PuSUflHßtt,bAlliY‘(BUin»AYB *XOBPTE«) - B*;JOHN W. FORNEY, -j 4 ' fr '' ■*. H>w ■- O ' r ‘ Twslv* OxNvtpjnt Wbek, payable to the Carrier*. Mailed to JjtabsciriWr* putofthe City, atSm Dollar* ri?*>ir-A3n«cii..-f , oom Dollars >o*. BlastMonth* ; DoLLiEi tok Bit Moiwh*—invariably in ad •■vatteeftt'aiatiraVordered.'. ’'- ,j ;' •• • -- i TRI-WEEjiLYPREsi. , Mailed theuteortber* oil of tha City at Tr&bb Dol !.ii« «* f '<■ > - , UOLSL-FURNISHING GOODS, j JJOUSE.FUENISH3NG STORE, Thhaubaeftter hiving hy REOENT I M.POB.TA TIONS ' Added largely to his Stock' of useful , ; , , . HOySE-FUitiaaHlNG * . lari to* the particular attention of Housekeeper* to 'the lame:' ; -- . , -• NVRSBRY FENDfe&B, HOT WATER OIOHES, ;. PLATE,WARMERS; TABLE CUTLERY»&O. WILLIAM TABNALL. • No. 10S0 CHESTNUT STREET, Immediately oppoefte thhAeademj of Fine Arte. nIJ-atuth-Sm" ! ' ' ' CARI'ETINGS, OIL CLOTHS, Ac. FALL f 8 IMPORTATION ' OAR P E T I N G S . . , ’ . TO BE OLOBEDOUT AT ; REDUCED PRICES. BAJ.LY& BROTHER. 920 'chestnut street, ' Will this dap rtdnoe the priee of thd entire balance of their stock of ' « CROSSLRY’S,” 4t OiOKfiON’Bi* ’ «HBtfDBRfION’S” And otter mkkeri of VELVET, TAPESTItV.nnd BRUSSELS CARPETINGS, in order to olow ftie eea . *on'« itnporuitibn. We’ heveelsoon hand aspl.ndidae /•orttnehtofdosßrTHßEE-PLY Ap'd INGRAIN BED-, ROOM CARPETS, which we elull eell low, nU Ids. merciianttAilors. JJAPHABL P. M. ESTRADA, MERCHANT TAILOR ' FINE FASHIONABLE ' BE AD r-MADS CLOTHING, SUPERIOR FABRICS FOR OUSTOMBR WORE, HO. 81 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET, I PHILADELPHIA, RAPHAEL?. M. ESTRADA, havin« aooeleted with him -aa ARTISTIC CUTTER, Mr.-JOHN HOBSON (Into of Granville Stokee’,) .raapaouhlly invite, the af men’s mar, S- He ha* on hand acboioe selection of Fabrics espeoi&l miitojmer work, and a varied assortment .of fa* able READV-MADB CLOTHING, to whioh ho Mthe attention of bayere. Bach article warranted t <JSSP^. m TT\ JOHN HOBSON, Artirf. , BtaOTS AND SHOES. JfJAZELti & HARMER. . MANUFACTURERS 1 Atm , WHOLSSAXJS DBAItRBS . . nr - BOOTS AND SHOES.; , ; HO. 188 NORTH’THIRD BTRKBT. ; .' A fall assortment of City made Boot* and Shoes con i’ irtanUy on hand,". f . ■ . *lo*tf > PAPER Ac. »JiO CLOSE BUSINESS. ' We oflbf from now to the end of the ye&r our LARGE STOCK OF 1 . PAPER HANGINGS. , AT GREATLY REDUCED RATB3. ’ Femme wantins thoirUdueoe Fopar.d ,esn jet (net B A R G MNS ' ByeeUlnr early oh HART, . MONTGOMERY, * CO., V; All-lm ’•> t - HO. 338 CHESTNUT STREET, Y,^ii^pw^n:;FACKAGE''HOiisiEE. •;:r|jANpY. ,4s.:brenner.: - y^^^,^^.''Hoi^RgTO , :WßßET ' ■WHOLESALE OOMMIBSION MKROHANTS, For thewleof aUWndsof , AMERICAN MANUFACTURED HARDWARE, nn> iKTOHTm*i o» , '■! GERMAN, BELGIAN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH HARDWARE AND CUTLERY, ; Kaepoonitenilyon handalerxe etockof Good* to .ap ply littnu Dealer*. . BUTCHER’S FILES, By the oask-or othenriaa,' - BUTCHER'S EDGE TOOLS, ‘ BUTCHER’S STEEL OF VARIOUS KINDS. WRIGHTS PATENT. ANVILS AND VIOEB, • SHIP CHAIfI, And other kinds in every variety. SOUI AMKTB SOB SHARP'S R B PE AT t R PISTOL, ■ WEIGHING ONLY SX OUNCES. SHARPS NEW MODEL RIFLES AND PISTOLS ICWXHQ H, HAKDT. HIO. a. B&KiIKXX. C. T, B3*HH*E, ■ H u-tt PACKAGE HARDWARE HOUSE.—We woutdreraetfaUy.daU the attention of th* Gene ral. Hardware Trade to our exteuira Stock of BIR MIHGHAMHARDWARE,whieh we offer at aeaau *Oial*r* jprduaetiaiportAtion aoliolted, and Gixal* da liyeredaitherin tolaoitj,New YofeojNew Orlean*. = 411 COMMERCE Street, . Importing and Gbramiaaum Metphaatu. .- AsdffUanta tor Foreign and Domestic Hardware. aazS-tf CABINET WAKE. ITOGUET & HUTTON, Al manufacturers* of- , - DESKS i ASD OAJISS T FU.R N ITU R. E , ’ . NO. o*9 SOUTH THIRD STKBET. . , Office, Bank, and School Furniture, Exteuion Table*. Bookeaaea. Wardrobe*, ete r9Sm - rNABINET FURNITURE and BILLIARD ~'lU TABLES. V * . ;MOORE&OAMPIONi :: r - 'KOd«fSOyTH'SECOND STREET, T * It'twifirritirit with their extern ve CahwatßanziMMt M# ; „i ! ■ I ‘«oNs u - 1 wwa& are prtmouneed by aUU who then to do . "K?Se'uMUtt'aS fiaiah of these Table, the ihanu futuren refer to their numerOT<patroWthrpughmittho Urnon, who are finnltarwlth the character ofthalr . - DRUGS, CHEMICALS, Ate- , JJRUGS, GLASS, PAINTS, Ao. ROBT. SHOEMAKER & CO. NORTHEAST CORNER FOURTH AND RACE STREETS, . WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, Importer! end Dealer* in WINDOW GLASS, FAINTS, AeU tonta the attention, of COUNTRY MERCHANTS ' To their lane (took Of Good.; which they offirat the lowei*. market rate*. ' ' ood-tf LOOKING-BRASSES. | GLASSES . Now in .tore the moet axtaurire and elacant aaeart- LOOKING GLARSBS, I For irarr agape and. every position, and at the moet moderate » , " om ’ LOOKIHO OLABSES Ifc th* ntet ftlatoate and tfatf mmt otmpl« fraa**, •>- LOOKING GLASSES • ; FfftnwdlatMbwt Urte. and m th* mort nfaftantial j XiOOZINQ GLASSES ! gyuraiilujl M, »ra miumfiiotarod \)r rtiMhn* ta «r If”:' : - \ - LOOZING GLASSES - ! / •AdWALMUT ffimM for CoaatrT JAMBB B BAULK * BON, i IBOHBSTNIXT STREET, Ml-tf , ' PHILADELPHIA. fJOALOIL.I PH-It AD 1 L PHIA p ha t i 0,00 A ,i oi h woa k s BURNING .AND, litJBEIOATIIiG OOALOILS '• Manufactured and for sale by hblmb, moheis, fcCO., IHIHTDWH, north op markru bteket. ' . __ jjjOPK COAIi OIU WORKS. ■ ;/i ''FI'RS.T ‘ l! FB;E/M;I ij, M;„ AWARDED AT ; ' MOTOR* 'WOOD >STRBET, WHAJU' BOHUYI, - . KH<I/» '' 1 ’ ; '* ; : '-7 - . OWIOR iif'WAIMT STREET. . • • .r-rr*, V0L.3.—N0.101. DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS. SNOW-SHOE .CANTON FLANNELS. SNOW-SHOE COLORED CAMBRICS. SNOW-SHOE CORSET JEANS. SNOW-SHOE TICKINGS. FOB BAH XXCLUSIVBLY M JOSHUA L. BAILY. IMPORTER AND JOBBER, or FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, *l3 MARKET STREET, alB-tdl PHILADELPHIA. JjTROTHINGIIAM & WELLS, 35 LKTITIA STREET, AND 34 SOUTH FRONT STREET. COTTONADES. Suitable fur both Clothien nml Jobliere, m large variety. BUMMISR COATINGS AND CABHMKRKTTB Made by Washington Mills. Orders taken for theso durable goods for Spring trade nl7-tf gJITER, PRICE. & CO.. j jjEHRY D . N fc L j^ S. STEWAET & CO., JOBBERS OP AUCTION GOODS, SOS MARKET STREET, ABOVE THIRD, Have now in Store a full Une of . BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, • , DROCHE AND OTHER SHAWLS, SILK MANTILLA VELVETB, Of all grades, and all the new fabTio* in Dress Goode, to whioh we invite the attention of CASH AND PROMPT SIX-MONTH BUYERS, •94m IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. 816 MARKET STREET. MILLINERY GOODS. YjTAEBURTON, 1004 CHESTNUT STREBT, ABOVE TENTH. 306 B. SECOND ST., sklow SPRUCE ST. Has now opened the largest and most beautiful assort- BONNET MATERIALS That oan be found in the citjr* ALL COLORB, QUALITIES, AND PRICES. GOODS OUT BIAS - . ' A LIBERAL .DISCOUNT TO MILLINERS, oose-tf-if 729. new 729. FLOWER & FEATHER STO R E i T 29 CHESTNUT ’STREET. Juet received per late STEAMER, a splendid assort mentof HEAD DBEBBE3, BRIDAL WREATHS. FRENCH FLOWERS, FEATJIEIiB,AND . . MILLINERY GOODS. THOS. KENNEDY & BRO., TBS CHESTNUT ST., AND 43 S. SECOND ST. oott-Sm] CIGARS, TOBACCO, &c. 2JWISSLER & FIORILLO, 115 NORTH THIRD STREET, ‘ Havo for nl« 4 Inrge enpplj of OIG A R S , OV BEST ' •; HA v : A' ; jril;iß anbb.. TOBACCO, SNUFF, PIPES, *O. . . AGENTS FOR GAIT. & AX, GERMAN SMOKING TOBACCO AND CIGARS. 0024-Sm • • A MERINO, . • • 4T 140 SOUTH FRONT STRUT, • Has in store and bond,and Went for Sale, a Large Aeeortment el , CIGARS, 1 Received direct from. Havana, of ehoios and favorite Brandi.’. eoJ-tf WATCHES, JEWELRY, Ac. SILVER WARE. Messes, meadows & co., MANUFACTURERS OF [STERLING S I L V E R-W A R E. ■Would respectfully iafonn the Publio, end thoir num.iou. petron»tliot they hove OPENED A STORE nt . 