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COMMISSION HOUSES.
ALTEMUS 6:1 COZENS.
241 CHESTNUT STREET,
SOLE AGENTS FOR
GREEN & DANIELS',
CELEBRATED I.VOEY FINISU
SPOOL COTTON,
WAEBABTED 200 YARDS.
11..rosoaaaeli sae oft : l;B4.Bst makes in the market tel.4-1m
WELLING, COFFIN, & 00.,
7120 CHESTNUT STREET.
Offer for sale, by the Packeae—
PUNTS, BROWN AND ELEA C RED MEETINGS ADD
DRILLS, CANTON FLANNELS.
DOTTONADES, CORSET JEANS.
SILESIA& NANKEENS, •
'BLACK
COLORED
DOESKINS AMBRIOS S A ND CASSIMERES.SEAMLESS BAGS.
BEION CLOTIIS, SATINETS.
'PLAID LINSEYS, NEGRO KERSEY&
KENTUCKY JEANS.
. Am,
SKY-BLUE RERSEYS, INFANTRY CLOTHS.
ARMY , FLANNELS, 10 and 12-ounce DUCK, &,., &a
dioo-mwf
RIC G . & HARMSTEAD,
4 pr 9 . I BTEAWBERRY STREET,
MBROH/LNTA
Foi no') sae, of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS
la9-9m
OUR SPRING STOCK IS NOW AR.
RANOF,D„
80,000 DOZEN
I.IOSIER Y,
AT LOWER PRICES THAN
lO PRESENT COST OF IM
PORTATN.
THOS. MELLOR db
• 40 AND 42 NORTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA. Ja3o-3m
JOHN T. BAILEY App.:
BAGS AND . BAGGING
OF EVERT DESCRIPTION.
NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET,
Ja27-6m PAMpittmat.a.
pHILAIY.ELPHIA
"BAG"
MANITFAOTORY.
SUE LAP BAGS, OF ALL SIZES;
POE 001t1S, OATS, COFFEE, TiONSDITST, &c.
ALSO,
SEAMLESS BAGS.
, OS stamina makes, ALL SIZES, for Ws che►D, for not
ctr4 l 2i CVMS , X 43 " O ".
Irn-tt No. 210 end 2AI OHLIROH ALLNT.
.sEttpiasy., HAZARD, dt
EtUTC.HINSON,
la. 119 CaIiTNIIT MEW,
001111.;113 . SI&N: MSRORA.ATB
THI SALE OF
PIIILAD3LPIIIA-MADS GOODS..
SEWING MACHINES.
STILL T . H.EREI
AT THE OLD STAND,
O s CHESTNUT. STREET.
Second loon *limasZayae's Hall.
WHEELER a WILSON
SEWING MACHINES.
The underlined has not removed, but Is ready at his
•(ttd Office to supply customers, at the lowest prices, with
-every style and quality of
WHIRLER. & WILSON SEWINTMACHINNS
Machines to hire; also, with flret.elass operators, to
4faivate families and hotels, by the day,
Machine stitching done at short notice, in any quantity.
)fitoblnee repaired and operators taught.
HENRY COY.
eIN GER 't
SEWINGMACHINES,
•
810 CH ,
ESTNUT STREZI v =
UM/a
THE WILCOX & GIBEtS •
yAluLy •
SEWING MACHINES
lava ben greatll improred. making it
BATINELY NOISELESS,
arid with Belfsdkuiting Hammers, are now roady tor nal•
08274 FAIRBANKS & EWING,
by
715 CHESTNUT Street. •
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(I.II3INET FURNITMLE AND Blip.
"-• LIABD TABLBEL
MOORE ,do CAMPION,
No. 261 Booth SECOND Street,
in connection with their extensive Cabinet Btudneac.llo
10W manufacturing a soperior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And hays now on hand a full supply finished with the
MOORS At CAMPION'S IMPROVP.Dwhich
are pronounced by all who have use them to be suPol•
tlor to all others,
For the quality and Antett of these Tables the mann.
atoturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout
the Unica. who are Smaller with the character of their
Work.
Ir=r'wn 77 lmwi
ROBERT SHOEMAKER lb 00.,
toitheast Comet Fourth and BLOB Strata.
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DIALERS
YOBEIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
It ANUFAOFOIIRES OF
Winn MUD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY. &a.
AGSM mos TUB ORLBBEATILD
FRENCH ZING PAINTS.
Dealers and consumers supplied at
=Me VERY LOW PRICES POE MON:
- • -
I ctiELNIELIUg BAKER.
MANVTACTUREAS OF •
LABLOS, CHANDELIERS;
, , EXTURES, &a.
STORE, 710 CHESTNUT ST.
NANOTACTORIES.
.18511 CHERRY Street, and FIFTH and HOLTIMETA
Jetl4m Avenue.
. 617 AROH STREET.
O. A. VANKIRK da 00.
MANUFACTURERS OP
C.HANDELIERS
AND OTHER
GAS FIXTURES.
Also, French Bronze Figures and Ornaments, Porcelain
end Mica 'Medea, and a variety of
FANCY GOODS
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Please eel/ and examine goods. deli-]y
CAUTION_
The well-earned reputation of
FAIRBANKS' SCALES
Zee Induced the makers of imperfect balances to offer
them as " FAIRBANKS' SCALES," and purchasers have
thereby, In many Instances, been subjected to fraud and
Imposition. Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured only b 7
the Original Inventors, S. & T. FAIRBANKS & CO.. and
etre adapted to every branch of the business, Where a
gorreot and durable Scales le desired,
FAIRBANKS do EWING,
General Amen..
splo4l MASONIC GALL. 715 CIUGITNOT ST
TERRA COTTA WARE.
Piney Flower Pots.
• Ranging Vanc e. Fern le twee, with Plante.
Orange Pots.
Ivy Vaasa, with Plants.
Caeeolette Renaissance.
Lava Vases Antique.
Consols and Carlatades.
Marble Baste and Pedestals. '
Oratkete, all sixes.
With large_ amortineut of other FANCY GOODS,
*suitable fo - CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, most of which are
*manufactured and imported for our own sales, and wit/
not be found at any other eetabllehment.
8. A. HARRISO
dee 1010 CHERTNIfT Street.
tINC ARMY AND TOILET MIRRORS,
The best in the world kr Hulick and durability.
B. M. S.
•
The best brand Silk Finished
VELVET RIBBONS.
bole Agent, BENJAMIN Id: SMITH,
185 DOANE Street, neer West Bro N adway,
(e/F9rn • ew York.
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VOL. 6.-NO. 169.
RETAIL. DRY GOODS.
cASSIM'RES,
CLOTHS, LININGS, &a.,
ComprieLag a large and complete stock of goods for
MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR.
THE . TRADE SUPPLIED AT REASONABLE PRICES.
COOPER & CONARD,
jai & B. CORNER NINTH AND MARKET STB.
IyrIISLINS.-WE HAVE ON HAND A
good stock, bought a month ago, which we are
selling rapidly at from 2 to 5' cents per yard less than
son Maurer.' prices.
neon
WAAISUTTAR,
ATTAWAIIO ANS, FORIIESTDALES,_
BAT MILLS, SOCIAL MILLS,
And other well-known makes. first-class Skirtings.
SHISETINOS.
10-4 Micas, 10-4 Walthams, 10-; Pepperell&
12-4-Amoskeags, 9-4 Batas, 9-8 Waltham& &0., &0..
81 - the yard or piece—some makes b_y_the case,
CLOTHS AND CASSIMSRES.
Raving been fortunate In holding a large . stock of
Fancy Casehneres.
Black do.,
Boys' d 0.,. .
Water-proof cwakiugs, • .
Middlesor do..
Fine Black Cloths, .
Linings, dtc., - . . . •
We are enabled to sell them much less thft the pre-'
sent wholesale prices. •• • . ••• ••
.N. 13.4—We .call our frlendi'-atteutten'td,tlief
• vance in all or the above within two or:three ear!. Liu!.
*lnge OS balm not Tot advanced our stock; • • '• 5
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-•T' , • . -• COOPER & CONARD,
~-44117-14, S. IL Cor. NINTH and MARKET Sheets.
TABLE LINENS AND NAPKINS,
-4- I have closed out a large stook of Linens, which I
will open on Monday. and sell 26 percent. less than they
can be imported for at the present time.
One lot One Union Table Damask, at 6236 c.
Ono lot all Linen Brown Table Damask, at 6234 e.
One lot ell Litton Bleached Table Damask, at 760.
One lot do. . much Suer, at 87)414131.
Three different widths of those very heavy hand-loom
half-blenched Table Linens which are desirable.
And the cheapest lot of Napkins in the city.
One large lot of Snow Drop pure linen at Si. 75.
One do. Damask, very heavy, at $1.73.
One do. Snow Drop, finer, at M.
One do. Snow Drop do $250.
One • do. Damask, line and heavy, at Kt
These are worthy the attention of Housekeepers. for
they are pure Linen, and low priced Napkins are scarce.
lit Doses fine Handkerchiefs all Linen, at $1.60,
worth 62.
100 Doz. very fine do. at $2, worth at least $2.60.
Ono lot all Linen Towels, at 21.50.
One lot do. finer do. at $225.
One lot largo size, fringed with border all around,
Russia Crash, at 14 13, 16 and 18ffe.
Linens ace advaneing on account of the high price of
gold and the heavy duty on them, which is still increas
ing
he above lots are very low. and ebonld be attended
t. once. CiReNVILLE B. RAINES
16-3 t 1013 MARKET Street. above Teeth.
1024 CHESTNUT STREET
E. M. NEEDLES.
' No. 1024 CHESTNUT STREET,
Asks the SPECIAL ATTENTION of the Ladiesto his
LARGE STOCK of
WHITE GOODS, LACES. EMBROIDERIES,
HANDKERCHIEFS, &c.
A granter part of his goods have been parchased
previous to the recent GREAT ADVANCE; and
are now being MAILED at LESS than whole
sale prices. He has JUST OPENED:
100 dozen broad . Hemstitched Hdkfs., at 30c.,
and upwards. _
SOS dozen corded-bordered all-Linen Hdhts.,
at Mc., worth 20 cents.
50 pieces plain, buff, and white Pigne, for
Children's wear.
SO pieces printed and dg'd Plqn6, for Children's
wear,
NOVELTIES IN LADIES' BOWS.
Emb'd Munn, lace trimmed, &0., received
every winning, from Me. to Si - . felo-tf
1024 CRESTRDT STREET
°LOSING OUT WINTER, STOOK AT
.01110P.M 114P.1T mjBko.— .
IDIOT i run BC MIMI DI B 8 6S9L'
Trt Amer can pi p:cinem a scae oce.
impoeUel trim, Gon •at cost *UAL
These goode are all really cheaper than Galleeeis.
