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scenes enacted at the election to.
Baltimore oo„Weine»d»jh»Ke awakened.the good,
si#ii of ill parties to the necessity of taking vigo
rous! measures' to prevent' * repetition'of them.
■ t[he Waehlngton Slates of lest evening aakß the
question, “ Is our self-governing systems failure
Jndreplies thda tolta ownqueation:
“ AS. far as .concerns Maryland, yos—assuredly
VOS/The continued usurpation of tnepollaby sys-,
te&atited'nsohooraoy'irf Baltlmore—more tophi
riemltberty. The baudt-box yesterday sras paI
tSSW violated—the freedom of thepollß turned
JutemooVeiy;; law wad derided with impunity..
Orime. ita fiigers'dripping with' innocent blood,
» majestic and insolent.,
« and Harris still appear again at the bhr
of the Ho.ua to take their oaths as .representatives
of’tWo Congressional dietrlotS;Are they virtually
such representatives ? Cab thay.be regarded qjh
erwlso thah aa the mere instrumenis of ’ the most
remorseless'moboiiriioy that ever disgraced. Chris
tendom "i. , . . ' .
“If the times were not so deplorably out of Joint,
theresrould not be .a member of.the House that
wbtildertend to either the right hand of fellow
ship; nor a hotel or private mansion inWaihington
that would boo pen for their reception;They would
be met at the threshold of. every circle which they
might attempt -to enter with the indignant ex
pression, 1 < Avaunt, and quit'iny eight ! r . Praoti
eilly,Davis and Harris trill'no morh represent
constituencies in the' next Congress than if they
hied bees; designated members Of that, body by the
Emptiror of Russia.” ' '. ~
It seems that the Baltimore roughs wore assisted,
in their, outlawry by'delegations from Washington.
TheS/o/Msays: •
:“It has been well known,for. twhpr three, days
that'rowdies left this city, who' were not oitl
■eus of Maryland, to take part In the Baltimore
election; andifthe' < eleotlon’ held there yostor
day ia any indication of their management, they
have-beta' quite successful. - Onr ,'city polioe,
however, determined to seo who they were, and-
Captain Goddard and Nontenant Thomas, together
with others of the police, were at the depot last
night on the arrival of tho Baltimore trains to
mark these interfered. But it Is to be regretted,
that Conductor Collins deemed it necessary to stop
the express train In the deep out between this oily
and Btedensbtirg, and allow some seventy men to
get out and eoine to' the-oity-through the woods,
and aoross the country. Thu pweeedlng is unu
sual, for the express train stops at hut two stations
between here and Baltimore,' and will.not step it
any other for paseetteeri),’ and mtaeh less on the
road between two statutes to take on or let off pas
sengers. In this Instahoe. tho general rule was
violated, and tho ends of jastioo somenhat de
feated. : ■' ' ' - , ,
* “The police were determined to see who those
ftliowe were, in order fo be on tho lookout for them
here, and to arrest snob as were euspeoted of car
rying’ conoealed'weawtes, or having Heft the oity
for me-purpose of interfering In the Baltimore
eleotlon; ■ Some of the party remained in the oars
and came bn to* the depot; A few searches were
aleoordtngly raade^'and others, attempted; In one
asio of the tetter description tho suspected man
■ took to' his heels, but, being hotly pursued by an
officer, dropped, in his flight, a horse pistol, very
heavily loaded, and a’ most villainous Knife, -with
an edge almost as keen as a' rarer, and shaped for
deeds of murder. Both weapons were picked up,
and are now in the hands of the police. The pistol
Showed that ithad boon freqnently-flred.
ii This te a slight indication of the manner these
fellows were armed, and the way they oonld very
easily affect the peace of this oily, It is to be
hoped that, through the' instritmenteilty of the
police, some of them may 'he, arrested and sum
marily. dealt with. Tho manner in which the cha
racter of bar oity has been' defended by those in
authority, ought to be sufficient warning to all des
peradoes hot to attempt any of! their 1 Plug Ugly’
warfare here- Itisoertaintobeoruahedoutinits
inception.” ; '’- ■' ‘ •’' ■ '
The steamer America baa frrired' atHalifax,
yitb three da}s - later pews r from Europe,' bit. ! 4
cannot be telegraphed on until aome time to*dey.
. Returns from the Maryland election-indicate
that the Democrats will havo A majority in the
Hotfee. The Senate is doubtful, ’ In Baltimore
city the.telegraph reports tho majority of the
“ Americans ” to be. seventeen thousand!
We/learn,- from Washington, that Commodore
H. J. Hartstene and Lieut. o.' Ap. B. Jones hare
been ordered to special duty in fitting for sea the
Pawnee, at Philadelphia. ; *
• A dreadful case of suicide took place yesterday
In WflsMngton. A young mad fiamed Lewis H.
/Jones, sop of tho late George Jones, late clerk in
the Land Office, at the/house of his
mother, ,on New York avenue. - His course of life
was characterized by oontideiable irregularity,
Which was & cause of groat grief to an excellent
mother, who frequently remonstrated" with him.
.Yesterday' morning she had again been fn conver
sation with him in relation U his irregularities,
and Concluded horinaternal counsels by embracing
and kissing him, when he stepped hack a few feet,
and drawing a Porringer pistol ,from ids pocket,
and pointing it to hishead, exolaimod, “I’ll kill my-'
self,” and instaptly 'di«barged tho weapon into
hU forehead. The ball entered near the .centre of
the forehead and traversed the brain, finally
lodging at tho base of tho sknll, near the back of
'the neck. Young Jones 1b described as' a
youth of very impulsive nature, and accustomed
from a; boy to make use of threats of self-de
struction, in the presenoe of bis family,, when-'
•verhis desires wore resisted; wbieh threats were
never Intended to be carried out, but. rather, to
frighten his family. It is confidently supposed
by. thoec who knew him well that, on the pro
.sent'occasion, in the* exercise ..of his habitual
freak, he thus placed the pistol to his head far the
purpose of frightening his mother, and, while it
/was!in, that position, accidentally pressed tho
.trigger; and what he intended as a cruel trick
became a fearful reality. Drc. Lovcjoy, Holston,
Ironside, Miller, and Young were soon In attend
ance,and the. wound—which was of a frightful
character, with the brahf oozing therefrom—
dressed.. Theaofc was committed/in. the parlor,
where the body was stretched on' a pallet and sur
rounded by a number ofsympathisingfriends.' He
was about twenty years of age, and occupied tho
position of clerk in the General Land Ofiioe.
Mr. Forney, Superintendent of Indian Affairs
In Utah, haS informed the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs of bis intention to leave Salt Lako
city on the Bth Inst, for Washington, bringing with
him the two boys who survived tho Mountain Mea
dow massacre, but who did not return to the States
with the rest of the party in consequence of bolng
retained to testify'ij);the case of the supposed mur
derers, There being no prospect of an early trial,
it was thought unnecessary to retain the lads
longer in Utah. » Governor Cummings will trans
act the business of the agency during the absence
.ofMr. Forney.
; ; The Free Lovett have emigrated from Califor
nia, and purchased from the San Salvador Govern
ment a tract pf r some 50,000 acres of good arable
land, at twelve'and a half cents per acre, for
$«,25q: ;\ : V- . .
A fatal duel was fought on the Bth ult.,inthe
vicinity of Columbus, Miss., between Mr. Moore,
a merchant of Greenaborough, Ala., and a Dr
"WDey.„ The lattbr was shot through tbo head and
kUlod instantly.; - : ,
The weekly Sacramento News states that, in
answer to aletter embodying a wish that a Senato
rial appointment may be made, in order that some
person from California may announce in Congress
Mr. Broderick’s death, and pay a suitable tribute
-to his memory, Gov. Weller replies as follows:
/' 11 My present impression is that the public inter
est wHI not saffer if I leave the whole matter with
the legislature, As tab next session will be a long
if any, badness of importance wiU
.be trannmtod before', the month of February. If
•- MX* Frederick's death be not previously, an
;% hart no doubt the legislature will
■Select a Senator who can and will make the an
; ftoancSmeht in At and.appropriate terms.”
] John ?. Warren, thewife murderer, whose es
' cape.from ,Tolland county Jail, some, two months
and a half since, was the cause of general excite*
men tin'that part of Connecticut, has at last been
, found hnd..secured. Ho was discovered under-hi*
: father's barn, in Mansfield.. J , < t
The Bev.‘ John W. Moseley, r member of the pres-:
hytery of Central Mississippi, shot and killed pt{
Wilson, lit Sarcoxie,Mo., on thelit inst..
eon was an old aattfer.of that place, and had a wife
and several children, one son grown, and a daugh
ter married. He had for somo time beenmaking
unlawful advanoea to Moseley’s siater, ifhbisthe
mother of six. He,wrote her a leiter of
eight pages, ,proposing an elopement and marriage, l
and sent It by his daughter-in-law; who handedit
to Moseley's mother. She showed it to.her ion,
who theraupontook Wilson’s-life.. Moseley was
immediately tried, and acquitted by the civil au
thorities.
A .late Utah city paper mentions the arrival of a
company of European Saints, who came in fifty-six
; wagons, and numbered about four, hundred souls,
mostly from Seandinavia. Thera were six deaths’
- and three births on their journey' of three months
riirougii'thVoountry. ,V
' AtLColhnibua, Ohio, on Thursday of last week,
.two bmhlwsw-buried to the depth of twenty feet,
,by the caving in of the embankment of a sewer
which they were digging,; They were rescued:
alive sifter four hours’ inhupatip l ?* -
Salx ovWiraPAixmos thlsmorning at Thomas
A Sons’ auction rooms, South Fourth street. The.
collection comprises some very, excellent originals,
. by Hamilton; Blroh, and'
other - dUtinguhbedarils ta. '■ They art now ar
- ranged for .examlnation - with catalogues. Large
; offtodu and jHi estate, Tuesday ‘ next. Bee
advertisements,' auction head .
