: .r1 4521:0 tl-41-17 • 4.0114A6,F0L1Y,; iitYVH.:Pit'ESS ' taa,SEssan payable to. the carriers, asocibetii out of the City at Six DoLtais ithatiToaLase tea EIOST MOSTaa Tuella 'tits 11.0asasi lavartably in toisattoe for the .• • wlbete out of the Olty: et Tertite 111i4Yfinee.. W EAK.LY MIZE - t,-*-. - - „THSIVIIgtLY PEtteli 4111.b6 eent to Satnettbere by ain: (pet annum, in alvence,) et • 12 00 hree Opples, • 4 , ".• ' - •• ' . ' 500 T ?bre Oiitles, ' " , 000 . Pni.(lopleef .. --,, •-.t , „ . . 12 00 Virent'7,coplee,- ' ~ c ',. (to one 'address). . 20 00 Twenty °opine; or over, , , t (to address of each .sitheerlber),,eeolt ' l2O I?a3 a 4 : 9 0 ,6 f -Tiontl , o,De.or. over, we will send an extra copy to the getter-np of the Club. iiitrrottmiteteps , ..ere . requested, to Act as Aimee tar Satini Wpitta ktin . t 1. i „ '1 ,k .5 .; -. : niltstintnts. AilD - TEMPS ,- CON-: CERT CARD', " - ON 4.I3ESDAY: at RX o'clock P.M. .',MATINEE MUSIC/VP. .• Gigek EsiOoncert, and, last appear - epee of the Com- MUSICAL HALL: ,r wiakept for, 31stiuees and ,Evenipg Coneerb,i, to All _ .- paree of the /tall, )50 "cents. ilk° programme will behhangedot, each occasion'. -The .following.:Omloent,artlete.will appear in Omen eortterte At'me ,ELENA VANCE!, Arlie CATIIOLI, Mien ANNIE IEIGNEIti' HENRY YIERXTEITES, $4, -'OItEEIBR, -EARNEST , rgitRING, Big. 10000 s , U. A88L1.,.. • . - -C ~,A k-MERICAN: ACADEMY - OF MUSIC.— 'l , :1. E. A: MAILSHAhL 4 .801 e On THIS (Tuesday) EVENING, Deo. 22d, 1857: Will he perfor:med the muster Commtletta, entitled • • -JOHN JONES - - . "Otipttrodluok • • Mr. John Sefton ;ones " 4 ** . ..Sir, Le Moyne . ,Trreauelede with the gmutd Fairy Ballet, entitled .:,PIIN ~ ;OLDEN 'MOUSE. 13ignortinisepidna Prates! "t.ilartft` • ' Loathe Lamoureux • - .poora .pen at 6 o'clock. Performances willeom• • mends ett.loof-fieet ,• =PRIDES OF ADMISSION - .1/alcamr,Purquetraral Parquet-Circle 50 cents. P•mtlitifirele end Amphitheatre • 25. :"Primata BoXeo, (for:eight" pereous)sB " 0030 open from 9 A . lit..to 4P. M. fur •the sennringptaeita,aM hozia,ivithont.extra charge. , - • - TllO3. MCKEON. - ,•.;11111,SvD:-P.•130WERS.,,, - • •• • -.WALNUT BTIENT.TUNATRE: 8010 ; 1• •4;40. • ,111t8. D., P.- BOWNRB. 11.10111N08. .- THIN (Tuesdiky):DVEN/N6, Doe, 22d, 1857, • VOLET.' 9-4maldt,..l'S`Oweir Violet,' D Dower'. ' ' ' TOWoo)ktraluNG 0-Abir • Oh s eloa Batonem'Ormskort, 'gibe 25. Cents. . - Bt.eurett,goatLin.pwas-Olrcle - • ~.•373i" I. , 4oqpit 25 " BDF Ofticeopen from 10,0 , c100t, A. M. to 3P. 11. • • Dormsopenedatt qaartor to &cloak ; Midair! will 2mirter - TAM 7 &croft.' " W.TIEATLErs ARCH ST: THEATRE: LP --SOLE LESSEE ' W. WHEATLEY - Qlll'llllo TROsday) EVENING, December 22, , • . BEATRICE, Ramiro do reschiern,. Mr Davenport; Lord Walter ,Courtenay, ClVhestley;" Lord Lands Mere, Mr Dol. Man; -Beatrice di Nip's, Urn. Davenport. , , - SARAH'S YOUNG MAN: • • • Ltr Moggitdge, Manlier; Banat, 'Mist Anna Cruise, "'Baits or Pittime.-11oxes, 25 cents ; Bemired Beats, = at; cents ; Orelpstra 60 cents; Scale in Private Boxes, 75 cants; Gallery, In cents '; Gallery for 'Colored Persons, 25 cents • Private Box In Battery for Colored • • Persons; 38 Gents. " lox 'Office open from 10A.-M. until 3P. 81. Doors npep at 0,3 j o'clock; performance to commence at 7, pre**, • NATIONAL THEATRE AND CIRCUS, J„ WALNUT STREET, NEAR EIGHTH. - • WESLEY BARMEN. ASSISTANT MANAGER R. JOHNSTON. ,zquasTinsti, IV/NAOMI TIIOB, RING. = THIS (Tuesday) EVENING, Dec. 22d, 185 T, - HASH. Gaston Mr B Johnston it . ,: "KANE • , Dr Kane,Mi-Win Myers; Mill, Jut &mom Marlin; , Mr lbteiri Petty, Mr Cunningham. W,ening, the Whole company will appear as • BEDOUIN ARAM, PAP:l6ll°r Aostteettis--28 Cents to all parts of the House. Privato Doles 80 cents. - Dome open,at tiV, o'clock., Performance to cone : ..meaceat voafFORD!S-:OI"NRA:,HOLISE— ELEVENTIL greet, Abele Obeetuut. raIIIOPIAN PEILIORMANOED TUIE EVENING. = Xtillopten Life 1111st:rated elextford , 3 Troupe of Stara—New Deuces by the Sanford Children. DOOre open at 7 olalook-40 coroOleorM 'viola before sight. ." TA oxiclude with : A ,LAUGGABLE'AVTERPLEOII. Admittance 2t cents. - Watches, letualrp, "Str. Whf: WILSON he SON Hare now 'on lonid the largest stock or ,8 14 VE R IV A II.E , • rN TEX CITY, - Exclusively of their own inanufacture and WARRANTED. Perionidesirons of purchasing ilia respeotintly in 'sited to call and examine for themstlies, the• OLD EirAHLISED del9-2a , , g. W 'Cor. rum and CHERRY Street. MEADOWS &'CO•-_ flavo thew hiinor to ,iptori etietrcustotnki, and ' - 5 the pabllageoereily , - fiat they sib ,son ,offering their - extensive asiortnient of • ; 'STERLING' • S/L.VEit WERE, (Wbiob, for Style, Liter/log quality and goal taste eon ,.'not be suipossed,) • AT PRIOSS UNLISirAL.I4 , LOW . , , FOB. CASH. UPWARDS 05 20,000 OUNCES STERLING SILVER ARTICLES BUITMILI VOR 110LIDA1 GIFTS, CONBIBTISG or Tea and Coffee Services, Pitchers, Cups, Goblets, Cap , tore, Knives, forks, Spoons and 1.11 extlelea at ornament and utility vernally made. Messrs. C. M. & Co. being themselves practical Silver smiths, and pereonally miperintending the manufacture of every article offered by, thorn for sale, CAN WAR RANT EVERY:ARTIOLE A 0 REPRESENTED. delo43t 810 CREBTNIIT Street. BAILEY & CO.,CHESTRUT STREET, klantifiettiren of 13.111111311 annum swum WARM, • Vatter their Inspection, on ,the preinieee eiolusirely and li!Junpro areinvited to visit our menu WATCHES. . Constantly on tend a splendid stook of Barrie Watches, of all the celebrated oaken. DIAMONDS. Becklate, Bracelets, Brooches, Bar.B.lnge, Winger— Sal an other articlee in the Diamond line. Drawings of NEW DEBBiNB will be made free of ' Marge for those wishing work made to order. - Rii)Ei GOLD JEWELRY. A beautiful taortment of all the new styles of line Jewelry, each ea bionic', Stone. and Shell Cameo, °Oral, Oartamole, biennials, Lam, ice., &a. MELD OABTOIU3, BASKETS, WAITBiIa, &a. Brouse and Marble °LOOKS, of newest styles, snit of superior quality. ►nldtwecwly .ILVER PLATED :WARE, - NANIINACTIMID lIT JOHN 0. MEAD & SONS. All goods warranted heavy plate for service. Breakfast, - Dinner, and Tea Service. Coßes Set, . Soup Tureens, Bich Tea Set, of 0 Tea Set • . Ptah Dishes, or 7 pieces, on Coffee Urn,. Heat do , Welter, Coffee Diger', • Vegetable do., Tes, & Colon Urns 'Water Kettle, ' Heat Corers, - Water Kettles, Chocolate Pete, Butter Coolers, Tea Cups and Sugar Bowl • - -Bread Baskets, Saucers, Hot-Milk Pitchers Water Pitchers, Crater Dishes, Tout Back; ice Bowie, Terrapin do , Steak. DM, Ice Pong, Fowl do., Crater Dish, Salad do, Toast do., Hash Dish. Wine Coolers, 3 bot. Tea Castors Het Cake Coven, Cordial Stands; Tea Knivee and Syrup Pitchers; c Goblets and Turn- Forks, Salt and Pepper, biers, Cake Knives, 2,3, and 4 bot. Table end Dessert Crcam do., Castors, - Knives, Cake Cutters, Breakfast Mitre!! pll ith, Pratt, and Cake Covers, stud totql. -'e anives, - Jelly Stands, . Carver and Steel, Cream Bowls, , .- -Giulio do., Epergne and Fruit Beet 911Cets, Stands, - Nut Crackers and And various ether . . - Picks, articles. , ' PrenchColTee Cups North Eat Cot. of NINTH and CHESTNUT Ste., - del9--stuthSt . Near Olrard House, E. -CALDWELL & CO., E .932 QU3BT,NII2 aired, nave teroired, per Annuals, new etylety 'lsiretry, Ohatolalne, Vogt Chains. 42plendld Vans, "fair Pins. rrtilt Pawls, knot Paaketa. Jet <loads and viewer Uses. °oral, Lay* and Idoesio Sets. Vole 404 in Philadelphia for rho male of Charles rrollsiumEOClAtipOti 2 iII4KBPPEIt2. 4010 & PEQUIGNOT, _NJ* MANUFACITIIIMM 01 WATOn OASES - - MID IMPOPPOBO OP, WATCHES, ' ni dOUTR TMRD STRUT, BELOW CItZBIIII7T PIIILA.DELPTETA.. . Cossurrt Paoli:WM A 0071373 PX4I3I4POT 'nettit-Iltabs* ,WARE.— WILLIAM WILBO, N & BON., iIIfiVELPACTUREBS OF SILVER WARE, - • (EBTABLINIED 1812,) a. W WINER viers /no aurora. STRIP:Ill: 'A, Urge assortment of SILVER WARE, of every do- Jmutintly on hand, or rondo to order to match any pattern desired. Importers of Bikedield and Birmingham Imported neBo.4&wlly .1 S. JAILDEir&4OIO. MAXO,IOII RMIS AID IMFORTAIN OF , SILVER-PLATED WARE, No. 04 ehastilut Went, Muria Third, (up Asks, - Pldladelptila,; Couataottfoo Land and for gala to the Troulbe 116/1 BETHCOMMUNION annex SETO, inn PITCHERS, GOBLETS,' CUPS,- WAITERS, BAB /LETS, CASTORS, KNIVES, BMWS; BORES, LADLES, dcd., &a. - Gibllnogial4 plating on all Muds of metal. _aa4..ly thRIGINAIA EDITION OF CHARLES , 7 ' ;ll K o l attfrol P pl i ar ' s ° aN A l l llg n relp rU l trus i t i ngi 1 1 4: 11 1vir.r at r aletou Engravings on Wood h in the high ' I'til l a e agseritiir r :ria i t th e g h B e v en °" iare e d t i s i eo;tro Ulm oophsent this magnineent edition of glialrApesre, which r bee long been egeesdingly seam*. Immediate applies. • thin win be necessary to prevent disappointment i pro. en ing copies. . 0. PAIOE &00 soglish Book.. dell , ' No, 88 South M r U St, POTTON T -100 Wes Gulf Cotton, in sere 1t44 rer sg• mARTOI &loud/afros 3.lp,siFw woo swis. :: ~~t"~.._ v . IMMBIIMME VOL. L-NO. 122. ELEG-ANTLY ILLUS - T — RATED E G um BOOKS HOS. THE'rfOLIDAYB. For oats, at REDINED RATES, by O. .1 PRICE fr. CO Itoporfort of English Books, Choice llogruvings, dce No. 831 South SIXTH Street, above OFIESTRUT. TENNYSON'S POEMS. Elegantly Illustrated by Bit , ket,loster Millais, Gilbert, &e. vol 4te, cloth. allt, ' and calf. SHAKSPEAII.II. Knight's celebrated Pictorial Edi tion. Beautifully Illustrated with Engravings on Wood. 8 role. royal Bro, halt morocco extra. ((Very Scarce.) GEMS FROM TELE BIANOLIESTER EXHIBITOR. Splendidly printed In gold and colors. Small folio. Parte I to 8.. CAMPBELL'S POETICAL WORKS. Illustrated by Turner. Stu, full tree calf. GEMS OF EUROPEAN ART. A selection of the Beat Engravinge of Ancient and Modern Masters. Ele gantly engraved en steel 2 role. folio cloth gilt.' BLOOMFIELD'S FARMER BOY. Floe woodcule by Bucket, Foster, &a. 1.2m0, clo th and calf. GERTWUDEOP WYOMING. By Campbell. To match the foregoing. Cloth and morocco. TUE ROME AFFECTIONS. By the Poets. Edited by Charles Mackay. Illustrated by Birket, Foster, Wil lard, Weir, and other celebrated artists. Small 4 1 0, cloth and morocco. TUE POETS OF TILE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Beautifully illustrated with engravings on wood, by the moot celebrated artists. Small 410, cloth and morocco, LONGFELLOW'S POETICAL WORKS. "Mistreated on wood by John Gilbert. Small 4to, cloth and mo rocco. BRYANT'S POETICAL WORKS. Finely Illustrated with wood engravings, after, designs, by the most emi nent English and Amerlean Artiste. Small 4to, cloth and morocco., 11111/AINS AND ROUNDELAYS in praise of a Country Life.. Illustrated on wood by Absolon, Bucket, Foster, Harrison, Weir, /cc. Small 410, cloth. WORLD-NOTED WOMEN. Edited by Mrs. Cowden Clarke Illustrated with line portraits on steel, after designs by Stahl. 