?•.■<.•:-- • •.. . : - ... • »«sf . m-j j-Si * ■: j: f **» v.-; a ■*, J"'i •> '-asr; nn-r^ W<~ ..mr i-“ Hli I ■ ■— ■. .. .^, .. , _,^ ' 1 " Gqoas « ; ,p%x n 9 PPP/ 1 1 f J t* W> f v t gißP'Sfi 5 4 1 iiUGHtf AX AUCTION KO 31ft MABKfBX SUREST MIM-llttr j~ •pHUiAPBfcPHI* . .- ;!i; I4tIBB«DRE^VBI^»N«If.,! 1859. 1859. '.auataisra '■ 'LJBIJSir JDRESSrWJUtTIt'OAiAJiP.'OtPJyt.:; I T»IMJiIINGS. ' m ty&gktfc. a vd^?Mb,beaBoNr '^* i *im!^sxSs^wkwS^SoyM/ftls* , r Xs>m?£k> m&tfsmt* * bn* ot fttaff SHius Nbi. i / ; ESsLt*Ss s &, «hM» »tR TOUKtHtrr.'.AiciliwlAiOHßaTyUT; :< v. E.3f. mockbiSSe^&co. WHOKKgAtB DKaWrB ~ -•■ ( mmmmm ; EXTKHarVR OOCivBESTO.TKRMg; LMV7MT ‘ . «aB*»>«W.R V fePUOßffi ••»Ai jMSb-fe»i.4a»A ; U.'fU -jily !it/ f w N 05.19 ' ATSD' Jl SOnTff FOtjkTH STRKKT, n —; 1 T lVi- 7 *' « mi'f'i,' *n »v«f« . t~.f ?*%. tfi 1 ' »J l .* *X'iTflW f*’*|* < *■J''* *",v* SWiffipassß^SfeSi-’i; rtORTIiWBST'tCORNEJV 'OP 'THmß'i jvSß'ißUS ,.Jijr«toofei« Bofirivenr oonwtoUi Iniwtr dtoiirtmmt, *•4 *i)j tefro»flt<j.oftrilta»cel**Bt«t(>fiily»WbMiir': K: ri * -Bu/eri -who have nothad 8. * F. r i BUflWdf iM&WO ficd ihoft »i>ent w look!*# bv«r tfeiijwUHtond# Belief ||||p§f <fi TOAST BlgCyiT '* \<l Kj * i; ,y. ; .ij■ ■ "IJ^a&mo&SW&DV#> -, We iti U^'^Ubn^'meto ef tin*, ' -'•' ; i; -bI- - i _ ni.it '• BIM., WIE, Altt> ;STbCK> BROKER?, MO..' DRY OwMilffljiiiß^iMtpJffßisT^NtHp, ■■ -- ,%•■ :■'■-’■■■ X *;f-v ■'*;'-aW,fi?'"! Al»o,other •tS ' - Vi'-U-J’c 1 •- ,- -.'' J ?.'_; r*. I?s‘i , r'l •• ,*O*JC*ILT ~ ' / 'Btorai •'- •'"• y’ : ? . ; "'X BII<VKR r WA«iKi 'W’ATGHEg/DIAMOKDSi AHO wutiM v:; n :i : ;.::-:.;ir;;; .•».•!. >;;■!.;*! «Bqi»ui* , ess.s'w HBPifilft ■>» ?' , ,”■’- 11 “ • «»*JtANUI > ACTUifeES,ANI>IMH)aTi!«B oFiv 6U.VBH MATED WAJB.B HokljM PHEOT'dIT Street PwlrtMre, . *. i Bul#cM*ki*f' A ■-1 > i ffitfiM itlj ltmiU.ct metal. matt J£& to BOt CfIEAP WATCHga.' tid AtfS'to fforthwMfrcornertfcf SECOND *4l NEW Bt*., A »» ..viwfcfgfl Tj raiser wMri^HcSir^rsQNr^_ .’'if^Vsjip6RT^S,;*|o?»^i^li«'|t- v .'BOOT, :YiiiSii^b9;iwiw^^'®* ! <..v'' 4-, -; ♦•, r.. FRENCJH SS^mSSSSsi^ MHK &atmSamSm aiMSMMBkm ••;;...;.. Ullf JW&iU,.Tt£ i » GLOVES AND'GAUNTLBTS, o>ii ?t< nyAs.u <• •• ./ •. BHUTAN BROiCHEBS, . \ .fU i ? t'ri' | ',rs .*,< *:*« ...i. v’" 1 ' ; ;' p V' '. ' r ,A ' *' ,yf- v&rtY ; •/-<• •>!>”* \ s - , w ;^4B6^W- v i £“ 1 Tortf. We] aHd» .TRADE, 1 ooiuifUnj mmrtof MBRINO Sp!B.TB AHI) DRAW-; EHB,wodMii!N hosiery*, 1 aRRhtANTOwN fan-! -FOR-;. >; ■tlM-.-vh > «•.' A' ; -'W'ATBIEVIit!IT- 'HOaiERy : ! -MILLS r;M B R J N O. iIOSII. il ALP-JlOtllt ?*V i r. IBMNPSiApTURINa. COMPANY'S jtßdy;,itmT;»o<>M.B?<i.o9oDB,: white ,>anp ,>BiWKaKMisuPACI uaisa, co m p, a n y s a! ■moixm , KSvfTfm;vAmjß ( ;„., • s, SKIRTS. ‘ ; VKhH-it AGENTSTOR ' l ' : - i. i\( i,,-?.;:?/;;;; - I 'X’ ffrnmtetVP&CTVRWCf COMPANY’S. merino shirts ‘AND'drawers.--; "* - j .-x;■ d’ABSANPINK-HERtNO SHI HTS'ANB,DRAWERS t AMERICAN AND S»yK COMPANIES' PINS. KtfltirtMM&tß aswfut «{ •* . -- ifAittXY-.' & BBBNNEE, ' j I' v.i .-.tp.»:•> i -A' .(. :sr:t.t ._ -. ... Noe.vitai'.s», , AirD-ar-'.NoRTH 'fifth ■ street, />; V-V. : ;: Forth, ii.leof .11 kind, of ' OBBMAW t! BEL{iiAH,ia'KBNCHiASDi ENGLISH I«3,»aatA»Dir*BB^D?OPTIj3ERT> : < 'iv V--v ' BHTCH**IB ! EBGEjTOOLBi" : , =«'f Ji ' ' ; - 1 •i,,U iA BINDS. i;fi ft. •"• .!-/.'()/ 1 *Aiia’otii«f iiiia«''in l J'fert' .Tsrfety. I-jJ f‘P.i -..tU •• - . - .• --i:• i : BotßAdintSKun ' • 1 S ; H A'R'P ’• BR'E %IfATE i , V I B Xoj< t ';• WK^R'WOBEt^IIiWiEfe»ANB/WfiTOtß. IBWABO'S. KARDT»i‘JSO. tf, S »REjfKRB‘; C.‘ T 4I»>BNNE*. ■' l '- 1 Jt " ‘ '■'" J> *' '•' :: ijran&if v‘" Burgess/S: mead; /; ! ■; &pops t ; Woollens and oUothing l goods *• f nr/- : f(o)ji^RY-ASDo)r,'oyiB.;;;' 5 K ’ r ‘'\ . ’ Bnl*> Af*ntaitl th« United StAtesforVhff Aa’fl of HOSIiIRY AM) UNDERWEAR,. . -‘‘fifo. ■‘.-r >##• aWfe i*. COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ■; s : -cotton; cotton.yaknh,' ' n ‘ ; 'i/ BPBRM; ! LAIIDf‘XND ' ; jp ;• vjV*.i '=■•"!!! v/m,n 1 ‘•tv %rjflh ‘MI. Ksil iFtOOR. DRUOT, fco orMl«uf»ctur*rt Iff fufceiflHv «UK4'to|MUt v Ls % r -‘’ -r/Mb. 8»N. pHONtfiTRUBT. PHIL A. VOL. 3.—NO, 21. !IO!? HOUSES COMPANY," no BIRBIIX, : | p itfU 'iy tiiu~f!»<'*'.J >J; J 4GBITTS I‘TOB »TH£ ; SAI»E j ;io^ l A *w SPRAGUES. PRINTS;, -••* ,ri In fiMt viri«tfr, iaemdiai ,Cho«at«te», :TbA»rß«l« CMriWI Biota. Blurtitii«<.#ii4E»norStrlta.;l>. ; BLBA<jHPD r PHBETINQSANI>BHIRTUJ9S. ■LonOflila. • ■' MMGnVvite; ■ ■ • ■ B!ftter«vi!le, : i 5 Hobff. ■■ "\yajhvngton UnionMill*. ' ; 'BltatartohO. '' CohaTinet,: JalpiBV>n, , j .’MfMMK ■' Pbaiiut. -‘•••■‘•SnflffiviJtt;- 1 ■ ::' ; , BHEBtrKGB, / 6ltlß'nNBft- AND i Sr Ortr’.SVir «*eli P‘- J .: ‘ ■ •' tfjebiflHs:- ; JMfemriey’ft* Fonarortar Glenham tGtifr othe • maktaof KaoVand.Fano7.aU .TrooUaßd oittoii wan> ClotEtin greatfrarietr.^, . 0 . ■-> .DOESRINS AND •< (.rwcflcld &>/; ' B&rt tonalUvGr, ’. ,XcV?i»*<>rc Fa] Ur, Stiskri’r ,;; m; Gay &; ftm»; -Gtenaala,/ Battahire Co., , and othert. 1 .’• ! i'K';«JsltTr-'.fr»M 1 masmtw>r*v«. ' • t ,(m ,>:•! Ay*«<fcr'X|dfioli; -TilVfcGapmni l > '"CHiHttOtiir Orjita!?#™**.’ S«iftlUMri f i' .WriJeiiUjrt’.; : puroil’n. i - I)«hrin*’»; • Arc . Jewett qßjr and lrene Stripfln;l>«iiima, and Tiflkimtß. AproivCKiiok*, kiMlFddtkinißi Bttr«. 1 a ’' 77 Shapanl'a ami Slatcr’t Canton Flannel*. .. • ! ,Krt«»vill ? , - . •■ : ; i' !1 t ; X- ..FLEW-v»,ASLL rBTG O K.,,i -brf t-furO w ; UTOGWAY, HEDSSNER, & CO.j ; y-- - ..V'.'il'jVil *■* !>!,;£•> <-i >-•■' ! - ' /"' ■ : q^iHS. ;^PAE«3KI^S,'&c. is* CHESTNirS’B'I'RBBT, t• > ... •’.'- ~ ‘::i jtfjcj«* s-jea {i ;■.;•,, •.’ 9t ■ ' • - • ■ ' vlfc2S?!'iv;.tEiCTEomEßnW,’. ■ •?.';, ;^.;;'’ricEia<)bjDß, , ie., V i.i’lWttwiMMni Trt4s/on thi mwtliWrsl turnip • : g©OT€3H«|||^ENS f: ; ;, - BAXTER OTCKB, . .; ®U?ILA3?S. HAVE N DDOKS |- *«>».» - it : y. ,: •, j--■ 1 ’ •’' ! ‘ ;,^,^.:TrHi!AYi.Canvas,■’ 7><V ■?’ r,, -.> Vtr SHEETINGS, DAMASKS, .7 '•*?<* 'Sir'*/i'r’t '• ■>•• 1 1* 4 - !- J‘ &C.i *C,, kC, jayrm tkiQEB, . •. ; NO. SOB'pkßSliaJl 'BTRKfX r • t*t awsi'Y' 1 ;; ;STO«ALE-BOPB~^MBpuf4otnred i Bnd for _.ioN!S-c , for ■. -• . -y - " .v.~ .n .S’*'. A ! .!,' - ( " 1 •' Dili -GOODS* JOBBERS — it . .GRAN3?, * -00. j IMPORTERS. ANB WHOLESALE DEALERS IN . ■ OLOTHp. SABBIMEREB, VESTINGS, -, AMD TAILOKS’ TRIMMINGS ■ "NO. 833 MARKET STREET: , . ; uHm ■> ■. . ■ ( .