The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, August 26, 1857, Image 1

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; ■ n3MP«ta»t«r» ua rwoerfeltoaciM Agelta for
»»a WaULTPaga
CSTEAM BETWEEN NEW YORK AND
V 3 (JI.ASQOW--KOJSBCRCK 3,600 ton* Wittui
OinmiM.Cofflaaerlw ;tiW‘.YORK'<a,IM too», Boi«*
Sa.iOMittuuidwi GLASGOW.!.663 tonJ.JojwlKrx
dimMitr'.. th'IWMP«d N»jr Yo*kSW»nl,
(Mgr luttsa;jmSlJufYtoa.ntir ud pownrful
ftMntro from New Yotftto Glk&gdw direct, m follows
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NwwTotk SatanM? Jane 90 ! 1S coon
• . BdlaLui-jnSetardwy. JuW 11.13 acoa. ■ ’
, .i.GlMgjw.weduewlwy.. Aug.6.l2iuMii. ■
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AilatoK SefunUy Sept S 18 soon
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i July 38
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OlMgoWjßejpt 6 >
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•. TMtsUr, So,< ,M«mwi«t«6d>aw(gBo& 6tt6oheA t 6 tMb
•Sower or MjW m MmWw tjmlr to JOHN MoSY
MW, No IT BSOADWIYIFew Wk dty kill* ot gold
oMytataityt for p*Mtg» auio-ln-
A} tint Yoj* aj&a Havre Steimflup company —The 1
tWM #»<** Mall SteanisMpAXßACO. i.m tons
'2.600 toe):
/i*B.-AT.Wott«4 wtanlMder., wIU leave '■ Hew "Ter*.
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Fulto# Mauri Ang 1 33 Anco, Saturday, Jan «
Arced,; l# ss>»Fplfon <6 *Mb B
FulSm do 1 Offt 17 Alice do MuchC
Aiaeo, do.- , ■ Hor. H Fulton. ; do. April 3
. Foltoa. do. Dec. 12 Araco. ■ do. . May - 1
. . Pultun. do. . Map 33
-«av» warns. «av* soorw&wrm. .
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Arago.Tueaday, Any. 25 ‘ Aragb, TMdaeaday, Aug. 28
VtUtoh.'O'de.o. Sept. 22 .. Put ton,. ■ do. Sept. 23
Araev. do.v r.OoV; 28 ■ Arego. .do. (let. 21
Miton,. vdo. :.Her..l7. Fulton, - do. ' -Nor. IS
A taco, do.' Deo. 16 Arago. . do. Bee. 16'
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11l ton, do: Pan. 12 Fulton. do. lan. 13.
Ataco, -no,,' Fen.y Araco, no. ; Fro. jo
Felton, doll Marclt 9 . Fulton, do; ■ Mar. 10
Anuo, , do. .- . April 8 Arago, do, April 7
Iwlfcn/do. May d •-. Fulton, do,. .'May 6
Arago. - . do/' Janel ; Araco, . do. ; iune2
Fdlton, ./d0.;... June 28 . o Pulton, .. do, 1 , June 30
' ' 4 T;“',.. ' ■/. pawn or rißsaaa: .c/i 1
' Frith Jltttr.Tork 1 to goutharcptoa or Havre—Flret
CablA,giaO; BecondtJal»in,t76.
1 From 'Havre .or Southampton to Hew. York—Pint!
CihW, 800 fria iSethudCebln, 600 francs,
lor freight orpnaeage, apulyto " . t . ■’
t >. JtOBTIMEitiHVINffSTOIJ, Agent, T Broadway?:
00/ WHIIAM IBKUN, :t Havre'. l 1
’ .OBOSKKV * CO. l i v 86uth'(on;
,/i AMOIOAN . HDIIOPKAH) .. -t, . ,
' < d , *3CPHSBS.:/AMI) ; j:X4 .. Barltt. ~
•.■ F 'IOHAHQHOO, 1 / /„* auß.
eATANii AH\AKD' OHABLKiTQN
' -. FMIOBTB BSBDOEB. /'o
The weU' hnowo. Srtt . claaa ilde wheel Steanuhlpa
KiraXOHE STATS _aud-STATE OF, tUSQBai A,. now
farm a weekly LTnnfor theSouthandßoothweat, one,
ofWahips lOo’ofaskri
, ■k.'V*'/-’ FOB SAVANNAH,
'<“/THE BTEAMSHIPKEPfITO?f£ STATE.
OBAMBS P. MiasmfA*, Commander, ‘ ' ■ ’ J - :
WUlrecelve frejehton THOTtSDAY,Sept. 3d, and
sallow SATCHDArTsent 6%»t 10 o’clock, A. M.'
• - .;frsr., ttumaiatmt.A. 04;- u>t -
, ' ;;/JrHBMH#me.STATBWr L ltp)BQlA,.
•? Vtmr 3: QAaVlC, Connaintier, 1..,;, - - ,j
Wm. reeel™ fnt!eht ; on , mvS&DAY. Augnat 27th,
' Pniwiht CharleaSßi, i:0.,0n BATUBPAF, Asgtiat'
.■■;S&Jsft"»'o'CloCk i ‘^Ml
' fot'florid*.and fitvana, aad irithrirt
-4U places In the Sooth and Sooth.
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* ye<t on -,'a / ; / r
KohUli.«f lading signed oßer hM »ilW.>
f<irw«kWoTpM«Meapdy to' \ ; ;;
XThIsON; Jr.,; SI North Wt^arres.'
, Af«ot« at ChStfloatoh.-T. S: & /,*,*
Af«ntat^f^&^ f -i •*
' fcomSavMuiahj steuoßTS ot. 34A&YS
a&d BwO»KS«;ov#cr.TaeMsy &na Sstardsy. i ;u b
fOR WOBADAifr6ttCCliarlMtb», 4
H4K«T«yToe«t4r> ? - ', r v' '"7;
' • fO»«AVANA. fiom Chatleston/ steioier ISAMfiy
hf o^onth. , ~ > Aul ;
rKfflEj iJfE W' YORK ANI). LIVERPOOL
ffoT&iNllO,C»pt.oU*erB!dH<ig». . V.
W»ASBIATIO. o»pt. Jams. Werf,
MmSjWiellave liken Mitt |>, coitjMt.'Wilkiiajf'Xaf
«Kftii^Siitsetrli!e; l kte«7'i>e»e-kile'k»ii ttken'ihaeti
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SkWiy Aug: vIWWMMiJ jfe*: 6 MSS7
firt»l»j,Aug.l6 1 1867; WeaneMiy AM.l#,' .1857
amnrtey geS.ll',. ,1867 S.pl-a >M»r-
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1857 0ct...28, -1857;
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btoaitf} Peo. C; 1W WednenUy, Beo. IBM
- ■ Vffl'ofciorfoKßee.'as.riSsr
, *BiMsbi&oo2iairftHo/«« w«n«teM, h.t,
SBOTrirgBISIiBY Aioo., lA?erpo&S. V;
. |T©HWrKSHNABD .6t CO., 27 Anrtln Mere,
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The owner# oftbeie ships, 'MU not be Accountable for
Cold/Silver, bullion; £p&i«;,jewelry ,pe eeioua 'atones or
. thOfef©r,'and
V V*-TdLa* thiteot *TpresMe&ibtit%in >- > sal.tf
<wwy^M^w^MM»^it^»Wcv<^Vii«vww<A'Vv»»»W%»iA*'WVVM»CnWWvW%A»v>**.
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JP.VASD BBtrOOffiT, iirirti-t«t corin’ SrWlHAiid'
OEWnTO* cgtwetiLSUMd,kttf W« Munftcton
of -taawH.v ■ or- jAtuio/L Msona,
w hlcfe by thalfedleailar
t£«Jßl»uUr t ; l ,AiaLTiaDl.
cowlT v 1; > *»<>,;..
* Thii'Xtfesce it* preperagcn of ,untum*l .pkcell«nc«-
Barite tfci‘,Sawni*T .(months, ao family of trareuer
■hoaw-be,without it; of the “bowels, in
naaSMA/ted partlealarly In'aei sickness, itis an active
and aaa t s*;w«U as a pleasant aodefficlenireniedy,
C^CTjOßf—Pattens during an artieW that can- be
relied ppoa r salelyfron? pure JAMAICA GIN*
particular to asks forßrown , a Xs*
•ence of Jamaica- .Ginger,'? which is. warranted ?to be
vbtett isrtprasentedj ted is prepared onljr ,Dj.VA£D£<
BICKXiiOWff ? *64foirsale at bL^l^gted Obtmical
SU>^^t^rcorn«‘ k df ; ?l«ril>ttd i CttSStNUl‘
bysilthe respectable
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JtXXlGfitlt And G&BJBN; afreets,, Philadelphia,*#.
Ik*TA6KHQITBE, proprietor.■, Always on, Jbted .the
abofefet Articles of DBCQSi . MBDIOINXS,; pXBTU-
X»»cojom t^“ u ‘'’ *•'*v ,
Stasttiu^w 1 * Pettet' fiilfer -god*I’Water' 1 ’Water' Fountain
keef*4be vat«r atBB> deg, ;'bi* “fly-rap* 'teJOreaoiß are
nckfcifledged bjaUaaMng tbe'citf; -
- a*Mra t:;Ss ': ;,%• > ;/;i .j. -, ,
. a; co.,
ltaa»mtjr«r»(>l&AßAlaSßS,BßAOKSTB,PJiN
uiirr*; UTUtNOg, cod cifTEdlof oarcd* iamp
WORK, ,*q.„jNor.. 329, OHJgTIOJI
«*;BROADWAI',,«* rr TctX. MnattaffcittM.-ritti
OuiPhict. ud >ll ItUl* Of Altirin* ui icffiriDjt oI
OtaWctlt. '■■■':• ■ ,’' " . • '-.■• coi'-lm*.■■
Jotriitn ul Amo
tInoSARDWAXE and QDTLT.RT,No«. 43,25 Ml 27
Ncrtfa PI9TH Street,' Sect aide, chore Commerce attest,
PiriwteipMe. , ■■■;■.,, . tom;
r-Ija&JiUES cTETErGOMkISSIONgkER.
