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’**- MOBIIMEB tIYINuSTON, Agent, 7 Broadway.
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.MUop SATUKDAY, Sept- sthj at 10. o'clock, A. M.
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Drags anb®l)miralB..s-i3i;
.; DDRUGGIST, HOTth-ceat and
ot BHOWH’S: tJAMAIOA'iGINGBJt;
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nausea, and particularly in sea sicknew, It ii Ari'stftye
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toi .doslripg an asiele;that can .be
, relied upori, prepared, solely from pore JAMAICA GINr
- "Glßßf shoulab® to iuk-fo> ru BroWn’s‘Es
sence Of Jamaica Ginger,” which ia warranted.to be
s what it is represented; and is prepared oaljby FJUSDK
£*BiCK BBOWN.'ahd fbrsaleAt hia’ DraesM Chemical
northeast,'corner;of FlFTH'and’CfiiSSTJfllT
. t Streets, Fhllsdeiphla f And by all
giatsand Apothecanes id the U. States. - aol-3m |
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XX EIGHTH end GBEEN etreeie, Philadelphia;'!*.
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' either under bond or duty-paid, - . ; ‘
COOKIN&EXTRACTS FOR,
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VOL. I—NO. 21.
' Strangers’ ®niie in"s)l)itfl&el}iljics.
| »y*»>w<W | iW»vvvvvyvwv»vvi
For the beAestpf strangers ao <j others who may de
sire to yUituny. of our public .Institutions, we publish
the list: , ’
PUBLIC PLiOIS 0P ‘AMPBKHENT.
Academy of‘Music. (dperatic;)comerof Broad and
Locust streets..
- : Arch Street Theatre,'Afeh', 1 above 6th 'street.-
;;.farkiiuion'S warden, Chestnut, 1 above Tenth. •
Natlonsl Theatre andClrcne, Walnut, above Eighth.
rOpera Bouee,(Ethiopian,) Eleventh, below
WalnOt Street Theatre! northewt corner Ninth and
! Walnut;- -• ' 'l' » *
Thoihui’a Varieties, Fifth-arid Oltfstnut. ; •
! " Thomas's Opera House, Arch; below Seventh;
' Y »Aso screncis.
-£ Academy .of-Natural' Sciences; corner - of ■ Broad and
George'streeta. ? . . v , -
•••dfISPKI? fiS'.fEfc OfiMbmt, above Tenth:
Ari'rtf VooS above Tenth.
Franklin Institute, Kb: 8 South Seventh street,
i .', ,b. b*»«votisT't*avtiotioas ! .
-J2g*~ri Schuylkill, opposite South.
Alsuhonai,[Friends’. jjsWalnnt street, above Third.
,_Aasoeiatloa for.the Kmployment ot Poor Women, No.
292 Green street ;;. . .
tit*#* *W2WiW“» F»s - ,a - NorUl S*venth,
i ','BUb4'Ajiylnm , > i fiace, near Twentieth street.
;ohri*t c£urth Hospital, No. 8 Cherry street.
- City H6«pit*l,Nineteenthetreet,near Contes. ;
-Clarkson's Ball. Ko.l6SCherry street. , I
..jJMepensary, Fifth;.below Oheatnnt street. 1 ' , ■ ;
kernslo Society fur the Ilellef end employment of the
Twr, No.. 72 North Seventh street. ' !
Guardians of the Poor, office. No. 66, North Seventh'
atrirtf V.' ;• '• , v:; ;*
, German Society Hall, No; 8 Sooth Seventh street.
, Friendless Children: Buttonwood street,
heloirßroad.'"- ! '^' , 'r'J
' > ln%ent Widows* and Single Woman** Sodety, Cherry,
east,of £lghte«nth street., , ' .
Hall, Chestnut, above Seventh street,',
t ?Odd PoUom’Bail; Sixth arid Haines street.' - f - j
-80.-’- do. 8: HI corner Broad and Spring Gar-'
; • * ’ den streets.
: ;.Do. ~,; v do..,Tenth and South streets.
bit .'s°* . r do.•. Third andßrown streets.
, r iU..-- Vi - .do. Judge Bond, below Wallace.
HoaEltsa ? £lne Btreat, between Eighth
'• - ‘PemuylVania TnS titd te for the Instruction of the Blind,
corner-Race and'Twentieth street.
Society for Alleviating the Miseries of
■public Prisons, Sixth aqd Adelphi streets.
Pennsylvania Training School for. Idiotic and Feeblo
, Minded Children, t School House'Lane, Germantown,
drnpbNb: 162 Wblriu t nteet. .\ " , ■
•' Philadelphia' Orphans’ Asylum', ‘northeast cor. Eigh
teenth ana Cherry' •• “
/Preston Betwat,-Hamilton, near Twentieth street.
Society; Prune, below Sixth street.
Southern Dispensary, No;9B,Shippen street.
- Union -N. W. corner of
Seventh andßansom streets.' '
W1 8 “‘ h “ 4
Bb. Joseph’s Hospital, Girard avenue, between Fif
! teunth and Sixteenth. .
>, ‘ Ipleiopal . Hospital, Front street,’ between Hunting,
.don and Lehigh avennea. , .
.Fhlladelphla Hospital for Diseases of theOhest, 8. W,
turner of Chestnut and Park streets, West Shilsdel
phis.'. ■ ■ ■-
,HJni.[C SUtLDIh'GH.
Coßlom Honse,.Chestnut street. above Fourth,
-Comity Prison, Passyink readjlelow Seed.
:! SB 7 WttahoHM, Dock and Spruce streets. ,
Olt7 Controller's Office, Girard Bank, second story.
CouUnlsstouer 0 f City Property, offlee, Girard Bank,
second story.: ~ . . . 1
aty Troasurcr’s Offlee, Girard Bank, second story.
;Oity Ooinmlsstohejr’s Office, StateHoose.
" Offlee,Pifth, boloW Walnut.
mla^ csi ’ dontbircst corner
. .^ Water WcrkSj Painnonnt o-i the Schuyl
-kitli t-d AJ .-in ~n ; ,
~Girard Irnat fteasurer’a OaM.Plfth above Chestnut;
Souse* 41 Industry, Catharine; above Seventh.
gonse of Industry, Seventh; 1 abtf&Arch street.
House of Refuge, corner Poplar and William. •
. s«f“S«r (colored,) William,nnd Brown.
Health Office, corner of Slith and ganaom. 1
•} Houm of Oorreotioo, Btuh * Hill.
Gray’s Ferry road, below South
;K»Vor’« Vf. corner Firth and Chontmit
.etreete, * * % t ,
New Penitentiary, Coatea jtreet, between Twenty
fonrttiandTwenty-fifthatreeta. ,f ■ 7
‘Nary Yard/On the-Delaware, comer Front and Prime
.streets. , v .., a . ,s, , '
r^N.ortijern, Liberties, Gas Works, Malden, below Front
liPost.Offloe, No.-23T Dock’street,- opposite the Ex*
change..*. ; v* t . / - r * ’
mSStf * r * nkford road 3 below Shacke-
Garden, CaUowhiii, near Eighth
•BSfcltoeeS 1 ?-' 1 “?"■ •“"V W'ohlrf* mt
■‘■'i Market; ©Jflce,
No. 8 street. * ,
•_pF»o#ijrltetA tiittfifi forDakf *nd Entnb; Brood (mil
rtrtitf?* Tc ;* t J r S nn ! u,lent T. BeKh,fttK)Te Bh«kamaion
' High’'School; fl? JS.; oiirii»i Broadband'Greek’
* street,' httrttk Fifth *t*l Slitji
lojl-iOj’fcO.rgfxtii street 1
IMnmofi»a»Hi Strliiß OoMop
UIU CJulttlm. a^oye^Ktatf
OoUeg», Fifth street, below
r VI alttUt* . t , (
■ FemaJoMoMral College, 529 Ar(!h street. ;
, Niatb , BtrWt ' betweom
c!ue Popular Knowledge,
. tOCITIOa OF OOTJRT3.
vJKß"!?'*”s*? c , i l5 a^ ' District Courts, No. 24
fifth street,’below Chestnut.'; ' ' ■ ;
Oourt'Of PeansylwinU: Sifth and Chestnut
J‘V ■' -i ‘
Pleas; Independence Hall.
Jr » f siith “ 4
nut atree°ta ■^ 4^r - Sw. lol '. i tfflr of Sixth lot Chest
... cl *r ?’* 85t.1610X)3 TNCTITUTIOUS.
