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- KOLIDAF goods.
HOLIDAYS.
-A of 800DS wiled ti>"
the commit JtaUdafr; 'selected from the latest tmporta
tioM EnglAnd, whioh
Boxes. * , ColoredLlthographs,
TortFwtoija 'vPorteMounaies, Fancy Articled la
Pressing Parian,
Glove 80xe5,..,. , - • Bohemian Glace, It
WwkßpxeS, Sdrap Books, - Lava, China, Ac.,l
' V . WITH A LAKOBYASfRTY OP
IftiMS
Slices, Hose, and Complete' Sots- of Baby
House Furniture. Pa|i!pl»lls, Houses,and Furniture.
Ornamentsfori Onrlsirdas Trees, Box, Toys, Ware'
Houses. 1 Baby Hdiiefts, Stores and Btables. Fine Eng-r
fish BowcrOnoketßatc, Ac, -
djE, Pine Perfumery; ’.it,only irantc to be
Opera F&ni at wmcu&llyloir prices, r > , •
, A very iar*% assortment of-. Games. - All of which will
be sold ozr the most moderate tortus; at the
ytatidaerfnAcy.jefld Faner Goods Emporium < .
' ; ‘ ? '''MAHtlN£ ? tlVAYLEi
lm WALNUT gireett below Eleventh: „
nS-wfltfp,..,.. *- -■ PHILADELPHIA.
GAB FIXTURES, Ac.
PHILADELPHIA
QAS^PiXTUEE WORKS
B. ». WMIBEB.' W.». WIUTI 'W.6. B. JttMtrU,,
WARNER, MISKEY A MERRILL,
' MANUFACTURERS,
STOtfEyNo. 718 CHESTNUT STREET,
PH!IIADELPHiA.
WAJRNEB. PJECK. & GO..
No. 878 BROADWAY, NEW - YORK,
Would respectfully l Inform the pnbhe that they oonti-
nue to uanaf&otun a!i kinds of
GAS FIXTURES,
GIRANDOLES,
And that their large and varied stock comprises the
simplest as well as the moetelaborate patterns, design
ed by their Frenoh artists. They also oontinue to keep
at their store,
No.' 876 BROADWAY,
a large and full assortment of thpirmanfaotnred goods.
Deale’s and others are invited to call and examine.
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HOUSE-FUKNISHINO GOODS.
QOOD3 FOR THE SEASON. >
BRONZED FENDERS AND IKONS,
STEEL EIRE SETS, FOOT WARMERS,
BLOWER STANDS. PLATE WARMERS, HOT
, . WATER DISHES, Ac,, Ac., J
-.HOUSE-FURNISHING STORES,
NOS. 932 AND 13SS CHESTNUT STEEKT; :
JNO. A. MURPHEY & GO,
018-wfmtf : ' * ■ ;
CHINA AND QUEENSWARE ?•
GRANITE AND CHINA
TE A SET S ,
DINNER SETS, TOILET SETS,
PRESSED GLASS GOBLETS, TUMBLERS, Ac.,
AT LOW PRICES.
WRIGHT, SMITH A CO.,
. NO. S NORTH FIFTH ST.
019-vfmtf
PAPER HANGINGS, Ac. ,
pAPER tr HANGINGS.
MOW U ¥HE TIMM TO ' '
PAPER YOUR HOUSES. *
HART, MONTGOMERY, & CO.,
NO. 393 CHESTNUT STREET,
Have for tele every variety of
PAPER HANGINGS.
. BORDERS. &0,.
Which will to fold at the loweit rates, and put up by
oareful workmen. nll-lrn
CARPETINGS, OIL CLOTHS, Arc.
QARPET NOTICE.
BAILY & BROTHER,
HO. »30 OHESTHTJX STREET,
WILL THIS DAY
SEDUCE THE PRICE
Of their entire Stock of
<<OROSSLH Y’S” BRUSSELS
TAPESTRIES
TO
. ONE DOLLAR A YARD.
Including &U the best
: PATTERNS.
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CABINET WARE.
XTOGHJET & HUTTON,
A A MANUFACTURERS OF
DES K S
AND CABINET FURNITURE
NO. 859 SOUTH THIRD STREET.
Office, flank, end School Furniture,Extension T.bl,*,
Bookeaect, Wardrobes. etc. e..Bm
QABINEf JURNITUBE and, BILLIARD
MOOREi CAMPION.
•No. an south second street,
m ounawtion with thmrextensive Cabinet Buainees, are
and have now orr band nrfbll supply, finished with
TttOURB A CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
whioh'ore pronounced by &U who have need them to be
■openorto*Uothers. .. . #A . ~ „
For the entity .and finish of these Table* tbemami
isctarerere/ei 1 to their numerous patron* throughout the
Union, who are fcmiliar with the character of their
work Vt „, . , ~ , ; . jjK-tm
, LOOKING-GLASSES.
GLASSES
Now inetort the mori'eitennro ini elHnnt iwrt
JBerntof " ' ' i • •
.LOOKING GLASSES,
nS&SSssl?f * o ? t,on> “ 4 “ tt * “ o **
LOOKING GLASSES
In tho nuftt eleborete and the ntort .ini, la f
LOOKING GLASSES
Framed Is the hart tails, and is the moat nbatantlal
masser. ...
' LOOKING BLASSES
Famished hr at, are massfactaraihr onrsalraa la «,
own establishment,
LOOKING GLASfjSS
and WALNUT, frames for Ossstri
. JAMBS 8. EARLE b SON,
.’lB CfIESTHH.r,;s!rREET,
a.I-tf ,s, ,ci, . '■ • PHILADELPHIA.
£JOA.L OIL. ;, p ,
V.rPiH lit DM liPHIA
P H OIL WORKS.
. BURNIfiqiAND LuIwOATING, GOAL OILS
,; i. c Maitifwtired anil for iple by '
* - J : REtJiE, kOßfitS, «Too.,
THIRjtlfiTH, WORTH OF MARKET BIR3SET.
J.JOPE GOAL i OIL WORKS.
FIRST ESEMIUM,
* H h ,i AWARDED AT
..PKSHSYLVAHIA STATE. FAIR, ' .
FACHOfcMW<*®%rRfcET, WHARF BCHUYL
; ="■ ■• ■ • KILL,; '
’ S( STHEET, ,
M-M. B, HUBBARD A SON.
-, , v >l hi -
fUEEAPPUBE TEAS, CHEAP SUGARS
Goshen
- above
I\T ))blß,.*Bßortedj
VOL. 3.—-NO. 91.
JgWISSLER & FIGRILLO,
] 125 NORTH THIRD STREET,
Have for sale a large supply of
oIQ a k s
'OF THE BEST
HAVANA BRANDS.
TOBACCO, SNUFF, PIPES, &o.
AGENTS FOR GAIL & AX,
'GERMAN SMOKING TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
ocH-Sa.
,
MEBINO,
UO SOUTH FRONT BTREET,
Offers tor Sale, a Large Assortment el
Received direct from Havana, of oholoe and favorite
Brandi. aua-tf
ALC THE BEST BRANDS, AT LOW
JtrT* FLAHERTY, Importer of Cigars,
NmB37 CHESTNUT Street, Adjoining Girard House.
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, &c.
JQRUQS, GLASS, PAINTS, &o.
ROBT. SHOEMAKER & CO.
: . NORTHEAST CORNER
1 FOURTH AND RACE STREETS,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
Importers and Dealers in WINDOW GLASS, FAINTS,
&o«, invite the attention of
COUNTRY MERCHANTS
To thoir large stock of Goods, whJoh they offer at the
lowest market rates,' ocff-tf
HARDWARE package houses.
JJANDY & BRENNER,
NOS.'33, 25, AND ST NORTH FIFTH STREET
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
AMERICAN MANUFACTURED HARDWARE,
GERMAN, BELGIAN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH
BRONZES, Ac., Ao.
HABDWABE and cutlery,
Keep oocitanUr On hand a Urge .took of Goods to n,
BUTCHER’S EDGE TOOLS,
: BUTCHER’S STEEL OF VARIOUS KINDS.
WRIGHT'S PATENT ANVILS AND VICES,
SOU ABUTS FOB
HARP’S REPEATER PIBTOL,
SHARP’S NEW MODEL RIFLEB AND PIBTOLB.
wnwain s. handt, jho. e. brknrbs. o. r. bbiwubb,
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PACKAGE HARDWARE HOUSE.—Wo
would respectfully call the attention of Lho Geno
extensive Stook of BIR
MINGHAM HARDWARE, which we offer at a small
advance by the package.
