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f J ■ f '* piatedfor aomo timof implioat eB
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. ready-for-uso.• r A matoh -TTM' obtaihedjfrom<the
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on; featnrday;.morning
/ BuppreeaedmhUlafulHavostigation ia
thai'rßireamstancos^
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.? flies by the City .of-Baltimore that
■ r-<thr has receh'ed from, the Papal
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1 " . •'. -,*w*obebußly.a few dsiysainOo),. '/,, : ;' r r
Tfib London {Herald of tie 3d instant cprjreota.an
.Jr- .•■«?*?? whioh n it_inadf tto ; day ; Wprei-havfogpBod*
; 5 . word : .‘ s resolved”;,instead of the word ,“re
.. '-j /ic- fc-^wed^ and; now atatoathat Stitcs.Go
c "/ '>w‘'V.-feSßifiiiir*)iMrei : , It I 'appears, refused to'abandon
, :,;- C h ,Y ; London
•. ;• assure >the ; |mblio
'' i, an4;Mrii HoWitt are not QeorgO ia fAdam
. BedOj’.' tbobgh A gehuino; midland man,
1 -j- - : - •-v Esjah of Caitoero has sent & tent of shawls
< :v ;> aS a proaont to Queen-Victoritij-witb a bedstead of
gold, thp.whole valued at 4150,p00. ;
-;: : , '. The Washijigton Staf~ of ;last evenings says
‘ ” : DpWeyßalljVdfft^yealey'ChaptiVyefo
aftornoori;joined,in.fiVerlasting, happiness
. u. .’. . L-Jind wedlock^Mr.'.o/-Bl Foggjyof-.Virginia, 1 and
.‘ r : ; ; Miss,Cajriel3; Joy, of Venhbnt; J The.hsppy grpom
1 >’ tt'a. #cbolAiwidoYreft W.tfh jpj*. pbiidren,
. V, : briae fl prettjr'hdss'of whorhas
. r; .lbogroomiiVdvrajj onher way to’join"her^rela
'. .tiros to the'OrOen Monntain roonntry 'to;company.'
;?, ' .. jnth.him; when,-Op.reaohin'g‘."Washington,.they
qonoluded to 'get, married.' ;'Atf< they ;arnved, here.
s \bn Saturday night Iftte/yno, license could be. obr
, v ' tanned until Mohdayj whOn .tho legaU forms wore
through with os above stated? 1 '• ,
TheAlricau .Slave, Trade. .;
■ .SomoAdministratibn organsaro now fiti-onu
olffliyVdbnyibg the tpdti*lofi tlija tejme'ni, that '
,;tliisnefiriOHB’,t«lfl]c : litts,boen :
is'hi.dnis,)time ‘f6lljr s <Mirflea Vobi'.,ifi/defiance
: of law.in certain parts of the South:. They
. 'dehbahee; this statement as. an inftipons
'• ' lumny.;' This denial, inyolyics a mbst serious'.
v.'Vebarge l against of<|iie:ilj;eTC 'Torfc
Htralijyi ßo.is the original invcntor ind-paV
' ;! ! tenteo of thq ’wholo story/and./fitis a fabrl-
TVcation, Forwceks past
.teemed/with the,
t accusations
J-t against .tlio. Southern’ «<negroidrivers ? ” as he
' : . f r - calls them, and 1 against respectable citizens of
’ the State of New Torkjdnd also reputable ship
s' owners and merchants j)f JTety'jEnglahd, to the
• n V : effect that.they afe concerned in such hellish
‘trifßc, and are, conseiiuentlyj'gnilty of piracy!
VThiaydouhW r acci4iSi{ofhgaihs{ltho;South on
■ : thoonc hand,' arid . the NOrth on tliuoiher,
-yir ' ~originatki,jt will he noticed,'with the special,
"’• • ‘ confidential, personal itrganaf the President i
, J, If the course of The New; York Herald in tins
' matter has becu ' suggested by the President/
■To i it; is very easy .to, reconcile ,it to.what seems to.
: -be his foregone conclusion, to aid the diabbli
oVoft .y r.y<dy'chiherTieetidnrwKdyaro Hostile',tp.tho iW
; tegrity of the Union, or at any rate to destroy
J. nil prospect of, harmpny. in, the; Democracy by,
> ili-feeiihg. ohrthis'-.hew-.topic,'; and
! ■ i ;•■ fostoring^and; phepuraging-- the; flppd 'of
o..i,*ectjqmil diMjprf ahd jhaic,' lylhlch 'stachocrimh
", s; f ; uationsof one 50 ct ion, .'an dre cri mi not jq n s
■ ;; ; - nagatatv tho ■ other, are . bovt wcII calculated
V -engender..,; bne man In
- . j.; ; .i o .tfiis. country that, can - gain, personally, by
4 ff beeping •npciihfceling -between tho .Nbrth
■ ' tC I ’ii.'andojtbh dohthi. ’and : that ; hian : is James
thb ,Do
' ’• ;; ;rnocraiiti 1 party; as io. uhion at
,;y; ; yyyy;Cluules^y'hsCept f on;liiinscli;;op!the snccest'
'
answered. Butjfwo ask/;
' i, .''‘y 1 ? whbyia'ceOstirable’if slayerh.fare flttedybhtVih'l
/-J <; tf slayea are smuggledr
vVintote
, ';,yj' '‘yy/hwbrh toiseO 'tho law* faithfnlly executed?
y. y,:; , Whosei v 4hty, ; ; ;ia, it? , /Whets .are. .the-. Prey
a, ■ • revenue- 'ofllcere,' his
,y;yyt. , ; i why ; .is not'
•i,.. ■;, C leged vioiations of tile . slaye-trado acts ?
.'-V; rif/'-thetafpre, ;thb ■ President r; has iauthd'rized
, .OM& l
York" : organ,/:.thoy'.'wUL-'''rccoij;;hpohibihj.
,' l! ' 'ycVy s aelf? ; trtth , 'tem-fold' i tbreo,'-for it ’ they, 'he.;
. i ■ J >c,Vi troe he.jls grpssly culpable fdr hjs neglect- and 1
?\ , ■>< r /);.remissriess-'i'Bht ’if. these: acciisatoiy■ state
='v-:'i,~V ;.y ments are solel y■ the inspiration of-. the ’ Bottle
n '-'S yyf ’ In'P/bf ihpr/iifaW, with;the,moHye' of creating
h‘tohtotibhibh,Ma;paper, !.of to .gratify ! tfiht'-
■ % .ideBire.iwhioh''seems. so-bften to prompt lijth of
\ r ?blachh‘mbfrond injnrihg the reputation .oft.thfs.
rtoj a- ycohhtry-'ajjrbnd, .pr.hterclyiVom hisyricked 1%;
■ ...'atinets, then the - solo infamy-should rejtupbn :
:-',tliatdebased snd piraiical demon, -But:this
v' '; r . aUridcli'to by\iM.(br the purpose.
Sfrh
'':r.V;;,v:-)c. ,- , dißary,: position rin yhich ‘ the 'Admiiiistratloh
>V ’i, ; ia -'piiiced-:hy,,tho astonishingißtato -of
* 15 confidential -and-
7 i> i, i jCherishbd. brgah'ipr Mr. -BiibiuhAK
it persistently,
laws, and that slayei.
. ~ .-_ ‘sW^rhro ! being fitted out in New
Qn< t other
. •,.'o(gahs;dehohncing;hoth aicUsaiioiis aSf false/
■./B*4^lSPSbiNw^^P^^S&eS^'(r ! ; ■ ■ •’
'.T-KiiyviW:';-/;.-, ~aT-.-t-rfe.VT.., , •—*:•-• ~a:-,.
BRSfIWi m> «at,* hear
S.
v y, «kt„ Tne thia' meo^
Atatiito idopt measuresidrauefr tho cause in
:; wnloK v'eiigftgcd, and to engraft, if pow{-
v.ble, the qaettionof Sunday travel upon the politl
of the, e»eoMon.
1 Who published!tlic Wise*Donnelly
: Letter^.
I Wo notice in the,Zc3g(tv;of yesterday this,
following paragrapli|!ii iho? ; Vttoi?-of'(lie;:Now
York corrcWpndonti^|;tha?j)ap&!. :
''flNETniYoikMvg^W.’iSSO.
. Tho Now York correspondent of the Riohutond
Enquirer, X soo, is making a groat ado about the
“scoundrels” who betrayou the contidouco of Go
vornor Wise, in permitting the lottor to Bernard
Donnelly, ofdNo. ;j Williom street, New York, to
leak but at_Albany, the said correspondent all the
whil« , pfeicn"d)ng'. not'to* know how tho dooumont
earno intoprint, Now,- ad it happons that the En
qmrertejearreepotuletteJtere is for- -Tons.,, one of.
the e&ftorsdf the " Herald, (the journal m which
theletter in question first Saar tho light), the aueot
■ ed ignorance of tho writer, and.tho sincerity of his
: affection for” My dear Governor,” will he readily.
.apprSdi&ted.’ I_ '' •/'"’ j. .■ \ •
“ ]V6 % hayo'ulL j&ehg,hfiS no doubt that; if tho
, the secret infamoubintrignes
■against.GoYerrior Wise /was "lifted, and the
ttjithOTposedtobftOPubJiftgaze.'thefactwould
bCapparpnfc",that, l , from, the inception to the"
flmiloj the finger,oLthc" Administration was in
tho afjhir. Throughout the entire transaction
there' ban bo htf. donbt that tho "Administration
/was/at’ tire bottoni/of ail tbb schemes to'injure
Gov/ Wise. ' ‘ if the Statement 6f the cofrespoh
dentof tho'Zcrfger,bo trae,.tho correctnessbf
.this. conclusion is corroborated. The violent',
amt persistentassaulis upon Gov. Wise by tho
,Cbaa(it««bb at Washington commenced before ",
the Donnelly letter appeared, foreshadowed
those' made'. niter/ its and now
afford convincing evidence that the metropoli
tan' orgah' was' apprised beforehand of the
/at New,.
/Ypriicy /and. its ’ intended /actioif (based upon
jits'possession, oi/ itis. letter) at a propitious
time., ',././'
We havo little doubt, trom all we have
heard,' that the Donnelly, letter was known to,
land copied.'by, the “ secret police, of the
Herald" before, it was placed in the hands of
Mr; Cassidy, of Albany ; and that, in fact, it
was Ah left with Mr.lfUssniYfor the purpose,
of/giving color’to tho accusation intended to
be niado that he disclosed it; The" statement
,in : ~Hefald'. (upon its publication), of the,
copy, haying been procured from Albany, was,
:W6;ate satisfied,*; faisepretence.. Wo have
hadiho idea, from the beginning,- that Mr. ’Oas
s&v' had'any agency whatever in'making the
letter public. Mr. Dean Richmond never saw’
‘t&o'lefier'tiii,lt'wasniade public,and had no-i
thing to do" yyitfi/itr / All the statements rot
apectihg Mr. DickntspN’s" course relating to it
ape/sheer/imbrications./ ~she,,-Administration
and the Herald wero tho con trivers of the wholo
pibt/and the course of the Jtirald was in due ful
filment :of its duty and exercise of bis appropri
ate •vdpatiPn ;: of- presidential' eatspaw. , The
faict tluit,np to'tlila "moment; the Herald’s « se-"
crct police agent” has sedulously concealed the
ntane'eif 'fhe person from whom he procured
the copy of the lctier, and most fhlsely and Ig
nominiously gought to fhsten the imputation,of.
being gdftty of such abominable meanness upon
innocent/niCh) is satisfactory on this point.