.. Amerwan Baptist Publication. Society, No. 118 Arch
street. f # ( , , *
'"Afnerican and Foreign' Christian Union, No. 144 Cheat-.
snutretreew ■ t i .. . .
Sunday School Union, No. 316 Chestnut
' ll AmeWcttn Tract Society, now No. 929 Chestnut.
<*-* Menoaict, Crown street, below OaUowhiU street.
, rcriMrtvonk .ml, PhUedolphle Bible Society, comer
of SoVeuth and Walnut streets.
Publication, No. 265 Chestnut
ij-t 7- ■>*,’r'Mi r,j" . . ", .
*s• WSt Chertnut
t ;-Y<raiigHen’« OhrteHaifAMoclatlon, So. 182 Ohejtnut
street*-' ,j .. ,y. * . •
Periodical Office IT.
Stlfc^ 585 Alrch street, first house bdlow
strgot,,nprth.sjd^.,., . ,
v.BAiLROiS iINES.
; Elarenth and Market.
f and the Wert.
“4‘» o West. .
- Hi n for lan cm ter.
11P. M., ElpreaaMall for Pittsburgh and the West.
Sailtoaa-Thpoti Ifroad *ad Vine. .
7.50. A. Mt.Brpress Tralnfor Potlsrllle, Williamsport,
. >: .» Elmira and Niagara Falls. * 9
8.60 P.H.yes above '(NigfctjSxpress Train.)
'-■■■ v«. ? --n Nfv.York Joints,
* Mm Jersey City. .
•A. M;, *6m Camden, Accommodation Train.
from Camden. ri* Jersey Oity.M&fl.
whwrf t «a Jersey city.
3 PeM.jTte Ostade*,'Accommodation Train.
IS 5 > Mall,
o P. M.j via Camden and Accommodation.
6 A. M;, from Walnut street wSarf.Yor Belriderd,Easton,
mtoMßt*****' ■■ ■: !
I Walnut'street wharf, j
meSSi %' Trenton, Ac. ~ ) ,
*£• "•>SsSUlP*Bhtfentown;4o.
API Act, from "Walnut street >
‘ " '
o ' , ' li ilflilie)a,’e ft'JJi.- —Depot .Broad aod I'riiru. ‘ i
8 A. M., for Baltimore, Wllmhfetou, New, Oastla, Mid- ,
A.lOEjld.jfor Wilmington. Mew-Castle, Middletown,
v - Borer,and Seaford.. • .
®A & '
‘*s' and Wilmington.
Prout and Willow.
BASAv if'! for BoTlesttSli’.AcMmt
itios
2,16 ilauch Chunk, Ac.
10.46 AsM,> forßaddondeld. .
4 F.Mi.fof Atlantic City.' " - ‘
4.46 P. M., for Haddonfleld. ■ *s
v * >f.t For Westchester. ' , i
" By Colombia R/R/andVreßtcheateT Branch. ;
• ! -'Prdm Market street,' srfafh aide, AbfovA Eighteenth. ’
'LeavePhiladelphiaT A.M.aandiP.M;
~. */'< .Westchester 6.30. A. Sf,, and 3p. M.
‘‘V. J ’ "Ok' Sranitd
XeaVePhlladelpbia' 7A; M.- ' -
P/ M.-rn.,. . •, ,
Tfcetfhejite? ,Direct jlailroade opento Pennelton, Grubb*
. ' Bridge. , ‘ ‘
V Prim northeast Eighteenthand Market afreet*. I
-berto PhiladelphiaB,'and 9A. 3d., 2,4,and 6P. M. *
'fc“..s Grabbsißridge, 7,8, and 11 A; M, and
OH gattndafr* last Wain from Pehneltoii at 7 A. M. :
**!• W°a»dY S P. M. .
- u , PcnnAltonOX A.M.andOP'M • '
Otumntouni f Nmisiman R,; A,_Depot, Bth and
i.vr,‘.Oreeug-i
I, 4# B,M, «d ,n-w r,M„
,?r8 Ar M-and 3 PkiT., fos Bownlngtown
,4,8, 8, andfl .
jOjuaaMW fh«sdel4i;B a“. M.and
Leave A. M. and 1 jp, y
ita.attP.rMitiKcHardTßMckioa, fnr.BardenW' sn.rr.m
fymWi t% cape
SdePl'^loS' ’ Warner
t») andiiThbuju /AiAforgan/ for |&if dot^
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street. /1
jjgJpffi'MW ¥W “»J« of
tnArtSrclM let’s ■ Office;' corner of
jllioks; '
, Z*de street, 1 above Beventh. 1
tegeyjßDitne# street,-. we,st of Sixth.
> road and College Avenue,
College, Filbert street, above
*ge. Tenth street, below George.
/sUBfej shore Eleventh street,
corner Market and West Penn
College, Ninth street, below
■ StrttteUet’a ®aj&e.
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- Publication Offioa of The Weekly Passs, No. 4i7
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TUESDAY. AUGUST 25, 1857.
fcROWNER’S QUEST LAW,
A tragic drama, which, occurred in New
York on Friday, has already proceeded to tho
closo of Act 11. In the bar-room of a dining
saloon in Broadway, an amateur actor hap
pened to moot a Tombs lawyer, (of tho spe
cies vulgarly called Shyster,), and tho result
was a quarrel. The lawyer, a powerful man,
struck the actor, who, as tho report states,
“ drew a revolver and tired twice in quick suer
cession,” at his opponent. The first ball hit
the man’s arm, and passed 1 into the breast, in
juring tho lungs. The second ball passed
through the mouth, and upwards through the
head, a part of which was shot off. Tho vie,
tim fell to tho floor—a corpse. Tho actor
fled, but, soon after, gave himself up. A jury
was empauneled, and it was proved that the
lawyer had first struck the actor. Tho jury
retired for an hour and a half, and returned a
verdict, simply stating tho fact that one man
“ came to his death by a pistol-shot, fired”
by the othor. Tho jury were then discharged
with the thanks of tho coroner.
‘ All this time the actor was in custody. His
was now brought Into the room, and tho co]-
roner addressed him as follows: I
“Thejury in this cose hare rendered the fol
lowing verdict.” (Heads it and continues.) “From
the testimony which is given in this oase, it leaves
the matter open, and rshatl, therefore, disoh&rge
you upon my ourn responsibility. The oa3o is not
• one, in my opinion, whioh could warrant mo to
hold you. It is dearly a osse of self-defonce. I
shall, however, hand the paper over to tho, grand
jury for their future action. You are discharged,
sir.” .
The actor’s friends gathered around him and
congratulated him on bis escape. “Ho seemed
much gratified at his release” [hot a little sur
prised, too, no doubt,] and came forward an|t
shook 'hands with the, coroner, thanking liihi
at the same time, for thepatience which he anjl
the jury had evinced in the investigation.!’
. The report does not add that the party ad
journed to have a friendly drink together,bvjt
it isprobable that they did. |
' In thia case it must be observed that the
jury gave a verdict of “Manslaughter.'’
Jt ahld hpvwqrd ahoift the man-shooting being
,“clearly, w -case of self-defence,?’ That was
'after , t he jury had’.been discharged and their
functions ended. Now, a coroner is ex-officio
a magistrate, with power to commit persons
oven suspected of guilt. Hero, it is not mere
suspicion—it is fact . Tho body of tlio
slaughtered victim was itself tho accusing wit
ness of tho crime. It bore two wounds—“ tho
least a death to nature.” Tho jury, <jn
their oaths, had declared that the man
who fired the pistol shots bad done the
bloody deed. What was the coroner’s action?
He had tho prisoner brought in, and road thpt
verdict to him. By that time, no doubt, in
tho re-action of tho prisoner’s mind, Con
science was at work within his bosom. No
doubt, also, when 4 ho heard this verdict of
“Manslaughter,” his heart throbbed with joy.
In the eye of tho law (“Crowner’s qudst
law”) he was not denounced as a murderer,
with the scaffold in perspective. ,No doubt,
too, he began to calculate his chances of boiiig
able to procure bail—small chances, it may l)e,
if tho newspapor report be true when it said of
him and his victim, “ They were woll known
about the ton'll. They moved among flic crowd,
both male and female, generally denominated as
fast,” Ho might doubt which of his tViends
“ in tho crowd” wero sufficiently solvent to be
accepted as ball. And then, the coroner hav
ing informed him what tho damnatory, verdict
vtasj proceeded to say that the testimony left
the matter open, aftor the jury had thus solemn
ly decided on it! “I shall,therefore,discharge
you upon my own responsibility. Tho case, is
notone, in my opinion, .which could warrant
me to hold you; it is clearly a case of self-de
fence.”
