||B';'\ v»uo«for the tint ordered* r,-' .‘ ■ '• I '■ / im- ' TRi-wEEKiVPRBss* —■- , , '■■- r ;■■ ■ ■■■ .. . ’ ’r.'.'7— jp..; - vol. 3.—no/9.7.- Philadelphia, Wednesday, November 23, 1859. two tiki pg* A3KVR, inedraaee, CARPETINGS, Oil. CLOTHS, Ac. rpmsFALl<’S; IMPORTATION G A R P E T I N G S . REDUCED PRICES. BAILY & BROTHER. 920 CHESTNUT STREET, Will foie day reduoe the price of the entire balance of their stock of * “OROSSIiT'fI,” ‘ " And other makers of VELVET, TAPEBTRY, <uid BRUSSELS CARPETINGS; in order to oloee this sea eon’s importation; 'We have also on hand niptendid M eortmdntofbnpir THREE-PLY and INGRAIN BED ROOM CARPETS, Whioh we shall, sell low. *l5 tf ARPET NOTICE. BAILY & BROTHER. NO. 9SO OHEBTNUT STREET, .RE EEC S TUB PRICE Of thilr antir. Stockaf , ««OBOBStE r'SV bßushels TAPESTRIES ORE DOLLAR A YARD. InelsdinK all the best MERCHANT TAILORS. J7] # O. THOMPSON. N. B. CORNER SEVENTH AND WALNUT STS., Devotes entire personal attention to orders,and keeps always on hand a desirable variety of GOODS FOR MEN’S WEAR. N.'B.’—PANTALOQNfI, as out by me, are warranted o give satisfaction, and as many find itdiffioult to ge suited,* 1 issue this special notice. ’ > noS-wfmtmif JJAPHAEL P. M.ESTRADA, MERCHANT TAILOR. FINE FASHIONABLE KBADr-MADE CLOTHING, i , in | SUPERIOR FABRICS FOR OUBTOMER WORK, , KO. 21 SOUTH S K VKNTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, flats of GrwmUaißtokeiy respectfully invites ~th* at tention or thepablm to M»neweWabluhinant,and his _ splendid stook of jFIJRKwHIN& GOODS for Uentls- H®hasonhand's Choice sslsetiaa of Fabrics especial- BoeS sinol* mrtuM v. VoMriN SWBOOTS EID SHORB. lELL&” '% tJ.’iiPAi'EK HANGINGS, &c. GraOSE BUSINESS, ... - - 'Webffe'r froinnow to the end of the year onr LARGE BTOtnroi'” ;■ ■ PAPEB HANGINGS, AT GREATLY REDUCED RATES. fereon* wanting their Hooves Papered, can get great - By calling early on ■- . > • U. HART, MONTGOMERY, fc 00., air.it " wo. aaa chestnut street. CABINET WARE. XXOeUET & HUTTON. iiabupaojohehs ob; : 'V, d e:s k s ; • AND CABINET K®RBIHB I Jttokoaee*, wardrobe*, ete. " . CABINET FURNITURE Aim BILLIARD \J TABLES,. MOORE & CAMPION. No. 961 SOUTH BECONU STREET, m ooßsaotion with their extennva Cabinet Bimneee, an which are pronounced by alt who have need then to be ?thaaupiity 1 et? 4 finieh of theee Table* the nano* WOW.-" i.-r - 1t» DRUGS, CHEMICALS, &c. JJRIfaS, GLASS, PAINTS, to. ROBT. SHOEMAKER & CO. KOSTHBAST CORKER FOURTH AND RACK (STREETS, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, Importer* end Dealer* la WINDOW GLASS, PAINTS, Jte., Invite the attention of • COUNTRY MERCHANTS To th.ir l«n» rtodt of Oooda, vUok ttoi offor at th. Iow„t m.rk.t rate,. • ■ -' ■ ooA-tf LOOKING-GLASSES. GLASSES. Howlaatonifcy mo*t eitandr# and elyfUl Mint ■WBt «f . . LOOKING OLASBBS, Wet mm naoa wd tttrj pwiaoni *od »* tt* mt 1 Xb the mo*t «!Abor&U and the most mrapla ttnmm, . .LOOKING GLASSES Fnmftd lntli#U»tU|U f Md in tie wM nlwtaatUl ■USWi looking glasses • - Fnrhiih*! br n»i »r« mwsraoMredi br oiumlvm la nr •nutiMlunnt. IXKWCIWO GLAUSES JIMtAHOOANY mid WALNUT framea for Ovutrr JAMES 8 BAUMS * SOB, IB CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. C°AL OIL.' J» H t h A D B L V H I A rabiio ooai on works buknino And lubricating coal oils H&mibotareil ud for «»!• bf : i; ;HjEup6, morris, a 0 0., ' TOBiOCrerat, NORTH OB MARKET STREET. j v; airftl» IJOPE COAL on. WORKS. FillST FREMitJM. ' A'WAXDBD AT PBNKBSI.VASIA STATE SAIR, ; , ' .>AdT<>»Y Wood btrEet, whaaf scHuyi, .!• , KIM,, ..V-,' 1 , bmoE m waimot btbket. , TL. B. BUBBARB fc HON. .*V .9.QPIN!?.; very superior uv Zlno.-(Vl*IU«-IlmiasM '% ' '■■■: ■■■•' '. V .I-; rawre #*•*■ TO BE CLOSED OUT AT , “DIORSON’S,’ .*• HENDERSON’S” WILE THIS DAY PATTERNS TAILOR, itWCttfM* BooUiuul SbOMac*- CIGARS, TOBACCO, &c. 2JWISSLER & FIORILLO. 125 NORTH THIRD STREET, Hit. for ule »l»r« . • upply of CIGARS OF THE BEST HAVANA BRANDS. TOBACCO, SNUFF', PIPES, &o. AGENTS FOR GAIL * AX, GERMAN SMOKING TOBACCO. AND OIOARB. oc3t-3m MERINO. 140 SOUTH FRONT STREET, Hu in Rtoit and i>ond, u&4 Off#™ for Sale, # Large Aeeortmut #f CIGARS, Received direct from Havana, of choice and favorite Brandi. aufi-tf ALL THE BEST BRANDS, AT LOW prieeg, J. T. FLAHERTY, Importer of Cigars, No. 857 CHESTN UT Street, adjoining Girard House. 029-lra HOLIDAY GOODS. Q.OODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS, A choice and varied assortment of GOODS suited to Ijio coming Holidays, eeleoted from the latest importa tions from France, Germany, and England, in whioh ate Included— Writing Desks, Jewel Boxes, Colored Lithographs, Port Folios, >. Porte Moanaies, Fancy Artiolos in Dressing Cases, Watch Stands, Parian. Glove Boxes, Herbariums, Bohominn Glass, Work Boxes, Scrap Books, Lava, China, &0., WITH A LARGE VAHIKTI OF Dolls,' Model, Sleeping, Speaking, Wax, China, and Patent. Also, Doll’s Parasols Umbrellas. Hats, Mitts, Shoes, Hose, and Jeutftar, Complete Sets of Baby House Furniture. Houses, and Furniture. Ornaments for Chnsthma trees, Box Toys, Ware Houses. Baby Houses, Stores and Btables. Fine Eng lish Bows, Oncket Bats, &o. C. E. Moellmg’s Fine Perfumery; 'it only wants to bo tried to prove its superior Quality. Fans! Fans! Fane! A nandacme assortment of BiUr Opor*Fana at unusually low prices. A very large assortment of Games. All of whioh will l>e siom on the most modorate terms, at the ' Stationery, Toy, and Fanoy Goods Emporium ' , / • - OP ' MARTIN & tiUAYLE. 1035 .WALNUT Street, below Eleventh. H>w9tfp PHILADELPHIA. WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c. gILVEB WARE. WM. WILSON & SON Invite special attention to their stock of BILVBR WABB, whioh is nowrnnusually large, affording a va riety of pattern and design nnkurpossed by any house the United States, and of finer Quality than is manufac tured for table use in any part of the world. Oar Standard of Silver is‘9Bs-1000 parts pore The English Sterling/ 925:1000 “ American and Frenoh..9oo-1000 “ Thus it will be seen that we give thirty-five parts pure! than the Amerioan and French ooin, and ten parts purer than the English Sterling. We melt all our own Silver, and our Foreman being oonneoted with the Refining De partment of the United States Mint for several years,we guarantee the quality as above (935), which is the /nett that can bemad* tob* serviceable, and will resist the aotion of aoids much Utttr than th* ordinary Silttr manufactured, WK. WILSON k SON, -l?. W. CORNER FIFTH AND CHERRY STS. R—Any fineness of Silver manufactured as agreed upon, but poiitivtly non* inferior to French and Ameri can standard. Daaier* rappU»d with the tame standard aa need is oar retail department. Fine Silver Ban, M-ftoo parts pare, oomrtantlr on «4 • ' : - aoW-fcn 'B. jARDEN *BRO., "W •MANUFACTUBBRS AND IMWWHHUJ OF ;?V* ’ yrikti • JJANDY & BRENNER. NQ6.S3, St, AND ST NORTH FIFTH STREET ! ' ' PHILADELPHIA, WHOLE3ALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, For the sale of all kinds of AMERICAN MANUFACTURED HARDWARE, Ain) IMPOBTBBSGF HERMAN, BELGIAN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH HARDWARE AND CUTLERY, Keep oonslaatly on hand a large stookof Goods to eup- ply Hardware Dealers, BUTCHER’S PILES, By the eask or otherwiee, . BUTOHEft’S EDGE TOOLS, BUTCHER'S STEEL OP VARIOUS KINDS ivuranrs PATENT ANVILS AND VICKS <* SHIP CHAIN, And other kind* in every variety. 001*1 AOBKTB FOB HARP’S REPEATED PISTOL, WEIGHING ONLY BX OUNCES. SHARP'S NEW MODEL RIFLES AND PISTOLS. ED WAX D I.'HAWDT, JHO, 0. BBBNNIRt 0. P. BBSHRBB. • auM-tf PACKAGE HARDWARE HOUSE.