Orders for direol importation solicited, and Goods de
livered either in this oity, New York, or New Orleans,
. W. G. LEWIS & Son,
iV COMMERCE Street,
. • Importing and Communion Merchants.
And Agents for Foreign and Dome&tio Hardware.
; • ' aua-tf
RAPHAEL P. M. ESTBADA,
MERCHANT TAILOR
FINE FASHIONABLE
RE AD 7-HADE CLOTHING,
AXD
SUPERIOR FABRICS FOR CUSTOMER WORK,
’ N 0 21 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET,
, . . \ v PHIIaABELPHIA,
RAPHAEL P. M. ESTRADA, having associated with
him jay ARTISTIC CUTTER, Mr. JOHN HOBSON
(late of Granville Stokes’,) jespoctfuUy.invitos the af
tontiott of the public to Ida novrestamiuninent, and his
splendid stock of FURNISHING GOODS for Gentle
men's wear.
He liason hand a ohoice selection of Fabrics especial
ly for customer work, and a vaned assortment of fa
shionable RSADY-MADE CLOTHING, to which he
invites the attention of buyers. Each artiole warranted
to give entire satisfaction.
554-3 m JOHN HOBSON, Artist.
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
TPIUGGS HOUSE.
" Corner RANDOLPH and WELLS Street*,
_ CHICAGO.
WM.F. TUCKER k CO., Proprietors. n4-Hu*
■MURRAY HOUSE.
1"A NEWARK, OHIO,
Is the largest &nd best arranged Hotel in central Ohio,
is centrally located and is easy of access from all the
routes of traveL It contains all the modern improve
ments, and every convenience for the comfort and ac
commodation of the travelling pnblio. The Sleeping
Rooms are large and well ventilated. The Suites ol
Rooms are wall arranged and oarefulir furnished fpr
families and large travelling parties; and the House will
be kept oi a Sn?-oia»
auM-3m Proprietors,
rpHE UNION,
UPTON S. NEWCOMER. ,
* The situation of this HOTEL is superiorly adapted to
the wants of the Business publio; and to those in search
of pleasure, Passenger Railroads, which now run past,
ana inclose proximity, afford a cheap and pleasant rids
to all planes of interest in or about the Qitr. ir SS-Sm
pTJRE AND CHEAP BREAD,
MANUFACTURED BY THE
MECHANICAL. BAKERY,
CAM BK OBTAINED IT THE FOLLOWING
PLACES t
MECHANICAL BAKERY, S. W. oorner of Broad and
Vine streets.
C. M. CLARKae~-~~~*~~Poplar street, below
Tenth*
H« MoNBIL.—S. E. oorner Bixth and
Coates street.
JATHO k 80N,_ ,No,2«NorthFmhsUeet.
8. PANCOAST—No. 910 Sprint Garden
street.
JOHN G. MOXEY~~—< No, 1223 Vine street.
To P, SMITH..- No, m North Fifth street.
JOHN SMITH...—. ...8. E. oorner Fifth and
Spruce streets,
W. W. MATHEWS.—. S. E. corner Eleventh and
Locust streets.
D. KNIGHT.—.Broad street, below Wal
nut.
GEORGE GARVJN——No. 2419 Lombard street.
D; COURTNEY— N. W..oorner Sixteenth
and Pine streets.
WM, COURTNEY....,.™.No. COO South Twelftn
street.
8. R. WANAMAKER——.FederaI street, above
Z, LENTZ.......Corner Bouth Fourth and
. Johnston streets.
L. HOLLAND. —.B. W.corner Sixteenth and
_ Ogden streets.
DAVID SADDLES.. No. 200 North Eleventh
street.
J. WBIQHTMANJ3. E. oorner Eleventh and
Jefferson streets.
8. S. TOMKINS No. 1010 North Front
street.
H BROOKB™ —B. W. oorner offl Seventh
and Pine streets.
JANE MYERS. ~ -.—.. Coates street, below Thir
teenth street,
F, M. WO n D. -- r -,- ■ll -Si w -f nrno iFranklinand
Coatet streets.
F* MORRIS.—... —. —N. IW. uomer Tenth and
• Shippen streets. _
E. B.TURNER. .......No. I*l6 South Front
street.
J. SHUSTER. ■■■■■■■, -- ■. - - w - W. corner Broad and
Parrish streets.
THOS, T. BLEST—— Corner Nineteenth street
and Ridgo avenue.
B. 8. BPWN ■ ~-T —M. E. corner Ninth and
F.daral .treats,
J. MoIMTYRB Twentr-.eoond .treat, ah,
Coatee. .
ALEX. FULLERTON.—Corner of Fifth ond Chrie-
I, Li HICKS Camden, N. J., store 1U
Arch street.
O. H. RAINIER. ."West Philadelphia, Sdthst,
ab. Haverford road.
R. L. VARNELL Lennf. Feana.
JOHN BAHTrm» Tretnont and Fine Grove
GEO. B, TOWNSEND.—met Chester, Fenna
M. MoCLEES - _ .Atlaqtio City, N. J.
D* 'hoti.ton—— FlfTTenefti Nr L
Q. F. EBERLBINCoIumbia, Ta,
BAKERY, S. W. Comer
AJJ* BROAD and VINK PHILADELPHIA.
This establishment is now m successful operation, day
and Qight, and all are respectfully inyitod to call ana see
the whole process of brewLinawng for themselves.
The undersigned takes the liberty, of storing that fbr
thirty-five years he has been a practical Hiker—fivo as
apprentice# and fire as Jonmeyman m one of thefirst
houses in Scotland, and twenty-five as master—during
which time he has had the opportunity of making many
experiments, mid observing nfi tlio improvements whioh
have been made during that period.
Tin this establishment, of which he has now the man
agement, in addition to.the complete labor-saving ina
pinery, ne has how facilities of many kinds not hereto-
BelniMmresirained in the purebaso of Aout, none but
the soundest and best shaU ever be used; and ho has no
hesitation in-saying that Bread of all kinds can bo de
li veredi unsurpassed in quality and weight by that made
b Vatni?iM?n?h*oh C t e ho'Breild, made by the Mechanlpe
Bakery has not been tried, or in whioh it lim been tnei
only attts ooinmenoement, before
yerfeot working order, are re«»po tmlly aHlced tp, J *
atrial now,the undersigned 1 mayvv Ito
nmhUlJvaataga. n^ent.
OfARTIN & QUAYLE’S
I,A STATIONERY, TOY, A»o FANCY GOODS
ntAmfe * SI ' OW BL,VKMT ftfILADELFHIA.
Cobstantlr on hand Perfumery and Toilet Artioles.
OflA BBLS, No. 1 HERRING-100 half
VVJT hbis, «ttajraokinaw White Fish, in store and
TAYLOR k co„ la and 1M North
SJPaNISII OLIVES —In bulk, in prime
lw 6rder> for tale bv , ,
“ tP' 4. MHRfNQ.HOSouth FRONT Str*»t.
CIGARS, TOBACCO, &c.
in store and bond, and
CIGARS,
For the sale of all kinds of
AND IMFORTNRB OF
' ply Hardware Dealers.
BUTCHER'S FILES,
By the cask or otherwise,
SHIP CHAIN,
And other kinds in every variety*
WEIGHING ONLY 8K OUNCES,
BREAD
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
JTELT CABPBTINGS.
NEW AND BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS,
MANUFACTURED AT THB
WASHINGTON MILLS.
LAWRENCE, MASS.,
POX SALS ST
JOSHUA L. BAILY.
IMPORTER AND JOBBER,
213 MARKET STREET,
08-tt PHILADELPHIA,
CJONGO SHIRTINGS,
MADE FROM
AFRICAN COTTON.
Warranted in all re.peoU the product ol
FREE LABOR.
For sale exclusively by
JOSHUA L. BAILY.
IMPORTER AND JOBBER,
213 MARKET STREET,
n . PHILADELPHIA.
A K D.
SOMERS & SNODGRASS,
34 S. SECOND, AND 33 STRAWBERRY STS.,
have in store a large stock of
CHINCHILLA, ESKIMO,
FROSTED TRICOT, and
satin-faced BEAVER CLOTHS.
