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IiITSPATURD.
JljffFIW 0 -F JJW BOOKS.
From Clnxton, HeniHun Jfc ITaflfolfinfjer
we bftve received "The Two BaroneHRfs," by
Hans ChriHlinn Andnrscn, anil "Dame Nature
and her Tbrce Daughter,' from the French
of X. H. Sautino. Published by Hnrd &
- Houghton.
"The Two ParoncsKes" i the second volnme
f Kurd A Houghton's complete edition of
Hans Andorscn'n works. This churning
writer is certainly nt his bent in his hhort
ftoricf), and it is by theso that he is host
known and most highly ctitecmed. IIo Bocnjs
to lack the ability to handle a largo mibjoct
with the noc Hsary skill, and his novels have
consequently dono but little for his reputa
tion. "The Irnprovisatoro" is chiefly inte
resting an a poetical description of Italy, nnd
the story ia comparatively unimportant. In
"The Two Baronesses" Andersen has given a
ilescripiion of his native Denmark; but,
itrango to say, bo appears to lack the hearty
. tfyiupathy with his subject that makes "The
Jmprovisatore" Huch a delightful book to
read. There are good bits of sceufry and
character, but the story is rather disconnected
. And unsatisfactory. With all its defects, how
ever, "The Twe Baronesses" is a very ploa
pant work, and it is marked by all the charm
ing peculiarities of Andersen's style.
"Dame Nature" is a translation from San
tine's La Mire Gigogne ct ce troi Jilles, and
it is one of the ploasantest books on natural
history for children that exist in literature.
The readers of "I'icciola" know what the
charms of this writer's style are, and in "Dame
Nature" there is sufficient amusement corn
Lined with wholesome instruction to make it
a permanent favorite with children of all ages.
J. B. Lippincott &. Co. send us "Moody
Mike; or, The Power of Love," a Christmas
story by Frank Sewall. This is a pleasantly
written story for children, suited for the ap
proaching Christinas season. It is nicely
printed and bound, and is illustrated with
three clever designs by Bensell.
From Henry Carey Baird, No. I0(! Wal
nut street, wo have received "Directions for
Cooking in its Various Branches," by Miss
Leslie. This is the sixtieth edition of Miss
Leslie's famous compilation of domestic re
ceipts, a work that still retains its reputation
as one of the very best of its class, in spite of
the many rivals in the field. The price is
$ 1 '."iO, and it will be sent by mail free of post
age to any part of the United States.
From T. B. Peterson fc Brothers we have
received "Wives and Widows," by Mrs. Ann
S. Stephens. This is a new novel by this
popular writer, and it is distinguished by all
the characteristics that make her writings so
successful with a large circle of readers.
Charles Desilver sends ns "A Summary
f History," by Ida P. Whitcomb. This is a
brief statement of the lending events of his
tory from the birth of Luther in 14 Ml to the
present time. It is designed particularly to
acoompany "Lord's Modern History," and it
will be found by teachers to be an excellent
and very convenient hand-book.
From D. Ashmead we hava received
"Men's Wives," the third volume of Apple
ton's cheap edition of Thackeray's miscellane
ous won:3aiso, tne montniy part ol Ajijilc
toiu' Journal, containing the weekly numbers
for November.
From T. Ellwood Zoll we have received
"Nos. 59 and ! of "Zell's Popular Encyclope
dia," which is brought down to tho title
'Celery."
Turner Brothers & Co. send in .Ijiplr
ioits journal for December I, which prosents
an attractive variety of articles, and Our
JJoyti' and Girls' Magazine for the same date.
Tho November number of The Journal
cf the Franklin, Institute, edited by Professor
Henry Morton, has valuable articles on
"Pumping Engines;" "Beltings;" "Observa
tions of the Solar Protuberances," by Profes
sor F. Zollner; "Preserving Timber;" "New
Chemical Nomenclature;" "Morton's Ejector
Condenser," and other important subjects.
The American Sunday Sohool Union
Sends us "Out of tho Orphan Asylum; or,
Sketches in a Country Parish," and "Tho
Third Book of One Hundred Pictures," a
couple of religious storiei for children.
From the Central News Company, No.
505 Chesnut street, who supply the trade and
regular subscribers with all the foreign and
domestic periodicals, we have recoived tho
latest numbers of tho London Punch, Fun,
the ComhUl Magazine, and AU the Ttar
Round.
CASTE.
Senator Hmiiner'e Views.
The following are the concluding para
graphs, as delivered elsewhere, of the lec
ture on "Caste," which Senator Sumner will
Boon give in this city:
Assuming a common humanity, it is diffi
cult to resist the conclusion, that there must
be sooner or Liter on earth one common, uni
versal civilization, in which all peoples and
all nations will share none too low, none too
suffering, none with too little advantage not
to enjoy this common good. Notwithstand
ing all differences which may now be dis
cerned, although the barbarian still holds an
extensive empire, although tho savage still
occupies a whoh; continent and the islands of
the sea, I am not diweouraged, I do not doubt
the result. Was not man told at the begin
ning to multiply and subdue the earth ? Be
lieving in God, I believe also in man, by whose
energies, with the blessing of Providonce, all
this will yet be accomplished. Skeptics there
are I know who, because this great result
bas not been reached, doubt. But to my
mind it is clear that by that great law of hu
man progress which has already conducted a
part of the human family to the heights of
civilization, all will yetreach it. Tho manner
is which the question presents itself to us is
like a problem in the rule of three. Given
original degradation and present elevation,
how long will it take other people, degraded
likewise, to reach the same heghts ? How
is the result to be produced? The answer is
easy. There is a law of unity. Obey and
follow it in all its requirements. Obey it at
Lome, and its extension abroad will follow.
Let it become the law of our country, and
Straightway it will be adopted elsewhere.
