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fitpMfs. PAB*.^-
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Sh»ii ! Kßt6p«j' I »rhl6Swni'iMi foijpd tiftisf it* *PPW
.; ; #ii*jiMns“v 4 M** yM*;
from’Meateo- Battles • had • b«en
at Qnor«t»fcJ and "®il« no«»gajrejolttn* in
'He «ap,
■.*&&-**.«*
W&m! of .arUirer?;-.fA l > ll ? n 8 I&M* t&k*“ pnsonsrs
,orMCliiß%»V:4lTaitai.*;<:AnAmerioint offiaar was
Ota TuUno'eni
of the UoilstihiUonaUitj ara Slid
te ltit«;Men:lsiUed. - A compromise is. spolcon of
"iatfTMn-JusrM, Miramon,, and Ilobloa—»Tuarei to
-WproTialonal P»ttdent> and Ue laws confiscating
•-$* tlburobrS ttpirij' to fei wmidled',
! Ajj tha.prtsept writing, Yanbea professors seom
.to .ba at & be ary. disooant' in, Ota. South. The
! Kjaoltfiue (lean.) Whig, of * lata date, says: “At
the lata Kingston" Court," Professor Hnokins, who
figuredhere osa phrenologist, was sentenced to the
for one year,' on the charge of steal*
- jing books." She professor is a Vermonter, and hap
, .giveii o&t a mnnbor <tf cbuU in Ewt TmmbmCj
-flattering and pleasing the.yain and - weak*mlnded
•fo jio lift; ‘.’At the, wrae oourt, a Mr. Hugglna,
is>i penmanship] ? war, sent fat font years,
ar cliarge, of wriUDgariave afree pass, and
etitempUngioruti hiin off 6n the railroad, either with
■ ■; tni freedom, or to oash him in a
; .• . ■ ‘ .
-Havana,we learn that the oity was in a
sftteof eicifement.npon the coming feetivities in
ihonor of the pew Captain General Serrano,‘to take
"pW'ehtke 24th, that functionary having juiter*
{rived from .'Spain. -Great preparation had been
4Saa4o;hy tho authorities to forniah-tbo new ineum
v. oKentwith a 'suitable- welcome and. entry into the
of hie future labors, and of coarse no other
njsws was forthcomings
, JiiiCol.j Bailie Peyton was.,among the passengers
- arrived yesfetday from California,' In the steamer
JJatift. \f . r! v ‘'* !,
. Hon, Grantley JBerkeley, the.oo?
lpighty hunter, passed'through Pittsburg
,lfiitweek,.'on his way eastward, and being a
”‘homely- maflj gave'- hlatseif out for his master;
eilled upon; him,'and paid
‘ prpfonndideftrenoa to hU remarks;, , ;
* - Fourteen of the passengers of the wrecked steam*
K*r<ludian arrived at; Portland, Maine, yesterday.
Thqir names will be found among the telegraph
'n|Sfe.’ \ . \ •
V.' I l.Cortioas, the Mexican bandit, is said to have
. v hung three Americans, in revenge for the killing
at Brownsville. - ;
Amerioan author, Washington
"at his residence in Tarrjtown,Naw
on Monday night. ‘ <
sirp Indebted; to S;B. ; Craft, £ft., purser ef
f Bfato pf Georgia, for, early copft# of Savannah J
I'fmpfers.'// * \ >; r\ - 1
Parson Brownlow. of Tennessee, is in Kew.York.
*He went to hear Henry Ward Beecher preaoh on i
--Thanksgiving Dem and took a seat only about ten |
Ytftf fposV ( divine.
t' f
’ -to so dispose of the, military force at hls command
‘thet eh attempt to reMuo John Bro'wn' wotild not!
fuoooesfaV He h^s'issued a proclamation, in
~ y. wbleh, stating that he has ordered a military
; low? ft. Charlestown, in -view df the execution of
■: Captain Brows; and may call' for further military
'"£idj idds}-,‘; ' , ‘ I,’ */' - '
.. all. persons are notified that
;HSe trains oftho Winchester and Potomac Railroad
v .Company are placed under;ord'e H of acting Quar>
; ? 'tormaster and. Commissary-General Davis, forim*
; On the first, second, and third of Decern-
her next. ‘He will, uoder orders of Major General
TallafejTo. gupnl those trains for the Use and oocu
' patibnof,yirgjma troops alone, and permit no other
* trantiporfttioa but for them. - Ana the ottieens of
ftls Commonwealth' are warned to remain aibome,
onion guard or patrol duty on the second.otJD*
: ccthber, audio abstain from going toOharlestown.
.Orders are issued to prevent women 1 and ohlidren.
> and strangers, aro hereby cautioned that there will i
’’be danger to them in approaching.that place, or I
',nibar it, on that day. If doomed necessary, martial
law will be proclaimed and enforoed.” ' ■
‘ - Borne days ago, s*g?a 'the.Hew Orleans Delta of
; tho 29th, We gave an account of the murder of Mr
Alien J. In Concmih bounty, Ala., while he
< was returning ; homo from Claiborne, whither he
had gono to dispose of his cotton! The Spartan
> published uoneoon odunty, gives the
' following" additional particulars and account of
: the lynching ofthomuTderers;
SUspiozon reated. npon two brothers, Irvin Mid
'.Stephen Wafdi one'of whom was-present-at the
: uv.w«p» vAr*to*A money • for v
We u.jJi'MHlb Wing nreaihe/atal ahot.
'a*e ffM an old and highly-respeeted ci tl*
BQs,and bisdealh wjll be a wvare loss to the commu
nity, of which ho “ffaa a baefal and honored mem*
Var.; * \ ‘ ‘ '' , ' ' 1
“ SATCnlur, 11 o’clock A. M.-—We here just
- learned with deep regret,- that the Wards bare been
; ,.ljungby thejjeople of Sepul gaand adjoining neigh
borhoods. They made .lull oonfealon of the mur
der previous fo jheir elocution. Stephen Ward
firedtheratal ehot, ■while Irrin was at the time lying
v concealed and asleep, with’ a pistol, some hundred
- yardt from the scene of tho tragedy and did not even
wake. A paper was drawn up, and signed by eomo
eighty men. pjedgjpg ihemselrea to mutual pr'eteo
lion, and assuming tho feorful.responilbtllty of the
eummary execution: Nearly threehundred persons
;• were assembled at the spot, and tremendous exoite
-. Bentprevailed. ■ :
“It, jato bo deeply regretted that cooler counsels
had not prevailed, and the taw been allowed to take
lie course ; 'and we fear that many will he involved
, Inseripns.diffloulty.”
,:TheCofombia(B..C.) Caroliman, of. the 12th
v'tosUrit, saye; ‘
| ;V';Tbepfem(uui offered byColonel A. Hunt, for
”fcep«sjmeß.of native African, to be exhibited at
the State AgrionUiiral Pair, was taken yesterday
; ,by Dr.’Bland, of Edgefield, irtio brought two on
, . the grounds. . Their Arrival created quite a sensa
tion yrlth the largo crowd assembled In tha nmphl
thcftra- -Tho premium was a beautiful silver'
goblet.” ' . ■ ■
Th’a Louisville Journal of Saturday says: ’■
' «» enlbusiastie and large meoUng
-, of Ilookh6ldew,:whleh,- on completing business!
r adjouwed-yesterday, after two days’, session. A
.yearago, when a similar eonveeation assembled in
• . nurolty, there was a feeling of gloom and despond
■- eney to which the eheering indications of yeatorday
: ■ were.a gratiiying contrast.’ Then stockholders ad
vanced «loan, and surrendered -half their Invest
, -mepts, In the last hope to save something from the
* .general wreck, as it appoared; now, when a oall
■’ was made upon them for funds to comply with
■ tho conditions npon which, J. Edgar Thomson
.--agrees to aocept the presidency,-*50,000 were
subscribed on-the spot, and theto is net the
loast doubt, in our opinion, that *lOO,OOO will
■ ho ndded 10 that sum by .our citizens to-dav.
and this *150,000, with’ the *lOO,OOO raised in
' m * kM ’ u P quarter million for which
>-‘Mr/ .fromron, stipulated. Thus, then; all three
»conditions are italOUed, the debts of the oom
a.are all liquidated; the State of Texas has
Irawn all “ligation affaotlng the prosorvation
at tnecharter, antT*2so,eoo have been raised fora
>- ooxamencemeEt of working eapitsl.. Mr. Thom*
-,wn will, therefore, woo asstuae tho poiltlon of pro
; sldentof tlw-oompany, and hi ,will .bring to the
. dlMbarge pf hia datles great experience In railroad
.• taatter#, a character for caution of which few oapl
. tallats know the fall value, and an enthusiastic am
. to carry. to completion the greatest railroad
, enterprise whlahwaa ever undertaken- - Weknow
nSw? va Abrres'pondence of- Mr. Thomaon
„ $2 J P r ' *b«t he ftels perfectly oonddent
V<-. Of Being able to councot, the- Atlantis and Paelflo
-.‘oceans by a railroad oommunioatlon In ten years.
, and he will make the attempt to do it to eight
; Hrengulneof snooess, ,He desired only to
keeptha pampany free from debt and litigation,
. ■ bntthaeash jttbsoription of *250,000 was suggested
by Dr. Ppwlkes-and-keoopted by Mr. Thomson.
< : ,I S'Wl*y. ef Dr. P. ls strongly exemplified In
.eongretolato the. stockholders,
country, fcfid the entire oVriHxod world upon
, && ausploious position of the affair* of this work.
3; . SW* haTonwor desponded when others we : re feint*
• h *<? osrefolly studied the reports of
smenuaomen and tho surveys of com [intent envl
; oa S e „ to lh ’ cdM'pnoa that the
' Eoathert-Paciflo Railroad wain noSeisltyof the
- age, end.-thaf the characteristic enterprise, ehsrer.
