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ABOH" BTBBBT 1 ,
Offett an OMortmont of 9ft» English and FrencA
BTSREOSOOISO VVXHWB,
OF HIB OWN IMPORTATION, \ ,
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THE STEREOSCOPE, iin ; every variety,
Bn sale if, v 'JAM *B W. 00T8N,,.
dli 'X ,Wt OnEBfKPP.BtrtR,
rHE MARRIAQE OEREMOirr iN.THE
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Vltoi ot having «l»to*;e'gAinf't;me;wUll»leeee«ell for.
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JJOIjIDAY GIFTS!
"LADIES' AND MISSES'
CLOAKS,
AT REDUCED PBIOBB.
THE LAROEST STOCK
3XT 3D W OXiOA. KS
QFSHINQ BTUV DAT,
TO THE OLOSH 07 THB BBABON,
FINS LYONS VELVET CLOAKS
.. V
. r PAPBB,
FINE. ESQUIMAUX AND MOBOOW
BEAVER CLOAKS,
CASTOR JBBATBR OLOAK*,
.\ . bbown:mixed and hkat mixed
ENGLISH BEAVER CLOAKS,
It uDuoab iaioia.
' MISSES’ AND CHILDREN'S OMARS,
PARIS MADE CLOAKS,
- ' All' ImporUd Cloaks,
BUDDOI’ION OP TWENTY-FIVE PEB CENT.,
Obk'Fodhtb from former price,.
PARIS MANTILLAAND OLOAK EMPORIUM,
; B ALB OF THE SB 000 D S ,
MAY AT ALL TIMES BB FOUND '
THE LARGEST BTOOE IN TEE CITY
Jf'i TV. PROCTOR & 0 0.,
' TOS' CHESTNUT STREET.
413-I2t otf -.
J_|OLIDAY 'PRESENTS.
I Tj. J. XjEVY & CO*
Are now offering, at
GREATLY RE DT?C E D PRICES,
A largo Tarletjr of Goods suitable for Holiday Presents,
such '
SILKS and. SILK ROBES/
‘ KMBBOIDERLES,
U ', : : ; LAOS ARTICLES,
V ';7,' SHAWLS, .
7;7 ; V ' i-’ - 1 CLOAKS,
-‘ i 7 ; ’ ■ —ASD—
V, WINTER DRESS GOODS GENERALLY.
All the aboTO article* areoffered at« priceebelew the
eoirt 'of iinportation, lo close oat, as' nearly as possible,
before the New Year, the balance' of . . *
.:WI NT B B S TOOK - ’
v -L; Ji LEVY A manufactured for
them in Europe aearietyof'*
, l ,'! j , NEW' .OOODS " ■
:- i. JOB IS B"Bf ■»’ INS TRADE,
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•
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;, - .. . MIBSBS’IOLOAKa: ‘ ‘ ’
'■ ■’] OPJBA CEOAKB.
- • HIX’D BEATER OIiOAKB.
-, 1 iThrtogMt AMortment la, tk« ell/, ;
„•/: 'Va*. mi
. PABIB MANTrLtiA ANB CLOAKBHPORIUM.
TOB OHBBTNDT 'BTBEKT.
Ji' W . P R 0 OTOR kOO
‘413-tf;. : « ;.;••• ; •; /
fTIBEAT SALEOF BBOOHE SHAWLS
t '; ; t
tVttaprecedented'Bargains! £ l ; •"
; \J ,We*ye feed a perfect rush!,
selling ah immensity of Good!!
Qnrtrade’sfncreaalng! , ?
JJOur. Mode of doing buiinesa ceemetowwi With gone*
ral approval!! . *'{’
..« To Haveßnt one W«.» :* ' .
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t - . “Never to misrepreientGood*in order
.. TOBfJBOTBAIiIS.”'-
“ To deal fairly and juatly. andJwalt fcpoo all ensto*
mtM.vitKa^&ucmVAdpouiai^aiMV;^
Jf lhua to gain their,confidence/andkeep It by eon*
ttanlngtodorigfcv?.'* . '
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.WabaTenowonhaadM f-% f ->wt
'- .- ExcellentLongßroehe Shawl*for $8.,.- .
... V' Still better quality 10r510,511,113, $lB. $14,810.
: - 1 . Square Broshe Shews from $8 up to SU.
; .iLongand Square Blanket Shawla-in every variety.
-Ohllaren’s, Jiisaa*;tfndGtttlea-'en*sßh*wls,-Ao., *
.. „* ;-GooJ3l*okOl6thCloaksfors3. •
,J «, 7 '. ST6nrother,qu*lifrandßtyleforssnptoslB.
A JOB. LOT OFCLOAKS FROM LAST SEASON AT
> ' .1 ; HALPPBIOBJ t vJ. -
.! Best Black Bilka for 60c; to $1.60 per yard.
Rich Fancy Silks really beautiful,
, ! vTji ' Kver variety of DKEBB GOODSr —
0L0TH8! ; OASSIIuS&XB 1 { BATTINBTTS, Ac-!!!
- Heavy Black Bearer Ciothi, fine French do., Ac., Ac.
Blankete, Flannels,'Xinene, and Musllne.
lo '.feet no hotter Stock of‘general Dry Goods can be
fofend than at • f ‘,
- XHOBNIiKr A CHISM’S,
northeast Ooiaer JUOHTH A SPRING GABDSN,
«: BOlSdf. : . 's?■ - ‘
w
'INTJBE-STOCK SEDUCED.
BaaTarOloths.
. • Tine BUck Oloths. : ,, - >
. ( Boy*?.We4rVOMBlmeM** ,
; Batiaettg.and Ve«tingB.
AIUtWHOLBB&IiB BATES,
c • l VD&BBS GOODS. ,
He*TjVftl«noli4 J ,
2&.«dnt&claih«gat.l7/cenU. ~
Merrlmtck Prlnta.at 11 cdnts.
Mgrindw— Blae® and Black*
- .. -10LOAK BOOM.
...ElegantßetterOtoaksandßaglans. -Veryhandsome
Garment* at much lestthan< usual price* for same
quality. 1 : $lO. $l2, and SlfiOloaksare UNSURPASSED.
• ‘ . 5 ? - BROOHE SHAWLS..
. - -.A very Urge stock also of Woollen Shawls.
'< REDUCTION.’ -
WiU comseace on theIBthDEOSMBBR.
N.B.—No deviation from price.
COOPER, A OONARD, 1
- d!8 B. E. oornar NINTH & MABXJBT Bt*.