—We would respectfully oall the attention of the Gene ral Hardware Trade tootir extensive Stoak of SIR* MINGHAM HARDWARE, which we offer atacm&U advance by the package. . , • , , ' Orders for diroot importation solioited. and Goode de livered either in this oity, New York, or New Orleans. * W. G. LEWIB k Son, • 41* COMMERCE Street. Importinf and Commission Merchants. And Agents for Foreign aodDomeebc Hardware. auM-tf HOUSEeFURNISHING GOODS* Q.OODS FOB THE SEASON. BRONZED FENDERS AND IRONS, STEEL EIRE SETS, FOOT WARMERS, BLOWER STANDS. PLATE WARMERB, HOT WATER bISHES, Ac., Ac., AT TIL ROUSE-FURNISHING STORES, NOS. 999 AND 1998 CHESTNUT STEEET. JNO. A. MURPHBY & CO, 018-wfmtf CHINA AND QUBENSWABE. yyHITE GRANITE AND CHINA TEA SETS, DINNER SETH, TOILET SETS, PRESSED GLASS GOBLETS, TUMBLERS, Ao. AT LOW, PRICES. WRIGHT, SMITH A CO., NO. 5 NORTH FIFTH ST. otf-v&ntf MEDICINAL. If RS. WINSLOW, LTJ. AN EXPERIENCED NURSE AND FEMALE J| of raoth.g¥.r rOK CHILDREN TEETHING, rhioh greatly facilitates the xroeeu of teething.bT soft- Rome, reduoing all inflamijijition; will allay I * ? WSB^O P REGu£SSE , }i , JoWELS. , Pepeiid upon it, mothers, it will give rest toyourselvea ‘“isXIBF AND HEALTH TO YOUR INFANTS. Wehavepntupandsold _• this artiole for over,ten rears, and oan *By, in oon fidenoe niw truth of it, timely used. Never did u knoy.an instanoe of unusfoetton by any one wponsedit. On the oon corr. ail are deugbtedCG with its operations, and ipeakln terms of higkrstoommemlationofitsmaii ml effects and medical vtt ® tues. we speak in this natter “what we do fc know,’Rafter ten rears' •xpenepoe .and pledge odt rl reputation for the fulfil ment oi what we hereoe r? olare. Jn almost ever: ’instance where the Infant W is suffering from pain and txh&uation, relief will be found in fifteen or twenty ntnutes after the Byrne is administered. . , o Krr/M NURSES inNairSniUmd Z, ud Sm bnn im witk UT "- Catli ™%.” OF CASES. It not only relieves the ra child from p&m, but in rixorates the stomach and * bowels, corrects acidity, aid gives tone and energy te o the whole systein. I KriiiMj % rnlsions. which, if not j speedily remedied, end in ieath* We believe it the rrt best aimsorest remedy in «^^KM!£sfiE3 l 2iaS D^l teething or from any other \2 cause. We would say to every mother who has a P ohila suffering from any of the foregoing complaints, te do collet your prejudices, oor tVe prejudices ot ” others, stand between r<mr Offering olii d and . the relief that will be g& & w w. 2 Jftteo«,No. W QKDA Street, flew York. jySWy HMop MMntM abottfa. TMEDIOATED VAPOR BATHS, ifl «r,PHnR HOT-AIR. and STEAM BATHS.— Or. T. H.RIDGELY, IUI. SPRUCE B H,?hlv recpcimcnded brail thepngplpalphT.,- oians in the oiivior Rheumatism,fckin iiisesees.oy pii. Wu&!m»SOoBS: Dl,#aB e ,i fe-sS 0 * Especial accommodations for Ladles. 01/2m WEDDING, Visiting, anti Professional •VVT Cards, executed In style, by S. MAKOT. Ln- Krarar, «l .dfIESTNUT Street, 8. t. corner Fiftb, M«to;r. poor and other plate, made to order. Seal., Jlnt.fr,,,fcti.. etnfraved. ~ ll|,| ‘ REFINED SDGAB.-—6OO barrels yarious DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. § N O W-S HOE SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS, SNOW-SHOE CANTON FLANNELS. SNOW-SHOE COLORED CAMBRICS. SNOW-SHOE CORSET JEANS. SNOW-SHOE TICKINGS. VOB .All HXCI,U»IVBLT BT JOSHUA L. BAILY. IMPORTER AND JOBBER, or FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, 313 MARKET STREET, nW-tf PHILADELPHIA. (]J A R D. SOMERS & SNODGRASS S 4 8. SECOND, AND 83 STRAWBERRY BTB., have in st<rt# & tars# stook of CHINCHILLA, ESKIMO, FROSTED TRICOT, amp SATIN-FACED BRAVER CLOTHS. ALSO, SATIN-FACED DOESKINS, and HEAVY PATENT FINISHED CLOTHS, FOR LADIES' CLOAKS AND MANTLES, AND GENTLEMEN’S OVERCOATINGS. o2fi-tf CJLOTHSI! CLOTHS 111 SNODGRASS & STEELMAN, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN CLOTHS, OASSIMEHES, VESTINGS, &0., NO. S 3 SOUTH SECOND STREET, ABOVE CHESTNUT, Are dell, reoemnt addition, to their already lane •took of FALL GOODS. Comprised in part of BLACK AND COLORED CLOTHS, " “ “ BEAVERS, “ CASSIMEREB AND DOESKINS, PLAIN AND FANCY CASBIMEJUSB, SILK, VELVET, AND CASHMERE VESTINGS, Ac, N. B.—A variety of Clothe and Beavers suitable for LADIES' CLOAKS and MANTILLAS, all of which will be sold at reaoonable price*. sH-tf \Y- S. STEWART & CO., JOBBERS OF AUCTION GOODS, 305 MARKET STREET, ABOVE THIRD, Hava now m Store a full line of BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, BROOHE AND OTHER SHAWLS, SILK MANTILLA VELVETS, Of all trades, ahd all the new fabrioa in Dreu Good*, to whioh we invite the attention of CASH AND PROMPT SIX-MONTH BUYERS. «9-3 m gJITER. PRICE. & CO.. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. 816 MARKET STREET. COMMISSION HOUSES* REELING. COFFIN, & COMPANY, 110 CHESTNUT STREET, AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF A. A W. SPRAGUE'S PRINTS. In great variety, Including Chocolates, Turkey Reds Greens, Blues, fihirtingr, and Fanoy Styles. BLEACHED SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS. Lonsdale, MasonviUe, Slateriville, Hope, Washington Union Mills, BUokatone, Cohannct, Johnston, Belvidere, Phtenix, SmithviUe. BROWN SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, AND OSNABURGB. Matoaoa, Virginia Family, Groton, Ettriok, Eagle, Manoheater* Meo's k Farm's, Black Hawk. Meroer A, Warren A, Farmers', Riverside, Carr’s River* BlwslL CLOTHS. Bottomley's, Pomeroy's, Glenh&m Oo.'s, and other mokes of Block and Fanoy all wool and cotton warp Cloths in groat variety. DOESKINS AND OASSIMEHEB. Greenfield Co., Saxtons River, Lewiston Falls, Steam's H. Gay A Sons, Glendale, Berkshire Co., and others. SATINETS. Steam's, Ayres* Aldrich, Taft&Copron, Minot, Charter Oak, Crystal Springs, Swift River, Carpenters', Florenoe Mills, Carroll's, Duhring’s, Conversvilie. Ac. BILESIAS.—Lonsdale Co.’i, Smith’s, and other makes, plain and twilled, of all colors. Fanoy Negro Stripes and Plaids. Jewett oity and Irene Stripes, Denims, and Tickings. Rhode Island and Philadelphia Linseys, Apron Cheoks, and Pantaloon Stuffs. Shepard's and Slater's Canton Flannels, Fiiberville Co.'s Corset Jeans, &o. aufi-dtsepl—aopl-ftn&wtf piROTIIINGHAM & WELLS, 35 LETITIA STREET, AND 34 SOUTH . FRONT STREET. COTTONADES. Suitable for both Clothiers and Jobbers, in large variety. BUMMER COATINGS AND CABHMBRKTTB Made by Washington Mills. Orders taken for these desirable goods for Spring trade. nl7-tf £JENRY D. NELL, CLOTH STORE. NOB. 4 AND 6 NORTH SECOND STREET. OVERCOATINGS, CHINCHILLA, NOBKOWA, FROSTED, AND PLAIN BEAVERS, ALo, CASSIMERSB, VELVETS, Ac., Ac., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL nlMf gUIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, NO. 119 CHESTNUT ST„ COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOR THE BALE OF PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. iB-6m HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. Briggs house. Comer RANDOLPH and WELLS Btrnets, CHICAGO. VM.F, TUCKER & CO. t Proprietors. nt-lro* "MURRAY HOUSE, 1"A NEWARK, OHIO, Ii the largest and best arranged Hotel m oentral Ohio, u oentrally located and is easy of aooesi from all the routes of travel. It contains all tho modern improve ments, and every convenience for the comfort and ao oommodation of the travelling publio. TheSleoping Rooms are large and well ventilated. The Suites ol Rooms are well arranged and oarefully furnished for familieoand large travelling parties; and the House will *• auW-Sm Proprietors. rrUIE UNION, 1 ARCH STREET, ABOVE UPTON S. NEWCOMER. Th« .ItMtion of thi« HOTEL ii MMrinrlr sdsptwl to the wante of the liiuineu Publio; audto those m eearob of pleuure. Paeaeoser Railroad., which now run PMhi ana In oiose ptoximity,.afford a oheap ana piennant nde to all places of interest mor about theeitr. jy So-am TVf ARTIN & QUAYLE’S IIJL STATIONERY, TOY, AND FANOY GOODS nt-Smfp ~,L<,W ,l ”” I felLAD8LPII!A. Constantly on hand Perfumery and Toilet Affa«' a *< Hams and shoulders.