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1 ot botbbior quality, madbtoobdsb,
•AvA feral. It HuafiwWwni'.FilOM, b;
e.o.a r. h; wabbhit,
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tofattwn,»nit»M»jor ' : v ■' ./<
MERCHANTS,? ifAtftJVAOTIJRMB,, , •
' : BANKHRB, BBOKSBa, INBOHANO*. . j
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: tomion and dommtio btationbrv,
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SLANK ACCOUNT sub
writer hs* “wow.’on' Urge assortment of
Bl^tAod^at Boolnyfcdaptodto\«T^irygrid* Of busl*
» ; ' Bfcj" Books; Ifetterßookrl
'■ Jottiaolß,- , Check Boots, -
Ledger'Books, • v<* Bill Book*,- ‘ "'V
--._;OMh;Bcok»,-, v< Memorandum Books/
~ Blank Book* of any fllxs, iWlo or pattern
~ of to,order at xhbr* soiled, and warranted
..nnsnrpMxedfor DHtneu of jrslisg.’qiikMtTnfmaterials 1 *
i-jx# durabiß t ydt, binding i~? N«ir ? and'o!d firms jranplled
u!<m fktoWMsnat.^XElTHQQE4^Ao4^l>
,jlngßdotf ;eTeiY ae&dHteoni orlob Brin®*
•: axiSaied is inpeifot ityls^.TfMTMi
a■•i»x?»g• BtaMofrerSnfr Printer.>*? i
t d*MnW&flm -66 8 * THlBDjOppoatW QimdWk;
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• .-Hv tow PHldli—■■ ■< 'j.
„ ... WM. I. MURPHY * SONS,' •'.' j .
' ' ■'. Codntini; Hddflfl Stationer*,- • !
I '?•*<* OHESTNUT' |;
’ : : Orer.Adanit’ Kiprwsofflw.;
.' neti Turlety of style* sod bUm> of ike jaitly celebrated'
• PHILA'DXLPHIA BDITIONB, tnaoitelr /ooerlor' ip.
'-•fef^hißpefet XditTons: l lor’' ute.
-i ...’v>.
MOSSJ BEOfHBR fc>oo/,< *-r j .1
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3 tp Avnlih,. MtW tonl Uw liflrii:
i mama WotAtr, SooKa ormnr duoiiptton, mIUW«
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• QrtHne fat/JOJ** f SIS*ERO oTi»Twy 'dirieHptio*.
* Jfcmv&tf? JuJd LitKogrepibaf «3reeuted; wi tt 'JMetaew
<•' ?‘*Wf\ •' Ije’i'.-Ur s?>.•? V r u>' L -.;*'2 J ’*
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v «wStetiomry.,-«v -r^ : r- 's 3 ,- •/•■>»* *-•**'» ».-
t •ontrtbatkm'to&e VnaUn
v 4mtitat#|:tl|» ( Oainmm^ J Wee*
moss for tanking endmercen til® me le iketaft latte
vununttiiiv nun.unucbi, vu tiinrßßiu iho ;
; 4
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HTSW BUILDIHO, \ >;
HO,B2SE.dHESTKUT BTBBET, \'l
" ; : :-osj^iaamaa>moe».--
. lQrlU thelr caitonwrp tad tbt putt!®;!©,
InspM tj'.OM 1 ttfTtfa* flrxb
recentlylnSoroje,«oraptriBU»s - - < ! ,* •
■ '.-o .•--- , ’s’ .
SUPERIOR WATCHES,
■ ’i, - y>":< Cl . r '
( R lO T
■“ diamonds Ajmi earls,
BRONZE CLOCKS’, ’ CATmBk-lEKAS.'
7 AiW> STATUETTES,.-: \
SILVER ' AND PLATED WAJttE , i
WMDDIKO BTATK>I»BT/»ia ‘
j.X 'V-' I.iJ ,‘i
•-• CABD IM&BATIMQ, i i.
OPBRA.'6IABSBB, • :• j •-
- {'& ft!.u;\ .-/>rs
/. JK , PINB, • j
BIiEOAHTHEW BtYLB PApiEEi MAOHK. i
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JB.,jrXBDENkBBO.
• '■} toiOTicmfrni'aVo'ntroimi of
; , :i!!gn,THB-Pt4»ED>Wi:BE, ; :! , .
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• r ftlMhigandpUrtlnt'6fe *ll Una* ofmettl. —3>ly. f
■.** rettiHOM! T >wirHonT a stereo;
; 11 »oob*.» . , j
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\S .fU pHfflWpr/tteef..
TF BUtMiiwipe, to
£„au.,„;„,,..^,.;,, ; ..,.,-te^| stmt, 5..
n. ' offers fdr'«fcU,to' rofluct hl»
r'^Kretook datli)tf',tM# mourn, »t iMnoed'prioifi for Owh,-
E«lii«iBugw kill
■' -- -BrrOpVrrArJrm* gt-iuirsvVrlrae-Coffeo, Gubnond Na,r
OfbScK«»! OrUkM.HoIWMi, BJft«4 P«PPMj,»o4;AiU-.
-<?!»■* M»»tUioij&ijiW«!r Ms „cw; -4 V ;•.' i
■ JtfgV^V. \l£ t 4T.-, '.'■ t-■ r. »■,, ■• ■
rippn iaKboaiiiEs, -
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kWmilf »o(iitlnt 5Hg Ol
■ps|-^:s
SfiWMSSieJ
hiffeJUY a&Mf >Hf»’ taii&rcl daforU
fjmbf GBb>
K .»i'V f.
BEAT SAIiE OF BKQOHE SHAWLS
W..< tol- * cAWOLOAKSIJL . ,
. Baiwalneirj •
.. >~.rWeNehadfa.perfeef*iuhl „ •
Wre selling an immenettyof Goods l ...
On* trade’s increasing l*
Oar Mode of t:doing business seems to meet with gene*
xal approml!l .'Namely—
‘ - . One Price,” ; -
J - - sell Oheap for Cash.”
“Merer to misrepresent Goods ia order '
*TO SWECT BA&BS.”
lt To deal fairly and justly, and wait upon all euto*
mere with attention'and politeness.’’ _ \
“ Thus to gain their confidence, and keep it by con
tinuing to do right ” ' '
THORNLBY ACHISM.
•Wdhavdnowonhand
Excellent Long Brooho Shawls for $B. >. ,
- <i>.-/StlUbetterquaUty for,slo,sll, $l2, $14,H0,
sis .• .
Square Broche Sbaws froia H up to $ll,
Moare Blanket Shairu In every variety,
fillsses; and Gentlemen’s Shawls, &o.
: G6oi Black OlothOlOaks for |3i “
' Every other quality and Style forfS npto 018.
A JOB liOT OFiOLOAKB BBOU LASS SEASON AT,
-K;v KALP;PfiIOfii -
Best Black Silks for SQo. to $1.60 per yard,
v JUch Fancy Silks really beautiful., . '
‘ Every variety of DBBSB GOODS. ’
CLOTHS! OASSIUERXB!! BATTIMSTTfI, &e.!!!
Heavy-Black Beaver Giotto, AneFrenolndo.,
3Haonels,Lihena,.Kn^Muiii'ni.'
Vlp fact no better stock of general 817 -Goods can be
found thanat;
r. JIOAKXAy. k OHrSK’S,
, .'Northeast Corner EIGHTH A SPBING GABBBN.
;"bol3-u , -,r v .-'
BOOK,
' PATCH,
PHILADELPHIA*
BAEGALNS IN DRY GOODS.—
Ui."': : Si T. B. HOTTER
■ Hu BEHOVED from No. 80 to No. 40 Booth BBCOND
Street, where he is now prepared tnfurdUh'the Ladies
With a fresh and ireU-seleeted'stook of ' - ? • '
:.fuj ' DEBBB' <JOO:DBy '
To which no Invites 'their rotation; Ming determined
to eeliat exceedingly LOWPBIOKff! k* * - « '
>-Bt large'ittorttaettt*-of ißtMfcei'Btolli. and
IrenchSUnket Shawls.’ Aleoj VVariety of Bilk and
Oloth droolers Constantly on Mhd, ettho - -
“OLOAX EMPORIUM,”
Wo. 40 BonthSKOOND Street.’
