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Wholesale and Betail. bjr the Publishers, - MOSS, BROTHER & 00., Coopting House Stationers,> No. IS SouthYOUBTH Street. £»LANK, BOOKS AKD STATiOKEftf. JLN DAyiD M. HOGAN, Blank Boole Manufactnrer.. Stationer and Printer: No. 100 WALNUT Street, Is pre pared it fell times to furnish,' either from the shelves or nuke to order, Books of erexydosc-riptlon, suitable farßankfl.PnblM Office*, Merchants/ end others, of the bestqnelfty pf English, or. American Paper, end ho and In various stylet, fit this' most subsUntiaf manner. t ... . Orders-for JOB'PBINTINGof eTtrydescriptioti. Engraving. and -Lithographing; executed nritfc • neatness aod despatch. \ -'T,, *< y i-V' w I cah jiSSicm* assortment Fwwh and ' Concerning Mr: Hogan’s contribution to the Franklin . XoaUtatCf the.Qoffimittseusay—< * This dlsplayof blink boons for banking-and mercantile .oae is the best in the Inhibition.' .The selection of the material Is good, the workmanship 'most excellent,' and.their finish ana kp petrasoe neat and appropriate. 2l ' ' noSO-tr tOatfijes, I^u)«lrg, J E. CALDWELL & CO. HATH BUMOVBD TO THhlB NBTV MARBLE BUILDING, I No. 822 CHESTNUT STREET, OPPOSITE 6IIIAED HOUSS. Bespeotfolly invite their ctutesMKi hnd(thepubHc to Inspect their sew Goode, selected by one of the Ann recently In Buiope, comprising S U F E R 108 fi T 0 HE'S, RIOHJEWE DIAMONDS AND PEAafca,', ■MDSOAN, MDRDHTIKB, EOSIAN, AND '( NEAPOLITAN SETS, BRONZE CLOCKS , CANDELAERAS AND STATUETTES, SILVER AND PLATED WAKE, WSDDIHG STAWONBRY, and OABD BHGEiVING, OPERA GLASSES, TANS AND HAIR PINS, KLBGANr NSW.SITUS PAPIER MAOHB.; . \dB4m- - •>' ' 1 JK. OALDWELL & (JO., e • ;823 GHBBTNUIStreet. >, Hay* motived, per steamers, new style* . , ‘ Jewelry. Chatelalne/Tast Chains.. J - Splendid Fens, flairPins* . > Fruit Standee Sonar Baskets.' Jet Goods andPJower Vuee. Corel, Lera and Hbtfaie Beti.' Bole Agents In Philadelphia for the sale of Charles Irodsham’s LONDON TIME-KEEPEB3. nor 8 JS.JARDEN k BRO f , • . Muror aorunsns Ann ncronnu, os ’ BniVBB-PLATED WABE, ' 1 £fo. BOd Chestnut Street) abqre Third. (up stairs,) Philadelphia. Constantly on hand and for sale to the Trade* TEA SETS. OOMAIUNXON, SERVICE BETB. URNS PITCHERS, GOBLETS, OtJPB, WAITERS, BAB* SETS. CASTORS. KNXYISB) 8POORB) VOBKB, -.t ~j, L’ABLBBj Ae.; Ae. ' : ' Gilding and plating on all kinds of metal., se2*ly Qtctco&copez. THE STEREOSCOPE, in every variety, for Bale ij . JAMBS W. QOBKN, d!4 824 OflEai'NDT Street, The harriage ceremony in the 'Btertoaeope,far aaleby JAMES IV. QUEBN, . Alt K, »at CHESTNUT Btreat; Siiucr COars. gIL y K B -NABS. WMi WILSQN & SON, , Kavlnf ebmpleted the aKoratlohs to their 'store, Invite apeoUl attention to their atoek of Silverware, which la aow unusually Urge, affording a variety of pattern and design, unsurpassed by any homte io the United States, FINER QUALITY THAN ANT MANUFACTURED FOR TABLE f USE IN ANT PART OP TUB WORLD, Our standard of Silver 15.......•. .086-1000 parts pure The English Sterling Iff-. ........... 025-1000 “ The Amerloan and Trench 1a........900-1000 «, u ! That, it irill be seen that we give 35 parts finer than the Amerloan and Frenoh ooln, and 10 parte finer thkn .the English storllsg. .Wi mslt all our oun st7t>»r,a«cf - okr foremdnbiing connectedwit A the refining depart mtnt of the United States Mint for several years, we guarant" the quality; sis above (935),’ which Is the finest that tan -is made to be serviceable, and will're- sist the aetloii if* acids much better than the ordinary sitter manttfaiotured. . • 'wk/.’WiLBOK/k'soisri \ S. W.i.rner.llVTHand OHEMY. ’ > _ -- 'N. B.—-Any fiaeuMJ of sllver lpnahnl'aetured, aa agreed' ,t ; npopj biiipoiitivaly HOH* inferior lo Iht American and . . ' ,' ' 8028-tathBBra ' . @oo^o4 % sbeetiKGS fobexfort t feLITB DBII/LS. , ?. -. ; * moht;bhehtinos, ~ - . j- Suitable Jn .by v, ~ «. &&?■ W, J.».LBTiTIAJT^ ■4: 'STV'D SCOT<)H-W HI SKEY lOjranolißons /• .VJf 1 T*rj «ap*Tlor; Old flcotcix V?ln- bond, end VOL. 2—NO. 128. IVBW CLOAKS. 1V ; . OPENING EVERY DAY PABIB CLOAK EMPORIUM, PINE BEAVER CLOAKS. - RICH VELVET CLOAKS. MOURNING CLOAKS. ' MISSES* CLOAKS. OPERA' CLOAEB. MIX’D BEAVER CLOAKS. The largest Assortment in the oity. •AT THI PARIS MANTILLA AND CLOAK EMPORIUM. 708 CHESTNUT STREET. J. W. P B OOTOB k 0 0., dia-tr Great sale op broohe shawls AND.CLOAKS!!! V’ Unprecedented Bargain*! We’re had a perfect rush! „ We’re eelling an immensity of Goods! Our trade’s increasing l ' Our'Modeof doing business seemstomeet withgene ralapproTal!! Namely— To Have Bat One Price.” *• To sell Oheap for Oash.” - Never to misrepresent Goode in order TO EYYECT SALES.” ; “To deal fairly and justly, and wait upon all costo* men with attention and politeness.” “ Thus to gain their conAdenoe, and keep it by oon> tinning to do right.’* - THORNLBY A CHISM. We have now on hand Excellent Long Broche Shawlß for SS. Still better quality for |lO, SU, $l2, $lB, $l4, $lB, $lB, $2O, $22. and $25.- Square Broohe Shaws from $5 np to SU. Long and Square Blanket Shawls in every variety. . Children’s, Misses, and Gentlemen’s Shawls, &o. Good Black Cloth Cloaks for $B. -Every other quality and Style for $8 np to $lB. A JOB LOT .07 CLOAKS 7BOM LAST SEASON AT HALF PRICE! - Best B)aok Silka for 600. to $1.60 per yard. . Rioh Fancy Silks really beautiful. —Every variety of DRESS GOODS. dIiOTHS! ...CABSIMEREB!! BATTINETTB, &C.!M i Heavy'Blaok Beaver Cloths, fine French do., &0., &o, ; Blanket*, Flannels, Linens, and Muslins. ; In fact no better stock of general Dry Goods can be found than at - THORNIiBY A OHIBM’S, i Hortß.Mt Corner DIGHTH A SPRING GARDIN. ■ noIB-tf PHILADELPHIA, RE AT BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS— %ff B. V. R. HUNTER Has REMOVED from No. 80 to No. 40 Bouth SECOND Street, where he In now prepared to furnish the Ladies With a fresh and well-selected stock of DBBBB GOODS, To whioh he invit*s - their attention, being determined to sell at exceedingly LOW PRICES. N.-B—A-large assortment-of Bnoche, Stella, and Trench Blanket Shawls. _ Also, a variety of Bilk and Cloth Circular* Constantly on hand, at the « CLOAK EMPORIUM,”' No. 40 South SECOND Street. £JHOICE GOODS for tke HOLIDAYS. MARTIN & QUAYLE’S BTATIONSRY, TOY, & lANOY OOODB EMPORIUM, No. 1036 WALNUT STREET) (BELOW ELEVENTH.) A tho’oe and elegant assortment of Goods Baited to the coming HOLIDAYS, comprising articles of utility, taste, aad ornament, selected from the latest import** tiona expressly for the Oity Betail Trade, M. So Q.’s Stock embraces every variety*of Dolls, Wax, Crying, and Sleeplbg, &c., together with a Urge variety of PAPER DOLLS, WRITING DESKS, , PORT FOLIOS, HBBBARIUMB, SCRAP BOOKS, PORT-MONNAIKB, AO. With a large assortment of'Games, Fancy Boxes, Juvenile Books. Dell Furnitore,- Theatres, Stables. Warehouses, with a general assortment or Toy tad .Fancy Articles. FANS! FANS! FANS! Latest style Fans, in Silk. Orape, and Linen. Also, Cricket Bats, Balls, and Wlokets. nolO>tt*l QRISTIANI & GO., PERFUMERS AND IMPORTERS, ‘ . Being now arranged in their new location, No. 4 5 SOOTH FOURTH STREET, • . are offering a Baperlor assortment of druggists’ articles - AMD - FANCY GOODS. Consisting in part of , French and-BogUsh FANCY SOAPS. Foreign EXTRACTS and .POMADES. . - ' TOILET BOTTLES, in Glass and China.r POSTE.MONNAIEB. PURSES and POCKET-BOOKS. -' DRESSING OASES and ODOR BOXES. * > - Hair,” Tooth. Nail,'and Sharing BRUSHES, &0., Ao. : To.which thejcall the attention of Druggists and the pablic, as their prices defy competition dl3-dtja7 < For the holidays. . OHOIOE HIXRD-SUGAR PLUMB. ;.MAaB;HXLi T EB BUGAB ALAIONDB, * JORDAN SUGAR ALMONDS. A VARIETY OP CREAM • BONBONB. .BUPBRIORBURNT ALMONDS. FINE.CHOCOLATE 'PREPARATIONS NEW VARIETY OF FINE CONFECTIONS,-1 . , JAPANESE STRAWBERRIES* LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ; SELECTED FRENCH • • BONBONS, , A VARIETY OP FINE PARIS BOXES AH©, CORNETS. FBENOHSCGABTOYB AND FRENCH NIOKNACSS. STEPHEN B . WHITMAN. MANUFACTURER OF FINE CONFECTIONERY* ' . fife. 1210 MARKET STREET, d4-td29 ‘ Wart of TWELFTH Street. Kriskringle headquarters.