; and. pubJio_ spirit of tbe United: Htatee would not
1® l«ayeto.poBUrUy the glory of carrying
, . oa , t “j T ? r i ,rSi bh the present generation hid oon
‘ • celved. Our expectations hive been realised, and
, we can now say to friends, who here invested their
.moans, that Dr.-Eowlkes, es the ptoneer Columbus,
hoc found the new path to ft, Xndlet, and developed
a continent to the world j and that 3. Edgar, Tbom
son, Samnel Tate; and others, will, now push’ for
)•-- ward,emigration, civilisation, and 'the beneficent
- -pretoottotf of oar . law* -and OonstttuUoni over the
, mighty region from Texsa.to OaUfornto. The pro
. j rn- t 9 ?■*?* * n ? “Wifloei”. and It. realisation
. will. WO sincerely believe, prove a mine of wealth
to ill who have embarked to It.”
i:.:,. gjS 1 -WepubHsh tiofollewfng at ibe request of
Mr. SeSnott, tbe CCunAel for Stevens: ;
V Aeidir U. Srbvuss.—A hapdsome,. powerful
: .ypungmaß oftwenty-fivels now in Oharleetewu,
- ' ;!- V»,, siok, wounded and a prisoner, awaiting trial.
-.ii.Wftffaf.fkob b y ths-.VligtolajmlUUa 'wHen he was
-jUnarmed-and was. bearing a ffag of tipee. He
i Wto, X believe, Isthefirstman intbe whole world
'■SSSirf* ***? ’N alr *' 1 !?' plead'to kn Indictment
? ~ ?<J,'! l ‘ i W} c ? a . a £ ,a arhaitomortia. Hisuhoom
: .ooraslons; has excited
: of U Ob/^S?nw^ y iL Ui . < t. hoiW j t3 bestoHliens
• - °-ri-.i l y t ?l ra i, l tod they do not hesitate toui
- ‘ thlsfeoilbg ‘k* pnrposo or.oheoktog
■ r?sUM*e*ioai.».-
men
W® n* toMaSjAs^^ra^J^^tojWomm
- ■'■■SMWr^r^^
rtthP-Raii'domosrti-luiterey
to SSBffliigMkwi pot, unite .tofinlfe..
«l<«e.: But their nnaber
1 , -
t r ’ T vT:>; r 5--‘-
•Uvcryyta the Politics and Popular
seatmeat of tse VMioi.
Yesterday we prosoatadcur views upon the
slavery question as its&sctatlie adtion of the
Federal Government upon the To *l
day we propose to consider thaiwar of opinion
which exists betweenthe.private tadpplitlind
parties to the great controversy and ‘which
gives ltd) lte strength and bitterness.
Ideas of right, duty, and Interest aro always
tho mainsprings of popular movements, and
differences of action and driiVgrow 'out of
differences ,Qf opinion. The sentiment of tho
South justifies and defends her system of sla
very thoantagonist sentiment of tho North
impugns and assails it. Propagandist!! and
repression, pro-slavery and anti-slavery, give
the form and action of the Issue Joined between
them, andthoy are both actively aggressive.
They find opportunities for conflict wherever
they mept, and they contrive to meet wherever
they can find opportunity. As mere abstract
sentiments thoy are in continual conflict, and
wherever either can push Itself into any form
of practical results, the struggle displays itself
in.strenuous activity. A war between tyrants
and their victims, between tho oppressor
and tho opprossed, is natural,- legitimate, and
even inevitable.' Modorn history is but ono
unbroken record of this’ great strlfo. All rc.
formations and revolutions, successful or abor.
tivo, aro hut so mauy forms of tho struggle
which can ceaso'only with its causes; but
there is this striking difference betwoen tho
“irrepressible conflict’* which runs through
the whole , track of human progress, and Is
warranted by all its fruits, and sanctioned by
every principle of human justice, and the
strife, which has arrayed our pro and anti
slavery parties against each other, that tho
subjects of tho controversy, here take no part
in it. It is a question about tho rights and
interests of a race that asks no interference
and manifests no interest in the groat commo-
tton of which they are made tho cause and
the occasion. So far from showing oithor
fltnOßS or Capability for tho freedom demanded
for them, they do not even show any desire
The Serfs of Europe, our own forefathers,
claimed equal social and political rights with
thoir oppressors; atid they achieved them.
Since tho general introduetion of machinery
into -productive industry—the substitution of
artificial for natural labor—no nation or race
of men, capablo of employing It, has remained
in any form or degreo of personal bondago,
mid all are either rison or rapidly rising into
political freedom. For tho capable, tho high
est rights of man may be claimed, but they
never can be conferred upon a race that Is
itself indifferent about them. A very few
generations back these negroes were eavagos.
Their ancestors had not made an appearance in
history when America was discovered; and
they have not yet risen even to tho lowest
rank of barbarism; they have not been capa
ble of any civil order, of any general ideas or
institutions., For two centuries our negroes
have been surrounded with all tho influences
of civilization, and they havo not yet roaohed
even to that stage of inquietude in bondage
which awakens tho desire for solf.dependence
and self-gOYcnunent.
Tho question of latent capability of tho race
for self-government, under any of the forms
which civilization demands,wo need not discuss.
It is enough for the purpose of tho argument
if thoy aro not now actually prepared and able
to receive and cxereiso it. If thoy aro not,
then, so tar as any question can bo settled by
the longest and largest experience, the whole
controversy upon the point is concluded by
the fact, that no race oi men, white, colored,
or black, who havo upon sufficient trial demon
strated thoir capacity for tho freedom of civi
lization, wero ever emancipated by their
owners, or lifted out of the condition of sla
very by any help of others, until they had first
by themselves made it practically impossible
to retain them in bondage. Before tho middle
of the fourteenth century the largest portion
of the peasantry of England had, under the
operation of tho only causes which can
qualify bondmen for freedom, passed from tho
condition of villeins to that of free laborers.
by these free laborers, whom tho act describes
as persons “not living of their own, nor by
any trade.” Yet serfdom continued in tho
fnr finite two hundred years a£-
wa.shia. titoubtoww-j. -gon
record is. that ot EuzAßKnr, dated 1674, In
which she directs the enfranchhuynent of her
bondsmen and bondwomen in certain of her
manors. Tho condition of those freed men in
the interval is darkly hinted in tho fact that
during the reign of Hehby the Vlll—from
1609 till 1647—a period of thirty-eight years,
no loss than 70,000 criminals wore executed,
consisting chiefly of this class; equal, in pro
portion to population and territory, to tho
hauging of about 1,600 persons per annum, or
five persons per diem in the State of New
York; for (say) half a contury I
In the light- of such a history as this tho
question of tho immediato emancipation of a
whole race, numbering throe or four millions
of Blares, by a general and [immodiato act, is
soon to bo one of very gravo consequences, even
supposing it to ho at all practicable. It will
be, observed, and folt, too, that wo aro here
speaking of the race of men who aro now
everywhere fire*, and that are actually in the
administration of the affairs of the largest and
most advanced portions of ita'iglobe.
If the best of the white races must of ne
cessity straggle up into liberty, through such
preparation, and undergo such discipline as
this sfcory.imHcatcs, what can be Raid oi the
black race, the subjects of this discussion, who
have never anywhere, nor with any help of the
advanced nations among whom they have
fallen, demonstrated any clear capacity for
such civilization as the age demands ?
TV*o do not intend to involve ourselves, nor
to entangle our readers, in the ethnological
problem which lies at the root of this dispute,
for our argument does not need to cover the
latent possibilities and providential destiny of
the African peoplo; hut wo may safely suggest
that all observation shows them, as yet, capa
ble of no more mental and social edneation than
might be described as a childhood of mind. Ob
servation proves that they lack those qualities
of savage character which, in the early German
tribes, were the seeds that waited only tor op
portunity fo grow into the forms or personal
and national freedom.. They have neither the
German personal independence, nor its asso
ciated attachment of man to man, which
worked out their social and civil organization.
In.lion of.these qualities thoy have that spirit
of dependence upon, and loyalty to, superiors
—qualities of tho childhood, which wo have
described them by, united to its docility also—
which fits them for subordination to a superior
race better than any peoplo known to history.
Unlike tho Geltic nations, they lack the enter
prise that pushes a people upon maritime dis
covery, military invasion, and colonization.
They have never carried on a war; or organized
a' campaign, cithor In Africa or in tho islands
of the Atlantic. A massacre in St. Domin
go, and an insurrection, of the dimensions ot
a wretched riot in Southampton, are the most
imposing and almost tho solitary examples of
their warfare; and nobody believes, tor a mo.
ment, that any possiblo army which thoy could
raise in America or elsewhere would stand tho
charges of a thousand wbito soldiers. Tho
poor and oppressed Europeans emigrate in
millions to every, land of promise that opens
to their enterprise, but the free blacks of
the North, almost to a man, decline tho
adventure of re-entering the land of their
fathers, with all tho helps and inducements
which the benevolence of tho colonization so
cieties oflhrs them. They can scarcely be
driven from the servile occupations of our ci
ties to tho rural districts, by all that they suffer
in our crowded and repugnant populations.
In the spirit of physical discovery, and in the
appliance of artificial agencies in substitution
for natural labor, thoy are os incapable as our
'women, Thoy are without invention, without
skill, and without tho aspirations that aro tho
elements of civilization and tho springs of pro,
gress. It is quite in vain to account for such cap.
ital defects of character by replying that fboir
ambition is repressed, and their means of edu
cation limited.. Tho serfs of England under
Hmmy and Emzasstii were greatly less fa
vored, in these respects, than the -negroes are
among us. The followers pf (Vat Time and
Jaoe Gam had no more "literature, and were
not.more highly regarded by their superiors
than our negroes 'are; nor had the English
iferli the tythe. of their practical education and
opportunity for self-detelopment fa all the dl
roewShatoatleadto substantial freedom, it
’’?* “* sfott reign of.EbWAjtn YI,
an act of
W•• * lTln * -b*M
flt of peerage, equivalent to the benefit of
THE PRESS-WfitADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1850.
eUrgy, to pears of the. realm, who could not
rend—a pretty cortalhi proof that the school
master was no( then abroad among the popu
lace of England. But the contrast is stated
in a word—the white races have made the oc
casions, and forced-'the conditions of their
own development) the blacks have not been
able to emerge from barbarism at homo, nor
to riso above tho stature of infancy among ns,
with all tho helps to solf-developmont which
our successes afford them. - -
But be their possibilities wliat they may
lot their destiny in the far future be as high
and noble as can be hoped for anything human
—they are not now ready for the inrostlturo of
those civil, social, economical, and political
ihnetions which freedom in our midst implies,
if It means anything worth tho ofler or the ac*
ceptance.