— 2,3oo t Pieoes City Smoked Hams and Bhoalde/s, for pale by 0. C. SADLER * CO., ARCH Street, senond door above Front. n!9 HERRING. —270 bills Pickled Herring, , aUo.JSO boxes Smoked Herring, for sale by 0. C. HAULER fc CO.. ARCH Street, second door altove Front. nI9 OLIVES —Spanish Queen iu prime order in store, ana for sale br n A, MERINO, on 146 South FRONT Street. %1 1 $r m. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1859. The Edinburgh Review oil Thackeray. Tlio last ntimbor of tho Edinburgh Review, just republished at Now York, Ims a long ar ticle upon Mr. Tiiackuray'h now romance “ The Virginians,” which is a singular speci men of a peculiar description of criticism, ap parently founded upon Pope’s well-known lino " Willing to wound, find yet ftfrald to strike.” Tho Reviotvor, with no small ingenuity, places in a prominent position tho short-com ings of the novelist, and exalts him for the very defects which should ratlior have oxcited cenouro. In a word, Mr. Thackeray gets a blow on ono side, which nearly upsets him, and Is only prevented from falling by a buffot on tho other side, which, while It somewhat restores his equilibrium, leaves him black and blue. It Is ns a skotclior of manners and morals in tho prosent and in departed days that Mr. Thackeray's real strength consists. Be com menced, over a quarter of a century ago, (indeed, hla first magazine story was publishe4 in 1828,) as a critic upon painters and paint ings. Bo was qualified for this, as Haz litt had been, by his own failuro as an artist. William Hablitt, • after long deliberation whether lie should bo a philosophical writer or a groat painter, determined to win fame and fortuno by tho pencil ratlior than tho pon. He studied with great industry and enthusiasm, but never was ah !e to accomplish any thing liko what ho aimed at. To bo candid, his ambition was high onough—it sought to rival Titian, whoso portraits have been said ** to show history,*’ so perfectly do thoy present the features of men who have dono horoio deeds, so faithfully do they give the character in tho expression. Hazlitt slowly became convinced that ho could not become a great painter, with the pencil, so ho abandoned the Idoa and became n great paintor with tho pen, using words instead of colors, and reaching a picturesqueness and force -which few writers of his time have attained. Mr. Thackeray also failed in what is called High Art—by which some painters mean sub jects, sacred or heroic, treatod with immense dignity, whilo others, among wl(om was poor Haydon, bolievo that it consists in painting pictures of immense size, with colossal figures, tho muscles of whose limbs should bo strengly developed. We havo heard Hatcon say, «If I had a studio forty feet long and twenty (bet high, 1 would fix a canvas on a frame of thirty eight by eighteen feet, and produce tho great, cat picture in tho world.” To his mind, aizt was tho great constituent ol'grandeur. Finding that ho was not made to bo a Fainter with tho pencil, Mr. Thackeray re solved to try and becomo ono with tho pen. Ills earliest attempts in this lino were published in Fraaer’a Magazine, under tho now celebrated nOmdtpiume ofMlcliaol Angelo Titmarsh. In these, ho discoursed freely and satirically upon modern art and artists—and tho biting, slashing, matter-of-fact criticisms which ho dashed ofl wero fully In accordance with the rockless tono of Fraaer when tho lato Dr. Maoinn was at tho helm. « Tho Yellowplusl* Oorrespondonco,” and such things—ln which bad spelling, curiously and laboriously carried out into cxtravaganco and improbability, was tho provocative to mirth—made him yet better known. A few years passed on, during Which If r. TitAoiotnAT continued to write, improvin'# by practice, until, at last, when Punch wns'bb comlng tv power, the conductors ealistiul-ijija, 1-q --re- ..I. Umr '—wnttei thbtfcwi tributors. He not only wroto, but could make a species of rude yet suggestivo illustra tions to his letter-press. Who has not smiled over the sketchy wood-cuts which accom panied Tho Snob Papers and “Jeames’s Diary” in Punch? More scratches, as they sometimes are, they convoy tho artiatc-author*S| idea fb.tho roador. 110 has used this facility of sketching in most ot his works. In all of importance, except Tho Nowcomcs, where ho substituted designs by Rionann Doyle, who, though an arti|f of poetical fancy and original humor, did not lilt off theso things as pleas antly as tho authtfr himself had dono with a rudor pencil. « Vanity Fair,” « Pendonnis,” and « The Virginians ” were severally illus trated by Traokebay himself, and rough and slight as the sketches are, wo would not wil lingly part with them. What additional pleasure novel-readers would experience had Walteb Soott or Fenimorb Oooizn, Lyt ton Bulweb or Brockden Brown, Miss EnoEWOBTn or Nathaniel Hawthorn thus illustrated their own fascinating fictions! Believing that Mr. Tuackebay is eminently a man of strong common souse—though he committed tho folly of being sensitivo when Edmund Yates alluded to his damaged nose— we dare say that lie wishes, in his heart ol hearts, that Yellowphish, and Jearacs, and all that servilo, bad-spolling, low-lived, vulgar creations of his earlier authorship could be swept away into a fathomless abysm of eternal oblivion. Ho must regard them with as much contempt as a perfect engraver would consider his first attempts with tho tool. Unhappily for his reputation with posterity, theßO will bo preserved as well as his later and better pro ductions. Ho may sadly Beau Bbummell’s valet, as ho exhibited the arm full of rumpled nock-cloths, « These be our failures.” « Vanity Fair, a Novel without a Hero,” was tho first work in which Thackeray showed tho public that ho was much moro, as a wri ter, than he had hitherto got tho crodit of. This was commenced, in monthly numbers, In 1847, and may bo said to havo fairly taken tho world of letters by storm. Becky Sharp, with her green eyes and sandy hair, was admitted at once to bo an original character. Sho was kept up, too, to tho closo of tho story with wonderftil ability. Mr. Thackeray commit ted tbo fault of introducing into this woll-sus tained story of “ Vanity Fair” many of the characters who had figured in his minor tales and sketches, thereby showing either poverty of invention or a tremendous self-esteem, which mado him fancy that tho public had perfect familiarity with his previous magazine writings. In noarly each succeeding work, ho has pursued tho sarno plan. «Pcndonnts,” scarcely equal to “ Vanity Fair,” still is a book well worth notice. For our own part, wo dip into it occasionally, with groat pleasure, while wo make a point of read ing’ Vanity Fair, together with Gil Bias, the Vicar of Wakefield, the first part of Robinson Crusoe, Ivanhoo, Kenilworth, Polhara, the Caxtons, and My Novel, at least once a year. « nonry Esmond,” moro labored than any othor of Thackeray's stories, is a little too stiif and formal—too much built up from old books—but yet a woll-written and pleasant story; though tho youthful horo, a sort of mi litary Sir Charles Grandison, commits tho im probable absurdity, after having boon in lovo with tho beautiful and brilliant daughter, of marrying tho middle-aged and molanchoiy mother, who is old enough to have nursed him in her young womanhood, when ho was yet in long clothes. Tho “Ncwcomcs,” which followed “Es mond,” tho author’s lecturing tour in Ameri ca filling up tho interval of time, is better written than even “Vanity Fair.” But it lacks tiio human interest of that real llfo-story, except as regards Colonel Newcomo, as finely imagined and faithfully drawn a portraiture ol a perfect Christian gentleman as over heart conceived or pon executed. Tho pathetic truth and tenderness with which Thackeray has invested tho closing days of this truo hero and martyr ol domestic lilo havo never been surpassed. Yet, notwithstanding this, Thack eray cannot bo acquitted of tho imputation of being very much of a cynic, as well ns of a sar tirist. no is both, but in tho exquisite portrai ture of Colonel Ncwcomo, evidently a favorito of tho author's, it was shown that, whether cynical or merely satirical, Thackeray had a feeling heart throbbing with human emotions withinhis bosom. 