533 ARCH STREET, ! Where Trill .be found a moet extensive eeaortment of SILVER WARE, Entirely ef their OWN MANUFACTURE, ortho latest design, and at rates as reasonable) asoaube found in the aitjr. n2Mm gILVER WARE. , WM. WILSON & SON Inrtte tpeoial attention to their ktook of BILVJSR WARKjwhioh ia now unuimally large, affording a va riety of pattern’and design unsurpassed by any house the United States, and of finer Quality than ia manufac tured for table nae iu any part of the world. oar"Btandard of Stiver U 035*1000 parts pure. The English' 5ter1ing........ 025-1000 “ ' American and Frenoh *.900*1000 « Tins it will be seen that we give thirty-five parts purer than the American and Frenoh coin, and ten parts pnrer than the English Sterling. We melt all our own Silver, and our Foreman being connected with the Refining De partment of the United States Mint for several years, we guarantee the auality.as above (955), whioh is the Atutt that can be modi to be ttrvUeablt, and will resist the notion of holds mac* bttttr than the ordinary Silver mann/Mctnrsd, WM. WILSON fc SON, 8. W. CORNER FIFTH AND CHERRY STS. N. B.—Any fineness of Silver manufactured as agreed upon, but positively none inferior to French and Ameri can standard. t Dealers supplied with the some standard as used In our retail department Fine Silver Bars, 990-1000 parts pure, oonstautly on . auS4-6m JS. JA RDEN & BRO., •manufacturers and importers of _ WARE N..IM CHESTNUT Street, above Third, (up *t»lre,. Philadelphia. FORKS, LADLES, A O., Ao. (Hiding and plating on alLkimU of metal. : ael-ly HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. Briggs.house. Comer RANDOLPH and WELLS Streets, - - CHICAGO. WM; F; TUCKER k CO., Proprietors. n4-lm* rpnK union, X ARCH BTREBT, ABO^TOIR^ _ . * UPTON 8. NEWCOMER. . The situation of this HOTEL is superiorly adapted to the wants of the Business Publio; anpto those in search or pleasure, Passenger Railroad*, wtuoh now ran past, and inclose proximity,.afford a oheap and pleasant ride to aU place* of interest mor ahont the city. irtf-Cm SCALES. PR FAIRBANKS’ PLATFORM SCALES, dfc** For .ole br FAIR BANKS t EWING. oM-ly 718 CHESTNUT Street, rhila. . m HOWE’S STANDARD SCALES.— £&* STRONG & ROSS PATKN'T.-Coal, Cattle, and r ~ Hay Scale* r a quire no pit. Platform and Counter Soaldiof every description. They receive all Pnotion and Wear on Balt* Instead of Knife Edges, a* on nthet Scale*. Call and examine before purchasing elsewhere, and«.«.tVimprovenjjiit. OBEEN, Ajent, ■' 111 South SEVENTH Street, Philadelphia. DEFINED SUGAR.—SOO barrels various Hams and shoulders.— 2,3oo Pieces City Smoked Hams sod Shoulders, for sale br 0° C. BABliKfc & CW. ARCH Street, soenad door above l Front. niy TtfARTIN & QUAYLE’S STATIONERY,TOY.iNDFANOY GOODS Uiu.tp :-- ” tOW ,I,BVB! ' I fOILADELPHIA ■ • CnnsUvntlv 61sband Parfaroerv and Toilet Artioleß. 'iCit^EDDING,' Visiting, and Professional * ” Card*, executed in atyle. by’ 8. MAROT.En graver, «* CHESTNUT Street, B. E, corner Fifth, Sd itory, Door ana other plate 1 nude to order* Beale, Jewelry, $ o,» engraved, nu*Jm" COMMISSION HOUSES. PROTHINGHAM & WELLS, 34 SOUTH FRONT AND 3fi LETITIA BTREBT, Are AGENTS for the sale of Goods Manufactured by the following Companies, viz: Masi.achvsbtts, IMCONIA, Gbbat Falls, Ltha*, Oasot, Dwight, PXRXtNS, Ipswich, Bartlkt. . Brawn, Bleached, and Colored Bhoetings, Bbirtings, Jeans, and Drills. ROBESON’S BLUE PRINTS, HAMPDIsN COMPANY’S TWEEDS AND COTTONADEB in greet verietr. WASHINGTON MILLS (Formerly Bey Bteto) Shawl*. Frans anf Teb'o Cover., Frintod Felting., Flnnne , », All-Wool and Cotton Ware Clothe, heavy blk and blue Beavnra, Cu,imn,i, and Tricots. AUo, Kor aera. Satmeta. nnd Tweede. 01-Btuth-Sm CLOTH STORE. NOS. 4 AND 6 NORTH SECOND STREET. OVERCOATINGS, OHINCHILLA, NOSKOWA, FROSTED, AND PLAIN BEAVERS, ALo, CASSIMERES, VELVETS, *O., to., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL nl7-tf gjHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, NO. 113 CHESTNUT ST., • COMMISSION MERCHANTS FOR THE SALE OF PHILADELPHIA-MADE _ GOODS. s9-6m WINES AND LIQUORS. JAMES STEWART & CO.’S PAISLEY MALT WHISKEY. GEOROE WHITELEY, Importer of Brandi, Wine, fto„ 1M SOUTH FRONT Street, offer* for eale, in bond onlr, STEWART’B CELEBRATED AND UNEQUALLED PAISLEY MALT WHISKEY. ,17-am WB CALL ATTENTION OP THE T f A ?^ft{ ! h D U A^lSrc ri o O^ r A h 0 0 ! 0 ■ A supply in assorted packages constantly on hand. Orders received for direct importation. AUo—lleimeMv Cognno, Leßoy Cognac, London and Holland Gins.Claretin Wood andCiues,Champagnes, high andlowpnoe*. LONGCHAMP, Importer. 010-gm 217 Booth FRONT, Philadelphia, J?mTB CHAMPAGNE, in quarts, pints, and half tints. The celebrated brand ** Incom parable” for sale by P. 1), LONGCHAMP, o3Mm 217 South FRONT Street. WHITELEY, ' VR No. 1U South FRONT Btroot, Importer of Brandy, wines, Ac., offers for sale, In bond only, the following, among other standard brands of brandy: Pinet, CastitUra, & Co., Thos. Hines k Co., Jules, Robin, & Co., Otard, Bupny, k Co., A. Seignette, Ma'rett, Camees, Pellevoiain, Awo» Btuftrt’s Paisley Malt Whisker, end the ohoioest varieties of Madeira. Sherry, Port, and Rhino Wines, Palm Tree Gin, Jamaica Ram. Santa Crux Rum. Bordeaux Oil. Ico..&o, - ' -r«27-ly I^LARET.—IOO cases Barton 4b Guefrtier’a ~ St. JiUien i 800 do.JBt. EtUphe: 800 do. Washing ton Morton St. Jubenj loodo,do/T&lena«,puiU; so do. Chateau La Rotes W'do, do-JjeovilJei B«>t<m We, ia stone and xla»*-¥<*>«*»fvra* Harvey’*,TalkirS Brown SCOTCH WHISKEY. 125‘ puncheons James Stewart k Co.’s Paiiley Malt, in bond and for sale hv OKORGF WHiTKLKY. * rtiJ™ OLD COGNAC BRANDY, Hi, £s,and Kb Pineta* Do. do. Otard. Do. do. Henneesy, In bond, and for *ale by A. MERINO. o» ______ 180 South FRONT Street. STOVES. #r THE “FIERY BTAR,” GAS-CON | SUMING. AND RADIATING AIR-TIGHT z BTOvK, for Pariora, Halla, Offices. Htores, Ac. moat economical, oheerful. and healthy stove in the market. AH who wish a heating stove that will give entire aatufaotion are invited to call and aee one of the FIERY STARS in operation at onr 'Warerooms. Every -variety of Stoves both Plain and GAS BURNING. for Farlort, Kitohena, Chambers, HalU, Ro.» may be found m our assortment. Our celebrated ROYAL, BEA-SHELL, and DOUBLE-OVEN Cooking Stove* are WARRANTED, and, for exoellence in operation*' they CHALLENGE all competition. NORTH, CHASE, AND NORTH, No. KO North SECOND Street STOVES! STOVES!! 0 JAMES SPEAR. TO No. IUO MARKET STREET, Is now prepared to meet the wants of the puhho more completely in all the detail* of the Btovo trade than any other establishment in Philadelphia, in proof of whion be invites COMPARATIVE EXAMINATION. . The following are among his own popular Inventions, several of whton have already obtained a national repu tation as surpassing in excellence and economy any other Stoves in use. JAMES SPEAR is the Inventor and Patentee of the Improved Gos-burnmx Cooking Stove, acknowledged to he the n»st Stove for family use m the world. JAMES SpEAR is the Patentee of the eelebrated Gai-ooniuming Cooking Range, now rapidly oommg into general use. JAMES SPEAR is the Patentee of the Improved Sli ver’s Air-tight Uns-consuming Parlor Stove, JAMES SPEAR is the Inventor of the Improved (Patented) Ornamental Stove Urn, whioh from its beauty and utility is likely, this season, to be uniyer- JaMES SPEAR is the Patentee of the Labor, Fuel, and Comfort-saving Ironing Pan. JAMES SPEARjs the Inventor and Patentee of the celebrated Railway-oar Heater. For all of the above tho Inventor very justly claims advantageswhiehrequiro but