Plain Silks, rich colors.
Small-flgored Corded Silks. solid colors.
Plain dad figured Black Silks. •
Very heavy Urn Grain Black Silks. .
Rich styles Fancy Silk a. •
All of thenegoods are at last fall's prices.
Pretty styles Fancy Silks, *e, 615, 7d.cts.
Plain Black Alpacas:
Single and. donble-width Black All-wool Delaines.
Plain Black Retinue, Cashmeres. and Reps.
All at last fall's prices.
Englishi Merriam Cocheco, Sprague, and all the
best makes of Prints the market.
Pillow Case, Sheeting, and Shirting Maslins. Wil
liamsville and other approved makes.
9-8 Waltham and Pocaeset, 5-4 Layman, unbleached.
all iglus than the agent's cue prices.
H. STEEL & SON.
tel Noa. 713 and 715 North TANTH street. •
SPLENDID STOOL ON HAND.-
All the best makes of Calicoes; •
All the best makes of 'Muslims.
All the beet makes of Linens. • •
All the best makes of Sheetings.
Ail the best make a of Napkins.
Together with Towels, Crash, Diaper linckaback. Bird
;ye. Burlap, &c. &a.
White Cambric and Jaconet, fall line.
Ilitinsooks and Plaid Muslims, fall line,
Winter Goods closing oat.
Shawls, Merinoes, closing Oa.
Balmoral Skirts, all prices.
Bilk and Linen Wk.% mks assortment. At
JOHN H. STORMS',
702 ARCH Street.
EDWIN - HALL & 8R0.,. • .
516 South SWORD Street.
Have reduced the reieedof
Taney_ Silks, _
Rich Printed Dna Goods, .
Choice Shades of Merinos'._
• Beautiful Colors of Reps or ..ropline.
AA-Wool De Lathes.'__ •
All kinds of dark dress goods reduced.
Also,
-______Rimkes . llrAittlhgt ,... • _
Bulb new styles of Blanket Shavili&- ---
4-4 Lyons Silk velvets. pare Silk.. .delekt
lyl,Y GOODS MI •IigNTER.
bench Merinos. • • •
Oolored il e
Sol onseellnes. •• ' ••• • •••
Ponit Des, ••• :•: • ;,* • •
Foulard Silks,
Blanket Shawls, • ~.•
Balmoral Skirts.
Black Mike,
Fancy Silks,
Black Bombazines,
Worsted Plaids,
Cheap Dotaines,
French Chintzes,
Shirting Flannel&
Broche Shawls,
Fine Blankets.
Crib Blankets.. •-•
8111LF.PLIMS BIZOTIE
CHESTNUT end. 'EIGHTH
NvILLIAMSVILLEB, • WAILSIITTAS,
York Premiums, Yorestdales, •
Edward Harris, Bay Mill, and
Other good makes Shirting!. ' •
10-4 Utica, Waltham
L aud Pepperell nesting&
EINE IKENS '‘ • •
At nearly old prices.
Cheap Damask Cloths, Power-Loom Linens, •
Good Napkins. Fine Towels and Doylies.
BLACK ALPACAS.
Fine Colored Alpacas,
Prints, Delatnes, Cheap Reps.
i=ti l s ll -Tott e slgi - tz. tall shp, 119.
Closing out Winter Cloaks and einawle.•
Closing out Boys' Winter Clothing.
COOPER Is COSTARD,'
.444-K R. 11Fenrnei , NINTH and MARKYNlitreets
WYRE & LANDELL, FOURTH AND '
-I- 4 ARCH, haire a line Mock of •
GOODS FOR FAMILY CUSTOM.
Good Large Blankets.
Good Linen Sheet - Inge.
Good Muslin by the piece.
. Good Unehrinking Flannels. •
Good Fast Colored Prints.
Good Table Linen and Towels.
Good Quality Black Silks.
Good Assortment Colored Silks. jai
CRIB AND CRADLE BLANKETS.
N. , Large Crib Blanket&
Fine Cradle Biankets.
Jel BYRE 4.LARDBLL. FOURTH and ARCH
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
PITLE, FINE SHIRT EMPORIUM,
IND I REM 611:111 MARTI
JOHN 0:. Arkiil6ONg
(FORMERLY J. Buzz MOORSJ
F M "TI 1r I
le $ LINO 0 *J SWAP citJ ; ~II (.:1:11k(e VIII.) Big
IR GREAT VARIETY ADD AT MODERATE PRICES.
N.B.—Particular. attention given to the making of,Shlris.
Collars, Drawers, dra ja24404
FINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
The subscriber would invite attention to his
IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS.
Which be makes a specialty in his business. Also, con
stantly receiving,
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
J. W. SCOTT,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET,
3al7•it Four doors below the Continental.
PAPER HANGINGS.
THIL.4pELT.s3A..
•.. .
PAPS HANGINGS.
HOWELL & BOURKE,
CORNER OF
FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS,
• MANUFACTURERS OP
PAPER HANGINGS
AND ,WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
Offer to the Trade a LARGE AND ELEGANT ASSORT
MENT OF GOODS, from the cheapest Bran Stock to
the Finest Decoration&
N. E. COB. FOURTH AND IVI.A_RKET sr REETs.
N. B.—Solld Green, Blue, and Bun . WINDOW PA
PERS of every Milo. (el9-2m
A OPPENHEIMER;
NO. 231 CHURCH Alley, Philadelphia,
CONTRACTOR AND MANUFACTURER OF
• • ARMY CLOTHING
Of Every Description.
TENTS, ALSO,
HAVERSACKS,
PONCHOS,
CAMP BLANKETS,
KNAPSACK/Land
BED TICKING& POE HOSPITALS.
ILLTEBUL BOUGHT OR comAcroas.
All goods made will be guarantied regniation in else
N. B. Ordain of any else filled with despatch. ja7-3m
()ARO PRINTING, NEAT AND
N./ Cbeak, at RUTOWALT A BROWN% Ui South
fOURTH sweet. below Chestnut. • 9E84
Ett ttss.
WEDNESDAY, FEB/WARY 18, 1888.
The Late Marquis or. Lansdowne.
The death of the Marquis of Lansdowne
is reported. He would have been 88 on
the 2d of July. His father, the first
,Mar
quis, is historically known as having beeit
Prime Minister of England in 1782-3, after
the Rockingham Ministry was_ broken up
by the death of its head,* and, as friend and
correspondent of Dr. Franklin, Must have
bad some satisfaction in officially signing
the articles which ended the American war
by acknowledging the nationality of the
United States. At that time he was Earl of
Shelburne, but4n November, 1784, after
resigning office, was' created Marquis of
Lansdowne. He died in 1805, and was suc
ceeded in all his titles by his eldest son.
Lord Henry Petty, the second son; then
in his 26th year, was considered a young
man of promise, and received his early
education atWestniinster Scheel, .
he iviinl , l6'l4l4s*lt' - *liiff ibAtsitit=
Mally, psa%ec~•nnder 414 calvilind-instruction •
of D.figald'AieWirt; frOM WhOnt 404 V!
in fiddition•to the hereditary Whig principles
of his. own house, still more liberal views
upon politics, history, and .philosophy.
Here, too, he cultivated,. .if he did not ac
quire, that taste for literary and scientific
pursuits, which, in maturer• years,' .made
LanSdewne House and Bowood, his town
and country residences, the resort of the
best intellectual society of. England for more
than half a century. He was a member of
the famous BPiculative Society of Edin 7
burgh, (really a debating club for young stu
dents), iu which Henry Brougham, Francis.
Horner, Sidney. Smith, .Franeisleffrey.;.tind
others, the • future contrlbutors to the . .effir.-
burgh. Review, first sharpened 'their. weapons .
of debate. His'Lordship' . had mine to
sharpen, for. his oratory rarely rose above
the dead level.Of vapid . mediocritY,tlioagh
he did not stammer in his speech like Lord.
John Russell. Lord Henry Petty,. at the
Speculative, showed that he had thought as .
- well as read, and thereby obtained the
character of good sense and solidity.
Prom Edinburgh he proceeded to the Uni
versity of Cambridge, where he availed him
self of his privilege as 'a peer's son to gra
duate as - Al. A. without being subjected to any
examination as to his acquirements. Next,
after the fashion of the time, he made " the
grand tour" of the Continent,
, and in 1802
entered the House of Commons, as member
for the borough of Caine, in Wiltshire, which
was a family. possession. Not until 1804
was his voice heard in Parliament ; he spoke
in opposition to Pitt on a
.queation of Irish
ho l m, sklikc i with more force ) iu
um nu - 'minim nen LODI lasrausi
.22
rimed of corruption in 'office, Will Well
strongly - defended by his friend
Pitt, was attacked with great severity by'
Lord Henry Petty.
Pitt died in January 180 G. The Tory
party was broken up by their great leader's
death. The hungry Whigs went into oflice
:under ; 4rd Grenville and C. J. Fox, and
appointed Henry . .Petty _their Chan
cellor. of :the - gachequer, at the age of 26.
The trniversitkof Cambridge also returned
hint .to Pullin:o#, as successor to Pitt.
But the young - lord, albeit ambitious and
honest,.Was not master of the situation. A
heavy speaker; yetfond of speaking,' he 'knew
nothing of finance, and called up a hurricane
of unpopularity by his doubling the income
tax, as a source of revenue. The "All the
Talents" Adininistration, as it was self
styled, broke up in 1807, The Tories re
sumed office. Cambridge declined to re
elect Lord Henry Petty, and he was snuffed
out as a public man, though he sat in the
House of Commons, by' purchase, as' mem
ber for the pocket,borough of Camelford;
froth 180%,t0 1800. . .
• The second Marqulazzpf44 , po. , l l P7na. died
An — Na 1171130 t, withoutleaving - Ea
children and was sncceededin his titles
and vast estates by his half-brother, the
identical Lord Henry Petty 'of whom we
have been writing. What a change! From
a poorly-portioned younger brother he arose
at once to the second rank in the peerage,
with a princely revenue. Nine years later,
(July, 1818,) he' had another lucky wind
fall, when the Earldom of Kerry, with souse
minor Irish titles and large property in the
south of Ireland, devolved . upon him by the
death of his cousin, the third Earl. The
final accumulation of honori in Lord henry
.Petty's person included the Marquisate of
Lansdowne, the Earldoms Of Wycombe,
Kerry; and Shelburne; the Viscounties of
Caine, Clanmaurice, and Fitzmaurice; and
the Baronies of Wycombe, Dunderon, and
Limucw—the two last . :peerages dating as
far back as the year 1181. The :Lansdowne ;
rental, from the estates in Wiltshire and
Ireland, average $500,000 a year. Those in
Ireland were inherited froth the famous Sir
William Petty, the physician, whose daugh
ter and heiress had been married in 1892 to
I the twenty-first Lord Kerry, whose second
son was Lord Shelburne, first Marquis of
Lansdowne.
