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r ; . Well worth the attention ef the ftmJe,
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au33-d tnoT l r / ■
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Goods, enlarge satiety of ohoU* deelgas, aeleeted in
Earope daring the last season, at onosnally low prices.
In the above la alarge variety of
BRUSSELS TAPESTRY CARPETS,
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ONX DOLLAR PSR YAMB.
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' OHBSTHUT B.TRBBT,
oeMin.' BELOW BKV3NTH.
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„.. .. WILL OPES THIS DAY
. Theit FAll Importation
OAKPETINGS,
aelf-trj ' ‘ a*
PRIOBB ORBATIiT BBDUOBD.
£JARPETINGS.
Ellington Brussels,
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venitiAns, and lower gradbb,
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SOOTS AND SHOESi
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. DAIVIASIES, DIAPERS, Aco.
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fait name of the firm, ' J
RICHARDSON, SONS, & OWDEN,
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Ctood*.,. ' . ■
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season after season, and sealed with the name of
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injury thus inflicted alike on the American consumer
and the manufacturers of the genuine Goods, will not
readily abandon a business so profitable, while pur
chasers can b* imposed on with Goods of a worthless
character.
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. Francis Hart, _ John P. Terre*,
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. HON. HENRY b. BENNER, President,
ROBERT OBL9BIDGE, Vtoe President.
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. Edward L. Oartsr, Joseph B. Bart ,
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Notice to shoe manufacturers.
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T. JOHNS) are now prepared to meet the wants of the
tcide at toe
Northeast corner of ARCH and FOURTH Streets.
Their facilities for IMPORTING and FURNISHING
'every article in toe SHOE STAFFS and TRIMMINGS
line, at moderate prices and on favorable terms, are
unsurpassed.
JObEPH laHA,
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WH. JOHNS A BON,
aulT N. S. ooraer Arab and Fourth eta.
jj< I L V E R WARE.
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g.rin, completed the dtnitfoUi to their .tore, in.ite
apwid attention to their .took of Silverware, which Is
now unusually large, affording a variety of pattern an!
design, unsurpassed by any house In the United States,
»I»BB QUALITY THAN AMY MAMUFAOTUBBO
Our standard, of Silver 15... .085-1000 parte pore
The Buglleb Sterling ie..... '•
The Americaneml French Is,. *OO-1000 *<
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the American and French coin, and 10 parte Oner than
the Knglieh eterllng. IF. mill all our own eilvcr,and
our foreman being connected with the refining depart-
ment of the United Slats. Mint for several yeare, we
guarantee the quality ae above (036), which Is the
fineet that can he rnadt to be serviceable, and will' re-
alst the action of atids mteeh better than the ordinary
silver manufactured.
N. B.—Any fineness of silver mauufaetured, a* sgredd
upon, but positively none inferior to the American and
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la Lardi ket*. *
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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.—
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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*
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known humorous and sparkling American writer,
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Near the Merohanta* Hotel.
MURPHY, & CO.,
387 MARKET ST. AKD 228 OHUROH ALLEY,
Are now opening
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BIAPIIB AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
To which they Invite the attention of
CASH AND PROMPT SHORT TIMH BUYERS.
PniLADiLPHiA, August, 1868. au24-2m
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THBOOOH TO
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Hbmrt Oratmah. aeQ.efHlQw*
sSampbell’ B dining saloon,
A/ Ootnor of THIRD Bt. «ni HARMONY COURT,
Haa bean oloaed ror aareral daja naat. In order to b*
regenerated and disenthralled. It will be opened en
MONDAY, next, 20th inst., with improvements and al
terations which will astonish the town. The host has
thrown hie soul Into the task of iron *eal. and wo think
-that his efforts will meet with universal approbation.
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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
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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-
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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.