4to, morocco extra. COWPER'S TASK Beautifully Alustratad with en graviege en w00d... Binalldbe, cloth • • - :ifid li aglty . fB pORT . ICAL WORKS _ B4atirlitis last- stated with engravings on wood. Small 4to, cloth. FINDEN'iI ROYAL GALLERY OF ART. Illustrated with 48 superb engravings on steel, after the beet Eng. Deb masters. Folio, half morocco. THE HARBORS OP ENGLAND, Engraved from original drawings by Teener., with illustrative text by Ruskin, 1 vet folio, cloth. THE.OLANS OF SCOTLAND. By bitten. Spin. dilly illustrated nithfull-length figures to the costumes of the various clans. Beautifully oolored Small folio. 'ENGRAVINGS FROM, THE ENGLISH ANNUALS, From 1827 to 1840, both Inclusive. Artist's proofs on loriloPeper. / rot; folio, morocco. Very rare DEFOE% COMPLETE WORKS. Tallboy's beautiful edition. Complete in 20 vols. 12 me, half cell. Very rare. ABLENICAN SCENERY. Illustrated on steel by W. Bartlett. With descriptive letter press. 2 vols. 4to, hellcat( CANADIAN 80ENER1'. To match the above. ITALY, CLASSICAL, HISTORICAL AND PIC. TURESQUE. Illustrated with 00 beautifully engraved steel plates, and descriptive letter press. 1 vol. Ito, morocco extr. LOCWARVS SPANISH BALLADS. Splendidly lustrated with colored borders and elegant wood cute, with Portrait and Life of Lockhart, 1 vol. 410 cloth. MOUNTAINS AND LAKES OP SWITZERLAND, the Tyrol, aud Italy. ProinDrawiege by George Herring. With descriptive letter pr ose. 20 plates, beautifully colored, folio, cloth. SHE WILKIE GALLERY. Beautifully illustrated with engravings on steel, after Ulla celebrated master. Small foils—morocco extra. - TEE VERNON GALLERY. To mttch the preceding 'volumes. folio, half morocco. SCOTT'S COMPLETE WORKS. The Superb Abbots ford Edition. Illustrated with beautiful engravings on steel and wood. 17 vols. royal Bvo. cloth. TURNER'S RIVERS OP FRANCE. Comprising sixty two highly finished line engravings on steel end de scriptive letterpress . With memoirs°, J. M I . V. Turner Small 4te, choice iinpreesions, morocco antique. II A CHOICE COLLECTION OF ENGLISH WORKS in every Department of Literature, now on hand and selling at reduced prices for cosh. An unrivalled assort ment of fine Line Engravings, Water-Color Paintings, and Chrome-Lithographs, selling off at cost to reduce the stock. dell-It QPIANDID BOOKS FOR THE HOLI DAYS.—The following Books will be sold at un usually low pacts, and a Gift, worth from 60 cents to sloe, given with every Book sold. Persons purchasing them will thus get two valuable Presents for the same amount of money for which they could purchase one elsewhere. Forget-me•not $1 60 Frienthhlp , s Offernag 'I 50 Friendship's Token...l LO Youth's Keepsyke...6l 26 Juvenile Forget•me not - 126 litriendehiPe Gift.... 1 60 Gift of Affection-- 1 60 Ladies , Wreath 1 60 The Pet Annual.— 1 25 Tho Violet 1 25 The Mee Dud 1 25 Ladles , Scrap Book.. 1 60 ligmorra Gift 1 60 The Gem Annual.... 1 60 The Snow Flake.— 1 50 The MOO nose 1 50 The flurenting Bird.. 1 25 The (Mend, or To ken of Friendship. 150 The Paulen Flower; 1 50 The Token ' 1 50 Th. Phlloitene 1 50 The Yreemiume , s La null ' 150 The Dinh°lis 1 60 The °olden (M 1..... 2 00 The Bmblem 150 The Garland.' 1' 50 The'Ohristian Keep• ' sake 150 The Religious BOUte fir 150 Each of the above Book. morocco, full gdt, and illus la handsomely bound In rated with colored and fine steel plates. talla Booth, Orb cloth , extra gilt 05 00 " " " ' Turkey, ant 800 Lady of the Lake, Bvo, cloth, extra gilt 6 00 " ' " " . Turkey, ant. 000 The Diadem, morocco, full gilt • 400 The Bouveuir Gallery, " . 4 0(1 The Book of the Boudoir " . 4,00 The Book of Beauty " 4 Do Saallete of Memory, Turkey, full, gilt 6 00 The Oriental Annual, -- „ - ant The Casket,' morocco, fall gilt 4 50 The Ltuly l s Gift, morocco, full gilt 8 00 The Am. Landscape Amine', cloth,4llt 8 00 ” - .1, " morocco, gilt' 400 " ant 500 6 00 8 00 4 00 tc cc Oem of the Beason, turkey, ant. Keepsake Annual, cloth, gilt 4‘ " morocco gilt.. ( I /C .. ant 6 00 Winter 'Wreath, cloth, gilt. 3 00 " " morocco, ant 500 Floral Keepsake, royal Bro, cloth, gilt 8 00 0 " " morocco, MA 600 The *bore Annuals are entirely new, splendidly 11. !tolerated witk steel engminga selected with great care from the best editions published in the Vatted Rates. _ .____. .__ _._ ' LADIES , ALBUMS The Pet Album $1 001 Leaves of Friendship $1 76 The Messenger Bird Leaves of Affection.. 1 7 5 Album ' 100 The PhilopcenaAlbam 1 7 The Sunbeam Album. 1 00 Token of Love 1 75 The Qem Album.... 100 Alb= of heart..... 2 00 The Rosebud Album. 1 00 Landscape Album.... 2 00 The Gift 1 00 Forget-me.not Album 2 00 Album of Love 1 75 Album of Memory... 2 00 Album of Remem- Souvenir Album..... 2 00 brance 1 75 Friendship Album... 2 00 The above Albums are all beautifully illustrated with steel engravings and colored Illustrations, and baud. comely boned in morocco, extra. Autog'aph Books, morocco $1 25 " antique 150 Send and get one of the above bountifully bound and appropriate presents. Do not forget the peculiar fea ture of these Dooke is ' that with every book rurchseed you get, in addition, gift worth from fifty cents to one hundred dollars. Persons at a d I Aerie° wiehing any of the above value. ble Banks will be furnished with them by express or mall, on their remitting the price. Persons ordering Books sent by mall will please send twentyone cents postage for Books from $1 to $2, and tatty-six cents for Books more than that amount. Address N. U EVANS, del7-thetulOt 42$ CIIESTNUT Street, Philadelphia GIFT BOORS FOR THE HOLIDAYS . -- THE AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION VOBLISHEB ONE THOUSAND . OROICI ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, Fon CHILDREN AND YOUTH; Being The LARGEST COLLECTION IN TILE COUNTRY Also, a Variety of BIBLES AND DEVOTIONAL DOORS O HAND HOR THE HOLIDAY SALES. ELEGANTLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES MAY be bad without charge, by applying at TUE AMERICAN SUNDAY SOllOOl, UNION, No. 1122 Cbtevier Sr., Yuma. dels•tde2s. 3IELVIN'S AMERICAN (TIPP BOOK STORE, 333 OIIESTNUT STREET, El= tIOLIDAYB ! GIFT 110088 JUID CIIFTB Ban THE TIOLIDATEL del9-2w BIBLES.—Tho Depository of the Pennsyl viols Bible Society, corner of WALNUT and SEVENTH Streets, (opposite Washington Square) Philadelphia, to always supplied with a large easortment or innLEs and TESTAMENTS, comprising every oar iety of size, Quality, and price, The Bible in four vole., of convenient cite, bound in roan, calf, and morocco. New Testaments Mono, two,and tour vole ., very large plain type, for pertons whose eyesight has been weak ened by age or disease. realms separately boned of various sizes. Leipsic and London editions or the Hebron , Scrip tures. .lilf)lee for sale imam thitty languages. dell:hoe NEW EMBROIDERIES FOR CHRIST SIAS PRESENTS.—Just opened, new and choice styles of Swiss, French, and Scotch, Collars, from 25c to 15, Cambric Collars, very cheap, from 9.5 c to St. Au Pose Collars, new style'', from 60c toll. Piccionilli Conant, beautiful goods, from 76c to KW. Mutton and AfelteseCollare,Tery cheep, 76c to 57.60. Valentle, French, Bodo, Cambric, Linen, and Hunt ten Sets, from 50c to tild. Embroidered and hemstitch Ilandkorchlefe, very cheap, Sleeves, Infante , Walks, French and Chantilly Voile, Flouncings, Embroidered Scarfs, he. Ribbons, H id Gime, and Gauntle to CLOAKS AND SHAWLS Closing out at an enormous sacrifice ; also, Delaince, Merino's, Cobourgs, &u. QuLlte cud Counterpanes closing Tory cheap, at te T SP DELCLIEIVE DE , S. W. corner EIGHTH and RING GARN streets. Bank of Pennsylvania Notes taken at par. del6.6t CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY GOODS. W. D. GLENN, No. 26 South FOURTH Street, offers to dealer. and - the public a VERY LARGE VARIETY OP FANCY GOODS Suitable for the Holida y t season. Being entirely of his OWN 6 IPORTATION. -The assortment embraces all the NEWEST STYLES, AND AT VERY REDFORD PRICES. Among It will be found— Paper Macbe Work Boxes, Desks, Portfolios, &o. Ladles' Gabes and Traveling Bags. Porte Monneies, Purees and Pocket Books, rn great variety. , Pearl Gard Oases, beautiful styles. Bohemian Glass Toilet Bottles, richly decorated, Odor Ilexes and Glove Boxes. Fancy Bronze Inkstands, Thermometers, he. Backgammon and Obese Bonn% Ohesimen. Fine English Scissors, in seta. Pansy Cigar Stands and Cigar Oases. Scotch Wood Snuff Boxes and Fancy Articles. Medallions in'plastjo ivory. Memorandum and Bell Tablets, In pearl and Ivory, Together with numerous other 'Melee In the line. . . ijohban eifte OLTAY PRESENTS The subscriber wishing to close out all his Istock of TOYS AND FANCY GOODS, WIG sell et 20 per cent. below the regular 'prices. lie has el LARGE ASSORTMENT of Rocking Chairs, Box Toys, Bellows Toys, Tin Tor, Pewter and China Tea Sets, Wood Work-Boxes and W riting Desks °Monona Glass Fancy Boxes and Bottles, Building A ll°Blocks, Card and Fruit Baskets, Work Stands, Flower Stands, Ilasket for Fruit and Floafers, at the Importer's, Nos. Ed and fdi South SECONDStreet, 11. OUU L P It CCHRISTMAS intESENTS.