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mga-. COPARTNERSHIP heretofore ex-
JL between- the subeetibers, under the firm of
MaOALLA m this day. dissolved, by mutual,
conseht.The bustoe'* of tb* .firm will be settled by.
eltheb-hf the 'underelgued.'who are' authorized to use
the ndm* oHthe Arm in liquidation.
M -EDWIN. MOOADLA.
i > ~ .. , <UO. P. HXBSB, • .
Philadelphia, Joouary.26,lBBo . ja2s-6tP
— The uodenigDed
\J (iate-of tW. Ht QOBBTMAHN A SORB) have this
day associated themselves as Importers and Wholesale
Dealers in LADIBBV DBBBd TRIEMOIGB, at No. 61
Sonth FOURTH Street; above'Chestnut, under the
nameUud stjle of RVAnB fc HABSADL. • "■
H '* O. RVANB,.
WILLIAM 8. HABSALL.
Philadelphia, tannery 16>386t>.., ~ J*l6 12t
D. HOOVER (late V: S-
J» uMtrahal for the District of Columbia) has asso
ciated hlmlelf ;wl tor WALTBB 'D; DAYIDQB, Conn-
MllorAt Jj*w. , Bualnew before the U. 0. Supreme and
Circuit Courts, .the Court of.Olaima, and the Executive
Bepirtmchts'protniitlj'atte tided to.' Address DAYIDGI
* Washington City.
jU4-tr. ,- • • -.» .if > : - j
JOS. G.KITTENHQTJSEj.orthe late firm
o'B.'UHORNDRArCO Vwfli oonHnhe the Whele
aale Varnish Manufacturing, la all Ita : brahches,as
her6tofore;aLthaold v - ; < -
Thankful tor past favoijitfcesoUeUsthe cos tom of.the
former patrons of, B O'. HOBNOB A GO.,' and hopes by
etrlcthttchtiQntb hudukas" to ooatfnue to give entire
vLVpyr-'i: >.'*^f- r -- m a - \
Store— J BOH at. hat Second and Third *ts.
Pactory— At COOPSRVILLB, Twenty-third ward,,
iat-lm*/ 'V v ;
V XKITEB' PARTNERSHIP.—Ths Sub-
Li eftriWrilj'erebjr give’notlce tbai'theyhaTa entered
Into a Limited Partnership, agreeably,to the provisions
of of the Commonwealth, of Pennsylvania re
lating to Limited Partnerships. ‘
That the name or firm ruder which said partnership
is to be .contacted is HR.WOOD, MARSH, & HAY
waro,»•;/ .' i,i - • • • ,
That the general nstnre of the Business Intended to
he transacted Is. the Pry Goods fobbing and flptfhtog
Boslnetf. - 51 >< ; ‘
That the namebnf airthe' general, and special part
ners Interested (hereto,' .are" BENJAMIN V. MAuBH
(general nertoer); HAYWARD (general
p4Ttn»r),l£pWAftD Y. TOWNSSND (general partner),
HtfNKY HhNDKRBOS (general p»rtaer), RIOBARD
WOop.(generil partner), ALFRED H FO3TRR (gene
ral ptttnerh JUOHnBD P.’ WOOD (speoial'partnerj,'
and JDSIAS'BAOON (special partner), and all of them
the said partners, general and speolal, reside in the
City of' Philadelphia:
That tbe'aggregate amount of the capital contributed
by the speciifpartuers to the Common Stock', Is Two
hundred ' thousand * dollars; of ' whloh * One hundred
thousand dollars, !n cashr'hss been so contributed, by
the said RICHARD P. WOOD, special partner, and of
which, One hundred thousand dollar*, in oash, has
been so oontrlbuUd, : bv the said JOBIAR BACON, spa*'
dalpartueV.
That the period atwbtoh the sald ; partnership is to
commence, Is the thirty-first day of December, A.P.
1858, and the -period at .which it tmt - terminate.' is-the
thirty-diet day of Peoember, A-P. 1803.
. BIOHARDD.WOOO./Specialfartser.
JOSIAB BACON, Special Partner.
BBNJN. V. MARfIH. .
- .. . L W* HAYWARD, '
. , ~i Y. TOWNSEND. .
v HENRY HBNpSfiSON, • 1 . • -
- RICBARDWOOD. - . .
m..., ALFRED H..FOSTBR,.
Phllada., Deo. 31,1868. _ Jal-dw
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rjMIEXARGESTPESKiBEPOTIN
"• * i : traiON,;-;
= r .H 0.&.U BX; *; H.U 0 R‘,
• (fludaecsorttoX. T. Hammltt,') !
MANUf ACTURBES' OF. - T:. •
A. L. ADAMS’ IMPROVED DESK RAQR.
No. 289 fibuth THIRD Btrnt, ' ''
Philadelphia.
OniflJ, RANK, And SQHOOL PURNItUBBj ,
' SitßNfllON TABLBB, BOOKOABKB,
• - .wardrobes, Aa. ; , JMo
CABINET tU&NITURE ANdBILLIARD;
V/ TABLBB. /, .? I,* «.
MOORE & CAMPION, 1 :
. No. 201 apulH bkoon'd;b <'rbkt, ' -.-
In connection with their egtenfire'CabinetßotlaeM,
ere now mutufaotnnog a superior artlcleof ' T 'V
BILLIARD f •
aodtave now on hand a*Tull supply, fialahed with .
ACoiP&R:'mjpABjl^Q|6&dUKiHExJ^^^MSHP)nKr^r
•\ ; fof hag tai*lihf ,UiWe raanu-’
faetmurs refprto K ih«ir nttme'rOttSMtroos' throughout
the UDion, who.are finUliar. withthe character ortbeir,
woiki' f ‘ ! f '"‘ “
EleiUistrj).
■ B V - A'.- DD : EE ;
- •*•- jaanttt, -•
OSIn, No. 37 North. TENTH Street, (cotier of Fii
tartd' ' • .. aso.ii, >
> ' EetaiHDtjj ®ooi)0.
$94 000 WORTH OF> s
, DRY GOODS,
' ''
BIX «**-'■» • '
••. f & tf/'zzfrxwrium'-Y >'• •- ■- ■
; i STOCK.-,
. . , OOOPBB & OONABD,
21’ *' "8. B. corner MKTS And MiBKST.
piORfSIX DAYS ONLY, i
J? -$54,999 yorth of ;PaX QOODS atPBIMJSOQST,
\>e!ore,t«.XlAgßtock.. . * .
" T - , COOPBB &; CONARD, .
j&U ' MARKET.
BBAYER CLOAKS,
JU *. .i ■ ,FOEvOOI.D'WEATHBB :
„,JU3t RECEIVED, ♦ . v .
t -' r v \ t *'■AndwlU & Bold at
*-•••*-> J. M*TORS,~• •
< - THB BSA80N? i- *-
J - W.W?B OO T O a • & 0 0 iV
ja2o - * TOB OHESTNTJT STKKBT. .
f'ILOTHS AHD CASSIMEBBSWe have
\y »tlJt l oQ. i h*iHi a desirable s’oek of, .Wiatsr Goitfs,
in new. styles of bearj. Gc»tlnjj*,y*noy Oasslmeres,
nod Mixtures for full stilt*. 1 *
Also, 'l .
jolB .. BHABPLSBB BROTHERS. ;
I7INGLISH BLANKETS., , , ,
Jdi HtaVV Square XogliihDbakets l* '
Preinmia American YY'd®' •
Howe Blanketa.Tronlngdo.-, .
1 ExtrsftuaHtyTpUetQorits.
; V«log* nukes of Marseilles QnUts,
]3P"*_ T ~ . jBHABPLEM BROTHEBg:
CLOAISB B^DUCJBp^f-We ) hare marked
oar Oloaks ijill oi Modtorarr lair prlcai, is ordar
to disk* room,/or oar ’Soring TmportoUoo of. Lwe
Point* ant) > /«
Jstß. i V'- . BHABPLBBB DBOTBBBB.
r* OOD3 REDUCED PBIOB TO STOCK
\X T mUro\
• ■ , THOBNUSY *i OBIBW,' !
W«uld leave to uosoaooe that tbeHoHdarir btfor
now over they are prepirfog for Steck-taJilne.end'wilX
OLOBB OUT VERY CHEAP ! V; ' -
THE BALANCE Of THBItt ' PALL AND WINTER
* .goods ii , , •
Cloak* and Baglas*.
arid-flilk*,: :^/i 9 < ,
Metlooai aodO*ahmsraa f .
DeLafnerand Peroiattai. .-■
BatiflTrfcTew* and TilencUf,
Chlateos and Ginghams,
Cloths bod OiwUaereflj .
- 4 Blanket* and Shawls,
■, LinensaodMuslins, ~
<£alAe and Plano CoroTi, .
rw\Tsble Linen* and Towel*.
-V~ •.- y.X - T '> ; Hosisjy *ndGl6to*,'&c,j&o
With a weir d«orfed general stock of
-4 • AWDifITAPLB DRY GOODB,
All Bought OBBAS .for OABO, and now to be sold
/ . AT REDUCED PRIOISI
To Glowoiit pxepM*t<jTjrtov> "• /. ?:,-
TAKING i /
t HOB H I*;®! I *•C H I 8 M * 8 ,
HortbtAstOorosr BIGHTH A SPRING GARDBN -•
«WR SELL FOR CASH‘‘AND BAYS BUT ONE
’i • pbiob •
“ A JltUs} bTrtofteu, Oil* the Pane,??
