.:,#«® i "V:, fOBliI»»*J».,l>AII.r,(«II«BA*»'»*0MMf»! .•• ...'••• : BVrJQHfr'W.'*OßSrfiV^f;'_ j f ■■ Oflldo, No. 417 Chostnut Streot. . ...••< -r-, , -,*v-.'? t il • ■■: MnnOnH to tisemlM*. - ,«?' M«n*4to Bolxoribori Olitdf ts*'cltroX BixSotLiU v ?•» iim( ;»aoX;.Doi;uiliß' 100 'lrtm UonU| Moant. InTarUMjUnl- T»noo for tu* time prdortd. .. .; , ■ : ■ ; 4 ../'t,RI.WK*KiIf;PaK»». -■ -; I '/ Malledto Buiiedtiin out aftto Oltj «t TtIMMM Pot - ;ilMM»iwiox,.laoaTOtMH., ; t. : n " : ;; wkeiu,* skes#;,is-,; .' . : In WWKZ.T Pk*rb will bo sent to Buboerlbora null (par nmriro, In Klrino*,) at. .4... t* 5? Throe Oopioo, ll . “ 500 FrtoOopoMi*4 11 r ..*..« 8 00 WnOopiM,. « ; . , ............. 12 00 ■■ - Tweot/0opl»t, “ ' ; 1 »(tooh«aMrwa).....S!<! 90 Twenty (Jopiea, or orar, “ . (to addruat)f owk ; i ■ - - aolnioriber,) ea0i....;.-.i.V...........i...i.. 1 n . lor • (Uob oflwenty-pao worer. wowUlMnd on “; - estabopr th» jp*tfeer-ttp ottna Club. <■<_ - , ; > . PoitiaWtora 'art'.rMtrtetad to Mt *a AfUta for , ■•, ' iMoodißomt-Moatiilrlii'ttmo' for : ri««n»lifoVr.i. v , Bto*m«r>._;-> «5. H t --• ' ] ’ :;oiatioriera.; p-A-p B’R.’■ f XITHOaBAPfIj ' BOOK,, •V V I -Khwb, ... .. 8 1 Z’iS 1), ,'0 fl- K O.T 'BXZ B D; O* BOTBBIOB<JOAiai% TO OBtiisßj < • ’ Anl'for naloatMumtattitera 1 jrleea,. bj ; ' ,4 E. 0; h P. ■H. 4rAKEEN, '• - - ,; o '■ PHIIiADBLJHIA. ' 9'>i ri u , . 7 t-v; v *y ‘Hz&fcik'zc >•?> i <’ f 7 j,' '!X?£x7* • i BLANK AOOOOMT-BObCltiHtj>iOlDklE8 7 " " j.., !,«!£?./**“? aaiiMai* .ir'«oi#tt»nij«ii!t»M»'!ti>r r '-!'?'J , 'J>'!W?'-*j •, . IraROnAKTg/ MAN.tT»AOTBR*afI ? 5 j ; .;4 "''» ’ - J .. -1 - •• '■ . ' 4 - JOB EMNmoVwiHOOaASHryiSy p -.' '. ? ‘C y :- yiwiy ■■ * :PDHO£BAU*Y*& SATISFACTION GtttKANTIID. f„u7 ;V v 2‘>V- :!A *<« ::<l %w ‘ | „ V y , MO3B. - »|| j‘‘ 1 oen: ~:l>.aiA{:R-I#E;-g,.s = ~ I OO&'jtoT ;g£tW(o!il%' ' great rarletyof atyleMwt*!*®*, of tfcejaaUr celebrated 1 : > - erer/ re«p*et-to" thWew' , 'Ydr* Par sue, -Wfxde«alamdJletiUffc/:the ; PTibli4lreri^ v ' ' ‘• cA BB9TOHft-:*40;, * I , . «... ; ', : Coon ting Hoom BUtlonera, fe : ~ B°^thTdPßTg;fitroet; $.; B~ ll'nK ACCOUNT subr aaibtw .has, now oa. band.-* IwgtfAttortnient ttf J Bl*ukAro«^tBoolw J gtwde.ofJjujl i -l* 'VifrMitfka; -4- 1 • -.-'■ Letter -Bfelrg^- T: t • ’~- • t » ; » l ':\ . U<. li«dger Bookg-,--Vi-is^»g>Bogik«,.j .■ OUh ikftc** %^ 800k5.,, ‘ VOTSyPrtftaf&c.'' ’ -j B l«ik to,ojderj>t u4mffiaM. for nMtnnroz roll* p; Quality of ttatarialii \ and d w^biliif.'of; Mr dl n* ,<. /U * w sndold Armi aapplled o*fa?6r*N* ttfmii- LITHOQKASHIO ASOXiKT CBS PBBSH*BUjTJH&, Bill BMfli-GKdii'OiroaUrsjßldpr, plDg and »ferr,de»criptionfl, or Job Pjrlntlit oxoeated 1b fupariot’ afyU. ’ WmT‘M,OBRIBTT, V-* r- v-"^ 1 :V. Stations? Ind Printer,' : ■ 'it dM-Wwifita,,- & i. THIRDj opposite Girard Bask.:: BJU&XUt OOOIUS -IAWIi /STATIOKEJHr i '. Oiyiß lf. TOG AH,BUa» BoaktUsßfKturU] - BtatCdw?wd J fitafir,UonO«:W*lSßs.Btrt«tri»*r»i «i;2rj« <8 m»k»,£o,.of4«ißooki titmrj Jowrlpttom ttlUM* - for BiaU.PoMilOßoWj of th* : ,b«fiitqa*lUjof'Kngllj'.h pr.Ata*ricl«i P»prr,%ua bounl ‘ l» Trrioui *tyl»A io th* mo,t flut»Untl»fscunner. : . 0S» for .JOB. PMNIrS& 'cfe«r«r*'i4*«rJptloi< ' Bsgr*riiz'«sa latbi«r*|>Ußs raratt«d wttk sttteNH «aaa«p»BJSjf--. 7 -rs-s'‘i‘H " i -' fWiti Ooimniftoe dUpl*T cff^slelik boon for binxing.mi mercintU* bm U tteSwiia tkr - BxhlWtinn. TheeelectimraftWmnUrinl Ir rood, tie. tDattljeß, »; X E. OALDWTSLIi'&,Op; ,; r .> ; : HATI'XBJKOTHi>;. •; , to tiiiiib r NEW HA.BB Ii E B.U IX. DIN », No. 822 CHESTNUT STBEET, OPPOSITE QtEARO HOUSE. RMp»oUiilly InTUB thelr mutomen and tt* puMlu to Lmjaotitielr n»ir Oood»,jcIp«l«d by on*jof th« 1m noeailflaXanpoi'ooapdMhJg :; ;; '• ’ - ' ' s ft v m bio ft ir ato ft es; HIfI.H.JJS-'WBIiBT) DIAMONDS AND FEARLB, ATBBB9AH, PIORSNTINI), BOM AH, ABO NEAPOLITAN " BETS, BRONZE . CLOCKS, 'AND 'S'TA'giTETTBSi . ; BILTBB PiATED WABB, WBDJDiNa STATIONARY, end CARD ENGRAVING, OPERA GLASSES, - PANB AND-HAIB PINS, ELEQANX NEWSIIfLE PAPIER MAO JIB, dS-lm • '■ ' ' ' J E. OAIiDWELt i GO., ». ‘ • MJ OHMIKBT : . Hero receired,persteacaert,new ityle* - Jewelrv, Chetalein*, Vert Ofcelae • Splendid Yen*. Tleir Pin*. Jfralt Bteadi, Bunr Bechet*. Jet Good* *hd Ylower Veen*. Bo!»J^«^In* I «U!rf«{lu*fot' tb*'**l* of bherle* JrOisiiem’aLOHßOH.TtßE-KEEPEBgi. but 8 J> 8. JARDEM k 880. . • «i»otio*«*» , E»"ijio'no6*»»»» or-. ‘• gILTEB-PIATED WARE, , Vo, ,Boi. Ckattami. Street/ TkiM» (wjtalrti) ,X ; fWltjtrichlfci-; ' ,■ ’ ‘ '•. GoiwrUutly on sand and for ulti to the Trade. • TEA- SETS, COMMUNION 8E&TIOS SETS, URNB PITOHBRS* OOBLET8 L Om*Bj-WAITERS* BAS* KETOJ OASTOBSi XNIVES/SPOONS, I OBKfl, *lameß/Ad. ykb\ '" plattngOft'airkitoagOf taetal.*. gtmcaropea; A for CM* by JAMSB WIOUEEN, dU'. Hn.; ; -- Wt OHEBTBUT Street. f»IHE .KARRIAOECEEEMONY 'IK THE A StetwwojttJ'fwMle Sj. JAM&S W, QUEEN, - 4X4 •' . ' ; 824 CHESTNUT Street. Cof)aleaolßjE)rg®qi3ibs. TIBILX.S & SHBEWNGBFOREXFORT. AArROWN, BIEAUHHD, t BMJE BMMiB. 1 -. HEAVy AtWOHT BHEBTINQB, Suitable for Xfizport, for *ele br - - ■ *AOIHXNQHAM A WBIjLB, 24 South FRONT ST.-,’'f it LBTITIA ST. ‘ PHRENOLOGIOAIj EXAMIiTA (KiKd.TIONS, with written do**Hptlon* of oheweter, -ire- f ' including edrlee In reference to bnelnees, health, / VenlMnrOroTemeot, ere mode dev end eve- . w 5. nlnvet fOWI.4a, WSLtB. A CO.’B, liemlllee vletted when.wjneeted, end e llbereldie-': ount mode to elub*. - >-f ~ r /- exl-jhn re,'.' MSTffbnetontef- -PhtUdrißltle- •f T ISvWOX A DTE I • A ' JgRQMS’BHAIR' COLOR RESTORER trill re etore flrey' Halrtdlleorirlnsl (Solor In from too to twelve d»j«, end rvetoiti the Heir wnere It bee fellen off end beoome thin. .. ■ ■ • : n’ ■ ITISNOT A CT* 1 Itme/be need vefreelr ee water, endletlie meet been ttfnl Ifreeeinv for lhe Heir now iu nee. - Thoueeode in dlfferent perte of the Union here teetl-- Sed to Ite wonderfol virtue*, end ell who here need it Joln ln theirpr«i«e or St. >- SoM.Wholeeele nndßetell; tj Dr. BWATNB A SOS' No, B‘NoxtS SEVENTH Stbeet.ebovo MARKS 11,I 1 , Soli AgtnufotßHUMrttV <■ *• -If*.'-f .-• Tired, eopplled : . . ; oeli-tin TT XS OF THK; fIIOHESX IMPORTANCE A fori ejretj one to know, where thej will get' the - mbit fov thelr mfraeji eroeolelljr*Soh time* ee itheee, ZIEOIiBB Ai SMlTH,.Wholßeeießrugglete, corner of - BXOONOiend OIISSH Stteetapere dlepoilng of their- VMHOmli Srqttnd-Pelnte.'of eUOolomj endWlndow OliMWi ellof Om belt onellt]', et prloee which will be 1», jt.-U'y >ln- a . °° u PHYBIOIAMS^Theebore : 1 weed eurf9nee, the following: edfenti-'' (act ■ . oßjtrlth (dhitoeou theteM tol*- 1 . bZ4 in weter, hwoe aeUitetlng lneteAl of obetrnotin| lect YOL. 2—3VO, 129. flKrg <®opbs. r* RBAT SALE OF BEOOHE SHAWLS UT ' -><’ AND CLOAKS!!) r Unprecedented 2 We’ve hid e perfect routf! ,l 1 ■ We 7 re Beilina; to imraenelty of Goods 1 Oar trade’s iocrfc*iJrig J ' r ' ' OotMptfeof doing busweM seem* to meet with gene ric approval ‘’Namely—. 1 . * V‘* e» To But One Price.” ' ’ >'• 7 * rV.r-j it <p o b4hcheap for Cato.” t ; -• « KeW to'misrepresent Goods in order • - - - ' ‘ • ” TO BfrBCT BAMS.” 1 “ To deid fairly end justly, tod waltupon all euito- JrieMwlthi attention end politeness.” ‘ V<*ThuS tojraln their confidence, end keep it by Con tinning to doriffht ” ‘THORWLBY * OHIBM. We hare now on bund , / , .. • EieellentLong BroohS Shawls fcr $B. ' , Still, better quality for $lO, $11) $l2, $lB, sls, $l6, $lB, $26, $22.. aod $26.. J ... , •.. Sqenre Brocho Shura froinss ap to $ll. - ■ Long and s4nireß)inkdt Shawls In erety wisty; Ohffibren J *, ldli*«B; *oaflentlen.ea , il Shawls, obe. ' ' GooJJßlMkOloth.Olosksfor f3. , ; ’ svery other qtfalityaridStyle for $8 opto $lB. 1 JOB LOS Of OtO'iSfBOM LABS SEASON AT‘ . a HA&fTBIOB! '* Beit Black BUks for 60q. to ,91.60 per yard. , - '■“'I 1 * - Rfoh'ftoeyJßflkritfMlj beautiful, ' Bvery’Variety of DRBBB GOODS. . ; •’ OLOTHB! 