The press., September 17, 1859, Image 1

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BY JOHN W. FORTiKY, ''•■=.
? PFyiOE. NO. iir 'oHEaraUT BTRHET.
daily press.
<l**l* p&r. Wask, payableto the Carrier*.,
• MeUed to Sabecnbera oat of theCityat fits Collar#
■ Fora Dollar* fob Bioxt Moxihs ;
Tbrb* Dollars bob Bxx Mokths—invariably in' ad-,
vruaoe forth* time ordered- ’ 1 ’
TBI.WEEKZ.Y PRESS.
M@lted Bubwribbre out of the City at Tkbb Bon*
&/»• pan, j.- V
HATS, CAPS, Ate.
Jg, T. MOGIOiro«&E & CO.,
WHOLBBALK DEALERS
• ha“ts,Y.
oafs, an b straw goods, >
FLOWERS, KUOHBB, AND FANCY FTJBB,
‘ BOS. 8S AND' 31 NORM FOURTH ST.,
' . (N«&rfi Oppo.lt. Merohtou’HoUU
:■ *' PHILADELPHIA.
1859. 1859.
O. H. GARDEN & CO, t
M&nafeotawi of and Vp'hoW**!* DMJar* in
HATS. CAPS. FURS.
«LK AM STRAW BONNETS, - '
v NOS. 600 AND 60* MARKET STRHBT,
; ESTBNttVB So LOWBST
•nSfr-tat it',''? •- y rPJOfcS. 5
TwF
(J * i>AVI», . ' ''
Hos. ii ahd a Bo'DiH jocbth bteket,
- r <**J***iMi> -• ' - ■ ■
v•' ■ ■ 1 ' ruaipuvrmA,
Deelenlo
WOOL, fur, ,;and. SILK HATS,
; . LADIES' FUBB, RUCHES, *O., >O.,
Min mwoetp for IrwpMtion i m uni eWiMt, itook,
. - io whloh the attention of bureiq 1« invited "
/eof.fea - ~ \ t , l .
AUCTION OKlf GOODS.
J t B. STRYKEK & GO,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IK ■
lOTSH, J JBENOH, AND AIfEKIOAN
DBY GOODS,
' ; ' AJfD
OASEBTSi
80U6HT AT.AOOTION.
NO.. 810 MARKET,STUBS!,;
: aaU-im . . .. ■. . FHtT.ADKI.mn,
SHOE FINDINGS.
\yM. JOHNS & SON,
IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS IN
BOOT, SHOE, AND BAITER MATERIALS,
LASTINOS, GALLOONS, '
SHEETINGS, PATENT LHATHRR,
P BENCH KIDS, SLIPPER UPPERS, LAOBTS, As,
N. B. OOKtRIt FODRTH AND ARCH STS.
WM« ' "
STOCK BROKERS.
& PETERSON.,
STOCK BROKERS,
NO. *9 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA
Hl.n FOR SAL*
STOCK END BONDS
OP ALL THE LEADING PASSENGER
RAILWAYS IN PHILADELPHIA,
toirhlo}] tbsy Invite'th. attention of aapitaUats.
Stoeka, Bondi, and Corporation Loans boushi end
told on colnmiaaion nt the. Board of Broker...' ael-8m ■
CRACKERS,
JJOSTON CRACKERS.
BOND’S EXTRA CRACKERS
FORFAMEQIES. |
KiRAOSBRp,
10 NI O ■
BcirtT.,!*
HXTRA PILOT BREAD.
.We ar&oonsta&tiy receiving this celebrated make of
Cntoken, .leeh from the Bags in barrels, boxes, and
H. H. TBBNOB, Aosm, -
140 SOUTH WHARVBB.
WATCHEB, JEWELRY, &o.
JJAJULEY & CO..
roftiaaLLr
BAILEY & KITCHEN,
flaw removed to the sew Fire-proof, White Herbie
819 CHESTNUT STREET,
NORTH SQ>£, BELOW THE GIRARD HOUSH.
Now oponingtheir Fell Stook of
IMPORTED JEWELRY, PLATHD WAR9B, AM)
FANCY GOODS. >
To whlob they invite the attention of theyvbUe,
*rL fee-ware, watches, diamondC and
PEARLS,
at WHOLVtax.it Aim v trail'
JS. JAKOEN A BRO-,
•MANUFACTURERS \ND IMPORTERS OP
. SILVER-PLATED WARE '
No.«X CHESTNUT Strut, .boy. Thiji, Cay «UUn,
j' - - Philadelphia. '
: ci all kind* of metal*
l TO BUY CHEAP WATCHER 00
[to North westoorner of SECOND aadNEW Ste,,
' V,; [ape-emj * ,fries.
HAKIWAKK PACKAGE HOUSES.
jjANOY & BRENNER,
NOB. BJ, SB, AND 9T NORTH FIFTH BTREBT
PHILADELPHIA, •i .
WHOLESALE COMMISSION. MBRCHAJHB,
For the eale of all Unde of
AMERICAN MANUFACTURED HARDWARE,
axd iKposTinM pr '
GERMAN. BELGIAN, FRENCH, AND, ENOLIBH
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY,
Klip ooutnntly on hud & I.r*• .took of Goods to sup
ply Hsrdwsr* Dsslsi*..
BUTCHER'S FILES,
By tb4 ossk «r othsnrlso.
EUTCHBR’S EDGE TOOLS,
BVTOKBU'B STBEI, OP VARIOUS KrNDP.
WEIGHT'S PATENT ANVILS AND VICES,
SHIP CHAIN,
Aral othor Idsds b> tysry TdHttr,
ftOLB AOBVTO VOl
H ARP ’S RE PRATE R PISTOL,
WEIOHINO ONLY; W OUNOEB.
SHARP'S NEWMODHL RIFLES , AND PISTOLS,
idWizss.psumy. iko.o.BmMim, o.s.sssssm.
'uU-tf . --- ' ~f- 1
AOKAUB HARDWARE HOUSE.—We
would respectfully call the attention of thefone-
FAI-Homwaro -Tiodejo our-extensive Stock of DIR;
MINGHAM HARDWARE,whIeh we oner at n small
*Q/de% for solicited, and Goode de
livered either in thii city, New y°fcw,Nejr OrUsani.
Importing and &>mtmmon
And Agents for Foreign and Domwrae Hardware. .
- ■ ana-tf
EEDICI9AL,
EyfRSTwiNSDOW.
