' THIS FRESS. •" tt/kivtvxo DAILY, (&U2»DAyS EXCEPTED,) .; ; ; bit i«h« w. romy. - OffiOll N0.<17 OnESTNUT STREET. ... , , ~ , DAth Y, 1 Flt ESS. .’fw*t,7» CfafT* ?*k yiJCSK, parable to the Carrier. . MMleAto.Snbeoribere oot of the Citj at Bix DotLaxs f** Axrrow, Fom DoLtase vox KioHtMoxrm, rut** Doll*x§ ro* Six Mouth.—inv.n.blrin ad- VMee'for the Ume ordered. ' • :> hp MI WKEKtV FUtll. Meiled to Scbeoriber* (rat of the City atTwaxiUoi iaWjjnM Amreai, in advanoe.' COMMISSION HOUSES. HAZARD. * HUTCHINSON, “ ro.ii» chestnuts*.. . J|^OHAirTI< FOR THE SALE OF philadelphia-madf, Oooi>B. MILLS FCKMKKLY BA? STATE MILLS SHAWLS of *ll eieee, m treat variety. Rrabowad ana Printed TABLE COVERS. «mON BEAVERS and BROAD CLOTHS. BALMOBAL BKIBTS. jOEOKIWa, and Doable and Tirieted COATIMSA M SACKINGS and heavy ZEPHYR CLOTHS. Twilled and Plain FLANNELS and OPERA FLAN aBLS. Printed FELT OARPETINSG. For bale by FROTHINGHAM A WELLS, >4 Soath FRONT Street, end - 35 LETITLA Street, SCATS AND CAPS. NSW HAT STORE. JOHN E. FOSTER, (Lute of 100 South «treat,) .. jH&vmx tehee the store at NO. 881 CHESTNUT ST., AndSttadit nein enperioretyle, invitee the attention ° , AND EXTENSIVE STOCK HATS AND OAFS. *£HUa*wfhll«tTlM are mueh admired. FURS. PURS! FURS! GEORGE F. WOMBATH. NOS. 4,1* AND 4IT ARCH STREET. Hu a<rr o»ea A FULL ASSORTMENT LADIES’ FURS, To whieh the Attention of the Pnbho re invited. ooS-ara MILLINERY GOODS. IO3NNED Y & B RO. CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW EIGHTH, Have Otened a BPLBNDID ASSORTMENT or ' FRENCH FLOWERS, HEAD DRESSES. FEATHERS,.RIBBONS, • STRAW GOODS, BONNET MATERIALS, , AT LOW PRICES. eed-Sm CLOTHING. |£ELLY & DOHERTY, V TAILORS, 31 and JS SOUTH FIFTH STREET, wav* me* skciivhd tbxib ALL AND WINTER STYLES, Together with * large eeeortment of t NEW AND FASHIONABLE GOODS. To whiek the jttblio are invited to examine. » eeie im CABINET FURNITURE. pRENCH FURNITURE. GEORGE J. HENKELB, tRd WALNUT STREET, e Jaet staked n lane tnvoioe oi QUADRILLE, MARQUBXRIE, and ORMOLU WORK, Whiehh*willaellttverr REDUCED FRIGES. - . * GKO. J. HKNKSLS, f• < WALNUT STREET. Offer.at VSR I HiltOß D PRICES The .’arceet aaortment in the Union, nil of New Deenhe Call end exeaune before purchaeiai. eeli 6m P.ABIfnST V/uauj TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, , No. 981 SOUTH SECOND STREET- In onMotwa with thoir extennve Cabin, t Emino**, ” .*r- ““■‘mffl’iM" ° f w k -»I at® pTotjomaoed, by all who have used then, to • •o»eriorto.iU«D(liera. i . . .... _ F afthe fnalitr tad fintih oftbeee Table* the mann bettjen rtfertO gteir; sanerooii patron* thronchoat thec Blon t w» oar* familiar with the character ortheir wort. uisn jV*W CABINET WAREROOMB A” OP.END THIS WEEK BY "1 T " ** JS.«» Bw{h .FwdoomawtaCMatptitatrMt, '* ‘.trtttMmtiMtt of FURNITURE ohna dliofii- '■ “gftS*"* on tarn, »t u» lontt oub moat. . SPOIITING GOODS. Q.UNS. PISTOLS. SKATES, &c. PHILIP WILSON & 00, MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR DUNS, In rerun tad Mm ia FINE GUNS AMD SHOOTING TACKLE. WICKET BATS, BALLS. At.. BASE-BALL IMPLEMENTS, l SKATES 0? EVERY VARIETY, FINE FISHING TACKLE, A* THE LOWEST PEICES. 432 CHESTNUT STREET. oaS-Di BLINDS AND SHADES. JJLINDS and shades. B. J. WILLIAMS. ' Mb. 16 NORTH SIXTH STREET. (a tha mott txttuitt Mumfiwtartr of VENETIAN BLINDS ' ' AND WINDOW SHADES. . The lariaat ud Snatt sbiortment in the oitr. at the iowaet rrioet. STORE SHADES nude Mil lettered. REPAIRING »TO»»tlr attended to. J - (TkBBEUAS. gLEEPER & FENNER. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS UMDKKLLAB A°STD PARASOLS, ' NO. SS6 MARKET STREET, '' rHiusursu, tit now makinf more than nra bundbid Diriaaia, raiiiTin or nnniu of «Yery aitß.frtnaH to 40 Inohar.. • ’ iSR wot mtooHne" vet thfi »ell-mj£j •took,vbitt iwMdat na»T Kov»tTtsi. net mtt with tlttm/m. r.. n .1; ' antt-Io rAFER HANGINGS, pAPEK-H ANGING. (PALL TRAD*.) HOWELL A BOURKE. a Ihviof ramevad to tb*ir now Stora, OOftHBE SODMH AND MABKBT STREETS, Ara nov »r#**rad to offer to the,Trade* terr««fid •laiittt iaaottmattt of - wall papers, , ; BORDERS, ' FIRE SOREENS, . ; WINDOW CURTAIN GOODS, fcc„ All of Utt aaweetand bait 04il|M, from the loaeit ■rittd utlelt to the Snoot ;. GOLD, AND VELVET DECORATIONS. - Sottkara ud Wotta'ra Barohnnta will do well to lelt ikaattaMiahauatof . uiEORSU A BORAX], N. K. OORNKR FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS, CtUMMi- PHILADELPHIA. - - I ! - *c, , JfggBOSEHB OIL er SUPH&IOR QUA KBROSKNE.or 1? IQOAIi-OlXi LAMPS. ' cki»VBhISSM, BRACKETS, to.. umSBR CASH PRICES. .. .v c .'- M. ■ _ . WITTERS & GO.. tP He, BS NORTH'BIOHTH STREET, I '■ "ft* filbert. brtw» Mtakf t An t VOL. 4.— NO. 83. SILk AND DRY goods jobbers. \|TILL OPEN. MONDAY, OCTOBER BTH, A Superb line FRENCH AND GERMAN OKBSB GOODS UOK AUCTION . ¥he attention of our ouitamere i« invited, JOSHUA L. BAILY, IMPORTER AND JOBBER. No. *l3 MARKET ST,. eeS-tf ... w. LITTLE & CO. x SILK GOODS. No. MS MARKET STREET. *uB-Sm PALI* OHAFFEEB, HTOUT, & Co FOREIGN AMO DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, MU-Sm ' No. 69$ MARKET STREET. jJjARTIN & WOLF?, FORBICW Airs DOMESTIC DRY QOOSfi. Cm)ji ahQ prompt Slz-montliß’ Bayer*, oi all Motion* n* Invited to an examination of our Stoolc. mS-Bm* R E M O V A L. In oooMiMOM of lh* d detract! oti b j fir* *f their Triad Btbkbt Sroiii ' : - YARD. GILLMOBE, & 00. HAVE REMOVED TO NO. 610 CHESTNUT ST.. SOUTH SIDE. ABOVE SIXTH , muraniu.’ , »k*j Uro bow owm AM KNTJRE , NEW STOCK or SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, GLOVES, RIBBONS, DRESS. TRIMMINGS, sc, Toftthor with n LARGE ASSORTMENT of STAPLE AND FANCY WHITE GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, LACKS, MANTILLAS Ao H»rtn* r»c«lr*o Into null rortion of thoir fall uiportations, prerfone to the fire, they are enabled to diiplay a new stock. to which they Invite tHo Attention of thoir Customer. nnd Buroro sonerollT. - ooJ-Jjn THUUI STHEET JOBBING HOUSES T al! Attention of Bayers is solicited. FRESH Fall goods KIEOEL, BAIRD, & 00., IMPORTER* AND JOBBER* ‘at. bfev No. 47 NORTH THIRD STREET, Would rwootfolljr invito tno attention of tho trade to thoir LARGB and wkll-seleotbd Stock of AND BIL- FRESH FALL GOODS. Which they art now opining- We ere del)? to receipt of all kind* of freak and deairable good*. Call and examine oar itoek. ae7*9m <§OWER. BARNES. & 00„ BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS; No. 37 NORTH THIRD STREET, Lover eide, tbon Meiket Street, PhilAdelpili., lartte the etteetion of BookeeUera eed eonntry mor ohsntj to their Terr lar*. .took of Sobool Book., pab- Tij,btd inthlkandolheroltiM.to*.tk.rwStliUlnellnne ou aid. Blank Sark., PsMr.ud Stationer, lenerall,. S.. B. fc Co.T &rTiabU«S«n of raanr popular worke. !aat>u’ whloi an ua foilowiu > THE CENTRAL GOLD REGION, BY OOL. WILLIAM. GILPIN, <Late of the U» 8, Army.) ILLUSTRATE]) BY NUMEROUS MAPS. O&ejrol.iSvo, boundincloth. PrioeSljfijandalibera] discount to the trade. Thiabook m pronotmoed th^mottwonderful, soienti fio, and comprehepeiTe trtatoJ* on the geography of oar oentuumt erer »o Wished. SCHOOL BOOKS: HANDERS' SERIES OF READERS. BROOKS’ NORMAL PRIMARY ARITHME- TlC—...—.—..———.. ...1* ote. BROOKS’ NORMAL MENTAL ARITHME- TIC ' . . 