ALSO,
SATIN-FACED DOESKINS, and heavy patent
finished CLOTHS,
FOR LADIES* CLOAKS AND MANTLES,
AND GENTLEMEN’S OVERCOATINGS.
025-tf
CLOTHS 111
SNODGRASS & STEELMAN,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
CLOTHS, OASSIMERES, VESTINGS, &0.,
NO. 6 2 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
ABOVE CHESTNUT,
Are daily reoeiving* additions to their already large
stock of
FALL GOO DS.
Comprised in part of
BLACK AND COLORED CLOTHS,
“ “ “ BEAVERS,
“ CASBIMEREB AND DOESKINS,
PLAIN AND FANCY CASBIMERKB,
81LK, VELVET, AND CASHMERE VESTINGS, Ac,
N.B.—A variety of Cloths and Beavers suitable for
LADIES’ CLOAKS and MANTILLAS, all of which
will be sold at reasonable pricos. 524-tf
S. STEWART & GO.,
JOBBERS OF AUCTION GOODS,
305 MARKET STREET, ABOVE THIRD,
Have now m Store a full line of
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
BROCHE AND OTHER SHAWLS,
BILK MANTILLA VELVETS,
Of all grades, and all the now fabrics inDreea Goods, to
whioh we invite the attention of
OABH AND PROMPT SIX-MONTH BUYERS.
s94m
gITER. PRICE. & CO.,
JMP9KTERB AND JOBBKRS
OF
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS.
816 MARKET BTREET.
nS'tm
]s| # WILLIAMSON & CO..
WHOLESALE DEALERS AND JOBBERS Itl
DRY GOODS,
NO. 42 5 MARKET BTREET,
(And 414 Commeroe street,)
SKTwaxN vonarn ago nvxu, moxth sins,
Our stock, especially adapted to Southern and West
ern trade', is now large and oompleto In every parti
cular. auP-tf
COMMISSION HOUSES*
COFFIN. &
COMPANY.
118 CHESTNUT STREET,
AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF
A. * W. BPRAGUE’S PRINTS.
In great variety, inoluding Chocolates, Turkey Reds
Greens, Blues, Shirtings, and Fanoy Styles.
BLEACHED SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS.
, Lonsdale, Mnsonville, Blatersviile,
Hope. Washington Union Mills,
Blaokstone, Cobannct, Johnston,
Belvidere, Pbcenix, Simthvillet
BROWN BUEETINQB, SHIRTINGS, AND
OSNABURGS.
Mito&oa* Virginia Family, Groton,
Ettriok, Eagle, Manchester,
ftleo's k Farm's, Blaoic Hawk, Meroer A,
Warren A, Farmers’, Riverside,
Carr’s River, Klwell.
CLOTHS.
Bottomley’e, Pomeroy’i, Gienham Co.’s, And other
makes of Black and Fanoy all wool and ootton warp
Cloths in great variety.
DOESKINS AND CASSIMEREB.
Greenfield Co., Baxtona River, Lewiston Falls,
Btearn’s M. Gay k Sons, Glondale,
Berkshire Co., and others.
SATINETS.
fitearn’f, Ayres k Aldrioh, Tail k Capron,
Minot, Charter Oak, Crystal Bprings,
Swift River, Carpenters’, Florenoo Mills,
Carroll's, Dohring's, Conversville, io.
SlLEBlAS.—Lonsdale Co.’s, Smith’s, and other makes,
plain and twilled, of all oolors.
Fanoy Negro Stripes and Plaids.
Jewett oity and Irene Stripes, Denims, and Tickings,
Rhode Island and Philadelphia Linseys, Apron Cheoks,
and Pantaloon Stuffs.
Shepard’s and Slater’s Canton Flannels,
Fisherviite Co.’s Corset Jeans, Ao.
au(-dteepl—sopl-fm&wtf
gHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON,
NO. 118 CHESTNUT 8T„
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
FOR THE SALE OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
eS-Sm
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o.
gIhVER WARE.
WM. WILSON & SON
Invite speoi&l attention to their stock of SILVER
WARE, whioh is now unusually targe, affording a va
riety of pattern and deaigu unsurpassed by any house
the United States, and of finer quality than is manufac
tured for table use in any part of the world,
Onr Standard of Silver is 935-1000 parts pare
The English 5ter1ing........925-1000 “
Amerloan and French 900-1000 “
Thus it will bo seen that we give thirty-five parts purer
than the American and French coin, and ten parts purei
than the English Sterling. We melt nil our own Silver,
and our Foreman being connected with the Refining De
partment of the United States Min t for several years, we
guarantee the quality as above (925), whioh is the Jintst
that can be made to be tervietable , and will resist the
aotlon of aoids much better than the ordinary Silvet
manufattured,
WM. WILSON k SON,
8. W. CORNER FIFTH AND CHERRY STB,
N. B.—Any fineness of Silver manufactured as agreed
upon, but poria’cely none inferior 10 i\tnch and Ameri
can ttandard.
Dealers supplied with the same standard as used in
our retail department.
Fino Silver Bars, 999-1000 parts pure, constantly on
hand. au3t 6m
JS. JARDEN & BRO.,
•MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OP
SILVER-PLATED WARE
No, 804 CHESTNUT Street, a!>ove Third, (up stairs,
Philadelphia.
l?ORK8, LADLES, Jco., So.
eliding and platins on all kinds of metal. aaS-l,
SCALES.
gff FAIRBANKS’ PLATFORM SCALES,
&& Forialo hv FAIRIiANKS SEWING.
Qg-ly 716 CHKSTft UT Street, fhila.
p FAIRBANKS’ HAY, COAL, AND
CATTLE SCALES. Worsalebr
•FAIRBANKS k EWING.
oM-ly 716 CHESTNUT Street, Philn.
p* HOWE’S STANDARD SCALES.—
BTRONG k ROSS PATENT.-Coal, Cattle, and
Soales requiro no pit, Platform and Counter
Bcalesof every description. They reoeive all Fruition
and Wear on Balls instead of Kmfo Edges, as on othei
Beales, Call and examine before purchasing elsewhere,
and see tho improvement.
v PENNINGTON GREEN, Agent,
1U South SEVENTH Street,
08-Sm Philadelphia.
rcceivedj a largo invoice of
Tan'in superior order and large barrels, and for
sale bf WEAVER, FITLEX. A CO„
0! No, UN. WATER and »R. DELAWARE Ay,
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1851
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Will bo published Thursday, Novenber 17th,
Q.ERIIARD ON TIIE OHESf.
Fourth edition, enlarged, '
THE DIAGNOSIS.
PATHOLOGY, AND TREATSENT
or TUB
DISEASES OP TIIE CHEST.
By W. 11. GERHARD, M. i>,
One of the Physicians to the PennsylvaniaHoiuitalt
Follow of tho College of Physicians of rhUodel- •
phia; Memlierof the
soplncnl Sooioty, oto. •
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romior with full nnd jot compendious nco&nta of onob
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Gum Spring; )
Chootaw Nation, Oct. 15, 1859. {.
