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IMPOSTERS AND JOBBERS IN
,
FANCY DRY •GCSODS.
• ~ ,, 1 37 HORTII THIRD STREET, -
Are lii*O-#1..,-eihi bit at their naleereinne the most
- oompletiiiatOeleptioddi ever otreyed by them, present
ing nansnaVattraoticras to the trade generally:
Tha sto*Oornpk,g aeon:lnlets assortment of even
• •
• • •'"1 -- - -- • DRESS GOODS, • .
UY~IPC GOODS, EMBROIDERIES,
- • -
°kr-43J A FATAIRRIS AND VESTINGS,
HblBii. 4 4 ' 4ol/E.S., atr . O, TIMM/Naar
- AU*, a fnit aad general assortment of FeilandWinter
S:11 A-W L 8
Io a/lof whiiih,they invite the attention .
OASIIAN,D PROMPT 9ls-MONTHS BUYERS
C. suss,
H. W. RUWIZ,
an/ 7 bn — : H. F. BONN. , „
yAILD,,434.LMORE, & CO..
NOS. 40 AND 49 NORTH THIRD STREET,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IL
MRS; itIVIIONE4,1)108 GOODS,
yifiIITRGOODS. LAMS, LINENS;
EMBROIDERIES, &a.
nosriaM,•cons, tans, AND SHAWLS,
1 .4 4415R4'80'
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
,ENG,LIELI AND ' AMEEIcAN
TH - READS,
RagNoi AND ENGIdal LASTING%
M AND,
SHOH,OTTIPAOTHRERS ,- AHTIO,LIES;
•
Sekirblensehins Silk, Thread it'd Nesi/lek.
dilent ; ‘ , .&NO.Bol+l9R , TH THIRD Eyr", • •
sub -sm
,Ur.FIHIMB PATENT - BOOT-TRESS.
QOW.v.:I4I3ARNESi & CO.,
' PUBLISHERS AND DEALERS IN -
DI I ORL L'AX.E 017 S, SCILOOL, AND
-BLANK ROOKS AND STATIONERY,
NO. 37:NOR-TB:THiRD STBEET, - .BELOW ARCH,
Publieners'ofoo.oavglidmprd e. • •
DR. -Ek 4 .1814', NEW -AatEkrOA,N MANUAL OF.
Sanderaqfpnr-ifeaMigeenleahli and - Braddra'
Arithmetic:a, L ko. -Blank Boob, Welting, WIMPPME.
Curtain...and Wall Panora.'aaa dm
THOS. :MELLOR & 100.,
NO. NOR TH THIRD STREET, ' •
'IMPORTERS
ENOIAO/I. FRENCH. AND GERMAN
R
OLOVIIC, SiX4T :iiRELIVIO - 10, #0
1u 3m -
PETER War. B. BAIRD. ,TORi WA T,-.
JACOB;ELEGIBL, Di 8. , Fawn.
RIEGEL, rmutp, & co.,
(Late dieser, Lamb, Zi Co 4) • ' ,
IMPORTERS-AND .fOBBERI4
oy ,
'l3 R - 0 S
(o. 47 North . TBTRD ffrIt.EHT, PaiLlDELPitte.
op-IcvA-LL STOCKI. now "complete in ;all Its iteptirtmente, and tee4i.foi
Buyorti. Irma. Merobants from all part, of the
Won:ere restototfolly tioliettetto an.rozainine to:
thouviorv4 ; - Sat.
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WITUNtAg. T . PE I F. - B RSONj
MOCK BRt~KEftB,
NO..•;B'9 , s9trTit..TN,PID STREET;
PHILADiLrIiLk,
•, • -
ZAPS 11OVIOLIZ -
%8 AND,-BONDS
OF 414 ,11:(E.-LEADING PASSENGER
RAILWAYS IN PHILADELPHIA.,
to which ti;ek thO attention or odoltalista: '
Stocks, Bonds, and Corporation Loans :taught and
sold on contndasionat ttsAOs!d" Op:tickers. sal-2m
GENTS 9 :FUIf.NiSIEIN't4
IY.,SCIO_TI--lato Of_ the', flim of Wm
obere 4 tt l tfp Laaiß,NlBlll;tatiti gnnuy,l
fEBTarTBtrgpearir°politeo Giadloiee
J. W. .vrouid rogootrully nail the' attention of
former patrostaand friends to his new store, and is pre,
pared to..fill"orders at short 110i00. .41
gi , T e ltt=tll74 . ,V9lol,6llaH , o Trade supplied
ItMUM'AItX.
TRurl - 74-Aw3„
RTERS ANDl7llOl.li*E*Me"
PTV:A E,.
OUVLBUIi '0U11 ; 13, PISTOLS, -
529 • 21--14ARKET ''STREti. 529
NORTH. BIDE,
itts4lll' • - FBILADELDITA.
MOORE. lI,ENSZ 83 DO•,
EARDWARE, CUTLERY, AND GUN
WABI HOUSE,
NO. 441 . 14ARK.E1`, AND 416 COMMERCE 611., ,
WEarst PHILADELPHIA.
MEDICINAL.
NUM •WINSLOW, '
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LTA AN, EXPRILIENOEM NUBBY', ANS ' , EMMA
Physicist,' prosootato thitattention o r of ors her
. 1 0 014 OULLPItirN . " TEETHING,
Rioit tiestiy tooilitateitheincooss of telthi?saky sat
-01( tuttStunt , ' ratiudilr.aii ,indantmotion , will allay
4. P ittia 9 l 4 o l lrettren t rt fti lOW ELIA '' '
Depend upon it; motile% Iti*ill We Mt to yourselves
Rl l it i , " v, l A i t i ?_,* sl i to i k r # rip Ira=jJp,
l i fil eeT ß ien
~..,..ez wil,,,inoo ;Li fidenoi and far
or it,
what wohave - nejrnaoh tz Be toAato any ottpg
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fl a tt i grriP(VEF g P7ACT ;A wtx, wheq
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pogak di n toTmli ' ol e glti t en : li t lfit i ceirrara wif' ai r
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oaf effette.mid machos! vir —, tom. ~, „e it ipesk in W . '
matter: , . vrnat Ira d A know, ,a , r , ,ten ,ye ,
expenenaMand *McCown H Ovntation, or the, Al -,
Ft of *hot vro, hmode ;„ loom -JO etimoOt eyed
mace whey the - loran IQ id eraffprm& front ndin and
suirtlit
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VOL. 3.-NO. 65.
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
1859 :FALL IMPORTATION. 1859
JOEL j..BAILY & 00..
No. 219 NAIII:81' STRBBI', AND 208 011119011
PHILADELPHIA,
Have received by recent arrivals, and will continue to
receive daring the season a fall and oompleto mod
meat of ,
' FALL .AND WINTER 000 DB,
Consisting in part of
HOSIERY, GLOVES, MITTS, AND GAUNTLETS.
LADIES', MISSES% GENTS', AND
BOYS LAMBS-WOOL, - MERINO,
- SILK AND COTTON SHIRTS AND PANTS
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
Black and Pawn' Silk Smiths, Ties, and Cravats.
Linen. Oambrio, and Silk Hdkfa.
SHETLAND WOOL ZEPHYRS, /co
Also, a handsomoatOok of WHITE, LACE, and
- MILLINERY GOODS AND EMBROIDERIES.
COTTON, MARSEILLES, and LINEN SHIRT
FRONTS, a large and cheap variety.
”JOUVIN'S SYSTEME." BEST QUALITY KID
GLOVES. A splendid assortment of e elms and sizes.
WOOL COMFORTS,ROODS, JACKETS, NUBIAS,Ae
Together with ',large assortment of CLARK'S 111110 -
Odor sit-cord " Silk-Finished " and "Enamelled"
SPOOL COTTON. Also, their Sewing Machine Cotton,
put Hb on spools of 2,400 yards each, to whieh the atten
tion of Shirt Makers and Atanufactuxers 111 parttoularly
requested.
