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Books "continually receiving from &nation , ' - , se24-th tq StriSS , Wittrlico, 3exvirril, &r. WAIT CC.; CHESTNUT STREET. Ilapafaahnors of ' BRITISH STIRLING SILTHINiAItI, roller their lasioirGoa,; On the premises exolufluely • (Mons aild r Strangere are invitodio visit out menu Dilatory, WATCHES. , • • • Constantly on hand a eplendtd to of Bnperhe Watolm, of all the celebrated waken. :DIAMONDS.- Noonan,' Brunets, • Brooches, -Bar-Binge, lager , Blip and all other articles - In the Named line, Drawings' of NEW- DESIGNS will- be made tree 'of Chirpier those wishing work made to order. • , - RICH, GOLD JRWEIAIY. esmittro usortmeni of ail the udw istples of line Joitelry t anoh an Nona, Stone and 'nett COW, Carbut`ole; hpiroidatte, , - Pan, &a., &a. pamnaLD (lABToItS, -3340,2K8T8, WAITERS, &i Also, Bronze and Marble (MOORS, of newest ogles snit of enperlor quelity. , auldtwkwly A. PEQUI6NOT, Ce- ••. IdANIIYAOTUREILS 01 WATOHOASIIIB AND INFORMS OH wATalogp, • 121'SODTH THIRD STREET, BELOW OIIEBTAIIT, PHILADEILPILIA. litatitozioz. - Attalla* PROZ11710107: - 1419-3IIMIN . - VINE' WATCHES. - ' A full supply of all the celebrated London and Genera Watches constantly on hand. • We sell the Genuine Frodsham Watch at Twenty-five Dollars -lees than the agency price, as established at Boston. . , price j e 250, gm; 800 dollars., Boston Agency 2se, gm dollars. Salley Co pH" • 4:- AAILEY & 00. 428 OFTESTNUT St no26ituth4w OALDWELL'& qO., , • 214.432 CELESTIIT, BELOW MTN STE/Tiny Importers of tWatcheo and Eque Jewelry, :Manufactu rats nt:Sterltiag and Standard Silva Tea Sots, forks and 400, ' old- agents for the sale of Oharlos .Prodahani'a new Kenn Gold Medal London Tlmelteepers,ddr the Alma en hand, prices $250, $7.70, end $3OO. Bagliah and SwlsaWatches at,the lowest rice'. Bich taahionable Jewelry. ' liheftleht and American Plated Warm. $lO3l, S. J.A.RDBY & BRO.' t il giltn m i t eir; " No. E 61 1 Oheatnnt Street, above Third, op stain,) • , Philadelphia. • , nstantl,y on hand and for sale to the Trade, va OBI'S, - COMMUNION SERVICE gyre; twis piTonEßs,' aonvETS,' CUPS, WAITERS Did : WIPP, CANTONS, KNIVES, SPOONS ,- PO NES, • LADLES, dto.i &o, • Gibilnd'and plating on all kinds of metal, „ ee2.ly SILVgR - ; WILLIAM! WILSON , k MANUFACTURERS OF SILVER ,WARE, " (ESTABLISHED 1E12,) N. 1.1.- comma pun! AND OFIXBRT sTnicirs. A large assortment of BILVEA WADE, or eTery de. scription, constantly on hand, or Made to order to patch an pattern desired, -- Importers, q Sheffield :and Birmingham Imported Date.seBo-dkely F"'A I WIS F., DITI3O3Q & SON,', late el.. Dubow, Crow Wholosslo 14014.4.0., TURBEU3 01) ;XWELBY, sat onitarrnyr PUI4; - 0.00113 0. - Dt40130.- 'WK. IL-Dinsosq., - KINGSP.ORD & SON'S PURE. GSWRGO EIT.dIIGG for,( the laundry) has 'estab lished atreater celebrity than lzu over been obtained byany other Starch. , f • This has been the reign of Its marked imperloilty in' duality( and Its Invariable tilformlty. Thez:emay baanared of the continuance . of the high dard now established. ' " • • The* adieu's over SO too daily, and the demand lois extended . fittoughoutthe whole United States, and to foreign Coatdries. - -' Working thus on every large scale, and under A rigid eystens,they aro able to secbre a perfect anifordeity .11/ the quality tbreusheut ths.year, • This if the great de, s.deratum In atarch-msking, and is realized now for the firat.tloab: - The very best Starch that can be made, and fro other, , Is always wanted ,by„ consumers, and,this will be sup : plied to theni by the Grocers as soon As their customers, Nate learned which Is the beat, and 'ask for It—other wise they-would be likely to got that arttole,on which the largest profit can be made. - kir. Kingeford has been engaged hi th'emenofeatureof Starch continuonsly for *Melon If-years, and during the - whole of the period the Starch made under his super- - :vision hes been, beyond any queation, the heat in the •, market.- Ter the ,dret 't7," yeaKs he ' had 'charge of the 'World of Win: Colgate & Co. at which palled he ,in-,, vented theAroeess ortbe man ufacture of Corn Starch. - 03- Ask for , KINGSFORD'S STARCH, as the name • Gringo hat weal, been taken by another factory. = ltds sold by all the hest grocers In nearly every part -of the country,, - - ~ T. 'KINGSFORD k OSWECio CORN OTAROEt , , (for puddings, etc.) 'Mut 'obtained an' equal ~celebtlt7 • ~yrrith their titarch . forthe laundry,, , This article IS oar featli Purei and leo lit relPeot, oval to the beet Dermoda4rrtier itootibeirldee having additional quell-, ties which render It invaluable fob thwdessert. - • Potato Starch has been eatetutively, voiced bild sold as Corn Morph; wipes givon,false Impressions to many, AA 00 the real merits yf oar CorstOtarehi,,:.,, A ncr i t , irreal,Aollooy and puritY, it ni:eoming nto,generaittse as a diet for lafants,sodliaValide ' also r it N. =tow &VD, agents,' isatiAr - IeDIITLTON'NfOOOt 'N V. gOtiGHT.Mtior CHINOSE • SUGA.R4II4,Ta ' WNTD-25 bushels for ss.le by - -' r • • , • ' • , OROANDALB, -PHIRDI3,' fki CO ~ ' , neNl4f • •' 4 % - To' 104 N, Delaware areurst - 11 ALE •ROPE...attyerg are invited to "dell itel nitethine our Manila' Bal tore, 'Web w. can sou sell as ley se American, and warrant it SuF,driqiti is soddnraWltt , • WEAV2I6; lITLBR ' " 'llo.sll.lfistost."o44lLyrbinsi. • . r' • , vN '' , .f. , ...„.,..--... .- .. -. 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To insure - the morn rapid and frequent delfrery of. letters in thisalty, the Postmnater i3eneral has author lsed the following changes in the times and manner of delivery within the limits of the Philadelphia Office : Four Rub-offices have• been established at the follow ing places: NortlioaAtern--447 CO/TAS SIRIIRT, near rIPTII. ..Northwestern-437arao aiRDICK HALL, TIIIIVITAKTIT and Brawl GARDIOI. WOIII.BM-4621011113111111 . Mt of EIEVENTERNRII. 24th .Ward--Unnits7 STRUT, Cid Of PARK. Ea& of these oflioes, es well es the &mut, or principal 'office,- is the cootie or a delivery and collection dis ,triot,and Item each FIVE DELIVERIES will be made daily by the Government Letter Carriers, of all letters arriving In the mail i, 'or collected from tho sub-offices and boxes, far city delivery. The deliveries will be ,made at the following hours: 10 7 o'cloc k , morning. tt n afternoon. a ff • In connection with the erth-offices, boxes are located at" convenient points In each district, in which letters may be deposited for the malls, or for delivery to other area of the city. Collections will be made from the ones TIBIDB A DAY, by' sworn' collectors, de tailed for that duty exclusively. ' The collections will be Made at the following hours : - - 8 o'clock, morning. • 10 ' 1.'"• .attenloon. a 8.80 " The collection at 0.80, In the afternoon, Is for the mails Only, and will be made every day, including Sun day% - IjOr No charge will- be made for carrying Lettere to the Poet Office. • • AU" , Letters. for ,Oity Delivery, Two Gents each. (OneCohtl OnParrler.) 'Peastestre'Xspletiornpninlesition between the principal office and the sub-offices, there bee been provided a see alai service of horses and wagons, which will arrive and depart with precision, according to a time-table prepared for the purpose. The city is divided by Tenth street, Vine street, and the Schuylkill liver, into atm districts. The Central district, embraces that Section'a the city east of Tenth, etreet and south' of Vine street. The present Post Office is the centre point for this district. The Western' district embraces that 'motion of the city West of Tenth street and south of Vine Wept. Sub- Office No. 1021 Ohentnnt street. The Northeastern district embraces .that pert of the cltyeast of Tenth .street and north, ef. Vine street, ex clusive of the old districts of Kensington and Richmond. finb-office, No. 447 Goatee street, near Binh. The Northwestern district embraces that section of the city west' elf Tenth street and north of Vine street. Sub-officio, Spring Garden Nall. The Twenty,fourth ward dist-lot embraces, that part of the city west of .the Schuylkill. Bub-office, Market street, east of Park street. The carriers in each district will start from the office of the district, and letters deposited in the boxes of a district will be taken by the collectors to the district office. - • The city has been divided into walks of convenient size, with reference to business and extent of territory. On each of these • there will be two carriers, who will divide the walk between them for the despatch of busi ness at the principal mail deliveries, but at other times the whole walkway be attended by either one of the carriers. . „ The enb-officee Will be' open daily (except Sunday,) from 7 A. ki. until 7% P. hi., and on Sunday from 8 to 9 A. M., and from'2 to SP. M. stamps can be procured at allot the sub.otlices, and letters prePaidenddeposited for the mails the same as at the principal office, Ey" Letters to be " registered" moat be taken to the Central or principal office, • • irr Advertised letters cannot be delivered at the sub offices, but at the principal office only, as at present. • Wherever no il,eity.