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‘-■‘•liW £Q‘^icyi#¥ ! ~-' c i. :Vv*; -•''■': v j,
- H'-isi a, *Jh‘ w« ii V : - .5 "
A toSabjoriteraoßtoftia OttytotSl* Spams.
l,ouaPoi.U*B»pß,B[aiiji?ogtaBi Xmu
taf TO-,l.&esrcV th xMa s THs, InV»rl»Wj mtdrafea far tht
--M.ts^»sjP'»4.jr|k**’«iT^<i'J ’
'cfifledto SnbrcrlMr* out of thi City,' «t Toms Dqx
~..»M
- , ’->\i«n(3swWi-t.;-Us V'.'-vtu* 12 001
.; Twe^rOeplfi* f # L;-. ; ;. M (Wo»« GO
-.Twan(y CktpiefljOr pridrew or eackj? i-
steivnj.hlp*
ItONB STATB, Mir
<1 Southwest* one' of
j T
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. . TM*iTOiß^oa’sta)SsDSt^o®oS»j 1 illh,'
;,ood IQ. o'clock
-;. • tifafcmniii: ■■' j";
' r ; ' .CEuAtBS-P^MAnaH^ViCoßimindw; 1 - * j l '
<WUI receive goodsot£slKDESDAY, '■■■"■■»"«•• ! and
- sail on •tlOjoldofik iA\ Ml s,
, , AtS*r{innah- these ships s connect'with, =*seantf rs for
.>; andHarimf) wiwi mUroad for the £knrlh and
/*: Steers#*- doV V.i i..: .V-V* •«;%♦- rl?.'V. i.'.*2.*. , w & v
received • oq' SiitiypiJir * ju&rii •No mIU
.- -j; gai ffelghtorpuisips, opplrlo -1-' 5 ! •■•?'■ j'“'i
->.•? .>"w«».-rt«4qi33Mi*S»*o-« North intent ,rt
004 BJ.’,Johh’s
• ;j: n m 22 - -
i. ITIHE I «EW -fOEKi;AJ«)SUVI!BP6oL
- ! * UNITED STATES MAttgTSAiailg.li.Tl»«rip*
s • composing this Lins aw \i IjiVUr.'J5-^ku -A^s? - v I.‘ -•
■\ * }<®w ATI«ANTIO I i “
Tho BALUp,' Capt. Joiepli Coinßtodf.. > ha
■. 7 ? ti
ls '- hare.bton btlilfc >y eqntractj 1 expressly for*
' - 9-jfamjSm SMtfceUvfty 'rare,fc»a been taketfitf their
-•'•opsl|ift|pa/i»ilsoJlnthetfetigiriw J
-' And #p«M ! > rod wetc sfedou&feodatferis for passengers are <
-■*'■ • . ;^iuieqcaUeftf<>t»legiao»hil& comfort. * = t;'/- \ -, ,
, Pttoe otrprasSgafromHew. Tori; to Liverpool,ln first,
, ,; 7*obln, SiaOf-ineecoriddQ.i $76; from Liverpool t<J;New
«Q Ma,l2Q guineas;. l?ip;Wjrti» secured unless raid
,»' flWpS.Pf tK|i } ]we hareiinjroTed water-tight
■ ■;r , n%@*K6iroaßi**ATiB‘!bj' ®jda»«yj
*■, BsJANtiypJtUiA*,.'. ASM Wedn&Uju'Jaßa **. sl&H'
1 : ■ <jaturd.T -;*alj-.vt.-.3 AMT -WednSKliiT.'Jqljri S i-1857
g»turf»jr, lo\f 18, 186 f. MM&m-rfiSh'ajnWV
r. -ftrtntdv,'A«g.; 1,.a mr WedMirtv W,V6i 185 T,
, B»tarday r A«*.ls, y t ,1851. .WefiSEf, Jpg;i?i pIMT
, rsafaijSwißoi't'iii) IJSST yi^waiaMfa'SaW l .
' SStdrdst-ASept.2o,' 1567 B?* 1867;
I 'fcturday.'Oct. 10, 1857! Weda^as?9ni'i£^lBdT y
«. Saturday; Oct.' at; j*
'.- l Saturday,*Nov.‘f7j‘ 7/186f» Wednesday,‘‘AOTvll, 1357'
Saturday,'Not. 01f: t ' 1857 WednesdiyjiNov. So»viljß6tf'-
Sftturdsy.’Pec. - 6. ■ ■*,,%s&? Wfd^pMay,;!>©?c-;9,, j 1567-.
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p
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';; «|A4irt!n*|rt M,
■ Ifi-.'S 1 V.%pAjmtmni i' ' . a ;’’
-; k^ ?.'^Theiwftpers of 'thfJM v s|ilra, wai not bo *ooouataMe,ror
I or
. -
; •. TAMES |:,,O4tDA r EUy;&;qO, j ; ,i i:;<
•FuVrNo.432 OHB.$l?Nl[IT 2 BEIjQS:FIS'TH StßßlT*
lmpartenT.of iWatche* and vJlewjfictu.-.
■'xers’of girling andStarid*r<igil7er-Tft& Bat«, Fork# and
■ VSh'^naw. : t*rie6'_Gold Medal Xjoa4Qß .Tirne'k«eper»»--all the
j $2SO, 527*» ; m4$$K>. < :-> i,; l
( v ‘‘,{«£a>s3&- Engl)ih*pa Watches at thp lowcfli prioef, 5 ,
| ‘ Bicf* • ■ ■,,(> r i ; }' "'
> - - arid American Fluted'War**.* ~v •
l ' -/'r.V ■*; :.:-v .•. y» ?. : '
© ■ •
1
I • T?.RAfTCI3 Tv IWBOSQ & SON, late of
1 - --jp .aurifJk 00., Wlio!os»le ;
ft , . yiiiWis.P. Duooaci-. ; WM.n. ljnaoB3.
,§- ■- ;•-- w.’:. r.' •. f '
i 1 \ C TPIGAHOi OABA^fAS;AJRXPAKTA(J4S
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X* JfeffTforfc flb3.H»Yre' Si«?mahrp'Odmpa'nv.-~Th©,
- Unit*! 'Stotefl .JlaU ABAGO," ®Kto'iohr
lUkvid liifl'oa/cotfm&luisl?, uaa BDlilOHi’-*2^6oo itotkB.\
■- , JmgAi,A. WottoDi Commander,- wJU. UaVo Kew-Jorkf
i HaTre and SouthataJtor), fp* tqe years lWT ; »iid- 3 f>B, ;oir
.< v‘;V. ’ '*'
Saturday ;' : 'Atii. : & Afneoi'’ 9’
7! 4AS«& ivJ : - ; Sepx, 19 Friltotf, J 'v'A6; -* 's&. 9
do. /''Oct, \IT Atam^ s ' lj ddry - March 6
''*r'A&sojii ■‘do. ' ■- ? Kdr.il4 i..do;' ? .n-April .S'
'' 'Ffilfon, ; - „ 12 Arago,, - : 4o„H ’ i -Jdagrl 1'
faltqa Ki r v 4o>U-%,M*y 29
-i 1 ■*!•>
J>
26, ‘
i’ Bspt 2&’
*'dd.i Oct..2i
i\ dD«*^-,vNorJlB r
\4o.‘ -i-uiDef-10-
-^r\Yorl^yirßt
jran(a,;. r :y } .
V|t J '‘9onU> , tin.
' X l -. AND iwrU,,eut eornertlT.TH And
~ i,CitESIKtS' Stt«ti| PMjMlaSiihi; late feinMictiirer
of, BBOrWW'B JifIaBNOB',OK; JAilitOA GINGER,
'. grhfi* U«»»j(illB4 m
' ■ .alty, iSd hM bgcome the SUoaiW FAMILY MMDll'
■ ! onWOf tiwTlalMßMkf:* ;%
/. - .This, Essence it Aptpfcerotlea of.uausuAl ejceelleßpe,,
’. r Daring, tfa? Bummer 1 mouthy noi fcuuilytjr.troTeller
sHbuld, Baj; without ffcT In .relaxation of ? the bowels, in
. CAUTION thatcan b#
' retted u^bY-pWjte^’iblel/ : fi , oin.jrare JAMAIpAGISk
- ‘-s GER, fiaonld be pamc&ibr io^a«c for l ‘f JJroVn , » j Ear
«*• * iMfeelot J^aica.Ginger,lbwhleb I»)Tr*rr«t*d : td be
-/ ’ what itis represanied.fthdifl prepared'
, ,andji?r.s&le at bis. Drop anjUßjemlOaL
, S ‘yiffTH'aMr OttRSTNUT,,
. s ’B&eeta, J?fe}Udetjmia V jmdljy ell the reapebtible Drug?
. • gSfa BVBfate<r
ajS4S®2^So^SstSwsSeEE*
JC® .«.’, ./I *- ,J {'j t u ‘ 'nr.
lJzid«'th|Jr
fc * iiitit«d t(> ?Wt our mind
- fk&tOTJ. V i*- Si*'* -U‘. ’ --U*'t- • : ■' ‘ --'> V*’', ' \ • *> ;
, ;v‘ v ■ i- c i^ATOHES.- ; ;’
eoosteatlj.oa Jbimd Yeplendii itockotfiaperior Chrfd
‘ _ Wateheej’tf alTthtfAeUhrated* naWnh- v|. } * **•
r:’:
I?eofrlMe«>' Bracelet*, Brooehw, , Kar-Bfogs,: Fingeir-
other erticleain the SUnfend liae?*’
: ‘
. f % jv*
” A' WatifOl waprtmept style* sf.Flne
Jewelry, each. aa.Wpealoi Stone owi-BheUCuaed, ,-i,
- ' !■ .? -pearly Oot«l/ j Cerbttnole l M&rajutflt*, r
l', £•'.< !-''■•
• gaSBKRtD CASTORS, .BASKETS,; WAITERS, i As?
Alao, ISrpniG and 'Hulls OLOipKS, of ncweit ntyles,
v »ndo f »ups ri o r 'q tiil fty.'' ‘ V ‘ sul-dtwAirly
~, ,-£i - rag mOTOKoKY^T^sTTTS.
