«3BSQN PMCOdL Editor. sew ptßLicmom' Mrs. Jameson’s “ Characteristics of Wo men” is an acknowledged standard work- No woman has written so well about wo men, about art, and abont various branches of sesthetics as Mrs. Jame son. Her idea of selecting various women of Shakspeare’s plays as illustrations of the characteristics of the sex was a most happy one. NO one could have carried it out so well. But the book, as an acknowledged standard, requires no commendation. We desire to call attention, however, to a mag nificent new edition of it, just published by W. H. Appleton, of New York, a copy qi which comes to us through Messrs. E. H Butler & Co. It is in the small quarto form. superbly printed on the best paper, and bound in rich and elegant styles. The ori ginal illustrations, finely engraved on steel, from designs by Corbould, Heath, Hayter Wright, : Kenny Meadows, and others,, are re-produced,- each forming an elegant and expressive ideal portrait of a Shaksperian creation. This superb volume is so far be yond most ofthe holiday gift books, in in trinsic excellenceand external beauty, that it cannot fail to be much sought for at this season of the year. “Lloyd’s Railroad Guide” for December is out, and for sale at the publisher’s office, 202 South Ninth street. In addition to the latest revised time-tables of the roads in all parts of the country, this “Guide” furnishes quite a variety of other information and pleasant reading matter, making it a travel ing companion as well as guide., Poetryi prose, anecdotes and incidents are scattered through the volume, enlivening the neces sary monotony of a railway guide. It also contains several good views of Philadelphia New Orleans and Baltimore and a hand! some mezzotintofLycurgusEdgertoh; Esq, a prominent merchant of New York. We would suggest that a Philadelphia phblica. —tion, like this, should give its, in the portraits and sketches of Philadelphia mer chants and public men, in preference to those of other cities. J. C. Garrigues <fc Co., 148 South Fourth street, have just published ait excellent littl e book called “ The. Home Vineyard.” It -consists of a Series ofsketches. written for thepurpose of lilustratingthe vverkofHome Missions, by Caroline EL Kelly, 1 the author of .“ Arthur Merton.” These sketches are designed to encourage, those! who have de voted themselves to alleviating the igno rance, vice and want of those clkSses. that throng our cities and that call so loudly for Christian and humane aid. ; Few fields of ] labor ate mote thankless and discouraging,; and yet fewarem{>re important or'ptoduo-’ tive of better results when perseveririgly and properly cultivated. “ The TTnunn Vine yard” will be ■ a valuable aid to many a Mission School teacher, who needs j oat sucn examples of Buccess as this little volume affords; ■- - . ■ As the Christmas holidays: approach, the hook-publishers are bußily engaged in put ting out a great variety of attractive juve nile and other,gift-books. Dick & Fitzgerald, New York, have just published two pretty' volumes, “The Play ’Ground" and “The Parlor Stage.” As their titles indicate, the first is nhand-book of out-door games for boys, and inoludes upwards of a hundred different amuse: ments, with full “instructions for use.” The “Parlor Stage" is a collection. of charades and proverbs, intended for parlor use. They are so contrived as not to' .re quire expensive apparatus or scenery, :and will afford a great fund of innooent amuse-’ ment to the young folks, _ For sale by T 8.-Peterson & Brothers. " Smith, English <fe Co. have received from <sould & Lincoln, Boston, “Fon thill Recrea ✓tions,” two. pretty uniform volumes, In a neat case, They are entitled “The Medi terraneanlslands” and “The Two Sicilies,’’ and consist of sketches-and stories-of-the scenery, customs and history of those inter- esting parts of the world. The authoress, Mrs. M. G. Slee per, (or Mr. M. G/Sleeperr wedo not know which) has managed these volumes with much tact and skill, blending instruction and amusement'ih such a man- ner as to secure the interest of .all young, readers. They are handsomely printed on fine paper,with manylexcellentillustrationa. boring, Boston, has just published a book for boys that is sure to take. It is called “ Charlie Codman’s Cruise,” . and is; as the title suggests, a seatstdry filled "with all those start ly nautical adventures in which American boys' so much delight. A novel feature of the book, Which fortunately does not detraot from the interest of the story, is a photographic front* ispiece, advertising a sewing machine es