^, St<U T^. ) PHILADELPHIA. W LIITLE & CO . 'silk goods. : NO. 3D5 MARKRX BT. ,&U3-Sra." . ~ ,a . r.i. v. I’l ..'; ?.-.. : JQECOUHSEY, latouroade, & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS QF , CLOTHS VESIINGS And Goods adapted to ■ i ..•>*. > MEN AMID BOYS* WEAB* NO. 335’ STREET, > ' > } ,7t >i ’reoel>Hrip-tli dis* ' >•>>'' PAIiL IMPORTATIONS', | To whieh theyinvite the attention of pnroKaiers of suoh goods. - .‘i ■ aus-Ira 0., i. ; . 405 AND 40T AIARkF.T STREET, . V v'* l?U \ W-'i it .> • , . AWD.iqBBRRS OP , . . FOREIGN ANI) DOMEBTIO DRY GOODS:] ’' Btoolc now'eoroplete ond ready,ibr buyerß.,[&uß-Bfit 1859. 185!). SMITH. WILUAMS &CO.. NOS. «13 MARKET, and 410 COMMERCE BTB. . 't v?ili W»b*v«BoTr.wtBr sfuilatockof ,~ * ... AMERICAN?AND. EUROPEAN; .FABRICS,. i ; '.'■'■■V ■''"tiVV. l . - Manufacturer*.., , :' We have many styles of STAPLE GOODS* especially . for*, and oonfined,sxcLPhiva.T. to OUSBKLVKB, ■ aoJ-frairlfa ! ; . ! . jMP9NTBRBANtt\wHOLSBALE Lexers. ' : I FOREiaN: DOMESTIC, EttY'GOODS,J ! U3B MARKET,-AND'4SB MERCHANT STREETS! '■ I - t l ,v uf" -,<M. ;!*• . ' I-.-i'l: •: j , ,• »\ . •> .. • u ..jiAre nowreoeivingfromEarope.their ' - -I>AL]L IKiportations, Embracing a'fuii',Msdrtmen.Vof' goods" adapted to t the present e^aaon-' in B.RIO 8, : wiH enable them to offer to the Trade one of the. moat li„ f.o LBattraotiveHtobklinthemarket,. - r <■; i ~- : :y, L Are respeotfollj]BoKoited to examine this stock before fpurohabldtf. ~- nif .« aus-fmw2m [ RIJE.&GO., .i;Mp : 6R.TEB'S ,oj - • EMBROIDERIES. . ; NO.‘33B'MARKET BTP.EET. . ~ <t selected In the besiEtuopeaa markets by ourselves* is large and eomplete.: '■ ;,. j EALL'm SIBLEY, MOLTEN, & WOODRUFF, . I;-.-.,. NO; '63IMARKi:f. BTREBT, - . (North Bid.,) , --in. U-; . ■ j Invita th. utt.nUoauf Bdyora totholr ohoio. Rod eom illi't«“l(OOkoTJ nr", ;V -’"-VSILk.'DRBSS.UwD FAWCYOOODS. 7 - ‘'''anto-im’* - I ** - f i ‘'“/Vy ;" •' pHisT gpening';':' i.viHi.ftJt -1?-.,; ■ /)..-•■, ■J!;. ; ..-4.’ J ’ F A’li L S.T YXi E'S, : 1 ..'.x Vt - Tins-DA-y-.AljoraTL u ; - ani-tr '- ; pHtLADBumiA. ; • GAMPSBELiIj & CO,, ' " iSft’ORfHRS'AND WHOLESALE DKALBR 8 ■ , . ... Dll Y « 0 00 8, ' . . tiNKNB. WHITEI OOpilS. CLOTHS'. ' ' . .7: " I CAMIMbRES, BLANKETS, Ac . ; JIO. 3(*4 MARKET STREET. JjAULIMPORT, ’ 18 59. -? ' HERRING- & OTT. ■.■■■lii, ,i Hav.iiowin Store their uraal SPLENDID ; STOCK OF '/ " S;- o _r ■ hi* '^l^p 00 si s JOH7NES&CXX. I HPOR'TEHB. AND' JOBBERS . . o» . , SILKS^ ~.’ ■> i • ■ ahd■ •_ , : • ■ I FANOY^Pt^X-.IG-ppDS, NOS 'S%t s MARKET, ANP 534 COMMERCE, BTS. ' • ‘‘ ~.y ' “LOW »E™L Havingjiu't removed tdtjie'above loeabon, are now opening *yjw.snd;f«y deeirable, Stock of.Onods, em bracing oyery variety In .theirline,.which they offer to, tho:trgd» at the! owe* t snarketrateg.ibroanh or ap I Stov«4orodit. J ’ ’ I nno-ta l pRIGE. FBRRIS, & pO.. . • IMPORTERS OP N08.59S MARKBT ST:, AMD:MB 09MMBROB ST., Jgy oa r stook is selected by a member Of the firm, iti th ® BEST EUROPEAN MARKETS. . ~ , ... .yi o. 1 -* itetAWARD,j IMP ORT E RS ' ii "' ■ • • ’ ■ WHOI.KBALK DEALERS,IN r . . ' ' dkt : goojjs and clOthino. i " NP.Sb»^' <.Fall, and 'Winter'Stock now readylor • - / 1,....1| 1.-aW- WTT.T,TXMSON & CO., . WHOLESALE DEALERS AND JOBBERS IN ■ ! ' r '. i: .’;r>RY.'GOODSr: -' "■ -no;’ 42 5 MARK E T 8 TEE SI,, (And 4 liCommerce street,)- - SRTJVKBN VOU»*H AND HQfctH BIDS# f ~Qai stock. espsoiaUy 5 adapted td.Sonthern artu We»t ertViradd, ia'riciy Jargd anil complete'in everypayti bulW"/’.,: 'V/*' ‘V'-' 1859 FALL IMPORTATIONS. 1859 OAIiE.RQSS& WITHERS, ■•din market.and sis commerce streets, PHILADELPHIA., TAfPORTERS ANP' jdIiBER.S , ' ; f , e '-‘f dir*M . bile • I . F • Have tentionofbuVer,. 1 ‘ • MURPHY, <& do, :: aar maAkeT bt., and aas cmjRQHALi-EY, ,7,' Are now opening their ! ' • FALL AND WINTER BTOOK ' - STAPLE AND FANCY _ ~ X> RI & O 0 33 3, To.which thof Invite thp attention of , ! ' C/Slt ANBifROMpT BHORT-TIME jiUVEItB. t’Sil'APAj! A»k»«! 1859, , . Bus-sm PHILADELPHIA, W^i)NESDi^,AUGUST-/.24,]-1859. ; WholesaleclOtMng, : HUNTER^'* -SCOTT, ;■ MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS i•' - j .. .. t: : COMMONi,MEDIUM, AND 1 > i fine] clothing,l . -We tnvite medial attention to our complete line of . I : MACHINE-MANUFACTURED,GOODS. /; NOS; 484 MARKET, & 419 'MERCHANT STS. aus~3m ,> j e-. , Itbbert-llqudin, the Conjurer. ’ i -Sonic months ngm'a" curiqus' : -booK was published; containing the riufoblogyaphy of 5t ._ Robert Hpomat, the, greatest sleight-Of-hond man ofiriodemthpes. It appeared in Paris, as. Confidences d’un Preitidiv,italeur, d’viiAu levr, ct d’nn Jhnhassadeur, but.the translation', published in London, some threo .months pgoj, is-giVen to tho world' siniply'as- oMemoii-sot' Robert Honflin, TVritteTv-by Himself.”: : ' ! It ia- sutprising that 'this'very, remarkable work-Jia's not yet .been'republished in this country. Bdqks'ofiiifeyia'r.merit and Interest. are nrpmluci'ii hero, y/Jlh -singular, rapidity, but such as this, rvhich ought certainly coni ;mand.. iitnugnse, popularity,--for; it ismhpost j .unique in subject And mode.' of -treating it, seems ■ to have beemovorlooked.by American publishers, jWc shall give a brief account of |;its author, to show what manner, of book'this is, and wbatjOfir publishers'h'liyo ncgleetba'i;' ; ,Jn fUe.year.lSOSj at Blpis, just ono hundred ini lea froinitpa'is, ajuale child-was born unto ' for ■of Blots, cofycjkcdliy HE.vßrlJlj'a'pdbeld'in Its fjaiflo; '~jgoS%fc IltqmtftJjijitft OH)! rdyera'4 nMssiiiition; Arid of flje finite of ,G<hsi£®riii ,ibd t ,of hla. brother,.tho Carduiai/opjtiicjtv.war ti attend! this press MikiX-Lpuiasi 'retreated rinicn.tbe 'AULed Armicfl adyrtnced TlppijPaHteift .1814',and thence' wereframed, signal byhM,-lhe last acts ‘.of her rule as Regent of Bronx an' early, age, this boy M playing with files and other implements; froni ,his wqrk-bench, . ihnd .hoops, tops.and marbles, paper-kites hud bowi and-arrows avo to other schapb-boys, flies and pincers, tnrns'orews and. vicos; haibmors > and cliiselß Vvere to young RonEiwv" Of contso, ho cut his fingers, burnt his doilies, spoiled the tools, apd did all sorts of mhseJifef/.ehdughrta distracfi)is J (jthef,,. ] Before, lie |yas eight, ypars old ho pad invented curious mechanical toys, ! constructedwith- a skill wbich-socmed to. be nlmosfcdntnitivo.