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XM ■-"(JVjBSOJX, NOVEMBER 22,1859.
f " 1 Tiest PAan.-Teraonal <md Pol Moat; A In
iuU from A PoUtioal Opponent; Tho Brodorink
Obsequious Tho Coarta; InUlligonoo ftpm Bik?«
1 *K«k ’FoirnTn Pios.-The Ufa of an Old Pmn
ayivttttia llotq; ,
!■*>• %:r-v»The News.
. A tolegrspUo 1 despatch from NmlwlU«, fub
ftit' oitFrld&y last
A.i Hallj editor of the NWUVillo Netaa, killed
**{(, 0. Poindexter, editor of the Union and dn\t :
'■’yfieSiij ltf- n'streetrenMßtre. received lest
's- night tie iV«w.ojFriday morals® leontelnlng the
V fbll’oiTihg 'oarij'rtMdi is intUoatlro oftie telauons
•' of ttis, benigerents at that toe, »nS.Sf» P orll “P a
'7 'the linrnediate cause of the fetal s - ,
f ' “A' o*Bh.-Testorday '?iorntog aere appeared
to the, Union and Aewiemt the following para
graph! ‘
■‘^SeS&BSSBSB^ti
V'' wSJt ooSSnMo Wnr on .ft newaeapercgntro
■ ‘ SfsAntfa aa editor who utters otiuropies wmit ft
3einsBwS misting to the supposed privileges of sge
* tosWel^Himifr om responsibility, ~ \ -.* • '
Tho/chargea’ X mode againsttne Tftnon ana
'American the article of., ; the.’ A ews above re*
•'-* fc'tf&d to/X established by undeniable -foots then
/ abd there adduced. I made no ‘ insinuations. ’
* . • <MThe assertion that I trust to tho privileges of age
7 to’Shield royself from responsibility for any atafe-
IvanOJjS rmoke, is. false and calumnious. , He who
/•ihafle J ihe assertion tnusta to the pistol to shield
Tfronr exfcbsnra - the misrepresentations and false*
;/ hoOdi or tbp; journal with which he iB connected!
- -That is tho plain English of tho matter. The.
* Shield he has selected will prove insufficient lor bis
-'purpose/ I shall go on? as Ihave begun, with a
/thorough exposure of all hls misstatements, misre*
presentations, and falsehoods whioh may appear in
\ -the Vaiah dud Americans and which I may deem
//wojfthyof notioe-fally abler and prepared to pro-
person against assault, and to punish the
v.-^saUtmt.. ’ vt > . Atm A. Hall.”
r steamship - North Star, In regard to which so
muoV anxiety existed until news of; her safety
’i reached us a few days ago, arrived .at New York
/yesterday/ On the! morning; of .thb 25th, at 440
, 1 M., she struck on a, reef near Plana Island, one
//ftho French Keys. Tho weather being rainy the
/\ day prbvlbus no observation could be taken. The
/ ship remained on the reef for six days. About 420
/tone of.coal having boon thrown overboard, the
• ehip was moved from her rocky, bed,, and after
.taking on board the passengers, who had been
• landed for the purpose of lightening the ship, Oapt.
I, Jones proceeded to. Fortune island for water,
1 to Kingston for a farther supply of water and
’ ‘cos!./ Bho then proceeded to Aspinwallj took, on
/ soak/passengers as wished to prbeoed to New
;/^drk/ ; and'. left that place on the morning of the
' 11&, touching at Key West on the 10th for coal.
/'Among the passengers in the North Star is Thomas
Franois Meagher, ’ special bearer' of despatches
from the United States minister at £osta Rloo. •
.The Panama Star ef the. 10th instant, received
-> by -the North Star, contains later intelligence from
' Chili/tlie most important items of which relate to
a severe shook of an earthquake at 8 A. M. on the
'..sth October, which was felt throughout the,repub-
Jio./but aost.ieverely in the province of CopiapC.
’ The dttootiottOf the shock was from southeast to
• northwest, and Its duration, it is said, about four
- minutes, having caused considerable damage in
- the! city of= Copiapo, and tho port of Caldera,
. overthrowing some buildings and leaving a great
! many others in a ruinous condition, but fortunately
■, we have not beard of any lives being lost. The
Copiapo and Caldera railway has suffered some
! damage; but the repair will bo easy and not very
Expensive. In Caldera the ‘sea retreated sevoral
- times from the chart, leaving ft boach of one huu
• dred and fifty yards, which caused a panic amongat
. the inhabitants, who flew affrighted to .the neigh
.boring .hills j fortunately, the sea returnod to its
‘ place without any violence, and did not occasion
'- the least disaster.
Wo ie&rn that the first mortgage bondholders of
the Erie Batfroad have applied to the Comptroller
,of the State of New York to sell the road, on ao*
. count of its non-payment of interest, and that
that officer has taken the necessary steps to ac
complieh thafc.objoct.'
The Warren (Pa.) Ledger says: On Saturday
last) tho North Western Bank destroyed by burn
• ing $148,000 of tho offioe notes of the lato Warren
County Bank, which had been used by tho bank,
ft&d .redeemed;, also, at the same time, $90,000 of
uneighed- bUts were destroyed. This destruction
was consummated at the banking-house in the pre
sence, of directors, ..officers, and a notary public.
TVo undCrstand that there is $0,490 of the Warren
, County Bank circulation still out, and the officers
. ,o? tho/bonk have no knowledge where U is held.
- The present circulation of tho North Western Bank
’i"
/ G6n era/Thomas Thumb, who, although barely
' knce/high to a. grasshopper, made a large fortune
for P." T. Barnum, and a* snug one for himself, i 0
; reported to be about to* unite, himself in wedlock
With a lady of youth and beauty.. The authorities
! differ, about her height/ and it ie ‘ variously stated
; as three feet six, and Six feet three..
’•L Samuel Kessler, an old and esteemed fireman of
.. this bUy,'wes!rim over yesterday, daring an alarm
' of fire/Vy tho Vigilant steam engine, and instantly
' the Schuylkill Hose
' ‘Wnpany- -
, 1? 'A law.mut recently ocaurred in Bangor, Maine
'in >hich'it became .necessary to give the exact,
.looality VOf Pennsylvania. One testi
fied that it' lay .south of New York, and north of
Florida, and he was under tho improsrion that it
Was.an'Allantic State. Another witness testified
] lie haA been to Philadelphia,; - says it Is a com*
' inorotal city, that there is ft considerable amount
50f wator there, and that' the tide rises and falls;
/He elMthought Philadelphia was in Pennsylvania.
An order was issued from tho War Department)
I yesterday, countermanding the ordor to send troops
to Brownsville.
"The' Richmond Enquirer, of yoaterday says;
‘ ' .“Wb publish In this paper the petition of John
s Btown; by his .counsel, for a writ of orror to the
of tho Circuit Court of Jefferson County*
October term/ The Court of Appeals refused the'
writ of error, and hero all offorts to stay the exe
cution by judicial proceedings end. The pardon
ing. power, the Executive and the Legislature,
hold< out no shadow of hope.
. This, victim of Northern Abolitionism must
suffer the extreme penalty of the law, and upon the
hsods of the prominent leadors of the Abolitionists
ii thVblood oi John Brown. At their hands will
his death be required by a righteous Cod: at them
• xnust his widow and .orphan children point as his
Tho .consequences that have been threatened
r from hls : execution are u peculiarly the affairs of
• Virginia/ if sho is not competent to meet them,
.• let ner.suffer from herows act. If she cannot pre*
.eorro her lot lt.be tarnished; if she cannot
proYoothor people, let them be murdered. If the
North has any more John Browns who emulate hia
"fS-te,*' letl theni repeat his experiment. If tho
-bided, of John Brown m to prove the seed of the
.Abolition church, wo have no objection to a good
. Jiarvert. If his exeoutidn electa Bew&rd', the time
of our exodus will have arrived, and it will produce
- Itt'Moses. ' ■ ; / / V 1 . .
• . Brown has but rqfeort time to prepare
for death—but a few days if whioh to repent of
/many crimes and much wickedness. With hands
reddened with the blood of hie fellow-man, it is to
.bo hoped, that bis remaining days will bo allowed
him'in qnfet to make his peace with an offended
■God, and' that-he will- not be disturbed with the
distraotisg, thoughts and illusive hopes of resene.
-In view ax bis certain death, and of the awful pre*
aenbeltnto which he must soon be ushered, will not
'thd'folly and wickedness of Abolitionism pause and
- pannit this man to repent and pray?”
- ''‘Themails of the steamship Canada reached this
'•City last night. We have already given atelegraph*
io summary of hor sews, and add a few additional
f Items' of interest/ J f • ‘
« ’ r *‘The Barfs correspondent ofth o Times says:
, It is said that the interview between the King of
-rSarJlnlft and General Garibaldi, which various tele
grams announced, was not of the most satisfactory
’character. According to thfs account Garibaldi
‘ firankly declared h? the king that Italy was be*
• tr&yed, and that he should put himself at the head
r of ft rebellion; and Victor Emmanuel replied that ho
..hoped he would sot commit snob an. absurdity, but
that if. he did so there .was no alternative but to
employ force to preventit,
-^“TheVienna correspondent of tho Times* ays
. it is tolerably certain that the moment in which
the Austrian. Government will havo to make con*
cWons to Hungary is sot far distent. .
‘ Vefaieo, November 2>—At the reopening of the
: opera a poisy demonstration took place here.
** Brigandage continues is the Venetian pro
'Vinces.-} .
! , { f Several persons have been arrested in Verona
by Hungarian soldiers for distributing revolution
t«ryprinwb‘ ’ 1 ’ ’
-;tJ*Floreaee, November 2.—The cledtions ofmem
vberkofmtmloipaUtios atFloronce and other places
have .terminated without any result, almost all the
/•lectors having abstained from voting.
-’4 ft National Aeßembly has boon convoked for
fhe'7th of November.
cj Pacha, who was lately superseded in the,
government of Bagdad, is not to return to Con*
,B|AiUinople, another piaco being fixed for his
'' a Latq dates from the coast of Africa state that
'the lAfencrictm ship Memphis, with seven hundred
'slaves, had escaped all the cruisers and put to sea,
Twenty-six vessels were expected on the coast fox
. . cargoes of slaves for the United States.* 1
Academy of Sfosic*
: f' Tiiu Cflmpltaontary Benefit to tl>,oMlneBilgncB(i
'ittd;lfranocm Heron Natali tak«» plwo this
■ Swwjiifc.;, Mr. MiUatd, the tsnot on this ooQMion,
. . TtUi' mtko fcls firat fcppwtuM,' instead of Blgnor
■ Maoctfetii. Signori Eoooo and Aidoyanl will also
'alng/ajal ready sijnonnood, and tho porfonninoos,
;the most popular ..lectionsfrom II
'-froratoie, Ldcrezia Borgia, Don Bioefalo, and
li’EH.ir.d’Amoro/ Tho Spanish dno, “Da Jot#
d« lo« Toreros;’! ahundifed times better than Gax
®!B»%TOg(i-gitV»;,iKa,'g, %M also be .girt®.
