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    ‘ BAIIP FREBSI 7
Tw«w» ««, M»
to goMcriben out of tho City, »t Six Dotuu
sm»' AmoK f Fqdr Dollars so a Eioaf Mouths j Thbbb
Dohtiass roa Six Moxrss, invariably in advance for the
ttm*ordered; -; '•
. 'tftiied to Subscribers out, of. the City, at Tawa Dot.
\AxpßMjln^rane*,,•
WEEKLTfREIJ.
‘ _ .W*«LT Pass? -wiU be sent to. Subscribe**, by
maiUpw annum, tnaivanoe,> at. tfioo
, Pto ‘ >
KwOopte, a oo
Ten OoplM, •' , >i . , ..,.,,..,,..12 00
TwentyOortOt, ;«< (toon, »44w»).... SO 00
Twenty Ooplw, or orer, “(tooddreaaof «ck
tml'ieriber}, oacn 180
Town Club of Twenty-one or oyer, we will .end «n
Mtwicopyiothogettor.npof thoOloo. '
„.i7-.Sosta»jtor» »e tameiUA to Mt u AgatU tor
TH«T)fßrei.yPn»B,.; , •
■; Qljipjnhg.
TjlOR ENGLAND AND FRANCE,' 1857.
A. New York and Havre Steamship Company.—The
United State* Mail StwmehlM ABACK),2.6W tons,
David Lines, commander, andf FULTON,; 2.500 tons,
James A. Wotton, Commander, will leave New York,
Havre and Southampton, for the years 1857 and ’6B, on
the following days: '
• i'/'-V'Vf; view roaic.
. . • 1857.-, -v ’ . \m. ■
ffutvoa. Saturday, Juig, 22 Arago, Saturday. Jan.o
Arigo,. do, . Sept. 19 Fulton, do. Feb. 6
tuittm, do. - Oct. .17 Arago,' • “ do. . March. 0
Awgo, do; • Nov.' 14 Fulton, 'do.' ‘ April 8
Faitoo, .- do. ■? Pee.. 12 Arago, c - do. May 1
Folton, , „do. Kay 2d
V 'MAT* *U.Vaiu J
' 1&&T. •
Avago, Tuesday, Aug. 25
Foltoa, do. Sept. 22
Atwro,, ~do.; GcV,29
Fulton, do; ~Kor'. 17
Arago, do. : Pee. 16 ‘
1 1868. .
PultoO) do. < Jan. 12
Ariigo, • do.' Feb. 0
Foltou, do. March 9
Arago, > do. ;, April 6 i
Pitfoa, do., May 4
AcagO,' idO./ ;; 3 doe i. ■ -i .
Fallon, .W-; ;juae »
\ HATS BOOTaaWVTOS.
‘ 186 T. ’ '• '
Arigo, Wednesday, Aug. 26
Fulton, ' do. ■ Sept. 23
Arago, , do. Oct. 21
Fulton,. do. ' Nov. 18
Arago, do. Dee. 16
1868.
Pulton, do. Jan. 18
Arago. . do. Feb. 10
Fulton, do. Mar. 10
Arago, ’ do. April ,7
Fulton, do. May 6 ■
Arago, do. . . June
Fulton), /do; V JudeB6
' , ' falClOf'i’AiJSiGl:' ■- .
SottUamptoh #r’ lUrr»-rlnt
■ Prom lUirri vOft 'SoutMmSfea io'Wnrrwfc-liiit
Oshta, V't‘ v
■ TTOMAM IBEMN, ' “ - Hirro.'
.'■> OROSKEP * 00., .i 11. - BottUOton.
- AHERtCAK EUROPEAN) .
. • EXPRESS .1 ABE EX- 5■- <■
Off A NOB CO. )
fifAVAWMAH STEAMSHIP LINE. I —
Pa«t<JHT3 REDUCED. " • ' . •
The 1 well known ftrtt-elasi side-wheel - ’ iteamihlps
STATE OF GKOBGIA and KEYSTONE STATE, now
form a weekly linofor tho South and Southwest, one of
the ship* sailing every SATURDAY, at 10 A. M.
TUB STEAMSHIP STATE OP GEORGIA,
-• . ■ JotftfJ. Garvin; Commander.
Wiirreceive freight on THURSDAY, October Bth,
end sell SATURDAY, October 10th, At 10 o’clock |
A ‘ ‘ THE STEAMSHIP KEYSTONS STATE,
■ > OttißLsa P. AUbbhv&w, Oommander,
Will receive goode on THURSDAY, end
*ail on SATURDAY; —i— , at 10O'clock A. M.
At Bavanmih those Alps connect 'with steamers for'
Florida an&Havaua; and with railroad for the South and
Southweat. .
Cabin Pa5age.................................520
Steerage <to ' 9
* No freight received _on Saturday morning; No bill*
of lading signed After the ship has sailed. J ‘ - 1 '
For 1 freight or passage, apply to • 1
: A. HBHON,Jr.,No.BINorth Wharves.
Agent afSaTaunoah, O. A 4 QEBiXBh & .Co. , *
FOR FLORIDA St. Mary's and St. John's
leave BavaPuahlevcry Tuesday and Saturday.’ - • bb22
The mw yore and Liverpool
UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMERS.—The Ships
composing this Line are: . - ,
The. ATLANTIO, Oapt. Oliver Eldrldge.
The BALTIC, Capt. Joseph Comstock.'
' Tho ADRIATIC, Oapt. James West.
Theaa aMpa hate been built by contract, expressly for
Government service; every oare hag been taken in their
oon*tmctic»a,As alsoin their engine*, to ensure strength
and speed,-and their neoommodatlens for passenger* are
mneudMled for elegance and comfort. ‘
Price of passage from New York to Liverpool. In first
eabla, tl80; 'in second do.', $75; from Liverpool to New
York. 80 and 20 guineas. No berths secured unless paid
for.; The ship*’of this line have improved water-tight
bulkheads. -
PROPOSED DATES OF. SAILING,
jrjum mew voax, - ’ , from mvbewol.
Saturday, June 30, -1867 Wednesday, JnneM, IttT
July 4,185 T Wednesday, July 8, 1857
Saturday) July 18, ’ 1857 Wednesday, July 23, -1867
Saturday,Aug. 1,~. 1857 Wednesday, Aug.
Saturday, Aug. 16, 1867 Wednesday, 1867
fiaturdAy Sopt.Zfl, 1857 Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2857
Saturday, Sept. 20, 1867 Wednesday, Sept, 80, .1867
Saturday, Oct. 10, 1857 Wednesday, Oct. 14,- 1867
Saturday, Oct. 24 1857 Wednesday; Oct. 28, 1867
Saturday, ifor. 7, .1857 Wednesday, Nov, 11, 1867
Saturday, Nov. 21, - 1857 Wednesday, Nov. 28, 1867
Saturday, Dee. 6, 2857 Wednesday, Dee. 9,' 1857
Wednesday, Dee. 22, • 1857
For freight or passage, apply to. - .
EDWARD K-. COLLINS, 1 No. 60 Wall street, N. Y.
BROWN, SHIPLEY & 00., Liverpool.
STEPHEN KENNARD & 00,, 27 Austin Friars,
London. • .
B-G. WAINWKIGHT k 00., Pari*. •
The owners of-these ships will not be, accountable for
gold, silver, bullion, specie, jewelry.pr ecloua stones or
metals, unless Wile .of ladingi.*>il; ned therefor, and
the value thereof expressed therein ’ aul-tf
JDruttg oiti> Chemicals.
FREDERICK' BROWN,—CHEMIST
AND DRUGGIST, north-eut comer FIFTH and
CHESTNUT Streets,. Philadelphia, sole Manufacturer
of BROWN’S ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER;
which is recognised and prescribed by the Medical Fa
culty, and Ms become the Standard FAMILY MEDI
CINE of the United States, - ' '
This E«en.ce is a preparation or unusuil excellence.
During the Summer months, no family or traveller
■Koala be'without-JL‘ In relaxation oftbebowels, In
nausoi, and - particularly Ibsen sickness,'it 4an active
and safe, as well as a pleasant and efficient remedy.
CAUTION .—Persons desiring an article that can be
relied upon,' prepared solely' from pare JAMAICA GIN
GER, should be particular to ask for “Brown’s 25.,
■ence of Jamaica Ginger,” which is warranted to he
what it is represented, and is prepared onTybyPitEDE
RICS BROWN, and for sale at his Drug and Chemical
Store, north-east corner of fIfTU And CHESTNUT
Streets, Philadelphia; and by &U the respectable Drug
gist* and Apothecaries In the ¥, States. 1 " sul-Sm
XDatitits, 3melis, &i.
Bailey &.CO.,chestnut street.
‘ .. Manufacturers of
. 'BRITISH STERLING SILVERWARE/
Under their Inspection, on the premises exclusively.
Citae&t Mxd Strangers are invited to visit our mans
faetorvi ‘
7 ; ' "WATCHES. r
ffio&fUatly on hand a splendid stock of Superior Odd
. J 'WMflfce«>'of all the celebrated makers', „
V DIAMONDS/
HoekUott, Bracelet*, Brooches, Bar-Rings, Ifaget-
Rlngf/and all other articles in the Diamond Una.
Drawls#! of NEW DESIGNS .will be - made free of
‘eharg# for those wishing work made to order.
' \ RICHGOLD JEWELRY.
A beantifol assortment, of all. the new styles of fine
Jewelry, such as.Moaalc,' Stone and Shell Cameo, ,
Pearl, Coral, Carbuncle, Harquistte,
•'”Lava, Aq., fco.
HBBPPIELD CASTORS, BASKETS, WAITERS, Ac.
Also, Bronze indMarbl* CLOCKS, of newest it/les,
and of yujeripr quality,, ’ , / anl-dtwfcwly
C& Ai PEQUIGNOT, '
• V MANUFACTURERS OP WATCH PARES ,
7 i, -.AMO IMPOHTBBfI 0> WATODBS,
191 SOUTH THIRD STREET, BELOW CHESTNUT
f/V ‘ PHILADELPHIA.
OoxsTixy pJtqmusotV /_ August* Pkquiaxor.
TAMES : E. CALDWELL & CO,
ll , No. 4&2 CHESTNUT, BELOW flf lU. STREET,
Importer*' of Watches and Pinn Jewelry, Manufactu
rers of Stef ling and Standard Silver Tee Sets, forks and
Spoons,' sole agents for the sale of Charles Prodsbam’s
new series Gold. Modal London Timekeepers—&U the
sited <m tend tpriees t2&tf,s27s,andfSOO. '
Eijzlirit'end Swhw Watches at the lowest prices. '
Rich fssblonaWtfJeweliy.
