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,fQtottba.**absorlberfl.~aoder the firm of
AW*A_?y JJE B3o»i* this-day [diaiolved. 1 by mutual
.flrm wUI be, Battled by
are authorized to use
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ED win mooaxla;
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PhtlfclelplLfa, January, 25,1859_.. * .j&25-6t*
COPARTNERSHIP^ —*The■? undersigned
'Vy', or W; Hi'HORSTA!ANN * ’SONS) hive this
> day associated themselves as Importers aud Wholesale
Sealerbiu. LADIE4M>KEBS TRIMMINGS, at Ho. 61
'Sooih;.9GtfßTH*/Sf*6eta y aboT6’Oheat&utj Under the
aameandatyloof BVANB‘AHABBALL. ’>s
" ' .a/,’!':v :GfcORGJB.O, EVANS,
'V- %V r„ ’ ■. WILLIAM 0. HAOSALL.
Philadelphia, January 11,1850., . , ‘ i*l6l2t
D; HOdVBB-(Jate UVS.
I™ Mirth&l for the i)i«tricfc of Oolutnoia) h«s Mao
ciaUd tfclpieir.witfc'WALT)f H D. DAYIDBB, Cotm
eellor.atLav, BofllneH-befortthe U. 8. Sopreme and
OlteoitOoajrte, the Oodrt of. Claims; end the iSzeontire
Bepirtmtnt* promptly £tbraded tor Address DAVIUQB
* aOOTBR. IOOIacASA ATaoM. Wnti'Dstoa City.
yjWttt.” - -
VO&G.RITT£NHOtf SE, of the; late firm
mw. o B: 0. HOBNOB 4c,00.,:WU1 contiana th« Whole
**lo' -Tarnish Manufacturing, in all its branches, u
heretofore; at the old stand. r ' • ' '
; Thankful for past fajora, be solicits the on atom of the 1
‘fortoerpatrrtns of 3 O.HOBNOR A 00.; and hopes by
strictaitsotiuhtobusiness to oontloue to give entire
aatunMtibn.': ' ! ' ,y ' \
Btpre~No. 231 t BCH it. bet Second and Third its.
Factory—At 000KHRVILLB.Twenty-thirl ward.
I IMITfiD P A&tNJ3HSHIPTha Sub-
JLi scHbefs hereby give notice that they bare entered
into a Idxnlted to the provisions
of-the la*s Commcmwealth of Pennsylvania re
latingto Limited Partnerships. - ...
That the name or-firm under whieh said partnership
Isit>*be'co'nductediS‘‘ fi. WOOD, MARSH, A HAY
WARD.” 5 . *' l .
That thegdneralnature of theßnsiness intended to
be the Dry Goods Jobbing and GRNhing
Easiness^. *• I ’■ • ‘
That'the names of ail'the general and special part*
acre interested therein;-are .BENJAMIN- V. MARSH
(general partner); L*WIO W; HAYWARD (general
partaftf)',j£DWAßD-Y. TOWNSEND (general partner),
HBNBYHaifDBRSON (geoeral.partner), RICHARD
WOOD'(general partner), ALFRED FOSTER (gene*
vajpartner), RICHARDD.: WOOD, (special partner),
and JO3TAH' BAOON'Cspeftta! partner),' and all'of them
th'ft said', partners,' general and'special, reside In the
City of'PhiDMelphiav ?
That the' aggregateamount,of the capital contributed
by the special partners to the Common-Stock,'la Two''
hundred thousanddollar*, 'of , which pne' hundred
thousand dollars, been so'contributed, by
the Said. RICHARD' J>. WOOD,* speolal partner, ana of
which, One-hundred thousand'dollars,'ln'cash,, has'
beeif eo'contributed, by the said JOBIAH-BACONi'spe*
cialpartner.** .:r . ? „ ? - ,
That'jho periodic which the said partnership is to
commence. La the.thirty-drat dayof.Deaeraber,' A.D,
1858* and the period at which ttwill- terminate, is the
thirty-firstday of December, A.D.1803.
; \RIOHARItD; WOOD, Speeial’Pattne*.
. ... JOSIAH BACON, -Special Partner.
.bbnjni v: marsh. *
*•' - ‘ -LW. HAYWARD; "
. ; *DWD.Y> TOWNSEND. -• ‘
.* - HENDERSON. • _
. . BIOHARD WOOD.
~ ," V ALFRED’H.'FOSTER,
PhUada!," Dec; 31,1563.' ‘ jal-flw
GTaiririet ttlare. .
rilHB LAKGKST DESK BEPOT IN !
JL-. -‘-i Vi =>~-„ t', ' -
.vr. ;.THE imiOH. li--: ■
HOe.DB^ i * i HTJ"STqN,
r ' (BtKXx*3Gr.to J. T.'H^nmlVt,)
' MiSOTAOTFHBBS.Ot
A. L.ADAMS’ IMPROVED DESK BACK.
Ho. 26* Souti THTSD Stmt,
; , ' . ,\ PiUad.lplU..
OMIOB, BANK, ul SOHOOU YUBNITURB;
BXTSNBtON TABLES, BOOKOABEB, ‘
.... .WARDROBES, &o. Mi
CABINET FURNITURE ahb BILLIARD
MOORE-& CAMPION.
Ho.26I : BppTHAEOONDBtB*RT,
in connection with'their extensive. Cabinet Business,
are now manufacturing.a superior article of
RIhLIABD TABLEa, '
and have how on hand h‘ fall supply, untahed with
MOORE & CAMPIONS OUgfIONS,
which are pp,menaced byallwholtlaTe used'tham toi>e
cuperUrtoail -"•>»'j -i- , »;■ • ~
For .the quality and the' manu
facturers refer to their numerous’patrons throughout
are f*tnlll&r withthe ohanoter of their
work.--- - ' c ' 'jal4-6iu' t ;
UPentigtig.
B, A. DUKE, J
gfiTßyr. dentist, 1 1
Office, No. 27 NorthTENTJET Street; (corner of fil
bert.) ' • •. ' , v:: - , .. . «iao-im*
i UetaillQipa. (Soa&a.
wthitje french meeinoes anjd
' ▼ OASHMERKS.-T-Seternl, lot* to fc« closed oat
r, OBAELBB/ADA!dB« J>
and Arch strata.
cheap:. ..
jal-tn ih s-tf
ONE MONTH OP BARGAINS
* BEffOBB TAKIHO'STOOK. .
GBEAT INDDOEMBSta 0»KBBE» TO JPUH-
CHABEBfii'
All Wndiaf ;,:'X
WINTifc'DBY 00083 BBDUOED, tib. (
Broobe'&nd Bh'iwli..?.
j 'Brew ,
- fitjictf ud OmJubkU)
S r.. ’
Sott quality Kid Glow to 880. .' >,
HotfrenelvUdricoaß^SOo.
Emi>roliUri6B«-atU klndj, &0., 4cc.
I. CHABI.EB ADAMS,'
Eighth, and Arch atreeta.
Jal.ta th l*tf
XJEiVr STOOK OF BE&NKETS—Re-
JL.I/dno«d in price before talcing stoclc. "
Cradle anil Orlb Blanket*.l.. ;v$ i 25 to 3 35
V4,8*4 81Mk6ta..,w..;....*.» 2 OO'tb^‘so
- do, do. .......2 60 to 300
31*4 do. do. .V 400 to 6 50
12*4 do. do. ................ 4'6atof6Q'”
38-4 do; do 700 to 10 50'
ItddSxtra do 3 : 12 60
THeea Blaokets are of superior quality, and at least
twenty per cent, lew than regular prices.
OBAHLEB ADAMB, •
jaB*stnthtf > *: SIQBTZX slid ABOH Street*.
$24,999 '^DBr^OOiB,
* \ ' " AT ’
./■yiv , v »o*
tax DATS OHI .Tt,
BkroßX
TAKING STOCK. ..... _
1 • COOPBE A CONAIID,
B. B. sorosr MINIQaod MARKBT,
FOE SIX DAYS ONLY; , ”
.’ *M;b99 jrorth of DBVitiqODS atPRIMECOBT,
fceWrltflittgitock; ‘ .
“ COOPER *- OONABD, , ,
JaSt'. ;S.B:ec,raei..NINTH»n4MARKET.
SQOISAT7X BEAVEE CLOAKS,
•EA, ■ v '»Oß COLD WEATHER,
3DBT.RBOEIVED,
■ - . And vlU.tw sold at .
. LOWPBIORB,
TO CCOel THB SEASON.
J..i W- PoB.OOT O E & go.,
ja2o , 708 qggsjrwPT storkt.
r< OODS REDUCED BRIOH'.TO STOOK
\JT TAKIKB! “ ~■■ ■ : rt
; „ THORNLRY;A& CHISM,
Would be* leavAtoaonounebthatthe.Holiaajs beta*
now Over they «w rap trior for Stock-takings and will
: ; Tclosb out vjsby. cheap , f v ■
Tfll BALANON OF Ifififa FALL AND WINTER
; ,v: r - ~<*oo9Bl' . ...
Cloaks and Rif lans,'
Shawls and Silks.- >-i t< -■ '-i. .
MttinoeaJtfldOaahmeres/ .
- DeLainejTabdParm&ttas.
