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WOOD, (special.partner), and'JOSIAH BAOON(»peotal paxtnerj;andall brthem the said partners, general and : speclad. reside in the City of Philadelphia • .... -■* • ’ i ?* - .* Thai the aggregate amount of the capital contributed by the special partners td the -Common Stock, is Two hnndted thousand "''dollars, of' whioh One hundred thousand dollars, in'cash, has heed'so contributed,’by the said HIOHABDT). WOOD, special partner, and of which; One-hundred thousand dollars, in cosh, has been so contrlbutcdj by .the said JOSIAB. BACON, spe cial partner. - That the period at which the said-partnershlp is to commence,-!* the thirty-first day of'December, A.D.- 1864,, and theperiodat.wbleh it wilt terminate, Is the thiriy-flrst diy of December, A.D*. 1863. BIOHARD D. WOOD, Special Partner. - JOSI AH BACON, Special Partner BENJN. MARSH.. . 1/ W. HAYWARD. - , NDWD. Y. .TOWNSEND. HENRY HENDERSON." BIOHABD'WOOD. ALFREDS, POSTER. i Phllada., Dec. $1,1868. ®abirtet Watt. 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I Stereoscopes. Carriages. Smrinjje .tfimbs. *' A Dollar saved is twice earned. 11 THIO. H. BMOBT. XSHIGH AND 80HUYLKILL GOAD, pianos. el'ain Cfef frtss. FRIDAY, JANUARY 28,1869, A Curious Document. All that wo are permitted to say, in refer ence to the following deeply interesting letter, is, that wo have been informed that it was taken, by violence, from a man named O'Cqn bor, while ho yr&s in prison in Dublin, on a charge of treason, in 1799, and that it was said that he had obtained the original, in the Latin language, at Naples. There is a sentence at tile close of the let ter, written in some language which wo are not learned enough to understand, bnt pre sume tbafc it is the ancient British. It is committed to tho consideration of tho learned and tho*good of every roligions deno mination.—[Ede The Press. CLAUDIA TO'EUNIOE. I Bond, by the hand of your son, Timotbeus, the pioture you have so often admired. I do not al low myself to suppose that your admiration Arises from any extraordinary ability displayed in the exooution of tho work; bat attributo it to the ad vantage the British works have over those of the Romans, in the ace of a greater variety of oolors. I dd liotrthink I oould have made so truthful a of the soene by the use of only two ’-ThV green,' red, and yellow leaves; the ,bluesky; the silver edgiDgvof the clouds; the hlaok horse of the Roman, and the differenoe in the colors of the oostumes, hair, and complexions ofthe parties represented in tho pioture, oould not have been get forth, truthfully, by a vory limited number of colors. I have seen pioturos in my own country quite as good os any I have seen here. But it ie the fashion, in Rome, to depredate everything relating to my oountry, its people, and their works. Their religion-is blotted out, their histories destroyed, their traditions denied, and their arts and sciences regarded as a myth. It is thus that Rome always treats tho nations which she subjugates. The little Streams must be swal lowed up in the great Rood of the conquerors. But, my objeot is to write dotails, not commenta ries; and, in aooordanoe with your request, I put in writing a sketch of the incidents which the pio- ) turn was intended £> perpetuate, together with 1 some of the principal events of my life. Now that my excellent friend and kind protector, Ves pasian, has booome Emperor, I feel free to ex press my thoughts, and have a heart fall of joy and hope. The man in tho dress of a Roman warrior, ly ing on the ground near where his black horso stands, is Vespasian. The others, as any one will peroelve, are all Britons. The commander of the party, giving ordors to the men, who are about raising the Roman from the ground, is my father. The girl, endeavoring to wipe the biped from tho face ef the prostrate Roman) is regained by per sons who remember how I looked when I was young, as a fair likeness of what I was then. My father frequently took me with him in his hunting excursions, and also in his military journeys. In one of these excursions wc found a Roman war rior lying on the ground, seriously injured by a fall from his horso, apparently oausod by tho pro* jeoUng limb of a tree. Active hostilities were not, at that time, carried on betwoen the Britons and the Romans, because each kopt within the limits of the territories occupied by them respec tively. But. the Roman had, in this instance, crossed the line. My father declared that, as il did not appear that his purpose WaS $ hostile one, and he had met with a misfortune, the law of our religion required that ho should bo taken Care of, and, as soon as ho recovered, set at liberty, so that he might return to Ms friends to tell them that the Britons understood the duties of hospitality. He therefore ordered the man and his horse to he brought to onr camp. The Roman had received an injury on the head. He remained insensible for several days. £ beoame his physioian and his nurse. 1 was, at the time, what is called a priest ess in the Druid’s temple, and was skilled in the healing art—as all the Druids were. Through my skill and attention, the &oih&s yocovered. He was unbounded In his expressions of gratitude for the preservation of his hfe, and offered rioh rewards, • < #ll“bf whiohr were, of oourtc7 ollnod. He had won the esteem of every one who conversed with him. Bnt he fee to* a unwilling to tell his name; And Appeared anxious that we should regard him as a common soldier, and W&8 evidently, surprised to find that there was no intention to detain him &8 a prisoner, or to' harm him in any respect. After he had mOhntod -his horse, he leaned down towards me, and handed me a ring, with ourious devices on it. As he did Iso, hb said, You have saved my life; if ever you need a friend among the Romans, produce that ring, and friends will arise to serve you.” He then galloped off, and we thought no more of him. Our oountry was in trouble, and tho trouble soon, increased, bringing the heaviest ailllctions upon my father and his family. My grhmtfather, Codallon, bad married Eu ropoia, and my father, Caradoo, oallod by the Romans‘Caraoiioa&,wastheirbldostc&lld. My aunt, Boadfoea, Was their youngest. On the death of King Metaliinas, tho brother of Earopeia, without ohildren, my father racoeeded to his throne. About tLis time Gartlsmandua, the Quoon t)f tho Brigantes, and widow bf dymbelino, for the pur* pose ofincrbaring her) inQuence, opened negotia tibnd to unite her family with ours. The death of Europeia had furnished her the opportunity to make an impression on my grandfather. The re* suit of her plans was, that Godallon married her; my father, Caradoo, married hef daughter ‘ and my aunt, Boadjoea, was married to her son, Ar vlrogus. Thus strengthened in her influences, she refused to pay the tribute to Rome ; whtoh Cymbe* lino had paid without objeotlon. Tho result was, tho renewal of the' war withjthe Romans. But the Emperor, Claudius soon effected, by polioy, what he oould not have accomplished by foroe. A peace was agreed upon to his satisfaction, by his giving his daughter, by his first wife, Clantia Ur galanllla, in marriage to Arviragus. This wife of Claudius bad been repudiated for infidelity, and the child had been ordered to be exposed, beoause it was believed to be illegitimate. Butits life had boon saved by its nurse, and, when the child be* oame a woman, her strong likeness to the Empe ror, and her beauty, her powers of mind, and sweet disposition, seoured his protootion. Many believed that her mother had been unjustly ac oused. When the Emperor's daughter arrived in Britain, she