. t i' *• J •.,( •■•■'. ; Mt i V’"<£’' i !'^ e t^22s" r v r * •' * *’ ■*' '' '-*-' - * ,- * f _ , - * , “ i ' ■' ' * ■ ? • iiipiWi. teU>e Cariiera. ''■;. W ailedto BubsGri boraou t bftlie Citr-at Six Doli-akb ..,-lJStt’Asssm..'*«* SM» ■Mini i - Tunis* DoLiAjuiros Six'MoKTia-invariaUy in a<l> vanoa for the tiros ordfi rad. - • r; v; pRESs. \ out rflto City MTlisab JJol >:; fABa rayAinijP.Mjia ,, -f ” i—***—^** to “ pHXLADEIxPttIA .6 AS- FIXTT7REWORKS, s; ». WASffUJt. W. ». Bum, W. O. B, HBEBILI,, WARNER, MISKEY & MERRILL, ’ MANUFACTURERS, STORE, No. 718 CHESTNUT STREET, WARNER, PEOK, & CO., A'o, 876 BROADWAY, NEW, YORK, Would rezpeotfiilly inform {ho' ptiblia that they conti nue to manufacture ail kinds of OAB FIXTURES, Aud Hiattfieir large and buried stock comprise# tho punpleit aa woU as the inostelaborate patterns, design ed by their French artists. They also oonUnuo to keep 'at their fitoie,, . . .. No. 876 BROADWAY, aWfb and full assortment of their menfeoturod goods. Dealeraand'othersare invited to call and examine. ; nBrist• CABPETDtGS, OIL CLOTHS* &e. rjpHIS BALL’S IMPORTATION c. A B P E T I N G S, REDUCED PRICES. BAILY & BROTHER, ' 920 CHESTNUT STREET, - Wilt this day reduce the price of the entire balance of their stook of “CROSSLEY'S," And other makers of VELVET, TAPESTRY, and ' BRUSSELS CARPETINGS, In order to close this sea ton. 1 * importation. We have alio'on hand aspleadid as sortment of Super THREE-PLY and INGRAIN BED ROOM CARPETS, which wo shall mU loir. nW tf £JABPI!X N,O TlO JB BABLY & BROTHER. NO. 930 CHESTNUT STREET, REDUCE TEE PRICE - Of their entire Stock of “CBOSSLE B RUSSELS TAPESTRIES ■ TO - ' ;; l ONE .DOLLAR ,; Inoludin g itltliobest . . rATIBBHB ocSS-tf ' ■. ■. ■ boots And shoes, AZELL & HARMER, MAHOTAOTUBERB , MO WHOLESALE DEALERS BOOTS AND SHOES. HO. 128 HOETH THIRD STREET. A fall aaiortnumt of Citj mole Boot* »»4 Shoo oon rtontly oa bind. ; . . alO-tf _ PAPER HANGINGS, Ac. IJIO CLOSE BUSINESS. We offer from uov to the end of the 3ro.tr our LARGE STOCK OF " • PAJPJSR hangings. AT GREATLY REDUCED KATES. Person? wanting their Jfoaaci Papered, can got cmal ‘bargains By calling early on HART, MONTGOMERY, A CO., NO, 388 CHESTNUT STREET. rfOGUET & HUTTON, 1 X* MANUFACTURERS OF • desks AHD CABINET FUBSITUBE • NO. 889 BOOTH THIRD STREET. Office, Bank* and School Furniture i Extension Tables, 7 Bookcases. wardrobes, etc. . - . w-Sm ; CABINET FURNITURE ahd BILLIARD TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, . No. *Bl SOUTH SECOND. STREET, In oomieotlon -tfiOi their extenaivo Cobmet Dojimmi, are whwh are nronounced by all wlio have used them to do ’* aed finish of these Tables thamanu laotorert refer to their numerous patrons throughout; the -Union, who are familiar witn the character of their ‘ wot*. ’ Jy>Min DREGS, CHEMICALS, Ac. o jjROGS, GLASS, PAINTS, &<L * RQBT. SHOEMAKER & GO. FOURTH AND RACE STREETS, Wholesale, dblggists, Imiortdte and Dealers in 'WINDOW GLASS* FAINTSi Ao,, invite tha attention of ■ COUNTRY merchants £0 their Urge stock of Goods, whioh they offer at the lowest market rates. • , ' ocMf IjOOEING GLASSES Hav is (tore the moat extenaWeand oleiut aaaert ' meatbf ■ ' 1 LOOKING GLASSES, . '' Pot eretT ejeoe sol eeerr joattioo, end at the moat ' a, * pr, “.>oKiKO Masses ' '' la tte moat elaborate end the moat aimjle bamaa. »*- ■; • - - , LOOSING GLASSES > ■ Framed lathebeattaate, aod m the moat ratetaatlal 'nsnnflft LOOKING GLASSES ' : Fttrtinhw! br w f art m»nafMh»refi by i* ns . ttrtabtfwuMfct. • _ " LOOKING GLASSES aod 'WALNUT framea for OoMhT JAMBS-B. RARLE 4 BON, 16-OHESTKffT STREET, »l-tf * _* ■: '■ ' FHUjAPBLMUA, CjQ AL AIL 4 k[- : ‘ puli aDb l p h i a PHOTIC 0 OAL Oil. WO&KB BUaSIMQ AND LTJBRICAtMO COALOILS helms, KOBBIS, fc. 00., ** NORTH 0? MARKET BTRKBT. «A-*m ■... . ? "•: ■ .OOALOH< WORKS. ,~M CM. j|i VV:/4- - • fftAti fAib, ••. s' J j&riß. ■; £*; "" !H a, s. hObbaw) a bon, PHILADELPHIA. GIRANDOLES, BRONZB6, Ac., Ac. TO BE CLOSED OUT AT “DICKSON'S," “ HENDERSON'S" WILL THIS DAY CABINET WARE, NORTHEAST CORNER LOOKING-GLASSES. VOL. 3.—NO. 95 CIGAHS, TOBACCO, &c. JgWISSLER & FIORIDLQ. us'NORTH XniRD STREET, Have for sale & large supply of CIGARS OF THE BEST HAVANA BRANDS. TOBACCO, SNUFF, PIPES, &o. AGENTS FOR GAIL & AX, GERMAN SMOKING TOBACCO AND CIGARS, 0024-3ra *■ A. MERINO., HO SOUTH FRONT STREET, Has in store and bond, and Offers for Sale, a Large Assortment of CIGARS, Received direet from Havana, of ohoioe and favorite Brandi. ang-tf ALL THE BEST BRANDS, AT LOW ** uri'cea, J. T. FLAKKRTV. Importer of Cigazs, No. 837 CHESTNUT Street, adjoining Girard House. 029-lm WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c. §ILVER- WARE. WM. WJZiSON & SON Invite special attention to their atook of SILVER WARK, which It now 'unusually large, affording a va riety of pattern and detign unsurpassed by any house the United States, and of finer quality than It manufac tured for table use in any part of the world. Oaf Standard of Silvor it 9354000 parts para The English Sterling,. 925-1000 American and French 9004000 “ That {twill be teen that we give thirty-five parts purer than the American and PrenohoOin, and ten parts purer than the English Sterling. We melt all our own Silver, and our Foreman being oonneoted with tho Refining De partment of the United States Mint for several years, vre guarantee the quality aa above (835 J, which is theAa«l that can be Made to be serviceable, and will resist She action of aoids much bttter than the ordinary Silver manufactured* WM. WILSON & SON, B. W. CORNER FIFTH AND CHERRY STB. N. B.—Any fineness of Silver manufactured as agreed upon, but pfliifitJiiy none inferior to i'rtnth and Ameri can standard, Dealers supplied with tho same standard as need is our retail department. Fine Silver Bars, M 9-1000 parts pare, constantly on hand. au24-6m JS. JARDEN & BRO., •MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF „ SILVER-PLATED WARE *O.lOl CHESTNUT Street, above Third, (up stairs, Philadelphia. . SSBK&hI&SP h. ft ,9d and for sale to the Trade. iba-SetE communion service sets, u!rmj, DITCHERS, GOBLETS, CUFS. WAITERS, BAS KETS. CASTORS. KNIVES, SPOONS, ! FORKS. LADLES, Ac., Ao. : Gliding and plating on all kinds of metal. eel-Jy HATS, CAPS, Ac. 1859. FALL THADE -1859. O. H. GARDEN & CO., Manufacturers of and Wholesale Doalors in HATS, CAPS, FUKS. ULK AND STRAW BONNETS, AND STRAW GOODS, - ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS. FEATHERS, RUCltfca, Ac., &C., , NOB. cue AND 602 MARKET STREET, oornor Of Sixth. \XTENBIVK STOCK, BEST TERMS, LOWEST . &ulB«3nv PRICES. 3 HARDWARE PACKAGE HOUSES. J-JANDY & BRENNER. NOS. S 3, at, AND ar NORTH fifth street , PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Tor the sale of all kinds of AMERICAN MANUFACTURED HARDWARE, AND WTORTBBI? OR - ■•— —- ENGLISH 'HARDWARE AND CUTLERY, Keep ooost&ntli on hxnd i Inrpe Block of Oooile to up plr Hardware Dealers. BUTCHER’S FILKB, ' By the oask or otborvrise. BOTCHER’S EDGE TOOLS, BOTCHER’S STEEL OF VARIOUS KINDB WRIQUT’S PATENT ANVILS AND VICES, SHIP CHAIN, And other kinds in every variety. SOLS AGENTS VOS HARP’S REPEATER PISTOL, WEIGHING ONLY 8H OUNCES. SHARP’S NEW MODEL RIFLES AND PISTOLS. IDWARD S. HINDI, ;HO.B. BBKtttUB. C. P, BKINNBD. &nt»-tf PACKAGE HARDWARE HOUSE—We would mMelfuUy o&H the attention of the Gene- El Hardware Trade to our extensive Stock of BIK fNGHAfiI HARDWARE, which we offer at a email vance by the package. . , „ , , Orders for direot importation solicited, and Goods de livered either ta tills city. New York, a r Ne w Orleans, W. G. LEWIS & Son, COMMERCE Street, rmporting and Commission Merchants, Aad Agents for Foreirn and Domestio Hardware. au23-tf CHINA AND QUEENBWABE. YyfflTE GRANITE AND CHINA TEA SITS, VINNER SETS, TOILET SETS, PRESSED GLASS GOBLETS, TUMBLERS, Ac AT LOW PRICES. WRIGHT, SMITH A CO., HO. 3 NORTH FIFTH BT. oW-Trfmtf noms Am> restaurants. Briggs house. Comer RANDOLPH and WELLB Street s, CHICAUO. WM. F. TUCKER Sc CO., Proprietor*. uMm* MURRAY HOUSE. UJ. , NEWARK, OHIO, Is the Urgent And beat arranged Hotel in central Ohio, t« centrally locatod and is eiuy of access from