Sheffield And American Plated Wares.
i<3s-y ,t> ■
JS. JAEDEN k 880.
’.KAsuraotoftKae ang iKPoavaasoi -
\ .' - r , SILVER-PLATED WARE, . -
; No, Street, above Third, (op stairs,;
1 ’ ’ Philadelphia.
'Constantly on hand and for sale tothe Trade,
i TEA fIETS, COMMUNION SERVICE BBT9, URNS,
l PITOaRBS, GOBLETS, CUPS, WAITERS. BAB
- KETS.OABTORS, KNIVES, SPOONS, PORKS,
? ' * ' LADLES, dec., ho.
I GUdlng'And plating on all kinds of metal. ae2-ly -
| •fcHIANOIS P. DOTOSQ & SON,, late ;of
g X 1 1 Dubbaq, Ceirrow Sc Co;,’ Wholesale mAnU#AC-'
1 TUBERS CP JEWELS?, 3M CHESTNUT street, PhUiu
§ delphia./ ' ‘ , ,
.if faixois f. Donoaq. - Wm. H. Doaosq,
§ aa3l 8m .
(gobacta qttb Cigars.
q tJAYANA CIGARS—A handsome assort*
5 XX meat, such *a
? figaro,. » ParUgtf,
I s, _ . . Sultana, „
f Jupiter,. . .
? gtfoso, - Converclaate*,
k Torrey Lopes, ;. • Union Americana,
i Oxejon, ■ -, flora Cabana, &0., Ac.,
| Ae.,ipH« H iand l : 10 boxes, of all sizes and qualL
| ties, In stow and constantly recriyin g, tnd'for Aade low,
Iby '' . OHIrLES TETB, ■
| (new) m WALNUT Street,
J anl4yi- below Second, second story
I TjUGAKO, CABAtfAS XtfD PARTAGAS
1 -S? BEGAR6.—A choice invoice of then* celebrated
y brands onboard brig -4 *New Era.” daily’ «pe6tedftow
\ Havana, for «»l3 lovr, by (jHABLxS tSjTE.
5 ' ' (New) 138 Walnut etraet,'below Second '•
\ • «!'•' ' Second Story.
I iitrnilturc. '
S f - B. KITJB li CO. '
5 JU. = ■ kjhritokb, übdding, &e.
•) •- - No. its (i»t« lMj wAiwnut.,
i m A new and superior style of Borina; Beds.
£ LJutfi B. Kira. • :; ' Josswr Witfo*
| ooSl 6m ■ "•
flats, Caps,
Ift Bf.GABDEJt&CO;,
5 jh-'* arnttVEolesalelfoalersln ‘
| HATS, CAVSit FITES,- STRAW GOODS,
■ JANOTSIUt AXD STRAW BONNETS,
1 v.ARTIFIGIAL.FLOWEHS, ,KOUCHE8 t
' K r »: Mi; (oia ifeisG? Qlsitisimt,
■ . Below Birth, BotttU »ld«,
| And No. m MlNOßßtreet, rbliadelphlo.
0. BSWMWlatiesj i ,13 ; v; V? ; hJJttI.KI«OT«.'
I llortbuit. ,»to MfpfoHwiy. invited to exunino , M
iptock 1 : , Ml-Jm
! CJCI.LENDEK & PASCAL} .
iiS- „ ■ SA**lißß,
! Mi-fa. ... ,Ko. 88. SIXTH, tjre.t. Philadelphia,
PENN-
AND BTOBEKBBPJSBE. •>
ThaundfiralgtitfAre now.prepared,to parchrae for
prime Clover See<fof the newcrop,-FjmuvlTanix
‘Atowwperi and farmed, by tending tetajde* 'to wt
iCftua-tatt time*, ascertain tie pr|wat which'
.we Wishing samples, by which to
ftifo dufcfityf feaahiv«;th«tji «mvbjr maii;
■’ J.H CHASE*Co,- ’
f rapliMfe* ; 4ff North Front, ; and 44Wfttofgtr6ct* •<
VOL. I—NO. 51.
Strangers’ ®nii>e in Hhilabelyliia.
Fob the benefit of strangers and others who may de
sire to visit any of our public institutions, wo publish
the annexed list.'
jdbuo vlaobs or axosbkbst.
Academy of Music, (Operatic.) corner of Broad and
Lopoet streets. - . ,
Aroh Street Theatre, Arch, above fith street.
Farkinson’s Garden, Chestnut, above Tenth.
National Theatre and Circus, Walnut, above Eighth,
Opera House, (Ethiopian,) Eleventh, below
Walnut Street Theatre; northeast corner Ninth and
WaJaat. 1 • > 1 ~ - /
Thomenrs Yerietie*, Fifth and Chestnut.
i Thom**’* Opera Housd, Arch, below Bevcnth.
' . ARTS AND SOIBKCSa.
Academy of Natural, Sciences, corner of Broad and
Geotge' streets. \ ,
Academy of Fine Arts, Chestnut, above Tenth.
Artists’ Fund HalldChestnut, abovo Tenth.
Franklin Institute, No. 6 South Seventh street.
, ' BBHBVSLBST MSTITUnoSB.
west side of Schuylkill, opposite South
Almshouse (Friends’), Walnut street, above Third.
Association for the Employment of Poor Women, No.
292 G«wn street ,
Asylum for Lost Children, No. 80 North Seventh
street. • '
Blind Asylum, B&co, near Twentieth street.
Christchurch Hospital, No. 8 Cherry street.
City Hospital, Nineteenth street) ne&t Coates.
Clarkson’s Hail. No. Itt.Ohdrry street. .
Dispensary, Fifth, bolow Chestnut street.
Female Society for the Relief and Employment of the
Poor, No; 72 North Seventh street.
Guardians of the Poor, office No, 68 North Seventh
street. 1 '
German Society Hall. No. 8 South Seventh stmt.
Home for. Friendless Children, corner Twenty-third
and Brown streets.
Indigent Widows’ andfi/ngle Women’s Society, Cherry,
' east of Eighteenth atweV „ -
, Ktfome Hill, Cheettmt, above Seventh street.
,^g^e^ : Asyl«fe,copier;bf Race and Tirpnty-flrrt
{Northbrh 1 Spring Garden street. -
» Orphans^,Asylum, (colored,) Thirteenth street, near
GallowhilL’-' -;- -ii- . • •,
; Cdd FeUoire’ Hall, Sixth mid Helnesstreet. -
' *' Do. do.; Bi e; corner Broad and Spring Gar
/ denstceets. - 1 .
' Do.. ' do. Tenth and South streets.'
‘ Do. 1 - j - do,' Third and Brown Btreets.
J Do. • > do.: Rtdgfc Road, below Wallace.
Pennsylvania Hospital, Pine street, between Eighth
and Ninth.
Pennsylvania Institute for the Instruction of the Blind,
doruer Race and Twentieth street. ,
' Pennsylvania Society for Alleviating the Miseries of
Public Prisons, Sixth ana Aariphl streets.
Pennsylvania Training School for Idiotic and Feeble-
Minded Children; School House Lane, Germantown,
office No, 162 Walnut steet. .
. Philadelphia Orphans’ Asylum, northeast cor. Eigh
teenth and Cherry '
Preston Betroat^Hamilton, near Twentieth street,
1 Providence Society, Pruae,"belowSixth street.
Southern Dispensary, No. 98 Shippta street.
Union BenqVolent 'Association, ~N. W. corner of
Seventh and Sonsom streets. ,
Will’s Hospital, Race, botween Eighteenth and Nine
teenth streets.'
Bt. Joseph’s Hospital, Girard avenue, between Fif
teenth ana Sixteenth.
Episcopal. Hospital, Front street, between Hunting
don and'Lehigb avenues.
PhUadelphia’Hvspihtl forDlseasesof the Chest, S. W.
corner of Chestnut and Park streets. West Philadel
phia. • i.
PUBLIC BUILDIKQB,
Custom House, Chestnut street, above Fourth
County Prison, Passyunk road, below Reed.
City Tobacco Warehouse, Dock and Spruce streets.
City. Controllers Office, Girard Bank, second story.
Commissioner of City Property, office, Girard Bank,
second story.
City Treasurer’s Office, Glrtrd Bonk, second Story.
.. Oity Commissioner's Office, State House*.
City Solicitor’s Office, Fifths below Walnut. '
City Watering Committee’s Office, Boethwest corner
Fifth and Chestnut. ,
Water Works, Falrinount on the Schuyl-
Gtrard Trust Treasurer’s Office,Fifth,above Chestnut.
House of Industry; Catharine, above seventh.
House of Industry, Seventh, above Arch street.
House of Refuge, (white,) Parrish, between Twenty
second and Twenty-third street.
House of Refuge, (colored,) Twenty-fourth, between
Parrish and Poplar streets.
Health Office,'corner of Sixth and Sansom.
, House of Correction, Bush Hilt.
' > Marine Hospital, Gray’s Forty road, below Booth
street, *
Mayor’s office, S. W. comer Fifth and Chestnut
streets. , ’
• New Penitentiary, Coates street, between Twenty
first and Twenty-second streets.
. Navy Yard, on tho Delaware, corner Front and Prime
streets.., .
Northern Liberties Gas Works. Maiden, below Front
street. ' ■
Post Offioe, No. 237 Dock street, opposite the Ex
change. ‘
' Post Office, Kensington, Queen street, below Shacks
maxon street..
Post Office, Spring Garden. Twenty-fourth street and
Panhsylvanla Avenue. .
Philadelphia Exchange, corner Third, Walnut aod
Dock streets. ,
' Philadelphl&GasWorks,Twentieth and Market; office,
No. 8 8. Seventh street.', *
Pennsylvania Institute for Deaf and Dumb, Broad and
Pine streets.
Penn's .Treaty Monument, Beach, above Hanover
street. - ,
Public High School, 8. E. corner Broad and Green
streets. 1 .
PublieNormal School, Sergeant, above Ninth.
'Recorder'a Office, No. 8 State House,east wing.
' State House, Chestnut street, between Fifth and Sixth
•treett.’ .. .
* •Sheriff’* Office, State House, near Sixth street,
■ Spring Garden Commisßionor’s Hall, Spring Garden
and ThStcenth streets.
