\ - , v . '‘V--S-.-LV' ■ ‘ ■ ,- , ' # ■ - 'j, * *-•’ • Twtm Cunts mm Wkkk, parable to the Carriers. Mnuea to subscribersout of the ojty at Six dollars vaa' ANKuii.. Four Dollajw ior Eioht Monthsj T Htt a a Do l lax t roR jjot MontHA—invariably inad viQoe forth® time ordered. . ; r r TR|-WKEEXY PItESS. Muled to subscribers out of the City atTHEBu Dol l arb per ASNTTMi in advance. . ■; HdlfSE-FURNIBUINC GOODS. iJOCSE-FURNISIIING STOKE, The eubMiiber having by RECENT IM PO ETA TIO N S Added largely to. his Stock of useful HOUSE-FUANIfIHING GOOD*?, Invites the particular attention of Housekeepers to the same. NURSERY FENDERS, HOT WATER DISHES, PLATE WARMBRB, TABLE CUTLERY, Ac. WItLiIAMYABNALry. -No. 1020 CHESTNUT STREET, Immediately opposite the Academy of Fino Arts, nlSstuth'Sm , 1 CARPETINGS, OIL CLOTHS, Ac. rjpHIS FALL'S IMPORTATION GAEPET I N G S , REDUCED PRICES. BADLY & BROTHER. Will this day reduce the pries or the entire balance el their stock of « CROSSLEY'S/* And other maker# of VELVET, TAPESTRY, and BRUSSELS CARPETINGS, in order to close this sea eon's iroporiation. We have also on hand a splendid as* eortmeot of Super THREE-PLY and INGRAIN BED ROOM CARPETS, which we thaU sell low. -nU tf OARPET NOTICE. BA3LY & BROTHER. HO. 080 CHESTNUT STREET, \UEOUCE THE PRICE i'OROSSLE Y’S” BRUSSELS TAPESTRIES * ONE DOLLAR, A YARD. Including all th. b,fl*. j JJAPHAEL P. M. ESTRADA, .MERCHANT TAILOR. FINE FASHIONABLE RE AD Y - MAD E CLOTHING, ' '£ ’ JWD . SUPERIOR FABRICS FOR CUSTOMER WORK, * 80. 31 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET, , , • PHILADELPHIA, • him^^^XWlWC E^^TER', 1 Mr n (lattM.Gnmvuifl Stoksa’,) rwpeqtfqlly invites tbe *t- U&tioaof the public to hf* nejl establishment, and lue •ptandidstoek.of FURBISHING HOODS for Geqtla-, ontband achoice seleotion of.Fabrio«'©*P*jiaU in vitei the attention pfbujsre. Each article warranted HOBSON, :■■; '4:>. BOOTS and shoes. boots anu shoes. NO. 188 NORTH THIRD STREET. A fall assortment of City made Eoot* and Shoes con stantly on hand. ... alO-tf . »JK> CLOSE BUSINESS, We offer .from ndw to the end of the year our LARUE 6TOOK OF* / PAPER; HANGINGS. AT GEBATLY REDUCED BATES. Fereorm wanting their Houses Papered, can get great BARGAINS By oalling early on HART, MONTGOMERY* k 00./ V . CABINET WAKE. £>GUET & HUTTON, jt MANUFACTURERS' OF .O CABINET FURNITURE - v N 0.339 SOUTH THIRD STREET. „,, .‘floe, Bunk; end School Furniture, Extennon Telle., Werdrobei. eto. es-Sm ABINET FURNITURE and BILLIARD • TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, ' t No. 331 SOUTH SECOND STREET, “ nnootton with their exteneive Cflbinet BiuiinMii fire i J Ate pronounoed fay all who have Bled them to be ’^fi|he t Quality 1 finiih of these.Tablea the rasnu laJturers refer to their numerous patronsthroaghqutthe 1 Union, who are with the .oharaoter of their work. jySft-em DRUGS, CHEMICALS, Ac. OKUGS, GLASS, PAINTS, &0. ROBT. SHOEMAKER & CO. FOURTH AND RACE STREETS, ■WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, Importer* and Dealer* In WINDOW GLASS, PAIfiTSi ke*, invite the attention of COUNTRY MERCHANTS To their lute stock qf Goode, vhioh ther offer at the lowest market rate.. oo»-tf r OOKING GLASSES. Ndwiairtow the mart wttemiWe .nd.lejuit Mtert meut of LOOKING GLASSES, Fornvorj ajaoo and every portion, and at tka aeet “ od "“ ,<! . '"'idOKINO GLASSES. . . Is the most elaborate and the most sirailtfraae** . , LOOKING GLASSES - Framed tn the be#tta#te, sad in the mot Mbst&ntiol manner; - , . LOOKING ; GLABSBS • • FanuihedjbT us, ore nrapafactnjed.br ounwlvn U ««r tnm establishment. and 'WALNUT frames for Country JAMBS 8. BARLE & BON, 16 CHESTNUT STREET, ftpl-tf ;/r , PHILADELPHIA. (JOAIi OIL.* VVHILAD B L P H I A P H OT.I 'o GOAL OIL TTOBKB BURNING AND LUBRICATING COAL OILS THISTEEXH, NORTH OP MARKET BTRKET. IyOPE COAL OIL WORKS. fibS!T premium. • ‘ \ : - AWARDED AT :piktrerivANiA state padi, Paotory wood street, wharf sohuyl r,. :, r . " KILL, ; ■OPPIOE ISV WALNUT STREET. ", ; HUBBARD A SOW. I PAINT—A very superior at i . . ftnnw white■itiiio, (VieiUe Montagu. i- '- Cetea*eV!,.i KiooiKl In oil cure. - J- • . .Chr(J!ne.a'eiin,vatio«i «had«B,tn oil, taro. i ■ ■Ver.cHpif lte'jTsrnmiii inoil,rnre, i- Isfessifc li-WKlTlKßilbk BtKrtHFH .WSTtnf K tii«r». I; JUB-U ; Woj, (l and 19 NorUrSKCOlfl) Street TO BK CLOSED, OUT AT fliiO CHESTNUT STREET, “ HENDERSON’S' WILL THIS DAY Of their entire Stock of PATTER NS MERCHANT TAILORS. MANUFACTURERS . Am>. WHOLESALE DEALERS PAPER HANGINGS, Ac. NO. 33S CHESTNUT STREET, DES K 8 northeast corner LOOKING-GLASSES. LOOKING GLASSES ; Manuf&etated and for Bale by helme. moreis, & 00., VOL. 3.—NO. 9S. MIIiMNEKY GOODS. BURTON. 1004 CHESTNUT STREET, ABOVE TENTH, 300 S. SECOND ST., bbcow SPRUCE ST. Hu now opened the largest and most beautiful assort ment of BONNET MATERIAL'S That o&n be found in the oily. ALL COLORS. QUALITIES, AND PRICES. a.OODS CUT BIAS A LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO MILLINERS. 0025-tf-if 729. new 729. FLOWER & FEATHER* STORE 729 OOSTNBT ’STREET. Just received per late STEAMER, & splendid assort* inent of _ HEAD DRESSES. BRIDAL WREATHS. FRENCH FLOWERS, FKATHE|« v * g „ uDai THOS.KENNEDY & BRO., 700 CHESTNUT ST., AND 43 S. SECOND ST. ooa-3m) TOOTHING CHEAPER ! NOTHING BET -11 TERM Having the very beat facilities, ire are determined to furnish,at the. LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES, th.e best and most seasonable jroode >n BONNETS, rimmed or untrimmed, RIBBONS, FLOWERS ... . . We have now a splendid stook of WINTER BONNETS. in variety of jtyls and euahfr. sure to please the most simple or rad most fashionable. Also; a most complete assortment of Children's Straw and Fancy Bonnets.-Beavers, Flats, etc. Beautiful Cloth and velvet Caps for small boys. . LINCOLN, WOOD, & NICHOLS, 725 CHESTNUT STREET, olfl-tf ; NORTH SIDE., ffc J. HAMBURGER, No. 116 North MmSECOND Btrept, is proparcd to exhibit the most complete stock of Millinery Goods, comprising Ribbons, Plovers. Foathers, Blonds, Laces, ftuohes, Velvets, and other Bonnet Materials. Also, a handsome assort ment of Pattern Bonnets, to all of wfaioh he would in* vita the attention of Merchants and Milliners. N. B.—Goods daily received from Auction, and sold at the lowest prices, s 17-gin* fa MRS. M. S. BISHOP, of 1016 CHEST- ImNUT Street, has now opened & splendid assort meat ofFashion&nle Millinery. off-lra CIGARS, TOBACCO, Ac. 2JWISSLER & FIORILLO, 125 NORTH THIRD STREET, Have for .ale a large aniplr of OIG A R s OF THE BEST HAVANA BRANDS TOBACCO, SNUFF, PIPES, &o. AGENTS FOR GAIL 4 AX, GERMAN SMOKING TOBACCO AND CIGARS. 00243 m MERINO. 140 SOUTH FRONT BTRBJST, H at In morn and bond, an. Of.ri for Sale, a Lar,e Ateortm.nl *f CIGARS, Rewired Him, bom Harans, of olioioo and tarortt* Pnuidei ■ • •*. v.. 4 A|tf *tf Lt TjKE BEST BRANDS, .AT/LOW ' WATCHES, JEW)EI.bV, Arc. 'ls WM, WILSON & SON i 'lnvite special attention to their stook of SILVER WARE, which if now unusually large, affording a va riety of patient and design unsorpaibed by the United States, and of finer quality than is manufao* tnred for table use in auy part of the wprld. Oor Standard of Bflyer Is 935-1600 parts pure The English Sterling 925*1000 “ American and French...... .900*1000 “ Thus it will be seen that we give thirty'five parte purer than the American and Fronoh ooin, and ten parti purer than the English Sterling. We melt all our own Bilver, fljiionr Foreman being connected with the Refining De partment of the United State* Mint for several years, we gnamntee the Quality u above (945), which is the fnoi that can be made to be serviceable, and will roeict the aotion of acids much bitter than the ordinary Silvet manufactured* WX. WILSON k SON, B. W. CORNER FIFTH AND OHERR7 STS. N. B.—Any fineness of Silver manniactured as agreed upon, bnt positively noni inferior to Frenth and Ameri can standard* Dealers supplied with the same standard as used In oor retail department. - > Fine Silver Bars, 999-1000 parts pore, constantly on hand. au2i*om JS. JARDfiN & BRO., •MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF BILYER-PLATED WARE N 0,994 CHESTNUT Street, above Third, (up stair*,. Philadelphia. OgiyrtantVr on hand and for sale to the Trade. fBA-BETS. COMMUNION SERVICE SETS, URNS, mm FORKS, LADLES, Ac., Ae. •ildins and plating on all kinds of metal. HARDWARE PACKAGE HOUSES. JJANDY & BKENNER. NOS. 33, 36, AND 37 NORTH FIFTH STREET PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, For the eale of all kinds of AMERICAN MANUFACTURED HARDWARE, AMD IMPORTERS OP GERMAN, BELGIAN, FRENCH, AND ENGLIfiH HARDWARE AND CUTLERY, Keepoourtantlron hands targe atookof Gooditoaap plr Hardware Dealers. BUTCHER’S FILES, By the eaak or otherwise. gHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, NO. 113 CHESTNUT ST., COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOR THE SALE OF PHILADELPHIA-MADE HASP'S REPEATER PIBTOL, GOODS. BUTCHER’S EDGE TOOLS, BUTCHER’S STEEL OF VARIOUS KINDS. WRIGHT’S PATENT ANVILS AND VICES, SHIP CHAIN, And other kinds in ©very variety* SOLS AGXMTB FOR WEIGHING ONLY 8X OUNCES. SHARPS NEW MODEL RIFLES AND PISTOLS, SSWAXD 8. HAftDY. JHO, O, BKEMItBX. V, P. BRSNN2X, aulfl-tf PACKAGE HARDWARE HOUSE.