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And atiiiditterlaiimirsbr Vot ham:tying
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'PAG)S.—ConimOretial Intelligence.::
i - li• ; -':- ' The Lams 'of. Trride.
41 -,' ~ The ?ewer of 'the prefer, is undoubtedly very
"' ' 'great,‘-bat there are many:things Utterly be,-,
, - ytniiil4 reakii`of ita friffueitee.l; With Out thb
le*liti"a" dito4at* te underrate tie hoped
11ne
• ‘-' ' ec "r 6a, v_oca ' E uf te - a ~ idnon• intercourse; of
e t which" the. iiouther,a•Cenfederacy , isthe ' :
thest
~'-' :nialigrianitype',':#o 130 g t 0 he. 'talqtid to intr..
rime thal the itideS will' continue. , tiebh - and
ov teal the earth - Ito revolve upon its pais,' the
,„" s tar ' s o,+e llghtf :Or t,lay 'ainCtliti peon'and
'.,''..t.•,•,. - .V .11 4 11 , t e' iveter: to PP' ,'4411 111 14 aed
_, grass to grow—even tr thimejourrods ahead
- 0001 , 1 , 01)4 to adrift toad advocate a:difterent
''',' Ortiorotthinga.7 . ' ".'[. +,." ; 'i
' -7, , Flier aro:certain natural ,laws entirely - be
• yend the reach of even theeditoni of neirspa
, `;`psis , an d, v i htle`Ahd ofaiiiitielalif that liw of
:trade Which creates Loniversal desire on the*
of purchsseni,to;bnyWhere they can buy.
._ cheapest may!o'casionilly imehercked by. in-.
• --`,. iflammatory sectional appeals, .or by political-
J "
'' Ipfleeue'eseit b,eb.,. it#erli r e'llestrOYcd`," ', '•,,
7 . ~ , a Belf-pre,servatiOn is itte first lair of nature,
.- --and telf-Intereist thelecond; and altholilf w e
~', atkthottruindri Of trien'lititrandiring their hard
,' f. ,, f,•tiasitid 4101148 (Cr: trifling. grattficationsi' Or"
, • -t•lrom benekolentmotivetiapendlng their means'
'''' itier
litlly' to advance Philanthropic Alicts, or,
• • , _ fions .patriotic considerations making, generons
1 ” ' centribittions to ,the real or'stipperted welfare
' letheir cikiintry or sdetion, it' cannot' ti , ex
. , , petted, nor in the nature,of things will it ever .
'4 ) ' extpulrely:eccurahat " the merchants Of any
I , bittort'of the world will hese regardless Ofthelr
.. interests,-and.solnsenslble ofithereal *tare
- ' ~ of theliiteiciticia---whichis to flithlith toitheir ,
4 • ",.
maternalo i o n
- the best possible terins ? the,
._ 4
, 7r iroOda *tick they require—as to obtainitheir
• ritc . inks in dear mmiteti When the' opportunity
p .
n - le.freely offered them to maim P, arches s In
•-o , "cheap and advantageous ones. ,
". ';-. Ther,griat practical Pro Winn of , almost every;
~,- , :,intelligentinunan•being inthia utilitarian age,
'' * ' 1 ;' -10 m ake the; P* nee 4f tr9lllPbnie he is
...:,`;'; - enitleled, , to; realize; •froth., his induetcy,, his' ta
,,,.
lento; of hit •Inheritance. The idea of king
' 'eat liargidni'llii - thernaterial article's of COM
~.. ;.nlercb by the Lea s. eal or „pretended political opi
- ' : nions of the men,inirbowtheir ownership has
',been transientlY.yeated is. siclia'Palpabli eb....
',..•:: seal System of extravagance, and such an Sr-'
maul hi.rablig,"titat, it can no mere becoine a
`' '
' , fifer' part: of the polio' of a people so intelli
gent and /keenly alive to their , interests as the
: c „.. &isms oftbe United States, than the,burnlng
- t , -.7 of , witches or the" senseless` pageantry of
~'',"..7?:-liiii.itif ',
f. - ". , ,'-' ' ,` ;,,-, ~ • *,'
.'„ f. , ..r, ,'• Tire current custom of selecting all our ;
rs=open policenienor, caStem-houSe
tiltPel4enr7- On account :orthofr. political
- , - opinions on great public., issues, is sufficiently
c , ' ridiculous, and pan'enlk ;be(iletended on the,
~' sc4re .. 'Of lied) , exigencies; andffielpoPtularity
of - the maxim that cc to the victors , helo4 the.
k.` - `spolle;"; It is ilieholght 4f, absinlitY!to ex ,
, tencithis , prineiplEi to articles of mercharidise.!
+- ' • ' Tice , politlesl or religious'convjetions of the
- ':nierchanta, threngt . Whoso hands 'they pass, on
-,.,..if, their: , way front the point where they aro ori
'' ; I.;•girlii'l4ll:efaetdre.4 .to" -ili,e kOMSe 'of their,
i', l',eonintsters leave . n o impressithatnier. lupon
f tient. Ilan .do not-weave 'Dentooracy' into,
-"catton'shirting; efltepublicaidenrintocalico,
or Anaericanum into oessimeres. ' Many lard
cles pass through the bands'of manufacture:a,"
: , artisans, and merchants; who ? in the aggro-'
- '- gate,: entertain every imaginable', `shwie„ of
''' "'''opinion Pn the. questio ns, that are currently
agitate:do? If the, history of a bale of tton
- • freni the , fi# , itieztVei , a plintatien until the,
tiityi iticretturied to ,the South Aroven irdo a
• thousand various fabrics/could be accurately.
• written, it weird rebid a stating illustrathin.
Of thlirtrtitte , - " 1 4- ' ' - •
,
- If in al l the: '4 1.10 1 18 , ,e:';iiii2efelel, ' P' o ,,Biel
' ' f '17.,, , h - ic4,lrci,ll; nia l!illail,:and• ftrtiti, B P md f tced '
,7t f 00);; ' g ala 09 4-11 4 44. 1t4; h ll 4 d , i ni Bl i lle §'?
, 11/340 1 0; 4 A oc.4ovOillig:tl.ielr-tiMe , to , tuti es;
. - „ inniostionOf Ins inttinsie merits of the aicle.,
- ~,,, theyare about to-purchase, set,their suits; poi
, ~:•; gatherhig in vain efforts to obtaiwiatistactory
‘,.,t- jutownation', in , reference :tectite - Poliiical
, - .'it - or eifiliiiale --' 6A:demi - Or : those throitli
s' C 111410 - 4" handl ;whets pisSisiL c Ahare.‘4llll he
-•t
_,..ti?!..,„,0tt-aqqi ,, ithl ,-41 ..T. - vmfetr,.., lii '2 ' %i;Oiie an
7::!wottbler ,featulq., , 'Yet this
. la r ' the; polibi
`** - illmiAticoulee jeuruils'are etrttillfl 19,-,
.• . truretc , er anti IS the Putertftinment to which,
• •,., in a tree and enlightened ootintri, •incurs nine,
• • watt 'century', the mercantile 'comma* is
t ,14 iniriteilv' ''' ' k a ' ' ' ` 1 ' ''
' '', ~ 1 _,n,
-,
"..- .IVII 145qic-back - With hoitor 'it the pe , ods
''' when, niert 'vtere: btirited it the 'Stake fort. t he ir''
• '' 'relighilta' 'Opinfoni ' ilia the whole poll 4 * or
~ Otircloiof free
,tholight, is rejected . Ivitb,
,•,,,
,scorrt by, every ,liberil .Anii tetelligent mind of
._, e the .present century, yet, with all our.boairted •
- • ,4 advancement; ,efforts aro made tot enforce3a
•' ' systitemvisteh• his its bails in ai foolish; Fin='
&tire, and unworthy a spirit as the barbarous
' " ' prosciiPtions ohne dark;agei:. "" ' ll - t 'l
- .. It Is it' gratifying itifireb* ill)
• ,Waiiii:c it
l' '" efilin - iwild'Af S'o4T;4*l otibli'iiiiiro t ee
t
, :,„04 obsolete policy' ofien : intere4litle,to i • OW ,
8004000 en'ough to-lereeive the folly of, heft
„ `, -. 'Ontlagxelitions. l .:Vtgrifilbant evidence of
r i tills is affords 'by tlieVellottiag iitiele, wttteh
'-: ' 7 lie find in the *Ge erg' tirfile l ekr,a/ Ein•no' n. ' The
editor clParly tsimeetici;44t ore law of frider
~., , erbieb irresistibly:. urges Men- to,buy. wliere
• ~ Afey can buy cheapest? is in full force 'Nai
'. the' fienthirn‘planters, inettliat.-tir nee (h is
; st yiiw t ti Wiweeke' - '?! . h, Iti,e4etglf 'el' the "Pa eel: •
, ,334iiskiltrs:orthst South tAtin 611100w - 41f et
4
its dominion. The, otolt Of the Unfon - ' sr'
4. ..,. ,), , • . ( , .„" il • ' ,
i ,YOH° uouthera marobeatit patronize tier rs.
": Musts, the,Xorth wilt sentinus to laugh st ail, tied
ile! 060 M -00 tO U4llllOO erciSerty whenever they 12,
h'; Pl.ktal l Y to this Problem, s ft er.4ll;i lies; ini s
; ' 4 ;fa l l= 4 ,, , ' retru t trn a 414pe?p°1- - that .
x lys,r th y, n y i :
f,
a Lro_nt !/iota leant merchants now o d eu d ese t:q ahea r 1' 1. •
P ',.. mositetithe of, the'polltioal Ifetipura Of the So b.
I , t ~ who ars ahnott crag became thersan't get rf of
• Alutilitionin ardayooill Any goods from a =* ,
: = ehanr,Oto ligurdm e r J . rolg 2'j '
no s';
I
,pr*ovttrr t i the - 1114(re
,ant o to thein afew sew ni
der the othorlasat merchants in: the place to re
they raids. Astons as southern men will bug of
L'orethata.merchtrata:soha eall rths Assess:, it tt
,',, iAte ,tn,sipeat, Southern mershants4o•ti . yri_tholr'
44Mff Pr iThigoitoli , Alg,e9. '2'rt4 4\W ria ,
fur 1i ottcan - rhSap,r than dear eft 'e tlt, I
."' J tten eitat that Bouthafre cads/anti knots , * , to.
• ..., thairinowest•ta ha yof ths former' .. Tits only ay
;111..1 0 :reaolt , ttetelelits. of this questiSe , le for 1110 q . .
i s
Aps o lvativolitri w i les otiloys.o.l . -
go.. 11 they o„ I.
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~ . a ,
: t •" tlYlol3)46'reint - iiiiit.:interconiite e4liOra,
41(1.-0 :1' , 00 3v,= , 1 , tt f i rciPtil4 to tiktiee r- .ie l eui as
:;,kfigtOf , e4flfeltY, ,and ltufiPie , : - kubkillie 'es,:
. 4.1 . ,, Southern merchants; to Inv ,heavy cadre ler'
: ,cente,ges:,,for their.'stmks.ofloods, and•thui
9.1 - run, the , risk of being eumibriold•' by ' eft,. l
business, cotripetitarti . it 'home and Mk e 4.
'for: their. font or 'denonneed' i'dirihtir xr,
'• '' travofshib by thhir - enstehiers; should t •
";tliert, 'attention ';to'-`the disec'r;p3o'' ei' . ; .t. 'erikel
la
0 , 11 =0.9 1 1f , Prj, P' 9QOPY.FL i !,I. ,OPI. O _ Plan. of,
reverldultAin reel:rent of ; the," ; Mississipp i , nit
•
~ ~ tasks. better ~ w ortliy of, their, genius, than ~ !I
- - •V
elm In • which they. neat present ' ngaged. :
--, .-4 , •' .ir•o , -. , •Ttie voritinakiitthe ." ;t`.'7
'=.' NOiiii4kiatufat4o our ati : liaraii; a*ilia'olllld
1 ., -, a - i i'',40, 4 7 1 t,f4,4-11f!. 0 9 ,:r 4 ?t ili ‘1, 1 1$01eit:g ihe!
• ; 4. 04 ,4,44PP11NV11f A'9llorttopliwitri4 • 041, j ,
eln•-•
i , 111 1 e,494 # 4 49Polgliiri for bastue4l3 01,11 3 %,, ar k ih,
j. ;;` , hotel on,the continent , At)S' Ametitai , , Ma • Ter,
r, , .2 , -the (tom - 111410d a tbilitiiterpri ‘ sala MAO if at:
, , l'allidattaif atilha;ohittiirdie layittiVot" iii!'
4 lAtiteraliahia inatra,tima qh4lioyeiio.6pf:tinT
': . ` l ,qii,64ii4l , :iitir, e t 6fiVii , "tfi4ifefity.',lrnii
'::l4jfh e a l li°ll 3 , 6 , ll o o ',04 efivii4L-ili:
1
~ ,,:4-„tkg,,FIAILAINf *Epp. , 1 1 4(404?Mit,?WN
•.. tget , .;& Pati thoi Nape , 0pn ,, i. 0: hotel pto
,:wakillatam-anclt ta..beicotalue , nponthe. alma
',',ollbaratr,setio =which' !harm od • a walla-at de
-4 -fiskiiiiittatilaiblificitalea MB tatiiNii,io kp
, •. 1 9,3failstailliii , s 'AJAitlfed *flit.° — sitiniothiti lie
'''isirittiold taillWaigifkilittfa,rriii,a
.100', 0
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1/oAinolig,gutklatatintilfAaThoimeedlov the inte•
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r iar p ape r this Morning. , ' -
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IVM2MiTOA CORRESPONDENCE.
•
Letter 1r 64 OootAtrittl. ,
iliket ' reerondencse of
WAS ; rob :
'The following piggy, hit enliraly oo I
plimentary to the Cl !C/1 4 , .111* of Ito , '
preientatives,od Satires, of
the AdministrAyen ii,so'liallylood lq
itself, that I venture to ask you to allow me to
preserve it in the pages of" Occasional." I oopy
it from the Pittsburg Post, and think I recognise
thogenins a•wellAnown -humorist of the smoky '
te r I you hay, ,lapghed as heartily over it as
, 1 47felfAnd„Vother.frierlds'of Colonel Forney in this
, 114,agil.,4114 0 1,93!fitieek tbkrequeat ,Imtake of
Pu;. - Erstl - litr. - Buchanan, who, is considerably
dowifeasSidncii theiflietiOn of the new !Clerk, can
notlan tel 'rigid features as he perusal
; this firet.ratos,peaguntade:,`
• ; wholrin," RI: the old adage.
* OlO . / 1, 0 I !liorO,Present oelPPlloattent will lead
ne,,, pardon the Attempt to make the editor of
lervitoinf bir:Benard, in view of the
fact,that tbe,author of this trayostiehai made Mr.
"Buoirinen'ttatiree theelnirrieter of a feerrale,and has
- allotted td.litdge Creek the road of the Hunchback,
Iwhose game erns ditePtion :front - the beginning to
rho endi oast for Colonel Forney is
thobest lq thembole piece; and your 'readers will
viaraaiya Qkatlke won the game at last ;
Knowles' play °litho " fltutohbank."l
SeitMit 11.1 - The RaetativeCaarnber la 14 WAi r te House.
'osier the President sad thisletirrniy aih r efai.
President =What haietiniele; to do wi t h water
Fire %conies them better. •.• • - ' •
,Ateernsy, General-Trop. .- • - •
President-Yet wrest I either wean or swear ; -
- Most the be-deviled by elan
One piAtlrm my stairs t whom I have seen
Kneel at my feat from morn till noon, content ,
With leave bounty gaze 'mon my eels -
And tell me what he'read•there, till the gage
14n:ism by heartl tad fo &obit keete,
So spongy was the nature of his tongue. ;
And hisio leaflet me! Let him 00Ule here
OnAlCodaysrpekl, Ilene'er leads me astray! •
lirotildnot nicht by hie Canning; of "Press,".
Theeka Renard tot thetisakddo *kit him Colitis..
, ItAttternts astistal-.Ytm'as miry rigid!