IJIRA9KWN FOND-4
V /Ho,‘lS* Sooth'PQUBTH fitrtet,, Between
Chestnut JuJd ,; Walnut/ Philadelphia, pays ell
deists (m'Semind* * ’ *''■ r -‘
. Depositor*,' money secured by Gorernment,
State, ;axld Qroind; Bente/Mort.
gigßß,'Ao; i % •'
,This Company deems safety better tbanlaige
faoflto, will* run ao risk withde
pftsltors' money: but here: it.at all timed ready
fco'retdhi with 6 per' cent, interest to the owner,
M/they haye always ddiid,* This Company oarer
suspended.- 4 ’V
.PezaaleSf msrried. and Minors can
deposit In their-, own, right, and such deposits
can be withdrawn' oytTbythelroonseni - '
Charter perpetual/ incorporated hy the State
[of Peanßylyaniai yith’anthority to
oey f/om trustsesand exeeutoit-/ "
/LABGB aNB BMAIiL BUMS BBOsHbD: ,
.Office opes daily frota 9, to 8 o’cUwk. and on
Wednesday and Saturday eVenlngs until sb'clk,
dib*otobB. iv/i \
Jacob B. Bhaniictf, f ' OyruS OadsriUeder''
JdKhßfcindler, j Georg® KoCsell,.
ttalafefcl W. Sloan,*/ ■ * T/Hyatt,
Leyifl Krombhaer, , .fldnry Delanjr,' *
Hlcbolaa KittenhQtuie,' .'Natjiafi gniMUey,' '
Jofc, H. Blanchard.
v Ji '' t r ■ josefea Wr Lfpplncott.v 1 l
.... JACOB 8.. SHANNON, President, 1
I CtsdB Oli)Tri.ii'ADi«i - Treasure*.// ' • - !
LM-Jc '...- . ; ' 7-lJ
<* A Dollu IV,M la twlMaaroed.’ 1
CATIXfQ {-STATES
O.xßdm uom»amt, <*nntr or thdu> ud chast-
Strati? V;. ■s%■+;•s% i'j i: s.'/-.''*«■" (- lt ■ -,
fcaxffe «wk «sall«tua* ywe\*%&, »A Mid tnjok An d*
Bind, natiSTirltoyrPtf tmOMOT INTIS
Offlw hoar>‘.gQßV 8 gatH 8' o’albok.trcrT day. and oa
MOin>AY L JifSslNWifrMtfTnata» ©'elockTT' ’* "7.
- nßAm.R»,j*lf M ; *a*lail, Ir»l*»4,**a IkwUi**,
i f^wWiar/' :,f
t'HUBITO'—WiIMT WBK. ~ -
wtt-jiUm u,nutiTn,
VOL. 2-r-NO. 153.
| , Uusurmtce Companies,
Statement of the affairs op
tHB UNION MUTUAL INSUBAKOX COMPANY
of f BIL&.DELPHIA, ia conformity with a provision
ofJtsOhhrter:
pRIMIUMg from January 1,1858, to Jana- -
ary 1,1859 $212,823 6
pEUMItJMS earned on Marina and Inland
_ Rinks during the year ending as above... 9186 680 26
RECEIVED from Intemton investments.. ' 7458 66
1 $193 918 81
LOCKS' Return Premiums,‘Reinsurances,
ixp-oflesi and Oomn)!u!ons daring the' ... „„
seino period, and bad debts. Bl
ABSBrfl OF THB COMr 47, January 1, 1659.
- 6,000 Pennsylvania 6 per cent. Doaosj cost., $5,956
10.000 Philadelphia Oity 6 per cent. Loans, “ 10,300
7,003 CityOf Pittsburg6 " u “ 6790
7,000 -d - do. ;■’« 6 “ “ “ 6,800
41,620 Camden and Amboy Railroad 6 .per
[ cent. J50nde.....^................> l( 41.718
14,610 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal 6
i - pereent. 80nd5.................. u 14,010
• s,o6oNcrth Pennsylvania Railroad 6 per
; cent. 80nd5..,.. u 8,760
100 shares North Penna. Railroad...... <{ 6,000
117 •' < Sank << 14,7C0
" 1 87 “ Delaware Mutual Insurance
' ! Company. “ 2,176
4° “ Delaware Railroad Company »< 1,000
<- > Sundry Stock of Steamboat and Tel*,
graph Companies, and Certificates
of Profit in Mutual Insurance Com
pany,...j “ 18,077
, . j $124 870
Nsttkated;ralneof the above.. ....$100,640
Cash on hand....... , 8,035
Blllf Receivable... 60,988
Dttei the Company foe unsettled Premium?,
' Salvages, and other accounts. 77,873
1 • RICHARD S. SMITH, President.
•Jog, COLua&H, Secretary.. , Jal4-12t
I «r JBtttftittw.’
yy-HteELER A "WILSON’®
| SEWING MACHINES,
ADDUCED PRICES.
NEW 8T7W>,560.,
All the former patterns $26 less on each Machine.
. A NEW TENSION. *
i NO WINDING OF UPPER THEN AD.
A HAMMSR WHIOH TURN 3 ANY WIDTH OF
\ HAM. OR FELL,
; OVVIOSB
] 628 OHBSTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
| No. 7 West STATE Street, Trenton, N.J.
\ N0.,7 last OAT Street, West Chester, Pa.
ooTtofeM * ’
HARRiS*’ BOUDOIR SEWINO MA
. - OHINJ3 {goffered to the public as the most ire-
HaMelow-priced Sewing Machine in use. It will sew
froni six to sixty stitches to an inch, oa all kinds of
goods, from coarsest bagging to the finest cambrics. It'
to, without exception, the simplest in its meohaaleal
cppaWuction ever mad*, and can he ran and kept In order
by ajohlld of twelve years of ege.. .The opju*ii#mr of.
thisimaohine. andthe QOALivv or its woax, are war*
ranted to be unsurpassed by any other. Its speed ranges
from three hundred to fifteen hundred stitches per mi
nut*. The thread usedls taken directly from the spools,
Without THE TBOtJBLX 0* RKWHRDISO. In fSCt, it to S
machine that Is wanted by every family In the land, and
the low price of -
I THIRTY DOLLARS,
at which they are sold, brings them within the reecho!
almbet every one; > ■ 8. D. BAKER; Agent,
•> W-eow-Bm. 20 South EIGHTH Street.
ggfeßiM PIANO-FORTES CORRECTLY
nTfTJTUNBD by 0.1?. SARGENT. Satisfaction
warranted. Orders left at No. SO4 CHESTNUTStreet.
Ter|a»,9l.t Twelve, years*-factory experience Ja4-2m*
iOMi FIAKO FQRTSS. r
fiilffl ; Just received, ah,elegant stock of RAVEN,
BAtjOßj k',QO-j NUNNB A. CLARK* HAXDBT.DA.
YIS CAIJBA CO. B.PIANOS. .• MRUODE
-098 of bestqiullty, at J. 9. GOURD’S,
1 8.9. oornerRBVENTH and CHESTNUT its.
«l»19«r.»' ’i. .
|j ; ;©tttw,,3Pi*tolo, #t.
pjKW GUN STORE.
jPHI LI P Vf lb SON &' GO.,
- p 483 OHKBTBUT BTRBET,,
Askjthe attention of Merchants, Ghnimlthe, and Sports
men. to the jery Bmstoa fowling pieces, BiSes,. etc.
of their own menaraotare,,whi& ere not surpassed by
the) beat Imported. Gons in' qnaUty< end finish. Tk®
f. cJQtiABfl: or. JNGLIBH AND, PRENQH GUNS,
J ’<»: - - Of the celebrated stamps of ' ,
f > ''Westte/tßichardi, - Moore A Harris,. .
Vnifljt ' Dean A Adams, <,
i. Greener, , , r PondcTauxJA Jmwy, Ac.,
together with a complete sicok of the cheaper style o(
English and Belgian Gaos, which will be eold at the
■ lowest market rates. '
ALL YABIETTOr GUNSMITHS* TRIMMINGB>
. socji Stocks,.Bode, Mountings, -Masks;
GnnßegSjLoeks, and Lock Fnrniture, J3%’a Ospe, Card
k tridges, Wads, &c.» on the most favorable terms to
• -the; trade/ '' • * * . >£ >jal&>tfsU
} atonietiioheta
PEIIiJB - .C ORT l r
K' BIS KRINGLK HEADQUARTERS—
-We hfve Jtirt feeelred.gar French Confectionery,
and afe manufacturing * superior article of Harsh Mel
loir) Gum Drops,’Bon Bona, Cream Bate*, Ac. o*ll
and supply youfaelVea with the heat Confectionery in
this effort JEFFRIEB A EVANS’.
aol«-8ti ,Ho . 718 HARKST 8t„ l»t. 7th nhd Bth. ;
jgikttttenten’g jTtt missing Oooba.
IH7INOHESTER & 00., GENTLEMEN'S
, fV- SDBRIBHUta STOKB
7ATIH* BHOtJIDKR BSAH BHIHT MANDfAC
. ’ ! : TORY,
At tha Old Stand) No. 7M CHESTNUT STRUT, oppo
«lte the Washington Bourn.
