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IFVBLISBED DAtLY.ijSUNDAYS EXOEPTBD)
BY JOHN W. FORIVEYt
OFFICE NO. Alt CHESTNUT STREETi
DAILY FRtiss.
TWBI.VK pke 'Wbik, payable to the Camera.
Mailed to Subscribers out ot the City at Sir Doohaue
Hi*. A-Kknuk. Four Dozamib *oa Eight Mohths \
?bbbs i5611i.58 sob Si* Mokthb—invariably in ad
vance for the time ordered*
TRI-TfBEKIiT PRESS.
Mailed to subscriber* out of the City at Thki Dot
i*AßB pbb annum, iu advance.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON,
, NO. US CHESTNUT ST..
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
. FOR THE SALE OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
eSAm
£5 L ARK’S
SPOOL
COTTON.
duet received,
A FULL ASSORTMENT IN
WHITE, BLACK, AND COLORS,
Foreale hr - - .
CHARLES FIELD,
NO. 20 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
AGENT FOR PHILADELPHIA. .
aj.tm*
IJENRY D. NELL,'
CIaOTH STOBE*
NOS. 4 AND 6 "NORTH -SECOND STREET.
FRENCH FANCY CASSIMERES,
And Mixtures suitable for suits.
VELVETS, CASHMERES, Ac., Ac.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
«8-tbra6m*
COFFIN, &
COMPANY,
m chestnut: street,
AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF
AAW. BPBAOtJB’S PRINTS.
In great variety, Including Chooolatas, Turkey Red*
Green*. Slues, Shirtings, and Fancy Styles.
BLEACHED SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS.
Lonsdale, , .. Masonville, Sateraviile,
Hupp, "Washington Union Mill*,
Rlaokstone, *" Cohatmot, Johnston,
Belvidore, Phmnix, Smithville. '
BROWN SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, AND
OSNABURGS.
Matoaoa, Virginia Family, Groton,
Ettriok, Eagle, Manchester,
Men's & Farm'*, Black Hawk. Meroer A,
Warren A, Farmer* 1 , Riverside,
Carr’* River, Elwelh
CLOTHS.
Bottomley’a, Pomeroy’s, Glenham Co/*, and other
makes of Blaok and Fanoj all wool and ootton warp
Cloth* m great variety.
DOESKINS AND CASSIMERES.
Greenfield Co., Saxtons RivOT, Lewiston Fall*,
fitoaro’s M. Gay A Son*, Glendale,
Berkshire C 0 ,% ‘ and other*
SATINETS.
Steam**, Ayres A Aldrioh, Talt ACapron,
Minot, Charter Oak, Crystal Spring*,
Bwlft River, Carpenters*, Fiorenoe Mills,
Carroll's, Duhring’*, Conversville, Ac.
BILESIAS.—Lonsdale Co.’s, Smith’s, and other makes,
plain and twilled, of all oolora.
Fancy Negro Stripes and Plaids,
Jewett city and Irene Stripes, Denims, and Tickings,
Rhode Island andPhiladelphiaLlnseys, Apron Checks,
and Pantaloon Stuffs.
Shepard’* and Slater** Canton Flannel*.
Fisbendlle Co.’s Corset Jean*, &o.
anS-dtsepl—aapl-fmfewtf'
MILLINERY GOODS.
MARKET STREET.
RIBBONS.
Of every kind, in immense variety j
NEW BONNET MATERIALS,
BONftET VELVETS, SATINS,
GRO DJE NAPS, LINING SILKS,
ENGLISH CRAPES, of the beet nmkw,
FRENCH & AMERICAN ARTIFICIAL
FLOWERS, FEATHERS, RUCHEB, to
. Also, newest Fall series of
STRAW AND FANCY BONNETS,
And STRAW GOODS, of every de*onptiott%
Now open, sod presenting altogether the most odm
plate stock df MILLINERY GOODS in this market.
Merchants and Milliners from every section of the
00 untry are cordially invited to call and examine our
stock, which we offer at the
CLOSEST POSSIBLE PRICES.
ROSENHEIM, BROOKS, * 00.,
431 MARKET STREET.
ftUlO-tnovlO
J # HILLBORN JONES,
Importer and Manufacturer of
FANCY SILK
A»0
STRAW BONNETS.
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS,
FEATHERS, ROCHES, fcc
The attention of City and Country Dealers is invited
to a large and varied stock of the above goods, at
433 MARKET STREET,
ou9-3m Below FIFTH.
if* J.. HAMBJSRGER, No. IXG North
sMIaBfiCOXD Street, is prepared to exhibit the most
complete stock of Millinery Goods, comprising Ribbons,
Flowers,' Feathers, Blonds, Daces, Auohes, Velvets,
and other Bonnet Materials, Also, a handsome assort
ment of Pattern Bonnets, to all of which lie would in
vite the attention of Merchants and Milliners.
N.B.—Goods daily received from Auotion, and sold at
the lowest prices. , . ,
GENTS* FURNISHING GOODS.
JW; 500TT—late of the firm of Win
• ohestor & Goott—GENTIiEMEN’B FURNISH
im STORE and SHIRT MANUFACTORY, 81
?H.£&TNUTStTeett{s.early opposite the Girard House »
htladelphia, '
J. W. 8. would respectfully call the attention of his
former patrons and friends to hts new store, and is pre
pared to nil orders for SHIRTS at short notice. A
perfect fit guarantied, Wholesale Trade supplied with
tine Shine and Collars. iy3l-ly
LOOKING-GLASSES.
ROOKING GLASSES.
Now iu store the most extensive and elegant uteri'
montof
LOOKING GLASSES,
For every spaoe and every position, end at the most
moderate pnoes.
LOOKING GLASSES
In the most elaborate and the most simple from**,
. . LOOKING GLASSES .
Framed in the best taste, and in the most substantial
manner, ,
LOOKING GLASSES
Furnished bros. 1 are manufactured hr. ourselves la on*
own establishment.
" LOOKING GLASSES
In MAHOGANY end WALNUT frames for Country
Soles.
. .JAMBS 8 EARLE A SON,
18 CHESTNUT STSEET,
Wl-tf PHILADELPHIA.
PAPER HANGINGS, Ac.
pAPER HANGINGS.
SOW I. THU TIMS TO
PAPER YOBR HOUSES.
HART, MONTGOMERY, & CO.,
, NO, 3SB CHESTNUT BTREET,
Have for sole every variety of
PAPER HANGINGS.
BORDERS, &C.,
Which will be sold at the lowest rates, and put up by
careful workmen. e*o*dtnolo
MEDICINAL.
Mrs. wmsLow, .
an experienced nurse and female
Physician, presents Jo mothers her
FOR GfIIIiDREK TEETHING,
Which greatly facilitates the process of teething! by soft
ening the sums, redaoingau inflammation; will alloy
Depend upon it, mdthers, it will give test to youroolTH
RELIEF AN»; HEALTH TO YOUR INFANTS.
We have putiip htvd sold • rthis article for over ton
ve&rs.afidcatiTCr, in con w fldenoe and truth of it,
Want we have never been t> able Jo say of. any other
s
timely used. Never did tw we know an instanoe of
dissatisfaction by any otic who used it On the con
trary, all are delighted W with its operations, an.d
epsalrintorinß of highest rK conunendationofitsmagi
•ol effects and medical vir w tues. We speak in this
matter “what we do»Jzj know,” after ten years*
cxpericuoe.andpleagecrar 7: reputation for the fulfil
ment of what we hfrede rj plate. .In almost every
instance where the innrnt w i« suffering from pain ana
exhaustion, teller will be found m fifteen or twenty
minutes after the Syrpp is z: administered* -
This valuable preparation w to theMDresonption of one
of the most V EXPERI- Q an<T SKILFUL
NURSES, to NewßneUnd .« and has been and with
‘“''"“"fflSs “ OF OASES.
It not only relieves the 03 child from pain, .but. le
vigotatesthestomaeaaud * bowels, corrects eoiditr,
J’asnMs ► yhmpflnyt
BOWELS'AND WIND O OOLIC and overcome aon~
if not y .nsedilr remedied, end in
death. We Believe it tie Ti bettond remedy in
the-iorld.jn all.oMeioi “> DYSBNTERYand DJAR
ShSa IN CHILDREN, }E whether ft erine from
teettiuiKor fromanyother 2 enure. We yronld es, to
Sonr mpther .irho.liM » P childenfferingfrom any of
a foreioisi odmalatnttj fe do not let four sreladloee,
■or tie frefudloee of o tSe r«. etond Between
fe
iYMfloM* MK®-
Bo6l4'JjDro«.!»uthroii*hoht ffoworld, Prinoi
. #«JWfit>e,'%.u DBDSR Street, New Yo* JjSt-V •
eewtoa-bottu . . . .
' Nrt. IS Snath WHARVFfr
P'-*>
assorted,
' ' '' '' ; ‘ • ,
VOL. 3.—NO. S 3.
■ CIGARS, TOBACCO, Ac.
2WISSLER & FIORILLO.
125 NORTH THIRD STREET,
Have for oale alareo supply of
CIGARS
' OF THE BEST
HAVANA BRANDS.
TOBACCO, SNUFF, FIFES, &o.