tablishment, For sale by Pitcher. J. B. Lippincott & Co. haye received from Geo. E. * Fi W. Woodward, New York, a very beautifully printed volume on the Cul ture of Forest Trees, by Andrews. Fuller, a well-known writer on horticultural and kindred topics. This little volume contains much usefnl, practical information upon the subject of which it treats, and is illustrated with numerous well-executed engravings. Ticknor & Fields have:' added to their Juveniles Capt Mayne Reid’s story,“ Afloat in the Forest,” and Mrs, Whitney’s “Leslie Goldthwaite’s Life,” both of which have already established their popularity by their appearance in “Our Young Folks,” and will be eagerly sought for in their hand somely bound and illustrated form. For sale by G. W, Pitcher. A: new edition of “Father Tem-and the Pope has juss been issued by T. B. Peter son Brothers, , This funniest of al unny magazine articles, made an extraor dinary sensation -in -Btaefcu/oorf, thirty or forty years ago, and every now and then the rising generation requires a new edition which is regularly supplied by the enter prising Petersons. Harper & Brothers have published for the very little folks, a new mode of learning to read, called “Beadißg . without Tears,” by Mrs. Mortimer. This is the second part of the work, and seems well contrived to help young beginners in mastering the rudi mental ideas of the language. For sale by T. B. Peterson <fc Brothers. Harper <fc Brothers have also j ust published several capital novels, including “The Beauclercs,” by Charles Clarke; “Madonna Mary,” by Mrs. Qliphant; and “Sir Brook Fossbrooke,” by Charles Lever, all of which belong .to the first-class romances of the day, and well' worthy a perusal They may be found at Petersons’. The American Tract Society, Boston, has just published a pretty little volume called “Uncle Downes’ Home,” by Glance Gay lord. It is a very pleasantly told story with an excellent moral and is likely to find its way into 'many homes as well as, into secular an d religious ju venile libraries. “The Lady’s Almanac” for 1867, just pub lished By Lee <fc Shepard, Boston, is a very pretty and useful little gift book. The ‘‘Almanac” part of the volume is alternated with choice selections of prose and poetry, on a great variety of topics. For sale by Pitcher. The author of “Margaret Howth” will soon give to the pubiio, through the . pages of The Galaxy, a new novel of American life, entitled “Waiting for the Verdict,” KCEOPEiX AFFAIRS, ! Correspondence of the Philadelphia Eve. Bulletin. 1 Paris, Friday, November 16th, 1866, Nothing can be more satisfactory, I think, to American residents in Paris at this mo ment, than to observe the equanimity, not to say indifference, with which recent inteL ligence from the United States respecting hlesico has been received by the French press and public. The announcements which have been put forth of late regarding the intended action of the American govern ment have , had, without any reference to their correctness or the contrary.at any rate this good effect, viz., that , they have enabled ns to test once more,' if that were necessary, the feeling of this country upon the policy pursued by its r’u-' ler in America. The Frenoh people have just been told that the Cabinet of Washing ton, departing at last from its long-snffering and forbearance, has determined to inter fere, 'acting in s matter which so nearly con cerns the peace and tranquillity of its own frontiers. The state of things on the Rio Grande has. we are told, become insupport able, and the only way to put an end to it is c to; jgive effective support to that Mayi.'fln Repnblio, which is the only recognized au thority on the other side of the river. Of course, such a manifesto is little less than a declaration of war against the soi-discmt “Empire,” whioh .the French people are supposed to have set up, But more H«n this: they learn (whether true or not) that the support in question is to be attended by a large concision of Mexican territory to the United States, and part even of this ter ritory consists of the very portions whloh were once said to be intended to indemnify France for all the sacrifloea of men and money that she has so long been making in those regions. One can scarcely imagine any oircumatances better calculated toarousebad feelings in the public mind of this country than the above, supposing the pnbllo mind to takeany interest whatey er in the con cern. And yet wbat is the case? America seems about to deliberately give th 9 coup de grace to what has been set up at so much expense by this country, and