4 Lastly, we have had « Tho Virginians,” also issued monthly, and given to tlio American public In tho pages of Harper’s Magazine, tho author’s own characteristic Illustra tions faithfully reproduced. Messrs. Habfeb, Wo are glnd to notice, havo brought out this story in book-form, and it makes a handsomo pitavo volnmo, with numerous engravings. As the work came boforo ns, In Harper, we havo repeatedly noticed it, and need not go over tho ground again. ■ Tho Edinburgh Ilei'iew, on noticing this new 'says that' it is a sort of continuation of “Esmond,” occupying a place In tho Thacke ray cycle, botwoen “Esmond” on ono hand, and <<Peml minis” and “ The Nowcomea” on tho 9j)iCri—tho Warrington of tho fWo last-named idyols evidently being a descendant of tho Sir George Warrington, of “Tho Virginians.” ifho ancestors of the Floraca of “ Tho New eomes” also flourish in << Tho Virginians.” Tho Reviewer might havo added that tho an cestor of little Fokor, tho brewer, who figures in “ Pendennis,” is dragged by tho hpnd and shoulders, into “ The Virginians,” «>4 that one of the ancestral arrteecdoateof ohinken Captain Oostigah is also bronght in i ~ ■ Xn the opinion of tho Reviewer, Mr. TitAOX. beat is not capable of writing a first.rato his torical novel chiefly because he. pays so mijch attention to the costumo and character, she manners and morals, -the public history (thd private life of the period ho would illus trate ! He avoids expressing a decided ,<s>lnion on Mr. Tiiaoksbay’s non-historlcal (forks, such as “Vanity Fair,” “Ponden- Bls,” and “ Tho Nowcomes”—but boldly as (efts that, becauso ho cannot writo historical novels, ho ought to writo history itself! Ho Asks, “Why should not Mr. Thacxebay Write a history of any titne' in which he feels ah Interest?” and kindly adds, “Lot him think hftlils, it his mine of puro Action is for tho pre. .aent somewhat exhausted, as tho rccurronco of old characters and incidents rather indicates, ind as it well may bo, considering what a storo .Of raro metal ho has dug from it.” Finally, tho critio says, “ in this hybrid sort of com ,position, between history and fiction, wo con- Ifess wo think his powers misapplied.” No oiio, reading “ Kenilworth,” or tbo “ Talis man,” “ Waverley,” or “ Ivanhoo,” and other of Scott’s historical novols, has ever con demned them as a « hybrid sort of composi tion.” Wo havo a difficult critio to encoun ter. Ho thinks that Thackeray must expect “.Esmond ” and “ The Virginians ” to lio on tho shelf! A moro, tanglblo objection is that “ Tho Virginians ” has i)0 plot—only a string of in cidents woven together, and that “n story without a story wants a principal oiement of itsolf.” Ho moans, wo suppose, that though inchlonts abound, there is not much of a plot to connect them into a harmonious whole. Finally, tho Reviewor dismisses tho book with an assertion that “ to say that this novel will not rank with Mr. Thackeray’s best works is very slight hlamo j to say that it will rank with those of his works which are less good is no slight praiso. Milo has shown ex traordinary strength in striving to rend tho oak, though ho is wedgod in tho oak that ho Btrovo to rend.” Surely this is damning with faint praiso. Tho Reviowor speaks slightingly of Mr. Thackbuay’s fictitious delineations of Wasii inotom and Woles, because “there is nothing in thorn that either adds or detracts from our historical notion of two of the purest and greatest horoes of that or any other age.” Yet tho sketches of Wasmnuton, in tho clo ®ing chapters, cortainly do show us that great man, face to face, and what Thackeray shows ns of Wolye is positlyely new to nincty-nino kmt of .every hundred readers. .not .tijfiUiblo. . Ron.'. tri.-cy os 'jxwvncM -anjmsrotu, ~~vrno"na3~ rc&- lired ” A. yonth of folly, an old aye of eard* ,** Is declared to bo “In faet, a completed edition of the dowagor i Marchioness of Esmond, who patronises tbo young hereof ‘Esmond.’ bhe is also a lort of female counterpart of the Lord Steyno in ‘ Vanity Vair,’ which again was perhaps suggested bythe Lord Mon raeuth of ‘Coningsby;’ the Lord Monmouth of Ooniugßby boing again a mere roproduotlon of the Lord Lilburne ofßulwer’s ‘Night and Morning.’ ” This is a curious genealogy of a fictitious character, and is incorrect. Tho Marquis of Stoyno, who figuros in « Poddonnls,” as well as in “Vanity Fair,”was’not suggested by any character drawn by Disraeli or Bulwer, Lords Steyno and Monmouth aro both drawn from ono original, tho Most Noblo Marquis of Hertford, ono of tho worst men of his timo, who died in 1842, universally execrated. Disraeli's “Coningaby,” written in 1844, in troduced Lord Hertford as Lord Monmouth, tnd Thackeray, writing “ Vanity Fair,” three years later, drew from tho sarao original, cnly with tho character in deeper shadow. Lord Lilburno, In Bulwkr'b “ Night and Morning,” was not drawn from tho Marquis of Hertford, who was only aheartless sensualist with little brains, but sooms to havo boon ra tter an extension, in ft now phase, of Lord Mauloveror in ids own “ Paul Clifford.” On ono point tho reviewer might havo dwelt a little. He merely hints at tho perfection of Tiu6keray's composition. Now this is his str»ng point. Ho writes tho best And purest English of any author now living. Appeal to the South. (Fir The Prosed Ii the United States/at the present time, thcro oxitf, tiro classes of our fellow-oitixens who are, douUless, mentally And morally deranged. They aro -a bo found in both sections of tho Union. Tho oratj sentiment of the North has culminated in tho distinguished John Brown, whilst such men as ox- Governor Adams, of South Carolina, rcprcßont the other class. As yet, the dlseaso has not spread to an ctarwing extent; but whon the Presidential conteit shall wax warm, it is feared the wholocoun try wJI catch the alarming distemper. No matter wh&t orm tho disease assumes, U soerns to drift to tho sano result—y!e, thedistolulion of the Union. Now, xhat does all this senseloss gabble about a difisohtion of tho Union mean ? Follow-Democrats of tboSouth! what more oan wo do for you ? Tbeio was a time when your ablest statesmen, your J-fforsoni and your Madisons, were opposed to tho extension of Blavo territory; and henoo, when Virginia came to codo her lmmonse domain, called he Norlhwost Territory, it was stipulated, as a cotdition of the grant, that slavery should be forovor oxoludod thorofrora. At that time, tho publio gutlmont of tho whole country was against slavery,but espoolally in the North, whore it was soon abdishod. Various causes operated, in tho ooursq ol