THBWffiSB.
ffIBIfISHBD pAIIiT, (BDNDAYB EXCEPTED,)
r"-,: BY JOHN \V. FORNEY*
‘OFfIOS so.; 41T CHESTNUT STREET
. daily press. ..
, f»B.»«Olnii n» to the Carrier.
I&eiieete Rebec ri be re oot of the City at Six Doll.xb
Pkx AxnKi FoVB Doniaxe tob Eioht Hemae,
ipass tieuame YOB Six Mokth«—invanablj In ad
yaaw for the time ordered.
■!'■}) TEI-WEEKLY PRESS.
iiafldjltoSaheoribere ontof the Cltr at IHn Dol-
‘ ■ - >
COMMISSION HOUSES.
@t.OTHING GOODS.
ITALIAN CLOTHS.
ALPACAS.
SPANISH, BLAY, AND BLOUSE
-fLAIX AMD TAMCT
DUCKS AND DRILLS.
MOW IS (TOSS, AMS SOX SALS BY
GEO. D. PARRISH,
no6-lm 318 CHESTNUT Street.
UAZART). &. HUTCHINSON
so..ub chestnut aw..
OIHUIISSION HEROHAim
. EOF THE BALE OP
JHHILADELPHIA-MADI<
GOODS.
aeS-Itn , '
TON MILLS
FORMKRLY BAY BTATB MILLS
SHAWLS of aU aiies, in jreat variety.
Bmboased and Printed TABLE COVEkB
WHOM BEAVERS and BROAD CLOTHS.
BALMORAL SKIRTS.
DOESKINS, a&d Doable and Twitted COATINGS
,M SACKINGS and heavy ZEPHYR CLOTHS.
Twilled and Plain FLANNELS and OPERA FLAB
MELS.
Printed FELT CARFETINSG.
For cals hr
FROTHINGHAW A WELLS
■A Sooth FRONT Stmt. as«
.. 35 LETITLA Street
HATS AND CAPS.
n NEW OAT STORE.
JOHN E. FOSTER.
(Lau of 100 Booth Third street,)
Having taken the store at
NO. 331 CHESTNUT ST..
Awl fitted it dr in fcaperior style, invites the attention
*KLKGA?tT AND EXTENSIVE STOCK
o»
HATS AND CAPS.
ttr Hie sew fall atriee are muoh admired.
«»<•«- , .
FURS.
PURSI ? FURS!
GEORGE F. WOMRaTH.
NOS. 4M AND 41T ARCH STREET,
Has now Open
A FULL ASSORTMENT
or
LADIES’ FURS,
To which Ute ettention of the Pablio u Irrnttd. 00l im
MILLINERY GOODS.
•pHOS. KENNEDY 4s BRO.
7 3 0
CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW EIGHTH,
Have asened a SPLENDID ASSORTMENT of
FRENCH FLOWERS; HEAD DRBBSEB.
PRATHERS, RIBBONS, STRAW GOODS.
JJONNET MATERIALS.
~V ' AT LOW PRICES. w«-Sm
CLOTHING.
KELLY & DOHERTY,
JAILORS,
31 and 33 SOUTH FIFTH STREET
, icava jort bbcxxvbd tubib
AND WINTER STYLES
TofaUrif mlhalarieauortinentof
- NEW AND FASHIONABLE GOODS
To whlih tho foWo an iaxind to oxanuno.
•**►*= .}< - :. /• -
; ' 'CABINET FURNITURE.
P BENCH F CRN LTURE
rtEORGE J. HENKELB,
Sat WALNUT STREET,
a InS A**ned »tana invoiM oi
«LE,,\
OTiORILUB,
MABQUBTRIB, and
ORMOLU WORK,
»t nrT REDUCED PRICES.
FIRST-CLASS CABINET WARE.
GEO.J. HENKELS,
AS4 WALNUT STREET,
OBenat
VERY REDUCED PRICES
«wUriMt wortmaai intis Unio9,all ofNav Dwi«n»
Call US emus* before sarahutai. tm
ftABINETFraOTTOBB AND Bit
yj LIAMD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION.
Wo. #6I,TOOTH SECOND BTHBJST. -
Jto toaMouoavlUi ttwtr MMnuveC*bm«t BudnMS.
** now “■ "gmaaemiEir o?
iw li4}An pronoe&ced, by all whohaveneed thea f to
«o cpparior to all others.. , „ - - ,
is alba toalitr and finish of those Tobies the nun*
Steffirers refer to tbeir .numerous petrous throngnont
she Cnion,shears familiar with the character oftheir
eog-to
s
8W 0 ABINE T WAEEROOMS
OFENDTHfS WJSBK BY„ „ m
•. -H> J» HUBB8)
No. 4S South SECOND Street,
Foer doofe above Cheettmt street.
, - - Philadelphia.
A W m—it moot of FURNITUfIEof every aeaorlp
boa eoeetantir oa bawl, at the loveetouh pneee.
oeMn
SPORTING GOODS.
{JUNS. PISTOLS.
SKATES. But.
PHILIP WILSON & 00.,
JdANUFACTURRjM OF SUPERIOR GUNS,
Importer. eeA Hcdsie la
j r'
pINK-UUNS AND SHOOTING TACKLE.
ORIOKKT BATS, BALIA A*.,
BABE-BALL IMPLEMENTS,
SKATES OF EVERT VARIETY,
FINE FISHING TACKLE,
AT THE LOWEST nUCOS.
43a CHESTNUT. STREET.
wJt-im ) J ■ ■
BUNDS AMD SHADES.
JJLINDS AND SHADES.
- B. 3. WILLIAMS,
No. 18 NORTH SIXTH STREHT.
U U» Boot extnuln Manufacturer of
VENETIAN BLINDS
AJTP
WINDOW SHADES.
Tb« largest and finest SMortmsoi in the oitr, at the
lowest prioes. ,
STORE SHARKS made and lettered. REPAIRING
erometirettmfdedtoo ; . . oai-fto
UMBRELLAS.
.QLEEFEB Ba FENNER.
' WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS
UJ M BRBLL AS 'A 0 & D PARASOLS,
NO. 596 MARKET STREET.
yaildiDßLPHiat
wretwrw'sittf eg more than
em HraMso snrr xrsct vasixtimsoj vnbbsiius
«!.*«* Will
AfiSnrSoSsSloTm looking ovortlji.
.took. WbJOk IMMM MJUIT HOVIOTtM. *»< ««
PAPER HANGINGS.
OAPER-H A.NGING.
(FALL TRASK.'
HOWELL & BODRKE
■wtag mond to their oonr Store,
CORNER FOURTH AHD MARKET STREETS,
AN) ’»• praparadto oflor to the Trade . large and
tlNittiiiirlemt of
WALL FAFBRK.
BORDERS,
'' ' FIRESCREENS,
WINDOW CURTAIN GOODS, ke. ■
ER'eUW' beweet ABd be* l dekitu. from the loa ttt-
VELVET DECORATIONS.
tiapifcmAAAwcateramorohast. willdo nil to ieit
itk*eeei)jNi>i»»iof L
W;KL L A BOtR K M,
SLKOOWIEE FOURTH AND MARKET STRRRTS.