Wo anticipate a voiy brilliant and enoceanfal own-,
.ing &>¥ the gifted jOvrag hoitfieiaim.
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10. b'plook,' dt. Birot i Bon, Uo. Old
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, edyeral superior second.
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The Question Settled* I
Mr. Buchanan's personal organ—the New I
York Herald—on Sunday last assured its read-1
era that Peunsylvaplqwould bo ot'rid account in J
i the next Presidential elgfctioh, and added “ that I
we of the Empire Stittc wU the. next j
Presidential election , regard to Penn- j
I sylvania, Now Jersey,'or;;any other State, j
North or South.” Tho Herald having named
Mr. Bughaj !AS BS Its candidate, wo are quite
I willing to confide him to tho voto ot Now 1
I York next year, and equally contented that |
old Pennsylvania should fold its arms and
j allow the; question to ho decided hy tho Em- j
j piroStato. . Tho theory upon which the
I Herald proposes to conduct -the campaign
jin favor of Mr. Buchanan is an ori-
Iginal one, worthy of that hittorest one-'
Imy of tho President in 1856. .Thero aro
j three parties in tho State of New York, viz:
I the Democratic, the Republican, and the
American. In the jate election, by a sort ot
I concert of action between the Democrats and
| Americans, the Republicans were defeated
I upon a portion of their State ticket by about
[ a thousand votes, showing that tho Republ
ican party, in that contest, was nearly equal
Ito both the others. That New York could
|bo rescued to the Democratic party with
1 a Democratic candidate standing upon a
thoroughly Democratic, platform, all recent
history has shown; But Bennktt has no
doubt discovered the true road to suc
cess. , With Mr. Buchanan as his candi
date, and with a union between the Democrats
aud tho Americans, the Republicans will be
driven into the sea. The adopted citizens and
1 tlio ! Americans will shako hands; tho Tribune
and the Express will embrace; the Evening
Post and tho Albany Atlas will fraternize; and
I from ono extreme ot the State to tho other
I thero will be a glorious hosanna over tho can
didate of tho Now York Herald . Why should
I not Pennsylvania stand out of tho way, and
leave the contest in New York in the hands of
James Buchanan, James • Gordon Bennett,
aud tho Now York Herald ?
The Americans in Pekin*
A’ correspondent of the Journal of Com
merce, who accompanied Mr. Ward on his
recent visit to Pekin, has furnished that paper
with a fliU and interesting report of U. The
j main facts, as previously related in our columns
!.—of tho journey of Mr. Ward in the peculiar
! and uncomfortablo covered carts, and iu junks
to the capital, and the discussions in regard to
his performance of the Ko-tow, tho failure to
sco tho Emperor, in consequence of the inabi-
lity to arrive at a mutual understanding in
regard to the ceremonies to be observed, and
the final ratification of the treaty at an infe
rior town—are all confirmed,but some import
ant particulars in relation to tho appearance
of the country, Chinese habits, &c.,0r0 added.
No disrespect appears to have been intended
I by compelling Mr. Ward and his suite to per
form the overland portion of their journey in
the carts, as they aro tho ordinary convey
| ances of tho country, but they were found ex
ceedingly uncomfortablo. They are without
I springs, and tho roads being very had, our
| countrymen wore jolted very much as if they
I had ridden in ordinary Pennsylvania'carts,
[driven over ruts and rock heaps, with tho
horses kept trotting. In every otbor particu
lar their visit was a pleasant ono, and every
possible mark of respect and regard for their
comfort was evinced. Tho approach to Pekin
is thus described:
u Long befoxe reaching the wells, however, ire
were surromptd by crowds whom no man could
number.,- Tfl&dldnot oomo thero; they seemed J
to have growSJhere ,* they did not move, they only I
stood—acres aim acre \ and field after field of ha
j man fiesh and bones compacted Into one solid body, 1
out of which grew innumerable heads, arms, and I
shoulders, It added to the impressiveness of the I
scene, that not one woro a hat or cap; not one |
covered his back or shoulders with shirt or coot;
not ono wore a vest to protect his bosom. A single
article constituted the whole of their dreas and
wardrobo—a piece of blue cotton mado into an
Oriental petticoat, and tied about the loins and
reaching below the knee, ill that met the eye,
1 therefore, was naked flesh, glistening with the
sweat which oiled it aa the sun shot down his burn
ing rays; while those thousands and thousands of
1 piercing, prying, steady eyes, and up-turned faces,
I all without a smile, and solemn in their wonder.
| indicated that all was not a mass of flesh there; mica
was thero; humanity was there; our brothers were
there—almost the population of a common oity was
I aecn outside the walls; nor could any estimate of
I the number of tho population within amaze and
( stagger me, when 1 saw what there was around
I one gate in one suburb only, without. Not one
| shout was raised; not one voice was heard; not
| one foot or hand was moved, The last European
I embassy was that of Lord Amherst in Iftlfl—forty
| three years ago, more than the period of a genera-
I tion—and. most of the living population of Pekin*
I had never seen a white man. we passed under
i two imposing portal?, something like triumphs)
(archways, about half a mile from the city, which,
I however,-with tho walls, the gates, the bastions.
| the towers, and other objects of Interest within ana
I without tho city, mult be the subject of another
[letter.”
; The lioufio which was assigned to them du
; ring their sojourn in tho Imperial City was
formerly the property of tho late Frimo Minis
ter, hut was confiscated and seized by the
Emperor as a punishment for his inability to
defeat tho rebels* It was the best building
they saw in Pekin. They were feasted in the
most approved Chinese stylo, and at oije enter
tainment, at which only tho tbreo Chinese
Commissioners, Mr. 'WAJin, his secretary, and
two interpreters were present, a supply of the
choicest delicacies were. served up at an ex
pense estimated at $1,500. It consisted of
not less than thirty courses* and ono of tho
Commissioners said nothing better could bo
got up lor the Emperor himself. The dual
exchange of ratifications of the treaty at Pci
tang is thus described:
“ On reaching this town, everything was found in
readiness for putting the last hand to the treaty.
Mr. Ward and nia suite were conducted at once to
the yasann, or official hall, a very respectable
structure, and tastefully fitted up for the occasion.
A regiment of cavalry linod tho Btreet on whioh
the yamun is situated, and soldiers and officers
were drawn up at the gate, and lined each side of
the passage from the street gate bo the yamuu.
situated some twenty rods back. Some were armed
with short swords, others with rusty matchlocks,
and others still with bows and arrows! I oounted
seven arrows in one quiver. The gates and inte
rior of the y&mtm were ornamented with strips of
red cloth, and also with porpondioular strips of
red paper, covered with gill Chinese characters, al l
containing sentiments or respect and good wishes.
Three tables were also arranged, ono at each end,
and one at the centre on the back side of the
yamuu, all loaded with tho choicest delicacies of
the Chinese ordinary art. Another table wa4 set m
front, ou whioh the ratifications were laid, and
around whioh Mr. Ward and the Chinese of
ficials were standing. Wang-fun, Governor-
General of the Proviuoo of Chili, was deputed
by the Imperial Commissioners to act in
their place, an officer who, after the Prime
Minister, has no other bofore him in the Empire.
Ilia residence isTien-tsin, 70 tufics above this town,
at the junction of tho Peiho and the Great Canal,'
whence he was ordorod to hasten down to moot Air.
Ward and exchange the ratifications. Wun-hiuh,
treasurer of the province, was also in attendance
witlf a largo number of officials, who had travelled
quite a distance, some 50 or 100 miles, to do honor (o
the occasion. The ratifications were laid upon the
table, the treaty having the Emporor’s seal at
tached to it, for he never sigas his name, and the
American President's as me fully and boldly
written. Tho business was soon despatched, and
in amort agreeable-manner and spirit, all parties
standing when Mr. Ward expressed the hope to tho
Governor General, that tho treaty would be the
bond of lusting peaoe and friendship between the
two nations,; to which the Governor replied, with
great earnestness, and an apparent social tone,
that the observance of tho conditions by both
Sartlts would be mueh bettor for this end. Both
e and the treasurer .showed decided ability and
humane feeling.”
Editors South, who Imvo deserted tho Do*
mooratio platform of 1856, and now seek to thrust
on tho party thoir Southern Wlhnot Proviso,
still speculate about Northern votes for their
nominee at Charleston. Will they never
le&ni that thrg havo no party in the North
any moro than tho Black Republicans huve
South' l ' Why should I hoy talk about Democratic
success or defeat in tho free States? According to
their creed, there is no Democratic parly in the
Free States. They aro ell heretics. They take tho
“ short out to all tho ends of Black Republican
ism,” in the language of those organs which aro in
principle and policy with the Opposition, and not
with the Democratic party. There is no party in
the North that will maintain slavery In a Territory
in spite of the people. Thcao organs had as well
coase writing about Democratic victories or defeats
In the North. They havo so part or lot in them.
Any man who preaches their doctrino In the North
could not be elected to any office. In most dis
tricts in the North he could not got a vote, and
everywhere in that region ho would run like the
old-candidate—Goneral “Scattering.”
Put up your doctrine that Congress must main
tain slavery in all our Territories, in spite of the
wishes and action of the people through their Le
gislatures, and you need not go into a froo State
for votes, They are not there, They never have
bfen there, and never will bo there. With the
distinct understanding that tho people of the Tor*
rilories should dispose of tho whole question with*
out any interference by Congress, the Northern
Democracy aided us to dofeat the Wilmot Proviso.
With the eamo understanding they aided us to re*
peal the Missouri Compromise. Without this un
derstanding neither of these purposes would have
been accomplished. It is a Ilttlo too late now to
put about and deny this understanding. There is
the record, too plain to be misinterpreted by any
honest man of half song©, Here and there a free,
State aspirant to the Presidency may write pamph*
lets, with crude, undigested opinions, to win favor
at the South, but he has no constituents. at home.
He has got no rotes to bring to his aid from a free
State. It is downright dishonesty to the Southern
Democracy to preach nj> the delusion that there is
any Democratic party North, if this doctrine that
.th© people of a Territory must have slavery, wheth
er .they will or, not, is a tdSfc of Democracy, It is
tho&ewho are publishing or resolving snob a
dstrin4 should he awaJe of tho fact that they have
,no allI« in the free States, They bat* no political
gijyd* jKason and Dixon's tine. No man
kdjNl *uob views could be
1 (Kentuch/) l)c-
THE PRESS-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1859.