time, to mako slaves and slavo labsr more raluallo,whenyourwhole people seemed toohango their tfoirs upon tho subjoot; and they thon b.egan to see fiat wbilo tho slave Btatos had boen restricted arid United, tho free States had gonoon increasing so astouiihingly, that the South must soon occupy n secondly position in the affairs of tho General Govornmmt. TocouitorvoU this state of things, you asked for tho almisslon of Texas. Many of us in tho North wiro opposed to annexation. Tho Whig party wasunaniiuously against tho measure. But you wantvl Toxas, and, although wo knew It would wetkon our party here, wo wont in for an nexation, md Texas, already a slave Slate, came into tho Inion. But that inoasure was a hard blow to u! in tho States of Now York and Penn sylvania. Aftorwarfe, whon It boc&mo neoessary to [buy a slice of Mxico, tho Whig party in the North, as an off-set {gainst Toxas, sought to attaoh to the grant tho "Wilmot Proviso.” Tho history of thatovont ihows that wo stood by you faithfully. Then it oourred to you that that old law of Con gress, calledlhe “ Missouri Compromise act,” was unconstitaticml and unfair, and you asked to have it repealed. Well, we agreed to it, and it was re pealed accordngly. And then wo oaine U a defi nite undorstatdlng with you about this troublcsomo question, andagreed that there should bo no moro roslTlotivo Ims, but 4i that the people of the Ten ritoricSiJMe those of a State, shall decide for themselves ukether slavery shall or shall not exist within heir limits.^ tVe thon inquired whether that was all you wanted. Yousnswered, no ; that your slaves ran awAy, and tha. Congress ought to provide some machinery by which they oould bo rooapturod. tVejsaid, very well. And thon the fugitive-slave law was pM‘od. It would stem, thorofore, that you have had it pretty much your own way; and now, why is it that some of ym are going to dissolve tho Union ? You say yon vnut additional guarantees in favor of slavery; thataa insurrection has been organised at Harper’s Forr;, and that your dearest right* have boon wounded in the person of the State of Virginia. 1 What miditlomi guarantees can you have? We hive declared, in all solemn fonts, end Congress h is so enacted, that each State Is sovereign, so far as the Institution of slavery is concerned, and that the people of a Territory shall rebate the ttatUr to suit themselves. This lithe law j and If John Brown or anybody else ahaU setk to deprive the people of Virginia of their slaves, it will be an an lawful aot. But it is not in our power to protest Virginia. She must protect herself againlt the John Browns, the same as agalnst-any other law less individuals who menace the pe&cb and Safety of her citisens. There aro no guarantees against Such Udividuals. The troth if, and the people of the Sooth ought to know it, the only guarantee of anything like a poaoofol enjoyment of Blare propet ty ie a guarantee ol vsn’interferenet. That you hare now; and while you stand on that rook moved—for the greet Northern and the people will etand bp - But elavei are prece'rloor nately for their owner*; they and arm* to etrlke, and leg* liable to plan, and hide} aad othpr projwrty in tUa nrU. away from you, and yon IoM forhina ud not our fault t-.i South, aDdf^are^oMadt rtqhirod. They have stood b) have impaired their Influence » For thio our enemies bavo denounced usas "pro slavery'* men, as «trucklers to the South,” as “ dough faeos" in the hands of Southern poliU clans. While wo have been fighting for' Texas, against tho.Wilmofc Proviso, for the adoption of the KansaS'Nebrpska aot, for the fugitive-slave law; while we have been fighting lido by side with Southern men and for Southern measures, under the leal of Senator Douglas,’all the elemintsof Bitiou have.boon marshallod against us, until State after 'State has slid from us, until the Democracy is in theminorityin almost eVery State from Maine to the Missouri. And now, just when we had sup* pOßcd the Demooraoy had planted itself finally upon a platform that oould stand for all time to oome, you domarid new guarantees. You propose to take up the platform and insert a new plank— “ that slavery exists propria vigors under the Constitution, In the Territories, and must be pro tected there by aot of Congress;” while some’of yon insist that tbo law against the slave trade shall be repealed! And, In addition to all ibis, we find Jndge Douglas, your friend and our great leader, dis paraged and abusod by your statesmen and your press, to such an extent that we begin to doubt your friendship and to fear that our faith in your loyalty has been misplaced. For yean we have been struggling to get rid of the “nigger” question, and we did boliovo it was finally legislated ont of Congress, and loft to the poople, but we are now told wo must fight tho old battles all over again! Fellow-eltixoos of the South—Democrats! We can’t do it. If you choose to do it without our aid, you oan go ahead. If yousuooeed In defeating the nomination of Judge Douglas you kill ua dead up here. No othor Democrat ia auro of a single Northern State. Defeat him, and then your next President will bo a Republican. Then what? Dissolve the Union ? Dissolve fiddlesticka! What will you gain to run a boundary line betireon the slave and the froo States ? Will your people be more happy ? Will you be leas liable to Invasions, to alarms? Will slave property be more safe? Bvorybody knows that a dissolution of the Union would enhance yonr troubles ten thousand fold. A Northern Democrat. To Texas and Uack««No. 13. (Correspondenceof The Press.) Bbknhav, Texas, Oct. 2S, 1859. Brenham is the county town of Washington coun ty, and is alinated about seventy miles, In a north westerly direction, from Houston. We bad been Just a woek on our journey hero from the mouth of Rod river. Had it not boen for the prevalence of tho yellow fever at Galveston and Houston, we could havo made the journey with little fatigue and In much shorter time. We wore in New Or leans on Friday, tho seventh Inntant, and could have taken tho ears the next morning for Berwick's Bay, and from thence by steamer to Galveston. Without stopping at Galveston we could have taken the steamboat Monday morning, crossed Gjdvdtaj.Jtop AAdup.iha Buflkto toUmi** ton, and thence filly miles, In the oars, lo Hemp atoad, from which point we would have had only eighteen miles staglog to Brenham* It would not have occupied us more than four days from New Orleans. We oould hardly, howover, at this time hare come through alive, for the fever has not only prevailed to an alarming extent, especially in Houston, but It has assumed a form of peculiar ma lignity, rendering it almost certain death to those who are attacked. It has spread from Houston to many of the small towns on the railroad and in the neighborhood, and the inhabitants are many of them fleeing for their lives; we two them passing through here almost every day, but no oaaes of fever have yet made their appearanoe in this town. There hare been one or two oases brought to Hempstead, eighteen miles distant from here, and tho station upon tho Texas Central Railroad from Houston, at whiohtbo proposed Washington County Railroad taps the former. It has not spread there, howevor, to any great oxtent. Brenham hoi ft population of from eight bun* drod to odo thousand, am! Is situated In the eontre of a large extent of fine prairie country. The soil is rloh and fertile, and produces hoary crops of cotton and corn. The grass of the prairioi affords abundant pastursgo for large hords of cattle and flocks of sheep. Timber Is found In