OKAJ*T : And i Importer 'of HAVANA SRSARS, 5
. ptoi, .' s£> 'tfMal, .Jf.
fy^SSmSS^^KBBSSBS^cr-
inform their .frited*. *pd the trade genera
aUy tbit’.tMr hareraado amtefnneois fo* ofieoTtbcJr
B«yml*antig forAtfio, French ted German
- jSSfitw?' je«4 > tfc* 'permanent rest*
denied Parts -of two 1 of ike ail* randan 1 abundant
-'capital; tber can oßbrshatuHiaT ftettlnM for THB FUE*
OHAfIg.ON I COMMISSION Lin any of,7th* Snropean
toarhsts^for.sWpnientdirect-- \ -.*.-«♦■ _>* \ii
Tbey 'Mo ai&o prepared to receive otdert from samples
torp!pirer»tedXeatfiewfrouj.thelreitensiTe,and well
khow^lbuuidfftctorU*:ln Paris, to be iObipped direct,
fer'daWpaldr, - ‘r “ -
*> CO'..lmport«r*; “. •
ndlOrgra# - 'v-.' ' Norsoo Brcadrrtky.'
TS mQmVQOOKim BXTEACIS Fto
JV 4*Voriig PlW.Tuadlng^riceWjelUcat^tkrda,
- He Owantf, BUfIC lUage} GSum*;'Bynip*, Bout*, Qrv
' tiesfke.ib&; \ J;u * ' VT r 7 ■'••'■'■ • ~' 11
V* ' 1
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KsgWf#S&K% pf V«lUi*.
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Kitiffcttt Extract of Btapberty. " " “•',
KidEhtf»?**tritrt.df,o«lei?‘* - :»' J - ''■••
KritfcVaEJrtwwfc of N«tt*itoe. ; , *v
OiMtoion. /f i.-r. ■
Extract, of ISaUnejr, .■>
sawe* or oiiijet. ■:.; ; ,■; ■ •;,
. XnfihVtSxfchiWof Clore»;' - '■ ' , .
jU&t’mtrfctot'AlUsli*;' l ■*- '■••■
j£iiUt’» Extractor l ! -
Knliht<a J!xtr&ctof.*frlmt. >
met cate, and «•>«.
nHjfrfU W« S**»JiWaft«i|tb oftbeMilflle
M.ta » pariaM end foaaMt%U6 forffli rant
aether time and ih anycli ’iad ceabe
it MUoniof the yeerwhen thffeafifttir
' flirt Wfflrtllitii ~' T ’ “ ■'<?!
,Tk*y wpotttp In ft neat and conyenUnl xaa&tswfoi*
■ Bftheri „ ead, tit«,OTWle j»;
VOL. I—NO, 22.
Strangers’ <®nitie in |ptjildbietptjia.
; For the benefit of strangers and others who mar do
sha to visit'Any of our publio'lnrtHutlonß, we publish
the - -1^;
' rysßbiomoxa.oy awjbbmbht.
- Academy* ,‘or Muric,(operatio,) corner of Broad and
Lociiststrebts/ *•", ’ 'T, ' ”
. 'Arab Street Theatre,' Arch, ahoy© 6th street.
Parkinson’s GardenJOhestniit, aboVe Tenth.
• National Theatre 4ndolrcus/WAlnttt,*bovA Eighth.
i * SandfoH’l Opera House, (Salopian,) Eleventh, below
Market/; •’ ,
■ Walnut Street' Theatre,'northeast corner Ninth and
W*laut - f. '-'Vxlv.; f..-
’ * .ThemeuPa Varieties'. -Fifth and Ohestnut.
; Thomas’sQpere Hotted, Airch/below Seventh.
:-v .;v.A»TS,^HnBOTSKOIS.‘
i .Academ/ of Natural Sclenct®, corner of Broad and
George streets.. , •..•v* -
~ Academy of Pine' Arts, Ohestnut, above Tenth.
; Artists 1 Fund HallJOheatnut, above Tenth.
‘ iPrankUnlnstitutefNo. 0 South Seventh street.
, BBsavoLwcr isaTitwross.
! Almahoua?, we*t aide, or Schuylkill,- opposite South
■ street., .. .v,• ■ - • v v /
. . Aimehora'(Friends*), Walnut street, above Third.
■; Assooiatiott for the Employment of Poor Women, No.
i2W Green street *v ' ■ ■ ’ ;
, - for Lost Children, No.’ Sd' North Seventh
;stre«t.- /-/ii-'./. .-h> ■ 'T
i i Blind A«lwni‘lUfie; neat 'EwantiethMreet.
c Christ Church Hospital. No. 8 Oberr/,street,
', Rlty Hospital, nineteenth street, near Coates.
ClarluwnlaHanyNb. 163 Cheriy-sYreet.' '
i ;IHspeniary,rFinh'beloW Oheatnht Btreet; "
{ the.fielief and s Employment of the
iFoor, street. V T
G ardiana of Pocir, daw ; No. 66 North Seventh
J y 7
i 'MasonicHalt,Chestnut,aboveSeventhatreet. ■
corner of and Twenty-first
; &erthem WCT*h«ey, N 6.1 SprihgGMden street,
i
CallowhUL,:./- :-J\ r, /■ -
| Odd FeUowstHaU, Sixth and Haines street. •
Do, ; i ;do. g.B.comerßtoad&ndSprlngGar.
s . ... den streets. > J .
Do; ' do; Tenth And South streets. ,
; Do. , do. Third and Brown streets,
t Do. ddT ItldgelU^djbelow Wellace.
PennsyWMiA.HnspiW, Pipe street, between Eighth
and Ninth. < V o V) «' f -' . S ■
(Pennsylvania Tnstltuteforthe Instruction of the Blind,
orner R&ce and Twentieth street.
Penasyiraoia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of
Public Prisons, Sixth aud Adelpfai streets.
I Pennsylvania Training’ School for IdJotio and Feeble-
Minded Children, School House £ane, Germantown,
offlceNo. 162 Wrinut steet.'
\ PWiadelphia -Orphans l Asylum, northeast cor. Eigh
teenth sndCherry u 1 ■ .
Preston Retreat, Hamilton, near Twentieth street.
[ Providence Society, Proad, below Sixth street.
1 Southern Dispensary * No, 6* Shippen atteei.
; .Vmon Association. N. W. corner of
Seventh and Bansom streets. .
Hoi^iial, Race, between-Eighteenth andNlne-
Girard artfnno, between Fif
{ Episcopal; Hospital/ Front street, between Hunting
don and Lehigh avenues, 1 •. i\
■ Philadelphia Hespital forDfsessesof the Cheat. S. W,
comer otGheatnutand Park streets. Wert Philadel
phia.,-. r. ,r i-
‘ / t . - : . WBLIO'BDTLIMWaS/
.. CustoQiHotue,OhMtnutstreet,abovePohrth. ''
j County,Prison, Psasyunk road, below Beed. ‘
i City Tobacco Wareboiftd. Dock and Spruce streets.
I City Controller's Office, Girard Bank, second story. 1
! Commissioner :of City Property, ofiea, Girted Bank,
Moomtstory. .. - r - r
I City TreasurerWo«ee, Girard Bank, second story.
) Oity.Oomtaisidouer’s Office, State House.
; City Solicltor’i Office. Fifth, below Walnut; {
\ City. Watering Committee's Office; Southwest corner,
Fairniount on «ha Bchuyl-
TGlnMiirruat.TreasUrer’ii Office, Fifth.above Chestnut.
; HouseoflndusttyjOatharine; Seventh.
, House of Industry, Seventh, above 7 Arch street.
1 House of Kefcge; : oomer Poplar and William.
• § ou it? (odored,) William and Brown,
j Health Office, corner of Sixth and BAnsom.
1 House of Correction, Bush RM. <'">
'Marine Hospital,- Gray’s Perry road, below South
street. • “ * ■
8l- W. -comer- Fifth and Oie.ltmt
flßw-Peoltentm7, Coates .freet, Vetireeo Ifireßtr
foutth and Tirentj’.flfth atneta.-' • ■ -* ,
i HaTr.Yatd/kn U 6 Delaware, cofner Yront and Prime
satreetn. - - c.-. ’< * : ' - ■ : »- - -- < *’*', 1
({Nprihern ElberWes Gas Worti/Maiden; belo* Front
-7 .. 7. :
' .Port Office, No. 287-Dock street, opposite the Ex-
• /-* '
] Port Offioa. Kensington; Frankford road, below Shacks-
Bpring- Garden, OallowhUl, near Eighth
street* *
iPbiUdrigfela Exchange} corner Third. Walnut and.
> iPhUedelplua Gas Works. Twentieth and Market; office,
No*AB. Seventh street.
. {Pennsylvania Institute for DeAf and Dumb. Broad and
Pfneatreets
Treatylfonuewnt/Beach. above ißhaekamaxoa
BehooKSi E, j corner Broad and Green
lPrtWlcNonaalßchool, Sergeiit.aboreifintji- 1 V.
aMrt i*U fllxtli
'jNmUPnotiM.AiMs mum: w wttt »«*<.:•
■^W^maSSr iM{, ‘ utnr ’ u " lSfrl t*
rTetoperanoe 'Hall. Cfiririfsn; above Ninth
street. ■ • ,e - 1 •
United State. Mint, ctfriiMof Ohertuut niid Juniper
.treat.,i- ’
; Unlteri SUiM AMsaxl, (Jray’.Forry Rokl, nenr rede.
Til utreet. - f - ■ ‘ ■
Naval Aiilum, en theßeta,Hall, near South street.
jolted BUM ArMrarid Clothing Binipege, comer of
Iweinh end (Hmd etnete: -
- United.i stntee' ttturterninster’p ' Office, comer of
FjraWhaaA'GlrariWwatt.’, " ’
'• (jil l - • - '■ contain. •
, ptUaga ot Pharmacy, Zni attest; above Serenth.
gcleetloKedloel oollege,Hilnej etreet.'erert of Sixth.
•WWiftth'.iW ’i-r * ■ '•* 1 •
A Jeffereoo Medical Oollege. Tmth iitreet, below George.
Medical.lnatltnte, Locust,’ above Eleventh street,
polytechnic College, corner Market and West Jenn
fidnaw.;;
Pennsylvania Medical, College, Ninth street, below
-Xocost. -V..< . ■
Philadelphia Medical College; Fifth street, below
.Walont. '. < "
, Female Medical College, 229 Arch street.
University of Pennsylvania, Ninth street, between
Market and Chestnut.
Medicine and popular knowledge,
nooanoa ov donate,
T Uaited -State* Circuit and Dirtrfct Court*. tfo. 24
fifth etwet, below Chestnut, •
. paprfime Court of PenußylVanU, Fifth aed Ohentaut
aireeto.
‘' Court of Oommoa Fleu, liiddpei&deuee HaU.
Plrtrict Court*, Noai 1 and 2, coraer of Sixth arid
GKeftautatreata,: <•- • • 'k. ,
Court of Quarter Sessions,«« of Sixth nod Chest
nut street*. • ' I ■
' MUOIOOS ISSTITCTIOM3.
