* weave cOwrta.*#* WaWj’MJiJl*. t* the«rrlers. Mailed to Sobecribejagut/ct,WeCUy, at J.awn id Variably in edvaaca to tie timecßjeMHiiidj, ; t«t: „3 ,*;( ~ )t eK'ti-v . •-: x\i(- maJl > < B enwnS,:|n,iS(m9e,)at..,._ .42.00 JhreaPo»w li fj ~j iaSt, 'V . 6JW Kt« doplMji,,Ue& ,‘f, |»,./! .4 00 TenCtplsAf ~> ............12 00 Tweaty).o»i>!e»,.‘‘;,i (toone address}..',, Twenty,Cojie»,,sf..OT»,i;,“ : l(t() ;»il(lr8M of each > - each... i.... ;v y. 120 fo|-siOtobttf Vvrentylone or over; we will send on. extra ecfcytoili&jjetier-npOf- theClab. '■■■■ fr*. {" 1 FOB ENGLAND AND FBANCEf 1857i~. New York and Havre -Steamship Company.—The United £*s« ?M«tt&te»a4itpr aBAGft? ;2t&PPj&3np,f David Lines. commander-, and yULI’GN.- 2,600 tons. James ,Jl, wlOleaw New flared JWJoaijd ffl> m the followed#*:,* Hi ihy>*r>stt U mi* Ara*oi* imar'li'leciitJ 19 PMwa,"-'.: goi- eiigMMdti JolWif.m air 'v'dOctill? Aregoj -rxlor. fo jJSawfctl- Arwojt j'.Ad<;l«)Worv;ld 4ulUo j., ; , d 0.,; ;,-i. A»eU -3 laltw fo( .«fc*,l ii]Beo„ i; l2 Awp>(j H 6 *>&,, ,l£k,a-, ■ ]*< .Vi.;'! . i:; nil jfejj*., «s3gnopaHM: Ktesßss pnia «i tetmrfr 'ioidoi-ionyOrt.-iHi TaHwSi afeHUlNtiT. jP«£foa f! ,:i do t ' : ,roNov,,lB,. IhWi.li ..d0.,;,-I),* 10. Assfc l ' .fc'w'&ii??.. XuleMOtrOaU I ..May.4 •; d;: yeiton,' “ do. .. j. alay 5" os- A«fe,'.ui; dmlr'li J»ne2; *ol»»i. jlace 40, . - v ad/fin „sij ii: Itwcaißr Bowies il lac,.'sell dsIWV Afcent'/TKroadwsy; WILUAMISKUK, «« Havre. •£’< nis-1 *M) ' Scutfe’kcn.l );i t* ,y< , r - u(rs, of tWshpWI&IUYNSr eMPHRtfATYTW 1 Oo^lot*^ 0»r lf»w rTO&SAVANNAH, ;<?&: *) ir?'m wßU tlsL^.^and . IH* MKiafSHIP,STATE M'gHOTOIA, • l«v :» IfdiSF'T? Blart*’, OoWmaKre?r'” l ■' ’ J ent WrtWtrelhhV-eaafHPBMIAY, September 2tfk, auteallfocCharleaton,S.O.,on SAlußltAXOgepteeiei U^wl^dtliNtt«srtgn«»|’ii^il^eiibfp^a»4iiiedinn‘. 8951^9 Jg^W^g>S3E; TaS®r ! iUui'Sit4B^' , IOBfMJRIAAi troin GKirleatob/ tteaSerOAlwai-’i »1 •«-nr. .vinf s: ,. n j, i,,, v . llHtißakTAHA.lfrcmvOharloiitoD.BteamerlßASKli’. OTQt>lW*ti».ayilWth<if.»r-Wf.mcath.!•,)!. ■ p.aal.,’: r^®l3sig^iorit|riissbL. hUiL Shipt 6u»tttfefai«ilMi SliWj taken imutairl »pHurej f lor passe ngors-are^, ItWe T U ' etayjjx p “ •*¥ ,n) ■K'l, WIaMA^OaBD;.DATEaiOJ- aULINiS. In.; fl,«;a • raoM saw to he. fbom LivrßfoOL.;.. saas3»^»«R ■ 18, JBST Wednesday, Jilyfej VI, rim fWedneedayiAng.i-SVi.M67 34,T'.-.,;'1807, Wednesday, ld, rtwis# '2jK '! ! 2W7' Sw'ief IW7I Uji .J.IIH; Wedeeadayyliee. .9y-:iBSff ___ flMiuadayj E4«..23/,-.3®ri >«»;•«(* % iff jwlfWr 1 i MlWiry dittßpyiifflUijf ced/therefor/and thaw»U» > ( ,-. f ' a aqj(.tc f , amWmmrSMw . jSWftxß»#fece4».%Pr?PV»tiop«< unamJ :i 4jftftli»uee. . rtM ttmtint# J£MAie4<HN-! p*»iibq|*fc3ol takvforl 4 ilßribiHi’J'jß**- M »Jjj«ai is-twirrea#*.-#; be ■«iS|S «m.wJBoBSSIS pnans, ■*■*•'• Monurootamjatf! ; y ~, j. w iiiiniiSKaim BTeai/iNo^mTEB.wARg,; !; ,>; s rta##f Wtll? iaKfaCi!oh', bn'thoijifimSHoß Biclrurlrely. mono* ?nwAriSinwrf»>«ilH w/.. j-kb , r nH*. ®?**®r** 4 -.;%'•> ia : -4 J i K bJ^.(®'Xi t Ij('o.N : DB‘i. l '-''ir;' ; ,.« y ’■" •■ H*f>ll»««i,o Hor-Rtogj,' Bing**.: “ttuSirf ; iUmßsrprflctyl Intho > »liiif>find lino; -■i > Sw/6«si(iKS? r TW‘i'>S pMVixt-M l--/m e!I KIOHv iEiWELßyr*.!,■:, i'*USHlM; ! i*Srttt<&t Silflr.tiV ietfJetjleg bfilho .©Sliy I!\lJl. ‘.'iV.l'f TOiO .'-V..! •l»lJte«. '-.sKut .^7,.•)•■> *H**rai»«ABlo6B, iBMKiT?, .WAIIBES, M, .(ife/BiWWaii’MlrtKOtOOKaj'aftitwit'iityleii '*f«t»ES')ET ;oo.‘j-!«W« oKi •P Ho. 484 GIKBTNCT. IIEUJW'riWiX BIBKETI ’ *' odi ot httdßetdi»4Uin i ita&'-jpletod'W«!raso Im/lte* .un *> rt - ay •ii.»jg/i,p?l iHar/&£ ttt|> T??~^iTiTr7^T yMA*orftflfoß*Rs ; ASl> -!;>•} v-i lu»* B,ecq*l Constantly on hand and for sale to tho Trade, J " ‘ T IIA3? 3 ’ ns iJK»Tg; OAgXOBS, KNLVESy fiBOOHS,, KokliS,: -'ORANOI&' I P. '.DOBOSQ& SOW/: .latt-of !*?./ JKboMJ iOarfcrwiii MAHDFACi- ' {totetotf MiT ®i ft<tis';' '"'•’ ' M ,T 3 biir <H ‘iSTTSSTTi! o“ *"«?! o4”:“rfl ("■ ,'■ 'J. <•--'( 1J ' i Ptftopa,"-.?, a. •--)■: .£»«,.« ', iBttHan» t i, ,y.l .’; ~:,■ a— iopltcr, . .„y ,;. , floJpjWw, ... - ,' Coa/ngUntM,,, t i V,■" TJnlpn Americana;: ■ - s'< * ofyoß.'o‘TV '■■■<■■•■ yioro oob»tt»,&'o.-, tim, boioa.ofoU #(xor AnATjoMl |ayfPv'fT * betW'BeCdfad,ißi^oadsUnry choice lATolco.offteifl celebrated ~>*m nit>. j,.j. ... j, Ufl '< "-L ,■ ~ J . JLi*tASf?Ut"L* ‘ ■'!>■ ■> ‘ fe? ~.roPA1OITI:11-WAL ''"' ." ; :rol - OirP.IMP llfl, 16 wbhk sm tw&riXi&iskexumZßi} 1 4 1 wr, it 4 1at;654611.441RA1R. ' ssitisowltAbustditidaikt:Thkaubv:ti, 1 , 7944 - WittortkillnlAVAlit 14111**Itithpw ' 011,14; = , - pto. Is S . , Ws* ols. , solo |p!l§!§p|j ; Slranaero ■ ®tiibe. in . jUjiiuirelpljia. M~ < .... _*> .-‘ t -,- _ .mulnhi.-.r- fpanaaaaaeaiiaMeepaw sfcanger?Jttd'otfe***who,»»{«; ~str4 tb'Viqlt *ny,pf,oucpabHc institutions, we publish 'the ADUOXed list.; 1 n" 'i ‘ 'v ,* ">IfBLIOPLfOK^,O F, ' Academy- of Music,"'(Operatic,) cornar of Broad and ■ tooufftrtreetß,'* *, ; 1 ’’ f .lAroh StreetTheatre; Arch, above flth street. ! •- Parkinson’s Garden, Chestnutiiabove .Tenth. ! lfatlon&l Theatre and Oircua, "Walnut, above Eighth. ? ■' aandfordU Operaß[oase,(Eihiopiani}'Eleveuth, below ■Market,/, , m /.'• ./ , ‘ 'cornei; Ninth ind •/TliomenTi*Varieties,-Ipiflh anddhestnut.. ••'• -‘i ThOmaa’B Arch, beWw BeveiithV s - i l '. I '■> I’URW'iKD SCIBSOES ' ‘ r.i • f K ■4®^ em yjof»NatnrfrliBflioocftBi oorneriof Broad and George streets. " . „■■ • / Academy of Bine Arts, Chestnut, above Tenth. .{. fund 1 HalljOheitnut, abot'd'Tenth; '■' ' Franklin Institute,-Nd. 1 QSbath itrWt’. ’ i fid / ’ >-fl*WVet)*KT w.'i . Almshonße^wos&aldelofrSoh'oylkUl,’-opposite‘South, fitS^t,v,..; Vv -H/t;Jt vrwi !; Ml'1" -it f <u ; > «•* h* 1 v.>, . f Almahpuse.fFrifiadanj'Wsinutisfcceet, abov^Third. • ''-J "•fQplatlQa/pr the Bmpipymeatof.JPoorWowepj N r o. \%f* Ctreea street' * r \, r [ ,j , <' ‘ ' Asylimr :« 'A&lmhl;B2lo6,'A6ar Twsntieth'atreet;'■ > ■ ' 1 :l ChHst Ohoroh Hospital.' No; 8 Cherry street, >;! ' City Hospitali Niueteodth street/ nearGoatea." i , ■ ClarhWn'A.Halh-Not 16a.Cherry^tffi&tMr. . un-i.! I o , \.r t j r Bedety;for,the Belief and #nmjQyineijt pf the Tz'NortaSeVenth'street.‘ «y Guardians,of .the Poor," Nov fibNcrthSeVehth- **>'- -- • Gfenhan Ha3hNo<7B Boutl*iieyenih street. - ‘ uome'for FrieadleesiChlhirefi, corner Twenty-third J andvßrbwhatreetfl.-i 1 '- „'«'<./{ i.i i i-. ./ . j§a«toi?Efehtev 1, 7 ft, ' a^ odSMwlejWo_m?p?isSociety, Cherry,, li *’ I ' ] Norfherri l)Jsriehahry, l No/l BpHfig l Garden strtbti’ :! Orphans' Aflyitinij(colored,) Thirteenth itreettnear •.CfclimrhUi:’ bvo‘./ ,-r o< r ? .: «',• • jOdd Bellows'HaU,'Sixth and Haines street. '> , ' , . Bo,} *,;, Springflar ;• den streets. , , * Wallah.' ? rettfistivlazda fioBpIWI, Plhe f street, between Eighth laud Ninth.- .vi“' r 1 ■ ••>*.. •< ' Permsyivania Institute for thclo?traoti<?n of the Blind, B^ce:»itdTwexitieth : Btreet. i *.. ,* 4 ■1 .PannnlvanjjK for f Ailayfating therMwrifis.of {uid Adwpfa,strfiots. > j - Y ({ 'Pemisylvahia'yrMidhk Bfehool ftir and PeeblC- Mihaed OMldfeb; .S6h'jWl i: ir6tisS i*Aha,‘ i Q Prolan town, “ 7 A. .'Philadelphia Orphans'Asylum, northeast csr; Eitrh ;tienth«nd v m < * HamUton, inear Twentieth street.' < i |fioui^orntDlspeMary^N'^^.h&ppon , ",,, • ■ r '■ > f ' . Will's Hospital, Race, between Eighteenth and Nine*' ' fcrtset/ between ■ j theChCgti B. *Wi jebmerolOhaataUtamlfPartJgtreete; 'West Philadel* 1 j. • ■'! U-rtfi ... PUBLTO BOILDIMOS.,') /. ; y . 1 Dhesfhdt 'street, above Fourth !. Prison, Pastfyunk road, below Bead!' , ‘ 7 Tobacco WarChouseVßoctandßnruce streets. , y Controller's office', Girard Bank, second story. . nmliafoiier ‘of’City Property; office,.Girard Bank, fdstory: "" *'}. ■ ' yiTreiSiircf'C OfficeVGirtrd'Bank/ aocohd story, ommisaioner's Office, Bt&te House. , . .• blicitor's'Offl^,.Fifth: below Walnttf.- . SratfeHhg Cdfilmitteo’s office, Bouttiwest corner' i Chestnut. • * v ountWiWr ,on ] the Bcnnyl- j Girard Trust Treasurer's Office. Fifth,above Chestnut. - ; House bTlblNsfry/Calhame, above ooverith. < Souse of Industry, Sovonth, above Arch street, ( - . i of ItGfrtga; (vthltd;7 Pitrisß. Twenty. iewnd oad TWflntyJthlrd•gt , rt!et. , **' ' " i BeHa Office, corner or. Sixth and Bansom. ! Boose i)f CBrMciioy Boah/nill. 1 , " ' BW3HM?!PW?*. '&s*■ ', 1 P US > kelo ’ r South. | j&tyopf S..’]W , ' , = , iSofeier 1 'S'irtk ' and: Chestnut W!,tenihir/, r ',b(ia’tea->treet| 1 between rlerentr-'.’ first anlTwonty-second .etreeteV ■:< .. ■ • Yard, Dn the Delaware, corner -front and Prime J hnithem Liberties Qrur WorXfl,' Maidmil belotr,front .»’t|e«t,’ opposite,'thi>'E*-, [naton *trert’'^ E, * CX * £m 1 — con eiteet,bpldw- Sliscl;,- _P<*t thTico, 'Spring GttHtaUv.Tirenty-fouxtn street and Pannsriiinla Atnuu.ld •- j : . I Philadelphia,SSchange, corner,,Third,. Whlnnt and WftltWfe* ; WiMerhet; .office, |Pile4^Pf l ‘ow^ tJ?'jn’a ' Trtatj-'hlonunieht,' i iteachi ikhore • Hanover 1 itredfcw uwijtrtw j»»u a , • 8 /lW. 6^r ?