THEPREBS. :
PUBLISHED bAILY,(SiraDAYBEXCEPTKD,:
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
•OPPIOO NO, 417 OHE3TNUT STREET
DAILY PRESS.
JEwblyb Cents rsa Webs, r arable to the Carrier.
Mailed tq Bab*mber* oat of tbe City at Six Dollars
Pjot AKirtfM*, Fore Dollars for Eight Months,
T*mn Dollars for Six Months— invariably in ad
vsaoe for the time ordered.
TRI WEEKLY PRES*.
Mailed to Bwbeoribere oat of the City at Thbxr Dot
laju| frr i Arrum. in adva&oe.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
SQIPjbSX, HAZAKD. ft HUTOHINBOH,
no. un'.oHEtnmn nr..
doMIfIESIQS; MEROHAHTr
FOM THE BJLLE OF ,
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
8H«1 ■
MILI.B.
FORMERLY BAY STATE MILLS
BJLBWLS of all jusa*. in great rarietr
Kmbowedatid Printed TABLE COVERS.
*NrON BEAVERS and BROAD CLOTHS.
Balmoral skirts.
dOESKINS. and Ooatile end Twisted COATINGS.
MHACKINGS and kun ZBPUYK CLOTHS.
Twilled and Plain FLANNELS andOPKHA FLAN
tELS.'
Printed FELT GAHPETINSG.
For sale br
FHOTHIHGHAM Sr WELLS,
34 South FRONT Street, ane
38 LETITIA Street
HATS AND CATS.
NBW HAT STORE.
JOHN E. FOSTER.
(Late of 16, South Third street.)
Having taken tbe atore at
NO. 331 CHESTNUT ST..
And fitted it pp in ciperior style, invites the attention
0f hU AND EXTENSIVE STOCK
OF
HATS AND CAPS.
tOT. His new fall styles aTe much admired.
FURS,
[PURS! FURS!
GEOB&B F. WOMR4TH,
1 nOS. 418 AND 41T ARCH STREET.
H&a now Open
A FULL ASSORTMENT
OF
LADIES’ FUE^,
f o winch the atteitwi of the Publio ta invited. ooS-4m
MILLINERY GOODS.
>S. KENNEDY & BRO.
7 39
CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW EIGHTH,
Hive opened a SPLENDID ASSORTMENT of
FRENCH FLOWERS, HEAD DRESSES,
FEATHERS, JUBBOrtS, STRAW GOODS,
BONNET MATERIALS,
AT LOW PRICES.
CLOTHING.
foKIJuY Sc DOHERTY,
TAILORS,
31 and 33 SOUTH FIFTH STREET
RAVE lUBT BSCKtVBD THEIR
ALL AND WINTER BJTYLEB
Tocethervith a large assortment of
NEW AND FASHIONABLE GOODS.
To which the vtUie are invited to examine,
•eu-tm
CABINET FURNITURE.
pRENOH FURNITURE.
GEORGE J. HENKELS.
3S« WALNUT STREET,
.*Jnet opened a laria tnvoloe of
dRhR,
QUADRJIfLBi
KAItQUETEIB, sad
ORMOI.U WORK,
waitfuaema wbm-w eedugud prices.
FIRST-CLASS CABWST WARS.
OEO. J. HENKKLB,
.34 WALNUT street.
Offers at
VERY REDUCED PRICSB
Tu® UriD*t AMortmflnt in the U&lon, all of Now Dscgna
Call and oxawip® before >prehoeicx. sell 8m
CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL
'V LIARD TABLES.
MOOKE tia CAMPION.
, No. 261 SOUTH SECOND STREET.
Da oowagotfon with their extensive Cabinet Balinese.
,re nrteie of
! sSgll l i , ff®vMs , K h o« B .
w }>'/ t ) ire br ell who have aud them* to
4 superior to all other*.. „ , , * \
F A the eualitr and finish of these Tables the mum-
Aottmn refer to their Humerou* patron* throughout
UieCtikMstPhoare familiar with theoh&raeterof their
wort* . aqfsgm
|V£W CABINET WAREROOMS
JL B OPEND THIS WEEK BY_■ ,
H* J. HUBBS,
. . No. 4ft 0o»th SECOND Street,
- Foot doors above Oheitnnt street.
Philadelphia^
A e*g«M**itoaei»tofFUßNlTU.Rlsofevery descrip
tion eoß*Oatir*e hand. at the lowest cash prices,
og-ftc . ,
SPORTINO GOODS,
QXJNS. PISTOLS,
SKATES, Sea.
PHILIP WILSON & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR GUNS,
Importers and Dealers in
FIN* <H»ie AND SHOOTING TAQKLE.
ORICKEt RATS, BALLS, Ae.,
BABE-BALL IMPLEMENTS,
SKATES OF EVERY VARIETY,
FINE FIBHING TACKLE,
A t THE LOWEST PRICIa?-
432 CHESTNUT STREET.
BLINDS AND SHADES.
JJLJNDS AND SHADES.
B. J. WILLIAMS.
No. 16 NORTH SIXTH BTBKET,
Js the most extensive Manufacturer of
VENETIAN BLINDS
AKD
WINDOW SHADES. •
The Incest and finest assortment in the oitr, at the
lowest prices.
STORK BHADEB made and lettered. REPAIRING
promptly attended to. 001-Sm
UMBRELLAS.
CLEEPEB & FENNER,
WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER*
OP
UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS,
• NO. 380 MARKET STREET.
PHILADELPHIA.
**e now making more than
ffl** HUNDRED DIP?SKINT VAXIXTHS OF UUBSSLLA*
at e*en»i*ei from B to 40 inches. , ...
Berers who have not had 8. A jF.'s make of goods will
•findtkeir time well spent in looking over this well-made
etook, wkea ittoludee kant novbltixs, not met with
alum*** • - aoM-lm
rAfER HANGINGS.
pAPER-HANGING.
~ (FALL TRADE.)
HOWELL & BOURKE.
Hnvtni nwttwl to their n«w Store,
CORNER FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS.
Are now' .repaint to oSor to the Tred. ■ Inc. an,
etoftnt aarntmtat of
WALLPAPERS.
BORDERS. .
FIREJSOREBNS,
WINDOW CURTAIN GOODS, Ac,,
All of th# newwt and best duitiu. from the lovut
prload artlolo to the finest
GOLD AND.VELVET DECORATIONS.
Ba*there and Western merohante will do well to lilt
lh* Mtabtiikmmt of
HOWELL * BOURKE,
It. B. CORNER FOURTH AND MARKET STREET'S,
„U-*n PHILADELPHIA. .
BAS FIXTURES, LAMPS, Ac.
KEROSENE OIL OP SUPERIOR QUA
EA UTY. KEROSENE, or
COAL-OIL LAMPS,
l ’ ' CHANDELIERS, BRACKET*, ko„
MMi.fent.Tiil and for dale, at
CASH priors,
WINTERS & CO..
1 Jim ** nor£h EIGHTH STREET,
NJo ftoriof’Filbert, bStween Market and Aroh,
VOL. 4.—NO. 84.
fJILK AND JDRY GOODS JOBBERS.
OPEN.
MONDAY, OCTOBER BTH,
A Snpsrb Un.
FRENCH AND GERMAN
DRESS GOODS
nor
AUCTION.
The attention of oar oustoraer* is invited.
JOSHUA Lu BAIDY.
IMPORTER AND JOBBER.
No. 318 MARKET S3'..
eeB-tf |
A' W. LITTLE & CO.
SILK GOODS
No. 88#.MARKET STREET.
&pB-3m
PALL, 1860.
O HAFFEEH. * I OUT. & Co
FOREIGN ANB SOHESTIO DRY GOODS.
auls-Jm No. 893 MARKET STREET.
ft WOLFF,
WBoLiaaLx suLiie »
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY «OODR
!34 MARKET STREET
Oaah and prompt Six-montha’ Barer., of all Motion,
are invited to an examination of onrStook. enB-Sm*
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS.
yyiI.LJAM YARNALL
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
UJ-E FURNISHING
GOODS,
No. 1020 CHESTNUT STREET,
nimediatelv opposite the Ao&deaiy of Fine Arts.)
.’ABLE CUTLERY, OVAL WAITERS,
KITCHEN TABLES, DOOR MATS,
CLOTHES MANGLES, fco., &o.