Heavy reduction for the
HOLIDAYS.
; . MORAN'S UNEQUALLED SKIRTS.
12 00/- . -
l . , Price.elsewhere, $2 60.
. .J. G MATX WBLL ASON
■ ZEPHYR AND. TBIUUINQS SI ORB AND
-* - >: f
. d2O-6t r S. £. cor, ELEVENTH and CHESTNUT,
BARGAINS IN DEX GOODS.—
W g. V. E. ntJNTER
.. Eu REMOVED from Ho. SO to No. 40 Booth SECOND
Street, where he is now prepared to fbrniab the Ladies
with a freak and well-selected stock of -
v , DRBBB GOODS, j
To which he Invites their attention, being determined
to sell at exceedingly LOW-PRICES.,
N. B.—Ailarrt assortment of Bsbche, Btella, and
Trench Blanket Shawls. Also, a vAriety of Bilk and
oeT-Bm .- •) r • No. A 0 Booth SECOND Street.
@mw, jjJlttolg, .&t.
STROKE-.
i ; PHILIP WILSON it 00.,
.433. CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW FIFTH,
>' ,wii.L orar
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 33,
■ An MMntment ot '
’ ; .... Z-r%K;M., a vs b
Of TBEIB OWN MANUFACTURE,
AID
those of the most MAHEBB
- • XH EUROPE. :
T|« attention of :
- ■ BPpRTBMIH
_l4r*in«ltid to ttelr Btoek, wh!oh tk.y cm ft
bhald not be burpabbed
• ' i , By«»x In tlw United Bt.tM.
BIItBH,
PMTO I - - -FDASKB, '
'LV' : ' FOWDEB,
ijiut .‘‘L ’ ■' BHOT.Ao.
ra All ' -ARIRTY.
- OjlolegaU. JUt g @002)0.
THRILLS k SHEETINGS FOB EXPORT.
JLF BROWN, BLEACHED, A BLUE DRILLB.
: ' : HEAYY ; fc'LIGHT BHERTINGB,
' ' Suitable for Export, for s,lb br
FROTHINBHAM & .WELLS,.
, *4 BoUtkFRORT ST., tSb .LETITIA ST.
-., -V.. ; ; V 0015*1 f
BALE ROPE AND TWINE manufactured
«nd for»t«br WEAVER, FITLER & 00., No.
33 fioftb, W»ur .trwt, nd 33 North Wh.tm.’ 433
IN THE OITY,
AT BBOUOBD TBIOM,
AT BBDVBID HUGH.
FINE FRBNOH
At JUDVQBD FBIOBI.
AT fiICDOID PBIOSIi
SPECIALLY DEVOTED
aho'whsru *• 4
New publications.
j^OAED.
The undersigned, Founder and Publisher of
VAN COUBT’S
COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR,
Desirous of RETIRING' from this branch of business,
lim merged that old established work In the popular.
BANK-NOTE REPORTER
IMLAY <Se BIOKWELL.
Having published VAN COURT’S DETECTOR since
1839, the undersigned reluctantly parts with his old
friends and subscribers; bnt this reluctance is lessened
by the convlotion that in IML AY Sc. BIOKNELL’S
BANK-NOTE REPORTER they will receive a work
that matches the times.
J. VAN COURT.
December SO, 1868,
NOTICE.
AIL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO
<Sc BICKISTEXiL’S
BANK-NOTE REPORTER
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paper'.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1868.
A Sip of Flinch.
. ■ Tho former admirers of Punch, when the
literary hunchback really was a power in the
land, will be as much delighted as surprised at
. learning that, in some of its last nnmhers,
; there are two or three lively and even pointed
things. There was a time whon Douglas Jor
rold, Gilbert a-Beckott, Dr. Maginn, Peroival
Leigh, Thackeray, Albert Smith, and Tom
Taylor wrote for it, and when Richard Deylo’s
pencil threw a poetic halo around even its sa
tirical pictures, when lively and pointed things
'were the rule, and dullness made the excep
tion. But now, how changed I
: The first great blow, which was heavily
'“.planted” into the person of Punch,: was
.Douglas Jerrold’s attempt, and failure, at con
tinuing the ! inimitable Curtain Lectures of
the world-renowned Mrs. Candle. These had
been astonishingly successful; Every hen
jpShkcd husband—and tho aensus would show
a great number, even in the best-regulated
iamilics,WC suspect —took Punch into his very
heart ot heart, on account of the famous Can-,
die Lectures., There was satiro, there was
exaggeration' in these remarkable papers; but
there' also’ was 1 a .very strong substratum 'of
Truth. TFe know that, in England, they effec
ted much good, holding up a mirror, as it'
were,' to loquacious wives, who exercised their
tongues too freely, at the risk oi wearing out
their husbands’ patience. To this day, to say
of-a. inarried lady that' “ she is quite' a Mrs.
Caudle?’ conveys a whole Cyclopaedia of cen
sure, and a wife who -attempts to affect bar
spouse with too much of a jobation is often
silenced by the question, « Do you want to
come; Mrs. Caudle over me ?” That im
plies more reproach than a direct reproof.
. Net content with tho success of the Leo-
turea,!thcir author produced a continuation
wflch'j really wqb -what Desdomona would call
3 <<most lame and impotent conclusion.” He
represented Mr* .Job Candle as a second-time
rharrldd, with that very Miss Prettymah for
hfa wife of whom Mrs.GaudieNo. l had been
jeitfous, and rotaliatihg upon ibis unhappy
second helpmate, the annoyances he had boon
subjected to by theyirs/. In the Curtain Lec
tures, the .wifo scolded the husband; in the
Breakfkkt Monologues,ihe husband rather con
siderably abused the wife. But Mr. Caudle,
when thus turning the tables, was simply coarse,
If not brutal. The thing was a failure. Then
came more Jerrold failures—the history of
Mrs; Bibba’s Baby, Hiss Robinson. Crusoe, and
other incompleted affairs. Next, Punch In
discriminately attacked all speculators in Rail
way Shares—amußing enough, we grant.; but
it £atne out, alter a time, that the very men
who wrote the attacks, the very artists who
designed tho laughable and sarcastic wood
cuts, wero themselves « Railway Stags” of the
first degree. Therefore, confidence in the
honesty of Punch was weakened. Aftor this,
Punch lent itself to tho oporatio apothbosls of
Miss Jane Lind, tho singer. A private fiox
for the season, in which tho Punch people
were always sohn, not, usually in opera cos
tume, was said to have been « the considera
tion, >v by Manager Liimley, for the perpotual
puffiog of Jenny Lind. After this/'cainetha
Intolerant attacks, in 1850-*6l, upon Cardinal
Wiseman and the Church of Romo/ Mr.
