i luiiib »Aiir (•*■»**■ »«•»«*»: •••;v _ : BV.jrbHßf. ; #» •. ’.. ' Ko. 4IV c&»ynut Btt«^ .to M*>4nrrat i s*QVM Mqsra} ; Tsais Douaea von Btx : Moithb, Invariably to■.**•* venae forth* time , - { .v-.*in,w*Eiti.»PßS»«^T < ;^,- r ; ■ Ukllwl to KMniUtt ontof tt» Clt» •» Man 9oL-| 'tw’WftStf i»«M S W' s i« wot W;ihkerilXMu; - ! l .■■'■ '■'>’«»Kris's kiitogie.” '• f " ! fir* Oppfca :y,t r J*,- % »••••* !5'5J A MrangeiV" Kris* fcribgle,” td children most dear,’ Itott *i (f **/>( >',, Who makes them & vialtbat once in a year— 1 -- ■' Twawtv oopiee, “ . “*si And that In December—is now on bla way (to- address of' ?Wtth Twenty-fifth day. - t - M%W& In »lt. , *-Uke th.lf oldma-Owy talM- 1 Td'VUKLf DD ' : ' > - ' 1 ' ' “ f *■ * Xha plain pnd.the. pretty! God bless them ’ we mfngie v Gar hearts wiih their own, while they wait for <* Knss *- * KTittgW* " ■“ Wlth'doutfts in their hoping,'they ask if Hit true Tfcat'fae. to theirhtoekinga, will oomedowa the flue? We tell them, to please them, that Eriaa le reputed ,j;p oozne down .the phimney,.and always well itnted. .We .expresjed this Idea to a friend’s.little son, But the smaU gralh of-wit in' the chaff of a pun The l'ad' nbt&beerrlng—excuse him tor that— He asked if Erise ever got' “ bricks in his hat. There’s fan inthe babies ere sitting alonb; '.More fan in the darlings when older .they’ve grown; And those wJthont children, ah! never, can know The joys of sojourning below The bachelors crusty, build hopes od tbe sshd ; ' And on that foundation old maids ever stand—: Depending on friebdihiftin&ire's stormy day The flopd-aud.the.ternpeat their hopes sweep away.. But those who by Cupid and Hymen are crowned,, . TboA'tk of Love shelters] a refuge they’ve found i \ from the flood that o’erwhelm’s the tempeat’s rude shocker* 3 --• • '!•••' .->! 71 - f And a Mount Ararat is their oradle rock. ..,,, Ajvolcp from.the r ,:blessed"‘ ‘ ■ ; i With such little childrenaaonoe He oarressea. , -y-fr-y HOMDiSgiT ■M AS Tl'»: ’& ! i C : r 1 .V- '■ - _.[ • toy, * »isdir'Gppiia : s ; , * Xt:jOLldB/'BiSBARlUltt<-< v : ; “l BQBAP -* Willi >»t Urga ,M*ortm«ntof Gnaw, Jr*noy r ßox*l, ißook*. i : .:.. ftFrtoch. god Bogllsh FANOV SOAPS. i. ■/■.,. ft ft .-.Foreign gXTRiOIS •n4 l S«MA»*a;.,' ~-, t TOtUKT BQttLMvla Oto.MflOMoi.,: r I>OBt£.MONNAI«B.. dUIB *F4xPQ<]J£BT-JBOOKB. - ; D&B6BLNO OABKS indODOft, WjXBS. i-i Jlsfr, Tooffi,TfiU, tad @hiylj>*T»itt»aJSS.iw.v4e. -: To tthi&Ltbijroalf tße *lUnllo»efi>»«ggt»t« »nd ltabfto,&i thoir prlbaa dQiyoqft^^ * ; omlam6¥ Robbs,-J.'-W.i - OBSAir 01 PBAMjid., io. V ANIBIiA, BORNKD ALUQNBB . OBBAM, ;'I', ■ , AKD ■■■■„:. \i_ - ' CORDIAL A,LMOIripHdn: YBBNOH dbßDiAi'iMifeLTi6^,f*tei!.;-? " FRENCH Toys,-' CORNETS, Ao. ' • Tits MOST DBUCJOOS PINS: AND PLAIN ' ■ • Mix.T.ujts's.. JTanoy Chocolate Preparatiouei. - Together with an Ioro(cV pfaaparler MwteiOARACAB 080 COLATB, jaat recelradj together with . ■ ..Fruits, __ . oi EpieoWKioiiß,. ' ■ MANUFAdiuBED, AND IMPORTED E- G. TV HJ,,T BECOND AND CEEBINDI STB, aT.lnUitE-Ot THE HOLIDAYS; ; . JO ' CUOIOB 1H&KB SUGARPLUMS. MABSBILtES BUGABALMONDS. . . JORDAN SUGAR ALMONDS. _ A VARHfITV Of CREAM BONBONS, .. /SUPERIOR BURNT i ALMONDB. <- FINE OHOeODATB P B JBP AS AT lONS NEW TABIBTV OF FINB CONNECTIONS, f - X. JAPANBBB BIRAWBBRBIES. ! .. LABG-B ' ASSORTiIENT OF BBLEOXRD FRHNGH . _ . , . BONBONS. . - A"VAKIBTT ; OPiJINJS~PABISBOXB& • J‘ * •‘oi’' A MB'‘ 011 NET 8 OF, a%««.4!n.0 ArxfiKßr stusst, .. „ yr TCTMM BtfMt. -• . just iScetted ourfl wach. Obttfeetionery, <^Mfc»wC}otttri^i^ % papripr article of.SJmh Jd #U ; > &C,ViCiOi. : ;ln ■, ALARM -ASBOBt JABOT IB OFfEBBD OH .ELEGANT AND FASHION ABLE V; FXJES , ■; • COWS ISTING OF MARTIN, MIHK,VFITOH, AND . ■ OHT NO HI EDA, ;dabdh. sous. ■ [HO. . . A, !/. ADAMS' IMPROVED DESK RACK.- > Ko- 369 BoutA THIBO Street, fc { ; 0*»I0B, BARK,- »l£ OOHOOB FTJRNITBItE. vt’v?ibE»SifBjrarf’*r;;,;V' ■ ,i;?4®!HiM)BEB,'*O. . Mi. iB&HTSv LOST.—NOftcV'U ihebttlillMttoajortSta the listn or, Dnpllontn of tend.HT**- fot 80 seres, - fseusi’umlsr the set of , to Sen, wlaow of John M. Hsys, de 'tihd Wenrent.'HOf «;168, for,Bffes«i;! he ssolfsct to rMllpPrster: the setae Irned to blenki eiii lost xy ns In Pkili athWy of 'Septembst liit, between the eS t B*ioklagHo!iie;;e*d Oefeste ssstnit eati> htrltiz been entetOJ la the Sene. sf'Jt Oj50HIB»*»oor ... * , ■.. :' ■ ■’■‘ L '-i : . ;/ : -" ; > ■ : v. 'i V ;TOJU s feNo. ; 120.' 1 r :--i ;• >'•-',' KOtE. ' If it should «o't»pp«n that you here* Wn-' Ba.y,'Smtd St# yiaraofage,' toqtftta twenty. one-i* As CfarietmM.ieoominst.with himjou pbooW „ At the Mammoth Bit&ap, thegrea>t To?rer Ja*U, And there do, A right Merry Ohrietmu, On him'And oh 70a . 1 Will dews, and you’ll eVafr, remember ■ The year ’fifty Bight,.and ltd lucky December..' & -. Bbnsbtt’s Towbr Ukhh OLonnHo-BAriAB, No. 618 MARKET Street, South aide, between-fifth Sixth*twet«/Philadelphia. -- ■■ >• ’ ... ..... ® ll < ,l>s ' I^OlilT) AY GIFTS i v lA:d;i es ’’ And mi ssb s » pLGAKS, -H < !. ..V S, '% ' r - k it BSDUOBD PRICES 188 LABOEOT BTOOK 1 JST 2D W . O li O A. K;S ’’ ' OMHIIto'*V»»T DAY) TO THB OLOBB OF THB SEASON. Jjjf'M, IVONS VELVET CLOAKS ' T ' 'At &Bocosd raicat FINE ESQUIMAUX AND MOSCOW BEAVJBB, 01. OAKS,' AT-BBDOOBD PKIOU. ' PINEPRENOH CASTOR BEAVER CLOAKS) % AT.MDOOBD FftiOSß. BROWN MIXED AND BBAT MIXED ENGLISH,BEAFBB OIOAKB, '* '■ it BKOUOKD fBIOES. ’ ’ mIbSES’ AND ,CHILDREN’B CMAKB, l •" “ IT BZSSOED PBldM. ' All. Imported ;... AT A REDUCTION OF TWRNTT-FIVF PJB OKNT„ Ohs-Vouxts from former prices. f AT.THJJ, * PARIS MANTILLA AND OLOAK EMPORIUM, SPECIALLY DEVOTED BALE OP THESE GOODS, AKOWjaSft* MAY AT ALL. TIMES BB FOUND THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE OITT J. TV. PROCTOR & 00., 70S CHESTNUT STREET. Three weeks of good bargains c •/>„>■ = - > •»-” FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS. . , EYRE & LANDELL, ' 4 ‘\ foUR^R^AMB ; A|U)k;' Oave.redaoed the' prioes of soma fine Goods In order to promote tbelaudaole practice of making T ; ; VALUABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS!. " Fashionable Silks andßofies. Good Plain Stvle Bilks; Extra Stoat Glowy Black Bilks. Rich Black Figured Bayadere Silks. Uholoe Colon and good Black Moire Antiques. Irish Poplins; Blues, Brownsand Blacks. Plaid Poplina and Valencias. - Delaine Robes and Poplin R0be5...... r - All-wool Gay Style De Laines. Long Brooke Shawls, all grades ' I.OOu Woollen Long and Square Shawls. Needle* woxfc»Sleeves and dollars. Ribbon-bound Flue Blankets , Extra-fine Double Damask Cloths. ' / Pltnb Covers,and Table Oo+er*. :.\Fine assortment of Staple Goods. l,ooD*yards ScarlptaodßUckPlald Cashmeres, ro doced, for Christmas, to 20 cents. r 1,600' yards Bright Style Christmas Delaines,for 18R~cents. 