was oalled Gaimpa. To enable Arvi* ragus to receive her, he repudiated my aunt, Boa* dioea, without any just oauso. My father, then King of the Bilures, and several dependant king* dome, was indignant at the insult to his sister. She was a woman of great abilities, enorgy, and influence, and she exerted all her powers to rc* dress her wrongs. Messages wore sent to the dif ferent British kings to influence them against the 'Romans. A powerful army was raised, and my 1 father was chosen to oommand it. X need not de tail the long struggle and tho brave deeds that followed. The great battle of Caer Caradoo re sulted, as you know, in tho dofeat of the Britons. My uncle, my mother, and mysolf, were taken prisoners. My fathor, after covering himself with glory, by a series of the most heroic aohievoments, booame faint with loss of blood from his many' wounds. After all was lost, he direoted somo of his friends to convey him to Cartismandua for pro tection. She was his step-mother, as woll as bis mother-in-law. He thought he had a right to de mand the hospitality from one thus doubly bound to him. But she proved false and cruel, and de livered him up, in chains, to the Romans. We wero carried to Rome to graoo the triumph of the oonqtterors; to bo first degraded, and then de stroyed, according to the Roman usage. As soon as we arrived in this olty, a Roman knight, named Fadens, advanced towards mo, and signified to the surrounding orowd that he desired to speak with me. They instantly gave way before him with every mark of respect. Ho asked mo, in the British tongue, if my name was Gladus Ruffyth. I answered that it was. He (hen asked if I remem bered receiving a ring from a woundod Roman, for my kindness to him, in his illness, at my father's oamp. I had preserved the ring, but I hod not any strong hopes of deriving muoh bene fit from it, in the terrible extremity to which wo had been reduced by the fortunes of war. We had been captured in open arms against Romo, and had no reason to expeot a departure from her custom, in the treatment of oaptlves of war. But the moment Fudens saw the devices on the ring, he told me that it was the ring of Vespasian, who, at the time he was under my oare, was an officer of high distinction In the Roman legions in Bri tain ; that he had sinco been reoalled; that he was, at present, absent from Rome, bat PadenJ, ! who had served with him in Britain, was fully ' MIT-iylf acquainted with the debt of gratitude Vespasian owed to our family, and especially to mo. He told me to be of good oheer; that Vespasian had friends and retainers enough then, in the oity, to prevent any injostloe to one who had saved his life as I had; that ho weuld Immediately see the Emperor, and if ho did not comply with the wishes of Vospaslan, the wholo army . He did not finish the sentence, but took the ring and departed. This was the first intimation we had that the stranger in our camp was Vespasian, PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 28. 1859. . We all had heard the fame of his noble deeds. He was then celebrated in the Western as much as he is now in the Eastern world. In tho even ing Pudens returned with the ring and told me that he had seen, the Emperor—that our hospitali ty would not be forgotten, and that my father, would be heard before he should he condemned.; He was, accordingly, fully heard in vindication of j what they oalled his rebellion against his sovereign. Ho boldly denied that either himself or his nation had ever acknowledged the stiprem&oy of Rome; olaimed his rights as a British King; justified the defenoo of his sovereignty, his home, and the homes of his people, with the mnnly firmness of his woll-known character.>Claudius was either pleased, or pretended t0,,b0 pleased, with my father’s bravery and constancy, and ordered uS to be liborated on our pledges not to return to Britain, to make war on the-Romans. The Em* poror, also, made provision for ua suitable to the, condition we hnd held in. Britain, so far as this oould be done. He was most gracious to us in every respoot. We wore hot insensible to his kindness. Much ns I was attached to my British namo, 1 rejoioed that I had the right to adopt the Roman appellatlonof Claudio, in honor of Clau dius. This is the reason why I bare been always known here os Claudia Ruflno, instead of Gladus Huffy th. We hired a house, and lived in quiet ness, each pursuing suoh‘'studies as'inclination prompted. I had duti& to perform While in Bri tain, whioh made it neoessary for me to understand the Greek and Latin languages there. The He brew I learned, since I came hero, from one Whose history will be read when our names are forgot ten. Through my studies and the fiumerous ac quaintances formed here, 1 endeavored to forgot the misfortunes of our house, but my poor father and mother wore unable to Bear up long. In a few years they departed; I trust,' to a better world. Pudens had been a constant visitors at our house, and brought many oi his friends tboxo. They all professed to take a deep interest in con versation with me. Tho flattering compliments of strangers, no matter how learned or distinguish ed, gave me no pleasure. But a single word of approbation from tho severe judgment of Pudens always gave me great delight *£ discovered that my efforts were stimulated by a dosiro to please him, and I had often soon his Cye sjtarble with pxide And pleasure at any ocohrrenoe which ena bled mo to appear to advantage among his friendß. I wse never so happy as whon Mb eyo was upon me. It Boomed to me &b the sunlight that dispelled.the olouc's which had onshroudel all else that I valued in life. It was not his per* sonal beauty, for he was not beautiful. It was not gratitude for the favor he had shown me, for I owed him no gratitude. Hemeroly obeyed the commands of Vespasian. It was not his accurate judgment and unspotted integrity, for these only commanded respeot and esteem. My fooling was stronger than these. There was & mystery in my emotions. I felt that there was a secret bond be tween us which neither had ever spoken of to the other. a These emotions existed long before a word k had been spoken on the subject of love. Rut, in good time, Pudens spoke the word, and onr union, .as you know, has been a constant joy to e&oh other A young Spaniard, who came to Rome to com plete hiB law studies, attached himself to Pudens, and thus booame acquainted with mo. * He bad no taste for the law, and bo beoamo a poet. He was one among the many who loaded ine with compli ments. In his manuscript Eplgramata—part of whioh I have translated and. sent to Britain—he notices me frequently. In one epigram he an nounces, with & flourish of good wishes and com pliments, that Pudens had taken tho foreign Clau dia for his wife. In anothor, after referring to my’ origin As a blue-skin Briton, he is pleased to say that i possess the Roman wit, and Roman grace, and Roman fohn to Buoh A degtrea, that Rome might place me afoong her d&ughtors, or Attic matrons might doom me of Attic race. I refer to this for the purpose of .showing that I was supposed to possess some bowers of mind worthy the daughter of my crave and great father. But I acknowledge that I feel mortified when I SCO .that so great a man as Marcus Valerias MartUUs should pander to the prejudices whioh see nothing of value unless It he of Rome or Greece. The Romani indulge .in these prejudices, and at tho same time deny the traditions whioh prove our commingled Trojan and Grecian origin, and that one of onr early • kings was Brutus, a descendant of Atneas. This, tradition is as well established as the cktStonoa or ‘the' ilege'of