- -He' dld.notyliesitato to com mit the enormity of taking to pieces, and’put ting together again, tho watolics' and time pieces left with-liis father to b'o'repaired. Kory and then, iVqfear, tills young imp, of mischief actually- forgot to replace a small screw or tilths .pinion—greatly to thb .vexation, ns nfpr'esaid, I of his twißiy, and loving ■father, M, Rpbkbi, the old watohmaker., .; .. ■.■ . With,such an innato tasto fori mechanics, it might bethought that liis father would be do- ‘ lighted to bring this boy tip tolils OwA buss-j ness,' Rut the'older' jiojjpkT ‘vvas ambitious) ', He.'deslred,tha|; his son should bebomO member of one of ilio liberal professions,', and pcoprdi inglyseiithmi to bo educated in the Collogb at Orleans. .■ ln this npw,pbsUion.. Bookq ho did not tnind—unloss ‘ they treated of mechanics. Latin-and Greek were at a fearihl discount in bis young mind) His. holiday a—all • hfs' leispro hours, -in fact, were given'to hiS favorite amateur artisauship. Hp'ntade automata/gVeatly fo the delight of his .classmates, but, his chef d’taivn was a pump ■ . for drawing tfatpr,. chiefly made, ofquills, and workcidby me«,«-power. Tips wasnpt strong "enough tp overcome the resist atiitf of, the cog-wheels, so a rat- was,told hands upon to do the work.. There was Iroublo In catching thq animal, and difficulty In keep, ,|nghi4.'',.T.hb ipiKConfiiictof the rat led tb.tbe discovery, iiy tbft Superior of tho Ooiloga, of thp machfua-vrilieit lie was'to work, and young ufl.- i - 1 1,11,. tidl. * 1 n . chiving tho pnnishnient lio expected, gratefully : jpotnlsed 'to llilrik ihefo .of the classics in filtiijfbj ftnd loss.of springs, and wheels.. It is one thing to promise, anptlier to perform; and, try his: besti Master,' RoDEn-r .cphld scarcely keep bis word. However,",lie really'did his host to maste/tho various branches' of know, lodge la tRb College,' and was Bent home, at thc tonnmntion of lus educational course, not 'badlyinfornied upon these matters. , Itotnralng to the . paternal roof, bo desired to take his seat,nr jonrpeyman watchmaker, at his fither’s workrboneb, or, at least, to have sometling to do with a trade In which mc ebanisn shoidd bo 'the' leading point. M. Robust, the father, opposed" him'.''He had expended a great deal of money in giving liis son a first-class liberal education, and wished - him U ontor a profession in which ho could use it. Besides, having acquired tho mode rate competency which made him a rentier— as muii a proof of resi>ectahil(ty in Franco as kcciing agigwasonco said to be in Eng- ' land—le was on the eve of retiring from watchmaking. : .Tho son, wjio seems to Jmvo j been in obedient lad,' complied with his fn ' tiler’s yisli, and, abandoning his own, suffered | himset to ho apprenticed to a notary, named M. Roieb. , He yas stcaily and .plodding, for a time- , -His muter was satisfied., His lather rejoiced, and, t<j reward the exemplary son, presented him will a mechanical snull'-hox,. of involved and inticato construction. Thoughtless old gontk-ntn ( Throw oil into the fire and think it will it .blazo, nnd give a piece of curious -mechanjm to, young Robekt, and expect that ho won! not examine it l . At cpk-orow, on the following'morning, 'the bid jumped out of bed, and took the-box to RSpco. Hb put it together again, repairing somedfccts which ho had discovered Jn it. From tat time his old predilection revived. M. Eotfit was agent to a nobleman, in whoso (lenu-se was an aviary. The moment the lad sauit he began to contrive all mariner of pnexpeted'cages, fountains that flSulkcd' the poor c.-mries ,vlio camo to slako their thirst, and dijss their plumes within it, seed to ho • workc) for -by- the poor birds as the reward Of draririg toy-cars by their'beaks. , At Ist, nbnmioriing parchments and Rio Codc,ilasterßOßEa-r gave Law wliat may be callcdfho cut-direct, • His - father with teigli, and allovvcd him to liavo' Ins ovvn way. lint’the son had a- soul above watch mafclit! Had liis genius been properly di rected he might have served mankind by sonio great mechanical invention. As it was, his life'hi been devoted to tlicir amusement. Bynlstako, he receivetl a isoupic of volumes fromlhooksliop, in vyliich were explained some of tR conjurer’s most ordinary tricks. Thoy near! crazed him. Pago after page. was eagejy turned over, while lie. lay in bed, alter tho <psc of tho day’s labor, and. tho hours stoic away, rapidly and unconsciously. Tho caiub burned' down' in tho socket,—tho flam flickered,—expired. It was liis last can dle ! lie tried to read by the light cominginto his vndow from an adjacent sfreet lamp—but it wt impossible. - no -then, wont, down into' tho jreet. to read under the lamp itself. Ho adrflly Stole avyiiy tho lamp; aud l taring it lioni, triumphantly resumed his studies.. limi this book, lie’derived some knowledge of to art of Conjuring. , A corn-cnttor, wlio nlsqollowud the profession of Merry-Andrew, ohojed him how to perform many of the sleight • of-lnd tricks in tho book., - His own quick in tellct, untiring practice, and natural talent, diliho rest; 'He soon discovered tlireo princi-, plri in Conjuration—namely, that-rapidity of and delicacy of touch constitute tho Art,- combined .with , tho ipowcr of dividing tho jpttators’ attention. Tims, ho had mado no infll progress,when he was able to fling and caih four small halls in circles—so easy, to f jihppearnnce, hut so - difficult in fact, —and; lithe samo' time, to read a book yvhilo carry j/g on this bali-play. . Many years after he had TTOUSEKEEPERS, , to execute this, M.Robebt-Houdin (he ‘Will find by far the largeet and most useful stock: of 3i L » nC Q S ” to flß6eftaih-\vhethcrho really could •housokeepibKanduseftitartiblesmtho oity.compnsins f ' - u. „ n x'«Hni« many uoyr goods, jost received froin-Kurope,of a kind (p till li® boußtod of .UH among his carty attain ndvflrbefore for sate in Philadelphia, at the urareroonK Ho found that he retained the old skill, ' ‘ fcoupled with some slight clumsiness j from want JOitNF A.MURPHEY & QO.» U practice, >He could read as before, but only ' 92i2 OItESTNUT STREET jpHh three balls dancing in the air, instead of OLOTHiNGi: : : ■ at wholesale. ! 