracts of unoc
cupied land which will yet, before many years, be
cleared and made productive.
Shortly beforo noon wo reached tho bottom lands
of tho Neohcs river, a tributary of the Sabine.
Thcso bottom lands extend for some two or . three
miles book from the high bank of tho stream, and
aro oovered with a heavy growth of oak and cy
press, and a dense, almost impenetrable under
growth of cane-brakes and vines. The stains on
tho trunks of the trees showed that the water had
boen up as high, at times, as eight or ten feet above
tho ground; but the river was now confined within
very narrow limits, and tbeloYelof the stream was
some thirty foot below the top of the banks. At
noon wo crossed the Neches on a flat by a rope fer
ry, and asoending tho high bank on tho opposite
side found ourselves at Town Bluff. The ferry,
tho steep bluff-bank of the stream, and one or two
houses wako up the plaoo. At one of these houses
wo stopped for dinner, and considered ourselves
luxuriously provided for, whon they gare us sugar
in our coffee, and n few fresh eggs as extras to the
ordinary substantial of the meal. Milk or eresm
wo could not think of finding.
Our road after dinner lay tn rougn & heavily tiro
bored’country, with a dense rank undergrowth.
Oak, hickory, gam, haokborry, magnolia, and
water-oak, with perhaps an occasional pino, and in
moist swampy places cedars, wore tho principal
trees. Tho few plantations which we passed show
ed large fields of cotton and corn in flourishing con
dition. But little poor land was to bo seen. At
half-past four yesterday afternoon, wo reached this
place, and, though anxious to pres 3 forward on our
journey, bavo boon compelled to lay over here
until this evening, owing to its being the regular
■* rest-day” on tho lino. The “ rest-day” is not
for tho benefit of tho passengers, but of tho horsos
and stages, and drivers, the line being but a tri
weekly one; and instead of making the “ rest
days” coiuo in at the places of departure and arri
val, they aro interspersed at arbitrary points on
tho route, to the greut delay nod hindrance of tho
mails ami passengers, but greatly to tho benefit of
hotel-keepers, who take advantage of the necessi
ties of stage-passengers to make exorbitant charges
for poor accommodation, when if a traveller were
on horseback or in his own’eonveyanoe, ho would
not bo charged more than half tho sum for the very
sarno amount of board and lodging.
• Woodvillo is tho oounty-town of Tyler county,
and has a population of about four hundred. The
court-houso stands iu tho middle of the public
square, and the hotel, tho stores, and tho lawyers’
oifiocs face tho square u)x>n the four sides. There
isnochutch in tho town. The publio square is
simply an open, rectangular space, with equal
sides, in tho centre of the town, without a single
tree to relievo its barrenness. There is but little
or nothing to interest a stranger, and bad it not
boeu for our lottors to write, and tho social dispo
sition of tho people rendering it easy to form ac
quaintances and get into conversation, wo should
havo found tho time hang heavy on our haads.
We managed to pick up some littlo information
about tho way lands hare boen laid off in Texas.
Under the old Mexican Government, before Texas
doolared horsolf independent, grants were made
of land in leagues and labors, (accent on the last
syllable.) Tho unit of measure was a vara, equal
to 33) inches. A square vara equalled 86-100 of a
square yard. A labor comprised a million square
rara.iy equal to 177 30-100 aores ; and ft league was
equal to 4.423 4-10 acres, or twonty-five million
square rams. Very frequently grants were made
of a league and labor of land,” or twenty-six
million square varas , equal to 4,005 54-100 acres.
Tho*o old Mexioan measures aro still to be met
with iu the land titles of tho Kopablio and State
of Texas, though, after Toxas declared herself in
dependent, and down to the present time, grants
and sales of publio lands have been made by the
section of 640 acres, nud half and quarter sections.