1 0ASSIBG8BE8! 1 ,BATTINBTTO,.&O.!!! ■ ‘Heavy Black Beater Clothe, fine french do., Sco., &o. Blankets, flannels, Linens, and Muslins... : J - -In fact rid‘ better Stock Of general Dry Goods can be found thiri atl • ; .THORS'XiEY. . tiHIBM’S, ; Northeast CornerilGHTH * SPRING GARDEN.; hbl£tf - ' iOHEAT BARGAINS INDBY GOODS.—' UTh.-I-• Hu REMOVED from N6;B®to No. 40 Sooth SECOND Btreet.whereho u now prepared,tofurnishtho Lfciies withafreahanlwllfSiestedßWckof' GOODS,. . ” • TiliiTitllYnill Ifiis Itffll sttsSHliPii. Tioi IU itatermlnnrl toMUotMOMdiogtytowpSpa: j - ■. tf.;.Bh-Arlarga.a»Sorlnisitt>of; : Broche, Stoll., and Frenohj Biahksbrihlswlsi « Altai a witty of Silk and Cloth.Circular!Constantlyon-hand,atthw AM*** bu, I(ite3d«OIOA*s»MPOBIUM,” •., ooT-Sm No. 40 Sooth SECOND Strait; fIHOIOK POODS for-tie HOLIDAYS. T; k -itea-T *®* * ; ’■ .;. >a ,Miirohi*BS£ / ‘ '' iP iMii;ttOtX«tfir STREET, . ■' ■ i . A of- GoodsealteQ to' the comtng-SOUDAsBt comprisfrig Articles of utility, , teste,'and ornament, selected from the latest importa .tionsoxpreMly fornke Olty Betail Trade. M. A Q.’s Stock embraoee erery variety of Bolls, Wax, drying) and Bleeping, &o.; together with a large variety of *?’. : t ??' PAPBB DOLLB' WRITING DBSKB, nt . r PORT.fOLIOS, HBRBARIUMBi • j ;/' ' BOBAPBOOKSj PORT-MOKHAIBB, &o. a iaiwojilfertment of Games, fancy Boxes, nvSnfld' Bbc f anil tore, Theatres, Btablea. ■a 1 general assortment or Toy and' - -' ■ 1 \ ’ t .; Bai«;'BallSaajDd wickets. nolO^dl ' ' ' .. Bfling now now-location, ; - ' v- - No.)4fl)8!Sfl$BI;»«lBIir STREET, : ■ aro - off.rinir i: : lil$Blllor'-'«Mortment of - < 'S’.-.oVwti.i' dedooiss^abmoms ‘•rtitazTf.il t- s^ha- J > - -,7V > DANOI QOODB; '. . Coniiattog In part of .; , - ... < - ' French' and Hogtlßh V ANOY BOAPB.' - <■ . Foreign EXTBiCTB and FOMADES. . TOILBTBOTTLKGyIn Glajlohd'Ohloa. ' FOBTEMONNAIBS.-FIIiUIS.UdfFOOKET.BOOKB> ‘- - DaESStNO OASES aodDDOB'BOXES. I Bair,. Tootlii NaQ: *e„ fto. To which th.ycali tke attention OfDmggf.u and tho potjltc, M their prtcm datycompaUt-Cp. dlSdtlaT * . - THE UOLIdMS, , X l .;.* giIOIOJf.MIXJED'.SUCIAE PLUMS. MABB.*ltl.*SjefpaAE ALMONDB, .. . . JOEDAN STOAB ALMONDS. • A TABISTY. OF OEBAM BONBONS, t,.;. SDPEBIOR BDKNT ALMONDS. lINE on OOOEATH V EBP-A RATIONS •7' NESr VABIETY OF FINE CONFECTIONS. * - t t. JJPANKS* sTrawbebmes: labcs /Assortment of Isedsotbd french - A VAEIETT OF fire fabis. boxeb >,Ct i 1 -‘ " ‘’‘-■-A S jj. '• ‘ ’ .. . ; . O.ORN ETB .‘ - ' / . FSENOHBCQARTOYB AND FRENCH NIORNAOKB; , BTEPHEB ’ *-... W H’j T M A.N . ' AiANDFAOTIIREB.OF 'FlifE CONFECTIONERY. ! »,.y„). -Afa/mo MARKS! BTRSBT. «n-U*W TWELFTH street.', j and iiß miriutwtnrirtg a superior article of Marsh Hel lo ir Gain Drope.lionßone, Cream Data*, Ac. Call, 'and ■appiy.ronreelVdd with.the beet Oooreetfonery in; thtecltjr.at . JRPPRIEB& BVANS', \ : ' nolMm" UARMr Bt., bet. 7th and Bth. ) ; ambmias." IJMBEELLAS CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. WILLIAM A. DROWN A 00., MO MARKET STREET, HOW BEADY'THEIR-USUAL LARGE ABBOBT MBNX OP HANDSOMELY FINISHED SILK UMBRELLAS. . To wbloh they lnVite the attention of B UYERB. £nts, &r. jjji.URS roE Ladies. A LARGE ASSORTMENT 18 OFFERED OP ELEGANT AND FASHIONABLE FURS, CONSISTING OP BEAL BABLE, MARTIN, MINK, PITCH, AND CHINCHILLA, AT VERY LOW PRIOEB, DAVID H. SODIS, (NO. 622 ABOH STREET, ABOVE SIXTH. dio-tf,,'" Omtltuun’iß ®ooC« Qi, E N T I. E MEN'S ;. irretmsiinNrca- goods. The. lorgest'anortmeut in the y oily, and oampriaing th® rawest styles of— - FANCY 80ARF8, MUFFLISBB, * NSCK-TIJEB, SHAWLS, ■ - SLOW-- l ’ - i DBESBIfH GOWNS, HANDKERCHIEFS, SMOKING CAPS, &o. ~--jm 1 i i/.:. ..BUITABLM FOR HOI4UAY PRESENTS., ■Alioy' epaiy description of Stjlrfejp'Oollart, Under shlrfijDrmrft, Half-Hose, Suspended, &0., irlllbe found at , - , SPENCER’S, NO; 889 CHESTNUT STREET, .. rj ADJOINING THE GIRARD HOUSE. dlO-ijtl ’, . ■ 1 ■ WINCHESTER A 00., GENTLEMEN’S VT FURNISHING STORE , • , i -r - : in ! ■ ■ PATENT -SHOULDER. BEAM BHIBT MANUFAC : TOBY, At the Old Ptand, No. TM OHEBTNUT STREET, oppo site the Wniblngtrm House. A. WINCHESTER trill elre, ea heretofore, hie pet tonal euperrWon to the CattfaomA Mejofeotarimt lepartmente. - Orders for.hle celebrated etyleof Shirt* aodCoUate SHed at the.ehorteat.notice. Wholesale trade eapplied on liberej terms. , ~ Jy24-1y JWVsCOTT.flate of the firm of "Wra • <*rsr»* A Soot?|1 (GENTLEMEN'S PDMIBH ING BTOBB .end BHIBT MANUFACTORY, 814 OHEBTNDT Street, (nearly oppoelte the Girard Honee,) Fhil/delphle. - . . i ■ ■ • - , ... J: ff, B. woald re*peetfally call the attention of hie former patron* anifrlonda to hie new Store, ana ie pre pared to SHI ordere-for SHIRTS et'ehorf notice. A ernfeet StrgnuenUM. OODNTBY TRADE mp,tied with PINE BHIBTB and COLLARS. JrlWf €(StflustinfiB. BAILT & BROTHER’S* CARPET WAREHOUSE, " . Wo. MO OBEBTEVT STREET. WE SHALL OPEN TO-DAY ANOTHEB INVOICE ~. OF __ - ' - SNGLIfIH __ „ „ . lA.mBiT.RT ; BRUSSELS, ■■OROSSIiEY’S" CELEBRATED MAKE, • At. ONE DOi/jARA YARD. Carpet taper* wlllsnd onr etookfoll and of freeh MpleeTend PRICES VERY LOW■ "“S-tt jgW NEWLAND & 00., LOOKING-GLASS ASD PICTUBS-PBAME ; : manufacturers, WHOLESALE AND BUT AID. : ’ ’ An Xxt®fislT® BtOOfc Of 1 OIL PAINTINGS) WATER-COLOR DRAWINGS * ■£{ -. .' . > -;AlUtTenpLoir,Pfleer, ~= 1 SOI ARCH s?t, ABOVE SIXTH, PHW4. , 4T-*W JJnblicationa. Q.OULD & LINCOLN’S BOOK LIST 808 THE HOLIDAYS- THE CHEAT DAY OF ATONEMENT. Neboloki, THE ETENINC OF LIFE. Chaplin. $l.OO Wetland. $lOO SALVATION BY OHBIST. THE CHRISTIAN LITE. Bayne. $1.26 THE OBEVBON LETTERS. Roger.. $126 THE BCFFEBINC SAVIOUR. Krummatlier. $1.26 LIFE AND TIMBB OF BACKUS.' Hovey. $1.25 of’ BNBHSH LITERATURE. Cham bers. $6.00 . ESSAYS IN BIOORAPHY AND ORITICIBM, 2 Toll. Baysi. $1.29 eaoh. LIFE OF AMOS LAWBBNOE. Lawrence. $l.OO OYOLOPxEDIA OF ANKODOTKS. Arrtne, $8 00 EUBOFBAN OELEBBITIE3. Spragne. $1 00 HOME-BOOR OF MISCELLANY, 6 roll. Chambers. $3.00 OBUIBB OF THE NORTH STAR. Chou’lS. $1 60 THE BETTER LAND. Thompson. Wots. OYOLOfJbDIA OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE. Kitto. , 7 -- $3.00-‘- ' ■ , LIFE OF DANIEL WEBSTER. Hansard. 76 ots, THE ISLAND HOME. Romaont. 76 ote. IMITATION OF CHRIST, LIFE OF A’KEMBIS. UU man. 86 eta KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.; Knight. $1.26 THB BALLIC (from tho German.) Marsh. $lOO THE I‘REACa|BR AND/KING. Bnogener. $1.26 THE EXCELLENT WOMIN. Spreguo. $l.OO THE GREAT TEACHER.. Harris. Shots. SAPS HOME, OR FANNY KENYON. Stoddard. 260. OUR LITTLE ONES IN HEAVEN. Aimwell. 60 ots. GATHERED LILIES. Thompson 81 els. PLYMOUTH AND THE PILGRIMS. BanTard. 60 ots MOTfIEBB OF THE WISE AND GOOD. Bnms. 760. LIFE OF JAMES MONTGOMERY. Knight. $1.26 RELIGIOUS PROGRESS. Williams. 86 ots. THE TBAOBER’S LAST LESSON. Badger. $l.OO MY MOTHER, OR MATERNAL INFLUENOB„MItch /’ . ell. 76 ots. y HUGH MILLER’S WOBKS. Uniform in 6 roll. Miller, j ' $7 00 THE POOR BOY AND MERCHANT PRINCE. Thayer. 76 eta. THE POOR GIRL AND TRUE WOMAN. Tiujrtr. 