38 ot>. BROOKS’ KEY TO MENTAL ARITHME . tic —— - — at ot*. FrofeaorofMathanatiu juFejaerlvaiiia state Nor- Liberel Urm* for lutiod.otion. . COPY-BOOKS. BY T. KIRK WHITE, Prealdurof PamarlYaitla Commenlal Collen. PSLTON’S OUTUNB MAPS. ThiaeariM of SIX SUPERB MAPS ia sow adopted in almoet .v.rr school of not. in the Union where ceo (raphf in taniht. and hen no etntl. Price ,2S for full set of six Mam, or RW for set of htmiepkere nape alone. aaS-tai .. . • , LOOKING GLASSES. IN G-GLASSEB AKP PICTURE FRAMES, Of every variety. ENGRAVINGS, OIL-PAINTINGS, te„ NO. B*6 AROH STREET, GEO. F. BSNSERT, MAfIUFACTOatX AND IMPOXT**. PICTURE, CORNICE AND.ROOM MOULDINGB, 002-sra wholesale and Retail s I^OOKING-QLASSRS, PORTRAIT AND PICTURE FRAMES, ENGRAVINGS. OIL PAINTINGS, At,, Ae, JAMES S. EARLE A SON, IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS, WHOLE- SALE AND RETAIL DEALERS, JJABRIS’ BOUDOIR HEWING MACHINE. s££a O NEW MAaRH?E,‘ FOR aUILTINO AND HEAVY WORK. Both eetr from tiro rpoci* without the trouble of re winding, and rani with.little or no noise. For nfeaUfow 730 jLaQHAtreet, Philadelphia, and No.T3BAuTUIORKBt.. Baltimore,Md. ooil-Bm fjVHB BEST MANUFACTURING AND machines . . IN THEWORLD. AT _ I. M. SINGER & OO.’S ooHm No, 810 CHESTNUT Street, jpAMHit FLOUR, MADE FROM CHOICE WHITE WHEAT, C. H. MATTSON. B. W. cor. AROH and TENTH rtreen «H M jANOV ROODS BTEfef, foU-lrtp *“ <>W “"•"aiLADBAPHIA, J! - r ' s l l '-'’- - r |r‘ : ''-'hC'-'I k ' “JiiS : -U’J S A i ‘i ' l ■ ■ ■ 'V ' 1 ‘ .-■ t. ' i nnuuu nuin » •34 aCAXKBV BTftKß* BY E. BROOKS, A. EL, GABLES’ GALLERIES, •IB GHESTNVT strebv. Philadelphia. MEWING MACHINES. OWING TO THE LARGE IMPORTA TION of CAKFjETINGrfc*. and consequent forced sales THROUGH THE AUCTIONS IN NEW YORK, wo are enabled to ofTor a lar«ce assortment of VELVET, BRUSSELS, and TAPESTRY / CARPET^, OF THE NEWEST STYLES, AT MUCH UK LOW REGULAR. PRICES. ALSO, SUPERB THREE-PLY and INGRAINS; IN GREAT VARIETY. BAILY & BROTHER, o»-«tuth No, 020 CHESTNUT Street, 1860, LLIES’ PATENT WROUGHT AND CHILLED IB ON 715 OHFSTNUT ST., UNDER MASONIC HALL, M. c. SADLER, General Acent. and hank locks, dooks'', ao. • c!!/tho only Mercantile Safa inode tliot ii ini Burglar proof. aelff-ti pURK AND CHEAP BREAD, MANUFACTUKKD BY 'I'HE MECHANICAL BAKERY, *Alf ** OBTAINED AT THE POLLOWIKB j PLACES-* I MECHANICAL BAKERY, 6, W. oonierof Broad and i C. M. CLARK.— .-Poplar street, boloir H, MoNEIL.— - a. Sixth and JATHO t SON,™ N0?255 North Fifth * treat. JOHN G. MOXEY No. 3325 Vine street T, P, SMITH..—*— ...... ..—No. 115 North Fifth street, B. SOOY—, —,—.—S. E. corner Fifth and W. W. MATHEWS, Eleventh and n o-Mmitm „Loouat streets. • D. KNIGHT.——. —Brood street, belovr Wal* GEORGE GARVIN —— —.No. 1418 Lombard street. H. COURTNEY.. N. 'WV ooraer Sixteenth WM COURTNEYS N^SffiSltipTwelfth S. fItWAWAMAKEIR.... street, above 8. LENTZ.—.—,——Corner South Fourth and L. HOLLAND,—.. S. W.^orneVSil^ienthan DAVID SADDLER nS?2M fl North' Eleventh J. WElGHTMAlC———Thirteenth street, below a 0 wamb-tuo Thompson street. S. S. TOMKINS.*— No, IMQ North Front H BROOKS. —_ —S. W, corner of Seventh F. MORRIS. Tenth and E. B. TURNER this’ll el'll Proa SHUSTER Broad and THOS. 1. BLESS CoraS N?£”tS&th atra.t 3.5. BOWN »“fea sn d J.MoINTYRB TgonßM«wS3 l Etra«t,»K ALEX. FULLERTOH.™ Omnot Fifth and g&ria- MRS.E. RAMBLER—Coates attest - .T» _T2__ w . -rsuuc. WM, McORAOKEN 3203 Hamilton street. R. R, B£AZLY~ ~ ‘W. ooroer of Twelfth and Melon street. JULIUS KLEIN—W. oor. of Thirteenth * and Parrish street. M.NIPPEB——~ ..-...-.N. E. corner of Fourth _ and Green street. MRS. F. ELLIOTT ——. .8. 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One Copy, one year-.. ~~~. « ——93 00 Three Copies, one year.s 00 8 00 Ten Copies,one year 1309 Twenty Copies, to one address, at the rate of ®lperannunu«,.,...*w 80 03 Twenty Copies, to one address of each sub aorilmr T ~, Any person Bonding us a Club of Twenty or more, wll be entitled to an extra copy. Wo continue to fiend THE WEEKLY PRESS to Clergymen for 81. Bpeoimon Copies will bo forwarded to those who ro quest them. Subscriptions may commonoe at any time. Terms Always oodhi in advance. All letters to boaddrossed to JOHN W. FORNEY No. 417 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADiiLPHIA CAKPETiNGS. -. 1 SAFES. DEPOT BKEAD. .Atlantic City, N. J TERMS PHILADELPIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1860. Cl]£;|res.§, TUESDAY, NOUBER 6, 1860. The Founddf Georgia. That Kingdoms aijtatcs should honor those who have aotwell and wisely for them is not at all surppg. But it is disap. pointing to know . tbtlor the most part both in the New IVo and the Old, pnblic monuments are erectejublio statues raised,' and public memorials ie rather to military than to civil merit. {Franco, nine-tenths of the members of ttnoglon of Honor are men of war. In Engl!) Knighthood seems to bo more cspccialljssorved for fighters and plethoric Jlayorsid Aldormon. The Victoria cross is bos’ed exclusively for deeds of valor. Ranlmd station are the solo qualifications for tOrders of the Gar ter, Thistle, and St. Pallc, and four-fifths of the Knights and Compass of tho Bath aro military and naval comndors. Most of the forty civil Knight Comndors aro diploma tists or Colonial Govern,—officials, in igot j and among tho civil Commons of the Bath, thoro is only a handfulf civilians, among whom wo do not find a sile artist or author. In the United States, >ugh we have no standing army, two-tliiroof our public mo numents and statues haj boon erected in honor of eminent mility or naval com manders. Tho causo of this is unown to us. Wo only stato tho fact—to hunt that tho benign and civilising arts of peaccfould bo so rarely honored in tho persons (those who pursue and develop them,—thatauthors, artists, orators, lawmakers, invents, and others ,of this class should bo thoht unworthy of honor, howover high th’p deserts, while fighting pooplo, whoso grtest quality may have boon animal courage,lould bo held up as recipients of eminent function, now and for future generations. It gives ns pleasure to nice that Georgia purposes to honor ono of li* worthiest great men—James Edward Oglethpe, who founded what Is now tho State of fcorgia. Geuefal Oglethorpe, albeit a distingqhed warrior, (he had boon aid-de-camp to Pri;e Eugene in hifl campaign against the Turl and had won laurels at tho Siege of Belgtlc,) deserves to be remembered, not on thafcccount, but for thopurity of his motives and t» his conduct. At tho ago ofj#o, he, then a Member of Parliament, obtain!. tho appoint ment of a legislative to inquire into the state of debtor-prisonla in England, and their report in the followife year (1729) disclosed so much suffering ad oppression, that his next proposition to fond a colony in America composed of these por debtors and of persons confined for small offences was adopted by the British Parliaumt. He pur posed making thfs new Colony jn asylum for i tho persecuted Protestants ofFrance, Ger many, and Switzerland, and <v6n, through them, of converting the Indkn tribes to Christianity. In 1732, tho Boyfl Charter, in corporating tho proposed colour for twenty ono years, was obtained, hnmaik individuals subscribing largo sums to carry it ant, and Parliament, in two years, voting $lBO,OOO for the samo purpose. Early in 1783, Oglethorpe arrived off tho bar of Charleston, with ono “hundred fcnd twenty emigrants. Ho pushed on for Port Royal, and ascending tho Sa vannah river to tlio high hluff, Jounded tho city of Savannah. We need not trace tho history bf Georgia, but must draw attention to the great principle upon which it was found. Dr. W. B; Slo vens says i « Other colonies had beon planted by individuals and companies thfweadlh and dominion; bat the Tfuateesof&iiyat their, wwic aeWrer i mrarreoemngnßy grant of lands in tho pro vince, or any salary, fee, perquisite, or profit whatsoever, by or from this undertaking.