0. HARKNESS. & SON, 838 MARKET STREET, --•-; ’ JSODTHKAOT CQBNKB oy POURTB BTRSBt, ' ! ~* .! Offer for sale, on'thd most - •/- i • LI BE R A Tj 'T -ER.-M'S; " A.nowandoxtonsiyoWocVof • .. ; ' FALL AND. . WINTER CLOTHINOj ; ; : ADAPTBD.TQ.TBB, , ; ■ SOUTHERN. AND iVESTERN TBADB,' ’ j. ~ ~ . .TO WHICH' •••'••:"' "■ TItEV INVITE, THE ATTENTION. ,0F BUYERS.' - jyjß-im .' .... \ .„' '• BO.Qirs:and SHoiss. ;I *j}, I*. 'WI-LLii AMS.toO.,^i' ' NO. 18 SOUTK/ROURTH BTKEBT. .WHOLESALE' BOOT AND SHOEi WAREHOUSE,') ’ . Have i\ovr on hand a of Eahtem and Philadelphia work, to which they invite the attention-ql Southemand Western Merohanta. . v . > -t ‘ anjirgip | ■ STERLING, ‘'& FRANKS/: .;.. WHOLESALE DEALERS ‘ IH. ;. I BOOTS AND SHOES, ; ;'l , V■’ . NO, 413 Arch STREET. Parohasere visiting the city willplease oajl &rtd'exa mine their itbek.' ‘ ''/.' J -‘ : ' nnl2-2ni jP’allstogk : /, ' r ‘ ‘ ;■[■ or ) ■• ■ BOOTS AND SHOES. JOSEPH H. T;RC® SON * 00., , 314 MARKET STREET, ; Have now,or Imnila Im*» .took of . ;, - BOOTS AND SHOES 0» ‘ ’ * BVERY VARIETY, EASTERN AND CITY MADE; Purchasers visiting the city wiil please call and ex amlne their took. - jyflS-tf CO., /•;.. ! ]y^ 7 ' . WHOXiESAXiE. ODBAIrEBB ■ BOOTS AND SHOES, NO. 413 MARKET STREET. gOOTS, SHOES, & STRAW GOODS. - ; 1889. PALL STdCK, 1859. HAOriOdK, REED; & GO., , ; . 438 AND 440 MARKBT STREET,; . . -Invite the examination of nurohatXrs to "a full and complete, .toof or BOOTS,' SHOES, and STRAW. GOODS,. ' j .Wfjfr < & C 0. .: BOOT AND SHOR ' - ' ''. ! , .' ■ ARP ~ - , ' MA.NITP AOTORT, ' , No. 80S MARKET STREET, PMlndelphln,, Ve*aven6w4?n hapd an extentive Stock of Boots and Shoes, of all descriptions, of ovb own and EiStaaS Manufacture, to whichwe invito the attention of South* •mandT/Teitem buyers. " ' aus-5m J : W. MoOTJRDY & SOlf, 321 CHESTNUT STREET, (2d FLOOR.) IiABIES', MISSES’, AND -CHILDREN'S BOOTS, SHOES, ANB GAITERS, Manulaotured expressly for the Retail Trade. .aull-Sm J- & M. SAUNDE RS. * 3f NORTH FOURTH STREET, (Near Merchants’Hotel,) Call the attention of buyers of BOOTS AND SHOES To their Stock, vrhich embrace? a general variety of Philadelphia.'and hew England Manufactured goods. ' r , SEWING MAOHINES. & WILSON, MirntrAcitmiKo co.’» ‘t SEWING'MACHINES I , , Smwnor to all others for general me, ntiii for SUIRT MAKERS, TAILORS, And DRESSMAKERS ; mw;sms qnl r fifty pqllars i ■ , . , • Oyer John Titua’a Store, Kaaum, Fa* T.Bast Gay, Street,, Weat Charter. , : JififlSfei-i: : a si l L« 0 r? b . y raß> ,n . * , ;,. •' J .' HENRY 00Y, AgeaL , my7-4ra *, -> - - • hardware package houses. TSACKAGE HARDWARE BOUSE. —iVo • JT. would rosoeoifuUr call tho attention of tlio Gene-; rnl •Hsfdwnro Trado tonur oxtonatvo Stock of BIR m'inQHAM HARDWARKi which' wo offer at a email “IjSors Inr lftrMUmßortation aoliolted, and Goods de livered either in this city, Iftt X°&w[h°S So,“ ' S ' ; . , 411 COMJUSRCE Strait, ■ Importing and Comnijaaion Mereiinnte. And'Agonia for Foreigrt.and Dontdetio , GUN HOBSE. ' ; : ' J f We offer lo the attention of the .Wholesale. m r AARG®T E ASSO|TM Ec N SN? P y GUNSA ND n?n e i M ov A^^^ Itfenne'w^rovre^ted io 9>m ** OM ”oon-orto IFiMlii, Horne, Ponehee.'Triggera,AO.,ln large vanetr. PHILIP JUSTICE & GO. 2l North FIFTH Street, Philadelphia. ;„fl4 CUFF Street. New York. , and-lm - t>ACKAGE BARDWARE HOUSE. ' ; CHI#S°|S WoI'rENHOLH'S ~ . iSlv'w. ?y^- K HASENCLKyEE- 1 8 e?« O SORS. AND .HARDWARE . , PHILIP s: JUSTICE & GO. CIGARS, TOBACCO, &c. 140 BOOTH FRONT STREET, - Has in store and bond, and - Oders Tor Sale, a Large Assortment of CIGARS, Heoeived dlreot from Havana, of oholoa and favorite ’Brando.' ' ■■■<’-' - ■ »<di.tf_ HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS. AUGUST 24, , 1859.. , Another (liftlcult'pbiiit'wasUo'raakethe , hands independent and nimble, eyenq.whon} out of sight of theirowne r.■ CantsiWithiiuigo pockets on tho .hips, ware Worn IntfiSiiwdays; and ho would slip coins, cards; and other arti-i cles'into these, inanlpulatihg.secretly, within them, oven when'll) the’ streotB;or onan errand] At dinner, ho would 'fet'd lumsoif' with buo hand, .while in his .pocket,'under the table;' lio was/ secretly practising the 'card - trick] called Sauier. la. coupe, which gamblers often uso to cheat with, and for tlio practice of which, Within the last'five-and-twehty years, Lord Jilt Eos, one of the most ancient' in thoPeeragb of' England, was actually, convicted in a Court'of Lacy'in London.‘ " I t-Accident threw the younger RoBEET iiitd companionship, at ..Tours, with a,travelling .sleight-of-haml‘man,.named Tormui. Intlic “ Confidences,’’ ;the i history .of this adroit .scamp occupies" Considerable space,' and iij amusing as''a tale hj> EooEHESuEjor as’ im probable as a romance hyAhEXAspnE Do jus; Toßßisi, ?t is sajd, .the man’s real des|gqaijon,befhg f Grisv, :; iVe imayrcturnvto. him, but it .is enough, here sto say .that; It obert ’s casual; connection'with this man; -whoseeimj to 1 ‘.have 1 been very- -extraordinary: iiivkhifj natural • and acquired' varieties .hi art -and slilll, dccjded his Career, and gave'to fhe'world .tine, One,, ex!iibit"ipn,;S§M^^^ Tours,- ettiimaltut) undcejbo Buperiptendetea t Of. Tobsiirt, i Was so • credltablethat It deeijleq' ■ HoßEitT’s Wavering-minded 'Hehaib thd sagaj City to know that'to ohfAin’Jretemlrienee' itftliq • huetness ‘p'f. a ‘WstcdeToilsj Bhsrarctnrnod to Bloin, andtherelmdanother: ~tu%;at watchmaking—htth’yjtbbHV'lccessj Next,.not haying, any thing else very., payticii larly..elaiming.,-hi8 r .'attention, BoflEK'twthc! Younger-took ■ uftto’ liimsolf : a-wife. ;. ,Tho .young ladywas a Madcmoise)io;llOm)iM,'WhosO Jatroriynii? lie appended ' 1 to bis 'own;' From) 'that time, ho hnsMrnb thc'compoimd appella tion of EoßKnr;J«!ji)E?,'i)ntis knqwn ill'pyet Europe,-, nhcl t ajsq, in, Algeria, chiefly, as.ih Houms,,- a, ~j . His father-in-law was fortunately in the me-; chanical line—a maker of astronomical clocks and timetpiecea. He wad practising 1 Ills buti-‘ ness in Paris, and' received Bobsrt ; Hoi?