to take,for so doing, just what .it- was once proposed France should take herself. And what do the French “people” say or do respecting the premises?: Why, just nothing. You do not hear a proteat raised by a voice in any circle of society, nor read a serious' remon strance printed in any journal. The only thing that, people here' do read with any pleasure or satisfaction about Mexi !s®-.l® perhaps the name of the ships which are to bring away the French troops, apd the time of their sailing. Only let us away, they say, and'the Americans may dojnal what they like.or can. Indeed,if there be any malice felt in the matter at all. lt con sists only in a maUcious feeling of satisfac tion at: being rid bfso detested and detesta ble a business, and transferring it into the bands of some one else, guch, I feel con vinced, are the views on this subjeot shown by the bulk of the French nation; and the only exceptions to which consist of a small imperialist coterle, and the larger circle, uni fortunately, who have been duped byfalla clous semi official reprepresentations into embarking their savings in this disastrous adventure. The Patrie , in publishing yesterday the names of other ships of war and transports preparing to sail for Mexico, adds signifi cantly that all these Vessels are .to be at Vera Cruz early in January, and are not expected to occupy more than four months on the outward and homeward voyage. I do not think the people here are mach more pleased with the government scheme for “reorganizing” the army, than they were with its plans for: regenerating Mexico. And this is more particularly the case since it hasbecome evident,as already mentioned that there: is to be no redaction of the bur dens of the country either as regards men or money. Indeed, Ihave reason to believe that in the Provinces a good deal of dissatis faction and alarm is being 'felt; on this sub ject, Rumors have got abroad of an in tention to raise the ar my, one way and an other, to^,.million and a hallof men, and what is worse, there has been a talk of ex empting ho one from serving in the reserve and of obUging even .those youths who have ■P*¥»d safely through the orfiiwl of tke wfiV scriptior, to submit to the same training. Any one who knows the feeling with which the conscription is looked forward to by the present families of France, will be at no loss to understand the dan gerous unpopularity of such a measure, if really intended. Besides, the people do not in any degree enter into the views of the government as to the necessity of maintain ing and paying these enormous hostsfin the midstof peace,and when France,apparently,, has nothing of an offensive kind to appre hend from anyof her neighbors. Europe," says M, Emile de Girardin, in his popular journal, La Liberie, maintains an army of nearly four millions of men, in time of peace, atan expenseof three and a half mil, liards.. How many .miles of railway, he asks, that are wanted, oould be made every year withsuch a sum? And the French people are beginning seriously to ask themselves and their government the same question. Basis, Tuesday, Nov. 20th, 1866 The eyes of Europe were never perhaps more ge nerally fixed upon American action than at thepresent time. Not even during the re bellion was European attention more unu versally turned across the Atlantic, because the civil war only developed the i&nense I resources of the American people, and first I taught Europe what sort ofa new world was really rising up in the west to dispute with I her for the future in the race of human civi- I lization and influence. Now the position I and. power of the-United States have become recognized, and, what is more, well known and popular facts; and the action of their people and government is watched, there fore, with that respect and attention whioh are only accorded to confirmed and admit ted authority and reputation. The above remarks are suggested to me by constantly hearing or seeing American example quoted or spoken of around me. The re-organization of the French army is, for instance, just now the great question of the day; and every one who discusses it asks how America managed to have countless armies at her command, while she required them, and to get rfd of them when no longer | wantedpa easily as they were raised; and j that, too, without feeling the lobb either of security or influence. The redaction neither - of her army nor her navy, hays M. de Gi rardin’s organ, LaLiberii,in allusion tothe recent AmerlcanpoUey towards French and England, prevented America from speaking with authority and