AGENTS FOR GAIL & AX,
GERMAN SMOKING TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
oc2l-3m
MERINO,
140 SOUTH FRONT STREET,
Ha* in ctore and bond, and
Offer* for Sale, a Large Assortment ef
CIGARS,
Received (Lireot from Havana, of choice and favorite
Brand*. aun-tf
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, &c.
jyIUGS, GLASS, PAINTS, &o.
BOBT. SHOEMAKER & CO.
northeast corner
FOURTH AND RACE STREETS,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
Importer* and Dealer* in WINDOW GLA6B. PAINTS.
&0., invite the attention of
COUNTBY MERCHANTS
To their large stock of Goods, which they offer at the
lowest market rates. oofi-tf
HARDWARE PACKAGE HOUSES.
JJANDY <& BRENNER,
NOS. S 3, 30, AND 3 7 NORTH FIFTH STREET
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
For the aa!e of all kinds of
AMERICAN MANUFACTURED HARDWARE,
* aaj> importers or
GERMAN, BELGIAN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY,
Koepoonstantlyon hand a large atookof Good* to sup
ply Hardware Dealers.
BUTCHER'S FILES,
By the ©ask or otherwise.
BUTCHER’S EDGE TOOLS,
BUTCHER’S STEEL OF VARIOUS KINDS.
WEIGHT'S PATENT ANVILS AND VICES,
SHIP CHAIN,
And other kinds in every variety,
80LR ASBSTB JOB
HARP'S REPEATER PISTOL,
WEIGHING ONLY 8« OUNCES.
SHARP'S NEW MODEL RIFLES AND PISTOLS,
a. easim. jko.o. mnm. c. r.BE&Ktmu
anlP-tf
PACKAGE HARDWARE HOUSE.—Wc
would respectfully oall the attention of the Gene
ral Hardware Trade to mir extensive Stook of BIR
MINGHAM HARDWARE, which we offer at a small
advanoe by the package,
Orders for direct importation solicited, and Good* de
livered either in this oity, New York, or NewOrlean*.
W. 0. LEWIS k Son,
4U COMMERCE Stroet,
. . Importing and Commission Merchant*.
And Agent* for Foreign and Domestic Hardware.
- anO-tf
ICARPETIfIGS, OIL CLOTHS, Ac.
QARPET NOTICE.
BAIL’S & BHOTHEB,
NO. 930 CHESTNUT STREET,
WILL THIS DAY
REDUCE THE PRICE
. . . OftlisirsatireHuichul
"CKOS SUET'S” BRUSSELS
TAPESTRIES
, TO
ONE DOLLAR A
Inoluding all the best
PATTERNS,
oc23'tf
CLOTHING,
RAPHAEL P. M. ESTRADA,
merchant tailor. *
FINE FASHIONABLE
READI-MADE CLOTHING,
AMD
suFEßioit fabrics for customer work*
NO. 21 SOUTH 6BVENTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
.RAPHAEL P. M. ESTRADA, having mnoofated with
him m ARTISTIC CUTTER, Mr. JOHN HOBSON
(loto of OranWHe Stokes’,) respectfully invitee tho at
tention of the public to his new estAbhishment, and his
splendid etook of FURNISHING GOOD* for Gentle
men s wear.
He hae on hand a choice selection of Fabrics especial,
ir for customer work, and a varied assortment of fa
•wonable READY-MADE CLOTHING, to which he
invite* the.attention of buyers. Each article warranted
to give entire satisfaction,
tfti-Sro JOHN HOBSON, Anist.
HATS, CAPS, &C.
1859. FALL TEADE -1859.
O. H. GARDEN & CO.,
Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers m
HATS, CAPS, FURS,
IILK AND STRAW BONNETS,
AND STRAW GOODS.
artificial flowers,
FEATHERS, RUCHES, Ac., Ac,.
NOS. 600 AND 603 MARKET STREET,
Southwest corner of Sixth.
EXTENSIVE STOCK, BEST TERMS, LOWEST
aulS-Sm PRICES.
CHINA AND QUiJENSWARE.
YyinrE granite and china
TEA SETS,
- VINNER SETS, TOILET SETS,
PRESSED GLASS GOBLETS, TUMBLERS, Ac.,
AT LOW PRICES.
WRIGHT, SMITH A CO.,'
o»--v?rmtf NO. 5 NORTH FIFTH ST.
HOUSE-FUIIMSIHNG GOODS.
Q.OODS FOB THE SEASON.
BRONZED FENDERS AND IRONS,
STEEL FIRE SETS, FOOT WARMERS,
BLOWER HOT
AT TUB
HOUSE-FURNISHING STORES,
NOS. 932 AND 1226 CHESTNUT STREET.
JNO. A. MURPHEY & CO,
013-wftr.tr
BOOTS AND SHOES.
JJAZELL & HARMBR,
MANUFACTURERS
AND
WHOLESALE DEALERS
iff
BOOTS AND SHOES.
NO. 138 NORTH THIRD STREET.
A full assortment of City made Boots end Khoea con
stantly onhand. slO-tf
W. MoODEDY A SON,
SSI CHESTNUT STREET, (Jd FLOOR.)
LADIES’, MISSES’, AND CHILDREN’S BOOTS,
SHOES, AND GAITERS,
Manufactured expresslr for the Retail Trade. aulf-Sm
IJOPB COAL OIL WORKS.
FIRST PREMIUM.
awarded at
PENNSYLVANIA STATE FAIR,
PAOTORY WOOD STREET, WHARF BCHUYL
KILL,
OFFICE m WALNUT STREET.
0010-am , ‘ B. F. HUBBARD A SON.
CARRIAGES
OF THE MANUFACTURE OF
WILLIAM D. ROGERS.
BE P 0 31T 0 E Y,
1009 CHESTNUT STREET. 1011
HHY-GOODS JOBBERS.
NOVEMBER TRADE.
A FULL STOCK OF
GOODS SUITED TO THE SEASON,
Will bo h.pt up throughout
NOVEMBER.
THE DRESS OOODS DEPARTMENT
7* COMPLETE, A.VD Tim
SHAWL ROOM
Well itookedwiih tho
NEWEST AND PRETTIEST STYLES.
THE USUAL ASSORTMENT OP
MEN’S WEAR
AND DOMESTIC GOODS.
JOSHUA L. BAILY.
213 MARKET STREET,
n3-tf PHILADELPHIA,
JYJERRIMACK PRINTS,
ELEVEN NEW STYLES,
OPENED
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17.
FOR SALE BY
JOSHUA L. BAILY,
213 MARKET STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
OAR D .
SOMERS & SNODGRASS,
34 S. SECOND, AND S 3 STRAWBERRY STS.,
have in store a large stook of
CHINCHILLA, ESKIMO,
FJIOSTFD TRICOT, a.yd
6ATIN-FACED BEAVER CLOTHS.
SATIN-FACED DOESKINS, and HEAVY PATENT-
FINISHED CLOTHS,
FOR LADIES’ CLOAKS AND MANTLES,
AND GENTLEMEN’S OVERCOATINGS.
025-tf
OLOTHSII CLOTHS 11!
SNODGRASS & STEELMAN,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, &0.,
NO. 53 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
ABOVE CHESTNUT,
Aw d«ilr WMivmj additions to thait aliaad, laise
.took of
FALL GOODS.
Comprised in part of
BLACK AND COLORED CLOTHB,
«• “ • “ UFA VERS,
“ CASSIMERES AND DOESKINS,
PLAIN AND FANCY CAbSIMERKB,
SILK, VELVET, AND CASHMERE VEBTINGB, &C.
N. B.—A variety of Cloth* and Beavers suitable for
LADIES’ CLOAKB and MANTILLAS, all of which
will be sold at reasonable prices. *24-tf
S. STEWART & CO.,
, JOBBERS OF AUCTION GOODS,
305 MARKET STREET, ABOVE THIRD,
Have now in Store a full line of
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
BROCHF. AND OTHER SHAWLS,
SILK MANTILLA VELVETS,
Of all grad**, and all the new fabrics in Dress Goods, to
which we invite the attention of
CABH AND PROMPT SIX-MONTH BUYERS.
*9-3m
gITER, PRICE, & CO..
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS.
815 MARKET STREET.
JJ| > WILLIAMSON & 00.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS AND JOBBERS IN
' DRY GOODS,
NO. 425 MARKET STREET,
(And 414 Commerce street,!
IIIWBKN FOURTH AND FIFTH, NORTH BIDS,
Our .took, especially adapted to Bouthern and West
ern trade, is noxr large and complete jo every parti
cular. aus-tf
WATCHES, JEWEIJIY, &c.
JJAILEY & CO..
TOBM*BLT
BAILEY A KITCHEN,
live removed to tho new Fire-proof, White Marble
Store,
819 CHESTNUT STREET,
NORTH SIDE, BELOW THE GIRARD HOME.
Now opening their Fall Block of
IMPORTED JEWELRY, PLATED WARES, AND
FANCY GOODS.
Vo which they invite the attention of the publte.
■ILVER-WARK, WATCHES, DIAMONDS, AND
PEARLS,
At WROLS9ALS AMP Bltllh.
gILVEE WARE.
