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THE AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION POBUSBBB MOBS TBAB ONB THOUSAND CHOICE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND.YOUTH, t Being the Largest Collection in the Country. THBT. ARB FOW POBLIsniNO A NEW BOOK EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. Elegantly illustrated Catalogues may be had without charge, by addressing THE AMSRIOAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. 1133 CHESTNUT Stmt, Philadelphia. A large assortment of Bibles, together with the de votional books used in tba various Evangelical Churches, always kept on hand, obll-tf rjTHIKD EDITION NOW READY. J tat TtJBLIG AND PBIVATE HISTORY . OF NAPOLEON THE THIRD, BY SAMUEL M BNDOJIKIt, A. Al. OPINIONS OP TUB HRKBS Written with ability, and is quite interesting.— [Phila. City Item. Mr. Sliluoker’a volume Is a good one, and win be so pronounced by the majority of readers —[U. S. Journal, It is the most complete biography of tho Fronoh Emperor yet published fß&l'imore Republican. 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Oad on a 2 parts. Conflict: Alegalterand WotterSnaik. Astronomy—A lecture. Solillquy ; Adrest to a Berd onto the fens. Pome; A noad to the Grek Blaiv. A Lytell Geate of Lewys Clarke. To the Aingel as Is gone. Hanah Gane. Fre nolle ov the Herins. With painting. , Oh the clam. To an eklips. A Grate Apik : Tirkle. Pete—an avgrij pome (for length.) A noad to the Cnmeck, Ac , Ao., Ac., Ao* The nnmerous laughter-provoking verses of tills well known humorous and sparkling American writer, which, so widely copied, have so often convulsed the reader, are here collected in book form, and make a more attractive volume than has been issued in many years. Lewis Gaylord Clarke, of the Knickerbocker Maga attnr, says: “ The bonea of those who have exploded in the perusal or the verses of K. N. 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The host has thrown hie soul Into the task of iron *eal. and wo think -that his efforts will meet with universal approbation. When reopened H will bo a model seU-tf *e2&tu th if 8m Netugnblitatumo. ILLUSTRATED BBJRTB, DRAWBRS, WOOLtBNS, iM TALL TRADE, Jenifers. S*.M6 North WATER Street, (Eimrnlioiifll. PHILADELPHIA, TBjUHSDAY, OCTOBER J 4, 1858. jjr mi. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14,1858. longfellow’s New Poem.* .. Among the living poets who use the Anglo- Saion language, oul‘ oWn Occu pies a foremost rank. With the exception, porhaps, of Mrs. Browning, not one Of them is entitled to so milch bondr. Not Bryan 1' nor Hat.nkok, who, have chiefly made brief excursions with the Muses, nor Tennyson «has so thoroughly, deserved tho high title of POet. How largely has he written—and how woll. How profitably, for humanity, has ho em ployed himsolf. Only filly-one years old/and so much done for posterity. "Well do wo', re collect, some throe and twenty years ago, re ceiving tho two volumes of Outre Mer, then Just published by the Harpers of New Yolk. Tho hooks in thin rod-calico binding (a no velty then) soern to he upon onr table now, inviting us to road thorn. No author’s nginfl was given, but wo Baw, at once, that a master spirit had arison. There was somothingjdn the work reminding us of The Sketch Boq\c, hut tho field of Observation was larger,, and the stylo had more coloring and breadth.* A Wein of poetic feeling ran through that beau tiful prose. Another volume a fow years later; this was Hyperiot i t Ji*' teraliy a poem in prose, imbued with fine: scholarly feeling, and lull of romahtlo sentiment. By this time, we know that this promising writer was Henry Wadbworth Lonofei.i,ow, Professor in Harvard University, and (we rejoiced to learn) a young man. Tho «imagination all compact,” tho lino taste, tho gonial scholarship, tho fertile fancy, which Outre Mer and Hyperion exhibited, prepared us for Lonofehow’s next volume—a collection of poems called Voices of the Night.- Rapidly, but not exhaustingly, followed other noble volumes— Ballade, The Spanish Student, The Belfry of Bruges, Evangeline, Kavanagh, (which is a poem,) The Seaside andtheEireside, The Golden Legend, (which we have heard the late Henry W. Herbert admiringly read, with tear-flllod eyes and faltering accents, bo deeply did its beauty charm him,) and, last of all, that surpassing Song of Hiau/atha, which so do lightingly charms the hoart with iegondary loro. If the subject, as well as the metro, of The Song of Hiawatha was a surprise, how much more surprising is the selection, from such unpromising materials as tho story of the Pil grim Fathers, of a theme for as charming a love-taleaspoetevorpenned. The Courlship.of mies Slandish, which will this day he publish ed in Boston, relates certain lovo-passageß In tho life of tho sturdy Puritan Captain—relates; them with simplicity and power, as well with a certain infusion of pathos, passion, and natu ral humor. Wo must givo some idea of this’ poom. It is written in the hexameters which Lono- FKM.OW had already employed in Evangeline. Tho Bccno is at Plymouth. Tho persons of the poom are Miles Standish, the Puritan Captain; John Aldon,one of tho bold yeo*. raon who sought lrocdom of rollgious thought far away from his own native Engl ami ■ .and a fair maidon named Prißcilla. Miles Standish, a man of action, and a mighty warrior,’is dot: scribed thus: ■ Short of stature ho was, hut strongly hulltaha athistio. Broad in tho shoulders, deop-chested, with musol.s and sinews of ironj j Drown as a nnt was hi* face, but hi* russet hoard was already ‘ •/' Flaked with patches of snow, as hedge* sometimes In November. While, witli a martial air, this brusque Puritan wato about UlsroomtHtriedtothtmjftrt; there sits before him— Jehu Alien, his friend And household companion, Writing with diligent speed at a table of pine by the window} Fair-haired, aiore-eyed, with delicate Saxon com plexion, , Having the dew of hi* youth, end the beauty thereof, as the captives Gregory haw, pnd exclaimed, < < Not Angles, bat Angels.” Youngest of all was he of thomen who came in the May Plower. Standish vaunt* not a little of bis arms of warfare and what