:>::■- >»**;*»^■>--rtV_^A r v- ~t:^.j ?.
4''^'
: W'iri‘)»»r*tJ»t<' : <l>«.C*»tl«&.- '
V" i**”*
;■ ■:*a--.
lAllfr it -mVTB ‘ROHETH'STREET;
'' '-■ -'■- tr ! f f :.y-vr ..
-? - 'V : r- ‘ i ■
-j.i THnMPEjvPHiA.f y : [ .'
. WhojMaW'Daaliral,,' V
WOOf.,\FTJ-K'i'-A-ND SIL KHATS,
, 'Jfe^wSwosmlfcrficiMbti'OTinewVnd fle#»nt itock,
-'... tOwllohth»'»tt«iiUo‘il'<ir.tey«r»uinVlt«d. ■■-<>-
• •'«*•»?». * .
H impiXßA.tE DEALERS ’ ,'. -; : '
», w'i'.ttf. ‘ . .•
. •.■H.'A-.T-S, • ' ’
'\i : CAPS, AN D ST-RAW OOP D 3..
RUCHES, AND, FANCY , FDRS,
.. -I NOS.S9 AND 31N0B,THF0UKTH ST.,
„** ? {No4riybpV<UlteWbjcluiitp*Hotel.) r’
, % ! - l • s! 11 PKItADE&PH FB.- -
';©REBB;Tlli^iNGB.
FAMi goods; : '!:■
. Js*|» Mfention' of ba»or« UllWltea toobr MV
iADUis; phees, mantilla, and cloAk'•■
for thE FAt'c and'Winter seasons.
L ~*; LATEST,.EUROPEAN NOVELTIES;' ' .
?!■SHETMND WOOI* '
-Aetjpf rb line of Hkad Net*. , - j , :
i, EVANS. . &. HASSAIiI*. -
Ant-ta M S. FOORTH ST.Vb doorjiib.' CHESTNUT.
UMBHEiitAS. Jj - ’
§ileeper;;&;eenner 4 '‘
v ’ E MA^O^XcrrukEßS*'' ' ,i# •
; tY'
- - - .UMBaEUiAi AND PARASOLS, s- , .
,-S«S MARKET , f
AT9 novr making more Iti&nriYß uykdred virpß&zxT
yxjmiTiKs. of umbreUMj of every else, from 3t to 41
tivi nothaii 8. A Trill
find their, time.ireU'apent inioolanjt bverthu *reU-tnftde :
stocks which includes mast kovbltishi not to bt.mtt
vnthfUewktn*’ «* ' !
SHOKFIJfDIJiGB.
m, ;■ joft'Ns; . son, ;
IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS IN f;V ■-,
806 t,“ SHOE/AHDjGAmiIMAISRIjUiS,'
EASTINGS, GALLOONS, i.- . •' >
’ SHEETINGS, PATENT LEATHER,
FRENCH KIDS, SLIPPER TjPPERB, LACETS,.*c,''.
N: E, CORKER EOUjiTH: AND AHCH STB;
' sos-am. ';,;
•& ; SMITH,
BIU/, KOTE, AND STOCK BROKERS,
n 6. a^Noßth Jf fr-nEet.
--.V^dai^tiSiore;ii! Cy. ; •; f;?
ORY 00PC9 -AHt> GE'OCBM’ pAP|R WANTED.
AbOf Olhor descKrti oto oTPaper «dl4' im Gomiifiiimi;
»tlowft«trate«. • . .~au6- ; If ,
: < t
- y M;f3;-it.i.N.or•:;
Hae.in store and bond, end .
Otferi for SeleVa ; £»rgg A«JMrtihenV y oF r '*„
t-Vjf
’ r '‘‘ ■■ o.
Hir* : r«m6v«a MublV
: tfORIWSIDE.BELOW jrRB ‘aUURD iRbUSE.'' :,
: , ; Noiropotlin,* theirFaUStockof •
IMPORTED. JEWELRY,, PLATED'' WARES. AND
.V'O.v'.,.: ...fancy goods, ~./
To-whiebttrt); myitatha attention of (ha pnNlo.
Batches, .diamonds, a?td
\; I . ;
A*WHOLES At* AND MTAHV.
wir-iftf;
* ARDEN. ■ -Ks
«'• MANUPAGTURERSrAftDiMPORTBHSfIP :'.:]
... -••‘-•••stLmji!>»T8j)arA»»;v - •- '
No.SO* CHESTNtJTfHrßet,'above Third, (np stain,)
..V'T • mitliwLslphiai ;*
ff^pggf§s§
" aad pUtitvr onatY kindJofra«Ul. . 4.»e»-lyK;
flnO BUr . CHEAP WATCHES, '(JO TO
CRACIOERsV. •
OOSTON CRACKERS. ’r-
B O NJ) is jE XI RA C R BE &S
FQRFAMiLJES. r
Bcrackers,8 crackers, ' ; ' sjmAßisotnj;,-; V
?IC NIOr-“‘ ; - ’ ‘ CREAM “ •
ISOUIT “• ‘lollteiHS;
- : '■; EXTRA WtOT>BREAD.' ; .
. 'W«.'*» ernttUntlr nceWa*. cilebrnUd jitsln of
tin*,' ■ ; V-: ;-v -v'; v -;
H.' H.TREIfQB, Adair,;'
••* i<o toiiim : -TrHAitvEa;
mackSSST* 7777^’
\;;:-SE^ING',/lVl4P® tI^E ®' r >-
BHraT.MAICBRfi, TAILORa, AND DREfIaMAKEHS;
< HJtW'STYZB fry f \
ic**!;/, .-..it j
'' ',' . -i ; ‘
- r' ' Trento J. ~ ,-j.
- Over J(ftnfttaß’*Btor6 v EMfon,F»v _<.*?
. - -Tffift PaySteel* WMtCfcaater.
'"S,:* ' *** } *vnvrr-.4 A*#n‘t, v .
,inyT4tn, -,-y ‘ y '■ :
t«;.-a, > -' v •!-
.|v6dK^a'GLASS®S.‘, : . ; I
■• ikawia «tor« th»' jaoirt-eitfiulv* »nd'»l»juit uwrt-.
JPor*V«tjf i»v*e-jmd 1 Wtff*odfion/ th»!anoft’
tv s . 41 ;^.|
lath* rno«t elahi)fit« *Mttim6«iltnsl» frsmw, ; -
M-’l'-tV .< i
Fnuwdi ia ti»» Wit.twt*,:snd'ln',ttiB roo*t «utatanti»l
iaum«r< • - v~. • ic.i **•l
-^::.-loW£i»g(<JlasBKB:“ ;V ' • ' VI -1
nwqa&iilurtd.bT.mmeliM; in oar
-
C(ir CSooMtj!
\iyik "il ’jAMEBi,e. ; EXBliE , i;^iN 1 ’ , ;
', , ; -81 fI. : ,CH.E STJST^V^FR EE,T ( -•
j-i»i^;fey^Vn'.-^/V^c%?j'-.aP3a!^iPßtrHrAV
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’i'S-iX ,;l i. ».• •
:i AT,REpyCEtl k raiOES, .;.
y^yi; >rf ’ -“i -•; ~'
V”> V 5 «.'“’■<#*&*'* ■)*''•.’ •;?■;-•'‘t ,/
■ \':t a *BASMW i .bi^FKaTT ! l*t-’^RO.V
’#AM'
VOL.
~'... SAXTBR’^tfOKS,';/'.
. :,V ,;■ "' f \ •; - rawAjjy&’s canvas,
‘' [’THOMPSON’S HEIipiCAKPETS,
B A V E N 'S v I) U O KS,
HEAVY.CANVAS, ■
,/, DIAPERS, TOWELS)'[
)•'■; ‘' ;r ' •' ' ‘SHEETINGS, DAMASKS,
V.’L ', , *c., Ac., Ac,
!■:.’at tot ; ■
/ . LOWEST TRICES,
CONRAD: SERRIED;
NO. aop OHBSTSDT STREET.
.»n5-sm :‘y ' •/ ~ - ■'' ■'
JjmWAY^IIEUSS^KR,':,*:’.^.,
■ '"
OF
• . CLOTHS, DOESKINS. ATOTCASSIMERES. •
r ,IB 2^^^ ENTB f V* t /-
■HSrf -i . - <1 ~ I . - . ~ “
gjiSNAT. BROTHERS &OQ.
;‘. S3B CHESTNUT STREET, ’
.IMPORTERS OP .
'■ W H.i:T p [E: ;; 0 OODS,
, ;EMItROiDERIES,‘ANDL.O. HDKFS.,
tlaritft the attanticmof'wholfoale buyers to their pr«-
•tut comprising ever f
'drtlrabte Variety of thB'above-nsn*»d goods. Mtf-lm-if
ipARRELE & MORRIS.
' COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
. IMPORTERS .
: ; , . •*. ?'■ /
CLOTHS. DOESKINS.
, . , !S3B OHEBTNUTSTREET, '
~ ***»■■ : .Philadelphia.