Americao Baptist Publication Society, 1 No. 11* Arch
street.- . ,f ;
American and foreign'Christian Union, No. lit Cheat
nutstreet...
American Sunday School Union, No. 316 Chestnut
street.
~~ American Tract Society, new No. 929 Chestnut.
( Menonlet, Crown 1 street, below OallowhlU atreet.
, Presbyterian Board of Publication, No. 26* Cheatnnt
Btreet,,t -- v •- ’ ■ , ■ - -
Presbyterian-PnMicatldn Houae, No. 138 t Chestnut
atreet.,-. j „ s. •„ v
, ToungMen’sChrletla® Association, No. 162 Ohestout
etrieet. , •
Philadelphia BiWe,' Tract, end Periodical Office (T.‘
N- Stoekton’s,) No 1 .686 Arch street, first honse heiour
81« b street, north aide. ■■ ■ "’•
. (EroDtUer’s ©nifor.
. R'AILBOAI) LINES.
Pmtc. Cwjwli. -fi.—Depot, Blerenth and Market.
.7 A. Me, Mail Train for Pittsburgh tod the’West.
■PJtf Mae for Pittsburgh and the Wert.
2.80 P, M., for Karrisbarg and Colombia, ■
4.80 P.M.. AaoofflißoriattoaiTraia'faw
HP. M m Express Mail for Pittsburgh and the West.
» -K««roa<p-Depot v ßro*4 aadvYlae. ,
Williamsport,
v : V. Eirafra end Nfanra Pali*. ‘
, 8,30 P. M., 9* above (Niabt Express Train.)
. * 'Jj . ' .‘w wrk Wmi; 1
I A. M.* from Kensington; via Jersey City.
6 A. if., from Camden, Accommodation Train.
7 A. M., from Camden, via Jersey City, Mali.
Walnnt^street wharf, riis Jersey city.
3 P. M, yin Camden and Amboy. Express,
SP. M., via Camde&i Accommodatloa Train.
OP M., via Camden and Jersey City, Mall.
6P. M., via Camden and Amboy, Accommodation. ,
. ' > * - Qonmtttn* Lines.
,84.M*i from Wainntatreet wharf, for Beividere.Earton,
,2 I & '
AA. M,, for.Praehold. K -off -.A
l ftm Walimt street -wharf.
2P..if.»fprPreehold.,'. '
2.30 P. M., for Mount Holly, Bristol, Trenton, kc.
? 5-,M.,for.r*toyti, %tU£,gt<m, BordenWn, Ac.
4 P. M., for Belvidere, Boston, to., from Walnut street
Li ... .j>insfeuf/ i •
• P. »y ftrlfotuitHoHj., Borituetou, to.
. JBoWmore Jl. JS—Depot, KokisndPrireO.
8 A. M., for'Bsltlmore, Wilmington, Sow Castle, MW
_ „ ~ , dletown, Borer, and Beaford.
1 li's•&*. P* 11 '®?™,' Wilmington, and Now Castle.
4.15 P.M., for Wilmington, New CssUO, Middletown,
,• , Borer, indßesfotdi
PrefeKt.
H P. Hi, for Baltimore and Wilmington
■Nori*Pr«»«y/Ki|.fo B. i£ T De P ot, Brent and Willow.
«•}* A. M., for Bethlehem, Baston, Mauch Chink, tc.
8.45 A. M., for Doylestovrn, Accommodation *
2.15 P. M„ for Bethlehem. Easton, ifanch Chunk, *e.
4 P, M., for Doyleatown, Accommodation.
6.35 P. a!.', for ow/nedd. Accommodation.
. CamdtnaKdMlanUc JR. .R.—Vine stnet wharf
750 A. My for Atlariff C(tr.
10:45 A. H., for.Haddonfleld.
42. M..forAtliattoOltr
4.40 Pe u for IWdonfleld. - -
JR»r WsstaUsfer.
By Columbia It. B. and Westchester Branch. 1
. j from Market street; Bcmthslde, above Eighteenth. 1
Leave Philadelphia 7 A. M., and ipiMl
v “ Westchester 050 A. if., and 8 P.M.
1 On Bomdats *
Xeetve Philadelphia 7At M. 1
“ - WestehetftorO p. M.
Bui Iroad,open to Peonelton, Grubbs
•i-'-'-i • 'Bridge. • .
[ Prom northeast Eighteenth end Market streets.
LeivePhiladelphiao, and«A.M.,2, 4, andoP. M,
' >‘ l , Penneltph/Crubha Bridge, t, 6, tod 11 A. M, and
' -«L_J AaadeP.M; * ■■* *
On Saturdays Ust train from Pennelton at 7 A.M. ’
w»i.„ 4-4.. 0,1 SOBt)ATB
Leafs Philadelphia BA, H. and 2 P M
**
'Germantown. $ .Norrittowtt R, ft, —Depot. 9th and
' uHfS. ’
A **> “" d 1116 P '
,6 A. M, and BP. M/,for Downingtown.
VWlwb hteiiir^ 6 - 8 -‘“ d9 *
Chtitlr TaUey R- a)—-£ek?e PhiladeljiUa OA.M. and
',BP»M’e ■ ? 1
! -;;.sx>a7e Powningtown?j<; A. M..and I V. M.
5 Kfc<y. ~;I.!...g*EAMBOAT UNBS\
<&,> Taeony, Barline,
if wJfcfc otifnwfPWßelifol, ftdfoWalhnt rtjwtt WhaS.
M., Delaware, Boston.,and Kennebec, for Capo
.L..." 5 ?'. oWtpl?f'holowS>nee«trore.
i u"iB<M( <v M.itart(lv#( 3, andeP. M., John A, Warner
{ -ic« ,Bsirio), Bnr
-i» I B9AtM,fla«wtil,MeßoaaM 1 . : fotCiiW Sfoy, or ory
4; j
ottttmer Uefeoris.
rftHE EPHHATA KOITNTAIN SPRINGS
A opened the tenth day of Jrine, wltb additional 1m-
Erovementa and more extensive accommodations. This
ealthy summdr resort haa the advantage of the purest 1
atmosphere and water, the buildings being located one
thousand feet above water level. The prospect embraces
an extent ef country nearly-forty miles square, and
points in ten counties are visible to the naked eye.
Baths of'tvtty description, and extensive graveled,
shady walks, The peculiar virtues of the water beta
Is the great softness and purity it possesses, (being quite
as efficacious in restoring tone, health, and vigor to the
wholo system as that Impregnated with mineral,) conse
quently more, palatable for drinking and better for
bathing.
The amusements are a superior band of music, billiards
and ten pins, pleasant drives over good roads.
Accessible from Philadelphia via B&Uroad to Lancas
ter or Reading,reaching the spring by either route within
six hours.
For farther information apply to Myera, Kirkpatrick
& Co., Third and Pine street*, Philadelphia; James S.
Earle,No. 212 Chestnut street, where circulars can he
obtained, or to the proprietor.
JO3. KOIU&MA.OHHB,
Ephrata P. 0., Lancaster county, Pa,
auJ6-lmo
ttEA-BATHING AT CAPE KAY, CAPE
ISLAND.—The Centre House will bo kept open for
the accommodation of visiters until November next, at
ft reduced price, , .J. B. MKOBAY, Proprietor.
e.ugl9-eod2w
Hazelton and SPRING MOUN
TAIN. Lehigh, Hickory and Locurit Mountain
Schuylkill Coal for sale at KNOWLES' Peoot, NINTH
and WILLOW Streets. &Ul4*lm
COAL! COAL! COALTAGGART? 8
CELEBRATED SPRING MOUNTAIN LEHIGH
COAL.
f. & R. CARTER’S GREENWOOD, TAM AQUA COAL
GEORGE W. SNYDER’S PINS SOREST 80UTJYL
■KILL COAL. - • • .
SANDALb & MEREDITH
• Hare for sale, and ace, constantly receiving from
.above celebrated Collieries,
} • > v COAL OF ALL SIZES.
1 There ia no Coal mined anywhere, equal in quality
.these, and a tidal will convince any one of their great
aupetiotlW. Our Coal la very carefully screened at our
yards, and we will warrant itperfeetly free from slate,
dust and all Impurities. OurPMQBS are as LOW as the
VERY LOWEST.
, Older* left at our Office, No. 351 SOUTH FRONT
street, above Walnut.
, Orders left at our Yard, OALLOWHILt street, belo*
BROAD stmt.
Orders left at our Wharf, WATER street, above CAL
LQWKILL—or sent to either place per Despatch Post,
will receive prompt attention.
Purchasers for family use will do well to call and ex
amine our Ooal before purchasing elsewhere. au4-tf
BUCK MOUNTAIN COAL—Direct from
the Corapany’a Mines, and the only authorized
agents, by retail, south of Kensington.
1 Also Lehigh and Schuylkill Coal.
T. TREADWAY. Swanson street.
au2o»2m) , Ist Wharf above Washington, Southwark.
AND LEHIGH CO<AL.~
►3 I am dally receiving, at my yard, the besfcqaalityo.
SCHUYLKILL AND LEHIGH COAL. My customers,
and all others who may favor me with their orders, xuay
relyoa setting Coal that will be satisfactory to them.
: No inferior Coal kept at this establishment to
offer at LOW PRICES.
ALEXANDER CONVERT,
N. B. comer of Brood and Cherry Sts.
T EHIGH AND SCHUYLKILL GOAL.—
Xj DALY, PORTER A CO.. COAL DEALERS, No.
821 PRIME Street, above Eighth, keep constantly on
hand, at the very lowest rates, a foil supply of Lehigh
and Sahuyjklll Coal. aul-6m
TUMBER AND COAL.—MONTGOMERY
XJ Sc NEALL haring connected the Ooal with the
Lumber business, inform their friends that they have
mode contracts for a supply of the' best qualities of
Lehigh and SohuylklU.Coai, and are now ready to re
ceive orders, Twelfth and Prime streets. Orders may
be left with Mr. S. KILPATRICK, No. 33 8. FIFTH
etfeet.or with Mr. WM. D. NEALL, oornor PINS and
WATER Street*. , aullWlm
SUtornejia ot £m».
TIORACE L. PETERSON, ATTORNEY
fLX AT LAW, No. PIT SANBOM wtreet. au2g.6t
fiEORGE H. . ARMSTRONG, ATTOR-
X* NRY AT LAW AND CONVEYANCER, 1,344
Lombard street, below Broad. aul7-lm*
TVANIEL DOUGHERTY, ATTORNEY
XX AT LAW, Southeast Corner of EIGHTH and LO
CUST Streets, Philadelphia. aul-ly
MYER ST ROUSE, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, CENTRE street, PottsvlHe, Pa. au4-Iy
IfOHN BINNS, UNITED STATES COM
«F MISSIONEB AND COMMISSIONER 09 DEEDS,
AND THE PROBATE OF ACCOUNTS for several
States and Territories. He is. by law, authorized to
administer Oaths and Affirmations to bo received in All
the Courts in Pennsylvania.