Therefore do J spy, "lrive Cawte from out
Republic, and it will become, like Cain, a
fugitive and a vagabond in the earth." In this
work there is no room for prejudice, timidity
or despair. There is nothing of aspiration for
nniversal man which is not within tho retch
of well-directed effort; no mutter in what dis
tant island of tho sea, no matter in what un
known recess of continents, wherever man
exists there are the capacities of humanity,
with that greatest of all, tho capacity for im
provement. All the civilization we have
reached supplies tho means. Here is tho
necessity of knowledge. Man must know
himself, nnd that law of unity appointed for
tho human family. Such is tho true light for
our steps. Here is guidance and safety. Who
can measure the value of knowledge-! What
imagination can grasp its infinite power? As
well attempt to measure the sxn in its glory.
The friendly lamp ia our streets is raoru thm
the police. Light in tho world is more than
armies or navies. Where its rays penetrate
there has civilization begun.
Great powers nre at hand, ministers of
human progress. I name two only first,
the printing press, nnd secondly, tho moans
of inter-communication, whether by railway
or navigation represented by the steam en
gine. By these civilization is extended nnd
secured. It is not only carried forward, but
fixed so that there can be no return. Through
these means knowledge is mndo coextonsive
with space nnd time on earth. Thus every
achievement in thought or science, every dis
covery by which man is elevated, becomes
tho common property of the whole human
family. There enn be no monopoly. Soonor
or Inter all enjoy the triumph.
And now, my friends, in closing this dis
cussion, which I know I have opened bo in
adequately, let me confess again my senHO of
its grandeur. It concerns oiir best interests,
abroad and nt home. Let caste prevail, nnd
civilization is thwnrted. Let ensto be tram
pled out, nnd our republic, becomes more than
ever an example whose pulsations will be felt
on the romotest shores. There is not a nation
that will not feol it just in proportion to its
necessities. Above all, Africa will feel it,
and this vast continent, where man has so
long degraded his fellow man, will begin to
receive the pnyiuent of thit debt which civili
zation hns so long owed.
But among theso great interests abroad, lot
me not forget the practical interests here at
home. This great pending question has too
long sent its darkening shadow over our
country, nnd now again it begins to lower
from the Pacific coast. It must be settled.
How often have I said in oth jr places, "No
thing can be settled which u not settled
right." And now do I say that this great
pending question, whether Applicable to the
African or the Chinese, cannot bo settled
except in harmony with the promises of our
fathers and with universal law.
To the strangers now seeking our shores
from two opposite quarters, ajtoss two great
oceans, from the east and the west, there
can be but one word of welcome. Let them
be no more strangers. If tho Chinese come
for labor only, then have we tho advantage of
their wonderful and docile industry. If they
come for citizenship, then do they give the
pledge of incorporation ia our republic,
tilling it with increH-ie. Nor can there be
peril in the gifts they bring. As all rivers
are lost in the sea, which shows no sign of
their presence, so will all peoples be lost ia
the widening confines of our republic, with
an ocean-bounded continent for its un
paralleled expanse, nnd one harmonious
citizenship; where all 'are equal in fact, for its
gentle nnd impartial sway.
THE (;U BOATS.
Forum! Seizure of ibo .llodrrn Ariunila.
At 4 o'clock yuRterday afternoon Marshal Harlow
aul Deputy Marshal Winslow visited tho establish
ment ol Cornelius ii. licluiuuter, at the loot of West
Fourteenth street. They entered the olllce. and
were introduced to Mr. Reynolds, the superinten
dent of the iron works, to whom Marshal Harlow
read the lollowing attachment, of which he bail
thirty copies, one HguliiHt each gunboat, numbers
occupying the places ol their names:
SouriiEiiN DiHTKicr of Nkw Yoiik, hh. Tho Preiidont
(if tlio United States of America, to the Marshal of tho
Nouthern Dibtriut of Now York, grunting: -Whenias, a
Libel of Information hstli been tiled in tho District Court
of the United Status, for Illy knuliiurn DIM nut of New
York, on the twenty-fourth liny of November, in the yoar
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, by
Kdwaros Hierrepont, Esq., United Status District Attor
ney, on behalf of the United iStaloa of America,
ncaiiibt a certain vessel known as gunboat
No. --, now Jj inf ut the loot of Thirteenth
street, North river, hor tackle, etc., material,
urniH, uiuiniiBition and uteres. (Sec. 110, net April 20, IHIH),
lor the reasons and cantos in the said Libel of Informa
tion mentioned, and prayine; tiie usual process and mom.
Hon of the said court in tliat behnli to bo made, and that
all poisons interested in the said gunboat, No. , mate
rials, arms, ammunition, stores, etc., may be cited in gene
ral and special, to answer tun premises, and all proceed
ings beint; had that the said gunboat. No. , ma. .'rials,
anus, etc., may, for the causes in tho said Libel of Infor
mation mentioned, be condemned as forfeited to t'ue use
of the United States.
You are therefore hereby commanded to attach the said
gunboat No. , hor tackle, etc., materials, arms, ammuni
tion, nnd stores, and to detain the same in your oust oily
until the further oidor of too Court respecting the same,
and to give due notice to all persons claiming the same,
or knowing or having anything to say why the same should
not be condemned pursnrnt to tue prayer of tho said
Libelof Information, that they be ana appear before the
aid Court, to be held in and f or t he Southern District of
New York, on the fourteenth of December next , at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, ii the same Bhail
be a day of jurisdioi ion, otherwise on the next day of
jurisdiction thereafter, then and there to interpose u
claim for the same, and to inako their allegations iu taut
behalf. And what lou snail have done in tho preiu.ses
do you then and there make lelutn thereof, together with
ji in ff ri t
Witness, tho Honorable Samuel Ti. Ifotts, Judgo of the
aid t.'oui t, at tiie City 01 New York, in the Southorn
District ol New York, thia twenty-fouitu day of November,
in the year of our Lord one thoiiMUid eight hundred and
sixty-nine, and of ourindei endenee the ninety fourth.
l.mVAKPfri PlKHUlCPONT.