From the time of inheriting the family ti
tles and 'estates, Lord Henry Petty, more
properly now to be mentioned as Lord Lana
doWne, withdrew himself very much from
public life, but, as' a politician; acted with
the Whig party. However, front 1807 to
1827, this party sat "out in the cold," on
the Opposition benches, while successive
Tory Ministries were in office. At last, early
9annin6 became Prime
nna lint anon
f 1114.145.31.4; by Tories, as too Moral for
them ; by Whigs, as not . sufficiently high in
hereditary rank : being a player's son, and
the maker of his own place in public. Lord
Lansdowne accepted the Home Secretary
ship under him. On his death, in August,
1827, became Foreign Secretary, in the Go
derich Ministry, which came next, and re
signed it at the close of the year, when Wel
lington became Premier. Again, :when the
Reform Ministry was formed,.under. Lord
Grey, In November, 1830, Lord Lansdowne
took the do-little office of Lord President of
the Council, and retained it until November,
1834. He again held it from April, 1835, to
September, 1841; and from July, 1846, to
February, 1852. In the Aberdeen Ministry
he had a seat in the . Cabinet, without office
or salary, from December,lBs2, to March,
1858.
lost unfitted for political life, the chapter
of accidents threW .Lord Lttdo'vnae . into
Atinieterial life for nearly twenty-four years.
Much preferring, his elegant -literary life,
and, above all, to .entertain his friends and
other people of falent and merit, in his
princely inai;sion - at Bowood, the late
lqarqUlS lAnsclowne was compelled, as a
Party-man, *to defenii" jobs, to whitewash
corrupt'practiees; • to "make the worse-rip-
Pear the .better reason." He had considera
ble influence in Barlisment, from his years
and wealth, but mainly because lie was such
a truly respectab/6 man. The invariable
white neckcloth, buff vest, brass-buttoned
blue coat, black pantaloons, roomy shoes;
broad-brimmed bat, buckskin • gloves, and
capaciona yellow bandana pocket-handker
chief, personally made him up, the living
embodiment of a " Whig of the Old SehoOl,"
who bad sat itt the feet of ;Fos,
.and had
" seen .the chimes:at midniglit,'! not with
Justice ShalloW, or Master •Slendur, but
with Fulstattlan Fitzpatrick, or BardOlphian
Sheridan.
With such, however, leis companiimiship
. •
*lt would soon have been dissolved, at say rate,
on the grotind of incapacity. A. writer of the time
displayed his own wit and expressed public opinion
in this epigram :
"You might just as well say,
'Which you may witholit shocking 'am,
That the nation's asleep,
And the Minister Rocking 'cm
PHILADELPITIA, WEDWDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1863.
never was very familiar. Lord Lansdowne„ i
1 ,
in private life as in public, was the embodiL . ! I ,
ment of English respectability. If he had 1 ,
any little pet vices, they never were allowed', i
to show on the surface. At the age of 28,4
lie married his cousin, a daughter of thei :
second Earl of Ilchester, and by her (wl s i# ,.
died in 1851) he had two sons. The eldest
who bore the courtesy-title of Earl of Kerryl
died at the age of 33, and was a young ma
of• the highest promise. The second son
hitherto called the Earl of Shelburne, is no ~
in his
. 47th year, has been a Lord of 44
Treasury, and also Under Secretary for FT'
reign Affairs, and was called to the HotS . ,,
of Lords, in 1856, as Lord Wycoin ,
Having two sons, the peerages are not like
to become extinct. .
~,..,
.The late Marquis of Lansdowne wa4:
man of liberal opinions. He strongly ad:O. !.
cated the abolition of the slave trade, arglie,
in fa7or of recognizing' he Southu Amerig
' States, supported the Refom . Bill, ( , - ,i,
.which he was left the power'pf.notiainatm
only one member , for :Celne,):and,.lll. - 9 . . ,
not warmly, as a:great landed • brhirie , ;
A.
supported ,Peel in hiiFreei . Tradeimeasplas.
On, general .subjects,, perhaps 4 bowie., te
:'*' Pi - ' F.C 2 P 3 . 2— fkg.. l l - a? 3 ::1 ' 1 04 - k 1 1) 1 M ' '''S4f,L.Oftliet
• ; 'l)erba'palMs as the . e; blt eeenett'cif . :iThiniiis
M9ore, the.lioet, that' tlid.MitiquiS of Dittl
downe will be best . known , by : posterltk. ,
Never had author a
warmer .9r kinderf
friend, in a worldly station far , above, his
own, than Lansdowne was to Moore. In
town and country, at. home and abroad, in
tbe crowds of London and the lettered re
tirement of Bowood, the peer ever treated
the poet as his :own familiar friend. Fort
nearly twenty-five years, Moore resided atl i
Sloperton Cottage, within ten minutes' i
walk of Lord Lansdowne's palatial dwell-'
ing in Wiltshire, with freest access to the
1 noble library there, and n'constant, honored
guest at.his table. When . the peer went to
visit his principality in the SOuth of Ireland,
the poet was his companion. Finally;..
wheneverwhich was very frequently—the
.poet's nurse: ran low, the beer's overflowed
into it, in a manner so delicate that it seem- ,
ed as if the acceptance of the gift wera.li
favor to the donor rather than to the recipi
ent. Equally constant, liberal, mid thought:'
fig were the attentions of the Marchioness
to Mrs. Moore. • • • • ' • •
Whoever else Moore may have been wa
grateiUl to (and he was sometimes selfish
and thankless), he always remembered Lod
Lansdowne's kindness. In 1840, he dedi
cated the collective edition of his Poems to
his Lor - dship; and his "name'occurs very of
ten in• that famoui Diary which Lord Johui
Russell, with his life-long literary incapa .
city, so completely spoiled . by•bad editing.
In , the seventh,- volume of that work'
(Moore's Diary nd Correspondence),
L Lawrence's portrait of Lord Lansdoivrie
15 on approprititv 11'2;1111113199V, elig
lam U 101111111rIlla • 1)11n3r countryirmtionlail
sort of min, with very • .elanmon,plaeefea-•
tures, of which a certain good 'nature, or
bon'homic, is the chief characteristic.
In Moore's works is
,a lively, pleasant
" Invitation to Dinner," addressed to Lord.
Lansdowne; in September, 1818, during the
lyrist's first year's residence at Sloperton
Cottage. It will appropriately conclude
this sketch i •
Same think we bards have nothing real; ~•
That poets live among the stars so, . :.;.i
Their very dinners are ideal—
(And, Heaven knows, too oft they.are so)—
For instanee, that we hive, Instead
Of vulgar chops, and stews, and hashes,
First course—a Phenix at the head,
Done in its own celestial ashes;
At foot, a cygnet, which kept singing . .
.A.ll the time Its neck was wringing.
Side.dishes, thuv--Minerva's owl,
Or any such likelearned fowl :
Doves, such aiheaven's poulterer gets, •
When Cupid shoots its mother's pets. ,
Larks, stewed in Morning's roseate breath,
. Or roasted by,a sunbllam's splendor;
And nightingales, berhymed to death,. •
Like young pigs whipped to make them tender.
. • - . . ;
: . Such fare may suit those ban* 'Typo's.gt.V... 4*- ,;
To banquet at Duke Humphrey's Watt- • .• 2 7 ..
.
But, as for 126,:whoyvi longbeen tihieht of 1.1
• ' it anilArliox# 4 -.
• And can pa up with mutton, bought, ~ ..
Where 13romharn rears its ancient
If Lansdowne will consent to share
My humble feast, though rude the fare,
Yet, seasoned by that salt he brings
From Attica's sediment springs,
'Twill turn to dainties ; while the cup
Beneath his influence bright , ning up,
Like that of Bawls, touched by Jove,
'Will sparkle fit for gods above P,
Any notice of the Marquis of Lansdowne
would be incomplete, if it omitted to men
tion that, in 1820, he
,successfully used his
"influence" with the electors of Calmi to
secure the return of Thomas Babington
Macaulay as one of their parliamentiLry
representatives. Macaulay was a frequent
and intimate guest at Bowood, for u}4►ny
successive autumns.
The Youpg Gehtlemen of Philadelphia.
To the Editor of The Press:
Sin: There are quite a number of young gentle
men belonging to what is called !! the best society"
of this city who take great pleasure in proclaiming
on all safe . occasions (especially social ones, where
ladles are present) their discontent with the Govern
went, and their hopes of seeing a revolution at the
North before very long.
. .
Now, it is only charitable to suppose that these
young gentlemen are not the beat possible judges of
the essence and affairs of Government, and that
they tire, most likelyonly the mouthpieces and
tools of smarter and 'designing .tuatidisloyal men—
men who have never given a helping hand or word to the
Government since the beginning of our troubles—and it
may be well to ask the attention- of these . -young
(would-be.) Catilines to a few words which may
help them to some little understanding of what they
are talking about, to the disgust of most who hear.
them. In the first pike, they evidently see no dis
tinction between the Government and lilt. Lincoln,
being evidently ignorant that be is simply a tempo
rary-Executive, while the Government mustalways
exist. They would, most of them, be shocked at the
idea of having no Government at all, which would be
the only result of the revolution they so glibly prat
tle about—innocent youths ! But a more serious
consideration for most of them is this: few of them
are in any business, or have any independent re
en! itlbling2tllliikillffillat 01/1191112.
Wrio Li011f: [Mlltap ITBII .18 81T
Siilti nyviutwa-Ti.ii a - C.9fg.f f??.7me'cr pr.r." 1 1
cloallation orcrysoacre, in glees of the luxuries they
now enjoy. A revolution, if possible, would throw
society into chaos—would reduce us from the position
of Americans to that of Pennsylvanians, or worse,
would effectually destroy all National Government,
and possibly both State and city governments also.
These young gentlemen would probably find them-
selves in the sweatily of working for a mere living, if
they could have their silly ideas realized. Now
would they like thatl How would they succeed at it?'
They are not the ones who make by revolutions.
They had better reflect a little on this subject; and
not allow themselves to be the tools of disloyal in
triguers (most of whom have nothing to lose), who.
will throw them aside, like rubbish, after having.
used them as far as they wish. It is a more serious
business for them than they imagine, and they had
better secure their future comforts by maintaining
the Government and Union which has made them
what they are. They will not enjoy such blessings
under any other.
I am, sir, respectfully yours, ' LOYALTY.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14th, 18 , 5. •
Mr. Walker's Views of the Currency Ques
tion.