WM. WILSON & SON
Invite apecial attention to their atock of SILVER
WARE, which ia now unusually large, affording a va
riety of pattern and desigu unsurpassed by any house
the United States, and of finer quality than ia manufac
tured for table use in any part of the world.
Our Standard of Silver Is 935*1000 parts pure
Tho English Sterling 925-1000 “
American and French ..900*1000 “
Thus it will be seen that we give thirty-five purta purer
than the American and French com, and ten parts purer
than the English Sterling. We melt all our own Silvftr,
and our Foreman being connected with tho Rofining De
partment of the United States Mint for several years, we
guarantee the quality as above (835), which ia the finest
that can ternade to be serviceable, and will resist the
aotion of aoids much better than the ordinary Silver
manufactured,
WM. WILSON & SON,
S. W. CORNER FIFTH AND CHERRY STS.
N. B.—Any fineness of Silver manufautured as a&roed
upon, but positively none inferior to French and Ameri
can standard.
Dealers supplied with tho same standard as used in
our retail department.
Fine Silver Bars, 9W-10Q0 parts pure, constantly on
hand. aiitHJm
JS. JA RDEN & BRO.,
•MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF
SILVER-PLATED WARE
W 0.504 CHESTNUT Street, above Third, (up stairs,
Philadelphia.
___ . Constantly on hand and for aala to the Trade,
communion service sets, urns,
PITCHERS, GOBLETS, CUPH. WAITERS], BAS
KETS, CASTORS KNIVES. SPOON&i
FORKS, LADLES, Ac., fee.
Gilding and plating on all Kind, of metnt. eeJ-lr
HOTELS ANU HKSTAUHANTS.
Briggs house.
Cornor RANDOLPH Mil WELLS Sireels.
WM-F.TUCKER V CO„ Proprietor,.
(MURRAY HOUSE,
J-'JI , . NEWARK, OHIO,
Is the largest and nest arranged Hotel in central Ohio,
is centrally located and is easy of access from all the
routes of travel, ft contains all the modern improve
ments, and every convenience for tho comfort and no
commodntion of the travelling public. The Sloeping
Rooms are large and well ventilated. The Suites oi
Rooms arc woll arranged And carefully furnished for
families and large travelling parties; ami the House wil)
b, kept as a first-otn.. 11 A!* M UAY 0 A ' 11RI).,
Au24-3m Proprietors.
'TUIE UNION,
1 ARCH SORBET, ABOVK ™S JIIA .
. UPTON B. NEWCOMER.
The situation of this HOTEL is superiorly adapted to
the wants of the Business Public; anuto those in search
of pleasure, Passenger Railroads, which now run past,
ana in olose proximity, afford a cheap and pleasant rule
to all places of interest mor about the mty. It 23-Ura
TVfARTIN & QUAYLE’S
11 STATIONERY toy, and FANCY GOODS
1035 ‘str e’et.
. BBLOW BtaffVßNTlf.
nf-JOifp PtTIf.ATIVf.P'WIA.
Constantly on band Perfumery and Toilet Artlolos.
TV\MAGED HAVANA CIGARS.—An in
nl-ln. SfeSfliTOt
250000 ?lAVANA CIGARS, or vn
yy ™«sdeBirab!qbraniJMftily expected
per bark Hamilton, and for sale low by
CHARLES TETE.
n*-JM »0 WALNUT Street.
Mackerel —125 bbis., iso halves, 115
quarters, and2Wkitt« prime No. Is; SOObbU.and
50 halves large No. 3s, in store and far sale by WM. J,
TAYLOR * CO., m and 1M North WHARVES, 08
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1859.
e f!r£ s s,
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, im
Notices of jVcw llooits.
On Now Year's Dny, J. ]). Lipplnoott .t Co,
will publish n now book, cnllcil 11 Footfalls on tho
Boundory or Another World,'' from the pen of
Robert Dale Owen, lato Amorioan Minister lo
Noplos. In tbo words of the announcement, “ibis
work is dovoted to an lnr|uiry whethor oconsiomd
interferences from anothor world in this bo reality
or dotusion. It treats of tho phenomena of sleep,
dreams, sojnnambiifcrm. It oxamlnos tbo alleged
evidences for prMWtilraonls, second-sight, house
haunting?, and apparitions; referring to tho most
approved modern works on hallucination, insanity,
and the nervous systom. It inquires, whether!
when wo sot down tbo narratives of all ages (in
cluding our own) that touch on tho marvels re
ferred to, ns more vulgar superstitions, we are over
looking any notual phenomena.” This discussion
upon a subject which basyot scarcely been investi
gated, will lntorost a number of readers, for the
believers in communications with and visitations
from the other world nro far more numerous than
might bo cnsually conjectured, and include some of
the least imaginative and most mnttor-of-faotpenplo
in tho world. Mr. Owen, wo understand, will enrich
Uisbook with thopersonnl experioncosof many orei
nont public characters in this country nnd abroad.
A whole chaptor, which wo venture to predict will
bo among tho most interesting, will ho dovoted to
Presentiments nnd Second Sight,
Charles Dickens’ A mcrinm Notes for General
Circulation, which have long boon out of print
will bo republished in a fow days, by Messrs Peter
son, uniform willi tho octavo edition of Dickons’
works. There is a great deal of plain truth nnd
racy humor in this work, though it goncraily con
voys an unkind and unfuir impression of this
country. It was not this book, bo it remombored,
whioh aroused national indignation against Pickens,
but his subsequent caricatures of Amorioan man
ners, institutions, and persons in “Nicholas
Niokloby.’’ IVo bavo received, from Messrs
I’otcrson, ngonts for tho work in this city,
tho sixth monthly part of Dickons’ All the
Year Round, completing toI. I of that new
and popular periodical, published by J. M. Emer
son A Company, Now York, simultaneously with
tho London edition. Also, Evort 1). Long’s cheap
edition (8vo) of “ Almost a llerolno,” and ibo now
number, now published semi-monthly, of Apple
ton’s “ Railway and Steam Navigation tho only
perfectly oorroot work of this kind which wo know.
It is published under tbo supervision of tbo Rail
way Companies, and wilt bo greatly improved, in
January, by a new Railway Map, corrected to tlm
cioso of tho year.
Jamos Challcn A Son, of tills city, have handed
us a “History of Independence Hall,” by J). W.
Belislo, handsomely printed, n/.d containing nu
merous illustrations upon tinted paper. AVo frank
ly say that wo rots only ono fault in this book, and
that can readily bo removed in future editions :
crowded, ns it is, with interesting antiquarian,
loonl, historical, nnd biographical details, it re
quires a good Index to mnku it complete. Mr.
Dclislo has ovidelitly spared no labor recollecting,
sifting, condensing, and arranging an immense
quantity of information rclntivo to Independence
Halt, the cradto of American liberty, Its history
and its various interesting associations. Tho bio
graphical notices of (ho Signers of tho Declara
tion of Independence would of themselves make
this book wurlliv of commendation. But It
contains much more. There are full descriptions
of tho relics nnd portraits in tho Hall, and a histo
ry of tho building itself. This volume Is „ B s „.
coptnble addition to ovr local literature, and will
certainly command a largo nnd constant sale. Me
also have from the snrao publishers, “Baptism In
Spirit and in Fire,” by Jamos Cballen, author of
“ Christian Morals,” Ac. This is nsjalin and logi
cal examination of tho important question, What
is baptism in spirit and in (ire, repeatedly men
tioned in tho New Testntuont? Mr. Cballen very
ably and ooncisoiy places this donblo yot different
baptism in their proper relations with tbo (tojxij,
showing .that tho baptism tn -vlrit wao a promised
IdessiDg ; tho baptism by ilro a threatened ovil;
that ono baptism was as real and absolute na (he
other; and that neither is (iguratlvo. Tho“firo,”
ho contends, refers to tho catastrophe of final pun
ishment, nml wo cannot realize, from Holy IVrit, a
contrary belief. This is nu ablo littlo hook, well
worthy of perusal.
Charles Derilver, of this city, has ju<d issued,
with nutnorou3 colored stool engravings, n new odi
.tion (tho 15th) reused by J. W. O’Neill, ofDrakoV
“Aboriginal Races of North America,” a hand*
toino octavo volume, in which are united theoftnnu
of rowanoo and tho fidelity of history. Tbo same
publishor had just brought out tho Brat Araerlonn
edition of " Buyer's Standard Cooltery for tho Peo.
plo,” reprinted from tho tno hundredth London
edition ; also Holmcr’a new' Map of tho Itepublio
of Mexico, and Hichnidson'a new Map of the Stale
of Texas. Thesoaro full, accurate, end noil on
graved.
•‘A Budget of Humorous Poetry/’ in a neat
12tno volume, has been published by (I. O. Evans,
(of tho u Gift Sturo,”) in this city. It is a good
selection of American and English pooticn! effu
sions, replete with wit and humor. There is not a
dull picco in tbo volume, nor lmvo wc- found any
loem attributed to the wrung author, which ia a
great point in favor of the book. Its typography is
also clear amt good
Emerson Ilcnnotf, author of numerous works of
Action, G ono of the best contributors to Hint sur.
prisingly successful journal, Bonner’s New Yurt
Ledger. Without desiring to wake invidious corn
parisons. ho has gradually obtained a greater po
pularity than cxhanstiisa Sylvanns Cobh or unti
ring Mrs. Soulhworth. 'The sameness of the first
and tho improbabilities of iho other havo fairly
tired out public paiienco. Mr, Bennoifs las!