."■ HiND?AOIraBnS,pEI?AI(3IipASE6;:
: - : jujn iMPOR7BRa or wlTcnEa,; ;m ; '
121 SOUTH THIRU JIEtOW CHESTNUT
•; * ; -phiii'ApEi ; i>HiA'. j;c
CdasMttr 4>, „‘ 1 ’ Aoeust* P-kquiohot.’
•*,'‘v’crgelO-BmQ«*..t fj f ’j f , x v
7T j&ns&w bro,»." ; 4.;
* xAKcrAarpßKßs airo. mroniiu of! '
‘U/W, • - WAim,, ~ > ■’[•
Hff.ipjt, Qtatnut Street, oI»to-Third,, (op ,iWm )
rgl f r > c ■ Philadelphia.- !-- *
: . -,, Constantly on band and for Bale to the Trade, •,
' BETS,'..WRNB
.prroirjjfe oohUts, o vgjL waiters, bas-- '
, f KRtT.OAST.QM, SKIVES,SPQONS/i'QRKB,
V- ■ .1 AhI.KS, Ac,, &c, M - J
Gilding and platingun ail kinds ofraetal.
;■ dobacco arid Cigars* y< *
£'.-... T.'ji.y../A . .’v.-i iA
r ‘ OAYAffA OIGAfiS-rA Jianasome assoit-
i -'.' r
. w >’V -r"' -SoltAM*. •
Jnrhilurr.
j jg-T
f JSig.ffiß l jW. fl j|ji_,
SX^BSWiSt^IABHBIIStASp.STOBEKEjemp,.
tmecknW lot ■
wjm-n xmrr}™ 1 *
.#totei£SWh[;»Bd. farmers* ryseiidJng, sampled to '=<>«,
rffooUtjffUlch
SuSr&if&i'. SwrtwjwPtWaisJwtliAiß
SmitaMM Wflu/ilUh 6«b hsV9:th6tft Wht'bj matt,
- - fe’rASJiartii yroct;:'BPit'M WtttrHijeelt
-: ■ E’2:IjEN’WOOD cemetery offioeTno.
-- **um
JStliipgSQSi' 1 .;. : 1'
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’ h ’• * Cjpmjwjitea.
• SPBHfa GARDEN' FIRE 'INSUBANCB COM
itnA ~-h o-PANY. ' ■ , "
’ , CAPITAL ?18Q,QQ0; PAtiUNOASH, '
■_'i i ' A.NI) y ECUKKJ,Y INVITBT’ED, ~ ,•' ’
lOyPIOF| :N.'iW'. CORi(EII.OJ? '.SIXTH ' AND WOOD
,ii : i st3j spring gardi'.nb:; i-. i •
,-,.j, v .O H Ali T.Btlt' PiE Rp.U T-U AT, ~ '■ , ■
wV= "lub FjMB.; ... „•,• • ! ' '
1 „ i,,, D iRKqi qrs . b , ,; 1 ••; V
;: -:f
sS?ivs! tt .Johii tiuideU,.; ] <•. .
;', vfr;;' ! * '' J OhawbTpield,. ■ ..-
• '-OTWB.'Vfooa, ’ 1 ,
dtoufoelty*'-u ‘''Jolin B: Stereusori, ]
•• Jacob SrJlintZQr,M -. ■l’ vOuiVln Stoddard, ■; -
: Homer,vnt « I'i .Thos. D.-lUUcghaatj ' :
- 1-rn K,:ChUtI«.,- -.is i: '
IVEPTHNE DSrSUKANOB ■ COMPANY )-
6p?IOB <l4 WAtetrTSt i, l VrtiliHln BuiiaingsJ ~ ■
. ’ FIRE! AND MARInM INSURANCE., ■! '
OAPrr al*iqo,ooo, with phiviieod joincremE
jriief.jL T ! 1 •! ; •
’ ,-TMa Compaiyr i* xm»f organ tod, and prepared to
'make allklads pr'lnßtimoeo . ; damage; bjr
•>•- 1 1
1 H.fl.’LAirGHlilN,‘Pre»iaent ?’ ' i;:i '■• ..
■><■. r-al ' VIM Pro#ldcnt.
“• : ■ GBDJBOOTS.'Secretary,:w^.v■: '■
• -. 1 ■' J
,!t Hi C. Laorfdu*)/ s . George Minster, • - -
v\ Stotesboigr,
OTiPgiDADDLP^IUAi
;*BsiuaiNißDnlMNoB;.No-Si.WAT.Nvi,sTaEET.,
First Bonds and Blortoagea oa Property in tne j
fi tCiti^ebUfttoiphSaii. ;si'Ai .Ml. :fv\ ,
Stocks vortikMKiiktiJtfMWji 222.100 :
Cash onhand.....«.A, k »*«.o (tk 61,100,'
Amount S[torft nptas»;. • »*•«.»•*• a... 100.000
Amount of Stock duo on ca 11....... 1,710
rn , t . i^oojoo'
felifstodm'pMiT Oife'Ctf Jbsurances bn Buildings, Mer-
Bnrnituro/'-'L’ttTnber/-&c. y ;on 1 VcsselS/Cargo.
jandJfroight, toaUvports, and 'by and'
Biyerfljat^ie,lpwe^tratM, l and .upon tho,most liberal
.t|rtad ; guarantying'Pi^mptDajmoatoatb^.adjustment
> ; osrß«petual‘lMtittuiWjnado npOu'the usual tonoa.
,/-7i.^ fc C . .*
, Wm.S, Wli,, ,'
■- 0. E. Spatigleri 1 , . It. 1, Kcnsil, . ,
“ ABrWltex, -’ { ■" It/B: Houston, '
.i.-'-pWißVßrrWoods,': •- ' * -'Ji JOs.’B.'Withert,‘ ‘ ;
• Geotge.HoDrell, , AbS^m.fß.'Uyre,
-, - J.JBdgarThomson, , j W. Jlalguol, : .
" G. Sower/ . Cbarlea F, Norton.
r , f : 'John W- Sexton, ’ 1 ' ' Jolm'H.'Lewars, ' <
•y i-'HermAnHaajt. *.'• j n ' JatD^a'BlgtUes,
5 R. Potts..s-. . ,H. N- Burrongbs,'
President, . : *
p. E.'spanGme;vies Pren't., w. n, woods, e«;,
'AaglS-Iy-—' T. Ky.NBIL ’Triiafarw. "-
TPHE .QTTsKiiiE 'CITY INS ORANGE
■J-’ COMPANY, omce No. 408 Vlato' 02) WAJC.NOT St,
CiplUl ial Butpluf, $250,000. • •v- - ■
i ./This Ootapknr.cohtinaes to mnke lnsnranee against
loss or damage by Fire and the Perils of the Sea, Inland
Narigation and.Tranraprtatiom fttcurrent rotes, - /
-
' ,
)- ih i ß^retory.andTreasurer—p. B.COGQSHALIi,
■ ' ( ■ AtallUat s>pMioil-J. If, BUJ^EIi. ~, -•’
jrfa,....,,«kxßEOTOßS.' ,s '.' ■
- ' Oharles ti. Imlar, '
, {owphJMFoi?*, Pomeroy, ~ « ,
John G'. Dhle’; M AndrijTr R. Chambers,,
‘ Henry M. J FuUfer, 1 " -H!;R:-€oggshaU; i ,
'A Posters. v; Samuel Jones } Mi D./
-Jolmn. .Chambers, Oheoabrough,. ;
“.TV- y t , .3 > .
.■pHILADKLPHtA FIRE; AND LIFE IN-
Im. 'nBDBANOK OOMPANT, incorporated by the State,
.of Dennsjlrania iq IS4B, hre. now .established .in their
mtir OPPlOfi. No'/453 OUBSTNUT str6et, where they
are prepared ter tnake ALL 'KINDS OP 'INSURANCE,
from ®Y PIRN,' on..pttop{jrtry otnrary descriptibn,
.InTown.oc Country.- including; FUIUaIORUILDINOs!
JmBiUNGS STORES, VACTORIHB
IkdtQIANOPACTORIES; VESSELS. Ac.
flU kinds f< STOCKS OP
GpODSj Rtocks : of . COU.NTRy ; STORES. Qoods >on
STORAGE,or in BOND, STOCKS JwdtTOOLS of AR
&'c!(' 3c C. ,'at * biod
rotes of-OTomitimjacd of time.’’ > '-■
j- ThisOcpaptny.refer,:t« tbßlr jpaatoareoraa ananrolei
Steo lor of aU their
\. . There are at this time no uußbUlod claims
'tlfatn/ 1 V-‘ ! ' ROBERT P, ; KtNQ; Prcß’t. ‘ \ - .
M.W. BALDWINi Vloe Pres’t; ’.
- .PaAkOS* UnAQkBPBgB, /■ aal-Sih"
TTFETNSURANCEAND ‘TRUST' COM.-'
PENN MDTOALMFB ISgUKANOB'
.Cornsr «t XlUßßaml DOCK
or ’ Vlloio
Uft-Hmste ehdovmeni£~i)hr
tehaeM,ltfej<intpjftl Jfcftefcto’Ma maW*U
f
Tftey.-aaji p 4
‘ f rtutees and Guardian*. '■ ~ * » ' ,
s SONET BEOEIVBD ON DEPOSIT'to <w> amount-
Tlts Per Cent, Interest aUowod fromi date of deposit.,
pajltolebwkm4enumd,wUhoat ppU<#., ' , S !
OP THB COMPANY, January. Ist. 1857
Loans of the State of Pennsrlranla. Phllft- ( _ f
7'dMp!ite , oitr, Pend , s Biii! : 6ad;‘<3ftmden ! ( - 1
.n;anaAinho7J!l&Uroid,and other L0an5.....,5179,883 88
117,107 10
flipeju la Banks, Xasorauce, Gm and gBaU-., ( !.h
" roid’ OoiajWea.f. .V, ,’7. iTT. i.CH.8i,723 08
Ol
- in'tSaaJEiadUejCrdm ’AgSntr, Inter- .
~:.«1 « t, &0,...,,..v,,.,. t............... 88,780 47
.Guarant^tCepltal,fiufcfcrjptinp Notes..*... 100,000 00
,Hl S'., h.ttUit""
T *711.225 03
;* <• .*i - > «DANliju<L.:MlXljEß;PreflJdezit..' ; ,
gAJIBEI, J&.'_STQKM/ Tf ieejPjea’fr. i .
i \7QBKWj. HQgSftß.gepreforT. ft ,, - , f , .