MR AND PROMPT BIX-MONTRB BUYERS
are invited to'szemine our Stook, which is one or the
lamest and most attractive ever oabred to the trade.
s7-3m • ,
CLOTHS I I CLOTHS 111
SNODGRASS. lc STEELMAN,
. IMPORTERS Arr)? DEALERS IN
CLOTHS, CASSrmFRES, VESTINGS,
NO. 52 SoIITH SECOND STREET,
ABOVE CHESTNUT,
Are daily renew= additions to their already large
stook of
FALL GOODS.
Comprised in part of
BLACK AND COLORED CLOTHS,
BEAVERS,
CASSIMERES AND DOESKINS,
PLAIN AND FANCY CASSIMERES,
SILK, VELVET, AND CASHMERE VESTINGS, &c.
N. B—A variety of Cloths and Beavers suitable for
LADIES' CLOAKS and MANTILLAS, all of which
will be sold at reasonable prices. a24-tf
W. B. STEWART & CO.,
JOBBERS OF AUCTION GOODS,
• 305 MARKET STREET, ABOVE THIRD,
Have now in Store a full line of
' BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
BROCHE AND OTHER SHAWLS,
SILK MANTILLA VELVETS,
Of all grades, and all the new fabrics in Dress Goode, to
which we invite the attention of
:CASH AND PROMPT SIX-MONTH BUYERS,
s9•Sm
SITER, PRICE, dc CO.,
DYNIRTBRI3 AND JOBBERS
FOREIGN ' AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS.
814 MARKET ST4ET.
J`W.-GLI3BS & SONS,
. NO. Ala MARKET STREET.
•
Are now.opening their
,FAIL'It WINTER STOOK OF GOODS ADAPTED TO
• . ,
,;MEN'S WEAR.
In whioh will be found s full aseortment of
CLOTMS. DOESKINS. VESTING% TRIMMINGS,
Am; atie-am
WOOD, MARSH, dr, HAYWARD,
'IMPORTERS
.
ana
" • WHOLESALE DEALERS 114
'NNY'GOODS' AND CLOTHING.
- NO. 309, MARKET STREET. •
• PHILADELPHIA.
-FAD and Winter Stank new omelet° and reedy tor
buyers: ' , eaa-txt
'37IoGLINTOOK, GRANT, & CO.,
,IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
01.0TRS, (YAMMERER, VESTING%
AND
TAILORS' TRIMMINGS.
NO. 333 MARKET STREET.
"
Ana 41a
(UP Maim/ PHILADELPHIA.
;
A.' W. LITTLE do CO.,
SILK GOODS,
NO. 325 MARKET ST.
SHAPLEIGH, RUE, & CO.,
IMPORTFAS OF
LIMNS
*inn
GOOD tACES, and
EMBROIDERIES.
NO. 329-MARKET STREET.
or Our Stock, seleoted In the best European markets
by ourselves. is large and complete. anis-gm
M . WILLIAMSON & CO.,
LTA
WHOLESALE DEALERS AND JOBBERS IN
DRY (3-00DS,
NO. 425 MARKET STREET,
(And 414 Commerce street,)
' swrWuns limy= 11.1 D nipru, NORTH ma,
• Onr stook, espeoially adapted to Southern and West
ern trade, ix now large and complete in every peril
pular. aug-tf
1859 FALL IMPORTATIONS. 1859
DALE. ROSS & WITHERS.
En MARKET, AND HS COMMERCE STREETS,
PHILADELPHIA,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS '
S,I 1.4
• AND
FANCY GOtaiiii.
Have now a oomplete stook, to whioh they Invite the at
tention of buyers. aub-em
FANCY DRY GOODS JOBBERS.
SCHAFFER & ROBERTS.
429 MARKET STREET,
, •
,IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
MOSLEM, GLOVES,
SMALL WARES, COMBS,
BRUMES, LOOKING•GLASSES,
SERMAN and FILEN= FANCY GOODS,
• Art
TAILORS' TRIMMINGS. atis-3m
MARTINS,' PEDDLE,
& HAMRICK.
importsr• and dealers in
HOSIERY, GLOVES, AND RANDY NOTIONS,
- NO. 30 NORTH YOURTH STREET,
Five doom below the Merchants'. Hotel,
Oferforgele the most complete stook of Goods in belt
Line Co be taunt Lamm, Suggs, consisting 01
•
LL L uIf
l i tEM i:tre e o r t g iga varietim
rtp- OP S MITTJ RA Nc R 4bARs.
DA BRIO HIpaPS. A, FRONTS.
-LA 8 ELABTIO BELTS, with cleave
of en
Mo ri t e tra , with- an anthem verge p 0 .111V
riatiVAAss WAIN'? Zin tI eNTHERN
eatt-Sm
HATS, 'CAPS. &c.
1859 . ,F44,L TRADE. 1 850
„,.
-IL :GARDEN ec CO..
MoanDAMN% of and NM - Meanie Donlon in
BATS; CAPS. FURS.
inuE AND STRAW BONNETS,
AND STR_AW DODDS
- 'ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS
FEATHERS, RUCKUS, &c o
NOS: 600 , AND 802 MARKET STREET )
' SontEiref r oorker of aim.
EXTENSIVE STOO BERT TEEMS, LOWEST
sulfhin, , RIDES.
41FERRING.-270 bbls Pickled Herring,
AtioAlo boxes grunted Herring. for We by O. of.
SADLica ,fe, CO., ARCH Street, Wend door above
Froitt. — • , •
'IIIIIIOOREL.-725 bblg. Nog. 1,2, and 3
.... • +, 16 4 1 1701, in asorpried Original l'ookogori, or the
Mutt Woo. or *Mg .4.E
o. C. SADR, & ARCH
Street, soda!, rlOor obovir Frbn t.
AIsTILA:IIOR.E.-4 laige stock of Ma
Mus t manufnotured and for Bale
At th,e lclifr4-Pf,WYwnk PrvgiceP'2lriTL.ltlc
;‘: 'RP; IVATRIIind 74; DEbAwARB Xd
-A LOCiIIot,IIIIRNING FLUID, and PINE
.rxi- 0114 1,0 bb is utrdhaltlble.. Manufnanred and for
'ogle by Ovy.t t triYi AtIinIURNER.
, • pfp Bogth rittarve#.
MILLINERY GOODS.
MILLINERY OPENING.
LINCOLN, WOOD, & NICHOLS,
725 CHESTNUT STREET,
WILL ILLVI VIZIR
WINTER OPENING OF BONNETS, do.,
ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER GmE.
This display;in variety, style, and quality, is intended
to he
THE OPENING
Of the Beason, and is especially commended to the no
tice of the Ladies of this city and vicinity. s9-tnll
O. 21.
"
Now open, the cheapest assortment of MILLINERY
GOODS in this city. sold for cash, or on short time, at
wholesale only.
RIBBONS. FLOWERS,
FEATHERS, RUCHES,
VELVETS. SATINS,
BONNET MATERIALS, and
STRAW GOODS,
To which we call the attention of the trade, as we are
closing out our
FALL IMPORTATIONS
AT UNUSUAL LOW PRICES.
No. 21, M. BERNIIEIM & CO., No. 21.
523.1 m NO. 21 BOOM SECOND STREET.
431 MARKET STREET. 431.
RIBBONS,
Of every kind, in imalena. varlet, 1
NEW BONNET MATERIALS,
BONNET VELVETS, SATINS,
ORO DE NAPS, LINING SILKS,
ENGLISH CRAPES, of the best makes,
FRENCH & AMERICAN ARTIFICIAL
FLOWERS, FEATHERS, RUCHES, &c
Also, newest Fall styles of
STRAW AND FANCY BONNETS,
And STRAW GOODS, of every desonpfion,
Now open, and presenting altogether the most com
plete stock of MILLINERY GOODS in this market.
