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B O 3 LIBBS fi b Art T ( 0 n JIB A r S*X CBP T *Di
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Office, Mo. 4l7,..SJttestnut Street,
DAli¥ PRESS*
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10* Postmasters a e requested to aot as Agents for
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"CAtIFOKmrRESS;
Isaafid Semi-Montlily la- time for the California
Steamers. r. : ~ ••
piasqlntiotta aitft GTciiwrtncrsljips.
rjnHß COPABSHTEBSHIP horutofore ex
j*~, D B;betweeu the jubaaribers.’undet the firm of
this day-dissolved, by mutual
are-aathorised to use
the Qrm.in V.oui<)at<on.
i ' * ' EDWIN MgOALLA,
< P : • .-' t . - <UO; P. HESSE.-: “
‘■Philadelphia, January aM*®®-; j&25-6t* -
A 3 QPARTJtfISRSHIP. Tlio undersigned
\J. <?ato of W. H. HOBSTMANN & ,SONS) hare this'
day associated themaorvai as lmportera and Wholesale l
Dealarsjo. LADIE3 1 DRESS TRIMMINGS, at No. 61
South.FOUßTH.SimVabove Chestnut: under the
name and fltyle of EVANS A HABSALL. , ,
GEORGE 01 EVANS,
. / . . ; , WILLIAM 0. HASSALL.
; Philadelphia, January ' - \.--Jal6l2t '•
I\rOTIOE.— J. D. HOOVER (late IT. S.
IV Marshal for the" District of Columbia) hasasso-,
dated'hitmelf 'with WALTER D; I DAVIDGEf Ooan
sdior at Law. * Business’.before'the U.-Si-Suprerae aud
Circuit Courts, the Court of 01alma,.aad the Executive
Departments ptomptly attended to. Address DaVIDGB
& HOOVER* LOUIS!ANA ATephe, Waßh'ngttm City.-
JOS. G. RITTENHOUSE/of tho late firm
o' ’B. C. TIORNOS ACO., will continue the Whole*
uileWarniah. Manufacturing, in all it*.branches, iu
' heretofore, attbe'old'Btabd. , t ,1..
Tfiankfal tor past favor*,'be solicit* the custom of the
Vdrmerpatrohs Qf B -O'. BORNQR4:OO., and hopes by (
atriot attention to business, to continue to give entire
BAtlafaction. .c•..-.jr
Storo—No. 281 a RCQ st. bat. Beeond,and Third ate. v
;Paetory~At GOOi'ERVILLE, Twenty-third ward.
' V *• '
1 MUTED PABTNERSHIP.—Tho Sub-.
%~i serfbers hereby giT» notloe tbmt they hire entered
iota a Limited Partnership, agreeably to tba provisions
of tba lava of-the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania .re
lating to Limited-Partnerships, </
That'the name or Ann under which said.partner ship
is to be oonduoted is »<B. WOOD,'MARSH, AHAY
WABD.” .• - u :■'. r - l ' -
’That the general nature of the Business intended rto
be transacted U the Pry. Goods Jobbing and flßtfhing
Business.,,,., .‘. - r - ?/ ; - ,
That tM names of ,411 the.geasraliaud ipseial part*
ners~ihterftsted therein, srs-BBNJAMIN V. MAR&H
(general partner), LIWIB. W. HAYUTARD (general
partner), JSDWABD'YTTO WNSBND (general partner),
KifSRYBJtNJ>XRSOSr (general partner), BICHARD
WOOD (generalpartner), ALFRED H.lo3Y£R(geue
xA partner), RICHABD D. 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.
FJIHK LAEGEST D»SK BEPOT IK
' THE UNIOH.
H O ft DJT' i; H tJ I T O H ,
- ' (Saeoeuons Uj J. T. H&mmilt,)
MANUFACTURERS OF , '
A. L. ADAMS’ IMPROVED DESK BACK.
No. 26*BoaliTHIBl)8trMl‘’.