Frariclutt-Oh, for some way to bring him to may feet! -
But he ehould lie there. Why, its gone abroad-
That, he has east me off ! That there should liye
The matiesotild say s'l! Or that I shenldlive
To tiers and chiefly him • ,
Whom lited railed from out the mire of poverty. •
And on my broad shoilders noshed him no , ;
Till doubts assailed his mind; whether '
Odd made the universe of he made God,
Sadie:, was the bete ht.l raised him to- '
• - [Enter alasseriger.)•
, N,Pel l .? - • ; • ; •
?Xs sitossi--The O:erkeftrie goose of Renregentatlvers
is trjthout.;"te brings a ezealage •
Foy hie Eireelleney, and humbly crave. ;
Adinittanee to his nreeenoe.
Artsraevgeritral-Show him In.
President-No. (id him
Attontly General-Thou mot see him. To show slight
Were slighting them that gent Show him In! •
• • , • [Exit Messenger.
Some pieseage proper for thy Presidential ear-
Perhaps the Post Odle. Approprietion Bill. , Why.
This'ag:tation, and these matteringi ?
Reboot!
Take iheught! collect thyself! with dignity `.
fteceiverheilonse's messenger. . • '
-4 • , [Exit Attorney General.
, ,President-i-He comes Now, Old Buok, you've Played
The man before-nisi it nowt f -
-Mater -Messenger, conducting Forney, attired In n
Black suit, with a caller tonna his nook, marked "
fievaid."l •
:21fessenser--The Clerk of the Rouse of Representa
tivee, ; 1 ' [Exit.
Yrisilleriti-laside)-Bneaks he not? or does he Wait
For oilers to unfold tus business •' - ;
tOnned his business nil I spoke,
Polio myakeaonforever, ,
Perses-(timidly}Tbis message from my =tater.: •
rresidiat4naata! who speaks?
Forney-The' Clerk of the Rouse. •
~ , Precedent-•I breathe! I could have sworn 'l'm lie.
(blekettep, effort to look at him.)
So like the voice 7
dare not Idok, lest the form should stand !
'Tim Ponviyiirvoicis, if ever Prirney spoke
• Forney the Clerk of the Blhok Republicans
Pailttoo hath freaks, but none so mad as that!
It cannot be it should not bet a look, '
And all were setitt'rest. •
'(Tries to look at him again.) •
So strong nay fears I shall be; die Was tied,
Dread to confirm them takes away the power
To try and end them! Conte the worst,
I'll look !"
" (Tries to look, but tuns away again.) [per?
:Faraey.wllt please your - Excellency to take the pa
, [breath
grekida ntrThere Forney spoas again. Not Forney's
'douldincire Matie - Forner's voice. Not Foruey's Magus
And lips more frame j e tlnto Forney'e speech
Knots' ryoo. Young man ? "
. .
Ihrery-Regerses in the race of office change friends!
it fume thorn into strangers 'What lam
hays mac always been,
Presidiat-CMild I not name you ?
reur disdain throne, perhaps too bold
When, vaulting ambition made him grasp
The Senatorship o'er shoulders Ora better man, ' •
!tow by the fickleness of hollow fortune
Perforce reduced; in'nieiner place
To take ad humble tone; would gofer yois.-
t".. - Rregident44might? • • • '
„Forney,-.You might !
President-oh, Pones' is it yque
"` Fortuprour answer to mimastets,
3 Preridstik*Toir masters ? '
. , wornsg4Wilt sign • ' •
Or will it phtaselou out it in your pocket -
'Till ten days Got° shall hatch it Into life t .
I'll hear your answer faithfully. lone eye.)
• , Pieridene-:Tori'll bear it ? (leeks intently at hlm t with
tordon, • I
aut-my i luoite Is somewhat ragout.. , • . I
intig aoptraotoro are impatient, acid • I
f l / 4 k. Imo despatch' ( were the repeated orders •
mrmeeterst ' •
President... Orders ?
Tie right you mind
Chit : elders or your new Masters, •
"CheY, are paramount; nothing
should supersede them, stand beside them !
• fhey rrietitall yinir care, and have It. Pit,
)cost fit theyshcrula t Give me the hill, sir. _
„..rerreett-7You have --
F erfdrne-Mlud
.rde re $Ol
.
,quiekly Ito 'fita hie habits to his wages '
'-feterVes hie Helpers" with all his will !
Gls heart's in his vocation I So
la this, she bjl/ ?Tut upilde down-
:tiy! hero IltYpering on it
[Enter gamut.)
, .
ehali, aid
,The servant brings a chair, and noes out. President
into awhile gaging vacantly on the bill, then Otto,'
his chin down, and, turning hie head slightly naide,
loakiwith one eye at Porney.l
tWvrelafolr ehowiLtbe,blackness of hie snit.
• , t fits not him that *sari lt. ' I wrong hint.
ate can's be henaytloen not look it—le not.
NO eyeswilich aeaks the grithmi 1 a argument :
bought ..ll,* levee me. There I let him 'Mud
thd Item - pitting. .
I . .
-,, .`,• •'.•••••,, "•• .'• • '', • (Rie' end . point , to a chair
temelote--talie-- - e-mhair. - • , / , -
jgorney ,bowillow and resninee tde Name petition. The
„ 'President !tilt `ale ' at him. A lona Pence ensiles.]
Pdrney, irbidenTsoli 'peak ti 3
FoiMeY=J unit you're happy. " , ,
_3F. I,•niltait l i;,li ow ran,litale. al47ou,think
I'd be, ao happy FonwiT
'.Foriieit-43sr
President—Mr I call thee Forhey, and thou
Call'at me Bir t
the 144drejte my doty stints me to
gbou ;at the Poll4ent, ohosei •
e OloOd'Demoniiktfc;ilarir.
TfielMmbifittemiemry ao!ei am I
Of the Shaine's Rift. It
%Rreofdrisit4dosfrisht bad forgot. I think roof sir
Porno reminding run ; and giro you Joy. - ,
'Clint whit - knee ilia bden s bnithen to you „
to faltTi oiT YOnr
Airmen-8: burtlion' time Moen you the party
..ist.thatthwilenatorolup Is a berthen to Bigler;
rhatapolismvi 'Ours/ten to Simon Cameron;
or that the wiping is a biwthen to Bowman ;
ley 'GM POlthiditer Generalship would have boon
• g *thou i osyieerything
Desires a'ddirriwo the name of 111120OUTO to
atitollAte bPIIIIOII wu DOOIOOIIIO7 to mo
let me wed?, her, ,
Prisidear4Wthe brink
Of what a pretlpiei I'm standtng Hack!
Forney t this moment leave me:• • • '
• - .[Forney retiree to the halt]
to he gone:- 'Twag ,bett that mo be went.
'tine the strait of him, who Mend' that but
ittet'bed %delivers done.
tLegteibla bead upon ble bend' thoughtfully, and ga p es
...into the fire,bie beck to the door. Forney eoltlY
approaches, and kneeling, gently takes him
Sthir band.)
/einem! , - •
• Piesidnit-41ere !mein ? • - '
110 t.udl By alt OW hopes Of /leaven go hones
etay'eßenlltion,4nr t ;Look gpu,Porney,
.W e ere, there kreve,whore,thou art kneeling now
I'd liffik into it,nn&be ineetthed ;
Bre - taint shanld ietieh nig '
Should some one COMO god MSS thoo • ,
noolintshus..lLot go tor hood!
Judge you,. Olga, 'en r hotio! t
• "Bhhieil•l
latiatfal of yOuf Pbsthoriiiild my own
flfore wan e; time . / only had your oar,
.141 forgot that dine was suet and gone:
pray sou neydonyne t'
Frfifdent-41;60k1a with bkii,eyee.i.-I do en, Forney
rottieV—l shill no miire'effsiad.' • ' • •'• 3
,prisklesit—fdethe sure of that. No Wager it it At
Thmtlgeen!st the tile** desk in the liouee. , • ;
fi vie tt up-rs. day, all itOur genuiln not In it.
Wlierefore
Pierldvit—tivo Mit same town with me, 1
And in cole , partperuliou'in atiotbor. • f,
P4lVoulesi put leagues between us. The same timid •
,t3hookl eat, cootein ne, Q 943011 should divide us
With Wears of conitarit political ooneentione,
Sniniee piilitietizeilurst hot tempt. •
* Ohl , •
llaah wee the act ao light that gave nut up. , r ;
•,.Aad roel.geoptulltted i
Haim reasoned with me, 1
Tried to find out what wee indeed ray heart,
arifuld Mitre elimra tt—gbu'd have min it; All , I
illed betides asaght tamer be thin.in • I ,
:Prmegid.glig , et *Ma me; yetis ' " 1
'"Tirriidearg-tiodalloti elk Susi John ? •
rjltisseilig6r suddenly enteral' - • -
ilinditinde Porner's (ni
ittnt`attendridee Op Malts he MO tie lime something
rM Waled& in ‘,) -; 4,-; .11 , r , - , • •! , ; ,
isitc;"ribal'ii.isidat's
hegitte toiteriedd . trl; "Ow Anti& lad
a 'tile' Oats: s es
ieteid l e c iante” looialiesi'aidlar."and faints so.
dotbiwes.lt,,
„ply, lh, tukie;biufflolleeier Bai nih
ter, of your oily, hero
several days pilst, , giving 'his 'testintbny before.
,tharapeelatoomatitten , appointed .tlps Senna to
trrostigats.the allegettroorrupt, disbursement of lie
cgntblio,minting.fund, , Tb.ll-foommlttoe, although
jhe akalltnalk- Itopublionn, is controlled bar a}
majaritypf. Administration. mon, and Yet) Wittk all
,ttmlr.ingenplty, I understand- it, will go hard for
Menaptollorten Abe ,Presidant ..frons having been
complicated thin: business.? That+
tope idulranythout thin ,Insolons elite of.. patron go,
,itanitipett divided Aare pretty generally been lx
emittedrend 7, learn that a very curious revelation.
issili•botnade. T :'
rgibn. OznarisCar Investigating the our rapttotta pt
"mat. :Administration - ) will t be enormous:
those not totill,ars:the. , people compelled to bear
tesalaulaidajoeses4 on adoortnt tf the favoritism
rittaiilktry s thnittrtoitlitl in rewarding:their dependlentd
Anil eohoss, but hundreds of thousands of dollars
are necessarily expended in the support of corn.
1
=Woes and the pofation If reports;
The blistery oft dminittr ii of Mr. Bucha
nan lkwrlVon in, bee ;:alsp,a _ ng and. disgrace
turiktM•VtionKif The hue t, 4 4 . 141114 . 33 which eon.
'stein thesii4epOrtklire, Truleeiti4he Monument of
;Ida Btatetmenehitq - Undiliplabli4 and private air
,tues, and when thentmello bolus to make up the
' verdlotAe will - be . eMrtle4 bi OWL that the geed
deeds of a President, elated SOauspibleusly, will
make only a few pages, while the bad 0008 will
cover hundreds. ' ' OoosstoweL.
Public tutertainmentSs
TIM ACADEMY of MUBlo.—there wet( 'quite 'a
.contract between the audience at the Academy lett
evening anti the brilliant throng or the Morning
on the °coasted' of the delnittenceinent. The
w4ther:wa6,'against and his operatic
company, , although the audience was as encoura
ging as a stormy and inolement February' night
would well permit,- The attraction was ' , Lit Son
nambula," one of the most familiar, and, in many
'reapeots, the sweetest of operas. Its English dress
did not spoil its harmony, as Is so often the ease
with a majority of lytloal translations. Miss Anne
Milner San the principal part with matinee acid
anted it With unusual judgment, the other perform
ers "supporting her inn creditable manner. , The
applansethrougheet was abundant and judicious.
' We must say a word in ibmmendation at the or-,
chetah'. add the chorus of this operetta company.
ItteCOoPer is a leader tif ikllt, and a musician of
talent and taste. • lie hat taken Pities to drill his
chorus, and they perform their several parts with
more judgment than is exhibited in English opera
companies generally. This evening, Verdi's II
TlN:waters wilt be presented with the fall strength
of the company. •
Witner.staxat Theitaa.—That accomplish
ed gentleman and finished actor, James E.
Murdoch, it playing a brief 'engagement 'at this
theatre. 1 There is but one' opinion of Mr Blur-
Ateoh, aid we need not express it. llis Hamlet Is
a tnasteryieoe of quiet and pathetic tragedy,',while
Me Young llfirakl, Alfred Evelin 4 Vapid, Be.' verly,, and , other high.ooluedy characters, never
lose their Interest, althOugh we have seen' them
aidn'inid again. Young Mirabel was performed
to ailments' audience than he has had during his
present engagement, whlith Wes neither the fault of
the' actor nor the pbblio , but of the miserable
weather. hire. playedl3i.sarrs with much
spirit, _while Mrs. Anne Cowell Was a pretty, and
, bewitching Ortana, • Mr. Mardoeh 'wilt have a
benefit this evening, playing two characters—Va.
yiid in the Draniatist," and The Stranger in
the melancholy and lachrymose play of that name.
We predict for him a full house, and can assure
such of our readers as have never seen Mr. Mur.
dock's Vapid that they have an exquisite treat in
store. -
Tam BLEIPHART op Stott.—At Dan Rico's Great
Show to-night the grand East Indian spectacle,
entitled the " Elephant of Slam," which has been
predueed upon a scale of remarkable splendor,
will be presented for the second time, in cannot:-
tion'with dlvereified acts ittthe ring.
Aneu-arn Bat TB Lima The "Octoroon,"
which bad the 'singular honor of being played at
four different theatres In New York on the' same
evening, is drawing oromled houses at this theatre.
We hive been deterred from seeing this drama by
a very dtetinot and ominous pleura which has ap
peered nightly over the box-ogle° during the week:
"Standing room only !" This must not be al.
lowed to frighten the public, who are not se par
ticular about being crowded as• newspaper critics,
by a pleasant and popular notion, are suppoied to
be. We will not be surprised If the "Octoroon"
remains in tewtt for the remainder of the season.
Death of Rev. qeorge Chand
The Rev. George Chandler, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, Kensington, died on Wadnes.
day morning, in the eeventy-first year of his age.
For nearly a half century this devoted servant of
God. has labored. patiently and hopefully in his ea
ored calling, and by the purity of his life, excellent
teachings, and eXample has accomplished great re
suite for good with the people of that district, Re
NM emphatically of the ancient regime of clergy
men, of the class to which the late Dr. Meyers and
Dr. McDowell—now living, In his eightieth year—
belonged; always at their post of duty, through'
"summer's heat and winter's cold:" over active
and ready to respond to any call in behalf of suf
fering humanity. • ,
At the dedloation of the now church edifice, re
cently erected by the 'people of his charge, Mr.
Chandler, in his sermon, stated that during his
minietry in That neighborhood, since 1814, he had
performed funeral services at the burial of over Ave
thousandlpersons, and united in marriage over
three thousand six hundred couples. TM labor is
now over, and hie worlt well done. ,
s
(For The Preti] '
• MIL EDITOR: Justice to myself requires that I
should state that the letter over my name, whtob
appeared in your issue of Wednesday morning as
a part of theproceedinge of the Board of Control
lers of . the Pablie Bohoole, and to which you 'refer
la to:day'spaper, was handed kimo to a member
of:that Board, (directed 011ie Prealdenf,) with the
assurantie, that It should be presented, when left
you a copy , for ' your paper. I Certainly hid no
idea 'that it would not be presented, nor do I now
know ;Tony reason wby-it was not: -
Yours respeotfully,
FIIIIIIIIARY Tuoxas W. Paton.
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LTNCII LAW ON ,THIg MlSSliallonr.-4 young
man who had taken passage on a Misalssippl, steam-
Ivis,,sre..-at.es,rme r lass Week; Was detected with
the mptain's wank, and' a vainableliewonio, ate.
blem in his possession. , The passengers at once
appointed a Judge Lynch court, which tried and
convicted the offender, and sentenced him to re.