AMMM fgJLAOKLi’HIA. ' '’ .
VOL. 4.—NO. 86.
SILK AND DRY GOODS JOBBERS.
WILL OPEN.
MONDAY, OCTOBER BTH,
A Soserb [in*
FRENCH AND GERMAN
DRESS GOODS
no«
AUCTION.
Viie attention of oar oattomera it invited.
JOSHUA L. BALLY.
IMPORTER AND JOBBER.
No. 5)13 MARKET ST.,
108-11
W. LITTLE & CO.
• SILK GOODS.
No 885 HASXII STREET.
euB-8m
PALL, 1880.
OHAFFEES. * TOUT.*Co.
FOREIGN AMD DOMEBTIO DRY GOODS.
aaU-tm . No. 883 MARKET STREET.
UfABTIN A wourr,
WHoLßeanx sbalxbb im
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY «UODS
U 4 MARKET STREET
CMh and tromatSix-montha’ Bureri, ol all taction,
arc invited to an examination of onr Btook. enS-tm*
LOOKING GLASSES ,
LOOK ING-GLASSES
AMD
PICTURE FRAMES,
Of every variety,
engravings, oil-paintings, »«..
NO. BBS ARCH STREET.
CEO. F. BENKEKT,
MAMDVACTtTBXR AMD IMFOBTXX.
PICTURE, CORNICE AND ROOM MOULDINGS,
oo>-3n Wholetale and Retail.
KING-GLASSES,
PORTRAIT AND PICTURE FRAMES,
ENGRAVINGS,
OIL PAINTINGS, *l.. <te.
JAMES S. EARLE A SON,
lAPORTRRS. MANUFACTURERS, WHOLE
SALE AND RETAIL DEALERS.
SABLES’ GALLERIES,
*1« CHESTNUT STUB is*
PREPARED GLUE.
gPALDINO’S
FKJBFAKJSU (iLUEIf
■ A STI'pOH IN TIME SAVES Ml*.
riOOWOM V i - DISPATCH I
SA.VJ? VMM riifitss
At tnSmu will. h*ppm % ««n 4m
mmiHit it i« very deeirabi* to have some ehMv&nd
eoabealest way for reeoirias Far utare. Tore. Creek*
ry» ke
SPALDING'S PRBFABKD GLUE
oeeta tlj rah eeuneulee, tsd no kovtohont cm etronl
to he without It It ie ulwaya ready end so to the itiok
ugpoiat. Thereinao longer » neeemitr tbrlipiplae
ehtfre, eeliatered veneere, headless dolle, tad broken
•stales. It ie jut Bie ertiole tor eooe, shell, end other
orn&haeutelwork, so popular with ladle, of refinement
end taste.
Thie admirable preparation ie need oold. helps ehe
finally held in eolation, end pouecsing all the ralathle
tnolitiee of the best cabinet-maker.’ sine. It may be
need in the plane of ordinary mucilage, being vastly
■ore tahesiye.
“ USEFUL IN EVERY HOUSE ’
4. B. A brash aecomptaiee etee bottle.
F5-ICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
Wholesale Depot, He. tf IJgDAR Street, New Verk.
Address
HENRY 0 SPALDING t £O,,
Box No. MM, New*etk.
fat up Ue Daal.re in Cera oontainmg four, eight,
uid-twslra down, a jjagutiful Lithogrephie Skow-oakp
tooompanying eaoh paafi Lit,
SW A single bottle of
SPALDING'S PREPARED GLUjS
trill aave ten times its oost annually to ayery honsehold.
Sold by eU proniipet Stationer., Druggist* Hard-
Kre ud Farauue Deafen, Srooere, and Faaoy
ree.
■ •eaatryMerahsateebopMntlpsnptPef
SPALDING’S PREPARED GLUE,
when making up their list.
MS J?*' Lh WSUm AMV CLIMAT
BEWING MACHINES.
& WILSON..
SEWING MACHINES.
698 CHESTNUT STREET—SECOND FLOOR.
pod-3m •
JJ ARRIS’ BOUDOIR
HEWING machine.
No! tA 0 FOR QUILTING AND
HEAVY WORK-
Both sew from two epools without the trouble of re
winding* and mas villi littie or no n«w.
Nm^AS&iOßKkrfc^
/pHB BEST MANUFACTURING AND
SEEING,, MACHINES
in the World, at _ _
I, M- SINGER & CO.’S,
oct-lm No, 810 CHESTNUT Btreet,
GENTS’ Firanawp GOODS.
PUNK SHIRT MANUFAfiKIRy..—Tke
IMPRO^ r D^CUT a oF*SHIRTfh C im^ U 'Si i tfe t moit
Also, an extensive assortment of GENT’S FURNISH*
ING GOODS, of his own im*ortatipn^
BU CHESTNUT Street.
pcJB , Four doors below the ’‘.Oontmeptal Hotel.”
@WEET CIDER,
MADE EXPRESSLY FDR SALES.
The drat invoice of this
. CELEBRATED CIDER
Jast received.
ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
DEALER IN
PINE GROCERIES.
ooM-tf Cornet ELEVENTH end VIBE Streets,
SHOEMAKER & Co.,
GLASS, FAINTS,
OILS, AND VARNISHES,
Norths*** Comer FOURTH end RACE Streets,
■rP-fcn
rjTHOMAB THOMPSON.
SON, & 00.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
CABINET-MAKERS' MATERIALS,
938 80UTH SECOND BTREET,
.ear BrooatetG,Plnahee, Reps, Damasks, and every
description of Furniture aad Curtain Poods. iel»-lm
jjUMILT FLOUR,
MADE FROM OHOIOB WHITE WHEAT,
c. H. MATTOON,
8. W. oor. ARGH and TENTH .treats.
SPARKLING AND STILL CATAWBA
WINES, *i„tsici*aMD pv
J. E B jaCEJi BU-
ClnoiliuS,Qhle,
Always on hand, and in lots to suit purchase ri, by
CHARLES F.TAGOARTiSoIe Agent,
lvAAss . - . No. 831 MARKET Streak,
THIRD STREET JOBBING HOUSES
I'JIUE attention of Buyers ts solicited,
FRESH
PALL GOODS
RIEGEU BAIRD, & CO..
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
DRY GOOJDB,
No. 4T NORTH THIRD STREET,
Would respeclfallj»mvlte tlio attention of the trado to
their
LARGE AND WELL-SELECTED
FRESH FATaL. GOODS*,
Which they are now opening. We are daily In receipt
of all kinds of fresh and desirable roods. Call and
examine our stook. se7-3ra
gOWER, BARNES & OO
BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS;
So 37 NORTH THIRD STREET,
tower side, above Market Street. Philadelphia,
Invite the attention of Booksellers nnd oountry mcr
ohauta to their very large stook ofttohopl Books, pub*
lished in this and-othoroitii's, tosetherwithMisoellane
ouu and Blank Books, Paper, ana Stationer; generally.
8., B. & Co., are publishers of many popular works,
among whioh are the following:
THE CENTRAL GOLD REGION,
BY COL, WILLIAM GILPIN,
(Late of the U. S. Army.)
ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS MAPS.
