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Tai s34.Wicts Asps ,Twx - moonis.
The: easiest thing in the world is to, talk
- radicalism in the hour of popular extreilty ;
but it is a very different matter to suggest sen
sible remedies for great evils. We have our
own settled opinions as to banks - mid. banking.
We are ready to'go as , far lea the flirthest to
reform them, and if this will 'not do; to
aholisb thein altogether., But ,no one ,really
regards the present as the occasion to
effect • either' of these objects: Oka far • all
seem agreed. Now,' however, a heir
oneition.presenta • The day - of disaster
to the Merchants tied business men, while it
May. riot' lace' entirely, gone by , ,' is aPproaeh
ing to' :its close f;iind •we 'mist 6onsider how
'to help thoie who, are dependent upon
their own- hands' for support. •There is a
bright and
,hopeful feeling in' operation Int,
this Subject. Trilifferent lathe of the city
the ,belt men are moving. • The merchants
and mechanics are reducing the prices of their
wares. ' The various benevolent soCiettes' are
extending ' their operations., The papers,
abound in •common-sense ,suggestions; and,
nearly 'every man we meet' has , Something
to say'of an encouraging character. - From .
this spirit practical remedies must result.'
Would At not . b9 well for. the banks to take'part
in thee* 'Worts to alleviate the condition of
the people? To their 'own judgment we trust,
this proposition.: Let them, for instance; re
solve to assist all; to the utmost of their abili
ty, who have workmen employed. This
would 'be acceptabln 'Old, and would 'go' far
to assist the thousands' whose great rieed in
these times is employment and reasonable
, -
wages.
The Richmond Examiner, connientingiiiien
the prOpOsithmi tO 'start National Bank and
overthrow the Independent Treasury uses thd
following forcible illustration': , •
•
6 Bat imagine what „would have been the affect
of the sodden withdrawal fromthe vaults of a Na?
tional Bank of Government ape:deem:oh as lias-oo
enrred within the , lest six months
,from.the Sub;
Treasury. In April, the Government coffers, con
tained nearly thirty millions , of, coin ; ; si e ts,'. :they
scarcely contain sayers millions.. If Abe olroula,
tion of a National Bank' (throe for Seiner dotes td
vane) had been 'curtailed - in:proportion - to
rapid diminution of ' the precious metals hilts
custody, `there.would' twit:: been costive'
tion 'in the currency; ' from 'this cause - alcusel
of sixty or sixty-lire fattener of dollars, twantyz
odd inilliens of specie baring,boen lost by the
treasury. The pressure' now ' alined.* the
country is the result ,of a- a• .f falling off-- of
the specie held by the local 'bunko; from $58,000,1
000 in January last, to about $25,000,000 held by
them new; or a. dimbnitios their coin orabout
$33,000,000 If, we hadhad aNationalßank addl;
tion to the local banks, a curtailmentof iteeireu 4 .
would have been Jumesiutry in, an amount
, corresponding with theloss of twenty-pdd millions of
,13evernment epecie from itavaults sand the country
would.have been nearly doubly worse off than it is
under th e forced Contraotion of the local banks. It it
a simple problemin the Sinekleitte ofTlir'ee. The
present bard times are the immediate result of the
' Ica by - the ideal' banks of about thirty-three milt
lionsof dollars;
what would have been the eondition
-Of the times, it the banks , national and local, of
the country ,' bad lost, besides this' amount of Igo;
ale, twenty-odd millions, or nearly as much more
Why, the most rotten bank that Over disgraced
this country Was the last 'United 'States Bank.
Its stocks could have been bought at any time
within the last twenty years, at a dollar it two
a share. Its notee, unredeemed and worthless, are
mattered over the country, from Blaine to Texas;
-in quantities as profuse .as the old. continental
money, havirig no' Bale ascent to the airfoils, A
stray note bringing 'Sits' cents dr "itch 'a' matter
in the dollar, just. as the skulls Of noted Yillkint
And iald with anatomists Mr scientific curia:Wee
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;WEDNESDAY, OCTOAER 28,1867.
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Or{ THZ, Fl,so 12 1 49z=-Fditotiel, The Great,
OM* of our, Day and ,Time ; CoMMuilicar i
',Cons ) , The ; Warehouse. System, ,The_ Nigh;
Price, of, Provisions, Short Credits; General.
News; The Banking System; Bold Forgeries
at Weet•Cheetert , The-Conspiracy against the:
'Merchants' and Manufacturers' Bank, &o.
.Pads:—The Metrical Sys
- tem Of Modern France, by J. H. GIBBON . ;
'M. Sver and Miss Nightingale. -
' We said it was easy to preach -radical doc
trines in times like these--« as easy as
We, add, that. a all evils to iseciety, the
demagogue whb cries up and down the streets
U . great citY, solving 'ditudfeetioti, without,
suggestingoure;for, the'publie ills, Is 'among
the worst. He may sow 'the storm, .but he
wili'les-' reap the whirlwind. 'We , ,
prefer the part . of doing the best to" avert the ;
worst; and, if the worst shduld come, wd,
stand ready to endure It with our fellow-creaj
tares, consoled by the fact that we labored id
have it otherwise.
AN OASIS IN THE DESERT.
Standing as we do, amid the wreck, of all
those institutions that grew into such ,magni
tude on the foundation of Mere'debt, and
holding men of , substantial Means oaftled
down in the crash, the eye rests with grateful
pleasure upon the condition of the Federal
Government. Here is an instance and a proof
of the invaluable advantages that result from
the policy of doing beshaesenpon asolid specie
basis. Had this crisis overtaken the General
'Government, with its vaults 'Mica with the,
paper of a great National Bank, who can count
the disaster! that must have-resnlted , ;But
by pursuing the path' muted out by the Oon,
stitution itself, and avoiding all issues of betake
in the payment. of takes , and . the proneedi
the sales of the public lands, the Government
has set an example to individuals =that cannot
fall to have a most healthful effect., It has
also preserved the national credit at home'and
abroad; it has' removedimmense element
of mischief from the commercial crisis; by
-holding itself aloof frem bank connections,
and it has; finally, proved to Legislatures and
States the success of an experiment
have no doubt will, fn due time, be adopted in
reference to the collection of the State taxes;
isuepEs*iort."
Te Jeffersotticia, published at West Ches.
tor, by Jois fibia?sort, Esq., lately elected,9n
the Deuiocrittle ticket te,the Legislature, con
tains the following article; which- we Qom;
mend for its brevity and moderatiOn
Tim lcucer.. - .--The entire bank 'capital 'exist.
Ing.in the' United States is stated to be three hun
dred and' fort*Ahree millions of dollars.
The entire , paper, eurrener is -tot down at one
hundred and elghtj , sts millions of dollars; of
whisk fifty millions is in [five-dollar 'dotes, end
about the same amount in ten-dollar notes. ;
The amount of specie. is two hundred and fifty
fire millions of dollars, of which the ba'nht hold
sixty millions. .
These statemenis have been made In official pub
lic documents, and are piobibly as !tear the feota
ab can ho arrived at. '
,
'Lf view of them, the remedy for a suspension i of
specie payments is apparent and easy. -
• • Let the General Government and the States co
operate to abolish the five and ton-dollar notes.
The rearliwould bolo reditoe our paper ourretioy
eue4ialf, and secure in its place gold and silver.
- A.saspeasion,then would ,119V00013X once in a
century. - - • ,
'This retried,' was prepesed'and urged by' James
Gutman when a Senator, ,The Itithienoe of his
Administration may - be - considered as pledged,
'thrireforryto - ce-operato with the Legislatures and
Governors, of the: 'States la bringing about this
„greet refom:.
Ile - question of domestic; polioyis so transcendent
le.its importance. It is a people's measure. All
parties should unite upon it, and demonstrate that
,thei
,people are able lo
„witosaga . their affair* of
gevernment. • - , • _
0f course, the "remedy would be applied With dub
eaistion, so as not to disturb rielently the measure
of - value or the relatioh of debterand creditor.' '
In oar opinion, this &octant( only real ogre
of the Amorloan' banking ayoultalalglit be' applied
duringldr,,Buobanews.Admialattation.
AlDftger period le not requielte. ,
IRV SINN'S ASSOCIATION.
held this „evening at
o'clock, df theliinSicaO'und , llall, for the pur
pose offOlinittjt "ark - Titdhatrial Wernen,°l4, As
sociation, the objeef view},lieing to, afford
relief to the large number of ferrialeS, noir in
our city ? .dependont upon, what thdY
by their needle for support, and upon whom,
it is fiate4; the present , heirl lilies will fall
With paooar's#o4t7 ; .,-.
it is hoped thattlie benevolent will feel suffi
cient interest in thisineVemetfte come forward
and subscribe a fund gruitiefent precure for
thole, Old of , employment the necessaries: of
lite,,inid more paytienfarly.iri eases *here - the
.reeiplenta are willing to afford them the means
" of transport for thei-West, Where females sire
ro'reuelkiti,deinatid. . This Is Cue of, the most
important :ot- the various measures, of relief
whiCh - let've becitlately 'ttiggested„ aid; frOm
C`harietar'of ear city, We feet aesorpd4hat
• a :MoVemeld; calculated to enlist the
• syntpaffilett Of all our cltiigilt cannot but meet
,itopEnx. 163B1oxiioi ; :ext, Fool-
Ttniec.44liemaisa air moraingron the
`''yranilsea?l , lh.-I.9l9:Bpnled *ma i : the genteel'
• -tritelitpirethlehoe,arelhopertor'furelture, all nearly
riewv tut ,:'•
44ihionabfr,larroiru're, 4 'b. hey
•atero moo'fialle, the
o!ekie
sedertatitii` itow, seedy 'tbe"Calgialruitrititin
ye ow ;root/o*nm,
PIII I IISIIIIIENT Fon. szpori.