®, n " °e n '“ ll(6lb ' no e’i Hatl, Spring Garden wuflhlrte*atb f »treete.* *'.«•. - -m j. ■> , •. •* hCaioii oX«blMEtance.<SaU, ,;OhrlBtiiin,. -above Ninth t?» .I J A J r, * ;>,■<* v *-ii a* j.-» “ v .; . »->;* iJ i •■•» atre Chestnqt and Juniper BUterAw.e'njil^Gray's Ferry Hoad, nearTede ral street; ' •'-'“ ‘ * ' • •' '* * ,* " : j 'll*!?? A 8 0 ’ lon ihi SchuylkilLhiear Sooth street, j United States Army and-Otothing-Equipage, corner of Twelfth arid Girard streets; ;! :.i -j 'a;. : \ • .. bUnltid; ,States , fttt«ternlister»ei >Offlee,, comer of Gurardjrtrset9ij ,-'‘nt-u ‘ r •«> : 'i.-ttt-/ .7 ~ ( . ~,,-OOLt.BOKSj (, - ) . ’ i< • } CoHege‘Kiflgero&d arid College Avonrie. '‘ , •MCdl'dal ’ntreet, at ore f VetefwalffcUcalColloge, Tenth street, below George: ; iOoUege } .cordar Market: and, West Eena itreet,',heioV l^^^'P^^di^v'c^lle^e. streot,' below ! jieMio.ftodiadlCollegOj m Arcl,,street; !MSxet^h o e^ 3 4^ :r U ‘'’'• Ni,l,sl ' No^?rSa o taet°f"T^ Cl^^“' IP T' ,^^ ,W '^lM^' , ’ i w‘,i!' '■> f't'u ' Looitiosr o* oottata, °i” - jv r. 1 US?!5 d, °^ Qib tod Dartrict* Oottria, No. 24 j Kfth And, Ohestnot : '.''' : * Ooirts,'N6i: 1' • and 'corner of Sixth and OheBtnut«treGts>v. yn.fes.J.i.K; 1 >; ' Sewri oft*,"odraer of Sixth and Ohert ■ <* 1 ‘ { ,'V/I■, 1 ■, IKSfimiOH*: - - ; V American JBwttjt, JPnbUoatJon Society, No.llB Arch Btrs6b a ‘, ‘iAiaWMniiW foreign bhrisUan Union,Ni).Hl Chest mrtatreet. - ■ > ; ißchooi Union,’(new) No. 1122 ■ Chestnut BtttetJ-r ■> J'- u l > ' • ..■ ~ -iTeniiiijriv4nio‘ana jphiladejptta-Bible' Society, corner of.SetenthandWalbdtati'eeM. - 1- f , , i' Brwbrterianj Botirdof Publication., (new) ■ No- 821 Ohestnnt street'. •« nir - f , u • ,■ Pulil'i.ce.tipn Home, Ngfi^/obastmit (^^^,^®^’|'P^Hi!an, , A : Bsoc ; lati(>ii l Ko.362 Chestnut i ‘pfilfn«lpMa BlM'e/Ttact;-ahi''Pwl6d!Ml Offl»(T. ; m ;.s F«**«. Central Jt; J 2.— Eleventh and Market. aadthoWest; > .M.-. Fast Line, for Pittsburgh and the West. 2.80 51., /p,r,^irr]fl|mr^4ind. 1 0QlmnWa. ( . 4k4fo P» !&, Accommodation yntfn for Lancaster, • > aad'tti} West.. « iHkitroad-DejWft, frM and Tine'. ’ 7-90 At JK/Sayfreirf fcr«n ftnf PottSville,' •Williamsport, -•*«« »'' f-Bimira'andNlttgarkFallsi ■ ■ ■ s,3oP.ALi.ajiiabo7nr(Kight3sxpTeeffTraln.') . 'js'i-vn', i}r |m*« mti>iifork < > ■ / • M-ayW BwwgtottjtVlf Jersey Oity. - 5 Accommodation Train. , i&&V t Y 1 5$g i $ ia i!7W li ***y City* Wall., 'lflAi. fetreettylmrf, via Jersey city. 2 P-M. via Oahideti and Amboy',' Bypress. JsP'.‘Mi, via^Cftmden,' 1 Accommodation Train. 1 • 6 P; M., via Camden and Jersey. City,.Mail. £P;M.{Yt* Cam Sen, fro<i Atnboy* Accommodation.. ';■'>! ■■ • • iH!? ?;, > *s? J^untWWl?,Bristol; Trenton; &c, • 7 , AP.-Mj { Q * palmyra, £arlicgton,* Bordentown, &0; 4 P. M., for BelrWore, Easton* &0., froth Walnut street j v¥u Burlington, &c,, a fcfa* < and Prime. 8 A'. M.y for Balthhoroi Wilmington,' New Castle, Mid ; » and Sftaford. ; ' ' ■ 1 U M.Jor BalUmere, Wilmington, and Newcastle, 4.15 P.M./for Wilmington/New castld, Middletown, <.( Dover,end,Beaded,; , 7 l P. M.j for Perryyiile, Fast Freight-, ,11JP. M.', for.Baltlmoro and WilmTn&n H°l‘ h h » ni Willow. I*4; st:w &c -'?■» « M /’ Hinton, Mn.&h Ohank; io. •4 P. Mi, for Doylestown, AoeommodaU oh. : ,■ 3 6.85 P. M,, for Gwynedd, Accommodat.lom • - I(US A,|f, ft* HiHopSeU. 4 P.'MV(orAttiintlo City. • 4.46 J\ M., 1 for HlddOttflel.a, , ' Lr ;' ' jR>F ; iWiMcAMfer, i-! ; By Columbia R. 11, Mid ’WeStcbMtcr Branch. !::Vrom'Markot BtrSat, tout)! »lde, .boroeighteenth, nß d4]).s[. , . •IS. .v.Veftcbe.tetffWl A..M.', wdar. M. ~ ; '/;• ■■;: ' , ‘‘ 4?. MI ' " Westchester Plrect liailrmuLopen thPednelton, Grubby u “i>Jt jft *.; Bridge;, i « ■ ..I, : t Eighteenth and Market streets; 1 Ifl'i*-* ..B.* .«n4 9P. u. 1 o.i, 1 Orublw ilrlaßS, 1, 4, and3l A. SI, and Od t r PonnM ton at 7A.M. ' ■■ • ' j; j;“j,,Pei| 9 «l^ o ti«.A.M.an46s. ST • . , . fiftrWMW* H. Ji Depot, Bth and i«4 mhV. M.j ji, 'B'A. Sf.'Andß P. : >• 1 •■ 6,8, 8, M, and 11.30 A. St. a £gWT# g.. od9 . ’* ; XeaVeßowilnrt6wn7^A , .JM.'ahfllpA 51. '. : 1 < '.?•/»,‘U4 '• < ol ■>. *• i . 1 , 4i 3JSQ F. 51 St^i Jlctpu, for; Bordentown, frem r , Idapdli,4oA.M.,and.4F.M., forTacony.BUrllCff- J ' ! 'Wh’aM Btf'Hol/froin’Whlnut street f, i S WAtiM., Delaffttreyßostori, Kdnbebed, for Cape ii F ? -g:.j- Jjohn A/nWaroey 9 &h ; - r M ' 9r Ciw'sl*h every ad ; from THE WEEKLY PRESS, TIIE ,CHEAPEST AND DEBT WPEKIiy NKVVSPA^BtIK THE COUNTM*. . - > GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO CLUBS. ‘ ThbWskkly Pbess is faiueii from the City of Phila delphia eyqry,Saturday., , • , { J It Is conducted upon National principles, and upholds the rights of the States, It resists fanaticism in cyety shaped and is devoted to conservative doctrines, as the rtruo foundation of public prosperity and social order. Huch'a ifpekly jourrial has long beendesirod in the Uni-. tol Statcßj and it istb gratify this w&ntthat The lit Priest l,s 'publUKM., ’ i Tna ( Tfpaknf'Ppß^a 1 is printed excellent'whit* paper, clear," riew type,' and in quarto form, forblnding '' Jt qontaini},the new# of ,the day; Correspondence, from.the'Old World and the Now} jDomestic Intelli gence ; f lUprirts of the various Markets; Literary Be*. y lows j-Miscellaneous Selections j the progress of Agri culture in all its various departments, fico, " : Taint invatiablif in advance. • ■ Tee IVgRtLTpBBBsVIII besent ! t<j subscribers,' by man,'per‘kunftmV ft^*-*--‘- ...‘.*•'.‘.‘.•*.12 00f ( Tbreecdpies'for.-',V..ii,*.’.'1 , ,.....;..'.i.';. 1 ....;..v 6‘09 Plvecoples'fot. l.'. u. B 00 ,^on copleB'for,.\.;.u.. .12 OQ. Twenty coplel, ‘when sent to one address...;.'. .....20 00 'Twenty ovar, taaddress of'each subwri* !’ ber;oscbjpßfiMmuci./.Mt.kM..,,............. 120 l> jFnr aclubi 6f twcnfiy?Qne,Lor) QTarj.we wili een4;wi, extra copy to tho getter-up of the Club. ‘Pdst slasic(s ardWquested to’ as agehtn for Tail WekilV Vukss. ' JOHN W. FOltNEk, ■ *' , J , / \ Jvlltor and rco^rletnr. J 'PnMlcStlon Offlco of Ton W«iu Panss, No. 417 • Chestnut strtet, P'hUadelphiav • ;> : l6,' 1867., DEMOCRATIC DOMINATIONS, ’ ’ j ,-,- ■ GOVERNOn. .. WILLIAM P. P.AOKKBji ■ > ■ - or LTcontso oousir. •., - . ' JUDGES OP THE SUPREME COURT. " WILLIAM STRONG, : 'op, llEnns Cons Tr. J-AJIKS THOMPSON, o# Burn Cobbtv. NliaiOH STRrCItLAND.ovCnESrEn County. a?o*, ' , , i . • ■ ABEKHULT, ’1 , {*■ , I.’O-'KIBKPATBIOIC, I JOHN BAMBET, ; ... . c.- at. dokavah, ; > „! | gbo. AttKaTRONQ. ,/ CiTVASD C6CNXY. ! I!l 'iSfioouW'jßDai'o6oßr or ooiiiiost USAS, ■ ‘ ( „ ri! _ .i/M ga n. lb blow; - , • , . ! - •'> ! l . , I.- V.. MAKSELXS. . .BECORDSB OP DEBDS,, , AIDERTD. BOILEAU •' • TBOrnOTOTIUr of the dibtriot cocbt, '' : JOUX p.. m’PADBHK. CLKRK CF THE COVBT OF QUARTER SB9B(QXO, JOHN WCARTOy, ottVEu'evAkb, 1 'j. 11. ASKIN, ‘JOSEPH H. 1 DAVIU'II- M’tLAttß. , TOW.NBBSD VKARBLEY, jJOSUUA T. OWES, , . ! , Thomab BAmNQTO.N ,st r \pAui.AY clcvatedto the British peerage, without the adventitious aids, of connexion, family, or wealth! The 'man who, five,and .twenty years ago,yvpuhj havo prophesied thdt the most nltra Hadlcahin Upret Gust's thb| than tvho, while tho iiclorm Bill was in agitation, florcely challenged tho propriety of having such an iEstate.pf the Realm as the House of Lords; would Jiftvo, been verygroatly ,ridiculed,.. His eleYatlon'mhy aeiopted as a poipplimefit to for Macatoat is'tiie flratnian of lettersplaoed HSteb*? ‘BunWas;' and bSjgbkifieceivSii I ':^^'wnafior libnWbi f T>'ai‘ph'-' etcy, and Sir Hhupubet Davy, the great chemist and natural philosopher, had only the transitory honor of Knighthood. JLaoauiat is nmdo an hereditary legislator, and Palmer ston, who wants efficient aid in the Lords, probably calculates upon occasional help from this new Bavon. ' ■ < 'Ontljolot|uif,fammrylBsG I MAOAt!iJiY relin quished tho Parliamentary Representation of Edinburgh, on' the plea of bad healthy and bado farewell to political lifo.' It was expeqtbd that, he would devote tho comparative leisure thus obtained to the prosecution of his historical studies.' Considering that in tho four volumes already published; (containing nearly 2,000 oc-] tayo pages,) he lias given us on|y nine years of English history—that seven years intervened between the publication of the two portions of the work, that his purpose was to write the an nals of a hundred-and thirty years,. and that,' with a broken constitution, Macaulay hasat-' ready passed, the ago of fifty-seven, there can be no reasonable ground