1 ' , 8 000 yards Past Colors, goed Style Ohfntses, at 12# cents/ v *: M 3 £JHEAF GOODS FOR* GIFTS. "We hare appropriated one Department for the sale of a ' I ergs collection of FANCY GOODS IN DRESS LENGTHS, Which are markod plainly In figures,'and reduced to VBfiY LOW PRICES . SHARFLESB BROTHERS ! 'dEMbe4m-st. ; CHESTNUT A EIGHTH BTO. /CLOAKS,, RAGLANS, AND' OIROU- V LABB>-MoBLROY resnectfully inrltes the La dles to call and examine his stock;'embracing' many elegant stylet notf to b* foned elsewhere. As-thero wereanumber ofour onstomers unable to be suited laat week, in consequence of our assortment being di minished, we hare put on an-extra quantity, of bands, and hope that we will- be able to supply all who favor uswUhacall. . _ - LONG ANDIBQUARE BROOHB SHAWLS, of superior styles and fabrics, all shades and colors, at greatfy reduced prices. ' ; .Long, and. Square Blanket Shawls, of-choice colors, derided bargains. McELROY, - . , : No. 11 So.uth Nlnth.street. ; 125 yards Bayadefe POpllns at 26; naual priee.4o cts. The cheapest Black Bilks in the city. A Urge assort ment of French Hetinoes at $l, cost to import $1.25; 2,000 yaxds«of figured and plain Merinoes, at 60, 66,65, and 76 cents. r ' 2,000 yards Cloth; fresh from auction, for Ladies’, Gents*, and Boys* wear, from-75 oents to $2.50, decl dedly the grtatertbargalos in the city. l , 600 yards Oualmtr*, at 44',ohdap; at 76 cents. 5 bales of Blanket*, from $3.26 to $lO. , COO Undershlrtaand Drawers.atßOcti : usual price $l. ;Tfte:larg«t and-cheapest- assortment of Velret Ribbons in the city, from 10 oents to $1.76, Warranted all silk. Embroideries,and Ribbons, Gloves, Hosiery, Trimmings, Fringes, and Linen Cambric Hdkfs.. a full assortment, at the .renowned. , McKLBOY’S, . o27*stuth- , , , No. 11 South Ninth street. DBEPABING FOR CHRISTMAS pREI ,-T SEN TS.—OHABIjXS ADAMS ’ - Has made extenrire preparationfl for the encouragement of useful HOLIDAY GIFTS. • ~ Long Blanket ShawU in. eyeryyarlety, - 60 do French Blanket Shawls, choice styles. Men’s Madds,ten diOereht styles.. > Men’s Bilk Pocket Hdklaand Gravata. Men 1 # clteip.. . r Broohs Loog and Square Shawls—Sne qualities. ; FrenehMenno* and OsSKmerea. ■ . . ■ DRfiSS GOODS in'great fariefy. ’.. , . $.600 yards new Christmas de Laines at 10 cents. I,ooa do -djM.Cjto/ ‘r/ « lax. cents ; 6,000" do 1 ao' Merrimac and other PrintSj 1 A fine stock of Embroideries—ln sets and otherwise, v FURNISHING HOODS—Welch ..and .Unphilnkable Flannels, and Family Drt Goods generally—comprising an jlißDrtioent scarcely, equalled/,. - THD PHlOeTare ALL' REDUCED, In order to close thtiqin season. , ~ ' gi BlOmti »nd aBOH Street.. rjHEAT'BARGAINSINDET GOODS.— . .8. V, R, HUNTER " : ‘ .HU'BEMOVJJDfriiri No; 80 to No; 40 Boots SECOND ?SS,-y now prep«od to furnliU tie ItflM Wttlt > ud-rimoloated'.toOk of' irv-'.f. DBEBB GOODS, ot'.Bmhe, Stella, and jrft Ssiilfe?^V. B,l i!Ssi l A * rariety of. Silk and Cloth Circulars Constantly on hand, at the - V )*umbASfrmomnv*' : beautiful book ~ Poll THE HO LIDAYS NATURAE HISTORY, 8 LARGE ENGRAVINGS OF BIRDS, PRINTED IN OIL COLORS, ROYAL QUARTO, HANDSOMELY BOUND IN HEasrEfTr B- ABHM3BAI3, GEORGE ST., ABOVE ELEVENTH. POB : BALE AT ALL , THE BOOKSTORES. PRAY«RS/ah4 BIBLES, | GIFT BOOKS,' . Front. All the Publishing. Homes Ih Ataerfoa and Eu rope. ThUlarge stdcklß hoV wiling At prices fir be low Publishers’ batbs, as we Are determined to r '• *' (OLOPB-JT OUT ) previous to January, 1859.,[Persona before porohaalng elsewhere, would do well to call and examine our large 'astbrbnenvas It will amply repay them for their trou-’ •ble,'asd aliocdnvlnce them’that this irf'the ' < • - ' CHEAP - v ;t MAMMOTH BOOKSTORE Of THE CITY,- A large and complete Catalogue glron gratis to all •visiters,* *' • '' T. B, PBTBaSON A'BROTHRftS. . ’dl7.at No. 306 CQBSTNUt CtWet. A SUPERB STOCK OS’ BOOKS. HAZARD B&OTJtB&B, 724 OHJBBTNUT r Street. Hire tauch plflftattrt thtf'MMon in inviting the ittea tion of parch wera to their si p«i ue!r BPLKNDID COLLECTION Of BOOKS. - .Nerer before, notwithstanding the line collections ire nareeoM; bare ire had so large an assortment nor So great a variety of RICHLY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED WORKS. Believing that the demand this season would warrant It. we have.f»r months bast been gathering together, fironi all the ’ GREAT BOOKMABTB OP EUROPE AND AMERICA, «il the .Choicest volumes aed rsNsl fine cobles of carious end beautiful books that Wo thought desirable, and we believe we sow offer for inspection and purchase the i&OstspleqiUd’collection of beautiful books BVIR -BEFORE POR SALE IN TBIB CITY, and-fpUy maintaining the reputation which we bare ATM endeavored to obtain for our store, vis., that of ; , A FIRJ3T-CLAB3 BOOKSTORE, in every particular. Now, while our stock is full and complete, webelieve we can supply the public with the best and most IN THE OIIP. DESIRABLE EDITIONS OP EVERT WELL-KNOWN * ' ’ * AUTHOR, substantially and elegantly bound in half-calf, or fall calf, half or full maxvcoo, tree-marbled calf, Ac. We, invite inspection of our extensive and varied stock, 'which is now ‘displayed In the retail department of our store upon long ranges of counters, and also so licit purchases, If IMS PRICES ARB SATISFACTORY. which we guarantee shall be as low «a is consistent with the style or the workmanship, and as the same can be had for anywhere else in this country. OUR STOCK OP OXFORD, LONDON. AND AMBRI r CAN BIBLES AND PRATER BOOKS is certainly the richest ever before offered in this city, embracing many new patterns in morocco, and velvet, and'pearl, and carved oak, with orwithoutrlehlychasea and ornamented and heavily gilt rims, clasps, and cor ners. from the amallest'dSmo to the largest quarto.' < - ■ HAZARD BROTHERS, ,d16.6t , ,724 CHESTNUT Street, below Eighth. rjVHE BEST JUVENILES PO 0 R AN D PROUD; 08, THE FORTUNES OP KATY. REDBttRN, By Olivkr Orno; author of the “ Boat Olnb,’' “Ail ' Abeard,” eto.. eto. One volatile, illastrated by --BtlHngi.' Price, In muslin,o2# cents. We would Confidently recommend this book to the notlooof all young people. It is written id's stylo which’lS Intensely -interesting, and no one cknoom inence the book and lay it down Unfinished. To parents we would say, that Hie author’s long intercourse with children,‘as a'teacher rhas given -him; an innight'into '•'Child whicb -few writers of juvenile books evebaoqUire. Thetendenoy of the book is to inculcate T/uth, : and' Perseverance; and ho Child can n reteT # tlid'bbbfc without being amused, instructed, and benefited. 