: JOHN BINNS may' be found in his office, No. 316
South SIXTH Street. opposite the Oounty Court House,
frbmSA.'MTtoKPvM:, /' . aul-Im
s-,.. 'Stffifo.fltosf Sftfes.
SALAMANDER SAFES.
! A largo assortment of
j_ EVANS & WATSON’B
PHILADELPHIA MANUFACTURED
SALAMANDER SAFES,
VAULT DOORS.
For Banks and Stores.
BANK LOCKS,
Equal to any now in use,
IRON DOORS, SHUTTERS, Ac..
On' as good terms as any other establishment in the
United States, by
EVANS & WATSON,
No. 26 South FOURTH street,
Philadelphia.
.: PLEASE,GIVE US A CALL. > aul3-tf
ttJctriiec, Seroelrji, &t.
Bailey & co., chestnut stbeet.
Manufacturers or
1 BRITISH STBRLINO SILVER WARE,
Under tbeir Inspection, on the premises exclusively.
, Oitlsens and Strangera are invited to visit onr manu
factory.
, WATCHES.
Constantly on hand ft splendid stock of Superior Gold
Watches, of all the celebrated makers.
DIAMONDS.
Necklaces, Bracelet*, Brooches, Ear-Rings, Finger-
Blogs, and all other articles In the Diamond line.
Drawings of HEW DESIGNS will bo made free of
charge for those wishing work made to order.
' RICH GOLD JEWELRY.
A beautiful assortment of all the new styles of Fine
- Jewelry, such aa’Mosalo, Stoue and Shell Cameo,
Pearl, Coral, Carbuncle, Marquisite,
Data, Ac., Ac.
SHEFFIELD CASTORS, BASKETS, WAITERS, Ac.
Also, Bronze and Marble CLOCKS, of newest styles,
And of superior quality. aul-dtw&wly
iilisrrlimuous.
T OPAL FREIGHT NOT! C,E—T H E
Li PENNSYLVANIA BAILROAD COMPANY .re
now prepared to receive and forward FBEIGUT between
Philadelphia, Lancaster, and Columbia, at the following
rates per hundred pounds:
. BBTWEBN PHILA. AND COLUMBIA.
FJrstOlasi. Second Class. Third Class. Fourth Class.
22 eta, 18 cts. 16 eta. 24cts.
flour, 18 eta. per barrel.
Pig metal, 10 cts. per 100 pounds.
, BETWEEN PHILA. AND LANCASTER.
First Class. Second Class. Third Class. Fourth Class.
20 cts. 17 cts. 16 cts. 13 cts.
Flour, 26 cts. per barrel.
Pig Metal, 10 cts. per 100 pounds.
ARTICLES OF FIRST CLASS.
Books, Fresh Fish,
Boots and Shoes, Nuts Ip Bags.
and Wooden Ware, Porter and Ale In bottles,
Pry (joods. Poultry in coops,
EggaJ Pork, (fresh,)
Furniture, Poultry, (dressed,)
Feathers, Wrapping Paper.
ABTIOLEB OF 2d CLASS.
Apples, Blolaases,
Cheese, Melons,
Clover and Grass Seed, Oils In casks or barrels,
Crockery, ' Paper in boxes,
Caudles, Pasteboard.
Casks or Barrels, (empty,) Peaches, (dried,)
Grocerlon, Printing Paper,
Guns and Rifles, Paper Hangings,
Kferrlog in boxes and kegs, Queeosware,
Hardware, Sweet Potatoes,
Hops, . Tobacco in bales,
.Iron, hoop, band, or sheet, Tea,
Leather, • Tyne,
Liquor in wood, * Tallow,
Marble Slabs and Marble Turpentine, (sptß.l)
Monuments, Varnish.
* ARTICLES OF 3d CLASS.
Alcohol, Potatoes,
Coffee, Turnips,
Hldos, (green,) Vinegar,
I4rd, White Lead,
Oysters & Chuns, (in shell) Window Glass,
Tobacco, (manufactured,)
ARTICLES OF 4th CLAS3.
Codfish, Rosin,
Cotton, Salt,
Fijih, salted, Tobacco, (leaf,)
Grain of all kinds, Tin,
Jtyllaand Spikes, Tar,
Pitoh, Whiskey,
Plaster.
C 7" For further Information apply to
E. J. SNKEPEIt, Freight Agent, PhiU.
E. K. BOICE, Freight Agent, Columbia.
*u!3J W. 11. MYERS, Freight Agent, Lancaster.
TMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT—
A NEW GAS CONSUMING FURNACE.
PHIZSOJPS NEW CONE FURNACE ,
after having bees pat to the most severe test, during
the two oox.n» wistbrS o* 1855 iso UB7, has proved to
bo the most ‘powerful heater in the world, laving from
H H thefy.ei over any of the best furnaces now fa use.
Tffsga are constructed with a cast iron ash
pit, and a byoad, shallow pan-shaped fire pot, lined
with Sre-bmk or iron staves. The fire pot is surmount
«d,wjtb
a! SERIES OP CONES, or TAPERING RADIATORS,
Ut'ge and broad at their base, bat tapering to small aper
tures at the top, and uniting with the anular chamber,
through which the heat and smoke pass to the flue.
The tools products of combustion In the form of
jmofce and OA6EB, are suspended directly over the Are.
oqwimbp or compressed Into the tapering Coses and
CoititfCALLT Expobbd to the direct action of the rasa
of heat and light from the fire.
Th/a heat and light i* brought to a rooua In SACS
Cost* not unlike the „
; COLLECTION OP THE SON’S RAYS,
to a focal point through an ordinary lens, causing the
SMOKE AND Oases to become intensely heated andtho*
roughly CONSDMed, by this operation the shoes and
oasis are mads equally available with the fuel
iTaatr 1 for heating parposes, while, in other furnaces,
itiSOAIIiRIEP o ft AHP WABTBt> IJ< THE CHIMNEY.
All 'persons desirous of obtaining the beet and
IIOSjT ECONOMICAL HEATING APPARATUS,
should not fall to examine the New Gita Oonm»«Q
Con* j Fcrnaob, before purchasing any other. The at
tention of architects and builders js-partletjUrl j re
qutoted. ARNOLD A WILSON,
1 ' /Successors to 8. A. Harrison,)
' No. 62* WALNUT Stmt,
Opposite Independence Square.
/CONGRESS RANGE.—SOLD BTCSAD-
V'WJCK tcBRO., KmaMK. SECOND Street.
*ag>B*Bmoa; '
1 7
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1857.
THE WEEKLY PRESS, •
The Cheapest and Best Vfeehly Newspaper in
the Country
Great Inducements ta CJuba,
On the 15th of August the Hrst number of TBs Week*
lt Press will be fssnod from the City of Philadelphia.
It will be published every Saturday. "
The WfiEKtT Press will bo conducted upon National
principles, and will uphold the rights of the States. It
will resist fanaticism in every shape; and will fye devo
ted to conservative doctrines, as the true foundation ot
public prosperity and social order. Such a weekly jour
nal has long been desired in the United State*, and It la
to gratlto this want thai Tan Weekly Press will be
publlshml.
The Weekly Press will be printed on excellent
white paper, clear, new type, and in quarto form, for
binding. }
It will oontaln the newß of the .day; Correspondence
from the Old World and the New; Domestic Intelli-
gence ; Reporta of the various Markets; Literary B*«
views; Miscellaneous Selections; the progress of Agrt*
culture in all its various departments! &c.
JET* Terms invariably in advance. t
Thu Wbkclt Pabss will be sent to subscribers,
by mall, per annum, it.. '. $2lO
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Twenty copies, when sent to one address <.J2oQfrl NOTES ON BOOKS*
Twenty copies, or oyer, to address of each aubiicri- ! ;J' .. .... „ „ _
ber, each, per annum ia I*.Thisnew pocket edition of Shelly, gorgeous in
For a club of twenty-one, or orer, we will tend f&pWß® gold f contains all his poetioal writings,
extra copy to the getter*nj> of the Club. ' f *M| the: Remains and suppressed poems included—in
Post Matters axe requested to act as nmtifor small volumes, edited by his widow, with her*
Weekly Pneßß. JOJttK W. SQRNKti yV|rßoooUectionS°f Idm, and enriched with an origi
•, Editor and Propria memoir by Lowell, the poet, and a fine
/portrait. Two small volumes, in beautiful clear
[type and fine paper, portable, os well m oomplete.
t [They ore published by Little and Brown, of Boston,
C / Xlandfbrmpartofaseries^rprlsinglyeheapatseren*
L a JJ-l 4* (\ v 0 c®ota a volume. To this collection, also,
11 Jr 51 IED 2) . belong Thomas Campbell's poems, in one volume,
Q** CJ \J &c wr abety-sevenpieces not in the English editions;
1 <.iilhom*s Hood, la two volumes, with several poems
' . theretofore not collected; and Walter Scott, in
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 186?. three volumes, a reprint of the last ami beatEcHu
r?. - ,-z rr———- - -"r.-rjburgh editions. How obeaply, now-s-tlays, a man
THE JEW QUESTION.. Jean get up a good library 1
The Committee of the House of Commons, j The Harperß have published, very neatly got
appointed, on the motion of Lord Joux Rue-jup and liberally illustrated, two small volumes of
•iEtn and with the concurrence of the Child's History of Greece t ” by John Bonner.
went, to inquire whether, under an act “ d
. * . * tr. . .. r :lymado, Recent researches, by Orote, Thirwall,
,n the reign of miharn TV. tor the ofterej lsv6 thrown ffinoh lighi on the o „, y
Uon of oaths, Jews could take their seat InAnnals of “poor old Greece,” (as Mr. Bonner calls
Parliament without swearing “on the truefhithjthe country,) and the information thus accumulated
of a Christian,” have reported that they cOttbhas been drawn upon here. There is one ground
not. It is too for advanced in the sesaioi of objection to the work. The style is indifferent,
now for anything olso to bo done, and the Jews? 14 h fil! P* slo P and familiar-too conversational and
must continue under a ban, on account of theirl^/^ ln faot “ wl ; ich '«■ * rtat “ h *f“ in
. hooks for young people, who unconsciously are
religious faith alone, until next year. There tlml^torf} 6 * J
was a vague impression that, early in the !«% yfc Counter»of Rvdolstadt , by George Sand,
session, Lord Palmerston would himself take, which is a conclusion to Constieh, has been re*
the matter in hand, and bring In a measure complete, by T. B. Peterson. It has
would suable Jews to eit in Parliament, jOOiuldmbie inter eat, on account of the celebrated
Bring it in ho may, pass it into a law-be eaa-SaronTrenck, the Prussian prison brooker, being
not, until the House of Lords, that strong hold? 0 " « r «* b»«»e»- » oonUnnes and completes
of Intolerance, abandon their prejudices in*** to ‘ B “ tto »*eryof Oonsnelo.
their opposition, which they are hot likely to;., THE MAGAZINES.