As 4 water was n matter of the greatest consequence,
it was provided that any location of land made upon
n stream should ouly havo a front on the water of
one-half the usual length of tho side of a square, the
tract oxtending back, of ooursc, a proportionately
greater dUtaaco to make the quantity of land the
sarao ; the shape of the traot was a p&rolleUogram
instead of a square. Surveyors wore not very easy
to ho had in tho days of tho earlior settlements, and
no little confusion arose from the interference of one
trnot with another. They say, that not unfro
, qucntly a man who had a grant of a league, in lo-
TWO GENTS.
cating it on some stream would mount hit horse **
tho water’s edge, light a cigarette, and gallop hack
as near at rightnngles with the stream as he oonld
guess ’at, white be smoked up fair cigarettes, end
oaD that distance a loagne, guessing at his frontage
on the stream. Or a man who bad a square mile to
l>eate and lay off, would select a convenient start
ing p<>uit, station a friend* there with a horn, ride
off till be judged he had gone about aftnUc, tern
at right angles by guess work and ride another es
timated mile, tnako a second turn at right angles
as near as could be, rido as far as he thought would
make another mile, and finally turn and ride in
the direction from which he heftrd the sound of the
born blown by the friend he had stationed at the
starting point. A slake was driven down, or a tree
biased, at each turning point, to mark the corners.
The conflicts of title, however, are now pretty
generally quieted, in the more thickly settled parts
of the Stato, and much profitable litigation (profita
ble to the legal fraternity) has ceased to occnpy the
time of the courts. O.T. T. 1
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
fcS* 4 M. Jutllen has been released from his pe
cuniary embarrassments in Paris. He attributes
M* ruin to the “ scorpions of the legal pro
fession in London, and to certain mnsio specula
-lors who have fattened on hi! former success.
During the twenty years' that JnUlen reigned
monarch of the famed popular concerts, he
acknowledges to hare received the enormous sum
of £200,000 in England and America. He has
lately refused offers to return.to London to preside
over entertainments of a similar character, andda
noto jwiiiy engaged in writing “His Life and
’Tfm«s among the English’”
Hequisition for* (Jerrit Smith.—l havo ascer
tained to-day that a rigid scrutiny is being institu
ted to ascertain tha extent of 'Gerrit Smith’s com
plicity in the Harper’s Ferty insurrection, prepara
tory to the issue of a requisition for his surrender
to the judicial authorities of this State, for triaX
upon a charge of conspiracy. All the testimony
hearing upon his connection with this insurrection,
as accessory before the foot, is being carefully com
piled, and the probability is that the matter will
be laid before the grand jury of Jefferson county
at an early dsy. Suelr, at least, is my informal
tion, derived from authority which', fully Justifies
mo in communicating this information. It is in
timated, moreover, that the question of his surren
der. In obedience to the requisition of the Governor
of Virginia, will be made the issue for a,continu
ance or disruption of the Union. It is conoedtd
here by every prominent man with whom I have
conversed upon’this subject; that such an issue is
inevitable; and the universal publio sentiment of
this region, so far as I can aaeeriain, favors the
presentation of Smith’s surrender, upqn the requi
sition of the Governor, as the ultimatum of Union.
The crisis is near at hand, and it is for the North
to say whether the Union shall be preserved or not.—
Correspondence of the New York Herald.
. Mn. Ward’s Pilgrimage to* Chiva - .—The Paris
correspondent of the New York'Tiwrej says: ■
“ Charivari is having its own fun over Die
American minister in China. Ifehas published en
gravings three days in snooesrion, which are the
laugh of the town. The first one represents Mr.
Ward on his way overland to Peking. In this en
graving one sees only a large rough box mounted
on an uncouth wagon, drawn and surrounded by
a groat mob of hooting, howling Chinese. Standing
alone are two mandarins, or chief .'men, looking
on. The landscape lb qomposed ol barren hills
and plains. The reader need not be told? that
the American envoy is shot up in the box, with
out the power of taking observations of the in
teresting country through which 'he ir passing.