It. Is, tiue,’/besides the desire to please
the r .President, ,/tho Herald has .Its own pri
vate' animosities to ’ gratify and revenge
against. Governor Wise, for his fierce and
excoriating assaults- upon .the editor,of that
print in-past times.'-.lt will he recollected that
Governor Wise, being followed in his elec
tioneering tour in Virginia some throe or four
years ago,'by one of the Herald reporters, took
occasion''to cpmment unreservedly on.’Mr,
Bennett,'his paper "and his reporter, and, in
fact,’so scorching wore his denunciations of
the concern, " that they drovo tho roporter-to
an abandonment of his contemplated tour upon
the trail of the' Governor, and compelled him to
retrCafto Now York.' Apprehensions were, it
is-said/entortaSned'of tho application of Lynch- _
law if ho liad/not done so. Tho Herald- bias
never forgiven Gov. Wise; and never will
forgive him/for this; and it is supposed that the
course of the Southern press.in relation to that
aflair had/considerable influence .in inducing
the Herald’s : advocacy of Col.' Fremont’s
election in opposition to 'Mt.'Buchanan j and
many Of Gov.'Wise’* friends, in this city • and
elsewhere, do not hesitate to 4ec|are the con
viction tjwt/tlio Herald’s subsequent sqpfer
sault to, the’ Administration was upon condi
tion iiaV’thC latter .should exhibit its disfavor
of the Goyernbr.' If Jtr/B. Dqnnellt was
not, from the beginning, one of the wire
workers or . stool-pigeons of tho Federal offi
cial oligarchy at Washington, and of its chief
of police, the Herald, it Its not to be doubted
that .' he . Was/,.wheedled ,‘pnt of a copy oi
'Governor . SVise’s letter by. jtjje suhordl
nafA/policO / Rgeuf at flip ■ same .epneerp,
"and prior fa its being hmisi iff Mr- ©Afc
iarowgn —HOT pTuJUSUtiU im tnvUFWtiirCiS.
We , havo . cogent reasons for this belief,
If this be-not so, why is tho name of tho
Administration: employee who furnished tho
Copy so sedulously concealed 1 The disclosure
Cf his unravel the intrigue and de
velop the /venspiracy. It is the key to
thq ,whole mystery. Why is this person so
afraid or ashamed to avow himself?. If ho is
ilot a Presidential agent, why does the Herald
seek*to divert attention from Idm, and to fas
ten suspicion upon Mr. Oassidv 1 Mayor Wood
wo are, convinced, is. now satisfied that Mr. Cas
srov had notldng to do with tlio ihrnishing the
i 'copy for publieatlon, and that Doxheiut, when
/writing,to Governor Wisc as ho did, was but
- engaged in an Administration scheme to injure'
M Well lnm (Mayor Wood) as tho Governor,
and with a view to allow the correspondence
: to be published in duo season" to promote tho
flagitious designs of those who concocted tho
whole affair,. The unprincipled course of the
originators of tills conspiraey is heightened by
the fbetthat'no set of men in this country are
morp/cnlpablo’ than themselves in reference to
writing ietiers of- like Character to those writ
ten by Gp’vemdr WlsE: The President is not
exempt." Goyeraor WisE’s.letter to PcgNSimv
is not a whit worse than scores of electioneer
ing epistles written hy Mr. Buchanan, or hy his
cominand, at different eras of his life, and even
since he has been President: for exumplo, the
letterg qf Black to Illinois,
to. defeat; Judge povoiiAs. in his contest with
Ifrr ' Lnreotif, and the'double-setting edicts,
•since, to tliatState; and yc-t if any of these mis
sives should be exposed what a !u>wl Would he
heard of the .treachery and infamy, of betraying
private correspondence! , ;
: The holy hoiTOr of - tho Presidential organ—
their revolting with tjirnod-upeycs and clasped
hands, and sueh an interesting affectation of
Sanctimonious purity at Governor Wise for wri
ting “ siich a lett er”—would be then changed to
fierce, ami unsparing, and indignant denuncia
tion of the “ violators of private confidence,”
and the iiko, . ’ Father Ritchie was wont to end
■his editorials with the ■ phrase rums ' ve rrons,
Xwe sh’ail ieO.) , 'W’e prefer the adoption of one
borrowed from a different source—« We shall
see. what we shall see." /
/, The excitement about Governor Wise’s
Donnelly and ‘Foster -letters reminds us of the
famous book of WnmuM Lvon Maokensie ex
posing Jessb Hovt’s correspondence
with LokenzoHott, John j* Van' Buben; B. F.
BuTEim;'; Governor 'MaUoV,’Jambs Gobdon
Bennett, and others," published in 1846. We
recollect one of- tho principles avowed by Lp
eeneo was-/expressed.'ihus i'« Anything Lean
tid tp the prejudice of LrviNasTON, and benefit
of myself, I think I am perfectly justifiable in
doing, provided, always, that he docs not find it
pet,”/This seems to Jiave been tho doctrine
that haa controlled the conduct of the powors
that Bo towards Governor Wise. Prince J oiin’s
epijdlo'/about the “now'winter boots, with
heels an inch high,” Mr. Butler’s “stated
preaching ” letter) and that of Governor If All
ey : about the patch on his pantaloons, .will
long bp remoniherpdi ‘ But among the private
letters then, revealed, som® of those of J-. G.
'are ecstatic. In .ono of theso ho
says: “KTeither Mr. Van Boef.n and the
v?rg«i, nor any of tholr true frionds, will, or
can, haVp any fellow-feeling with'these )nop,
tho stock-jobbers, who, foftho hist two years,
haye'liepn .trying to destroy my character end
reputation./J know Mr; Van Boren hotter,
ami I will eland yp. .in his defence as long as he
feels friendly to me ;’’ and so too, in another
letter, he informs Mr. Hprr that “ if yon and
fir. Oaklet-and Mr. jUoddisotos,, and a few
other of our friends, could settle what course
I'sßall take previous to my return—l do not
oaee what it is —l shall adopt it ;”/and like
vviso ln another, lie says “I have written to
Van Boren (M.) to-day about tlio oldaflair.
Imitrt haven loan of $8,600 fora couple ot
years froiri some quarter. I can’t get on wfth
out lt/arid tf the common friends of our cause
those I flare been. working for oight yoars,
; panhot do; it; I must lookfqrit somewhere else."
Mackenzie’s' pamphlet is well nigh forgotten',
Governor-Wise- ought to send to New York
dr'Ac'oiiyy It wifi servo him-In hi* troubles
,ah'oWtl|ipj6pppeJJy.letter,' / Spy top, fie' ought
to/ hunt.np/tho/fsmous/APAMS .epistle abo,ut
’’abandonipg .'tlie - Fcderaj .party and turning
Democrat, and after worming himself into
its confidence, and acquiring the power, to
bresk it down, to use that power. AH of f Jieso |
THE PRESS;—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1859.
famous letters, are good ammunition'for hisde
.l'encß bydiis.talontdd son irttiiq; columns of tlio
Kftbmona‘Mjpilir|rran4 Uo will doubtless lmvo
tyldttional bh friends
iirtbis ciEy fceforo hls ; war with tho powers that
bdis-ended; ■;
Tho last Washington Slatei says of tlio Now
Yolk Herald: ' ; ;V
• : It seoms to us.that tho'porson In whoso posses
sion the-stolenproperly teas found should be held
responsible for tt: It'is woll known that on more
than ono oocosion tho * Jack Ketch of the press-’
has not only surreptitiously obtained private' let
~ters and pnblished-thom, emt ho him also published
important documonts which were intondoa only for
the seoret archives of tho Government, having ob
tained thorn in the same manner. 1 ’
. ' . , Charles Dickens.
Wo aro of those who look forward to the
second visit to this country 'of - Charles Dick-
ENsf with, equal curiosity and pleasure. Wo
-trust he will itoceivo a welcome that will show
that out countrymen will not only forget his
ungracious, and ungrateful treatment of their
characteristically enthusiastic reception of him
some seventeen years agO) hut that they will
remember that in that time he has added new
laurels to his literary fame, and wo trust that'
his judgment has also , been’improved and
strengthened by the, lessons of experience - he
has since learned. We would not, indeed, ad
vise that he should' be’ greeted with the ; same
hurra that signalized his visit in 1841-42—or
that on ovatum Should ho extended to him in
every city,—or' that New York should lay
wreaths of flowers. at his feet, or that Phila
delphia shduld 'come forth headed by - its Ho
norable Toms “ with their hearts in their
hands,” or that he should be pestered and pet
ted wherever he passed, without any regard by
bis admirers for his comfort, or for their own dig-,
nity- Let him feel that a great people have
magnanimously overlooked his most unjust re
turn for, their sincere hospitalities, while che
rishing a' proper and dignified' admiration for
his'contributions to the literature of the world.
a. CbabieS Dickens was' horn nt Xandport,
Portsmouth, England,' in .1812. He was
intended for the profe&Sion of the law, hut his
father, a reporter ,of_ Parliamentary debates,
having set, the examplei'tho son also became a
reporter in the Parliamentary corps of a daily
newspaper. In this great, school—which (as
many Instances in the Old World as in onr own
country have proved) is singularly calculated
to prepare young men for the battle of life— •
he laid tho foundation for an enduring fame.