So thought tho coroner. So, it is evident,
did not think the jury. Had they formed this
opinion of the . testimony, they, would, have,
added to the verdict that the said death-sfiots had
been fired in self-defence. The coroner, how
ever, virtually supersedes the verdict and dis
charges the prisoner, promising to hand tlio
papers over to the Grand Jury. Wo do not ask
any lawyer, but we ask any man of plain and
practical common sense, whether this action of
tho coroner does not amount, at least, to an
error of judgment? We are very chary in
imputing wrong motives to any ono, especially
to a .publio officer, and only beg to express a
doubt whether this amiable coroner is quite a
.Solomon. , j
, Nor is this all. The coroner is a magistrate.
The laws of New York Stele expressly declare it
illegal for any man to carry about his persbn
dangerous weapons of offence. The prisoner,
even supposing that bo had killed his man
only in self-defence, had violated the law by
being secretly armed with a loaded revolver—
doubly loaded, too, for he fired two shots with
it “in quick succession.” It appears do us
that it was the coroner’s duty, as a magistrate,
to. have detained this deadly-weapon carrier,
and required him to put in hail to answer the
charge of having violated the laws of the
State. There have been too numerous in
stances of homicide of late, not in New York
alone, but in many other places—all eaused by
the shcret possession, on the person, of lethal
weapons, so ready for instant action that the
hand can immediately obey the bidding of im
pulsive passion, and—without thought, with
out deliberation, almost without intent or ma
lice—destroy the life of a fellow-creaturo. So
in Italy and Spain, the inhabitants of which are
“Children of the sun, with whom reyengo is
, virtue,”
tne knife, the stiletto, is resdy at hand, and
assassination is frequent.' Better than this,
surely, is the less hurtful habit practised in
England, (and daintily abused for its “bru
tality,” in this country,) of settling a dispute
by a fair battle with the flats, and ending it,
when the beat man wins, by shaking hands.
Thin subject of carrying bowie-knives and re
volvers is too fruitful and suggestive to be
hastily discussed here, at this moment. It is
important, becauseit involves the lives of our
fellow-creatures arid the very Character of tho
country itself.
b 'it'nlay be ; notlcod that we have carefully
Avoided giving the .name of the actor who
'figures aa the unfortunate .hcrooi. this sad
a. 'tragedy.' IVe abstain, becimsolt is impossible,
• .if the legal, authorities'6f New Tork city de
l their duty,'that this matter can resj where the
Coroner' lias placed it. Unless Mr. OAkky
attorney, beWomuch occu
PHILADELPHIA, TUBSDAY* 'AUGUST 25, 1857.
pied in assisting In the “production” ofanojhar
infant from Bellevue Hospital, for some other
Mrs. Cunningham Buedei.ii, he must act, hud
without delay, upon tho verdict of “man
slaughter,” as rendered by the jury. . If, the
party implicated by it possess ordinary oom
mon sense, (and we understand him to be 1 4
young man of conßlderablfe ability, sbd, uptll
now, of generally good conduct,) he, has-owisd
away out of the jurisdiction of New York be
fore this. ■' ' "
. We had nearly committed the injusticp
of not mentioning the name of tha smuor
ner who officiated on this occasion, IMS hot
Mr. Counory, the buffo of the Burdell Inquest,
but Mr. Perry. It is all right, we muq|
pose. “ Crowner’s quest law ” is eccentric,
variable, and surprising. 1
THE POSITION OF WOMEN.
The following article comes to us ftbtu a,
woman whose own lifte is tho very best com
mentary upon the text of her. discourse^;/She
has earned the fight to be heard and regarded ;,
for sho lias added to the heroism of enduring
the customary disabilities of hor
endeavor to overcome them, in a spirit re-!
markable for its considerate moderation. j'SJtpJ
makes an appeal to, the,democratic principle)
for relief, and that principle In powCff hqverf
yet turned a deaf ear to jtho demand of-'tljjht.;
Men in the pride of place may scorn it, but it'
has over been a city.of r e toga for tjsh oppressed.;
Pennsylvania has been among tho earliest oCtho
States to legislate justly tor the-iftghts-of
women in tho,matter of property to
which can be secured to them witiiQ'ut'opemng
the door to fraud and contusion of rights,
remedies. Only in respect to the joint earn-)
iugs of husband and wifq, and the' separate
camipgs of tho mafrlod woman, .has.tho State
failed to provide a protectlbnjpt. tho wife’s
rights, and this is a matter of aUCtrfUfficuUy in
practice that wo can see as yetbo, Safe and Cer
tain policy for accomplishing complete jusfoe.
Wo do not boast of our progreSßiye'npss.hut
wo do endeavor to do justice, to tho very verge
of safe experiment; and as we liavs so littto oi
the old-time tyrannies in our civil eddo'to bet
proach ourselves with; wo can afford to listen
patiently to temperate expostulation, r
Ourpeople arc prudent and cautious, because
they are practical; but stiil, if any, qne. ean
find a hole in our coat, wo aro ready to soeund
mend it. We are neither s;> bad, nor -fliinh
ourselves so good, that wo cannot, listen tore
monstrance; nor aro we afraid to bear'bur
faults, as if wo were unable or unwilling to
correct them.. Especially is the grgeo of kind
and respectful consideration duo to, the claims
of women, for whom we legislate'' without
allowing them tho right of lrtstJjictiop)r or
holding ourselves responsible to them through
tho ballot-box. . When women , defiantly
organize themselves against us, they must
rely upon such power as they- have : for
their success; but when they appeal to
us, the whole state of the case is changed)
then wo owe it. to our own manliness, to justlfcd
and right, to do whatever wo may be
is our duty. , I
If women were fairly and', fully protected
from all tho oivil and social wrongs for which
men are responsible, we know that they would
never complain of their exclusion) pr eiotap
tion as we prefer to say, from the .exercise of
political power. Therefore, let the lady hi
heard for whatever of foal worth-and force
there may be in what sho has to say, which,
indeed, they should not ask, and which cer
tainly will never bp-granted, opposed as it is
by so many social and pollticaV obstaclesfand
especially by that sense of delicacy and refine
ment which isthe characteristic. jbf the gentle
Bex.— Ed. Peess. It; 1
. .Healthful activity is a law of
ble restlessness in an indicstionof jjssaSe. When
there is a toil play of all the powbps, whep action
and repose duly.relieve.eaoh qffioa,vju-ii ej;tertml
Tuictiergfosof life, it is well witffthe Individual;
and well with sooioty; butinaetionand spasmodic'
Impulses, perpetual self-oonsoioueness and self-in
vestigation,’ dissatisfaction with daily duties, and
strife for unattainable objects, prove individual
unbealthiness or social error. ‘
Judging by this plain rale, there is evidently a
wrong in tho condition of women. Their povttjcm
is a subject constantly forcing itself upon oar at
tention as something to bo considered and amended;
and the freer our state of society beoomos, the more
distinctly those complaints are uttered.
In the far East, under Mahemmedan rule, wo
hoar no voice diroot from the women, hut wrong is
just as dearly indicated in the general acknow
ledgment of the wickeduess oftho sex.
“ I stood at the gate of Hell,” says the Prophet,
“andlo! mostof its inmates were women.” “Con
sult thorn;” says another, “ and do the contrary of
what they advise.” “ Women are deficient in
sonso and religion” is ono of the common proverbs.
Europe furnishes usstrikingexamplesof feminine
discontent. In Germany the Emancipirto Frauen
aro Bpokcn of in whispers by womon, and tvith
sneers by men. Yet thoro thoy are, & large class
under violent protest, who will smoke, wear
masculine habiliments, will go about whore they
ploaso, and sneer in their turn at the restraints
submitted to by their more peaooful sisters.
In England tho fordo of rldioulo is brought to
bear upon tho rebels; tho caricature of the Hen
chartists, which oonvulsod John Bull with a broad
grin, proved a potont woapon against the aspiring
petticoats.' But'tho expression only cun bechocked,
Ihe'iliscont-ont remains, and breaks out from time
to time, id tho most unexpooted quarters.