Riphord Doyle, Punch’s best artist,' declined,
as* a Catholic, any further connection with a
publication which constantly, grossly, and of
fehslvelyjattackcd.'hlg faith and assailed and
ridiculed; its ministers. Crowds of Catholic
admirers ojF-Pttflch fell off,on similar pounds,
and have never como back. t Then .came the
vacillation of Punch about Louis Napoleon
first caricaturing him, week after week, and
then as strongly going-in to exalt and honor
him.' Lastly, tho recent inefficiency, literary
and artistical, of Punch , has greatly lowered
the public estimation of its ability, amnsive
ness, and power.
Wo now come to the symptoms of vitality
lately exhibited by Punch, They are not
much, to be sure, but << show that still he
lives.” The Protestant Bishop of London,
, as our readers know, lately delivered a longi
tndlnons Charge to his Clergy, in which,
; among other advice, ho recommended them
not to think of introducing tho Confessional,
or what are called « Pusoyite devices,” into
their places of worship. Punch shows the
Bishop, in foil canonicals, lawn sleeves In.
eluded, standing at the porch of a Cathedral,
with abig book under his arm, and left hand re
provingly eitended to a parcel of lads* in the
Puseyite costume, With college trenChef-CapS,
who stand by bearing tho cruoific, lighted
taper, floral offerings/ &c., in their hands.
Punch calls this « A Proper Charge/* and
puts the Bishop of London as saying
“Yonmust not bring your playthings into
Church, my little men.” There is nothing
very witty in this—hut the little men have a
ridiculous appearance, and the sketch of the
Bishop (Dr. Toit) has the merit of being a
most unmistakable portrait. .
The next Punch (for December 4) and tho
last received, is a trifle better. Lords Pal
merston and Clarendon have been on a visit to
Napoleon 111, at Compicgne, where tho Im
perial Court lately have hod << a time of it,”
hunting, shooting, and playing at antique
rural sports. Punch gives ua “Pam at Oom
piogne, running at the Quintain.” Palmer
ston, attired in a Court hunting-suit of the
Louis Quaforze time —is depicted, on horse
back, as having run fall tilt against the <fuin
iaine, which has a fool’s-cap on one end of tho
-movable top'halance, while at the other is a
bladder, inscribed «Public Opinion,” which
strikes the ox-Promier sharply on the'head.
The Emperor is looking on, grimly smiling at
the degradation of tho faded beau, the verita
ble Yicar of Bray of English statesmen, Who
has acted all through life as if public virtue
were a delusion, and political honor a chimera,
and now finds himself bufihtted by that vory
Public Opinion which he had so long and so
undisguisedly laughed to scorn. The portrait
is capital. 1
Punch is still very felicitous in giving fine
likonosses of public men, though ho has loat
much of his skill in putting them into ridicu
lous positions. The portraits which Punch has
given of Brougham, O’Connell, Melbourne,
Peel, John Russell, Derby, Wakley, Roebuck,
Palmerston, Gobden, Bright, the Napiers,
Wellington, Louis Napoleon, and a hundred
others, are as falthihl as if they had been pho
tographed. Nothing can be better, as to like
ness. Thero was one, of Lord Brougham)
published many years ago, entitled “ What ho
will next come to,” and showing his Lordship
standing upon his head, which was an excel
lent resemblance, and, as wo happen to know,
so considered by the original, who could not
avoid laughing at its ■ ludicrous character.
Nay, when Count D’Orsay, in 1810, was
modelling his pretty statuette of the Duke of
Wellington, ho was told by his Grace, at the
third sitting, that if he wanted to have his
features exactly he should refer to Punch for
the current week. This was at tho timo when
thero waß a general discussion in London
whother Wyitt’a equestrian statue of the
Duke should ho placed on the top of the mar
blo arch, at the top of Constitution Hall, al
most opposite Apsley House, the Duke’s town
residence. “Hero,” said tho Duke, pulling
Punch out of his pocket, and pointing to an
illustration vhich represented the statue
breaking down the aroh, by its groat weight,
and falling down, topsy-turvey, through tho
earth itself. “ Here,” said ho, “is my nose
exactly. I never saw anything so well done.
They have hit it ofT to a T,— copy that, if you
want my profits right.” And Count D’Orsay,
who told tho story, did copy it, and vory suc
cessfully too.
There is a foil-page engraving, also, in the
last numbor of Punch, which shows as if tho
old vein had not quite been worked out. It
represents a Trench billiard-room. Against
tho wall, near tho marking-board, is a placard
inscribed “L. Napoleon—Montalombort— 3,000
francs—Six Months,” With bis back to tho
.marking-board, and his 'queue between his
hands, we find the Emperor, very seedy in
attire, and looking as he were “down upon
his luck,” glancing furtively at the redoubt
able Palmerston, who sits upon the corner of
the billiard-table. His Lordship is figured
with a in his mouth, (indicative of his
fancy for horse-flesh;) 9 ne hand thrust wrist
deep into'the recesses of his, frowsers’ pocket,
while, as if to vindicate the sobriquet of «the
judicious bottle-holder,”, the weathercock
politician grasps a black bottle in his right
hand, and holds on to it very firmly. He
looks something between a stable-boy and a
blackleg, and evidently is id a brown study.
Both have had a glass of brandy, wo perceive,
and probably required Dutch courage for the
occasion. The engraving is called “ A Losing
Game,” and a little dialogue follows. Louis
Napoleon asks “What about my.match with
Montalembert 1” and Palmerston, dubiously,
shaking his head, says, “Very awkward for
your British backers.’? This illustration has
especial force, where it is believed that Pal
merston very strongly urged the Emperor not
to commit the great blunder of prosecuting
Montalembert. By tho way, it is singular
enough that M. de Montalembert literally re
sembles the “ engineer hoisted by his own
petard,” for the statute under which he was
tried, convicted, and sentenced was passed,
his own espeeial and’ publicly ex
pressed consent and approbation. ;
. What of the literary character of 'Punch?,
Sir, or Madam, it is variable.' About the best
thing which Punch has lately published shall
follow this very article. We may state, by way
of preface, that tho Bishop of London, having
suspended tho Rev. “Mr. Poole for attempt
ing to introduce the confessional into his Pro-
testant Church, Mr. Bovill moved the Court
of Queen’s Bench for a rule nisi to compel the
Archbishop of Canterbury, to appear and re-
judge the case, and that Lord Chief Justice
Campbell, with his'three" associate Judges,
listened to -Mr.'Bovill's-tedious speech with
markod impatience and many interruptions,
and finally cut. him short by? despairingly
granting the rule—apparently to get rid of a
long polemical harangue. Punch’s account
of) the affair- in Court is very sprightly, and
gives a very accurate idea of Lord Campbell’s
Btrange manner—which, by the way, much re
sembles that ot &'■ learned judge in this very
-city of oqrs: ....