being listened to with respect; And then the reason Is given:! It is because the American democracy does not rely for themaintenance ofifo power on the vain and cumbersome precaution of con stantly augmenting the numbers of its army and navy; but on the development of its internal • resources, the increase of its population add the expansive force of the principle which it represents in the World. When, it is asked, when, will Freneh democracy be wise enough to imitate such an example? It begins to be understood indeed in Europe, as you will learo from the above remarks, that it is on the strength of such a “principle” as that above enunciated, and not on the exaggera ted development of military or naval force, that Ameiica has spoken, as she has lately done, to France, on the question of Mexico and to England oh international law, and clemenoy to political offences. I The news from Mexico, purporting tha I Maximilian had abdicated, and was on hi | way to Vera Cruz to embark for Europe I cannot be said to havestartled anyone here; I because, in the first place, it has not, as yet I been credited; and secondly,because, if true. I it would only be what every one has long ex- I pected and feels confident most come to pass | at last. “America,” sayaM. PrCvoatParadol writing in the Debate of this morning’ I “could never for a moment seriously appre- I bend that the. Empire of Maximilian (if it I still exist) would survive our departure/ | Mr. Johnson, however,” he adds, '‘who I knows that we must leave, would not per- J haps have held so much to giving us the parting kick, had he not thought it would I aid him in his own internal difficulties.” But is it not a curious and edifyingsight to see America thus distributing her “kicks” to two great European powers; to the two powers indeed; which claim, between them to rule I the policy of Europe., Is it not curious to see America rebuking first one and then the I otll ® r < and both taking it so quietly? Cer tainly no American can doubt of the rising influence of the great Western hemisphere, I when he hears and sees, around him in I Europe how such action is regarded and spoken of, and the language put forth re specting his country. “The great example I set hs by the Edited States,” says again th® celebrated political writer last quoted' I ‘-since the end of the Civil war, has been the I peaceful disbandment of her armies and the regular payment of her debt, and our just admiration has never failed her either in her hour of trial, or since the well-merited re establishment of her great ness.” Such are the tone and comments of public opinion in this country upon the present posture of the United States among the nations of the earth, and it must bjpad mitted that the conclusions arrived at are sufficiently flattering to our national vanity, Nor does America stand up less well j ust now in the financial, than in the political and military circles of France. A leading authority at the Bourse, speaking on this subject during the past week, says: The business done in Amerioan stooks assumes every day wider proportions at the Paris Bourse. The internal tran quillity enjoyed by the. States, the absolute - certainty now established that the entire debt will be repaid, the high rate of Interest and : the security of the revenue to be de rived from them, have attracted the atten- ! tion of all our capitalists upon the publio - securities of America. , ; / : All °t |r newspapers haye been employed this week in erroneously reporting the arri val of General Dix in Paris. We learn, on the contrary, that oar new minister has not OTJU WHOIS OOlWffiY yet left America, and that circumstances may even possibly delay his departure for some time. I vras myselfled into error in announcing the arrival here of a portion of bis family, who still, I understand, remain in England; / Railroads are so completely a necessity of American civilization, and a road to the Pacifloso manifestly important to the de velopment of the Great West, that no apol ogy will be required for discussing the pro gress of such a work at considerable length. Thereareat present two lines of read in proces3'of construction from the Missouri river to meet the Union Pacific Railroad, Western Division, which is working its way. eastward from the' Pacific. . One com pany, owning what is known as the Omaha route is building a road from the western boundary of lowa, at Omaha, towards the Pacific ocean, until it shall meet the line of the “Central Pacific Railroad of Califor nia.” This latter company was originally empowered io build a railroad