— Writing Desks, P•ortfolioe, Portemonnales, Purses, Bags, Card Oases, Pocket Knives, Backgammon Boards, Chessmen, fine LOW Paper, and Stationery of every description, at fine, ILICDERIED PRICES. J. D. JOHNSON, dell-Wen* No. d NorthlSlolllll Street. LOOKING GLASSES, OIL PAINTINOB, 011RISTUAS PRESENTS MIER 8. BARLII Offers for sale the Largest Assortment of the above, At the LOWEST PAMPA to be found in the city. DARLEiI beautiful ILLUSTRATIONS of °bid R GA RE T," AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES A beautiful selection of HOLIDAY GOODS, suitable for Presents, to be found in MIDST 'VARIETY, at the corner of FOURTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS, BUCh AO PORTEMONNAIIS rooRET nocu?s, PORTFOLIOS, DRESSING OASES. WRITING OASES, BANKERS' CASES, • BANK BOOK HOLDERS, BILL BOOKS, MONEY BELTS, CIGAR CASES, RAZOR STROPS, WORN CASES, CARD CARES, NEEDLE CASES, POCKET CUTLERY, ROGERS' RAZORS CHESS BOARDS, 1 BACKGAMMON BOARDS, PAPIER MAMIE WORK BOXES, DESKS. &c GOLD PENS, and GOLD AND SILVER PENCIL OASES. del7-2w P. H. SMITH, N. W. corner FOURTH and CHESTNUT Ste. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.— IN ACOORD/NOR WITH VIII MANNER OF THE TIMES, WS WILL, DIMING Tll2 ISOLIDAY ANAEON, SELL AT RETAIL Our Magnificent Stock of EANOY ARTICLES, WIIOLEBALE PRICES. WE RAVE JUST REOEIVED A VARIETY' or NEW AND BEAUTIFUL ARTICLED, SIMISIDILT SELECTED AND ADAPTED VIA HOLIDAY PREBENTB CALL AND SEE The Greatest VARIETY Or HOLIDAY PRESENTS Ever exhibited in OITY OP PHILADELPHIA, Which will be odd at exceedingly LOW PRICES MARESEN tr. WITTE'B, MASONIC HALL, dl-If 718 CIIESTNUT ST UMBRELLAS ABE SUITABLE AND ACCEPTABLE PREBENTB. A beautiful mortment embracing every variety. At Wee. 11. ItItMARDSON , B, delilbliv No. 418 MARKET Street FURS: .-.I.ITRZ FURSf rt FURS till JOHN FAREIRA Is 00., Importers, Menufattnrerr, and Dealers In BANDY PUBS; FOR LADIES AND OHLLDREN. Having manufactured an Immense Stock of FURS, with the expectation of doing our usual business, the present promote of the times, and comparative ethane, time of trade, have left us with an unusual amount of Stock upon our shelves. It Is to meet this difficulty that we have now DETERMINED To close out our ENTIRE STOCK At Mee actually lees than THEIR COST TO MANUFACTURE ! We hate alto on hand a tang and complete assort meat of GENTS' FURS, GLOVES, All of whist' will be sold at Tory LOW PRIMES. No. 818 DIAMIET Ot , bet. Eighth and Ninth, nol9-bit South tilde NIT ARBIIRTOWB INIMITABLE COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD Embrace all the points necessary to GENTEEL EFFECT, and all the details and nicer eleganclesuhich impart FINIBU, COSIVORT, AND DIJRADHATt. Gentlemen are invited to call and eantine. nc2s-60n 4ao CHESTNUT Sheet. Legal Notices TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.—IN THE MAT TER OF THE TRUST ESTATE OF AGNES HORNER. The Auditor appointed to audit, settle, and adjust the account of Alfred Horner, Henry 11. Smith, and R. Rundle Smith, Trustees of Agnes Sterner, under a Deed of Trust, recorded in the office for recording deeds, &0., for the city and county of Philadelphia, In Deed Rook T 11, No. 160, page 499, /cc.,will attend to the duties of hie appointment on TUESDAY, the 29th day of December, A. D. 1847, at 4 o'clock P. 91 et the office of CALDWELL K. DIDDLE, Kea., No. '431 WALNUT Street, In the city of Philadelphia. del7-tbstun IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.—IN THE MAT TER OF THE TRUST }MATE OF ELIZABETH W. EPPES. The Auditor appointed to audit, nettle, and adJunt the account of Alfred Horner, Richard Eppel!, and It. Noodle Smith, Trroteee of Elizabeth W. Eppen, under a Deed of Trud., recorded in the office for recording deeds, Are., for the city and county of Ph 11 adelpb la, In Deed Book T 11, No. 160 page 507, At c.. will attend to the dutlea of h. e appointment on TUESDAY, the 20th day of December, A . D. 1857, at 4 O'clock, I'. 41,, at the office of CALDWELL It. DIDDLE, Eau., No 731 WALNUT Stroet, in the city of Philadelphia. d,17 thetust JOTIGE-NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application will be made to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, at Ha next session, commencing In Janu ary, .1868, for the grant of such authority, powers, and jurisdiction an may be necessary for effecting, In the meet epeedy and effectual manor, the sato of all that certain lot or piece of ground and premises, situate in the Fifteenth Ward of the city of Philadelphia, (for merly 'village of Pranclaville, and county of Plata delphiad bounded by Ann, thane, Powell, and Vine yard streets, and commonly hnarrn an the Francisville Burial Ground. SAMUEL 0. PEItHINB, Attorney for Applicants. - 110LIDAY3 I* . OST OR MISLAID.-CERTIFICATE JL4 number SO, for FIVE 81IMIE3 OF BTOOIC of the AItaIICAN AO&DENV OF MUOIC. Notice is here by given, that, application will be made for re-issue of the name. tle2l•mf4w* SCULL, °AMOS, CO., BANT{ItitS, No. SS South Third Street. The Menet promium"paid for AMERICAN GOLD AND NEW Yonis. EXOTIANGE. Unsurrent Funds bought and sold. Stocks bought end sold on commission only. nolo.2mst A DIERICAS GOLD AND ,NEW YORK EXCItANGE IV/TITRD AT RIMIEST CURRENT RATES, BT CRONISE & CO SPECIE BROKERS, nal•dif 40 SOUTH TUIRD ST W. TINGLEY gz. CO., BANKERS, • No. 37 South THIRD street, Philadelphia COLLECTIONS promptly made on all accessible points in the Malted State' and Canada Stocks, Bonds, &c.„ Bought and Sold on Commission. Uncnrrent Bank Dote', Cheeks, dcc., bought at the lowest rates. . . Deposits received end interest allowed, as per agree meet. no2-3m F OR REGISTER OF WILLS -11AN001:1KES, Twatxra WARD, d2-Bnott flubject to Demooratie Rules. FOR SHERIFF ALDERMAN GEORGE MOORE, FOURTH WARD itubjeCt to Democratic Rolm F OR SHERIFF— JAAIES G. GIBSON, TWENTT-SECOND WARD. SubJac{ to Democratic Dales. nob 9m* PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, - 1857. ENGRAVINGS, E=l EARLE'S GALLERIES, 816 WLBSTSUT Street R. & 0. A. WRIGHT, 85 South FOURTH Street COLLARS, /co litottep. glolitiral. I,e Arm.. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, DWI BOOKS ON OUR TABLE. Before the year closes, we shall make it a .point of noticing every new hook upon our table. They accumulate so that it Is sometimes necessary to pass judgment upon them in a' summary manner. The opinion, though Raney be briefly expressed, is not hastily formed, at any rate. As regards books published out of this city, we have to acknowledge our obliga tion to the attention of Lippincott & Co., IV. B. Zieber, T. B. Peterson, Parry &McMillan, and other publishers or agents through whom we chiefly receive them. The prospects of the book trade aro more cheering than could have been anticipated it few months ago. It may be noticed that, amid all the failures, few publishing houses have been wrecked. There has lately been little activity in this city as regards the issue of now books. In New York, the Harpers and tho Appletons have di splayed the greatest enter prise of late. The character of their recently issued books is high. Benton's writings, and Moore's " American Elegance," aro among Appleton's latest publications. On the eve of immediate issue is the first volume of Apple ton's "New American Oyclopiedia," en en tirely original work, to be completed in fifteen Imperial octavo volumes, and written two years from the present time. This work, which is truly national, must have more from us than a passing notice, in the course of the present week. We shall endeavor, at the sa me time, to speak of Dr. Li vingstono's great book on Africa, p üblished by Murray of Lon don, and undoubtedly a sort of comet in the literary horizon, at this time. Before it was published, over 20,000 copies were sub scribed for by ci the trade." A fac-simile copy has been issued by the Harpers, of New York, with all the maps and engravings of the Lon don edition, at half the London price. Passing from generals to particulars, we now proceed to indicate, than actually deliver, opinions on various works before us. The third volu me of The Spanish Conquest in America, and its relation to the history of Slavery and the Government of Colonies, (Harpers, New York,) has just been published. Tho preceding volumes appeared over a year ago. The author, Mr. Arthur Helps, had pre viously written a thoughtful and able work called "Friends in Council." Ho claims, in this history, to have chiefly consulted ancient authorities, and even says, "with the excep tion of the historical fragment of Munoz and the biographies of Quistana, I have not read thirty pages of all that has been written by modern writers on the Spanish Conquest." There is something very absurd in a historian of the Spanish Conquest taking pains to avoid the perusal of Prescott, Irving, and Motley, because they had gone over part of the same track as ho went on. Let not this, however, give an erroneous Impression of the book, which is extremely well written, and is full of information—much of it hitherto untranslated, in Spanish. Mr. Helps has a lucid, manly, and vigorous style, and is sometimes pictu resque in his narrative. The present volmno contains five chapters, the subjects being the Administration of Cortez, Nicaragua, En comiendas, Guatemala, and the Conquest of Peru. Among the historical personages here exhibited are Cortex, Franclseo Hernandez, (who settled Nicaragua,) Ponce de Leon, Las Cases, Alvarado, Pizarro, and ill-fated Ata huallpa, Inca of Peru. The Life and Times of Aaron Burr, by J. Parton, (Mason Brothers, New York,) is