My companion and myself aro upon a rotorn
f.-wa a trip, Into tho Seminole opuctry. lam an
my way homo, with cagle-dovouring eye* for a
sight of The 1U ess office, Having yesterday made
moto.thAn the usual day’* travel, and the poilds
oviiiojng diatross, we have, oarly this afternoon,
made esiup and a hwgo tire wnd°r ft spreading oak
of lordly dimensions. -The ooo), dear spring water
musically bubbles over tho rocks at our foot. We
are east of tho Winchester.mountains, and not
moro than two daya’ jonrnoy from Arkansas. I
have tho cncotthts strxbendi. upon me, and, as wo
have had our cofTeo and several pipes, and the
usual chat about our good old oity of Philadelphia,
I .sprawl myself upon tho imchtlln of my saddle to
wear out the sun, now nearly two hours high, with
writing something of the routes to tho Pacific. p
Kver since the troaty o{ Guadalupe Hidalgo gave
us our California possessions, tho same motive that
actuates England to draw her Indian ooloniea to
her by lessening the distance and shortening tho
length of travel between them and the mother
omntry, and that also impels Franco to doslro a
ahip-oannl across, tho isthmus of Suer, hn« induced
speculations nn<l explorations for a railway route
ftorott this ooptUraat. .There.htuhoflji ft.myrUd.of
theoriosdoducod from books, and nicely sketched;
daring men have explored in overy quarter; tho
Government pres 3 has poured out pondorous tome
after temo fillod with Itineraries; appropiiationa
have boon made by Congress .for tho construction
of wogon-roads, in order to facilitate the emigra
tion of tho hardy pioncora, who, with thoir fami
lies, plungo into tho wildernesses of the far West to
raise up now settlements—these things have gone
on steadily until tho publio mind has bccomo fqlly
fcmakoned to tho importance, in a military ns well
as commoroial point of view, of a railway between
tho AUai’.lio nnd tho Pacific. The largo majority
of tbo pcoplo of tho United States aro undoubt
edly in favor of some route, but tho particular
route to bo soleotod is tho question in issue,
A Pacific railroad, as a Government projeot, can
only be sustained upon tbo ground of its necessity as
a nalionuf work. Not to lose tho force of an argu
ment fio vital, the route ought to bo neither an
oxtremo northern, nor an extrome Bonthorn one,
unlesi there nro insnperahlo obstacles to a control
route, by which, of course, all sections of tho
country would bo equally benefited. I don’t inenn
that a pair of dividors should fix tho contre, and
tho route marked nnd followed accordingly; but
that the host practical routo near tho conlro of the
Confederacy should bo selected ; the ono that
gives fhc easiest crossing of the ltocky Mountains,
and furnlshos wood, water, and grass at all seasons
of tho year. This route, beyond nil cavil, is that
Inid down nnd travelled by Lieutenant Boalo,
Of tho wagon roads started, some havo been
abandoned, and others drag their alow length
along. Boalo rapidly marked bis upon tbo routo
of tho 35th parallel, crossed it, and U,
with largo parties nnd small parties, with camels
and without them, with heavy teams, and the last
tirno, I ara told, wiih a light buggy. A paper
which I found up tho oountry—l think it was the
St. Louis Repubhf/i>i— contained tho information
that Mr. Benlo had arrived homo; that ho had
takou his party home by a more northern route, in
ordor to compare it, as ho had all tho,othor routes,
with his own; that his examinations had been
rigid.and impartial; nnd that tho conclusion was
irresistibly in furor ofithe route from Port Smith
over tbo 35th parallel, through Albuquerque, In
New Mexico, to California. It is tho most direct
routo—not dipping, as tho routo now followed by
tho overland mafl does, hundreds of miles south
into Texas. I am confident, from what 1 havo
seen of it, that it is as good a natural road as can
bo found. There aro wood, water, nnd grass at all
seasons, nnd the nreent to the crest of the divide
botween tho Atlantic and Pacific slopes, from
where the waters run enstwardly into tho
gulf] of Mexico and tbo Atlantic ocean to where
thoy run wcstwardly into the gulf of California
and]the Pacific, is hardly perceptible, and so short
as to require much IcsS than an hour In crossing it,
-a*> fnua Albu
querque to California, the road has been improved;
it has been deeply marked by tho hoavy teams,
trees have been cut down out of tho way whore it
could bo shortened, and bridges havo been con
structed over tho streams. Then como tho plains,
and you striko LiltJo river. Tho Canadian is
fordnble, or a ferry is to bo had at all time*,
Tho other streams between Fort Smith and Little
rivor aro crossed With the substantial Murpby*
Whipple iron bridges sent out from tho contractors
in Philadelphia, A. A P. Roberts. Mr. Edwards
bus his men now engaged upon tho doublo span
bridge over tho Potoau, which will be completed
cro long. The Choctaws havo commenced io Im
prove the road over tho Winchester mountain, and
n project in n-foot to turnpike lit o road from tho
bridge through the fearful boggy bottom of the
pjteau and Arkansas to tho village of Skollyvillo
Thus will there bo n good wagon road, or road for
nny kind of travel, from the East to California.
Already railroads are creeping toward Fort Smith,
by tho way of Llttlo Rook, from Memphis and from
St. Louis. Tho forerunner of rnilway travel, the
telegruph, will station itsclT soon—ns soon, I loam,
in the poles can bo put up—at Fort Smith, which,
of it«o!f, will lesson tho time of news communica
tion fiom California three or four days. All theEQ
things aro Bigns.
I bavo soon Santa Fe traders taking Uoalo’s
route ns fur as it would take them to their desti
nation. You nover saw aSantn Fo party. Riding
ia advance is a young mnn, armed with his sii
shooter, and knife, and ft fowling piece. His dross
u for uso rather than show, yet show is not forgot
ten, ns tho rod ?:ish round his waist will testify, ns
well ns the rich bluo ribbon that binds his hat, and
flutters its ends in tho wind. Ilis saddle has tho
high cantlo and pommel, tho broad wooden stir
nips, the leg-flaps, and tho wide loathorn viuhitla
that covors tho frame in day and serves at night as
part of his bed, to prevent tho sharp stones, nml
sticks, and damp getting at him; nil these, liko
tho old-fashioned Spanish or Moorish saddles; the
awful spurs and chock-bit, weighing something less
than a ton, must not bo forgotten. Anon and we
sue two old, hnril-facod, grave-looking men mounted
upon fceriou-olooking mulos, that have their tails
shaved off, except a slight bunch of hair at the end,
giving them a ludicrous appearance. They aro In
deep chat, but salute us with much dignity as wo
puss them. In tho woods and prnirio nro other* of
tho party hunting fresh meat for tho ovonfngmeul.
Then llicro mo tho hoavily-laden wagons, drawn
by thoir half-dozen ox towns each, tho loose catllo,
tho teamsters, and tho long ox-whip cracking on
every side its eternal noiao. Wo sasv an Indian
just behind tho party, tricked in his best. Ho was
on hU way to pay a wait. Wo iuquired why ho
lmd eo many dogs. JIo replied that ho had totnko
sow t with him, or they would get fighting nt homo.
Jle had following him fifteen of nil breeds, sizes,
colors, and dispositions—n merry party, to bo suro.
If Edward F. Roalo had boon a Massachusetts
rr.r.n, his services to his country would have teemed
the papers with his exploit*, bis daring, and his
usefulness. Tho moro credit to Massachusetts! A
young lieutenant in tho navy duriug tho war wilh
Mexico, not his least daring net was to carry des
patches through Mexico itself. In California, ho
gathered tho wild Indl ins, that threatened tho Jives
and property of tho settlors and miners, upon rc
soncs, and thoro taught thorn ngrioulturo and to
cam their own subsistence. His merit gained for
him from California high praise, togothor with a
commission ns general. Hon. Joffeieon Ilaris,
whon a Senator from Mississippi, and before going
into General l’ioreo’a Cabinot, wan Impressed with
tho belief that camels, if introduced into this coun
try, would bo of vust übo in Texas Arizona, and
Now Mexico, and ho made successive efforts to have
the matter tested. At last ho succeeded ; and when
tho camels wove brought orcr, under his adminis
tuition of tho IVnr Department, ho selected Mr.
Jlotilo to tako tho camels mid decide tho point ho
had so much nt heart. Wo all know how weil Mr.
Rente discharged this duty The first mail over
Mr. Boalo’s route was brought by tho camels in an
unprecedentedly short space of time. Now, tho
wagon road over tho thirty-fifth parallel is
completed, Mr. Realo retires quietly into tho clrolo
of his neighbors, in Chester, Delaware county,
Pennsylvania, and, without ovation, settles himself
down to tho preparation of his rc-port to Congress.
Tho satno peoplo that hung in raptures over tho
foolish and profitless daring of Dlondin, in walking 1
a ropo stretched over the Niagara Falls, aro no
gleetful of tho courage and hardihood and eufforiDg
of tho mnn who traverses (his continent amid every
conceivable dangor from diseaso, tho elements, and
tho yet moro ruthless hand of hostile savages, to
prepaio tho way for now cities and Stater, and
greater power and influonco for our Republic.
It is but just meed of honor to Secretary Floyd
to state that ho is held in high cstocm by the poo
plo hero and upon the Facifio for the liberality and
vigor of hie notion in pushing forward tho explora
tions and wagon roads authorized by law.
Wandehkr.
Kl> NUIISE AND FEMALE
9 attention of mother* har
NG SYRUP
;EN TEETHING,
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iicall inflammation ; will aUay
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ILATK THE 110WI5LS.