To the Editor of The Press: •
• Sin: Will you permit me to call the attention of
the numerous readers of the Press to an article pub
lished in your paper of 'the Bth inst., headed." Our
National Finances," over the signature of the Hon.-
Robert J. Walker, in answer to Hayward in which
he asserts that tie financial calculation -is strictly
correct. It is as follows : Gold is now at a premium
of 32 per cent., payable in treasurylnotea; ball such
lasues be increased one-half, they would fall to 90
per cent. and If doubled,to at least 60 per cent.. be.
low specie. - At the last rate, if our yearly expendi
• tures, paid in paper, reached $700,000,000, this would
command but $280,000 , 000 in gold, thus. subjecting
the Government to a loss of $420,000,000 per annum;
at 32 per cent. discount. to $224,000,000 per annum.
Be further says : " The difference between premium
and discount, confounted by Hayward, is clearly
stated by him." Now, - to my mind, he. haa • not ex
plained it at all, but has confounded it himself. To the
general reader, his calculation seems to be based on
the theory that when gold is at 32 per cent. pre.
mium, treasury notes are at 82 par cent. discount,
which is a great mistake. The question, when fairly
stated, is : when gold is at a premium of 32 per cent.,
how much per cent. are treasury notes below goldt
This may be ascertained as follows : • .
As 132 paper : 100 . paper :: 100 gold. The result of
this operation is $7..2.533, which, deducted from $lOO
is 24.8-33 per cent. below gold, or 24.8.33 discount.
Now, if $lOO in treasury notes are worth $75.25.33,
what is the value of $700,000,000 of 'treasury notes
This, then, is the true basis of calculation, and not
$OB. as stated by dlr. Walker. It will be seen that
$700,000,000 of paper willproduce $630,303,030, which,
'deducted from $7OO 000,000,1 eaves a loss of $169,696,-
870, or $54,303,030 Ina than stated by him. it will
'also appear that if paper is at 60 per cent, discount
gold would be 150 percent. premium. Mr. Walker's
article would lead many to suppose that the Govern-.
ment is compelled to purchase all the gold required
to pay the interest on the debt; if this be so, what
has become of nil the gold received as duties on im
t ports'? And if the !allowing statement is correct; we
reed not be alarmed for the safety of the Govern..
went: "The Government lute bought no gold for
the past six months, and has a sufficient supply on
--bend for all
its necessities for the next payments."
'Zr! Walker's article is calculated, on account of
1, 'affinity explanation of the difference betiveelP pre
:alum and discount, to make a-.wrong impression
-upon the minds of those who do not fully understand
'the subject.
*- , I am, sir, yours very respectfully, W. M.
• Baarinvwxxx, Feb. 13, 1863. .
THE REBELLION.
The Rebel Preliminaries to the Attack on
Fort Donelson The Way they Fight
Guerillas in Western Virginia—A Compli
ment to General Hooker —A "Prophet
' with Friends in his Own Country"—The
Members or the Rebel Congress —lron.
• clads Ready to Engage the Enemy, ewe.
THE BATTLE AT FORT DONELSON.
Previous to the late attack on Fort Donelson, the
rebels felt the greatest confidence in their ability to
capture the fort. They therefore demanded an un
conditional surrender of the position. The follow
ing is a copy of the correspondence, as furnished by
the officers of the fort for publication:
WHEELER, FORREST, AND WHARTON TO
• - COL. HARDING.
..Iik:ADQUAitTEP.S OP CAVALRY,
4th February, 1863.
Having invested - Fort Donelson with sufficient
force to take it, and desiring to prevent the effusion
of blood, we have the honor to demand an immediate
and unconditional surrender of the fort, with all the
forces, stores, &c.
If you surrender you will he treated as prisoners
of war; if not, you must abide the consequences.
Very respectfully, • :10S. WHEELER,
Ma j: Gen. Chief of Cavalry.
. N. B. FORREST
Brig. Gee. Commanding D ivision.
•• • ' • - WHARTON;
. Brig. Gen. Com. Cavalry Division. •
cpLoNEr4 HARDING'S REPLY.
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES FORCES
FORT. Dorm.sorr, Tenn., February 4, 1863.
GEN. WHEELER I decline to surrender the forces
under my command.or postwithout an effort to de
fend them.
I have the honer to be your obedient servant,
A. kIARD/NG,
Colonel Bad Illinois Volunteers, Commanding.
The result of Colonel Herding'e ." effort at de
fence was one of the most brilliant victories of the
DESPERATE ENCOUNTER-MUTH GUE
RILLAS. - .
Wireet,ixo, Va., Feb. 16.—We have the particu
lars of an unsuccessful attempt to capture'a Union
man and his gun by four moccasin rangers, which we
prOCCed to give as follows : •
Gis"last:Wednesday night, between nine and ten
o'clock, the _members of the family of William D.
Richards, a farmer living on Tucker creek,. In ,Wirt
county, about seven miles from Elizabeth , the eoun
ty scfit,• and seventeen miles from 'Parkersburg,
were disturbed by the voices of a number of men
not far from the house. One of the females was •in
the yard at the time, and called to know what was
wanted. The leader of the gang replied that they
wanted the old'man and his gun. The girl told them
there was a sick person in the house ' and they.
ought to go oft. ' The leader said they didn't
intend to disturb any person but the old man,
but they must have him and his gun. In the house
at :the time were the old man Richards, his eon
Isaac, and •ri soldier named Page, belonging to the
11th' Regiment Virginia volunteers, who was a
neighbor's sod, at • home on • a sick furlough. •Iffr..
'Richards had retired to bed, but thetwo young men
were up. The old 'gentleman was aroused, and;
jumping out of bed, seized his rifle, and the songot
doivn a musket that he had loaded a few days before
for the purpose of shooting a foe . . The soldier was
unarmed, though there was anotherrifie in the house,
which, in the confusion,•be did not get hold of. The
'son went outside to the corner of the house, and
saw a man standing on the porch; aimed and
Bred. The men fell and dropped his gun from his
hands. He then went behind the house to reload'
his piece, when he sew two men struggling a short
distance from him. He rushed up and struck his
father a blow on the head, mistaking him for a
ranger. Fortunately he discovered his error in
time to give his father's antagonist a stunning blow
on the head, which caused him to drop his gun and
stagger towards the fence. ' The son then went
around to the 'back of the' milk-house to finish
loading his gun, when be saw his father ap
proaching him, trying to get a shot at him
with hie revolver. lie shouted to his father
not to fire. Two men were then seen to leap
over the fence, mount their horses and ride off in
the darkness. Upon returning to the house, and
striking a light, the man whowas shot was found
dead, the load of buckshot •having taken etrect
.in the head, scattering the brains all around. lie
was recognized as Emery Ball, a noted • bush
whacker and a lieutenant. His gun, and the one
dropped by the man engaged with the old gen
ilszon, Dna tun nthari fnunfi leanin nTalilßt tllO
WIIEOIIIEII IHB 7
picked up ' Ewa lb le euppo•ted M.+ 7-1 „1 :"
mitnto somerAcivi *the nsighhothoad. 111 1116
melee the old gentleman tried to fire his gun, and
never discovered until the affray was over that his
piece was at'a half-cock. His revolver got entan
gled in his belt and be was unable to use it, and the
soldier was unarmed, so that by the daring and
coolnesi ,of young Richards, the rangers were
driven back'with the loss of their leader and their
arms. The two young men came into Parkersburg
' about daylight tie next morning and reported the
facts to Colonel Frost, who immediately started a
,squad of, ten picked men in pursuit of the gang.
'THE LEGISLATURE OF OREGON AND GEN.
HOOKER. :
STATE OF OREGON, DEPARTMEICT OF STATE,
SALEM, October 29, 113 V-.
General Joseph hooker:
Sia: -I have the honor to transmit the inclosed
resolutions, adopted by the Legislative Assembly
of this State at its second regular session.
Tour obedient servant, , •
- SAMUEL E. MAY, Secretary of State.
Resolved, That this Legislative Assembly of the
State of Oregon 'are gratified to be able to express
their just appreciation of the daring deeds and he
roic achievements which have so constantly marked
the brilliant course of General Joseph Hooker, late
a resident of this' State ; and do acknowledge their
deep obligations to General Hooker for the very
. distinguished services he has within the past year
rendered to his country.
Resolved, That the Secretary of State be, and he is
herebye, requested to forward to General Hooker a
Copy of the above resolution.
, - STATE DEPARTMENT,
,01... t SALEM, OREGON, October 1892.
'hereby' certify that the foregoing Is a true copy
'Or the original on file in this office.
IR . :Witness whereof, L have hereunto set my hand,
and &Mired the sent of,Sttate,thel!tyaq year above
. • . •.•
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
OARS NEAR FALMOUTH, Virginia, •
February 1, 1863.
•
Bon. Samuel Nay, Secretary of State, Salem, Oregon:
SIP.: I have the honor -to acknowledge, through
your dlettnguished Senator, J. W. Nesmith, the re
ceipt of your letter of the 29th of Qctober, ultimo,
transmitting an official copy of resolutions adopted
by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon,
at its accond regular session.
It is impossible to receive, without emotion, the
distinguished compliment conveyed in these pro
ceedings; nor can this kind exnresillon of ycntr re
gard fail to remind me of those happier days, when
our fellow.citizens beyond the mountains were em
ploying all their energies in exploring and develop
ing the matchless resources of that famed territory.
The recollection of my own employment, upon one
of your great works of internal improvement, will
always have a place among the most cherished asso
ciations of my life.
Let us 'hope that this war will not much longer
intercept the progress of the nation, and disturb the
tranquility, of our people. ' With a good cause, un
bounded means, adequate forces on land and sea,
and a firm reliance upon Divine power, par success
is not to be doubted, and should not helemote.
Soon after the close of the war with Mexico, when
my profession was relinquished for the congenial
pursuits of a civil life, I chose a home among the
hospitable and generous people who have established
an American empire on the Pacific. It is my earnest
prayer that the day may soon come when a restored
Union and a vindicated nationality will entitle all
of us, who took up acme for the suppression of this
rebellion, to an honorable discharge, and secure to
every loyal household, the enjoyments of an ho.
notable and lasting peace.
'I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
• . JOSEPH. HOOKER,
Major General Commanding.
THE PRESENT REBEL CONGRESS.
We take from a late Southern paper the following
revised list of the Confederate Congressmen, now in
session at Richmond:
SENATE.
Alabama—Clement C. Clay Wm. L. Yancey.
Arkansas—Robert W. Johnson, Charles B.
Mitchell..
Florida—JamesM. Baker, Auguetue E. Maxwell.
Georgia—Benjamin H. Hill, Herschel V. Johnson.