• Is spoken of in this advertise ment, It should be understood to mean the parts com pactly bulitup, except Kensington and Richmond, each of which has a Post Office of its own. The Kensington Postmaster has made ouch arrangements as will make his district conform, In all particulars, to this system. The charges for the -delivery of city letters will be the same, thereforeiln the Kensington district as In other parts of, the City, viz, two cents will pay for a letter to and from Kensington. _ The system ta i ip be pfilfit operation on Tuesday, December Ist. A. flat of the places where 'United States Mail boxes are located win be published inn few days. ' '. Like every Invasion of an old routine, in a vast este& lhhment likethe Post Office, this change may create some temporary embiftassment, and not work perfectly for, a few days or weeks. It may, therefore, require 'seine short Indulgence from the public. No effort,how. ever, will be spared on my part to secure the perfect working of a system, which experience elsewhere has shown to be so beneficial to the public ; and which I have no doubt 'will ; aeon be regerded hero also ass great progress in pbetal business. I 'respectfully ask the co-operation of the citizens of Philadelphia In behalf of the new system. - n039-8t GIDEON G., WESTOOTT, Postmaster. Political. 11"; SHERIFF-:- ' • ' °Align S. WRIGIIT, „. • • 1/11711 MARV. 13111•Ject to Demociatto mho. • nol7-I.mit wi-011 SELER;IFF,- ALDEIMEAN GEORGE MOORED - /01JR74 Subject to.Deliocratto Rules. VOA SHERIFF • FUR JAIIRS G. GIBSON, _.„ ... . ~ TWIRTY-BROOND WARD. &Meet to Democratle Rules. no6-Bm* FOR SHERIFF, D W ARD T. IdOTT, — . TWELFTH WARD .; - Legal Notireo. ITOTIOE IS HERE EY 'GIVEN THAT THE firm of REISS BROTIIERS & CO., heretofore ox. toting in New York o.nd Phlladelphis, is this day DIS• SOLYEDby mutual consent, and that the baldness of 'the firm will'only be carried on for the purpose of li quidation. Signed, - , ErmouitEiss, ISAAC REM, JAMES REISS, JOO ,PO l NSTER. November 10. nolo-d3tAtuthe-M tburational HALL 'Or " ST. JAMES THE LESS, Ly PHILADELPHIA. ' A FAMILY BOARDING sortoormon BOYS. Rat B. R. Bataan, Ramon. Tho AntaniVieoelon lOU' begin on TUEBDAY, Bep. tembor 1. (Brenton my be obtained.st the Book Store of 11, HOOKER, 8. W. corner EIGHTH and CHESTNUT, or of the Rectee, Pock Office, rag of BohnyDdll, delphle. anti-am , fiRITTENDEN'e. nithet.DBLPHIA (NM MEROLBL COLLEGE, S. E. corner of SEVENTH and CHESTNUT Streets, Second end Third Stories. - BOOR.HEEPING, PENMANSHIP, every style. - COMMERCIAL LAWS AND FORM: • COMMERCIAL CALCULATIONS. 'LECTURES, Re. . •- Bleb Student lute individted instruction from comps. tent and attentive Teachers, under the immediate superrlSlon of the Principal. One of the Rest Penmen in the Ociuntry bait charge of the Writing Department. - .Ploas6 cell and see Specimens and get a Catalogue of Torcue,..bo: • ocB.y PROFESSOR SAUNDERS' INSTITUTE, WEST POILADELPIIIA. No Seminary whatever is more like a private family. The coarse of study Is extensive and thoronih. Pro fessor Bounders still_ receive a rev more 'pp Is under esitrteehLyeara of age ihto hie family. nottire of Ressrs:J: S: Silver and Mathew - Newkirk, or Gel. J. W. Pommy, Editor of this Paper, whose sons or wards are now members of his . se ,t,14-tf J3aola'anb Oboes. BOOTS.. AND SHOES.—Tho 'subscriber haa on hand a large and varied etock of ROOTS and SHOES - , which he will sell at the lowest prices. GEO. W. TAYLOR, no2l-1y S. E. corner HUTH and MARKET St. pALL STOCK OEDOOTS AND SHOES. .1; —JOSEPLI 8. T/10/41430N k CO., No. 814 MAR- E= Street, and Nos. 8 and 6 FRANKLIN PLACE, have new in store. a large and well-asaortod stock of BOOTS st3BllOZB, of City'and Ekatern manufacture, which they oder for sale on the beat terms for Cash, or on tlnfueual oredlt.• - • • • Buyers tt are invit e d to tall and examine their at stook aul-d iliTottee t 0 Oronsigitges. NOTICE TO' CONSIGNEES. - Tho ship PHILADELPHIA, from Liverpool, Is now discharging under general order, at' SILIPPEN STRIMT, WHAM'. Consignees will please atcend to receipt of their goods. non , RIORARDSON & CO. NOTICE Tia .CONSIGNEES.— Tho ship 11'•PIIILADBLPHIA, Captain. Pool, from Liverpool, is now ready to discharge at ghippen street wharf. Con— si`neea•will plessodeliver their permits to the Custom house officer on board.. All goods not permited in dve days Will be sent to public store. ; • • THOMAS ItIOLIARDSON k CO. -far .oale. atib.Zo .:et. TIESIRABLE OFFICES at 520 WALNUT St., opposite the State Muse., one of the best beelines 'locations In Philedelphis, with heat, light, and oil modern conienienees. Apply on the promicee, Room No. 8 le V. W. J. BALL, Agent. no2o WONDERS' OP THE AGE—LIGHT, LIMIT ItOIV'ALL.—PETERS & SIInOPE, Patent Dion-Egploalen Self-Generating GAS LAMPS is just the thing to suit all. Price f 1.60 up ; alt may have ettperior Light by calling et their Depot, ' This .Lamp in Waited to all places and purposes, and only requires a trial to test ite advantages over all ethers, The Lamp; forms its own gas. Our Patent Burners can be fitted to every ordinary Fluid Lamp, with little expenee, withont the least possible danger. Ali are invited; to call and examine for themselves. Town, County, and State:rights for ;tale. The proprietors aro in want 9f Agents, giving a rare chance to make mow. PETERS & wowamy; Depot, n024-3m 128 South 4th St , Chestnut, Phi CLOVER SEED:--:-,NOTICE TO PENN AND.BTOBERBEIPERS. The ruxlewig.ned ire now prepared to purchase for cash, prime Clover Ned of the new crop. Pennsylvania storekeepers and farmers, by sending samples to our address can, at all times, ascertain te price et wh ic a we lode bnying. Parties wishing eamples,,by which be governed as *quality', can have them sent by natal, by addrestitig us. • , 01.14818 & 00, esele-tt 48 Mirth trout; and 44 Water streete 4lig. - --ECONOMYIN GALS BILLS.—THE - wet Gam Reeitlaterie ever offered for Rive Dot. lure. ' or sato by the WATEE6tAN GAS REGULA TOR 00M4.4Ti • 'OO2O-led , " 602 FILESTNUT Street. .. MANILLA 11 0 PE.::-SUPERIOR MA 4 , 244.041 , 4 Mrs; puntaVitared and to, agi o by W.NAVN4 ) prri,xß & eaRA , t , No. 29 N. Scator mt.. snd 92 N. Wbeiyes PIRITS" TURFENTINE-200 bbla Spirit Tiupentine, td arrive, for sale by e ; KA.WEEKA aIA , OALISTER, • ' " 7119 Worth Water street, :1 BEAM SI,ACIE—ENGRAVING, DIE Vain/ and ExtbossOd Printing, Illirelope And ,SiirPress Minntat,tpry, 87 Strawberry Street, between teenjuireAni Tt*kV* liiiOnt And Oltdetaut West ' 0 4440 1 0441 ri. ea 1247 etrangero' euitte in pilabelpflia. Pot the benefit of strangers and others who may de sire to visit any of our publio institutions, we publish the annexed hot. 14181.10 PL10713 07 I.lloBltldlnt Academy of Music, (Operatic,) corner of Broad and Lomat streets. Aith Street Theatre, Arch, above oth atreet. Parkinson's Oarden, Chestnut, above Tenth. National Theatre and Circus, Walnut, above Eighth. Sandford's Opera lionse,(Ethloplan,) Eleventh, below Market. Walnut Street Theatre, northeast corner Ninth and Walnut.• Thomeurs Varletles;Plfth and Chestnut. Thomas's Opera House, Arch, below Seventh. ARTS AND SCIENCES Lode* of Natural Sciences, corner of Broad and George streets. Academy of Fine Arta, Ghestnnt, shove Tenth. Artiste , Pond IfalljOhestnut, above Tenth. Franklin Institute, No. 9 South Seventh street. BUNSTOMINT INSTITUTIONS. Almshouse, west aide of Schuylkill, opposite South street. Almshouse (Friends% Walnut stroot, above Third. Association for the Employment of Poor Women, No 292 Green street Asylum for Lost Children, No. 86 North Seventh street.. Blind Asylum, Race, near Twentieth street. Christ Church Hospital, No. 8 Cherry street. City Hospltal, Nineteenth street, near Coates. Olarksonbt Hall, No. DM Cherry street. Dispensary, Fifth, bolow Chestnut street. Female Society for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, No. 72 North Seventh street. Guardleas of the Poor, Oka No. 60 Ninth Seventh street. German Society Hell. No. 8 South Seventh street. Home for Priendless Children, corner Twenty-third and Brown Streets. ' Indigent Widows' end Single Womeole Society, Cherry, east of Eighteenth street. Penn Widows , Asylum, West and Wood street)) Eighteenth Ward. Masonic Hall, Chestnut, above Seventh street. Magdalen Asylum, corner of Race and Twenty-flrst streets. •Northern Dispensary, No.l Spring Garden street. ' Orphans' Ao'lom, (colored) Thirteenth street, near Oallcrwhill. Odd Fellows' 1144 Sixth and Raines street. Do. do. S.E. corner Broad and Spring Gar den streets. Do. do, Tenth and South streets. Do. do. Third end Brown streets, Do. do. Ridge Road, below Wallace. Pennsylvania Hospital, Pine street, between Eighth and Ninth. Penneylvanislnatitute for the Instruction of the Blind, corner Race and Twentieth street. Pennsylvania Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, Sixth and Adolph! drools. Pennsylvania Training School for Idiotio and Yeahle- Blinded Children, School house Lane, Germantown, office No. 162 Walnut sleet. Philadelphia Orphans , Asylum, northeast cor. nigh teenth and Cherry Preston Retroai, Hamilton, near Twentieth street. Providence Society, Prune, below Sixth street. Southern Dispensary, No. oe. Shippen street. Union Benevolent Association, N. W. corner of Seventh and Sansom streets. Willie Hospital, Race, between Eighteenth and Nine teenth streeta. St. Joseph's Hospital, Girard avenue, between Pit. teentb and Sixteenth. Episcopal Hospital, Front street, between Hunting. don and Lehigh avenues. Philadelphia Hospital for Disease/10, the Chest, S. W. Corner of Oheetnut and Park ate, West Philadelphia POIII.IO BVILDINOB 'Custom House, Chestnut street, above