One v01.,8v0, bound in oloth. Price $1.25; and a liberal
discount to tho trade.
This book is pronounced thqmost wonderful, soienti
fio, and comprehensive treatise on the geography of our
continent ever published.
‘SCHOOL BOOKS:
SANDERS’ SERIES OF READERS.
BROOKB’ NORMAL PRIMARY ARITHME
TIC 15 cte.
BROOKS’ NORMAL MENTAL ARITHME
TIC -- —. ....25 ois.
BROOKS’ KEY TO MENTAL ARITHME
TIC ota.
BY E, BROOKS, A. M.,
Professor oF Mathematics in Pennaylvama State Nor
mal Sohool,
Liberal terms for introduction.
WHITE'S COPY-BOOKS
BY T. KIRK WHITE,
President of Pennsylvania Commercial Collate
PELTON’S OUTLINE MAPS
This series of SIX BUPERB MAPS is now adopted
m almost every sokool of note m the Union where geo
graphy is taught, and has no equal. Price 826 for full set
of six maps, or 810 for set of hemisphere maps alone.
auB-$m
HO USE-FURNISHING GOODS.
\yiLLIAM YARN ALL.
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
rUBNISHING
GOODS,
aVo. 1020 CHESTNUT STREET,
irnnodiately opposite tho Aoadoiny of Fine Arts.)
PA BLE CUTLERY, OVAL WAITERB,
KITCHEN TABLES, BOOR MATS,
CLOTHES MANGLES, &o . Ac.
Persons commencing Housukkupino are particularly
muted to an examination of this stock of Useful
Goods. se7-ftnw3m
Philadelphia,
iLUlKfci’ PATEN S'
WROUGHT AND CHILLED IRON
715 CHESTNUT ST.,
UNDER MASONIC HALL,
M, C. SADLER, General Aront.
AND BANK LOOKS, DOORS, 40.
oth- the onlr Aieroantilo Safe tnruic that ie both
,na Barslar proof. eeU-tuf-tf
ptJKK AM) CHEAP BREAD,
manufactured by the
MECHANICAL BAKERY,
VAN ** OBIAIHED AT TUB rCLLCTWin*
PLAGES:
BdECHANJOwVL BAKEHY, S. W. Broad aad
Viqn nttezUi.
O*M. CLABK.---- —. —Popl&r atroct, below
Tenth.
H. I£qNElL.p— cprpor Sixth and
Coatos street.
JATHO & 80N,_„. No,266NorthFifthatreete
JOHN G. MOXEY —No. 1223 Vino Btreet.
T. P, SMITH.. No. 225 North Fifth street.
8. SOOY ... —-—.B. K. coroer Fifth and
Spruoo stroetH.
W. W. MATHEWS 8. E. oornor Eleventh and
Locuct streets.
J). KNIGHT.—. —Broad street, below Wal
nut.
GEORGE GARVIN No. 1419 Lombard street
D, OOUftfcHEY— N. W. corner Sixteenth
T and Pine streets.
WM COURTNEY— No. 603 South Twelfth
_ street.
8. R. WANAMAKER-—Fodernl street, above
Sixth.
8. y n ——Cnmftr South Fourth and
Johnston streets.
L. HGLLAND.*———>B. W.oornerSixteentban
Ogden streets.
DAVip SADD^KR— .%p. ?G0 North Eleventh
_ ItTyOL
J.WEIGHTMAN—-Thirteenth street, below
*• Thomilson street.
8. 8. TOMKINS. No. 10W Nofth Front
rtreet.
D BiIOOKB- - S. W. corner of Seventh
and Pipe fitreeta.
F, MORRIS.— —-N. W. curnpr Tenth and
bhippen efroeto.
E. B.TURNER.— 1218 BoutbFron
street.
BHUSTER»-~——B. W« corner Broad and
Parrish street*.
THOB. T. BLEB 1 ? .Cornor Nineteenth street
'and Ridge avenue.
B. C. EliVLf E. corner Ninth and
Tcdoral streets.
J.MoINTYRE-. *-Tgj|jf-£j»ona street, ab.
ALEX. FULLERTON.. Corner of Fifth and Ufcri*'
AIRS.E. RAMBLER—.—No* ifel Coates atreet
D, F, *. T. W. WOLF. ... .633 Girard avenue
; WU. tteCRACKF.N —2303 Hamilton street
R.R.BEASSLY—W. corner of Twelfth
JULIUS KLEIN S.“^|g«iW ?S? .h
M. NIPPFB K. corner of Fourth
and Green street.
MRS. F. ELLIOTT —B. W. corner Tenth and
Green street. _
J. L. KICKS.- .Oamden, N. J„ store 119
y. u. Aroh street.
C. H. KAtISISiJ..- .West Philadelphia,Mthst.
pb, Haverford road.
N. L. YARN ELL —fcfcifi, PjUJU*.
JOHN BARNDT Treroont wd i’WS Gr.cvp
GEO. B. TOWNSEND West cWer, FoiiM
M. MoCLEES— Atlantlo City, N. I
D. HORTON
S. J 7. Eft EIiLEIN . Colombia, Ea
pORTLAND KEROSENE OIL,
In order to most the constantlf-increaalng demand
for this Justly
CELEBRATED OIL AS AN ILLUMINATOR,
the company have now doubled their former o&paoi
tjr, and have the most eztenatve works for manv
fatturing Otl from Coal in the united States; and
in- -mdc/ to insure for ua 8 oonstant supply, adequate
Jiavo positively refused to establish
any new agenoietr; artunfr ag? ne* outlet* for it what
*VWliat we olalra for this Oil is,
ITS UNIFORMITY IN QUALITY AND SUPERI
ORITY OVER ALL OIHKR OILS.
It ie entirely free from the offensive odor peouliar to
MI other Coal Oil* in the market, and for bnllinnoy as
aliahtjoleanlmew,oheapnew, and safety, (having no
explosive properties!, is, we may oonfidently say,
TUB QNLV OIL THAT WILL GIVE GENERAL
* u * SATISFACTION.
, Wherever it iioa beta j.nt;odu39d consumers will use
n< A* there are many inferior, Oil* ,*obl as. Koroseno, vp
caution dealer* in particular against using this xraflt
mark. Whenever doubt* exist as to the genuineness o
the artiole, w® respectfully ask that a sample may be
submitted tons for inspection.
We offer it to the trade at the
COMPANY’S LOWEST PRICE,
and all orders addressed toe* by mail or otherwise will
meet with prompt attention. % , 00KK fc CQ _
Sole Agents and Manufacturers of
Alcohol. Burning Fluid, and Pine Oil,
0010-£in Nrt. foi St.. Philadelphia.
J^EMQYA^.
THOMAS MEIAXXR& 00,,
HOISERY HOUSE,
Have removed to the Store formerly occupied by
YARD, GILLMORE, & CO.,
No. 40 AND 42 NORTH THIRD STREET,
„ Between MARKET and ARCH Stroots.
no3-lra
JgUTUER HOtJtoE,
No. 112 BOUTH SIXTH Street,
Opposite Independence Square.
Conduoted on tbe European plan.