' Union Temperance Hall, Christian, above Ninth
street. . ' . ,
United States Mint, corner of Chestnut and Juniper
Streets. 1
1 United States Amenai, Gray'spony Road, ueaT Pede
rai street. * .
' Naval Asylum, on the Schuylkill, near South street.
United States Army, and Clothing Equipage, corner of
Twelfth and Girard streets., . .
United States Guarteriuaster’e Office, corner of
Twelfth and Girard streets.,
COLLXOVS.
College of Pharmacy, Zau* street, above Seventh.
Eclectio Medical College, Haloes street, west of Sixth.
Girard College, Ridge road and College Avenue.
/ Homoeopathic Medical College, Filbert street, above
Eleventh.. r * . .
Jefferson Medical College, Tenth street j below George.
, Polytechnic College, corner Market and West Penn
Square; ' 1
Pennsylvania Medical College, Ninth street, below
Locust. •
Philadelphia Medical. College, Fifth street, below
Walnut.,
Female Medical College, 229 Arch street. .
: University of Pennsylvania, Ninth street, between
Marital and Cko.tnat. ’
University of Free Medicine and Popular Knowledge,
Ho. 68 Arch .treat.
nopAtiox or oocßTs.
United State* oireiilY end' Dutrict Oonrta, Ho. S 4
street, help* Obestopt.
Supreme‘Court of PenssrlTiuiift, Fifth end Chestnut
tmt>. : _
Court of Common Pleas, Independence Hall,
District Courts. Nos, 1 and 2, corner of Sixth and
Ohestnqt streets.
Qo art of Quarter Suasions, corner of Sixth and Chest*
nut street*.
BELIOIbtrS INSTITUTIONS.
American BaptUt Publication Society. No. 118 Arch
stmt. - '
American and Foreign ChrUtiao Union, No. 144 Chest
nut street.
American Sunday School Union (new)) No. 1122
ChMtnut street.
American Tract Society (new), No, 929 Chestnut.
Menonldt, Crown street, below QallowbiH street.
. Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bible Society, corner
of Berenth and Walnut streets.
, Presbyterian Board of Publioation (new), No. 821
Chestnut stroe t. ,
Presbyterian Publication Bonto, No. 1884 Chestnut
street."
■ Young Hen’s Christian Association, No. 162 Chestnut
street.' ' '•
- Philadelphia .Bible, Tract, and Periodical Office (T.
H. Stockton’s), No. 685 •'Arch street, drat house below
Sixth street, north side. • ,
®r«osller’s ®nit>e.
RAILROAD LINES.
Ptnna. Central K. R.— Depot, Eleventh and Market.
7 A. M,,‘ Mail Train for Pittsburgh and the West.
12.69 P. If.) Fast Line for Pittsburgh and the West.
2.30P.M., for Harrisburg and Columbia.
4.80 P. M.i Accommodation Train for Lancaster,
11P. M., Express Mail for Pittsburgh and the West.
Reading Railroad —Depot, Broad and Vine.
7.30 A'. M., Express Train for Pottsvttle, Williamsport*
- Elmlra'and Niagara Falls.
8.30 P. M., as above (Night Express Train.)
: New xark Lines.
1 A. M,, from Kensington, via Jersey City.
6 A. H.j from Camden, Accommodation Train.
7 A. if., fro m Camden, via Jersey City, sfall.
10 A. M., from Walnut street wharf, via Jersey tityv
2 P. M. via Camden and Amboy, Express.
8 P. M., via Camden, Accommodation Train.
6 P M., via Camden and Jersey City, Mail,
6 P. M., yia Camden andAmboy, Accommodation.
, Connecting Lines.
BA. M., fromWalnnt street wharf, for Belvidere,Easton,
; Water Gsf. Scranton, <£o, -
6 A. M., for Freehold.
7 A. Jf.j for Mount Holly, from Walnut street wharf.
2P. M., for Freehold, J • *
2.SOP. JL, for Mount Holly, Bristol, Trenton, &c.
8 P.if,,for Palmyra, Burlington, Bordentovm, &n.
4 p. M.,for Bolvidece, Euton, &0., fcom Walnut
, wharf. . . -
6P. M., for Mount Holly, Burlington, Ac,
Depot, Broad and Prime.
8 A. M., for BftUimore, Wilmington. New Castle, Mid
dletown, Dover, and Seafcnd.
.IP. M., for Baltlmere,’Wilmington, and New Oastle.
445 P.M., for-Wilmington, New Castle, Middletownv
. Dover, and Seatord. -
\. P. SXy for PenyriUe, Fast Freight.
11P. M., for Baltimore and Wilmington.
North Pennsylvania R. R.—Veyo t, Front and Willow,
6.16 for Bethlehem,'Easton, Mauch Chunk. &o.
8.46 A. M., for Doylestown. Accommodation,
2.16 P.M., forßethlehem/Baston, Manch Chunk. &c.
4 P. M., for Doylestown, Accommodation.
6.86 P. M., for Gwynedd. Accommodation.
Camden and Atlantic It, i?,—Vino street wharf.
A. M-, for Atlantic City.
10.46 A, H., for Haddonfleld.
4 P.M., for Atlantic City.
4.46 P.M., for Haddonfleld,
- Pot ‘Westchester,
By Columbia 8.8. and Westchester Bran (ft.
From Market street, south eido, above Eighteenth.
Leave Philadelphia 7 A, 31., and l P. 31.
, Westchester6.3o A.M.,an43P.H.
" WestchesterB P. M.
Westchester Direct Kftilroad.open to Peaneltoa, Orubbw
■; u ■ ■ Bridge.
“ - WS& M.kna
On Saturdays last train from Psnnelfon at 7 A M.
. . ‘ y* Buxiara
Leave Philadelphia 8 A'. M. and 2 PM.
•• pffaneltoa 9)4 A. Mi and 6p. M.
Oetmantotim f 'Norristown R. E,—Depot, Site «nd
. Green.- . , , ’
6, 4.45,6,45, and 11.15 P^M.,
6A. M. and3P. M., for Dowofngtowa. _
6. 8,0,10. and 1130 A.M., aeii 2, 4,6. 8, and ft- ,
• * M. for Chestnut Hill. 1 * ■
6.7,6, 9, 10.10,'and 11.30, A. My and 1,2,3.10, 4, 6.
8,7, 8,0. and 11.80 P.M., for GermanViwu.
- Chester Talley /?. Lears ph/ladslphia OA. if. and
• r ' • • BP.M.
Leave Dowidogtown?# A. M. audl P. M.
1 STEAMBOAT LINES.
-8.80 p y M., Richard Stdckton, for Bordentown, f f*m
-5 W.Mnut street, wharf.-
10 and 11,45 A. M., and 4P, M., for TodOnf, Burl Ing
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FANICS-BERE AND THERE.
If, as has been said, “History is Philosophy
teaching by Experience,” wo are justified in
drawing from the past a lesson applicable to
the present, in this conntry, At this moment,
when Trade and manufactures are suffering
from the effects of an almost universal Panic,
it may bo well to recollect that England, solid
and wealthy as she confessedly is, has « been
through the mill” more than once, within
memory of living men—has encountered far
greater quicksands and rocks than are impedi
ments on the way of our own vessoi—has
come triumphantly out of the struggle, tho
crisis, and the crash, and all the stronger for
vjhal she went through.
In 1796, England was engaged in a war of
Opinion. Mr. Pm, mouth-piece of tho prin
ciples and prejudices of George the Third,
denied the right of the French people to chooso
their own internal government—insisted that
France must have monarchical institutions—
and went in “ for a free fight,” every whore,
to maintain that idea. At that time, England
had a two-fold currency—gold and silver on one
hand, bank notes on the other. Of metallic
money tho supply was comparatively small—
for it must be remembered that California
and Australia did not yieldthoiraureate stores
until half a century later. Of the paper money
there was a great deal. Ono description was
worth its nominal value, for it was issued by
the Bank of England, a corporation the mem
bers of which wore wealthy boyond all imagi
nable demands which could bo made upon
them. Another description of paper money
was that issued by private bankers, who might,
or might not be responsible for tire amount
which they issued.
The war made a great drain of specie out of
the country—as war always does, because gold
and silver will always be current in any part
of tho civilized world at a small discount on
their nominal value, but bank-notes are not
negotiable under such circumstances. The
money went so rapidly out of England that
many of the country banks, unable to pay off
their notes in gold, had to suspend. Then
commenced a Panic. The Bank ot England
immediately had a run upon it, and met
it by paying off its notes, as fast as they
were presented, in gold, tinder ordinary
circumstances, this promptitudo and probity
would have restored confidence, and stopped
the Panic. But, as gold was negotiable in
foreign countries, whilo paper was not, it be
came, an object to draw as much gold as pos
sible from the bank—because, for every golden
guinea (nominal value twenty-one shillings)
tho price of twenty-five shillings would be
given to import it to foreign countries:—in
1810 a guinea sold for twenty-eight shillings.
To prevent this drain of treasure, tho Govern
ment issued an Order in Council, restricting
or preventing tho Bank of England from
making any moro cash payments. Parliament
hacked up tho Government, and passed tho
Restriction Act, and, ns substitutes for guineas,
ono-pound notes were allowed to bo issued,
the smallest noto previously issued being for
five pounds. At once, and as if by magic, the
Panic ceased. And, it is worthy of notice,
that tho vastsumß of money raised by England
to defray the cost of her war with Narotson,
were all borrowed whilo gold payments by tho
Bank of England wore suspended.
In 1819, Parliament passed an act for tho
Resumption of Cash Payments—an enactment
which excited no public interest. Things
wont on well until 1824, when a mania fbr
joint-stoek speculations arose, and tho
British Minister of Finaneo boasted of the
“unexampled prosperity” of tho conn-
try. Early iu 1826 speculations in .for
eign loans, mlniug-shares, and joint-stock
companies rose still higher. These were
wild speculations; for example, tho Real
del Monte shares me from £660 to £lB6O,
and Were actually not worth tho paper their
scrip was engraved on. At the close of tho
year a run of gold ensued, and (as was after
wards confessed by tho Governor of the Bank
of England to the Government) the Bank was
within twenty-four hours of actual bankruptcy*
One and two-pound bank-notes were re-issued,
in lieu of gold, (although the further omission
of small notes had been legally prevented by
act of Parliament not long before,) some boxes
; f u il 0 f them kept separate to be destroyed,
having been discovered In the Bank-cellar.