.Y^M,- : y’KEE : Vep.,
NOS. JJ SOUTH PRONT%TREET,
- . » LETITIASTREET,
IMPORTERS.OF
IRISH.AND SCOTCH LINENS,
Of most «,proV*i
• ALSO,
BKITIBH GOOI)S, Ctfmpming ■ ; ■
ITALIAN CLOTHS,
ALFACAB,CORfiS,'BEAV‘EHTEE*B, velvets,
KEBPABBINGS,PAPER MUSLINSI AoV, Ao. ' •
QIBBONS & OANTADOR,
■ 240 CHESTNUT- STREET.
f ’ i tr • i *•
T#c*ived Red ; ofTer^foy sale' by.th* p&ok*g*Voa
/ lib«r«3terras, «■*.- T /.
'/ ■- i 1: V *.' .> ;«•!• i»ipwj>i«9# ov
WOO LLENS,
Adapted for Pall ISO.
SOLH AGENTS, IN THIS, MARKET .FOR THE
. • ; ' OELEBRA-TBI) MAKES OP ' '', '
■ P.,8. & ? 'V'''::
Sl^pßoKj^.
BISOHOFF’S
CLOTHS & DOESKINS.
a^-l«
-- V,; •W'
T. R* PARSED CO.,
i ...GENERAL.COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
'COTTON, COTTON'YARNS, ! •
; X' •! BPERM, LARD, AND
• ' ■ WHALE OILS,
FLOUR, DRUGS, *0
tST The attention of MAnufScturori is ape daily
eattedtoonr .
SPERM; OILS.
(i/j&n '■> : ; No; SSff. FRONT'STREET, PHILA.
FOBES & LLOYD,
Jtl# CHKSTNtTT BTR.EET,
; Inrit# the fcHehtlon-of the trade’ to Iheir >9toetf'coz*»
makca \ . '
r ’ r i. , Aleo,agentefortho.' *■'-
WISH Y’S
;i, ra«
la foil aaortmeat of grades and eolonL : au3*w s-lf
jpHILADELJPHIA ■ MADE - GOODS.
HUTCHINSON,
“Mer to the triuw well-known niakea of
AA- * L ■ 5 ' V.BLUB, DENIMS,
Q6(
- r. ioitwvJßedOßiver, Franklin, ;Tallaha«(ee>-Ame>
,'
'Printed, of yariour
<-- j-; JEAnSTaNIJ LISBEYB, ‘ ‘ !
E»«ternmake#--yi*:Rockfiah,Bea-
Ver Creek, .weMter. Railroad, Maeaill Go., Kmoker*
boeker.Oxrord, and Pioneer. ' , -'
- To all of which the attention of barerfl is invited.
EE 4 BE A KB, ' '
MO CHESTNUT STREET,
Are now offering their Pail importation of
JNty ITE G OQD3 f .
EMBROIDERIES,
i • ,' ■ ~ , LACE GOODS, See,,
■ 'To the Jobbing Trad»,«n the most liberal terms,
aul-lm
(JjjINGHAMS.
SOLID CHK LOW TO SUPER AND DARK FANCY’S,
, BIDGWAT h FLING,
CA«mWGS, : OIL CLOTHS, *e.
JH’CALLUM & GO.,
CARPET MANUFACTURERS,
, GLEN ECHO. MILLS, GERMANTOWN,
\' ' 1 Alto, Import.™ and Dtol.ra in '
CARPETINGS, ■
OIE. cloths,
MATTING, RUGS, &C,
'.fyMzilOtfisE «0» CHESTNUT ST.,
• - :■■■. - (o«o«it»tkeßtaU>Hoaie.) , '!
Soulliernand weMeirn bujtn are reipeetfuHr invldral
too»il: . ■ r*u4-jm
:i IJLUJJW . I ■■BBBe»B8gaBjB-agB-«B8B8gB IS
j^EMOVAIi.
MOSS, BRO., 86 CO.,
HOOiCSELLBKIJ AMD STATIONERS,
. Haveremovedto
v ' f , .430 J4ARKET STREET,
anl-UWf " .SOUTH SIDE, "
JUST OrENED,
'• > MO CHESTNUT STREET*
REMOVALS.
• h , s'i Sour.
BT THE BAJIB OF TOWER BAIL,
Let the sailor* sing of billows.
■'And the soldier am? of strife :
They have never seen the maiden
rhope wife, .
- Who, from. morn, till eve, is Binging
'' „.Wbatis.dearer.iar to me <
Than the soldier's eong-of battle,
-• Or the-sailor* of tho sea. .
j ! With a sons that** all unstudied, _
i ' the song of tinging birds,
' phe.tnw made my;iwf.rta captive
f- the. music-other words; :
i ;For. she sins*, WhenT ainraarnea
; . * . WltshallberayiUmtmhfo.
1 / E’er to be a worthy .woman.
/ r, Andalrfvlng, constant wife.”
; ; Oh l the darling (when we’re married,
> ■’ ‘lf *ho prove all that to be,
, I shall envy not the soldier,
' Or the sailor on the sea ;
Neither ttmted fields nor oceans
•Shall e’br tempt my feet to roam
- ; • the loving wife so constant,
That Will bleis.fny happy home.
It is not ih lordiy'mansionß
~ ...That the purest joys Are known,
. And the queen of my aflections,
1 . While my heart snail be her throne,
In our home, however humble,
• 'Will that soeptro only sway
. whioh shall rnako aloymg husband
(She.can *' honor, and obey,”
.. l ean no possessions,
„ For mr means are rather small;
Buteconomy rvonrsctispd.
. . Buying clothes nt Tdwer Hall; ,
„ And aSn6w,'in golden‘dollars,
Q.OIM a hundred I compute,
. I will so at onoe to Bsxnetx’b,
-* And there buy a wedding Bint—
Then PH niarnr her: I'm loving,
- in that wedding suit arrayed;
• jAmlby buying it of Bennett;
s ♦ Fanny dear will be obeyed—
. Frirshe toldme very fclmnljr,
- That she’d marry not at all,
'• If slio oouldn’t take a husband
- In&suit from TOWER HALL f
•A lew more wedding - suits, and summer suits of lass
importance,, aro daily-offered at TOWER HALL, 618
MARKET-Street, Philadelphia,of the best qualify and
at tjmJloweet prices, by,. > r ., • BENNETT & CO,.
BOOTS AJfD SHOES.
jpAEL, stock
0» '
BOOTS AND shoes.
JOSEPH H. THOM? SON * 0o, t
,814 MARKET STREET, .
Hive now on hani a etookol
BOOTS AND SHOES
’ o, z
EVERY-VARIETY,'EASTERN AND CITY MADE.
Purchaser* yisitinff tbe city will please call and ex
amine their Stock. jy2B~ f
& CO..
. WHOLESALE DEALERS
t"' " ;
-f . IK" . . ,
BOOTS 'AND SHOES.
NQ. Sl3 MARKET STREET.
aus*2m • _• * m. : *• - • , ,
BASIN. & CO..
BOOT AND SHOE WAREHOUSE
.AND
MANUFACTORY,
; N0,.50fi MARKET STREET, Philadelphia, ’
" Wahayenow on' hand an ox to naive Stock of Boots'
' and Shpeg, of *U descriptions, of our own and Eastern,
Manufacture* to, which we invite theAUentioiiotrouth-:
«rp and Western buyers. t ' i
J 0 &3i: SAUNr>ERS,
* NO., 34 NORTH FOURTH STREET,
* - (Near Merchants’ Hotel,)
CaU the attention of buyer* of
BOOTS AND SHOES
To theirjbtook, which embrace# a general variety of
, PHILADELPHIA AND NEW, ENGLAND
Manufactured goodsl ' r ‘ aug-Sm
cdo thing., , ‘
|V-IPPINCOTT, HUNTER, & SCOTT, '
■ manufacturers and jobbers
. ’■' <" : > iOF '' , . ‘ :
COMMON, MEDIUM, AND
FIN;E : \OIjOT HING.
We invite epeeial 'attention to our eomrlete 'tine of
‘ MACHINE-MANUFACTURED GOODS.
NOS. 42a' MARKET, fc 419. MERCHANT STS.
su3-3m , ' . ,
' ,AT WHOI*ESAHiE. -r
CJ.HARKNESS & SON,
838. MARKET STREET,
SOSTSXXAIT COBNKH or FOURTH BTRBBT,
■ - Offer for Bale, an the most
LIBERAL TERMS,
■ - A now and oxtensivo stock of
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING,
JLDAPTBD TO TUB
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN TRADE/
TO WHICH
•THEY INVITE THE ATTENTION OF BUYERS.
j;2S»2m .
HARDWARE PACKAGE HOUSES.
WHOLESALE GUN HOUSE.
We offer' to the attention of the Wholesale
ANI>
Uuenne, we are prepared to owvzk wok stock, or to
r&mee them vreliable and well made. ' ,
fIUN TRIMMINGS, BARRELS, LOCKS, CAPS.