ho has done with thorn— vaunts, too, of the twelve stalwart men who compose his little troop, the defence of tho young Colony-vaunts largely of the solitary brazen howitzer planted High on the roof of the oharoh, a preacher who speaks to the purpose, Steady, straight-forward, and strong, with irresistible logic, Orthodox, flashing conviction right Into the hearts of the heathen, and boasls, most dofyingly, that ho is read y for any assault of tho Indians. Soon his- thoughts are changed, and fall upon his wife, tho buried Bose Standish. Beautiful rose of love, that bloomed for me by the way sido! Bhe was the first to die of all who came in the May Ho selects, from his scanty collection of books, a translation of Ctosar’s Commentaries, Seated himself at the window, and opened the book, and in eilenoe Turned o’er the well-worn leaves, where thumb-msjrka thick on the margin, Like the trample of feet, proclaimed the battle was hottest. Meanwhile, John Alden is writing letters to bo aeut to England by tho May Flower, which is about returning; letters lull of tbu name of Priscilla. Every sentenco began or oloaed with the name of Pris cilia, ’Till the treacherous pen, to whioh he confided fhe se cret, Btrove to betray it by singing and shouting the name of Priscilla. Ho is interrupted hy Standish, who, quot ing tho Scriptural aphorism, «’tia not good for man to bo alone,” informs him that he has seriously thought of tho maiden Prißcilla, and desired to wed her. Said to myself, that if ever There wore angel* en earth, as there are angels in hea- ven, Two have t seen and known; and the angel -phoae same isPrUoilla Holds on my desolate life the place whioh the oilier abandoned. Ho entreats John Aldon to woo Priscilla for him, « a blunt old Captain, a man not of words but of actions.” Alden, whoso lovo for tho maldon is a part of his very being, would fain decline this mission, and quotes the Captain’s favorite maxim, that what youwould have well dono you must do it yourself. But, appealed to, in tho namo of their friendship, to do this proxy-wooing, he consents. Tho poet boautifully describes tho young man's sensations as, with tho arrow in his heart, ho goes through Plymouth woods, on this difficult errand. Ho finds Priscilla Singing tho Hundredth t Psalui, the grand old Parit&n an thorn, Maria that Luther sang to the facrod wordi of the psalmist, Pull of the breath of the Lord, oonaoling andoomfort- Ing many. Then, as he opened the door, he beheld the fern of the nmiden | Seatod berido her wheel, and the carded wool like a snow-drift Piled at her knee, her white hands feeding file raven ous spindle, While with her foot on the treadle she guided the wheel in its motion. Open wide on her lap lay the well-worn psaln-book of Ainsworth,) Printed in Amsterdam, the words and the musio to gether, Rough-hewn, angrier notes, like atones In tie wall of a ohurchyard, Darkened and overhang by the tanning vne of the verses, Saoh wa« the book from whose pages she eaig the old Pnritan anthem, She, the Puritan girl, in the solitude of tbeforest, Making the humble house and the modest apparel of home-spun Beautiful with her beauty, and rich with ;he wealth of her being! Over him rushed, like a wind that ie keen lad cold and relentless, Thoughts of wbat might have been, and tluweight and woe of his errand; All the dreams that had faded, and all the hopes that had vanished, All his life henceforth a dreary and tenfttleu man sion, Haunted by vain regrets, and pallid, sorrovful faces. Girding his soul up for his hard dity, Alden #The Courtship of Milks Staupisu,' and other poems. - By'Henry Wadsworth Longfe'l6w, 12mo. Boston: Tleknor A Fields. ontora tho house, and is grouted by tho mob den, who says— I knew it was you, when I heard your step in the pas sage, For I was thinking or you a* I nat there singing and spinning. At last, ho mnkos tho proposal, which is hoard with amazement and sorrow, and coldly received. Aldon goes on, right loyally,, to pralso his friend's merits i But a* he wended and glowed, In his slmplo and elo quent language, (Jalto forgot f ttl of self, and lull of the praise of hi* rival. Archly the maiden smiled, and, with eyes over running with laughter, Said, In a tremulous voice, “ Why don’t you speak for yonrself, John ?”* TPe can see how it will end. Ere tho autumn fulls charming Priscilla will bo Mrs. Aldon. Not a thought, not a hope of this has tho young man. Ho rushes into tho opon air, his mind agitated by conflicting omotionß. Ho sees tho May Flower riding at anchor, ready to sail on tho morrow, and resolves to roturn to England, heart-brokon, rather 'than remain. Returning to Plymouth, then with Us seven houses, he tells Miles Standish*, word for word, all that had boon said, and is accused oi boing a traitor to his friond. "While the cap tain’s wrath yet rages, he is summoned to the council, where he finds an Indian with a chal lenge of war, and, in his heat, accepts it. Flower sails—without bearing off John Alden. Ho cannot depart. Milos Standish has gone away, armed for battlo, Without a word between them. Ho sees Pris cilla, sadly gazing upon him, as if she di vined his intention, and resolves to re main for her sake; oml Pk* an Invisible presence Hover Around her for ever, protecting, supporting her Weakness. . The two walk homo together, Priscilla ex plaining—very frankly, hut in language net half so plain as wo expected—that she lilted Alden, and would over be to him the first, truest, nearest, and dearest of friends. There Is no mistake about it: Priscilla will certainly marry him. Meanwhile, Miles Standish and his band march to battle with the Indians. As ho plods his way, he sensibly resolves to tear from his heart both tho love and tho anger. Two chiefs ho moets and slays, sending tho hoad of one of them to Plymouth, whore it Scowled from the roof of the fort, which at once was a church and a fortress Mouths pass away, and tho village is pros perous and peaceful, Miles Standish and bis little band manfully battling, at a distance, with the opposing Indians. Alden has built him a new house, which is admirably described In a few words. Often do his feet carry him to tho houso