> - :':v •>" Bif'.ijOHN W. ' FORNEY, ' .--.7' ;
• Chestnut Street,;
PAUiT FRKS», ■ •;:
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rauArarai fora Doliam to* iioh* Moßtrai
frara DouAmu.traSix HoinnMrl“T****WX.*», **'
v tu»* for tk» that ordwoA,:, r, ,;;-
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mall (p*rfcnnuw,in>4T*nce,)»•«••• ♦« jgj
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CAUFOIRItIAPRE#*. ,v"-.-<?
XM«*U gomi-Montiilylntlma for tkflCallfornU
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1888.
literary Criticismi; c.': *
’ WOMBS OF IIKJLOTy ASO HEBOIsM, from femlra
' m'i t«Engenie..Bryß/L«i : B 1 0o6Diftan:;.l Tol.. Im
'' portal 8fo; r,lTewrTorlc s : Birity * Jacket!* } JPhUa--
dalphttn Bdld>y;»Ubbolt«ener# # , \ .
ThspreSaDtseasouJiaa bean unusually prolifio'
In gittfeksln’frWolfartifltioal ability and high*
V; int»^i^lajC^o|ldiy-glft£f,^yat.^lth. considerable
.^-;te^rn^u®ntiy'wteMaad^ot'^niy )
; for for.thoirwiitcrary,
y-'jajkl&Z At prelint, ™\£onftni our A^troO;tpJ r tho
verybahdiomo us.' '.{-r, r-- •
IMa a' portrait-gallery,ofillastrionfwomen,'
fromeiriy times to the presehtday, witboutrefer
enoe to country or.cliino.Baanty, nohievement,
nud influence are'therespratEYeqiialifi rations for
admission here. Nineteen .portraits Oro given,,
fine!; engraved tn stipplo, from original draw logs
“by J» Champagne nnd •j; B.'lVandesrorde. Tho :
persons thne represented are Semiratnla, the Assy
rian; .'.Penelope, of- Ithaca, heroine of wob-Bpin
,r nieglegend; Cornolia’, thesiatoly Bpniah,mother
of the'OraeohiVZsnobla, Queen of the East ; Bea
trloe-Portlnari, whose beauty won .'the, heart of
Santo, while her early death inspired his y Dirlna,
OominediaJoan d’Aro, the vrondroua Maid of
- .Orleans; Isabella of-paatlte, : nnder,whoiopatron-v
age, doJainh'asVthe' repndlated by.mahy rulers,
saiiedtoj.dlwovef that fat' Carthay Bhd fgolddn'
Cipango deserlbedby fanolful traveUerg and im
t 'agine.diydreamy poets ;;Blana.de Poltierai favors
ite6r ifen'rj;lf, of ifrattee
1. fatedwlfeiuid.yiotimert
\ Mery; j Quean of,Sedts, whose heauty : may be said
tohaTOo'insed;hef’misfortanM; Poeahontas,oar
*' owhyirginia Prlhoeßs;,.Nell: Gwynn; mistress of
Ohtrl«s ir;>li|)dy Mary Montagu; Mario'. AntoK
iiette, guillotined ln : the Revol utloo; Agostina
Zaregosi thetfamons Maid of Saragossa, immor-’
■taliled by lhoifen of Byrod jnd the. pencil of.
Wilkie ; ; Anno. : .HaaaeHino>Judson, onpjpf. the
. rrives of the Anierloan Missionary-; '.chirlotte'
and the Empress Eagenlo< :• 1?1J ; '
Of the TTbolo of theso the execution’ Is'admira
ble.' ihe'mo«t^b«kiitif , uli!;faceaare.ihoBe of Pane
'lope, Beatrice,’29eM GWynn,“Diana of -PoUlirs,
Kn. Judson, and Eagente of France- It is otear
thatthe first of thfse must be only&fanoy
- & W]iiUe^the;^wb ;; fl?xt7aVe disqualified,' on 7 inoral
''/g^'n^/Cf^.icompaniqnsbipwith.purcWomen.
- The’ flatters
'A lady of “ fatj jWrJ ani for.|y, Aould hot have
.hean^Wn than, own *
;
these aregbod portraits; * v
haß:Oonden«sd;
an ImmanM qaintitj of’lnfdfmation lntp ttie blo
grapliloalndiio'eßTThichaooompanynndiiloatrato
the portraits. WeknowthodiffieuUy of writing';
with pento
nhgesdonefalljiutleetn.wMteUialn'aijUdhßaia
•’ - '•••>- - •fytiSf?'..'
il* has nine children, and not elghijfilihere stated'; IT™" mono ™™Ur* writlir«
. • . —a mem whieh even many popular writers seem
{.“■ wa oirel.ss about : She rhymes Well. In. the
iSw'feteS-Sr wholo;TOln “ 8 « to. found few«bad a**.
. *? d *£- %S’ 1 y then are to bd met In. almost any fifty lines writ-.
’ ergr, W. have found in a VH*' ten by W&?a; WhittUr,'. the most negligent of
We have .not space for oxtraotr o eha, „ ; Mias Mitchell,-connecting vhrlons'ljrios
raster of Mr. Goodrich's d shork , io tale .by a thread of narrative,
reading—graceful,. flowing, and hfc.lnkde roadaWrolumb. She uses many
The Information it cony Sys will give it a perma- - -■ , . , - ~ ,
nent interest, 'andalways mikedtadeslrabl.' J«>otieS of metro, and. Inouloates strong religions
volume to place in woman’s, hands.' It is. sple'n-' «4.bop«.U through. the book is not
didly got up, and i.positively' ibiurionir iUpUper, ° f * 8 '■«»«»»/’. tot for tt. ? si ”B 8 ” f 070
print, binding, and Hlaetrationa./, Woreotmmend- '““f™’' “ d delightfully too. In the story
it as'one of the most/d.Ughtful and- worthy gift- 5 elf ’ golden thread upon which tho.psarls are
book, of the jeer—a vast improvement |apon those ft™*’ there are not many incidents. Neither is
painted butterflies the Annuals of by- gone years. Wak. 0 ”*
mad ° up. andrnany of the lyrlos whloh constitute
OgB3B«. Byo.' pu«, (KjO.^PMUdelphla: Jams* Chat- it.exhibit dellosoy of thonght, parity of senti
hn.f Son: , .1 . j: • .v--- >, t ‘ ■-, r ; ment, and no ordinary skill in versification. .
Two points have to. be notieed-in: referenoe to i HOBA o IO . BiaEABKa . THEIR jathoiWy,
thla book—tho largoramountof informatfon whlph DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT. By Marshal
it eommanloateSp" In. A man Dar thajrevortoxf.-pe* I °/ t s} ir ?i ?5‘ D * ‘ ■l ] p wl * 4el P Wa: ** Coiopt?-
dantlo, aatbo'r s is" “'a’-ibholar and: a " 2jv ■- ' .. .
. ripe one,”) ahd'ii>e f great the mustri-’ "&»**>*;second edition «f a popular medical
tions, most ofwhiohw.re totaled by-Suborn ... ‘? e , lat * ®£’ N ' W ‘
'Hire,'theKwith heirCari.pinV and; ppi'ellfwe ton, ofMassaohnsetts, who died it: 1853. Dr.
have tb<s gifted man risking. rolume whieh. bet- OMMos.who supplies a memoir of the original
■ ter thanany other Of thesameeatentwithlnbux outhor.hasmnch extended,,*.. weU asimproved
knowledge, .brings'ua haek.Palestme as it wu, tok, “‘ »•* •?«««»-, to added
andshowsnsPalistinossaheie. 1 !“
-• at ?| - fh? eharaster and value of the
illustrious) velum.,'we' may say that itis got up’ *work »re; Improved by these changes, corrections,
. . ,
len :baVe unlformtyfeibibitedcjin /jraati'of iioir ABB GOVERNED. By Alb&DTPonbisnqoe,
publicationsa*hhvPebme ; bondon..mlNew York: a. RoutMgc
per floe, type, largo..and clearj Oiigravinga well , .fifany.persons on thie slde of the Atlantic are in
worked off. There: are two fine 1 engravings on terested, wothink,in the working of thocompli
stoel—one of H.nefa, the beantlful Bethlehemlte, cated .system of the British Government, so liko
bj;JohnSar tain,.’the ether -a view ofTyre, ,ae and yet so unlike our own. Hore is ft little Harid
t. she is, engraved by gamnel BatUlnr. These,, and boo>> wriUon by an English lawyer, which treats,
in a concentrated manner,of the British Censtitu
• lags and sketches by.ltfr. Peborn., Among these Is tton> Gt<)wni senate, Finaness, Looal Government,
a laye map ef Palestine, etmitrueted, and drawn Obnroli; Army. Navy, Laws, Benoh, and Bar of ;
snd England.. It was, published rome two monthsugo,
previous, There us five i u Xjondonjnnd as its accuraoy has been recognised
r 'ehromographio engravlngs—representing views of by tha O|U! ’ a ther( , | It .’ may ba preramei that it is
places, and birds and fiowora Palestine. ; More re i(ab[e for refe r enoe. We may add that, we,
thkfl this, there are about seventy j o i a j m i ng ( 0 know something about the aubjeots of
: Inga,eaecuted Uy^LCuderbaoh,andHoffman.and whlchlt haVafound v er y fewlnaceuraoles
• P I ”'f , ta It- Whoever dees as much for making the
plctorial illaetratlon is vainable tc tho reader, for Unlked stateB known in Europe, as'this little book
anchor bll 8 . d “'“ to “»ke English faot. known In this country
bring before ther.ad.r’s sale for his pnblioatlon.
mind by psgeVof description. The profnioaess of . MAGAZINES FOR JANUARY.
lUnStratiou'of this boot Isohe of its great merits.. PtUrion't Ladies’ National Magazine has a
This account of Palestine is given in form of a. splendid. - frontispiece showing Shakspeare’s
tonr. Alr. Osborn went upon this pilgrimage, not Miranda, engraved by Samuel Sartatn, from
unprepared by considerable previous knowledge an original picture by G. Vf. Oonarroe. There
ls,another fine engraving called “In the Bit
, -indeed,VtheißibieitMlf aoM’alinndanUy Bnpply. ‘of Cold,” ongravsd by. JJapswell. &, Eimmel,
to those who f -ieitd'-lt'earcfally; He traversed (printer’s name not mentioned,) which tells, a
'over'Faiestlnei'Hngerlngainld the ecsnes.wh'eh v.rysad ; ' story, .and tolls it very intelligibly.
