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COLORED TARtiETANS.
to ' ■■ ’
GLASSES, FRANKS, Ac., Ac.,
" *T F*OM '
llOkMTa PSfc VARI) TO 8T CENTfi.
f^WSbT SttK POPLINJV ,
B«<fiioe<rto maehtetaw n«ul prie«*.
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TRAVELLING GOODS. ,>,
■MaS&'fßTliK&fijltß. Boi ciHEßTjyur gT.
TtARKGg AND OSOANDY BOBES.
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DJUWKU, : . OLOVES, to.,
AmimTittittrartM* ItForeUW** Uu.of tke LA
- ISra&HK ’ >h * W> ' WEST WOES.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
gaiPtn/HiZARII.tHUTOIUKaON,
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gUPJHUORBmtIGMtATOHa, ' / '
MoetlnuroTed Wnde.
, CHILDKENr CIOS AND CARRMSKS,
,] t 7 lnflretu Vui.tr,
, FURNITURE LIFTERS,
' Van eeehl in ef raadiue Cerneu and Matttui.
WIULIAM YAKNALL’S
\ BOOS* KOBNIBHINQ BTOKB.
■;} • No. IMS CHESTNUT STREET, '
' onoriu (be Aesdemy of Fine Arte,
»JK) CI/OSE business.
HAST, MONTGOMEKY, * (10.,
> 80. W OHBBTHOT BTIUUT,
Mm MB e«t, tkrauhtble winter and next eptine, their
_ j , ' i . UrpetookoT
PAPER HANGINOB.
•ANetoi ed every eosneeted *itt a* buixMr,
A* OKHATLY REDUCED PRICES.
188 FRENCH PAPERS AT M PER CENT. BK
' i-owowr,. ,
Mum wee Bex URr Xcuu (•> mB
BARGAINS. ,
■' •■ > ■ . ■ IA-H.
OK IK G-G LASSES,
j PORTRAIT AND PICTURE FRAMER,
, | - ENGRAVINGS,
- OIL PAINTINGS, *x„ Ac.
" JAKES S. GABLE b SON, ;
/MTORtSSS, MANUFACTURERS, WHOLE
’ ; , . BAIB AND RETAIL DEALERS.
* SAHIJCS’ GALLERIES, .
/V, \ ‘»U CHESTNUT STREET, ,
. PhiledelEhlx,
UHLINGER A CO.’S
: - SHUTTLE’ AND DOUBLE-LOOP STITCH
SEWING MACHINES.
FAMILY USE.
. . TAILORS. -- ' • -• ; -
i SHOEHAKEBB,. ' _
■ , , SADDLERS, err.,
No. 098 ARCH STREET.
PrioJofSHDTXLEMACHINE.fiO.
PriMOf DOUBLE-LOOP BUTCH MACHINE from
;Th» «imp!«it anil moat cfTui.nt machinca manu
fartaraal for all kind.of nte, '
P, 8.-MACHINE BILK, COTTON, NEEDLES.
OIL, *te., <Mm*tati*lr on hand. ‘ ■ . jj.Sm
JJARKIS’BOUUOIR
SEWING MACHINE.
; Bojra ftow two mala witioot th« trouble or, re
iWinAi»*; ruMwilh lialeor no nolea.- • '
Street'Ph ladelpbia. end
‘IjgrWIALTIMOKEBtreiUßeltituote. Md.
& wilson
i ? BEWING MACHINES.
, HENRY COY, Ajent,
1 m CHESTNUT 'street, SECOND. FxiOOR. 7
MeeHnee, with Onenton, on Aire to Private EaiuiUee.
ixiltcx owibw:
.. I WeM STATK kneL Tmtns. H. I,
r , UtOKNTRAL SUUARS. Xae(oß. P*.
" ' ieU-Ms
\ NEW Voßlt ADKBiftTiSEjrENTS.
BSLMONI’ 4k 00.,
; V-: ; ;B A;N KER B .
un Lattara ofOradit to Traseliara araiUWala
'TAtd&MMS Or VBB WOULD,
HKSSiSaEOTHfIOHCLD,
4*13. LOItbOH. f&lxßFOnr, VIENNA, N -
'■«£& At,U t] f lSlß CpXKSUPONVKNTB
||ALL’S PATENT
PI. AT*J> 10£ P ITO BS;
Jtntirslrdiff.r*etio their court ruction from all bthera
aaaWAIIRASTISD to kaer the ICE LONGER saa
a «f Fiteherpow In aaa fit a teweeraWreof aereatr da:
ereea Fehroajieit. Tba.abo.ra fiiahera trill' kee» iha
•alar aoM tor Owst./Mir /Hurt. ', ,
A reread aad a half of tee iu three rints ol vatartnll
fart .row. *e*rt dad ft/ltr-As. mead ltt; whits the same
shaatltrißsao»dmerTato»e»ltelter,ettha same am
•aratarai oalr laata two hoars and fifteen auaatra!
Paraoaa ahoald not oonfotmd these Pitohere trith
thoas Hidallt sold, bat inteire for
WM; WILSON & SON.
■' Sole A*e*ts for the Manakotarer,
' *. W. Csraar FIFTH and CHERRY Stoats.
yi/TM. M. HYATT. )
. • •SCHU'kCH alley, ;
- Sols Manufsetarer and Fstentee (or this city ! -
optub . ‘
PATENT PAPER BOX.;
This BoKSxeste all other* for beauty* ayeoEth, and
durability; Soorlny is dispensed with in its
that, lecnring the great desideratum of
~ STRONG CORNERS. !
MT; Orders Solicited. , JelAJm;
QASTrSTEEL BELLS.
. TOR CHURCHES,.FIRK ALARMS, Ac.,
. r.ofi sals at
NAYLQR & GO..
’ * AdT-tf .‘ 'A • ’fifio COMMERCE Street,
"■l • toisi'r.
|LLTJNfcLNATOR». , j;
X&SeiOlt * M * **“ •alnna tiism' Ator* wanted.
TheGea Lamia will Hahta ror,m » fart eauere for 1
mrll-ia.Asi-lr "Iro.aa BaothJßlßP Street,
FIX) WMPOBUO. .
A:. • OALROUIUS, ANNUWR VBNTILATOR.
essrltstoho assrsis.twf WotbTea sTer mtroeneod is
cas^Jg||Kfein% ri, hS,»
UMSaaa wthS';e*rs. ofsoaky
* I at
fjfrbitK’S ODOMBTBR BAND COM
:"FAMV,Bst«ford.Coim
FAtKITpSOMISTBR CARRIAGE BANDB. Whtoh
sr< daratke, ebtay and eaoient.iaeaasnatwithßner-
la allparteofUe
srarTfirsrtsalats. ■ aani-to
fXAIJDIJB, :::
v£r~ FAMAgjWj|W^jj^^^,
market
iBBHATED !
. “V-..' I . . ] TOILET, AS.
'**%££
,MTfB'AiiS!KAMS! ;;
If* *#»*f w*** “t 4. «?*■
’ %i / i'.<f, !fr' •"'
, . PAPER HANGINGS.
1 LOOKING GLASSES.
,jBXWING MACHINES.
BALL’S PATSSI
WE* HAVANA CIGARS, of (lif
!»n4 »nM«i
Mrs. Flutter.
BV THB BARD OP-TOWER-HALL.
’ A Mn. Flutter, having pride,
.But very little,pash, , •
• • Headlved to entertain her friend*,
- That *hemlgbt M ciit a dash,”
She Mist iter invitation* out
On paper edged with gold.
A'd cnen. to make a fine display,
s >x She worked with efforts bold.
She borrowed diahes, knives, and fork*.
), < end sUver-BUttdware : .
; Until ehe had enough to make
Her guest* with wonder etare.
■ Preservee and eakerafid fruits ahe bought
- ±*P n credit at a Btore-r-
With dainty thing* her table groaned
• ‘ WliioH ne’er had groaned before.
Her guests arrived, and glibly talke d
_Unt»l the hour for tea; • ’
Their goeaip very few escaped,
They went frjm A to Z.
A daughter Mrs. Flutter has—
A Jenny, five years old—
The guests of her made suoh .a pet,
tter littletongneigreWtwld;
And when upon the table fare
-The happr party emiled.
Fraud Mr*. Flutter'e 41 Am wee spoiled ”
By seoreta from her child
She said, V Oh, gee these silver things l
, These, pretty things so bright!
. Mr mother borrowed them, ehe did,
Of Mra. Brown, last night! - ■
“ And aUtbeße China onp« and plates
whioo you liave never seen, -
And there white handled knives and forks
Belong to Mrs. Green.
“ Thi* pretty linen table-oloth,
£be got of Mr*. Knowles;
For ours wag kind of raveled out,
Add lull of stain* and holes ”
Poor Mr*. Flutter, faint and weak,
. looked shaatly pale and wild, . ,
. Quite oboked With shame. »hc*9eped for breath,
And murmured, *• Hush! my obild."