If our estimate of tlioir natural character is
correct, then feudalism is tho highest school
for which they aro prepared. Itjs something
to them, we vonturo to think, and something
to tho designs of Providonco in respect to them,
we dare bolievo, that so many of thorn have
been brought out of tho lowest condition of
savage existence that is known In tho wide
world, and incorporated, so far as thoy have
proved capablo, into the higher system of so
cial Ufo. If thoy shall ever bo capable of bet
tor things, thoy will achieve them by force of
laws which depend in no degree upon either
the dispositions of tlioir masters, nor upon the
intervention of volunteer friends from without.
Let it ho remembered, moreover, that at this
very timo, and during all tho time that tho plea
of emancipation has been pressed in their fa.
vor, the free States of the Union have been re
ceding from their former attitude of indifference
or friondliness to tho froo blacks among them.
Emancipation, at the time of our Revolution,
was pnt upon tho ground of natural right, re
ligion and morals, in tho argument and the
motives allogod. The real cause of the
movement was that ot expediency. No im
pulse of philanthropy, independent of politi
cal and economic expediency, has anywhere
ripened into actual results in the Unitod
States. Where policy impelled, omancipa.
tion followed; where nothing but abstract
principle could operate, it has never taken
effect. This only governing force which ex
perience recognises, has carried tho policy so
steadily and unerringly Into actual operation,
that Missouri, tho only exceptional portion of
territory, is rapidly coming under tho rule;
and It may be that, eventually, tho lino will
run as low as tho thirty-fifth degree of north
latitude, thro wing, all of Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, Tonnossce, and Kentucky, as
well as California, into tho category of free
States. Something may delay or something
may hasten the settlement of the question,
but it will bo determined, at last, by fixed
causes, which neither agitation nor resistance
can materially affect.
In the meantime, tho harden of ail that is
evil in tho case must ho borne, and all the
troubles of effecting tho best adjustment to it
must be met. All that the nation, or tho par
ties most immediately concerned, aro answer
able for, is that these people shall be put to tho
best uses, for them and ourselves, of which
they aro capablo. Providonco neither endea
vors nor accomplishes more than this for any
people, and we must limit our aims and apply
our offorts by tho samo rule.
Tho practical inference is a clear ono in our
apprehension. The Republic must tako no
detriment from our action in tho premises. If
tho interests and happiness of oither of the
races arc to bo put at risk, it ought not to ho
tho most advanced class that shall bo endan
gered. Tho worthier must uot bo sacrificed
for the inferior in actual coudition. It is not
a good choice which would throw away a fhll
grown pooplo for ono that must yot bo nursed
from its infancy, without any certainty of ever
reaching a maturity equal to that which Is to
bo sacrificed. Tho rulo of tho divino govern
ment in tho vegetable, animal, and rational
world, forbids such waste of the world’s slowly
acquired wealth in men and things.
And wo must do nothing contrary to tho
established order of Providence, for it will bo
both mischievous and unavailing. Tho negro
tttttf*deulrrffmcXi - national policy. ~ l o Tntusd
him tho pivot of our action is simply to disturb
and derange our own affairs, and to disappoint
every hope created for him, besides. In Cali
fornia- Onedom triumphed, hut It was there a
white man’s interest that governed. In Kan-.
sas freedom has also triumphed, oiler a despe
rate struggle, but do the fruits ennro to the
benefit of the colored man 1 In the free States,
where tho numerical force of tho colored race
is scarcely greater than that of tho public pau
pors or criminals, the sentiment of political
equality may be safoly indulged. But is there
a State in this Union whioh accords tho essen
tials of liberty to the resident negroes, or ono
that will tolerate their presonco if their num
bor should grow formidablo ? It is merely
fighting against iho course of things to give
prominence, much less pre-eminence, to tho
rights of tho colored raeo In the management
of State or National affairs.
If wo were under any necessity of vindica
ting slavery as it is in tho South—which we
aro not—it would suflico for all tho purposes
of our inquiry to answer that its evils there
aro tho incidents or the abuses of tho institu
tion, which is nothing lo tho right or duty of
opposing its existence, and organising our own
political policy upon that basis.
Wo offer the only healing remedy—tho only
just, wise, practical policy—the ono rulo that
meets tho only ono caso in which tho free
States can raise tho pretence of a claim to be
consulted about it: tho settlement and tho or
ganization of tho domestic polity of tho Terri'
torics. And here wo press the duty of total
abstinonco from Federal interference, for all
tho reasons which we have ondoavored to givo
—for, whatever effect they may hare upon tho
j judgments ot' others, they aro entirely satisftc
tory to our own.
Wo have separated ourselves from tho Ad
ministration which We labored -to elect for its
gross violation of principles and pledges in
this matter. Wo must resist the opposite
I party, that threatens to violate tho rightfhl
rule of Federal conduct in the premises with
an opposite purpose, as earnestly and reso
lutely. And, speaking from a position strong
in its .righteousness and very strong in tho
forces which are arrayed for its support, wo
aro made bold to say that wo must bo heard.
Wo havo endeavored to bo clear and ex
plicit upon tho general principles which govern
our course, in the hope that we will bo the
better understood when wo como to notice
the respective movements of the antagonist
parties to this quarrol, which wo shall do
without partiality and without resorvo, as the
occasions present themselves.
IM,uSTiAATBD News op the Woiu.n.—This
English pictori/il journal, of tho 12th instant, ro
aeived from tho agents,Messrs. Henry A. Brown A
Co., H Hanorer street, Boston, Is nnnroally at
tractive. It contains portraits on wood of Alder
man Carter, the new Lord Mayor of London, and
of Leonotto Cipriani, Governor General of Bo
magno, besides several views ef seenery affi nrehi
teotnro, Including a representation, with descrip,
tion, of the Royal Porcelain Works at Worcester.
Our townsman, Mr Kerr, of porcelain warehouse,
Chestnut street, is uncle to Mr. W H. Kerr, the
leading proprietor. The weekly supplement me
moir and portrait, ongraved on steel, represents
Mademolsolle Lott! do la Santa, an Italian singer
who obtained much colebrity In Constantinople,
Milan, Vienna, and Bt, Petershurgh, before, early
to the present yoar, she performed at the Corent
Garden Opera-house, succeeding the lato Madame
Boslo. Bhe is now at Bt. Piiersbnrgh, and being
only twenty-six y«ars old, has every prospect of an
extended and brilliant career.
BinVßE’a Wbeely.— The forthcoming number
of this very popular and able ptotorial newspaper,
with an advance eopy of which we hari been fa
vored, contains a biographical sketch, with an ex
cellent portrait, from a photograph by Brady, of
New York, of Col. J. W. Forney, editor and pro
prietor of The Treat. There Is also tho conclusion
of Diokens’s “ Tale of Two Cities,” (which he him
self thinks is the most artlstioal of all hla writings),
further chapters of “The Woman in White,” a
new elory commenced last week In llarptr'a Weal
ly, and a continuation of Mr. G. W. Curtis’s
“Trumps,” an admirable tale of Amerloso society
of the present day..
Tob TfIEATOBS.— We did think of writing some
thing about the Wililamsos, who ere at Walnut
elreet Theatre, but what criticism am he made,
or would be minded, when they fill the house from
floor to eelltog, so that not a seat can be obtained!
At Arch-street Theatre, tha " Ffl|t Men of tho
Olden Time" continues extremely attfaotlre, and
the house Is orowdod every night, as it should be.
■ Dickhns’s “Tale or Two Ciriae.”—Petenon
A Brothers have pnbllshsd, to a single volume Bro,
thewholo of Dickens’s now story, entitled a “Tale
of Two Oitles." We should prefer to have seen it
printed on better papeZ, but the typography Is
bold end clear, and elegant editions will tteubtlsis
appear In due season. The book wli! have % large
and rapid Hi*, no doubt.
Death of Washington Irving,
These words Will convey aad Intelligence to
thousands. One of our greatest writers, de
cidedly tho American author who was most
popular in Europe, has passed away. 'Wash
ihotos Ixvtrta died, at his residence in Tarry
town, not many miles from New Tort, bn
Monday evening. The laqt time we ever saw
him, three years ago, was in that cottage.
He has passed away in tho ihlness of his fame
and years. Ho wanted only a few months of
the advanced ago of se.venty-sovon, having
beon born, in William street, New York, on
the 8d of April, 1788.
American himself by birth, Ibviso’s father
was Scotch and his mother English. Edu
cated with his brothors, all older than himself,
he early shared their passion for reading, and
fortunately fell in r?lth a largo collection of
tho standard English authors. He was placed
to Btudy law at tho age of sixteen, but, ero ho
quitted his toons, was ougagod with his
brothor, Dr. Pxtse levi.vo, in contributing,
under tho now dt plume of Jonathan Oldstyle,
a sorlcs of essays on theatricals, and lighter
town topics. These papers wero collected in
1824 'and reprinted without his consont.
They originally apponred in tho New York
Morning Chronicle, edited by his brother. In
1804, ill-health compelled him to quit tho
study of the law and visit Europe, through
which ho made an extended tour, coramoneing
in the South of Franco, thirongh Italy and
Switzerland to Franco, and thenco through the
Netherlands to England. He travelled largely
through his mother’s native land, and returned
to New York in 1806. He was admlttod to
tho bar at the close ot that year, but never
practised.
On tho 24th January, 1807, appeared the
first number of a s«mi-monthly periodical enti
tled « Salmagundi; or tho Whim-Whams and
Opinions of Lancelot Langstaff, Esq., and
others.” Twenty numbers wero published.
WinuAtJ, Invixo wrote some of this. J. K.
Pauidiso also contributed, and Wasuwoiox
Irvwo wrote by far tho greater portion. The
sketch of “ My Undo John”waa from tho pen
of PACIMjid. Tho articles were piquant and
gossippy, and lilt freely, but not unkindly, at
persons and passages in New York at the
time.