Merchants and Milliners from every section of the
country are cordially invited to call and examine our
stook, whioh we offer at the
CLOSEST POSSIBLE PRICES.
ROSENIIBIBI, BROOKS, & 00.,
431 MARKET STREET
aulo-taovlo
• HILLBORN JONES.
Importer and Manufacturer of
FANCY SILK
AND
STRAW BONNETS.
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS,
FEATHERS, RUCHES, &c
The attention of City and Country Dealers is invited
to a large and varied stoat of the above goods. at
432 MARKET STREET,
eadi-am Below FIFTH.
IN * J. 11AMBERGER, No. 116 North
VAILSECOND Street, is prepared to exhibit ({he most
complete stock of Millinery Goods, comprisins Ribbons,
Mowers, Feathers, Blonds, Laces, Ruches, Velvets
and other Bonnet Materials. Also. a handsome assort
ment of Pnttern Bonnet., to all of which he would in
vite the attention of Merchants and Milliner..
N. D.—Goods daily received from Auction, and sold at
the lowest erica& 817.2100
BOOTS AND SHOES.
HAZELL & HARMER„
MANDFACTURERB
AND
WHOLESALE DEALERS
IN
BOOTS AND SHOES,
No. 128 NORTH THIRD STREET.
A fall assortment of s City made Boots and Shoes sou
dantly on bend. alO tf
J . W. itaollli.Dl f.k, 80N,
331 ORESTNIIT STREET, (24 FLOOR.)
LADIES', MISSES', AND CHILDREN'S BOOTS,
SHOES, AND GAITERS,
Manufactured expressly for too Rotail Trade, aull-Dm
FALL STOCK
BOOTS AND SHOES.
JOSEPH THOM SOH & 00.,
ni MARKET STREET,
Have now on hand a large stook of
BOOTS AND SHOES
.7
EVERY VARIETY, EASTERN AND CITY MADE.
Pnroluueri visiting the city will please call and ex.
amine their stock. lr2B-tf
LEVIOK. BASIN, do 00.,
BOOT AND SHOE WAREHOUSE
AND
MANUFACTORY,
No. 605 MARKET STREET, Philadelphia. •
We have now on hand an entenelve Stook of Boots
and Shoes, of all desoriptioas, of oust own and Esersat.
Manufacture, to which we invite the attention of South
ern and Western buyers. aun•Sm
CLOTIIIIIW.
RAPHAEL P. M. ESTRADA,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
FINE FASEIONABLE
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
AND
SUPERIOR FABRICS FOR CUSTOMER WORK,
HO. 21 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
RAPHAEL, P. M. ESTRADA, having . ronnointed with)
him an ARTISTIC CUTTER, Mr. JOHN HOBSON
tlate of Granville Stokes',) respectfully invites the at
ention of the public to hie new establishment, and his
splendid stock of FURNISHING DOODS for Gentle
men's wear.
He has on hand a choice selection of Fabrics especial
ly for customer work, and a varied assortment of fa
shionable READY-MADE CLOTHING. to which ho
invites the attention of buyers. Each article warranted
to give entire satisfaction.
324-3 in JOHN JIOBSON, Artist.
LIPPINCOTT, HUNTER, tt, SCOTT,
MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS
OP
COMMON, MEDIUM, AND
FINE CLOTHING.
We invite !menial attention to our complete line of
MACHINE-MANUFACTURED GOODS.
NOS. 424 MARKET, dt, 410 MERCHANT STS.
aue-em •
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, &c.
GLASS, PAINTS, &a.
DRUGS,
ROBT. SHOEMAKER & CO.
NORTHEAST CORNER
FOURTH AND RACE STREETS,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
Importers and Dealers in WINDOW ()LASS, PAINTS,
&0., invite the attention of
COUNTRY MERCHANTS
To their lam stock of Goode, which they offer at the
lowest market rates. one-if
CIGARS, TOBACCO, &c.
A . MERINO.
140 BOUTS FRONT 13111,8 ET,
Hu in store end bond, and
Oren for Hale, s Large Assortment et
CIGARS,
Received direct from Hamm, of doles mid favorite
Brenda. sae -tf
IC J BOXES AMERICAN AND
MOFRENCH WINDOW GLASS—The most
approved brands, and of every else and quality, required
for city and country trade, at e mus astonishingly low.
Bend your orders to ZIEGLER & BhIITTH Drng,
Faint, Gass, and Varniati DOplotO, oonier BECOND
and (3RUN Streets.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER .17, 1859.
COMMISSION UOUSEN.
WELLING. COFFIN.. &
COMPANY,
110 CHESTNUT STREET,
AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF
A. .1a W. SPRAGUE'S PRINTS.
In great variety, including Chocolate. Turkey Reds
Greens, Blues, Shirting., and Fancy Styles,
BLEACHED MEETINGS AND BHIRTINGS.
Lansdale. Masonville, Slatersville,
Hope, Washington ' Union Mills, ",
Blaokstone, • Cohannet,
Johnston;
Belvidere. Phonic, Smithvilla
BROWN SHEETINGS, .BIHRTINGS, AND
OSNADURGEL
Matrtea, Virginia Family, Groton, ,
Ettriok, Eagle, Alanehester,
Meo's & Farm's, Bleak Hawk. Mercer A,
Warren A, Farmers', Rivereide,
Carr's River, Elwell.
CLOTHS.
Bottomley's, Pomeroy's, Glenham Co.'s, and , oiher
makes of Black and Fancy all wool and cotton Warp
Cloths in great variety.
DOESKINS AND CASSIMERES.
Greenfield Co., Saxton. River, Lewiston Falls;
Stearn's M. Gay & Sons, Glendale,
Berkshire Co,, and others.
SATINETS. ,
Steam's , Ayres & Aldrich, Taft & Capron,
Minot, Charter Oak, Crystal Springe,,,
Swift River, Carpenters', Florence Mills,
Carroll's, Duhring's, Conversville, /to.
SIIIESIAS.—LonsdaIe Co.'s, Smith's, and other makiii,
plain and twilled, of all colors.
Fanny Negro Striper and Plaids.
Jewett city and Irene Stripes, Denims, and Ticking.:
Rhode Island and Philadelphia Linsey', Apron Cheeks,
and Pantaloon Stuffe.
Shepard's and Slater's Canton Flannels. ,
Fisherville Co.'s Corset Jeans, to,
ass-dtsepl—sepl-fm&wtt
•
HENRY D. NELL,
CLOTH STORE,
NOS. 4 AND 0 NORTH SECOND STREET
FRENCH FANCY CASSIMERES,
And %Mules suitable Sur suits.
VELVETS, CASHMERES, &c., &c.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
sB•thm am.
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON,
NO. 112 CHESTNUT ST.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
FOIL THE SALE OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
58-6 m
T . R. GARSED & CO..
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
COTTON, COTTON YARNS,
SPERM, LARD, AND •
WHALE OILS,
FLOUR, DRUGS,
•
KW The attention of Manufacturers is rancially
called to our
SPERM OILS.
sta-In No. 22 N. FRONT STREET, MLA.
CLARK'S
SPOOL
COTTON.
Just received,
A FULL ASSORTMENT IN
WHITE, BLACK, AND COLORS,
For wile by
CHARLES FVELH,
NO. 20 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
AGENT FOR PHILADELPHIA.
ri-Ste
SMITH. MURPHY. ed CO.
23T MARKET ST., AND 1126 CHURCH ALLEY,
Ara now opening thoir
FALL AND WINTER STOOK ow
-•
STAPLE AND FANCY
DRY GOODS. •
To which they invite the attention of
DASD AND PROMPT SHORT-TIME BUYERS.
Augunt, 1669. auti-ant
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c
SILVER WARE.