Religion has made seored, which History has ran- Fashion plates,, steel and wood, newmnslo, crochet
dered illustrioda. * .He visited,; ahOT. all; the' and embroidery patterns further make this a good
. . places whioli had beentouohed by the feet ’of the magpslne for ladies. Many .of them, wo lhlnk,
BedCeiner.' He describes nhat.hesaw, hesketches will be glad to see Charles J.-Peterson, the odltor,
®,'fiolSeUtsThe’^'noU?es rpeteops. whomiheinet,' he commencing anew, and It istobohoped long, story,
brfbgs beroro us snatches of' their' conversation, called “ The Old Btone Mansion.’-. The four ohap
fielhbws’niiwhaftheir.manhers andonsto'tns'are— ters given here are really very. good. Mr. Potpr
ipArtiyi’uhalfered frdm ‘son has Seoided merits as a writer of, fiotion ; he
tSorlpHoiis’-knd, iri a word', he makes .us ’know has read extensively, and therefore knows what
-Palestine: better,-than any,, person pan know It, good . style is;;, he hna a. horror of what Is oalled
' ' traversing if.' iQnp ftf .fine Writing, and he has a truthful and delicate
’ ' ohkpiers Is that ln whioh the present touch in drawing oharaoter. Mrs. Stephens
’‘ifltprilfty'df Pftlfstink iii"UotiCed. ’’ ilrf OshCrA be- also commences o'; ealled “1 Gillian,” if it
"V Heves that lls ibrmer-prddnetlveness-is uot-ex-.- proeepd as It has oominenoed, it will be better
' -’•ji.fMfed/ftnS&ift. we than any thing she has published • during the last
three ye,or?;; There is a pretty little story palled
Pijlly lie made fertile once more. -.' r . “ Dressing to please one’s Husband,” and . we had
, ft langh,over , “ Mr». Smith’s .Great Party,”
gtven. wiiohwCufd ha've beati.'tdb-heavy, howeve . among the amusing lllastratiens of which we re
- .valuabte. in the text, or in foot-notee.There' Is edgnise, dressed up as Count Swindleskenskle, the
also»•««*«*«• on , a efTtokeray
oompany.Mr.;a)shifn’sMap,ee / Palestlnef'4his’ Ohnstmas book?; ;Ap this magarine is intended to
*,.i whleh,_ft: jrorld ! ;pf iatoipnly,:eould, hftye aocom. be bound in volumes, and is worthy of betng so
t. ,'plishedi namonf every place and ntd preserved, Wo would suggest that the ephemeral
tion mentioned In the Blbld/with referbnies to ail baslnesa-notices , placed in. tbe Publisher s Oor
: » e tK# paiiaSges-; of ; BoriptnfP'Where they ddciir, In- >ner”. ,bn shilted to.tho rover mstppd of plaoed, as
'eiiidlng the. modern.names, of. we. find, them .hero/In the body of the magazine.
. ' hable'iatltadP ahdidnytUde'bfßU. ’rThis; o'ooapy-. It.may be well fo mentionthatthisnumbercom
: Ing 49'pagbs, ia/a/novelty weU.exsetited, and wo menoes tho thirty-fifth volume of Peterson’ir Ma
may .say invalaable. Ihe. general Index to tho gazi’ie. .
Theflrst number of tho Ladies’ American M
a■ ;, : ,'ianded.'Malta, forex9icpie ( Ssinention : pd several gaithe,’. published at New York, has reaohed us.
-i-f «sa«i In the’ilioobf but is without rPf*reneeiU”the It is a supcessor to Gfaham’s. We shall be snr
-■ , prised:iflt succeed. The engraving “Saturday
‘ Palestine will iNigbt!’is old as the hills. The lottor-press ii Tpro
'h6 tentioaßand weak, with Ibe exoeptlonof (heEdi
: ‘ It;iif|^!^ : ttp}pipsi)^go.tiug’^books'pnbilsMdlln Eajy.Tplk’/’by Mr.'Wand, we suppose'; and
.. . :i lb(it’oitySsSS*;fthe : “«ppearaneefol’--Dr/:.Kahp’s In'his'p#n happiest manner- V
’■- : Arctld 'EXpl(ifetiobS/ >; ’ :'. : -' : ;;: , ( Of the J SJ,
■ The Edit»r’s Table
( 1 find A'very good-review of Carijilo’sFrederioU the
'Grtatrit would be onP of thodallest numbers yet
■- ' .:,,Ppiplon, but itdelpryeS.moreihanpnsaingpraise. ißsued.-, la.the “Gosaip- ! the editor, whpse
- - -.,> ,:We havel6 apbnowlpdge thelore for the EubjSct ;eTdesf;daughter,'fulfilling her natural destiny, has
■ and done it ’bat the hymeneal altar, writs
'■‘■-i - .TiW°, »’ article about few parents oan read
V 1 «i >&om toirth of nature makes the whole world kin.”
\ - Nearty- flll tha, rest s cf the number-r>Editor’s
very dull. Eyen
ner* belonged to poll well os, sword, and - ■who
fully merited' beautiful fculfigyUhdt
•/ poetry putlnto Wdon.” 'Here we
dud the intellectual •- achievements .of Sidney
placed inbompaulonsbip with "tlioso of hhf sword.
fWe find him, indeed} shown as ti diplomatist, a
i ohivalrio,warrior, -an.,imaginative writer,; and,
above all, as&'H&hJ, A reliable life'of Sir'Philip
Sidney* rwas ‘much- required, :and' here; in
that >Amerioa- whioh- was but an un
known' and - wild Colony in Sidney’s time, that
want haa’been: admirably-’supplied. We notice
thattbe blbgtapherbnUt* mehfcionfog that Sidney
wasf educated at. §Jire,wßbury Grammor .School,-
tben, as; now/ a oelobrated seminary. We haye
-seen Sidnoy’s portrait in the libraryof that sobool.
If represents him with'sandy; almost red hair;
blue' eyes; very fair' skin; aquiline nose; and • a
; mouth of delicate, almost womanly beauty of form
and expression; ; It Jehows a muoh younger person
than Sit Antonio Mdro' dopioted,.Sn the painting
ttbw’owned' by the' Bake of Bedford/ and beauti
ful ly-engraved as thei'frontlspteoo of this book.
; Yet,- ft Uowing for thedifferenee of age v both por
traiU/Bhow-the same -personj More’s being pre
ferable, aa repreaentlng Sidney .in manhood} while
the other represents him evidently in bis teens.
Of Un (aoouraoy of,'another engraving Jure, the
view of Penshutat Co&tle, still the family residence
bf;theSidneyline,.wVban r alSo J Bpeak,haying onoe
performed' a sort bf/pilgrimage to view it, and
hnving .been,“ kindly entreated” by the then poa
*EeflSOr, l wh6mwe"accidimbiillyeUoounUred'.
jThe, 11 terary* hi of S Idney. la an attraotive
portion of this volume, for his prose and poetry
are .to; the multitude by tradition
than-by perusal./His lifo of notion, onlled from
many seurbei,.is finely,and.fully described. Of
thls/.ftio : conclusion Of the biography, relating
-what.bappened'on.tho bloody field'of Zutphen,
,Whoro Sidney receivod bis death-wound, Js touoh-'
ing in its very simplicity of narrative. With the
exception of Hels'on', who'also dled iu’ battle, and of
'Wellington,'who proved .that “Poaoe hath her vic
tories ds well as War,” no British subjeot was ever
more honored than Sir Philip Sidney. And now,
nearly -three .centuries after his death, American
genius lays th|s biography, asyet another garland
uponjbib monument.' It is a'noble offering, grace
rfdllyrsuitable, ifi aljjrefpebu/'
LYRA GSRMANIOA: Second-Series.
Life'-Translated'-from the German' by OituSbiiLS
k.maawoatn. Philadelphia: Smith, Snslish % $* Co
A/voluine'oFtrahslationBfromGerman Hymns,
arrapged' in classes, according.* to subjeotj and
drawing very largely-upon the authors of a muoh
.earlieV period,thu"tibe;present. Por the most
pari/ iheSorflaowd : lyrids are rendered into-gobd
English-;versa; ‘ "How . and then/ however, the
rhymes halt terribly, . We have reward and God,
come and homo,- Dtorhtng and dawning , grave
andAm-’s, \eome 'abroad and Lord,
and so on.' How. happens, it, we ask, that In most
of the Sacred Poetry which we meet, rhyme and
ry thm/are.’.» frequently /set /at defiance ? This
carelessness is disgraceful to ourveiie-makers.
By Wituik Atson, formerly of
Memphis,Tennessee,-. Philadelphia Gaxt f Vok
,Jnar:~" *' r. , ■ ;
This volumecontaihs letters from the author to
his wife, from nine Southern States/ No,doubt they
were 3 aopeptable/in! the family olrcle. For the
public -sat large we,-quote Sir'Charles. Oeld*
stream’s short -sentence, 1 ' There’s nothing in
them.”j ' ‘l : r ; _- -
91 THB WOODLAND. TUB GABDEN, AND
1.v01,, Philadelphia : Smithy English,
( A good -collection of fine-poetry, culled from
many eonrooj. Several of the best poems here"
havo Kot'previously boon placed before the pub
.llo.'save In foreign perUdienls, soarooly known in
Authors,hare
ftUo.Deen frce]y drawc''upon l . There' are several
beautiful -illufltratlons, in ohromo/lithography.
OEBISItitAS BODRSu By the author of “ The Home
ward rath,” Beaton : Tick*or Fields.
1 Erijnieltely, printed _on.-oreant'oolored paper,
her- is a ll»i« -di itl; ilted fo’ 1
tho noiloe of. the Athcnceumla onslaught on Long-
“ Miles S tandish ” is verbose. The
miserable sonnet, called “The Ghosts,” seems to
have' been scrawled by a bibulous loafer, on
'awaking from agin-and-wator excess.