to be understood by the publio to be universally appreciated and preferred to any other artioles of that class in the market: and he would hereby extend a cordial invitation to all persons Kw«ntof Stoves to call and examine for themselves. wties wishing to examine will have every attention shown them, whether intending immediatelr to pnr ohase or not. st3-3m • CHARLES JONES, ftfcgg No. 305 North SECOND Street. (Suoqessor to A. mat l J. Gallagher, < would respeotfully call the atten- of tnoso desiring stoves to his extensive assortment of Cooking, Heating, and Parlor stoves. I have pnrehased the exclusive right to the retail sales and repairs, in Philadelphia, of Gallagher's Celebrated “Morning Star" and "Bunnie” Gas-Huming Cooking Stoves, well known tor years as the most satisfactory Stoves in the market Also, his new Flat-top Cooking Stove “Daylight," whioh combines all the useful im provements, and operates admirably. I also tnatm feoture, in a superior manner, Silver’s Gas-burner of the best Russia Sheet Iron. These are the most economical and easily managed Parlor Stoves in use. tl6-8m MEDICINAL. (If RS. WINSLOW, JA AN EXPERIENCED NURSE AND FEMALE ?hysioion> presents to the attention of mothers her SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING, fhieh greatly facilitates the process of tfi?thinf, br soft- tbo rams, reducing tui inflammation; will allay ALL PAIN and spasmodic action, and is SURE TO REGULATE THE BOWELS. Depend upon it* mothers, it will give rest to yourcelvee “belief and health to your infants. We have putjup and sold * this astiole for over/ten rears,and can say, in oon w fidenoe and truth cn it, shat we have never been £> lable to say of any other aSdieineTNEVEK HAS Z IT FAILED, in a SIN! SLK INSTANCE, TO EF M FECT A otijtk, when bmely used. Never did we know, an instance of fissausfaotfoh by any one w|io used it On the eon* trarr, all are delighted with it* operations, and spfi&kln terms of lusbrsl ooromenaationofitsmagi w effeota and medical vir w toes. We speak in this matte? “what we dots know, 1 n i after ten years’ expsnenoe.nndpledKeouT rj reputation for the fulhi- Kof what we olare. In almost every noe where Ute ijifant A is suffering from pain and exhaustion, relief will be c- found m fifteen or twenty minutes after the Syrup is*? administered. -.NCEiTand’ and hu been need mth jhilS'fS'pain, but In bo we lj, oorreota acidity, o the whole system. 1{ SIJ».GRIPING IN THIS oubiij and overcome oon speedily remedied, end in WsMstbba , whether it aruei f ro m i 0 & u "8* 5 e Would eay to ohild suffering from any of : donotlet yourprejudtcea, o th e re. stand fotweeu , the relief that will be ILY SURE—to follow the , timely need. Full direo i pans each bottle. None | aimue ol CURTIS*. PER* the outside wrapper, lughout the world. Princi reet, New York. Jytf-ly tJu^BEslnNavf'Bniiiind Knot only relieves the rigoratesthe stomach and no gives tone aud energy mil almost instantly re BOWELS AND WIND rtusionti which, If not death. We believe it the KMIM teething or from any other •very mother who, has a the foregoing complaints, nor the ,prejudices oj msssfrMm ase of fliis medicine, it Hons for using will aooom | MM on tS aATita * hottl* rniARLES W. BROOKE, yj ATTORNEY AT LAW, No. 703 WALNUT Straol. . n25-6t* Philadelphia, HAVANA BEGARS.—A handsome ns sortmontof the most celebrated brands, viz; HojasdeOro, Paniel 'Webster, f*eptuno, Fignre, Zarafcoseana, Prueboae, Yunnire, fiabndaria, Esp. Reatlsada, RUilla, BenKOOhea, . . Luzde America, «0., , Of various sizes ana Qualities, now landing from the Schooner •' Fannie.” and daily expected per bark '* Ha milton,” and for sue low, by CHARI, k.B TETE, n2Mra Jl3O WALNUT Street, ©ALT AFLOAT.—4,OOO Sacks Ashton’s n 3 fine; 30,000 bushels Liverpool gfoiind. pnvr din* charging: from ships Tonawandaand Arthur White, anc for sale In lots to jra&by ALEXANDER KERR, 134 Bouth ana 321 Jforth Wwires. n36-flt PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, RETAIL DRY GOODS. J)RESS SILKS. THOS W. EVANS Si CO. HAVE NOW OPEN A PULI. ASSORTMENT OH THE NEWEST STYLES or DRUBS BILKS, ROBES, Ac., At Extremely Low Frioes. In addition to their regular W.B. & Co. have purchased largely at the recent auction sales, And are thusenabled to give their customers the benefit ofthe dopreoiatod prices, resulting from excessive im portation*, 818 AND 820 CHESTNUT STREET. n25-tf - yy INTER CLOAKS. AT THE PARIS MANTILLA EMPORIUM, 708 CHESTNUT STREET, THE LAROEBT STOCK IN THE CITY.' NEW CLOAKS OPENING DAILY. RIOH VELVET CLOAKS, HANDSOME BEAVER CLOAKS, MOUKNINO CLOAKS, ELEGANT STRIPED OLOAKB, MISSES' CLOAKS, OPERA CLOAKS. UNPARALLELED PROIUBION, PARIS MANTILLA EMPORIUM. J. W. PROCTOR & CO. nl7-d»e-tf LADIES’ FURS, AT THE PARIS MANTILLA EMPORIUM, 708 CHESTNUT STREET. THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY. HUDSON )IAY SABLE. RUSSIAN SABLE, AMERICAN MINK SABLE, DARK SIBERIAN SQUI RLRL MARTEN, ROYAL ERMINE. CHINCHILLA, IN MANPJL'.AS AND CAPES, HALF CAPES, MUFFS AND CUFFS, ALL OF WABHANTKD WELL SEASONED SKI'S, j Importedand Mannfaeßored by the Subeenberi, | J. W. PROCTOR & CO; 1 ., 708 CHESTNUT STREET. ' nl7-dxe-tr £jj.REAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. JOHN KIEHL & SON Have madoo. greet reduction in the prioe of their LARGE STOCK OP SILKflj AND OTHER GOODS, NO. 018 CHESTNUT ST., BELOW TENTH. P 23 it I QLOTHSI CLOTHS 1 BARGAINS. JAYNE’S HALL, LADIES' CLOAKING CLOTHS, AND CENTS’ CLOTHS AND OABBIMEREB. OP THE BEST Q.UA uITV, at 31*40 per yaru»ana upward) , * BSHXEM AN ’3 X\ CLOTH, CRAVAT.* AND CENTS’ FURNISHMO iETORE. • NO. 628 OMESTNUT STREET. H23-Ct I QLOAKB! CLOAKS !1 IMMENSE ATTRACTIONS. EVERY NEW STYLE. EVERY NEW MATERIAL. THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY. tST Price* more reasonable tljan at uy other estab lishment. I V E N S, nlMf 83 SOUTH NJNTH STREET. QLOAKSI CLOAKS!! ; THE GREATEST lUROAINB IN CLOAKS EVBfi OFFERED. IVE N S . 83 SOUTH NINTH STREET. CLOAKS. DECIDEDLY CHEAP! THOHMLKY &. 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Having since then greatly enlarged our manufacturing facilities, wo are now prepared to offer rtn the public at our EXTENSIVE ESTABLISHMENT Nos. 30 and 33 South SEVENTH St., above Chestnut, m , PHILADELPHIA.' , The most complete assortment of articles in our line of business, suoh as Harness, Ladies’ and Gentlemen s Riding Saddles, Bridles, Driving and B iding Whips, Fly Nets, Horse Covers for Summer and Wintoruse. Buf falo and all other kinds of robot. „ Our goods are manufactured in the very best style of workmanship, and with but _ .... ONfc QUALITY OF LEATHER, which is the best theonarket oan furnish. A t'ontion is Asked to the following scale of prioeat Good plain serviceable single harness from... 912 to 925 . , ‘“nov, , “ “ u ‘* ®2BW to Plain double harness “ 940 to §BO Country harness makers can be supplied mtli harness oheaper than they oan manuiaoture them. , nl9-stu&th3m jp'AMILY CHOCOLATE m f e Manufaotnrer and Importer oi Frenoh and Spanish CHOCOLATE, Store B. W .ogrnar AROHandNINTH Btr.etfc ■ s9-3m IFaotoryM4 Filbert street.) i "MACKEREL.