The country was saved. The Mint issued
specie as fast as it could bo coined. Thecoun
try banks toppled over like ten-pins, for they
had issued paper money far beyond the utmost
means of tho bankers. It took nearly two
.years to restore confidence, but prosperity
soon followed. There was more speculation
iu 1846, when Raiiwayism Was Lord of the as
cendant, and national distress spread over tho
two following years, aggravated by the Fa
paino iu Ireland in 1847. The private banks
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1857.
Iliad previously been..limited, by law. 4o
a circulation within thfeir respective means,
and eventually for the most part discontinued’
circulating their own notes, issuing in . their
plaoe, notes of the Bank of England-, In
1848, when the bank refused to discount bills,
offered by London merchants of great solves-,
cy, the Chancellor of the Exchequer 'lntlme
tedthatas the bank, had Uvedout of the mer
chants, it was bound to support them. Com
pliance followed, and the Panic suddenly
ceased, when it once was known (list, pp
security, (though it might not be immediately,
tangible,) bills would be discounted, onreasdwU
bic terms, as had been the custom fot 'years.’
There'has been no English Panic since.,: - .ft.'
Ilere were three great English Panlog f in"
1797, when specie payments were suspended j
in 1826, when counirybunks failed in all direc
tions, and the Bank of England itself was cohv
fosscdly within twenty-four, hours of''bank
ruptcy j and in 1848, when merchants of pto
perty wore within an ace of ruin, because that
property was not of a nature to be immediately,
realized, and the Bank refused,to-discount.
Theso are phases of ruin, worie,' we,think,
than what is now presented in this''country.
They wero mitigated by mutual forbearance
on the part of all parties—by a liberal give:
and-take system of mutual support and cofilft
holding
support, sd that'.qctttal sjireP|Stlv|few’'pnt of
that which-, at first, was only- timulaied.-- In:
England, when one of these Paulcs occurred,
man did not hoid himself opposed to man, but
made sacrifices to restore confidence, and pre
senting a bold face to misfortune, made it com
paratively helpless, in its alarm.
And, out of each Panic, England emerged
stronger, wiser, more experienced. The re
sources of individuals wore shown and soen,
and confidence between man and man became
confirmed and secure. Need we point a moral
from such facts ?
CORRESPONDENCE.
FROM LANCASTER.
(Correspondence of The Press.]
Lancaster Sept. 23,3857.
Mr. Editor : Tho arrangements for the Agricul
tural Fair are atilt going on; and it is now con
ceded that, should the weather prore favorable, it
will be tbo grandest thing of the kind which we
have ovor had in Pennsylvania. Tho ground se
lected is on tho plantation of Mr. John McOrann,
a short distance from the ciiy, along tho plank
road leading from Lancaster to Petersburg. The
enclosure is already completed, and tbo track for
the trial of the spoed of horeca, and the building is
rapidly going up. This nftornoou a polo, with the
Amerioan flag attaohed to it, wns raised on tho
ground; and, in oonneotion with these, thcro will
bo a stand erected for the speakers, and other con
veniences for ladies and visiters. Tho citizens of
Lancaster city and oounty are determined to use
more than ordinary exertions to make this Agricul
tural Fair a credit to this groat farming commu
nity.
Tho equinoctial storm has passed ovor us, and it
wasn’t much of a storm, after nil. Alternate rain
and sunshine wero its chief characteristics, and wo
hadn’t evon a fresh breeze to give it the appear
ance of a vernal equinox. The sun, however, has
crossed tho lino, and wo bavo entered upon a now
season of hopes and promisos. “ Tho harvest js
past and the summer is ended,” and the time for
change and deoay hw oome. Tho flowers aro
fading around us, and occasionally wo meet with a
brown or yellow leaf, showing that life is rapidly
passing away from tbo green things of earth, and
that ore long they will alt ho bloak and desolate.
There is one period, howover, tbo loveliest of the
year, through which we have not passed—tho In
dian summer—the sweet, tho delightful Indian
summer that Is yet to come. Wo may prepare our
selves for winter—stern, chilly, ice-bound winter;
but before wo soparato from all of summer’s love
liness, wo may expect to be greeted with a. parting
smile. Days and weeks of refreshing sunshine are
to be anticipated; and although tho frosts may
come and vegetation languish, tho glory of the
heavens will bo brighter, and tho earth and tho
sky teem with additional evidences of Qod’s lore
and bencfiocnoe.
Quite an excitement is prevailing hero in refer*
once to the vocal powers of Miss Kate Bean, who
is undergoing instructions in New York for tho
slago, under tho tutorship of Mona. Antonio Ba
gioli. From tho many high encomiumspronouncod
upon her, wo aro led to beiievo that she is des
tined to ho a sterof the first magnitude. She evi
dently possosses tho gift of song in a most extraor
dinary degroo. She will mnko her debut so mo
time in October, and intends travelling South du
ring the winter season. A company of enterpri
sing gentlemen here have taken an interest in her
musical education, and arc rendering her such en
couragement and assUt&noo as is in their power.
Sho was born, it seems, in Tompkins county, near
Ithica, In tho State of Now York. Whon quite
young she exhibited more than ordinary musical
t&lent, and a remarkable compass of voloo. When
at tho Wilmington Seminary, tho Delaware papers
spoke of her in the highest terms, and ono gentle
mao, Mr. Dicks, cashier of ono of the banks, was
so delighted with her singing that, in an arttolo
afterwords published, he spoko of her voice as be
ing equal to Jenny Lind’s.
W hlle at tho Bothlohcm Seminary, aho was highly
applauded for her singing by Mr. Woolo, the prin
cipal, and tho most accomplished musicion’in tho
place. Mr. Dodge, tho well-known principal of
1 the Cedar Dill Seminary, added his tribute of com
pliment to her vocal powers, and it was ohiofly
through hi? advice that she finally oonsonted to bo
plaoed under the present accomplished Italian
teacher, who has her In charge. Hor singing in
tho private conoerts held by him has been tho
theme of universal praise. Sho is a member of tho
church, and possesses a moral character without
blamo or blemish. That she is destined to occupy
a prominent position in the world of song, thoro
can bo no doubt. An abiding interest isfolt in her
success hero, as sho is woll known In this latitude.
Dor personal appearance is graceful and dignified.
Some would call her handsome, othors beautiful;
but it is sufficient to say that sho looks the very life
andsoulof spirit and energy; possessing abroad
and admirably developed chest, a well-defined in
telloctual head and face, and physical powers of
far more than an ordinary quality. Hor appearnnci
before tho publio is awaited for with muoh anxiety
by our people, as she is expected to visit this plooi
before she takes her departurofor a Bouthorn lati
tude.
Tho of Patrick MoQrann, the son it
Bichard Medrano, Sr., who was injured some tiao
ago by a rook falling upon him, has thrown a
gloom ovor a largo clrclo of friends and ac
quaintances. He was a most exemplary youig
man, universally esteemed, and tho favorite of lie
fathor’s household. His funeral, tho largest wo
have had in Lancaster for many years, took piece
on Sunday afternoon. The train of carriages in
the rear of tho hoarse is estimated to bavo bran
over half a mile long. Ho was buried in iko
family fault, in tho old Catholio Churoh yard,
where his remains now sleep in peace.
Tho oiroulationof Tub Press in this neighbor
hood is Btifl on tho inoroaao. It ia now universally
conceded to bo tho very best paper that coma to
our city. Tho admirable appropriation of Us
columns, assisted by tho untiring energy and en
terprise of Barr, tho agent, has given it a place in
almost every family. By-tho-by, Barr is making
a good thing out of his “ Nows Depot,” in North
(juecn street. The choicest hooks, papers, and
periodicals aro always on hand, and whon not, are
furnished by him to order at tho shortest notice.
Barr deserves encouragement, for there is sot o
raoro active, honorable, and industrious man in tho
city of liancfwtor. u Go ahead ” is his inotte, and
ho has thus far pushed tho world before him with
the most astonishing success. Mac.
FROM MARYLAND,
[Correspondence of Tho Prcsn.)
Eastern Shore op Maryland,
Centbkville, Sop. 15,1857.
Dear Sin: I am making a pilgrimage through
tho Eastorn Shore—a region almost as little known
and visitod as tho inaccessible country boyond the
raior-edgod bridgo of tho Prophet Mahomet.
Perhaps, thoreforo, (ns tho fisborman said to tho
mermaid,) “ I may ns well drop you a lins.”
Remote from every thoroughfare, and Tendered
still moro romote by its tardy communications,
this rogion is raroly visitod. Railroads ind tele
graphs are unknown, and tho antediluvian stogo
(mostly of ono-horso powor) rolls laxity forward
over Us well-smoothed roads. If ono is not in a
hurry, therefore, a visit herd will be found pleas
ing, as well as instructive—especially in relation
to the records and monuments of tho «ariy and
ante-rovolutionary times—those brave and good old
times, whoso patriarohnl traits are stllUlscorniblo
in the existing condition of society.
This is a land where “Plentyfills her boms,”
and whero, in tho prodigality of her abundance, the
meaning of true poverty is happily unknown.
Although bearing a strong analogy, both geogra
phically and geologically, with Southern Now
Jersey, there are important discrepancies between
them that weigh entirely in favor of this peninsula,
White- tho general levol of tho country hers, in
treflditig South, subsides gradually into an uninter
plain, whoso prevailing olement Is sand,
and.fhoso loftiest and most romantic elevation is
molehill, yot instead of the prodi-
and vast pino wastes of Now Jersey,
itfa 1 ncss, groaning undor its woight of
aro no mosquitos! Innumerable
ViyfqMuOiStly deep enough for frigates) indent the
a comb, to an avoroge length of fifty
NciuI J every individual planter has a
harbor for tho shipment of his crops. The
to this rule i* (in ecuie counties) rare,
anajyrw plantations lio ton miles distant from the
edge. This water, moreover, is tho prolific
Xw&y terrapins,'crabs, oysters, swans, canvas
bacfc’dtioks, and a long catalogue, of flying, crocp
ing^khd Bwimming things, which, with commend
ftbVMlQul&tlon, scorn to creep, swim, and fly, only
.ultimata gratification of tho human palate.
likewise, penohes, melons, cantelopoa,
AOi ? <}cmtend with the fruit* of all other lands for
thenartyr-liko privilege of being moat devoutly
aacMced. Corn grows twelve feothigh, Ac. Ao.