1 ‘ ■ Al&o, a new and beautiful edition ol the author’s for* , mer books : The Boat Club,” 11 All Absard,” •* Now ‘or Never,” and “ Try Again.” Bach volume lllustra* trafed by Bil Hags. Price 62M cents. WALTER BEYTON, a Story of Virginia Life. Illus trated by Hoppiu. lvol. Price 60 cents. KARL KIB9LBR. A beautiful book for Boys and Girls. Illoßtrated by Hoppiu. Price 60 cents. NSW EDITIONS OF THR HOLLO BOOKS. By Rev. JAofcß ABBorr. Fourteen volumes. Hluitrated. In neat box. . Price $7. THE ROLLO STORY BOOKS B> the same Author/ Twelve volumes—in box. Desigued for younger ohil dreh. Price $3. THE 6UNNY-SIDB BBRISS. Comprising Father ißrighthopes, BurelilTe, Last Leaf from Bunny-Bide, Ironthorpe,' Tell-. Tale, Hearts and Faces, City Side. The. reputation- of these Books is too well known to need any commendation, and all who do not own them ; will find no better books. . : TBS. VACATION STORY BOOKS. OompeUlag Minnie, Cheerful Heart. Little Blossom’s Reward, Vio let, Little. Mary, Holiday at Chestnut BUI, Country Life, Angel Children, Daisy, Worth not Wealth, Charm and Great Rosy Diamond. ■ These books are written by the best writers of chil dren’s books in the country. Great care has been taken In the getting up of the books. Each volume Is beau tifully illustrated, and they are sold separately or to gether Price, per volume, 60 oents ■ Any of the abof a books sent by mall, postpaid, upon receipt of price. 1 PHILLIPS,'SAMPSON A CO., rDBLIBURRS, d!6 IB 24 6t JN ADDITION From the Press AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, Every Saturday Morning^ There will be published daring the month of Decem ber, as follows: Saturday, December 4th. JENNY AND THE INBEOTS. Beautifully illustrated with colored engraving*. Large 16mo. elegantly bound in extra English clulh, gilt, and gilt edges. Baturday, December 11th MEAT RATERS, with some account of their haunts and habits. By the author of ' l Irish Amy,” etc. , Twenty beautiful engravings 12mo. doth. Saturday, December 18th. THE LOST KEY. By the author of the “ Little Water-cress Sellers.” 38mo. cloth. Illustrated. Saturday, Decomber 25th. THE SNOW STORM, M&klrg a large and beautiful assortment of new and elegantly ‘ illustrated books for the family and the aohool. They are all put up in handsome gilt bladings, suit** ble for presents. Ot jer books are In preparation, and will soon bo pub. licbedbythe AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION, No. 1122 CHESTNUT STREET, Philadelphia, No. 875 Broadway, New York. And for sale by all Booksellers. dll-eodui Lindsay & blakiston’S new HOLIDAY BOOBS. PALESTINE, PAST AND PRESENT. A work of enduring value by the Rev. Henry 8. Osborn, D. D. Elegantly Illustrated by— 1. Bp endid Steel Engravings, executed in the high est stylo of art. - 2. Chronographs of Birds, Flowers, Ac. Printed in rich oil colors. 8, Wood Engravings, beautifully exocuted, 4. .A new Map of Palestine, from aotnal surveys. One golttmo, royal Bvo., price $3 60. MoOANDLIBH’B LIFE IN A RISEN SAVIOUR. Elegantly gilt, and'with a beautiful Frontlipiooo, en graved on steel. ; A BLUE AND GOLD EDITION OF WATSON’S CAMP FIRES OP THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. With numerous Illustrations IV. SUNSHINE } Or, KATE VINTON. By Miss Har riet B. McKeover. One vol . 10mo, Price 76 cents. V. QUAINT SAYINGS AND* DOINGS CONCERNING LUTHER. Collected and arranged By the Rev. John G. Morris, D. D., author of “The Blind Girl of Wit tenberg,n AO., Ac VI. DB. SIOBK’S CHRISTMAS BOOK FOR'CHIL DREN. With a beautifully Colored Frontispiece and numerous other Illustrations. A small 4to. volume. Price 60 cents ; • VII. A large assortment of ILLUSTRATED STANDARD and JUVENILE BOOK 8, inline bindings suitable for Presents. LINDSAY A BLAKIBTON, Publishers and Booksellers, dlfi 26 South SIXTH Street, above Chestnut. XTERY CURIOUS, SCARCE, RARE, V>AND OLD BOOKS bought by JOHN CAMPBELL, Fourth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. Highest price paid. .Orders attended to In every State of the, Union. JBobk/i imported from Europe. ; nlo-3m Nero JJuWitatione. THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK CONTAINING With 16 pages of Letter-press, PRINTED by; OP THE REASON Boston, Mass. TO THE NEW BOOKS WHICH HAVI BSBH IKSOING Since the first of September, 18mo. cloth. Illustrated, PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 18. 1858. jDTeroJJttblicaticns. gOOKS FOB THE MILLIOH! ! PETERSON 4.*BROTHBRB, No, 308 OUESTNDT STREET, A MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND A HATTY NEW YEAR I ! *BBB. "> ' 1839 A. CARNIVAL HUB AMONB.THIS BOOK 8! "I The cheapest place to buy Books of all kinds, and the largest stock, and most beautiful assortment, is at the Cheap Book Store.of ~ . . - ' T.;B.*ETEBSO& ' No. 806 CHESTNUT Street. ELEGANT GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS!. In the wrltings'of the most celebrated Authors, . . . ANCIENT and modern, In the convenient and beautiful forth of a BOOKj what can be thought ef more elegsnt and appropriate in making ACCEPTABLE HOLIDAY GIFTS ? ' ‘ PETERSON & this year; a larger inoreased stock of superb Gifts over all PREVIOUS CHRISTMAS TIMES! And will poa tltely anil all kinds and sices, in large or small quantities, at -the OHBAPEBI 1 OHBAP RATES, and greatly BEDUOBD PRICES! as they are determined to redaoe‘their htook of such Books at once. • - * - PETERSONS’ splendid sod numerous editions of the WORKS 09 CHARLES DICKENS,I Comprising thibtt DirrBBBST mnd sou ’TloN3'in yaeioos btvlbs OrDtNDjNa. These should osneolally hare the attention of the ■ , WHOLE PUBLIC I • In the choice of inUtettthg -and useful Presents, A complete list or.the prices of Dickens’ Works,msy be foucd in Petersons’ eatiiogue of Booksj which is to be had at the Store, at all tlmisj’g/atis.' PETERSONS’ EDITIONS of tie . . WAVEBLB Y • NOVELS I PETBBSONB* EDITIONS of the , * * COOPER NOVELS! ' PETERSONS'EDITIONS ot : WASHINGTON IRVING’S WORKS’' ; ' 1 PETEBSQNV EDITION* of the . . _ .. . STANDARD BRITISH OLAe&IOS! • All iberfe hplendid'Wokhs—in cheap, but elegant, or in tcagniflcent, but more costly •> STYLES 09 BINDING! Works of Mrs Caroline Works of'MnJ. N. D. V N. ' . Lee Henbr, 'Southworth. - Pt>. . Emerson Bennett , Do. Charles Lever. Do,, Miss P&rdoe. Do.,. Pftpt.,.Marryatfc. ■ Do. Humorous Au- ' ' D 6. AlSxftdder Bumaj,' • ' -thors. - *.**;*« ’'‘’l :* 7 ‘ “• . , . _ tTHB POETS IN-AEHiWJIJt c« ‘ r Alexander Pope. WPDam Bh*hpppare; / ' < John Braden. . Lord Bjxon,„ _ , Thomas Hood. 1 John Milton. i Robert'Burn*: William Oowper. Thomas Moore 1 ' Thellliad and theOdysSDy. ..Baser* and Campbell, - Waiter Scott.