Fourth County Prison, Passynnk road, below Reed. W Oity Tobacco arehonee, Dock and Spruce streets. ' City Controller's Office,Girard Bank, second story. Commissioner of City Property, office, Girard Bank, second story. City Treasurer's Office, Girard Bank, second story. City Commiesioner's Office, State House. City Solicitor's Office Fifth, below Walnut. City Watering Comm ittee's Office, Southwest corner Fifth and Chestnut. Fairmount Water Werke, Fairmount on the Sehuyl- Idll. Girard Trust Treasureee 01110 e, Fifth above Ohestnut. House of Indtustry, Catharine, above Bererith. House of Industry, Seventh, above Arch street. House of Refuge, (white,) Parrish, between Twenty mooed and Twenty-third 'street. Home of Refuge, (colored,) Twenty-fourth, between Parrish and Poplar streets. Health Orme, corner of Stith and Ransom. Home of Correction, Rob Hill. Marine Hoepttal, Gray's Ferry road, below Booth etreet. Mayor's office, S. W. earner Fifth and Oheetnut streets. New Penitentiary. Coates street, between Twenty drat and Twenty-second streets. Nary Yard, on the Delaware, corner Pront and Prime streets. Northern Liberties' Gas Works, Malden, below Pront street. Post Orrice, No. 237 Dock street, opposite the Ex. obange. Pont Office, Kennington, Queen street, below Shacks,- alarm' street. Poet Office, Spring Garden, Twentprourth street and Pannaylvania Avenue. Philadelphia Exchange, corner Third, Walnut and Donk etreeta. Philadelphia Gas Works, Twentieth and Market; once, No. 8 S. Seventh etreet. Petunrylvanis Institute for Deaf and Diamb;Broed and Pine streets. • Penn's Treaty Monument, Peach, above Hanover street. Public High School, S. N. corner Broad and Green Public, Normal School, Sergeant, above Ninth. Recorder's Office, No. 3 State House, east wing. State House, Chestnut street, between Fifth and Btxtb streets. ShettilVe Ottlen,State 'nano:tear erring Garden Coro.. shiner's MU, Spring Garden and Thirteenthetreets. Union Temperance Hall, Christian, above Ninth street, United etates Mint, corner of Chestnut and Juniper streets. United States Arsenal, Gray's Ferry Road, near Fade• ral street. Naval Asylum, on the Schuylkill, near South street. United States Army and Clothing Equipage, corner of Twelfth and Girard streets. United States Quartermaster's Chloe, corner of Twelfth and Girard streets. COLLZGEN College of Pharmacy, Zane street, above Seventh. 'Eclectic Medical College, Manes street, west of Math. Girard College Ridge road and College Avenue. Romeeopathio Medical College, Filbert street, above Eleventh. Jefferson Medical College, Tenth street, below George. Polytechnlo College, corner Market and West Penn Square. Pennsylvania Medical College, Ninth street, below Locust. Philadelphia Medical College, Fifth street, below Walnut. Pomaie Medical College, 220 Arch street.. University of Pennsylvania, Ninth street, between Market and Chestnut. University of Free Medicine and Popular Knowledge, No. 68 Arch street. ' LOCATION OP COURTS United States Circuit and District Courts, No. 24 fifth street, beiqw Chestnut. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Fifth and Chestnut streets. Court of Common Pleas, Independence Hall. District Courts, Nos. 1 and 2, corner or Sixth and Chestnut streets. Court of Quarter Sessions, corner of Sixth and Chest streets, SSLIOIOUS INSTITUTIONS American Baptist Publication /Society, No. 118 Arch street. American and Foreign Christian Union, No. 144 Chest. nut street, American Sunday School 'Union (new), No. 1122 Chestnut street. American Tract Society (new), No. 922 Chestnut. Episcopal Reading Rooms, 524 Walnut street. Idenomst, Crown street, below Oallowhill street. Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bible Society, corner of Seventh and Walnut streets. • Presbyterian' Board of Publication (new), No. 821 °hellbent Area t. • Presbyterian Publication ;louse, No. 13.11 Chestnut street. Young Isten's Christian Moot ation, N 0.162 Chestnut street. Northern Young !denim Christian Association ; Ger mantoarn Road and Franklin. Philadelphia Bible Tract and Periodical Office (T. U. Btockton ' s), No. 6735 Arch street, first house below Sixth Amt. north side. Lutheran Publication Society, No. 732 Arch street, below Eighth. RAILROAD LINES. Penna. Central H. R.—Depot, Eleventh and Market. 7 A. Id., Mail Train for Pittsburgh and the West. 12.66 P. M., Fast Line for Pittsburgh and the West. 2.80 P. M., for Harrisburg and Columbia. 4.30 P. M., Accommodation Train for Lancaster. 11 P. Express Mail for Pittsburgh and the Went. Beading Baitroad—Depot, Broad and Vine. 120 A. 31., Exprosa Train for Pottsville, Williamsport, Elmira and Niagara Falls, 5.110 P. M., ae above (Night Expreffa Train.) - New York Lines. 1 A. M., from Kennington, via Jersey City. 6 A, M., from Camdon, Accommodation Train. 7 A. M. from Camden, via Jersey City Mail. 10 A. AL, from Walnut street wharf, v ia Jersey city. 2 P. 31. via Camden and Amboy, Express. 8 P. Si., via Camden, Accommodation Train. 6 P M., via Camden and Jersey City, Mall. 6 P. Al., via Camden and Amboy, Accommodation. Connecting Lines. 6 A, M., from Walnut street wharf, for Beividere,Eaaton, Water Gap, Scranton, 40. 6 A. AL, for Freehold. 7 A. 31., for Mount Holly, from Walnut street wharf, 2 P. 31., for Freehold. 2.30 P P. M., for Mount Holly, Bristol, Trenton, lee. 8 P. DI., for Palmyra, Burlington, Bordentown, &a. 4 P. M., for Belvidere, Futon, ko., from Walnut street wharf. 6P. M. for Mount Holly, Burlington, ke. Baltimore B. B.—Depot, Broad and Prime. A, M., for Baltimore, Wilmington, Now Castle, Mid. dletown, Dover, and Seaton'. I P. M., for Baltimore, Wilmington, and New Castle. 4.16 P. 81., for Wilmington, New 'Castle, Middletown, Dover, and Seaford. P. M. for Porryvilie, Fast Freight. /1 P. 31., for Baltimore and Wilmington. North Pennsy/vania B. B.—Depot, Front and Willow, rA. M. for Bethlehem, Easton, Mauch Chunk, deo. 10 A. ht., ter Doylestown, Accommodation. 2.15 P. M., for Bethlehem, Easton, Mauch Chunk, Ac. 4.30 I'. M., for Doylestown, Accommodation. 10 A. M., for Gwynedd, Accommodation. Camden and Atlantic H. B.—Vine street wharf. 7.30 A. M. for Atlantio City. 10.95 A. M., for Haddonfield, 4 P. 3t. for Atlantic City. 4.96 P. Al., for Haddonfield. For Westchester. By Colombia R. B. and Westchester Branch. Front Market street, south et le above Eighteenth. Leave Philadelphia 7 A. M. au , P. Id. t , Westchester 6.80 A. M., and BP. M. ON Sooners Leave Philadelphia 7 A. M. Westchester 31". M. Westchester Direct Railroad, open to Penuelton, Grubbs Bridge. From northeast Eighteenth and Market streets. Leave Philadelphia 0, and 0 A. M. 2,4, and 0 P. M. if Pennelton, Grubbs Bridge, 7,8, and M. A. M, and '4 and 0 P. DI. On Baturdays last train from Pennelton at 7 A. M. OH MOUTH Learn Philadelphia 8 A. M. and 2 P. M. Pennelton 9N A.M. and 0 P. M. Germantown j• Norristown R. H.—Depot, 9th and Green. e, 0, and 11 A. M. and 8, 4.45, 6.45, and 11.16 P. It., for Norristown. 6A. U. and 3 P. 51., for Downingtown. 0,8, 9,10, and 11.30 A. M" and 2,4, 0,8, and 9 . M. for Chestnut 11111. 6, 7, 8,9, 10.10, and 11.90, A. M., and 1,2, 3.10, 4,5, 6,7, 8,9, and 11.80 P. M., for Germantown. Chester Valley B. B.—Lesre Phlladelplia 0 A. 51. and - 8 P. ht. Leave Downhmtown7M A. M. sad 1 P. M BTEAMBOAT LINES 2.80 P.M., Richard Stockton, for Bordentown, from Walnut street wharf, 10 and 11.41 A. M., and 4 P. M., for Tacony, Burling ton and Bristol, from Walnut street wharf. 0.80 A, M. Delaware, Boston, and Kennebec, for Cape May, ttot pier below Spruce street. Y.BO A. M., and 2,8, and 6 P. lit., John A. Warner And Thames A. Morgan, for Bristol, Bur- PHILADELPHIA, TUFADAY, DECEMBER 1, 1857. Vrtss. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 4867.'1:7 A DRAMA OF REAL LIFE; The London Morning POJI supplies us Witb, a narrative, curious and true, of circumstances elicited in ono of the English law '410! which shows some of the working of the IltB% trimonial system in the old country, and resAly reads more like the plot of an amusing CO*rt dy than a chapter in real life. A gentlemsia limited means applied to a Matrimonial Age*, OMee, entered his name, paid his fee, 444 his desire—to obtain re a wife with mouey'l , was shown a large number of ladies' pOrtralts, and, after minute inquiries, expressed hitudidf pleased with one, the original of which 404 $BO,OOO in her own right—he was told t . correspondence between the parties was Ote result—unfertunately the letters have notiOn published—and, at last, on paying $75 to $1,42 more to the hymenial go-between, the agentiOr persons if not hearts, the wife-seeker, ; Wl4o: name is ALLEN, obtained an interview with4e2 lady. As ALLEN had simply described hhififtllf as only wanting "a woman with moneylt may be imagined that ho was not likely:t& o: dissatisfied with any crinolined possessoi of $BO,OOO. However, the lady whom ho tually had youth, if not good loohs, and Mr.' ALLEN, considering himself very fort:unato,' pressed his suit like an ardent (money-laint-t ing) lover, as ho was,'and was duly and tem:, dolly accepted. Hero ends Act lof tlfts'illb-; drama. Sharp as ho was, (or ought to be, for Ite*fie a bill-broker by profession), Mr. Az so completely taken in by the appearance* the demoiselle, that ho omitted to satisfy self whether or not her reputed fortune' muff it) notes oftbe Bank of England, or the icEialik of Elegance." Dazzled by the diamond-flash of her bright eyes, our