— We have Just received our Frenoh Confectionery, and are manufacturing a superior article of Marsh Mel low Gum Drops, Bon Bona, Cream Dates, Ac. Call and supply yourselves with the heat Confectionery in this city, at - JEFFRIES & EVANS’, no!6-3m.. No. 718 MARKET Bt., bet, 7th and 8.& WILLIAM A. DROWN A CO., NOW READY THEIR USUAL LARGE ASSORT MENT OF HANDSOMELY FINISHED Towbleh they Invite the attention of JpiUBS FOR LADIES. A DAEGU ASSORTMENT 18 OMJSBBD OF ELEGANT AND FABHIONABLE FURS. CONSISTING OF BEAD GABLE, MARTIN, FITCH, AND CHINCHILLA, A.T VBEV BOW PRIDES, IT DAVID H. SOLIS. ' INO. 622 ABOH STREET, ABOVE SIXTH. dIO-U . ©enlUmtn’a .tftunisljing (Sooftc. QENTLEMEN’S PUBOTSHnra goods. The largest assortment In the city, and comprising the newest styles of— FANCY SCARFS, MUFFLERS, NECK-TIES, SHAWLS, GLOVJCS, DRESSING GOWNS, HANDKERCHIEFS, SMOKING CAPS, &o, SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY ■ PRESENTS. Also, every' description of Shirts, Collars, Under shirts, 'Drawers, Half-Hose, Suspenders, Ac., will be found at SPENCER’S, NO.. 889 CHESTNUT STREET, ADJOINING THE GIRARD HOUSE. IMTINOHESTER & GO., GENTLEMEN'S it FURNIBHING STORE i inn PATENT. SHOULDER .SEAM SHIRT MANUFAC TORY, At the Old Stand, No: 706 CHESTNUT STREET, oppo site the Washington House. A*. WINCHESTER will give, as heretofore, his per sonal supervision-to the Outting and Manufacturing departments. Orders for his celebrated style of Bhlrta and Collars filled at the shortest notice.' - Wholesale trade supplied on liberal terms. ■ jy24-ly JW, SCOTT, (late of the firm of Wur e OHlSifrm A Boot*,).GENTLEMEN’S FURNISH ING STORE and SHIRT MANUFACTORY,. 814 CHESTNUT Street, (nearly opposite the Girard House,) Plitlad<!lpU». j. w. 8. would respectfully call the attention of his former patrons and friends to his new Store, and is pre pared to fill orders for BHIRTB at short notice. A Mrfeot lit guarantied. COUNTRY TRADE supplied With FINE SHIRTS and COLLARS. • jyW-tf BAILY h BROTHER’S CARPET WAREHOUSE, _ No, 92) CHESTNUT STREET. W 1 SHALL ODEN TO-DAY ANOTHER INVOICE OF _ ENGLISH TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, « OROSSLEY’B” CELEBRATED MAKE, 1 Carpet buyers will find-our stookfull and of fresh Styles, and PRICES VERY LOW- Retail SDrg ©uo&a. ©oodfi. (Eonfettioneiji. ilinbrel'os; CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. 216 MABKJST STREET, * SILK UMBRELLAS. BUYERS Anra, &t. ®«tp«tinss. ONE DOLLAR A YARD. Nod Publications. A SUPERB NEW TEAR’S GIFT. ■ PALEBTINB, PAST AND PRESENT, BY REV. HENRY S. OSBORN. . , NOTICES OF THE PRESS. << Good, as a gift book, it yet has no ephemeral in terest, hut a living and permanent value.”—N. Y. Independent. “ For a comprehensive and vivid picture of the pro minent features and the present oonilition of the Holy Land, this volume is worthy of very high commenda tion.”—N. Y. Evangelist. ■ “It Is seldom We meet with a book with so many charms.”—Christian Chronicle. tl The most elegant volume issued from the Ameri can press Providence Journal. “His descriptions are vivid, his judgment correct, hie style unexceptionable Boston G**®tte. << The handsomest volume of the year.”—Palladium. '< This is a superb volume.”—N. Y. Commercial Ad vertiser. Cloth, $3 50; full gilt, $4; half calf, $4.60; Turkey gilt. $5: super Turkey or antique. $5.60 JAMES CHAJ/LEN A SON, 25 Bouth SIXTH Street. For sale by all Booksellers. . It* rjIHE MOST POPULAR ‘WRITER OP THE DAT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, WALTER AIMWELL His stories, of whloh one has been issued each year since he began the series, have steadily increased in merit and popularity, until now the announcement of “ A new Aimwell Story” excites the same lively inter- est among the young folks that a new novel by Biokens dees among the old ones. Six volumes. Including “ Jessie,” the last and best, hare already been itsjued, They are bound in blue, red, green, maroon, &0., and put up in sets, in elegant boxes made for the purpose, These are the leading titles of THE AIMWELL STORIES, VT Tt Bit Volomsb, BLtA > BOX WHISTLER, $8 75, or 63 eta Besides these admirable Btories, Hr. Aimwell has this year tried his skill at inventing a Neto Gains for tht Holidays, and thousands who have already purchased the Game oaa attest his success in this new line. It PETER CODDLE’S TRIP TO NEW YORK. * THREE GAMES IN ONE. I. A Game of Transformations. 11. Literary Patch work. 111. A Literary Puzzle. In fact, the purchaser gets. rAr« distinct games for theprioe of one. Any number of boys and girls can play the game, and every time it is played tht fun changes , while the laugh comes in all the time. It is played with {lards, which, together with the Story, are put up iu beautiful little Boxes, Prioe 37 1-3 Oen*s, FOR SALE BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. PUBLISHED BY GOULD & LINCOLN, 69 WASHINGTON Street Boston. d26-satu&thtjl fJIO LOVERS OP ART.™ MILES ST ANDISH ILLUSTRATED. JUST PUBLISHED, (With express permission and approbation of the author) VOiyUTVTE OIP PHOTOGRAPHS,' Prom original drawings by John W. Ebnieger, illustra tive of LONGFELLOW’S NEW POEM, The COURTSHIP ot MILES STANDISH. The work contains eight large highly finished Photo graphs, executed by BRADY, the eminent Photo grapher, whose name alone will attest their superiority. 1 The special peculiarity of these Illustrations is, that they are Photographed on a reduced scale from the ori ginal drawings, which are thus re-produced, even In the minnteßt touches, and have all the delicacy of the celebrated Paintings upon Dresden China. Th'se im pressions are pasted upon heavy plate paper, with inter- - seotiogcream-colored leaves, containing the descriptive text ; the whole bound in large quarto massive Turkey morocco covers, with beveled and gilt edges. ’ - PBICB BIX DOLLARS.” -- - * Also, now ready, > HR. ALDRICH’S NEW YOLUSIE, THE BALLAD OFBABIE BELL and other Poems. BY THOMAS BAILEY ALDBIOH. Muslio, 12mo. Price 76 ots. “One of the moat delicate and exquisite books;of verses which has ever been published in this country. The mechanical execution, type, paper, and printing, are unsurpassed.” ' #** These books are sold by all Booksellers, and rent dj mall, postage free, to any patt of the United BUtes, on receipt of the price, by RUDD A CARLE TON, Publishers and Booksellers, Ne. 310 BROADWAY, New York. dlB-stufhtf OAR D . The undersigned, t'e Founder and Publisher of VAN COURT’S COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR, Desirous of RETIRING frbm this branch of business, has merged that old established work In the popular BANK-NOTE REPORTER TMOCjATST <se bicknell. Having published VAN COURT’S DETECTOR since 1839, the undersigned reluctantly parts with his old friends and subscribers; but this reluotanoe is lessened by the conviction that in IMLAY A BIOKNELL’S BANK-NOTE REPORTER they will receive a work that matches tho times. J. VAN COURT. Philadelphia, December 20,1858. NOTICE. ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO XTUnUArsr <ss BIOKIISnEIjXi’S BANK-NOTE REPORTER Aro .payable scrupulously IN ADVANCE. The COINS OF THE WORLD, issued by Imlay & Bicknell, will be glvsn gratuitously daring January to all old and new subscribers. All Coins, Charts, Guides, and Man uals, as compared with this, may be considered waste paper. IMLAY & BIOKNELL. No. 112 SOUTH THIRD ST., BULLETIN BUILDING, Anew year’s gift for every YOUNG MAN. This Day is Published, MATERIALS FOR THOUGHT ; Designed FOR YOUNG MEN. 1 Vol. lGmo. Price 50 Gents, This volume is Intended as a New Year’s Gift, to aid Young Men avd others to begin the yoar well. Young Mon have an important part to act in the benign and glorious enterprise of winning souls to Christ All have something to do for the glory of God, and the good of man. Let eaoh one, then, bo up and doing, working whllo the day lasteth, seeing the night of death will soon come, when no man can work. (From the Presbyterian.] , An excellent little volume. The selections of which it is composed are judicious, practical, and v gorous, and a e adapted to make a salutary impression. It will be an appropriate New Year’s gift for young men. [From the Christian Observer.] This volume contains a eeriesof well-written articles, on topics of general interest, selected from various sources, which claim the attention of young men. A copy will be sent by mail, post-paid, on re ceipt of the price. WILLIAM B. & ALFRED MARTIBN, Publishers, Booksellers, and Importers, d23-tf No, 00tJ CHESTNUT Street, Philads. A MAGNIFICENT HOLIDAY GIFT X3L book. Messrs. JAMES OHALLBN A BON, No. 25 South SIXTH Street, publish this day— PALESTINE PABT AND PRESENT. By Bev. Henry S. Osborn. Superbly illustrated : by Steal En gravings, Ohronograpblo Illuminations in-Oil Colors, and the most exquisite wood engravings. It is without exception the meat elegant work on Palestine ever issued. Edition In cloth now ready. $3 60. Also, new editions for the Holidays, of The Oity of the Groat King, uniform with above, Cloth, $3.60. For gilt $5. Turkey Antique $5.60. Hadgi in Syria, Turkey $2 j cloth giltsl; cloth 76c. In and Around Constantinople $1.25. Ohailen’s Juvenile Library. 80 vola. 250 pervol.,or $6 per sett. Cave of Machpelab, cloth, full gilt, $1; cloth 750. FOR BALE BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. dls-12t IMLAY & BIOKNELL’S BANK NOTE REPORTER, PHILADELPHIA. The oldest and ablest on the Continent. Tho cheap est and moat reliable in the World. Per annnms2, weekly ; $1.26 semi-monthly: 76 eentsmonthly. Single copies 6 cents, and always ready. Subscriptions may be sent. Office No. 112 South THIRD Street, Bulletin Buildings. nolB-8m J*”tfST~STEP IN AT ALLEN’S CHEAP BOOK-STORE, 811 Spring Garden strsot, to get your Holiday Books. VERY CURIOUS, SCARCE, RARE, AND OLD BOOKS bought by JOHN CAMPBELL. Fourth ani Chestnut atreete, Philadelphia. Illgheat price pal*. Order. »tt«nd«d to in erer, gtete of th. Union. Booia imported from Inrope. nl9-Sra PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1858. BOOKS. - f LXTTLB, BROWN, <Sc CO., : 112 WASHINGTON Street .Boston. \\ PUBLISH THIS DAY, A HISTORY OP NEW ENGLAND,,] By John Gorham Palfbbt, LL. D. : .1 Yol.l. 8 to. Maps. Cloth, $2.25. <. 1 “ Dr. Palfrey has written the History of New England as it has never been written before. His offlehl sition, formerly Secretary of the State of Massachusetts,' and his researches In all sorts of historical repositories 1 abroad, have brought before him all the original dooa-' meats whloh are the primary materials of history. His. fidelity, accuracy, thoroughness, and oandr-r in itiT*sti-, gatlen, the nioeness of his learning and the breadth of ‘ his general culture, are qualities of the highest serried In his undertaking.. There is a freshness in the flow of’ hiß.narrative, a terse sagacity in His cursory exptesshW of opinion, and a judicial summing up, on points dis-, puted or perplexed, which engage alike the liveliest in terest and the fullest confidence of his readers.”- r {Bo£-' ton Daily Advertiser. “ This la a noble theme; and it la fortunate that Its' treatment has fallen Into theh&nds of. a soholar of pro-1 found learning, elegant culture, and varied experience ..« We have had an opportunity to know something of the extent and minuteness of Dr. PaNrey’s Inquiries; of tho conscientious fidelity with which he Is pursuing his labors J of his untiring pains to attain to that basis merit in a historian—without which a superstructure will he valueless—accuracy; and of his earnest desire to get at the fountain of New England institutions and to traoe the springs of its progress. He is doing this ion amort { and hence the public will have no piece or job work, but such a production as labor and time and the closest reflection only oan produce.”—[Boston,Post. ENGLISH AND SCOTCH BALLADS, Selected and Edited by Professor F. .J. CHILD* -. Vols. 5,6,7,8.‘ lOmo. Uniform with the British Peetf t c10th............$3 r THE POETICAL WORKS CLINTON, MABOUB, JAMES MONTGOMERY, WITH A MEJIOIR. , In 6 vols. IGaao. Uniform with the British Poets. Cloth ...43 75, BRITISH POETS AND ESSAYISTS. LXTTXiE BRQWN Ss OO.’S BRITISH FOE.TS. A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE BRITISH POETS, from Chaucer to Wordsworth, embracing the whole works of the most distinguished authors, with selections from the minor poets; accompanied with Biographical, Historical, and Critical Notices. . EAOH WORK IS SOLD BY ITSELF. The following volumes are already issued: Vols. Vols. 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A Remarkable Ministerial Escape, There has lately been some talk, among the European Powers, about tho future disposition of the lonian Islands, diplomatically known as the Republic of the Seven Islands, which have beon almost in rovolt for the last five or six years, from dislike to the protectorate ol Great Britain, to which they have been sub jected Blnoe 1815. Although called the “ Se ven Islands,” their number is greater. They consist of Corfu, Oophalonia, Zanto, Santa Man ra, Cerigo, Theaki or Ithaca, Faxo, and many smaller islets, lying along their coasts, snoh as Merlera, Meganista, Fano, Servi, &c. The population is not quite 250,000, including an English, garrison of 3,000, and about 9,500 strangers. Besides the military force neces sary to keep the Islands quiet, England has a frigate and war-steamer stationed at Corfu, and two steamers, under,the lonian flag, em ployed in communicating among the Islands. The Lord High Commissioner, paid £5,000 by England, exercises the full authority of 'a Yloeroy or Governor, and annually convokes and prorogues the Legislative Assembly, and sanctions or disallows their bills. The Legis ja'tive power is vested in the Assembly, con sisting ot forty members, elected for five years, and the Executive in the Sonate, consisting of tivo members; and of a President, who is ap pointed by the British Sovereign. These Islands, wrested by Venitian con quest from the Ottoman Porte, were seized by Franco in June, 1797; and ceded to France by the Treaty of Oamfo Fokmio, 17th October, 1797, by which France and Austria divided the possessions of the Republic of Venice. During the disasters which followed the de parture of Gonoral Bonaparte for Egypt, a Turco.Russian fleet took possession of the lonian Islands In March, 1799. By a conven tion concluded between the Porte and Russia ai Constantinople, March 1800, it was stipu lated that the Seven Islands, and the coast depending on them, should be constituted into a Republic, to be tributary to the Ottoman Empire. The Treaty of Amiens, in 1802, confirmed the loss to France' of the lonian islands, by declaring them independent, and placing them under the protection of Russia. The Treaty of.Tilsit, 1807, restoredtho Seven Inlands to Franoe, which retained possession of the Islands until the year 1814. She then renounced all claim to them by tho third arti cle of the Treaty of Paris, the 30th of May, 1814. Finally, in consequence of tho treaties concluded between the Allied Powers’ on tho 4th of July, and fith of September, 1815, the "lonian Islands were placed under the protec torate of Groat Britain. Almost from the first, the lonians have been dissatisfied with British governance. They got a Constitution in 1817, which really was a very good ono—as times go. It has since been greatly altered and improved. • They wore alfowed, albeit nominally a Republic, to