"A. WINCHESTER will rive, as heretofore, his per*
tonal supervision to the Cutting and Manufacturing
deportments,. Orders for his celebrated style of Shirts
and Collars filled at the shortest nottoe. Wholesale
trade supplied on liberal terms. ‘ • jy24-ly
J : W. SOOTT, (lat© of tha Arm of Wnr
e osssrxa A toon,) I GENTLEMEN’S FURNISH*
INft STORE and SHIRT MANUFACTORY, 814
CHESTNUT Street, (nearly opposite the Girard House.)
phund«iphii;.; A'*r. .■■■ •
J. ,W* would respectfully gall the attention of Us
(omer natrons andfnends to his new Store, and is pre
pared ■;to fill orders for SHIRTS at short notloe. A
perfect fit guarantied. COUNTRY TRADE supplied
with FINE SHIRTS and COLLARS. ' Jylfctf
T K. CALDWELL 4 00.,
«F». ; . : , BM. CHJSTNtJT Btml.
-t Hayereoelred, per steamers, new stylet
‘ Jewelry, Chaiel&ins,.V«at Chains.
• Splendid Vans; Hair Tins. « ‘
■ : fruit Stands, Sugar Baskets,
. < let Goods and flower Vases.
! Coral. Lara'and Mosaic B«ts. ,
'• Sole Agents In Philadelphia for theaaleof Okarles
frodsham’sXONDON TIME-KEEPERS. nor 3
J! S. JABDEN i 880.
pVAianrAorußSiß amd inreanaß of
. v . , SILVER-PLATED WARE.
No. 804 Chestnut Street, shore Third, (up stairs,)
; Philadelphia. ...
• . on hand and for sale to the Trade,
'*££JE!?ifc!? 0 2 IWUHI0 N SERVICE SETB, URNS
Fl JS£££ 9 .» o £2 B £ ET8 t OUPB j WAITERS, BAS
; RETS, CASTORS.KNIVES,IipOONB, FORKS.
•, . . LADLES. Ac ' Ac. . .
• (Hiding plating on all kinds of metal. . *c2-ly
JB. VALENTINE A 00.,
• COttHXSbION. MERCHANTS
' ' - . non ibi sale or
AMERICAN MANUFACTURES,
No. 61 COMMON STREET,
NX W' OB li BANS .
Special ftttftittida'glven to Collecting and Remitting
Exchange. , ; r d2B*Bm*
A TJOTION, COMMISSION, AND GENE*
2%. BALAGENCY BUSINESS —*P. WELLINQ-TOH
hdviog permanently located hlmielf at Pensacola, Via.,
Inform* the publlo In general that he has opened on
PALAfOX Street, nearly opposite the Market House,
a general Auction, Commission, and Agenoy Bneineii.
ana would respeotfullj solicit consignments of all kinds
of goods and merchandise for Auction, or on Commls.
hitas / - dfi*mwAGZm&W9in
Linens, fob, mrn>s wear.
'Ameriofth Unon Company’s superior style Brown
Linen Coatings, X and various shades s Brown and
Bleaohed Linen lacks, various styles; Brown Linen
Drills r A /choice, assortment of the above Hoods now
6a temple, and tot sale by. JOSEPH LEA, ■
jllfi-ff r . and 1W CHESTNUT Street.
BiMVMh W. GROOMS. TBBOn D. SHORT,
/3.H00M8 & EMORY,'
VM: - GOAL DKAT.EBB.
MHIOH AMD 80HUYLKILL COAL,
„ Prepared expreeal y for Family n«o.
; TA.aD. No. 164 BBOAP Street, below Rao».
: Orders Jeftat OHAB. JBMQBT ft OO.’fi, Bankers, No.
1 6 BOath THIRD Street) or sent through Dispatch or
pjjft Office) will receive prompt attention. jal7>Bm#
r etousbkbkfbrs; look to tour
- Qr«at Beduotion in the price of
COAIj, ;Oheabest,nn.d heat, the subscriber haring
mkde contractafor his sapplj oi Goal* 1* enabled to
. -■ offer rerr Superior family Goal at the following re*
_ ducbd prices i f ' ' x
7 -. ! Broken Egg and 5t0re...........1d 00‘per ton
\ .C00king..,..;.,8-70 ({ “
. Largo Nat..,. 8 80 “
, ramaUifut;...... .......... 826 “ “
1 XWSSP 4 *® give satisfaction and foil weight In all
eases atJEXlok’S Old CentralTard, 8. B. eor. MARSHALL
aiijd Streets. d9-8m
FOXj. fli GO., wholesale and
X »t»ll here in , IjHIGH Ul BOHDTtKILL
OO&fr Lehjrt rtrwi and SIRMAN
TOm BQ®. BoinrtklU yard—RAOß and BKOAD
•wita) PhlltdtlphU. K«p’aon*UnUf on hud 0o»J
from the most »ppror®d mints, andtr WTSr, and pro*
fared tiyrswiyfor fuaUr are. m.|
Fume Smttt.
tOatctjes, Jemelrji, &c.
' (ffoirnmeawn
' dortl.
Nra> JJablitalions.
PETERSON’S COUNTERFEIT DETEC
TOR, FOR - FEBRUARY the Ist, IS NOW
READ 7. containing descriptions of
80 NEW COUNTERFEIT and
BPURIOUB BANK NOTES!
TERMS OF eUBSORIPIION TO
PETERSON'S COUNTERFEIT DETEOTOR AND
BANK-NOTE LIST.
Payable la Advance.
Monthly, par annum f 1 M
Semi-Monthly, per annum.. 2 CK>
PETERSOWS COMPLETE COIN BOOK,
Containing perfect facsimiles of all the various
Gold. Silver, and other Metalllo Coins throughout the
World,
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26,1869.;.
Through Baltimore to Washington,
There is much beauty, with little- variety,
in the scenery between Philadelphia and B&tl
more. So thought we', a few days ago, when
travelling upon that line, for the first time on
route to Washington. For what can be
charming than the journey, to Wilmington,*
with our noble Delaware in view, not continu
ously but in frequent glimpses, - almost all ihe
way. . The rapid flow of a noble river, irre
sistibly hurrying onward, to lose its separate
existence in the mighty ocean, may remind
one.of the course of human existence, ever
going forward, nntil It he lost in the far-off
depths of Eternity. • i
Miu’s life is but a voyage. By the shore
Of 1 sunny youth, his barque atrhile doth float }
'Till comes tbe fresh'aing of the'-breeze oad tide'
To seod It far abroad. There, with the waves,
It buffets bravely—holds Its forward -
Despite of lull or tempest -puaeß ships
Of statelieralse and sail—is left Itself, l
Oft, far behind by little tiny boats
Ohe aoaroe would trust upon a wavelets lake—r
Beaches the port of Age, with kattored hulk, , ■ .
(If it escape tbe hidden rocks which make ' ; '/ t
The sea of Time most dangerous,) and, at last,; -H’
ltd broken planks bestrew the ragged strand 1
Happy, Rethinks, acis they who glide between • J- -4
The banks of some fair river, nor speed forth ?' \. .
Dallying with Danger on Life’s troubled sea. '
Then, after leaving Wilmington—quite a'
bijou of a city, so neat in-appearance, and So,'
charmingly situated, in the heart of a beauti
fhl agricultural district—wo see Delaware bond
off,'and the road has a more landward path..
But if tbe train runs, so does the honr, and
soon we reach Havre-de-Grace— slightly dif
ferent from its commercial namesake
France. Different, indeed, in many things^- 1
for, if our Havre has not tbe Bhips which crorW
the port of its French namesake, it is vaitly
superior in the river which ilowshy it. What
is the tiny Seine; even though it does divide
stately Paris, to our own beautiful Susquehan
na, which falls into Ohesapeako Bay, just (by
Hayre-dfl-Grace ? Who; that has seen, can'foK
get the steam-ferry, with its perpetual oystert
stews and its eternally hot coffee 1 But, the
river crossed, forward rushes the train, and.
during tbe remaining six-and.thirty miles wp
skirt along Ohesapeako Bay. At last we reach
a street of diDgy brick-houses, which lookaa
If they had been built some centuries backi
and—a sudden jerk—the train stops—and vrp
are in Baltimore. *£;
In sooth, a large place, and ancient—as anti
quity takes rank in this great country, where,'-
after all, the mighty forests are older than the
greatest cities which Civilization has built up,
Baltimore itself has a pleasant aspect, fro&i
Iho light-colored bricks with which, its houses
are! principally built. Good streets,
Baltimore street especially, with its rich and
handsome store. —but to dirty I At what lily
mote period Baltimore waß subjected .to tjs.
broom of the scavenger, this deponent knot|r
oth hot. Even the great thoroughfares, wherd
convenience and cleanliness might have badu
regarded, are ankle-deep in mud. For ex
ample, down by the Post-Office and Castonb-
House. Ariohclty it Is, and may well be
proud of the industry and enterprise of its li
habitants, a large proportion of which itf.