Horc, however, in America, whoro women aro
troated with tho utmost deference, hero where the
state of society is indubitably freer than In any
country tho sun over shone Upon—hero arises the
most gonoral expressions of discontent, and here,
for tho first time, tho discontent shapes itself in a
form that for numbors and oharaotor may bo called
a party. ,
Now, that there in solnottiing wrong in a state of
things that will permit of so much diaauasion aid
dissatisfaction, is cloarly evident. To find out tio
exact nature of tho evil may not bo so easy. 411
theories on ono slde or the other in relation to the
position of women will be most likely to mislead
us. To settle just what a human being ought to
do, we must first know what ho is capable of, not
only at present, but in the possibilities of tho fu
ture; and that is what no human being oan judge
of for another, muoh loss for a oiass. It is of no
use to say that men and women are differently
constituted, therefore thoir work is different; and
then proceed to ! plan out their separate lives—tho
plan cannot bo worked out from any aueh proposi
tion* Wo grant tho dlfforonoo, but there wo must
stop. We cannot dogmatise upon,that
we eon only learn from it as-its results unfold
themselves year by year. 1
As function oannot be inforrod from structure, go
destiny cannot he deduced from funotion. No hti*
man being was ever wise onougb to pronounce such
judgment, for’ tho reason that U requires a know*
ledge of cause and effeot, oh acquaintance with
exlstenoe in its most intimate relations, and a full
comprehension of tho destiny of humanity—know*
lodge which no one over yet reached to, and whic|i
is rendered impossible, by that gradualncss 0?
growth in knowledge, whioh is a law of our na
ture.
Wo judge of truth by fragments. The highest
truth disoovoredby one age has always been over
shadowed by the higher truth of a succeeding ago.
We never have, and, unless our nature is changed,,
we never shall acquire that complete knowledge
whioh alone can enable us to fix the destiny of any
human being.
We run great risk by theorising on human life,
and attempting to act on these theories, of violating
one great principle of our nature, whioh should be
the basis of all human relations, viz: the prinoi*
plo of justice. -
Each human being must determine bis own des
tiny, helped or hindered by the conditions under
whioh ho grows. It is our duty as members and
guardians of a free society, to see that the natural
rights of every individual constituting this society,
aro guarantied by our laws; and that the condi
tions of growth, viz: means of instruction, opportu
nity of employment, acknowledgment oftnorit, aro
insured by the customs of society.
This is alt that the State eon he expected to do
for its members—give freedom and opnortunity,
amd let each individual provehis own ability. This
inll that women oan ask, and this they .ought to
*ve. Lot us seo if they have any just cause of
oomplaint in relation to the laws or customs of our
country.
* Do the laws of the laud secure to women the ex*
excise of all natural rights?
In answering this question, we must atonce make
a broad distinction between married andslnglo
women. AYith oh'C' the law places men
a4dsingle^yroihep‘ ; nnthfersathe footing.' It does
not Ipglslatoior .sex, but for human beings, and bo
far seauros entire freedom to* individual growth,.
-The one exception to, this equality of, lAw is!-the
right pf voting, Thc Jmportapoe U) be attached to
this deprivation mhst be detenninsd by the value
which ia.glvan to’tha elective franchise. It the
balfot-box he in effect of little consequence, the dis
tinction of sex, in regard to it, is of little acoount;
but if jttetly regarded as the corner-stone of liberty,
and’ the most valued privilege of & free cltisen —
bis'only mhans of' enforcing hls'will and securing
his rights—tlicn the injustice is of great magnitude;
and tho withholding of this right from women is a
vioiatibh of the fundamental principle of a Demo
eratlo Republic. This conclusion Is unavoidable,
unless thcre be something effecting their capacity
for its exercise,'oib rkifleiitig its exercise - income
pstihlsWith thepdblio interests, whioh may justly
suspend’or abrogate the right, in itself unquestion
ably a natural ohc, held' in- virtue of their mere
humanity. Of this the statement of Jefferson may
betaken for the authoritative formula, “Civil gov
ernment derives Its just powers from the consent of
the goveried. 1 ’
Now. it Is not at all apparent that any condition
or circuuijlance, conneotod wlth the 'elective fran
chise, lies against its exercise by single women,
whatover'of policy, or propriety, or' temporary ne
cessity may operate against thomufrled. ..
But tho municipal-laws depend ’'’absolutely ujhwi
public opinion to- this country.' ‘l,Ol PS therefore
consider the ntore immodijito, unquestionable, end
important 'bearing whioh the oifstdms,'usages, and
influential sentiment of sooioty exert upon the con
ditlon'bf ivom'on. i> ,1 : . ■■ ,! vd
- •. The fitafrrif: WOman’ri - humanity has - never beeh
fully ioeogfifajdu Oiily df heV iwOMofibood, add
conAoqnerftly tHestylb of ber’cdUOhiiofrjher habits!
of life, her reception in society, have all been based
on the single f&ot of Bex-
In Amerioa,-'.the material prosperity of tho eoun
'tryhas increased tho evil of this theory; by with
drawing Women from a wide variety 'of
r'decupitienfi which th6y Cxeroise in other countries.
In Germany or France, for instance,- women enter]
into 1 external life/ os’ artists,’ merchants, book-'
keepers,'midwives, Ao.j with a freedom quite un
known to us, as a matter of custom, and exciting no,
remark. The result of this wider industrial Ilfo is
seoh in greater thoroughness of education, earnest
ness of purpose, and individuality of oharooter.
.Tho rongo’of employments for women is oxtrorriely
limited in Onr oOUiltry. If we except the profession
of teaching, tbfl/e are no occupations, but the most
menial and subordinate ones, really opon to theijn.
An occasional artist, physioian, merchant, asJrono
mor, is an cccetitricity to be Stared and wondered 1
at, rather than approved and helped forward. For
all suoh exceptional oases there is ho provision for
education or Support. * 1
Tho custom which excludes Amorican women
from varied employments ' oppresses those who do
work, heavily; for when a woman bus won herself
an honorable position in any unusual line of life,
she is ptUl excluded from the companionship and
‘privileges of tho olass to which she should belong,
bpbfeuge her'oourßo is unusual.'
which all women have to strug
gle with, who attempt to widen the range of ooou
patioh for their sex, is in tho highest degree dis
couraging; This is ontircly wrong. Strength
should not be wasted in seeking an opportunity for
growth; it should be reserved for using the oppor
tunity to its fullest extent, for growing through it,
to the full measure of capacity. *
The widening of industrial occupations, the
opening of a variety of avenues for the exercise of
woman’s thought and labor, is a work dearly de
manded by our age; it is required by tho broad
prinoiplo of justice to tho individual.
Let us welcome, then, every effort which U ear
nestly made by women to exercise thoir abilities
In any field of honorable labor they may chooso.
: Stop the sneer at any effort because it is unusual. If
'it be useful, help it forward, that it may no longer
be unusual. Let us learn to regard women as human
beings as well'as women/ 1 and 'eduoato our girls as
well as boys upon the principle of human right.
Tho more complete the development of the whole
being, the mote healthful'ah9 harmonious will be
the action bf every distinctive characteristic.
Women will be strongor and nobler in all that con
stitutes trUo wOmnnhood, for the fullest growth that
will admit of.
A Lefr a 3 insure to women equal justice by our
municipal laws. Let us, mould, the customs,of
■society oh the free principb-sof our Democracy,
and then we shall have fulfilled tho conditions ue
ceMary for solving the difficult problem of woman’s
position, by enabling the women to settle theirown
position.
MiBSESSSWfi:,
FROM NAHANT,
[Correapoadence or Tho Press.]
Nauaht, August 22.
■Tho tranquil life at Nahant win make but a
.tamo recital compared with your brilliant account
of the gayetics of Nowport. But our quiot little
peninsula la not without its attractions. Thenatu
ral beauties are striking and singular. It is thrust
out into the sea like an arm and Set; tho blue
water, with its edge of white surf, cnoirelcs it like
a sotting of poarl and sapphire; in one direction,
you look out upon the open occen, and in others
oyer tho ourving bays to the white walls of the dis
tant fishing villages—dearer, alaai to the sight
than tho smell. All tho aottages—real cottages—
have a Swiss air about them, and oven our hotel,,
which standson tho finest site oftho whole headland,
looks like an enormous ohnlot, wilh its light balco
nies and flights of stops.
Thu favorito walks are, of course, along the
olifflj, which are bolder and more broken than
those at Newport, while curious caves, accessible
only at low tide, tempt tho foot of the active and
adventurous; but the groat amusemont is driving.