Flaeke, Homs, Pouches, Triggers, &o.,in large variety.
PHILIP s; JUSTICE & CO.
SI North FIFTH Street, Philadelphia.
■ 84 CLIFF Street* Now York. eus-lm
PACKAGE HARDWARE HOUSE.
«#^i B tofsMWHOi,»rs
• -tmNRY C. BOOTH k do.'s TABLE CUTLERY,
Together with a full line of* - _
BIRMINGHAM SHELF HARDWARE.
PHILIP S. JUSTICE & CO.
61 North FIFTH Street, Philadelphia.
64 OLIFFStrpot, New York.. , noc-im
; • HARDWARE.
»|TRtJITT, BRO., & CO.
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS
H A R D W ARE,
CUTLERY, GUNS, P.IBTOLS, *o.,
5Qg MARKET STREET. ‘529
BELOW SIXTH, NORTH SIDE,
auS-Sm PHILADELPHIA.
]y|QO‘BE,HENSZEY & CO-,
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, AND GUN
WAREHOUSE.
NO. 4ST MARKET, AND VUO COMMERCE STS.,
tm!-3m • ■ PHILADELPHIA.
CHINA AND QTJEENSWAHE.
JJOYD & STROUD,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
Have now on hand a complete stock of
v - queensware, ■
GLASSWARE, end
FRENCH AND ENGLISH CHINA,
At their-Old Stisd, No. S 3 NORTH FOURTH ST.,
KT Aoests von Pittsburg Glass. auwm -
qpUENBULL, AULEN,
& CO.,
iros. S 3 AND 98 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
IMPORTERS :
AND
Wholesale Denier, in
CHINA, GLASS, AND QUEENSWARE.
PITTSBURG GLASS AGENCY.;
acy» McytthaatageopHofl ■with Glass at Manufacturer fl
prio«B.< . • nuo‘2m
Hf AAAOAIBp COFFEE.—3,2OO Bags
® I ffce-ifl
SATURDAY, AUGUST <j, ■
CostOf Neutrality. 1 '
■ Tho way to-touch Joh n Ball’s ftoart is though
Ilia pockot. For what is Culled Crlory, wh(s fho
French so greatly admire, hc.ha's
not ranch desire. His.first thought is-ftjiiat
will it, cost 7 He has discovered, that War is
an expensive luxury, which does not pajfa. 'Jt
has cost an immense amount of ready npiby
and a . vast quantity of human b100d,,. There
fore, England is very anxious to dispens&Mth
it. ‘ Therefore, John Bull—through the stjfticr
ing speech of Lord Jons Ebsseli,—liaSjipen
at much trouble, latterly, to impress the feirld
with" the fact that she does not want to&lit.
Europe, recollecting what a regular prizefigjWor
England used to be, contefnptu<msJy smißh at
tho decadence of John Bull’s pluckj andgjsys,
‘‘Poor old fellow I ho was a hearty chap & his
prime, hut his raco is run, and he desccnd||ntb
tho lean and slippered pantaloon.” ' 0
England’s present aim is to. keop dhwn
tho weight of taxation and yet to
the national defences, so that that terriblebug
bear, Napoo:ok—the political Sphynx ot ihe
present era—shall'turn aside any purpofijkihe
may have of invasion. < •
..The estimated revenue of Great
the present year, is £64,340,000, and
mated expenditure £69,207,000.. There wttild
be a gross deflcicney £4,867,000-111 thenar
1859-60.! . The Revenue of 1868, just t®re
the Russian war, was £62,210,07s the expendi
ture was £50,792,512, so that there w(iij : a
surplus of income over expenditure in 18$K as
compared with 1869, to the tune 0f£2,417j|.39.
Tho difference is great.
Here are Mr. Gladstone's estimates for.tlio
present year: |'
. . £23,g|);Wo
... B,S#MDO
... B,i|||to
This, by.the way, includes tho cost
[ecting the. Rdyenuc, not stated by Mr. GrliAb
stons, but which, from-other sources of in
formation, we know to bo as follows: i/-.
Customs —Salaries and'ciponsos........ £Ss7,'fss
Fublio offices—do 2,518,313
Inland reronuo.. 1,049,861
Superannuation and'compensations, of tho ■' *
thre0d0par1m0nta.................... 555#21
■
Almost five millions paid for the collecffftn,,
of Bixty-three. iThis is at 7$ per cent.,, %d
might readily bo reduced dt least one-haK^',«,
Tho Chancellor, of the Exchequer, .fa hIS,
financial programme for 1859, thus contUsuosj:;
■ ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES'. ’ ’j" ;
.Funded and unfunded debt.., £2B,6tjhoOO
.Cha.rges on Consolidated fund. ’1,001),0(10
Army (including militia) .v. 13,300,500
-Navy (including packet service) 12,782,000
Civil sorvices .....' .. - .7,835,000
Revenue, departments 1.... 4)7^1,000
ESTIMATED nEVENEE.
Customs-....
Exci5e...............
5tamp5.....*....
Land and'Assessed Taxes.....
Income-tax
Post Offico..^*...
Crown Lands* *..
Miscellaneous,.,
£69,i0p00
- This.may appear a largo expenditure,‘.jind it
it, luit notKifig'towhat.has boon. •In.Jjmiary,
1816, closo of
actual’proclnce of ihjjyarious
nuo in' Great Britain, - was. £li!0,l43;908, .and
the nett.produce \yah £ll9,BG3,G29,''whi;e 'the
public expenditure during the same titßMyaa
£103,681,514. This included £18,813,380,
lent to, Ireland, Austria, Russia, Prussia,lla
nover, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, France,.Can
ton of Berne, Italy, the Netherlandsj and’somo
minor German princes. ii' .
This included, too, tho enormous/sum
of £44,029,680 for interest on, the' N&l&hal
. PebMlmd e(lajulimfundad,
'tfd to £840,768,7811" At the conclusion of the
war .with, Russia,, in, 1866, the attiotmt of the
national Debt was £800,000,000, at which :it
now stands, and the annual interest-payable
thereon, out of tho Hovenuo of 1850, is.£2B;-
600,000—0 n immense sum, yet a great reduc
tion on tho interest paid in 1810.
How that National Debt, which country
squires look upon ns the main anchor bysbich
England is kept in her moorings, has gradually
crept up to its present massiveness! In 1688,
when William 111 was called to the Erglisb
throne, Its amount was only £060,000,, ‘ At
the end of bis reign, in 1702, it was £lBjoo,-
000. In twelve years, between the accession
and the death of Qnocn Anne, it roio to
£64,000,000. And so it went on rapidly increas
ing, gaining volume as it rolled along, ns a
snow-ball does, but never resembling that
niveous rotundity in melting away. In 1880,
it was £840,184,622. Between that time and
1846, it declined to £768,789,241, —the cimi
nution caused by reducing the rate of interest
and by actually paying off part of the national
obligation. It was £800,000,000 at tho dose
of the Russian War, and has somewhat in
creased since.
But if tho debt increased, so did thc-i@t4io
annual revenue. It was £4,000,000 in the
time of William III; it was. £6,000,009 in
that of Geoecik II; in 1788, after the Ameri
can and before tho French war,' it had increased
to £15,672,971 j: anil in 1816, it was as high as
£76,413,878, including war-taxes, and not in
cluding loims.i in-1820, it was £6G,699,570:
thenco.it tumbled down, year by year, until it
was only £50,494,782, in 1835. In 1865, du
ring tho war with Russia, tho annuat-ppM*®
revenue of England was £84,606,788! and
now, in 1869, a sum of nearly seventy millions
sterling, ($860,000,000,) will he raised to meet
the public expenditure.
Deducting £28,600,000, which is called the
Dead Weight, as it is only the interest pay
ablo on tho National debt, the actual expen
diture of Groat Britain, in 1859, will bo £40,-
607,000. Of this tho more outlay on the Army
and Navy will bo £26,082,000, or nearly seven
tonths of the wholo active or living expendi
ture. Now, ill 1853, before the Crimean war,
tliq expenditure 'for the Army ami Navy o f
England amounted to £18,404,084—.wh1c!l in
rough numbers is about one half the coat n the
same account in 1859.
In this fact lies the moral force and political
influence of the Peace party in England, tho
tedders of which aro' Mr. Cobden
Bhioiit. Mr. Milner Gibson was one of till)
leaders, but ho non; is a m'ember of tho Palmer
ston Ministry, and, ns such, Ims continued, no
doubt, to put bis Peace-principles upon'the
shelf. The great argument used by these able
politicians is—although not at war, Great Bri
tain maintains n costly War Establishment,
which is increased, of courso with augmented
expense, every year.
When Henry Broikhiak emphatically said.
that England was bound in bonds to tho amount
of 800 millions sterling ttykeep tho poacaphc
enunciated a great truth.' The National Debt',
drawing £28,600,000 per annum for mero in
tircst, hangs like a millstone round the neck of
England, and cautions her against the danger
ous luxury of warfare. Vain caution! when
the .mere maintaining of England’s neutrality
adds'Five Millions sterling to tho Expenditure
of 1869.