-’ The proprietors oi other colonies were looking to their own interests; the motto of tho trustees of this was, ‘Non sibi, sod aliis,’ (Not foKhimself, but for others.) Tho pro prietors oi other colonies were anxlons to build up cities and erect States, that should boar their names to a distant poßtority; the trustees of this only busied themselves in erecting an asylum, whither they lnvitod tho indigent of their own, and tho exiled Pro testants of other lands. It was tho first colony ovor founded by charity. Now England had boon settled by Puritans, who fled thither for conscience’ sake—New York, by a company of merchants and adventurers in search of gain—Maryland, by Papists rotiringfrom Pro tostant intolerance—Virginia, by ambitious cavaliers—Carolina, by tho scheming und visionary Shattshury and others, for pri vate aims and individual aggrandizement; but Georgia was planted by the hand ot bonovo lcndo, and reared into being by tho nurturings of a disinterested charity.”* Oglethorpe spent from 1738 to 1743, in Georgia, making frequent voyages io England, during that time, for tho interests of tho colo ny. He performed important military service in Florida, as well as in Georgia, and saved the latter State and Carolina from falling into the hands of the Spaniards—having for fliteen days, with only two ships and 000 mon, baf fled the Spanish Genoral, with 60 tcssols and 6,000 men, and at last compelled him to re treat, with the loss of Bevoral sail, scores of his best troops, and much oi his provisions, munitions, and artillery. After his,return to England, Oglcthorpo was court-martialed, on charges against his moral and military character preferred by one of tho colonels under him, in Georgia, honorably ac quitted, and his accuser igcominiously dis missed tho service. Oglethorpe did not return to Georgia after this, but still watched ovor tho interests of that rising colony. In 1744, ho married, aftor his honor had been cleared by tho sontonoo ot tho court-martial, but oven while tho charges wore hanging over him, George the Socond, who had full confi dence in him; made him second Brigadier- General under Field Marshal the Earl of Stair, appointed in chief command of tho British forces, on tho declaration of war by Franco, to push tho claim of Obarles-Edward, son. of « tho Protondor.” In 1746, when the Scottish Eobellion broko out, Oglethorpe was employed under tho Duka •of Cum berland, (usually called “ Tho Butcher,”) but being unable, with jaded horses and tired troops, in severe weather, immediately to pur sue tho rebels, after the Battle of Preston I?tins, be was suspectod of favoring the Stuart fa mily, brought to trial, and acquitted—his ao cuser being the Duke of Cumberland, tho King’s son, and then the favorite with the peo ple of all tho lioyal Family. It is mentioned, in Boswell’s Life of Johnson, that George tho Socond, dissatisfied with Oglethorpe’s acquit tal, erased his name from the Army List, with his own pen, but this is clearly an error, for the King approved of tho finding of tho Court, and raised Oglethorpe, in 1747, to tho rank of Lieutenant General. Seven years later, he retired from parliamentary life, and, in 17G5, was made General of all his Majesty’s forces. For many ycaTS before his death, which took place on the last day of 1785, he was at tho head of the Army List as the oldest general officer of Great Britain. As tho founder of Georgia, General Ogle thorpe eminently deserves honor from the present and future citizens of that fine State. As a patriot, ho equally merits tho approba- tion of all Americans. In 1775, when General Gage returned to England, after tho defeat at Bunker Hill, the supremo command of tho British forces in «tho revolted colonies” was offerod to General Oglethorpe. declined tho appointment, frankly assuring the Minis try that “ho knew the Americans well; they would never bo subdued by arm 3, but obedi ence would be secured by doing them jus tice.” This truthful declaration had no effect, and Sir 'William Howe, who had taken tho command when General Gage returned to England, was confirmed in it. Tho last thirty years of Oglethorpe’s life * Stevens’ History of Georgia, Vol. 2, pp. 68*9. were spent principally in literary society. He was the intimate friend of Dr. Johnson,,Gold smith, Sir Joshua Reynolds, "Warton, Burke, Garrick, Hannah More. In his youth he had been eulogized in the poetry of Pope and Thompson. He carried John and Charles i "Woßloy over to Georgia, some years after Savannah was founded. The good Bishop Berkeley knew and loved him. Prince Eu gene, Marshal "Wade, and tho great Duke of Marlborough highly estimated' his military services, and his conduct as a member oi Par liament secured him the confldenco of tho electors of the borough of Hazleonero for over thirty years. Let us now see what Georgia purposes to do for perpetuating tho memory of its,founder. In tho Savannah Republican} of October 20, notico is taken of recent efforts made by the people of Georgia to do honor to ei tho great and good man who laid tho foundation of their magnificent and prosperous inheritance. Of late there has been some awakening to a sense of long-noglcctcd duty, and some movement mado to atone, though tardily, for the. culpa ble omissions of the past. Bills, providing for tho erection of a suitable monument to General James Oglethorpe, we bolieve, havo been introduced in our Legislature f#r the two last sessions 5 but in each case, so. indifferent were the trovers to their fate, 1 that they were allowed to linger upon tho' desks of tho secre taries, and finally to bo thrown .asido with tho immense mass of rubbish known as ‘ unfinished business/ In what a humiliating aspect does such neglect place us in the oyes of the world!* 5 Tho Editor then adds: “ We- have thought much of this subject, and foel our full aharo of sham© for the national re missnesg. Repentance without works, though, wo felt was nothing, and, with tho old adage on our mind.'thafc ‘ what is everybody’s business Is no* body’s business, 1 upon the adjournment of tho Legislature in 1859, leaving the work of gratitude undone, we resolved that it it failed for tho futuro it should not be from the lack of a friend. Ac* cordingly, when on a visit to tho city of Washing ton, during the past winter, we held frequent con* sultations with an oooomplished sculptor, and, af ter h comparison of viows, wo agreed upon a plan for a marblo statue and monument, in urhioh the lineaments of tho illustrious founder of'Georgia, taken from'authentic sources, togethor with ap propriate historical devices, emblems, inscriptions, &c., should' bfc embodied. A few weeks since, wo reooived by steamer a model, in plaster, of the projected work, whioh is now to be seen in our of fice by all who may feel an interest In the subject. Wo regard it as a most chaste, beautiful, and ap propriate memorial of our great benefactor, while, os a work of. art, it is above, orltioism. For the information of our readers at a distance; ure feel that we could not better occupy a short space in our oolumns than by giving a brief description of the design: “The> statpe represents General Oglethorpe standing orcot, in the military costume of his time, about 1730, with his wrilot, a large wig on his head, a long sword pendant at bis,Bide,'and wearing the large oavalry boots In use at that day. His left hand rests gracsfully on the hilt of his sword, while with his right hand bo gently loans upon a trophy of arms, holding tho charter of Georgia, half unrollod. Tho bolmet and his family oo&t-ot-nma (three hoars 1 heads, with the motto, ' Ne&cit cedere,*) adorn the front of the trophy, while cannon, carbines, pistols, swords, oannon balls, Ac., ootnbine with tho above to make it complete. Firmness, courage, wisdom, dignity, and goodness, tho ruling traits of the subject, are admirably delineated In tho sharp, fine features of the statue, which was modelled aftor the best English engravings. So muoh for the main figure and its accompaniments. “ The pedestal is square