Every afternoon the beaches and roads between
here and Lynn are thronged with barouches,
broughams, buggies, phtetons, pony-chaises, and
every sort of vobicle, from tho heavy close car
riage to the spider-liko trotting-wagon. Troops of
equestrians, too, way bo soon to “scud along tho
levol sands.” This stream of coaches empties it
self into Lynn, wbeDoo it flows off in dlfforont di
rections, along shady roads, through trim country
places, or into the wild woods. Thero is not much
driving to be had on Nahant itself, though a pub
lic-spirited gentleman, the owner of the prettiest
cottage and flnost grounds here, has done his best
to inorease what thore is, by oponiug a road on tho
edge of tho oliff, along the whole extent of his
property.
It is a uoblo picco of work, and would raako a
magnificent drive if tho other cottage owners could
be induced to follow his oxample, but thoy aro un
wliUug to destroy tho cliff walk and the privacy of
their own grounds. Nahant Is greatly indebted to
this gentleman in many ways. Tho rows of quiver
ing aspens that open in vistas along the road side,
and the piotnresque avenuo of willows that loads to
Lass point—our fishing head-quarters—are all his
planting. Earlier in tho summer he devised
something for tho amusement of tho inhabitants,
scarcely a less benevolent aot than his nursery,
gardening, and engineering. On tho huge stones
which support tho balustrade of his cliff road were
printed a number of disconnected words, which
composed, when properly arranged, a complete sen
tence. Tho (Edlpua who put thorn properly together
was to win a valuable pearl ring which tho magnifi
cent riddlo-givcr had deposited with our boat, Mr.
Stevens, with a sealed explanation. After a cha
ritably long intorval to allow our brains to work
out tho puzzle, tho various answers wbioh hud
been sent in woro oponed, and tho prito awarded
to'a lucky Boston editor, whoso “guess” was the
nearosttothe truth.
One of tho chief oxoitemeota of tho season has
beon tho visit of a codot corps from Boston, who
pitched their camp on a lovely rise, oalled Sumot
hill, where fpr three days thoy held their ground
against wind and weather. Tho little white tents
and bright flags, the gay uniforms of the gentlemen
militia, and tho light dreasos of the ladies who
went to boo the parade and drill, and listen to tho
fine band, presented a lively sceno. But tho third
evening they marohod off towards Lynu, and wore
hidden by the dazzling rays of the setting sun, to
wards )?hloh they took thoir way.
A oharity fair is just now''absorbing the interest
of every one. It is in aid of an institution for the
support of siok and superannuated servants. The
ladies of Nahant have been working with a will,
and succeeded in making a number of very pretty
things, whioh have brought in fin© prices, whilo
the post office and sales by auction, condnotod with
great spirit, have occasioned tho usual amount of
fun.
We have no regattas not fetes champetre , but
many a pleasant pio-nlc and sailing party, and
most of tho titled names which you bavo de
lighted to enumerate among the visitors at New
port arc to be soon in the traveller's book at our
hotel. They find enough to draw them, in tho
charming society assembled hero, wbioh centres
round tho little cluster of savants who oomo from
their academic retreats at Cambridge to sniff the
sea-air and oat chowder. Wo are not In want of
either distinguished residents or guests. Philadel
phia is well represented. The rosea nnd curls
of the worthy mayor aro visible: on the front
piazza, and the fair facos of some of his. most
distinguished concitoyennes are beaming in the
drawing-rooms..
i -We have no great excitements nor extraordinary
•Variety, but time slips smoothly ty—ten-pinß and
billiards iif the morning, and the Lancers in the
dYwing» 3fftU©L l { ftbaenUt” keeps , tlje house alive
with his piquant comments on men And manners f
and by the time 'September comes, which is nearer
tbhflyrc Qko to thlnk, we, shall be able to sum up
as many pleasant hours Qs'an’y of our friends, at
other seashores or springs'
i ' . ! I' ‘
~ . edit FROM PATigBUROH. - -
[Correspondence ofMe Press.]’(!■ ■' ,'
' * ,: A i PirtSßtJßhH,-August 24,1857.
B*ah gra :■ The weather, Which a few days siuM
caused, our gdod people to don the lightest clothing,
has undergone a suddep and; remarkahje change,
W, they flwjyit n<jcess,ryj to ]rea; “
“rli Tfcqjtfr is cool and ljraciig—
era o] "iValtoh and XimrdllitdtilEi In iHolr falonte
havd djiehod theli frbnt-doift "'Und shutteri, 'and
leftthe’kitdhehfoii'the.patior. ■!- T.jkU tali ' .
' Our'Demooratio County bonvontioU^ili:a*ent
bl* ds Wednnsday hoxti ‘Some ‘disdoM'ilS'ihUticl
pated, owing to anurionthut
introduced in/avoi;of,rQpudiatlpn.-4.tisoonteptied
by some. l th»b i our.party.shoujd .]>#?;fio Mtionjn
the jefor.itto the while
Others argue that the dcbtalare unf'pst. that'our
tares «r(S too'- heavy to ho Tiorqq, arid'that the:
county oommiasionora' and 1 councils of Pittsburgh 1 ,
in subscribing sums of mbney for railroad
purposes, transcended their dutyt ad.^ l 1
[Kepudiatinn. iS; the/Jast; resort of BSbrave and
jintejligent pqqj]e.-:En, PBEBS,I nijii'd .
, A short tiinef inoc iJiir -Republicans wore “ in
tensely Ainerlean..” . Nqw our” Youug, Aiameiy’'
friends begtn,,tq admire .men whose,/,‘accent”, is
sweetly ” G'errnaii ” They polic:i iiieir votes,
drink Uieir lager beer. hbd talkot the of
the Khine, Tf they continue to imjrfove/thdy will
eUOniJove tho « rich Midi brogb4,’>;af(e*l -Irish
•wake!, end drink lrish whiskey. :p a ,. 1
•. Spooking of iYoqng AmerlcA reminds,»m:of a
conversation I recently h»4 with a vo,norstb(p.frl«jd.
Ho comfortably .seated in a eofieo-hpuse
tgam
cigar, was stylishly dressed, and was “&#£’.* iatite
-fbltettßtfuie'bf'tWWord/ lie
ing something of a wag, invited Young America
to. join him in a glass of beer.' •“ I thank you,”
said the,interesting boy; “,I haven’t tasted beer
for thrcp jyoare—it’s tqo freak for mn; bnt iks
you Boom to be a clover old fogy, I beliove I’ll
tako gin and sugar !” -^
Young America is precocious.. At ten ho smokes
cigars and chows tobacco,‘ add bigTound
oaths al‘twelve * he 1 fitt^nds 1 political 1 mwfiigs
•and “rbspebts,'” drinks 'ta “yoar-TCry
'good healthtV’ at fifteen he keeps t fast borte-find
the- expenses of apiece 'ofisdstly ctdico’; at
twenty Burke and/C&lhoun in fttptes*
manship,,Everett and Cuahmg.lp learning, and,qs a
ortiio looks with contempt on the “feeble
Johnson and’Macaulay; at twenty-fiva' He ’ thinks
his parents are superannuated fools, and tells his
father to “ go back to Ireland if he don’t likb this'
country;” and'at thirty, a ’Metlm&Uk' intexperi
ence and a'Solomon in‘wisdom,-‘he ; ia' prepared’to
shuffle offi this Imortal ooil and solve thc myaterlea
of hereafter. . , lw . /
Thohoalth of our .city is excellent.- Perhaps in
nqoHy in .tho world,- oP.tho same population, ayej
thoro fewer deaths. TV’e have not more than eigh-1
teen or ‘twenty, 'per week.' ,TbU -happy,state!
of affairs is attributed! tb r aip and exercise.!
The drugs of tho Apotheoary and the lanoot
of the physioian are not in great
Here, indeed,' the undertaker and physi
cian go hand in band. Disease is seldom fatal save!
when “the medioina man’,’ is sent for, arid Mrs.j
Pepperbox—who has had great experience as a
nurse—assures me that it frequently- requires the
interference of throo or four physicians to destroy
human life. But Mrs. Pepperbox is unreasonably
severe bn tho disciples of Esculapius, and her assorj
tion is not believed by Peter Piper. !
COMMUNICATIONS.
[For The Press.]
THE FASHIONABLE CHURCH
What a Rustic Thinks of It,
Me9Brs. Editors : Since I commenced my
of sight-seeing in this town of yours, I have heard
all manner of puffs of-the “ brilliant oratory ” and
“ ahinifig totems ” of acertain Roy. Doctor, whosi
congregation, comprisod .the bulk-of the intelli
gence and, the largest proportion of the
and “most resppotable ” families of the city!