MARTYRS OP THE BEN.CH.
Sobkb, the Court of Queen's Bench. Loud Campbell
presiding, assisted by his brother ; Judges. ' A
crowded Court. Faint scent of intense delectable
among some of the bstter-dtessed spectators'. Seve
ral Ladies pres nt , looking rather sleepy , as unac
-1 customed to early Jiotfrs.
Lord Campbell (facetiously.) Well, Mr. Bo
vill, as you are-present in good time to-day we
oouoludo there was. no fog, no nebula, to adum
brate your path hitherwards.
Mr. Bovill. No, my'Lord. The aooidont yes
terday wag unfortunate; bat the English climate
is not to be depended upon..
Lord Campbell. Tho dAys are short, Mr. Bo
vill;'and, therefore,,the Court thinks that 'you*
had better abstain from wasting time in talking
about the English olimatoj ana proceed to the
motion yon have to make, to hear which the Court
has flssembled.in this solemn and. public manner,
and in the presence of a 'considerable number,of
her Majesty's suhjeots of both sexes and various
ages Unnecessary loquacity is always to be con
demned; and, pleaso Heaven, always shall be
while I have the honor of occupying a seat upon
this distinguished bench.
Mr. Bovill.' Humbly acknowledging the re
buke and the .example, my lord, r proceed .to
move, bn behalf of my olient, the Reverend Alfred
Poole, who is a clergyman—'(• ’
Lord Campbell .' We gathered as muoh by your
oalHog him Reverend;
, Mr. Justice Wightman. Not necessarily, be
cause he might have been a bsenting .minister.
Lord Campbell. Casttgatns sedro- .. .
’ Mr, Bovill. ,He is a clergyman of great pioty,-
much learning,.alarge amount of zoal, an unim
peachable sincerity-
Lord Campbell. The Court don’t want his bio
graphy, but nis. motion; Como to the point, Mr.
Bovill.
Mr. BoviU. My lord, the office of a priest-——-
. Mr. Justus J&7L [[.What . does a
with an office? That’# the place for an attorney;
Mr. Bdvill. I can assure the Court that this
is no, mat ter of jest. I may say it just isn’t.
Lord Campbell. Mr. B will, we oannot sit here
and hare levities imported,.integrated, and inter
polated into matters of moment; not that you are
making this a matter of a moment but of an hour.
Pray proceed. What do you want ?
Mr. BoviU. Theßeverand Mr Poole, my lord,
la popularly regarded as a disoUleof the school
originated by Dootor Ptisey and his friends.
Mr.'Jnstice Brie. Accomplices.
Mr. BoviU. As the coart pleases. He holds
that confession is a very good thing—
Lord Campbell. We don’t care what he holds,,
so that he holds his tongue, v>4 his adrooate.
What do you want?
Mr. BoviU. Bereral of. the Fathers of the
Ohuroh, among whom I will mention * Ohrysostom,
Origon, Cyprian, Harmedius,- Aristoglton, Tacitus,
GBdipns, Galen, Pelagias, Halicarnassus—
Lord Campbell. This is too bid. ‘ What has
the Queen’s Bench to do with the Fathers of the
Ohuroh ? There' is one of those persons you have v
mentioned whom you'will do well to personate.
Mr. Bovill. Who is that, my lord ?
Lord Campbell . Tacitus, Mr. Borill. What
do you want? ' - - -
. Air. BoviU. I am ooming te that, my lord.
The Reverend Mr. Poole, adhering to the . old
praotioe of the Ohuroh, which expressly recom
mends her childron to confess their faults, in
dsmtloh ao open confession is good for the soul, in
proof of which t will cite to the court the opinion
of Juatyn Martyr——
Lord Campbell. You are disposed to inoludo
us in your m&rtyrology, Mr. Bovill, but we de-.
cline the honor. What do you want?
Mr. BoviU. Well, my lord; for oloaving to tho
dootrlne of confession, and practising the same, the
Bishop of London, a prelate of whom I am anxious
to speak—
Lord Campbell. But the court is not in the
least anxious to her.
Mr. Justice Brie. Certainly not. Concerning
Dr. Tait, tais-toi.
Mr. Bovill. But,, my lords, . iti .the ebaln or
ciroumstanoes which I narrate this is a link— l
Lord Campbell. Keep your link for your next
fog, Mr. Bovill.
Mr. Bovill. The Bishop having suspended Mr.
Poole for acting in oonformity with the rales of the
Ohuroh and tho diotates of his own oonsoienoe in
regard to confession; which was olearly practised
by the early fathers, and which is advocated by
several of the most distinguished British and
foreign divines of all ages
Lord Campbell ( piteously ). WhatJo you want ?
Ambulas eunctanter.
Mr. Bovitl. Festina Lente. My lords, Mr.
Poole appeals from the Bishop of London to bin
draco' the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of
all England, and Metropolitan Governor of tho
Charter-house— —
Lord Campbell. We shall hare Magna Charta
Mr. BoviU. Visiter of All Souls and Morton—
Lord Campbell. As a personal favor, Mr. Bovill,
st on. ,
Mr. Bovilt. My lord, even to’ make your lord
ship think I oould oblige you would be the proud
est moment of my life, and the drowning glory of
my professional oareer; but my duty to my client,
who is particularly anxious that all England
should ring with his wrong—-
Lord Campbell. Bat the Queen's Bench shall
not be made his belfry. What do you want ?
Mr. Bovilt. The Archbishop, my lord, refusod
■Mr. Poole a publio bearing
Lord Campbell. I wish wo wero in a position
to imitate tho Arahbishop.'
■ Mr. Bovill. Therefore, my lords, inasmnoh as
Mr. Poole, for adhering to the old oustom of the
Churoh, whioh prescribed confession— —
Lord Campbell. Then she was a quack dootor.
o on. '
Mr. Bovill. Was suspended by the Bishop
Lord Campbell. And the Arohblshop wouldn’t
at him down. Go on.