Persons comsaegeißfHoossiczspinG are particularly
invited to an examination of this stock of Übeful
Goods. sel-liaw&n
LOOKING GLASSES.
LOOKING-GLASSES
PICTURE FRAMES,
Of every variety.
BNQRAYINQS, OIL-PAINTINGS, fc.,
NO. 826 ARCH STREET,
GEO. F. BENKERT,
MAftUVACTVKXII A»» IMPORTER.
PICTURE, CORNICE AltD ROOM MOULDINGS.
003-Sm - Wholesale and Retail.
LOOKING-GLASSES,
PORTRAIT ASD PICTURE FRAMES,
ENGRAVINGS.
OIL PAINTINGS, *«.. Ac,
JAMES 8. KARLS ft SON,
IHTORTERS, MANUFACTURERS, WHOLE-
SALE AND RETAIL DEALERS.
GABLES’ GALLERIES,
•16 CHESTNUT STUB El.
PREPARED GLUE.
[Pali>ma*s
PREPARED GLUE!
* A STITCH IN TIME SAVES.JINK
ECONOMY 1
SAYS THM fISOBB 1
At mtttdmU will AajvM, mm in
tomilUs it ia v*rj dotir&ble to have some ohd&p and
oonvenient wav for repairing Furniture, Tor*. Crook#
tv, t#
dPALDING’B PREPARED GLUE
aeeta all such ems* cegftipp, and so household oan afford
to be without it. It is always ready and up to the stick
ing point. There is no longer a necessity for limping
ehairs, splintered veneers, headless dolls, and broken
sraalet. It is just the artiole for cone, shell, and other
ornamental work, so popular with ladles of refinement
and taste.
This admirable prepare#?# is used cold, being ohe
mioally held in solution, and posssorinr all the valuable
qualities of the best cabinet-makers’ glue. It may be
teed in the place of ordinary mucilage 1 being vastly
wore adhesive,
4 ‘ USEFUL IN EVERY HOUSE
B. Be A brush accompanies seen bottle.
PRIGS TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
Wholesale Depot, No. tf CEDAR Street, New Yerk.
Address
HENRY 0. SPALDING A CO.,
Box No. MOO, New York.
fat up for Dealers in Cases containing four, eight,
and twelve dosen, a beautiful Lithographic Bno w-oaxp
aeoompanying eaoh paokage.
t£T A iingle bottle of
SPALDING’S PREPARED GLUE
will save ten times its eost annually to every household.
Sold by all prominet Stationer*. Druggists, Hard
ware and Furniture Dealer*, Grocer*, and Fancy
Stores.
•eintry Kerotanti fhpuld make ft note of
SPALDING’S PREPARED GLUE,
when makinc up their Hat.
IT WILL STAND ANY CLIUAT
m-aiwf-T '
BEWIWG MACHINES*
tt & WILSON-
SEWING- MACHINES,
028 CHESTNUT STREET-SECOND FLOOR.
nog-3m
JJARRIS’ BOUDOIR
SEWING MACHINE.
No;£a < NBW MAOKH?E.' FOR QUILTING AND
HEAVY WORK.
Both «ew from two spool* without the troubte of re
winding, and run* with little or no noise. .
2°jrb:T%grK»g.'. f M h r e a'f.-8 a m nd
fJIHB BEST MANUFACTURING AND
SEviflNG MACHINES
IN THE WORLD, AT
I. M. 8INGEB& GO.*S.
o<*-3ra No. 810 CHESTNUT Street,
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS.
VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.—The
A* subßcriber would invite special attention to bis
IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS, known as the moat
perfect fitting made. ' On.hand, and made to order at
Shortest notice. WHOLESALE TRADE SUPPLIED.
Also, an extensive assortment of GKNT’fI FURNISH
ING GOODS, of his own importation.
»i« oatsMKt.
ooSSFour door, bdlnwtha Coatliieatal Hotel.”
CHOTWBLL’S SWEET 01DBR,
MADE EXPRESSLY FOR OUR SALES.
The first invoioe of this
CELEBRATED CIDER
Just received.
ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
DEALER IN
PINE GROCERIES.
ooSl-tf Corner ELEVENTH and VINE gtre«ta.
SPARKLING AND STICL OTTaWBa
*3 Wines,
pt
J ■ ESHELBY.
Cincinnati, Ohle,
Always on hand, and in lots to suit purchasers, by
CHARLES F. TAGGART, Sole Agent,
IriMro No. 631 MARKET Street
x» SHOEMAKER & Co.,
'* GLASS, PAINTS,
OILS, AND VARNISHES,
Northea.t Corner FOURTH &nd RACE Street..
aarO-fim' . . .
gUTLERH^UbE,
No. 118 SOUTH SIXTH Street,
Opposite Independence Square.
Conducted on the European plan.
Aooeesible at all home,
eelUj A* R. LUKEWB, Proprietor.
THIRD STREET* JOBBING HOUSES
rjIHE attention of Buyers is solicited,
fresh
FALL GOODS
RIEGEL. BAIRD. & CO..
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
DRY GOODS.
No. 4T NORTH THIRD STREET,
Would respectfully invite the attention of the trade to
their
BARGE AND WELL-SELECTED
FRESH FALL GOODS.
Whioh they are now opening. We are daily in receipt
of all kinds of fresh and desirable goods. Call and
examine our utook. se7-2m
gOWER, BARNES & CO.
BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS;
No' 37 NORTH THIRD STREET,
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Invite the attention of Booksollers and country mer
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lished in this and otheroitica, together with Miscellane
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BY COL, WILLIAM GILPIN.
(Late of the U. 11. Arm?.)
ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS MAPS.
Onevo!.,Bvo, bound in cloth. Prioe $1.25; and a liberal
discount to the trade.
This book is pronounced tlie most wonderful, scienti
fic, and comprehensive treatise on the geography of our
continent ever published.
SCHOOL BOOKS:
SANDERS’ SERIES OF READERS.
BROOKS’ NORMAL PRIMARY ARITHME
TIC . ....Ifi ota,
BROOKS’ NORMAL MENTAL ARITHME
TIC ft ..25 ota.
BROOKS’ KEY TO MENTAL ARITHME
TIC 25 ota.
BY E. BROOKS, A. M„
Professor of Mathematics in Pennsylvania Stale Nor
mal Bohool.
Liberal terms for introduction.
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* BY T. KIRK WHITE,
President of Pennsylvania Commercial College
PELTOR’S OUTLINE MAPS.
This caries of SIX SUPERB MAPS is now adopted
in almost every sohool of noto in the Union where geo
graphy is taught, and has no equal. price SS3 far full sot
of six maps, or 810 for set of hemisphere maps alone,
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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, iB6O.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1860.
The Great Failure of the A£e.
The Directors of the Great Ship Cfmpany,
by which the Great Eastern is novjowned,
have issued a long report to tho
They state, as the result ot tho trip tt Ame
rica, that the consignees at New Yo’iLhave
sent only £14,000 to London, without (nmißh
iog any accounts. i *'•
Last March the additional capital of £lOO,-
000 was raised, out of which was pail some
£41,500 duo on mortgage, with interest,, A
further portion of this additional capital was
expended in putting the ship into a fit state
for crossing the Atlantic, so that thoßoaij£ of
Trade might certify her to bo sea-woriby. .The
Directors say:
“This threw upon your directors a responsibility
far oxooeding their calculations in respect of time
and expenditure of money. They wereintaoed, by
statements of gentlemen to whom they referred us
best acquainted with Amerio&n Affairs, to urge trith
the greatest possible expedition the eqummeifthf
tho ship, so as to arrive at Now York within
month of July. Tho results iu AtperioaffOro not
so satisfactory as your dircotors themsilves ex
pooled, and were far below what comiron report
seemed to countenance. So inuoh distrust had
been exoited in the publio mind by tho disastrous
aooideut before referred to, that until tbs melrltfi
of the ship could be proved by a transatlantic) Voy-'
age, fe>y persons ty ere willing to ombark. Venn
directors had prepared aocommodalion Dr large
numbers, but only two passengers were taken
on the outward, and sixty-eight on tho himeward
voyage. One hundred and ninety thousand per
sons visited the ship in America. In theabseuoe
of the Amorioan accounts, an accurato ehtement
cannot be submitted to you, but it is estimated
that the trial voyage to America and baokbas been
effected out of the moneys received from passengers
and visitors, without trenching on tho oapiial ofthe
company; and that, notwithstandingmiuy draw-,
backs, your directors may congratulate jou that
of tho ship have boon fairlt proved
without accident. It should not. however,be con
cealed that the expenses ou board harei.been
greater than thoy anticipated, and that fer future
voyages considerable reductions could be effected.*'
The Directors make no mention of the
hooriah conduct, in this country, of most of
tho officers and men of the Great Eastern- —of
the general incivility, on board tljat leviathan
steamer, to foipalo visitors—of that unhappy
oxcursion trip to Capo May, i{i which Cox, the
purser, so miserably obtained notorbty, by,
making tho voyagers experience the practical
meaning of" short commons/' —or of the raid
into the South, whereby the paltimom and
Ohio Railroad wore deluded into gratuitously
coaling the vessel for her return trip tb Eng
land! •
Furthor, the Directors “ painfully ” draw
tho proprietors* attention to tho fact that heavy,
outstanding claims, contracted by a previous
board, still remain unsettled, and that a most
unexpected one of £lB,OOO presents itself in
the award of tho arbitrators in the suit against
Mr. J. Scott Russell. Against this award
the Directors have appealed. There is i fur
ther claim of nearly £6,000, by Mr. Parbyj
which tho Directors resist.