tbr an expectation that his work will ever be completed. He com mitted a great fault, at the very commencement] by,taking too large a canvas for his picture. His work, brilliant as it is in parts, will he a monu ment no less . of his industry than liis genius, but jt rum* too much into details; the breadth of the narrative is sacrificed by the relation of minute particulars. The result must be—wd shall have ,a literary torso, grand: and noble, indeed,' blit' yet • imperfect. • To complete Macaulay's ’ wprk, on, a' scale 1 proportionate with what is already published, would take at least thirty volumes. His only chance is to ' contract his design and close his history at tho end of Queen Anne’s reign und tlie accession of jtho House of Brunswick. Even this would require at least half a-dozen volumes more, and more constant application than MacXdiay ■iaabletodevototoit. ; : Wherever' the English language is spoken, the name ‘of Macaulay is familar. Wo shall scarcely err in sketching:his political career, up to the present period, when lio may be in duced again tp enter into the arena of poli tics and partisanship. , Macaulay, born atUothley Temple, in Lei cestershire, in 1800, was educated in Devon shire’,And freely made use of Ills knowledge of West of England localities, when' relating tho incidents of Monmoum’s bootless campaign and Jeffries’ ‘'blood assise.” Ho entored tho University of Cambridge at the age of 18, yras elected (on competition): to the Craven sehoitirpliip .'threo',years later, graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 1822, anil in the same year was made a yellow of Trinity College—a litera ry sinecure, yielding, some £2OO per annum, whicli he held until: liis appointment to India in 1834.' At Cambridge, as at Oxford, there is a debating club called The Union. ’ Ma caulay became a member, and soon was con sidered as by far tho most eloquent Of all who took part in the,discussions. Ho was,so strOngly Democratic in his tendencies at that time, that he was compelled, in later years, formally to contradict a rumor, which had be come embodied into a reproach and accusation, to tho effect that, while in College, on the an niversary of tho execution of Charles the First, he had significantly intimated his anti pathy to Kingship, by inviting his friends to a supper, the principal dish of which w&b a calf’s head! IMIEMEI While at Cambridge, between the years 1822 and 1824, Macaulay contributed largely, in prose aqd verse, to Tho Etonian and Knight’s Quarterly Magazine— short-lived hut brilliant periodicals, which are now so eagerly sought for that almost any price can bo ob tained for complete sets. The ballads called ,<‘iho Sang of tho League,” “The Battlo of Ivry,” and the «Lays of the Cavaliers,” (scarcely known in this country,) appearod’in Knight’s Quarterly, In 1826, Macaulay becamo a barrister, at •Lincoln’s Inp, (he was elected Bencher of that society’in-.i840, r pn account of hiß literary merit,) arid soon after, was made'Commis sioner, of Bankrupts, an office ' then worth about £Boo'n-year. Early in 1827, having then settled in London 1 , and got into tho liboral and literary society of Holland House, ho con- tributed his first article, ” On English Politics ,in 1&27,” to the Edinburgh Review! The pa per on Milton .followed, and the remainder of the brilliant series Which he has since published .together, (ii a.collective form. ~ ' ■ : It was soon .perceived, that ,as a lawyer 1 JUoAuiiAif 'liad little inclination to ,f liVe la* PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY',-' SEPTEMBER 16, 1857. 1 CANAL COSIMIBSIONEB: ; city"nomi [(NATIONS. JOSEPH ;CBOQKETT. COBOXER, •• ’ ,3: «. PENXBRv • 1 COUNTY. ASSEMBLY, « JOHN*/ WELLS, »i HENRY DUNLAP, JOHN iri HiLLOY, A. ARTHUR, JOHN. n. DOHNEBI, . i JAMES DOXHKI.LV. LORD MACAULAY. borious .days.;'..] Ho wo? strongly urjfqdj to bestow himsolf, upon politics! ZACHARY Mat, oauiay, his father, who was one:of the leader, of Jho English AntUSlavery movement, Was largely up with the liboral party. - The future) hlstpr.'du’s own feolings were liberal also. I The, influence pf Holland JfoUSij Was gteatjLnd early in 1880, tho poetet-borough of Gaflie, (the property of tho Whig IJai'quia of Lansdowno,) had thO honor of returning Mr. Macaulay as one hf Its representatives. : For tllat borough be sat until December, 1882, when the Reform 'Bill 1 came into operation: The .newly,, enfranchised bor’obgh of Leeds then elected him, and lio’contihued its itepfe sentativo until Fetepmry, 1831, when ‘jiptwc.nt, to India.. Ho sat dor 'Edinburgh from May, 1889, to the "autumn* of 184 y, (when: ho was cashiered, by the Anti-Catholic electors, feu voting, tor the further ’dtidowntMit 1 of Jfayi’ nootli,) gnjil was" agath' elected In Julyy 1852, .withont. any, solicitailon On Mb his even ■ issuing, au address'. io' ( j|to ,Over seven-and-ttventy. yoarsr;havp i :since:MacAulay entered Parliament,,.bot h? has had a seat in the Commons for,little more, 'than half that period. 't . x n«w i From the very flrstfho’dook a loading land striking part in tlie'deb'dtcs, and succeeded id becoming a popular, plthotigh jiV labored! under, mauy personal disadvantages. His delivery wasias rapid as SheiL’b j hls.voice sKrili and rather mpr(otoitous' f ir Snd be sb’mqob lacked (lie {power;' of) the ready pyestivf)rie.BV wliich is half tfho battie ih A 'dobittd,’ that his' Speeches ‘f. Weit of, fhe ,}amp ” and, in Tact, were cut-and-dricd i cssays care-; fully},elaborated 'qnd'hojhmlitdd' ( to memory. In this, - ho rcsemhlp4,'another' ma h of gonitis—Mr ■ few ParliA. tnontary speakers, bfpnf 'jj# f6B6w«i| tHeir: example. Tho • House of Commons, wliich generally 1 objeetd tb proporod orations, WSSYih gulariy toierant towards Maca!ulay s<l, l But' it cannorbo ’doubted that-s eiiitnpOfe addresses frpiiy ' thpsp ppljlicians,'' hpw'efer’, inferior to their carefhlly composed speecjjes, jrfhiild liaVebitdmoro,wtdght,by'a'greatddal. Tho Houseiisten(Ml,Vfo,'thom!; /applauded!' thronged to hear them; tho pubiio eagerly aud admiringly peniBedthh'nq\Yspnphr Teports of tholr brilliant; speoohes-!s!(y-rPokets! fishing; in thobitdst'ijfthpdebates—but aplaln.;readyj practical Speech''pm'anitting op'thp., fd'pHt?pt' 'from' almost any :pther.,member who!had tlie, !ear of, the itotts’e would have' done. inerts s'er-' vide .than the, l^toApitr and Sheil. , , ~ ,[ r \' Go*. ■ Some months niter ho 'entered, Rirtiaipoßt, there waS a clmhge of Ministry,,. . WELuSaTOE retirod and Grey came inj plCdged'td Parila-' mentary Reform;, Macaulay, dlipngh he'hpd, ; mado only ono 'Speech! and that -a brief ono (ini favor ,of removing the ‘civit disabiljties.of the Jews,) was considered of so much premise that the ItefoMii'Ministry Wada him Joint Se cretary, of the.lndia Board! ■ This recognition gave' hnn offlcial status, nor could .the salary (£1,500 a yW) bo wholly unlmppriarit td; ohe whose, income, save what he derived froin hls fellowship ’ litid' legal epmmissionership, was limited, for his father, ,though wealthy, mpdo him a small allowance. i .1 . ~ ■ • The greatest pubiio excitonjont prevailed in Great Britain and Ireland in the years (1831 and, 1882) during which the Grey , Ministry battled for Parliamentary Rofonn anp tjioiii own continuance irt office. Somo of the most effectlvd speeches, in advocacy of tlie inc:Lsijrc, (/Afn called the “ Second Magna Charta,” and mw : universally condemned' for 1 its one-sldodnoss and incompleteness,) word)l)ose df MacSulay l ., They were Highly declamatory landed captun-l phpnhded W Sets dud ‘adroit: illustrations.Eveu Veiy much awakening Teminlßoences 'of their; mlttioVr ikiiiriet*'ktf'Xii also upon tho slavery qupstion, the Anatomy, bill,’ (Ho GoVeniiqohtoi Ireland, the overgrown Tithe-fed Church of Ireland, tho monopoly of tho East India Company, and other , loading subjects. Ho was always rhetorical and full of information, but was not ready, and could not join in the debates, , . In 1833, liis sorvices were rewarded by a magnificent appointment. HO was sont, to India as fifth member of the Supremo Cbimcilj with £lO,OOO. a year for live years, and . with additional rank and income as legal adviser to the Council. He resigned his seat for, Leeds] nnd went to India inlBB4. On his return, early in 1839, ho brought home a fortune of nearly £50,000. On re-entering Parliament in tho priiiic pf life, (lie was in his thirty-ninth year,) he was made Secretary at War, with 0 salary of £2,480 a year—his letter to his constituents, dated from “Windsor Castle,”' excited much satirical comment at tho tune—and continued in that office until tho break-up of the Mel noujiNE illnistry, in, September, 1841. When Lord John Russell assumed tho reins ■ of Go vernment, in Juno, 1846, Macaulay again bo. 