Satin Traverse and Valencias,
-,r T -- Ginghams,,
- &ud.OaMmerer,. _>,
Blankets and BhawLf, *
; , . ; . .Linens aud Muslin*,
" < Tabu nod Piano Cover!,
* 'aW, ■
Ladies’ and Giotlemen’sßdkfß.
: Hosiery andGlove*. Ae., &e.
With a large and veil assorted general stock of
PANG?- AND STAPLE.DAY* GOODS,
All Bought OHBAP fan OABH.-and.now to he sold *•
,r* J PRIOEB4 ? / .
TO Oloso out preparatory to ■ ji .
2 'Stock-Taking i:> - .
THORNLEYA CHISM * S,
Northeast Corner EIGHTH A SPAING GAR&BH
«WE BBLL FOR ;OABH< AND> HATH BUT ONE
?-!/■- jal-tf
.CSnuiings.
BAILV & BROTHER'S
OABPBT'WAREHOUSE,
No; m 0 CHESTNUT STREET.
W* SHALLOPIN TO-DAY AHOTHSR INVOIOI
op
~ 3 suGLISH ■
T A P B S T-B-.Y , >B B USSEtB,
<• OR,OSSEBY’B”OBLBBRATED make, ,
. ONE DOBIiAB A YARD. : :
Oafml knj««iriUl!ndoar .tockfnll add .Mtoak
r;.>«,
CTOSXPaEMXUB. AWARDED ,\7
1 -;7 > \ - '
IKSTWDTB. koTailßßß, ISIS, /
' . TO TBS .. . 7
. * .
BTABOH-KAJJUFAOTUBINQ
,v ‘ to* ■pHfni'.'irtki’WSiSD'Tr^
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VOL. 2—NO* 154.
statement op the -affairs of
>3 THB UNION MUTUAL INSURANOB COMPANY
.OF PHILADELPHIA, in conformity with a provision
of its Charter *. *
FRBUIOM3 from January 1,1868, to Janu
ary 1, 1859.,,* . $242,823 6
PREMIUMS earned on Marine and Inland
Risks during the yesr.ending as above.-.. $lBO 680 20
K&oElYJ9Dfromlnteresioninvestments.. 7,168 66
LOSSES, Return Premiums, Reinsurances,
Rxpmsee. and Commissions during the
same period,and bad debta.., 81
AB3EIB OP THB COlttr 2Y, limuill, 18 J1„..
. 6 000 PeniujlTuil. 6 per cent. Lo.na, cost *5.966
lu.ooo Philadelphia City 0 per cant. Loans, ■ • iu,eoo
7,000 Cltjr.cr PltteborgO , « ■ “ «
7,000 do. 6 *■ “ “ 0,000
41,620 Oamdm and Amboy Railroad 6 per
cant. 8enda...........■•.■•-■•■•. * 41,718
14,610 OhaMposk. and- Dolawaro Canal 6
per cent. Bond “ 14,010
6,000 North Pennaylrania Railroad ,6 pot
cent. Bonda i “ o.™
100 aharea North Ponna Railroad *• - .6,000
117“' X’hiladelphiaßank “ 14,7C0
a? << ’ Delaware Mutual luaurance
Company.,,,,. ** 2,176
40 “ Delaware Railroad Company u 1,000
Sundry Stock of Steamboat and Tele
-• 'graph’ CompAnieS. and'Oe'rtiflcates
of Prodt'ixtjttntnal Insurance Com*
\ pany, “ 18,077
Estimated value of the above
Oash on hand..,,,,8,035
Bills Receivable. 66,988
Due the Company for nnsettted Premiums,
~ Salvages, and other accounts. 77»&78
RICHARD 8. SMITH, President.
J6B. OoLLiaos. Secretary. ja!4-12t
IyfiEELBB & WILSON’*
s B aK.WIHG. MACHINES,
! REDUCED PRICES.
■ ' NEW STELE, $6O.
* All the former patterns $26 less on each Machine.
! A NEW TENSION.
NO WINDING OF UPPER THREAD..
A HBHMBtt WHICH TURNS ANY WIDTH OF
HEM. OR FELL,
orvioss
62S OHESTNUT Btteet, Philadelphia.
No. 7 Weat STATfi Street, Trenton, N. T.
No. 7EaatGAY Street, West Chester, Pa.
' oo7tofe2o , '
EAARRIS’ B BOUDOIR SEWING MA
*-* - CHINE Is offered' to the' public as the most re
liable low-priced Sewing; Machine in use. It will sew
from six to sixty, stitches to an inch, on all kinds of
goods, from ooarse’at bagglng to the finest cambrics. It
is, without exception, the' simplest in Its mechanical
oonstructlo r nevermade r andoan be.runand keptia order
by£e£Ud r of twelveyeanAr'ege. The nuxanitirr of
this machine, and the qoalitv ov its work, are war
ranted to be any other; Its speed ranges
from threC hundred to' fifteenhundred stitebes per mi
nute. The thread usedls taken directly from the spools,,
WITHOUT THB TBOUBLS OF BSWISDIKO. In fact, it is S
machine that is wantedhy evory family In the land, and
the low priced - - - -
< _ THIRTY DOLLARS,"
at whloh they are sold, btlngs them within the reach of
almost every one. _ v -* 8. D, BAKER, Agent,
| dai-dQm W-eow-0m 30 South EIGHTH Street.
PIANO-FORTES CORRECTLY
TYYf»TUNED by O.E.SARGENT. Fatisfactlon
warranted. - Orders leftatNo..Bo4OHEßZNUTBtreet.
Terma, $l. - Twelve years* factory experience ja4-2mW
tflesgfta PIANO FORTES. > •
iV*Ti*;V- Just xeeelTed.au elegant etook of RAVEN,
BACON, a-. OOmNUNNS A CLARK, HALLET.DA
VIS a go:, and GALE A 00. S PIANOS. MEL&D3-
ONB of .best quality,.at. '.»>sl&E; GOULD’S,
i‘S, SEVENTH ahd sts,
'mhlO-y -
STORE;
PHILIP WILSON &’ OQ.,
‘ . 483 CBEBTSUT STREET,
-Akk tho attention of Merchants, Gunsmiths, and Sports
men. to the very sopbbiox Fowling pieces, Rifles, &o;
of their own manufacture, which are not surpassed by
the heat imported ,Gons; In' quality/ and finish. The
SHOOTIXO QUALiTixs of each Gunmanufaotured by them
will be,fully guarantied. > They are also regularly re
oeiving, direct from' the raakere, a full assortment of
;*NbL_ rr-'' '. -
BEST CLASS GF ENGLISH GUNS,
Of the celebrated stamps of
W.estlcy Blohards, Moore & Harris,
Purdy, Beau ts> Adams, v
Greener, PondevaaxJ& Joss/, dee.,
together with a complete stock of the cheaper style of
English and Belgian Guna which Trill be sold at the
lowest market rates.
ALL VABIKT? Off GUNSMITHS’ TRIMMINGS,
such as Barrels, Stocks, Bods, 1 Mountings, Flasks,
Gonßags, Loeks, and Lock Furniture, Bley’s Caps, Oar’,
trldges, /Wads, &o.j on the'most favorable terms to
the trade, • » > • ' jali*tTelB ■
1/ BIS KRINQLE HEADQUARTERS—
-RIL We harejnflt reeetnd our Vroueh Oonfeotionory,
acd are manaftotdring a superior artiole of Harsh Mel
low Gum Drops, Boa Boos, Cream Dates, &c. Call
and supply yourselTes with the best Confectionery In
this otty, at JEFFRIES tc EVANS’,.
- fcol64m N 0.418 MARKET St;, bet. 7th and Bth.
(Sentlemcn’a ifurnis!)iug <Jsoob3
Wp*QHBSTBB .& 00„ GENTLEMEN’S
I? BURNISHING STORE
ana -
PATENT bhouldmr seam shirt uanufac.
Attia Old ataad, HoJOB.OHEfeTHIJT gTBMT, oppo
site the Washington House.
: A. WINCHESTER willgiTe. aa heretofore: his per
«ocal tuperriaion to the Cutting and Maaufaetaring
departments; Orders for his celebrated style of Shirts
and Coliam filled at the shortest notloe. Wholesale
trade supplied on liberal terms. jy24-ly
JW, SCOTT, (late of the firm of Wnr
• OHIBTEB A Boor?,) [GENTLEMEN’S FURNISH
raro STORE and 1 SHIRT MANUFACTORY, 814
OHEBTNUf Street, (nearly opposite theGlrardHouse,)
Philadelphia. .
’ J. W. 8. would respeetfully call th* attention of his
former patrons and friends to Els new Store, and Is pre
pared to fill orders far SHIRTS at short notice. A
Ctfw*.® 1 gdMwitlM, COUNTRY TOADS .applied
-10 l TINS SHIRTS.and COLLARS. jylB.tr
PBIUB DOST!!
J E. OALDTTEU 4 GO.»
a , 892 OHISTNUT StTMtl
Hate reeeited, per steamers, new styles
| Jewelry. Chatelaine, Vest Chains.
* Splendid Fans, Hair Fins.,
Fruit Stands, Sugar Baskets.
Jet Goods and Flower Vases.
Coral, Lata andMosaio Sets.,
Sole Agents in Philadelphia for the sale of Charles
frodaham’s LONDON TIME-KEEPERB. nor 8
J‘ 8. JABDEN h BEO.