Chestnut streot,
wJll cell,-this morning, At 10 o'olook, a'lario aa-i
of
women’*, 6M children’s hosiery, back and for
glovM,-in; ' ■" ■
column will .be found the (tdver
,93Wflago.; it U V
is/ as wo know,,admirably
.®QndosWdi; It hasehe of those trablio.‘, blessings, a
Buynham^
re Girard Bank and the Estate of the
late Charles S. Bokcr.
| Since the death of the lamented president
of the Girard Bank, Chincus 3. Bokke,
Esq., a difference has arisen between the heirs
of Mr. Bokeb and the Board of Directors;
which has given rise ta.ceftaln.rujnora and
paused a deal of discussion, as to the cause'of
that difference. V.-"' ' , , ;
; It is easy to suppress dlscnssion in a stock
holders’ meeting, when one person is standing
up for his rights and the rights of the publio
against a dominant faction. It is cosy to thank
pod publjcly for tho sudden death of a former
president' of ‘ a bank, without'regarding the
feelings thatmay bowounded by this display of
piety, and l to Consider .this thank-offering the
salary: tt) .which his . children are entitled for
(heir parent’s twelvo years of arduous service.
It is easy to,banish a reporter from a meeting,
when, there, iSi pn .apprehension that the, dry.
facta, which he: is jotting down may arise into
future, importance; but it is not equally easy
to muzzle the press, per to stihe a grave, legal,
and moral controversy.
1 ,-The .resolution which Mr,G. H. BoKsn, son
of tho.late president, offered, ineffectually, at
the recent meeting of, the stockholders of tho
.Giraid Bank, reads as follows:
"Whereas a. statement of the: condition of the
Girard Bank has been submitted to this meeting,
and whereas ths aforesaid Statement does not tako
eocount of certain olaime alleged by the president
|and .directors to exist against the estate of the
former president, wbioh olalms are equal to twenty
percent; cn the Capital of the hanktherefore,
“Resolved, That when this meeting adjourns,
it adjourn,to meet on Tuesday, the eighth instant
to hoar a 'supplementary report of the presides:
and' directors on the aforesaid claims." -
11 was held by the president and directors
that these claims had boon included in a sum
which was announced to contain the doubtibl
debts due to the bank, and the original reßolu
tion was therefore modified to meet the case.
> HoW, the ground taken by Mr. Boksu in this
resolution, and in the subsequent remarks
whiohbe made, commends itself to common
sense and to common honesty. As to tho
policy of the resolution, a man with his cause
would scarcely care to judge. “ If,” ‘said ho,
“these alleged claims are good and well
founded, let them be prosecuted' to recovery
against my father’s Estate. If they are' not
good.and not well founded, why are they bran,
.dished before my eyes whenever I mention
compensation for the services of my late
father, who never received any salary fVom the
bank? I wlahthe stockholders to know every
thing, that eabh one. may jndgh for himself
whether : the . bank was wronged by my
fhther, or whether my Cither’s children are
in danger,of being wronged by the presi
dent and.directors of the bank.” The re
quest seems treasonable enough, and the
peril, if there were any, would fall upon
tho mover of tho resolution. There is little
difficulty for a time in overcoming calm rea
son with furious assertion, 1 when the passions j
of the iisteners are all on tho side of their ]
eloquent advocate. The quality of such an
assertion, that the whole fortune of the former
president, if poured into the coffers of the
hank, could not compensate for the damage
which he did tho institution, needs a severer
testing than can be arrived at through a fiery
onslaught on his memory, before candid and
judicious people will receive such an assertion
as coherent truth. Eleven or twelve years be
fore. the death of the former president the
Girard Bank began business with a broken
credit, a mass of. questionable assets, and
forty-eight thousand dollars in cash. The
president died in February; In the May Al
lowing a report 'of the directors declared
tho capital of the bank to bo whole-
They were silent as to who it was that
filled up".tho wide gap between forty
eight and twelve hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars; They are silent at tho present
day. Nor iid their advocate, who took bo
stem a view of the damages, inform the stock
holders whose coffers should receive, or whose
fortune should pay for, tho benefits of such a
state of affairs. If the advantages and disad
vantages of the former president’s management
bo opposed to each other, and if the presidents
of banks are hereafter to recoive compensation
according to their merits and not according to
theft.labors, the present condition of the bank
is .the only fair solution of tho inquiry. If tho
bank had dwindled from .twelve hundred and
fifty thousand down to forty-eight thousand
dollars, as has been the case in many similar
institutions, wo might investigate the details
of the damages without iujustico, perhaps,
even to the .dead. But, as the bank has
worked' upward from the latter to the former
sum, we may, without much stretch of charity,:
consider the former president’s administration
as on the whole not entirely without its bene
fits. “But, sir,” says aomo one, “you came
here to disturb the market-price of our stock.”
Iteally the gamo is not worth the powder. Of
what conseqnonce to Mr. Bokeh is themarket
prlce of Girard or any other bank shares?
Shaking snob unstable things would be but
diil! amnaement to him. Of what consequence
1b tho market-price of a day to any man who
holds property for investment and ’ not for
speculation ? Aro not the shares of all hanks
hold permanently ? And do not th.eso institu
tions discountenance speculative holders? Be
sides, Mr. Bogan Is a considerable bolder of
stock in tho Girard Bank, and not blind to his
own interest.
tt may bo said that Mr. Bokee’B resolution
is not justified by facts. To this it is sufllciont
to reply that the president of anothor bank in
this city is a competent witness that thoso
claims, amounting to twenty per cent, on the
capital of the bank, were alleged to exist du
ring the week ending on Saturday last, and
that he was authorized to waive them, “ for
tho sako of peace,” if the heirs of the de
ceased president would only renounce all claim
to salary. Tho claim of the heirs against the
bank was barely a tithe of the bank’s alleged
claim against the heirs, and yet tho lioirs de
clined to renounce salary on such terms. Thoy
have likewise declined a more favorablo offer
which was made to them,’with commendable
generosity, by the president and directors im
mediately after the meeting at which Hr. Bo
kkh’s resolution had been voted down, and his
reporter dismissed.
It is but proper that tho stockholders of bi
rard Bank should know how extremely liberal
the present president and directors are « for
the sake of peace." Peace attho price of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars is, in Its
way. almost as expensive a luxury for a bank
president as an Italian campaign is for a French
Emperor. Does any one in his sober senses
suppose that such claims have any real founda
tion, or have been used for any other purpose
than that of intimidation 1
“Mr. Revsnly Johnson, ex-Attorncy General,
according-to a, Washington correspondent of the
Now York Times, if coming to the resone of Sena
tor. Douglas in the matter of the latter’s absurd
Kjuatter-soverelgnty doctrine, rendered so ridicu
lous of late by the pen of Judge Blank. Mr. John
son deservedly enjoys a high reputation as alawyer
in ail oases wherein, politics may pot bo conoerned.
Bnt he is potorlensiy a partisan opinion writer
wherein he ventures to expound the law in matters
involring political questions. A high-tonod Fede
ralist, dyed in the wool, ‘expediency’ has ever
formed the basis of his published views on consti
tutional questions, however, slnoerely they may
be urged We doubt not he will produee a much
abler paper in his work of attempting the rescue
of Senator Douglas from the effect of tho promui-
S.tlon of that gentleman's idlosynersoy, than any
at baa yet appeared from' his (Senator D.’s) pen.
Bnt it will doubtless be a paper proving conclu
sively that though his dislike of Know-Nothing-
Ism induced him (Mr. Johnson) of late to throw
off his allegiance to the Opposition, the ultralsm
of his Federalism induces him to favor tho seheme
of Mr. Douglas to do the work of the emigrant aid
societies through a resort to the ‘squatter-sove
reignty dodge.”
, ' “ Oceasional” stated in his letter, published
on Wednesday, that the Administration organs
would embark ln*a bitter personal war upon
the Bon. Reverdy Johnson, on account of
his late argument against Attorney General
BiAok, and the above from tho Washington
Star, of the same day,' confirms his prediction.
We have fallen upon strange times, when tho
advocate of tho doctrine that to the people
should be confided the entire management and
control of their own affairs is denounced as a
Federalist! We have read tho Democratic
creed differently. Federalism is Centraliza
tion. The popular understanding of the term
Federalist, is of one who would deprivo tho
people of their rights, and confer them upon
tho Government for tho time being, or, as
the present Administration arguos, upon tho
President.and-his creatures. The Federal
idea has been distrust of the masses, and con
tempt of tho ballot-box | and so when Hr. Bu
chanan bade a graceihl fhrowell to tho piedgo
which pitt him into the Presidency, he re
lapsed into the idea of Congressional interven
tlon against tho wiil of the masses in the Ter
ritories, and subsided into tho arms of Fede
ralism., Hon. Rkvebdy Johnson has taken
up the irresistible weapon which Hr. Bu
chanan, in a moment of infatuation, dis
carded,- and he wields it with’an ability and a
vigor that have entitled him to the thanks of
honest men in every part of tbe’Union. We
trust he will always continue to advocate sucli
“ Federal doctrine.”
The Baltimore Election.
At the election held in Baltimore, on Wed- I
nesday, candidates for Congress, for. Stato
Senator, House of Delegates, State’s Attor
ney, Sheriff, Judges of the Orphans’Court, '
Clerk,of tho Circuit Court;-City Surveyor,
and ward magistrates and constables woro
voted for, and Democratic, Independent, Re
.fornt," and' American candidates' were in tho
Held. The election, like nearly all which
havo preceded it for the last five or six years
In Baltimore, was a mockery upon the politi
cal institutions of tho country. Tho mass of
tho citizens were, not permitted to deposit their '
votes at all, and in tho effort made in various
wards to secure a legitimate oxercise of tho
right of suffrage a number of porsons wore
killed and wounded. . Intimidatod by tho vio
lence of their opponents, tho Reformers
abandoned tho contest, and tho American
tickets were elected by an almost unanimous
.voto; Tliero can bo no greater treason to re
publican principles than tho institution of
governments under tho forms of law by such
moans ns thoso. It is impossible to conceive
of any greater political outrage than that which
has beon perpetrated upon tho citizens of
Baltimore, if the representations' of tho Reform
and Independent newspapers of that city are
correct. A minority now wields tho govern
ment Of the city, and in tho recent olection
has gained additional political power by tho
exercise of violence and terrorism. Govern
ments foundod in this way, by whatever namo
they may be callod, are necessarily despotisms
and standing libels upon tho free institutions
of the country.
While all parties mnst deeply deplore tho
scenes of disorder manifested at Baltimore,
and tho systematic prevention of an enjoy
ment of tho right of suHrago by tho masses of
her citizens, wo confess It is somewhat difficult
to understand how, if the Reformers possess a
largo majority, they have so long been forced
to submit to such an outrage. But with tho
municipal government arrayed against them,
and with this regularly-constituted authorities
disposed rathor to aid the rewdies than to ar.
rest them, and with police officers ready to
march off to the station.houso any respect
able citizen who mokes a strenuous effort to
vote, while tho rioters nro suffered to con
tiuue their violence, it is, perhaps, unjust to
accuse them of pusillanimity.