As lately as yestordlY;We were igiialibt how
the revolted Sepoys sholalVflt - t iT i PZ °
that they are reconquensk—as,a,7i,erYNPuil reads
ft vaae , i bitfOre long.
us to believe will be
For it is not to bo catpea l4l,lP.unfliselplibod
men, (or, if disciplined; adenylePending 'for
their efficiency on their European officers,)
with no aggregation,
except that of mere num
• beros--no cohesion, save what is caused by
their union caryevolt—haying religious faiths
so widely' differini isit'eldlitl points that tho
wendortaAaY have plunged
into bloodyfeatcha—it is not to be expected, we
sa y, that Mich men,- Wht&ver 'the' Success of
their sudden revolt, shall be perniitted to main
tain, permanently, the hostile position which
they now occupy. .The Anglo-Indian Empire
whiCh has been built up, in such :_wonderful
- manner, iu one• hundred years, from Guys and
ILtsrntos to 'NA,Priit and DALHOUSIE, cannot
beeoine a nullity, were ten Deihis to be ocen.
pied by hordes "of revolted Asiatics. We grant
that it has beee badly governed, (chiefly with
a view to revenue,) but it is too mighty a de
pendency of the British Empire to be severed
from it. Whenever (if over) India passes
under other dominations-by conquest, or • dis
memberment, or the successful assertion of its
awn nationality, partially orivboily—England
may well mourn that sUe has lost the brightest
Jewel in lier,fmperied diadem. '
We wondered, yesterday, what could be done
with the Sepoys, when they are once more
placed under the sway of England. We
saw what The •Times had recommended---The
/lanes, which represented then, as it often
demi, the popular feeling of England—namely,
that the ringleaders' and the actual sharers in
the outrages (insult, worst wrong, and murder
to women, and cruel deaths aid torture to
children) should , be executed,. , and that the
ordinary culprits should be doomed to life-long
slaVe-labor under. the whip,of.ii negro, over
seer: We knew that grave and influential
men, well • acquainted with Hindostan, knowing
how Delhi is considered, in a manner, a Bab'
City, strongly urged that not one stone of its
stately bindings should he allowed to remain
upon another, that its site should be made
desolate,' that the plough-share should pass
over its ground, and that salt should be, sown,
broad-east, in Its narrows. Desolation and
defilement, it has beep urged, ought to be the
doom of , the fortress-city, in which the mock-
King, 'whom the rebels had set up; has kept
• ' Looking over a file of recent English news
papers, we have alighted upon 'a recommenda
tion, respecting the future punishment of the
Sepoya, which, to Isar the least of it, has
the merit of novelty. It runs as follows:
fc frills Sternest decree and'severest execution
revenge itself may be bitterest glutted, as to
this world and the next, without infringing On
the claims of huinitnity civilization.
,Let
the iwine, that lathe source °eau crime, be
also the instrument of the punishment, and
scorn and' slaughter, shall alike exult in the ex
piation, when superstition infuses its own
scorpion venom into , the . sting .of .suicidal
doom. 'Fortunately for human nature, in every,
sense the keenest agony can be inflicted with
out the, physical tortures from' which eVeand
spirit shrink; • aid the ludicious may relieve the
terrible in a feat and righteous retribution.
Beleaguer their cities. with cordons of boars;
let them march fram their iaßyporia over pigs'-
feet and cow-heels ; charge their cavalry with
herds of the wild hog; let gun and howitzer
threw connainntedpork to clear out their batter.:
ies and paralyze their battalions spare woman,
for ber influence ii untiersal,"even on the un
taught gallentry of the conquering soldier; but
let infanta be careittlly cradled in cow-hides, and
tenderly nourished on the fattening the
sow r anoint the limbs of 'saintly fakir and
yitgnee with the unctuous fat of swine; Scourge
high-Caste Brain:Obi 'and Caliatrya and ler°.
ciously aspiring , Mahomedan with thongs. of
brawn; feed their hunker:with Chines"; let the
Kuisuhnan observe Christmas for, Once on the
devilled legs of hill favorite Tur key; we can.:
not spare him the whole of the hind-quarter;
and should the resolute Hindoo prefer star:,
ving to'disath in theitnirofaned'edor df sane;
titY, combine fhb with the flavor of broiling
tbaCl)ll. .For Haus•Smuts, ,proolaire: that his
ashes, if burned, shall be'gathered into a stye
that his hardened 'Camas, found living Or
dead, shall; e carefully larded to soften it;and
thatdrovee of the. fa:Melting bog shall bear
the consecrated relfcu in their bosonts'as they
rove, henceforth lid for everover the site Of
the levelled ,Hitinter you thus have
the:fiercest and molt effeetiii revenge." -
Undonbtodly,ithis is 141 original Idea. Fancy
such a city is,Delidheleagueredwith cordons
of boars; its sallyporte .pavect • with 16 pigs'
feet,'! (We do not' see, what connection cow:.
) 11 _. 6 0 1 alid pip' feet )41 , 0'0 akerdtiOf the wild
hog". charging the refractory Sopoys; a com
tillindedptirk":Osed as amlnuitititio; instead of
grape and nainion-ball, to 'clear out their
batteries' andparalyze .thirir,':battalions;"
'cradling the, little'Hindoe hates siroklings
(tin cowhide'," and nourished tenderly ig On
the' fattening, pap of the sow;',' -fakir and
"yognee f (drcadea drabe) anointed with the
unctuous fat of swine ; " high-caste • Brahmin
and ' aspiringl/Sabineglen ' scourged r 4 with
thongs ef, brawa,;", hungry„ rebels fed upon
chines of pork; Massulmen: stuffed with de;
Ole& 'of turkey, and Ilindoos
cOmpelled to starve, or be crammed with bialled
'bacon. ',Evert'Nexa Same, if dead, to have
his ashes burned and gathered in a, stye, or his
c arc a ss carefully larded, to often it,” and
then devoured by • rc . fireves of the famishing
hog'," who are, to run riot, hanceforidi smiler
ever, over the site of the levelled city. •
How the herds of Cie wild hog' are to be
trained to charge the anti-Pork Sepoys and
Malicnethins,—how pork is to be' f$ corneal . -
noted," 'save' in thelaralliar : form Of sausages
cordons' of boars are to beleaguer
Delhi,—how sow's pep II to be got, or' what
It rhesus,—may be, difficult te ascertein and to
do; but the mere suggestions show the.inten
iity of SePoinholda which OM. English' con
temporary cherishes in Ida Very:heart of hearts.
4: There Is only a narrow &Osten between the
sublime and the- ridiculous, and ire think that it
has been overstepped In the article we have
quoted from: Nevertheless, If it' does not in
struct it may amuse. There is *teething sub
limely ridiculous in the grave absurdity with
which; ,in 'almost every imaginable form of
pork, vengeance against the Sepoys is suggest
ed. Hindoo and Mussulinan, the followers of
,Bainns„ andMartendo,Aree in rejecting swine
as abhorred, and this giving them plenty of it,
would be a curious/thotighltemefiliat imprac
ticaiile and lediereue Mode of punishment. We
believe that it was given, seriOnslyand in sober
earnest, and stern, reality , by the English edi
tor. We are only surprised' het he did net, as
a climax,. recommend that yRNA Satn, If
taken filly*, shouldhe tied, like Ids,aSOF,.'s,ttPon
a wild horse, seated on an English saddle, (the
'sitting part of 'which is' always' made of, pfg
skin,) and, Doti Seated,' driVeo out , %nib the
wilderness to perish of hunger, or become the
Prey of wthlbOasts.
Meanwhile, ue swine are scarce in India,
the
, questlon may arise—Whore seethe por
cine 'herds' . to he obtained, which are to be
the• instruments of Sepoy punishment ? To
collect and Manage herds of 'wild swine would
be'too,imprecticable. The pigs must be im
ported. • What a chance for Cincinnati !
The Pried of Pork, Must rite 'ln that city, for
living Age will be at a premium l Who would
here thought that the' Sepoy revolt in India
"would make s,ansig,es; haute, and streaky bacon
dear in Philadelphia!
. unferttinate affair took plate yesterday
at Ohembeishnig, in this 'State, between Eon.
- jog. 0. VlCtsaix, son of the . naval officer of
OAS • pOrt, aud Mr. Iskao Casio,
' son-in-law
Or the WWI', in 111110 h CRAIG was wounded.
Spoliate ; °Ditto - say that the course of Mr.
such as lila friends
will fully approve. •
PUBLIC,AIVINIIEMIIO I
Acinnix night; . Mr. Charles
Mathews agaln dreWngrent 4dlence. „Ale even-
fag he repeats "Married for Money," and his QWn
ludlordun taterlude - " Patter versus Clatter."
,' „limn evriair Tfizavaa.—,a 4110 Cellar" pill
le produced here this everting, the out including
Mn.. Bowere, • Mini Taylor,• Mr. Wheatley, Mr.
DiVenpOrt, Mr. %linen, Mr. Frederick., Mr.
460 1; 0 1111131 kr,:.Thir3r; Mr. ,T. 2. Olarke.."Ui
Toodies," eternal, but popular, will be the
~after,-
,
' Wantary !Irani 4, Tiinkrita.—MY. Ohatifran and
,redneeit prioeshUe combined to alt this haute. To
night 'Mr. o.vrill appear in " Rip 'Van Winkle,"
and in !'The Staga43ttuok Barber s " with frets.
'tidni,of "arrest; Charlet Bead; Bob*, T. D. 21oe,
itt,toT4: '‘.
''l4, Z 1 ,‘ , 11 4 . lutt)ti,, of_ Bald*? btu
oailtid 411 TiOot - th e 101144 coligriiiattoti at
Bolvtdote,
THE PRESSequiIthiADELPHLA4 'WEDNEgbAt OtTOilEit 28) 1857.
I LET US HAVE NO,;XAX ON TE4, AND
COME. ! ''f'
i !,- Among the measures propoSeittil increase
•IbenatiotifttrevOmeer.iil case the receipts from
preient sour* continue to he too small to
me4illo OxpOndituriel of the Government, is
thapof a tax - ,,con tea and coffee . ..' W e hope
this' propositi on will meet with tittle favor.
It should ho regarded as a last, resort. In
time of war, the people of the United States
would no doubt cheerfully submit to the im
position of a duty upon any article of con
sumption, or to almost - any system of taxa
tion; for the sake of' providing for the defence
of their country end the preservation of the
national honor. 'But the necessity must in
deed be very urgent, which ,in, time of pro
found peace can justify the 'levy of impost
duties upon the articles referred to. We
have so long boon accustomed to their importa
tion free of duty, that the imposition of a
tax upon them now would be very distasteful.