The second engraving represents the arrival
on the great square of Peking. The caval
cade is stopped, a board or two has been
knocked from the side of the box. and a long,
lank, clean-shaved individual, in a black dress-coat
and with a bandage on bis eyes, is seen bursting
forth, much as a young chick bursts from its
shell. Two mandarins receive in their anus the
falling and blind ambassador. The next engraving
Bhows him in tho palace before the throne of tho
mighty brother of the Sun and the Moon, deliver
ing hU rpeeoh. Jonathan stands as straight up in
the middle ot the floor as the monument on Bun
ker HIU. He (s still in solemn black, and a close
fitting bandage over his eyes shuts oat the view of
the celestial world around him.' A doxen of man
darins are prostrated at his foot in a circle, and, in
this position, the tableau reminds one of a foun
tain with a very tall central jet surrounded at its
base with a dozon low* curvilinear ones. While
the blind envoy is sawing darkness with his arms,
hi! mightiness on tho throne is Indulging In the ln
; tejesting pantomime, so beloved by juveniles, of
plating the 4 Ton 'can’t conic It” movement,
with his hands upon bis nose. This Is Charivari I '*
idea of Mr. Ward's pilgrimage to Peking.”
KEKouuAtipx or James Buchanan.— I The re
nominstion of Jamer.Bpohanatt at -'Charleston 'is
again being advocated by some of,the
tioo journals. The Hew York Herald, Ms personal
organ, which bas been proclaiming also dally for
the last two years, that in no event would‘ fee be a
candidate for rc-eleotion, contained the following
article yesterday:
‘‘WaAT IS TO B 2 DOSE AT CHARLESTON?—We
notice that there Is a general movement among the
journals all over the country, since the recent de
monstration iu Virginia, in favor of the renbmina
tionof Mr. Buohaaan, whether he will accept the
responsibility of the canvass or not. It is thought
that such a movement would unite the conservative
element in politics. North and South, East and
West, and give the coup dt grate to the crasy fana
tics who are endeavoring to undermine the Union
of the States by their false teachings and treason
able examples. In any event the action of the
Convention at Charleston assumes, on account of
recent events, a new and grave importance, and
the result of its deliberations will do looked for
with the utmost anxiety.**
BENNETT PCBLISIIBB BUCHANAN’S COMPLIJIEXTART
OPINION 07 THE RANK AND FILE 07 THE DHHO*
CRACV, THAT THEY “ALWATS.GO WQE&B THE
OFFICES AnE GIVEN.”
[From the New York Herald.]
“During a conversation with the Sage of Wheat
land in London, one day, with reference to tfee bad
management of Mr. Pierco in relation to the New
York appointments, Mr. Buchanan said, ‘ Mr.
Piorco, I fear, bna fallen into the same « r ror that
Mr. Polk did. The New York Democracy are very
troublesome patriots. The only way to treat them
is to ascertain which faction is the strongest, the
most popular, and the mo3t talented. This done,
tbo next step is to give the whole of the offices to
this faction, and none to the other. The conse
quence will be that the faction which has all the
offices will be your true, constant, devoted friends,
while that which has none will be your most bitter
nod unrelenting enemies. But in less than three
mouths you will find that the rank and file, ich*
always go where the ojfiees are given, will turn in
to the successful party, and the leaders of the ad
vene faction will be left without any troops.’ ”
Toe Backer of John Brown.— Dr. Samuel G.
Howo, of Boston, is a peculiar and very remark
able man. Wo first knew him nearly forty’years
ago, as a Btudent in Brown University, at Provl
donce, Rhode Island. We presume that traditions
of his oareer as & student are still preserved and
related to the University. Ho was quick, and
bright and talented, but probably the wildest and
most inveteratoly mischievous young man ever
ooonected with the institution. There was scarcely
any kind of mischief whiofe he did not habitually
practise. If any potty prank or even gross out
rage was perpetrated within the college precincts
hr in the vicinity, the gcnoral sentiment uniformly
and at once settled upon him ns its author. He
was, to uso a rather low word, full of all manner of
“deviltry.” He was continually summoned before
the faoulty and publicly admonished and fined and
rusticated, and suspended, and the constant ex
pectation of all was that ho‘would bo expelled.
Still ho remained throughout his four years and
graduated—wo think in the class of 1822—though
without honor.
Wo tifepose that nobody who knew Samuel G.