- * N/F, Willis. Beaumont and Fletcher.. ( These' are all BOrAL OqtaVo VolUi«s, beautifully. Illustrated, bound in fall Turkey, (Hit, Morocco, An-, tique, And all tho other various styles of binding, and. will bb dosed out at very low prices. These will bo 1 found GREAT BARGAINS t . • There shall be good-Krlss King]* Times at PETER SONS’, for the LITTLE FOLKS, The west side of the long oousters is devoted to .. • .• < BOOKS FOR OHILDBEN, CHILDREN’S ©AME», 'ALBUMS FOR CHILDREN, BLOCK ALPHABETS, • » All to be sold at very low prices. BOOKS TO MAKE BAD CHILDREN GOuD. BOOKS TO MAKE GOOD CHILDREN WISER. ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND ANNUALS • - FOR 1859. . . The Dresden Gallery. Moss, Bose. The Berlin Gallery. The' PhU&pmna. The Josephine Gallery. Christian' Keepsake. « ■ Thd Women of Beauty. ' Friendship's Gilt. Favorite English Poems. Lady’s Scrap Book. Couti of Napoleon. Forget-Me-Not. The Munich Gallery. . Lady’s Annual. The Stratford Gdllory. Gfitof Affection. The Gallery of Poets. The CaakCt.' v Poe’s Poetical Works, Gem Annual. Atlpniio Souvenir. r Laurel Wreath.- World-Noted Women. Beligidus Souvenir. Friendship’s Offering. Memory’s Gift: Bnow Flake. - The Token The Emblem. The Magnolia. These are but the names of a few of. tee very many Illustrated Annuals, Ac. ,* for the COMING HOLIDAYS, to be had at PETERSONS’. DB. KIKE’S TRIP TO THB ARCTIC BJSAB. A GAMS. JRANOATJOLLI’fI COOK, , In SCarlot cloth and. gold! This fstsons hook wIH be a Tory.welcome present in all quarters, and ia done op gorgeously as a present foe ererybody, Mo Lady Hetut keeper can do without it. BIBLEB, PItAYEBS, HYMNS. . A ▼erj complete attortmeat. Bound in all itjrles, usd at All prIoes—VELVKT.MOttOOOO, &c ~ A LABQ33 AMD COMPLETE FAMtL? BtBLS FOft $l5Ol ALBUMS! ALBUMS ! Do not fail to look at PETERSON'S ALBUMS, eo&j priiiog onr 500 different etjles. The invoices are Ur ger br far than soy others io the city. IN A WORD MORE ! All in the vrant of - BOOKS FOR THIS BKABON. Sorely can want hot a little while, if they will bat call andPVROHABE from the BOOK. EMPORIUM oX T. B. PETERSON & BBOTHBRS, NO. 300 OHiBTNUT Street) ‘ Philadelphia. 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Beside this, we would need to know tho amount of e’oin and bullion sent out and brought in as remittances, registered in our CJistom-liouaps j ; tbo amount; of money and valuables . brought in by immigrants j the amount carried out by our tourists and remit ted to frierids in the old country; tbo amount of the precious- metals introduced ■ overland .from tho 6ther of bur own continent, and tho amount carried out by tho same routes. Our debtor’arid ' credit ac'cpunt cannot, and nocd notjba made up from Its items, in this way, for this purposes of our inquiry. An iccount that I 'is’already settled requires no such examination for any purpose! The only thing that ebneorna the parties is to know the baianoo, and the causes which produced it. , j) If we butfitnew tho sum of our subsisting debts to foreigners, contracted by our Na tional and' ! St»te;Governmenta, by our muni cipal corporations, and by our railroad, canal, and other companies, wo would have the thing we are in soarch,of for the.purpose intended. For this we haye such data as the following ; fhe Secretary of tho Treasury, as we stated in our former article, reported to Congress that, on tho.■ 30fh June, 1863,- ;the American stocks and bonds held by foreigners amounted to'two hundred.and twenty-two millions. He was below the mirk, certainly; but we accept his yiUmate, an| inquire hew much has been added since. - -t~ Early in tho,..yenr 1864, there wero 17,317 miles of railway in tho United States; in Jan uary, 1866, there were 23,242 miles of road in operation, and' 6,000 in process of construc tion, which would be completed before the end of the yeari 11857. iThis shows that we were making abont B,OCO miles of road per annum from 18-53 to 1857. Put the cost of these 12,000 miles of railroad at $30,000 per mile, and it amounts, to throe hundred and sixty millions. If ave-eighths of this sum was raised abroad—and this is the accepted - estimate— w» must add ; two’hundred and twenty-five millions to the Secratary's-report to bring this item up to the date’of the revulsion of 1867. The aeoonnt would then stand at four hundred and forty-severimllliona. According .ip- the report of Mr. Gotheie, before quoted, the stocks and bonds of the Federal. Government, tho sovoral State Go vernments, one hundred, and thirteen cities and towns,- tiree hundred' and • forty-soven counties, sixteen canal.nnd navigation compa nies, nine hundred and' ’eighty-five hanks, seventy-five insurance companies, and fifteen miscellaneous, companies,. amounted. to six hundred and nlnety-oight.million's, of which one hundred add thirty-t\Vo millions wore hold by foreigners.; Hew much has been added to thoso. stockiahd bonds since Juno 30, 1853, wo have no data at hand to determine; but if they have' helm increased two hundred and sixty-five miil|ons, or if the increase, added to those stocks jand bonds which aro not em braced in thel, Secretary’s list together mako this’ amount,tond the one-iifth part of such ihcrease be held by foreigners, wo have tho amount of American indebtedness toEuropean stock abd ‘bbddholdors stated last year in tho London Timer—five hundred millions. Mr. Andbews, in bis repdrt oh our colonial and lakb trlide, made in 1862, says that we were boifOWeys ln the Enropean money mar ket fot'fif&tdilliohs a year, at a discount upon tmr bonds of twelve’to fifteen por cent., arid' at Seven'por cent., interest. ... —Throlmorest on our debt, at this rate, would be thirty-five millions a year, if it wero all in bonds; if in bonds and stocks mixed, some thing moro or souctbing less, as the rato or percontago of dividends would: make it. It does not meet the point for which this statement is mado to reply that monoy bor rowed is worth its interest, and is even profita ble to the borrowor; for,'unfortunately, this dobt is not for money borrowed. It is a debt for goods, wares, and merchandise. I'rom tbo year 1821 till 1857 we exported two hun dred millions of coin and bullion more than wo imported, and during tho years in which the principal part of tho debt was contracted we exported throe hundred and twelve mil-, lions, and imported but forty-two millions of the precious motais—a balance of two hun dred and seventy against ns in seven years. In onr account with foreign nations for com modities—tho products pf industry, or that wealth which is created by labor and skill— every dollar of tbia fire hundred millions of debt is against us in “ tho balance of trade.” Wo call it debt. Tho amount in bonds is technically dobt. The amount In stocks is virtually tbo same thing. If the railroads made by foreign capital wero laid on foreign territory, thoy would belong to us as much as