760. SPORTSMEN la guested to their Stock, which they can pr SHALL NOT BE "SURPASSED By any in the United Statea. THESAURUS OP BNGLIBH WORDS. Roget. $1.60. | RULES, THE AIMWELL BIORIE3. In Boies. 6 role. Aim weU.. 63 ole. each. THE PLURALITY OF WOBLD3. Whewell. $l.OO HEAVEN, illustrated. Kimbill. $l.OO HISTORY OF PALESTINE. Kltto. fl 25 The ehoee may be bed in Txrioo, etylee of binding ~ cloth, doth gilt, half oalf, calf, Ac., suitable for pre sents.' Any of them will be seat b/ mail fbub or rosriQß to any one remitting the retail price. G. <fc L. also have on Land, besides their own publi; CAtioai, ft Urgtr assortment of elegant books designed for the, holidays A ,O ASD. The nndertigned, the founder end PnbUeherot VAN. COURT’S COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR, ■DuIWO, .«<■ RETIRING ;l>t*»k:«r: .toUtn.Hi ** BANK-NOTE REPORTER Ijyti.A-52- sc bic: . Having published VAN COURT'S DETECtOB>Ine« 1889, th. undersigned' felQotantlr pArta —IIU his old friends and subscribers; tat this reluctance Is lessened by the oonvlction that in IMLAY ft BIQKNBLL’fI BANK-NOTE REPORTER they -win reoelve a work that matches the times. J. VAN COURT. Paaisgu-Hia, December 20,1868. NOTICE. ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO IMLA.TT 3c BICKNELL’S BANK-NOTE REPORTER Are payable scrupulously IN ADVANCE. The COINB OP THE WORLD, issued by Inlay ft Blcknell, will be given gratuitously during January to all old and new subscribers. AU Coins, Oharts,Guides, and Man uals, as ooopared with this, may be considered waste paper. IMLAYs & BICKNELL, No. 112 SOUTH THIRD ST., BULLETIN BUILDING. J*IEW HOLIDAY BOOKS, . .a INVASIONS BINDINGS. .. PALESTINE, PAST AND PRESENT. Elegantly illustrated. • THE CITY OP THE GREAT KING. A new edition. Elegantly illustrated. THE BIBLE GALLERY. 26 Illustrations. THE LIFE OF MBS. HOFFMAN, late Mfssloaervfco Western Africa. By the Rev. Geo. D. 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W. jorner TWELFTH and RACE Sts., Phlla. 1 Ladles’ Tooms—eatfeww on Twelfth street, next door l to star*, p,a|sBW Nero publications- IN EUROPE. FLASKS) POWDER) Job printing. svmzT nisontmoK or FOSTERS, HANDBILLS, RAILROAD AND INSURANCE COMPANIES. No. 808. IT HAS HO EQUAL, SPLENDID PEN HENRY OWEN, Agent, 01 JOHN Street, New York, HANPSOJIUBS. No. 6. $ll2 per do*, 6* 1 26 < . T. 160 «« 8. 1 76 “ , WEdJ&SDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1858. Local Telegraphing. Hithofto, we have beaten England in the art of Telegraphing by means of Electricity. ;An, American' invented the art.. The first ever flashed across the wire waa.in America!) from Washington to Baltimore. Wo have.a larger, better, quicker, and cheaper mode of telegraphing, than any other people in the World. For police purposes, too, as woll as Jn cases of fire, we nse the telegraph ih our great citjes. . There, we stop, and tliero the inhabitants, of London—tlie yery people whom w.e.contemptnously nickname Cockneys ---are going a step beyond us, Mid will boat ns, if we do'not take care,'and anticipate them. The UfeCrt news from England Is that' “ A project’Was on foot for introducing a local telegraphic system in London, upon a most comprehensive scale. Messages are proposed to bo “delivered within a radius of four miles of Charlfig-crosa at a uniform charge of 4d. for ten'jwordsj and in the course of a few minutes. 1 19 Now,' such w a sensible project, and we only wonder that it was not thought of before, ahd put into operation among our- Belves,Tong ago. At present, supposing that: a .manMive *< np towD,” and has to send a messagq home, 2 it will take him at* least an hour,: Will have to pay a dollar to the messenger. Get a local telegraph, and a great of. trouble will be spared, every, whero, and, much annoyance. Mr. John Smith (we choose that name because it’s so uncommon) lives in West Philadelphia, and liis loving wife expects him homo punctually at five*.'She will not touch 1 dinner until come, np matter how much later that may be. Loving soul! .She lets the soup grow cold, the fish tumble to pieces, the boiled mutton fasten on the ‘dish in its own frigid gravy, the roast fowl cease to send- out its plea&adt odor, fhe'mince pies get -chilled, and the icecream grow liquid.- She loses her !dinner, and (it is to be feared) also .loses her patience. * She sits in the dining-room with her tearful eyes steadily jixed upon the clock, anxiously and angrily watching' the hours glide away. At last, about half-past eight, hpmo walks Smith. In tho familiar phraseology of domestic life “ he cateh.es it!” She is indignant at his not having been homo in time, at having kept her waiting,>t having spoiled hor dinner. What can tho much-to-be-pitied Smith say ? What avails the excuse thatho met one of his best cus tomers from the West, who unexpectedly paid up an'old arrear and gave him a large order besides,'and . had also to go to the Orleans House iinddino vylth him, or was bound to, invito him ? The excuse is not accepted; for the -lady.will fall back- on the fact that he. kept hop.’waiting.all those long hours ; he krrotfs sbe'hover can dine without him, and. (with tears and'alittle sobbing, but not enough to makdher eyes and nose red,) that her af fection has made her jo. lonely, in .his absence. If, she adds, he had only sent her word.that he was going to remain out, she would have thought less of it. In the end, of course, they make supper out of part of the dinner., But Mrs. John Smith is not a truo wifo and woman, if she make up that little fracas without stipu lating oaa marital peace-offering in the shape of a neW bonnet, a handsome cloak, a love of a Bhawl, a duck of a dross, or seme “ costly jewelry,. -Now, had there been a local tele graph, Mr. John Smith, when ho agreed to dine or to sup with his Western customer, (we only hop 9 he was in such reputable society,) need on his way to dinner, call at the telegraph office, send a message to his wifo infortjxmkiter.of- the* cause of 'delay,.and of Daihoclea. 'Mr! John Smith, be sure of it, will subscribe for ten proprietary shares in the local telegraph. Every person will see the advantage of such dheap, rapid, and Teady communication. Doctors, lawyers, traders, clergymen—all who ore liable to bo wanted in a burry} all who have to summoh other folks “in hot haste. 1 ’ Nor will the utility end here, llow tenderly can it operate, in some cases. Your daughter Jane Matilda has engaged to meet young Cen tipede, (by accident, of course,) and take a walk, and have a talk with him. Centipede, jnst as ho is about starting, receives & tele graph from Jano Matilda saying that cruel fate (in the person of a harsh papa) will pre vent her stirring out of doors. Whereupon young Centipede returns his hat to tho peg, ap plies himself to business for an hour or two, and thanks his lucky stars tb&t tho local tele graph has spared him the annoyance of cool ing his heels, walking all around and all -through Logan square, waiting for Jane Ma tilda, who couldn’t come. Suppose that tho course of truo love does run smooth betwoon Jane Matilda and fyoung Gentipedo-rthatyou give up all resistance to Us current, on condition that Oentipedo senior comes down with enough to start the junipr Centipede in business, and ou the assurance that the wicked youngster, who shows' his « blood” by his skittishness, rcsolvos to reform and live cleanly, like Falstaff purposed, aban doning the seductions of,Otard, either “hot Within ” or “ cold without,” limiting his Ni cotine consumption to half a dozon cigars a day, (he never did descend to a chew), abandoning certain wild associates, .and, In short, doing all that constitutes the moral miracle of “ turn ing over a now leaf.” Then, when matrimo nial preparations bewilder and delight blushing Jane Matilda, what a consolation to her anx ious and affectionate mind must be tho cir cumstance of her being able to telegraph her affianced, twenty times a-day if it please her (and does not too largelydraw upon her pock et money), while young Centipede can reply just as often—if it please him, though tho chance would bo that he would soon get tired of tho iteration. Even the clergyman can bo summoned by telegraph to marry them, and the doctor—in sequent iblness of time. In moro sorious matters, though wc doubt whether any thing can well be more serious than tho interesting change to which we refer -i-at least, in busiueso matters, the local tele graph’fi&n do a groat deal to relievo anxiety, economise time, save trouble, and execute work. TbiDk what it can do to facilitate ac tion in politica. We need not point out how useful it could bo made at elections, local, State, or Congressional. Wo are sure it would greatly help tho newspapers, then and always. To think that this system wilt be at work In London boforo It is in operation here, Whero tho electric telegraph was invented, where it first was reduced to an indisputable fact! Tho London District Company will provide telegraph communication from headquarters in «the City” and other parts of the metro-, polis of England, with various localities within eight miles irom Oharing-Cross, which may bo taken as a centre point. London will bo divided into eleven districts, each contain ing one hundred stations, so that a despatch can ho delivered in any part In the course of a few minutes. As already stated, messages of ten words will he despatched for oight cents to any place within four miles of Char- Ing-Cross, with some Bmall extra charge for delivery# The neoessary capital is estimated at $300,000, which can by subscribed in a few hours, so well has tho proposition been re ceived. The telegraph lines will be tho inex pensive over-house and along-the-street system •adopted in this and other American cities, and introduced (chiefly for governmental and police purposes) into Paris and Brussels, some time ago. It will scarcely be credited by the bulk of our readers that there was no local, or any, open telegraph in London, until a fe\; months ago, when "WatbUlow & Sows, wholesale sta tioners in the City, ran a set of wires from tho City to the "Westminster Polico offices, and carried them over the roofs of tho houses. Tho telegraph wires which carry messages to and from tho different termini in London, run under the streets, and as little in tho open air as possible. This is from & dread that ,cock ney mischief-makers might destroy or injure the wires if .within their reach. Once out of London, the wires run, as. with ns, alongside of the. lines of railway.. Dick’s Patent Self-Adjusting Railroad Switch. A small exourslon train went from Philadelphia to the beautiful village of Downingtown, Chester oaunty, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, on Monday afternoon, to witness one of ibe self-adjusting railroad switohes invented' by James M. Dick, of ‘Buffalo, in praotlca! operation. Sevoral of tbe directors and officers of tbe ooxnpany, the inven tor, and a number of other gentlemen wero in the oar. The invention is not designed to supersede the necessity of the switch tenders now employed, but its object is to restore the track to its usual and proper position whenever, 'through oversight or negleot, the switch-tenders have failod to do so, by the operation of the engine itself,, and thus to prevent the terrible accidents which would other wise ocour. , This patent switch is so constructed that the in stant tbo flange of ,one of- the front wheels of the locomotive touches a spring about twelve feet from the switch the traok is' instantly readjusted. The trial yesterday was’ perfectly satisfactory to all who witnessed it. The looomotive, with the inventor on it, was four times run over the switch, the last time at the rate of about forty miles per hour—the switoh being oaoh time purposely loft open, and the position of tho rails being suoh that "if the invention had sot folly answered the par pose for .whioh U is,designed the locomotive would Inovitably have ran off the track and tho lives of thpso on it been seriously jeopardized. This new switoh is simple in its construction, and cheap— not costing more than $3O or $4O. It is evidently a valuable safeguard, and when switch-tenders' are neglectful; an occurrence that will occasionally, happen in spite of all the ‘ precautions' that are taken, it promptly provents disastrous aooident*. It is now in nse on the New York Central, Buffalo and Now York, New York and Erie, and other leading and upon one occasion an ex cursion tr.ain was .run with lightning speed ovor one of these roads with soventeen switches pur posely loft open, all of whioh were promptly olosed by the engine itself. Xetter from New York* SIRA. CUNNINGHAM BURDELL—THE A9TOR LIBRARY —NEW PDBLtCATIONS—-TENANT - LIFE—THE DOW SER CLAIM OLOSED UP SPUING BUSINESS PRINTERS- LOOSING DP—THE HEW SHERIFF — RECORDER BARNARD ON LOTTERY ADVERTIBE ' HENTS—CENTRAL PARK!’THE BEATERS. fOorrespondenea of The-press.] Nxw York; Deo. 27, 1858. A rumor managed to get considerable currency a few weeks ago, that Mra.'Gunningh&m Burdell was living in the cosiest possible style in Forty-eighth street.. This runorls now denied by the New York correspondent ef the Boston Journal , understood to be the Rev. Matthew Hale Smith, her counsel at one stage of her case. He says; “ She Is not in ‘ easy circumstances,’-but Is reduced and poor. The ‘elegant mansion l is a house in!a block on the new upper street, for which she is indebted to the kindness of the owner till spring. Her bouse is not entirely furnished; the most of it not stall; and. what is, is of the o n mmonest style. She has wasted al 1 the property she had, and is not able,to take a house of' comfort. All the ordinary avenues of ' employment open to most .women are olosed against her. The prejudice against this woman was never stronger - than new, and, having spent all nbe had to' defend her self la courts of law, she ,fs now-very poor, and would keep a boarding-house Or do any honorable thing to get a living if she could do 80, Her daughter-August* his not been ‘ married to a Southern planter.’ but to -a young man in this city, who has not one dollar to rely upon but what he etras from day to day; and - the Tu mor about Helen Is as apocryphal at she rest of the story.” . . - The scholars of New York are not a little that tbe trustees of the Astor Library are about tp light the building with gas, and open it in the evening for visiters. A goodly number of clever men, who are otoupied during the day in the lower portion of this city, will hereafter be able tj enjoy its advantages at night. iThe, library is dally receiving larg'd addliious- The Harpers hare'several works of interest nearly ready for publication. Among them a novel by Obarles Baade, entitled “ Maid, .Wife; and Widow V* “Sylvan Halt’s Daughter,” by Holme Lea; “ The Laird of N&r law,” a Scottish story, by the author of “'Margaret Maitland;” and “ Mura About Jesus,” by the author of “Peep of Day.” A marked feature in the book trade the past year has been the increased demand for reli gious books, while in the other departments of litera ture tbe sales have been comparatively small. It has recently been ascertained by some pains-taking piodder'aftar foots connected with poverty, that there ,w§lB*^6,popw.n# whp.ilfe underground in this, city/ «re«3ea*lS»4 ~oi do? roomi,Y,i4t j'ffff'baiftmedts, ‘cleaii.y^rzff/do 1 cupsnta, clean, 13,033; do. basements, dirty, 1,016; do. occapsnte, dirty, 6,425. 