have titles of nobility, and even a special Order of Knighthood was Instituted to tickle their va nity. Prom the time when revolted Greece became an Independent sovereignty, the Sevon Islands have desired to be attached to it. But Greece is under the influence of Russia j and Russia wants territory in the Mediterranean; and if Greece had the Seven Islands, Russia would speedily coax hor or bully her out of on? of them; and the rest of Europe, to pre veil! such a contingency, and preserve ««the balance ofpowor,” has snbmittod to England’s rofilning thq protectorate—at her own proper cos’. % ■yarious eminent British subjects have Thu first, aud perhaps the best, was old Sir Thomas Maitland (who is often referred to in Cap tain Mabbyatt’s novels), who was usually called « King Tom,” and ruled his vice-sub jects in a rough and ready mannor, with a sort of brusque justice, which usually did what wsb right, but sometimes in a very wrong way. Tho late Sir Cuaeles James Nabier, the hero of Sclnde) Lord Hugest, the author; and Sir Heney G. Wabd, now Govornor of Cey lon, have been tho most noted of King Tom’s successors. Sir HESKY Wabd, who ruled from 18M to 1855, managed so badly that ho almost drove the lonians into Eobolllon. He was succeeded by Sir John Young, who had been Irish Secretary, and Was considered a msn of sagacity and judgment. With the best intentions in the world, Sir John con trived to make the Assembly and Senate quar rel with him, and indeed, only for being over awed by the British regiments, the strong like lihood was that the lonian Islands would hare annexed themselves to Greece, to which, un doubtedly, they geographically bcloDg. To try and adjust these difficulties, the British Government lately sent Mr. William Ewabt Gladstone, a Fuseyito politician, who is not a statesman, to visit the lonian Repub lic. Various reasons may havo caused the selection of such a man. Sir Edward Bulwee Lytton, Colonial Secretary, has sent a published despatch to tho Lord High Commissioner, in which, slurring over the fact that, as a Cabinet Ministor, Mr. Gladstone’s career has been one of heavy speech-making and melancholy failure, he praises his appointment as Mediator in the Seven Islands, because his “ renown as a Ho meric scholar will justly recommend him to the sympathies of a Hellenic race.” [Mr. Gladstone lately published throe big vol umes on Homee, in which ho tries to prove that the Christian Trinity was but a continua tion of the old mythology of Greece.] Mr. Dishaili and Lord Derby would bo glad enough to place a rival in a tight placo, and Mr. Gladstone can never achieve a reputa tion in the lonian Islands. However, his vanity properly tickled with the idea of acting as lonian Pacificator, Mr. Gladstone swal lowed the bait, and hastened on his journey to Greoco. He duly reached his destination, and, as the last English journals tell us, « at a meeting ol the Senate he delivered a speech, in which he stated that tho object of his mis sion was not to inquire into tho British Pro tectorate, but to oxamino in what way Groat Britain may most honorably and amply dis charge the obligations which, for purposes European and lonian, rather than British, she has contracted.” The President of the Senate gave a curt reply, promising to assist the Homeric book-maker in his views. But Gladstone who spoke, and the President who answered him, woll know that a trifling incident had arisen, which probably would make the mission wholly nugatory. About eiglitoen months ago, when Lord Palmebston was in power, Sir John Y oung, Lord High Commissioner of tho Kepublio of the Seven Islands, sont a despatch to England, in which ho sot forth, in good set phrase, his privato conviction that tho islands wore deter mined to become part and parcol of tho King dom of Groeco; that ho (Sir John) thought it would be difllcult, if not impossible, to re tain thorn under tho protectorate of England ; that, to save part, England should let part slide away into King Ohio’s possession; and that Oephalonia and Corfu, which are tho principal islonds of tho groupo, should be re tained as British colonies. IVhat Mr. La boucueee, Colonial Secretary in 1857, may have thought of this letter, is unknown. But, tho vory day after Gladstone had quitted England for Oephalonia, this identical and very Young despatch was published in tho London Daily News, a liberal journal of much ability and high character. How it got there, nobody knew, but tho general impression was that it was published through tho instrumen tality of Mr. Diseaeli, whoso Parliamentary rival Mr. Gladstone may bo said to bo. Tho presumed motive was to prevent Gladstone being a peace-maker in tho lonian Islands. As might bo expected, tho despatch was immediately translated and republished in, we dare say, nearly every country In Europe. It was printed in the lonian Islunds, in Groece, in Turkey, before Mr. Gladstone arrivod at his journey’s end, and must nullify his mis sion. For, bow can be hope to persuade tbe lonians to bold on to the British protectorate, when their British Viceroy has himself strongly advised the British Ministry to give it np, by taking Cephalonia and Corfu for ,Queen Victoria, and surrendering the rest of the islands to. Greece. It is clear that Mr. Gladstone, despite of “his ronown as a Homeric scholar,” will return to England without having done any thing with the lonians. If Mr. Disraeu, as had been suspected, had really been concerned in the publication of Sir John Young’s despatch, it would have been a Machiavellian stroke of knavish policy worthy of “ Vivian Grey” himself. It turns out that he did it not. The Daily News, requested by the British Government to declare how it obtained the document, declared that its editor had received it, in au official envelope, from a person who had been a Government employe , who gave his name; that the editor wrote to him to know if he had sent the document, and was answered affirmatively; and that, thus assured, he published it. The envelope, letter, and other lom'an documents not already published, were handed over to Sir Bulwer Lytton, Oolonial Secretary; but the original despatch, cut up into fragments as “ copy” for the com positors, wan not to be recovered. , - It turned out that a certain Willtah Hud son Guernsey, more commonly known as Wellington. Guernsey; who had been em ployed .by the British Government, first in South America, and then in the Crimea, was a rejected candidate for a permanent official situation—that he was intimate with a certain Mr. Joseph Thomas Miller, sub-librarian of, the Colonial Office, who, in such capacity, (the principal librarian being out of town, taking his two months’ holidays,) received various copies of two despatches and enclo sures from Sir John Young, which the Go vernment, attaching much importance to, had printed for “ private and confidential circula tion among official personages”~tbat in Sep, tember last, says Mr. 