Tajtße aro scones where epicures woold have de
vohftk; altars to Neptune and Pomona, and where,
revving in the inexhaustible variety of italuxn
lUjgftike tho Ifomorio traveller in the land of tho
Lotopbagl,) would have laid his hand on his well-
and solemnly forsworo hia native
_a6&*y ; Inasmuch, howovor, os I am not a devout
;4ts§M« of this philosopher, and furthermore as
good things (in superaddition to our own)
BMt.fljkrefully laid at our feet at Philadelphia, I
to enter into the construction, of any
this place, bnt/on the contrary, (ns soon
as offers,) to return incontinently homo.
, .%thtao are two slight and gentle qualifications (be
jfidchitteil} to tho gratification of a visit boro—
that the hotols are detestable; and tho
once in them, you are unable to got
awaJC' The steamers to the Lastern Shoro touch
at H&yarioua points—once, twioo, or thrice a woek
according to distance. When, therefore, the un
sußpeqtitig traveller, led by habit, disembarks,’
(thinking he can return at pleasuro,) wofulis his
disappointment, to find that hois fast,'perhaps for
; wools!'' And such & wook ! Ho is ushered into a
"holM,” which reminds him most potently of an*
othejport of place. Ho instantaneoiißly inquires,
wheels the next boat or stage? Tho shortest
usually, Iwoor throe days. Ashipwreokcd
and despairing emotion overpowers him, liko that
of a fbllowor of Cortez when the ships that boro
I him here burnt before his eyes.
Th«’lower floor of his hotol is found to bo a pub
lic common, the rnngo of all tho dogs and peoplo
of tho town; and from their unrestrained fami-
tho penotralia bohind tho bar, ho is at
alou.io imagine who can bo tho landlord, no
retirtf to hia cbmnbor. Tho lowor step of tho
stairway is used as a scraper, and in wot wenthor
is loaded with miro. Tlio upper regions aro redo
lent fdf mepbitio smells of negro, dog, kitohen,
and .stale fosthor beds, all perspiring under tho
suns/of summer. He enters his bed room; not a
table,."nor chair; a broken wash-stand, upon tho
hearth tho urrook of last winter’s firo, defaced by
an Infinity of quids. These aro tho mental notes
takefi of his dominions. A now set of odors, also,
predominant amongst which is tho stifling Btenoh
of frftfth bed-hug banc! Ho sits upon t his bod
thinking of Philadelphia in tho language of tho
baplorc Hafed:
'*.*Sa4 was the hoar, and luckless was the da/,
When from Shiraz' walls I bent my way.”
In the midst of his meditations, tho dinner-bell
soup.ctl. A dang of heavy feet roverboratea
through the house. Ho descends to dinner !
Rusty forke, greasy knives, and appurtenances of
ft like* character, bostrow tho table. Besides whioh,
he finda the drinking water to bo distinctly brack'
ish ; foot, tho gentlemen of iho Eastorn Shoro,
OSoheWtng tho caravaußcrie, generally stop at
oaoh Other’s houses, and strange travellers boing
but-few, these inns furnish no accommodations
beyond tho requirements of an occasional pedlar.
Theio private gentlemen’s residences, as l happen
to are In tho highest degree elegant, luxu-,
rioitdk and complete; and thoy aro tho scats of re
finement and hospitality. Thoy have made tho
Eegtqtii Shore famous by their entertainments,
On, court days (or pub!io days as they arc hero
termed) tho dinner la pro tty good ; on other occa
dotoßtablo. These court days aro a gonora.
I-’ast men and horses mingle with tho
tb&njg, and tho whole county sits in the shade
.or pdfthos. on the fonoing of the oourt-houso
•• County conventions are held on those oc
anfied, Cfld..; the affairs of the
nation settled gonornlly. Talking or tho affairs of
tho nation, however, romiuda mo that the Demo*
eratie convention for Queen Ann's eat hero to-day,
for the nomination of their State and county
tickets. Gov. Grayson was nominated for tho
Senate, and Messrs. haniinor and SudJcr for the
House. Tho opinion is general, that at tho coming
election the short-lived dynasty which has lately
stolen into powor will bo completely overthrown.
But I must conoludo.
In my next I will notice certain interesting facts
relating to the colonial history of tho State, which,
to me at least, have proved sources both of grati
fication and instruction—until when,
I am truly yours, C b cim vs .
A Young Husband,
[For the Press.]
On making a call at tho house of the Amerioan
Missionary in Jorusalom, Dr. J. T. Barclay,
I saw a littlo boy in the Turkish costume sitting
on a sofa. My first thought was, “ what an enor
mous turban that boy has on and my second,
“how very small bo is!” Judge ray surprise
when I found ho was a husband ; being about ton
years old, and his wife not quite nfno! Truly
this Is beginning life young ; and reminds mo of a
friend who saw an Amorlcnn lady in Alexandria,
Egypt, who, though ouly twonty-six years of ago,
was a grandmother. This boy had but recontly
consummated tho nuptial ties at tho tomb of David,
where tho paronts of tho brido resided. Those
ceremonies are always attended with groat pa*
goantry. Tho bride and bridegroom aro borno
along on ft tahter duan, or bior, conoealed by a
rich silken canopy and omamonted with tinsol of
gingerbrond work, which is brilliantly illuminated
by the flambeaux carried aloft In tho hands of the
friends of tho partios. Swordsmen, musicians, and
merry Audrows accompany them to & publio foun
tain, where they shake their nuptial robes clean
of tho sins of their youth, as tho finale to tho
drama. Hawi.
The Time for Investments.
[From the Newburyport (Mam ) Herald )
“Itis an ill wind that blows good to nobody,”
they say; and if thoso holding stock—railway,
bank, or manufacturing sharos—wbioh they nro
obliged to soli to raiso funds, at greatly reduced
prices, and, indoed, at much less than tho real
value, may complain, thoro i 3 yot no absolute loss
upon tho whole, save that whioh cotnes from a tem
porary dorangowent of business. Tho banks, rail
ways, and factories still remain, and,likoallothor
storms, tho present flurry will pass, and thoy will
come again to their proper love! in tho warkots.
If it is an evil to one man to haro sales forced at
Buoh tv time, it is an advantage to tho purchaser;
and if anybody has money to invest, now is tho op
portunity.
Any crisis like tho prosont, cuusiugdiscrcdit and
distrust in the community, afleots every interest—
commerce, manufactures, agriculture, real oatatc.
Everything but the absolute coin is oflcsa value,
because the monoy is worth more. Different minds
will bo differently oporated upon by this circum
stance. Some will want to loan their funds at
three or six per cent, a month, as thoy find victims,
overoomo by necessity; and others, timid by na
ture and more timid by tho wrecks beforo their
eyes, will shut thoir hands, refusing at any rato to
part with what is always available. In noithor
of these courses would appear the greatest wisdom;
but rather in pormanout investments at tho low
prices at which tho first-class securities can now bo
obtained, where tho vnluo will incroaso, and tho
income be as certain an anything human.
Perhaps no stocks havo been so much affected as
railroads, whore, as tho Poston Courier instances,
a woil-managod road, like tho New York Central,
“ regularly paying eight percent, dividends, with
no lloating debt, and with carefully prutectod
sinking funds, ample to absorb their funded debt,
suffers a deolino of twenty per cent.” As with
that, so with inostothors; and so with all other
classes of property. Tho Now York Tribune gives
a table, showing tho depreciation of srmio of tho
roads. A part of thorn may now bo above their
true valuo; but have uot, others—and other classes
of stocks that havo fallen full as muoh—reached
a point whero thoy nro first-clnsj investments ?
Sept. 21. Sept. 21.
3850. 1857. 3850. 1857.
Erie ... 62ft 10ft Lacrosse 71 12
Central .»»•••. S 7 00,4 Canton 22ft 15}$
Reading-'-*"- 85ft 40ft Del. nnd-1tad..121 100 ft
Rock lalaud... 97ft f*6ft Dumb. C0a1.,.. 20 10
Galena... 100 ft CSft Iludana River.. 20 17ft
Pittsburgh.... 60ft 35 Ohio Trust ... 95 Bft
Toledo... 77 83ft 111 Cen. Honda 04 82
Mich. Southern 90ft 30 Erie, 1875 86ft* 55
Panama 01 81 Erio, 1871 87 40
Penu. C0a1.... Psft 08ft Missouri <3a.... s7ft CtJft
111.Central....H7ft 88 VirginiaQs 92ft 86ft
Mich# Central. 92ft 56ft Tennesseo ..... 93 75
Mil. and Miss...B6ft 35 Californio. 74 65
The doclino ranges from 6 to 861 por cent,, and
has novor been equalled in tho history of our stock
market.
There nro not a few persons who, in a panic, get
dizzy and insano; they Tcaliy think that tho world
is coming to an ond. But the rails on the tracks,
where thoy are laid, oro not to botakouup; the'
cars will not oease running, nor tho people travel
ling. Where they have paid in tho past they wilt
in the future, and much more abundantly. So the
factories, that are well managed, will 800 the end
of tho depression, and havo thoir bright and sunny
days again The rivers will not stop, nor tho
people ceaße to bo clothed*, the steam will puff on,
and the products of the looms be turned out as here
tofore. Wo may and should regret tho present
depression ; but It ia by no means a hopeless cuso.
Tho oxponditures causing the cinbarrasBments have
boon lor improvements tout have opened tho coun
try to settlement, and increased tho productiveness
of labor; and from them futuro Toward is certain.
It would bo tho Interest of thoso having money to
seek investments now; and the interest of tho
community to hare them do so, since it would
put so much money Into aotlvo me.
Emancipation by Compensation,
A considerable number of tho signers of the
call for tho “ national emancipation convention,”
at Olovoland, are clergymen. When wo remem
ber that this is a eohemo for emancipating some
three or four millions of slaves, by compensating
thoir masters for their valne, and that the sum of
money involved oonnot bo less than one hundred
millions of dollars, we must regard these clergy
men as very modoat, cortobly. It j 8 a financial
question that the combined talent and experience
of the best financiers and political economists Of
any ago would stop at grappling with; yet these
prloflts, who have about as much idea of finanoe
and political economy as babes, approach it with
tho utmost assurance!