of Priscilla. One afternoon in the Autumn, as Alden sits by her watching hor at tho wheel Aa If the thread she wan-spinning wore that of hi* life and hi* fortune, ho likens her to the beautiful Bertha, tho spinner, the Queen of Helvetia, Who, a* she rode on her palfrey, o’ar valley, and mea dow, and mountain, Ever war spinning her thread from & distaff fixed to her ■What follows 1b ono of tho most pleasing passages in tho poem, and is a curious instance of tho manner in which Longfellow’* grace ot diction brightens, into beauty, ono of tho most ordinary incidents of domestic life : Straight oprone from hor wheel the beautiful Puritan ‘ / maiden, Pleased with the praleo of her thrift from him whose ! ' ‘praise was the eweotest, Drew from the reel on the table a snowy skoln of hor ' spinning, Thu* making answer, meanwhile, to tho fiatteriDg phrases of Alden; « Gome, yon must not be Idle ; if I am a pattern for housewives, Show "yourself equally worthy of boing the model of husbands. Hold this skein on your hAnds, while I wind ft, ready , v. for kqUttag;. Then who know* out hereafter, when rashfon* have changed and the manners, Father* may talk to their sons of tho good old times of John Alden!” Thus, with a jest and a laugh, the skein on Ills hards she adjusted, Hs Billing awkwardly there, with hi* arm* extended ' before him, She Standing graceful, erect, and winding , the thread from hie finger*, Sometimes ehldlng a little his dura*/manner of hold* ” lug, Sometimes touching hie hands, as she disentangled ex* pertlj Twist or knot in the yarn, unawares—for how could she help it! Sending eleotrlcal thrill* through every nerve in hi* body. Wo know, os wo read this description, that many a poet-painter in America and in Eng land will put, in colors, on tho canvas, John Alden holding tho skoin and beautiful Priscilla winding it off his awkward hands. Surely, Thomas Buchanan Read, who is painter as well as poet, will gloriously illus trate this charming subject 1 Suddenly cornea nows of the death of Standish. A poisoned arrow had slain hins and tho foes, having cut off all his forces in ambush, threatened tho village : BUent nnd statue-like stood Priscilla, her face looking backward S ill at the face of the Rpeaker, her arm* uplifted iu horror; But John Alden, upstarting, as if tho barb of tho arrow Pierclog the heart of his friend had struck hisowna and had sundered Once and forever the bonds that held him bound as a captive, \ Wlld with oxcom of sensation, the awful delight of his freedom, Ulogled t wUb palu aud regrot, unconscious of what ho was doing, Clasped, almost with a groan, the motionless form of Priscilla, Pressing her dose to bis heart, as for ever his own, aud exclaiming u Those vrhom tho Lord hath united, let no mau put thorn asunder !” Bren as rivulets twain, from distant and separate sources, Seeing each other afar, as they leap from the rock*, and pursuing Each one its devious path, bat drawing nearer and nearer, Ruah together at last, at their trysting place In the fo rest; Bo these live* that had run thus far iu separate chan * nets, Coming in sight of each othor, then swerving And llowiDg asunder, Parted by barriers strong, but drawing nearer and nearer, Rushed together at last, and one was lost in the other. This, it must bo confessed, is poetry of a blgh order. Tho rest of tho story is soon told. Tho lovers wod, in tho ussemblago of tho people: The Blder and Magistrate also Graced the scene with thoir presence, and stood liko the Law and the Gospel, ons with the sanction of earth, and one with tho hies* aiug of heaven. Tho aorvico ended, Milos Standish appears on tho threshold, and renews his friendship with John Alden. All onds happily. Load ing out his snow-whito stoor, “ covorod with crimson cloth, and a cushion placed for a saddle,” tho bridegroom will have Priscilla ride to her futnro homo : Somewhat alarmed at flret, but roaMnred by the others, Placing her hand on the cushion, her foot In the hand of her husband, Gayly, with joyous laugh, Priscilla mounted her pal- frey. “Nothing is wanting now,” he said with a smile, “but the distaff j Then you would be in truth uiy queen, my beautiful Bertha’.” Onward the bridal processlou now moved to thoir new habitation, Uappyhußband and wife, and friends conversing to- gether. Pleasantly murmured the brook, a* they crossed tho fOTtl in tho foiest, Pleased with the image that passed, like a dream of love through its bosom, Tremulous, floating in air, o’or the depths of the azure abysses. i Down through the golden leaves the sun was pouring his splendors, Gleaming on purple grapes, that, from branches above them suspended, Mingled their odorous breath with the balm of the plno and the fir tree, Wild and sweet as the olnßtera that grew In tho valley of Bshcol. Like a picture It seemed of tho primitive, pastoral ages, Freeh with tho youth of the world, and recalling Re beooa aud Isaao, Old and yet ever new, and simple and beautiful always, Love immortal and young ip the endless succession of lover*. So through the Plymouth woods passed onward the bridal procession. So eoncludes the poem. It occupies one half the volume, and wo havo only tho ono re gret, on finishing it, that it to too brief. It was published in Loiidon throe weeks ago, and we perceive that tho critics there consider it anoblo contribution to the pootical wealth of our common literaturo. The remainder of tho volume is mado up of various lyrics, most of which have already graced the pages of American periodicals. Among theso wo aro delighted to meet, far superior to Tennyson’s weak and labored effusion on tho same subject, The "Warden of tho Cinque Port 3, that exquisite poem of The Two Angels, Santa Filomena, and tho beau tiful stanzas on Childhood. IVotiQSs, of New Hooks# Childs A Potorson have brought out a sohool* edition of Vouvicr's familiar Astronomy, with ovor two hundred finely oxoouted engravings. It is published at ono dollar—half tho price of the library edition. This is tho latost, and also, we boliovo, tho bo3t Treatise on Astronomy. It oer tainly is ono of tho most readable soientifio works wo have yet soon. It comes recommended by the host practical