TUESDAY; SEPTEMBER 20, 1859. PiKsr 'P*cre.'~The araud ToomumenV at-Ar lington Springe, Va-i letter from. Harrisburg; Letter fmm ! oettjebtfrg," Po;;'Personol; Song for tho Sohuylkill Navy; Q eneral News; Foreign Mis cellany. Mtseellauy. The News. t v The. roytd mail steamship. PersJa, Captain Jud*. ' king, from Liverpool 3d‘ instant, arrived at New' York about 3 o’clock ‘on Monday morning- She brought twb hundred and ’ thirty-two,, passengers.' Ontho sth.instant; at lOo’clook P/Mifshe broke the crahk-pin of the port engine; and laid’to until th£-7tb, at 9.45, f , M-, pnder cpnyas. and pro- jJh gentleman’who oamo pa&sengor in the Persia, describes-the stofm in.whioh she was dis abled as most terrifio, , Her crank-pin Was broken Monday‘evening about 10 o’clOOk'. Bhe lay to until next afternoon; in hopas-the storm.would abate, so sho oduicl repair; but finding no improvement in the weather,, it was decided to put backfor Cork. After proceeding in that direction miles wither moderated, andbrdaknge repaired, when the-steamer was.put about again-, \Vhon : reaohing again the'same latitude Inwhich the disaster oc curred Bhd encountered another storm, more terrifio thia ths first; but ptoughodlieVwoy through itun lnjjire4/o«apUng ihe.omshingqf one of Jfor houses, The. Persia his theheaviest freight she im* everbroughkj *'•--/ Tfee'Sd'rew steamship Kangaroo, Capt. Jeffrey, 3lst August; and Qdeehstown fol* - lowing day,.Arrived at New York via Halifax (where she put in short of coal) yesterday.- The arnvalot thb steamer relieves' the community from all anxi* «ty about, her. The Kangaroo, too, must have' * faded,thuterrible.ston^whioh.met and which so much alarmed her \ * ./-* The sailing of the Creat Eastern has-been again delayed, and she will not leave for this oountry until the 29th Inst. She was id siul frofii the Than!es.ou her trial trip to Portland,Tin England, and Temairi at Portland till the 17th;‘ Tt&ndV, Ihevptqeetds (o .Holyhead, -apd from;that, portVwiUi oommenoo her transatlantic voyage.; Passengers will be taken at fares of frooLninety to,! one hundred and twenty-five dollars; was ah* tioipateddhat would reachPor Hand,-Maine,■‘in frein to seven days alter leaving Holyhead. Should this trip prbyo sucaeaafulj the Cunardcom pany.wiil at -once.,build W vessel of equal sise, al though-.they have-now-in course of emotion eight stehm«ra than the Persia. ' , i . Xt the iasVabbbnnts frpm Bftn Juan no force had been'r uVed -on .either" side, but Gen. Harneyhad ordered four companies of theTbird artillery, ata-. tiofied at Port Vanconver,'to* reinforce Captain Pickett eh tho Uland/ahdtheßritlah had sent to Frazor river for all their troops at .that place. , The Southern Pacific Railway has been sold un der. cxeotttion, and a new company .is to,be formed, with J. Edgar Thomson, Esq[,jjpf this city, r as ;>7« learn tho above by a despatch from New,Orleans, received'laat night. .ThVNova Scdlianhad not been heard of'at Fa ther, Point as late as IT o’clock last night; - •It seCms that the-Bergen rioters are not yetsnb* , dtied. On Sunday , night, a number of them at* tacked ind to hum the house of Mi*. Alfred AusUn, one of Mayor CoUard’s aids in ma . kingVarrests. ; They-also find on Mr. Austin, and i lurkAd about the Mayor’s house, whieh is opposite ;/./ Mr. Austin’s; One of the disorderlies'was arrested. Mayor cbliard hatfoffered a reward of five hundred doUars'fortha arrest of the others, and ’has issued ajproolamatidn prehibitieg .assemblages .of over twolye peraouawithinihe: riotous difltricts .under the penslty/of $l,OOO, or three years’ imprison ment at hard labor; The trains ran regularly yes terday; however.,, - “ '; .WiUlaux/Louderback, a native of Philadelphia, ’ thirty-five years of age, was .killed, in San Fran cisco, August 20th, by a heavy fire-engine which rau> over l his abdomen. He had'joined the com pany, * * Tho Tiger, * ’ only three days previously, and fell while running to A fire.' By a despatch from New Orleans we learn that the United States steamer Fulton went ashore on St; Boea’s Island, and it is probable that by this time she is a .totid 'wreok. , Hor crew and stores wbre saved., ■•' • ' ‘ iln the United, States Court at .Chicago, yester-, day, thVcts'e of Hussey vs* McCormick; for an infringement of the patent for the cutting apparatus fibrtbe reaping machine, waa decided In- favor of Mr. Husgeyl . i} ." ; ‘ Among the passengers by the steamer Kangaroo; ' which arrived at Hew -York yesterday, were the Kevs. 'Meesr*., Edgar, Dill,. and‘Wilson, deputa tion from Ireland, to collect funds to aid in the re* ligibus'reviv&l now going on in that country,. Robinson was', among’ the passen* gors bythsPersiaat New York yesterday. > At the trial between the steam fire-engine of the Hope Hose Company, of thin city, and that of the Atlantic, Company, of CMongo,, yesterday,-In the city of Chicago, the Hope threw a stream feet farther.than the Atlantic. * rf ~ un Saturday last the statue of Daniel Web eißßvwas forrftally inaugurated iu the State House grounds of Boston, and an appropriate 6.ratiqn /deUyered' by the great New ; Ehgland orator, iHoni Edward Everett. Extensive arrangements had been made feragrandpiro rendered ‘ it aq£ the addresses bf the day, were" delivered in the Music Hall. The {effort ofr Mr. EvKßErronthis Occasion was, characterized, by his usual ability, and will Jong bo . remembered as a brilliant tribute to the immortal statesman whom it eulogised.' The 1 sketch of the life, and character of Mr. < Webster embraced in It, jvhile necessarily brief, must,forcibly im press evmg-reader 'wim .the;'great pains that erainentTßan took in early life;to fit himself fqr the public duties which devolveduponbim., ib a fragment of a diary kept while he was still a law-student,- he casually states tliat he then read Vattel through for the third time. By devoting to other branches 'of political Knowledge as close attention as he thus evi dently bestowed upon -the Law of Nations, he was,enabled at the very outset of hisCongrcs sional. career, to rank among the,-first States men of the country, and to proudly maintain his'poSitioh-through his whoto future life. . It is a crying evil of our times, that wo have entirely too many- men eagerly clamoring tor. office, and;tdo, few .successftd politicians who possess knowledge and genius 'enough to adorn:.* the positions - which 1 tholr * talents: for intrigue enable them W obtain; ; In'many, if iaQt ih ih9si; ,of nur political, struggles, the candidate least qualified is successful.. « Secu ring” nominations and elections la the art to; which, too many pf our aspiring men are, almost! exclusively, devoted. to the litter neglect of the' higher find more usefultask of qualify ingthem ,selves for a faithful intelligent discharge* of their political duties, 'indeed, It may almost fie Said to ha ap accepted, axiom'; that “the -.trite qualification fbt an, office ,(no matter how , exalted its character) is the ability to obtain jf,’’ ahd’ffinedehttisof political 1 aspirants iSf the day tor all,offices, great.and,small, ; would find it difficult to Justify .'their ambition ! oh aby htbfcr principie. ‘;;; l r ( i'antheso ;menj .and to the aspiring ytratfi of the whoje nation, Mr. Wkbsteb’B example Is a beacon light, that'shonldmolto the : cheeksofthe unworthy . andlucompotcnl; wild firo constantly intruding , their mlserablo« claims” hp'oii public atte'n '’ tjonj.hurn. wtth,;Sliame,.ani!pqinii out,.to! in genuous spirits .not yet debaaed by the pre- Wailing lust for undeserved honors,; the true i path ofan honorable ambition,'Thero is enr jtirelytoo much of : a tendency. in! the public ihind to measure, moh’s progress and position i totfierhy the stations tfiey "hold ithan by lfie - manner in whiqh they discharge' their duties. ,' jfp ate too ayt to igndre the greit truth df the tosckheyedcouplet:,-'^ ■ - “Honor sad shams from no condition rise,- s '• Act well roar part, Iktrt all the lionor lies.” ' GradUaily the imagination of thousands of . men has been inflamed by the, thought that a more -election; to Congress may- transform plain John Smith, whose whole ; life has been • spoilt in such exclusive applicationtohia pri ■' vafe interests that he has scsrcoly evor dovo : ted: a day’s ; seriouB consldcratidn' to public "afiiirs, into .a sagacious statesman—or, atajl '■orchis ‘into an “ eminent-politician,” entitlod phblic :,(tons}derirt|oh.Yet the true ofVthis, as'.df ail, other countries,! '‘jqtmmtttbe “elected”,into the .possession of road to political learning, and.it can no more the merfi'atiimpofa popuhbr hide-; ■’ pondent'.)raovereigns,”. ; than- by the fevor- of ariafisdljitomonarch'.; : : : irnly great man, like Webster, will always- reflect 'Credit' upon the nation whoso councils he adorned) :;*W! .M,4?M%hdte«whieii^-wise; O.- enough; to avail’.tbemeelvosrof hiß: eminent ! • totentof ln?tetid df snffering tmatobeer politii' ii ;rite« j and this fact should; at -least do seine.. ' awakob %(sfflWftiien(;ieB‘thrdnilieht l 'the ~^hemeey > Bfiw®ttfisi“e».,to l imp i oy{anfßtatt9iis. ' jhojthdttt.. eiilbgies we i haVeJof iuri timly S bettChj.fortheysorVe'tb derate » f 9 ,;h»«.Wli sW4inl.of,politlcal : attainnients - -;;and ! ito bstoh.the ambltlous; how!much more The Lancaster Inquirer. | The proprietors of this ably Democratic jour ha'. Messrs. S. A. 'Whet ana J.M. GVentheb, having purchased the establishment and.; sub scription list of the dtneric&n/Press J} Re publican, will hereafter print one'of the moßt powerful and intoUigent ncwspapera in this State, under tho name of thb Lancaster Inqui rer, Pre m, $ Republican. They announce their circulation at two thousand three hun dred, and in tho number of 17th September, exhibit an eloquence and a power in support of Democratic principles) Which’ promise to carown their efforts with nbnndanf success. The city of Lancaster iVa moot important point hi the interior of Pennsylvania. The capital of a groat county, containing a population larger than that of the entire State of Delaware, Which electa a member of Congress and two United' States Senators, two Democratic papers should suc ceed without coming in conflict with each other j and we are very suro that the editors of tho Inquirer will not’ Cohcoive it to be ne cessary to intetttero with the able and popular gentleman .who conducts the old Democratic organ,' tho ■ > Intelligencer tr Journal. Wo are, therefore) glad to perceive in their edi torLals tlie kindest feeling manifested towards Captain Sandbbson, the editor of that paper. The politics of’such a county as Lancaster cannot foil to bo interesting to the Democracy of the whole Union. It is the county in which Mr. Buchanan has lived ever BlnCo he returned . from' Kentucky, - (Whither he, had'gono after his' admission to the bar, in this State,) and. concluded to fix-iiis (ate in Pennsylvania. Mo man living haseVer had more cause to be gratofol to the fWonds In his owu localitj’ than James Buchanan, in regard to thoso who. surrounded Lan caster county, from the period of Mb election to the Legislature, during the Administration of Mr. MADisd.v, down to that of his elevation to the Presidency, in 1866.’ There has, there fore,'heen'great reluctance,' on tho part of the people of Lancaster, to Como ln conflict with Mr. BucEAXAK in the events which have arisen since his election to the position he now.occu ples. ;.'ln no portion of the State have the principles upon which he was elected boon laid more closely to heart titan in Ms own coimty. The very fact that his nomination was so stre nuously-opposed; by the extreme Sbiilhern men, in 1866,‘ lSd him, to place his lriends in all the region surrounding bis own residence, rather upon, a Morjhprn than a national plat form., Although called upon, after his nomi nation,' by many of tho. Southern leaders, MI. BuohanAn took special pains to distinguish every-Northern man Who had shoWn himself hostile to tho repeal of, tho, Missouri fcompt-o rnise. - He went far oilf Of his Way to I ,Consult Thomas lI.BentON, and did so. at the hazard of losing the friendship of such men, inMissouri, as Teeat, GaEEx, Babbett, Abmstbono, and the editor of the St. Lonis Republican, lie courted- Mon. John Hickman, in Ghester comity, because ho supposed he would be in fluential with the ‘OppoSltioh. ' In a Word, he snubbed the South in snch a way as to impress his own peoplo. with tho idea that the only way to secure his election Was to pfopltlato j that just Northern Sentiment which demanded that the people of , the Territories shout! control their, own affairs in their own way. The gen tlemen near Mr. Buchanan, in Lancaster; county, seeing the drift of his Own thoughts,! and-following tho lead of his own action, ac cepted that .which seemed to them' to bo right, ' and committed thcmsolvcs heartily to it. If all that his has spoken and writton on this sub ject could he made public, Wo assert that James Buchanan to-day.would bo regarded as infinite ly moresectional than Sewabd, by the oxtromo South, and as ten thousand times more offen sive than Douglas, by those who regard him' as having gone beyond tho Democratic faith, it is easy to 'realise, therefore, how, when Mr.. Buohanan voluntarily betrayed his own platform, and added’insult to injury, upon his own friends in Lancaster county, these latter have at last deemed it to bo their conscientious duty-to-revolt alike against his treacheries and his . despotisms. Their silence here tofore; has given the officials in the connty a sort -of vantage gronhd; but the masses of the people can no more ho silenced in. that ‘quarter than in any other. Ucnco we ‘ predict a most prosperous career for the Lancaster Inquirer. Conducted by able mon, who do not look to place for support; who have no connection with tho Administra tion in any sense, »ni[, pm lalmrlna for an ArfnuurfTtjnfieway, tbaf tho men most clamorous, in' Lancaster county, in support of Mr. Buchanan’s desertion, of his prin ciples and his friends, should be those who have heretofore belonged to the. Opposition {arty i.and.that the leader in the late County Convention, at Lancaster, should have been a person—Mr. North, of Columbia—whoso shamelessness in politics has been so gross and scandalous, that we'wonder at his admission into any Convention calling itself Democratic. £fo not 'only sold out his party, when ho joined the secret order, to secure a seat in tho Legis lature, but after being permitted to re-enter that party, his first step was signalized by a public endorsement of the course of Judge Douglas, and, by a no less public approval of tho course of governor Packer both of whom, itt tho, Lancaster Convention, the other day, He impudently assailed and repudiated. This man is one of tho leaders in the old De mocracy of Lancaster county. The number of the. Inquirer, to which we have referred, con tains the following expressive paragraphs: “On-Wednesday last, in pursuance of the call issued by the chairman of the county committee, the delegates elected from forty-two of the towu ‘lup«- of Lancaster county met In Convention in Fdton Hell, for the purpose of nominating a county ticket, and taking auoh other action on the political topics of tho day as to them might seem St. , Early in the day, the indications wero that a conciliatory oonrse would be taken, and that the National and State Administrations would bo on domed In suoh, a manner as would soothe the as perities that have unfortunately grown oat of tho National'Administration’s abandonment of the principles enunciated in the Democratic platform of 185 e.. The City , delegations hed met in caucus the night before, and smoothed the way for har mony by the adoption of the following conciliatory resolution - Resolved, That the Dcmocratio party of Lan caster oounty hereby reiterate their approval of the Cincinnati platform of 1858—the letter of ao coptanpe, of President Buchanan, as woll as his inaugural Address—and cheerfully endorse the National and State Administrations, having full confidence in tho integrity and ability of our‘ worthy Chief Magistrates. ..“The country delegations, before consulting the postmaster of the city, and those who were free to act independent of his {flotation, saw no obstaolo in, the way of returning to the fraternal feeling of old. if it could be aooompHshed by a method so simple and, practicable. Everything promised peace, andby-gones were really to beoomo by gones.’ ;Bnt. the officials, who rale the Democra tic organisation, had not boen comraltod. They sought no peace except in an insulting silence, in regard to (he official condaot of Gov. Wm. F. Packer, and in the resolved falsehood,'that tho Federal Executive, has -faithfully adhered to the pledges given by him to the peoplo of the Union, at the opening of the eanvass which terminated in his elevation: to the Presidency. The harmonists rightly odicetved that a peace on these terms was infinitely loss desirable to free and independent eitisens, than an open, manly stand In defence of Popular Sovereignty.” “Punch” on the Amnesty. Punch, just received, has a very good sketch illustrative of the amnesty recently issued by Nafoleon. It represents a schoolroom, on tho wall of which is a map of Europe. The schoolmistress is no less a personage than Liberty herself, (face and figure most admira bly' drawn,) who is teaching Master Lows Na poleon how to write. On tho ground are a broken drum, a toy sword, and a little dancing figure of. Pollchinello himself. On a huge black-board Master Napoleon, with a small body; encased in a child’s tunic and lace-pants, has just chalked the word Ahxkbtt in good fair letters, his hand baying boen guided in that good work by fits celestial monitross. This is one of tho host things Punch has lately done. Since the hunch-hack has ceased to caricature Prince Albert and Lord Beouohaw, and such’-fair game qs Wellington and Feel, Lows Philippe and O’Connell, have passed away, his pictorial cuts have by no moans been spirited. - Tho present is an exception. .’ . News by the Persia. i -The only foreign news of interest, by the PiMa, which arrived yesterday, is to tho efiuct that Prussia had sent a representative to ithe Oongross at Zurich,! This may bo taken AS ; the iflrst, step towards a general European .Congress for ( 'the settlement ofthe affairs of iialy Whlch Bnssia strongly urged, six months ago, The afikirs of Central Italy continue in an unsettied state, hut the Duchies repudiate their former ; rfiiSrS as strongly as ever, and Byraagna appeara resolved to be independent of the Popo. Eyuilfllt Pictorial Jouknai.3. —CfiJlemler & Cu. hsvo handed n« tho IllustratedNeias of the I!tofW,i with n memolr snd a remarkably fine. Ukeneas, on steel, of Oiara N(>l£llo r 4he-i!Olebri\tod singer. 'AI *o’ the 77/;:, Loitdoit'.Hctos, both September 3rd.'- Tho same firm hive sent this week * number of "All the Year Round.” THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1869. Trading Justices. On Friday we stated, “It is tifno that tho I present , system of paying aldermen .alibulil bo ' abolished,” and we ondoAYored to' show that tho 1 effect ot the system is to make them “ trading justices,” “ advocates - and judges,” « ad-1 visors and barrators,” “common 1 movers of suits and quarrels.”- Tfe might have added to this frightful array, that its blighting influ ences fall mostly upon the poor and needy, tho degraded and the helpless, andhioVo of ioSs on the other grades ortho OeiHHoUttiiy. Who that has attended an alderman’s office, j ih the southern or northern sections of the; city, has not been shocked lb efery nerve, ns ho hah looked UjVoh the dons, tho mockeries of justice, where the parties litigant, officers and aldermen, have presented all tho repUlßi’ve fbatures of manner, habit, and I face, that in'dlOat* human nature in its lowest Shims of degradation, with passion, avarice, I and ignorance predominating the wholo ? Tho system drives candidates of worth and knowledge from canvassing for, or accepting tho office, with an exception hero and there. But the system- rapidly .undermines the inte grity of tho Justice, lie boeomos tho enter tainer, at “tho office of justice,” of tho idlers ] and loafer-politicians of the neighborhood, | With policemen of like ilk, Who ait aa jackals, and get tho jackal’s Share of “ tho spoils with constables and their helps, all of the same Class. This class of constable, every now and then, runs for the nomination, and becomes alderman; and, os like loves like; tile office becomes filled With «IMfds of a feather.” And although the law prohibits the administration of justice by a “ trader in justice,” within a tavern, the office is either next door, or within a short distance,' where “ they liquor” fro i quontiy. i In other cases, where appearances are in i better keeping, the system is fees, foes, and • fees, ai tnjliiitum. Hence, the pdliceMan, in- stead of taking his prisoner—often a pri- soner for the sake bf fefeSytb tho sta tibtt house, takes him to an alderman’s office (Hot the police magistrate of tho district), I where, after undergoing all the depletion he can hear, is discharged—minCß the foes—well scared ahd glad ttt get away. Wherever an aldefsda'n’s office has policemen or a policeman ‘habitually hanging around it, there, be as sured, “ the drop game ” described is no nov elty, irat well practised, and all the modes well conned wheroby. to raise «tho fceS.” If these itC the products df the system, Cnd if ihoy are kko'Wn add understood, WliAt man of intelligenco oir character would have the office OU ahy terms ? What honest man Midi consent do play the vampire on his spe cies for a mess of pottage thus earned i Are there not'Alderraen who do not these things 1 Certainly there are; but few and far between, forming the exception and hot the rule. . is this a caricature of a likeness that we have draWh? Alas I would to Heavon it were ! Go to the offices referred to, And hohold tho system in fkll blast. Soo tho aldermanlC representative, lift dobket, his transcript, hW pfocoss; and behold him, his of flce, and Ills doings, and ail tell “that tho ungenerous arts havo never” soft ened his manners; and tho schoolmaster has been so far abroad that lib his hover had iho pleasure of eVeh meeting with him, much less the honor Of his acquaintance. He might have filled a niclie in some othor and more suitable vocation in llfo, wlieto hIS Shortcomings would not be Bb apparent, transparent, and preju dicial—and where, at least, ho might havo been, and have remained, an honest man; and though « unhonored and unsnng,” might havo escaped the unenvlablo notoriety arising from justice being made a trade of, by tho judicial office, Under the influence Of the fee-system; ' Theso things were-Hot always so. There was a time when tho offide Was sought after, not for its emoluments, but as ono conferring a | mark of confidence, of honor/ and where tho business of the magistrate was almost nomi nal. Fees wero then not important; n*t tho alpha aiid omega; not the study of tho offico, of tho principal, the