Howe, or knew of him in college, bad the slightest
expeotation that he would ever come to good. We
remember to have heard, with a feeling of utter
surprise, a few months after he graduated, that be
was studying with the utmost industry in the office
of Dr. Ingalls, a distinguished physician and sur
geon of Boston, with every prospect of becoming
able and distinguished in the profession bo had
chosen, ne remained with Dr. Ingalls, we be
lieve, until he was admitted to practice; and all
who knew him regarded him then ascertain to win
professional distinction. He carried into tbe pur-
Milts of science the same spirit and energy that in
his previous years he had manifested iu vexing and
annoying and injuring all around him.
But Dr. Howe was at that timo too impulsive, he
hhd in his soul too much of the spirit of wild and
reckless and desperate adventure, to be able to
settle calmly down in the practice of a peaceable
profession in New England, when itirring,events,
that could touuh tbo heart of a bold and generous
man, wero taking plaoe in any port of the world.
The Greek revolution had at that time broken out,
and tbe Greeks, rousing themselves from their old
and hereditary slumber, were striking manfully
for independence. The odds against them wero
torriblo, and their cause seemed desperate, bat
those wero exaotly the oircumstances to kindle
the ardor and enlist tbo action of Dr. Howe. With
whatever means ho could command In men and'
money ho hastened to Greeoo, and so bore him
self throughout all her war that his name is yet
mentionou and blessed by her sons as that of
one of her noblest and best and most dovoted
bonefactors. He encountered evory peril, and
did more than any othor man to prevent and re
lieve the sufferings of the Grecian soldiers and
people.
Dr. Howe’s career since his return from Greece
to the United States is probably better known to
thousands of others throughout the country than it
Is to us. For many years he hss been the Super-
intendent of the Massachusetts Asylum for the
Blind, and unquestionably he has mado that insti
tution the admiration of tne public and the mode!
of all Blihilar Institutions throughout our land. He
has dovoted to It all the powers of a fine intellect
and a great and most enthusiastic heart. lie bas ac
complished for the blind what was never accom
plished before, and what, but for him, might not
perhaps havo been accomplished rot halt a centu
ry to come. And ho has not confined hu exertions
to that noble enterprise alone. In all the great
and numerous public benefactions of Massachusetts
ho has borne an important and leading part.; He
has been one of the first men looked to, and one of
the chief men relied on, whenever any great thing
was to be undertaken for ths relief 4f any class of
THE press.
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from hie boyhood an ecthmiut be tmiam. and
the perrenioa ofthU fwUog or oantSSfn hU
bosom dm do doubt made bus what fee i» toward
slavery and slaveholder*. If it is tree,a« it
tainlj appears to be, that fee gave hte eoantenanoe
to the conspiracy for fomenting rebellion tferomrfe
oat the Southern States, fee should, whatever fete
merits in other respects may fee, fee execrated fey
the present generation and 07 posterity. Bat if*
as we can scarcely hope, fee la innocent of She great
orime, we shall most heartily rejoice la being phi •
to proclaim fete Innocence.—£e«m*U# Journal.
John Mitchel, who is now in Paris, has com*
mesced a series of letters In a Dublin paper
called The Irishman (similar in its polities and
designs to The Nation), in which his object is to
suggest to the Irish peasantry that Prance will
aoon be. at war with England In the Mediterra*
nean, and that the opportunity win them hare
arrived for inducing the Emperor Napoleon to in
vade Ireland. / “ But,” exclaims Mr. Mitchel,
“who will make the Emperor sore the Irish
people wait for him, and pray for him? How is
be to know that 252,000 fighting men would bu.
fonnd to follow his eaglca'from Ban try Bay to
Dublin, and from thence, if he chose it, across to
Liverpool ? How, abqve all, are the .people—th»
people of all classes and be brought to
steadily toward this as an crest, not only
possible but probable, and which ™*y to of
them .bring joy amow tost as they demean
themselves in it?" . J
®*A® article in the last number of 'Frostr 9 *
Magazine gives the following description of the
father of Charlotte Bropte.;,
u The attendance was inatt in Dm morning. but
better to.the afternoon, when Mr. Bronte preach*
*L» bi * ywn, he is not able to
attend the' whole of the service, but comes into
church when the prayers are half over, ▲most
affecting eight, in troth, it is to see him walking
down the aule with feeble steps, and entering hte
solitary pew. once filled wUfe wife and chtidron,
now utterly desolate; while, close beaHe it, rises the
tombstone inscribed with tfeetr ruiaee. Bull of
sorrow and trouble though his life has been, the
esergy of the last survivor of the race seems net a
whit abated; hte voice is still lend and clear, hii
words fall of fire, fete manner, of earnestnem.' Do*
cid. nervous, and logics), the style of his preaching
belongs to a by-gone day. when sermons were made
moreef a study than they* are now,-and when
it was considered quite as necessary -to think much
and deeply as to giro expression to those thoughts
m language not only impressive and eloquent, but
vigorous ami concise. It would not be easy to rive
a faithful picture of. Die itnpreesfem .which Mr.