#Oft OHXLDREW TnETHtN'O,
gaiety luieiuHWer didlfc* we kiuyw.an-iiMtanoe of
• £j»*ti*wsion wjjonfedit. On the oon
fcraTT, are deMght«yCG with it* operations, and
~ spuklawrutf of .WJMn, mm&imdsfi.oncrfitfinMt
. eal edoots pud modiolt toss: lft this
putter ; ‘*trliAt ye ttafclfaioF,". after tan jreirr
upen«ioe,andpledgaour 2 (Mutation tor th.ifulnl
uMratoTyrhatwe horede 2 plats. In almost erery
, Cetane* vrKra the fnfut W [ssuferinirfrom pain end
euanition, relief inu be found in Slteen or twenty
■ mtnnt*. attar the Syrup is admlmuteredi i
■ iffias SUE
!?A#sv.gf3^
' TOWELS AJiDiWTND O. COLIC ana overcome eon
-which. ,;{f not),4 epeedfli teroea)ed;end jn
nor the SSi h *f,!v *tej l *V*t£
Pat and the Pig.
lAN OLD STORY IN A NEW SUIT.J
..BIT THK eaeoor TOWK* hail.
We have read dr a Patio financially flat ;
That ho had neither money nor meat, - i
Ahd, when nonrry and thin, itiare, trhiiperM by Sin,
That he ought to steal something to eat. . f
Bo hewentto th* sty of a widow, near by,
- And he gncedon the tenant-poor soul ;
•TArran now»»n&id he, ♦* what atrate that willbe,” •
, Aqti.iho pig of the widow be aioie.
Ha rejoiced in a feast, then he wept to a priest;
>For, in spite of the porkand the lard,, ,
There was something within, that was sharp as n pin,
‘For his conscience Was pricking him hard;
And he said with a fear, " Will your Reverence hear
_What Ihave in, me Borrow to sari”’.
Then lus story lid told. And the rale did unfold
Or the pig he had taken away;
And ths'priest’td him said, *' Ere you go to your bed
You must pat for tne pig you nave taken,
For 'tie thus, by my cowl, ycm’U be saving your sowl,
. And will also oe saving your bacon.
° Oh .‘bejabers!’’said Pat, *' I can ntver da that—
AMVttSS? n m^>n«de
■ Any pace for me conscience to buy. *
Then id sorrow cried, and the fattier replied,
“Only think how you’ll tremble with fear
When the Judge you shall meets* the great Judgment
‘ you plunder’d while here.’V .
'•‘Will the widow be there ?” whispered Pat, with &
1 start,' - -• • ■
‘Andtheirig? BymreewUsittrhel, ~ _ ,
aureJy be,-there," said the pnost, “ I de-
olffraddy !' what then wilt you do?”
“ Many thanks,” answer'd Fat, u for your telling me
'' • that—
• M»y the bleMlnn upon n bo W?I
On that aitttamept. day, to tbe vridelr I It lay,
* Mr.. Flanuasin, bcro Is your piff.’
t‘Vary good your,reply ,”.«aid tho priest, and now I
Will prelent rod a pig-jou shall pen it.
And when Piggr grows old, you shall sell him for gold,
> And theftpurohase some clothing of Bknnbtt ;
For, by selling the pig, yon,will get a nice rig;
_And your heart will be warmed by tbe foehng.
That the prices are fair for the garments so rare,
And that buying' is better than stealing.
A fall and complete Msoftraontpjf Fall and Winter
Clothing,'suited to every market, now on Iwnd, U' which
the attention of ls invited. We would
particularly call attention to the'style arid make of our
garments-at TOWER HALL CLOTHING BAZAAR,
No. 618 MARKET Street, Philadelphia.
‘ BENNETT & CO.
' COMMISSION HOUSES.
gHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON,
NO. 112 CHESTNUT ST..
COMMISSION ; MERCHANTS
' FOR THE SALE OP
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
•8-dra
JJURGESS A MEAD.
DUNDEE GOODS.
; it thi pachas*.
WOOLLENS AND CLOTHING GOODS,
HOSIERY AND OLOVBB, '
V Sole Asent* iri the United State# for the stile of
. : OABTWBIGHT & WARNER’S
MERINO HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR.
No. #8 BARCLAY STREET, ' ‘
1 (Oppoeito College Piece,)
NBW YOEK '
\yEST, FOBES & LLOYD,
• Hi CHESTNUT STREET,
Invite the attention of the trade to their Stook, con
sisting ofvarious makes and grades of
Woolen' and Cotton • §SNAByR<> °
xlnseys, . > oentrevllle bags,i
. SHAWLS' &0..A0.
- - Also, agents for tha
WINNIPAUK OOMPANT’B
®&& oTHa - mms:
In full weortinent of grades end oolore, au3-ws-tf
]i R. GARBED & CO.,
*OBNI4RAL commission merchants,
COTTON, COTTON YARNS,'
SPERM, LARD, AND
WHALE OILS,
FLOUR, DRUGS, Ac
■? 5 Tba attantlon of AUaofMtaten ia tipuiaOv
MUadtoetu
> SPERM OILS.
laMm NoV#i N. FRONT STREET, FHILA,
SMITH. MURPHY. 6a 00,
Market st., and as« crukoh alley,
An oow omblpa th«ir
JMLL AND WINTER STOCK
stapllano fancy
DRY GOODS,
' Td which they invite the attention of
OASHANB PROMPT BHORT-TIMB BUYBRS.
• P«rtA»Ai,Aujnut t 'ia». aus-Bro
Jarrell & morjiis.
COMMISSION MEROHANTB.
.IMPORTERS
CLOTHS, DOESKINS.
983 OKBSTNUT STRBBT,
■ PHILADELPHIA,
gOOTOH LINENS.
BAXTBR’BDUOKfI,
EDWARD'S CANVAS,
GILROY'S BURLAPS.
THOMPSON'S HEMP CARPETS,
RAVEN DUCKS,
HEAVY CANVAS,
DIAPERS, TOWBLS,
SHEETINGS, DAMASKS,
AOe, AOe, &0t
at m
LOWEST PRICES*
CONRAD &t SERRILL.
NO. 206 CHESTNUT STREET.
auß-tro
GENTS’ FUIINIBHING GOODS.
QENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS
AKD
TAILORS* TRIMMINGS,
LONGOOPE & PEARCE,
NO. 10 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
Have now In etore a full asaottment In their line, to
which they invite the attention of their ouotomers
and bnyers of inch roods. au£-Sm
V W. SOOTT—late of the firm of Win.
4t%\„rs« T W|c?®, iB i}
?RESTNUTBtreet, (nearlycppotSte the GirardUooee
hllAdelpbta.
J, W. S. vronld Te*pectfolly ©all the attention of his
former petrone and friends, to hie new etore, and is pre
payed to,fill ordere Ior.BHIRTS at abort notice. A
perfect fit gaftr&ntied. Wholeeale Trade eupphed with
fine Shirte and Collars. jj3l-ly
CIGARB, TOBACCO, Arc.
MERINO.
HO SOUTH FRONT STREET,
Bu ia etore and bond, and
Offbre for Sale* a Law Aesortment of
CIGARS,
Reeetvtd dlreot from Hayanai of oholoe and fayorlte
Bruds.
FEItTILIZEUS.
FARMERS.
PHOSPHATIC
GUANO
PROM SOMBRERO ISLAND, WEST INDIES.
THE RICHEST FORMATION OF PHOSPHATE OF
. LIME KNOWN IN THE WORLD.