But, aside from the immensity of tho question
financially, philanthropieaily, politico-economical,
ly, what has tho North to do with it, as an initial
movement? Touching this qnestion, wo think
tho National Intelligencer expresses most sen
sible views, which wo append:
“Without presuming to question the philan
thropic purpose of those who have embarked in
this enterprise, wo mast take tho liberty, in con
sistency with our long-established habit and con
victions, of declining to give a.plooe in our
columns to this new, if in theory and aim more
benignant, form of anti-slavery agitation, which
proposes to devise some practical And equitable
Slau of emancipation, by which the people of the
forth may 00-operato in a generous and brotherly
spirit with the people of the jSouth, and share with
thorn the expense nocesaary to the extinction of
slavery Bor, however just and generous may be
the plan which It is proposed to discuss and de
velop, upon tho basis of ‘ recognising .the principle
and policy of a fair and honorable compensation to
the slaveholders for tho manumission of their
blavco,’ we cannot forbear to remark that
propriety would seem at loasfc to dictate that the
privilege of taking the initiative in this matter
should be left to the class who are the most imme
diately concerned in Its realization, and without
whoso consent and co-oporation nothing what
ever oan be effected. When the slaveholders them
selves shall issue a ‘call’ to their countrymen of
tho North, similar in its aim and spirit to that now
before us, we shall be ready to give it our atten
tion and our rospeot. But, until that time comes,
wo aro satisfied that any extraneous movement!
however benevolent in design, which aims to
confer upon tho people of tho South a ‘ boon’
which, in the present state of public sentiment
in that quarter, can be regarded only in the
light of a gratuitous intrusion and intermed
dling in their domestic affairs, will be equal
ly immature and abortive in execu
tion. Tho subject of slavery has been wisely left
by our National Constitution to the regulation of
thopeoploof the States where it exists; audit,
therefore, becomes no less the dictate of duty than
of policy, on tho part of those not implicated in it,
to nbßtaiu from cumbering themselves with a soll
citudo in regard to its extinction which, however
honorable to thoir philanthropy, is not morally in
cumbent upon them."
Americans Abroad.—The following is a
list of Americans registered at the Banking-office
of tho Amorioan-Earopean Express and Exchange
Company, Paris, from August 20 to Sopt. 10,1857:
C. Mann, J. R. Dickson, J.Monoypeuny, M. D.,
B. "Williams, E. H. Gibbs, J L. Rogers and lady.
W. S. Woood, C. 3?. Bates, L. Karbell, <5. 11.
Tucker, M. D.; T. M. Ingraham, M. D.; G. H.
Mumfordand family, J. W. Russell, J. 8. An
drew?, Dr. and Mrs. J. 0 Peters,B. R. Gifford,C. S.
Harton, C. W. Cherry and wife, G. A. Back, C.
C. Bcoket, R. H. Dixey, R. W. Weyman, R. W.
Andrews, H. L. Boardman, J, B. Collins, J. Bar
nett, Cflpt. B. L. Waite and lady, L. Starr, A.
C. and A. H. Burr, Dr. George Suckley, M.
S. Brower, E. R. Robinson, Tan Wyok Wiokea,Jr.;
11. Phillips and lady, S. E. Sbapara, T. Allcook and
wife, Mrs. C. Lambert, A. P. Garcia, Dr. G. B.
HuntjE. J Hirst,l. F. Garcia,T. Southard, W.D.
Southard, J. W. W heeler, J.Boormun, J. A. Pall and
family, A. LeMoyno.Jr.; A. R. Brandon and wife,
T. N. Dale and Utmly, R. W. Nathan, E. Seguin,
C. Widdofiold, Ed. King, W. B. 801 l and wire, D.
Nichat and wife, J. T. Hoffman and wife, C. Z.
Parsons, W. H. W. Bartan, Rev. W. A. Millor, E.
J. Miller, T. B. Reynolds, C. 8. Delevan, 0. A.
Warner, New York. T. M. Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
Garner, James Stirrat, 11. J. Rogers, Maryland.
Dr. Baunan, Dr. F. W. Sargent, E. Mahor, James
Thompoon, A. Rosongarten, Dr. W. H Brunor, J.
T. Boyd, B. H. Brewster and lady, H. Richards,
W. Wainwright, Jr., J. M. Reed, Jr., T. H. Ve*
torliou, Pennsylvania. H. Curtis, J. F. Maguire,
W. B. Osgood, P. B. Tyler, W. Alnoy, Massa
chusetts. w. Lilley, J. C. Butler, Ohio. M. K.
Kellogg, W. H. Davis, Mrs. C. M. Butler, L. D. C.
Wood, T. Slidell, R. L. Gibson, W. Whitlock, J.
P. Pollock, W. H. Holmes, W. F. Scott, F. J.
Gasquct, Louisiana.
Female Accomplishments,
Every school for young ladios rejoices in ita
teacher of drawing, painting, Ac., as its
loaohor of music; and under the hands of these
two individuals the whole school, as a general
thing, is desired to pass by teachers and parents.
French is studied as an accomplishment. Dano
ing, in some schools, is taught as an accomplish
ment, The result usually it, that when & young
lady is fiuUhed off, aho can play six tunes
ou tho piano, has executed three pieces
of drawing or painting, which papa bays
frames for, and hangs up in tho parlor for
exhibition to visiters* has “ done” a Uttfe portfolio
in water colors, in which the teacher’s hand is fre
quently visible, has learned to danoe, and has
achieved a freo run of nineteen French phrases
which sko could not pronounco oorreotly to save
her life. So far there is nothing but show. Prin
ciples havo not been comprehended, and she has
in her hands noth’ng, not even tho instruments for
winning tho accomplishments whioh she and her
frionds imagine she possesses.
Wo haveaceu such finished-off young women by
hundreds. Thoy aro picked up by the hundred
by infatuated young men, and made Into wives
and housokeepors. Out readers call upon such
wives every fair day. They will seo the sohool
girl efforts in drawing transplanted from the old
homo where first placed, to tdoom upon the walls
of tho husband—an evidenco that boo was onco
“ accomplished ” There stands tho piano. You
ask her to play. She sits down reluctantly, and
gives you one of tho immortal six that she made
you sick of when she first returned from school.
She has not learned a tuno since. Her husband
says, with a sigh,. that sho has not played any
since she was marriofl. She cannot oven play a
piece of simple Bacrod music at sight, to accommo
date a company of singing frionds who happen in
upon a Babbatn evening. You toss her a French
ton mot, and she stares; or you. ask. her to render
u French quotation against whioh you stumblo in
a Rovlow, but sho has “forgofcton her French.”
You meet her at an assembly, and she walks a
cjuadrillo like an automaton, or stumbles at every
change of the danco. So you come to the conclu
sion that sho was just accomplished enough to ac
complish bor marriage, aud that being out of tho
market, her accomplishments could be of no fur
ther uso.
What wo most need In our American systom of
female oduefltion is tho making of the “accom
plishments,” as they are called, practical. Musio,
drawing, and language are soienoes. Therefore
thorough induction into the principles of these
should bo the first object, and not the simple man
ual or lingual practice that may be neocssary to
show results that have been arrirod at without a
passage through the legitimate channel. How
many misses oan sketch from nature ? How many
aro taught to sketch thus? How many, when
they return homo “accomplished," can sketch
oven tho old domicil in whioh they were
reared ? llovv many can paint tho tiger-lily
that occupies tho corner of the door-yard ?
llovv many can take a sinaplo picco of music
aud play or sing it at sight. How many go
on from tho foothold thoy have aohioved,
and become mistresses of tho delightful art, sooth
ing tho husband when weary and alone, or enter
taining his friends when they call upon him ? How
many road a Frenoh book after leaving school? 1
Wo suppose not ono in fifty. Thoir accomplish
ments are abided cheat. Tho money spent to
obtain them is a dead loss, and the time which
they hayo occupied should have been dovoted to
more solid studies, in which throe-fourths are defi
cient, from tho simple fact that their timo has boon
so unpiofitably occupied.
Wo can think of nothing more charming in a
married woman (after a ploasant temper and a
true. hoart) than the ability to amuse herself and
cultivate her own tastes and powers in pursuit of
ornamental art, and cham bor frionds by tbo pro
ductions of her pencil ortho musio of her voice.
Yes—wo miatako—thoro is ouo thing hotter than
this—tho ability to writo a sensible letter, crossing
her t's, dotting her Vs, and obeying the rules
of syntax. But, then, wo can't expect everything,
particularly if a woman be accomplished.—Spring
field Republican.
A Bit of Romance*
Ten yeara ago a young Englishman ran awav
from Loudon, where ho was highly connected,
cnino down to Liverpool, took a Bnip that was up
for New Orleans, and in duo courso of tiino landed
iu this oity with a light heart in his broast, and
between one and two hundred pounds in Bank
of England notes in his pocket. He had boon a
mauvais sujet at homo, and, what between wine
and women, had managod to squander a large for*
tune, besides involving himself berionsly in debt.
110 had taken tho precaution to provide himself
with letters of introduction to respectable parties
in this city, and by this means bo soon farmed the
acquaintance of a young lady, who, by tho death
of her father, had just boon left solo hoircss to a
largo estate. A warm attachment soon sprung up
between tho two. ami our young Englishman, one
fine day, mado the lady a formal tendor of his
hand and heart. Tho answer ho received was the
following: “ I lovo you, and will marry you, but
onty on these conditions, ond these only: Ist, You
inustf stop drinking; 2d, You must pay your
debts; 3u, You have squandered ono fortune;
you must sot to work ana make another.” Tho
Jovor entreated, but the lady was inexorable,
Just theu tho gold fover broke out, and onr boro
determined, without loss of timo, to try his fortune
on tho shores of tho Pooifio ocean. He Bat dowu,
wrote a letter to tho lady, in whioh ho an
nounced his dotormination, assurod her of his
unalterable affection, and bogged her to be
faithful to him, and without further adioa,
started for New York, ond took ship for
Saw Francisco via tho Capo. In California
he ted for somo time a wandering, dissolute
life, and finally joined the unfortunate expedition
which Rnoussot do Boalbon fitted out for the con
quest of Sonora. It w&b known that bo was among
the few who escaped to tell tho fate of their horoio
loader, but nothing further was beard of him or his
whereabouts until last Saturday, when a friend of
his in this oity received a lefegraphio despatch
from him. stating that he was among the fifty per
son# saved from tho-“ Central America, and
brought into Norfolk by tho barque “Ellen.”