Ledger story, “ Hubert tho Foundling,” ahoivcd a
construstivo power not much inferior to Eugene
Suo’s, and a thorough familiarily with Parisian
life, customs, and localities very surprising in one
who, wobelievo.hns not yot visited Franco. liumc
iin & Company, of this city, (a new firm, no be
lieve,) havo just issued a volume by Mr. Ilennolt
entitled “ Wild Scenes on tho Frontiers, or Heroes
of tho West,” a collection of talcs and skolchos of
various interest. It is n very readable volume, and
wo aro bound to notico tho illustrations on wood, bv
Loudorback & IloiTman, which uro unusually good,
ns woll ns being done justioo to in tho working at
press.
Tho new volume of poetry, by JohnO. Sn.tc,on
titled “ Tho Money-King” jmd othtr popiat, just
published by Ticknor A Fields, is brought out in
their usual neat nirmnor, and has an excellent por.
trait of tho author as a frontispiece. A very char
acteristic HkcnesJ this is. Upon tbo poetry of Saxo
collected in this volume, wo havo only to repeat
that ho takes I i i Ftaml on tho snino shelf with Hood,
Holmes, and Fraed. ifo does not tun an idea to the
earth, in tho endeavor to jest or pun upon it. Ilia
wit is spontaneous, not forced, mut, in his moro so*
lious effusions, wo can trace a tciu of deep thought
which assures that, if ho pleased, S ixo could be. ns
Hood was, tbo most touching and pathetic ns well
an tho most amusing of j»oots.
(louhl A Lincoln, of Roston, have published
‘•Tho Ciuciblo; or Tests of a Regenerate State,
designed to bring to light suppressed hopes, ex*
pose fa’rio ones, audconfirm tho truo,” by Rev. J.
A, (Joodbuo. The book is precisely whnt this
title declarer. Jt Mimvs how a mnn believing him*
self regenerato can ten Uio truth of this belief,
and it fhoivs a hat volf-cxaminatiou mun be made,
by what processes of lh'>n"M Hhh tenches hon
the Chrfatinn may obtain data lor judging whether
nro regenerattMl. Jt b cmiucntly an rf/,.
holding book, whereas Fiendcm Edwards’ Trea
tise on tho Affeetiniiß is tlisr ■> tagn-^.
Boston is taking a good I’mrc in the publication
of educational works. Wo have from Drown,
Taggard, A Chase a new •• Universal Speaker,”
by N. A. CalkiiH and W. T. Ailmn«, containing
Hpecohca, dialogues and reeitntions, for the use of
Schools, Academies, mid Social Circled. It is a
largo collection, made with much tact and taste
of unhacknicd pieces from the beet wiiters and
orators, with a great ninny miginal articles into*-
sporsed. There aro in this volume, illustrated by
figures of aotion, borne admirable rules fordoola
niation. Finally, which is much needed in school
books, tho print is largo and clear. •
Harper it Hrothcr havo republished, in ono
hamfaomo volume, with numerous illustrations.
“ A Good Fight.” by Chillies Kendo, which origi
nally appeared in Jfmi» r\t IUiW/y. It is a story
of tho olden time, with the j-ceno in Holland, and
trnccg the history of an artist and his family, giv
ing a lively view of manners and customs in tho
middle of tho loth century,.tho timo when Louis
XT was tyrnnt in Franco. Appended nro tho Au
tobiography of a Thief, an unpublislio d cpisodo
in Keadc’s talc “It is never 100 Into to
Mend,” nnd tho story called “ Jnck of alt
Trades,” which fir»t appeared in Jlarper'v
Magazine, and relates tho adventurer of
Mndllo D f j«k, Iho dramatic elephant, in
vartoif3 countries. Another now volume, from tho
Jlnrpors, is Mrs. Eliot’s “Women Artists in nil
Ages ami Countries.” Ttifa is really tho first
work, in tho English language, upon that subject.
Mrs. Etlct has freely drawn from a variety of pour
ces. A vory interesting portion of tho book re
lates to American female artists, living as woll as
dead. Tho book is well written, nnd likoly to be
' Como a general favorite. Messrs Harpers an
nounoo : Life in Spain: Paat and Present, by Wal
ter THorubury. Tbo West Indies anil hor Spanish
Main, by Anthony Tiollopo, author of “ Doctor
Thorne,” “Tho Bertrams,” &c. Sir John How
ling’s Visit to tho Philippine Setting
Fail : A Novel, by tho author of “ICoathio Brando,”
and “Sylvan IloU’a Daughter.” -One of Them,
by Charles Lovor. Misdirected Letters, by tho
author of “Sam SHck>’’ Ac.
Sheldon A Co., of Now York, bavo brought out
anothor volume (tho sixth) of aormuna preached
by tho Rev. C. 11. Spurgeon, who has revised thorn
, f-ir this edition. In ft totter to his American road
era, -Mr. Spurgeon remarks, nan matter of business,
that Phfeldon A Lo. nro bis only publishers in this
country. They havo always aoted towards him,
ho asj'c, “In the most liberal manner, nnd nro, in
this respect, ft model to all publishers ,J Tkoy
havo already sold over 200,000 volumes of his
writings, for each of which ho has beon paid by
them. As to tho literary morit of thia volume, it
•xhibits ft marked maturing of tho author’s mind.
“ Tho Elements of Moral Soieaoes,” by the Rev.
Dr. J. L. Dodd, lato President of Mercer Univer
sity, Gn., (saino publishers,) is nn othioal work
which seems likely to take tho plnco of Dr. Wny
tqml’s text-book on tho eumo subject. It must bo
confessed that ibis last is by no tueans equal to tho
teaching* and mental training now required, Tho
concluding chapter*, upon Slavery and Aboti*
tlynism, will probably obtain a placo. in tho
sob >oJf nnd universities of tho South, for Dr.
Dodd 1 * treaties. Tho new volumo of Messrs, Shol
flon’a Household Library is Lamartine’s most pic
turesque Life of Mary Stuart. Among now holiday
i>ook«. Sheldon & Go. will publish a now series of
juvenifo books, from Jacob Abbott, tho author «f
the widely-known Kollo Books. It will bo illus
trated in tho very bent manner after designs by
Ilerrick. They also announce a aeries of juvo
ulles by ft new author in that line, George B. Tay- ,
lor, of Virginia. The style is very similar to tho
Kollo Hooks, although wholly original. Tho
i 3 Hid in Maryland, near Baltimore. It will be
illustrated in tho best stylo after designs by
Lmnbeg. ’Jbcy nbo hnvo in press tho Child’s
Pleasuro Book, printed in oil colors on tinted
paper.
from Messrs. Jdppincott wo havo, published
at Now York, Buyard Taylor’s now book, entitled
“At Homo nnd Abroad : a >ketch-book of Life,
Scunory, and Mon.” It ia a collection of detached
sketches, many of which havo appeared, at inter
vals, during the past eight years. Tho book is en
tirely true, nod tlicro aro autobiographical passages
in it which will gratify tho largo circle who ndmiro
tho author’s talent and dcsiro to know ns much
about him ns possible.
Mason Brothers, N. V., have in press, tbo first
volumo of the Life of Andrew Jackson, by James
Parton, biographer «f Burr, and Reminiscences of
Rufus Choate, hy Edward <l. Parker.
, « Thoflo enterprising publishers, IV. A. Townsend
k Co., Now York, havo just published, in finall
•Uo, on tinted paper, " Mount Vernon nnd its As
sociations, Historical, IHogrnphlealjnndPictorinl, 1 ’
by BoD?on J. Lossing, the nrllst author. This
volume, containing about 110 engravings, by Loss*
jng nml Burritt, chiefly from original drawings by
the author, is the ;m»*t perfect, in many respects,
evor published upon tho fruitful nml suggestivo
subjoct of Washington and his beloved Homo. The
design, of presenting, by pen nnd pencil, n complete
picture of tho private nnd domestic life of Wash
ington, from childhood to death, has boon admira
bly carried out hero, by Mr. Losing. Ho visited
-Mount Vernon a year ago, and was allowed
every facility, which a hospitably entertained
guest could enjoy, of making sketches of observ
ing, of inquiring. An illustrated artiolo called
u Mount Vornou as it Is,” which was published in
Harper's ATui'dzun' in March, was the result. It
excited « groat deal of interest, and, among others,
-Mr. Townsend, itho w«ri!-knm\u puldishcr of Coop
er’s Novels, illustrated hy Darley.) was gratified
with it. Ho engaged Mr. Lossing to prepare a
more extended account ot Mount Vernon and its
Associations, whieh suitably appears, now and
thus, at tho time when tho ph, ce j 3 passing away
from Mr. Washington to tho nation, owing to tho'
exertions of tho Ladles’ Association. Besides draw
uig from objects still remaining at Mount Vernon,
1 Mr* Losing has sketuhed many formerly there, amt
•nqw. at Arlington Jlouso. Tho engravings
very beautiful, and tbo lottor pro.w,
•vrith Us MworJcni ojml bingrsphiea) facts, ade
fpmtfdy Illustrates tlmm. Tbo book, which hap
pily appears on tho uvo of gift-lime, i* worlhy
of a place in companionship, on the bookshelf, with
any Life of Washington. Mr. Los.dng, who docs
full credit to tho oxertions of (ho Mouut Vernon
Ladles’ Association and Mr. Evcrott, adds that
••nothing now remains for tho Aasocintion to do,
but to obtain a sum fully orpml to that of tho pur
chf.so-monoy, for tho complete restoration and future
purport of tbo estate, and a general supervision of
iH management. Tbia Amerieau women will
speedily accomplish, fur tho heart of tho natiou
beats in unison with their own.”