The Suabury and Eric Railroad*
Tho following communication is full of I
gratifying information' to the ffiohds or tho
Sunbury and Erie Railroadthat groat
Pennsylvania' work now in rapid courso of
completion. It disposes of some of tho cha» |
i racteristic efforts of tho New York press to
I discredit and disparago that line of intercourse
I between Philadelphia and the lakes. .The ar
ticle is fVom the pen of a gentleman who may
be said to speak by tho book, and who writes
I with all tho facts before him:
To tub Editor op Tub Press: In your paper]
of Thursday last appeared an extract from a let
ter to the Now York Herald , on the subject of the J
Sunbury and Erie Railroad, prefaced by the re*
mark that the said letter was “ evldontly ex eathe - j
! dra in its character.” Not only the extract pub
i tished, but the whole letter, whiob has since ap
jpeared in full in Fern on's Railroad and Mining j
Register* is evidently so unfriondly in its eharac- ]
ter, and. in some respoota, so untrue In Ha state* j
menta, tnat you should have been satisfied at once I
I that it did not emanate from any souroe having
I the interest of this work, or of the city of Phlladel- j
j phia, at heart; but rather from a partv in tho in-
J-teroßtof New York and her railroads, and desirous, j
I under an appearance of fairness and friendliness, I
I to throw disoouragemont upon the completion of 1
I this grant enterprise.
j The most Important and damaging misstatement |
J of facts is, that the raUtond company “ worked off
the canal bonds at an average of between sixty
l and seventy per cent.” So far is this from being I
J true, that not a. single one of tho said bonds has
j been sold by the company at under seventy-five
] per cent., and from that prioe Tanging upWATda to
| par, tho average prioe realizod being about eighty
} five per cent.
I The Sunbury and Brio rood, although In one I
sense it may run “ parallel with tho Now York
I and Brie road,” does not do so la the sense that I
I they will bo rivals for the same local business. I
I Their lines aro upon an average nearly sixty miles,
I distant from each other, and the Sunbury and
I Erie, occupying the only natural passes through
1 the Allegheny mountains, between tho New
1 York and Brie and the Pennsylvania Central
I roads, can never ho injured by the construction
lof a rival line ; but all railroad improvements
I through that whole region must bo mere feeders to
I this trunk lino.
It Is true that nearly a hundred milos of tho mid
dle division of the Sunbury and Brio road extends
through a region, at present a wilderness, for want
of means of access; but a wilderness covered with |
the most magnificent growth of timberof any oth
er portion of the State, and underlaid with exhaust-1
less deposits of coal, iron ore, limestone, and other 1
valuable minerals, all furnishing sources of bust- ]
ness and revenue so soon as tho looomotive pene
trates this hitherto socludod region. The eßßtorn
portion of the lino, extending from Sunbury to
| Look Raven, a distanoo of aixty-six miles, passes
) through the fertile and densely populated valley of
i tho West Branch of the Susquehanna, and is now j
I doing a very large local business, wbioh must ofj
I course be greatly increased upon every further ox- 1
tension of the road, and the completion of the Lock
Haven and Tyrone and tho Snow-Shoo Railroads.
Even the email link of sixteen miles, now finished
from Look Haven, westward, to the mouth of the
Rattlesnake, which penotrntes only the vest!-
I bulo of the so-mueh-talked-of “wild cat” re
gion, and which is run once each way daily, by a
small mixed train, commands an amount of trade
I and travel far exceeding the estimates of the most
I sanguine.
The western part of tho line of the road, from
Brie to Warren, sixty-six miles, passes through a
highly-productive and thlakly-settled country,
dotted with towns and villages for the whole dis
tance.
The rails aro now laid to within ten miles of
Warren, and, within the next two weoks, will bo'
extended to that town. For some weoks past i
freight and passenger oars have been run daily;
from Brie to the extremity of the road, drawn by |
the same engino that took tho iron to the track
layers; and the earnings of this imperfect train
have been such as to render the prospect of a profit
able local business certain, as soon aa the oars can
roach Warren.
In considering the probability of the Sunbury)
and Erie road being able to pay the interest on its I
bonds, (to throw a doubt upon which seemed to bo I
tho principal object of the writer of the Herald's
letter,) we must take into account the extreme I
economy with whieh tho work is being prosecuted.
The Roe through ail this wild region of coun
try spoken of is actually costing much loss than]
half the amount net mile than the earlier survoys J
indicated m possible.
In pursuance of tho act of 21st April, 1853. tho I
Governor of tho Slate rccontly appointed three j
oivil engineers to examine tho whole line, nnd ro- j
port os to the coat of completing the samel The J
! work is now so far completed that thero can bo no
difficulty in arriving at this amount with certainty, j
and they report that tho present means of the
I company, even allowing for a very heavy discount
| cn their bonds, are amplo for the completion of tho
; whole line. One of thaso engineers is tho present
accomplished Chief Bnginoer of the city of Phila
delphia, and he will doubtless feel it right to re
port the result of his examination to the Councils
of the oity as tho Jargost stockholder ia tho com
pany.
A very important difference, therefore, betweon
the Sunbury and Erie Railroad and the others
with wbioh it has been compared will be tho com- j
paratively small amount of the debt of tho former, j
being, in the whole, but eight millions of dollars, I
and seven millions of this at fivo per cent per an
num, making the whole net earnings required to
pay tho interest huA a little over four hundred
thousand dollars por annum. No intelligent man
the least acquainted with, the resources of the
country traversed by tbit lino, and the connections
wbioh it will command, can for a moment doubt its
ability to provide, from the day the locomotive
traverses from this city to Brio, for much more
than this amount of interest. p. M. P.
New Periodicals.
The Atlantic Monthly for December, of which
we received an early copy on Saturday, from Mr. j
T. B. Pagh, Arcade Buildings, has* been looked for {
with some degree of anxious curiosity, os the first |
number under the new proprietorship of Tioknor k I
Fields. It is a favorable specimen, and gives good j
assuranoofor the future. Authors' names are not]
affixed to tho difierent articles, but wo can affiliate
most of them. “ The Experience of Samuel Absa
lom, Filibuster,” whiob commences a narrative of
the expedition of 1856, under “ General 'Walker,”
In Nicaragua, appears accurate and is fall of
\ interest. A paper called “Thomas Paine in Eng
land and in France,” by Shelton, gives a narrative I
of Paine’s life from his roturnto Europe in 1787 to
his final departure in 1602. ‘ Thero are many de
tails hero not generally known, and Paine’s career
in France during the Revolution is fully traced.
“Elkanah is an ogroea-!
ble novelette by Miss Priscilla Axtell, and tho i
boro is a Gape God boy, who finally settles down I
into a fisherman and painter. Dr. J. W. Palmer, I
the celebrated traveller and author, contributes
some desultory foreign reminiscences, entertaining
and ploasant reading. “Beaut/ at Billiards,”
by E. If. House, a love anecdote: a loarnod, or
rather a scientific, inquiry into tho Aurora Bo
realis, by George B. Prescott, of Boston, and tho
conclusions of tho Minister’s Wooing, and the
Professor at the Breakfast TabJo, (this last wind
ing up vtith marriage and ending with a poem,)
and some capital reviews make about the contents
of the present number. There aro some poems,
of which “Magdalena” is by Nora Perry, of
Providence. The Magazine has variety and merit
to (recommend it, and happily inaugurates the
commencement of the new publishers’ reign.
From W. B. Jftobor wo have tho Westminster
Review and Edinburgh Renew, just repuhllshod
by L. Scott, oi New York, Iu tho Westminster,
tho most striking articlo is upon the Life and
Writings of Rousseau, boldly written and ex
tremely just. Thero Is also an able paper on Bo
napartism in Italy—tbo elder Napoleon's exploits
thero. Tho now the Edinburgh is tho
host, wo may say, rinse tho secession of Jcifroy,
thirty years ago. Thero is not a fooblo article in
tbe decade which it contains. Tho most noticea
ble, whore all are good, is A Visit to England in
1775, very curious, indeed, with its details respect
ing Dr. Johnson; tho Graffito of Pompeii; the
Italian War of 1857; the review of Thackoray's
“Virginians;” the Unpublished Correspondence
of Madame du Deffand; aud a very earnest de
nunciation of the Socret Organization of Trados.
It is “quite refreshing,” as tho phrase is, to find
the old filue-and-Yofiow Edinburgh as brilliaut
and able as in its purple youth. By the way, we
may here add that the Review, having occasion to
quote from Allibono’d Dictionary of British and
American Authors, describes it as “ a work of ex
traordinary research, and very commendable accu
racy. Thoro is scarcely a name in the wholo rnngo
of English literature which sooms to havo escaped
Mr. Allihone's notice.”
Tho An Journal for November has reached us,
through Air. Ziebcr. It has a portrait of tho
Princess Cbariotto, by Laurence, and O. Cham
bers' Greenwich Hospital, (these two from tho
Queen’s Collection,) and Park’s picturo of “ From
tho Moors,” all engraved on steel. Thero aro wood
engravings from eowo of Sir T. Lnurenco’s finest
paintings, w/th a variety of other fine illustrations,
and a great deni of good lotter preM. We see it
announced that, in tho Art Journal for 1800, will
bo commenced a now serial article, to bo continued
monthly, descriptive of tho Course of tho Hudson,
from its Sourco to tho Sea, written oxpressly for it,
by Benson J. Loaning, illustrated with original
engravings on wood, from actual sketches taken
during tho autumn of the present year.
Letter from Toledo, Ohio.
{Correspondence of Thft Press.]
Toledo, Ohio, November 17, 18;
llaving left Philadelphia, for a short time, to try
my luck in the West, I have hold up at this point.
Toledo, in Its appearance, Is rathor a pretty city,
situated upon tho banks of the Maumoo rivor.sorae
fifteen miles from Lake Erie, and has in ten years
grown to be a commorcial port of sorao importance,
numbering some twenty thousand inhabitants, con*
isting mostly of Irish, and soroo Germans. The
ity is built upon a low, fiat, marshy place, which
rendors it anything but a desirable place In the
summer. Fever and ague is the greatest annoy*
ance in the shape of disease. Tkero are some very
handsome buildings, among thorn the i( Island
House,” whloh is situated upon the “middle
ground,” adjoining the depot, and kept by the gen
tlemanly proprietor, R. P. Angier, formerly of the
Angier House, Cleveland. Business is dull at pre
sent ; a perfoct stagnation has come over the whole
West in a commorcial point of view. The railroad
companies appear to do a large business In the way
of transporting live stock and freight.
The Catholics of this city are holding a fair, in
Morris Hall, for tho benefit of the orphans under
the charge of the Sisters of Mercy, which is well
attended. The political complexion here seems to
be In favor of Douglas. The Administration wiogof
the Democracy Is not a decent u corporal’s guard,”
and these are in the employ of the post office or
customhouse. The Douglas wlngls led by Gen.
Junes B. Stedmtm, the fearless ana able o hampion
of the State-Eights Democracy, who, by the way,
will figure in the next National Convention, at
Charleston. Ohio will undoubtedly instruct her
delegates for tho “ Little Giant.”
- * NiPDT*SnADfI.
Letter from “Occasional.”
[Correspondence Of The Press.]
Wasjunotox, November 21,1859.
Although Congress Will assemble two weoks from
this day, there is Comparatively little agtotion as
to the organization of the House. Few strangers
are in town, and excepting the Senators who have
residences here, and now and then a member of
Congress from the adjoining States, Washington Is
duller than usual. That thero will bo somo delay
in the organization Is to be expected. Tho consti
tution of parties, the course of tho Administration,
and tho Harper’s Ferry affair, not to speak of other
considerations, will prevent an immediate election
of the different officers of the Ilouso. But Ido not
anticipate any suoh protracted strugglo ns tlmt of
1855-56. The oountry got heartily aiok of that con
test, and ft will scarcely tolorato any imitation of
it at the present day.