In December, 1609, appears* “Knlcker-1
bocker’s History of New York,” a bur-1
lcgque on the style of the day. Its quiet I
humor took with tho town at once. After I
this, Irvino entered Into commercial business I
with two of his brothers, and conducted the I
Analcclic Magatine, published by Mr. Moses I
Thomas, now onr celebrated Philadelphian
auctioneer, (twelve volumes, from January, I
1613, to December, 1818,) in a I
good deal of general literary matter ftota I»- j
vino’s pon, ho wrote a aeries of blographiosl
of American Naval Commanders, and repro
duced his admirable memoir sf Thomas Oamf
bklli, tho poet. In 1814, ho acted as secre
tary and military secretory to Governor Tour-
Kins, of Now York, with the rank of Colonel, j
When tho war terminated he revisited Eng
land, traversing that country, Wales, and
Scotland—but tho pressure of the times broko
up the commercial house in which ho was
a sleeping partner, and threw him on his pen
for support. He retired to London for a
season, and in retirement there, wrote some
of tbo best portions of The Sketch-Book,
tho publication of which, in largo Bvo>
pamphlots or lieraittm, took place in New I
York, in 1819. Tho first volume of tho book j
found its way ftom America to Mr. Jordan, I
editor of the Literary Gazelle In London, who I
immediately commenced its woekly republics-1
tion in that then popular Jonmal. Irvino I
stopped this ere it had proceeded fkr, and on-1
gaged.MiiLßE, tho London publisher, to print 1
It at his awn expense. Lockhart, probably I
taking his cue from Scott, who had already ]
boon struck with the fine satire and genial hu-1
tnor of Knickerbocker’s New York, strongly I
oulogiicd “The Sketch Book,” in Blackwood , |
and finally, when Hiu.br was unablo to carry I
ont his engagements, Musbav was persuaded,!
by Scott, to glvo $l,OOO for the work to Mr. I
Irvino —a sum which, ere long, was doubled
on the success of •« The Sketch-book-” We
$
SCOTT, ADDOtmtntiy-mr mnv ■ q,, '
forth they were life-long friends. sHMs
Tho English edition of the “ Sketch Book”
was published in February, 1830.' In a few
. montbß, when a second edition was issued, a
second volume was added. Irtino’s reputa
tion becamo great, and, in 1821.', Murray gave
him flvo thousand dollars for his next book, a
aort of continuation of the preceding, nnder
the name of “Braecbridge Hall) or, the Hu
morists.” Tho same publisher gave him ten
thousand dollars for the “ Chronicles of tho
Conquest of Grenada,” and flfteon thousand
dollars for “ Tho Life and Voyages of Chris
topher Columbus”—losing largoly, It may be
added, by both vontnres.
“ Tales of a Traveller,” for which Murray
paid $7,600, without having aoen the manu
script, appeared in 1824. The succeeding
works of Irvino, of this era in his authorship,
were « The History of the Life and Voyages of
Christopher Golnmbus,” 1829; « Voyages and
Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus,”
1831 j “ A Chronicle of tho Conquost or Gre
nada,” 1832) “The Alhambra, or the New
Skotch Book,” 1832. In tho last named year
Mr. Irvino returned to .New York, during his
twelve years’ absonco having resided in Paris,
Madrid, Dresden, besides visiting the South
of Franco, and tho South of Spain. His po
sition at London, in 1830, was that of Secreta
ry of Legation to Mr. Van Bdr'bn, whoso ap
pointment as Minister to tho Court of St.
James the Senato doclinod confirming.
In tho autumn of 1832, after ho had boon
strongly lionized in his native city, Mr. luvino
visited tho Great West, and described hi*
journey in tjia “ Tour on tho Prairies,” pub
lishod In 1835. This appeared in Tho Crayon
Miscellany, in which his «Abbotsford and
Newstead Abbey” Termed anothor volnme.
“ Astoria ” appeared in 1886, and “ Tho Ad
vontures of Captain Bonniville on the Rocky
Mountains ” in 1837. Two or throe years later,
Mr.lnvixa contributed to the Knickerbocker
Magazine the local and other sketches which
woro collected, In 1865, into a volumo called
<< Wolfort’s Rest.”
From 1842 to 18411 Mr. Invmo was at Ma
drid, aa United States Minister to Spain. On
bis return be sought out a homo on tho bAnks
of his own beloved Hudson, where, close to
the villogo of Tarrytown, ho erected a ruraj
residence, to which he give tho name of Sun
nyside—his retreat, by tho way, being the
identical sceno of Ichabod Crano’a memorable
adventure, as described In tiro “Legend of
Sleepy Hollow.”
In 1841 lie wrote tho Lifo and edited the
Remains of Margaret Miller Davidson; pro
duced a biography of Oliver Goldsmith in
1849, and wroto “Mahomot and his Succes
sors” about tho same time. Tho first volume
of his “Life of Washington,” lately com
pleted, In five volumes, appeared in 1866.
This biography closed his labors.
It is scarcely too much to say that, not even
excepting Coornn’s novels, th» writings of
Washinsiok InvtNO bavo had greater popu
larity in this country than those of any other
writer. In England, for many years, he was
the American best known and best loved. To
this day, The Skotch.Book, so graphic, gen
tle, and pure, is in greater request u a gift
book to the rising generation than almost any
other.
He was a graceftil, easy writer, drawing his
language from the “ well of English unde
nted.” His style wanted force and vigor, and
nothing could have been in greater contrast
with It than Jonu Neal’s strong style. One
great merit Ibviho may frilly claim. He
wrote
“ No line which, drinf, he need wish to blot. 1 ’
Rev. Hixrt A. Wise. —This young clergyman,
who has recently become a resident of our ctty,hai
already taken a high etand amongst the pulpit ora
tors ef hie age. Hie sertnoni (whtoh are delivered
without notes, or at least any roferenoe to them)
are remarkable for tkclr terseness of etyle, and
chaste and fanrld eloquonce—set off by a face of
unmistakable intellectuality, a roloo at onoe deep,
soft, and Impassioned, and a lino delivery. Mr.
Wise it the teoond son of Got. Henry A. Wise, of
Virginia. Wa prodlot for him, to a different
sphere, a career of no less brilUnnoy and euooess
than that of his distinguished father. Mr. Wise is
now the paetor to charge of the “Church of the
Saviour” to West Philadelphia.
Cosobkt ar the Haedil aed lUrn.v Boomer.
—Tho first concert of the season by this popular
musical society, we learn, will be given at Concert
Hell, on Tuesday evening next, December fltb. A
good programme may be antlolpattd.
Holiday Pm»sum—The elegant Keren, Ba
con, t Co., Nunns t Clark, Hallet, Darts, * Co.,
and other pianos; also, milodeons."Prises .and
terms molt favorable, f. E. GouM, Seventh'add
Ohsstmit streets.
better from “ Occasional* 9 *
[Correspondence of The Pres*.]
WASBKfOTOX, Nov. 29,1869.
A number of plans have been suggested for the
organisation of the House, but nono seem to be
generally acceptable. On one hand. It is proposed
to adopt,the plurality rule, to enable the Bepubli*
onus to get the Speaker; but this plants objected
to on two grounds: First, that tboao voting for
tho plurality rale under this expectation, might os
readily voto dirootly for tho Republloan candidate
for Speake/; nnd socoml, that anotherrombina
tlon may be formed out of adverse elements, giving
the chair to one not a Republican. Again, It is
recommended that tho “South Americans M and
the Northern Republican Opposition should unite.
But this Is objected to by the former on the ground
that they cannot be sustained at home If they vote
for a Republican, and by tho latter because they
may, at last, havo to surrender tho chief offloer of 1
tho lloubo by propitiating a Southern minority
which can bring no strength to tho Republicans in
1800, and a coalition which, at tho present dny,
may endangor thorn with thoir Northern adho
rents. Still another plan Is, for tho one hundred
and thirtoon Northorn Opposition men, or ltepub
lioans, to put a candidate for Speaker In muni*
nation who could bo supported by a sufficient
numbor of the anti-Loeompton Democrats aa a
j ohoice botwoen snob a candidate aud an Aduitnls-
I trationiit. In support of this theory it is alleged
that the so-called << rebols” agree with tho Repub
licans in their general hostility to the polioy of tho
Administration, and especially in their opposition
to tho newdogma laid down by Mr. Buohauan and
his supporters, that slavery must be protected in
the Territories, fn defiance of tho popular will. It
is true they differ from the Republicans in regard
to tho manner in which this policy of the Adminis
tration Is to be resisted. Tho Republicans, through
most of their organs, up to this time asserting thoir
platform of 1856 in favor of Congressional inter
vention for the prohibition of slavery, and the
“rebels” insisting upon a practical application of
the dootrine of popular sovereignty and non-inter-
vention by Congress. This plan of organising the
House, however, Is supposed to be distasteful to
that portion of the general Opposition who insist
that no combination oan bo made that is not effect
ed upon the basis of a previous understanding to
support the Republican candidate for Prosidont In
1860—& condition,precedent which would ope
rate to exclude, not merely the Southern Ameri-
cans, but would unquestionably bo unpalatable to
the anti-Leoompton Democrats, who are bound In
honor to await tho deliberation of the Democratic
National Convention in regard to the sacred prin
ciple upon whioh they stand before the American
people. Tho intorostmost bitterly arrayed against
any combination between the Republicans and the
anti-Lecorapton Democrats is the Oonernl Ad
ministration. Mr. Buchanan has no other object
to close to hoart as tho overthrow and extermina-
tion of thnt body of men who havo so etoadUy and
disinterestedly voted and opposed his treaohery on
the Territorial question, and iu order to accomplish
their overthrow he would be willing to unite with !
the Southern Americans, and give them the or- 1
ganization, if that could be done, or would stand
ready to reward all suoh Administration Demo
crats in tho House aa might choose to sacrifice
themselves by withholding their votes on the bal
loting for Speaker, eo as to give that officer to the
Republicans. It seems to me, however, that in
view of the faot that a good many exoellent men
have already been offered up to appease (he re
vengeful spiritof the President and his Cabinet,
there are not many remaining anxious to imitato
their (example and provoke their fate at so late a
period in his Administration, when tho confidence
of the country has been entlroly withdrawn from
the Administration, and when its patronage is ra
| pidly running out.