Too late, alas ! the “ oatwai ont,”
, > anl Mrs, Flutter’s priae
> • Was humbled to the uust—fihd stood
Exposed And mortified,
NOTE—
; ' A moral to otir truthful song
.. We’ll sing m earnest tones;
A wife shduid entertain her friends
. , With what she really .owns •
Then, with a husband heatly drested
„ in clothes from ,
She’ll win respect: her honest pride
Will never have a fall.-
A. complete and well-assorted stock of Bummer
Clptying now on hand, unsurpassed in style and
workmanship, to which the'attention of wholesale
and retail buyers is invited, at “ «
TOWEA HALL, 519,MARKET St., Philadelphia.
BENNETT & CO.
EXCUUSIONS.
<§EA BATHING.
ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY.
IX HOURS FROM PHILADELPHIA,
| ACCOMMODATIONS FOR 6,000 VISITORS.
ATLANTIC CITY is now oonoeded to be one of the
Most delightful Sea-side reiorta m the World. Its bath
ing.it ihnirpjtseed; ite beautiful unbroken beach (nine
milei in length) is unequalled by any on the Continent,
save that. of Galyeston; its air is.remarkable for its
dryness'; its sailing and;fishing, facilities are perfect;
tfs hotels are well furnished, and as well kept as those
of Newport or Saratoga; while its avenues and walks
are oleanef ,and broader than those of any other Sea
bathing place in tne country.
-Tralus.of the, CAMDBN AND ATLANTIC RAIL
ROAD leave VINE-STREET WHARF, Fhiladelehia,
daily at A. M. and 4P. M.' Returning—reach Phil
adelphia at 9A» M. and 7.-13 P. M. Fare 91 AO. Round
trip tiokete, good for three dayg, $l4O, to be purchased
or exohanged at the ticket offices only, and hot of or by
donduntori- Distance CQ milea. Shnday train leaves
Vine strsetat 880 A. M.; leaves Atlantia City at
P. M.—*topping only for wood and water. A telegraph
SxUndsthewholelecgthoftheroad. je39-tf
FOR OAPR MAY.—The
comfortable Bay Bteamer
V GEORBts.WASHJNGfON,” Captain ■ W. Whilldin,
>i!l leave Areh-street wharf on SATURDAY NEXT!
fthicit., at oolock A. M;, and every Tuesday.
Ttaireday, and Patorday thereafter; returning will
Jear* the Cape every Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
dar.*
1 Fare eaoh way fcamasehire inoluded) 91 CO
. Fareeaohwayeervaam,oernagehireiiicludrd 125
L.9esenn Tickets, carriage hire extra.. fioo
pomes; Carrisgea, angFreight taken. - jye-2*
BBfJKSHCSKI SHORE .-CAMDEN AND
the Cam
d*n and Atlahtio Railroad will ran m follows:
Mail tram leaves Vine-street whaTf, 7AO A, M.
•Express tram (stopping only fog wood end
1 .smterr. 4OOP. M.
iAocommodAtiontnFgß Harbor only 5.15 P.M.
* RbTUftNING LEAVES ATLANTIC.
Mail train.. :.v. 4.45 P. M.
train. <. m. MB A. M.
[Accommodationfrom Eg*Harbor ... .... 5X4 A. M.'
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Leave Vine street at- 880 A, M.
Leave AUantio At C SO P. M.
; Stopping only for wood and water.
; ram to Atfanno when tickets are purchased before
entering the cam; 9180. RAund trip tiokets (good for
three ua* S), 9t 50, to be porohased or exohanged at the
ticket office'only, and nor or or by conductors. - ■
Season tickets.., ..i .~9So.
MOOthlt 'OO. is.
Freight must be delivered at Cooper’s Point by 3 P.M.
The Company prill not be responsible for. any gooes
until received and receipted for by their Axentatthe
Point 4 •* -♦ - JNO. d. BRYANT.
jeB-tf Agent
FOURTH of July
ffllfliSEPf AND GRAND MILITARY
EtfOAMPMKNT—♦OCCURS! ONB TO BBTHt.EBKM,
via AOKTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD—KxfIUt*
iioQ»iok«t toßethlehemGOOo FOR THREE DAYS,
from moroloKoT d%/ of purohaie, will be issued from
theSd of July untif the 14th of July, from thetfoket
offioea of the Comvany, at Willow street' end Berks
street. Fare for the Excursion These excursions
mil e/Tord an excellent opportoniry to-parties oealroaa
of etendinrthe,Fourth of. July in ithe pleasant And' in
terestiuE town of Hethlebem, with its histono &MOpja
lions and beauttful scenery, or of visiting -the military
encampment of the National Guards, of this city, which
corps intends to camp out on the sth of July* in the im
mediate vicinity of Bethlehem, and remain in camp
until the 14th of Joly, •
thaws f£Wd on ttnr of tke three THROUGH
Leave Philadelphia at 6 SO A. M.,9.30 P, M.,andSP.
M. Leave'Bethlehem at5A3 A hi. 9M A. M.. ana 022
P. M. ■ Jylflt ELL IB CLARK,Afrent
TO PLEASURE TRAVEL
SHS9B® LERS.-:Orand Excursion from Philadel
phia to Niagara Fall»\ Montreal Quebec. River Bagne
nay, White. Mountains, Portland, Boston, Saratoga
Springs; and New York., via. Lnke Ontario,RiverSt.
Lawrence. Grand Trunk Railway. .Splendid steamer
MAGNET for SaguenaY River, and return to Philadel
f hift via Portland and Breton or Saratoga Springs. Pares
hr the round trip, as fellows i ;
From Philadelphia vm Quebec, White Mountains, Bos
ton andNewYoik ffWAd
From Philadelphia via Montreal, Saratoga Springe,
and New Y0rk..... siao
From Queheo to, Sacuenayßiver, and return......llUo
Tickets good until October 15.1560. •
For Excursion Tiokets and all information as to route;
MrififtfißW*". 8 - w dawtffißi.H
jel3-8m ' General Agea <
MEOICINAi.
Sf HB.WISSLOW,
US- ANHXPEaiENOKD NUJISE AND FEMALE
n,Mourn, wucnti to Uu attention of mother, her
ti OOTHI N Q SYRUP
FOB CHILDHEK TEETH ING,
whloh greatly facilitates, the. nrooess of teething, by
nßemngthe sums.reduoingaU inflammation; willaf-
Kfofci*
Depend npon it, mothers,it will give rest to yourselvOe
RELIEF AND HEALTH TO VOUR INFANTS. ,
We have put up andsold this article, for over ten
years, and can say, in non Jm fidenoe and truth of;
pawisfess-sr,
umsly axed. Wever did w we know an instance or
Uiwetisfacnobbr anyone who used it. On the con
trary,;aU are dsjiihted « with iUoneranoßs, and
speaklaterms pf higheet oommsndalumofitsmari.
pal effect*and meaioftmr V mpf. .We • speak m this
matter * * r wbat we dote know,” alter ten years'
•aMneiMi§ftd»l9dceMr J 2 reputation' tor the tulfii
nMt ofwkEt we bert oe 2 olare til almost eveii
Ssta&oe wEfto that*™ w is sufleying from pain and
MhanstiM.reuefwiUfl E 4 fcuopfo Altosa or twenty
vufilE iffnlfevK n g Isnd ® s&d ha* been need with
It not only relieves.the 00 plaid nom pain. But In
vlgoratest&estomaohend £ bowels, Oorreots acidity,
*al*tonajj*MCti» if tiot j speedily remedied, end in
eath. We belVevelt the zl best and jarett remedy in
tie world. sSm’cjfkm of CQ DYSENTERY and DJAK
iHCKA IN CHILDREN, 5b whetherjt ariaes from
teething or from anyoiher rz canoe; .We would ear to
every mother who. has a P ohlldiufleiring from any ol
he foregoing odmvlaints, s do not tetyourprejudiSee,
tor toe .prfliHmen o i others. staadbe^weon
your and , the rehei that will be
BURE--*y<|. ABSOLUTE £ LY BUJUS-tofollow the
use of -flus ToOdielne, il _ timely used. Pull direo
tioiißforusifigWilXaooom « panj ,Saob bottle. None
genuine unless the taO si- kg mile of ipURTIo A PER
KINS, New York, 1* on the ouUnde wrapper* ; i
iWSold byDrtt»|Btathrougliotti the world, Frinol
paTOftcfi, No, It QEDAR Street, New York,
FHoewoents A ootlle. - irtt-b
IXTRAOT BUOHU.
THE GREAT DLURRTIO:
For Disease of Kidneys.. Gravel, Dropsy
-5 ' ORGANIC WJSAKNHBB, kc , 40.