Wo can scarcely beliovo that tho great body
of the American party of Baltimore are so
lost to a senso of justice as to sanction tho
outrages committed in its name, upon the
voters of that city; but it is the bane of ex
cited partisan conflicts that men naturally dis.
posod to act justly, learn to palliate and de
fend conduct on the part of their political
sympathizers, which, in calmer moments, they
wonld abhor j and we can, in no other way,
account for tho tameness with which tho Bal
timore outrages are tolerated.
. One groat cause of the scones of violence
at these elections is evidently tho small num
ber of voting places. There are twenty wards
in Baltimore, and in each ward but one voting
place. The city contains a population of
about two hundred and thirty thousand, and,
probably, at least thirty-five thousand voters.
Philadelphia and New York, with a popula
tion about three times as great, havo about
two hundred voting-places each. In Balti
more, in some oi the wards, at least two
thousand voters havo but one voting.placo.
Tho election commences at nino o’clock in tho
morning, and closes at six in tho evening.
Thus large crowds of excited partisans neces
sarily collect around each of tho ballot-boxes.
No'time is left to the judges of election to
critically examine the qualifications of voters
who present their ballots, and scones of vio
lence might naturally bo anticipated in all ex
cited political campaigns, under such a system
of voting. In Philadelphia, in former times,
when a large number of persons assembled
around tho polls, displays of ruffianism were
not uncommon here; and if there was but one
voting-place in each of our wards, thoy would
inevitably occur even at the present day. But
under our existing system of minute political
divisions, with a number of distinct voting
places in each ward, elections proceed so
quietly and pecoably, that there is no more
disorder on tho days they are held, within tho
confines of our city, than on any others. There
is no pretext for violenco v here but a small
number of voters assemble at each poll, and if
any persons are disorderly they are speedily
marked, their names knuwn, prosecutions
against them readily instituted, and thoy havo
no snch chance of escape as they would pos
soss'ln tho presence of a large crowd of people.
Whatever other remedies may bo resorted to
by the people of Baltimore, we believe none
will be effectual in eradicating tho terrible evil
they now snflbr, until a large number of voting
places are established.
Meanwhile, it is to bo hoped that the Legis
lature of Maryland, whatover may be its politi
cal complexion, will bo sufficiently imbned by
a sense of Justice to apply as cfliciont a remedy
for the disordered condition of the unfortunate
municipality of Baltimore city ns can bo de
vised, and thnt tho judiciary of tbo State will,
in some manner or other, discover a practical
method for bringing tbo rioters of the city to
jnstice.
If Baltimore is politically divided into a
hundred olection divisions, and Iho ringleaders
of her rowdies aro hung, or incarcerated for
life in penitentiaries, she will havo peaceable
elections in future.
Washington’s Farewell Address.
It is stated, in Duyokinok’s Cyclopedia of
American Literature, that of all WAanmoros’s
writings, the most important Is his Farewell
Address to tho People of tho United States of
America, and that the hlstoiy of this composi
tion would seem to refer its authorship, in va
rious proportions, to Madison, Hamilton, and
Washington himself, It was printed by Mr.
Claypooie, “who preserved tho manuscript
with care, and it passed into tho hands of his
administrators, by whom it was sold at auction,
in Philadelphia, in 185 Q, Hr. Lenox becoming
the purchaser, for tho sum 0f52,800.” It was
printed by Mr. Lenox, with a carofhl marking
of tho paper, altering tho draft after ho had
received it from Hamilton, and submitted it to
the critical revision of Mr. Jay. Only two hun
dred and twenty-nine copies in folio and quarto
wore printed by Mr. Lenox, for private circu
lation, but he has allowed it to ho reprinted in
the fifth volume of Wasuinotom levino’s Lila
of Washington.
Mr. Dutokinor’s history of this romarkablo
paper was what Mr. Hoeape Binnev also
gives i that, in 1792, WAsnraaroN charged
Mamson, on tho approaching conclusion of his
first Presidential term, to assist him in tho
preparation of a farewell paper, for which he
furnished tho first points, which Madison
briefly put into shape ; that, Washington con
tinuing a second term in office, had no occa
sion then to use tho Address; that, on ills sub
sequent retirement, bis intimacy with Mam
son, in tho course of political affairs, hav
ing somewhat abated, Hamilton was con
sulted in tho preparation of the required pa
per j that Washington wrote his views, and
committed them to Hamilton, who, instead of
making amendments on tho copy, wrote, out a
nowpapor, including Wasiunoton’s original
dfoft, which ho sent to tho President, who ap
pears to have re-written and submitted it
again for revision to Hamilton and Jay j that
tho copy, entirely in Wasuroion’s own hand
writing, marked with corrections and erasures,
sent to Claypoole, tho printer, was that pur
chased by Mr. James Lenox, of New York,
and now in his possession.
As to tho authorship, on which Mr. Binnky
lias written a highly interesting volume, which
we noticed yesterday, Mr. Dutckinck gives
tho following opinion:
“ It is impossible to determine accurately the re
spective shares of Hamilton and Washington in the
language. The idea of the whole was projected by
Wsshington, and so far as oan be learnt, the parts
were mostly contrived and vut into shape by him.
The deliberation and intelligent counsel bestowod
upon tlfb work, proved by tho Madison, Hamilton,
and Jay lettera upon tho subjoot, so far from do
traeting from Washington’s own labors, add farther
value to them. Ho had a publie duty to perform,
and he took pains to discharge it in tho most otfeo
tive manner. The pride of UteraTy authorship
sinks bofore such considerations. Yet, the temper
of this paper tr eminently Washingtonian. It
Is unlike any composition of Madison or Hamilton,
in a certain oonsiderate moral tone which distin
guished all Washington's writings. It is stamped
by the position, the character, and the very turns
of phrase of the great man who gave it to his
eotmtry.n
Thoso remarks, from a dispassionate work
of tho hlghosfc authority, fully hear out the
opinion, which we expressed yesterday, that
the mind, and evon tho language, of AYasiiinu
ton pervaded his Farewell Address much
more than Mr. Binnev believed. Wo leave
the question upon tho arguments which we
have previously brought forward, backed by
tho above opinion. Without dorogating from
Hamilton’s admitted ability, wo bellove that
Washington’s mind, not hia, breathed form ,
ajd force into the Farewell Address, j
THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA, FftIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1859.
Letter from “ Occasional,' M
[Correspondence of The Press.]
WaBßikotoh,Hov. 3 t lBsft.
The good people of Baltimore Are to bo com*
misernted. Every man who ponders over tho de
tails of the last elcotion uU himself, Where Is all
this to end? The Governor of Maryland, sympa
thises with the officials of the olty, so that thoso of
the population of Baltimore who desire peaceful
elections and a humane and orderly administration
of the municipal government have no present
practical remedy. This la a frightful condition of
things, and without parallel, and especially when
wo reflect that It has boon maintained for more
than four years, and bids fair to be continued to a
bloqdy end. 'What is to be dono? Either the
poople of Baltimoro must submit to tho rule ot
ruffianism, and give up their rights, or thoy must
abandon the oity In which thousands of them were
born and own property; or they must arm them
selves and insist upon their rights at the point of
tho bayonet. Ono of theso alternatives will, no
doubt, be tacitly or formally ogrood upon.
A fow yoars ngo an attempt was mndo by a num
ber of oitlzens of Baltimore to organizo in military
bands to protect thomselvea; but this was aban
doned, beoause the evil had not then reached its
present height. An appeal was next taken to the
Governor, who would have acted had not civil war
been threatened as a consequence of his notion.
What renders this oaso more complicated and ori
ginal is the faot that there is no oity in the Union
in which there are more men of talent and admit’
ted oourage than in Baltimore. The bar—inclu
ding such men as John V. L. McMahon, Teackle
Wallis, John Nelson, Ilenry May, Charles F. May
or, Benjamin C. Howard, Charles Pitts, John P.
Konnody, Reverdy Johnson, Robert M. MoLane,
John 0. Le Grand, and John 11. Latrobe—has al
ways wielded immense influonoe. while among the
oitizons are to be found many still living who
fought with tho greatest gallantry during the late
war, and who would bo an ornament to any oity.
Many of the old families aro in possession of large
wealth. Theso elements combined, in any other
city, rallying, as they always do, a formidable pub-
lic opinion, would bo irresistible. It ta amazing,
howovor, to sec how utterly thoy havo failed,
after the best efforts, in Baltimore. I do not
think that any censure can justly bo bestowed
upon the good, people of Baltimore in reference to
their efforts prior to, and daring, tho cleotlon yes
terday.. They did all that men could do, but an
uncontrollable fanaticism seems to have taken pos-
session of a portion of the community, transform
ing them into savages, and making ovory contest
at tho polls a scene of crime and carnage. Yon
will notlco that this is no confliot between foreign-
ers and Americans. Tho loaders of tho mobs aro
natives of the neighborhood, and so are thoir fol
lowers;- while thoso opposed to them Are natives
also. The Gormans and Irish generally scorn to
take It for granted that thoy havo no right to vote,
and rarely oxeroiso tho privilego. The impression
left by the ovsnts ot yosterday has been painful
beyond description, and will no doubt produce some
fearful consequences. I hope for tho best. It Is
in vain to dony that tho oommorco and prosperity of
Baltimore havo been greatly, if not fatally, re
tarded, and that it will tako years to give her a
proper rank with her sister cities. A vigilance
committoe, suoh as rcsouod California lrom tho
clutohes of assassins and robbers, seems to bo about
the only remedy spokon of, and when that is ro
sorted to, many a valuable life will no doubt be
sacrificed.
Whilo tbo politicians are attempting to mako
political capital out of tho adventure of eighteen
or twenty reckless fanatics, led by a mad man, at
Harper’s Forry, I am impelled to ask whether tho
rowdies who roam over tho city of Baltimore,
taking human lifo without mercy, and driving re
speotablo citizens from the polls, amid innumerable
Insults and Injuries, are not as deserving of popular
condemnation, and as worthy of tho gallows, as
“ Old John Brown” and his associates ? As a na
tion, we raised our voioe against the wanton attacks
made by the filibusters of the South upon Cuba
and Central Amerioa. As a nation, wo are now
raising our voice against tho still more wanton
attacks of Brown and his associates upon the
peaceful people of Virginia. £ repeat, I o&nnot
eoe the differonoo botween the pirate who invades
a neighboring nation, with which wo Arc at peace,
and tho fanatic who carries fire and sword into a
sister State, and the deliberate and combined
blood-thirsty ruffianism tho midst of an
intelligent, refined, and eaucatod community,
roams abroad ,with Us dagger and Its revolver,
dealing death upon tho most venerable, beloved,
and influential citizens.