It eontaine over 80 per cent, of Bone Phosphate of
Lime* being so per oent. rioher inPhoephateofLime
than Bone Duet.
FOR SALE BY THE TON OR CARGO, AND TO
FARMERS AT
980 PER TON OP 2,000 I*BS.
JOB. B. HANBON,
Sole Agent in Philadelphia,
anll-them hn No, lOfi North WATER Street.
LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, Ac.
rjOBNELIUS & BAKER,
MANUFACTURERS OF
LAMPS; CHANDELIERS,
OAS FIXTURES, Ac.
'STORE, 710 CHESTNUT STREET.
MANUFACTORIES,
821 CHERRY ST., AND FIFTH AND COLUMBIA
e3-thstn-Jml AVENUB,
PRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
<§ITER, PRICE, & 00.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
316 MARKET STREET.
J w. GIBBS & SONS,
NO. SSI MARKET STREET,
An now oponinf their
FALL * WINTBR BTOOK OF GOODS ADAPTED TO
MEN'S WEAR.
In whioh will be found a full assortment of
CLOTHS, DOESKINS, VESTINGS, TRIMMINGS,
Ac. auj-Sm
JAS. R. CAMPBELL & CO.
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS
IN
DRYGOODS,
LINENS, WHITE GOODS, CLOTHS,
OASBIMhRES, BLANKETS, to
NO. 301 MARKET STREET.
auff-Sm
J?ALL IMPORT,
1860.
HERRING 6a OTT.
Here now In Bton their turaal
SPLENDID STOCK
““ftBBOM. ,
N. W. CORNER FOURTH AND MARKET STS.
aui-fm
1859. rALL TBADE -1859.
SHORTRIDGE & BRO.,
(eucoxssoxe to hammak, shydbil A c 0.,)
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
ov
DRY GOODS,
430 MARKET STRBET,
Have in itore a complete line of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC GOODS,
Selected expreialy with a view to the interest* of
CABH AND PROMPT SHORT-ORBDIT DEALERS,
To whioh they reapeotfuily invite the attention of the
trade. ,
N. B.—A full stock constantly on hand, and order* will
be executed promptly, at the
,aus-*m] LOWEST MARKET RATES.
jyjoCHNTOCK, GRANT, A CO.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
CLOTHS, OASSIMEBES, VESTINGS,
AND
TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS.
NO. 338 MARKET STRBBT,
(Up Stein.)
eaJ-ta PHILADELPHIA.
W. LITTLE & 00.,
*SILK GOODS.
NO. 335 MARKET ST.
anS-Sxn
gHAPLEIGH, RUE, So 00.,
IMPORTERS OF
LINENS.
WHITE GOODS, _
LACES, and
p BMBROIDBRIU6.
NO. 329 MARKET STREET.
KT Our Stook, selected in the best European markets
by ourselves, is large and complete. aui-fim
JOHNES So 00.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
OP
SILKS
AND
FANOY DRY GOODS,
NOS 0&T MARKET, AND 334 COMMERCE STS.
WWW SIXTH.
Having just removed to the above looation, are now
opening a new end very desirable Btook of Goods, em
bracing every variety In their Une, whioh they offer to
the trade at the lowest market rates, for oash or ap
proved oredit aoUn
pHICE, FERRIS, & go
importers OF
WHrrB «B iro S bE
LA MaNTILLAB, Ac.
NOS. dßd MARKET ST., AND 088 COMMERCE BT.
MST Our Stoek L* eeleoted by a member of the firm, in
U “ BEST BUHOPBAN MARKETS,
aoAlm
| WOOD, MARSH, & HAYWARD,
‘IMPORTERS
ann
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING,
NO. 808 MARKET STREET.
PHILADELPHIA.
Fall and Winter Btook now complete and ready for
buyer*. u*' SDl
y|. WILLIAMSON & 00..
WHOLBBALB DBALERB AND JOBBERS HK
DRY GOODS)
HO. 436 MARKET BTRKKT,
(And 414 Commeroe street,)
BKTWBBN FOURTH AKt> FIFTH, KORTH SIOV,
Our itook, espeoially adapted to Southern and West
ern trade, is now large and complete in every parti
cular. aua-tf
1859 FALL IMPORTATIONS. Jgs9
DALE. ROSS & WITHERS.
,81 MARKET. AND 018 COMMERCE STREETS,
PHILADELPHIA.
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
o*
K SILK
ADD
FANCY GOODS,
Have now a oomptete etook, to which they invite the et
tentlon of buyers. wni-Sm
WHOLESALE CLOTHING.
HUNTER, & SCOTT,
MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBBRS
or
COMMON, MEDIUM, AND
FINE CLOTHING.
We invite epeeial attention to onr complete line of
MACHINE-MANUFACTURED GOODS.
• NOS. 484 MARKET, A 419 MERCHANT STS.
‘ and-lm
fjLOTHINGI
AT WHOLESALE.
0. HARKNEBS k SON,
Stt MARKET BTREBT,
tonnriAer oonnzs or rovria mm,
Offer for eale. on the moit
LIBERAL TERMS.
A new and extezuive etook of
FALL AND ’WINTER CLOTHING,
APAFTBD TO TBS
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN TRADE,
TO WHICH
they invite the attention of buyers.
, jy3B-3m
CHINA AND QUEEN'S WARE.
ffURNBULL, ALLEN.
& 00.,
NOS. 83 AND 88 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
IMPORTERS
akd
Wholeeale Dealers in
CHINA, GLASS, AND QUEEN6WARB.
PITTSBURG GLASS AGENCY.
•STMerohanta supplied with Glae* at Manufacturer’s
prices. » MM”*
gOYD & STROUD.
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
Have now on hand a complete stock of
QU EEN S WARE,
GLASSWARE, and
FRENCH AND ENGLISH CHINA,
At their Old BTAnD.Na.39 NORTH FOURTH ST.,
,w invtw
/WAohntb you minims (ii.APp, ani-9m
THIKD-STREET JOBBING HOUSE!
JJAIGUEL, MOORE & CO.,
IMPORTERS
AKD
WHOLESALE DEALERS
IN
DRY GOODS.
NOS. 300 AND 322 NORTH
THIRD. STREET,
ABOVE RACE, WEST SIDK.
We have now open the Larobst and Most Com
w,bth Stock of Goons we have ever offered to tho
Trade. The attention of
CASH AND SIX-MONTHS BUYERS
is solicited. s7-lm
JAMES, KENT, SANTEE,
& CO..
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
or
DRY GOODS,
No., BBT A 941 NORTH THIRD St., abovx RACE,
Would now inform their customers and the trade gene
rally, that their stook this season will be
UNUSUALLY ATTRACTIVE.
aus-Sm
fJHAMBEES & OATTELL,
N 0.39 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
IMPORTERS OP
FRENCH CALF SKINS,
AND
MANUFACTURERS OF
CITY CALF AND KIP SKINS,
Moroccos and Linings, Oak and Red Sole Leather,
aufi-tocS
YARD, GILMORE, & CO.,
NOS. 40 AND 43 NORTH THIRD STRBET,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
SILKS, RIBBONS, DRESS GOODS,
WHITB GOODS, LACES, LINENS,
EMBROIDERIES, Ac.