Thrown into association with the, public men
of Great Britain on the one hand, and by his
journalistic, connections made acquainted With ’
every-grade of common life oh tho other, he
'was uhcohscioiisly prepared for the display of
tho peculiar qualities of his mind 'in that
field upon which lie'afterwards became so
prominent a character. Ho was first engaged
in the'office .of the London True Sun, and
subsequently on the Morning Chronicle, in the
evening edition of , which appeared the
“ Skotches of "Life and Character”—after-,
wards published as “ Sketches by Dor,” in
two volumes, in 1888-87. The extraordinary
merits of these papers induced an enterprising
publisher to engago'Mr. Dickens and Mr. Sev
modb, (a comic draughtsman,).“the one to
write, and tho other to illustrate, a book to ex
hibit the adventures of a party of cockney
sportsmen.” Seymoub committed,suicide be
fore tho book was finished, and the illustrations
were continued by Habiot K. Bbowne, under
tho signature of “ Pkiz/ ! Tho reception of
this book, in England and the United States,
immediately established tho fame of Diokens
as an unrivalled humorist, and a keen observer
of human nature. Tho scholar in his closet,
the statesman in ids library, the mechanic in liis
workshop, tho thrmor, and in fact every class
and condition, hailed it with enthusiasm, Tho
newspapers were filled with praises of the
young writer. Old "Weller, and Sam Woilcr,
and Pickwick, and his associates, with the
other characters that figured in that remarka
ble book, not only formed tho subject of con
versation in all circles, but attracted crowds
to our theatres, where they were dramatised
for tho popular amusement. Money poured
iqto the coffers of Mr. Dickens, and tho pub
lishers (md file public alike insisted upon more
Pickwicks and We)}ers. Tlfese were speedily
followed,by “Nicholas Nickleby,” «flliycr
Twisf,” the “ Old Curiosity Shop,” “Barna
by .Bndge,” oH which were in succession
eagerly purchased by hundreds sf thousands
of delighted readers, On flip completion pf
“Master Humphrey’s Clock,” in which the
two preceding tales were • included, Jfr,
Sickens visited America; and when ho
- -y- ij,iyn flo/T?" -1 —3id—g*«M—
. the result of produced by his
tour, in his “ American jQTftcg for perioral
Circulation,” published in J 842, -This fyoftk
was infinitely discreditable to Mr. Dickens,
not merely in matter, hut in manner. ; ft WB3
hastily written, and filled with little of, the ge
nial and generous spirit that had made bis
other pages so attractive and fascinating. We
forbear alluding to that putt of it in which ho
spoke of Philadelphia, especially pf hjs yjsit
to tho penitentiary, and the extraordinary iq
corisistency betwopq hjs speeches at the din
ner given to him ■in that ipsflfliflpq, nod flip
opinions noted down after his return jo fit?
native country. Those, who had straggled for
the rivalry of introducing him to the American
puhljo wore covered with ridicule. Of conrso,
' every species .of condemnation was poured out,
in retaliation, upon hinj, jffe was attacked, in
the newspapers and mercilessly ridiculed ftf
every variety of caricature, fho piojtt
successful 'reply to his criticism Upon
the Americans was that entitled “Change
for American Notes in Letters from London to
New York,” by a lady. Nor did lie tiro in his
ill-natured allusions to the people of this coun
try; for in “Martin Chuzzlcswif,” published in
1843, he continued to laugh at ills menus, -lip
Americans. Visiting Italy, in 1844, where he
remained for about n year, he established in
1845 a new morning powspapey ip London, en
titled the “Daily Hews/* whjcp liecouductei
for a short time,The flews is now a leading
journal. After his retirement from (die Neyis
he gave to the world “Domhcy and Soil,”
“ David Copperflcld,” “ Bleak,House,” “The
Child’s History of England,” “Memoirs of
.Joseph Grimaldi,” and various “Christmas
Tales,” among which tho “Cricket on the
Hearth ” and the f rphriptopas Carol ” were
pre-eminently successful. The ‘ffyipkep pn
the Hearth,” Itself a domestic dramo, was
played for hundreds of nights in this and other
cities, realizing enormous profits for tlio thoatri
cal managers. To these literary labors of Mr.
Dickens mjjst.bo added “Hard Timed for
Theso Times,” published in 1864; “Littia
Dorrit,” in 1857 ; and the pjdohllphmehtof
■«Household Words,” probably the most
successful journal of tho sort ovor known,
even in these days of progress and of enter
prise in newspapors. It Is stated that :the
circulation of “ Household Words,’? In Lon
don alone, in the single year of 1868, amounted 1
to ninety thousand copies j it is an oxtrp-
ordinary, production exhibiting no p pply fer
tility of conception and imagination, font re
markable for tbo.practfcfli ib/ormatipn it con
veys on scientific,legal,,4omo9tle,
and general subjects* ■ Of courso, Jfr.
could not have prepared all these papers Mm
self* although his prolific pen doubtless touched
overy one of the pages. Other writers of gifted
abilities and attainments have, it is said, given
him theiv aid s' ai}4 successful imitation
of his exquisite stylo conceals tjio imposition
from, detection, especially when the* jwjiojo
#rork is polished under his o\yn personal super
intendence, prior to its being sent before the
pnblio with the prestige of bis name, A re
cent difficulty with his publishers, grdjribg out,
of certain domestic troubles of Mr; Dickesb,
iod,uced him to abandon'tho “ Household
Worits,” and to inaugurate a #p)v periodical en
titled “AU the Year Round,” in wnich tho sajpo
characteristics are preserved, and eyen moire
industry and ability manifested. Me is at this
moment engaged..upon tv.o or throe elaborato
stories in addition to labors, jjy.
Diokbns’ intellectual qualities are not confined
to his industry, his skill, his fertility, or, to;
coin a word, his productiveness as a writer of
ialefi and stories. He is a dramatist and an
amateur actoy, ft hd has for charitable purposes,
not only yprlttcn' pfaya Qp(J acted them, and
acted others which liaye been created by dif*
fevent writers from the materials furnlslied in
bis works, but ho has also frequently person
ated characters in tho ofi aj)d now comedies.
Ab a lecturer, however, he is said to ovpej,
and as a reader of certain passages in his own
produetmns he bas attracted tons of thousands
pf delighted auditors. Such is the man whom,
wo shall ho called upon oj),co ynpr© to take by
tho hand in the United States.
Tfm Yiamtia Bremen of?few York wore
shown around town yesterday by thoir entertain
ers of the Hope. They oxproeied highly
gratified with their yeQopUpp and the hoßpltalules
so generously extended. In tho evening they at
tended a supper at tho Falls. This morningatfivo
o’olook there will he a trial of thoir maobine oppo
site the office of fhe Pr^9>
UetterJrora “Occasional.”
(Correspondence of Tho Press.)
vt ~,'W-ASHUiaTON, August 16, 1859.
Tho appointment-of Alexander. Dimitry to, the '
Central Aiueriowi-niißßldja TriU givo groat aatlnfabr
aon to his many friends in this r oily' end in NeW'
Orleans. Bfr. Dimitry is a gentleman cxfcraor
dinary acquirements and genius, well acquainted
with the Spanish and other languages, an accom
plished writer and speakor, and at the time of
his appointment occupying an important desk In
tho. Dopartmoiit of Stato. Ho is rather impetu
ous for'a diplomatist and somewhat cccbntric,and,
©a he goes,to a. field requiring groat command of
temper, and upon an orrand from which muoh is
oxpeoted, he must mustor all his amiabilities and
all his prudonoe. Mr. Dimitry was a graduate of
Georgetown College, and afterwards, I believe, a
professor of that institution. Ho was married, in
this city, to Miss Mills, the daughter of a highly
respootable ettison, and has lived a numborof years
in Louisiana, where ho oecnpiod an important posi
tion in the University of that State. It is so rare
that literary men, men who devote their livos to
tho acquisition of knowledge rathor than to tho
pursuit of political ambition,* aro rccognisod and
rewarded by, an Administration, that it gives mo
special pleasure' to spoak of this. appointment in
terms of pTfilso. Mr.Buohanan has,in tho selec
tion of Dimitry, boon onablod for tno first timo to
oariy.out hia plodge that ho would appoint no
citizen on a diplomatic mission who did not under
stand tho language of tho court to which ho was
accredited; I need not instance tho cases in whioh
he has not como tip to bis own declaration in this
respeot, but tho instances of J. B. Bowlin, Goorge
TV*.'Jones, John Bigler, and Edward A. Turpin,
all sent upon important missions-on the South
American Continent, not to go into particulars or-a
full enumeration of some still more unfortunate,
selections, of whioh J. Glancy Jones and B. F.
Angel are two examples in the Old WotW, will
show bow entirely Mr. Buchanan has ignored that
which he voluntarily regarded ns an indispensable
requisite when bo came into power.,
/ While you notico the pledges of 1826, and parti
cularly Mr. Cobb’s speech At West Chester, in Sep-'
tember of that' year, in support of the doctrine
that tho Kansas-Nebraska bill and the Cincinnati
platform meant -neither more nor less than that a
Territorial Legislature could prohibit orproteot sia
yery in the Territories, you seem to have forgotten
that the present Secretary of tho Treasury went to
Baltimore, at a very, early day , in that campaign,
(tho 22d of April, 1856;) and, there made a speooh;
which is even stronger upon this point than those
ho made in your ewn State. I hayo had tho plea
sure of reading some extracts from that speech. It
has not heretofore been published. A rfjioyfc was
taken down i from his lips at the’time, and I may,
heronftor, giro*you some of these extracts, in order
,to show that even before a Southern audience Mr.
Cobb did not hesitato to assert tho Very same prin
ciples for whioh suoh men os you are now sought to
bo excommunicated by tho Administration. He
then and thore fully asserted and maintained tho
dootrino of popular sovereignty.
■ The States, of to-day, opntalns the following
editorial, whioh will explain the .manifest disposi
tion to mutiny, recently more than onco,
by Bennett, of tho Nov? York Herald : ' ’ -
*f We presume tho. readers* of.tho Now* York
Herald have noticed recently the great deficiency
of Washington nows in that paper. They may de
sire to know tho reason for it. It is well understood
here that the Herald’s facilities forgetting Import
ant’ information from the different departments.of
tho Government-, have been considerably curtailed
of late. Orders, we understand,.have been issued,
to the effect that tho agents of < Jack Ketch of the
press’ aro not to have any "advantage hereafter
over other papers outside of Washington city.
Brigadier Goneral George Washington; Bowm&n’B
paper, it is said, has boon seriously injured ,by_tho
Government officers giving Important information
to the Herald in advanoo of it. As the Brigadier
announced in tho first issue of thefrowttV/tttow,
that it was his intention to print ( emphatically a
newspaper,* ho found to hto great disappointment
that tho Herald got all the news whioh ho considerc <1
rly bolongecLto him os tho ofltofai organ, while
got . nothing. His protest,, however, hfts no
doubt, had tho effect to eaugo this oh an go of
policy towards tho Herald . What will ‘Jack
Keton of tho press ’ say to it?”
Before the session of Congress, you may be certain
Bennett* willbooutin favor of Seward, or Cameron,
or Banks, Or Chose, or Halo, or some other aeotionnl
candidate. .If he does not, there is no truth in tho
saying that “ tho dog will return to its vomit, and
tho sow to its wallow.” Mr. Buchanan cajoled him,'
after his election, by one or two petty appoint
ments, and by personally noticing and flattering
him, and also by a promiso to furnish the corres
pondents and reporters of the Herald with tho
freshest departmental and diplomats news. In
this, as in respect to all tho rest of his promises and
pledges, J. B. has beon os folthloss as the wind,
and Bennett finds that ho has beon fooled. It is
reported here, ho is nlroady preparing a resitmi of
the bitter things that have been said against
Mr. Buohanan before and since his elootion, which,
when finished, aro to be stewed together in a caul
dron of the most poisonous malignity, and that tt is
to bo presented to tho Presidential lips through tho
columns of the Herald, to a few preeks.
Letter fVoi# Jfw York.
BESIGNATfON OF FRESfDEN'T NOTTWEALTH OF
UNION COLLEGE—ABBANOEKEKT OF RAILROAD
—*nn UpKCMKHV
BOXES AT THE I?EW YORK I*OST OFPICR ! ‘ RUM
ruceifts—nnstfovAt op Dradv’s oallrrv :
SOWET/UXa ABOUT IT—WAR RI AO R OF TOUNO
PATTI—INCnSASBD EARNINOB OP TUB NEW
YORK OKNTIJAL RAILROAD—PROGRESS OF REOR
tub erik. ; _i
(Cofr(jip<)ptlen?e of The Pregg.J
York, 4pg. 1859.
Tho venerable Pr r lsoft, President of Union Col
lege, has plaoed bis resignation ip, jho hands of
tho triistocs, who will probably not aeoept it ; thoy,
will thus bo able to retain him, nominally At lonst,
at tho head of the institution, the destinies of whioh
he has directed for ovor a half century. Dr.