WM. WILSON & SON
Invite special attention to their 'stook of SILVER
WARE, which is now unusually largo, affording a va
riety of pattern and design unsurpassed by any house
the United States, and of finer quality than Is ruanufao
tuned for table use ill ally Dart of the world.
Our Standard of Silver is 935.1000 parte pure
The English Sterling ...... —925-1000 if
American and &anon .900-1000
Thus it will be coon that we give thirty-five parts purer
than the American and French coin, and ton parts purer
than the Eoglieh Sterling. We melt all our own Silver,
and our Foreman being connected with the Refining Re
partment of the United States Mint for several years, we
guarantee, the quality as above (MS), which Is the finest
that can be made to be serviceable, and will resist the
notion of acids much better than As ordinary Silver
manufatturad.
WU. WILSON & SON,
8. W. CORNER FIFTH AND CHERRY na
N. 11.—Any fineness of Silver manufactured me agreed
upon, but positively none ittferioe to FisncA and Am en
standard.
Dealers supplied with the same student its used in
our retail department.
Fine Silver Dare, 992-1000 parts pure, constantly on
hand. au24-6m
BAILEY &
TOB(ILLY
BAILEY & KITCHEN,
are removed to the new Fireproof, White Marble
Store.
519 CHESTNUT STREET,
NORTIPOIDE, BELOW THE GIRARD HOUSE.
Now opening their Fall Stook of
IMPORTED JEWELRY, PLATED WARES, AND
FANCY GOODS,
To which they invite the attention of the public.
AIL VER-WA It E, WATCH ES,. DIAMONDS, AND
PEARLS,
At WIIOLISALT Lee RPM/.
atff-Iftr
S. JA RDEN tt, BRO.,
sMANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF
81LVER-PLATED WARE
No.SN CHESTNUT Street, above Th,rd, (up stairs,
Philadelphia.
Constantly on band and for sale to the Tree's , .
VEA-NETB. LOMMUNIO CUPS . ICE fiETS, MINS,
Prromots, OOIII,E.TS WAITERS, BAS
KETS. CASTORS, KNIVES, SPOONS,
FORKS, LADLES, Am, he,
Gilding and plating on alt kinds of metal. sotly
MARBLE WORKS.
MONUMENTAL MARBLE WORKS.
Has constantly on hand a very large assortment o
ItONUMENTS,
ENCLOSURES, and
GRAVE-STONES,
Of various designs, made of the finest
ITALIAN AND AMERICAN MARBLES,
Which lie will sell at greatly reduced prices. Is also
prepared to execute orders upon the most favorable
terns, and respectfully invites the public generally to
examine his stock beige purchasing elsewhere.
ADAM STEINMETZ,
Monumental Marble Works,
RIDGE AVENUE, below Eleventh street,
w (-ern Philadelphia.
IIOUSL• FURNISHING GOODS.
HOUSEKEEPERS,
AND THOSE COMMENCING HOUSEKEEPING,
Will find by far the largest and most useful stock of
housekeeping and useful articles in the city, comprising
many now goods, imit received from Europe, of a kind
never before for mate in Philadelphia, at the warerooms
of •
JOHN A.MURPHEY & CO.,
922 CHESTNUT STREET,
fyil-f m w tf ABOVE NINTH.
CHINA AND QUEENSIVARE.
BOYD & STROUD.
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
Have now on hand a complete stook of
QUEENSWARE.
19LABSWARF, and
FRENCH AND ENGLISH (MINA,
At their OLo STAND, No. 30 NORTH FITURTH ST.,
four doors below Merchants' Hotel. to wbio they invite
the attention of WHOLESALE BUYERS.
Mir MERIN VOR PITTSRURO GLA6B.
WEGLER & SMITH, corner SECOND
Iv-A and GREEN, have acquired a great reputation by
the wise and prudent course they have unrolled eines
their oommeneement in human, 11 selling a first - rata
nrtioje et a low figure. 813-tr
F)lje Vitus.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1859.
Gas Cheapening.
We read that, on the creation of the world,
its Divine Architect said, cg Let there be light,
and them was light." The sun by day, and
the moon and stars by night, were set in their
several spheres as the lamps of our world
and they have over since pursued their eternal
course, not only to man's mere advantage, but
as necessary adjuncts to his existence, and his
social, moral, and intellectual advancement.
Light, heat, air, and sustenance, are alike ne
cessary to the animal creation, of which Man
is the ruler and the chief. Without light, there
could be no heat—without heat, no air that
either lie, or those subject to his sway, could
breathe ; and, without both light and heat, no
sustenance for either him or them. Hence
light may be regarded as the ono great power
that governs tho universe, and its diffusion
"the means whereby we live and have our
being." Place the world In darkness again,
as it was ere the words of Omnipotence were
uttered, and its existence, as a sphere wherein
animal life could dwell, would bo an utter im
possibility. Philosophy and Science alike
teach us that Light is Life, and Darkness,
Death.
M. De LA PLACE In his “Essac Philosophique
fcur les Probubilillis," well observes that at no
very distaift period an extremely wet or dry
season ; a comet drawing after it a long tail ;
eclipses, auroral boreales, and all extraordi
nary phenomena, were regarded as nothing
but signs of the wrath of Heaven, and to turn
from them its baneful influence Heaven was
invoked. No prayer was offered, however,
to suspend the course of the sun and planets,
observation having early declared the inutility
of such prayers—whilst experience proved
that light was a necessity, without which ex
istence would be an impossibility. It was only
such (then conceived to be) unnatural pheno
mena as comets, eclipses, and meteoric lights,
that excited the terror of the ignorant mul
titude, and elicited the maledictions of the
Church—as, by way of example, in 1456, when
Popo CAtaxrcs ordered public prayers through
out,Christendom, and exorcised the comet and
the Turks in the same breath and bull—yet
VALLEY lived to recognise the identity of this
comet with that of 1531, 1607, and 1682, an
nouncing its next return In 1758 or 1759.
That the moral and intellectual portions of
our being should be subjected to laws as strin
gent and invariable as those to which our phy
sical natures are; is often denied, as in contra
vention of man's free will. And QUETELET in
treating this subject, justly says: 4e We aro so
vain, or so proud of the feeble portion of in
telligence which the Supreme Being has alloted
to us, that the idea of having something in
common with matter is sufficient to excite our
indignation. Mau seems to think that Matter
alone obeys those immutable principles of mo
tion and rest—as if the Creator had left his
works imperfect, and was less occupied in se
curing stability to the moral than the physical
world."
The laws of Nature aro as immutable and
eternal as the intelligence whence they flow,
and the first great law is Light- No one.of
them can we alter or subvert, but we are per
mitted to search for them among the many
anomalies which they appear to present, nub
subject their grand principles to our use and
benefit. In the early period of the world's
history its natural lights were deemed all.tmfli
cient for his use, but as civilization advanced,
population multiplied, and the necessi
ties of labor increased, the requirement of
artificial light became absolute. Crude indeed
were the first efforts at its procurement, but
step by stop man's ingenuity advanced to.
ward the perfection of an artificial light, cheap
and available to all, until it culminated in the
discovery of Gas.
To what is commonly called Chance—that
much-abused and mysterious word which we
use but too often to conceal our own Igno
rance--we aro indebted for the discovery of
steam, and to chance again for its handmaid
in civilization, gas. Deprive the world of
either, or both, commerce would be ruined;
art, science, and manufactures come to a stand
still; civilization be stopped in its onward
starch; stolid ignorance again reign supreme,
and the world's advancement retrograde a
thousand years. Although the giant reformer
of the age—Steam—justly takes the lead, its
mighty and untiring power would be shorn of
much of its utility without the light by which
the work of myriads of strong men is accom
plished by night as well us day ; yet, strange to
say, the recent discoveries and impro‘ements
in the manufacture of gas, to which we re
ferred in a previous article, make the (Be de
pendent on the other, and the combination
gives the world a new light undreamt of in
power, brilliancy, and economy, until now.