HOSIERY, GLOVES, MITTS, AND SHAWLS.
au6-3m
1859. FALL TRADB -1859.
J. T. WAY 6a 00.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS.
DRY G*o OD S ,
NEW MARBLE BUILDING,
no. as
NORTH THIRD STREET.
We offer, by the package or piece, to
CASH OR PROMPT SIX-MONTHS BUYERS,
A very large and attractive Stook of
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN DRY GOODS.
Pureh *r* will find our stock well assorted at all sea
-8008 of ne year.
J.T WAY, n JAB.H DUNLAP,
WM. P. WAY, faus-2ml GEO, P. WAY.
LAIN Gr So MAGUNNIS.
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
SHOE THKEADS,
FRENCH AND ENGLISH HASTINGS, AND
SHOE-MANUFAOTFRERS* ARTICLES;
Sewing Machine Silk, Thread and Needles.
• NO. 30 NORTH THIRD ST.,
Agen %PFIELD , S PATENT BOOT-TREES,
aufi-dm
JUNGERIOH & SMITH.
WHOLBSALE
GROCERS,
NO. 43 NORTH THIRD BTRRBT
Wf Hon.,, awl Lov.rlm’i Sjtnj alwa,« on hand.
auA2m
gOWER, BARNES, & CO.,
PUBLISHERS AND DEALERS IN
miscellaneous, school, and
BLANK BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
NO, ST NORTH THIRD STREET, BELOW AROH,
Publisherj^l^jtyg’efljei^id^rlei^fg
DR. MANUAL OP
GEOLOGY.
Sanders'Now Readers. Groenlj&f'f and Brooks’
Arithmetics, Ao. Blank Books, Writing, Wrapping.
Curtain, and Wall Papers. aue-Jm
gENDRY & HARRIS,
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DBALERB
BOOTS AND SHOES.
NORTHWEST CORNER THIRD AND AROH STS.
PHILADELPHIA,
fJiHOS. MELLOR & 00.,
NO. 8 NORTH THIRD STREET,
IMPORTERS
OF
ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN
H O SIERY.
CLOVES, SHIRTS, DRAWERS, Ac
aofi-3m
PSTER SIKOBR, Wm. S. BaIRD, JoiIH WISST,
Jacob Ribobl, D. B. Ervin.
JJIEGEL, BAIRD, & CO.,
(f*ate Sieger, Lamb, A C 0.,)
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
OF
DRY GOODS.
No. 4T North THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
OUR FALL STOCK
Is now oompleteia all its departments, and ready foi
Buyers. Prompt paying Merchants from all parts of the
Union ato reapeotfully soliolted to oall and examine foi
themselves, aus-9m
PAPER HANGINGS, &c.
yy ALL PAPER.
HART, MONTGOMERY, & 00.,
NO. 332 CHESTNUT STREET,
Have one of the largest Factories in the city, and are
prepared to famish cU qualities of
PAPER HANGINGS.
BORDERS.
AND
DECORATIVE PAPERS.
Either to city or oountry, at the lowest rates.
Their stook now on hand is large, and of prq*
perty, builders, and dealers generally, will fiml it to their
advantage to purchase of them. &u29-lm
PAPER WAREHOUSE.
HOWELL & BOTJRKE,
IT SOUTH FOURTH STREET, (below Marubt),
AND OPPOSITE MERCHANT STRXBT,
Have on hand a large and splendid assortment of
WALLL AND
WINDOW PAPERS.
To which they invite the attention of
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN BUYERS.
au22-2m
QIAKK’S
SPOOL
COTTON.
Jußt received,
A FULL ASSORTMENT IN
WHITE, BLACK, AND COLORS,
For sale by
CHARLES FIELD,
NO. 20 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
AGENT FOR PHILADELPHIA.
aO-lm*
QOAL OIL.
PHILADELPHIA
PHOTIC COAL OIL WO It KB
BURNING AND LUBRICATING COAL OILS
Mnnufiiolured nml for «nle by
lIELME, MORRIS, & CO.,
THIRTIETH, NORTH OP MARKET STREET.
iS-Sni
Jl r
Gr..
'‘liiydi/N, wood, & Nichols,
' i,' 72&0HESTNUT STREET,
WEST OP MASONIC TRSIPLH,
I ,' J ‘ WILL RAVE TKKIK
OPKNINO OP BONNBTfIi 40.,
|d H I S D AJ, ■
THURSDAY, THE Bth INST.
■B-lifH
PAJ& MILLINERY GOODS.
Jy.HN STONE & SONS,
JSto ..oNfcssrajtiX uniKwr,-
Hava now open a complete assortment or
FLOWERS, RIBBONS,
Leathers, velvets,
; CRAPES, LACKS,
JLSD
BOK NET MATERIALS,
To whiojl the; Invite the attention of the trade,
auß-Kn
MARKET STREET.
; RIBBONS,
|Of every kind, In Immense variety;
NEW BONNET MATERIALS,
BONNET VELYBTS, SATINS,
QRQ BE NAPS, LININC SILKS,
Rif OLIBH CRAFBB, of the beet makes,
Ij FRENCH * AMERICAN ARTIFICIAL
j FLOWERS, FEATHERS, RUCHES, Ac
.; Also, newest Fall styles of
AND FANCY' BONNETS,
AnSSTRAW GOODS, of every description,
How oj$o» and presenting altogether the most com
plete sto& of MILLINERY GOODS in this market.
Merchant* and Milliners from every section of the
oountry zue cordially invited to oall and examine our
stoek, whfch we offer at the
J.CLOSEST POSSIBLE PRICES,
ROBrnHEIM, BROOKS, A 00.,
UlO-U&; «31 MARKET BTRBBT.
JggjTrAU imds, X 859.
AG-AKD & CO.,
333 MARKET STREET,
' WHOLESALE DEALERS
in
HATS. CAPS, FURS,
, BONNETS, RUCHES, FLOWERS, Ac.,
Have no? in store a full stook of Good*, to which they
invite the attention of first-class buyer*. auie-km*
J t HfLLBOBN JONES.
Importerand Manufacturer of
FANCY SILK
Si AITD
BONNETS.
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS,
FEATHERS. RUCHES, Ac
The attention of City and Country Dealers i* invited
to a large apd vanod stook of the above good*, at
• y . 435 MARKET STREET,
au»4m Below FIFTH.
LOOKING-GLASSES.
ROOKING GLASSES.
Now in store the moat extenaive and elegant assort-
AMQtOf
LOOKING GLASSES,
For every tpooe and evory position, and at the most
moderate price*.
LOOKING GLABBEB
tn the most elaborate and tho most simple frames.