Hiokook, the present pico president, will ho Dr.
Hott’s successor. -With tbp late liberal nr.d al
most princely .endowment of Dr. Hott, and several
pri?o ogtabliphod by wealthy graduntos,
and the annual stipends far prizes by other gentle
men, this cottage is th.o Tfchegt ipslttntipn in the
)and.
An advance in freights was Agreed upon by the
agents of the four Trunk Lines, to* take effoot yes
terday. The advance is on first and eeoond-olass
Western freight on a . of $1.25 to Cincinnati,
and $l.BO to st. A convoniton
Is to bo bold at Niagara Foils, ihi? week <jr next,
for the purpose qf leaking tho ftrjraugeißQfit perma
nent, with, perhaps, afqrthor adyanco.
You remomber tho patriots individual who took
it. into his head he would do something towards
augmenting tho national fund for building tho
monument to Washington, at the Federal capital—
that in h|a Inudablo efforts in that direction, ho
applied for a <?o/itribqtfon from a.sanctimonious
old screw, who repllod, that “Ae dida't want any
monument to remind him of Washington, for he
carried frtpi in his heart.” ’
Doubtless you
/replyof the applicant' who said; “IFyou carry
flen. in your heart, pll Ihaye to Bay
is, gpt him in a—pght place V* Good,
but somewhat venerable as joke i* } I repeat it
simply to any that the paoplo of city cany
tho Father of his Country in the same safe de
pository. At the city post office, two Waahington
monumoht boxes are put up at the points whero
pass the:greatest numbor of persons daily; and
the gross WWBp 4rppppd into thc)«o boxes during
the last throe weeks, in ilu£ city pf-nearly a mil
lion inhabitants, is only abont eleven dollars !
.For many years paata notable and exceedingly
interesting place for whiling away a leisure hour
has boon Brady’s Photographic Gallery, in Broad
way, just below Canal stroet. - On tho walls of his
parlor-liko offices were suspended, imperial pho
tographs, for their fidelity, of tho most
distinguished men in the p&Jjoftrfmnous in Cabi
net, in Congress, and in diplomacy* fajuous
in tho arts and soiences; on tho bench, at
the barj and in tlio pulpit.; as editors and aa an-;
thors—jpon and Wp/non, ih' who, in the
rugged paths to ojntoopco, fcayo 'ntruggled and'
aohieved it. It Vos a resort for that groat body
of Jnquisitivo. “free and independent
con wJu> to seo tho form and foaturo
of those who aro moking a tjio country,
and striving, in ono way or another, to keep them
selyos before the people. There yfer.o ,ope or tyro
obstacles at Brady'/ fiJd pleeo thfit detorred many
from visiting bis rooms,’tbo cfalof of which was a
constant “getting up stairs.” Bucocssfiiliy to
land yourself in bis recopttoh rooms, suggested
thoughts of tho Milleritos, and an order for robes.
Tho valuo of the stearino surpassed that of the
game* But it’s different now. Brady has abandoned
the dowrutoarn shop, and.removed to spnoious, con
venient, admirably-appointed rooms at tho comerof
Broadway andßleecker street, who/otho visitor has
to ascend but ono short flight of stairs to gain
the exhibition room, and a shorter flight still to the
room whorp a courteous operator bustos himself, not
“ lu tbo doep damuatiannf his taking off?”
but in presenting, in twenty seconds from tho.tjmo
you aro placed in position, &$ perfect a-UkenoßS
of yourself as sun and soienoo oan make. Tho'
perfocti,9n to which Brady has brought his .imperial
photographs, and ihe thoroughly artistic manner
in which his oolorod pictures are finishod, has BQ*
qurodforhlm not only a national reputation, b f ut
bigb apiong the leading photographors of
Europe. Ifis oountcrfolt presentments of some of
the editorial fraternity—Bennott, of tho ffiwlfi :
Raymond andHurlbut, of tho Times; Groeloy and
Fry, of the Tribune; the 'Brothers Harpers; J.
Watson Wobb;, Bryant,, of tho Post; Colonel
Fornoy ; of The Press, and others—aro pot tho
{oast noticeable features on view. I have only
space to add, tjmt tjjo new establishment of Mr.
Brady has boon fitted up, in every dopartmopt*
expressly with a view to tho comfort of hits cus
tomers, and to the oarrytng of his art to its highes|;
Attained® perfection. '
Young Oarlo Patti, tho. brot|ier flf Btra :
kosoh ; has Bffio Gormon, t)i9
protty and popular actress.! hynjonoals took
place at providence, R. 1., from which tt is prosum
able emilqd on th? arrangemont.
Carlo is a premising vioUoist; but too young to got
married. Tbo yqimg rpgup bp pioje thllß
twenty. '« ;,,,!*
.Tho Carnlngs'qf. the New'i’ork Contra! RoUrom}
for August show an increase of about $BO,OOO oyer
August last year. ,
Jsrie managopj nrp at work fixing np a ptop
of oapitalization. That whioh seems to obtain most
favor Is to adopt tho entire unsedured doht afcpnrand
tho etook at about fiftoen per cont. In any event,
however, tho uuaoqurod parties must raise, $1,000,-
000, to carry the ooncora through to ÜBxt January.
[From a Special Correspondent.]
Something is tho matter with tho Croton water.’
It is mouldy and musty. It is rovolting alike to
the taste and smell. I presume that occasional
doad cats aro pitched into the reservoir by enter
prising boys; but tho prosenti is. not the
cßsenco’of cat; it is more it' is,’ ; in
filthy.'- won’t euro it.- It i 3, indoed, so.
thoroughly nasty that I quite agreo with the gen
tiemabV who thought that water was very good for
bathing purposes, and.-navigation and, washing—
but, said ho, “ for a stcady drink) £ive me him !”
Wo shall all bo driven to rum as a stoady drink,'
unless the Croton oan bo absturged and purified.
Lager won’t do. There is too muoh wator in that,
and too fow. hops. As for myself, I melt ice—
being temperate among the temperate, and hold
ing all potent beverages in abhorrenco.
But although the elomont’ of ■ water is “ tolera
ble and not to bo endured,” tho clement of air is
delightful.' Tho weather is cool, sweet, and
pleasant. Never w.as there a nicer summer'. It
has made the city bettor than the country. A
great many have very sensibly staid in thoir own
comfortable dwellings in town, and ocoupiod their
own spacious oharabers, instead of tho miserable
little ten-by-fourteen boxes, dignified os rooms-in
the country hotels and “housen,” reeking of straw
beds and stifling you with,a, closo, damp, atmos
phere. In my opinion the country is a humbug.
Green aro they who “babble of green-; fields.
Give me briok and paving stones. A man lives
in the town ;he but vegetates in tho country. * '
The rains have been abundant, and the Croton,
. thoughJutteriy’deteßtable; bOth to taste and smell,
is welcome in its bountiful application' to tho
sprinkling of streets. Never was the city in a-
L CleaUer, J healthier; or in general better condition.
True, tho pavements aro still generally In a dis
graceful state, of dilapidation—especially jn those
streets whereon rails aro laid—but the immortal
Delavan, new city inspector, and tho illußtrioua
PillBbury,. new general superintendent of police,
have done and are doing their,duty nobly., Except
the Croton, when yon raise it to your.llps, nothing
stinks. ! Countless loads of garbage (whioh, If ap
plied to* tho land, would have raised a wilderness
of vegetables) have been dumped into.the North
and East rivers,'and chlorido of limohas been
scattered through tho gutters with no sparing
hand. Eren the Flvo Points smell less rankly
than Usual/ The reproach of. dirt* and stench is in
a. fair way of being removod from this city, whicK
ought to be, with its two rivers and great bay, the
cleanest in the world; : % •
Thore is also a poroeptible diminution in moral
nuisances. The worshipful company of 'beggafr
has been largely diminished. The basement doors
aro comparatively let alone, and tho hordes of malo'
and tomato mendicants whioh usod to infest the
areas aro oompolled to burrow in their own holes;
What is more astonishing than all is, that you can
now find a policeman, if you want one, in some
other locality, than round the doors of grog shops.
They have ceased to he habitually boosy/and the
es3enco of tobacco, no longer streams out of the
corners of their mouths. UUder the illustrious
Pillsbury they have become decent,.orderly, olean,
attentive, and civil. They do not treat, thieves
any better than honest men.
In tho foshionablo localities, numbers of mag--
nifioont mansions closed. Dust Is on tbeir
front-blinds and tarnish on their door-plates. The
owners-are or were presumed to |>e out of town.
S ime, if notmany, are in foot hi town; but they
live in tho book rooms, and novor como out exoept
in darkness. It would compromise their positions
in sooiety to be known to bo in the city, during
tho months of July and August; it would be tho
vory acme of snobbishness. Ask whero they aro,
and they hoar you ask; tho servant’s re
ply is, the family are in Europe, or at Niagara, or
Saratoga, or Newport, or at the soasldo, or among
tho mountains; while the foot is they aro munch
ing mutton-chops at noon in tho back basement. '
, And not only aro tho houses, but also the
fashionablo churches olcsed. Tho amount of gen
teel worship done hero during tho summer solstice
is trifling. It is only tho poor, whom wo have
with us always and in plenty, that gather together
in the less protontious sanctuaries. -To them the
scats are freo,or they ofln sit in rich men’s.pews—
such rich mon as, acoor(|ing to tho gospel in Henry
Ward Boocher, havo tho oxolusivo right to tho
best seats in tbo convonticles—an(|, indeed, to all
tlio Boats, if tbo preacher be popular onough to
make thorn soli; that is, if he gives a flrst-rato,
jolly, entertaining sermon every Sunday, and exhi
bits .an occasional yellow girl in his pulpit, or,
rather, on his platform (since the pulpit is dis
carded), as an interesting fcmalo fugitive from the
galling chains of slavory. r
If Beocher’s gospel be carried out, and tho poor
be klokod utterly forth from his, and‘other rich'
dwellings of the Lord’s elect, “ oonferendo-rooms”
will hqyo tq bo provided under the main edifice,
wherein the poor may congregate, and, thus sitting
under tho (froppipg? of tho sauotuary, ho enabled
to Imbibe a few into their parched and thirsty
mouths, by fayor of holes bored through; the floor
of tho aislas fojMbot Christian objoct. Probably
Boocher would change thorn also, and thus radons
thom to a place on the oxtoriorof his now “ Church
of the Pilgrims,” whioh, as it is said, Is to: contain
10,000 inside,* and 15,000 outside. A good joke is
told of Booohor and Park Benjamin, though it'is
probably not trno: On one *of thoir lecturing
expeditions, thoy wore, riding in the same
railway : ear. (Jetting - into conversation about
proaohjng, Bocoher was so courteous as to ask
Benjamin to como ovor (q Brooklyn sopie 'Sab
bath morning and hoar him. “ I do not know
whore.your meeting-house Is,” said Benjamin!
“how shall I find it?” “Oh,” repliedßeeoher,
“ all you have to do is to come over one of the fer
riejj,.ahd follow the crowd.” “I would como,”
continuod IJenjamin, but for one roason.” “Ah!
what is that ?’? asked Beecher. said
Benjamin, with a merry look'out of'his eyos, “I
rnako it an jnyariablo rulo noyer to go to any-plnco
of anitfseijynf Sppdays t’?