eludes the German element. Tho manufac
tures of Baltimore are steadily increasing, and
her commerce has rapidly advanced, of lata
years. Flour and tobacco have
her; strength, and cotton (of which thore dig;
some lino factories) has largely added to big
means. Her foreign commerce-is not veijjr
extensive, hut her coastine trade is
From Maine-to ,‘Poaaui tha
arefunWeriallytobefouna. "
Baltimore has a highly respectable and
talented pfess. We' usually judge of a place
by its newspapers, and this test eaables us to
form a high estimate of the intelligence of
Baltimore. There are two German newspa
pers—the IVeker, (Awakener,) owned and
partly editod by Mrs. Sousactke, is spirited
and has many admirable political and social
articles. Among the Baltimore papers, the
Dtfily Exchange merits notice, aathe young
est-born. It is large-sized, ably
written, and has Its general and loqal intelli
gence admirably arranged and condensed.' Of
the Baltimore Sun , which has a large oironla
tion, the most noticeable feature is the con
stancy with which it pratsingly quotes from,
and eulogistically comments upon, the leading
articles oi the Philadelphia Ledger. This
most disinterested criticism and quotation is
absolutely refreshing, amid the ordinary fends
and squabbles of rival papers I
What socloty may be in Baltimore, q moro
passer-through cannot declare. A few days’
visit did not enable ns to come to any opinion
upon the matter. Theatrical amusements are
not very much encouraged, though Aouesßo
bebtson and Dios Bodjoioault drew good
houses at Holiday-street Theatre, while we were
there, and were supported by an excellent
stock company; Piocolomini, a few days
later, was seen and heard, by the Balti
moreans, at a Concert, and attracted a large
and even brilliant audience. Balls and those
entertainments abominably named hop, —
a vulgar nomenclature, which has even
been adopted in the polite circles of Washing
ton I—are much in vogue, during at least six
months of the year, and are said to bo very
lively, at all events. We heard that these
amusements are chiefly got up by the foreign
population. The new Assembly Rooms, in
Hanover street, are said to be well adapted
foK balls, “hops,” lectures, and public
meetings. The public buildings of Balti
more aro not remarkable. The City Hall is
inferior to any building, under the same de
signation In almost any country town in Penn
sylvania. The Mechanics’ Institute, certainly
a very fine building, would bo highly ornamen
tal to any city. The Exchange, part of which
is occupied as a Custom House, is spacious,
with small claim to architectural excellence.
The Post Office, now in course of erection,
or rather of expansion, by the United States
money, promises to be a fine building. When
we saw the Court House, so spacious, and
even elegant, we blushed at the recollection
of the non-accommodation, In Philadelphia,
for judges, counsel, witnesses, and the pub
lic j bnt nearly every principal county town (n
Pennsylvania has better courts of law than
Philadelphia, her great metropolis.
The Maryland Institute, though rather a
plain building, is sufficiently ornate, and has
space enough for convenience and accommo
dation. Among other attractions, It now con.
tains a Panorama, showing scenes and events
In the Indian War, chiefly executed by Mr.
Wexdendaou. who has ably painted the land
scapes, the figures being drawn by Mr. Enke.
The Almshouse and the State’s Prison are
also well adapted for their respective purposes
—the reception of the poor and the criminal.
The Catholic Cathedral, with Its twin Sara
cenic towers—like the minarets of All Souls’
College at Oxford, and those oi the Cathedral
in Seville—ls the finest ecclesiastical building
in Baltimore. Its noblo organ, too, Is truly
magnificent. The Unitarian churches are
also handsome. Grace Church (Protestant
Episcopal) is a fine Gothic temple in red
sandstone. These are all we noticed, out of
over one hundred and twenty churches for all
religious denominations i for when it did not
rain, in Baltimore, during our visit, it was so
frosty that we cared not to faco the cold, or so
foggy that wo could scarcely see one hundred
yards before us.
Education is well attended to in Baltimore,
bnt tho religion of the majority being the
Catholic, the principal seminaries and insti
tutions are Catholic also. There are several
excellent public libraries, which are extensive
ly need. Yet tho number of booksellers in
Baltimore Is comparatively few. The prinol
pal bookstore is kept by. Mr. Jons Muarnt,
publisher of tho Catholic Almanack, which
was commenced twenty-seven years ago, and
is understood to be semi-official. It statistics
are copious and curious.
The Public Schools of Baltimore, by all ac
counts, are oxtromely well organized and pro-
periy conducted. They are managed by the
city government, and with such liberality that
the, Bible is daily read in every school—the
version of 1012 to the Protestant children, and
thepouay version to the Catholics, In separate
rooms. The Feabody Institute, founded by
the liberal American banker in London whose
nanie it bears, will be at once an ornament
and advantage to tho city. It has yet to re
ceive “a local habitation,” and the place se
lected is directly opposite to'the Washington
Monument. A gallery for paintings and
sculpture, an extensive library, and first-class
lectures and concerts, are to betheleoding ad
vantages which the Baltimoreans will receive
from this foundation, to which Mr. Peabody,
truly a merchant-prince, has appropriated half
a million dollars.
The private educational establishments of
Baltimore are nnmerons and good. Of one
we pan speak from personal knowledge, for we
devoted several bonrs to tbe examination of
its whole course of study, from tho rudiments
of knowledge communicated to the youngest
children, to the higher branches of languages
(living and dead), mathematics, natural phi
losophy, botany, ethics, and also all the qnali
ficatlonswhich complete general and commer
clahedacation. This is a German and English
Institute, conducted by .Hr. Frederick
Knapp, an intelligent and well-informed Ger
man, with numerous assistants. In a, very few
years, it has so much extended that the pn
pils in' this series oi schools are now nearly
five' hundred in number. The discipline
chiefly uped, is that of kindness—the most
powerfhl and Improving, when genially. ap
plied, with thoughtful judgment, to the gene
rous and susceptible miqd of youth.
Tb speak of the Monumental City without
noticing the Monuments, would be to perform
the'tragedy ef Hamlet, with «the part of
Hamlet omitted, by particular desire.” From
the water, you undoubtedly get the most favor
ablo view of Baltimore. It is built upon hills,
and) from below, presents the appearance of a
city 1 , rising to those building-covered summits
in a series oi terraces. In this prospect the
principal monuments loom out in tho distance,
handsomely enough. The finest of these is
the Washington Monument, which, from base
to summit, is one'bundred and seventy-five
feetjhigh, and certainly is a fine specimen of
dignified simplicity. The Battle Monument
seems as If it had been intended for something
much higher than it is, but bad been curtailed
by want oi hinds, and hastily concluded. In
a word, it looks Btnmpy. The Armistead
Monnment, which also commemorates the
bravery displayed by Baltimoreans, in the last
war with England, is much more completo and
expressive.
As life ends with. the grave, so may this
notice, fitly end with mentioning that, like
most great American cities, Baltlmoro bos
several picturesque cemetories—neither so
numerous nor so handsome as those of Phila
delphia, Boston, and New Tork, but yot well
located and neatly kept.
Although the lower streets are nearly level
.with the water, and part of their foundation
has.been made on what was marsh, Baltimore
has tbe reputation of being very healthy.
This may arise from its drainage, which is
said to he very good Indeed.
Legislative.
Pending tbs tariff resolutions in ths House,
-General B. A Sbaeffor, Senator from Lnnoaster,
maddUie following remarks:
Mr. Shueffer trusted the Semite would not en
tertain the proposition of the Senator from Chester
to postpone the consideration of ths resolutions at
this time. It was no fault of tho Senate that he
had not read the resolutions, bat of the Senator
himself. They, had been dboassod, ably and at
length in tho other branoh, and that disottssion, as
Well as the resolutions themselves, had been made
,r»hlib. ,not wiij' la the newspapers, but. la the
ijjifrUMrvv Estonia—thua - affording to ; every
Senator ample tlmo and opportunity for a fair
understanding of the prlnolples enunoiated by
them.,Ho hoped the Senate would nrooeed to
tbelr'bonslderation and passage j for IT the voloa
of the Benate Is worth anything in the endorse*
moot of the great prlnolples oontainbd in them,
and the polloy sought to he secured by their pas
sage, it was important that that endorsement
should be given now. Tho Senate should not
falter.a moment in the performance of a duty,
when the effects of its notion may oome borne to
tbe vast interests of the State, as well ns to every
Individual OltlSen.'- He did not think any Sena
tor,- from whatever party, should hesitate to
lend bis sanction to tho principle whidh' they
endorsed. The wording of tho resolutions was not
su«h as ho would havo chosen; yet, whilst bo was
not disposed to oomplimonttho President for any
thing he had done, he was not prepared to oavil
at mere phraseology where a prinoiplo of so muoh
vital Importance to the interests <jf the Common
wealth was at stake. Ho believed suob an en
dorsementof the protective policy af was contem
plated by tbe resolutions should be given by tbe
{legislature of Pennsylvania, and sent to our Na
tional Representatives. He therefore hoped the
roßolution to postpone would not bn entertained
by the Senate.
Vesuvius.
[From the National intelligencer of Moodily J
We have been permitted to make an extract from
a fetter addressed by Hon. Joseph R. Chandler,
Minister Resident of tbo United States at the Court
of Naples, to Professor Henry, of tbo Smithsonian
Institution, in which Mr. Chandler 'famishes a
brief eooount of the oiroamstanoes current at Na
pleaftt the date Of the letter, December 18th, re-,
l&tive to an expea ted eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
He says :
‘‘ At t&e present moment the people of this city
are in great eioitement At the, indications of a
dabgerous erapthn from Mount Vesuvius. For a
long time great Mosses of laya. have beeh issuing
from apertures on the aid* of the znonhtaln, about*
half way up; and these apertures have been aug
menting in number and site so rapidly that not
onlpr is there apprehension of an eruption, but
aeriQua fears are expressed that the sides of the
mountain soon be so worn and perforated as
to be no longer able to sustain the superior por
tion, and the people aro leaving the violntty and
ooming into the oity proper. Last night the moun
tain was truly grand. The hundreds of great flros
bn thesides (red-hot lava) wore terribly brilliant,
while the vast volume of smoke that roso slowly
from the orator above had its sldo illuminated by
the fire on the flanks, and presented an appear
anco of indescribable grandeur. I, of oourso, am
unable to say whether these fears are well found
ed ; but they are entertained by men of soienao
and experience here. To* day the people of the
oity aro commemorating the first anniversary of
the awful earthquake of 1857, and they aro all
;otug to oburoh. Wo soek God when we find no
lolp in man, and, perhaps, it is a part of God's
>rovldencothatwo should be visited with saourges
hat man cannot director withhold."