and massive, and on the front side will near the coat*of*arms of Georgia, surmounted by a Wreath composed of the ohief productions of her soil, suoh as Indian corn, oot ton. rice, sugar cane, grapes, and tho various fruits She centre of the wreath will bear the in scription, 4 To tho Founder of Georgia, General James Oglethorpe,’ with tho dates of his birth and decease. The reverse of the pedestal is, for the present, left blank, and will answer for ao enu meration of the great deeds of Oglethorpe, a basso relievo representation of his battle with the Spaniards, or suoh othor inscription or device as may be agreed upon. “ Tho two sides of the pedestal will each be or namented with basso reltevos , illustrations of the ohief eyenta connected with the founding of the colony of Georgia. One will represent Oglethorpe debarking at Savannah, and snowing his officers and men the fort and defenoes on the bluff, with some rude houses and his tent in the background. The officers on his right are busy In examining the grade-’ are alio been a ship in the dlateHoaT w&Toh in former times letr mm* the water up the bluff to tho fortifications. On tho reverse tho basso relievo represents the treaty of Oglethorpe with the Creek Indians, and we regard it as a meat beautiful and striking conception. In the centre of the composition Oglethorpe is repre sented ehaking hands with the Indian Chief—tho latter ehowiug, with hislefthand, tho grounds ceded to'tho new settlers. The Chiof’B squaw is standing by bis side, while hisson, timidly pooping out from behind his father’s legs, is staring at the stran gers. The Indians accompanying tho chief ex hibit different feelings about the transaction. Im mediately in the rear of Oglcthori© stands an offi cer with tho treaty unrolled ami thrown across his arm, Some do tails of vegetation, suoh as palmotto and pino, adorn the pioturo, while the background shows fortifications surmounted with flags, dwell ings, Ao , and also scattered groups of Indians in the disttmeo. “ Such aro the chief objects of interest in the model before us. Tho statuo, pedestal, and basso relievos, are to be mado of the beat quality of Carrara marblo, to bo mounted on two steps of granite, whioh will serve as & foundation. The entire structure will be some twenty-six or twonty efght foot in height, and, to allow for the distance from tbo ground, the main figure or statuo will be of colossal proportions, say eight feet in height If evor completed, we think it will be a work worthy of our great State, and upon whioh every Georgian will bo able to gaze with pride/’ To procure tho realization of this, tho edi tor adds : « TV’o intend at an curly dhy after tho opening of tho coming session of the Legislature, to sco that a hill is introduced recognizing tho obligation of tho State and providing for an ample appropriation to cancel '*■ Nor shall it bo for tho lack of frequent reminders should this solemn debt of grati tude be ignored, and allowed to ho cast aside in tho hurry of an adjournment.” Oglothorpo, who founded Georgia, lived to seo it bocome a froo Sovereign State. JSd rnund Burke said to him, with great truth : “,Youareonc of the extraordinary mon of tho ago. You founded Georgia, as a province j you called it into existence; you survive to see it severed from the great Empiro which created it, and you seo it bocome an inde pendent State.” To tho last, Oglethorpe favored the Americans. When John Adams, first Ambassador to George 111. from tho United States, arrived in London, only a few months bofore Oglethorpe’s doath, one of his oariiost visitors was the gallant old man. Tho length of this notice will show what intorost we take in tho proposed tribute to the Founder of Georgia. But it is in that State, or rather by its own people, that tho dosign, which sooms appropriate and admirable, is to bo carried out. Tho soonor tho better, say we. In Pennsylvania, no one can breatho a syl- lablo ot reproach at tho slow action of Georgia in 'honoring the memory of Oglethorpe. Georgia was founded by him, not quite a hun dred and thirty years ago. Exactly half a century earlior, William Penn embarked from England to take possession of tho New Ne therlands, (chartered in his favor in 1681,) which he then called Pennsylvania. Penn is eminently worthy of a public memorial, hut, to this hour, remains unhonored by any. Georgia is clearly ahead of Pennsylvania, in honoring her founder. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. —Tho New York Express speaks of “ There’s a Good lime Coming, Boys” as a negro melody! Some generous publisher should send tho Expres a copy of Charles Maokay 'B poems . —A spools! correspondent of the Lo&vonworth (Kansas) Times writes from Southern Kansas, that tho sottlers on what are termed tho Cherokco neutral lands have been driven off by U B. troops. Seventy-four houses have been burned, and one hundred families turned out upon tbo prairies, to shift as best they may. —lt js said that a brotho/ of Carl Formes has been missing for eight years, and. that ho has at last turned up in Garibaldi’s army. —The number of voters in Boston this year, according to the printed list, is twenty-fivo thou sand four hundred and fifty-nine. Up to Friday noon, nino hundred and flinty-one written names bad been added, and more wore oxpooied. —On Wednesday, Hon. It. R. Rood, of Wash ington, Pa , sailed in the packet ship Carolina with a full complement of Pennsylvania free colored persons, among them worthy Frank Chambers, janitor of Jefferson College, Canons burgb, with his family. Every colored emigrant is e&rried free of expense to Liberia, maintained six months free of expense, and Is then supplied with means to get a living. If he has tho stuff In him, heoan, following the examplo of Roberts end Benson, become president of tho rifling black re public- —Hawthorao is among his acros in Conoordonoo more, engaged, it is said, on a romance of English life. Philadelphia in IT3O. The November number of the Historical AfdgaXiric, whl6h-liir. Zleber has bonded to us, contains a poetical description of Philadelphia in 1730, from fi Titon’s Almanac,whlClTWe here subjoin:' , Goddess of Numbers, who art wont to rove O’er the Gay Landslip, or the smiling Grove; Who taught me first to sing in humble strains, Of murm’ring Fountains,"and of flowery Plains, Assist me now; while lin Verse repeat Tne heavenly Beauties cf thy Pav’nte Seat. Teach me, O Goddess, in harmonious Lays, To slug thy rauch-loy’d Pennsylvania's praise; Thy Philadelphia's Beauties to indite, * In Verse as tuneful as hersons can write. Such as from £*‘**l’s pen are wont to flow, Ornioro judioious T k ***r , s used to show, - Stretch’d on tho Bank of Delaware's rapid Stream Stands Philadelphia, not unknown to Fame t Here the tall Vessels safe at Anohor ride, ‘ ’ And JEurcifc’s wealth flows in with every Tide: ' Thro’ oaoh wide Ope tho distant Prospects clear ; Tho well built Streets are regularly fair *. The Plan by thee oontriv’d, O Penn, the sohome, A Work immortal as the Founder’s Name. *Ti3 here Apollo does erect his Throne, This his Parnassus, this his Helicon: Hers solid sense does every Bosom warm. Here Noise and Nonsense have forgot to charm. Thy Seers how cautions 1 and how Gravely wise! Thy hopeful Youth in Emulation rise: Who (if the wishing Muse inspir’d does sing) Shall Liberal Arts .to such Perfection bring, mourn her anoient Fame deolm’d, And Philadelphia be the Athens of Mankind. Thy lovely Daughters unaffected shine, In each Perfection, every Graoe divine: Beauty triumphant sits in everr Eye, And Wit shines forth but oheok’d with Modesty; Decently Grave, which shows a sober Sense, And oheorful. too, a sign of Innocence. ' But what; O