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New York and Havre -Steamship Company.—The
United £*s« ?M«tt&te»a4itpr aBAGft? ;2t&PPj&3np,f
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ns iJK»Tg; OAgXOBS, KNLVESy fiBOOHS,, KokliS,:
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boioa.ofoU #(xor AnATjoMl
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betW'BeCdfad,ißi^oadsUnry
choice lATolco.offteifl celebrated
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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
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from.the'Old World and the Now} jDomestic Intelli
gence ; f lUprirts of the various Markets; Literary Be*.
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culture in all its various departments, fico, "
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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
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*' , 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*,
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c.- at. dokavah, ; > „! | gbo. AttKaTRONQ. ,/
CiTVASD C6CNXY.
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.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*« \-* . - • *