In one of my late loiters I wrote to you that
Patrick Lafferty, master oarponter in the Nary
Yard in your city, was to bo supplanted by Tho
mas Doughty, under tho President's sanction. I
now hear that this is not to take place until after
your delegate elections. Mr. Van Dyke has, it is
said, written to Mr. Buohannn that If it is dono
before the olection, the result will be disastrous to
tho Administration. So Mr. L. has a respite for a
few days, with tho ocrtaln dismissal at the end of
that timo. Tho belief that tho Administration
will thus obtain the active services of both the in-'
cumbcnt and the expectant at yonr primary elec
tion, has dictated this poiioy. What a business
for the head of tho nation to bo cngaged 4 in! Tbit,
or some other small, delicate, or dolegate matter,
has brought Collector Baker hero again. He is in
Washington most of his time, and is no doubt
pleased with our beautiful oity.
The word given by the Administration hore, and
its dependents throughout the country, particular
ly In tho free {Rates, prior to the detogato elections)
is “ hostility to Douglas” Wherever a man can
bo found ready to proscribe Judge Douglas with
persevering opposition, ho is to be forgiven any
preference. Ho may be for Breckinridge, or Lane,
or GutUrio, or Dickinson, but ho must agree to op
pose Douglas at all hazards. Now, in this scheme
there is a double purpose concealed, the first being,
of course, to dostroy Douglas, and the next to de
ceive those who agreo to enter into the crusade, for
tbo purpose of taking oaro of thoir particular
blonds. No man can he a • friend of John C.
JJreehinridge, or of James (hithrie, or even of
Joseph. Lane , who, in a free State, when running
for a delegate, allows himself to be i teed by the
enemies of Judge Douglas. I trust that in your
coming primary elections groat CAro will he taken
to interrogate every candidate who is running for
tho position of a Representative of your Domoorn
oy in tho State Convention, and that ho will bo
asked whether ho will allow hijmolf to bo con
trolled by his hatred of Douglas, or by bis friend
ship for his preference.
Mr. lluohnnan is excessively delighted at tho
iqtclligonoo that some of the old-line Whigs in
Philadelphia havo como forward to assist tho cus
tom house to tomahawk Stephen A. Douglas ; and
he is still more pleased to hear that If these old
line Whigs should succeed, they will go to Charles*
ten and insist upon the old Federal doctrine of
Congressional intervention for the protection of
slavery. So that you will perceive that wo are not
only falling Into the error of allowing the bitterest
enemies of the Democracy to lead the Democra
tic party, hut also of allowing them to mako their
own offonsiro dootrines the oreed of that organisa
tion. It would bo a curious thing if the city of
Philadelphia should assist to oleot delegates to
tho Charleston Convention who would agree to tho
domand of tho Southern extremists In favor of a
slave oodo in tho Territories, and, in deing so,
contribute to the perpetual defeat of tho Demo
cracy in your good old State. Occasional.
To Col, Jnmcs Ross Snowdon, Dircc-
tor of the United States Mint.
[For The Press.]
8m: I have known you long, and esteemed you
as a high-minded, honorable man. I therefore ad
dross you as suoh, and desire to oall your attention
to sorno foots which I think it is your duly to in
vestigate and oontrol, and so continue to enjoy tho
estimation of your frlonds nnd tho publio. There
are at this time a number of persons, some of thepi
in high offices under the Qoncral Government in
this oity, outside of tho mint, and some of lessor
note, who are sondtng for active Dcnieorats in vari
ous parts of tho oity, or who visit them at tholr
homos, or assail them in tho streets, holding out
fnduoements to them to support tho offlee-hoidora’
candidates for delegates at tho oiootion on Monday
next by promises of places or employment in the
mint. Hundreds of men are tints operated upon,
and, as you know, are doomed to disappointment.
I say you know, for you have again and again, nod
that very recently, told mo and olhors that tho
force in tho Mint was too largo for tho work to bo
done, and that you were ondoavoring to reduce it,
and that you had no place for any one. As an
honorablo man, and a religions man, bow can you,
if you know it, allow such a wioked and
bio use to be inode of your namo ? It should im
mediately bo avowed by you, if approved, or
stoppod if disapproved.
Nay, more: I havo hoard you say again nnd
again, that your office—Director of the Mint—
was not a political ono; that tho Mint had never
been so considered 1 and on thoso grounds, when
you were urgod to remove opponents of the Demo
cratic party—of whom thero hove always boon a
number in tho Mint—you havo refused. How Is it,
then, that nearly ovory officer or omployco in tho
Mint, from your olerkdown to your watchman, are
all bußily engaged in ondoavoring to oontrol the
delegate olootions against the unofficial people?
How is it that, when any of them show symptoms
of indlfforonco or repugnance to this, that they are
sont for by your chlof oiork, nnd by him sent to
Col. Baker and Mr. Hamilton, or direotly sont for
by those gentlemen, to bo interrogated as to their
doings, nnd intimidated into action by tho fear
of dismissal, and ono or more havo actually boon
dismissed by you for suoh ft oauso ? Do you know
that suoh things arc going on 1 If you do, you owo
it to yoursolf to stop it. If you do not, you should
inquire into it. If you desire the investigation, you
can have tho proof if you wilfglvo foil assurance
that tho witnesses in your employ shall not bo
turned out of plaoe for their revelations.
Can it be that tho gallant Colonel Snowden is
content to st&in bis fair fatno by negatively or pn*
; flitively playing second fiddle or “ cat’s pnw” to
such men os Collcotor Bakor, or Surveyor Hamil
ton, or Robert Tyler, et \d omne genus, in such a
lovr and disroputablo game ? Ido not beliovo ho
will. Nous ferrous.
Affliction.—-An threshing separates wheat
jroiu the chaff, bo does affliction purify virtue
Dr. Lord nt Concert Hall last evening.
The third lecture of tho popular courso before
the Peopled Literary Institute was delivered at
Concert Hall, last evoning, by Rev. John Lord.
The hall was filled with a highly intelligent and
appreciative audience. * The subject selected by
theHotnrer was « Galileo," oner in all respects ad
mirably adapted to the peculiar powers of Mr.
Lord, and his treatment of ft, judging from tho ap
plause It received, was fully up to the high expec-
his hearers. As a lecturer upon histori
cal subjects, Mr. Lord has probably fow superiors
living. His manner In speaking, however, is owk-
WArd, and, at times, absolutely ludicrous. Never
have wo seen a public speaker so apparently throw
hissoul and bodi/ into his subjoot as Mr. Lord; when
he strikes upon a vein in which tbo bittor sarcasm
of his nature is called in play, he grows im
petuous, and scorns oager to bound from his pre
scribed limits upon the platform. Twisting his
rather short, plump body into tho moßt ungrace
ful positions imaginable for a public spoakor, ho
prances to and fro within a fow feet of the table
in front of him, as if every minute ho intended to
leap ovor it, V'hilc in the forvor of bis delivory ho
hisses birth nis biting epithets, and gratingly
grinds out his ontempt for the follies of men and
society that happen to oross his mental path.
In his lccturo ho said that among
the many wonders of the sixteenth century was
the rising of a new star in tho North, in the oon
stollntion of Cassiopia, which there wns reason to
bolievo was a fixed star far beyond tho limits of
our solar system. Romo thought this A “sign”
that some distinguished personage was to be born
into tbo world. If, said he, tho men of that ago
had understood the subsequent importance of the
science of astronomy, they would havo doubtless
regarded it afterwards as tho herald of that ohilcl
who carno, and by his wonderful discoveries con
firmed and improved upon the teachings of Coper
nicus.
Tho birth of Galileo was designated as tho dawn
of a now civilization. Long beforo the sixteenth
century, spears and shields had giycn place to fire
arms ; printed books had taken tbe place of manu
scripts; Shakepeare had composed bis immortal
tragedies; Luther had translated the Bible;
and Henry IV had signed the edict of NanU.
Although the sixteenth could not he compared
with tho nineteenth century, any more than youth
eouhl bo compared with manhood, yot it had
marked groat advancements upon thoso pre
ceding it.
Galileo was born, in Pisa, on the 15th of
February, 1661—tbo yoar that Calvin died. Whilo
a student, his attention bad been arrested by
the vibrations of a lamp in tho cathodral, from
which, at ht 9 hands, the pondulum sprung, tho
form of the earth wns determined, and countless
other discovorios had followed.
When he took up tho obstinacies which tho mou
of Galileo’s ngo had manifested. In absolutely re
fusing to receivo the testimony of their own senses,
tho audlenoo were convuleod with laughter at tho
lecturer’s unsparing hits opinion.
Wo could, said he. not associate with Galileo
more mechanical invention; ho was in all respects
tbo compcor of Newton, Kepler, and La Placo.'
The lecturer's analysis of tho genius of bis sub
joot, and others who had succeeded in measuring
the orbits of tbo stars, and calculating tho reap
pearance of comets, afforded a fino field for Mr.
Lord’s oritlcal powers.
The oburoh had boon satisfied with tho discove
ries of former ages, in which by means of tables of
observation they had been able to predict the re
currence of colipses, and some other astronomical
phenomena. Copernicus had revolutionized tho
system of astronomy, but had failed to fathom tho
irregularity of planetary motion; ho had escaped
persecution, although ho hnd not published his
theory until tho year of his death.
Tho wondorful mental activity of Galileo, as in
dicated in his labors, was next dwelt upon.
On ft visit to Venlco in 1600, Galileo heard of a
ppeotaclo maker having constructed an instrument
by wbioh objects woro apparently brought nearer.
Wo neit found him constructing ono himself with
tho powor of magnifying objeots to threo times
their natural size. Next ho succocdcd In making
one of eight times powor; and, turning it toward
the moon, was Btartlcd; ho turned it to tho fixed
stars, which remained unchanged in eizo, but
were increased in number. 110 watched, and wab
gradually convinced thftt JupUer was attended by
satellites, when tho opposition of bigotry was
fairly awakened. In 1610 he discovered that Sa
turn appeared triple, and Venus in the form of a
crescent, and that there wore spots on tbo sun,
which by watohing he found had a revolving
motion.