This is quite good enough t$ close this hasty
letter with—whioh, by tho way, would be long
onough for the dog-days, if there were any; but
thoy havo this year boon omitted by particular
roquost. Jacques.
Occasional.
£ Incident.
In returning from Philadelphia tfyo
of August, 1818, tho cars woro crowded, and my
companion in tho same scat I found out tp be a lo
comotive engineer, and in tho course of our con
versation be made the remark that he hoped he
had run his last trip upon a locomotive. Upon
making bold to ask his reasons he gave me tho fol?
lowing story; and since then I have found it out to
bo striotly true; - ■
“ Five years since, I was running upoß tbo N<ny
York Central Railroad. JjTy run tfasfrom B—rrr
tp R——• It was tho Lightning Express train,
and was what its nnn)e denotes,-for it. was fast. I
have seen her thrpw b° r §ix:feot : drfyer so as to bo
almost invisible to tho eye. But to iny story.
“About jtajf a mflo frpm the village of B-
there is a pioo liftlp oottogo but a tow feet from the
track. At that timo a young married couple lived
there. Thoy-had oro ahttd, a Ijttlo bpy abpjjt four
years old, a bright, blaok«eyed,ouriy*noadod littlo
chap as ovor you saw. Ihad taken a great Intorest
in tlio little follow, and had thrown candy and
oranges to him from tho train, and I was sure to
sco bin* peeping through the fenoo whoneror my
train passed.
:(t One. fine Sffnny aficrnqqn wo wore behind time
and running fast; we aid not stop , and
I was to mako up one hour before reaohing R-r—~.
Wo came up at tremendous- speed, and when,
sweopiug around tho curve, my eyo following
tbo track, not over two hundred toot ahead sat the
ltttto ( fellow,-playing with a kitton whioh ho hold
in his lap. At tho sound of our approach he
looked up and laughed, dapped*his little hands
in high cloe at tho alfrightened kitton as It
ran from iho track; Quicker than tho lightning
that blasts tho tall pines upon tho mountain
top, I whistled‘down brakes’ and rovoracdlmy
engine, hut know it was impossible to stop. Nobly
did- tho old engine try to save-him- ;Tho awful -
straining aud writhing of its iron drivers told hilt
too plainly of tho terrlflo volootty wo.b&d attajped,
I was out of tho cab window and down cfn the cow
o&tohor in a flash'. 'Th'o little fellow stood still.* I
motiopod him off and shouted; his littlo block eyes
opened ,wfdo with astonishment, and a merry laugh
was .upon his lips. I hold my broath Ag wo rushed
upon him, made n desporato attempt to ontoh him,
but missod, and os tho littlo body passed I hekrd
the foobio'ery of f Mother, ’ and (ho loKwardtruqkß
crushed his body to atoms. - - -
“O, God, 1 that moment! X may IJyO, sjr, tp bo
an .old man, but tho agony of that moment aap
novor bo erased from my memory. Tho oars stop
ped .some rods from tho spot, and I ran book as
soon as possiblo. His naothorsaw the train stop,
and a fonrful foreboding flashed upon her at
onco. Sho oamo rushing frantically to the spot
where wo stood. Never shall I forgot the look she
gave pio as she beheld her first-born a shapeless
mass. I would have gives my irjiolo existence
to havo avoided that moment. I havo sosu deat|i
in all its forms upon railroads; -I havo goon
men, women, and onildron mangled and’killed;
I have soon all this, but that little innocent boy,
om ho looked up into iny face, and killed almost
in inv arms, unnerved ipPi and from that day
I mado a solemn vow never to run a! locomotive
[any more. "*
“ That young mother is now in the Utioa Lunatic.
Asylum. From tho hour hor boy was killed 1 rea
son had left It* thrqno.’ Ho stopped and winod
tho tours from his eyes, and sMd, * sou may,think
it weak in mo to shed tears, but I cannot help 1 it.’-
( No,’ I replied, ‘but-think it noble; and, sir,.
would to God ovory row (rod » iie»rt »s' !4rgs a?
yours.’ ” •*
I -havo otton thought idnoo how tow are those
who give one passing f&tight to the man of strong
nerve and stout arim'Vfho guides thorn through
darknoss and storms, with tho speed of tho wind,
safely to their iourooy’s end. . They do not, for a
moment, turn their attention to the iron inongtef
that is draggin * thepi forward, with fearful velo
city, tp moot friends and relatives. -Thoy do pot
roailzo that tho man who guldos tho fiery monster
holds thoir preoious liyos at his ooipmund, and that
th? least ncgl|gepoo on his part would qnnse sop-,
a thouganjl bomeg t|iot are
now waiting tho petufp of thd absent loved ppe,.
YTantep a Home.—A young man, named
Goorge ’ Prutt, who has boon very unfortunate
lately, had a honring beforo Alderman Killingot;
yesteraay morning, on the obarge of stealing a bo£
of gaiters, valued at nine dollars, from tho store pf
Mr. John J. MarsHalVNo/filO ftoplaT street. He
stated, on tho hearing, that po hod. commitiod top
theft, opt did so with the view or getting a’pcßlQ,
even if tt woro af the expapßo of tjio community.
The alderman compassiouatoly sent Georgo to pri
son to await his trial,
Nbw York, August 16j 1859.
Stroll Through Laurel lIUI—No. 12.
THU TREES.
/ BY QRAYBEAIU). .
.The educated visiter in passing through thisocW-' 3
tory will be atruak by some undefinod'boauty. -jig
l8 t beon assemblediir
tliosb lovely walks a very groat variety of the fi,n|st
trecs and Bhrubs that flourish in our climate. This
oxquisito feature, as we learned on the grounds, hasL
boon tho work of tho president exclusively; asab
joctwhioh stitl eontinues to receive his attention,
and annually new articles areadded as opportunity
presents. Tho finest cedars of Lebanon in the
Union are here, having in some eases already at
tained the height of thirty’fee Hud ard begintiing •
to sbowJhelr peculiar ohaiactoriptioE of deep, broad
branches of-foliago, and corrugated stems.- --In this -
department thd lotholddrs give* considerable assist*
anoo, by bringing to tfyelr individual grounds beau
tify flowering plants and’ shrubs, so that the whole
Scene is one continuous garden, so sheltered by large
and small treosthat many are hardy here which
survive the winter
As instances of this, may be named the hf&gnolin
Grandiflora of the Bouth, which annually glvds its
delicious 5 and superb blossoms; tho l?rflnlcl.inia> :
which'throws out its Comolia-liko flowers in Sep
tember, and scenja tho whole air.- .-It is
wbethor these plants arb foiled in
thO'environs> of our city’!® |tfoh Vigorous growth,
unless, indeed; it be at the equally sheltered Bar
tram Gordon.-The : gti(de-hook sold at the!gate
gives a vory full list of tho vegetation it Laurel
Hiih ;
5 Mr.'John B jdWn, r Whose'remain* iftposfhore, in
heritedaflne garden in Kensington, arid da } after
hisdeath it .was .to '.be’cnt upinto bqildingloU,
almost one of,the Just sots of his'Jifewas to request
Mr, 9mith to take' ifcs moat jaluablo .trepß, &c„, to,
tho Cemetery, and . thus preserve '"them; ‘Among'
these the visiter will not-fail to'notice manyfine
box-bashes, of groat age and excellent form—memen
toes of the thoughtful card of a Valued 'citizens, do-’
Mended. from„fbcL Bostjera_who round
i Penn’fl : Treaty, r Treo in.the“oldentime,”. The
l lato Richard Poters, Esq:, owner of Belrbont, on.
the opposites side. Of the'river, also contributed"
largely from tho treasures of that old place, giving 4
a carte blanthe: to.take everything desired. TheJ
mqsfe striking object thenoe obtained is the oldbox
tree Jo. the oentr<vcircla .of,
Laurel Hill,)], ita oid fantastic arms
in eyery. direction/andis lritiisallowecTto takO ita
natural course.* This specimen is unique in Amer
ica, and has undoubtedly seen S ; century and'more
go by." This will f he better understood f I state
that it is of thehommon species used fofr
It is familiarly designated by the employees of the
oometery, andother*, as the ■ ‘-Petere-Monument. 3 \
The raonnd on which it grows was made artificially
on purposes for ifcj four horSM drew it to its new
situation in 1838, and there, it is the wish of many
it may; survive in the same perfeofc health in future
conturies. An offer for tho lot in which it flourishes
of five hundred dollars lias lately been declined.
Td~ my eye This venerahletreeis' roally one of the
fcwjpdost.monumentsp£-thc,plpceF ♦,
Robos, also, arc a great favorfte with the lot
holders/ and it is quite' interesting to see the carri*,
ages drive in with pots of flowers. dOstiued for the
resting-place.of some departed loved one. So great'
is'this number that the emptied flower-pota are
quite 1 of:the :mon :employed.. f'Mri-
David Eergusson, on the.little farm belonging
the company, on the opposite side of the turnpike,
has a fincollection of suitable plants for lots and '
graves, and.it may beof serrioe to some to know,
that moderate ammal’ he takes charge of-the,
lots of those who are unable to attend to them
themselves, and in this way is remarkably success-'
fqVand, ;as mjght.be supposed, is extensively em
ployed. Nor could I but admire iho sedulous car®
of the ladies in this respect. In my wanderings,
through new and old walks, it was not of uufrequent
occtimnoo to See a female, with trowel in hand,
planting, weeding, and taking the grass from the
periwinkle, 'Ac., that covers with its orergreen
mantle so .many haliow.ed spots. To such, Laurel
Hill, independently of its attractions of tho heart,
becomes & sort of country-seat; where rural tastes
are .cherished —indeed,- iTthore is a spot in Ame
rica supremely adapted to engender a love' of the
garden; it' is thoheautifnl grounds that have been
tho subject of .theße ?* strolls.”-, . -
Dear reader, when next yon visiVthese favorite
haunts of “ Giuybkard,” do not fail especially to
obsorve and admiro the shrubbery and trees, nor to
mark the" care of tho lot-holders in their successful
efforts to keep all clean and neat; Tho writer has
actually seen middle-aged ladies cutting their grass
with scissors, and passing nearly tho wholo day in'
their gardonesque duties; and who would not
’honor -them for doing so? - Frequently during toy
necessarily protraotod series of note-taking, I ob-
Borvcda gentleman’s gardener drive up with a load
of sow, some plants, manure, and tools, andjgq.
resolutely to work to re-embellish his employer’s
plot. Thp largo lots of Richard Price, Esq., de
serve ospeolal mention in Ibis'connection, whore
eioellent gardening is always apparent.' The only
exooption to be taken to these beautiful grounds of
Mr. Price is, perhaps, the too frequent recurrence
of gravel walks': insucha'spaoe these are unneces
sary, and do .not add to the good effects otherwise
soappar(m£. " -
It may be stated horo, also, that the company un
dertake to keep the grass in iota mown, but they do;
not purpose in other rospeots to interfere with in
dividual tastes, except that they keep the, control
of all the trees, by oonttfaotjsrith tho purchaser in
his dood. A lot-holder may plant low-growing
shrubs, but-trees are the care of the managers, and
none oan bo removed without tho written order of
the president. On occasions during theße
" strolls,V I notioed an. active man emulating the
employment of ‘‘Old Mortality” himsolf. This is
Mr. $ painter, irho takos pride in seeing
tho iron railings shine in the sun } he is constantly
there, with his duek trowsors/ a pot of black or
green paint, and prepared to.tako your orders; he .
has boon known to paint entire railings to which no,
owner could be found, rather than see them in a
state of rust and decay, but this is expeotibg rather
too much from a man of his calling.