al most a model biography—we say almost, be cause its d rawbacks are, first, an occasional looseness atta tanwilartty of style, which best expressed by the epithet ; and next, the apologo tic tone of the whole book, though, lecke d, there was some necessity Or being the champion as well as the biographer of Burr. On what authority does Mr. Parton, who goner ally writes accurately, use such a phrase as fell of the ball? This is not a mere slip of the pen, for he also says fell of his pulse. no has a few peculiarities of spell ing—thus he gives Edinburg instead of Edinburgh, theater instead of theatre, Shack kipearean for Shaltapearean, and writing of Henry Mackenzie, author of "The man of Feeling," cuts his patronymic dote n into McKenzie. How would honk() to have his own name excised, by dropping the first vowel, into Parton I The merits of this biography, however, ate very numerous and striking. Mr. Parton has industriously collected a vast amou ut of personal information about Aaron Burr and the eventful times in which he lived. Burr, who was a gallant soldier, fought in the War of In dependence, afterwards went to the bar, with great success, was elected Vico President of the United States, shot Alexander Hatnilton in a duel, was accused With having filibustering designs on Mexico, was br ought to trial and acquitted, retired to Europe, and ended his latter days in New York—one of the most unpopular public men, for a lengthened period, who ever lived in this country. Mr. Parton labors earnestly, and indeed with very great success, to show that Burr by no means deserved his unpo pularity, and puts his moral character in a better point of view than it bad previously been looked at. On the whole, this Life of Aaron Burr is readable, full of interest, and a creditable addition to the standard literature of our country. Feels ate conscientiously ad hered to, for the author Is scrupulously accu rate, and the book is, therefore, eminently reliable. Victor Schceleher's Life of Handel (Mason Brothers, Now York) Lis also a capital bio graphy, although executed in a different manner. The author, a French refltgeo, who is not a musician, has employed the leisure forced on hint by exile in collecting materials for the life of the great composer, German by birth, tnglish by adoption. The result is a book full of minute details, all relating either to Handel himself, or to music in the period when he flourished. This accumulation of circumstances makes the book so eminently satislisetory, that we have put it down with the feeling that wo, the reader know almost as much about Handel—all but seeing and hearing him—as if we had lived, a century ago, when ho was composing his Immortal music. The book, which lately first appeared in London, has been reprinted by Messrs. Mason, of Now York, (an enterprising house, who have published many excellent works connected with Music,) and is an exact repro duction of tho English edition—improved by a different arrangement of part of the text, which, having little connection with the bio graphical details, is judiciously put, by way of annotation, at the foot of tho page. This renders the narrative much snore clear and direct, and improves what, in its original form, was a very good book. Irving Vignettes (G. P. Putnam, New York) is a volume containing twenty-four vignettes and four portraits, illustrating the writings of Washington Irving. Tho per traits are those of Irving, at the ago of twenty seven, by Jarvis; of Columbus, of Vespuelus, of Isabella of Spain, and of Washington, at the ago of twenty.fivo, now first engraved. The vignettes aro by Smillie, Alston, Leslie, Wilkie, Dailey, Ch. Rubens, Sehmolze, Agate, Gilbert, Burton, Bartlett, Fremont, Roberts, Verbryck, and Owen Jones. The letter-press consists of a critical life of Irving, from AM. bono's forthcolning ,‘ Dictionary of Authors;" a description of &unpaid°, whore Irving re sides, and illustrative passages from his wri tings. It is a handsome and most attractive book. Stories for the Home Circle (G. F. Putnam, Now York) contains fourteen tales, chiefly selected from English periodicals. We are glad to find among them that racy and humor. oils story, e Father Tom anti The Pope ; or, A Night in the Vatican," which appeared it Blackwood's Magazine in 18313, and was writ en by 'John Fisher Murray, an Iriahrnan. I has often and erroneously beN attributed to Dr. Magian. This is a readable volume, neat ly got up. Sea Stories (G. P. Putman) consist of thirteen " tough yarns," from various sources, commencing with Lover's capital tale of " Barney O'Reirdon, the Navigator." Seve ral of these stories are now to us, having been taken from sottices, not generally accessible. Life Studies, by the Bev. John Bantle, (Harpers, New York,) Is a reprint of an Eng lish book. it object Is to show how to live. and this is illustrated by brief, but sufficient biographies of John Bunyan, the good soldier; Gerhard Terstagen, the Christian laborer; James Montgomery, the Christian man of let ters ; Frederick Putties, the man of business; and Mrs. Mary Winslow, the Christian mother ) Life Studies fully merits its great popularity. The Bible Gallery (Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia) Is a showy octavo, glittering in green and gold, and enriched with twenty-four illustrations on' steel, engraved by Sartain, re presenting inciOnts in the lives of our Saviour, his disciples, the patriarchs, the prophets, and the women of the Bible, Many of these en gravings are . from the Old Masters. The let ter-press consists (with a few original pieces) of prose and poetry selected from a variety of authors. The volume, which is richly got up, is destined, we think, to have much popularity as a giit book. ' Mentioning gift hooka, wo ought not to forget a delightful volume of tales and poems, by " Clara Moreton;', called, The Diamond Cross, (W. P. fluzard;,Philndolphia,) which contain several lyrics and sonnets 'of considerable beauty, and several . charming novelettes, in which, with some dramatic power, and great skill in creating good plots, wo hlso tied that true womanlylinstinct at understanding and representing fomale character, which the rougher sex seldom, if ever, have arrived at. "Clara Moreton" does not preach sermons in her touching and &laud stories, but there is a palpable moral in each which must particu larly strike youthful readers. We havo to notice an .4ddress to the Law Academy of Philadelphia, delivered by Ben jamin H. Brewster, Esq., at the opening of the r session, in September, 1857, the title page intimates, while a correspondence be tween Mr. Brewster and the committee of the Law Committee, dated April, 1857, respecting the publication of the lecture, speaks of it as having beau delivered before the latter date. Of this address, the leading characteristic is its thorough good sense. Mr. Brewator, ad dressing students of law, 'placed before then: a programme, as it were, of the duties and course, the requirements and the knowledge, the discipline and the morale of the legal pro fession. From his own eminence and success at the bar, Mr. Brewster is wolf qualified to advise upon these points. His style Is simple yet dignified, elegant without being over or nate, and chaste as well as forcible. We have alluded to the good souse which is the staple of this address. A sentence or two can scarcely bo' Revered from the context, as a specimen, without injury to the author. Nev ertheless, hero is such a specimen : "Some writers indulge in exalted estimates of the consequence feud importance of our professkpn In ono sense they are correct, in another they err. The practical duties of a lawyer are no more oult tban those of any other calling that requires the cxeroieebf reason. Any good business man will make g good practical lawyer. The same facultim'qthtlities, and merits, that will secure prosperity 4n every day business, alit secure it in the law; but in the higher walks of the profes sion, when intricate and complicated questions oc cur, in thosonntrodden paths, when it is necessary to modify obi principles and dogmas, or to reconoile them with the new and various relations created by the ever•shifting wants and demands of socie ty, then the quick practitioner, the ready business man is at fault, and the scholar, the thinker, the be u 't`a n t it a e n d a in 4 Lwy man nsk er il t unravel led o inwen i f's ti r4i" ' must 080 myste• ilea and establish the rule of action." From the American Sunday-School Union (Philadelphia) wo have received a parcel of publications, very seasonably issued now, just In time tip be 4--e.sonteit to_yoting people. Their are adapted to almost any range or ugo j and have the advantage of being handsomely Illustrated and neatly printed. They princi pally consist of tales, judiciously not written dealt to the level of children's minds, an error too commonly committed. Ono of these books, addressed to the sight as well as to the mind, called c' Fond Lily Stories,".contains a variety of charming prose-illustrations of protraitures of flowers, delicately printed in colors. Those are the pond lily, daffodil, clover, moss.pink, thyme, wind-dower, thistle, ragged robin, mig. nonette, winter green, cardinal-flower, and heart's-ease. This particular volume is wor thy of a place.not only on the children's shelf, but on the parlor table, so beautiful is it in all respects. Owing to the vast numbers cold, the price of the books published by the Sun day-School Union is comparatively low. CITY POLICE—DECEMBER [rt , ported for The Prem.l TnzLvaritnit Holism-Fauna:Ton. —About half-past ten o'clock last night, a stranger knocked at the door of Mr. Thomas Mogson, a resident of the Third Ward. Mr. Mogen, who is an elderly gentleman invalided by the rheumatism, bad not yet retired, as his