—47S bbls. Non. 1,2, and 3 A?X Mackerel, in assorted Orieinel Packages, of the latest catch, foi sale by C. C. BADLER;* CO.,AKOH Street, second door above Front, ' nl9 %\ t |f rts s; TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1859. The Ko.tou, I Tbo difficulty which “outsldo Jjarhnriansl’ always havo had with tlio Emporor of China has boon tho refusal of their diplomatic repro. tontatlvcs to pay to thaT'ißrothor of tho Sun and Moon,” (n formal titlo,) tho degrading homage which his courtiers claim as incilspcn sablp. It la bollovod that tlio only Ministers whojiavo always rendered this homage, which ia conßidoicd by tho Chincao to imply worship, nro Russian. It liaa lioen tlio policy of tlio reigning Czar, and his immediate predecessors, Nicholas and Alexander I, to keep on goqd torms with tho Emperor of China, and thcro is scarcoly n doubt that each’successive Russian Minister who has soon tho Emperor, faco to face, 1 has obtained that privilege by going through a series of formalities which England and tlio United Statos, jealous of tho nntional honor, havo repudiated. , This stumbling-block is a ceremonial called tho Ko-tou. Ho who performs It in tho Em peror’s presence must not in tho following manner; On entering tho room where tho Em peror is seated, ho must prostrato himself on |)oth knees, nnd humbly knock tlio ground three times witli his forehead. He must twico To peat this—once in tlio contro of tho room, nnd again when ho advances nearer to tho throne. When Mr. Wabd, tho American Am bassador, was lately in Pekin, whither he had boon Invited with the express design of having personal access to tho Emperor, ho tvas required to pcPTorm tlio Ko-tou, and declined thus hum bling his nation nnd himself. High official funetionaries wero employed to try and per suade him to this humiliation, but they failed. They contended that kncoling to tho Sove reign was tho established etiquette at some of tlio European Courts, and that whoever had an nndtonco of tho Popo must kiss his too. Mr. IVabd answered that no American Minis ter had evor saluted the Popo in that manner —that no American Minister over , went on bended knee before any sovoroign whatever— that kneeling was not tho practice at tho Court of Queon Viotohia, in England, tho only kneeling being when one of her own subjects was about receiving from her hands the acco lade of knighthood-rand that in America there was no kneeling whatever before tho President or any other human fhnetionary. Tho Chi nogo finally declared that if they were to visit tho United States they would prostrate thom solveß, or even bum incense before the Presi dent, if required, and that, therefore, Mr. Wabd should perform the Ko-tou j adding, ns a wonderful concession, that tho Emperor, being’ kindly disposed to America, would waivo two-thirds of tho ceremonial, and ho content with a modified Ko-tou, consisting of ono kneeling and three knocks of tho head upon tlio floor. Ho declined tills, and accord ingly quitted Pekin without having had any interview with the Emporor. The treaty was ratified at another place, Mr. Ward returned to Shanghao, and tho last accounts stato that ho had proceeded to Japan. There is a disposition in somo quarlors to blame Mr. Ward for having gone to Pekin, nt all, when the treaty might just as well have been ratified at Shanghao. But he was speci ally invited to proceed to tho capital, and had every reason to expect that he would bo ad mitted to tho presence of the Emperor, for the purposo,.tj£ handing him the letter from our President. ■: HU non-performance of tho Ko-tou no ono can blame. In point of fact, tho Emperor of China, who calls himself “Holy Son of Hea ven, ** , “ Solo Guardian of the Earth,” and other high-sounding titles, Is actually worship ped as a divinity by his subjects. Offerings are made to his imago and to his throne. In. cense is burned before him. Whenever his subjects appear before him, they prostrate themselves with great humility. Ilad Mr. Wahd followed their example, by performing tho Ko-tou, tho Chinese would have been told that ho had fallon down and worshipped tho Emperor. England has made more than one effort to establish personal relations with the Em peror of Chln&j, but without success. In 1792 Lord Macartney visited Pekin. Ho was received by tho Emperor, who treated him with hospitality and magnificence, but could not attain tho end of his mission, which was to securo tho residence of an English ambassador in China. There is little doubt, wo bcliove, that, however modified tho man nor, ho actually did perform the Ko-tou. His own namtivo is obscure on this point, but tho Chinese have it writ in their annals that the English ambassador actually did render hom age to thoj* Emperor, as if lie wero divine I Lord MacSrtney claimed, as aeet-olf, that ho procured at order that Chinese noblemen, of equal rank with himself, should pay similar respect to tin portrait of the British monarch. In 1816, L(rd Amhkrsi was sent as British Ambassador t» China, and positively revising to perform the Ko-tou, returned him without having seen tie Emperor. On his voyage homo ho stopped at St. Helena for a short time, aujl vlbUcoNapoleon. Tho remarks of Napoleon on tin performance of the Ko-tou are worth taking notice of hero. Napoleon decided that, in 1793, Lord Ma cartney had «to sihmit to tho Ko-tou, without doing which ho woud not havo been received that tho British Gorernment, if they wished Lord Amherst to havt succeeded, should have directed him.to do the same; and that,indeed, his lordship was inclimd to have done it, but was dissuaded by bad advisors. Tho British Government, ho thought, should have desired their Ambassador to perftrm the Ko-tou, or not havo sent him at all. Further, that what tho chief personages in China did towards their sovereign in tho way of eti~ or ceremo nial, a foreign Ambassador might do without dishonor. Napoleon added: “If /had sent an Ambas sador to China, I would have ordored him to make himself acquainted with tho ceremonies performed before tho Emperor, by tho first mandarins, and if required to do the same him- Bclf.” It would be an insult, ho said, to ask a Chinese ambassador, if there wero ono in Lon: don, to perform similar ceremonies thore as wero required of the English ambassador at Pekin, becauso it was not the custom of tho country ho was in. To ask a mandarin to per form the Ko-tou beforo tho picture of a British sovereign would bo a bttise and an insult to China, because it waß not tho custom of Lon don. “An ambassador,” Napoleon declared, «is for the affairs and not for the ceremonies of the country he belongs to. Ho becomes the same as one of the first nobles of the country ho is in, and should conform to the same ceremonies. If anything more wore ro quired of him, then, indeed, ho ought to re- fuse his consent.” lie got rid of the religious part of tho Ko-tou by affirming that the Chi nese princes and chief mandarins assured Lord Amiisrst that it was simply a law of etiquette and not a religious act, which assurance, ho thought, ought to have.seltled every scruple. Such, in his island-exile, were tho great Napoleon's views upon tho Ko-tou. Ho nover did send an Embassy to China, but it is as likely as not that, with his Imperial as well as hi* French pride, he would not have allowed Jiii diplomatic representative to have perform, cd such a degrading ceremonial as tho Ko-tou. Mr. AVabd’s refusal to submit to it ought to bo upheld as an act of publio spirit well worthy of tho independence of tho great country which ho represonted. Wilkes’ Spirit states that largo amounts have boen wagered hore upon Sayers, by partie* who bolievo tho American Champion wilt win. HeenanU quietly preparing himself attjio gym nifltio rooms of Ottignon, in Crosby streot, Now York, and by invigorating walks and drives in the suburbs of the city, for that ultimate hard work whioh will immediately precede his battle. He is already In good preliminary fix, and with proper oaroand no undue training, he will step into the English ring* next’ Juno, a muob largor, stronger, and more experienced man than when be fought John Morrissey a year ago, To Texas and Hack— No. 14. [Correspondence