\ EOTIO FIRE INSTANCE OOMPAr
■<fm ..Hy,JJBW:?QRE.-omi» L No2ftWiai«t»Bt, l na.
jp'iQing JJecWiice 5 ash, Capital, £250,000,
w#hVMrpTui/ This'Company iusnre'Duiluingfl, Mer
'enihdire, ruhUtore, Tfeesela in ; pOrtand tholr Cargoes,
and other property,.fteslitit'Loafl or Damage hr Sire ana
theftlak* oMuland Kariffation.
HenrrGHinell,' "' * ° Jo&X. Pope, ' ''' ■
CaJebßfcntowi , Bufaa RyQravw,'
BonrjrO.Dreirer, -HenryDaria, . i
,BdmaadPonfold.t vitl , s:„o*,H. MlWhel* .
Hanson K. Corning,, , -. TUeo* jr, ,
Ogden'Hsggetty,’ 7 , BlißhaH. Morgan, _
-Thoihaa HonagaUj ' * ' ‘> K Abinrlt; Van Neat, h
J<4mH.!Barle, ’. ,• v... ( .William A. Oftir, > ,
iM^S 4 *^***. -
Onarlep Banos, Jam os VT, Phillips.
liOuielfOmt. . Charles A, Macy,
Buatttl'arOlMMiij "i' '" s <W»64B)aA«i; .
*t«phiCMnti»leEg, .' i ; Wn).Sißl«p»rd 1 ' ■ ‘ ,
Thotw/toott,,, .. . ,(• Brest; ,; •
John* Ward,' Lotbrop L.' Btorge*.
Henry K. , William B. Fosdlck.' i ! ,
Benjamin II; yield, ... , Qeo„We«t»Mt, ' .
'»fe /\
fimiiaal V. BitifieU,■ ■ /- •' i ;
_ ALBEBU WABDj President^
BiffßA»P;AiOAKJ<iiTffiearetftry.- ♦, s MwlVXf.
S XT BA NO E
l Perpetual. 7 ' 1 Granted by,
$600,000. fire,
Marine, tad (
; tlppideott?; } r ' ‘ ‘
•* • -AVtod Week*. ‘ f
Cbixlei YY„ i . Jame# J*j Smyth, .* 1
'•'Ssbfr-fflwm-.* J.BipaldoSank, , >
r .4 . .Jolin,P,'SlmonB,
IJ iIMSP K *s*OTM#(K>IT,-PreaM W t. '
Av BHOpXO:Vlce President.
3 tALPBHDiWBto; Secretary:
W)'fh a casbi capitaland
ttO Directo?* taive deterniioed to adapt the basineßfl to
lti available reßObreosi-to Observe prudence in conduct*
i log ite affairs,- withra prompt adjustment or losses:
” »S°4ly o "'' Mnofrwt?’ Essiiange, EhUajlolpbis.
XfIHE MESGANTIi
, .JL BANOE .COMPANY qi
80.222 WALNUT Street; oj
B«E IHSKS onYeMClf' C
lANS J WBAKsPOMATiOI
C&nsljußoifci/ahdiothecrcai
~ ALL THB,i?Kpy ( ITBdlvK
.jrarid. and ample security In
5 d;*bo
-Edward Hani*MUe«; *' •
v John M.Qdcnhclwor,■
, ,Mahlpp Williamson, (
Samuel J, Sh&rpiess,
lsaac Jeaner,
A -Henry Erdhufr/ '*'• ** ■ ; -
Edward 0. James, .1. •>
v WiWamL, Sprint,
Franklin C. Jones, '
Daniel Haddock, Jr.,
■* wuiirtn na- -
’j Jamas Murphy, n!;
Wm Y.&aitl,, . ;
, *•■*. Ante'?. .
* *“ Samuel Jj. C
1
•„* <■ , j jai/FBed;pas
Josh O t Xwufy.Beoreifti;
' ■ OAK FIRE AND MAKINE
W-A INBUBAKOK: OOMP AH Yor HABTEOIID, CONN.
Oaalu OispUal,s3oQ,QQo.. Losses in PkHtulelphia and
Ticinityadjustedat the PkitoMpkia QJpcf,.
fcyleatoWrelWio • ' 1
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TRAVEL. .1 **.
Totirs and tourists nro now as common as
cotton Jjaleg.and flour barrels. “Everybody,”
■>rho is “ anybody,” starts out from the home
brqdiness of, their habitations on a tour
somewhere.” The time was when packet
ships boro the few in their efforts to sco the
world 3 .now, every sidc-wlicoler or,propeller,
toko its hundreds for the some object. ;In
olden times England, France, and Italy wore
tho:hmg'doms pptrpnized by-those who Were,
desirous of enlightening thoir understandings.
To,Visit tlieab countries was sufficient to en
titlQ
beenvQbj*oact;” « Now Constantinople,- Thdbes;
Nineveh, Canton, and Simodu rnust bo yisited
to wini thO' sobriquet of tourist. Steam has
thus had on tho essential ingredients
In this characteristic of social pre-eminence.
Tho once famous announcement 'of haring
mado “.avoyago to Europe by a packet** is
Ipst in tho more flippant sound of « atrip to
tho Continent by stoam.” What five and
twenty years ago was rare, is now so common
as to excite only a passing remark. "Wo rarely
do more' than inquire where a friend has passed
his summer or winter; and on hearing in
Europe,, reply: “Ah I how long were you.
gono?” . • »
Wo ntako these preliminary remarks in or
der to. introduce to our reader’s notice tlio
volumes of Madame Lo Vert. For ono now to
attempt to attract tlio attention of the general
reader by souvenirs of travel in Europe re
quires a high order of temerity or talent.
Ono must bo Indeed very hardy, to toll a Btory
over and over again in the same company, with
any expectation of either pleasing or applause.
To write Europe is polling a tlirico-told talo.
When Madame Lo Vert’s book was underlined
as shortly.to bo published, we confess, we felt
an anxiety to see it. Wo were familiar with
the fairnuthoress’s social position, her elegance
of manner, her captivating personal and men
tal attractions, and her wide-spread reputation
in the world of fashion.- ■ • 1
. Wo knew her powers of observation were
remarkable; still we felt that in this beaten
trick of a modern tour, it .would demand ge
nius ,to. give a now charm to the usual dust
which follows a drive over tho road.
' We are most free to confess that the perusal
o£ « Souvenirs of Travel”, has given us much
gratification. Tho : powers of description are
of a high order. Thero is a freshness arid
joyousness in tho stylo. There is a humming
bird-like devotion to every attraction, and yet
ho, wasting words in tedious dotaits. Tho
reader might well imagine ho. heard tho au
thoress narrating,'to a circle of friends, what
she saw, and whatwasmostworth We
have marked a* few passages, to which we ask
attention, as evidence on behalf of the interest
the. entire narrative will oxcito in tho mind of
tho intelligent public:
# '# *' Carlsruho wo entered tho
most splendidoar X have evor seen. It was like a
steal! parlor, with luxurious sofas and ottomans,
largo mirrors, and paintings. While wo' wero
waiting the uiomcntof departure, twowotl-dreaaod
women camo id, supporting in' their anus an old
, woman, apparently of ninoty. Sho was attirod in
India muslin and costly laec, with rich jowels and
| white satin slippors She was a porfoot mummy ;
■ for tho yellow skin olung to the bones of heir faco,
and, butfor tho restless wandering of her eyes, ono
, would hive declared her a corpao. Her attondanU
placed horupon a Sofa, and forthwith sho began
talking in tho most vivooious manner. ' ■■ '
“At twilight wo reached ' and,
after driving to several hotels, , found lodgings at
tbd ‘Victoria.* .Tho town was overflowing with
visitors, and that night thoro was to bo a ball at
tho Conversationshans. We, thoreforo, m&do our
toilettes • Quickly after dinner, and attended it.
Tbo dancing-saloon' is roally magnificent, j The
lofty ceiling ip supported by columns of white and
gold 1; between oaoh aro enormous mirrors, and
great vases of natural flowers. Along tbo wall,
woru raised seats, upon .which wore seated huu--
dreds of gaily deoked women. Tho musio wos ox
quisite, and multitudes wore whirling around in a
wild dance, araelnngo of tho polka and raazourka.
/ “Above tbo mußio and the.voices, and the rush
ing sound of the danoors 1 foot, was constantly
hoard a sharp, ringing, metollio sound. Upon on*
taring a grand saloon, near by, wo soon discovered
tho origin of it. From tho gold and silvor cast
down by tho oager gamblers it proceeded. At ft
large table wor© seated two or three stetuo-liko
men; with features as immovablo as though cast
in bronze. Before them were mountains of gold, i
and small Alps of silvor. A crowd of porsons, I
sumo seated at tho tabic, and others loaning over
thero; wore ocoupied in 'betting. Not a word was
spoken by any one save tbp dealer, who called out, i
‘ Lejett estfait 1 -— (tho'gatno is made). ‘With won
dering eyes wo gazed 'around upon the faces of the !
throng, and felt wo had oponoa a now page in tho
book of life—never before bdving aeon a gambling
thblo—and never did-I behold humdn beings bo en
tirely absorbod as those woru.' It Boomed as though
ail tlio hopes of existence were merged in tho turn
.of ,thut torriblo wheel. With anxious look they
’ watered' it, whon tho ‘ silvor rake’’of tho
'doalor drpW in ,tho gold, how the light appeared to
desert those byes,- and the face grow haggard and
jialo. •' A painful feeling Swelled nfc my‘heart, and
yet A strange fasolnation keptnio there; as much
Interested in tho,fate of tho gumblorsas though
1 v - . . - /
“ Thoro wero many olcgant-lookib'g women, and
lovely girls betting more largoly than, ovori thd
men. dust in front of rap* seated in an arnvehalr,
supported, by hor two companions, was our -old
woman pjf the railway-, casting down tho gold
oqin in perfect showers From a person near me,
I found shp was a lluesian princess of groat
.wealth, had been long paralyzed, but .who
adored tho oxcitomont of a gambler’s lifo. Sho
had come to-night purposely to bet. and at two in
rno rooming, when I looked in *at the table, there
she'still was seated, still pouring out tho gold.