-) ms with open arms,as his assistant.'' All thej spare tjme, was employed mtramiug: liis hands to a mpltitucio ofilextorpus move-] ments, and-in,tho, invention ,ot strange ma-j ' chines; ■ Bcmoving to-Paris, he .resolved to!, get lip w Conjurer’s' Cabinet, for theexhi-j bltion of sloightlqf-hand tricks and the expost-) tlon - of curious mechanical' toyfr. ■ Tb.acqmrei skill in,constructing these last, he frequented' tlie.workshops of numerous ingenious artlil-j , cprs imd mechanics in Paris, who, pleased with' ilia evidontjtasto for such pursuits, cheerfully! gave him all tho instruction and assistance in! 'their power, lie also road largely upon-me-; chunk's, and ciosolyshulied the history of in-l ventions. Above ■ ail, lie yds a constant at—; tcridaiit at tho magic theatre, of Com to j.'.atdhati 'time the Kiiig of .Coiyurersqin Paris,. - Oriq iyholo year of his lifej.BoßEni liouhis l devoted, during this study-living ,in, Paris, to putting together 8 and repairing a great-piece' of mechanical music called- The CoinpOnium, l which has annexed a mcro mass of fragments.) All this time, lie was busy in 'planning, the, automata and fanciful devices, many of the latter operated on by oleetriloty, which were' one day to astonish the wori<i, in his Own ex hibition. .Bo.wag dependant on his tajher-jn-] law, who sooms to have upheld-him by even; more than'pecuniary support,' But hjspurinutb were carried on, for tlio mpat jiari, iiri<ier! nioneyklifficultios. p -• i Many of his automata Arc Wonderfully inge nious—though liebad -to' exeonte evefa thciij stand wliat pia-TDiinirt could execute it. He shop, wit] ixi the various proccsi the master was brhiginj patties to a purchaser. Ho made two wooden! clowns~ono of which performed acrobatic: tricks, while the ! other' .smoked • a pipe, aim finally closed the performance with a'tnno on the violin. Ho ihado an orange treo on which flowers and fruit burst info life at the regucst of tire, ladies.. Ho made a dial of transparent glass, mounted, on a pillar of the same material, whioh- marked the hours,| apparently without any machinery, at' tho will of the spectator, and struck: thetiino on; a crystal bell. - He also, constructed an automa ton conjurer playing with cups, like the Chic nese exhibitors, and a very remarkable figure,| representing a dancer performing on tlio : ,tigbti rope,'as adroitly ns if it really wore ilio ;con-i frlrc of that adventurous M. Biondix, who crosses tho'waters of Niagara, upon a rope which looks liko a thread stretched across the! docp nbyßm—or rather almost like the slia-j dowy “ embodiment of ,an airy • nothing.”' These automata and curiosities of invention! were long tho marvels at KobebiHoepi.v’s Ma gical Tlieatro in the Palais Iloyal in Paris. :But wo uvo anticipating. • Amid tiicso stndles- and performances, his 1 father-in-law became insolvent. Hobeiit Hod pis manfully wont back to Iris old trade of re pairing watches and clucks, and removed, with, his, family, to humble rooms in tho Kuo do Temple. This was to obtain bread. . How lie did this, with tho, further steps in this enterprising and able' man’s careor, vvoi must postpone the relation of, until to-morrow., Douqlas Visa,—Tho Louisville Journal of-,]astf Saturday pays: ,„f. ( c j . .. i “An editing rape, mil© heats, in. harness, beat' three in five, took place oyer the, Oakland course: vesterday’-betwoen a Chicago' horse 'namedDoug-' las,Dnnean’s’Bavy Crockett! '- The latter; .won the first and second heats;- Douglas the third,! and in,the ■ fourth. Crockett, wasuruled oiih.by thb l .judges {inconsequence of foul driving. . Time: 2.35, : “In the third heat Crockett came near being, distanced, and sombof the "spectators thonght he! had keen distanced j /but tbejUdges decided differ* , -a t r • ontly., After the firaUjro on Crqqkett tetter from Lal«, Sufiorior. ',. a S"• War ? ly > PressJ . Aug. 12. The celebrated magio^who. has traveled-thej Tho contested town-site ease in the mutter of tho; “““V* oTer “ tKFah.r of 8iv», 1 3 now pastor of 320 acres of the upper town or Superior City site, one of the congregations Pleasant, lowa, and aMI continues. The' lawyers -even are growing' u >»<«?» to / weary, and thCorily ones' who' appear at alt inte-; - . , oflsnstyon® B ® Of tho water at Cincinnati is l rested, are several of tho prominent squatter olaim- disappearing.. The cause is .still a mystery. - ants to traVtsVf forty acres. . I made a visit lately: Mr.-E.E- Cross, tho Arizona, .correspondent of tothQBceno of warfare and was greatly surprised , . Times, who, it was rumored; was and pleased with the improvements going on. „Ono . slai , n >y ? r Mexicans, turns out to.ba alive,, parly has enclosed two and a builta , ft met of last Saturday contains an inter*, oomfoftabl.o fromo house and barn, laid out a bond- ea letter from him. . 1 . ' some gardoDLjthis,appie, cherry, and other trees, Opposition party of Tennessee advertise a pot oufc.last’fall, are growing finely; someof thoflrsf Tvhioh is to come off at KkehvHlo on exceed four feet in height. - the 30 th of montli. . , . ; Mho Lake Superior Agricultural . Society have* The approaching fAir of t]i© Ag- Handsomely fitted ui> a largo room, decorating the- ncultural and Mechanical Association, near .Mays*) walla with plates relating to agriculture, Among villo t KCntacky, 1 promises' to *ba one of (beyery ■ tho specimens arc stalks ! of ry© ‘aeven-feet two' best the association has ever hold'. 1 by a weed seven feet four and a half inches (7.41)' •»» jubt to hta farm near. Loveland, Ohio, , high. The Sootety's'room already knrpassQS that where ho will spend twO or three weeks. ~ of the United States Notional Sooictv aV'W’aahfng-' • Uorlin Woissi boor is n6w offered as a substitute! *Wi ni^n^ a ' :o^r^ e Philadelphia Society.-‘Piles- j* or river water-in Cincinnaii, on aiicount-oftliS' bad taa.toof tbo watorfor tholaat few day?. I with other papers,‘parapMots, and books. Colonel! ...Ilisnry Clay Erwin, agrnndson of Henry Clay Johri W.-Fotnoywita dented lately an honorary; diiid'. suddenly in .Louisvillo, Ky!,on Thursday; member, and also Senator Douglas. - Superior, you- ; ■, - - ■ - rooolloot, is tho ,county soat; of Douglas eonnty.; ' - - ' -‘ Evory non-resident property-holder in-Supcrior The tqwn of Newport, R. I.,'appropriated SH,OQO. City or tin: --North Shure- of Minnesot.x i." re- to tho. celebration of thp.