The American Theological Seminary in.
, ; -Rome Reviewed.
, [nr a catholic ]
[For The Press ]
Bather more than ten years ago, while a num
ber of gentlemen woro dining together in this
! olty, on extra , from one of the evening papers,
was brought to tho table, announcing the first
liberal movement on the part of Pope Piuß the
IX. The propriety of the movement, and the
eonsequenoeß likely to grow out of it, wero freely
and earnestly disoussed—all at the table, except
one, taking part in tbo debate. At length his
opinion.was asked. His answer was, in effect,
“ X do not understand the subjeot sufficiently well
to condemn the aotion of the Pope, but from what
I do know, I foel very, very sorry that ho has
mado this movement; I hope and pray no evil
will grow out of it.” What was tho result of this
liberal . movement ? Within a comparatively
short time the Pope fled from Romo to Gaeta.
for tbo protection of his life. The 'want of
knowledge of the operation of his liberal
movement on-the people of Borne, at that time,
endangered his life. The want of knowledge of
the people of tho United States (who are a people
jealous of their rights) will, if this American
TheologiosJ Seminary m Rome movement bo per
sisted in, lead to the most deplorable results in
this country. It, Is the duty of every far-seeing
Roman Catholic, who is not a bigot, to oppose it
for the’ sake of the peace and PRofiPßprrr of the
Holy Roman Oatholio Church in these United
States. It is the duty of every patriot in tho
land to opposo it for the peace and safety of our
beloved country ; for, if it cannot work for
good, it mtlst work for evil. , Why shall ohr own
religious Institutions bo broken down to establish
one 'in Rome? Why not make the establish
ment. here ? Why not found an American Theo
logical Seminary in the United States, of such
hiqu character that tho eduoated Roman GAth
olics would be glad to send their first-born to it for.
their education, thus dedicating to God their first
born male ohild? Unfortunately, tho petty jeal
ousies of our prelates have spread our Theological
Seminaries over the land instead of concentrating
them; and-our priests, ihstead of;being taken
•from pious, good parents, whether-rich or poor,
are unfortunately, in many eases, originally ob
jects of charity taken from the very dregs of sooio
ty, and afterwards, by the same oharitable hands
that originally saved them from wretohedness and
perhaps death, they are, after having remained
about the priest's bouse for years jh servile occu
pations, placed in our seminaries and beoorne
priests. This should not be, except in rare oases,
and where the youth give evidence of mind and
honorablo feeling. We want highly eduoated
American priests; 'we want them drawn
from ..the best of the laity; we want a
spirit of emulation among the'laity as to who
shall give their best.sons to tho Church, as to who
shall do most for the Churoh, and for God. Thieu
will never be. the case so long ,as paupers' of the
most wretohed parentage form a large number of
the students. Tho better instruotod Roman Oath*
olios will not allow their sons such companionship.
If it be said, that the Apostles were poor, ignorant
fishermen, reoolleot their prevarications, until they
woro miraculously Instruotod by the* Holy 'Ghost
who came down upon thorn in tbe shape of fiery
tongues. Then, and hot till theh, when they were
fully, miraculously instructed, did they begin to
teaoh tbeword of God, and they oontinued to do
so with fervor and‘holy knowledge. Why this
new movement, and from whence docs it proooed ?
Although the' Rope’s name is usod to whip in the
thinking Roman Catholics, it is well known that
the movement is from this'country. *
It Is bolloved that the Pope is misled by oer
tain persons in the Uolted States; that it ,1s ou
their representations he gives it the support ho Is
said to give it—namely, the purohase of an old
convent for §42,000. fielding implicit'faith to
all A the doctrines 'of the;,holy Roman Catholic
’ChurclC, receivih&them all.with the .same unre ♦
sitting faith that -the young ch ild t receives * the
iy t
pface ’‘anil
prosperity of our Holy Chiifch inthe' United
Spates I nevertheless claim the right to disouss the
propriety of movements within the legitimate con
trol of the laity, .and shall, therefore, ; wltb your
show in futuro numbers tbe unfavor
able operations in the holy Roman, I Catholic Churoh
in this country, of tho establishment of an Ameri
can Theological Seminary, such as is proposed in
Rome for the education of priests for tbe United
Stateß. ' Carrol.
. Philadelphia, I) eo. 14, 1858. . -
The Steamer “ City of Richmond.”
It may be remembered that, on the 15th.of. Oc
tober last, tho “ City of Richmond,” bound from
Norfolk to this port, was ran into by tho United
States steamer “ Arctic ” in Hampton Hoads, and
in consequence of the collision, sustained severe
damage, bhe was obliged to pat back to Norfolk,
and, after being temporarily repaired there, com
pleted her Toyage home. Upon her arrival bore,
her owners apprised the Navy Department of tho
faots of the oase, and immediately upon reooipt of
the information tho Beoretary of the Navy issued
an order L without a single day’s delay, to the com
mandant of our navy yard hero, to have tho ves
sel fally rep&irod at the cost of the Government.
This order was immediately put into execution,
and the work was forwarded with' all despatch,
and executed in the most creditable / atyle. The
repairs were all finished last week, and the “ City
of Richmond ” took her regular place in the line
to Norfolk and Biohmorid on Friday last.
The promptitude on the part of the United States
naval authorities refleota great credit upon Mr.
Toncey, the energetic hoad of the Navy Dopart
nftnfc.
This result is gratifying; not merely to the on*
terprising capitalists whoso pecuniary interests
are involved, but to the business pnblio at large,
who are direotly benefited by the successful work
iag of a line of steamers whioh pl&oos Philadelphia
in the closest relations with tho moßt important
shipping ports in the “ Old Dominion.”
Curious Legal Cass. —The New York Cow*
mercial Advertiser has the following: “In our
law reports will be found a curious legal oase,
connected with the ferries to the north shoro of
Staten Island. We have previously montion-fi
that a small steamer, the Only Daughter, culls it
Mariner’s Harbor, Port Richmond, and Factory
ville, on her way from R&hway to this oity, every
morning, and on hor return trip in the afternoon,
leaving the foot of Bey street at 3 o’clock. This
boat is' a great oonvenienoo to Staten Islanders,
as the ferry oompany have diminished their trips,
and no boat of theirs leaves the oity after I o'clock
P. M, until 4P. M. In consequence of the inade
quate accommodations afforded by tho ferry com
pany, this boat is veiy popular vrith the people of
the north shore, and the arrest of hor pilot, at the
instance of the company, as mentioned in the re
port alluded to, provoked very goneral indigna
tlon. At the instance of the defendant’s oouusol,
T. C. Callicot, Esq., tho warrant was quashed, and
Capt. Foster was hoarlily congratulated, on Sa
turday afternoon, by quite a orowd of passengers
for the island. We tako this occasion to say that
Mr. Callicot has been editorially assooiated with
ns for nearly eight years, and.on tho Ist instant
recommenced the practice of his profession as a
lawyer. Be carries with him our best wishes for
his success in his present sphere of notion, and our
confident belief that he posseßsos the talents, legal
knowledge, and industry that will seoure Buoh
sucoess.” We believe that Mr. Callicot is a Phi
ladelphian, aad are glad to find him so hand
somely spoken of.
The late oentennlal celebration at Pittsburg has
greatly general interest in tho early
history of thatfftpon.. Among other things, the
exact spot where Washington orossed the AUogha
ny on a raft in the early portion of his o&reer, has
been definitely fixed. The Pittsburg Free Press
says; “ George Oroghanwas King’s Commission
er, and dwelt at the time iu a log cabin, on the
left bank of the Allegheny, betweon four and five
miles abort the junction of the two rivers, per
haps a mile above the head of Wainrlght’s Island.
Directly opposite to this cabin Gen. Washington
and his companion shoved tbelr raft into tho
stream to contend with tho floating ioo.” Tho
reader of to-day may find it on the margin of the
grounds of John Graham, -Esq., within a few feet
of the lane fence whioh divides them from those
of Col. Wilson M’Oaudiess, and nearly opposite
his entranoo gate. Hero is the remainder of an
exoavation whioh was the oellar of Croghan's cabin,
an enlarged one whioh, when British supremacy
had been established, Oro&han built immediately
adjoining the original hut in a dlreot line with it
to. the river.
-The Washington Gambling House.— -The
Club Houee, fitted up by Pendleton just bitforo ho
died, W&8 reopened with the beginning of the now
session. So muoh has been written \ about this
place slnoe Pendleton’s death, there will no doubt
be a desire among Btrangers in Washington this
winter to make it a visit.
The Pittsburg, Penna., Gazette reached the
end of its seventy-second year on Friday last. It
is one of the oldest papers in the West.
The Indiana Legislature has passed au net
repealing the liquor law of that §tato, < ; «•
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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1858.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE, j
Origin and Progress of Young MenJh
"Christian Associations. —Tho fact that jthepo
organizations now number over'one hundred
fifty in this country alono, and the almost univer
sal attention Ihoir energetic labors have attracted
within the last year, combine to make a brief
sketoh of tbeir origin and progress a matter of lb 4
terest to tbo. religious community. It is duq’tofa
new religiouß contemporary, tbo Sunday-School
Times , published by the American Sunday-Sohobl
Union, undor tbo editorship of Professor John 6.
Hurt, ox Prinoipal of tho Philadelphia Central
High School, to wo find in tho initial'
number of this handsome new weekly an artiijld
to whioh we are indebted for many of tbe facts we
aro about to use. The first permanent YoutJg
Men’s Christian Association was formed in Loh-;
don, in June 184-1, the incidents of its origin fyoiijg
briefly these: A prayer-meeting was for some
time held in a large oommoreial houso, tho peril
oipants in wbloh conooived tho idea of establish
ing similar meetings, and also Bible claßsesfoi* t|te
benefit of tho young men, especially clerks'jn
stores, of the city, and accordingly they formed
themselves into an organization for that purpd/p.