hero omitted to sumer_ tain whether or not the lady had Jewels of a more earthly kind. Yet ho did not take every thing for granted. He learned that sho%re sided at Cheltenham, a fashionable watering place, and thither he betook himself. Thera, he actually saw the lady riding In a private carriage, which he naturally assumed to bb her own, and became satisfied that she also possessed the luxury of a lady's maid. lc The course of true love never yet ran smooth and the lady confessed that eho had made sort of pro-contract to marry another swain ; that she would surrender him, for the sake of her darling Mr. ALLEN ; that it would be ne cessary, however, to steal a march on this to be dreaded rival; and that, therefore,. is, she dreaded to excite suspicion by ordering the usual matrimonial trousseau, she must ataiftin her bridal tour, minus the silks and means, laces and feathers, velvets and moires antivie usual, we believe, on those extremely Interest ing occasions. Every man, wo aro perautded, has some vanity in his composition—kolne times to a much larger extent than much abused Womankind possess—and what could be more flattering to Mr. ALLEN'S amour propre than the assurance, gently confessed with half a sigh, and half a smile, that the lady had fancied another, but was now willing to devote herself to himself alone? ALLEN was properly tickled, no doubt, and agreed to marry the lady, oven though she did not ap. pear at the altar in white silk, a Brussels veil, and a darling gossamery bonnet, Aft med with a fitting array of orange blossoms. Ho married her, and here let the curtain decorously drop on act 11. having made such a good hit, as lie thought, Mr. CHARLES him ALLEN determined too - pass the honeymoon, like a man of spirit ,land meta.=.!. ,,. rtrr...ftia-4-4baugtkeot, deficient: in brass, which is pant of the stock, in trade of a regular bill-shaver, ho wanted what is sometimes familiarly called tin. He was not making much gear by his business—as ho had contrived to spend somewhat more, was cer tainly not very well off. However, his wife's $BO,OOO would sot all right, and, on 'the strength of his being about to make such a good match, an opulent friend was so kind as to lend him $1,250. Now, of all places in the world, there is none where Is a happy couple" can spend their time and their money more agreeably and rapidly than Paris with its thea tres, balls, drives, restaurants, and, above all, the tempting jewelry stores in the Petals Royal, and the fascinating millinery shops in the Boulevards. Reckoning these in the ac count, and stating that they were nearly fivo weeks in Paris, the money lasted a long time. When they reached the house of Mr. ALLEN'S mother, in London, the $1,250 had dwindled down to $2O. Hero, with a domestic tableau of reception, closes Aot Mothers are much keener than young hus bands, just emerging from the honoymoon. The day after the arrival of Mr. ALLEN and his bride, while the fortunate and happy hugatnd was sipping his wine and cracking his filberts 'I atter dinner, in stalked, like Mrs. SIDDONS as Lady Macbeth, Mrs. ALLEN senior—in a rod turban and a tremendous passion : perturbed, In fact, as well as perturb:mod. Without a moment's pause, or note of preparation, she pounces down on Ler unsuspicious son. " Charles John !" sho cried, in a deep voice, " You 'aye been took in. Instead of marry ing a lady, you have married a lady's maid." Starting up, Charles John exclaimed, in a me lodramatic manner, "Impossible ! My dear Sophiar never could deceive me I" How the dowager Mrs. ALLEN made the dis covery, is not mentioned—but she w os right. The individual whom the Cockney hus band called "Sophiar" was a lady's maid, and was not " a lady." She protested that the dowager was mistaken—that this was a wicked world, apt to slander innocent people—ttat, if she told her husband a story about the $3Q,000, (which was invested, not in funds, but on the security of a splendid chateau en Espagne, or of the Isle of Skye,) he had also tricked her, by declaring himself worth $5,000 a year, and that he "kept a brougham." Finally, it appeared that she had only hired the carriage at Chet- Witham, to ride in a few times, while ALLEN was in that town, and that the attendant wait ing-maid—the soubrette of this r little drama— was a quick-witted Abigail, a follow-servant indeed, who had lent herself lo pats off Sophiar% as a lady of fortune, and this an chor her, safely and happily, in the hewn of matrimony. Worse than this monstrous cheat ing, Mr. ALLEN found his bride behaving to im properly, after the fictitious nature of her for tune had been ascertained, that, in five or six days after their return from Paris, she left his house, in company with another man, against whom he finally brought an action for trim. con., and recovered $5OO damages which—were not paid. So closes act IV. Misfortunes come in battalions. Poor Mr. ALLEN found it so. That the $30,000 timid be a myth was bad enough. This was not all. The faithless "Sophiar" had contrived, before marriage, to get into debt to the tune of $3,000, and Mr. ALLEN had to pay. Wanting pecuniary meant to do this, ho became a gen tleman in difficulties. Moreover, he had to re fund what ho had borrowed, on the strength of his lady's fortune, to cut a dash with in Faris. Nor is this all; naturally enough, he de sires to break the matrimonial fetters. But marriage is a knot easily tied, and (es pecially in England) not easily loosed. Just while lie was deliberating what to do, and how to do it—sitting, in a brown study, in his office—in walks "Sophiar." She, it seems, had commenced a suit againat bina for alimony, and actually had the effrontery to " tender herself," in legal form, to be taken back to his bosom, and there nourished, and, cherished—as his lawffil wife. In default of his so taking her back, her action for separate maintenance would lie. No doubt, also, that' sho would lie—to prove her case. Here, with the hero sued for his wife's debts at common law, and put into the ecclesiastical court for alimony, a sufficiently tragic finale is arrived at. The audience, acting as a Jury, will give in a verdict of " served him right," and the curtain drops. All these circumstances aro very unlike every-day life is we see it, but have the strongest family resemblance to every-day life as represented—on the stage. In ti The , 9chool for gcheMing," by "BOUROICAULT, there is precisely such a scene as occurs in this ease—where a pair of adventurers, mu tually deceiving and deceived, commit matri mony, cash in full expectation that the other Is very rich, and present a ludicrous appear ance when the truth breaks in upon both, at tho Name moment. We have not told this story, however, with any, view to make our readers smile. We would only draw attention to the retributive nature of poor Mr. ALLEN'S punishment. Ho .merely wanted " a woman with money ;" be was willing to sell himself for money; lie misrepreiented his own circumstances to de ceive this woman, and he was properly served out by being deceived in turn. We sometimes notice, in newspapers of New York and this city, advertisements in which persons calling themselves men, but evidently not possessing honorable manly feeling, advertise for wives— the main qualification being that the fortunate lady shall possess property. We know not whether any women so qualified ever do seri ously reply to such notices; should any be so weak as to expect fair play or honorable treat ment from persons who would thus sell them selves for gold, they may profit by the perusal of Mr. ALLEN'S matrimonial mishaps, and apply the moral of the story to their own case. CITY POLlOE.—NovEtinErt 2 (Reported for The Press.] TIIANKEIGIVING JOLLIPICAION.—TherO 19 a house near the funotion of South Seventh and Lombard streets, inhabited by several families, ono of which is that of Mr. Barnard O'Lafferty. This house is a low, 111-coniltioned building; "demur antiqua," but not" religicsa," unless sacrifices to Bacchus be aocopted, in modern times, as tokens of sanctity. But, to tame to the matter in hand : Three of tho pity pollee wore passing this building, at a late hour last night, when they hoard from within, Cries, threats, and loud laments and mingled war " They paused to listen, and (we hope) were shocked to hoar a rich swell of female yokes en gaged in a tripartite piece of music, which might have represented, in a demoniac opera, a warm altereatior carried on between the three furies— nupposing those venerable ladies to be in a state of "considerable elevation." After a short in terval, the door was opened, and out walked airs. Molly O'Lafferty, the lady of the house, with a stoneware pitcher in her band. She appeared to bo snaking ter way to a neighboring liquor store, which, for public accommodation, is kept open at all hours of the night, so that " Obedient slumbers which can wake and weep may not want their trainee, and that those who, Punctual as levers, to the moment sworn, Bold assignation with their wee," may not find that interview a dry nndunallevinted affliction. The policemen, who have prnoticed eyes in such matters, observed Mrs. O'Lafferty's gait, as she proceeded in search of comfort, and imagin ed that she was giving herself a good deal of un necessary trouble; not because she did not stand in need of consolation, but because that particular kind she was seeking bad been sufficiently