eastward to the boundary of California. Now, it i 3 au thorized to go on int o Nevada or Utah, un til it shall meet,the roads now working their way westward towards Colorado. The other road is known by .its corporate title of “Union Pacific Railroad, Eastern Division;” concerning the road last named it is onr present purpose to write. It is scarcely necessary to dilate upon the im portance af forming a direct communica tion by rail between Philadelphia and a road which starts from the shores of the Missouri to the Pacific, nor is it necessary to point out to any one familiar with the railroad map of the country, howjeadily and; how directly St. lonia is reached by rail, which, starting from Philadelphia by way of our Central Pennsylvania -route, gives the traveler quick transit, to the ra pidly growing metropolis of the West through the important States of Ohio, In diana, Illinois and Missouri. ®’ r °™ St Louis to Kansas City, on the Western' Missouri border, the “Pacific Railroad of Missouri,” affords communica tion. At Kansas City the “ Union Pacific Railroad, Eastern division;” commences. Prom this point the route of the road is nearly due west for 14(1 miles up the of Kaw valley, one of the best timbered and richest valleys in the distant West. At this point (Junction City) the road turns up the Smoky Hill fork, which it follows for most of the distance across the Plains. When the excursion party ftom Philadelphia was over the road, about a month siiice, the rails were laid to Junction-City ,3 distance of 140miies west from Kansas City on the Missouri river, and 423 miles west from St. Louis. On the 27th of the past month the road was completed fif teen miles further, or twenty miles be yond Fort Riley, and the grading was ready for the track-layers for a distance of nearly sixty miles farther west! The officera of the company expect to continue the work of construction at the rate of about a mile a day until the weather becomes too severe for the continuance of active operations Shoemaker, Miller «fc Co., a firm of which Mr. Edward Miller, the well-know civil engineer of this city,is a member, have con tracted to complete 250 miles of the road be yond Port Riley, by the close of the year 1867- This will carry the road to 670 west of St. Louis, and to within less than 200 miles of Denver, a point towards which adventurous emigrants are now wending their way in large numbers, “Ties” have already been purchased for a distance of eighty miles beyond Fort Riley, and the latest contract for iron is for the rails for one hundred and sixty miles of road (13,000 tons). This is to be delivered by the coming spring. Much the greater portion of it has been contracted for in Pennsylvania, thus tending to the develop ment of the great mineral resources of our own State, while furnishing the means for promoting the general welfare of the entire country. The furnaces of Pennsylvania had furnished 16,000 tons of iron for this im portant work before this last wholesale or der for rails was given. This iron comes from the Cambria, Danville, Superior and Allentown iron works. It is shipped from Pittsburgh, West, both by rail and river, and the work of transportation exhausts nearly all the facilities of the western rail roads. But it is not railroad iron alone that the Pacific Railroad calls upon Pennsylvania to furnish. Eleven locomotives for use upon the road bave'already been built in our own State, and the further extension of the great work will call for enlarged mechanical fa- cilities for the prosecution of the trade that will of necessity flow along it. The scarcity of timber upon the Western plains and prairies has always been an ob stacle in the way of railroad building. The Kaw valley which the road traverses, is comparatively well-timbered, and until the wooded, regions bordering the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains is reached, most of the “ties” and bridge timber needed in the construction of the road, will be drawn from this sonree. . The question of needful supplies of fuel and water upon these long stretches ol travel upon the woodless plains and prairiesi f where surface water is almost as rare as shade, has always stood ih the way of former schemes for 'bridging over the gap between the, Missouri river and the Pacific - States by means of railroads. Experience has proved that wells dag along the- line of the route yield water as. readily as they do: ,in wooded regions;'while there are deposits of coal along the line of the road that are as conveniently located as though Nature was -anticipating