• KiiDriomiis AMD wroanas of
SILVER-PLATED WARE,
No, 804 Chestnut Street, above Third, (sp stairs,)
• • ♦, -y ■- Philadelphia.
Constantly on hand and/or sale to the Trade.
TEA BETS, COMMUNION SERVIOB SETS, URNS
FWOHJB&fI, GOBLETS, OUPS, WAITERS, BAS* ,
, RETS, CASTORS, KHIVBB,SPOONS, FORKS,
' Jf - - LADLRS. Ac.: Ao.
, Gliding and plating on all kinds of metal. ie2-ly
JB, VALENTINE A CO.,
e OOMMIBBION MBROHANTB
torn tbb sals or
AMERICAN MANUFACTURES,
No. 51 COMMON - STREBT,
NEW 0 K L E A N S .
Bpeeial attention given to Collecting and Remitting
Bxobange. - d23*Bm*
Linens for men’s wear.
American Linen Company’s superior style Brown
Linen Coatings, % and %, various shades: Brown and
Bleached Linen lucks, various styles j Brown Linen
Drills. . A choice assortment of the above Goods now
oh sample,' and for, sale by JOSEPH LBA,
; dlft-tf 138 and 180 OHBSTNUT Street.
OAHUBL W. OBOOM*. TBIO. D. SMOBT,
GKOOME «e EMORY,
COAL DEALERS,
LBHIGH AND MHUTLKILL COAL,
Prepared expressly for Family use.
YARD, No. 154880 AD Street, below Race.'
_ Orders left at OHAB. EMORY t OO.’S, Bankers, No.
15 South THIRD Street, or sent through Dispatch or
Post Office, will reoeive prompt attention. jal7-3ra*
Housekeepers, look to your
. INTJSBEBT.^—Great Seduction In the prloe of
OOAIf. Cheapest and best. The subscriber having
made contracts for his ■ supply ol Coal, is enabled to
offer very superior. BamllyCoal at the following re
duced priees : , ;
Brokenßggaud 8t0Te.. 4 . t «..,..|4 00 per ton
OoeUng •••3 76 “ “
~ r LargaKnt 860 “ “
, _BmauHut...•..• •••«•.. .. 826 “ “
Warranted to aire satisfaction and fall weight In all
dues aUlfok’a Old Central Yard, 8. E. cor. MARSHALL
and WIBtOW Streets. d9-3ra
17*(BRING, FOX, & CO., wholesale and
JO retail dealer* io; LEHIGH and SCHUYLKILL
OOALir Lehisrb yard—THIRD street and GERMAN
TOWN ROAD? EchoyUdU yard-RAO* and BROAD
atreets,-Philadelphia. Keep constantly on band Coal
from the most,<approvsd mines, under cover, and pre
ferred expressly for family use. feC-r
M IS, OF THE HIGHEST IMPORTANCE
for every one to know where they will get the
molt for their money. eyrttialW such times as these.
ZIEGLER A SMITH, wholesale Druggists. Corner of
SECOND and CrREESf Street*, axe disposing of their
White Dead, Ground Paint*, of all Color*, and Window
Glass. J hll of the best quality, at price* whioh will bo
pltwiDg to buyer*. ©ell
insurance ’ CCotnpan«o.
o£»)ina iMacljines.
.JJiotwJioirUs.
; ©Httß, JJtetols, SZt.
ffionteitionerg.
tOattljes, Jetoclrji, &c.
dontmteeion Rouses.
Nero publications.
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Tbe Abases of tbe Post Office Hepaft
rnept. *
Not having had either of the two mysteri
ous black cats oi the Senate chambor in'our
service, wo were unable to- present
roadors an oarly account of the late acrimo
nious dobato in secret executive session, r\or
to publish such a garbled statement of it.as
would elicit from the Senators a public denial
of its accuracy. It isreported, however, that
a recent appointment in Ohio being under;
consideration, Senator Puou denounced the j
method in which the vaoancy had boon crciv-'
ted, by removing one of his friends. He was
followed by Senator Douglas, who commented
interns of deserved severity, upon the’chft
racter of tho Administration appointees in it
linois, and stated, as a proof, of their infamy,
that but of fifty thousand documents he hist
forwarded by mail to his constituents, during
last year, not one had been received by'thb
person to whom it was addressed. He addc#
that ho would give a reward of ten dollars
for every case in which the reception of those
documents was authenticated. This state
ment is one which should nrrost the attention
of the country, for it indicates the cxiatoncef: t
of an evil of frightful magnitude. The-Post;
Office Department has become extremely ex/
pensive. The present Administration de
mands for its support, during the ensuing fls.jj
cal year, nearly $17,000,000, and proposes toj
charge five cents, for. the transmission of let-,
ters between post offices but five miles distant]
from each other. A system which imposes
snch heavy expenditures should furnish- a; S
corresponding degree of privacy, security,
and advantage to the publio. Hon of all par- ■
ties are taxed to support it, and men of all
parties should enjoy an equal share of its
benefits. We believe that postmasters are
frequently wrongfully accused of delays in the
transmission of mail matter, or losses of
valuable letters. But our own experience has
taught us that there are men now acting in
that capacity who display the “insolence
of office" in its most aggravated and ob.
noxious forms. Through them, the strong
arm-of power has repeatedly been exerted',
to'diminish tho circulation of The Pbess, and
to obstruct its dissemination among the peo
ple. There is serious groundfor the fear that
our present rulers are disposed, as far as pos
sible, to prostitute a great public system in
which ttip whole nation has a deep interest,
into an instrument for tho promotion of par
tisan ends. In Illinois, men of integrity and
capacity have in repeated instances been re
moved because they would not soil their man
hood by repudiating their honest principles,
and their places have been filled by abandoned,
base, and corrupt wretchos, whose destitution '
of principle marked them as willing tools to
violato tho sanctity of, the mails, to destroy or
withhold matter intended for distribution, to
disregard their official oaths, and to moke of
the “ powers that be " a God whose faithful
worship atoned for the most infamous
crimes. It is well known that one of the
last stages of tyrannical corruption reached
by absolutist power is that in ■' which
the secrets of tho post office are placed at tho
mercy of prying officials, and a plan of os-,
plonage founded upon its operations, more
penetrating, fearfnl, and revolting than the’
political spy system of France. Nothing is
so well calculated to shake tho confidence and
arouse the indignation of a great nation, as
the idea that Us most secret thoughts and most,
confidential revelations can be placed at the;
m.ercy of debauched postmasters. In a coun
try like this, the j frequent. wsUsneody tjuma-?
mission of written intelligence is- a neoesslty.
The Government has monopolised the exclu
sive control of this great undertaking, and
peremptorily forbids the interference of private
individuals. But if the abuses of power by'
its agents are not speedily corrected, the pro
position to abolish tho Fost Office Department
and throw the business open to private com
petition, which was adversely reported upon
in Congress on Tuesday, will grow in popular
ity, and eventually become a necessity. The
Administration is throwing unprecedented
odium upon existing institutions by its ehame-
Ibl prostitution oi the powers they confer,
and ovory day illustrates, by its conduct, how
much ovil can be perpetrated by bad men,
even nndor tho best system of Government.
Prom a Kansas Correspondent.
[Correspondence of The Press.] '
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 10,1859.
The interest which the groat mass of the people
is sow feeling In the dovolopment of the resonroes
of that region, which was but recently the scene of
an unhappy dissoosion, presents a prominent rea
son for oorreot and ample information concerning
the events which haVe crowded so fast the columns
of oar journals. Quiok upon each other’s heels
have followed the lengthy details of political com
bats, unhealthy speculations, disastrous revulsions,
and mineral dißooverles, until the trite stories have
seCmed like fabrications of interested localities, or
the delusive phantasies of a wild imagination.
Bat whatever scale may rise and fall in the specu
lations of politioians and renl-estate broken, one
fact.has bfioome fixed and certain—namely, that
credible witnesses have testified os to the abun
dance of gold deposits near Pike's Peak, and that
the country is moving with eioltembnt to Join the
tide of emigration to this new El Dorado. The
most vivid imagination need not call for assistance
beyond the reality in depicting tbo consequences
whioh must result from the extraordinary oauses
at work. But n few yoars ago, tho region west of
the Missouri rlvor was almost terra incognita to
civilisation; and, to the contented people of tho
seaboard States, appeared the Ultima Thule of
the moat ambitious pioneer. But the agencies
which have beoh to Work In the adjoining Terri
tory of Kansas, the expansive power of free insti
tutions, the energetio immigration of a foreign
population, and tho remarkable fertility of the
undulating prairies, have dotted the river with
ambitious towns, and covered the plains with
thrifty homesteads. And now, far boyond the
confines of settled lifo, at the very base of tho
Rooky Mountains, already sixteen hundrod settlers
have ereotefl tWr rude cabins and explored the
aurlferouß branohes of the Platte. At’lntervals,
even in the dead of winter, a straggling oempany
of six or sevon pass through our town upon their
bleak journey to join the sturdy group already at
work.