Accessible at all hours.
ie3S-Ir A. R. LUKENS, Proprfotor,
TMTAKTIN & QUAYLE’B
3s. STATIONERY. TOY. AND FANCY 900DF
103J“' fcTiflk'E,
.SLOW VLH-VKKTIT, '
Illt-ITfC HHH.ATIKbFHIA.
CHOCOLATE POTASH For sale by
WETHERILL & BROTHER, 41 and 10 North
££Q3ND Street. cso23
SAFES.
DEPOT
bread:
Florence. N. J
Qip t
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 9, 1860.
/C I) r U tl Vs;
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 9,1830.
Tho Croakers!'
A largo class in the society of every civilized
country aro the croakers. In his-comedy of
“ Good-Natured Man,” Goldsmith" .has ad
mirably sketched a representative oi this class.
A true croaker is neves so happy as when he
finds, or imagines, cause for grumbling. There
are very few croakers in France, where a
, native dines off a roll and a glass of sonr wine
, —liko red ink diluted with weak cider—and is
: as contented, apparently, as if hohfti feasted
, by the carte, at Yory’s, Les Trois Freres Pro
; vengaux, or any other first-class -restaurant,
j In England, the croakers are oxtreinely nu-;
merous, for John Bull sqoms to have'an idea
! that tho privilege of grumbling was’secured
! to him in 1216, when thq barons compelled
i King John to sign Magna Charta, etrSfinny
! medo. Scotchmen do not often grumble,
i even when they have cause, bnt philosophi
j cally make the best of it. Irishmen are apt
! to let real grievances pane over tfcjsm, Ufco
water over a duck’s back, buf.,often prpjk'.at,
imaginary ills. Americans, as a generqltliing,
are not given to grumbling or complaining,
j T hey will not watte their time in so foolish a
i way. Whon the great printing and publish
! ing establishment of Harper & Brothers, at
i.New York, was destroyed by fire, a few'years
| ago, while tho flames were still devouring aii
before them, Messrs. Harper .telegraphed to
Philadelphia, Boston, and other citlea lpivihg
facilities for executing the work, to engage,
printing-offices and presses to go oh with their
publications. They acted —John Ball would
have wasted the time in croaking OTer his loss
and the interruption of his business, nnd would
probably not have recovered - himself - for
months. Thero aro “The Croakers/’'how
ever, of which American literature has .tome
cause to be proud. Wo shall briefly akhtoh
its history.
In 1819, there lived, in Now YOrkjiwO
young men, addicted to literature. Both Were
born in August 1795, and became accidentally
acquainted in their very spring oi manhood.
Acquaintance speedily ripened into regard
and intimacy. These were the late Joseph
Rodman Drake, who died in lB2O,
at the age of twenty-five, and Pits-Greene,
Halleck, still surviving, highly appreciated as
a fine poet and a thoroughly genial man.
Both wrote verses, following the, example
ofMoore and Byron, before they were in their
teens. Single poems by each attracted!' at
tention beiore 1819, at which time jDjjake
sent a poem “ To Ennui,” signed Croaks it,
to tho New York Evening Pott, Next day
ho followed, over tho same signature, with »
pleasantly satirical poetical address on thu
presentation of the freedom of New York cjty
to General .Jackson, in that memorable. gol)
box which Andrew Jackson bequeathed to the
soldier “ most valiant in defence of his conn
try and our country’s rights..” This was float
ly awarded, in 1859, to General Ward B. Rbi
nott. Next came stanzas, called “ The Septet
Mine, sprung at a lato Supper,” quizzing Hjo\
confusion which aroso at the Jackson dinner,
in New York, in February, 1819, when QJd'
Hiekory, having acknowledged the drinking
of his own health, wound up by proposing
the health of Governor De Witt Clinton, <<to
tbp utter confusion,” we are told, « or the
Bucktails, who looked upon Clinton as tjieir,
bitterest foe.” In the fyatiqnuT Adveriisci'dt
March J 5, J81f), appeared a poem, without
any title, commencing “ When Boney fought.,
his hosts of foes,” whioh was signed “ Croat-'
,cr Junior,” and was probably written by Hair
leek. From that time tho two friends worked
together, chiefly in- the Evening Fos/. thtq-,
edited by the late William Coleman. The
greater number of the CrOaker pieces appear
ed between March and July, 1819. After Dr.
Drake’s death in the following year, Halleck
probably had lest the sustaining spirit which
ftsd mado him write so woll and so frequently
by his friend’s side. The last poem, signed
CaoAiEßa& Co., is called « Curtain Conver
sations,” and was published on July 24,1819.
Jt was v,'rilton by Halleck.
Mr. Alliliono gays, “ Tbo lively satire of 1
these salliea gave them a great reputation, at 1
the time of their publication.” Mr. Duy
ckinck, in the Cyclopcedia of American lite
rature, says “They quizzed Oohhott, Dr.
3litchill, the politicians of Tammany, the
editors, alilormen, and some small theatrical
characters of tho day, in poetical opisties to
Edmund Simpson, Esq., tho ’manager of tho
theatre, and other vehicles of simple fun and
woll-aimod satire. If these had nothing more
to bring them into notico than their local a!-
lesion, they would havo been forgotten, as
hundreds of series of the kind havo been j hut
feieir keen wit and flneiy-mouldod pootical
phraseology havo preserved them.” Dr. prake,
Who (Jied too coon, has left behind him “ Tho
Culprit Pay,” written in oniy three days, yet
certainly one of tho most gracoful and
fanciful poems in the language, and “3 ho
American Flag,” pom pi o’came pen-though
the opening stanza too much reminds ua of
ißyron’s Address to tho Tricolor—is as- noble
a patriotic lyric as even Campbell over wrote.
More than one unauthorized gathering of
the Croakor poemß have been mado, but with
out mjjcb correctness. Forty years havo
elapsed since thoy fifst 'appeared— causing
many a smile, no doubt, but also raiding many
a temper. Tho time has come to reproduce
them. Yet, it is tho misfortune of local orsati
rical poems to contain allusions and references
jo pijjppns and events which, in tho lapse of
time, bacopio'opscufo an.} poj, ppijerot.ood.
JJooro’s satirical poems, 'for example,' lire
scarcely relished by tbo present race of
readers, who do not take tho points of per
sonality. « Tho Croakers” aro crowded with
allusions to people and circumstances which
hayd g.ideif dovrn into the abysm of the Past.
Without notes, copious, full, aprj accqrcto,
two-thirds of those poems would ho UninteiU
gible at tho present day.
An institntion, called « The Bradford Club,”
has just brought out, at New York, a com
plete annotated edition of « Tho Croakers,”
In imperial Bvo., Illustrated with admirablo
p'orfraftp of prpio and Halleck. The Poems,
with Introduction and lull I»do?, occupy 188
pageß—tho Notes cover 80 more. Those whij
extol tho English « superior mannor’l of get
ting up hooks of luxury, (as tho French de
signate thorn,) would qualify their praise if
they could examine this volume —perfectly
superb in typography—to which wo may in
deed apply tbo phiraso of Iloraca, and say that
it is «simplex munditils.'” It is printed hy
J. Mansoll, of Albany, (N. Y.), who certainly
ought to bo considered tho Baskorvillo of
America. The beauty of tho typo, tho uni
formity of tho printing, and tho texture and
color of tho paper, combine to mako this a
woi)dorfi)jly beautiful volume. Only ono
hundred copies havo boon printed, whiph are
confined to tbo members of tho' Bradford
Club, so that wo aro describing a book which
fow can havo a chance oi seeing.