001. Abraham Van Baren, son of the ex.PrtsMent, has sold his entire plantation or slsveß, 210 in number, for 8147,000. The “ Lowber claim” against the city has finally been satisfied. On Fridsylait the sheriff sold a large’ number of the piers belonging to 'the city, and several valuable lots, with buildings thereon, for ao aggregate' of $178,520. This cancels Lowber’s claim, but the city, will be obliged to pay fourteen percent, interest on tho amount paid for the real estate sold until it Is redeemed from tbe purchasers. If not redeemed within one year, the title will pass from the olty forever. The property bought by Lowber is estimated to be worth, at tbe low est, a million of dollars, and it wouldn’t be at all sur~. prising if he should manage to retain the whole of it. Aldermen areßlippory, and Lowber is sharp. Persons interested in the roreign trade say that the indications or a 'arge importat oa for the spring business are slow Iu making their appearance. A por tion of the foreign dry goods interest disoouroge tbe opinion that tho movement will be heavy, ai compared with 1855, though It will be considerably larger than January and February last. Printers are looking up. Mr. Franklin J. Ott uson, formerly foreman of tbe Tribune composing-room, ]«t terly.at tbe head of the oity department of that journal,; and recently eleoted a member of too Beard of Oouucll msn, has been agreed upon by the Republican and Know-Nothing members of the board as their candi date for president, bat he will probably lack oaeortwo votes of the nnmber requisite to elevate him to the ohair. The sheriff-elect, John Kelly, has given as his sure ties. Collector Schell and James Connor, (type-foun der). The office is the most lncratlveoneln the United -Btatea, being worth from forty to one hundred thousand dollars per year, Just as he happens to “light upon' ohlps.” Recorder Barnard has decided, informally, that It is i not a violation of the law to publish in this State the advertisement of a lottery legal in another State.. Hitherto a different precedent has been followed,and , a fine has been Imposed for their publication. The Oentral Park is at present a great point of attrac tion. No parks in London, or perhaps in Europe, oan compare with its natural surface for variety and beau ty. It has singular depressions for water, level aurf»-‘ ces for gardens, crioktt grounds, and grounds for mili tary display, rough, rocky elevations for artistic taste and scenery, gentle hill-sides for paths, and plotnres quo drives, and an unrivalled length of broad, beautiful roadway for ckrrliges, The skaters are just now having grand frolics there. On Saturday and Sundajr not less than a thousand persons mounted their skates and rockers, and kept it up till night. Bpeclal provision Is to be made for skating and curling clubs The night preceding any tournament a stream of water vfffi be lef on in suffi cient volume to cover the entire space designated, so that In the morning the club will have virgin ice, on which they can exhibit their skill. All thlß is Contem plated and spoken of, ami seemingly the only thing necessary to secure Its realisation is the presence of the clubs, for the commissioners and officials con nected with tbe park appear to be highly pleased with the pnblio patronage that the pond has ahead/ re ceived. Letter from Kentucky. KENTUCKIANS—TUEIR SOCIAL CHABACTEKISTICS— KENTUCKV hEADTY—POLITICS, Ao. (Correspondence of Tbe Press.] Danville, Ky., Deo. 2, 1858. This is indeed a charming village. Havo you ever seen that most beautiful of New England towns—Cambridge 1 It is the-prototype of Dan ville. Hero, too, are institutions of learning, nobly endowed and ably conduoted, Hero, too, are a people of rare cultivation, who have a taste for the beautiful and a band lavish in ministoring to that taste. Tho society is such as I have never met before in a village of its size. It exhibits suoh a happy commingling of fashionable ceremony, ana nativo warmth, and simplicity, that I am almost tempted to shout ‘‘Eure ka!” over this new found Arcady, for surely never did that olassio land possess at onoe so muoh of slmplioity and refinement, ond so little of rusticity and stiffness. As to the town it self, it is regularly and rectangularly laid out— tho streets being- broad, well graded, and lined with elegAnt cottage-like residences, embowered in negligently, but tastefully disposed oiusters of various Kinds of evergreens and shrubbery. Not withstanding the liberality and refined taste of Kentuokians individually, they manifest, as a olasa, I regret to say, a woful lack of public spi rit. Tho good folks ot Danville, for example, seem to be perfectly oontented with what they and their fathora before them have accomplished, and to arouse them to further exertion would be extremely difficult, If not impossible. To give you a more perfect idea of Danville, and of things hereunto pertaining, I will give you the results of my observations as I sit at my window, Boahningthe “map of busy life in the street below. This street is the Chestnut street or Broadway of the town. It is “County Court Day” in Danville—always a great oooaslon in Kentucky towns. The whole village is resonant with the lowing ofhordB,the shouts of drovers and teamsters, tmd tho loud bawling of auotioneeis. Everything is ‘‘confusion , worso oonfoumled,” and one unaccustomed to such noisy displays is almost deafened with tho Babol of sounds— yoils, oaths—that make the f °But ft what ll a'’study is that otOwd. Hero a tall, awkward mountaineer, none the better for tho “ rlflo whiskoy” ho has imbibed, hob-nobs with a dapper little blaok-leg—there a drover, in his muddy, rusty, ragged homespun, jostles a staid, nrim professor,"arrayed in sanotlty and broadcloth —while all- around are"pflrt students, and demure theologians, admiring or orUietslng„the ! pretty TWO CEJNTS. fiees and shapely ankles that flit coquet tishiy through the thronging crowds. 'But, en passant, you have’ heard much, con* oerning, the beauty, of Kentucky /women; ‘they are famed for their, personal • oharms, and, in my opinion, justly po. There are here all styles of beauty, and each' style 'is' sufficiently near perfection to suit the most fastidious. Come, take a seat beside me, while I point out some of these beauties. Ah.! you are justinttime. l See those blooming Houris os they approach the store just m fronttof us. How differontjthey are, and yet how beautiful both! She' with' the merry blue eyes and pouting Ups—“sweet petitionera lor kisses ’■—contrasts very charmingly with ‘that tall, regal brunette, who, with ber'softiy flashing orbs and elegant carriage, would realise a poet’s most exquisite poetical conception of' an' orient queen. And either of these would 1 Contrast (though unfavorably to neither) most strikingly with the one who follows, and in whom some, per haps, would find much moro to admire;, that pale, pensive beauty, with the pure, high forehead and spiritual expression—do you see her? And what admirable taste these Kentucky ladies exhibit in their,dress!