The continual news from the mines confirms the
report of the wealth in the streams and soil, and
the continual reports from Eastern papers tell
us that tho tide Is moving towards the Boene of la
bor. Look forward to the future, and pioture the
relation whiob a wealthy and prosperous State be
neath the shadow of the Sierra Madre will have
upon the oommorolal history of tho country, and
tho impetus whioh it will give to a speedy civili
zation of the fairest fields whioh the “bright sun
ever shone upon. Tho outlet to the Missouri river,
whioh the gold regions all demand, will have the
effeot of throwing the surplus population of the
mines hack upon the agricultural regions of Kan
sas and western Missouri and to the commercial
olties whioh dot the river on either bank j and
beyond the range of mountains tho oommoree of
the Pacific coast will reverse the order of history,
and extend its Rank eastward to oomplete tho bolt
of States and the geographioal unity of the Con
federacy.
If such results are not fanciful, tho various
oitles upon the Missouri rivar will play no unim
portant part in the progress of events. As ono of
the termini of the various projected routes to the
Cherry oreek mines, Kansas City beoomes a point
of some importance as an outfitting' depot for emi
grans trains. Situated at tho junction of tbo
Kansas and Missouri rivers, near the Territorial
line, and possessing the natural advantages of a
stable levee, and the commanding point of the
great northern bend of the Missouri, it has
sprung, in tho course of threo years, from a village
of five hundred Inhabitants to a town of eight
thousand—and that, notwithstanding the year of
border hostilities, and the last year of pecuniary
stringency. The oounty of Jackson, of whioh It
is the river town, IS not unknown as a historical
locality. Independence, the oounty seat, a beau
tiful town of four thousand people, is celebrated
as being adjacent to the old Mormon camp, and
tho soone of tho difficulties which attended that
religious oommunlty, but it Is better known as the
outfitting depot for the California trains daring
the gold excitement of that State. Westport, a
town of two thousand people, four miios from thiß
point, Is known sb the headquarters of one of the
bostilo factions in the late political dissensions.
-Kansas, olty, for - a long time the extreme
/westers village upon tbo river, is the terminus Qf
the great Santa Fe road, and has for yearsmono
policed tho trade, of New Mexloo and a great por
tion of that ef the Mexioan State of Chihuahua.
.This old established road to Santa Fe is likely to
haye great weight in determining the starting
point of the trains in the; spring, and its
geographical bearings* should be well, regarded
by those who proposo to visit tho mines. Start
ing from Kansas city, it follows, the natural “ di
vides” to the Arkansas river, and np Ha bank to
.Bont’s Fort, within two hundred miles, of the
Peak., The whole of this route is well supplied
.with grass and water, and for almost two hundrod
mßos is studded-with habitations. Along the
head-waters of, the Arkansas and Platte stand fo
rest# qf white-pine, well adapted to building pur
poses, and addiDg greatly to the resources of the
mining diatrlot. It would be well, then, for
emigrants to judge discreetly of the advantages
of tho Santa Fe route, which has been so long es?
JtqblUhed for provision trains and mail communi
qatlon, reaoh\ng, os it does, the confines of the
well-supplied region of the mines, and avoiding
the sterile wastes which lie to. tho . north of the
Kansas river., .
cannot be too muoh infonnation collected
or too great jadgtnenj; exMbltedconoerning an ex
pedition so importantas the one whiohthe gold
feyersets on foot next spring A number of the
of Kansas city have already, oamped on
the banks of Oherry oreek, at the newJjMaid-off
town of Montana, (so-called in honor of the great
.book-bone of the continent,) and often fiend ns let
ters of their saooess and labors. - In the alternate
occupation of laying out town sites, hunting game,
the nioutitairiß and streams, digging
and building, houses, tho energetic pioneers
[pro speeding through the winter to secure the rieh
{harvest of thd spring. Yesterday a company of
{thirteen passed through Kansas city on their way
| to the mines, and brought the news, from various
iSta'tes, of tho'increaslng exoitementon thesnbjeot{
’and' stated that a thousand persons wore already
]on>the maroh, by way of the Santa Pe road, to the
ine'W jBI Dorado. The opening of navigation, and
sthe moderation of tho weathor In tho spring, will
doubtless reveal an interesting state of affairs, and
afford speculation to an unlimited extent. Kaw.
Meeting of the Democratic Committee of
| .Correspondence tor Chester County* ■
'. At a meeting of tho Demooratio Oommittoe of
Correspondence for Chester county, hold at the
tfurk’s Head, in the borough of West Chester, on
Fgiday, tho 21stdust., the following address was
tmanimously adopted, and the same was requested
jo be published in u The American Republican
tf,nd Chester County Democrat,”The Press.”
Philadelphia, the (i Sentinel?* at Harrisburg,
such other Demooratio journals in : the State
is are friendly to the politio&l sentiments therein
Contained:
TO TUB DBMOCBACr OJP OHBSf BR OOUNTT.
* The grehtbatUes whioh have been fought on the
broad fields of the world for the undying principles
of truth and justice, were sot engaged in by tho
timid or the timeserving. They were those who
had served themselves to brave the despotism, the
riontumely, and. if needs be, the soorn of the em
bittered hoßts or power. When the Revolutionary
fathers of this Republic confronted their oolonial
task-master* with the inspiring voice of liberty
and independence, their gallant aspirations wero
m ai and attempted to be annihilated by the cry
cOreasen 1' Brit regaidless of reproaob, they pnr
stted their onward oourse through a turbulent soa
<tf&orseouuon, until at last they, came forth from
-thikraoko and dust of the oonfliot bearing tho flag
Why was it'that tliby succeeded in the
contest? They were rebilling against
mtnreo of the samo common lineage, who in
herited all their endurance and valor, but yet the
feeble band of patriots gloriously'triumphed in
establishing the principle they so earnestly con
tended foh They only did so because they es
prosed an Immortal truth, before whioh all com
binations of error were doomed to go down.
{As we oome before you, fellow- Democrats of the
county of Chester, in the present address, we ask
that we shall only be received as we are the ad
vtHjatoa of truth and principle. If we shall fail
to establish the foot that we have contended for a
doctrine substantially the same as that whioh the
fibers of the Republic freely gave life, fortune,
and honor, to maintain, then we have no right to
claim your sympathy or co-operation.
' iXt Is needless for us to call attention to thefaot,
that in the well-contested political campaign of
lssd we were the earnest and einoere advooates
of ihe election of James Bnobanan to the Presi
dency. He was onr political Apollo, and we
gathered around him, eager and anxious to inter
p&e ofcr shields to protbot him froth the arrows of
every,ridtersary. Bor yeats he had - stood before
.thaLdmejiaan poonleas SLVenerAbltt and ConserVa
■twrKS&wmwr; Mdatthe fuomerit when etflblt--
tered sectional strife was heaving at the founda
tions of our saored Union, no one, in our estima
tion) was so oompotent as he to foil book the waves
of discord, and unito North and South In that
fraternal relation whioh had so happily existed
under the rule of the earlier Presidents. We
pledged him, as be pledged us, that he would exe
cute even and exact justice to every portion of the
C6nfederaoy. The Convention whioh met in the
city of Cincinnati in June, 1856, solemnly enacted
a platfortu of principles whioh he as solemnly
adopted as his own. He morged himself into that
platform, and became its living embodiment; and
when his eleotion was heralded to the world we
rejoiced in the result with unspeakable pleasure.
-Wo are not here to indulge in bitter denuncia
tion of one who is now approaohing the end of a
long and somewhat eventful life. It is a matter
of keen regret that we are forced oven to arraign
him, In a respectful manner, for what we conceive
to be a flagrant departure from the plain princi
ples of the Democratic party, as enunciated in
the resolutions adopted by a Convontion fully
authorized to establish a political rule of faith.
It is not neoessary for us to traoe minutely tho
history of the great question whioh has disturbed
tho country for several years past. Everything
aonneoted %ith that oonfliot of opinion is fresh in
the minds of the pooplo. It will be sufficient for
us to allude to tho faot, that an organized Terri
tory of this Government had boon, before tho year
1856, tho theatre of unnumbered atrooitleS and
political frauds, said.to have been perpetrated
with'the sanction of the ofQoers of the United
States. A committeo of Congress, in a volumi
nous report, established those frauds in the most
conclusive manner. It was well known that the
majority in the Territory had been overawed
by desperadoes, and that the eleotion for officers
to manage and control the destinlos of the fu
ture State was carried by the most shameless
and unoonoealed frauds. When Mr. Buchanan
was nominated for the Presidency, a resolution
was adopted by the delegated authority of the
Democratic party, pledging us all, that the
will of the majority should be respected and car
ried out in the Territory of Kansas, regardless of
consequences. We, of the froe Stales, proclaimed
that, if the mass of the people there chose to
adopt the institution of slavory, they should be
protected in that right, while our Democratic
brethren of the South pledged themselves to us,
that if the majority should declare in favor of a
free Stato, they, too, would 2ond all their power to
guaranty and fairly eieoute thoir wishes. This
dootrino was promulgated in evory sohool district
of the North. On this, and no other principle,
the whole Presidential oontesc turned. we
pledged ourselves to overy neighbor that Mr.
Buchanan would oarry it out to the letter.