Moreover, it was said that nothing vulgar ever en
tered there; being in one of' the most ’ fashionable
precincts, it was hedged iti on eVe'fy slde 'by thi
impenetrable barrier of exclusiveness. 1 Expecting
a rich intellootual treat, as well ag a gratification
of self pride in an aAsooiation with- so much
" u wall 4
pecuniary distinction, I spent an extra minute in
brushing my beaver, and a loose “ fip ” in getting
my .boots blacked, took my old-fashioned hymn
book from tho bottom of my oarpet bag and sallied
forth one fine Sabbath morning to see and hear
for myself. My attention was soon arrested by a
long train of carriages drawn up by tho sidewalk.
Tho riohly caparisoned horses, the liveried garbs
of the drivers, and the high polish of their silver
mountings reflected beautifully the rays of tho
morning sun. A little furthor observation con
vinced me that I was in tho vicinity of the ohuroh
in question, for I saw a lot of soucy-looking people
ascending the marble steps of a stately edifice
within an enclosure.
I ascended tho steps, entered the church, and
was crowding through to get a convenient seat,
when I suddenly encountered a person who sur
veyed inefrom head to foot in less time than it re
quires me to state it. I tried to look pious, but to
no purpose, as piety waa at a discount. He soon
had the measure of my dignity, as heseized a small
throe-legged stool and told mo to follow him, whioh
I did with the greatest meekness up, or rather
down the aisle, noarthe stage-pardon me, 1 mean
tho pulpit. After taking the seat so generously be
stowed, Hooked around to see if thero was a possi
bility of crowding any more in, when lo! I found
that one-half the pews wero unoccupied. I then
thought I had arrived too soon. Now and then a
pew owner would arrive, unlock his pew door, and
step in with the indifference of a belle in her private
box at the Opera. As I survoyed the orimson cush
ioned aeatB,and saw their occupants reclining witb
-in, I could not help admiring the striking ex
hibitions of improvement in religious exercises
since the days whon He, “ who spake as never man
spako," addressed his “ mixed” audiences of rich
aud poor, publicans and pharisees alike, from the
hill-aides and fishing smacks of Judea. After all,
thought I, science has overcome tho many obstruc
tions in tho road to heaven, whioh the ancient proph
ots represented as being so formidable; and the nar
row way, to walk in which King David found so dif
ficult, has been widened, rolled, and is now adorned
with suoh beauty that to walk in it is a mere stroll
of pleasure; but, like the privato walks in tho en
closures of princes, tho “rabble” aro shut out lest
they invado the sanotity of cultivated taste. As I
behold tho droomy languor of those around me, I
concluded that there was still a possibility of going
to heaven on cushions, if we could not go thero on
“flowery beds of ease.” I was for a moment en
chanted with the scone, and tried to realize a fol
low fooling by reclining also, forgetting there was
nothing behind to support mo, and I was on the
point of losing my equilibrium; I then realized the
great golf that separated us. Truly, “they who
would pass from hence to me could not,” neither
could thoy roturn to the oharmed circle after an
association with an individual obliged to sit on a
thrco-loggod stool. Bolievo me, I felt forlorn.
Every man, woman, and dandy scorned to have cast
all thoir care on tho minister, however Thelatter
creature is oasily attended to, as its moral respon
sibility is a matter of doubt among theologians.
One profound doctor of divinity, after the most pa
tient investigation, came to the conclusion that if
It had a soul, thore was but one divided amongst
the entire spooios. Fashionable ladies, bloom
ing in all the freshness of rouge, expand
ing to tho full circumferenco of crinoline,
sparkling in all the brilliance of rubies,
decked with gold and garnished with ringlets and
feathers; retired wino merchants an<l thoso who
have not yet rotired; brokers, usurers, bank
directors, patent medicated humbug balsam ma
kers, and successful politicians, with the haughty
corners of their patrician mouths drawn up, all
seemed fully assured that the one thing needful
which thoy had nogleoted all thoir lives was safely
intrusted to the keoping of the minister. Indeed,
tho only man, I saw that I believed realized his
spnso of duty, and who was waiting to perforin it,
was the man leaning on the organ polo. There,
thought I, ye exclusives, who dotest vocal music
so much, because it distorts your patrician mouths,
behold an example worthy your imitation. Poor
man! doomed to perpetual subserviency in the
church militant, I fear you will have to pluck- the
fruit from Life’s fair tree, and draw water for
these people, oven on the other side of Jordan.
But the grand feature of tho entertainment yet
remains to be told. After a musical discord in
which the Psalm of David and tho opora of Verdi
eaoh strovo for the mastory, and a‘ prayer, lu whioh
the ministor rotated some 'things which’ might
lead one to suppose the Almighty nevor knew bo
fore, the burst of eloquence, anxiously waited for,
camefortb. It was something new to me. Insteadof
telling us that we fjerp poop .miserable sinners, we
were extolled as being capable of anything but
creative power. The church, he said, was not to
bo a meek institution; but tt towering Colossus, be
fore whidh' the' World must- bbw and do homage,
When he bf the poor benighted heathen, I.
noticed that- be touohdd- the first tender chbrdlof
his'congregation, if the application' of handker
chiefs to faces was an-indication. Whether any
tears were shed or-not I don*t knoW. ‘ T£ there
wore, £ suppose that it Was because thb’ oafics of
TWO-GENTS.
■ •. . r - • •"■ j. " : -j —i«r I- 1 . 7 . . ,
destitution .were so far beyond the
aid.. He expatiated at great length on the state of
spiritual degradation on the banks oX Congo and \
the Ganges, and turn aald one (tori' of I
dation that eilsthd on' th'e'hahks of the Deliwtte
and'the SehuyikW., I was', glad when the -bene
diction wsa proiumnctd, »X had the back-ache. ;
; ~ \'opts VWy.iflwuUj, ; t jKnstici-s i
T(t>MhaJfxea».l i„,t >' ;!
JOffIBMSB BF. (FRAVEL—NO.III.
i < vJ v i vh-*» (*.. ' /■; * ,-J )’ t:
11 4 .. a t *»K J’ w. ~ m . !
. t ,.W fWO.ftPfi§?S, OF j
% Uncertainly one- v of.the
JJJflpt,jßtqpendppq political' englnes-;ev3r.pttt in’
do ne t wo mlerJ{4m B ull jjw,proud
scSras&•. $ m &
•well Btua—“ Go in .Europe, you
natf find 'ilothidg' nhiooftting 1 ejeli'' to "its shady vv
'-soft (>coii6ltla !j: tn'e»bf'-'s’ti«lt‘yirj?ed'bali!ta; ; Baeb
multlflijidtdl doijalretnßultll ‘and.■ such
Views; The anbjeefa-thattoeine beferelt for-diaeus
*‘.o.n and rOeiditthxaMe toutat; acdiso: inthrwfflrnn
<“*\”, it 3 ,; uIJ. ;i -l„j 1V
-fl® W pnaer. that J.phnHull is ,so,prendjOi
of Farlianumt.*'’ And i-v- there’'arf
Afneriran, whodreits ‘bTa piei^utes 1 fix>ui \host
hr^-etehiaf.lhJgftihnßialiiHd^flihlWrtiirsl
.forth- baffoigHsh Allli i 0 0 hanc'erhi -gl 6wl ng litenee.
in ..SpjlUeeY:radiant verse, or. MiHdo’ir-kiftiiit
fsels.ltiajlflobd cootie qawktmltomgb
h i a ™?6 »»:Mf!®Pfc9tVlhip;ttt9rtS-dosgijef .s»i
)?S(? 1 at iv o t«, m P le ; -England Jus deir
Ae
Close to 'Him,. qot many, paces reniot-od. Weati
mmml
-Near-tfcd
-liftiheiuselveidiilalf-' 1 Thebld building in which
the PfU'lmnpat-JweiQbted fax centuries wax<de-
twentylyews ago. 4 pi)<
jyojro .p ih
site; but. with "all ita <j]e§ancp .gnjl op<
fuels n atorelj^j^regrot up as
that once re-echoed
tne voicfe- of 'Wirpole; of Ohathain, the’ younger
Pitjt, Joji'-SherWanj- and-Buifeoi • Other' patriots,
statesmen, and orators will no d<itabt artu to make
famous in thg 'eyei *crfdgenQTationB yet
come as the ojd wopld.have baen in tbq eyes of
.{lie
wi(h the glories of the past, this charm of hlstoria
association is waiitihg. ’ •
In famt of the magnificent pile how*erected for
the ‘assembled wisdom of the nhtion,' and which id
most 1 certainly ! a fitting type of its greatness,
while Jt is no mean tribute ■ to l the architectural
magnificence of the age,, there stands ah old stone
building with quaint narrow windows, low doors;
and carious,turret^.. It is the last remnant of the
walls of old Westminster Palace, almost just as it
j was in the days of King Rufas, of traditional and
i fabulous NormuiT hospitality. This glorious old
| hall,'with its stirring past history written upon its
i walls; and its.lnterlor above with memories of the
I deepest historic interest, forms a most
I entrance to the new Houses ©^Parliament,
: But before entering, let us Unger a space in Pal*
i ace Yard, npw forming the square opposite the
l entrance to this ancient hnU. This spot has beon
rendered ever memorable as the scene of the esc*
cutioaof Sir Walter Raleigh, and I never crossed
its well-worn glass atones without recalling in iw:
\ agination the exoiting scene of that morning
I whoa tho brave old knight came from that gloomy
| cell in the Tower to die, having proved by his
piety and patience during his long confinement,
use bis own words— !