How the introduction of coal gas was ridi
culed as an utopian Idea, and Its proMoters
scoffed at as wild theorists, fit only to inhabit
a lunatic asylum, is a matter of history, and
had Camxrus been living in those days he
would, doubtless, Lave exorcised the new
light an he did the comet of the fifteenth cen
tury, and condemned its discoverer to tt outer
darkness." Yet nearly nll the civilized world
is now illuminated by as the villainous vapor."
The perusal of the ✓lmerican Gag Light
Journal (a periodical devoted to gas interests)
atibrds 110 some curious particulars and statis
tics in connection with the use of gas in the
Hutted States, the British American Provin
ces, and the Island of Cuba. A tabular state
ment—which In admitted to be incomplete—
and falls very far short ill the number of com
panies, or amount of capital Invested, (owing
to a large number of eompanies having Wed
to send In their returns,) gives um a list of no
less time TWO 11l NOR en AND NINETY-'O:V EN gas
corporidions in active wort: in the United
States, the total capital represented being the
enormous sum of $4'2,861,174. In the British
Provinces there ale fourteen companies, with
a united capital of $1,617,040, and in Cuba
tenovith a capital of V 2050,000. Total num
ber of companies, three, hundred and twenty.
one. Total capital invested, forty-six mil
lions, six hundred and twenty-eight thousand,
1,11(1 hundred and seventy-four dollars, whilst
the consuming population when added up
amounts to 0,041,700.
The price at which the gas is retailed to the
public per thousand cubic feet is also appended
to the returns of two hundred and twenty.tlve
of the American, eight of the British, and live
of the Cuban companies, the remaining eighty
three corporations having omitted to forward
their Will's, though it is a remarkable fact that
the majority of these instances occur where
gas is sold at a high price.
The pike of the article varies front $1.50 to
$7.50, as will be seen by the following table,
which we have prepared from the statistics of
the Gas Light Jourwa :
MS=
No. of 801 l mien
lompanios. V I IMO It.
1 of el /4)
2 25
8 41
2 14
15
No. of Ret'lpriro
Cool onniom. 4.4 4 110.10 ft.
15 .•
81 "
4 10
4 NI
4 75
5 (10
II OU
6 70
7 00
7 41
2 70 9 "
300 1 "
3 25 9 "
, 330 14" .....
391) 1"
360 11"
1111111311 AIFEitIcAN
H ° s I
3 LO
From tho foregoing t•
of the gas at present in
aides the average price
use is readily ascer-
tained. In the United States it Is four dol
lars and seven cents per thousand cubic feet;
in the British provinces three dollars and WV
nine and a half cents, and in Cuba four dol
lars and forty cents; and were deficient returns
from the other companies included, it would
be found that the average of the United States
is still higher than that which the present
available statistics give us, whilst in Paris,
where coals aro a most expensive cotnmodity,
and all other gas-making materials dear, the
price of gas is only ono dollar and twentrnine
cents. In London (to which the coals have to
be conveyed several hundred miles) it is sup
plied at ninety-seven cents per thousand, and
in' LiverpOol. at ninety-one cents. Yet all
these corporations are in a prosperous condi
tion, and yield large dividends to their stock
holders, and the stock is rarely found upon the
market for sale, except at an exorbitant pre
mium.
The conclusion to be arrived at is either—
with ample materials at hand—we do not un
derstand the theory and practice of making
good and cheap gas, or else that wo are in
the hands of a selies of leviathan monopolies,
for the benefit of the few at the expense of the'
many..Fronl six to eight millions of people are
in fact dependent Tar light upon (all told)
some four hundred 'close corporations, and ate
charged just exactly tnich prices as these
wholesale dealers choose; Id It 'any Wohdei
that gas stock in large cities ls:regariled as the:
safest and best paying investment, and that in
small towns and villages even; ft pays fabialotts
dividends to those who :obtained the'chartets
and hold the stock r
There is something isdically wrong' liens,
and If o'er 'a'reform Waif deeded it fu l gtes
making and gas ;seliing; que . stion'ili on&
of vital importance to the public; and -Should
be agitated immediately throughout the
length and breadth of the Uniop; it
is ono that appeals at once to the
pockets of millions of our citizen's, who arc
paying extravagantly for the artificial light
they cannot dispense with, and to many mil
lions more, who would gladly use gas if they
could obtain It at a reasonable rate ; whilst, if
cheap and pure gas once became an established
fact—there would not be a village, hamlet, or
isolated manufactory but what would employ
It. But we are too apt In matters of this sort,
and in the hurry of our business avocations,
to neglect public interests for those of a pri
vate nature—for as such we conceive them to
be—forgetful meanwhile that reforms of this
description are as much to our private and
pectudary benefit as any other business-mat
ter in which we may be engaged with the view
of either making or oaring money.
Unfortunately, all great reforms, inventions,
and improvements have to contend, in the first
instance, with existing monopolies and vested
interests, which are immediately arrayed in
opposition to any alteration of the existing
state of things by which they profit. It ever
has been so, and ever will be to the end of
the chapter; but the question of Light is of
such vast importance to the community at
large, that no monopoly, however powerful,
no vested interest, however . great, can stem the
torrent when once public attention is aroused.
All great public questions have culminated in
the same results, viz : the sweeping away the
selfish opposition of the few, when it exercises
a baleful influence on the prosperity of the
many. The great public is an easy-going ani
mal, but once convince hint of the fact that he
is being wronged in that most sensitive region
—his pantaloons' pockets—and monopolies and
vested interests succumb before him as reeds
before the whirlwind.
In Tie PRESS, a fortnight ago, we recorded
the result of the great experiment in gas re
form, which took place in the neighboring
city of Wilmington, Delaware, on the previous
Saturday evening, in the presence of several
scientific gentlemen, and many persons inter
ested in existing manufactories of coal gas.
We stated at the time that Professor SANDERS'
new patented invention of producing gas by
the decomposition of water, was a complete
success—self-evident to all who had the good
fortune to be present—and that WO were perfect
ly dazzled by the remarkable results of science
Put into practice. From subsequent strict in
vestigation into the merits of , c the water gas"
compared with that made from coal, wood, oil,
or any other material in use, we have no hesi
tation in asserting our conviction, that it is
destined to become, and that' immediately,
" the great light reformer of the age." The
simplicity eV its manufacture, the rapid
ity with which it is evolved, its extreme
purity and brilliancy, and its vast econo
my, both in cost and consumption, cannot
but culminate in this most desirable result.
Interested parties will, of course, here and
there, endeavor to oppose the introduction of
water us a gas-making material in lieu of coal.
Coal interests will be interfered with, perhaps,
and those personally interested in having
things remain as they are will cavil at the In
troduction of anything calculated to disturb
their profitable ease, but it will be in vain fur
them to attempt to stein the torrent. The
public interests involved are so vast, the im
provement so great, and the saving to the
public in the cost of artificial light so enor
mous, that any opposition, however well or
ganized, and however largely backed by capi
tal, must prove futile.
We have given the statistics of the present
gas companies, and the average retail cost of
gas to the consumer. Let us only add the
simple and incontrovertible fact, the result of
thoroughly tested experiments, that the arc_
rage roil of gas can be immediately reduced ooe
half by the introduction of Professor SANDERS'
process—nay, still more in those districts
where there is a scarcity of coal, and gas com
mands such an extravagant price, for none is
needed in the manufacture of the (r water gas,"
and any of the other carbonizing elements re
quired can be had in profusion.
Our readers can pause and reflect on the
millions of dollars that will be saved to the
public—and that, too, without detriment to the
interests or profits of existing companies, as
they can well afford to reduce the price of gas
to their customers in proportion to the reduc
tion in cost of its manufacture by the use of
this new and great invention. Existing works
require but little alteration for the change in
manufacture, whilst new ones can be erected
at a quarter the former cost, as less than that
nrunthicturing power is required in compari.