OHOIGE GOODS for the' HOLIDAYS.
-Jt A R TXtf : tr A T l'e '3
* ,/’ .BTATIONKBT, ‘ '■ .
, toy, * fi&oYrtfqabs aHPORiOM,
NV im WALNOT BTRXBT, ,
, ,;, ; . (below eleventh.)
. A. eho'ee mi elegsnt assortment of Goods suited to
thaeoitong HOLIDAYS, aompriting artlclW of utility,
tort*, »ftd ornament, Mleoted froto'th* lat«*t import**
tiona exprestlj for tke Olty Retail Trtde./ *
' -M. A? Q.’a Stock’erobraot# avfary variety of Dolls.
•Wax, OryiCßj Mid Bleeping, fc&./together vrith ft ltrgo
■TftriotfOf '"•-V ' ’* * *’-» 1 ••
PAPJ»;DOLU, WEITINa DISKS, 1 . .
; ;POBT FOLIOS,’ HERBARIUMS,
O ‘ *; 5 SOBAP BOOkfIjPORT-MONNAIES, *O.
'With ft lame ftsaortmeiit af-Ganee, Fancy -Boxes,
JrQToDi]e Doom,‘Doll Furniture, Theatres. Stables.
-Wftrekonsefl* with ft general assortment of Tot ana
Pftttflj- Articles.;; ,
*''V f * v c »*'& •-/ ‘WABB I \WARB S * FANS I •
XXatostsVfieFaMjin'BnkjOrape, end Llnon.
andwiokets. nolG-Ual
i@RISTIANI & GO., '■v-, 1
'f- '"FERFOMERS ANO XMPQRXBRS, -j
Being now Wranged in,their sew looition.' ;
: r ,UOiAff BOOTH; FOURTH ttTasST, .
. ■ :jure .offering aeuperior assortment or
► PRUGGI«B>j ARTICLES
;.-v Ago • . , ;v
v *i{ -FAKO* GOODS., ,
' - .
•O itcFMnoh and HftgUßh FANCY SOAPS. •
v- a*■ Foreign EXTRACTS and POM4DBB. -
« .. » TOILET' BOTTLES, In. Glass and China.
POBTBMONNAUtS.EURSBB and POCKET-BOOKS.
x -. CASKS And ODOR r BQXBS<
Hair,i Tdoth.'iNril.iftnd-fihaTjng'BßUSßßS* &0,, Ao.
v'&Jo whlpb they oall, the attention of Druggists,and the
public',,*! theUptiees defy oompc>itjOnt . d!3-dtja7
* MABrfxIii^RS’gUG^'BA.LMOHDS.
re JORDATSLBUGAR ALMONDS.
: r •* OF CREAM BONBONS.
" 3 -- BUPSRIOJR. BOBNT ALMONDS.
FINE OHOOO L AT B RK PAK ATIONS
NEW VARIETY OF FINS CONFEOTIONB. • (
jraPANRBHSTRAWBBRRIES.
LABGS’Ag&ORTMRNT ‘OF•• SELECTED FRENCH
. K‘«; *i.u ; BONBONS.' ' **- * • ’
.K AVABIBTY OF FINS PABIB BOXES
■ -i.y <■ •*»»’ ' ■
J - v OOBBKtI.. • -
KERCH SCGABTOYBAHD FRENCH NIOKNAOXfI.
"'is.jr.Rjf.B.STr wniTMAis. ;
MABPIAOTBBSB Oy YIKB OOBJiO IIONSBy•
w.- iio market bt&bbt, -■
Wirt at TWnWtTB Street, .
W p BI8 ! kkINGUEHEADQUARTERS.-
mm.; We‘ Hava jut received cur IrenchOcmfectionery,
mndaro maanfeltaringa superior article of'Marsh Mel
low Gum Dfdpv-Bon Bom, Cteato Dates,- fto. Cell
ind’supply yourselves with the best Confectionery in
this city, at - >* JEFFRIES ft XVANSU
nol6-8m r Ha, TIBUABKBT Bt.’> bet. 7th end Bth.
|JMBRELLAS
HOWRKADY THKIR USUAL LARGR ASSORT.
' UENTOF UANDBOMgLY FINISHED
JP URS FOB LADIES.
■ • ELE9ANI ANO FASHIONABLE
/' ' ' y S : , ' M '
CONSISTING OF
REAL BABLB; MARTIN, MISK, FITOH, AND'
!, OHINOHILLA,. ,
®fnlUimi’o jfntnialjing ®ooi(«.
p ME M P’S
xnjßisrxßßciisra- goods.
■--The lergeet ewortment to the city, aod comprising
the newMtstjle, o- >
FANCY 80ARPS, MUFFLERS,
~-NKOK-TIM, SHAWLS,
BLOVfB, ’ DRESSING GOWNS,
HANDKERCHIEFS, . SMOKING OAFS, Ao.
,SUITABLE fOR
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
AUo, mrf deicrlption cf Shirt., (toiler., Under,,
ihlrte, Drewere, Hell-Hose, Stupendera, 40., trill be
round at, , ‘ .
SPENCER’S,
.;. No.saScHESTNUTS'rRKET,
\ ADJOINING THE GIRARD HQCBK.
■■};ai6.ijii'r,';v-'
J' , - ....... AW ' .
FATIMT BHOULDIR SRAM, SHIRT MANUFAC
. . - . TORY,
AttSa Old Ftand,'No.' TOO CHESTNUT STREET, oppo
eonelenpeirlßlor, tothe putting ehd Manalantnring
iadirtmonti: OnlerdfofMa oelabrttedatyleot SMrta
and Uollara'ailed at ;th« ehortart noUoa. Wholeaale
ttede'mipp.lied pn liberelterms. • ' ififryj,.
’ T . W; SCOTT, (lata of the Arm of Wnr-
OH*BT*a t SOOTT.) IGBNTLBMEN’S FUBNISH
ING' STORB and SHIRT MANUFACTORY, 814
OHBfITNUT. Street j (newly opposite theGirerdHonee,)
faapaetfulljr call the aUentlon of bin
‘fonner natron, and frienda to bla new Store, and Is pra
pared to SU-ordera for.SHIRTS at ahorfnottca. A
<(Street at-inarantled. COUNTRY TBAD9 anppUad
With'FlN! SHIRTS and OOLLABS. Iylo-tt
SLEIGHS, SLEIGHS.
A large lot of all altos, ror aale by
i-r/.i - V- - T S. W. JACOBS,
*• dB-!lrinJtwlot 1 » i ~ . 626 ABOH Street,
fRLDSOOTOH WHISKEY.— IO pnnchoonß
■ rery ataptrior Old-Scotch Whiskey, jn, bond. end.
for eele by South. fROUt St.. d2Q
-WINTER SP.ERM OIL-^
U-' Mllbna In flftke and barrels In- store, end
forMiWby-f W» ?• Al&BN, PBLAWABS
*Tew*.'v: V-:. '
~; y oL.:,fcNa..i‘2i7.'
BttaiUDta'l ®ttbjb9..'
jVEw;oiidAks:,:
Xl> .. i ..OPENING,EVERY DAY .
"• U '• 'rlr </*,>.-; AVVHB, . i , , v -. . .
PARISMANTILLA fc< OLOAK BMPOBIUM,
]?XNBBBAVBB.OLOAKB.
RICH VELVET OLOAKS.
• f o w.r MOUBNINCKOBPAKfI, ,
. - - HISSES’ QLOAKB.. • •
r-t * -j*. };• v.t' OPBBA-CliOAKB# .
i ...MIX!D!BEAVBB CLOAKS,
The Urgent Assortment ia tho city. ; .
f- .-•& >■ ’ i.i' r.) v i; AT .rei • i ■! .... • »
PABIB MANTILLA.AND OLOAK BMEOBIUM. •
•: ' , JOB CHESTNUT STKEET.. > • - ,
V J>w. P K OOTO B *. 0 0.,
®obbs.