“ That stone walls do not a prison make
Nor iron bars a cage ;
Minds innocent and quiet take
That for on hermitage.” I
There was an anxious but orderly crowd in
Palace Yard on that calm, bright morning of thb
27tb October, 1618. Every window and house-top
seemed alive with the, populace of London and its
vicinity.’ , ’ ' ]
Through the long‘and narrow street by which
the 'mournful profession passed from tho tower, on
to the place of execution, was one dense struggling
.mass, who had come to sep an old man, broken bV.
the Btorauof fata, borne onward to bis doom, u
was nine in.the, morning when Raleigh ascended
the • scaffold, which, draped in blockj lifted
skeleton fonu diieotiy in the centre of Palace Yard,
.to submit to that ’ cVuel sentence which had been
passed fifteen years before. He had"suffered for
abma days from Aver and ague: but, lest the weak
ness of his body should 1m considered a weakness <*
the soal, most brave.old man, be stopped imme
diately on arriving, and, addressing the penods
about him, said, “ I desire yon will bear with m|*
withal, and if I should manifest any weakness, I
beseech you to attribute it to my malady, as this
is the hour in which it is wont to come.” After
some preliminaries, he remarked to his friends
about him—“ I have a long journey to go, and must
bid you farewell,” and so turned himself about to
prepare. Asking the executioner to show him the
axe, and the latter appearing to hesitate, he said
quickly—“ Prithee let me see, it man; dost thou
think lam afraid?” The executioner then hand
ing it to him, he ran his finger along the glitter
ing edge, and said, smilingly—This is a sharp
medicine, but a perfect remedy for all diseases.}'
Being asked' by the executioner which way he
would lay his head upon the blook. he uttered that
memorable bat be&utifal sentence—“ It matters
not, so the heart be straight, which way the head
lietb;’’and then bonding himself to hia fate—
‘• No man dared to look aloft, .
For foar was on every soul;
There was another heavy sound.
A hush, and then a groan, •
And darkness swept across the sky—
The work of death was done.”
The hoary head that fell upon that scaffold wis
carried away in a mourning coach to his disconso
late widow, to whom he had addressed those beau
tiful and affecting letters from the Tower. Being
perfectly embalmed, she kept it by her daring
life, and after her death it was placed by the side
of his body in tho vault of St Margaret’s Church.
A few years ago the vault was opened, and there,
still enshrined in Us casket, was found the em
balmed head of the poet, philosopher, orator, and
sage, possessing tho countenance unimpaired and
life-like.
Butlotua enter Westminster Hall, on our way to
the Chambers of the two Houses of Parliament,
and indoing so, recall the leading incidonts in its
history. Looked at as a banqueting hall, here
have taken place nearly all the coronation feasts
of England Hero, too, the ancient Varliaiaents.of
the Realm were wont to sit—here Cromwell wps
Inaugurated, and hero have taken place the State
trials of England, including those of Sir Thomas
Moore, Elizabeth's favorito Essex; but, more illus
trious than all, Charles tho First, and last of all.
coming down to more modern times, Warren
Hastings.
A largo archway on the left of the farther ex
tremity of this hall discloses a stone stair-case,
which admits you to the Chamber of St. Stephens.
Troad reverently, for you stand on entering hero
upon the site of the old House of Commons. The
space it occupies is renowned as that of Rome’s old
Senate Ilall. Directly facing you as you enter,
arch after arch admits you to tho massivo pile
boyond. A row of huge pedestals flank the w&U
on oithcr side of you, ornamented with statues‘of
England’s worthiest and best. There you mhy
discern tho furrowed brows of Selden, the hand
some, manly face of Hampden, with the rich curls
clustering aboulhia massive forehead; the thought
ful countenance of Falkland, and tho manly forms
of Walpole, Chatham, Fox, Pitt, Sheridan, and
Burke, all standing thero in mute majesty upon
that very spot which, when living, was the theatre
of their world-wide fame. And see how thoso
great compartments that soparate the statues are
eloquently alive with historic frescoes illustrative
of England’s past glories. Here you behold
tho sitting of tho Wiltenagemoto, the earliest
Saxon Council, and there the feudal system finds an
illustration in tho homage of the Barons to William
the Conqueror. On the one side you have the
crowning of Henry the Seventh at Boswortb, over
the dead body of Richard, on tho other side the
signing of i\& Magna Charta', here the Reforma
tion typified in the inoideqta of Elizabeth receiving
tho Biblo in Choapside, while in dose vicinity you
notice the stalwart form of Sir Thomas Moore as
serting and defending the privileges'of the Com
mons against Cardiual Wolsey» Above these splen
did frescoes are raqge? of windows, five on a side,
of most cathedral-like proportions, filled with the
richest stained glass, glowing in amber, violet and
ruby hues,
“Filling the air around with beauty.”
Passing through the magnificent arch at the
other end of this superb hall, you find yourself in
the Central Rotunda of the pile, and whose exqui
site proportions and enriohment excite at once your
warmest admiration. It is octagon in shape, and
its grained roof, with Us hugo bosses, rival 4 n y
specimens of Gothic architecture in England. The
massive walls divide the inner' into eight
principal divisions. ' Rich clusters of columns rise
between esob of the alternating series, and form
round the entire hall eight grand hrohes. * Every
tMpg.AWUnd breathes an atmosphere of grandeur,
richness,; &n£ repose. From this octhgon hall ra-
Aiatof in various directions, pathways to the dif
ferent ports of tho Immense structure. * 1 s
<: v Takingthearchway on’ our left, we pass through'
a short but 'noble-lookiijg 'corridor, with an'elabb
rately Igrenned roof of stoqe. , This oorridor con
duQts nl to the lobby of the, new. House of Commons.
This lobby has a magnificent roof of carved wood,
,
Correspondents for “Tsi-Pnsaa” will please bear in
mind tjie following rale* ? ■ :
t Ev biy mast.be Meotnpa&kd by .t£a
name ©lf the-writer. lu order, to insure correcta*« in
the typography, hut one side of a sheet should be
writtep upon. ; « • . * *
- *b*U ha greatly obliged to gentlemen in P&nsyi*
earns and other States tor contributions giving the ehn.
rent news of* the day & their particular localities,~tfce
resources of thq xurropnding country, the Increase of
popaUtion.andttrtofiiraatioitlSiairyinbe intewiting
to the general reader. _■ \
while the entire .surface of im walls Is enriched
with the various resources of taste
and skill. That little green kaiie door by the tide
of one of the arehes. leadsj up into *what Is called
The Strangers* Gallery of the House of Commons.