After the eleotion. thePresidont, with a sagacity
and care that did him influite credit, saleated as
Governor and Sooretary of that Territory two of
the most distinguished gentlemen iu the Union;
thus showing that he felt the hteh importonoo of
the solemn pledges made for him l>y his frionds In
the oontest that elevated him to his dignified posi
tion. These gentlemen, with full and ample in
structions, went to Kansas, and fulfilled all the
oxpeotations of tho earlier friends of tho Adminis
tration. Tho straightforward honesty of Robert
J. Walker, and his able sooretary, Frederick P.
Siantoh, foiled the machinations of the enemies of
law and order, and the country was rejoicing: in
all itv borders'that right and jaßtioe prevalleaun
der their wise and benignant rule. It would have
been an eminently safe policy to have ontrnsted
them with the control of the aflairs of tho Terri
tory. They were there on the ground, and a hun
dred-fold better prepared to givo safe oounsol than
those who poisoned the ear of the President at
Washington.
Wbon tho Locompton Constitution was adopted
by a Convention of delegates elected by a meagre
minority of tbo bona Jtde residents of the Terri
tory, Ha Tftdloal defects were supposed by all par
ties to be curable by submitting It as a whole to
the vote of the pooplo. They, under tho Influenoo
of Governor Walkor, were prepared to vote on it.
Be had proteotod the ballot-box on a former occa
sion, enabling thorn to eloct, for the first time, a
Legislature of thoir own ohoioe, and they wore
fully assured he would do so again. The President
himself has oponly acknowledged thathoexpeoted
that fraudulent instrument tohaveboen submitted
as a whole to the oitizens of the Territory, and it
was a most lame and impotent excuse for him to
say, when it.carno before Congress, that tho
will of the people was otherwise. He knew then,
and lie knows now, that it did not represent tho
wishos of the people. Thoir votes wero legally
enst against it by a majority of thousands at that
time.
Butevon the flagrant injustice of giving this
disreputable instrument to QongroßS, with his
sanction and favor, might have beon palliated and
exousod, rather than seo the great party of th,o
country disorganized into belligerent fragments.
If ho had plnoed it before the National JUegisla*
turo with a sirapio recommendation that it bo
adopted, tho honor of tho party would have been
tarnished, but wo might have wiped away the
stain for the sake of its past history. This, how
ever, he was not content with. In the face of all
our saored pledges, the iniquitous measure, reek
ing with corruption, was made by him a test of
party fealty. Every man who refused to follow
the lead of tho Administration in setting at defl
anco the great doctrine of popular sovereignty
has been hunted down as a politioal outlaw. For
daring to be true to the principles of the party,
wo in our own county have felt the iron hand of
political despotism vainly trying to wrenoh from
us our very manhood. At the late eleotion, by a
separate but legUimato organization, wo went be
fore the peoplo of this district, and bore through
the conflict to a certain and glorious victory, the
true, the tried, and the honest statesman who now
represents ub at the Federal Capital. We fought
for him only because he had manfully stood by
our prinoiplos. Men are nothing whon oomparod
from those imperishable truths which de
scended to us, unimpaired, from the patriotic
fathers of the land. •
Thus, briefly ns we oould, have we presented the
causes which have induced us to beoorne antago
nistic to a portien of our politioal brethren with
whom we have formerly acted, and the natural
before the •country in’ tho'a®??'cf m'eh'Shb havo
done right, regardless of resulti 5 0^" u in o^r
hands a power SUcluM has „vlir before
been entrusted to men, and it bebo£ l J “
Ute It for the advantage and futuTo^^J“* C -Vi_
oommon country. Our sympathies vL- ‘
part of the land,' but those sympathies e*Sw !.nhi
ns of our honor,- We were not made for h***„ Yf
wood to those who would have us bow in
submission at theirfootstool. Wo are propare&
do justice, even and exaot justice, to every brotW ;
of the Confederacy—we do not intend to submit to 1
Southern or home dictation, as to what is, and what
is not, Dcmooraoy, The old paths are .too well,
beaten by the foot of our illustrious jjroaeoeßsors’
to mistake them. A 'fundamental artiole in our;
politio&l oreed has, been grossly violated by the 1
present Administration, and'that violation e&n
never receive our aoquiesoenoe, but it shall at all
times be met with an oarnest and hearty condem
nation; and we therefore announoe our unceasing
hostility to the Territorial polioy of Mr. Baohanan
and bis Cabinet. It is our duty and pleasure, at
this time, to redeolare our nntaltering determina
tion to stand by those, principles of republican
safety promalgated by the Demooraoy of the na
tion in tho enaotment of the Kansas-Nebraaka
bill—that slavery, like aoy. ; other local domestic
institution, must depend upon the sentiment of the
individual States and Territories—thatdho people
thereof shall be; left perfectly free both as to the
formation and regulation .ofi their whole-internal
home polioy,' and - that Congress shall not, under
any oiroumstanoefi of supposed necessity, interfere
therewith. - 'i
In advocating our principles, we have, standing
firmly by our side, the .present able Demooratio
Executive of this State,- Wm. F. > Packer. We
honor him for his late manly defenoa of r the troth, 1
and pledge ourselves to yield him true devotion' in
carrying oat the dootrines of popular government
so boldly enunoiated in his late message. -
> -.lnconclusion, we warmly recommend to those
friends who stood firmly with os sinoe this.- oontekt
commenced, to rematn at their posts. The present
is nothing tens—the future is'full ofbright: and
oheering hope. The-right alwayshas triumphed,,
and it will do so in this oase. .Thoseiwho are now;
seeking to control- the; destinies of >the country;
and te pervert its long-settled policy to purposes of
Southern disunion and aggrandizement, must soon'
lose their hold upon the morest skeleton of organi
sation, and then a living principle shall go forth
oonquering and to conquer. Definitive action is not
immediately required of-ns. The power entrusted
to us can only be made effective as we use * it hon
estly. Events are maturing for tho futuro, ’and
we hope ere long to be able to direct our friends
to an authoritative expression from our political
brethren in this State, whioh will prove a -rook of
political safety in the future. ■
By Orderof the Committee,
Wx. A. Moore, Chairman.
Office of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
Philadelphia, January'26,lBs9.
To the Stockholders o£ the Pennsylvania Hail -
road Company .
At your adjourned annual mooting held on tho
6th day of April, 1857, tho following reflation
was adopted: '
Resolved, That the Board of Directors shall
inquire and report on the'subject of, fixing a ter-,
minus on the Delaware river,' to a general or ad*
journedimeeting of the stookholders,' for their ap
proval, before taking any steps for fixing the ter-'
minus,.and, that they.be directed to publish in
the daily papers the report'intended to be
mitted to the stockholders, ten days before the
meeting thereof.” . ,
. tn pursuance of which the following report is
submitted for your consideration, and the an
nexed resolution recommended for your adoption,
at tho general meeting to be held on the 7th
proximo:
-REPORT.
The subjoot of a terminal depot on the Delaware
river has claimed the earnest attention of your
Board of Dlreotors far some time. They have not,
•however, brought the matter to the attention of
tho stockholders at an earlier date for various rea
sons, prominent among phioh has been the deter
mination of the Dlreotors to avoid, daring tho re
oent financial orisis, all expenditures for new work
not absolutely neoossary to oonduot the existing
business of the company. °
There Is how every reason to hope that the busi
ness of the oountry Is recovering from' its late
depressed condition, and that a general activity
will succeed the reoentprostration in all branches
Of trade.
In view of this cironmstanoe, it is the opinion of
your Board of Directors that the time has now
arrived when measures should be taken to seoure
a tormious on thtfDelaware front, to be reaohed by
looomotive steam-powers
The oity of Philadelphia has expendod millions
In the completion of intern&t improvements to
draw to her tho trade of tho West, and her great
work undertaken for that object is now finished
and oonneoted with ail of its principal avenues;
yet is without the proper means of transferring
from oars to vessels the vastly increasing tonnage
anticipated from these connections.,
The present oost of moving the through tonnage
from West Philadelphia to Dook-street wharf V
not less then 25* oents per ton, without making'
any allowance for delay, or the largely inoreased
Wear and tear of rolling stook nwainfl-ovar. tho
imperfect Yaifroad' Th tW city, ml? oSr owS'
line eg tended to tho Delaware river, the same
trade oould be, moved at a oost of six cents per
ton, and a greatly increased carrying capaony
insnred for the same amount of rolling stock, from
the fact that the trip could be made in one-day
less by the oafs being unloaded and loaded on
the day of arrival.
The present limited facilities at West Phijadel
phlaYor the aedommodatlon of the ooal and lnmber
trade impose a serious tax en those branches of
business, and now prevent operators who nse our
line from oompeting on oqual terms with those
engaged on other lines, thereby prohibiting a large
increase in those produots of our State whioh
it should bo out pride; as it is our intorest, to do
volope. The ooal business is so restrioted at pre
sent by want of facilities that a trade exceeding
100,000 tons oannot now be accommodated.
The transportation or large quantities of livo
stock could be secured for Eastern markets, if
shippers were net obliged to drive through the
crowded thoroughfares of Philadelphia to reaoh
the New York lines, and muoh better time could
bo mado in the transportation of all through trade
to and from Eastern oities. thus aiding us in giving
better satisfaction to shippors, and thereby in
creasing our trade.
The reduced expenses of transferring the bad
ness at a Dolaware-rivor depot, accessible by steam
power, and of transportation to it, would enable
the company, without interfering with its regular
dividends, to reduoe its charges upon the local
traffic, and thus dlreotly aid in developing the re
sources of oar State.