SOll M Ith that needed for the production o f
coal gas. So well grounded in the certainty
of their calculations aro the inventor and pro
motors of the matengas companies, that they
arc ready and willing to make contracts
for the use of the patent-right, on their
basis, for the alteration of existing works,
or the erection of new ones—in the former
instance leaving the manufacturing process to
the present superintendents and employees,
being content to abide by the results; and in
the latter, providing the necessary staff if re
quired, and delivering the gas to the consumer
at fixed reduced rates. Nothing can be more
liberal or conclusive as to the merits of the ins,
vention than this. The patent right for the
several sections and States is held by distinct
companies. Thus, The Washington Conk
pally" controls the Southern and Western
States, and is in full operation, having several
large contracts on hand, and its entire stock
taken tip. The New Jersey branch is
in the Name condition, and is aheady over
whelmed with applications—some from
cities where coal-gas is now in use, offer
ing the control of their works; and
others from places where gas has never
been used, praying for the erection of water
gas works immediately. The company having
in charge the New England States, scarcely
yet in operation, is besieged with similar ap
plications item cities, villages, and large man
ullicturing firms and companies ; whilst New
York State is fully organized in the same way
—and a few days will only elapse betlire our
own Keystone State, whose Philadelphia capi
talists were the first to recognise the value of
the new invention, and who aro carrying it
through with vigor, will be in a situation to
commence energetic business operations. Yet,
vast as aro the combinations of the various
companies, and the amount of capital neces
sary to carry them out, none of the stock of
either is to be found in the market for sale—a
proof that the holders have a prescient know
ledge of its value.
An obscure Wilmington paper, not repro.
fielded by either its editor or local reporter
on the occasion of the recent experiment, at
which we were present, has published a para
graph to the elfeet that the water-gas emitted a
bad odor. This is not true; for wo tested it in
its native state, and found it nearly inodorous
but on passing through the unclean purifiers of
. r ,
TWO GEMS
tr'
the Wllmingion,GicArp L 'atitieetAlld
its greater density, thiiittlphurienis
posited by the lin'puie.Coal* ah& .4*
them for an hoar or tWolitimih`the'lAitiders:,
Thin paragraph, intended tcilithitellievi'idd
important invention, has, we perceive, been
indastriouily circulated' by interested parties,
unaccompanied by' 'the eemniepts' of other
local jou rnals,whlch were prase in their praise.
The 'object' of Such petty 'malignity is self
evident. ' As to the light Itself; there was but
ono opinion as to excessive' purity and
brilliancy. Those who doubt should see Wil
midgben no*,
.whilst the manufacture of the
wafer-gas has ldnipormily ceased in its pis-.
tine dim obscurity. "
iTe eaderstMid that an
,experiment on a
large scale will shortly be made at the North
ern Liberty works In' this city; when we shall
have the opportunity of testing the merits of
the 4vater as at our own doors and in our own
kot*ei.
• •Vire have been diffuse on the subject of gas
reform, as it is one of vital importance to the
outiFe community:
To Te;ae 'nod liacif,,-No.J.
CorteropondeLlee'oe'llte4tlonj
• 'Sismriii¢; zTeno:, Ott 3,185$
lIYT Haag Pawl It Is difficult - fur one, upon
what Is to him a now and untried route of travel,
where each moment brings to his notice something
novel and striking, to find leisure, to make any
thing like a connected note of his observations.
Especially is this the case when one hurries along,
without having the time to step and investigate as
much as his inclination would prompt. Your cor
respondent, therefore, not being upon a mere plea
tire trip, must often hasten through and past
places of interest, where, if he were but simply own
his own amusement or recreation, he would proba
bly stop for several days. It is but justice to my
self, as well as due to your numerous readers, or
such of them as may be disposed to look over this
correspondence, that it should be understood that I
give just such impressions as I maybe able to form
from my own personal observations, tinder the sir
cumstanoes in which I am placed ; and I shall feel
the necessity of not allowing my mind to form, or
at least to retain, any rich or unfair impressions
from observation necessarily so hurried as mina
must be. If I can be fair, neither leaning to the
one side or the other, and keep Lai own mind calm
and unprejudiced, I may hope that if I am not able
to do full justice, I shall, at least, be kept from
doing any positive injustice to any individual, place,
manners and iistoms, institutions—peculiar or not
peeullar—scenes and incidents, which may come
undqr my notice. ,
And so, my dear Press, from the upper story of
the Dayoso Rouse, looking out from my chamber
window upon the broad, muddy stream ,of the
Mississippi, across into the demo woods which
coma down nearly to the waters' edge, of the Ar
kansas bottom, upon the opposite bank of the river.
I proceed to send forth for your columns my first
letter. On Wednesday, the 27th of September, at
10 minutes before noon, we left the depot of the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad, at Eleventh and
Market. There woo no Seeping ear attached to
the train, but we found great comfort in the re
clining Beats, which afforded us an opportunity
of taking a half•recambent position whenever we
felt Inclined to nap. During our whole ride from
Philadelphia to Pittsburg, we were greatly pleased
with the accuracy of the running time, and every
regulation and arrangement of the road for the
comfort and safety of the passengers. The train
was provided with a patent brake, which P ope
ratedM
by the engineer; and placed the stoppage of
the train entirely and exclusively within his own
management and control. There was no constant
sounding of the whistle to put on. and let up the
brakes; but the engineer regulated the brakes
himself as occasion required, and the stoppage was
more even and regular, free from the sudden and
unpleasant jarring and jerking, which usually at
tends the stoppage or slowing up of a train where
each separate break upon the ears is attended by a
brakesman.'
. .
At g.ffi we were at Lancaster, passing the im
posing tower and front of the county prison upon
our left band as we approached the oily. Beyond
Elizabethtown, we noticed the peculiar Amiga in
the charadtet of the soil, which from the rich farm
ing lands of the region we had been jtist passing
through, suddenly assumed a rocky and sterile ap
pearance. the surface being covered with nume
rous boulders of a hard trap rock. At Middle
town we came out upon the blink of the Susque
banns, and at 3.45 were at Harrisburg. But a
short stop was made here, and whirling onwards
at an increased rate of speed, we could not but
notice the effects of the more evil,' and carefully
built road-bed of this portion of the road, in the
ease and comfurt of the motion. As we crossed the
railroad bridge about five miles above Harrisburg,
we had a fine view up and down the river, swollen
and muddy from the late rains. Down the ricer
beloW Harrisburg was the long bridge, upon which
the Northern Central Railroad crosses the stream,
only to recross it some miles above the Pennsyl
vania Railroad bridge. Ono or two flats and rafts
of timber were floating down with the current, and
on many A jutting reek and log, the tall, slim form
of a crane could he seen. solemnly and patiently
waiting and looking for some unhappy fish to come
within reach of his long nee.: and devouring bill.
The scenery upon the river was peculiarly and
strikingly beautiful and picturesque, though but a
hurried glimpse was allowed us. The bold hills,
coming down to the water's edge, now covered with
feline and then bare and barren, were fleckered
with changing light and shade as the sunbeams
found their way through the openings of the clouds
which mead over the sky. New there would be a
patch of bright golden sunlight, brighter:hag up
some dark and rugged nook upon the faced asleep
and rocky hillside, and then the glorious summit of
some feline-crowned mountein. rising with a gen
tly-swelling elope from the river side, would glow
with rich crimson light, while all below was a mass
of dense and dark green forest.