In nine months it attained a membership mf
one hundred and sixty youngmon, whon it began
to attract thointorost of both tho clergy and Jjjl
ty. In 184 S it numbered four hundred and oign*-
ty membors, having then in charge thirty, deso*
tional and Bible Glass meetin .8 in '.various ,plac‘es.
During tbo ensuing two years, associations wire,
formed in sovornl of tho leading towns of England,
and in 1855 the number of members of the Lon
don Association was about fifteen fat
which tima England numbered in all forty asso
ciations, Franco twenty-fivo, Switzerland tWije,
and Holland ono. J *; P
At tho present time the London Association,
after an existence of fourteen years, numbers
nearly two thousand mombers. or about the sfilao
as our own organization in thisoity, inaugurated
some five,years ago. Tho first Young Men’s Chris
tian Association in this country was formed in
Oinoinnatl in 1848, after tho design of thatj bf
London, but was subsequently reorganized
union basis, and has for several years been onfc Df
tho most efficient of IT. Thfc ie.
Miller. F-[., i.< at proront its pie officer. Jtne
i;t MonTrcal was fully erganizojjiin
Dtombci, ! *SJ, in which same month, also, thdiis
sociatk'N at -Boston, of whioh F.„W-.Smitb, Escju.is
president, was formed, and during the following
year no loss than twelve .others wero put in Sub
oessfui rporation in different eities of tho Union.
In 185.“, associations woro formed at viwla’j,
Qainoy, an<l Springfield, Illinois Ob&rlesuwrn,
Mttssaohusotts; and at Providence, Brooklyn/ St.
Louis, Lexington, Portland, and San
From the increased number of these organiza
tions throughout the land, a general Convention
for the purpose of interchanging viows and lam
ing a oloser bond of union was deemed advisable,
and was accordingly held, with excellent results,
on the 7th of' Juno, '1854, at Buffalo, atfwj|ioh'
nineteen of the then existing .
represented. In many respects this Convention
formed on important ora, in tho history of
Mon’s Christian ' Associations. 1 The wisdom of
those composing it was, doubtless, oxhibitod ifi the
plan ofdonfedoration then adopted, mining
ventiens more advisory bodios, without.legislative
powers, and leaving'each. association and in
dependent to. rtigulato its own plan of operations
In its own.way. , - _ w* >
Tbe second Convention was hold at Cinoi&nati,
in September, 1855, tho previous year having,
marked the establishing of a large as-'
soolations, among whioh were those of Qlobeo,.
Halifax, Dayton, 0., narrisbnrg, siohmo t nii; and
our own Association of liiis city. *, . ‘ **.
The fact of this movement having bceiroom
menoed hero in emulation of what OhxUilanitwere
doing abroad, gave rise to corroBpondenoabswo ; en
the two countries respecting it, andwltipj|l&dU<>'
the “Paris Conference,” held in in.
August, 1855/ At this conference there•
sent. about fifty delegates,
tioDB in Franoe, England,
Belgium, and Germany, the oonfederate^socia- 1 -
tlons of America bavjqg -been
Messrs. Gcsrge H. Stuart, preside^f^Mm^^ l^*-*”
and tbe Rev. Abel Stevens, of New York, 1 ’
The next Convention was held at Montreal, in
June, 1850, at which lime sixty-sevon.assooiationq
wore reported as existing iri'Amerioa, of which
forty-three were connected with the confederation.
At tho fourth Convention, held In Richmond, Va.,
in May, 1857, oighty-tbree associations were re
ported by.tbo Central Committee. Itwas.there
ascertained that in the various sections, different
interests were sought to be promoted; thus, in
some quarters, reports showed a greater effioienoy
in the establisbingof Bible classes, whilst in' others
mission Sabbath schools, courses of lectures, and
sermons were receiving more attention. Of the
few that had commenced the formation of libraries,
the one at Boston, whioh already contained about
two thousand volumes, was most suoocssful. Nearly
all tho awociationshavonow rooms for reading and
conversation.
In ApriJ, 1858, the fifth Convention was ,held at
Charleston, 6. C,. whioh was much more nu
merously attonded than any of the preoedingones,
thore having beon over a hundred delegates pre
sent, representing all parts of tho Union and the
Canadas.
As already stated, the number of associations in
the United States is over one hundred and fifty,
having an aggregate membership of about 20,000,
The reaent removal of the Philadelphia Associa
tion to the large aud commodious qu&rtors on
Chestnut street, where the most amplo library,
reading, and committee-room facilities are af
forded, has resulted greatly to its advantage, and
tho movement now in progress for the ereotion of
a suitable building fur its exclusive uSb 4 on one of
our principal thoroughfares, when consummated,
will no doubt fee the moans of greatly augmenting
tbe beneficent labors of this excellent'organiza
tion.
Preaching for tub Masses.— ln no way is
the growing zeal of profossing Christians for the
promotion of the Gospel more strikingly attested
at the present timo, than in their increasing ef
forts for the free dispensation of the Word to tho
masses in plaoes where ail may feel free to come.
In view of tho approving comments upon our re
marks upon this subject Itthc week’, which jmvo
oorno to us sinoo, wo hope, at some future time, to
f-ion to iiat v\:,l nt the facUitius fur hea preach
ing have l.cp? augmented in this and other cities
wkhin tbt' put > car. For the present, wo havo
only room to •■date that, in the lecture
room of the Cooper Institute, the Aoademy ot
Music, and tbe Cbuthnm-streot National Thoatro,
and, in this city, almost all our publio halls nro
occupied- weekly, and in some cases oftener, by
congregations to hoar tho Gospel pronohed, “with
out rnonoy, aud without price,” by olergymen of
dlfiercnt.CbriBtian denominations.
Collections fur the American College at
Rome. —On Sunday last, the. 12th instant, collec
tions were taken up in the dioceSoa of the pro
vinces of Baltimore and New York, for the pur
pose of endowing the oollege rocontly given by tho
Pope to tho CathoMos of tho United States. Tbe
collections were, in somo instances, wo learn, ex
ceedingly liberal.
Children’s Meeting. —A meeting for ohildren,
parents, ami friends, is to be held this afternoon,
at .2 o’clock, - in Nazareth Methodist Episcopal
Churoh, Thirteenth street, below Vino, ilt which
time there will bo preaching by tho pastor, Rev.
Newton Heston, and exoerolses by tho ohildron,
oonduotod by Professor Kemmoror.
Large Agcesbion. —There were, on last Sab
bath, forty-five members reoelved into the Han*
cock-street Methodist Episcopal Church, of whioh
tho Rev. John Thompson is pastor.
Missionary Projects of Rome —There is
great joy in Rome at tho results of the English-
Frenon expedition against China. It is intended
to send at oneo more than two hundred priests
into tho interior provinoes of China, and for that
purpose to oall on all the Oatbolio ooantrios to fur
nish tholrcontingent of mlssionsrios,
Rev. Dr. G. B. Inn.—The last Now York
Chronicle has tho following: Rev. Dr. Ido, of
Springfield, Mass., has so furyioldod to tho soli
citation of tho First Baptist Obureh. in Cincin
nati, that he should beoorno their pastor* as to
visit that oity to them.
Rev. D. B. Cheney.—After an absenco of somo
six months wo'are glad to woloome our brother
Cheney book to his important duties in our midst.
Wo congratulate him and the people of his oharge
upon his safe return, and upon his renewed health
and vigor. —Christian Chronicle.
A marked feature in the book trr.do tho past
year has been the inoronsod demand for religious
works; while in the other departments of litera
ture sales have,'been unusually small. Such a
fact is significant.
The Rev. David Young (Methodist) has loft by
will $12,000 to build a new churoh in Zanesville,
Ohio, the pows of whioh are to be free for ever.
A Singular Case. —A German woman in.
Cincinnati, Ohio, being onherdoath-bed.wlth
the consent of her hub&nd, gave her infant ohild
to a neighbor,'and in consideration of the care
and narturo to bo bestowed upon it, also gave him
aoowando&lf. Three weeks after the denth of
the woman, tho child'died, and the widowed
husband (who, in the meantime, got another wifo)
claimed the cow. The case was argued long and
ably, and the learned oourb dcoided that the cow
was the property of tho man to whom it had been
given, because it was tho consideration for ralsidg
tho' child, and the death of tho latter did not
destroy the ooatraofc, for if the ohild should oomo
back he would still be bound to rear it l
THE PULPIT.
Sermon by Bishop Bowman*
[Reported for The Pross.]
A sermon from the following text of Scrip
ture was preached on last* Sabbath afternoon,
at Christ Church, by the Right Rev. Samuel
Bowman, D. D., assistant bishop of this
diocese:
“Fear not, little Hook; for it is your Father’s
good pleasure to givo you tho Kingdom.” —Luke
xii, 32.
Tho discourse Itself was an eloquent tri
bute’to truo moral courage, and pictured for
cibly tbe duty of all professing Christians
standing up at all times in defence of the
truth, in tho faco of oven tho most formidable
human, opposition.
Ho commenced by saying that Christianity
had come into tbe world “ without observa
tion.” At first it was as but a mustard seed,
or a small light in a dark place, with tbe rulers
of the world, and the- learning of the world,
and, in fact, tbe world itself, arrayod against
it. And it needed no argument to prove that
it required no small share of moral courage
to. dtaud up, in opposition to the opinions of
tho world. Looking at it as a mere human
act, tho attempt of those early disciples—a
"few poor fishermen, with an obscure leader—
to institute a religion which was at utter
variance with any other then existing, it might
well be regarded in them as presumptuous.
Certainly their undertaking was ominous of
perils and difficulties, and it was with tho view
of emboldening those early disciples that the
language of checriDg promise contained in
the text had been addressed to them, “ Fear
not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good
pleasure to givo you the kingdom.”
To the full understanding of the position in
which tho Apostles wero placed, it was ne
cessary for us to hear in mind that they wero
men of like passions with others, and it was
to arm them against the weaknesses of the
flesh that the Saviour had thus addressed
them.