astronomers in tho word—Bond, Gould, Maury, Olmsted, Bartlott, and Alexander, in this oountry, and Hersoholl, Airy, Hind, Smith, Dick, Pepper, Flarrion, Lardnor, Niohol, and Bish op, in Europe. Its introduction as a. school-book is deoidodly a good thought. Rudd and Carloton, of Now York, have just contributed an amusing volume to what may bo oalled eocontrio literaturo. It is the famous K. AT. Pepper Papers, at wkioh so many thousands liuro langbod, in the Knic/cerborier Magazine, during tho list Mr. Pepper is'a most original and romarkablo genius. IJo is tho only man, with the exception of Smollett and Thomas Hood, who has consistently carried out the illegi timate system of purposoly spelling words merely by sound. Smollett cumraoncod it on “Humphrey Clinker,” whore Mrs Winifred Jenkins epistolizes in a ludiorous manner, with her primitive ortho graphy. “ Hood’s Own” ountuins some specimons equally good—such, iir fact, as a somi-oduoated person might have written. Thaokoray has at tempted much in this way, but with no effect, save an ostentatious failure. His bed spelling is too studied, and smells terribly of tho lamp Above aU,jtis not natural. Two,such persons as Charles' Yellowplush and James the footman, whatever other mistakes they made, never could have written their own names Chawlcs and Jsemes. R. N. Pepper monstrously misspells. But ho does it naturally—just as an ignorant 'person would. We oannot holp laughing at his writings, in which humor and wit largely flourish. Some of his “ pomes” are inimitablo. His “ Noad to the Grok Slaiv” would havo made Tom Hood roar again with laughter. His great opio, upon “Tirkol” also looms largely out; while his latest offusion en titled “Polo.- an avorig porno (foe length) dedecait to L. Galerd Clark,” 13 exactly what Sam Weller, who had peculiar orthographic notions, might have dashed off, in a fortunate hour, had the gods made him poetioal. Tho prose of this volumo is also worth notico. Mr. P. Pepper Podd, who edits the book, is an original in his own way. Finally, and to oouolude, wo recommend the reader to buy (in default of begging, borrowing, or stealing) this amusing book, and medicinally apply It, with dis cretion, as a oare dispeiler. It will make him laugh, until his sides acho and his good-looking eyes shed mirthful tears. “Slate a Substitute for Marble’’--The IJltisgow Herald Answered. On tho nineteenth day of Juno last, an article was published iii The 'Press, ontitled “ Slate ver . sus Marble,” the object of which was to point out certain uses to which our Pennsylvania slate was being applied, and among othors, that it was being sucoossfully introduced as a substitute for fanoy imported marbles in tho manufacture of mantels or chimney pieces. The articlo in ques. tion was subsequently copied into aEuropean jour nal, tho Glasgow Herald , and followed soon after by a very long communication, in which the writer attempted to show .tho “uttor absurdity and want of truthfulness of the jtyierican articlo.” Inasmuoh ns tho author of that artiole is charac terized by the writer in the Herald as “ display ing an utter ignoraneo of the subjeot on which ho writes, and that be is altogether at sea on the mattor,” and as I am the author thus referred to, I now pro'poflo to consider tho criticisms made upon my statements respecting the merits of slate as a substitute for marble, and at the same time demonstrate for tho slate a still more decided ad vantage over tho exotio marbles than waeolaimcd in my former artiole. To set my transatlantic critic a better oxample than to waste threo-fourths of iny spaoo in point less witticisms, I will attend to business first, and if 1 havo a spare oornor to laugh at his ridiouloua thrusts at tbe Yankooiem ho is not sharp enough to understand, I may have a word to say of tho “doubleyolk in Jonathan’s egg,” etcetera. In tho first place, to give as muoh weight to his re marks on marble as possible, he gravoly informs his readers in the outset that ho “hasbtul twenty one years experience as a marble outtor.” Ilow much this has brightened his ideas of American statu wo shall soo presently. Tho first point over which ho crows lustily is tho apparent contradic tion in my former article, in whioh I said: “ In marble tho porous veins induco a degree of roughness, whioh no amount of polishing can over come without tbe aid of putty, or somo other pliable subateeceand again, that “ Slato is not injured in tbe slightest by tho effbots of groasy substances, gas, or smoko, all of which net so detrimentally to the faco and appearance of marble.” In this statement, niv critic says, “ There is an antagonism which rnny well be loft for American ingenuity to rcoonoilo and so thore would be, if I bad said that tho substanoe used to fill up tbe pores in marblo was necessarily an oily prepara tion ; but this I did not do, and if our marble champion would only leave his native quarries long onough to consult auy good loxicographor of his own land, he might learn that the term “ putty” is not ineroly restricted to a compound of whiting and linseed oil, but that it is appliod with equal propriety toother “ filling-up ” substances entirely froo from oil. To say tbe least, this i-i a very stupid quibble, oorning us it does from a quarter from which wo havo so long been accus tomed to expeot wiuor things, and certainly is a sorry argument to disprove thp porousness of marble ’ Tho othor capital assault mado by my pedantio marble-cutting orilio is upon my statement that “ these imitations in elate, designated by the uamos of -DrocateJJa Spanish, Vcrdantiquo, Egyp tian, Mosaic, and others have a decided advantage in point of smoothness and brilliancy of finish over the real marblo articles.” To this ho says, “ I fear suoh a thing as ‘ Spa nish’ marblo is only known to tho writer bimsolf, and of tho ‘ Mosaic,’ who does not know that it is not a kind of marble, but rather a combination of marblo, whereby somo design or variety is carried out? But suoh is ovor the onso when people write of things they know nothing about ” Too well do I remember tho oarly occupation of Hugh Miller —tho goologist of Scotland—to in sinuate nught against