jackal, and tho police man. But time swelled population, trade, vice, avarice, and craft advabco in things good, bad, vicious, and criminal, aud then tho hy dra-headed atdermahio fee-system sprang into gigantic proportions, with all its mon. strosities, extortions, injustice, and petty ty rannies. As we have advanced in other things for the benefit and Improvement our yftiarcial offlcofs, and pay them fklf ahd remunerative sala ries. This will destroy tho hydra. This will purify tho aldermanic atmosphere. This will do away with the vile compounds of character that aro natural antipodes to each other. This will drive out tho class of men who now fill tbo offico, and pnblic opinion and popular votes will sustain a better class of men, superior in knowledge, intellect, character, and purity, who will bo, In fact as well as in name, “ justices of tho peace;” men whoso aim will ho to preserve the peace, to depross trifling litigation, to harmonize neighbors and neighborhoods, instead of send ing them to courts, to worry, ftet, and im poverish each other by potty, foolish, and vindictive litigation, at tho heck, bidding, and contrivance of “ tho trading justices.” Then will tho alderman bo looked up to with re spect, looked upon as the guardian and ns the patriarch of tho ward, neighborhood, vicinage, and city, and be both useful and profitable, if not ornamental. Pnblic Amusements. That established favorite, £. L. Davoni>ort, the tragedian, commenced a week's engagement hero last night. Ho appeared In llamieti and wont as near satisfying us as any actor can. For Hamlet is one of the most difficult of all the Sbaksperlan creations. The , question of his sanity was almost solved, last night, by Mr. Davenport’s rendition of the character. Sedate sad at firat->then touched with anger because of the indelicacy of his mother’s marriage so very early in her widow* hood—after that, suspicion and even more aroused .by the rorelations from the world of spirits—then simulated madness, as he tells Horatio. Next, the expedient of , .. , “ The play-the p}ar 'a the thins, with which to catch the consotenoo of tho King.” The interview with his mother shows her want of complicity in the murder. Ophelia's death seems to unsottle his wavering reason—bat he re mains philosophical to the last, as witness his dia logue in the grave yard. There, his weak point U touched, and the feud with Laertes arises, whioh ends so fatally. Op/ulia was admirably represent ed by Mrs. Cowell, and her beautiful snatches of song—so sadly, sweetly given—deeply impressed all who heard her. Mrs. Duflield, as tho Quren, played finely In the closet soone. Of tho rest— Laertes , Polonius % and Horatio (Messrs. Keacb, Thayer, and Dubois) were well filled. Mr. Daven port will appear this evening as Damon. This evening, too, Mr. Booth will take the part of Sfiylocf; in “The Merohant of Venice;” and “London Assurance” will bo played at tho Aca demy of Music. Mrs* Bowers and her Critics* Under the above heading, Mrs. Eiiiabeth Bowers, present manager of a theatrical company at the Academy of Music, has published a long persona! tirade againßt the dramatio critics of the Philadel phia press, because, in tho honest exercise of their duty to the public, they havo almost universally condemned two dramatic pieces producod by hor, ono the “ Black Agato,” made by the easy process of taking apopular romance, clipping out fragments of the dialoguo, adding a few connecting sentences of original matter, and calling suob paste and scis sors’ work “preparing a play;” and another, pre sented to the public as an original play, under the name of “Isidore of Sylvania.” The bills and advertisements on Thursday an nounced this last as to bo played that evoning for the first time~ the public hence boHoving it to be a new and original drama, then first acted. On Friday, tho management announced tho “bril liant success of tho new Komantio play of Isidore of Sylvanla, received on its first presentation with eothusiaxtlo applause.” On Saturday, the no to was still higher, and there was announced the “ great, triumphant, and unparalleled succoss of the New Romantic play,” whioh, the public wore further told; was “pronounoed to be the most thrilling play eyer produced on tho Philadel phia stage*” Nevertheless, despite this enthusiasm and ap plause—whioh would seom to prognosticate a trium phant run, as great as “Our American Cousin ” had, lost season, at Arch-street Theatre, it was with drawhon Saturday evening.’ It is said that “tho most thrilling play ever produced on a Philadel phia stage ” drew no more than six hundred dol lars oash during its throo nights’ biasing triumph ! This, we submit, settles tbo question of its accepta bility with tho public. Had it been presented as written by Shakgpero himself in the other world, and taken down from hisdiotatton by a Spiritualist, the publio might have treated it no better. Thoy might have shrugged tholr Bhoulders and said that Shakspere in the body composed better plays than Sbakspere in the spirit. We attended tho first representation, and pub lished A long, And not onjy a fair, but really a Jklod-criticism on “ Isidore” next morning. We gave the, plot, faithfully and fully, pointing out its great defects—namely, that it was “ a drama of a single idea, without any underplot—without any lighter relief.” We described it as “writtenln j blank verse. If not in stately prose, with some familiar expression* scattered through it,** and we reoogntsed, in the mouth of the principal charac*. ter, the well-known sentence— “ Happiness! The gay to-morrow of the mlml, ■Which never comes.” We complained that Mrs. Bowers had not much to do in the play, addinc, “ her death Scene was fton drously effective.** We said u the wholo weight of iho play Vbsted. hp,6n Mr. Waliactc, And he sus tained it ndbly,” adding that his part 11 Vras well draifcrn by the dramatist, and Hinely deVelopod by Mr. Wallaot.", Wo praised tho singing and tho dancing, &nd the splendid effect of fine scenery | rich dresses, and other accessories. This is called I a harsh criticism ! At all events, wo beliovo it I was tho only orltioism on tho play which appeared the noxt morning, with the exoeption of one in tho Inquirer , on,the first pago of that papor, which was put to press at or about, if not before , tho first 1 words of tho play had been spoken on tho stage! J This anticipatory oritioism on the performance oan | only bo accounted for by assuming it to have boon {a spiritual communication. I Mrs. Bowers now avows that tho play, acted j “for the Jtrsi timeon Thursday, ahd advertisod lOn Friday and Saturday as “ netb ” was v6t what I She assured the puhlio it Was—hht that it was “ MirAndola,” by Barry Coimwal!, played in Lon don nearly thirty years age. If this had been done by a male Hianoger, what would people havo oallod it ? When a female acknowledges it, it is simply “ a' sell on the orltles ”~a sell on tho public, too, from whom the seller has received An infinity of kind* ness. t FUrther, Mrs. Bowers desorlbos “Mirandola” as “ prodtioed by Mr. Maeroody, many years qloce, in London, with great buoooss, adequate to its wonderful beauty and impressiveness. It is as vroll known to every person of oulturo as any play by Shakspere. It is an almost faultless dramatic work, replete wlthpoetlo pathos, and worthy of the genius of Procter and Macrcady.*’ We know some* thing about li Mi'randdla,” and shell state it. In the piny was Written by Barry Corn* wall, (B, W. Procter,) at the, sdiloltatlon of hie friend Mac ready,, who was pleasured for and ac* ourately .flttedwlthp peh Whtoh engrosses nearly all lt was “ played for tho first timdßHr Covent Garden Theatre, on January i 9th, 1821,' with Maorpady as Mirandola, Miss Foote as Iflldora, and Charles Kemblo ns Guido. It ran only sixteen nights, as we learn from Car rington’s IS/iglish Stage. This “fauUlessdrematio work” was as unsatisfactory to the treasury of Covent Garden as it was to that of the Academy. Mr. Carrington, after stating tho plot, pithily adds: “It la, on tho wholo, a pretty good play, but tho manner in whloh Cast! gets the letters is not very naturalfeniark which Press also made. In those days the lAto Sir Thomas Tnlfoiird (author of “Ion”) was a dramatio. critic, and though a thorough admirer of M&* cready, had the candor to admit that this play> “foundedupon Byron’s 'Parisina,’ was deficient in varied interest, and that hllrandola was seen and hoard in it too muob, rendering all the other characters Insignificant.” The play was not re peated in any subsequent season. It is made a feprdadh on the critics that they are hot persdns “ of culture,” booause they aro not fa* tniliar Wlth.a play produoed nearlv thirty years ago, damnod,in three weeks in London, and never resuscitated till now. Is thore a copy of “ Mlran* ddla” ih any jjublld library of this.oity? Nay, piore, Barry Cornwall’s dhraatio works were eol* looted by himself, and published in 1857, (by Chap* man A -Hall, of London,) and ho sets his own sea* of condemnation upon “ Mirandola,” tho fruitof his juvenile flirtation with the muses, by not Including tbjfl “ almost faultless ” tragedy in tho collection, i In ft second notice of “ Isadora of Sylvania,” we I remarked, in pralso, “it Is singular that there I was no oooaslon, on Its second perfortnntioe, to out jit down’*—a process which yVad Ibtixid bo I With the “Black Agate.” It happens not to bo singular. The outting-down was done beforehand, and consisted in cutting out four characters io “Mirandola,” Tiz:Julio, afrlcnd toGnldojMaroo, an Innkeeper; Ilypollto, son to Isabella; and Bea trice, wlfo to Marco. There is one of Mrs. Bowers’s critics with w])ttn she Is not angry—*, e. , Mr*. Bowers—who canS rar ssys Of the play, “ prepared by mvself,” that story js one (it intelliglbU simplicity, Its ins* thooghtfti! and instructive.” 