Publication Office of Trs WSRKLt P«9S, KOi
Chestnut street) Philadelphia. • '
do. They have their feet on the necfe of Baron; Harper's certainly is, whntit has diligently ta
il ornsorou* and liis race, and they will fcBep!borod to become, not only the most popular, hut
it therft. ' jthe befit Magazine In this country. It Is also by
The question ofi ustico to the Jews (coupled far m ohea P est - Ev ’ er y now aild then We get dls
as it is now in the public mind,, with th T™. «•« «}“•, or,»b .t, or with
'’ ih the- ' deprived of the! ''“ kneycd J° kes mtU Editar 8 Dr&,fM - ot wM< ”
>teh
U«
marmot in which they are deprived ... j3ftle abuse of the manners of oar fellow-cilizens,
Civil rights of American citizens by tnehotchj deiivereii in didactic essays on the question “Are
ed treaty oflBss.With Switzerland) has exclttxj m a poum peopio ?>’ the writer himself being one
much interest lit this country. Among ns, instance proving the negative. Bat as a steady
energetic, able, industrious, and generally ( favoritb Harper retains its hold. It is most care
wealthy, are ii great many of the Hebrew rhCe.fully edited, aa a work ought to,bo with 170,000
We have fostered them, by granting them fall subscribers and sir timea that number of loaders,
rights of citizenship, without respect to their,®"™? ** >o new number (for Septembor) wo have
religious belief,andwc bavefound them” good s^ id »* d * “<*;• Cresting and valuable article
■° id i. t aa ,» . . ..on- coal ana the coal-mines of Pennsylvania* It
men and true" mall the relations of Bfe, public h prof „ |riy iUuBtrflt6d in tllo Marine. Another
and private. We sympathize with them on excellent paper, containing skatohos of character,
the persecution to which, in England and with incident* aa well as a record of travel, is the
Switzerland, their race are still subjected.* Itcommcuoement of a pleasant illustrated series
disgraces the age. “galled A Winter tn thr South, fur which WG are
The struggle to admit Jews into tho Brtti*hW? l ! aW y Indebted to tho author-artist, who, under
Legislature has now lasted over ten years. ' nom * t^' mc of “Porte Crayon,” pro
is wholly owing to tho and ter-T 10 «f ‘hat "harming series which
T r„.,» nii.iiiai'fA -Uov republished in a handsome volume,
fldy of Lord Joins Bus«**, and yfcginU Illustrated.” Among tjto stories of the
that Baron Bomsonaudid not takphis seqt/j .^ ambec , tbe hestis “MyMt.rUanoe," ahn
-18«, -‘ Iu that ye«-vthanks to the heavy«T MbandJiatuiaLaua “Esther.” There iaanar
pendituro of Baron Borasomim, in bribig dent from a Frenoh novelette , “Love after
those London voters, commonly known * Marriage,” whioh is a blending pf namby-pamby,
“longshore men”—Lord Jons was re-ele<& with exaggerated sentiment. I'berels a good Mo
tor the city of London. He gave tho nit graphical notice of Handel, the composer. Wo
solemn promise to obtain the immediate 1- have previously condemned, us it deserved, the re
. , r _ „ . , . . , markable libels on American women in tho essay
mission of SoTHSouan (also elected thento „ Ate m a PoUto Pe u? „ The Bk ;, tch „ aic i
his seat in the Commons. And ho was I a follows it. called “ Mr. Seedy,” reminds us too
position to promise largely, because heed forcibly of nearly similar characters drawn by Ir
almost dictatorial power, he then being Pue vlug and Dickens—and hotter drawn. The Edi-
Hinister, with a majority of tho memrs tor's Tablß, Easy Chair, and Drawer, tare re
voting exactly as be might please. spccvively worth potaaal this month. On the whole,
All he need have dona was simply to lwe “ 5111 Ter 7 « 00il number of Harper.
a resolution, which tho Commons would Ire r f Graham's Illustrated Magazine is to give
readily passed, that Baron Rotuschiui shld “ g ' aT « S e, a T.f "*1
. , . T , Jewels, in tho September number, the sooner it
bo admitted to the enjoyment of all his pii- Jtopa aIMh fl( us tr atfon a the bolter. It is remark
leges as a member, on taking such an oatlor ably Cut of drawing ; the eyes of the female, who
I making such a declaration aa would bo rst stands in the door-way, are plaoed as eyes were
binding on his conscience. This was preefly never yet placed in the “human face divine.”
what had been done, in 1838, when Mr. Pee, The literary department somewhat compensates
a Quaker, was returned to Parliament, d, ‘ t,r ‘his ludicrous failure. It opens with a trans
having declined taking the oaths as memr, Jation, fromib'French ofastcryof.arlyohivatry.
was admitted on making a simple deehmun ? hen ? U °” S » 'P,*f b of "
. i ± -rr * v * i „ , onora de Gutman,” by Joseph J. Reed—an o’er
mstead. Had Lord Joa.v really desiredo trae ml., more mmantio than fiction. Some lighter
have Baron Botusohilw seated by bis sidoie sketches, chiefly foreign, give variety to the nom
would have acted thus, and neither ic. her, and the Editor’s Easy Talk, including many
House of Lords, nor any other power, wdd personal recollections, is very readable. We won
kavo the shadow of a pretence for interfere d®* how the editor came to make suoh Cookney
the matter being simply connected wltbie Thymes as Panama and afar, Would he use
discipline ol the Commons, with whose Intetd dratnar, or ApiUor? The rhyming and
regulations the Lords cannot meddle. l" “ c „ 0 “‘ fa ts amusing.
* t J T a x. . The thirty-fourth number of Harper’* Story•
It pleased Lord John to invtU tho oppU Sof)k> monthly, is called “ Congo,” and
tion of the Lords, by attempting to seat Bon f u iiy maintains the high reputation of the series—
Koxascattn by statute—a measure repoatey y,, best books for ohildren we have seen,
and easily carried through the Commons, d The Mining Magazine, published at New York,
as repeatedly and easily rejected by e and edited by William J. Tenney, oontains several
Lords. He played this farce year after yr,
until ho grew ashamed of the rldlcnloußEs
of the affair, acd abandoned it for twor
three seasons. Lately, he repeated the {-
formance, with the same result. Now, {tig.
ened at the threats of the Lords, his comn
teo hare reported against admitting Rot
child under the Oaths bill of ‘William L
If Rothschild bo unable to sit under tt
statute, then John Bkiout, who is just .
turned for Birmingham, has no right to siti
hissimple declaration. We repeat, Lord Jcr
Russell has been a trickster and' a liumb;
all through this matter.
A CONTRAST.
An Englishman visiting this country cam
fall to be surprised at one peculiarity, to whl
he is unaccustomed at home. It 1b ]
finds all his countrymen respectably a
cleanly attired. He may have known Londi
Edinburgh, or Dublin, whore tho greatest, j
verty prevails, as well as the largest wealth, a
filthy rags constitute tho ordinary costutmj'
the laboring classes ; of those who cannot i
tain work j and of those who would not wij
if they could, preferring crime to indust;
Most of these people are most wretched,
most filthily attired. One particular class;
robbers and swindlers, known as «tho sw«
mob," may be overdressed, but tho main b
talions are as wo describe them—scarecrows 1
dresß and look, with scarcely garments cnoui
to cover them, the luxury of whole shoos boinj
novelty to most of thorn. Living from hai
to mouth, ns numbers of these unfortuns
people do, they and their families feel as!
under a crushing, mind-destroying ban. Sj
ciety is so constituted thero, that littlo 1c
than a miracle can make them emerge tea
tho Slough of Despond, (more terriblo tin
that described by John Bunv an,) into whi;
hopeless, crushing povovty has cast thoi
Ambition, if it ever was in their mind, b
long since died away, in hopeless apath;
They pass through « weary life of consta
toil, in a hard struggle for moro cxisteno
High rents and heavy taxation (so ingoniouj
laid on that the necessities of tho poor ratlj
than tho luxuries of the rich are subject to t
mulct) beat them down, and keep them dow
Their families foil into the mire also. T.
children, hare-footed, bare-headed, and eo
ered with rags, instead of clothes, run aho
tho streets—no ono caring to educate thei
The wives, broken in spirit, giyo up the bati
in despair, and resort to the pawn-shop and t!
gin-palace. And this is the routine of e:
istcnce, day after day, year after year, of aho
half a million of men, women, and children j
Londop j and so, in proportion to the popuh
tion, in the other, grpat', towns in the. Unite
Kingdom, particularly in suoh vast manufat
taring and commercial capitals as Manchester
and Liverpool, Blrmlngliam and Bristol, Leed
and Sheffield, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Dubli
add Cork.
It ie very different with us. We confident),
refer to Bhißdelpbia as a citywhero labor i
Utore honored in lie followers, and made more
(fbmfortable In Its results, than in any other city
in the world. There is constant and well-paid
employment here for all who desire to he in
dustrious. Bents are moderate. There is a
liberal supply of water, that great minister of
cleanliness and health. The streets arc kept
clean—in wondrous contrast with the Bookeriea
aiid St; Gileses of London, Ibo Sallowgate of
Edinburgh, the Gosse-dnbs of Glasgow, the
Liberties of Dublin, and the courts and cellars
pf Manchester and Liverpool. -
i Under such circumstances, with good educa
itou provided gratuitously for their children,
ihe self-samo men who, in their old homes,
Vould be ragged and wretched, have their am-
Mtion awakened \ wear good clothes; feel that
they may rlae, with ability and conduct, to a
station of society which, in other days, seemed
hopolessly above them) become enterprising
and often weajthy citizens; and literally ceasing
t« be SeriS, proudly take their stand in ail the
dignity of Manhood,
original papers and much judiciously selected mat
ter relative to the mineral resouroes and operations
of this country.