BafferereiWjyi diseases of tboee organs experience
. . MANY aIaRMING BkMPTOMSi
Among whjebwiUbe found m •
Pain intheßaok, * weak Nerves,
Loss of memory. Difficulty of Breathing,
- Dimness of Virion, Languor,
UNIVERSAL LASSITUDE OF THE MUfiCUIiAR
• .. SYS 1 •* M,
T,,^M‘atL?P»n«{fdl,T' * h,,,h
- invariably removes*' '
“5aoB»«8MRa“'“
• - - Is.the great J iijretio, , •
And ts certain to have the desired effeotin the die-
Certificatee of cures of from one month to twenty
years 1 standing will accompany the Med’cine, and evi
dence of the moet reliable and responsible oharaoter is
open for Inspection. Price SI per Jbottlo, or tix for Qs,
Delivered to»y addrM*. Depot, 104 South TENTH
Street, be ow CHESTNUT. r Jtatf
MR! JAMES BETTS’ INVENTIONS
l, FOR and Wshj, reogai
m. lilt MBdibal profetti™ throughoutth, UmMd
BtatM. Tfeiiiy Tkotttand Invaldt hanns t»en(Klvlwd
by their thvncauuf to tun her Humic,l Appliance*, bh,
■he eanjie 'eohmlted itailr. the houre ol
add*. He,book'Of teeflinumajeytltbeelveptniepiilt
eattnn gent free to any p,rl of lh» United State., He
eignatote te on «toh article mill tetbe tf
aTEEL .PEiiS.-4.000 , Gross »ssorted,
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1860.
C | e |) r t s s.
SATURDAY. JULY 7. 1860.
- English Polities and Politicians.
The complaints, almost amounting to
"curses not loud bilt deep,” which the hum
bugged British nation aro now making against
Palmerston, Russell, Gladstone,, Bright, and
Co,, clearly indicate one'decided conviction—
videlicet, that John Bull has been terribly
“ Sold” in the matter or tlie'iiew Reform Bill.
Strictly, speaking, the blame should fall not so
much upon jaunty Palmerston,anil erudite, hair-,
splitting, casuistic Gladstone, as upon Lord
John Russell and John Bright.
It is notorious that Palmerston, who long
held office nnder Spencer Percival, Lord Li
verpool, and George Canning—each and all of
whom were much opposed to Parliamentary.
Reform—had no great likiDg at any time, for
Russell’s Bill. Ills colleague, Mr. Gladstone,
entered publio life as a Peelito, and, as such,
must have cared little for Reform—much more
to his taste are discussions npon scholastic di
vinity, finance, the Homeric mythology in an
ticipation o( the mystery of Christianity, and
the best way, in his capacity of Finance Mi-’
nißter, of screwing an increased revenue from
the empty pockets of a tax-ridden.pcople.
That John Bright, most belligerent ol
Friends, should have turned tail upon Reform
will astonish the multitude—but not those who
have watched the progress of events, and, be
coming wise from experience, arc well aware
that the political promises of Demagogues are
as certainly noi to he redeemed as tho << Kites”
of social spendthrifts. In tho autumn and
winter of 1858, and in the spring and summer
of 1869, John Bright traversed England and
Scotland a new Peter the Hermit striving to
get np a popular crusade against any measure
of Parliamentary Reform, which did not
include an entirely new and extensive dis
tribution of seats, a great enlargement of
tho sullrage, pnd a moro frequent general
election of members of Parliament. We will,
not say that he was wrong, in principle—for. it
is a tremendous anomaly that Salford, with a
population of about 150,000, should only have
one member when such a scrubby borough
as Tavistock, with 8,000 inhabitants should'
have two —simply because Bedford is tho pri
vate properly of Lord John Russell’s elder,
brother—Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol,,
Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, and other great
citieß also returning only two members each.'
Bright’s agitation, in favor of Parliamentary
Reform, was got up, it now appears, chiefly to'
injure Disraeli’s Reform Bill ot 1859, for thp
pugnacious and ultra-radical Friend, once that
tho Tories were out of, and tho Whigs inoflice,
became a second Bottom,. gently roaring like
any sucking dove, and whereas, ho had started
wlih the idea of giving votes to 6,000,000 rnefl
who wero only indirectly represented, or not,
represented at all, this year, by assenting to
Lord John Russell’s apology for a Reform Bill
which, it was finally confessed, would only
increase tho voles of England and Wales to
the extent 0f200,000 voters.
Lord John himself, is one of the few British
politicians who seek office mainly for the fi&o
of its loaves and fishes, has been oat, almost,
every year since 1850, with a new Reform Bill
r-eacb now one less advantageous to the Pe6-
ple than any of Its predecessors—evidently
deals in that article, as ono of the. means of
keeping alive a popularity which wanes, mere
and more, as tho years roll on. -Wo never did
believe, tor we never could, with onrknowledgS
ottbfs meK.yrgenneman’s umeceffemajinamc
seriously intended or liopc(1 ‘ that Parliament
"would destroy the interest of his Brother, the
Duke of Bedford, in the boroughs of Tavistock
and Bedford, which, with a population of
19,000, have four members, .while Middlesex
the Metropolitan county of England, with
2,000,000 inhabitants, has only two.
The Derby-Disraell Ministry, compelled ,to
grant Reform; presented a measure thrice Us
liberal and extensiveas that which'the Palmer. {
ston Cabinet introduced this year. .Lord Jonn
Russell moved and carried an amendment, when
the second reading of this bill was moved, that
tbo House of Commons had no confidence in j
the Derby Ministry. The result was his own
return to office, on a pledgo that tho Palmer- |
ston Ministry (in which ho is Foreign Secre
tary, without being -able to read or speak
French !) should bring in a very extensive Re
form Bill of their own, this session. Ik in
troduced it—a measure tar Ices democratic
than Disraeli’s —and, after a show of lighting
over it, abandoned it, with wonderful non
chalance, on the 11th of June, the anniversary
ol the defeat of the Derby Cabinet on their
far better, because much more extensive, Re
form BUI.
What the truly liberal party in the Commons,
tho really independent • members,, think of
these manamvres, was Well expressed in what
Lord Ferrnoy, who represents Marylebone,
ono ol tho London boroughs, indignantly said
en the occasion. Here is his speech:
' 1 Lord Feuuoy said that what the House had to
deal with was the bold aud bare announoomont
made by the noble lord (Russell) of his intention
to withdraw this bill. Tnat announcement be had
beard with dismay and'disappointment, because If
ever there was a Government whose sale and only
mission It was to oarry a reform hill her Majesty’iT
present Government wes the one. [OhoersJ The
Government'came into power upon the express un
derstanding that they wore the-only parties in the
kiogdotn able and willing to carry a reform hill,
lie had not been able to J discern any safe or suffi
cient ground for the withdrawal of the bill in the
reasons stated by the noble lord. The reasons
given by the noble lord wore, first, (he time of the
session; next, thn China war and the national da*
fences; and. lastly, the want of enthusiasm in the
country. With regard to the first reason, whoso
fault was it that the House hud got to the present
period of the session without being In committee?
| Hear, hear ] Parliament met unusually early,
as everybody supposed, for the ’ purposo of
enabling the Government to fulfil their pledges
concerning reform, and it was expected
that on the,very'first day somebody would have
announced tho noble lord's Intention to bring
in the bill-after Iho lapse of two or throe days, ora
Week at most. Instead of that, it was anuounoed
on the second day that the bill would not be brought
In for a month. When the month was up It was
postponed for nnotber fortnight, and then it was
tint off further to the auspicious day, the Ist of
March. Thus Bixgood weokS were wasted at the
very commencement of the soaslon by her Majesty’s
Government. [Hear, bear.] The noble lord,
though he implied it, had taken good eare not to
Say oponly that tho delay was owing to honorable
gentlemen opposite. In candor, be felt hound to
say for himself, that looking to them as a mass, he
did not, think that a single motion had been made
by them which was unreasonable on a subject such
as this. (Hear, hear.] Nothing was more likely to
rouse long discussions than a measure of reform; and.
looking back to the time really spent on the bill, and
excluding tho time lost by the Government,the House
was perteotly freofrom any charcoal having wasted
their time in dismissing the bill. [Hear, hear.J
Next the noble lord mill the bill was to be with
drawn in order that the China war and national de
fences might be adequately provided for. He could
seo no reason why too three subjeois should not all
be discussed in the same session; but, at any rate,
if that were thi, only reason of the Government for
withdrawing tho bill—if, after having got into of
fico as' sir,core reformers, they- now swallowed alb
their reform pledges In order to discuss the China
war and the national defences—he could not help
saying that the' China estimates would be just as
well voted, and the national defenees just as well
carried cut; by right honorable gentlemen opposite
as hy them. [Hear, hear] With regard to the
question of enthusiasm, the noble lord had at
tempted to ooneole tho House by Informing them
that Catholic Emancipation, the Test Act, and the
Reform Aoi, and other great measures, when once
they were passed by msjorlties of the Commons, j
were sure of success. But, he would nsk the noble
lord, were any of theta measures triumphant by
being abandoned by iheirproinoters? [Hear,hear.J
How could there be any enthusiarm in the
country When the very men who loudly declared I
that amendment In the representation was needed,
and who came' into, power for the sole purpose of
oarrying that amendment, themselves abandoned
their bill at the smallost opposition ■ [Hoar, bear |
He scarcely thought that the right honorable mem
ber for Buckinghamshire had acted in the most
open and genuine manner on the question since the
deolaration of the noble lord on Monday night with
regard to the franohieo. That' declaration had
filled him with dismay, and he certainly was sur
prised to hear the right honorable gentleman get
up and refuse .to go into committee at the noble
lord’s Invitation. [Hear, hear.] He ventured to
predlo.t that never again would the right honorable
f;enlieman'have an onpottunlty of passing a bill so
ittlo disagreeable toms party. The question would
he discussed all oyer the oountry daring the au
tumn, etui what they would have accepted this year
with gratitude the people would next year reject
with disdain. [Hear, hear.]”