Ascend a few, steps, and you a re. looking down apon
a spot which , occupies a conspicuous place in the
mental vision of the civilised world. It is the new
home of that_aogust bo<ly to which England owes
much of her liberty—and may I not say, our own
country; '&xv ! for it"should 'be remembered
it was through’ the withering and indignant elo
quence of Chatham, olßurke. and Bane, that the
English yfr&s' finally compelled to re
e-ognisa the'independence of the colonies. - '
■« It is .nob easy to describe the chamber where the
.House of Cpmmons legislate- It i$ oblong in eh&pe,
jvith a > rpof'doping from ;he ede upwards jo a
glass surface, but lined with a- ■wainscoting of rich
and elaborate delicacy. ‘ The windows are filled
with stained glass, of .rather a cloady pattern,
while rows of emblazoned shields extend all round
*the chamber; ofi, under, and above the gallery,
and are the Only gleams of bright color vouchsafed
to the House. * A* ghUerj extends on each tide the
'1 engfchi of. the ohamber, exclotively tot members
Who choose .to leave the floor, and the diplomatic
-body, j.wjitlp f there .is one over the Speaker’s
chair over them a latticed
fpr.ladles, .who Jook through the ban, like
‘the inmates of tonie Eastern Harem. Right and
'lert pumio‘'entranco are the benches or
covered with red morocco,
bfit tbbre are mr desks, and, there
forA fihhe-'Tof that 'ocbßol-room look presented
.by oar legislative chambers* v The Speaker’s chair
H.aplatflt tealhgLpgyerod> comfortohle arm-chair,
,wood f open ! front, bearing some
-an faadegrfe pal pit A few yards
from the Speaker’s cHair, and just beneath him, is
& table covered with green doth. This is the world
wide table of the House, upon which all parlia
mentary documents are laid.
But returning to the octagon ball by which we
gamed entrance to the House of Commons, and
.passing through a corresponding corridor, Ukfr
that we. have mentioned as leading totheCom
xpofiSrWd reach the lobby of the House of Peers.
‘Here one most pause, startled by the magnificence
.that surrounds him. Colors glow and gilding burns
everywhere around you. The windows are ablase
with georgeously stained glass, containing the arms
of the English aristocracy. Gold, crimson, *M
blue stain the walls that intervene between them ;
gilaed crowns and rosea garland the arches, while
the roof is heavy with gilded sculptures- A
pair of brazen gates, weighing, it U arid, a ton and
more* open from this lobby into the House of Peon.
Nothing has been left undone that taste could
suggest or art perfect, to make this place a visible
type of the order to which it belongs. The win
dows 'of this 'ehamber ‘are twelve in number, »"d
filled with stained gloss of the riehest pattern.
The matire ribs of the ceiling are like so many
bars of gold. At the upper end of this gorgeous
ohamber is the throne—& most sumptuous piece of
carved work in wood, heavily gilded, and Urge
enough'to contain beneath its light and elegant
triple canopies the chief chair for the Queen, and
smaller ones for Prince Albert and the Prince of
Wales.
At each end over the throne, and over the cor
responding lofty canopy facing it, three arches of
most stately span enshrine frescoes emblematic of
some prominent erent in English history from the
earliest time to the present, while between tile
windows and in each of the four corners, in appro
priate niches, are colossal .statues in bronze, gilt,
of those brave barons who wranfe the great conci
sion of Magna Charta from King John. Hie body
cf the House is occupied by sofas for the Peers, of
deep crimson. The clerk’s oaken table is in the
centre, and the red woolsack of the Chancellor just
below the throne. Lord Campbell tells us the
origin of this remarkable piece of fund tore.
Having premised that there are woolsacks tor the
judges and other dignitaries as well as for the Lord
Chancellor, he continues: “They are said to have
been introdfieed as seats for honorable men, oa t
of compliment to the staple manufacture of the
realm.”
These are the two chambers where the Lords and
Commons of Great Britain legislate. It woold
lake a volume to describe the numerous committee
rooms and halls composing this vast pile. ’ Tbay
aro all of corresponding splendor *with that We
have described, and the-whole tincture
every way worthy thb magnificence and wealth of
the great nation that created it.
GENERAL NEWS.
From the city of Mexico, under date of the
14th inst-, we learn that General Goicooiia had ob
tained from the Government a concession for the
establishing a line of steamers from New Orleans
to Yera Crus, touching at Tampico, and also a
grant of the privilege of introducing colonists to
the Republic. The question of raising a war reve
nue in case of attack from Spain was much de
bated. A forced loan, the sale of a portion of the
national territory, and a confiscation of ehnrch
property, were each recommended, bat the second
plan was the most popular.
John Quincy Adams, one of the five prisoners
who recently escaped from the Hudson county (N.
J.Vjail, returned by adviceof his mother, on Satur
day, to the jail. Hugh Riley, Joseph Stacy, Charles
Toomey, and Michael Mollins are yet at large. The
Hudson county Board of Chosen Freeholders have
offered a reward of $250 for their apprehension, or
a proportienate share of the reward for the return
of either of them to the jail.
A. fine marble monument twenty-arc feet in
height, is now nearly completed, and will soon be
placed over the remains of Abbott Laurence, at
Mount Auburn, Mass. The monument consists of a
Roman Dorio shaft, with a spiral lineof leaves, sur
mounted by an antique urn with drapery, standing
upon a heavy pedestal. It will be one of toe finest
memorials in Mount Auburn.
Tho Cleveland Herald states that when the
steamer Iron City passed Grand Portage, about
seven hundred Indians were there waiting for
their payments. There were no provisions, and no
fish to be caught. The poor wretches were actually
starving, and had killed a horse the night previous
as a small “stay-stomach” until the arrival of the
Illinois with provisions and pay. They hare seve
ral days yet to wait.
The Fayetteville Observer contains an inter
esting notice of the venerable Henry Potter,
United States judgo for the district of North
Carolina, an office which he has filled with dignity
and ability for fifty-five years, and which, at the
great age of ninety-one, he still survives to fill to
the satisfaction and respect of the community in
which he resides. For fifty-five years he has been
a subscriber to the National Inielligmur.
On Monday last the barn of Mr. W. Henry,
in Marshall county, Ya. } was struck by lightning,
instantly killing two young mon, named John
Yoong and John Neeley, and entirely consuming
tho building and three hundred bushels of wheat.
Mr. Henry and a German, who were in a stable
near the barn, were also severely shocked. It is
feared Mr. H. will not recover.
The police of Cincinnati have succeeded in
arresting, in that city, Jerry Cowden, a notorious
counterfeiter, in whose possession wero found $1,050
in counterfeit notes on the Commercial Bank of
Millington, Md., of all denominations under a
thousand, together with all the apparatus for
making spurious paper money.
The scarlet fever is said to be prevailing in
Appomattox (Va.) county to a great extent. One
physician, D. P. Robertson, has forty-two cases—
some of them very dangerous. In one family there
are fifteen or sixteen down—it takes all the well to
attend the sick, the crop being abandoned.
Morris county, N. J., is infested by a gang
of burglars. A tailor shop was robbed of $2OO worth
of goods, and a jewelry store of $l5O. Several horses
wove also stolen.
P. M* Coleman is to be hung October 16th,
in Logan county, Ky , for the murder of Mrs.
Bagley.
Mr. John Burgess died in Kent county,Md.,
lust week, in consequence of having his arm acci
dentally torn off by a wheat thresher.
General "Walker, of Nicaragua feme, was in
Nashville, Tenn., on the 20th.
Wm. BalLzell, an alderman in Wheeling,
Va , died on Friday.
Tobacco advanced one dollar in Petersburg,
on Thursday, with tendency to go still higher.
Clingman’s (Dem.) majority for Congress,
in his district of North Carolina, is 5.016.
Kev. Robert \V. Goldsborough died at the
White Sulphur Springs a fen-days since.
Rev. Lawrence Rixer died at Cumberland,
Md., on Thursday last.
he Pork Market in Prospect.
During the last two months a good deal has been
done at Cincinnati in the way of contracts for hogs
for November delivery. The Price Current of that
city says:
In toe early part of June, when ii was thought
doubtful that even & moderate corn crop
could be made, the disposition to make these con
tracts was strong and very general throughout the
West, and within the last month, when it became
apparent that the markets would be entirely clear
ed of the old stocks of provisions before the new
would come in, tho demand, which had subsided
some during theforo part of July, again became
more active and prices advanced.
During the latter part of June and the fore part
of July $6.50 per cwt. seemed to be the prevailing
ra-le, and atvrhich we heard of contracts to the ex
tent of 7,000 head. During the latter part of July
$6.75 was paid for 4,000 head for November delive
ry, and $8.50 for the fore part of December. With
in the last two weeks about 3,000 head were sold,
for November delivery, at $7 per cwt., net. The
impression is pretty generally entertained that the
pork brought into market early will command high
prices.
According to-our advices from Illinois there is an
active demand for hogs j n that State at $6 net,
with more buyera than sellers.
.. Destructive Habits.—lt is said that the early
bird pioks up tho worm; but gentlemen who smoke
—ana !adie3 who dance —till three or,four in the
morning, will do well to consider that the worm
aJ?o picks up the early bird.