Ctbh&tJtonerg.
Htnbrelfas.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
tmiUM A: S!OM i 00.,
- .346 MARKET STRUT,
SILK UMBRELLAS.
Towhleh Ut.y ln.ltfl the itteDtlon of
' 'BD7IBB,
JfQtS, &t.
A, LARGR ABSORTMINT IB OFFERED Of
A as VERY LOW PBIOKS,
; DAyiD H. SOUS,
, ' pro; 623 ABOH STREET, ABOVE SIXTH.
IjmKOHESTER&OO., GENTLEMEN’S
VV: /FURNISHING STORR
j.,,, 7 iJf-A.i..!
T, J :.; , ; New, pabljicationo.
JANUAET 13ABPER I—Haipor for Janu
aky; 16 CENTS.-»t ■
•" • , u -pbtßbeon'a bbothkbs*;'
HARPER FOR JANUART—PriceFifteen
OFNTB, this dyr, teceWedkt* 5 ’• '
. ! f'. 1 , ‘ PETERSON'* BROTHERS’,
, , . jj 0> 3Q9 oheAtnnt street.
1 C CENTS FOBHABPEB’S MAGAZINE!
A v for JANUARYr ready this day, dnd for sale at ’ >
: . .. ./ PETERSON i. BROTHERS’. ;
.rpHE, JANOXftT.'NjrMBJEB ol.Horper’a at!
X PKTBBSpNS’, thlfl morning, fft 16 CENIfI,
HABPEE 1 FOB JANCABTI HABPEB;
YOB 1 JANUARY! HARPER FOB JANUARY,,
atMIRBBONB’. Price 15 ORNTB, ‘ - a24-at K
C A E D . ‘ ' f
The undersigned: tVe Pounder and Pnblielier'of
-VAN COURTS
OOGNTEEFEIT DETECTOK,
Desirona of RETIRING from this brooch “of baelnese,
baa merged that old e.t.bUsbed work in Iho popular
BANK-NOTE, REPORTER
IMLAT Sc BIOKNELL.
Having pabllabed VAN• COURT’S DETECTOR sines
1889, the undersigned reluctantly ports -with his old
friends and subscribers; but this rslnctance is lsssensd
by the oonviotion that in IMLAY A BIOKNKfL'rt
BANK-NOTE REPORTER' they will receive a work'
that mstohes the times.
J. TAN COURT,
Pnn.ADSi.FHiA, December 20,,1858.
NOTICE.
ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO
IMLAY Sc BIOKNELL’S ;
BANK-NOTE REPORTER
Are payable scrapnlotuly IN ADVANOH. The COINS
OP THE TVORtD. lsaned. by Imlay A Bieknell, will
be glren ’ gratuitously daring ffanaary to all old and
new subscribers.’. All Coins, Okapis, Guides, and Man
uals, as compared vrith this, may be considered waste
paper. ’
IMLAY & BICKNELL,
'lfo. n 2 SODTE THIBD ST.,
BULLETIN BUILDING.
BEAUTIFUL BOOK
i . - FOR
THE HOLIDAYS.
THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK
OF
NATURAL HISTORY,
i OOHTAIKIRQ
8 LARGE ENGRAVINGS OF BIRDS,
PRINTED I W OID COLORS,
' With 16 psges of Letter-press.
ROYAL HANDSOMELY BOUND-IN
- - ■,,.. ' cloth;
‘ « PRiaTJP .B.Y ’
KC3B3STR.-2- jB-
, GEORGE ST., ABOVE ELEVENTH.
FOR SALE AT ALL THK BOOKSTORES.
dl6*lot ? ' •
HOLIDAY' PRESENTS! •
’ ' 1 . BOORS! ‘‘GET THE BEST !»
4 NEW TESTAMENT/ Becclred teraioa, in Paragraph
form, with, alt the Marginal Readings. Many siyles,
some In cues. Pricee to Bultall.
INDSXKB IO .IHB' HJBff TBBTAMBNT, ohlellv
compnM from TowNBsza>, -.
HORNE 'AND TKEGELLE’B INTRODUCTIONS Ho
all the Books of the Nkw Testament.’ 1
. BTUDKljl’a' MEMORANDUM, with-two pages ror
each chepteroftheNew T«sMmeat < ■
• ; Ne equftl to theebbTe set. Leading pspera (New
York Observer* Independent, 1 &6 .) 'style them ‘ f Ada!-
rable,” “ Excellent,”rnValnable,'* “ The best.”
** The very best' end mMt far the
handeom'est; most convenient,* moist attractive ever
published could they say f•> ’
STOCKTON»B BEHMONB FOR THR PEOPLE. 6th
edition. OlotbSl: half mor.. 81.60. -
“•STAND -UP »OR< JSiUS,’* with Biogr»phlc«l
Sketch” of Rev. D. A; Tyng* the-Christian Dallad,
Plates, Uoslo, <ko.' Best-copies, gilt, 68 cents.
•ÜBS. Cloth, plain, 76 cents;
gllt.fl. '' f . .
■ TH» BLESSING: A Good Book for Good Children:
Steel Rngraving. 26'cents.
• Also, a variety of other books. . Office open at night
dating the Holidays.' Western Oltisensthuß-accom
modated. r ■* “ *•> . i , ■ . - ’ ’
•JUST OUT, for gratuitous distribution,' a “Circu
lar,” with list of bocks: styles, prices,- Ac., and an
Address to the “BIBLE-READING PUBLIC.” Call
or send for it. • Y. H. BTOCKTON,
' S. W- oonier BROAD ft OBBSTNUT Sts.,
d 24-81* Philadelphia, Pa.
A SPLENDID BOOK.
* • FOR
THB' HOLIDAYS.
A wonderralUiatoryof Man on the Ocean, with his
thrilling achievements,—Presbyterian.
. GOODRIOH’S
MAN UPON THE SEA;
A HISTORY
OF
MARITIME ADVENTURE
Ann •
DISCOVERY.
From the earliest period to the present time; giving
detailed accounts of remarkable Voyages of Ex
ploration in all ages ol the world.
BY PRANK B. GOODRICH.
Author of the “ Court.of Napoleon,” &o.
Illustrated with 160 Engravings
One vol.< Bto. In various stylos of Binding.
The subjeeiof the volume is one of the most inter
esting.—Picayune,
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. In the London Times of November 29, we
noticed the following announcement:
Slit B BnoDiK.—Wo (the Lancet) have re&eon
to believe that Sir B Brodle is to ho raised to the
-peerage with the title of Baron Betohworth.
■/ '.'At last fwe said to ourself—at last there
will be a modieal peer. Statesmen, diploma
tists, soldiers, Bailors,' lawyers, bankers—in
otb’or words, Craft, Conrago, Chicanery, and
Cash—have contributed to swell the British
Peerage, but the medical profession has nover
sent.one member into the House of Lords.
Coronets for all classes—except the doctors.
True, Viscount Siimoutii, who. had boon
Prime Minister, was son of a petty Berkshire
medical man, for which Geouqe Canning—
whose own mother was an actress, and'not
good at that—ridiculed him in the Jlnh-Jaco
bin Renew, so that the nickname.of “The
.Doctor” clung to him, ever after, notwith
standing his peerage. Bat, up to this very
hour, not one medical peor. 'Well, it is novef
too' late to moke amends.
•'•The founder of the princely race of the
Jl'edici once followed the healing art, and was
Sd proud of his profession that he took its ti
tle tor,a family of liis own, and,,
even- yot, three golden ’pills are'the
the -Medici, and of that beautiful Lombardy
which onee they ruled. Nay, tho first pawn
brokers in London, who were also the bankers,
came from Lombardy, and congregated ia
Lombard street, as it still is named, where
they put up the three golden balls of the
Medici -to denote their country, "which
balls are Btill suspended over the philanthropic
domiciles where money is lent on pledges—
the hapleßs relatives of ; “ my Undo ” believ
ing that the mystic sigidfieation of the throe
golden bails is that tbe ohanees are two to one
agMnat tho .redemption of such pledges.