Mr Bovill. And refused a publio hearing
Lord Campbell. You want
Mr. Bovill,.' I apply, on Mr. Poolo's part, for
a rule
Lord Campbell. Take your rule.
Mr. Bovill. But, my lord, I wont to ex
plain—
All the Judges. No, no !
Lord Campbell. You’vo got what you asked;
shut up: claude os tnum.
Mr. Bovill. But lam desirous to mention that
Polyoarp
Lord Campbell. We oan’t hoar about her.
Mr. Bovill. Ho was an early Christian con
demned to a beast
[koRO CAMPBELL mutters something to the other
judges, at which they lavglj , and then, in a voice
of thunder, his lordship demands the next ease. j
Real Estate In New Y ork.
The rise ol real estate in New York still
continues. Tho advantages of investing in a
solid security seem to he daily becoming more
and more thoroughly appreciated hy the capi
talists ot that city. The Now York Tribune
of Saturday Bays:
Within a few weeks, a speculative movement
has been going on in real estate operations, whioh,
however, is far from being all speoulativo.
Lots in thevioinlty of Central Park are much
in demand, and have reoently boon'sold at quite
fabulous priceß. They are no doubt desirable pro
perty .as.whoever'locateß his mansion on one of them
will have tho doable advantage of proximity to
the Park and of being able to oomply with the
Sorlptufal injunction, to “build upon a rock
Property has gone up considerably in that part ot
tho oity between North and Oanol streets.and west
of Broadway. Messrs Loyd & Sons lately sold a
lot in Leonard street for $22,500, whioh oould have
boon bought for *lO,OOO less than f™r years ago.
For one of tho row warehouses in Walker street
$90,000 IS offorod, which a few weeks sinoo oould
have been bought for $75,000. -
It is believed that ronts generally kayo advan
ced fully ten per cent, over the lowest depression
since Ootober of last year. In the ease of dwell
ing houses, tho advance in rent has been about the
same per cent, as that of stores; that is, in all de
sirable localities.
TWO CENTS.
Sons of New. England in'Pennsylvania.
In yesterday’# Press wo noticed the eooial gath
ering of the Sons,oif New England in Pennsylva
nia. on Wednesday evening, December 22, tocele
brate the memorable landing' of the Pilgrim Path--'
era at Plymouth, two hundred and thirty-eight
years ago. In reply te the toast, “ Our Puritan'
Fathers: Hard as, the rook that received them;;
stern as the shore that welcomed,them; and sturdy
as the forests that sheltered them, they sowed in
tears tho Bead of that harvest of civil and Religions
llborty whioh wo* now reap with joy,*’ Mr. Emer
son 'Bennett, thC distinguished [author, read' the
following appropriate poem', written by himself i"
THE PURITANS/ " ; ~ :
A thousand leagues—a thousand leagues—
They c&mo across the treacherous .main,'.
With foes behind, and foes,before
Their fondest hope that they might gain ' ,
Some humble and secluded spot— ' '
Some haven on the sea or time—
Where souls might mingle, and go forth
In peaceful prayer and faith sublime.
A noble band—strong, earnest, brave—
Heroes of all that souls most try—
Heroes of more than lead and steel,
When gory Death rides ghastly by—
Heroes who hore the scoffs, the jeers,
The curves, buffets, stripes of men—
Who marohed unarmed, in grief. In tears,
.Nor halted, turned, nor faltered then;
Who, on the wild, tempestuous deep,
When men, called brave, shrieked forth the cry
« The vessel founders ! sinks! we’re lost!
Oh'God! oh God! we drown! we die!”
Rose calm amid that wild de^alr,
, Looked calmly o’er a watery grave,
And ebaunted forth, in faith sublime,
, Lord;’thou canst save! Lord, thou canat save!’
This was the band—these, were, the men—.
Protected by Almighty care— J . " ' .
Whe prayed their way to savage there, '
And reared.thelr nineteen homes with prayer } '
Who. in their meekness,h#d their strength,.
Who In their meekness had, their, pride— .
Firm, self-denying Christians, llvAl—
. Stern, world-despising martyrs, died'.' '' '
They had their mission—had their day— ’
They had their errors-/-(let these rest}-;
They lived, stem eon*elenoe to obey, * -
And. dvlng, left their ohildren blest.
Rolled back, ac darkness from the dawn, 1 •
’ [ Before their conquering march or prayer,
The forest and its denlsens, '
And fioWery homes rose brightly there.
And o’er New England’s rugged hJIls,
ihd through her sweet sequestered dells,
Across her waters, woods, and’plains,
To-day al glorious anthem'swells ' :
Androllsinechoesfar away-r; ..
Her'sous repeat In every land;
And virtue', conscience, faith, , .
Religious seal as stern as'death,- 1
Are memories of this Pilgrim banl.
Letter from Washington.
[Correspondence of The Press .J.
Washington, December 22,1858.
The Pension Office is advised of extensive frauds
committed under the bounty-land laws, on that de
partment, by certain parties in Lexington, Ten
nessee. They were taken before Judge Humphreys,
at Nashville, and one of then* held to hail in’ the
sum of $2O;O0O fox his appearance in April next.
The other of the party, after his arrest, with a viow
of defrauding justice, feigned insanity, a laHunt
ingdon,, when bis oaso to!o medical
court, who are now inveetigatiDg the : whys and
wherefores of the same. The report, it is pre-‘
sumed, will be Batisfaotory to all parties hut the
one interested. .
The invitation extended by the Agricultural De
partment of the Patent Office, relative to aoonvo-’
oation of sgricitiittirißt# in January pext, haB been
extensively roplied to ia tho.affirmative. R.,0.?