Besides tho known “ Croakers,” this collec
tion contains several by Mr. Halleck, written at
tho period of tho others, but hithorto unpub
lished. Some of Drake’s, ia tho same cha
racter, are li'oro added from hio manuscripts.
Those aro niuo poeipa hitherto hot published,
' and pix more, (<f as good as new,” according
to Coloridgo,) which appeared in nowspapers
betwoon 1810 and 1860. There arc fifty poems
in tho prcaont collection.
To show how much “ Tho Creates ” re
quire annototion, wo hero give a single stanza:
(luell’d la big Hoff who oft haa fire and flood atood,
More pallid grows the snowy ohoek of Roae,
Cold aweata bedew the leathern hide of Bloodgood,
Deep ainke the eonoave of huge Edwarda’ nose,
Bat 800 the Cenerala Colden and Bogardua,
'for sits enthroned da each elated eye ; -
While Doyle and Mumfordolap their fists as hard aj
The iron maula in Tieraou’a factory.
There aro six notes appended to explain
who and what wero tho partios mentioned
boro, and without such a key, tho collection
would bo almost valueless.
Not entirely so, because some of tho verses
do not require any notes, and, ay poetry, will
always rank' liigli. ' Such, for example, as
Drake’s “ American Flag,” and those charm-
ing pieces by Haljeck, “ Domestic £Peace,”
(t There Is an Evening Twilight of the Heart,”
and “ The World Is bright before Thee.”
The Croakers anticipated the gay and
glancing manner of Praed, the English poet,
and have all the facility and unexpectedness of
jfooro’s lightor productions. Hero is Drake's
Ode to Impudence, lively apd .pleasant as if
Horace had wrltfcon.it,- eighteen centuries ago,
tomaka Mrcconas smile : •
The mau whobaarsa brasen'aoe, -
Quite a son aise t hisgliusa may,'quaff; -
, And w.'ether.in, or opt pf.ploca,
Mar twirl his stick and 24upli I
Useless to him the bfoatl dbhbloon.
Red note, or dollar of the mill 1 ;
Tlio’all his gold bo in the moon.
His brass is oumnt anon&y'still.
Thuß-vwhon my oasti was a?low water,
Ai Niblo'a I sat down to'dine’;
!' ' And, after a tremendous slaushter "•
Among tho wild-fowl and the tfrjuo.*-
The bill before mmaeynrvfturptao’d—
;• . -When, slightly turning round my head,
£ v Chargeit,* ,, QTis&l— thWmanVmaz’d! •
Stared—made his congee—and obey’d.
Oh 1 beai mo to sbtn'e forest thiok, ~
Where wampum*dOH6okt*w&prowlalona;
, Where jaetar.wa* hoard the ef
And bankrupt lawsare quite unknown;
Or to some shop, by bucks abhorr’U,
Where to the fongiae pauper’s sorrow.
The ouratinecription decks the board
Of Pay to-day and trust to-morrow:”
Or plunge the dungeon tower;
VHth bolts and turnkeys blast mine eyes ;
While call’d from death by Marshall’s power,
The ghosts of murdered debts arise 1
The easy dupes I’Jl wheedle still, _
With looks of brass and words of honey
And having soor’d a decent bill,
Pay off my impudence for money.
If ihc noble army of Jeremy ' Diddlera* ever
fo dine together, this « Ode to Im
pudenco” should be their charter song.
P-or noble poetry, worthy of, the'subject,
Commend us to Drake’s stanzas on “The
American Flag,” already mentioned. Hero
are a few lines of it i
Flag of ths brave 1 thy folds shall fly.
The sign of hope and triumph high!
When speaks the signal trumpoMone,
And the long lino comes gloaming on,
(Ere yet the life-blood, warm and wet, -
Has dim’d the glist’ning bayonet,)
Each soldier’s oye shall brightly turn
To where thy meteor-glories burn,
And, as his springing steps advance,
Catoh war and vengeance from the glance !
; And'wheto the oannon-mouthings loud,
Heave in wild wreaths the battle -shroud,
And gory sabres rise and fall,
Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall 1
There shall thy viotor-glanoes glow,
And cowering foes shall sink beneath
'Eaoh'gallant arm that strikes below,
The lonely messenger of death.
The concluding quatrain of this poem, as it
now?stands, is by Halleok,-,
' i Forever float the standard sheet!
\ Where breathes the Joe but falls before us ?
-With Freedom's toil beneath our feet,
, And Freedom’s banner streaming o’er us.
Drake closed tho poem thus—with more
poetry and less boasting;
And fixed ae fonder orb divine.
: That saw thy bannered blaze unfurled,
: Shall tby proud stars resplendent ehino,
; ' The suard and glory of the world.
‘ The correctness of this volume is very
noticeable—hut on page YXII., in the Table
ot contents, it seems to us that “ Tho forums”
and four following poems are erroneously
Stated tohave been published in 1817. In tho
Second, stanza of “ToEnhni,” (page 1.) the
jrtoper name Edinburgh is given with tho final
letter taken away.
I It isto bo regretted that tho poems have not
bpefi accredited to their respective authors.
Dnyckinck, in tho article on Drake, gives a
list of tho poemß attributed to.him, and Hr.
Halleck," who survives, could easily have given
the necessary information.
■ .Taking' leave of this handsome and pleasant
'bookj Whieh reflects so much credit on editor ;
and printer, and ot which so few copies have
Wsn prepared, wo failfo leave,, fo say that tho :
Bradford Olob deserye praise fer the llfaepality ;
Snd taete which ihoy have lyjro displayed. If
they will reproduce.** The Croakers” in the
banal form, at 76 cants or a dollar, they will
communicate a great deal of pleasant infor
nj.tloH to the reading*public at large, and not
lo'sh by tho traifsadtioni
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The World of yoßterday aaya t »* It la ru
mored that tho President trill, to-morroty, if things
continue to prosont a threatening aspect, Luue a pro*
clamatfon calling on the seceding States to remain
in the Union and wait for some oVert aot defitruo-
live of their rights boforo separating. The fire
eaters say, however, that Mr. Buchanan will pro :
serve a 1 masterly inactivity. 1 He has had many
calls to day, butia not at all oommuuioative”
Thor? is a legend that Gibbs, the pirato,
burled certain treasure in a cave in the immediate
viclniiy of. Newport, R. I, A party of Georgians
having dotached a piece of a rook near the oaye
recently, a lady among them discovered a piece of
gold valued at ton dollars, the date of whioh has
not yet been ascertained with certainty. Nothing
more oould bo found.