In compliance with a resolution of tho
shareholders, at a conference on 2d October,
a that the ship be put into a state of perma
nent efflcioncy ; an 4 that all pprront expenses
be forthwith reduced to the minimum consis
tent with the safety and Interests of ves
sel,** the directors had discharged tho captain
and principal officers of tho ship, and will
now apply themselves to complete the vessel
“ with the requirements ofthe
Board of Trade, and to lay new decks. This
will involve a very considerable outlay, pro
bably not less than £15,000. If the suit
against Mr. Russelu had terminated in favor
of tho company, as they were led- to hopo,
nearly sufficient means would now be at their
disposal; but if it should unfortunatoly hap
pen that any portion qf.the award can be
raado good against tho company, then ifhot*//
be necessary to obtain additional capital. Tho
proprietors will, bowover, have a nobleAhip,
perfect in all parts, and ready to proceed bn
any voyage in March Even if Mr.
Russell’s claim docs not hold good, tho com
pany will have the big ship on hand in March,
with, at tho most, only £lB,OOO capital re
maining, out of which tho cost of insurance
must bo deducted.
* Tho Great Eastern was taken into Milford
Haven on returning lrom New York. She
was placed upon a gridiron there, laid down
by tho South Wnlos Railway the
only one in tho United Kingdom whore tho
ship could bo examined, cleaned, and have
her bottom coated. The surveyors of tho
poavd of Tf&do carofjilly inspected her, and
their official report, dated September 27tb,
thus describes her, as she appeared after her
voyage to New York and back:
t( The screw shaft ha* wont itself down in its
bal to the extent of four inches at the outer end,
the gun metal bearings of two inohes in thickness,
stripped with lignvm vitas, being worn entirely
through,. and the iron-wrought blocks supporting
them being also worn down to the extent of two
inches. These metal bushes must be renewed,
and it is stroDglv rtoommended that the bearing
surfaco should at the some time be largely in
creased, so as to avcld a recurronoo of this exces*
give wear. Tho Gifiard’s patent injeotois fitted to
the paddle-boilers have proved insufficient to sup•
ply them with feed, partly from their being too
small, and partly from tho uncertainty attend
ing thoir operation. It is believed that too
inuoh of tho permanent work of feeding the boilers
is thus thrown upon the donkey engines, which
should be used merely as auxiliaries, moro espe
cially as the donkeys of the paddlo engines have
not proved v.ory effeotlvd. It seems desirable, there
fore, that feed ppinps of the ordinary construction
should be fitted to the paddle onginos,tn»/rtcs of
fhp injeotors- The new feed pumps fitted to the sorew
onginps are roported tohayo dono their work well.
Supports or guides bavp been {Utpd to pbeok tho
vibration of the air-pump rods of tho paddle en
flnes. I am informed that the coals in the
unkers have not shown any tendenoy to heat
during tho voyago to and from Amerioa. Having
oarefully examined the plates of the bottom under
the water lino, In oompany with Mr. Rubio, I find
that, in general, very little oorrosion has taken
plsco, although there nro occasional patches whore
tho water has penetrated under the paint, and cor
roded tho plates to tho oxtent of !• 32nd of an inch.
I did not boo a single butt which had started, nor
any other symptom of the plates having worked
in the slightest degree, the appoaranoo of the bot
tom being altogether most satisfactory. l lt should
bo observed that, owing to the vossof being morely
grounded upon a levelled beach, there was a con
siderable portion of the bottom which could not
be examined , moro especially as the Great Eastern
has no projecting keel.’ ”
Upon the whole, thenj we conclude that the
passengers of the (heat Eastern wore very
fortunate in yoyaging so safely in her, with
her screw-shaft in such a condition os is hero
reported. Whether, after being again re
paired, tho Great Eastern will be,“a noblo
fcbjp, perfect in all parts, and able to proceed
pji any voyago in post,” is thp
public, judging from the past, may reasonably
doubt. As yet, tho Qrcat gastern is tho great
failure of the ago.
The Paradise of Railroads.
A Buenos Ayres letter, of tho 30th of August,
furnishes the allowing curious information :
“ The Government has determined to proceed at
one® with tho railroad, whioh Is already in opera
tion for twenty miles to the west. *Tho concessions
given to railroad companies in lliisoountry are un
beard offn the United States. For example, It is
usual for tho State to guaranty an interest of
from seven to nine per cent, per annum; to givo
a free right of way through private as well as
public property ; to give ample grounds for build
ings, freedom from taxes, release from duties Hi
transporting materials, «&o If railroad stock,
with Buch bolstering, is not good, it oannot bo good
anywhere. Add to these concessions the fiaot that
hero are no hills to dig down, and but few low
places fo be raised; that thoro is no tunneling to
be done, tint few dreams to be orossod, nnd po
frosts nor floods to provide against, and this must
bo tho paradise of railroads. 1
Later from Tehuantepec.
Tho sohooner D . F. Keeling , Captain Roiper, has
arrived at New Orleans from Mlnatitlan, Tohaan
topeo, the 10th instant. She brings five passengers
and a cargo of mahogany and bidos. Her long
passage was due to hond winds and calms this side
the Yuoatan coast.
Business at Mlnatitlan wOs vory dull; not a
vessel in port, tho mahogany businoss having been
transferred to tho Uspinapa and Santa Anna
rivers, where tho timber was hotter. A number of
new buildings, however, bad recently gone up at
Mlnatitlan, among them a handsome store, be
longing to Welsh & Allen.
Of political news thero is nothing whatever etfr
rlng. The gold hunteia of tho table lands had not
been heaid from. The groat transit route was, in
many plaooa, outirely grown over, and the river
stoamor, formerly plying between Mlnatitlan and
Suchil. for tho tronsportation of paßsongers, was
Still lying up near Almagres.
ludiotep pOR LißEp.—"Wo learn from a car#
in tho Selma (Ala.) published by tho edi
tor, Mr. John Hardy, that he has been indloted by
the grand juries of Macon and Cooca counties for
libel. Mr. Hardy soys this was done at the in
stance of Mr. Yancey.
The Austrian' Constitution.
; Annexed ia the Manifesto,* issued by tho
Emperor of Austria, at Vienna, on tho 20th
October, granting a new and comparatively
liberal Constitution to his realm. It promises
yrellybut-tho Emperor had previously made
fereat Concessions, and afterwards withdrawn
them. A Paris paper, Xe Siccle, makes the
(following observations on this new Imperial
movomont-: «"We greatly doubt the intention
bf the Austrian Government to seriously car
ry out the measures it has just decreed : we
remember tho different promises and projects
of Constitutions with which people have been
deceived duking the last twelve years. The
prothisos aro always violated, the projects
never realized. Wo have reason to think that
tijese institutions, for tlioir authors will not
!;ivo them the name of a Constitution, will be
ully as vain.and deceptive as - previous ones.