all the routes of travel. It contains all the modem improve ments, and ever; convenience for the comfort and ao* cottimodatutß of the travelon* public, JbeSJeMni Rooms are largo and veil ventilated. The puites oi Rooms are,well arranged and oftrofully furnished fot faimtleeana large travelling parties; and the House wil] b, *> P t« a firit-oIM, Proprietors. npilE UNION. X AHCHsiIbEET, ABOVE UPTON 8. NEWCOMER. The situation of this HOTEL is superiorly adapted to the want* of the Busmens FuWio; anotp those m eeatoh of pleasure, Pouenger Railroad*, which now run past, ana is close proximity, afford a cheap and pleasant ride to all places of interest in or &lxmt the oity. jySS-flto MEDICINAL. If RS. WINSLOW, tfJL *N EXPERIENCED NURSE AND FEMALE J gese: tothe^at teat!ton of mother her FOR CHILDREN TEETHING, irhioli fruMr facilitate. the simoom of teething, Jr eoft tning the «uraJ> reducing aU .inflammation! will «l|»r WELS. Pepend’upou it, mothers, it will give rest toyoureeires “belief and health to your infanta Awffifcrass Pi Wrt cmV I #'#kr has » b nI IrEISmNQE,TO KF a FECT A c6»B. dsp'SlffW'« % 5 experience, andpledge our 2 reputation for the fulfil ment of what we here de otare, In almost .every metonoewherethe infant {A [sßuffQTirisftom piun and sxsaustion, relief will be found m fifteen or twenty tnliiutee after the Bytup U v administered. . Thisvaluablepreparatlou © is the Preaanptionnr one jf the most EXPEJII* a ENDED and SKILFVL ffuaSES mKaw England S and ho« been naed with F OASES. „ It net only relieve* the <« child from pain, but,ln ritoratesthe stomach ana * bowels, oorreote aoKhty. nd fives tone and energy te to the whole system.—B <riU almost instantlyj*E Weve ORItINQ IN THE BOWELS AND WIND © COLIC and overcome oon mUlons. which, if natj speedily remedied, end in leath. we believe It the!” he»t widiure*t remedy n fe'Mrast teething or from any other) oaose. we would say to every mother who has al” child Buffering from any of the foregoing opDiplAints. s do not let your prejudices, nor the .prejudices a the re, stand between p WBU&B&J3 ua of uu« luedicmei ifL timely mod. Foil direc tion. Cot suing "orill aoqom « .any eMi bottle, None [emilne nnieM" the footing nmiil? oiCURTIB A PER w"Yart' lrß - lT ■MEDICATED VAPOR BATHS. 11l SULPHUR,HOT-Alii, endBTEAMIJATHR. Jtrect lll Siglfly recornmerßled brail the prinpiiml phrei emn, in tne mly fai Rteuma .sm, ak n B .e.™, gy philie. Couglis and Colds, Female Diseosos, &o. &c, Kepeoial accommodations for Ladies. oi7 Zm "OOGFING PAINT—A very superior nr- Snow white Zinc, (Yieille Montagna Company's.) ground m oil pore. Chrome Green, various shades, m oil, pure. a'.Yellow,' “ V. BRq<l» ground in oily pnre. rown,-p *' ~ DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. <SJN O W-SHOE SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS, SNOW-SHOE CANTON FLANNELS. SNOW-SHOE COLORED CAMBRICS. SNOW-SHOE CORSET JEANS. SNOW-SHOE TICKINGS. SOU SSLS EXCLUSIVELY BE JOSHUA L. BAIIxY. IMPORTER AND JOBBER, or FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, 213 MARKET STREET, nIS-tf PHILADELPHIA. 0 A R D. SOMERS & SNODGRASS', 34 8. SECOND. AND 23 STRAWBERRY STS., have in store a large stook 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. o2J-If QLtOTHS 11 CLOTHS lit (t STEELMAN, ' IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN CLOTHS, OASSIMERES, VESTINGS, No., NO. 53 SOUTH SECOND STREET, ABOVE CHESTNUT, Ate dail/ roccivinf additions to their already larye stook of FALL GOODS. Comprised in part of BLACK AND COLORED CLOTHS, “ 11 m BEAVERS " OASSIMERES AND DOESKINS, PLAIN AND FANCY CASBIMERES, SILK, VELVET, AND CASHMERE VESTINGS, 4c. N. B.—A variety of Cloths and Beavers suitable for LADIES* CLOAKS and MANTILLAS, all of which will be sold at reasonable prices. \\i T . S. STEWART & CO.. JOBBERS OP AUCTION GOODS, 305 MARKET STREET, ABOVE THIRD. Have now m Store a fall line of BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, BROCHK AND OTHER SHAWLS, BILK MANTILLA VELVETS, Of all grade*, and all the new fabrics in Dress Goods, to which we invite the attention of CASH AND PROMPT SIX-MONTH BUYERS, siMra gJITER. PRICE, & CO.. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. 816KARKET STREET, fd, WILLIAMSON & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS AND JOBBERS IN DRY GOODS, NO. 425 MARKET STREET, (And 414 Commerce street,! HTWHir roesru and ruin, itcmvaim. . . Oar stook, especially adapted to fiouthera aud West ern trade, is now lento COMMISSION HOUSES. COFFIN, & COMPANY, 116 CHESTNUT STREET, AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF A. 4 IV. SPRAGUE’S PRINTS. la great variety, including Chocolates, Turkey Reds Greens, Blues, B)iirtjngs, and Fancy Styles. BLEACHED SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS. Lonsdale, Masonville, Slateraville, Hope. Washington Union Milts, Bkototone, Cohannet, Johnston, Belvidere, Phajnix, fimithville. DROWN SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, AND OSNABURGS. Mato&oa* Virginia Family, Groton, Ettrlok, Eagle, Manchester, Meo’s & Farm’s, Block Hawk, Mercer A, Warren A, Farmers’, Riverside, Carr’s River, Klwelt. - . CLOTHS. Bottoroley'a, Pomeroy’s, Glenham Co.’s, and other makes of Biook and Fanoy all wool and ooiton warp Cloths m great variety. DOESKINS AND CASSIMERES. Greenfield Co., Saxtons River, Lewiston Falls, Steam’s M. Gay A Sons, Glendale, Berkshire Co., and others. SATINETS. Steam’s, • Aires & Aldrich, Taft k Capron, Minot, Charter Oak, Crystal Springs. Swift River* Carpenters’, Florence Mills, Carroll’s, Duhring’s, Conversville, Arc. BILESIAS.—Lonsdale Co.’s, Smith’s, and other mokes, plain and twilled, of aU colors. Fanoy Negro Stripes and Plaids. Jewett city and Irene Stripes, Denims, and Tiokings. Rhode Island and Philadelphia Unseys, Apron Checks, and Pantaloon Stuff's. Shepard’s and Slater’s Canton Flannels. Fisherville Co.’s Corset Jeans, &o. aufl-dtsepl—sepl-finJcwtf jpiROTHINGIIAM & WELLS, 36 LEIITIA STREET, AND 31 SOUTH FRONT STREET COTTONADES, Suitahlo for lx)th Clothiers oiid Jobbers, ininrco SUMMER COATINGS AND CASIIMERETT3 Made by Washington Mills. Orders taken for thase deslrahlo goods for Spring trudo. n)7-lf D. NELL, CLOTH STORE. NOS. 4 AND 0 NORTH SECOND STREET. OVERCOATINGS, CHINCHILLA, NOSKOWA. FHOSTEI), AND PLAIN BEAVERB, Alta, CABSIMEHKB, VELVETS, Ac., Ac., WHOLESALE AND-RETAIL. nl7-lf gHIPLEY, HAZARD, & UOTOIIINSON, • NO. 118 CHESTNUT ST., COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOR TilE SALE OF PHILADELPHIA-MALE GOODS. sS-fira ’SCALES. pc FAIRBANKS» PLATFORM SCALES. For sale by FAIRBANKS k. EWING. n»-ly 716 CHEBTN UT Street, Philo. m FAIRBANKS’ lIAY, COAL, AND CATTLE SCALES. ForsAtebr IFAHIBANKB it EWING, q2l-\j 716 CHKSTN UT Street, I’hila. m HOWE’S STANDARD SCALES.- jfew STRONG k ROSS PATKNT.-Coal, CMt}e,and w’W jj a - 8 0ft ieg require no pit. Platform and Counter Scale* of every description. They receive all Friction and Wear on Ball* instead of Kmfe Edges, r« <m othoi Hcalee. Call nod examine before purohaaing eisowhere, 0 5.j} m * Philadelphia. MARTIN & QUAYLE’S i’X STATIONERY. TOY, AND FANCY GOODS ■jITENTON LEMONS.—26O boxes Menton 1A LBroo °.,A , °^.gv^.yii»f^» l isyH%». qrin bbls, No. i herring-ioo half tWJT/bblA eilra Mnokmaw White Fi.h, in flora and TAYI-OR A CO.,lia .ndlfiNMlh VSTEDDING, Visiting, and Professional V . Card., exnonted In «tyla, b. S. MAROT. En graver, 43t CHESTNUT Street, a. K. oornor Fifth, 2d story. Poor and other plates made to order. Seals, Jewelry, «c., engraved. . nlMm* OEPINED StfGAR. —600 barrels varioua r m nm. flagtSK' PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1859. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1859 Ilcrnldry nnd Genealogy* Tiio study of Heraldry lias, fur many years, Been regarded as ono of those lighter amuse. monts which may legitimately occupy the idler moments of the wealthy gentleman,; or tho cursory attention of tlio antiquarian i but its practical uses have goncrally been Ig nored, and its quaint nomenclature has boon hold up to ridiculo by tho pretensions of a Tittlebat, Titmouse. It is regarded as an in stitution amongst tiro decayed relics of a by gone ago, when Feudalism was tho system amongst European nations; and it is, conse quently, associated with the ideas of Serfdom and Yillainago so uncongenial to our demo cratic notions. At first sight, it seems to bo one of tho chief agents of haughty exclusive ness. Such is a generally-received and popu lar impression of tlio subject. Heraldry, however, taken by itself, may, notwithstanding such prejudices, ho show n to contain much practical utility, and, although congoniai to a aristocratic regimu, It is, never, theloss, easily snsccptiblo of being adapted to tho tastes and iatcrcsts of more liberal com munities. Indeed, in tho study of History, no less than that of Antiquities, it may bo found a great assistance ; and to tlio advo cate in tlio examination of pedigrees in sup port of claims to lost Inheritances and lights in landed or other property, it frequently ren ders essential service, and, in such cases, not so much to tho wealthy aristocrat as to his long-forgolton kinsman whom many genera tions of poverty has reduced to a less fortu. nato social status. During tho troubles of flic seventeenth cen tury in England, and more particularly during tho reign of Ciiaw.es I, “ Tim members of tho opposition (1011) began to dospair’of tlio fortunes of their party, to tremble for their own safety, and to tall; of selling'their estates and emigrating to America and thus, many old and lionorablo families disappeared, and were heard of no more, and many poor men roso.rapidly to affluence. During these politicni emigrations, Armo rial Ensigns, to a groat extent, disappeared, and their existence was only preserved in the time-worn records of Herald Colleges, unim- liced and unclaimed. Vet it is not unworthy of note that, attached to most of tlio Stutc papers of tlio Republican parly when in power, the stout Roundhead's signature was almost iuvaviahly accompanied by his seal of Arms; and this is remarkable in that curious document, tlio warrant for tlio execution of Charles I, where, trots Rbajosiiaiv down- wards, including tlio well-known Col. GouCu, not a name occurs without its family seal. On tho more ancient tombstones and monu- ments throughout the West India islands, names peculiar to (ho above period, or at least more prominent in it, urn cynsbtntly met with, and tiie heraldic adornments am genera]]y sculptured, however rudely, with great accu racy. liy a reference to these, us the Impover ished descendants of (ho eaiiy settlers gradu ally recovered their fortunes by industry and perseverance, a clue was frequently obtained to llioir family origin, and tlienee to claims which otherwise would for ever have been lost. Where the population increases rapidly, and necessarily many persons bear exactly the same names, it appears desirable to distin guish one from another, and by no other means, saving that of great individual celebrity for .Jieraldy, albeit divested of its superfluous ceremonies and rules. The oxtcnsion of iumilius sometimes gives them nominally the importance of tribes, surfi ay the well-known Swrrity ami Joxrheh ; hut tliero are other families which, though numeri cally inferior, become so widely known that like the descendants of the good old knight in Do la Motto Fouque, (Talc of the Magic King), one feels an interest in connecting tho broken links which bto scattered over various countries; such names, for instance,are those of IjAWbekue, of Pampax, of Pens', of Ptn ninoton, of Lr.ori). That of Washington has the advantage of a more striking celebrity, and in the ono star of the first magnitude the smaller galaxy does not claim ho much atten tion. But it is those stars of the second mag nitude, so to speak, that do not appear conspi cuous at first, but which, by their frequent re currence in distinguished situations, claim our remark. It is pleasing to recognise in the ambassador to the Court of St. James tho descendant of the president of the English Counci] of State in lboß ; that, the magistrate, tho head of a corporation, or any gentleman distinguished in tho tralks of literature, had such and such ancestors whose known principles or genius have been transmitted, unchanged or modified, (but still recognisable,) to his remote descend ants. On the other hand, without such ante cedents, it can scarcely be tormed an unbe coming ambition in a prominent man amongst his fellow-citizens to dcsiro that Ills children should be remembered as the heirs of one who had faithfully discharged Ids duties to tho State. Benjamin Fraskmn hod'no long line of an cestry to refer to, but it would ho satisfactory for his descendants to be known aa of his pe culiar family—just aa the children and grand children of the Scottish bard have ft just right to be proud of tlie notice brought upon them by tho world-wide celebration of tho centena ry anniversary of the birth of Roimur Buiins, and which was scarcely less honored in Amer- ica than in tho country itself of Ids birth. Bid Burns whs a man who addressed hi* song to all nations, for be breathed the spirit of free dom ; not u conventional lreodom.suited to this or to that people, but tho freedom recognised by an honest and independent heart, fearless in its own rectitude. Now the descendants oft ho poet ploughman bear “heraldic anus;” not the arms of a feudal ancestry, but such as will forever distinguish tho family of tho haul from the host of un known persons of tho same name. The pas toral crook, tho shepherd's horn, and the “ wee modest crimson-tipped flowers'* are not surely unworthily placed on an escutcheon, (call it by what name may be most agreeable,) and may as honestly and piuudlybe main tained as UiLMvhcat sheaves oflbomicieut Earl of Ci/Ksnm or the fabulous animals which sup port the anus of; England's proud avMocracy. Suppose th it tho word shield or escutcheon were dispensed with and every householder, like. amavk-Mnson, had his peculiar device, (o bo used on a seal, the same being rceoidcd oflicially in his native town or dihtriet. The idea of feudalism would then mergo into an in- stitution of practical utility, ami such devices would bo classed with those borne by mercan tile firms, who Outs practically Acknowledge their use. On the other haud, thoso whoso ancestors boro anus in other countries might simply apply to .the herald’s colleges In those places, for copies of finch ancestral honors nud liavo them again recorded nt the now institution. From tho earliest days, under all form. 1 ? of government, no matter how moderate tho pre tensions, the pride of family has appeared more or less inherent in human nature. Tho He brews In the time of tho « Judges” preserved their genealogies as carefully us they did at the period ol their monarchy. History seems to prove that It Is rather under despotic Governments that tho distinctions of families aro neglected. It baa ever been bo amongst, tho Persians, tho Moguls, tho Turks, and othor Orientals j and the History of tho Empire of tho Homans shows that with tho rlso of the Cjesars commenced tho extinction of thoso great houses which had in better times been tho bulwarks of tho Republic. Many a well-educated man in England con siders tho anus of another equally his own, and that the caprice which adopts a peculiar badge hr cognizance may bo indulged by any ono indiscriminately. But it is often over looked that Buch a coat-ot-avms is personal property —either the* cheap reward of tho risk of life and limb or reputation In tho service of the Stato, or tho <c giridpro quo” which the honest citizen receives for his money and the respectability of Ms social rotations, \ Prior to the establishment of tho English College of Arms on a royal foundation, in tho reign of Richard 111, it was tho practice of the great feudal nobles, (each of whom gene wHr had hta own lusrald, as Somerset, IVUk wicic, CfcARKNCt, Oxford, &c.,) as a reward for good service in tho Held or council, to be stow on hta chief vassals some portion of his own coat of arms, varied, moro or less, ac cording to tho rank of the individual or the nature of tlio service performed. Tlioeo grants were recorded by tlio herald and his pursuivant or scribe. Others received the armorial device in commemoration of some marked event of their lives. Besides these arms proper, which were pe culiar to individuals, there wero badges and devices attached to great houses, nil the mem bers of which bore them. Tho Peiicts had their crescent; the Ncvim.f.b the bear and ragged stair j tho Mowbrayr had the mulberry tree; the Piantaoenets their yellow broom, (plantu genista;) Henry tho Seventh the rose nn<l portcullis; York had a sun in splendor, (“Now is the winter of our discontent mado glorious summer by tho son of York.”) But the chief badges ol tills family and its rival of Lancaster were, of course, the red and white roses, and, strange to say, such roses now bloom on tho Battle-field of Toivnton, and, ac cording to a prevalent belief, they will not bear transplanting. 