Ex-Sonator Pratt, of Maryland, has called on
General Cass, to soa if same means conlcl not bo
devised by whioh the President oould eall a con
vention of &U the States ohooslng to be represent
ed, for tho purpose of denouncing secession, and
making conciliatory impositions. General Gass
replied, that ho knew no way to bring about s\iob
a convention, exoopfc by tho voluutary action of tho
States themselves. ‘ '
Ro. J. Yanoey, a well-known journalist of
Memphis, was violently assaulted and' beaten by a
gang of rowdies in that oity on Thursday night
of last woek. The sooum’relij escaped without do
teotion.
Paring the Prince’s visit to Boston ho saw an
original letter of Washington. This interested
him 7ery much, and he expressed a wish to possoes
such a rello of so great a man. Mr. Everett, noxt
day, gratified his wish by sending him an original
letter.
Mr. Ijrigga fs a very ent jiusiaatio autograph
collector. 1 lie ta moreover, a merchant of Man
chester, England, and wishing to get Garibaldi’s
autograph, sent tho dlotator four hundred knap
saoks complete, besides a variety of tonts, oarnp
bedsteads, and othor military equipments, asking
in return only the dosired autograph. Garibaldi,
in reply, wrote a flattering letter of thanks
—A joshing toil co?rc?ponqcpt oayfc \ ***i send
you now what is pretty well understood os among
the probabilities; it is that Gen. Lane will resign
his seat in the Senate, return to North Carolina,
and avail himself of a movement, said to be on
foot there, to elect him to tho seat now ocoapicd
by Senator Clingmau.”
—SJrs. Hark Ji. tflupl, from Boston, £|iso
Addis M. Smith) frem Derby, N. lj., recently mad®
tUp agoept pf pijje’a ipea]i--tbo first lafiles whq
ever accomplished that feat. The Buromlt is 14,-
400 above the sea, and the oßoent was tho labor of
four days.
—“Old Joe Sweoney,” the original banjoist,
died at the paternal mansion la Appomattox
county, Vft., on the 27th ult., aged 40 years. He
Jiad played his favorite instrument in nearly every
State of tho linion, and ip many of the countries df
Europe.
—Pr. Lyman Becohor, who cast his flrstvoto for
Washington, was taken by his son on Taesday to
the pells, that he might cast his last vote for Lin
coln. As the'vonerablo man, with flowing and
silvery looks, entered the room, the orowd parted
fight and left, and silently rgatjg f?ay |or hjjn,
'—Late advices Lorn Berio spsah of a studio
opened by Coleman Sc Boughton, of New York oity,
whioh is thefavoritoresortof many of tho heaviest
and most constant patrons of art. A Russian no
bleman, namedGlomiahntherski, has ordered from
Ooloman four largo landsoapcs, tbe prioo for oaoh
of whioh will exceed $l,OOO.
Joseph propter, qua of qpr Amorioan trq
gpfiians, l|&s completed a most successful engage
ment in Bolton, and proceeds to Preston previous
to bis return to London, whero ho is engaged to
play at ono of the theatres.
—One of tho latest novolties of the day is a per
fumed Ink. It Is called Lawrenco’s Mauve Ink,
and in addition to its beautiful color, It has a de
lightful fragranoa. Of course it is just the thing
{or Judies.
—lion. Ifm. Voroher Miles, who suffered at
Newport several weeks, last summer, from an at
tack of typhus fever, bos so fay recovered Wa
strength that he rides out daily. At present ho is
at bis homo in Charleston, 6. C.
<~lBabolla HmaUley, the well-known vocalist of
Albany, will return home some lime during tho
present month. She is to give two concerts in
Albany and ono in Troy.
Queensland (Australia) as a Field for Cot
ton Cultivation.— Mr. "NY. Brookos, in a long
r,nd interesting communication, recently ls’d be
fore the Queensland Philosophical Society, seated ;
H Wherevor cotton has been tried on' the coast of
Queensland, the yield has been plentiful and tho
quality excellent. The perennial nature of tho
plant m this locality would muoh lessen tho labor
of its cultivation. Mr. Brookes estimates that a
grower in Queensland oould, by selling the cotton
at lOd. per pound, roalize £125 per annum from
five acres, whioh oxceeds considerably the produce
from othor orops ” Mr. Clegg, of Manchester,
whose letter Mr. Brookes road, nas offered to pay
2s. per pound for Queensland cotton equal to the
samples already produced.
Proceeditog* of City Councils,
The stated meeting of both branches of Councils
was held yesterday. ''
SELECT COUNCIL. ■ '
• Petitions worn presented- tsTolfows: ; ~
Prom the Board of Hpal|h, calling attention to
tho inadequate operations or the vaccino physt
oians. 1 > - - • v ; .
KromJheiWest Philadelphia Railroad Company*
expressing entire willingness to comply with thq
requisitions of Ibo’oity, and to'pay alt taxes an‘d
fees, and that whatever action they have taken ift
relation to a refusal to pay taxef of aa extraordi
nary kind has bo ell done by advice of oounseL
During the past'fe&r "they have paid taxes to tfcb
amount-.of • $1,073 £3-upon, their estate;. $127-for
woter. rents y §9)5 for?.taxes, upon cars; and
§1,215 54 for tho city proportion or slxper oent on
the dividends deolared-by thd company. Upon tho
streets for repairs they
As to thia tax uDon cars, the company believe it to
be unjust, and their‘refusal to‘pay it was seconded
by their cocmseL- • >
■ Th & foiling was sl so read bvMr. V/ktherillv
To Theodora Cuyler, president of fho Select
Council,-and Charles-B. Trego,' Esq. 1 , ptekldoht'
of the-jQomihonCounoil.- 1 .
■ QiEAnn, SniEkT, r i
»r.t c «PhUadelphia*Nov. 3, 1860,
GBNTLiftiEti': Having observed in the pqbUshed
reports of debtitos'in Councils, of last Thursday’s
session, that the gas now being manufactured and
consumed at the Girard House was described as a
mixture of water gas and coal gas, but represented
by iix, to the publio as water gaß. A proper.re
gard for our own reputation compels us to deny
emphatically that any suoh mixture has ever been
mode, used, or exhibited on our premises. The
affidavits of.opr employees, .rofuting.tfcp a«mss
- pre. If desired, at the service pf Councils.*
•' TheGirafd Hdnkrhaafof Several years' past re-
Oelv'oa.tho oity thtoiigh seven distinct meters
oonneotc(Lw|th.Bevon separate Hotiopspf the egta,
blfahmont. Whenover the’ water gas* has been,
supplied to any one or more of these"section?, the
coal gaS has been instantaneously shut off from euoh
portions of the house. As our employees become
inorq expert, fewer Bcotionß have required otJal gaa,‘
and-forhsa periods of time,-so that for Severn
days past none -of tho, eeatioss have seeded coal
gas for any part of tho lime.
Tfie small works erected on onr premises are
able to manufacture twice asmuoh gas every
twenty-four hours as we require, and seven times
as much as we can stow away in our gasholder. If
our gasholder capacity were proportionate to onr
consumption of gas, in the some / degree that the
gas storage capacity of tho city works bears to the
nightly' consumption of Philadelphia, we eould
dispense with* all connection with the city works.