Another tnock-battle, ont of t which the Mi
nistry will creep In an equally mean and un
principled manner, is, that with the House of
Lords oh the rejection ot the Commons’ mea
sure for abolishing the duty upon paper, by
'which noiie expected to profit, except booh
sevrapaper publishers, inasmuch as the re
duction would be only fractional upon books
and newspapers and the publishers would
Rocket It, of course* Lord Palmerston, com*
polled to have a good deal of money in tbo
to meet tke expenses of the China
way, whicli As commenced, laughs In his sleOvo,
no doubt, at the good luckoftho Lords havftig
the repeal of the paper duty, amount
ing to nearly $7,500,000 a year. He knows,
as We*l sa any one, that tho Lords, not being
thd mere echo of the Commons, may rejeef,
though they cannot alter, ■ a bill imposing a
new tat oi* repealing ah old one. His fight
.with the Lords* consists of a mere firing of
blank cartridges, mere smoko and noise, but
perfectly Innocuous. When Parliament ad
journs, tho whole dispute will quietly go to
test la tho tomb of alt the OapulejU*
By tho trick* contemptible os it is, of put*
ting of reform for the present year, Uord John
Bussell ahdhfofrifehds have probably secUredi
ihfiir continuance In office Until iat?le«st the
meeting in Jiuiuary'nfett. That
Is, unless Palmerston, who is no etteken, die
off before, a squabble take place there
upon, between Gladstone, Russell, few/
m6re of that class, for the vacant
Them cannot be any doubt that poor John
Bull has been thoroughly jockeyed in the
matter of Reform. Well! he has the conso
lation of the eels—ho is used to It.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Voung ijlcn’s Christian Association of
< Lower JUerion, Pa*
From second annual report of the president
of the Y; il, C. A. of Lower Merlon, Montgomery
county, Pa., Charles Kugler, loam that
the association has been marked with unusual ao*
tiffty during the past year. Monthly meetings
have bten'regularly held; several leotures have
been gWen under iti auspices; & weekly union
player meeting has beon sustained,'and the library
bM enlarged. ThS Bible diatri-
bt fife sooiety have canvassed tbe townßhlp,
and of 409'families vUlted, found 3S without a
copy of tie Scriptures, of which number 16 were
♦applied, the remaining 22 having peremptorily
•refused, lb accept tho sacted.voltnne upon any
terms. Between four and five tßouiand pagea of
tmcU have also been distributed daring the year,
the society feel greatly feneouragid in their labor
of love. ■ 1 ' "f t ‘ * 1
Exodus in PußsniT oy ltxiLTii.—
week brings intelligence of ministers going
to Knrope for the benefit of thelr-healih, proving
"either that these gentlemen have a great deal' too,
much to do'j that they do not wbrk judioioutly, of
‘ that the profession is decidedly unhealthy. Among
tfe this kind for the
week are the following : Bev. Dr. ChaiVer lingo
ibg to Europe, A' veeation of sfk: months having
bjsen granted him by his peoplcTßev. Dr. Thomp
son, of CinbinnSH, goes, for bn absence of three
months, to ( Europe, hoping that the voyage will
prove beneficial. After seven years’ service with
ihe Second Unitarian Church, Brooklyn, the Kev.
Samuel Longfellow had dissolved his connection,
mid gone to for health and recreation,
f P*b&onal ! .‘— I The, A. A. VilUts, (whose
name* by ’the way, New Yorkers have not yot
learned to spell late of this oily, was
installed' .pastor of the First Reformed Dutch
Church, Brooklyn, on Tuesday evening last. The
ssrmoh on the occasion was preached by llev. Dr.
plmendort , onthv ( 3U£uH., theßav. Lrlan Mar
vin
Church, at Nyaak; by Dr. Vermilye; pi
New The Baptist Chureh; 9f
this city, has unanimously invited Rev. A. B(. Bjar-
Hcgham, of New York, to,become their paster.
The Rev. F. L. Kregel, formerly of the North'Bap
tist Chproh, in this city, has assumed the pastoral
bare of the Bethany' and Massaponax Churches,
iVirgltjfae. ' 1 ‘
, C/iromd&of! this city contains
atUstioh to the resolution adopt*
Jpst PhltfldalpWlft Baivtlat
Aesoefattoa, requesting each of the churches of that
denomination in thia city to prepare a historical
sketch of its rise, progress, and present condition,
for presentation at the next annual session of the
association. It Is also recommended that these
statistic! of tho churches be accompanied with bio
grapicai sketches oi their respcotlve pastors. The
plap proposed is calculated to elicit a vast amount
oi Interesting Information, .which it may be pre
sumed Will In due time, for the benefit of the deno
mination as a work of reference, be issued in a
tnor# popular form tban the mere minutes of an
association.
.Tn&CtrßftßNT Number of tub Sunday School
Times contains a fpar*column report of the late
Sunday-school Convention, held in San Francisco,
(be first State Convention for the promotion of the
Sunday-school cause over held on the Pacific caael.
From the three days’ proceedings given, ihe do
ings of tbo Convention reem to have boon of a tuoro
praotkal character than the aolions of similar
bodies generally are. Of the . 131 delegates in at
tendance, the Rev. D. B. Cheyuey, formerly of
this city took a prominent part in the most importr
ant business transacted in the Convention.
ThePreibyienauof this week oontalos another
of the interesting serlos of letters from one of the,
editors, who is now travelling in Europe, Rev. John !
Ley born, D. D. Itis fy&ledllldinhurgh, andglveSii
among others details of his tour, a graphic Account;
of his visit llolyrood PaUoe, and the apartments
of Quien Mery, and the housoin which John Knox
lived from 1560 till his death. Over the door
this aaoient odifice is the inscription,
“ Lufe, God, above, all, anil, your.niclibour, as, jour,
sel.”
The writer’s sketch of the Old Gray-friar’e Ohurch
and burying-ground is also replete with interesting
historic allusions.
Tie following statistical table shows the
increase of the Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Me
thodist communions from 1860 to 1850, in which it
will be seen that theyicr centum is vastly In favor
of the last-named, denomination: i
. Min*»terv. Mini»tera, Rates of
lfiOO. 1850. more&&e,
Protistnnt Fplsoopnl.... 2<il 1 52t* 6to J
Prenkjterlan.O, &N S, sou 4 19G Hto 1
Metlu £pts * N. and 5... 257 5,010 19« to J
Kates ol
Members. Members, increase,
Protestant Kpiscojiat , 12.97* 72 0 0 ,ot«l
Presbv., Old and N. 8.. 40 000 M 7.839 B>S to j
Meth. Kois., N. and 8.. C4,Wi 1,100 980 17»J io 1
Tho Episcopal Recorder of this oity, commenting
upon this priuta fane disparity against their own
denomination, suggests, as a cause, three mistakes
of Episcopacy ~ the crippling effect of extra ritual
ism; the narrow channel through which *tho mis
sionary power of tho OhuboU ia exerted, and a pre
valent distrust of that Church’s Protestantism.
The Roman Catholic Cnuncn in Honolulu was
recently visited by tha King of-the Sandwich
Islands, of which The Polynesian gives an in
teresting account. The King was met at the door
by the Bishop, who escorted him to a seat at the
foot of the altqr, and in tho course of the services
alec made to the King an address, and offored tip
special prayer for his safety and happiness. After
the cervices bis Majesty retired, paying a visit, on
the way to his palace, to the residence of the
Bisters of tho Saered Heart. ;
“It is the distinction of the Baptists)”
says the Boston Evening Traveller t u that they
have, from their earliest days until now, been tho
steady, consistent, unflinching supporters of re
ligious and political liberty, a position from which
neither dungeons nor scaffolds have boen ableto
move them, having been alike iudifferent to tho
threats and blandishments of power wheu duly
has called them to not or to saffer.”