‘dlllOl, BANK, and SCHOOL FURNITURB;
j,' RXTRNBIQN TABLES, BOOKOABES, . ■ -
L ■ - WARDROBES, Asa. lUn
Cabinet fubnitube and billiard,
TABLES. \""r
MOdRE & CAMPION,:
’ . No. 561 SOUTH BECONJ)JSJMIBBT, t
In 1 connection with'thelr extensive. Cabinet Business,
are now manufacturing itttidfe 6f /
. - .wr- ■ BILLIARD TABIiEB, ? *** ' 1
and have now. on baud fall supply.-flalihed with:
MOORS ,* OAMFJOfm* IiS. tEOPUp OUgHIONS, «
Fortho qualityand flmahbfthese Tables the tnanu--
feature rs refer .to their numerous, nitrons, throughout
-the Union, who,ere fimUiarjrithtiieeheimcter of their
work.''' 1 * ,jatiom .
UDentistr!].
B • A r # DUK E >
ofi!§?., DENTIBT,
Office, No. CT North TENTH^Street, (cornerof Fil*
bert.).*, ..*,;=, i - . • ASO-lm*
Uetiril EDra ©oo&u.
ORAL LACE COLLARS AND SETS.—
jPolnt .d’aleneon; Point CAppliqaa Honiton and
Yalenctannes Constantlyrecelriog \\ Mlo
Thread Veils: fiarbesVCoiffares. .. ’ . „ , #
' BHABPLWBB' fiffOTHFKS,
j»27' OHBBTNUT and NTOBTH.'
BALMORAL SKlRTS:—Yarions quail- a
lies and styles of-BAYADERE BKIRTB. fe
•> «■;; i-eHABPLEBB BROTHERS, 5
js?7 OHFBTNUT and EIGHTH. |
124999 w sir.So F ..,
AT ~
BIX DAYB ONLY,
BIFOHB
TAKING' STOCK.
-COOPER A OONABD,
8. S. corner'NlNTH and MARKET.
T7IOR SIX DATS ONIiY: f '
X l , > (24.009 irorlH or DRY’GOODS at RRIIIE COST;
tefore toting stock; L '
COOPER't OONARD,
8. E. corner NINTHand MARKET.
EISQUIMAU3: r BSAVEB CLOAKS,
JLIJ I . ¥OR COLB WBATHBtt
. JUBT fiBOBIVEp,
And will be gold *t
LOW.PBTOEB.
~ TO OWeji THB BKIBON. . .
3. W.iPBOOTO,B <k CO.,
jo2o TOB OHBSTNDTSXEKBT.
OOODS REDUCED PRIOE TO STOCK
TAKING!
THORNLBYA OHIBM, - .
Would beg xeaTe to announce that the Holidays being
now over they arfe preparing -for Stock-taking, And wiu
OLO&EQUT YBRY CHEAP!
THE BALANCE OPTHEIB PALL AND WINTER
• > GOODS!' : ,
Cloaks and Raglans,
Shawls and Silks.
Alflrinooa egd Cashmeres, - -
> 1 DeLalnerabd Parmatie*. - *
- BailnTrevere* and Valencia*,
, Chintxea and Gingham*,
Cloth* and Gasalmeres,
• Blanket* and Shawl*,'
- Llnenetod Haslins, •
Table and Plano Corirt,
Table.Linen* and Towel*,
Ladle*’ and Gentlemen’* Hdkfa, >
; 1 Hosiery and Gloves., Ao., Ac.
With a large and well assorted general stock of
-PANOY AND STAPLE DRY HOODS,
AU Bought CHEAP* for CASH, and now to be adld
k:* •• >A.T.REDUCED PRICES! }
To dose out preparatory to < ,f ---
i -STOCK-TAKING!
TttOßSiiVr * OHIBM’B.
HortheMt OmiiM BIGHTHA. BTBIHG OABOIH
<'WB BELL 808 OABH AND HAVB BUT ONE
•- JPBIOB.’r : JaMf ••
Can«tinß«- ;
BAILY; 8t BROTHER’S s;
i- _ .'.CABPBT WAIUHOUM,
Wo. iW CBESINCrr. STRBET.
VIM BHAH. OSBN .TO-DV* ANOTHER INVOIOB
t ~ - ... ./<•- -•OPV'' •’ - -•< •'
TiPESTE Y 'B.BU BSELS,
■•OROSSIiEY’B'fCBMiBRATED MAKE, '
ONE'DOLLAR A YARD.