tested already. With this view of her ease, the mon of office took Mrs. O'L. under their protection, and, while ono endeavored, with his good counsel, to strengthen her feet in the right way, the other two entered the house to extend the same kindness to her companions. The scene which now presented itself to the ob servation of the officers proved that the idea of Pope, "to enjoy is to obey," may be overstrained in practice; for the signs of festiye enjoyment in O'Laffertee habitation were of the most exaggera ted character., The uncarpeted floor was covered with broken orockery-ware and fragmentary glass bottles, while streams of various liquids flowed, like Australian rivers, to and from all points of the. compass. In the midst of a conglomeration of heterogeneous matter; lay six ladles and five gen tlemen in various stages of alcoholic beatification. The proprietor of the establishment, Mr. Barney O'Lafferty, reclining with his back against a wall .tindAJeknis battlo ensiled 4ptivteen his hands, was yet - sober oneugtvw I—firs4t ity by inviting the officers to "come and take a pull." They complied with this gracious invitation by ' pulling" Mr. O'Latrorty himself. When told by the examining rgistrate that his house born a bad character, Barney answered art lessly : "DM' may care about the ebarnother of the home, so as I hare a good r eharaether meself ; and troth thorn's ilogiAtr-, as hundreds of respietable people ort. He was held to bail in $5OO, to make him regu late hie domestie affairs hotter. W. COMMUNICATIONS. USURY LAMS For The Prem.] The people of America (and with very gOod reason, it is true) are not a little addicted to boasting of the unapproachable superiority of their political institutions. They delight to compare those impalpable illusions, which on the Continent of Europe aro yclept "Con stitutions," with the admirable charters of the same name rimier whose noble canopies they delight to dwell. It is with a sentiment of patriotism, amounting to enthusiasm, (and al most amounting to veneration,) that they de scant upon the origin and history of these im perishable documents, and fondly predict for them a perpetuity as lasting as that of hu manity itself. It is with a peculiar unction, however, that they carp upon the tyranny of European Parliaments in usurping the solo and exclusive right of reasoning for the peo ple, and brand with the name of outrageous arrogance their gross assumption of political omniscience! All this is more or less a just expression of correct American sentiment. But whilst it is admitted to be over so true, are we not indo lently (through that spirit of conservatism, which, even in the wildest Democracies, is in separable from human nature) actually drift ing into a similar class of errors? Do we not abandon to our Legislatures too much of the duty and too much of the labor of reelecting and deciding for us upon public questions I And do wo not tolerate in them too much of that same European assumption of holding higher qualifications than ourselves for so doing? To answer theso inquiries, let a glance be directed, amongst many other things, to our legislation upon usury. Our usury laws are not only effete, but fossil. Nay, they aro not only fossil, but paleontological. They originated before the flood, and are just as uncongenial with the order of modern enlightenment and civiliza tion as a man himself would be in the board and garb and dialect of Methuselah or Noah ! There are practically no usury laws in Eng land, the National Bank being very properly allowed to graduate for herself the current rate of Interest. The merchants do the same. There are no usury laws in Holland; and yet in both these countries money rarely rises to a value exceeding four per cent. per annum. With us, every man in his senses who knows anything upon the subject, knows perfectly well that the usury laws aro but a nominal restraint except to the very strictly moral (the class of people, by the way, who require no laws), and that all the rest of the world do precisely as they please. To enact laws which no citizen respects, and which are flatly in the teeth of public opinion, is a folly which no one but a member of a Legislature would uphold. And yet, be cause these laws have stood upon our books since the beginning of time, (and, as it would seem, for this reason only), they are permitted still to remain there, an opprobrium to the en lightened intelligence and the enlightened mo rality of the most discerning community in the world. In speaking rather dogmatically on this sub ject, however, it will not be understood that this article means more, or is intended to mean more, than to challenge (if they exist) an ex hibition of those reasons and arguments by which a system of such purely obsolete ab surdity is to be justified. As clogs, shackles, manacles upon the energy and enterprise of the community, the existing usury laws possess an extraordinary degree of merit; in any other Interpretation, they are a mere nuisance. But the millennium has not yet arrived, and every body has not yet begun to reason exactly alike; so let us hear from the c oracles on the other side. It is time—full time—that this and de fl net subject (like the bodies of the Egyptian dead) were unfolded, examined, and finally adjudicated. 'lf Its perpetuation be found necessary to tho public weal, let it continue until the neat flood by all possible means. If, however, upon the other hand, it is a palpable post and nuisance, (as many most religiously why overboard with it, into the lowest deep, and, lot us lighten . ship. At least, so says yours truly, X. L. Priudinirmim, Nov. 10,1867. An aged lady, Mrs. Mary A. Machonovas drowned In the Shenandoah river, opposite her residence In South Bolivar, in Jefferson county, Va., a few daye ago. It Is supposed she was in the Act of otOopfoig to sot wotor and tumbled in, CORRESPONDENCE. THINGS IN ASPIN WALL Correspondence of The Press.] ASPIN WALL, New Granada, Nov. 20, 1857. As the steamer "Northern Light" has been detained by an accident to the cars, on the Panama Railroad, which left Panama yester day afternoon, with some six hundred pas sengers, I have time to write you a few lines. FORNEY'S PHILADELPHIA. PRESS (California edition) has found its way to popularity here, as well as it certainly will elsewhere. The arrival of the hi-monthly steamers is quite an epoch in the uninteresting and inactive life of the Isthmus; it bripgs us letters from home and the prominent journals of our At lantic cities. THE PRESS is readily picked up. Its careful digest of all the current topics of the day plainly indicates that Philadelphia now has what it has long needed—a journal Pally equal to the Now York issues. Strolling over the dock of the United States steam-frigate Wabash, now lying in our harbor, I noticed many of the crew with the Paass, evidently sent to them by their friends at home. Speaking of this magnificent craft, we can congratulate ourselves in having so tine a vessel in our harbor, probably the most sue. cessful of the six now steamers. This vessel has been here during nearly all of the rainy season, and, poor fellowslthey have had a most cheerless and uncomfortable time of it. It' rains here in such a way as no one can imagine, or get a correct idea of, but by experience, and I certainly would not recommend that. The Isthmus fever prevails as usual. The Wabash has 'lost but two men, but have many cases. It - would have been worse, bad they not anchored far to seaward. Speaking of naval matters, the Saratoga is at Greytown, enjoying ii probably as much as the vessels at this port. The United States steamer Fulton is now at Boca del Torro, some hundred and twenty miles from hero, looking out for Walker on the Costa Rican coast—so says the Panama Herald. Her Majesty's ship "Brunswick" sailed hence yesterday for Cartagena, en route for Jamaica and home. The United States surveying schooner Vs. rona is now at Cartagena with a scientific corps sent hero by our Government, to explore certain portions of the Isthmus, with a view to construct a ship-canal. The English mail steamer Thames arrived hero yesterday from Greytown, having on board the U. S. consul at that port. The U. S. consuls of Greytown and Aspin wall were yesterday taken with the Isthmus fever whilst dining on board the U. S. mail steamer Northern Light. It proved but of short duration, and both gentlemen are about again to-day. Colonel H. L. Kinney, of Texas celebrity, is here—l suppose on business connected with his Mosquito grant. Ile is still a fine-looking personage, but looks worn. Col. 