Tea and coffee have heretofore escaped the ex
actions of our tariff system, because they are
of universal consumption, and necessarily ex
clusively of foreign growth and production.
1 American habits have made them prime articles
Of necessity in every household. They are as
certain to grace the poor, man's t,bie, and to
cheer and strengthen him for his daily toil, as
they ere to enter into the consumption of the
rich. A tariff is at best a most unequal system
of taxation, because the man of a large flimily
and small income may pay under it infinitely
more to sustain the Federal Government than
a rich man'tvith a small family, who has mil
lions of property under the special protection
of the National Government, and 'whose In
come and business are alike safely secured and
vastly increased by the exercise of its varied
powers. The people of wealth and of lavish
expenditure would pay but an infinitesimal
portion of any revenue that could be acquired
from' a tax upon tea and coffee. More than
nine-tenths of it would come from , men of
limited expenditures and moderate means.
While it may be true that the burden of the
tariff upon many other articles also falls upon
the masses of the people, there are scarcely
any other articles so indispensable to the whole
community. Nor should the fact that a tax
upon tea and Coffee would necessarily be a
pure revenue measure, be forgotten. Though
the doctrine of "protection for protection's
take'! is exploded, the Idea of incidental
protection to American industry should not be
entirely lost sight of, and duties upon articles
Which are or may be produced in the country
'aro almost universally regarded as less onerous
and more appropriate than those upon articles
which we cannot produce, and from which no
incidental protection could be derived by any
American industrial interest.
We shall be sorry, indeed, if the Federal
Government is compelled to resort to any ex
treme measures. We are not without hopes
that the storm now raging may soon blow
over. have experienced no want of reve
nue fOr pars paSt, and the recuperative ener
gies of the nation ,will soon, we trust, fully
re-establish prosperity, Under such circum
stances, would it not be much better for the
National Government to assist in relieving
present distresses, than to increase them? We
confess that we cannot well see why •even a
lOan shoild be seriously objected to in case
the Ordinaig expendituyes of the Government
require it. A deficit can only bo temporary.
And in the meanwhile a national loan would
afford such undoubted security for a safe in
vestment, thatmillions of capital, now hoarded
up, and removed from circulation, would
eagerly seek it. The Government can com
mand an abundance of specie, not only in this
country, but in Europe. Public works can
be more economically 'constructed now than
in times when high prices prevail, and oven
if money is borrowed to complete them, in the
end a saving would be effected. It would be
far bettor if the waves of panic should be
broken and hurled back when they reach the
Federal Government,' han that' they should
sweep over It, too, and' have their current
swelled by any measures it may adopt.
DOUGLAS JERROLD
DIOICZNO and ALIIIIRT SMITH, Who
had tho chief conduct of the performances
for the benefit of the family of tho late Doug-
LAS JERROLD, have issued a reply to the state
ment of his son that wit was unnecessary to
hand the bat around" for such a purpose, in
asmuch hs his property would realize ;5,000.
Their letter, addressed to the editor of the
London Times, read thus :
Sin ; You were so kind uto give publicity to a
letter we addressed to you on the termination of
our labors, " In reniombranoo of the late Mr. Jer
rold,” making known their result.
:Mr. Jerrold's oldest eon thereupon gave to a let
ter of his own what publicity he , could obtain for
it, making his own representation of his late fa
ther's affairs.
We knew our forbearing and delicate reference
to' them (forced upon us by exaggerations with
which Ivo hed been repeatedly met, and which the
son had never contradicted) to be perfectly accu
rate, and we knew his account of them to be high
ly Incorrect. We are eitremely sorry to be obliged
to prodnoo the proof Of this; but It Is necessary to
the clearance of our own good faith, and. that' of
the gentlemen associated with us.
We have before us, under date the 2d of this pre
sent month a letter from the solicitor to the late
Mr. Jorrold's estate. (a gentleman well known In
his Profession, Mr:'Ashurst, of the Old Jewry,)
in which, after mentioning that there ie a life as
auranco of 41,000, which Is Mrs. Jerrold'e also
lately, and which the estate cannot claim, he in
forms the correspondent to whom his communica
tion is addressed, " that be cannot understand Mr.
Blanchard Jerrold's reason for writing this un
fortunate letter;" that he thinks "he and his fam
ily ought to be set right on the matter," and that,
St a certain claim bo urged of which he has re
ceived the particulars, "the foots and figures show
that the agate will be absolutely insolvent."
We quote this letter with its writer's permis
sion, and we have now done with this subject for
ever. Your faithful servants,
' ' CITABLES DICKENS,
ALBERT &KITE. ,
October 6, 1857. ,
The t' certain which never would
have been made but for the remarkable brag
ging of Mr. JERROLD, Junior, is that of BRAD.
EERY and Evens,' publishers of Punch. It
appears that Doucmas JERROLD, whose net In
come for the last ten years never was less than
£2,000 per annum, not only drew his full
Weekly salary on account of Punch, with
great punctuality, but also favored BRAD
;RORY and EVANA by making them his bankers
as well as paymasters. Ho was perpetually
borrowing from them, and the whole amount
of debt this carelessly Incurred made an aggro
gate; we are informed, of between $lO,OOO and
$12,000. If this claim be pressed, the assets
of the late wit, cynic, and dramatist will be so
mach reduced as to deprive his widow and
unmarried daughter of all means except the
$lO,OO realized by the dramatic performances
of which Omens and Snail took charge.
The end of this matter, in all probability,
will be the discontinuance of sending the beg
ging-box round when a careless, improvident,
or extravagant author leaves his family In die
tressed circumstances. Out of evil cometh
good.
The Grain Export from the West.
(Prom the Chicago Press, October 22.]
'Amidst the heavy pressure' and panto, grain is
steadily going forward from the West—not perhaps
In quantities that will bring the amount up to last
year's ehipments,,but still in leads neither few nor
small. WA have adduced figures to show that Chi
cago was passing through the ordeal heroically, and
pouring into the lap of her maligners the product, of
the' yellow harvests of the northwest by hundreds
and thousands of bulibela. It may be remarked that
the general expectation of shippers and carriers is
that there will yet bo two or three weeks of oar
'Tying trade by the lakes; and what bas been do
ing in the way of shipment for some time past
may indicate What will be done before all the
beats go into winter quarters.. The receipts of
flour and grain at Chicago for the present season—
(including what was in store et the coiumenomeht)
—up to the 17th lust, 'are equivalent to 14,314,643
bushels.
The shipments from Chicago, in 1850. up to
31st October, were 19,408,022 bush.
For 1857, to the 17th Oct. 18,711,438 bush.
The decrease in the shipments so far, is pro
bably five million bushels, and this is likely4o be
the deficit on the current year's exports. The
figures will, at least, equal those of 1855, which
we find were 16,033,813; and exceed the exports
of 1854 by about four millions bushels. The
aggregate shipments by 'the lakes for the sea
sea 'to the same date are equivalent to
13,751848 bushels. The gross receipts of grain
in Chime for the week ending 17th of October
ward equivalent to 840,189 bushels, being en in-,
crease over the receipts of the preceding week of
804,185 bushels ;• and an Moreau over the week
ending ad October, of 163,170 bushels. The ship
ments for the suck ending October 18th, 'were
equivalent to 823,982 bushels; showing a decrease
from the shipments of the previous week of 81,869,
but an increase over the ship:dents for week end
ing October 3, of 171,834 bushels.
Another Murder la Baltimore.
(From the Baltimore Bun of yesterday.]
Last evening another of thou sanguinary zones
1 ,40 1 whiob our oily has recently
been dielpeed,
occurred at the High street hotel of Mr. Thomas
Dukebirt, on High street, near Baltimore:
As at 'proleht' advised, we have no coconut • of
*Anse of a difficulty, but the result was the shoot
ing unto, death of •Tereme White, by, it is said,
Mr, John Olsgett. Mr. ciagott was immediately
arrested by the police and sent to jail. Mr. White
died in a few minute', and was taken to his mob
denim in High street. , • •
He knew nothing after being shot. Ono ban ".
tend through top sight arm, and was supposed to
kers' posed into the ebeet, Another, bail pa sse d
into the lift arm aid through;'another ball" wtot
Into the right thigh above the knee and through
COG, BEArSioi
_ON TpiE , In bErENDENT
:Ylj
Whenever men talk of the currency, the
name of Tumult H. BSNTON comes up. His
vigorous and sonorous eloquence during
Gen. JACKSON'S Administration will sound
through centuries oftime ; his strong, massive
rhetoric will be read by generations to come,
and the truths ho has spoken on the Inde
pendent Treasury will never bo forgotten.
Imperious and haughty as ho is, his is a
character that, has outlived detraction, and
et this tiMe commands , respect, even where
his,, opinions are objected to. We cannot
road these fine, hearty passages from one of his
speeches, twenty years ago, in support of
the Independent Treasury, which is now a law,
and which he so boldly pushed upon the sta
tute-book, without feeling proud of such a
statesman
«I amfor restoring to the Federal Treasury
the currency of the Constitution. I am for
carrying back this 3overnment to the solidity
of its founders. This is a great object in itself
—a reform of the first magnitude—a reforma
tion with healing on its wings, bringing safety
to the Government and blessings to the people.
The currency is a thing which reaches every
individual, and every institution. From the
Government to the wash-woman, all are reach
ed by it, and all concerned in it ; and what
seems paradoxical, all aro concerned in the
same degree; for all aro concerned to the
whole extent of their property and dealings;
and all is all, whether it be much or little.
The Government, with its many ten millions
of treasure, suffers no more in proportion than
the humble and meritorious laborer whoworke
from sun to sun for tho shillings that give food
and raiment to his family. The Federal Go
vernment has deteriorated the currency, and
carried mischief to the whole community, and
lost its own revenues, and subjected itself to
he trampled upon by corporations, by depart
ing from the Constitution, and converting this
Government from a hard-money to a paper
money Government. The object of the amend
ment and the bill is to reform these abuses,
and it le a reform worthy to be called a re
formation—worthy to engage the labor of pa
triots—worthy to unite the exertions of dif
ferent parties—worthy to fix the attention of
the age—worthy to excite the hopes of the
people, and to invoke upon its success the
blessings ofheaven.