'Miller, «I received copies of the despatches. I placed them on the right-hand side of my writing table. Some other papers wore put on them, and a book on the top”—that he had frequently re ceived Mr. Wellington Guernsey in the room where these, important papers were so carelessly kept—and that, leaving Guernsey alone in the room, on one occasion, ho. found him in the act of coming away from the table, when he said “I am not prying into your secrets.” Here, the confidential documents having got out of their place, the presumption was that Guernsey had stolen them. He had threatened. that Sir Bulwer Lytton should repent not giving him an appointment. Hence the supposed motive of the publication of secret documents, to compromise him. -Fur ther, Mr. Miller had taken charge of a letter from Guernsey to Lord Carnarvon, con tained in a particular envelope, used only during the Crimean war, by persons employed abroad. The despatches received- at the Daily News office had been sent in a similar onvelopo, and .sixteen more suoh envelopes had been found in Guernsey’s lodgings. Moreover, the note to the editor of the Daily News (to the effect that the writer had for warded therewith some despatches relating to the lonian Islands which would bo interesting to tho probably give a clue To the objects of Mr- Gladstone’s mission,) was in Guernsey’s -handwriting. Lastly, after the publication, GuERNSEY admitting having sent the despatches, which had been left at his house, he said— Guernsey was committed for trial, and will be publicly indicted; for steal ing one piece of papor, value one penny.” What a narrow escapo tho Derby Ministry, have had 1 If the editor of tho Daily News had not given up Guernsey’s name, not all Jhe, multitudinous ,sea could have washed away from Lord Derby and his colleagues the suspicion that they published the lonian despatches to put Gladstone, their opponent, into an inextricable difficulty. The American Theological Seminary in Rome* [For The Press ] A very great prejudice exists in this country—■ honostly in tho minds of many, dishonestly in others—against the influence of foreign priests and bishops. A large number of persons in the United States actually believe that the liberties of the country are in danger from the influence of tho Pope, and dishonest men encourago these foolish fears. It is not wise for Roman Catholics to do anything that will encourage and keep alive these prejudices on the part of our Protestant fellow* citizens. Tho establishment of this college in Romo will tend to Increase these prejudices. Intelligent Roman Catholiosdoubt the policy of broaking down our own institutions to establish on their ruins* in Rome, a mammoth pauper college for the edu cation of priests for the United States. They see in it nothing but evil for the Churoh in this oountry That we aro in want of a muoh higher* order of mon than now, unfortunately for the Churoh, to a great extent, fill its holy places, is admitted by intelligent priests, bishops, and laymen; but will that bo accomplished by this new movement? Undoubtedly not. In my former number I have shown how that can be accomplished. Something must be dono to arrest tho bigoted movements that aro now being mado in this ooun try by prelates .who affeot, or really aro afraid of “ Young Americans thinking for themselves,” and thus seek to curb them by the establishment of this foreign college. Roman .Catholic prelatos should not press too hard upon tho people who, attaohed to tboir Churoh, know that it has the pro* miso of Jesus Christ that He would always bo with it, and that tho gates of hell should never pre vail against it. Knowing all this—knowing that the Church cannot toaoh error—they received in this country, in oommon with the whole Catholic world, with joy and gladness, tho dogma of the Immaoulate Conception. It was received unre sistingly. The Churoh spoke, the people believed. But in this matter of tho American Theological < College in Rome—whloh is not a matter of faith, and, thoreforo,,they are entitled to have an opin ion about it—the people see danger; they see danger to the peaoe of the Churoh, danger to the' peaoo of the oountry ; and henoe the silent but telling rebuko to Arohbisbop ICenriok, administered in the Cathedral oburoh of St. John’s, on Sunday, tho 12th Inst., when the oollootion for this foreign pauper college was only $129.17. This withhold ing of peouniary assistance is the most effectual way to robuko those who are making this movement. Instead of a collection of $129.17 in St. John’s congregation, I feel authorized, from conversa tions with many of Its members, to say that if a college of a high order shall be established by our prelates in the United States for the education of native American priests of good parentage, whether rioh or poor, that the collections will reaoh $lO,OOO, in that single congregation ; for they, as well ns all sonsible people, know that with a highly eduoated native American in full oommunion with Rome in all things spiritual, that tho prejudice now existing against foreign priests would bo thus broken down, beoause thoy would not be foreigners—and that the fear of tho Pope’s endangering the liberties of tho country through the influence of foreign priests and bish ops would be dissipated, beoause thoso priests would be bora and bred amongst us. We would know them. We would know that they were as good lovers of our oountry, and os patriotic oitizsns as ourselves. Under suoh a olorgy, the penoe and prosperity of tho Churoh in the United States would be assured, and its advanoe rapid, beoause thoro would be a sympathy between tho priests and the people, and they would work to gether for tho good*of the Churoh. The arroganoe on the eno hand, and tho sorvility on the other, that now exist, would exist no longer, to the great im provement of both priosts and people. One of tho bigoted movements of the day is Mount St. Mary’s College, Emmettsburg, Mary land, whero none but Roman Catholic young men nre now admitted. While the Senate of the Unitod States presents tho following spectacle, these very Senators aro prosoribed at that collego—not one of their sons would bo admitted into tho col lege as students: OPENING OF THK SENATE WITH PRAYER BY A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST, IN FULL VESTMENTS—INTERESTING WASHINGTON, Doo. 23.—Father Boyle, of Bt. Patrick a Church, of Washington, opened the Senate this morn w with prayer, in full priest's dress—the surplice and cassock. This ic the first occasion since the foundation of the Government that the entire vestments of the Romieh clergy have been worn in either chamber of CoovreßS. Father BoyJe read from the Breviary, Bishop Carroll’s prayer for those iu authority. The Boaate chamber happened to be crowded at the time, and muoh interest aud curiosity was manifested, with every ap penrance of devotion, both in the Senators and specta t.ra. This paragraph shows the proper, the liboral spirit of our ruldrs. Whllo they give us such good example, I repeat, not ono of their sons or wards (unless thoy are Roman Catholio) would be ad mitted into the oolloge at Mount St. Mary’s, for * TWO CENTS. the fear (as expressed to the writer by the presi dent of that college) that one Protestant boy would corrupt the whole oollege. Is not this ridioulous ?- Until a comparatively recent period it was the boast of the professors of that oollege that some of the ablest defenders of it were to be found among Protestant gentlemen, who had been educated' there. The Jesuit Fathers at Georgetown'Col lege, In Bight of the Capitol, do not entortain euoh ohildish fears. All, without regard to creed; are admitted into its time-honored halls to drink at its fountains oi knowledge, and thus to fit them to heoome good Amerloan citizens. As regards our being bonnd to give our adhe rence and means to this Amerloan College In Home, there is no obligation of faith to d 6 ao. In Brownson’s Quarterly, pages 485 and i 486, Father John, speaking of another subject, says: “ Tho Pope as temporal prince has no more' au thority over mo than tho Emperor of Austria. I owe him obedience only as Pope; only when he oommands me as the Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth. My pastor, my bishop, or the reoloriof a oollege, hasmo authority by virtna of his spiritual oharaoter to exaot of me what I am not bound to yield, even to the Vicegerent of - God and vlilblo head of my ohuroh.” , Carrol. * Looking to tie haste with which every apostate Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Uulta-ian, Ao , are elevated to the priesthood, and in many cases very coon there after to bishopries, it would seem a< it those in; au thority thought the original seed of Roman Catholics iu this oouotry was dying out; 'else why place these new comers, those oonverte, whose modesty and! hu mility ought to keep them iu the rauke, oTer tha heeds of men bom in the churoh ? It causes heart-burnings amongthe nlsrgy. . Why conseorate aa biahop a gentle man who -hu not forgotten, who has not rolingniefcaid* hts Old but i a sab ? 