Then It was that all classes marshalled against
him In a body to seouro hU ruin, and so, mainly,
because they thought his discoveries militated
against Christianity. He, howovor, remained un
movod, and only treated his assaflants with sar
casm and ridlculo. But tho daring “innovator”
was said to bo undermining the Bible, aud tho war
against him became more violent. Several spicy
specimens of tho arguments with which Galileo
confronted his adversaries woro hero introduced by
tbfi lecturer with characteristic embellishments.
The nobio indopemianon nf his mihieet, and his
heroic course in defianco of tho Inquisition, to which
ho was subjected for bis discoveries, were noxt elo
quently portrayed. But there was a fatal turn
soon to be Introduced. Galileo, in bis old ago, hnd
been guilty of a weakness utterly unworthy of his
glorious life aud labors. On tho 22d of June, 1633,
he fell on his knoos before a tribunal which proved
that, great as he was, ho was not groat enough for
martyrdom. No, before the assombled cardinals,
on bended knees, ho had roaJ aloud a recantation
—which was given by tho speaker—And thus, at
tbo ago of seventy years, preferred easo to accept
ing tbe penalty of intellectual freedom, and dying
to live!
Wbat, though he was nofcrincoro in rooanllng,
arid that he bad on rising whispered, “ the onrth
does move,” still ho wonld not bo too hard on
/the weak old man. Tliero wns yet a mournful in
terest in tho old ago of that stricken soul. Ills
sight leaves him; lovod ones are torn from him by
death; rheumatics rack his withered framo; and
death in sorrow’s fullest cup closes In upon him.
Ip conclusion, tho grand and ever-widening in
fluence of GalHep’a discoveries were enlarged upon.
Tbe achievements of all tho ustronomers since his
day woro painted, in which a minute astronomical
knowledge was ovlnccd by tho nenous lecturer.
With all our light, wo were, said bo, yet upon
the “threshold of pclenco;” and, as this is a ste
reotyped phraso among tbo wiso, it it? hardly pro
bable that tho vestibule will ever be fairly en
tered; nr, at least, it will tako another Galileo to
inforiq tho world of the faot when it occurs. This,
of course, Is given, not as the lecturer’s, but as our
opinion. Should our admiring, but not over-scru
pulous friend, of an evening contemporary, ap
propriate this, ns ho is in tho habit of doing with
our lecture critiques generally, (without credit
always,) ho will havo the kindness to tell the
readers of that journal whether tho above is his
opinion nl*o.
Wendell Phillips at Jayne’s Hall.
Last evening Mr. Wendell Phillips delivered his
Jeoturo on “The Lost Arts,” in Jayno's Ilnll,
under the nusjncoa of tho Harrison Literary Insti
tute, The lecturer was groeted with a largo audi
once, in which wo notleod several persona of color,
and not a few prominent individuals in (bo com
munity who are especially devoted to the Mtppowd
interests of that class. Tho lecturer was intro
duced at seven and a half o’elook, by Mr.
A. Krvino, president of tho Harrison, who
stated that the next lcoturo of tho course would
bedelivored by Horace Greeley, E*p Tho lecture
which followed v, as a chaste, scholarly production,
and was listened to with evident interest by the
audisneo. As, however, tho samo lcoturo was de
livered at Concert Hall, In this city, ou tho evening
of November llth, 1857, at which tiwo we noticed
it very fully in those eoluranp, an extendod notloo
by mis ronderod unnecessary. There was but a
single (slight) allusion made to John Drown by tho
leotarer last evening, which was received with ap
plauso. Upon the whole, it is seldom that ve
have two more successful literacy entertainments
to chraniclo on the same eyenlng than those to
which wo havo hero referred.
The latest Silt Lake mail brings the details of
another Indian massjcro, which oocurrcd 2i miles
west of Fort Hall, on Lander's Cut-off, on tho night
of tho 3d of Soptembor, on a party consisting of
six men, throo womon, aud ton children, part from
Mlohlgnn, apd part from Buchanan oounty, lowa.
The iqiimeTp must havo boon a most horrible one
Tho efiiigrants woro surromidod justas they were
iboutiOamping, and shot down boforo they had
timo for defence. Somo who escaped fell in soon
after frith a company of dragoons under command
of Liout. Livlngaten, who sent a detachment to tho
massaero. The following is tho description of what
they found:
“After informing the command of our distress,
Lieutenant Llvlugntop sent n dotnohinont of nino
men, 9UII ouo of pur company to pilot thorn to the
place of the raaaiacre. On their arrival they found
tho dead bodies of fivo persons on tho ground, out
of the eight that wore missing. Tho dead woro
horribly mangled and sculped. One littlo girl, fivo
years old, had both her logs cut ofi' at the knees;
her carom u ai -> cutoff, and her eyes were dug
out from their M>?kctH ; and to all appearances tho
girl, nftor having her legs out off, nad been com
pelled to walk on tho Mumps, for the sole purpose
of gratifying thu hellish propensity of savage bar
bunty.
, “The names of the murdered nro : Edward Mil*
timorfc fir., JamesMillimore, Jr., Win. Miltimore.
tn Miltimore. ami Myron Cline.
“Missing—Mrs. Miltimore, and child throe
monthyold, „nd Albert Miltimoto.
“ KseHpcd—MiltorrJ. H i rrioglon, wife and child,
A. Hill, wlfe’and ohild, Geo. Alonzo, Nelson Mil
timore, Frank Hubbard, Nathan Titus, and Win.
Marsh.
t two oldest aons were absent
from tuo family ut tho onaot, hunting ducks. Jlad
it not.boonfor this circumstance, there probably
would not bo a single member of tho faintly loft.
Upon hearing the firing and whooping in tho diroo
tionof their father's teams, tho sons hurried to
render sucoor. Arriving near tho soene, and
.toeing from tho number ofindinns that an attempt
nt resirinnoo on their part would result in tho lo*s
of their own live?, without rescuing those of their
ahead * hcy boat tt bas,y for tho parties
toe Indians had oomplotod tlioir work of
murder and plunder with tho Miltimore party
thoy pressed nhoad and attacked tho remainder of
tho train. Hero they mot a warm reception, and
wero kopt at hoy by tho emigrants until darkness
closed upon thu scene, when tho assailed finding
further resistance futile, made their esenpo, lonv?
mg the Indians possessors of thoir stock nnd goods
luey travelled on toot two days without anything
to eat, and limilly ronohod a military post. Mr?
Harrington discovered an Indian pursuing them
durtpg their retreat, and shot at him. He thinks
ho killed tho red skin. Tho survivors nro now nt
Camp Floyd, in a destitute condition.”
Cmupavitfim versus Contrast.
Km ror. op Tiie Pnsss : In your paper of ycs
terdny, under tho head of “ Comparison ” you
have run a parallel between tho conduct of Gene
ral Pierce’s Administration ami hjs chief officers
in this city, and that of Mr. Buohanan’s, which you
should bare beaded ft “Contract," and not a
“ Comparison. M Will you allow mo to add some
additional facta to tbose you stated, making the
contrast still more apparent ?
First. When General Pierco eft mo into the Presi-
dency, there wore in offieoin this city many Demo
crats who had*obtained their appointments under
former Democratic Administrations, and who had
boon retained under tho twenty
or thirty in tho custom bouse, fis many in the post
office, and a still larger number'll! the mint. JVW,
not one of those who had rotained his political faith
was over removed by General Pierco or his officers
in this city.
Second. When Mr. bochanan camo into the Pre
sidency, nearly all tbo officers in Philadelphia,
principal and subordinate, wore Democrats—most-
ly good obob. too. llow did he and his appointees
iu Philadelphia act towards theso men ? Tbo first
act of Mr. Buchanan— after he was elected, not le
fore—was to announce that rotation iu office was
to bo carried iuto every department of the Govern
ment. No Democrat was to be turned out of offioc,
oxoept for official misconduct, until his term of
offico (four years) expired, when ho was to lo su
perseded by another Democrat. This rule Mr. Bu
ohanan did carry out in all of his appointments in
Philadelphia, except United States District Attor
ney and Director of tho Mint; thoy are still in
offico, though their four yoars have expired.
But what was the course of his ohiof officers in
Philadelphia, and principally (bat of Collector
Baker. He commenced immediately, or as soon ns
his hoalth permitted him to tako possession of hl a
office, to turn out thcDemoornts he found in office,
without knowing thoir churaotors or qualifications,
or how long or short a time they had been in offico.
Fome of tho best Democrats of tho oity and State
tuul beat officers in tho oustoms, who had only been
in offico a few months, a year, two yoars, or moro
wero indiscriminately dismissed to make way for
tho personal friends of tho Collector and their
friends. And this courso has been pursued by him
ami by the Postmaster until mo3tof tho appointoes
of their Democratic predecessors havo been re
moved. 9
Tbo increasing demands of new friomls of the
Administration to bo rewarded for ahtndomnglho
principles of tho party, or frionds bought up to
carry delegate elections to support the Adminis
tration, have overdrawn the supply. The offioinls
have had to turn upon thoirown appointees and re-
moves such ns had done their work and were of no
further uso, to make places for now converts, as you
havo stated in your articles. Observer.
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Tho Maryland Election.
Baltimore, Nov. 3. —ln tho Sixth Congressional
district, Anno Arundel county gives George W.
Hughes (Dorn.), for Congress, liy majority, a De
mocratic gain of 09 votes. '
In tho iifth district, Froderick county gives H.
W. Hoffman (American), for Congress, about 300
majority, a loss of 432 votes.
Washington county gives noffman about 50 ma
jority.
Tho returns from tho Stnto are very moagre;
those received socm rather to favor the Demo
: crats.
The vote of the city is not in yet. The Reform
ers have a small majority in the Twelfth ward.
The coroner held an inquest to-day on tho body
of S-snny White, tho rowuy who was shot yester
day, in tho Fourteenth ward. A verdict was ren
dered attributing tho killing to accident, the wound
having been inflioto-i by a stray shot. No evidence
was elicited showing that Duffy, who was arrested
for tho act, had anything to do with it.
An Inquest is now in progress on the body of Mr.
Kyle.
B m.ti uore, Nov. 3.—Returns from Cecil and
Howard counties show a Democratic gain of six
members of tho Legislature— I viz: four Repre
sentatives and two Senators.
Tbo returns so far iediento that tho Democrats
will have a majority in the House. Tho Senate is
in doubt.