'came i a Cabinet Minister, holding thonffleo of Paymaster General of tho Forces,which he re signed, early in 1848, when his rejection by tho electors of Edinburgh' left' him without a seat in Parliament. Ho basnot since held any office. Since liis return. td tho House of Com mons, in 1852; his ;oratorical: displays wero few. 1 The most important one was a speech, in 1863,' on Indian, Government, when the Company’s charter was remodelled and re noived. ' ' Macaulay’s 'speeches, after ills return from India, preserved the Characteristics of his ear lier efforts—perhaps, indeed, his diction had more brilliant hues, his imagination a more poetical expression. . Ho certainly adorned every subject which ho touched. Whether it Wiis Vote by Ballot ortho successes of British arms in India,—Privilege or, tho Jlutiny Bill]—] tho Chineso War, o*'lrish Elections,—Copy right Law or the Sugar Duties,—Cheap Bread or. the Income Tax, —the Pooplc’s Chartoror Sunday travelling,—tho Gates of; Somuautli or the Treaty of Washington,—RebeUlon in Ire land or Gbaiiam’s letter-opening manoeuvres, —Sugar Duties or National Education,—May nooth or tho Scottish Universities, —ho threw light upon everything, and, though no debater, gavo an interest to every question which was indebate. . Public opinion has already passed itsvordict upon Macaulay’s character as a public man. Ho was-rather ft partisan than a politician— more of a politician than a statesman. His mind revelled inapposite rocolleotlons of tho past, and it may be said that, in such memo ries, he too much forgot tho future. Ho had not tho mind of a legislator, but lie' possessed a cyclopaedic knowledge of overy subject to which legislation could be applied, and was ablo to tell you—provided ho had sufficient timo to make the research, and to array its fruits in tho manner which ho liked—what lmd been dono, on that or every other subject, from the earliest records of civil government. Ho enlightened and gracod, rather than oxcltcd, a debate, pis auditors were rewarded for their attention by splendid oratory—but his speeches interested rather than persuaded. It novor could have been said of Macaulay on any subject, as was truly said of Plunket, on ,thp Catholio question, that' liis speech had actually convinced and converted five liostilo votes in one dehato. • Posterity will place-him high among the Parliamentary orators of his time—higher, perhaps, than his contemporaries may bo dis posed to cstiinoto him. It ivill bo remembered that Buen e ) whose speeches are now road withadmlratlon of their oloquonco and wisdom, had so little 'weightwith their spoken delivery, that he was called “ tho Dinner Bell,” because his rising to speak was tho signal for hungry senators, to rush ts Bellamy’s for dinner, leaving the orator to address “ Mr. Speaker” and 'empty bphchoa.ri More ■ fortunftto; Ma caulay always “drew” a fhll audience, and his collected speeches have an interest infe rior only to hls Edinburgh Review essays and his splendid history . - DUring the'greater portion of his life, from his leaving Cambridge to.the,appearance ns an Historian, the Edinburgh Ilevictc was onrlchcd by numerous articles from Maoaulay. : They wero tlpally collected, arid published separate,, ly, and obtained a large sale in England and unbounded popularity In this countty, Soafcu-i' lyjanypapers have been, more extensively rejid and admired than those on Lord Clive add'. Wauruh Habtinos. In the Diary of -ThoMAp Moobe, in 1841, ho described Macau r.dY asi<'a mostwondorful man,” alluded to IhlS being eveh then writing tho History of England, and adds, « Rogers dirooted my at timtion totho passage in bis last Edinburgh article, where lie describes Wakren Hastinos’ mal, and tlie remarkable assemblage oi per sens and eircnmstancos which brought it to getlior,”,, lAs early as 1881, when lie was only com mencing^liisl public career, ho became an ae qiisintanee pf Moore’s, who, under that date, chronicles him ns “.certainly one of tho most iicrtiarkablo men of the day.” In 1840, having »h£ -pCxt him, at L6rd Lahsoowne’s, Moore 'shy?,, "of Macaulay’s rango of anything may ho believed, so wonderful is his memory’” Sydney Smith, himself a brilliant liilkor, 'acknowledged 'the cyclopfcedio know- of Macaulay, 1 apd admitted that he was the best .cphYcrsatipriist in England-only, qnoo that he waawnimdup and going, nothing Could stop him. On one occasion, in a letter .yblcb described a,London party, Smith said, ■ “ Macaulay,!as usual, moat agreeable, and Surprised as well as delighted us, with several brilliant flashes of lihnee,” ' ] .In 1843, Macaulay' surprised—the public. Pis,Lays ,of Ancient- Rome, founded on tho jegends rclated by Livy, obtained immediate bSttensive'popularity, HU Essays and Articles from, pie Edinburgh Review wero col lected, in a distinctive publication in 1843. Sotmo of our readors may thank us for inform ing ihem, that MACAULAY’slatest contribution io| |lio Review appearejl ih October, 1814, nud WiTtlio secoml part .of ills article on Lord jOHATUAM. The opening yolumes of his His toiy of England were published in 1848. A leader in'the London Times of Sep tohcr l, sajai: “To Enrppo that history (s .worth nil tho constitutions that liavo yet been Bevisfcd. It- lias been translated into many jlllfgnagos and widely read over the conti- Jncnt. lVho does not remember the appear ’osA& of those volumes in- that year of rc- IVbijition .when ill tlie peoples -of Europe 'wore maddening, with fury about thrones that |seemed; ,to bo tottering to tliolr fail 3 It was jwßh profound'gratitude that, amid the uni ivejsal .wreck, Englishman saw, as the histori- liow In their country liberty carno itpitie Jinked witli order, and contentment and .fraternity were made; consistent with tho ino malities, of an aristocracy. If it was a lesson shair never forgot, it was a lesson also which, wo liavo little donbt, will one davljear fruit in every kingdom of Europe, nesking, Sovereigns more wise, and , making sheets tremble for that crisis shadowed forth bf the historian, in which “it maybe ncces sMy to sacrifice oven liberty in order to save civilization,” ■' i In 1848 Macaulay was elected Lord Rector Of.iho University of Glasgow—an - honorary pbst Which had beon filled by Thomas Camp bell, Francis Jetyiiey, Henry Brououam, Walter Scott,' and other eminent' men. His liftiugunil address was one bf tho ablest of liis productions. In 1849 he was mado Professor of Anoient History in the Royal Academy of Loudon —a chair once occupied by OnvEn Goldsmith., .’ln 1853 a London publisher issued a collec tion of MaCAulay’s speeches—a reprint from afi edltioii, very 'caretblly collated tVom Han sard’s Parliamentaiy Debates, by Redpield, publisher,' of Bow Toric. Mr. Macaulay /immediately wrqto an angry, letter to The •Tl*«»,' denying the antlionticity of the speeobes. Hansard—as none knew better 't|nn'-': Macaulay himself, who had ro- MiWdly quoted his antagonists’ words from Atandlng...fmtborjty, ,in. the British P#rHamont, the speches it contains being re- Viied and Corrected by tho men who delivered them. Macaulay’s own speeches in Hansard bad been so revised. It was disingenuous and ohfalr, therefore, to repudiate Hansard. Macaulay (in self-defence, lie said) col lected and cdjted his own speeches, stating that, as in the early part of Jiis career he bad been bitterly porsonal, if not unjust, towards Ptgt.and ottierswlioln lio liad lived and learned to respect, be had withdrawn all the harsh expressions he bad used. In a word, he emasculated his speeches, giving what he had not uttered! Whoeyer wants to road what Macaulay really did say must examine tho New York edition. The third and fourth volumes of the History appeared in 1855; since which date Macaulay has been so engaged in writing literary biogra phies for the new edition of the Encyclopedia Britanmca, that he can have devoted little time to the continuation of ftis magnum opus* Macaulay, who is a bachelor, (and, from his habits, very unlikely over to become « Bene dick,the married man,”) enters the Eeorage in his fifty-eighth year.; In the House of Lords ho will, aS a philosophical historian, have somo opportunities, on great questions, of gracing the debates with that stately and ornate elo quence which is so peculiarly his own. The Times says: Especially at tho present moment must we re joice at his elevation, in the hppo that when wo hay© crushed this Indian mutiny, and the time comes to consider calmly the future of oar Eastern Empire, the vlows of one who has described in most glowing terms how England became possessed of that glorious prize, and who, in the preparation of a Code of Indian Law, has shown that ho has most profdundly studied the wants of iho Hindoo, will’be expressed as he alone of living speakers can express them. Hot only on our Indian diffi culty, but on all questions of high policy, there is .not a wan in the country whose opinions are enti tled,to more weight, and who will be more gladly heard. An historian is a statesman on his travels; and,.rwhilo, Mr. Macaulay wilt still travel from century tQ century and from country to country, we may expect now to havo him eouiotimes at homo .with us, giving his advico in the present need.’’ Itj is scarcely to bo expected, nor indeed— . having in view the interests of literature, from which such a pursuit would draw him—is to be desired that Lord Macaulay will bo induced to Tcsiuno office, though his ability would greatly strengthen any Cabinet. Ho will be found, however, a steady supporter of Lord Palmer ston's policy. HENRY CLAY AND MRS. FOLK. Just before 'Mr. Polk retired from the Presidency, Mr. Clay called on him and Mrs. Poll?, and being in one of bis happiest humors Vatf unusually animated and agreeable. Some tiling being said about their retirement from pftice, Mr.- Clay exclaimed, turning to Mr. Polk, “Whatever may bo said of your ad ministration, sir, there are no two opinions of, your's, Madame,” turning to Mrs* Polk—“lt has beon eminently successful - A Mojjkl Mayor.—Sometimes it is the mis fortuno of u city to havo an ass for Mayor. Such wns the Case about twonty-fivoyoars ago with a cor* tain city, which it would bo impolitic, not tosay im polite, for us to name in this connection. Ho was so ignorant that the wags sont a book-pcddlor to him with English grammars immediately aftor his elec tion; and when ho declared ho hud no use for the book, tho poddlor said, “Evorybody tolls mo you must havo it, and study it, too.” Ho oarno into offioo, and took his übair in stntoly 'dignity. In a few minutes tho slcrk laid boforo luui a paper, which tho Mayor was requested to endorse us ono that had passed under his oyo. Tho clork re marked : ‘‘lt is only nooossary that you writo yourinitials upon it.” , “My ntshuls,” said tho Mayor, “what’s my MlflftlHS?” “ Now it so happened that I* was tho first lottcr of both tho Mayor s names, and tho clork very inno cently roplied: “Oh, sir, merely y?rito two P’u upon tho back of this paper.” His Honor the Mayor took a quill in his trem bling hand, and, with tho perspiration on his brow, wrote “too.pjsze,” (and tho document is on file in the offioe unto this day! A naval; court martial will assemble in Washington, oh tho 23dlnst.,forthotrialof Liout. I>. 11. Lyno. He loft the Cyane at Boston without ordors. and pretfontod himsolf boforo President Bu chanan. hiking to bo detached. Tho President thought ah’offloor absent from his‘post, without pormissiqm.was notin a proper position to obtain a favor, and ordered him immediately bade. This ordor Lient. Lyno failed to obey. It is whispored that he hab lately married a wealthy bride, and is indifferent ( to remaining in the sorvieo. ' . 1 1. ij . -.'Bcv. GetAgfe'H- Dbane, son of the Episco- of Ndw was on Sunday lost or dained a priest' of the Homan Catholic ohurch, in St- Patrick’s Cathedral, ! Newark, N. J., iu pres* efloe of a Very large concourse of spectators. Mr. poahofiaS recently returned from Rome, where rtW* be became a convert to the Ro* iflirtlfoUß; ' n < 1 ■ !*’ • COMMUNICATIONS. fi’or Tlio PreM. SHOUT MEMOIR OF JOHN FITCH. John Fitch, the projoctor of the first steamboat, was born in tho south part of East Windsor, near the East Hartford line, Connecticut. Ho was ap prenticed to a olook and watchmaker, a business that ho followod with little profit to himself; for his mind was suggestivo, and he soon became en grossed with tho bold, and original idea of propel ling a boat by steam. Whon tho idoa occurred to him, as he himself tells üb, ho did not know that there was euch a thing as a atoam-ongine in 9xlst onco; und ho was so amated at tho vasfcncss of the soherao in its application not only to rivor but oqoan travel, that ho aftorwards attributed it'.to irisanity, 1 - 1 Genius is over enthusiastic, and it is well it is ; for this alone can sustain it under the pity and ridicule,' the nogleot and poverty, too often ita cross and fate. Being wholly unequal toemhark in his enterprise, he endeavored to obtain tho assistanco of friends; but who would aid the hmnblo mechanic in hi 9 wild and visionary scheme ? He next applied to Congress, and a oommitteo was appointed to ox amino and roport, and there the matter dropped. By unwearied exertion ho succeeded in interesting about twenty persons in his plan, And inducing them to take' shares of fifty dollars eaoh. . A boat was built in 1787, > but failed in flppsequenoo of, several defeots, tho principal quo of which was tho smallness of tho cylinder. A second application to Congross mot tho sarno fato as tho preceding one. Thosowhoat first wero disposod to think well of tho enterprise, doubted its feasibility, and with drew their countenance and support.' Still, Fitch worked on with a resolute confidence in the.ulli* mato success of his invention.. The defects in the first boat were remedied—the cylinder ;was .en larged—the paddles wero removed from the sides to tho stern, apd it was finally announced that the boat would make a trial trip on the Delaware! A pile was measured off. in or Water street, and the boat was found to go at the rato of eight miles an hour. 1 ‘ It afterwards went eighty miles in a day- 1 In 1788 the boat made a passage to Bur lington; but on its arrival: it sprang a leak and floated back to town with the tide, amid .the jeers of an unsympathiiing populace: In, October of tbo same year it made, a trip to Burlington in three houp and ten minutes. , r Tho Governor and Council Of Pennsylvania wit nessed sotny of these experiments, and were so much gratified that they presented Fitch with a superb silk flag. Nothing, however, was gained In-the way of speed. The idea bf employing wheels instead of paddles had ocourrod to Fitch, and he had made a model bf a boat with small water-wheels, but he. was prevented from carrying out this improvement by, w&ntof moans. ; In 1788 Fitoh obtained a patent for his inven tion, over Rinnscy, of Virginia, who contested its novolty; but it never was attended with any pe cuniary advantage. About this time the company sent Mr. Fitch to France, at tbo request of Mr. Vail, our consul at , L’Orient, who was ono of the company, and wished to introduce tho iuvention into France. Being in the midst of revolutions in that couutry, and as no men could bo obtained for the purposo of building boats, Mr. Fitoh returned. <{ Mr. Vail afterwards subjected to the examination of Mr . Fulton , when in Franco, the papers and designs of tho steamboat appertaining to the company.’ * Chancellor Liv ingston, who had known Mr. Fitch at home, and from a similarity of tastes, spent much timo with him in making experiments in mechanics, was, at this time, our Minister to France, and there enjoyed the intimacy of Ftdton % tho successful operator in stoam navigation. Fitch’s namo is almost forgotten, while Fulton’s is indelibly inscribed on the scroll of fame; but let it bo tho pleasant task of tho student to revive tho memory of ono, who, in bis lifo-timo, suffered and was strong, endured contumely and deserved honor, and who trusted to posterity to rescue his name from an undeserved oblivion. In 1701 the Ameri can company had a mooting, and the project was abandoned* Under all these mortifications and disappointments, tho conviotion of Fitoh in the ultimato success of his invention remained firm. In 1792 ( hq addressed, a lottor to, Mr. Rittenhouse, one of t the share-holders, in: whichj steamrpower, he said—“ This, air, will be the mode of crossing the Atlantic, in time, whothor I shall bring it to perfection or not.”