Newspapers in Washington and Phila
delphia.
[Fiom/LSorroipoodeDt of the New York Times.]
" Washington, Mondoy, Jan. 24,1850.
The last link is about being broken between
President Buchanan and his organ, the Washing
ton Union. .Poor Wendell has been duped until
he finds himself bankrupt. The bargain was that
the Administration should use the Union and*
furnish two editors, to Whom Wendell should pay
five thousand dollars each. The Presidentseleoted
Mr. Johnson, and the Cabinet called into their
serrioe Mr. Hughes, a son-in-law of Secretary
Floyd. In consideration, Mr. Wendell was to
receive the Executive printing.
Such was the contract, but Mr. Buobanau sub
sequently insisted upon a division of oertaia jobs
1 with Mr. Rice, of the Pennsylvanian, promising
to make it up. This Wendell agreed to stand, in
order to keep pe&oe in the family, when other de
mands were made for a division et spoils, and soon
the proprietor of the Union was left with bis es
tablishment sinking him many thousand dollars a
year. The books show a loss of $19,000 for the
past year-while the promised Executive jobs were
either peddled out to other papers, or given to
Wendell to bo shared in partnership with others,
who were clamoring for tne means of existence.
When the Pennsylvanian was sold out, Wen
dell prooeodod with the job of post ofltoe blanks
alone, with a fair prospect of recovering a portion
of his' losses; but no was sent for a few days since
by Mr. Buoban&n, and informed that he musbplaoe
one-half of the prooeedß of this job at the disposal
of the collector of tho port of Philadelphia, to be
distributed among tho needy papers of Penpsyl
vania. This Mr. Wendell most respeotfully de
ollned to do, and the result is now a threatened
blowing up of the organ. It Is already much out
of tano, as an employee was running around a few
evenings since hunting up 'somo one to prepare a
leader.
The establishment was sild some months ago to
Messrs. Appleton A MoDonell, of Maine; and
Major Nicholson, of Tennessee, who holds a mort
gage on the whole oonoern, was sent for to ratify
the transfer. The contracts were prepared ready
to bo execntedjnext morning, but it leaked out that
night that Prior, of the South , was going into the
States< and the Union purchaser refused to sign.
This was the origin of the report ef Mr. Appleton's
going Into the organ. The rumor is that Wendell
fs minus about $50,000 oloar loss in the transac
tion. X.
Bbutal Mubdbr at Poughkeepsie, New
York.— Tho citizens of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. are
muoh exolted over & brutal murder which is
alleged to bavo been committed in that plaoe. On
Friday night last, a woman named Elisa Lawrence,
living with a man named Lewis Goutd as his wife,
as the culmination of a series of brutalities on the
part of the latter, was struck in the stomach with
an axe, and oat so terribly that the bowels pro
truded. She lived until Saturday night. A daugh
ter of the partlos, aged about twelve vears was a
witness of tho aot, and has given her testimony
against her father at the coroner's inquest, whioh
is not yot concluded.
Letters from New v 0
THE “IITERABYHAN’' OF TUB I-OBLUm HQ HOUSES:
88. PAIUEtt : BIS STOBIES AND SKBIO s>g TRIES
AND TKAYBI.S—THB “DINNER WITH TB* B EAD .”
[Correspondence of Tlie Frees.)
Nnw Tone, Jen. ad, lSw,
Among other works enthe ere of pnbUcntton lent*,
eond*edition of “The (Jotden Dagon,” byDr.J.W.
Palmer, ef this oitv, wbioh I undertake to Bap, and
“ May It boldly,“ will bo prononnoed, by erery one who
roads it, the gayest, jnlclett book of travel tbat has
been written this maoy a year. On its first pnblioetion,
tiro years ago, an eminent Boston go temporary Bald :
“ It is one of the very best books of travel we bare erer
bad the pleasure of .reading.' Working In a now 'field,
the author has'bronght to hie task' wit, spirit, and'tbe
keenest powers of observation. The style la para, and
there is more originality in this little volume than one
ordinarily Bade labalf adnaen voiomea of balky works.”
The Tribune raid: “ The author has' all the spirit of
adventure, the reekless audacity of enterprise, the taste
for tbe comlo side .of things, end.tfae talent for dashing,
off-hand desorlntton, of yoor genuine, fnU-blooded
Yankee traveller.”
I cotton to this book because it ia the work of a gen*
tle&jaa who la one of a new “ institution” in American
literature—” the.. Literary Man" of ii large publish*
log house—a plus so recently formed and So small
In number, as never to fc&re been scribbled about by
the “ Bohemians’ ’ of the Press, those lively, sharp*
wltted, clever oheps, who ate first to scent any new
literary game that may be flying about. I know of but
three persons thus employed; Dr Guernsey, at Harper
tc Brothers, who seems to have an intuitive notion of
the amount of brain-work and interest in every one of
: the hundreds of books that are submitted for his exa
mination and opinion; Ur. Underwood* of Boston, an
aesompUtbed, practical, well-informed gentleman, who
fills a similar position (n this hoose of Phillips, Samp*
sob, & Oo.; and Dr. J. W. Palmer, the many-sided man
who Is similarly, installed .with Messrs, D. Appleton ;
& 00. Dr. Palmer’s literary, career entities him
to the respect of .every newspaper editor In
the country. 'He ’ commenced •it at the very
lowest round of the ladder, and has steadily and man
fully fought hfs wiy Up id the honorable position-**'
now' occupies. Such men, who attain rank not by
creeping in at the cabin windows, but by passing through
every gradation ofthe service, are an honor to the 11-
.termry profession, and do more.towards casting without
its pale the flocks of conceited snobs and pretenders,
whose capacities are'oommonly more liquorary than
literary, and who affeot a patronising deportment
to the poor but really clever men in the republic of let
ters. Bba‘l I give you a little sketch of him f
Mr. Palmer entered the Tribune office as an under
proof-reader In February,JBfi6, at the enormous salary
of $7 per week.. Is following he was promoted
into the editorial corps, in a strictly literary capacity,
to prepare copy, revise, translate, tc o , and at about the
same time sent his first megaeios article to Putnam’s
Monthly. It was called “An American’s Adventure in
Pegu,” and narrated certain hair-breadth experiences
of the writer as surgeon ef tbe East India Company’s
war-steamer Phlegethon, at the taking of the old
city of Pegu, during the Burmese War. ?his ar
ticle excited much attention among tbe , press
and in'private oircles—the editor of “Putnam”
receiving quite a nmnber of communications from
unknown Individuals, who wished to know, whe
ther the ” adventure” wss a fancy sketch or a verita
ble experience.. The peculiarity about this article was
tbatitwasnoh|prfti«nat all, but related, and taken
down by a phonographic friend of Dr. p. (Mr. WUhouri
of the Tribune), and printed just as it was The
success of the “adventure” encouraged our Esoulepian
to write out his Burmese episode—henoe 'the “ Golden
Dagon; or Up and Down the Irrewaddl,” published by
Dlx tc Edwards, toward the end of 1960. Books may be
divided into, three classes; those that.make money,
those that make reputation, and those that make both.
The “ Golden Dagos” was of the second class j probably
it wonld hare been of the third if the publishers had not
“gone up” very soon after it appeared; for though given
to the world without a same on the title-page, (“ By as'
American,”) it met iritis particular attention from the
literary tribe. Several of the English critical journals
took it np with spirit—(it was reproduced In London
with the Imprint of Sampson Low-Son, A Co.) The
Examiner, and Literary Gazette gave it
long notices, pronouncing It “ the cleverest of Ameri
can travel books,” and the Athenaum catted attention
to the last chapter, (“My Adventure in Pegu,”)as
equal to any half-volume of Cooper’s most savage ro
mance. Immediately after the appearanee of the
“Golden Dagon,”. Dr. Palmer was installed as a
regular contributor to “Putnam,” in a semi-edito
rial capaoity, and furnished to that magazine nu
merous articles, which- invariably attracted notice.
Among these were the California Sketches, in the
style of a Diary of a Ban Francisco City Physioian, in
“tho Forty-nine ’’—(the Doctor was the first city pbyai- *
clan appointed by the authorities of that city Iti ’49,
and filled the post through the sanguinary troubles of
that time,)—consisting of “The Fate of the Fsrlelghs,”
~*\Th*.Oid-Adobw,”/ f ®h*©*e** Cloth,W“Mr. Gail
Joseph Craft, of the Q!d Californians,” &o. In the
same megaaine appeared “ The Chinaman,” “ The‘Ba
boo’s Nautch,” and other Oriental, papers. During
four or five months he also wrote “ The World of New
York,” which constituted apeculiar and lively feature
or “Putnam.”. An intensified sketch, voiy singnler
and forcible, entitled “ Broadway Bedeviled,” provoked
aaiaultsof a sectarian nature frobi several leading .re
ligious journals, who, In their turn, received a broadside
from the editorial battery of “ Putnam.” Like the “ Ad
venture in Pegu.” “ Broadway Bedeviled ” was dictated
aod pbonographei precisely as It was printed. Between
the setting of “Putnam” and the rising of tbe “At
lantic,” Dr. P. was engaged in “ putting through the
press” an extensive collection of poetry* He also con
tributed a number of Oriental articles to the New Ame
rican Enoyolopatia, those on “ Bayadere” and “ Ban
yan” being the most chatacterietlo. Since about tbe
third number of the “ Atlantic” he has frequently
dipped his oar in that ooeanio mlseellanv—“Mamoul.”