The roturns from tho city wards are not yet
complete, but tho Atr.erienns will hnvo a majority
of about 17,000, which of course soenres thosuo
oefis of the State tickot by a heavy majority. So
far, there appears to havo been no change in the
Congressional delegation.
The inquest upon tno remains of Mr. Kylo has
not boon concluded. The Central Reform Commit
tee has held a mooting, and unanimously expressed
tho deepestindignntiou and distress at tho murder
of their respooted and excellent fellow-citizen,
Adam Bailie Kyle, Jr., at tho polls in the Fifteenth
ward, nnd resolved to attend the funeral tomor
row morning, inviting all lovors of law and order,
and who regard with sorrow and shame this
crowning act of the unparalleled enormities of tho
recent elcotion, to unite in tho funoral procession.
From Washington.
Washington, Nov. 3.—A letter has been re
ceived here stating that General Trias, fur many
yours Governor of Chihuahua, is shortly expected
at El Paso, to consult with Judge Hart with refe
rence to tho construction of a railroad through
Chihuahua, under a grant to Messrs. Hart, Otero,
and others by tho legislature of that State last
lileutcnanv mowry »» lll at
K 1 Paso.
Captain Wm. F. Smith, of tho topographical
engineers, has boon appointed Secretary to tho
Llght-Houso Board, vice Captain Franklin.
Commander Hartstoino and Lieutenant Jones
have been ordered on spoolul duty in fitting for sea
tho steamer Pawneo hfc Philadelphia.
LicutonnntDaycnport has been dotachcd from
ordnance duty at tho Washington navy yard and
ordcrod to tho National Observatory.
The European Mails by the Canadian
Steamers.
Wasiiinotox, Nov. 3,—Tho Postmaster General
has concluded an arrangement with tho Canadian
l'o>t Offico Department, by which tho mails are to
bo transported for tho sea postage, weekly, between
Detroit And Liverpool, via Portland in the winter,
and via tho River St. Lawrence In tho summer.
Tho forvlco to commence by tho trip of the first
steamer outward from Portland, on tho 26th inst.
It is Intended to havo the mails, or such of them
as may be thereby expedited for and from the
Northwestern, and probably sorao of tho South
western States, sent m closed ranils between Chi
cago and Detroit on tho one gido, ami Liverpool
and London on tho other, and for this purpose the
assent of tbo British Post Offico Department has
been rrquMed to oonstDute Chicago and Detroit
exchange offices for tho United States nmlßrili-b
mails. On tho side of Great Britain, Cork mnv
alho be constituted an cxcbinge office. The
tcbodulo time between Portland and Chicago to be
forty-eight hears, and when tho service commences
thero will bo an unbroken Hno of railway the en
tire distance. This will bo a very direct lino from
tho far West to Europe.
From Kansas,
rnoer.AMATiux or mvF.nson med\nv i>E('L\iu.va
Tin: WVANDOTTB CONSTITfTIOX ADoI’TEJV
TIIANKSUmXQ DAY.
Le ivenwouth, K. T., Nov. 3—Governor Me
dnry lm* issued a proclamation, declaring tho
Wyandotte Constitution adopted ; also designating
tho 2ith iust as a day of thanksgiving,
Indian Depredations on the Plains,
fora or tiie si.vta ke mails missivo—skiuoi s
API'REUKVSIO.VS FOR THKtR 8 aVETV—UKrOUTED
MURDER OP PIKE’S PEAK KMICRAXTS
St. Loins. Nov. 3—The Westport corro«pondont
of tho licptiblirttn says that fourof tho Santa Fo
malls arc now due at Independence, and serious
apprehensions nrefclt for tho safety both of theout
going and incoming parties.
The same correspondent state’, on tho authority
of tbn mail-carrier betwoen Council Grovo and
Fort Riioy, that nineteen Pike’s Peak emigrants
have been murdered on the Plains by the Indians,
since tho killing of the Indian chief at Council
Grovo, about two months ago.
Destructive Fire.
TUB PEMBROKE COTTON MILI.B 81 RNRD.
Concord, N. 11., Nov. JI —'Tho Pembroke cot
ton mills, at Suncook village, were destroyed bv
fire this morning, together with a dwelling aud
tho picker and counting-rooms, on tho opposite
Mdoof the river. Tbo loss is $130,000. of which
•ibout 800,000 is injured Tho mills wore owned
In Mcs-rfl. Wold «l Minot, Thomas Howe, \V.
K djyrts, and M. Pope, all of Boston. Nearly two
hundred and fifty operatives aro thrown out of em
ployment by this calamity.
Couftagratinn at Now Orloaiiß.
SV.VKN HQI'ARRft DESTROYED TDB PIRU STILI
New Ohlk txs. Nov. 3.—. Seven squares of buiM
ingd, from Washington to Ninth atreo’s, iu tho
Fourth district, woro destroyed by I’m* this eve
ning. Tho buildings woro chiefly small in s ; ze,
nnd very tnimurous. Anothor square ii now on
ffro. and Difi cfitirts of the firemen to stay tho pro
gress of tho flames are ineffectual in couseijuenco
of tho scarcity of water
Incendiarism in Nr\v Orleans*
New Orleans, Nov. 3.—Seven buildings in
Apollo street have been destroyed by lire. Loss
$l,OOO 17 3
Half a sqnaro of small dwellings on Chippewa
street have also been burnod. Tho los<», however,
Is not moro than $l,OOO. These fires aroattributod
to inccndifirh'm.
Fire at Pittsburg*
Pirrsmrno, Nov 3.—Tho brick dwolling Attach
ed t>» tit. Paul's Cathcdr-d, and occupied by Bishop
O’Connor, was partially destroyed by fire thismorn-
Ing. Tho loss was about $2,000, and fully insured
The Cleortfia Legislature.
Miu.Enanvu.LE, Ga., Nov. 3 —Tho Legislature
mot hero yesterday, aud both branches wero
organized by tho election of Lcgrnnd Guerry a?
president or Senate, nml Isaiah Irvin ns
speaker of tho liouso. Tho Governor communi
cated a lengthy message, solely couflned to State
business, no rcteronoo being made to natiounl poli
tics.
Accident ou the N. Y. Central Kntlrond.
NO LIVES LOST,
Albany, Nov. 3,—A freight train, consisting of
forty-ono ears, on tho New York Central Railroad,
ran off tho track at midnight, near this city. Tho
locomotive and eight of tho cars woro smashed.
Thcro woro no lives lost.
The Steamer America at Halifax.
Sackvillk, N. 8., Nov. 3. —The stcauidiip
Amotion nrtived at Halifax this afternoon with
Liverpool dales to the 22d ult., three days later
than nrovlouslv roeeived. Her advices cannot
reneh noro until to-morrow morning by the horse
express.
Cambria County Politics.
TvnoNH, Pa., Nov. 3—GeorgoN. Smith, of
Cambria county, has been eleoted Senatorial dele
gate to tho Democratic State Convention. Resolu
tions woro adopted instructing tho delegate to vote
for General Foster’s nomination aa candidate for
Governor.
Consul |(» Constantinople Appointed.
*,, NVv. 3 -Marsh >ll M. Smith, ol
Mississippi, has boon appointed by the President
consul to Constantinople.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
Grind*Con ce*t D k*’ o ®** it., above Eighth. -
vS&yssgstsM&tP* »•»■** «■"
& CLABKE’f ABCH-StR*RT Th*a*rv.
Aroh Rtreet, above Sixth —“Dot”—“Bpeed the Plough.’’
Ch.«"uwf,e ß^ 0 -e,““'rSm l 2 heiull T " lh *'” J
hKS™ St 1 s.“■ H “« be!o ’ Third—
ChcJtnut!—Corc ? e E M/"nhf ’ E “™ ,h lbCT '
e& a s„ t «sy£s,£Kajs:
Meeting op Citt Councils.—A regular
meeting of Councils was held yesterday afternoon.
Select Branch.— Communications as follows
were received and referred: Ono from the school
eoirroUers of 2Sth seotion, relative to tho plaoo of
meeting of the controllers, and earnestly remon
strating againßt the remoral to Spring Garden Hall;
for tho grading and paving of Walnut lane, Twenty
second ward; from the City Solicitor, stating that the
heirs-at-law of tho late Stephen Girard have filod
a bill in equity, taking ground that the consoli
dated city has no right to hold in trust any of the
bequests of the legatee. Tho Solicitor asked that
additional counsel be allowed him by the Ist of
December. This communication was referred to
the Committee on Law.
Slsyor sent in a message vetoing the bill
authorizing satisfaction to be entered on a mort
s»g® °* $i ,V 7 t 0 the benefit of the Good Intent
Engine.. The message was tabled.
A petition wnapresented askingfor the widening
of the township line road, in the Twenty-soconS
ward. Also, a petition from tho president of the
Hc«tcmviUe and Mantua Railway, asking a modifi
cation of the recent ordinance anthorizing the com
pany to lay their rails on the wire bridge, which
was referred to tbo Committee on Railroads.
A bill from, the Committee on Water was re
ported, authorizing tho laying of pit.© in Hope and
other streets, which was read three times, and
pa**ea without dobate.
Tho Committoo on Poor presented a report, ask
ing the transfer of certain items, and asking that
the salary of tho resident physician of the insane
department bo fixed at 51,000. The report was
laid on tho table.
A bill wan read by Mr. Mclntyre, in place, au
thorizing the transfer of certain items in the pub
lit) school appropriation. It was referred without
debato.
A bill making an appropriation to the school
controllers came in from Common Connell Cham
ber, when an item to pay salaries of teaeherfl in
Girls’ High School wax so amended as to substi
tute “ Normal School ” forGirls’ High School. The
bill, thus amended, was passed.
The bill, authorizing tho lease of the Girard
coal land in Schuylkill county, was passed, with
an amendment, that the veins of coal shall not bo
opened until a railroad is mado to the mines. The
mines ere located in the vioinily of the new town
of Ashland, above Pottuvilto.
A resolution, fixiog the salary of a physician lo
the insane paupers at Blockley at $l,OOO per an
num, was agreed to. r
A resolution to transfer an item of $6,000 in the
Water Department was agreed to. A transfer was
ftlw> made in the items of appropriation of the
The bill from the other Chamber, to grade cer
tain suburban thoroughfares, wn3 agreed to. By
the same bill the West Philadelphia Railroad Com
pany is permitted to lay a doable track in the
space formerly rccunicd by tho sheds, in Market
street, west of Broad.
Tho hill suspending tho Refcuo Hook and Lad
der Company for threo mouths was concurred in.