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TO YOUR INFANTS,
this article lor over ten
fidence and truth of it,
able to any of any other
IT FAILED, in a BIN
FKOT A CURE, when
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who used it. Oiij *i.ocon
with it* operations, and
oommondiiTinn of ito mac i
tues. We Break m thl*
Jcimwr/'iftfter ten years’
reputation for the fulfil
claro. in almost ever?
i-i hulleriTiK frmn j-ain and
round in fifteen or iweuij
rd’uiniiSterod,
U tlie nresoription of one
ENCED and SKILFUL
and has been used with
OF CASES*
child from pain* but in
lx)wo!u,' correota acidity,
to tJio whole urntein. It
hove OIUJ’INU IN TUB
COLIC and oveioomecon*
speedily remodtod, end m
best utul sorest remedy in
DYSENTERYaud I))AH
whether it arises from
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do not let )our prejudices,
others, stand between
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lyY SURE—to follow the
timely used. Full direo
pany each bottle. None
simile ol CURTIS A TER.-
the outaidewrapper,
ughout the world. I‘rinoi
eet, New York. Jyifl-ly
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IG, 1859.
Letter from “Wanderer.”
Tho narnos of tho following Philftdolphians
wceo registered at tho Banking Offico of Lansing,
Baldwin A Co ,'No. 8 l’iaco do la Bourse, Paris, from
Oot. 20 to Oat. 27,1859 : A. Molton, H. Randall,
R. Lincoln rittd family, ltcv. I)r. C. Langdon find
wife, S. Ifi nnd family.
To Texas and Back.—No. Jl,
lCorrespondence of The Pre w.l.
BaiftavfM.K, Tei*J, October 15,1859.
Mi'DearPbesi: The Stat* penitentiary,which
is lobkted at this piaee, la veltTrftrtlrvf aUtaigw The
Xcghdature Tariff, bykn ict jiuMddn>!B4B; pb*>
v(de<{ fa thfc wtkblisbment of va IntGttjtioa ot»tl»
klodj btit left Its location and thh datatts otifreryw
tionipfftaflrd ofcommtesibners tobenjjpokriaiby}
the'doVornar, and fotyfcft fcrfbU'fcftenirita'iJlHh '
approval «f their Mtb# wjyjitff.'j i
finally d«totnrin#4«sa / i
it shpnld be erooted, 1 aed'b|dl649 /^th* f feH»tQitTiete :
in fhe State who had at, 1 ttfftfrl&Brfekwi edwvtttedl ■
of offences wldfhr*fldlrtffttb*tfc‘tatjltftb hapririf
meat in tho Qtored frdir>thd 1
county Jails toHrtnWvnie, andsecaredUmporarily 1
Irt a log prison fn the contra of whaV'lfi ’BO* 1 the
penitentiary yard. They were; of OtmiVevßtTOhgh
guarded, and werokept at work npon'thehwM*
ing? in which thoy wore afterward! to fibfl sJMbftl
‘permanentlodging. ' • • * n ‘i »t-d*v.rl a
Tt)o grounds belonging to thoinfctKutiodplfo t#
dilion to the space occupied bythe Main
Include some few acres tipeti thV opposite ffWvo#
the road, mainly under cukivatioh
tables for Urn u?o of the convioti. 'T£4reiiTO- s lw£'
substantial two-story store bouses of brifck ftonfofg
the road, bntlt niton' this portion of*tiM'grOfii/df, c
one of whleh'is used for storing thi'raWtn'ateHe!
: for the cotton And woollen factories, ind , fhe'oQfet /
for the goods manufactured in tho pritedn, and aTsb
fyrthe offices of tho financial agent. 1 ' Tho Asfxr
prison ItsMf is directly epon a jh»t at'
the Outskirts'of lhi eastern end AfMMi towtuiiid
facef the’ijbrfb.rihntofr back wtthtefeodjjgwWife ‘
scent towards a ravinb Vhicb' l 'tf^*^ltween (V fh"e"
ridge, along the top of rdad passes, and
a corresponding-ridgo whiqh yficsdpon
site side, and extends along Westward in front of
tho town. Tho buildings ore of brick made in the
immediate neighborhood, and enclose a space of
about throb hundred feet square. In tho middle of
the front a three-story building affords nccommo-''
dntion for the offiocs nnd residence of tho superin- '
tendont, and such of tho ns aro obliged to
live at the prison. Tho mnin gateway of thb
prison passes through the middle of the lower story
of this building. Two wing*, two stories high, ex
tend out from this ceutre building, and occupy the
remainder of the front. Theeo contain tho main
ranges of colls, which are three tiers in height, and
nre separated from the outer walls of tho buildings
by corridors some five or six feet wide, which are
open from the floor Jo the roof, and run entirely
around the tiers of cells. Tbo upper tiers of cells
arc reached by narrow galleries. The sides of tho
square are' occupied by two-story buildings, fann
ing on to tho wings of the main building r at the
' corners, and running.back to tho icnr wall of the
prison, which completes the square. These .side
buildings contain one or two additional ranges of
cells, tho cook-shop, wagon-shop, and blacksmith
shop. Just insido of tho roar prison wall, and
upon tho opposite side of the square from tho main
ontrance, is the factory building, two stories high,
and extending almost 1 the culiro’distance across tho
prison yard, Tbo'convict's aro employed herein
tho manufacture of both cotton and woollen goods,
and some of their work is of tbo most excellent
quality, and commands a ready salo and good
price.
Outside of the prison, at some little distance from
tho walls, ore guard-housce-j-ono at each come/,
nnd at equal distance from tho contoi;—on each
side, except Iho'front/which is sufficiently pro
tected'by tho guard on duty at the main entrance!
The guards are armed, each Vf jib a double-bar
relled shot-gun loaded wilh buckshot, and a six
shooter in his belt. They aro required to kocp the
shot-guns conatantly.in their hands. The prison is
supplied with water from cisterns and pumps in
tho yard. Tho yurd is not pared, and though the
ravine at the rear of the prison affords a means of
good drainage, it docs not seem to bo improved for
that purposo to any extent. Tho health of the
prison was reported good by tho officers, but some
Of tho residents of the (own, who were not con
nected with the prison, informed us that there had
been sickness prevalent among the convicts, in the
shape of low fevers, which they attributed to the
ravine at the back of the prison.
Thero wore ono hundred and eighty-two prisoners
In tho penitentiary nt the timo of our visit, and we
could not but bo struck with tho number of Mexi
cans, easily distinguishable by thcir.long, straight,
coal-black hair and light yellow complexions, and
piercing black oyes. A largo number of the com
vioiß wbto uiiu«»or.in«.xaiitejmn fyr horae-stealing.
tho most prevalent form of larceny'in this country,-
ami which is very sovoroJy punished, some of the
sentences ranging tits high as fifteen years. One
prisoner was under sontcnco of solitary confine
meat for life. Tho front of his cell was painted
blaok, and ovor the door was tho following inscrip
tion in distinct white letters: •» William Ihowit.
aged twenty four year*, convicted for murder
in Grimes county i spring term, 1803, for which he
is note suffering solitary confinement for hfef
This distinction of his ocli from tho rest, and the in
scription painted on it, was in accordance with the
statutory provision of tho State, which requires
thnt it shall bo dono in every case where a prisoner
is sentenced to solitary confinement for life. Brown
entored the penitentiary on tho first of May, 1609,
and had been kept iu close confinement in his cell,
never being permitted to leave it for any purpose,
until About tho first of October, when bis health
had suffered so much, that to preserve his life,
ho was, by virtuo of a discretionary power, vest
ed in the directors, taken out nnd set to work
in tho woollen factory, slnco which timo his health
had been improving. It was not to bo wondered
at thnt his health should deollne under tho rigorous
enforcement of his sentenoo. The cell in which he
was confined was in tho lower tier, and the topoi
tho door was somo feet below tho lower edgo of the
windows in tho outsido wall, on the opposite side
of tho corridor. Tho interior of tho cell was ot
the sarao riio with all tho others in tho prison—
eight feet by five, nnd eight feet high. The only
aperture for light or ventilation was the doorway,
which w»s lovol with tho floor of the cel), and
about fivo feot high and two find a half wide; it
was closed by a grated-door of cross-barred iron.