—We *- would respectfully call the attention of the Gene ral Hardwye Trade to our extensive Stock of BIR MINGHAM HARDWARE, whioh we offer at a small advance by the package. Orden for direot importation solicited, and Goods de livered either in this city, New York.br New Orleans. W. G. LEWIS & Son, 41* COMMERCE Street, Jraportlnc and Commission Merchants, or Foreign and Domestio Hardware. au33-tf MEDICINAL. MRS. WINSLOW, yR AN EXPERIENCED NURSE, AND FEMALE l,r * l ° K g jo of moth.gher FOR CHILDREN TEETHING, •rhiohjEreatlr faollltateatho jprooenof teething, by eoll .nins uie.iom., rediuin, all Jnflamßiation i mil allay Bowels. Depend upon it, mothers, it will give rest to yourselves “relief AND HEALTH to YOUR INFANTS. we have pntJip and sola •{this article for over ten fears,and canmy, in eon w fidenoe and truth of it, that we have Mver been to ik'e to sajr or any other OS FEc/a odjSs, 11 when timely nsed. Never did bn we know, an instance of dwausfSietion by any one L-. w|iO used it. On the con trary*, &U are delighted OT with its operations, and syeakin terms of highrsl -* commendationont#magi- Md effects and medical virtoes. We apeak in this matter “what we do know, "jailer ten year? experience,andpledgeonr reputation for the fulfil ment of what wo here de rj olare. In almost every instance where.tne infant w is suffqnnK from pain and exhaustion, relief will l>e c_, found in fifteen or twenty STnute. eftw the Sjrop i» £ administered. § m&pwk s IfUßtiESinNewßnglasd and has been used with « Knot only relieve* the “I ohiM from earn, tat in rirorat..theatomaoti and - bowele, oorreole Midity, % aH™ if not j speedily remedied, end in <a ffittfSill every mother who has a ohild suffering from any ox the foregoing complaints, fe do not let your preindioeH, nor the .prejudice! of others*, stand between four suffering ohiM and , the relief that will be BURE-res, ABSOLUTE M LY SUHE-to follow the see or this, medicine, if _» timely tised. Fall direo ™js«r c r r. % ?/su% h u»AP N ET Street. NnrYerk. Jv»-lr SPANISH OLrpa—ln bulk, in prime front Street. DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. SNOW-SHOE SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS. SNOW-SHOE CANTON FLANNELS. SNOW-SHOE COLORED CAMBRICS SNOW-SHOE CORSET JEANS. SNOWiSHOE TICKINGS. FOB SALB L'xCLUaIVXLY BY JOSHUA L. BAILY. IMPORTER AND JOBBER, OF FANCY AND BTAPLE DRY GOODS, 813 MARKET STREET, nIS-tf PHILADELPHIA. Q A R D. SOMERS & SNODGRASS', 34 S. SECOND, AND 93 STRAWBERRY STS., have in etoro a largo .took of CHINCHILLA, ESKIMO, FROSTED TRICOT,. NO BATIN-FACED BEAVER CLOTHB. SATIN-FACED DOESKINS, AND HEAVY PATENT FINISHED CLOTHS, FOR LADIES’ CLOAKS AND MANTLES, AND GENTLEMEN’S OVERCOATINGS. o2S,tr CJLOTHSI! CLOTHS I! 1 SNODGRASS & STEELMAN, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN CLOTHS, OASSIMERES, VESTINGS, ko., NO. 52 SOUTH SECOND STREET, ABOVE CHESTNUT, Aro daily receiving addition! to their already large etookof FALL GOODS, Comprised in par, of BLACK AND COLOBED CLOTHS, “ •• “ BEAVERS, “ CABSIMERES AND DOESKINS. PLAIN AND FANCY CABSIMERKB, SILK, VELVET, AND CASHMERE VEBTINGB, &c. N. B.—A variety of Cloths and Beavers suitable for LADIES’ CLOAKB and MANTILLAS, all of which Till be sold at reasonable prioes. «3i-tf w- S. STEWART & GO., JOBBERS OF AUCTION GOODS, .303 MARKET STREET, ABOVE THIRD, Have now in Store a full line of BLACK AND FANCY BILKS, BROCHE AND OTHER-SHAWLS, BILK MANTILLA VELVETS, Of all grades, and all the new fabric* in Drees Goods, to which we invite the attention of CASH AND PROMPT SIX-MONTH BUYERS. «9-5 m gITER. PRICE. & GO.. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. "" "" 815 MARKET STREET. WILLIAMSON & CO.. ; : WHOLESALE BEALEiM AND JOBBERS IN , b-' D|Y (GpODB, . ■ 0T AX**, ’3 v (And did Commerce itreet,) SITWXSN ffOUETH AKD FIFTH, WORTH 1101, Our stook, eopeoiaUy adapted to Southern and "W Bit era trade, if now large and complete In every parti oular. anf-tf COMMISSION HOUSES. pROTHINGIIAM & "WELLS, 35 LETITIA STREET, AND 3-1 SOUTH FRONT STREET. COTTONADES. Suitable lor both Clothiers ami Jobbers, m largo variel}, SUMMER COATINGS AND OASHMKHKTTS Made by Washington Mills. Orders taken for these desirable goods for Spring trado. nl"-tf PROTHINGHAM & WELLS, 34 SOUTH BRONT. AND 31! LETITIA STREET, Are AGENTS for the sale of Goods Manufactured by the following Companies, viz; MASSACHUSBTTB, Laconia, Okkat Falls, Lykan, Cabot, Dwight, Fi.RKI.YS, Ipswicn, Jlartlkt. Drewu, Bleached, ami Colored SheeUngs, Shirtings, Joans, and Drills. ROBESON’S BLUE PRINTS, HAMPDkN COMPANY’S TWEEDS AND COTTONADES in great variety. WASHINGTON MILLS (Formerly Bay State) Shawls. Pmno and Tab o Covers, l’nntod Feltings, Flannels, All-Wool and Cotton Waro Clotlis, heavy Clk and blue Reavers, Caasiraere-s, aud Tricots. Also, Ker soys. Satinets, and Tweeds. ' 01-stuth-Cm £JENRY D. NELL, CLOTH STOKE, HOB. 4 AND 6 NORTH BECOND STREET. OVERCOATINGS, CHINCHILLA, NOSKOWA, FROSTED, AND PLAIN BEAVERS, Alj.j, OABSIMERES, VELVETS, Ac., Ac., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. nlMf HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. B HIGGS HOUSE. Corner RANDOLPH and WELLS Streets, CHICAGO. WM. P. TUCKER A CO., Proprietors. nt-Im* rfiHE UNION, X ARCH STREET, ABOVE THIRD. PHILADELPHIA. ’ UPTON S. NEWCOMER. The situation of this HOTEL is superiorly adapted to the wants of the Busmoss public; anilto those in aearob of pleasure, Passenger Railroads, whioh now run past, ana, in close proximity, afford a cheap And pleasant ride to All placas of interest in or About the oity. Jy JB-6m SCALES. wr MANCHESTER SCALES. At the Phiiadelphia Bank building, CHESTNUT Street, ahove Fourth, may be found a general assortment of COUNTER SCALES, PORTABLE PLATFORM SCALES, £9& S I^ T JX4 Ri * HOUBI 4 SCALES. « . wMJA&IXPOA L SCALES. Also . RAILROAD TRACK SCALES furnished at short no tioe. All warranted to indicate standard weight, ucou rateand durable. The style And finieli of the above goods best known by examination. «18-thstu3m OKO. W. COLBY k CO. Wf FAIRBANKS’PLATFORM SCALES. ForsQIebyFAIRUANKS Sr. EWINO. 022-ly 715 CHESTNUT Street, Philn. m FAIRBANKS’ lIAY, COAL, AND A CATTLE SCALES. For sale br -FAIRBANKS k EWING. 022*1y 7ISCHESTNUT Street. Phiia. mt HOWE’S STANDARD SCALES.— STRONG & ROSS PATENT.—CoaI, Cattle, and Hsy Scales require no mt. Platform and Counter Scale#ofevery dosonption. They reoeive all Fnotion and Wear on flails instead of Knife Edges, as on othei Scales. Call and examine before purchasing elsewhere, and see the improvement. , , rENN jgffls®H>;r;, 06-3m* Philadelphia. Hf ARTIN & QUAYLE’S LTJ. STATIONERY. TOY, and FANCY GOODS . EMPORIUM, m XOSS WALNUT STREET, ni-Srofp # PHILADELPHIA. Constantly on hand Perfumery ami Toilet Artlele#. WEDDING, Visiting, and Professional Cards, executed in style, by B. MAROT, En graver, 431 dHKBTNUT Btroet, 8. E. corner 2d story. Door .ami other plates made to ordor. Seals, Jewelry, &0., engraved. nll-lm* OEFINED SUGAR.—SOO barrels various IM tale SSMe'jM an» Y.FTItU HtFeit. Hams and shoulders—2,3oo . Pieces City Smoked Ham# and Shoulder#, for sale by C. C. SADLER A CO., ARCH Street, second door above Front, nld PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1859. Cl l J ress. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1859 Literature- ENGLISH AND AMERICAN FEMALE TOFTS. Professor Coppec, of (ho Upivorsity ol Pennsylvania, is editor of « A Gallery of Dis tinguished English and American Poets,” just published by E. 11. Butler & Co., of this city, and justly entitled to bo as tlio most beautiful gift-book of the season—perhaps we might more corrcctlysav of many seasons. It is superbly bound in Turkey moroQco, with gilt edges, is dolicatoly printed upon tinted papor, and is richly illustrated with it hundred steel engravings, beautifully executed, from original designs by eminent artists. As these aro separately impressed on the payer to accom pany the lettor-press, whereas wood-engravings aro printed with the typo, at one process, every sheet of this work has been printed twice , once at the engraver's and a second time by the printing press. This, which largely increases the cost of production, also greatly augments the beauty and valuo of the volume. Messrs. Butler & Co. are famous for their ornate books, but this appears to bo their chef d'onivre, The only work of a similar character worthy of being compared with it is the “Gallery of Famous English and American Poets,” also edited by Mr. Coppeo, and publishod, last year, by Messrs. Butler. In ordinary cases a richly illustrated work ot this description is chiefly looked at for the sako of the pictures. It would bo treating Professor Coppec'a Female Ppets slighl- Ingly to dispose of the work in- tins man ner. For, with great tasto and good judg ment, he has mado a very fine selec tion and collection of the best poems by thtffemalo writers ol England and America. He has drawn, very judiciously, upon fifty-six of these authors, commencing with ITnnnuh More, Helen Mfcria Williams, Mrs. BarbauUl, and Joanna Baillic, aud ondiug with Grace Greenwood, Mm. Ritchie, Elizabeth S. Swift, Caroline Loo Hantz, Clara Moore, and Julia McMastcrs. Over one hundred and Ally speci mens of these writers aro given. ( In well-written Introduction, Professor Coppeo gracefully discusses the character, object, and execution 1 ?)! the work —particularly eulogising, as indeed they de serve, tho designs by tho Into Mr. Schmolze, of this city, which occupied his last working hours, and, independent of their great merit, aro invested with a melancholy and touching interest. He then passes on to the considera tion of Poetry, chiefly as it lias been writ by Woman. With equal truth and delicacy of oxprcBBive.criticiBm, ho detines itthns: « Now, there was a time, when, to sing, meant to im provise i to open one's heart in one's own song j to wavblo joyous words to joyous notes; or to send out tho soul's real present sorrow in such a wailing minor that it should shako the heart-strings of tho hearer, as the wind harp is tortured iuto sound by tho surrounding night breezes. Then the thoughts and words wero greater than tho melody j tyfa was but an adjunct to them. Just such is woman's poetry.” From this, he passes on to a con sideration of the character of Woman, which .he draws with flno discrimination—albeit tho aketch is rather roso-tinted. Thonco ho proceeds to , touchy lightly, upon the female poets from whom hoSSas mado up tho book. T Thcro issomo eriti cisra in these brief notices*. aro generally correct, but we cannot.iigroo with all of them. Fur example, when bo says that “of all tho poetesses whoso names wo have here inscribed, there is -none more- deserving of honorable mention than Mrs. Surah J. Hale," whose very task-work, ho add, “has been inspired by tho power of au untram melled genius.” Opinions diiTor, or course, but wo have never seen any causo, not even in tho specimens given by Professor Goppuc, to consider the lady as a poet —for making verses does not elevate one to this high rank. As wo aro nothing if not critical, we ask Professor Coppec on what authority ho says that a certain work “ is a collcdancnm of Ger man lyrical devotion.” The word which wo have hero italicised is neither English nor La tin, and the word « collection” would have expressed the idea. So good an English writer as Professor Coppec should not have made an unnecessary word; on the same principle, perhaps, ho would* substitute tho mongrel donate for the Saxon give. This is oulya mote on the sun, however, fpr his Introduction is a fine piece of English composition. The engravings are very good. Wo wish that the portraits hud been uniform in charac ter. A few of tho ladies represented ceased to bo young inauy years ago, but wo have them here as they uj>peared in their toons, long before their formed character lmd breath ed the expression of mind into their features. We like in a }>ortrait to see the face as intel lect, and thought, and mental labor have made it. Mere young-lady faces of women who have since become renowned by their genius are not worth looking at. The female por traits of Joanna Baillie, Miss Mitford, Mary Ilowitt, Mrs. Norton, Miss Lamlon, Mrs. Browning, Mrs. Sigournoy, Mrs. Osgood, Mrs. Judson, Mrs. Hale, Margaret Fuller, Mrs. Bot ta, “ Edith May,” Mrs. Stephens, Miss Sedgwick, AUco B. Haven, Mrs. Ilcntz, are good resemblances. Tho best of the engravings, and by far tho greater number, represent miscellaneous sub jects. The Vignettes are especially charming. The artists aro Schmolze, David Roberts, Ha milton, (the Stanfield of America,) Turner, Inmau, Franklin, Buchuuun Read, Scheucssle, Huntington, Dcvcrcux, Warren, Radclyfl’e, Haydon, Landseer, Verboyok, Lcutze, Hicks, Eastman, Banks, Sargcant, and a few more. The collection makes a beautiful picture gallery, and the services ol tho best engravers have bcon hero employed to reproduce, by the burin, some of tho best productions of the best artists oi America und England. Rarely have the sister arts, Painting aud Poetry, been more felicitously combined to illustrate each other. The result is a volume which, while it may gracefully adorn the putfor tablo, also possesses permanent literary value. Wo can imagine no more nuitable gift-book for youth and beauty, and give it our mos* hearty .commendation, as highly creditable in all respects to all who have combined taste, labor, and capital to produce it. LIVES OF EMINENT PHILADELPHIANS. Mr. Henry Simpson Ua3 collected, and Mr. William Drollierhcad lias just published, an octavo volume of nearly a thousand pages, illustrated with forty-four engravings, hearing the title of “ Tlio Lives of Kmlneut Phila delphians now deceased, collected from origi nal and authentic sources,” It is an import ant addition to our local literature—as a good design well executed. Sovoral hands have contributed to build up this voimno. .Mr. Simpson acknowledges his obligations to Messrs. Horace ISinncy, Samuel Brock, Jo soph R. Chandler, Henry D. Gilpin, diaries J. Biddle, P. P- Morris, Samuel Hood, Tho mas L. Kane, Thomas Bnlch, C. B. Trogo, and William Brotherhood, slid ])r. W. Elder and o tilers. Sucli a tiling as uniformity or one ness of stylo is not to bo looked for, of course, IVom such a largo array of writers. Some memoirs, also, occupy moro or loss space thou the gonoral reader limy think the subject en titled to. litre, wo tind a biography turning rather upon the era in which the man lived, than upon tlio man himself. There, on the contrary, wo have a great deal of anecdote and personality. But tho combination, to our taste, makes one of the merits of tho work. Readiifg a thousand pages of biography, from ono pen, would ho nearly as monstrous and wearisome ns tlio performance of a thousand miles of pedestrlanisin in a thousand succes. sive hours. Variety of stylo and treatment, in a cyclopiedle volume like tills, is agreeable, because it gives rolief to tho roador. Each biographer, no doubt, would treat of a person of whom he had more or less personal kjiow- I ledge, or in tho easo of persons long since do parted, with whose mind his own idiosynerney bad somodegreo of correspondence. Ho who wroto tho life of William Penn, in this book, would x>robably not so well have written the biography of Dr. Chapman, and vice versa. The variety of writers, then, is an advantage. It certainly has mado this volume very reada ble. There aro nonrly four hundred separato bi ographies in this book. The arrangement is alphabetical, which creates a convenience of reference. It would have been well had there been a second table ol contents with the names of the subjects placed In chronological order. Tho want of this is the only serious charge we have to make against tho book. Tlic lino catholic spirit which selected the subjects for biography is to bo commended. Mr. Siiupson lias by no means limited himself to what is called “ the higher ranks ol life,” but has gone abroad, among tho departed wor thies of Philadelphia, and without restriction of position or sex Inis given notices of those best deserving. While William Penn, Wil liam Hudson, Stephen Decatur, Captain John Barry, Ohnrlcs Macalestcr, Bishop Hobart, Bishop White, Benjamin Franklin, Judge Bouvier, Robert Morris, Richard Rush, and others of equally high standing aro duly chron icled here, Patrick Lyon, the blacksmith, whoso life is a romance, and others of posi tion not much higher, are duly noticed. Mr. Simpson thinks with Pope that « Worth makes tho man.” Another merit of this work is its being brought don nto tho present time. Not only have wo memoirs of Edward D. Ingraham, who died in 18M, of J)r. Kane, who died