LOOKING GLASS KB
Framed in the beet taste, and in tho most substantial
manner*
LOOKING GLASSES
Furnished by us, are manufactured by ourselves Is our
own establishment.
LOOKING QLABBKB
in MAHOGANY and WALNUT frames for Country
Sates.
JAMES B. EARLE A BON,
18 CHESTNUT STREET,
tpl-tf PHILADELPHIA,
BOOTS AND SHOOS.
J-JAZELL & HARMER,
- MANUFACTURERS
AND'
WHOLESALE DEALERS
IM
BOOTS AND SHOES.
NO. 128 NORTH THIRD STREET.
A full assortment of City matte Roots and Blioes eon
atanlty on hand. slO-tf
& M. SAUNDERS,
NO. 34 NORTH FOURTH STREET,
(Near Merchants’ Hotel,)
Call Ute attention or buyers of
BOOTS AND SHOES
To their Block, which embraces a general variety of
PHILADELPHIA AND NEW ENGLAND
Manufactured goods, _ ou3-toc3
J W . MoCUItDY & SON,
321 CHESTNUT STREET, (2d FLOOR.)
LADIES’, MISSES’, AND CHILDREN’S DOOTB,
SHOES, AND GAITERS,
Manufactured expressly for the Retail Trade, aull-3in
g P. WILLIAMS & CO.,
NO, 18 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
WHOLESALE BOOT AND SHOE WAREHOUSE,)
Havo now on hand a full assortment of Eastern and
Philadelphia work, to whioh they invite tho attention ol
Southern and Western Merchants. aul3-?m
STERLING, & FRANKS,
WHOLESALE DEALERS
IN
BOOTS AND SHOES,
NO. 4X3 ARCH STREET.
Purohaeers visiting the oity will please call and exa
mine their stook. &u 12*2>n
& CO..
WHOLESALE DEALERS
or
BOOTS AND SHOES.
NO. 613 MARKET STREET.
IttS-1
fjiAIX. STOOK
•v
BOOTS AND SHOES.
JOBEPII H. THOM SON -k Oo. f
tit ftIARKKT BTRKKT,
Have now on handaltvue stook of
BOOTS AND SHOES
ov
every variety, eastern and city made.
Purchasers vUiting the city wiH please call and ex
amine their etock. Jv2B-tf
BASIN. & CO.,
BOOT AND BHOE WAREHOUSE
AND
MANUFACTORY,
No. 306 MAHKKT BTKKET, Philadelphia.
We have now on hand an exteneive Stook of Boot*
and Shoe*, of all deionpt ions, of ounowft and Kabtben
Manufacture, to which we invite the attention of South
ern and Western buyer*, Rus-$m
h _
Vy'
t*" :
r , SIIPTKMBBK 17, 1859.
'ranking Privilege.
-ng privilegewasaßritiah “ Inslltt
lion,” until the introduction of RowLAtinKia, 1
Penny Postage, in January 1840.
Cabinet Minister, and the. Ijejtuisiyi
soveral public departments, had a 'tight "bl
franking—the number of letters sent being un
limited in such cases, and there being no checl
upon tho weight. This franking Was boi
rowed from the British by tho Americans
who do not limit tho weight of official 01
other frank. Tho New York Jieralif which
is notoriously addicted to sneer, in turn,
at all things American, ‘had the following
iisiftemont, onoday this week; ‘.‘lt is noto.
rious that ruemhers of Congress are In the
habit of sending home by mail tlieir dfffy
linen to be washed, and of receiving it back
clean by tho same medium.” Wo should
think that the linen would run some chance
of being rumpled, if sent in an envelope, ns a
letter through th* pojt. There never has
iseon any accusation hgains! British officials
of tho franking era that they communicated
with their laundresses by means oi theirfrnnk
ing privilege.
Besides tho official, there used to be a great
deal of parliamentary franking. There were
about 450 members of the House of Lords,
who enjoyed this privilege, as well as 658 of
tho House of Commons. Each" of these legis
lators was entitled to receive fifteen letlersa
day, and was limited to franking ten. More
over, no letter so freed from postage was al
lowed to weigh more than an ounce. Nor
did tho restrictions end hero—the address,
with dato, had to ho written entirely by the
person entitled to frank, and any deviation
from this caused Bill postage to ho charged in
every instance of omission or neglect. Tims,
an English frank used to ho in this fashion:
London, September Nine, 1837.
To
James Helyoake, Esq.,
80 Sackvilk aired, '
Dublin.
D. O'Connell.
Ilero, it will noticed, tho date is written in
words, not in numerals. This is to prevont
any alteration of date. Formerly there inev
itably prevailed tho abuso of writing franks to
bo used l>y other people. At that time, the
average rate of postage in Great Britain was
twenty cents per letter, witii an extra single
postage charged for every separate enclosure.
So strictly was tins interpreted that a letter
oncloscd in an envelope was always considered
doublo and charged with doublo postage. As
a thank would cover an ounco weight, it was
capablo of taking half a dozen letters or notes
written upon thin paper. Thus the franking
privilege took a great deal out of the Post
Oflico revenue, even though it novorsont shirts
to tho laundress or received them back, as the
owner of tho “ willa ” on Washington Heights
has hod tho impudence to say.
Thero were sonio checks, it will be seen,
on any.gross abuso of the franking privi
lege. Unfit a pretty far advanced period in
William Pitt’s Ministry, tho frank of a
British peer or member of Parliament was
simply his name, written by himself, on tho
left-hand cornor of tho letter, which carried
as largo a pnekot ns tho sheet of paper
could hold. Mr. Pm introduced the check
of also having inscribed on tho letter the ad
dress of tho party receiving it, with tho placo
and date—all in tho holograph of tho party
franking. Ho also limited tho weight to one
ounco, and, curtailing tho privilege of a
frankcr’s sending and receiving through the
post each day as many letters as ho pleased,
cut tho number down to the sending ten and
receiving of fifteen free letters daily.
Having the place whence tho letter was to be
3ont written by the franker on the address, was
what Mr. Faois wonld call “ an artful dodge.”
For example, a man might write a frank, to
obligo a friend or constituent at Leeds, dating
it from thence. If this wore not posted at
Leeds, where it was dated, it was null and void
as a thank, and wonld bo charged hill postage.
Again, os to tho dale. Suppose that the let
ter whoso address wo have given above, as da
ted September nine, wore to bo posted before or
after that date, it would not then be a frank,
but would bo charged full postage. If a mem
ber, having written a letter on tho 9th, which
ho lmd failed to post, wished to send it on with
out writing another frank, (envelopes being
scarcely used then,) he should erase too word
nine, write ten or any other date over it, and
subjoin his initials to the correction.
In .Tanuary 1840, when the Penny Postage
put an end to the franking privilege, it was
ascertained' that of 67,000,000 letters which
annually passed through tho British post
otliccs, 7,000,000 were franked letters. Of
these d,810,448 were Parliamentary, and
2,109,010 were ollicial franks. Tho entire
weight of British Parliamentary franked let
ters, by over 1,100 legislators, (at an average
weight of nearly half an ounce for each letter)
was about 1,200 tons in the last year of frank
ing, or little more than three tons per diem.