Vigorous efforts are being mndo to effect a union
between the Republicans and tho Southern Ameri-
cana—which may or may not bo successful. Those
having this matter in hand aro confident that it
There are some difficulties in the
will succeod.
way, wbioh their efforts may bo able to ovorcomo.
The Administration has bat ono object in view, nnd
thatU to put to tho sword all tho “rebels.” In
order to kill off John Hickman, John Schwartz*
William Montgomery, John B. Ilaßkln, Horace F.
Olarko, John Reynolds, Garnet B. Admin, Jetnr
T. Riggs, John G. Davis, nnd Isaac N. Morris, it
would bh willing to do anything short of voting
directly for an Opposition candidate. To destroy
thoso gallant men it would be ready to recommend
Its adherents in Congross to voto for tho plurality
, rule, so as to give tho organization to tho Republi
cans, if it woro not afraid of a bolt in its own
ranks. Its organs here, and oven some of its
I Cabinet ministers, are making indirect offers to
the Southern Americans to unite with tho Admi-
nistration caucus, and to make nominations in com-
mon. Mr. Buchanan, with all his frequent preten
sions of devotion to the adopted oitizons, has lat
terly taken it into his head that tho way to savo
the Administration from utter dlsgraco is to court
tho Americans. Ho is hugely enamored of them
since they accepted a portion of tho Democratic
ticket in New York. Ho likes them for their bolt
in New Jersey; ho applauds them for their refusal
to accept the Republican name in Pennsylvania,
and if ho can only convince tho country that,4he
Union is on the ovo of dissolution he expects to con-
quor the nomination at Charleston, and to buy A
rc-olcctiorj with their aid in 1860. The Americans
aro, however, not so oasy to court as the President
anticipates. They anticipate aud appreciate his
designs.
That portion of tho Opposition which looks to
the organization of the House simply for the sake
of tho offices baa gone to work for tho purpose of
surpassing the Administration in Us abuse of such
rebellious Demoorats as I have named above. A
correspondentof al’hiladolphin paper T am happy
to say the only ono in the United States) devotes
himself to this task with Interesting industry. He
started by speaking of tho gentlemen referred to,
(taking enro to except Hickman and Broderick,) iu
terms of more than contempt,and has ainco then per
sisted in his abuse of them nnd of their known die-
interested motivos. No Administration newspapor
has gono further in denunciation or ridicule of
(boro. Uvon tho Washington Star hn;»not been
more osuited. JIo has sought to impress his
renders with tho idea that the “ robels” have done
nothing to prove thoir sincerity and their power;
that they are a miserable faction; that they did
not defeat Glancy Jones, Owen Jones, llenry M.
Phillips, Allison White, and John A. Abl, in 1858;
that they did not make a bold stand against (ho
aggressions of the Administration in 1859; and
that they were utterly extinguished at the late
primary elections in Philadelphia.
I believe the correspondent in question, writing
for the paper in quostion, could be answored from
the oolumns of the latter, it it woro necessary to
show that tho men so shamelessly and provoked!?
assailed have boon repeatedly vindicated in those
columns. Tho only portion of his assault, however,
that requires any notice, is thßt in whioh he
charges that tho “rebel” Representatives in Con*
gresi “ domnnd” a consideration for their votes In
tho organization of the Uouse. I think I can speak
for the most of the anti*Locompton Democrats in
tho next Congroea when I say that I challenge the
correspondent referred to, or the paper for which
he writes, to namo the instance in which nny such
‘•demand” bos ever beon made. They have no can
' didato for any offioo. They fought the Adminis
tration of James Buehannu upon a principle; they
fought the organization of tho Dmnnor&tic party
whenever it was committed against principle,
without regard to consequences, and by so doing
elected a numbor of Opposition members to the
next Oongress. They, and those connected with
them, rejected and trampled under foot all offers of
compromise from the Administration and its mer
cenaries. They have never faltored in their de
nunoiations of the corruptions of the Administra
tion In all its departments, from that which began
in Kansas to that which exploded in the naval In* j
vestigating committee, ilnving done this in regard i
to an Administration which they assUtod to elect, !
X need not say (bat they aro not quite ready to
go on thoir kdees to ask office, and to beg
for power in any other quarter. They hate boon
quiet and unconcerned in the midst of the Rivalries
and speculations which have agitated other in
terests. It seems to me that, wbilo the Adminis
tration, with its pensioned butchers, is attacking
them on the ono hand, their silent and independent
attitude should protect them from tho assaults of
thoßo who profoss to be tho enemies of that Adminis
tration on tho other. Why this blttor, unneces
sary, and persistent calumny of them? What
have they asked from Uia ono side or the other
side? This much is certain: that, having boon
inured to a war with power on their own party,
they aro prepared for any aud stl the conso;-
quouoes of maintaining thoir independent position.
They have asked nothing, and thoy wilt tuk no
thing.
It is duo to tho Republican and to the American
papers, North and South, to say that, with the ex
ception rot'orrod to, they have not doomed U neces
sary to gooutuf tho way to lond thomsolvcs tea tcan
d&lous personal warfare upon a body of men who, du
ring two long years of bitter struggle, huroat least
proved their title to sincerity In their opposition to
the Administration, and to disinterestedness in
refusing to be seduced into tho support of that
Administration, ready ns It has always been to
rally to its standard all those who aro willing to ac
cept wages in Us eorvice.
Oriovous are the troubles of the men who hold
office under the present General Administration.
While John Tyler was acting in the capaoity of
Chiof Magistrate, the people who held place iinder
him were compelled to pay up regularly to support
tho nowspapers committed to bis policy. .To so
groat an oxtont did he carry this business tlmt, at
last, it became diffioult for him to Induce honest
Democrats to take tho positions ho had to bestow.
Rut Mr. Buchanan has surpassed his illustrious
predeoossor. There novorbasboen such a bleeding
and taxing of men in offioo as under his rule. Tho
newspapers who support him would starvo if thoy
bad not official pabulum to sustain them. Thou
sands and thousands of dollars have been expepded
to koep thorn up. Postmasters have bowi .dra
gooned into their support, and from th» Wash
ington Consitittitioti, under Bowman, down to the
little village sheet, soven by nine, tlut howls
after that chiof hyena, there is a constant
ory for more subscribers, Rnd for more aid and
| comfort. What with contributions to Adoinistra*
: tlon candidates nml Administration newspapers,
the fato of the office-holders is, beyond measure,
dismal and deplorable. Those in your city have
had a sorry time of it, truly. Not long ago thoy
were blod in advance of your State eUolion, to
raise money to»ehont tho public sentiment in the
subsequent primary elections. This, It was hoped,
would bo tho last demand upon their poekets; but
it appoars that thoy aro not to bo lot off so easily.
Colonel ITorcnco, not content with his lotting expe
riments in regard to pubiibhiug nowsjapers, has
started a magazine, and orders have forthwith
boeu issued that the offico-holdors, and particularly
the subordinates in the navy-yard in your city,
should subscribe and pay for it in advaace, and I
think you will find, upon inquiry, that that great
periodical is now in tho hands uf many a poor fol
low in tho navy-yard who can hardly keep his
family upon the amount bo receives atthe end of
every week. Oocamoshp.
Thomas & fc’o.vs’ Sales todav—J{j;al Estate,
Stocks, Ao., at 12 o'clock noon, aid 7 In the
Elegant and valuable books this ovesing, at tha
auction store, South Fourth street. ad>or
tisements and catalogues of both sales.
Elegant Walnut-street lloriduuco. Thoyadier'
tise for tho tfth December ono of tho finest brown
stone residences in Walnut street.
Handflomo residonco, No. 191? Green street—3s
feet front—with all modern conveniences.
Tun Comuon>ykai.th Insikanvb CoMrANY.—
Tho office of this flourishing company has recently
bocn removed from its old location, la Walnut
street, to No. 613 Chestnut street, whore a beauti
ful office has boon fitted up.
Statistical. —During tho present season
11,733 feet of four, six, and ten inch pipo have
been laid by tho Wator Department in tnirty*two
squares in the city south of South street, which
comprises the First district. This is exclusive of
the main on Broad and Washington streets. In
ths Second district, lying betwoon South and Vino
streets, and tho Dolnwaro and Schuylkill, 8,741
foet of pipe have boon laid in twenty-six squares.
In the Third district, which is located east of
Sorenth and north of Vine streft, 21,711 feet of
pipe have been put down in forty-nine squares;
and in the Fourth district, embracing all that por
tion of the eity north of Vine and west of Seventh
street, 23,949 feot of pipo havo been laid in fifty
three squares—making a total of 06,134 feet, and
160 squares. This pipe has been laid only In
streets which have been sufficiently Improved to
pay the cost of pipo, and also produce a revenue to
the department.
Burolaes in the Sußvnßfl.—Tllo burglars
having been drivon from the oily, in a great mea
sure, are casting about in the suburbs, in the pur
suit of their illicit calling. On Bnnday morning a
party of them visited the grocery store of Mr.
Maree, at the corner of Main and Levering streets,
Maflayunk. and attempted to force an entrance.
While In the act of forcing one of tho panels an
officer made his appearance, and the burglars
mode their escape.
Public Amusements.
At Waluut-street Theatre, last night, two novel
ties wore produood, for tho Benefit of that amiable
gentleman, indefatigable stage-manager, and ac
complished actor, Afr. £. F. Keacb. These wero
i«Buy Bins,” translated And adaptod from the
French of Victor Hugo, by Madame Julie de Mar-
guerlttes; the othor was a burlesque upon the play
of “Geraldine/' whioh has lately been popularized
here by the magnificent aoting of Mrs. Waller.
To consider a play, or a book, ao worthy of tho dis
tinction of being burlesqued or parodied, is to de
clare that it has already attraoted sufficient
notice for tho publlo to appreciate tbe ludicrous
points. Of this burloiquo, written by Mr. Fre-
derick S. Hill, it may be sufficient hero to say
that it is extremely familiar, and in remarka-
ble antagonism with tho romance, while it strongly
bring* out tho improbabilities of tho original
drama. The part of “Geraldines, the Hump
backed Drido, Bnr-mald in her Father’s (loger
beer] Saloon,” wasamusingly played by Mr. Frank
Drow, whose [mook-Jl/e//az may bo remembored,
while Alias C. Jefferson represents “ Hubert de
Jay , a Son of Malta and returned Filibuster,”
and Afr. Jlomplo dorelopod no small share of
ponderous humor as “ Rushttn, tho Bard of Tower
Hall, with an Organic Affeotlon.” Tho piece is
filled with absurdities, but they aro extremely
ludicrous, and that is tho conclusion aimed at.
Thoro is a good deal of comio singing.