4v Out of eight or ten critics whom Mrs. Bowej in sails, she soleots two for personal reproaohA*! causo they are “ foreigners.” Does it occur t'l . that, should she fulfil her intention, publiolM \ noanced some months ago, of professionally vifc log England, shot tooj would bb “ foreign,” bin ) ever woll-deserVihgt On that soil. Would she to * strongly feel tho injustice of such a tiunt? then, use it to others, whoso great orhno soems toUT* | that theyiireibi* truth io AduUtidn, and nelfcM | write xtpri>rlnt orUloismdupOhperformanoes | they take placet , Letter from “Qccasional*” J [CorrewandenGe.of Tbe Press.] . j Pedctaii3ftX6 , inPl%Bvsuv,»a4 ukt trU* fdfdeubh*' that large class of intelligent, educated, and gtal\ tiouB gentlemen who are always looking to tlfi, foreign servioo, are casting about to see which candidate for the Prestdeooy is tho most likely to succeed, in order thatthoy may gratify their aspi rations for diplomatic distinction. It is amattng and amusing, whon “tho season” is at the full | in this city, to witness the nurnbor of candidates I for appointment in the diplomatio corps. It is I easy to distinguish thorn. They cotaeto Wash ington, after having passed through a sort of social novitiate; after having consulted all the books upon etiquette in the groat cities, North and South; after having studied French, Spanish, and Gormdn, and after having put themselves In the hands of all the . barbers and tailors iu their vloinlties. They soon attempt to become acquainted with American politics and fasten themselves upon this Souator and that Congressman. They are always on hand to go on every conceivable and inooa* colvablo errand, in order to propitiate the repre sentatives of tho pooplo, and At last aohieve the object they came to attain. I have been frequently entertained at seeing a inembor of Congress from a rural district in the North, Boutb, or West, managed by one of these embryo diplomatists. lie is a constant guest at his chambers. Ho invites the Congressman to breakfast, to dinnor, and to Bupper. Ho is claquer in the galleries of tho House for his favorite con gressional notor. He fetches his mails. He an ticipates his wants, and at last tho representative is fully convinced that ho has socurod an attached friend, whoso only ambition is to serve him. Lo ! the result shows that tho gamo which has boen played before by others is being well played by tho new Robert Macatrc, and the innocent mem ber of Congress finds hlmsolf building up a man who has only used him for the time being. All this class Is now aotlvely at work in antici pation, and, ns it is no inconeiderablo olass, I pro pose to spread before it, as well as the oountry at large, a few items in regard to the diplomatic ser vice, so os to enablo them to proceed with more elaborate onginoery in order to aeoomplish their purpose. George M. Dallas is the present American mi nister at London, and his son, Philip N. Dallas, eooretary of legation, with your friend, Benjamlu Moran, assistant secretary of legation. Robert B. Campbell is cqneul at London, a place whioh I have no doubt Mr. Buchanan has re poatedly desired that he should surrendor. Boverly Tuoker is consul at Liverpool, whose po sition my modesty forbids me to speak of. Georgo Vail, former membor of Congress from New Jersey, consul at Glasgow, is an exceedingly good fellow, who ought not to be turned oat even by a Republican President. Hugh Keenan, of Pennsylvania, consul at Cork, a near relation of James Keenan, of tbo same State, late consul at Hong Kong, and now ono of the Ad ministration editors of the Greensburg Democrat , in your State. Charles Huffnagle, of Pennsylvania, is consul general of British India, (Caioutta,) who hu boon abroad long enough to forgot his oountry, and who has returned to it only to show that he ought never to be sent abroad again. Wyman B. S. Moor, consul general of the North American provinces at Montreal. FranoisW. Pickens, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to St. Petersburg. . John Y. Mason, envoy extraordinary and minis ter plenipotentiary at Paris. Henry AV. Spencer, consul at Paris. Gabriel G. lleurot, consnl at Bordeaux. W. Preston, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Madrid. Charles J. Helm, consul general at Havana. George W. Morgan, American minister at Lisbon. Henry 0. Murphy, minlstor resident at tho Hague. < James M. Buchanan, minister resident at Co penhagen. Joseph A. Wright, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Berlin. Jehu Glanoy Jonos, envoy extraordinary and minlstor plenipotentiary at Vienna. Theodore Fay, minister resident At Berne. John M. Daniel, minlstor resident at Turin. John P. Stookton, minister resident at Rome. Joseph R. Chandler, minister resident at Na ples. James Williams, minister resident at Constan tinople. Rdwin Do Loon, consul general at Alexandria. George V. Brown, consul at Tangiera. Marcus J. Gains, consul at Tripoli. Townsend Harris, consul general at Simoda. JohnE. Ward, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at China. James AV. Borden, commissioner at Honolulu. Robert M'Lane, envoy extraordinary and minls tor plenipotentiary At Mexico, Alexander Dimitry, minister resident at Nica ragua. Edward A. Turpin, minister resident at Ve neznela. Charles R. Buok&low, minlstor resident at Quito. B. K. Moade, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Rio de Janeiro., John Bigler, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Santiago John Randolph Clay, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Lluia, TKe candidates for official position who are look* * ing out to ascertain which is tho strongest man for the Presidency in ’ 1860, being anxious to learn where all tho tempting offices are located, will be obliged to me for referring them to the above list. I have no doubt that Mr. Buchanan, if he were a candidate for re-eloctioD) Would like to retain most of the inoUmbeiits of the aboVo offices. 33ut, inas much as he is not a oandidato, all geritieffied who are desirous of assisting other aspiratitl Have Only to go to hint and state thoir case properly, in order to Induce him to rortiovo tho ocoupants of tho pro eentoffioes. Whatever may be said to tho oontrary, tho our- I rent is not just now* running smoothly with the I custom house end post office officials in your city. | The trouble is sorious, and cannot bo smoothed over with soft words and promises. Messrs. Baker, Hamilton, and Browne have heavy work on baud. It looms tho district attorney will not submit to or acknowledge their dictation. Ho charges that the party has been prostrated through thoir “ im beoility and offensive tyranny,” and that tho Pro eidonthas been damaged, almost to his ruin, in 1 Pennsylvania by their mismanagement. Tho dis- ' trlot attorney is ono of tho President’s oldost friends, tfono ovbr questioned his ddillty, atid ho is now willing, for the sake of peace, and to make the Government officials a unit, to resign his placfy (and has bo said to tho Prcsidont,) if ho will make a change in tho officos of collector, post master, suryoyor;and naval officer; but ho will 'never abandon tho Prcsidont whilo such friends arc loft to control and rogulato affairs. I know that this is the true state of tho case now. I havo it from tho most*unquestioned authority. In this controversy, tho Attorney General takes part for 1 tho oolleotor, surveyor, and postmaster, aud Is tho modium through which thoy make their case to tho Proßidcnt. The district attorney goes to headquarters himsolf, and, unless I am much I mistaken, has written some unmistakoable strong 1 Saxon anil gdUd Bnglisb to tbe President on tho subject, though he does not quote Latin or Sb&k- as liberally as tho Attornoy General. The appearaneo hero of extra copies of Colonel Flo- Venee’s Sunday organ, containing assaults upon the oolleotor, postmaster, and surveyor, has not had a tendency to quiet matters at the White Houso. The Postmaster General has gone to Kentucky to look nfter the delegation that State may send to Charleston. Tho Hon. Charles Wiokliffe, Tyler’s Postmaster General, it is said, has most disinte restedly expressed tho opinion that Mr. Holt would be preferred to either Guthrie or Breokinridgo by the Democracy of Kentucky. Occasional. THE LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. THE UNITED STATES FAIR AT CHICAGO. Trial of Steam Fire Engines. THE “HOPE,” OF PHILADELPHIA, TRHJMPUANT, Valuable Awards to Fawkes* Steam Plough CmcAoo, Bept. 19.—At the Un\ted States fair grcuimlS. to-day, a trial of steam fire engmos was had, which re sulted in favor of tho engine of the Hope Hose Company, of Philadelphia. , , The Hope’s engine throw ft.etieam.t urtx feet higher than that thiirtyn by Heron!* competitor, the ehgihd of the Atlantio Cotnpany of tin? city.. Tlib Atlantic uses tho rotary pmtip, and was built at Seneca halls, If. Y. Fawkes’ eteam plough, of Lancaster, was awarded a gold medal by Uuitod States Agricultural Society, and $B,OOO premium by tho Illinois Central Railroad Company and State Agricultural Society. Tkfc Southern Faoififc Railway, SALE,OF.THE ROAD UNDER BXfcOlfyiON.— tHE DEBTS ' TO BE rAID OFF BV FOWLKES—I NEW COMPANY TO BE REORGANIZED, WITII EDGAR THOMPSON AS PRESIDENT, ETC. New Orleans, Sept. 19.—Advices from Marshall, Texas, of the 6th inst., state that the Southern Pacific Railway was sold under execution, Gen. K. V. Richard son and associates beinc the purchasers. President Fowles will pay off tho debts of the old company. The purchasers are preparing to reojKanize a now company—to elect Edsar Thompson, of the Pennsyl vania Central, an president, to unite with the El Paso Company, nnd to Continue the construction of the road. I'iSstormsEnconjitureU by tho Steamer Persia; New York, Sept. 19.—A gentleman, who camo as a passenger aboard tho royal mail steamer Persia, de scnlies the storm in which the Persia was disabled as terrific. Hor crank-pin was brokon on Monday eve ning, about 10 o’clock, She lay to until the next after noon, in hopes the storm would abate so that she could repair, but finding no improvement in the wcathor, ,it was decided to put liaok to Cork. Alter proceeding in .that direction a hundred miles the weather moderated, hhe breakage was repaired, and the steamer put about £*W'hen reaching; tlxain thp.qame latitude, In which the Minster occurred, tile Persia uhcpitntereu a storm more errifiothan the first ohe, but she ploughed her way lirough uninjured, except the crashing of one of her vlioelhouses. ... , The Persia has the heaviest freight she ever brought > this port. Baltimore Affairs* gllß MAYOR AND THE ROWDIES—MEETING OF THE «V UNITED BTATBS GRAND LtfDOE I. 0. OF 0. F. ' Baltimore, Sept. i9.~Mayor Swr.n made [\ refclr to- Hf to the communication dddressod to him by the Antral’Committee appointed at the recent town meet air, touching the existing difficulties. The Mayor.re vives the communication in a friendly spirit; promises exert his power to insure an ordorlj election, and to uooint a special police force in each ward to maintain peace. He accompanies tho letter with an address Xitizeni, in whicb.hqreyis.vs tjieoventt.of.the past «r. nmidefimas his administration from the citatge of Jdin« or encouraging the disorderly element, u United States Grand Lodge oi Odd Fellows,na il hero t» t day. Nothing of importancetranspired reading of repotts, etc. •HisajptcTdhoaapettko lnDistresß. ntastner rnenne at 3 o clock on Sunday morning. A very high sea,was running. She sprung a leak and at into Frovincetowil last evening; with several feet of vi(erm her hold. tonsof cargo, oonaistingof sugar, syrup,oil, Ac., thrown overuoxrd. 'ihe passengers, seventeen in jfinraber, landed in safety. , jTha steamer roakos little water now, but as she is deeply laden, her cargo is probably b.tdly damaged. She will await instructions from her owners. From Washiugton. Washington, Sept. 19.—General Lamar, ex-Mimsier to Costa Rica and Nicaragua, who has been on buauiosw, here ever since his return from Central America, left Washington to-day for his home in Texas. No increase of our navjfl foroesm the Pacifio is con templated, in consequence of the San Juan Island dispute. Postmaster-General Holt, who left the city to-day for Kentaokyi purposes being absent lor about two woeks. .The late storm did inuoh damage to the corn crops of Maryland and Virginia. Disaster to the United States Steamer Fulton* New Orleans, Sept. 19.—The United Statos steamer Hilton wont ashore on St. Rosa’s island, In a gale on the 16th instant, and is rapidly breaknng up, boing laid hivli nnd dry. Her crew and storos were aaved. The Fulton (a aiue-whee) third-olass steamer) was limit at the Brooklyn navy yard m 18S7, wrs of six hun dred and ninety-eight tonnage, end carried five guns. The Freshet in the Potomac* Washington, Bept. 19.—1 t is reported that a large number of tbe nv«r aud bay cratt are ashore in the lower Potomac. The brigs reported yesterday had ar rived at Alexandria. It is reported that the steamship Mount Verfion, from Washington for Now York, was lying yesterday piorning at Perry Point, with a large steamship alongside. Now York Bank Statement. ).ori, Sept. 19.