Troy. B&r'our^istorieifAnd tradi tions have been destroyed with our bards, our priests, our temples, and Cur religion. The fate of Mona, is but an example of the general destruc tion of all our records, our literature, and our works of art. ; One day, after we had resided in Rome about eleven years, a remarkable prisoner *&s brought from Judea. It was assorted/,by the men whohod him ih charge, that he had prophesied and per formed miracles, daring the journey to Rome, and, on that account, he was treated with great rospeot, although in bonds, and charged with sedition. He was allowed to go about with au attendant. He frequently called the peopte together, in the streets, and spoke to thorn touohinganowreligion. One d&y I went out to hoar him. Ho was a man of small stature when in repose, but bo seemed to enlarge in sizo as ho beoame excited with his sub ject. Ho had a high, bold foreho&d, but the other portion of his head was thinly oovored with brown hair; his beard was long, and terminated in two points. His nose was aquiline, and his eyes were sparkling. His face was long and oval. Ho wore sandals on his feet, and had a bine tunic and a white mantle. He had an erect form and a mili tary air. Ho spoke sometimes in Latin, some* times in Greek, and, when addressing the Jews, he spoke In Hebrew. He was evidently a learned . man' and ah eloquent orator. I believed him to be under a delusloh, but nb onb wiio heard him could doubt his sincerity, iiemembering my own situation and that of my poor father, some years before, I sympathized with him as a prisoner, and invited him to our honso. When ho found that he would be detained Until his accuser could bring ' evidence agaihst him from Judea, he rented a honso adjoining the one in whioh we lived. It was two years boftre he eouldprooUre a hearing. On the triat no evidence was brought against him, except his religious discourses and practices, and these he acknowledged and justified as a right be longing to every Homan oitisen. Ho was aoquitted and set at liberty. In his intercourse with me ho seemed always more intent upon gaining informa tion than on teaohing his peculiar viows. He in quired respecting my oountry, its inhabitants, tfeeir oustoms, their language, and thoir roligion. He did not appear to have heard aDy other than Crcsar’s account of Druidism. That account, even ae eppliod to Gaul, is Rotaltogethercorroot. It is still further from tho truth as applied to Britain. The Druids wero skilled in astronomy, history, lan guagos, and many valuable arts and soionoes, and these were taught to tho youth of tho ooun try, and to many who came from Gaul for in itruotion. It iB true that many who came for instruotion in those mattors carried home with them such roligious views .as they thought proper to embrace. But tho .reli gion of Britain wos net a unit, any moro than its govornmont. In the different kingdoms different views of, religion existed. Even among the Druids thomselves there were various seets. At the groat battlo of Caor Garedoc, the oath of fidelity was taken by caoh nation according to its own reli gious forms. I mysolf belonged to the soot of Druids, oalled, elsewhere, fire-worshippers. In our adoration of tho sun, the better-informed al ways understood that they were worshipping Baal, the great Author of all, through the worship of his mostglorious work. We had nine moral laws, whioh some allogcd were delivered by Baal himself to his priests. They were very ancient, and wero, cer tainly, recorded thousands of years ago in the writings of Eolus, whioh were deemed sadred These nine laws prohibited murder, stealing, false hood, envy, and flattery, and enjoined lore and rospeot to parents, meroy to all, and oharity to tho poor and to Btrangers; but the ninth commanded man to do even as he would bo done by. I gave an account of all this to the prisoner. He spoke of his religion os similar, in many re spects, to my own. Ho said that we worshipped the same God under different names; that our laws were quite similar, in many particulars, to the ten laws taught by his mastor as command ments from God; that these laws, like ours, pro hibited murder, stealing, falsehood, and and, like ours, enjoined love and honor to parents; that all our nine laws were taught by his master, and especially the groat fundamental rulo that re quired us to do to others as we would that they should do to us. His description of the life, teach- ings, and sufferings of Jesus of Nazareth upon tho cross, was the most impressive and touch ing history I had ever hoard. He then, with groat tonderness for my feelings, touohed upon the torriblo sacrifices of human viotlms, whioh wero part of the religious ceremonies of the Druids. These, he said, wero not peculiar to the Druids. They existed among the Eastern nations, and he had no doubt that we derived them from our Eastern origin. Bat he declared that the great object of his master was to make one final saorifioe of his precious life as a full atonement for the sins of every nation who believed and repented; that this final sacrifice had put an end'to all other sacrifices, whothar tho victims wero human brings or the lower orders of creation. I had always looked upon our human sacrifices with horror. I never could reconcile them to my ideas of a just and meroiful God. It is true that the viotlms woro generally persona guilty of.crimes, or prisoners of wa*; bat-if these were'not to be had, innocent ▼is Una were sacrificed. I was'impressed bytho learning and faith of the prisoner. I had heard, fro: a persona who had eomo with him to Rome, . majy of whom were well known to Pudens, of ; tasiiy wonderful things which he had done, and j whch, if true, proved that he was inspired by a superior power. The rosult of these teachings and ouiown refieotlons, was, that Pudenß and Olaudia berime converts to the religion taught by Paul of Tafctiff. Boon after Paul bad been tried and aequitted, ami was at liberty to leave Rome, he informed mo that Jesus, after his resurrection, appeared to his discples and commanded theth. td go andf tbach all natbns—to go into all the world, and preach the dopel to every oreaturo, to preaoh repentance and xetfigslon in his name among all nations, begid , nin| it Jerusalom. “ This command,” said Paul, “oar© unto me as well as to the other disoiples, butj.am especially commanded to proaoh to the Qeitfios. As faithful servants, we axe bound to obej this last command of our divine Master. Tow nation has espeoially attracted universal at. tenion. The Britons have beoome celebrated throughout the world for the religion of their Drdds, the philosophy and poetry of their bards* andthe arts and sciences of their ovates. The Bkill andlbravery of their warriors, their arms, their destuotive war ohariots, and their engines of de fend have exoited the admiration of the bravest and warriors throughout the Roman Em plrej&nd twice hate they driven from their shores the jantftiering legions of Julius Ccesar. During a hunted years they have maintained their inde* pongee against the power of the most warlike natijx. on earth. In the nine-years war, under thjjWDpmand of your great father, the sufferings and. tyavery of your oountrymen have won the symbfiby.And admiration of all good men; aifd yej pffine has oarried the light of the Gospel to them.twill, therefore, take passage in a ship from lyre—through the pillars of Hercules—to Britai, and the other Western isles, to do the will o|my master.” He then thanked me for the instrftfcions I had given him In the British tongue. I repl4 that he had more than compensated me by his Cachings in Hebrow, and in knowledge