I I notice that the Washington Star , tho Amlms-
tratlon Vicar of Bray, as rondy now to attack the
opponents of Mr. Buchanan’s Administration as it
was to slander and calumniate Mr. Buchanan
himself during tho dynasty of Franklin Pierce, is
exceedingly anxious thatßrigndicr General George
Washington Bowman, of the Constitution, should
be elected printer to tho Senato. Why should
General Bowman not be elected printer to the
Senate? He has pcoulinr claims upon the mem- I
bers of that body. In thb first placol tho Constitu
tion la the best newspaper in America. It has the
first Intelligence; its literary department is the
most thorough and complete; Ha independence the I
most elearly defined, and its editorials full of re- I
sistanoe to Executive authority. Such men as
Robert 11. Toombs, Jefferson Davis, Albert Galla
tin Brown, and Robett M. T. Hunter, who are
rather addicted to a drastic, thorough-going,
fearless journal, will, of course, be foremost
to support the Constitution. The manner, |
i too, in whieh It has bold the rod over
| Northern Democrat* who have dared to re
sist the intolorance nnd ineocsUtcncy of tbo Fe
I derat Government, will eotnmend It to William
of Pennsylvania. ** M V* v,m n ‘
inasmuch as it has
ihqwered tho sweetest compliment* upon him du
ring his memorable career of opposition to tho
Administration. There is an additional reason
why the owner of the Constitution should be
elected printer to the Senate. It his been so con
sistent on the Territorial question (hat it may be
said to be neither on the one side nor on the other
side. If the influence that controls it Bbould
manage to obtain this great job from the Senate,
the owner. Bowman, and the editor, Brown-e, (a
sort of half-British nobleman, lately naturalised—
both being cheap men—the one easily bought, be
cause he desired to makepeace with the man in
opposition to whom nearly all the active years of
his Rfe had been devoted, and the other oaaily
sold, beeaoso he eould not find a market “at
home,”) would be the moat obsequious slaves of
Mr. Buohanan.
The truth Is, the Administration has ceased to
look to tho North for any support, except that
whioh they can acquire by their patronage, and
therefore the election of these two creatures to the
great .'onus of printers to the Senate ir< important
to them, inasmuch as it will enablo thorn to out-bid
those candidates for the Presidency who aro look
ing to Southern votes at the Charleston Convention.
Neither Bowman nor Brown-e has a soul of his
own. Neither thinks of any other candidate for
Bonthern support but*James Buohanan. In proof
of this, they have, in turns, satirised Hunter, in
preferring him to Henry A. Wise; Brown, In abu
sing him because ho was supposed to bo, at ono
time, friendly to Stephen A. Douglas,* Davis, bo
oauso ho is suspected of leaning towards Franklin
Pierce; Breckinridge, because he wroto a letter in
favor of Stephen A. Douglas wbilo James Buchanan
was opposing him; Hammond, who, even while
attacking Broderick, insulted tho Administration
by saying that Lecompton ought to have been
ktoked out of Congress; Toombs, who spoke of the
President and his Cabinet in terms of infinite con
tempt, in'public soision: and thorefuro, if Bowman
and Brown-o can reoeivo tho votes of ell tho men
whom they have either assallod or ignored, they
will have achieved another triumph for the Ad
ministration of James Buohanan.
Tho Fate of Johu llrown*
IFor the Frew.]
As tho period fixed for the execution of John
Brown approaches, the fooling of regrot for his Im
pending fnto increases among a large portion of
the American people. This sentiment Is by no
moans confined to tho small class who sympathize
with aud applaud his actions, but oxists among
those who are ns earnestly opposed to any attempts
to exoito servile insurrections, or to onttoo away
slavop, as the peoplo of Virginia themselves. It is
based not only upon tho aversion widely folt
against capital punishment in ordinary rnurdor
coses, but upon other grounds.
There is no doubt that under existing laws, John
Brown, by having boon oonoernod in an unlawful
aot, is legally amenable to punishment as a rnur
deror, becaoso lives were taken by his confederates
in the expedition which he originated. But mur
der ef this kind, however thoroughly it may bo em
braced in the legal definition of that crime, lacks
in popular estimation the full measure of malice
prepenso whioh renders the ordiaary murderer
an objoct of almost universal abhorrence.
The idea of hanging John Brown for troason,
while it may bo porfcotly legal, is not in accord
ance with the spirit of the age, or the common
practice of Hboroi nations. The American poople
have sufficient faith in tboir ability to preserve a
Government founded by their own free will, and
subjeot to such ehatiges as they may from time to
Ume desire to effect; to rely rathor upon the gene
ral correctness of public opinion than the harsh
newi of penal codes to protect their political insti
tutions. The hanging of a man for trenson Implies,
to eomo extent at least, the belief that his execu
tion is ncce*»ary to prevent tbo subversion of an
existing government, and surely there ©an be no
serious ground for suoh an opinion in the ease of
John Brown. Kven monarchical England was an
willing to execute tbo oondomned Irish patriots
who were tried and convicted of treason lor thoir
participation in the rebellion of 1848. Tboir sen
tences were at ouoo commuted to transportation,
and even this modified punishment was of short
duration.
It is truo that tampering with slaves, with a
view to incite an Insurrection, is also an offence,
alleged against John Brown, and ono whioh ho
probably intended to commit; but it is not very
oloar, from the evidonoe, that ho actually was
guilty of this orlino, and whetbor guilty or inno
cent, so far as his real acts In Virginia wont, he
certainly created no bona fide Insurrection.
Whatever crimes ho may have been guiltv of,
and we hare no disposition to extenuuto them, it
appears quit© clear, from all aocounts whioh have
appeared of his transactions, that he supposed he
wm committing a just and praiseworthy act, and
that to his mind bisconduot did not appear crimi
nal, but, on jho contrary, laudable. This mental
condition of the condemned exercises a decided in.
fluonoo In the public judgment upon tho punish
ment whioh shon|d bo meted out to biro. If a man
commits what an existing law pronounces a horrible
Crime, under the supposition that his conduot Is
proper and Just, clear proof of the Utter faot af.
fords in itself prlihi facie evidence of either aper
rersioa of Judgment and a disordered intellect, bor
dering on Insanity, on part of the orixnlaat, or
«4se a species of error and wrongful&ess In tbo ex
isting law sufficiently flagrant to afford a specie* of
Justification to a sound mind for supposing it to be
.unjust and unworthy of respect. Ona of these two
conclusions appears inevitable, and in either ease
tbo execution of the criminal Is scarcely justifi
able.
The sanity of John Brown has been by no means
fully tested in the luto legal proceedings, yet there
is evidently much mure reason to doubt his sanity
than that of many crlmlnnls who have escaped
execution by a pica of insanity. It is true ho In
dignantly scorned tbo idoa that the pica of insani
ty should bo mado in his behalf at the recent trial.
But this refusal to avail himself of such a plea
affords no legitimate evidence of his mental con
dition. There ne\cr yet was a confirmed mono
| maniac on any subject who doubted his sanity, and
his refusal to have a line of defence adopted, which
might have saved his life, rather tends to Indicate
I a demented condition than a sane one. There is
apparently no doubt that he will be hung on the
2d of Decombcr. We have l&ttlo faith In tho ru
mors of any serious attempt to rescue him. If, by
any p'Hsihility, bis execution is postponed, it will
be owing to tho efforts of his counsel, Mr. Jloyt, to
hnvo tho question of bis sanity tested. This gen
tlemen has procured a number of affidavits, show
ing tho insanity of many of John Brown’s relatives,
mil proving acts of liU own scarcely consistent
with his sanity, and on Wednesday last Mr. Hoyt
I laid those affidavits before Governor Wise, who
promUod to glvo them & careful consideration. If
bo considers the evidence sufficiently strong, he
may possibly extend tho period of Brown’s execu
tion to such a time an will permit a fair investiga
tion of his samty. as provided for by tho laws of
I Virginia. X. X.
Charity u n «l Art.
If, av r nation, wo cannot be sstd to occupy a
front rank as patrons of art, there K nevertheless,
a perceptible progress in that direction. The
moit cultivated minds feel tho Importance of res
toring this taste, ani we are glad that some of out
most public-spirited men of wealth are generously
encouraging native talent. That works of art are
being gradually more appreciated by our citizens,
is indicated by tho increased attention paid to
respcotable art-exhibitions. The plan of making
i these subservient to charitable objects is espe
j dally commendable, as the fine arts are thus
presented to us with a double claim. A most
worthy instance of this kind we have to announce
this morning in the fine display of oil paintings
which will bo opened tO'Hay in tho rooms
northeast corner of Market and Fifteenth
streets—entrance from the latter—for the
bonefitof the IJdlou Temporary Home for children.
The claims of this excellent institution—in which
many of our most prominent citizens are actively
interested—are sufficient In themselves to attraot
popular attention to this collection; but when 1°
there ts addod the fact, that the plcturax exhl*
i bitod are works of roal merit, comprising several of
| the most celebrated paintings In this country, wa
may safely bespeak for the managers a degree of
patronage that wilt fully meet the object Intended
—the llquilatlon of certain liabilities incurred in
I the purchase and fitting up of their present build
tog-
Several of the principal works In the exhibition
are from the private collection of our well-known
townsman, Joseph Harrison, Jr., £sq., who has
kindly placed them at the disposal of tho commit*
teo for tho above-named object. There arc over
fifty pictures in all, of which thlrty-eix are by our
own distinguished artist, Mr. P. F. Kothermel
[ Tho two chtof pictures in the gallery have both
King Lear for their subject, ono by the artist
already named, and the other by Wittkomp,
painted in Antwerp. Both these paintings are
now in tho possession of Mr. Harrison. Each of
them was painted by Its author without the slightest
knowledge of tho other’s intention, and, oddly
, onough, both the artists seised upon identlo&lly
I tho same point, presented by Shakspears in the
| play, where he makes the Bari of Gloster say to his
I son Edgar, as they are climbing the cliff:
I “The trick of that voice l do well remember: la’t
not tlia King ?”