Gage, Esq., Secretary of the;State Agricultural
Society, [writing from Fair Forest, 8.0., expresses
himself highly pleased wUh[the action of the 4 de-;
partment, that concert ip aefion is what.the agri
cultural papalatiipu require, and -, that they have
,his best wishes. for, theif saccess, and may.Mways
rely upohhfehumble support/' . -..Jf
x Hop. John B. Ha#kin, of ! the Westchester
£rict,'Neif Yorkj is agaih in town,' in kno health
and spirits. I see that the Board of State _ Gan
vnsSerre/ of his contested ' eleotion
-case, hasidecidod that they could hot go .behind
the returns.of [the county paavpßscrp; in to
the |for,]niember9 of
certificate in Uip Westchesterdtstriot must therp-j
fore be awarded to the Hon.'John B. Haskin
The Non.‘gentleman is an to the State
which he represents, and graces that' bevy 'of
“ A. L. 3)’s,” who' wlih the'Washingtonians and
thecountry at largo are the “ obeervetd of all ‘ob
servers.” ,
The resolutions whioh7
Congress, relative tp the adjournment over-from
the 23d Distant antU the 4th of January, -trill
servo .in a few hours to remove'many "'of the
“bright particular- stars ” - from this world - of
luminary brightnessv The different State districts
throughout the Union are to-be again revisited,
and many hearth-stones are to be gladdened
with, the manly, forms of husbands and fathers'.
The subjeotof “Congressional intervention,” as far
m Christmas and Note Year’s dinners-are eon;'
corned, will be entirely ignored,' and* amid’this
“ feast of fat things,’’ .Kansas will -be regarded
as “ among. the things that > •were!” - The oareS'
and strife of legislating will he left at the ‘ Capi
tol, and ere their return \a “ farewell ” will be
given to the old year and a “God-speed ” to the
new. Boihoteitbe! .. .
The, shopkeepers on the Avenue, in* particular,
are, and have been for the, past week, realising
their best expectations in advent of the Christmas
and Now Year holidays. The jewelry, book, and
toy establishments are receiving a due share'
of attention, and as a natural consequenoe every
second man, woman, and child, who shoots past
you is ladened with mysterious-looking packages
enveloped In the “ heavy brown ” or white wrap*
ping paper.
Tho season of gaiety and joy has already com
menced, and not before its completion will either
“old” or i*Young America” regain its accus
tomed sobriety and deoorum. Col.
' Not to taken in !—An exchange paper
has the following oapbal story about one of the
boat fellows in the world —who has no fellow: Mr.
Fields, the Boston publisher, has a wonderful
memory, and his knowledge of English literature
is so available that when a friend wishes to know
where any particular passage maybe found, he
steers at once for the oornor and consults the man
who Is Very likely to, give, the,desired informa
tion A pompous would-be wit, not long ago,
thinking to puzzlo him and 'make a sport for., a
company at dinner, informed them, prior 'to, Mr.
Fields*'arrival that he bad himself that- morning
written some poetry,-and intended to submit It to
Mr. Fields us Southey’s, and inquire in whioh of
his poems.ilie lines ocourred. At the proper mo
ment, therefore, after the guests were seated, he
began : ‘.‘Friend Fields, I have been agood deal*
exercised of late trying to find in Southey’s poems
Ida well known lines, running thus—can von tell
us about what time he wrote them ?” “I do not
remember to have met with them before,” replied
Mr. Fields, “ and there were only two periods in
Southey’s life when suoh lines oould possiblyhave
been writteh by him.” “When were those 1”
gloefully asked the witty questioner. ‘.‘Some
where,” said Mr. Fields, “about that early
period of his existence when he was having the
measles and ontting his. first teeth 1 or sear the
dose of his life, when his brain had softened, and
he had fallen into idioey. The versifioation be
longs to the* measles period, but the expression
dearly betrays the idiotic one.” The funny ques
tioner smiled faintly, bat the company roared.
Hard on the Turkies.— Away down at
Hinesburg, Vermont, they had a shooting frolic on
tho 25th ult. The sportsmen had invited a visit,
by way of a challengo, for Nelson Lowis, of Troy,
New York, a celebrated gunsmith and “ crack
to the torms of tho challenge, he was
to shoot fifty turkies ot a distance of fifty rods,
with a pistol barrel eleven icohes long. He com
menced this extraordinary feat Wednesday morn
ing and drow eight turkies in eleven shots, when
the challengers, finding their bargain pecuniarily
a losing one, compromised with him and he with
drew. This was dene with an ordinary looking
rifle pistol, of bis own manufacture, weighing two
poundß. , ■
On the afternoon of tho same day, Mr. Lewis
shot five turkies by five conseoutive shots, with a
rifle', at a distance of sixty-five rods.
Fatal Accident. —Mr. Richard Finley,
fanner, residing near Pittsburg, mot with a sud
den and violent death on Monday evening last,
while ontting down a tree upon his farm. The
tree was upon a hIU sldo, and after eutting
through the trunk of it sufficiently, he walked in
a contrary dlreotion from that whioh he supposed
it would fall. Tho tree crushed him to the ground,
and rested upon his breast. He died almost in
stantly. He was between fifty and sixty years of
age, and the father of a large family.
Amateur Theatricals.— At Camp Floya,
Utah, the offioers and men are diverting them
se ves with amateur theatricals. The. company is
made up of enlisted men, and the feminine part is
from the “ Great Salt Lake City.” It was onened
with tho comedy called “ Used Up,” and concluded
TUth the “ Dead Shot.”
Cool.—A cool thing was perpetrated by the
grand jury of Buffalo, week before last, in send
ing for the oounsol of throe or four persons oharg
edwith burglary, for tho purpose of .hearing them
tell what they know concerning the transactions
with which their olients were oharged.
The Wheeling Times says : “Wo learn that
a girl at the hospital, who has been Biok for some
time, died last Sunday. Owing to the exceeding
inolemenoy of the weather, the burial was post
poned till Tuesday, when consciousness returned
to the little creature, and she Is now Teoovenng.
Last week a prize dance camo off in a saloon
at Boaver Dam, Wisconsin, between an Irishman
and mulatto girl. The girl danced 7 hours, and
the Irishman 8, winning the prise—slo.
John Heenan is in Cincinnati, an object of
universal interest to “ the fancy.” Aaron Jones
Is with him.
? HOTICf W
' bopreajxmdrat* for (1
mind the following ralM
' Xvery oommuniaation ftxusf be' acoorapanledby th%
una of the;writer orderto Infufe.odrtecthMs I«
Uu typography, bat ona side of the sheet shoqM let
written upon* . _ ‘ j< ' -
We shall begresttijr ohHffd to gentlemen la ’Bean*
sylvanU and other State# tor contribution* givfngtfc#
current news of the day 'in their particular, localities* 1
the resources of the surrounding country, the increase'
of population, or aoy information thet.will be interest*
ing to the general reads#.' '
by telegraph:.
the V QUAKER CITY AT
■- •• Fifteen Days Later from. California;
81,800,000 on the Way to New York*
i . WBEOK OF THE BARK COLUMBUS. *
T he Hermann .Arrived .Out.