L’hey have only been promulgated • to capti
vate public opinion at tho moment](ho Empc
jor of Austria is vainly seeking to draw tho
Etijjlieror of Russia into a semi-offonsivo al
’ glance, which may enable him once more to
try his fortune in Italy. Tho sending of Gene*
ral Bonedek arid the Archdukes Albrecht and
•'jVilliain into Yenetia gives tiio concessions,
apparently made to public opinion, a meaning
which it is impossible to mistake,**
- The Manifesto'is ~a grotft ands'lngulai' histo
rical document now], afrd therefore wo publish
r i£, as follows, from the-JUfoner Zcitungj the
official Gazette of Vienna?
IMPERIAL MANIFESTO.
TO MV PEOPLES.
When I ascended tbe tbrone of my ancestors,
the monnrohy was oxcosed to violont snooks.
After a war extremely painful to my patriotic
feelings, the imperious want of a striotor concen
tration of tho governmental power arose in my do
minions, as in nearly every strongly agitated coun
try of the European continent- Publio order and
the soourity of tho greater number of the poaoo
able inhabitants of the monarchy required this
the exoitod passions ana sad recolloo
tions of the past, still so recent, rendered impos
sible the free movement of eloiqents but a sqort
time previously so hostile
! I h'avh desired to tako cognizanoe of tho wishes
•and wants of tho several oountries of the monaroby,
and in conseouonoo 1 created and convoked my
augmented Oounoil of the Empire, in virtue of my
letters patent of Maroh 6, of this year.
In consideration of tho propositions whioh this
Oounoil has submitted to me. I have resolvod upon
•bestowing and publishing this day a rescript regu
lating tho political organization of the monarchy,
the rights and situation of tho various kingdoms
and oountries, and at the same time the political
representation of the entire monarchy.
' I have performed my duty as a sovereign, by
reoonoiHrtgin this ipanrpr the traditions, wishes,
r&nd legitimate pretopeiqns of my peoples to the
real wants of my monarchy, and by confiding with
perfect tranquillity the progressive devolopraont
and consolidation of the Institutions given or re
established by mo to tho wisdom and patriotic zeal
of my peoples. I await tbe happy issue of them
rthrougn tho protection and grace of tho Almighty,
In whose hands the destinies of prinoes and na«
-jdons are placed, and who'will not refuse His bone
diction upen the profound and consolentious de
sires of my heart.
Viemna, Oct. 20,1860
Francis Joseph (menu propria.)
IHPEGIAL PATENT FOR THE INTERNAL POLITICAL
ORGANIZATION OF THE MONARCH*.
Wo, Frauds Joseph, &a ., &o.
When our ancestors of glorious memory oeoupied
themselves with establishing in our august houßo
a precise form of succession, it was the immutable
order of succession fixed by his Apostolic Majesty
the Emperor Charles VI, on tbe 19th of April,
1713, and known by the name of the “ Pragmatio
Sanction,” whloh was acoepted by the States of
our Several kingdoms and countries.
Hosting on tha unshakable baas of a succession
to the throne fixedly established, and on the rights
and liberties of tbe kingdoms and countries afore*
said made to harmonise with tha indivisibility of
tho several parts composing it, the Austrian mo*
uarohy, increased and strengthened since that time
by reason of political International treaties, lias
victoriously surmounted tho dangers and attacks
that threatened it, thanks to tho fidelity, devotod*
ness, and bravery of its peoples.
In tho interest of our house, and of our subjects,
it is our duty as a sovereign to maintain the power
of tho Austrian monarchy, and to give for its so*
curity the guarantees ofdear and certain laws, and
of one common homogeneous action Thesegooran
fees oafa ouiynm completely furnished by Tnstitu
tiocs corresponding to Mflerio -richly to the differ
ence existing between pur kingdoms and provinces,
and the necessities for their indivisible union.
Considering that the elements of the common ho*
mogeneous organic institutions have developed and
formed themselves through tho equality of our sob*
jeots before the law—through tho free orerolae of
religion guaranteed to tvory one—through tho
right to hold office independent of blood and birth,
and through tho submission of all to taxation
through the suppression of statute labor, and of the
intermediate line of custom houses within our mo
narchy; considering further that by tho concen
tration of tho power of the State in every country
of Cho Earopean Continent, the com non manage
ment of great affairs has become an indispensable
necessity for the security of our monarchy and the
welfare of its provinces, in order to romovo the dif
ferences previously existing botwcon our kingdoms
and provinces by moans of a participation, suita
bly adjusted, of our subjects in legislation and ad
ministration upon the basis of tho Pragmatio Sanc
tion, and in virtue of our authority, wo have found
it good to dooido and ordain, that what follows
shall be n fundamental and irrevocable law of tho
State, for us da well as forour legitimate successors.
1. The right of giving, changing, and suppress
ing laws ehall only be exercised by us and our
suooossors, with tho concurrence of the diets law
fully assembled, and of iho Counoil of tho Kmpiro,
to whloh tho cjiots tyjU soml a numbo'r of members
fixed by us.
2. In future all legislative questions having re*
ferenoe to tho Tights, duties, and interests common
to all our kingdoms and countries, shall be discus,
sed in the Counoii of the Empire, and by its con
currence shall bo decided, to wit: questions rela*
ting to ourrenoy, coinage, credit, customs, and
commerce; to tho bank, tho administration of tho
post offioes, telegraphs, and railways; to the future
military enrolment; to tho institution of now tax
ation and tho augmentation of existing taxation;
the conclusion of fresh loans, conformably to our
decreo of July 1/, 1880; tho conversion of the ex
isting State debts, and tho sale, transformation, or
mortgage of the immovable property of tho State —
theso questions can only bo settled by and with tho
consent of the Council of State Lastly, the set
tlement of tho budget of expenses for the yoar en
suing, the regulation of tho acoounts, and result of
tho annual expenditure, will have to bo made with
tho co-operation of tho Council.
3. All tbe other legislative questions not com
prised in the preceding article, will bo solved by
the diets, and as regards the kingdom and pro
vinces belonging tp the prown of Hungary,in tho
sense of thoir ancient constitutions; and for our
other kingdoms and provinces, in the sense of their
several institutions But as, with tho exception of
tho provinces of the Hungarian crown, certain le
gislative questions, not within the exclusive com
petency of the Counoil of the Empire, have been
treated for many years past in a general manner
for all our other provlnoes, wo resorvo to oursolvcs
tho right of allowing these questions to he also en
tertained by the Council of the Empire, the oounoils
of those proviuoes being consulted. A common
aotion will and may ensue, when tbe respective :
diet concerned shall express its wish therefor,
should matters have to bo discussed that are not
reserved for tho competency of tho Counoil of tho
Empire.
4. This imperial patent ehall he kept in the ar
chives of our kingdoms and provinces, and later
shall be introduced into tho code of tho country as
an authentic text in tho various languages of tbe
empire. Our successors, upon their accessions to
tho throno, will have to affix to this pptent their
imperial signature, and address it to eaoh of our
kingdoms, where it will ho inscribed in the oodoof
thelaws of tho country.
Wo ourselftiave affixed to it our imperial signa
ture and seal, and have given command that this
patent shall bo kept in the afohivos of our house,
of tho oourt, and df the State.
Given in onr oaplt&l and residence of Vienna,
this 20lh day of Ootober', in the yoar 1800, and in
the twelfth year of our roign.
FrtANcia Joseph (m. p )
Count KBcmmna (m. p.)
By order of tho Emperor,
BAKOtf VOH KANSOWNfiT (m. p.)
After the Imperial Manifesto and Diploma came
25 Imporial autograph letters, which aro.addressod
to Count ltcchborg, fBo Archduke Wilhelm, Feld
zougraeister von“Bonedok,‘Count Thun, Count
iJaaasdy, Baron Thierry, Count Qoluohowski,
Baron Meosory ; Count Degenfeld, Baron Nicholas
Vay, Chovallor von Lasser, Count Szcchon, and
Baron tiokesevich. The Archduke Wilhelm has <
been appointed Dircotor of tho Field Artillery in
the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, and tho Bupreme
“ Commando” qf the army Is to he onangod into* a
Ministry of War, with Lieutenant-General Count
Degonfcld as Its chiof. General Von Bonedok is
to have tbe supreme command of the forces in tho
Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, Oarinthia, Camiola,
tho Tyrol, and on the maritime ooast. The Empe
ror gratefully acknowledges tho selfdevotion of
the Arehduko Albreoht, bis oonsin, and gives him
the command of the Bth corps d'armie. Count Leo
, Thun retires from offioe with tbe Grand Cross of
the Order of St. Leopold, and ho will be a mem
ber of the Standing Relohsrath. Coqnt Hadasdy,
wlio hRS also received the Grand Cross of Bt.