atlileted limbs were undergoing a fomentation applied by the hands of his duteous helpeatte. After some timorous delay occasioned by the lateness of the visitor's arrival, an old lady unbarred the portal and beheld a strange gentle. man, with a vest and pantaloons which resembled twenty rainbows twisted together, wording to the prevailing taste of a certain class of gentlemen in this city. Ills black coat, however, somewhat subdued drat modified the general dishiness of his appear/moo. die politely firifiested to see Mr. liogson ; and the blandness of his manner brivirg soothed any suspicions which she might have formed, Mrs. M. conducted hint to the apart ment whore the old gentleman was seated in his arm-chair. "fir," said the stranger, with n profound bow— "I beg that you Will not regard this visit 00 uo thinly. I came to inquire if all the locks, bolts, end bare securing tho entrance to your dwelling are In good order and well fastened!" "ros—oh, yes—why-Whet 19 its" . galpo,l the old couple, both together, looking first at the stranger and then at each other. "Don't be alarmed sir. I am sorry to excite your fears, evident," pursued the visitor; "but I have just learned that en attack on your house, this very night, is intended by a pm* of burglars. Deforo I state anything further, however, I must introduce myself: My name is John Howard, and I am, by the bye, a lineal descendant of tho colobratod philanthropist of that slam, whoso chief failing was—(alas! I fear that I inherit it.) a morbid propensity to bo useful to tho whole human race." "But what about the robbers?" anxiously in gaired Mrs. Megeon. 4 . Yes," added her husband —" what were you about to state ?" " That no I was passing along arar year hotm— on my way to the fret•clase hotel whore I put up— two huge, hairy, horrid humbugs—l menu bur girtro—wore walking before ins ; rays one, 'euppore we crack old Mageon'a ken,' (ffbieh in the vulgar English moans break open his honso,) Yes,' rays the other, ' and wall rut thin old rarcal'n throat in the bargain.' Ay,' err tho, ffrdt, nod choke his old jade of a wife, for she's no ugly Never mind conning over their wicked talk," said Mr. Moron, abruptly. "It makes my blood run cold to hear tho language of such heathen ish 'wretches." 44 Ay, no wonder," maid Mr. Howard, 4, but I wiabod to allow you the doporete eherneter of the and to put you on your guard " "But what Is to be dono?" criod both of the agitated and horrified Mogsons, whose quivering lira and wildly-rolling oyes revealed their inward dlaturbanco. "I suppose," said the visitor, with an air of diflldonco, " you would consider it intrusive If I should offer to stay all night in the house for the purpose of guarding it." is“ Intrusive l—oh no ;" cried Mrs. Moron, " we should take it as a groat kindness." Acaordingly, the old lady bustled about and prepared a bed for the benevolent Howard, on a sofa down stairs. In the morning, It was discovered that the angel-like visitor had vanished like a dream of the night, and that be had been accom panied in his mysterious flight by a dozen silver spoons, Mr. Magoon's new hat and overcoat, and other portable Articles of value. This astounding event was made the subject of a oommunleation to the Mayor's officers, several of whom aro searching diligently after the missing namesake of the great philanthropist. W. A police officer, named Pillion, was beaten to death in New York, on Sandal, by a gang of rowdies. HON. JOHN C. BRECKINRIDOE [From the Dean Rooge (La ) Advocate, Dec. Bth j This distinguished American citizen and states man, at present Vice President of the United 1 States, who has been sojourning among us since Saturday last, leaves to-clay (Tuesday) on the steamer Belfast for New Orleans, and will proceed immediately thence to Washington by the Eastern route. His visit to our city was for the purpose of trying a change of climate on the health of Mrs. Breekinridge, who will remain hero with her friends and relatives during the winter. During his short stay, Major Brockinridge has been visited by a vast number of our citizens, who have been received and entertained by oar visiter with that winning suavity and easy grace which aro the characteristics of the gallant Itentuckian. The trestle is, our Vice President has captivated rind won over all with whom he has come in eon toot, without distinction of age, sex, condition, or political bias. lie has touched the sympathetic chord of a warm-heartedleommunity in his brief in tereourse with it, and it has responded with a gush of generous admiration and reciprocal es t eem and good will A call of the indomitable " Breckin ridge Club" of 1856 was eagerly responded to last evening at the court house, when this body of ardent spirits mustered in forte, and, with their victorious old banner of the Presidential campaign floating in the van, formed a procession and marched around to the residence of Governor Wickliffe, (whore Mr. Brockinridge had dined on that day with a num ber of friends,) to tender to our distinguished visitor a welcome to the capital of Louisiana. Ar riving In front of the executive mansion, three hearty dicers were proposed and given to the re cipient of the compliment. Major Brockinridge appeared on the steps, where he was mot by Hon. A. b llama, who introduced him to the Club, and in its name and on behalf of the people of Baton Rouge, bade him a cordial welcome to our. boom. Major Herron then spoke of the important services rendered his country by Mr. B. ; his brilliant public life, his undaunted ads hesion, to the principles of the Constitution, and, neoesserily, his.pbivalrofts defence of the right of his native South, the equality 'of the States, and the citizens of each State, and concluded by again tendering the hospitalities of our community and , State to one whom they have admired and in whom they have reposed their confidence in aiding to elevate him to the high station he now occupies. Major Ilerron'a remarks were brief, but truly elo quent and apropos to the occasion. When Mr. Breekinridge advanced to the front of the steps to reply ho was warmly received by the audience. lie thanked the members of the Breekinridge Club for the honor conferred upon him in assuming his name as the title of their or ganization. He had understood that its purposes were temporary, and that it was formed to aid the triumph of Democratic principles in the great con- test of 1856, and had disbanded after the election. They had re-organized to-night under their old banners to greet and welcome him to the capital of Louisiana, and for this demonstration of confidence and esteem be felt a grateful sensibility. If a friendly appreciation of his past services had induced them to confer hie name upon their association, he hoped his short future political career would develop no characteristics which would mime them to regret their generous bestowal of esteem. The truths of Jacksonian Democracy were the guides of his youth. In his manhood he had sought no new allegiance; and now, with the facilities and power of a wider ex perience, he felt as true a devotion to those princi ples as that which moved the enthusiasm of his boyhood. He then adverted to the iSstioa which marked the canvass of 1850. The De. mocratio party had achieved a glorious success then, and meat triumph in all future con teats, if it but maintain, unchanged the prin ciples which animated and governed its earlier struggice. That party derived its creed from the Constitution. It subjected ail measures to the Dill , eible of the Constitution, and if the test discovered alloy, it rejected them as dross, though their glitter ing appearance attracted admirers. A high regard for equal rights of the States, municipal and Indi vidual, had marked the career, created the suc cess, and established the permanence of the Demo craoy. Its organization was formed by that spirit which counseled our forefathers to drawtheir sworda against the aggressions of the mother country. It arrayed opposition to the alien and sedition laws o , the elder Adams. Its first success was to erase those iniquities from the statute book. Those laws infringed the rights of citizenship by conferring upon the President the power to expel from the coun try whomsoever he deemed obnoxious to its welfare, and established a censorship over the press which would have made it unfit to guard the liberties of the people or afford them knowledge. The Presi• dent was endowed with the triple function of accu ser, witness, and judge, powers which made him despot and the people so insecure in the enjoyment of their natural rights as scarcely to deserve the name of freemen. It attacked the United States Bank, because that institution possessed monopo lies in derogation of common right, and was fast ' usurping powers inconsonant with the genius of our Constitution. He next referred to the efforts of the Democracy to abolish the inequalities of the protective system. It nurtured the manufac turing interests, while it depressed the prosperity of agriculture. It was not his intention to dismiss I the political topics of the day. These questions had been settled by the irrevo cable fiat of the Democracy—the party which, having for its basis the Constitution, had survived the mutations and caprices of public opinion, and amid, the wrecks which strewed the petition' rattle- and Pill stood a proud and enduring monument OFJUSTICIs null Ti ancke of the constant and unchanging attitude Ortillat the advocate of State and individual equality, and in the several political crises which occurred in our history, as the only true conservator of our republican system as originally framed. lie I alluded to the rise and fall of the Know-No thing party, as having been comprised in less time than had measured the career and exis tence of