01 tlio nature of badges aro the different heathers of the Scottish clans, and tho flowers adopted as such by various nations, as tho lily of France, the rose, thistle, and shamrock of England, Scotland, and Ireland. From tho sounding title, Herald's College, a stranger in. London might bo apt to imagine some imposing edifice, elaborated with florid Gothic ornamentation ; but even tho arms of the royal founder himself do not appear on tho smoke-begrimed and somewhat menu ex terior at Doctor’s Commons, in which the “ vot ct pneteroa nihil” of chivalry Is heard. “Kongo Dragon” and “Blue Mantle” can scarcely he recognised, ns they flit by in paletot or shooting coat, diverted of embroi dered tunic and emblems of oJlice. Indeed, heraldry, within its own demesne, makes but :i poor appearance compared with its gorgeous blazon on the stained glass of tho Houses of Parliament at YTestminater, oroii the panels of sumptuous eijuip.igos in Hyde Path. Yet, from tlio obscure recesses of that dusty court, at Doctor’s Commons, emanate those marks of honor and of antiquity which are so much coveted by att classes; lYicrc, too, Men tho secret, in somu forgotten pedigree, which might cause the rich man and his poor, ne glected kinsman to change places. The grandson of the last Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, was u joiner, and tho truo heir male ol the Percy* was a trunk-maker. It has happened that a poor woaver has been lakou from the loom to possess a title ami many a rich acre. Much as aims originating iu tho Crusades are now usLrmed by tho great, they wero iu their own day hold in little butter leputo by the uncompromising heralds than are now Ihe gaudy quaiteiings of the Xvvotux Jiictus. Hereditary arms are believed to have been rare before the crutof tho Omsades. The distinction was generally pevsouaL Even so late as the time of Froissart, wo read of tho renowned Sir John Cuaxdo* appearing in presence of the enemy in France iu a splendid azure sur eoiit-of-urms embroidered with tho Virgin and Child in gold, which gave such olicnco to a ThaPfitf fSlStifed VftitYdtinJF'spitoflilF/To^rrtil, “ How is it that you English can’t sec a hand some thing but what you must try to imitate Tlio devices on military standards often va ried with tin: mcusiuil.uud bore sumo allusion to (lie i'\i>ei)ili»n. Svef.o mentions a prince who, going against the Saracens, took lor his devk'O a crescent will: Ihu motto, *< I'lcnior ltortibo”—l sliall return fuller. Thus, also, IhcHAnn Ctcur <le l.ion, during his crusade, boro on his standard and bioad seal two cres cents, but on his return ho changed them to the full moon. In the earlier feudal ages, the eagle was a common cognisance in Germany, hut it was then always, according to nature, single headed. It owes the advantage of its second head to later princes and a more ambitious fade. The white eagle of l’otaud was a more re cent tho original emblem having been a horseman. Saxony likewise exchanged her golden horse for an eagle of the same de scription. The national arms of the United States are lemaikable as seeming to embody, to some ex tent, tho paternal arms of tin: great man whose name is so prominent in their annals, and the stars and stripes is perhaps unique as being tho only national coat of arms in the New World, winch is derived from the age of chival ry. Brazil lias her globe, .Mexico Ist eagle, but both avo the inventions of modem times, and bear no reference to the age in which such distinctions originated. Some curious superstitions were occasional ly mixed up with the armorial achievements of iam'ilies, and it used to be believed that, as in ttie instance of tho ducai house of Gwi.vsr, tlm ioopaid was n proper bearing for families derived from faeiy amours. This odd idea is mentioned, by Sir IVai.ti:u Seorr, and like wise by Misers, but why tliis animal should enjoy tins distinction it seems difficult to as certain. In tlio heraldry of tile Germans, Italians, and Spani.uds, (here are many pecnllaiiiies: in tho first, tin' multiplicity of crests in tho old families; in tho second, many rations forms of escutcheon, amt in all a great variety of tinc tiircs, both of the arms themselves and ol the mantling, which tatter in England it lias been customary to limit to two colors. The noble blood of Spain w as largely diluted with that of tlm Jews,a circumstance the move remuikablo as in tlmsv days the faithful were regarded as scarcely better, if not even woise, than the Votaries of Mohnmmol. Tim Italian knights luid'scarcely a nation ality, but at Constantinople tlio flower of chi valry assembled to .joust at tournay, and that then but little-known capital was the scene of many a stem tale of knight-eiranlry, and there, too, Kussia first luised her bead among I in: Varangian Guards. During tho last few years an interest has sprung up in America for those curious social lieasuvies. The older paiochial registers of the ■State, and many recent publications treating on this subject, have appeared at New Yoilc amt Albany. Mr. Savauu has lately cuiifiibiited a valu able addition to the genealogical literature ol America. Scnoouu.u'T, lh'xu.inv. and Min in v am other names connected with the same I subject in itiu walks ot biography, and tlio works of Mr. Join. M uts'sei.i, of Albany, Il lustrate tho value to bo attached to that de scription of literature, which so greatly en hances load associations, while embodying tho materials for future histories, which otherwise would moulder away unregarded by a largo vlass, ill tlio musty archives of public oilicos, until touched irremediably by Time’s effacing finger. 'These gentlemen nro tlio Dvoualik, and Lvsoss, and Camukhsol' the New World, and however little the present generation may lie disposed to encourage such laborers, it is almost certain that posterity will recur to their volumes with increasing interest, and acknow ledge itself their debtor. To urge a plea for heraldry in tho present utilitarian days seems almost as ungrateiul a task as to attempt to hotd discourse with Be nvo.Nis’ mummy} with tlio hope of worming oat the secret of four thousand years. Novor tlieless, let tho subject bo dealt with as ono ca pable of boing adapted to the present progres sive stato of tlio civilized world. Eot its luoro awtiquated proportions bo curtailed i givo it tho garb, in some measure, of ovary-day llte; and if we smile at the klco of Eglintown tonr- I iißtncnts and grotesquo Lord Mayor pageant i' rles, let us Mot forget that our Ibrcliithorfl meant nioro Ilian wo poo on tho emblazoned surface. These worthies of old wero, in their own fashion, no less practical-men than onr selvcfl, and tlio lilies homo on tho banners of tho Anglo-Normans wero more than meaningless playthings in tho hands of an Eiavard or a Henry. They were the symbols of a claim or ft purpose, as other devices were tho tokens of memorable deeds. PERSONAL ANl> POLITICAL. , United States Sf.xatons ix Washington.