United biutes District-Attorney.
GEO. F.JIKTTS, Clerk.
Having thus attacked the flotilla, the Marshal had
a brief interview with the uavul oiilt-er commanding
the war steamer Mafia, on guard ut the basin. To
him the Marshal gave charge of tho vessels until to
morrow, when arrangements will bo made for their
future disposition. It is probable that they may
continue in their present location, although that Is
at present uncertain. The, Marshal hud an interview
with Mr. Helaninter lieforo he left, and told him
that no mention was made no to whether the work
upon the craft should be discontinued or not.
However, In view of their uncertain fata Mr. Dela
rnater will not feel disposed v continue the work,
and will abide the decision of lite authorities with
regard to that question. To-morrow will see the
matter detlniiely settled. Leaving the establishment,
tbw Marshal went to Admiral (lotion's residence to
apprise him of the action taken In the mutter and to
arrange for the vessels' bufo keeping.
Mr. Delamuter has placed the ailair In the bands
of Messrs. Webster Ciaigr, counsel for the Spanish
Government antl has also employed his own coun
sel, EvartH, bouthmiivd A Co., to appear for him.
It Is probable that Mr.Uelatnater may be permitted
to UiilBh the vessels at hid dock, In the event of
which his contract will lie completed, as it only culls
lor the delivery of the floiillu when littod out at the
end of tho dock.
On Monday Ignaclo Alfaro, ex-Secretary of War of
the Cuban Junta, made u complaint uulnst the gun
boats on the ground thut tliuy were intended to
cruise and commit hostilities and depredations
against "the citizens and property of a colony or
people with whom the United titates are at peace"
(see Neutrality act of iMi), to wit, the colony or
people of the island or Cuba y, y. limes ytnUrOay.
VIRiJIMA'S XEW ERA.
Jutliie Jobnaton'a Letter Aereptlnic Ihe foiled
Mlutea Heuiuorebli).
We find In the Richmond Whig the following letter
from Judge John W. Johnston, one of the United
btateg Senators elect from Virginia:
AMNtiDON, Wednesday, Nov. 17, ls9 Ills Excel
lency Governor Walker: I have the honor to ac
knowledge the receipt of my credentials as United
States Senator from Virginia.
When the war ended It was not only a matter of
necessity, but of practical wisdom, that the Southern
(States should regain their places in the Union at
the earliest possible day. That they could prosper
In the anomalous condition In which they were
placed was Impossible. The uncertainty of the
future repressed enterprise and deadened industry.
A settled Stale Constitution and defined relations to
tne General Government were essentlul to the com-
ple e progress and qnict snd well-lxilng of these
b atos. llelievlng fully, not only thut Virginia could
noi. prosper, bnt tnat our continued. delusion from
th union Interfered with the huslneis of tho whole
country, I have been anxious for aa early compliance
with the reeonstruc'lou laws, and that the state
should itself Inaugurate some movement similar to
that which resulted in your elertlon for the purpose,
and not wait, like Mieawber, for "something to turn
op."
The qneptlons nt Ispue between the Xorth and
South were nettled, and Bcttled forever, by the ".
Slavery whs extinct and nobody wanted It revived
en any terms. The claim to the right of secession
was abandoned, and it Is not only not probable, but
not possible, that It can bo again asserted, for the
Hate of Virginia, by a vote almost unanimous, bas
adopted a Constitution which declares
"That this State shall ever remain a member of
the United etutes of America, and that the people
theroof are a part of the American nation, and thai
nil Httwnipts from whatever source or upon whatever
pn text to dissolve suld Union, or to sever said
na'lon, are nnauthorl.ed and ought to be resisted
w ith the whole power of the State."
The Uftcrnth amendment, which I trust will soon
be adi pted by States enough to make it apart of the
Constitution of the United States, will end uquesllon
w htch has sellntetl the country for half a century. I
entirely approve of the principles of th.it amend
ment, and as we have Invested the freedman with
the right to vote, let ns give him a fair opportunity
to vote understandlnglv. He this civil rights, and It
is to enr interest that h'eshonld know their value.
No questions are now so Important to the whole
toitntiy as those connected with the national debt
and niitionul finances. The repudiation of tho na
tional debt would be the destruction of theOoveru
nient. Kxact and complete good faith should be ob
si tvid with the public creditor. All the obligations
of the Government should be strictly fulfilled. Nor
Is this mi hard to do. The public debt, which to tho
Impoverished south looked a little while back so
stupendous, Is already assuming comparatively
timing dimensions. It is seen that it can lie easily
paid. The spectacle Is now exhibited of
immigrants coming to this country, both
from the continents of Kurope and Asia,
at a rate not much less than half a million
a year. Most of these bring capital or labor, and
some of them both. Our population, besides, is In
creasing with greut rapidity ; every mile of railroad
that Is built, every acre of forest that Is cleared, or
of Bwimip land reclaimed, every mine that Is opened
or lmitiuinctory erected, adds to our resources and
Increases our capacity to pay our public debt,
whether Stale or national. The present financial
policy ef the General Government Is diminishing our
cxctistB, and the only things to be considered now
are how to pay the debt soonest, and in the manner
least burdensome to the people.
That we are approaching apparently so near to the
consummation of reconstruction, we are greatly In
debted to the kind olllces of President Grunt. The
State was In a dilemma; It wanted a constitution,
but the ono made for It had at least two very objec
tionable features. We felt that we were sullering In
all cur material interests by staving out of tne
Union, ami yet to go Inuiidcr the new Constitu
tion, with all Its provisions, would have been worse.
'1 his Gordlan knot was happily cut by the I'resl
ilent's first Message to Congress and the prompt
response ef thut body. Up to this time the conduct
of the administration has been liberal, and if the
sanio policy is pursued hereafter It ought to have
the hourly support of this State.