This, of course, takes into account not only
letters sent direct through the General Post
Offices in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin,
but heaps of letters from country places which
never entered those great establishments. It
is tho wholo, in fact, of all franked letters in
all parts of the country.
The number of franks was actually 185,000
per week, distributed thus—Loudon, 51,000;
English post otlices, 56,000; Irclaud, 21,000;
and Scotland, 0,500. On the average, each
peer and member of Parliament received fifty,
and sont away thirty-four letters per week, and
no documents whatever.
Thcro was no such tiling, in the (lays of
British franking, as sending “ documents’*
through post. A few public statutes were
sent, but those generally by officials;
and only 77,512 wero sent in 1830. If a mem
ber made a speech which bo desired Ids con
stituents to read, they would find it in the
Times, or other London papers, among tho
Parliamentary Debates. If ho wished this to
be given more fully than the London reporters
deemed it worth giving, thoy had a report of
what they said, or wished to have said, printed
in the newspaper or newspaper in their inte
rest in tho district with which they wore con
nceted as hereditary or legislative representa
tives. Of course, leading men’s speeches, in
or out of Parliament, are published, for their
own importance, in most of the newspapers,
all over the country, holding opinions like
those thus expressed.
A calculation was made, wheu the British
franking privilege ceased, thatthc franked and
free letters amounted to ovor €0 per cent, of
tho whole number of letters transmitted by tbo
general post. Tbc average weight of each
chargeable letter, was about tliroc-tcnths of an
ounce; of a parliamentary iVauk about forty
eight hundroths of an ounce; of unofficial kind
1.9376 oz.; of a nearly two ouucca; of a copy
of a public statute, 3.1129 oz. • The rates upon
these would have been, parliamentary franks,
£348,814 : official franks, £616,905 : statutes
distributed, £36,443. The total postage,
then, on 7,000,000 free letters, in one year
was £1,002,222, equal to upwards of Five
Million Dollars. All this, at one sweep, the
Penny Postage system restored to tbo public
revenue of Great Britain.
The present English system, in use since
.January 10,1810, provides that each public de
partment shall absolutely pay the postage upon
every letter and document it sends out. Even
the Queen’s privilege of franking was abolished,
by her own consont, in 1840, and her own let
ters when sent through tho post pass free—by
virtuo of bearing Queen’s-head stamps. Be
fore this flho used simply write her initials
«V, R.” on tho corner—for It was not eti
cpietto for tho Sovereign to make his or her
signaturo vftlgnr, by writing it on a mailed
letter.
When Franking was allowed in England
thero was only one instance in which tho privi-
.■ Sovereign being first
irafifc except under the
rant, even though it
-** by tho gentleman who
franks; that there he a limitation of the
weight which each frank shall coyer, and that
then) also be a limitation to the number of
franked, or free letters which each member is
to send and rcceivo, If a man has to write
to bis Representative, n Is. not too much to
expect him to pay |he'postage.
We do not points in tho
(yanking system, long since abolished in Eng
land, with a view of recommending all of
them. But some of these provtmons are clearly
worth consideration. The franking yivilege
may not be abolished, or indeed easily abolish
able, in this country, but its abuses may and
should be checked.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE*
The “ Bio Tent” Movement it Pottsville—
Great Union Comxonion to be iibld next Mon
datEveniso.—About the 20th July but the old
Tabornacle Tent was removed to Pottsville, Po.,
from Bristol, where St had been pitched during the
early part of tke summer. The success of the
evangelising efforts at its present locality, from ac
counts received, has boon almost unprecedented.
The great problom of “Unity of the Church,”
about whloh so much has been written, and with
the viow of consummating which so many inde
pendent organizations—failures all—have arisen,
is really in these days finding an apparent exem
plification in a work and in a way as thoroughly
divested of human direction as could well be ima
gined
In striking harmony with this is the intelligence
just received that the approaching romoval of the
tent from its present location, to a point contiguous
to the city, is to be signalized by a scene of
Christian communion suoh'as has raroly, perhaps
never before, been roalized in the history of the
Church iu America. From the statements con
cerning this anticipated Gospel feast, its consum
mation is much raoro tho rosult of a spontaneous
dodire on the part of Christians than any efforts of
Mr. Long, tho faithful superintendent, or any of
his assistants. It appears that, on hearing that the
tent was shortly to be remored from its present
site, where religious services bavo been held in it
daily for nearly two months past, the friends of the
movement, in the vicinity of Pottsville, with sin
gular unanimity, expressed a desire that the eve of
its departure might bo fittingly iraprovod as the
oooosion of a general Union -Communion.
A request to this effect was accordingly made*
bearing the signatures of hundreds of members of
churches, including no less than eight pastors,
representing os many different denominations of
Christiana. - Monday evening next, September
19th, is the timo fixed upon for this great spiritual
jubilee, upon which oco&sfon seats are to be pro
vided foryftr thousand communicants, many of
whom, it 2s expected, will visit Pottsville from
this city and elsewhere, to be present on that
occasion.
We understand that do great bos been the! in
terest by the citizens in the vicinity of
the tent, that the labors of oonduoting the nume
rous meetings, sustained by large audiences,
have been very arduous. Many gentlemen-have
gone there from this elty, ministers
to preach during this interval, and the results ap
pear to have been no lees marked and satisfactory
than bavo been realized in tho most auspicious
cases at any time since the commencement of'the
revival in the autumn of 1857. -
The Businp.sb-Men’s Noos-dat Prater-meet*
ing now.—The possibility of sustaining daily
prayer-mootings in our large cities, notwithstand
ing numerous predictions to the contrary, is no
longer an experiment. On the 23d of November
next two years will hare elapsed since tho one in
this city was commenced. The Fnlton-street meet
ing in New York, which is also still kept up, pith
no indications of a discontinuance, was inaugurated
at a still earlier date. Numerous other meetings
of this character have also been commenced during
this Interval, in different parts of the Union, and
wherovor heard from the determination seems to
bo to make them pormanent. To the Christian
community favorable to this new means of grace—
new, at least, essentially, in iU union and uW-'y
characteristics—this protracted exhibition of public
piety cannot be other than gratifying in the high
est degree And, indeed, to see men and women
by hundreds, through all seasons of the year,
wending their way regularly at the noontide hour
to the house of prayer, ought not to bo regarded in
any other light than s sincere desire on ths part of
those who attend them to conform more nearly to
their measure of privilege as Christians. t
The mooting at Jayne’s Hall, yesterday, not
withstanding the inclement wealher, was well, we
may say largely, attended—the congregations hav
ing, ordinarily, during tho past week, averaged
from eight hundred to a thousand persons. The
most interesting features of the meeting, yester
day, were the statements made, with a request for
prayer, by two gentlemen, from Savannah, ond
Alexandria, and tho prayer with which they were
followed, by the Rov. John Chambers. Tbo former
of theso two gentlemen was an intelligent mer
chant from Savannah, Goorgia, who ro?e for the
purpose of asking the prayers of the Philadel
phia noon-day mooting in behalf of hi 3 own city,
adding that ha had made a similar request a year
ago, which had been manifestly followed by the
Divine blessing; but more awakening grace was
needed.