— Tho following Sonntora aro now in Washington anil have taken quartern for (ho sosrion, a 3 follows : I/on. Wm. M. Gwin, of California, corner of l and Nineteenth atreots; Hon 11. M. Rico, of Minne sota, Minnesota row, I street; Hon. Joseph C. Lnno, of Oregon, Brown’s llotol; lion. J. P. Ben jamin, of Louisiana, corner of II and Sixteen and a Half streets; Hon. D. L. Yulco, of Florida, I streot, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth; Hod. John Slidell, of Louisiana, 312 H streot; Hon. L Trumbull, of Illinois, 451 Eighth street. fjf* Theodore McD. Price, a wire-walker, re cently walked a wire extended from tho gable window of tho “ Union Hotel,” In Danville, Pa., to tho “Montour Housedistanco of about ono hundred and thirty feet, and retraced his slops bnckwnrd. VaF* Tho Warren learns (bat J. Y. Janies, Esq., bns been awarded tho contract for building nil tho station-houses on the Sunbury and Erio Railroad, between Warren and Garland. laT*Murray Whallon, Esq., bus resigned tbo position of collector of the port of Eric, nnd C. M. Tihbals, Esq., hna been appointed In his place. ÜBPRESEXTATIVn FROM UftKOOV.—“ lOD,” the Washington correspondent of tbo Baltimore Skit, *aya: “ Mr. Logon, tho defeated ’Republican candi date for Congress from Oregon, has given notice that ho w|ll contest tho clectiou of Mr. Stout, the returned member. Should tbo Republicans obtain tho ascendancy in tho llouso, they may put Mr. Logan in Mr. Stout’s seat, and thus secure tho vote of another State, in case tho election cornea bcfbio Ihe House. Tho admission of Kansas wilt give thmn another State. It la true, tho Senate may resist iho admission of Kansas, upon tho ground that hor State Constitution was not framed iu accordance with tho English bill; but this is hardly probablo.” LoriNiiXA Election.— The Democratic Gover nor and Stato officers aro elected in Louisiana by from 7,000 to 10,000 majority. Their majority in tho Stato Senalo will bo eight, nnd in tho Houso twenty-five, insuring the election of aUnltcd States Senator. It is supposed that Senator Slidell will bo ro-elected. _ A Mix WKARfVd Hoop 4 !.—A person supposed to bo a female, giving tho nume of Anna Tage, wn* arrested in Savannah, On., on Monday, wearing very extonded hoops. An examination, hewever, showed that tho person was a malo. On his exami nation ho stated Ms narno to bo Charles Williams. Tho Savannah }\rpnbtiean says lie converses freely ami well, and with all of tho action and dclicate toned voico of a woman. JIo is an exqulsito coun terfoil, and seems up ri> tho arts of the sex, aseumes tho female admirably in his mnuners and deport ment, wears her clothes gracefully, and they aro arranged with a certain degreo of taste, wholly in consistent with tho habits of males. The mayor sentenced him to prison for ten days. It appears by tho action in this case that the exclusive uso of hoop* is one of u Woimiu’a Rights ** Is Jons Jinow.v Jistified rv tiik Tnuouv or Nun no Hnsromu ’—lf old Brown's case was in n Federal cuurl, and (he doctrluo that is promulgated in reference to tho Territories were rccoguiscd us good hnv by (he Federal judiciary, his acquittal would he inevitable. For, if it bo true that the ci* ti7.cn of i.uy Stale can go into a Territory of tins Union, with what h recognised as property by tho laws of his Stnto, and hold it ns rtich, despito ter ritorial or Federal power combined, nu the ground , that tho Territories art* the “ common property of nil tho ,Stab's,” acquired by their “common bio**! and common treasure,’' it Follows that n citizen of any Slate has ♦hogauia right to enter tho arse nals and dock yards of tho United Stales, with his property, or wlmt is recognised d 3 property in bis nntivo 6tato, ami canuot bo ousted by either Federal power or any other power, fur tho ronton that tho arsenals and dock yards of the V aUed states arc in a like manner as the Territo ries the “ common property of all the States,” es tablished or erected by the common blood and com mon treasnro of tbo whole country, dsor can old IJrowu, if this theory be corroot, be dealt witli as a for H is nn “ nxi rnon canuot proceed against a cotenant for exerci sing nets of nwnershmnvorprupcrlv so held in com mon and undivided. Brown having simply removed into tho V. S. armory at Harper’s Ferry—the com mon property of tbo citizens of tho several States— with hifl property (lukltcit. Sharp’s rifles, and other munition* of war, accompanied with his white and black servants), he could not ho rightfully evict cd flora his own demeutc ; nor could his property bo l 'Cimfl*Mitcd ” or declared to bo ;/<i pm/avry, hy tbo Federal Government, for it Ins been solemnly de cided by the highest judicial tribunal that Con gress power to say what Is or what is not property In any case; nor could tho thing bn done by tho Oovorninont employees at Harper's Terry, for it will not bo contended that Congress can dele gate a power it doer not ilfelC possess; nor hy the peoplo of Harper’s Terry, for sovereignty has not yot descended upon them ; nor by tho Slate of Vir ginia itself, for it U«s no jurisdiction over tbo Uni ted States armory grounds at Harper’s Ferry, it havincycedcd it to tho United States. Hence, tbo ! conclusion is irrcaistiblo that old Brown, in enter ing the United States armory at said Harper’s Terry, is vindicated and acquitted by tbo Eublhno theory and tbo *' axiomatic principles’* of the law of negro despotism, and must tnertforo bo dis charged without delay, this jaw of negro despotism be correct, but which, wo insist, is eirre glouslv absurd and ridiculous! —ifrr [Mr.) Ape. ' Close Votixo.— At tho late election’ in Mary land, thero were several remarkable cases of close voting. In Calvert county there is a tie for com missioners, and in Dorchester n tio for sheriff. In the latter county the Democrats loao a delegate by it vote?, am] in Somerset the American candidate R elected sheriff by a mnj. of 2. Purnell’s maj. in Dorchrstor is l,in Cecil 2, and Caroline 4 vote s. In Carroll couuty, M’obstcr, American, is elected Stnte’s attorney by 1 vole?, aril in several other cases thoro arc similar results.—.S/w. * Libel suits aro about being tried in Greens burg, Westmoreland county, against tho editors of tho Pittsburg Depart// ami Pittsbjjrg Po*t. Tho alleged offence is publishing tho remarks of n oounscl in court in a caso tried in Pittsburg against tho plaintiffs in tho present libel Fiats. Tho question involed is whether a report of a por tion of tho proceedings in a court of justice in a newspaper is libellous. G, A. Nicolls, L?q., of Heading, Superin tendent of tho Reading Railroad, is mentioned by tho Reading papers ns a proper person to succeed Mr. Cullen as president of the road. £'£?'* The Pottsvillo Mining J!rr,ira says: “ Du ring tho present weak a number of clerks ami others holding minor positions in tho eu«tom*hobso and post-ofiko in Philadelphia have been removed for an alleged violation of some rule or other* laid down by pomebody or other, for the government of tbo Democratic party. We arc not familiar with tho mysterious workings of the political machinery in Philadelphia, but it strikes us that the controll ing powers there aro waking tho slaughter too in discriminate. If a second Procrustean bed has been erected, and every man is to bo lopped off or htrotclied out until ho fits R, wo imagine that the Democracy of the Quaker City will soon bo ‘ whit tled down to a point.’ ” Thb Artevm.v Well of our public-spirited townsman, Frederick Laucr, LVp, had reached « depth of Idiot) foot on Wednesday evening last, with tho drill working through dark gray sand stone at tho ruto of four and a half toot every twenty-feurhours. Operations aro continued day aud night, and by this morning a depth of 1/140 feet will probably bo attained. Wo aro gratified to hear that indications of tho required flow of water uro becoming moro and moro encouraging. Tho change uftho rock from ImicstouotosamlstoDP is regarded as favorable. and it is believed that as soon «.