Tho amount actually paid in Great Britain
for tho army and navy, is about five dollars
per annum for every man, woman, and child
constituting tho whole population of that
country. This, bo it understood, is thrice as
much as is paid by any other nation in tho
world. In 1857, for the,army alone, the cost
was £12,493,236; in the year 1868, it was ',£11,-
677,765! in 1869 it will bo £13,300,000. In
fact England pays largejy for the weakest army
in Europo, and for the worst navy, compared
with hor pfipulation, position, and means.
The demand of tho War Secretary, for
1869, is for a force of 110,000 men. In 1858,
according to a Parliamentary return, the Bri
tish army.waß thus constituted;
>« Cavalry, 17,819 (including 7,972 in India) j in
fantry, 150j6C9 (including 74,731 in India, and 32.-
833 in tho colonics); tho. horse nrtillory, 2,578;
the foot artillery, 20,698 (4,848 In India); tho oa
einoers, 4,176; the onrollod pensioners, 15,416; tho
embodied militia, 21,773, nnd volunteer, 15,122.”
Deducting the troops serving in India nnd
n the Colonies, including the militia ! and
evon the decrepit old pensioners who were
discharged, years' ag<i, as unfit for duty; but
taking no. qccount of tlio volunteers, who are
'Unorganized and undisciplined, and are only
playing at soldiers, .the actual military force in
Great Britain in 1868, was 106,644. This year,
'Some 6,000 more are needed. ‘ ■'
'• But, ont of these; 120,000 raldiers actually
upon British soil, not one half would bo avail
able,,oh such a sudden emergency as a French
invasion—a consummation apparently hearer
now than it was, over fifty years ago, when the
firatIfASOLEOH oncampedjiis forces at Boulogne
arid had prepared a’ flpfilla of flat-bottomed
boats to carry'them'across, the channel, to
England.. It is necessary, for the maintenance
. of public order all over Great Britain and Ire
land, that tlio militaty bo scattered all" over
the kingdom) and woro .an invasion telegraphed
to-day, ■ not 60,000 men, not 40,000, could be
got ready, within a week,' to repel it; no', not
oven if the Household.troops were called out
on active duty. .-
There are numerous volunteers, it is true;
but what encouragement does their ‘‘loyalty”
receive ? Tlireo-fourths of them are compelled
to flnd.their own-weapons, as the Government
lends only twenty-five muskets to every hun
dred volunteers. Their own equipments they
also find, at their own .proper cost. It is im
perative tlfaf' they bo drilled, by some military
sergeant, or corporal, but they must pay him,
out of their own pockets, for his services. - In
fact, tho Volunteers are by no moans cricou
the law for-Volunteer companies to bo organ
ized; every description , of fire-arm, fowling
pieces included, must be registered and marked
in a Government office, under legal suspicion
of being a rebel, and ho man'cari sell, as’n'O
man in Ireland may buy, ah ounce of giin-pdw
dcr, without a license.
\ The British navy,’which is to cost £12,782,-
000 in 1869, partakes of tho nature, of dissolv
ing, views. There is wonderful activity, in the
Government dock-yards, as to' building,• alter
ing, arid taking to pieces numerous steamships i
and war-vessels, out this Constant doing' and
undoing has left : England, m i 860; a.ninch- in
ferior navy to what she"hiid-wlion Kelson ivon
Trafalgar-much inferior^.-were tlio’ truth'
known, than Franco lias at this moment... \’ "
The fact iq, England- is- fast .sinking out of
her prominent position among tho great Euro
pean States.- Sho is no longer able,to dictate,'
and must tamelybo inaotive,when the Treaties of
1815, to gain, which she expended so much, are
being,tonrttp, as waste paper. Her subjects!
grumble, as well they may, at tlio increased
taxation—with so littlo to show for.it, and her;
governing statesmen are compelled to admjt
that new territorial dispositions have boen made'
in Italy, of which they know .nothing until it
"reaches thcrii, at second liand, through a ndtvs-j
paper' paragraph, telegrax/lied from Paris ( /;
Eriglbrid will have.to pay $840,035,000 during
itha presont year, being an Increase of $85,000,-'
!000. on tlio taxation of 1868. She lias a broad
hack to hear such a burdoh. Augmenting 1
.every year, the tax-payers will ono day look
• out, with a view to its reduction, and perhaps
■Mr.COBDfcs will- then have tho chance which
lib so eagerly-desires, of cutting down the ex
penditure and yet leaving his country, at least
as powerful as sho is at this moment of doubt,
neutrality, and dread. *
I IJlnstrated Edition of Cooper’s Novels.
Of tbe oow and beautiful edition of Cooper’s
Novels, to be completed in S 2 monthly volumes,
crown Bvo., with original illustrations) by F. 0. c|
Darloy, seven volumes have appeared—sufficient
to show that the' promises given by the spirited
publishers, (W. A. Townsend & Co., of New York,)
will bo fully realized. The paper, print, and bind
ing are Bapartor to any combination yot made in
tina cimntry. The pripo of each volume ($1.50)
considering that two steel engravings and ten to a
dozen wood-cuts are included, is extremely reason
'able. sThls .edition is issued to, subscribers only,
' and oau bp’dbtained in thUoity from the sole agent,
--v;
/*, xhe volumes already' publisVod are The Spy,
pioneers, Bed Rovor, Last of tbo Mohicans, Bravo,
Wyandotte, nnd Pilot, Xho last-named has only just
appeared. It was published as far back as 1823,
the samo year, in which The Pioneers appeared,
and Immediately fixed public attention upon tho
author, so different,was it from The Spy, and tho
first of tho Leather-stocking novels which had. pre
ceded it. In England, moro particularly, it was folt
that a’ potent power had arisen, and for many years
a new work of fiction by Cooper was almost as popu
larly accepted as a now novel by Scott. The
Edinburgh Review only eohoed public opinion
when it said of Cooper, <’ The empire of the sea has
been conceded to him by acclamation; and In the
lonely desert or untroddon prairie, among the sa
vage Indians, or scarcely less savage settlers, all
equally ocknowlodgo his dominion."
This was an ovor-thc-water opinion nearly thirty
years ago. Tho London Critic of July 23—only a
fortnight, ago—presents a fair view of the English .
estimate of Cooper, and also notices tho pcouliar
morits of the now edition of his novels. Tho Critic
says : “ This moat handsome edition—for doubtless
it will bo continued—is well worthy of the great
novelist of Amorica. The type, paper, and print
are each equally admirable, and remind us in some
degree of tho very choice edition of Scott, which is
now being published by Messrs. Adam & Charles
Black. Wo prophesy no short oxistenoo for Cooper’s
novels. In yoars, perhaps centuries, to come,
when each Amoricnn swamp nnd mountain shall
have become & garden—when the red man, and
even tho traces of bis roce, will havo disappeared
whon mountains will havo bocomo valleys, and
valleys mountain*—Coopor’s works will be read as
giving tho olonreat, happlost insight into tho early
life of American settlers and aborigines. Each
day lessons tho chance of any similar series of
novels bolng again written; and supposing that a
second Cooper could arise in Atnorloa, the materials
for similar descriptions would (or oertainly soon
will) be wanting. Wo have seldom seen a more
beautiful edition of any novelist than that of Goppor,
now published, and wo trust It will be as successful
In England os on tbo Amerlo&n continent,”
In tho last number of tho North American Re*
‘view, it is said “ This edition is more than beauti
ful—it is magnificent, splendid, worthy of any su
perlative epithet that may bo employed to charac
terise it. The illustrations ara numerous, appro
priate, and in the artist’s very best etylo. than
which, it Is well known, nothing enn bo bettor.
We trust that tbo appoaranco of Coopor’s novels in
so attractive a form, will renew In the rison, and
awaken in tho rising generation, familiar converse
with ono who was almost tho plonoor among Ame
rican authors worthy of tho. name, and to whom
our infant litorafcuro has boon moro largely in
debted than to any othor writer in any depart
ment for its transatlantic reputation.”
The Pilot, which is tho most rooout publication
of this edition, singularly attracted public atten
tion in England, and has always been popular
there. In 1830* when Bentley’s Standard Novols
woro commenced, the series opened with Tho Pilot.
Thcro wore several causes of this successfirst,
the plot had a groat doal of interest; next, irre
spective of tho mystery about tho loading oharaotor,
Long Tom Coffin was admitted, at once, to bo a
perfectly bow creation; then, tho soono was on
British soil nnd in British waters; lustly, tho hero,
tho mysterious pilot, vas identified with Paul
Jones, who was tho terror of tho British coast,
during tho war for Amoricnn Independence.
Darloy has novor drawn a moro spirited design
than tho vignetto on tho title-pogo of Tho Pilot,
and it is finely ongraved by Mr, John Wright3on,!