Although hor faco waß liko- thd face of tho dead,
bor eyes woro glowing liko globes of flame.”—
(V>1.1., p flg o uly ,
Out space fbrbkla more extracts frolni the
pages of these volumes, but W 9 thiuk tho |bl*
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1857.
lowing worth* thb , perusal of our fliirfriondsl
Those who .have thus had , a glance atAfrpJ
Lbyeht’s pen sketches will not be satisfied
‘Without rbadipg t|m book for themselves: 1 ! [
“ AvmstWtk) Morning,-? All the loog night *
th’cso Boulwvurda huYo been tbronged,V(Mk excited
People; 'either as spectator*, or busied In tho counts
lbsspreparations tor this day’s spootoplo/r Work
men, by hundreds, are .engaged In adorning jtho
arches of triumph', 1 or of welcome, or.roiaiug, oa .
■lofty poles,the flag* of Franco, England, Sartubifi,
and Turkey .by lt is impossible to bio*
turo to you even o lithe'of tho oxoitomont of Paris
—of all France, indeed, at tho coming of tho Bri
tish Queen; Thb world sootas absolutely wild, (oil
Paris certainly ij.); Vast mnUitudeafrom tho pro-,
vinoos, wbonoversaw tho great oity-before; have
coixfo up to oatoh one glimpse of a reallivoEngjißk
Sovereign as tho guest and friend of Franco. To
gratify this earnest wieh.noifoar of expense stops
thorn.. Think of tho stun of two thousand francs
boiae paid for tho use of tv balcony for one day on
tho Boulevards, and throe or five hundred franc*
for a Single* window!'
;Wo belonging to our ah
fartments, and five’window* j* and wo have surely ■
ad over a hundred applicants for them. But what'
could wo do? iTo nmko!.oU < free-find equal 1 as 1
good Amorioan* should, was impossible; &owe,wojrh
‘obliged. to fiClebt a certain number, and then ,46-
clino the other ftpplieations. / Oar company isbhnK
polled to assemble at two; although the cortege te'.
notduountil six; but after the hour appointed the
Boulevardrdes. Italians will bo impassable. r = ( .
“ Our courier, Jtiufgl, bos .hadlhe- floor* waxdfl,
until-they shine' liKaiiTenfian mirrors,:
tho cover* ore removed from gay farnUurbt iwddtf
arrangement for a grand day. : Even-now, Ithe
AtreeVia perfectly raaiaUt» /'.From, every ’irluuoW
flags are float!rig, and nil the balconies are draped
iinvelvefc,‘frlng<9 wlthigolds -Nearly opposite to r
us UthoTriumphftX Are a.of the Grand Opera; it is
oflmmenso height,prowhod with tiro gianto&gles,
and hung with crimson draperies studded tbiokly
with gold bees. Garlands of flower* likewise adorn
it, while the flag* Aft tho four nations * ore waving
gracefully oboto it. , . V*
“ It if a glorious day, and 1 a delicious breeze
renders the air a* cool oa our spring weather* All
Paris is abroad; all smiling, all iu good humor,, and
joyous expectation of seeing tho English Queon.
It is now .four hundred and fifty years-since a
British Sovereign has Visited Franco; so there Is
no four that ony one can compare this pageant with
one on a similar ooOasiom For nine miles, from
theStrasburg station to tho Aroh olFriondsbip,
tho streets aro lined with Soldiery four deep*, It is
said thore aro a hundred and fifty thousand under
anas; 0 and all along tho lluo banners post,
with sweet..words of welcome.' The sidotwqlks
.are Ono dense moss, of human boiugs, but the
centre of the Boulevard is kept clear by nume
rous gens d'arvteS, s . The Very house-tops aro'
crowded, and the chimneys, popping , over theig
nine or ten stories,' are covered with peoplol as
tree-tops sometimes are with birds. At a window'
vis-a-vis to us, in the tenth story, oven now tboro
is a placard 11 a loner,** (for rent) displayed. 'As
it is nearly two o'clock'wo must proparo to ;ra
colvo our friends. .;' - |
- 1 , 1 Night. —B eforo proCebding with the day’s fes
tivities, I must relate an episode, which will plch?e,
you vastly. The flrst' glanco this morning at tho,
myriads of flogs brought vividly to mind our own
loved' ‘stars, and stripe*,’ and I at oned resolved
they should, float .as proudly as others, at least
from my own domicil. Wo wroto to the American
minister to obtain one,'but. those bolonglng to jtho,
embassy were already engaged. M. j); was ; tou
patriotic to pormit me to do disappointed, so! he
started out, soarobing highway.,and bye-wpy,
untiL he found, bought, and’hroaght home & stand-,
nrd flag and & number of hand odors. We raised
the proud emblem of our country in. tho contrri o t
oar hatoony, and flanked it on either hand with
tho flags of Eugland and Franoe. Crowds
soon gathered to look up' at it, as many people
from the interior had, never before seen an Ameri
can flag; whilo a party of our countrymen, efiteh
iug the unusual sight in such a place, after pro
foundly Saluting tho banner, rushed up stairs to
compliment my patriotism. Bovoral laughinkly
declared they uxpcotodwo should be forced to-take
it down, ns there was a whisper stealing through
Paris that the United States fraternised with lln*
sta; and they wore Curious to kuow what answer
we would make to such a command. . Just a* wfe
woro assorting ‘ Wo will novor strike our flag,’ ithe
Chief of Polleo eamo in to thank ns for the atten
tion shown to tho 1 Guest of Party’- by unfurling in
her honor our national flag. ■ Qur friend, Mr. Fill
moro, too,.who saw tho bnnnor at adiatancej ns
wo woro loosening'the tangled folds from tho staff, •
and caatiDg them out upon tho froo air, raieod’hls
hat involuntarily, and bowed to the banner<with
then, when ho eamo in, said suoh
swoot words of approbation as quite gladdoned our
hearts, .tolling Octavio, as ho.looked ui>on her half
onyetopod iu the, banner, sh,e.BQomed the. Genius
of Amorioa, protecting and protocted by tho 1 stars
apd stripes.' - . , •. ' J,,
u At ax o'clook in tho ovoning wo, all took ou?*;
stations on tho balcony. Aiello was coris^htij^
longth, tno eanpon from tho 4 Itivalidpa/' boomed
forth the announcement of the arrival at tho Stras
bourg Btnlion of tho loyal visitors. A murmur of
rotief, multiplied by tlio watching thousands, rose
like the sound of an avalapoho. In half an hour
moro the cortege was fn sight. Wearied J>y the
long delay, the multitude hod lost much of thoir
enthusiasm, and darkness Was fast coming on; .
“Thus the absolute reception eoomeu but tame,
when judged by the expectation.. Millions and,
millions ,oi francsjwore oxpendod by
poor porsonß, who had almost stan-ed themselves
for weeks, that they might haro money onough to
hire,a pluco whence thoy could havo a good, look
atQncon Victoria.
’ “As Ifor Mqjosty passed our,balcony, Instead of
waying handkerchiefs, as many ladies did, wo,
wavod tho iguido colors from our national flag.
. The Emperor called Ifer Majesty’a nttontion to iho
compliment, andsho most graciously bowod to us
in acknowledgment of it.” (Vol. 2., page 315.)
11 How sloop the brave, who sink to rest
With all thole country’s honors blest V,’
From numerous ■ poetical tributes to the
memory of Captain Herndon, which crowd
our table, wo select the following, contributed
by a Philadelphian. Its earnest truthfulness
and simple pathos combine to make it moßt
touching: , ■
. HERNDON*
Ay, about and ravo, thou cruel sea,
In triumph o’er that fated deck, ‘
Grown holy by another grave—
Thou host the captain qf tht tererlc.
No prayer was said, no lesson read,
O’er him, the Soldier of theses; . t t
And yot for him, through all tho latul,
A thousand thoughts to-night shall bo.
And many an eyo shall dim wlth'te&rfi,
And many a cheek be Hushed with pride,
And ipon shall say—hero died a Man
And youth shall learn how well ho died.
Ay, troop for him, whoso noble soul
la with the (tad who made It great,
But weep Dot for so proud a death—
Wo could not spare bo grand a fate.
Not* could Humanity reiigu 1
That hour, which bids her heart beat high,
And blaron Duty’s stainless shield,
And sets a star in Honor’s sky.
■Oh dreary night l Oh grave of hope |
Oh aoa, and dark unpitying sky!
Full many a wreck theso waves shall claim
Ere such another heart shall dio.
Alas, how can wo help but mourn
When hero bosoms yield their breath,
, A century itself may bear ' ' ,
. nut onco the flower of such a death. -
So full of manliness—so sweet * 1 '
With utmost duty nobly Uono,
Bothrongtid.witUdeedSjaa'fiUcdwUhUfe, ;
As though with death that lifo begun. • **
It hay begun; true gentleman !*
No bettor lifo we aak for theo.
Thy Viking soul and woman heart,
For over shall a beacon bo—
A starry thought to veering souls, »
To teach it is not best to lire; '
To show that life hoe nobght to match
Such knighthood os tho gravo c&n giro. .
, • ■■ ! ' ' ‘ W. M.
[Coneapondence of The Press.]
, Middletown, Conn:,Sopt. 2U
Tho yollow-clad autumn, with ita soffc, shadowy
days, aiul winds that mako music among tho ftidiflf
woods, is with us; and tho Tick fields
away, liko a husbandman’s dream, along tho Ipvefy*
valloy of tho Coimociiout, never looked ns fertile
and smiling as now. The golden corn is just ripen*
ingin its sheaf, and the branches - of tho trees bond
beneath tho weight of tho ripening fruit. It is tho
harvest timo of,a bounteous yoar. 4 (
Speaking of crops,.l am reminded to any that
the gross erop in Connecticut was nover
than it has boon this yoar. Owing to .tho wot
Weather, however, much meadow hay romaius un
harvested. Of ryo anij oats, thcro has boon a full
average crop. Corn, though maturing late; will,
nevertheless, bo one of tljo heaviest crops of tho
season. Totatoos turn out well, though thoro aro
complaints, in eomo (juartors, of rot. Apples aro
not as plenty as usual, and tho poach crop, as all
well know, for sovoral years past, has boon im ut
torfuiluro in New England.