Sir Benjamin CoiniKsßaopiE, wo.thought,
is a capital fellow for the peerage, though,
being now In his seventy-sixth year, hd cah
scarcely be called a ydnng Lord, .though his
will be a new creation. Every medical man
who can read English hooks, (and*many, wlio
cannot,) Is aware of Bbodie’s high reputation
as a ' surgeon, anatomist; pathologist, and
physiologist’. His professional writings are
numerous and valuable. He is a member of
tbs Institute of France, and of other learned
societies in Europe and America. He is
Sergeant-surgeon to Qnoen Victobia, and
was'made a Baronet in 1884. In short, he is
at the top of the tree, and also has nmde a
largo fortune by bis practice, so that 'be can
respectably ■ sustain what is called “ the dig
nity of the pedrago.” If there are to home-,
dlcal peers in England, we thought, Baoms
Is a, good man to commonco with. In oth'er
parts of Europe, whore nobility is cheap—ydu
can purchase a title, in Italy’ for $l,OO0 — me
dical men,, already ennobled bj merit, have
fhrther) received the titular distinction of pa
tented-ronk. Napoleon’s great surgeon,
'LarbaY, was made a Peer of France, and 'so
Was, DuPuifttiN, the ' groatest of modern
.Frenok physiologists.
■Reading over tho London, Times in duo
order of dato, so,as to have the news consecu
tively, we took up tho number for November
80th, after that for the 29th. In dno course,
we foil upon the following -.
"Wo are requested to state that there is uo
truth in the announcement contained in a para.
, traph extraoted from the Lancet which appeared
[a-the Time,’ of yesterday, to tho effect that it
.was intended to confer a peerage on Sir Benjamin
Brodle. 1 ’ '
; What a disappointment! No medical pepr,
•after all. • Toll lies, ad an Ambassador; turn
(jour poat, as a politician; sabre Sepoys, as a
soldier; bombaftl ‘unuTTchdi'tig Dawns,* -hi-®*
sailor; make the worse appear the' bet
ter'reason, as a lawyer; shave bills as a
banker, and some line day, the British prime
minister will hand your name to Queen Yio
toria, as that ot a man who ought to be
placed abovo his neighbors, with a coronet
upon bis head and a lordly handle to fils
name; but devote nearly sixty yoats ot a
life oi labor and study to the successful prac
tice of the most humanizing of arts, that of
alleviating pain and restoring health, and you
are not worthy, one of your class is not
worthy, to be honored as Sovereigns hoiior,
by nobility, lawyers, money-changers, fight
ers, turn-coats, changelings' of party, and
such • like. What a strange system! •As
if a good doctor, a skilful surgeon,
a scientific pathologist, n great phy
siologist, like Richard Owes, who is the
pride et bis profession, is not a far greater
man than « the Moat Noble Union John De
Buboh, Marquis of Clanrickarde, Viscount
Burke, Baron Dbnkellin and Sokerhill,
Knight of St. Patrick, Privy Councillor to
Queon Viotobia, and ex-Ambassador to Prus
sia,” who is as noted a blackleg as any of ;the
same profession on the Mississippi steamboats,
who has been accused ot forging his own
Son’s acceptances, whose moral character
would exclude him from decent society if ho
were not a peer, and whose appointment to
an office in the Cabinet, in the teeth of public
opinion and private remonstrance, was the
last. brazen act which helped to break down
Lord Palmerston last spring.
It really does seem hard that medical men,
however worthy, are excluded from the Bri
tish Peerage. There is no admission into; the
Honse of Lords for them. What does It mat
ter t Let them continue to be, what wo have
often found them, God Almighty’s own noble
men. Brodie will not bo the less honored
because ho is not to bo- addressod as Lord
Betchwobtii. To use a couplet from a'for
gotten poem by Charles Phillips, still living,
and once known as “the celebrated Irish
orator,”
This poor tenant of the sod >
Draws hU nobility from God.”
Even the humbler hereditary rank of Baro
not—which, we assure inquiring correspon
dents, is not a degree of nobility—has not 6ften
been, conferred on medical men in England.
One of the earliest recipients of this rank was
the celebrated Sir Henry Halford, on whom
it was conferred in 1800. This gentleman was
the beau ideal of a Court Physician. Inj him
were united great tact and courteous gentle
ness ! his appearance and manners wore, gen
tlemanly and graceful) and, abovo all,.he
possessed consummate skill. He was physi
cian, and we might add friend, to four succes
sive British Sovereigns; and his practice,
which extended over half a oentury, averaged
$lOO,OOO per annum for more than half that
period. He was an accomplished scholar as
well as an elegant gentleman and a skilful
physician. Ho wrote Batin poems of high
merit, and his professional works have always
been held in high estimation. Sir Henry
Halford, with all these qualifications, was
once within an ace of being raised to the Peer
age. The story, as wo have heard it, was as
follows
Georoe tho Fourth, who had repoatedly
been indebted for restoration of health or alle
viation of suffering to Henry Halford, and
who' delighted in bis society, determined to
'raise him to the Peerage, it is said, and com
municated this intention to the intended reci
pient of tho title. One point was of import
ance—had Sir Henry sufficient landed pro
perly for a peer ? Tho rule is that, except
in such extreme cases as raising a lawyer to
the rank of Lord Chancellor, or giving rank
to a successful soldier, sailor, or diplomatist,
no Baronetcy is conferred unless there bo
£6,000 per annum in porpotuity to support the
rank, and double that property when a man
is made a Baron. The graduation is £lO,OOO
for simple Lord or Baron; £16,000 for a Vis
count; £BO,OOO ior an Earl; £50,000 for a
Marquis, and £lOO,OOO per annum for a Duke.
In reply to tho question about his means, Sir
Henry Halford stated that his landed es
tates in Leicestershire were worth £15,000 a
year, and that he was heir to his rich brothor,
Judge V auqitan, who was childless.
In those days, Lord Liverpool was Prime
Minister, and the King had to obtain his con
sent to the new peerage, for the British So
No. 6.8112 per doi.
6. 1 26 <
7. 1 60 *•
8. 1 76 «
The Doctors,
vereign, who reigns but does not govern, can
not appoint even a tax-collector without eyen
his Premier’s consent,—the Monarch not being
responsible, while the Minister is. Lord Li
vebpool, himself only the grandson of a mere
Boidier of fortune, had a parvenu’s dislike to
any increase of the peerage, and received the
King’s suggestion "with, scarcely concealed
disapprobation. He submitted,thai there was
no precedent for creating a medical peer. Tho
royal reply was that .it was time to make ene;
that tho nobility-would be offended by, one .of
their order going about from house to house,
fooling pulses and bagging foes—the - King
said that; of course, tho pew peer would re
linquish, his medical practice. In short, the
King had a reply to every objection. Tho
Minister, who was as obstinate aßthe Monarch,
then changed his tactics, and went on to laugh
at the idea. With his solemn pomp, which he
called dignity, Geoboe the Fourth,, who im
prisoned and fined Leioh Hunt for calling him
“a dandy of fifty,” was painfully afraid of ri
dicule. It wasonthis that his Minister had
him, at last. -
A baron’s coronet is distinguished by having
four pearls on tho rim or circle which goes
Upon the head.- Lord Livebpool said, “ Hal
pobp is a handsome fellow, and'the coronot is
will become him—but does not your Majesty
think that the poarls may be mistaken for
puts}” This was a home-threat, and it was
followed up with the Inquiry, “ Has the new
'peer’s title heen chosen 7” ' The King said•
that .ho believed not, but he supposed that
Halpobd would like to bo cajlod from Wistow
or Newton Harcourt,the names.of his Leices
tershire estates. Because,” added the Pre--
mier, “if the name he not ohosen, I would'
suggest, as very characteristic-of your new
peer’s profession, that yoiii; Mqjdsty'direct his
patent of nobility to describe hljta as the “good
Lord T ’ .