Mrs. Stephens* Illustrated JVeio Monthly ap
pears at a sligbtly-lnoreasod price, and with eight
pages additional. A very good story, called “West
Point,” of which thirty-soven chapters have ap
peared, is the best thing in the September number
•‘My Rural Doings,” neatly illustrated, is a lively
sketch of American country life. There is too
much English and too little American matter in
this magazine, and we look to the veteran editrix
to correct it.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
LIFE OP JAMES MONTGOMERY. By Mrs. llei.en
0. K.vicur. I rol, 22mo.—pp. 410. Boston; Gould
$ Lincoln.
A groat book is n great evil. It has been
found so in many instances, particularly as re
gards the biography of James Montgomery,
the English poet. He died in 1854, and two
devoted friends, who had been waiting for
years to take his life, immediately rushed into
print and produced, in instalments, a heavy,
lumbering, and unsatisfactory biography in
seven mortal octavo volumes. A third of this
work was occupied with details about—them
selves l They had watolicd him for years, out
of doors and in-doors, iu public and in private
life, and produced a scries of distorted photo
graphs of the poor man’s mind. James Mon
tgomery was not a iirst-rate poet, though he
stood rather high among the second-class
verse-makers of Iris time, and some of his
shorter lyrics are very pleasing. Ho wrote
under tho impression of strong religious feel
ing, and thus acquired a largo audienco among
serious people. Hla biographers have done all
they could to lake him off the pedestal. They
have chronicled the pettiest details. Who
cores to know that, before ho went to bed, he
would sit by the /ire, with Ids feet on the len
der or the hob, sipping his glass of brandy
and water? Yet this is one of tho personal
traits represented by Messrs. Everett and Hol
land. Such a seven-league life would bo as un
saleable as uureadablo iu this country, where
Montgomery hadmanyadroirere. Mrs. Helen C.
Knight has taken the heavy seven volumes pub
lished in, England and, from them written a
good Life of Montgomery, in one volume. It
coutaius a portrait, from an early drawing, by
Ghantrey, the sculptor, and a vignette repre
senting some stately odittco, tno name of
which is not mentioned. The book is hon
estly executed.. The maiu incidents of Mont
gomery's life are conveyed in a well-written
and lucid narrative, and tho work will proba.
bly have a large sale.
Mrs. Knight, however, has fallen into
several errors, some /Vom carelessness, and
some (Vom sheer ignorance. Speaking of the
poem of “The, Wanderer of Switzerland,”
published early in 1806, as coining over the
, water hither, she says: “Perhaps the same
packet brought the Weird Tbaiaba, 44 or the
last new novel of “The Great Unkuown,” as
Scott Incog, was then called, or a song from
Moore." The fact is, “Thalaba" was published
i 1q 1801, and must have been here years before
“The Wanderer. 41 Scott, In 1806, hadwritten
only “The Lay," and did not publish the first
of his novels until July, 1814, eightyaasa after
“The Wanderer" crossed the Atlantic, and
j was not distinguished As “The Great Un
known" until much later still \ and Moore was
not a song-writer until 1818.
Again': Mrs. Knight, under the date of 1812,
laments that,Thomas Campbell, the poet, was
then “ dependent on publishers for nls daily
bread/ 4 whereas he t haa obtained a life pension
of $l,OOO a year from the Government in 1805,
and, with* such an Income, certainly need not
have been (and was not) dependent on any
publisher at any time. Next, Mrs. Knight er
roneously states that Bobert Montgomery’s
poem, “The Omnipresence of the Deity,” was
“equivocally heralded—Montgomery’s New
(® an -. "e assure her, from personal know
n°thtng of the sort was done, and
Robert Montgomery (who died in December,
1855, an eloquent and useful- clergyman. In
London) was incapable of such “equivocal”
conduct. Lastly, Mrs. Knight makes the Duke
m.?V 0 s' k n t,r . e 8 i e i lt , a P llb,io meeting in 1862.
But the Duke died in January, 1827, some flve
and-twenty years before, arid there has been
no successor to the title in tbe interval.
These are the more flagrant mistakes which
Mrs. Knight has made. TVe recommend her
to correct them in succeeding editions, and en
deavor to bo more accurate In her tuture com
pilations.
NEW 000 K BOOK. By Mrs. Siam J.H.lb. 1 vol.,
12, pp. did. Philadelphia; T. B. Petition.
Considering how much wo are the slaves of
what go by the name of « creature comforts,”
society owes a good deal to Mr. Paterson for
placing before them a new and good Cook
Book. The novelty is nothing, but the good
ness is a great deal, consisting as it does of
giving a great variety of cnllnaiy information,
and adjusting the receipts so as to adapt them
either for those who have a great deal or; very
little to spend. A cook book ou au economi
cal basis, yet containing all that the cuitimert
ought to know, wore she to provide for a fa
mily of large means and pretensions, is what
the public wanted, and they have it here.
The book has a table of contents, under the dif
ferent chapters, and also a very full index at
the end. It is handsomely printed, and sub
stantially bound.
SAM SUCK, THE OLCCKSiAKER. By Judge Hill
subton. With Illustrations. Two volumes complete
in one. Philadelphia; T. B. Peterson.
Over twenty years ago some letters in a
weekly Nova .Scotian newspaper got noticed,
read, and quoted, not only In British North
America, bat largely in the United States.
These letters, or sketches, showed a great deal
of racy humor, with a broad foundation of prac
tical common sense. An imaginary hero, one
Sam Slick, a shrewd Yankee travelling vender
of clocks, ran through tbe series. • The author
was soon discovered in the person of T. 0.
Haiibarton, one of the judges of Nova Scotia.
The articles were collected into volumes, as
soon as there were enough of them, and here
(the two volumes in one) we havo them hand
somely reproduced in Peterson’s Illustrated
Uniform Edition of Humorous American
Works. Sam Slick Is shrewd and satirical,
as well as humorous, and his remarks instruct
as well as amuse. The repubiicatlon ia made
In good time, for the work has long been out
of print, and its popularity is deservedly great.
CORRESPONDENCE.
FROM NEWPORT.
[Correspondence ot The Press.}
Newport, Saturday, Aug* 22.
There is a malicious sort of ’pleasure in bowling
down a popular fallacy—an epigram ir usually in*
controvertible only because not assailed with proper
weapons. A charmed life can be reached but by a
silver bullet; a simple contradiction falls fiat In
presence of a wwt—it mustbe noted out and fall, to
be proved false. Experiencc/alaais bat amuseum
of fossil affections and exploded opinions. We bare
all heard and believed, that when the mum is
the matt is there." Yet where Is tho
Newport Pepyß, who alone could with hie paper
pellet* bring down folly as it fliUby on butterfly
wing, (not to be confounded with the bees’ wing of
old port,) and bring down to posterity a just and
(striking picture of the philosophy of pleasure?
Newport deeetvea u chronicler. To trifle grace
fully, and enjoy lifo easily, are not American
characteristics, yet here the almighty dollar is
tossed about as if it were worth only what it can
bring; so out of the root of pleasure springs the
fruit of wisdom.
It is indeed very difficult to give a resume of the
last week. A pic-nic at the Fort had the savor of
originality, and manger sour U ponce was regard
ed as a delightful variety from hotel dinners, where
military evolutions take the place of discipline
among the servants, and Mayonnaise usurps the
throne of mutton on the carte. * A list of shams,
by tho by, is soon proved a fallacy by an applica
tion of tooth and nail test.
* The Coreos at the Fort arc worth notice. These
assemble in a small space every oarriage in New
port, and two lines are made, which follow the
drives inside the walls; the Gerwaniaa blowing
, their lives out, en pure perte, in the middle of the
, groen. Here, too, lady equestrians exhibit their
horsemanship, not always witching the world, and
; officers in uniform dash about, giving a gay mili
tary air to the whole. It is a fixed fact that on
Mondays and Thursdays you make an appearance
at the Fort; other days must go to Bateman’s,
no matter how dusty; on beach afternoons you
are expected to drive to the second beach and
put your counter in the pool. It is rather a
pleasant thing to see one’s will and individuality
shivered, and to be swallowed up in & pleasant
whole of will-less women and complying men. It
Saves time, also wear and tear of judgment, and is
decidedly an ingenious and highly meohanioa! in
vention, like the twelve men set to make»pin.
Lots of private dinners pick out the elite of the
hotels to do honor to ex-Fresldent Van Buren and
Hon. Edward Everett, both of whom suffer them
selves to be feasted with lamb-like docility; for
once they have a common platform. See, then,
how good a thing is pleasure ; it is cohesive in its
nature. The old President has not forgotten his
king-craft, and his wary little eyes and diplomatic
smiles are at the service of the fairest and best
in every reunion. Mr. Everett delivered his
oration on Washington to a packed audienoe last
Monday night, and did himself full justice.
Bright eyes beamed, half in approbation of the
man, half in appreciation of bis discourse, and
he had reason to be Battered at finding that
folly had laid down her cap and bells and tried on
the bonnet of reason at bis bidding. Tho hop at
the Bellevue stood still at his Joshua-like com
mand, and only at eleven P. M. was the equilibri
um of things restored. A stringent polka redowa
and a wild gallop soon brought people to their sen
ses again, and the star of Washington paled be
fore that of Strauss, as ghosts vanish at cock-crow.
Tuesday flagged a little after the pearl dissolved
in Monday’s cup; flirtations became more serious in
the pause, and in pure despair it was resolved, on
Wednesday, to look in at the “ Ocean hop.” Don’t
suppose, uninitiated reader, that this means a frolio
of mermen and sirens. The Venuses of the occa
sion did not rise from the sea, although in the fury
of the waits some really presented as few impedi
ments to a correot idea of their proportions; but
our chaste pen refuses to enter Into particulars;
nor is the term primadonna derived from the first
woman, Eve, and her modest display. This error
we frankly rectified at the time, for our learning
Is a portable thing, and easily carried with us into
the public service. On Thursday Chateau Sur Mer
blazed again in honor of the heroine Miss Andrews,
whose horoio conduct during the Norfolk pestilence
ho* made her one of tho lions of Newport. On
Friday camo off the great ball at tho Bellevue;
and we take pleasure in complimenting “ tho gen
tlomen of tho Bellevue,” by whose kind courtesy
fo many strangers were presented with tho free
dom of the hall, and whose successful ball was tho
reward which virtue does not always reap. That
it began quite too late, is merely a happy illustra
tion of Mr. Everett’s denunciation of the prevail
ing vice of “ unpuncfcunlity, which, with most un
mathematical and odious absurdity, persists in
calling it ten till it is elevon.” Such was the case
last night at the Bellevuo; hut if the stars rose
late they but dazzled us the more. As the room
filled, it was evident, from tho exquisite toilettes,
that this, was considered an occasion not to be
lightly dealt with.