The despatch further statod that tho writer had
lost §150.000 in gold, whioh was in the hands of
the purser, but that it was luckily insured for its
full value in a London offiao. IV e learn that the
lady to whom ho was engaged is still unmarried, and
it would uot bo strange ii, in the course of human
events, we should be oalled upon to indite a para
graph with that fashionable heading “Marriage in
• &igLLife."-IV.a See,
TWO CENTS.
FOREIGN NEWS ITEMS.
The officer who succeeds so distinguished a
man as Sir H. Lawrence at Lucknow, is Major
Banks, who has been in India twenty-eight yoais
is a first-rate linguist, and has seen much active
aemce; among other campaigns, ho served in the
second expedition to Cabul. Be filled the office of
« secretary to the Government of India mili
partment for some years, and in that capa
city went through Seinde with Lord Hardingc, and
Pegu with Lord D&lhouste. The latter nobleman
appointed him to bo his military secretary, and
sent him from Ootacamcnd to Lucknow, two years
ago, on business connected with the annexation.
He is commissioner in Oudo in charge of Lucknow,
and so succeeds his lata chief. Sir 0. Napier, in a
letter dated May 31, • 1850, thus writes: '‘There
are some glorious magistrates who really do exalt
the honor and power of England in the East. I
came through a district governed by a Mr. Banks.
Ido not know him. I never saw him, but I really
felt proud of my countryman. Yet even there I
saw tyranny by the hoard which roles the Pan
jaub; ho cannot hell) that; all he does himself ia
splendid.”
Spanish Intrigues.-— Maria Christina, says
a correspondent of the Tuiu r, baa written a pri
vatcletter to her daughter, in which she said that
ahe should have the greatest pleasure in beiDg with
her at the period accouchement, but that she
neither could nor would go to Spain while the Duke
of Valencia was at the head of the Government.
Another reason why Queen Christina is not likely
to go to Spam is simply that her daughter, what
ever her professions, does not wish it. All Queen
Isabella s demonstrations, in a.contrary sense are
mere grimace, wherewith shedeceives Christina
and threatens Narvuex—a double game, deceivin':
all, setting all at variance, and enabling her to net
according to bar own. fancy atone. One -reason
moro thore is. As the daughter still persists in
her mad prefect of absolutism, while the mother is
about to publish a manifesto, in which she will pre
sent herself os a sort of champion of constitutional
liberty, this forms a motive of political division
between the two Queens which before did not
exist.
Australia. —Fresh discoveries of gold to a
largo extent have been made in New South Wales
The papers furnish details of the contract by the
Sydney for a postal line of communication by Pa-
The Geelong and Melbourne Railway has
boon completed, adding another branch of the
Austrian railway net-work, and the electric tele
graph appears also to be extending itself greatly
in the Australian colonies, *
River Communication is India—The Ori
ental Inland Steam Company has been formed to
commenoetbe steam navigation of the Indus by
means of flat-bottomed boats of twenty-four inches
draught, trains of which are to be towed by steam
boats of 200 horse-power. The oompany has a con
cession from the East India Company tantamount to
a guarantee of 10 per cent, on the outlay.
It has long been considered as certain that
Gon. Cavaignac will not take the oath of fidelity
neoessary to enable him to sifciu the corps lerisia
tif. As regards MM. Goudchaux and Carnot their
refusal is said to be less sure. We bear that their
electors are applying great pressure to induce
them to accept this indispensable preliminary.
Madame Riatori is at Paris, on her way to
Madrid, where she is to receive £BOO for a month’s
engagement Her hotel and travelling expenses
are to be paid for her, and on equipage placed at
hor disposal during the period of bor engagement.
The stage, after ail, is not a bad profession to
Borne.
The Opinione oj Turin contains a statement
to the effect that Count Collorcdo, the ambassador
of Austria at Rome, who is at present on leavo of
aosenoe, has received instructions from hisOovern
roent to proceed at once to hia post, in order to
unite with Count do Grammoat in urging upon the
Pontifical Government liberal reforms.
Bujanowo, ia the Grand Duchy of Posen,
was literally destroyed by fire-only f or ty houses
out or four hundred and ninety having been left
standing. Upwards of 2,000 souls were deprived
of shelter; many persons' are known to have
perished, many are missing, and more are danger
ously wounded, *
Some Tent Wine, used at the commnnion
tatoe, was sent for analysis by the Rev. John M.
PuTOhas, of Orwell Reotory The analyst reported
os follows : '• lam of opinion that tho sample of
wine Jon sent me was a compound of treacle,spirits
of wine, water, and a small quantity of a genuine
but very sour wine.’ 1 &
A new Opera, by Verdi, or rather the repro
duction of one of his early works, with additions
and many changes, is said by the Italian journals
to have been very successful. This opora is called
‘‘Arnoldo, and wasbnragbtout at Rimini. “Stif*
felio’ was tho original titlo of the work.
General D’Orgonl is said to have had an in
terview with the Emperor of Russia while the lat*
Tfae commercial relations
which the Emperor of the Burmese desires to open
with Europe, is assigned as the object of the inter
view.
NAws from Constantinople is to the sth Sep
tember. The arms of the embassies of Prance,
Russia, and England aro uncovered to view, and
tho usual diplomatic intercourse resumed. Fuad
Pacha is named President of tho Council of the
Tansimat, in place of Redsohid Paoha. *
The' rich fields of coal discovered some time
since at Sadong, Borneo, will shortly bo made
availablo for the use of our troops and steamers in
thot quarter of tho world. Tho quality of the
coal is reported as very good, and ils quantity
almost inexhaustible.
Throughout Syria nothing is heard of but
threats against the Christians. Assassinations are
common. At Jerusalem the Latin Patriarch was
so menaced tbatho tendered his resignation. The
consul of France has interfered.
Mdlle. Dejazet, now passedher sixtieth year,
la to represent Beranger when a young man, in a
new play announced at the Theatre de Yarietes.
The piece Is entitled “Lea Enfants do Berau
ger.”
The statue of YTieland and the Goetho
Schiller group were formally uncovered at "Weimar
on tho 4th instant. Crowds of spectators from all
parts of Germany were present and the greatest
enthusiasm was manifested on the occasion.
The Council-General of tho Nord has una
nimously voted the following resolution: “Pro
tection is, and will be for a long time, the most im
perious wont of French agriculture and manufac
tures.”
Tho Austrian Government is about to in
troduce a newspaper stamp. The stamp is to he
one kroutzer, about two centimes, and is to take
effect from the Ist of January next.
The vintage of this year, in France, is re
garded as the earliest known. Tho crop is not
everywhere abundant, it appears, but the quality
of the vine is expected to prove unusually fine.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean have passed
through Parteon their way to Switzerland, for a
few weeks’ repose previous to tho reopening of the
Princess’s Theatre.
Tho Ottoman dignitaries havo proposed to
the Porto to name a ruler for the Principalities,
either a brother or son-in-law of the Sultan.
It is expected that tho Queen of Spain will
bo confined early in Novomber. Her Majesty is in
tho enjoyment of good health.
Mr. Brett is endeavoring to persuade the
Austrian Government to lay down a submarine
telegraph between Kagusa and Alexandria.
A telegraphic communication had been
opened botween Madrid and Barcelona, via La
Junquoira, Figure, and Girona.
Herat is evacuated. Troubles, excited by
religious fanaticism, havo followed the departure
of the Persian troops.
The shares of tho Atlantic Telegraph Com
pany havo declined (nominally) to 150 to 200 dis.
Ferukh Khan has commenced a tour to all
the principal manufactories of France,
Colonel Von Manteuflel is appointed Prus
sian ambassador at Vienna.
Lynching in Mississippi—Execution of Jeffer-
son Gray.
We alluded the other day, saya the Natchez
Courier, to a charge of murder against Jefferson
Gray, fbr Bhooting .Robert Abernathy in Pontotoc
county, in this State. Tho Examiner thus gives
tho closing Breno this tragedy:
With a goner'.! hurrah and shouting, the crowd
marched thei** victim offiinmediately to the woddi
About hulf a milo from tho town of Bed Land,
they halted at a hickory tree by tho road side—
tied a rope around the prisoner'** neck, and threw
the other end of tho ropo over a limb of tho treo.
They then gave him a few minutes to say his
praytrj, and speak what ho had to say. Ho first
called for a drink of water, which being given to
him, he said, they had ono end of the rope around
bid neck, and tho other over the limb, but as there
was ft God in Heaven and a hoi! below, ho w.is
innocent of tho charge against him. Simo tben
cried out hang him up; he is determined todio with
ft lio in hig mouth. A motion was made to swine
him up, when he cried out to held on, he would
confoss and toll tho wholo truth. A little time was
given him. He theu confessed that he shot Aber
nathy—that somo difficulty had occurred between
Abernathy, Jones, and himsolf— that ha went to
Abernathy in tho field and attacked him on the
subject. Abernathy, having nogun, acknowledged
himself in Gray’s power—turned his back to him
to walk off, when be shot him in tho book. After
ho had fired his gun, Abernathy exclaimed; “You
have killed mo, Gray, but I am going to heaven !”
lfe further stated that no one elso was implicated
or know anything about the murder, except him’
self—thftt his wile was a good woman, and he hoped
sho would ho taken care—that Abernathy was a
good man, and he tailored ho was gooo to heaven.
As for himsolf, ho could then seo the fiarue* of fccfl
blazing under his foot liko dry broom sago, lie
thou prayed awhile, and called lor some one to pray
for him.
Whereupon Maj, Steel, by request of tho com
pany, prated a very solomn and fervent prayer,
tor the spiritual welfare of tho prisoner, and for
tho sanction of heaven upon their proceedings—
the most respectful order and siloncebeing observ
ed by tho crowd during tho prayer. Some other
remarks were then mado by the prisoner mingled
with prayers, etc. He then called up tho brothers
present of the man ho had murdered, and desired
to shako hands uml bid them farewell; they all,
boing three or four we believe, oome up and gave
him their hands. Hero, or daring the intervals of
these proceedings, a contribution was made up by
the company present, of about two hundred dollars
for the benefit of tho prisoner’s wife and child, who
were about to bo left a widow and orphan. After
which the prisoner was mounted upon a horse, a
handkerchief tied over his eyes, made to stand on
bis feet unoa the horse, the rope tightened over
the limb, the horse led out from under, and the
unfortunate victim or the terrible vengeance of an
outraged community left to swing ana quiver be
tween heaven and earth, as if unfit for either.