far more rWdfal than either. He took lofcdefsof com mondfttm to some of my friends in Britain, and de partcdHe preaohed in many places in Britain, and in the islands. It was not his'praotico to sot hinelf with violence against the prejudices and Cutoms of the people, where he could do more -gjd by a milder course. Instead of at temptig to extirpate entirely the religion or the Druld*h. e endeavored to reform and $o modify it. The ml|fioation>.of their temples, under his preaohig, is a remarkable evidence of this. The oircle ohtohe columns constituting the temples ef the frufcwere, In many oases, ohanged to the formrf t cross. This was done by the oreotion of rowsjfdltmws, extending from the outside of the olro)',< ii-A south, east, and western direction, leaving an avenne between them, exteftingjn a northern direction. The columns wertfiighe? than the tallest man, and the num berilff those ootnposlng the avenue were equal to •thewmber of communities who attended that paiwlar. temple. The columns cotiiposlfag the in number, to the twelve Apos ! tiesy.Thcse in the wings were three in each wing. iTheltar oh which viotims had been saorifioed jwaflft standing, as a rostrum from whioh the jpecjs.were instructed in the new doctrine. All perils, wh6 were akin to eaoh other within tho inin!degree, beloDged to the same community. ;The temples have generally been destroyed by the pmans j; but, as they have not penetrated intojenorthwostern isles—particularly the island of PX, where Paul was received With great favcbH is probable that the people in those lalap will be permitted to enjoy their religion, juudtarbed by the rudo tread of our polished bar baik*.- : Afen Paul returnb d from Britain he went to Cdjthj :and whOe there, wrote to us an epistle, In Uch he Informed us that the preaohlng of the Gciebtf Jesus Ohrist was now mademaniiest to aliatiostf—that the Scriptures and the prophets alto made known to ail nations, according to P oottttiandment. In, thdt epistle he expressed a rohg dqire to visit us again in Rome, on his >urney tj Spain, that he might be comforted with aby ouioiutual faith. That pleasure wb enjoyod in good Hi©. He visited us again. My house and |U I had frtw at his command. He wrote many while .Jie made his home Wnn*NPh*veddhd'yt«i» toyrfnTCbeloTea BOff ’ pnkibus, after he took oharge of the ohtiroh at Bphstft wm ambng the number. .This gave us an oprtunity of sending our greeting to one who Is befod by ns ill, and to urge him to visit us hefoche wiiiter commenced. While Paul was withi the oirole of brethren increased, and we had »h comfort in each others society and in struen. Our happiness seemed as porfeot as it ***** World; but it was of Bhort dura tion|he Roman outrages upon tbo Britons had under the reign of Noro, Arviragus, OalUy tho Romans Prasutagns, dlod, leaving im merwealth to his datighteh and to the Roman Empr. But the whole 6f it yfaa taken by the Rom. Hiß daughters were violated, and bis Quo Boadlcea, to whom he had becomo recon oilofaa pufclioly seourged. This raised a flame thrdout many of tho kingdoms, and Boadlcea, at tiead of apowerfiil army, took vongeanoe intor own hands. She slaughtered one hun* drefousand of her, enemies, and captured and dested London, and in possession of ttomans. The legions of Rome were terror strii at first by tho magnitude of hor forces, and rapidity of her movements, but they soon rail and at last, the Britons were routed and putleath in great numbers. The Romans were detined to revenge the slaughter and destruo tiorich Boadlcea had caused. The Ohrlstians and Druids Were regarded ad the ddilfie of all theijarlea to Rome; and they woto destroyed whier they could be found. Nero’s passions be oaoflamed against the Christians from this and Bonber causes,and Paul and Peter were exeouted by ardors of that tyrant. Peter was oruolly oru cifl but Paul was beheaded, because it was until to'cruelfy a Roman oltizon. The ohlef ohiagainst Paul was had taught robel lioißritain; but we all know that nelthor Paul no* twelve laborers in the Yinoyard, who wont on same mission, taught any other polltioal do|e than that of rendering to Ccesar the thjthat were Orasar’a, as taught by his master wjon earth; and there was no moro proof aj£ Paul, on this last trial, than there was on that; but his judges were different in their pas and motives. * God will Toward him and tbceordlng to their works. Lot us hope for bithlngs undor tho reign of the now Emperor 1 1, ilia truo, many painful reoolleotions of hbwesa in moro than thirty battles with my otymen, and you may havo many sighs foour nation whon *you look upon tho fi laurels ho has brought from Jeru si. Ho may havo dono many things in Uwarfl whioh he would not, himself, defend, iunor momonts. But we all know that he Ib h noblo, gonorous, and possessed of exalted I aiu willing to hazard my life in the B*s of bW-tfign. I feel assured that God has s him up to bo a blessing to tho whole world. Jb not yot seen him sinco I was his physioian aurso. But he wrote from Jerusalem to say idens, that he “ longed to see his presorvor, Irido of the Britons, and the ornament of I confess to the weakness of desiring his ppinion, and I hope I do not Bin when I feel t in- suoh praise, from Buoh a source. My* ; fluttors and my framo I antioi- Lhe delight I shall feel when I again, i a change we shall see in e&oh other! Agn& ' jrs ni in brofedlgaeth. 1b doses tho history I promised for the in tion of your children. X rejoice that the task wished, because, in relating the distressing s of the past, a sadness codes over my But I trust that this will soon disap* in the realization of our bright hopes of uture. itteu by Claudia Rufina, at Romo, to Eu* at Horculanoum. Three Persons Smothered. Norristown, January 27th, ►spondence of The Press ] loner Snyder was oallod this morning to hold quest on tho bodios of two men and a woman, [ od) who wero found dead this morning at e Co.’s lime kilns, in the lower part of this gh. They proved to be three rag*piokers, lad been lounging about the neighborhood for al days. It is supposed they laid down upon Jge of tho kiln to keep warm, and the wind, [ing during tho night, blow the smoke and nr dirootly ovor them, producing suffooation. Yours, Ac., 0. H. G. • .imow Escape.—A few days since Mr. Matting, who is in the employment of John bite, Esq., as one of the superintendents of aborers at work at the new Washington g, Saratoga, New York, being engaged near Earn pump, by some means slipped so that kirt of his ooat oaught in the oogs of the I. One bite of the cogs on the ooat, and it lenoed drawing him in pretty fast. lie had he to give any alarm before he was brought th a prospect of being maimed by the oogs, orfunateiy he had a copy of a newspaper 1 tightly together in bis pocket, and when the same to that, they stopped, throwing the band e pnlllea. I ' l ' st *T ual slessa B“ <.r iUayor llcnry. - Tho firs ‘ an ? oal “‘ 88a 8« *t.Manor Aw was submitted to Oounoils yestercla, , It ia a, lengthy amiably written jyi a detailed statement of the affiirs ot vievarious departments of the oity government. n elow wo present an abstract of the message: ORDINANCES, &0, Reference is made to the difficulty of legisUvi- -t wisely for a city whioh embraces within limits rural districts and olosely built sections. The message says I ‘ - “The great number and contrariety of ordi nances relating, to the same snbjeots, some of whioh are in foroe, throughout tho city, others only within tho bounds of the municipalities in whioh-they were enacted, whilst a few are re stricted in their operations to parts of snoh mu hioipalities, must nfeoeßs&rily produce