* * A spirit of propheoy far in advance of tho ago; and horo I am reminded of the beautiful figure of Ma caulay : “ Genius Is like tho peak of Toporiffo—it catches the booms of tho morning sun an hour bo* foro tho rost of tho world.” Fitch endured many mortifications. On one oc casion ho called upon a smith who had worked upon his boat, and, after dwelling for some time upon hi* favorito topic, concluded with these words: “ Well, gentlemen, although I shall not llvo to see the timo, you will, when steamboats will be preferred to all other means of conveyance, and especially for passengers, and they will bo particularly useful in the navigation of tbo rivor Mississippi.” After ho retired, a person preseut observed in a tono of deep sympathy, “ Foor fellow , what a pity he is crazy.” Fitch died undor great pecuniary embarrassment, in 1793. Tho American editor of tho Edinburgh Encyelopadia says: “ The distress of mind and mortification ho eufiforod from tho failuro of his protracted exertions and hispovorty were teomnch for him, and, to drown his reflection, he had re* course to tho common but deceptive remedy, strong drink, in which he indulged to excess; and retir ing to Pittsburgh, ho ended his days by pluugiog into the Alleghany.” But this Account maybe more moio-dramatio than true. • Judge Hall says: “ It is reoorded of him that he died and was buried near the Ohio.” Such a wish ho had ofton ex pressed. “ Of tho boldness of bis conception,” says a wri ter in the Mechanics ’ Magazine, January, 1830, “ and tho perseverance with which ho followed it up, there can bo but one opinion; and had fortuno attended bis efforts, aud his means boon equal to tho accomplishment of his designs, there can bo no doubt that ho would now holdundisputod the honor of having given to the country this most noble and useful invention.” Ho had filled several small MS. books with per sonal and general narrative, more or less connected with his great sohomo, which ho bequoathod to the Philadelphia Library with tho proviso that they were to romain dosed for thirty years. Ho seems to havo been determined that one generation should pass before ho again submitted his reputation to tho tribunal of human optniou. Tho books which wore opened iu duo timo dotail his embarrassments and disappointments with a feeling whioh shows how ardently ho desired succoss, and which wins for him the sympathy of those who have heart enough to mourn over tho blighted prospects of geniu3. Ho confidently predicts the future success of tho plan, whioh, in his hands, only failed for want of pecuniary means. Ho prophesies that in less than acontury wo shall aeo the Western rivers swarming with steamboats, and expresses a wish to “ be buried on the shores of tho Ohio, where tho song of the boatman may onlivon tho stillness of his resting-place, and tho inusio of the steam-en gine sootho hi3spirit3.” And with what a sad heart ho must have penned tho following sentiment con tained in his journal: “Tho day will come whon somo moro poworful man will got fame and riches from my invention; but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch oaa do anythingworthy of atten tion. W. E. L. THE AIR OF YANKEE DOODLE. (For Tho Press,j During my rosidenco in London, several years ago, tho following letter camo into my possession, and thinking that it might provo of sumo iutorcat to your many readers, J onoloso you a copy tor pub lication iu The Puusa. Whntovcr may bo tho origin of tho air of Yankco Doodlo, it has beoome to us so entiroly national in it* character, that any information in rolntion to it cannot fail to bo re ceived with groat interest by tho American people Tho writer of tho lettor, Dr Roinbault, is an emi nent professor of music In London. Ho has devoted many years of his life to tho collection and preser vation of the popular airs of England and other countrios, and his thorough acquaintance with tho subjeot about which ho writes rondors him high authority, und enables him to throw additional light upon tho origin of our most popular national melody. Tho lottor reads as follows: London, July 21, 1851. Dr. Roinbault presents his compliments to —, and regrets very much that owing to his boing away from London, ’s lettor bus remained so long unanswered. . , "With respect to tho air of innkqo Doodle, tho earliest copy whioh Dr. Roinbault has found is in “ Walsh’s collection of Dances for tho year 1750,” whoro it is printed in 6-B.timo, and callod “Fisher’s Jig.” This is very interesting, because for moro than half a century the air in question has boon aung in our nursorio* to the vers©, • “ Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it: Not a bit ©f money ,in it, Only binding round It.” According to a sot of old engravings of London characters, (probably by Holler,) published in tho reign of Charles 11, Kitty Fisher figures as a oourtesan of that period. This seems to flood the time back a long way. It bos boon Baid that tho air of Yankco Doodlo datos still further baok, and that tho verso “ Yankee Doodle came to town, • ■ Upon a little yemey ; He stuck a feather in his hat, And called it macaroni.’ ’ 1 relates (with tho alteration of Nankee for Yankee) to Cromwell. The lines are said to allude to bii TWO CENTS. goiqg into Oxford with a single plume fastened in a Knot, oallod a macaroni. But this is all conjec ture ; nil that wo know for certein is, that the air in question was known in Knglnnd the firsthfllf of tho last Century ns “Kitty Fisher's Jig.” Dr. iteinbault has all the popular muslo of England from the earliest time, tut Amis no trace of the air <>“ P ri ”‘) before the year 1700. aa it. Mart’s Crescent, Regent's Park. In connection with this subjeot, I also learned,' when in London, that about tho middle or towards tho close of the last century, thcVe whs a musical clock attached to a church in the “City” proper, Bomowhero in the neighborhood of tho famous Bow- Bolls, which daily, at the hour of twelve, among other melodics, played tho air of Yankco Doodle. I endeavored to trace the Btory to its foundation, and ascertain, if possible, tho exact locality of the edifice that contained the clock.' But tho' labor was in vain. Nothing definite could ho learned, and no vestige of tho building could be found Tho simple story, that such a thing had boon was all that time, in its ravages, had permitted to corno down to tho present.: Yet, whether it be true or false, there can bo no doubt of tho fact that the ,air of .Yankee Doodle was composed and sung long before the American Revolution. English mothers had taught it to their ohildron, little dreaming that the day would come when from their loins would Spring a generation of men who would take that strain,'nnd, b!ending it with a nation’s glory, make it echo along the whole earth’s Surface. And now it has become tho Song of a great people. Wherever.“civilization spreads herdominous wings,", Yankee Doodle may be heard mingling with the morning breeze and lingering j E the even ing air. Simple and touohing in its melody, it has a magic influence to stir up old memoricsin the patriot’s honrt, whothcr he be in his own native land, or on some, distant fqreigr. shore. ’ AHd it will continue to thrill with its resistless power the people of onr Union, as long as Wo preserve the land our fhthers left us an undivided and unbroken heritage.' ' 1 ■ Faithfully your friend, > : • • Hnnitjjr.J.Eion. CORRESPONDENCE. IMPORTATION OF CAIIUL GRAPE CPT. [Correfpondenco of Tho P?e*s.j, . , Washington, sept. U, 1,857., With tho Iraphoo and Sorghum, the Chinese and African sugarcane, tho culture of the grape and tho growth of wine excite at 'this time the closest attention of agriculturists in the United'States.' In Ohio, California, North Carolina, and Georgia, wine is annually produced ih largo quantities, and of a flavor and aroma ‘ equalling, if it does sot surpass, the far-famed champagnes, sherries, hooks, and the various light wines of Europe. The Patent Office Department has given the subject their heartiest encouragement, and under.the directions and by the aid of cuttings furnished un dor the superintendence of D. J. Brown, Esq., we may confidently look for an improved crop during the present soason. Pennsylvania, Ma ryland, and Virginia have boon rathor backward in this new field of enterprise* In the following, letter which I am permitted to send you by.the kindness of a gentleman in Washington, it will bo seen that there is room in those States for a large' and successful growth of the vino. Afghanistan, to which the writer refers, is a country of Asia, extending from the Indies on the east, to Persia on the west, and from tho great ocean of > Hindoo-, Goosh on tho north, toward the Indian ocean on the south. Taken in its largest, acceptation, and including the nominally dependent provinces of Bfllkh, (the ancient Bactria,) Cashmere, Herat; Beloochistnn, <fcc., the limits of tho empire ore the 24th° and 37th e north latitude, and 62° and T7° east longitudo. Cabul is on the left bank of the Cabal river, immediately above its 1 confluence with thoLugurb* It i 3 in north latitudes! 