" We havo had three general stoppages of
the local banks in the short space of twenty
two years. It is at an average rate of one in
seven years, and who is to guaranty us from
another, and from the consequent losses, if we
continue to receive their bills in payment of
public dues . / Another stoppage must come,
and that, reasoning from all analogies, in less
than seven years from the resumption. Many
must perish in the attempt to resume, and
would do better to wind up at once, without
attempting to go on without adequate means,
and against appalling obstacles. Another re
vulsion must come. Tho banks recommenced
payment in 1817—in two years the failures
were more disastrous than ever. Thus It was
in England, after the long suspension of twen
ty-six years. l'aymentsrecommenced in 1828
—in 1825 the most desolating crash of banks
took place which had ever been known in the
kingdom, although the banks of England had
imported in less than four years twenty mil
lions sterling in gold—about one hundred mil
lions of dollars—to recommence upon. Its
effects reached this country, crushed the cot
ton houses in New Orleans, depressedtba mo
ney market, and injured all business.
" Resume when they will,or when they shall,
and the longer it is delayed the worse it is
for themselves, the epoch 01 resumption is to
be a perilous crisis for many. This stopping
and resuming by banks is the realization of the
poetical description of the descent into hell
and the return ftom it: Facilis decants
.ffeerni—sed renown gradum—Mc opus,hic labor
est. Easy is the descent into the regions be
low, but to return I this Is work this is labor
indeed! Our banks havo made the decent;
they have gone down with ease; but to return
—to ascend the rugged steps, and behold again
the light above, how many will falter, and fall
back in the gloomy regions below.
4 ' Banks of circulation are banks of hazard
and of failure. It is an incident of their na
ture. Those without circulation rarely fail.
That of Venice has stood seven hundred years;
those of Hamburg, Amsterdam, and others,
have stood for centuries. The Bank of Eng
land, the great mother of banks of circula
tion, besides an actual stoppage of a quarter
of a century, has had her crisis and sorivul
sion in average periods of seven or nigh; years,
for the last half century—in 1788,'93, '97,
1814, 'l9, Ws, '36—and has only been saved
from repeated failure by, the potverful rapport
of the British Government, and profuse sup
plies of exchequer bills. All the banks of the
United States are banks of circulation; they
are subject to the inherent dangers of that class
of banks, and are, besides, subject to new dan
gers peculiar to themselves.
"The, power of the few banks over the
whole esents anew feature of danger in our
system. It consolidates the banks of the whole
Union into one mass, and subjects them to one
fkto, and that fate to be decided by a few,
without even the knowledge of the rest. An
unknown divan of bankers sends forth an edict,
which sweeps over the empire, crosses the line
of the State with the facility of a Turkian fir
man, prostrating all State institutions, break
ing up all engagements, and levelling Al law
before ib. This is consolidation of a kind vhich
the genius of Patrick Henry had not oven con
ceived. But while this &man is thus intent
and irresistible for prostration, it is impstent
and powerless for resurrection. It goes out
in vain, bidding the prostrate banks to rise.
ce Again, from the mode of doing business
among the banks—using each other's papsr to
bank upon, instead of holding each other to
weekly settlements, and liquidation of balm
ces in specie, and from the fatal practice of
issuing notes at one place, payable at moiler—
our banks have all become banks of ore clara,
the strength of the whole being depended on
the strength of each.
"A few govern all. Whether it is to fat, or
to resume, the few govern; and not only the
few, but the weak. A few weak banks fal ; a
panic ensues, and the rest shut up; my
strong ones aro ready to resume, the weal aro
not ready to resume, and the strong must vast.
Thus the principles of safety, and the rubs of
government, are reversed. The weak go'ern
the strong ; the bad govern the good ; and the
insolvent govern the solvent. This is our sys
tem, if system it can be called, which has no
feature of consistency, no principle of salty,
and which is nothing but the floating amen
dage of a foreign and overpowering system"
The Calorie Motor Revived—Mr. Ericson's
Last Experiment,
(From the Journal of Commerce, October MA
By next February four years will have clawed
alma the calorie ship "Ericsson" wont to Wish
ington city, making seven knots an hour, wile a
head wind. By many the success of the new pin
eiple was considered established, and was chiral
eled aoeordingly ; but the expectations then oner
tained failed to be realised, and the caloric ea
chicory was replaced by the ordinary ateamen
gine. 'lle time which has since elapsed has not
been suffered to pass fruitlessly away by Mr. Er
icsson, for he haslabored indefatigably for the ser-
Notion of his original design, and the dove)
moat of a motor promising important results to
commerce and the arts. The caloric engine ins
been re•prodneed in forma variously modified, and
in all oases wills great simplicity of construottn ;
while the labor which it performs is vastly dbrro
portioned to the consumption of fuel when Im
paled with the results of consumption in otheten
glues.
Those remarks aro suggested by a visit nick
yesterday to the dike of John B. Ritchie& 37
etreet, whore one of Mr. ErICINOTI'IIen•
gines, as just completed, is set up, on a small sale;
but is sufficiently large to illustrate the prinolie.
Though occupying less than a cubic foot of spite,
and heated only by gas, the power developed le
fts the strength of a single man. It is emplopd
in pumping, and raises three hogsheads per boor
to an elevation of five feet. This pattern is °slid
a " domestic engine," being adapted to pallor* a
groat variety of work ordinarily done by head,
and with a surprising degree of economy.
Still another calorie engine is located on oneof
the piers 9f the North river, and le designed or
ships' use. In this capacity it promises to mean
plish important results; for our tine largo pitekits
and sailing ships, being unable to carry steno
engines, are unmanned with the Worthingtel
pump, and therefore have wholly to rely on menus
labor in ridding the ship of water, in ease of teal
or other exigency. The calorie engine may b
placed In the corner of the cook's galley, 01106
unobserved, and may be put in operation in Elm
or twenty minutes, saving the labor of en entin
orow. There being no possibility of explosion a
other disaster, the cook to amply qualified to ofil
elate as engineer, it' desired. The position of tin
engine is a matter of the least consequenee,
requires little beside air, and earl run - in the fore
top, pr upper deck, equally well.
In addition to the above, a beautiful steam yaoh
has been plying about the harbor for the last tel
weeks, and is often seen running across him
Staten Island to Long Island, he., propeller
solely by Mori°. This boat Is fifty feet in length ;
with an eight.feet paddle wheel, which works
about thirty turns per minute, giving a speed
equal to eight or nine knots an hour. The cc
glue is controlled by any one who happens to
belong to the party on board. The fuel is eithit
coal or wood. Small oak wood has generally
boon used, sowed into eight-inch lengths, ant
incredible as it may Boom, only one Neil has beet
used during the lest six weeks, though the boat hie
been run more or loos every day ! Even after the
fires are wholly extinguished, sufilelent heat is ro
tained in the metal of the engine (if it has bees
thoroughly warmed, and is in good working ordefl
to propel the boat at least two miles. The spam
°coupled by the engine of this boat is not large,
than the boiler which the same boat would require
ifproelled by steam.
It le said that the caloric engine can be built or
any, desired male of magnitude. Though the
principle On whieb Eriesson's calorie engine was
originally built is wholly preserved, the arrange
ment and moehanism are entirely different—the
whole being reduced to a degree of simplicity
never before attained in any engine. It is real
amiably suggested that, in plaoes where "dry ma
tors" only can bo employed, no in the gold diggings
of California, this now engine must prove immense
ly valuable.
We are informed that Maims. Kllbroath,
MeKenzie, Co., whose sugar re fi nery in Cincin
nati was destroyed by fire on Friday night last,
had no insurance in the State Mutual Company at
Harrisburg.
Bill Wyatt, colored, has been committed to
jail at Denton, Md., for shooting and killing e
oolored man named Notice.
BY . MIDNIGHT MAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON
- .
News from liansns—lienator from Kentucky—
Senator from Virginia—lmportant Land Of
fice Decision.
WASHINGTON, Oot. 27,1857.
[Correspondence of The Prom]
Iton. Fred. Stanton, Secretary of State of Kan
sas, is hero. The news he brings from Kansas is
favorable to order and the success of the national
Democracy of that Territory. The Constitution,
when framed, will be submitted for the ratification
of the people. • When admitted, Kansas will come
into the Union as a free State.
The Legislature of Kentucky meets during the
first week of December next. Their first and
chief business will be the election of a United
States Senator. The contest for this position lies
between ex.Govarnor Powell, Guthrie, (Pierce's
Secretary of the Treasury,) and lion. Linn Boyd,
formerly Speaker of the Housed Representatives.
Prom one gentleman I learn that Linn
chances aro best, and from another that the fight
is between Guthrie and Powell. The contest is
(dose, each candidate having strong friends and
supporters.
Hunter may be re•elooted from Virginia, but
Governor Floyd's brother is In the field as a eon
dilate. Hon. John Letcher is put forward for no
mination for the Governorship, but I should not
wonder if his friends pressed him with success for
the vacant Senatorship. lie is conceded to be
the readiest and most effective debater Virginia
has sent to Congress for years past.
The Land Office has been inquired of every day
for months in reference to pre-emption rights on
alternate sections under grants by the Government
for railroads and other public improvements, and
for the benefit of your readers I will give the main
points of the Cammissioner's decision.
By the pre-emption act of the 4th of September,
1841, no sections of land reserved to the United
States, alternate\ to other sections granted to any of
the States for theconstrtiction of any ()anal, rail
road, or other publio Improvements, are subject
to the operations of the pre-emption law. But the
aota of 3d of March, 1851, and 2lth of March, 1854,
materially modify the restrictive or interdicting
climes in the act of 1841. The law of 1853
partly takes off the inhibition eontemplited
In the act of 1841, by extending the pre-emption
laws at a minimum of two hundred and fifty dol
lars per acre over the alternate reserved sections
of public lands along the lines of the railroads of
the United States where the party had settled and
improved the land prior to the final allotment of
the alternate sections to such railroads by the
General Land Offiee.