In tho boat line manner, upon steel. It represents
Tom Coffin on tho wreck of tho Ariel. There bo
sits, on the shattered bowsprit, just before, to use
Cooper’s words, “Tho wreck of tho Ariel yioldod
to an overwhelming soa, and, after an universal
shuddor, hor timbers and planks gave way, and
were swept towards tho cliffs, bearing tbo body of
tho aimplo-hoartod cockswain among tho ruins."
The othor steel engraving roprosents tho Pilot ex
hibiting to Alice Dunscombo proof of tho honors
eonforrod upon him by Louis XVI and Mario Antoi
nette. It represents a highly dramatic soono.
Numerous smaller goms, from Dorloy’s ponoil, arc
Scattered over tho volume, as headpieces and tail
pieces, and Ore full of artistical merit and appro
priate character, as well ns bonul .
Marion County.
[For The Press.]
On March 31,1858, the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia passed an aot to eroot a new county to bo called
Marion, out of two townships of Erie county ami
largor portion? of Warren and Crawford oountics,
provided that tho inhabitants of tho two lnttor
counties, In conformity with a lato amendment to
tho Constitution, approved of tho croation of tho now
county. Their votes, for or against, were to bo
given at tho oleotion in October lost. What was
the result? M. E.
Indiana has 75 agricultural societies j New
York, 77; Illinois, 88. Tho noxt largest numboi
is in Pennsylvania—oB, and tho ncatf to that is
Ohio—63. Minnesota has 11, and othef new States
from 22 to 80.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Another Eminent -Minister Gone.
Tho Church militant has just been subjected to
tho loss of another of its most efficient nnd useful
members, in.tho death of the Rev. James Waddell
Alexander, D. D., of New York, who deocasod at
Red Bweot Springs, Va., lost Sunday morning,
where he had repaired with tho view of rooruiting
his declining health. His lobs will not only be
severely folt by the denomination with whioh ho
was IdontUlod, (Old School Presbyterian;) but his
emibont services to tho cause'of Christianity, by
his extensive writings as an accomplished scholar
and theologian, secured for him a plaeo in tho
hearts of tho people, irrespective of name, that is
only attained by the highest ordor of qualifications.
His works have boon read with avidity and profiti
hpro and abroad. His Volume of Sermons, is a
powerful compendium ;of roligjoua truth, and may
be said to be—what is no'common morit in a book
never prolix, and always edifying. Few men ever
filled the pulpit, possessing it rarer combination of
hose elements which best fit a man ibr that import- ■
ant' and responsible position ‘ than Dr. James W.
Alexander. • 1 - .
J Ho Wns born in Louisa county,t Virginia, in 1804 ;
he graduated at. Prinneton in 1820,' and was ap
pointed tutor In thotlnstltuHon'jnlB24, which post
he reslgned'in 1825) yrhen ho-settled as p pastor ‘ln
Charlotte county, 1 Va. "In 1828 ho accepted a call
to tho First Prosbyterlan Church, Trenton, New
Jersey, where he remained four years; having in
1832 resigned to. become the editor of the Presby
terian, in this city, (to which paper wo are largely
indobted for these biographical foots,) whence he
was called ip 1838, to (he;professorship of jihe,torie
..MA tlio college af Prihqefcm.. ,In
JB(4ho ! tUshmed;tite;ptfa(ot#T!hurgeof;'ih<fl>tihneJ
Street Presbyterian Church', NcwYork, and'jn 18491
was appointed Professor of Eeolcsinstteal
and Church Government in the Princeton Theologi-;
cal Seminary, but again .resumed 'his. charge'ln)
How York, 1^1851.,
! Prom the cpm'mpncement the..Revfyal'(iriBs7-8 ;
Dr. Alexander threrrhis induenoe ami energies'in'
•favor of Its promotion, , and. did oifectivo service, !
.with his voioo and pen, in arousing OHristians to a;
proper sense of thoirwant of a closer union. During
the last year of his ministry, the largg. number .Of
one hundred' and. twonty-fivo .was added to the)
membership of hls'ch’urcfi.' His published works,
•Respectively ".Consolation” '.‘Tho'Life!
:,of Dr. Arehibald Alexander,”,aYoTubre'ofr sor- :
mons,.”. “ Thoughts on Family Worship,”; ) 1 Thai
'Aiho'rleah “ The American' Hi- :
.-chonio and Working Mao, ’’ hnvobecri widoly road,
,andln themselves comjtitufo a noblo' monument to
the memory of their author.' Ho was also, fori
.several years tiro editor of the BibUcqlißepository
and Princeton Revive. ’. '■' ■ 1
Ho died at fifty-five years of age,' doaply. la
mented by ajl who know him. Thoso who listened
to his oloquonop whilo living, will still more prise
.hisprinted thoughts,'now that ho has gone "to
. that bourne, whence , no, traveller return’s, f His
remains were carried through this oity and interred
on Wednesday afternoon, by the side Of his' de
parted kinottoil, iutho Ccmetory at Princeton;, i -
Sermon by Henry (Ward Be'echW.' !
- .y 6 conSonsb . tKe following from a (UscouiW,!
published In' the- Telegraph 6,}id Trea6htr, recently
doliycrod at PlymoUtVChurchj'Broolilyn, by Bev.
Hoary Ward Beecher. His palm-alaps fii do-nothing
t busy-bodies, devil-dupod drones, misgnldod ‘ reli
gionists, praying gormandizers,'and ’good-for-no
thing spiritualists, 1 aro oxocedingly Beechariah,
’whioh, in the estimation of many, is paying them
no moan oompllmont, Upon tho wholCj tlio dis
course presents, in foroiblo stylo, much good phi-’
loeophy and common acnso.
The following text of Scripture formed the basis
of his disconrso:
“ And that ye study to be quiot, and do your own
business, and to work with your own hands as we
commanded you. that yo may walk honestly toward
them that are without, and that ye may hare lack
of nothing.”—l Thessalonlans, iv, 11,1*2.
Speaking of tho first proposition, of “ studying to
be quiet,” Mr. Boecber said:
“ A grcatmany'persons seem to study tho reverse
of this; they seem to feel that by arousing indig
nation and by outspreading themselves, tnoy can
in some way atone for thoir circumstances. It is a
Christian disposition, even under the most provo
king circumstances, to be quiot. If, when trouble
surrounds us, wo have not moral coolness, we are,
.nevertheless, to study for this disposition of swcot
ncss, serenity, temperance, moderation, gentleness,
quiotness.
“ Tbo soeond thing is occupation. The meaning
of this word is explained in Paul's second letter
wore iritn yt m, yod, that if
any would not work, n.Jthor should ho eat. 1 What
a time there would-be .inNow*Tonc'iftuio--*w»»a
-boonfqrced now! ‘For wo hear,' he says, ‘that
there are same which walk among yo disorderly*
working not at all, hut are busy-bodies. 5 An ex-;
qnisite gradation; they are busy always—{busy
bodies, 5 but they never work. There is nothing,
I supposo, more busy in sultry summer days - than
files are, and what a world of trouble they take to
report their , activities, buzzing and flying every
where, and what is there on earth oyer effects so
little? Many people are like them—*exceedingly
busy, but doing nothing.
“Every Christian man is bound to have a regular
and appropriate occupation. What it shall ho must
bo dotorminod in- evory oase differently—by oir
enmfitanoos, by mon’s dispositions, ana by their
places in life. Put an occupation, as a general
rule, is indispensablo to good oonduot, and to good
morals and good religion. A regular ocoupation,
in the first,place, is an clopient of health—activity
both of mind and body arc positively wholesome.
A houeo without an occupant wnatoa sooner than in
any other way, for the worst possiblo tenant is no
' tonnnt at nil. A machine that is laid up rusts
away and is destroyed faster than if it was in con
stant uso. God has made both inind and body to
bo healthy by using, by appropriate aotivity. Tuere
aro thousands of sick persons in tho world who
Would not bo sick if they oply had boon fortunato
enough tobeobligedtowork. Thero aro thousands
of'valetudinarians who aro forever‘indisposed,’
because they aro forovor indisposed to do anything;
and the beat dootor that could he sent to them would
bo bankruptcy, by which they would be drivon out
to tnjco care of thejnarivc*, and, bo obliged to work.
Thero are thousands of rich people who pension
armies of nurses and physicians, simply because
they are without an occupation.
“No man without industry und without habitual
occupation, has any right to expect either health or
happiness. Too much, and no ocoupation at all,
come to about the snrao thing—extremes meet.” .
Speaking of occupation a? being indispensablo
to happiness, ho continues:
- “I believe in temptation by evil spirits; that
thero aro such things, and that thoy are to be
watohed against; but I don’t bolievothat ono out
of ton of thdso temptations that people ascribe.to
the devil belong to him at ail—they belong to
themselvos, and to nobody else. To a want of.oc
cupation belong all manner of ovil desires and fan
cies apd corrupt Imaginations.
“ Occupation will go fur likewise toward tho re
straint and euro of all grow and animal lusts.