Oeive thirty lashes upon his back, which was done,
end the Wet: eat ashore to plod his weary ,way
CAPITAL PONIARVENT AOAUt.—Ten of the fifteen
supers. iSORI of• Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, tare
petitioned the State Legislature to racnaot the
formula of tho State punishing murder in the first
degree with death. a
Hour. Arient.—A Mr. Sherman, of West Troy,
whose "mysterious disappearance" was chronicled
in the papers last week, has returned. The Troy
Tinos, says he is a " young mauled man,"
,and
that ho absented himself to test his wife's affeotion
for him.
LATION BALM OT OIL PAINTINGS, FRECCH-PLATE
BTEI I / 1 011COPZ BOXEI3, V,LNS , &0., ,to.
—B. Boa, Jr., auotloneer, 431 Chestnut street,
will sell, this morning, at,lo* o'olook, an attractive
collection of the above articles, ,which will be
found well 'worthy the attention of purchasers.
BALI or E 1 GL uanytutta.—A: sale of faint•
tura; pianagortes,interors, stereoscopic L tiews,
will 'take place this morning, at 10 o'clock, at 130011
4, Son's auction store, No. 914 Chestnut street.
WILL or WlLLtix E. BURTON, THE AC2014.
The will . of the late William E. Burton,' the dis
tinguished comedian and author, bas been offered
for probate. Ita provisions relate Wei., to the
teatator'e family, and posseis no interest for the
general public.
After providing for an amount of one thoueind
dollars, to be pai dto bit wife, Mrs. Jane Living.
mon Burton:ln equal quarterly payments during
her life t 'and devising oueLfeurth of the proceeds
of hie Wert Cove property to his stweon,lVilliam
Cleveland torten, the toaster divides all the resi
due of his Wahl into three equal shares, one for
each of his three daughters, Cecelia; Virginia,. and
itosine, mob atones to be bold in trust, and the In
come thereof applied to their. use tespoiitiraly du
ring life, and the remainder to wash person or per.
sons as they may appoint by will, or, in default of
such appointment, to their children, if theychall
leave any ; and in ease of the death f either, with.
oat mob appointment, and without inane, to the
surviving sisters.
Dr. John J. Crane, and Cecilia Burton, the tee
titer's eldest daughter,i p are app o lnted exequier and
exeentrix.—.Areio ed. Post, ciat evening.
. ,
FATAL AFFRAY PETWBRA,CILOOLIIATZ3.—itte
Oxfcirdfe4 Ddiiotrat gives t e following account an affray -between two aohoolmates: Mien,
ononight after photo!, tore up a seat andAippod'uff
tiome,boards from the Ceiling of the school-house.
Wadstriforth; who; with one other boy; was present,
desired' him .not . destroy the hone;' and Jon
reaohing home told his adopted fatber of the injury
to'the bedding. The father warned Ridlon to dis
continue such practices, The next day, after they
bad paten their dinners at noon, Itidlon approached
Wadetvorth, saying, Now, , I ave got you,' and
kinked him several times; Wadsworth after the
,Irst . kink, begged him to desist; saying, ' 'You
have broken my 'side in.? , Wadsworth,impsedi
tely went home, in much distress, and died a
weekltora the day he was Injured. A coroner's
inquest 'was held. When Wan arrested on the
charge of murder, and, after a lengthy examine ,
lion, committed for trial."
Illness of Speaker Lawrence.
Attatastrao, Feb. 30:—The health of Ogeaker PINv-
Moe - ig much Improved to-day, and hie phyingian
emir every ratearance thin evening that he will reto.
vex n a short time by nr oiler care and attentio n. He
in ea trims from a In l onefilat affection. •
lidcesq ,
Arrstiergi , Feb. 16.—The nos to-day between Conga
reed Fanny Washington wets won by the former s in
two oloselr eontested heats.- •
~Tme Niiagy THE LATE .11prir D. GILPIN —W e
learn that this 7111 is likely to be set aside, becaOse It
wee not executed thirty daps before hie death; Is re
quired by a state law in ell oases why, bequest!, are
r )it t e t ra. oharita?le t or imbrue uses, 'The
07,0'4'6'1.1:J0 Iro=nn 4ie t thl:gl l :ol:ll°ft tfc'"!° -
"Plabanscpitip, Fah 10,180.—Youre of the 7 1 h is at
hand. The' benueeVin o, h . Will la tolhe Hreto
rigal of Chicago,' and omelet' of .one,thirdof
his residuary estate, which third Is estimated at about
sacot,, ~ yhjoh, after the ,death Of hi's wife, le to be M
r ten yenta. The accumulatedMterelt is avpro ,
Printed to butting Ilea fife-proof The
ipeOme to purchasing books. Bet e bequeat, with
other of a like ahareater. day to the It scot eat
of tote 0 'band tO the /totideiny of ymeArte. alio of
this oily , pile imminent jeopardy or being de ['catty' if
the operation of a hov,ipt tai Bt,ster which, Mr. Oiln
fleeing to have - overlooked, dr been ignorant of. T is
law, tegoireri 101911 'which contain; bequeats Wen.. d
for any literary. charitable, or religious uses to be {Wade
Vett, dare before the swath, of the testator. , Mr.' ail.
waR made only itoolve days before his death.
The lororeaohin here It that theta henneets are pull and
;tf (her al' hews - e ,tin ppin~op entertained by
o
it)B
eomVTietrigi V:mze,,„ggtgamitldtegla
tie, ,
•
Finn ',Amy Bqrmnq.--Abotit elgbt o'elocklast
evening the ernithehop, ,In Second etreet. below York
street, owned by ,PatriakrlidoCafrey was discovered
to be on fire., Theflumen, oommunloa_led to an adjoin
nt wearer - s h op ,o wned by miehter. e eaters. A 11140
number of loom! war onttil thtough. the ozOrttookor
the !Iranian 'non po toe. The brood Inteinle:not other
*team pro -outOnon ti 4 elEotent.onryioo Imo eoliths Mt
programa or the fire, ,The buts amounted to it ut 'l,OOO,
upon which, we believe, there was no intoranoo.
THE PRESS. 4114DELP111k, PIUDAY, FEBRUARY IPP, 1860
THB ,Fkii. . ZOE' Vtig
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•,• • w•,.tvz. _, _ -•
,m, ,
mp.t.totarit,B,orwispin..divai ot -- , ice - toot_
Inc oral, resolution MIRO tag fUniinitted Mt Ter
ritories to report a balOP I. leadtnisloh Of - Kansas into
the Union tinder 4eWyatidett Coliatitution. TIM Sta.
1 0 0 `a: — poi ynn
Mir, flip le P...,,ii litaitayirsga,introligeed a •tesolu.
Hoene ling or infOrrnatten V) Whet had ban dope
Millet the aot rytdinglor , tionatrifition pelt:
buildings io e„nity nt ;Tel elpnia,ad V t add -
tio`ael legisiet Mho neObeelity. Adopted.
--Mr,..PWlPiest-Cakfecueoreciderorrenert fro m ,o t o ,
• Committee on Post (Moe' and Post Roods. with a hill
for the ennetyuctiopofn Wittier telegraph to the Nein°.
Mr. MAquri.oi viratlai Toole mune retharkj upOn
the introduetion here ot the "%tenons Conetitution.
Ho said it waken unauthentiefile
_impel, , ,
The resolron inertia eir lie h priinVnt of a
nonimittee o t er tO nktrith a mend roo t(tee on
the part of he dus
it , . mato arrangmlep
it for the
Itgralictitgt ,the
taken e or al' 4°116" W Inn
g °n on
Mr. PRANCE, of Maryland moved to *potentiate
87,o0Otooarrtout the obbietcdthe reselutton
After noble eillotliSMe le tote , appropriateness of the
location emeeted by the Presidatt,
Mr. tteLE. ofNew Hampshire, said lithe tioverment
had been ,unihrtu t iate In Ite7tllne it Wee in Re IlOrtk
to embellish the ty and priblii buildings .m . . 4 etas,
end painting& ore horrid Owtentoree toUld not be
found in any wax ;mum= in XOW,England. Its geld
there was a dos standinuott me east porch of the
Capitol wbleh looked no mote file a dog Oleo C. log with
M 1 etielc litedk M it.
att. !mem ENDEN, of Maine, Row do you know it is ,
6 dogs ,• , -• ..,,
. Mr. HALE. I wan told sof.. . • :. ':
Mr. CIANGMAN, of North catolinit. I rend in bile
proems that If as a dna , '. .-' iii,'.. •• ~. i ' • 'i
bir'gi;..,Attel,t,.:titim Itrizira pin " e7inc li Ver n a:pea
oth.,..r)te of art Var 10, 1 1.1 * titO1 Md. hiding Green
outh's eneshlf e n ‘ , e tra p PriseA CO nopropnating
money to ,file, oby wills' I See seare-crows. He
thoughttlefte the equestrian statue of laokson, but
di riot tin= to a connoistenr.
The resolutionwas heftily to:Motel In an amended form,
It appropriates three thousand dcllere, end not seven
thousand, /
On motion h e Senate agreed trot When it edidnrn tt.
adjpurn ti t °edict.
r. SW L. of Louisiens, t4al iip Ms iiill to pro
hibit the tune of brink note s Dietnet ocoolynhin.
[he first sootier' of the hiil prohibits ihp lesions o mink
notes in the
alp
lattii r the fiat or . April so erthe
Pentity MCA lee el irflPrielie.MOTl 1 ,. 0 4 1 e SeaMMetMe
prohibits the cira Mallon o Ding notes in the striet
under twenty dollars under pesalty of twen ty-Ave
dollars.
Mr. BLTD.h.LL explained at 'or6l4ldrigili the ol4eot of
the hill, . m ~.
g;:: t r kilhk i n i n d el t rilei l r i t itdiomited it, and said
that the bank. of , Vashinglon were now issuing notes
without the atithority of law.
After further debate, the billwairgistponed till'llicOn
day next.
A " thati;
Mr. BROWN, of , Misensaippi a rel. _Micee
would introdece A bill tO ptiniih eon ere against slave
pi rteffl y a&l.fatt ini ' er.lirin; the ittriqdourned.
- fIOVBR OP ItgPAB4lll
,t M'.. .
nAnT.TIELZ:II.II7,I7.I tal n Vael . o TOtaell::
got) MD. a ~ • ..... , .
er. JACaeION - of Georgia. fritrodoced as resolar
directing . the Cler)f to remove the present ails from I le
hall, end restore t is former chat y and desk , slid, Wi h
the view of fordinr time PM J sod chase s. that the
Heine, with le concatrehet Of 1 4 genet,. adjourn for
two week, . eferrAd tit the Calittltrittee et the Whole
on the meteor tee union.
Mr, MIRK, of Alabama, intrkird 101111 retaining ihe fishing bounties. Referred PC , ei Uthimittee on
Commerce.,_ .
Mr. )(HITT offered a Italian Providing for the
adlournmentof °MINN' on the ath °fame, and wanted
it put olitsPliesinte.
_An oh action being made..he lath' irew If,
Mr. P RESDA.I,E: of blowlamp') .lettOdUeeil n till
repealing certain sectioned(' then thtlite law of lillg,
sod amending others. itOfetted to o t Judielarr COlll-
atittee. . . .
Mr. TAYLOR, of Leulaiaaa. a bill frovidieg for the
uqukition of enbiehy negotiation, am its inconmlttlen
'Veq ° ce t tOo li tTe on CO n ro t r i riltt e e v e an n gt h ligigAVe 4 . ti"ed :
a -
Mr. BING HAM. pf Ohi o, a bill amendatory of the act
reguleAtne the cempensatinn or member; of Congress.
Ind the tepee! of so much as Minim mil ea: Referred
to the Committee o Ways and Menne ' )
Also, n hill deplor ing null and voul Ali T ltilWial acts
Passed by the Legislature of Olow„Mitgleo establishing
or protecting Involintry slaver.
hlr. LF,tilf.P., of Vlnisn °bleated to the second
reading ot the toll, say ing that this ootirse would bring
it on on the question o rejection.
The BPEA K 8 ft replied that, under the ePepifil braltr.
NI% Bingham had the right to. intralute the ihil,and it
erne referred to the Committed on tea militipity.
Mr. BINGHAM also offered a resoluiciet 'Whleh was
'dented, referringipa Much of the President's message
.s relives to the Payment of the Amistad t sase oftwoome
to the Comthittee on the Judiciary. with - instructions on
the proprletr of the President's reennviseneettom and
den as to the legality of slavery in the Telittaleti.
Tho eleoljon of Printer_ was wistpoomy on ro.m trcew.
Mr. VALLANDIGHAM, of OW. ptesented a bill.
whleh was referred, ame.pdatiMY to the act to arm and
e q uip 0 e whom body ot militia. no se tsi Marcum the
_neon Mr Arms from 8000,000 to s ow Q.
.
iP ENOW AHD. of Ohio,e 'bill, which wtineferred
. 41 th . e Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union, granting pensions to the soldiers ofthe War Or
1812. _
. ,
Mr. SH,RRMAN. of Ohin.olfered a redoletioe Which
was adopted instructing the Poet Office Committee to
inquire into the elpedleney of reportingn bill lir the
division of the. terntorial Jurisdiction of the Tilted
States Into postal distriete of not lees than otlettate
saoh: eeeondly. the kitties of the entire postal so plcn.
inoluding the delivery of mail matter, in sugh di riots
to the lowest responsible bidder, over the twesent post
routes: third) th e e
organattort or the Yost °Moe .De
cartment and Foreign Mall &Moe to oonform to the
hire:Moir PrOPOgar 11: I mirth''' , the entire abolition of
thAfr . a ti nkitieritlVl g •
r RkIRMAN (l eered the renoldions rep" ?tad by
die ge ent committee lent year, °heraldic the neorettry
of the Navy. with the concurrence of the Freirdent.
with having abused hi. disoretionary p abler Vri • meting
the coal and live oak contracts, and that theSlimeetarr
and President, for be/dotting this petronase for',eloo
tioneerinf, unposed, deserve the condemnation of the
Hound, %Terrell to the Committee of the Whole on the
Mite oft e Union.
Mr. MAYN A RD.of Tennessee offerpi,a o 7sl4lotion e
which wee referred to the committee eh he jil IOIMY,
with the view of a more effeetUM tendition fugitives
from justice.
Ales, a regained', which wan adopted. setting forth
that thegeographical position of Ciabro to the United
States renders it eminently desirable that there should
be a free and unrestrained personal and women:dal
intercourse between them,end directing the Consreittee
on Foreign Affairs to inquire Into the hmotaileny and
Jractmability of a convention between the United Wes
and Spain, so as to facilitate oomf arse by the re tyro
impert'ation and eXportatlon o the egricipl:r a ll and
manufacterins Mahone of the Pro countries es of
viper import or export dutiful, and the free p
,ge of
persons from onecountry to the other.
Mr. ETHBRICIOR. of Tennesmo, presented el bill,
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary,
to establish end regulate paper oiroulatibe of a uniform
value throughout the United States.
Mr. PETTIT, of Indiana, introduced a resolutid n in
'Mooting the Committee on the Judimary to ingeUw Into
and report net. the power of employing an ermedloroe
la amuss consiretes 'tithe Territories. t
Mr. MORRIS, of Illinois, a bill to amend the nalural
ization
Also. et bill allowing the people of the Tomato es to
elect all their officers.
Also, a bill providing for the eleotioe of d iptitAdist
masters by the People. ' t
Also, resolution calling on the fitiodelogri Of thecnvte
rior to reportalt facts relative to th e o
iriinoserntillinerkt""4 mars h al r7`a b.
Aia t i,a, to tn. moslen•-retta TAO Ithittiet Are,
• .Art otais.citon w ag MIA 4 WI the *lmago reeedn
qZ. MORRIS expressed surprise Hurd Rey winted
to suppress informatipti relative to a pilule defaulter.
Mt. HOUSTO v. of Alabama. said if , a committee
mild endorse and dignify the object of tbs reeolittlon,
he worild be dlspoged to consider the enkjelt.
Mr. hIOR Rlb replied thet he weilld prefer it tone, to
any other committee than that on the Jedloiery,' of
which Mr. Houston was a member.