Pro•omptions under this act of 1863 attach
within the following periods of time to the United
States' reserved sections : First, from the date of
the definite looation of the road; that is, according
to Attorney-General Cushing's opinion, when the
route is surveyed and staked off on the ground ;
and second, until the final allotment by the Gen
eral Land Office of the railroad sections ;" that is,
the date of the final list certifying the latter sec
tions to the State. X. Y.
High Tarltt—Dlrect Taxation—Condition of the
Finances—Retrenchment Important Deci
sion by the General Lund Office—New Sloop
of-War.
(Oorreeporidenee of The Press
WAITINGTON, Oct. 26, 1857.
The National Intelligencer of this morning has
the following loador :
" The average annual import* of cotton and
woollen manufactures are about fifty millions ,of
dollars ; the average annual imports of Iron, man
ufactures of iron, and steel are about twenty-five
millions of dollars; the average annual inip6rts of
manufaetures of silk are about twenty-five mil
lions of dollars. Total one hundred millions.
"There is no actual nooessity for Importing a dol
lar a worth of cotton and woollen goods, because
we manufacture thorn ourselves; and there is no
actual necessity for importing a dollar's worth of
iron, because we hare enough of that in Pennsyl
vania, Maryland, and Virginia to supply not only
ourselves, but the residue of the world ; and there
is no very pressing necessity to import so largely
of manufactures of silk.
n Without entering Into arguments, It is merely
suggested that if the imports of the articles under
these three heads wore reduced one•half—say fifty
millions of dollars—there would be no occasion for
panics and financial revulsions. Exporting fifty
millions of dollars in gold per annum is a serious
matter to any country; we can stand most things,
but not that long. Importing fifty millions of
gold annually is quite another affair, and this or
any other country can stand that to the end Of
time as under it there would be no panics or re
vulsions."
Tho suggestion is a good one. We certainly have
the resources within ourselves to supply our own
cotton and woollen goods and our own iron, menu
faotured or otherwise. But by the non-importa
tion of these articles, the revenue of the General
Government will be to a great extent cut off. Is
the Intelligencer then, in this case, in favor Of (U
-rea taxation, and, if so, upon what articles? The
aim of this editorial is clearly to agitate again the
doctrine of a high tariff for protection ; thus to ex
clude all foreign productions, and to throw these
fifty millions of dollars into the hands of the man
ufaoturers. To assist our own manufacturers, there
can be hardly any objection, but it must be remem
bered that in doing this in the mode indicated,
Paul is robbed to pay Peter—the consumers have
to pay more for the articles of consumption, and
besides have to suffer the imposition of direct taxa
tion.
The expenses of the Government at this time
are half a million each week more than the re
eeipts; so that it will take, at this rate, twenty
weeks to entirely deplete the Treasury of the ten
millions now In Its vaults subject to draft. I am
pretty sonildent that the Administration do not
contemplate a modification of the existing tariff,
although something must be done unless trade re
vives
The Commissioner of the General Land Ofdoe
has, in reply to an inquiry from the Indian Bu
reau, made the following important decision :
"By the 10th article of a treaty with the Chip
pewas of Lake Superior, of 301 k September, 1854,
'all missionaries and teachers, and other pereoneof
full age, residing in the territory hereby ceded, or
upon any of the reservations hereby made by
authority of law, shall be allowed to enter the
land occupied by them at the minimum price,
whenever the surveys shall be completed to the
amount of one quarter eection.' " •
It is the opinion of this °Oleo, that a claimant
under said section, desiring to enter his claim,
should first make proof before the register and re
ceiver of the said district in which his olefin is
situated, and to their satisfaction, that he is a
person of the character contemplated by said sec
tion, 1. a., "A missionary, a teacher, or other person
residing in the territory," before and at the date
of said treaty, " by authority of law . ;" that he
was of full age at that time; that the land
claimed is within the territory ceded, or upon one
of the reservations thereby made, and that ho was
actually residing upon, and occupying the land
claimed, at and before the date of said treaty.
After submitting his proof, as indicated, and the
register and receiver are satisfied that the claim is
a bona tide one, and that no superior right exists
on the part of another to the land claimed, then
it will be proper for them to permit tho entry by
such claimant in a compact form, ky legal sub
divisions of not exceeding one hundred and sixty
acres in quantity.
Tho written proof in such case should accompany
the entry, as in ordinary pro•emption eases, sub
ject to the examination and approval of the Land
.Office.
The advertisement for the machinery of the
sloop-otwar to bo constructed at Philadelphia
will be published the latter part of this week.
On Monday next, I learn from the beat authority,
that orders will go on to commence work at once.
The engineer-ln-ohlef, Mr. Archbold, and the
Bureauof Construction, are engaged up to ten and
eleven o'olook each evening preparing the no
cossarydraivings. X Y.
Thnekeray k Jones, of Boston
[From Harper's Magselnej
Tho Drawer rarely receives or dispenses a Lotter
made article than the following. Our correspond
ent who furnishes it knows Mr. Jones very well,
and was prosont at the dinner when the conver
sation is reported to have occurred. Let him re
peat it in his own way
"Jones is a men of more whiskers than wit—
more wealth than wisdom—more aorprirosity span
capaoity—And Jones is pompous, and lisps. Jones
once met Theakeray (when he was in this
country) at a dinner-party, when ho relieved him
self, and delighted his audience, by the fallowing
display of his highly polished manners and collo
quial powers :
Jones (pushing across the table a dish of
onions, speaks) ' Try an onion, Mr. Thookeray ?'
Thao. ' No; I thank you, sir.'
"Jones (surprised.) • Why, Mr. Thaokoray !
don't you eat °Month 1'
"Thao. (laconically.) Never.'
" Jones (curiously.) 'Why dan' t you eat onionth,
Mr. Theokeray ? don't you like them?'
"Thao. Yes, sir, I like them; but not the odor
which they leave upon the breath.'
Jones. Oh, Mr. Thackeray ! thoth aro the
red-skin onionth, that you are thinking of. Thith
kind—the thilver-thkinth (silver-skins) don't do
tho. I'll tell you how I know. The other night I
wath going home, and, ath it watts after my
Chopper time, I thought I would thtop and get
thOUlothing to eat. The I went into a thaloon
and sailed for thorns beefthteak and °Month:
And when I got home, thoon after I entered the
houtho, my wife thayth, Mr. Jonoth, I think the
gath ith leaking; I thmell it very thtrong.'
Do you think it ith? I don't thrust' It.'
lint the thaid, ' I am thure it ith ; I thine! it
worthe and worths' Tho I took a lamp, and
tried the gath-pipeth, but couldn't porthole° any
leak. Pretty Limon the earns clothe up to me, and
then the exthlalused, 'Oh ! Mr. Jonoth it Ith your
breath—and you have been eating unit nth—and I
thought 'twath the gath!' The nextht night I
thought I would like theme 'more oniouth, the I
tbtoppeit at the theme ?lathe, and thith time the
waiter brought me theme thllver-thkined onionth,
and when I got home Mrs. Joneth didn't thmell the
gath ! Tho you thee, Mr. Thaokeray, I have
proved that the red-akintb onionth thmell, but the
thilver-thklnnth don't."
[We have to add an anecdote about Jones.
Once on a time, ho was at Nahaut, and meet
ing Mrs. R. O. W., (a Bostonian leader of
ilishion,) accosted her with, "Madam, I don't
see many of our set here." Looking at the
familiar Jeweller, as only a woman can look,
she replied, ,‘ Which set, Mr. Jones? Your gold
or silver 7" Jones caved in, and sloped
ED, PRM,
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
From Washington
WMIIIINGTON, Oot. 27.—The following officers
have boen assigned to the sloop-of•war Vaud*lia,
which is to Join the Pada° squadron, vie: Commo
dore Sinclair, Lieutenants Brown, Caldwell, John
L. Davis, Fry, Olossell; Acting Master Babcock;
Surgeon Wilson; Assistant Surgeon Trial; Pur
ser Jackson.
WASHINOTON, Oct. 27—Evening.—The Admin
istration continues the consideration of the cur
rency question, as connected with Government
operations. It is ascertained from a reliable
source that there is no disposition to suspend the
public works in process of construction, nor to in
terfere with contractors. But there is a disposi
tion not to commence new works, unless of snob •
charaoter as to render them absolutely necessary.
The Administration's soured on these and other
matters will depend more or loss on the develop
ments of the next four or five months, as indicated
by the receipts in customs. In the meantime, in
formation will continue to be sought with a view
to the correct estimates; and until this i 8 ob
tained, there can be no definite policy.
The now model of ride muskets are to be at
once distributed to the army, perloularly among
the troops of Kansas and on the,aoldo.
The District of Colas Jolt Basks.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The 'Officers of the banks
of the Diatriot of Columbia, at a meeting held to
day, resolyod to receive the notes of the following
banks, as currency, viz : Tho Bank of the Metro
polis, Bank of Washington, Patriotic, Bank of
Washington pity, the Bank of Commerce, and the
Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Georgetown,
and all the banks of Baltimore.
Sudden Departure of Secretary Floyd for
Washington.
New Your, October 27.—80 n. Mr. Floyd,Secre
tary of War, who has recently been 'felling the
harbor fortitleations of NeW York, suddenly left
for Washington to-day.
Storm at Boston
Boar" 00tObet 27.—A heavy storm has been
raging in thin vicinity to-day, and continues un
abated this evening. No marine disasters have
yet been reported. The steamer Joseph Whitney,
from Baltimore, put in at Chatham this afternoon,
for harbor.
Relief of the Poor of Harrisburg.
lintaittauno, Oot. 27.—A meeting of the old
cons of this borough was held to-night to devise
measures for the relief of the poor.
A committee was appointed to raise collections
and provide for the relief of the poor, to report
their operations at a subsequent meeting.
Eleostou a United States Senator
NASHVILLE, 00t. 27.—A. 0. P. Nicholson was
°looted 'United States Senator to day, to suooeed
Hon. John Bell, whom term does not expire tin
1959. An attempt will be made to" inatruot" Mr.
801 l out of the Ohm.
Financial Affairs in New Orleane—Meeting of
=t=
New Onee IN ii, Oat , 28.—The condition of money
matters in this oity has not improved. There is
still nothing doing in freights or exchange.