'Tya attemptto oomhlne the bosmese of bishop and hanger is a stumbling- block to many. Can you aerie God end Mammon ? ; The Merchant and the' Lawyer, j A LECTURE, INTRODUCTORY TO A COURSE ON MER CANTILB I,AW TO BE .DELIVERED AT BRYANT A STRATTON’S MERCANTILE COL3.EOK, BY SAMUEL C. PERKINS, ESQ." ’ -' .if !:> ’ '.l ‘ - ; . Mr. Perking, commenced by'offering afew're flections upon the mutual relations of the mercan tile and These relations are of comparatively mddirn origin, yet tbe duties,! re sponsibilities, rights and privileges growing oat of them are extensive and important. A knowledge of them would enablehis heareirs better to under stand the instruction it was the design of bis leo tures to impart. • The gradual rise and progress of civilization And trade, the proper classification! of trade, and its influence generally upon the liber ties of nations and communities, vras ably noticed. The earliest historic mention of trade is, made in Genesis, where Joseph was sold by his brethren to “ Midianites. merchantmen” 'trading in Egypt. The Phoanioians.were among the earliest to dis tinguish themselves in oommerce. Solomon ilso. became famed in his time for biß enterprise in commerce. It was to aooommodate his immense' trade that he built the magnifioent city of Tadmor in the desert, the rains of whose palaces attract attention to this day. \ The mightiest oommeroi&l nations had very in significant beginnings. “Fishermen and river rattsmen became ocean adventurers and nier ohant princes.” 1 In some cases oommerce bad been promoted jfor and made snbservient to personal aggrandizement. In many other instances it bad grownup naturally, from the activity of a people; and in suob oases it was always.found identified, more or less, with* oivil liberty. The JEfahse towns, Holland, and the Netherlands, Venice, and Genoa are notable ex amples of this faot. „ “ . : It was also to be remarked, as illustrating ibe effects of commerce, that all the aboYe-namea Na tions and communities enjoyed a very large shire of prosperity, - wbioh was attributable altogether to their intelligent activity in trade. Their wars did hot conduce to this result, but rather hindered, and in some oases afterwards destroyed it. \ All traders may not bo ontitled to the appeUa tion of merohant, but all are alike honorable if actuated by noble and enlightened inshnota. The leoturer wished to banish from'the minds of his hearers any idea that the limited nature of the dealings of an individual, ef necessity, indicated i inferiority of character. ; The interests of commerce was an Important ele ment in the controversy between England and this country previous to oar Declaration of Indepen dence. It was also one main cause for the foriha tion of the Oonstitutloti under which wo live. From a consideration of the vast extent to whjch national prosperity and legislation depend ujjon trade and commerce. It will be seen thattheirpur suit afford 8 a very wido scope for thoexeroise; of all the powers and abilities that an individual may possess. Looked 'at from this point of view, the mercantile profession is oploulated to inspire ho norable, elevated, liberal, and comprehensive views of its relations to society. ! The remaining part of his lecture, Mr. P. de voted to tho lawyer. He notioed some differences existing.in the organization of the .ranks>of the profession in this and other countries.' Here thsre are po artificial distinctions; all occupy the same position, except so far as success and ability may introduce it. • j - ' , , j, - A dofimtlonof law and its was then given. A law is a rule of action, in this connection a rule of human ootion. Human so tions are subject to the law of nature, or the will of God as discoverable by ibe light of reason; and so revealed or divine law, being the will of Godfua contained in the Holy Scriptures All human law should rest upon, that is, should not contra dict the precepts of these superior rules, whioh zest upon the immutable principles of right } The laws of nations oomprise those regulations which enlightened reason, aided by experience, has elaborated and reduced to general laws. These : rules and regulations, e-s applied to individuals, i form the body of xnunioip&l law or rule of oivil oonduct prescribed by the supreme power of, a State. This is divisible into common and statute law; tho former to be found in the decisions of our i courts, the latter upon statute books. The liw , merohant, or mercantile law, belongs to the un written law, and is universal in its operation, being supported by the oourts of all civilised nations. Various tribunals are established for the parposefof determining controversies whioh arise in the'com plicated relations ef society; and these establish rules for the orderly administration of their funo tions. I reflr~ f *vnon thi variety of interests If we refieot upon the great variety of iuterea. whioh arise in the intercourse of mankind) and the difficulty that must exist in the application to them of genera! principles of law, the necessity for the existence of a class of monwho have mado these subjects matter of study will be seen. The first re* quisite in a legal adviser is that ho should be a s&fo and reliable counsellor; this secured, the in* terests at stake are safe. Other important con siderations in this connection were adverted te, which wo have not space to note. The lecturer did not propose to himself the heroulean task, of making tnose who should hear his lectures .“every man his own lawyer,” but he hoped to impart in struction that might be really and permanently valuable to them. The leoturo was ably delivered, and was both interesting and instructive. It was listened to with profound attention, and applauded at its olose. The subject of the next will be “Contracts.” Six Hours and Twenty Minutes from New York—The Quickest Tuns on Record.— The first train passed over the New London and Stonington Railroad yesterday. The train lafc Now York at eight o’clook A.M., and arrived',in Providence at twenty minutes passed two, making the trip in six hours and twenty minutes —the shortest time, so far as we are informed, on record. The time from Groton was an hour and eighteen minutes. *We suppose that a morning train will bo immediately put on the route, and that the time will be made in about seven hours between New York and Providence. An evening train will follow when the necessary arrangements oan bo completed.— Providence Journal , Dec. 24. The Now Brunswick (N. J.) New* records the singular death of a man and woman near that place, on the 17th inst. John Moore and his wife fell overboard from the oanal boat G. Smith, be longing to the Troy and Western liße. They came from New York, and were bound to Lambertville. A dispute arose between Mrs. Moore and a woman on board another boat. Mr. Moore tried to par* suade hi* wife to go into the oabin, whioh she refused to do. H e then attempted to foroe her into the oabin, in order to put a stop to the quarrel, whioh she resisted, and in the souffle both fell overboard and were drowned. The de ceased leave three children, which were on board the boat. Death op a Noted Indian Chief .