If we cust dead Issues behind us, nnd look to that
line of conduct which shall restore quiet and conil
denee, and encourage enterprise and industry, we
sluill soon see the country richer and more pros
perous than it has ever been.
Yours respectfully, John W. Johnston.
k iicMleii la I.
fix oxen drew the Cartliif jiunt to Syracuse,
and lie in return draws two thousand sjiectators
daily.
At a Meeting of soldiers of the war of 1813.
held in Newport, It. I., l.i-t week, 22 veterans
were present w hose united ages amounted to
1IVT5 years, an average of ahout T7 3 cars each.
A Kansas journal says that the identical
Star-Spangled Hanner which flouted over Fort
Mcllenry when Key wrote our national song, is
owned by the heirs ot Colonel Armistcad, who
commanded the fort and kept the historic
bunting.
Bishop Clurksou lias ordained three Santeo
Indians, iu the northwest comer of Nebraska, to
the ministry of the Episcopal Church. They
will be employed as lnlsnionuries among their
own people, of whom more than '.i00 are commu
nicants in the church.
A sailor at the Brooklyn Navy Yard ex
plained to a curious landsman the other day
how prize money is divided. "It is sifted
through a ladder," he said. "What falls through
goes to the olliccrs, what sticks, the 6uilors get."
iwo Japanese boys, ilougma and bnoye,
are studying our language and military tactics
in the 1 1 ighlund Military Academy, at VVorcester,
Maes., nnd another is soon to enter the school.
They arc placed there by order of ono of the
Japanese governors.
The Board of Improvements of Cincinnati
have reported against laying the Fisk concrete
pavement in that city, "especially when no
guarantee is given that It will last more than
two years, and no provision is made for the re
funding of any portion of the cost iu case of
failure.
A materialist surgeon of Paris lately showed
to one of his friends one of his instruments, the
handle of which was carved in bone. "Do you
know," lie asked, 4 'of what this handle is iiiado?"
"Of ivory, I suppose." "No," said the doctor."
while tears almost checked his voice, "it is the
thigh-bone of my poor aunt."
I'pon hearing a class of girls read in one of
the public schools of Columbus, Ga., Ucv. Dr.
Senrs said that it surpassed anything lie had
heard in tho North, f'nunclation might be
sharper, keeucr, and clearer in the North, but
there the soul and meaning of an author were
more distinctly expressed and fully given.
A Montana paper calls for tho organization
of a company of volunteers who shall have a
bounty for all Indians they kill, and also huve
all horses nnd valuables captured; but it ex
presses a doubt If Governor Ashley will listen
to Its wise demands, "through fear of the phi
lanthropists in the Lastern States."
The Statistical Committee of the National
Association of Cotton .Manufacturers and Plant
ers state the total production of cotton for lSiiS
-V to have been 2,af)0,4(j7 bales. The Charleston
(S. C.) Courier's estimate, published on the 14th
of September, made the production 2,o58,ti(,
only 80118 bales less than the nctual result.
One of those "blarsted Ilenglishnien" who
occasionally write for the New 1 ork press savs
to cat is "to insert nutritious pabulum into the
dcntrilicatcd orilice below the nasal protube
rance, which (the pabulum) beiug masticated,
peregrinates the cartilaginous cavities of the
larynx, and is filially domicilitatcd iu the recep
tacle for digested particles."
At one of the latest breach of promise cases.
tried In London, the plaintiff was a servant
woman of fifty-live, and the defendant a gouty
old man of seventy-seven. The promise was
alleged to have been given nineteen years ago.
The woman, who was introduced to the Court us
the afllanced bride of the defendant, recovered
50.
A Japanese history of tho British Parlia
ment hui been published ut Jeddo. The object
appears to be to help the first Japancso Parlia
ment to an understanding of its functions. Tho
work is compiled from the best English autho
rities on the British Constitution, is published
in two volumes, and contains several good Illus
trations. Chicago needs, more than anything elso,
10.000 Chinamen to act as domestics. Much a
thing as a good, well-trained servant is no more
to be found here than a living specimen of the
mound builders. Tho few female servants that
may be found are mainly interested in area aud
back-door llirtations, witu a view to early matri
mony. Three interesting fossils have recently been
found In tho township of Seymour, Canada.
The first is apparently a pctrilied human head,
which shows the tongue.cycballs, and muscles of
the face, the heud having the reddish-brown ap
poaranco of an ore of iron. The other relics
are the foot and leg of a young girl, about ten
years old, and a section of meat from the side
of an ox, showing three ribs.
Wendell Phillips sets himself up as a model
of literary accuracy, and as an authority In
facts. 1 et ho told in his lecture the other night
how he felt concerning Greeley's Tribune in
1834 seven years, as It happens, before that
secession journal was started! And again ho
talked about the old custom of "the people of
JVopics" in their marriage ceremony when they
married the Adriatic, lie probably mount the
Doges of Venice. Venice, he should know, is
situated on the Adriatic. Naples is on tho Medi
terranean Sea. These errors would be of no ac
count In any lecturer who did not, as Phillip
docs, ftwnmc airs of snpcriorlty for accuracy In
such mattcrs.yariorrf Tinun.
The largest wagon ever built on tho TacHlc
coast has recently been completed at Hamilton,
wnue line, onu is to be used for transporting
ore from the South Aurora Mine to the Stanford
Mill. Here are some of the dimensions: The
spindles are 4 inches in diameter, of the best
quality of iron; tires, 5 Inches wide by 1 inches
thick; spokes, 5 inches thick; hubs, 19 inches In
diameter by 20 inches lonir; height of the hind
wheels, feet 9 inches. The bed is capable of
holding .ili,(KKJ pounds of ore. ami the wivron is
estimated to bear up 40,000 pounds over auv or
dinary mountain road. When firt built, :ii.500
pounds of quartz were hauled on it from Gold
Hill to one of the mills about Dayton. The two
larger wheels weigh 1004 pounds each, and the
entire rig upward of 8000 pound.