Above Deneannon, fourteen miles from Harris
burg, the road leaves the Susquehanna, and turn
ing westward finds its way up the beautiful valley
of the Juniata, whose beauties are but barely ap
predated from the railroad train. It was dark
long before we reached Altoona, and our appetites
were well sharpened for the very excellent copper
we found ready for neat the Logan House Every
thing on the table and about the establishment bad
e neat, clean look, which was particularly inviting
to hungry travellers. And with good bread and
butter, and other provisions well cooked and neatly
served, we could not help expressing a wish that
we might be equally fortunate during all our long
journey—a wish, by the by, which experience bee
even thus early proved to be a vain one From
Altoona, we ran the distance of eleven miles to the
east end of the great tunnel upon the summit of the
Aileghenies, without any perceptible diminution of
speed, although we had been ascending the heavy
gredo which leads up the eastern slope of the moun
tains.
Leaning back in our patent seats, to as to get es
comfortable a position as possible for sleep, we
composed oureclves fur is nap, which we enjoyed
without interruption until we reached Pittsburg.
except at ono place, where the sudden glare from
the blazing, slag which hail been thrown out from
some iron furnaces startled no for a moment from
our slurgera. At half part twelve, the cars rolled
into the Pittsburg depot, when the first so nil that
saluted us was the cry of the newsboys, with the
morning papers of Thursday. We hastened on
board the oars for Steubenville, hoping to find a
sleeping-our attached to the train. But we were
doomed to disappointment, fur not only was there
no sleeping ear. but the mats of the ordinary cars
seemed to be adapted to furnish the greatest
amount of discomfort to anybody who tried to sleep
on them.' And cu, with the regretful remembronets
of the comfort nide seats of the Pennsylvania Rail
road care, we managed to pane the rent of the night
in uneasy slumbers, till about half past sir, when
we reached Coshocton for breakfast, of which little
can be Bahl in its praise. From Coshocton to Co
lumbus there was little of interest or variety in the
appearance of the country. Now and then there
was a clearing, but the houses and farms had
slovenly, unthrifly look about them, giving rather
an east arable impression of the people. We
passed numbers of steam saw Innis on the road ;
there was no sign of any water-power. Newark, the
largest town we passed through, had more of an
appearance of thrift and neatness, and some of the
houses wore piiie elegant. This part of' Ohio is a
great hog-raising country, end supplies a large
amount of raw material to the pork-puking esta
blishments at Cincinnati.
We saw but little of Columbus, the railroad pass
ing through the extreme edge of the city, and the
depot being some distance from its centre. We
changed ears here, taking the train which had
come down from Cleveland. From Columbus to
Xenia the country presented the same unpromising
aspect. The timber had not been cleared off oven
from the cultivated fields. The trees bail been
girdled and left standing, and their tall dead
trunks. from which most of the branches had fallen,
were thickly scattered through the cornfields.
There was little to be seen in the way of crops eX
cept corn. As a e approached Cincinnati the coun
try improved in appearance. The extensive corn
fields in the rich bottom lands of the Little Miami
and Ohio rivers were free from the disfigurement
of the dead standing timber; and the rich brown
hue of the corn tops spread out for long distances
uninterrupted by the break even of a fence One
or two tobacco fields of small extent were to be no
ticel—part of the crop gathered and hung up in
the dryinglouses.
Some distance before reaching Cincinnati the
railroad strikes the Ohio bottom lands, and winds
along the bank of the river. The suburbs, as we
approach the city, are mean and filthy looking;
and the first iinpre,sions of the Queen City of the
West are disappointing. The city is built on the
river bank, which rises from the water's edge in a
series of broad plateaus or terraces, separated by
deep ravines. The appearance from the river to
one who comes down by steamboat from Pittsburg
must be much more striking. It was half past
one, on 'Thursday afternoon, when wo reached Cin
cinnati, and in a few minutes we were comfortab'y
accommodated in the Burnett House; and. after
removing some of the dust and cinders of our
twenty-live hours of railroad travel, and fortifying
the inner man with an excellent dinner, wo boa
' toned out to improve the short time we had to the
best advantage. The atrcets of the city are regu
larly laid out, generally at right angles, and well
paved, though the steep descent to the river must
malte it somewhat difficult to keep them always in
.good order. The Ohio Mechanics' Institute was
having its annual exhibition in Pike's Opera House,
a beautiful building, with a rich and elaborately
ornamented front, of a light-colored free-stone, on
Fourth street. A steam calliope, in very bad tune,
and of a caplicity not much beyond 'Pop goes
the Weasel, was furnishing music for the pub
lic at large, and inviting visiters to the exhibition.
Shillito's dry•geods establishment, on Fourth otreet,
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ht "a4' Pulthalontkli in time fez tie lintitinnis
IPealintini
eebepies the whole of a very large and beautiful
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leg, and contains a complete assortment of
diry ig . o . *, in every branch. The post office owe
-11- t 'Pectori s and elegant building on the corner
' , of' loth and Vine streets, with every convenience
.twoltfacility for the prompt and safe admired' ration
of the businety, and the aecommodation of the
public. The passenger railway mania Is raging
with all Cite fierceness of a first attack, and has
produced its wear restate of streets torn up in
various dfrectiond, sena:lnns views rand interests
of various companies,- inkutetions, and a general
ferment inke , Caalarittliity.! .- The City -Fathers,
with a laule desire to Udall that they could to
increase the Chauncey bad greeted' authority to
DO less tieur three differeitvcanipaniestojay down
their mils,thmter,irforeenustreai, where mere was
no .at beat, roe Air L uutie-thae. -two, and, to so
con*odite a ir trues, putrided that tbe treeke of
twovoads should'run one
pm
AA side of the street,
amities third in the middle, irrerlapplug both the
others. If the Cincinnati Fathers did not improve
their exeutsiontoPbiladelphis to better advantage
in other reepreo, itmn,tl , here been decidedly for
the Interest of their' censtituents if they had staid
at hosier. I - ' ' • -'
Opnceite Cincinnati, oit the Kentucky bank of
the phi°, is the lown'ef Covingteb, and the United
States barracks at Newport, a mall town separated
front Covington by the Linking river, which empties
into, the' Obio. The private residences of Cincin
nati struck no as substantially built and well adapt
ed for solid comfort. They are - mostly built of
brick painted of a light drab *rotate calor, or of a
Ugh colored free-etone. ' The dense amok* of the
trim Inoue coal, which is the feel mostly used, sad
vilahih is consumed lulu*in thirrri
'erlins m aufae Calico, soon disfigure -qtraittitialthe (*kW, sod
gives a dingy bliMhish huato wren the neatest-kept
houses: Tee .101.1151011 and ground of Nicholas
Longworth, Esq, occupy ea entire qq with Um
exception of two lots, whictrba lute tided se sod
given to come of bia relatives. The situation is in
rather II retired quarter of the city; and the
grounds extend back and overlook a fitly deep ra
vine, which separates the plateau immediately upon
the river from the second and more elevated one
farther teak.
Ito pork packing business bad not commenced,
and we saw nothing of that branch of "zecnerfac•
toe.p." And in all our walk through the city,
wbieh we prolonged to a considerable distance, we
saw v cry few bogs in the streets. A large amount
of furniture is mannfseturcd In Cincinnati for the
South and Southwest, and we noticed several very
extensive manufsetories of furniture supplied with
machinery driven by steam power and in busy ope
ration. A new limpid° Hall is in progress on the
corner of Third and Walnut streets, which, when
completed, will he one of the most elegant sense:
tares of the kind in the country. It is being built
by McMillan Lodge, upon a lot given for the pur
pose many years since, by the brother from whom
the lodge takes its name. G. T. T.
Letter from Huntingdon.
[Correspondence of The Prese-1
Ilusrmores, ilctobez 8, 1859
DEAR Psass : Our fail is over. Our "ancient
borough" has settled back into its usual quiet roe
tine. The heterogeneous masses have retired from
our streets to their peaceful homes in the hstalet,
the villa, or the more unpretending " place" in
the valley beloved, or in the greenwood on the aides
of ear ridges." If any one doubts Byron when
he says,
Oh there is sweetness in the mountain air.