—so elegant, so rich, and yet so unob trusive and beoomlng. There is nothing gay and flaunting'about it, but everything indicates refine ment as well as taste. ' ‘ • Coin©, oh, Press! I beg of youi Come to Ken tucky, if you would see beautiful, lovely, and;ac complished women. , : And, finally, as the preachers say, a few words about “ politics,” and I will bring this prolix epis tle to'a close: The Kentuokians are; it is evident, disgusted'with the present imbecile,' “weak kneed ” 'Administration; indeed, it'would (be strange if they were not so. Bold, manly,' tad deoided themselves, they look, for boldness, man liness, and deoision. In their leaders, . Mr.! Ru ohanan has shown ‘himself-to be utterly destitute of these qualities. < Where are-Kentuokians to look- for them ? - Need I answer, in that bold cham pion of popular rights who has reoently brought a corrupt and unscrupulous Administration cowering to his feet? The gallant Douglas is the idol before which the great, honest Kentucky heart has made its offerings. -There.is something eminently pleas ing in the coarse which this hold and pafcridfcio ohieftain has pursued. Chivalrous themselves, they admire chivalry in others. While Douglas retains • the affections .of the I doubt not! in tho least his doing so—he ,will hove 'their hearty and undivided support. v- ; * . 1 The Three Fishers. . ‘ sr THE BBV. CIIAULBS KIKOSLBY. Three Fishers,went Sailing out into the West— ; - Out into the West, as tbe sou went down; ' / , Etch thought of the woman that lov’d him the best, - And the children stood watching them out of the town j 1 ’ For men must work and women must Veep, -> And toere’sjittle to eSrsand many to keep, i Though the harbor bar bff moaning. Three wires sat up in the light-house tower, f And they trimm’d the,lamps as tbe buq went down( Th«y look’d at the f quail, and they look’d at the show’r, ' And tbe night-ruck oarne rolling up ragged and brows,* But men must work and women must weep, ‘ Tho'storms be sudden and waters deep, < And the harbor bar be moaning. £ Three corpses lay out on the shining sands, : In the morning gleam as the tide went down; • And the .women are watching and wringing their hands For those who will never come back to the town; S For men must work and women must weep, . And the sooner its o’er tbe sooner to sleep, ’! And .good-bye to the bar and its moaning. j [From Punch.] Three merchants went riding out into the West,, \ On the top of the ’bus, a a the sun'went down r Etch thought of his w'fe, and how richly shedrest,] • And the growing circumference ofhernew gown; i[ For wives must dress and husbands mustpay, And there’s plenty to get and little to gsjr While the milliner’s bill is running. Three wives sat rp in Jane Olarko’s for hours,- * And they told her to pat every article down; . ; They ordered the silks snd they ordered thefiowers,; And the hill it kept rolling up, gown upon gown; j For wives mjwt dress and husbands will pay, • - Though perhaps they will be in a terrible way, , f When'they’re dunned for the bill that is running. Three bankrupts were figuring in tbe gazette, On a' Toesday'njght, when 1 the sdn went' down, And the women wore weeping and quite in a pet, i ; For the dresses they nevec will show to the town a For wives will dress, htubanda can’t pay, \ And bankruptcy’s surely the pleasantest way. - ; To get rid of the bill and the dunning. latest Foreign News. The Bank of England, on tbe'loth instant, re duced tho rate <of discount to 2J per'oent. Tbit step ore&ted quite a sensation in the city, as had ceased to expeot tho reduction. The rise in exchanges,'the accumulation of gold, thedifficulty of finding profitable investments, and the lower rates of discount accepted in the open market; will,* however, account for the alteration. The result was an' increasing firmness on the Stock ‘K»»h«mge„aud.flopy>lgj:ogeabout^ f peroent/- i *- - In jrsgpsoa at a baoqpefe gars’ Company m Londori,' tn’d Earl of "CarnarVonr (riot a member of the Cabinet) took tbe ooportu-- nity of deolaring tho total dtssept of. the Govern-*' ment from the recommendations of Sir J. Young’s, purloined despatch relating to the future polioy to be pursued in tho - protectorate of the lonian- Islands. A second edition of the Cork Reporter nn-! nounces that ou tbe morning of tho 7th Deoember,' fifteen prisoners, charged with , being members of an illegal society, arrived by the Bandon train,- under the escort of a largo body of police. The ouptured scorned to be all yonng men of respecta-* ble position in sccioty. Twelve of- them are from Skibheroon, and tbre-c fcomßantry. The'capture was effected on Wednesday night, when most of the parties were in bad. They are charged with; being members of the PnusnU Society, and the in -formations have boon sworu against them by ono< of their own body, (the old story,) a person named 1 Sullivan. The object, of this confederation of fools is said to have boen for the purpose of obtaining an invasion of Ireland by Amerioan filibusters. Tho Warning Post having stated'that Mr. Ho roc o Rumbold had been nominated’'British minister to Pekin, tbe Times state ment that the Hon. Frederick Brace, brother to Lord Elgin, is to have the mission, and that Mr. Rumbold will merely accompany him in an in ferior onpaoity." Lola Mon tea is leoturing on America and its people in Dublin. Mr. Herbert Ingram, proprietor of the Illus trated London News , one of the members of Parliament from Boston has been .mulcted in the sum of £3OO by a jury for misrepresenting knowing ly that he had booome the purchaser, in 1852, of the Castlo Hyde ostato, in the county of Cork, and so lending himself to a fraudulent misrepresentation of the fate JohnSadleir, made by him to tbe plain tiff (Mr. Vincent Soully, a distinguished member of the Irish bar,) whereby the plaintiff was prejudiced. Tub Lowndean Professorship of Astronomy, va cated by.the death of the Dean of Ely. has been oooferrea upon Mr. Adamß, Fellow of Pembroke, who, it will be remembered, oleimed the discovery of tbe planet- Neptune with M. Leyeirier,. Mrs. Isabella Begg, nee Burns, the youngest sister of the poet, bas'just died at Bridgehouse, near Ayr, inker 88th year. She was interred' in the yard of Allowaykirk,’Tieside her brother. Tbe Paris'obrrespondent of the Times says: “I learn that the 21st instant is the day appointed for hearing M* d« Montatembert’s appeal. The Presi dent or the Court will be M. Perot de Cbeselles; the Rapporteur . M. Treilhard, of tbe Court Im perial ; and M. Ohaix d’Est Ange will act as Pro cttreitT. There are several versions afloat; the one which seems most credited, is that the Bnlpe ror’s pardon will be pleaded in answer to the ap- extraordinary foat, eays Qalignanl, of »lay ing eight games of ohess simultaneously without seeing the board iu instance, will be per formed by M. Hnrrwits. in the rooms of the Paris chess-club, over tbe Cafe de la Regenoo, on the eventog of the 18th inst, M. Harm its makes no seleotionof his adversaries, )but is ready-to break a lance on this occasion with any players that may he proposed What will add to the interest of this great