The-Fact, wds. that had, f .jjarely
prastised ee.accoucheur, but the King’ufd not'
like to be laugbed.at>',flmd,/tli.e;:ass’oolatiqn.of
ideas suggested- by Lord XrvShpoon’s wit—
tho only Ibatance in which that soiehin official
mafia a so lndicirous that front that
hour neither Sir Henbt Haliobb nor anyone,
else heard 'a, syllable of the intended peerage.
Thus it was that the .only chance on record of.
ohanging adoctor into a nobleman was literally
laughed away. . ' ,' !
. We have spoken here of the urbanity of
Halfobb. In contradistinction we might give,
examples of the brusqneneaa of Dr. Rad,
clivpe, the' eccentricity of Lettsom, the ab
ruptness, of BKDboEs, and the positive ill
manners of John Abebnktht. There is al
most a cyclopaedia of . medical anecdote, tra
dition, and. gossip which a writer who had
time and inclination, with- some little ability,
might readily work np into readable articles.
The Material Resources of the Great
Sonthwest.
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WrANnoTT,(K. T.,1 Deo. 8,1858.
The deep interest that yea have always mani
fested in tho development and progress of oar
whole eoaatry—the sound national position that,
daring an active, prominent, and, for yonr age, a
long politioal lifo, has always characterised your
polioy—and, particularly, the. deep interest that
you have taken In every measure calculated to
open to American enterprise and industry: the'
great interior—promptjme ;to present for the
consideration of your readers a few.faots in refe-'.
renee to the soil and climate, and also the mineral
and agricultural resources, of the groat South
west.- '
What I mean by the great Southwest is that
extensive region of country south and West of the
Missouri river, and extending, if you please, to tho
Paoifio coast. ■
In our sobool-boy days we found written aoross
the faceof this region on tbe maps, “The Great
American Desert,” and at once associated it
with the descriptions given by Oaptain Riley, of
the said plains of Central Afrfoa; these impres
slons romain nnoorreoted In the minds of the great
balk of the American people until this time.
Geographers have gradually olroumsorihed tbe
Desert region with each edition of their maps.
i>nrtny>tPVU'eri»»tr»»W~x<dnnftiDa l in tliq -pplufl* of
many tbat great bulk ot thatextencive xegteßp
sloping eastwardly from tbe Rooky mountains,' is
useless for all purposes exoept that of a wide range
for the monster natives of the plains—the millions
of buffalo that roam unattended and unprovided
for, exoept by the band of Nature, oyer tl{e faoe of
the country.
Aside from tbe faots developed by late explore
ore, in reference to the fertility and susceptibility
of cultivation of this region, the fact, that in a
state of nature this “ desert" oan maintain, both
winter and sammer, a population of millions of
buffalo, elk, antelope, deer,’ Ac., Is conclusive
evidence that itsoapaolty as an agricultural coon
try has been greatly underrated, and that when
developed it willbeeome tbe great pasture-ground
for the Amerioan Union, ana be made to yield a
rich harvest by the band of industry.
Its distance from market Has been a great ob
stacle in the minds of many to Its settlement and
cultivation, and, in this point of view, yen will
please allow me to consider it for a momont.
The time was when a seotlon of oountry re
moved but a few miles from tbo sea coast or the
channel of a great navigable river was justly
eoßsidered too inaccessible for profitable cultiva
tion ; but the trinmphs of science, industry, and
enterprise for tbe past quarter of a oentury ever
time and space, are bringing inte close proximity
the ends of the earth, and making tho heart of
the vast continent tho immediate neighbor of oar
seaboard oities. • - ■
Those arteries of trade, the railroads of oar
country, are penetrating all parts of this great in
terior, until fresh prairie fattod beef is now being
sold in tbe markets of New York, and perhaps in
your own city of Philadelphia. Push forward
these lines a few miles farther, and you may feast
on tbe rich flavored flesh of the oattle of the thou
sand hills in tbecentre of tbe “great American
Desert ” of our boyhood days, end tbe wool of our
sheep may be whirling upon your Philadelphia
spindicß two days after it shall have left the book
of our flocks on tbe vast plains of the interior,
and in a few moro days the dressed cloth will
clothe our population.
Prom Ibis point south to tbo Gulf of Mexico, a
few hundred mites of railroad will oonnectus with
the whole southern ooast of tbe Union, Mexico,
and South America, and the tropical productions
of these regions will be exobanged in our great in
land cities for the productions of our soil and
mines, and your manufacturing establishments.
Penetrate still farther West, until tbe “iron
horse ” is checked by tho waves of tho great Pa*
oifio, and tbe trade of Asia, will find its way to
the heart of tbe American Union, and through it
to onr Eastern seaboards, enriching, os it passes/
tho millions that will be profitably engaged in
producing from our oxbaustless soil tbe elements
of national greatness and individual wealth.
To those who are always two - decades behind
the age, these anticipations may loom ; up only In
the dim diatanoo of the first half of the next cen
tury, but to your Young Amerioan vision, and to
the eye of the aotivo and progressive spirits who
hayo urged forward the oar of progress and tho
great enterprises that have marked the age in
whloh we live, their realisation within a few
abort years becomes a fixed faot.
- gome of us who aro yot young oan reoellect
when the “Conestoga wagon ” was solely relied
on to transport, the trade botwoon your oity and
the great west, and many yot live who witnessed
tho great stride in tbe march of improvement that
exobanged tbe.paok-horse for tho wagon. At
that time had anypno pictured the net wotk of
railroads that now develop the immense re
sources of a portion of tbo groat West, and counted
the steamboats that oarry the inland trade of the 1
young giantesses of the wilderness that have been
born imA admitted into the Amorioan sisterhood
within that time, Ms anticipations would have
been looked upon as the offspring of a wild imagi
nation, never to be realised.
In view, then, of what has been done, and in
view of-tho growing necessity of greater efforts,
our constantly-increasing ability to accomplish,
tho rich nnd extensive field of enterprise open
before us, and the magnitude of the final result,
may wo not anticipate muoh more than we have
written abovo without overtasking tho energios of
the Amerioan people, or ovor-estimating the high
standard of industry and enterprise to wbioh we
havo attained?
. As an evidence of the oapaoity of “ the Great
American Desert,” yon will permit me to present
a few statistical facts:
Yon are aware that the regions bordering on tbe
Missouri river, including the State of Missouri,
Kansas, Western lowa, Nebraska, and Da Cotab,
are yetvery sparsely populated—in fact, almost in
a state of nature —ana yet tho trade of this region
employed, during tho business portion of tho past
season, ho less than six y first-class steamboats.
It is sofo to say that, at the rate at whioh emigra
tion has poured into this region within a short
time, in throe or four years the population of tho
oountry,dopendent, at this time, on that river, as
a means or access to market,' will be inoreased
five-fold, and its trade ten-fold; multiply Bixty by
ten, and we have plying upon one of tho .rivers
that penotrate into tho heart of tho “Great
Southwest’’ no loss than six hundred first-olass
steamboats, carrying tho trade of a nation.
Tho magnitude of the tredo of New Moxieo,
oemmohly called the. “Santo Pa Trade,’’ and
other localities south apd west of us, is astonishing
and iuoredibie to those who know nothing of tho
extent and natural" resources of that region, ex
copt what they gather from tho imperfeot sohool
ge S®e'Business during tho past sea
son, has employed no loss than ton thousand wn-f
cons drawn by 120,000 mules and oxon and drivon,
counting but two men to-a team, by twonty thou
sand men— an army equdl to nearly double the
strength of tho whole effeotivo force of the stand
ing army of the United States, and at a cost th»t
would almost bankrupt the national treasury.