“ Huy Bias,” a play in four Rots, with which tho
evening’s performance commenced, was written by
Victor Hugo, in 1838, for the great French actor,
Frodorick Lcmaitro, who playod it for ono hun
dred and sixty successive nights—literally sue*
eessive, for the Parisian theatres aro open on overy
night in the week. The plot may bo briefly
summed up ns follows :
The scene of “ Buy Bias” is laid in Spain, in
tho year 1093, when Charloa 11, tho weak and
ascotio monarch, tho last of the house of Austria,
reigned. Tho Queen, (Airs. Cowell,) at this tirno
but two yeara wedded, was a fair young German
princess, Mart* de Nurembonrg. Tho King,
spending most ofhis tirno in the Escurinl, in prayer
and retirement, loft tho affairs ofrtato in tho hands
of his nobles, Tho principal one in powor at tho
time the piny opens was Don Vasqncz, (Air. L.
R. Shewoll,) who, by his haughtiness, had offended
the Quoon, and being discovered in an intrigue with
one of her court, was through her influence banished
from court. Vasqitez, before loavlng, is resolved
on revenge. Ho has observed that ono ot his lac-
queys, a man superior to his station, has shown I
, strange emotion at tho sight of tho Queen, and dis
covers that ho has for her a violent and hopeless
passion. Flaying on this passion, ho obtains tho
consent of Ray Mas (Air. Keacb) to assume tho
name and character of his cousin Von Heuriquc,
(who has just returned from South America whoro 1
be bad boon absent many years,) in order to |
obtain to tho Quoen. The cousin hav
ing been arrested and sent back to Brazil,
Vasques presents liny Dias, under the
assuwod narao of Heuriquc , and departs, lien*
riqite, presented at court, gains tho favor of tho
Queen and rises to high honors—raising the dignity
and prosperity of Spain, until Don Ilmtique, in
the not of his highest powor. returns and bids him
reassumo his namo and station, threatening ex
posure should ho refuse. At tho same timo, Von
Vasques sends to tho Quoen an anonymous letter
writton by Huy Dias formerly, when aoting as
noorotiiry to Vasques, and without knowing to
whom it was addressod, appointing a meeting in
Von Jlennque's palaao at night. Ruy Dias,
seeing all is lost, rotires to the palace, I !
which is still his, ami, desperato and broken- j 1
hearted, takes poison. At this moment tho Queen j 1
ontors. Ray Was is overpowerod with horror ; he j
fed! cho is lost and bids her fly, but is met by Von I
Vfisqucz, who declares that’it is too Into, that tho I,
Queon will bo declared by him guilty and disgi need j
On ono condition he consents to save them : ho do- j
dares Von JVnrique’s passion to tho Quoen. (who J
still thinks him noble,) offers to obtain a divorce to
aid them in tholr flight, on condition that in a letter I
to the King she will demand her divorce and ao* I
knowledge her flight. Tho Quoen, who secretly |
loves Von Jlenrique , and who knows that both |
lives aro at stake, is nbout consenting, when I
Ruy Mat, to savo hor, snatches tbe pen from hor
hand, tells hor tho fraud that has boon practised, I
and his true name. Vatqncz confirms the truth,
And cbidos him for speaking too soon, and then re- I
nows his throats; but Ruy Dias, securing all tho
issues, snatches Don Vazquez's sword and kills
him. Then, confessing all to tho Queon, he im- I
plores pardon. The Queen refuses. He tbon tells j
her that he is nbout to dio, and falls dying at her
feet. Still she turns from him; till, nt his last j
gasp, she takes pity on him, and, as he expires, j
forgives him; and, with the key of a secrot door, j
glvon her by Ruy Bias, she la supposed to return
n safety and without dishonor to her palace.
This a slight skotch of tho main Incident* of a
very effootiro drama, in whioh there aro numerous
characters, and a good deal of incident. It has
been very handsomely put upon dhe stage, as aro
all the pieces at this theatre. It Is intensely fo
reign, of course, with many opportuuitios for good i
acting.
• Tho acting of this play was very good. Tho
main Intorost rests in thelntriguosof Don Vau/uez,
and the love of Ruy DU- tar thn Queen. In tho
first aot, Mrs. Thayer, as Mistress of the Robes ,
had a very amusing t6U to play, and did It admi
rably. The manner In which sho perpotuaily
places the restrictions of oourt etiquette upon tho
simplest desires of tho Queon was highly entertain
log. Mrs. Cowell, as tho Queen, was attired with
surpassing eleganco and richness, and looked
beautiful. Tbe part hns not very much in it, nor
did she attempt to ovorpiny it, wisely content with
■ making it just as effective as it ought to be. nnd no
more. Air. Koaoh as Ruy Dias , and Afr. Shewell
as Don Vasquex, played finely. The merit of
this drama is that tho interest advance* as the plot
is developed —a consummation which, however de
sirable, ta not always obtained by dramatists. Tho
i last act is especially effective. Ono coup de main,
• so to sny, in whioh, at tho mornont Von Vasques
• has the Queen in his powor, Ruy Dias, having se
cured all tho doors, dexterously possofscs himself
of his sword, tho only weapon in tho room, literally
••drew down the house.” Tho death soono was
i very fine, nnd tho curtain fell mnid loud applause,
i Mrs. Cowell and Mr. Kcach wore oullod out at tho
1 close.
Wo have again to notice tho splendid manner in
which this drain« has boon put ufton tho atnge,
and tho rich and appropriate costumos. "Where
tho scenes aro chiefly in a royal palaco, and one
of (lie characters is a Quoen, it was fitting that all
tho Appointments should ho splendid—and they
wero.
Tho liternry merits of tho play arc considerable.
Tho dialogue is expressive and pointed. Tho plot
is clearly developed. Wo havo rarely seen a piece
run so smoothly on Us first right. Tho favorable
recoption it has had warrants'its repetition, and
augurs well of its having not only a run now, but
of becoming a stook-piooe. Wo should be glad to
soo tho translator try hor hand nt an original play,
confident that it would succeed.
Ahcii-htubkt Tueatue.— A second representa
tion of “Tho Fast Mon of tho Olden Time,” at
tho Aroh-street Thoatro, last evening, was wit
nessed by a crowded house, notwithstanding the
raiD. It U beautifully noted and powerfully east,
and is a production of groat luorit, many incidents,
and full of hutnor nnd fino offeots. It was rceoived
with repeated applause. Tho ladies and gontlo
men in tho piece played with spirit and correct
ness. The wholo forco of the udmirablo compnny
at tho Aroh is in tho piece, and they all entered
into it whh hearty zeal. The olo<e of the play
was original in many respects, and was raptu
rously cheered. It is certain to ho another popular
and profitable investment to Wheatley and Clarke,
Letter from New York.
REAR KHTATU SI’KrU.VriONS—HVSKVATOU WADS.
WURTH- lUVAKD TAYLOR —TUB TA'IMAW \OMl
nations—tub MnK m;rAiiT*iKNT—Tnn ‘‘ in:art
or tub avuen*”
[Correspondence of Tho Press. I
New York, Nov. 21, I*M>.
Speculation in real estate Ims again taken a fres/h
iuipotus, in consequence of sovorM largo purchases
having been recently made In the vicinity of Cen
tral Park, at prices that haro opened (ho optic 9 of
those with whom thepurchaso andsaleof roal estate
is a regular burioew. One gentleman hat bought
two Mocks of tho Taiwan property, between Sixty*
third and SLxty.fifth sircotrf, forsluo,Uoo. Several
whole block* on Seventh and Eighth avenues, near
Macomb** dnm, have boon purchased by another
opulent individual Largo parcels on cachfidoof
tho city, above Central Park, aro daily changing
hand*, (ha point m all sides nppoariug to be who
>hall secure tho largest parcels. The plethoric con
dition of the money market affords mean-* tor all
of operation*, and those who possess facilities
or borrowing, or who hhve actual capital, are ven
turing freely on tho “ ground swell.' 1
Fx-Senntur .lames Wadsworth, of Buffalo, who
has filled tho mayoralty chair of that city, and
was tho first I>< nine rat over elected to tho Senate
of this Stale from Krio county, has determined to
remoyo from Buffalo and make this city his futuro
rcsldenco. Ho will prove a decidod acquisition to
the bar, and a powerful accession to the Demo
cratic party. Ho ia a gentleman of lino scholastic
acquirement*, an eloquent speaker, equally at homo
in the forum and on tho stump, and his presonco
and manner altogether agreeable ami winning. I
know of no importation that could be tnndo from
tho rural district* possessing so many of tho requi
sites of success, professional or political, ns Se
nator Wadsworth. Ho ha* tho advantage of being
thoroughly acquainted with leading men in every
part of tha State, is familiar with our legislative
and partisan history, and has that practical sort of
talent that promptly makes itself recognised amt
respected.
Bayard Taylor, who has ju«t returned from Call-
fi.Tnin, and who is writing for the New York ftfrr
entt/, at figures of delightful size, Is about to com
mence In that paper a series oi articles entitled
“ .Pictures of California, Ton Year* Later.” Mr.
B, T. was one of the early visitors to California,
having tramped to and through it in 1849.
Tho Tammany Hall Democratic Convention has
presented two good men for the offices of Mayor
and corporation counsol. Mr. Havemeycr La*
hitherto occupied tho Mayoralty chair, and is a
very intelligent, Upright, wealthy, and influential
gentleman. Mr. Titden is known to the legal pro
fession as a sound lawyer. They will carry an Im
mense veto from tho mercantile and property.
holding classes, irrespective of political affinities.
Though both arc decided partisans, they have
claims upon the support of evory man who desires
to sec an onorgotio and honest administration of
the city government. They aro opposed to thoul
dor-hittors and corporation plunderers of all sorts.
1 They are men of character, who cannot afford to
havo their administration soiled by any con
nection or complicity with the hives of ad*
venturers who swarm about tho City Hall.
They aro in a high degreo acceptable to the
h'ifth-A venue Democratic Vigilant Association,
and, from prrsont indications, aro satisfactory to
all shades of the city Democracy, excepting, per
haps, those whoso personal and pecuniary advan
tago was involved with tbo nomination and oleotion
of othora. Thero is every reason to suppose that
they will bo elected by tho usual large party ma
jority.
Tho Qro department b In n stato of efFervcsoenoo
on account of the election for the chief engineer
ship, which is to tako plaoe in January. Tho
books of tho department show that there are four
thousand two hundred and sixty firemen entitled
to voto. Mootings aro being held almost nightly
at somo of tho engine-houses, and all sorts of plots
aro hatched to promoto tho success or defeat of
particular candidates Tho fund of tho depart
ment is in a flourishing condition. During the past
year about threo thousand dollars has been added
I to its permanent capital, and during the same time
| uoarly thirty thousand dollars have been dispensed
in charities to thoso entitled to its benefit.
Church's “Heart of the Andes" will only re
main hero on exhibition two weeks longer. It will
then bo exhibited in the principal cities of tho coun
try, and nftorwards takon to England to bo en
graved.
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
REE DAYS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
ARRIVAL OF GBIT. BCOTT AT PORTLAND.
DojmiGvn'o oF Gen. ITaVney.
Hr. Lon«, Nov, 21. —Tbc overlanil mall, with
Snn Francisco dates to the 31st ultimo, has just
roanhoil Jefferson city.