But until our bolder room is increased, or a re
serve bench of retorts i 3 oreoted, so that we are
enabled, as tho city works arc, to oontinue a sup.’
ply of light while necessary repairs are in progress,-
wo aro compelled, to avail ourselves of facilities
suoh as are extended by gas works in other oities,
without queßtlon or impediment, to large estab
lishmontfl like ours, paying, as we are alwaya
ready to do, for all the gas the city meters may
register.
Wo shall be gratified by the personal visits of
any or all of the members of Councils, and respeot
fully rtquost that you will submit tho invitation to
tho 'gontlemen of your respective bodleß, to wit
ness the working of the stater-gas apparatus; the
connections of the ooal-gafi and water-gasworks
with the hotel, and tho manifest economy and su
per iority of tho light. ifours, respectfully,
Presborv,' Sykes, &■ Co.
Mr. Wetherill moved that the invitation be*
aooepted, which was agreed to. ,
A number of private patltions were rcoelveil,
and, with the above, reforred to the standing com
mittees -
The ordinance from Common Council supple
mentary to the ordinance governing the police de
partment, adding $5O per annum to the salaries of
certain high constables, appointing a river and
harbor police, and also on assistant olork to the
Mayor, (seo report of Common Council,) was taken
op
Mr. Brweuan callod the'attention of the cham
ber to tho fact that this bill increased the expense
ol the polloe force over $40,000 a year.
Mr. Fox had this bill, and approved
of it. Mr. Fox wosnware that he had acquired a
reputation for niggardliness, fiat he was not wil
ling to rotard a prudent administration, and this
bill was a proper one. He was not willing to ex
pend a million and a half for new buildings, but was
perfectly willing to protect the oitizena coequally
with their necessities and tho extent of the city.
Tho new uniform required by the police must be re-;
newed twico a year, as the wear and tear upon it,*-
exposed in all sorts of weather, must bo very groat,
Tho police of every other city la hotter paid than
onr own; while if a man la sick his time is lo3t to'
him. •
Mr. Bsnto'4 said the bill had been carefully con
sidered in Common Coqnoll. nged a river po
lice and a park police, and & uniform to the men
is entirely necessary. The cost of the uniform to
the moo must be at least fifty dollars a year; and'
whon we consider that polioemen' are obliged to
attend fires, and to expose themselves day and
night in all sorts of weather, it ia nothing more
than fair that the sum should be paid to them.
Mr Bkidkj/ax And do wo understand that, if
we don’t provide the uniform, the men will do duty
naked ?-
Mr. Beadfobd. The fifty dollars, by a itfgq
calculation, -will just about pay tor the als©Tenea
between the cost of uniform and that of ordinary
clothing.
A motion was now mado by Mr. Doughebty to
postpone until next week, whioh caused
Mr. Bexton to say that the river front was suf
fering every night for want of police protection.
Socks of coffee, oosks of provisions, and property of
ail sorts are taken almost nightly, by ipop w b°
sneak around the dopke in boat?) ahdoommit thoir
depredations with impunity.
Mr. Dougherty continued to oppose the main
features of the bill. He saw no reason for paying
$5O extra to tho men, when there were hundreds
of good ineohanics who would be glad to take the
places at $5OO a year. He was also opposed to a
park police, as unnecessary to the oity, and hoped
to see tho bill postponed for tpe pyeeept The
Mayor has already a chief olerk and an assistant
also,
Mr Benton explained that a police officer Is
now acting as Assistant dark, and the objeot is
not to increase tho expensos of the oity, but to re
tain tho man.legitimatoly at his post.
Tho motion of Mr. Doughorly to postpone was
lost by a vote of 7 to 16.
The bill wes then read a third time and passed
finally, Messrs. Beidem&n, Dayton, Dougherty,
and Neal voting in tho negative.
Common Council refused to assent io Seleot Coun
cils’ bill, imposing a fine of ten dollars upon every
railroad oar standing at the terminus of its route,
and a comiaittco of conference whs appointed.
The bill for the ereotion of pablio buildings *n
Independence Square, at a cost of $400,0,00. which
nassod to a third reading, and wa3 laid oVer &t T the
last meeting, was taken up. 1
Mr. Mclntyre qaid ftdi now there wa3 some
thing to go upon. *Wo now had the plan of Inde
ponuenoe Square, with the site of the proposed
now buildings, and tho dimensions of the present
one. To make haste slowly in this matter is tho
wisest polioy. It is now oertnin that the oreotion
of the buildings proposed oannot be done. Either
the buildings oannot bo ereoted in Walnut street,
or the monument for whioh tho oity is ple3g?4 to
furnish a site oannot be pu* up.' Bercre U if
uietfOGj, tneplan' should £e investigated. Mr.
Molntyro moved that tho plan presented by the
Chief Engineer bo lithographed, and the subject
postponed for another woek.
Mr. Drayton doprecated any suoh action. A
lithograph would bo no better than the present
beautifully-drawn plan, and a week hence theta
may bo anothor delay The Legislature will soon
meet, and then there 13 good Reason to apprehend
that tho buildings will bo again handed oyer to the'
qommissioh'for oreotidp. fijy. iprayton had an in
terview Vita'tho Bhief Engineer, and he conld
not see any objeotion to the plans. If the buildings
oannot be placed in Walnut street, let them be
ereoted on Fifth and Sixth streets; and if not,
let them bo placed somewhere else. Anything is
better than that tbe Legislature should take tho
task fromtho hands of Counoils.
Mr. Fox admitted the wisdom of sojga of Mr.
Mclntyre’s remarks, hut as to tho monumebt 'he
wn« satisfied it w&s&inytlf. But dh'6 obuft build
fngSxDpatbe in Independence Square, and for the
unanswerable rcasontbataa tho \lnited States courts
qro tp he located ip the now posLoffioo building,
the other courts oannot be separated from it.
Mr. Neal opposed postponement, and also the
expense of lithographing tbe plan of the square.
Ho believed the movement was only prompted ,by
a desire to delay.
[At this point a glass shade over one of the gas
burners split and tell, In consequence of too zpuch
hoat.j
Mr; BftNTdir. There’s a voice from the South
about that monument.
Mr. Davis. There’s a note of dissolution.
Mr. Neal. Another bell oraoked. [Laughter.]
Mr. Benton (resuming the debate) said that he
was satisfied that the monument was a myth, and
would never be ereoted.
Mr. Wetiibrill opposed and
prenounoed {hp objections to Independence Square
fa invalid. *
The motion to postpone was then withdrawn by
Mr. Molntvrb.
A very long and tedious debate further onsued,
when
Mr. Neal moved to go into Committee of the
Whole to make amendments, as It was now
stood that to buiid on Wqlmit strpijt
fabla.
“ Mr. Neap moved to insert in the resolution, af
ter the words ** Independence Square,” the words
“ at the corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets,”
whioh was agroed to by a vote of 14 to 4.
Mr. Bbidehan offered a further amendment,
that plans shall be advertised for “ when tho Com
mittee on City Property eh&ll determine upon the
accommodations required for the courts and their
attendant offices.” This amendment was agreed
to.
Mr. Mclntyre movefi farther to amend, by in*
sorfk'g) j‘ end plans cod'specifications for a fire
proof building for municipal purposes, at Ihe corner
of Fifth and Chestnut streets, after the Committee
on City Property shall have designated the accom
modations required.” This was also agreed to.