Christian Gingerich,of Snyder county, Fa.,
committed suicide on Wednesday of last week, bp
hanginghimselfwith a silk handkerchief in hu
born. Ho was about 70 years of age,
Wo TICK TO OORIUCSPOItBENTf«
G'Ktfepßvbtfatcr " Tbs yam” will plus* hearts
mind the following rules;
Every communication must be accompanied by the
name of the writer. la order to insure correctness in
the- typography, but one ride of a sheet should be
written upon.
We shall be greatly obliged to gentlemen In Pemuyl
vanla and other States for contributions giving the cur
rent am of the day la thalr particular localities, the
resource* of the surrounding country, the increase of
population, and any information that will be interesting
to the general reader.
GENERAL NEWS.
Dr. Alfred H. White, writing from Lynn
ville, Tennessee, says: In 1852,1 dissected the
head of a large rattlesnake, and to keep from being
wounded by accident, I extracted the two fatten
and proceeded to examine every tisane, when I
found another hag as large as the one I had ex
tracted ; close by its side I found another, varying
B!Z h, when I was surprised again by finding
others, amounting to fourteen—all getting amaller
r ’ all possessing the same eharaeter-
T? or, S iE, l fang. The opposite side eor
responded in every particular, excepting there were
porsons, in petting the rattlesnake,
tho hB P "» risible, and
danger of
sHcW I > l 0 r Uy J !ght the fe «i riore of Messrs.
Stiohter 4 Co., Tamaqua, Pa., was discovered to
be on fire-thought to be tho work of an incen
*/J5 ufe bxteadea to an adjoining building, occa
pied for the srie of fanutore by Mcors. Dormetxer
£“?•' n bni,d >?B g“P«« by John Sheifiv, end
by the Sentnul, published by Fouike
4 Brother. The blacksmith shop of Daniel Dean,
Jn the rear, was also destroyed. All the build
ings were Dame, situated nearly opposite the
Colombia House. Total loss, *lo,ooo—covered, by
insurance. • *
Tho trial of Jas. P. Donnelly, for the mur
der of Albert S. Moats, at the Sea View House; oh
tho Ist of August last, terminated at Freehold, N.
J., on Saturday nighL and resulted ia the convic
tion of the prisoner of murder in tho first degree,
as ohargod ui the indictment. Donnelly bore up
with unusual fortitude .when .tb&reritiet was^an*
nonneed, bat when removedjo Ms wH be realized
tho borcorof bit eUuati*n to the - fullest' extent;
and indulged in paroxysms of grief during the re
mainder or the sight. He oonipJaiflcd bitterly of
the partiality of tho judge’s charge. ■ r
Jacob H, Holeman, formerly a prominent
politician in Kentucky, died recently.
Be was the man who shot Francis Waring, of Ya..
apToctical duellist, in & duel forced on him by
WMing Mr. Holeman served bis country in the
northwest war, and fought gallantly at the Thames,
o 12? A*^ 0 ? 0 ? ,*° ***• mounted regiment from
bcott, of Col. Johnson, and some thought it was
from his gun the bullet sped by which Teeumseh
fell Be did not claim to have killed the chief,
although he was satisfied he killed an Indian in
authority.
The only troops now left in Kansas are four
companies second artillery, cue company third sr*
i ler T\.. twocom panie3second dragoons. All
the additional force has left for Utah. The follow
ing troops have been ordered to Kansas, and are
expected to reach there about October Ist: Ton
companies fourth artillery from Florida, and ten
companies first cavalry from the Plains, which will
make a force of nearly 2,500 men to keep the peace
during tho October elections, should it be neces
sary.
The Toiranda *4rgus 3ays: Our town has
presented quite a business-like appearance for the
past fow days. Some twenty-five or thirty canal
boats here during Sunday evening and
Monday morning, for the purpose of loading with
coal for a Northern market. The coal company
are now making three or four trips per day to the
mines, and are dally shipping from three to four
hundred tons of their coif, no understand thirty
more boats are expected here this week, or as soon
as these afready here shall be loaded.
The ship Eliza, Captain Charles Johnson,
arrived at New York on Saturday, in 31 days from
Liverpool, wPh thirty passengers, and two persons
(William O. White, first mate, and Thomas White,
his brother,) belonging to the brig Nancy, of Hali
fax, which was capsized on the 15th inst., four days
out of Halifax, bound to Porto Rico, when the cap
tain, Joseph Grant, and six of the crew were
drowsed. The wreck was fallen in with four days
after, in tot. 3S <W. 8 min., long GO deg., and Mr.
White and his brother taken offihe foremsathead.
Late news from Inagoa states that the
prospect of a fine salt season is cheering. The salt
company of that place had raked 85.000 bushels.
There was plenty of salt in the pans, but it could
not be gathered through scarcity of laborers. We
have advices from Turks Islands dated sth of
September. The salt market was dull, and the
pans at Grand Turks had bees damaged by heavy
rain. There was a large supply on hand, at ten
cents per bushel.
It seems that Mrs. Birch—wife of Mr. James
Biroh, of Pall River, Mass-, President of the Cali
fornia Stage Company, who was among the lost
passengers of the Central America—was not left
destitute by the death of her husband. Mr. Birch
had sent on in the Illinois, the steamer which pre
ceded the Central America, $BO,OOO in gold bars,
tor which ho also remitted a draft payable to tho
order of his wife.
Two ladies belonging to Keooebank, Maine,
arrived wifely homo from Cuba on Tuesday. They
were desirous to take passage in the Central Ame
rica, from Karan*, on her fatal trip, but were re
fused on account of yellow fever. Disappointed,
but uot discouraged, they took passage in a
sailing vessel and arrived in New York without ac
cident.
A most daring robbery and attempt to mur
der was committed m the streets of Richmond on
Friday night lost. The victim was a Mr. A. D.
Morriscuu & merchant of Rockbridge eoanty. Ya.>
who was knocked down and stabbed and robbed of
over $3,000. It appears that Mr. Morrison arrived
at Richmond on the Central ears last Wednesday,
to purchase goods. »
The value of imports of foreign goods at th»
port of Boston for tho week ending on the 25th
inst.,was $817,852 —showing an increase of $242,-
439 over the corresponding week In 1850. The
principal articles of import were wool, valued at
$144,718, and hemp, raw and manufactured,
amounting to $144,665, sugar and hides.
George Knight, convicted of the murder of
his wife, in Maine, was, on Tuesday, sentenced to
be hung. According to the statute he must re
main in the State prison for one year, and then it
is optional with the Governor to issue a warrant
for his execution, or suffer him to continue at hard
labor in the prison.
South of Springfield, HI., on the railroads,
some of the formers are said to be offering their
corn at fifteen cents per bushel in the field; others
at five doltars per acre. The indications are, un
less the frosts set in early, that the com crops will
bo enormously large.
A Welshman, named John Davies, pub
lishes a thrilling narrative in the newspapers, re
lative to his escape from Salt Lake He confirms
the accounts heretofore given of Brigham Young’s
destroying angels, and says they number four hun
dred.
The last Asheville (North Carolina) Neu>s
contains a long and interesting letter from the
lion. Thomas L. Clingman in relation to the
BUck Mountain end the explorations and mea
surements mode of it at various times.
’William Vaughn, the last surviving revolu
tionary soldier residing in Sumter district, S. C.,
died last week. Ho sorved under Marion and
Sumter.
Judge Dearborn, a widower, forty years of
ago. committed suicide in Nort Hampton, N. H.,
last week. His body was found in a posture with
his throat cut.
The Portland (Me.) Advertiser says it is
twenty-four years ago since a criminal was legally
executed in that State. Have there beeu any ille
gally executed?
A mau named Suggs, who was arrested near
Americas, Georgia, a few days sicee, by an officer,
attempted to escape by jumping from tho wagon
and running away. Ho was fired at and! killed.
Mrs. Langley, a widow lady of this city, was
robbed of ono hundred dollars while attending the
fair of tho Fanners and Mechanics’ Institute, at
Easton, Fa.
Tho Hon. Edward Everett has consented to
deliver his orxiion on Washington, before thociti
zens of Wheeling. The time has not yet been de
finitely settled.
Joseph Pigeon, a half-breed Indian, has been
found guilty of the murder of Lewis Williams, at
Mobile, Alabama, and sentenced to be hung.
The United States Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows, which has been in session in Baltimore,
adjourned nnt die on Saturday afternoon.
The New York Times says that there are
over ten thousand dollars spent every night at tho
different places of amusement in that city.
Two companies of artillery have arrived at
New Orleans, on their way to Kansas. They were
ordered from Florida.
The new Masonic Hall, in Frederick, Md.,
is to bo dedicated by the Grand Lodge on the 19th
of November.
Henry ’Whalen killed David Morrison in an
affray in Harrison county, Kentucky, last week. It
was done in self-defence.
Major John G. Bates, senior editor and pro
prietor oC the Montgomery (Ala.) Journal, died cn
the 22d instant.
Mr. Lucas, teller of the Gore Bank, at Lon
don, Canada, has left his post, a defaulter to the
amount of $20,000.
The Ringgold Cornet Band, of Readings
Pft., will play for the Western Engine Company in
ho coming firemen's parade.
The AomccltvraSi Wealth op the Uni
ted States —-At the -annual meeting of the
United States Agricultural Society, held in
tho city of "Washington, in January last, a
committee of five persons was appointed to
memorialize Congress on the subject of es
tablishing an agricultural department, with a
Secretary at itshead.who should be one of tho
advisers of the President and a member of his
cabinet. Tho St. Louis Intelligencer, allud
ing to the subject, says that the statistics of
tho United States show the quantity of land,
under tho head of improved farms, to bo 113.-
031,014 acres, and unimproved at 180,328.000
acres, which land is divided iuto 1,449,075
farms, averaging 203 acres to each farm tho
value of which land is $3,271,575,420, employ
ing agricultural implements to the amount of
$161,637,038, producing agricultural product*
of tho valuo of $950,924,040, as shown by the
census of 1850; which annual agricultural pro
ducts have increased so as, in 3857,t0 be of the
value of $2,202,902,980, or near 140 per cent.,
while the advance in products will show a like
advance m land, equal in 1857, to the value of
$7,033,679,327, and of agriculturalimplemcnts
to the value of $363,704,488, together $8,007,.
673,816, all of which land, fanning implements
and annual value of products, might have been
increased in an duplicated value, under the
management of a agriculturaldepartment, with
a judicious and experienced Secretly at it*
head, as can easily be made manifest.
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