From the fume publishers wc hivo received,
(through the blind* of Mr. *5. Mcllcury, No.
Walnut street, their solo agent here,) the new vol
ume, being (ho tenth, of thoir eulleetivo edition
of Cooper’* novel*, illustrated by Harley.
U contains “ Thu Frame,” originally published
in IBl'r. In this romance, Cooper dories the career
of his hero, tho celebrated Leather-Stocking. In
bis introduction, written when finally revising his
winks, “ pressed upon by time, Leather-Stocking
had ceased to be tho hunter and tho wnrrior, nnd
bus become a tiuppor of iho groat AWt. Tho
pound of the nxo hai driven him from his beloved
forest to peck a refuge, by n ppceiea of desperate
resignation, on tbc denuded plains that stretch to
iho ltoeky Mountains. Hero ho paspcs the few
closing years of his life, dying as ho lmd lived, a
jihilosnphor of tho witdt rnesp, with few of tho fail
ings, none of iho vices, and all the nature and
truth of his position.” Harley’s vignettos nro
very good in this volume, but tho frontis-pieco, en-
graved on f.kvl by Sealey A Smith, is one of Iho
must beautiful designs over mndo by Parley. Jlo
excels hull-awing horses, and heio represents tho
♦•ficouuter on hoise-back, butwean ll ird-beart, tl\e
f’awnoe chief, amt Mnhtoroo, tho crafty Fioux.
Tho spirit nnd action of thisflkotch aro wonderful
ly bold and accurate.
Tun Fah.i iik «>»• run A»Mi\isTnATi>'N~-l > i>WEn
or On in \lh.— A correspondent of tho New York
Tutu's Hi')'.'):
“Wo lmT,e moro than two hundred thousand
ofiijo-liolduts in tbo I'nitcd States and not lons
than double that number of porsons who are seck
jn *t«i removo them and occupy Iheir jdaecs. Let
us for a moment contumplato tho decent of this
vast ‘horde of Apenuino wolves’upon tho plains
oml valloYS of our industry, nnd ineasuro thoir in
fluoneo, if un cm, upon (ho eharaetor of our in
piitutions. They coino down nt oaeh recurring
idecticm, armed with tho weapons of management,
intrigue, and fixiul. Thoir powers are vast, nnd
they uro exercised by hands skilled in tho arts of
deception. IVilh appetites sharpened by hunger
and want they barriculo ovor.v nvemio to tbo polls
i>nd subvert every elY»rt nt an honest expression of
tho publio will.
•‘lti it a w'oudor, then, that tlm Government is a
mere tool of thi« c»r that political organization f
(list it derioend- to acta of im!anm“-« and immorality
shocking to every sense of fair dealing* that it
indulges in low spites and cunning devices'* that
it turns from right to left nt thodictntionof faction,
policy is its law, and to wtio.-o it is
devoted f that it seeks to luidend the public mind
upon every measure of general intercut to society ;
(bat it UM’ri Iho powers conferred upon it to de
grades ono portion of tho community and olovato
another * that it continually sub.-titutes policy for
law. urnl thus rctlucos the Administration to tho
eharaetor of a pot-house oab.it ? What wonder i«
iL J 'iieo Uio word of promise tw tho ear is always
fiiokon (<» tho hope, that each recurring Adminis
tration quickly .inks under tho weight of popular
condmumition. anil depends for its support nlono
upon tlm patuutio lt-qieot of tho country for its
public iiiMitutiotH * Let the Ind tenant live out
ihu condilioimi>l hi. lease: let tho unworthy repro-
li.e out iho torm.a of hia election, though
he liQiraye bis tru'd anil furfoit tho cunlidenco of
(he people. It ia (be misfortune of freo govern
nu-nt.4, ns well as all others, that bad men in ofßco
cannot b<' c-.cept under Constitutional
ami legal fauns anu thcfenro mainly controlled
1 by tin m'elves.”
After re\ iowing tho treachery of Mr. Ruchanan
on tho Kansas question, (ho writer concludes thus :
“Mr Ruebamm was nominated in opposition to,
and in contempt of, Iho machinery of his party.
Tho people far oneo overruled tho office-holders.
He reached tho rro-ddency under circumstances
m<no fxtvoiablc ton peaceful and yticcofnful adrninis
tiatimi than any of lua predeectu-ors. lIU principal
opponent was the nominee of tho Republican
party—n party which maintained not only tho
authority «f CoitgrcH ovor Uio Territories, but
as committed in its very organisation, to a resto
ration of the Jtis-souri restriction, and to tho policy
of universal agitation of tho slavery question All
Mr. Buchanan had to do was to bo honest, to pro
-unc tbo character ho had Mistnined during his
canvass far a nomination, independent of tho in
trigues of the central force of hU own party, and
of the two sectional extremes, who livoaloDOin Uio
whirlwinds nnd storms of slavery agitation. Rut
Mr. Buchanan had not tho strength of mind, the
integrity of heart, nor tho courage of soul to bo »
directin'. Ho was made to oboy and not command
llis virtuo fa <>f that order which yiolds n faithful
obedience to tho behests of his enemies, and visits
morollcsH w rath upon his friends nnd supporters.
He has courago to do wrong, but is n coward in good
work 8 .”
A caso exciting great Intorost baa rcoontly en
gaged the attention of tbo courts in San Frnnoisoo.
Mr. Levy, a Jow, had been summoned ns n ju
ror in tho Suproiuo Court, butfailing to appearwn a
sent far and found to bi\&t his devotion in the syn
ngoguo. Jlo informed tho otficor that tho day wns
observed by thoso of bfa faith m tho Festival of
Atonement, that it would ho impossible for
him to servo. The judge instantly imposed a Ado
of $5OO, subsequently redncod to $250, upon tho de
linquent, who, with tho poouninry aid of his co
religionists, proposes to contest Uio case, and settle
a vexatious religious difficulty.
Letter from “ Wanderer.”
f Correspondence of The Press.]
Fort Smith, Ark , Oot. 9, 1859.
This bravo, enterprising little town, far out upon
tho further edgo of the frontier settlement* of the
United States, dosorves especial notice. Its Import
ance Is not generally known in the East or North.
Tho first impression ia that it Is a military posf
nnd occupied sololy by troops and oamp-tollowers.
This la not so; it is more than a military post.
Located at tho point where tho Poteau Intermin
gles its waters with tho hurrying Arkansas, upon
high ground and in ft gonial climato, with a popu
lation of somo two thousand souls, and standing as
the chief souroo of supply to tho traders and poo
plo of tho surrounding Indian nations, it holds
commercially tho principal position In the State.
As tho eastern torminus of Lieut. Boalo’s wagon
road to tho Pacific, so near completion that hut
ono or two streams remain to bo bridged, it looks
out upon tho best as it is tho most direct route to
NewMoxiooand Californiai Herculean exertions
are making, and have beon made, by northern Mis
souri to prevent tho profitable Santa Fe trado
which it has heretofore enjoyed, pouring, as it pro
mises to. into tho nearer channel, which touche o
Fort Smith.
Fort Smith—tho technical fort Smith—was abo
lished Inst month, and Fort Cobb established fur
ther west. I presumo that tho buildings and en
closure, one part of wbieh is in Arkansas and the
othor in tho Choctaw country, will bo used in the
future aa a depot of military stores.
In no part of tho United States have I found
more attractive society than that of this place.
Every profession and occupation of lifo ia repre
sented. There are army ofiioors, leadflrS of Go*
vernment expeditions, intelligent Indian. agents,
good lawyers, skilful physiciaus, admirable den
tists, cncrgotio raorchrtnts, and oxoellont handi
craftsmen. I state this fact, becauso it is not ox
poctod to find all these tbiDgs aofar IVest. If I
had tho pen of a Jenkins I would tell how beauti
ful aro tbo ladies, how well dressed and accom
plished, how socinblo and delightful are tho par
ties, and how Now York nnd Philadelphia ore ig
nored for remembrances of tho entrancing gaioty
of New Orleans.
Tho warehouses of tho merchants ara capacious—
so largo, indeed, that they would ohallcngo atten
tion oven in our largo cities. Thero are many of
thorn, and I will givo a description of ono for all.