Crp.t in,.!. wlilAnd oor .took ud of beak
■trln.wd PBlOgfl VERT L0W., 4 , i i »oB.tf ;
XjIIHSV PEBMIITM AWABDBI) { V
* |,S ' r .M'THB ' ■'
IBiNKLIN INSTITUTE, NOYIMBEB, IBM,'
• “ ‘ yft.rair v r , r
West PHibAidELPfliA
BTAROH-MANITFAOTURINGC!OMFAJ!rr
i fO* TB«i* 'OT*ITIiL«D ,
PE Aril, starch
' ' -and;corn farina.
JHOMPSON; OLAREE. f YOONS,
Ot'.jS - V ; - Agents for the Company.
O' N -AOOOUKT OP THE BREVITY OP
THB aSASON, tod -In ordetfto-tnake' room-for
SPRING-GOODS,*** have*; eoncliided to sell'- out our-
Winter Btobk*e«rdle**'of : oOrti: for two week*.* Now,-
Soae-wtthlhg ta-jpoWbuo-wM find** to their aAVaU*
tage to-gfve’firtftalE ; ooia9onei come all, andobtain
thwar.bargatnii s '* *-v*’ V. J :
?ISK * , ' 1 ■<' ‘.V
oeoakil • s , c
war »b*koii ( :b*olm(B,
■ HKAVy BBAVBR BAGLANB, . J '- 1 J . ■
-■ ..BAaOBS'LOKCf D BCIUARB BHAWLB,
, Ot'-U dUEltl«>Snd gralei. rf,;
.<&-** rarß.MfWOlr-BMNKBT BJUWM.' '
•.!.«« 3'»J»BNOH'-ANDEBGLIBDI mertsobs.
CoIUW,3 BlM»Mplnrittts>. W«llrt*, r, 'LlJiBll C.mlirlo
Hindk«i?iW»i V»WetHfUk’bp»»i' W l '' 1
. T.blff Line ay be! T»tle OotoW,' ud'skuty ‘other gqoie
too nieotloni ■ Oire at s s ctH, and if yotl
.a,- 1
VQL. 2—NO. 155.
PETERSON’S COUNTERFEIT DETEC
TOR, FOR FEBRUARY, the, let, IS NO IP
READY, containing d«scriptions of
80 N.EW COUNTERFEIT and
SPURIOUS BANK NOTES!
TERMS •OF BOBSORIPTIOH TO
PErEBSON'd COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR AND
BANK-NOTE LIST.
Payable in Advance.
Monthly, per annum $J JO
• Semi-Monthly. par annum
PETERSON’S COMPLETE COIN BOOK,
Containing perfect fac-similcs of all the Tarioue
Gold. Silver, and other Metallic Coma throughout the
W ° rW ’ -18 GIVEN GRATUITOUSLY
To all yearly subscribers to %i Petbrsom’s Countkr
-fbit Detector and Bask-Notb List.”
IT IS THE BEBT» THK MOST COMPLETE
: ONLY RELIABLE 9 DETECTOR
Published In the country. . , .
Now la the time to commence the BubHcription for
the coming year. Call and subicribe, or send your or
dec. per ™SI tott. PgJfSwoN & BROTHBBS.
' - 803 OHBBTNUT Street, Philadelphia,
And you will then receive the Detector regularly as it
appears. and alao have “ Peterson's Complete Coin
Book ” aent to -you gratia the moment It la ready.
ja26-3t •• • •
Ye antique booke store, 27 s.
SIXTH St .
j. SABIN ha*juet received a catalogue of the eaten
alve collection of Splendid, Bare, and Important Booka
—the library or the late G. P. PARKER— comprleing
an Immense variety of the beat works in every Depart*
went of Literature, but especially in History, Anti
quitlea, Voyages and Travels, Natural Hiatory, Bibli
ography, Early Printed Books, 1 Fine Arts, Illustrated
Books. Classics, Facetlra, Books relating to America
and General Literature,'the cost ol collection being
originally over $20,000.