of The Press.] Brenitak, Texas, Oot. 25,1859. We have now been hero long enough to be able to form sonje opinion of the manners and customs and inodo of living of the people of Texas. To one aooiutomed to the older and more densely popula ted portions of onr country, so many things arc constantly presenting themselves in this region whioh are eontrnry or variant from all his previous experience, that tho mind is, not unnaturally, somewhat oonfusod. The question presents itself forcibly, which will undoubtedly be put to us many times by others on our return home, “ Well* what did you think of Toxas?” And tho mind finds Itself puzzlod nnd embarrassed to fix upon what shall bo tho proper answer. To do justice to Texas, its history, its people, Its capabilities of soil, and all Its natural resources, would require a volume. And whon it is remombered what an extent of ter ritory is Inoludod within the boundaries of Texas— stretohlng from the Gulf of Mexico and the Rio Grando on the south to the Red river, nnd above tho thirty-sixth parallel of latitude on the north— and from tho Sabine on tho east to the Rio Grande, and beyond the twenty-ninth degreo of longitude west from Washington on the west—an area suffi cient to form five States of the size of Pennsylvania, and three times as largo as the six New England Statos taken together—one whohas travelled scares a fourth of the distance across the Stato, and that upon one diroot lino of travel without any diver gonco, may well beeitate before expressing any goneral opinion as to how he likes Texas. Your correspondent, therefore, speaks only ns to whit has fallen under his own observation, unloss when it is expressly mentioned that his evidenco Is hear say. Ho feels at perfeot liberty, howover, to draw his own inferences from all that he sees and hears. The position of Texas as a frontier State of Mex ico, and, subsequently to 1836, as an Independent Republic, adjoining our southwestern border, from the comparatively inhabited portions of whioh it was separated only by rivers easily crossed, must be carefully considered in forming any estimate or judgment as to its present condition. Tho soolal condition of tbo inhabitants, tho phases of public opinion, the domestic habits, the modes of thought, and evon, in a great measure of speech, the whole boaring and tone of the political, moral, and social intercourse of tho country—all have been influ enced, moulded, and modified by the peouliar cir cumstances under whioh tbo Stato of Texas has advanced to the proud position she now ooocplesas one of tho Elates of the American Union. The white population of Texas, prior to the Intro duction of the Amorioan colonists, under Austin, was small, and sparsoly distributed over a very limited extent of what constituted the territorial limits of the 6tato, and was composed almost wholly of Mexicans. A large number of Indians, divided into many small tribes, but all, with few excep tions, of a hostile and warlike disposition, roamed in undisputed possession over the broad, fertile prairies and through the dense forests. In 1820 Moses Austin, a nativo of Connecticut, but who bad long resided in Missouri) determined to set about tho establishment of an American colony In Texas. The political condition of Mexi co at this time was such as to render the under taking one of poculi&r difficulty. She was just upon the ove of the declaration of her own inde pendence, and in tho ferment of revolution, and the turmoil and dobate of conflicting parties, there was hut little opportunity for securing proper at tention to a sohemo whioh lookod simply to the colonization of a distant portion of territory. Be foro much progress had been made in the prelimi nary steps of his enterprise, Austin died, not, how over, without an express and decided intimation of hie wishes to his eon, Stephen F. Austin, to proso outo tho plan. It was under this gentleman that the first regu lar oolonists were introduced into Texas. Various changes took place in the Mexican Government producing vexatious and harassing delays In the settlement and establishment of the colonists in any well-defined political relation, and adding greatly to the difficulties and embarrassments na turally attendant upon such an undertaking. By perseverance, energy, great tact, and skllftil ma nagement, Austin moulded the affairs of his oolo ny Into system, and placod its political rela tiqos to the Government upon a Arm and satisfac tory basis. The Mexican C«ngress, oiT'tbe 18th*of AujJbjt, 1624, passed a general colonization law whioh is the foundation of all the colonial land titles in Texas. It provided for the enactment of local colonization laws, and regulations by the Legislatures of tho sevoral States. Toxas, together with the Coahuila, was incorporated by the Con gress into a Stato, called the State of Coahuila and Tizas ; and the Legislature of the new State, at Us session in 1825, passed the first Stato coloni zation law. Under these national and State 'provisions, the details of which would be tedious and uninterest ing, and aro quite unnecessary to our present pur pose, various other colonies were from time to time established by Auatiu himself as well as by others. Tho general features of these colonization plans, under tho regulations of tho legislation above re ferred to, were brlofly as follows: Tho empressano , as ho was called, or foundor of tho colony, in consideration of certain privileges to himself and such colonists as hu should introduce, entered Into a contract with tho Government to sottlo within tho limits assigned to his oolony a certain number of families and individuals. To each head of a family and slnglo man among tho colonists & certain quantity.of land was granted within the limits of tho colony, the quantity for married men varying with tho number of members in their respeotivo families. Austin was romarkably scrupulous, exaot, and careful in roferenoe to the socuting and propor recording and preservation of tho titles of tho land granted within his colonios ; and the benefloial effects of this caro are felt and experienced to this day, and havo prevented much laborious and exciting litigation which has serious ly embarrassed tho land titles within tho limits of somo of the other colonies. Austin endeavored, and so, perhaps, did othors of tho empressarios, to obtain for their colonics persons and families of respectability and good oh&raotor,' whose presence should oontributo to the woifuro and prosperity of tho settlements. It was impossible, however, to prevent tho opportunities this afforded from being improved by reckless and designing mon, willing to enter upon any new en terprise whioh held out apromise of adventure. In many cases, doubtless, the empressarios must have been deoeived; in others they grew careless, and noglcoted to institute a proper scrutiny; and, anxious to reap tho benefits to be secured by ful filling their contraots with the Government, to the lottor at least, and finding naturally considerable difficulty in scouring the bettor olass of colonists, they in too many instances wilfully omitted all in quiry as to tho character and fitness of applicants, and lookod only to obtaining the requisito number. Many bold and hardy, but reckless and unprin cipled spirits, woro to ho found among the colo nists; whilo the presence of settlements of Ameri. cans encouraged many for whom a wild frontier life had Us attractions to t&ko advantage of the opportunity thus afforded of a place of refuge in oaso of difficulty, without dlreotly connecting them selves with tho colonies, or subjecting themselves to their restraints and