Among the many curious stories told about
the old frigate Constitution Is the following:
On board the Guerricrc, when raptured, was
Lieutenant, afterward Admiral, Chad. Ill-luck
put him on board the Java, when she was crip
pled and sunk. Years afterwards, Lieutenant
Chads, having become a Captain or Admiral,
found himself lying at anchor alongside of his
old enemy, in the harbor of Toulon, Commodore
Patterson in command. By some great over
sight, in firing a salute the guns of the Constitu
tion were left shotted, and tho missiles were
sent wildly among the peaceful shipping among
others, reaching the English flagship, and killing
several. Tratlttiou says that Admiral Chads
rushed on deck, antl rut her impetuously re
marked. 14 that old ship, I believe she will
never stop firing at me !"
The Grand Haven (Mich.-) Union describes
an apparently bottomless murh, across which
the Detroit anil Milwaukee Bailroad passes on a
Mull trestle bridge. Several months ago tho
filling up of the marsh was commenced, and
muny teams were employed in carting in clay.
After a bank several feet in depth had been
built across, signs of sinking were discovered a
few rods from tho west bnuk. A train of dirt
carts was put on, and the work of filling driven
ously. The more sand was put on the
fftPler it sunk. They cut olf the sinking bents,
nnd raised nnd blocked them up about four feet.
One mail train passed over safely, but the next
day that portion of the bridge had sunk about
six feet, making a grade altogether too steep
and too hazardous to be passed over. The siuk
ing has not been less than 20 feet in all, and on
the upper (north) side a huge hillock has been
formed by the clayey, mucky soil, by tho up
ward pressure of the soft mass below, the hillock
being cracked and seamed in every direction.
When the bridge was built, piles were driven in
that soft soil to a depth of 00 feet. And yet the
surface is so hard that cattle roam all over it.
Tho singular attempt of tho Indian convicts
Horse Driver and Little Wolf, to commit suicide
nt Omaha on the 11th instant have nlready been
announced by telegraph. The Omaha Hepubli
can gives the following description of this
attempt: "After dinner llorse Driver and Little
Wolf secured a stick apiece aud proceeded to
put an end to themselves ns follows: Little
Wolf fell into possession of the shortest stick, a
round rod of hard wood, about six Inches iu
length, sharpened somewhat at one end. This
ho drove, by tho exertion of much force, by
pressing against the wall, about an Inch and a
quarter into his chest, between the ribs. It took
a good jerk on the part of Jailor Kccse to pull
the instrument of destruction from tho place
where it was imbedded. Horse Driver, whose
stick was about a foot and a half in length,
thrust It down his throat until not a sign of it
was to be seen. Tho two. however, after they
had thus 'sticked' themselves, could not refrain
from natural groaning, and so their games
were discovered. Several doctors were sent for,
ono of whom pulled the ttick from the stomach
of llorse Driver. It is evident thut both men
have given themselves bad wounds, b"t it is not
thought either will produce death
WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETC
EVnS LABOKUS & CO. -
DIAMOND -DEALERS & .IKWKLKRfi
WATCHES, JKWKLHY SII.VKII W Alt!;. '
.'WATCHES and JEWELRY REPAIRED, f
03 Chestnut St., Philay
Ladies' and Gents' Watches,
AMERICAN AND IMPORTED,
Of the most celebrated makers.
FINE VEST CHAINS AND LEONTINES,
In H and 18 karat.
DIAMOND and other Jowelry of the latest designs.
Kngiiffemont and Wedding Kings, in 18 kunit and coi
Solid bilver-Wure for Bridal Presents, Table Cutlery,
I'luted vt are, eto. 11 5 fmw
PICH JEWELRY.
JOHN BRENNAN,
DIAMOND DEALER AUD JEWELLER,
NO. 13 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET,
6 2 niwf Ouirp PHILADELPHIA.
ESTABLISHED 1328.
WATCHES, JEWELRY,
CLOCKS, SILVERWARE, an
FANCY GOODS,
NO. m N. SIXTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
CSj, HENRY HARPER,
No. 520 ARCH STREET,
Has a well selected stock, at low prices, of
WATCHES, FINK JEWELRY, SILVER WARK,
and (113wfmlm
ROGERS' TRIPLE-PLATED SrOONS, FORKS, ETO
8 A AC K. STAU fTe R ,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER,
No. 148 N. SECOND St., cor. of Quarry.
An assortment of WATCHES, JEWELRY, and
PLATED WARE constantly on band, suitable for Holi
day Gifts. II 34 wfmtftrp
WILLIAM B. WARNE & CO.,
Wholesale Dealers in
! -. T n iv ii r n jett r.i.n ,
BTE. corner SEVENTH and CHKKNCT RtreeU,
8 fcecond lloor, and Ute of No. lie S. THIRD Bu
ROOFINQ.
READY ROOFING.-.
This Hooting is adapted te all buildings. It oao
applied to
6TEEP OR FLAT ROOFS
at one-half the expense of tin. It is readily pnt en
bhinKle Roofs without removing the shingles, thus avoid,
iug the damaging of ceilings aud furniture while under
oiiigrninirs. (No gravel used.)
'REBKUVE YOUR TIN HOOFS WITH WELTON1
KLAKTIO PAINT.
I am always prepared to Hepair and Paint Roofs at shot!
notice. Aloo, PAINT KOK bALK by the barrel or gallon
the best and cheapest in the market. WKLTO
j 17 i0 N-i'Hl11 st11' b.iiiy?
TO OWNERS. ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS.
AND ROOFERS. Roof si Yes, yes. Every size and
kind, old or new. At No. fH N. Till lib Street, the AMU.