Mr. HOUSTON. I don't want my hums dirtied with
it.
Mr. MORRIS. I don't want you to have the resolu
tion.
Mr. HOUSTON. I wouldn't soil my hand, with it.
The resolution wee referred.
Mr. hlOrtßfe, of Illinois. also introduced ardsoletlon
called on the Poeta:wets? General for copies of lactate,
oat mons, recommendations, Ali• connected with the
removals and appointments in Illinois ; also, as to the
information Mr. Cook. the postmaster at Chicago, and
lie to the_ removal of
intended
of post
neaer. in Illinois. one said he intended to press such
inquiries.
Mr. HOUSTON remarked that he wanted nothing to
do with it. 4 was thy business.
Mr. 11i4 Rin. • Then. vim STD the appropriate men.
Mr. HOUCTON. The filthier It ig, the better for ? , on.
(Cries re sol ution .")
'the wag referred to the Foot 011ie* CORI..
mi Itee
Mr. MORRIS also introdueed a residutioa proposing
st Inquiry lets the expediency of abolishing the amid
"Sli".sN'AußatriVekTH of Illinois, introduced a Mao.
lotion 'marooned the lommittee on Foreign Affairs
911111111 re into the expe limey of acquiring by flagons*
tin l the British NortnAmerican previnises.
r. WASHBURN.h. of Illinois, introdoced a rver
In harbor bill. and a bill to amend the steamboat taw.
r. hfc4ERNAND, of Illinois, introduced Hilo
'Minn having in view the better protection of the
rights of naturalized citizens of our country when
,broad.
I
A iso,ir resolution, whioltsras referred to the Commit
,ee on Foreign Affairs, deoTarmg that Coon ought to be
- inquired, and to ingulro on what terms thin can les ef
feetod.
. A so. a resolution that the House depreciate Hgan-
I
mole of the officers of the House in appointing ex
members of Congress to Inferior pieces within their
ill, as derogatory to the dignity of the House, and
calculated to impair their influence' with the county.
Referred to the Committee of the Whole on the Mate
if the Union.
Mr. CRAIG. of Missouri. introduced a bill rerisirthe
tariff' act of ISO. Referred to the Committeeof Ways
and Means
C ,
*emirs. URTIS, SCOTT, and PHELPS, etivei , aily
ntraluced•Perna° railroad end telegraph bills. Me.
(erred to ilia Post Office Committee.
Mr. HAMILTON, of Texas, introduced a teso'ution
loOkine to the repeal of the revenue lairs, and the sub
stitution of (brims taxation.
Mr. CURTIS. of lowa, a hilt to retire superannuated
If ti e ti a tf o o f u t e h e e c i e l n in ciiired in the Senate's resolution for the
appointment of a Joint committee ic, take action in the
nausuration of the equeetnan statue of Wsehingtott on
the filtd instant. . .
Mr. RURCH. of Onlifornia, introduced a Paoille Tlell
road bill. Referred to the Poet ..ffioe Comrdittee.
Mr. MORRIS, of Illinois, allndins to the dialosue he
.werni him and M. Houston, said he had been reminded
by his colleagues that in answering Mr. lifbusten'a oh
'action to introdp , •don of hie regolutiOn. his lan
mage yetlecteci on Mr. Houston's motives and persenal
'n ttillitivrAPr d tird i ellitgi'Yt t i goi l lirsiTedYike as
did the otter'seci lleasue!,but. as *r. Morri s had sails
feetorily explained, he withdrew his remarice. i
Mr. OTERO. of New Mexico, introduced a bill to or
ermine the Territorial Government of Tiered&
Mr. PARRO'FT, of Hermes, intrcelneed a hill reveal-
Ina the tot for the admiesion of Kansas into the Ilidir.
Mr. ESTAfIROOR. of Nebraska. a bill to enable e
breaks to held a Convention to Dime a Constitu on
Preliminary td its admission into the Union, .
A large nwpber of other billl and jesolutiens weritn
thit!."B'aliTeiltre.rigielerlntryTteinia, pressoted t 'the
memorial et S. G. Daly oontesting the goat of Mr. Elul
rook, delegate Prose Nebriteke Territory,
The House then went into Comm ttee df the Woliii
oe the state of, the Union on the Prealdent's ant nal
message.
Mr. ANDERSON, of Missouri. in a noted, takin
strong Southern grounds, condemned the PrlaelPie A
the Ptevutd i ocue and said that, unless a revolutie in
public sentiment should take plane in the North wit in
the next twelve months. which he did hot ant ci
ente, a man from that section would not be r
i
mined to travel in the South union he ,cuuld bine
evidence of conservative feeling and titendhn es
Thal:tooth would never submit to thowsloteemen of
that party'e principles, which, if reduced to emetic*,
would dietin All the use and ligementa latch bind pie
Union to et her.
Mr. PENTON, of New York. replied to whatt: In
a idored unhurt end unfounded Its open the it b
henna. Ho maintained that the yields ofew , Nottir on
th o subject of slavery are the same now es in the e r
her and hatter days of the Republic. It as tn. con e
queuing of soureeru /ingressions On freedom that t at
party sprung Into oxistenee and soon ;wept ill WA to
power in fi fteen Metes of the Union: . wed rut t ut n ie
).
pintleman from Miisouri, whq tied Juin diddroued the
°use, feel a arme when he heard the ism of I
lone of freemen, It e &Mighty army, edvermins totoe
possession of the Government and administer it on .Re
publican prineiPlea.
The committee rose, and the House adjourned. .
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' The Poet Office Appttlprittiton Mil l ..
Waettikkoili Feb. YO.-The Foeb Offloe esprOprhO
bon bill passed yeete nifty, and, signed by tee yrealeent,
legalises the Payment of 91.751,000 tor the compenaa•
tiort of pastmaetere, clerks, and inoidental eXpehaes,
ending with December Isla, leaving the remainder or
four miljrons, attproprieted for thefts pox s,syloeet
to the immedutworder of the Postma ter (federal.
Seurat dayeaowever, wit! elapse beret the neeeesa
,ce
Ty rorMs'oan' be ' prepare lot tranefeer fig' fee Isrgo
amount appropriated out o the Treasury r th e use' or
the dspartinant. ,The oertjficates of lode leditess will
be paid in the order in which they were fi 011110 ne.
pertinent, end the otheedebts in the order inwhio they
accrued. „Tim amount of waren to be I. II on the de
ferred payinente to eobtractofe trill ben Lit 9100.000,
-•
,'. Arrival et the Steamer United!
• kingdom. •
, Platy Yr, g.Feb,lo.-rThe steamer I tilted Xin.ilifon ,
has arrive frOM Ohisecnr, - with dares to the Set h lilt.
Her advt. :s have been anticipated. he reports psi
conatsti much toe on and near the alike.
a
The •w York - .American Conventicin.
Futon mrox, Feb. 10,-The Arne Inn " Balance of
Power" .convention. Which ,net I reyesterday, ap
,,,,,lnted , on. :Washington Hunt n d Q. D. Fteepine as
delegate M large, and one' del gate from each Gm.
greet on I &stria to the Wash' ton Convention.
Death f Nteptte. Whitney, of New
°rice •
• Now yotta,, New Po. l o, - Steehen Whitney, the • Wialih-
Irt. elbaert oNewVont, except .lar.Pstor.diedio
" • ' t rhoPo pul ation ot M ens. , I: ;
Sr; Ltivie, Pbi" ie.-The' °MOW 'returns of Ihe Si
femora appointed (4 himettain the population or Kenya.",
MVO tetueneatle. Inhabitant..
. „
- NOW York LogiMature. "
AiWilt; Feb. Senate has ordered to third
reading a bill insicanng tone oa rallroade. It applies to
h o Central and Me rondo.
• :3 , - NtIYtVANI •-••••• : c E.
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nom lien ani . v c
ogiEtut T IftentrlL
eaMtre IVO legitidett th agg , a4yltegy
mr.♦
to linFt .101 Wer . 4 ' facC ( rAilir 1, A bill
to regu ate bank§ Op to Auer% Write-holders; a supele
meltAoo. the Ott lit m ier c p i o . r . titing the Bast Brandrwr
county;ti? regulate I le
charter P in i S e a n r v d e o r weighCompanyt
Railwayß e e r t gelnonvn
Company ; a M antua, a t i
t 1,
the a
Tit the 16th of April. B24l,,,regobding n th macted..
Tate a pompon, ti Imbues the breed of et kth Wpilth
Whitehall, Lehigh eountf.
etaet,.rilt Algltn ided tnclahnii, bill tn . '
inenrporate the leans; yenta Bowing Machine rund
MiLihift Company.;t
i t i o ntgrre t ß i aiiMe 9 d M eit t i!
Ps tg TISOVP Wit i ri , eiiirplerrtent„te.Ma ' Ut4itifintizirie
the Laying out of a certain Plate road In Lower Merlon,
Monmomery county.
Mr. Laotians supplement to the net relative to the
manstnent of daytimes on the North Branch and Wye
it ' llV l .. ' inoved to instrttot the Vinance
inv i ti ng
to reaort Tderider next on fhe reeelittient inviting
`he Virginia Legneletuee to Visit the Lamineture of
'ettnerlyanna, The resolution woe
it with
rawn. dell bring informed that it was the in
tention oi the committee to report at an early day. and
that the report bad been delayed be the sicknese of the
chairman and the absence of another member of the
oominittee. o ' •
The euPPlemq to the dot relative tolegation on rio%-
arenting wits tenon ijo in order, and discussed at, some
le i ngth, by losers. Miller. Marsefirt.
, Meagre. Paliner,,MoClure * Thill,
L P l P nifiliposetfone and wile then conteoned fol the pre:
sont—yeaa my, nays le.
The soentement to the act of June lath, tole, relative
to exectitions wits briefly debated and negatived-Lyeas
6, nalsl6.
The bill relative to aotions of replevin in mem of die
trout for rent waif cOnsidered and passed 'lastly, an wee
also the bill relauve td writs or error, And appeals and
certioraris tp the &termite cowl,
The bi ll relimiye to the relnoval of the seat of govern
ment te Philadelphia was taken up ankpostponail.
Mr. l'Atatita offered a r solution, which wee adopted,
B,4uer,tmg the Auditor Genera( to communicate to th e
ennie certain inforniation relative US the taxation of
corpOrationx.
The Senate then adjourned until Monday afternoon
next.
• • ltoust.. • '
awe,. peti tion and an unusually loge number
wore prase tertopoit almost every variety of
,aubJeetn,
knehlding ve,ai fo •an incremed appropriation to the
Training School for Feeble-minded tituldten, at Media.,
Dellis are county.
Mr. finappann. one Cycle Philadelphia ,for *law
prevent the irtunigration of free negroes into Panay
l
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v Mr 6. Bygone, ftlurArnirt °Whne and merchants of
Phdrullie. fat a repeal of the law Imposing a hex on
ornigran
qier. AB OTT, one for a l aw to empower a company to
ennetrnot a turnpike on t heod Germantown Township
Line Road, in Philadelphia.
Mr. WILMS. one fora law to prevent the interwar
rias.6 of whiter Julia Mask'.
mr. Beatty Offered a reeolution making the bill to
Incorporate the Broad-street Pigment er Railway Corn
pony th e Speeds' Order ler Monday next.
Mr ilarregyi inoved,to. pnetpang the resolotien ht.
defieltelY.ortiloh*ae nbt Agreed to—yeas 30, Ref 60.
.The intuition theLlsting on the , pas.efite or trio rasa
kirt7o si l v # , " :: a t gitt i * . it at I% ti t qta.
Mr. DUNLAP moristsited
Mr. SHEreafill moved to ad and by strking Mit "Mon.
du_ next," and melting " this dot two weeks," which
*MY not agreed to—yeas 36. net set
Mr. 8117.rsAnll then moved to strike out !! Monde,"
and inner Thermally." which was agreed to .
The question then beim on the reeohltien as amended,
it wasnegatived—yean 63, nips 31—n two-third vote
beteg necoesety.
Mr Gamut offered it resolution fur an ndjournment of
the Heusi until Vaturday ' ! . o give members . , the oppor
tunity' to visit the.fitate:Surinni rcloKi at Milleribtirg,
Loo caster munty.
Mr. ELpsaarn moved mink° out " Saturday" and
insert." Moneta* hiternoon ;" which was not agreed to
-310161.U• nays Be.
Another motien ens made 'to make the adieu rnment
till Monday morning at 100 clock, but it was not agreed
to—yeas 23, snip 60.
Mr. DAVIS moved terdrike ‘ , 14. Saturday . and insert
( " t hree o'clock thin afternoon," widee wait not agreed
iie question recurring on the original resohltion, it
was lost—yeas 03, nays /l.
Mr. tht itepaa C. moved that when the Bourg li t iljen rem
it will adjourn to meet on Monday at o'clock. P. M.,
eol j etl We, neteed,lo--yeek 33, nays 33.
to vote *had on the bill relative to rates, taxes. and
let es payable to the city of Allegheny. Iran on motion
reconsidered, and the lull being ass n before the llonee,
the amendments of the Bouts to the bill were non-con
curred in.
The Committee on Railroads reported an act to poor
aortae the Millersburg, Oratatown. and Reach thin
Railroad COM.sailt
ho Judo:oar, Committee (local) reported adversely
up-ti the bill relative to partners: also, with amend
mend:Hants.a bill relative to mottos es ; supplement
to the several acts providing for the incorporation or
manufacturing and improvement companies as com
mitted,. a supplement to the act relative to the egemp-
Iron 8 , 00 to the widows and elifidren of ffi decedents,
armatively ; the bill relating to the fees of registers of
wills and minders of deeds, affi , msti rely ; and an act
relative Id the police of the city of Philadelphia, with
athendments.,
The Committee °MBank]; reported,with amendments,
the incorporate the Dime Ravings institution,
of Lewisburg' alto an all resoluta itr the
goth mention of the act of the Iptti of April. . entitled
an act regulating Pantie. re,ers tote Lev Mtn Mutt
tutioner alloy eili . f.ommitted, an act to incorporate the
Winn 'Ravings - n Harrisburg t also. at coremittad, a
supplement to the act Incorporaiing the Savings Fund
gomety of Germantown and Vicinity.
The Committee on Roads, Britton, and Canals repeal
od U committed the bill to vacate a put of Wallace
street, in the city of Philadelphia • also, the bill to va
cete otmtain streete in the square ' bounded be tipruon,
Fine, Twentieth, and Twenty.first streets; also, a bill
to vacate a part of old Harrison street.
The Committee on Railroad. reported, with mend
manta. an sot to ineorpotate the Pittsburg and Mans
field Pa/senor anti Freight Railway Company; also,
en act BUPPlelnelliAry, to the act incorporating_ the
Pittsburg Allegilelly, end Manchester Passenger Rail
way Compeer.
The amendments of the Senate to, the bill incorpo
rating the La f.i) ette Market CominstirlisL Philadelphia,
were real and poetpoped.
The ernendmente of the Senate to the bill Moor pork , .
ttns the Amerman &earn Plow itepufsetuting uoin.
pithy, were non-ormourod in, and a con:Mine° of ton
ferenile :OWN.
Theflo p se then adjourned till Monday.
From Washington.
WASIIIKOTON, Feb.l6.—Tbe Committee on Emejoyne
to-day took up the contestel•eleetion case of the This]
l
Congressional dietriot of New York, represented by
Hon. Daniel E. 'tackles, Mr. williemson, the contest
ant, made a statement, to which Mr. Bioklee replied.
nettles lor turther time to put in hie points. He takes
the ground that, to ca:neguenee of the Indere of Mr.
Williameon tellers° him with a notice, the contestant
IN out of court, and cannot be heard on the Ward:: h:a
OW.
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Mr. Williamson rolled that.. owing to the failure of
the state i on
to make such re decloratron
contemplated by the act of Congress, there WM no su
ttee ntenther to 'notify, and that, br virtue of the no- -
;ion of that body, there was no way left for him to coma
pel the attendanoe of witnesses under the ace of Von
grass. - •
The Ohio was p ostponed till Tuesday next. The Im
l:daemon, prevelis that the committee AM ask fot the
eppoint matt of a cOnt mission to telte testimony, ad that
the. case will be &ended on its merits.