A meeting of cotton faotors was held this morn
ing. Resolutions were offered, one of which pro
vided that no sales of ootton should thereafter be
made at less than fifteen oats per pound There
was no concert of notion, however, and the meet
ing agonized without °rooting anything.
New °nurses, Oot. 27.—The money market
Elbows no change, and the prospects are gloomy.
There has still been nothing done in exchanges.
Advloes from Texas report the prevalence of se
vere frosts.
Deaths at New Orleans—The Yellow Fever.
Nair ORLEANS, Oct. 28.—The deaths in this city
during the week ending Saturday numbered one
hundred end thirty-nine, of which thirty-seven
were frem yellow fever.
The Minnesota Election.
CHICAGO, Oot. 27.—Complete returns of the
Minnesota election show a majority for 11. 11.
Sibley, the Demooratio candidate for Governor,
of 123 votes. A large number of Indians voted in
Pembina district.
The lowa Election.
Cameo°, Ott. V.—Official returns from forty
six counties in lowa have been received. Lowe,
the Republican candidate, is successful by 2,237
majority.
Arrest of an Alleged Swindler.
Sr. Louts, Oat. 27.—Daniel Emerson, °barged
with swindling Messrs. Hanford k Brothers, and
other parties in New York, of $14,000, was ar
rested in this city yesterday.
Heavy Failure eta Toronto (Canada) Firm.
TORONTO, Canada, Ootober 27.—Ideurc Ron,
Mitchell tr. Co., importers, have failed, with Habil'.
ties amounting to a million and a quarter of dol
lars.
Markets.
CHARLESTON', OCL 20.--Cotten—Bales to-day of
300 bales at fall prices.
AUGUSTA, 00t 20.—Cotton—Salsa of 200 bales at
Ilia 120.
NEW OnLaaus, Oet. 26.—Cotton--Sales to-day
of 1,200 bales at irregular prices, principally at
10f &lel for middliog to good. Sugar—Prioes Ir
regular, at 6 a 100. Molaasea—Ottto, at 18 a 300.
Mess Pork (Western) Is quoted ats2s
BALTIMORE, Oat. 20.—Flour—Sales of 100 bble of
Ohio at $5.25. and 100 bble of Howard street at
$5.121. Wheat and Corn are about the same.
Whiskey quoted at 211 a 2210.
New Oot.27.—Cotton.—Sales of 5,500
bales at 10a. The market is generally unchanged.
The sales for the three days past amount to 7,250
bales, and the receipts to 11,500 balm The receipts
at this port thus far, less than last year, amount to
105,500 bales, and at all Southern porta to 187,000
bales.
Sugars are dull, and the unfavorable aoeounte
from England, furnished by the steamer Balite,
(mused a decline ; aides at dallio.
Molasses quotes at Mane
Coffee (Rio) 910.
WE COURTS.
YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS
(Reported for The Press.]
DISTRICT COURT, No. 1--Judgo Stroud --Joseph
Dellinger vs. Will. Steinmetz. This was an action
on a promissory noto. Parsons and O'Brien for
plaintiff; Brumley and Beyer for defendant. On
DISTitICT COTTILT, No. 2—Judge Shammed.—
The Citizens' Mutual Saving Fund and Loan As
sociation or. Joseph Bilbrough, and Wm. L. Bright
Sci. fa. on mortgage. Meyer for plaintiff; Black
burn for defendant.
J. T. Jones vs. Joseph Pennell. An aotion to
recoror damages for non-payment of oontraot. T.
J. Clayton for plaintiff; Malone for defendant.
Matthew Fife vs. Lenus Bliss. An action on a
book acoonnt. Verdict for plaintiff $255.20.
Nicholas H. Graham vs. Ellen Carson, Adxtin
fats-AULT. of E. V. Carson, deceased. L. Hirst for
plaintiff. Tho defendant had no defenoe. Ver
dict for plaintiff for $483.03.
Covuox PLEAS=Jadgo Allison.—Burns vs.
Sweeney. An notion to rooovor damages for a
broach of contract. Verdict for plaintiff for
550.60. Dotan for plaintiff; Cassidy for dorm/d
-ant.
McNeill vs. Crilly. Rot. fa. to revive judgment.
No defence. Verdiot for plaintiff for ;54.90. Cala
hen for plaintiff.
Root vs. Rousso. Troyer and conversion. Dam
ages. Growing crop. Plaintiff suffered non-suit.
Mlteheson for plaintiff; Earle for defendant.
IdeFarland vs. 'Wilkinson. An notion for work
and labor. On trial. Henry for plaintiff ; 0. B.
F. O'Neill for defendant.
QUARTEU Suasion s—Jodge Thompson.--Simnel
Heine was oherged with the lemony of a quint!.
tv of iron, valued at $ll, the property of Baronet
Vansciver. Convicted.
Conrad Harraotharged with the larceny of a
quantity of Iron, valued at 1300 the property of
Coleman, himons Coleman. Not guilty.
Francis McDevitt, Patrick Dugan, and Patrick
Colligeb, charged with an assault and battery
and riot. It appoars that Mr. Harris, the con
stable of the Nineteenth ward,
_Lad a warrant
for the recovery of some pigs at MoDevitt's, which
is at the place known as 4• Plunk Hill," and on
going to the place, he was assaulted by McDevitt
with au nie and pitchfork ; and during the diffi
culty, Dugan throw a stone which paseed . the head
of Barris The judge stated that there was not
evidence enough to warrant a ease of riot, and the
question was put to the jury, "who should pay the
costs?"
John Brown was acquitted of an assault and bat-
Henry . Woks pleaded guilty to the larceny
of a pair of_pautaloons.
Emanuel Folwell was acquitted of an assault and
battery.
Charles Copo and George Sotemere were acquit.
tad of larceny.
According to the new rule which was adopted by
the Court of Quarter Sessions, the following MO
will be tried to-day :
Assaults and Batteries,—John Bower, hand
Clino, Wm. Kelly, William Beyer, Vincent Perry,
John Corrigan. Leonard Chester, John Carrigan.
Larceny.—Wm. Peters, Win, Lynch, et al.,
Sarah McCann, Conrad Barred, John Magee, Sa
rah MOlahey, Thomas MoCalvey, opal.; Patrick
McCabe, Abby Burton, Maria Russell.
Tippling Houses.—Mary Connor, Albert
Schwartz.
DOSSTIOKO MAURIED.—Last night there was
on irruption into this city of bog-bearded man
from New York, having In charge the celebrated
" Doestioks," known to the initiated as Mortimer
Thomson, of the Tribune, and editor of the Now
York Picayune. This morning the victim, Doe
sticks aforesaid, was apprehended by his hirsute
friends, taken before Professor Gibbs, and then mid
there, with intent and malice aforethought, the
said Doodle's., otherwise known as Mortimer
Thomson, was solemnly married to and with Miss
Anna H. Van Clove of Minnesota, the youthful
and accomplished niece of the worthy professor
aforesaid. The malefactors and their accomplices
left in the afternoon train for New York.—New
Haven Palladium, October 24.
YANA= POETET.- - A down-cast poet thus
Immortalizes the beautiful river Connecticut :
"Roll on, loved Connecticut, long bait thou
ran, giving Mud to old Hartford and freedom
to man I"
Thomas Miter, a notortotts desperado, was
stabbed to the heart on the 23d, in a films with
x negro in Louisville, J.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING
ACADOMT or MCBII3, S. w coons or BROAD AND Lo
CIIBT 8 TTTTT B.—" Married for Money "-- 4 ' Patter vi
qatter ) '— ,4 flume or Gurutan.,,
WALNUT STRUT THIATIII, N. E. 0011116 R or NINTH
ISPI WILMOT sranra.—. , Rip Y. Winklo"—"Ntage
struck Herber"—'• The Washerwoman
WiIIATLIT'S ARON STAMM TailTXll, ARON STRUT,
IMO'S Iltree.- 4 ‘ Julia* Clhahr''—" The Topalea."
811117011D'Il Oulu Homo ' Eurrsnra Syntre Azov!
Off ClTNOT.—Ethloplan Life Illustrated, concluding with
• laughable wfterpiece.
•
Special Heeling 'of Com m on" Co uncll.—A.
special meeting of Common Conseil was held yea.
terday afternoon, in socordance with the call
which we have already published, for the purpose
of considering bill No. 6on Common Council file,
entitled an ordinance calling for plan and yeti
mates for a bridge over the llohnylkill at:Chestnut
street, and the bill on Common Connell file, No.
17, entitled an ordinance to authorise the con
struction of the Cohocksink creek, Vine street,
Moore street, and Twenty-fifth street culverts.
Mr. O'Neill moved to proceed to the considera
tion of bill No. 17, embraced in the latter portion
of the call. Agreed to.
The ordinance was read by the clerk, and its
eight sections agreed to without amendment or dis
cussion. The contracts for the construction of the
Cobocksink creek, Vine street, Moore street, and
Twenty-fifth greet culverts are to be made with
one or more competent mechanics by the chief
engineer and surveyor, and the chief commissioner
of highways. The other provisions of this ordi
nance have previously been published in detail.
On the question of the final passage of the ordi
nance the yeas and nays were demanded, and were
as follows : Yeas 46, nay 1.
The Chamber then proceeded to the considera
tion of bill No. 12, Common Connell file, calling
for plans and estimates for a bridge over the
Schuylkill at Chestnut street. The first section
provides that the chief engineer and surveyor be
authorised, and is hereby directed, to advertise in
two daily newspapers of the city of Philadelphia,
and In one newspaper in each of the cities of Boa.
ton, Neff York, and Baltimore, calling for plans
and estimates for a bridge over the Schuylkill river
at CheAnut street; said bridge to be 386 feet from
face to face of the abutments, without any pier, or
with not more than one pier In the water-way,
giving an' elevation of 37 feat' above 16w-skir
mark, and a width of not less than 42feet from mit
to out; to bo constructed of such material as will
be indestructible by fire.
The question was on a motion offered by Mr.
Parker at a previous meeting, to amend by inserting
"Walnut and Spruce streets." after " Chestnut."