Lotus look at a few of the principal Hems of
expense to which this trodo Is subjeotod;
10,000 largo wagons at $lOO . *51,000,000.
120,000 mules ana oxen at $OO , 7,200,000
20,000 men at $3OO eaoh 6,000,000
Aggregate .14,200,000
TWO CENTS.
Independently of contingencies, .wbioh aJL-prac-,
tio&l men know will greatly Bwelf the'grand total.
An annual investment and expense/equal to the
cost of a first-olass railroad several hundred miles
in length, is thus .thrown upon the trade of tho
plains fn one year. 1
To what conclusion are w’e forced from these
faots ? Plainly this; That a country almost in a
state of the tradejofiwbioh-dan support
tbe expenses of this most expensive means of trans
portation will, when doVelOped by the modenrim
proyoments in inland transportation, afford an ag-'
gregate of commeroe that would'be courted by the
first oities of the'worid. 1 ■ iUi • * l,l *•- . .
Booh, sir, ia tho capacity of .tha Great South
west” and sack are its olaims to the consideration
of-the Government, the ..business jraMio and the
whole American people. 4 ‘‘ '■ -> K J?, . ;
T c e / Be “_ ifin/aots In regard to the oapaeity of
:the Southwest, aside from iteimportanoe as agold
mlnlng dlHrlot; and from the latest and most re-'
liable information, we 1 have every reason to be
lietro that.the gold region in Western: Kansas, New
Mexico,- and .Nebraska, » ,more extensive and
noher than that of California, whilst its superior
accessibility to the States will greatlyf&cUiUte its
development; • • *- t ( -
With aolimate mild and healthful, a soil rich
and durable, and a mineral wealth, aside from
gold, equal to the most favored regionß,- those who
are best acquainted with the great Southwest pre
diot for it a future of great importance; but by su
peroddiag the gold deposits ’ 'about. being de
veloped, the “ Great Southwest” will shortly be
come one of the most populous and wealthy divi
sions of theUnion.' '
•I shall send you in a few days tho proceedings
of a Railroad Convention at tus oity on Saturday
In which apystom of railroads is proposed
teat will open to Amerioan enterprise one of the
most interesting and extensive fields of industry to
he found on the broad face of our Republio, and
one that demands the earnest consideration of the
Goveriiment. 4 ‘ - .. |
''lt laa subject that'- addresses itself alike to the
statesman,.the capitalist, and the laboring man,
88 well as to the patriot who wishes the success of
his Country by tha full development- of-hor ma
wnal greatness, tha extension of the lines of elvilt
,, » and the conquest of, man .over,Nature/ by
whioh she wilj 69 competed'to yield up her' hldf*.
den treasures,* to promote BinUan 1 -comfort and 'to
supply ithe wants of man.*}, ~ r, '
I have travelled extensively over the ‘different
States and Territories of the Union, and theresuß''
of my experience. is that the territory sohthjand- -
west of the river and, State, of, Missouri presents ■
greater attractions to the emigrant of all Callings
and professions than any other portion of •our'pos
sessions, and thqt it is destined in a few years tb ’
a3 f u ®o_an importance among the great geosr&phi-.
oal divisions of our‘ country, that will be felt alike
in the counoils of the nation, and in’the scale <if
her material and social greatness,. :• . .. . -
Very truly, Ac., ' Southwestbus.
An Opera Singer,in a Scrape by Uttering
. a False Note. 1 ' • p
[Prom the Oincinnati (Jorcmercial/Dee. 21 ]
Notwithstanding the
lng, of the Cooper English opera’troupe in this
; oity, there was more'thatf One cojitm'enipf to mir
Job harmony of their engagement.'j, In,particular,-
Mr. Miranda, the. tenor, > appears to have been
selected by fate as a butt for fortune to‘ kick It
during hfs temporary sojourn in' this vicinity. In
the first place, during the travel from jit.. Louis he
caught cold? and was affiicted.with. a hoaheness, tljo
most serious mishap that could befall aflrsfc tenor.
Then he met with so' many friends tnat he beoatoe
“ overcome,” and on Friday nlght t was,unable jto
finish the last aofc of the fact, he
died before his time; ‘ But the most direful'misfor
tune coeurred on Saturday/ whenj haying ocoasion
to purchase something; in a certain.dry goods stoip,'
he tendered "a twenty-dollar bill in payment fpt*
the artiole/and was l lmmediately pounced-upon by
a prying, officer, wh<* pronounced the hill a coun
terfeit. Who-will say after this that ourpolioe
men sleep upon tHeir posts? •
It was in vain -that . Miranda declared'ho had
come honestly by the note; the officer was ah old
bird; swore that he wasn’t to be .caught by
chaff, and the conaequenoe was, that'the first tenor
of the first English opera troupe in the country was
compelled - to, undergo a searching. investigation/
when there was discovered arouncThis body a belt,
from the recess of whioh were rolled forth upwards
of three bn&dred .flve*dollar gold'plceps.,
display of wealth, sp far from endorsing tip re
speotabllity of the unhappy tenor/was,'in the eye.
of tho offio'ef) <r oonfirmatfon'Strong,” and
would have, saved him .the . ignominy pf asojoura
in the watch-house, but a guarantee of aeveriV'
respeotable oitizena with .whom ’Kb Had 1 the'honor
of an acqqaintahoe.'. , . i : .. -|-
- He had-reoeived the bill from the manager, .be
tween, whpm and himself a feud, unhappily for
tho harmony of the troupe, existed t and’thus,
swelling with indignation, be forthwith sworo out
a warrant, whtoh.wosplaaed in the hands .of hn
officer, who in. the evening proceeded to the thea
tre to serve and capture tne unoonsoiouS director,
who', with bow in hand, was directing the move
ments of the gentlemanly musloians. It, seems
that*the functionary to whom the warrant was en
trusted Txad musio Inhls soul; and as he entered
the theatre, the . |
“ BUU sogeatly o’er me stealing—“ . j
fleeted so delioionsly. above, around, and abqut
him, that he became unconscious of his errand, as
was the' somnambulist when«she made her elao
-destipe r entree into tho chamber of the Gouht.
U>iTttrd9 fEe-oi*»eoi whnn airdin
the delioleus finale of “ Ahj don’t
him back, and before he recovered from his.musi
oal trance, Mr. Cooper bad .vacated the spot where
throughout the evening he had wielded’his <jn-‘
ohantod bow. Happily, however, the' disagreea-.
hie affair went no farther: Mr. Cooper- satisftc-'
torily proved that the false note in question Had
been issued by him without' any knowledge asjto
its oharaoter, as in faot every, note drawn by him
is of the purest quality, while those of Mtrauda
are invariably genuine, except, as in the case]of
tbe Trovatore, he may chance to he a little “ over
come.” '
Forged land Warrants-.-An Insane
Prisoner*
The Nashville Banner saysj* " Col. Peyton,
agent of the Government, ‘recently arrested, iin
West Tennessee*. Henry ."Wright, Esq.,, a lawyer
of Lexington, Henderson oonnty, and Willis'N.
Arnold, of the same oonnty, charged with forging
pension papers. The two prisoners werobrought
to Nashville, and an examination of the oase oqm
menoed on Wednesday before Judge Humphreys.
In the mean time, Wright, who:had exhibited
symptoms of aberration on his way to this city,',
became frantically insane, or apparently so, and
was committed to jail as onfit for trial. Saturday,
measures were taken to subject the prisoner to a
medical examination, aad ascertain if his insanity
is real or methodioal. Mr. Wright was a lawyor
in good standing in Lexington, and was formerly
a partner of Hon. Kit. Williams. He came origi
nally from Massachusetts to Knoxville, in this
State, and was engaged as professor or tutor in the
ooliege at that plaoe.< Daring that engagemeni he
beoame smitten with the charms of a young lady
of that oity, and being repulsed, he beoameinsane,
and wandered off. .He was next heard of in Jock
son, Tennessee, where he-taught soheol, studied
law, entered upon the practice, and married. He
has a wife and one ohild—a daughter.
