. 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.
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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.
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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. ;
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