A Revival is now in progress in ifnmpden
Sidney College, Virginia, and more thau twenty
of tbo students are already said to have been con*
verted. Some of the most eminent men in tho
Presbyterian Ohurch have graduated at this institu
tion, to whom this renewed assurance of Us spirit
ual prosperity will, no doubt, be grateful intelli
gence,
Sunday Schools for Soul and Body are about
being instituted in Russia. As thoro is much wasto
time in the Sunday schools, a large number of
whtoh have lately been established in that Empire,
the idea has beon suggested at St. Petersburg, and
Itis said will soon be carried into execution, of
introducing a course of gymnastics in connection
with theso schools. •
Tan Genuineness of the Revival in Ireland
Is thus humorously endorsed by un exohapgo
paper: :
A Kopian Catholic peasant boy in Ireland, on
healing a clergyman of that Church denounce tho
“ revival,” and warn the people against it as the
work of the devil, replied, “ Ah! thin, your rive
rence, it must bo a new devil, fur that is not tho
way the ould devil used to make tho people behave
themselves.”
At the Commencement ep Hanover College*
Indiana, which occurred on the 21st ult, ten stu
dents were graduated, Tbo whole number of !stu
dents during tho year has been ?no hundred and
four. The prospects of this institution, under tho
direction of its ef&olent president, Kev. Dr. Woods,
are said to be very cheering.
Queen Victoria’s InooneUtenoy is being criti
cised In Issuing a atnogent .proclamation for the
suppression of all kinds of ylco within her, realm,
Including betting and gambling, and' heraelf at
tending the Derby raoes, than which there Isjsald
to be no more vioiousiand immoral exhibition in
any lend.
The following answer, to the over-curious
about', matters relating purely to God's own pre
rogatives would often be in place: Bt. Augustine'
was once asked by some one, “ What the Lord was
doing before the creation of the world?” to whloh'
the great Doctor replied, “He was creating a hell
for inquisitive people.”
A clbruyuan ikEkolanp, notlong slnce.'repre
seniod to the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bris
tol |hat a brother clergyman was in the habit of
preaching In unoonsecrated buildings, and other
wise similarly violating the rules of the Church Of
England, to which the Bishop returned the unex
pected, but doubtless wholesome reply, “Go thou
and do likewise.”
Tbs Three Hundredth Anniversary of Me*
lanothon's death, celebrated in all the German
churches on the 14th of last April, has called
out numerous biographies of the gentle re
former, some of which are by eminent German
.theologians. %
Hughes has sold St. Joseph’s Se
minary to tho Jesuits of St. John’s College, and, m
a consequence, that institution his been abolished,
.and theolergjmenwho
all beeaWmby^l. 1
thinks If is no credit to th*
work of'the lathi Tfcaodore that Weafrtl*
Phillips, and William Lloyd flarrton. ahd
Waldo Emerson, are ready to andplke and belaud
Among other things deplored by the late New
School Presbyterian Assembly at Pittsburg, wss
tho great and growing Indifference ot parents to
the ordinance of infant baptism.
The Bidle has been translated into 260 lan
guages ahd dialects, and Is now in iho hands of
10p,000,000 people, or about one-tenth part of the
humati race.
The High Church Paiity, it is said, are about
to start a penny daily newspaper ip London.
CELEBRATION OF THE "FOURTH”
ON the!
BATTLE-FIELD OF “ CROOKED BILLET, ,J
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA,
[Reported for The Press 1
The ladies of Montgomory and Bucks counties,
animated'by a patriotic spirit worthy of tho days*
of Martha Washington, having made due prepara
tions to celebrate the 4th of July by taking steps
to obtala an appropriation for the erection of a
monument over tho remains of the gallant men
who, under Brigadier General Lacey, were sur
prised by the British troops at Orooked Billet,
Montgomery county, on the Ist of May, 1778, and
who made a most horoio contest against their ene
mies, a very large concourse of both sexes assem
bled at H&tboro", formerly known as Crooked Bil
let, on Wednesday last.
The celebration took place in ihebeautifulgrove
near the town, and when our reporter arrived he
was introduced into a scene of striking rural inte
rest. ' A stand ba£ beon erected, before’ whloh Mats
had been placed, a fine band had bMn engaged,toon
liven the oeeasioh with music, And a number of ta
bles laid to aooommodatd tome hundreds of guesta
who were iodine after th»ceremonies.
I A tittle alter 12 o’olcok the Jceeting was .called
tp order by the excellent proprietor of tho grounds,
wUo introduced, as chairman of the meeting, llo'n,
iohn Davis, of Books: county. After General
Davis had taken his seal, W'numborof the leading
toon of the two counties were selected to act as
vice presidents and secretaries. Tho president
then arose and made a most patriotic addrees,
staling the objsot of the celebration, and invoking
nil good eitfcens to rally around the (Jniop,
sailed, as it was, by Its worst enemies, An
quent prayer followed, after whloh the Declaration
of Independence was read. General, Davis then
Introduced Gel. John W. Forney,' of Philadelphia,
rho had been invited to pronounce tfco?{qtion, and
Thu arose and spoke as fellows:
< The unwritten;.or. domestic, history ot every
country is,always thp-.most interesting. The
neighborhood annals and family traditions, though'
rarely noticed b^‘those who attempt'ti> |hreierv»
the past for the instruction of the fprare, are;
crowded with romantic incidents, and filled with;
lessons of straugo and startling slgfiififance. The*
'story of lb a soldier’s courage on too battle-field,
V>i the self sacrifice of tho patrifttW afatetostott, <ft
p*to* befctd-
TIRO et d n ranfigt AWhm»nMt
■men and women who figure, In tho background or
'the great events of the past.
AU that Walter Bcott has done in bis immortal
efforts to weave into romance, alike in poetry and
Srbse, the scenes ef Scottish life, Would be rivalled
' some' modern magician of equal genius could
illustrate the characters who acted, and the inci
dent that transpired, in domestic lffo anterior to
;and daring the struggle for American Inde
,pendonce.
Let us look back for a hundred years into this
FOsnsylvania oi ours, and recall, if we can, the In
dividual and local history of those who participa
ted in this great oontaot. What a volume for con
templation and for wonder sqoh a retrospect would
afford! The narrative of the ancestor as it has
been transmitted to his dependent; tho tale told
in the long winter evening by the father to the
son, aud tho mother to the daughter; the piotures
of the men who fought and suffered, and of those
who faltered And fled; the patience, perseverance,
r.cal and fidelity of some, the oraft, canning, and
Eolfishacss of others—how such a book would be de
voured at the present day! How it would fill up
tbo grand outlines of Dancroft, illuminate tho
pagea of Marshal! and Hildreth, snd clothe with
life and color those standard works, whloh, by
contrast, may be called m*re skeletons of the
great deeds of the past!
Jt is vastly to be lamented that solittJeof all
this singularly interesting information has been
prerervod. We may realize the value of such con
tributions to our national' literature by reference
to the volumes which have been written for the
purpose of preserving the record of individual and
family services Ibrongbout the American Revolu
tion. The unpretending sketches which have ap
peared in the different cutjntry newspapers of our
State, on this theme, if collected, revised, and di
sected, would be inestimable. The little booh pre
pared by Hon. William B; Reed, of Philadelphia,
and dedicated to bis grandmother; the unrivalled
sketohes of Charles Minor; tho modest pamphlet
of George Chambers, of Franklin county; the fide
and laitbful delineations of Neville B Craig, of
Alleghany; the history of Lancaster, Berks, and
Lebanon ( oountics, by J D. Rap; tho life of Gen.
ilablenberg, by bis JauiUited grandson; the stories
of the Moravians at Bethlehem; of the B redheads
of Northampton, Monroe, Wayne, and Pike; the
history of Wyoming, by William L. Stone, inolu*
ding “ Gertrude,” tho poem of the great English
man, Campbell; the history of the West Branch
valley, by McGinness; tbe biography’of- Hugh
Brady; Trego’s Historical Collections; Henry
Simpson’s “ Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, now
deceased •* Tbe Recollections of John Binns,”
who died a few days ago, at a ripo old age, in Phi
ladelphia, and died, too, almost unnoticed; the
various fragments of Indian life before tho Revo
lution itselt, and after it began—l can conceive
no more delightful or instructive reading than
this.