“ The indications of insanity were very strong
on Wednesday, Mr. Wright tearing his olothea
and resisting his guard with apparently super
human strength. Wo looked into hiaooll yester
day He had diveatod himself of his olothing,
which was scattered about the room, and sat up
right upon the floor, entirely enveloped in - a
blanket. No persuasion could induce him to show
h!s face, net even to an old. acquaintance and
friend. Colonel Torbitt, who, at the request of’the
conrt, has undertaken the legal management of
his oase.
“ Tho examination of Arnold proceeded yester
day, and resnlted in his being bound over in $lO,--
000 for himself, and two securities in $lO,OOO.
In default of security he was committod; We un
derstand there will be no difficulty in procuring
bail os soon as the relatives of the prisoner; are
advised of the result of the examination.”
Tho Last Drive at Douglas*
(Prom the Cleveland Plain Dealer ]
The United States Senate is just now making a
very silly exhibition of itself before the world..
A gentleman who has served, twelve-years in that
body, with great oredlt to himself and high honor
to the whole country, is sought to be degraded,
through the machinery of the oauqps aotion of that
body, for differing In opinion on a single fcnbjeot,.
and that subject one on whioh he ana his consti
tuents almost unanimously agree.' If Mr. Dou
glas was wrong upon that subject, it would
not be right,to tnus proscribe him for an
error of opinion. The day is past in this coun
try when persecution is to be the remedy for
imagined heresy, either in politics or religion.'
But who says Mr. Douglas is wrong In his popu
lar sovereignty principle as applied to U. S. Ter
ritories 7 The very men who time and again havo
acknowledged that ho was right Every vote
given or spoeoh made by the Southin favor of the
nnsos-Nebraska bill was a solemn and unmis
takable acknowledgment of the justness and
soundness of his position. That“ Unpeople of the
Territorlef as woll as the States should be left per
fectly free to regulate their domestic institutions
in their own way, subject only to the Constitu
tion, n woe the doctrine enunciated in that great
measure, and has in good faith in every instance
been adhered to by its distinguished author. It
was the intention of the Kansas-Nebraska bill
to inaugurate ,a now polioy in regard to
tho government of the Territories—that in
stead of Congress legislating for a distant Terri
tory, tho people should be allowed to legislate for
ibemaelves. This polioy was acquiesced iu, and
the views of the Senator from Illinois fully en
dorsed) net only by tbe Democratic .majority in
both branches of Congress, but by every Demo*
oratlo delegate from, every Congressional district
in the United States to the last National Conven
tion. It is upon this platform tho Senator from
Illinois now stands, and it is by tho popular
sovereignty principle of that polioy he is to fall,
if fall he must. If Presidential conspiracies and
Senatorial caucuses have power to put him down,
he will go down with his flog flying. But tho
people of this country have yet some liberality
left, and tho press of the oountry is still a power
among ns, . ,
Doaglas in Tennessee.
The Memphis Appeal publishes a speech of
Judge Douglas, and thus oomments thereon:
“If Buoh dootrines os these be treason, and'
their advocate a 1 traitor,’ and if the Southern
.people aro ready and .disposed t) ostraoise and
cut, loose from every. Northern man who upholds
them; then indeed haa the-time for sooession and
dissolution come .. But,we have too much oonfi.
denoe in the loyalty and patriotism of, the South
to believe that such? doctrines aro regarded by
them as traitorous, 1 * 1
The'Ladies of Dixon, 111., undertook to
buy out a ealoon-keopor,for the purpose of destroy
ing the liquor, but .the follow oheated them, sell
ing'them oolored water instead. In trying to get
the liquor—water wo stairs, a Mrs.
Sanborn had her skull fractured in a frightful
manner.
ROTICE tO COBRESfONMfin.
CorrMfOßlenta “ *R» Pmss” wllfplsus b«u in
mm the ;
Brer, eommimlMtlan mtut he eeeampuled b/ the
n»me of the wriftr. Xn orderto injure correotnesi in
the frpopr.ph,,but fine ‘i&ti'ft thoebeetehOTUf'hi
written upon. - ’ #• \' ~- r
ln Pens
sy rauU and pftsrStates for contribntlcma giving tie
ootrent neve of tho da, In Uioli' jnrttailv looaUtlee,
tbo rosonrooa of tho rartoonfUng oonnby, tho Increuo
of popnletion, or enjf Ihformntlon thit wlfi ho intorert •
tog to the general reader. -
GEMERALNEWS.
At 'the femoral of a
the fiay» since e»,e
marknblv nhnnri™’ “ ciroomiunao oeonrred, re
nb! d *^WTev,TholiUloone,
■tmsass^aSSS
two or three Hours, 'thw coffin was opened again
friends gathered rdund to iook upon ft for
the, last time, that .bud had heootno a full-blown
. rose, while grasped in the cold hand of death It
seemed asrtheugh & voioe.dame bp from those
beautifqUy sealed lips, saying, ’‘/Weep not for
me; thCugh brokfen from' the parent^Stem I am
blooming fn the Paradise of God. Millions of in
rant souls oompose the family above.’t
Jaoksomvh»i.b (Fla.). Standabd says
toot on the 6th instant, while a party of young Ja-
SmfJLT:®* tt»e«team»wiiiaj of-Capt. Haliday,
in looking at. the 1 machinery, &o , the
88 ? ane Dn P°bt became- entangled in
and A’ : th « efforts of,Misses Ma
friend6?i»Am Kate .Ferris to .oxtricate thoir
perilous ooudition, they, wore
sußfof^^T 1 So *» and Miss Ferris
Snt B n iouß or ,ntero4t Injury, Miss Du
sufferers to a greater
tha, hky t** haTiB f! reoeived an injury of
thohaok and spine, and the other ihe losi of an
tos amd Death.—ln -Washington, D. C.,
Wednesday evening last, a daughter of one of the
city oonnoilmen was married at her father’s resi
dence, and shortly after the eefemonies'were over,
grandmother of the 'bride departed
■«a ini th \ Bamo ho use. Her demise is sunpo
,.ave ’’“SR oansed by excitement over the
expectation of .meeting all her desbendants--;ohil
t ?• B ra » d °W'dren—on the ocoasion of the
wedding , one of whom Oame from New Orleans to
be present,, They’did all assemble ;'first round
’it f a ?Py Wuple, snd-tn.a few brief honrs.aronnd
the-dying oonob of thofr venerable relative. ‘ ■
, Terrible Miota ke,~A young Creole, liv
tag ontheMetalrie.Ridge,New’Orieani/in the
Third' district!, was shot by his^father through infs
lately, r If Seems his father had a horse stolon
• and - was on ihe watoh for- thieves,' and. when»-he
saw l some.'one jump over the fence-and walk to
wards the stable, .raised his'guu, loaded with.buck
shot, and, fired. , The .horror of the mah wfien
hearing his*son, who returning : from 'seine
1 frolic, foreani out that-he was sh6t/oan be imagin
examination, however, it w aß found
fhat but throe ahot.bad taken. effect, inflicting
painful tadogh nqt at all wounds.*' p
, A! wp pi < .UEATH—A, Mat? Sawed in Two/
Coroner Jfames was'recently called to hold an in
-9® eB J , qp°n ? the ' body of a man -named ■' Jehn
Wretaolm, a Swede,-who oame tohis-fleath by an
accident to Smith’s; planing- and shingle mill, ,at
Chicago,,lllinois. He ; was a oircular
ehingle-saw, when,, by some accident,or sudden
.obstruction of the machinery, the’ saw flew out' of
'IU besHprij' and struck the deceased cfa one side,
outung him diagonally - .in • two, 'and 1 coming out
near,the opposite shoulder. , The verdict was-in
accordance with the tacts. .