Bostick, Griffith, Pennywit, A Co. fronts upon Gar»
rison aveuuo, and faces tho fort. In tho trading
houses at llong Kong, China, ono csd find anything
from ft ncedlo to an anchor, from a pap-spoon to a
; coffin. So you can hero-saving, perhaps, tho an
chor. Lot ua look in after tho United States Go
vernment has paid Indian annuities. A« you ap
proach Fort Smith, you find the trails lined with
horsemen and horsowomcn, it ml tho roads covered
with ox-wagons, liko tho old Conestogas of Penn
sylvania. Tho sceuo in ami about tho stores is ani
mated to ivnoisy degreo. Iloro is Bostick, Griffith,
Pennywit, A Co’s. Wagons are crowded aronndit;
ponies, oxeu, and mules aro Intermingled in appa
rently inoxtricablo confusion ; men aud boys, palo
faces, Africans and aborigines, ply long whips mer
cilessly, and jerk out doop-sounding oaths in half a
dozen languages; tho worn on and children,
squaws and papooses if you will, are huddled
up in corners, in wagons and nndor them; upon
tho edgo of tho sidowalks—anywhero in fact—-and
as a diunkon Indian rushes in all directions with a
fascinating eccentricity, you involuntarily got ready
ti couut how many have been trampled to death,
and are disappointed in finding that nobody has
been hurt but tho Indian himself. Everybody is
gee'Upying aud mo halting ; earnest and pathetic
appeals are made to bovine Toms, Neds. Musics,
Brandies, and Bucks, vuried occasionally with ot‘
jurgfttions of grout violence and stinging sarcasm.
Tho whips, called Piko County revolvers, aro wrig
gling everywhere'their vast length and going off
liko tho sharp, rapid discharges of a rifle regiment
in action. Ono dork is trafficking with a party of
Creeks in their own language, others with Choc
taws and Cborukeos. Young Roberts, of Phila
delphia, who has won golden opinions hero, drives
a pen in tho counting-room that would as.
toensh a Government reporter with tho rapidity
with which it covers paper; Mr. Dunne, a true gal
lant-hcarted son of Erin, is everywhere, as if wo
were nil aboard a sinking steamboat, and thero
wero ouly five miuutoa to get everything ashore,
which tusk ho intended tu aeoduiplish, and overall
this din aud bu3tlo presides, with dear head, quick
oyo and aflablo manners, Mr. S. L. Griffith, one of
the foremost merchants and influential men of Ar
kansas Thero are no bank notes, and all trado is
carried on in the Jackson curroney of gold nnd sil
ver. I mot one trader in tho Indian country with
$29,000 in gold. 110 was mounted upon a mule,
had a twino bridlo and a willow fixing over tho
old bag, in which ho carried his m6oey, for a sad
dlo. Ho* was on his way to pay his debts in Port
Smith. Ono would Imagine, judging from ilia ftp
pearaneo, that he hftd hardly euough to feed him*
solf on tho way, Atother seasons, when tho water
is too low for navigation in tho river, and the
Indian country has boon protty well supplied, a
silcnoo broods ovor the town, unbroken, unless by
sojno tmvn-cuHtoiuor or n stray red-akin after fire
water, or a Government train starting out with
stores for tho troop* at tho outposts, or the arrival
of tho overland mail, whether from California or
tho Must, nr the unexpected whiatlo of a steamboat
that, during tho hut months of slimmer, and when
tho sand has absorbed tho water of tho rivor liko
a sponge, has rolled along, one might think, upon
tho dow drops of tho night before, for certainly u
four-inch rulo would sound tho ohannol anynbero. ,
At nil times'it seems to bean acknowledged ro
ligious duty on tho part of whites, blacks, and cop
por-colorcd to get drunk immediately after they ,
huvo reached town. I can attost that this is a
duty unswervingly discharged.
Tho post offijo is at tho storo of A. 11. Cline.
Thin, beside being tho largest drug storo in West
ern Arkansas, is the chief nows emporium, and tho
exchange for all tho editors, merchants, lawyers
physicians, and principal mon of the town, such
as Captain lingers, an old Pennsylvanian, and the
founder of tho town; Major Page, who understands
well tho resources of this section ; Captain Mont
gomery, of tho U. 5. army, and tho efficient quar
termaster at tho Fort; tho successful Mayers Bro
thers ; Dotson, tho first lawyer, aud counsel of tho
Choctaws; lludd Crocker, a young man in charge
of this division of the California overland mail,
and prominent for his energy of character ; Mr. 1
Stoddart, a merchant, formerly of Philadelphia »
nnd tho mayor, Mr. Wolfe, also formerly of Phila
delphia, and so on, Thero aro many others I
would liko to name.
There is no (minor/. Hide* aro sent to St. Louis,
from which all'leather wanted is obtained. Mr.
J. ft. Kennndy has a grist mill, and an immense
coach ami wagon factory. He fr popular aB r. pub
lia-epirited citir.cn.
Theronro two hotels worthy of notice: tbo City
Hotel, tho host, kept by Mr. Mackenzie, and tho
St. Ctuulcs, by Mr. Flemming.
There nro throe newspapers, all Democratic In
politics* Tho Fort Smith Times, conducted by
Judge IVhccdor uith notable ability, tho Fort
Smith Jleraftt, a good paper, and The Thirty-fifth
Parallel, ably edited by General A G. Mayers,
postmaster, and a prominent politician. It is
named in compliment to, find as advocating
tho superior claims of tho tbuty-iifth parallel
route of lienlo to tho Pacific.
Yanßurcn, five miles distant from Fort Smith,
and upon tho other bank of the river, is tho older
town, though with fccarco one half tho population.
It basu fine courthouse, large stores, and some
olegHiit privuto residence?, which, with much good
taste, aro environed with extenrivo flower gardens,
n was here General Sam Houston, tho hero of
San Jacinto, aud present Governor of Texas, flou
rished previous to the Texan revolution. It is not
for off where ho lived when ho had a Cherokee
wifo, nnd whs citizen of tho Cherokee uatum, sa
vaged in Oriental turban, fancy hunting shirt, leg
gins and moccasins, lending n wandering life, nnd
altogether ns gloriously acting “Big Injun” na
over vtfts seen. Vi AM'tuvu.
Jlosou to UiiKtT Mhn’s Relatives.—A pain
grjph has boon going tho rounds of tho paper?
stating that aeiHtor of ltobort Fulton was nu in
mate of tho poor-house of a (own in Pennsylvania,
Upon seeing thi*, Mr. Charles F. Morton, of Mor
tonvillo, New York, whoso father had been an in
tiiufito friend of Fulton V, wrote to the place named,
requesting information, with a \low to tho imme
diate raising of a fond for tho relief of «riy such
rclativo. Mr. Morton sonds U 3 tho following copy
of the spirited reply :
<• Smoiuxnnto, Monroe co , i'a..
August 80th, 1860
«* Dr. ui Sir: Yonr? of tho 23d inst, directed to
tho superintendent of the Monroe county poor
house, Peimsylvnuift, is received. Thoro is a mis*
tnko in tho printer somewhoro. M’o have no ‘ poor
house’ in Monroe county, consequently wo have no
superintendent of such an institution. Our post
master handed tho letter to me, and requested mo
: to answer it.
• £ I recollect rending the same intelligence in somo
paper a tow days ago, nml I think it was in Mon*
roo county, i'trginta —the printer may have taken
*IV for 'Tu.' There is no person by the name of
Fulton in our county, and I assure you that if thoro
wero (within tho limits of our county) a sistor to
tho immortal Fulton, riio never wouhl bccoino an
inmate of a poarhouso I She would betaken into
ono of our best families, and (routed as a sister.
,l KvspectfoUy vours, M. 11. Dsibher.
‘•C F. Moiitov, IvSq.”
This is a ctcditablo expression of Pennsylvania
spirit, and it accords well with what wo read of tho
iceling of tho Quaker State in a recent paper. It
ran thus:
Honour to I)n. Fiukklik’b Davcuteh.
“When Miss Pallio Franklin, the only daughter
of tho preat printer, was married to Mr. Richard
Jlacho, in Philadelphia, in 1767, all tho shipping
in tho harbor displayed their colors on the happy
occasion.' s —Home Journal.
TWO CENTS.
To Texas and Back—No# B*-
[Co#re*pcnd«nc« of the prow.J
WoonvtLLie Texas, Oot. 12,1862,
My Pear Piters : The stages across this coun
try, for some reason beat known to their proprie
tors, but not very satisfactory to tho passengers,
seem to select any time between just after supper
and nine or ten o’clock at night, as the hour of
starting. It was half past seven Monday evening
when we left CheneyviJle in & new comfortable
Concord-built stage, on our way to Huntsville. It
was a bright moonlight night, the afr way not so
piercingly cold as we had found it the night before
and hurlag but few passengers, we could assume
such as enabled ns to get s very tolerable
sleop. About seven miles from CheneyjriUo w« en
tered the pine woods, through which our roufo of
travel would take us'for two or threo days, with
but littlo signs of other timbor. At daybreak we
found ourselves entering a swamp, and for some
five miles enjoyed (?) a ride over about as rough a
foad ay It has ever been our fortune to experience-
Further sleep , was out of the question; tho swamp
bottom was low, and the soil soft and yielding; the
water in places lay in broad pools, through which
the horses and stage floundered and jilted along—
the mud and Water up to the axles; where the
pools were too broad and deep, a corduroy road>
mvlo of logs, sometimes roughly spilt,'and at
others left in their original roundnera, afforded, a
secure footing for the horses, and produced a va
riety ip the motion of the vehicle and its contents
more forcible than pleasing \ then a deop channel,
In rainy weather filled with a running stream, but
now dry, or with the water standing in polls and
hollows, crossed the road, and a bridge, rudely put
together with logs near akin to the materials for a
iwrdaifjy iroad, and rising in the centre to art angle
of nearly forty-flvo degrees, was to bo ascended
with a slow, laborious poll, and descended upon
the opposite side at a corresponding speed, which
as the stage wheels left the last log of the bridge
brought them down with a sudden and violent jolt,
generally into a mofe orless deep mnd-hole. Two
hours ride through this rough swamp, had, as you
may well supposo, sharpened up our appetites for
breakfast, and we were indulging in pleasing anti
cipations of a hearty meal at “ Buck-heads.”