<* the present strata is penetrated an abun dance of wiUor will bo obtained. Mr. h. has fa vored us with specimens of the borings brought up from a depth of 1 feet, which tho'-o of our reader? wlm uro curiuu* in such matters arc in vitod to cult and seo ill this oflico— JJc/X\ mui Hckuyt.UU Journal. L^ j M- Do Montalcmheif, who was prosesufod a year ago, in France, for writing a political article offensive to the Euipcror, has again incurred tho imperial displeasure, by writing an nrticlo on Italian affairs, in which ho freely criticises tho conduct of tho Italians, and of Franco anil Fug. laud. It was proposed lo prosecuto him again, but, on reflection, it was decided to ivuc a “warning’’ to tbo journals which publish bis artiolo. M. Do Monlalembert condemns tho Jato war, and tbo encouragement which it has given to Insurrection, and sarcastically remarks: “It ißknown that tho Tuscan Government has just decided that statues shall ho erected to Ma* chiavclli at tho eatno time ns to tho Emperor Na poleon 111 and King Victor Emmanuel.” Stnto General Committeo of Missouri hnvo appointed tho 4th day of January next as tho timonhen tho Democratic Stato Con vention should meet to appoint delegates to Charleston. J-lP Mr. Dowo, tho proprietor of tho monster balloon, has again postponed his transatlantic aerial voyage to a future day, ns yet unseated. call of the Stato Committee of the People's party of this Stato for tho next State Con vention designates Fehrnary 22, 1800, as the day Upon which it is to he held, and it is " to Indicato their choice for tho next Presidency, nomlnato a oandldato for Governor, form nn electoral ticket, appoint Senatorial, and to designate the time and mode of electing Diotriet delegates to the National Convention, and to transact such other business as may bo deemed necessary to insure ruccess nt tho general election.” Tni CaMFOBXTa SnXATOpstrrr —Governor Wel- ler has appointed Judge 11. P. Hnnn, formerly ol Kentucky, United States Senator, to fill tho va cancy cnnsed'by tho death of Mr. Droderlck. TWO CENTS. CS*'* Judge Parker* at the instance of Qot. 'Viso, has handed ovor Stoptiens, one of the liar* por'a Ferry conspirators, to Mr. Martin, United States marshal for the "Western district of Vir ginia. Unless, therefore, tho prisoner, who is ae verely wonnded, should die boforohand, the trial will take place before Judge Broekenbrougb, in Staunton, in May next. The object of tho trans fer is, aa is well known, to compel the attendance of certain parties at tho North as witnesses. The trial will bo without appeal, as, from the peculiar legislation affecting tho jurisdiction of tills Fede ral district. Judge Taney has decided that no Cir cuit Court for tho United States can be held therein. Consequently, all such cases as Ibis, in which otherwise an appeal would lie to a United States Circuit Court, must bo final. Dakßkr is the United States Cot'jiT.—ln the United States Circuit Court at Pittsburg, last week, several days were taken np by the case of McLaren <t Farwot! r». Rody Patterson, late sher iff of Allegheny county. In ISSS, one of the plain tiffs, Mr. Farwcll, was in partnership with Mr. McLaren, tho present proprietor of “ Dan Rice’s Great Show,” Mr. Rico having previously disposed of bis intorcit in the establishment. The same year, while the exhibition was In Pittsburg, eight horses attached to it wero seized for a claim Of some four hundred dollars, alleged to be duo by Dan Rico, (but which he repudiated,) and sold to meet tho claim. Tim suit referred to was brought to recover damages for this seizure. Among the witnesses on the stand was tho celebrated humorist himself, whoso answers on tbo stand frequently brought down tho court, jury, and spectators in a roar of laughter. Ono of the Tittsborg papers says that ho never appeared to better advantage, and after a rigorous cross-examination of about fivo hours, descended from tho stand the observed of all observers. Tho case was conducted for the plaintiffs by Judge Shannon and Mr. Fetierman, and tho following paragraph from tho Pittsburg Chronicle ot tho 19th gives tho result: Tnt* End ot* thb “Great Shom'” Cask—i,v- SiißHiHr Patterson Minted in Heavy Dv »< lPi v : , —Tho casoof ifcLarco and Farwcll vs. Ex- Sheriff Patterson, reported in our last issue, went to tho jury yesterday under a brief and learned chargo from his honor Judge McCandless. Pii honor thar as the defcnco had failed to show fraud in tho transfer ot tho property, ho was bound with the concurrence of hta col loaguo on tho bench, Justice Grier, to let all the (acts go to tho jury. There were but two points in llio case • First. Was the salo made by Mr. Rico to Mr. McLaren a fraudulent one land sec ondly, iF not fraudulent, U what amount of damages woro tho plaintiffs entitled? On the first point tho jury had all the facts before them ns dotailed by the and should judge , for themselves. Thoy had heard, among others, 1 Mr. Rice, and he was free to say that that gentle man had exhibited the utmost candor and frank ness on the stand. He had been submitted to a rig orous had full and freoev planation utxm nil matters on which he was inter- Ho had told tbo jury motives which urged him to make the salc. Illness had, at the tlmo, been induced by the wear and tear, mentally and bodily, which tbo charge, financially and other wise, of bis vast establishment Involved, and for this reason he was advised to disjtosc of his inter est in it. The transaction appeared to the court to bo fair and. honest in all respects. Was there anv evidence to tbo contrary before tho jury’ His honor continued in this strain fur sotuo time, and closed by remarking that if Messrs. Kissim A Keller, the plaintiffs in the execution, had been made defendants in the suit, the jury would have been at liberty to assess vindictive damages; bu» as this was not tho case, they should mike them compensatory only. The jury retired shortly be fore four o clock, and returned into court soon af terwards with a \crdict lor plaintiffs for sl,.*h>d. Jitter from New York, Tin: vi ian nr monthly von ueckmufr, and who w RUTS IT—THK \TL.VNTIC WALLOON: COLONEL ITLLEU- VK IBI.V EXPENSES OF Tn>: MUCK DE* rniTMF.NT—THE CRODKKirK OB«SqriEs: TEEL tv. AO.UN*T A SL’XDAV CKREUu.VML—TDB »l«. IOUU-AL SOCIETY AVI» THE EOT FTIAN UlbElM—- THE FIRST HANK 'IONLMV.NT LEftEKE C.OVEHNOF RANKS—THE DR IT TONS —THEATRICALS. 1 Correspondence of Tho Tri’** 1 New YoeKi Nov. li>, 1559. I bavo early sheets of the December number of tho Atlantic Mon^ly—the first bearing the im print of tho new proprietors, Messrs. Ticknor A Fields. It opens with wbut promises to be a very readable paper entitled "The Experience of Sam uel Absalom, Filibuster.” Following this is the usual amount of “Minister's Wooing;” next, a sketch of “ Thomas Paine in England and France,” embodying facts and incidents uot hitherto gener ally known. “ Ulkanab Brewster’s Temptation ” is by Miss Priscilla AxtclL, who commences it by ex pressing this jolly Biblical criticism: “I was always of Iho opinion that the fruit forbid den to our grandmother Kvc was an un lipo apple. Eaten, It aflliried Adam with the first colie known to this planet. He, tho weaker sorrowed over bis transgression : but Tdoubt if Eve’s repentance was thorough ; for tho plucking of unripo fruit has’been, ever since* a favorite hobby of her son* and daughters, until now our mankind ha* got itself into meh a chronic state of colic that even Dr. Carlyle declares himself unable to prescribe any Morrison’s pill, or other remedial measure, to alley tho irritation.” A neat litMe poem, “ Magdalena,” follows, from the pen of Miss Nora Terry, of Providence. Next, “ Strange Coun tries for to See,” n dashing sketch, by Dr. J. W. Tnloicr, one of tbo cleverest ord raciest of Ameri can magarinUtfl. Next, a story by E. H. llousc entitlcd “Beauty at Billiards'' Following, arc ” Italy, 1559,” a poem ; “The Aurora Borealis,” by Georgo H. Prescott. Boston; “Tho Professoral tho Breakfast Table,'' and the usual bock notices by the editor, Lowell, and others. The number, on the whole, is one of which the new pub lishers may fairly be congratulated You need not bo surprised lo bear tbo name of Colonel Hiram Fuller mentioned m (bo editorial gentleman who, it is said, will accompany Profes eor I.owe on bis aerial voyage across tho Atlantic. Co!. F. haa nertc enough, is fond of adventure, and tlic \ cry man to mako a graphic narratixe of this flying trip. Fhould it result successfully, It would connect his name with one of the notablo events of the age. Tho expenditure? of the police department of tin? city for tho year past amounted to tho respecta ble aggregate of $1,167,3.111. The total number cf men connected with tho force, including superin tendents, captains, officers, surgeon.