'Totten, the efficient engineer-in -chief of the Panama Railroad, has just issued an order that all foreign coins will hereafter be taken only at the American standard. This is an important move on the part of the Colonel, as the business of the Panama Railroad Company is the main spring of all operations on the Isthmus, and a variety of coins, coin• prising those of nearly every country on the globe, is to be found here. An American half-eagle is always " salted down." Tours, FROM NEW ORLEANS Correspondence of The Press ] NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 18, 1857 Our State elections have terminated gen erally as was anticipated. Davidson has beaten down thb violent and unkoly that had been organized for his defeat and the disruption of the Democratic party of Louisiana. The "people" took tho matter in hand, just as I predicted, and have record ed ttheir verdict against the disorganizers. Davidson remained on his.plantation whilst the battle was raging, reliant and confident upon the true Democracy of his district. A perfect " Waterloo" has been the result. Sigur is not the only man of note left dead on the field—four or five leaders, of high rank, have been mortally wounded, with sundry and divers subalterns who are reported amongst the killed and missing. A great victory has been achieved by the union-loving Democrats of Louisiana—the handful of fire-eaters, who tbr the first time vonlorod to make the Inoue of secession before the people have been routed and scattered to the winds—Mr. Bu chanan and his Administration have been en dorsed by the people, and the " Sugar State" has again declared her unchanging love for the union of the States. A despatch published in the Parss, dated New Orleans, November 5, which claims the election of the Hon. Miles Taylor as an anti- Slidell triumph, was news to us hero. No such issue was known—Miles Taylor was unani mously chosen as the candidate for Congress in the second district; no other name was ever mentioned in connection with that dis trict; and although the relations existing be tween Mr. Slidell and Mr. Taylor may not be of the most cordial character, yet Mr. Taylor was supported warmly by every Slidell man in his district. It is true that Mr. Slidell has some enemies in his party—it is also true that he is cordially hated by the Americans and traitors of the Whig party; but there is no man, in any State in the Union, who holds so enviable a position with his party as Mr. John Slidell. We aro proud to claim him as our chief, and to re cognise him as a trusted advocate of Demo cratic principles. The small majority received by the Hon. Mlles Taylor disappointed every one—none more than myself. When you take Into consideration the fact that the district gave upwards of 2,000 votes against Mr. Buchanan, and that Hardesty, the American candidate, received a majority of one hundred and forty-two votes over Robin son, the Democratic nominee, it may be safe ly conceded as an American district, and Mr. Taylor should be proud of this acknowledg ment to his talents and worth; and although ho beat Colonel Hunt, the American candidate for Congress, in a previous election in this dis trict by a large majority, the conclusion be comes a certainty, that Hunt was defeated alone on account of his vote against the Kan sas-Nebraska act. A United States Senator will be chosen at the meeting of the Legisla ture, to succeed the Hon. J. P. Benjamin, whose term expires in March, 1859. If North Louisiana claims the Senator, which I have learned she will, the Hon. I. M. Sandidge, the the member elect from the Fourth Congres sional District, will succeed Mr. Benjamin. On tills you may rely. Mr. Benjamin's services are properly appreciated in this State, but the rural districts is ill oppose the selection of the two Senators from the city. The American party has elected but two Senators at the re cent election, and the Democratic majority on joint ballot is supposed to be twenty-two, and over Americans and dihaffected Democrats, and all shades of opinion, eight, which may he considered a safe working majority. The re elettion of the Hon. A. G. Brown, with but four opposition, to the United States Senate from Mississippi, is regarded here as a piece off the same cloth. Great satisfaction is ex pressed at the result. There was an effort to beat him, but the contest was abandoned, and the field was left clear for Brown two days pre vious to the meeting of the callous which no minated. Our banks are all paying specie. Cotton is active, and money plenty. We de mand specie for cotton—no Bank of England certificates, no sight bills, no sterling ex change, but the Benton drops, the yellow bags —and they conic pouring in. Cotton is king. BANANA. The Reading (Va.) Gazette relates the fol lowing incident in connection with the murder of Miss Haver "It seems that Petor Fisher, upon whose information Samuel Hoilner was arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the murder of Adeline Bayer, is something of a spiritualist, and was led to lodge complaint against Milner by an alleged spiritual rovolation. The Minersvillo Trorinatmen's Advocate takes Fisher severely to task for - the part he played in this arrest. It says that ho relied upon the miraculous circumstance that after a long prayer to Heaven to enlighten him as to the person who killed Miss Haver, the figure of Samuel Holly= rose before his imagina tion ! It is further said that Heilner's aged mo ther was very ninth distressed at his arrest for tho heinous ()rime, and that her life was at one time in danger. His family have been put to a great deal of trouble and expense on account of it. Fisher appears extremely anxious to obtain the reward of 5500, offered by our county commissioners, for the apprehension of the murderer. It was understood at the alderman's office, that before the cam of Milner was decided, ho had pitched upon another individual as the guilty party. Up to the present, however, no new arrest has been made. Heber Kimball and the prophets are ex pecting a good old time when the booty falls into the hands of the children of Israel. He says in a speech reported in the Deseret News : Will we have manna? The United States have seven hun dred wagons loaded, with about two tons to ouch wagon, with all kinds of things, and then seven thousand head of cattle, and there are said to be two thousand live hundred troops, with this and that and the othor ; that is all y right. Suppose this don't got hero, but all the goods and cattle come ; well, that would bo a mighty help to no, that would clothe up the boys and girls and make them com fortable, and then remember, there are fifteen months' provisions besides. I am only talking about this. Suppose it extends on for four or fivo years, and they send one hundred thousand troops and provisions and goods in proportion, and every thing else got here, and they did not. Mr. Forrest's engagement at St. Louis has been signally successful. 4t L(IZND k.~ ..-- SARTOR REM. OA. BY WHY 11171517 C. [For The Pron.] Long live Carlyle for beautifying this sad ne cessity ! Who does not thank bim, in this day of hard times, as they turn over the old clothes of last year's fashion? Has he not set us the example of diligence in 'bringing out of the past such wan ing apparel as we thought had served Its time and generation? Many a thrifty house-wife will dive far down into old chests and drawers the coming winter, bringing out coats, cloaks, and dresses that were safely stored from the moth. Now, when people talk so much about the extravagance of getting new, they must remember that the old is not thrown away, but transferred to some needy relative or friend to make a decent, resseetable appearance. How few bandies of clothing that were intended for that purpose will find the door of the suffering poor? More to "my uncle's," most likely. Things that were laid aside for be nevolent purposes, to be dealt out, as occasion might require, to the unclad children of want, may again be on the backs of their former wearers, for went of means to purchase new. When we speak of means, we would be understood as saying cash, which was wont to bring to our homes such affairs as cloaks, bonnets, and rich silks wherein to enrobe ourselves, and for want of which wo must now wear oar old. Every one is poor In these days. Indeed, it is quite the fashion to be thought out at the elbows regard ing money matters. There is coarcely a lady of respectability who would dare acknowledge the buying new articles bat what the sternest necessity demands. She must not do so, lest the finger of scorn point at her as the wife or daughter - of one who cannot pay his debts: So universalhu this become (In New York at least) that it is really laughable to bear them when they come together, and to see the anxiety of each to have it understood that they "are not going to get anything new this winter." There may be people who, in the fame of these facia, will flourish elegant habiliments and equipage, but they are souse, and may they be fewer for humanity's sake, far what woman, with sae spark of pity in her breast, will spend money on her perion while her neighbor or fellow beings want food or fire? No ! The majority of them are not so selfish, and for the honor of woman hood let it be proven that we are not True and honest women there are, the world is full of them, notwithstanding so much that is laid to their charge, who have not lent their aid to bring about such a state of things as at present exists. Croakers will have to look beyond a woman's pet ticoat or bead-gear for the financial difficulty. Neither does it follow, because some women have thrown away money on thousand-dollar shawls, gew-gews and lades, (to their everlasting shame,) or lived at ruinous rates, that all do. Many wo men have not done this, though abundantly able to do so, and if this matter were sifted to the foun dation, It would be shown that the extravagant ones are not the wires and daughters of the mer cantile community ; yet we hear them continually taunted with fast living and wasteful superfluity. Every one takes this for granted, because such ef fort IN made to prove it, and the trouble that Is taken to shift the