Leopold, has been nominated Vico President of
the Standing Heiohsrath. Baron Thierry has re
ceived the ordor of the Iron Crown, and also enters
the Standing Keiohsrath. Count Goluohowski has
beon mado Minister of State. Baron Meosory suc
ceeds Baron Thierry as Minister of Police. Baron
Nioholas Vay (a Protostant) is Hungarian Chan
cellor. The Chevalier von Lasser has been mado
minister, and for tho moment he will superintend
tho business of tho department of justice. Count
Bzeohen is also a member of the Cabinet, with the
rank and title of minister. M. Von Bzogeny is to
bo tho Hungarian Vice-Chancellor, Prlnco Francis
Liechtenstein takes the command in Hungary in
stead of Benedok, and Lieutenant-General Count
A Mensdorff goes to the Banat Voivodina instead
of Count St. Quentin, who managed to do n groal
deal of mischief In a short apace of lime.
Advices iropi the African squadron cay that
a court-martial had been in soesion on board the
steam frigate San Jacinto, at Porto Orande, for
the trial o! a prisoner. Lieutenant MeDonogh was
on the stand when the vessol which brings tho ad
vices sailed. The latest reports from the Mystic,
Sumpter, Constellation, and Portsmouth, convey
tho intelligence that slavoys were either becoming
very source or oxoeodingly vigilant of tho coast, os
oruising labors for months hod boen exceedingly
fruitless.
Latest Foreign News.
The actual surplus revenue of tho United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the
aotual expenditure thereof, for the year ending the
80th day ot June, 1860, amounted to the sum of
£912,168 10s. 7d.
It’ is reported that Mr. Frederiok Peel will be
tho new Secretary of the Treasury, in the room of
Mr. S. Laingi The acoeptanoe of this office does
pot render re-election necessary.
"Wo (Cork Herald) con Rtate, on credible autho
rity, that ono of tho earliest measures to be intro
duced by the Government during tho next session
will be a bill for tho abolition of the offioe of Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland.
Tho famous crystal throne, which Shah Jehan
counted among tho moat valuable ofthe splendid
trophies whioh adorned his palace, has been sent
to England. But little Is known of its history
prior to its having oomo Into'his possession. Sub
sequently, on tho taking of Delhi by the Mahrat
tas, thoy mado a great effort to destroy it by fire,
but sucocoded only in injuring Us appearanoe, the
poat to whioh it was subjected having caused it to
oraok and open out in seams. It consists of a
single mass of rook crystal two feet in height by
four in diameter, and ia shaped like a sofa
cushion, with tassels at the corners.
Mr. B. Botfield, M. P., is engaged on an ardu
ous undertaking, whioh, if satisfactorily carried
out, will bo ono of great importance in oonneotion
with the history of literature in England and
,Scotland during the Middle Ages. It is a colleo
t|oß,ofrelßbo .known catalogues of tho monastio
and private Great Britain whioh ex
isted before tiio Reformation. As sn index to the
literary' tastes ,of our ancestors, such a work
cannot fail to prove of great value—while it will
have an Interest of its own as'-w-rioord. qf import
apt works, many of whioh have unforthtiatCly'
long since perished.
Tne “Little Arrangement.”— Tbo London
Daily News, criticising anew play called “Cherry
and Blue,” produced at Drury Lane Theatre, says:
“Mr. Charles Mathews played the husband,
and was more himself than we have seen him stnoe
his return from his American trip. Ho aoted with
perfect sang froid and with a great deal of humor.
Mis 3 Arden was spirited and lady-like, and Mr.
Lambert would have been a great deal hotter if he
had known more than a third of his part. Of Mrs
Oharlea Mathews we would prefer to say nothing:
■ what can of a lady supposed to be an artist
and duly heralded and be-poffed as an actress of
repute, when we find her dressing a maid-servant’s
oharaoter in a most elegant muslin dress with two
flounces, open at tbo throat with a most charming
frill, and wearing a very handsome locket and
breooh? What oan we say of a ladv whose fami
liar mannor towards tho public may be looked
upon by her friends as arohness, but has decidedly
another appellation ?”
The Campbell Magazine for Novembor will
havo two illustrations and tho following artioles:
Last Words. By Owen Meredith. Framley Par
sonage : Chaptor xxr. ttalmon-Fishing in Nor
way. Chapter xxii. The Goat and Compasses.
Chapter xxm. Consolation. “ Unto this Last.”
iv. Ad Yalorem. Weather; Oratory; Italy’s
Rival Liberators; Sent to Heaven; Work; Neigh
bors; A Roundabout Journey, with an illustration;
Notes of a Week’s Holiday
7/jo Noiperor Napoleon has just mode over, in
a definitive manner, to Prince Napoleon, tbe Palais
Royal for his winter rosidonoo, and the Chateau do
Meudon for his summer habitation—thus confirm
ing his possession of tbe palaces of his deceasod
father.
Diplomatic relations are becoming every day
loss friendly between the Preach Government and
the tiwiaa Confederation. Several Frenchmen
have oomplained ef violenoe having been used
towards them. The Frcnoh flag likewise is said
to havo been frequently insulted. In consequence
of this state of things, M. Turgot, tho French mi
nister at Borno, has returned to France on a leave
of absence for six months. The Swiss press, in the
meantime, is doing all in its power to envenom the
difference. In this course it is aided by numerous
anonymous pamphleteers.
The Paris correspondent of tbe lndlptndan.ee
Beige says : “It is alleged that the French Em
peror has addressed on autograph totter to the Em-
Seror Alexander, expressing his surprise at the
istrust of him whioh the meeting of the sove
reigns at VVai3aw would seem to imply, and pro
testing his dovotion to the cause of order and con
servatism. lehall not sffirni that a lotterof this
kind has been aotnally written, but I have positive
information that language of this import was tuod
both by the Emperor and M. Thouvenel to M. do
Kissokff before the latter left Paris. His Majesty
is said to have added that, in any case, ho did not
fear the coalition, bqt. that he would not believe in
it It is repertod, at the same time, that tho Em
perof asked Lord Palmerston to como to Paris, in
order to arrive at an explioit and definite under
standing as to tbe means of oonsolid&ting the An
glo-Fronoh alliance. Finally, it is said that M
Cavour has asked for information from tho French
Cabinet, as to tho meaning of the formidable mili
tary preparations and the reoent strategio move
ments of'Austria, and that he received for answers
that those pUitary demonstrations had no aggres
sive moaning.”
The Prinoo do Condo, the son of the Duke
d’Aumalo, has joined the London University Col
lego as a regular student, attending the Greek
looturos of Professor do Malden, and the Latin
lectures of Professor Newman.
The Patrie says that the presence of the two
Austrian arohdukes In Italy is no indication of ag
grosstvo measures, as they have gono there merely
to study tho position of the country with a view to
defonce.
The telegram from Munich affirmtng that tho
representatives of Prussia, Spain, and Portugal at
Turin aro preparing to leave that capital, doCB not
meet with implicit oredenoo. Tho news is probablo
enough as regards Spain, but nothing has beon said
lately of any Papal demonstration in Portugal. As
to Prussia, tho tone of M. de Bohleinitz’s doßpateh
to M. Brassier de tit. Simon, although severe
towards the recent policy of Piedmont, does not
indicate a diplomatic rupture. It is, moreover,
difficult to reconcile the abortion of the Prussian
Gazette that the Cabinets of London'and Berlin
have como to an agreement on “ several great and
important questions 0 witji the supposition that
Prußsja can‘bo seriously hostile to staiy.
\7e road in tho Invalide Russc : The results
of the entry of Victor Emmanuol into the Neapo
litan States wilt soon be manifest Capua and
Gaeta will soon fall; Francis II will rotire to
Seville; universal suffrage at Naples and in Sicily
will elect Viotor Emmanuel for King, and Europe
will accept the event as an accomplished foot.
It may be that out of tho present chaos a strong,
>rosperou3, and well-organized kingdom may arise,
’t will only be regrettable that, to obtain this end,
forco, whioh is in our opinion tho saddest and most
insecure of moans, should have been employed.