effort of memory, is tho faot that, in* all probability, M. Andersson, the great Breslau player, will be present, that gentleman having written word that he hopes to be iu Paris a little before that time. ... ... The father of the Jewish child Mortara is about to settle in Franco. A letter from Rome In tho Gazette de Liege, states that the fcfaored Collogo at Rome has resolved to prevent the recurrence ot any case similar to that of Mortara -in future, by directing that Christians Bh&ll not In future be allowed to enter the service of the Jews It would seem, from letters from Spain, that the expedition to Moxloo will he on a larger scale ‘than was supposed. During the Queen’# visit to Corunna last August, it was resolved to .form a general depot thore.forthe recruiting, equipment, and instruction of men for Porto Rio'S and the Havana, and to supply the deficiency caused by draughts of troops rrom the Antilles to Mexico» “There are eoveral depots of tho same kind estab lished at the'ether ordinary ports of embarkation for Amerioa, snob as Cadis, Santander, And Bar celona. , There is to be, moreover, a grand depot at Porto Rioo, where the troops, ate to remain a fixed time to get accustomed to a tropical climate before they ponetrated to the unhealthy Gulf or Mexico. “ The. polioy of O’Donnell about Mexi co,” says a private letter, “ is to put forth' all our available strength, which he thinks, perhaps not unjustly, will make us more respected there, ny our enemies as by our friends.” , There are continued indications of disturbance In Northern Italy, to which a circular just issued by Sardinia, repudiating all thought or possibility ot war with Austria, is calculated to minister.- The Turin journals speak of a riruggle as a thing which oannot be long delayed. # A Milanese cor respondent of th a Piccolo Corners of Italia as serts that collisions havo already taken place, and many arrests made in Milan and Pavia. In the latter town concealed arms had been discovered,' and tho garrison reinforced. Hasty orders were said to have been givon for new fortifications at Venice. In tho University of Mosoow, gratuitous instruc tion is givon to all applicants in musto, dancing, and fencing. A Young Rufsian.—The Detroit Tribune notices the appoaranoe, in the streets of that oity, of Charles Baker, who, four year? ago, at the ag® of sixteen, was sent to the State prison for iue. Ho was the leader of a gang of burglars, who were a terror to the owners of merohanaieein Detroit, and although hie sentence was approved at tne time, Btill it was a matter of surprise . a only sixteen, years old should direoled the "Bchemos, securing m men old enough to be hu fathof This boy Bakec having behaved himself during the four Joan of his imprisonment in tho most exemplary manner, was nardonod by Governor Bingham, on that »o. qoont and in consideration of his extreme youth. nOFIOE DOBKkSPPMOiCHn. Oovreepondenta for “To Fuss” will pleus bear is mind the following ralas: Xvery eommunieatioa must be aeeompanied ty the name of the' writer/' In nrder to insure correotoees la the typography, but one side ef the sheet should be Written upon* - We shall be greatly obliged to gentlemen in Pass* sylvaaia and other State# far oontributlons firing tbe opnreat news of-the day in their j particular the resources of the surrounding eountry, the increase of population/orsayinformation tost will be Interest ing to the general reader. GENERAL NEWS. “Let Me Kiss Him fob His Mother.”— The editor of the New Orleans Advocate has this ;?® l 5®PA a bout the ravages of the yellow fever in f®Jated to him by one of the Methodist pastors,. The' preacher was called a few days sineeto attend the funeral of a young man.' Bo to sickness he was a stout, buoyant,- m&nlv youth. He was from the State of Maine, and hid been here put a short time. ’He was attacked by yellow fever, and soon died,' with no- mother or relative to watoh by his bed-side, or to soothe hi&i • with that sympathy which none but those oi 1 cur own * dear kindred blood’ can feel or .manifest. He died among strangers,and was buried by thesi. when the funeral service was over, aid the strange friends who had ministered to him were about to finally dose the,coffin, an oldlady/who stood by. stopped them and said, f Define kiss him for his mother P , We have yet to find the first man or woman to whose eyes this simple recital has not brought tears.” r Wz are sorry to perceive that dealers have stooped to the us fairness of attemptlngto deprlvo “Bufnettd; Co.:of the r just reward of-their skill and enterprise, by .offering-in.'tbe<m&rkct an arliole evidently intended to be sold with the ira presnon that it is tbe justly celebrated ’and very valuable “ Goooaine,” while it is >qnite another affair, mada-ln New York,'and oalled, to af’oid a iMwltive imitation, “ Cocoine ” This is a* potr subtonuge, and should not be suffered to be prac ?* W?** of . the very respectable, and re sponsible gentlemen who have' devoted so znnoh time, care, and capital in offering to' tbe public their excellent invention, the “ Betaine.” tad wo trust tb<y will have ample legal protection against so palpable an infringement of their rights.—Bos ton Post. 'v , . . ■ ~ The New Yorkers are having a fine time on the Central Park Pond, whleb has been made into a oapital skating place.- A part of i the noud has been set apart for children and their parents; and huts, with stoves in them, are to be built on Bhoro for the benefit of ladies and children, and of tho«e who happen to get a bath. ,A portion of the pond is also set apart for skating and curling clubs. Officer# are.present to preservh order, 1 catch’pick pockets, etc; A, thief • stole a'pair of skates on Christmas, was arrested, apd obliged to give $6OO bail. On Christinas morning the .Tee'wa#-three or four inches thick, and from morning till night the number of 'ckatcra increased, and ‘ori Sunday nix or seven hundred were oir theloo at a time. ' . EiTKAORBiHAur OoiL.—The I Parkersburg (Va.) News announces the diseovery.'in that re gion, of a speoimen of coal - which Is said to surpass the oaniisl. The News adds“ It is very light, and pan he Ignited as easily as a pieoe of dry white pine Wood.- It ii extremely gaseous, and omits a very strong odor when bnm »«■ A, piece as Urge as a small marble, placed in-the bowl of a olay pipe, made air tight, and then inserted in a hot fire, gave out gas enough at tho end of the sfem to bum, frith a bright light, for five minutes. : It only could’Sensed for making Bas or; ell it h«8 .not sufficient solidity to bum in.a grate or store;,but would probably- ran oat through the bars in a tort of oil or.pitch.” , Mr. R: H. Tbipp from Hampden, Wisoonrin, to the Spiritual Telegraph, that the spirit# have broken his habit of ohewicg tobacco. He says that on a cortam occasion he' was riding across the prairies in hla hia quid of tobacco was taken out of his mouth by-the invisibles,'and bis mouth made to taste as-though it was filled with copperas; ahd.thathehas never been&ble to take a qoid since. The same writer relates, that a medium, - who was under spiritual control) wanted a drink of .water*,and that tbe spirits took him down into a well twenty feet, to the water, and brought him np with a dipper two thirds full. ’• "- - •Taxiso Cabs of Himself*:—ln Cincinnati, a few evening#-since/ a*dx-foot'Hookier was ob served by 1 a - policeman 'walking* on -the'router edge 6f the sidewalk, swinging a brick, and when balled; replied, VDou’t come .