in 1857, and of Robert Walsh and Judges Kauo and Con rad, who died last year, but wo find a most inte resting biography, extending 6vcr eleven pages, of Richard Rush, who departed, full of yonrs aud honors, so recently as tho 30th of July, in the present year. This is a characteristic of tho work, which much enhances its value. Tho biographies properly commence at tho beginning, with Penn and tho other most noted settlors. A history of the city of Philadelphia, from its foundation, might almost be written from this volume of biography: wo do not moan a history of Its streets and alleys, its bricks and mortar, but of its social xirogress. Wo have lastly to notice tho illustrations, consisting of forty-four portraits, welhexecu ted, for tho mostpart, by Messrs. John and Samuel Sartain. These give much additional interest to the book. It is to bo regretted that the portraits of William Bnrtram, William Brad ford, and the Rev. Dr. Joseph Pilmoro, hero given, are from old and worn plates. They destroy tho uniformity of the illustrations. Wo tako-leave of this literary and pictorial Wnlhalla to the departed Worthies of Phila dclxdiia, with sincere thanks to Mr. Simpson and Mr. Brothcrhcad tor having produced such a work. Its value will increase with years. Tho price charged for it ($7.50) will just co. ver the dost, if the wholo impression, which is limited, bo disposed of. This is one of the cases in which the labor must be its own re ward. Letter from New York. Ti!K UKMOCRATIC MIYOHALTY NOMINATION: ITB I’OPM.ARITV WITH THE OPPOSITION ANI> NEUTRAI, TBESS—TUB NEW HOMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL —pauperism: xkw \ork ahead or Ireland— mCßCll ON A rp.E.SII PICTI'HK—OPERATIC GOS SIP. (Correspondence of Thn I'ress.l Nnw York’, Not. 22, 1A59. It is a noticeable evMooco of tho high personal chnrnolorof Mr. Hnveruejor,*the Domooratio can didate for Mayor, that the Evening Post t the ablest, most independent, and John Browniest of all tho Republican journals, shsuld heartily endorse the nomination, na obo fit to be toado.” It lays: 11 Mr. ilavomeyer is an upright, intelligent, ex perienced miin, who, if ho should be olcctol, will nLoharge tho duties of tho mayoralty with honor to himpoJf ftnd to tho city. He haa this special re crmniondation, apart from his personal worth: that he line twieo held tho office before, performing tho functions, on both occasion*, with deoinimi and energy : nnd when he delivered up his trust, with out a whisper against tho purity of his official con duct, ho might oarily havo boon ro elected. Wo in Now York hnvo nearly n million of people, and hundreds of millions of property to be moro or less ‘itTeotcd by tho chnracicr of our Chief Mugietrato. U is of tho last huportnnuo to us to have good ra«n in place, whatever their politics in other respects. Gtir. govornmont is nearly swamped with debt. Bruiser*, blackguards. «n<l peculators aro appoint ed to high functions. OCfbo is regarded ns a simple Instrument of speculation, and the most corrupt pmetioes aro indulgod In with impunity. Lot us, Ibcn, have men in the most responsible positions who will try to put a atop to these iniquities; who will nol steal thomselves. nop allow othors to utoaii who will not collude with criminals, nnd who will onforoo the laws, whalovcr the oonsequences. *• Mr. llarcmoyer, we bold, Is such a man, nnd wo should bo glud to know that bo has accepted tho nomination, nnd to seo him elected. We fear, howover, that Mr. Ilnveuieyer will not consont to accept tho noinluntioa. Ho does not appear to bnvO'bcen consulted in regard to it inrovious to the mooting of the Convention on Raturany. and at the timo wo writs had not signified his acquiescence in tho jesuti It Is to bo boned that ho will regard tbo interests of tho city rather than his persons! conienioncejn hit? conclusion. But if ho will not accept, it will then remain for tho Republican Convention, which moots this ovonmg, to bring into tho fiold a man of Mr. Havemeyer’s standing and capacity, and about whom the same clat-ees may rally.” The warmth with which the Pott eulogisea Mr. Havpmpyoris'nnt nbovobis dcsorU. Ho cepted the nomination, and already the tido of publio opinion hns set in with a flood fo resistless ni to leavo his election a muttor beyond all perad venture. Tho (.'ommtrcinl J'/tvi/i.vr, /i.i press, Ti/acs, and S/tir, speak of the nomination in highly commendatory terms. In tho window of Dunigan A Brother’s bookstore, in Broadway, has been placed uhandsomely-drawn clovation of tho now St. Patrick's Cathedral, tho of which was laid, with high coromo nial, in August Just year. When eomplotod, it will bp nllogothor tho largest, costliest, and most splen did church edifleo in tho Union. Tho plan is a Ln*in cros?, 323 feet long by 175feot wido, fronting on Fifth avenuy. Tho rock on which tho super structure is to lest having been lovellod and tho foundation coinploted, tho towers and south tran sept hnvo been commenced and runup severnlfect. At tho timo tho cornor-stono was laid. Archbishop Hughes announced that ono hundred gentlomen had contributed ono thousand dollars each towards tho building; ninking, from that sourco alone, tho nwpoctablo aggregate of ono hundred thousand dollars. A splendid dopot for paorpeoplo—“ pcoplo in in- circumstance#,” ns dame Partington call# them—is tins oity of New York. From & recent re port of tho Association for Improving tho Condition of the Poor, it appears that the number of city pnuperS relieved and supported during tho year ending Decemhor 1,1958, was 130,150, being about ono-sevonth of tho population, and nn increase over tho preceding year of 37.011. Involving a public expenditure of half n million of dollars. Tho com mitments for crime, during ’the same period, num bered 35,172, whioh was an increase of moro than tvcnly-live per cent, ovor the preceding year, at nn outlay of moro than $300,000 —unking tho an nuH co.°t to our tnx-payers, for pauperism anil crime, about $BOO,OOO for tho last twolve months. In tho last annual report of tho Secretary of State occurs the following statement rotative to tho pro portion of paupera to population, abroad and at homo: Population. Paupers. Englrnd nndWalc# 10.045.01)1) 885.000 Scotland 3,035.000 115,213 Ireland • 0.500,000 50,000 NcwYoik Stale 3,500,000 201,155 In other words, tho pauperi o m of England and Wales wfli in tbo ratio of four ami per cent, of tho whole population; in Scotland, three un<l nine-tenths psi ant.; in Ireland, about m'ne lenlh* of one per rent ; while in tho great State of New York. Tthiok is foremost in population, enter prise, and rcsouroe". tho ratio is seven and four tenth* per cent. Making, thciufore, every reason bio allowance for hypothetical inaccuracies in our Stato statistics—for tho figures assumed are less than the returns would justify—and wo nro con fronted with tho appalling fact, that the pauperism in this Gtato is rouie fivo percent. In advance of thnt in Ireland; that is to say, there nro, according to tho ratios of imputation, fivo paupers in this Stato to one in that country. Church, tho artist, is making another of his mftr vollous views of tho rich soonory of tho tropics—a picture of ono of tho South American volcanoes. Thanksgiving Day will ho a sort of carnival at the houses do amusement. At tho Academy of Music thoro will be a matinee, nt which, in addi tion to tho regular corps of artists, Madtuao Anna Bihhop will sing selections, in costumo, from Tau* oredi and Norma. In tho evening Adolinn Fattl makes her dobut on tho operatic stage ns Lueiat supported by Brignoli and Forri. Not only may Young Amoricn bo expected to turn out on nrasao on that occasion, as a mutter of gallantry, but tho hundreds who admirod her as 11 little Patti,” and the many attnohod friends of Mrs. Strakosoh, (her sister,) and Mr. Btrako?oh. will scarco keop away from a debut so repleto with interest. Jons MoniussEV in Custody at Buffat.o —Tho Buffalo Courier, November 21, say#*. “Deputy Sheriff Tyler was in Buffalo on Saturday, having MorrUsoy in custody, wo aro informed on good au thority. Vi o do not know whether any others of the prize-fighters havo boon brought on or not.” PULPIT PORTRAITS—N O< IV. REV. JAMES RYDER, D. D. BY ORAYDEAP.D. Th© Rev. James Ryder, I). D., was born in Dublin in tho year 1800; camo to America a youth, and soon after ontered Georgetown College, an in stitution with which he has at intervals been officially conneotod during a large, portion of his life. In 1813 he entered among tho Jesuits, ns & novioo of tho order, and during tho onsuing five years prosecuted his philosophical .studies