Sardinia.— fit is tho intention of the War Minis
try, should the annexation be accomplished by the
oud of the month, to raise tho army next spring to
three hundred thousand men, of whom two hun
dred and fifty thousand would be really effective
for tho lino,, should thoir services be required. In
addition to this forco, fifty thousand mobilized Na
tional Guards can, and very likely will, be em
ployed to garrison tho fortrosses, and another fifty
houß&nd volunteers be allowed to serve. Ordn&noe
and warlike stores are alroady in great abundanoo.
The naval force, too, will in six months be double
that whioh operated before Ancona.
The proclamation of Viotor Emmanuel is said to
have boon sent from Paris in Fronoh, composed,
corrected, rovised, and ready for issue.
A report of the Minister of War of the King of
Naples on the battlo of tho Volturno has just been
molished. Acoording to this document the royal
sts wore tho conquerors. The King’s troops are
declared to have simply wished to rooonnoitre tho
positions of tho enemy, and that objeot they at
tained. With like reasonings it would be easy to
prove that no one was ever beaten.
Tho committee entrusted with tho care cf the
royal pulaoes at Naples has intimated to M.
Alexandre Damns that ho must leave the palace
of Ohiatamono, in order to make room for the King
of Sardinia.
“Iho question of money in Romo,” says the
Opinion Nationals , “becomes every day more
serious. Tho Roman treasury lately applied to M.
Torlonia, the banker, for a loan of four millions.
‘ Apply to Cardinal Antonolli,’ was the reply; *he
can easily, if he likes, lend you such a trifle.’ ”
A subscription has boon sot on foot at a public
meeting, in Australia, for the purpose of present
ing Garibaldi with a sword. The movement was
originated by Signor M&rtelli, a companion-in
arms of Garibaldi in the war of 1818-9.
The Cardinal Primate of Hungary has been or
dered to commence preparations for the coronation
of the Emperor of Austria as tho King of Hungary,
which is to talto place at Presbnrg next Bpring.
English View of the Presidential Ques
tion.
[From the London Daily News, Oot. 93.1
No satisfactory reason has been assigned, as far
as wo are awaro, why the Stato of Pennsylvania
always dcoidcs the fato of partios on tho great oc
casion of tho oleotion of n President of the Ameri
can Union ; but, in point of faot, it does so dcoido.
Pennsylvania has no particular woight of political
character, no stability of political aim, no attri
bute which con attract and concentrate popular
confidonco; and yot, when tho Pennsylvania emo
tions are over, tho Federal one is virtually deoided.
The Pennsylvania vote is Republican, this time,
throughout tho Stato \ bo is that of Ohio; and so is
that of Indiana. According to ordinary experi
ence this should sottlo tho business; and Mr. Abra
ham Linooln and his wife might preparoto removo
from thoir rural abode at Springfield, In Illinois, to
the White House at Washington. But they are
probably wiser than to make suro of their singular
elevation. From month to month it has become
: dear that the Demooratio candidates had little
chance—split as their party waß in all directions,
and ohanged as is the mood of tho Northern
States, from apathy, and indolenoe, or timidity, to
indignation at tho suppression of their liberties
under tho legislation of the last thirty years. It
was dear that a candidate representing the
plantor intorest could make no way whilo his party
was divided; and that tho other Demooratio candi
date, Mr. Douglas, was too deeply implicated in the
policy of tho South to have a ohanoe unless tbo
whole South supported him; whereas the Charles
ton Convention broke topiccesabontbimlongago.
If thi3 had been all, tho Linooln family might have
mndo pretty sure for many weeks past of whero
they should spond the noxtfour years. But another
and fourth party has beon oreated to tako advan
tage of tho moment of discomfiture of the Demo
cratic party; and the attempts at fusion made bo
tweon ©non of tbo Democratic seotions and this
party have protractod the uncertainty till now.
Tho dooisiou of Pennsylvania (the State which vir
tually mndo Mr. Buchanan President) has ex
cluded all further ohanoes from snob fusion; but it
oannot have absolutely determined the fate of a
temporary party, which professes no principle,
and appeals only to political superstition. This
is so now a manifestation in a polity- of
self government that no one will venture to
say how it may tako. In relation to the J)omo
oratio party, the Ropublioans aro triumphant;
but when a procession is marched through the
country, carrying the relics of saints, and pro
mising salvation to all who will worship them, it is
a matter of moro speculation whether the greater
number will or will not try that way of salvation
TWO CENTS.
before attempting to retrieve their country by re
forms in harmony with the' principles of their Re*
public. It seems soarcely credible that the dead
should prevail over the living—tradition over ex
perience—or that a self-governing society should
be persuaded into a compromise which, on the
face of it, is marked for failure; but comma*
mties, as well as individuals, aro.apt to do strange
and unworthy things in a mood of panic, so that
I** 09 the Union party, as it calls
itself, oannot possibly carry the day.
P»marily of the rem
nant of the old-fakhioned Whig, or Conservative,
patty, whioh practically died out with Daniel
Webster, who himself died of mortifjBaiion" ? 'at the*
disorediting of his own character and cause, after
ho had sacrificed* both in a last grasp at the su
preme dignity of the Republic- This remnant
has made a polioy .of attracting the timid, the an
tiquated, the vain, and the sordid, who dread re
form, tremble at chang4, cling to their pride in the
Union, though the Union Is stooped in shame, and'
abhor the necessity of revising their oommeroial
relations with the other section of the nation.
The candidates put forward are a slaveholder, Mr.
8011, and a Northern man with no principles to
embarrass himself or the party—Mr. Everett.
Thoir programme is that of the ostrich—to turn
tail against all danger, and bo blind td all mlsohlef;
anfj leave, events to chance and time. This was
Mr. Buohanan’s avowed policy, when entering on
office; and his* advioe—to be silent on all diffi
cult subjects—ls adopted ahd promulgated by the
leaders of the Union* party. They ore; in faot,
the humble servants of the dominant party at
Washington, under whom the liberties of 1 the
citizens ore suppressed* the national reputation
is outraged, and the poaco of society jeopardized
more gravely from day to day. . Under a polioy of
kindness and silence, Mefesrs. Boil‘and‘Everett
would perpetuate the censorship of tho'post-offtce
officials, and the gross corruption whioh pervades
ebbry’depMfmefltof the public service. Such an
administration must oither provoke a revolutionary
opposition, or leave tho inevitable reforms to be
made under oiroumstances of aggravated difficulty.
There fs nothing-in thocapabityor obaraoterof the
candidates which can redeem thebadness of their
programme. Tho Northorn States will not elect a
slaveholder who issoleotedby that qualification',
and they are too hoartily ashamed or Mr. EvCrStti
as a representative, of Northern politios to relish
giving him any support If they do elect the psir,.
it will be, because the'fear of facing the question
is pressing for solution overpowers all other
considerations whatever. Meantimo, there is mnoh
oratory, and many torches and serenades in honor
of the ostrich policy, while the hunters are as
sembling in full view, to show how much better it
Is to deal with mischief than to hide from it.
Will Lincoln and Hamlin, the Republican can
didates, then, measure their strength against the
difficulty, and extirpate the gangrene whioh is de
stroying thoir country? It is scarcely credible
that anybody expeots this of saoh moo, chosen at
such a timo. Their party itself is orude, stum
bling in its aims. hazy in its purposes, undisci
plined in its work. It is tho newest and rawest
expression of the disgust and indignation of the’
freo Btato« at the vices of the Administration and
the decline of the national obaraoter and reputa
tion; and 6ome of the best of Its leaders openly
lament-its probable success, on the ground that
four years more would have raised the party* into
some worthiness of the work it has to do, and
strengthened its capacity for aotlon. The best that
is anticipated, therefore, in oase of the success of
the Republican candidates, is that the rash to de
struction will be arrested, the prevalent official
corruption taken in hand, the will of tho people
better ascertained, tho service of tho State better
Erovided for, the foreign relations of the country
roueht into a normal condition, and a fair field
open for the nation to ohooao its poliov for the
future, and decide how best to reverse the policy
ef the last thirty years. The choice of the Repub
lican candidates will be a token that*that policy is
to be reversed.