*, detectives, and patrolmen, is 1.C09. rtfs stated that the relative number of convictions to arrests is steadily increas ing, and that tho long terms of imprisonment im posed by the courts have tended materially to di minish crime against property. The Broderick obsequies, which were to have taken place uu Sunday last, but were justpuned id consequence of tho driving storm, will ccrtaiuH take place to-morrow, if the weather clears up. or which (hero is, at the present writing, con.-idcrable doubt Homo fi\o hundred of the most reputable of tho city have addrr-ccd to the committee of at rnngmncats an cnrnotdprotest the proved ceremonial, urging them <<* dtfer it to s<uac week day; they claim that thcro is no precedent for ouch a demonstration on the Habbntb. that no ur gency compels tho abandonment of the domctdic. religious, or benevolent engagements of that day, in outer t» pay respect to tbo memory of tho de ceased Senator, and that tho national custom of deferring until the following day the celebration of the Fourth of July and 2s T cw Years, when they fall on Huuday. is abundant reiison why the proved demoustrntion should not tako place to-morrow. Tho urguutcuts of tho remonstrants arc forcible as to tbo impropriety of the day selected. The only reason adduced by its promoters, is that the members of the Fire Popartment are quite at lei sure on Hundav, and could iu greater number*, and without 10-s of time, join in tho procession. I was •t warm admirer of tho lato Hcoator, and should havo been gratified, in common with hundvds of others, if some other day had been selected than Holiday. Tho Historical Society of this city, whhh is rapidly growing in public etiolation, and is des tined to bo ivn honor t« the country. proposo to purch.'i-e, for s>‘>i),oot) f tbo Egyptian Museum of Mr. Abbott. $20,000 towards tbo amount bare already been raised. On Saturday nest, tho 2t»th instant, tho first of n series of ten lectures will be given, at the Acade my of Music, itt aUI cf the Kano Monument Fund- The lecturer will'bo Goieruor llauks, of Mo»sa* cusetts. Among tbo gentlemen who arc to follow him arc Professor Mitchell, Henry Ward Beecher, E. H. Chapin, George W. Curti*, and Bayard Taylor. Tho high intellectual and social position of tho gentlemen having in charge this commenda ble work, and the popularity of the speakers who jito to lecture in its behalf, may, with entire con fidence. be relied upon to secure the amount re quired to erect tho monument complete. Tho Draytons, by their own sterling merit and tho effective managerial ability of Mr. Barmuu, are daily bocoming more popular with tho public. At a performance recently given by them In Brooklyn, over four hundred persons wereunablo to obtain admission to tho concert-room. Thppo la Jialhlnif particularly notewortby at the theatres. During tho week post, nu new plays have been presented, and none are under Ined for the week to come. AtWallaek's, John Brougham's 1* "P.omauee and Reality” will be given this evening, with a very strong cast. l’noviDSSTUi..— By otto of thoso peculiar ,tr«n*nsat!ooi of Providence, for which we are at particularly grateful, we Bare only had une Quid explosion during the rat week. The victim was a Mra. Pote, living on Aeh street, above Girard avenue. The explosion tookplace on Satur day evening at seven o’clock We regret to say that Mrs. Pote iraa badly injured. "•/ * jt4x THE WEEKLY PRESS. T®* W<k*t PiEji till to ftnt to Sabeentoi* to mail (per annum. is advance.) at «xm Three Copies* ** “ * Five Copies* *' - •* 'feu Copies. ** 44 Twenty Copies/ 4 ** Twenty t opiet, or o rtr 44 each Subscriber,) ., —~... Fut a Club of Twenty-one or over, w prillsend catr» copy to the fetter-up of tto Club. ■9" Fofltnisster* Are rtaoeataf to net as aftai* £>r Ta* WtfjtLt Pee*4. CALIFORNIA FB£S9« I».neo etuii-JIoMMj m tuns for tits Ctlilom 1 * Steamer*. An Anglo.lruh Confederation. iFrotn the new frisk paper, ** News from No sensible man or journal, that wo are aware of, believed "in the Anglo-French u it ru called, during the Crimean war. Ru*l* had bees coquetting, at about 000 and the *aae time, to form ft league with Frapee to counterbalance England, and with England to counterbalance France ; while she bereeif cherished the intention of wooing and winning the “Sick man” of Turkey. Flatter-fag inducement* were held oat to either, which might have seduced both; but Raida, like many a dashing young Lady, iin own Catharine IT, for instance, was more bold than discreet in her amours—her dft sigus were discovered, and the deeeived.Tonths had nothing to do but fall in with each other, when they had fallen out with her: “ A follow feeling makes us vrondrotu kind.” The war went on. What was the result? The mad charge of a rifle brigade Inspired the poet laureate of England, and all the parodists of Eng land and America ; a young Iriab lieutenant, R«~ dan Aisssy, fought himself prematurely, though V llO ht'o-ship; an English girt, Florence i> igntiogsie, won a crown, such as only the touch* iug heart and fortitude of a woman on a deed of comfort and mercy can win; but a eouple of French generals won that for the French arms which French men and the French nation mostly adore—military glory! It is a Frenchman who, wears the title of Due He Malaiojf. It Uin Paris that old landmarks are torn down to fee replaced hy *> Boulevard de Sebastopol. The French sent the In tag monument of their glory at the Mala* koff as ambassador to England. Ono of the very latest illustrated journals of London gives us a pjctcro of the building, in the heart of Franca, of the boulevard to commemorate French glory at Sebastopol. The assumption of France to the gloi7 of tho Crimean war is conceded, a fact which does not speak well for the lovingras of an allianso between the so-cilled allies. Napoleon, tho nephew of St. Helena, dictated a despatch from Wicdeor Castle: Victoria, the grand* daughter of Waterloo, slept in the TaDeriet, and visitod the mammoth arsenal at Cherbourg; and yet dissatisfaction is felt by the subject* of the one, and trepidation by the subjects of the other facta which also speak doubtfully of an Anglo-French alliance. Napoleon ctco kissed Victoria: feat all feel it was the bead, and not the heart, of France, which dictated the set. A late and prominent Loudon journal condenses what has been felt for some time, and admits that “ the crisis has come at lari;” that it is becoming a very general opinion in England that the Emp? ror of tho French has decided upon a rupture be* f«rc long, but console* itself with the belief that 'be navy of England, with its growing accession of -tren‘»th,wUl “In a few rears” be able to defy »ho nary of the world; and thinks it probable that Mr. lilailrione was not far wrong when he told the House of Commons, last session, that six month# would sotilo the question of peace or war. Con tinuing these views, and in part proof thereof, tho same journal aaya; Not the least f u . tore of tho situation i« the taet that one of the semi official organs of the French Government ha# 'bought the present a fitting time to indita a lead ing article on ‘The Woes of Ireland ’—while Mr John Mitchei is in I’irii ‘egging on * bis country men, through the columns of the IntAotam-, to ex pect the advent of the Emperor Napoleon’s Inva ding ho*f?. It is easy to cry ‘peace, peace,* but everybody knows the denunciation upon those who raise the cry when ‘ there Is no peace.’ ” So much for the .relatione of England with the ?t«at fighting nation of Europe. With the other great empire? of Europe ber position u not more friendly or reliable. She cannot rely on Austria, for Austria fufud the eouM not rely on her in the Utewar: any more than England eogld lad are the Uou&o of ilspeburg to scud its double-headed Eagle into tho Crimea in ’M. She is allied to Prussia, hut ro was Rasria to Austria, and England will be rido to uiakc a* much use of Prussia as Roses was of Austria In the Crimean war; and that was— so at all. between England and Rada there is not only not the slightest sympathy, but the most undisguised antagonism in feeling and purpoee. Everv false step of the former in the East only al» lows time ,<,r the latter to overtake ber. Even Spain is bidding for some of the enthusiasm which Ibo Iriih ancestry of MacHahon has won for 'he French in Ireland. There are G’frmaeUs in Spain with a? proud Tri*h biriory behind them as 'be Due de Magenta, and a Spanish journal throws -iut a feeler for one of them. Iji JU r/a pnbllshes 1 prophecy to the effect that Ireland will be de •ivered by an 0 Donnell—a red-haired man of small daturc, with a natural dgu on his arm. “Me witl <tart from Spain, and vanquish the English In » <**rriUc battle fioath of Iceland.” In addition to Hiti, tho Fsna prints a letter froia Gibraltar, -toting that tbelrbh sailors 00 board of the Eng, tish lue& of-w&x know this prophecy, and that serious Affray* bav© already taken place between them and their English shipmate#. In this position, it is England to wonder well on the char&c ter of hex more immediate ncUhbora and sources of nutriment. She has, if all tho prognostications b© correct, nothing to ppi end everything to lose.- Tbo woes of Ireland la the old and cver-new source of disquietude within and annoyance from without A litUc over kixty yean ago, French appne£s> ' ‘Awo«af CreUad'* xniflit, bat for * gut otitic* power of steam, and soch an endtD|pTra£fe molher Frcuch armament for the *• woes of Ire* !and“ could scarcely happen. These are indisputable facts. They are signs of ♦he times which it behoove* every one interested in too oM country to consider. They embody “ News from Home ” # wbieh deeply interest* a largo i-ortion of the present American family, and m the consideration of it wo aro led into a calm con* elusion, which, under somo circumstances, might ta found most available for the barmomiingof •fcoso “woes of Ireland ” to which the French Journal so pointedly alludes. It would, moreover, 'onciliato the refnetonr classes which exist in England and Scotland, By representing them sad legislating for them ; and while it would bare the effect of consolidating the interests of ail, our view, \C tamed out, could not but elevate the In- Imdual nationality of Ireland, England, and Gotland- Tbow ctmldren of the Old World who enjoy tbo benefits of the State and Federal institution! of thij Confederated Republic; those who beheld thirty rbrce separate and individual nations—having their own laws, customs, and peculiar institution!, with every variety of climate and resources— forming the mighty fabric of the United State* of North America; those who believe is the mutual interests of these thirty-three States, and the suited ;lory and perpetuity of all; those who see the hap piness of all here. aDd tho moral attitude presented o the world by this Republic, must admit that, in suggesting such a confederacy for the British Islands, we are guided by the fact* of history, which bless ourselves and our fellow adopted eiti- erd Xone may ray what might result from s French inv.irion of England, and the arming of Ireland by Napoleon. Who can tell whether McMahon, if he umegot »nto Ireland, would ever leave it? Who -i n tell but Ireland would be made another Rome, •Tensibly saved, but actually ruled by the French defenders. Yet, whatever might become ©fire land —whether she would be Independent, or only change masters—one thing is certain : England would be tho sufferer—the lasting sufferer. Our suggestion, therefore, while in behair of Ire land. is of the deepest importance to English Statesmen. If they would look steadily, honestly, and self-protcctively at the state of affairs, they would see that a confederation—allowing the mo narchical head—would be the most impregnable harrier against invasion. Ireland with a Home Legislature—Scotland with a Homo Legislature, and England with a Homo Legislature; ell transacting their own interna] af fairs in the most sovereign manner, with a compact »f confederation; the national affairs conducted by a Congress or Ch'uocil of Representatives of each, fo sit consecutively in London. L>ublin, and Edin burgh—this would give to Irish life and resource, to Scotch industry, and English strength, an impf tui which all who kn«w anything of the national characteristics must admit would t>e not only im portant. but is a grand and living necessity. If Eugit'h Matomen wuu’d take this suggestion to tUcir heart?, leading English journals would not He frmlmg at those who are erring peace when there is no peace, and if tboio who are laboring for Tri-li Yntiomlity—earnestly, honestly, patriot!* -ullv be it s.iiJ—would also take it to theiT hearts, they miffht deem labor devoted to the furtherance of juch’t* project not giteu iu vain. If Ireland cannot fight on her own account, would not each an agitation give those who think and act for Ireland tho most hopeful and salient chance* of success. U'k-m ttia S>JiLikeci!j»<r.T.»>Qs* General Stambaugh, wo are informed, eaters the field on Tuesday next, and purposes, m the first pirt of Ws duty, making an honest and critical ex* aminatiuu of tbe surveys hitherto reportod. We >mve formed a very agreeable acquaintance with tbo General, and bate ourselves full confidence that be will do justice to all parties. He is one of thoso gentlemen of whom we hive read, whom isouall cannot trouble, but who. in stonn and calm, looks at biseonscicnee and his chart of honor, and i? governed by them. \Vc understand'be punoses commencing at the tniii.'il puiut on tbo southeast corner of Templo Fdock. nnd making his surveys first towards tbo Confidently do we recommend oorfriends ird fellow citixens tn render tho General alt the in tbeir power. fie too* invited to join him in hi-* find tour, audwill probably be accompanied by, bis excellency Governor Camming. hfrjoT Smoot, <\nd several others, lead Log officials of the Terri tory. It would hardly bo safe to trust either of us ,«o far sway from home, else the UTouniainter might bo represented in the party also; but we shall hear from them and tell of their field notes. The surveying of the public lauds in Utah is a sub ject of general interest to our citiuns. All should feel engaged in it. They should lend their cordial helping hand in the matter; and we fool assured the? will. The title of surveyor general no longer means inquisitor general. General Stambaugh s •commission and instructions do not authonte .turn to make war upon the religion and industry of the citizens, as an Apology for meagre, imperfect, and, perchance, fictitious surveys- He is instructed to ,lo his duty as survevor general, and no more nor lie will do it. I/e has the principle of honor native-born in him, that will thus impel him ; and tvc will allhelphim. Utah has always aided honest ofr.oiels in tho disohirgo of their honest constitu tional duties- Who says to tho contrary “is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 1 ' Gen. Stambaugh, success to you, sir! Give, as we feel you are disposed to do, both sides, accusers and accused, fair play. Look at the people, and the results of their hard labors, and teU those of your own Pennsylvania, where wealth and honesty generally go hand in hand, if such things « barren deserts are the fruits of lunate nee or reunions depottsm. In fact, sir, pardon our monninu»«r troth nnd eluune the devil** The King of the Sandwich Islands, Xamebaaeka, rM.ntlv snot his prirate secretary, H. A. HaQaon, .Tth e riflc pWol or short riflo, the bell taking effect in the breast, near the lowestrib, end peering upwardiyth rough tho body. Atemitwusnp nlnd the wound was mortal |bnt it is now believed tfJnson will recover. The causmof the rash eon dnet Of the King was jealousy, bat be now aequlta his queen al *d bieilson of all blame. ; — not (to one ad dr am) ftpp (toaddraaeof The Xcw Snrreya.
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