Pennsylvania, doe? declare Thy Bliss, speaks thoc profusely happy’; here - ■ Sweet Liberty her gentle influence sheds, t • And Peace her downy Wings about us spreads: While War and Desolation widely reigns, And Captive Nations groan benekth their chains, While half tho World implioitly obey Romo lawless Tyrant’s most imperious Sway, No threatening Trumpet warns ns from afar Of haafning Miseries or approaohiug War; Fearless the Hind pursues his wonted Toil, And eats the Product of his grateful Boil, No unjust sentence we have cause to fear, No arbitrary Monaroh rules us here. Our Lives, our Properties, and all that’s ours, Our Happy Constitution here secures, . What Praise and Thanks, O Penn! are due to thee. For this first perfoot Soheme of Liberty 1 How shall tho Muse thj just Applauses sing ; Or in what strains due Acclamations bring l Who can thy Charter read, but with surprise Must strait proolann thee Generous, Just, and Wiqe ? Thro’ overy Pago, thro' overy oarefol Lino, How does the Friend, tho Nursing Father shine i” J The Historical Magazine annotated this cu rious effusion as follows: It is probable that Titan himself was the author of tho above poetio effusion. The alluded to ns a poet, was doubtless Joseph Breintn&l, a friend of Benjamin Franklin’s, lie was a copier of deeds for scriveners. He is represented as be ing n gcod-natured friendly man, very fond of reading poetry, and writing some that was con sidered .very ingenious. The “ more judiolouß I*-**#*” referred to,was probably Jacob Taylor, a schoolmaster and physician. He was at one time surveyot-gcneral pf the provinoe. He enjoyed a good reputation as an almanac-maker. He wrote the poetio effusions for his own almanacs. He was also author of “Pennsylvania.” a poem published in 1728. Mr. Taylor died in 1730 John Brougham m .London. Tbe2?ra,. which is the theatrical journal of Lon don, gives a lively account, In its number of Octo ber 14, of the reappearance and snooess of John Brougham at the Haym&rket. It says: “A new , generation of playgoers has sprang up since Mr. i John Brougham formed & popular member of & company which included under the Mdme. Vcstrie management some of the best illustrators of his* trionio art. He had received his theatrioal edu cation in a good Softool, and had profited by the lessons ho had gained from the excellent examples placed before him. When Covent-garden passed from under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mr. Brougham, apparently despairing of a revival In dramatic tastes, tried his fortunes on the American stage, and bringing authorship as woll a 3 acting into the market, and finding ready admirors of both, he booame accepted as a valua ble contributor to tho amnsoment of the Hew York publio, and his ready pen and acknowledged talents as an advanced him to a prominent position. After a lengthened absence of some eigh* . teen years ho has determined upon a visit to the old country, and on Monday ovening returned to the London stage at the Haymarket Theatre in a comedy which, being written by himself, we may jin'**,, jintaneo with tha I m6tropolftimp4MS liff -awr-ih©bcat ausploea.” After giving a skotch. ot the leading incidents of Mr. Brougham'splay, “Romance and Reality,” it proceeds thus ; “ Tho active agent in carrying out this plot ia an accomplished adventurer, named Jack Swift, played by Mr. Brougham, and whose ease, effrontery, and versatility in assuming the position of an Irish under-servant to the supposed humble gardener, enable him the better to sustain the deception practised. Tho group of oharaotors introduced also comprises theyoang lady’s maiden annt, Mrs. Barbara Manly (Sirs. Wilkins), a now pretty familiar typo of the strong-minded female, in decidedly marcnlino trowsers, and with a firm conviction of the importance of asserting?, on all occasions, the rights of woman; a profusely whis kered exquisite of the rocognixod stage pattern, Mr. Lavonder Kydd, amusingly personated by Mr. W. Farron, and a coupla of servants, the ono colloquially comical and the other. pert and pretty, who aro appropriately embodied by Mr. Clark and Mrs. FRzwilliam, the representa tives of Tom Badgor and Blossom. The actors, in deed, generally gave the picoe every support, and the portly placidity of Mr. Rogers, the testy exci tability of Mr. Chippendale, (a characteristic per formance', not to be surpassed by any artist we can name,) and tho manly earnestness of Mr. Howe, must have thoroughly icalizod tho conceptions of tho author. Mr. Brougham has fitted himself with a part that, iu some respeots, is unsuited to his present stylo, whioh is moro remarkable for its in dication of a thorough knowledge of stage business and an easy, pleasant manner, than the dash, vigor, and vivacity whioh should oharaoterize the assump tion of suoh an impudent, rnttliDg scapegrace. In tho assumption of tho Irish servant he was, how ever, quito at homo, and sang a new song (com posed for him by Mr. Clomont White) with spirit and effect. His figure has become a little more robust than when we saw him last, but his features are still as suggestive of fun and good humor as evor. The dialogue is animated, and though not enriohed with brilliant rop&rteos, has yet some touches of quiet humor. A orowdod audienoe had assomblod to givo Mr. Brougham a welcome baok to this country, and at the fall of the ouitain ho was called upon in a moro direot way to receive a proof of their good feeling towards him, when he returned thanks in tho following brief speech: Ladies and Gentlemen—As you mußt have neces sarily have seen, throughout tho entire evening, 1 have been suffering severely from nervous anxiety —the involuntary tribute my professional individ uality paid to the critical ordeal through whioh I had to pass. I have not done even ordinarily well to-night—bat let that go. The kindly indulgence with whioh you havo overlooked suoh shortcoming ia tho more complimentary. I can really do no mere, now, but in a few heart-earnest words thank you most gratefully and sincerely for tho very warm welcome you have extended to mo. It is a groat many years since I' had tho honor of appearing beforo you, and I should bo wanting in overy proper leeling did I not acknowledge my vaßt indebtedness to the hos pitable, impulsive, and fine-hearted people amongst whom those years have been—l trust not un profit&bly—passed. Before I make an end, suffer mo to express the obligation I am under to Mr. Backstono for tho ready and friendly manner in whioh he, in tho midst of previously-sottled busi ness arrangements, afforded mo this opportunity ; also to Mr. Chippendale, for his valuable mana gerial assistanco in the production of the picoe. Finally, aDd most especially, I take this oppor tunity of publioly thanking the ladies and gontle men of the company for their zealous and oheer fully-rendered co-operation ; It was their manifest ability whioh gave vital impression to my crude effort. Reiterating my grateful thanks to the la dles and gentlemon, and in tho hope of having many opportunities of renewing & professional acquaintance thus encouragingly received, I most respectfully bid you good night.” The Census of California* The World says: “The California papers ex press the belief that the oensus will greatly mis represent tho population of that growing State. It is probablo that two oents for e&on name, which is tho fee allowed by Government, while it gives the oensus takers a paying business in cities and populous towns, will not induoo a very faithful canvass of sparsely settled distriots. It Is sup posed that four oents will be allowed in California, but even this would hardly insure an aoonrate re turn. “ Tho editor of the Alta California