Bronte evidently produces on Us hearers, or of hi*
own venerable and striking appearance to, the pul
pit. Housed no notes whatever, and pretehed for
half an hoar without ever being at a loss for a
word, or betraying the smallest stgn of asv decay
of hii intellectual faculties. Very handsome he
most have been m his younger days, for traces of
beauty, the most refined and noble in expression,
even yet show themselves in hte features and in his
striking profile. Hte brow is still unwrinkled; hte
hair and whiskers snowy white; tinea, very decided
in their character, are impressed about the mouth;
the eyes are targe and penetrating. In tamper ho
te» as may have been gathered from what fe«« been
already laid, quiet and dignified.’*
Removal or Capt. Meigs.—The Ifaafeingtou
correspondent of the Hew York T)m*i s&yav—The
cause of the removal of Captain Meigs from the
superintendency of public .buildings by the Secre
tary of t¥sr was a difference of opinion between
them as to the payment of certain Captain
Meigs refusing payment because the vouchers were
Informal, and the Secretary of "War ordering that
the claims should be satisfied, as he knew them to
be just. This, however, was but one cease among
many which determined the result
Letter prom Col. Staubaocb,—The Lancaster
Intelligencer says that a letter from Col. Stam
baugh, dated Salt hake, September 30, 1859, was
received last week by his family. The Colonel
says:
u I reached this renowned eitv about half-past 3
o'clock on Monday. 25th instant. Thank God!
Oh, how fervently did I return my thanks to Him
for bringing me safely and triumphantly through
my long and perilous journey. Our petty is all
well. Messrs. Went*, Miller, and Green over
took na in mall stage the day after we left Fort
Laramie, (the 7th Inst.) Mr. W. has entirely re
covered of hte wound. T ~
“I have been busy day and night dace my ar
rival to get the office organized. Everything con
nected with U was togreat eon fusion; but* I had
reason to expect nothing else. Gov. Oaamdng baa
been engaged since the day after my arrival in
turning over the property belonging to tbo effico.
He has acted with great promptness, and evinces
every disposition to aid me in way
as speedily as possible.
11 1 am staying for the prevent with pr. Fonisy,
superintendent of Itdln aibiti' He had part of
the house, he occupies intended, for induce, and
bent for me eddn after ! reacfeed'tfee centre of the
rity' The house may he large enough for fete office
and mine, and will save considerable rent to the
Government. My party is at a public bonze some
where in the eity boarding, but sleep in the house
with me. I still occupy my tent bed, and sleep
on the floor in a tittle room, without fire, but hope
to be more comfortable soon. Dr. Forney has of
fered ine a bed in feis room, but I decline it.
“ I must stop: am told the stage is about start
ing, and I must take this to the agent or driver
myself. I forgot to say, I have left Major Paul
and his escort far behind; they have not yet ap
peared within hailing distance. When I left home,
you recollect, I said I could reach Salt Lake by
25th September; arrived one day later. If I had
not been delayed by the accident to Charley, and
had not been taekea to tfee military escort,T would
have gained five or six days, and would have beon
here on the 20th. Iu the 47 days I was out, I had
only 33 travelling days. In that time I brought a
party who had never been on the plains, with three
wagons, two of them heavily loaded, six mule
team?, over a wilderness of eleven hundred and
sixty-five miles* After separating from Major
P.’s command, I had no guide, wagon-master, or
help of any kind; but I determined to succeed,
ana I did succeed ! Everybody seems surprised.
I was not expected for ten days.