regulations, hut relying upon tho natural sympathy of their fellow-countrymen for protection. The oolonists themselves, exposed to many hardships, privatlous, and dangers, obliged A&Weocetantly on the alert against the attacks of tbe Indians, and.to rely mainly upon their own individual rcsouroos for protection against the ma rauding propensities of their Mexican neighbors and abandoned characters of their own nation, ac quired hardihood, bravory, and promptness of cha racter- Tho conflict of races, which lod through various steps to the separation of tho State of Texas from the Mexican Ropublio, and tho difficulties and perils of tbo contest which finally ended in tho es tablishment of Texinn independence, led to.tho in troduction of n still larger number of daring and adventurous spirits, whose strong arms and bold hoarts wero gladly welcomed without regard to the particulars and history of their previous lives. After Texas became an independent Republic, a a well as before, her territory became a resort and refuge for many an outlaw fleeing from the just punishment of bis crimes in tho United States. Onoe aoross the narrow stream of tho Sabine, and he oould look back with defiance upon his pursu ors. and broathe freoly with the whole broad territory of Toxas before him as afield for new ad ventures, with a freer license and immunity from too severe scrutiny of his actions and conduct. Many desperato characters were the natural pro duction of a state of sooioty thus organised and continued. Rut as the Independent Republic be catno more and more firmly established, aooiety assumed a mote settled and permanent character, and the peaceful pursuits of agrioulture and trade oould bo engaged in with more seourity, and the feverish exoitoments of a life of oonstant watchful ness and conflict subsided. Now, settlers, attracted by tho rich bottom lands and fertile soil and rolling prairies of Toxas, began to seek a home within her borders. The annexation of Texas in 1845 en couraged an increased emigration from the older States of the Union. The desperate who had boon left to the punishment of individuals who may have been injured by their actions, found less and less scepo for the exercise of their evil pas sions. and less toleration for th'oir excesses; and such of them as did not fall viotlmß to publio in dignation or private revenge were mostly driven out from more Settled portions of the State, towards the remote frontiers. - Sooiety, however, is not even now entirely set* TWO CENTfc tied, and hero and there may be met reckless and hardened villains, unscrupulous and defiant of all law, known to havo been guilty of foul crimes, even of cold-blooded dud brutal snorder,- perfectly regardless |of human life, desperate, especially when under the influence of liquor In which they indulge to oxcoss, but yet living openly unmolest ed, unrestrained, and unpunished ; but their num ber is happily rapidly diminishing. G. T. T. A Page of Natural History. THE UNICORN. [For The Frets. Tho growth of knowledge and the advancement of civilisation year by year dispel the hallucina tions of the past. We Hve (n an age of “ facts,” and. like “ Mr. Gradgrind,” In Charles Dickens’ too*briefly»told story of “Hard Times,” we de mand “facts” ere we are convinced of anything In this busy, matter-of-fact world of ours. Com mon senso deals only with facts as they are pre santed to the mental vision. “ The Unicorn” is our text, and in few instances are fact and fictions fable so diametricallyopposed. hflins turn to the books of heraldio loro, and we find portrayed a noble animal, the perfection of grace and beauty, in all the pride of strength and agility; proudly he meets the eye, courting admi ration’s view—“ a form of beauty, and a joy for ever.” Bo muoh for fiction. Let us turn from her picture to that presented by “fact.” In place of tho brilliant, agile, and graocful creature she' has portrayed, we have a huge, ungainly monster, second only to the elephant in size, and still more strange and uncouth In form and movement; like him, void of grace and beauty, but, as the type of a race, unlike him—lacking the intelligence which makes us forget his unsightly form—a mammoth brute, that elicits alike our wonderment and fear. In place of sleek and dappled bide, be wears' a thick, impervious eoat of mall, from which the fatal' ballet glances harmlessly. Where is the graceful “horn of the unicorn,” which Sacred Writ tells us shall be exalted? In its place, a vast excrescence on the nose; broad at its base but gradually tapering upwards; solid as adamajnt throughout; formidable, almost beyond belief, a| a weapon of defence or destruction. In place of tie pointed ears, denoting quick intelligence, huge ap pendages that listlessly flap the livelong day; and ioslead of the fiery orbs, broad-set In the fore head, two dull and mindless eyes, placed,'parrot like, at right angles. And, lo ! the Unicorn of fabled history—the Behcemeth of Holy Scripture— and the Rbinooeroe of foot, stands before us. The name of the animal, though entirely Greek, was unknown to the ancient Greeks. Aristotle takes no notice ofit—Strabo being the first Greek, and Pliny the first Roman authors who mention the rhinoceros. Alexander does not appear,to have met with him in those portions of India whiob he had penetrated. In fact, the first we hear: of the animal in Roman annals is his exhibition.in tho amphitheatre during the reign of Pompey, ;as “an extraordinary beast,” down to that of Hello gabulus, subsequent to which all traces of him 4re lost. | Bufibn devotes a lengthened chapter to the rhinoceros. He' tells us that in magnitude he ap proaches the elephant, appearing only less be cause his legs are proportionally shorter, but tjtat he differs still more In natural powers and intellv- Uis head Is longer than that of the elephant, his eyes even smaller and in a natural state seldom more than half open; the upper lip long, and hang ing over the lower so as to form a tort of trunk with which the food is gathered and deliver ed to tho mouth. ] Without belog carnivorous, he is an extremely ferocious animal, and perfectly untractable—foe cupying the same position among large that ike hog does with small animals, vis: rash and bru tal, without intelligence, sentiment, or -docility, and subject to paroxysms of uncontrollable firy, which naturalists pronounce unaccountable ;j for instance, one sent by the King of Portugal to ithe Pope, in 1513, completely destroyed the small ves sel in which he was plaood. f Wbon two years old the horn is scarcely per ceptible, being but an inch in length; at six yiars of age ft is from nine to ten lnohes, increasing year by year with' those of the : anlmal; and as rhinece .rosea have been foond with horns nearly four Jett da JengUtfAHs .-presumed that, like man,'thew at- < tain in their native wilds an age of seventy, eighty?" or even a hundred years. [ . We are led to believe that Omnlscienoe creates no animal in vain; yet man’s ingenuity fails tojdit cover the utility of the rhinoceros. Unlike (the elephant, a useful beast of draught and burden, he is equally hurtful by his voracity, weato and havoc following his footsteps. Feeding on {the grossest herbs and brushes, and having no appe tite for flesh, he neither disturbs small nor fears large ones, but generally livos in peace with all; hence bis occasional quarrels with the'ele phant—whioh he invariably defeats—are unac countable. Dwelling not with his kind, but rjam- Ing, solitary and savage, his native wlldernesp, he is to this day a xoologioalmyth. j The rhinoceros, unlike other wild animals, rarely attacks man, unless provoked, when he becomes furious and formidable; otherwise, hts scent being exceedingly acute, he will avoid the human pace. Parsons, in 1770, asserted that in Abyssinia the rhinoceros was used as a beast of burden, bat this was only a hearsay report, and has never been oonfinned. The prophet Job rofers to'the unicorn or rhinoceros In the thirty-ninth chapter, vjarses ten and eleven, saying, “’Canst thou bind w!