The proposed extension would relievo the
crowded thoroughfares of this oity from jhe oars
and teams of ! this company east of the present
freight station at Thirteenth and Market streets,
and enable the company to increase the accommo
dation of the local business by the withdrawal of
the through trade from that station. The absonoe
of this trade from Market street would also facil
itate its use by passenger railroads along or cross-
street.
In the opinion of /our Board of Directors, a new
Impetus would bo given to the growth of Philadel
phia by tbb extension of the Pennsylvania Rail
road to the Delaware river, tending more to revive
our oommeroe than any other measure attainable
at so smalt an outlay. The cost ef transportation
to the Delaware river with the exemption from
oity tolls, oity teaming, or oaftoge, would thus be
roduced so muoh below that to other Eastern cities
that vessels would be drawn to our harbor for their
freights,* the difference in favor of Philadelphia
over New York or Boston in the oost of transporta
tion between the West and shipboard, or vice
versa, would be so apparent that ship-owners or
foreign merchants would take advantage of elr
eamslahoes so greatly to their interest
A merchant receiving flour at both New York
and Philadelphiafrom the same Western consignor
and selling it at prooUely the same rate in eaoh
city returns to tho oonsignor a larger per oentoge
on his Philadelphia than on his New York sales—
arising solely from the oost of transportation in
favor of Philadelphia; consequently oheap trans
portation to the river front seonres to her a large
trado which otherwise she oanflot obtain, and no
doubt vessels will be brought here for the trade
thus created. This advantage will not be left un
improved by those controlling the commercial in
terests of our oity. , ~ ,
With the road extended to a good shipping
point, whore land is not hold at tity rates, live
stock would be brought here in large quantities,
and muoh of tho paoking at various points in the
West might be done here, for our own and foreign
markets) reducing, to a certain extent, tho price of
provisions, and furnishing a large amount of labor
to our population, by the extension and inorease
of facilities already provided for that branch of
trade, and the various manufactories indireotly
connected therewith.’
Inducements would be offered for the ereotion of
flouring mills on our wharves, where grain from
the West would be taken from the oars by the samo
engine that would turn it into flour and pass it on
shipboard, thus saving the present expense of
drayago to and from store.
In conclusion, your Board of Directors are of the
opinion that tho Pennsylvania Railroad has not
accomplished the objeot of its construction until
a connection is effeoted with tide-water on tho De
laware, thus opening an avenue by whioh every
variety of mineral and agricultural production
can bo convened to a proper point for shipment,
and furnishing facilities for tho trado of this oity
at least equal to those of any location on the At-
we can safely assort that the facilities the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company could then offer
for the transportation of iron, coal, lumber, grain,
and provisions to this city, would moke it unsur
passed by any other locality as a manufacturing
That the Board of DJreotors of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company be, and they are
heroby, authorized toseleot the most eligible looa
tion on tho Delaware river for a terminal depot,
to bo reaohod by locomotive steam-power, and to
oause the extension of the road to the said river,
to ho oompletod at the earliest praotioable period.
By order of tho Board, _ ~ t
J. Edgar Thomson, President.
A Man, Wife, and Two Children Fro
zen to Death.—A few mornings since, a strolling
man, named Tucker, his wife, and two children
were found frozen to death in a barn, in North
Castle. Westchester county, New York. The un
fortnnato pair were abroad the day previous, ask
ing alms, and it is supposed that they, not having
enough money to purchase a night s lodging, and
being chilled, weary and homeless, had gone into
the barn for a abettor from tho inclemency of the
weather, with the intention of remaining thero
during the night, taking their children with them,
and wero all frozen to death. An inquest waß held
upon the bodies, whon the jury brought in their
verdiot that the deceased oame to thoir deaths
from exposuro.
The monument to Ethan Allen, at Burling
ton, Vt., is oompletod. It is forty feet high. A
colossal statue of the Green Mountain hero is yet
to be placed on the summit.
’;‘TmcEi!iTS.
GENERALNEWS.
- Tee Famous Dead 0s 1 necrology
for'lBsB is distinguished; by mriny uofad names,,
but upon.the.whole it may be.remarked tbatDeath
has oontented him'Self with fewer “ shining marks”
-than usual. Among American statesmen the* most
eminent decease for the yes? was Thames H. Ben-'
tori. . With him have departed Senator Evdps, 0 £
South Carolina; Senatomenderson, of Texas; ex-
Senator Bagbyy of Alabama; General James Gads-,
fieri,;of South Carolina: John,A-; Qnitman, of
Mississippi; ,Th'omas,L. of Illinois;, andi
re side ri 1 1 : A nso n Jones, of Texas; : and Henry
: ri' Indiana,- apd Chief-Justice Duer,
, Among authors, Henry
I Jay? and Mad/ Ida Pfeffir.
G; Phelps,of New York,
-???«,, of - Charleston. - .Among me?
' Amn!° ’ “4 Jojin P., Allaire.
and nobart'BroJi ® on ’'Bonpland, tho naturalist,
, . V*® botanist. Among painters,
Motors, Ed. -S, JBartholo-
Kacßii'and IImSSS 1 .
Field Marshal amv
and Major General Persif* p ®q~?,h n IT"!’
A4il?alXordLjOMi
of the British ssrrlde, and two JZutZZ
dores, Matthew O. Parryand X.
Among, philosophers, Hobert.o Jones,
mlnent characters at 'the
Duchess of l Orleans, Ttedebhid Pacha, GfraSa vs«?*.v
of Turkey, and , (the,
hostler); Prime minis to V.of Panama. aSJJ®
other notorieties'deceased maybe
Soyer,' the prince: of cooks, Dred Soott, . whofe
name will be a famous one in the annals of the
oountry, and Eleazer Williams, 'the. reputed
Bourbon. 1
Shocking Death m 'Washikgtoj^—A young
man of estimable character and fine talent, named-
John-Hart, came to bis death on L street, between
Fourth' and' Fifth, .in Washington/D. O,- in'a
• most flist&ssfag manner; by getting-aciideritally,
on the .palings ota fence-' -It seemed, from.
iwhat we t oould learn, of tbe^oiroumßtanoes,,that’
.young Hart, who is the tan of a very estimable
igontleman, (formerly oonneoted with the Charles-
,O», papersLtam,© to hip hoarding-hquse at
[alate hour.arid attempted to- .climb oyer the pal
ings of the'front yard, and in doing 80,‘his loot ap
parently slipped,‘<aud he was-caught by, the neck
in suoh a manner as to strangle him, to death. . A
faithful'dog, which'was with His master, had en
deavored, with -all Kis power, to relieve' him from
the peril*.and in doing so, tore the olothes entirely
off from youDg in hif efforts to pull .him
down, whenfound inthe morning the body'was
stiff rind cold, arid the olothes torn in sbreds by
the dog, lay scattered about, the faithful .animal
keeping guard Over the dead body of his master.
. Sudden Death op an Old Newspaper
Agent.—Alexander Eitoh, of Hartford, Conn.,
Who for thirty years has followed the business of
Collector and agent for various New York and New
England journals, died very suddenly at Albany
on- last Thursday afternoon. “He was,” says the'
Albany 'Joutnal of last evening, 1“ engaged in'
making out accounts from onr books for his route,
and appeared’in his usual health. He , took tea
with some friends, and reached his lodgings about
half-past seven. He exhibited his usual cheerful
ness, conversed for a few moments, and .had just
taken’- up the ‘Evening Journal,' when his hands
dropped upon his knees, his bead fell baok, and he
sat piotionless. Not a.muscle moved afterward.
When approached, life was extinct. He died in-,
stantly, from disease of the heart. He was a most
estimable man, and \ leaves a wife and adopted
daughter, with many relatives and attaohed
friends to mourn his death. He wasin the fifty
ninth year of his age. His remains will be taken
to Hartford for interment. '•
Burning of a Steak Flour Mill—Lo4s
$20.000.—0n Saturday night the steam door mill
of Landis, Longeneoker, A Wilhelm, at Palmyra,
on the line of the Lebanon YaUey Railroad, was
discovered to be on fire, and there being'no en
gines at that plaoe^the,building was.entirely con
sumed, with all itroontCnU. There was supposed
to be in tlfe mill at 1 the time from two to four'
thousand ,bushels of oats, five hundred bushels of
wheat,’ one. hundred rind thirty barrels of flour,
and a considerable quantity of other grains. The
loss is estimated as $20,000. The establishment
was insured to the amount of $lO,OOO. The fire is
supposed to have been .the work of an incendiary.
Harrisburg Telegraph ', 22d.
•Married at 7| P. M; and Dead at 9 Pi M'.
—The former took plaoe at 7i o’clock on the eve
ning of the 10th inst.i&nd at 9 o’olook on the same
evening, or an hour and a half afterward, the hus
band wept beside the “ bride of death.” Here is
the sod record:
MARBIED, —In Platt&ville, on the 10th inst., hj P.
K.‘ Salisbury, Stq., John Bivbks, or Middletown, Dela
ware county, to Miss M A> Took, of Plattsville, Greene
coaoty.
DIED.—In Plattsville, on the 10th Inst., of asthma
aod hemorrhage of the lungs, Mrs. M A. Bivsss, wife
of John Blrens, in the 29th yesr of her age.