-^ons.of Rhodp Island,! quested io become a-contributingmombp'r-' Tho. Iv hloh took plpbo yesterday. animal sum of threo dollars per ammi will In-; ' ooTetnor Baiks,‘of.'Massachusetts, has, accepted elude a copy of tno Superior CAromr/e, which Is .. , * two dollars por.annum.o Tho .United StkteS Agri-i tlio invitation to , deliver tho oddross at thoBtfitp : cultural regardloss of the intorests.of |his> ;Fair.of Michigan, to bo hcld nt Detroit the first region, hold their seventh annual exhibition Sep-’ week in October. • < ‘tember 12th, Just two weeks toi> soonfdr us; there-, : ■R„n \ r nrwnit iW, »\**n nn ~ a * r fore, a Lake Superior exhibition will be held hero A Buller > °£ "j^* I ** V v ch&llc,lge3 in October. For products.-of immense size we are Professor Henry oi thO Smithßoniqnr Institute, or ; equalled only by California. i , Professor Loomis; or bath, .to-meet Him-before an l , TThe Btenmor Ledy Elgin of CH'leago, and pro* impartial board of three, in defence of tho* theory Fistwmbk^witUadiu-go'-party^Of^tra^UorH B^ Tho. uI utmospherio oflrrimta-and storms which they band of the Northorniight marched up: the main promulgated, at Spnngueld. • He-proposes, to de*. .street to -tho Superior House, and. presented quitch posit $5OO, $lOO of which is tobe paid to tho pro-! • martial,Appearance. ; It is now tho .height pf tho lessors for each one of hls flre'propositionß which’ plcnhufo travel, the weather for tho past two weeks' b- faiia tn w*™ro ' •.* * * . '. everything one could dosire, and the lake calm. f,, * ... • ~ ‘ The view of the bay of Superior by'the light of the . Itisproppsedto erccta etatuo of Horace Mann I full moon, is Alone worth a visit to this plaoe, lcaV- 1 in Boston: Henry- Wilson,,.Esq., -has ingout our dolightful climate, cool nights, etc,,; deliver a disoonrsein commemoration of-His life font, and offnipmentshhired two experienced ston. tor his family, by public -AA men or,M‘ started for, a 1 cruiso', .other proposition is to make, a largo .distribution of < around tho entire North Shore of Bake Superior. ; his workß on oduoation. I regretted being.uuablo to accompany them,, as; . ■ ■ . • this voyago iswuhout oxcoptionthofiuestipAmeri» ' Tho St. Lotus (Mo.) Hcpitohcan publishes"a let ba. Tnbro Is something very romantic in’'cruising tor 1 from Arizona, giving a Very favorable account along these almost unknown shores, camping out,, of tho silver mines ih that.-region.. : There can bo wonders ot Isa,lure as'displayed in geological acuities of, working . tho mines at such a diatanoe formation of tlio rocky iVftlls'whlph' stand forth in, from all skilled labor, and with; such imperfect ‘Siiont grandour, and against whoso sides' tiio waves communications, must bo very great. ;™\ n :jur.NoTEM rious tlnio of it. Ono of them proposos to organize ’, Church, of‘St»* John, in the parish of -a party in Boston ami brlng up yAoht; Fatnam, London.- ! . , next summer. • ' ’ ’ • I A Yankee schoolmaster named Comstock turhcfl .In a religious newspaper lAtqlypublishpd In your ft drove of cattle’into tho cornfield of a farmer in "“g<heconf'„>„n these parties are wise they would sond agents Here atedm the faUillyran away with the farmers to swure tywM of our celebrated farming »pd tlm* \ and married he?. , : / be* lands a quarter per, acre .before rtha-.United, States aafo.‘ ; Chills* fevers, and kindred cofnpl&lntspe euliar to the prairie 'Slates ■ are - unknown at £alte SnpCHor.' , ■y.jfjjvJ !^'j;:sf>KtV&ojOßE.y, : . PERSONAL ANDPOMTICAJiV ; Aiyojinglady,; aheptdft Glen •> Ifyase f "Whito v , s parly froraSh§lbprne, a few.daysago,arar rirjdriof \7 anci ascended to returned to th©_filen all the "Way'on foot.and 'lheri leit' l tor} S'hVjbrirae' J 'thri same eve'diny*' wiifioai evinofngjSerfigjbtestfa^gue. 7 . 1 She^teft^lbd'Glen at lO o’cfoek, rind got’ back-at those bf tbd partywho, rode hbth.'vayj(. *!Ehe'de«6ntfrQm the mountain? wtf? made ip twp hpurff. r f Th? guide like a deer;,.and ap. patently, with, a? little /effort. r ,Fe)r r men, could r egWal * "' 5 j*"/’” 4 ? 7. ' : . General Wheat arrived at Old Va., soine days bigness corineoted tfitna, rifledcarinon, io' bb teated by the Ordharidb 'Board howon duty tjierel' ’-Itls' quite -ft'-ponderous*and formidable .‘monster of deaths Jandj'in the event 'of its aucoosß, (which tho General isqnitOß&nguinp.of,) t w ill turn>-p?e.ttyrpenny for &QBs / j **aap BrpokSjjoneof.theoldQß^an/iR esteemed citizens of BammorerJ^i'^^edpnythV ( 2otbinst-i in the OOthypar f was.a native of Darby, DtfriWare comity, whence id IT'Wj ’ti tila^nelghbwb’t^ i; 6f^Woodbury/ 'and ’thbbed to’Baltimore iril797/ Wheriehoreaided until the period Of-his'dealh? J - f -v:i h7nrf i/.t.M? . i ;-We copy from a private letter, writtemby agen |leman at Brenhttw f .XexgSi4ugusfc. ! 'l^th,-tho ) fqh bill thti«iMido»M by tfio ! JK' rßn - : ls thf ®wbßW-tM-Bla|«.Hadft; aiuwidat«,'ftiid the: twS JVisb oljKiiedfto- CongiM? nreoftiw .aHTilfi.Btrlpo.. -Tejita ib, tuereffaiol alf rigns oh'iHat ■ .'ißpojtsnpqaestion'i”)) i ;u, o> ic-r :tf, V' ffhe-WilJ of l thedate •CoToriSF/i-I&rmiiri *fhbrn has •been offered for.prob&to irtStbb'i Surrogate’s 06uj(t] @few lYoric. i i It* ;pn,visions contain .beq'uQSt&';6f Over $1,000,0(10, which is.tbstribuUdvfuuopg'.tlio, relatiycajtif lhj) bmpg. to chariteUe, rcl igioiißj inß.LituUonß. ’, f „ con; •dltlori'.jirepSfrtttoVy’to‘&e-graSt 1 S#oiMtration’. ! io Wmed'e;ffdjS’monHffn'ifeifY()rff. i ’ Jl !fhef , -iirtingei ‘■ftentsfor riception'to ihb'AU' England ElcVefcaio domploft'cV ori' a 1 very : bindiom* stole; fflbe •nesrgionndslab irobokob,’prepared: avprassiy for, tliia • interimtlonnLccmteat } by; this. liberality bf ComroqdorqStoTcna.Memthproßgb.-arderijindtbo St. George men report tliemselvee in. excellent practice. .Oar.PhifadelphJaDeare.peadytu,znoef tlicm' dlßb'/aud aiTait vritbimpatieticb; j • •’•‘&iat Yj/ianriiTrr.—tbo' feat 'bf iii oatryiiig Colhom-Wnfes ffioNia jsri river 1 ’ ijtoi’fuj •before that lofraColcOrd.' himself; .'•Tvho. iWiih the greatest confldcnce iin BtondWs strength, .fruited Ibbpsel/to analuiostce.rtain deatbjitu.bojng parried or .quivering iicn'ppruuld iiayc. prpcipitatfid .both tb certain destruotioni'' He r Eas 'gono'boyonuall ■are ever dreamed bf huiaanVibui'agoVauiiPsfitilisbod bimSolf' as'afittuan.'and 'the 1 oiily'btie’.'wht) ''esu SttbeeMuiry rival BlOnilin ittfoiilnttepidity.'' j The .roilrnat, of ljonisiana city, i&isi 'sourly nominate! the lluu.bidvrard Batea us : acen dtdato for the Erealdenpy, aubjeot to fbe;dfcoisi(*bf the NationaLUnion Convention.. -jJ. j iiimi’i:' !i %¥? to,state ihat;tbe health of Secretary Floyd is muck improved, and • that in a Vei-y short tiino' W dutila -at the AVanllfepartmoat.r no tprdbabilrty of ful Buchanan would rtooept' his roSg uatxon»-'Oven Governbr ? were to ! 