In applying these words to the present time,
tho speaker said he know tho relative dispro
portion between tho Church and tbe world
had undergone a great change; yet, with &U
the increased numerical strength of the for
mer, the flock to which those words were ad
dressed to-day was comparatively small, and
had quite enough to contend with to require
tbe Stimulating promise of the text to nerve
them for tho conflict. That tho early Church
had been compelled to battle against more
fearful odds was not to ho denied, inasmuch
as it was then surrounded with enemies armed
‘with despotic power. What the Church might
yet bo called upon to grapple with was not
made known; yot, of this we might rest as.
sured, that come what may, they who testify
their moral courage iu an unswerving adhe
rence to the right, will ho shielded from its
terrors, or supported under them ; for it was
“their Father’s good pleasure to givo tbo
ki rgdom ” to thorn that put their trust in
him.
Applying his argument more specifically to
the character of the opposition with which
tho Christian was necessarily surrounded, the
speaker held that his true course in meeting
opposing opinion upon points of minor im
portance, was to exercise charity; yet, ho
would advise ovory one, for himself, to be
fully “ persuaded in his own mind.” In the
more fundamental truths of the Gospel, how
ever—in Buch as were too clearly set forth to
afford any reasonable ground for differences
and opposing opinions—our duty was clearly to
adhere unyieldingly to tho right; though, ho
feared, that even in these, through tho oppo
sition of the world, sad compromises were
not unfrequenlly made, even by tho well
disposed.
The right rule to bo observed upon all
questions involving ) rinciple, and requiring
our going contrary to the opinions of the
.multitude, was forovery man resolutely and
intelligently to dooide for himself. No mat
ter bow great the disparity in numbers
hgaihst us, if we felt that the truth was as
,sgiled, all the odium.and ridiculo the world
mould heap upon us should not deter us. from
declaring with Paul, «I am not ashamed of
Qeiipot-pf^tjhrietor-iVom loiloiritig-eov
convictions.
As regards the Christian’s true course to
wards nny great public vice, ho should not
hesitate for a moment -to throw his influence
both privately and publicly against it. There
were cases, he knew, where the pure, by asso
ciation, accidental or otherwise, were thrown
amid scenes of vice, anfc under such circum
stances they had a duty to perform, which,
however unpalatable, could not be consistently
ovadod : it was the Christian’s duty to oppose
wrong wherevor be finds it, and if possible,
to throw himself in tho breach and arrest its
progress, a course might, and oft times
would incur tho enmity of tho rich and influ
ential, but as a professed follower of Christ,
no man could rightfully evade such a respon
sibility,. In this senso, every believer was an
appointed sentinel to guard against the en
croachments of vice. Not that tho Christian
should become tho spy of his neighbor i but
whon ho finds the progress of sin across bis
own pathway, ho was in duty bound not to
keep silence. Our first and highest obliga
tions wore to God, and knowing this we had
no right to seek popularity with the world by
not opposing that which was hostile to God
and his Wold.
Bo was well aware that it was no slight trial
for a man to assail a popular vice, or advocate
an unpopular truth, • Tho same ploa, that
“ our craft is endangered,” employed by tho
shrine-makers of Ephesus, was with no less
vehemence sounded forth to-day whenever
an attempt was made to opposo tho progress
of vice. Said one, “ better let things take
their course than incur popular disploasuro.”
Wot so, howovor, could the Christian decide;
ho could not consistently suffer any such con
sidcrations to warp his judgment, or make him
renounce his principles. No matter how po
pular- the vice, or how loud the voice of tho
multitude in its favor, our only proper courso
was ,to plead for the right aud for the truth,
believing with the poet, that
“ Truth, crushed to earth, shall riso again—
The eternal ye.ars of God are hers;
But Error, -wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies among its worshippers ”
SpeakiDg of tho relative consequences of
light and wrong, the speaker reminded his
bearers that it was always moro glorious to
sink in tho former than to triumph in the
latter. Tho inevitable result of wumg*doing
wo know would always be suffering; and in
view of this, why not, if wo must endure, suffer
for tho right? especially as to such is the
promiso of the kingdom, Tho only praise j
that was worth having must come from God,
and to cling to wrong merely for tho sake* of
tho praise and adulation of tho world was
making a sad sacrifice to a very worthless ob
ject. And besides this, no Christian should
ovbr shrink from suffering. If tho “ Captain
of our Balvation” was made perfect through
suffering, his followers should certainly not
now endeavor to escape from it, feeling, with
Paul, that “ nothing should separate them
from tho love of Christ 5 neither tribulation,
or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword ;” and again,
as is written, « For thy sake we are killed all
the day long; wo are accounted as sheep for
the slaughter. Nay, in all those things we
uro moro than conqtlcrors through Him that
loved us.”
"Wo were too much disposed to think that
truth went with the multitude. The op
posite in the matters under discussion was
hold to bo true : that it was tho few who did
their own thinking, whilst tho masses, when
their avowed opinions come to bo tested
would, for the' most part, bo found neither
more nor less thun the reflex of some leading
mind by which they were influoncod. And,
under such circumstances, he could not aeo
how the man who entertained an opinion to
which tho multitude was opposed could bo
thereby disgraced, inasmuch as the masses
thought not at all. Thero was, therefore, no
proof or argument in mere numbers, licla
tively, tho people of God were still but a « lit
tle flock,” and whon we wore told by John, of
the great multitudo he saw in Heaven, which
no man could number, wo must take the future
into tho account,and not confine our calculation
to this little world of ours. It was said, in
this connection also, that nothing was really
important in this life, only as it boro upon the
future, aud in view of which he counselled all
who heard him not to bo taken up with
the present, but to look steadily forward to
that which shall bo.
The speaker’s peroration constituted an
earnest and improsisive appeal for all to set
their affections upon things above. It.was not
moso certain, said ho, that the righteous dead
were now at rest with Christ, than that all
would be who followed in tlioir footsteps, as
they followed Him j and again he quoted tho
language ef the text: “Fear not, little flock ;
(for greater is He that is for you than he can
be that is against you;) for it is your Father’s
good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”
In this meagre synopsis wo have, of course,
been enabled but to glance at the points of the
Bishop’s eloquent discourse, which we may say
was no less faultless in Us delivery than it
was clear and cogent in its composition.
Tho extensive brewery vaults of Philip
Einhiudt, on tho oorner of Best and Jefforson
Btreots, Buffalo, Now York, nearly completed,
caved in on Sunday last, ontalling- a loss of ten
thousand dollars.
CITY ITEMS.
Hints for the Holidays.—At this imme
diate season a few practical suggestions as to Aon; and
where our readers may spend their “Christmas mon
ey” most judiciously, may be an advantage to them,
and perhaps no disadvantage to certain well-known
parties hereinafter named. It Is a trniam that our
tastes, as a people, for what may be called the luxuries
of life, are Increasing with our national wealth. At no
time during the year is this growing taste more lavishly
and, we may say, more properly cultivated than during
the winter holidays. A word, then, as to sensible pre
sents. There can bo no objection to people spending
their own money for gifts to their friends; but as a
vast proportion of presents thus made are to person?,
in which thegiver is as much benefited as the recipi
ent is complimented—as, for example, when a gentle
man presents his lady with an article of wearing apparel,
which, if he did not buy. she would need the money to
boy for herself—it would seem to be the part of wisdom
*o make our presents, as far as practicable, of that sub
stantial and utilitarian character which will make them
not only an acceptable memonto for the present, but
which, should occasion require it, may supply future
necessities.
Thoro are many classes of articles which could be ap
propriately grouped under this head, but for the present
we will diroct attention but to a single branch—that of
Silver Ware for the table. Articles in this line have
certainly many of the elements of a sensible Christmas
gift. And besides this, there is no city in the world
where the facilities for supplying such artiolos are af.
forded on a more magnificent scale than in our own Phi
ladelphia. Taking’Chestnut street alone, we find se
veral establishments In this line, the combined capaci*
ties of which we should think quite' adequate to supply
the wants of a continent.
The magoificent store and manufactory of Messrs.
Bailey &Co , No. 819 Ohestnut street—the development
of a successful business, conducted through a period of
a quarter of a century—possesses, among things, the
historic merit of having instituted the British Ster
ling standard in their silver ware, and whioh has since
then, wo believe, been adopted by several other manu
facturers in this country.
The iplendid new edifleo, and its brilliant contents,
of Messrs J E. Oaldwell fc 00., No. 822 Chestnut
street, tolls Its own story. Wo can pay to It no higher
compliment than that it is at once a credit and an orna
ment to our oity,
SLOn the northeast corner of Ninth street, nn the same
thoroughfare, is located the establishment of Messrs.
John 0. Mead & Sons, at the present time, and in fact
at all times, stocked with the newest designs of silver
plated ware the market affords. Their preparations. In
anticipation of the holiday wants, have been of the most
extensive character.
In this department, alto, (elaborate and ornamented
silver-plated ware,) the extensive establishment of
Messrs. Meyer A Warne, No. 704 Chestnut street, occu
pies a prominent position. Onr readers will remember
that their display at the late exhibition of the Franklin
Institute elicited the premium. Their magnificent
Britannia tea-sets and unique single articles for holiday
presents, got up for the present season, are worthy of
notice.
To the manufactory of Mr. E. W. Carry!, No. 714
Ohestnut street, we have had occasion already I refer,
in describing the interesting galvanic process by which
the plating of metals is effected. Mr. Carryl’s facili
ties in this department are unsurpassed.
Leaving Chestnut street, the old and Teliahle house
of William Wilson A Son, southwest comer of Fifth
and Oherry streets. will be gladly remembered by shop
pers for this class of ware. As manufacturers of arti
cles from the solid metal, of the best standard, their
reputation is national.
Iu the line of sterling silverware, we may also in
clude the house of Messrs. Meadows A 00., No. 810
Chestnut street. In their laboratory, also, we had the
pleasure some months ago of witnessing the dex
teroas and most interesting process of beating the solid
metal into its Intended form.
In this connection, we would also refer to the very
creditable establishment of Messrs. J. S. Jarden A
Brother, No. 804 Chestnut street, (up stairs,) manufac
turers and importers of silver-plated ware. In addi
tion to the vast amount of gilding and platiog they are
constantly executing to order, their present prepara
tions for the trade, in beautiful goods in that line, suit
able for presents, are very complete.