these do. We pay the same price lor the use of them to their owners; that is, we are pay ing interest in the shape of dividends upon them, until we pay for tho stock in (them when we shall buy it. A debt, in fact, now, to bocomo ono in law, when tho purchase shall bo mado; or a debt paid, when the cost of construction is rofunded to the stockhold ers. Bnt, caring nothing about this point, if it is to be disputed, the fact which we want is, that these stocks and fuuds, whether subscrip tions or loans by contract, came to us, not in money, but in merchandise, and so stand as a balance against us in our account of exchanges of Industrial products with the rest of the world. GIFT BOOK. Now, lot us look at tho difference between borrowing money at interest, to bo employed in wealth-producing pursuits, and going into debt for commodities, whioh must be paid abroad in money. In tho seven years immediately preceding the crisis of 1857, our foreign imports of mer chandise entered for consumption, exclusive of specie, amounted to 1781 millions; the ex ports of domestic productions, exclusive of specie, to 1470 millions—a difference of 808 millions In the exchange of commodities. During this period we imported of coin and bullion 42 millions, and exported 812 millions —excess of exports ovor imports of the pre cious metals 270 millions; and a balance of 88 millions, according to tho official doenmonts, still unpaid. That such a balance of debt duo’ thon existod, Is shown, first, by the drain of our banks for export between Juno and Sep tember, eausingjtholr suspension; and, second ly, by the fact that, during tho yoar ending July Ist, 1858, our totaljoxports exceeded our total imports forty-two, millions of dollars; thirty-three millions of the excess being an oxport of specio beyond tbo amount imported. Now, it the tiro hundred millions foreign debt, of which We have been speaking, had been contracted formoncy, which money had been invested in wealth-producing enterprises, and had served to develop our own resources, and to employ our own industry, thirty-five millions would have been its cost to us in in terest and dividends, which our industrial pro ducts would have paid, and afforded a profit be sides. But, instead of paying this cost or hire of capital out of its own proper products, our gold wont for its liquidation. The pressure was upon us with constantly-increasing force from 1853 till 1857. In the four yoars ending 80th Juno, we oxported ono hundred and oigbty-flve millions of gold.in oxcoss of onr speoio imports; tho avorage of tho drain amounting to forty-six and a quarterper annum, and tho last yoar of the period running up to fifty-six and a halt millions, and leaving still unpaid debt duo and overdue to be liqui dated, as wo have seen, by tho process of a still norcased excess of exports In tho year follow ing the crisis. But it Is not enough merely to ascertain tho debt and tho drain of specie consequent upon it. Lot us look now at some of the items of nzo. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1868. i ! The Ttttilf— No. a. the account which, besides making up the debt, inflicted other mischiefs upon us of ines timable magnitude. During those seven years in which tho Cali fornia gold was working its wonders, we im ported iron, manufactures of iron, and of iron and steel, to the amount of one hundred and lifty-seven millions j of the. manufactures of wool, one hundred and eighty-four millions; and of manufactures of cotton, one hundred and seventy-five millions—five hundred ! and sixteen millions, at enstom-house valuations, of articles whioh we wore able and ready to make for ourselves, from the raw materials abounding in our own country. Here stand throe classes of fabrics in tho account of im ports fronting our foreign debt, and explaining its cause and amount. No argument can be needed to prove the impolicy of allowing foreign labor to displace our own in the production of the goods which make up this list; and it cannot be pecessary to urge the impolicy of giving the profits of 'their manufacture to foreign capitalists. Who among us could be benefited by such a policy 1 Not the five millions of laborers who livo by wages—they lost tho wages which they might have earned in the produc tion ; not tho employing manufacturers—they lost the profit which (hey would have made upon them; not onr agriculturists—ior in those seven years all tbo breadstnfi’s and provisions exported to all the world, in cluding the manufacturing people who held our market, amounted to three hundred and thirty-seven millions only. Here, so far as the- law of international exchange goes, or can be supposed to apply we have the fact that our farmers get a market for three dollars’ worth of their products at the expense of making a market forgfive dol lars’worth of foreign imports. Or, if this statement be open to question, it is, at least, clear that, as the balance of trade is steadily against ns, our national exports do not bring us the benefits for which an international trade is sought, but really inflicts a loss. This point we present now only to answer the 1 maxim of traders, that we must buy from other nations, in order to open a market abroad for our surplus products. That plau sible generalization is sufficiently disposed oi by the maxim of prudence, that we must not buy more than we sell if we would carry on a prosperous trade and escape insolvency. But how did this importation of iron, woollens, and cottons give a market to our farmers which they would not else have had ? Let ns see. In the year 1866, (ior which our calculation is made,) we shipped to Great Britain and Ireland breadstutTs and provisions to the amonnt of 15} millions of dollars. The workmen employed in making the iron, im ported from tho United Kingdom that year, wero 60,618, representing, in families of five persons each, 802,690 persons. The same number oi workmen employed 'at home, and representing the same number of persons in family, at $5O each, would have con sumed fifteen millions’ woith of breadstuffs arid provisions. Here, then, our fanners did not find a foreign market for a dollar’s worth of surplus products beyond that which the home production of that iron alone would have given them. The reasoning oi this esse applies with equal forco to tho manufactures of cotton, woo), cutlery, and quoensware, as they stand on the question of market or no market. Bnt as to the quality, character, and value of the market, the loss is almost beyond computation) It is only tho least profitable of the farmer’s crops which will bear distant voyages in search of a market; and none but the poorest and least prosperous nations ever look for a