—The bank statement for the week ending Saturday shows ; An increase of loans “ *’ “ deposits A decrease ol specie ... . *' 41 *' circulation, Arrival of tlie Religious Deputation from Irelund. New \ork, Bept. 19.—Among the passengers by the steamer Kangaroo, winch arrived at this port this after noon. are the deputation from the Genor.il Assembly of the Protestant Church of Ireland—Rev. Dr. Edgar, Rev. Mr. Pill, and Rev. Mr. Wilson. The Keystone State. Charleston, Sept. 19.—The atenmahip Keystone mate, Captain Marsliman, from Philadelphia, arrived at Soeloek yesterday morning. 6ho encountered strong headwinds during tlio wholo passage. The Case of Hussey vs. McCormick. piticAoo, Sept. 19.—1 n tlio case of Hussey va. McCor mick for An infringement of patont for the cutting apparatus of tho reaping machine, before Judges Mc- Lean A/id Drummond, a decision vaa given to-day by the United States Court in favor of Hussey. Non-Arrival of the Ifova Scotian. Father Point, (below Queboo,) Sept. 19—ll P. M. —There are no signs of the stcan.er Nova Bcotian, now due with Liverpool date? to Wednesday, the 7th inst., four days later than furnished by the Persia. Arrest of n Negro Forger ut Boston. Boston, Bept. 19.—Henry Mitchell, colored, has been arrested here for forging the name of Gorald Jlidlock, or the Mew York Journal of Commerce, to & note of d1i062. _____ The Western Waters. ..PtTJSßnao.Bept. 19.—W0 have now9K foot water in the channel at this point. The rise comes out of the Freights are low. Arrival of the Kangaroo at New York. New York, Bept. 19.—The steamship Kangaroo, from Liverpool on the Slat jilt., has been signalled below. She will be up at about half-past one o’clock this aftor noou. The U, S. Steamer Brooklyn. , New Orleans, Kept 19.—The U. 8. steamer Brooklyn loft Pensacola on the 14th, for New York. Death of lion. A. 11. Tracy, of Buflttlo. Buffalo. N. Y., Sept. 19,-Tfon. Albert H. Tinor, a wealthy resident of this city, died to-day. movements of Southern Steamships. Savannah, Sept. 19.—The steamships Alabama and Huntsville arrived hero to-day from New York. Markets by Telegraph. Nkw Orleans. Sept. 19.-Cotton-Tho foreign ad vices caused greater firmness in the market; the sales to-day amounted to 3 SOU bales. Sugars closed buoyant, with an advance of h'c; sales at 6,**e«H'o. Lard, m kegs, lztfq. Cincinnati, Sept. ».-Flour dull at S4W. Wheat steady. Corn advanced 3t*so- Whiskey advnneed; t*l?on 8t 23 * C * * rov * B *otis firm, but unchanged in quo- CiiAULE-iTOfi, Sept. 19.—Cotton firm; sales of 2,000 Iwlc*. A Washington corroapondoiit of tlio Journal of Commerce Bays: “It is a matter of bislorical record that Ihn invasion of a oorn-field, in Rhode Island, by a filibuster hog belonging to an ad jacent farm, brought up tbo war of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. The speck of war whloh has Arison on our northeastern boundary Is caused by another hog, which animal owed allegiance to tho Hudson’s Bay Company, but made havoc among tho potatoes of an Ameri can squatter in tho island of San Juan.” The Bqu&tter shot the hog, and restated an order for his arrest and transfer to tho town of Victoria, for trial. This oausod a threatened withdrawal of tho protection whloh had beon afforded to tho American settlers by the Hudson’s Bay Company, from Indian hostility and depredations. an appeal was raadoby the settlors to Gon. Harney for protection, in compliance with which ho Boot Captain Pickett and two skeleton companies to tho placo. Thia proceduro on the part of General Harney will be approved and sustained; but suoh explanations will bo made, and suoh measures ta ken, as will prevent any collision botween our troops and the British authorities. Tho Common Council of Norfolk, Va., have re jected a rosolutlon proposing that tho Great East ern steamship be invited to visit that harbor on her trip to Amotion, and that tbo hospitalities of the city he extended to her capiain and offloors should the invitation be aocepted. Mr. Greeley, in his last letter from California says that J. 0. Fremont is taking about $5,000 per week out of his mines at Mariposa. THE CITY. AMUBEMENTS THIS EVENING. American Academy ofr Music, Broad and Locuat-* *' London AAsurahcd.’’ Walnut-Btrbrt "heaths, oorner Wamut ana Kifith street*.—“Daßidn artu PyUuas“Naval En* gageinertW' . WhBATLSY & CUHKE’S AacH-StBBBT ThBATMj Aroh street. Above Sixth.—“ Merchant of Venice Married add Bitigle, M Concert Ball, Chestnut street, above Twelfth.— Pennsylvania Horticultural Exhibition. McDonough b Gaieties, Race street, below Third.— Concerts nightly. Sanford’s Opbra Hours, Eleventh street, above ■ Jhestnut.—Concerts nightly. Fund Hall, Locust st., abovb E.ohth.— Christy’s Minstrels. Fairmodkt Pass.—Free Concert every afternoon and evening. Mbbtixo of the Guardians of this Poor.—An adjourned meeting of the Board of Guardians of , the Toor was held, yesterday afternoon, at the office in Se venth stroet. It was a quarter past thrcobofore busi- ness commenced, although the meeting was called at three. Members present—Messrs. Server, Maris. Esher, Dickinson, Lentz, Bobbins, Evans, Linnard, Will ianis, (jresaou, add Keyser—president. A communication was received from Belect Council, nykina fdrcertmn information m relation tp any ieca c as of which thealmshduso ntay be a recipient. The ■resident and treasurer were authorized to give the in- ’drmation. The question id relation to the occupancy of the house on tho grounds by Dr. R. K. Smith canto, up. Mr. Cresson moved to refer the matter to the solicitor, with instructions to ejeot the tenant in the most summary and efficient mann-r. Agreed to. A communication wns received from Dr. Joseph B. Strajer. of Now Markot. Shenandoah county, Va., ap plying for tho post of chief resident physician in the almshouse. It wns placed on file. The committee appointed to report On the practica bility of altering the present syatomofout-uoor visiting, through Mr. Williams, presented a report. The cora imttoo were of the opinion that no important changes could he made in the present system. They; however, rncominendod the combination of the duties of visiter, physician and njiothecary m tho Eleventh district, in one person, thus dispensing with two of the officers. It wns further recommended that the salaries of all tho out door physicians be in all cases eighty dollars per annum, excepting whore tho duties of visiter and apothecary arn combined in the office. Tlie consideration of tho report was postponed for a A repbtt frtiri fWo Hospital Committee was presented ih favor of the establishment of a course of clinics du ring the winter. Tickets are to bo issued to students At ive dollars a session. The lectures are tobeoponto studeots on Wednesday and Friday mornings. A code f rules for the government of the olinics wns Attached, ’he report wns adopted end the Consideration of the rules postponed. Mr. Cresson presented the following: Ke*olvrd. That the sdcrethtybe requested to inform tho Gan .Company that this Board withdraw their assent to the use of ?as in the house on the Darby road, occu pied by Dr. R< K. Smith, and that they be requested to stop on the ras from that house. After a little conversational debate the resolution was adopted. Mr. Eshor offered the following. JiesolreJ. That the secretary advertise for proposal to furnish tho respective districts the necessary quan tity of wood anil coni for distribution to the poor during the approaching winter. .Agreed to. Mr. Lmnard offered a resolution authorizing and in quiring into the expediency of establishing a standing committee on closssincation and diet, which was adopted. , The committee on preparing a contract with Mr. B. F. Hunt for the furnisiiuu of Ixwf to the House made a report. Tho contract was referred to the committee with instructions to Act in conjunction With the soltci- The question of fixing the salary of the resident phy.- sionn of the Insane Asylum came before the board. A motion of Mr. Williams to make it $1,200 with the use of the dwelling, grounds, and stabling, on Darby Road, wns agreed to—yeas 6, nays 4. as follows i Yeas—Cresson, Lmnard, Marts, Robbins, Williams, and Koyser (President, i Najs—Dickinson, Esher, Lentz, and Server. Theßoard.havimr.noother business to transact,ad journed, until next Monday afternoon at 3 o clock. Adjourned Meeting of Common Council.— Yesterdaj afternoon anadjourned mooting of this branch of tho city government was held in the usual place—Mr. Two irt the chair. * . Mr. Pottercalled.up "the,ordinance organizing the t)etactlyl. DepirtfhWit 61' thfc Police for tho oity of i Philadelvhia." ~ 4 . . t , . lAs it has been printed m bur Columhs nlroady we °The t suhiept was discussed at much length by Messrs. Potter. Miller. Hacker, Quinn, ate. .. . , An amendment to give the Mayor authority to dismiss these oflu ors was voted down. Mr. Quian moved to amend to strike out thatportion bf the prdmnnce which totaina these officers during good behavior. , ~ Dr. Sites moved to postpone the subject until the soli citor’s opinion is obtaiued upon the legality of the pro- P< MrJ Dennis could soo nothing illegal in tho ordinance. The motion to postpoife wns not agreed to. The motion to strike out tho portion winch makes the office a life one was adopted.. , The first section was agroed to by a vote of 39 to 12. The salary ol the chief was reduced to sl,oOp, and that of the detectives to $7OO, on motion of Mr. lla -B®MV. O’Neill moved to amend the second section to read that the salaries of these officials shall not com ineHftehbtil their .appointment Is approved by Select Council. Agreed to* . , The otdinanoe then passed. . * - The ordinance appropriates 53,297.16 thpat lor flour purchased by tho Guardians of the Poor, was laid over. The ordinance passed by Select Council, authorizing tin* sale of Spring Garden Hall, was postponed. - Th* resolution passed by Eelflct Council, requesting the directors of the Northwestern Railroad Company to submit a report of its aiTairs, was concurred m. The ordinance appropriating 8350 to purchase books for such pupils of tuo High School as are too poor to purchase them, wasdiscussed At much length, and finally postponed. Adjourned. Casks at Recorder Eneu’s Office.—Yester day , before Recorder Eneu, two youn* fellows, who rave the nafnes of William FfaZer and Adam King, were bharsed with having feloniously entered the storo of Dftvid McClain, at Penn and„Boufli Streets, on Fri day night last, and taking therefrom ahmft fifty dollars m money. The prisoners, who are well known to the police, were arrested by. Officers Carlin and Trelts. After some pretty conclusive evrabnoe of guilt had been elicited, the Recorder committed the accused, in default of toil, to await a further hearing. _ _ . Yesterday afterfioon ft young man named Edward Statisburgh wai arrested by Detective Officer Carlin ontho charge of larceny. Tlld, btijotler, it appeared from the evidence riven before the Recorder, went into the jewelry establishment of Mr. Ousta* us Jacoby, ht No. 531 South street, and offered severa valuable articles for sale at a, figure greatly below their original cost. While Mr Jacoby was examining these articles Stans burrli managed to pocket a gold wateh worth ssB, with which lie escaped from the store. Information having been loltof the fact at the Recorder’s office. Mr. Carlin found but little difficulty in effecting the arrest. The accused was committed in default of 81,000 bail to an swer at court. , Irish Deputation.