!What ib a “ Pome 7 3> —That clever heb
domadal, Harper y s Weekly, published recently a
piece of verse, not without merit, entitled, <( I
would that she were dead,” whioh has some of the
worst rhymes that we have seen for many a day.
“Tone” and “gone” are bad enough, but who
ever made so execrable a rhyme as “home ” and
“ poem?” Does the writes take.
a monosyllable rand, accordingly, does he call
himself a pote 7 —Boston Post. * -
Ex-President HiroaoooK, of Amherst Col
lege, the eminent geologist and teacher, is seri
ously, ill. He was attacked, ten days ago, with
symptoms of lang fever, but on Friday last his
disease had assumed a complicated and threaten
ing form, his lnngs having badly oongcßted, with
Pneumonia, and some inflammation of the kidneys.
here was.a consultation of physloians ujpon hie
case, on Friday ovening, aqd much anxiety was
felt for the termination of the illness. ,
Good Luck.— A letter from tho captain of
ship Othello, of this port, reports her as having ta
ken five hundred barrels of oil since leaving port.
The Othollo is only tbreei months out; and has
among her crew sixteen New . York boys, who
came direct from school In that Btate to enter
upon the eventful life of whalemen. —New -Bed
ford Mercury.
Express Robbery.— The Washington States
says that several detective officers from Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York, are in that city with
a view of reoovering a box, containing $5,000 in
Bilver, whioh was stolen on the 25th ult, from an
express wagon between the Baltimore depot in
; 'Washington and the Potomoo boat. The box was
destined for Augusta, Georgia. . . >
Steps have been taken in Boston to secure
the erection of a fire-proof bnllding for the pur
pose of oontaining Professor Agassis’s collections
of natural history. The Professor has a large
quantity of very valuable specimens stored in a
wooden building where they are liable to be de
stroyed by fire. Tho new edifice is proposed to be
in Cambridge. .
A Prize Fight for $1,600 came off recent
ly on Point Island, Texas, between an American
and a Spaniard. They fought thirty-four round?,
in two hours and ten minutes, when the Spaniard
succumbed to the superior prowess of the Ameri
can. This is a oheering proof of the rapid .pro
gress ef the Lone Star State in the Fine Arts.
« Aust Phillis/* an old colored woman in
Columbia, Pa., died the other day at the advanced
agei of one hundred and eight. She was the
oldest citizen in the place, and had a good reool
leotion of Washington, haviog conversed with
him frequently. She retained her faculties up to
her death.
Burns Prize Poem.—Mr. Thomas Frazer,
president of the Burns Club at Newark, has been
awarded a prize of fifty dollars by the Burns Club
of Baltimore, for the beat poem appropriate to the
celebration of the Burns Club of that oity, whioh
took place on Tuesday night..
Resumed Operation.—The manufacturing
works at Indian Orohard, near Springfield, 111.,
are in renewed operation, and tho 400 looms in
the establishment are turning out their full quota i
of ootton fabrics. The owners have appropriated
$l,OOO for a free library, to which a well-stocked
reading room will also be attaohed, for the use of
their employees.
Family Depravity.—At Sheboygan, Wis.,
a few days 'since, a miserable woman, named
Mary Brooks, while in a fit of drunken frenzy,
stabbed her sister Ann, killing her instantly. The
murdered woman is tho eighth, out of a family of
nine sisters, who have led abandoned lives,'and
filled premature and dishonored graves.
Nicholas Lonqworth, of Cincinnati, offers
to give a silvor goblet of the value of one hun-'
dred dollars, or the sum, of money if preferred, for
grapes that will be supbrlor'to Catawba for the
purposes of wine—the decision of the question
to be left to the Ohio “ Vine Growers’ Associa
tion n
Cold.—Tho records of the weather at Mon
treal show that the four days from January 7fch to
12th, together, form the coldest period for 22 years.
On the Ilth the mercury marked 83 degrees below
zero. At Bt. Martin’s, near Montreal, on the lUh,
the spirit-thermometer marked 43:0 below zero.
Kerosene Oil may produce a very
light, but a faotory in Brooklyn, New York,for it*
manufacture has been voted a nuisance, and the
nronrietor and several of his workm en were ar
rested and lodgod in jail, on Friday, for operating
in defiance of law.
The gold fever is decidedly raging through
out the West, and hundreds of young men are
nrenaring to start early in the spring for the new
ly discovered mines in Western Kansas. In many
or the large towns companies of fifty to one hun
dred are organising. ’ , , .
Scotia's friends, m Albany, who took part
In the ovation to Burns, wore in uncontrollable
eoatasythat it was tbeir delightful privilege, on
Tuesday evening to sing “ Auld Lang Syne, r from
Burns’ original manuscript.
A Boy, three years old, was badly scalded,
in Burlington, a few days slnoo. Bis friends im
mediately applied oil and ootton; the cotton was
accidentally s°‘ «u fire! This second burning
oaused his death. . _
Mr Edmond Tiiourso.v, of Bridgeport, Con
ncotiout, has caught In a trap an Amerloan eagle,
of tho largest size-measuring eight feet and one
inch from ‘ip to tip of the wings. It is said to.be
a magnificent Bpeeimen. _
TnE precarious nature of tho fruit trade is
evidenoed in the oaseof a vessel just arrived at
New Haven from Porto Kioo. She took a cargo of
300 000 fine oranges at that Island, but lands only
90,000, the rest being worthless.
Leuuei. Shattdok, a well-known statistician
and historical writer, died in Boston on the 17th,
in his 65th year. He was a prominent mover in
the Sunday-sohool oause, and a member of vsrions
historical and scientific sooleties.
Bishop Mcllvaihe has written firom Ryde,
Islo of Wight,’ that he will return homo next
month. Ho preached recently in Trinity Churoh,
Cambridge.
Seriods fears of a forthcoming famine In
Mexico are entertained. For over a year very
little oorn has been planted or gathered.
A fork-dealer. io Chicago has decamped
swindling some one or ones out of §20,000.
NOTICE TO COKKESPONOJENTS.
Correspondents for “ The Pixas” will plsau txu Dt
wind the followin '—uiaJt >-> .1 -a* i •
Every cotntnoDicduu'’ most be accompanied by tt
iuune of the writer. In «"d*r to inraze correctness is
the* typography, firt one of the sheet should b*
writtenXpon,- - : , V
We shell be greatly obliged to gentlemen la PenaayTJ
Tania and ctherStatsj* foroontribations giving the
newsbftiiedayuithelj parttculez - iooalitit 1 j
the resources of the surrounding country, the fnsreas •
of population, qr any information that win be interest*
lng to the general reader.
THE CITY.
AUUBSHENTS THIB EVENING.
WhSATLBT Sc CLABKS’S A&GK-BTBIBT TaBATBS.—
VffhiV&bjjjui Wonderful Grandfather
Naw WaiiHitt-Stbbbt TbsatAx—<“Much Ado Ahouk
Hothing»_j/ The ; BeMQn of. Death.”.
Cigoua. —“ Vsld Amborgh’s Menagerie”—
MoDoxooob , B’ ‘Gaibtibs.—Bsieetloris from Plays,
Gems from Operas, Danolag, and Sinking*
SAKroßD’ri Omk Hoitsb.—Ethiopian - Entertain
menu. ~ , . - -•»-
/ " TH?S ATTXBNOON. .
Aoadbmt op Music.—*'* The Barber of SeTUle ,, ~-
” The Huguenots.” * * 7
Horrible : Acoedeht;—We- stated yestef*
dtj that a little girl about four years of age, a daughter
of Albert. Tpomos,-was burned to: death on. Tuesday
evening, at the residence of her parents-in Ollntoa
street. We hive since learned the following partica*
lars • It seems the mother had left the dpertment- foe
a few moments for the purpose of caUiag on * neighbor,
leaviog her two children, the little girl who was tamed
and an infant, In the second atory of the - bnildtng,
where s fire was burning in the stove. Upon her return
tothe.:room she'wss'tarrified-wtth finding the littl#
pri lyfeg In the cradle; deed,' and her rilothlng and the
bed clothes of the cradle entirely consumed. An empty
flnfd lamp which lay r on the floor atari explained the
means by which the fatal'accident had been oocsslcmed.
The lamp had been left standing on the 1 mantel-piece
partly filled with fluid, and itis supposed the little i'll
attempted to Ughtit at the,st6ve,.asd that, while en
gaged In doing toy'rite set Are to the tad elothing.’and
afterwards reached the cradle where shediedtaforri hex
mother .reached the room j Xhelnfant escaped unhurt •
mlddle-sged man was seen near tha:round-
P^rmount (J dam, and acted In so singular a
-font theperions who witnessed his movements
watch on hlm/ He repaired totheribove
£SifiA*!lrl^^w«a-ai»datatidthat.heonlyin. •
©SSSSSSSSW9S'-
* The Oorn ExoHanoE'AsaocuTioN On
Tuesday evening the aOnuW meeting of tta membm of
this organisation was held In thejr room,:turner of
taoosd and Gold streets. The meeting^was or2tet CM i
py calling Mr. William B Thomas to the< chair/
ennual report was then resd - It states that the
tar of members Is two hundred and sixty-one, of which
twenty-ane are only .subscribers. The receipts
balance in the treasury at the beginning of the year
amounted to $3,038 09 5 expenditures, $1,105.74 5 leer
fog a balance In the treasury of The follower
gentlemen were -elected to serve as officers fnr tho
ensuing year j President, James Barrett, Jr; Secre
tary, A. Getty; Treasurer, John Derbyshire; Uana
£rs,P. K. Shipper, D. W..Hurtlne, P; R, Mingle,
rhmnel Hartramt. George Gookman, John Rodnor, L.