0 SO 1 , and oast longitude 69° 10*. It will thus be seen that the country described as so fruitful in rich flavored grapes is of the same latitude with the States indicated. Without further remark, I will append the lettor, wbioh speaks forcibly for tho accomplishment of tho aim it has jn yiew: CocnnANViLLE P. 0., Chester. Co., Pa,, 1 ) September j Dear Sir : • I obsorvo by the pubtiopuptra that you propose experimenting with grape culture by outtings of our native vines. I believe this .has boon tried .effectually ■ by Mr. .Lbpgwoyilv of Cincinnati,, with :a' result yriiieh praye* beyond peradvccture the worthlessness of all such efforts. I havo some of tho vines growing on my mill-race bank under most favorable culture, which show merely an improvement in size; none whatever in flavor. They are tho black or purplb and white grapo, a good article for preserves and marmalade, but do not approach tho charaotor of a tolerable table fruit. My object is to draw your attention to the intro duction of cuttings from Cabul. 3jhe success of this enterpriso will onhanco tho wealth of our’ country infinitely beyond all the results heretofore contributed by agricultural experiments. It*will also prove a blessing to our pooplo by tho develop ment of temperance habits, whioh we mo are an invariable character of wine-producing countries. Tho Cabul grape would place our country upon a parallel with Franco and Spain and Italy. We havo every varioty of climate, including tho isothermal lines of those climates. But my opinion is based upon practical experience ,of .tho Cabul climate and the atmospheric phenomena, which aro qftito similar in both countries. The vogotablo productions of each would be alike fa miliar with either climate, so that a vino cutting, taken from Cabul tbiswintor, would start with as on the opening of spring without recognising a change of climate, and after two years become a bearer- I will not offer to elucidate this subject by scientific proofs, bocauee I am not friendly to agricultural oxpcrimonU based upon theory. In place of this, I will urge tho experience of personal observation, derived from several years residence and familiar intercourse with the agriculturists of Cabnl, whioh is the greatest grape country in tho world. Tho qhief uso of tho fruit Is making syrup from its expressed juice for common popular sweetening. Tho Mabomedans do not manufacture wine, but tho Jews and Christians subrosa manipulate the fruit in that way, and tho best Madeira and Port aro produced from tho grapes of Cabnl and Bulkh. Similar fruit can bo procured from Spain and tho Levant, bat tho Cabnl fruit is tho only kind suitable for our purpo3o, in conse quence of its native climato corresponding with tho cortnin latitudes of our own country, such, for instance, aa Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,. Qhio, ic. A view of the Cabul vcgotablo andfruitinarkets presents asame ness of products compared with our Philadelphia and Baltimore markets, familiar and refreshing to tho eye of an American, and from this fact on© is induced to fancy a similarity of climate, and even of soil, as the cause of such coincidence.- Tho Cabul fruit, however, is vastly superior to any I havo scon in Egypt. Greece, Italy, orFranco. The mountains of Cabul aro clay-slato formations, with granite based upon limestone; tho debris of tho valleys must consequently be similar to tho soil of our Chester county valleys, which supply a‘ largo portion of the fruits in our Philadel phia markets. Thoavorago temperature of a Cabul wlntor is twonty degroos above tero of Fahren heit. Its plateau is fl,ooo feet above the sea level, being situated and surrounded by mountains with in tho great Caucasian range Still higher in altitude, where tho inhabitants are of the fairest European complexion, with light hair and blue ©yes, known to tho Mahomcdans as C&ffres, and supposed by onr historians and travellers to bo tho descendants of Alexander tho Great's colonists, tho grapo is lnrgor and sweeter, although produced in a much colder temperature. Tho wild olive docs not grow iu tho vicinity of Cabul. The forest trees aro oak, pino, and English walnut, ito., Ac. Tho spring frosts are frequently sufficient to destroy or to injure tho almond blossoms. At OjiUalabad, which is ucar to Cabul, but on a plateau far below iualtUudo, early spring grapes arc produced, but tho fruit is not suitable for wine; it is refreshing as a tabic delicacy. In this district tho wild olive luxuriates. Its climate assimilates tho district to Italy; ico but very rarely forms at OjiUalabad. At Cabul tho coKl and thoclimsitology and tho du ration of winter forcibly remind ono of tbo same plionomena at Philadelphia. I have eeon Inreo bowers or grapo vines pendant with tho finest and most delicious fruit, covered ovor with snow, from under which the pooplo collect tho grapes that havo boon left suspended, as the best moans of keeping them in a rccont Btato conditioned for markot. I re lated this fact to the venerable and celebrated agri culturist, Mr. "Wadsworth, of Goneseo, who remark ed, “ Tho statement is so completely at variance with the convictions of our experience, that oxcept for your porsonal relation, I could not bo induced tobeliovotho story.” This has beon tho general answer whon I urged tho fact in social intorconrse; and supposing tho Government would be no loss credulous than individuals, I have heretofore ab stained from any public demonstration of my views. I am about publishing” Harlan’s residence in tho East and travels in India, Khorassanand Tartary,” and shall not now anticipate mysolf fcy extracts from tho work. Tho business of grapo culture, to whioh I havo given considerable attention, is frequently alluded to, and mere at largo than would bo necessary for roy pur poso in this communication. My object is merely at present to suggest to you that means 'exist] by which the United States may readily and speedily become a greatwine-produo ing country, without going into trivial, doubtful, ' aud unnecessary experimental efforts alrsAdy NOTICE ~ - pIMM Mhr io"^'. tolnd the rafts: { J-.& *1 fj Every communication must Hr name of the writer. In order to lime correctness in typography, bat one aide of a sheet shpaJd bo written upon. 1 ‘ 1 We shall be greatly obliged to gentlemen is Pesnsyl vaaia and other Btates for eontribatioaj giving the cur rent news of the day tn tltslr -particular localities, the resources ci the surrounding country, the iacresn of population, and any Information that will be interesting to the general reader 1 . - proven worse than useless. Lhave proposed to you an unquestionable enterprise, worthy of.your am bition for honorable.andipatrietia fame, and by which you may achieve an enduring celebrity. If you hare sufficient pecuniary means at jour dis posal to pay the expense incident to the operation of introducing cuttings from the Cabul stock, and those also of Caffrlstacn, a district in’ the higher altitudes of Afghanistan), you may procure a great variety of the mbit delicious grapes, which arc abundantly produced is that country in great perfection. This may be 'accomplished by employ ing an experienced agent- understanding the lan guage, manners, and customs of _tjw. people, and such an agent may be found, who could safely travel to Cabul and return wjtlf eutting* about the first of March or April next. Tours, very faith fully, Josiah Harrow. •' X. Y. GENERAL NEWS. Tho Cambria Iron”"Works ( at, Johnstown, which were ,a few'weeks since reduced to ashe.-*, have been so far rebuilt as to rasume the manufac turing of railroad < bam Operations were com menced on Wednesday and a large amount . of railroad iron mhde. The mill, it is believed, is now capable &f /manufacturing one thousand tone Qf railroad bars inrixdays. Abar of twenty-seven,, teet long can be relied in one minute, and the maximum time'of rolling a bar of that length isona. minute and ten seconds, , ; ‘ A letter in- the, l ßickipcndj.Dtfpa/<A J dated ; Amelia county, Va., September 8. says t An epi demio js prevaitine in this county, which has proved very fatal, ’it is a malignant form of dys entery, Of-JJr.-4. Tinsley's family of nine child- - ren, five were. taken ..rick at one. time, and havo since died. After their death two more were carried ‘ to the grave by the samodieeaie. . The wife of Mr. ' T. is now, lying in a critical condition. It is a sight to sco seven newly-made graved aid© by side, containing almoat'a whole family.