When the salacious devil enters a man, let him put
spurs to h)B industry and work for bis life; make
tne dovil pant to koep up with you; and you will
run him off his foot, and no will bo glad onongh to
lot you alono. Simple food, hard and /tiresome
worn, absorbing occupation, and plenty of cold
bathing—that will withstand and control a vast
amount of evil inclination. Man is to study for
those things, and thon when you have used all
these means, you may pray . But to set yoursolf
to pray, and then go and gorge yoursolf with sti
mulating foods and drinks, ana not in any way to
avail yoursolf of tho proper means, is to mook God
and cheat your own goal. Tnlco.oaro of yoursolf
first, and then pray afterward. There is nothing
better than occupation, and you will find that you
can work the devil down a hundred tiraeß when
you can wrestle him down once. Tho devil don’t
liko work \ he is lazy, and that is tho reason he
likes lazy poople.
“ Occupation is good likowlso for tho disposition,
moods, as thoy aro oalled, of your abstraction, dis
satisfaction, and discontent, arising because mou
have nothing to do, in thousands of instances where
they would not arise if there were wholesome and
engrossing occupation.
“Let no man count it a .misfortune that he is
obliged to bo busy. If a man loves to work, go
that ho enn say honestly, as I oan, that ho had
rathorwork than play—that his appointed business
Is sweetor to him tbau anything he oan think of in
life—all tho fortuucß on earth arc nothing to that
man in comparison with having so much to do. ’
< , *Xot so wun aspiro to a place where be shall
completo bis happiness and prosperity in this
world, so that ho shall havo nothing to do. God so
tempers affairs that when old. ago comes on and
habits aro established, God gradually takes away
from man both tho oapaoity and tho neaossity for
work, at a time of life when ho can benr such a
state.
“ Yet how many are thero who put this vision
boforo them ? Entering life, they say, ‘I am now
twenty-ono; if I am industrious and successful in
my business, by tho timo I am forty I shall have
amassed all I want; then I shall rotiro.’ This is
just about as'wiso as if a ship, after having made
several successful voyages across the ocean, should
say, * One or two moro voyages, captain, and then
you must lay mo up;’ ana when it is laid'up, tho
summer rains boat npon It, and tho winter snows
cover it; the planks shrink and oraok, tho rigging
is rotten, by-and-by spar after spar falls, until at
last tho ship that novor was fit for anything on tho
land is unfit for tho sen, and lies there a miserable
wreck of a hulk. ,
“ All along tho shores of life I soomen m middle
lifo lay themselves up—and thoro they lio shrink
ing and orooking, good for nothing on soa or land.
Now, if anybody wants to retire— ait! That is
tho best kirnl of rotiring. There is no place in this
world for lazy mon, lor do-nothings. - God has
made tho lifo to be wrought out; ho has made mon
to be aotlvo—to work out their lifo; ho has given
work to ovary man; and that man who sneaks out
and loaves his work to bo done by others, is void of
solf-rcapcct— ho is not a man, a homunculus rather.
Yot how many mon are there who sot up for thorn
solves this ignoble end and ambition? Work,
work, as long as there is warmth in your palm, as
ong as there is fire in your brain! Work; and
worit unto the gate of Death, standing perpendicu
lar. *
* “ Again: No person should bring up childron
without a regular and engrossing occupation. I
beliovo in tnat old Jowisn provorb wnioh says,
‘ Every man who brings up a ohild without a trado
brings him up to steal.’ Don’t undertake to bring
up your children of necessity to be moths upon so
ciety.
“ JBow many, many instances do wo find of groat,
stalwart men who have miserable puny children?
In their offspring God, -punishes them for the sin of
parental indulgence.-'lf you are strong and rich,*
nevor say in. respect to your children, ‘They shall
not fare ail fated;’" - ■ . ' . _
“ WhiloLfeel that I would not scorn parental
namo tmd heritage andtitlo in a land where title is
regular; yet were I the son of the proudest noble,'
?w 2£?V f bec ® mfl noble > 1 fl hould feel
tnat wnatJ- could make, my own name, would be
of°ancegtora k ° tb * uon ° descended from'a long line
are elthorted to is work.
X he Bays: ‘And that ye study
to be quiet, and to do your own business;’ and that
there shoujd be no mistake about it,- siys, '*and to
ZZi ; and that i fcnu p bfc not bo taken to mean hard
work, or any other kind of mls-named work; he
with yoHrpwn as we com*
U * ob eve over y d & 7 your own prts
“Mon have despiwd the body toomuoh, but after
all, when God made too body,die-knew what he
was aboutwhen ho put the -mm into it, it * was
not that toe mind should despise.the bodvyony more
toau the body should despise toe mind ;< tho health
of one depends upon the beaith'bf the other.
•-“Again: the 'claims of mtrf spirituality are no
• ®s°sf e or a wAUtroFdiligence, industry, l and do
mestJc A great manj-persons are good
tornothmg,at home r l?ut they think they make a
ktod of compensation*ft* their exeelleocenii their
«noHvq*stateS of mind: they aro not safe person?,;
•; “T love to seo a strong man, /and. hear his voice:
m prayer.- I liko to hear a,healthy mansing songs 1
-ra man who is a strong worker, a string thinker,
a ,man inside and out.’- I love to see the übiori of
toe spiritual and 1 But'these thin,
lath men—these lpngtdravrti-out men, Who have no 1
industry, no &/**’at homc—l never
love to hoar theming, nOr pray, nor think'.
[aitaiofc thinking M?. Beedher nere refers to, of •
course,^-nor Spiritual. do-notbinW
goteg . * e relJs^US W?-
'^Od^-for-^nbtbing 7 •
chddrcnT. they Are good for nototo*
* they Are. semngUod.' of rummer; !
.4fe, and when toe.aufemnPcomeSx andaUlhoothfr! -
f inBects go, they go fob, and -nobody cares for tlieir
goings Thcy were'of no = benefit, andJdieir releasej
IsoMrroloase; They werenothingbdtmeresplritrf
allsm—no .benevolence, no .philanthropy, l nothing
.but mere pretensions, to rollgion;... -,
-“'The h(Jtaoly, : <;ommoQ duties of life are taoither
desbioablo, no? are they to puffer in comparison 1
vnto the moro 'open and so-called'honorable'duties! :
of publioAflmco/ Ne man can afford to be'discbn-’ .
certed at those: Uttlo thiugs of life* < You' thinkr if !
.you oquld only wind-up your, affairs and bphfc oaso, f
then,you* could boeomp a Cfiristiaur taVGod put! •
■wltbyour affairs,' In order that you might become af
•Christian. . '-Cnlosa, you can become a Christian ih! -
rtoq midstioftoeso embarrasfments.ip ybu! = s
ttandt.you.willnotbqoomoone whop you get out of •
them. ■No ihan pan ,bo & Christian unless ho eabl
boononghtttoero Godh'asnnthun; Tf -j i
“ That is not a brave Soldiet who is brave unly: r
when ho has looked-aronnd the field and selected*
;hispwii Bpottob9>ravo.in; some spot on the hill-: '
top irUcrq Ho is in eight ortho gonoral; bnt that ls: '
tho bravo soldier jrio Anna his duty iir the place’ ,
thcm DCd “ ,’ j . nn( ? "«'l l S<o v er hoeeea tlio enemy Uts; .
“ All those imaginings ami aspirations, nil those;
vague ambitions which inoline you to think you aro
developing' a/ religious character, instead of your 1
.own imaginary all, of them aro & delusion. [ l
You are. to develop yourself by what are-called ’
flam* homely moralities. Look at all affairs as
->o(Lappointcd x 'as having an. pfficofor you. -You '
.noedn<?t go to church,to find a aacrod place jSrbcrc-!
ever a cyfn ia.gaoVod; tboro is a church,*an
altar; a'suhetuary for him. Whatever you have to 1 ‘
do, if you do it with your might, and-do 'it.nnto ;
God, so thttt'-thQ w hmablc9fc_thiDg,-pten,sensual ■:
•hingi; you,eat.orv,whßGier you!
drmk, you should do iidothogTory-of God,*ytm willi- j
find your whole life is long 'drawn out in appro- 5 1
priato harmony. Go on to tho end, And , ; firom tho 1 '
other side-He shall reveal it as woU-ordered and 1
dictated in usefulness.” ‘ _ 1 *
The Rev., Thomas H. Stockton, pastor of too
Church of the New Testament, preaches to-morrow
morning at National Hall. The servipes will com
mcnco at 8i;o’olook,-and conclude by 10, to acco
modato all who may desire to attend other places
of worship after that hour.
Publications Received*
From Parry & McMillan:
Life and Liberty in America ; or, Sketches of'a
Tour in the United States and Canada iii 1857-B.’
By Charles Mnckay, LL. D., F. S. A*. With ten
illustrations. Now York: Harper A Brothers.
The Life of Jabe* Banting, D. I) With noi
tices of contemporary persons and events. By his
Son. Yol. 1.- Now York ; HaipeVf& Brothers. ;
Amorican Wit and Rumor; flinstrated by J.