We might extend this list, bat surely among those
already named our readers wilt ,have no difficultr in
finding every artlole in this department that the roost
prolific imagination conld suggest.
Letter from New York.
DEPARTURE OP LIEUT. GENERAL SCOTT TOR THE
SOUTH—RESIGNATION OP AN ALDERHAN AND
CURIOUS DEVELOPMENTS CONNECTED THERE-
WITH—GENERAL NYB— THE NEW SKATING POND
IN CENTRAL PARK ! SEW YORK COMPETING WITH
i. occa : -
BIONED BY IiON.'JOSBpn KELLHY’S RESIGNA
TION—WIT IN THE COURTS ! BUSTKED AND THE
PEJBE ISLANDS—MOUNT VERNON FESTIVAL :
NOTABILITIES EXPECTED—DRAMATIC FUND.
[Correspondence of Tho Press.]
New York, Bee. 16, 1853.
Lieutenant General Bcott sailed for Charleston yes
terday arternoon m the steamship Marion. On Tues
day he was waited upon by a deputation of military
gentlemen, who desired to pay him tho honor of an es-
cort, which was declined. He was accompanied to the
steamer by Moses n. Gunnell, George W. Blunt, and a
few frienis General Ward, of the Soott Lifeguard, was
at the wharf with some of his men, and a field-piece,
and gave the old gentleman a salute of thirty guns
whereat he appeared on dock, and waved his bandana.
His destination In Charleston, Key West, New Orleans,
Ac., to Inspect the posts, and, incidentally, enjoy a
little hospitality.
The re3igna*ion. yesterday, of Mr. Cross, a member
of the Common Council, and chairman of the Commit
tee on Accounts, has led to the exposure of additional
defalcations to the city government One of the col
lectors of assessments Is minus $14,738, while another,
somehow or other, is unable to hand over the little
sum of $147,183 The alderman who publishes this
report, does so on his own account, having endeavored
for a month past to present it to CouDe'); but, despair
log of success, cists up his office and his accounts,
and thrusts a report under the nose of tho publio.
He’s Cross all around: Cross as in alderman, Cress be
cause he couldn’t get his report before the Council,
Cross because the officials didn’t pay up, and—Mr.
Cross
Speaking of resignations : Gen. Nye, president of the
board of Police Commissioners has determined to re.
sign that position on or before the first ef January
next. He thought or resigning several months ago,
but postponed it for reasons political.
Nye Is a shrewd fellow, a goed politio'an, capital
story-teller, and a good fellow generally—barring his
polities, which are Republican of the most ebony hue.
New York will, at the first 'snap of cold weather,
make a demonstration towards imitating London in the
skating business The new skating pond, In Central
Park, is a broad sheet of water, extending from Seven
ty-third to Seventy-ninth streets, and picturo'qaely
winding around a rocky promontory. It is from four
to ten feet deep, or about five feet on the avenge. To
guard against accidents, policemen with ropes, ladders,
and other llfe-sivlng appliances, will be on doty in the
vicinity, and boys will not be allowed to skate until the
ice is sufficiently thick to Wear them in safety. The
pond Is not yet full; but on Saturday laat there were
some three hundred skaters careering over its frozen
surface. Some time next week, it Is hoped that it
will be qnlte full, as it is contemplated to obtain suffi
cient water to fill it from the lower reservoir, by means
of a syphon. When the pond is full and well covered
with ice, it will no doubt prtaent a gay eeene every fine
day throughput ,the skating season.
The GoTdrnorSh&s appointed on election on the 6ih
of January next, to supply the vaoanoy occasioned by
tho resignation of John Kelly, as member of Congress.
-Thomas J. Barr, member elect to the Dext House, will
be the anti-Tammany Democratic candidate, and will
doubtless bo elooted. No other candid&tos are yet in
the field.
A little wit is occasionally let off in onr courts. On
Tuesday, when the trial of Billy Mulligan was called
on, befote Judge Ingraham, several technical objections
were interposed by that clever and dexterous advocate,
Richard Busteed, Et>q —but the judge was Imperative:
the t.lal must go on. Mr. Busteed commenced chal
lenging jurors The Urst one was asked :
Have you heard of the action of the San Francisco
Vigilance Committee?
A. I have.
Q. Did you approve of that ?
A. I thought they did right.
q. And you think a Vigilance Committee should be
formed here and send Mulligan back ngain ?
A. Oh, no; but if he was sent back, or to the Fojeo
Islands, it would be so much.tbe better
Mr. Busteed. You can stand aside, orgo to the Fe
jee Islands, just as you like.
After challenging various others, a panel was at
longth completed, when Mr. Basteed remarked, that as
the most Important preliminary had now been disposed
of, be hoped an adjournment would be granted, Incrder
that he might make hlnnolf acquainted with the case,
for be had not read a single paper on tho matter.
The Judge.* You would make a good juror*
[Laughter.]
Mr Busteed. But, under the circumstances, an in
different advocate. [Roars of ditto ]
Adjournment granted.
The proposed Mount Vernon festival progresses
gaily. Every one is going, and in fall toggery. Seve
ral distinguished personages from abroad, including
foreign ambassadors at Washington, the Hon. Edwatd
Everett, and others; will be apparent on thq occasion.
The Dramatic Fund Festival is also under satisfac
tory headway. In a few days, I will give you the
names of those who are to appear as amateurs, a la
Dickens, and tho name of the new piece.
“ Education” in Indiana —Selling Sc/100/5
at Auction!— Out on tho Salt Creek hills, in Law
rence county, they have an original way of em
ploying teachers They keep school there about
six months in the year, or say two quarters When
the time about arrives, tho school is put up at pub*
lio auction, and sold out to the lowest bidder for
the quarter. Reoontly groat trouble existed in
one of tho districts out there as to who should
teach during the fall quarter of tho school. The
wire-working among the natives was spirited.
When the day arrlvod, a goodly number o? bid
ders to“ tenoh the young idea how to shoot* gjfcre
presont. Whon the trustees put up the sohtfflL it
was started at $lOO, and down, down went the
school until it was knocked off at $74 for the quar
ter. And whon the name of the bidder was called
for, tho tall form of L Q Hoggat was seen aris
ing out of the crowd to olairn the prize Loosh is
now, wiih birch in hand, fulfilling his oontraot
with the trustees, butswoars it is the last teach
ing ho would do, as the grammars, arithmetics,
geographies, and every book has changed since
e went to school.
Weekly Ueview of the Philadelphia
Markets.
[Ksported for Tho Preoo.l
Philadelphia, Poo. 17 18681 .
The week’s operations have been circumscribed by
the wet weather, and the Prodace markets have bepn
dull slnoe the dose of our last notice, Quercitron Bark
Is not Inquired for, and lower. Breadstuffil have been
quiet. Plour, Wheat, and Corn ara steady. In Coal
there ig n° change. Coffee, Sugar, and Molasses are
held firmly, hut there is very little doing. Cotton la
bringing full prlcea. Pish are scarce and high. Fruit—
There Is more doing. Htdes-No sales, thestockbeing
exhausted. Iron-Pig Metal ISqmet.bnt prices are
steady. Lead is duU. Leather is .scarce and prices
advancing. Naval Stores are quiet, but for Spirit, of
Tnrpentlne prlcea are Brmer. Linseed and Lerd Oils
are batter. Plaster-No change. The Provision mar
ket continues dull. Rice is steady. peeds—Olover
seed meets ' a Bteady inquiry, but Timothy end
flaxseed have been neglected. Tallow, Teas
and Tobacco are dull. Wool meets a good de
mand. Whiskey Is firm, and on the advance.
The Dry Goods market is very inactive, but not as
much*so as usual at this seasou of tho year. A few
Western jobbers and olothiers have been lookiog round
and buying a few goods to sorts of their stocks, which
are very much run down, previous to making their
springpurchaics. The stocks of all hinds of seasonable
goods are very light, most of the desirable hinds of
both eotton anwoollen mumacture having been
closed out at fully former rates, Including fast styles
of Prints, suoh as Sprague’s dark colors, and Green
field’s black doeek'n caesimeres, which are about all
out of first' hands. Brown Sheetings and fihirtings are
moving off as wanted at full prices. Drills are qlso
firm and thestook light.' Bleached goods generally are
quiet, but there is ho disposition to press sales. Ticks
Checks, and Stripes meet with a moderate demand, th"
latter to go Eouth, and bring full.rates, including shoe
of Ripkin’s new stylos, which are jast earning into
market. Prints are firm, hut the new styles are not yet
opened, and the market for this description Is at a
stand} groat variety, however, will' be
offered a* soon as the wants of the trade require them.
Woollens—The olothfng trade are buying moderately
the demand being chiefly for Caesimeres and Sattinets,
the stoTks of which are light and prices tending un
ward. * *
BRBAD3TUFF3.—-Tho trade in articles under this
head has been languid, but without noticeable change in
prices a« compared with last week; there is very little
expert demand for Flour, and about 6,000 bbls have
been taken at $512#05.25 for standard and better
brands, s>.d7#os.62jt for extras, and £6a6 60 for ex
tra family and fancy lots, according to quality. The
retailers and bakers have been buying within the s&hie
range of prices, with occasional lots of. romething very
ohoice at $6.7507 3?* bbl. Bye Plour is selling in a
small way. at $1 & bbl. Com Meal is bat little in
quired for, and 600 bbls Pennsylvania meal sold, at
13 bbl, at which rate it is firm. Buokwheat Meil
is selling at $2 6Q®2.76 the 100 Jba.
The following are the inspections of Flour and Heai
for the .week ending Thursday, December 16,1858 :
Half Barrels of 5uperfine.....,..,814
Barrels of Superfine 555
■ Do. Fine ’lofi
Do. Middlings.,,,, 7
Do. Bye 269
Do. OornMeal 830
Do Condemned ............ lt>9
Puuoheons Corn Meal 20
Total 16,7C6
WHEAT.—there has been a moderate demand for
milling at last week’s quotations, and supplies come
forward slowly—sales of 16,0.0 bushels. are reported at
124 to 128 c for fair to prime reds, and 180 to 1450 for
ordinary and oboice Pennsylvania and Kentucky white.