The pkowess __OF_lan»EaiAi. Euoeitie has
contagion, of Diana Yernonism .among
the ladiqs~ of, France. Allthe autumn hot only
arohery and Fenelhg'has-had itaffalr adehts! but
lowing matches' on the t Seine,'.between
feminine, amusements,
and Mdle Alphonaihe O’—-feathered an oar or a
scull against all comer*" It- is: tme that Madame
Le*ay.hts,been,for, eome- yearsa prominent win
ner on the,turf; and, as to,game licenses, lady
&» ‘paid 'at' Strasburgi Melun,
LUle/Tonr and Pbio'tiers.; . ; - ,f
;• Hoops, TJsevvl* —According totho Chicago
journal a dishonest servant girl,, who-was in the
habit of sporting immense hoops, was discharged
by- her* soon, : raising artiotos,
despatched afioffioenafter, the girl, .who was arrest
, ed, and & woman ,was employed to searoh her, with
‘thefollowingresult: ' * ' ' T: * tJ ! ' .
-A bag ofbtick'wheati'U quantity of flour, a small
#an oi pounds of angar, a package of
tea, and, a jug .of molasscß actually .jdnhed to her
petticoats,* ana’ hanging upon her crinoline. - A
further searoh brought to: the light s large quan
of cakes concealed in her,bosom. -j ; t ,.i
' CotiRAOE ,bs 'Short,. Clothes.—A. littlo
fellow, five or stx-years'old, fell through.* the ice
on Baok Bay,'Boston, Mass./aiid ; -Tria',resoued by
A qoifieten years iy of agej by, th o name
of Lizzie ;WMlmore>, who, happening, to. see the
red.scarf 1 above"the water, creptf to'the holo,
seised* his handd, <and by ’Struggling,
finally -eaooeeded s ;in; dragging him upon thejice.
She thon took him, all,covered "with mud and
water; in her arms, and oarriedlmn'to his home.
/ Mickey;Feee, the faiffo’iis"pedestrian, has
just performed, : ‘at' AllCntownV : Pa., : taro astonUh
rofl -feats ofipedestrianism/. which were acoom
plißhrd last Saturday.. One .was to waDc.one hun
dred and fourteen opnseeutlve hours; the‘other
was to walk -so fast out of the town, thafcbiscrcdit
orsoould sot overtakehjm» -j '■ •>
lThe “Benicia. Dor/ 71 and' his friends of .
.like muscle and profession,'gave an exhibition at
the National Theatre', Cincinnati,, 1 on'Wedneeday
plants^of the fanoy presbnt,
The Canadian Kailway Commissioners have
ordered tbe dosing'of the Northern Kailway, con
sidering it unsafe for the oarriage of passengers.
The direotors,'have, not obeyed the order as yet,
but the trains are run at a lower rate of speed.
A notorious little tbiei, only eleyen years
old, known among his associates as ff Jaok-Shep
pard,” has been arrested in Buffalo, N. Y. ' He
gives his real name as follows: Joachim Wilhelm
Kndolph Theodora Christian Lierman.
Joseph Cresset, in undertaking to walk
from Bennington, Vt, to Woodford, on Sunday
nigh’t week,-fell in the snow,"from too much
drink, and perished almost immediately, thvugh
his brother was with him. . ,
Hon. Caleb Cushing is to preside at the
next celebration of Daniel Webater’abirthday, in
Boston, in January.' Rufus Choate is to speak on
the occasion. ’
A f* Private” Mill, witnessed by a thou
sand of tho “ fancy,” was broken up in Boston on
Wednesday evening last. ,
Thackeray and Edmund Yates. '
[From the London Morning Post.]
A ease which promises to be of considerable in
terest in literary and elub circles, and which will
raise an important and novel point, is to bo tried
at one of the common law courts ai Westminster.
It arises out of the dispute between Mr. Thacke
ray and Mr. Edmund Tates, both members of the
Garrick Club, whioh arose under the following
circumstances: Under the title of “Literary
'Jalk,” Mr. Tates published an article having for
its subject Mr. W. M. Thackeray, and thus de
scribes “ his appearance
“ Mr. Tbaokeray is forty-six yean old, (hough
from the silvery whiteness of his hair he appears
somewhat older. Be -is very tall, standing up
ward of six feet two inches, and, as he walks ereot,
his height makes him conspicuous in every assem
bly. t His face is bloodless, and - hot - particularly
expressive; but remarkable for tbe fracture of the
bridge of the.nose, tho result of an accident iu
youth. He wears a amall gray whisker, but othor
wiso is dean sbaven. ' No one meeting him would
fail to recognise in him a gentleman. His bearing
iacoldacd uninviting; his style of conversation
either openly cynical or affectedly good-natured
and benovolent; his Bonhommte is forced, his wit
biting, his pride easily touched; but his appear
ance is invariably that of a cool, suave , welLbrod
gentleman, who, whatever may be rankling within,
suffers no surface display of hia emotion. ‘
Mr.' Tates - then proceeded, to comment on Mr.
Thackeray’s genius: “It was with the publica
tion of the third or fourth numbers of ‘ Vanity
Fair that ho began to dawn upon the reading
public as a great genius.” Then, “Hissaoceaß
oulminated with ‘ Lectures on English Humorists
of the Eighteenth Century,’ which were attended
by all tho court and fashion of London. The prices
were extravagant; the lecturer’s adulation of
birth and position were extravagant ; the success
,wa3 extravagant.” Tbepublioation of tbe article
in'quQstion having been brought to the knowledge
.of Mr.; Thackeray - , he wrote to Mr. Yates, deserib
'iog the article “ to be not offensive and unfriend
ly merely, but slanderdus and untrue.”
Mr. Thackeray.concluded with-the following
admonition
“I beg,‘as I have a right to do, that you will
refrain from printing comments upon my private
conversation, that you will forego dUoussion', how
ever blundering, on my private affairs, and that
you will henceforth pleaso to consider any ques
tion of my personal truth and sincerity as quite
out of the province. of your criticism.”
Mr, Yates immediately rejoined by a letter, in
which ho rejected Mr. Thaokeray’s u angry un
derstanding” of his phrases, adding :
“If your letters were not slanderous and un
true, I should readily have discussed the aubjeot
With you, and avowed my earneßt and frank de
sire to set right anything I may have left wrong.”
Mr. Thackeray then submitted the correspond
ence whioh had passed between Mr. Yates and
himself, together with a copy of the article to
whioh he had taken exception, to the committee
of the Garrick Club. Mr. Yates, having heard
that Mr. Thackeray had adopted this course,
wrote to ask the committee to suspend their judg
ment until he could prepare his own version of
thooaie; and subsequently, wrote to the commit
tee, questioning their right to entertain the mat
ter at all. “The artiole,” ho said, “may bo in
exceedingly bad taste, but the committee is not a
committee of tastd.”
' The committee, at a special meeting, resolved
that it, was. competent to them to entertain .Ur.
Th&okeray’s oomplaint, that the complaint itself
was well grounded, and that the praotic© of pub
lishing snob articles, being reflections by one mem
.her-of the club against any other, would be fatal
to the comfort of the olub and intolerable in a so
ciety of gentlemen. The committee further re
solved that Mr. Yates was bound to make “ au
ample apology,” or., retire from the club. Mr.
Yates deolined either to retire or to apologise, and
stated ho would appeal to a general meeting on
two questions—first, whother theoase between Mr.
Tbaokeray and himself was such a ease as should
be submitted to the committee at all ; and, se
condly, “whether Mr. Thackeray has any right
to Call for .an apology from me when he had so ar
rogantly and coarsely addressed me.”
The result was that Mr. Yates’s subscription waa
returned, and it was intimated to him that ho was
expelled from the olub. He has insti
tuted an action against the commitee for trespass,
in refusing to allow him to' enter the club, and
this will raise the important question, as affeoting
the rights of members generally, whether the
olub had tho right to expel Mr. Yates or not. It
is understood that there will be a large array of
legal talent on both sides Tho Attorney-General
has been retained for the committee of the Garrick
club. Mr. Edwin James, Q- C.. Is to lead the caao
on behalf of the plaintiff) Mr. Edmund Yates.