To which King Lear responds—
*' Ay. every inch a JCmg. M
The ditto of Wittkamp’s picture is later than its
rival, but cannot be said to supersede it as a work
of art. While the conceptions and execution of
both rofleot credlt upon their authors, that of Mr.
Hotbermol strikes us as embodying with much
greater fidelity the conception of the immortal
bard. In the latter, the accessorial are alio more
effective, the Dover cliffs being a sketch from na-
I taro, and the oldest fragments of the ancient castle
I are also here presented by the artist.
Numerous other pa(ntlng3 are worthy of notice,
and will well repay the visiter, of whioh we may
specify ,l Franklin at Versailles,” “Vandyke and
Rubens,'’ “Benedict and Beatrice,” “ St. Agnos.”
. “Last moments of the Doge Franoisco Foscari,”
Iby iwthermel; a “ Landscape,” by Cole; a scene
j In “ Wsttblngton’tboyhood,” by Inman; and last,
bn* not jeazt, JBepjsada West’s great picture of
[so completely made Indians.” A collection
I ronee, and we doubt not r * r * oconr ’
of Its benevolent projectors. v^obiect
I Apropos of the above, we are also happy to add
j a word in behalf of the Penn Asylum for Indigent
Widowi and Single Women. This institution Is
now holding a fair, for the benefit of its
lln Jayne’s Hall, to be continued all this week. The
I object of the institution, we need scarcely say, Is
a worthy one. It originated In 1850 by a few bo
novolent women, in the old district of Konaington,
forming themselves into a Relief Society to aid
destitute widows and alnglo women. It was iooor-
I porated in 1852. and up to 1857 was wholly sup
| ported by Individual contributions. Last winter
I tbo Legislature appropriated five thousand dollars
to the eocloty, of which $1,910 27 was required to
diseharge a mortgage. On the firet of this month
they had but one hundred dollars in the treasury,
an amount wholly insufficient to meot eertaiu bills
prosented for payment, aud it is In viow of this
that the institution is now appealiug to the public
in tho way above stated. Let all who can. visit the
fair and generously remember the widows.
A PliTlTlOjr IN FAVOR OF JOHN BnOWN,—
The exoitement in relation to old John Brown is
very great. It forms the topic of discussion,
aud at every cornor may be heard the but* of con
versation in relation to this unhappy and mis
guided man. A number of our eitixens. animated
with a wish to save the old man from the scaffold,
havo prepared a petition to Governor Wise. The
petition, which we print, speaks for itself:
The undersigned, citiiens of the State of Penn
sylvania, beg leave to say to you, as the Governor
of a sister State, that they claim the right of ad
miring and loving this our Government of the Uni
ted States—bolding tho opinion that, in form and
tboory, it is the only proper Government for true
and civilized man, and h indeed the model man
ner by which thoso who aro follow-citizen* should
bo controlled. They do also acknowledge the
right of eaoh State to sovereignty within its own
hounds, subjeot only to constitutional restraints
They only a»k the liberty of addressing you on af
fairs exclusively Virginian as a matter of courtesy,
and by our mutual love ofour common country; fur
ther, they emphatically denounce as wrong, and
highly dangerons, anything liko putting their
white fellow-citisens in such a position that they
might be unjustly and cruelly used by men proba
bly Unfit to govern themselves.
But, nevertheless, they aro desirous of, and do
now seek, your oleAency for John Brown, now un
dor sentence of death for acts done in your State at
Harper’s Ferry:
First, pecause they consider he is, on tho subjeot
of negro emancipation, a monomaniac.
Second. Beoause, though deluded on that sub
joot, we consider tho said John Brown to be en
tirely sincere, and that ho is a brave und devoted
man to what ho considers bis duty.
Third. Bemuse we think the honor of the State
of Virginia will bo beat promoted by a fearless and
honorable generosity.
Fourth. Booauso gonerous action will beatpleano
and gratify a largo number of your feltow-citiienß
throughout the United States
Occasional,
Fifth. Because they are of the opinion that Vir
ginia can confine, and keep from doing harm, those
who havo offended her, and of whom it may he
said, You are crazy.
To tho Honorable Henry A. Wiso, Governor of
the Stato of Virginia.
Auction Notice.— The attention of purchasers
Is Invited to tho unle this morning by B. Scott, Jr.,
auotioneer,4Sl Chestnut street, consisting in part of
pure linen hemstitched handkerchiefs, linon shirt
fronts, embroidered oollare, jaoonet bands and
flouncing, bjgok laoe veils, tarlatan muslins, rich
style bonnet ribbons, and bonnot materials, fancy
Germantown knit goods, hosiery, Ac., Ac.
Tub large lot or wool to bo tsuld to day, at
Thomas A Sons’ auction rooms, is arranged for in
spection, with catalogues. The sale will commenoo,
punctually, at twolvo o’clock.
There are exciting rumors current of tho dia
oovery cf rioh veins of gold in tho southwestern
portion of the State of Missouri.*
From Washington.
MOB* TROOrB FOB CHARLESTOWN— JCIT CAR6ON NOT,
Washington, Nov. 20.—Several Virginia mili
tary companies passed through Washington this
mormngon their way to Charlestown. Others are
expected in the evening train. Every mail brings
advices of tho formation of additional companies
in that State, and tho Governor is constantly re
ceiving applications for arms.
Judgo Watts, who is direct from New Mexico,
says ho saw Kit Canon, in good health, immedi
ately preceding Ms departure, and honco emphati
cally contradicts the report of the latter’s (loath.
Washington, Nov. 29.—Tho Navy Department
hfia reoolvod despatches from Commander Porter,
giving full particulars of bis rooent dealings with
Gov. Pesquiera at Gunymas They are in ac
cordance with tho facts as recently published. It
Is not known, however, how far Cant. Potter’s
conduct will bo justified by the Administration, a«
it does not seem to be clear, as yet, that ho had a
right to domand that Acting Consul Alden should
be rocoguised in that capacity.
Tho largo reduction in thecstimates of the Quar
termaster’s Department, as contrasted with those of
•"‘M". tothofsottint tho inoreuoa
fttollHtes for obtaining trapplles In Ut»h rcl»tir,ly
lessens tho oxpense or transportation from tho
Mates. Besides, It Issupposod that n.at spring tho
army at Camp iloyd mil enter bo largely refit-oil
or altogether removed. 4 ' '
"M 01 * lnm tim » t° U®» has
boon reoolred, shows that tbo only effect of tho
Bt“ ifi»; re tataMHTlfrli to finanolally
Southern Ocean Steamer Movement*.
Chablsston, Nov. 29.—The United States mall
wISt 11 ? Captain L. M Murray, from
New York, Rrnved here at 7 o’olwk this (Tuesday)
»9nung. v "
THE LATEST NEWS
by telegraph.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF TIIE STEAMER 80.
II EM lAN AT PORTLAND,
Tho Regmcy of Central Italy Dwlinod by Prince
- Cariffnan an! Acceptel by Chevalier
Bnonoompagni.
THE LONDON TIMES ON THE WAR
FEELING IN FBANCE.
it. Lender Coudemued by the Real el tbe
Loudon Press*
CONSOLS 96Ja'e9<V
Puktti.vti, Me., Nor. 23 —The steam,hip Bohe
mian, from Liverpool on tbe 10th inat., arrived at
this port to-night, with four day. later advices.
Tho Bohemian sailed Horn Liverpool etlo o'clock
in the morning of the lfltb, and arrived here at
half-past eight this evening.
The Bohemian did not touch at Queenstown.
The steamships Europe and Hammunla arrired
out on the 13th, and the Anglo Saxon on the ldlh
iUit/Ult.
Prince Cftrignan has declined the Regency of
Central Italy, and it bad been accepted by Cheva
lier Bconcompagni.
GREAT BRITAIN.
No announcement has jet been made regarding
the approaching Congress of Powers.
A leader in the London Tim*s says: "We nil!
require to know, la plain, frank, and undiplomatic
language, what it is-which the Emperor requires
us to ennot as a member of the great council of Eu
rope. An English minister must have something
much more consistent upon tbe tubitex of the
Duchies than the statement in Count walewsfci’s
circular, before be would b« justified In committing
his country to any part in the Congress, for the
eottlcmcntof the Italian difficulties.”
A splendid new three-decker, named the Vioto
torta, was launched at Portsmouth on the 12th
Inst., in tho pretence of the Queen and the royal
family.
Earl Gray ia dead.
Tbe Timss, in an article, says there ia no doubt
that the feeling of hostility against England Is
more bitter in France than since 1815; andehergN
the French Government with directly encoura
ging it-
Tho earolment of thirty thousand men, ai a naval
reserve force, will commence in England on the
Ist of January.
A serious mutiny took place on board the ship
of-line Princess Royal, lying at Portsmouth; over
one hundred of the men were placed in irons.
FRANCE.
L* Pays says an extraordinary credit of thirty
milliooi .of francs Is to be devoted by the Govern
ment to tbe Chiueso expedition.
The Daily jVsicx, Sfjr, and Post, of London,
condemn the article in the Times on the war feel
ing !n France. The Port regards it as a wicked
and wanton alarm, specially designed to put the
blood of the nation up.
[From the Metier articles of the London paper*.}
The demand for money has been active at the
f)rmer rate*. Tbe applications at tho Bsnk ex
ceeded the average, roods opened heavily on
Tuesday, undor unfavorable forebodings and de
clined ia}. Themarket rallied, however, and closed
at about 1-16 above the quotations of the previous
day. Two and a half per cent is tho minimum for
money in most quarters, whilst many houses ask
21*21.
United States fives, 941; Illinois sevens, 7(3 ;
Eric Railroad, third mortgage, 58.
Tho Marseilles papers state that instructions
from the Fronch Government have been received
at Alexandria to prevent any act that would Inter
fere with the Suez Canal Company, whoso works
continue.
I«i Pressc makes a crushing reply to the anti-
English pamplet of the editor of tbe
The hous© of Vlgueri, of Toulouse, had failed,
with liabilities- amounting to eight millions of
franca.
