«3BSQN PMCOdL Editor.
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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
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