tbe profession of his sur viving countryman; yet I cannot read suoh so phistry without being reminded that evory shoe maker is not a Roger Shorman. Tho exception taken to my use of tho tom “Spanish” in speak ing of our slate imitations cannot but appoar ri diculously bypororitioal to overy ono who knows that a marblo oatitlod “Spanish” is oxtonsively imported into this country by marblo doalors, and that among judges of marblo its peculiar style is rondily rcoognisod nnd known by no othor name. As to tho exact location of tho quarries (whioh our orltio offeots to know aro not in Spain,) it is little oonsaquenoo, so that thoro is a marblo known to tho trade by that name. Wo in America, for examplo, raanufnoturo fabrics for ladies’ wear which, from thoir similarity in stylo, nnd our popular rospeot for tho nnigo, aro sold and known as “ Scotch Plaids f' ond who but our stone, outtlog oritio would bo ogotistioal enough, or, it may bo, stupid onough to-donyt.ho propriety of giving to them that namo beoauso, forsooth, they bad not boon woven among tho highlands of Soot land? This same answor will equally apply to his oft-ropeated slurs at our American imitations of “Mosaio.” I am glad, upon tho whole, however, that ho has opened tho way for enlarging more fully upon the unquestionable advantages of slate ovor mar blo, not only for mantels,'but all othor artioles of fumituro for whioh marbles aro used. In tho first place, its boauty js.far superior to tho finest speci mens of fancy marblos, and for this roaaon: Thoro are in all suoh marbles certain spots of rare boauty in point of colors, combinations, and so forth, whilst the ronminder of the slab or plate may bo comparatively dull. By means of tho tnarbleizing proooss—whioh hn&, perhaps, beon brought to a higher state of perfection in this city than in any other part of tlio world —tho most ex quisite spots in tho real marblo can bo perfectly imitated and extended ovor tho whole enamelled sarfaoe of tho slate. Tho Vordantique affords a striking illustration of this point, as tho combina tions in this aro so raro in the marble that to pro cure enough to produoo a good-siied mantel would cost many thousands of dollars, and be but a piece of pfttohwork at that; whilst tho imitations of Verdantique, in their most beautiful and elabo rated form, may bo had for a'rjost riot oxoeoding a hundred dollars. As regards tho durability of tho two materials, TWO CENTS. hundreds of our most respectable citizens, who could have no interest in testifying to Anything but the truth in this matter, have, after a fair trial of both, decidod in favor of the slate. Xam glad that my eritic has had sufficient experience and honesty to admit that the enamelled slate is much harder than marble, but I am sorry that, with all his pretension, he should display such ignoranoe or the character of slate as to say that “ a sharp etrumont coming in contaot with either marble Of siato, while it would knook a small ohip from the former, would utterly destroy the latter, from its tendencies to split into layers.” For the general instruction of all who aro not aware of the fact* and my critic in particular, I will here stato that simple exposure to tho air greatly diminishes the tondenoyof siato to split, and whioh tendenoy i* almost entirely overcome by the powerful heating process to which it is oxposed in receiving the ena mel; and, in fact, to' split slate at all requires more effort and shill than most persons ima gine, as it can only be done by proceeding in tho most careful manner with proper instru ments. I bavo myself seen the experiment tried, and find that a hard knock with a hammer or hat chet against tho edges of slate and marble will produce a similar dupping-off result, whilst a simi lar knock upon tho sides of either would in most casos break the marble to pieoes and leave the slate unharmed. At least, this is true of our Amerioan slate; with the productions of the Wolsh, Irish, and Scotch slate quarries spoken of by my critio, tho case may bo different, and very probably is, and for this roason we may soon ex. pcot heavy ordors from those countries for the ele gant slate work that seems so much 'to trouble fhoir Blone-cutter3. He speaks of the refreshment tables in Sydenham Pulaco, and says, <( had they boon enamelled instead of marble, you would have seen the effeots of hot coffee lastingly thereon. ” If he means by this to insinuate that exposure to heat is more detrimental to siato than to marble, he either voluntarily misrepresents the trnth,or betrays asad want of information upon tho matter about whioh ho writes. A ease has come tinder my own personal knowledge whore mantels of the two materials have been in use in the same house for the last fiv® years, of whioh the siato article presents as band some and perfeot an appearance now as the day it was put up, whilst tho marble chimney-piece in an adjoining room, subjeoted to the B&me exposure, presents an eld, dingy appearance, caused by the hoat and gas from the stove. A case also come undor my observation, not long since, where an elegant marble-top centre table had been com. pletely ruined by a small quantity of water being allowed to romain under a zephyr mat npon whioh a lamp was standing over night; the polish bad been totally destroyed, and in its stead was an unsightly whitish blotoh. In this oase it was cold water, not “ hot coffee,” that ruined marble, and if any ono will take the pains of calling upon the writer, ho will bo shown a well-preserved slate enamelled table- top, upon which boiling water has boon spilled, and a quantity of oil, both of whioh had no mori effect upon the enamel than they would have had upon a plate of glass. It will thus be seou that these criticisms are the result of an envious spirit whioh may yet learn a valuable lesson from that "American ingenuity*' it affeols to ridicule. My critio betrays a pitiable weakness when bo bogs the question by saying that “he doubts whether, after all, a tolerably well exoouted imi tation marble will cost less than tho genuine.” The truth is, the oost of the state in the artiole ho describes is less than one fourth the oost of marble, and