Busiueaa ut Han Franoisco was unchanged. Late
advices from the East, giving information of in
creased shipments for California, bad caused much
dissatisfaction among the merchants.
The business portion of Volcunovillo. Aiuador
; county, was destroyed by fire on tho 2'Jtb Tho
loss is over $50,000.
ntou ORKGOV.
Advicos from Oregon announce the arrival
General Scott nt Portland, on tho 21st wit lie
was handsomely roceived. Ueneral Harney left
Portland soon aftor tho arrival of General Scott,
and it was supposed that he had taken offence al
boing superseded in thecommand by General Scott
From Havana*
TIIE NEW CART AIM CHXF.ftIT..
New Your, Nov. 21.—Tho steamship I)o Soto,
from Havana on tho 16th, arrived at this port to
night.
Nov. 17, Int. 25 long. 79.60, exchanged signals
with ship John Spear, bound north, with Joss of
foro and imzzcn top-gallant malts.
The DeSoto broke her starboard shaft, on the
mtwurd passage on the 13th, end mado tho rest ol
tho trip with ono wheol.
Activo preparations were being made at Havana
for tho recoption of tho expected new Captain-
General, who, it is said, will oome aa viceroy.
Uis Excellency, General Concha, it is said, has
rented a house in Havana for six months, whilst
another report has it tbAt he will reside for that
period at Ms late residonco at Marianna.
Tho weather was extremoly cold,
i It was understood that the now Captain Genoral
of Cuba arrived at Havana on tho night of the
wero slightly higher. Stock in port
86,000 boxes.
Freights and Exchanges wore declining.
Tho principal objeotof attraction in Havana was
tho opera, which, under Max Merottek, was per
forming to excellent houses.
HAVANA MARKETS.—The Susar market is avnirt
hi isk, with a jet increased advance of rates. Forman
ruLiees have been favorable. The transactions am
uiKin thobisisof reals parable for D.S.No. 12.
Stock At ono iioxcs.
Molasses has advanced to J’«32\£ reals ke; of 5'
jcallons.
Freights dull and declining. rather *hf
for. On London IS.fl'J <9* cent. pram, s on New York
and Tloston prein. > on NewOrleaus
V cent. T vm.tsipbt.i
From Central and South America,
New York. November 21.—Tho steamer North
Star brings late nows from Central and South
America.
Nieto, tho successful revolutionary Governor of
the Htatn of Bolivia, had taken Mampos Horn the
Federal forces.
Tho sloop-of-wnr Levant was nt Panama with the
Commodore on board. She and the Saranac were
going to San Juan. The Cyane was at Reatejo.
Mr. Clark, tho American Minister to Guatemala,
was seriously ill.
The cochineal crop had been greatly damaged by
heavy raius.
Homo nttompts at revolution in Costa Rica had
been suppressed. Mr. Dimitry, tho American
minister, nod recognised the new Government.
Valparaiso advices aro to Ootobcr JOtb, and Cal
lao October 21b There Is no nows of interest. Gen.
Franco had boon compelled by public opinion to
abandon tho reins of Uovomment at Guayaquil.
From Charlestown.
OHUKII REIGNS IN WARSAW ” —Rt MOR OP A
“ REHCU* ABliV” UNDER JOU.V BRONX, JR.
Ciiaulkstow*, Not. 21.— The oxcltement of
Saturday has subsided, and no suspicious parties
have yot boon discovered.
Governor Wise has letters from intelligent and
responsible parties, North and West, assuring him
o f the organisation of parties for tho rescue of the
prisoners.
Tbopresonco of the military has restored confi
dence and calmness in tho public mind.
Tho military aro preparing an encampment
The (iovjfcior will return to Richmond to-umr
row.
Wo havo cavalry, artillery, and iufuntry suffi
cient to encounter n small army of “ sympa
thisers.”
Ilia rumorod that Governor Who hu received
u despatch from Govornor Chase, of Ohio, inform
ing hioi that a large body of men, numbering from
<MJ to I,OM, aro arming for a rescue, under John
Urown, Jr., and will undoubtedly start for Charles
town.
Governor Wise is said to havo replied that, if he
(Chase) allowed thorn to cross tho lino, he would
cuter proceedings against him on the charge of
treason.
A despatch wjh also received on Saturday from
Fulled States Marshal Johnson, of Ohio stating
that from GOO to 1,000 men wero arming, for the
rcscuo, in that Stnlo undor John Brown, Jr,
commander.
The Order** lor Troops to Texas Conn*
WAMinoTort, Nov. 21.—The War Department
to-day countermanded tho orders lor six companies
of troops from Fort Monroo and five from Fort
Leavenworth to proceed to BtownsvUlo, there ap
pearing from tho latest accounts that thero is no ne
cessity for their proceeding Uxither.
'Apart from the object of affording protection to
tho Rio Grande frontier, tho various speculations
as to tho employment of so largo a force aro thus
dissipated’.
In of tho recent oejunenee* on the
frontier, a suggestion has been made to the Liberal
Government, from n distinguished quarter, that
immediate steps bo taken with a view of entering
Into an agreement or treaty with the Government
of tho Uuited States for tho punishmont of such
outlaws as Corlinu* And his men, tho main feature
of tho proposed arrangement being to treat offences
committed on either eido of the RioGrnndo as
against tho poaco of both Republics, tho parties to
I bo tried and punished according to the laws of the
| country in which they may bo arrested.
, Nouvolk, Nov. 21. —The ordi-is for troops nt
1 Old Point to proceed to Brownswlic havo boon
| countermanded.
tfric llailrond to be Sold Immediately*
Albany, Not ember 21.—Tho first-mortgage
bondholders of tho Erie Railroad having applied
to tho Comptroller of the State to advrrtiso and sell
tho road for tho non-payment of interest, the Comp
troller has placed tho matter in the hands of tho
Attorney General, who will proceed at once, under
tho act of ISIS, to sell tho road with all tho appur
tenances.
The ISaltimore amt Ohio llnilroud.
Baltimobp, Nov. 21. —Tho report of tho Balti
more and Ohio Railroad, presented in-day nt tho
annual meeting of the stockholders, is highly fa
vorable, showing h dtorcaso in tho expenses for
tho year of $902.00<), and an increase iu the net
earnings of $657,000.
<»ulc on (lit* St* Lnuroucc.
Montukai , C. K., Nov. 21. —A fterrifie gate
prevailed on the fc>t. Lawrence, below this place,
on Saturday night. Tho ship John Bull wont
ashore on lower end of tho inland of Orleans. The
weather was eo thick and rainy thnt tho steamship
North American wnaobllgcd tonnehorofftho Pillar
from half past two o’clock on Saturday afternoon,
till yenteiday (Sunday) morning. She passed
Father Point soon after one o’clock this morning.
Tho weather u now «.leaf, with a strong westerly
wind. It froze hard boro last night.
Nkw York. Nov ?!.—Lisbon (Spain) nth ice* to
October 2Glh rtp.tc that the Imrlc Sabrina. Captain
<l«ltv, from Marseilles August 22>1, for Button, iw»?
abandoned at -ea October Kith, in a sinking con
dition. iler ofliooM and crow wero roscuod, and
brought to Lisbon by the ship Win. Jarvis, Captain
Ballard, from New Orloum*.
Boston, Nov. 21.— AW aboard tho ship Favorite
perished in the rocent loss of that vessel.
HlothodiNt Church nt Lynn, Mim.,
Burnt.
Boston, Nov. 21.—Tho Methodist Church on
Union ®trcot, in Lynn, Moss., was burnt last night.
Lo.ii, $20,000.
Prizc»Fipbterj) in Trouble.
Bitiwt.o, Nov. 21.—None of tho prize-fighters
have yet been arraigned, though tho warrants have
been issued.
Morrissey was hero on .Saturday, engaged Hon.
Eli Cook ns his counsel, and then left far Now
York.
The Sloop-of«Wnr iVnrrngnusctt
Norfolk, Nov. 21.—Tbo new steam sloop of-wat
Narragansett, from Boston on tho 14th, arrived
hero to-day, en route for the Pacific Fqundron. Her
performances on her trial trip wero satisfactory,
Arrival of the Snvouia,
Nnv. - York, Nov. 21. —Tho Snxonia,
from Southampton on tho Ith, arrived nl this port
this evening.
Non-Arrival of the Indinn
Fortum*, Mo, Nov. 21—11 o’clock B. M
There are no signs of the steamship Indian, now
due, with Liverpool advice® of the Oth in"t.
A storm is Ihroalening.
The Colchester Bank Cn*e.
Hartford, Conn , Nov. 21.—Warren LeUnd
has been fully discharged in the Colchester Bank
case.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
Avkjucan Academy »r* Music.— Complimentary
BcdcE-. to tho Miaies Heron.
„ tV>taT*T-STKHKT Thratsv. corner -Walnut and
Ninth etreet*.— “ King's Rival " GeraMtneo.”
WIIBATLXT & OLAXKK’S AT»MI-STXaKT Thbatbk,
Atoll atreot. *t«y« s.xtu—“ Fast Meu of tha Olden
Time 61* Neighbor's Wife ”
NATioxAt. Tukatrb. Walnut ■♦reel. between Eighth
and Ninth.-" Ran Rice’s Great Show.”
Tbmple or Wown*B«. northeast corner Tenth and
Chestnut atreot*.—Sicnorßbtz.
McDonough a Oaiktix*, Race street, below Thmb-
ILntertamnieay* nightly.
gAwroßn’e Opera Hocgx, Eleventn atreet. above
Chestnut—Concerts niehtly.
Eighteenth Anniversary of tub Mer
cantile Beneficial Association.—A very large
Budionco attended the eighteenth annivemty of
tho Mercantile Benoficial Association at Concert
Hall last evening. On the platform we noticed
several gentlemen of distinction in merean’lle,
clerical, and literary circles. The Germania Or
chestra, tndor Carl Sent*, filled up the rear of the
house, arid diversified the oratory and applauae
with sweet and well-performed music.
John Welsh, »q., the president of the awocia
tion, made a few remarks, in which ho explained
the objects of tho association to bo—the promotion
of friendship and affection among its members;
the relief of each other when in want; the culti
vation and interchange of kind feelings between
tho older and younger members of the association,
and tho incidental elevation of tho mercantile
character. There was deep philosophy—a phi
losophy whose source is hard by the throne of God
in the position assumed in the constitution of this
association, that the effect incidentnl to the success
of its primary object is the elevation of the mer
cantile character. (Applause.]
Commerce as a handmaid to labor bad a field co-
oxtenaivo with the globo. Labor wus the producer,
commerce the distributor. They both were duties
ordained by the Almighty to supply the want 9 of
ht 3 creatures. Recognising tho grand principle
that honor underlays all mercantile transactions—
feeling that this association was an exponentof
this principle, he commended it to the kind and
fostering care of tho public. And in conclusion he
hoped tnat the ningie-heartednew and purity of
tho?o who now guide its affairs would act as a lever
to tho whole body of the association. Such being
the coso, it would not fall in the attainment of its
objects.