RltlAN OONURKTK PAINT AND ROOF COMPANY
are selling their celebrated paint for TIN ROOKS, and
for prusorviug all wood and metals. Also, their solid oot
pies roof covering, the beet ever oifored to the public, with
druahus, cans, bucket, etc., lor the work. Anti-vermin,
Fire, and Water-proof; Light, Tight, Durable. No crack
ing, pealing, or shrinking. Mo paper, gravel, or heat. Oood
for all climates. Directions given fur work, or good work
men supplied. Care, promptness, certainty I One priest
(Jail! Examine! Judge!
Agents wanted fox interior counties.
4&tf JOHEPU LEEDS. Principal.
PAVEL ROOFS REPAIRED AND WAR-
vl ranted for five years, at half the price others oharge.
Tin ruols repaired and painted at one cent per agoare foot.
Old shingle roofs eovered with roady rooting, at small
eont. Kt juUjue Hooting Company, Uv. 411 VINE nrreet,
Call ttnd see.
llklm
I
I
INSURANOfc..
Mliii Fire Iisrace Company
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St.
Assets Jan. I,'69, $2,677,372' 1 3
OAriTAL
400,Bn0f0
l,fN3,BiS-T0
1,193,843 -43
INCOME FOR 1S09,
At ( HI F.I) SURPLUS...
PRKiMIL'MS
CNSETTI.En CLAIMS,"
30U,UUU.
Lcsses paid since 1829,0Ter $5,500,00Q
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
'I he ifiiimany aim tn-nfn Policies on Kama ofyliuildingf
of all kiiids,Crouud Rents, and Mortgagee.
DIRECTOH8.
Alfred O. Baker, . Alfred FHIer,
FttmnoHlrnnt, J Thomas Sparks,
(enrge W. Richards. I William S. (Jraut,
laaac Ia, I Thomas S. Ellis,
OeorgeFalee, . . ' Gostavu 8. Kenson.
AI FRF.n U. UAKK.K, PrmudenL
, ilOK(iK K A I.Ed, Vice-President.
JAR. W. MrAM.IKTKH, Bocrotary.
T 1 i F.ODOK E M. K EG Eft, A aaisUnt Secretary. 3 S
A S B U 11 Y
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
:..; ItltOAKWAV, comer of
IMcYciitli SI roc t, .ev York.
CASH CAPITAL 8160.000
$126,OB0 deposited with tho State of Now York as security
for policy boldors.
LEMUEL HANGS, 1'rnnidont.
CEORGK ELLIOTT, Vice-President and Secretary.
EMORY McOLlNTOGK, Actuary.
A. E. M. PUKDY, Al. D., Medical Examiner.
riULAHK.I.PHIA KK.rEKENCKS.
Thomas T. Tanker, i. John M. Maris, , J. Ii. Lippincott,
Charles hiiencer, William Divine, Jamrs long.
John A. V right, S. Morns Wain, Alamos Hunter,
Arthur G. Coltin, 'John H. Mcllreary. K. 11. Worne.
Organwcd April, hVi. 375 Policies iwied tirat six
incnthr, ; over 2l'i'll in the twelvemonths folli.wing.
All forms of Policiet inoed on mont favnraole terms.
Special advantages offered to Ulergjnion.
A few good agents wanted in city or oountry. Apply t
JAMES M. l,iNHA;ilIc,
Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware.
OfRrn, No. fi WALNUT Mroet, Philadelphia.
SAMUEL POWERS, Special Agent. 4 103
J N 8 U K E AT HOME,
IM TBI
Penn Mutual Life Insurance
COMPANY.
No. m CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
ASSETS, 83,000,000.
CHARTERED BY OUR OWS STATU.
JOANAliED BY OUR OWN CITIZEN
LOSSES PUOSIPTLY PAID.
OI.ICIKS ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLANS.
Applications may be made at the Home Offlce, and
at tne AgeBciea throughout the State, a 18i
JAItlEN TRAOUAIK PRESIDENT
WADIUICL E. STOKES VICE-PRESIDENT
JOHN W. IIOUNOK A, V. P. and ACTUARY
HORATIO S. STEPHENS SECRETARY
QTRICT L Y MUTUAL.
Provident Life and Trust Co.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
OFFICE, No. 111S. FOURTH STREET.
Organized to promote LIFE INSURANCE among
mcnilicro of the Society of Friends.
Good risks of ny class accepted.
Policies issued on approved plans, at the lowest
rates.
President. SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY, V
Vice-President, WILLIAM C. LONGSTRETH,
Actuary, ROWLAND PARRY.
The advantages oii'ered by this Company are ti&
excelled. I aT
TIIE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office S. W. Corner l OUKTH itnd WALNUT Streets.
II It K INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
PKRPETCAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED.
Cabh Capital r $ix),ox)'00
Cash Assets, July 1, lm. UJ
$5i:i,il79".M.
DIRECTORS.
F. Ratchford Starr, I J. Livingston Krringer.
Kalhro Fraier.
James 1.. ClaRhnrn,
John M. Atwood,
lienjamin T. Tredick,
Ceorno H. Stuart,
William C Houlton.
Charles Wheeler,
Thomas H. Montgomory,
John 11. llrowu.
ijajuea aennon.
Thia Company insures onlv first alass riaka. Inkintr n
specially hazardous risks whatever, such as factories,
mills, eto.
F. RATCHFOPn STARR, President.
THOMAS II. MONTGOMERY, Vice-President.
ALEXANDKil W. WlSTEli, Secretary. a (j
-piIfENIX INSURANCE COMPANY OF
X PHILADELPHIA.
INCORPORATED Iwi4-C1IARTER PERPETUAL.
No. 2-1 WALNUT Streot. opposite the Exchange.
This Company insures from loss or damage by
FIRE,
on liberal terms, on buildings, merchandise, furniture,
etc., for limited periods, and permanently on buildings by
deposit of premiums.
The Company has been in active operation for more than
SIXTY YEARS, during which all losses have been
promptly aojustea ana pam.
DIRECTORS.