And life, that bloated ease can never hope to share,"
they should leave their " easy chair" and visit
our "ancient borough" during our Annual Agri
cultural Fair. The swelling tide of crinoline, the
sylphlike forms, and sweet angelic features, the
well-developed chest, the rosy lips, the ruddy
cheek, the sparkling eye, and flowing tresses,
would be proof positive that there is
sweetness and life in the mountains and
valleys of old Iluntingdon county. There
seems to be an idea abroad that our race is grow
ing " wiser and weaker." Let those that think no
visit our " ancient borough" on any public occa
sion, and see the stalwart grandsons of the sires of
'V; es they pour in from Kishiquillas valley, Bare's
valley, iNitny valley, Woodcock valley, Ilartelog
valley, Diamond valley, Canoe valley, Sinking
valley, Stone valley, the valley of the Juniata, and
the havenS Creek valley. which, by the way, is
the valley of the county, with a length of twenty
two miles, and a breadth of lire to seven miles; it
has produced better butter, more wheat, rye, and
corn, horses, cows, hogs, and sheep, stronger men,
and handsomer women, than other valley of its
acres in the State. Its only outlet, except - by
crossing a "ridge," (mountain) is at Petersburg, a
town founded by the father of that remarkably
energetic and very successful Iron manufacturer,
Dr. P. Shoenberger,g now deceased. Balt the ad
vantages pawned by this point would build • city
in any of our Western States or Territories in a few
years. Excuse this digression, I did not intend it,
but the fact of the interior of our igantic Com
monwealth being less familiar to us - through The
Pres, than the Filmy banks of the Nile, the gar
dens of the Tuileries, or the rice and cotton fields
of Liberia, is my apology.
Our Fair was a decided success. Theson nevem
each succeeding morning as if determined to vie
with its predecessor in brilliancy, and set giving
token of a goodly morrow. The exhibition of stock,
although not large, was respectable. The vegeta
bles and fruit could scarcely be excelled anywhere.
The paintings, copied from our romantic scenery,
by the hands of our own fair citizens—except on
ono ease, Surgeon Roscover, of the Russian army—
were surpassingly beautiful, and vividly life-like.
The fruit baskets were very tasty, and the fruit
so natural as to induce a request from a little,
curly-beaded cherub to her ma for some rasp
berries.
The Randall Steamer.
(Per The Press.]
Now that the initiative steps have been fairly
taken in this great enterprise, and there is some
probability that the vessel will eventually be built,
it may deem not amiss to take an engineering view
of the subject, and discuss, fairly and impartially,
the position which Mr. Randall's Ave occupies,
with reference to the present advanced oudition
of steamship construction. -'
In the first place, we are informed that the
ma
terial of which the hull of the host is to be eon
articled will be of wood, and that it is to be braced
in a manner peculiar to Mr. Randall, so as to afford
sufficient strength and stiffness and yet pr,:serre
the desired lightness and buoyancy.
The use of wood, as the principal material in the
construction of sea steamers, is being rapidly aban
doned. At the end of ten or twelve years a wooden
steam vessel is nearly worthless, whereas an iron
use (when properly constructed) will be as good as
new, and so
matineenew, fur an almost indefinite tine.
It ie a well-established fact that iron vessels Wit
fifty and sixty years ago are atilt in existence, and
give promise of lasting many years more. The
bopelter fitness of iron for the construction of tea
tots is too well known to the discussed now, and
when we remember that th e
all the princikal
steamboats on the Delaware are built of it, the dis
carding of that material is certainly a retrograde
movement.
The engines, as it appears. are to be constricted
after the plan known as Liglithall's patent. This
eyle of steam engine possesses no advantages ex
cept fur a man-of-war. where it is necessary to
place machinery below the water-line, and presents
so many drawbacks that it has long since been dis
carded. The use of horizontal cylinders, 90 leitereV
criticised by the correspondent of the ew York
Ti Ines, no account of their application to the Great
Eastern, is as equally deserving of censure when
used on this vess-sl. The immense amount ot frit
two developed by large cylinders, when lying
horizontally, it well known, and by the experi
enced engineer carefully avoided.
It is proposed to use two paddle-wheels on each
side has this plan ever been applied on a 1169-
going steamer? and if so, when and where? Bays
we any correct data by which to compare its 'com
mand performance with that of the most approved
sea-going steamers.? Is not Mr. R.ndall's scheme
an experiment on a very large scaler and in the
eient of its jail tire will it not have a most disas
trous eifvet on the future of Philadelphia shipping
interests Mnen IN I CAL n36191E8.
Curious Reminiscence.
(For The Press.)
In looking over some old papers. recently, we
lighted on the followirg genuine proclamation of
the Hon. Sam Houston, formerly Governor of Ten
nessee, and now Governor elect of the State of
Terns. Wo apl•end it as it appeared in the Nub
villa Banner, the editor of which paper accom
panied it with the remark that it was published
.• SS a matter of business." The italics are the
Governor's own.
A PROCLAMATION' °'
Whereas. I have re zently seen a pLlliiCatloll
orisiaa
i in the Cherokee nation, east of the Missisaippi,
dated '• Isth May, and rioned" J. 5.," which said
publicati o n, or letter, 1v been published in several
neaspapers, such en the Kentucky lteporter. (fairsd
States Telerrnpt. Re.,
a and as 1 presume it will find a
nt
general circulation, twithstanding the absurd perso
nalities which it contains; medusa Is not the hot which
has found its way int,. public prints. conmitung ridicu
lous unfounded abuse] ot me; Now know all in e Ly
tiled) orrice:a, toot I. Sam Houston. " late Governor of
the State 01 'Jenne...lee." do hereby declare to all stows -
”1,7)1., roe, that they are authorized to accuse.
defnn • • oiumniate, traduce. slander, nlift,and Lhol
nie• to any extent in personal or prorate abuse. And I
do further p,elaiin, to whomsoever it may concern.
tint die) Me hereby permitted and cinder, zed to write
indite, rrint. publish and circulate the same, . and that I
will in noun', hold them responsible to me in law. nor
honor, tor either the use of the " rale ',interior," or the
fat,,,,,tfon of soy or on f the above named articles.
connected with the " Am erican system!" nor will I
have recourse to nalloaentroa in any case whatever,
where a conviction wonitt secure to the culprit the dig
nity of a penitentiary residence. And as some Ingenuity
has already oeen diaplayed in the ex/neaten of specs . -
hums, and others nifty be induced to invest a small capi
tol in the business. from feeling s of emulation and se
Jahn's alter experiment. Be it known. for the especial
encouracement of all scoundrels hereafter, as well as
tints who have already been engaged. that I do so-
Hold, propose, on the brat day of April next, to sae to
the author of the most eternal, reftaed.and flltelit.ls lit
or en leibutv, a handsome tilt copy (bound m sheeplof
Herona, or a matte plain copy of the l
t t h ed u
cra t bound in du° since its commence
ment.
Given under my hand and Private seal leaving an seal
gl nrir at Nash' ills, to the State of TennesSee, I.lth
dilly, tall. SAM HO UHTOIi. [Ls.]
Tun snip nearest in size to the Great East
ern was built about thirty years ago. She was
called the Baron of Renfrew, was six hundred feet
long, and was composed of large logs clamped to
gettler in the roughest manner. It was predicted
She would not steer, but she did, and creased the
atlantic. She was nothing more than imported
timber patched together to avoid the timber duty,
and was broken up immediately on her &rural.
The Government did not approve of the arrange
meet, and prevented a repetition of the experi
ment.
Eta WArswaronT BrILER ' well known in
New York as the " Blue Man," died in London of
congobtion of the brain, on the 2lth ult. Be bad
been there for some time selling tracts on London
bridge. He was an American, we believe.
THE NEW Dore of the St. Louis court
house has been declared by two competent archi
tects to be unsafe, and ready to fall in at any mo
ment. It will have to be taken down, and another
built, involving, an expenditure of 440,000.