Mr. Welsh then introduced tho secretary, Mr
Charles g. Ogden, who read tho annual report. It
was a well-read and woll-written roport, and ex
plained, in a lucid and interesting manner, the
operations and hopes of tho association. From this
report we learn that the association oontains 993
membors. Of this number. 50 are life members,
aDd 943 active members. There had been noredg
nations during the year, and but 13 deaths. The
receipts of the year amounted to $3,300, leaving in
tho hands of tho sssociation the sum of $13,406.
Rev. Hichiird N«wtou, I>. D.. was not a merchant
and never was. Habit was n Bccoud'nature ; and
a preacher of twenty years felt out of his element
if he bad so text, lie would take his text from tho
tie of his rejwrt—Mercantile, Beneficial, Assocm*
tion. It divided itself into three heads, quite
enough for a reasonably lengthy address. On the
principle that a clergyman had the right to trans
pose his text as he pleased, he would, in the first
place, consider the last or the three—Association
The world was an association of beings, the sun
light nu association of rays, the ocean an associa
tion of drops, the earth an association of particles.
This Union was an aa*oeiation of States. With
rerorenoe, he said that Heaven was an association
of glorious souls—Divinity was an association of
all tho attributes that surround the tri-une God
head. Whore would we be if wo sought to erase
thoso associations 7 Confusion, anarchy, and( dis
union It was au age of associations. Associs.
ion covered this laud with raifroads-rit cir.’led
the world with the lightning—it fed the hungry,
clothed the naked, cured the nick, and sent the mis
sionaries of charity and religion into all the world.
This harmony was cosmopolitan, and this associa
tion was only in keeping with the rest of the
world.
His second point was the ‘'econd word of hia text
— mx-rttviiile. All the gold in the world could not
make a merchant. To In a merchant implied edu
cation, intelligence, honor, and honesty; that labor
was God's sign manual of nobility, and thatho was
a nobleman who chose to labor. To bo a merchant
requires industry and perseverance. YTereadof
Ryron that he rose one morning and found himself
famous, and we often read of men rising and find
ing themselves rich. This was not tho way to ob
tain money. There was no royal road to learning
—no royal road to wealth. It required labor the
most untiring. and honor the mo?t xmspotted. To
be a merchant-princo was to combine all these
qualities, and when they wrro combined we bad a
merchant-prince in all his glory.
There was nothing in tho world more minute
and insignificant than a grain of sand. We could |
hold a hundred on tho Up of the finger. Vet when
Omninoteucc wanted to erect a harrier against the
ocean's path He merely combined these gratn3 of
-and. What a magnificent example of the power
of association! The coral insects, so small and mi
nute, when combined under tho gurgling currents |
in tho bottom of the sea associated themselves Into
islands for the snn to shine on, for man to lire on.
for fruits to grow on, and for the Gospel to go forth
on its work «f benevolence and religion When
the armies of England stood on the plains of Wa
terloo, and breasted the tide of desolating war that
enmo in tho van of the groat Napoleon, they only
exemplified the power of association, and saved
Europe.
Tho example of these merchant princes was one
that should be imitated by tho young men of this
association. Tboy should feel as the French army
on the Egyptian plains, when Napoleon, in con
juring them to remain firm, said that forty centu
ries wero looking down on them. Tho principles
oi honor, beneficence, and religion wero ineuleated
by the speaker In hii closing remarks. When he
took hi* scat it was aruid long, loud, and enthu
siastic applause
After a pieco of music from tho musicians, Mr.
Morton MoMichael made tho concluding speech.
Ho was very well roceived, and went on to Hlastrate
his address with a number of classical allusions to
commerce and merchants, the felicity of which
called forth tho loudest applause. Tho merchants
of this day, and their achievements, their enter- j
prise and self-sacrifice, wero lucidly, elaborately,
and eloquently set forth, and were well received.
In answer to the assertion that Philadelphia was
a 54 oac-horso town,'' the speaker was very sarcas
tic. Accidental circumstances—circumstances that
could not bo controlled—had militated againrt Phi
ladelphia; but ho felt ho was uttering a wife pro
I diction when he said that in fifty years Philadel
phia would bo the leading city of America in com
merce, refinement, and metropolitan jxwer.
j The speaker, in n rapid and cloqneni manner.
| sketched the capacities of Philadelphia and the
: internal resources of Pennsylvania, and augured
! from tho description a most glorious futoro for our
city. After eulogising the benevolenoe ot the as
sociation, ho concluded hia lengthy remarks, of
which this i* a meagre local-item synopsis, amid
great applause, after which the orchestra played a
couple of beautiful pieces, nod the vast audience
slowly separated.
A.V E.XTK.VSrVB I’IRE—A Fjbexax Kilied
kv v Stkam-knoine.—Yesterday morning, shortly
after ©le\on o’clock, there was an alarm of fire, oc
casioned by tho burning of tho store of John Hegcy,
So. POfi Market street. The building was occupied
by Mr. llagey as a confectionery and fruit st‘*re.
In tho uppor stories there was a manufactory of
confectionery, a room filled with confectionery and
firoworks, and his dwelling house In the rear. The
fiamos burned for nearly two hours, consuming tho
stock on hand, tho machinery, and the household
goods of Mr. Ilagey. Tho lower part of the build
ing whs deluged with water, and injured very se
riously. There was an unusual representation of
tho fire department, and every effort made to
quench tho flames. The building is injured to the
extent of $l,OOO, which is covered bv insurance.
It belongs to Mr. Robert Tomey. Mr. Hageyh*
stock is covered by an insurance of $5,000. llis
furnituro is uninsured.
During tho progress of tho flames two men stand
ing on Market street were run over by the Vigi
lant Steam Engine, and injured. One of them was
only slightly hurt, but tho other, Mr. Samuel Kes
ler, was killed. The front wheel passed over the
stomach of the prostrato man, aod turned him over,
when the hiud wheel passed over bis back. Mr.
Kessler was immediately taken into a house in the
vicinity, from which ho was removed to the Penn
sylvania Hospital, but he died before reaching tho
institution, Mr. Kessler was advanced in life, and
was an old memhor of the Schuylkill Hose Com
pany, having belonged to it for thirty year* Ho
was tho sexton ot the Presbyterian Church at
Eighteenth and Arch streets, and leave? a family.
Tho driver of the cnglno was taken in custody to
await tho result of the coroner’s inquest.
A Hour among thk .Ksctlanaxs.—There
was nuife an excitement rctrtorduy, to the ground*
attached to the medical department of tho l*ni
\crrily. The disturbance aro?o from h trifling
matter, and resulted in tho arroatof two student*
by 11)0 officers. They were taken before Alder
man Bottler, where they hnd a hearing, ami wore
held to answer tho charge at court. There has
such an evident attempt among the adherents
and friends of tho belligerent devotee* of thera
peutics nnd chirurgy to conceal this affair that it
is only with difficulty we can give this meagre ac
count of the disturbance. lYheu medical students,
to usn a vulgarism, •• go on their muscle,*’ they
mutit not expect an immunity from the pencil* of
tho reporters.
A Pur or AmnEXTrf.—Yesterday after
noon, about fivo o’clock, two horcC* started down
b'ixth street in a frichtful pace At Sixth ao-l
J‘it7water etreots they overturned two women
standing at tho corner. One of them named Bridget
McNulty, about forty years of age, was knocked
down and had her right leg fractured. Tho wo
man was romovod to tho hospital. A peculiar
hnrlship in this case lief- in tho fact that ehe h-t*
an Infant not quite n month eld. A woman stand
ing alongside named Jeffries was also ran o> cr and
severely bruised. She wa3 also taken to tho hos
pital.
A PiUiBAMiK Oasi: or IiOMICIbK.- -Yester
day afternoon. about five o’ohvi, a quarrel broke
out in a house cn Hn-Jt street above fcf.mth The
quarrel ariwo bohvem Mr. O’Keef?, n cobbW, and
ldsasifu During tb"> progress of the >jtrarr< l, Mr.
C’Keefe Bt.ibhcu hi® wife in the abdomen, inflicting
a wound that may prove fatal. Mic was taken to
tho Hospital, and" at n bite hour Inst night wna in
u oriticul condition, iho hu’sband wsa arrested
and held to await tho result of hi* wife's injuries
Political.—Tl'-'’cv.uua public meeting at
the Franklin llsll bat evening, of the Young
Men's Central Kepi-bKcan Club of Philadelphia.
William E. Thoma'*, Cc>rge A. Coffey. jlenrj Bru
ner. M A Drojuie, an t other gentlemen protni
uent in locnl polities, made brief speeches about
their party, its prospects, and Republicanism gene
rally.
Dkatii of a TEhtonAru OrißATott.—Thca.
J. Chandler, tor a long time a telegraph operator
in the Second district, died yesterday morning, nt
his residence in tho .Seventeenth ward. A meeting
of the municipal electricians will be held at the
Centrnl Station this morning to give a formal ex
pression of their feelings on the occasion.
A Stibium? Case.—There was something
of a disturbance on Sunday night, in tho vicinity
of Btowu and Fourth streets. A party of rowdies
attacked a seaman, and in tho eonrso of the af
fray ono of the parties stabbed him in tho abdo
men, injuring him in a very serious manner. Jle
wn<s removed to his home, on Front street, near
Spruce.
Rowdyism.-—Michael Cron sc, John Adams,
and Robert Bingham wero held in tho pum of
bail bv Alderman King, to answer the charge of
n>jpnultin" Officer Jdolbof the Twenty-second ward,
while in the pursuit of hi* duty, on Sunday morn
ing.
Romikry.—A tiny or two since, George
Johnson was arrested, «>n tho charge of having en
tered a .store, on tho Darby road, near the Alms
house. Alderman Warren held him to answer the
ehargo
Completed-—-The sale of stalls in tho East
ern Market has been completed by the sale of those
devoted to the sale of fish. Tnenty-three of them
were sold at premiums ranging from to $lO9-
Gvabdum of the Poor Tho Bond ol
Guardian* of the Poor held its eta tod mooting yes
terday. Iu Jhe absence of If. W. Keyier,
the president, d. M. Linnard, Eaq., was, on motion
of Mr. Evans. called to the chair.
From the luuie agent the centos wu reported, as
follows:
No. in house at li o\*l»j\ U,t SatordAj
“ *• same time last jear.. ..
Increase U
Admitted daring the last two weeks, 241: births. 5;
deaths, lb; discharged, 93; eloped, 42: bound
The Board of Visiters presented the monthly
summary of oat-door relief. From this rummiry
we learn that 391 hare been sent to the Alms-
house ; 123 white and 100 black adult Americans,
2d! foreigners, and 93! children hare been re-
lieved. Four funeral* have been provided for, and
2 coffins furnished. The tarn of money appropria
ted is $111.50.
Two applications for relief were received and
appropriately referred.
The Committee on Perquisites and Salaries pre
sented a report, in whicn they recommended that
all perquisite* be suspended with the exception of
house room on the premise*. Some ninety-one
recipients of perquisites had been examined by
the committee. These perquisites ranged from
$l,BOO (besides the salary) to $-40 per annum. A
great many perquisites were comprised in the
item, “ Dinners, forty dollars ” In the steward'*
item of perquisites tkorewere such items as tbeeet
“Fuel and light, $150;” “Milk and cream.