John L. Hodge,
M. E. Mahony,
JohuT. Lewia,
William S. Crant,
Robert W. Learning,
D.Clark Wharton,
Lawrouco Lewis, Jr.,
JOHN R.
David Lewis,
Itenjamin Elting,
Thomas it. Powers,
A. H. Moltenry,
Edmund Castillon,
Samuol Wiluox,
Iiftwis C. NmrriM.
WUCUERER, President.
Samuel WrLCOX, Secretary.
4 St
OFFICE OF TIIE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NORTH AMERICA, No. 233 WALNUT Street,
Philadelphia.
Incorporated 1791. . Charter Perpetual.
Capital, $500,0uu.
Assets 93,350,000
MARINE, INLAND, AND FIRE INBURANOK.
OVER 430,WX).UW LOSSES PAID SINCE ITS ORGAN.
1ZATION.
mwscTonJ:
Artbnr O. Coffin,
Samuel W. Jones,
John A. Hrowu,
Charles Taylor,
Ambrose Whits,
W illiam Welsh.
S. Morris Wain,
j' ranois iv uopa,
Edward H. Trotter
Edward S. Clarke,
T. Charlton Henry,
Alfred D. Jeasup.
Jolm P. Whit.
I.ouis O. Madeira,
Charles W. Cuaumaa
jonn mason,
Ueorge L. Harrison, '
ARTHUR O COFFIN. Prnaidont
. CHARLES PLAIT, Vice-President.
M ATTOTAB Maiuh. Secretary.
Cuah. 11. R fcvts. Asst. Secretary.
JfAME INSURANCE COMPANY.
No. m CHESNUT Street.
INCORPORATED ISM. CHARTER- PERPETUAL.
CAPITAL, SmoOO.
FIRK INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insures against Loss or Damage by Fire either by Per
petual or Temporary Policies.
DIRECTORS:
Charles Richardson,
William 11. Rhawn,
William M. Seytert,
Henry Lewis,
Nathan liilles.
Robert Peareey
John Kesaler, Jr.,
Edward K. Orne,
Charles Stokes,
John W. Evennan,
Mordecai Bushy.
CeorgeA. West,
CHARLES RICHARDSON. President.
WILLIAM H. RHAWN, Vice-President.
WlIAlAMB 1. Blancbabp. Secretary. 7 2!ij
TIIE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
Incorporated ltfiio Charter Perpetual.
No. tlO WALNUT Street, opposite ludepeudanoe Square.
This Company, favorably known to the community for
over forty years, continues to insure against loss or dam
age by tire on Publio or Private Buildingseither perma
nently or for a limited time. Also on Eurniture, Stockj
of Goods, and Merchandise generally, on liberal terms.
Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, ia
invested in the most careful manner, which enables them
to offer to the insured an undoubted security in the oaa
of losa.
Danlol Smith. Jr..
Jobn Devereux,
Thomas Smith,
Henry Lewis,
.T diiflin..l...M Wll
Alexander Benson,
laaao llaileliurat,
Thomas Mourns,
ID, I W. V.IMIIIIIWIII
Daniel ntaaoci. ,ir.
DANIEL SMITH, Jb., President,
WM. O. CROWF.LL, Secretary. 8Uu
CORN EXCHANGE
II AO MANUFACTORY,
JOHN V. BAILEY,
N. E. corner of MARK ET and WATER Btreets, -Philadelphia.
DEALER IN BAGS AND BAGGING
Of every description, for
Grain, Flonr, Salt, Super- Phosphate of Line, Boo
Dust. Etc.
laratind small GUNNY BAGS constantly on hand,
it Also, WOOL SACKS.
INJURANOE.
oitBoi:A'rr.i N3,"s.
omen OIP TIIU
DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY
INSURANCE COMPANY.
PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER. 10, i860.
The following statement of the affairs of the Company
Is published in conformity with a provision of the charter
Premiums received from November 1, 138, te October 31,
w
On Marine and Inland Risks BM-VCSIM
OuliraKiKks lril.wioiio
Premiums on Policies not marked '
oft November 1, 14 4S),ITH 09.
ti,f.ai6-3l
Premiums msrknd off as eurnnd from No- "
vomher 1, Ihkh, to Octotu r HI, lfHiK:
On Marine and Inland Ituks. .. .$ui4.i1ti 2
Ou lira Risks 14!,&U 70
, . . . . . . !,rffi,MBf
Interest during the same period
balragus, etc J 13.(127(16
Losses, Expenses, etc., during the year as 4'i''W'3fi4
above:
Marine and Inland Navi
gation Losses JJ1", Ion i
Fire I.ohhs iM,244 M
Return I' rem i urns t'Jvlo
Re-Insurances .. 41177'K
Agency Charges, Advertising,
Printing, eto 64.7'15
Taxes United btatea, Slate, and
Municipal I'axes f2,30Ot4
Expenses... M aj,"i; UW
H744.3M-01
$t)i,fll9S
ASSETS OF THE COitPANY
November 1, 1W.
$2lH),0U0 United Btates Five Per Cent Loan ;
ten torviim aia mm-in
100,000 United States Six Per Cent. Loan B""'"U" w
(lawful mooey) in? TSii-ftU
60,000 United States Six Per Cent Loan)
IfUl A1 naVVV)
SUKMWQ Bute of Pom Bjlvania SU Per Gent! - w,wuw
loan oif ovi-iV
800,000 City of Philadelphia Mix Per Cent.