sufficient quantities for all necessary farm and building pur poses, and grows in convenient proximity to the prairie lands, so that no great expense is incurred for hauling. The wood U principally red cedar und post-oak; the former is used for both inside and outsulo work of the frame houses, and the rooms of the most ordinary houses aro often en tirely lined with red oedar plank. However effec tual rod codar may bo as a preventive against moth, it certaiuly, so far as our experience went, does not have inuoh effoot upon oortain other classes of inscots which find their prey upon the human form itself, instead of its outward ap parel. Tho court-house at Brenham is upon the same outward pattern with the others we had seen in tho towns wo passed through, but we have had an opportunity of seolng its interior arrangements, as the oourt is in session. The lower story is appro priated for the uso of (he county and court officers, while the ontiro uppor story is occupied as a court room. Tho fitting up of the room is neat, and the accommodations for the bonch, the bar, witnesses, jurymen, and tho public at largo are superior to those in either of our two district court rooms in Philadelphia. It is a mortifying faot to place on record, that the oity and county of Philadelphia does not furnish accommodations for one of her principal courts, equal to those to ho found for a oourt of similar jurisdiction in Texas. And the in feriority is an absoluto ouo, not relative to tho dif ference in population. Washington county is in the Third judioial dis trict, which includcssome three or fourother coun ties. Tho court sits successively in o&ch of the : counties, twice a year; tho Hon. R. E. Baylor is the present District Judge. Ho was formorly a Baptist minister, and occasionally preaches now. The bar of Washington county stands very high in tho Stato, and is only surpassed by the bar of Aus tin, tho State oapltal, because tho latter is superior in point of number. John Sayles, Esq., the author of a very lucid and able work, on the practice of the law in Texas, and ono of the Prefersori in the law department of the Baylor Institute, has his offieo in Brenham. There have been no oases of any very great intorest before the oourt during our stay boro. Tho county jail stands near the court-house, a little off from tho public square, and is a plain two-story building, of a double thickness of hewed logs. A narrow corridor runs round the inside of tho lower story, and surrounds the dungeon, which is n one-siory room, with walls of a triple thick ness of logs, and having but ono eutranco, through a heavy iron trap-door, in the floor of the second story. Thero are but two apartments in tho se cond story, and they occupy its entire oxtent; one of these is used for females when there are any to be imprisoned. But ono prisoner, a man, was con fined in tho prison at the time of our visit. A short tiuio provious, tho dungeon bad been occu pied by a prisoner awaiting his trial od a charge of murder; but he had made his escape, in which ho must havo had assistance from the outside. Tho only furniture in tho prison was a rough stool or two, and a few bed-clothes laid upon the baro floor. There are no windows in the building, but a few narrow horixontal openings in the logs on each side, secured with iron bars, afford the only supply of light and air; no shutters, sashes or other moans of dosing these openings are pro vided, and as thero is no way of warming the pri son, the prisoners must at limes suffer severely from cold, especially during tho prevalence of the Northers. These Northers are cold, bleak winds coming up suddenly and with great vlolouoo from the northeast, sometimes, though raroly accompa nied by rain. So sudden istho change produced at times by these cold winds, that in less than fif teen mluutcs from a mild, genial atinosphoro which would render an overcoat oppressive, you find yourself In a literally freoxing temperature. Brenham is pretty well supplied with churches and schools for the lixe of its population. One of theso latter is hold in a building purchased for the purpose by the Maaonio fraternity of the town, who exoroiae ft supervisory direotionover it. The Order of Huoni, opuld leorn, in InOTterj-b -to* OoaliUqn thwyjmt 4*' 00l tW fmoroff Uo uomo to bo tmub oloa#r, n omf lporo s»nplj (t[V to tii mo coopototiTcij MFiy ,o*4i*4 i*t , oa« of eoualry, Ui»B U oonblotnop* too pcpaioßon of p, torge city wboro too*o._ ejdit 09 jaiaj ottor Um oad‘totoroot*. Op.ftotßrioy tttorpoos Sro wjt, Booaod too hiarrol of «o oil o»d tigbly-rcspoctod, mtabor of Qrabom Lodge. No. 30, irblob t mooto‘ t»t Broohogt. B*:ditd at,fboot, toroo o’olojk, tool morning, and bis funoral took plaeo at throb tooaamo aftpipoop. 1 ;Tbo in m worm, toot to too*hp«MOGf >U ortidoUl moani of pro oerrfnf too oprpoo, 0 tpood/ loUrmoot Jo abooluUly ooooooo'X' ’gtiobooao of too locoowd, from obioh ho tU barild, WU 0 milo and o half eaatwardly from too towo,,|fUfa too boflad, plooo-waa oboot not belonging to either of the orders, the procession moved slowly through the town, and winding over the green swells of the. prairies to the of the deceased, halted upeq the broad,prairie onwfckh it fronted. ‘ , ‘ Afur the religioui .aeiTleel *t tie fywMbsd eloeed, the proeeeiion reformed, the ferqd.ittsa heed pUjrtng the d?ad mircfe, follonwi fey the Odd.’ Fetlojrj ud Mteone, immedietely preoedtog the ftfcgon which contained the coffin. A long iqo> cebioQ of vehicles followed the corpse, end a numerous cavalcade of horsemen brought up the retr. The entire length of the procession eould not here been leas then helf e mile, end ea It wound slowly over the prelries, now, descending Into some deep revine, end fording e water-coarse whloh ran through the hollow, end then eioendisg the green, sunny slope of some gently-swelling rise in the prairie, end again passing through the main street of the town, end out onoe more over the green swelling ridges pf prairie, end.between cultivated fields of ootton and corn, the solemn notos of the music sounding out with melancholy wail and solemn cadence through the dear, pure air; and the real feeling manifested in look and voice telling that a brother’s loss had impressed itself on the minds of the survivor*—all produced an'cffect upon the spectator not soon to be forgot ten, and presenting a marked oontrast with the hurried and format manner in which funerals are often conducted in large cities. Arrived at the burial ground, which li a retired spot upon the edge of a prairie, shaded by a grove of post-oaks, their branches docked with the so lexan-hued Spanish moss, hut without enclosure of any kind, the procession baited and dismounted, and all assembled around The solemn ritual of the Masonic burial service gone through with, the It. W. John Sayles, P. G. M., reading the servloe In a most impressive manner; then followed the burial service of the Odd Fel lows, which was read with great solemnity and pro priety by the N. G. of the lodge. The grave was ( hen filled up, not by the hands cf hireling grave diggers, but by the brethren who had associated with and loved the deceased in his life-time. After the final benediction had been pronounced, the pmcossion reformed, and rode hack to town. Eve rything was conducted with the utmost precision and regularity, and not the slightest disorder or confusion was apparent in any of the arrangements. It was a most lovely afternoon, and the sun setting bright and glorious in the west to close the day, was a fitting emblem of tbe run of life whloh had set to him whose mortal remains had hut Just been oommitted to the dust, i We have been not a little amused since we have been here at tbe way In which parties, jurors, wit nesses, lawyers, and In fact everybody who may be wanted at any particular moment at the coart house. either on public or private business, are sum moned to make their appearance. The deputy •beriff steps out on the balcony of thd coart-room and shouts out, three times, at the top of his voice Hi*- juimAof thA-Jndiriiinil.whosfi Mred. Ai tbe town : Ir not of very great wxteotr and as almost everyone whose presence Is expected In court takes care not to be very far away, the In dividuals summoned are not generally very long In making their appearance. We shall remain here a few daya longer, and then hasten homewards, and as the yellow fever shows no signs of abating either in Houston or Gal veston, we shall have to return by the same route G. T. T. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL* TO* DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM UROXTHR QCI9TIOX OP SLAYKRY IX THE TIDRITORIXS. The people of a Territory, like those of a State, shall decide for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limits. Jamis Bcchaxax. The majority of the people, by the action of the Territorial Legislature, will decide tho question; and all must ebido the derision when made. llowsll Cobb. The great and leading feature of the Kansas- Nebraska bill was to transfer the slavery question and all other subjects to the Territorial Legisla tures. Jambs L. Orr, of 8. C. I am willing that the Territorial Legislature may act upon tho subject when and how they may think proper. Alkx. H. Stipskxs, of Go. I am connected with no party that has for It* ob* joct the extension of elavory, nor with any to pre vent the people of a State or Territory from de ciding the Question of its existence or non-exist ence with them for themselves. John C. Breckixridoh. The principle of, self-government In the Terri tories enables ns to banish from the halls of Con gress another fertile sonree of discontent and ex citement. J. P. Jbxjahix, of La. Under the Kansas act, citizens from the slave holding States map go into the Territory with their slavo proporty; cidxensof the free Statermay go there holding no such property'; and when they get thero, and meet in common council, as a legislative body, they may determine whether the institution shall provail. J. M. Masox, of Y». If the peoplo of the Territories choose to exolude slavery, so far from considering it as a wrong done to me or my constituents, I shall not eotnplaJn of it—if i j their business. Gxo. E. Badges, of N. C. We intend that the actual settlers in the Territo ries shall be protected in the full exercise of all rights of freemeD. and shall legislate for them selves while they have a Territorial Government. R. Toombs, of Qa. It Is tho right of the people to govern .themselves, and they, and they alone, shall exercise it, as well while in a Territorial condition as in the position Geo. W. Jones, of Tenn. of a State. The people of the Territories are expressly an* thoriied to legislate upon all subjects whatsoerer, slavery included. They may either establish or abolish It, at their pleasure. J. Pettit, of Ind. r bpllovo that under the provision! of this (Kan* ms) bill, and of the Utah and New Mexico bill*, there will be a perfect carte blanche given to the Territorial Legislatures to legislato aa they may think proper. A. P. Butler, of 8.0. The bill (Kansas and Nebraska) provides that the Legislatures of these Territories shall hare f tower to legislate over all rightful subjects of eglslatlon. R. M. T. Hunter, of Va. The citlten of Virginia is as much entitled, in the common territory, to the protection ot his pro* perty as the cititcn of Illinois; but both are de pendent upon tho legislation of the Territorial Government for laws to protect their property, of whatever kind it maybe. Wm. A. Richardson, of 111. I would leave the people of the Territories, who aro to bo affected by the Institution of slavery, to determine the question for themselves, in their own way. S. A. Smith, of Tenn. I am a'sincere believer in the doctrine of “squatter sovereignty” in its fullest, broadest, deepest senso, and support this (Kansas) hill be osuse it is a return to the sound of leav ing to the people of tho Territories the right of de termining for themselves their domestic Institu tions. A. C. Donas, of lowa. Tho power to establish or exclude slavery will be found among those which wero reserved to the people, and which the framers of the Constitution never intended to be surrendered to the Federal Government by any portion of the people in this country whothor living in the States or after-ac quired Territories. T. F. Bowix, of Md. Pavl Monrnr in Baltimore The Baltimore Exchange says : Mr. Morphy, whose reputation as the oheis player of the world is well known to onr readers, has been spending & few days in onr clsy, prior to his departure for his home in Louisiana, where he intends to commence the practice oflaw. He mot gentlemen of the Monumental and Balti more chess clubs on Friday evening, and worsted all of those who placed themselves in antagonism with him, including Messrs. Nicholson, G. M. Gil , Carvalho, and Dr. Arnold. On Saturday evening, he visited the room, of the D.ltimorecheM club, and defeated Messrs. Ssemelenyi, Miller, White, and others. Mr. Baer gave him the most trouble. Jesse Bean, formorly of Norristown, Pa., who has been living for several years in McDowell county, Va., recently booama a subject for the threatened application of Lynch law in Tasewcll, on account of suspicions that he was In the habit o* weeklypress. p W ant to BaWini br rtnCotiu. “ “ __2~Z_ MO Tre « ' h“ ™*> Cw*<»i“ * . M (taouadtnointt TvootrOoyloo.oi'mr “ ItatUrtaeT-i . luhhtedltrj fmtik — 1 ; Fo? o Clab of Twvnty-os. or ov«r r vo vittaoaOoo , , ■J J9t£<Ma»>t<ni on muiut to Mt HKMiikr Tu*bu,i hni. CAUFOSXU PRESS. '•n* Ettoi-lKuklr -a tm. Kf tSo'Qlifixmio **»*>«i. CEtfm tampering with dna usd Indoetag them to jin 'STm , howerer, by Sjfflffi&S? 1 " I*— : 80-y.ih. Jrfwm,. S<*lToi' ftm(^dlUJMi U | U ._ lh( Stqu and TTnirt tfyef '‘Tbe nune of tSe jren- appointed ta «n (be recency eaaaed by a* deep of Senitor Broderiefc b annoaneed u n»—■ bit jne. prenme 11 ihoald be written Han, u we i»4 no doubt it b Judge Henry P. Heim,' n satire 1 Of Scott oounly,Kentocly. ■ Thb gentlemen mi grated from Mi nettre State, earn# flftaenyeere M®t end raided for tome time in (w« Mien) Wlmonjin or Michigan. After awhile bedbtlewed tie etar of empire westward* end hair beea a pro minent politician In California for qnite a number of Oeaa Ur - Haon iu alwayi beeaaa tmwa «P>r - - —, B«waid. JMeUgw—Ltwit Cut. Al b *rt - *""• VlrrinlA—R; if X. Han ter, Htiw A. Win Minor BotU, aTII. H. Stew Bouton. Louleienn-Jehn BB4el|. Oeorgtn-A. H. Stephen*, H. Cohb. Mwa«ha«ettt-}r. P. Benkr, Chnrie* Stunner, Bdwenl Ererelt, R. C. Wlnthrop. ’ Meine—Wm. Pitt Peeiend.n. Corwin, John JfoLeen, Selmoa P. olTn , .!f!.'^ lm o c r ra ' Jchtt M R ‘* i . 'u* * Bwhintn. BUU, TruaUn Polk, J. 8. Al&b&mt—Wm. L. YiMsy, Frtnktia Plen*, J. P. Hilt. doqu Ctrolinn- Junu H. Hammond. June* L Urr. U'-i'h. following if the ofiewl Tote tot joiigH of the Supreme Court in low* : sa? ...«*BBi &3.620 Cole. • .....•..♦.53,416 Lowe’e majority over Wilson 2,164 StockVjn’e minority orer Melon 2,147 Baldwin's majority oret C01a... 2,224 Tk!H»*3bkb.—The Democrats of Tennessee hare e*Ued a State Convention at Nashville, on the ISfch January, 1860, to appoint delegatee to the Cheries tob Convention, and alio to chocce an elec torsi tiekai Paims yo* tag Przsidbht.