McLenan. New York: Harper & Brothers. . i
Gerald Fitzgerald, “The Chevalier.” (Con?
eluding part.) By ChaflesLever. New York: Har
per 5? Brothers. * " ,
From W. B. Ziobcr, 106 South Thint street:": [
,-W'esbminateif Review. No. ONLY. 1859 j
Nctr Saotfe A- Cos -
From G. G OBvana : . ‘ ** •
—Km mug" work; a Web of many TeJnaresrr
wrought by Ruth Partington, (Bj P.'ShiUabor.j)
with illustrations by Hoppin. Boston: Brown,
Taggart, & Chase.
From T. B. Peterson A Brothers:
The Black Dwarf, and a Legend of Montrose.
Vol. 20 of now and cheap edition of the Waveriey
Novols. r 1
From Beck & Lawton
One hundred Songs of Ireland; Music and Words.
Boston ; Olivor Ditson & Co. [Tho best selection of
Irish tengs, including the best of M&ro’s and
Lover’s,'ever published. Neatly got up, too/as
Mr. Ditson’s publications always are. Moreover
most surprisingly cheap.]
From Mr. Marsh, 1102 Chestnut Street:
Tho Musical Bells; a fantasia, oomposed by E.
Mack.
Douglas’ Grand March; by Georgo L. Walker.
Franklin Square Polka; by Jalias Weed.
Souvenir do Rahway, Grand Polka •
by Alox. do Burns. >■-
Polluto (The Martyrs;) by Donizetto, for piano,
by James Beliak.
Letter from Ephrata*
[Correspondence of The Pross.l , <.
_ . . August 4,1859. •
Mu. Editor : In the revolving of tho seasons, I
again, in a most abundant harvest, am ponnitted
to make ono of a vory largo company, now passing
the summer months in the cool retreats of the South
mountain and the beautiful Ephrata valley of rich
and good old Lancaster county, Tho resources of
this county are exceedingly great, possessing all
the elements of greatness within her vast fertile
limits. Her wheat crop this year is sot down at
2,000,000 bushels; and the oorn crop, which is now
very promising, at 2,250,000 bushels; the oats crop
at 2,000,000 buslioU ; and tho potato crop at 250,-
000 bushels. Huy wo may safely estimate at 120,-
000 tons. Butter, it is supposed, will reach at least
2,500,000 pounds. Tho rye raised this year -will
amount to at least 600,000 bushola. Now, estima
ting wheat at $1.50 a bushel, rye at 80 cents, corn
at 60 oents, oats at 30 oents, and-potatoes at 40
cents por bushel, and the hay at $lO per ten, and
butter at 16 oents per pound, it will make‘an ag
gregnte over $7,000,000 os the produot value of ono
year’s orop of this foTtile cotmty, leaving out tho
tobacco crop, tho beef, and other articles, which,
if counted, would exceed $8,000,000 in value.
“ Tho population of Lancaster county was 99,760
in 1850, out is doubtless now ovei 100,000 souls;
tho yiold of grain, &c., is at tho rate of $BO worth
of produce for every man, woman, and child in the
county. The assessed valuo of tho real estate of
the county in 1850 was $25,324,391; personal pro
perty $0,468,878. The assessed valuo of tho real
and poreonal property in the county, as fixed by
the revenue commissioners of the State in tho year
1857, amounted to $35,249,549, an increase in valuo
in sovon years of $3,456,190.”
Wo aro well quartered here; a suite of rooms
and quiet pariors, plenty of rich and wholesome
food, gathered fresh from the farms in the valley,
good hnd pure air and water giving our appetites
a keen zest for our regular meals. I have spent
somo calm and happy hours in my m'ountnin walks.
I wish you wero boro, to mingle in .pup various
topics of conversation undor tho shady troes. We
havo a host of fino intelligent men here, who pass
many hours iu conversation upon tho affairs of tho
• nation, and Pennsylvania interests more especially.
Politics seldom taken up. Your correspondent
“Occasional” at Washington, now and then gives
us a bone of contention about our venerable friend
“J. B.” I give about tho third of my timo to this
kind of divortlsement; tho balanoo is spent in
reading and walking among tho beautiful trees and
vorduro. God has bestowed upon this valloy most
singular beauty ; you uro charmed and captivated
by its oxtent in richness of fertility and magnifi
cence of moat extended mountain range, abound
ing in every direction of tho horizon, its prosent
boauty of varied hue of greeu will soonmfngloin
the rich and. delicate tints of autumn/and itsgor
geousness will soon pass nway>, The mutations of
vegetable lifo havo to mo always prosqnted a plain
lesson:
“Liko 1 leaves on trees the race of man is found, —
Now green in youth, now withering on tho ground.”
Ilere wo have music and dancing, as soon ns the
gcntlo nnd coy evening throws her mellow shadows
upon tho valley and tho mountain. The vespers,
at an hour so calm and soothing to the mind, are
forgotten for tho voluptuous mu9io of tho danco
and tho waltz. It seems to be the popular mode
of the gay and fashionable in spending their even
ings.
It appears to me, I every year observe more
prido and vanity among our people at the summer
resorts—an effort to make a great display in dress
and jewelry, as also in livery equipage. Tho sim
plicity of our earlier habits is everywhere depart
ing from us, and with it, may I not Bay, our solid
comforts and enjoymonts? There is a repulsion to
true happiness in all this. . Tho youth are ener
vated by'the extremo luxury of the times, lam
aware we. are an importing nation. We purchase
all the gewgaws that have the sanction" of her
Grace tho Queen, or her Royal Highness tho
Empress—an imitation of foreign courts, an aris
tocracy whom wo despise, os republicans. I ask
our ladles and gentlemen Americans why they
should saorifico a blessed boon of indopondence,
and render themselves more imitators of the cor
rupt and licentious habits of Europe? It must
arrest the attention of ovory reflecting mind, that
a large number of tho wealthy people of this na
tion are introducing a stylo of splendor in living
that is widely different from that of former yean,
and in it they aro weakening tho strength of tho
Republic morally and physically. As wo aro young
among tho nations, may wo not hope for a period
when our customs shall present to tho world the
simple and virtuous habits of a free and most in
dependent people on earth? This is the prayer of
Ygurs, of eJd. , J< B. B.
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Ob
CENTS
, Bzospm at the Fails.—ij'ext to Loals lf*.
poleon, Blondjn lscon&SKdly. tie' most wonderful
of Frenchmen; At the Falis/y**tefffcv ha Mr
formed sUhe-.promued; and swc
pfe-polookjhe crowed the roper for ihefourth.
time. lie. was dressed in. Indian costume, ffta
journey to the Canid* sidawaa notmarked by any
feat or. peculiardartogx ;He rweni oVer on * trot,
merelj instant- to - balance himself!
His homeward trip/ however; <ofcpUtely eclipsed
nis previous feats.---When’about ona-atiarter of tha
way across, ha stood onhpjhbad, holding the balance
Sole inhte.hpida. A *tonf,dieUi4
own on his bach, wilhappatenfc composure.’' When
near the centre of the mi balance pole
to the guy, rope, apd : . n *rigated. kyisean« r ofhia
Handsand. feet,,his body,being in &-
ppnded'animation betfaitH. 4 After pmeedSgimn*
distance in this way l / ..assumed & p
position ;and returned for the balara-poleania then
walked .on*. Another feat
turning a sort ‘Of Band-spring. his
back, he)exterided/Jhe.’baUnee-poie th* i^ngfrof
Jft{s22» en oTer the pole,
. striking astride the "Tope.' Without the pole; ha
hung by one legftomthe rope/andjratoorted him*
5 * 6 aro >-I lus passage; ne.stood oo
his head severaU times, and performed a variety of
feats which .we have not time to tecapßatete. Tha
number-of porsoSs presefatwaa At any
exhibition.- -AspeeUl train onti* Great
Western broughtseveral hundred*; Rochester and
Buffalo turned butihdr thousands; white Ctereltod,
Erie, Dunkirk, and-other considerable places, seat
J**g« Courts?
♦;.?opB ; oi .Mft-.iiYmr.-o*
Ifek YoRK.~-Xh'e QsiT;eston JfeipSi Jnly 36, says •
Hamtov morning last, nnonr thd jailor’s viaitimrthe
°S^Tir 0 w r prisoner HilU-confined for .the murder
gy^^ssj&s&sig^agg®
jttiy—h, found MfAtilFooed cbrsteionliciof th.
%*4S«B»i ttUbitiwfort.
fl onc lS 0 r between. them »nd..liberty, mai
tee attack tras jnade upen thta beneath tho £rr*t®<l
-wtddow, &Sd nCai-hßlf the ltbor of penetrfiSnr ft
the, outer -air'accomplished/ when' daylight came
uponthem and the wo'rk\washbaridbhed.HiU
toraed_-to-hls-cetl, undressed-aid bathed him self,
nnd put on a cleanehirt, dtaweisaiid Btoekiag*. A
moment after thi», one of the Irishmen looked Into
niß cell and saw lnm ja the aotoT hinglng hiauelf.