—"We notice tho arnval at New York, by the Kangaroo yesterday, of the Rev. Dr. Edgar Belfast, the Rev. 8. M. Dill, Ballymena, and the Rev. Wilson.,Mtoh'inerivk.. These ft dfDj l .\fl>t received cSrdia 1 welcome by the fnendl’ot religion in this country, especially as they come fresh from the wonderful scenes of revival now spreading so rapidly over that lead, of the progress and effect* of whiphthoyrafty be expected to give au in teresting accouht. They will be here in a few days. Passing Counterfeit Aloney.—On yestorday rooming Mary Brawn, alias Hart, the wife of John Hart, who is now serving out a term in the penitentiary for counterfeiting, had ft hearing before Alderman Shoemaker on the charge of having passed several of the new counterfeit notes, purporting to the issue of tho Bank of Commerce of this city. Sne was committed to answer at court. Narrow EscApe.—On Sunday afternoon, to wards night, two lads made a narrow escape from drowning. They were playing beside an open cellar of anew house, in Eleventh street, near loderal, that had been lately erectod, and whieh was nearly filled With water, the result of the recent storm. Suddenly falling in, they would have certainly perished, had not timely assistance been rendered. Trial of a Steamer —Yesterday morning, about five o’clock, the Weccacoe steam fire engine waa tried, opposite Southwark HulL She threw a solid laxly of water ohe hundred and twohty-one feet through a one and a quarter-mob nozzle. She also threw two streams (with one one-inch nozzle and one one and an eighth-inch nozzlej an average of one hundred and ninety-five feet. FinE Yesterday.—Yesterday morning at an early hour, a fire broke out in the lnmber yard of Mr. Isnao Potts, in Twenty-first street, between Market and Chestnut. The flames were confined to a pile of boards, which were destroyed, involving a )o»s of $5OO. The fire was the work of an incendiary. During the progress of the flumes, the tender of the Weccacoe sot broken. Mr. Alexander Gibson lias kindly offered the compauy the use of ft horse and wagon until the tender is re paired. Hospital Cask.—Thomas McGrath was lost evening admitted to the Pennsylvania Hospital, having hail his head accidentally cut by coming in contact with the spado of a fellow-workman while engaged in laying the water main on Broad street. Passing Countkrfei** Money.—A young mao named Daniel Fnce, aged seventeen, was yesterday ar rested at Eleventh and ritsvnter streets on the charge of passing ft counterfeit note on the Bank of Commerce. He was taken before Alderman Dallas and held for a further hearing to-day. Alleged Swindler.—A man calling himself Samuel Jones, bad n hearing before Alderman Kjogo few days since, on the charge of endeavoring to swindle by collecting rutaenptions for a steam fire engine with out authority. He was held in $BOO bail to answer. Dr. B. Cloake, presidont of Ibo Emporium Real Estate and Manufacturing Company, orMoundCity, 111., arrived in thin city a few days since, ami is stopping nt the La Pierre House. THE COURTS. YESTERDAY'S FBOCBXDIKQS [Reported for Tho Press.] Yesterday thore was a general revival of life and ac tivity jn tho vi cinily of the several court-rooms. Thi > following business occupied thf attention of tbo Unitei States Circuit Court, Judge Grier presiding! The New York Wire Railing Company vs. M. Walker A Bons. Leonard Myers, Esq., counsel for complainants, applied for an injunction in the above case to restrain defend ants from selling fence out of Eastern Pennsylvania, made under the patont of Henry Jenkins, of February J 3.1849, for “ improvement in wire fences.’’ The plain tiffs claim to own the said patent for tlio whole of the United States. Defendants only deny their right as to Pennsylvania east of tho Allegheny mountains, alleging that for Pennsylvania, Jenkins, in his deed for another patont of 1847. covenanted to convej to thorn any tin provctntnt for Eastern Pennsylvania. Complainants say that tho fence patent of 1819 is totally different in prin ciple from tlio 1847 patent, and is in no wise an improve ment on it. and their counsel'read affidavits from Soli citor of Patents, flee., to prove thoir statement. Defendants contend thnt they did not appoint agents out of Pennsylvania, and that their sales outside of the State were made m pursuance of persons from other States sending orders to them or colling at their store. This plain til!« allege to be an infringement, and also al lege that many agents were appointed. The principle of tins patent fence, called wire rail ing, ib the turning in or the ends of the wires which iorm tlio mesh-work into grooved bars, to avoid met ing. Held under advisement. Gcorgo Harding, Esq., for defendants. The tipstaves oonneotod with this court have not re ceived a single cent of their salaries during the past six months. Common Pleas—Judges Thompson and Allison. Tho Boptember term of tins court commenced yester day. It being tho first meeting of the court since the summer vacation, there was a large attendance of the members of the bar. The current motion list was takeu up. Sessions— Judge Ludlow.—Jury trials were resumed in this court. Charles 6. Herring was tried on the charge of assault ing Henry Hulseinan. This was a family difficulty, gtowing out of an attempt to put a brother-in-law out of a domicil. Nobody was hurt. Verdict not guilty, the coßts to be equally divided between the pmseoator and defendant. Beth Eaton was tried on tho charge of stealing a quan tity of lancy goods, tho property cf Elisabeth Duval. The testimony showed that the goods wore stolen from No. 4 east wing ot the Arcade, an entrance being ef fected throueh a sido window. Most of the stock was removed. Verdict, guilty on the second count. Sen tenced to eighteen months in the county prison. The case of John 0. Drake, who was charged with fraudulent insolvency, upon two bills of innictmont, was tried, and verdicts of not guilty were rendered. Hiram P. Leslie, alias Johnson, abas Williams, was arraigned on tho charge of larceny m utealing two silk ilresses. a velvet cloak, and two bonnets, the property oi Sarah Hughes, one of tho victimised musio teachers, and plead not guilty. Leslie had admitted his guilt, and his desire was to do so publicly. With thia view he was brought into court, but he altered his inind and plead a* we have stated. William Vanneman, a policeman of tho Fifth ward, was put on hiR trial on the charge of stealing two twenty - dollar gold pieces, the property of Thomas 8. Davis. Tho prosecutor testified that m the month of July he was arrested by Officer Vannotnan on the charge of car rymg concealed deadly weapons. At the time of the arrest he had three tweiity-dollar gold pieces in his pos session, two of which disappeared alter he had teen locked up in the station-house. He charged that the officer took them, and was corroborated in this state ment by tho oath of a Mrs. Thomas. Vanuetnan was seen sneaking nl>out a placo where the prosecutor whs, and upon terns remonstrated with, arrested Davis, ami put Ins hand in tlio pocket where the money is said to have been. The defence was good character. Waltor J. fiudd, Ksq., appeared for the prosecution, and F. M. Adams, Esq., for tlio accused. Judge Ludlowcharged the jury fully and fairly tn the matter, alter which they retired to deliterato upon n verdict. They will come into court at 10 o’clock this morning. Thomas R. Klcock, Esq., lias been admitted, on mo tion of F. C, Brewster, to practice in the District Court. M r. Etoock is favorably spoken of, am] will doubtless be a credit to his profession. Tho case of tho Commonwealth t-j. Reynolds, in tho Quarter Sessions, will lie taken up to-day. Thomas & Sons’ Sales this Mousing.—Furni ture, at No. 11l South Sixteenth street, at 10 o’olook. Furniture, In Germantown, at 11 o’clook. Stocks and real estate, nt tho Exohnnge, at 12 o’clock noon. See advertisements and pamphlet catalogues of the three pnle3. Tho Unitod States Grand Lodge of tho Inde pendent Ordor of Odd Follows assembled at Balti more yesterday, but, beyond tbo preliminary busi ness of organisation, nothing was transacted of in twwt to tho order. . FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. • The Money Market. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19,1853. But a moderate biudnealwas done at the stock board to-day. Catawissa bonds deohned still further. Reading Railroad shares were better. Spruce and Pine-streets paslerlger railway shares sold at 13; West Philadelphia at6fy;Second and Third-street new at 33; Frankford and SouthVrnrk at 61 %. Sank stocks are firm at previous Quotations. The Supreme Court have appointed Charles Macales ter receiver of the Elmira Railroad—a person well qua lified to act in that post. St. Geo. T. Campbell. Esq., it is stated, advised this step as one giving no preference to any interest, but as aein* the means ofpregervioK the property in the best shape uutil the various iijlere*t»-are equitably deter m|t is ItfUeved that this will have the e fleet of has ten ins an amicable adjustment of the various claimants upon tho property—a consummation devoutly to be wished, as the owners of the property could then at once take possession arnin. . . , . , All debts due for labor and. material are firat to be paid, we understand, which no one ought to object to. OFFICIAL BANK BTA TE^ENT. WEEKLY AVERAGES Of JHB PHILADELPHIA BAHKS. LOANS. I ' ttZClt. Banks. Sept. 19. [ Sept 12. 3epLl9lSept.il.. Philadelphia-TT. 53,270,000 $3 277,000 *682 oST $B4B 000' North America. 2,701,678 2,810,124 . 687.781 884.429 Farm A Mech 3.6U915S 3,680,682 969 6U7 920P00 Commercial.... 1,499,000 1,487.400 248,000 281.000 Mechanics' 1,645,843 1,623,860 555.468 284,792 N. Liberties... 1456,000 1,2044X0 3284X0 ST.OOO Southwark 979.470 961.296 233,108 233 847-. Kenaimton 794 990 789.025 168,906 148,263' Penn Township- 842 708 820.603 183.670 174,111 Western 1A44.42S 1,313268 277433 271.131 Man. A Mech. 1.140 635 1,144.740 170,113 lt«820 Cmmnerco 615 097 608 817 195.430 2064104 Girard 2.003 25S 2 009,303 200.827 279 655 Tradesmen’s. . 617,315 594,832 96.076 128,382 Consolidation.. 491,489 482413 96A64 61,077 City 801.479 783,271 132,836 115,223 Commonwealth. 310.101 308,156 122.061 111,916 Corn Exchange. 389,461 965,7U8 .80 564 80.612 Union 425 573 . 412,857 62.778 59,7*4 T0ta1......,..1 24,916,413 124,686,(21 5.500,992 ,5.431,509 ‘deposits. . circulation. Banks. Sept. 19., Sept.l2. Sept 19, Sept. 12. Philadelphia.... $1,580,000 $1,688,000 $263,000 $261,000 North America. 1,709447 1.748469 264.168 269,275 Farm A Mech. 2,717.835 2,729,641 368.175 374 220 Commercial 704,000 718 000 140 000 147,000 Mechanics' 920825 862322 155070 158 835 N. Liberties..,. , 879,000 SJ2OOO 113000 113,000 Southwark 372357 684 506 116405 114,010 Kensington ■ • 304 200 565.687 126476 128435 Penn Township 616 563 591,688 90 085 86,090 Western 950 978 918,765 118 360 122480 Man. A Mocha.. 620 015 600490 127410 137406 goinmerce 472.327 - 467J96 75.435 -79,374 irard 843,890 851 555 214 805 208^60 Tradesmen'e... 42M97 439 265 .89,652 Consolidation.. 295 427 290,135 92.675 97 406 City 422 310 411413 112 845 110 840 Commonwealth. 210 454 186,102 94470 90,765 Corn Exchange. 237 076 229.760 94-590 91,460 Union 218 800 203416 103,260 103,035 Total 15 056.418 14409.709 b. 766 470 12.786.140 ith those of -previous state- The aggregates compare menta as follow*: Sept. 12. Kept. 19. $11,633 870 $ll 634 70S Tnc. $ 833 24.6ttf.62t 24 916.413 Inc. 223 792 Capital Stock. Loans Specie 6,431 609 6 600 *92 Inc. 63.4X1 Due I'm other Banks . IJBS.JU 1.434.7GJ nee. 107.093 Due toothor Banks.. 