Bye has bsen in demand, and taken on arrival for dis
tilling at 80c for Penna. Barley Is very dull, with
sales of New York at&7o, and Pennsylvania at 70a
bushel. Corn has beau in steady demand, and abdat
25,000 bushels new yellow sold at66070e, as to condi
tion, includiug white at 62®64c; old yellow is scarce
and worth 82283 c bushel. Oats have been in mo
derate request, 15 000 bushels sild at 44a45£0 lor
Delaware, and45&460 for Pennsylvania.
PROVISIONS —Btocks of all kinds are very light,
and the market quiet; the demand for Pork is limited
at $18018.25 for Mess, and bbl for Prime.
City packed Mess Baer sells as wanted at $15®16.60.
Dressed Hogs are selling at $S®6.6O cash, bacon
There has been but little inquiry, but the market is
nearly bare of stock: sales or plain and fancy Hams at
10ol2c; Sides at and
Of balk meats there is little or no stack here to operate
io, and prices of Sides and Shoulders are entirely nomi
nal. Pickled Hams have been sold at o#c. Lard—
There is little stock here, and the demand limited;
sales of bbls at llnll#c. and kegs at 32®12Vq &Mb.
Rutter Is alow of sale atl6®2oc for roll, and lOol2c for
solid packed. Cheese is steady at 7®Bc&' lb. Kris
bring 22©23c 1
METALS.—Pig Iron continues firm, but the demind
has fallen off} small tales of No. 1 Anthracite have
been made at $220V3, No 2 at $2O. and No. 3 at
ton cash; Scotch Pig Is held at $25 without salesj: a
small sale of Charcoal Blooms was made at
ton on time. We notice a fair inquiry for Bar and Bofler
Iron, and the mills generally are well supplied with
orders. '
LEAD.—The stock is light and prices flpn,- wlthaales
or Virginia at $5 65 tho 100 As, equal to bath Cop
per—Sheathing is but little Inquired for, and dull at
lb. Yellow Metal is selling at2la6moa.
BARK is unsettled and lower, and No, 1 Quercitron
has been sold at $28029 & ton, closing doll at the for-
CANDLES—Adamantine are'active, and prices are
better, with i alesof 4,600 boxes elty manufactured at
210220 & lb, on time, chiefly to go oat of the market:
other kinds are steady, with moderate sales.
COAL —The demand is moderate, and prlees firm;
the waut of vessels, however, has restricted shipments
from Richmond. The receipts by oanal-have ceased,
and the business season is nearly over.
COFFEE.—The market is firm, with sales of 3.0:0
bags Rio at lfigollXe, COO bags Laguayra aUl£c,and
400 bags Maracaibo at 12c, all on the usual creult "
COTTON.—The market is firm, but the demand has
been light; sales include 900 bales, chiefly uplands, at
lb.for low middling sod middling fair
quality, including samples at n#®ll#c eteh. '
The following is a statement of The movements in
Cotton slnoe Sep’ember 1, as compared with the pre
vious three years:
1868. 1867. 1866/ 3856.
Reo’ts at P0rt5....1,3:0,000 72i 0001,075.0001,108,CK0
Kx. to G. Britain 365.C00 263.000 211.000 387 000
Ex. to France 181,000 67,000 102,000 13d!cC0
Ex. to other F.P 73 000 43,0C0 48,000 94 000
Total export 619 000 873.000 861,000 617 000
Stock on hand 644 000 379,000 550,000 464*000
Of which during the past week, inoluded In the above:
Reo’ts at Porta 128,000 112.C00 129.000 144,000
Ex to G Britain.... 60,000 40,000 39 000 60000
Ex. to France 10,000 11.000 38.000 22 ovo
Ex other F P.... 7,000 5,000 6,000 18.000
Total exports 76,000 56,000 57 000 100 o*o
DRUGS AND DYES.—There is -very little doing:
some Catch sold on private terras, SodaAsnat2ka
2*ic, Sugar of Lead at and Mexican Cochineal at
$1 10 lb,6mos.
FEATHEIB—SmaII sales of Western are making at
500 lb, but the mark*t is ve/y dull.
FIBH are firm, but quiet; the store rates for Mack
erel are $l6 60 for No. 1, $l6 for No. 2, and $10.60 for
No 3. An Invoice of Codfish sold from the wharf at
$3.76 the quarter Pickled Herring are selling, as
wanted, at $3 2603.60 bbl; 400 bbls sold on terms
kept private.
FRUlT—Foreign is in better demand and prices
firmer, with sales ot bunch Rais'ns at $2120215 3?
box. smaller packages in proportion Citron commands
19a>20c. Havana Oranges $5OO bbl, and Lemons
$3.7604 box. pomestic fruit has been in better de
mand. Dried Apples sell at 7jf©7#o fit, ani on
pared Peaches at ool2c. Cranberries range from $9 to
15 bbl according to qnallty
•FHEIGHTS.—To foreign ports there Is little or no pro
duce ofTtylng, and rates are nominal; to London tbe
last engagement was at 20a & ton; to Boston the
packets are getting 25c bbl for Flour, 6®7c ; bus
for Grain, Go for measurement goods, and $3 qpt ton f for
Pig Iron ;to New Orleans we quote at 808 c foot;
Mobile, 10c; Charleston, and Wilmington 6c
foot; to can FranoißOo the rates are 32035 c foot.
Collieries are scarce; the rate to Bcs on is $2 26; Pro
vidence, $1 66; New York, $1.30; Now Haven. $160;
Bridgeport,sl.6o ; New Bedford, $1 80; Washington.
$1.16; Richmond, $1.26; Newboryport,sl 50 ton
from Port Richmond.
GINSENG is scarce, with sales of crude at 630 lb.
GUANO.—Nothing doing, and prices continue as
last quoted. ,
f> HEMP.—No sales have come under-our notice to
alter quotations. We quote undressed Western at $1 26
0I 30 ton
HlDES.—There are no foreign in first hands, and the
market is buoyant, city slaughter are selling freely at
9*olOc ft.
HOI’S are in better request, with sales of new Eas
tern and Western at 240170, and old at 7® 10c according
to quality
LEATHER—The market Is nearly bare of prime
stock, which hat advanced 1020 W lb.
LUMBER —Yellow sap boards are dull at $13015
M leet. A cargo of Eaatport laths sold at $1 40 M,
which is an advance. Flooring boards are dull at
$lS®l9.
MOLASSES continues quiet There has been no ar
rival of Cuba, but about 300 bbls New Orleans sold at
86037 c, on time.
NaVAL'STORES.—The arrivals are light, witb-sMes
of common Rosin at $1 45, and No. 2 at s2©2 25 4? bbl.
Tar and Pitch continue quiet. Spirits of Turpentine
has met with more inquiry, with sales of 200 bbls, in
lots, at 60051 c
OlLS.—Sperm and Whale are firmer, but the domain!
has been confined to store lots. Linßeed Oil is better
and selling at 60®620. Lard Oil is unchanged, and
winter is worth 90c
RIOE —PHces are unchanged, with Small sales at
$3 25®3 60 3? 100 lbs, on timo.
BALT —Two cargoes of coarse sold on private terms.
SEEDS.—The receipts of Oloverseed have fallen off,
but the demand is leas active, and about 2,600 bushels
sold at $6 6005 75 ty bushel for fair and prime quality
Tim >thy soils in a small way at $2, and Flaxseed at
$1 62®1 65 qp* bushel for Domestic
SUGAR —Prices are the same ae la«t quote), but the
market is quiet, with sales of about 460 hhds New Or
leans at 7 ©Be, on time. The stock of foieign is near
ly exhausted
SPIRITS —Brandy aud Gin have been in limited
request at previous quotations. Domestic Spirits are
held firmly. Whiskey—sales of bbls at 26jf©260 for
Ohio, 25e for Pennsylvania, 24)fc for hhds, 23« c for
drudge.
TOBACOO.—A few small Bales of Leaf have been
made at from 6to On lb. In manufactured there is
nothing doing to alter quotations.
TALLOW Is doll and City rendered is selling at 10©
10*e lb, but someboldersasfc more.
TEAS, especially the fine grades, are firmer and
rather more active, tho demand is chiefly to supply the
city trate.
WOOL.—The demand has been moderate, with a re
duced stock on sale; prises are stiffeeiog; sales include
about 150 000 lbs, ranging at from 86 to 56c 4P 1 lot,
cafeh, lor No. 1 pulled and common to fine fleece net.
Outrageous Affair.—An outrageous affair
ocourred on tho 7th near Wavnosburg, Greene
county, Pa, resulting from a long existing feud
between learto Totitt and Abraham Huffman. Oa
the 7th, Huffman sent a messenger for Petitt, re
questing him to oall at his house, as he desired to
sea him Accordingly, Petitt started for the house
of H. t entered, seated himself before tho fire, and
they engaged in conversation. While conversing
tho latter arose, grasped an axe-handle, and dealt
the former a heavy blow just below the ear, knock
ing, him senseless upon the floor, and, as be
thought, dead. No person being at home but his
wife and little son, who were np stairs during tbo
assault, no one knew of the ooourrenee for some
time after, when the boy oatne down and found
Petitt lying on the floor apparently dead lie
started for a neighbor’s, and informed them that
his father had killed Isaac Petitt. Several of tho
neighbors then started for the house. On arriving
there they found that he hod revived, and was
standing, although ruuoh injured by the blow ho
received. He was conveyed home, where he lies
in a very precarious condition. Huffman was
arrested, ana is now in jail.
An active emigration to the gold and silvor
mines of Arizona is setting in from Texas and Ark
ansas.
Scarce. —Thero arc now but thirty Indian
warriors in Florida, and they will probably emi
grate in two months. '
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
A Paris correspondent of the St. Louis Anzei
gerdes Westens writesthattho lower Classes of
the Parisian population are seised with a terrible
?uspioion, whioh tho late predictions by the clergy
of an impending calamity have not tended to al
lay. It seems that for the two last years the Ca*
taoombs, those immense subterranean quarries,
out of whioh and over whioh Paris has been built,
have been olosed to tho public. • This fact, added
to the general impression that the Emperor would
shrink from no means, however diabolical to sup*
press a revolution, has led to the rumor that tho
Catacombs are filled.with powder, with a train
leading to a chamber beneath- the Tuileries, *o
that, in c&se of a successful uprising of the people,
the,Emperor would need but a lighted matoh to
blow half the city to atoms, and in the confusion
and terror which would’ necessarily ensue, regain
his power.