The amendment was not agreed to. The remain
ing sections of the bill were then agreed to as fol
lows:
Section 2. That all plans and 'estimates to be
received by the chief engineer and surveyor of
the city of Philadelphia' each plan and estimate
shall bear a private mark, and be accompanied by
a sealed communication having a corresponding
mark thereon, so that the name of the designor may
not be known until the plan most approved shall
have beau selected
Section 3. That all such plans and estimates
shall, when received, become the property of the
city of Philadelphia, and shall be presented within
two months after the passage of this - Ordinance,
when it shall be the, duty of the chief engineer
and surveyor, by and with tlie advice of the Com
mittee of Surveys and Regulations, to invite
oommission, consisting of three civil engineer - 1,
who, in conjunction with the chief engineer and
surveyor of the city. shall examine and decide
upon the relative merits and applicability of the
plans presented, to the bridge site proposed, and
report to Councils the number of plans received,
with the names of the designers, and the charac
ter and estimated cost of the three plans by them
preferred.
Section 4. It shall be the duty of chief commis
sioner of highways, upon a certificate presented
and signed by the chief engineer and surveyor, to
issue warrants in payment of the cost of the afore
said advertisements, and also in favor of those per
sons who may have presented the three plans pre
ferred by said commission; to the first in point of
merit, the MU of $4OO, to the second $350, and to
the third $100; said warrants to be charged to item
No. 19 of appropriation made to the department of
highways, do., for the year 1857, approved March
18, 1857.
Mr. O'Neill offered the following resolution :
Resolved, By Select and Common Councils, That
hereafter the various departments authorised to
draw warrants on the City Treasurer, instead of
drawing ono warrant for the total amount, as
heretofore, shall draw a number of warrants in
such mma as may be required by the person enti
tled to .he same.
Provided, Nevertheless, that ne warrant shall
be drawn for a cam less than one dollar.
Arr. O'Neill said that he offered this re;olution
in the expeetation that it will afford some niter to
the persona in the employ of the city, as It will
prevent them from submitting to a shave of fifteen
cents on the dollar, and it will keep our warrants
out of the shops of the brokers, and will stop the
invasion of small notes from New Jersey and other
States. If a working man has thirty dollars due
him on next Mondey for this month's labor, and
if he is handed a warrant for thirty dollars, he
cannot hare it changed, except by the broker ;
but, on the contrary, if be has six five- dollar war.
rants, he can pay his debts, store keeper, do., and
others will be glad to receive city warrants in pay
ment of debts of a very doubtful character. ,
The President stated that the resolution amid
not be (considered at a special meeting, except
by a two-thirds vote. A motion was made to eon
alder the resolution, but was not agreed to.
Mr. Maaoher asked the unanimous leave of the
Chamber to introduce an ordinaries supplementary
to the ordinance providing for uniformity in the
system of numbering houses. Not agreed to. The
ordinance of Mr. bleacher provides that it shall
not be lawtel for any owner of house or property
situated upon any of the nubile highways, located
within any of the wards, designated in the ordf
nanee to which this is a supplement, to keep any
number upon any such house, not in accordance
with a notice furnished by the commissioner of
highways. The penalty . to be attached for a vio
lation of this character is affixed at Hee dollars, on
and after the Hat day of February, 1858.
Mr. Burnell moved to proceed to the considera
tion of the bill from Select Council making an ap
propriation for repairs to the different districts
and ward station houses. The Ant section wu
discussed and finally agreed to.
Mr. Holman moved to add a raw section, appro
priating $2,800 for the erection of a new station
house in the Nineteenth ward, seventh district.
He advocated this new section with great force,
and at much length. The elution was unani
mously adopted, after some brief remarks from
Messrs. O'Neill and Palethorp, advocating is
Psualie•
The third section, which provides that the work
of repairs, dc., shall be done under the supervision
of the Mayor of the city and the police committee,
was agreed to, and the bill passed finally
Leave wu then granted for the introduction of
the bill of Mr. Masolier, relative to the numbering
of houses, and it was ordered to be printed.
A resolution changing certain items in the ap•
propdation for repairing and re-paving wharves
was agreed to.
The resolution from Select Council, relative to a
transfer of items in the appropriation to the alerks
of Councils, was Gem:arced in.
Mr. Disking moved that the Chamber proceed to
the consideration of the unanished business now
on the President's desk from Select Connell.
Agreed to.
The resolution instructing
,the Committee on
Markets to inquire Into the expediency of pre
venting the sale of apples, potatoes, ,to., by less
measurement than a quart., peck , and bulthel, was
concurred in. The ordinance from Select Cesuoii
providing , for certain expenditures by the commis
sioners of oily property was aim concurred in.
The resolution directing the city solicitors to take
measures to prevent the West Philadelphia Pas
senger Railroad Company from laying their rails
on the Market Street bridge, lc., was also
agreed to.
The resolution providing for the repairs and its
provementa to the Wire Bridge; the resolution
relative to the revision of the street nomenclature
of our city; the resolution , trensferring certain
items in the appropriation to the Board of Con
trollers of the Public Schools; the resolution di
recting the clerks to parthase a mapof the eity for
the use of Select Council, and it•ncimber of other
ordinances and resolutions of no public importance,
were taken up in order, and concurred in without
dismission. The business which has been accumu
lating for weeks in Common Council has thus, en
motion of Mr. Makin., been properly and speedily
disposed of. The ordinance from Select Council
authorising the Receiver of Taxes to receive ail
bankable funds in payment of taxes was discussed
at length. Upon the question of its passage no
Tornio voted, and the Chamber adjourned.
Police Items.—During Monday, night the
police of the Fifteenth ward found a young man,
named James Wall, lying on top of a llme•kiln, in
Wood street, between Twenty-second and Twenty
third. He was insensible from the effects of the
gas front the kiln, and when discovered his cloth
ing was on Are. The rescued man wee taken to his
home, in Lynn street, near Twentythird.
A mulatto boy made application at the Eighth
ward station house, one night last week, for lodg
ing. Oa Monday night be again made application
at the lame station, stating that he bad no parents,
and that an aunt in Norristown was unable or un
willing to take care of him. On the person of the
boy was found a porte-monnaie, containing the
name of "B. W. Taylor, Columbia, S. C." Yes
terday morning Lieutenant Rutherford sent the lad
to the Howie of Refuge.
Sergeant John Smith, of the Sixth Police dis
trict, yesterday morning last three city warrants
in the vicinity of Fifteenth and Filbert atreeta—
one for $39 73, bearing the name of Wm. Logue ;
one for Sit 19, bearing the name of Win. Smith,
and one for 136 99, bearing the name of John
Taggart. The finder will confer a favor by leaving
them at the Ninth ward station house.
During Monday night there were two hundred
and nine lodger," accommodated in the station
houses in the built-up portions of the city. They
were distributed as follows: First and Second
wards, 14; Third and Fourth ward!, 12; Fifth
ward, 17 ; Sixth ward, 20 ; Seventh and Eighth
wards, 12; Ninth and Tenth wards, 12; Eleventh
And Twelfth wards, 49; Thirteenth and Fourteenth
wards, 13 ; Fifteenth ward. 4; Sixteenth and
s even t een th war ds, 28; Eighteenth and Nine
teenth wards, 3; Twentieth ward, 2; West Phila
delphia 2; Central station, 21; These returns
exhibit 'the largo number of poor, homeless crea
tures who nightly find shelter In the ward station
houses.
Price of Gar.—Numerous complaints arc
made in various sections of the city, and justly,
too, at the inequality is the price of gas, The
prises charged are as follows. Old city, $2.25 r er
1000 feet ; Atoyamensing, $2.25 ; Southwark, $2.. 0 ;
Northern Liberties, $2.70; Spring Garden, $2.25;
West Philadelphia, $2.25; Kensington, $2.70;
Germantown, $3.50 ; Zdanayunk, $3.50 ; Rich
s2.7o ; Frankford, $2.50; Penn district,
$2.25; Keaderton, $2.25; Rising Bon, $2.25.
The Philadelphia Gas Workl supply the Mims
of the old city, Moyamensing, Spring Garden.
West Philadelphia Penn district, Kenderton and
Rising Sun districts, from its works, at the above
prises. The Southwark, Moyamensing and Ger
mantown Companies make no gas, but receive
their 'apply from the Philadelphia Gas Works at
the rate of $1.69 per 1,000 feet, and charge the
oltions the above prices. The Northern Liberties
Gas Company supplies the citizens of Northern
Liberties, Kensington, Richmond, and Fro:llford,
from its works, and the citizens of Idanayank are
'applied from the hianayank work.
The subject of eonsolidating the various gas
works with the Philadelphia Gas Works has been
agitated In the City Councils for nearly two year",
and nothing has yet been aooomplished, though
the people, during all that time, have been paying
thousands of dollars more for their gas than was
mammy if proper attention had been given to the
subjeot, and have eomplained of thegresd inequal
ity in the price of gas.
A bill has been before the Common Council
Chamber for months,
and against the passage of
which there has not bean a simile remoastranoil
though theibifi it'islintitthed in thil nettltPlPurs
for the thformation cribs eldreni, end its pause
hes been anxiously looked for, 114 WM equalise
the price of gas thromhont the city . When will
Councils And time to give it n 7 ` , Atated
time like this, every means ought to besidop L
to gave the money of mir citizens.
Union School and Children's Home—lnterest:
lag Anniversal /ffecting-.-e-TheMighth Anni
versary meeting of the managers and friends of
this useful charitable institedon, was held last
evening in the Musical Fend Hall, Locust street,
abbve Eighth. The attendance was not as large
as was desirable, the hill not being half filled.
Shortly before eight o' look, GeOrge- H.:Stuart,
Eeq.. was ealled to the chair, and he opened the
exercises of the evening with some very eloquent
and appropriate remarks. He alluded to the shut
attendance, and regretted that more of our mer
chute and business men had not availed themselves
of being present upon so highly interesting an oc
casion. Ile said it was indeed pleasant to turn
aside occasionally from the toils and cares of ben
zines life, from dollars end cents, from day-books
and ledgers, to participate with the friends of the
noble cause of beneficence, to hear of an aid the
poor, and tame gladness and joy to exist where
misery only was known.