•apd -Bd mfonned-bia sorap»ihl6il, :r yhoAtate« that-'g.
mitered iarßooß.« po«6ij r and iritirttm
.oldhnifo used as a saw, cut him down, but too late.’
thrbuffh'the '
any,morp than.sMfiTeet .afcbrsU»*flopr; was
;the g«Hows npouyfhich, he suspended himself: - To
.accomplish 'his v purposa/of terminating his* ex
latende/he muH have drawx/up as tfcerdu
,bwop'bctvroen : then©GM and the floor would not
r / "1 -
,£11X010" Scenes: bi KisTccikY.—
.w6re informed Vertefda? that- a‘* diffidtrity occurred
at the "Blue Lick polls on Mofcdaypbetwetn two
, young men, Wfiham AbbofcUridD«teaw,iß which
theirfathersboeamo „invotyed, irhen theejder D.
stnioK the elder' A.'with'apxece of lead"pipe,
Which so onraiged the son of the latter that he drew
*' t largo v bowie-knife, pnd thrust - itrtwioe through
his breast, the] blade passing out at his back. /3e
lanoy died almost' immediately: but whiftrhe was
breathing his.last, thofathenof thc:yositliabatehed
the, knifo. from his son’s hand* and cut the dying
man’s face ahd'head unta ho lost all.haman scn>
blance. An oyowiteess saya the deceased was llte*
'rally carvediafld eut tojpicoeg. - .. - %
'£mam and
Ffupkfqrt railroad; "whovw&r hr idifa'y&ifcrdiY, Iri
.forms ns he fror;pitS|ing through Baris/in
Jthe : plectiou.day/Jhe saw a'erowd
and learned that two men ;had : beeA ‘abet oßwih- '
tally j , but; ho - could, .not obtain names or paftieu^ J
lars. Varlopa .looalidea in Kentueky were the
scone "of fights; shooting, catting, and homicides.
'as the eleehon was tone of unusual excitement in
our sister Enquirer*.. \ ■■■ :
A Gceiocs Kesdrueption Cass.—A curious
case occurred last week at Franklin coun
ty, Ohio, Mrs. .Peters, wife of-a 'German of that
name, after a short was- supposed to have
died.' Her husband made immediate arrangements
for her funeral,, having procured a coffin in this
city, On placing her, body J in the coffin, a' general
perspiration- was-observed, throughout the- skid,
whfobwas reported to the husband .with the sug
gestion that the burial be deferred, in the hope
of reanimation.' To this the husband objected, and
bad her interred the same day, (Saturday.) ‘After
the bunal services were over, some relatives of the
aupposod deceased, who resido in this city, arrived
atHome to attend the funeral, which had ‘already
and hearing the. circumstances; caused
i tho body, which then had - been four hours, in the
grave/to bo disinterred, when, to their surprise
and'joy, they* found signs of life- still remaining.
Restoratives being administered, Mrs. Patera grad
ually recovered, was taken by her friends to this
city, and is htfw We are informed that the
rcfufles UTfigaln live with', her hus6tod^ ; The eir
cumatences .connected with .the. affair
.indeed, and should undergo' inveiiigaUou<~?o
-■liiKi&iL* (Q.) Fact\ ’ ; *; r.. v
SpEc^ActFor
tor; New X§PkTB^rwßeF. ia
the following; particulars: It was tho funeral of a
woman connected with the Third Presbyterian
Church, who had been ah inmate ofthe hfwpltal
fqr about three months, She. died of Consumption,
and many who.-visited her. daring her lingering
iHsess .toko pleasure in testifying to the invariable
kindness ana dovoted attentions -which she recolved
from ; the Sisters of-Charity, who have ehatgeof
tho institution. It is bat an act-of simple justice
to Ihem thus publicly to acknowledge it; and espe
cially the Christian courtesy which prompted them
to offer the parlor to be used for tne funeral ser
vice. , ,
Accident to a Westmorexander,—Mr. W.
H. Mechling, a native of Westmoreland oounty,
Pa.,-but at present reridingin Pittsburg,-met with
an accident in Crawford county, on Wednesday of
last week, white returning with his brother-in
law, Wm. McFarland, from 'Mosiertown, in a
buggy. Ab they were going down a hill near that
place, ono of the linos broke in Mr. M.’ahand,
and the horse taking fright, tboy were both thrown
frijpi the buggy, Mr. Mechling being pitehed to a
distance of. twenty, feet, receiving a severe cut
upon the right side of his face, penetrating to the
cheek bone. ‘ One of his limbs was also badly cut.
Mr. McFarland was uninjured.
Another Tub Race.— There Is to be a tub
and box rode on the river this evening, or rather
two races. Throe tabs arc entered and four boxes
—the litter. having been mado on purpose. Each
class will go by itself, and a prize is offered to the
vrinner of tho races.' Tho tubs and boxes will start
.from Ridley k Sherwqod’s dock, above the Genesee
Valley depot, at 7 o’cWok, and be paddled by the
hands a distance of half- a milo. - We understood
that m'on have entered the boxes, and the trial will
be no boy’s play. Tfio Mayor and Common Coun
cil of Buffalo arc respectfully invited to be present,
and witness somo of .the sports of Rochester, on
which the press of that city k has commented.—x?o
cluster Union , August 3 d.
The Yale Regatta Victors. —The recep
tion of tho regatta victors at Ynlo was enthusiastic.
The college bell was rung when the despatch coma
announcing tho result. On the arrival of-the victori
ous boat’s crow, tho coxswain was taken upon the
shoulders of hia follow-students, and a procession
was formed, and, with shouts and fire-works, and
sainted with waving handkerchiefs and fair smiles,
marched to the coltege grounds.
The Cyrus Swamp, in Knox county, Indiana,
is to be drained. The Gazette says the water
turned Into White river, through river Duscbee,
and a large extent of excellent soil thus reclaimed.
The swamp land fand, it is thought, will not bo suf
ficient to accomplish tho work, and tho land-owners
in tho vicinity are urged to assist with contribu
tions.
Tennessee Ahead. —The first hogshead of
new crop tobacco shipped this season was brought
down from Hiokman by the steamer Philadelphia
yesterday. It was grown by J. M. Clark/Esq., in
tho vicinity of Paris, Henry county, Tennessee,
was well cured and handsomely coopered. It was
re-shipped hero for New Orleans.— Memjphis
Avalanchct 20th.
An Ou> Turtle.— Mr. Isaac Hoover, living
near New Holland, Pa., found in ono of his fields,
a few days since, a land turtle with the date and
initials, “ 1810—I. H.,” cut on the under shell by
htmselt iu that year. The turtle was alive and ac
tive, and notany larger than it was forty-nine years
ago.
The Princeton (Indiana) Clarion says that
a fellow trovelled forty mites to OwensviUo last
week to whip another fellow ho had a spite at, and
got badly whipped himself. Rather poor pay for
suoh an effort.
A letter from the Now York Time, s’ Utah cor
respondent states that tho Mormons have nominated
Gen. Horace S. Eldredgc as their delegate in Con
gress, to take tho place of Mr. John M. Bernhiiel,
who has occupied that position for several years.
Affairs in. tho Territory presented no features of
marked interest.
C. Edwards, Esq., editor of the Marengo
(Iowa) Visitor, was recently drowned while bathing
in tho lowa river at that place. Ho had his Utile
sou on his back, when beds supposed to have boon
Boized with a cramp, and sank to rise no more* The
ohild was saved.
The very Rev. Dr. Eenrick, Archbishop of Bal
timore, is staying with his brother, the Archbißhop
of St. Louis. Theso gontlemen, own brothers, ana
both archbishops, have seen each -other but
twice in eighteen years, owing to the heavy labors
Imposed upon them by their archbishoprics.
Edward Everett is passing the summer in the
quiet town of Burlington, about fourteen miles
northwest from Boston, where his brother-in-law,
Rov. Dr. N. L. Frothingham, now in Europe, has
a country seat.
Mr. Volk, an artist of whom, saya The Press
and Tribune, “ Chicago is justly proud, will Hava
for Europo in a few weeks, for an absence of soma
years. Mr. Volk takes with him a number of com
missions.”
Ignatius Donnelly, Esq., nominated by tho
Republicans of Minnesota for the office of Lieut.
Governor, is a native of thisoity. .
Governor Chase,while at Yale Commencement,
T7AS made honorary member of tho College Society
of “Brothers in'Unity.”
Long JonN.Wentworth, with his family, i«
spending the season at tho Rockingham House,
Portsmouth, Va.
Ex-Governor Seymour, tho Hon. Erastus Corn
ing, and Mr. Delavamworo in Greon Bay, New
York, on Tuesday and Wednesday oflast week.
. Colonel John Harris, Commandant of the Ma
rino Corps, is in Now York city, stopping at the
New York Hotel.
At the Springs.— Hon. Jefferson Davis ft at
Virginia Springs.
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