As tjrno rolls on tho old original pine trees bo
.come tpp hoary, apd Jlahlp to, bo hlo\rn down, to
the dotrijnoht of surrounding railings and s mppu-'
tpenft. Itignecessary, therefore, to koop an eye
upon there overgrown specimens. ‘ One byone they
have to besaoriQaed, though the operation is some
times a costly one, for thoy are in such close
proximity to the improvements, tbat they must bo
cut down piecemo&l. To this end, three or four
carpenters erect a scaffolding to near the top, and
attaching a rope Bwung over tho limb below, cut off
andjpwgrtho whole by. small-sections. Fifty to
sixty dollars the interred in thus felling
somo of the larger specimens. In fact, ahqndred
sources of almost oongtant expenditure exist here
which the casual observer would scarcely imagine.
The two “ receiving vaults,” situated in the rear.
of , tho chapel, and adjoining tho houso.of the su
perintendent at North Laurel Hill, are a feature of
much value and importance. In case of stormy
weather, and jn those oases where tho family has
not yet purchased a lot, the » receiving vault 11 is
qsqd without additional expense, the body being
allowed to-remain ten' days. Tp short, there has
been consideration fori everything, from the deed,
pnd the charter, which i|o pgt qljojr a lot to be
seized for the qwner’s debt, to the simple, but ef
fective thick cocoa oarpets which are laid down
all periods of! for the mournors tp
tread on, unsoiled and Rnwot. The grave-diggers
dress boforo each funoral arrives, and even um
brellas are at hand in cr.so of, thoir need.
If I have at all succeeded in enlisting tho rend
er's attention In this article, these remarks wilj in
some degree lot him into tho processes of the work
ing a prolbordered oemoteiy, our ances
tors would scarcely hare been far T soeing enough to
anliolpato, and almost to believe. They all mark
an advancing civilization,' and it has therefore been
proper thus to record tho successful efforts in this
how. path', df l a few individuals, who may truly bo
said .to. have supplied a great publio want, and in
this taught others also how, in.similar underta
kings, best One more number will con?
elude the series. . ‘
Burning of the Capitol-ExtensiouWork
-This morniqg, about twenty minutes to' four
o’clock, thp watchman on dpiy at tho
machmo shop thcpfipitol extension, discovered
Are Issuing ‘frojn ‘tho reaj qf t|m VncksipUh and
finishing pyor ihqbqiier. Ho ran into
tho aho]) f ap<| dlspqyored that by reason of the
wopdon building around tho spot being saturated
with oil, the fire had gainod too great a hoadw&y
to be extinguished. w|tboutaid, and ho gave tho
alarm. The companies of tho fire department has
tened to tho spot, but though they worked hard to
save the property, in half an hour the maohine
shop, oontaimng the-valuable lathe* for turning
motel, and other costly machines, tho smith shop
audits contents, and the stone sawmill wore en
tirely destroyed, Great difficulty was oxpojienced
In obtaining water, the fire-pUm noar tho maohine
shop falling to operate |br a (ong timo.
The beddings thomselvos, tieing only'rough
framo structures, are hardly worth a plnco in tno
estimate of tho loss/ tho machinery boing tho loss
in fact. No oertain estimate has boon mado, and
thp persona professing to know tho value
of suon things are varfou‘B, fixingtho loss at $14,000
to $15,000. < *The origin of tho fire,is doubtful, some
being satisfied that it was an incendiary Rot, and
others, with moro probability, attributing it to ao
oideptr fire haying hoop discovered near the same
spot upon former Oboasiocii. ' The loss to tho hard
working meohanios apd laborers employed in thoso
shong, a hundred Jn number, will bo very
jroat at this time, depriving them of work. The
abororswero engaged this morning in collecting
tho material and parts of the machinery, whion,"
being of metal, Wore only slightly damaged' by the’
fi xQ.~^Washivgtnn Star, iqst evening.
Markets by Telegraph.
BALTiMORBj.Aug. 15.—Flour steady at $5.12J
or Howard street. Wheat unaettlod; salasnfTf
IOQ Hushols at 51.15a1.35 qrid *Uonl4B
*° r re ,‘V, Own 8t lellaw.nniVfwto
fROWtfl. ?ro r i3iq& «nosap g o(\, ! iWhiakoy (lrm.
New Pbluans, 4»a. 15,—Cotton unohanied
(alei if TOO bales middlings 12,o; ■ 380 bales oinow
Cotton wore rooolrod to-day. Com dull and 150
lower; Sales at 00c poV bus,
. CixcixxAti, Aug. 10.—Flour is vorvheaw’ mifo.
at $4.50a4.60 per bbl.; Wheat very sella
Co ™ Am a?
changed IIoU V O . «t 22}0; Precisions nn
.nSS flsw; 4 U|? - 10.—Gcittan iinofcnnged;
antes Pf ; t<bday. j ,th© solos for throe days
to 3,300 bales, and the recoipts to 700 bales,
against 1 2.400 hales, of the correspond
ing of last ym, Sugar firm at oft.
fPBTdPA.TEST NEWS
By Telegraph. ■
j liiiter from, Pike’s Peak.
A <IO(iD 'iiCfSQKX . FOMIHCOJfSTJItJTIOSf FOR THE
V-V "Lv JEFFERSON.
‘ LEAVEMWOR'THj'Ang. 16.—Tho Denver City ex-»
press, with dates to tho Bth insfc., arrived 'here this.
-morning.
A nugget of gold weighing fifty-six pennyweights
has been takon from Novada, gulch.
"Richdiggings have been discovered at the head
waters of the Bayou Salada. /' " ;
Extravagant reports continue to bareoeirodfrom
the Colorado. - «**■?* \ ' t
Cfty-states that
a State Convention had beenin session at Auroria,
and^’hfva ! adjourfaed after mavitig framed a State
Constitution; The features of it are not mentioned.- -
fafo’uhdflrfej/pf the Slat®—to be caUed,,Jefferson
—are from. Jatitudo 37 t 043. andlongitude from
102 to 3,10; /Tjiefst w*s<a'durision of sentiment
on the propriety of a State organization, and.
the Convention voted to. dhtmit tnw question of a
Territorial or a State organization at tho Same
time! ’ £ ' r lf p LO i ■ *V\ 7‘[r • '
■ ; ' i:' Mexican: Adyices* |
LETTERS PROIT THE JirARBZ*-'OOyE&VJUSKTj *ETC»
. .Washington, Aug. thd Juarez.
(or Constitutional) Government, juatrecelvOd heife,'
allude .with great’satisfaction to, the favor with
whieh’the decree for thV nationalization of the
Church property was everywhere-received;; even in
the city of Mexico. - And'especially is the visit .of.
Capt, Oldham; commander of/her -Majesty’s naval
forces, to the.Prosident mentioned with gratifica
tion, jwon t]iat occasion he took pleasure in an
nouncing that, by order of the
he wpuld not enforce themeasures-heretofore con-,
templaied for the, redress of I 'complaints; nor do
any thing to embarrass theAdminirtratioh.,
General Degollado. at San Lhia Totosi, has, it is
Supposed; about 9*ooo’ troops under his command,
preparing on the city of Mexico. Arms
and'ammunition' are' constantly being received by
the Liberalise. - r/j - -
Sehor. Matt, 1 who has jastimtnrned from I7ow ‘
York;haJ couoluded a contract for materials of
war,; which will, without; unnecessarydelaY, be
.forwarded to Mexico. , . , * ’ -
Mr. "Whitolieadj-who was banished from Mextcd/
-where horeaided for many years, will soon return
.to England‘in behalfo? the British bondholders/
•and-wilt; exert himself, to. satisfy all their claims,
the Church property,being the basis fbrL the trans-T
action,.a,nd by whloh' v it l ia thought; millions of dol-’j;
lars wi!tb6 'realized Constitu
tional Government. . 1 ' . f ;
It js no,t expected, that Lerdo * will make any pe*’
merely
take preliminary step's to that end, to be submitted
to hie Government forcdhside ration. Hiacontem.-.
plated'visit to president' Buchanan' and Secretary
Cass, with the view-.tohaye.a full and free talfcon
.Mexican affairs, will ‘ doubtless have of
tobothTeduhfries.' f •?; g .
Otway, the British minister, was, at the" last ac
counts, in Mexico,'the despatch for his recall not
hiring beip '.There is such information
in this city as justifies fh'e assertion that the vacancy.
thus occasioned wi)!,be<filled bya gucceFsarfriendly
to the’Juarez Government. 4 ~ »- •
. . ; ( From California. ~\
TBE'OTBULATH) JIAIL AT MEMPHIS, ..TERN, —DE*
I l pTRUCTiyE vnt* AT CRESCENT. CWT.
Memphis, Aug.'l6.—The first overland mail, by
the Southern route, arrived‘-from California to
da^.^San Francisco dates to tho.2sth ult. ara fur
/. A' deßtruotive fire at Crescent,City had destroyed
$30,000 worth of property, . - ’ ,*.
Marine Ixtelliqence.—Arrived at Bsn!Fran-r
cisco, from New York, 5 ships Meteor'and Young
-America".' 4 ‘ • ' * -Vjk' n> \ ; *• - r
Great Military- Encampment near
i ■ ,r , , Pittsburg. . .; ; -i.=
Pittsburg, Aug. 16.—The grand miUtaryen*
o&mptnent at E&t Liberty .near this city, excitea
unusual interest.' Fourteen TOlutiteera of this and
the adjoining* countiQS'&re in camp, andothere are
expected. Brigadier General Nogley is in com
mand. encampment will continue till Friday.
The Richmond- Graysat New York.
r ;*New York, Aug.l6.—The Richmond Grays; es
corted by the Seventhßegimeht, visited the public
buildings’yesterday.' ' The mayors of Richmond
and New ;them... A _ moonlight
excursion up the Hudson followed.< , \ •" ;/
* There will he a grand banquet -to-night at'the
Metropolitan-Hotel* > 4 *q-> e ‘ | V ~*' J
,r ■- Spoitlng JVews. ' :
RACE BBTWE®W : FLORA TEMPLE AND PRINCESS—
% FLORA WINS IN TWO STRAIGHT HEATS.
’ New, York, Aug. 16.^—In - the 'two-mile trot (In'
harness,) between flora Temple' and Princess, for
a parse of ;$ljOO(V off to-day .at the
Eclipse Course* I*. the former won two straight
heats." Time, 4min/ 50jr see.; 5 mini 5 sec.
Sereiro Gale.
NUMEROUS .VESSELS LIVES LOST.
Boston, ‘Atfg. IS.—Advices of thp SAlrist., from
Piotqu, N, 8,, recoived here to-day, state that that
region had been visited by a severe gale, doings
muoh damage and occasioning a fearful loss of lifo.