In tho northern part of the State of Goorgla, the
city of Macon more especially, the spirit of revival
was now being strikingly manifested, and much
good had been accomplished in that region. •» Ho
was followed by a merchant from Alexandria with
a simitar request for his native place, who stated
that a daily prayer-meeting was now in successful
progress thoro, and which, by the blessing of God.
they meant to make perpetual. His remarks to
Christians, and their responsibility in tho great
work now going forward, were forcible, and elicited
marked attention.
At tho close of these two statements, the Rev.
John Chambers led in prayer, remembering, i.itb
characteristic fervor, the oases presontod, beseech
ing, ns ho prooeeded, that a blessing might bo
poured out upon tho city of Alexandria, and that it
might flow along the banks of tho Potomac, and
encircle the Capital of our country, with tho Prcri
doot and Congress, when its members assemble,
enduing them with the grace they so manifestly
need. He also prayed earnestly in behalf of many
memborsof tho Young Men’s Christian Association
who wore backsliding from the Master.
In tho course of tho hour, the Reverends Buf
fiehl, Converse, Coapor, Taylor, and Jenkins also
took part in tho exercises, the latter objecting, in
his remarks, to the irroverent attitude of titling
during prayor; which was now, to his sorrow, in
dulged in too generally.
A Nr.w Cnrncii EstKiiraiSK. —On last Thursday
evening a now Evangelical Roformed church, for
the northwesthorn part of this city, was organised
by tho Rev. Dr. Bomborgor, pastor of the Re
formed Church on Race street. This enterprise
has made an encouraging commencement. Tho
paront church ou Race streot will furnish a very
desirable lot of groxnd, eighty feet by ono hundred
and ninoty-six foot, on Green street, near Six
teenth, and has, besides, guarantied $lO,OOO iu
subscriptions. The now congregation, therefore,
starts with a capital equal to $24,000. It is the
purposo of those participating iu this movement to
have their church edifice, and the ground on which
it will stand, all paid for before they occupy it.
Immediate application will be made to have tho
oongregatiou incorporated, and measures are being
taken to prococd at once with tho building,
when erected according to the plan likely to he
carriod out, will be an ornament to tho neighbor
hood.
Tho gentleman who subscribed, some weeks
since, tho munificent sum of £3,000 sterling, or
$15,000, towards building a ohapeiforMr. Spur
geon, was Mr. Honry John Stephen, a rotired bar
rister-at-law, residing at Clifton, in Gloucestershire,
England. This wealthy individual expends, an
nually, a very large sum in the building of dis
senting ohapets throughout England, and dispenses
a portion of his ample fortune through the medium
of his private chaplain, tho Rev. Edward Thomas
Inskip, a gentleman well known in Bristol, Eng
land, for his evaugclical principles.
Hon. Wm. Carey Jones, tho son-in-law of tho
Into ex-Senator Benton, and brother-in-law of
Colonel Fremont, is at the Broadway House,
Cincinnati.
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Issued/Semi-Monthly in time for the California
;y. This was the eve-t
\bjljty to hold the pen,
ig a certain person
Philip Tieman, the famous billiari-player, patssi
rou & XndianapolU (Ind.) last Monday, on his
w»y to Chicago to arrango far a match with S«rei •
ter for $l,OOO.
le frank, in the name
was issued I>>- the
The venerable Dr. Nott, President of Cuiou Col
lege, Soheneetady, New York, hu so far recovered
his health as to he able to ride out, aod will, it i;
hoped, shortly return to the care of the ioitttation
which owes so much of its prosperity to his “exer
tions.
liber's own consent,
h from seven to ionr-
Hon. Thomas E. Cochran armed in Pi*tabors
last Wednesday, and is stopping at the Moconga
hela House.
Jl happen, the frank*
immediately abolisheg
i the facta which w
le some one to frame
tg the abuses of the
The great leading
)le of the frank must
the party issuing the
(ere it is posted, and
shall be part of the
Hon. John P. Hale, United States Senator from
New Hampshire, arrived at Chicago last Wednes
day, and is stopping at the'Richmond House.
Hr. I*. -P. Brockets the Hartford forger, is now
out of prison on $3,000 baiL Hi# health is Yery
poor. It la not known when he will be tried.
Prof. Agassis is on his way home, having em
barked at Liverpool, September 10th, for Boston.
The Rev. Chester P. Lyman, of New Haven,
Connecticut, has been appointed Profeasor of In
dustrial Mechanics and Physics in the philosophi
cal department, Yale College.
Sir Culling JJardley and Lieutenant Davidoff ( 0 f
the Russian navy) are among the arrivals at the
Clarendon note!, in New York.
A letter from Governor Wright, minister to
Prussia, states that he has secured the discharge of
Christian Ernst from the army of Hanover. Mr*
Ernst is a native of Hanover, naturalised in thu
country, who was seized and thrust into the Hano
verian infantry on his temporary return to blf m».
tive place. The Administration is indebted to this
circumstance for an opportunity to recover Itself
from a bad mistake as to the rights of naturalized
citizens.
The New York Independent of-thls week com
menccs the publication of Henry Ward Beecher*
best sermons.
There are no further acjouots of. Mr. John
Mitchel’s movements, (says an English paper,) but
as his popularity has been sadly damaged by bis
insane career as a Journalist in the United State?,
he is pretty certain, should he venture upon Irish
soil, to meet with but an indifferent recaption from
manyof his former disciples and admirers.
The Albany Jountijl states that by the recent
decease of the Dean of Ripon, in the
Hon. John Q. Wilson, of thatcicy, becomes the last
survivor of the party of cabin passengers who ac
companied Robert Fulton in his first staaml-oat
journey from New York to Albany.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has been engaged to
deliver two lectures before the Mercantile Library
Association of Boston this season; the first to open
the annual course on Wednesday evening, the 12ih
of October.
Colonel William Davenport died a few days
since in Caldwell county, N. C. He wa3 a native
of Culpeper, Ya., and had been a magistrate in
North California ever since 1744.
Mr. Noah Noyes, the oldest man in Newbury,
Maas., cut, this year, twenty-five hundred weight
of meadow bay in less than a day. Mr. Noyes
was born in 1770, and is, consequently, eighty
nine years old.
The Sandusky (Ohio) Register notices as among
the survivors of the battle of Lake Eric, who were
on the stand at the late laying of the cornerstone,
u Dr. W. T. Taliaferro, of Cincinnati, who wp-j a
Kentucky volaatoer on the Somers.**
THE GREAT AGRICULTURAL FAIR —PIETY 780F3A.V&
PEOPLE ASSEMBLED—FIXE DISPLAY OF CATTLE—
SENATORS DOUGLAS AND CBITTBNDIN PRESENT —
CHEAT ENTHUSIASM POR “THE LITTLE GIANT ’*
(Correspondence of The Press.]