It is tho sight and knowledge of such instances of
solitary confinement as this, and a negleot or wil
ful refusal to inform themselves upon, and rocog
niso tho very wido distinction between separate
and solitary confinement, that renders raauy per
sons so violently prejudiced nnd opposed to the
separate system, which has, for so many years,
bocn tho distinguishing featuro of penal confine
ment in Pennsylvania.
Ou tof tho 182 prisoners, there were but three wo*
men. Ono was imprisoned for arson, anothor for the
inurdor of her own father to get his money, and the
third for tho murder of hcrnicco, out of jealousy
of her husband, who had been imprisoned as an nc
complice, and had occupied tho cell immediately
above his wifo’s, but who died in priron a few
weeks previous to our visit. Tho husband of the
woman who was imprisoned for tho murder of her
Jrtthor was then in tho penitentiary, having been
convicted as an accomplice. His cell was immedi
ately over his wifo’s.
A separato cell is allotted to each prisoner, which
ho occupies at night, nnd during monl time—the
menls being all sorvod in the colls. There was a
boy of seventeen iu tho penitentiary, sent there for
slabbing a man; ho would have been sent to a
House of Correction hud any such institution been
provided ; ho was allowed mnny privileges in the
penitentiary, owing to his youth, and bomotimes
slept in tho same cells with other convicts. It
soemod to us more than probablo that by the time
his term bad expired, he would bo pretty well
posted up in all sorts of crime, at least if ho im
proved bis opportunities, and his associates would
hardly permit him to neglect them, even wero he
himself so disposed. Tho floors and ceiling 3 of tht
colls and of the roof of the prison are nil ol
wood, and a few years sluco tho prisoners confined
In threo colls, ono over tbo other, mado their es
cape by cutting through tho floors and roof, and so
getting down upon tbo outside of Jhe prison. Since
this occurrence, tho prisoners have been searched
regularly twice a day—onco when they como in
from work to dinner, and again nt supper time
Two or throe hounds, trained to catch fugltiveaand
runaways, are kept by ono of tho guards, and are
used to track out any prisoners who may attempt
to get away ; and as tomo of tho convicts ate em
ployed outsido the prison walls, nbout the store
houses and in the garden, the opportunity thus af
-1 fordod for escape is sometimes attempted to bo im*
1 proved, and tho services of the dogs aro then
» brought into requisition. Thero aro no negroes in
prison; but few freo negroes aro to bo found in the
• Btnte, nnd for tbo higher offences, for which a white
man or free negro would bo sont to tho peniten*
> Gary, n slave Is hung.
; Tho officers of the ponitontlary aro a superin
tendent, financial ngent, and three directors, ap
> pointed by the Governor for four years, and a chap-
Inin, and ft number of subordinate officers, includ
ing the overseers of tho factories nnd work-shops,
appointed by tho directors Tho present superin
tendent, Col. 'Murray, has boon in office about
eighteen months. Ho manages tho manufacturing
departments, with tho nssiatanoo of tho financial
ngent, and under tho supervision of tho directors,
very inuoh as if the establishment were the manu
factory of some private company ; tho recelptafrom
tho sales of goods being employed in tho purchase
of maobincry, tho extension of tho business, and
tho expenses of tho establishment, without specific
appropriations by the Legislature; but full ro
ports arc made to them iricnnially.
For punishment of refractory convicts, confine
ment in dark cells, the stocks, and flogging are
roeortod to. Flogging, bowevcf, can only be ad
TWO GENTSi
mlnUter*!))/ ajtwlal on4cFbftkb Aij^e^ioWi’toWom' 1
'the reporfß'Wny 4 **#b fcVthtdkß
|>»4nlitotieij, add fh* dlr**towde*§d«i
idienay./ Whttrdecidedofa L; Ufa.
* farther •tnppaitf > ««n mvftr eteeed
fa tfcq
(•fftfl. jrte&
h Ap*^ i “i'f f«;
» oenu ,V> ,»fc«rs«4i ytieh shout de
bun'n is* ifatda/ To uVoiii 1 whdm
»ri<W»f’tiinka 'pi3p«¥,' thl* chlrge ii
4td'*'&%rh ;f &d l! iifciht'* of the vMt U
Atre tiS JioXiy, btff srlrea from an ln
wlJ«ot>f fijori *tH pdOon discipline,
r ut- MortJdtlon t| sffprdod rtsdOj
fithout cisrgf. I, Th* TUitora fin sot
cfinifltßnisM*, with thj eooriqta, who
•re alio to. hold soy epmjnuiicatlQn
■s>°4g ft«i»»etT*af Imppaetyiiity, sowmr, of
owtliV WisffirAlV’ wiTtt2kiji.dMtt!d..
•jTh* Maddi and 1 retailed* cjt the cdti vicli R aiV per
onttt*d SJ oodrfee with them fit the jfrta&doirft*
WopetißtWsdeitj RiKfctrtwaerrl-
Ousl iw.ih*hl whan- lbs ohsplsls
I-.flffrfcls, Who. fm.uKmblßi fat
«rri<|pw,r»ii4«» th« «-
Tft«fWfiPi!T o >f»s!* i P. J»
!»n;. bn(
[Ddlvmpply li
jwian it is alfowei to fer a clqrgjmaa
mlostion ha may nfflfrr. A'Blbte'llf 1
•each cell, and'CS'froflrictl'sVo fa*w f
other moral •••«*
nglslerf ftwi&letfclGMtti? Km**.
opposite the Jilwin A. Keble, January jJS,
1859J‘;(Joiog tov&lfia 1 We looked, t#
see if any snhoeqpeqt eptry recorded the result of
hit visit, but fourtd pone. It Is to be hoped he
‘prospered.' ' ’ *
111 Qtsrille is * ificorportted" town, and,
whili employing nty leisure time'in looking orer
'thec ty ordinances,"! found o&e which trould ba&
strongipducemect.to many ppoplafrom Philadel
phia Book refuge hei;e. It ordained that a fine
of one dollar bo Imposed on the exhibitor of any
htndrorgan. for each day or part of each day ho
may exhibit the same within tho corporate limit*
of thb town.” Q. X. T.
fEiISONAZ. AND POLITICAL.
IT?' Gov. McWillie, of Mississippi, in hit re
oentf message, takes the position that the terms
Abolitionists, and Republicans are synonymous,
and (bat the rabid Abolitionist it the least dan
gerous of thb two.’ 1 In rieir of what he conriden
the probable contingency of a Republican Presi
dent f ho rccommcndl that the Legislature should
enact * law making it the duty of the Governor, in
tho Went of the election of a Republican Presi
dent, “in November, 1560, to issue hia proclama
tion brileriog an election for delegates to a State
Convention, to be boldcn on the first Monday of
December next thereafter, and that said delegates
be appointed to assemble at the Capitol, in the
city Df Jackson, on 'the third Monday of the said
month of ‘December, 1860, for the purpose of
adopting such measures as may meet the exigenoy
of the occasion. I would further recommend that
you'should adopt resolutions, inTitiog the other
Southern States to co-opcrate with the State cf
Miinsfcippi in the adoption of such measures as
may bo necessary for the maintenance of their
and jur lights, as coequal members of the Con
fede acy. ) This‘ia all that, for the present, I would
reco ament! to be done."
Cjlifoiima" Politics—Plax to Fonv a kkw
Sla' e State.—The Sacramento (California) cor*
resp indent of the New l’ork Courier and Etu
tfutfer My»i
“ kince California was admitted as a free State of
tho tlnion, she has been infestod with a class of fa
natical politicians from the South, determined to
restore to their eeetion, by fair means or fool, the
advantage which she lost* by tho exclusion of sla
very from the Pacific coast. To that end, they have
rnado every possible exertion to subvert the Con
stitution of 1849, and establish slavery by statute.
They next resorted to the-courts, and sought,by
corrupt nbd fraudulent construction of law to ac
complish the same end. All sueh schemes failing,
they fell upoQ the expedient of dividing the State,
being well satisfied that the southern half would
fall fcompletely under their control on that question,
ns o \ every other; for its population consists almost
alto 'ether of Mexicans and set tiers who have emi
'grn cd from the South. The Mexicans are opposed
to t le establishment of slavery, but they ao not
understand tho import of the measures already,
tnkpn to aecuro its introduction, and after separa
w»H he wholly cowerlcss ta resist them.