If Mr. Bell is ohoson, it will be by the inter
cepting of genuine popular action by the organized
cowardice of the community. If Mr. Lincoln is
elected, the way of rescue will be opened to the
country, though the President himself can scarcely
bo very prosperous. The Northern Democracy
will join the Republican party, and thus consti
tute a force worthy of the work to be done. If
neither party prevail, tho Senate will settle the
point; and wo will not ropoat the rumors as to who
would in that oasq probably be President. The
nomination, not being at all related to a national
choree, coaid hardly oause elation or discourage
ment to anybody; but tho postponement of the
settlement of the national polioy might be an Irre
trievable misfortune in a crisis like the present.
Whilo awaiting tho issue, whioh must soon become
known, wo oannot but see that the lateßt incidents
of the preparation have concentrated general ex
pectation on Mr. Lincoln.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
—The • Twits' correspondent says: “There is a
lot of young men of fortune at Naples at the pre
sent* moment, moßtly Englishmen and Americans,
who amuse themselves by going out by rail every
morning to. Garibaldi’s quarters before Capua, and
with valuable guns of loßg range whioh they have
purchased for tho purpose, pick elf the xnen at the
outposts o£ tho royal army all day, and return to
the oity in the evening to boast of tho number of
game they have ‘ bagged ’ during the day. This
irregular warfare; can led on for amusement, and
by men not enrolled in the army, is nothing less
than assassination, and ought to be denounced as
such and arrosted. It is anlco distinction to make
in oortain aspects, but as a moral question it ia
quite clear.”
Guiseppo llicoiardi’s tragedy, the ‘*Lega
Lombards,” was performed at Naples on the 15th,
and was received with great applause by a veiy
qrowded house. After twenty yoars of exile, Ric
ciardi came to Naples to see his country, to oppose
annexation, and to get bis drama acted. More
fortunate on the scenio than on tho political stage,
tho “ Lega Lombards,” whioh Is a stirring drama
and full of lofty sentiment, was moßt successful.
The poet was called ilvo times before the curtain.
—Georgo D. Prentice thus alludes to a recent
Administration measure in this State. The Breck
inridge Secessionists burned Col. Forney in effigy
last week in the interior of Pennsylvania. The
Douglaß champion returns the compliment by
scorching tho traitors at the stake of public opin
ion—in The Pi ess.
—J. B. Qough is said to receive $250 for each
lecture ho has givon sinco his roturn. He has
already acquired n proporty valued at upward of
$300,000, which ho is likoly to double in a few
years.
—lf anybody wants to edit tlio Viclsburg Sen
tinel, ho may be edified by tho following brief
history of somo of tho men who have figured in
that position : Dr. James Hagan took hold in 1837,
had a number of street fights, fought n duel with
bis brother editor of the end was killed in
1842, in a street fight, by D. W. Adams. His as
sistant, Is&ao C. Partridge, died of yellow fever
in 1839. Dr. J. 8. Fall, another assistant, had a
number of fights, in one of which ho was badly
wounded. James Ryan, next editor, was killed by
R. E Hammett, of tho Whig. Next came Walter
Hickey, who had several rows, and was repeatedly
wounded; he killed Dr. Maoiin, and was soon
after himself killed in Texas. John Latins, an.
other editor, was imprisoned for tho violence of
his articles. Mr. Jonkin3, his successor, was
killed in tho Btreot by H. A. Orabbo ; Crabbo was
murdered in Sonora. F. 0. Jones succeeded Jen
kins, but soon afterward drowned himself.
—William Hudson, a veteran aged ninety-three
yo&TB, died at South Shields, England, on the 23th
of September. Ho was formerly a sergeant in the
Fifty-second regiment, and was with Sir John
Mooro when that gallant officer was killed, at Co
runna. He took tho spurs eff Sir John after his
death, and was one of the six who buried him
“darkly, at dead cf sight, the sods with their
bavonots turning.”
—George D. Prentice, in the Louisville Journal ,
thus extends tho compliments of the season to the
South Carolina Disunionists: “The Minute Men
of South Carolina aro required to wear a blue
cookado, procure a Colt’s revolver, rifle, or other
approved fire-arms, and carry a lantern, flambeau,
or other demonstrative implement. Thus armed
and equipped, as the law direots, they will look
very much like demonstrative incendiaries. Wo
will give them a motto :
“ This lantern doth the horned moon present.
Myself the inan in tho moon do seem to be l”
—Mr. Montgomery Blair recently brought an
notion in tho Circuit Court of Washington, D. C.,
against Wm. Carey Jones, (Mr. Benton’s son-in
law,) to test the right of tho latter to possess the
furniture, books, &c , of the late Thoma 3 H. Ben
ton. The case was deoidod on Saturday, in favor
of Blair.
—Mr. Ralph Farnum’s claims to boing consi
dered the oldest Revolutionary veteran now are
eontested. Mr. Nathan Doan, of Georgia, who was
a soldier in 1770, and fought through tho war, fo
now in his one hundrod and tenth year.
—A San Franolfco letter of tho 17tb, to tho New
York World, says: “The gallant Colonol F. W\
Lander, ot ovorland wagon-road expedition cele
brity, has just been joinod in the bands of wed
look with the distinguished and favorite actress,
Miss Jean M. Davenport. The Rev. Thomas Starr
King officiated at tho ceremony, whioh took plaoe
in this oity on Saturday evening. Tho happy
couple started immediately on an ovorland expe
dition to San Jose, to pa&a tho honeymoon at ono of
the delightful retreats in that valley. It is under
stood that Mrs. Lander will retire from the stage
immediately upon tho completion of hor present
engagements on tho Atluntio side.”
—By
prominent doaths. In Marietta, Pa.. Judge Jacob
Qroshdied', aged eighty-five 4 In Lancaster, Pa,
JJx-hlayor Miahaol Carpenter died, aged sixty
five. In York, Pa , Henry Koons, an old and
respected citizen, died suddenly. lie was a sol
dier of 1812. In Baltimore, William Stevens, an
“ Old Defender,” died on tho 3d instant; and at
Belstertown, Md., anothor “Old Defender,”
named Gcorgo B. Sumwalt, diod a fow days since.
AtNyack, tho Rev. Joseph W. Griffiths, tho oldest
member of tho New York Association, died on
Wednesday. Mr. John Gause, a well-known Now
Yorker, died on the 4th instant, aged soventy-one.
At Yorkvillo, N. Y., on the 4th, the Rov. Bradley
Silliok died, ngod seventy-seven
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CALIFORNIA. PRESS,
tamed three times a Month* in time for the California
Steamers.
Important Patent Extension to a Phila-
delphias*
The Patent Leg,” which for fourteen years has
been the theme of unqualified admiration through
out the oiyilized worid, as a philanthropic Inven
tion, has just passed a re-examination at the Uni
ted States Patent Offioe, where its merits have
been again acknowledged by an extension of the
original patent. We cannot better describe this
invention and its utility than by appending the fol
lowing oxtraots from the admirable argument of
Dr. 0. F. Stansbnry before the Hon. Commissioner
Thomas:
I nover approached a oase. with more satisfac
tion than I fee! in the presentation of the applica
tion which I now have the honor to advocate; be
cause I am convinced that a favorable action upon
it by your Honor will comport not less with the
promptings of generosity than with the dictates
of justice. For. it must indeed be a pleasure to
SJS?t an ©xtoneion of a patent in a oase where, in
addition to a full compliance with the legal re
quirements on which the right is founded, you dis
cover that the object of the invention is purely be
neficent, and that its proprietor has so admi&ister
®d . 8 property in it as to contribute, in the most
efficient manner, to the production of the largest
amount of good at the least possible expense to the
public. Such is the character of the case now pre
sented for your Honor’s consideration.
Mr. Palmer has been in possession of this patent
for fourteen years. Had he used it as men too often
employ monopolies; had he taken advantage of
its great and universally acknowledged superi
ority, and of the necessities of the mutilated vic
tims who applied to him for aid, and extorted a
‘Urge or unreasonable compensation for the relief
of their sufferings, die might have reoeived a much
more ample reward for his ingenuity, and, been
less dearly in a position to ask your Honor for an
extension of his patont. But the testimony has
but one voice in declaring ilia course to hare been
the very opposite of Ibis. He seems to have re
garded the invention as a sacred trust, placed ia
his hands for the relief of suffering humanity, and
to havo looked upon his own pecuniary interest In
it as a consideration altogether secondary to the
claims of the mutilated unfortunates who oalled to
■himforsnooor. ' . • "
Ia the Invention of value and importance to the
publio ?