responsibility of the times on to woman's shoulders is absurd in the extreme. All the creation of man appear to be greening and travailing as to the cause of the difficulty; and as they cannot find a reason, but must censure them. Babied, they most philosophically conclude to pitch the most of the blame on woman, as being the root of all evil. Everything might be said to prove that woman did not make the Ohio Trutt Company fail ; that she did not gamble in kooks, or have any thing to do with the tariff; that she was not the author of the present system of banking, building railroads, or editing panic journals; that she was not eon corned in making laws, or troubled herself about the United States Mint. Her wants are not each. that she should demand that real estate and everything else should become double Its nominal value. And, although she eats and drinks, she does not authorise the rascally our-buyer 3 M go into the country and purchase every article of produce cheap as possible, (even the eggs before they are laid, butter while in the grass and clover, apples in the blossom, and grain before it is out of the ground,) and then to come home and sit down in the market and talk about the high price of provisions, while they sell for thrice their cost, simply because people who are not producers must starve If they do not buy. Danz some of these fellows with. s.rew_WslL. street gamblers! All are equally blameable; one gambles in stooks, the others iit the necessities of life. Do this and others will take warning. Make it a State prison offence fora man to get Mt, than the real value and fair profit of any article! FA. tablish a gold and silver onrreney, make a good protective tariff for five or ten years, drive one half the people out into the country, and let the other half oomo to their senses if they ever bad any, and act accordingly. Then, if we have "hard times," you may charge it on us, and we will wear old clothes until the end of time. For the last seven [years all mortal things have taken to Indation—petticoats and balloons not Ix °opted. Alas! everything seems of more wilco than honest men. How to get the most out of nothing is the law and gospel of the nation. If preachers and churches cannot bring about a bet ter state of things in the morals of the community, we had better throw them overboard, and navi gate for the other world viithoat pilots or compass These times will prove the boat preachers after all, and men will be obliged to heed them, but, better than all, they will show us where the gold is in the heart of the people. We needed the crises, and it will do its work too. By equalizing all things, and distributing commerce, science, literature, and wealth more uniform, will be the lot of all, Though many good men suffer by the whirlwind, and the labor of years is swept away, yet it is well that sacrifices should be made by a few for the good of the many ; and if nothing worse betel woman than living economically and wearing old clothes, she may take courage and hold up her head, if it has not a bonnet on of tho very latest fashion. Many will ask what is to become of our helpless family. Let them not be troubled. Women have more endurance than men, and they will not be found fainting should the worst come to the worst, but strong and seltpossessed under every:difficulty. We have seen many such who have been their hus band's mental strength when buffeting the fright ful waves of the present storm—women who have discharged their servants, and sold their luxurious homes and sit down to everyday life contented and hopeful. Thus may it be with every woman to choose poverty ever before dishonesty. THE U. S. STEAMER SHUBRICK. Pacific Coast Light Haute Service—Description o f h er various Depattment,t—ller Of Statement Concerning ilk. Ashby, of the Central America. A very fine little steamer has been lying at the navy yard, in an apparently finished condition, for some time past. She was built for the purpose of attending the light houses on the Pacific coast, and is named after Cora. W. B. Situ brick, chairman of the Light House Board. The steamer is side-wheel, of hermaphrodite rig, and is a first-class specimen of workmanship. Iler dimensions are 140 feet length of keel, 22 feet beam, and 19 feet bold ; tonnage 372 Although comparatively of small dimensions, her engine, as well as every other department. has received par ticular attention, and it is well worthy of notice. It is a " steeple " engine, built by the Fulton Iron Works, of New York, with a fifty-inch cylinder, and four• feet stroke. The engine sets in the main deck, instead of' below deck, as usual, and can alwaja be reached; thus affording a 'great seourity in the case of leakage. Iler salometer, by which the amount 'of salt in the boiler is ascertained, is also above, instead of below dock; and, indeed, it appears to have been an aim in the construction to allow the engineer an ()Mire and constant supervision over overy department. The boiler is similar to that on tbo United States steam-frigate Niagara, being of Martin's make, and supplied with vertical tubes. It is on a much smaller plan, of course, having enly three furnaces, requiring the attention of three firemen and half a dozen coal-passers. The engine cost 821,000. The total cost of the vessel is yet a matter of dispute, but will probably be isat Ldown at from sixty to eighty thousand dollars. The wheels are constructed on a now principle. The shaft only extends to about four feet from tho side of the vessel, not resting as usual on the box; the paddles extending' outwards ; 80 that the en tire box may be knocked away, without injury to the wheels. The latter are nineteen feet in di ameter, and nine feet six inches face. A trial trip was made a few weeks since, when the steamer made (with her throttle valve half open and an average steam of only fifteen pounds,) sixteen miles in an hour and twenty minutes. It is esti mated she will consume six tons of coal per day. Captain J. Do Camp, of the New York navy yard, has bean appointed commander. That gentleman had received a previous appointment as superinten dent of the Twelfth Light House district, which comprises the whole of the Pacific. coast from San Diego Bay up to the Straits of Juan de Faye. A number of light-houses on the coast are now in course of erection, and will be completed at an early day. The vessel will remain there as a light house tender, to be engaged in sinking buoys, sup plying the light-homes with provisions, oil, and other necessary articles Ample means of defence fiom the attaek of In dians have been provided.. For this purpose she is supplied with a very Novel and ingenious appa ratus for throwing melding water on those who en deavor to venture near her with hostile intentions. The apparatus is hose-shaped and made of copper, disjointed at numerous places and connected with spiral springs, which are lined with brass, thus al lowing it to be turned In any direction. There is an external covering of leather, The hot water is, of course, received from the boiler. The "scalding water" will aot hereafter as the white face's return for the "scalpinkknife;" and, according to the ho meopathic principle of treatment, similia aimeli bxs, these two equally barbarous processes may, we tenet, be done away with. The vessel will also be supplied with oarman• It NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Oarromposidento for « Tao kusii” lrlll ANN box la adatt iSaihilairtst 'Adore- - -- Beery oommultaation nig be aoxoniteliet by the name of tb.e "Mat, Ia mitt to hunt* Putotthest the bir-opt", but 4. We of a meet mieeld written apest. We dull be greatly obliged to gentlemen in Penntyl ' rude and other pates for eontrilintion giTleg the cur rent Ram of the day In their particular lasilltiea, the resoureee of the sarroaadiag tatter, the thareeme of populate% and any fatoeteatioa that sill 'he tatamdieet to the /mural retutee AM at first supposed that two large guns stationed at the stern would suffuse But orders have been received to await the manufacture of at: guns at the .Washington navy yard. This order is the 011010 of the present delay of the vessel. In the selection of his assistant officers, Captain De Camp has been very successful in securing those, who in point of discipline and experience, are without superiors. Capt. T. A. Harris, the master, had eonunand of the Hessian war steamer Astoria, (imilt by Mr. Webb, of New York,) when she was sent home to the Russian Government. Mr. J. W. Sim mons, the first lieutenant, was for a long time an officer on the steamship Pacific. Mr. J. W. Fraser, the 110C413.4 officer, occupies the same position he held on the ill-rated Central America. and the experience he derived from the trying position in which be was then placed evi dently renders his services invaluable. The other officers ere T. I. Winship, chief engineer ; P. T. McNamara and William Martin, assistant engi neers: William Wilson, boatswain, and G. C. Wilson, carpenter. All the officers appear to hail from New York city, with the exception of Mr. Honey George. This Philadelphian, whose youth does not render his discipline in the least inferior to that of his companions, has been placed in charge of the stores. We understand the Shubriek will sail in a few weeks for her deetination. On her route she will I stop at Rio, Valparaiso, Panama, Acapulco, pas sing through the Straits of