•Kew OatiSivs See 23.—-The steamship Quaker City
is below.' witty one hundred and twenty three paelen-.
gers. Her dates from SanPraneiseo are to the 6th'
Instant. .
The steamer. Golden Hate was delayed until the 6th
instant She was to cany out $ 1,500,000 for New York,
and $330,000 for Ndglaod via Panama.
The ateamahipHermann;arrived out enthe 27th alt.
• The Columbus, from New London, wa< totally
wrecked in Rhasta Bay; on the 10th of Angnat Hat.
- T> B overland mail, of the 11th arrived, at gas
Francisco on the 6th. • ,
' Money was easy. Sales of crashed sugar at 18c: but
tsr scarce at 0340. Bostnerawaa generally' qdiet.
Light rains had occurred daring the fortnight.
Arrived at San Francisco, ships StambouL and Naxa
rese, from Lonion ,* ship Abby Brown, from Liverpool.
No Atlantic arrivals, are reported. *
Additional from ,California*;
[BY THE OYBRLAHD^KAIL.]
__®J» urB i Dec 23.—The California papers of tho
JJSm* 11 ”” iTed th « Overland mall/fornlsir a few
additional items of Interest. ‘ -
are .said to have mass-cted se- _
murderers*-* • search was being jnado for tho
The gold mines in Southern Oregon, are yMdine
largely, and new discoveries are constantly making. *
A company of United States troops! en rente froar
ueM^ 0 t 0 r ° rt ®u®banan. suffered severely from th*s
The Apache Indians threatened to attack Tuscan, and;
were poly deterred by the presence of Americans. •
w.X d «p^aw° Indi ’ M k “ ® OMtO so- 0140^
tr t?en re?eW6l ? oTM-das Stearns.
The treaty between the Untied States and ike
and olfina^ 0 **“ beeQ; bstwwn'JPsgtf Botina '
The paMmigbrs by the mail repoxt'eAptaencinira ee-
k n or -.hen • bitweeb ? B«n / ra n- • •
cisco-ftnaSan Jose..- The.roads'were in-badorder' in
oonMqnenne of heay latos ;m lesa .now on '
Old route from th+ Apaeh Oanod to the Miiaourt line.
' milE 8 ■‘om TO .enconntendon the Colorado riser,
me names or the men mnrdered at a dragoon atatioii
eome time since were W 8. Otmningham. Jamen Burr. .
anlWm Lang.- Win. St. John, of Htw ;
York, is recovering. •
TflljßTy-FIFTII CONGRESS,
Second Session,
'• i -U. S.- Oi.riTois','TFAßHnrQtos. j)ee; 6
■ ,"-'B«NATfi. J K-S t _ yr.yv Cl , V
Tie Senate' vu opened:' with 1 prayer' l read bv. s
Catholic priest, 1 who was clothed in the wklt* raraliee
The usual number of .testimonials were presented.'
‘ ‘ A menage was received from the President.
Mr. CBixißspa, of Kentucky, introduced a bin to •
regulate the manner of election of -Colted States Bean*
tors. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, -
Mr. Stuart, of Michigan. attempted to brink an the'
ag icultUral college bill: - * ' * P -
‘ Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Alabama,' Mr. Ivshsoit. of Geor-"
gia and Mr . Bright, of objected? aad the Se- L
nate refused to take np the bill by is vote of 20 yeu to ;
mw bjU allonlmt a p.nston to thojridmr and family -
6f OoloDolTUrntnll waa tahen np.aud warmly adroca
,M?r'C ■ '”*Kn £ Hof Kentucky; andihn dshats pa
.tcabui occupied'conslaerabte time over'the morainr
hoar, j 5 1 1 ' •
. Mr. Davis, of ln course of bis re-
Tnaris the bill, said that if army oScers of high
attainments be retained, in. the cerviee.at small nay.
they are entitled to a liberal construction of the xulee'
regulat'og pensions. • ;: -t ! . ■ .t- -
Hr. ffpcsTOJf, of Texas, as is his usual custom in '
eases whfre'oM soldtera or their widows and families'
are concerned, spoke sttlotfily in favor of granting this
pension {._ _ r >.» - *-- yTr.t. *.
Finally, the'bill gfantin* .thirty dollars per montlt > t
was adopted; by a>ote of 26 yeae to 18 says. . *
„ motion was adoptaLthatwheo tb# -Senate 1 adjtmnr •
It be to reassemble on .the 4th .of Janaary next, in the
new hall) Adjourned.* '' -
r " ” pOUBB r •
' Mr. Connfs. ofMaw»chUfette f ,inteoiu>M i a'’bmre.
gnlatteg thp datieaon imports, audfor other purpcgtO
The, MU {was referred to- the .Committee of Ways and
Means, j* st - •* *-
Mr, Josh OooHatjrs, of Newt York, submitted a joint -
resolnt on tendering lhaukt. of Congress to Oeptain -
Samuel C« Head, for having' designed tb'e present flee
of the United States; the Oonuhittle'oa '
Naval Affiirs,.. , ; 1.-.* ;■* x*:'
' Oh mot&n of Mr/Quonos Tatlos,. of New York: s /•' -
Jpeelal eotomittea of flte membara was ’ ordered' to tw
appolntedjto investigate the account* of the late fin--' '
perfritendent of Pnblio Printing, with power to ses±
and papers, and to report at any time.. -
_Mf BifosiSf or-Pennsylvania^'and 2 Mr kcxuie] of
Pennsylvania.; severalty made Uhsuecesafnl efforts to '
introduce propoaltiona, looking io the alteration of-the , •
present-tariff, l with a view to the establishment Of •
S Z Mi
- Mr GBdw».of to ob*'
tain,ieaT«toltttradhceaMU'flz)iigitheainmiklxueetine ■
of Congress oh th’e second Mohdaylh November/ '
. Mr. Philips,’ offenn sylvan ii; in trod need a joint- “
’ resolutionjautborisihgjthe President to confer the title
of Captain-!n*chlel fer emiheni naval .services. Be-,*
ferred to the Commlttee'bn Naval Affairs. 5 -
■ On motiqn of Mr> BoeocK r or*'Virgtafnj g resolution
was adopted, callirg on tb* President to inform tb*
House whether any meMures have bebs'reeentry istkea'
to procure a reduct’onof dutiee by foreign Governments
on American tobeecn" ~ ,
'Mr/CovoDS; 1 of-Penniylvaniai asked leave'to intro
duce a resolution • for tho appointment of 'a oommlttea
offlve members to tnqnlreinio.tbA Uoteof the-obsrgai
’made by the President or the. United States, contained
in a letter to the President of the Centennary Committeo
of Pittsbuxk, that money, bad been thrown into ’Penn
B*lvAotA to influence the BtateOoogresrion*l electicn
opposition to h*a wishes, and to report the names of tho
persons implicated- .' - . . -» »
The Introduction of. this resolution was objected to
amid much laughter. .