statos that ho has seen several house-holders, residing even in the oity of San Franoisoo, who have not been called upon, and on tho whole oonolndes that the State will lose one Representative in Congress, by the inacoaracy of the census. This is hardly pos sible, bs tho census return wdJJ probably show from 575.000 to 400,000, and the omission of one fifth of tho population is inoxcdiole. “ In 1850 the vote of California at the Presidential election was 110,219,* in 1859 the State poll was 103,603. From these facts, when the large un naturalized Chinese and foreign populations con sidered, the California thinks that a census of 400,000 must bo far short of tho actual fact. This onloulation cannot be trusted, however, until wo see, by the preßont returns, tho proportion which these olasses and tho women end ohildron bear to the whole number. When that proportion—in which California is pcouli&r— is asaertainfd, a vory satisfactory estimate oan be made as to tho general aocnraoy of the cenBUB.” TWO CENTS. better from Washington. [Correspondence of The Tree a.] Washington, D. C,, Nov. 3, 1800. There Is every good reason why this city should become the vory centre of art for the United States; and I hope the day is not far distant when this will ; actually bo the caie. The Government itself might, at this time, employ all the acknow ledged talent of the country for twenty years to o jme. - The Capitol building, os originally designed and as extended, contoinplatos a large adornment by statuary and painting; and then the extensive public grounds owned by both the Government and the municipality of Washington will, doubfc- Icsb, in the oonrse of time, bo embellished by the art of tho. sculptor’s chisel. We should impress not only the stranger from abroad* but our own citizens, with tho grandeur of the Republic when they, oome to this city. Already the immense buildings erooted here for tbe transaction of the necessary business of our extended country are, of themselves, wonderful indications of the ex tent and progress of the nation. We can make them a hundred fold more so by employing our native artists to embellish the National Capitol with the best efforts of their shill. I know that this is a utilitarian age and a utill. ; tarian country, and it is rightly so, and no lover of 1 our institutions nhould.desire to change this pro. J mipenb feature of a. simple* plain Republic, os- 1 tenslbly founded on,the virtue and intelligence of I the people. Everyright-thinking, republican oi- 1 tlxen will desire that our most notloeable and ; marked characteristic simplicity. Abroad . or at borne, this ought to be our individual badge 1 of nationality, fori am quite sure we are never so 1 cordially houored-enA-respected by ourselves and < others* as WheU'We r disoard a*l imitations of the pe- < eullaritlea of thegq Ipss on the accidental oiroumstanao of ancestral rank and dignity. But nevertheless this Repub lic is found to be prolifio in children to whoA dod hah given the divine trinity of' art, sculpture, painting, and poetry. If these grow up in oor households—if they take vigorous root in the soil , of free institutions, and bring forth the 1 splendid • conceptions and 1 Suits of. genius—heir oloar is the indication and tho duty, to nourish, protect, and ; encourage every such emanation of divine art. Our Government, lam glad to say, from its ear- i liest beginning has acted on tho principle of inci dentally fostering and oncouraging art; but it might do muoh more in the present ago, and parti ’ oularly by making it an inducement, in dispensing , , tla orders, for tbe work to bo executed in tbU cTt’ The effeot Of this would be to rapidly build np a 1 great central school of art here.. The neoessltyfor ; our young sculptors , and painters going abroad to study tho models of the old masters would gradually diminish,.and as the collection of good American ; works increased at this pornt we should recall from Romo, Florence,* and other European capitals those master-minds who have had to really expatriate themsolves, beoause they could'find neither mo dels to study,norpatron* to purchase their works. And then, we-need sodiokhing more in those imaginative figures .and groups which, are con tinually springing from the fertile brain of gonius, than the evor- recurring straight-line features of the Greek-ideals. The Venus de Medioi represents, very properly, the most othoroal form and ex pression of female beauty that existed in the mind of its originator. He bathed his imagination in the living realities that were around him; but had he been an American artist, his work would have shadowed forth the loveliness of woman'as she ap peared in her regal beauty in his own land. He would scarcely Greek face while t living in the piidsc of Amorio&n women. Heterodox as it may seem, I, for one, am tired of seeing the Greek face on modern statuary, and I know not when I have been more highly gratified than by looking at a bust in marble of Mrs. Bass, a Southern lady, by- the distinguished Ameri can . sculptor Brown. It was on private ex hibition in a room of the Capitol last winter, and through tho kindness of an artist friend I was permitted to examine it. I was ready to exol&im “Eureka!” for here was an ex quisitely beautiful face in statuary, and an Ameri can face, tool You would have sworn, that she was an American woman. But, you will say, this : was the bust of & lady jp life, and intended to bo a likeness! But do yon not know that the tendenoy of all artists who have boen filled like a -iponge With Grecian idealism, is to merely preserve the • likeness in the bust, and then pile in the Greek wherever a feature will bear it at all—-and the hair, Ilhat is always ala Greaue ! Hy own limited ob gervaouu IOHUfI me u/ nu»mn u.ifl io ca a vox j serai foot. This bust was a splendid work of art. The hair wah a study of itself; most elaborately worked, and over the bosom lay a thin robe of drapery—so thin, that it was transparent! This idea of forming a oentral school of art in Washington is not a thought of mine at all, but there is now a quiet sentiment at work here which will bring it into existence sooner, I hope, than most of us may anticipate.. The happy conception has no truer friend than Hr. Horatio Stone, one of our leading American sculptors, whoso studio is now permanently located on New York avenue, and a late visit to whioh is the inducing cause of this letter. Dr. Stone is a native of New York, a man of true genius, and already enjoys a high re putation in his difficult and rare art, at shrine of whioh ho'is an ardent worshipper. I wish to speak particularly of a statue of the late Colonel Benton, whioh Dr. Stone is still work ing at in the olay model. This statue has a short history. Dr. Stone, in the life-time of Benton, was one of his most ardent admirers, and he in duoed the great old statesman to sit to him, and the rosult is, that ho has tho only bust io the coun try taken from the living Benton. The artist had a purpose In eeonriug it. He looked beyond tbe life-time of his careless sitter, and before the death of tho distinguished Missouri Senator, he said to him: “ Colonel Benton, I have now everything in readiness to perpotuato your memory and public services to your country ” —alluding to his own conception of producing a col lossal statue in honor of him aftor his death. Tho enthusiastic artist immediately sot about modeling a study for his great work, and after ge'ting that transferred from olay to plaster, ho began the task of a statue eight feet in height, to be ereoted on a carved pedestal twelve feet high, making pedestal and statue twenty feet. He bad an indefined idea that tho State of Missouri would claim