the wants. Of the Nineteenth Century when she plaoed the beds of carbon whergthey are now found.; In this oonneo tionwe cannot do better than to copy the portion of the report just made to Congress THE IS1«N I'AUHC ; ItiHEOAD. by the Commissioner of Public lands, which : gives the result of governmental explora tions in the regions to which we are re ferring. report informs us that in pursuance o ™nl UI L 1 ' 1864 ' “for the disposal of coal lands and town property in the pub lic domain,-- surveyors general and the registers and receivers of the different land districts were instructed te institute proper inquiries as to the mineral character of the ands in |heir. respective districts, to ascer tain what tracts come within the meaning of ihe terms “coal beds” or “coal fields” and to report results. It is found that the infor mation called for as to the quantities of land embracing coal beds or coal fields in the re spective land districts can be but imper iecily fqrnifihed through the instrumen tality of officers whose timeis absorbed with other duties; yet from-reports received and otner trostwor hy sources it is ascertained that coal is distributed in the public domain m large quantities. In Michigan, Ohio, In diana, Illinois, Missouri, lowa, and'Ala banjaits existence has long been: known, ana in many places it bas been extensively mined for commercisd purposes. In Arkan sas, Louisiana, Ransas and O&lifornia, nu merous deposits of a superior qnality have been discovered, while in Nevada and Ore gon, and in the Territories of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Dakota, New Mexico and Ne braska, coal traces ’ have been found within the lust few years, in dicating an abundant distribution. The coal field of lowa and Miasour, pas- through the eastern portions of Ne braska and Kansas and the western part of Arkansas, extends diagonally’ through Texas, and enters the Republic of Mexico. The western limit of this' extensive field is reported to lie about the 97th degree of west longitude, where tiie limestone formation is succeeded by the red saliferous san; stone. East of this meridian, in the extensive lime stone formation, the great mineral ooal measures occur, covering large portions of the States of lowa and Missouri on the west , 6 Mississippi, and Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and other States on the east of that riyer, and appearing in numerous traces in the regions bordering on the fiemaha; the Neosho, the Arkansas and Canadian rivers. Beyond the plains, along the base of the Kocky Mountains, and extending from the northern limits of New Mexico through Colorado, and north of it to the Canada line passing through Idaho, Oregon and Wash ington, are the tertiary coal measures of the United States, containing many varieties of brown coal, useful not only for the ordinary purposes of fuel, but much of it excellent for steam navigation purposes. So it may safely be assumed that there, .will beno scarcity of food for the iron home topffer any obstacle to the successful link ing together of the' two great divisions of the North American continent. In future articles we will consider the financial aspects of this great enterprise and give further facts concerning its pro gress and the development of the vast coun try which it is opening up to civilization and trade. Annual Income Nearly Six Millions. ~The business of the Conneotiout Mutual Life Insurance Company is conducted in such a Quiet and unostentatious manner that few pereons outside of the officers and agents of the Company have any idea of the business done by it The items given be low, showing the business of the year end utg November Ist, to have been furnished us in advance of the forthcoming report of ihe Massachusetts Insurance Commis sioners. They show that the annual income of the company has nearly reached the en ormous sum of six millions: Received for premiums, - - $4,704,694 82 do. interest, - - - 1,100,034 04 Total receipts, - - - - . $5,804,728 86 j uinber of policies issued and delivered dunng.the year, 12, ISO. The capital, of the I Company has increased daring the year, notwithstanding the payment of a dividend | to the assured of 60 per cent.