That appropriating $2,023.50 to pay for munici
pal advertising was also concurred in.
That authorizing the widening of Landing are
onu was alike concurred in. Adjourned.
Common Council.—Hr. Trego presented a com
munication from Henry T. King, Esq., City Solid
tor, in regard to suit againat the etty by the heirs
of tho Girard estate.
Mr Laning offered a resolution authorising tho
City Solicitor to employ additional counsel in tho
cmo, which gave rise to a lengthy dißcnsrion. It
was finally referred to the Committee on the Girard
Estate.
Mr, Tyson, a petition lot gas lamps in Milton
street. Referred to tho Committee on Gas.
Mr. Foust, one from the citizens of the Eleventh
ward, asking that the Girard lot. at Sixth and
Brown afreets, be made a public park. Referred
to tho Comniitteo on City Property.
Mr. Justice, one asking for water pipes in
Thompson street, in the Seventeenth ward. Re
ferred to the Committee on Water.
Mr. Manuel, ono for gas lamps in Thirteenth
street, from Oxford street to Colombia avenue.
Referred to the Committeo on Gas.
Mr. Adler, a remonstrance from the School Di
rectors of tho Twenty-third ward, protesting
against iho removal of the Controllers’ office U
Spring Garden Hail. Referred to the Committee
on Schools.
Mr. Cattel, a petition asking a re-division of the
election districts of the Twenty-fourth ward. Re
ferred to the members of that ward.
The ordinance making an appropriation of
$15,078 to tho Guardians of the Poor to meet defi
ciencies, was called up.
An amendment was offered to add $4,481 to pay
for flour purchased by tbo last Board of Guardians,
and agreed to by a vote of 37 to 23. Tiz :
Ye\s—Mews. Brooks, Case, Cattcll, Davis,
Dennis, Dunk, Dyer, Eckfeldt. Fisher. Foulon,
Foust, Graham, Hacker, Harmer. Houseman,
Ibrio. Kelcb. Kerr, Leigh, Manuel, Martin, Nine
rteol, Oat. O’Neill. Pugh. Quinn, Randolph, Riley,
Slmon% Sterr, Stinger. Stratton, Summers, Tho
mas, H m. B , W aite, Watson, Wieter. Zane, Trego.
President—37.
Nats—Messrs. Bowker, Bowers, OreswelL Dor-
Inn, Dickson, Gamble, Harper, Maxell, Heins,
Jlndgden, Ingham, Jnutico. > " w ST |im i"
Miller, Schoch, Sites, Thom**, I>. CL, Thompson,
Tvp-m—23,
me ordinance then passed.
Mr. Martin called up the ordinance authorizing
the construction of a passage-way under the track
of the Reading Railroad, at its intersection with
Richmond street Agreed to.
Mr. Dennis submitted a resolution that it was
inexpedient, at this time, to grade and pare Ridge
nvenno from Oxford street to Montgomery. Agreed
Mr. Cattcli, of the Committee on Survey, sub
mitted a resolution authorizing .an adjustment of
tbo lino of Usher’s lane, so as not to encroach
upon the lower burial ground in Germantown.
Laid over.
Also, a resolution authorizing tho extension of
tho plan of the Twenty-third ward, so a« to include
that portion lying north of Bridesburg and the
Bristol Turnpike and the Delaware rivor. Agreed
to
Mr. Houseman, of tho Committee on fifirkets,
submitted an ordinance repealing the ordinance
which forbids tho selling of meats from wagons in
I'rankford.
Mr Brooks advocated its passage, and !t was
agreed to.
Mr. Dennis callod up the ordinance dedicating
the old Parade Ground as & public park, and it
passed. Adjourned.
Trotting atSltpolk Park—Patchek ash
Bnov.-s Dick to 11 mines* for a Purse of $l,OOO.
best Tnnr.E iv five he\tB.—About six hundred
pcojlo found their way to Suffolk Park yesterday
afternoon, to witness the trot advertised to come
off botween Patohem, Brown Dick, and Lancet.
Toe owner of the latter horse, for some unex
plained canse, would not allow him to trot, and
desired to have a public announcement made that
he was him* Mr Kelly, the president of the track,
knowtrgthe fact to he otherwise, very properly
refused to allow thin nriestntement to bo publicly
mid'*, and told the owner of Lancet that if it were
attempted ho would as publicly contradict it. The
trot between Putchemand Brawn Dick then came
off. and was a very exciting contest, the first heat
being won on the very post by Patchem bv half a
head Time, 2 2H. The second heat displayed
some fine trotting, both horses going from the score
.at their belt p ice, an 1 was also won bv Patched in
the very excellent time of 2 2;i|. The betting all
this ’ime was in favor of Brown Dick, who ap
peared— and, we were informed, was raallr—out
condition, hut who had a large number of
fin-nds, who adhered manfully to bis fortune*.
The third heat «n«, however. nDo wen by Patcbrin
after a very exciting struggle up the bcvme-’trptrb.
Time. 2 29}. This terminated the trot, when a
match wm announced between the same horse 4, to
trot on Monday next, in harness, over the same
trv*k. for $.»00 a side, to go precisely at 2i
o'clock. Tho backers of Brown Dick aroconfldent
of hi* success on this occasion, and if the weather
is fins some fast time may bo looked for.
Tiib Curr-IUsKET.—Tho West Philadelphia
Engine Company, accompanied by Beck's Phila
delphia Bvnd nnd the Empire Ho>k and Ladder
Company, a.vomnaniol by tho United States Cor
net Band, arrivod homo last evening from Harris
burg where th"»y have been parading and displaying
themselves f:r the last few da^s— —The new
hou a e of tho Coho.'ksink H<we C.'rmany, situated
mi the Germantown road, above Fifth stsaet. was
inaugurate ] last c\ ruing, ip tho presence of a large
number of our most Prominent citizens Colonel
Phi in S. White and S Snyder Leidy delivered
speeches rnitftblo to the occasion There was a re
past, totisring, oratory. «Dd all that sort of thing,
which was kept up nntil a Into hour A> upfin
idied ship on tho marine railway, Pc»n street,
'ibo\ o M'lidi n, w,n discovered to be on fire at & late
hour on Wi’dnealay evening The flames (in the
eaWsr) were toon extinguished. Tho sheriff
M Now Castlf*. yesterday'morning, took hick to
Dataware th« two fugitives from ja-iice, whoso ar
rest w.is noti~"J yesterday. On Wednesday OgWr
Lake started to take Sylvrater back, hut the pri
soner e«eapvd, tind w*« only rocaptUTed after %
great deal of trouble —On Wcdne«lay even ng two
iron woro nrreitcd on tho charge cf beating Isa
milton Craig in a brutal manner, at Eighteenth
and Addison streets, iu the Seventh ward. The
accused gave the names of Jurae3 Taylor and John
Stownrt Alderman Swif* held them in one thou
sand dollars each to answer The wentherconti
nud warm and genial. The temperature would
hnvo been very appropriate to October, *he very
recollection of which makes us button up our
coat.
Coroner's Oases.—William Freeman, aged
33 years, foil from his cart while driving along
Sixth fltreot, near Morris, on Wednesday night,
and was so seriously irjured that he died s-on
after. Verdict. accidcDt.il death. Deceased leaves
>i wife and f.imily
Sirah Williams, aged 42, residing in Shirky’<
i-rmrt, np«r Seventh nnd Shippen streets, was found
<1 :* 1 in bed yesterday morning. Verdict, causes
unknown
Yesterday afternoon a child named Sophia Lud
low. aged 18 months, died snldcnly at a house in
linker street It is alleged that the parents bad a
fight, when tho child fell from its mother’s arms,
etruok its head on a trunk, and died in a fow mo
mouts. An inquest will be held this morning.
The Shooting Case at Grat’d Ferrt.—
Tho iuquc3t on the body of tho negro who was shot
i>n Tuesday morning while engaged in stealing a
lot ofehiokens near Gray’s Ferry Bridge, was con
cluded yesterday morning by Coroner Fenner.
Tho jury rendered a verdict to the effect that the
deceased ernno to his death by a pistol-shot wound,
indicted by Officer Rowan. Ihe officer was taken
into cvWodv by order of tho coroner Hi* case
n ill probably be brought before the court on a writ
of habeas corpus
Tho body of the deeeesed has rot yet been iden
tified. 110 whs about five feet four inches high,
thirty-five years old. stout built, yellow in color;
drab coat nnd pants, plaid vest, Kossuth hat and
old bools. Ho wore a moustache and whiskers.
Mr. Morphy was not nt the Athen&nm yes-
terday. Wo understand that he will leave town on
Saturday, and proceed to Baltimore. The diffe
rence on a point of che-s etiquette between Mr.
Montgomery and Mr. Morphy, that has thus far
prevented n meeting boiween those gentlemen, is
exeifinr a great deni of comment Oar opinion on
ibis difference has hem very plainly stated, and
we havo heard a* y*‘t no run on to change it.
The Pennsylvania Training School for
rrKHMS-Mixr>ET> Children —The new building
for the Pennsylvania Training School for feeble
minded children, lately erected at Media,
omra.i<*£»y: BriruiSjej?-
lUndicg, the tranunUtlTee c t tb* teorniar pa.
pars were nnabft to rewh Medl. a lime ter the
eeremouei. Ftera aaeOier eonree we lean that
talenwtingeharaeter.
,nd that the arraajemeDta of the new Suildinz are
complete and comfortable. The grounds ea
which the building 1# si tea ted comprise sixty acres
containing, beside the main itruoiore, a comforta
ble farm-house, barn andstablw. Thus far, there is
but one wing attached to the building, but ills con
templated that another one will be added. The
length of tho building, when the south wing shall bo -
completed, will be 250 feet The fro at portion of
the main buQdiog is occupied by the officers for
offices, reception rooms, do., and are neatly but
far from gorgeotzriyv far&iabed. In- the rear rxe
the school-rooms, three in number, bhioh arc well
lighted, and admirably ventilated. In the rear of
this building the chapel and gymnasium aro rifua
ted. The gymnasium is a very large and ‘exceed- ’
ingly well adapted room to the'pnrpbses for which
it 13 intended. In It will be placed bowling alleys,
ana such other contrivances as will afford amuse
ment to the children.