U at his hands, and that be would one day see It erected to the honor of his friend in tho great and growing oity of St. Louis. And this wish, aftor a time, he supposed was entirely grati fied, for the money to purobaso it was partly raised. Tho Leeislaturo of tho State made a donation to the objoot; prominent oitizens of St. Louis ontored into correspondence with him; others came and examined his work, and expressed the highest admiration of it; and the encouraged artist, who held in his hands what be supposed to be a positive order from the Qommittee having tho erection of tho statue in charge, proseoutod bis work with the highest enthusiasm, when suddenly the news reaches him, through ihepublio newspapers, “ that the statue to be erected in honor of Col. Benton , at the city of St. Louis, had been given to Miss' Jiosmer, of Massachusetts ! u ‘When this unex pected announcement met tbe eye of the astonished artist, you may well eonoeive that despair tagged vigorously at bis heart strings. The olay that he had almost deified beoame hateful to him, and he drew the ourtain around his incomplete work, not oaring what beoame of it. Tic suns of summer took from it all of its plastio character, aud well-, nigh dried it into dust. But the bitter disappoict , ment passed away. Friends came and looked on the grand old Expunging Hero, and saw in the mo-: del suoh an exact counterpart of tho stern patriot that they said, “ Benton does not belong to Mis souri alone—he is tho property of the nation!”. And so the artist was induced to resoften the clay, and to call forth inoroased powers of gonius, so that Ms creation might be almost commanded to speak, as did ono of old. Now, it is said this statue of Benton may go to Boston, and stand with Web ' (iter, because both belonged to tho nation, and not ! to sections. I wish you oould see it in the clay, even yet un finished as it is. Tho hoad Is splendid, and the lip so defiant, so firmly set, as if he Intended to stand by what he had just uttered, if all the hoU-hounda of Dunnionism were loosed upon him It is a glo rious expression of Invincible firmness—just such a one as we need in the Presidential mansion at this very moment. The figure i 3 erect, with the right hand held out in easy and graceful jesture; a mantle or cloak is thrown over the shoulder, failing backwards with groat ease and eleganoe. Will the St. Louis people get from Mies fiosmor, gifted and distinguished as she is, suoh a statue of , their great Senator? She,has not had him to sit to her when in vigorous life, andfeho is a woman, not having the power to enter into the inner life of suoh & subjoot. If she shall produoo so noble a oon cepltynas now stands in the Btudioof Dr. Stone, she will do well, and no one will be more toady to acknowledge her genins in the work than ho who antiolpatod her in creating a per/oot masterpiece of the greet Missouri statosman. Dr. Stone is now completing, a most expressive and finely-modollod figure of John Han cook. It is intended for the Capitol; the Govern ment has ordered it at $5,000; it stands him 10 $B,OOO now; but that is nothing, for he, being an artist* and socking fame, can carry this, and heavier burdens. But whon this distinctive hero of tho Declaration of Indopendenoe, Who signed his name to that instrument as If inviting the minions of George 111 to hang him, is sot up in our National Capitol, tho Representatives of tho THE WEEKLY PKEBS.. Tbi Weekly Pass* will be sent to lubwnhen br mall (per annum, in advance,} at. *•*—•—»-|3< 09 Three Copies,« ‘ « f#o9 Five «* •• * « ,-7-- 8.09 (to one address)9o*o9 (to addreeaof Twenty “ “ « Twenty Copies, or over “ each, eabyonber,) each. ——. ■.... . 1.99 Fora Club of Twenty-one or over* we will wndiß extra oopy to the getter-up o! the Club. Roetmastew are requested to sot as Axe&tafor TheWeekLy Faxes, - ' V- CALIFORNIA PRZSS. Issued three time* a Month, in time for the California Steamers. people will scarcely permit a most worthy,' de serving, and distinguished artist to plaoe so &ppro* priate a statue before-them, without swing him from loss; Hiram Powers is at thik time exeou tlng a governmental order for two single figures for the Capitol, for which ho gets SI2.QCQ each. Let us pay as muoh at homo as wo do abroad. Another work of Dr. Stone's is a piece of monu mental sculpture, now being executed in marble. It commemorates the death of a mother and three children. They are conducted to mid-air by their guardian afjgel, where they axe met by a receiving angel, and conducted to heaven. This is a highly imaginative work of-art; but the model, in plas ter, was lying horizontally before the Italian arti san, who was dexterously using the chisel in re . producing it, and I saw it to disadvantage. Let me close this letter on Art by a very fanny inoidont. I had never been to Dr. Stone’agtudio, and had forgotten the exact looality, but knewit was on New York avenue. At one point, where I inquired, they direoted me out of the avenue to Dr. Stone, a practising physician. 1 did hot follow this direction, but wended my way along the street until at length I came across a forlorn, tattered, negro boy, sitting at the office of a cool and wood yard. I inquired if he knew where Dr. Stone lived. He said he did—that I must go ianfc the next gate, and then, down to the foot of tho vacant lot, where" was the house, as he called it, of Dr. Stone. I wanted to test his accuracy, and said to him, “"What does Dr. Btono do?” Oh,” said the youpg dilapidated Sambo. “ be is a Blaster Paris Man l was sure then I was right, and went boldly in at the gate, and spent a mtost delightful hour with the enthufdastio artist. Pardon me for occupying your columns, and permit me to look to the future by signing myself Overflow of the Valley of tbe Potomac* (JHSAT DAMAGE TO THE CHESAPEAKE CANAL—TBB RAILBOAn IN-DANGEE. Cuhbsrland, Md., Nov. 4, P. M.—Daring Fri day night, tbe Alleghanies, particularly on their eastorn slopes, in Western Maryland and Virginia, were visited by rains of steadiness End volume. All tbe streams forming the sources of the Poto mac, as well as those emptying into it, near this place and Piedmont, rose to a great height on Sa turday Daring the day, yesterday, the rain ceased, and the sky oeo&me clear, but the quantity of water that had fallen was so great as to swell th» Poto mac, for a brief period, to a height, almost unpre cedented. - The south branch of that river, 1 wnffch unites with the principal stream some twelve miles east of this place,.seems to h&vo swollen more rap idly, &nd> to a greater height, than the other fork. Great quantities of drift-wood, including fences. Ao., were floated .down all night on Saturday, and it is feared that considerable dam ago may bo done in Hampshire and Harding counties, Virginia, through which the south, branch flows. It is across th© mouth of this river that the. Bal timore and Ohio railroad is 'new oreoting.one of its new and substantial iron bridges to replace the large wooden bridge at'that point. This work had made considerable advancement towards com- * pletlon, and the bed of the river was occupied by somo of the temporary props required for the use of the workmen in patting up the new bridge. These offered some obstruction to the great volume of water and drift-wood borne down by the freshet; and at one time on Saturday night ,it was feared that a part of the. superstructure of the uncom pleted bridge might'be destroyed* Sind tbos cause ooDsiddrable interruption to the movement of trains upon tiie road. Mr. 