mar. bet abroad for the provisions that men con sume. Here is the reason for this indisputa ble truth of fact : Land may be mado to yield thirty or forty dollars per aero in grain and the stock.which it feeds; in grain crops, fruits, garden stuff, poultry, teal, mutton,_aa4 dairy .products, which aro not transportable to dis tant markets, from three to four hundred dol lars per acre. The difference between the value and tho profit of an acre of land in 'Wisconsin, and of an equal quantity of land near a,great city, shows tho difference to tho agriculturist hotweon a market at hand for all his products, and a loreign one for the least profitable of them, with an ocean intervening. It foreign trade, maintained at the expenso of depriving our laborers of omploymjnt, our working capitalists of the profits of manufac turing Industry, and our farmers of a home market for their most profitable products, be thus injurious to all these interests, it is for them a theory of sheer imposture and a po. licy of general ruin. . Who is benefited by it, whoso welfare we are concerned for 1 There is no class of peo ple except the' non-producers left to bo con sidered. How are they affected by it 7 The merchants who deal in the imports which displace the products of home indus try may seem to have an immediate interest in its maintenance. They do make immense profits daring the brief- seasons of its pros perity ; but their trade prostrates their cus tomers by tho time that their largest gains are ready to be gathered ; and tho 'revulsions, which invariably follow, crash out the tbroe fourtbs of them. The wrecks are ratod even higher than this proportion. Hr. Gallatin put them at about 90 por cont. in bis time, and it is really not much less jnst now. Tho sbip-ownors, to tho extent that their business contributes to the destruction of tho country’s prosperity and credit, suffer in tho same manner, because they are under the same law of bnsiness that punishes the mer chant class. The merchants and tho carriers of interna tional trade belong to no country—they form a sort of cosmopolitan republic—foreigners everywhere in their interests and pursuits, and, generally, thoy are literally foreign agents and factors, sojourning in the countries which are the theatres of their operations— charges d’affaires of the decks and desks which they represent in foreign markets. Within tho limits of legitimate trado, they are as useful everywhere as any other agents in the world’s necossary business. Confined to carrying ice from Massachusetts to Jamai ca ; cotton from Carolina to northern Europo; spices from the tropica to tho temperate zones, and such like necessaries of lifo from the countries that produce them to those which cannot, thoy do no mischief, and, in conso qnenco, suffer nothing from tho results of their own work. Thoy spread civilization, learning, and religion best while they are ministering to the real welfare of the coun triea which they visit for tho purposes of busi ness. Tho countries which tako care that they bring thorn more wealth than they carry away are deoply in their debt; but Turkey and India have a different story to tell. No people is bound to tako care of those of its inhabitants or visitors who neither bolong to it nor labor for its welfare. No vriao people will sacrifice their domestic affairs for tho advan tage of classes who have no interest in them. The throe hundred millions a year of onr pro ducts which they carry to foreign markets, is too small a part of the tlireo thousand millions which our mechanical and agricultural in dustry yields, to bo allowed to disturb and destroy all the busliioss interestsof the nation. There are certain other classes of peoplo whom interest prompts to opposo tho policy of homo production of all possible commodi ties whose price may bo raised to them nnder tho system whioh gives enhanced valuo to land and labor, and enhanced profits to working capital-and skill—they are salaried officers, annuitants, and such as live upon their money and its interest. They are rich, relatively, as ovorybody else is poor, and, they are poor in exact proportion to tho wealth of everybody olso. A distinguished ofllco-holdor by profes sion once said to us, “If Mr. , tho great iron-master, must fax mo fifty dollars a year for his support, lot him go into a poor-house and get it as a oharity.” To which wo replied, “ Mr. , and tho other ninety-nine hun dredths of your countrymen who five by pro ducing all the wealth we have; can better afford to add to yonr salary fifty dollars a year TWQ CEJNTS. than to lose countless millions to.maintain it at its present purchasing power, over their commodities.” ' ' ' ■ Merchants, lawyers, 1 physicians, clergymen, land-owners, tradesmen, farmers, laborers, and all men that have anything to sell, 'anything,in substance or service to 'exchange .with their neighbors, depend upon the prosperity of the whole community for their income,- and are never so highly, and . securely prosperous .as when everybody, elso is getting the most em ployment, and the highest prices for all that their industry produces. Money and its movements will be treated in our next article. The new Principal of the High School. As an act pf jastice to the Board of Con trollers, as well as a proper tribute" to ■ Hr. Maguire, the newly : chosen Principal of the High School, we publish the following, a por tion of the recommendations of Mr. laid before .the Controllers* previous to bis' election to that important position. The en dorsement by,the heads of nearly all the grammar schools of the city, of his eminent capacity and unequalled, experience, is the 1 highest testimonial that could be desired: Philadelphia, Nov. 3,1858. - To the Committee, 'on the Central High School Gentlemen : Tbe undersigned, prmoip’ula of publio schools in tbe district under your control.' are deeply interested in the decision you are about; to make in regard, to the principaUbip of the Cen tral High'School.