“Cannot describe this great city or its people,
for a few days; havo been out but littio: Several
Mormons have called, Ml expressing the kindest
feelings. Things look well.’?
Capt. John W. Phelps. —Capt. John W. Phelps,
of the 4th Artillery, U. S. army, is now on a visit
to his brother-in-law, Hon. John Hickman. He
has jast returned from Utah, and we regret to say
has resigned hts commission \n the army l t He has
been for twenty-seven years in the publie service,
and during that time has gathered the honors of a
brave soldier and acquired tfee well-deserved repe
tition of a thoroughly educated military man.
Our littio army oan but illy afford to lose so ac
complished an officer, and bis'resign&tion te a mis
fortune to that branoh of the public service. Capt.
Phelps, we believe, proposes to reside in Vermont,
hts native State, where he may pcesiWyturn the
sword into the pruning hook. In whatever posi
tion ho may hereafter be placed, his thoroughly
disciplined and highly educated mind will make
him a man of prominence and distinction.—WVit
Chester KepulHeatt.
S. S. Riggs, an old printer, and formerly the
publisher of the late Schenectady (H. Y.) Cabinet,
died in that city on Friday last He waa widely
known and highly esteemed.
The Hon. Solan Borland, late United States
Senator from Arkansas, has been very ill of late,
but is now convalescent. He wiR soon resume hte
duties as editor of the Memphis Inqtttrer .
An Entertainment was given to the Hon.
Anson Burlingame by his political friends in St.
Louis, on Monday, the 31st ult. About fifty per
sons sat down to an excellent dinner. Col. Robert
M. Renick presided, i Frank P. Blair, Jr., gave the
health of the Boston representative as a centi
mont, which was drunk with all honors. Mr. Bur
lingame responded in an eloquent speech, and was
followed by Mr. Blair.
On Saturday afternoon last President Buchanan,
accompanied by the Mayor of TCa.Msgton, paid an
official visit to the Government arsenal and navy
yard On arriving at the arsenal grounds the Pre
sident was sainted by a discharge of cannon, and
afterwards received by Major Ramsay, comman
dant of the post, who escorted hte distinguished
guests through the various shops and store-houses.
These were found to be In as good order as possible
in all their details, but farinadequate to the wants
of the service in almost every particular—a fault
that can only be remedied b; an enlargement of
the buildings. The grounds are kept with com
mendable neatness. Os concluding bis survey of
the arsenal works, the President proceeded to the
navy yard, where they were received with naval
honors. The marines (navy-yard guard,) num
bering sixty men, were in tine in full uniform, and
the marine band played a number of national airs.
The officers of the yard met bis Excellency in full
uniform, and tendered a cordial reception. They
then aooompanied their guests through the several
departments of the yard, where the operations of
the workmen excited much interest and attention
on the part of the visiters.
John Brown in Jail.— Brown is.as comfortably
situated as any man can bo in a jail. He has a
pleasant room, which is shared by Stephens, whoso
recovery remains doubtful. He has opportunities
of occupying himself by writing and reading. Hte
jsilor, Avlf, was of the party nho assisted in cap
turing him. Brown says Avis is one of the bravest
men he ever saw, and that his treatment is precisely
what be should expect from so brave a follow. Ho
is permitted to receive such visiters as he desires to
eoe. He states that he welcomes everyone, and that
be is preaching, even in jail, with great effect, upon
the enormities of slavery, and with arguments
that everybody fails to answer. His friends
say, with regret, that in many of his recent conver
sations, he has given stronger reason for a belief
that he Is insane than ever before. Brown’s
wounds, excepting one cut on the back of the head,
havo all now healed, without suppuration, and the
scars ara scarcely visible. He attribute' hte very
rapid recovery to bis strict abstemious habits
through life. His appearance Is very much the
same as usual, which te decidedly unlike .all the
portraits of him that have of late appeared.. He is
really a man of imposing appearance, and neither
his tattered garments, the rents in. which were
caused by sword-thrusts, nor his sparred face, can
detract from the manliness of hte mien. 7 He te al
ways composed, and every trace of disquietude has
left him.— Charlestoten ( Va .) Correspondence of
the N. T. Tnbutii, *