The whole to be. sold at auction, in Now York, on
TUESDAY, Hareh let. , * -
Sabin will attend the sale, and make purchases
for gentlemen who eOnnot attend.- Ja2f*4j
I\IEW BOOKS I* NEW* BOOKS 11—,
il - AMERICAN ALMANACS'for IBW.
BIOGRAPHIES OF DISTINGUISHED SCIENTI
FIC MEN. By Franeis Aragb. 12mo.
SCOURING OF THE WHITE HOUSE. 12mo.
LIFE AT THRBK-80ORR. By Rev. Albertßarnea.
JOBNNY AND LOUISA; or, the Swigs Peasant
Children. 82tno’.
CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY. By Rev. John Leyburn,
D.D.
OPPOSITE THE JAIL. By the author or Graoe
Amber. '
CABELL ON THE UNITY OF MANKIND.
THE HIGHER OHRIBTIAN LIFE. By Rev. W.
S Boardman. ,^
BLIND BARTIMJBtTS; or, the Sightless Sinner. By
Rev. W. J. Hoge.''
For sale at low prices by
i WILLIAM 6. A ALFRED MARTIEN,
ja27 . No. 006 CHESTNUT Street.
mHE LADIES’PHILADELPHIA SHOP-
X PING GUIDB AND HOUBBKEEPRB’ COM'
PAN lON. '" r - • ‘ -
• - r PRICE 35 CENTS.
For sale at the BOOK STAND in POST OFFICE.
3*ll-lm - ; - ,
IMLAY& BIOKNELL’S
BANK NOTE REPORTER,
' * PHILADELPHIA.
The oldest and ablest on the Continent, and most re
liable In the World. - Per annum $1,60; semi-monthly
$lOO. Single copies 10 cents, and always ready Su
bscriptions may be sent.'Office No. 112 South THIRD
Street, ■ Bulletin Building*. nolB-3m
VERY CURIOUS, SCARCE, RARE,
▼ AND OLD BOOKS bought by JOHN CAMPBELL,
Fourth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. Highest
prise paid. Orders attended to.ln every State of.the
Union -Books Imported frrnn-Europa nl9-8m
GROCERIES
OHAS. H. MATTSON,
80UTHWEST CORNER TENTH AND £BCH STS.,
Has on hand, and is generally receiving, THE BEST
OF GROCERIES, which bewUl aell at the most SEA
SONABLE PRICES FOB GABH. Having a LARGE
and OHOIOR ASSORTMENT of BLACK and GREEN
TEAB, he Is confidant of being able to suit, both in
‘quality and price, all persons in want of the artlole. In
'quantities of from one pound to the half chest. His
general assortment embraces everything in the way of
• FINE! and he would respectfully invite
all in want of good' articles t 6 give him a call. It will
'beworth the trial. . no3o-3m
BhiladelphU.
t k UK' STEREOSCOPE, in every variety,
i for Bid. 67, JAMES W. QUEEN,
dll 924 CHESTNUT Btreat
The marriage ceremony in the
Btereoaebpe, for ule bj JAMES W. QUEEN,
' . dU • • - •021 CHESTNUT Street.
ISAAC. F. BRANIN,
A'LIGHT OOAOH A OAREIAGS BbILOEH,
' ' V , SUASKtOBDfPA. ■
- - AHrmK'inumtfM to eir* utteftetisL. Ordera rea
paatfnlly sblloited, nolO-Sm*
“ A littlo, but often, ftlie tbe I'urFo,”
fNKANKLIN ,'SA.VING FUND—
.No. 188 Sonth'.FOURTH Street, between
Chestnut-and .Walnut, Philadelphia, pays all
deposits on demand.
Depositors l money secured ’-by Government,
State, .and City Loans, Ground Bents, Mort
gages, *o. - -
j This Company deems safety better than large
profits, consequently will ran no risk with de
positors*, moneys but hare it at all times ready
to, return with 6 per cent, interest to the owner,
aa they hare always done. This Company never
suspended.' -. r.
.Femaies,married or single, and Minors can
deposit in .their own right, and such deposits
can be withdrawn on,r by their consent.'
Charter perpetual. Incorporated by the State
of Pennsylvania, with authority to reoeire mo
ney from trustees and executors, -
.. LARGE AND SMALL SUMS RECEIVED.