In the roar of the building there is a grovO, con
sistin* of ten acres of treee, which wiUiffori a de
lightful ami extended Mope, in which the children
maj find amusement, exercise, and healthful re-
There are at present fifij-thre, children of both
Item v“ J. he v a ' t ut,or ',’ aod ’'heo the south wins
teMnta te? completed, it will readily find
“ ad th( \r? o ? thereus. The eomplotioii
of the bonding will also enable the managers to
completely separate the sexes. The tctsl expenses,
in-ludlng real estate, boUdiug*, Tentilating appa.
rains and gas works, are shout ?100.000, and the cost
*£- n CODte ®piation will amoant to about
s.jd.Goo.
Fata* Railroad Accident.—Yesterday af
ternoon a hoy Darned Albert Sheriff, aged eleven
years, was run over by a train of cars belonging to
the North Pennrjlvania Railroad, and in
stantly. The aceident happened at Washington
and Columbia streets. Bis body was conveyed to
rtt® residence of bis parents In Cadwalader, abovo
w t - * lreet * .Two men, named George Neal and
Washington Wisner, were arrested to nmut tha
action of tac coroner. An inquest will be held this
morning.
Fire.—About one o’clock yesterday mora
ing a fire broke out in the grocery store of Mr.
•Swur-T*” I *?’ at . * he corner of Front
CJ j r,3tlan street* The contents of the store
Thi wate r.
The rotenorof the building is considerably burned
The loss u estimated at $1,500. Mr. BaraeTonlv
took possession of the store on Wednesday Th*
fremtee^K 3 ‘° I “ 7 ' ««identelcr
THE COUHTS.
YESTERDAY'S PSOOXBDIIffIS
[Rerorted for The Press.
UsnxD Status Cibcutt Cocst—Jcdgo
Grier.—Testerdaj morning the Court delirrr.d an
opinion in the case of Jacob O. Ewing vj. kTillii—
S. Blight and others, which was in the following
words: And now, to wit: November 3. JSh9, this
cause came on to be farther heard at the present
tcrm.cn bill answer and proofs, and wasargeed
by counsel, and thereupon, upon consideration
thereof, the Court are of opinion that the said com
plainant is entitled to compensation for his services,
unler the agreement between himself and Elisa
beth B. Sergeant, now deceased, bearing date
the 2J day of March, A. D. 1847, mentioned and re
ferred to tho said complainant’s bill of complaint.
Bet, as it appears that an action of assumpsit
has been brought by this complainant, in a State
court, which has been finally decided as to some of
'he defendants, and is pending undetermined as to
others; and. as it appears from the record that tho
•‘ground rent, taxes, assessments, in’ercst. and
necesßary expense* paid doting the agency,'have
been mixed up and blended in the agccunts, which
are the subject* cf that litigation.*’ the Court is
unwilling to interfere In any wav with the matters
litigated in that roil.
It is. therefore, on this 3d day of November,
A. D. 1859, ordered that this ease bo referred to
Aubrey 11. Smith, Erq , as mister, to inquire. 15-
cerfain. and make report on the following points;
Ist. What was the Talae of the lot of bird, tho
subject of the ajgreezaext to this caec, at tha time
of tbo decease 01 testatrix,. Mss. Sergeant ?
td. The value of improvements put on by the
parties between tha Ist day of April, 2547, sad tho
death of testatrix, which would enhance the valu
ation 9
3J. Whether the lands were debtor a* the time
of the valuation, for any balance of ground rent
or taxes, which its rents and profits hid not paid,
or were sufficient to have paid, and, if any, bow
much 7
And said master, in addition to the testimony
already taken in the ease, do bare leave to take
such further or other testimony as may be brought
before him, and report any other Mints which
either parly may deem material to a final decree. •
Tho case of Laura Keene, owner and proprietor
of the “ Laura Keene Theatre,” of New York
city, vs. Wheatley d Clarke, proprietors of the
Arch-street Theatre, was called up for argument
yesterday morning. This aetion, it will be re
membered, is to recover damages against the de
fendants forplaying a piece called **X)ar American
Couriu.” Tne argument was continued until this
morning, by consent of all parties interested.
No other business of importance was transacted.
Quarter Sessions—Judge Thompson.—
The jury in the aamult and battery c|*ea of Wil
liam Osborne and George E. Hall, nd WDliam
Adair, came into court yesterday, and rendered’*
verdict of not eniliv-in R*4fc v*a-s. Tha defend
30Or g®E. Hall, was ordered to pay tho coats
of prosecution, in both eases. Daniel Dougherty
appeared for Mr. Osborne, ani George H. Earle
for Mr. Hall.
Angel Sterile and Frederick Miller were charged
with burglary in entering the dwelling of Al-fer
mun WarreD. Verdict guilty.
William H. Kerby was acquitted upon a charge
of committing an assault and battery upon N.
Far, with intent to kilL G. H/Earle for defence.
Hetvty Keiley was charged with an assault and
battery, with intent to kill Mr. MmhftU. Verdict
not guilty.
' Robert Wainw right wria charged with th* lar
ceny of a book and silk cate. Verdict guilty.
Nathaniel Lteock vm convicted ou & charge of
assault and battery.
Elnm L&odawsy was tried on. a charge of larceny,
Jury out.
Michael Dever was charged with eonuniUieg-an
assault and battery upon Mrs. Ephraim. By the
advice of Mr. Dougherty, counsel for Dever. th«
plea of not guilty was withdrawn.
Godfrey Miller and Christian Staley were
charged with having committed an assault and
battery on May Martin. Notconcluded. Monday
for prosecution, and Fletcher fur defenea.
Robert Wainwright was sentenced to six months
in tho county prison.
Sterile and Miller, convicted of burglary, wrre
sentenced to three years each in the Eastern Peni
tentiary.
District Cocrt—Jndge Hare.—George W.
El wards v*. James G. Edwards. An action to re
cover some stock sold to the plaintiff. Verdict for
the defendant. Gerhard for plaintiff, and Webster
fer defence.
Eliza Lererutein aud Henry Herbert, ex“ec!-rs
of the will and tesMmen: of Hern Leven
stein, deceased, vs. Lore* Bitting. An aci«>n cn a
note. Defence, want cf cunsider»i:.*r
Ou trial.
Coxmon Pleas— Judge Allison.—Morgan
vs. Login. Before reported. On trial.
A Virginia correspondent of the New York
Journal of Commerce thus describes tho feeno
of the late insurrection :
-Tho region ot the Ferry U the very one tba;
Jefferson so exteJs in bis Notes on Virginia, and i j
«ee which, be ssi 1, w«? worth a vovag-j across itc
Atlantic in tLe old ship*. anterior to the ageef
ste 1-1. Iterk.-hiro scenery prevails tbrougbeottha
region Precipitnua bills, potderoas Toeks, pro
found ravines, babbling streams hastening rr».ja
every quarter to pay the silver tribute to the Pol.-,-
maraud Sheoaudoah; dark arnt soleuiu fereel*,
towering mountains, all combine to impress the
visiter with nsense of beauty, or of grandeur simi
lar to that which be baa experienced when w..n
deiiog in (be vicinity of Greylock or Adirooisck,
Ilore at the Ferry commences the noted Blue Ridge
of Virginia. The Potomac, having burst its war
through the mccn’nin. flows darkly oa through
a valley, like the green waters of the H-x-ssck,
until it bathes the loot uf WaihiDgtou's Monument,
and an h:-ur or two r.fter, the banks of Mount
Vernon. The loxh turns in’o tbs • Valiev of
Virginia,' technL'ally socalied.and runs ou, a iJrt
lv and limpid m&m, so beautifully trauslu.-eut that
the traveller can clearly see the rocks lying on i*s
bottom. That is a rich valley trending southwest.
At this gate Brown, ihe insurgent, wa» to intro
duce his uorde of robbers, and move on Western
Virginia aud Tennessee. The first village is Chirte :■
town, twelve or fifteen mile* up the valley, where
the rebel prisoners aro in process of trial* and to
meet their doom. Next we come to Winchester,
thirty miles from the Feiry. Here lives Senator
Muson. Uniied States Senator, and the au’hor of
the fugitive-slave law. a lawyer by profession,
and a thorough Virgin! in. la "person ne is not
unlike the l.ite celebrate 1 Dr. Mason, one* the
glory of tho New York pulpit: a cousin cf General
Masm, who was killed by John McCarthy iu a
duel as savage as that between Terry and Brode
rick. Senator Mason had a fiae chance of ascer
taining the quality and temper of a real Aboli
tionist. specimens of which class he bad-ocly seen
at a distance. Along the valley are settled many
Germans, anl the descendants of Germans, who
aro but iudifferent slaveholders, and deal little
in the lash. They are all industrious and
thrifty. There hare been noted fox hunts in this
region. As to the production of men, it la a ca
rious fact that the more celebrated of Virginia's
statesmen hare been born In the lower and ino*o
slaveholdicg counties, either oceanic or interior,
east of tho Blue Ridge. As to the influence cf
physical causes iu producing men of gemua, I *ni
skeptical. This will suit FeUcr the fancy of the
poet than the reason of the philosopher. At Win
chester are the ruin? of Fort Loudoun, enco as
* outpost ’ of our wondrous country, when Colonel
Washington was in command, and tho inhabitants
constantly exposed to Indian depredation*, looked
imploringly to that great man, then really great,
as thoir protector and deliverer. ThK too. is tfco
region of Morgan and h;3 wonderful riflemen, who
buCiom missed, and whose descendants live abont
here, so that the Abolitionists would better take
enre how they march.np lhi3 vallev, for, after the
recent warning, tho riflemen would pick them uff
as they do the squirrels of the Blue Ridge, or the
tears of the Botetourt ’’
Suicide in Washington.
Washington, Nov. 3.-Lewu Jones, a Toung
c*erk in the Land OSce. has committt--l
suicide by blowing his brains out with a pistol.
New York Coffee Sale.
New 1 on«c. Nov. 3 —At tho auction 3alc ,>f Ouf
fee ln-tl iy, 1 ouO bags of Uio were soU af lo;,[o,,
Ihe market is firm. 3 "‘ 3
The Steamer State of Ccorsin.
SavaN-Nad. Ni. v. a.—The steamer State cf Geor
gia, from Philadelphia, arrived here this forenoon
All well.
Good Bueedisg. —Like charity, this qualitv
not only covers a multitude ot faults, but, to a
certain degree, supplies the want of some vir.
rites; for, in the common intercourse > t l.fe
it acts good-natured)., anil often does v . I.at
mere good nature cannot do—it kcepa both
wits md tools within those bounds of deeruev
which the former are too apt to transereta’
aud which the latter never knots, 6 . ’