Wheat and Hour wore higher at most of the
French markets.
On the Paris Bourse rente* closed at 70f.
ITALY.
Chevalier Baoncompagoi enters immediately
upon tho discharge of the functions of Regent of
Central Italy.
Rumors are current of a ministerial crisis at Tu
rin, on the Regency question, but they are denied.*"
Tho Farts correspondent of the London Utraid
repeats that Austria, at tbe last hour, positively
refused to sign the Instrument of peace u Prince
Carignan acoepted the regency.
There are 6,000 Venetians in the army of Cen
tral Italy.
An addreu from the priesthood of Lombardy
had been presented to Victor Emmanuel urging
him to repress, by law, the attempts of these who
proclaim temporal power necessary to the Church.
Prince Carignan gave an audience, on the 14th
lost, to a deputation appointed by the States of
Central Italy, to request him to accept the regercy
of Partita, Modena, Romagna, and Tuscany.
The Prince said: “I am deeply moved by this
offer, and tender my most grateful thanks to the
Assemblies and tbe people, who have given me so
great a proof of attachment. I believe that, in
making this offer, you are influenced lees by
my personal merits than your devotedaeas to
tho King, and _-Hp-ywur feeling*, which are
not only liberal aud national, but ,t\
of order and respect for monarchical InsUmtions.
Weighty representations, reasons of personal pro
priety. and tho approeohing Congress, deter me,
fo my regret, from responding to yoorap*
poal ih. charge This forbearance on
my part, and uj* sacrifice I am thus making, will
prove more useful to the interests of onr common
country then if I unj 0 ,h.rw1«." H« concluded
by reoommendiog Cbet*iUr Buoneamoarnl as
Regent, and telling the that their eoudnet
deserves tho sympathies of Eo*ope; to reckon al
ways on tbe King, who will support their wishes,
and who will never abandon those who trust their
destinies to his loyalty.
SPAIN.
Nothing of moment bad taken place relative to
th* war between Spain and Morr^co.
The Spaniards cnarge the English with supply
ing the Moon with weajous. and inetructing them
in their use.
Active preparations for coadopting the war were
being made in Spain
A telegraph line between Cent* and Algien was
about to be constructed.
GERMANY.
In theFedorM Diet, on the 12th, the affair of the
Constitution of Htsse-Carael was referred to a com
mittee.
In Prussia, the town* of Tburingen, Oldenburg,
and Uansealie had voted for the re-est&bllshmeat
of the Constitution of 1631. The representative#
of some of the other Governments voted in favor of
tbo Constitution of IS$2. Others abstained from
voting.
The committee has unanimously adopted the
nrcDoul ooooeraisg the reorganisation of tho
Federal Military Constitution, and scat its report
to the special military commission.
The London Post , in an editorial, expresses the
opinion that the Hesse-Cassel question will be one
of great interest, and the action of Prussia in favor
of restoring the Constitution is a most emphatic
recognition of her determination to support the
popular Government and national rights in
Germany.
Prince Oortschakoff had addrefc*©d a circular to
the Russian diplomatic agents abroad relative to
tho Breslau interview.
It appears certain that neither Prussia nor Russia
will support tho project of an Italian Confedera
tion.
The pressure in commercial circles at St. Peters
burg was intense. Tho rate of discount had risen
to 8} per centum.
The latest accounts say the pressure was dimin
ishing, the rate for money hating receded.
GREECE
Tho protecting powers had claimed from the
Greek Government the payment of 900.000 franca
yearly, for tho interest due on the assistance ren
dered.
Commercial Intelligence.
LIVERPOOL COTTOX MARKET. Nov. IJ. - The
broker* circular report* the sale* of two da)* nt 12000
oite*, inclm’inr 1 (W hales to speculator* and for ex
pert. The market has been du’l; there has been but
little imiutr*. and the nrice* are weak.
BTA.Tr! OF TR * DE —The Manchester advice* r«n
t'nue favorable. Tho markets were firm, and holder*
were neronmlinr an advance.
LIVERPOOL BREADSITFFB MARKET.—Meurs.
Richardson it ‘'p-nce rerort a slisht movement in the
nnces for Breadstuff*, which had a tendenc-T \n check
DUimetH. wheat firm; sates unimportant: holders de
mand an advance. Flour firm; an aver* robustness has
t>ren done et full rntr*. Corn quiet but firm
, Messrs. Wakefield & Nash's circular sajs Wheat hss
Jail No ucrttation* are iivan,
I IVEvpOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—Coffee quiet
but firm Busar dull, hut stead?. Rice firm. Roe in
steady at4s£4e]<l for common Turpentine Spirit* dull.
Pis Iron dull>-tMs3ft2s3d. Ashes-PoU quiet at?7i6d
Pearl* qui*tat?7s*»d
LONDON* MARKETS.—Breadstuff* ad vam-inr. Suear
qmet, but steady. Coffee firm. Rice firm. Tallow firm
atfiOs *
LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET.—Provisions
are senerali? dull but prices unchansed. The var»ou*
circular, ropnrl Beef dull. Pork dull hut steady. Lard
quiet but stead*
LONDON MONEY MARKET, Nov. u.-Consola are
quoted at for account.
. AMERICAN FECURITiES.-IHinors Central Snares
nave declined $3, and are quoted at 4tfff42 per cent,
discount,
Arrival of the Mails? Parser? and 1
Passenger* of the Indian at Portland.
Portland. Not 29 —The steamer Admiral ar
rived bore to-day, frpm Bt. John, bringing the
mail* of tho wrecked steamer Indian, also the
purser, chief steward, and fourteen steerage paa
sengors.
Tbo passengers are A. G. Hnvland, F. Dulster,
Nattio Dulstcr; Ernestine. Rosalie, Samuel and
Matthew Dulator, Mrs. Elkman, Joseph Marie.
Antoine Bergenten, all for New York; Richard
Brown. G. Craven, and Ww. Cross, for Toronto;
and Mr. Pearson, for Montreal.
Julia Eiokman, aged twonty-eix, and Eva flick
man, infant, for Now York, were drowned.
Tho cargo was mostly for Canada.
Another Cold Field.
FEFQBTID DlSCOVjnr OF A VALUABLE FUN IN
MISSOURI.
St. Louis, Nov. 29.—Tbo Evening Bulletin, of
tms oity, aunounoes, on the authority of the editor
of the Arradta Prospect, an organ of Missouri
mining intelligence, the disoovery, in the southeast
portion of this State, of a vein of hornblende
rock, whioh, it la believed, will yield ten thousand
uonara to the ton. Assays are now being made,
and the next Issuo of tho Arcadia Prosptct will
contain full particulars.
From Texas*
TOREK AMERICANS HUNO BT CQBTJNAS—*-TH£ SU-
OAR CROP.
New Orleans, —lntelligence from
Brownsville states that Cortina* hung three Ameri
cans in revengo for tho hanging of his officer* at
Brownst tile.
Tho sugar crop of Texas has been injured by the
frost.
The Missouri Legislature.
St. Louis, Nov. 29. —An adjourned session of the
Missouri Legislature eomaonoed yesterday at Jof
ferwn City.
Gov. Stewart communicated a message whioh w*3
read to-day. It la almost entirely confined to the
discussion of the railroad question.
New Jersey Election.
orriciJt. tote.
TftExroy, Nor 29,—Th* following U the official
rot® for Governor at tha raofat alaotloa:
Olden,
Wright
Oldeo'i
nttOBTAHT IBOSt MEXICO
t ’ * r • i
rfeat of tS« CoßjUtntloiiilijU at Qoaretan
GEX. JLVIEE2 TIKES PRISONER,
LIBERALS VICTORIOUS AX lULAHCRHOO.
Ropom-d CompromiM ContimpUtqd
Batwcen Juanz. RobU« f azd
Miramou.
II'AREZ TO RE PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT.
NKwOBLiiSi, Kot. 29.—Adrkef from th.cilj
« Mnito, lUtlsg to ih< lSthmit., hire War*-
ceived.
The Co3jtittitiotialliU had Wen beaten at Qeire*
t*ro, losing twcnty-cne pieces of caax-on. A Urja
number of prisoner* were taker, including Gent*
I*) 4 Alrarer, Ta»ia, md an American cffioer
The latter ?ti shot, notwithstanding the rtmor.-
strance cf the British mioU'cr.
In a battle bought at Zultnceogo the Libera’s
were victorious; 400 of the enemy were allied,
half the town waa boned.
It is reported that a eomcromiae has bees pro
posed between Juarer. Hobles, and Miramoo.
Juarer to be Provisional Prftident of Mexico; the
Cucrtitatioa of Jade to be restored, and the laws
oufiicatinj church property to be acnollel.
FROM CHARLESTOWN', VA
PrepantUas for the KxetaiUa if
Jtfca BriTii
Cuaxlestjwx, Nor. 2?.—Governor Wbi has
iuued a proclamation, aaaounrlog that the State
taa taken fcuesocn r f the WiaeWetar and Pa
tnma: KailreaJ, and that, on the first three day*
cf December, it w2l be use-i entirely £>* mili
tary purposes.
U» also warns the people of the State to remain
at borne, on patrol dn*y, m the day of tha execs
tion, to protect their uwn property.
Women and children will not be permitted to
approach tho *c«n* of execution; a»l ttracgvrt
are cautioned that there will be danger to them la
approaching Charlestown, or near it, on that day *
that if it is deemed necessary, martlU law wBl to
proclaim td and enforeed.
tienerel Taliaferro baa alio iaased a proelama
tlon to-day, aiooaoeiog • that aIL strangers wbo
cannot giro a satisfactory tMoeat cf tbauehs
will be promptly errata!; that an strangers ap
proaching Charlestown, by raQroai or otfcerwiae,
ander pretext of witnearing the execution of Jets
Brown, will be met by the military and tamed
back or arrested. He »I*> emphatically wet the
pec»pTe of the country to may at beme and pre
test their property, assuring them that information
from reliable sources by to doing,
they will beet cesspit tketroww Uterestl
Wreral reporters of the Northern Pi sea haring
srrtrcd st Harper's Perry yesterday. were tec*
palled by the military to return to Baltimore.