G. Mytinger, aod Lafayette'Bsker.
[Bob Butts* Bbturn^Hoke.—Thifi worthy"
character left this city for Virginia yesterday morning.
The amount whioh his friends in this elty expect to
raise towards purchasing bis,freedom has sot jet been
collected, tat the energetic gentlemen who have thw
matter in charge iwill. doubtless, soon so accedin'raising
the required sum. We learn that quite ,a handaomw
amount has been obtained from the members of onr
Legislature. Many seem' inclined to think that
tq those whose friends aod relations were tenderly
nursed and consigned to their last resting-place by thin
fqthfnl negro should he granted the privilege .or pur- '
chasing hit freedom, tat all.unite in acknowledging
hnn a worthy object, and we are pleased to learn that
his speedy liberation it confidently expected.
1 Cruel Desertion.—About, half-past &io9
e’elock, on Tuesday evenlng, a male infant, about six
old, was found Iylogupon the steps of the honsw
No. fill Sonth.Tenth street , The.little fellow was clad
injtwo new white dresses and tvo'white .flannel petti
coats, arid he was oomfort&bly wrapped up in a white
Bsflnel shawl mid a black shawl.' -He appeared to have
bepn drugged before being placed where lie was- found.
Mrs- Mooney, of No. 220 oonth'Piftesnth street,'k<ndly
took care of the outcast daring the nlgbt, and yesterday
morning he was sent to the Almshouse,
.Comhittzd.—Thps. Fitzgerald, file-colored
desperado, was .taken .before Alderman Ereemau, yes
terday raorofng, on the charge Of attempting to take tea
life of James Brown: In addition to hie late inodorous
attempt, we learn that he yeoently broke-the jeg of %
policeman; After the hearing, Thomas was committed
to answer The announcement will he hailed with de*
HAt by the citizens la the vicinity of Seventh and Bt.
Mary streets, as he has long been a source of terror to
tbit neighborhood.
BnxußD Rooms. —The lovers of this re
ereative gams will be pleased to learn that Mr. John J.
Venal has purchased the billiard rooms at the north
east comer of Sixth and Oheetnut streets, and famished
them thoroughly, in the most modern style, with mar
ble beds aed Phelan’s latest improved cushions. Those
wu> delight in this popular game may visit these room*
and be sure of receiving all needful attention on the
part of the gentlemanly proprietor.
Petty Laboeity.—Thomas Sullivan was
committed yesterday morning on the charge of stealing
a hat of mackerel.- He was arrested on Tuesday even
ing; at Third and Market streets, haring the above atti
clefin his possession, which he is suspected of having
stolen. The property iraa taken to the Bixth-vard sta
tion house.. ,
Lost Bor .—A little boy named John Fair
ley] agid about four years, was taken to ths Seventeenth
ward station here?,
fcslued until yesterday morning.* ~Kooae eazne to eleliq
him, and as he eonld not toll his residence he was sent
to the Almshouse. The boy was dressed in a light gray
suit, and wore a brown eap.
Suddeh Death.—A man named Daniel Gor
man, aged about $5 yean, was seised with an apoplectic
fit, on Taerdaj afternoon, while standing in front of the
Baltimore Railroad depot, at JBroad and Prime streets.
He j was 'taken to' the residence of his father, in Don-'
nelly’s coart, and died soon after his arrivil there.
Jobbery.—On Monday . night tbo drag
atoi
>re of Messrs Trenchan & Janvier, on Richmond
r«et above WUHain, In tbe Nineteenth ward, was on*
>r*d by forcing open,a back window-abutter, and
jbwd of several ooats and about eight dollars in
loney.
Wb shoulp have stated that the very beau
tiful and appropriate ornaments of the Burns festival
on Tuesday evening, were the exquisite handiwork of
Mr.! Parkinson, the caterer, whose Bkill and taste in
those matters are proverbial.
Found Dead.— A woman was found dead
In tyd yesterday morning at the house No. 2318 Olay
strept, between Spruce and Pine and Beach and Willow
streets. The eoroner was notified to attend.
THE COURTS.
: YESTERDAY'S PBOOEBDIHQS.
[Keported for The Press.]
Nisi Prius—Justice Thompson.—Douglass
tb . The juryman whose illness oaused a eon*
tieufraca of this interesting case was in his place yes
terday morning, and the trial'proceeded, wltnssaes
were called to the stand for the defence j who attempted
to ptore that Mitchellhad-in his pemesatea raehnaper
as toe promissory notes, were written npsn, and that
therefore it was possible that the plaintiff ecold have
obtained it, and ai towards fraudulently used it. It
was also attempted to be shown by the examination of
his pank books that the deceased, Mltehell, had not
reee)red or lodged any sum corresponding with the loan
alleged, by Douglass, to have been made le him, vTha
ca*e is one of singular complexity, if the assumption of
fraud Is admitted. On trial.
Supreme Court— Judges Lowrie, Wood
ward , Strong, and Bead.—Country appeal cases are still
before this court
• District Court— Judge Sharswood.—Mar
garet Porter vs. Gebhard Harris and James Alexander.
This is an action to reoover damages for alleged tres
pass! The husband of the plaintiff, nowkdeoeassd. oc
cupied the drag store and dwelling at Third and Catha
rine streets, and there was a distress for rent alleged to
be due and unpaid. The. plain tiff says that the noose
was broken into, and many of the articles broken in
thetf removal. Not concluded.
District' Court— Judge Stroud.—Edward
T. HaUowell rs. George H. Armstrong and Robert Mo-
Question. An action of ejectment. Jury out. '
Jesses Stanley vs. Patrick Beddj. An action on a
mortgage. Not concluded.
• Quarter Sessions — Judge Allison. — This
eonzt was eogsged in trying a ease of assault and
battery, in which Andrew Mcßriaa and John HUloa
•re charged with committing an assault and battery on
Jacob Gumpel. Mr. Gumpel is a merchant, doing busi
ness at No 106 North Front street, and bought goods of
Richard Dickson. A difficulty occurred about a bill of
goods, and Mr. Dickson went to the store in company
with the defendants, and in the attempt to remove the
goods, as Mr Gumpel asserts, the assault was commit -
ted. On trial.
Partins With a Child.
[from tie Ne* Orleans Delta, Jan. 15.]
A painful ease, and a rather curious one, has
been decided in one of our District Courts. It
was a conflict between parents for the possession of
a natural child. An unmarried woman sued out a
writ of habeas corpus, to reoover possession of her
ohild, a little boy two years and a half old, whioh
she said 'was illegally kept from her by a certain
citizen and his wife.
On trial, it appeared that this oltizsn was the
father of the ohila, who was handpd over to him by
the mother when it was a trouble and disgrace to
her.' He had accepted it, »nd.wasdeing wr it all
that any father could do for a lawful child; beside
whioh, be loved it and petted it fondly. This
?;entlem&n’s wife, with a magnanimity quite rare
n saoh cases (knowing, as she did, all about the
child), had adopted it also, and loved it as if it
were her own. On trial, the father was not able to
dtot'o that the mother had given the child to him.
fit good and all. ...
On Monday the judge decided the. case, which
was that the ohild must be delivered over to its
mother. With the order of oourt, and accompanied
by the mother, a deputy sheriff,went to the resi
dence of the father to get tho child, and pass it
over to its mother. He describes the soene created
by his visit as the most touching and distressing
thing he oversaw. The adopted mother, taming
pale as death, tried to put him off upon different
pretexts, and to delay the separation as Jong as
possible. Taking the child up stairs to wash and
dress him, Bhe looked him up, and told the deputy
he could not have him till the husband came hcmeS
When the husband arrived, the deputy politely'
explained his business, and was.politely treated.
The gentleman went up stairs, and after a while
C ime down with his wife and the ohQd.
The little fellow was nicely dressed, and his
adopted mother brought down with him a whole
armful of the daintiest little clothes and ruffles,
do., beside a number of toys whioh had been pur
chased for the pet at Christmas- AU these she
laid on the floor at his feet, without saying a
word; too proud to display either affeotion or grief
before the hated mother of her pet, yetehowing
symptoms of tho moat intense aupprened agony.
The fathor aoted ea beoeme « trader euoh <nr
oumatanoea, allowing tho childlta go quietly and
without fuaB. Tho mother took tho Ettle one in
her erma, tho deputy gathered up the dotting end
tova and they left. The door oloaod quietly be
hind them, and the more than real mother was
forever bereaved of tho doareat objeot of her affec
tion*. .
A HRSIBI.E scene occurred at the execu
tion of Bray Sanndera, at Jerusalem, Virginia,
last week. His crime waa shooting hia wife while
ahe alept. He waa very much overcome, trembling
and ahoking like a leaf. After the drop fell,
the knot in tho rope slipped, and the miserable
man foil to tho ground. In the moi|t piteous tones
ho Implored for mercy, and begged theofficera not
to hang him again But the atom sheriff hod him
daugliog a Becond tlmo, and In thirty-five minute.
Bray ttmuo more-a oorpw-