this, considering its more desirable quali ties, may ore long make an impression upon the utilitarians of Scotland. He effeots a sharp bit at what ho is pleased to style “Yankee bombast,” by saying that “it is provorbial for Philadelphia lawyers to discover that which no one else can find out, and possibly It may hold good of their editors too.” Now, of all people, the subjects of the British orown should bo tho last to make light of this “finding-out 1 chnractoristio of the Yankees, inasmuoh as their whole stook in trade of pro gress within the present century has in most oases been out out of the whole doth of American in genuity. “Jonathan’s egg,” he says, “has always cwo yolks 1” Por all we know to the contrary, this oviparous charge may ho true, but it matters littlo, so that the egg is “good,” and a little re flection on the part of our trsusatlantio critio nmy yetonablo him to realize to his sorrow the dis parity between an egg having two yolks and one - having none at all, as a collision between the two undor suoh circumstances would most lively re sult disastrously to the empty egg. I ITEMS OF FOREIGN NEWS. Captain George Preedy, of her Majesty’s ship Agamemnon, has been made Companion of the Bath by Queen Viotoria. This honor, confer red for hfa service in bringing the Atlantio oable to Vulontin. docs not affix the “ Sir ” to Captain Procdy’s name. There is a rumor from Ireland of tho possi bility of the abolition of tho vicoroyalty. The su perstitious believe the time ia cotue because the saloon in which tho portraits of vicoroyalty are hung is full, and there is not room for another. Before the winter sets in thore is every cbaoco of the telegraphic communication from Alexandria to England being completed. Mr. Carlylo, whose productions aro much liked in Germany because they teem with com pound words, is now in Praguo. During the present year 26,000 troops have been sent to India for tho purposo of augmenting tho Quoon’a forces now serving in the Bengal, Ma dras, and Bombay presidencies, and another large body of roinforcomenta has been ordered for em barkation early next month. This vtfll increase tho Quoen’s forces serving in India, to 100,000 men. Prison Life.—At the meeting of tho British Association, now being held at Leeds, Mr. Milner, surgeon to the convict prison at Wakefield, read ft paper “On tbo influence of various circumstances in causing loss or gain in tho weight of prisoners in Wakefiold convict-prison.” This prison contains an average of nearly 400 convicts, who are weighed »t regular and stated in tervals.and the result recorded, in order to enablo the medical officer to determine whotber they are suffering from want of sufficient nourishment, £o Their ages range from 16 to 50, and they remain in jail on an avorage nino montbs e ich. Ono of the most noticoablo Facts elicited by the inquiry was, that the weight of the prisoners in creased in summer and in winter decreased: there 1 was a small increase in April, a small increase in May; in June again; in July alargor gain; in An gust a vory considerable gain; in September a To'S and this los3 continued through the winter and spring, being in March very large indeed. Before trial prisoners generally lost weight, unless they wore put upon extra diot—which appeared to com pensate for tbe mental anxiety, and maintained tho equilibrium of tbe body; but after trial, when they knew the worst, there was a considerable in crease in weight for somo months, and then the lengthened imprisonment began to tell upon them, and it was neoossary to have recourse to the extra diet again. Another result was, that men who worked hard required more food to keep up their flesh than thoeo who were engaged in light and sodentary occupations. Somo difference of views exists between Prince Napoleon and Marshal Magnan as to who has tbo right to command and review tbe troopß in Paris during tho Emperor's absence. In mili tary oiroles it is rumored that tho deoision bas‘ been in favorof the Marshal. All tho French ports on the Atlantic aro to be put in a state of defence. 150,000-000 francs have beon allocated for tho fortification of the portof Havre, of which tbemerohants of Havre are to provide 70,000,000; 17,000,000 francs are to be devoted to thedofenoo of Dunkirk; 7,000,000 to Dieppe, and 1.800,000 to Fecamp. Similar works are to be executed at Calais and Boulogne, and a port of refuge Is to bo constructed between Brest and Chorbourg. Tho Paris correspondent of the Times says that Prinoo Napoleon has gone to Warsaw to invite the Emperor Alexander to Paris. The anxi ety of the Emperor Napoleon to sec foreign sover eigns at his Court is said to be one of the weak points in his oh&rnoter, and tbe presenae of tbe Emperor of all theßussins at the Tuileries would be a triumph to his vanity. A correspondent of tho Nord says that all the ohiefs of the Rothtohild house—including members from London, Vienna, Frankfort, and Naples—are just now assembled at Paris, forming a veritable congress of financial powers. Tho Minister of tho King of Naples, In ft despatch to tbe Neapolitan Minister at Vienna, says that as England and France without reason/ and oontraryfto international law, withdrew their Ministers from tho Court of Naples, his Sicilian Majesty would consider himself humiliated in his own eyes, in tho eyes of his subjeots, and of Europe, if he took any steps to bring about a re conciliation. The Vienna press has been forbidden by tho polioe either to make any unfavorable romarks upon tho Germanic Diet, or to comment in any but flattering terms upon tbo two court theatres, those establishments being conducted by “high-plaoed personages.” An Exciting Scene.