“ Child-Life By the Ganges,” “ Asilrradam, the Brah
min,” “ Plata),(another of the California scenes,)
and “Miss Wimple’s Hoop,” a serious extravaganza,
all bear his pen-marks. Last June a three-aot play,
entitled “ The Queen’s Heart,” (original in every
sense of tbe word,} was presented In h*s name to the
manager of the “ Howtrd Atheomnm,” in Boston, by
Messrs. Longfellow and Lowell, and aohleved a com
plete and brilliant success—the press almost un&ni
mohely pronouncing H the moet elegant of original
American comedies. It was played to crewded houses
ofthe most critical kind.
For the last twelve-month, Hr. £*tmer has occupied
,the honorable position of reader and misciU-edltor
(technically t( literary man ") for the Influential pub
ljßhiDg-hofl'e of D. Appleton A Co., and It may not bg
out of place here to Bay that ilia largest Bad most ele
gant gift book published by that house for the holidays
—“ The Stratford Cattery is the produotion of ])r,
P.’S charming and gifted wife, whose dedication of it
Is one of the neatest and most wife-like things I have
seen: “To J. W. P.—Tan host Xxaciiso and Ms
host Kkooussoinu : Soxbtbiso dktkbjct a EttitftiAßOß
AND A HILP."
The Doctor has one or two literary enterprisea under
way, the charade? of Which X am not at liberty to
mention. But you will agree with tde that the details
I hare given are enoogh to have kept any (( literary
man ” tolerably busy for four years.
The letter of your associate, from Washington, and
the dinner he describes at the hospitable mansion of
Mr. Hoover, is but one of hundreds which that gentle
man has been giving for years. There are few gentle
men in the country whose table has of tener been graced
wjth the presence of statesmen And ‘clever men than
Ur. Hoover's. I recently heard a friend speaking of
one—an Impromptu affair—arranged on the spur of,the
moment, where the guests were Secretaries Cobb and
Flo;d, Assistant SeoreUry Olajton, Gov. Medlll, the
late Major Lyndsay, of the mdrlno eorps, Capt. Turner,
of thenavy, Hou. P E Sickles, B F Batterworth, Esq.,
and a juicy old gentleman named Rayburn, of New Or-*
leans, together with another who shall be nameless—
Mr. Hoover at the head of the table, Colonel Forney at
the foot. Need anything be said than ihat for seven
swiftly-fleeting hours the wit, the repArtee, the recita
tion, the story, the song, the rattle of chat upon every
thing in the heavens above, the earth beneath, and the
waters under the earth, Was incessant* and that there
was infinite gab of authors and Artists, Congressmen
and clergymen, dinners and diplomacy, dandies and
doctors, law and love, literature and liquor, genius
and gin, Senators and singers, parsons and players, and
where the engine of talk never stopped to take water.
NEW PUBLISHING FIRU—MADAME ANNA BISHOP'S
NEW HUSBAND—It’LLB JOHANNA WAONEB—THE
STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE PRIZE-FIGHTERS
—ADA CLIFTON ABOUT TO JOIN TBS EDITORIAL
CORPS—STATE PRINTING—ENGLISH PUGILISTS
COMING INTHSAdIA—LESTER WALLACE’S NEW
PLAY—THE BBV. DR. BANGS SPLENDIDLY
“ CANED."
[Correspondence of The Press.]
New York, Jan. 24.1869.
Bookish old gentlemeo, all over the country—those
who were students two-score years ago—remember the
Imprint of T. 3c 3. Swords, and, after them, Swords Sc
Stanford, Swords, Stanford, & 00., and Stanford 3c Pe
lisser. As publishers, Importers, and dealers In works
relating to the Episcopal Ohurob, they had wide repute
Mr. Pelleser, the successor of these several firms, has
formed a copartnership with Mr. Proctor, under the
firm of Dellsser 3c Proctor, and have within the week
past aopounoed several new works aa going through the
press.
The Blr. Shultz, who recently, in London, led blush
ing to the altar Madamo Anna Bishop, la a well-to-do
German merchant of this city, who, It is said, has fol
lowed the lady 1 n her world-roringa, and whose assidu
ous and ambulatory devotion baa at last been rewarded
by her heart and hand.
It is doubtful whether the Wagner will ventilate her
voice yet awhile in America, it beiug current in circles
usually well posted In foreign operatleals, that she has
renewed her engagement with the Royal Opera at Ber
lin for two yoars to come, and hence will not be able
to fulfil the announcement made some time since by
Manager Tillman Nous verrons.
Our State Legislature are after the ,f fanoy." The
Senate has passed an aot, In whioh the Assembly will
doubtless concur, for the punishment not only of prin
cipals and seconds, bnt all who may bet on, or in any
way forward a prlse-flght. A g«od idea, but of no use
so long as laws remain a dead letter on the statute-book
against gambling, horse-racing, dealing In lottery
tickets, and selling liquor without license, whioh is
now done with impunity ; for out of 12,000 plaoes where
liquor is now sold, in this city, only 69 have been le
gaily licensed.
It is reported that pretty, stately, spacious Ada
Clifton is about to beoomo the wife or a gentleman
editorially connected with the Tri&arte. If “Ada” la
not “ sole daughter of hla house," she doubtless is sole
mistress of his heart—lf suoh things be, In editorial
laky-partore.
The State printing of this State, though paltry in
comparison with ttegorgeoni swindles of Congressional
printing, is, n6T«rth«lfsi, so considerable as to attract
TWO CENTS.
thei attention.of public men, ami especially of that
patriotic band of honest men whertm the lobby, and
are crazy for retrenchment and reform. - The amount
paid for State printing last year' was $134,294 48. For
several years past the contract has, been farmed out,'
by suoeessfql bidders, to Mr. Charles Tan Bentbnysen,
formerly Wendell’s partner, at Washington, Who owns
the only office In Albany of sufficient capacity to do
the work.:' ’ ' - , t - •
tbe “ fancy” are all agog In anticipation of the arri
et Tom Paddock, and Jem Uessay, two noted English
pri* d *®thterß, who are expected, next week,* In the
Asia. * , , ; . •« -
Mr. Lester Wallack’S successful play of “ The .Vete
ran” is an Mutation from a novel of James Graham’s
the scene of j a \q it the British post of Aden*
Mr W. baa substituted*'jjggyia f or Arabia, and the
French army for the r
The Methodists or tin* clt _ whoBe liberality and be
nevplepce are dolng a.T|gMbaud
some thing for the venerabu Bangs, the Nestor of
the Methodist olerxy On »«****- n | g ht some two
hundred gentlemen met at the neid 90M 0 f the Ber. Dr.
McOllntock, and thence “ to the house of
Bev. Dr. Bangs, where a short speech madeat the
DootorbyDr Oftriton, and a cane present** lohiid the
inside of which contained two thousand dolu^
Tbe address concluded thus: ~
“You can lean upon it for support, for'
strength, and though now you may think It but an \n.
article, so far as its external appearanee is emu
oerned* acd wonder that I could not have made a wiser
disposition of the value committed to me for your bene
fit; ifet I trust that on a careful examination of its
merits, you Will flad it is worth all it oost. Ton Will
reoejve this token of -regard from a few of .your friends
with the assurance of our best wishes, and our most
fervent prayers for your future and undying bliss. May
the blessing of that'Gpd yon have served for so many
years ever abide wtih yim and yeura.”,
• “ Dr. Bangs‘‘listened to .this address' with’ marked
emotion. In replying .to 16 he ihanked his friends for
having thus remembered him, and id .the spirit natural
to his life and’ ebaraeter, received the giftas another,
evidenoe of the goodness-of Divine Providence In his
behalf. He stated that he had been fifty-eight years an
active minister of .the Gospel, and In all that time his
Heavenly Father had blessed him ; that throughout his
wbele life he bad endeavored to the best of bis ability
to serve his Master* and that now hi found himself not
forgotten or fowakenj but surrounded by friends., Re
newing hf* (honks, he urged that Us strength and his
emotions both denied him the power for further utter
ance; and resumed his seat.” ...
Correspondence between - Stephen A.
Douglas and Graham N* fitch.
SENATORS IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
Washington, J&n." 21, 1869.
Bib : To-day, in seoret session of the Senate';'
you offered me an affront so .wanton, unprovoked,
and'unjustifiable, that X am obliged to infer' it
must have been the Impulse of momentary pas
sion; and not of.deliberate premeditations This
note is written for the purpose of affording you an
opportunity of saying whether or not iny oonolu
sion:ia correct; and further, of affording you an
opportunity of retracting the offensive language
wblqh you thus gratuitously and unwarrantably
applied to me. . Hespeolfully* Ac.,
Hon. Gbahah N. Fitch.- S. A. Douglas.
j Washington, Jan. 22,1859.
Sib: Your note ot-yesterday was. handed me
this morning. In reply, I have to say that you
yesterday made a oharge that the lately-appointed
Federal offioers in Illinois were corrupt, dishonest
men—or words to that effeot. You knew ‘my son
to bo one of .those officers, and you could not' Cx
peot me to hear suoh a oharge without prompt do
nial'of its truth: I pronounced it to be, to yout*
knowledge, untrue. You subsequently stftuodl,
fied it as to satisfy me that you excepted my son
from the general oharge, although- you did
not f name him, and I zuado no further issue
with you on that, subject; When, af'a subse-'
quent period of yottr remarks, you attributed to
me statements which X had not made, I requested
that; in quoting me you would do so truthfully.