, Loan (exempt from tax) 200 ftupno
100,000 BtaUof New Jersey Six Per Cent
20,000 Pennsyivania'lUVlr'Firsi' Mot.' ,0a,W,W '
gage Six Per Cent. Bonds Ioasiiwv
25,000 Penn-ylvania Railroad Hecoavd Mort-
gage Six Per Cent. Bonds 33 itLvix
85,000 Weatern Pennsylvania Railroad
Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds
(Pennsylvania Railroad guarantee) 30 0flniM
30,000 SUte of Tennessee Five Per Cent. WWVI
I.oan e ntM-on
7,000 Btate of Tennessee SU Per Cent
13,600 Penn8yivania"llaiYroadOompany',"2W '37'
shares stock ,4 nonim
6,000 North Pennsylvania Railroad Com- ",uww
pany, l(K) shareB stock a OOA na
10,000 Philadelphia and Southern Mail
Meaiuahip Company, w shares
Stock 7 RSVWtfi
346,900 Lf ans on Bond and Mortgage, first
liens on City Properties 34,(W0O
$l,Xl.W Par. Cot $ul5Markot value. Tio
Real Estato 3 ooq-oa
Bills Receivable for Insurances '
",1de aa.700'76-
Balances due at Agencies-Premiums
on Marine Policies, Ac-'-crued
Interest and other dobts
due to the Company (So 097 "9fi
Stock, Scrip, etc., of sundry Cor
porations, UHliu. Estimated .
value 9 740'2O
Cash in Bank $168,3I K8 .
Cash in Drawer HVi 'X
109J91U
1,863,100 '04
Philadelphia, November M. 189.
The Board of Directors have this day declared a CASH
DIVIDEND of TEN PER CENT, on the CAPITAL
STOCK, and SIX PER CENT, interest on the SCRIP of
the Company, payable on and after the 1st ot December
proximo, free of National and State taxes.
TiUfEoVv.'?,,?!80..?6''1""1 a SCKIP DIVIDEND
T.H,,,,..!Y;l'rYK PKH OKNT.on the E A KNED PRE
MIUMS for the year ending Ootober 81, certificates
of which will be issued to tho parties entitled to the same,
and State taxes f i,ecomber Proximo, free of National
They have ordored, also, that the Scrip Certificates of
Profits ot the Company, for the year ending October 31.
lfw, be redeemed in Cash, at the office of the Company,
on and alter 1st of December proximo, all interest thereon
to cease on that day. By a provision of the Charter all
Certificates of Scrip not presented for redemption within,
hvo years attor publio notice that they will be redeemed,
shall be forfeited and cancelled on the books of the Corn
puny. No cert ificate of profits issued under $35. Bytheactit
incorporation, "no certificate Blialllisauo Unlesscluiinol
within two years after the declaration of the dividend
whereof it is evidence."
DIRECTORS.
Thomas O. Hand, Samuel E. Stokes,
John O. Davis, William G. Bonbon,
Edmund A. Bonder, Edward Darlington.
'I henphilus Paulding, H. Jones Brooke,
James Trauair, Edward Lafourcade,
Henry Sloan, Jacob Riege),
Henry O. Dallett, Jr., Jauob P. Jones,
&"fi- ,Ht,",(?' James B. M'Farland,
William O. Ludwig, Joshua P. Eyre,
Joseph H. Seal, Spencer M'llvain,
yunnCraig. J. B. Sample, Pitttburg,
John D. Taylor, A. II. Borgor,
lir?,rKO W,' ,,orn'lon. D. T. Morgan,
William C. Houston,
THOMAS O. HANI), President.
JOHN O. DAVIS. Vice President.
HENRY LYLBURN, Secretary.
HENRY BALL, Assistant Secretary. 11131m
JMPEKIAIj FIRE INSURANCE OoT
LONDON.
ESTABLISHED 1S03.
Paid-up Capital and Accumulated Funds,
88,000,000 IN GOLD.
PREV0ST & HERRING, Agent,
E 49 No. 107 S. THIRD Street, Philadelphia,
CTIA8. M. PRBVOST. CPAS. P. HERRINQ
EDUCATIONAL..
rp jj E E DO EH ILL SCHOO
a Boarding and Day Sohool for Boys, will begin Its
session in the new Academy Bnilding at
MKROHANTV1LLK. NEW JERSEY
MONDAY, September 6, lboU
For circulars apply to Bar. T. W. CATTELL,
6 88U PrincipaL
JUFUS ADA MS
ELOCUTIONIST,
No. 1104 U1RARD STREET,
(Between Chesnutand Market streets.) 11 6fmwl6t
OARPENT E R 3 A ND B U 1 l7d E R Su"
Ra R. THOMAS ft CO.,
DXALIKS D1
Doors, Blinds, Sash, Shutters.
WINDOW FRAMES, ETC.,
X. W. OOBNXB OF
EIGHTEENTH and MARKET Btreets
9 16 8m PHILADELPHIA.
PIANOS.
GSil ALBKECHT, . fl
W"Erf- RIEKES A SCHMIDT, Tf-lHi
MAMI'PACTUHICIlS OF
FIRST-CLASS PIANO FORTES.
Full guarantee and moderate prices.
8 WAREHOOMB, No. tip AROH Street
g-y BKADBU It Y'8 AND OTfliu
tTV r Pianos, J3U0. Taylor A Farley's, also Oarhart
A Nreilhem's Organs, froui $50 upwards. WILLIAM O
HSCH . H , No. lol8 AKtU Street and No. Ui N
ELEVENTH Street. n 23 2iu
PAPER HANQINQ8,
OOK I LOOK 1 1 LOOK ! ! I WALL PAPERS
and Linen Window Shades Manufacture:, tiie
cheapest in the city, at JOllNSTON'M Depot. No. lltiil
SPRING GARDEN Street, below Eleventh. Branch. No.
M7 EEDlHALBtreet,Camden, Mew Jersey. ifcy
COTTON BAIL DUCK AND CANVAS
of all numbers and brands. Tent, Awning, Trunk,
and Wagon-cover Duck. Also, Paper Alauiiiaoturars
Drier lulu, train thirty to seventy su inches wide.
Paulina, Bailing, Sail Twine, etc
. JOHN W.KVERMAN,
NO. iva OUCRCU Blreol (Cm ttuxeo):
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