Politically, everything 1b quiet horo. Tho only
rjpplo, indoed, that bus disturbed the plaoidity of
< our political ocoan, sinoo tho spring election,, Was
a mooting of tho distinctive in
Hartford,'a fow * weeks ago. Tho Democrats
seemed to look upon the gathering as lip oxcoediug
iy harmless ono; but tfyp ftopublloah’sj puro and
simple, evidently considered it as pregnant with
mischief. It is understood to bo tho intention of
the loadora in tho movement to ro-orkanicb
the party,, % tho purpose merely of con
■drolling the nominations of tho combined op
position to tho Dernooraoy. f It - is not supposed
that it will ovor again bo able to take the field os an
independent party ; but it is thoughtthat, through
the aid of'American enginery; it Can 1 procure
for its adherents atloust tho lion’s share of tho
spoils.
Two weeks from to-day, moat of tho towns in
Oonnooticuthold thoir annual olootioas, 'Although
without intrlnsioal political Importance, tho ro
turna of theso oleotlons aro always looked for with'
much intorost. Should they this your, us it is ex*
pooled they will, oxhiblt a handsome gain for the
Democrats, upon the ‘fdsnU a yoar ago. tho fact
wiltdo muohloward'strengthohingf tho conViofcion,
ju tho minds of infolUgont tnon of ull poriies, that
Connecticut, at her next cleotipn, will ftssutoo hor
former proud position in tho list of Democratic
States. x. V.
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fFor the Preaa.]
To the. Editor of the. JVw: As your payor is
.generally araopg businos? men, you
may do some of thorn sorvico by .publishing tho
decision of tho District Court.in a oaso lately bo
fore them. Without stating tho facts, to bo found
in a report of tho cWp in tho “ Legal Inlelli
igfiiccr'*'ot Soptpmbof 20th, it will suffice to Fay
that tho court hold that the salo of ft noto by a
brpltor'cuiployei by tho owner of taid note, and
tho subsequent failure of suoh broker to account
tp h|B einployors for tho prococd3, is sqob a fraudu
lent putting into circulation as entitlos tho do
fondant to a jury trial, aqd requires the purchaser
•Pf> the noto to show what ponßidoratioh ho paid for
tho saino.
■, appears to ino that tho courts losono oppor
tunity to destroy tho negotiability of bills of ex
change and .promissory notes. By a lato docision,
reported in 23 Pa. Stnto Rop. 511, tho Supremo
decided that no porson who transferred a
G&o-fe in action by assignment, endorsement, or
4sHvery, could bo a witues3 in an action between
tho holder and tho makor or endorsor. If tho Su
preme Court should ratify the decision of tho prin
hiple asserted by tho District Court as ahovo
{ Btftted, tho holder of ovory dishonored promissory
ur bill of exebango, which had passed through
a dishonest broker, would bo unable
it© onforoo his demand. Purchasers of paper jitq
-Votin tho’habit of kcoping a witness at their
,‘slbows to witness their transactions, nor would it
bo practicablo to do so \ yot, if tboy purehaso from
onowhoowns tho paper and whodolivors without
endorsing, they will bo unablo to provo consider*
:&l6n'.' ‘ ' ;
-•/Honorablo incu everywhere hold that tho makor
pf negotiable instruments shonld honor them when
ha the hands-of innooent third partios, under all
'plrcumstonCos, -No other rulo would bo a aofo ono,
find If men did not believe it to be an inflexible
Wlo, business operations would necessarily bo sus
pended. ,It is tho duty, of courts to onforco this
rule at all hazards. Must n man, whon lio pays a
broker for a security, bo required to follow that
broker to boo tbathe pays over the purchaso-monoy
tphUemployer? ThoDistriotCourt says so! A
court constituted to adjast difficulties between busi
ness men in ono of the largost commercial cities in
tho \yorld, hold thAfc' fraud on the partof an agent
practised upon his oraployer can projudico an in
nocent party! Why not with as muoh reason, that
tho tonaut who pays rent, to an agent of
bis landlord is still liablo to distress, un
ions ho oau provo that tho agent paid ovor the
iponoy to his principal? In nino caSba out of ten
requiring the holder of tlio dishonored noto to go
.before a jury’ls to doprivo him of his debt. Boforo
(ho. cause can bo tried tho debtor is totally used up.
, Jiis real estate is given to “confidential” creditors,
and bis personal property has disappeared boyoud
•tho reach of an elocution.
.. Ask any intelligent business man what should bo
the decision under suoh cireumstancos, and ho will
answer, that tho maker of tho nolo and endorsers
must pay it, and their only recourso is upon tho
dishonest broker. Suoh would havo boon tho dooi
eion of tho Diatriot Court, had thoy applied a littlo
common sonßo to tho law. Who can bo injured by
suoh,a rule? Tho result would ho that men would
employ only honost brokors.
.Tho practical effect of such a dcoisiou must bo to
.inorenso tho rate at which capitalists will purolinso
jbusinosa paper. By it they are required to take
an additional risk, which wo all knew augments
• tho pfico at which thoy will part with monoy.
They must hot only incur the risk of tho solvency
of tho particfl f whoso paper thoy purchase, but tho
risk of their receiving tho proooeds of tho purehaso
from an agent of thoir own poloction. Tho editor
of] tho Legal Intelligencer scorns to npplnud the
decision, and,terms it “a warning to note shavers.”
Jiufc tho iujury.done is not folt by “ noto shavers”
/sb much as by business raon,who, not being alio to
procure sufficient aid from banks, aio compelled to
jjot mouoy to raoet thoir demands from private
capitalists.
■\Vo sincerely hopo tho next Legislature will
'brush away not only this cobweb, but sovorol others
'ttytt have boon woven around tho negotiability of
paper, so that tho courts will bo compelled
ihctrules ihaLJulnnrflhto Hiretftr.ai: jaao
flfSoptod aiifTTfet* viz: when a man
sighs'a promise to pay '‘for value received,” ho
must bo compollcd to pay. Yours,
j' ‘ >* ,<r ' Cojimeko:.
■ l September 21,1857.
[For Tho Proas.J
Mr. Editor : In a recent editorial of ono of your
contemporaries, it is stated in reference to tho
‘‘.fitriko’ , of tho tailors for higher wages, that—*
* • “Tho pay received by a oompositor would bo ro
gardod by a journeyman tailor ns princely; for in
tho ono case a man can mako from eighteen to
twenty-two doHois per week, wbilo in tlio other
there aro thousands who do not avorago inoro than
throo or four dollars.”
If this wrltor is correct with regard to tho oftrn
ings of tho tailors, I can only express my tincero sor
row for them; but if his statement with regard to
them is ns inaccurate as that referring to tho com
positors, it is entitled to vor? littlo weight.
I affirm, without four of contradiction, that not
oiio-fiftioth part of tho printers of Philadelphia
oarn from olghteon to twonty-two dollars per week.
Tho apparent earnings of morning papor printers
afford no acourato oluo to their real receipts, for—
os all tho “ oraft” very welt know, though proba
bly .thojmbllo may not-ft largo amount of their sup
posed wages immediately has to bo handed over to
substitutes who have worked in their stood ono, two
or more nighta in tho woek. Thoir real receipts,
may, thoroforo, bo set down at from 15 to 25
per cent, less than tho amount recorded in tho
'office books. Nor is this a mattor of cholco, bat,
m tho contrary, - ono of most ab3oluto necessity—it
being impossible for tho hands so ongoged to con
, tinuo steadily at work without relaxation to this
extont; and oven with this amount of rest,thcro
are few classes of mon whoso mortal caroor torml
patos, at a shorter period than docs thnt of tho
, morning paper priptor. A glanco at the tables of
mortality will provo this.
Tho neocssity for Bubstitutoson tho afternoon par
.. .pots is not so great—thoir hours of labor nob being
*o long, their rate of paymont somewhat less, and
their total receipts smaller than those of tho morn
ing paper compositors.
In tho book offices, tho work bolng very precari
ous and fluctuating, tho earnings of tho hands’arc
Tory much less than on either tho morning or af
ternoon papers; so that, Mr. Editor, taking tho
wages of the entire trade, it would bo much nearer
tho truth to say that tlioy could earn from sevou to
twelve dollars por week than from cightcon to
twonty-two.
■ To any ono connected with tho business this com
munication will scent quite superfluous,' as ’ they
oust havo boon ns well awaro of tho true stato of tho
' caso as tho writor. 1 hold it, however; to bo of tho
jRt importance for a public journalist to bo eonect
,lp.his Cgnrcß and calculations, nnd have, there
fore,' taken l tho liberty of sotting him right on tho
mattor in question. Yory respectfully yours,
A Practical Pbixteb.
September 21,1857.
REGISTRATION OF LETTERS.
[F#r Tho Press.]
, Philadelphia, Sopt. 18, 1857.
* Jilt. Editor: Never having beliovcd that any
good would result from registering letjors contain
ing money, I am convinced that registering a
monoyod lottor at tho post offioo in this city, un
ilor tho presont management, would in seven oases
out of evory ten prevent its reception by tho pro
■per person at its destination.
For instnnoo, a person stops at tho window where
ve road ßegistered Letters Received and De
livered here. ■ AVhilo ho is having hia letter regis
tered, half a dozen can bo looking ovor his shoul
ders.
Now, I would ask If tlita is not a very looao way
<K doing post-office business. Could not any scoun
drel, fiooing A' lottor roglsterod, start in Reason to
reach tho point of destination of ft lottor thus pub-
Toly registered, and call for and dcsoribo said re
stored lottor, and what post-office dork could or
uould roruso to give it up ?
‘Will Mr. P. M Wostcottnot upon this sngges
tbn and havo fitted up a private office expressly for
tie receipt and delivery of moneyed letters, and this
pirt of tho bueinoss to bo attended to by only one
caupotontporson, who shall bo instructed to admit
oily ono at a timo, and that no lottor shall ho
marked registered, and tho clerk, whon making up
fir mailing, should make a minute of letters regis
tered, and enclose with said letters, to tho post
master nt oaoh destination'. By this means results
way bo traced to causes, or at least it will soon dc
torinino whether tho fault is inside or outside of
,tte department. If outsido, tho manngomont
should onforoo positivo discipline; If jnsido, tho
ptblic must look to thoir own interests, and ooncoct
Bcpie schomo to,trap tho rascals who arc daily rob
bing them.