I have a friend in Philadelphia—Thompson
Westoott, the acooraDlUhod editor of tbe Sunday
Dispatch —who has devoted years of his valuable
time to the preparation of what might be de
signated 11 Tho Inside History of Philadelphia
for a Hundred Years”—ending, I believe,
with* the beginning of the present century,
Without expectation of reward, and purely
to serve a good purpose, this laborious stu
dent and gifted gentleman has read theold-Uine
newspapers, the lorgotton aots of tbe
and the manuscripts ho has beon able to' borrow
from tho anoient Revolutionary families. With
this mass of material, he has fashioned A work
which will bo a monument to bis-momory.
Dwell, for an instant, upon thoso forthcoming
pages! The intrigues of tho politicians—the
treaoherles of the lories— tho ambitions of the
statesmen—the troubles of tho colonists—the ty
rannies of the dependents of the Crown—the gca
doal steps from whispered complaint, to lona re
volt, and bloody war—the portraits of Adbms,
Franklin, and Jefferson—not as we see them de
lineated by tho great historical painters—the
Mloh&ol Angelos and Raphaels of the present day,
but as they moved and lived in private life —what
more oharming relaxation—what more useful in
formation could an American desire ?
Tho people of Books and Montgomery*counties-
indeed! the people of Pennsylvania—owe a large
debt of gratitude to Col. W. W. 11. Daria, for his
recent successful effort to do justice ,to those brave
men in whoso honor, and to commemorate whose
gallant deeds, we are assembled hero on this lovely
Fourth of July morning.
Until the appearanoe of this admirable memoir
the historian had failed to tako any nstioa of, or to
dojustioe to Brigadier General Jobn Lacey. Mo re
cord of his life beyond that oherished by his im
mediate family and Irionds had been preserved.
No pompous proso celebrated the deeds of those
who fought by his side—no poet sung his praises,
no great artist secured his features from neglect.
The generous hand of a native of Backs county
has, however, amply compensated for the indif
ference of others, and to-day we meet here on
the ground conseoratcd by the bravery of Laofcy,
and the blood of his compatriots, to take such steps
as will fitly commemoratoonoof the most desperhto
of the many struggles for our liberties. 'Xhere is a
j graceful propriety, too, in the fact that this sacred
task bos been confided to the ladies—the fair
descendants, many of them, of the heroes of the
Revolution—the mothers, wives, and daughters of
that raco of men whose energy, enterprise, intelli
gence, and frugality have made this agricultural
region one of the garden spots of the world. I tjwe
ray thanks (o my fair country womenfor the compli
ment of beiog invited to address them and yon to
day; and if that which I may utterisa simple
rehearsal of a story familiar to yourselves, my ex
cubo must be that it may be interesting to others,and
may slightly assist you in the patriotic duty you
have assumed. Woman, in all. ages, has been the
companion and the oonsoler of man. Reared for
peace and love, sheahrbka from war and violence;
but the same holy sentiment that inspires affeotion
for her kindred and for those near and dear to her,
and teaohes charity, forbearance, and, refinement,
prompts her to love her country, and to look tO'the
lathers, the inns, the husbands, and the brothers
as the surest protectors of that country. « "
Within a Short ride of this beautiful soene, and
in this ve>y county of Montgomery, the Amotlcan
•army was saved from surpnso and defeat, and pro
bable massacre, by the daring courage bt ‘Lidia
Darrab, a Quaker lady, and during all the tint*
blo winter at Valley Forge, in your neighboring
county of Chester, ladles mingled among. and re
lieved the distresses of the eufieting troops. As
despair seemed to settle down upon the little band
of Americans, the kindness of the ladled increased.
TWO CEJte
The names of Mrs. Knight, Hr«. Israel, hnf tnapT
others, might be rhenSoaeTlßMht, oonriemioo 7 '
Womanhsl an instlnetitti.aamiratio* for. a breve,
man. Bhe thrills at «he *jmd of martial mnsio,
aud it M a popular oompluuent to her teeter that;
in all ages, the uniform of the Warrior with bis «v
and; guttering trappings, hMWMMMt* Moved
more Irresistible than leas TraTftTe arnjwi ilil
meats. From Joan of Are, ffiwiVie*
Nightingale, if we east onr eves -aleagdgn '
ties of iotamning time, we will &ndtJ»V,
woman has never hesitated in the hoar*
conntrv’a danger, andwhile her h«erf~hS
resnomed to theoall of the wonsded bad/
ingJ tfc« gentlest mothers hare reared the,
.soni-aud that as the battle raged, and
tempest mowed down rank after rank
moti. in the:quiet and deserted home
found thp mothers and daughters Implorl
dictions and sucoeda upon their absent klm
friends. ■ :
To-you, then, ladileof Books auditor
eoabtlcs, be nil honor due and rendered,
spirit you have m&hiiaated in preperiag tF
bat,'ibraU?eMnix>g ttad, \
■enqabqipdi who;*-the he.
of : your,own Beighborhbod
led’. '-'•**" < ’ -
redter.of Jah* Leeejrlike IHpdJlf
dine spirits iu.theAmericaiUMVo-
Id.tna ia ‘thoCsblnot,’ weTrormr
fcriiefwkS tftW tirtfrs• to thwwl*
faU faltb, his yonng baartneverthehUoni
thd patriotic sidejoi the neat quetUcoof _
)^idender^adh fc «M/ t t lm^h , »TOsraMe tha.
a hoy, hearts toh6s*4th«ti*|t»ieM&e«*ti’ Jn the
Sedond eounty miUti*. * His
fearless example .awakened the resentment of
faipiiy and of firiririds, bfettiid 'not- f&U to attraet
around;him many, whb,,like;Mmself, belonged, to
tho same society, and who want, forth to ,battle in
direct opposition to the known wishes of their eon* ,
nectiona. No threats, no importunities, no Indue*- !
ments, prevailed upon-.the {youthful hero to torn
back in the path ho had taken. Even the decree
of, excommunication 'from l - the 1 church '• of his
fathers, however ft may have painediduLmot
appal him. Like William Penn, when he
stood np.for religions toleration arid ffea opinion,
unawed by the coldness of his family, and the pro
scriptions of Government; like Benjamin Frank-,
lin, when in the midst ofjthe glare and tempta
tions of the British court', he persevered inthe
m|sslon that had bees confided to him, and laughed
toj scorn the plots and-persecutions of his enemies;
like Mad Anthony Wayne, of Chester cpnrity, who,
though reared in the tranquil 'ecenea'of * Quaker
neighborhood, was from the'begttftißgef thk:Re
volution! to the day of aveeyrihnnder
bolt against the British invaders. joHn.LaSf’*
example forked' a*contrast to'the Be«^lti%tioh :
ne lived in early life,land, showed that to* an*wo
d<?abtadlv by.Providence to perform Me
part whioh has made his name’illustrious/ The
metal which 'entered • into his Coin petition may. be
appreciated from his own language when beset, by
his friend* to give up,the pause in whichhe.htd
embarked. 1 * ‘‘T/aWno/’ he said, “stoodthe ordeal
of the Quaker 6o#i*yV<>f which X wee then a mem
ber.' impulse toeapeose
tho cause of the colonles-do. support the liberty,
independence, and £omlcal 'Adety of my native
country agcinBt thfeitrorig''ar».of British Oppres
sion, and offering upon the altar of ihe, public
weal the sacrifice of my private intoreri arid gah&T
felicity, my career wad hot* to. be controlled.
BnCh: were the principles borne byyour “ etandard
heerer” through the Bevolu.ion— such the motives
that guided career.' He heeds no more
significant' and enduring Inscription ! upo* the
monument you propose to erect to bis memory,ihan
the simple words, “ I support the liberty, the in
<fevehdence, and the political safety of my native
,iionf)try<fgdt l tt(tt the strong arm of:Brtttsh dp-
WPMftw/.h .will gasoqpon this motto
41th admiration und gratitude.' As tho traveller
passes thwu|l tMS'Wfmifhl vallpy, bb will turn
into tbiesaorecl spot and refresh his recollection of
thp eoene ,and the hero. The neighboring school
boy will learn from it bis first lessons of
liberty-; the patriot, inthe dark hours when fac
-1 ion keeks to Is carat a iheLniou, will como hither
to dwell upon it ;/asd bia And your posterity, in the
ong line ot the coming fager, will behold in it the
mperibhable Whatever in those unborn y earl
f good or evil,may be r* for us, that here, in
he midst of the Revolution, & battle was fought, m
i which (he highest qualities'of patriotism arid bf
pourago were displayed The hubit of depreciating
he conduct of the during the
Revqjuiiouary ,war is, X am glad to know, rapidly
j falling irito contempt. The great body of them
I sympathized brith the mother country te theoariy
stages ef that straggly and a jara* majority con
tinued to.doso.untU>easo waa declared, But frpm.