any party in this or any other country. He ascribed its early dissolution to the injustice of its principles. It denied those who by accident had drawn their first breath under a foreign sky an equal participation in the rights of citizenship which is guarantied by the Constitution. It was hostile to the freedom of conscience, because it proscribed Catholics He enjoined the remein bisince of the causes which drove the Puritans to New England, Baptists to Virginia, and Hugue nots to South Carolina. If we bat recollected the inhumanities our ancestors suffered for the rights of conscience. we would feel a renewed reverence for the privileges of toleration lie dwelt with particular emphasis upon the necessity of the Union as the only guarantee of prosperity end pence, and indicated the Democratic policy as the only safeguard for its perpetuity. On this subject he dwelt with some emotion with resistless ele• TIMM Independent of its discussion as a matter of policy, ho dwelt with enthusiasm and great effect upon the suldiine sentiments of patriotism which oar Union, in its rise, its glorious advance, and its almost limitless future, ought to inspire in the hearts of American youth. Doubtless, in the minds even of our partisan op ponents, the Vice President and the rising Demo crat of the West were forgotten In Breekinridge— the gallant man, the pure gentleman, and the eloquent patriot. When Major lireckinridge had concluded his ad dress, tlov. Wickliffe came forward and in a very cordial manner said Fellow-oitizono, to see Breekinridge is to admire him ; to know him is to love him well ; I abk you all In to take a glass of wine with him." The invitation was of course accepted, and af ter a piensant intercourre of half an hour with the Vice President,the crowd adjourned in the highert stato of satisfaction at the result of the interview. Their good wishes accompany Mr. 13reckinrido in his journey. ENGLISH VIEW OF AMERICA [From the London Mace, December 2 Thrre aro ditlerent ways of finding out that we aro growing obi. Coe is the looking-glass ; anoth er is the alteration in your absorit friend sirre you last eaw him ; another is the enlargement of your library ; another is the addition of now drawers for memoranda or eon en spondenee ; another is the growth and accumulation of all sorts of rubbish about you that yon don't brow how to deal with, whether to bury or to burn; another is the length• ening list of pelt reshlener, in the memory ; an other is change of opinions. All them tests do not apply to all persons, but wino to ono and some to another. We will add another now to this list of testa of adroneing yeoro, and that is the progre , q of the 'United States, Those whose political recollections eCti t , trateli fivc-and•twonty years hack can remember the idea or imago of a country which Om United States then raised in everybody's mind. It was the image of a newly discovered country, for two eon- Oriel seemed, liirdly to DIM made any Inroad upon that vast coati:lent o. a country thmthad just felt the first passage of the plougu, Of pilthe,nl forests, it virgin roil, doilies just rising to the dig nity and importnnce of conuneree, and of illimita ble, untried resources, which absorbed the activi ty of fresh thousands every month, and allowed nobody to stand Idle for an hour. It was the imago of a ner wr.rld over which the elm rose and set without seeing wool—of r, world in its Grst spring time and infancy, when Nature tepid n rntidred fold Um slightest attention. and bad only to be asked in order to obtain from her the amplest nourishment, of however redo and siinplo a kind, for everybody. That lons ono groat contrast be tween the United States and England. Another was the immunity of this new world from the per plesitits of dlplotnaoy, the jealousies and rivalries, the encroachments and the resistanCo to, encroach meats, involved in the turopcan systoro. Iti that new hemisphere WarIINIS impossible, because there ions no foe, and an army was unnecessary, because there was no war. Thus at ono stroke nn expense which swelled the budget of every nation of _Eu rope ton most portentous size VMS cut off, and tax ation did not rise above the lowest and simplest soak. Thus all was simple, and all was primitive. in dm United States, roil, policy end finance ; there was nothing of the Old World about thorn ; they exalted In the light atmosphere of national youth, and rejoiced in a complete freedom from the gorgeous but onerous trappings of the States of tho Old World, their pomp, titles, ceremonies, ranks, diplomacy, and taxes Such was the picture of the United States five• and-twenty years ago; but any one with moderato political observation will see that this picture is now considerably altered. The United States aro not, indeed, an old nation yet, but there are signs of advancing time pressing upon them. New York was, a month ago, the scene of bread riots That is a mark of ago ; a nation cannot call itself. quite young that finds itself involved in a finan (dal catastrophe, the effect of an extremely de• veloped artifieial currency, and the cause of broad riots. These are features of an old world, of long established common°, of overgrown population. The city of New York may claim now the rank of ono of Most) void concentrations of human power and ac tivity, and condensations of human life, which constitute the great cities of the Old World, and with the tank It exhibits also the melancholy ac companiment of such ft growth—its large needy, dependent masses, living from hand to mouth, and thrown out of employment immediately by any BOTIOII3jBT in the financial system. We may now add another sign of advancing age —ewer with an unruly dependency—a war accom panied by greet hardships and involving endless TWO CENTS. marches over difficult and barren ground, where the invading army must carry everything what ever, necessary for human or brute life, with it. Fort Leavenworth is about ono thousand fire hun- . . ....... . . dred miles distant from the American seat of Go vernment—that is no short distance; but when an American army has reached Leavenworth its hos tile journey to the Salt Lako city is only begun Another journey of six hundred and fifty miles up the Platte raver conducta it to Fort Laramie, and after reaching Fort Laramie a full month's journey succeeds before the Salt Lako city is arrived at. Of this month's journey the whole is over difficult country, and much of it over ground with very little grass, which, little as it is, the Mormons will, of course, set fire to. The Mormons are perfectly aware of the advantages of their poeition,•and meet the invaaion with insolent defiance, and, It must be added, hitherto with successful defianc e . The American advanced force under Colonel Al bert Johnston having proceeded 250 miles beyond Fort Laramie, is stopped by a seven•inch depth of snow, combined with a total failure of corn and grass, the Mormon force having cut off their trains of wagons in the rear. Under these circumstances the government expedition pauses, and the rebel State has a temporary triumph. Of the transiency of this triumph we can have little doubt. The honor of the Federal Government and tho honor of tho whole of the United States is now pledged to a suppression of the Mormonite rebellion; but we have ;Ilse little doubt that the affair will cost a good deal, and swell disagreeably the United States budget. The United States, in short, as they advanCe to importance and dignity ? ore also rapidly advanc ing to the cares, responsibilities, and expenses of empire. This Mennonite war is creditable to them; they could not, consistently with the na tional honor, and with respect for their own posi• tion among civilized nations, have avoided it No nation that is a member of the great circle of civilized nations, and forms a part of the maul)• lished phalanx of civilization in the world, can escape the duty of defending the necessary laws of civilization. That cause is a sacred and sub lime cause, committed to its tenet by Providence, and it cannot avoid the sea:on/Ability of it with out giving up its piece in the civilized world, and its fellowship in the Maculation of el:tithed na tions. The United States hare only sated in con sistency with their position as a civilized Stale in refusing to recognise and sanction the system of polygamy, which the Mennonites have endeav ored to engraft upon the American national code; and it is this refusal which has brought on this war. But, while we give the United States all credit for nor having avoided an honora ble war, we must observe at the same time that wars such as those are a signor a nation's growing years. This is no bad compliment to a country, as It is to an individual; the age of a nation is its glory and pride—it is what gives it character, life, and weight. A new nation, like a new word, is a formless ! nondescript thing: it is hardly a na tion at all till it is In some sense an old nation, till it has a past, a vista of events to look back upon, a history to recall But the honors of grow ing antiquity bring their responsibilities. eneum brances, perplexities and grievances with them, jars and collisions iu the State ' difficulties of finance, popular distress, wars, taxation. The crown of empire, like the crown of reason, brings its cares with it, and sits heavily upon the brow. •• It is not for a statesman," says Romer, " to rest all the night—he must be wide awake while others are sleeping." Our transatlantic kinsmen are in their private businew quite up to this duty, and they will now in their national capacity bare more and more to exercise it. THE 017 Y. AAIDBSISNTB THIS DAY AND Y.VgNING MUSICAL FOND MILL, LOCUST ST., ABOVE EIGHTH.