—ln Venice a series of dramatic representations have been given du ring September by Madame Riatorl. Amongst othor pieoes calculated to display tho varied ta lents of tho accomplished aotro‘B was Giaoommet ti’s well-known tragedy of “ Judith.” The theatre was crowded, and the audience listened with sym pathy and admiration to tho gradual development of indignant oourage in the Hebrew heroine. But whon, in the fullness of her unrivalled power, Ristori pronounced the lines : “ Name my namo to your children, and tell them that the war is s&ored which is waged by a nation against those who invndo a land given to its defenders by their God,” the audience roso ns one man, and gave vent to all the passionate excitement whioh tbo children of the South, when deeply moved, are accustomed to display. It was in vain that the graceful artiste strove by ber looks and gestures to appease thoir tumultuous applause, and sought permission to resume the enactment or her part. Judith and the foe of Israel seemed swept away from their memories by the sudden whirlwind of popular passion; and the air was rent with invectives and impreoations against Aus tria Iu tho first subsidence of tho storm, a repo- | tition of the magio lines was called for. Com- Iff O ’JL v Gorreapoadeirw %' 5 Blodttie follovjo; raw Brf * my commumcntion name of the writer., loonier ;w,■_ the typography, but. 0n.9 side of the *h»ei?? J ’ written upon. We shall be greatly obliged to gentlemen In Penns/*- Tania and Other States for contributions giving the car-' rent news of the day in their particular localities, tb e resources of the surrounding country, the Increase rt population, or any information that will Kp inform' <t { to the general reader. \ pliance would have been an Infraction 'of anV rious order of tbe police; rondo to guard r.gftines mandates of the kind from the audienoe. liie*ori hesitated for a time, and then withdrew to a«k permission. The commissary was absent, and to pacify her phrenzied hearers, she finally oame ward and gave the_ omnious words again. The anger of the authorities is not worth describing p and it is almost superfluous to add that the guilty play was next morning erased from the list of plea sures permitted to the disaffected Venetians." Letters from Stockholm state that thor cholera is raging there. On the 18th there were seventy-fonr new oases and thirty-one deaths.. Up to that date there had been altogether fire hundred and eleven oases and two hundred and seventeen deaths. The authorities had ordered that the dead from the cholera should be buried beyond the oity walls. ' A large caravan of Knsso-Greek missiona ries started a month ago under the Archimandrite «o°ri for Pekin. Russia will be first in* the field, of conversion. that on the continent the results Jr. of the promoters of the Isthmus off z?_f Canai assuming a definite shape. At thor r otingB S* ld la et year in England. Mr. the agent and representative oG 'W tha t M. de Lessens did nob aZnnr ?,S?K nd for aoney > that the necessary amount had been reserved for the various conn thalhSr Bar fl pa * *£r that if England did not tak* ?«?*.? r re ae l er . v ® d for her lfc would not orevent; tho« c . wried into execution. Tho** representations it is asserted win soon be ver ified, and the vanous oountrieß interested aro s a nnftn° rtrt h i ave n ? re ! d > aMiBfc in producing the 8,0110,01)0/. Manned in proportion, whioh have i 2«o S' a ‘r f fo,l S’' s : - The Vioe «y of Erypt. F?l2i 000 /iA?^? y > E WPt' ai >d Syria, 840,000/.; t a Rnn nnni°' 00 o ! ' ; . Anstri * and Lombardo-Vone ®o0 A ooo '-’ Kosaia, 480,000/.; North of Qer- Sweden, DenmaTk, the Hanseatic Towns, Switzerland, Holland, and Belginm, 600.- 000/. .Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece, 400,000 * aod the United States, 400,000/.; leaving the portion reserved for England 1,600.000/. The whole capita! is to be represented by 400,006 f“ r „ cs 20/. each. The- 8,000,000/. include* 1,500,000/. for interest during the construc tion of the works, and incidental expenses, the actual cnat estimated for making the ca nal being 6,500,000/. Per keeping it navigable the annual outlay is reckoned at 63,000/., and the calculations put forth are, that an average passage or only two ships per day of 2,500 tons each would yield an anual revonue of nearly 800,000/, or 16 per oent. on the capital. The land conceded bv the Viceroy in perpetuity amounts to 320,006 acres, and it is provided in the concession that the canal shall bo a neutral passage, and open to every merchant ship without distinction, exclusion, oc preference of persons or nationalities, on payment of the dues and observance of the established re gulations. GENERAL NEWS. Bold Robbery.—We are informed that 2 farmer of Oxford, Connecticut, who ha? a large peach orohard in Quaker Farms district, hired during “ crop time** two men to watch the premi ses. One night two strangers came along, and when near the orohard, one of them raised a gun and fired in tho direction of tbe two watchmen- Tho shot passed over their heads, and took effect m the trees, knocking off the branches and fruit. The watchmen called their watchdog and set him. upon the intruders, when another gun was fired, and the animal was shof dead. As soon as the watchmen recovered their presence of mind, they followed in the direotion the two men had taken,, and in another part of tbe lot they found no lesx than eight persons with baskets and bags, which they wero busily filling with fruit. When they saw the watchmen they immediately left, taking with them a large quantity of peaches. The firing of the gun was undoubtedly done to attract the attention of the watchmen while the robbers were securing their booty. Serious Accident.—The wifo of Charles Grocer, residing on the Shaker road, near Troy, N. Y_, about five miles from that city, was serious ly injured in a grist mill on Thursday week. Dur ing the Absence of her husband from the mills sho was informed that the miller was suddenly pros trated by sickness; that the mill was in operation with a quantity of wheat in tbe hopper, and no person to take ehargeof it. She repaired to the mill, and while adjusting the her dress was caught in a wheel, and in an instant her head was drawn between two cog-wheels, tearing her hair and a portion of the scalp off. In endeavor ing to extricate herself, her right foot and left! hand were smashed, and her left arm above tha elbow mangled. When extrioated, she presented a horrible appearance, and although alive yester day morning, no hopes wore entertained of her* recovery. At the time of the occurrence her hus band was several miles away from home. Caoutchouc Carriage Wheels. —Theser wheels are now extensively manufactured in Eng land, and are said to possess several advantage? over those hitherto used. They are slated to br less expensive than iron-tyred wheels, and to b<r capable of travelling as many as twelve thousand miles, whereas an iron-tyred wheel is said to bo worn away after travelling four thousand miles- An improvement consists in forming tho periphery of the wheels of a dish-like figure, in whiou tho india rubber lies, with a projection in the centre, dipping far down into the wheel, so that as tho pressure increases so does security in proportion, and the rubber presents a curved figuie to tho road, similar to a new half-round tyre. If tho objootion of excessive wear has boen got over by this arrangement, there is little doubt of india rubber wheels coming into more general use. GItArBEARD. A Wild Animal in Ulster. County.