- ' ' ' ! With the chief officer of that institution we must always bo in constant intercourse; the pro fioienoyo? or tiupila is tested by him; the.whole'' of studies in our schools is, in' some' measure, subject to modification by Hi.will ; acd it is generally conoeded that any extended public] refutation which we cari enjoy in our profession,! may bo made or ‘marred by the'line'of action' which he pursues towards us,* or towards those that, we have under our oare. These considerations, inde* • pendent Of tbe jvride which every Intelligent' and pubiio-spirited citizen would have in assisting to' bring.to your notioo & competent man for this re sponsible place, prompt us to respeotfaliy ,ask to be beard by you through the present memorial. After due deliberation upon the qualifications that should be possessed, by an incumbent of the position heretofore designated, we have ho hesita tion in recommending Nicholas H. Maguire, A. M , to your favorable consideration as the man among our number who is best fitted to assumeits responsibilities, and to discharge its duties wiih justice add impartiality, to tbe general acoeptanoe, not only of our profession,hut also the gratification of those who are interested in maintaining the pre sent high reputation of the Central High School, or in encouraging its farther progress*' '•* ■«* > With the merits of Mr.. Maguire you cannot but be familiar. For.sixteen years he has served you in bne of the most flourishing schools of your distnot, where the attainments of a liberal and olassioal education, engrafted upon the traits that characterise' a gentleman, have been exercised in storing the minds and elevating the moral’tone of thousands of the youth of our oity, to-the general welfare and satisfaction of all concerned. Gentlemen, without ! trespassing farther upon your time, we beg you to be assured that, with all confidence in your willingness to hear patiently, and in your ability to deoide wisely, we remain - ' ,Very truly, your obedient servants, P. A. Cseoar, A. H. Laidlaw, ‘' Principal of Monroe Grammar School. G. ®. StOokdaeb, Principal of Madison Grammar School. Willi ah Stephens, Principal of John Q. Adams Grammar School. . Edward Gidbon,> - Prinoipal of Penn Grammar.Sohool. William Stirling, Principal of Loaustentreet,Grammar School. Jalueb H Mcßride, Prinoipal of Harrison Grammar School. WilliahH. Hunter, Prinoipal of Morris Grammar School.. William H. Bait, 1 ■ Principal of Zane-street Grammar School. Richards. Jambs, Principal of N. E. Boys’ Grammar Sohool. James B. Eldredge, Principal of Walnut-street Grammar Sohool. J. H. Sipes, Prinoipal of Newton Grammar Sohool. •Wm. Roberts,. . Prinoipal of BiDggold Grammar School. Geo. W. Fetter, Prinoipal of Mount Vernon Grammar Sohool. ,8. G. Miller, Principal of Livingston Grammar Sohool. James Leonard, Prinoipal of Davidson Publio School. John Joyce,. - , Prinoipal of Wcoc&coo Grammar Sohool. Jambs G.'Babnwbll; Principal of Germantown Grammar School. R. A. Bell, Principal ofDakdale Public School. -y _ . .. * ' ■ >r ’’ <*■ gro gation worshipping at Thirteenth street and Giraid s.*e one, as the Church of the Holy Apostle*, but after tfaefir removal to the new ehnreh, will be known as the Chu ch •of the. Incarnation. Tbe new building* will not'be finished bet re next spring. ... Singular Case.— A lady arrived in this city from Baltimore on Thursday la*t with a'lot cf valuable baggage, and etopp-td at the Girard Hods**. . A •very gentlemanly-looking manhadaccomp*c)eC,fcer ou her visit to'thisoify, and-yesterday, morning she re quested him te ascertain the amount of her bill. 'After going to the desk he informed her that the amount of tbe .bill was .-£he then-look a drive around tbe city, and upon her return'to the hotel.she was very much sarpriced to hear the gentleman had left f*r New York in tbe ten o'clock train, taking her bsggigj with him It seems that’after rite had gone ou-the swindler ordered the baggrge taken to Walnut-btreet wharf, and as be had accompanied the lady to the hotel and paid her bill, there wav not the slightest sus picion that there was anything wrong in the traqs action Gae of tho meanest features of tbe whole bo&e ness was the fact, that the lady’s bill was but s>x dolj lars, and the .fellow, pocketed the difference, between that amount and the ten. dollars wbiob he pretended was the charge. The telegraph k»s b?ea put in requi sition; and it Is to be. hoped that the rascal'Will-be headed off Thelaty states thetsbs became acquainted with the man while coming to the city, and she sop posed that he was a gentleman.' Passiso Coohibbmit MoHBT —A woman, named Mary'Hirt, had a hearing-b fore - Alderman Cloud, yeiterdiy, morning, on a charge of passing counterfeit money.' Bbe (Wiled at the store or ex- Lieutenant Graeff. on Thursday evoking, 1 and offered a $5 bill on the Western Bifik, for the -payment of some goods she had purchased. Mr. Graeff entered the store about that time, and Mary, who Is an old offender, Im mediately recognised him, and said that he should not see the note. In order, to make her assurance.doubly sure, the pat the note*, in her mouth and. swallowed them Mary is the wife’ of the'noted Jobnß«rt, who was tried and conricted, some time ago, for making and passing counterfeit gold oJn, apd is now serving out a term ot four years. Mrs. Hart was held for a inrtber hearing,-and if she Is not oarefhl she will stand a chance of sbarieg her husband’s company. -. ’t Ah Interesting Ihqeirt.—Amovementhaj been started by aemt JloVer of the curious to ascertain tho comparative physical strength, sise. Jko. t of men in tho United States.and Burcpe. The of Natural Sciences of thiseityhave taken the matted in hind, and a set of scientific teets have-been provided.by which the strength and the general physical condition can be.ascertained. > Tbe police force has been chosen as a fair representative class ‘ of men, and Merer Henry has instructed the.lieutenante of the different divisions to afford to the gentlemen making the experiments, all tbe need'ul facilities for ’ the prosecution of the work. Blanks have been provided for tbe purpose, which state that icqniries will be directed to the following points ; age, birth-place, birth-placs of parents, weight, height,, complex on, size of limb*, dimensions of chest! strength, of Inoga, size and developments of tbe h<»all be ennous aed interest ing, and they trill prove a valuable rid to the’ statisti cian,'and serve the esose of physical science lir a Critical Condition.— We are sorry tolesru that 'the' young man, John O’Bnen. who was stabbed in New Yorft,ta front of'the St. Nicholas Hotel,'while on a visit to that city, is in a very dan gerous condition. He was stabbed in the < groin and near the heart. His physician says that if -the wound had been inflicted an inch, higher op, he would have, died almost instant y. He was an adherent, of the Hi bernia fixe .Engine Company, and went on with that company to witness the reception, and intended to havo returned the bext day." He as being a very estimable young man', 'and we are sorry'to an nounce that there are no hopes entertained of his re covery- --- , Fire. —An alarm of firo was caused about hair-past seven o'clock, yesterday morning, by the par tial butniug-'O' the steam iauodrj; establishment or Messrs. Kocbenpenzer & Stillman, at. tbe southeast corner o* Broadand Wallace streets. The fire originated in the apparatus used for heating irons The firemen' were promptly ea the ground, and succeeded, in sating tbe building and most of the contents. The amouat of damage is estimated at about $3OO. ’ OSJ.T Two Weeks -Longer .