—three million [ sight hundred thousand doilars-rshowlng a I prosperity unparalleled,even in its own pre vious history. It is the largest company on this continent—if not in the world—having a membership of forty thousand. The Com pany has reached the position it now occu pies, as the great leadingcompany of the age,through a most skillful and economical management of all its affairs, and by show ing at all times its lull appreciation of the wants of the public. Its business haa been conducted at a lower rate of expenses, and the dividends returned the assured have been greater than any other Company. | By the operation of the “note plan,” as adopted by this Company,the dividends are available immediately in diminishing the first andeach-snbsequent premium. And in the adjustment of policies divi dends are anticipated at the rate of 50 par cent., and allowed upon such premium paid, so there is no postponement of “post mortem dividends,” as is practised by most companies, but a complete adjustment of dividends and outstanding notes is made at the:settlement of every policy, and in such a manner that the number of dividends WILD ALWAYS EQUAL THE NUMBER OF OUT STANDING NOTES. Policyholders and those desiring insUurnce will do well to bear this in mind when unscrupulous agents of com panies who cannot compete with ns fairly represent to them that on the adjustment of a polioy in this company, “the premium notes given will be handed over in payment ef the policy.” All its policies are non forfeitable. Poli oies issued on all the popular plans. Appli cations received by Walter H. Tilden, agent, 404 Walnut street, Philadelphia.— North American and U, 8. Gazette, An Inventor anb Patentee of Sewing Machine Improvements . Beoommends the “Gboveb & Baker” Machine to His Friends.—Mr. Albert H. Hook, of the city of New York, a mechanical engineer aDd inventor of Sewing Machine improve ments, stated as follows: “I consider the Grover & Baker Sewing Machine the best machine for general use. It is simple, and on that account it commends itself to fami lies particularly, The seam made by that machine is more durable than the Shuttle Stitch Machine, on account of its elasticity. It is easier managed than a Shuttle Ma chine,as the threads are taken to the needles directly from the spools, and their tensions are less difficult to adjust; and I make it a nointto recommend the Grover & Baker “P advice is requested, which isoften. the case,: aa many people are acquainted with the fact that I in vented and patented’ sewing machine improvements myself.— Testimony before the Commissioner of Patents, . v /::; / Basb Bali. CoNVßNrioN.—Tbe second annual Convention of the Northwestern; Baseßall AssooiationwiU be held in Chica go? 19th. Delegates front two hundred Clubs are exnected. 1 v-'. F. 1. EETHIIISTOK iMbMiSF, ’HREE CENIS St. Joseph’s Orphans’ Any lam— An Mf- 3Jbe approaching winter Is likely to be one tcai wili multiply appeals to tne charity of our citizens,. hope those appeals will be as liberally responded to, as thevmay'be 'l 6 * These extraordinary claims snonlanot be neglected. Bat there are or dir,ary claims, that must never be over looked, We may, and perhaps we must, provide for those whom sadden calamity exposes to want, but in no case most wo aiiow the ordinary channels of charity ftr run dry. The Asylums are filled with beings to whom some, if not all, stand pledged for the usual supply of “ what they shall eat, what “ e y drink, 8114 therewithal they redeirned i 0 pledge must bo Among the institutions that have : a pre scriptive claifri on the sympathies, Cervices, and support of the ladies is the- Orphan Asylum of St. Joseph’s, for female children* fhis has • become so ; identified with ottr community, that.'withqut knowing whence the snpplementary means of support are to he derived, every one feels confident that those means wilt be found. . Toe direction ofthis ;most nseful charity i? OI L e l a bor. The administration is in the hands of the Sisters of Charity. Bat the ways and means must be famished by others/ A part, it ; is known, 'comes from the endowments of the institution, but: not enonghfor the snpport of the orphans. No publicifeir is held for this Asylum, and no lormal public appeals are made in its behalf, ihe considerable sums (beyond the endow ments) that are found necessary to the pro per supply of clothing for the house have mtherto'been chiefly secured by the labor of the lady managers, and those whom they interested in the good work; and what wuhßg laborers famish is offered at the Christmas season, far sale at the Asylum, comer of Spruce and Seyenth streets, and purchased by ladies who cheerfully give them wealth the direction towards a most useful and beautiful charity. Some of those who have toiled for the good purpose have ceased from their labors, and others have calls more direct ttpon their time and exer tions. Meantime the necessities of the orphan girls are the same, and the