On the south sido of Prince Edward Island, espe
cially, the wrecks -of vossols had' been numerous,
and fifty lives had been lost.
Legislative Nominations, i
Hariusbubo, August 16,~?W. C. AT Lawrence,
Speaker of'the last House) and Mr. D. Whitman,
.wore nominated for the Legislature, from Dauphin
counfcjy by .the American Republican' Convention,
in session here-to-day; •
THE ARMY OF, ITALY ASH ITS BESTINA-
./The Turin correspondent of the Times sends the
following, dated Sunday.i-JiSQßiO..changes have
been, paae in the arrangements for the evacuation '
of Lombardy by tho'Fronoh troops. Early yester
day morning,'or in the .course pf th§ night prece
ding,/a 1 telegraphic' despatch Was reoeivedfrom
Pans by Marshal Valliant, now commanding the
Frepch aray,of Italy, desiring him to aoeelorato
the movements of ; that part of the army whioh-ia
to retnrn to France at once. Instead of marching,
asit had been intended they shonlddo, tho troops
are to be sent by J railway. Tho French force in
northern Italy ’is now'l2o,ooo strong. Some of tho,
reinforcements that eame from France in the course
of tho; present month- were* sent back forthwith.,
Of the 120,000,60,000 are to be forthwith despatched
to Susa and Genoa by. rail, at tho rate of 3,soo'per
day to each place. ‘ ,
- 'At Genoa.they.will he' shipped to Mar
seilles, while from Susa they will maron across the
Mont Cenis. '. This passage has Mtberto been made,
a four days’ march (during the prosent war) by the
French.- but it'might easily be_;done in threo, evon
by soldiers so heavily laden os they are. The des
tination of these 60,000 men, or at least of the
greater part of.them, is Paris, where they are to
o assembled in tirpe for the on the
15th August, i Tbd ‘are; to be taken to
Pans j and.even the Torcos are to bo treated to a
sight of 'the capital. What Anstrlan shot and
shell have spared of these ferocious African sava
ges will shortly be displayed npon the Boule
vards. It is presomable that thoy will there be kept
in -rotherbeiter order than they have been in Italy,
whore-they.have made.themselves remarkable for
their disregard of the rights of property,- and for
their fierce menaces and prompt recourse to their
arms when their habit of appropriation was op
posed. To revert, however, to the intentions of
the French Government with rospeot to the 60,000
ton fresh from the batUe.flelAs of Lombardy, whom ' -
o Parisians are scon to have an opportunity of
greeting and applauding. When Paris and the
60,00.0 have been regaled with the sight of each
other, the latter will be promptly conveyed to the
farther, however, be ■, it clearly
understood, than to the Frenoh bank of that
stronm. in whoso Immediate vicinity it is pro
posed for a time to quarter them. That* this last
step is completely decidedly npon I will not assume
the responsibility of positively affirming, but that
H i| |n . contemplation tho information that has
reached me scarcely- mo to- doubt. On the
other Jmnd,' although. now certainly contemplated,
there is timq for change between tins and the 16th
of August. 'A‘twofold obioot is awlgued to the
movement; it la desired fo enow with what rapidity,
wore it necessary, a French army-could be irauß
ported from the scene of victories in the south to
fresh enterprises in the north; and, also, it fo in
tended to give a hint to Prussia, pot to interfere
overmuch in the diplom&tio arrangements which
will, porhaps, be in aotire progress three weeks
hence.”
Hbaht-Renmnq Scehe—Appaluso Death
FROH-HruBOPEOBiA.—We are nearly every
Iper doomed to record one or. mate of thoso most
awfoT of- deaths in which the King of Terrors as
sumes tho appalling shape of hydrophobia. Some
four weeks ago, a Fronohman,'named Louis Laclere,
a laborer, was bitten on tho arm and wrist by a dog.
About four days ago thq first symptoms of the hor
rible malady ho feared-began* to manifest them
selves. His employer procured hie admission to
the city hospital, where the best accredited reme-'
dial measures were at once studiously adopted in
his behalf. Dospito these,'he steadily grew worso.
For tho most part entirely conscious of his condi
tion, he gradually became the> helpless prey of a
series of torrlblo spasms, which hopelessly in
creased jn intensity and frequency. His agonies
wore as if'an internal fire were consuming him.
In calmer intervals, when water could bo offered ’
him, he would snatch tho dipper and greedily gulp
the draughtr-up&n .which a. spasmodic closure of
tho glottis and a'sonso.of mortal .strangulation, as
in'lockjaw, would attack him and bring on the
fiercest features of his madness. He would start
violently and snappingly at the bystanders, giving
vent, w»b horrihly oopterted features, to noises re
sembling those of. a forlous dog. * The spectacle is
described as heart-rending and shocking iu the ex
treme, until death released him from his tortures
on Sunday night.—Sf. Louis {Mo.) Democrat.
CITY ITEMS.
Tub Rownr is a Terrible Nuisance.—Hoar
; ]o\v the poor Dutch landlord desoribed hia sufferings at
iho hands of pne of Uiese amiable beings: *‘Ter rou-dy
corned in and axod me to sell himsome peer. I tells him
he had more ns •■would do him aomagoot. He call me
vou ole Took -hsr,aqd pegun to proko two turaplers.
My vifo she call for ae retch ’ouso. ’Foro de vntoh
’ouso got dare, de rowdy ho kick HansSoruzele pehint
his pack, kissed my tfturhtor Petsy poforo her face, proke
(\ll for tumplera copttorolt stone pitches and spilt my
V«fo and toddor poor parrels down inter tor Collar." The
only remedy for all this, Is to indtee them all to become
gentlemen, ana to wear only thwtlogant stylos of Gran- -
rule Stpkes,the fashionable clothier, No. CO7 Chestnut
street.
MaonipioeXt Present to Queen VieTOßiA.
The London CAronir/esnya that tho Maharajah of Cash
mere is forwarding, as a present to her Majosty, a most
qostly shawl tent, which will contain moreover a bed
stead of solid gold.' The valuo of Ihra' regal offering is
said, to exceed Xlso,ogp. Romo of tho frionda and ad
mirers of Pfliiee Albert are about sotting \tp as a presont
for him a splendid new to be made at tho Brown
Stone Clothing Roll ofßockMh & Wilson, Nos. 603 and
60® Oheptnqt ebq' -0 Sixth, Philadelphia. Tho
plQt\ies will not bo so costly ns the. shawl tont and gold
bedstead, but they will be of far more,real sotvieo,
The French Army—Turning theft 'swords and
bayonets into plough jhear? pruning hooks. The
Minister of War, has issued orders to the Colonels of
RagltpanU to disband a portion of tho troops, so that
they may be used by the farmers in reaping, sowlug,
ploughing, and mowing their lauds. This is a good move;
thoy had better bq employed in cutting the crops, than
in cutting the throats of their feUaw unfortunates. Zi
would go far towards civilizing and humanizing them;
If their Bmpejor Would cause theft to doff their military
costumes, And don civilian suits, such ah'are being sold
by E, 11. Bldrids®* proprietor of the " Old Fra'nklin Hall
Cfothing Emporium,” No. sal Chestnut street, prepays-,
tory-to removing to his new 4 ‘ Temple of Fashion,V
Northeast comer of Eighth and Chestnut streets.
FINAJfcL«, ANB COMMERCIAIT
' ' J The Hloiter^lfarket*
' August 16,1889.
•J n ofmorc profitable topics, con
siderable conyerSatidn wss coated in business cir
oles by-the report .of. tho failure of a gro
cwy firm doine ft large business aUOTN; Third
street. '•The liabilities are reportedtat about $75,-
000, upon which, however,« considerable dividend
will be paid* »■•*•*.>:,« - . ~ ,. f , ?i
The demand for money has abated somewhat th»3
week, and . the brokers would welcome a supply
of firat-olssa -paper''to eell -at’ pPevious quotations.
There is, more.easo. in.the-.market. wlthout any'
marked change in r&iea, thougU the tendency Is
j tn
In Stocks tharels a a
fives haying advanced ? f to-day, and some of the
lower-priced railroad,securities exhibiting more
liveliness. All the fancy stocks, tfcoagG,areheM in
aversion, and theirlpreSent owners'have a fair
prospect of carrying them for somo time
'f-Wehav? the, London .-papersto the. 2d August,
bought by the steamship Cityof Baltimore, Which
sailed from Liverpool on the 3d. The Italian ques
tion continues to give rise to much speculation in
the minds of the trading people all over Europe,
and but little will he undertaken in the way of ac
tive business/until it is in some manner disposed of.
The London stock market la reported as pervaded
by a heavy and distrnstfnl feeling, under which
consolehad dcolined a‘small fraction, notwitljstanti
ipg the arrival of half a million of pounds sterling
fppm Australia America, .and, elaewhoro. News
from -Pans, with k.better J influence, was offset by
intelligence from India, showing the continuance
of-militwry as well aa financial difficulties'there;
and*any improvement in quotations was at once met
j by actual sales, and lost. The money market show
ed a more active-demand for discounter——
L . In France there are no v changes of importance to
1 be notMifilOiecJ n jth& finaiwwbr commercial clr-
I cles. The speculators are said to be waiting fur
[ ther developments &s4o thVcrojps and aa.to politt
, cal matters left unsettled. With regard to the
! harvest, it seems .to be generally conceded that the
; yield will exceed' tbatof anordinarily good year,
; and, that there inll bo a' purplos beyond the wanta
i of consumers/ - BpeetOatord, in anticlpatioutof thi*
Tetfultrhave been reducing tbeif stocks by Bal>s to
be’-delivered at a future day. i Orders for articles
of luxury ’were coming rather freely into‘Paris from
..
l. p .The Paris correspondent of the LondOtT Times
say B-that the I accounts received - frohi; the wine
growing districteaß t<vtho .prospect of-vgood vin
tage 1 are contradictory.. - Great complaints are
m'ado of thef oidium in the South,; partieulftriy in
Labguedpc and Bonssilon, where'it is said “to nave
caused considerable' damage'. ;The exdellent vin
tage ?of Jast s year/lnspired tbe vine-dressers with
too much confidencej.and.they committed a great
faultin negleeting to cbvertbelvines.with sulphur
at .the proper moment,- Fewer complaints are
heard fn Bdrgdndy. It“ ; fs-paid .that hailstorms
have.caused vast damages in timßprdeTais., In the
Orleianais likewise, htueh injuiy.haa be'eh’ caused
by,someheavy showers. There isstilLalarge stock
of wmeMn'thd-eenarV «f-Bercvf and-the brokers
there, in order to foree ' sales,-jefL their-.enstomera
of' fhwvinesbavipg blossomed in the worst possible
condition, and tbat a good* vintage is not.to be ex
;peetedi j A risetof ten franca the cask is announced
‘at from St/Gillesof the 27th of
Jnly iaysthat the oidium it making-terrific pro
gress, and that the. vineyards never' before pre
sented amore unpromisingappearance.-
In the kingdom of Naples the people are suffer
ing from" intense heat.- Everything is dried no,
and in many "districts- water itfutteriy '-wanting.