-The officer; however; “surrounded” Him,-as a I)atoh mau'would say, when the Hoorier said he bad the' proceeds of adroveof hogs In hfcrpochet; andhe feared bp wonld ; be robbed if .he went to hi# hotel, and lest anybody should garrotohim in the strret, ho .carried the brick, and-walked along the outride of tbe sidewalk;' ■ * A iTaw named Hankford, living in Dinwiddle county. a pet bear whidh be kept ohaioed In the. door-yard. •A short*time vinee, his son, .a fine hoy of tbfrteen; thoughtlessly annoyed the bear by punching him- with' a: pole, and. hap pening to come within reach of the.enraged beast, the bear caught him, crashed in hi# ribs, and tore his arm out attheehoulderV-heferethe’unfortuhato lad could be xesoued. The bear was immediately Shot. . . ' . A Valuable 'Pjlar.^-At the Christmu ex* eroiscs in the 'Paoifle Btreet M. ErOhufeh, Brook lyn, New York,' the pastor; Rev; Mr.- Milbnfne, was presented with a monster- pear, which, fora time, excited some cariosity; It was finally opened, and in tbe centre was fonnd a oheok on a specie paying bank for $615, payable to the order of 'toe pastor. A laborer named James Doe, of Hardiog ham t Norfolk, Eogland, lately lost hi# life in en deavoring to eat a pound of'raw.sausages in .two minutes. He had nearly, accomplished the filthy feat,‘when the last sausage stuck In his throat and caused'hlrdoato, v - *- , a New/York on Sunday night,--ran np stain to the toiTd story-of tho house he had been operating in.'and finding olose behind Mmjraised the window and leaped into toe street, failing bn his-faoe and bruising it horribly. The Woodstock (Gt.) Standard is respon slbrefor the statement that a hen, killed in Hart land, last week, after h knife was put through her throat, and her feathers pioked off, effected bor escape, and ran to her nest in the bam, and laid an egg. Southern Gold Mikes. —According to the statistics, published in the New York Herald, the goldmines in North Carolina havo, since 1838, yielded the sum of $9,458,223, and those of Geor gia $7,579,052. A Corbet Band in St. Louis ordered, from of pure silver instrument? The leader’s cornbt-toofrgQld, and eastssljs&9. A enare drum cest $145. ■ The Bon-Mots of Talleyrand# A wonderful wit was Talleyrand.' His bon mots, which for thirty years wore -the delight of Frenchmen and the rest of mankind, are marked not merely by' the brevity which is always the soul of wit, but by subtlety of thought and delipa oy of expression which constitute their highest charm. Besides this, the keenest sarcasms had usually a certain air of good breeding that dis tinguished them, greatly to his credit,-from .the malignant jest# oLßoger# and the rough retorts of Douglas Jerrold. Nothing in the way of a witty and oivil rebuke could be finer than his reproof of a young gentleman who was boasting of the ex treme beauty of his mother, apparently implying that it might account for the same advantage in the person of the son: O' etait done , said the great diplomat, blandly, Monsieur votre pere qui n'etait pas si bten ! “It was your father, then, who was not handsome!” Lord Holland, in Ms Foreign ReinlDlseenoes, gives another bon-mot of Talleyrand, frhioh is not to be fonnd in the old list of his olever sayings.. At the time when the celebrity of Chateaubriand, the valneßt of sfil Frenchmen, was rapidly on the wane, it happened to be mentioned in conversation that he was growing quite deaf, and that ha com plained bitterly of that infirmity.' la said Talleyrand, depuis qulori- a cess'e de parley de lui, il se croit soutd7 “I understand; sinoe everybody has ceased talking about him he be-* lievea himself deaf!” The only ungallant remark that is recorded among his innumerable jests is his saucy comment on the tender regard that he had' onoe entertained for Madame de Stael: “It faut avoir ante, Mme. de Stael pour connaitre tout lebonheur d'aimer une bate !”- But his finest witticism, and as happy a sarcasm as ever oAme from any* man, is told in Lord Brougham’s Times of George 111. This has all the politeness as well as the sabtle wit that usually characterized the . bon-mots of Talleyrand Not long after his breach of friendship with Madame de gt&el, that very intellectual ana extremely mas culine woman wrote hor novel ‘of Delphine, in : which Bho satirised her former friend- in the 'character of an old woman, while she intended all toe delloate oharms of toe heroine to be ta 'ken as hers. Chanoing to meet Madame de S. soon-after the publication of the book in a fashionable assembly, -he said to her, bowing politely, “ I understand, msdame, that in your last novel you and I figure as dtsguiscdfemales The retort waq certainly a stunner, and for keen' wit was such as no other man could have made. : Rut never was a wind bag so handsomely puno tured as when he took the “ sublime” out of an egotistloal and vainglorious speeoh of Mirabeau. At some important political crisis the great orator was descanting in sooiety on toe qualities which a minister required to extricate the nation from its difficulties? namely,' great knowledge, genius, familiarity with the upper dosses, the gifc of writing and speaking eloquently, all oF which qualities, it was obvious enough, he reokoned as his own. Everybody stared with admiration, bat Talleyrand, who simply listened attentively to the end, and then observed: “It seems to me you have emitted one of the qualities of this re- - markable man; should be not be very mnoh pitted with smallpox, {pique de la petite verole ) This could be none other than Mirabeau, and the effect upon toe auditors oan only be imagined.— Boston Post, The Tariff and the President# ‘ .(From the Baltimore Exchange, an Administration paper.] Tho President—whoso sagacity no ooe will deny however much wo may lament that it Is too often employod on subjects and betrayed by men wholly beneath his notion—took a statesman-like ana practical view of the question In his late message. his fate to differ with the Secretary of the Treasury, whioh he did with the modesty be coming their relative positions. He stated, as the result Of his long experience and reflection—which are entitled to the highest respect from a oountry in whose service he has grown grey—that “ snecfic duties" afforded the most certain incidental pro tection to home manofaotures, and the rarest safe enard against fraud. Mr. Cobb, by a dexterous manipulation of figures, made It appear, and so said, that frauds" were 'as common before as sinoe the adoption of the ad valorem system, and coolly gave Mr. Buchanan’s suggestions the go*by—re garding thorn, probably, as the result of the preju dices of an old Pennsylvanian gentleman some what behind the times and rusty in.his political, economy. We trust the fa ot that Mr. Buchanan is merely the President of the United States will not cause his views to be slighted when compared with those of the.high dignitary-who opposeshim,. but that the difference or .opinion between, thee© eminent statesman—whioh has been stf frankly • laid befere'the world—will lead to an examination of. their respective systems, and a final adoption of a line of policy wiser, more stable, and mpre ap-. pro&ohinga finality,'than any-we have.yet had in*- yolving tills Important Street*
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