“ By a law passcdaflbb last session' ortfcnXe*
gislkture, tho question of separation was submitted
to the people of the counties, south of a certain line,
to bo voted upon on the day of the general State
election. It seems to havo been smuggled through
tho Legislature by some trick or surprise, f<r very
few of the people appear to know how it was done,
or what will be the effect of the law. However this
may be, the vote of tho counties to which tho mat
ter was referred was almost unanimous in favor of
being set off. No changeof the State’s boundaries
nor ntienation of its territory can be legally made
except by a chango in the Constitution, which re
quires tho concurrent action of the Legislature and
people during two successive years.
“The project is to make another and a slave
Slate, and there can be no question that a begin
ning and some progress have been made in the
scheme. Thin plot connects itself with the proposed
Territory of Nevada, in this way : Tho population
of the lower counties of California is small, and is
not increasing; that of the southern settlements
of the proposed new Territory, east of the
mountains, is aho meagre. The plan lately
formed is understood to be to unite the settle
ments of Nevada, south of the Trnckee* river,
with the seceding counties of California. These
districts, it is supposed, will comprise a popu
lation which will reconcile Congress to the admis
sion of a new State, though toe whole proceed
ing may appear, ever so plainly, a mere trick for
foisting two more representatives of slavery into
the Senate, with buckram constituencies. This
arrangement leaves out of riow the settlements in
Honoy Lake Valley and other districts on the east
dclo of the Sierra, north of Truekee river, in which
nre the new silver mines. They are disconnected
from California by natural obstacles and a conflict
->f interest; but there is no reasonable probability
that they will attain a sufficiency of population to
warrant their erection into a Territory, for many
years to come. For the present, all the inhabi
tants on the eastern slopo are co-operating har
moniously to induce Congress to grant them an in
dependent territorial organisation. What effect
the intrlgnos I have desoribed will have upon tho
cottiers in Wsshoo, Carson, and Walker’s Valley,
tho principal Southern settlements, remains to be
seen.”
fj?’ Geo. Luot.of tho Boston Courier, and Chat-
Hale, of the Advertiser, were opposing candidate*
for membors of Assembly, Fourth ward, in Boston.
Too contest was very exciting, and the vote
throughout the day stood : At nine o’clbck, Hale
was some 30 ahead; at ten, 40; at eleven, 10; at
twolvo, 11; at ono, 206 to 106; at four, an hour
boforo cloring, about 30 again; at a quarter before
fire, one) and just in this excitement the last re
maining voter deposited his ballot, elating Lunt’s
people in tho hope of n tie. when the announce
ment was made—Halo, .192; Lunt, 390.
The Daily Pioneer and Democrat,aMln
nesota paper, friendly to Judgo Douglas, is publish
ing articles discussing tho question whether Hon.
Henry M. Rice, the Democratic United States Sena
torfroru that State, was *• averse to a Republican
victory” in tho recent election. It promises to
statu hereafter tho reasons whioh induced him to
•‘keep aloof’ from the late canvass.
Tub Treasure-Seeker op Drxaisov Rock.—
Tho editor of the Lynn (Mass.) He porter furnishes
hia renders nn interesting account of a recent visit
to Dungeon Rock, and his interview with Mr. Mar
blo, who has been engaged for tho last eight years
in this singularly wild locality, in the wilder at
tempt to obtain the treasure of Kidd, the free
booter. Guided in his labors at first by clair
voyants, and latterly by spiritualists, the deluded
man has, with tho assistance of bfs eon, blasted
a passage way, about eight feet in height and
breadth, nearly a hundred feet in the solid rock.
Tho lost blast ho made developed s fissure at tho
batlora—an unusualoccurrcnoo—from which issues
a current of foul air, that will extinguish * fiamo
held over it. Mr. Marble believes ho has less th&n
ten feet to go to roaoh the long-sought oave.
The Manchester Mirror says that ex-Pre
sidout Picrco waa in that oity on Monday last,
looking as io days of yoro. Ho has determined to
take up hia residence at Conoord, N. H., and has
bought fifteen acres of land on the Joseph Stick
ney place, on tho road to Hopkinton, a littia be
yond tho insane hospital, on which ho will feoild
next ecason.
Tun Minnesota Legislature.— The St. Paul
in speaking of the newly-elected
Legislature of that State, says: " Tho Republican
majority on joint ballot is certainly forty-five, with
four scats of Domocrats contested. The probabili
tie* are that the Republican majority will be fifty
threo on joint ballot. The Republicans will have
from ton to fifteen moro majority in the Legislature
than the Democrats have votes 1”
£jp*The wife and daughter of General Harney,
who took possession of the island of San Juan,
were passengers in the Arago on Saturday, for
Franco
Orico.v Politics.— An Oregon correspondent of
tho Niles (Mich.) Republican says:
“Our Congressional election has just passed, but
tho political complexion of our State is not indica
ted by the election. The Democratic candidate
was elected by only sixteen majority, when the
State exceeds two thousand Democratic majority.
It was the result brought about by the opposition
in tho Democratic party to General Lane. The
candidate nominated was Lane’s candidate, and
not of the Democratic party, (although he was
nominated in convention.) I could give you all
tho reasons why, but I have not time; besides, it
would bo uninteresting to you. Very many Demo
crats refused to vote, thereby came very near elect
ing a Republican,”
*» Wimi fini Tin t» ntt uTsataaOm tf
mai] (j*r Annum, in adraneo.Jai—™ ---fal#
*to»CoFIMI “ “ -4 $M
ftwCafiec, “ ' “ !_ «J»
Yufedpua. “ “
T*Mst» &>»!•*," “
Ta aatf Coping or orar u
•KlißiFMribltiFiHk L_ . - Ui
For « ctak of Troitr-ontoi ovar.Ti viß m* aa
oaf /a odjj to tju cottar so ot tito Oil,
nr foatmootott an notM to tot ao acacia fcr
| «• WniLi Pain.
CALIFORNIA PRRftf*
tara»4 Sexoi-ltontitiy 1b time fo* tfc*
Btuniri.
3 T*J[Bichmobd Wna os tee Oegasixaxioe or
-fBH flQt/a*-—Tb» Richmond (Va.) Whig, ofMcn
4*Ti *P«*ki M th* orgmimioa ©f the Hoqm m
folios : * i
“ We Uke oceifloa to »y that the only drcu».
stone* which could possibly haverirea rue to fceh
a ehafge u the one we here noticed, waa oar rw*
ecnmodatioa in regard to the organization of the
neat pootifof ReprtsanUdve*. ta respect to that
matter, we did adroeate » anion of the Southern
Opposition and Republican* fat the sake of wearing
ap Opposition Bpeaker, who wonld appoint commit
tee* favorable to a thorough and searching inrecti*
gatioain (©the ©ortuptioo, frauds, rxliatniec. and
vtseaJitifsoC the promt odioo# and nbp*iaahU
Psmicratie Adminiatration. We even west to Car
,as to Hectare nere we a member of Conceal,
we »bpaM rote *for the very blackest ef the Black
RepdbHcaoi* for Speaker in preference to any De
mocrat whatever—-seek was the deep and para
mount importance we attached, and still attach, to
the question of the Speakership, under existing eir
c urn stance*. And we *tij] affirm that imtMng oq
earth could lodoce us to “vote for a Democrats
Speaker of the approaching Congress. Bat st the
laae toBS, complications and uncertainties, which
the Harper’s Ferry affair has thrown oTer the po
sition of Northern men, and particularly Northers
Republicans, would not permit ns to go as far, for
the sake ot elec tin r as uppoaitios Speaker, as we
declared we would, before the happening <£ that
event.
“ We would recommend, therefore, to our South*
exp Opposition friend-* in Congress, a line ©f pottcy
diffpjent from that which we hare heretofore adro-
In oor opinion, then, in view of the altered
wHdttios of affairs, they jm of
tWrSown number, and support him, through thick
|M |hin; opposing, too* the adoption of the pli-
IWty rule, and thrower the whole respoonbmty
»f (organization upon t»V ReptVßm usd Beme
qntif parties. In nocsvwn*. i» £*e* ef noewt
farming oeenrrtneaMtaJd fox a Black
WMbUcan, rrr nhflfifch fTfT irrsiy ihirM
WpMs Inevitably
packj the eommitteea so as to prevent all investiga
tion |dto the ec«rt**n* ; andtnpartileUd oomp
tions and frauds which law rignatisod the preeent
Democratic Administration, and thereby defeat
ibo Wishes and expectations of the people, and
taffie the ends of public justice. They should
stand to themselves, and by themselves, going to
neither of the other parties, sad leering both of
these parties to come to them if they choose.