Xt Is said that Brown etated to sgeatioeae jss
terday that he had now no hope of a reams, on
account of the extent of the military preparations;
but that his boys would never bare permitted bis
execution if there was any prospect of an attempt
proving aueeeeaftl.
The military now in Charlestown cumbers orer
l £OO. Several mare companies will he here to
morrow, swelling the number to 2.006.
BitmoKE. Not. 29.—F00r companies of Cctted
States artillery from Port Monro* w3J arrive her*
via the Norfolk boat to-morrow morning. Two cf
the companies will takeapositicaet Fort MeHeciy
and the other two will proceed immediately to
Harper’s ferry, where they will be ttatioaea In
tho armory grounds. They will take with them
suus5 uus and camp equipage, sad remain until all
>* executions are over.
The military movements are all by special (nine,
end do not interfere with the through (ravel of the
Baltimore and Ohio Bailread. The report that the
can are invaded and the passengers searched for
armsisentinlyfabuloiu. Passengers are not taken
for Harper’s Ferry unless they previously satisfy
the president and officers of the compeny that they
have legitimate business there, and by an arrange
ment with the Governor of Virginia they are fur
nished with passports.
The four ccmpaniei from Fort Monroe are all to
go to Harper's Ferry in the Burning under com
mand of Colonel Lee.
From Havana.
Nitw Voss, Nov 29.—The ttesmer Yorktowc.
from Havana on the 23th. arrived here to-night.
Advices from St. Thomas report an improvement
is the health of the island.
The Spanish steamer Victoria bad been lost off
Ja'inel She was built at this port, and insured by
office# in this city.
Markets by Telegraph.
T*lido. Ohm. Nor J 9 Flour del) »t 4315: Wheat
itnvlr&tilJJKSlS. StwiFte-littbSi flotr.iM
3 000 bushels Wheat
Prrio r.Nrtv SJ—plouractive:WheatdalL There
is bo white Wheatiu the market; red at gittft ■
Reee bbU Flour, 309 bushels Wbett; ahlf -
meotsiifbt.
Nl* 3Llu«, Nov. Js.—Coito*—of 30 Md
b*W«to-da*. lrrTf^arpneo*; aiddfiaf*. X?f*l)3fo.
8*1#« of UrM duit JMtfi (rt«iKi t
u&init Sli<Mb«!eiUitiMr. SaMiitta hMdofhH
mr.niltf baiti Fnirha m CoUm (a UrtfMAl,
U-32d; to Mott He. Eiiltssst os Ntv York If ¥
cont. distoaa*
Satjcuub. Not. Jl—Cotton naohaajod ; to-d*j
of 137* hj««» . .
Cbaxlziioj» A or. 9.—Coma uftaand; «*J» ex
audf<l*r«- ta>«:
00|j7.T®bsi*<. Kx*fc»*r* oq N«v>erfcHeX V •*.
duooost; oa London £J» eL pr*m.
CITY ITEMS.
Twim rntiT Asrimiar or tn Titu*
**a»*ra B iu Socnrrr.—Tbo tweaty-irst autrer
tary t* the Philadelphia BibU Society waa bald af Con.
eerl Ran last eraaint.aad waa iarrely attended, the
platform han** been oeocrUd by the o&eera of the
society* numsrot* clercymsn. aad other yro&iaeat
citizen* James Bajhcd, £**., president of thesoeistj.
officiated aa chairmen.
The exercises were opea*4 with a farms, readies af
the SenVarae by Ear. Ju. A. D.
by the Per. James 34. CrowtlL
The acnoal report was then read by 0* CorrecToad-
Secretary. Thomas MarkeHir,Eaa-. aadvaaaaax
ceeduulr velNfarrittsa, sod no less veil-raadd^vusnat.
The followin* statistics we rleaa free the report ea
raid: The volumes issned darts* the put y#*r eoe*
*i*i of t.IJi Bible* and SUi New Testament* which,
add ad to t> • previous issues, make a tola! of M 7e> J3>
bias and 1M e*J Nnr Test&mtaia-
Th* contributions to the society. dinar the bus*
period, amoeat to SI OSSS. twins as increase over asy
former year.
Acknowledgments of aid nri cade to too Female
Bible Societf of tbs Methodist Episcopal Cha-oh ; tk*
Germantown Female B»fcJe Society; the Northwest 7*~
a%!« B bis Society ; the Saaday-Sefcrol &U« Society of
tbs Third Presbytarian Church, and tie Female BiLii
Society 0 f Philadelphia.
Except ataosz stamen and boatmen. bo eolportear*
bars tbit j*ir besa employed. the t;«a»r of tract r{#i
t«rs and missionaries of other bsstToleat societies
harm* been substituted.
Tbs first speaker of tbs evening was the Rev. John
Cbamben. He fell that ha hazarded nothing is earing
thstthe world had been benefited mors by the Bibio
thaa by all other boohs that were ever written. Every*
thin* that had ever been written or printed br man
would be consulted ia vain as touching tns great ques
tions ofraan'i onrin, fall, redemption, sad destiny. Oar
ova nation* however, more thaa aav other, m indebt
ed m the Bible. Its origin and destiny wpr* peculiarly
identified with its influences. If vs looked at this b ok
as it concerned cor republic, we eould not hrt eeetha
while our institutions vers governed and moulded by
the word of God, n mast eootinue prosperous
happy. Bat the importance of this book was not
properly appreciated. If it was. there would not
be a haU in this city lame enough to eofttala
those vtto would want to attend the anniver
saries of this society. Its treasury, he said, should,
f»r these reasons, be overflowing. It ni the Bib's that
made ua a peaceful nation, and It was oalyTn conse
quence of so: taking this book, as a rule of life, that
police or military were needed. The same might be
•aid of our poor-houses and penitsctis'ies. Veer
mobs, said the speaker, are nos yonr pious toon* men,
or your God-fearing fathers in Israel. And the young
men of this country shoo'd all hateth's book; they
should carry it in theirpoeketa and m their trunks when
they leave home. lie meant not merely the Old or New
Testament, but the Bibit, one and indivisible. It ought
to bo in every room of onr hotels, and on the desks of
•»ur legislators and Congressmen, thouch be was afraid
that, to those of the latter who would put their hand
behind them to receire a bribe to violate their oath, iU
preterce would be anything «!«« than desirable. In
ocuduj'on. he asked evert man and woman in hit bear
ing to cliay to this Bible, and do what they ectjld for its
circulation. If we wanted to yet rid of vies, in all ia
forms, the true and onlj etfectualway was, to rteteqs
Mr caiur, and this was what the Bible was best ealoc-
Istodtodo.
At the close of Mr. Chambers’ address another hymn
was sons, after which addresses were made by M>
Rimell Thayer, Esq., the Rev. Franklin Moore, R«t.
J. H. A. Bomber*er, D. D., and Rev. A. Ajttnikts.
Tlio occasion was one of unusual interest, thsspeeehee
bavin? been spirited well-timed, and, upon the whole*
more dignified in tone than addresses on these occasions
sometimes prove to be.
Lbctcre nr Hoy. John P. Hale on Agra*
rumjm."-'The seventh lecture of the season before
the People's Literary Institute, will be delivered at
£>°T?*i rt ett Thursday eveom? next, by Hon. John
T. Hale. "We learn that the lecture he purposes to de
liver on that occasion, on the subject of - Arranaoina,”
embrdtes a eharactenstio review of numerous topics of
S* o ® l *! tnterest. for which the experience and ability
of Mr. Hale are admirably fitted. Wo shall, therefor**
not bo snrpnsed to bear on Thursday evening next,* at
Concert Hall, one of the meet interesting lectures of
the season.
Horace Greelev—We need h&rd’j remind
onr readeia of the fact that Horace Greeley’s loag-ex
yected lecture cn his experience* in California and tha
Mormon country will be deliverer on Fridav evening,
December 3d, at Concert Ha!L It will combine the re
sults of hit Ixto travels through the West, and will b«
rich in episodes of life the Mormons and go’d
seekers. The theme is a new on*. Even thing ralatng
to the Eldorado of America 11 always listened to with a
•are nci increasing ia'arest by oar people, and uo man
is more oapalle of gratifying this interest than Horace
Greeley. It will b© his cnly appearance in Philadelphia
darins the preset tseason,as his engagements elsewhere
w H prevent his remaining here.
Oas-Bcbnino Cooeino Stoves— We invite at
tention to the advert soment of Mr. Chis. Jones, in an
otler column. The stoves he advsrtises hsvs an esta
blished repuUtion for the qualities spec.£*d, and w#
advise all in wantol stove* to call at his wwrvrectcs,
No. 535 North (Second street, befere purchaiing.
Wanted.—A c?rve from the tcoth of a ©oab.
A cap for the head of a pin.
A glass for the eye of a needle.
A leaf from the branch of a r.ver.
A glove for the hand of Nature.
fk>tne buttons for a coat of paint.
Some fish eauiht with a book-worm.
A man who don’t believe that the best and most be*u
tiTul Clothing is from the palatial •stabiiehmeat of
GaAxvitLßSroKKs, No. eOTCheatnat street.
The Grqamzation or Congress.—Congmg
will meet on Monday next, and proceed to try and or
ganite. It will be difficult to accomplish this end, and
an animated time may be looked for. W* hear it
that if, after a reasonable namlcr of b*ilots, a Speaker
isnotchosen, an adjournment fora week wiU be ear
ned, and the members generally, without respect to
pertJ. will com# oo to this city sad get themsalYee new
smuat the Brown Stone Clothing Hail of RoekhiUk
ilscn, Nos. 603 A W 3 Chestnut street, aAovnSixth Af
ter thisjudiciott* and sensible act there wdl be no difi
cu ty in efleeting an organization.
John B. Lon 3 warehouse for pure Tea and
cheap Groceries. Call and look, If >oa don’t w*a: to
buy. Seventh and Brown
RECEiTss f E iafija ci Amtrfr
can view*, verr fine, which w* offer at verj krw wicts
Lapontua, II 9oath Eighth street, Jas, Cukq * Ov