$182;” “Dwelling, $400;” “Servant#, $150;”
** Waiter, $149 ; 5 ' “Horse and driver, $250;”
“ Profit on physician’s board. $320.” The*tewanTa
perquisites amounted to
We annex a few specimens of the perquisites
which will be found interesting*
.. , „,, b*Urr. fema««tss.
Marshall Henley, steward ...dl.au £liro
Rebecca Hasans, matron ftW J *A
1 h«o«inre Mjers. farmer ©e* VJ2
Win. (iraham.farilerier tsa 3*o
PC. Mrtiinley, ferryman.. it) 725
« . E. »eml*r, apothecary . IU
W. 15. K. Sell'jr, out-door ©ij Ev
Jiilin Herbert, engineer <.*o »0«
Annp Rn}ijn’*on./n.itro/i . ... o»> a«J
Kftchf*; Scott. t«>ari)er jsn Jio
Wm. gendritz, Uaker &) im
Doorkeeper |>>
Agent's clerV ]*3l
General watchman ct-5 >3
Outside •* hi 221
Superintendent zreen house... . li) ITI
The sum total nf salaries, as reported by the com
mittee, i* In addition to this sum, the
sum of so,a?4 is appropriated as perquisites.
The question on opening the proposals that bad
been received lor coal wa* referred to a special
committee, consisting of Dickinson. Robbins, and
Williams.
Mr. Robbies moved that the Committee on the
Hospital ho requested to elose the small-pox hospi
tal for the winter, arrange the furniture, and make
such a disposal of the bomse as may be deemed de
sirable. Agreed to
Dr. Anderson was then duly elected phydelan
in the Eighth district.
Mr. Cresson offered a resolution prohibiting vi
siters to enter the House on Thanksgiving Day.
This resolution led to a little debate, wbieh re
sulted in ita defeat.
The election of the physician and apothecary in
the Fifth district was reconsidered. on motion of
Mr. Esher.
The rules were suspended; Dr. Ranken was
chosen physician, and Mr. Hevl druggist.
Among other thiogs, a reanltition for five barrels
of white sugar was made. The Board struck this
oat, and passed the requisition.
Tiarixg Down* of Market Shew.—Yes.
terday morning the work of tearing down the
market sheds wsi commenced. Speaking of this
work, we can do no better than quote a few «n*
fencesfnvn the local column* of toe Evening BhU
Ittin. The authority is one particularly c*refal
on matters of local history, and may be confided
in “ The work of demolition was commenced,
very appropriately, near the spot upon which the
first stalls were erected, about one hundred and
seventy-five year# ago. The original nucleus of
the market sheds was at Second and Market
streets, and temporary shambles were first put
up at the western end of the square, between
Second and Front streets. These stalls were
not permanent at first, and they were pat upon
market days t<j be taken down again when the
sales tor the day were orer. The inch ihus given,
the ell was soon taken, and the shambles, is the
course of time, became permanent fixtures of the
street. This spot being the principal centre of
trade, and the location of the prison, the
‘great meetiDg-hoo«e' and the whipping-post,
the county court-house must needs be built
there also. and that queer old •tructur* was
planted directly in the middle of Market street,
upon the west side of Second. From this
point the market-booses worked their way west
ward slowly, until they reached Eighth street.
The extension.of the market sheds bejond the
court-home was much opposed for a time, and the
fir-»t mark'd stalls were torn down at eight by the
neighbors, as fast « the autbpritiw built them up
by daylight. The markets attracted to the neigh
borhood a certain class of small dealer* who con
sidered the existence of the stalls essential to their
prosperity. In course of time wholesale dealers
ousted the retailers from their old haunts, and the
markets became a nuisance in the crowded street.”
The work of demolition was commenced by a party
of laborers Ranked by a pwse of police. There
were some appearances of a disturbance at first,
as uiaDy of the occupants of the stalls were sot
disposed to go. The officers, however, prevented
ADy open rapture, and the work proceeded for a
little while, when it was interrupted by vary suc
cessful negotiation* between the butchers tad the
contractor. On the strength of these negotiations
the period of the markethouse’s existence was ex
tended until next Monday.
Death from Hemorrhage—SaGtxA* Co*
ijfrtDEXCE.—Mr. Pattlson, Jr., of Memphis, Ten
u«3>ee, while on a visit to Mr. William Ironsides,
of south Eighth street, (E. D.Jdied suddenly ©a
Sunday morning. Do retired to rest Saturday
night in usual health, and about three o’clock next
morning Mr. Ironsides war awakened by an usu*
fusl noise, and proceeding to Mr. Pattison'a room,
found that be had baraLi blood-vessel, and was
bleeding profusely froqUi Ibmi,_All attempts
to stop the
had a similar attack, and, fbratime, it war feared
he w< uld not survive. He has recovered, fcswwtr,
and on Monday evening U was thought ho was out
of danger.
i Mttnti News.—The gallant soldiery who
, wear such nice uniforms, and look formidable on
, parade days, wiU have a fine time on Thanksgiv
ing day. Orders have been issued to the First re
! gtment of infantry, first brigade, to parade <ra
Thursday next. Thanksgiving day. The line will
form at 2 o'clock, on Broad street, the right rest
ing on Chestnut. Captain Page’s State Fencibles
will escort the colon of the regiment. This com
mand embraces tbo State Fencibles, National
Guards, Minute Men, Independent Grays, and
Fust and Second Companies ot Washington Blues.
SiNoruK, Death.—On Saturday night, at
seven uVlnek. a tuan named Joseph Alien, 52 year*
of ngc, and residing in Moyer street, abovo Colum
bia avenue, wes choked to death, while eating his
supper. by a piece of meat sticking in his throat.
CITY ITEMS.
Lecture by Bayard Tatlob, Esq —The tilth
lecture of the popular coarse before the Feople'* Lite
rary laetituto will be delivered on Thursday •owning of
ttu* week, at Concert Hall, by Bayard Taylor, £•*., hie
subject to be, *• Alexander Yon Humboldt." A mere
interesting tbeme in the hands of this treat American
traveler couki not be imagined, and it ii not anomies
too much to say that the lecture watch Mr. Tajmr
will five ut trill afford a more accurate idea of the pecu
liar senim anil achievements of Humboldt than coald
be acquired by the reading of volumes. Concert Hall
w.uiM be filled to overflowing on that occasion if it
were twice its sue. As the lecture will be given on
Thanksgiving evcnirg we suggest to our readers that
tins intellectual repast will cons note afittifls to
the national observance of the day.
Tea, Stoar, and Cot*xe. Good, better, beat.
Cheap, cheaper, cheapest- John B- Love’s Tea
Warehouse, Seventh and Brown.
You cannot fail to please year friend* by pre
sentm* them with a Stereoscope and Pictures. The
largest variety in the city, at the New Emporium, 13
South Eighth street. Ja*. Csixul A Co.
K. W. Carryl A Co.‘a House-furoLshicg Store,
7U Chestnut street.
The rottowing will give the pub
lic sorr.o idea of the immense stock of Shoe* mmafac
tired by Dunlsirr. Of ladies’wear, he has no lew th&a
seiecty difiereut styles; Muse* 5 thirty, children’s fifty,
units’ forty, bo vs’ and youths’ sixty. Also, fer axle,
pure Gum Overshoes, and every style of Goodyear’s
Gums. Theaboie is no exaygeratiou Give him a exit
at 115 South Second street, corner of Carter.
Honest Indt-try Must Thrive —Letnomaa
bo ashamed t-> work. La r« rcau be ashamedofa bard
fi«t or a sualurnt countenance. Let him be ashamed
only of lerorance and sloth. Let no ra*n be ashamed of
poverty. Let him only he ashamed of dishonesty acd
idleness. Let no man be a<fcsined of coarse carmeut*
onlv let him aspire to comely and rrscefulcaes.frc'm
tho ‘'Contmeolal.” C’nthin* House, oortbeast *£?***
o| Chestnut and Eijrhtb streets. Our oUHfriecd. 31. T.
\Vil!u, t!ie ol i.tiug salesman of the estabbshment. con
siders all trouble a pleasure ic ibowins it* yatron*
thro;.;h the esVibUshcient-
Tevri>g Vntks the Market Hoises.—Tbe
work of tearing down the sheds on Market street com
irenced »esterr*»T moreme- Tl»ey hare grown out of
date and oleolete, and attention is m-w directed to
paiitia! private market bouses. This :i in keepint with
the spirit of thease.aedlhey have rone just as the old
f ;-hi jued tailors’ shop* have given way to the masrifi
tcnt Browu Stone Clothing Hsflof Rockhsll A Wrlsoa,
Ni>#. 605 and €O5 Chestnut street, above Sutb.
Knowiedre AM’ Cotton.—Cotuneroc is the
icac'.er of civilization. Threadsof thought, lessens of
).'Dt.\:i ?d' .ai.. , * , TT’rii* nnJ hu:uan ysvlicy, are spaa ateot
*. a mJ!», .ird •*hii‘rcd to instruct and civiLse the
heathen. With a cotton shTt the native Indian enrobe*
j miAf avith lessopt, aithonrh for a tanc he mxy
Sv i\ o no knowledge of their influence. The eotvn
tTPf it uot irreverently—m'.ynt be cultivated
.i* the Tree uf Knowledge. Much of truth is
m tho sMe sentiment, fora* trviy as a man dresees
ach'. so far is he advanced m cjviJjtauon and refine*
incut. Hence our advice to everybody to pstroniie the
f ishion.able Tailoring Establishment of R- F. M. Estra
da, No. 21 South Seventh street.
Good Advice —Girls, beware of transient joang
men. Never suffer the addresses of a stnoser; recol
lect, uno good steady farmer’s boy. or industrious me-
W.anic. i? worth more than a’! the flontmi trash :n the
wortd; the allurements ofa human dandy-jack, with a
s-.dd c n un ftUut his neck, i w .liking stick in ius paw,
smuc houes: tailor’s coat ou hit lack, and abrain’css
though fmey skull, can never make up the U«s ofa kmd
lather's home, a good mother's ommsel. and the society
.'i bn-thersi and sisters; th<*ir affections las'* while that
of such a toang intuit lost in the wane of the hoa*T
troon. Avoid all such noodles, and choose for your <x>m
paninn* \oung tnehof sense, energy, and ymdence.who
l u» their clothes of Granville Stokes, the celebrated
ilothier, N0.C07 Chestnut street.
New York Stock Exchange*—Nov. 21.
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p IV -,««. T . v nv 21.— P’ouradraneinc;aaletat
WhMtltotdl’.l SI 05.-1.10 for rod, and «l.BeUofor
white Porn active at Ai§tw*.. hasftdvan v ed
tf»2tS.* Pronsionsquiei. Hos* firm at S 5.
Ittboit Nov.2l.—> our f»rn. v,i.f»tQiurtendun
rl,'.» 'ed Receipts T2Fi>Ml»Fk-ur »rd ifCuLua tti.eat.
S lupments 2JW bids F k-ur ami bus Wheat.