“Such is our suggestion and recommendation,
made in the light of recent eTents; and in view of
the cpntiaget,rfe<i and probabilities of the future.’’
Ai Eloquent Fluskev.—The Washington Con -
stitmioti pays r
“ President Buchanan has received numerous
Invitation* to attend tke*e celebrations; and bis
lorepfli eraturt, his fondness for the company of
litoriry men, bis relish of the beautiful and sub
lime passages in the works of Schiller, would, we
are sure, have tempted him to accept some one of
them, were he not tied down bv the duties of hts
office.’*
Does President Buefeanan read German, and
does the Constitution think all of this flankeyism
necess 7to let the German citizens know that the
President of the United States has Mi offidal du
ties to perform?— Louisville Democrat.
Another Threat or Discxwa ?*©* a Soctkrw
Opposition Quarter.— -Heretofore the threats of
disunion, in the event of the election of a Repub
lican President, have been confined chiefly to South
ern Democratic organs; but the Richmond
has adopted a similar style of comment since the
recent Northern elections and the Harper’s Ferry
insurrection. It says:
•‘■yVe invoke the Republican editors and potiti
cUni to dismiss the fatal delusion under whlen they
seeui to rest, and to which we have already refer
red i The present Is no time for trifling or tor mis
understanding between the North amT the South.
We tcpe&t, therefore, what we have already dis
tinctly intimated, that the Only «nre hope and guar
antee of the Union and of the pchtie peace lies in
the dissolution and disbandment of the Republican
D«ty; that it is a threatening and insulting sec
tions! organisation, based upon the single foes of
opposition to slavery tnd the South, aaa do South
ern jnah can support its candidates or eo-opemto
with it in any manner or to any extent whatever.
We appeal to the Northern people to consider well
this matter before it Is too late. Thereia danger—
imminent danger—ahead if the Republican* per
sist in clinging to their separata and distinctive or
ganization. It rnn*t be abandoned if they desire
ta ptesrrr* the Unton. And yet, we confess we
have little hope of It in view of the recent elections.
But, as a conservative man and a Union-loving
man, and yet a* & Virginian and a Southerner, we
have discharged oor datr in givingcsla and time
ly warning to the Northern people of the fearfkl
precipice over which the Union is even now hang
ing. With them is the responsibility. As for Vir
ginia and the Sooth, their own aafoty is their first
duty, aud that duty will be fearlessly met, regard
less of consequence*!”
There is news from Dr. Livingstone, the AT
rioap explorer. Letters have been received from
him'dated at Selte, on the Zambesi, in February
last. It waa the worst period of the year, and fever
was very fatal on the coast, but the members of the
expedition had bad but slight attaak*. The result
of experience seems to be that the condition of
vafrtjr }£/<> air*T from the coast. Dr. Living
stone had conducted OTe stesmCr 1,790 mile*, and
proved not only the navigability of the Lower Zam
besi in the dry season, but that the Shire is* splen
did river for a steamer, upward of cae hundred
miles from its confluence. The last trip prior to
the above-named date was up the Shire. Near the
confluence there is a mountain over 4.000 feet high,
with considerable cultivation on the top, and a cli
mate fitting it admirably for a sanatorium. Orange
and lemon trees were found growing wild upon it,
and there are fine springs and hot-water baths.
The valley of the Shire is twenty or thirty mile*
broad, and wonderfully fertile. The people eeem
oc\er t »have been visited by Europeans before,
and were very suspicious of man-stealing'. The
explorers landed frequently, and took great pains
to allay these unfounded fears, and to explain their
real intentions. They bought provisions and
cotton-yarn of the natives.
Up* Tbs removal of Cook, the postmaster of
Chicago, is again being agitated at Washington.
It is said that the Postmaster General's agent, sent
recently to Chicago, has accumulated a large amount
of evidence against him from the office-holders Cook
dischar,?ed.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune !&jt:
“ A less number than an actual majority of the
House, which is 119. will be required to orgaziiae.
Mr. Brown, of Kentucky, Democrat, will not take
bis scat, being under tße*coustitutional age, and
one nr two others may be absent, from a belief that
the Democrat* have no chance. Two member* did
not attend for several weeks in the protracted strug
gle of tho Thirty-fourth Congress. If every Oppo
sition man is on the ground on tho first day, 117
rote* will elect the Speaker.
There are upward of twenty candidates for the
vacant marthalship of Western Pennsylvania, and
the President is much exercised about aeboioe.
“ Gen. Joe Lane has returned, but with chop
fallen prospects, since the Oregon election. Mr.
Buchacan and others, who favored his pretention*
before, give him the cold shoulder now.’’
Suicide of a Philadelphian at Pills-
[From the Titulurz Joaraab 14th inst.l
On Saturday evening, about seven o’clock, a
young man. named Francis Gilbert, died in his
room, at the Girard House, from the effects of an
overdose of morphine, administered by himself.
The circumstances attending his self-destruction,
as we were informed, are briefly these: Deceased,
who was twenty-six years old, and the sou of a
wealthy Philadelphia druggist, was married in
April last to a young widow in Philadelphia. He
became quite dissipated after his marriage, and
bis wife refused to lire with him. He came to this
oity, and in June last, we believe, obtained em
ployment as a brakesman ou the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne, and Chicago Railroad, which post he held
until lately. Some time since he wrote to bis Vife
in Philadelphia, informing her that he was in em
ployment, and had improved bis conduct, and re
quested her to come out to him. In obedience to hil
request she came out. and arrived here on Friday.
It so happened that Gilbert had been dissipating
lately, and on tho day of bts wife’s arrival
he was considerably iutciioated. She refused to
occupy his room with him, and chose another;
whereupon he became very violent, and threatened
to abuao her, but was prevented by the people about
the house. On Saturday morning he threatened
to commit suicide, but his threats, as she alleges,
never reached his wife's ears. Gilbert went to
Weyman’s drug store, opposite the Girard House,
and purchased thirty grains of morphine. About
three o’clock in the afternoon, one of his friends
called to see him, and on entering his room, he was
found in the attitude of prayer, with a glass to his
lips. His friend diviniogbis intention,sprang for
ward and knocked the glass out of his Dana, but
not until he bad swallowed half of Us contents.
Medical aid was immediately summoned, and Dn.
Weyman and Tindle nsed every effort and appli
ance in their power to counteract the effect of the
drag, and save the man’s life, but to no avail, ne
lingered until seven o’clock, when he expired. Co
roner Bostwick held an inquest, and a verdict of
death from suicide was rendered.
There were a great many stories circulated as to
the cause or the suicide. Oue was, that the wife
of deceased was a frail character ; that he bad mat •
ried her when drunk, and, to be separated from
her, hadcome to thiscitv, and tbit her following
him hither was the eauso of the act. The letter
written by deceased to bis wife falsifies such a
1 statement. The expulsion of Mrs. Gilbert from
the house hv the landlord seems unwarrantable,
and, to say the least, unkind. She knew nothing
of Gilbert’s intention to commit suicide, and had
conducted herself in no way, we are informed, to
justify the proceeding of the landlord.
J The remains of deceased were enclosed in a me
tallic coffin, and taken to Philadelphia on the ex
press train which left the city Sunday night.
In a recent letter to Mr. Charles Dickens,
Mr. TT. Howitt says that thegbostof Capt. Hheat
croft, a dragoon officer who waa killed before Del
hi, appeared at the War Office in London and
caused a correction to be made in the recorded
date of his death. The London correspondent of
The Manchester Guardian says that Mr. Howitt
is in error, and that there was no ghoet at all, but
that on the death of Capt. Tlheatcroft a
secret marriage of his was discovered. The
same writer adds that Mr. Howitt and his family
are’ confirmed SDirituslista and ghost-seert, and
that Sir E. Bulw'er Lytton is also a believer in
spirits, mediums, and the rest. Sir Edward is He
author of a story in a recent number of Blael*
iroed, entitled “The Haunted and the Ilaunte.f;
or, The House and the Brain.” The theory of this
story that minds at a distance can manifest
their will in a mysterious and awful jnanuer on the
miuds of others present on the scene of momentous
action.*, in which the hauhkf has borne a part.
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