in tfco college above referred to. In 1820 he went to Romo, whore, for five years, ho was occupied In tho study of theology. It was during this period that ho mado his defeueo of all theology in tho Roman College. After hid ordination, in 1823, he was ap pointed a teacher of Theology and Baored Scrip ture in the College of Spoleto, where the present Popo was then Archbishop. At the close of three yoars he resigned this position, and returnod to Amorlea. The ripened attainments which he had acquired during bU absence rendered his presenoo at Georgetown desirable, and he accordingly ontered tho college & second time, not as a pupil, but as a teacher of Theology and Philosophy. Ho was soon after appointed to the vice-presi dency of the college, which position he held for several years, having twioo visited Philadelphia during the iatorval, and spent some time here in a pa&toxal rotation. It was upon one of these occa sions that he attended the laying of the corner stono of St. Johu’s (Catholio) Church, Thirteenth street, above Cho3tnut. It may hero be observed that, notwithstanding the fears then entertained of this enterprise being of an unwarrantablo magni tude, there have, since tho erection of that edifice, no less than six other churches sprung from it. With regard to Fathor Ryder’s claim to the title of D. D., it may not be generally known that all Professed Jesuits are acknowledged on the conti nent of Europe aa Doctors of Divinity; and that ono of the requisites of becoming a Professed Je suit is, that he shall be able to teach theology and philosophy in any university; another is, that be sides taking the throe ordinary vows of Povorty, Chastity, and Obedience, he must run obedience to the Sovereign Pontiff to go to any foreign mission, and to refuse all ecclesiastical honors. In 1830, during tho creotion of St, Joseph's Church, iu Willing’s alley, Dr. Ryder was pastor of that congregation, as he had, in fact, been for a short poriod while they yet worshipped in the old building on the site of their prosont large and com fortable edifice. Tho corner-stone of this church, it may be added, was laid by Dr. Ryder, who preached in Bt. Mary’s on the occasion. The pro cossion to the ohurch on that day. and the solemni ties attending it, are well remembered by many of ourcitizons. Toward the close of ’39 he assumed the pastoral charge of St. Johu’s Church, in Fre derick, Maryland. In 1840, his eminent qualifications for the post, no less than his long and honorable connection with the institution itself, pointed to Dr. Ryder ns tho ino«t suitable person to fill the president’s chair of the oollege, which he did for six years. During this period, extending from 1810 to 1&48, as tho ohief governing officer of Georgetown Col lege, he had many young men under his charge, who hare since risen to honorable emlnenco In professional life, and the sons of not a few of die first men In the nation. Dr. Rydor has thrice visited Europe on business for tho Order of which ho is so distinguished a member. It was after his return from Europe the second time that ho was elected to tho presidency of the Holy Cross, tho Roman Catholic College located at Worcester, Massachusetts. Subsequent to this, ho was re-elected to the presidential chair of Georgetown College, in which capacity he con tinued for throo years moro. In 1853, ho went to California on business for the Church. WhUo there, his health gavo way, and ho sailod for Havana, where he remained a short period, and after spending a few months in States, where ho delivered ft popu lar course of lectures, returned to Philadel phia, and, four yoars ago, was made pas ter of St. John’s Church, In this city, whoro he continued for about two yoars, at thu closo of which he wont to ALucandrl*, udia^» r lavnAArJjr iactAjtA&jra. more, ho occupied the )>o«iUo» of assistant pastor. Returning again to this city, he has, for the past few months, acted as assistant pastor of St. Jo soph’s Church, already rctorrod to, where, on last Sunday morning, bo dolivered a discourse from the passage of Scripture in tho nineteenth chapter of St. Matthew, containing the account of Christ’s blowing little children, aud his answer to tho young man who oanio to him, asking what he must do to obtain eternal life. Our Lord’s answer to this is found in tho 21st verso, as follows: ‘‘lf thou wilt bo porfect, go and soil that thou hast and give to tho poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come aud follow me,” and upon tho import of this answor the discourse was mainly founded. As already indicated Dr. Ryderig noarly sikty years of ago; is of medium helghMplMi rather cor pulent. Ills hair, which is white, is combed behind his in ropoee, an air of peculiar is florid. His face, of tho portraits of John full, and indicative of a inaldrtd'jfflro§pf||ffnee of tho vital forces, U dolicato in 'outlme7~as it Is also youthful in appoarance, and redolent nature, though lie has a laughing dark: eye which, ns I discovered moro than once proceeded with hH sermon, is not incapable fiercer things than the unadulterated milk of huthfh kind ness His addrosi in the pulpit is at onco that of a gentleman and a scholar; oininoutly dignified, yet not haughty or overbearing. Ho is gracofal, and apparently ih faatidums In his tastes as a woman. Culturo and rcQnementmark his diseoarso through out. I don’t know but ho is a little too strict in his conformity to tho philosophical rules of rheto rical propriety. This peculiarity is probably at tributable to his long connection with one of our first Institutionyjf learning. Ho is one of the most methodical thinkers. Not one sentence does he uttor without a purpose. For an oxtempore effort, his sermon on Sunday morning was really remarks* bio in this particular. Without manifesting anjgraat anxiousness to make his hearers believe that what ho preaches is true, ho di-posa* of tho various points cf his argument in tho most .'’droit manner to ren der tho conclusion ho desire B irresistible, no is hence a skilful pleader. Ho lays down a proposi tion with so much gentlonoss, that, however unpa latable it might at first seem in the hands of ano ther, he secures a hearing, And then he procoods with tho most insinuating arguments to establish his point. In puwor he is a model of a pulpit orator. Ho never lots off his thunder till he is euro his lightning has struck;; and when this is achieved, be has a wonderful facility for clinching tho nail with a burst of indignation, a shower of rMicnlo, or a vein of the pathetic—in cither of which he seems equally at home. Ho haa a soft, mild way of pronouncing bis words, quito in koepiug with his benevolout expres sion of face. In his gesticulation he Is no loss exact and precise, than ho is in framing bis sentences and arranging his arguments. In the former his right arm is mainly employed; the loft occasionally, al though the pulpit uso of neither is such ns might not bo employed with propriety in animated pri vate discourse. You need not hearhira long to ascer tain that it is sense, not souod, by which he seeks to impress hislistenfrs. llis stylo of speakiug, upon tho wbolo, may be described as conversational, though so far as it regards ability to present ideas in the most fitting torms to bo oloariy understood, bo li truly oloquent. Asa word painter, however, I should judgo him more successful In moving the boait than in exciting the imagination. In his de livery, ho varloß from tho slow—bordering on the monotonous— to tho warm and more rapid, but Is never so precipitate as to intorfero with distinct articulation, llis sermons arc by no moan** devoid of ornament, but thono flow naturally from tho soul and ardor of his subject, and not from a design to please tho oar. His discourse, on this occasion, from tho nature of the subject, was didactic, dootrinal, nnd at times controversial. Having ascondod tho pulpit and nnnounoed his text, ho briefly referred to tho special eolemnitie 3 of tho day—tho ootavo of St. Stanislaus, a distin guished meinboroftho Society of Jesus. Tho in troduction to his discourse was brief, concise, and appropriate. In a few well-chosen sontonces, he gave us an opitomoof tho historical points of the Scripturo bo had read, when ho at onco proccodod to consider his subject In Hr several relations. In tho courso of his prefatory remarks, it was said that Jesus, in recounting to this “young man” the Commandments, had rotorred to hut st v ; n fact which, ho thought, afforded a significant offset to tho captiousness evinced in soma quarters against the Catholic Churoh for having abridged tho num ber of tho