Two libudred and hey six bilis wee tesolutfoirsaert
for the purpose of reference were introdneed t othe
owipo.
td.), inrger_pumber thaq ever before intro
}keen Ina multi day. There were toyty• six yesterday,
under the call o the seveml State,. tinprevious
Pnrtunity had teen preserved for the members to
empty their political bud.octs.
hareems We ties, formerly one or the editors of the
ifeeaht at Freedom, and an old friend of John Brown,
arrived here to-lay, and will, 4uring the week, give
tire testimony before the Harper 's Perry lave/Rig ones
Committee.
A committee, consisting or MOMS. Hanintond.
Hunter, and Hamlin, on the part of tho Bence, and
Ateliers. Heat, Vain. Garnett. Adrarn, and Webtiter ,
on the part of the NOM, has been enpointed by the
r t e , :p2gliv i e n. brarhes cif Cr k r im, to
auoctriaq statue of
f q .tant.
Th. lienate. eXISCLItIVO cordon to.day, ratified the
treaty between the United eitatee and Paraguay. Itoll
goofirmed the rumination of General Whitney as col
lector for the port of Boston..
Virginia Democratic Convention;
RICHStOIso, Peb.l6.—The Demivratio (hate Conken•
lion met this morning. and was temporarily organized
by the doles of Mr. Payne, of Pennon:it, an chairman.
which is ooneidered aa a triumph by the friends of
tiovernor Wise.
Minh confusion arose during the subsequent pro
ceedings. in regard to the manner 01 appointing the
committee on ordalf,nbrils, leading to a stormy debate.
At lenth it was deemed that the secretary should call
the roil .by eoPiltios, end the members reportinit their
retinas Itheuld ne permitted to take their emits. 't he rail
of the roil wax then prooseded with amid moat eon-
Ninon.
The death of Ranh Floyd wen announced, and the
Convention thentutoarned till 4 o'clock tide afternoon.
aviiirroon easetits.
The Convention met again thin afternoon. The hall
was densely crowed.
Resolutions of respect for the memory of B. R. Floyd
we rq adopted, and an eloquent sitiktgy • on Me death of
the deceased was pronounced.
A des prdelt Wait read front the delegates to the Hart
ford t Conn.) Convention, is follows I
Resolved, That the Deinoeracy of Connecticet send
to Virginip. their fraternsj regards, congratulating iho
Old Dominion on the effectual manner in which she
suppressed the etvliiion inramon of her soil, notated
to disturb her rights, and shed .he blood of her citizens.
Thus despatch was ?toe, ved wi , ll great applause, I bet
action on etWas postponed fpr the present.
The calling of the list of counties was resummlAut
soon interrupted ey the intro motion of a resolution
that the Democratic membere of the Goners! Assembly
whose counties are not represented I. ;united to take
In the Convention.
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The resolution was oposed, mid a- sesta ofgrant
onfusion eon d. There V. Cr. loud crier. for order V.
• down l" Mo., eto.
',the Committee onQrsedtiantion reverted , eneral
°bare A. Banks.ol fiendisen eounty, (or eresident of
he body, end the laud number of wee yteeidents end
0010t1111011.
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The resolution to paring others than those delegated
es members to take seals in the Convention was dig.
puttied during most of the session. The excitement
as intense and the noise deafening.
The feeling between Vie Hunter and Wise men nearly
eultninated In a personal collision, hut the resolution
Will at length tabled. and the ConvenliMl adjourned till
to-night, when the d burin electors will be appointed.
The proceedings thus far show that the Hunter etoelt
jigs advanced, though possibly all differences may be
healed Cries and hisses wore on one occasion Men
Alternately for Wise and limiter. but they Were soon
tiu toted. About eight hundred delegates are present.
EVXIIIIIO satin Y.
No business of Importance has so far been trugneted
this evening. Lime eenfeienn nes occurred. but gene
r'l good humor prevails. The Convention in now ta
lons a vote by counties on the motion to admit at dele
gates all Democrats pow here from counties not other
wise represented. which the friendeol tieveenor Wise
favor, but those of donator Hunter oppose. It will pro.
I psably be I o OlnQk A. hi, before the vote is decided, and
tie at present Impossible to say how it will terminate.
*e friends of the two parties oonsider it as , it test
Atkin with regard to their relative strength in the
04C1011.
The Cordwainent of Mansachusetee.
efteraeAtioxs TOR A STRIEZ—PAILURIS OP A
Oslo W. B :e 6 h ig , 1 , 3 1 !— A N TT: A :U r :O R LI e O rs r In t.T an , Natick,
Il verhill, Marblehead, and other town', have been
1
w es. ~
h° Th i n bs Mo7BM et e il t: l t g is P r r il e i l d nn t:t n e a m il lo t s o ce a t ‘ tl Ui l k ts 6 o ro p r er kl at g io h n e s r
all.tho prin ipal shoe and boot manu facturing towna
thewhout the State of higisnchugelta.
Ma terse and enthusiastic, toasting of the workmen,
held, at Lynn last nightit was resolved that the strike
should commenee on ttia 22,1 of February . and a °OM-
Olinoti of live war appointed to notify te manatee=
torero to that etleot. A committee rj Monti ftVe wits
also chosen to collect mow to help 111 (+amine the
*trite through. mid Provision was made for another
committee of one hundred mem. berg, to see that the ar
rangement. for the striko are (city carried Oct.
Mose fltothi, a shoe manufacturer of Lynn, has
fal e. 4, with liabilities ainounting to $l4OOO.
Rhode Island Politics.
NOVVITIONI Op THE DEMOCRATIC AND CONSEIL VA•
TIVE PARTIES.
Penman's, R. 1., Feb. 16.—The Democratic State
Convention mot here to-dny, rind nominated William
ttpregue . for l 4 mrn i or ; B J. B Runeeltllullo t ort for Lteuten
u,r,imo%,AlOnor,na General.
IlYslot e ntte t i,frrid If Fdward Newton, John N. Francis, Fenner Drown:
Charlie 8. Bradley. nod Welcome B. Saylee were elected
delegates to the ellitrieston convention.
A State Convention wee also held here to-day of the
goosetvatives. opposed to the Republican nominatione.
It woe not largely attended, eleven towns out of thirty
two nut Demo represented.
Wm. Sprague wen nominated for Dover not ; J Russell
Bulloch, (or Lieutenant Governor and Walter C. Bur -
gee. for Attorney General. hese ate the came need
natio,. gas were made tq- the Demoorata Tire eolith-,
dates for Secretary of State. Attorney General, and
Transom, are the nein° as (Ito. made by ,the Repub
licans.
from' NtIFIPBU, N. P.
tillAnLteToN P, 0., I+0h.18 ; Au errlyal at this port
furnishes the :sewn Oftardian of the Bth inst. The
Legislature had formally opened with impriang cere
monies.. Meneral and Mrs. fierce, antl.od,er
ameri
cmie, Were present.
Alleged Abdnetiod of Free Negroes.
Atm vi4lA, on.. PO, 16.—Andtow Rogers, Wing from
Helens, Ark" him Leon nrreetetl Chittgeit With libdilot•
int, ins. negrossi mut eni li nK thorn into Om org. He
was conveyed to Macron for um). m Ohnrte of n police
Wren.
Judge Douglas and Mayor Wood.
MraentrurroN, Feb. 16.—Judge Douglas in rsiptinte to
note front Ron. Fernando Wood, denims the truth of
the newspaper etatament. that he . latter, when the tor
nler was In New WO, pledged hie entire delegation to
the Bonet*, from II!thole In the Charleston Conventtom
The u - oiniiiiiim Democratic+ conveution.
egiliPurtql:to Fob, 10.-. The Cbszlitston Roostsl des.
patch moo rtsYr Orleans says the delesstes to the
poineerstLoßtste Cahventiop from that city ere largely
in fever ok the p r e ! e a t, 4dininlbt r.tion.
The Altnadenolaniektilver Case:
NEW Ottouxe, fel). 16,—The Almfiden
case has been decided in favor of the United Stater.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVEN it.
liellelneis ACADEMY or Mc sic, Poem.*
1 ! The Ttonbrtnilr,"
&etre Tit/4T, Iffalnut etreet, ostirMr.tgit
0t . 21 1 1 14 :IS frir A r ti e lin B sV w 'refirSl, tr,;
rcrurial-10, talkt Tntslilk oorner
tratte- `:rima Strenger"—" The . Dramatist.'
WititeTLlST k ULAISE'II, TtliATl44
Aroh street. above Sixth.— ' Octoroon."
CONCEIT HALL Chestnut street, shove Twelfth.—
prarton's Parlor drams and P Lim
- IdoDoormen's eatitylas, R6OO littlrt, below Third.—
finterraininitilla tU$lll,l7 " j.• • ..4h • •
V.11;14 th? Bell 1111:griabOltOiiiatffit:
uosa Wl6lllll or A.
Obeatnut, tittpp.t.a.--Hignot glitz. • '
Atning.szir eir Five ARTS. 1023 Ckestriut 'greet,—
Ohurotee Painting, "The Heart or the Andes."
THE VENTRAL HIGH ISGECOOt
tORTY.TMAD colivitz*cetkhi
Splendid Some at the Academy of Music,
• ,
Address by Frank Crosby, Esq
ADDRESSED DV TIE 4 ' 161561'6 AND OMERB
A very expellent and well-informed friend whispered
in our ear yesterday morning, as we took a positiort oil
the stage of the Academy of MOM, that HIM *di bit
event of a local character Id tidy Part of the United
States that Atlllictird so much attention as the eenu
ndnual commencement of the Central High School.
Such n crowd as Jammed the Academy of Masts; such a
scene as presented itself yesterday morning—is scene of
beauty, fashion, enthusiasm and intelligence—only oo
ours once in a very long period, and only oh an
occasion such tie, we ate degulinfle.. „We Mee
very hafilY esfithate that the wattle of the
Academy of Mushy yesterday there were no teas than
three thousand speotetore. The parquet and parquet
circles, the avenue' leading into these parts of the
house, and the private boxes. were so tbronged,with
people that there was certainly not a foot of needing
room unoccupied In the upper circler every seat had
its occupant, and events) their:gm:mat seats,etrifie them
seemed tot, nia, not etreh a Possibility of hearing,. and
(Witheilt 101°1;3ra-elan) a very taint protest, lily of see
ing the Stage, numbers of tardy guests had assembled
themselves, and reinalned In their uncomfortable posi
tion until the close of the proneedinge. On the stagethere
was *Mother assemblage. A very naingual occurrence
at these gatherings, there were no sooommotiatione for
the repreaen Mayes of the preu, and only after ro
usted importunittea did the reporters grimed la bor.
rowing as mall table. la feet, we Might well PLY
here, as elsewhere, that the whole arrentemente of
this commencement, as far as the press is oonderned,
have not ,xlllPited that aebotamodating and obliging
durepaithin that has ellen* bull ntatilfcated hitherto.
lthe biermanie. Orchestra, under the teed of Cart
Bentz, ware prate, And dlvenk.fled the tthieeedinge
with savp mime ea ofpxcellent mukto.
estre Ways ti the ove to " Fra fl avolo.
After whibhi Rey. Charles ttmth, D. Oared
Very fervent and beautiful prayer.
The " Rims no National hymn" was performed. at.
lef whielt Frank Crosby, Esti.. deity-erred an .introdue
tory address The main mum glabeed Maras that the
central 106 of our Republic mu, t be baud on the co
here! au - Cation of the people. The speaker oritiomed
In .tt most caustic manner the system of training rite
youth of this country, and augured tue narrow tattoo
toms placed on the mind of the youth. Those who boast
a dorm enn.generellr loolt
m beets WY to a ool tm
ieJkon of
dates—douldiese very agrees le to Abe—a aree of
et anent% Mild tout and easy to forget. The system o
out Government is wholly neglected or only treated an
enforued Ito a dry catechism.
Mr. Crosby paid en eloquent tribute to the identical
authora, but could not forget that their eloquence Walt
most glorious wheri it flowed from the heart of patriot
ism • to the exact detnonstratione of mathematics. taut
could hot torso that the problem here is bow to secure
the greatest good 'o the greatest number. Amid all the
absurd conflicting mina of tho day—drifvwcod throw.
into the current of our social and political lifig—it was
t Mat the education elmudil er able every
outh to discharge hie dutlehas a Ithaluielphith, a Penn
eilvatilah. an Ainericen. a Aloe.
The prelleatra played the overture to "Siege of Ora
nada; niter witch Rummy • M. Bud delivered the
Salutatory Address . Ha welcomed the nuttnifleket
nudience before him with a hearty welcome to their
commencement-fattest. they were , shoot to quit the
eghool-roont end sever the amoolations mere formed.
Tile Scene the) were pahatns throthh to thy would be
rememberbd as a bright oasis la the desert or hie. .1 he
times he thought were potent with evil, and it nehooyed
conservative men to stand by the country and its duo
flies. The spenkereompayed the present ate with the
age of the Revolution. He would not dwell upas tne
scenes of the latter event—they were as familiar to
mankind as household words—but he Would elation the
people of this nation to arise from their sleep of fanati
cism, and re-short the pri maples then first vandica , ed.
Our conatitutional in stem was a work of time, and we
mut not suppose to find it perfect. Free government
In Albano% v. as a problem-OMS its extlutton isvref tof
time, was tieing worked ut. Be concluded by sketch
ing the country and ate future, anu prethaties for it. in
the path of programa 'donee/ future. cesenee,,pro
gross, enterprise , nod an untrammelled press, would
contribute to this result, and to them he would leave.
the future of America. The address was very well de
livered, although occasionally marred by a little
awkwardneu in gelation anon.
The overture to " Zantitta" having been performed.
John p.Onpr wma introduced eqd delivered en address
op "Intellectul lhdetietidence." The multiplicetion
of discovery aqd the universal dissemination of menu
formed the Om is of true IntelleotUal independence.' the
seeds of knowtedge were being 'sown in every land ,
and time would oveutually produce the fruit. In vain
rules ere made to govern the pond-their sway must
naturally and necessarily be limited: Mind must be
independent ; no tyranny ban control it. The happy
resus of helium wiedom were to be found the main rea
son of the glorious Impetus now being given to the pro
emu of the world. Tire voice of the speaker, was
very weak, but nevertheless the effort was loudly sp
pleaded.
Snyder B. Ilimee deli yered the next addrews. on "John
Adams." to the struggle for Indeptoldeute.,/oha Adam
stood unrivalled and undaunted lie was a biSil of *tern
integrity, and an linteleuting jumper, These qualities
tiliteed him Pre-elhinent above his fellows. In every
crisis of the Revolution John Mama woe found equal
to each entersellev4 Her ranee the colonial resolutions
en the Ist Ma .1116 t he was the men to mooed the re
eolutions of litshard Henry Lee which Sects fed the
Attionenn coloqies to be free an d Independent States.
To be sure, diving hie (residency , Mr, Viamedld Maar
thin's of a ondsurabib hharearer. but yet noon* could
say but that be was actuated by the most laudable and
patti&it) Motive. The death of Adams was beautifully
described, aqd a glowing eulogy psi/tedium; has ohmme
ter._
kfusic--" The gI i oui Falba" , , ,
by 1 111 9 r i i i ir "Parr I h nl,"v.v.ltieTtrir rtriri
forth the selehee6 L of the n world,. And of o none of
these wee this more tree , than of arehiteeture.
The 'masker particularised the various beauties of
arehiteetfra. Trams arehiteetUre to Nome and there
'We woul find Its humanizing m rice
ilee. The. Atchi
teeture o Greece and Home wee very different Irdm the
tiotsio style of a. later Age.' While one Wis chaste.
eybdued, anet beautiful: the other Wee ru de and let
t spying ht p t tr , tair i i , ng of the gloom or their forest horn
dar fts k ages, and i t
hr itilretn.:4r n e g ri s t Their
architecture.