We can never reduce the value of an invention
like this to exact ‘pecuniary statement until we
learn to measure human sensibilities with a rule,
and weigh human joys and sorrows in a balance.
Although this invention has, undoubtedly, a high
pecuniary advantage to the public, yet its ehief
value is as clearly a moral one.
I have myself seen an engineer, with two of
Palmer’s artificial limbs, driving a locomotive.
If the invention of Mr.' Palmer enables men
who without it would be reduced 'to beggary to
pursue thoir ordinary avocations, and earn by
their labor a living for themselves and their fami
lies, it has a direct pecuniary value to the public.
We have no way, however, of stating it with accu
racy on a balanoe sheet, as we oannot trace the
history of Mr. Palmor’s army of over two thou
sand patients, and show how much each one has
gained for himself, or saved to the publio, through
the possession of this invaluable invention.
Many of these persons would not be able, with:
onfc the leg, to. earn a livelihood, and would be
come, with their families, more or leas dependent
upon tho oharitles of the community for support.
Let us assume, what is certainly below the truth,
that five hundred of these unfortunates are of tbb
character, and that the annual difference to.the
public between Iheir being able to make their own
living and their becoming paupers is five hundred
dollars in each when all thinks
are considered, an extremely low estimate)—end
we shyi have an annual saving from this class of
cases atone of $250,000, equal to $3,600,000 in four
teen years.
The opinions of the most eminent surgeons of
Europe have bsen expressed without reserve in
reference to the superiority of this invention.
I was myself in London during the whole period
of the great exhibition, and I am free to Bay that
no American who shared the sneers with which our
unpretending display was greeted by the European
press can but feel that be owes a debt of gratitude
to those who, in the end, so nobly vindicated the
industrial honor of our oountry, and carried-off the
riohest prizes for great and original contribution*
to the meohanio and industrial .arts, and thus
turned the tables on their superoiliGns competitors
and critics.
Prominent among these champions pf cyr nation
al honor, was the present applijbtt, whose beauti
ful invention attracted the nofioe of Europe, se
cured the approbation of the first surgeons cf the
age, and oarned off the prize medal from a Urge
number of rivals. To these foots witness is borne
by the “Reports of the. Juries”—a work in the
Library of the Patent Office.
As to the general moval value of the invention,
and its superiority over others, the testimony is so
fall and so uniform, that £ need not cite it, and
will only refer to it. The awards of publio Insti
tutions, where this invention has come into compe
tition with everything of its oless, have been very
numerous, and uniformly foTorable -to the superi
ority of this limb oyer.evpty other.
* The moat distinguished American .surgeons have
not hesitated,! notwithstanding the somewhat
stringent ethlos of the American Medioal Associa
tion on the subjeot of patents,' to respond' to the
application of Mr. Palmer, and give their testi
mony to the valne of bis invention.
In the present case, it is satisfactory to feel that
the interest of the public concurs with that of the
applicant in asking the extension.
If the patent of Mr. Palmer were made publio,
many persons, tempted alone by tho desire of gain,
would at once begin tho manufacture of hißlimb.
Destitute of capital, experience, or anatomical and
surgical knowledge, and strangers to those just and
elevated views which Mr. Palmdr has always held,
cf the character of the trust which the possession
of such & property implies, they would produoe an
article vastly inferior in material and workman
ship, foil in tho nico adaptation of the limb to the
peculiarities of each case, eat down tho prico to a
standard which wonld render the highest excel
lence impossible, and thus ruin the reputation of
the limb, destroy tho public confidence in it, and
leave the unfortunates who need such an appli
i anoe, to the tender mercios of pegs and crutches,
or the mjre doubtful consolations Differed by other
inventions.
If tho patent be extended, the manufacture will
remaiu in Mr. Palmer’s hands, and, with the facili
ties which, it appears he is now providing at bis
new establishment, he will be able to supply the
entire demand, with an article of the same high
character as that whioh, it is proved, he has here
tofore furnished to his patients. Mr. Palmer is
just now completing a house and manufactory at
No. 1609 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. The es
tablishment is made on a grand scale, and is the
only one of the kind in the world. The price, re
gulated by tho same just principle as hitherto, will
bo no higher than tho admirable quality of the
limb, and tho surgical skill required in its applica
tion domand and justify. 9he publio eonfidonoa
in the invention will be maintained and strength
ened, and tho mutilated will have the satisfaction
of knowing that their losses can be supplied by a
reli&blo substitute, in every respeot of the very
beat quality. The reverse of all this would be true,
were the invention to be made publio property.
I contend , therefore , that the public interest
would be promoted by a- favorable action on out
application.
I have tho honor to be, sir, your oVt servant,
Charles F. Stansburt,
Counsel for B. Frank. Palmer.
From Kansas*
THE OLD TROUBLES REVIVED —SETTLERS DRIVEN
AWAY BY UNITED STATES TROOPS.
A correspondent, whom the Leavenworth Times
considers reliable, writes from Mapleton, (K. T.,)
under date of Oot. 26, detailing strange proceed
ings Bgainst the bardy'and industrious pioneers
who had settled, during the last six years, on tho
Cherokee Neutral Lands, a district which embraces
on Area twenty-five miles by forty in extent. He
writes:
A few mornings since, these sottlers were sur
prised by the report that the United States troops
were on- their way from the south to drive them
from their premises. In a few hours the report
was confirmed by the appearance of the Indian
agent, whom they call Co). Cowan, accompanied by
a company of oavalry, sixty mnnmber, commanded
by Oapfc.Sturgess. They commenced Immediately
applying thetorch to the dwellings of the settlers,
traiellfnj; northward with their work of devasta
tion and ruin. Nearly ail the settlers on what is
oalled the -‘ Lightning Creek Settlement” wore
thui visited by them. They came on to Cow
Creek, a branch of the Dry Wood, and there
showed the same relentless spirit. The news of
their destructive raid travelled before them, and
tho settlers on tho Dry Wood rallied to the number
of threo or four hundred, and sent a Committee of
Conference to visit tho ‘ r CMbnel.”- Theoommit*
tee contended that, whatever might bo his right to
disturb the settlers furthor. south, they on the
Dry Wood were on what is callod the u eight-mile
strip,” and that they were on no part of the Che
xokoo tract, but on lands now subject to pre
emption. At loast, they contended that, sinoe that
question was yot in a measure unsettled, they
should be favored, and allowed to remain until
a new survey oould bo made, and the whole mat
ter legally adjusted.
Finally a written pledge was signed on the part
of the oitiaens that they would abandon that dis
trict previous to the 250 r of November next, pro
vided the afeent would spare their dwellings at
this time, ana leave the country. Accordingly, the
incendiary withdrew, but threatened that, if every
man of them did not leave before the day specified,
he would born not only their houses next time, but
all their feed, grain; and everything be could find
valuable.
When the n£ws came to our citizens in this por
tion of‘the county, they immediately sent down
delegations to learn the facts and report. Some of
these gentlemen have returned, and report the
most distressing scone. Seventy-four houses have
been burned, and at least one hundred families
turned out upon.the broad..prairies!—all by that
subtle acquaintance of ours called the power of the
Federal Government. I have,’ during the last
twenty-four hours, conversed with at least twenty
persons from that country, and all give it as the
saddest scene ever witnessed in Kansas. Women,
and children are now sheltered in tho bushes along
the creeks, mourning their hard fate.
A meeting was held last evening at Mannaton,
some four miles this side of the land referred to.
It was largely attended, both by delegations from
Dry Wood and other portions of this oounty. All
I have here written was more than confirmed by
those who spoke. One gentleman stated that he
knew of a case where this _Col. Cowan came to a
house in which a lady was sick, having a child but
two days old AU their pleading was in vain. He
ordered his men to oarry her out On her bed and
lay hor upon the prairie. Bis orders were obeyed,
and tho house was fired. A mass meeting is called
at Cato, on the Dry Wood, next Wednesday. The
indignation is very general, and the exoitement
high. I understand a committee is now on the
way to see Gov, Modaty.
Yesterday morning, just after Captain Star
goes’ company had started seuth, a messenger ar
rived, “ on his third horse,” from ForfcLsaven*
worth, with orders for him to start for that place
immediately.