Ibtfi'dalto arid’unobthfsive sect zfiany moral kernes
h&regfo&effottb/andmany a gallant yolanfceerhii.
marched to..defend _ Have they not
praply lhelr apparent indiffe
reiee int Mar. trying period of owrUttety, by the
record of tbelr JdaraeUsi lives, the benevolence
opinions of others, andtheir .integrity, prosperity,
andfldelity is citizens and na men? Bnttoop
£ose these influences during. the Revolution de»
landed uncommon firmness 'and forbearanoe.
(John J.acey waa in constant conflict with ail
these influences, even to his last hours.
And we may realise in hia experience as
’detailed, in the oomplete and almost romantic
memoir, of Colonel Lavis, which lam glad to see ;
,ia being circulated here to-day, and, in the letters
over John Lacey’s own signature, the fearful price
that was paid for the liberties we now enjoy—the
self-denials, the heart-burnings, the loss of health,
and the never-ending responsibilities of those who
were placed m the forefront of that memorable
campaign. How soon we forget the debt we ewe
ia the midst of the affluence of prosperity we
enjoy ’ - .
It is not surprising that thousands should have j
; hesitated to lend their aid to a causa that exaoted !
|so much eoduranoe and disinterestedness on (he;
part of its defenders, and especially when the !
blandishment* and bribes of the British Grown f
were extended and offered with so much effeot.
lint it is a wonder that they were able to resoue j
from this oonfliot between patriotism and passion,
between oowardioe and courage, between the timid
many and the intrepid few,- any government, much
loss that splendid sjfstezh which now challenges the
applause of the civilised world. After. Capt. Lacey’s
long and toilsome campaign under Gen. Wayne, on
the Canadian frontier, he returned to his home in
Bucks county to find those most intimately con
nected with Mra even more violently incensed
against himself than when he went forth a volun
teer. They were nearly. all in active and open
sympathy with the foreign foe. None of iheie
vexations, however, retarded his coarse; and when
he determined to resign the reasons whichprompt
ed him resulted from the belief that jostle* had
not been dOoe to him by his Immediate comman
der. But he eould not remain in retirement. His
breast was filled with the image of his bleeding
country. As the'spprehension grew into dreadful
certainty that Pennsylvania was to be attacked by 1
the BritUh, Captain John Lacey was ohosen lieu- !
tenant colonel by the military of bis district,, Ha
participated in the battle of Germantown, and in
November, of 1777, marched from Newtown to
Whttemarsh, with a force of some three or four
hundred 'men, to join the brigade of Brigadier
General James Potter, stationed at that point, In
the frequent encounters which took place between
tho British, who were quartered at Chestnut Hill,
Colonel Lacey, with his regiment, behaved with
signal gallantry, particularly in r tho skirmish
whioh took placo on the west aide of the Schuyl
kill, at the Gulf mills, on the main road lead
ing to tho olty of Philadelphia. His own account
of this engagement, modest as itSa, is well sustain
ed by the subsequent compliment conferred upon
him and his regiment by Gon. Washington, and by.
bis intrepid conduot up to the period of the expi
, ration of the term for whioh his men had enlisted.
I After this ho again returned to bis father's house,
In Buckingham, whore be 1 hoped to spend the re
mainder of his days In peace and quiet. All the
irritating annoyances that befell him before, in his
neighborhood, had increased during Ms absenoe.
Threats were made against his lite, and against]
the property of his fathor. Open 'and notorious
communications were maintained between-tho
city, then in the bands of tbe enemy, and the
country, through the agencies of the tones. Thii
disaffection added to the difficulties around Wash-1
ington, who lay with hia army at Valley Forge
There was no money in the treasury, and many of
the inhabitants would not furnish provisions withn
out pay. It would have been remarkable if, it
the faoe of all this, Lacey could have remalnei
indifferent, if his noble heait did not swell with
indignation, if his good sword was not ready t$
leap from its scabbard. He was again summoned
to the field of strife. Appointed Brigadier Genera
before he was twenty-three years of ago, his sc
lection to this important command, over the head i
of many of his senlprs, showed alike the appreciat
lion of tho executive counoil, and the high respect
entertained for him by General Washington. !
•This was, undoubtedly, the blackest and
most disheartening period of the American
Revolution. To have served in this crisis wiß
distinction enough for any man. The British
army ocoupled Philadelphia. The Americans wciie
scattered through the adjacent interior, and w*is
constantly assailed by the scouting parties of. the
foreign invaders, but demoralized and discouraged
by the shameful and shameless disaffection'Of tljej
surrounding neighborhood. Chester,' Backs,*t»d
Philadelphia counties were particularly infected
with this spirit. A complication like this required
iron will and steady perseverance on. tho part
tbose who carried the responsibilities of the cause
upon their shoulders. John Laoey Wfca the Maridn
of those days. Washington-haaconfidcd to him
tho important duty of breaking up the communica
tion between the British in Philadelphia and the
disaffected of the interior counties. It was hatural
that he should become offensive to both the open
and the fieotet enemy, spies were set upon him,
and every effort was made to insure Ms capture.
In all the beautiful district of country betwefen
tho Hohqylkill ami the Delaware, for soiha
twenty miles, he patrolled and walohed with a *i.
gtttnoe and a daring, and yet with a sagacity abd
discretion remarkable in so young a man. i Whan
we recollect Ms peculiar situation at-borne, the
want of provisions at headquarters, the. faithless
ness and the weakness cf many who professed; to
act with him, and afro that bis own force, small
as it was, suffered intensely all the time, while the
British wore revelling in the comforts and luxuries
of tho city, we mny have some feeble idea of the
delicacy and the danger of Ml relation to the great
cause. ; i
As I passed from this delightful
morning! over the ground travelled by Laoey ind
Ms rangers, I could not help contrasting the con
dition of that splendid region, at the time he lived
and labored, with its present flourishing and in
rivalled, prosperity. In his day, and time Philo*
delpbla was a straggling hamlet, atd the expanse
of country between tho Schuylkill and - the Dela
ware scantily populated and imperfectly improved.’
Now'Philadelphia is the second otty in the Unkm.
Over seven hundred thousand souls live within' its,
confines, and all the way from its limits to this point
i the heart is cheered by a wondrous spectacle. For
miles wo pass through wbat seem the suburbs of a
; vast city. More gratifying than'all, those who
enjoy the oomforts of a free Government, and a
i bounteous and beneficent Providetme, are no longer
1 disaffected. Tbe memory of the meu who retarded,
tbe operations of Laoey, and tried to paralyse the
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extra cop 7 to the *ett*e*ue of the Qab. . •
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Thk /Wkmly Pres?.
• CALIFORNIA FRKM. '
' • luaed three time* a Month* in time for the California
Steamer*. ‘ '
wa of Washington,-antf «Beoanu»d the Jtagiuta
troops at Philadelphia, had - tunad MItUT frou
thei# struggling deetittyM'ftt WMtr Mush .tod.
Valley Forge, u charitehly fonrottec,-ie'. tfceiecc
that;their posterity, Sr*‘to hefemdiauc the
mo£| coDMrvjtSre andjoyil eT all o«r p—p!a ’
inhabitant** and -+U? -fetoftonrst with , . .
usß tnSoft • ■
eetaaUy my .trengtK at .'vug iimrf.'-’ WeVrV '
Mdiy off lot. -»
it almost carrion, and not on?., at att,"
Ana then, to prove the diieffeeftoil of tfcepojMle.
tioAheeeyel: “'Within Hfteeo'adlei.of Hinil«l~ -
it «» only ntceeeexy to It*to thet.tkeioter
eotHM with the enemy W mob s heigh >
thejE it was held pi, serious oomideretionto'depo-'
pnlhte the whole between the two rivets •' !
nw/thUrdbtasoe.”' flrrtr T?lril~r 'tells flnhi TTrili ■
logton on the 2»th of ']fca*J4hw?i.eVM7::biß<i
of >HUiny ie cerriei sB *»p*» M»r lie .
enemy’* lioee, end tm ttw, jajjil conduct, he
#) ‘‘X mm loduorf tojSegive'teS few reel ‘
fritnda to America afeloftWWmtfcfßillM'of Ehi- ’ >
lawlphia.” • • • 1 rSI ;T_l ,v,:i •■
that htreesed, end.' leftrMkowt three# or
before the .affair attho * flflitfp' be n>
ports “ thatbut fifty-three persons were lit Tor duty,
and none in eommaod.” - - T
(Previous to thAtttiivefy of the oration the pie* 4
relent of the 4%* patted from lb© crowd An aged
citizen Bocks county, who was fourteen years of
ttk ,wb«n tli(i]bittroof tfre Crooked *BUfot took
Mice, *flny,Aisd is there-.. ,
foie ninetj-rix years old. Taming to this venera
bl* ndio' Colonel Forney said," Hare„
we nave, before us a .witness not only"of fba gaj- . *
lantry and disinterestedness of thoee wfiert memory t
- we propea© to honor to-day, bat one who can teen- -
fylinhu own person to the triala and sufferings of , .