These remarks were certainly sot “deliberately
premeditated*” hut they oaunot bo qualified cor
rectly as the “impulse oftoomcntaiy’/pasribn.”
Thej first was prompted by a determination to de
fend the honor and obaracter of'my son,,
to me as my pwn, against an attack so general in
its terms as necessarily to inolude him; and the'
seoond was the exercise of my right to reotify a
misrepresentation of my own remarks.
Respeotfully, do-, G. N. Fitch.
Hon. B. A. Douglas.
Washington, Jan. 22—9$ P. M.
8m: Your note of this date has just been
plaoed in my hands. I admit, without hesita
tion; your right and duty to do justice to'the rep-,
utation of your son. At the same time I main
tain .my right, in .the, discharge of my duty as
Senator, tooommenifreefyand fully on the char
acter of executive appointments, especially' In my
own Bute. I deny, however, that my general
remarks in relation to the list of Illinois appoint
ees, confirmed by the Senate during my absence,
could bo fairly interpreted to embrace tout son.
When you seemed so (o construe them, I promptly
replied that What I had said of the’ Illinois ap
pqintmeute_ftas^true T pA\ a general rule, but
that ’tSere^were exceptions, among whom
I reoegnhed acme of my own friends.
Alluding particularly to your eon, I added
that I Txad nothing to say in regard to the
merits of his appointment* choosing to leave that
question where I plaoed it. by my.remarks to tho
Senate dnring the last session, in your presence,
at the time orhia confirmation. You sow admit
that you understood this explanation to exempt
your sop from the application of my general re
marks ; and yet, yon nave failed to withdraw the
< ffensive language, but. on the contrary at a snb
seqdentetage of tho debate, when apologising for
a breach of senatorial .decorum, you -expTwssly de
clared that yoa had nothing to retraot—thus ap
pearing, in my apprehension, to reaffirm the ok
jeotlonable words.
As to tbe other ground of offenoe admitted iu
your reply to my note, IbaVo tosay that I did not
understand you to assume, to correct me in a quo
tation of your language, as I was unconscious of
making any suoh citation, but to repeat the origi-.
nal offenoe in another form; otherwise, I would
have made a proper response on the Instqnt -.
This explanation,wbioh is due alike/tons both,
on the points presented in your reply/ affords you
another opportunity of withdrawing' the offennve
words which you admit you applied to pi* in yes
terday’s debate. Respectfully, Ac.*.
S. A. DoCqlas.
Hon. Orahah N. Fitoh. -
Washington, Jaa. 23,1859.
Sir i Your note of last evening was handed me at
12 M, to-day. Yonr explanation regard to my
son being now explicit, I have no hesitation in
saying that if yon bad exoepted him from your
oharge, or not made it general, I would not have
deemed myself warranted ,in repelling it in the
words of which you complain as offensive, and
which, in consequence of your explanation,luow
withdraw.'
I am also informed by yedr note that, if yon bad
not been mistaken in relation' to my remarks on
the subject of yonr misrepresentation of my senti
ments, yon would at tho instant have made a pro*
Jier response. This likewise enables me to say that,
n m]y closing remarks explanatory to the Senate
of my share in an exciting debate upon a subject
not rorelant to anything before that body,' and
the responsibility for the introduction of whioh
rested solely with yon. I should have withdraws,
as I now do. the second offensive remarks, If yon
had made the same satisfactory explanation
then jroti have now made.
Respectfully, Ac.,
G. N, Fitca.
Hon. S. A. Douglas
Washington, Jan. 24,1859.
Sir : Yonr note of yesterday has been received;
and while I accept your withdrawal of the words
to which I have taken exception, I owe it to my
celf to protest against the idea you eeem to enter
tain, that my note of Saturday was intended os a
precedent and inducing condition of the redress
which I solicited, instead bf being, as I certainly
designed it, merely responsive to the specifications
in your reply ts my first communication
In regard to the introduction and relevancy of
the matter in the debate out of which this diffi
culty arose, I cannot think that a proper subject
of discussion in the present correspondence.
Respectfully, Ac., S. A. DouolAS.
Hon. Graham N. Fitch.
■Washington, January 24.1859.
Sir: Your note of to-day was received afcllj
A. M. It is not for me to judge the motives wbioh*
diotated yours of the 22d. I can only say that
my answer was predicated upon the explanations
it contained. If your explanations are disavowed,
my withdrawal must likewise be disavowed.
Respectfully, Ac., G. If- Fitch.
Hon. S. A. Douglas.
Washington, Janiary 24,3859,
Sir *. lam averse to prolonging this controver
sy after gaining the snbstanoe of my demand; but
I cannot olose without responding to your last note
by saying that it is immaterial to me npon what
you predicate your * withdrawal, since I y have
guarded agalnsha misapprehension of my position.
Respeotfully, Ai., 83. A. Pouglab.
Hon. Gbabah N. Fitch.
Registered Letters*
[For The Press ]
Of all the postal arrangements made bv any Go
vernment, that.of registering letters containing
money end other valuables is the worst. It Is a
DTemltun offered to the dishonest and unworthy to
rob and defraud the public of their dues. Haring
some experience in this matter, we can say that
neatly all the money we have lost by mail has
been by “ registered letters,"and some publishers
and agents notify their patrons that they will not
be responsible for. letters containing remitUnoes
“ registered," should they bo lost. We should
like to hear some of our cotemporaries speak out
on this subject. The Post Office Department should
look into this matter, and do away with the abo
mination as soon os possible, or hold itself respon
sible for the losses incurred by H.
Philadelphia- JustitiA.
Thomas Riley, who, a few years since,
enjoyed a wide notoriety os the proprietor and
keener of the Museum or Fifth ward Hotel, in
West Broadway, Hew York,(lied on Monday even
inz last. He was nearly seventy years of age, and
had been ill for a long time. The hotel with
which his name Is identified was a very fashiona
ble evening resort when the neighborhood of Bt.
John's Paix was the aristocratic quarter, and even
now. when its glories have, to a great extent, de
parted, retains muoh popularity. It was styled
the Museum Hotel, from the great number or cu
riosities exhibited in the bar-room, among which
the oolleotlon of coins was remarkable. Many
patriotic relics were also collected there, including
the remains of two statues, one said to bavo Dean
that of George the Third, and the other that of
William Pitt. Mr. Riley leaves a wife, but we be
lieve so ohildren.
It ia said that more than font hundred fla
lors have been admitted into the Mariners Churoh
in this oily within the last ten month*. A large
number of them were converted on 1 £
calving ship North Carolina, where the good work
la iUlf la progress.— New York Journal of Com*
mtrce>
NOTICE TO COHHESFONDENTS.
for / 1 The Paisb” will pleese hear la
mind the following rule-:
Every oozamuniostion must ha eoeompanied by tk .
name of the writer. In order t<, insure correctness hr
the typography, bat one sldS ef the siCtt should be
written upon. ''• -- l . 1 3 !' /I, • ;j \ •
We shall be greatly obliged to gentlemen in Fenniyl
vanla and other States for.Wtritatton* giving the
current news of the day In their' fgftiffllaf localitiei 9
the resonrees of the surrounding country, the inereaiw
of population, or any'information that wifi be Interest*
Ihg to the general reader.;' :
GENERAL NEWS.
Reubemest o* SjssATOa Batbs.—We ha
thß't?Z.» Dnon S B4ys th « Delaware.Gazttte
IlnVlA r}°? °l Wui,r4 Sanl.bnry, Eaq., to 11 «
BaiM n^if 8 tto Hon. U. W.
“ U>» 4ft of Maroh next. Wo ought, in
““to"* *l*>» foot. wW«s, how
thJt’Mr S»M»Uy nnd.mtood,
B i tos h 4*oltaef to be oouid.red a
®bo' aoeldont whloh
tU ’ plaoo i »hU. on Mi way to
Wuhington,' In Januan-, had w far im.
st
datbablo to him to retire to, private life at the ex
piration of hii present term .of lervioe; and he
rofnied to permit hli name to be asod for eleotion ■
to another term. • "
Fatal Leap Out op A Window.— A. Ger
man boarding at Ho. 154 Halt Forty-sixth itreet,
Hew York, went home intoxicated, on Sunday
evenlngjjand,repaired to his room, on the fourth
story. The rum mads Kim delirious, and during
tftefnight he leaped out of his window to the pave
‘ He wag picked up insensible* conveyed to
Belleville Hospital, where he died very soon after,
admission. An inquest was held* and a verdict
in accordance with the faots stated* Tbe
deceased had been but five weeks in this country.
A hah named Buffder was choked to deatti
at the betel of .Henry Roger, ~in Cambria County,
Pa.i last week. He-was engaged; in eating his
rapper, when a moathfol of food ,'h*.was ewaUow
l“B lodged In hia throat, and all efforto.to remove
t>Fov«d abortive. After mffering toteuioly for
°f an hour he died. He wae a reridant
a « nßt y. “i wai on Mi way to
dini S township, whore he had relation! reii
““J-' Wae about fifty yean of age."
tha 28th.njttmo, Mr. Thomas
Mnl s«w Hampehlre. who'fi mrenty
. walked from ill feiideoee to a
V^PP* 4 ' of wood,
twMn tlSfhm^. , 'hS» 7|,aUt ® d home, and all be
tmJ andthreo o’olook.
would he a largo AA,!*; work for, a ;yonng
, Oatoitt JfiOEor.—A man who was nnttaged
in enpplving the joU In'Portland,n*,.with a new
heating apparaini, left Me hone «4 detgh, tied
In one of tho streeta.. A boy stole the. hors. and.
started for a ride, when the horse, as wai hie daily
ouitom, drew a straight lino for. thef Jan..and
landed the boy safely In the yard. The teilor
shut up the boy and kept the horse for Its owner.