Chevalier BonelU,. the well-known electrician
and director of the telegraphs at'Turin, Is at pre
sent engaged in a vast projeot for connecting
tGenoa with Buenos Ayres by means of an eleotrio
cable. This plan possesses an advantage over the
Atlantic o&blo between V&lentia nnd Newfound
land, as it is divisible iuto various sections not
exceeding nine hundred miles, while the Valentia
cable measures three thousand. This undertaking
might he completed in the course of four years.
In the first year the line would be established be
tween Genoa and Gibraltar; in the second, be
tween Gibraltar and the Cape de Verd Islands;
in the third, from the latter to Bahia, and in tho
fourth from Bahia to Buenos Ayres. Branch
oables might communicate with the main oable
from Marseilles, Barcelona, tho Balearic Isles?
Carthagena, Madeira, and the Canaries.'
A correspondent of tho N. Y. Herald suggests
that the whole matter of the Mexican Preteotorato
might be settled as follows: “Sot ajoint resolu
tion pass the Senate and House of Representatives
declaring that the people of Mexico, having,
through a long series of years, shown themselves
incompetent to establish a government which can
secure to its own aitUens the rights of persons and
property, or protect from outrage the persona and
property of foreigners resident in th at republic or
ours; furthermore, which can he relied upon to
fulfil its relations to the other members of the fa
mily of nations; and having grossly violated its
obligations to all other nations and particularly to
the United States; therefore itisresolved, and tho
President is direoted in the name of humanity and
for tho general benefit of mankind,'to take posses
sion of the country with such military force as may
seem necessary, and, sustained by such force, to
establish suoh olvil government as Congress may
hereafter direct; and, farther,-that this Govern
ment take possession of the revenues of the conntry
and apply them, first, to maintaining the ex
penses of the protectorate, and, secondly, to the
payment of the just claims of foreign nations r
and, finally, that this protectorate shall continue
in force so long as tho circumstances which have
called for it shall oontinue to exist; but if at 1 any
time any State or States of the pj-tsent Mexican
republic shall show themselves competent to
establish and maintain .an orderly, independent
government, they shalf .be permitted to do so; or
should any State desire to he annexed to the Amo- '
rioan Union, and make'ap'plfoation to that effect,
Congress may or may not grant the request.
The Portland (O T.) Times holds the following
language in reference to the'late war.. That pa
per looks upon tho peace as oertain to be of short
duration, and considers it hurried into by the
United States officers to Avoid the hardships of a
winter campaign. The Times says:
“ Wo heard on every hand rumors that tho"
Northern war is olosed for the present, at any rate;
that some, at least, of the'hostile' Indians have
come in and sued for peace; that several of the
leading • spirits have been hung and other
wise summarily disposed of; and that hostages
have been taken for the future good be
havior of the Indians. These rumors contain
the farther, information that the surrender
wholly unconditional, and that Ksmiakin has fled
beyond the mountains. We give them for what
they are worth. To us, at least, it seems as if the
war had vanished in mist.' We can learn nothing
satisfactory as to its termination; we are at a loss
to know what to say ofihe affair, and we are at a
still greater loss to'determine whether the Indiana
have been whipped at all or hot.' We are now
gravely assured that the report of Colonel Step
toe, estimating the hostile. Indians engaged in the
attack upon his command at fifteen hundred, is a
monstrous exaggeration, and that In foot but
about three hundred Indians, all tqld, were en
gaged in that official reports tbrough
out the campaign show an Indian lossof far less
than fifty men; and if these reports are to be dis
counted for exaggeration at the rare of threo’huu
dred, in lieu of fifteen hundred, then we hard but
a barren showing in our favor. The killed have
been white men nnd not the red do'rils, and it is
not at all certain that two or more of our army
officers who have fallen were notehot by their own
men. The"cdnductof Col. Steptoe in that engage
ment is to be investigated, and.orders have.been
issued requiring the presence of the army
officers at .Washington for that object?*'. ;
A'recent number of the London Times, pub
lished at the time of the rumors that Secretary
Cobb intended to propose n tax,Upon tea and oof
fee, thus comments upon that proposition :
“What! a-tox upon tea ?’* wo exclaim; “a tax
upon that magical leaf, whioh ought! to he as
saored in the eye of«every American as the mis
tletoe was to the Druid, and the olive to the Athe
nian—a tax upon that plant which ought to re
mind every Amerioan, whenever he boars it
mentioned, of the epoch of independence—a plant,
therefore, whioh ought to be forever sacred iu tho
United States, and forever free from the polluting
touch of the, tax-gatherer?. It was on the lSih of
December, 1773, that the oitizenß of Boston, in the
enthusiasm of patriotic indignation- ascended tho
deck of the Dartmouth and threw overboard into
the sea eighteen thousand pounds of tea. .That
happened to be Die article upon whioh a British
Parliament had tested their right to tax a British
colony. The attempt, as we all know, was unsuc
cessful. The fia'me of liberty was lighted up, a
Congress of the several States met, Washington
was put at the head of a colonial army, and the
issue of the strugglo was American independence.
Whether from patriotic sentiment, or becaaso they
like tea, or beoauee they did not want tho money,
the Americans have laid no duty on tea from that
day to this, when, for the first time, it appears, a
oustoms duty is to be laid on tea, and America is
aotuolly going to drink taxed bohea. Redaotion
of taxation has been carried to such an extent in
tho United States, that the revenue begin* to ory
out, and, as some artioie or other must suffer, tho
victim seleotod is tea... Wo hear of no publio
meetings called to resist this aggression upon the
saored plant, no combination of patriots and old
ladies, of the anti-English, Southern or Demo
crat, and the true Yankeo * Know-Nothing,’ who
stands up for truo Amerioan blood in all its purity,
and old American institutions. Aa American
self-imposed tea-tax certainly teaches one lesson,
and that is, that it is not bad government so mack
as a meddling, domineering Government, that
alienates the members of a free State.”
The same paper has another attaok upon Mr.
Reed, the American- Minister to China, which
says:
“But whenevor the Araerloan people can com
pare the English and American treaties, one-balf
of our case will bo oomplete without any extra
neous aid. They will then see that Mr. Reed
made a treaty which was not only worthless, but
worse than worthless. It was .worthless, because
if no American ship had appeared in China, Ame
rica would have,been entitled, under her old
treaty, to an equality of share in all rights that
might be obtained by England. It was worse than
worthless, because, by. accepting the miserable
concession of a treaty recognition of the traffic
that had for years been going on unmolested at
Swatow and in Formosa, it threw all the moral
power wbioh America possessed in China, such as
it is, upon the Chinese side of resistance.
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“Oar acousation against Mr. Reed is, that he
exerted all his ingenuity to prevent tho Chinese
Government conceding to the western nations
diplomatic -relations in Pekin, and free transit
for commerce through the country. If America
believes that in so doing Mr. Reed wns serving his
country, our accusation comes to nothing; but tho
facts remain.”
Among the items of the late foreign news is the
following from tho Birmingham Daily Post }
about a young girl who was upon the point of be
ing buried before she was really dead. The Pest
saya:
“Tho girl, whose same is Amelia Hlnks, 13
twelve or thirteen years of ago, and resided
with hor parents in Bridge* street, Nuneaton,
and dwindling away under somo unaccountable
complaint, about three weeks ago, she, as her
friends imagined, died. The corpse was then
removed to anothor room. The body was rigid
and icy cold. It was washed and laid out with
the usnal deathly accompaniments, penny-pieces
being placed over the eyes, and the coffin was
ordered.
“ For more than forty-eight hours, the supposed
corpse lay beneath tho winding-sheet, when it
happened that her grandfather, a very aged man,
came from Leamington to the neighborhood of
Nuneaton. On going with a female relative to
see the corpse, the old man removed one of tbo
copper coins, and although the eye remained
dosed he landed he saw a movement beneath the
lid. The woman with him at first rldiouted the
idea, but on looking more olosely she too observed
a movement. The medioal attendant was then
apprised of the circumstance; and, although bo
at first treated the matter as a delusion, the appli
cation of an instrument to the region of the heart
soon convinced him that thore was life within tho
apparent corpse. /
“Tho body was then removed to a warmer room,
nnd the existence of life soon beoame apparent.
By degrees animation was restored, a loud sneeze
placing tho fact of her being a living subjeot be
yond all doubt. When speech was restored, tbo
girl described everything tbat had taken place
from the time of her supposed death. Sbe knew
who dosed her eyes and plaood the cappers there*
on. She also heard the order given for her coffin,
and could describe the various remarks made ovor
her as she lay in her d a h*>. 1 thes.
*• At first, on her restoration, eho refuFed all sus
tenance, and uponaqme aliment being foroed upon
her she became,frightfully excited, and, though,
in a state of cxlreuie debility, it required great
force to hold her. Sinoo that period hor conduct
has been very strango. She entertains a wish to
destroy her father and mother; and on one occa
sion, when they were asleep in the same room
with herself, she arose from her bed In the dead
of the night, went-down stairs for a light, and
having first destroyed, by burning, some necdlo
work, whioh she knew her mother 4 set gra it
store’ upon, she set firo to the curtains, nnd ihen
retired to bed, from whioh It was thought impos
sible she could have moved.
“In foot, so mysterious was the origin of the fire,
that her parents were quite at a loss to ucoount
for it, until the girl herself confessed having boon
the cause. She now lies in such a stale that ate
oan neither bo called alive nor dead, tho former
state being only ascertained by a careful examina
tion of her pulse. Were it not that there is no
motivo for deception, and the parents being credi
table people, we should imagine there wilssoum
ruse in this very extraordinary afT-tir, which i i
oausing considerable excitement ih Naneutoa aud
the neighborhood,”