—On- the even -1 j 0 j of lao9, the annual award of several haa-* dred valuable paintings aod other works of art will bo made to subscribers of the Cosmopelittn Art Associa tion.' For' particulars calf on E. H. Hunt, Hon See., comer of I IfikaudChesnutstreets, Philadelphia, where specimens of Engravings and Journals can be &een„ - Read what Is.ssid of it: ' TIiE'COSSiOrOIiITAN AHV ASSOCIATION. , This popular and beneficent Institution is now in its fifth year of unparalleled success It has done more to disseminate «.rt and literary taste throughout the country than any other means yet devised It receives the support of the leading meu of every section. It fills the homes of America with the best works ef art. It dispenses the purest literature. It covers the walls with engravlogs of rare beauty. It is, in loot, the . Only. drL‘Expen&*t in America!, Governors, Editors, ministers, Artists; Mechanics, , Merchants, and the women of America, have givvn it 1 the seal of their approbation. At #maU ecst it places within the reach of all classes the means of besn'ifr 'ing homes,' thus becoming tbe medium of advancing ‘ stood taste and soeial progress. Its. past four jeers of •successful results »re evideqca.of its benefioence, and prove that such an institution is - t V ’„ •• A QBkAT VIJDUO WANT I . - The Directory, determined to render its benefits more satisfactory than ever, offer the following unprecedented the payment of TArl* Ve'lars. be ' earned a utombee, and receives la return,’: - ■ Ist. A, copy, of, the lsrge end costly «t«el-pUt» en graving. “The Village Blacksmith,” made by Patter son, after Herring’s celebrated painting. 2d.-Aoopyof the.qunrtarlf Art Journal, one of the most beautifully illustrated and rateable. Journal! pub lished in’Amertca.' ' .. ,_ , "3d A free Seftaon Admittance to the Dnseetdorf Gal ’lerv. New York, and to the Western Gtelleriee. - i try- Thus wilt also be given to tht body of svb ,scrtb rs premiums to the va’ut of over FifteinThon ’ .and DoVare. comprising*several hundred rare ana beats tjnl works of Art. from the best artists. ''Subscriptions receive! np to the, evehlng of January lat, 1569, at wh’ob time the beoka cloaa, and the award * of premiums will be made. All subscriptions received after the above date will be entered for eixtb year. Clubs of aix persona trill be famished with journal, engravings, eto.. for 516, ; Specimens of the beautiful engraving of “The Vil lage Blacksmith,” and the eueerh' Avt Journal can be assn at theatore of "E. H. Hunt, northwest earner of Fifth and Chestnut streets.-. -Firs; —About half-past saven o’clock yes terday morning a fire broke ont in the third atory of the Philadelphia Laundry, owned by. Messrs. Snoh eraperger A Steelman, at the corner of Broad and tt al :lace streetal The'upper, story was mostly-destroyed, ’pop, most of the contents of the bnildtog were saved. The lose ie from JSOO to SSOO, a portion of which la co vered by insurance. The fire originated from a fur .naee need to heat irons. New Way of Goixo to Market.—A Ger m*a sad his wife were arrested in Germantown a few tlsjs since whilebergiog from door to door, having in the>r possession about half a bushel of cold victuals. The German wap but lately arrived in tbia country, and upon being closely questioned he said he was col'eoting the provisions' for his brother who keeps a boarding boose in Front street. Bite for a new Market Hoesk—There is a proposition afloat for the building of a new market house on the site of the old frame shanties which h*ve bo long stood on Tenth street, opposite St Stephens chsrcli This will be a fine loc *tion for a market house, aod a handsome building on that site would be decidedly preferable to the miser&bte sheds which have so Jong been permitted to occupy that site. Libera* Arrangement—The cars on tho Spruce and Pine street Passenger Railway, carry all school children, whether, large or small, over the road to and from school, for three cents. Th'B liberal ar rangement will be appreciated by those who axe inte rested. Chess Tournament.— The CheßS match between Philadelphia and New York, by telegraph, will be resumed this evening at 0 o’clock, at the office of the American Telegraph Company. Bepaibiso.— Several worhmon were busily engaged yesterday afternoon la repairing the Are plug in Chestnut street, opposite the Custom House. Morrissey’s Exhibition. —We learn from the Boston papers that Morrissey’s sparring exhi bition in that city, tho other night, wae a great Buooess, so far as receipts at tho door was con cerned. The house was crowded, and among tho ’ audience the reporter noticed two or three ladies, who were deeply affected when tho champion made his appearance, and waved red wipes, (handkerchiefs.,) Two Novel Races took place on Bostou Common recently. Mr. Bay, who weighs 215 pounds, was matched against Mr. Bryant, who weighs 140 pounds; Bay being handicapped to oarry upon nis shoulders a man weighing 202 pounds, and run five rods while Bryant ran ten rods, for 510 a-side. Bay won by six yards. The second race was a single dash of 20 rods botweea Bay and Thompson. The former won by three yards.' Bold Attempt at Robbert. —A man by tho name oHYm. O’Brien made a bold, but un successful, attempt to rob an express company at Cleveland, .Ohio, on Saturday last. As the train from Chicago arrivod, O’JBrien seized a paokage containing $*2,500, while the express agent’s back was turned, and inado off with it. He was oap tured, however, just as he was stepping on tho ears for the East* Water for Reading, Pa.—Tho Reading (Pa.) Gazette states that the tunnel upon whioh the water company had been engaged for a couplo of years past, is at length completed, and the water of Barnhart’s oreek was lot into pipes which oonneot it with the oity reservoir iastTlmra day week, to thbgreatjoy of the citizens. 9 Spanish Quarter .Dollars being still re. ceivedinBkJohn J N..B. J at their former valua tion of twenty?iivo ..oerite, parties in the United Statos have lately been making it a trade to ool lect quarters and dispose of them in New Bruns wick, thus .realizing a profit of twenty-fivi per oent. ’ . - - . - i Unfortunate. — A little girl/nine years of age, daughter of Benton Ribatt, of Crosby town ship, Ohio, wont te bed on Wednesday night last In good health, hut on arising the next morning, she w.as perfcotly blind, baving lost her eyesight during the night. The eyes have not ehang«d~Aoy further than bearing a glassy appearance.