'preM-it .atrongly on.him; Mr.;Buphßnpn‘desiree no chance m his Cabinet during the remainder vf his Presi-j dential tonn .—Washington States.' 4iX 1 4 *! Exhibitors fofltheßlatelPaif/at Freepori, 111.,* through f the liberality of j the ■’failVoad ; cojppa-j hies of that StateV-WxscqnsfnJ‘’arid-'Jdtrij/eanl transport their*stock; to : arid ‘from the falr n freo ‘of -charge. ■* - • -u . s ./ ; A'policeman ,la diieago. III;;' the other was fined'fifty dollars arid 'costs foi 1 Arresting rind brutally-trehtingia:lriulatt6 woman without caused Tho Deniocnitic prirbary meetirigawere-held' iri, Hudson coring, Friday %rairig>st;'- Ihey were- well ! ritteudpd; 'Ttie T eritlr'e drilegatlori -is understood to, bo In' friv6r‘ : of /General E. V. 'R/ Wright fori Goverrior. vi v v " v ‘ x - 'n/.e : t ; l The'accomplished soprrino, iirj. duriny Jfct rec nVpl ensure to BaW SripWior l ritid * Iho* Grerin' Boy region; gave twb eence’rts iri the wilder ness north of firike Miohfgflb/ Her riudierice vreye it he:,‘r»Mway;,BtoGQh.jß: : tiiaV.town. (iliic/#.) Commercial, A?f^ T lB/A r( -., Vj u , Ui \ r /The.committee of arrangeraenta r ; .appointed, at ‘the last annual banquet“of thVassociation ctf of Now Xork State, hayiDg-inado the poceisaryari rorigements for the rinnrinj'meetiug .pf 4859/hayq appointed the Jdont Engle Ifouae ,at the suspension; bridge near Nlagara“Falii‘ori. Thursday, 03 the placo of meeting. | , Aißlondiri affair came off rit Espy, in Columbia county, Penna., on'the llth fust. A Mr. Price walked' a distance of twelve hundred'feef. ! fifty feet; above- the- • (Pa.) 'Ad vance. ; -,.r. v \ < .On whatdidhewalk?—Ed.. T 2 -Isaao Snyder has been appointed-postmaster at Carbondale,'Penna.;in place of H. B. Beardsleo. 1 : V?a learnftom'the ’Georgetown' (Ky.) Ifazette thftt the-Beinocrats of Big Eagle,’ Scott.co?, illtuni noted their houses on the fori twelve'miles, iri honor of the electWof SimmVtoOorigVess/ ’! ’ ’ The Ne w York Atlas and Argiis, stays, “It is ru- 1 mored obout the, streets that the Beeley, is,to lie flue’d,for damages" Vy.a raiiroad, employee’ ior remarks made.by him last Santlsy,' j&; sermon ori tho jrecerit Northern Railroad disaster, ”; Wesley 8., Fisher, who for some time past has’ heed on trial at Ot(owa‘, Illjqdis, for,trie murder bf his wife, has beeri fourid guijty rif murder, arid hass been sentenced' to bo’hung ori' the'lfth of next 1 July. THEWEBEa^PRESS, »***?'•’ <»' “ nt ■*» Bniwriwacto' *? 14 WPf' “•** -fi IPivoCopiM V« s "" r-' ': Ten Copies, •• «.* SISJ !!’ (tooaaiddreee), W.OT Twenty Copies, or oyer., “ (to sddrea of ‘ MoUßntiih&rviineh,-™ I,JO -Pot e Ciub of or over, we -wia tend on •«T»OD»r totto. wtler-uonf. the Club. u •= » H“* foe C*tlFOtmiA FKfeM, Bteamete. Semi ' M[mt W m tim« ! for ths jDeiiforr.i* \ d £« n ; B - H ’ Hill and, tho Hon. Hcbert Toomija are to meet jn pnl)lio discnsSon at H thi afe.iiwtiit:: A large barbecue is ip contemplation.’.' ' ; ‘ a A oiMtation .to evflao tUoliqnorK* tiL ThQTe,has been btaUta.ihop one Mde leafing on Conneotleufeoir, and the other part !. ®kode IVhen ;the .fronv C-ohhec tfcqt .approach, ‘.the .contraband:. artifiie !iaVmdrei ( Btms..Xhb: chop,’ ‘which makes*, it,- ndt-fh.*, fthod% Inland;and vice tvrsa.,. '\ J .V V* '* ’ v ' J _ purcha3eratth?price 7 nained» ,$500; and a .dupli cate for another gentleman. • • r HjsoNiq JißLio^^-Wyjjeman^wahall,, Tf, M. ov et. Jobn;a.Li>age,,wa& the recipient, this week, t r > l ?*^^y 8 3^^ a X e ? t^at iS n ' bf foraergifta, OWlate Dr; W * S- -VS* 8 - formerly 'master of 8t; JoWb Lodge, 111 a . ’ f ew : weeks/members ofdils fenuly a drawer, in an old oabinetwhien H*Z IDSc nptions shoiring by whom • !J?E* W *? the lodge” tfe jDiiwellwa3 en^ aat ?d’^ th their care, and-havlngpnt £ lfor theyea s®P.®4 the, time,-of his .death.i-.Do'rfo?* ixazetU. t , ” . r >. •• . P.B.'(irio3i l cartman found 82,5^ ; ln Now, Ypr^' l»»t Ffidajyand r tae,Q»»*ner) on the treasure ibeingieturned, rewarU* J * Etta, the eldest of theThitton children, died in Rockland,Me., op Saturday morning afterbe ing Biok a week Trith cholera morbus. prill be ■-X}, • J wa-e** swpteSf^g£Sl!S visjiod Dr. eapjaaeiij.to fea.thWlast iWgTOSCjwwßtt#lllwgikWf fl?B > sRS^,^yip KSMfjj §9“ ppK'ato flet»9» -;lf ;■ 1 -'£ ■- "> ■ .t. i ii ■ '• ■ r,.i IM. ■ . -. !Ajtoim®oEißS 3h&tfßottoK^&Boj!«nfe. . ."TUg jbaUalngl isi'ia llmoieim* ■lnieteiifredttire. Hnn«^r^ I f^°/ t a^f?“' 0I0B8 ’ ‘tolconUins the *lou*a ol tiyuiraifitipiij Uie House oflndnatry.-mij ' # nnmhar of a ? lioo!.ro(Jm« -wfi&oHke fcrt&ifie handle 1 of ihe cnssV'The firewaa. setinono nf, the-donuitDriw of lb impart. ifiphaol. Riley,; assisted by. two other boys. It was done by placing straw,-and P.?Pfrontilator, and setting fire to' If. THev were first Icdfo dd if by leadibgai'account of the fireat the;State Reform School/at Westbore’’ The oificera connected ~wRh: the;, building, Worked .with 'oecDKiedic confining the fire to ™*/?ihg' Tho rbof is entirely bornt,, and tho tot upper floor.- The Roy Riley has' Hindi,bshfewed fhenrholo affair/ and implicates fonr othebbbjs.' : ' DEiitf W rim- CEiEnnrip>H6R : ki;/AtEib;,-. ■ Oallato (Teto);J?aa»«?ief ,v,d‘This celpbratedlTaeoiorae diedint the stable of nil’i'i-PWJS* b-lliob near this,place, on/tholfith. Hehjd for'so£?o years by Col,* £ihVt, tTKo standing ismi'" His Wdeat'edtsTiere old, -been mark upon the turf frtmrHew• Yorkdo'Chartes £oh. r $* i* : racers ia.the to?*’Jfed ‘by Colonel -Sobksr bW sr-l)r. ißhelby t -™;Hiaw*jiia,-brea bf ©olm&l <mtd{£ik *«**£& «>lfc fr.BtatodithatiCoioifrt Ii io i WiSfe °£ for ,4U)ion;?ithm a. few wefeks pait. He was about twenty-two'years old at bis death.” -• «* Sec9n» SXh, Patch,' ™7* a felloV hailing from 'Rodklknd county, Now York, and calling himself Jim Patch, ItUhiied from ' the mast-head -of ted'«©ofc'Sotol*4iko"the hnndredryillogors, Jrn'midb Mi lamp; -firine a tpnple : .of pistols. mi'tfi ileieont.: 'lle tiracklte v * • • s^u ° ■ tber that list V) flt was seen of him.nntjLa yonng man made a from.' tho - dock VronghhhinV- im hy'iie '-By -the atd flf-a boat-hook aihore.' . After rolling him on a barrel he was re« , stored to coDScio^ne®; c . • .