Office open dally from $ to Ao'olook, and on
We4n«d»j ud at.ning. nottl 8 b’clk.
'■ DIRECTORS. a
1 Jacob B. Shannon, ’ Oytdn CKlwallader, a
John SMndler, ' - George Russell, •
Mala Chi W. Sloan, Edward T. Hyatt, g
Lewis KrUfnbhaar, Henry Delany, ■-
Nicholas Eittenhonea, Nathan Soedley,
Jos. H. Batherthwalte, Ephraim Blancaard,
-Joseph-W. Llwpimfett.
JACOB B. SHANNON, President,
Onus OloWAbbAbiK, Treasurer.
dlB-y * 1
——?s~'" r..'— —r.f.LS
PBIMB COST!!
RAYING .FUND.—UNITED STATES
TBUfiZ QOMPABY, oorsvr or THIRD and OUST*
HUT Btreeta.
Largo and small nuna received. and paid back on do
oand, without notioeTwlth FIT*VJSR OBHT INTIR
BBT from the day of deposit to the day of withdrawal.
' Office hoars. bom 9 until 5 o’clock ererr day.'and oa
HONDAZ HVANINGfI from 7 until 9 o’clock. •
DRAFTS for sale on Ingland, Ireland, and {Scotland,
from £1 upward*.
B. OBAWfOBP
Treasurer—PLlHY FIBK.
TaUer—JAMBS B. HtJNTBB
BIUDBL W. OBOOUB.
GKOOMfi & BttORT,
’ - ‘ OOAJj DEALEBB.
Prepared expressly for ParaUr see
i AKD. no. 154 BROAD Street, below Baoe.
Orders leffcat GHAB. EMORY k OO.’fl, Rankers, No.
16 South THIRD Street, or sent through Dispatch or
Post Office, wiH'reeeire prompt attention. jal7-Bm*
[jOUSEKEEPEBS, LOOK TO TOUR
11 INTEREST.—Great Redaction In the price of
GOAL. Cheapest and best. The subscriber having
made oontracts for* his supply ol Goal, is enabled to
offer very snperior .S'Molly Goal at the following re
duced prices : *■ - - * n ' ‘ "
Broken Egg and 5t0re.,,........54 00 per ton
Goeklng 376 <* ««
1 Large Not 260 “
Small Nat 825 “ «
. Warranted to give satiafaotlon and full weight in all
eases aiflick'a Old Oentral Yard, B. E. oor. MARSHALL
and WnTLOW Streets. dO-3m
FOX. & > 00.) wholesale and
J? reUll dwlers to LBUIGH xnd BOUDYLSIM.
OOAIi. Inhlgh rxrd—THIBD ttnwt »nd GBUMAN
TOWN. BOAD. Sohajlklll fxrd-BAO* and ÜBOAh
streets, Philadelphia. .Keep constantly on hand Coal
from the most approved mines, under ©over, and pre
farad expresslyfor family ns*. - fei-F
OHIOKBRIKO & SONS,
~f Sffl ' M«UUPAOTOR*BB OP
GBAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT
PI ANO- F ORTES.
* WARBROOMa 1307 OHEBTNUI STREET.
Constantly in store a large stock of our BEAUTIFUL
and UNEQUALLED IN&TRUMKNTB. We have been
.awarded, at the different Exhibition in this country and
Ruope* . '
36 GOLD AND SILVER FIRST-CLASS MEDALS.
jtM-ir 1
Adamantine candles.—
6,000 boxes DAVID THAIN A CO’S make, as
sorted sises, pnt np in every style of plsin or fancy
paper: boxes suitable for any market.
{JHEMIOAL SPERM CANDLES.
1,000 boxes plain and In faney papers, assorted sices
Quality extra h&ndsome. hard, and very white
ORIENTAL DETERSIVE SOAP.
1 000 boxes this Justly celebrated article, made only
by VANHAAGEN A MoKEONE.
CHEMICAL OLIVE SOAP.
6,000 boxes YAK HAAGBN k MoKEONB’fI, first
qulltr. find it rerf Huiwrb artiols.
. BROWN SOAP.