Ji 0. Mitchell, of Bristol, the -champion
raobet player of England,-haring-heard- that a
cballenge has been sent from America to eny
raeket player In that country, has offered /r to take
up inns” for tbe honor of Oid-Engioad, and
a home and home match with any man m the
United States. :
Guilty* —The T>ryon brothers, who
brutally murdered their sister, near Detroit, last
June, have been found gailty bf murder. The’
pleajof Insanity did not avail.- As they do not
bang people in Mfohlgan/ they will be sent to the
State prison for life.- . • *
Sudden Death- —Saturday' evening Jfst, as
Mr. >ancl Mrs. Justus Francis* of Hariford; Conn.,
were about'retiring for the night, Mr*. Francis
saidftfaat she believed she should faint away, as
everything looked darky she' laydown upon the
bed pnd died Instantly. 1 ; •-
On the borders of Green Bay, Wisconsin,
therp are thirty-six saw-mills* with sn tgpmto
capacity for running 400,000,000 feet oTlattber
annually, and this does not take into acoount the
shingles, lath and timber manufactured.'
fifes. Oobnsltus of Bethjehem,
Conn , out her throat from ear to ear-on Saturday
morning last, and -died in fifteen' minutes
wards. - She was about 35 yean of age; and
leaves two ohildnu. No cause U assixnsa for tbe
act.)
lii consequence of the Btribe on the Chi
cago, Alton, aiid St. Lonis Railroad,'some four
hundred bead of cattle were kept in an euolosure,
neaq Chicago, foDe week* without-reOd or -water,
and (seventy of them were dead, and many of - the
others dying. •,
Colonel Fhanois Lee, of the United States
army* (says the St‘touisDemocrar, ofthe 20th
iDBt.|,) died in this city yesterday evening it seven
o’olook, of a obronio diarrhoea, contracted during
his lu Mexico. ,
Rather Incredible. —There ir a : mare on
exhibition at Louisville, Hy., that has a living
snake in one of her eyeballs. Rather Inoredlble;
but {the Courier says the'story is true.and no
humbug. -• */
Rev. Hr. Copvee, 8 bUck mati, and
the first man'who ever preached a flerinon on the
bluffd of Memphis/Tenn., was arrested h few days
ago for being drunk-and put in the ealabo6*«.< -•
Qeneeocs.—The proceeds of the printers’
festrval, at Davenport* lowa,were donated by them
to the support of an invalid printer, now confined
to his bed by slokness ...
keeper in LouiffrUlc La s
just{zeeehred.several hundred rats to be used for
spoiling purposes. ■■, y
Largo Fire in Hew York--Explosion of
! Gunpowder*
[From the'New York Tribune of yesterday.] -
Shortly after 10 o’clock, last night, Officer Bo
bler!, of the first preolnct, while patrolling his
boat, discovered smoke issuing from the topof the
store doorway of the four-story building Ho. 31
South street, and, npon making further examina-
found that the premises were on fire. He
Immediately ’ raised an alarm, and rah to the sta
tion-house sear by for the purpose of procuring an
axe; wherewith to break open the door. An en
trance was'speedily effected, but, owing to the
dense smoke, it was Impossible to ascertain the
exact.locality of the fire. The firemen had, by
this time, arrived, and several of them, with their
hose fn hand, fearlessly entered the store on the
first floor. ...
Captain Mackey, of the Insurance Patrol, and
one or two' of his men, were' groping their way
through the smoke for the purpose of saving what
property ihey jsould,. when a -violent .explosion
occurred, knocking them senaelessupoa the floor,
singeing their hair, and burning’ them. severely
about the face and hands. While their companions
were dragging them out of- the burning building,
a second explosion-took plaoe, by which the fol
lowing-named firemen were' severely injured:
Thomas McCauley, Christopher Faulbaven. and
John Myers, of Engine Company*. No; 5 j'Thoma*
Barnard, Bdward Kelly, and Henry Lineaburgh,
of flose Company No, 18. The insurance patrol
men injured were Captain Mackey and Patrick
Moran.
The injured 'parties were'aU removed to the
First Preolnct Station House, which, for a lime,
presented quite a hoepital-like A
physician was summoned, who dressed the wounds
of jthe sufferers, after which most Cftfmm went.
hoffie. All were burned 'more or less about the
face and. hands, and had their hair and whiskers
singed off. Moran sustained the most serious in
jury, and was conveyed to the New York Hospital
by his comrades.
. The building was owned by Hr. Boydam, and
was occupied l>y the following persons: First
floqr—Henry Ketcham, as toßors' clothing store
and general fitting-oat establishment for seamen.
Be<jond floor l —Simpson, Mayhew & Co., shipping
merchants. Third floor—Brans A Co.; shippers,
and Wm. Ray A Co., auctioneers. Fourth floor—
Mr Trumday, sail-maker.
The building, with its contents, was entirely
destroyed, but owing to the lateness of the . hour
oui reporter was unable to obtain any particulars
as to the losses and insurances.. The total loss will
not, however, exoeed $15,800, azfd It Is probably
covered by Insurance.
The adjoining building, No. 80, occupied by
Walsh, Carey, & Chase, ship chandlers, and other
parties, sustained some damage by water, aa did
also Messrs. Rising & Company, occupants of
No: 32.
The fire originated in Ketoham's store, and the
explosions are supposed to have been e&naed by
gunpowder, which wsskept on the premises for the
purpose of selling to sailors.
The steam fire engine was on the ground andgot
to work at an early moment. A large nossle was
fiat on the hose and a heavy body of water thrown
nto the building for some minutes, hut. unfortu
nately something gave way, and the steam ma
chine was removed for repairs.
THE COURTS.
. TZ 8 IXKDAT * 9 PBOOB* DING*.
[Reported for The Press 3
Nisi Pbics—Justice Thompson.—Douglas
nJ Mitchell. The oese again continued. Yetterdajy
morning the jeror whose iilnesa caused a continuation
of this cue made,his apparent*, but.evidently still
Buff«rtng. The ease was, however 1 , proceeded with; had
the defence opened by Mr. XoMuxtrie, who relied, as we
before intimated, on showing that the whole claim of
the plaintiff was a fraud. The habits of accuracy of
thy daoeased, Mr. Mitchell, were much dwelt upon, and
the strong improbability of his ever haring allow*!
other person to prepare stteb aa instrument as a
judgment note for him to sign, ho himself being a oon
veyanoer, and distinguished for his carefulness. Ansu*
her or other fsotawer# mentioned showing the impro
bability of this transection, and which would he relied
npon as a defence to the claim.
* After the opening for the defence had concluded, the
ailing jsror found himself eo til m to be unable to re
main any longer in court, and the case was, therefore,
continued until this morning. •-
Distrxot OouETr-Jndge Sharswpod.-—ln the
case of Fnry vs. Geiger, an action for damages for slan
derous words, the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff
for 825.
Spencer m Hedges. An action on a bead a&d mort
gage. Verdict for plaintiff for 81,046,
Neall vs Orabbe. An action on a promissory sots.
Verdict for plaintiff.
Disthioi Court— Judge Stroud.—Lewis
Bela rs. B. G. Evans. An action on a promissory note.
Verdict for plaintiff.
Quarter Sessions—Judge Allison.—Yaleu*
tine Ilooeiine was tried on the charge of assaulting
Goifrey Gelcher, and Geicher was charged with as
saulting lloosline. Beth the defendant and prosecutor
in these cases are Germans. The d fficulty arose out of
the dog or ooe chasing the goosei of the other. Ver
dict guilty as tu lloosline—not guilty as to Gelcher.
J. A. Donaldson, e ycong man, was tried on the
charge of riot.' Offl«r Andrew Long testified’that a
few weeks sicca there wss a firemen’s difficulty at the
corner of fiixteeoth and Fine streets, during which pii
tols were fired. He arrested the defendant in the act
of Tunning from the eo'ne of the disturbance. Further
tkan that he could not say. A witness, said to be aa
important one, was not present, and a court oOcer waa
oalled to know why he was not there, who said that he
Had not had a eubjeeoft for him. The District Attorney
laid the blit before the jury, and ashed a verdict of not
guilty* which was rendered.'
James Brady was tried on the charge of stealing a
check of fifteen dollar*.' Aocordisg to the testimony,
Bradytook the check from a servant girl, njlog that
Re would go'to the bank and get it checked. He never
returned it or the money. The prosecutrix afterwards
went to live with the defendant, and waa with him
several months. She did not prosecute until after she
left him and had got judgment fot-the amount of the
check and her wages besides. The defence waa that
the money was a loan. Verdict not guilty.
William Gallagher and William Vannemas, the lat
ter a police officer, were put on their trial on a ebarga
of assaulting each otter. The officer had been called,
upon to quell a disturbance at a publio house, and ar
reVUl G«U»gh.r. Be U.tified ti.t SiUl.giK, rtrock
him violently; and that he, in self-defence,
Gallagher with a billy* Not eenctaded.