-—A prayer for the President of the United SUtes haa been intro duced Into the English church at Geneva, Switier land. It seems that the English chapel is the oniy church In Geneva In which service la eondneted in the English language. In thle church, therefore, the resident Americans and American boys at the school in the city repair for worship. An account states that the pastor, Rev. Mr. Dawn ton. U ap pointed by the Bishop of London, >»d has always 1» the beautiful service of, his church prayed fbr the reigning family of England, and the public authorities of SwitserUnd. A request was lately made to him by the American consul at Genera, to include in the prayers ef the public terriee oa the Sabbath the name of “Me Prtsidtnt of tXo United Stales of Atnfrtea." To this request Mr. Dawnton replied that he would do so with great pleasure, if bo could get the permission of the Bishop of London. The enlightened and liberal prelate gave his assent, and now, on every Sabbath, a hearty “Amen” goes up from many a heart to the prayer for the “ President of the Uni ted States of America.” A Lcxatic ox THB Bkvch.—The following inci dent in court at HAmm™ West, Ume tioued by the SpieUttor; ! " VMj.rd.r monisg, wHU u tddreMtog lb. jury, in m tb. ibvMQt bortfoßt of hi. «p«ich to hi. honor b. BlSre»4 - “ 4L * ftnns Jn¥*tliie''>n\iid[itni' -• voluntarily to buret intoakwd laugh; The! earned eoonsel seemed for the moment noapluawd, not be \*Z ***** the cause of this unseemly proceed- • Ing On turning to the beneb. however, the reeson was self-evident The chief justice had retired to bis room for a moment, and there in the judicial cbair. in all bis majesty, sat Robert Innea. aa in rane man. well known here. Bob, aa he is fami liarly called, looked smilingly on the learned eoen sel and said, 'Go on; it ia all right, m tee justice done,’ amidst roar* of laughter. At this moment hn lordship returned, but the would-be judge did not feel inclined to vacate his prominent position, and it required three constables to remove him. It was some minutes ere the court settled down to its customary solemnity, and the learned counsel was able to resume his speech.” On Thursday last, Sarah Hubbard, a girl or Irreproachable character, aged nineteen, employed In the office ef the Cleveland Pia\nd*aler, attempt ed to shoot a printer named Moore, who had been circulating seme slanders about her. Miss Hubbard is an orphan, without protectors, and thought she had no other way of avenging her wrongs. She met him in the street, demanded an apology, and, as this was refused, fired her pistol at him. The shot failed to take effect, and he wrenched the pis tol from her. She obtained another pistol, and a few hours after went to hU boarding house, and aa he was passing through the entry again attempted to shoot him, but with precisely the same result. ty* The Springfield (Mass.) Republican of the 21st instant says: “ Henry Holeomb, a respectable and religions eitisen, without any apparent provo cation, or any previous open quarrel, beat his wife over the head, last Thursday afternoon, to terribly that, though still surviving last Saturday, she was in the same insensible oondition that he left bar in, as he supposed dead, and -fled, as yet, beyond discovery and arrest. There is small prospect of her recovery, and he Is probably a murderer in fact, as be was in intent and supposition.” The New York Courier and Enquirer of yesterday says: “An Intelligent eitisen ef Virginia, recently from home, stated to a gentleman la Wall street, yesterday, that the objeetof the display of force in Virginia at this time is to prevent Brown being lynched. He stated that Governor Wise is extremely fearful thia would be done, and is de termined to prevent it The morbid fears ef the people of a Northern incursion, together with the burning of a hay st&ok, ne doubt by order, have been made the groundwork of extraordinary ru mors, which have served as a pretext for centering the military power of the State at Charlestown for such service as may be needed.” fj* The Washington Statee t alluding to the dif ficulties upon the Rio Grande, says: “We were in correct in stating, some days since, that the Go vernment had received so official advices from the authorities of Texas in regard to the outrages com mitted by Cortinas on the Rio Grande. On the contrary, the Government has been officially ad vised of these outrages, and before the troops were removed from Brownsville, the people from that city, and on the whole Rio Granae, protested against the removal of said troops, on the ground that such an i&Tasion might be apprehended. A letter to us from Corpus Christ!, dated October SO, and written by a member of the Texas State Senate, says; “When the Government took away the troops here to send to Utah, we petitioned Congress to send ns protection upon onr border; it was re fused, ana even the few soldiers remaining to guard the public property and troops were taken entirely from the Rio Grande, and Brownsville left without a single soldier to guard the ammuni tion and other property left at Fort Brown. Prl - rate citizens have to leave their business and guard against the doepera joes using It against their per sons, or blowing up the town. ** Independent of the blind folly of such Govern ment aots, it is false economy, and setting a dan gerous precedent of allowing armed troops from Mexico crossing into onr territory. •‘My first act, this session, in the Senate of Texas, will be to raise a thousand men, and ask for an appropriation of $600,000 for their support, which, if granted by the State, will, at a future day, be a charge against the United States.” pp° A correspondent of the Nashville Untoit, writing from Rome, Tenn., under dste of Nov. 4, says: “On Wednesday, November 2d, a succession of explosive sounds were heard for twenty miles around Rome, at 3 o’clock P. M , for twelve to fifteen minutes. All fowls, sheep, cattle, and hones manifested alarm, as during an earthquake, or a furious hurricane. At first, for one minute, the sounds were like rapid discharge* of cannon under the ground, a few degrees east of south. Very quiekiy these explosions spread the sound laterally some sixty degree* in breadth, a* if pro ceeding from a point forty to sixty miles south wardly in the air. The reverberations resembled many wagons and droves of cattle running over bridges, with many clashing louder sounds, as If large flakes of rocks were sliding down cliffs ef a mountain side. There was an apparent tremor of the ground for a few seconds, not more than thunder makes, and, therefore, I quickly exam ined the sky for an extraordinary aerolite, and seeing no signs of an aerolite, I inferred it was an electro-magnetic charge ranging through the beds ofohalybeate sand stone,’horizontally covering the Cumberland mountains in Tennessee.” Owxx Brow* Save. —There were three sons of John Brown with him at Harper’s Ferry. Two wero killed in the affray—one was killed in the engine-house, and the other died of his wounds a few days subsequent to the affair. Thero two were Oliver Brown and Watson Brown. The thirdone, Owen Brown, escaped, and we have it from » 4 source correctly informed that he u safe from the reaoh of pursuers. Whether he was buried in Pennsylvania by fugitive slaves aaiwas Merriam, who a few days since turned up in Canada, we can’t say; bathe got safely away, either on an underground or upper-ground railway.—Cleve land Her old % B*PtfILICASJ, DMOCZATIC.
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