Kentucky—Henry C. Burnett, Wm. E. Simms.
Louisiana—Thomas J. Semmes Edward Sparrow.
Mississippi—Albert G. Brown, James Phelan. • -
Missouri—John'B. Clark, R. S. T. Peyton.
North Carolina—George Davis, Wm. T. Dlortek,
South Carolina—Robert W. Barnwell, James Lk.
"Jt.Cßiaaagael•- . C..••.erCna IL ma.yalmo,
.11Foury . •
g• Glair, LAWS T. •
Virginia-Robert M. T. 11.unter. •
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
DIET. ALABAMA DIST. MISSOURI.
1. Thos. J. Foster. 3. A. H. Conrow.
2. William R. Smith. 4. Casper W. Bell.
3. John P. Rails. 6. George G. ,Vest.
4.. J. L. M. Curry. 6. T. W. Freeman
6. Francis S. Lyon. • 7. John Hyer.
6. Wm. P. Chilton. NORTH CAROLINA.
7. David Clopton. 1. W. N. H. Smith.
8. James L. Pugh. 2. Robert R. Bridgers..
9. Edward L. Dorgan. 3. Owen N. Keenan.
• ARKANSAS. " 4. T..D. McDowell." ,
1. Felix I. Batson. 6. Thomas S. Ashe.
2. Grand D. Royston, 6. A. H. Arlington.
3. A. H. Garland. • 7. Robert Lander.
4. Thomas 13. HanlY. • 8. William Lander.
FLORIDA. 9..8. S. Gaither.
1. James B. Dawkins. 10. A. T. Davidson.
2. Robert B. Hilton. SOUTH CAROLINA.
GEORGIA. I. John .McQueen.
I. Julian Hartridge. 2. W. Percher Miles.
2. C. J. Adannerlyn. 3.1.. AL Ayer.
3. Hines Holt. 4. =ledge L. Bonhain.
4. Augustus H. Kenan. 5. James Farrow.
6. David W. Lewis. 6. W. W. Boyce.
6. William W. Clark. TENNESSEE.
7. Robt. P. Tripp. 1. Joseph T. Heiakell.
8: Maine J. Gartrell. 2. William G. Swan,
• 9. Hardy Strickland. 3. W. B. Tebbe.
10. Augustus R. Wright. 4. E. L. Gardenshire.
KENTUCKY. s.•lienry S. Foote.
'l. Alfred Boyd. 6. M. P. Gentry.
2.- John W. Crockett 7. Geo. W. Jones.
3. H. E. Reid.' 8. Thos. - Meneese.
.4. Geo. W:Twing. 9. J. D. C. Atkins.
5. Jas. S.' Christman. 10. John V. Wright.
•
6. T. L. Barnett. 11. David M. Surrin.
7. H.'.W.MIVCIL TEXAS.
' 8. 'S: S. &Ott. John A: Wilcox.
9. E. M-Bruce. 2. CrC. Herbert. •
10.. J. W:lrfoore. . a. Peter W. Gray.
11: R. 3. Breckinrldge. 4. B. F. Sexton.
12. John M. Elliott. 6. AL D. Graham.
LOUISIANA. 6. W.. 13. Vaughn.
1. CharlesJ. Videra.. VIRGINIA. ,
2. Charles M. Conrad. 1. At R. IL. Garnett.
3. Duncan F. Kenner. 2, John R. Chambliss.
4-Lucien 3. Dupre. 3. James Lyons.
6. John - F. Lewis. 4. Roger A...Prycir.
6. John Perkins, Jr. 5. Thos. S. Bocock.
MISSISSIFEI. 6. .Tohn Goodey,
1. 3. W. Clapp. ' 7. N. P. Hencombe.
2. Reuben Davis. 8. D. C. DeJarriett.
3. Israel Welsh. 9. Wm. Smith.
4. H. 0. Chambers. 10. A. R. Boteler.
• 5. 0. R. Singleton. it. John R. Baldwin.
. 6. E. Barksdale. ' 12. Waiter-R. Staples.
• 7. " john'J. Mcßae. 13. Walter Preston.
' MISSOURI. 14.
1. W. M Cook. ' 06. Robert Johnson.
2. Thos. A. Harris. 116.. Charles W. Russell.
TWO MORE IRON-OLADS READY FOR SER
VICE.
NEW Yonx, Feb. 17.-The iron-clad Ericsson bat
.tery Catskill, having been finished by the contract
ors, will proceed to the Brooklyn navy_ yard to.day
:onto-morrow to be formally delivered over to the
representatives of the Government. Her turrets,
armament, and all other appendages, are on board
completed; so that she will be able to leave here to
reinforce the iron-clads in the South Atlantic before
tide week expires. The Catskill is an exact copy
of the Pariliftic and Montauk, except that her. sets-
tions have beeh materially strengthened within the
past few weeks. Her battery consists of one eleven
and one tlfteen.inch gun, both mounted on the new
Ericsson carriage in the turret. ' The compass is ar
ranged In the manner recently adopted on vessels of
her class, the lack of which was so disastrous to the
Monitor, The vessel steamed from Gtreenpoint to.
the Delamater iron work last week to receive her
muzzle box, which is now finished. Annexed is a
list of her officers, as far as reported :
Commander--Oeorge Rodgers.
Lieutenant Commander—Charles 0. Carpenter.
Acting Assistant Paymaster—J. P.. Woodbury.
Second Assistant Engineer (Acting Chien—George
E. Emmons.
Other Engineers—George H. White, J. B. Sinars.
and N. B. Duckhout.
The iron clad battery Nantucket was turned over
to the navy yesterday, as we learn front Boston. She
steamed from Loring's Works to the Charlestown
navy yard, making excellent time on the way. Her
preparations for sea will be finished on Wednesday,
end on Friday she will sail for Fortress Monroe to
join the Sangamon, and when the Catskill reaches
the same destination it is supposed that all, with
their convoys, will proceed South. The Nantucket
is the sister sh of the Nahant, which was built at
Boston also. She,.._ is in all respects like the other
Ericsson vessels. Captain Fairfax commands her,
but all her other officers have not yet reported.
The Navigation of the Mississippi River—
Southern Sequestration—Charge of Trea
son Against Clergymen—Henvy Desertions
—A How in Brngg's Camp—Late News front
Charleston, di&e.
From the Richmond Enquirer, of February 13, we
extract some interesting items of Intelligence : •
THE FREE NAVIGATION OF THE MISSIS
SIPPI RIVER.
Mr. Sparrow, of Louisiana, offered the following
Joint resolution:
Whereas, The several Confederate States contigu
ous to the Mississippi river have, by order of their
respective conventions, recognized the right of all
friendly people living upon the tributaries thereof to
its free navigation ,• and. whereas, The providional
Government of the Confederate States did by aoset
approved 25th of February 1861, declare " therreace
ful navigation of the Mississippi river free to the
citizens of any of the States upon its borders, or
upon the borders of its tributaries ; and whereas,
The ordinance of the said several States, and the
act of the-provisional Government touching this
Important and serious question are eminently right
and just: now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Represerdatives of
the Confederate States of America, That this Confede
racy does now, and at all tinier' maintain and sup
port the right to the free' navigation of the Missis
sippi river as declared and act forth in the skid art
of the provisional Government.
On motion of Mr. Oldham, the above was referred
to the Committee on Commerce.
' SEQUESTRATION. '
Mr. Conrad, of Louisiana, offered the following
. Rejoined,- That the President be requested to in-'
form this House what -real estate, if any, has been
sold under the provisions of the art for the seques
tration of the property and effects of alien enemies
for. the indemnity of citizens of the 'Confederate
• States, and persons aiding the same during the ex
isting war with the-'United States, before August
30,1861. 'And, able,' the amount paid into the Trea
sury from proceeds arising from the sales under the
said act:
• Mr. - Smith, of North Carolina, 'introduced a bill
to alter and amend. an act for the sequestration of
the .estates property and effects of alien enemies,
and ; for indemnity of citizens of-the Confederate
States, and persons aiding the same in the existing
war with the United States, approved February 16,
1862.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
.THE CASEDF THE REV. It. J. GRAVES.
The Charlotte (N. O.) Democrat states, with refer
ence ;to tbe charge of treason to the Confederacy
against Rev. It. J. Graves We notice that Gover
nor Graham has tnade a speeah in the Legislature in
regard to the late arrest of Rev.' R. J. Graves, a
Presbyterian preacher, living in Orange county. It
will be remembered that Graves was returned to
our State authorities, and a letter from the Secreta
ry of War to Governor Vance states the cause of his
arrest. The letter stated, among other things, that
Graves was accused, on the authority of a returned
Confederate prisoner, of giving information to the
injury of the Confederate cause, and that he got a
permit to go North by representing himself as a citi
zen Of New York desirous of returning home. We
did not intend again to allude to the case; but Gover
nor Graham, speaking in defence of Graves, and in
commenting on the letter of the Secretary of War,
omits entirely to notice the false statement made by
Graves to General Winder in order to get a permit
to id North. If the statement of Graves, that he is
citizen of New York, is true, why, then the Confe
,derateauthorities very properly supposed that they
had a right to arrest him as an alien enemy but if
thafatitement was false—rind it seems that he now
define to be a citizen of North Carolina—then it ap
pears that he Ms Certainly been guilty"cif deception
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MP. flie.lll l / l i/MM that he is A eitteen of thti
State, and Graves himself has taken protection un
der that plea, thereby acknowledging that he made a
false statement in oilier to visit the North. We know
nothing of the matter more than we see in the public
papers; but inasmuch as Gov. Graham and others
continue to blame the Confederate authorities for
making the arrest, we feel justified in alluding to the
false representations of Graves, to show that he is
not as entirely guiltless as some seem anxious to
make it appear.
Since the above article was put in type we find the
following despatch in the Raleigh Progress, which
indicates that there is good cause for the arrest of
Graves :•. ' •
HILLSIIOBO, N. C., Feb. 4,1863.—The examination
of Rev. It. J. Graves took Rlace to-day before Hon.
M. E. Manly—George V. strong appearing for the
prosecution, and Hon. W. A. Graham for the defen
dant. The accused was bound over to the Confede
rate Court at Richmond, to stand his trial on 'a charge
of treason.