2 866 091 % 913,027 Inc. 46356 Deposits 14.909 703 19 060 418 fne. 146,709 2.7b5146 2,766370 Dec. 16,776 . 1667. Loam. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. Nov. 4...i1,1W,4Cl 2,071,464 2,141,113 16,635,788 1858. Jan. 11... 21302374 3.770JQ1 1.011,033 11.465.363 Jan. 3... 6,063356 2.711,764 17,049,0« Feb. 7... JW.472 6fi9 6,979,439 2,786,463 17 007,157 .March 7. ...26,719,383 6,926.714 2.901.337 16 372.368 April 4... .27,637.647 6 368 043 3,425,196 17.161770 May 2... .27,747,339 6,680,813 30)61.102 17,731.229 June 6... .28,177,875 6,415,587 2,992193 16.388,996 July 5... 25.446.440 4.897,063 2.806 208 35 491 CM Aue. A.. .24,764 238 4,880,630 2.809,456 14123 433 ‘ 7 15... .24,497,730 4-993.511 2 735-JU2 14349,756 “ 22... 24 325 308 6 079.162 2,724 061 14.096 270 “ 29... .24,303.912 6,235,976 2 655366 14 292.308 Sept. 5..24640 746 ; 6,436 090 2.702.837 HiW1.572 *♦ 12... 24 686 451 6 431.609 " 27W.146' 14,900,709 14 19 ...21,910,413 5.500,992 2,7<W,370 15,053 418 The increase .of leans noted this week was not ex* peeled, anu, in the opinion df inahy, trot called fur. The hanks, however, are determined to make money when there are no signs of danger ahead; and the financial atmosphere is particularly cloudless at present. decree JS. Arnold, Esn., tho manager of the Philadel phia Clearing House, furnishes us with the following statement of its operations for the week ending Septem ber 17.1859: „ . IMS. Clearings. Balances. Sept’r 12. 25 $128,579 fO “ 13 .... 8,446,608 35 128 017 43 8101J19W 1(57,925 97 2.987,907 13 lflo3st 20 3 060,874 66 141.270 10 2356 020 97 Ztt,6i6 61 915.835.831 06 £1.009,7£9 81 Under an net passed at the last session of the Legisla ture, the Philadelphia and Heading Railroad Company have recently made a location of a route for the exten sion of their Lebanon Valiev Branch, from Har»iaburg, its present terminus, to Dauphin, eight miles farther north* there to form a direct connection with the North ern Contra! Railroad, which, at that point, crosses to the vest side of the Susquehanna river. The difficulty of obtaining a good line that would not be too costly, through the narrows, a bote the Pennsrlvania Railroad bridge, has been sundered by (he Philadelphia aqd Reading Railroad Company, who have located their’ branch extension unon the bed of the publie road (for merly a turnpike) through the narrows, intending, in lieu of the publio road to be so occupied, to make a new public roaa nutsido of the canal, to be supported by & wall to be built into the river. - • The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the3lst of August,gives the following results, when compared with tnc previous week: Publio deposits .£7.618.430 .. .Increase. .£1,683.941 ('•ther deposits 12.740,833.... Decrease.. 1 443 020 Rest 3,669,021....1ncrea5e . 213229 On the other side of tho account: Oovernm’t securities.. .£11,220,018... .Tncroase.. £3.350 Other securities 18,991.992..;.1ncrea5e.. 657.438 Notes unemployed 8,862,345....Decrea5e. 233,320 ' The amount of notes in circulatioms £21.530.606, being h deereaso nf £135-330. and tho stock of bullion in Imth departments is £l6 340.434. showing a decrease of £230,- 601. when oompared with tho preceding return. The tallowing is tho business of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company for the month of August: 1839. 1838. Received from coal £173,851 02 £l9O 171 06 merchandise.. 31,433 92 27.009 70 44 travel, Ac 36,410 39 29,798 06 241,693 33 247,063 92 Transportation, roadway, re noaalfuud,and all charges.. 126,99514 122.862 83 Net rro&t for the month ju too 09 I2i,a» tf -- •*- -•revumaeight months 753,868 06 tftWWW Total net profit to uine month* 860,668 13 370,746 47 PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE BALES, September 19, 1539. RIFORTBD BT MAXLKT, BBOWN, k CO. ' PIRBT BOARD. 3140 P»nnftM..9cflrtifa 92V 230 Cam AAm 6s’7o .83 300011? 6-j, New.:....lM®< UWO Lehigh Vat Afe... 9otf too Lehigh Nav 6* 97 JUUO Morns Carat 65.... P 0 10UO do ............. 97 1 Reading R »«tf lio) Catawis Ist Mg 75.. S4V ICO do talc int 22V 3000 do .....S«2 ft N Penna R 8V torn do h 5 S4u 6 Far A Meth 8k..56 67* 1000 Cam A Am 6s’*3 ts£ BETWEEN ~ 10 Corn Exchange Bk.. 24 t 6 do 24 4 2d A Sd-st R-New Its S 3 SECOND 600 Fennafa *>23<» 60U0 rio TJ 3000 N Penna R Ids 92*' ltftiCUes ADetCnUi. 76 1000 do 76 1000 Cam AAm 6s 75.. 87 1000 Pitts, FttV A Chic _ w , Coa7s 48V 7 Mechanics’ 8k.... 27V 20 Penna A 40 .5 do 40 CLOSING PAR Bid. Aik*'*. Phils 6s 99V 99H •* R »>} mi “ New 1(B* 103 Penna S« 92V 93 Reading R n\' a 23V “ bds*7o 81V-83 “ mort 6s ’44.90 91 “ do ’B6 69* 70 Penna R...- 40 40* “ 2dm 65...89V Morns Canal Con 60* 61 „ , ‘‘ pref.lotV 105 Sohurl Nav6e’B2..7oV 71 Schuyl Tmn65.....70>2 80 Schuvl Nav stook. 8 8V {lO Union Bk, Tenn...bMo7 20 Cam A Amboy R....121K | li Spruce &Pme-it A 13 ; SO Norristown B 62V i 3 Frank 1c Southw K. 6IV 1(X) Lome Island R 11 !60 do ll iIOO do 11 W do ll 10) do ........cash ll IUO Reading R 22,¥ :CES-INACTIVE. a tl „ , Sid. Askfd. Behl ffav. pref-.. 4SS' 17 Wmep'tA Eimß. *4 1 “ 7i Ist mort. £2 “ 2d m~... I6>» Long bland R 11 llltf Lehigh Coal&Nar 41 61H N Penna R Stf 8X “ U 62 “ We. Cataw R... “ lmbde..s4* Pit Booth R. 61 61 S td*3dBtaß... 41 41,S Raco&VineSU R. 55 Philadelphia Markets. Sept. 19—Evening. The markets for Breadstuff® is dull to-day, but with out any Quotable change to note in prices. There is very little export demand for Floor, and superfine is offered ats3 per tbt, without finding buyers, except in lota to the trade, at from this figure up to $5.56 for ex tras. and $5.7536 60 for extra family and fancy lots, as to brand and quality. Rye Flour is scarce, and quoted at $3.7564 per bl>{, the latter for bettor brand. Corn .Meal is steady at for Pennsylvania, with & sale of 20U bhls to note at that figure. Wheat is dull to-day. and about 3 500 bus sold, mostly at $l.lB for prime Southern red. White is quoted at g1.25d1.3Ui as in quality. Rye ia selling at 75c for new, and 800 for old and, but little offering. Corn is in fairdemand and about 3.000 bus yellow have beon sold at BDc,mstore. Oats continue steady, with sales of 1,600 bus Delaware at 38c. Barley malt—About 2 600 bus sold at78«900, the latter for prime. Barkis firm at ton for first No. 1. Cotton—Prices are steady, anil & moderate business doiux~ Groceries— Coffee is held firmly, and the stock has been increased by the arrival of several cargoes from Rio—sales are making at steady prices. Sugars are firm, with mod erate sales. .Provisions are inactive and prices steady. Seeds—Nothin* doing. Whiskey is unchanged—Penn, bht selling nr 270: Ohio do 27,5«25c; drudge 23,S>»and hiids giiJatfilHc w gallon. _ Philadelphia Cattle Market* September 19,1859. The reaepts of Cattle were large this week, and reached about 2.219 head. Prices wore r&ther lower and market dull. The following are the particulars of the sales: 5U Isaac Abrahams, II)., $839.35. 61 B. Baldwin, Chester county, $839.25. 32 Haymaker, Ohio,-$8.50. lot Kennedy AMcCleas. Chester county, $73925. 3) M.Scott, s4J7>j,(common.) IX) Mooney k Smith, Ohio, $838.75. 27 Pcharnlmrg, Ohio, $4.75,(c0mm0n.) 47 Frank, Ohio. $B. 54 N. Werntz, Ohio, $638. i-3 A. Hackman. Lancaster county, s7aB. mi Murphv k Co.. Va., $B3B W. 78 Millm 3c Co., Ohio, s434.so,(ccmmoaJ 67 H. Chain, Fayette county, $738. o 7 li. Gray, o)iu>, $4, (common.) id P. Cope, Fayette count), $334.50, (common.) Kl W. Fullor, Ohio. $8.5039. 65 Carr A Raker, $7.tBAO. 19 W. Fonest. Chester county. $7.5039. 20 Cochran 5c McCall. Chester countr, $939.25. 41 I*. McFitlou, Chester county. $839 69 McCrab. by Cochran fc McCall. Ohio. SS»9. 22 J. McFillen. Chester county, $83840. 64 Cochran 5c McCall, Chester county, $849. 49 jud«e Beatable. Md., $7 6038 50. 58 Scott k Kimble, Chester county, $9 25 39 37.5. 59 Kimble k Kirk, Chester county $8.5*39.25. 27 John Todd, Chester county, $<38.50. 14 Scott k Kimble, Chester county, $B4B-W. SUEBP. 1,200 nesser k Pearse, 7rrBc. lb. 1,600 Deitrich k Martin, 7&8o. W lb. 1.7 W Myers k Barnholt, 7<JBc. ib. 848 C. Urube, 7«t?e. ft. About 80 Cows ami Calves arrived and sold this week at $2O 340 head, as in quality. l W 0 head of fat Hogs arrived and sold at H. G. Im haff’s Fnion Drove Yard at from $7 to $8.26 100 lbs., net, as in quality. New York Stock Eichange«»Scpt. IP* second board. WOO NY Central Ms ’76,99 'lOO Harlem R bW.JOV 2000 Erie R 2d mtge *M.6l>s!lQo do ioV TWO Hudson K 2 tnue. ,96\ i 60 Mich Ceut R. 47'i £l5O Pacino Mail $8 b&UftQ 'Juo do 47»2 *6O N YCentralß 81 [looMichS ANIG MS 60 do *3O .WJ, 50 111 Central R....b»..61U ltX) do; Sip .81 .no* do .i fcttf 100 do 1# 160 Gal«Chtcß. 76$ 250 do 2UU do 9fi) .73b* 1W *1" 100 do d5..75 J * j f « do 350. 81 100 Readme R 83S 190 do 81\» 100 Ohio k lU»ck I R... .69^ A Rare Rino. — A brown owl, of the largest specie*, wai discovered a day or two since, perched on the upper sign of James Adams & Co., Wash ington street, Buffalo, N. Y. It attracted the at tention of many passers-by, *omo of whom stopped and trontud him to sticks and stones, when he flew into the window of the custom house. The inmates wero frightened at the savage and tiger-like an poaranco of the owl, and while mustering up somo of the secret inspectors, or attaches of the cus toms, his owlship set sail without waiting for his cloaranco, and landed in tho yard of 66 Seneca street, whore he was captured and put in dnrance v lie. He proved to be a regular gottrmandizery iopiog down mice at a single gulp, and makes no thing of swallowing a pound of liver. His wings, when spread, extend nearly four feet. A lIor9E Breaking ms Neck—Night be foro last a man from the country came into the Cincinnati market with his wagon filled with pro duce, and the horse was so overheated when his owner stopped him, on Columbia street, near Southgate alley, that he stumbled, fell down, and broke nis neck. Tho owner was yesterday morn ing looking around for the oity marshal to inquire into his chances for recovering damages from the city for the value of his horse, on the ground that if the street had been smoother the accident would not have happened. TnE Fredericks!)mg (Va.) Htrald notices as inoreasine trade in that city in sumao. A mill has been established there, and over 100,000 pounds ground in sixty days. The miller pays about $lOO per day for the raw artiole. I A Massachusetts Stockholder Stabs . His Aeent.-. , ■ THE TREASURER OP THE MtPDT.KSf-T COXPAST AS* SAILED 8T DR. c. AYER. [From tha Boston E renin* Journal. September 17] Aboat 12 o'clock io-day Dr. J. c. A»*r (Mt*stM n r Ajer'e one of the forestiSfthi ATuMlesex Mills Corporation, eaUad £ the cSSee?} the treasurer of the company, Richard #». pay, Jr NoTS Peart street, and requested to be shown the boofraf the corporation. . Mr. Pay rofnpltftd With (be request, when an alter**, tion ennmd betweefi Mr. AytrabdMr. Fay,which van succeeded by an assault apoa the parson of thetrea ■ur,er by Mr. Ayer, who drew & pocket-knife and stab bed Mr. Fay. inflicting a wound in the abdotusß, just above the «roin. Captain Perry, the agent of the mills at Lovell, who chauced to l>e present, immediately interfered, and, leizins Dr. Ayer by the throat, drew him off. The po me were called in and took Dr. Ayer at one e into cue tifr.. Pay’s mnmd tfflSrfreel,, ,nd lbs floor or tbs counting-room where the iflr», look plac* m be.pat tered with blood. * The wounded man was removed to a carriage, and was conveyed to his residence. Chestnut street, where h® was attended by Doctors D. Humphreys 3torer, and H. J. Buelow. ' .His physicians declined expressing any opinion as to toe dancer of the wound. 