WWI. HUH delivered the nett addressOn the "Pro
pose or National Greatneas.': ills &stay wee of a
tresoreptive oharectef. Arnertelli and her great ad
kvantage were vividly. PoitraYee• .- in h aler: 2 1 .tf and
V:Ale:r i te ' e a ti p spirit Cfrerr c olreTat we a wlti o i n t . .
'the past and the future of America were analysed,
after which Me speaker ormoluded:
nuc—Overture from "rdarths.."
"The rpirlt of Reform. ' by Charles H. Biles.:vaa
the next address. The true spirit of reform was the
Mamie of civilization. Wherever, ,man wits found his
whole nature wee' continually calling on him tit, be up
arid doing. Reform was throwing off liar swaddling
clothes, end mi_ming (bah tit the cancels of manhood.
A few undaunted and ',nitwit° men had done much for
the cause of true reform. They ivid learned true oz
retiehee,and were ;waking to teach it.
" The :Nobility of Grief," by G. Alfred Townsend,
was the next sedress, and was delivered a solemn
and forcible tone. Fatly was the plaything or ehAdhoed,
end laughter the emblem of vacancy. Grief atvas dig
nity end heroism to chamoter. There was no immortal
deed on the mtges of hi.tory that had beeo done in
sport s ; the thoughts of ages came forth 'n labor. tie
nitie is never afflicted with laughter while inspiration
comes fromn broken heart. Energy. resolution, end
success were only written in tears. (to sounds of folly
gree nestleero's death. We Intla theme whom an d fty,
and for protection et the feet of the stern lin
t 'aiding. Genius often rove t s itself in poverty. The
sweetest eons* are those sung in the most melancholy
measuma. .
. .
Lucrezio Boriria."
' Duelling." by John J. Weaver, wee the most ad
dress. The custom womano recent origin. Anson's_ the
Ramses, Carthosenians. of the ancients, the harp
French, the steady (Jerome. the courtly drenterd, and
even the rigid Puritan of lnained had adopted it. In
olden tin es the duel was motel, so exhibition of per
sogal street th. The praser , :brm of the hostile mewing
arose from the challenge o Francis Ito Charles V. On
One dime; foundation had en ereetsd the great super
structure ofduelbris. The evils of duelltn a were atrontly
portrayed, Americo hod enure to regret the adoption
of the code of honor, end alwars would do so, as lop(
no Hamilton wee immortal and Decatur lives in the
memories of tue countrymen. He continued by onntend
ins that the duellist wee a mordoier, and should be so
trentrd.
Beauty and its Ftrects," by James A Parker, was
the next address. To .be contamp'ative mind Oil wee
Beauty is seen in I fe and found In devil:
Though not always seen by the eta, nor heal by,the
ear, we know that it mats. It spend s rnile itscinn-
Zha e g r al e oe.puTsl e u:s i t e g i li n e e a e r ' ea ' n l d e ollaire:3 the IX:-
lent spirit. The speaker concluded by a Very elomaent'
tribute to the memory of J. an of Are as a type of true
beauty s and mired a nid much minimise.
•• Destiny of Republica," by Clement A. White. erne
the next odd rem h e:oak American', the One of Ile
publics. and pweeded to iltusirate his subject by quo
tins from her history. Judving b , the poet we had much
to ezpe.t of America to the Apure. addresa liras
well spoken, and was loudly applaude.
Ilfertc—Overture, William loll. "
Heo , ke A. Wiltdetivered the hunura7 Illddrumun
coming fnzarard he was received with loud and long
continued applause. His theme was
"Astsixc•S: Mutts Mu."
The importance' to a people of a semiltie national
literature eagnot be too isstimeted.
The child Is ether to the man "
On the Influences pre ding over an directing the
oh Idhond, depends that manly maturity of cherecter and.
trtiou by which the Molt, of the individual, Is te, be
Attired, Among the intinonees determining a nithen'e
growth and.eXpansion is literature; for we must replant
that It to Oct only apause, bat sometimes an efflot
ant merely a creation, Out alternately a creator of
timid mind. , in its latter calling, literature perform
the Inexpreesibly important service of representing,
end thus Minding down tti posterity , tod wonny
deeds of a nation 's founders; and these, in tans,
become ineentives to irmewed exertion and foun
tains of Inspiration to the .weak in o irit. The re
membrane., of the sufferings, blood and death, of oar
rerelntionary heroes. will serve for renturica to came
;Pi a vital fume, laboring in tee formation of the dmitine
of each and every ,emerman youth, and as Inn; as
that memory shall survive so loon wit it an es
an animatieg principle lathe warrior In the eath g se
le
pof conflict. and the legislator in the coined c hi m, be of Ide &marry.
Muted mbertant question to be decided le, where
does the literature of a cation basin f 4elowe Analog,
may lie mood between twenty and Its ,Members.
For
a time, to both ustinot is the great motive r,
an impu lsive action the cum of life; but with ad
venoms ass comes an era of relf-examinstion i there
arrives a time when both commence to look bath upon
the pant oiround upon the present. and forward 10 the
future. This, t think, in the date at which the literature
of a nation begins.
Applying these considerntione to America. I would
ask, bereave es yet a distinctive national literature t
tropetnoiie as it may seem, truth complete us to ac
knowledge we have not, and our pride of couetry wouIR
pat well forth no spontaneously did we suppose that we
have already attained the senith of oar literary fame•
hut. that we have no distinetive literature remits
from the feet that we are not yet, exactly speaking. a
notion. 'WO do not estimate the ability of the tad'.
vidual from his boyish efforts; we allots him to
attain his' growth, to reach the limit of 011011 -
.100 ,of him sutelleatual power.. and then we ridaly
take his proiltuiticns h e rh. degree of his oripacity The
Adam Clerk, whose abilities were the 'worn of, hie
sehool fellowe and the lamentation of hie friends, 11111
110 , the expounder up to whom the people nickel an
reverence, nor did he stand upon that pinnacle of fame
whi,b he so deservingly oNnaplea. riednet did the
youthful Weba as edu cati on , truseled,pnulty throagli the
elements of au betiold in b i nown—
"one of the few, the immortal names,
That were not born to die.'
Our country. like the youth. has not yet developed into
the Man t that !nominee° sptendidti to the future. It has
not finished its education, and heroine a time-honored
Institution in the world. " Hitherto we bare not bean
writing oily ignent work . e hare been acting a great
er." Thus far we have' bean doing pioneer-work. hew
ing down forests and upturning the viraln sod. perform
ing the thousand tasks neoeseitry to seattre the primary
esamilals of our mental. ph" pica), end moral existence.
The l'oritnnn labored at the foundations of oatmeal
life ; at them our Immediate ancestors toiled. and at
them we must work long years .to come; fur, think of
what a peoule we are the beginning, and think of what
&process must be some on. by which the Myer.* tacos
of many qlititts are Paint blended into ono and linked
tomitior by all fittaplitilOnt to IMO institutions, The
or creaming end tionsi3vering olutraotet of the Eng tsh
can lio attributed to nothing Lot tho variety of eenalitil
ell te entering intone composition. flow superior. t hen.
will he our national character, when completely unfold
ed and firmly established I got people are, to a great
degree, romp Ned of inoolterent !names, bound together
by a few political ties, hot hays no common soma! re
lations. Can we i llieri , be sai d to constitute a nation
until those masses become tnonrporated and entirely
male mated ? And can we be loud to have edistinotre
national literature until We become, Itl the tithe mean
inn. a nation? Itleritorlotta effortil.Wei without doubt.
possum. hut they enuttitute'but
t he embryo or that ine
relate Which we an fondly Antic pate will molt around
the Ainnrlean name a new
and
of r.lorY•
But the Incemploteness arid paucity of nor literature
does not ariee solely from the preocoupation of the tune
of the publie In other' pursuits. Hare Are then far tn
°enraged par authors to properly represent the ha ta,
scenery, circumstances, and inhabitants peculiar to o r-
Woest hlottilying end !laminating as it in, Me ac
knowledgment must be made, thnt m ist that le trainable
of our 'intellectual aliment remiss from a fel elan source.
in hie we may diScOrti Ibt principal reason WhY our o
rators has net rul vended a a Corresponding degree with
the science. end arts. ut Mete is immethlng which
would tinlcken this slowness to heitilluni speed, end
awake In littititry men that intense eortietitnesstohnrito
lengthy hi more ordetioal eilileitS. Let but an sterna-
Mast pops tight law he enacted. and we shroud hare 'no
lock or °Mosta American works, no dearth of American
authors, "within whose eremite would heat the world's
rent heart:" .
I g Inc short IWO centuries of our past literature wit MaY
bpd rep)* Of a.liiriat noble and inAping% hieC theibss
that .norymetry nor romeinednot history 'will Wit nal r
et die." Wa marmot estimate tho importance of per-
1 •. • . ' ' 390 . of Posterity, the ..tde
-
'0 . ,., :, •,• email founder'. and ,egyr
vilm -', :-'' ' ,l' '' : ."'"..- 'ed altd incarnated m ble
'
a ore e , I . gr. ~ . • were thole, of the en lent
I "''an, JI .: 'ea . , nhot but discern far i the
d • iti, in ~ ,- ~ a 1 r. tuff, a Oolong literature,
1, fl, al4 t r rural '1"" authentic. utterante 'Ouch
a 'pie ail w. . dealt ' l l td become. i
h •
q.i7g =n or . IlVi , • , ~, •
, . fee .- o itis forte/Wk. eel- ..../ e t
algityld naMCOM.O3II yratog menarho had obtains • 0
tnetr scholarrnip and good conduct. the Ingliest rade
averages. '1 he Board of Control had determined to Plat
sent them with an appropriate testimorMal. the May or
Iyese•iting which Trek! be &rimmed by John S. DAM
lib. D . the late principal. The Profceor then read the
following 1
1. Albert L. 1 aide ..Divj!nou H ....
...,... ski Pa
1 . rteorre_l 4 ; Neolleyt.... • 21 .. : ....... - , ;IS
4 . Ytilist i ;4ll l ;4l: . - . 2
. ..Irl • i t 1: ::!, .1..... : 1 0i
F
a Josepl(L.Macrarland. ' 4 'LI .•
2 • 9
60
~ .,81.c. clad, on osentinpforwardi wee reevved wit i 16118
- •
~..,-.- .....nned applause Ad 4 ressing himself to
theiyotit ml .-1 4 4,i,....„ .. •" to the name q the
nontrnliers he wan , about to prZe;cl them emu -.!
beautiful volumes lying on the table. '1 be board Pro
soaptollt‘hem not only a; a token of their approligitioo as
aT: ,1, ... 111, ftinP,71:74011,741,11F,131,th. e l ' iit
he smell Wm ; ,1 0c osis e hostn at the hen 4700. dillthl
trOrrUglelfellraePhSgloUgled h Vg d 4 0T th rl
oiiiiptire oettr,lnarii id tub tipssi, thl a i lA z ,rb i
pall nt labo rim idied to' the vows, mark pnritell be
fore their names Repeatina "
Manecee Ms ohs for the
honor the' bed heen ciente/reit upon him. he urea? nted
a beautifully bound volume wench of the youth* before
him, end retired amid`teat applause
, Professor Menhirs t ennallopey theifollaising an
thole admilted to . the eireg of Sla t_orp Arts. being
itraitlitEl , lo( the font year)' team, ;Knot e.s than five
yea s ndins :
Louis 0 labors. Charles A. Heeded'. Charles P.M.11,
HAMS. John McClintock, Philip L. Summers, E. Dun
lAT I ...OOIEWOCKI, Abram B. Ramer. Meloolat 11, a.
Nide. Martinet A. Cornier/. Edger
,W. Earle. Ow en
Sheridan. •Total IL . ~•
~• .
.31/ nadir to the graduates,,Frotempor Magnin, in Pre
senting them with their diplomas, and conferring on
them the degree of Baehelor of Atte. said tnat,no itaiht,
the ceremornea of that eczema would form a most im
portant epoch in their byes. In the name of the fa'..
rutty of the Central fligh School he would tender them
hie sincere at
hie their imeceasful
ransom
lion
osmium
lion of the etudies of their term. They were abottt
to save their se hoot-room• for the acute scenes of bfe,
td meanie A "Sims 6f sdlchad resmonsibilities. Dif
ficulties _would Aurrouild thhm, but th ehduld not he
disheartened. Adebesi *as a trophy o n ly to be won by
honest'', industry. and, integrity. Ile concluded I
bidding thorn or, areationatr farewell. and Present' r
them. en behalf of the Boatel of Coat° Mrs. - with the
testimonials they had so label:jowly and commendably
won
The list of those admitted to4tlle s debase ofliiche'or
of Arts. having, completed /he, four-years' course, .with
their, rank and their grahuating aVeragee, is as fol•
. ~
No. 1. George , A. Wilt, termaverage. 91 71 ; 2. Bui
sings M. Stier. 89 68; 3. John It. Panahnwe, 8377; 4
Jobn Q. Giller.B3 C 05. Snyder 8, , in1iMe..87 67; 6. Alfred
QBullock Ferris'. 6510 1 7. Jona P. Atha, 83.10x8 . George A.
. 81. n; 9. James erteno. 10.
wolf, 81 24; 11, William Cnlb
graft. 93 65tang; ;
12. William M Edward .
Ball, 89 34; 12. Charles B. Biles. 79.0: 14. lt. Alfred
Townsend. 7898; 15. William A Allen. 78.1 e; 14. Frank
lin gamine 75.11; 17. John J.Nyefilvar. 747. 1. 18 Semen
A., erksr, 72.41 1 .19 Clement A. White. 717 5 ; 92. Wil
liam Bnellbaker. 70.38; It. James C Darin. 69.71; II
neat .w. toilet. QUO ; 21. Pfridelst Marion Strincaeld. .
66.47; 24 C. Harry Broth. 06.30; 25. James F. Monlson.
65.'0. Total, 16„. . .
The PrOfetwor pen endemic* the folloWiAg I , f.
A ATIA 1, covirspb. .
List of those race it ins CtritAcotigerist rampietal
P finial Cour,tes. Wire tAsi Amax., e ~,.,
TnitZt EV) A frame Yenta.- ward V. Murphy;
term IferAgll.l4.ll.
Tualtyi YEana.-Alognfider P. Brown, 18.6; George
B thimble, 71 5 ; Thomas If. B. Lewis, 74 3.
Two A. 1114 A HALF YEARI.-Jnme. T. Wolf, 7321
James II B. Wearer, 71.3 ; Oet2r,• W. hhielda l 73.1(
John P. Cbnitay: 721 ; George N. Mdwrev.69 a '
Two Yusge.-William B. Markley. 35 2 ; Dennis W,
°Teeny • 93.4; Theodore A. Wilson. 93 I; tinnaeue Pus
roLols. ' .l i4r i iiiits Pi . i7 c s " : 3 t l :; - 7?:% A IEgr7. W . 86 " ifl t iPe P irl
C. otolp. 16.6 t Abner C. Thomas'. fan ; Stank to L. Kell
ner. 81.1 ; William 11.
Cement.
William W.
Strong, 76.11 William P. Lees, 78.9 . ; Benny McDowell,
75 6; David A. bleCarr,-11. 74.31 Andrew J. Young, 72 9;
Eduard P,.__lletderhead, 72.7; Charles B. Miller, 13/.4;
Cornelius W. Brateland. 69.1. I Ma 1.29.
_
_
... ..--
. miefipit,taatigp. -
Litt Of WSJ DISTING1711 , 11Z1). With Mai, Titln Art
•
rater.
DIM raN A —.Snyder B thrnee, Term Ararat.).
Ivialnaa 7,lpref. Ite ; Jobb H. Ruff , tie
Dittraln!t .—Albert Leed..s99.l licorice it. rta
.lisys. II; pintas It Youn t : 97 e ; Him 1 F A .
_Baxter.
.e;• Edwin Sewall Ottawa. 911 6; Jeitle ff. lstainmar,
DIVIOION C.—Daniel P. Binitti.933; Charles C. ,Lia
er.