& his band In the furrow ? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?” proving that the creature was well known in those days, and evidently allndtng to him as an animal of great strength, untameable disposition, and unfitted for tho uses of man. Captain Gordon Camming, the great African explorer and llen-huntor, says that there ad four dUUnot varieties of the rhinoceros found in the African interior, which the Beohu&na tribes de signate as follows: The oommon white species they oall muohooho; the long-horned white, kobaoba; tho two-horned black, keitolo, and the oue-borned black leviathan of his speoies, borele, tbo latter being the most ferooious and impractica ble of dll; he continues that both varieties of the white rhinoceros are comparatively harmless, and. floe from man’s approach; whilst both of the i black genus aro renowned for their fierce and dangerous dispositions, rushing headlong and unprovoked at any objoot which excites their attention, and carrying all before them. He also notes their Sulden paroxysms ’of fury, ploughing the ground with their horn, and assaulting trees, at which they will work for hours, until they have them, whilst the tongue is so powerful and corrugatod that with it they strip off the bark as cleanly, as if H wore done with an &xe. , .With regard to the relative speed of And he tell* us that the former W an indolent animal,'*«4. when killed is found to be exceedingly fat, the meat xMo.mbling in flavor in ferior beef; while the blaek swift of foot that tho hunter mounted on a thoroughbred horse can rarely overtake him; when killed, un like his white brother, he Is found to be n solid mass of bone, muscle, and osrtilage, without an atom of fat, and his flesh entirety The dissection of the head of the black rhinoceros at once dispels the theory that the horn , grows directly from, and iq part and parcel of the skull, the latter presenting merely a tremendously thick ossification, terminating just above tho nostrils, and serving as a base on which the horn rests, the latter being an entirely independent structure, attached only by the impervious skin or cartilage. Of his habits, Camming confirms tho report of Buf fon, asserting that theyare nevermet in bends, but generally alono, or at most in oouples. ‘ It is questionable, after all, whether are moro than two diatinot species of the rhinoceros, viz., tho white and block —the additional number of horns bolng probably a freak of nataro. Cum ming mentions having killed one with three dis tinct horns, placod behind each other, whilst as to tho roputod ago to which the black rhinoceros lives, (arrived at by the length of horn and knowl edge of its slow growth,) one that foil a victim to his prowess was computed to be a century old, and yet evinced no symptoms of premature old age. Dr. Livingstone, the African missionary and ex plorer, also gives ns muob information concerning the rhinoceros confirmatory of tho reports of Baffon and Gordon Camming. Speaking of his dimness of vision, ho asserts that ho will frequently chargo past a man who has wounded him if ho stands porfectly still, believing him to bo a treo ; aud of his vulnerable points, that the stomach is the most available; but if the marksman is sure, a dark spot whioh lies behind each shoulder, which when tho bullet penetrates, the animal falls stone dead. When wounded nnto death he has been known to charge his mounted assailant, and, thrusting his horn through both borso and saddle, toss tho unfortunato quadruped with the rider high in air apparently without an effort. Wherever the footprints of the black rhinoceros are seen there are always marks of his having ploughed Up the ground in fury. So formidable £nd feroolous is he deemed, that the Becbuana and Oaffre tribes do not allow their young man to mar ry until they have signalized their valor by slaying a black rhinoceros. Dull and unintelligent as ho ir, and lacking .the ordinary insticot of the brute creation, nature has provided him with a friend, companion, and men tor, in the (so called) rhinooeros bird, a covey of khioh alwaya attend him, travelling on his back,’ and feeding on the inseots which oover it. Sleeping mil (per Thre.Copiee, 4 * •* ‘C7«Va Fir. Coplee, - A TMCopiM, .. . .. ~~~~ Twenty Copie.,** : ' (too*SaSr,S« Twenty Copra* or ovur 44 ftruddro—of ' ~ 'j For.a Chib of Twenty-on*, or pver/wewiU send an extra eopj to the cetter-np of the dab.; Fortunate n ar* requested to act M afentt&r The Winn,? Panes. - r CAiarOBSIA PRESS, In time for toe Ca!irora>» ~ * - t ’ l * 3r D,Yar forsake him, warning the drowsy dcllard of the approach of hto arch enemy, man, by itioklng their long bills Into the boQoV of hia ears, and uttering a hanh grating oiy. Brea when h. ie killed th.y do not leave him, but fanoyingthathe is sleeping, straggle still In this peculiar way to wake him. The living,monster, as he appears in “Dan Rice’s Great Show,” is among all tho interesting specimens of the brute creation which are included in it, by far the most so. As we watcVthat huge, ungainly form, we*msnrei if the credulity of a bygone age that could distort it into one of beauty, .whilst the lamp of soience Diamines the pages of the past, unfolds the mythical scroll*of allegory, renu«rs plain the allusions of Biblical history, and shroudS with romance* eren a rhinoceros; but when we .*ee this hitherto untameable and imprac ticable animal docile as a dog in the hands of his trainer, andp'orforming all the customary feats of the arena, our astonishment is complete, and the power of man’s master mind over the brute crea tion Is made evident. Mr. Dan Bice is entitled to claim the honor of being the first man who ever attempted to tame this huge and hitherto ungovernable denizen of the forest, and his complete success is a triumph'of skill and courage; and we form a faint estimate of the patient endurance and firmness of will em ployed in the achievement of sueh a'feat. The rhinoceros, exhibited by Mr. Rice, it the only living specimen in America, nor is there but one in Europe, viz: at the Zoological Gardena in London, where he is regarded as an untameable and ferocious brute. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Qitt or Am. T. Stewart to Willia* asd Mart College.—The Richmond (Va.) Ezsutintr pnbllfihee the acknowledgment of the faculty of William and Mary College of a gift of $5OO from A- T. Stewart, of New York., The following U Mr. Stewart', letter: * * “New York. Wednesday, Sept 28,1858. Mr Dear Mr. Vest : I have great pleasure to contnbQte to the restoration of the College of Wil liam and Mary the enclosed cheek for $5OO. Mr desire 11 that this shonld be applied to the pur °haJo of book s, !n the ancient languages, loHuone of the alcoves in the library. • ? “May I hope that the new institution will arise from its ashes, phcenix-like, still more splendid, & Jjii i it will never omit the opportunity to in ifito the youthful mind of its students, that the Union of these United States most be pre served m all-time to coma.' “Sincerely your friend, “W. W. Vest, Esq.” “Alex. T. SrxWAnr. CF* Wilhelm Rothacker, a German distinguish ei alike for his learning and patriotism in his na tire land, and for many years associated with" the German press in this country, died at his residence In Cincinnati, last Saturday, after ft long and pain ful illness. The Ballous.