-' { Mrs. Oliver Clyde, of Bristol, Vt., lately tommittedsouide by starring heraell to death - ! tier husband had deserted her. and, unable to support herself, she received aid from town. Her ‘ Situation so weighed-do her mlna that she settled Into a deep, melancholy,: and,,refusing, all food after thirty.three days of fasting, died in terrible agony. Everything waadone tb cause'Kerto break her determidatfob;* that prudence could dictate, but in vain./ \ Mr. Pollett, one pftheAklest citizens H Petersburg, Ya.,,pged*qver .'9d years*breathed Ms laht dn Friday;' Mr*. one of the - fir& elders In the Presbyterian Ghnrish inthateity, bnd precedes to the grave only four citizens who - have attained this age. Oh the same day, in Per pon * County, Is . * 0., Mr. Wm. Baifd, formerly a citixeaef{ Petersburg, and a .brother rider, with . Mr- Pollett .is the Presbyterian Church, breatKed ty'slaat' . ’ J -* j In'the cake of Elizabeth' Bennett; tried at J.,for themurder of her infaat, os .Saturday,-the. jaiy remained - out about twenty Iminates, when they returned ; with a verdict of ! guilty of manslaughter, with a : recommehdation of mercy..* The prisoner appeared! to--be. laboring undergreat mental excitementbcfore the verdict, was rendered, but was apparently relieved after itwas pronounced. 1 . ! V 1 ' ' ' The Boston Journal, of Saturday, states that a man by the name of George H; Lewis -ahothia ,wife Carolina through the neck with a fowling piece, and then'struck her hpan'the temple witu .the breech of'the piece, fracturing the skull and ■ shivering -the gun stock, ' Tho; coroner's inquest disclosed the. fact that the husband . was prompted to the deed by jealousy. He had previously borha i a most excellent-ebdraetdr.•, | Wni. McAUist&y thei first settler and origi nal owner of thp land on which Albion, Orleans coonly, NWYork, stands, has been sentenced to' be hung’oir tne 23d of October,'for firing the house of the-eoupty McAllister u se-’ venty-eight years of ego*, he received hi* sen tence with the most perfect indifference. 1 Three, young' ladies,' SaraiiD. Otis, Harriet Hunt, and Annaßarilbtt, were drowned on Thursi day last, whtie Wanting;ins stream three miles' north of Ellenville, N. Y. The deceased were young ladies of great promise and much haloredby a large circle of relatives andfririids. A Charleston paper states that Richard Yeadoh, E*q., toas expected to lean that city, on W ednesday morning for the North, for the purpose of bringing the'remains of Hugh S.‘ Legare from Boston tohirnatirc State.*' > ' Tho malt-house ' and vinegar distißery be« longlueto A :Wpod| andthe rectifying establish ment of 8. W. Shennan, were totally destroyed by fire at St. Louis on Friday morning. ' Loss about insurance'Unkaown; Tho crops of wheat ahd tobacco in the Ka nawha (YaAYqUej this year, itisaaisLarq thabest ever raised there. , One farmer-naslOftaaresin to bacco 'Which'will rcrifxa him 913,000 when cured. Oh - Thursdays fhe fibnriiig'ahd savr tnill3 of Mr.-Siuftiel- Stevenoon, bf Moon townshipj - gheay;ccaqty, totetiy destroyed by fire. Loss 96,600—-no.,insurance. . All the .iron tot the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad has been shipped, and by May next trains will ran over the whole road- Air Abolitionist, named ♦ Snider, was pub licly whipped at Oxford; Miss., last week; and sent off to Indiana* . ; Major James Payne, commanded a corps of volunteer,riflemen in the war’of 1812, died in Fauquier county, Va., bn the 3d instant. The nuthber of men in all departments now employed in the Brooklyn Navy Yard is 1,740. ' WASHINGTON ITEMS* •The Post Offioe- Department' h&a issued instruc tions that where a distributing office detects large quantities of unpaid transient printed matter pass ing through it unpaid, itshall return the some to the - mai ling offioe. for prepayment, and also that at any offico to which such matter.ia sent, which, although addressed to, is not for the delivery of such office, the set me rule ts to be observed. In reply to a letter of & postmaster, inquiring as to the right of railroad,-companies to send Jotters over their respective filler outside of the mails, the Postmaster General 'has that letters, cot enclosed in-stamped .envelopes* nor: exclusively relating to th© business of the road over which they pass, cannot be thus carried, except in viola tion of law, and directs the prosecution cf all per sons offending in thUpartiqul&r. .The General Land Offrce is about issuing a very important circular, in relation to pre-emption al lowed contractors carrying mails through .the Ter ritories west of the Mississippi, under the genera! provision for that purpose in tho act of Congress approved March 3,1855; and, also, in reference to the special post-rout© pre-emption under the act of March 3, of the present year. The principal points held by the office in this circular wut be Ist. That to constitute a right of pre-emption under the lay, mail-route on which the claim is base'd must form a'part of a system stretching literally across the Territory, being a fink in, or part of a connected route/rom. the line of the States west of tho Mississippi to the Pacific. 2d. Tho party preferring a'elaim mtlst famish a map showing the “ station, ’’- with a •ertifieat© sworn to by the postmaster nearest to each of the “ stations, .showing that said stations ax© between the points designated fa the contract;'and the map must be filed, in thq district office, and be ac companied by evidence from the Poet Office De partment that the party claiming is a'“ contractor*’ on the route indicated: ' ■ 3d. The mail contractor or el&imantmurt file in tho proper district office his written deelaratiun of his intention to claim the benefits of the law within three months from the selection of his “stations,” if on surveyed lauds; if tbo lands be not surveyed at the time of selection, then such declaration must be filed within three months after the return of the township plot to the diatriot office. 4tb. Satisfactory proofs, showing tho extent cf the improvements on each station, and that thev aro of :i character to fully subserve the purpose of the “station/' must be furnished local laud officers. , . sth. There can be but one “'station*’ for every twentymilesbnthe route; tho distance may ex ceed, butcannot.be less than twenty miles be tween tho tracts pre-empted, and proofs on these points must bo required. 6th. Upon unoffered land the claim mu3t be proved up and paid for, daring the existence of the contract, and before the day fixed by the Presi dent for the public sale of the land; otherwise any right which, the party may havo had wUI bo forfeited. 7th. Each contractor bringinghimself within the law is entitled to a pre-emption not exceeding 6-t‘j acres in contiguous tracts, to include his own im provements, but of course not embracing mineral or other reserved lands. Bth. Notice to adverse ’claims to any portion of the land selected as a, “station'* must be given in writing, and should be served in timo to allow at least a day for every twenty miles the party may have to travel in going to the place of taking tes timony. Tbo administration of the act of 1557 rests upon IhosUmfe principle as the act of 1855, except that it restricts the stations to ten miles apart, and the pre-emption to 329 acres. THE COURTS. y ester day’s proceedings Quarter Sessions —Judge Conrad.—Austin Knowles, a police officer of the Ninth ward, was acquitted of tho charge of assault and battery on Paul N. Seigel Wm. B. Mann, Esq., for’tho Commonwealth; Judge Doran, for the defendant The man with the military •calk in trouble John Logan, better known as tho man with the military walk, was charged with the very serious crime of arson, in setting fire to the barn of a Mr. Purvcfl, hi Byberry. Mr. Purves, sworn—l know the defendant; his namo is John Logau; I was informed by my son that Logan was about to set fire to my hay.mow; I went out and caught him in the act of striking a match and applying it to the hay; some portion of tho hay was charred; I asked him tho reason of his sotting the place on fire, and he Mid be was the owner and proprietor of fch© whale conntry,nnd ho wished to snow his power by burning and de stroying every thing. He is, I believe decidedly ihsanb. The District Attorney asked the jury to acquit the prisoner, on the of insanity. The de fendant was accordingly acquitted, and will be cent to the Insahe Asylum. ' Catharine McCtaskey was charged with soiling liquor without license, selling to minors ondkeep ing a disorderly house. The defendant’s premises are situated on Plaok Hill, near Sebastopol, (not jnjtho Crimea) but, jp the Nineteenth Ward, j The testimony was.of the most contradictory character On trial. The District-Attorney tor the Common wealth; Georg© C. CoUinx for defendant * EUcq Fegan.wis charged with receiving stolen goods. Verdict—notgußty. Wm.B. Mann. Esq., for the OoasWflffWjlS :' <ftorg e - 0. Collins fordih fondant,- - ' d*« \-* . - • *
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