•• • -■ bating a bawelsPf JinmecLoil to, place on board » .vewel, something in.the tackie.gave WcMtb» the barrel fall falr . and; sduatß on the lead-of a w hB fh Alt'supposed'he* was kiUed*-but ho Escapedwithfi- too hordifor the xetteL * • # .®nds,oiit, eompleielyvenrelon- Ing hfttf that It had to ’b‘e knocked to*pieces to rt lease him. "While the wounda on hia cranium Were ■beihgdressbd/hGremarked, * Qor a inightyJirtteM •dis.'!ere darkey;don?t want .any moreileocufala ■Sf*** , So. little was, he .damaged by tho blow that the fellowjwent, to .work again thqaame^ay.,. , _ haye a . corap any of juvenile Zouaves in Chioagor The following is a description of.their uniform: “It consists of a,- bine 7 blonso, raachinw only to the ‘ waist,* buttoning!'within" the - ’wants, trimmed anrandthd ! heck''and'the aleeve sushed trowsers api /redrjand' seV\lp£&e, after the Turkish stylo.; ; . A yellow gaiter,■'at 'buek'- siiriy covers the foot/ and' reaches naif" way t<f the knees.- The cap is small, and ; a .bright red,vTKa whole costume shows, ! it is said, to splendid advan tage in a bright sunlight.” ' * Ker« HB.var.;B r -tRO.B£EonEs .says of4ho HUtems. column. 57 ,. \n newspapers, that it“ is iworth, more than/all'the small- fry of correspon dents, with.an editor thrown in to bbofel Xifce a oaravan..H strbtnhes along its columns,- with '‘pack ages and paroels/spices and gems/bits of fragrance •ori cunningly.' wrodght meials.-gathered from- the Orient aha from tho whole-World besides,' The items of the paper, KketheflhiffingofaThankßgiVingtur- Jcey, represent everything ip' th 6 honse; erhafs'-of bread,'crackers, and all spices.” ••■■i > ' ■: v.,- . A fjEGRo vrpmaiv’belonging toMrp, Cross, ,in Hanover, Ya.j died afe w weeks ago. She com plained'of having' rt kfhdof ‘ choking gen?atioii about the throat; her mistress'gave her a glass o'f Saltwater, but it failed to s have the desired efieot. •Shortly after the negro discharged frbm her bow els. a lizard nearly sixinchea in length, causing her .death in a short tipie. A'doctorwas calledin,and ’examination stated that he thohghf the lizard was swallowed some two years' ago. "It U ‘pre* sumed'tbe begro'swallowed the lizard while'drink ing water. ■’ 1 • < * .j- * 1 t 1 Explosion or —Oh TTcdnesday mbrnlnt of thts. wCek,Mr- J. W» EhilUpvpftha tbwn; of Walkcp\.hsserts that, ho heard a Joud ex plosion' somewhat ( resembling thunder, 'the' appearing to eOnib, .from .near .Berlin* 'to. the’ north* Westof Where hb stood. ,'He.saw nothing, however. a patch of woods intervening betweenhuvisiohand the supposed direction of the sound'. ‘ -Ue the explosion was daused by the bursting of sine 'teor. • Others beard askuilar bound.—Grand [Rapids (JUich.yEnquir.crl Avg. 19. .! t ... Condition-of DeMarbais and Wife!—De- Marbais andlwife, the aotorsi in -the late' tragedy at .Cincinnati, .havo been, removed from/'the .<?om merci&l Hospital,?on : Twelfth, to St.. John's Hos pital, on Third, between Plum and- Western Row, wherejhey can.receivb more'aa refill attention than at the. Hospital. . Both DeMarbala ahd- his wife •were thoughtto.be improving, yesterday'morning, .and each passed acomparalively comfortable night. They are in as good spirits as could possibly be ex pected. and the ptospectis alleged to bo favorable for theif ultimatefecovory. \ i L . - An ’Englishman • iii > Stretford,/Comv,Ythp 'other day/found a prizo in the ehapb bf h Swarm ©t* bees.in‘n wren* box. ‘Withthd assistance'ct abro ■th6r countryman, after a&harjrcohtest and^hdum ber of'equally sharp' stings/fhe Secured and taken in tnamph to. the Btorc:. The purchaser rapped cautiously .bbxi; and applied his ear to the- same;'wbehl hevexclhimft4 i*. We’re Bold! - They are*'ndthihg hut hornets V 1 • and bo they prored yn her ; r : 1 ■ . Tu.E_Rock>'ilio (C6mi.) Gazette of last week says;.‘*.Wn'rreh, thcescaped:murderer,,is <Btill at large,.‘ lle has be6n bcard from jnEastford, and it isjmid that our vigilant county authorities talk of iehding- him alottor, requesting ..him.t© .return in seasonforhur.trial , a t the December term of the Superior Court." -Also.that Mr. Qriggs, the jailor, has .resigned , ; - ' An lleib is wanted ior the Sherburne es tate, the soai of‘Which family waft Stoneyhurst, England. It is valued at From- ten to - twenty mil lions sterling. It is an entailed property, descend ing to an. oldest son.- - The' family left England during the yoar ICOO.' -It was left without .heir by the death of the eighth Duchess of Korfolk without ; issue: - ’ '/• 1: Wholesale’ Arrest op Bathers.—On Sun day afternoonlast, betweoathe hours'of due and fiyc o’clock, Coxswain James Smiley! with the boat’s Cr6tv of the harbor police boat Ko. §! arrested ten persons for unnecessarily exposing themselves to public gaze while bathing near the Atiantio Dock, Brooklyn,Now York'. " 4 - f A boy,' named Jacob Hassel* fourteen years of age, was scalded to death in Peoria* 111., » few jiuysflgo. 'tllc was dipping distillery slops out of a vat at.the distillery, .when the board he was stand ing on slipped,, ana he j: was immersed, in the hot liquid from the waist downward.* lledied thosame evening./ Miu TTm. Spooner, of Kew Bedford,</onn.i recently found in the garden of Mr. Irenas Good ing, bf MaldOn, a two-penny copper coin; on one side tho word “ Mosathvsea.” with a pine tree in the centre, and two rows of dots around the tree; oh tho other aide nrcthe, words a Kewengland, 1662, II,” circled with two rows of dots. ; / Hail Storm.—A 'severe hail storm passed over Monndftyftle, Virginia, on,Tuesday week. It came from Jhe north, and brought hailstones larger than a common marble. A great deal of glass was broken in the town, and the. com was considerably cut up. ~ 0 Monet wrll Expe.vpkd.—Aitkin five ywra In Itfttanft,-there have been erected 2,700 drouses,rat an oxpenflß‘Of $1,100,000. ! -- ■ .* TtTE widow of Gen. Espinaßse hanrequested the second, regiment of Zoiiaves?tO «Cept he W aft chftfctf jberegiweßU "... - :? i . ;
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