DiviDom D.— Instal' L. McFarland, 979; Byerly
en. tri.4.
bi4isi/..x E.—Juius Stern. eke; Jnseph Chiseler
e.orshy.9l4l; William Markles.96 3 ; Julius Bern
601112.3L0. Albert F. tf easts.dter. NO.
Div Isles Y.—Joseph. it. T. Ores. 93.1; Hanii Fran
cis. 97.6; Joseph Morgan. 9T__,.h• Joseph mason. MA;
Worse A. Rex,oll.l; Charles W. Rend, 96.0; David W.
Si 001.90 1.
Done lon 0.-Trynnlteakirr. 944 ; Samuel Q R o ney,
re, aata ne h t, as 0, •totat Illietiegeletied, 28.
Ni;' MERITORIUS.
List of gnu declared Mitilltnerout, with their Trent
• rtrard.
Division A.-William a: Alien. Teem Average. fela ;
Genrge A. Wilt, 92 4 ; John II Peristrawe, 92.3; Alfred
C. Perris. 91.9; George A. Bullock, SI 6• James Cul
bsrtann. fret ;...tolin O. Ciller. 819• Charles H. Ales,
89.9: James A. Parker, 33 2 ; Ed we'd Weer 86.2,- James
F. Morrison, 866; Franklin Swarms, Ea t; Wi ltam
Omit', 851. .
I)leletort B: John Edgar., 121.3 ; Jahn 1. logeni,92 9 ;
William T. Gummey, 92 7 ; Thomas C. mereeters,
923; Edward W. Hubei], 911 • John 8. Perkins, 911;
Georgia W, Brunner Oa 1..04 1, 14 C. illdritha fi , 0 1
Pita Lituderdiste, 884 ; Gaeta H. Hyena. eis 4 ; Richard
A. West, 81.4.; George Hosfeld. &I 2 ; Robert J. Palk,
fr.. 94.9; nobert Tannehill. 83.0; Richard. le Griffith,
66.0. • .
Medium C.-Jacob eulzherger. 92 4; Frank W.Wiee
low. 92 1; Hart E.' Bete, 88.3 i Ebben P. Pent/n.117 8;
J. Sellers Baneroft,ll7.6 ; tAtern ~..Abbett, 86.0; William
fif. Johesen, 86 3-
lerteleton le-James Megardtter, M. 9; Benjamin F.
Nephew" g 87.7; Tom C. Eakins. 860.
DiVisioN E.-Henry C Flubaoher. 03.4; 'Donnie W.
GreallY. 93 ,3 • Linnaeus Fussell. 92.9; George N. Wet
soli. tee e ; William H. Jarmo. WO; David P.lfferer,l.B;
woreed y.•Oook. 9t.4 r Ed*ard Perry trollied. - 13 ;
Volliam E. Conklin. 91 it r John etewerd, 80.0 • Jo h n U.
Deshong.M 3; Charism C. epee. 39._,1r Jai:yippehen
Custer.B9.ll; Ames W Bacon , MA; Thomas limes.
87.6 ; John 'trans Edward.. 87 6 ; Frederick B. Hubbell,
873• Harrison ?rips, 8171 Dims° Dodson. 637• bhp
Burton Mettle. 669: Thomas J. Mustin,ll6.6; C. Wil
liam :'tole. ma; Edwin Inram Me; Aerial Cherie*
Thomas,Bl.9; William i t. M. Gram, 830; Robert
U' Reilly , 85.0 .
Demme F.-Wilberferee Wells. 963; John Henn ,
Hoge n. 90 9 ; James Tayluy, 903 1 Wiliam 1.,. Airlock,
89 3 ; iretirt_W. Raneoek. WA: Flagell C. broom so 1;
Albert I_,, Kern. 88 6 ; Washington F. Pederiek 070;
Janie* W. Haig, 863 ; Samuel Doolittle Adams Ma ;
Peter A. Worrell. 860 ; Jelin Denial King, 12.9; Albert
W. Mike. MA Joseph W. Wilson, 115.2.
Ortesiors 11-Samuel 11. lathes. 'SG 7; Preneth F.
Brightly, 93 2 ; Reny, Jefferson McCarthy, 90.7 • James
T. Bates. 89.4;_bothe 1) shearer, We; tease 'Deleon,
87.0 ; Henry. Wiener. SO t. John Graben], 84.6 ; Theo
dore P. Matthew. , 86 31 Frances M. Mellnde.B6.o.
'rimier.: 11 -John 91eC. tithlehern 93 I ; Willies A.
Allison 91.1 ; James G. Findley, 904. fieothe %tubing
to* Butterworthat9 2 elienes Levre:M s,-Williii.nlAp-
Vetrin Sumer.. 87.2; J. Newton Ached'. ECT.I.,_. Bentarnin
P. Mein. 88.3 ; Josep h A. onnolly. 88.1 ; Thome+ G.
Gentry. 84.8. Todd Meritorious. tail.
The ensilage% then played '• Mild Leas gybe" ids
beautiful manner. after WI leh C. Harry Brock delivered
the valedictory eddreu. Mr. Brook, in opening his re
mark.. spoke rather indistinct'', no that at times it was
difficult to hear hi. sentences. 'He save a sketch of
ohivAlry-of the rise and yrogressi of rely/roue and civil
liberty-of the eouteeta eetween King John and, the
barons or Runnymede-their success iti wresting the
Marine Chem from &reluctant tyrant, and th e brarinet
their coarse had on the growth and success of American
liberty ant e merman nighttime.. The indurate na
tural, political, and social relations existing betereen
England sad America were allude/ to by the speaker
very eloquently. England wax yet 'mond mul !rand-
A mance was strong and robust. *rho, had a common
birth right. a common It Marty. arid a common God. r
Proceeding to the Valedictory. Mr. Brock turne d to
the members of the Board of Control. seated on the
platform, and very briefly and eloquently (Method them
Mr the Inaction they had manifested to - the interests of
the High School during their term of offiee.and beds
there a kind farewell. To the gentlemen of the. leclety
he would sey. that their relabel."' as teacher a dd pupil
had been of the most intimate and pleasing character.
They had gained. under their tuition, a compreht noire
and practical edueation-more then this, they had
learned to regard their professore as man, as teachers.
and as friends. Feeling that the occasion was one of
mement-an mansion of great end crowing importance,
ho would promise, In the name of his fellows. ever to
entertain for the_glonous old High school 'collage of
hemp and Winne attection. And, so promenng. he bade
t herh farewell. The speaker concluded hie itheeedibgle
eloquent address by bidding farewell to his claasmntes
In a few brief and pathetic sentences, which *ere
greeted with loud and prolonged applause.
The usual congratulations among, friends-the ritual
farewel Le among elessmates. teacher.'; and oempanions
-the usual scene of bustle and excitementoom mon to
the close of all comma cements , a piece of beautiful
them I air it finii.o. iiteutifully played by the orchestra,
and the vast multitude slowly ruiparated.
We understand that the proceedings of the com
mencement, comprising the speeches and addressee in
full, will be Pubastied in ritunpnlet form in a few dais. •
Ettellfgee IA nig Qouars . Yeomansl%-Sn.
creme Court-rJustiee Lowrie, and ledges Wone
ward, throne, Tho mpson and Itead.-Omehrus were de
livered a esterdat moraine in the following cases e
Kier; ler vs Opera. or Zieeler's Appeal Opinion by the
Chief Justice. Decree of distribution made by the Coin.
MOO Plen3 reversed.
(deemed' vs. Bm.th. E•mr to the Common Phew of
Philadelphia Jeer ment affirmed.
Thomas F. Cahill vs. R. flare Powell. Frror to the
Distrret. , Oust of PheladelPhia.
Judgment affirmed treader: by Judge Read.
Carr vs. The Astriat of the No there Li beryiee. •• r
etied by Blesses- Rewle, sad the City eolleitor. The
qua, ion in this ease is whether the city is ,table feeds
lunges by (warble. when the mewera4o le insufficient
to carry off the Water.'
Keane vs. Amick. Aed and eubmitted. •
DlSTntet Cotter-ludo Hare.-City nf Philadelphia
vs. The Meahtntee Land Aseemation An action to re
viver for Aline spa toter t rowel at Peeler and Ontario
streets. Not concluded Other busmen, only of impor
tance to the parties dreetly concerned therein, was dis
posed of in the IreMe•loser of the civil courts.
Qtlen Mt Bleeloes - Jadse Ludlow. - Yesterday
morntec. Mary Beek-the •orint wrimen to whose name
much nudge publieits has been men by the publication
eft bee portrait, Which wee plaeed in the -Rogues' Gel
ler) as soon as th • accused was arrested , and at a time
when s presumed to be inn cent. mita the vet
di ~ o f jury shr.uld othet wise declare-with pot on her
tri Orl ..111 charge of Lsr Oro. She plaided not entity.
do was represented by Messrs. hdrer M. Chipman and
J. IL Marken two loom members of the beir.i
1 he Commonwealth alleged that the defendant lied
emeged herself in several families n - der 'an assumed.
n • ine in the ea:acid, of a domeetio, where etre took the
first oocation to whitest entelo.ree.• A number of bills of
indictment. specifying particular transactions of this
sort, Were kind ey the Brand JIII7, soil t' a.I of them.
Marys when arra seed. entered a similar pies, of loan.
hence. In appearance Mary is QOM intelltgent and
prep istmeanne, and het hely-like and modest demsenor
of a nature ealeulatedlo excite the liveliest sympshe
in her behalf. The sv.dence on the first bill was far
from indicative of rind mi her part.and District At
torney Mann cheerful y abandoned the case !URI mat Jler.
The /err ininledia ell rendered a verdict of not guilty.
to the infinite salisfitetion of a rwmond of the layse
number of spectators who were gathered within the
rourt roam. "
f he *mooed biller Indsetirient wee than. planed before
the jury. 7 he protheut on. which we. zealously peeked
by Officer BertholsineW, attend that al cry Aok, mean
ie er to an edvertilement which had appeared 'pone of
the daily newspapers. had gone to a femile, why took her
in their employ. A few bouts afterwards she disappear
ed, and noon searolt. h.;ing mem.- it wee ameettaineff
that • lab quesitity . or ealunble geode Mut beeffetolen.
Order all these n lasing articles a pocket-brots. Calmed
an the property. of. the
_proem:inter, was traced to the
subsequent miesersien or the deieedset it being furled
In her trunk, when it was searched by the zealous de
tective. upon a seepieson jut its owner wee • guide
pertort.. •
I'o this there was a fell and aatiefaeteey defedee,
which was o'early- preiented by /desire. Clupataq &
al 'ricer. Theyproved the gond character for honesty
whrch Mary hail always barns anode Dose who /mew ;
her heat, and showed that the pecket•book was a 're
sent from a friend and that It had been seen in her pe*a.-
session prior toithe dine of the robbery in question.
These points were 'argued at south lenttn. and with
ninon force hr the defendant's counsel, and. after a
°barge (rem Judge Ludlow, the jury tandoori:l a verdict
of net molt) , 4
5. ivy was then put on her dial on a third bill o f 144
ntinant. alley/19g the coteminsine of a similar offence.
It was thin some Corr : 1 hat henry had answered an
ailver tieement In enteira. remits', and had taken French
leave, and any quentity at valtieltiesewhich did not be
long to Inc .
this of all the m seinKrtielex. onl• one a
lady's.. graintee,il was tratted,to e is trunk found in Or
raselenee of the defendant. Not II appeared on L t.!
witness stand to identify Mary as the Person wk o .ele
called at the Imago where the robbery WI. nOnl nt. " . .
and but one witness wits pneducei to testify that the
. remise" in illeetl o 4 Wen the ploperty_ef Weenie, from
whom it Wee said to have been taken. This hut enthral
contended that there was no other •• !ordeal' in elide
del chins like the one which was produced In court.
The deletes called e storekeeper from Emilia' street,
Who eroved that there were nun:throttle' Scotto " of
the very make of the one in question in hie ()replace
of business It may be mentmmid bete that on Wert
nesdey Mery, ,In company with an officer of the court.
went to the atom of this witness. and pointed him out
on the person from whom she purchased this e &inter."
On the Stand he ranted that he bad soldnyvernl of them.
but could not distinctly remember the feet that he had
Manny ed of any tine 01 them to this defendant The de
fence, ny before, establishes' s very good character, and
attempted to prove that tho prosecutor alleged that he
knew Mary beck from the fact Viet she lied on this
• ronteei" when she field went tpls house. - Mr. Chia,-
man. in his whiten to the Mee. a Peeled to them not to
be preierbe.d by the number o charge. mete against
his client, but to be influenced solely by the evidence ad
duced in support of each episodic allegation on the part
of the Commonwealth. .
Ho urged that the pro/tendon hail utterly failed in its
attempts to beret the well earned reputation of this
poor and unfortunate girl, and that the inry Murata not
hesitate tei say so bytheir verdict.. JJeepeke_ef the
epailludt of Mt.Blirtholesuitc aeolectne WM °fear in
no very enviable light, and claimed that any doubts
which existed in this mu dile( the jury to tothe Ruin of
Mary Deck should weigh the scales in lever of niorcy
and emend° to the acquittal of the prisoner.
The jury retired moor the charge of the court, and
deilberated for over two hours, when they camo in
it nth a verdict of guilty. When they. went out they
stood sit for conviction awl six for acquittal.
Mr. Chipman at once moved for a new trial, and in
atrest or judgmeet. Judge Ludlow said that he had nit
intention of. prising sentence at present, fur he was
disposed to meow the defendant all reasonable or need
ful lone to prove her innocence, if it was within liar
)ewer to do an. He would permit the reatonnin sup-
Pert of the motion tot he filed hereafter. and in the
meantime whites sr evidence oould be induced which
would tend to dismay:* the chartist ereof she bud
been convicted should be collects brought re the
nonce of the court. Tharp - need , n fear thet nth
defendant would be sent to prison. unless it was eleerly
aseetteined that that wee the proper place for het at
present. . .. . „. ...
Upon the rendition of the verdict, Mary. sett her tie ,
ter who wee seated by her side in front of the prisoner's
dock, burst into teens, and much sympathy with es
--
pressed' or el on i. thiamin said that he
.60dd More kr end_ ell -- .4oebr,lrre - tiaisineents his
rd. lent, who wee e t Lancaster Off the nay um L at
rht 3o . l4, lre itallnellk - Ird. Witham., to
establish t lot fee wool produced hereafter. Here
libe tense Ined.ftfettlOttelelitt. _ .
Jame!' Donnell) was mutated on a charge of aniselt
and batteee-on• *tooth:louse- He wan "p resented b l
Thome' Finletter, Fee.
Ydrrin Myatt kneMlohiat Tolleson. colored. wei
Vg 4 R ,ff iri -P niugtmatt i ,v, , ,mrza d o
uttor_to Oftimirlitnitlikkeat of eteht =album the anted,
Dr: n•
Ifirilri;iisha Charted Butler "kern - kit' et 1 1 15 1 f
M on-a cheese of lateens, :Then w a s he deem,.
Verdict guilty. Sentenced to town h e ro
seven
months each to the corny prison
The nettrOke s nalled o lor , trial was
one relative to l is
tag! dr, b o=
h;sn.. tipetiered u orooneel for theintesed father. Th.
relrinryTitrilrol d ellittfrre erits:3,l;
nv i_ witi`"a l d il u e i tt s tit= l aTiln i ii . rtil he itr"
11° !-Itiiii ,l i e ll 'i not :nor who tbe father :f the chid
i;i7i 'TIP der. - •
. 1.• • - Whisse death
Tile UZI"- G shoat Uft.eueo— Isee.
we netleedyiVerdof, nee in the net year
rim 11 nem win been Oka a protracted. thinne r see a
tettas e it serer oneat'd datcd. w i f re e ve, fa r
II t o ' it e i
3r.ti LtAir took place
last year, and the exerriees arorevr tell le Per
Pte,s_s of, that dite.„.,fer. Mario er eel er Oda:if
pastoral - charge save the ono elpinston. which tie
accented about,forty six .3 Sari o, and held petit his
death - He heti seen Hensinston recreue vastly in Pe
mast ido dttriPit 'he half toottley of Ailminiatfatre n sad
at the same time ho reedit, seised the affestions of the
people of that district. who Mow for years looted on
hi ni s patriarch, count-en. and friend.