demand for places in the Asylum exceeds the num ber of vacancies caused by the departure of orphans. - ; - An appeal, respectfal but earnest, iathere fore rendered necessary to the ladies in be half of the “sale” which will have plaoe in. tbe coming Christmas holidays. The ap pbal is for work, for needle-work,plainor ornamental, for contributions, in kind or is money; to make purchases, and it is mot -be lieved that the ladies of Philadelphia vnll fail to respond to an appeal for means to save to virtue to piety, to feiUi.andtouse mlness the homeless orphan, the orphan of the** - own; sex, doubly exposed and ' leaa guarded, than male children. It Is believed that enongh iB raid when w» make known, the wants of the Orphan ABylum.knd point tn the very easy means by which those wants may be Bfcpplied'an* blessings and comforts secured to the d»- pendent children, at the most trifiing sacri fiee<of time aadmeans:'osrtherpart -of thus# who by these contributions beoome al 0360073 of tbe great author of Christianity, “ who regards himself as served when favors are done to theleast of His little one?*” / , Lanh Office" Bet-dens.—The returns received at the Land Office from the local office at lonia, Michigan, show that 12 855 acres of the public lands Were disposed of during October, 6,453 acres of which were taken for actual settlement under the Home stead law.. The sales amounted to $13,195. Under date of Nov. 19th, 1865, the Governor of Wisconsin certified to the Secretary of the interior that 20 miles of the military wagon road from Fort Wilkins, Cooper Harbor, Michigan, to Fort Howard, Green Bay, Wisconsin, for which a grant of lands wasmade to these States by the act of March 3,1863, to aid in -its Construction, has been completed, as required by law. The Pams Exposition.—The cereal and mineral representation of the States and Territories lying between the lakes and the Pacific for the Pariß Exposition will be very complete. Wisconsin and Minnesota will furnish wheat which will fnlly equal the grains of Odessa. Idaho and Montana will supply full specimens of their precious metals. This representation has been raised through the efforts of Colonel Bowland, the Commissioner to Paris of all the North western States and Territories, 1 who reached Washington yesterday morning from an extended, trip through the country he is to represent. A. Bottle of' Brandy pee Day!—The London let-view aavs: “We have heard a rather good story of Bismarck. He is said to be partial to brandy, and before ieaviu.r Berlin for the seat of war, a iittle son of his asked him how long he was to be away. He replied that he did not know. Thereupon* servant came in to ; inquire how mahy bot tles of cognac were to be packed up in the Count’s luggage. ‘Twenty-four,’ was the ai swer. ‘Ah, papa,’ cried out the ‘terri ble infant,’ ‘now; I know how long you are to befrom home—twenty-four days.”’ - A Manufacturer of the Howe Shut tle Stitch Sewing Machine Buys the “Grover <fc Baker” for his Friends. Mr. Alonzo Taylor, Manufacturer of Shuttle Stitch Sewing Machines, 90 East Thirty ninth street, New York, states that he s has purchased nearly a dozen Grover & Baber machines for his friends, to be used in their families, because he thought they would do the work better than Shuttle Machines.— Testimony ; before the Commissioned' of Patents. J Franklin, Pa.,state that the-Hon. C. \. Culver, now held in custody by the civil law, was brought before Judge Turnkey, yesterday, on a writ of habeas corpus, and asked to be discharged on the ground that he was a member of the Thirty ninth Congress, from the Twentieth Con gressional District of Pennsylvania. After able arguments by counsel on both sides, Judge Turnkey decided that a member of Congress was not entitled to his'privilege when held for an Indictable offence. The Air Dine Railroad of Georgia.— The people of Northeastern Georgia expeot great things from the completion of this road. It will be remembered that its bonds were recently guarantied by the legislature of the State. It will run through a section nch in soil, timber and mineral wealth, and from the number and variety of natural : "objects of interest” along itsliqe, will be- ' come a favorite-road with tourists. • : . Arkansas.—We learn from the r papers itat the subject of public flcboola r"'. attracting attention that tee head®'- 1 • ot the department have been rernmgi V *oT Fort .Smith, the old military J - 0.. wM. ataimals are causing a tha|therpe()piei the starting mforoatMapTOvem?atg«tteraUy;^»^ ;
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