— Concert thin Afternoon. AMERICAN ACADEMY or MOBlO, BROAD AND LOCUST EITRELTS —"Golden llorso"—"Jobn Jones MRS. D P. BOWSAW WALNUT STREET THEM!, N. E. MANNA op IT/NTH 4YD WALNUT,—"V/Olet"—' , The Conquering Game." WHISATLEY'S ARCH 87R6R? 'MURAL, ARCH STRUT, ABOTH 9I1711.—" Beatrice; or,t- h e False and True.— Sarah's Young NATIONAL TBRATRIS, WALNUT BYABB7, ARAB EMITS "The Iron roaak"—` , Dr. Kane.. HINHORD% OPRRA HOOBl, ELIIIHNTH STRAIT ADORN CHIBINCI7, --Ethiopian Life Illustrated, coccholingwith a laughable aftervece. 3,1 Important Movement—New Public Build ingt at Fifth, Sixth, and Chestnut Streets.— By reference to the report of Council proceedings in THE PRESS of Friday last, it will be seen'that the project of erecting now public buildings has again been revived. The resolutions offered by the Cemmittce on City Property, relative to this matter, are no doubt familiar to our readers. . . The subject to which these resolutions relate ha•, in various forms fur a long time past, been seri ously considered by the committee, and they have hitherto been restrained from recommending the erection of new buildings for the more safe and convenient transaction of the public businesa, by the solitary consideration that it would enhance the already oppressive burden of taxation which rests upon our citizens. The public busioess of the county of Philadel phia is chiefly transacted in buildings erected in 1789, to meet the wants of a population of less than one-fifth of the number of the eitilens of the pre sent consolidated city. In addition to this, since the message of the consolidation act, the various municipal offices of the several corporations, which l.y that act_ were_ consolidated with the old city proper. have transierresl — riterr-- the, former district telt....d offines Into these build ings. These buildings are construotod witnone modern conveniences for ventilation, and for the comfort in other respectsof their occupants. Some of them are damp and unwholesome, and none of them era fireproof. They contain within records, the value of which it would be difficult to estimate in figures, the evidence of title for all the real, and a large proportion of nll the personal property in the city ; the records of all our courts, upon which rest many millions of money, and by which, sometimes, the good Caine and oftentimes the per sonal liberty of our eitirens is to be maintained or protected; the evidences of the receipt and of the disbursement of vast sums of money, which, if lost, never could be replaced, and the lona which would involve confusion and litigation to an ex tent which it is appalling to contemplate, the ar chive!, of the city, with many papers and dom. meats, the loss of which could not be repaired. These invaluable records of all kinds are, many of them at this time, by reason of the narrowness of the provision it is possible to make for them in the present buildings, stowed away without order in the damp cellars under the several public build ing?, and they are rapidly perishing with damp ness and mildew, and are only accessible in places. the atmosphere of which is scarcely to be endured. In addition to this, in these buildings, they are not and cannot be protected either from fire or from plunder, and more than once, within a very few years past, they have escaped narrowly from most imminent peril by fire. We exact from public officers heavy bonds, which, among their conditions, require the careful preser vation of these records, and yet provide them with offices in which their secure preservation is impos sible. We complain that so few of our competent citi zens will perform jury duty, and yet we furnish them a ready excuse in the intolerable discomfort of the court-rooms and jury -rooms in which we re quire them to render their service. The committee feel persuaded, that if citizens would visit these buildings and inspect the un wholesome vaults beneath the offices in which, from necessity, so many invaluable records must be stored, and observe the narrowness, and incon vonimme, and insecurity of the offices above them, in which vast business is required to be trans acted, that no argument for the erection of new public buildings would be required. On the con trary, those having the power to accomplish so desirable a result would he held to a severe respon sibility for preventing or even delaying it. Actuated by these views, the committee are unanimous in recommending the immediate erec tion of new public building;. They do not pro pose to bt;il , l costly structures; the city . cannot afford at this tills to pny for mere architectural taste or adornment. We recommend plain and unadorned buil lingo, having for their chief ad vantages sufficient room, good ventilation, and safety from fire. Tho wings of the State Rouse are modern struc tures, with - nit historical e2,ociations of peculiar interest; the committee recommend that these, together with the bulldingt upon the corners of Sixth and Firth streets, ho removed, and that in their place there shall be erected upon the corners of Fifth and Sixth streets buildings, haring front upon Chestnut street of one hundred and ten feet, and a depth along Fifth end Sixth streets of two hundred and fifty feet, leering a pa...ssage from Chestnut street to Independence Square, between the State Rouse and thee buildinge, of about thirty-tiro feet in breadth on either aide of the State House. There buildings should be built of pressed brick, with broen.ntene trimmings, and they should be in a style which will harmonize in taste with the State Rouse building. By placing the court rooms en the inner side, towards tbo square, they will be well lighted and ventilated, and at the same time secluded from the noises of the etteets. The buildings should be thoroughly fire. proof. The committee have obtained no detailed esti mate of the cost of such buildings, bat they are well fissured they can be erected and completed for use at a Cost which will not exceed four hun dred thousand dollars. The views of the committee will commend them select to everybody who has business about the State Hobe{. The miserable accommodations or the Courts have frequently been referred to, the insecurity of the records is sot forth above, the rice Alarm and Police Telegraph bat a miserable little cubby-hole for its central office, and the ac commodations for prisoners at the Central Police Station ate dismal, unventilated, and rat-infested cells. There is no cure for these ills and inconve niences but a general tear out and rebuilding. and the only question, wo should suppose, would be whether the city can salad tho outlay. The esti mated ecet of the projected improvement is 0100.- 000. This lea very large sum, but the importance of the proposed change from insecurity to safety, and from inconvenience to comfort and conveni ence, is oleo very great Mr. Kline, Select Councilman from the Seven teenth ward, on last Thursdny offered a resolution in his Chamber, instructing the Committee on Po tioo to inquire what measures aro necessary to in sure the health and comfort of the prisoners at the Central Station. This is another movement in the right direction. The work of reform in this respect cannot be too promptly or vigorously proseouted The Rothschild Nuptials.—At the Jewish Pair, hold at Jayne's Rail on three alicteealva der of last week, a panorama of the marriage of Miss Leonora Rothschild, of London, to her cousin, Al phonse de Rothschild, of Paris, was the centre of attraction and admiration. The figures are mov ing, and the costumes are models of those worn upon the occasion. The marriage took plane at Gun nersbury Pnrk, the country residence of Baron Lionel de Rothschild, the bride's father. This re markable week of art, which was presented by the importer to the managers of the Jewish Fair, will bo raffled for, in a few days, when 400 ttokets, at half a dollar each, are disposed of. no cz ao COR COneEPOKleats for " TAX PUS nand the folte er ia g reaps E , arY adtantuainatien malt be aceoeepalaist-, name of the tamer fn order to Lanes correetussiof the typography, tot \ one aide of a sheet should teritten upon. We shell be greatly obliged to gentlemen in I'enissyl- , ruin and other Statile for contributions giving the ear- - rent COWS of the day In their particular localliFs, the resources of the surrounding country, the inn:ow of population, and any Information that will be intending to the general reader. - - The Fire Companies before Councifs.---.: Yesterday afternoon the case of the Philadelphia:: Engine, and Lafayette and United Stara broaez Companies, who were reported by the Chief Engi- : neer of the Fire Department, for violation, of hie orders and the fire ordinance, were called op foi a bearing before the Committee on Trusts. Eli. dense was submitted which will no doubt exmiarater those companies from all censure. The Philadelphia Fire Department, in many respects, is a model or ganization. Its members are gentlemen of the highest respectability, whose volunteer efforts in the cause of humanity entitle them to the confidence and commendation of the entire community. That they at times fall into error Is indeed a fast; but it is none the less true that oftentimes these mistakes are unintentional, and originate from a sincere desire to do good. The committee will re port the result of the investigation in the cam of the different companies reported to them, at. the meeting of Councils which is to be held on Thursday afternoon, when we mar look for a just decision. If there is anything in our humble judgment that cripples the poteatey of oar noble-hearted firemen, it is the system of allowing irresponsible fire-runners to associate in and about the houses of their respective apparatus. We make this statement briefly, although it is sug gestive of tolumns of comment. .Rnnual Tea Meeting at the New Wash. Presbyterian ChnreA.