7 v Dr. Ayer was list'year a director m the Middlesex company. At the last annual mectins of the corpora tion he made a bitter attack upon the treasurer. Mr. Fay, and the board of directors for appointing him to the office, ihe accnsatwas of Dr. Ayer failed to call forth ft reply from Mr. Pay. and on the ballot for direc tors Jjj r t6e cnn -® Bt year Dt - A^9T *«W of beta* Si noewri tins the above we learn that Mr, Fay. who has entertained ill-foeliii4* toward Dr. Ayer ever since his Wilful attain upqd him, aclcnowladyea hunselTtobara bee#'the aggressor in the occurrence to day. . - Dr. Ayer satin ft high chair at the desk, perusing the transfer stock- book, when'Mr. Pay, accord) nr to the statements of Dr. Ayer, approached and struck tha Doc tor a severe now with his fiat on his forehead. Dr. Ayer rose from his neat, whereupon Mr. Pay seized him bv the hair of his head &nd attempted to drag him to the floor. Dr. Aver resisted, ami as be rose to an erect position, Mr. Fay ttrack him another blow in the face. Dr. Ayer bad prennualr taken his penknife from his pocket, .and before the book was handed'him. stood cleaning his finver-notte. While id * stooping position he tried to ept Mr. ray's baud, but miseed sis mark. \\ ords of mutual insult passed between the parties be fore Atr. Pay seised Dr. Ayer. The doctor is retained in custody at the Second police station. A citizen of Rockland, Me., was recently severely punished for unduo attentions to bis neighbor’s wife. An infari&ted husband, with a large conch shell fitting to the fingers ot his hand, proved r. relentless avenger. The Scandinavians in Chicago propose to establish two Norse newspapers in that city—ono to bo printed in the Swedish language and the other in Norwegian. One association of proprie tors is to control both establishments. CITY ITEMS. Tns Joßfiixo Trade or Tbibd Street.—ln passing: street yesterdayr*. re were gratiA* d to find the mVohants on this prominent besinesa thoroughfare present!** every mark of mercantile vi tality. Sidewalks filled with packages for shipment, stores completely BUed''with good*, and clerks in them busily engaged with customers, was jest such a scene as was calculated to make a lasy man blush. Haris* already, this season, taken occasion to speak of several leading houses on Third street, we purpose here to no tice another, engaged in the Fancy Dry Goods depart ment ; we refer to the establishment of Messrs. Bcnk, Raiocel, & Co., located at No. 137 N. Third street Their large five-story warehouse is at this time literally filled with all the desirable fabrics in their line, adapted to the season. In extent and variety ve should think their present stock difficult to rival. The first floor of the es tablishment is devoted almost exclusively to Notions and Trimmings; the second to Dress-goods, Cfoths,aadCai simores; the third to Ribbons, White-goods,and Em broideries ; the fourth to ShaWls. Hosiery, Germantown Woollens, and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods We may mention, in passing, that shawls constitute- and hare for years.* very large and important part of the trad o of this extensive and well-established house. The fifth story of the building is mainly used for storing duplicate paek asesofgoods.whichTas the season advances, are brought down in stock and opened; although, what is rather un usual. we believe, Messrs. Bunn, Raiguel, A Co., make it a rule never to reduce foil and winter stock before the first of November. The basement, or at least a large portion of it, is occupied exclusively as a packing-room, the bnlanco being devoted to Irish linens and fabrics of that class. From whst we saw in passing through house we should say that its facilities for supplying everything a merchant may need in the di7-goods line, gave, perhaps, * few Domestics, were unexceptionable. Canine Dentistry.—lt is sometimes feared that the professions, from the multitude of accessions that are constantly making, will become, if they are not Already, overstocked with practitioners. The prospect of any new field will therefore be welcome, floch a prospect, from an incident we have just learned, is now presented lathe field of dental science. A lady, or least a very gentoelly-dressed female, called at tha office of a dentist in this city, in the early part of yesterday, with her lap dog. for the purpose of engaging the “Doctor" to perform for the diminutive canine thedelectable operation of in serting several teeth in place of certain ivories be had lost by the mischievous act of some juvenile in the street. For v«n»as reasons the “ Doctor" refuted; ex tra price was offered, but the refusal was persisted m. Dog-dentistry, therefore, remains to-day ,a professions 1 nook rnprovided for. We have no donbt that the publi cation of this “item” will set the ball in motion, per haps prove the aeorn of a future college. If so, the affix of “D. D.” will heretofore have double significance, ( “ Dog-dentals” being D. D.s No. 2. i The Persi a Safe. —The Dews of the safe arrival * of the stesmshi p Persia caused a very general rejoicing • m this city jesterday morning. She broke a crank, and waji thus detuned several days over her time. There are a number of Philadelphians on board, all of whom • will come home without delay,and procure for tbeia sfllvet new Pali suits at the Brown Btnoe Clothing Hall > of Rockhill & Wilson, Nos. 603 and 60S Chestnut street, 1 above Sixth. Dr. Von Mo&csaiscer, Oculist and Aurist, wßi, * m a few days, resume hi* practice. Dr. M/s entire at j tsntion is given to the medical and surgical treatment of - the Eye and Ear. Due notice of the location of his [ office will bo given. Tu —Politicians jest now are en gaged m getting up ratification meetings endoraag tko Taricu* nominations, whieh are generally conceded to be excellent Much might be done to enhance the kjo* cenof all parties, were they, by. common consent to call a grand mass meeting to ratify tfie introduction of the elegant Fall sty lea of Fashionable etching* by E. H. Eldndxe, proprietor of the ** Centintalnl Clothing Hall,” northeast corner of Chestnut and Eighth streets* TnE High School Journal sats: “Thenum ber of languages spoken is 4J&4. The noiaber of mea m about equal to the number of women. The oreraje of human bfeis thirty-three years. One-quarter die before the age of seven; one-half before the age of seven teen. To every 1,000 persons one only reaches one hundred years. To every 106 only six reach seventy-five yean; and not more than one in 500 will reach eight; years.'* To attaia a vigorous oM age, we advise our reader* to wear the elegant and comfortable styles of Granville Stokes, the great clothier. No. 607 Chestnut street. SPECIAL NOTICES. Wilmington, Delaware, September 17, 1869. Mk<BH<s. EVANS & WATSON. pHU.a3>zxpaia. Genileintn: The BaUminder Fire-Proof Safe, of jour manufacture, purchased by ns from yoor agents, Farm & Garrett, of our city* sometime months ago, waste rerply tned by burglars hstSaturday night, and although they bad a sledge-hammer, cold-chisels, drill, and gun powder, they did not succeed in opening the safe. The lock being one of “ Hall’s patent powder-proof,* they could not set the powder into it, bat drilled a bole in the lower panel and foiced in a large charge, which was ignited, and although the door inside and out ahowedthe explosion not to bare b*en a emaU one, it was not (breed open. We suppose the; were the greater part of the night at work on it. We are much gratified at the result of the attempt to enter it. and if the above facts are of any service, you are at liberty to use them. Yours, truly. BAY HARD A JOKES. eelituth&sSt Hoovlan’d’s German Bitters will poai lively care Dyspspsia, Liver Complaint, Nervous De l-Uitr. 4c. Read whit i« said of it by the Rer. J. B. Tur ner* Pastor of Bedding M. E. Church: Puli.Aru.7ula, April 20. IS®. Da. Jacebos— Dear Sir : Having uud your “GER MAN BITTERS’* in my family frequently, I am pre pared to rey that it ha* been of great service. I believe that in meet cues of genoral debility of the system, it is the safest and moat valuable remedy of which I hare any knowledge. Tours, respectfully, 725 north Nineteenth street. For sale bj Druggists and Dealers in Medicines everywhere, at 76 cents per bottle. Also by the proprietors, Dr. C. M. Jacoox 4 C0.,415 Arch street, Philadelphia. eeU-DAWtf Knoxville, Tennessee, March 13th, ISM. Mks»is. EVANS 4 WATSON, Philadelphia. GtntUnu*: It affords me great pleasure to aay to you that the Salamander Safe, which I purchased of you m February, 1888, proved to be what you recommended it —a sure protection from fire. My storehouse, together with several others, was burned to the ground in March last. The safe fell through into the cellar, end was ex posed to intense heat for six or eight bears, and when it was taken from the ruins and opened, all its contents were found to be in a perfect state, the books and the papers not being injured any whatever. 1 can cheer fully recommend your safes to the commmunity, be having, as Ido, that they age as near fire-proof as it is possible for any safe to be made. TBOMAB J. POWELL. A large assortment of Salamander Safes for tale at EVANS 4 WATSON’S Store, No. £ South FOURTH Street, Philadelphia, al7-*tuth-3t Salamaxder Fibs-Pboo? Silts. —Avery arts aMortmfot of BALA&IANDER3 for s&la at (euon •bl« pnoo*! No. 16 South FOURTH Stmt, Philadel phia. ou& If Siam bn a Saving Funi>— Northwbst Coßxn Excokd and Walnut Street*.—Deposits re caived in small And Urge Amounts, from all classes of the community, and allows interest at the rate of fire per cent, per annum. Money may be drawn by cheeks with act lost of in to rest. Office open daily , from 9 until 6 o’clock, and on Men der and Saturday until 9 is the ereninf. President, FRANKLIN PELL; Treasurer and Secretary. CHAS K. MORRIS. Whkei.kr & Wilson Sewing Machines. —Philadelphia OffiM, 08 CHESTNUT Street. Merchants' orders filled at the EAM£ DISCOUNT as by the Company' Branch offices in Trenton, Ns-* Jersey, and Easton and Westchester, Pa. tell-im Saving Fund —National Safett Trum Coupast.—Chartered by the State of Penney Irani*. RULES. 1. Money !• reoeired every day, and in any amount, arge or small. 9. FIVE PER CENT, interest is paid for money freon the day it is put in. A The money is always paid back in GOLD whenever it is called for, and without notice. 4. Money is reoeired from Exteutera, Arfstiautatf eri, 0 Sardian*, and other Trustees, in large or mall sums, to remain a long or short period. A The money received from Depositors is Invested in Real Rotate, Mortgagee, Ground Rents, and other first class s® c arities. A Office open every day—■WALNUT Street, south west oernor Third street. Philadelshia. asU O.vs Pricb Clothing op the Latest Bttles, made in the best manner, expressly for RE TAIL SALES. LOWEST selling prices marked in Plain Figures. All goods made to order warranted satis factory. Our ONE-PRICE System is strictly adhered to, as -we believe this to be the only fair way of dealing. All are thereby treated alike. JONES k CO., ae3-tf 9M MARKET Street Gbover & Baue’s CzLro&ATXO Nonuses Faany Szwix^Macanfip, at nxnncn nicss. Temporarily at No. 801 Broadway. Will return to No. <9B in a few week*. J. H. TURNER, EVANS k WATSON
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