— JS, dangerous visiter has made his appearance on th<* mountain near Ellenvilie, Ulster oounty, Ohio, creating no little alnrm and excitement in thatl quiet neighborhood by his ferocity. It is sank t&at he is about the sizo and bears some resent-* bianco to the panther. A few days ago he de scended from a tree after a man, and chased him some distance. One of the oldest settlers, Mr. Jacob Mance, known as a brave and experienced hunter, has been driven from tbe woods through fear of him. He goes howling about the woods u& night, alarming the inhabitants by his yells, and committing devastation upon the cattle, sheep, &c* A general hunt for this ferocious monster will comer off in a few days, and the hunting community hava boon invited to attend. A reward of $lO will b« paid for his skin. Suicide.—Mr. Selden F. Gordon, of Cha zy, N. Y., committed suicide some few days ago, by hanging himself in his stable. He wont out: as usual to milk cows, but not returning within ai reasonable time, search was made for him, and when found was quite dead* Ho bad placed a* box in a position to step from it and let himself down sufficiently to produce strangulation. Ha was a thriving farmer, and ooonpied the placa known &s the Roswell Ransom farm. He cams from Vermont to this State two or three ye&rN ago, and was supposed to be doing veil. No reasonable cause is assigned for the rash and fatal aot. The Prize Fight. —Heen an and Morrissey aro concealed somewhere* in the vicinity of Cana da, awaiting the arrival of the 2 oth (a week front yesterday) when the “great fight” will takei place.. The fancy are in a state of anxious sus pense, as every one of them has invested his piia in tho chances. On the 6th of this month the par* ties met at Buffalo and tossed up for ohoice of ground. The choice fell upon the Benicia Boy, who named the greund. Ot course tho location of the coming fight is kept seoret, lest there should, be interference on the part of meddling police men. New Style of Advertising.—Those West* ern folks are famous hands for new ideas; for in stance, the columns ot the Bt. Louis Republican oontain the following: “ Engaged. —Miss Anna Gould to John C&ndal, city marshal, both of Leavenworth, K. T.” Why not adopt the fashion here ? How popular a newspaper would be among tbe young misses if it contained a column or so daily of like announot mental There is nothing near as fascinating in births, marriages, or deaths. — N. T. Pay Book « A Wholesale Dental Operation.—During the thunder shower that passed over the town of Petersham, Mass., last week, a bolt of lightning; passed down a rod attached to the residence of & Mrs. Pierce. The lady was sitting at the window immediately adjacent the lot at tbe time, and was somewhat stunned. But, ourious to relate, sh 9 was greatly astonished to find, on examination, that every one of her upper teeth had been ex tracted by the shook without her'knowingit, an<2 were laying about loose on the floor. A New Anchor. —Tho vessels of the Para guay expedition are furnished with a novel affair in a new kind of sea anchor. It is about fifteeix feet long, and is oonstruoted something like tha leaf of an umbrella, braoed with wood, and mada of canvas; tho contro is iron, and by throwing this machine overboard in a heavy sea the ship would be instantly hovo to, were tho water ever so deep. —Boston Traveller. Presentation.— A very handsomo testimo nial in tho form of a massive silver breakfast ser vieo has been presented to Captain Thomas Soott, master of the skip Herefordshire, of London, from tho President of the United States, in acknow ledgment of the gallant and humane services ha renaored in saving the passengers and crew of th<x American ship John Gilpin. Large Robbery.—The Petersburg Express states that R Y. Thomason, a wealthy planter of North Carolina, had his pocket picked as he wris entering the oars at Fredericksburg, on Wednes day, of $5,500 in bank notes, draft*, and a check* The thief is supposed to be a man who followod him from Baltimore. Thanksgiving.—Governor Ring has issued his proclamation appoint!! g Thursday, the 18th day of November, to be observed as a day of gene ral thanksgiving and praise throughout the Statu of New Yoik. Racing .—A New York paper says that soma wealthy American gontlemon, in a high state of racing fever, have determined to challenge a raca between English and American horses for $lOO,- 000—four-mile heats over tho Fashion course. A. Keene Roberts, of Georgetown, Ky.,' bas determined to purchase the celebrated En glish raoe horse, Fisherman, and bring him tot this country. The prioe to be paid for him U thirty thousand dollars. Work has been resumed at tho Mount Vernon cotton factory, Alexandria, Va. Tha machinery has beon thoroughly repaired, and many of tho latest improvements in the manufac ture of cotton goods have been introduced. Sugar Crop A correspondent of tha Picayune prophesies an immense sugar crcp in Louisiana tnis season —say four hundred thousand hogsheads. ' The Comet. —It has heen suggested that tha tail of the eomot is caused by the dust it kioks Bp in travelling. Rich.—The Moravian congregation at Beth lehem, Pennsylvania, hare over a million of dol lars at inteieet.
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