confusion dnd difficulty in their dtie administration. An early revision and codification of existing ordi nances is recommended as highly important to the welfare of the city.” It ig'&Uo urged that additional power shonld he vested in the authorities for the enforcement of tho ordinances of the oity. TUB POLICE DEPARTMENT. • The message rotors at considerable length to the • subject of tho police, and to the defeota of the pro l sent system. The Mayor states that ho has endea . vored to make the police force as effioient as possi ble, but he deems a radfoal change in the system ' necessary Ia rogard to this important matter tho 1 message says: - • “A modification in the appointment of the . police force, whioh, under the aot of consolidation, is vested solely in the Mayor, and the exercise of that power by a board of commissioners, ’ £ deem of primary importanco. It must bo readily ap. i parent that no chief magistrate, however earnest , and single may be the devotion of his time and energies to the piibllo welfare, can, in the proper discharge of his other important duties, give that careful sof utiny to. the merits and qualifications of the numerous applicants for appointment which shall insure a dorreot choice. If his whole time and undistracted attention oould be dedicated to this single duty, the selection of sovon hundred and twelve officers, the number constituting the present force, must still prove a task of more than usual perplexity. “ But when he is, to a great extent, compelled to rely upon the partial testimony of those advo oatlng the appointment of ia continually deoeived by tho misrepresentation of interested advisers; and is unable to hate more than a mo mentary interview with each one of several thou sand applioants, it will require a superhuman in tuition to avoid mistakon estimates of individual fitness. - “ A police board, constituted of four or more ex perienced oitizens, of whioh tho Mayor should be, ex oj/icio, the'president, could bring to the dis charge of this momentous duty the advantages of loisuroly action, oareful inspection, and prudent deliberation. intment and removal of all' deteotivo officers, ;helr control and direot accountability, should be reserved to tho Mayor. ■ '■ “In recommending to Councils the considers* tfoa of- tko«« Important modifications of the - pro sent system, I would leave to their discretion whatever measure may be required, Under the authority of the Legislature, to carry them into effect.” The message seta forth tho foots concerning the number of pelicemon, the division of the force over the oity, Ac. Tho Mayor Urges that tho number of men on dtlty Is not sufficient to’effeo tually guard all portions of the oity at all times. He reoommends an immediate inorease of the deteo tive branoh of the foroe.. The message refers to the increased expense of the reforms he proposes, and says: “But I cannO't belioyo It to.be compatible with tho welfare of this oity that the most important function of its government Should be stinted to an arbitrary limit, regardless of every oofisidefatlon but that of assumed economy. True economy con sists in the careful adjustment of means to the accomplishment of a proposed object—but not in that outlay, whether much or little, which is in sufficient for its attainment. The primary duty of every Government is to provide suitable pro tection for all persons and proporty within its oare —and suoh protection must bo ever ooextonslve with tho growth of the community and its oorres-' ponding necessities. “ The ourrent expenses of the Police Department for the past year amounted to $397,541.48, bosides appropriations for special objects of $3,605. 'ihere has also boon expended during that period the sum of $4,512 73 for debts incurred prior to 1858, to gether with $8,910 99, through the Commissioner of City Froporty, towards the codt of erecting the statiQn-hduso in the Eleventh district. *’ The bstiihated expenses of the department for the predent yfear amtiunt to $890,100. New station houses are greatly needed fot the First and Ninth districts, for the construction of whioh an addi tional appropriation will bo required of $20,000.” Reference is mado to the unfitness of many of the station houses for the use to whioh they are applied. The report of tho Chief of Polioe ex hibits the nufhbet df arrbsta during 185$, amount ing to 22,367, of which 5,980 took place prior to tho Ist of June, and 16,381 during the remainder of the year. The nativitios of thoso included in the report df arrests were as follows: United States, 9,925; Ireland, 0,662; Germany, 1,608; England, 902; Scotland, 129; France, 85; other dountries, 56. 320 arrests were made by the detective de partment, whioh are not included in the above. The Mayor strongly urges the importance of hav ing a magistrate at too Contra! station to hear oasoß thore. Ho also refers to “ the oulpahle ne glect by many of tho aldermen of this oity of tho payment into the City Treasury of fees and penal ties rccoived by them in oriminal or pon&l oases.” the roLicn and fire alarm telegraph, The Mayor speaks of the great importance of this branoh of tbe service, and of its indispensa bility. During 1858 it transmitted 36,359 mes sages through its different circuits, being an inorease of 2,152 over the number for the preceding year. Through its agency,. 3,087 lost ohildron, 379 missing adults, and 1,003 stray or stolon cattle, have been traced and recovered. Tho facilities afforded by the telegraph have enabled him to dispense with ono of the messen gers allowed him by law. Tbe Fire Detective branoh of the police meets with tho warmest ap probation of tho Mayor. FINANCES. City finances have been embarrassed, owing to insufficiency of taxes. The net proceeds from all Bouroosof city revenuo were about $2,550,000,whi1e the amount to bo provided for was $2,959,000, una voidably causing the oreation of a loan of $450,000, thus adding to tho funded debt of tbe oity. The munioipal revenue, tho Mayor urges, should always be equal to its expenditures. One of the most ob vious defects of tho present municipal system is that of assigning to the Counoils, for ono term of service, the duty of determining the taxes which are mainly to be expended during the term of those that succeed them. The desire of conciliating popular favor by lim iting taxation to a low rate offers a strong induce* ment to fix tbe annual appropriations below the amount necessary for the sevoral departments. Tho Councils, upon whom, in turn, the expendi ture of these appropriations is devolved, disown all responsibility for tho inadequacy of revenue, and feel justified in supplying tbe defiolenoy by new loans; or else they must suffer the embar rassment of an empty treasury, and be foroed to inore&se the taxes of the ensuing year by the sum whioh should have been raised by their predeces sors. The record of eaoh year sinco consolidation warrants tko assertion, that until some change takes plaoo, by whioh the responsibility both of raising and of expending the annual revenue oan be devolved upon tho same Counoils, there will be reason to antloipate the constant increaso of the funded debt of Philadelphia, by loans to bo used for tho payment of its ourrent expenses. The reoeipts of the City Treasury during the past year amounted to $4,744,963.44, whioh, with tho balanoo on hand Janaary Ist, 1858, made n total of $5,233,001.54. Of this sum $5,035,018.33 havo been expended, loaving on the Ist of Janu ary, 1f59, a balanoe 0f5197,383 20. A temporary loan of $200,000, negotiated in November last, will mature in March of the present year—but will be amply provided