600 boxes hard and good,*Jforji sale at a low price,
; _ 5,000 gallons of this superior article, which, for
Woollen' Goods Manufacturers, has all the oleaniiog
properties of Olive or Lard Oil, and is £> per cent.
tfAHNAMENTAL and COLORED GLASS.
bare just received a comprehensive and ra
iled rtodk6f this trnly beautiful and architectural ap
pendage to Churches, Vestibules, Conservatories, and
other buildings. where it Is deemed necessary to embel
lish* or>o Kivea :chaate.and elegant appearance. Any
color jnaype.had, either plain or ornamental, elabo-
ZIMLEa & BMITH,
- WBol.kll. Drag, p.lnt, and-Glm. Defers,
««Mir jieoond and Green sts.
SLATE 1 SLATE 1 1 ,_SLATE l! I —Hoofing
Slate, of all sties, and at very low rates, kopt con-
Stantly on hand, and for sale by
• JffIBINQ, FOX, & 00.,
. GIBMANTOWW BOAT) and THIRD street.
H. B. BUta Boofi put ou In the beet manner, and W 1
, tUU* MtsdMdjto. 1 ; All vnk ffamatod* ,W|
Nets iiJublication*.
: ®roeento.
AT PAIR PRICES!! 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.
<k In tho oreatlon of snob board of commissioners,
oare should be bod that it should bo composed of
those whose intelligence, experience, and, abovo
all, whoso integrity should be the guarantee of
their faithful administration.
“ Such board should fairly represent tbe into*
rests of the whole community to the exclusion of
all partisanship or political bias, that tho aDpoint
ment of officers may be made with sole reference
to their individual qualification. < < .
“ Tho views of a policeman upon the polioy of a
State or National Administration cannot make
him either abetter or worse guardian of the public
peace, or the moip or less oareful watohm&n over
private property, whilst nothing oan be more re
prehensible than his employment for the purpose
of influencing or interfering with the political
rights or opinions of hia fellow-oitlzens. . , t ■
.A judicious standard of physical and othqr. re
quisites being adopted, and in ail cases strictly
conformed to, the appointment of officers shonld .be
for suoh length of time as their good conduot and
perfonal capability shall warrant, subject to no
dismissal but for adequate cause.
“ As soon after the organization of the foroe as
may be pr&otioable, all appointments to tho higher
grades should be made from those who have
sorted a proscribed term in the rank noxt subor
dinate, thus holding out to every officer aconstant
inducement for zeal and diligence in the perform
ance of duty.
“ Appointment by a competent commission,
continuance in office until removal for just cause,
and ptomotlon for merit, ate deemed the three
principal essentials to the organization of an effi
oient police.
“ A thorough military discipline and drill; and
appropriate uniform for tho whole foroe, except
ing those employed in deteotire and special duty,
& corps of substitutes from whom to fill temporary
vacancies, through sickness or neoessary absence,
and from whom tho permanent foroe should be re- ,
otuited, and tho provision of a fund far those
dDabled in the servioe, would greatly increase
the Individual and oollectivo efficiency of its offi- ,
tan.
“ The power of romoval for proper oause, the
general supervision of the police stations, and
other property of the department, and tho control
of moneys appropriated for its use, should be do--
volved upon the proposed Police Board. The ap
x>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.
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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 <Jnriog the
xeoent sleighiDg, Mr. fiber Hart,'of Brighton, N.
|Y., harnessed a pair of spirited young horses to a
pleigh, partially loaded. The horses took fright
while standing without a driver, and ran away.
.A large mastiff, owned by Mr. Hart, saw tho
horses start, and gave ohase, pursuing for half- a *
toUe before he overtook the runaways. He passed '
them, and by presenting himself in the traok ia
front of them, endeavored to oheek their speed:
put to no purpose—they actually ran Bister for tho'
barking of the dog, Bailing in this, the dog'
propped out of the track, and following behind, ho
Seized the reins, drawing upon the ground, and '
aid not relax his hold until the team stopped.
After he had been drawn tor some distance, his -
puU became greater uponone Una than the other,
whioh drew the horses toward a fence, where they
- - J
■ A Bloody Fight in Kentucky A ferribla
fight occurred la MoKee, the oounty eeet of Juok
*>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.