The annual fair of the Untied States Agricul
tural Society is attracting thousands of strangers
to thiscity. A’fairof any kind out in this Western
country, where amusements are scarce, is a popu
lar institution and will draw, but tbo fair of the
United States Agricultural Society, which the
country folk regard as something even superior to
1© grand exposition at Pari?, held in the great city
of Chicago, presents inducements sufficient to draw
visiters not only from the most remote parts of
Illinois, but also from the surrounding State*, and
even from the distant East.'
‘ The eleven or twelve railroads which lead into
the city bare been doing a wonderful business,
every train which arrives ©ensuring of six or .nine
oars loaded down with human freight. I came
down from Milwaukee yesterday, and the seven
cars which composed the train were so crowded
that standing room could hardly he found in the
aisles of the ears. It is estimated that there ure at
least fifty thousand strangers in town, ami the cry
is still they come. The hotels are all full. * The
Tremont House accommodated seven hundred and
eighty persons last night, and expects to lodge
twelve hundred to-night; and the Richmond Reuse.
Briggs House, MassAaoit House, Matlesnu Home,
Sherman House, Adam? House, and other hotels ar*
all filled to their utmost ©apaeHr.
The wonder is where the crowd you see every
few minutes issuing from the railroad depots will
find room in the thronged city ; and I am inclined
to think that if the people continue to come in as
thick and fast as they hare been doing within the
post forty-eight hours that some of them will be
obliged so camp out on the open prairies. Every
effort has been made to afford sufficient accommo
dation for visiters, and an enterprise *ha9 been
started called the National Fair Registry office,
which adverllsea to provide good accommodation
tor five thousand strangers, at from fifty cents to two
dollars per dav. AlHslifo and activity, and the
streets are as full of bustle as Broadway, N- Y., or
Chestnut street, Philadelphia. The shopkeepers
are reapibg a rich harvest, disposing of their goods
at prices to suit themselves, and evidently would not
object to having a national fair in operation the
whole year round with the same circumstances
attending it. As it is. they will share among them
some two or three hundred thousand dollars during
the week it is open.
The fair grounds are situated on a fiat prairie,
on Cottage Grove avenue, adjoining the property
of Senator Douglas, and within a stone’s throw of
Lake Michigan. They are about thrce-and-a-half
miles distant from the Tremont House, the centre
of the town, and a half mile from the lager beer
gardens, whjeh are called the outskirts. The u**
closure contains «l*out forty acres, and the aV-
Mßgenienfs and exhibitions are. in fact, a third cr
fourth edition of tho fair of the United States
Society at Powelton. in your city, some years ago,
which your readers will all remember.
The display of fine stock is said to bo large, and,
from appearances, I should judge it to be, having
strolled around the grounds and had a back view
of the cattle, as they stood in their etell« : but nr.>
being skilled in such matters. I ara unable to give
you an account of the fine points which the eye o;
the farmer delights in discovering, and the ex
amining committees in rewarding with silver me
dals or other marks of their distinguished appre
ciation. The most noticcablo thing to me on the
grounds or in the town is the crowd, and the in
terest and euriosity with which evervboiy ex
amines everything on exhibition. The ladles
throng the halls, as the Bbeda erected for the dis
play of goods which might be injured by exposure
to the weather are called, and admire quilts of
huge dimensions and wonderful patterns, and
other fancy articles and articles of fine art, whilst
the gentlemen inspect the machinery, fanning im
plements, Devoit3 and Dnrhams. jacks and Jen
nies, tho fast nags, the sheep, dc., and both
unite in a stroll through the pomotogieal depart
ment and admire the mammoth beets, pumpkins,
potatoes, and other vegetables, and the luscious
pears, apples, peaches, grapes, and other fruit
there exhibited.
Iho fair is very creditable to the society, to the
city of Chicago, and to this section of country, and
tho stranger from the East who visits it cannot fail
to feel astonished when he is furnished with evi
dence sufficient on every hand to convince him
that tho people out here in the far West, as we aro
used to call it T are ahead of their Eastern
brethren in all the branches of agriculture, whilst
they are rapidly competing with them in all tho
branches of mechanics, manufactures, and ait.
There aro very few entries from the East, owieg.
no doubt, to the trouble and expense of shipping
goods, etc., this distance; besides. I belic-Te
fairs generally represent the cbo meter and produ •-
tionsofthe section of country in which they ar»i
held, and seldom, if ever, the whole eountrv.
though they are managed by ft national societv,
and are called national fairs.
This is the third day of tho fair, and the various
committees are bnsy examining the cattle and
horses cutered Monday was devoted to reoeivieg
and arranging the goods and stock for exhibiti.m,
and yesterday tho inaugural or opening ceremo
nies took place, commencing with * procession in
which the military bore a prominent part. Sena
tor Crittenden, of Kentucky, who happened in
town on his way homo from a trip to Minnesota,
delivered the opening address, and was followed
by Senator Douglas who, on the part of the Society.
welcomed tho visiters to tho fair and to the city.
To-morrow, Friday, ami Saturday, are set ijida
for the trial of the steam plough, and other agricul
tural implements, and also the fast horses,
her of whom, it is said, will compete for the
prize. It was expected and reported that Flora
Temple and Princess would be entered, and many
have eoaia here exiting to sec them, but I havo
heard nothing of their arrival as jut.
A largo number of prominent men ara iu town,
among whom are several Republican Senators and
members of Congress who go to Minnesota to try
and persuade the people of that State to Have
off their Democratic habits of thought. They nr*
ravenously hungering after the spoils of the next
Congress, and hopo to increase the plurality they
already have in the next House hv the aid of the*
two members from that State- If what I beaut
this morning from a gentleman just returned from
Minnesota prove true, they will be disappointed,
for the Democracy have no idea of defeat.
Senator Douglas leaves this city on hi* return
East to-morrow evening, stopping at Wooster. Ohm
to address the Democracy there on Fridry. ar t
then proceed immediately to Washington, with«-.ft
further delay. Since his arrival here ou Sited* v
morning he has been visited by many thouiind* er
people, and the hall of the Tremr-nt House lesdinc
to his rooms ia constantly filled with tho*e wh>
desire to poo him and have a shake of behind.
No man, since the day* of Jackson, has obtained
so complete a control of the heart of the people,
and the wild enthusiasm which his presence every
where excites shows how thoroughly the Bentiment
in his favor has spread itself among the
I hear that he has been invited to address the De
mocracy of during the pending csiwar.
and has consented to do so. at Milwaukee vnia
time next month, when ho again visits the We*f
CALIFORNIA PRES*
PERSONAL.
Letter from Chicago
Chicago, Sept. 14,1309.