tnp brave men of the Bevolutiou who survived in
those dark and trying time#. Inthe Providence of
fled there, are few years in store Jp this sged *
cifisen. He has aeen the RepubilF advancm* . *
fr*mfnluwyto'metfcood ;heha* ©eoiitextoisded :s
wjtn gigantic steps over this contigint, and when
bp dise, in *ll probability iW m S Me it flourish
ing in the midst of affluence, of prosperity, and of *
pqwer. Better that he should die now than remain ;j 1
aaaapecUtorof fts dismemberment. Now, when--
faptim iS hawking at it—now, when dbiyi@ftU {
TehrißgitshorridCrontTr-ietoarpuyArsfbrhiin.be
mingled with ear prayers tor the perpetuity of this
Cemederaoy; ana,'may we not also; hope'that if J
Qpd shall extend to any of us a long life of hoßot -
and ofnsefalness like hisown,we may nol.be ooa<.
polled to witness the overthrow of that Union *
wpieh has grown, up during hU experience into so
colossal and magnificent oh empire.**} ' ' r ' : :
jEighty-two years ago, on the morning of the. *
fifst of May, General Lacey and bis force, which
I: then swelled to about tour hundred mao; wrer*
toned upon this r«i7grooad; Herohewwf *»•
ted at daylight by a large body of the ; '
ared a considerableloss of hilled, wounded, and : •
bh'erf, and was obliged to retreat some disten©*
the 'coaotry. It ls unnecessary ; indeed, it, -v
hb; be presomptaems in me to undertake to ; ,
teb in detail the men: who. figured and the
its which took'place during this action. If
se'are not familiar to yon who lire in the midst F
he classio recollections of those times, and ;
more • than one of whom mast rdmemher meetiw
the leading j*otor in this bloody drama,- who died. ,
lb 38M, as well as some of his .Associates, X can do •
po better by. repeating what hie been better dose -> J
Hy another. May >x not, though,-looking fesek
upon that scene, here upon tb© thaatie where the .
Barnrise ABflthft.emifliet took ptAee, repeat to yon .
ftoee beautiful lines of onr great American poet; '
dnly-eUghtly changed—lines so fall of last apptJ- -*
~nnnK/pi^ tg octl^og ’ lh*t theylteha to HOW nuai..
w*. e * * —■* 4
r •'* Ogoe turf, tki» riVuW» J *a»ds>' *• •
> Wet© trampled bl abastiUf crowd,
i And fiery hearts and armed hand*
| Encountered in the battle aloud r
» ** Ahl nffeerabaii theland torsw
/ n ßow xuihed the life-blood of her brave—
-1 Ggshed. wnrm with-hope and eoaraire yet,
f Upon the soil they foaghtto save,
t . “ Now Ml is calm, spd fresh andatitl, 1
' Alone the chiiw of flutimr bird.
And talk of obilaren on ike mil.
| Ana bell of wanderlnc kine are heard.
“ Ko solemn host goes trailing by
The black-monthed gun and staggering wain;
Men start not at the battle-cry—
Oh, be it never heard again!
“ Soon res'ed those who fburht; but thou
Who mins ed m the harder strife .
For truths which men receive not now.
Thy warfare only closed with hft.
> 11 Yea# though thou He upon the dust.
When they who loved thee fled in fear, '
’Twas foil of hope aad manly trust,
| Like those who fell in battle here,
f “Another hand thysword'shatl wield,- *
i Another hand the standard wave,
} Till from the trumpet's mouth is pealed
| Tne blast of triumph o’er thy grave.’’
I The oration cocclnded, a resolution was nnaslj
tnously passed by the ladles of the association re- ■
guesting Colonel Forney to furnish a copy of it for •
publication. The president called the Attention of i
the company to the fact that'an-effort had been
vainly madejto prevent the attendanee of persons'
at the celebration, by. ilio of a rumor
that it.was intended to divert it into a political de
monstration. After some complimentary remarks
to the ora tbr '6f the day, he referred to'the charac- ’
ter and tone ©f the udilress as an ample refutation'
of this silly statement. ' The ccmpsßy then dis*
parsed and proofeeded to dinner, which was .one of
the moat sumptuous repasts we. have ever witness-,
ed. .The guests .were waited upon by the ladles in
a large amount of money was there
suit of their highly creditable enterprise. A reeo-'
lution was also adopted directing the' publication
of one thousand copies of the admirable' memoir of
General Lacey, prepared by W. W. 11. Day Ur, Esq
of the Doylastown Democrat , and printed some
years the popular pages bf Graham's Mag’
a sine. • : .
Among (he number of well-known persons pre *
sent at this interesting celebration was (be Hon.,
ilonry C. Longceoker, a representative iff Congress
from the counties of Lehigh and Bucks. Ho met
man; of hia political and personal friends, and was
warmly greeted by all parties, because of his assidu
ous attention to his pnblio duties, and Lis Tearless
Support of the interests 'of Pemrty Ivdnia during tho
last session of ' COng're&a! Caleb 5. Taylor, Esq.,
of Books county,'a well-known 'politician, was also
presents' ilngham Correll,. Esq", of_ LambertriUe,
New Jorsey,' bat a native-born Pennsylvanian as£
bigbly-popularoitizen, was present on the ocoaslqa.
We also noticed Sheriff Ely, of Bucks county,.Mr,
Darlington, the enterprising editor of the > Back's
ooanty Intelligencer, John P, Jto'berts, Esq ,k
well-known hterptenr , and sevoral other piomlnedt
mon of theadjaoCnt counties. - ’ ' ...
G.P.R. James’LastEvesinoiNAmerioa—
A correspondent of The World writes: The even
ing before he sailed from these shores, never to re*
tarn,,l spent with him at the Union Plaoe Hotel.
He was in a groat flow'of spirit*. 1 His plans for
tho remainder of bis life. were .settled. -5® waa
going to Venice as consul-general./or the-Adriatic,
a position worih some £3,000 per aiinunfr -In four
years he would bo entitled to his retiring-pension,
and then he would return to America and, taka up
bis residence permanently in Philadelphia. Irving
was with us, and when the two frietfdl shook hands,
It was with tho expectation of meetingsgsmat the
expiration of this time., They have met at the end
of the long journey so’ftner \hftn either expected 1 -
James‘was relating to us, Among other things, ’eer
>tain leave-taking occurrences, at Richmond, on.hls
departure from that Tho merementionof the>
oerdl&Hty shown him by tbu Virginians quite over
poweredhim, and in a choked voice he exclaimed,
“ They’re a warm-hearted people-rthoy're a warm
.hearted people.”
Texas School Fund.—Texas has the no-
Heit school fond of any State in the Union. The
State Gazette says:
Its aggregate amount is already nearly three
millions of dollars. Two million grows-out of the
United States fund received, under the boundary
treaty. In addition, these are inoreaaed by one
tenth of the annual revenues of the State." In ad
dition, each county has four leagues of land devoted
by the.Stato for the use, of common sehools, and
mne-teuths of the reserved lands in (he tracts do
nated to railroad companies, (be other tenth beirig
appropriated to the University fund. - 4
The whole University fuad is, uqw estimated at
$1,000,000, composed of this tenth of the laud re
servation, and fifty leagues of land, of which sales
have been made to the amount of $200,000, with a
dona tion of $lOO,OOO from TJ. S. bonds.
Formation of a Gr and ConsistOr y,ajc d Sep -
tkr to Albest Pike, Esq —ln connection with the
announcement in our last of the formation of a Grand
Consistory and Lodge of Perfection of the; Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite, in this city; and ofa
, supper to Mr. Pike, we are requested to aay that,
la the formation* of those Hasonio bodies. Hr.
Pike was assisted by B. B. French; Ifcp, 33d Deg.
and Sovereign. Grand Inspeotor.Genenti of the
District of Columbia; consequently the .head of
thatßUe here. 1 Mr. French was pretexted'from
attending the supper'given to Soy. G, ‘UemnAander
Pike byau accident whieb happened fo hiet '.on
Tuesday evening, rendering him so last* as to ©on
finb him to his house through tile week.— National
Jntellt&incer*. •• - ; i
Stolen Money—-Cau/iou.-— The public are
hereby cautioned against receiving abUl oh the
Merobanta’ Bank or Boston for sl,oottdfcfodJ4n.
, 1,1850, letter K, No. 1, . Also* a hill on the earn a
bank for $5OO, dated Jan. 1,1858, letter L No. $4.
The abbte were stoleafrO* toy tkflr'ta the bight
of the29th inst, and payaeht:6f4h*ia-hi4b*ai
,(topped. ■ - .>; / 7 .r/'N.:* 4 f
Roohport, Me-, June 30. iB6O.