for by outstanding taxes. Many of the warrants issued in 1855 and 1856 are withheld from presentation at the Treasury until provision is made for the payment.of the in terest whioh has aoorued upon thorn. Tho appro priation of $lO,OOO, made in Maroh last for suoh interest, has already beenfrxhausted upon the war rants redeemed during 1858, and it is recommend ed that a similar appropriation bo made, whioh it is believed will suffice to discharge all the re maining liabilities of this description. ' The statomont of the City Controller exhibits the entire funded dobt of the oity to mature after the Ist of January, 1859, to bo $20,338,705.31, of whioh $3,173,423.52 are of five per cent, and $17,- 105,281.79 of six poroent. loans. Io addition to suoh amount, the sum of $86,308.42 has already matured, but has notbeou presented for payment. This amount of $20,333,705 31 will be increased by the loan of $200,000 authorized for the con struction of culverts, but not yet issued. TWO CENTS. Of this amount of indebtedness, there will fall duejn 1860 $945,134 64, and“in 1861 $448,108.55, for the payment of- whioh some other provision mast be made than by resort to the investment* of the sinking funds and their aoonamlaiioas.'' . By the report of the Commissioner of the tak ing fund, provided for the redemption of the oity debt, it appears that nine several accounts have been opened for as many distinot loans, and that to each respectively is credited the amount appro* printed for its redemption, under the terms of the iordinanoe by whioh it has been oreated. January 1,1859, there was standing to the credit ** all the sinking funds: Loaps $336,693 74 12,271 22 «t«uiJ^ T oprlatton has yet been received to the o( the recent loan of $450,009 condition of the tax duplicates SS by the City Commissioners, to with aocuraoy “seMod during the present Lfrnate that Osn theTe.C'^f Taxes make 3 their RMRfl* from which *40,000 mns^,^ 1 ™” 4 . estates, and *1X7,298 43 f 5« 4 'A u 5 to tax-payere, which taxation for 1858, *2,649,691.45?“ lWen ?“ ftom The ordinance fixing the rate or u«. Ifl ea at one dollar and eighty-five cents JSH'fSJLiIJS dollars on the assessed value, was ruary 12tb, and the books of the -RecavJJpZ.®,* opened March Bth^for payment thereof*, ceipts from that date to the end of the year %!?* $2,019,712 25; the largest monthly receipt wu for March—ss24 988.42; the lowest for Augusts $60,773 16; leaving $529,887.20 oatstanding oirtbe Ist of Janaary, 1859, or nearly 20 per. cent, of the entire tax levy, of which there has since been re* oeived, to the 22d instant, $224)059 96 to avoid the additional oharge of five per cent, imposed by legal process for collection. The amount of discounts allowed to tax-payers dnringthe past year, as previously stated, was $117,298 43, or about 4} per oent. of the taxes. '' DIBCOUMT TO TAX-PAYSRS. It is suggested that a system of oolleotion whioh should make allowance to tax-payers at the rate of one-half per Cent a month from the date of pay* meat until the Ist of July, and "which would im pose an additional oharge of one per cent, a month from the Ist of July until tbe payment be made, would decrease the amount now annually estimated for allowances, and diminish the annual rate of taxation, and would save the interest whioh is payable on temporary loans. The imposition of a .penalty for non-payment before a designated period, has been found to pro duce n prompt yield of j too annual water-rents, and there is no good reason why it should not be adopted in the collection of xhaniofpal taxes. I would recommend that Councils apply-to State Legislature for the repeal of the provisions of, the act of consolidation on this subject, and for the enactment of some other system more equitable to the wholo community, and better calculated to afford a prompt supply of the oity treasury. The total valuation of real estate and of personal pro perty assessed for taxation for municipal purposes for 1859, is $155,697,669, of whioh the personal property amounts to $2,697,433. The number of taxablcs in the entire city is stated at 103,850. The assessment of real estate by tbe name of the owner, instead of by local and numorloal designa tion, is prod active of much confusion ia tbe collec tion of taxes, and not unfrrquently of loss, and a change in such method Is doomed of great impor tance. v WATER DEPARTMENT. Baring the last year, strenuous efforts have been made to famish a supply'of water, more commen surate to the necessities of the community than before afforded, and the average daily supply has reached 18,738,163 gallons, being an increase of 1,428,885 of suoh previous average. New water pipes havo been laid to the length of 67,293 feet) exceeding tbe extent in any former year. The receipfs of. the Water .Department in 1858 amounted to $457,515 48, and its expenditures to $186,570 58, leaving a profit of $270,947 90, ap plicable to the general exponses of the oity. The profits of this department have always exceeded those of any other branob of the government, and have, since consolidation, been steadily increasing. They amounted, in 1855, to $131,141 35 : 1856, $212,981 64; 1857, $224,820 29; 1858, $270,947 90 The Mayor alludes to the faot that the water and street mains should be enlarged. The re-assessment of water rents, whioh has en gaged the attention of the Water Department for some months, will yield the city an increased re venue of from sixty to seventy-five thousand dol lars annually. Until some means shall have been put into operation, by which the present Insuffi cient supply of water oan be made equal to the demand, stringent moasures should be taken by Councils to prevent its waste. ; Au ordinance districting the built parts of the oity, and Restraining, under severe penalty, the washing of pavements in suoh distriots to oertain hours and days, respectively, would serve to oheok suoh waste, and, whioh ia more important, would tend to the preservation of the general health of the oommunity. CITY PROPERTY. The various expenditures for repairs and im provements of the pablio buildings and squares nave been $82,434.65. The small appropriations tor beautifying and adding to the number of trees, Ac., in the several squares, has precluded any vety perceptible improvements within their limits, park. Hunting park, and Norris square require such appropriations as shall render them the Resort and enjoyment of our citi zens. '• - • ' Tna COURT-ROOM NUISANCE. The insufficient and discreditable accommoda tions providod for tbe county and State oourts, and tor the deposit of public records, should he a sub jeot of humiliation to every oitizen of Philadel phia. Prior to the consolidation of the oity, the local jealousies of the different municipalities may have prevented the erection of suitable buildings for those purposes; but Philadelphia is, or should bb, a unit in every undertaking for its common welfare; and it still remains a matter of reproach, that its edifices tor gTeat public objeots are far in ferior to many erected in its midst for the business of different corporations, or even to those of the Several oounty towns throughout the Stated ' surveys.' • The expenditures of the Department of Surveys during 1858, have been $24,517.34. The system of munloipal drainage is yet hut Im perfeotly understood, and its great importance not sufficiently comprehended but the ordinances of tho Instyear, relative to branch eulverts, and pro viding for the new main culverts, must lead to its thorough consideration and perfection. A plan recently prepared by the Board of Sur veyors, for the construction of a bridge over the Sohuylkill at Chestnut street, will he submitted at an early day tor the action of Councils. The cost of suoh bridge, It is believed, will very far exoeed the amount of $125,000, originally appropriated for that purposo. markets and wharves, The probable recolpts from'the rental of markets and wharves is estimated for the present year at about $105,000. The enacted removal of the Stalls aid bouses from Market streets will occasion a permanent loss of revenue of more than $20,000 per annum, for whioh, howevor, the city will be amply remunerated by tho removal of such obstruc tions from* its chief business thoroughfare, and by tho increased facilities thus offered for tne ex tension of trade. The policy of providing at the public expense accommodations, howeverprofltable they may be to the common revenue, for carrying on any individual business, must be* very ques tionable. CITY PASSENGER RAILWAYS. His Honor devotes a paragraph to oity passenger railways. He suggests that tne system be carefully regulated by Oity Oounoiis, to prevent these rail ways from becoming merely conducive to the in terest of speculators. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. Tho Highway Department has expended during the past year $441,552.40, and has received $lO 667.15 from various souroos. The Mayor thinks that instead of appointing the supervisors'himself, they should be appointed by the Commissioners. As to street oleanin* the Mayor says: If the specifications inserted in the oontraots wore striotly adhered to, and tbe stipulated sorvices properly rendered, there would be no cause for the constant ‘and well-founded complaints whioh aro addressed to Ibe Mayor, without any power on his part to remedy the ovil. Tho oity railroad has boon kept in good condi- tion by tho expenditure of $7,303.43, and has .re turned for tolls and othor receipts $12,868.12. ’Great difficulty is experienced in removing ice and bsow from its rails, which might be readily ncootn plMhcd by the ufie of the reoently invented salt car, at but small additional expense. NEW BUILDINGS. The report of the Building Inspectors shows the issue of 6,153 permits for iho erection of new buildings einoe June sth, 1855, to tho end of 1858. The law regulating tho erection of frame build ings is only partial in its extent, applying to the formor oity, and ih a modified degree to the dis trict of Southwark. It should be made general. OITY lOE BOAT. The appropriation for the repair and manage ment of the oity ice boat, during the year 1853, was $11,475, of whioh amount the trustees have expended $9,052 97. The importance of this enterprise to the oity, both directly and incidentally, is beyond any esti mate. If no other advantage e&suea from the em ployment of the ioe boat than the opening of the rivor ohannel for the arrival and. departure of vessels, thero would be abundant reason to con tinue the necessary appropriations for Us service; but when it is considered how many of the com munity depend for their daily maintenance upon oooupations connected with the lading and dis charge of these vessels, the benefits accruing from Its use oan hardly be overrated. FIRE DEPARTMENT—STEAM ENGINE. The past year has been the commencement of a new era in the Fire Department of Philadelphia, by tho introduction of tho steam-firo engine into oommon use. Four of thoso engines are in aotive servicOr-ond several others are in course of con struction. The superiority of the steam-fire en gine to all other apparatus for the extinguishment of fires can no longer be disputed; and whenever their number shall suffioe for the adequate protec tion of property throughout the oity, a complete reorganization of tho Fire Department should be made, with special reference to their increased effioienoy. With but few exceptions, tho nume rous eDgine and hose companies have, to a com mendable degreo, maintained peace and good order, and have striven to remove the stigma whioh had been brought upon the volunteer sys tem by previous strife and turbulence. The report of the Chief Engineer of the Gas Department exhibits the prosperous condition of tho various works under its control, and the in creasing demand for participation in its benefits. The superiority of gas over all other means of ar tificial light is so woll established that considera tions of eoonomy and safety oommend its use, wherever it oan be furnished. At the present time, 28 897 customers are provided with more than 375,000 lights, supplied through 255 miles of streot mains. The rovenue from the Gas Works is fully adequate to their ourrent expenses, besides the duo provision for the redemption ofloans crea ted for their construction, but it does not enable the trustees to inorease theoapabilitiesfor produc tion, or to furnish the seryicc-pipes and meters re- NOTICE TO COKKES^UNOENTS. Correspondents for << Tni rases l ’ will please bear hi mlud the following ni«: Bvesy "communicsttu*. mist be accompanied by the name of the writer, in onie* to insure,correctness in the typography, bat one aide .7 the cheat ihoold he written upon. - We shall be greatly obliged to gentlemen In Penney!* vania end other States for contributions giving. the current news of the day in their partteular localities j the resources of the surrounding country, the lucres* a of population, or any Information that will be Interest* Ing to the general reader. qnirod for.additional consumption. Tho advan tages of those works should be liberally extended to every part of the city, in which the demand for gas will justify the expense of Its Introduction, ormssfopica. n,f??* a 7£T discusses in the rest of his message the Girard Estates and College, tbe operations^* tbeCoaXprison 8 ’ “ 4 ““ commitments to is devoted to tbe affairs of the 0* a Bouse of Correetion is also DeoM3 ity of better aooom moaations tor tho courts is enlarged npon- The inorease of tbe means tor supplying the oity with Ma 7o r r B 4?of' th “ •* Tho' two last-mantioned projeots would, from their peculiar nature, be immediately renmnera tiTe, and, Instead of adding to the harden of taxes, wouldoontribute to Itff relief. Tho eltlsan who .is ignorant of. tho horde of vagranta and drunkards daily thrust upon the community from an overorowded prison—whose pursuits do not call him into the fetid atmosphere of a pent-up court room, whose property is sufficiently guarded, and woo is ia the enjoyment of the conveniences of water andgos, may perhaps demur toanyincrease of the public debt. _*l®then urges that no selfish considerations should prevent the reform of evils In these depart ments. r The Mayor says in conclusion “With you, gentlemen, rests the responsibility of fostering and pro moting the welfare of Philadel phia, and on the wisdom' of your measures may de pend its advancement and prosperity. < But above »Jl relianoe upon the counsels of man, we should Almighty Being whoas nast » 1 P roV l4ence has beenvonobsafol in the ture>* hls protection through the fu- general NEWS. A Mysterious ..Letter a Mr. Tborw ywk^n^^buUdin^* s4 street, New day last, thiwatening thkt noUM, e BISO at a place minutely desoribed 11,, it would be burned down. Theiette? .tat.rffw. the writer had eight hundred lute control, and thatanV watch to see who took the money would a be°in danger of his life. Mr. Thorn applied to tbs detectives at the police headquarters. OScars' Poole and Jones went to the spot last Wednesday «afternoon, and very cerefally placed $l5O & : bogus bilie in the corner designated, and then ;kept a sharp look out, A short time afterward (they observed the money had been taken away, .ana concluded that it must have been done by some ef the workmen inside the house. They ar .rested John Gana, a furniture polisher, and looked ;him up. - Soon after he confessed he wrote the jotter, but strove to pass it off as a joke. * Fine Animal, that. —On© day t n, Kentuoky, on 'Monday weekrwhloh resulted m the death of two of tbe parties concerned. Samuel Isaacs wae killed on the ground, and John Morris died tho da, after. A ran of John Morris was also nearly out to pieces, but is not yat dead. Several others wore more or lose injured. A feud has for a long time exieted between the Morrises and Isaacs. ! The Shower Bath —The State Prison In spectors of New York have made a report upon the oase of the convict Moore, who died recently from the effeots of the punishment of tho shower bath in Auburn State Prison.. The inspectors ex culpate the officers of the prison from blame for intentional reoklerssess or ornelty, but, in view of tfxe danger attending the use of the shower bath as a means of punishment,have directed its dis continuance ' !