The respect paid to foe mortars will eat he &refined
to people of hie own denomination, teat will be shared
tik tije entire 'mange ty arno.k.v “otn,he militerg
His ?dottrel take Plate next Mina° n mon ta n e nC ,
o'r lock. The remains will he intetted at Learnt Hill.
Mr. ,11110111101 WWI berets Conte: treat. e-d tint came
to this city in ilie year 18 5 He then tookeharsenf the
Pint Presbyterian Church, chatted to t'a'mer 'treat,
bore Queen. for the spate of two months, at the enta
tation of which time. the coat tee atom hems well
pleased with him he was retsined, and he continued
their pastor en to the tune of h • demise.
Car Couitcrti..—llothlininnhen of City Connell'
held stated meetings yesterday.
Istrcr Cot scit.—The following cninniunicatiess and
"petition' were teeeived and entonrustaly referred:
Una from the Western Bose Compay,asking to be
as a steam-rue engine. Use Ir-ma the p wildest
of the Phoadelphat Has Works. making certain en-
Planation* end Raking Inc the opening of 4watt, ninth
street. to the Fir& -ward. A pentiOn. creed by net er4
merchants asking for improved wharfage. Ode frost
the chief ensineer.of the att,er deiarrinent, etat,lts
Thy! the, bud, e on Richmond street. over thin era' roe.
is in en umiak, condition. A totarouui. !thou •es rei
cal red from Mr. T. C. M. Warded, anntomting the sal
voes in tue Bovril of Cluatilarti, caused by the death of
e' IS'. Keiser, Fag.
Mr. Cottoned. samideni, read a communication Nein
flue,_John
m 3T RL.d
a preamting a copy_ of the portrait
by Them mall/ of lea graectfather, Hon. Gears* M.
Read, a Lamer of the Deciara.iou of ['dependence awl
A member or thq Conventionwheilt framed the Consti
tution of the Pmt-dritates. --
The thiutkaof the c Is to the dosser, and Crentioal
that the 'mantle should be phicod to independence Hall,
werstimbodied in a .emiumnerre. 'rated brMr. - Celler.
A leriathy report was Submitted b, the Lootratiaion oft
Figaro in reference to the onitrialcs wahine an so
poNprLation to the Department of the City.Cant,olters;
which had been reternol to itu m f or agemaa. The
ru in t wen reeeived and the bill laid over, • '
A eonnrittnittatide arse reeei tad from (Trice & Long
Muting toil they hare p.r listed * Mist for prope , tiog
Parsee ter railway care the *tee tn. and ask:nt Penuission
t tea. the *lmage the FrantdOrd end of 'be Southwark
add Franklord railroad. Laid tee the tab e. en invita
tion to Couneile to witaltas the machine wee sweated.
The bill returned from C .mmon Council
for the perohnso of the b ides over the dohnylket at the
-fags was partially cOnCoaTe4 in.
n ordinance providing for the eleotice of gehterea
gineer and surveyor on hhe second Taesday of April
next, wee adopted.
A communication we. received from N. M. Baldwin &
Co.. locomotive I eildets, stating that they had erected
a derrick in front of their mackinaw shop for the purpose
of making some reroute to their establishment and
'Lakin; that Connell* will crest them that privilege.
Referred to romm•ttee os 11flyways. •
A till wastuesented 01 hir,Tbompson provicitis that
it shall est be lawful for soy pe eon to ramose the cob
ble stones on ady street m the eitl4olrlipY PITON.
wtthout ant , shigiligs it permit from tee In, ittra• Ins
pattment. under a penalty of Iftpei And the tit cheray
Depertmeatut prohibited from mentos t a perndt - wo h
ant font obtat.me tha_commatof thmacil--A-provise
was adshM. that the bill snoohl not apply to the repairs
or the streets stow occup.cd hr radar.. coon mtg s . e nd
after considerable debate the lilt Canso reed to
A resolution duettist: the Receiver of faze* not to
give , ax collection book' for collation of personal
tangs by anyelderman who has not made a tull ra
tion of the collectioss of le4 year, was somented by
r. Thompson, but was so moguentsy withdrawn.
From the mom gentlemen, b reada.zen instnsating
the Committee on midways to prohibit the custom or
scattering salt acne the 'tremor tut city. Referred to
Committee on
Mr. Jones 'ohm um! a resolution directing the
chief.lngitteer and surveyor of the city to pave
Breen lane, and open Town street, in the list ward
Referred to Committee on Highways. The ordinate*
making the anneal appropriation to the Superintendent
of Touts wits concerted in.
A resolution Iron} Common Commit. authorising
:Steams Once h. Lon: to test their steam car on the
Southware road, wan concurred in., -
clhe Chamber west into the comnitttie of the whole
to consider the ordinante mskin: an npsroptintion of
971 07S to the Department of City Fr .pertr for Meg
he lent of $3 600 fur to :king repairs to Span; trarnen
Relives out dove to 6121U0 'The item spproorielat a
eatery of ilynatfor }anew of the Hall, ernes the °truer
aha Ibe created bi ordinance, was agreed to. The hill
passed finally. Adjourned,
COIIIIOII PIANCH.—A - communication win received
from the Board of Port Wardens mating that a vacan
cy had been ciehad rn that body be the decease of B . Keyser. A. motion to meat redact Council in wa
ves:ion on Titurislay neat. to elect a avocet:Pr, was
agreed to.
air. Craig. a resolution charging the Third precinct
house. Twentieth ir &rd. to the taus pflan,ea hi. Ima
ger, northeast corner of Seventh and Oxlcod streets.
Ay reed W.
Mr. Hein,* petition from the Warren Hoee Coln
rear, asktes that their house be selected as a kmaten
for *steam fire.enains..
'Mr. Quite. • petition for a change in the place el
voting in the Second precinct house, Fourth ward.
Mr. }tacker, a resolation giving Messrs lance &
ono. proprietors of the Fasten's r railway stem ear.
Remission to test the intention on the reed Wean
Fraukford and Xecsoutton.: defeat to. -
The ordinance approonating $lO6 Stiel to the Control
lers of tne Futdm tishoo's was sawn called up.
Mr. Manuel mowed to amend to red *Safer. night
schools in the Twentieth ward. Not emceed to.
Mr. Hawker moved to amend to add VICO for night
schools for the ope•atwea at klateming Agreed to
alter an aslanatieutthat there we re tweaty-foor sett
hooves in t he-ward, many of which were tea vety dig
pidated condition.
Mr. Rroolol,Moved to amend to, increase the amount
ter the repair of reboot houses in the Twenty third
ward, earut attend to
he MOO gentleman leaved to amend to add esoo
for rum. t 141100 la the twenty-third wait Agreed t
Mr. A.Mulet 'noted to amend M.adysWol r night
schools in the Third ward.
- Mr. totter ,thon the Would.- act Judiciously, and
'de via tha people dtaito them , ! f they Mad e -en ammo
oriation to- all the wards- for night achoolis—tas asses
amounts as last year.
•Mr. quanta thought-so prastieal good came out of
these night schools.-
B. 'L horn. moved to-further inapt tei appro.
priers to each mane tor night tohoola tne Mae awns
se teat • etr-hvis .
.Ist .1600 lith geehoa... 1600
gd ,
boil
4 , • ltt • " ....-»
StO
et ..... So lath " u
n g
k •. _ 9 4 ..... _
toad ` 700
agor
lath " tal OW
" 400 Sad
lath .
adopAIM ."
Mr. rotter . orged the tion et the allilanntilan . t.
Mr. TO4OIIIII thought thee - meld nett Wake en mg
piopriation for • better purpose fur. Justice said the
Louttulls s had declared the system of night schools a
failure. The smeogruesix was gamed to
hi r. Potter moved to add to the appropriation of
813,0* for the pair ham of books and stationary that
no tertian °Woe sum &had be experuled for books not
now in Actual use -
Mr. Trego favored the proviso, and alluded to the in
fluence brows ht t o bear by the anthem of tnem books to
have them introciac-CI into the schools, and the pertins
city 01 book.publislong hooves to hare their publica
tions autotimers to mans of better bats Tina last
tor had cost too much.
be amendment wys agreed to:
Tho ordinance then passed a final reading.
The resolution. passed by Select Conned. tendering
ihm.ka to the Hon. lobo M. Road, for his gift of *por
trait of Ueorce Read was unanimously emplaned In.
Mr. Potter called up the ordinance stithoriam, a loan
of 610006 tiny for the erection ~ f new school hoti.eg,
and it passed by a vote of ell to I—Messts. Lai:ming and
Ililer voting in the negatire. -
't'ee COW submitted an invitation from ;'e sra Odes
& Long for Councils to watt eat the performance of
their passenger radioed engine at Mesita Murphy &
Atha - ma's works. Accepted.
Mean. a artier. Winter, and Miller were appointed
a amanitas o' conference in regard •0 the are, enuMen e
to the bill auger sins the lintelanee or the bid's at th e
Falls of the hay hill.
- Mr. Cousin of the special committee appointed aeon
the subject. submitted a resolution Mangum' the Rath
precinct: house. Fifth ward. t • the house of John Ma
nlius. northwest corner of &lilt and derclay streets,
Agreed to Adjourned.
Tun Hone tit Cnnerurr Frazwr.—For some
dare pest Choi% out sheet baiter n tors up. at =nun's
idler. and lane it-or bare roalkal to sane let.. a big
hole due in the sti esti ittehich a Wart , of Tolkzeo" are
chile env,. ed d veal close,kattoila lt atoms
that lot some time mot. water has Need Ilse.) into the
cellar of the Cc - maternal Bank, and into the b sense - s
of one or two at the iro•es in the neighborhood. The
witerevtd+otly cants Loa the direr ion or
alley, Rodeo tram out its renown-head has teen the ob
ject et the excavations which More attractsso mash
attention. .1 he dig era in their explo.atiorm rams
acne* an old moven. the existence of eh eh
was unknown to the presees sencraten. it rail
througo godson's allay crossed t mato= Street,
and thenpursued smarmier' coarse north
*sad. Thin culvert was broken ieto, nod it a-as
found to be nearly choked up with black mutt and water.
The culvert has no outlet. Mama ma, bees Caused.
and It his been the labor et several days to clear it of
themud and water amuse:dated in it. It is now sop
s se a that the tremble arose from acme party having
tapped the Mel culvert and ran a drain lam it. to l, no •
ranee of the Met that it hex no ouret. Toe old culvert
in being built up about the middle of size,arteet. so teat
the Ooallt.ootOr of the drsin ieferied to will ptobibly
And the water backing up into Ms own miler. end re
' turning to Plague the constructor., relic of Me p et,
oars the reelable Bulletin, in t .e shape . of one of the
' lot water_ pm. wee uncovered domes the recent
OPOUtiOttlt._TAWedelent.otittert nes in the bed of
Dock creek, cad it la crobebly the original struetere
which, wan 1 11 9 d there erten the hod low at that point
was Sued u_p. an the bud. e over the creek at Chestnut
et set end Hudson's :why was ,emaved.
OBITPAIST.—We regret to learn of the death of
Mr. E. J. Insider, freight agent of the gams ivenia
Relayed Company. lie etch in esterdar moraingof pa
ralysis. at bra residence. No. 101* Vele street Tee ill
aeu of el r. H. hes been but a brief ore, he laving bets
attacked. on Saturday evening. Mr. &Iris well known
from his connection with the transportatou business
in this city mid Saito previous to his connection with
the reams, teams railrosd,whicb bat convened throarti
oat the oast So l en years. he eompeny h." het in him
valuable otrioer. and hinters; will be felt by the tom
memo in general.
ester V Opp, of eminent , ' E. lost Regiment. Fa an
sylvan,a Vo unteers, a surlier of the a este- ir,„ war.
died on Wednesday inoreuriAret Isteidenoor No
MS
>trout street r. (ion Car a member of the Sono
Legion, and will he buried by them at the Glenwood
Chime:cry. on Sunda) afternoon. at 1 o'clock.
canc. the above was pet in type, we have learned that
Mr. Rename. a rnemoer or the .'colt Le floc,,,`and a got
in the et exioan war, died. at not meld/ace. yester
day afternoon at three o'clock, He will br busted as
biladl.y, alone with lisa aimsde. Mr. Oa. and will bleep
watt Lim to their long test.aciplece. To. ether' n the
held in the Beene of war, they well rest forever in a
peaceful awe. One by one they are Scum' those brave
ago, even as the leaven fah is the autumn true c in
sular end sad A few brief years ago. full of life arid
hope. they witutZforth to battle fur their countryst tights;
to-day. from the effects of those terrible canthaljor,
they cep an a quiet grave, among the reople they and
to defend.
- Arotce or A RAILICOAD--William Halley, a
n acre of England, Mid PO-years. arse taken to the
Pennsylvania tioapital lest fiTilri Suiroring from an
injure to hia leg received !ince ay naterneion. oo the
Camden and n boy Railroad allay. It is and. is
aborir, and wee enga.ed on a Arm in New Jersey.
Bain: nut of work. and ',mime to come to Plutadeiphia,
be got on the Camden aad Amioy train above Burling
ton. N. J.. intending, it is presumed, to annul Vie pay
mint or his tare- -The oars started, fled, by some means
or other, Halley was thrown to the emend. The train
ran. over his leg. wounding it in inleh a manner that it
is feared it will have to to ampatated. His head was
also mimed in a serious manner.
FALMINI ASSOCIATIOS or SHE CZNSAAL 1110 G
inoot —The cent-ani- nal meetioxV l 'be AJtuuM As
sedation-of the High School we. a* on "rl , ednesday
evening, in the lecture-room of the school_ There was
an unusually huge attendance of the members, in con
sequence of the interest manitested by them in the
election of alumni somber for 18,1. On the first hal,ce
Charles k Buokaalter,Foq . wiaaele-ted of the lancet
rein ever sir is to any can didate' or the susoeisuon.
Pro feKsor D. W. Howard Was afterwards electeu presi
dent of the association. * -
DROWNING C.l.NE.—Last evening, Coroner Fen
ner held an inquest on the hod" of a nom. n med /caliph
Swards, who was found
_drowned in (acre of Violent. at
the Boring Garden (ins Work.. - The deceased' was an
emPloYeo (tithe tias Company, and was sowed up to a
Ito hour on Wednesday night in shovelong the anew
Irel the heldeies rallided in We.t Philsdelplus.
and oar.' a Wile and four children. A verdict of
ac
cidental drowning" wee rendered.
Ulan Bawer. Aitruiii.—The annual address be
fore the Alumni of the Central High School was deli
vered, at Minimal Fund Hall, Jut touninZ. before a
Puce, intelligent, and appreciative audience. The ad
drew' 'was beautifully delivered, was reale', - with
thou alt. and was esemedinct. welt received. %Val mar
state here that the Alumni Aarrizierion have selected
as their orator at the neat Alumni meeting Hr . Hr . Charles
F. . uckwaltar.
Tun Ray. Mu- Cm:ea:rag whit lies berm preach
ing in our cite' for over three months. to vast a.seimblies,
le ro w drawing his Labors toe eleAri., fie preaches but
titiit sermon. we learn, this evenins, in Dr. nyhe's
church. Broad street. Ile smith gallery will be reserved
for young into.
111/CEIVI;10 Sior ix GOMM—Lftt evening • man
camel Henry Duach was arrested by throw .Fdprard
wood, on the complaint or David 3tewczt, Omens him
with hiring restored colon goods, syteentia t
ar to
4ex - a beenauden. hads-imartn re Aldermen
tieeMall. a tot was bog la fl3OO Bea l t o wnwer at wart
Pau. °it rale Icis --A man amid Melll4l Ka
Reteojrtt.aired37yeut.hal his ,lan lag fraMod by
falling on s•pa.Tement at Onneteenta and Walnut
streets latteranltir. He was removed to the Pennsyl
vania Hospital.