The room was very prettily decorated with pink
and white, and tho glaring ga9 was rebuked by
roso-colored pyramids of wax lights, which painted
tho lily and threw a new glow on tho flush of
beauty. Tho girls were enchanted. After all,
art is mighty, and nature Is not ashamed to borrow
from hor sister. Tho offoot of tho piuk light was
magical, and tho zephyr-llke dresses floated in a
transparent atmosphere of color. Mrs. 11. D., iu
a beautiful white gauro with a trcllico of ribbon
and trailing wreathoa of white morning glories
thrown over it, was conspicuously beautiful. Her
sister, Mrs. W, D., in embroideredguipuro-musiin,
with pink passed in and out of* the headings, was
extremely well dressed. Miss 8., in puffed tulle,
with Ulliputian wreathes of rose-buda and violets,
was sublime; formerly sho was the beauty of New
York, but Time has unkindly given us more to
look at and less to admire.
MissMcC. bad a lovely dress of white tulle,
with myriads of flowers and carnations looping
them up. Miss P., in a white tulle with blue silk
lappeta from the waist, was decidedly successful.
Miss C., in blue silk, caught up with roses, was
rather too Pompadour for the jeune fiUe, but it was
an effeotiye dress.
Miss S » ih pink silk, puffed with tulle, floated
about in her own TagHoni style.
Miss H., In pink tarletan flounced to tho waist,
was exceedingly pretty.
Miss T., who has that magnet (notof steel) to our
century so much more potent, in simple white, was
Surrounded all the evening.
Mrs. J. had on a rioh lace dress, with reminders
of black velvet—the very luxury of wo.
Mrs. 0., in a paxure of field flowers, hud & stately
TWO CENTS.
simplicity, quite piquant, w contrasted with her
usual style.
Miss 0. H. looted as if she had been sleeping on
ft bank of violet; they were scattered ali over-her
oostome, which wanted tone or color to be Terr
pretty. J
But all these dresses, like Longfellow's trailing
garments of the night, swept through, the not mar
ble halls with » lofty disregard of economy and
expediency marvellous to behold.
After '* the German*’ a' rag-picker might have
made bis fortune—there were shreds of blonde,
and scrape of tulle and strips of tarletan scattered
all over the room. When Fashion issaes an ukase
involving such an absurd contravention of neat
ness, why is there no spirited Miss MaPlimsey
willing to stand up for the right? Hecatombs of
dresses are nightly sacrificed to this arbitrary de
cree that, like Birds of Paradise, women must be
supposed to have no feet. Papas groan in vain,
mammas fan themselves in affected disregard with
spasmodic vehemence, bat the brare daughters
fling their dresses to the breeze and read their
garments—not their hearts.
PHILADELPHIA STORES.
(For The press.} ~
IMPROVEMENTS op PHILADELPHIA
The character of Philadelphia is well illustrated
by the in which business i* Conducted
In our midst. There Ja none of that intense dear*
manifested to, impress the ,mind of the stranger or
looker-on with an overwhelming ideaof the immense
amount of business done in the smallest possible
space and time, as we observe in our sister city of
New York—no endeavor to “set the river on
fire’’—but a plain, steady, unpretending energy
and perseverance that betoken • substantiality and
reliability. Our business hum bythU course have
now an enviable reputation and fair
dealing, and hare. reflected ct‘wjsi our city.
The quietness with Which. is des
patched, and the habit our- -, have
of keeping what they do on the records of
their establishments, .and not 1 , publishing high
ly colored statements of their extraordina
ry large sales, have laid them open to the
charge of want of enterprise by those who think
there most be a frantic enthusiasm exhibited in
everything,' or we are behind the age. This charge
is without foundation, as all know who understand
the Philadelphia merchant. He is folly up to all
the requirements of bis business. Our streets are
lined With the largest and most magnificent stores
in the world, and on their counters and shelves can
be found the best assorted stock of imported and
domestic goods in the country. On all sides
of ns rise vast piles of brick, granite, marble,
iron, or brown-stone monuments of the enter
prise and thriving condition of our merchants.
A description of one of these establishments will
serve to show the character of our merchants.
Seme few days since we visited the magnificent
store of M. L. HalioweU & Co, on Market street,
below Fourth. ThU store, in point of size and ele
gance, sa well as in the details of the interior; Is
one of the most expensive places of business in this
oountry, if not in the world. The front is of
solid New firunswiok brown atone, through the
whole thickness of the waill. The style of
architecture is that known as the Italian Re
naissance of the fifteenth century. The first story,
which la elevated two feet above the pavement, re
presents an open arcade, with arches supported by
Roman Doric columns, ftnd large Corinthian pilas
ters in the corners, to recoivethc architrave above.
Tbo second story is ia the lonio order, and the
third and fourth stories are in free version of the
Corinthian order, with arched windows between
the columns., The fifth story represents, in a mea
sure, a large frieze, with caryatid® figures, in place
of brackets, to support the heavy projecting cor
nico that crowns the building.
*The interior of the store is no less admirable. The
front part of the building, One hundred and thirty
two feet deep, by twenty-six feet wide, is orna
mented on both sides with rich lonic pilasters, and
,a handsome heavy cornice; The rear portion, ex
tending one hundred and seventy-one feet farther, is
fifty feet in width, and forms a very striking feature
in the establishment. The ceiling of this vast room
is about thirty foot high, with wide galleries ou
both sides, supported by columns of alight and florid
Corinthian style. The columns' that support the
cornice of the oeillng above, as also ali the otberde
tailaoftheiintertor, are made toconresjxmd lit *iyle ;
producing a very tasteful and harmonious effect.
At the north end of the building (a. distance of
upwards of three hundred feet from the front doors
op Market street) is a double stairway, starting from
the centre, and winding right und left, leading to
the galleries.
The skylights each contain bat one paneof glass,
measuring twelve feet by five feet, and are so con
structed as to exclude all the direct rays of the sun,
admitting only the pure northern light. The
large basement room is well lighted by means of
numerous “deck lights” of ground glass, set in
the floor of the story immediately above it. The
space under the galleries on the west side is divi
ded into apartments for different kinds of goods,
each of which is under the eare of a manager,
producing thus, in all these subdivisions under one
roof, the some attention, completeness, and method,
that would characterize as many distinct houses.
In the space under the east gallery is situated a
range of eight neat and commodious apartments,
which are fitted up in an elegant manner as count
ing and sample rooms, Ac. One of these is appro
priated to the use of customers, the design being to
make such persons feel at home by providing them
a place where they may converse, write letters, and
otherwise employ themselves, without feeling that
. they ore in the way of, or interrupting the busi
ness of the house. Another similar apartment is
arranging as a reading room, and is supplied with
files of a number of leading commercial papers of
this and other cities of the United States. All of
the rooms on this range are brilliantly lighted with
gas, and several of them are furnished with speak
ing tubes, communicating with remote parts of the
establishment.
At the rear ond of the first story on the west
side is located what is styled the receiving and ex
amining rooms, in whiob all the goods coming to
the store are taken, opened and inspected, and
then distributed upon the shelves in the various
s&les-roomi. Through a hatchway in the floor of
this room the goods sold sre transferred into the
large basement hall below, where they arc
packed, coopered, marked, and then taken up
through another hatchway Inside of the store door
on Fourth street, and thence despatched to the
point of shipment, or to the railway freight depots.
This arrangement for the receipt, unpacking, and
paoking of goods obviates the necessity of occu
pying the sidewalks fronting the store with bales
and boxes, and is a most valuable improvement,
worthy of general adoption. At tho north ex
tiemity of the building, elevated several feet above
the level of the galleries, is a suite of apartments,
comprising a spacious parlor and bed chamber su
perbly furnished, and having attached to them a
store, a clothes, a dressing, and a washing and bath
room. These apartments are occupied by two mem
bers of the firm, and by means of a window cut in
the south wall of the parlor, a view of the entire
extent of the vast trade saloons is commanded.
Tho entire edifice is heated by three immense
furnaces, placed underneath the cellars, and is
lighted by not less than four hundred and twenty
nine gas-burners. The gas fixtures are exceeding
ly beautiful. The arrangements for water and
drainage are very superior. To afford some idea
of tho extent of tho structure, we will state that it
requires fourteen thousand square feet of roofing.
The amount of gas consumed is very large, and as
tho main on Market street could not afford a suffi
cient supply, it was found necessary to have a
special main extended down to the store from Arch
street.
The area of ground covered by the buildiug
comprises no loss than 13,050 square feet, and the
surface occupied, including the basement and the
floors of tho galleries, amounts to upwards of
52><JGG square foot.
We have never seen a building for the purpose
constructed in a more substantial ond durable
manner. There seems to bo nothing loft undone
to combine strongth and durability, with the
beauty and ingenuity of the arrangement.
The stock of tho firm is the most extensive and
best of tho kind in'tho country. It consists of
silks, all descriptions of dross goods, of aU fabrics,
ribands, locos, embroideries, all sorts of “ white
goods,” gloves, hosiery, dress-trimmings and
fringes, shawls, cloaks, and mantles, and all kind**
of linens and furnishing goods.
In Chestnut street, nenr tho corner of Eighth,
and almost next to the Girard House, astutely
building is in course of construction. A fow brief
particulars may interest those who like to watch
how our city is steadily adding tohertriready large
number of handsome buildings. This particular
one extends from Chestnut to Grape street, and is
fifty feet front and °ue hundred and sixty-five
deep. The main building is sixty-five feet deep,
and four stories high; the book building is one
hundred feet deep, And two stories high. The
first story is twenty feet and the second ono is
eighteen feet,high on the clear, which extend the
entire depth. The third story is sixteen feet, and
the fourth is fourteen feet in the clear, extending
sixty-five feet in depth. The front on Chestnut
street U designed in the Roman style of axohltoc
lure, and Is to be of Connecticut brown stone from
the-Portiand quarries. There will be a baloony on
the second floor, extending the entire length of
the building, and projecting four feet from the
WftU, supported on richly-carved consoles. The
key-stones of the arches, as well as the capitals of
NOTICE TO, CfIBIIIFOXNDm,
OorreapeadanSs far “Taw ?****’• vWjlmM tatf la
ulnd the fallowing rales: ' ;
Srsrjr eominaaio&fcion mast be
name of the writer. In order to feasts tarHfejMg
tfl* typography, hut one ride of a Jhaat
written open. > t •. . * * ,
We shall be great!, obliged, to gantleaoft la Fttrari
ranta and other states ter eootribaßoas girlag tfct ear
rent new. of the da, In their jatUealtt IneaUßrs, tk
resources of tho survouodizig coon toy, the iaereeee e
population, and an/ information that will he
to tbs general reader. ’ " ~
the columns of each story, an to be hndjsodr
ornamented. The crooning cornice of the baildte*
ie fo be bold and massive, trith a good projection
fro> ■ the wall. The whole is to he surmounted by
a blocking and balustrade, with m central panel
and curved head, in which ia to be inscribed la
raised letters the following, “Farainoa Bcunnra,
1857.” The front on Grape street is nearly com
pleted. The firstatory is of cast iron, corresponding
in style with the Croat. The upper part is being bttfit
with pressed-brick, and is to be finished with aeor
nice of moulded brick.
second floor, the opening between wbich will be
seventy-five feet in length'by twenty feet in width,
supported on iron columns with ornamental caps.