Magellan_ Daringour visit through the ship, occasion was had to allude, in the presence of Mr. Frasier, to the various opinions entertained with regard to the conduct of the chief engineer of the Central Amer ica, and we interrogated Mr. F. as to his opinion: "As officer of the steamer," Mr. F. replied, ~I have ever restrained from speaking upon the con duct of a companion, who has been subject to such grave aosautsona I have been silent, even in the e of the company in. whose service we were presence I believe, however, that If it were not for publie opinion, he would receive an imme diate appointment. There is but one charge now pending against him, to wit: that he did not re ceive, as'he solemnly assustas he did, an order from Commander Herndon to Imre the vessel for assistance: I trust that accusation will soon be cleared away, public opinion be restored, and lam eonftdont he will not then be debarred by the owners from securing an immediate berth in a vessel. And if he were given command of a vessel to-morrow, I would willingly place myself under him." Mr. Frasier' s language was probably not In- tended by him for publicity, but we believe the publication of the declaration of one who has had such ample, opportnnitlea to become acquainted with the notions or.lir. Ashby will be highly gratifying to the friends of that gentleman— among *born Mr. F undoubtedly ranks him self. GENERAL NEWS. Col. Colt, the famous ,rnanitheeturer of re- Tolson, we lore by the Hartford (Conn.) Times, has on a number of occasiont aliewn a goodness of heart towards the workmen ha...his employ which is worthy of emulation by...thee manufacturers. Last month he reduced thereat of his tenants with in his Improvements on the Sofillilleadows, 15 per cent. to the contraohn; and 20 par - cent, to all the laborers in his employ; again on the eve of winter met a thanksgiving present of a barrel. of floor to one and all the tenants in his yillsge. Colonel Colt has in his employ about 600 men, of which Zie, are men with families, and notwithstanding the trade in fire-arms, like all others, is almost at a stand-still, Col. C. having private resourees suffi cient, has determined to continue his Large manu facturing business, while there is a shot left in the locker, and trust to luck and better times for a market after the cold winter Is gone by. The following is a complete list of the offi cers of the United States steam frigate Powhatan, to sail from Norfolk In a few days for the Pacific, and on which General Pierce and wife will embark for Madeira: Captain, (home F. Pearson ; lieu tenants—first, J. D. Johnson; second, S. D. Tree chard ; third, W. W. Roberts; fourth. Thomas Roney; fifth, A. A. Semmes; sixth, A. W. Daher chain ; fleet surgeon, W. A. W. Spottswood ; passed assistant do., C.D. Williamson ; assistant do., John W. Sanford; purser, B. B. Callaher; master, Ho bert Boyd ; . captain of marines, A. S. Taylor ; boatswain, Edward Kenney; gunner, Fits osborn ; carpenter, R. 0. Thomas; sailsaaker, A. A. Warren; chief engineer, W. IL Shock; first assistants, W. R. Rutherford, R. C. Potts; mooed do , G. W. City ; third do., King, urea n, Archer, and Bright. A young man, about nineteen years old, named Edward de Steigeur, acting as mail agent between Cincinnati and Marietta, a native of Athens, ()hie, was arrested on Friday morning at the Marie House, in Cincinnati, upon the charge of•puzloining. at different times, sundry packages of money intrusted to him, to the amount, it is nip prod, of $1,500 to $2,000. A package of SI,COO, given him at Athens to take to Pomeroy; one of $B6, to go from Marietta to Berne, and sundry other packages, containing small amounts, handed to hint, were never heardibf afterward. The young man is respectably connected, and his brother is the postmaster at Athens. He has been suspected tor - asssortitutri bat trate:wets mod says he oast prove his innocence, which we hope he can. From the Oregon papers we learn that Col. Backenstos, formerly of Illinois, committed suicide by drowning himself in the Willamette riser. on the 26th September. He was formerly sheriff cf Hancock county, Illinois, and as each officer was prominent in the Mormon troubles in the State in 1835. In the fall of that year, at the head of a posse he gave an order to fire upon a body resist ing his authority. A Captain Morrell was killed. Col. B. was indicted for his murder, and tried in Peoria county, and acquitted. He went to hteii co, serred through that war, and in 1849 went to Oregon. The Virginia Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Cl:iamb, South, now la session, have elected the following delegates to the General Conference, which meets in Nashville, Tenn., neat May: David B. Doggett, D. D.; William A. Smith. D. D.; Leroy M. Lee, D. D.; Rev. Lee. Rosser; Rer. John E. Edwards; Rev. William B. Resell; Rev. Geo. Carter; Rev. Geo. W. Lang home; Rev. William W. Bennett; Rev. Jo3eph IL Davis, and Rev. Mr. &nebula. We see by the New Jersey Ocean Emblem that notice is given that application will be made to the Legislature, at the ensuing sewion, to char tar a company for the purpose of building a rail road from some point on Barnegat bay, in the county of Ocean, to some point on the Delaware at or near the city of Camden, with a capital of $1,000,000, with power to increase the same to $3,040,000. This is an old project, and has many warm friends in Ocean and adjoining counties. Eight hundred ships are annually loaded in Quebec with lumber. The aTerage seine of each cargo is £BOO, making a„ total of £640,000. The halt of this immense sum is paid out in cash—to the farmer for his produce, and for the use of his teams daring the winter; to the mechanic for his work; and to the 2,000 laborers who are engaged in the trade. The New Orleans Picayune, of Tuesday week, announces the death in that city of Am.s D. Frisbee. His father was the first man that crossed the mountains to Pittsburgh from the east, to build the first steamboat for the western waters, and since 1812, the elder Frisbee and his sons bare been closely connected with the trade and naviga tion of those waters. A despatehdated Winthrop, Me., November 20, states that the town poorhouse at Leeds was burned down the night previous, at about nine o'clock. Two girls were bunted to death. The rest of the inmates escaped in their night clothes. Nothing was saved except some grain in the barn, and some cattle. The Nueces (Texas) Valley, of the 7th ult., says: "We understand that those of Walker's boys who suede a rendezvous at Powderborn. bavo concluded, in consequence of the tightness of the times, and the watchfulness of Uncle Sam's war dogs, to abandon the expedition and go home." Mrs. Carlisle, the wife of Mr. Harvey residing near Pleasant Dale, Hampshire co , Va , was killed on Thursday by the failing of a tree. - It appears that she was with her husband, who was engaged in felling trees. when the acci dent occurred. The warehouse of 3. S. Mitchell S: Co., at Evansville, Ind., on Walnut street, near the canal, was destroyed by fire en Tuesday night, with about four hundred barrels of salt. Loss estimated at between $5,000 and 56,009, which was partially covered by insurance. The " Sons of Malta" in St. Louis are about to distribute two thousand dollars among the poor of that city. It gives us pleasure to chronicle similar kind offices on the part of this order throughout the principal cities of the Union. Pisciculture has been successfully introduced at Salstonstall Lake in Connecticut. Fire mil lions of eggs of the Lake trout have been deposi ted in the Lake, and great fishing is expected when the young ones grow. Near Baltimore on Thursday, Mr. William Rhinehart accidentally shot his son while handling a fowling piece. The grief of the father at tLe sad mishap was of the most heart-rending char acter. Captain Linus Washburn, of Middleboro, Mass., who died a few days agn, was buried by the aide of five wives, the last of whom died ono year ago. The Missouri river, in a number of places, is gorged with ice. and navigation Is almost en tirely suspended. Several boats on their way up had great difficulty in reaching St. Louis. The Boonville (Mo.) Observer informs us that Mr. Manley, a member of the Minntri - lature. has died of the wounds he received by the explosion on board the steamer Cataract William Korre, sentenced to be hung in St. Louis on the 4th ult., has bad his sefiteuee com muted by GOY Stewart to imprisonment for life. A little girl who was bitten by a mad dog in St Louis the other day had the wound cut out, poultices applied, and was then made dead drank 1 John 11. Gronewall, a Mexican volunteer, wu buried with military honors in Baltimore en Saturday. A new hose carriage, built by Agnew, of Philadelphia, has arrived in St. Louis. It has been christened "The Shake Rag." A German, named Frederick William Doe. ring, was kicked to death by a mule in St. Louis last week. The Chinese are a queer people to go to market. A friend at Canton writes that a neighbor of his had just laid in his winter pro visions—a bind quarter of a horse and two barrels of bull-dogs, the latter salted to keep. cr Which, my dear young lady, do you think the merriest place I" "That immediately above the atmosphere that surrounds the earth, I should think ; because I am told that therl all bodies lose their gravity."
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