— The aeronaut, Lowe, announces at last that his proposed transatlantic Toyage, on account of the lateness of the season, is postponed until next spring. The monster gas envelope’s life boat, oalorio engine, and other paraphernalia are safely housed to be ready, it is alleged, oa th* re-opening of spring. V3T The large and valuable library Of Gen. Wil liam H. Sumner, of East Boston, has been bequeath ed to the Sumner Library Association.' A year or two since land valued at $20,1100 was bestowed upon the Association by the same generous patron. tS* Bev, Dr. Wm. H. Furness, of this oity, Is to preach the sermon at the ordination of Bev. Mr. Potter, in die Unitarian Church, in New Bedford, Conn., in December next. ■* Evidence op Issaxity ix Beows’s Faxilt.— The Boston Traveler of Saturday says: “ George H. Hoyt, Eaq., of this city, counsel for. Captain Brown, arrived home this morning. * He has procured at Akron, and, other- places In Ohio, the affidavits of eighteen different individuals zoinz to show, In the clearest manner, that Brown’s family, on the mother’s side, "had exhibited in sanity in. many instances. 'llia grandmother was insane for six yean before her death, and died in that condition. Three of her children were insane, and another of her children had insane children— cousins, of Captain Brown, The only sister of Brown was also liable to attacks of insanity. Several of the witnesses, relatives or intimate ac quaintances of Captain' Brown him self, testify' to certain facts .which, in their opinion, go to show clearly that the hereditary tqjpt exists in hiaC ‘ “Mr. Hoyt had An interview‘with‘Governor Wlsqon Wednesday, asd placed in his bands'these Hr.JL.tfcnt ha would give them the ms*tcarefhl bbx&deririb&*r»- Bya law of the State be Iwathe power, If Satis fied that sufficient reasons 'exist the■ ground of insanity, to postpone the have the fact of insanity passed upon by a' jury." E?*Tt will be news to most people that a daugh ter of Schiller Is still extant to rejoice in the uni venal homage paid to him, not only by the 50.000,- 000 of his own countrymen* in,Europe, but by the wide-spread German race all over the world. In the Augsburg Gaxetu there appears a letter from this lady, the Baroness Emily de Glelchen Kuss wurm (born Schiller), whose residence is Groifin stein sur Bonneland. Lower Franconia, In Bavaria. Bhe earnestly asks to be supplied with eopies'of all odes, speeches, musical compositions, and other documents illustrative, in every town asd place, of her father’s memory, that ahe may treasure them up as an heirloom for ber children. ty A letter of the -22 d ult., from St. Peters burg, thus alludes to Sehamyl: “I will merely sav that heliTeson the fat of the land, and drives about armed to the teeth—for he is allowed to retaiu his 'arms—daily up and down the Nevoisky and along the quays, escorted by one or more Bussian officers, who have him, aa it were, in charge, and accompanied by his son, a most ugly specimen of Circassia, and fwu remark able fur-capped individuals, called * friends’ but who are nothing more nor leas than the late execu tioners of his savage whether with blade or bowstring. Of course the tales aro endless—true aud false—in reference to hla sayings end doings. Timo and space only admit of my giving you one, which is fact, and I shall then leave him in'peace to retiro to Kalonga, for which place ho leaves us in a few days, there to enioy life in company with his wives and retainers, already there, with a pen sion of twelve thousand roubles per annum, bouse and comforts found. . However, on arriving at St. Petersburg, which, I am told, surpasses, in his es timation, all his dreams of Paradise, he was cour teously received by the Governor, who, after hav ing bidden him welcome, said turning to one of his aids, ‘ I will now hand you over to the care of my friend.’ On which the warrior chief turned pale, as well he the thousands of Russians he had done to death, and asked for time for prayer and absolution. -He was, however, given to understand that the friends of the Gover nor were not precisely in the same category as the ‘friends’ ofhiacbiettainfhip. and fcehas since smoked his pipe, admired the Bussian ladies, and quaffed his champagne in peace.” V3F Sir Francis Sykes and Mr. Henry Peters, two English gentlemen, have returned to St. Paul, Minnesota, aftqr an absence since June last en a bunting expedition to the country adjacent and beyond the Bed Birer settlements. They have met with abundant success in the pursuit of game, having killed fifty-two buffalo, eleven eik, five black-tailed deer, (a very rare species) fire white tailed deer, two antelopes, one lynx, two largo black bears, several white wolves, besides small game,'such os ducks, geese, etc., in large numbers, The moat notioeable feature of these spoils, how ever, is the mammoth size of the elk horns, which average four feet nine inches in length, while ero&awise, from horn to horn, (tips), they measured four foot three inches apart. Bristling with seve ral sharp-pointed branches, Which vary from a foot to a foot and a half in length, these immense horns present a most formidable appearance. Wiscoxsix —Returns of the recent elections In this State have been received from all but two or three counties, which give but afew hundred votes, from which it appears that the Republican State ticket has been chosen by about 3,500 majority, and that a Republican Legislature has been chosen. The Senate stands—Republicans, 17; Democrats, 12; Independent, 1. The House— Republicans, 55; Democrats,. 37; Independent 3; with two districts to hear from. The following is tho officially-declared vote of Texas for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor : Governor—Houston, (Ind. Bern.,) 36.170; Run nels, (Reg. Dera ,) ‘27,500; majority for Houston, 8,670.. Lieutenant-Governor—Clark, (fad. Dem .1 31,458; Lubbock, (Reg. Dem.,) 30,325; majority for Clark, 1,133. Death of Kit Carson.—The last overland mail brings intelligence of the death of the celebrated pioneer and explorer, Christopher Carson, of Taos, New Mexico, where he had been residing as Indian agent. Carson was a native of Kentucky, haring been born in Madison county, at the close of ISO 9. Uia father, shortly after that period, removed to Missouri, where Kit, when a lad ofls, was appren ticed to a saddler—occupying himself at that busi ness two years, at the end of which he joined a trapping expedition, and a trapper he remained until his familiarity with the great far AYest ren dered him invaluable as a guide to explorers of the Plains. For eight years he acted as hunter at Bent’s Fort. When Col, Fremont engaged in his expedition, Carson accompanied him, and was ever after his steadfast companion. In 1347 he re ceived the rank of lieutenant to. the rifle corps, United States army. His latest and most remark able exploit ou the Plains was enacted in 1853, when he oonducted a drove of 5,000 fcheep safely to California. BP 4 The Louisville Courier , of the 21 rt instant, states that nineteen of the thirty-three counties o: Kentucky, in which the Democratic primary meet ings had been held, had instructed their delegates to support the nomination of Hbn. Jame 3 Guthrie at Charleston. Tho Courier earnestly advocates the instruction of the delegation from the State to Charleston in favor of Mr. G. It is evident, from the constant agitation of the subject, that conside rable feeling in relation to it exists. * *
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