Truly, the name gave promise Of good fare, and
we looked out for some hospitable sign-post which
should give notice from afar to the approaching
traveller, that he might expect 11 entertainment
for mrtn and beast.” But no friendly sign-poa*
made its appearance ; and when the stage stopped
in a clearing at the edge of the swamp, and
“ Breakfast, gentlemen !” was annotmcod by the
driver, and we looked out and beheld upon the
other side of a worm fence which ran along the
road-ride, a miserable log cabin, with a log stable
nt a little distance, and a hog-pen in the rear—tho
wholo enchanting group of buildings situated in
tho midst of a straggly field of dead corn-stalks—
nlas, for oor anticipations 1 they withered and
shrunk away to nothingness. But we wero hun
gry ; and resolutely climbing the fence, there be
ing no easier way of access to the log cabin, which
rejoices in tho name of” Back-bends,” we in turn
moistened our faces in some not over-clear water,
poured into a very dirty tin basin; and having
done tho best we could with this apology for a
wash, wo entered th a hotel! Wo aid that I could
send you ft photograph of the appetising scene that
met our view A singlo apartment not more than
twelvo feet square comprised tho entiro establish
ment, which was c-ullt of logs, except the
mud chimney stack on nt one end outside.
Upon a few coals in the fire-pUco could be
faintly discerned through the obscuring ertioke,
what more careful observation and subsequent ex
perience led ua to believe to be oUt breakfast in
process of preparation. In ono corner of tho room
was the bedstead; the bed had been hastily made
up. nnd from tho entire absence of anything white
among the bed-clothes, and the appearance of the
material which covered the breakfaStriabie invit
ingly spread in the middle *f the room, we had
fitfong grounds to infer that what had been & sheet
At night was a table-cloth by day, at least when
tho stage p&Sscngora came along. Doubtless the
proprietor and permanont boarders, if any thero
were, at *• Buck-heads,” consider table-cloths ft
superfluity. But to tho inviting repast, which a
dirty, filthy looking woman, who was probably
white once, smoke dried, and with unkempt hair,
and face and bunds long Innocent of the presence
of winter, has been preparing a( the" fire, and is
now setting forth u» tempting array upon the
breakfast-table. Coffee—certainly, we will call
the muddy, thick, dirty brown liquid, which is
: poured into our cups from a vessel of the shape of
a coffee-pot, probably tin, bat so black inside and
out, that it would require a strong obemlcal appli
cation to discover its real material—yes, we will
call this liquid coffee; and if we drink it at all
must do so without either sugar or milk. Do not
imagine, however, from the oso of tho word milk,
that we thereforo bad cream. By no means; such
coffee is meant to bo drank 11 straight,” as they
say out hero, i. v..without admixture. Of course,
spoons wero dispensed with, as there was no occa
sion for their uac. If anybody was particular
nbout sweetenin’ ”in his coffee, he was freo to
help himself to molasses, a moderate supply of
which was provided in an old bottle, which had
one a held castor oil, of which not ft little is used in
these parts, not ouly for medicinal purposes, but to
grease stngo and wagon wheels.
For solids, we had a leg of shoal, well smoked in
the cooking, and swimming In grease; corn-pone, a
Kort of corn bread, mado of corn-meal, wetted with
a little water, Reasoned with Balt, and baked in the
ashes, and which would have been very nice, but
in this instance we had seen too much of ” the
young woman vot made it;” and hot-biscuits, of a
dirty, light greon color, heavy as lend, and more
sftleratus than flour in their composition. We nib
bled and sipped as much as wo could, and with but
littlo abatement in our hunger, paid .fifty cents
each for our breakfasts, and departed, gtad to
escape and breath© the pure, fresh air of the pine
woods, which we knew was free from dirt.
Our road took us all dsy through the pine-woods,
our rolling ridges stretching nway for miles in
gentle swells, covered with tall pino trees, many
of them without a branch for an hundred feet from
the ground; there was hut littlo underbrush, and
tho turf was fre«h and green, with a few wild
flower* hero and there. Through the hollows, be
tween the ridges, many a rirulet and stream of
pure, clear, running water, made its way in quiet
flow over tbo white sandy soil of its bed. These
woods abound in deer, squirrols, partridges, ami
other gAtue; and occasionally flocks of wolves are
to be met with ; but as they all keep clear of the
frequented siogo-road, we saw nothing of them.
Towards the middle of the day tho whole team
suddenly balked in going up hill, and it was found
that one of tho forward wheels would not revolve,
owing to tho axlo having becoina heated. With
some difficulty tho horses wero forced to draw the
s‘nge to tho top of the accent, all hands turning out
to assist in tho movement. A small pine-tree was
cat down, and the forward axle raised so as to let
tho wheel hang free from tho ground. We now
found the services of the stage company’s black
smith invaluable iu this emergency. When wo
left Cheneyville, this blacksmith mounted the box
with the driver, put a keg of old horsc-shocs iu tho
boot, hia box of tools with ft bag of horse-shoe nails
on top of tho coach, and was on a travelling profes
sional tour, to shoo tbo horses and do up odd jobs
along the line. The music of tho rattling tools and
horse-shoo nails over our heads had agreeably
varied tho monotony of tho stage-rido all night and
all day. With the aid of the blacksmith and thq
general advice and assistance of all hands, tho
wheel vm started, taken off, and temporarily
greased with a melted candle. Me thus managed
to rvfteh the tog-cabin of acertain Mrs. Smith, übout
ninilo farther on, who generously furnished us with
all the castor oil eho had on band, which was copi
ously applied to tho wheel?, nnd we were in good
running order again.
Mr. Smith f cabin wca '©mewhat of a curiosity
iuthownyof a bunnn liabitat’on. A log-cabin,
somewhat larger than “Buck heads” hotel, but
h«i iog only one apartment, wav tbo family dwell
ing of Mr. and Mr*. Smith and scrao two or three
half-grown children, Perhaps, however, as the
cabin was raised somo two feet from the ground,
aud numerous pigs, who paid frequent visits to the
family apartment above, seemed to make this base
ment their chief habitation, Mrs. Smith should
ho allowed credit for two apertmoats to her cabin.
Mrs. Smith was tho rl ’pf man of tho concern, for
no learnt that idio kept Mr. Smith in very good
order, and managed things protty much as she
choao. She had eight hundred dollars in half dol
lars in that miserable cabin, whioh sho hadbronght
with horfrom Tennessee, and was looking oat to
ni&ko a speculation in land. The chinks in the
cabin had never been filled in, and tho wind and
rain must havo had very freo access in times of
storm. Thero wero two beds in tho room, a chair
or two, one or two iron kettles, a bureau, and a
barrel filled with the meat of a freshly-killed ox.
This was about all the furniture, and the whole of
a not over-cleanly appearance; while Mrs. Smith
herself—well, anybody who has scon tho miserable
creatures who live about Baker street can have
some idea of her personal cleanliness and attrac
tions. None of the children could read, though
they wero old enough to learn
A few miles further on wo passed another log
cabin and clearing, the proprietor of which flopped
the stage, and, sending hia little boy up to the
cabin for n pillow case, forwarded the same per
driver to tbo next town to ho returned with a sup
pl 7 of tobacco and coffeo.
As wo were orossing a pine ridge, in the course
of our morning’s ride, the stage was obliged to
turn out on aooount of a large pine. tree which bad
alien across tho road, and wfcioh the proprietor of
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tho nearest cabin had been offered a free ride od
the stage if ho would clear way. He had declined
tho offer, and the driver stopped the stage while
the blacksmith and one of the passengers fired the
tree in two or throe places to barn it oat of the
road; and, as we resumed our ride, there was ap
parently a very good shooce of a general fire in
the woods. G. T.T.
PERSONAL AN© POLITICAL.
lyA correspondent of the Salem (Mass.) Ga
zctu suggests H on. Charles W- Upbam for pre
sident of Harvard College,
i w \y ,s " T 0 JoHIf Btws’s Fxwibr.—Rev. T.
” • Higgiraon, <,f this city, bft3 jmt returned from
a visit to the family4f Capt. John Brown. He
found them up among the Aairondac mountains in
Isew York, near Lake Champlain, opposite Bor-
Ungton. Tt —-Sre. Brown and four of her satviv
tog children, three daughters and one son. She is
s second wife, and has been the mother of twelve
children. Brown had eight children by a previous
wife, making twenty in all. Eight of \he twenty
aro now living. Mrs. Brown accompanied Mr.