_ Cheap Postage in Belgium.— ln the Bel gian Chamber of Representatives, on Saturday. Itaoember 18th, the proposition to introduce'a uniform postage of two sous was rejected, 65 votes to 17. The Minister of Finance made theeonces don of allowing soldiers 1 letters to be sent through Belgium on paying two sous. | Death at the Card Table.— Gapt. McKin ley*. formerly the editor of .the* Holmes county (Ohio) Farmer, ‘and more recently, a captain in' toe Mexioan war. died suddenly at Otsego on the Saturday before New Tear’s. Having met with friends, he sat down to play at card* with them, apd fell dead witjj the cards In his hands, j Salem.— The city dehV of Salem, at the Ste?/ c aooae ,? fc Y.? f 18 f 8 » £ "*» *90.820'; lt< fa how $97,655, a slight reduction having been made during the year. The valuation of the taxable the year 1858-was $14,213,720, which is $415,130 less than in 1857 j • Dootor Hudson, of the navy, died on Sunday af ternoon, in Brooklyn. It is said that he Inhaled some animal poison from.the negroes cf th© “Hoho,” during the voyage of the Niagara to Monrovia. He was thirteen years in tho service, aqd a Pennsylvanian by birth. sQuiok.—Th© “ boys” having in charge a fii;© steam-engine at Louisville, Ky., the other day on a wager harnessed apd hitched up the herses to. the engine and hose carriage in one minute and fifteen seoonds. jCoHTAGious.—Five children of Wm. Coven hqven, of Charleston, Montgomery county, N. Y have died of scarlet fever in less than five days. Four of the little ones, all brothers, lay Bide by side in death, and were buried on the same day. |The Calais (Maine) Jldveriiter states that Mfs. Jemima Noble, aged 96,'died in Calais, on the 14th inst. A year or two before she died an entire new set of teeth had grown in her mouth, apd she could see and hear as well as when young. Preen, the reformed gambler, .ia giving Sam]ay lectures in Chioago, on his abandoned vii;e, and a man named Kn aw accompanies him and sings “Tho Gambler’s Wife” and “Sabbath Bells.” The Warden’s Popularity.—There are 72$ convicts in tbe Ohio penitentiary—l 7 more than there are cells. This extraordinary lane number the warden regards as an evidence of ms popularity. Naval.—Orders have been received at the Brooklyn navy yard countermanding, until furth er instructions, the final preparations for the de parture of the Baited States steam aloop-of-war Brooklyn. Japan letters say that the expedition of Mr Rood to that country will cost including the honorable gentleman’s salary, $14,000 per year, at least one hundred thousand dollars. The new Senate Chamber.—The Senators ary dissatisfied with their new halL Whenever there is a shower, the noise of the rain falling upon the roof is. so great, that they oannothear. A coup any of about sixty children left New York oa Wednesday afternoon, from the Child ren's Aid Sooiety, bound West. Montgomery, the leader of the Kansas outlaws, was formerly a regular lioensed preacher. Rembrandt Peale’s great painting of « The Court of Death” was lately sold for twenty'thou sand dollars. THE COURTS. YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. [Reported for The Press.] District Court— Judge Sharswood.—6eo« Cooper vs. Tolivar James. As action of ejectment to gain the possession of certain premises under a pre vious conveyance. Verdict for the plaintiff. Scott for plaintiff; Cooper and Stokes for defendant. Nisi Prios— Justice Thompson.— Douglass ▼s. the Executor of Mitchell. This caaeisstlUon trial, and witnesses are being examined for the defence. Tne Snpreme Court was not in session. District Court— Judge Stroud.— Jesse Stanley vs. Fatriek Reddy. An action to recover the am oant of a bond and mortgage which was riven for $679.38,' and conditioned for the payment of half that sum', The defence was, Va at the consideration was to be paid, by the ereotion of a >oose on the lot of ground nambd in the mortgage. Before reported. Verdict for the defendant. O. Sergeant for plaintiff; Thompson for defendant. Joseph Lindsay vs. Albanns L. Kepbart. An action on 4 promissory note.* Verdict for tbe plaintiff for $323.88. William Simon vs. William Sipps and Samuel BloOn ley, | trading, Ac. An action to recover the amount alleged to be dne on an account for hauling a large quantity of brick from a brick-yard to the defendants’ premises. Verdict for the defendant. Brinkle for plaintiff; Sharpless for defendants. J. Miller Raubvs John Henderson. ' A feigned Issue under the sheriff interpleader act, to try the ownership of certain property. On trial. Wollaston forplaintiff; Penrose for defendant. Common Pleas— Judge Thompson. — Jos. Watson vs. George H. Lowry. An action to reoover damages for an alleged improper underpinning a party wall.! The defence alleged that the work was done in a workmanlike manner, and according to the terms of the agreement. .A number of witnesses were called to prove the fiot On trial. Quarter Sessions— Judge Allison. —Geo. B.BIy was convicted of assault and battery upon Mr. Mead, but recommended strongly to the mercy of the ConttC Sentenced to pay a fine of one cent and costs. Christian Kneifert was charged with keeping a fero cious dog. From the evidence, it appeared a lad named Charles Good, aged six years, was asked by Mrs. Knsi fertto shovel some ooalintoher yard, when the dog dew at the boy and severely bit him on the face and back, tearing off one-half of one or hts ears. The boy was taken io the hospital, where he remained five weeks tinder l , medical treatment. The! defence alleged the dog was a female one, and had a litter of pups three days old; that all suoh ani mals are cross at this time ; -and expressed sincere to gret at the occurrence, and had the animal killed the next day. Jury out. - j ftmpa s, Brown was charged with an assault and bat tery upon a police officer. It that Brown was using threats to a female, and was arrested by the officer, when he turned npon and struck Mrtf. Veidict guilty. Sentence deferred. John Hollaway was oharged with obtaining goods under false pretences. The defendantwas brought into court upon a bench warrant. The prosecutor did not appear. The goods obtained were only valued atso* The District Attorney submitted the bill of indictment Verdict not guilty. Moses Bowdera and Francis Murray were charged with the larceny of eight pounds of beef, the pxeperty of James Morrow. On trial. In the case of O’Brien. Ilttlon, and Dickon, charged with tm assault and battery on Jacob Gumpel, at his store, )h North Front street, O’Brien, by direction of his counsel, pleaded guilty, and the other defendants were acquitted. Daniel Dougherty, Rsq, for the de fendants.