—An In. dtan chief, called Okemos, died lately near Lan sing, Miohigan. Ho was supposed to he over ono hundred years old. He was in the wars of 1792, both for and against Wayne and St. Clair, at dif ferent times. He had a saber out dear aoross his baok, made by one of Mad Anthony Wayne’s troopers. At Fort Meigs he received wounds whioh left holes in his skull into whioh three fin gers could be laid. I The Masonic fraternity are cautioned against a man representing himself to be a member of the craft, who iB on his way from New Orleans to Bal timore, appealing to the hospitality and charity of the brotherhood. He is represented as being about twenty-fivo years of age, light oompiexion, and wears a goatee, and professes to be a Frenchman by birth. At Atlanta, Georgia, where he is al leged to have imposed upon the fraternity, he oalled himself F. Pennington. Mr. Henry Burden, tko inventor of “ Bar den’s Horeeshoo Machiuo,” Btarted for Enropo in the Asia, November SO, taking with him a machine constructed expressly to be worked in France. Tbis mnohino turns out shoes made upon the exact pattern furnished Mr Burden by the Go vernment at tho rate of sixty per minute, or 3,Q00 por hour. lliram Powers’ Masonic statue of Wasa ineton, it is said, will bo finished in three monthß. It is modelled aftor tho statue of Washington ex eouted by Powers for the State of Louisiana, and adorned with the “regalia” copied from the si miles of those worn by Washington when master of a lodge in Alexandria. Emigrants are arriving in Texas in largo numbers. Tho papers in the eastern part of the State chronicle tno passing of trains continually, on their way westward, and the Galveston papers report that the steamships from New Orleans and Mobile arrive full of passengers. Illinois Special Election.—John L. Mc- Connell is announced as a candidate for Congress, on the Administration ticket, to fill -the vacanoy occasioned by the recent death of Hon. T. I*. Harris. Lamartine thinks of retiring to Syria, where he will occupy the house in whxoh lady Stanhope resided. Two thousand mackerel were taken in one haul off Provincotown, Mass., last week, and in three nights ton thousand were taken. Moke than three hundred lads are seeking appointments at Albany as legislative pages. There are five hundred applicants for the vaoant oadetships at West Point. NOTICE TO COKEUFOiIOms, • Correspondents for ,f Tsx pans” win pleas* beat la Blind the following rales: •very communication, mart be accompanied by tha umc of the writer. In order to Injure oorrectnaa in tiu typography, but one -tide tf the sheet should bo written upon* We shall be greatly obliged to gentlemen" In Penn* sylvania and other States fior oaixtribwtiona giving thw «nnent news of the day In ihelr particular localities the resources of the rarroandlng oormtrr. tbe increase of population, of an/informatlon that will bo Interest- Ing to tbo general reader. THE CITY. u ‘ AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. H.dif si - «".»«■'- > (E?!"",* Amo.-ST...T Tb.it..,— . ;unr American Ohuk-«.” Hooo— Bit.rtrt,. T&mf’B TlßixnM. N.VT. coa. ?im two Cm** HUT STaaarß.—Miscellaneous Concerts. Alfl>oa,9r AssutaLT Blits. Probable Hohiotds Case,—A man jiamea John McOall died at the Pennsylvania Hospital, on Bandar la-t, Jrom the effect* of Injures he bad received about the back part of the head/ CoronerPeoner com* eeneed an Inqueet in the eas* yesterday morning. The first witness examined was a ,tcau named John Haney, who Is employed by Messrs. Benue? & Bowling, and by whom the 'deceased' was alio employed- as a hostler. Fran the evidence of Haney, it perns that McCall him seif, toa two others, were on a drunken spree on the ft* \®th last; They went, about 2 o’clock in the moruing, to a house occupied by colored females. In After remaining there for Mc J Call * Qd B»ney left their companions at 22. to a P lftCe »•** door above, also bj Ls olorB<r P»won* or mulatto**.. While In ls,t. h^: 6 ' ,H * G V ™ lJ iD g-wpon the door, when a 5?, ;* *“? J* ra ® In > nod riving him a kick, told him to •mu. 11 !; Aud McCaU started’ to go, and t*?*.. ♦ft!7 ntrr ' 11 ft® d*rk,- they were atuieked by ftf«* attempted to steal Haney’s iSL. «£ ft men were hurtledlnto tfaestreet, where ftfn.iT' r * down and- otherwise maltreated. V*l* T 8 «a the back of his bead, which caused his death, as has already beeartatwl. , At the request of McCall, Haney concealed thermal faets of the case to droid the disgrace Involved in the 0011 * 3 be found thrtMoCaUwasia a wSbri ,anii ,ni b ® deceased was th’rty-flre years of age. 1 He was a man-led man without children. He lived at No; 1822 'Marion street. John B. Cox was the next witness sworn. He stated that he resides between Twelfth and Thirteenth street?, near Carpenter and Washington streets; he was with the deceased on last Saturday night weefc* the lact>he saw or him was ‘ in a house between Eighth and Ninth street*, aud bis friend wont in firstand deceased and Haney came in' a short time afterwards; he says he is very sure there waa no trouble about that hoose: they oriy remained, there'a short time; he stated that he did not know where Haney and deceased went-to after they left; he heard no noise in the street or in the next home; he saw either .three or four men engaged in the back room, bnt they bad no conversation w;th them, and says that he and his friend left a few minute* after deceased and Haney. MarJa Booeler was the next witness. Besides at No. 818 South street, below. Eighth; I taw deceased on Sa turday night week, about half past tea o*oloek, when Cox, accompanied by another man, viaited-my bouse : they had just.entered.the house when deceased ana Haney came in a moment after, end inquired for them; they appeared to be intoxicated; I told them there were no snob persons there, hnt they pushed by me f? d 3* nt to » * he (desea’ed) wax;sober, and the big min (Haney) was drunk, and commenced calling me had names,’and I ordered him‘out: after a Uttlo while deoeased and .Haney .went out, leaving Cox and his friend in the parlor j about two o’clock. I heard the cry of murder in the street; I got out of bed. and dooked out of the window and raw a crowd of men,- and among them-1 recognised Haney; J raw no blows struck, and heard no nAmea called; I heard some one say, “You have not got enough yet,” and Haney said. “ I know you all;» the noise In the street did not ap pear to last more than five minutes. - ' Cecelia Brace sworn. I retide with Mrs. Booster; I recollect this party coming into the house; I let them in at the door; they appeared to have been drinking; there was no fuss norqoarrallingin the house j I sleep In the third story of the house, and did not net ot> when I heard the noise in the street • The jqry'wera compelled to adjoora .for waafc of witnesses, and the investigation wiil be resumed to-dsy. Hew Mabket Houses.—How, that it is set tled. beyond a shadow of doubt] that our present an sightly market-houses are-to be removed,' onr citizeos are taking active steps to have constructed, at'conve nient and central points, such bandings'as will meeS the d«Diftndf of onr citizens and rank among our finest; structures. The work of constructing ibe'first or the*** buildings is rapidiygoing on. and Sixteenth and Market streets are occupied by a building which will bo wall adapted to the purposes for which itls intended. The latest and most, extensive project'is to erect a great central market-house, which will accommodate the oc cupants of all the stalls in the sheds from Front street to Eighth; To,this purpose a cmnpaoy of gentleman bAve.porchased all,the ground on Merchant street, east ward from Fifth street, to the rear end of the Fourth street lots, aed extending through 160 feet from Mer chant Etreet to Banstead court, which will he opened into a forty-feet-wide street out to Fifth .etreet. The plat Is about 300 feet long by 160 wide, comprising about *B.OOO square feet, arid sufficient besides open passages and avenues, to accommodate 474 ctalls. ' - It is designed on this plat to-erect a model house, not surpassed, and trobably net equalled, 'by any market bo*’® in the United States. Stone floors, with iron stalls corered with white marble slabs, will be substi tuted fer the offensive brick pavements .and wooden shambles, which in this climate render it so difficult to keep a structure for this purpose-sweet and eleaa.'Tho plaq of constructing olese market houses also been tested sufficiently to make it a matter of - doubtful ex pediency in such a climate as oar*. The company will, therefore, construct lofty entrances, with light iroa gates, for the utmost amount of air and ventilation, oa the three sides of, the structure, mid to be kept epexs throughout the year, except at the most inctementrarfe of winter.’ Thirty-five arched entrances, not less raan eighteen feet in height, will '-be constructed forthl* purpose. Three corridors, each three hundred feet la length by forty-tw® feet In width, and running the en- wili.be eonairaoted, the centre one furnished with*avecbl-cirued vaulted ceiling of glass and iron, supported by forty cast -iron columns, and rising to the imposing height of .'ertv-five'feet from the stone pavement. On each ride'of this central corridor will be one oftqual sine, opening by fifteen arched entrances npon Merchant, street, on the north, and the same npon Baostead street, upon the south. Xt hat also been rumored that the tumble-down edi fices which have so long stood on Tenth street, oppo site Bt. Stephen’s Church are to-make way to the tide of progress, and to be replaced by another of these pa latial stractureri: Coboneb’s Case.— Yesterday morning, Co roner Fenner held an inquest on the body of Joho Mc- Laughlin, who was much injured by the accident on the Spruce-street Bailroad, and whose death was men tioned tq yesterday’s Press. The drlrt-rof the car, Iraae Joe, and George Heias mao, thl*condo* tor, were both examined, bnt were nob able to tell anything about how the accident occurred, and stated that they were not aware of the boy having been on or about the car until the wheels had passed over him. James .McLaughlin, a'brother of the deceased, testi fied thfttthe latter bad told him', before his death, tiat he bad fallen off the car. : Mr. Joel Wolbert testified that he wasia a carriage on the track, immediately in the rear of the ear, at tha time the accident happened. The deceased was riding on the baek platform of the car, and while it was going at a moderate cate he jumped■ off and ran along to the front platform, and catching hold of the iron at the Bide, 'he attempted to jump upon the Iront platform; but,' missing his footing, he fall with his legs'under tha wheels, whioh passed over them. The jary rendered a verdict that the deceased came to his death by being accidentally ran overby the car while he was attempting to get upon the front platform. New Omnibus Like : It seems singular to announce the establishment of &u omnibus line in thesa days of railways, bnt we have no doubt it will he a pay ing investment In that portion of the civ it is intended to travel. Yesterday morning the new line started from the navy yard to tha late Arsenal, ofa South and Frent streets, and as there are no pa*seog*r railways in that vicinity, we have no doubt it wi»l be asourceof profit to the proprietors, as well as comfort and convenience to the eitixena who may be called in that direction. Slioht Fire Yesterday morning, about foar o’clock, the dwelling of Mr. John Lindsay, In Mar eellfg place, near Broad and Bpring Garden streets, was eligbtly damaged by fire. The flames originated from & lamp having been left burning near some bed clothing. Another Trial.—The steamer of the Hi bernia Fire Company was tried at Dock and Fear streets yesterday morning. The supply of water wa* drawn from an ordinary plug, and with this insufficient supply a stream was thrown 240 feet through an inch nestle. THE OQtJRTS. YESTERDAY’S PROCEEDINGS. [Reported for The Press.] Nisi Pbius—Chief Justice Lowrie.— The Girard College—lmportant Decision—What Constim tutes an Orphan.— Yesterday morning Mr. Olmrte&d, late City Solicitor, applied to the court for a special in junction to restrain the Directorsof Girard College from receiving only such children into the college as have lost both their parents. It appeared by Mr. Olmsteni's statement that a resolution had been recently passed by the directors of the above institution; that no children should be entitled to tbe benefit of the oollegi&te course, under tbe will of Stephen Girard,.who had eitherparent; living. This, Mr. Olmstead contended, was in violation of the intention of thb testator, and contrary to tha well-received definition of the word “ orphan,” which, meint a child without a father, a’ well as a child who had lost both parents. The application was opposed by Mr. Sing, the present City Solicitor, on the ground that •the word “ orphan” implied the death of both pareuts. Judge Lowrie said he had no difficulty about the matter, and granted the application. There were several motions for new trials disposed of, and the court Adjourned. Nisi Prius—Judge Read.—Judge Read sat In the Supreme Court room, and one or two ap plications for injunctions of no pnblio importance. United States District Court —Judge Calwallade*.—A case of collision between the brig Iris and a steamboat on the Delaware, off the “ Joe Flogger sheal,” was argued by Johnson for thu libellant and Eane for tbe respondent. District Court —Judge Sbarswood. —The court was engaged all of yesterday morning in taking Judemeots. Quarter Sessions — Judge Allison.—Yes terday morning the new petit jury of this court was called. Matthew Sellberg pleaded guilty to the charge of lar ceny of a quantity of wearing apparel. William Robinson was charged with the larceny of $205 In gold, the property ofWiUi&m Tayicr. Robinson was employed by Taylor as a band on hU barge, which plied between this C'ty and New York, Albany, and Troy. Mr. Taylor lost the money on the 2Cth of No vember last. Officer Sommers recovered s’od of tho money. From the evidenoe it appeared that the prison er bad made the key to open Mr. Taylor’s desk, whero the money was obtained. Bobirrou confessed bis guilt to the officers when arrested. Verdict guilty. Sentenced to two years in the county prison. William Jones was charged with committing and as sault and battery, with intent to steal. Jones was sees In the Tact of picking Mrs. Mary God boo’s pocket on thej day or tbe parade of the Temperance Cadets,Jeorner of Sixth and Walnut streets Fortunately for Mrs. God bon, she had nothing in her pocket except a pocket handkerchief Verdict guilty. Sentenced to one year in the county prison. ....... Michael oshill was charged with the larceny of two coats, a vest, and two pair of pants, valued at $73. Tha goods were taken from Mr. CorneliusOtt’s room, at the Alleghany House, in Market et*eet, above Fights. Ca hill was seen going up stairs about nine o’clock of tha evening the robbery took place. Verdict not guilty. Christian Steinland and Peter Wright were charge! with the lareenyof a quantity of coats, jackets, Ac., valued at $21.60,: the.property of I»aae Retnstrom. These defendants were indicted jointly with Matthew Seilberg, who pleaded guilty to the charge. Wright wsa acquitted. Steinland was also acquitted by the Bothernllvu charged with committing a* assault and battery upon Mrs. Jane Hay.' It is alleged that, on the 22d of October last, defendant came to. her house, caught her in his arms, and made an Insulting proposition to her. Verdict guilty; sentence deferred. Proceedings on Forfeited Eecegntxante.—Thomit J. Willetts, bail for John Crawford, charged witH pass ing counterfeit money. Judgment for want of affidavit ° Murphy, tail for Charles McCullough, charged with ajeeult sad battery. Buis to show cams why judgment ahould not be enter, 1 for want or lUH oieut afflduTlt of defends,
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