The rear portion of the store is to be lighted by fire
large sky' UghW'on the roof of the’back baCding,
end will be circular. There are to be three flight*
of stairs from the £(?t to second story, tobeetmstraet*
ed of black walnut, with heavy rail and balustrade'
of the same material. The ceilings of the fink and
second stories will be richly frescoed between the
panels, which are to he formed by the intersection
of the girders. The building throughout ia to be
heated by a low-pressure steam apparatus, ’le.r.
store is being erected by W. P. Fetridge, the well
known book pnblisber of New York, to be occupied
by Messrs. L. J. Levy & Co., and is lobe fitted uplu
a handsome manner under their direction- The
whole of the work' has been contracted for by Mr.
1 John Xitehsm.'thc well known builder of thisaity,
apd isto he ootapleted by the Ist day cd smxt Jan
,nary. The designs were furnished byJohaFmer,
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GEN. PACKER THE POOR MJUrt nmß.
[From the LyectaingGuatt*.]
It is well known that while Speaker of thfSntt
of Representatives, in 1849, Gen. Paekar/th*
Democratic candidate for Governor,
very materially by his iofiueooe.tontud qra mtt*
mentof that cow popular measure, knows Wtbt
“ Three Hondrcd Dollar Exemption Ae*.'* During
the winter of 1850, it will alto be rememberedTw
strenuous effort was made by persons who
themselves aggrieved by the law, to havwH mh
pealed; Gen. Packer was then in'tha Sonia,
where be at once took the lead among then «to
opposed a repeal. A remonstrate* tha
law, numerously signed by his own
being forwarded to him to present to tbat body, W
complied with the request, aaoouraaajtngltwk
the eloquent remarks which we publish befew, iSL .
which the Philadelphia Sun, when pshUaUsC
them, at the time, prefaced as “phuoathresfe,
just, and truly Democratic ” We coedhaMly
that theycontributedlargely t' prostrating fartfc**'
efforts at repeal; and the poor unfortunate debtor
and his dependent family now enjoy thftpmtiiwttoar
which that humane law affords, and a sympathise
: log pub! ic opinion sustains.
I General Packer said r ‘
Mr. Speaker, I do-sot sympathize With thw
prayer of the petition’l.have just pioniilwT 1/
do not believe that the law of last station will
injure the il voor and middle classes* 7 off asm- ‘
, munUy. I. do not believe that by exempts* ifc*
s lost three hundred dollars* worth nf fingeitj af
' the poor unfortunate debtor from levy andiola «a
execution, and by driving from the doo# off poverty ‘
I and distress the sheriff and the eoastaW*, **#*4
on by a close-fisted, miserly, and heartless cwditosy
that you injuriously affect the interests af tha
poor. Sir, it cannot be true. Do you for '%
>ment suppose that you would benefit th& “pao*.
. and middle climes of <fomiaumty* v by snoetee.
II their last article ot hoasehofd furniture—thiurlia
bed—their last' etora-Wfi' 1 their lost cow—ta -jbw
tender mercy of an uvarjelous creditor?
If Senators entertain, puch an opinion, let .them
comply with the prayer of the petitioners; and
vote for tho repeal af the law of last session, toga* •
, ther with all the exemption lavs previously cnaatr
.ed, and they wIU promote the interests ot the pear
and middle classes to the'hearts* content oftbs*
i rich. Sir, so far from sympathizing with the peti
tioners, T would extend the exemption law
<further. And, permit me to say, whkh Ldo with'
alt confidence, that the day is not for distant when
,it will bo carried further. The day ia dawning
when every family will ho protected in their Uttlo
[home, in defiance of thb bad conduct of au htiera*
‘perate father, or a profligate husband. The Aay
Us coming—nay — it is fioir hefe, teJttn it vili to
' conceded that the man mitha comfortable,per
-1 manent home, leifl mncA sooner pay Au A exist
{debts lhaithe *»ha is almost distracted eaiih tm-'
petiJingtrvu6ie-t,and who is ever at the mercy af.
' an execution. 1
Many of the States of this Union have led the
way in this humane reform. Maine exempts a
| homestead to the value of $5OO, and in tha ■fwtipne ■
|of a homestead, personal property to that amount,
i Yennantexemptsfthomestea4tothevalaeofssotf. ‘
lows and Minnesota forty acres of InmLor a tot-.
California exempts three twenty
.acres of land or a lot worth'SSjOOO, DeMT*t l 'l£a >
; great Mormon State, it is s&ld. stouus a hmaa to
t everyfamily. Ail tharitateaand.T«rruortoa
' have acted on this subject within the past few month
'Georgia, Texas. Michigan, Wisconsin, mid Coo
neotumt, have long since enacted liberal exemption
laws. New York, always among the foremost in
popular reforms, is also pressing on in this mat*
. ter. I have before me the annual message of
i Governor Fish to the present Legislature at that
i great State, to which I begleave to call the attett
' uon of Senators. On the snbject of homestead ex*
iemption the Governor says:
•' While it is admittedly a primary duty of the
Legislature to enact laws for the punishment of
vice, it is no less its duty to remove the cease*
which frequently lead to the eomrcUaon nf crime- •
The impressions made upon the youthful mind, by
ithe gentle force of parental authority and example,
and by the association of the family circle, are
among the most active and enduring of the in
fluences which control the conduct of after Ufo>
.Much of the vice that we are called upon to de
plore may he traced to the removal of its sub
ject from the reach of that authority end
example, and from the innocent but whetetame
of a home, however humble. The e&sa*
of morality, no less than the dictates of humanity, '
demands the preservation of the family drefe, .
and the maintenance of the/amiYy home, os effi
cient preventives of vice, ana sure and permanent'
contributors to individual virtue and nappineas,
and to public prosperity and order.”
Such, Mr. 1 Speaker, are the views of tha Govar
norof New York. They are the sentiments of a
humane and far-seeing statesman; and I honor hha
for his manly independence is giving them tha
weight and sanction of his official station. Sir, t
go with the Governor of the Empire State, t
would secure to eveiy family a home and a hearth.
I would not permit the covetous and hard’hearud -
creditor to drive his unfortunate debtor, noted
and penniless , out upon the cold charities of ast
inhospitable world. The laws that authorise twsh
a procedure should be blotted from the pages of
the statute-books of every State In this using:
they are repugnant to the spirit of the age, asn
revolting tobumanity. Like the laws sanctioning
Imprisonment for debt, they should be repudiated
by every philanthropic legislator; they should
exist but in the history of the past—an obsolete
idea.
It has been truly said, Mr. Speaker, that he who
sells out the last little property of a. wife ssA
family of small children, of a rash, heedless, of per
haps intemperate bu3band and father, and after
wards with a cheerful countenance goes home to
dine—goes home to feast ox suvax bxaits!
Sir, money thus obtained has a damning carea
upon it!
Entertaining these viow3, Mr. Speaker, I cannot
go with those of my constituents who demand tb#
repeal of the exemption law of last session; nor can
I believe that any considerable number of them
desire it.
A Centenarian—lnteresting Incidents,
On the Uth instant Captain Anthony Christy,
keeper of the light-house at the mouth of the Chris
tiana river, Delaware, celebrated hi; one hun
dredth birthday by a public dinner, which was
attended by aU his children, grand-children, and
great-grand-ohildren, to tho number of forty, with
their husbands and wives. About one hundred and
fifty persons sat down to the table. The Delaware
Gazette says:
'•The venerable old captain, eroet as in youth,
with a weather-beaten and broni&d, but not
wrinkled face, sat at the head of the table, and
enjoyed tho scene os much as any of the company.
HU faculties arc unimpaired, and his senses acute,
except somo deficiency of hearing. His wife, now
over seventy. looks so well as o give promise of
attaining to the same round age of her husband.
The captain first visited America as a sailor in the
ship Runaway, which camo over from Europe in
with supplies sent by France, Germany, and.
Prussia, and which, after having been ohased by
British cruisers , succeeded in reaching Great Egg
Harbor, and placing the supplies safely in the
hands of General Washington.
“Ho returned to Europe thd same year, and in
18i)7 came back to this country, landed at New Cas
tle, and hr. 3 been a resident of 'Wilmington until
the present time. During tho war of 1812 the
captain commanded tho supply-boat which carried
powder from the Dupont's works to tho
various points where that important article was
ordered by the Government, and many times was
his littlo vessel chased by British cruisers, who
kept a sharp look-out for all such craft, and for
none more keenly than for Christy’s powder-boat.
**Mr. Guthrie,the late Secretary of the Treasury,
made him keeper of the CbrbtianaLight, and from
the condition of tho lantern ; and everything else
about tho place, it is evident that the post is wall
filled. Mr. Cobb has continued him ia that pod
tiou. Ho is 'certainly a remarkable man, and
doubtless owes much of his present health to his
uuiforrr sobrioty, not having tasted intoxicating
liquorcr used tobacco for fifty years, and having
always lived with much simplicity of diet.”
The August Elections,
The returns from the bulk of the August elections
are to hand, and the result may be described in a
sentence as a great triumph for tho Democratic
party. In Kentucky and other States where the'
nativo Americans recently held the preponderance,
they are now almost out of the question. The De
mocrats have swept everything before them. State
elections occurring within a year or so after the in
auguration of a new President are usually favorable
to the Administration. Men take little Interest, u
a rule, 1& State politics; and until the Federal
Government displays gross inefficiency, are prepar
ed to give it a fair trial. At the same time ft l* but
just to tho President to say that, independently of
considerations of this kind, the public feeling hA*
set strongly in his favor. Throughout the country
he enjoys the confidence of the conservative class.
And he has been materially strengthened with the
sensible men of .a)) parties by the foolish
; which have been made upon' him and upon all
parties by the extremists of both sections, and es
pecially of the South.— Harper's Weekly.
Geo. E. Humphries, of tho Coast Survey,
was drowned near * Bath, Me., on Thursday. Mr.
Humphries resided In Cambridge, Mass, ue was
a promising young man, about twenty-one years
old, and was highly esteemed by hu acquaiat
ancee.