Commandments, by putting two of them togethor. A large portion of his argument on this occasion wns based upon the mode of besoming per fect, suggested by Christ to the young man in the Gospel. This statement of our Lord was held by the speaker to have been made in good faith, and as n compliance with Its torms was not impossible, it evidently sanctioned a state of perfection and holiness intbislifo. Yet, of all denominations, tho Catholio Church alono received and promulgated this doctrine, a foot which was not tho least among its many characteristics that affixed to it the approval of divine inspiration. The rulo laid down for this “young man” was precisely that which every member of tho Society of Jesus received and sub scribed to it by his vows of Poverty, Chastity, and TWO CENTS. Obedience. In reference to this it vu said, that without votes a religious community could not bo a perpetual state of things. That some who took these tows, subsequently sacrilegiously abandoned thorn without proper authority, was indeed true; but this only proved their having taken this step from other motives than the promptings of God’s Spirit, or the weakness of human nature. But he begged his hearers to remember that the Gospel of the Jiefonnation did not authorize this perfection at all, or sanetion this perfect obedience to the Saviour’s injunction to the * 1 young man. ” Not that ho wished to cast odium upon any sect, but he could not shut his eyes to the fact. Even the head re former, Luther, bad taken these vows, and in obe dienco to the promptings of hfc own depraved na ture, not only violated them himself, but seduced a sister to do do likewise for bis own purposes. And this was the man who had torn, In effect, at leaat, from the Bible, this page of Chastity and Religious Perfection, which tho true Church retained. Not that ho desired by this to condemn, or say hard things about men ; but he felt bound to proclaim the truth, and if there were any Protestants pre sent he wished them to understand that wbat he said was designed for their edification, that they might no longer be kept from the truth. At this point the speaker introduced a brief epi tmuo of tho Gospel of Ihe Reformation, somewhat as followa: “If, M said the Reformers, “it be right for any to take these vows, it Is right for all; the world is one of progress; commerce is assuming a vast power in the world, and good •men are needed in its busy marts; society, moreover, requires pure women, and for this cause the vow of chastity is no longer convenient or necessary, and it is therefore expunged from the sacred page.” Yet, said he, striko this important feature from the Church, and it no longer remains the perfect structure it now is. He felt serious apprehensions concerning the growing spirit of disobedience which this false liberty of the Church of the Reformation was dit somiuating. “I pause.” said he, ft to say it, and would utter it softly, but if the day should ever come when this spirit of disobedience shall assume the mastory, thon good-byo to our liberties,” for bo held that this spirit of insubordination would apply to the lawless violation of tho Constitution of our country as well a* to any other human or divine authority. The v.unaturalness of taking these vows was readily admitted. For this reason the world could not understand or appreciate the sincerity of men and women crucifying all tbeir natural deelres by devoting themselves, body and soul, to a life of holiness; yot herein was one of the brightest jewels of the Catholic Church, "and,” said ho, show me the boing who baa leaned to sacrifice self for the good of others, and to spurn the pleasures of this world, and I will show you one who has already attained the spotless perfec tion of an angel.” The call for persons to take upon them these vows was not from men, but from (rod. For this reason he would persuade no one to enter a convent or a cloister, nor should auy one de so lest, after baring been prevailed upon by human persuasion, they become Luthers or Elisa beths. On tho other hand, however, ho wished all to understand that, where there was the least in dication that God was thus calliog a son or a daughter, it was not for them to discourage, but rather to foster this pious inclination. The closing part of his sermon was devoted more especially to tho remarkable life of the Saint whose octave they were celebrating; and as he lookup the details of his history, every previous feature of the discourse seemed to find a fitting re sponse. It would protract this article unduly to repeat this biographic narrative, though it was re plete with interest, and was In itself a masterpiece of rhetoric. It may bo added that, in the coarse of thiS'/fri/rfc, Dr. Ryder inadoa passing aTlarion to the Order of which St. Stanislaus was a member —the Society of Jesus. It was common, be said, to speak disparagingly of all who were identified with this Order. Thus the term •* Jesuitical” was often contemptuously bestowed upon tbeir mem bers, m if they were a set of beggar*, or worse, whereas the truth was, as every fair-minded man of intelligence must beau-are, that the,character of the Order was exactly the opposite of this. The Jesuits, as a class, were gentlemen by birth, education and instinct, and usually members of the very first families in the land, often including the highest dignitaries and the literati, in proof of which Instances were here given. Yet, it must also be confe«sod that no truo Jesuit ever shrank from this reproach. As followers of Jesus—who was claimed to bo tho head of their Order—they expected detraction. If their Head was crucified botwoen two thioves, as if he were the worst of the threo, his devoted followers should ueithor expect nor seek to pass through tho world without also enduring persecution. His peroration was a natural conclusion to his discour&o. Tho body of his sermon bad been ar ranged mainly with reference to placing in relief the tbaracter and virtues of Stanislaus, which in turn were succinotly dwelt upon, and now in con clusion tho emulation of his uoble example was the lesson he sought to impress. PKItSONAL AND POLITICAL. I’JF* The notorious Dr. Leib, an Illinois Repub lican in 1856, and the leader of the Buchanan forces against Douglas, last year, in consideration of a mail agency appointment, comes out strong now as a Republican. He is organizing “ Simon Cameron Clubs'’ all through Illinois. Tbo twelve northeastern counties of Ohio aro tho “ reserve ’* in more senses than one. They have regularly given the controlling Republican majorities in the State—electing Chase on both oc casious, and saving the Fremont electoral ticket. Last Octobor the Republican majority in the Re serve was 15,000; hi tho State 13,500; showing thnt outride these counties the Democrats had 1.500 majority. Jiff. Holcomb, lately much injured by her husband, is still living, and will, perhaps, recover. Tho Springfield Hepulltean, of tho J?2l instant ssys: A telegraphic despatch from Westfield, on Mon day night, says: “ Mrs. lloloomb recovered enough to-day to say, ‘ Where is Henry ” (her husband.) 1 I should like to eee him, hut I am afraid he will kill me. lie called me down cellar , and knocked me down with his fit, and then pounded me udth a club' “ A CARD. “To my sou Henry Holcomb : Hoping that this notice may, by some means, come to your know ledge, it is to entreat you to come borne imme diately. Your wife, Keturab, is living and getting better. I saw her this morning, and she asked me to write that she wishod you to come home. “From your father, “Avasa Holcomb. “ Southwiok. No\ ember 22d, Tho funeral of Mrs. Mary Worthington Morris, wife of Gen. Georgo I'. Morris, ofNew York, took place on Sunday, at Trinity chapel. Some of the most distinguished gentlemen in the city c (Dela ted as pall-bearers. Captain McClintock has declined the gift of tho yacht Fox, which Lady Franklin wished him to accept. Is it a Ghost, or oslv a Robber ?