—This new edifice has been so far completed as to enable its members to cele brate their fifth annual Tea meeting, in the base ment of the building, on Thursday evening next, at 61o'slock. As this is a religious custom long established among the Welsh, their dineriaan friends desirous of assisting in the completion of their temple can also Trams the manner is *Wok the ancient Cambrian held their religious festi vals. A number of able divine; hare=d i their intention to be present, and will their friends with interesting addressee The church is located in Lombard street near Fifteenth, where tickets may be obtained. . Philadelphia and Wi/mingtirpßftaroael.—zail ipst4: local trade upon tbieliond,-rte . part of it between Phttedalpb banns river, silty-en. ,leites, - er - aped - ' of Its entire length--exldisits theseast ' ' _ prospects, and will ever eenshitute a aurae him and rapidly-increasing intone. The DOOM* Railroad and its connections, via New Cattle Ise Wilmington, contribute largely to the traffic of the, main trunk. Two Sermons, lately preached by the Rev. Kingston Goddard, rector or the church of the Atonement in this city, hive been Pnbliibtd, (far sale at the Episcopal book-store, 12r4 Chestnut street), the profits to be devoted to the parchment a parish and Bible clue library. One of these dis courses is "The Poor in the Keeping of God," and the other was preached to commemorate the Christian walk and conversation of the late Mr. Caldwell B. Mitchell. attack on China.--Last evening four disor derly individuals were charged, before /adman Ent% with committing an unprovoked attack on two Chinamen, in Water street, below Chestnut. Chroming and his companion, whose name we are unable to write, the complainants in this case, left; the Central Police Office with the proud itstisfac- Coo that the attack on China had been twanged. by the strong arm of the law. Sons of Temperance.—The third of the series of public+ meetings held ander the auspices Of the Sons of Temperance Wok place last evening, at the Central Presbyterian church, Coates street. below Fourth, under the charge of Fredonia and Band•in•Sand Divisions. A number of eloquent addresses were delivered" by distinguished speak ers, and the occasion was of the most intereetlec character. The teachers of the Sabbath school in Bed ford street, above Sixth, under the charge of the Young Men's Central Dome Minion of the Netho diet Episcopal Church, intend giving a dinner, ow Christmas day, at 21 o'clock, P.M., in the Mliedom house, to the scholars of the Sabbath and day schools. Donations toward this object will bet thankfully received at the Mission house. Larceny of Gas Fixtures—Last evening be fore Alderman Eisen, Thomas Gray was charged with the larceny of the gas lizturas or as tutu:sea pied dwelling-house in Tenth street below Clinton. He was arrested by Sergeant Jordon of the Fifth Police District, and committed by the alderman for a further hearing. Delaware and Raritan Canal.--The buainean of this canal continues without any impediment. Boats laden with freight are pushing their way through. This time last year the canal was frozen up. St. John's Literary .dssociation.—The fourth anniversary of this association, we learn, will bat commemorated with interesting and attrastive ex orcises, at San= street Hall, on Thu/Ida, eve ning, February 25th, 1858. /?an Over.—John Daffy was run over yes terday afternoon at Sixth and Filbert streets, by a horse anti wagon, and very seriously injured. He was taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital. Fire.—Au alarm of fire was caused about five o'clock yesterday afternoon by thesLight binn ing of Cole's shoe store, Dille street, &bora Eleventh. Damage trifling. -I Special Meeting of Common Council will be held this afternoon, at three o'clock, for the purpose of considering the appropriation Max GENERAL _NEWS. The Washington correspondent of the frit iscarrrn. g . the " Little Giant" when under greallris Senator Douglas is very short in stature, bat of such physical proportions, aside from this back, air instantly to attract the attention of a stranger. A very large head, connected with broad and power fully built shoulders by a short, full neck ; a cheek sufficiently roomy to contain the lunge of a giant, and a pair of short, dumpy legs, complete the physical picture 01 the "Little Giant," if we ex cept the broad, lofty Websterian brow, and the deep set. cavernous eyes, that sparkle and glow, when excited, like miners' lamps beneath it It is the tremendous brain power lodged in that per peadicular precipice of a forehead, and shooting out it fires from its shadowed eyes, that has siren him the sobriquet which he will carry table grave_ When excited and in full flow of debate that mas sive head rolls and shakes with the emphasis of his thought, and the huge hand doubles until the nails indent the palm, or else the broad. open band receives the blow of its mate and its-Unseat the sentence with a stunning report. The sweat pours from hint profneely, and falls from his head or is thrown clear of his shoulders by these inimi cal shakes of the head, as the raindrops are shaken from the trees by a storm. Add to -this a thick, bushy head of black hair and a teatime, mealy feeling, which prevents his being at rest for five consecutive minutes. and keeps him moving front one point to another in the Senate chamber, and my picture of the" Little Giant" is complete. United States Marshal Rynders sold iA New York, on Saturday, a collection of diamond* and fine jewelry, which had been seized on account of smuggling. The following is a portion of the more important lots sold, with the pnees attached: one diamond cress, twelve diamdnde. $325, C. P. Engle; one diamond cross, twelve diamonds, $3615, W. Turnbull, Cal.; sue diamond cross. eleven diamonds, SI9Q, Harrison ; enameled diamond brooch, $65 ; one pearl enameled brooch, sac' ; two diamond studs, $47; two diamond stub, $5O; one diamond and turquoise ring, $155, Burton; one cameo brooch, set in diamonds, $l9O. by John L. Dean. The- announcement of the buyer's name raised some fun. One sapphire and dis.mond bracelet, ear-rings to match. started at $1,200, and sold at $1,:00, to A. h. Gardner; black cameo brooch, set in diamonds, $250, Anricks; oee do golden diamond bracelet and breastpin, $445. J. Long ; one do golden diamond bracelet started at $2OO, and sold at WO, to W. Turnbull. the Cali fornia merchant; one brilliant, 41 1-10 1.33 dwte., $9OO, W. Turnbull; one brilliant oral, 2 darts $205; two brilliant thick-square 61 dada , $7!O, W. T.; one brilliant 3 less 1-16 darts., $4OO ; one ruby, 3 tem 1-32 dett , ., $250, Dr. Brandreth ; ant , emerald. 5 doves , $295, Bishop. An Adrian (Michigan) correspondent of the Detroit Ailterti.fer writes the particulars of a heart-rending affair, which occurred at few day, sines. John Gray, who resides in a log house, started for the town, and when nearly a mile off, he saw smoke arising from his dwelling and quick ly returned. Upon arriving on the spot, he be held his house in flames, and also his wife in the very centre of the fire, already very ranch burned. So fierce were the flames, that it was utterly im possible for the husband to extricate his wife, and he accordingly was compelled to stand and see her, his house, furniture, and a little over one hundred dollars, all ho possessed on earth, devoured by Ere. It is supposed that .Mrs Gray was take , - in a fit, as site was subject to them, and pre-Ably fell against the chimney, which was composed of sticks, causing them to fall with a crash upon her directly into the fire-place. and of coarse all took fire im mediately. What is most strange, Mr. Gray's lit tle daughter, aged four years, seized her little sir ter, a babe in the cradle, and bore het into the road, thereby saving its life. A correspondent of the Belvidere (N. J.) Intel,l4 - encer says, that at a wedding in Man/ilea township, Wanes county, on the sth December, a, calathumpian band" was got np to serenade the happy couple; they burnt a for barrel, fired a cannon, and made themselves generally as disa greeable as they possibly could, and a jug of whiskey having been proattred, one of the ca s. thumpians, Joseph Snyder by name, drank so freely of it that he died from Its effects some time during the night. A coroner's inquest was held, and this verdict returned: " That the saidTosepla Snyder came to his death by drinking an excessi ve q uantity of whiskey." The deceased leaves a wife and child. 'Wt.; are informed, says the Cambridge, lid., Herald, that a colored man, called George Wash ington, came home from Baltimore with the small pox on him week before last, and visited his wife living in Town Point Neck, in this county ; last week he died. Hit wife being unable to get him buried, left the house on the night after lass death —the house was then set un fire and burned to the ground, with the corpse in it. This is the only case we have beard of in the county. Mr. Nathaniel H. Wills, who composed one of the patriotic band of Petersburg ) vol unteers in the war of 130, and was wounded at the battle of Fort Meigs' died In Jonesborcugh t Tenn., on the 6th instant. Ex-President Pierce having been named for Vetted States Senator for New Hampshire, the Concord Patriot announces thst he would not as otpt the office even it he could receive the vote of every member of the Legislature. James Shepard, convicted in New York of arson in the eat degree, waxen Saturday Ben tenoed to be hang on the Bth of February. W. Hutchinson, postmaster at Charlottes ville, Va., died suddenly, on the 18th inst , in the cars, near Gordonsville. Wm. Williams, convicted at Harrisburg, Pa., of the murder of D. Hendricks, was, on Fri. day last, sentenced to be hung.
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