■: Until it moro wholesome system shall bq put in
force, I would advise nil who nro in tho practice of
sending monoy* by letter to remit through somo
oppress, or drop them into tho postoffico without
roglstoring. Under tho present system they would
in my opinion, bo tuoro oertnin to roaoh thoir des-
Uaation without, than with registering.
Tho Maino Farmer recommends tho use of
barley bfcoad. It says that tho farmers pronounco
early barley broad, taken hot, to bo a real luxury,
and expressly so, aa itcomes at a sooson whon tho
meal and flour oliosfa aro low, and Gonosoo [rather
high.
[For tho Press.]
Tho origin of Yankee Doodle, which may bo
said to bo our only national air, 1 has been’a sub
ject of frequent Inquiry—lean hardly cat! it in
vestigation. Your corresponddnt,*Herman Leigh,
in h!S communication of the Jfith instant, ppoves
pretty clearly that the nlr, at least, is much older,
than tho Revolution, which first brought if into
popular notico. As tho subject is not only curious,
but interesting, permit mo to offor roy mite in its
illustration.
Some yoars ago a friend of mine returned'from
Spain after a residence of sovoral years in Qadiz.
Happening to touob on tho subject of Yankee Doq
dlo, ho assured mo that it was a popular air of tho
provinoo of Biscay, and that ho had hoard it often
sung by tho fishermen when marching down to tho
coast, for'embarkation on thoir annual expedition
to Newfoundland and tho coast of Labrador, which
was always in a body, and with much Ceremony.
B6me years nftor, I mot with‘a Spanish gentle
man, a nntivo of tho provinoo of Biscay, and it
occurred to mo to make some inquiries on tho sub
ject of this air, whoso origin is so obscure, but
whoso history lias become so interesting. Hb fiilly
continued tho account given by.my friend, lie had
.frequently visited Boston, and assured mo ho recog
nised it tho fibt time ho heard it played there, as
an old familiar friend. , :
Though this may appear rather a round-about
way of tracing Its origin, it will, I think, on reflec
tion ho found perfectly natural and consistent. It
is well known that tho Biscayans carried!on
nn extonsivo fiabory on tho coast of Newfoundland
And Labrador during tho early part of the last
century, and it.scems a rnattor of course that thoy
should havo had frcquontinteroourße with tho fisher
men from Now England, and that the latter be
come familiar with a lively and simple air, easy to
loarn ami easy to sing. In tho natural course of
things, they would chaunt it on their roturn homo,
and having all tho requisites of a popular air, it
would be adoptod by thoir countrymon. It was
soon naturalized, and at tho commencement of the
Revolution became the war-cry of Liberty.
This appears to me its most probable origin, and
presents an honorable pedigree. , Tho people of tho
provinoo of Biscay have always beon great stick
lers for liberty, and to this day maintained hnil
preserved thoir nationality., In their municipal
regulations thoy exorcise, to a great extent, tho
prerogative of solf-government, and tho King of
Spain is only recognised as nominal “Lord of
Bisoay,” Thoßiaooyona are comparatively a freo
people, and if my hypothesis is well founded, tho
adoption of their national air by '.n people still
inoro froo is not unworthy of a Robublic dostinod
in all probability to Spread it over a now world, and
forever consecrate it to freedom.
On tho other hand, it may be suggested that tho
Bisoayons may havo learned this air from tho
fishormon of Now England. This is very possible,
and tho question, I should think, might bo easily
settled, if ono of our numerous travellers in Spain
would condescend to investigate the subject on tho.
spat, instead of going over ground' so often trod
thnt it has become os barren aa a worn-out tobacco
field.
Ax Onn Friekd amd ConnESPOXbB.Nt.
JOHN FITCH AGAIN.
CForThePresa.J , j
I ain very glad that my briof articlo in refer*
cnoo to tho invontor of steamboats has stimulated
a spirit of inquiry that way bring to light ebmo
now fncts. ,
I said, in my former artiole, that Rummy, of
Virginia, contested the novolty of Fitoh’a patent.
Your typos made ma say Kimscy—n mistake that
was go apparent to any one at all acquainted with
tho subject that it hardly noodod tho correction of
yourcorrespondcnt '‘Virginian*” ' j
I was well aw are, when I wrote the artirib on
John Fitch, of tho claims of Jamos Rurnsey, ,or
Rumpmy, of Virginia, and had my investigations
satisfied mo that tho priority of invention justly
bolongcd to him, I would most cheerfully havo
awardod tho palm to tho son of tho “ Old Do
minion.” ’ • ;
I will not now ontor iuto a discussion of the
subject, but will await with anxiety the address to
be delivered by “ Virginian’s ’’.“friend, tho Don.
.Alexander- -T—' ,nf Tnffcrton —>rip yi T
ginia, tf gentleman of extensive rcsoareh,' Ac. tfcp
approaohing fair of tho Virginia Mechanics’ Insti
tute,” which address Is to Open myoyos, and tho
people generally, to tho foot that it
of Virginia, ami not John Fitch, of Conneotkj|,
that first propelled a boat by means of BtoamJSj
I suppose that tho old dispute will he revival;
Rumsoyitcs. At present, I will mor
“ Virginiau” to a highly valuable work, published
in this city during this year, entitled “Lifo of
John Fitch, tho Inventor of the Steamboat,’* by
Thompson IVeateott, Esq., an esteemod pera>nol
friond, and also a gontloman of accurato informa
tion and extonsivo research; and ladvisu“Vir
glman” to procure a copy of this work, and rend
ono to hU friond. Hun, Alex. It. Botelor, before he
delivers his address.
Mr. Westooit has exhausted tho'subject, and,
therefore, “ Virginian” will find that the claims
of that eminent mechanician, James Rrnnscy, or
Rumpsey, of Virginia, aro carefully, fully, and
Impartially considered. I want nothing bat truth,
and am not much influenced by tho pride of per
sonal opinion. \y. b. j,.
IRE PULPIT.
THE COMMON BLESSINGS OF LIFE.
[Reported for The Press.]
A sermon upon tho rejoicing which tho common
hlesstnss of life should inspire, and tho impressive
lesson thoir occasional loss is intonded to teach,
was preached on Sabbath morning, September 21st,
in tho Arch Street Presbyterian Church, by the
pastor, Kbv. Ouarlss Wadsworth, D. D.
Tho portion of Scrip taro selected for tho occasion
is contained in tho twenty-firstchapter of Numbers,
from tholfith to the inclusive, as followa:
“And from thonco they went to Beor: that is
the well wheroof the Lord ‘ spake unto MoroS.
Gather the peoplo togothor, and I will give them
water.' •
“Thcnlsraol sang this song: Spring up, O'
well: sing yo unto it. The princos digged tho
well, tho nobles o! the peoplo digged it, by the
direction of tho lawgiver, with their stave?. And
from tho wilderness they went to Mattannuh: and
from MattannaU to Nahaliel • and from Nahaliel
to Bamotb: and from BatUotb in tho valley, that
i* in tho country of Moab, to tho top of Plsgah,
which looketh toward Jeshimon.”
This, tho Bpoakcr admitted, was a somewhat ram
bling text, and, ut tho same timo, intimated to’ bis
hoarors that they no oil not be surprised if tho ser
mon which followed was equally desultory in its
character. Tho portion of Scripture, upon which'
liowas about to found his remarks,‘was a'shnplo
narrativo of a foaturb in Israel’s exodus froin
Egypt to tho Land of Promiso. 1
A great orrorrespecting the ebafaotor and con
dition of tfeoso Ilobrew pilgrims was entirely too
prevalent. Wo wero wont to regardthe Israelite,
in our imagination, with a wrinkled brow hnd a
heavy heart; and yet tho troth was; that that old
host, pursuing thoir onward way through the wil
derness, had been light-hearted nod happy; nnd
that toe wero intended to bo light-hearted and
' happy, was cloarly ovlnood in that inimitable
picture drawn by tho Saviour of men in his figura
tive representation as to “ who should be greatest
in tho kingdom ofHoaven.” Ills illustrative re
presentative upon that occasion had not boon a
long-faced Phnrisoo, but a laughing ohlld.
Wo had boro tho rooord of tho|so«r|of those
departing hosts; but, alas! that wo Should bo like
thorn in somo things, but not in others—that wo
should do ns they did in “ worshipping tho golden
calf,” nnd “longing for tho leeks nnd onions,” aud
yot not emulate thoir example' in tho laughing
song of gratitude. “Thon Israel sang,” was tho
record; ami so Christians ought to sing; but when
and of wlmfc did they'Ring? “0, yos! they sang
about tho Land of Promiso,” ho heard echoed
from tho mind of Ills hearer; hut what gpys tlio
record? Why, that thoy sang il Spring np / O
WKLL ft well that gushod out in tho desert—
not about tho Shochlna or Canaan, but a well in
the desert. For his lifo ho could not tell how it
had happened, hut it had happened, that those
littlo things wore not regarded. For our spiritual
benefits, wo wore moro inclined to give thanks,
nnd to strike our harps in hallelujahs; but torus
to break out in ft gushing song of praiso ovor our
natural comforts—otlr food and raimont—would bo
regarded ns a sort of Bacchanalian performance,
and yot thoy were worthy of our hallelujahs. Tho
poetic parts of tho Scripture were full of such ac
knowledgments. Tho praises of thoso,. inspired
men hod aseomled from tho volloy, tho piaiuj and
tlio lull-side for all their temporal benefits In
tho language of tho text, wo had 'a spe
oial corroboration of this., For our spiritual
nourishment wo might not como far short, but for
thoso littlo things wo did falHfttotmtnbly abort.
Instead of making tho gladdening blessings, nnd
joys, and comforts of lifo tho themp of our con
stant praise, tho losses and perplexities of life wore
by far a moro general topic, and it was a shame
upon us all,' Tho Israelites had sung because they
had a well—nothing hut a well! nnd lmd we
nothing to sing over in our food and raiment; tho
divine penoilings of a universe to charm our ad
miring vision ,* tho sweet melodies of music to woo
tho ear, or tho thousand othor God-providod means
so profusely lavished upon us by tho beneficent
hand of Heavon, for tho pleasure and gratification
of our senses? Was there nothing in tho voice of
tho singing bird, tho rhdlanco’ of tho twinkling
star, or tho fragranoo of tho summer flower to gall
IV. H. M
YANKEE DOODLE.