—The Pro vidence Post says that the people of Cape Ann arc at present laboring under some excitement caused by a mysterious woman, who has recently mndo her Appearanoe several times on the road between Riverdale and Anniequam, apparently in oo.irch of eomo particular person. The Cape Ann Advertiser describes her as wearing female habili meats—a dress, cloak, aud bonnet; but has coarse features, is destitute of Tomato grace, and, in every respect but dress, is unmistakably of tho mascu line gender. She goes up to the individuals whom she happens or manages to meot, looks thorn ear nestly in the face, and then retires without a word. Whence she comes from or whither she goes is uu known; she appoars like a will-o'-the-wisp, some times springing from tho road-side, and anon ap proaching In tho legal highway; and no one, as yet, has “screwed his courago to the sticking point,” and addressed her. Whether the demoiselle is in pursuit of reveDge or plunder, “deponent sayeth notbut she has oflered to molest no one, and appears to bo seeking somo particular indi vidual, evidently a wolf in sheep’s clothing. £ j>’A correspondent of the Frederick (Va.)Jßc corder says: “ It 1* an error that Colonel Lewis W. Washing ton, of Jefferson, is tho nearest relative of General Waphington alive. Tho venerable Dangerfield Lewis, of King George, is one degree nearer. Mr. Lewis is a grandson of Fielding Lewis and Bettie, tho sister of Washington; while Colonel Washing ton’s father, the lato Colonel George Washington, was only tho son of a nephew. All the nephews of tho General wero bequoathed swords in his will, and two aro in tho possession of the Lewis family, tbo one worn at Braddock’a defeat, beside other relics, being now at Merroton. Mrs. Laurence, of Washington, of Westmoreland, is an aunt of Colo nel L. W. Washington, and, of course, also a nearer rolatiro.” In accordince with an invitation from the Sonato and House of Representatives of Missis sippi, Senator Davis consented to address tbo Le gislature and his fellow-citizens in tho hall of the Hou=*e of Representatives, nt Jackson, Mississippi, on Thursday last. A* “ISDIAX CArTIVK” Idbhtified. —The Cleveland Herald say* • ua m - rAft.itrg will remember our narrative ox the young man supposing himself to bo the son of ono Joseph Tod, who claimed to have been stolen from this neighborhood by Indians when & child. Our readers will also remember the interest awakened by hi* story among the Bray on family residing in Wyandot connty, who had lost a child under circumstances similar to those narrated by tho 1 Indian captive.’ Wo have given from time to time the progress of the young man in searoh of his parents, ana the progress ot the Bray tons in THE WEEKLY PRESS. Tk Wiiily Flu, vill to wst to’ Bitoariton to mam per annum, madrono**) at.......... Three Copies, ** “ , **"7**, %q Fire Copies, *• *• ~ % M Tea Copies, ** ** qjq Twenty Copies,** “ <tooc«iddre«)XLW Twenty« opies, or over 11 (to address of •&ch Subscriber,) am-h— TT -,, , . ]J* For a Club of Twenty-one or over, we will sead an extra oopy u> the setter-up of the Ciob. are rtf netted to act as egtxte Sag Tax Wxxxlv Fniss. CALIFORNIA PRESS* iMued Semi-Monthly in time for the CahfcnU Steamers. M.reh of him. The lut ,tep rtcofded vu tho d*- ptr ure of_tne oldest brother Bruton for Pennrrl v»n!a. We leern tod.y from two reddente of ljpp«r Snnduky—Mesjr». William and Joiiah Otbaon, stock drovers—that new, ha, been received by the Braytona that the yoong t«i P |- niTl fonnd, and proves to be the miaring boy—Matthew Brayton. lie was to be at home in a few days. The Gibsons, when children, were playmates of the lost child, and express great anxiety to see atm again. We shall probably be able to give fall particulars of the finding this long-lost brother in a few days.” Soxetoisg lies a MiLLt*sAi«B. —A St- Peter** burg letter of the 22d olt. says: The great event of the day is thedefisitire retirement from bun fits'* of the celebrated banker. SteigHts. The day bw* fore yesterday he sent an official Utter, ordering his agent, M. FeleUeo, to wind up the business of the house before the first of Januiry. 1860, ?.*? w £i c h day it will eease to exist. M. Steig liU has taken part in all the great affairs of the Government, and also possessed ma nufactories, sugar refineries, de. M. SteigHts, sen., arrived in Ruasla about fifty years ago. lie came from Hamburg, and vu a Jew by birth, but changed to Protestantism. Immediately after his arrival in Russia he entered into business, and founded the bouse which be bequeathed to bis son, with the title of baron and a fortune cf thirty mß lions of front, (£1.200,00(1 sterling ) M. Stelgiitr, Jr-, has since conducted the firm with such success that he now retires with, it Is said, a fortune of two hundred and eighty millions of francs. This enor mous fortune exists partly In capital deposited !n the imperial banks, partly in snares in the best Russian companies, end partly in landed estate In the aoath of Russia, Livonia, and Germany. He married a Mdlie. Muller, belonging to a highly respectable, though not rich, ftmilr, but baa m children. I need not tell yon of the cmajeetares and comments which are expressed aa to the eanM of this sudden and unexpected event, bat the real reason of bis retirement is said to be the delicate health of Madame Steiglitx*” O.ve Democrat Jhort.— lt is -aid that John T. Brown, Democrat, elected to the House of Repre sentative* from the Fifth Congressional district of Kentucky, will not take Ms scat at the opening of Congress, he being under the constitutional age. The second section of article Ist of the Conatitutioa doclaresthat “Noperemshall be aßejJfbsentativ* who sbalJ not have attained the age of twesty-fiT# years.” Mr. Brown lacks a few months of the re quired age. i~ZF Tho Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Tnbune says: “A call will be made, at the open ing of Congress, for a statement of aU contrasts, jobs, and employment given citizens of Pennsyl vania during the present Administration, and the names of the beneficiaries ; also, all extra allow ances made upon contracts of eve>7 kind, and es pecially claims refused by paymasters. Some in teresting diaslorares ire expected.” !=?* The New Haven Journal of the 18th says: The 1 Boston Belle’ and the young millionaire of New \ ork, whneo marriage has been the subject of considerable furore in the fashionable circles of the two titles, and which took place on Wednesday at 12 o’clock M.. the parties leaving immediately for Ihe metropolis, parsed through this city on tha last express. The fact that the prettiest woman at Bouton was on board the train, naturally led to some speculation among the passengers, and tha conductor was necessarily obliged to answer many inquiries respecting the couple which exeited ao much interest, A gentleman of acknowledged teste from this city, upon seeing this celebrated ‘M*!dof Athen*,* was heard to »y —‘I meet a half dozen every day in Chapel street as pretty as she, but they are not millionaire*.* It is perhapt necessary to add that she was literally covered with diamonds.” The New Coxoress.—The Hew York Tribune says: “In the Senile, there will be sereral member* new to Congress. and not generally known osttide of their sever*! States. They are Meser*. Anthony of Rhode Island. Grimes of lows, Santjbory of De laware, Powell of Kentucky, Ten Eyck, of Xew Jersey, Hemphill of Texa*. Vacancies exist in tho delegations from California (Judge Hana’s ap pointment is merely temporary till the LegUUture meets). Minnesota, Oregon, and lex&a. some of which will probably also be filled with sew men. Mr Grimes has been Governor of lowa, aa Mr. Powell has of Kentucky, and each is reputed an efficient canvasser. The other* are not widely known as public speaker*. ‘•Of the sixty-two Senators, fifteen have been Go vernor* of their respective State*. viz: Reni. Fitzpatrick. A l .*. Junes W. Grime*, lowa. Lafayette S. Fo*t*r> Coos. Hannibal Maioa John J. Cnttecden, Kv. Knitter y fKh?h*ra..Vick. Lazarus W Vowell. Ky. AlbertO. Rroare. Visa. >1 !*tn H. Reward, X, V. Thomas Bn{r. X. C. william Bteler. Pa. Joeepb Lene. Oreeon. James H. Hammond, B. C. a Henrj_B Anthony, R. 1. , Anfrev JohuAa.Taoa. ••beside these. Musts Chandler of Michigan, Jefl' Davis of Mississippi, afij (ve think) Alfred Iverson of Georgia, hive respectively been candi dates for Governor, but were not successful Mr. Bright of Indiana was Lieutenant Uorernor of that £tate. - *> The Democratic party will hard a clear ma jority of 12 in the Senate, which the filling of ex* uting vacancies win probably increase to 14. Th* vacancies being filled, the Republicans will have 2j Senators, which is largely in excess of their 'number in any former Senate.” Sharp Comments upon Harper's Ferry. [From the London Times, Nov. a.} Lord Macaulay describe* Frederick the Great with muHi humor. as fighting pitched battles with corroaire sublimate puts in ore pocket and a quantity of bad verses in the other. The Emperor Otho's equipment for a civil war. in which were to be decided the fortunes of ilia whole civilized world, was, arconim* to Juvenal, a po-het lookinz-rl-os. fcir Charles Napier defined the outfit of a rood officer on bard dutvtn consist of a razor, a niece of eoip.aird one clean shirt. But ia the New World they manage these thin?