HTggineon on his return, and he went with her In
the train to Boston, yesterday, passing tbrongh
Fitchburg. She will leave to-day for Virginia,*
having telegraphed to Gov. ITise for pennisnon to
visit ber husband in prison. —Worcester (itfoss.)
Spy, November 4.
Evyk Bcstan is to be robbed of his Pilgrim*
A translation from a French MS, the ‘ Pylegre
mage of the Sowle,” in the British Museum, if
published in England, and a previous translation
in 1483, printed by Caxton, has been brought to
light, of which Bunyan‘s Pilgrim’s Progress is said
to be nearly a verbatim oopy.
Miss Olivia, Scoxcia, of Xew Yoik, well known
iu musical circles, and for a long time the first so
prano of St. Stephen’s in Twenty-eighth street,
has been engaged as prim* </on*o of the Italian
opera company at Lima, and left last Saturday In
the Baltic, on her way to Panama and Pern. She
is accompanied by herfatfcer, the celebrated musio
teacher, and will probably make her dehut In the
Somnamhuia.
Mb. BrAckbtt, tho known sculptor of Boston*
loft that city last Thursday for Charlestown, Va.,
for the purpose of making a bust of “ old*’ John
Brown, the hero of the Harper's Ferry affair. It
is hoped the Virginia authorities will allow the
artist to proceed in his design, although it it to
bring back to Boston Brown’s head.
Tho Washington correspondent of tho Mobile
Regi iter says: *• A few weeks ago the States hint
ed that a devoted patriot, long iu high latitudes,
had, by request of the Government to whieh ha
was accredited, been notified by this that a change
of cUmato might ho beneficial. I see a univer
sal curiosity to find out who the 4 devoted patriot*
ia. As I happen to be able to answer, I eetU
answer. It is J. Randolph Clay, envoy extraor
dinary and minister plenipotentiary to Peru. Ha’s
tho man ”
Rbvival ov trc Slave Tbaps The Charles
ton Aferr/rry of tho 31 inst. contains letter* from
John S. Palmer, O. M. DanUler, and S- Wade Doug
lafts, to the committee of the slave-trade meeting
at Mount Pleasant, advocating a revival of the
slave trade. Mr. Palmer says:
”1 will not discuss the morality of the slave
trade. If we believe that our forefathers were
; pirates and man-Jteslere, let us set to work at once
and stop the inter-State slave trade now going on
with such vigor and success. If it be cruel to bring
th© savage negro from Africa and improve bij con
dition in this coantrj. how much worse it must be
to sell to tbo Western planter the more than half
civilized negro from oar plantations, where they
have been brought up with all the a«ociat»»sof
home ! Let us go on, gentlemen, and agitate this
question from ono end of the South to the other.
Xo one need be offended but the politician who
aspires to Federal patronage. For all such I hare
no symprihy. For \be Union as Uis I have reve
rence. For tbo South, under a government which
makes it feel all iu burdens, and cone of Its bless
ings, sli my KsnirAtioas are. that the sooner it may
divorce itself from an unnatural confederacy, the
better it will he for jts institution, and its progress
and welfare.”
Mr. Dantzler says : -*
41 1 regard the re-opening of the slave trade as
the only hope of our salvation, or a* least, of our
independence and rquaUty, in this Union. With
the door* open to free labor from Europe and
closed again«t slave labor from Africa, I cannot
see how any other result can follow, than that the
North must continue to gain, and the Foath,'fn the
sarno ratio, continue to lose, in wealth and politi
cal power. Tho slave labor of the Bouth must, un
der the operation of an inexorable law, give way to
the pauper labor of the North. The conteat is un
equal; ana rbr smrtn vuseinab.
** Be-open the African slave trade, though—put
us on an equality with tbe North, with respect to
labor—and we ask the Seararditcs. Giddingaea, and
Hales no favors If the South had never consented
to the suppression of the slave trade, she would not
have jo*t her position of equality in the Union, and
tbe only way to regain that equality is, in my
opinion, by its revival.”
S. Wade Douglas* say 3:
u Th/rfj'nfno years have elapsed since that ‘ em
bargo’ on the slate trade /the a ctoT 3820] w ms
regularly installed as a constitutional law. and
what has been the consequence ? Conquest and
treaty hare added to our possessions millions of
acres of the moat productive lands on the face of
the oartb. The rolling rivers of the West with
miles of tillable land on either side, the rich prai
ries and inexhaustible hammocks of the South, only
require a channel to ho opened by which labor may
be procured, in order that they may shine forth io
all their grandeur, and erect the monument of
wealth and power for which they were destined.
It is true that the South has been plnndered of her
rights by Congressional majorities in the way of
territory, but of what use are such possessions if
we are prohibited the privilege of making our own
calculations as to prices of operatives, dc-? It is
certainly a pitiful grant that we are permitted to
carry slaves within a certain limit, and are, at the
same time, prohibited from using lawful means to
acquire them, tbaf they may be more profitable.’*
It is evident that while the number of persons in
favor of a revival of the slave trade in the South
is small, those engaged in the agitation am tho
roughly In earnest, and that their labors are exer
cising considerable influence upon public sentiment
in the South.
John L. Giradkav publishes a card in the Charier,
ton explanatory of his views in relation
to ‘ the religious instruction of the colored people,’*
in which he says that he loves the people and the
institutions of the South, but adds: “ I freely con
fess, however, that I hold myself bound to regard
the souls of the bond as well as the free, since for
them, too, the Sariour died; norcsn I believe that
it can result in aught bat good to preach to them
the ‘ grace of God which bringetb salvation to all
men. teaching us that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously
and godly in this present world. 5 ”
tip The Tyrone (Paj) Star says the Democrats
of this Senatorial district held a conference in this
place on Thursday, and chose G. Nelson Smith,
E«q., editor of the Johnstown Echo, as Senatorial
delegate to the State Convention, with instructions
to vote for Gen. Henry D. Foster, of Westmore
land, for Governor.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune says that President Buchanan pro
fesses to favor the nomination of a Southern candi
date at Charleston, and seemingly indicates Mr.
Fitipatrick; but his friends look to the contin
gency of his being himself selected. Most officials
act on that idea.
Tho Louisville Courier, a staunch advocate
of the Presidential aspirations of Hon. James
Guthrie, earnestly recommends that the Kentucky
delegation to the Charleston Convention b© in
structed to support him, while other Democrats
papers of the State oppose instructions. The Cou
rier of the 3d instant says :
“ The poliev of instructing the delegates to the
Charleston Convention is at tbU time being
thoroughly discussed by the Democratic press of
tho State. It is urged by those opposed to in
structions that there are several distinguished
Democrats in Kentucky, whose name* hare been
mentioned prominently in connection with the
Presidency, and that instructions for any on©
would necessarily prejudice the claims and pros
pects of the others. We do Dot. we confess, see
the force of this reasoning. We regarded it as
generally understood that no gentleman from
this State would permit his name to be used m
opposition to Mr Guthrie. So far as Jfajor Breck
inridge ii concerned, his friends have time and
again declare i that h© was not a candidate, and
that his name should not b© presented at Charles
ton with lifs consent; he is regarded throughout
the State as a candidate for the United States
Fcmte, not for tho nomination for the Presidency.
/<? for Hon. Jcioph Holt, whose name has been
frequently mentioned fn connection with the
Chariest >n nomination, wo think we may safely
«iy that he will not permit hU claitaa to be brought
in conflict with. Mr. Guthrie’s. There is, then, no
reason for an y conflict whatever between any of
tho prominent Democrats of our State for tho
Presidential nomination, and any argument based
on th© possible conflict of their 'claims is entirely
groundless.”
The St. Louis Republican of Wednesday, under
the head of “Ruffianism in St. Louis,’* gives the
following gloomy picturo of affairs in that place ;
“Elsewhcrewo publish what few particulars we
can gain concerning the mvsterious deaths of two
men on the same day in different parts of the city,
in daylight and in public streets. They will at
once brinp to mind several other instances of a
similar kind which have occurred recently—in
stances of persons found dead or dying iu popu
lous thoroughfares with gashes iu their heads,
cuts iu their oodies, or lacerated limbs.
“It is tirao this matter wore looked into. It ii
time that citUeua were gravely inquiring what the
city is coming to. Barglaries are Frightfully
eeneral. Pocket-picking is extremely common.
Citiicns are thrown down in the streets and their
property taken from them. Strangers are over
taken by highwaymen and murdered. There w *jt
this time no safely here for property or life. If
the bodies of mangled men are to be picked up ou
sidewalks, what horrors might not the river, deep
wells, sewers and old garrets enfold? If the broad
glare of sunlight looks upon such deeds as some we
nave recorded within the p*at two or throe weeks,
what silent mysteries may there not be hid under
the shadow of the 6l*ck wing of night ?
“ We do cot want to needlessly alarm anybody,
but we feel it our du‘y to say to all that great cau
tion is needed now for self-protection and self-de
fence. Tho town is foil of villainy of every de
scription, and there is no use in concealing the
fact.”