WHOLESALE DESERTIONS.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Confederacy gives the following
evidence of the compulsory nature of the service ex
acted by the rebel military authorities, and of the
wholesale desertions therefrom:
There was a large number of deserters in the coun
try. It is estimated that over half the men who
went into the service from the northeastern counties
in the State were at home without leave, and most
of them were skulking in• the mountains to avoid
the enrolling officers who 'had been instructed to ar
rest them. Others, under a few desperadoes,had
banded together to resist any attempt that migt be
made to arrest them, or to release from the jails
those who had been arrested. Some of these bands
had arms and ammunition, and were subsisting by
plunder. There were also wiew men who were ene
mies to the Confederate_States, prominent among
whomse-tue-notorious Jeff.. Anderson, who escaped
ail'fimn4h, is citylaet suring With , the bridge burn
-111----Thefe-arealeoL. rowusiih,aniong them - Who'
were prisoners or war utsmp d _
taken the oath of allegiance to the United S ,
and were tbereupon released by the Yankees. Whe
ther these had been active, or in any wayindrumen
tal in engendering or furthering the disturbances, or
trying to spread disaffection, or whether they them
selves were really hostile to the Confederate States,
has not been definitely ascertained. Moat of the de
serters are men who have volunteered—very few
among them being conscripts. Indeed, the conscrip
tion law in that section has never been enforced.'
SOUTHERN CREDULITY.
The Mobile Advertiser and Register learns that a
good many negroes in the region above Okaloria
have lound their way back to their masters com
pletely disgusted with Yankee freedom and its at
tendant hardships. With the propensity to embel
lishment for which the African race are so noted,
they tell dolorous stories of the treatment they have
experienced and that which they discovered was in.
store for them. One of them asserts that it is the
custom of the Yankees to dispose of the surplus
negro women and children by blindfolding them and
driving thorn into the river.
THE LATEST FROM THE SOUTH.
HEADquanTres ARMY OF TUE POTOMAC
February le-10 P.
Richmond papers of the 14th inst. have been re
ceived. The following is from Charleston, S. C.,
February Is s
The French war-steamer Milan passed our bar
yeaterday, from. Baltimore, bound to Port Royal.
She is expected here this week.
The frigate Ironsides maintains her position per
manently among the blockading squadron off
Obsuleaton.
A Yankee picket was captured on Wednesday
evening by our scouts on Hilton Head island. lie
confirms the intelligence of an impending attack on
Charleston, and thinks it will be made in about a
fortnight.
In the rebel Senate, the Committee on Military
Affairs reported adversely upon the bill enrolling as
conscripts white male persons in the employ of the
Government already in the military service.
In the House, a resolution of thanks to the rebel
General Morgan for his services in the West was
introduced. . •
The bill authorizing the impressment of slaves
and property , for the use of the army was passed,
and a resolution adopted instructing the Committee
on the Judiciary to report a bill, providing for the
sale of all negroes taken in arms against the Con
federacy,lhe proceeds to be divided among the
captors..
The "Virginia Legislature has before it a bill to
transfer the State line to the Confederate Govern
ment, and passed a bill authorizing the issue by the
State of one-dollar notes, redeemable in Confederate
p.•• 000000
TniTtiolmonti ounTrium information Imm
Big le/Freesia' suet
Yttulmen, reecntly %bra-ate:dub- that .cotio.., are
moving in the direction of Charleston.
Two thousand dollars apiece offered for substit
tuutes, and large rewards are offered for the ap
prehension of deserters.
A GREAT FLARE-UP IN GEN. BRAGG'S
• CAMP.
The public have hitherto had vague intimations
that the relations between Generals Bragg
and Breckinridge and the Kentucky troops
have, for some time past, been of a •na
ture by no means amicable, and not long before
the defeat of Bragg, at Stone's rive, their mutual
hatred broke out us a quarrel quite as fierce as the
memorable altercation between Brutus and Cassius,
although, unlike that, it has never terminated in
friendly feelinge; It still rankles and festers like a
malignant ulcer in the breast of the politician, who
detests the soldier for his brutality, and in the breast
of the soldier, who despises the politician for his in
competency, and suspects him of a lukewarmness in
the rebel cause. From the day when Bragg began to
retreat from Kentucky, Breckinridge and the Ken
tucky rebel soldiers—who were really few in number,
and not very zealous, in spite of all that has been
said to the contrary—distrusted Bragg and felt
gloomy. They were conscious that they were going
again from their State on a longer banishment than
ever, with no prospect of ever coming back as an
Organized army. They naturally lost confidence in
Bragg. He had proved himself to be either a wilful
deceiver, or incompetent, and they murmured bitter
ly at their haul fate. Instead of fighting for Ken
tucky, they were now being marched off South to
protect a handful of Alabama and Mississippi cot
ton planters. Why, they asked, were they not al
lowed to -fight in Kentucky, while Lazarus Powell
was upholding the Southern cause so nobly in the
United States Senate 1 It was difficult to tell.
-Bragg saw much, and his epics told him more, bring
ing him each day petulant and sarcastic remarks;
dropped unguardedly in conversation, by disaffected
soldiers and officers. Breckinridge and Bragg un
derstood each other perfectly, and they because
deadly foes. Not long before the battle of Stone's
river, a private in Ilrecklnridge's division was court
martlaled for a trivial offence, and, as he was a Ken
luckism, Bragg ordered him to be shot, as a warning
lo all soldiers from that State. Kentucky blood was
rather too feverish, he said, for the health of the
army, and he thought a little blood-letting would
brin !Wise Corn• Crackers to their senses. Breckinridge
hastened to Bragg's headquarters, as soon as he
heard of the unfortunate soldier's doom, and begged
suPt3restdi The b
o s co t r d n i r e
1 1
v s a n d s
that his life might be b
trivial—far °lltndedit t w oo as tr t i ru via e l to be expiated by a ter
rible death. Bragg replied that there had been
too much grumbling among the Kentucky troops,
and be intended to stop it, if he had to shoot every
man of them. Breckinridge replied that Kentuckians
were not used to be treated like slaves. Bragg re
torted that they might get used to that, or any other
treatment he saw fit to give them, as soon as they
R;dossed; for his part, he would a little rather take a
Centuckian for a warning than anybody else. Breck
inridge said _that the Kentuckians were ready to
spill Their last drop of blood to unite their State with
the South. Bragg retorted that they had a queer way
of showing it, if they felt that way. But tt—n Ken
tucky. Re was fighting not for her, but for the
Confederacy not for what he wanted, but what he
could get. Breckinridge then asked if' o lenience
could be extended to the unfortunate soldier of his
division who was condemned to die. Bragg sharply
answered no. Breckinridge then said the execution
would be a Military murder; 'Whereupon,. Bragg
ordered him to be placed under /wrest The news
of „the arrest_ flew like .wildfise throughout the
Kentucky carom], and created a storm of excite
mentmind .indigeation. Company after company
nuked out and *tasked them arms ) . refusing.tio,
THREE CENTS.
obey
o any ordersgeneralthe waswatc h wor d s
e o a t ir e
the d.
andrecension
Kentucky trooper, at that time. A most alarming
c ondition of &Mrs existed in the rebel army, and
until
were the
Bragg, not daring to proceed any further, telegraphed
to .leffiDavis to come and settle' the broil. Davis
came and Breckinridge was 'released, but the soldier
was shot. The difficulty was still not settled, and
Bragg, in solemn silence, waited' for a chance to re=
venge himself. At Murafreesboro, after he had
fully determined to retreat, he ordered Breckinridge,
on baturday night, with devilish reflzh
neent of ma
lice, to'make an attack on our lines, which he must
have known would be unsuccessful. Breckinridge
and his Kentucky troops obeyed the order, and were
repulsed with a shocking loss. They were literally
cut to pieces. The only thing which Bragg regret
ted was that Breckinridge was not left on the de/d
as poor Ranson was, and that his division was not
exterminated. lie had exposed them to the Federal
batteries with the same purpose that King David
exposed Urlal2 to the armies of the Philistines, and
was ready to ease the of a Confederate repulse
with the thought that the victims were only ICen
tuckians.—Nastrille Union, Feb. 9.
SCIENCE, ART, AND, LITERATURE.
-HOW A MAN FEELS IN' BATTLE.—There
can be nothing more puzzling than the analysis of
ones feelings on a battle-field. You Cannot describe
them satisfactorily to yourself or others. To march
steadily up to the-mouths of a hundred cannon,
while they , out fire and smoke , and shot and
shell in a storm that mows the men like grass, is
horrible beyond deeeription—appalling. It is absurd
to say man can do it without fear. DUTIOS Han
cock's charge,. at Fredericksburg r for a long distance
the slope was swept by such a hurricane of death
that we thought every step would be our last, and I
am willing to say, for one, that I was pretty badly
seared. Whatever' may be said about "getting used
to it," old soldiers secretly dread a battle equally
with new ones. 'But the most difficult thing to stand
up under is the suspense while waiting ? as Ave wait
ed in Fredericksburg, drawn up in line of- battle on
the edge of the field, watching the columns file past
us and disappear in a cloud of smoke, where horses
and men and colors go down in confusion, where all
sounds are lost in the screaming of shells, the crack
ing of musketry, the thunder of artillery, and know
ing that our own turn comes next, expecting each
moment the word "Forward." It brings a strange
kind of relief when "Forward" comes. ' You move
mechanically with the rest. Once fairly in for it r
your sensibilities are strangely blunted, you care
comparatively nothing about the sights that shocked'.
you at first; men torn to pieces by cannon shot be
comes smatter , of course. At • such a time, there
comes a latent sustenance from within us, or above
us, which _no man anticipates who has not been in
such a place before, and which moat men pass
through life without knowing anything about.
'What is it? Where does it come from?
THE IRON-CASED SHIP MINOTAUR.—Per
haps the greatest improvement in the Minotaur, as
compared with the Warrior and Black Prince, in•
regard to construction, is the plan which- has been
adopted of making her what may be- called a
double ship ; for she is really a ship within a ship.:
In the Warrior there are cells or compartments run
ning longitudinally betweenthe tWor of the ship and
the keleons which carry the engines and boilers,. so•
that in the event of taking the ground, and. the outer
skin being damaged, there would still remain the
inner skin to keep out the water. But the space so
reserved is exceedingly small, not more than ten
feet six inches on each side of the middle of the
hellion. The plan which, at the suggestion of
Captain Ford, has been adopted by the Admiralty Is
a much more complete and comprehensive one, inas
much as a clear space Is left between the two skins
of seven feet six inches. The uses to which this
space can be applied are most valuable in connection
with. supplymg water ballast for the ship. The
Warrior and Black Prince have a most unpleasant
propensity for rolling in a heavy Bea, and especially
after a few das' consumption of coal. This re
duction of deadweight, combined with the heavy
I rigging and the enormous weight of armor plates,
causes the ship to roll at times to as much as forty
degrees. By an arrangement of sea-cocks the whole
or portion of the space between the inner and outer
skin may be filled with water, so as to give steadi
ness to or trim the ship as required. The water
may be let into the fore or the after compartments,
or into the centre ones, just as the state of weather,
the consumption of fuel, or other circumstances
might determine. About seven hundred and fifty
tons of water way be thus supplied at the bottom
of the ship, and the elect of this additional weight
will be ereatly to diminish the amount of rolling.—
London Morning Poll, Jan. 24.