The harvests there have been unfavorable, and the
malady is ravaging the vine and the olive in most
of the districts. * - *
. Aleiter from Vlehna in the'TVtawjteys that the
promise of the Emperor of the French to put his
army.and, navy on a peace footinghasmado a great
impression on*theAustnaaifiMndkir world, hut
none whatever on politicians, who.have.HDt forgot-*
ten'tbo yopeated assurances some tim'e’Tlgo given
to Lord Cowley, that France was not arming. “The
objßQtof-bißMajesty,^’^aya a diplomatist, “isto
>give the cotton an
exouse for refusing {o. grantthamoney. necessary
for oontinniug the armaments.’*.'. . _ 4
. The official avenges of. in the city of
New York for the week ending Saturdaylast, Aug.
13, 1859< present, in the. aggregate the following
changes from the.previous statement of Aug. 6.
Beoreaseof Loans. *.</*-v.J80,914
:liWfease of Specie.^. 1.; 660,653
- Decrease of Circulation......* ,206,371
- Decrease of Deposits.....- 1,034,24^
,-7 Inoluding tbe: exchanges between,' the £ banks
Jhroogh tbe-Clearing-House, and including also,
the Sub-Treasury statement of Saturday ufternnon,
the foilowing is the general comparison with the
prenons -weekly-roport; and also with the move
ment of this time, Jast year -
„ 4 vAnr.M.’ag.-.tAor.lS,'».
Capital. .S6fi,nT-000 _ 868JM5000 ..,S6S6U«»
Loan. mj74,«9 _ 117,757 115 118 038 059
Sneel».,.„, MJ.-aO7«JW - 70081877
Circuiehon.-,. -7asoBo J : . 8,4;« 579 V •> 8,521,0.'1l
Gross Sepnsita... »24 7 91 891234
Exchacsed, .■; »3» tg>\ tß 19J6C 379
Undrawn. 89LSE6,08Z 71.490.612 72J124.855
In Sub-Trearary., l£aS6,Blff . , 5 , 5^40.990
‘The disoonnt line on the hftnh statement, the
j New York Times Bays, shows a larger reaction hy
fall half a million, than .was anticipated. Tho
liquidation for tho weok is nearly twelve hundred
thousand dollars, and without .inconvenience to re
gular dealers, or to. the money mar
ket.' Thelattor,’lf'anything, closed easier on Satnr
! dax,.and weaoiits a steadier appearance to-day
than week before lest. V
\ The following is a etatement of iho amount of
coal transported orbr the Lehigh Valley Kail road,
for the week ending_AngustJ3. ISM;- .
Mixes.- , m WE SI" .P»nvior.«.v. Tor»i.
I imass... ~ Tons-Cwt.' Tsne.Cwt. Tone CVt.
Hazleton 1991 03 69.404 1». 0 61488 Ot
EastSunr Loaf ....XV -38 624144 36, £6.093 33
Oonnoilfildw.'..:...-.. ij® 03 42695 15 ' 37
ML.Pleasant.. 368.10 8.474 17 8 623 07
Sptms.Mountain ,04 , 76.116 19 77.6 a os
Coleraine..- li ’em 12 M.OBl 16 27.785 07
BeaverJle«low,..x.. - ». 18 11.223 07 14336 06
Nowlorkfc Lfhirll 731 04 30.683 07 31414 13
S.O'JhSormsMonnt’n 471 17 28,118 10 28 690 00
Spain Sprint Nonnt'n, . .-:,xt 19 os-,., 19 03
German Penna ai 00 4357 19 1 * 6,108 19
Other shippers.. 374.05., 3011.19 2.416 04
• Total../. 11,341
.Corresponding..week .
last year........... 9^
18 -868,011- 07 O3
02 - SBf,7tt IS--3C2.W3 18
> 2,0«; 16 r : «5259 H 63,310 CT
. The following, is Jho amount of coal shipped on
tho Lehigh Canal, for the week ending" August 13:
• - VpatVBEK. r TOTAL.
Maveh Chunk. Tons. Cwt." -Tons. Cwt.
Sammit Mine5. .............12 si 9mA4 207*53 10
Room Baa Minor. l.es9*b& 25759 10
EastLehteh Mines... 1,282 U 22304 04
Tunnel No. 2. = 74
D. Muram j, »nd o'thsrs, Pea 19 238,78 03
S l° 13 2233 16
Spnns.Mountain Mines 1.C06 08 MAO* 19
Coleraine - , do. ....... 758 02 ‘ 34.167 30
Beaver Meadow _do 300 06 .. 3 433 17
N. y. and Lehigh Coal Co 447 13 - - 7 240 06
£enna-C°al g°.... O4 ; - 34 237 08
North Spring Mountain Coal.. MU 14 '13,3U 03
renn JJavert.
Hmleton Crni1C0..3.737 M 83.158 If
EastSogarLoaf .13,173 Ol
Mt. PleMant 803 03 9,6*7 04
C *KotiTorl d|to '-'"' .--1383 04 _ 21411 13
Bimk Mcitntoin Coal C 0...... 3,091 17 ' 3130 03
I VnUe Haven.
Franklin Coal C 0.4... 1,200 09 10.814 03
n CC S a !. OO 611 07 101* 17
Hiuttord Coal Co 712- 12 10,732 12
Hnueock Cow Co - 88 00 ' 117 00
Total .52,9!S 12 603,81! 10
Increase for the week. .. ,4.63 ft
rotol increase 117,33305
_ dumber. p,.t
For the week.; visa 648
Per last report 53,6i6^023
Tr *'
ToLiL.i 774*6*6
The reyonuo of the Delaware and Lackawanna
road for the eix months ending 30th Juno, was:
Receipts, inolndins sales of coal $2 ora,MS as
- .Expenses, and paid for coal, &c .... 1,5fi2,4M 86
tfetearnine*..
»<et earnings. . $392,00 72
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES,
. , .. . Augu*t 15, 1339,
BT-Kltirr, B*OW», fc CO., baxx-xotb,
*m*n*^M?iS£i ,ANO * SSO ****»WOaTaWa«TCO*XB*
THIBD AXDCHSSTXUT-STBXSTS. - ■
FIRST BOARD.
Pw a*::.-aa 9 s “-tb c “s'r f - -as
•S«4E:^Pi ,k: ■!-■■■■■■■■■§
& j jSSftßJtaai:
S ilvia s
WC™ jc l|N°rn*to W n l go
BETWEEN BO ABBS. -'
aoooPennaßMm 05... 8 T 110 Lehieh Sf rit>;.... 2jv
SECOND BOARD.
'WPonnj sa 91H.'12000 P. FtWACI, cm, 7j 17':
Site's? 11 - gH
IWofeunaK Istm6s..!» |2O d 0... ffjJ
CLOSING PRICEB-DVLL; *
§••* Jsb.fS., Wcupi A Elmß. 2 3*5
.\ 7» 1M wort 50 bdA
«H; £$ ' 7* 3d mort. 20 23
Re^ m £ii»7o ?IH Jinn? Islandß... ..nt. 1 * io^
*•■' Sort S fr5 J ShCoal4Nav.47 43
- - >-S‘ "^ a “R- •«
PennaR....,%...~..38¥ SBX •* li* fl'* *r *
X Catawiasa Rl .„".’. a 4
Morris Canal C0n.51 62 •* Ist m lids.3l 30
. v P*“eF.lo4>* South R 60 fi*
Sohnyl Navffc ’62..6&.V « 3d &ad Sts R. 40 43
Imp 6*. 7 iJi 75& RaoeAVineStaß.4l <52
. Philadelphia Markets.
Avgust IC—-Evening.
me i-Toor market is unchanged, bat verydul] to
day; the -retailers and bakers are about the onh
buyers, at prices ranging from $5 to $5.50 for ol<
stock and fresh ground superfine; $5.25 to $0.7!
and fancy brands, according to oualiti
and freshness. Thfero is no inquiry for export. Rvi
Flour and Corn Meal—The former is held at $3.75
“i «“!»«« at 83.62} per hbl. - WHoat is plenty
and doll, at a farther decline, of sc-p6r bu : sale
b »* at *1.10a1.20 for red, anc
$1.27a1.3fl for white, the latter for-prime lot*. Ryt
is steady at 70a for new, and 76a780 for old. Con
is m good demand, and about.- 3,500 bushol
have boon sold at 78a70c for prime yellow, thi
*? te d «lwerod, and Tso for damaged
Oats are good. demand at 84&R5a for prime neu
Delaware, 1,200 has old Penn brought 37c. Bark is
m steady demand at $23 for Ist No 1 Quercitron.
Cotton—The market is rather dull, but about 25C
bales have changed hands at previous quoted rates
Groceries—Tho market is quiet, about 200 hhd»
sugar have been sold at CiaGlc for Cuba, 6 ja7o fo:
New Orleans. Provisions are selling slowly at for
mer quoted rates, and the market is dull. Whiskoj
—l5O Ohio bbls sold at 270, Penn do 26c, drudgt
21)a2w, and bhdfl 25}c per gallon.
New York Stock E]
ixcfc&nge»«Aug. 16,
SECOND
6000 U S ss. 74 aUlUOltf
f 5000 do , WIM
’ 2000 Miwmui S( 6a...... BJW
49 Del & Hud C 0..... 90-
: 100 CantouCo.. ....... w
lfio Erie H. ; s'
IOON YCeti R 7l*tf
100 do sla. 71
12J > baw. 71«
*» *> $?:fl
THE MARKETS.
, Ashk* are steady for Pearls at'S5.CO. "bat firmer fo*
Pots, -Which are now bold at $3.38.
r,twlr T,lo l !nw ( 01 for Stato and Western Flour it
Li^^2 re . ImtunsottloU, and S a 10c lower, wit!
6 000 bblaat sA9s<t-t25 fo
; ter extra do; su
porfine Westonr; $4.»«M.35 for extra do; $4.40«M«
Jfir oW’ Ahd si-?ocrBfor irosh ground extra routtd*booi
r in nioileratelr active, with sale:
*'d!s at Si7s<is for mixed to good, and $3.23a
6.75 tor extra brands.
PRoviatexa.«*t'orh is heavy, with Bales of 1.290 bbb
niwa at $l3 75, and prime at $9.70. lieef u dull, vritl
of-£0 blilaat $5 i3a3 25 for country prime; »7sn
2 tor country moss; SSeil for repacked Chicago; am
12 20013 for extra mess. Bacon and Cut Meats aro dul
ard is firm, with sales of 100 bbls at Butte
nnd Gbeeae'pre without change.
Wiusksy is stoa dy, with sales of 150 bbls at ISV C .
200 Hftri&m R Pref..s3<>.
1000 Reading R,... s6O. 42>;
400 fio. 4,t
100 Mich S Guar... a3O. Si
.8 Pftnama.fi 113
100 Gal Sc Ohio H....b30. 61*4
lOfrClovo St Tol RJjff). 19, V
1(U do j 9 i a
5 Chi t Rock R I.blO. 02
200 d 0..-,. sio. 0l?i
Tho Schooner-Onward, of Philadel
' pfcia, Ashore* '
- ~N6ftToiiu lAog. -,l6.r~Tlio:BoltD{n3oi Onward, o*
Philadelphia;.-bound to Richmond" *«itb coal, U
ashore near, .Qape Henry. The vessel may b<
*avod by Imtqedfate spaUtimce, ‘ **