'Wilson, however, master of the road, and his eastern assistant, Mr. Qaicoey, repaired to the.spot with a large additional foroe of laborers,, and by their extraordinary efforts gave such directions and control to tbe drift-wood as to prevent any serious damage. Tbe waters continued to rise'fearfully during the afterneon.and night of Saturday, and until two o’olook on this (Sunday) morning, when they began to fall. By eight o’clock they had fallen some eight feet, thus relieving the officers of the road from ail anxiety about the threatened serious difficulties to the bridge. With the view of re. ceiving and conveying definite information and or ders at the soene of danger, Mr ‘Diffey, one of the supervisors of trains,' also proceeded there, and established a temporary telegraph station by means of instruments placed'in his oar. No in- ' terruption to the tonnage trains of the road (which are now txaasu&Hy large) was suffered daring the period of alarm. The night express trains, however, as a measure of prudence, were not allowed to attempt the crossing of the bridge until this morning; the passengers coming East stopping here, and those going West, at Hancock ■ The bridge is reported to have escaped without any injury whatever, and, with the exception already stated, no derangement to the business of the road will occur from it. Some 50 miles east of this point between Sir John’s run and North mountain, the railroad is located along. the river, at about 60 feet abovu ordlnaiy-_sUler-m*riL_for a distance embracing muhr~-jß«*, jvrrarergrgTOg' part of this distance, the track was more or lets overflowed by the great rise in the waters, which came down sc Tepidly that even the broad bed of the rivor could not carry them tff fast enough At Sir John’s run the water rose above the floor of the railroad company's telegraph office, more than two feet above the track. . At Cherry run, opposite olU'Fort Frederick, one hundred and twelve miles from Baltimore, and about twelve miles oast of Sir John’s run, the water was also fully as high above the railroad trook. This is the point at whioh the railroad was so mnch threatened last spring, at tbe heavy freshet of April. Since that, however, a most sub stantial masonry work has been put in, which has safely withstood tbe violent notion of the waters, in their present extraordinary rise. These are all the difficulties and interruptions whioh the railroad seems to haro suffered from this sadden powerful storm , It should be mentioned as another evidence of the solidity of the road, that in no port of it where tho waters have washed the river banks on which it is built, or where they so greatly submerged the track for miles in length, is tnore the least injury done to the road-bed or the superstructure. The heavy tonnage trains of the road moved, for a greater part of the distance where the water covered tho'traok, with perfect ease and safety. The most serious consequences of this freshet ap pear to have fallen upon the coal-mining interests in the vioinity of this place and Piedmont. The Wills creek, emptying into the Potomac at Cum berland, and George’s oreek at Piedmont, both seem to have risen to an unprecedented height, at tended with serious damage to the lateral railroads whioh bring ooal from the mines to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and tbe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. One of the engines of the Mount Savage Railroad Is reported to have fallen through a bridge, on its way to this city, the foundations having been impaired by the waters. It is thought that little coal can be brought to Cumberland for several days. . We have been unable to gather further details of damage by the freshet, which, on account of its steadiness, may have occasioned mush loss to pri vate property along some of the streams. On the western slope of the mountains there was also muoh rain, bat it does not seem to have been attended with any vory unusual damage in any quarter. ‘ Information has been received from the Chesa peake and Ohio Canal, ono of whoee cfficors is un derstood to have reported that the grand bank at dam No 3 is entirely washed away, and further serious injuries are apprehended. There being no telegraph stations tnore, near the line of the ca nal, at its principal'dams, no fuller Information can be had as yot. During yesterday the waters generally abated very much, and no further da mage at any point seemß to bo apprehended. We have not heard of any lives being lost, or any per sonal injuries sustained. Tuts Wages op Treason.— Treason does not “ pay,” even in South Carolina. Hear tho financial history of the Charleston Mercury, from its own lips: How is it with tho Southern presses, faithful to the rights and institutions of the South? Take the Charleston Mercury , whioh, for thirty five years, has been a prominent press in the South—what has been tho.fate of its editors ? The first ruined; the second barely earned a narrow subsistence; the third injured, but sold ont in time; the fourth died a ruined man. The fifth is oar humble selves, of whom we will say nothing. What paper at the North has brought to tho pub lic understanding more ability, eloquence' or fidelity than the Charleston Mercury , (we speak not of ourselves) ? There have have been brains and labor enough in it te have amassed & dozen for tunes. Yot how meagre has been thepublio patron age conferred upon it compared with its Northern contemporaries! How many tens of thousands of dollars due to it have been lost, nncolleotable and unpaid ! How many tens of thousands of dollars are now duo to it, and chiefly by the very men the planters, the slaveholders of the South—whose property and institutions, whose liberties and lives, it has labored (o protect!! If its principles and policy were for sale to-morrow, in Wall street, llew York, it oonld with ease realize a hundred thousand dollars. We know what we say. Mbs, Douglas Robbed—Pickpockets Fol lowing thb Little Giant.— The Memphis Argus, of last Wednesday, contains the following: As the steamer J. C. Swan, upon which the wife of Senator Douglas arrived in this oity, was lying at the landing, about 3 o’clock yesterday morning, her s£ate room was entered by a burglar, and a gold w&tob, valued at $5OO, taken from un der her pillow. The loss was not discovered by • Mrs. Douglas until several hours afterward, the 1 operations of tho thief not awakening any one on . the boat.” The same paper gives an aocount of the invasion of the oity by a band of piokpookets and robbers on Senator Douglas’ arrival. It says: In front of the Gayoßo, after dinner, while the procession was waiting for the Illinois Senator, Col. Bobert Mosseley, of Huntsville, was robbed of $1,300; Wm. Wright, of Madison county, Ala ! bams, $2O; & gentleman of Mississippi, $10; one |of $l,OOO, and another of $3OO. During the ad dress at the square, a gentleman detected a thief | with] bis hand in his pocket, bat the chevalier ma naged to escape in the crowd. The wallet of Mr. J. Baugh, who resides near the city, was abstraot !ed from his pocket. It oontafned only about $3 in money, but notes calling for a large amount. Another gentleman from Arkansas, whore same we oould not ascertain, was relieved of $3,000 plaoed for safekeeping in an inside pocket of his coat. The thief managed to cut through from the outside. And we learn that a purse containing $3OO was taken from another gentleman at the speaking. The above are all the instances of whioh wo have hoard; doubtless many others were robbed. The Waco (Texas) Democrat of tho 18th says: “A letter from Bolknap to parties here says that the Indians had stolen come fifty or sixty hoad of horses from Capt. Pote Ross hud his scouts lug party, somewhere beyond Fort Badzmi&#k2» We have not learned the particulars.” Once in-a-Wbile.
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