TWO CENTS.
forth otir eongs offpraisc? For we ought nott 0
forgot that thoro vu not on® among the least of
thcso favors that had not boon jost as trnly pur
ohased for us by tho Mood of Christ, as was that
salvation unto which wo hope to attain; and *
it was therefore moot for us as well to 59- 5
knowledge tho goodness of Jehovah in opening ,
up thowollsin the desert in oar earthly pilgrimage” <
as for affording us the waters of eternal life in the ‘
gift of hii Son. Not thrttwe sang/00 much about J
spiritual benefits; no! Cod knew that we did not ]
sing half enough; bat it was to a livelier sense of j
our obligations for temporal biasings that ho ’
wished to awoken us; and then he thought that the '
eternal, murmurings. and complainings aboat hard *
times would be substituted by the song “Jerusalem,
my happy home "
But again—in tho Second place : The Israelites
did more than sing— I “thoprincos digged the well ”
was the record. It was then a blessing which they
strove to ohtuin. Yes, while filling the wilderness
with thoir song, they had gone to work to dig the
woll; and, oh! what a leasonthere was in, this! ,
a lesson which tho much-abused, doctrine of Pi
vine Sovereignty he thought needed to be taught
[Mr. Wadsworth here entered into & common
senße exposition of tho utter futility of ‘‘faith
without works,” and completely annihilated th*
absurd doctrine that men aro fated to be just what
they aro, regardless of any effort within them-
- -
Thu agriculturist who made no effort in the
seed time could not reasonably expect & harvest,
nor could tho neglectful morchant reasonably ex
pect a prosperous business; in fact, no 6&no man
was quite so much of a fool as to expect ravens to
feed him if he made no effort for his own support.
There might ho extremes; yet if we did not go the
whole length in this absurd direction, we not un
freqnently went farenoogh to bo victimized by its
folly.
We would go on eating unwholesome food, and .
pray heaven to preserve our health; we would ride
on very unsafo railroads, unseawortby steamboats,
and behind unsafo horses, and yet hope to come off
safely if wo trusted in the Lord. But tho great
ti*uth ho wished here to impress was, that God's
mercies are wrought out—not by miracles, bnt by
means. That we work to earn our daily bread was
the condition upon which God had promised to be
stow it; and for a man to oxpect the favor of God
without seeking to obtain it, was just as unreasona
ble as for him to drink hemlock and not expect to
injure his health, or to fling himself from a piuua
clo and not expect to bo bruised. (
Now, if we referred, to tho record, we should find
tb&t, notwithstanding their efforts, the song of the
Israelites had been a song of faith. “Bringthem
hero and I will give them water,” was the Scrip
ture statement; and it was at thisproviire of the
Most High that they had broke out in song, though
in reality tho woll or the water had not yet ap
peared; but they wont to work and digged tho
well as they had been commanded . Precisely so,
the hope that “ because Christ had died to save us
we should all be saved,” was good for nothing
unless we complied with the conditions attached,
which were, ''That we should come to Him. 1 *
Thero was indeed a universality in the efficacy
of tho Redeemer'* blood, but it was the univer
sality of a grace proffered for onr acceptance.
Yes, thanks to God! tho invitation extended was
universal “Tho spirit and the bride say come.
And lot him thathearoth eaycome. And let him that
is athirst come. And whosoever will let him take
the water of life freely,” was thegnshing invitation
of tho Word to all; no matter bow deeply-we
might be steeped in gfailt. “Come, then,'' he
would say, “ but not is the spirit of indolent’ex
pectation.” Mark those Israelites in yonder de
sert; they, were digging as they had been com
manded. They might havo reasoned within them
ed voa, as do our wisacres of modem times, and
objected to following this plain direction, on the
ground that it was unusual for water to come out
of tho sand, and that they would therefore smite
tho rook. But just as they had heeded the com
mandment and obtained wator, *0 wo must heed,
in willing obedience, if we would obtain the
waters of Life. But alas! “My people have for
saken me, tho living water, and havo hewn out for
themselves broken cisterns which can hold no
water/’ was the too applicable to
! were commanded toMlglh6 well
with their stages ; yet they might have objected to
the staves for this purpose, and employed what to
. them might have seemed :a more suitable imple
ment, just as men .now, in seeking salvation, are
praetioally objloting to. the proffered means, and
say “we will work onr own salvation, and in onr own
way "—but alas! when done, they would bo found
to havo hewu out broken cisterns! cisterns hewn
• out of tho rock of thoir own self-sufficiency, and
that could hold no water.
Thero wore other desultory thoughts suggested
to the speaker's mind, upon which he had not time
to dwell. Yet wo could not help, thinking of the
fact, that when the woll about which the Israelites
sung, was dug, and was affording to its cooling
draughts, they were obliged to leave it behind that?
in thrir onward passage. Yes, they were to £0 to
. Mattanah, then to Nahaliel, then to Bamoth, and
. then to ascend the steeps of Pisgab, to view their
promised Canaan. Ho wonld not stop to argae with
the infidel the discrepancy of the names referred to
in this connection; bathe would taka courage from
the fact that thore were but three moro places to
bo reached beforo arriving at the end of their
pilgrimage, and that in view of that, they and we
might well afford to lcavo our ohcrished wells by
the wayside, and press onward to our home in
heaven, where tho waters of life flow in their con
stant parity beneath tho throne of the Eternal.
( In this there was indeed afforded an impressive
i type of the way in which our earthly treasures are
, to bo valued. Thoy were purely temporal, hut
, tho evidences wore thick around os, that no raat
> tor how important they might seem to us in onr
journey homeward, wo most oft times lcavo them.
1 whore we found them; yot thoy wero, novortho
less, worthy of our songs of praise.
We all know that there wero wells of joy and
1 gladness springing up in tho desert of life, which
God, in his decrees, frequently compelled us to
1 leave. Yes, the graves of, dear ones scattered all
, around ashore testimony to this truth; yet the
, thought that thoy had gone to bettor homes than
i they bad left ought to bo sufficient to reconcile us
l to his providenoo.
Here tho spoaker gave vent to a succession of
apostrophic exclamations, so thoroughly Wads
wortbian that a mero lino fVom thorn to knowing
ones will serve to indicato thoir authorship:
“ Only three pitchings more, and then!—God
1 knows what then!— God only know 3 !** This ex
clamation was, of course, made in allusion to the
i threo more pitchings which tho Israelites were ro
-1 quired to make beforo reaching Pisgah ; and cer
, tainly tho half exposed meaning connected with
i it was sufficient to causo overy ono of his hearers to
take up the solemn Inquiry, for tho instant at
least, respecting their owu futuro.
, Good as the things of this life aro when properly
used, and deserving aa they wero of our probe, yet
t it was well for us not to forget that there wore
j somo things in comparison with which they were
. valueless. “Seo tbut foundoring ship, with her
[ two millions of treasure!”—more than thewc&ltM
[ cst of us croT oxpocted to obtain—and what was
t it that thoso terror-stricken ones now cried loudest
to obtain ?
l Gold? No, “Tho life boat! tho lifo boatwas
- tho cry. Tho mothor, forgetting everything else,
exclaims, “My child! my child!” Tho miser,
for tho first time in his lifo, forgct3 his gold, and
1 cries lustily for his life!—his lifo ! But alas! in
1 looking around him upon tho moral desert of the
) universo, ho saw upon tho arid sands beneath tho
1 burning sky tho famishing traveller with his eyes
L red, and bis lips shrivelled, and yot hero in Christ
; thero was a lifo-giviDg torrent rushing down by
> himinitspurity. All that was required of him was
t to come nnd accept doUvoninco. Yes, boro was
; tho eocrifico tho convert wns called upon to make;
l to giro up tho thirst, and tako the water! to give
> up hunger nnd accept tho manna! to give aphis
> nakedness, and put on the robc3 of salvation.
Mr, Wadsworth concluded hi* eloquent discourse
1 by a repetition of that sublime invitation from the
- Apocalypso of St. John: “Let every ono that
1 hoaroth, come, and drink of tho waters of life
I freely.”
On Sabbath last, says tho Pittsburgh TT»io*i,
Bov. Dr. Akin, ono of tho ablest ministers of the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian body, announced
to Ills congregation that tho relations which had
heretofore existed between them wero about to
bo dissolved. He gave, among other reasons, that
ho had recently learned that a part of his hearers
Wero dissatisfied with him, on account of sermons
which had boon distasteful to them, and that ono
brother had gone so fur ns to say that ho would give
$5O if jDr. Aiken was out ot tho pulpit. Ho was not
awaro that such was tho feeling against him, until
recontly, and henco bis silence in regard to tho mat
tor. It U slated that his farewell sermon will be
delivered next Sabbath, or tho Sunday following.
Dr. Akin is highly esteemed in this community, us
a gentleman, nnd as a divine—and wo regret to say
that a prominent causo of distraction iu his church
was tho delivory of a political sermon during tho
last Presidential contest. Tho result has been—
tho congregation has fallen off in numbers, and ho
is mow about to bid them a ministerial farewell.
Wo may mention, in this connection, that it is ru
mored that Dr. Akin U about to associate himself
with tho Presbyterian church.
Rev. Dr. Campbell, on Monday, hod his pastoral
relations with the Spring-street Presbyterian
Church in Now York eity di&wlved, after con
nection thoronoarly ton years.
Rev. Jonathan Edwards, D. D.,has resigned tho
Prosidonoy of Ilanovcr College, with tho view to
thb nccoptnnco of a call to tho pastoratoof the West
Arch DtreQt Church, Philadelphia.
Corh-ipcttleoli for “ Ifli Pisjj» win pUu. l«r la
mind the following rules:
Every communication must be accompanied by tfc*
name of the writer. In order to ins ore correctness i Q
typography, bat one side of a ehect bo
written upon.
We A»u be grtitl, obliged to gentlemen in Pemu/i-
T»al» end other State, for coatribctionj firing the cur
rent sen of the itj in their putfeoUr lowliHe., the
resource, of the raramadisy eotmtij, th< increu. of
population, ul u, information that will h. IntMwtinr
to the general reader.'
GENERAL NEWS.