* better. The f lairrwrt for ecivilor rather a servile war.sachasgp%rtAcusmifht bate commanded, in ,*he Vailed States-is somethin* very rtiflerent. but quite sb characteristic of the land and the coqple, as the poison and bad verses of tredertek, the mirror of Otho* or the razor of Napier. A. few desperate men drew together, ami. with views of which we are yet very im perfectly informed, seized upon an armory of the Go vernment situate tn a remote and m**st picturesque re riou at tb» confluence of the inishtr rivers on the con fnes of Maryland and Virginia. 'They s*eta to te prouded neither with amisuor numbers. We hear of no concert between *hem and the negroes of the sur rounding district*. Tbo plncewh’eh thev have chosen for their operations is not verr distant from the treat oily of Baltimore or tbo seat of the Federal Govern ment at W&shiiuton. Id all this we see litt’e proof ••fthatcare and rie'iberatioa which misfit be expected in a movement which haa for it« oU ect nothin* less than the ovef brow of the creat Arcane*" I’uion. as established by law and sanctioned hv time. They on!r tonic one precaution— ther provided th»ro*»elves with a Constitution. Some people inieht have thought tint, if the project'd mint of the nezroei succeeded, the emergencies of war would imme diately supersede any attempt at rezulattns the alairs ot the insurrection by means of a written Con stitution, and that in the much more probable event of failure, the law of the ronqueror would provide very efficiently for the brief remainder of the lives of the vanquished. Tbere.i* somethinc grotesque ia the midst of the terrors of civil war tn eee the men who were struggling to let IVse upon their masters tee passu ns of hundreds of thousands of negroes, infuriated by iU u**<*. and brutalized hr eornool«orr isoorance, under taking eueh a task with the idea that the turbulent *>!*- meats which they sought to let loose conld be enntroH i*d to n few paragraphs, beginning with the rights of man- and end nz with a declaration that the foregoing articles should not ta construed sons tn any way to en ronrave the overthrow of any State Government.or of the General Government of the I’rited States, and to look to no d.ssolution of the Union, but simply to Aireedment and repeal. To overthrow the whole framework apoa which, in tho Southern States.of America, the fabric of society to place anus iu the hands of a million of exas perated slave*, is. according to these visionaries.not civil nr servile war. but simply tnovinr an amendment. «m! repenline an obnoxious statute. We should have tlmatbt. however, that such au assembly as the insur gents at Harper's Ferry contemplated calling together would hav* required somethin? more than a President and Vice President, somethin? more than a division of Government into Executive. Tiegrelntive, and Judicial, and that martial law. or the will of the General, would have been more useful to curb the unquiet spinttwhich such a crisis must call forth than a Constitution, based on a Congress, consisting of teo members, elected hr universal suffrage, and a Chief Justice and four Puisne Judges appointed in the same manner. The spirit of the Provisional Government of Tuscany seems to haTe crowd tho Atlantic and aluhted with outstretched win:* on the banks of the Shenandoah and tho Potomac. Just as the Tuscan Government has employed the brief leisure allowed it to organize Italy for defence in proposing subjects for statuary, and offering prizes for essays on the art of draining marshes, so the leaders of the black insurrec tion can find r<o more suitable subject to occupy their minds on the eve of their desperate enterprise than pto \isions that the Treaty of Peace, which they were no doubt about to compel the United States Government to accept, should be siened by the President end Vice Pre sident, and the maionty of the Supreme Court, the Re presentatives of the People, and the general officers, or a law that marriage relations should be respected, for the erection of schools and churches, and the proper ot<servance of Sunday. There ere not thewonianor the topics that set men's blood on fire, aud push them forward to confront numbers without count ing thorn, and dangers without regarding them. The proclamation tnnt calls to arms a nation sot fikiirativelv. but literally enslaved, mart co more home to the hearts and passions of men than these cold abstractions, this melancholy pedantry of order and civilization in the midst of fire and slaughter. We olwerve an allusion in this strange document, whieh would, doubtless, be keenly appreciated, to tbe necessity of regulating scattered families; but we can not is* why the institution of private property wa« to be abolished, nnd tbe proceeds of the labor and plunder of the community formed into « fund to be distributed anions the people, much after the fashion which tbe Spaniards found exiting threurhout the empire cf Peru. To iudee by the provisions of this most extra ordinary document, the conductor a revolution nerer fell into hands more utterly unable to direct it. It would seem that Mr. Brown and bis friends had no conception of anv manner of earning on pahlfa business except that which they were familiar with in th* Constitution of tbe American States, and supposed that democratic assemblies, supreme court*, and elective presidents and vice presidents, were a machinery as ind : epen**ble for war a* for peace., Wa remark that, while »h«T de nounce the carrying of concealed weapons, they dis tinctly declare that it shall he lawful to carry weanons openly, as if thet tapposed tha* men fighfnt for their live* and^libertieswould require a distinct permission before they ventured to violate the law which forbids •laves from oarryinr arms* these occasional outb-eoks are not peculiar to Ame rican slavery, but were the scourge of all the nations of antiquity, and of no re so much as Rome in the very paliTiestdavsof the Republic. A servile war is a sub ject from wh : ch History willingly averts her face and the outbreaks which from time to time have taken place tn America, have been forrn»ten by the European pub lic as soon as they were quelled in torture amt in b ood. But each of these insurrections, contemptible as they may appear in number*, in intelligence. and|n orgsm zatinn uasymptom of a state of things which a wise and undeTstandic-' peoiJ§ will do well not to neglect too lone. That securit* ollife and property, which is. after all the main end and object ot civil society-does not, Min—nt least iu the European sen's ot *ns term— in the slave States of America. The white popu lation can never forjet. either as judges- as legisla tors or proprietors, that they are a small mmontv scattered an one a large and bitterly hoetile majority. Thei never know in it* full lorce the meaning of the uord “socuritT.” If thej lie down toresttbev know not but they may bo awoke at midnight by tbe liebtof their blazing houses, and the yells of the incendiaries. If they wander in the forest they feel no confidence that the hand of the assassin does not await them behind even thicket. Danger besets fear, and fear cruelty, and that crueltr again increases dancer. Strong as is ouraympath) lor the oppressed race that toils beneath the lash in the Southern States of America, we cannot bring ourselves to wish that their bond* mar be broken by an experiment so frightful as that which has once again Iwen tried, and has once arain failed—the ment of *v servile war. There was a time when the best nienof America looked on slaver* as merely aprtmsion al and temporary institution, and looked forward to the time when the bonds should drop from the hsocs ol the African, and the assertion of the Declaration or Inde pendence that all men are free and equal shoujii no long er be a mockery and a reproach. But that rime seems to have passed by. and the language of the Southern slaveholder ia now rather that freedom is an exception al institution destined one day tobeswaliowed upin the more humane rule of slavery. We cannot, therefore, be surprised to •«« mch rewoere reminded, from time to time, by warnings like that afforded by the Harpers Fens insurrection, how insuuut* tke taxis tmvkieh the tfai'toirnrr tutiJs, and how dangerous it is/or a nattuntthtthtarritsio venomous a sene,it in her bo som to be forever trtfitne with th* possibility of a/or titn tear, tke first effect o/ tcAira mx.tr nrini'-“ ueressa ft tuff to rouse the j/crpisg tlcslri«y«r into lift andac nrttri
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