CELTIC PHILOLOGY.—A. singular fatality ap
pears to have lately pursued the most distinguished
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or
new Teer hsve been renrken by the midden and
premature death of Dr. Siegfried, in the thirty-third
year of his age. Dr. Rudolph Thomas Siegfried, a
native of Dessau, was lecturer in Sanscrit and assist
ant librarian of Trinity College, Dublin. He com
bined a knowledge of the Celtic languages with
high acquirements in general philology, and espe
cially in the Sanscrit, of which he was the first pro
fessor ever appointed in Ireland. When he drat
visited this country, he spent some time in Wales In
the study of Welsh, from which he passed over to
Ireland to perfect himself in Irish. His official du
ties at Trinity College engrossed too much of his
time to permit bim to contribute so frequently as
might have been wished to literature and philologi
cal science; but, in the "'Ulster Journal of Archreolo
gy" there is a memoir from his pen of his distin
guished friend, Dr. Caspar Zeuss, whose " Gramma
tics Celtica," is recognized as the great contribution
of German learning to Celtic philology. In this
memoir the death of Zeuss is attributed to over
work and over study, and there is too much reason
to fear that Siegfried fell a victim to the same
causes. On Wednesday, the 7th of January, he was
suddenly attacked, at Dublin, by brain fever, and on
Saturday, the lath, he expired. The Royal Irish
Academy resolved to attend his funeral in a body,
on the 14th, as a mark of respect.—London dillenteum.
THE WIND A MUSICIAN.—The wind is a mu
sician by birth. We extend a silken thread in the
crevices of a window, and the wind finds It and
sings over it and goes up and down the scale upon
it, and poor Paginini must go somewhere else for
honor, for lo ! the wind is performing upon a' single
airing. It tries almostanything upon earth to see
if there is music in it. It persuades a tone out of
the great bell in the tower, when the 'sexton is at
home and asleep ; it 'mike/ a mournful harp of the
giant pines, and it does not disdain to try what sort
of a whistle can be made of the humblest chimney
in the world.. How it will play upon a great tree,
till every leafthrille With the notein it, and the-wind
urithe river that runs at Its base as a sort of mur
when It • And vrhat a melndj it
sings gives a c0rt0......„ 411 ,..,,x, A1 , 0 ,„
waves of the sea, and performs an RU MOM oetween
the two worlds, that goes up, perhaps, to the, stars
tbat]ove music the most and sung it the first. Then
bow fondly. it haunts old houses ; mourning, under
eaves, singing in the halls, opening the old doors
without fingers, and singing a measure of some sad
old, song around the fireless and deserted hearths.
Till?. CHARLES DICKENS' READINGS IN
PARIS.--Mr. Charles Dickens' Soiree, at the Em
bassy, for the benefit of the British Charitable
Fund, has been a great success, writes a Paris nor
respondent.. He read an abridgment of "David
Copperfield," so skilfully arranged as to make a
complete drama, - with a light and serious plot Inter
woven. Lord Cowley's large drawing-room was
quite filled with a fashionable audience—ladies. all
in evening dress, forming the majority. The reading
lasted scarcely more Than an hour and a half, and it
is wonderful to think what varied emotions passed
through the mind in that short space - of time. Iffy.
Dickens does as he likes with his audience. They
are as clay in the hands of the potter, and take any
-shape that he desires. The transition from the roars
of laughter at litteawber and Mrs. Crupp, to the so
lemn silence with which the pathetic story of Peg
gotty and Emily was listened to, struck me as a
Marvellous homage to a master mind; I am told
there were about 300 people in the room ; and, as the
price of admission was 20f., Mr. Dickens must have
the gratifying reflection that besides affording im
mense pleasure to countrymen abroad, many of
whom knew him in former days, and were rejoiced,
after long absence, to see him looking young and
well, he has been the merman! putting a handsome
sum into the treasury of an excellent charity.
OITH FEET.—Women are not more hardy than
men. They walk on the same damp, cold earth.
Their shoes must be as thick and warm. Calf 'or
kip skin is beet for the cold seasons. The soles
should be half an inch thick; in addition there should
be quarter of an inch of rubber. The rubber sole I
have used for years ; I would not part with it for to
thousand dollars. It keeps out the damp, prevents
slipping, and wears five times as long as leather of
the same cost. For women's boots it is invaluable.
But rubber shoes should be discarded. They retain
the perspiration, make the feet tender, and give sus
ceptibility to cold. Stand on one foot, and mark
around the outspread toes., Have your Boles exactly
the same width. Your corns will leave you. The
narrow sole is the cause of most of our corns. A
careful study of the anatomy of the foot, and the in
fluence of a narrow sole will satisfy every inquirer.
The heel should be broad and long. Wear thick
woolen stockings. Change them everyday. Before
retiring, dip the feet iffeold water. Rub them hard.
}told the bottoms at thelins till they burn.
IL; '&l4 k WIPPRUtIi
bald Tkiellen. who lived ILIKIO 6401 and who des
Irribed the death of King Arlinir anti tile place of
his interment, was repeated to Henry IL about the
Sear 1287. The King, to test the historical value of
• the poem, ordered a search to be made for King Ar
thur's tomb in the 'churchyard of Glastonbury, and.
there it was found and identified... A similar disco
very was made by the recitation of a' harper of a
Bunn on Catbgarbha, where Oscar and. Cairbear
both fell, in which an account is. given of the burial
of King Conon], a provincial chief or king, who fell
also there. The Irish Academy, teverffy the herdic
record, had the spot excavated, when the grave was
found as described. According to tradition, Cohnial
(pronounced Cole), the' father of Fingaljell in Ayr
shire, in a battle foughtbetween himselfand Moine,
the father of Gaul, who was supported by a clan of
the Britons of Strathclyde. The grave being point
ed out by tradition; the late Dr. Mentes, then rector
of the Ayr Academy, and other gentlemen, had it
opened, when it was found to verify Ossian's de
scription.—The Language, Poetry, and Muzie- of the
'Big land Clans, by Donald Campbell..
A WATERLOO ANECDOTE:—We have it from
an eminent survivor of the battle who was with the
Duke and Lord Uxbridge at thiscrisis, that, on. the
Duke giving the order to attack, Lord Uxbridge
urged him to wait until the Prussians were more in
condition to support a general advance. The Duke
turned round, and answered in. good humor, "No;
in for apenny, in for a pound ;.it'2l My. turn nevi,"
But Lord Uxbridge, not content with' this reply,
ventured to remonstrate again. The Duke then rose
in his stirrups, looked Lord 'Uxbridge sternly in. the
face, and said, very angrily, " Do. youttuppose, sir,
I don't know how to command an. army 1" Lord
Uxbridge at once left the Duke to command hts
army, rode off to lead the last cavalry charge, and
lost his leg.—Edinburgh Review.
RELICS IN ROOKS.—Among the morsels of a
portion of cliff .which fell in the neighborhood of
Havre during the late stormy weather, says Galig..
rani, were found three bronze hatchets. Referring.
to that discovery, the Abbe Cochet, ins a letter to
the journals, states that those hatchets are found
almost all over Europe.. They' are common in
France, and are generally found in groups Some of
them have been analyzed, and found to be composed
of 14 parts of tin and 85 of copper.. The bronze is
, the BA me as that of an antique poniard brought from
' Egypt and analyzed by Vauquelln, from which it
would appear that the composition of ancient Gallic
bronze came from Egypt. Archmologists generally
attribute hatchets of this kind to the Celts and
Gaule, and give them the general name of Celtic.
Those now found sire neither pointed nor polished,
but just as they came from the hands of the founder.
One of them had formerly a ring by which it was
suspended. ~ • .
SMOKING ANHPHOTOGRAPHY.—The Feria
correspondent of the London Photographic News
states that tobacco smoking in the room of a 'photo
'grapher, where the pictures ale developed; has an
. injurious eflect. lie states that anartiat in Paris
attempted an instantaneous proems in the presence
of several smoking photographers, and every nega
tive was " fogged." Next day he repeated the same
process after the room had been thoroughly aired
and ventilated, and the images came cut perfect.
Numerous facts servo to prove the truth of these
observations, and photographers who are in the
habit of smoking in their operating rooms may rest
assured that this is the cause of numerous in
'explicable failures.
THE IRON-CLAD NANTUOKET.—The Iron
chid Nantucket still lies at the wharf at East Bos
ton. Workmen have been employed upon her day
and night for several weeks, and she is so far com
pleted as to be taken to the navy yard thelatter
part of the week, where her armament and ammu
nition will be placed on board. She will. probably
sail• aboub the drat , of. March,
Zip Postmasters an requested to act as Menta tot
Dia Wait Pam
Rte" To the getter-np of a Club of ten or twenty.
extra copy of the Paw will be irises_
THE WORLD OF FASHION.
PARIS FASHIONS FOR FRIIRIIAIIP
Now that the formalities of New-year visitings are
Over, the more serious occasions for the display of
dress, and the consequent encouragement of
'deco
rative art,' consist in soirees at the court, soirees
at the ministers', soirees in the families of distinc-
tion (no longer confined to one particular faubourg),
and soirees aux Italiens, where, however, bldlie.
Patti, during the time she is en scene, gains an un
sought triumph over the more material attractions
offered by what would otherwise be subjects of in
terest, the exquisite toilets of the fair habitues,
who always comprise a numerous selection from the
most distinguished portion of the Parisian popula
tion native and foreign. Never did the tide of a
fashionable, but not the less real, success flow on
amid such unanimous expressions of approbation as
those which have followed the appearance of thi s
most talented of modem artistes, who is so com
pletely and so agreeably la mode, that Mdlle Patti's
Mende and admirers in England will, we are lure,
pardon us this oursory appeal to their souvenirs,
which, perhaps, ought not to have been introduced,
apropos of the February fashions, to a few very brief
observations upon whioh we at once seriously pro-'
coed.
Walking dresses and visiting dresses are very high
ly trimmed when they are not composed of plain
material. "When the stuff itself is very stout
trimming may be dispensed with ; however, even
very thick materials are frequently so richly orna
mented as to stand almost alone when made up. The
trimmings consist, according to the nature of the
dress and taste of the wearer, of narrow guipure,
narrow blond, silk ruchings, and sometimes, for
evening costume, of very extensive ruchings of blond
or tarlatan edged with black, and occasionally co
lored satin favors.