Mrs. Msry Archer Tucker, wife of ex
on Tuesday night hut. of
mentions that she “was formerly Mr*. Mary
Archer C.ngtt, the l.rt eurriyina member or ono
or the oldest and most distinguished families in
Mississippi; was a native of this State, and at the
ume of her death was in the thirty-third year of
her She was a lady oelebrated alike for her
high intellectuaf attainments, amiability of char
acter, and generous and noble impulses; and her
ISUP ar r^! e k* deeply lamented by a largo
totoin. R? e / ot $ d T friem,s » m And the ad
joining State of Louisiana.”
Cincinnati Commercial states that the
1 nown Ohio Trust Company buildup, south
hu I ! urd - and ‘>•«•«*, in tint city,
1 t 0 !he Merchants’
Bank of Cleveland, at 5120,000 The Trust Com
pany w M indebted to the Merchants’ iu a
sum greater than that at which the buUdto-was
■valued. The balance of indebtednesj bos be%n li
¥ *s° tran '“ fer of other WAI estate, *>
that rail legal proceedings commenced by the
Cleveland Bank hate been withdrawn.
TVe regret to announce the death of Gen
eral John Henderson, at his residence at Tzs 3
Christian, M»*i»ppt, on the 16th. inst. The New
Orleans Picayune says: “Gen.
formerly a senator in Congress from the State of
Mississippi, and has been for some years in the
practice of the law in this city. For the last few
months he has been quite ill at the Pass, where
he died, on Wednesday morning, in the sixty
aeoond year of his age.” •
Mr. John Long had jnst completed walling up
a well at hU residence near Macomb, Illinois, wh-n
he accidentally dropped his hammer into the well.
A boy was sent down to recover it, bat when about
ten feet down fell to the bottom. Mr. Long then
descended himself, but when a few feet down,
gave an alarm that he was suffocating, but before
•*¥ furnished ho too fell lifeless to the bottom.
Both bodies were recovered several hours after
ward.
The bank of Catasanqua N. Y., has commcn
eed business. Tuesday last was its first discount
day, and some of its bills are already in circulation.
The plate is printed npoa a reddish ground, to pre
vent counterfeiting. The fives have a vignette of
the Crane Iron Works, and the tens a handsome
fanning teene- fljfce bills are engraved in a rortrior
style. Melchior H. Mom. of Evion, h« been
elected cashier, in pl.ee of Gtoree \Y. lUmers) v.
Esq., declined. .
A Mrs. Biddle was found de»d in a well,
near Chambcrsharg. Pa., on the lith inst. When
her body was recovered her hnsband brought a
BJthy board from the barn-yard, which he said
was good enough to lay her oat on, end »b»lute!y
wished her to bo carried into tho smoke-house,
objecting strongly to her body polluting his resi
dence. &
The Emperor of Russia has presented to
tho Hon. Thomas H. Seymour, the American Min
ister at his court, a beautiful table, made from
the peculiar atone or marble taken from
Siberia mines. The entire coat wa3 seven thousand
five hundred dollar*. The Grand Hoke Constantino
has ordered a vase for Gov.* Seymour, the cost of
which will be five thousand five hundred dollars.
In Baltimore, on Wednesday, a hull-terrier
dog belonging to a colored man (carter,) seiz
ed hu master’s valuable horse by the throat,
and held to his grasp so firmly that ho had to be
kjjied bybeingstmek onthe head with an axe,
all efforts to release him otherwise proving un
availing. The jugular vein of the horse was com
pletely severed, and he died immediately.
T. A. Green having written some poetry for
a Mr. Davis’s paper, in Dceatur, Illinois, and Mr.
Davis haring criticised it sharply, a quarrel re
spited, which a Mr. Shepherd was witness to. He
was afterwards called upon to testify, and being a
nervous man, the excitement of the occasion over
came him, and after giving in -his testimony, he
fell down and immediately expired.
Tho comet discovered at Cambridge Ob
servatory, Auguust 22, was quite brilliant at Bos
ton on Monday. The Traveller says: “It was
easily seen without a teleseope, bnt through one
its train appeared three or four degrees long. It
was about ten degrees beloir or west of Arciura,
bat it is rapidly coming into a line with the sun.
Ah impudent clerk in a dry goods store on
Westminster street, Providence, was publicly cow
hided in that .city Tuesday morning by a lady
whom he had insulted,the day previous while
making purchases. ; She is said to have laM it
upon toe offensive young man in a most lusty
manner. *.
A most fearfnl accident occurred on the track
of the Mississippi Railroad, at Oxford, Miss., af A
days ago. While the hhnds of Mr. Avaunt were
working on a deep grade, a tremendous land-alido
fell in upon Iheqi, instantly crushing three men
to death and fearfully mangling two others.
There arc-now published in lowa 19 drily
papers, 109 weekly papers, one semi-monthly, and
aix monthly periodicals, in all 133. which, with au
average circulation of 1.000 copies each, would
make 133,000 newspapers published and circulated
la the State each week.
J, M. Turner started last week from hi 3 re
sidence, near Huntsville, Missouri, to convey his
deranged wife to the State lunatic asylum. On
the following day he awoke in a state of frantic
derangement himself, and he and his unfortunate
wife had to be taken back to their relatives.
The will of the late C. Cuyler, Esq., of
Aurora, bequeaths the bulk of his large estoto to
his only ehild, a daughter of about fourteen years
of age. Shois to coino in possession of $120,000
on arriving at the age of twenty-one, or before, if
married.
The Lackawanna and Bloomsbnrg Railroad
Company last week commenced to lay the rails
their Junction with the Catawi&a road, and are
goiog on to complete thoir work. It is all graded,
and m a few months may be in running order.
The hog crop of Kentucky gives ns an idea
of how much jiork we consume. The count of hogs
shows a large increase as follows: Total for 1857,
1.423,559; iu 185 G, 1,105,185; increase In 1857 over
1856, 318,404.
- The grand jury of the criminal court of Bal
timore have indicted George Gamble, GeorgePotee,
and John Quinn, the three lads that are charged
with the rape on the young girl on the Washing
ton road a snort time since.
On the 11th inst. a great fire devastated the
village of Portland, in Canada West, destroying
property amounting in value to $50,000, and de
priving one hundred and fifty families of their
homes.
John Harper has been appointed postmaster
at East Barre, Huntingdon county, Pa., vice J. C.
Crouch, resigned. Benj. F. Buck, postmaster at
Bentloy Creek, Bradford county, Pa., vice D. A.
Gillett.
A gardener named J. Steward, returning
from a horticultural exhibition in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
on Tuesday night, was run over ami instantly killed
by a train on tho Pennsylvania railroad, near Ex=t
Liberty.
The people of Ocean county, N. J., are agi
tating a steamboat line to New York. A public
meeting on the subject is called at the Court
House, October 6th.
A lawyer, named S. B. nammm, was se«
verely cowhidcd, in his own office and out of it
into the street, by a lady whom he had insulted,
atColumhu3,o., a day or two since.
Miss Goodhcw, a pretty young lady of Louis
ville, Ky., mysteriously disappeared from tho
residence of her parents on Sunday last. The pro
bability is that she went and got married.
The Hon. Jesse D. Bright, U- S. Senate, is
again iu Washington, looking much improved iu
health, his many friends will bo glad to learn.
Mr. Stoekel, the Minister from Russia, has
returned to the Federal Metropolis from his sum
mer sojourn at Newport.
Captain J. S. Follmer, collector of tolls
at Beach Haven, died last week, at his residccco
near Milton, Pa.
The journeymen shoemakers of Oswego,
N. Y., are on a strike.
Major Biddle and Addre.
[From the Grille, London Literary Journal. Auc 15
1857. J
The Historical Society (of Pennsylvania), at
Philadelphia, has lately been occupied by the con
sideration of a question of some interest to ns as
Englishmen—namely, the execution of Major Andre
as a spy during the great American War of Indc
i>endenco. In the last volume of his “ History ef
Jngland,” Lord Mahon brought against the me
mory of Washington a very grave charge in eon
nection with this melancholy event, terming it
“ tho greatest blot” upon the career of Washington.
Zealous to defend tho character of their hero, the
Americans havo been naturally very indignant at
this imputation, aud Major Charles J. Biddle, an
eminent member of the above-named society, un
dertook to investigate the question, and to offer tho
results of hia researches to tho Society. Wo aro
not. of course* surprised that these results are alto
gether favorable to the American here; but we must
in jastice admit that we think that the evidence
produced by Major Biddle would bo sufficient to
bring an English jury to the same way of thinking.
There can be no douot that Andre, “the amiable
spy,” as Charles Lamb called him, wa3 engaged,
at the timo o his capture, in a manner which sub
jected him to death upon the gallows, by the inter
national rules of warfare as practised between all
civilized nations. His enterprise, if successful,
would have been fatal to the American canw*. and
he attempted to accomplish it by fraud and treach
ery. He had been in communication with the
arch-traitor Arnold, and bore upon his disguised,
person tho documents with which that Judas had
supplied him, and Which would havo sealed tho
fate of the Americans. Finally he was caught
within the American lines, an enemy in disgui-e,
spying into their weakness, and endeavoring t->
compaS3 thoir destruction. The?e facts bein
proved, wo do not see how any one can doubt for
a moment, not only that he had justly incurred ihe
penalty of being a spy. but that, uuderthe circum
stances, it was impossible for Washington to o\tr
look the crime. At tho sometime, however, we
cannot forbear, nor could even the Americans of
tho time forbear, a sigh of pity at the fate of poor
Audro. He wo*young, brave and rash. Regarding
tho Americans as only rebels, he Seems to h.m»
cheated himself into tbo belief that they wr-ro n.»t
entitled to be treated like ordinary enemies: con
sequently, be believed that any stratagem wj*
fair that could bring about their destruction. His
loyalty to his king was undoubted, and that ho
was* brnve to chivalry is clear from the raamer in
which ho risked his life upon so perilous an cater
i>rise. Moreover, wo have olwaja c"A?tOervd thr-1
is life was sacrificed to save that of a knave If
erciy ono had their due, the traitor Arnold vro’d
have been given up, and then the Americans would
have let Andre go free. As it tre--. however,
Washington had no alternative. The prisoner w.u
regularly tried before a proper tribunal, and re
ceived tho fate which he had incurred. Lord Ma
hon owes to the memory or the great American
patriot tho reparation of an apology, or cLh; ho
owes to his own fame, as an historian a refutation
of the foots upon which the Americans rely.