An impressive and earnest prayer was then made
by the RevAdr. Cooper, in which be invoked the
Divine bleating upon the managers and inmates of
dies' Home.", The eighth annual report was read
by the Rev. Mr, Conuor. It exhibited in Clear
and Vigorous language the many and inestimable
benefits conferred upon the degraded and euffering
children of want. in oat great city, by such an in
stitution, as the Cc ion School and Children's Home.
A number of instances were cited showing that the
children admitted to the Home had been well
provided for mentally, morally, and physically;
and that their parents, In several eases. bad been
led, by the morel forte of seek an institution, to
change their course of life and become useful and
honest citizens in the community. Since the let
of September, 1856. 12i children here been ad
mitted to the Home; 92 hare been plated out in
suitable families; 24 returned to their Lieu& ; 4
died, and one child was stolen away. - 719 children
have been admitted to the Rome einee its doors
were first opened. One hundred and twenty-four
children eat at the table, ninety attend school,
the remainder being in the nursery. The liberal
bequest made to the institution by the late Captain
Moore, of Camden, cannot operate toils benefit for
some time to come. The present year will require
many and li hem! contr Undo:o. The Treanner's re
port gives the details of the receipts and expendi
tures during the year, and shows that at the pro
sent time the treasury is empty.
At the conclusion of the reading of the report
the Rev. Kingston Goddard, of this city, was in:
troduced to the meeting, and made a most elo
quent speech in behalf of the objects of the - Home,
which was listened to with the dosed attention,
and responded to by the cordial and prolonged ap
plause of the =clients. Be stated that the Ore
sent season was one of unprecedented severity
upon all daises of the; community, and one that
called forth, all the sympathy of the heart
for the poor and distressed, by whom we were met
on every side. He regretted that more were not
present, as the .object was one that should enlist
the attention and efforts of all. He should plead
for the poor so long as God gave him strength, and
if the dark clouds of distress prevailed, he would
not have a single article of silver or jewelry in Ms
home due? the winter which ha would not unhe
sitatingly ve to the poor. (Applatum.)
We see e poor in tags now, said the Speaker—
we see them in misery and degradation, bet ere
long, union some speedy and effectual relief be
afforded them by good and Christian men, we shall
see them with st weapon. Let us grant than
aid, and relinquish not oar benevolence in these
sore times of trial.
He stated that all we knew of goodness in God
was founded In misery. The lame, the blind, and
the deaf were cast before Christ, that his won
drous mercy and love might shine out in sublime
contrast. He paints his glorious bow of promise
neon the dark clouds, and hisgoodnom is seen in
ministering to those'who are east down by a burden
of sorrow. So in the physical world there was con
trast. The light which shines upon us to-night, said
Mr. G. owes its origin to the black coed of the
miner, the painter places his portrait upon a dark
canvas& and all that we know of beautiful la the
world of art comas from what once was low and de
grading. The speaker, in this eonneethm referred
to the children who were mired from tin and ruin,
taken from the wretched etude of their deviate pa
rente,and provided at this "Home" with eireryneed
lbi comfort. From duknete, want, and filth, we ex
tract those who become precious jewels in the Im
mortal crown of those who have the instruments
of their temporal and eternal salvation. Mr.
Goddard took occasion to refer to the benevolence
manifested at all times by the President of the
meeting, George H. Stuart, who was one of the
most liberal merchants of Philadelphia- Such
men as MI. Stuart. said the speaker, to the pre
sent winter, will have many and more urgent ap
peals for charity, than they h ave ever before lie
toned and responded to.
Mr. G. gave a very interesting account of a
visit which he made to the " Home, and spoke in
glowing term, of its neatness, cements, and he
demands upon public consideration. He exhibited
the wearing apparel of some of its little inmates,
and said that such clothing was in strange
contrast to the filthy rags which covered
the neglected and pale children of ine
briate parents in the vile courts and alleys of
mine of the sections of our city_ He made a
most affecting ap pe al in behalf of the Home, and
those of whom the Saviour said : "Saar little
children to some unto me, for of such is the king
dom of heaven," and concluded amid much ap
plause,
The hymn commencing with the words:
"From all that dwell below the dies,
Let the Creator's praise arise,"
The Rev. W. J. R. Taylor, pastor of the Belch
Reformed church at Tenth and Filbert Wreak, *f
lowed in some ed remarks, In aacorisece
with the views of the previous sle‘e• after
which a large collection wee made. Otheesieedies
were made, after which the meeting adjourned.
Park Beejainin Oa "Bard Times."—Last
night, iu the Concert Hall, Park Benjamin, the
distinguished poet and letterer, reed_ or rather
dramatically recited, an original poem on" Hard
Times"—being one oft course of fear lectures far
the benefit of the children (sixty in number, we
belieee) of that adzeireetle institution, the Union
Temporary Home. MT Ball was crowded, and
Mr. Benjamin had every cause to be gratified at
the reception of himself and the appreciating ap
plause deserved upon his poem. This applause
was well deserved, for, with much troth and
mew:My, the poem was distinguished by wit and
a pleasantly satirical vein. Two episodes wore
greatly applauded—the uprise and downfall of a
Fifth Avenue millionaire, whose position was so
high that his friends thought it (for him) impose
hie to fail ;" the other of an honest man, broken by
' • hard times," bat recuperated by the good credit
created by good character. The contrast told very
well. The peroration (if we may apply sink a
term to the conclusion of a . poem) was thoughtful,
grave, and imbued with high moral and religious
teeling. Mr. Benjamin will repeat the recitation
to-morrow evening, at Hayden Hall. corner of
Spring Garden and Eighth streets, for the same
benevolent purpose.
Recovery of Stoles Goods.—Some months
ago Mr. Matthew T. Miller, residing at No. lOU
Spruce street, was robbed of a quantity of silver
were, valued at about a handed. dollars. No trace
of the misting property could be geined, and at
length all hope of its recovery was abandoned. and
Its place supplied by new aztieles. Yesterday.
however, the silver was offered for sale to a jeweler
in Chestnut street, who, seeing the stamp amen the
various articles, and knowing Mr. Miller, it
the party offering them that they were la
all probability stelae.. The name of the latter was
Smith. a jeweler, doing business in Fifth street,
above Spruce. The two gentlemen then underkek
to trace them up, aid forted that they bad Smut
been sold by a woman named Catharine Bailey,
Eighth street, above Shippers MN. Bailey was
therefore arrested upon the charge of receiving
there from some person unknown, knowing that
they were the avails of a robbery. The magistrate,
thinking that such a ease should be examined by a
grand jury, committed the amused to answer.
Upon searching theeireznisas of the "ceased- . ars old
silver tea-pot was foetid marked with the initials
" M. M. B."
The New Coroser.--The abdication of Coro
ner Reheats took place yesterday. ills successor,
Mr. John R. Fenner, will henceforth frail the du
ties of the position. For the present, Mr Fenner's
office will be the cigar shop in Birth street, near
Spruce, belonging to the late coroner, and where
the business of that °Mee has hitherto been carried
on. Mr. F., however, avers that this arrange
ment will be but temporary, and that as soon as
possible he will procure a imitable eiltee, and pro
vide the requisite accommodations for such of the
public as may have business with him.
Fires.—Yesterday morning, between twelve
end one o'clock, the trimming_store of Ma. Brown.
No. 953 Marshall street, aborePoplar, took fire, and
the contents of the store were mostly destroyed.
At four o'clock yeatcrdny morning, a dye-house in
Somerset street, near West, owned sad otos pied
by Mr. Patrick Murray, was set on Are and de
stroyed The estimated lass amousts to about
twelve hundred dollars.
An alarm of bre was caused list arming, be
tween eight and nine o'clock, by the bunting of a
sash factory on Armes street, in Germantown.
Owing to the lateness of the hoar we are enable to
ascertain the exact loss.
Parade.—We learn that the United Ameri
can Mechanics of Wilmington intend to partici
pate in the parade of the order in this city on
Monday next, on the occasion of the dedioatio' et of
the new Mechanics' Hall, at Fourth and George
streets.
Robbtry.—An evening or two since the resi
dence of Mr. John A. Dougherty, on the Franktord
ma r l, above Harrison street, was entered while the
family were at supper, and robbed or wearing ap
parel to the value of earenta-five dollars.
Real Estate, Slacks, ¢e,—The following 831 es
wore made last evening, by M. Thomas k. Sons. at
the Philadelphia Exchange
I share Philadelphia Library Co., 5215; I titre
Meresntile Library Co., $8; schooner N B. T.
Thompson, $1,000; three-story brick dwelling, so.
878 Apple Street, $1,3.50; elegant modern resi
dence, Walnut street, 523,750; four Story brick
store and dwelling, No. 152 t Market street, $4.700;
four-story brick store and dwelling, No. 1 519 Mar
ket street. $0,400: handsome modern four-story
brick residence, No. 1347 Spring Garden street,
30,000; neat modern dwelling. - 8. W. corner o f
Twelfth and Citron streets, $3,3,10; lot of ground,
S. E. corner of Jederson arenas and Moore street,
$600; lot of ground. N. E. corner Jefferson Leanne
and Moore street, $1,000; two-story brink dwell
ing, Moore street, 3140 ; frame stable, Moore
street, 3600; ground rent of $37.50 a-year, 5460 ;
ground rent of $37.50 a-year, $030; ground rent
of 622.50 a - year, 4200; ground rent Of $22.50 &-
year, $220; grotnd tent of 540 a-year, 500: fac
tory, steam-engine, &e., corner Seventeenth and
Clearfield streets, $2,700; ground rent of 3.64 a
year, 51,050.
In his last number. Punch has a piece of
advice that is worth a year's &ascription.
It b this:
Fire Words to the Witty.—Never joke with
stupid people.
ddrestogr of Psschaelios.—Punctuation,
that is the putting the stops in the right places,
cannot be too sedously studied. We lately
read, in a country paper, the following start
ling account of Lord Palmerston's appear
ance in the House of Commons. “Lord Pal
merston then entered on his head, a white hat
upon his feet, large but well polished boots
upon his brow, a dark cloud in his hand, his
faithful walking•stick in nis eye, a menacing
glare saying nothing. He sat down."
The parent wbo would train np a and in the
way it should go, must go to the way 1* Width
be would train up the child.
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