. On motion of Mr. Tatlob, of Louisiana, the Com'
mittee of Ways and Means was Instructed to inquire
into the expediency of repealing so much of the act as
.provides for the debasing of the silver half-dollar and
other smaller coins, and' maktogttoea a legal tender
in’snms notevoeeding flve,dollars.
c- He also introduced a'bill''authorizing the State of
Louisiana to impose tonnage duties ‘for the Improve
ment of rivera, and channels.. : - • .-i
Mr. BiHGHiW, of Ohio, introduced a bill to repeal tho
Bnglish aot for the admission of Kaoras into the Union.
Referred to the Committee on the Territories.
- Hri Ikitib, of Ohio,, introduced a bill authnalzlng
the people of the Territories to elect all their officers,
Beierred.to,the same committee. -
Hr'BLAia, of Missouri; asked, but did not'receive,
the consent of the House to Introduce a resolution, de
claring the eupreme Court decision in the' Died- Bcott
ease extrajudicial, illegal, and vbid.and asserting that
Congress should vindicate its rights to legislate on
slavery in the Territories..
Mr. Puzlps, of Missouri, from the Committee of
Ways and Means, reported the civil, naval, legislative,
exeoutlve, and judicial appropriation bill*
- Mr BiaoHAu; of Ohio, introduced, a bill providing
that the present mileage system be abolished after tho
present Congress,. and that the members be allowed
only their actual travelling expenses.: ‘ Beferted to the
Committee on Mileage. f •
Mr. Morris, of lllinoiß. iatroduced a bill for the ad
raiaalon of sugar and salt duty free, and-alao a' bill giv
ing the citizens of the organized Territories the right
to eleet their governors and all other officers.'
Mr WAsnBDRUS^of Illinois,.lntroduced a bill for
laying oat a post-route from Leavenworth totbe bead
watara of the south fork of Platte river,* near Pike's
Peak. • ; ’ •
’ Mr. Farhsworth, of Illinois, endeavored to introduce
a resolution, instructing the Committee oa Naval AC
lhlrs to inquire and report what farther measures axe
necessary to', carry out the article in the Ashburtoa
treaty for the suppresrionoMhe aUve trade -
- > Mr. Parrott, delegate from Kansas, introduced a
bill to reduce the quantity of land now Included in the
military reservation at Leavenworth, and to change the
boundary line of the Territory.
A Urge number of bills and resolutions, on a variety
of subjects, were introduced, and referred to the ap
propriate committees.
• The House then, on motion, adjourned over to the
4th of January, in aeoordance with the joinst resolu
tion. -
Washington Affairs*
, Washinqtos, Deo.’ 23.—The Secretary of War has
asked Congress jdr an appropriation of nearly $414,000,'
to pay the' Florida voitnteers called into service by
General Harney end OOlonel Loomis, in the years 1557
and 3356.
Among the many bills Introduced dorieg the session of v
the House to-day, vu one by Mr. Branch, pf North
Carolina, appropriating one million of dollirs to enable
the President to conclude with Spain a treaty of amity, 1
and for'the settlement, of all differences, including tho
Qessien ot Cuba, to be him. if he thinks fit, in
advance of the ratification of each treaty by the Senate.
If there is not, at the time when the payment is re
quired,!© much money in the Treasury available, the
President is authorised to borrow it. The bill was re
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. "
A large number of the members of Congress left to
day to epend the holidays at home, and many others,
hare made arrangements to follow their example.'
O. P. fiengstack wat to-day confirmed hy the Senate as
warden of the District of Colombia penitentiary.
The highest bid for the consfructioa-of. the Atchafa
laya (Louisiana) tight-house was made by Messrs. Beany,
Neafie. & Co., of Philadelphia, sl2,ooo,and the lowest
by the West Point Foundry, of New York, $B,OOO There
were nine other bids ranging between these figures
The eloop-of-war Plymouth has been ordered to Nor
folk for repairs. ,
Opening of the Senate with Prayer hy
a Roman Catholic Priest in foi l Vest
mental-interesting Occasion. . -
Washington, December 23.—Father Boyle, of St.
Patrick’s Obnrck of Washington, opened the Senate,
this morning, with prayer, m full priest’s dress-the
surnUce and cassock. This is the first occasion sicca
the foundation of the Government that the entire vest
ments of the Catholic clergy have been worn In either
chamber of Conmss. Father Boyle read from the
Breviary, Bl»hopOarroH’ftpiayer forthosa In authority.
The Senate chamber happened to be crowded at t?e
time, and moth interest and curiosity was manifested,
with every appearance-of devotion, both in the Sena
tors and spectators.
The Rank of Admiral 1 , in. the Navy—
Texas Debt.
Washington. Deo. 23.—1 n connection with the naval
restorations, yesterday, in the Senate, that body, after
re .opening its doors, pa seed's joint reeolation creating
temporarily the brevet grade of Admiral in the United
Btates navy, with the view to confer It on Captain
Charles Stewart, the eldest offieer in the wryice, as a
recompense for having been harehly treated by the ac
tion or the Ketiring Board. On hi! death the rank
shall he abolished. , . ...
By a joint resolution, which has alresdy
Senate, J the time within whioh the “editors of Texas
must present their claims at the Treasury is extended
until January Ist, 1862.
Another Filibustering Expedition.
Washington, Deo. 23.—The Government this mor
ning received a telegraphic despatch from New Orleans,
eiring a few particulars relative to another filibustering
expedition from that port against Nicaragua. The Fe
deral officers will be forthwith instructed to redouble
their vigilance to suppress it.
The Corps of U. si. Engineers.
Washington, Dec. 23.—Lieutenant Colonel De Hal
sey was yesterday assigned to the command of the corps
of engineers and to the charge or that bureau of the
War Department, -
The Steamship Ariel.
Halifax, Deo. 23.—The steamship Ariel, from South
ampton, sailed for New York yesterday morning, but
had to put baok in consequence of a gale, pbe sailed
agalu at three o’clock this afternoon.