• The fashion is at a standstill as to bonnets, of
which the shape seems fixed for a time, but for a
short time only, rest. assured; fair dames. For what
is more fickle than the fashion? Feathers fire lite
rally in the ascendant as ornament, although they
are arranged-in different ways, and on many parts
of the chapeau, to which they generally offer a con
trast as to color. The short month of February will
not outlive the velvet bonnets, which, for the pre
sent season, are light in color—violet, cream, rose,
blue, and lilac are met with in profusion at the beat
modistes.
Mm'aing Dress.—Robe of dark blue moire antique,
edged with a wide band of black velvet; eachbreadth
is ornamented with a velvet band, cut to a point at
the bottom'and trimmed with guipure. The bands
are made to appear to turn over at the waist, thua
producing the effect of a+ basquine. The corsage and
the plastron form two potntein front, like the bands.
on the akin oithsrdress. .
Toilet& Bal.—Thiivwhitiqllevis is of tarlatan over
silk,. and has three narrow fluted flounces round the
edge of the skirt, the two at the bottom being ill
light bine silk, and the white one above serving as a
relief to the blue silk deaign, edged with narrow
blend,.fornaing.the chief ornament of the dress. The
corsage is decoletd, platted, and trimmed with a
fluting of blue tarlatan. The coiffure is arranged
a la Iflaintenon; a flower, placed just above the fore
head, serves as a support for this capillary decora
tion.. The back hair is disposed en calogan,
Evening Dresit.—Robe of puce-colored moire an
tique, ornamented with two black guipures, the lower
one placed horizontally upon the skirt at a certain
distance above the fluted flounce on the edge, of the
same material as the dress, the upper one en puir
/ands. Square corsage, witikguipure plastron. The
corsage itself, and the sleets, are richly trimmed
with narrow black guipure.
Bead Drers.—The front hair is arranged on each side
in two rolls and carried behind so as to pass through
the back hair, and still leave a ringlet to fall for
wards. Artificial holly, with red berries, furnish the
ornament. The back hair forme three thick rolls,
fastened by an amber comb.
DnYSSING wxm T.9.6TE.=It is strange that, with
all the time American women bestow upon
dress, so few know how to prepare a simple toilet
with taste. To be well dressed means, with most, to
wear rich material, made up in gorgeous style, and
with all the usual accessories of lace and jewelry,
to add to the magnificence of the general effect.
Never was a greater mistake. To be well dressed is
onlYlo have attire suited to time, place, and cir
cumstances, made in a becoming manner. This at
tire may be a shilling calico or a rich silk, and yet,
in either, if it is adapted to the conditions we have
mentioned, a woman may be said to be well dress
ed. 'Where household duties have to be perform
ed, and , the care of children devolves partly
upon the mistress of the house, a neat dress fit
ted gracefully to the figure is much better for
morning wear than the faded remains of a more
pretentious costume. Nothing looks more forlorn
than to see a would-be lady performing household
offices, of not the most relined character, in an old
torn or dirty silk dress, or a soiled and draggled awl
am mom, f.lnp of the 'Rata CflrOulln FRB
ID ID iii6Be r.="'
uet ails ! the sanunse OS The Thoroup'6l-:.pct
sops" cleanliness, glossy, TwelUsruahed hair, neat
shoes and stockings, are as essential to good personal
appearance as the material and fashion of the
dress. Indeed, a lady ;who is particular in these
minor matters, can hardly ever be said to be ill
dressed, as this delicate refinement will not only
excuse faults, but naturally show itself in the. good
taste which will guide her selection, no matter
flow small the cost may be. Some persons have an
extreme horror of being "caught, ,, vs they call it,
in a morning dress. Why they should be so sen- •
sitive on this point, it is difficult to say. If it is
clean, and adapted to the work in which they are
engaged, there is no shame in wearing, and above
all, it ought to be remembered that no attire is good
enough for the family which is not good enough for
mere acquaintancea who may chance to favor you
with their society. It is much better to be caught in
a plain morning dress than to be caught very much
over-dressed, as some unlucky individuals are, at a
small evening party. In one case there is real cause
for mortification, in the other there is none. Mo
thers should carefully press this lesson upon their
daughters. Many a young lady has lost an eligible
match through the discovery that the belle of the
evening.was the slattern of the morning, and that
she paid more attention to the number of her
bounces than the cleanliness of her person, more
care on the brilliancy of her head-dress than the con
dition of her hair,
FENNSYLVINLI,
WEST CHESTER AND PHILADELPHIA.
RAILROAD.—The thirteenth annual report of the
president and managers of this road for the last year
shows: Number of passengers carried during the
year 1862, 264.107; amount received for carrying pas
sengers, $35,866.98; do. freight, $40,992.82; earnings
of the road, $140,202.61; expenses, $71,556.40; net
earnings, $78.646.21. The actual gain during the
yeiir, over and abeve the payment of interest on bonds, ,
$7,558.29, and .they say that it will require a gain
new t ax - 0 11.41 year fully equal tlthis ......... to , reeet the
crease in coat of every thEaast and sudden in
rating and maintaining a railroad.
HEAVY STORM.—On Thursday last, the vicinity
of Latrobe, Westmoreland county was visited by a
terrific storm, by which dwellings, barns, out
houses, he., were blown down, and much valuable
property destroyed. The roof of the Catholic church
in the town of Latrobe was blown off, and the whole
building entirely demolished. The church was erect
ed at a cost of about $4,0e0, and the congregation,
now without a place of worship, will take measures
to replace it as soon as the necessary funds can be
obtained. Mr.-Tames Fenlon, of Latrobe, will re
ceive contributions for the purpose.
THE BUCKS COUNTY SHERIFFALTY.—The
race for the next Democratic nomination for
sheriff, in Bucks county, is already growing interest
ing and exciting. There evidently will be no scar
city of candidates. Doylestown alone will have in
the field at least four aspirants for this office. They
will be Nathan P. Brower, Abraham D. Hartzel,
Joseph Strewn, and Iteuben F. Scheetz. James M.
Wilkinson, of Solebury, and a gentleman from Hill
town,- are also candidates for the office.
BOLD ROBBERY AT ATTLEBOROUGH.—On
Friday night 'last, some time after midnight, the
dwelling of Colonel John Ely, in the village of At
tleborough, was forcibly entered by a party of bur
glars, supposed to be three in number. With the as
sistance of his wife,the colonel succeeded in wound
ing one of the miscreants, who, however, with his
companions, 'succeeded in escaping. The robbers
earned away with them some eighty dollars' worth
of silverware and other valuables.
• RIZIGIOUS.—Rev. Joseph H. Dubs, of Allen
town, has been elected unanimously to the pastor
ship of the German Reformed Churches at Potts
town, Limerick, and New Storeville, which congre
gations were recently under charge °tiler. N. S.
btrassberser. Mr. Dubs will preach his first ser
mon at Pottstown, on Sunday, March 1, in the Ger
man languag e .
PAID ITS QUOTA.—The Bank of Montgomery
county has paid ita proportion of specie to meet the
State interest now about coming due, as required
by a recent act of the Lecislature. The amount as
sessed was four per cent. of the capital stock, souse.
quently this bank had to send sixteen thousand dol
lars in specie to the State Treasurer. •
OBITUARY.—Joseph Gleim, Esq., for many
years a prominent citizen of .Realing, has died. Re
was, some twenty years ago, editor of the Lebanon
Conner, from which position he withdrew on being
elected prothonotary of the county. He was subse
quently State Librarian and Justice of the peace,
ang, held the; latter, position at the of hls
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Tawn'odzi.37l:rei - zrz;s:.=. -43er63e.worte. enssair
anSirrovelaeamprirtimee of tiro oil I,alieedi
formed from the fact that on Wednesday lard thee*
were shipped eastward from Pittsburg, per Penn.
Sylvania Railroad, five thousand four hundred and
fifty barrels. There were shipped over that road,
from the Ist to the fah inst., about thirty thousand'
barrels. •
DEAD.—A despatch has reached Reading,..that
Col. U. A:Knoderer, of the lelth Regiment,
who was wounded M the battle of Blackwateri'died ,
of his wounds. and that his remains had started for
that city for interment. Thus. has fallen another of
the gallant officers of our Union against the hellish,
rebellion that spilling the best bloolVof :our land: . • .
NEW TELEGRAPH LINE.—The:
and Erie Railroad Company are_ engagekin putting
up line of telegraph over their road, commencing
at this place, which. is 'to be extended over the
finished portions of the road, and to Erie as soon ail- ,
the road is completed, which will beby next
RECOVERING..—Captain Edwin Lyon, of Dui
ler, Is slowly but hopefully recovering in:MS:I - the•
effects of the severe wound' received in the battle - of
Fredericksburg, and will probably be well enough to.
be brought home in a few weeks.
Allegheny County Bonds.
We publish the following petition•of the holders.
of the bonds of Allegheny county to the Legislature,
asking the passage of an act by that body author
rizing the funding of the accrued interest up . to-
January, 1863:
To the Honorable Members of the Senate and'Howe of
Representatives of the .State of Pennsylvania:
We the undersigned petitioners, citizens of Phila
delphia, beg, leave to represent to your honorable
body, that some yeitis since the county of Alleghe--
ny, under the authority of the Legislature of thin
State, issued a large number of bonds in payment of
subscriptions to the stock of severarrailroads termi
nating in said county; and in order that said bonds
might be disposed of on the most favorable terms,
there was en act of the Legislature passed, making
them a legal-investment for trust funds, and; in fact,
large amounts of money have been invested by au•
thority of said act, by guardians, executors, and;
trustees, for the use of orphans, minors, widows, and.
others, all of whom have long been deprived of
the use of said money, and many of-them. are at
present in great want. We further beg leave to re.
present:'
Thnt the legality of said bonds. has lately been es
tablished by decisions of the several courts; both of
this State and also the 'United States, and° that the
commissioners of Allegheny county have been di
rected by the United States District Court to collect
an amount of taxes, sufficient to pay the accrued in
iciest on said bonds ; but' as the collection of•so
large'an amount of interest
.at this time might be
burdensome and injutiousto the prosperity of that
ialr county—
We therefore pray that your honorable body may.
peas the set introduced by the Honorable George-
Connell, proposing to fund the accrued interest up to
tannery, 1E63; in six per cent. bonds, and tanking
provision, by special taxation, for the prompt pay
meet of the interest and final redemption of said
bonds. -
All of which me beg to submit for your favorable
consideration, and humbly beg that' our petition
maybe speedily granted.
And, asgood Citizens, we shall ever pray, Ice.
INTERESTING'•FACT.—The • magnetic needle*
was used in China 1040 years B. C.' The, first corn
'• pass consisted of a common sewing needle, touched
with a natuenl loadstone, mounted upon a. piece of
cork, and permitted to float u. water Omit. • (I.t
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