The commiUoo tben rose and reported progress,
when tho bill paeßod, by a voto of 16 to 6, os fol
lows ;
Yeah—Messrs. Boideman, Benton, Dickson,
Dougherty, Drayton, Ford, Fox, Jones, Leman,
Molntyro, McMakin, Megary, Noa), Wallace, Wo*
therill, Cuyler (President)—l6
Nays— Messrs. Bradford,Craig, Davis, Ginnodo,
Riloy, and Pmodley—6.
Tho bill from Common Council appropriating
51,400 per annum to tfie Hope Steam FUe Engine
Company wac y'obonrred in.
A resolutiomltiylng water-pipe in Columbia ave
nue was reforfed to oommittee.
Tho bill appropriating $2OO for books in the Con
troller’s department was concurred in.
Also, ono appropriating $2,431, the income of
oertain tiust funds, to the Guardians of tho Poor,
as oustomary each year.
| Also, one releasing a judgment against Wm. El-
I llott and others.
, Also, ono for the paving of Albion and other
streets.
Also, ono for tho opening of Twelfth street, First
ward, and for a culvert in Kmer&ld Street, Nine
TWO!' CENTS,
teenth .ward ;'s3ro r Ode authorizing the Readin,
Rnilro,ad Company to, erest a bridge near th
corner of William and Bank' ktteeta, Riohmond
subjoot to the • approbation tff’tbe City burveyor’
to whioh; was affixed.au .amendment that the com"
pany light tho bridge at their own expense.
A pin from Commw Corlooir,"for tho pfiving of
North street, was oon^urreddu.
No other businessef interest was transacted, and
the Chamber adjourned. *"
COMMON. COUNCIL.
Petitions werp- presented.asking for the paving
and opening of streets/ and laying water ‘and gas
pipes, all of which wow deferred to the appronriath
Committees. 1; rr r
The Highway Committee reported resolutions in'
favor or paving North street, from Nineteenth" to
Twentieth; Mnent Vernon Btreet, from Twentieth
to Canal street, Beaver itreat;
Eagemoiif street, Lehigh nVepue, Alder streot, and,’
Cowslip street The resolutions were adopted/’ " l '
The satne..odmmitteo reported.a reßolutipn-pro
yidu>g-for.Hio. opening of Reed strcot/jfromTentii
to Eleventh street; drid recommenced fhaf the
lOastomary-'riWibeba given:-*'*- • •-
' -Jh r ®s°luil<}nwa3. offcr&lnby CATJXEawopny
;afld adopted, directing the Commissioner of Bigh-
remove the tarn-tablo atßfchmond avenue
f®« the Reading'Railroad, placed there by the
Second and Third-s'rects .Passenger Railway,
which the rosolntion*alleged had been placed there
in violation of Ih© law relating to passoncer rail
roads. . , ** . •
Mr. Megabqbe called up tho resolution offered
by him at the last meeting, authorizing the Mayor
; to attend tho next annual meeting of tho Pennsvl
{vJWW,roas,°<»gPWi*«l vote upon tho shares
10 Bai d company held by the city, to pro
hibit- the ‘president *an£> board of diieetors from
peyifig any-Commisribh. ?on freight carried bv said
New York and Boston to pities
west of Pittsburg, and from cities wesfc-of Pitts
burg to Now 4 York f and Boston, under'pro 'rata
agreement 4t artfttt.below'whatis oharged'on'the
f hi ? pBd
, Theiresolutidn was adopted, aid' tie Chair aril
: Pointed Messrs Megargee, Adler, and ISljnn the
committee. , . ,
1 The Police Committee reported du ordinance
| supplementary to tho ordinance regulating paEsen
gor railways, which provides that it shall, not bu
ilt wful hereafter to draw by mules or horses, more
than one eight-wheeled car, or two Single oWef
jmur wbeclaeqoh, on any railroad in the city of
(Philadelphia, at ony ope timo. The supervisors
ijnd poliofemen were oliarged with the exrcution' of
| tho ordinance. It jmstd finally, without debater
WtS PUBLIC BUILDINGS QUESTION.
Tha ordor of the day, being the consideration of
the ordinance providing for.advertising for nrono
sals for c fire-proof boiidipg on Independence
Squure, at a cost not exceeding $400,000, was taken
up at xout o clock.. The Chamber wont into a Com-
Suttee of too Whole, Mr. Kerii in tho Ghnit
Mr. Potter mado_ a long and patriotio speech,’
in opposition to placing tbe'bnifdicgs on Icaenen-'
denoo Bjuaret Ho said it would bo a. disgrace to
perpetuate tho present nuisances, nhioh are oon
oentrdted in Iho prosent vicinity of Independenoo'
ilall, in the crowds of politicians and loafers. To
Such an extent is this nuisanoe carried, that it isi
With remotanoo a citizen takes his, wife and ohil-"
Uren to visit Independence Hall. Besides this -
Independence i&jaare was not a proper location
for the buildings. There were three thousand
people who were interested in having the public
buildings located farther north and west. There
were jurymen and witnesses drawn from evory
part of the oity, and a central location would be
most convenient for them, and the mass of the to*
pulauon People also who have deeds to record,
Wills to register, and school teachers, policemen,
and others who.work for the city, aDd who live in
all iho twenty-four wards, and who have to visit
the public offices for iheir pay, would be bettor ac
commodated by, having the buildings placed on
Penn Squaro. He could conceive of no motive to
plaoo the buildings on Independence Square, ox
oopt to gratify thosewho,are interested in properly
in its vicinity. He was in favor of removing all
the obstructions upon Indepomlenoo Square: ex
cept tho old Hall, in whfoh tho Declaration of In
dependence was signed. This and the other
apartments of tbo building bo would have fitted up
as museums, where all patriotio relics relating to
our struggle for independence, should b© kept open
for our citizens, and Iheir wives and children, to
visit, admire, and venerate.
Mr. Haihbs opposed tho Independence Square
location, and called attention to a ground plan of
the square, prepared by the Ciry Survevor,-which
demonstrated the fact that buildings of a eufUoient
capacity oould not ne erected on the "Walnut street
front, without coining close up to the proposed
monument to the signers of tho Declaration of In
dependence. He oould not bqo why th© buildinea
pould not bo put up on Penn Square - They would
pot cost more there than on Independence Square.
, Mr. Mkgargek favored the Independencobquar©
projeot, on the ground that it was nearer the oen
tro of business, and this should be the governing
reason In selecting a location. . -
; Dr. Sites spoke in favor 6f locating the build-
Jng* on Independence feqnsre, on the ground of
economy, as they could be built tboro for xhou
*andis, wbilMhoy would cost millions elsewhere.
Mr. Bethel was !n favor of Penn Square, and
mad© a long speech 4a support of that location,
assuming that it would notbe as.great a change
ROiT SS trie remopal of tho court-houses from Be
told • and- Market streele •to Sixth and Chestnut
stteeW was in 1730;, He Contended that th* papu
latlon wasi gravitating to the wost and northwest,
and Penn Squaro waa more convenient for the ma
jority of the citizens.
■ Mr. Quinn said: ?oereotthepeblio buildings
On Independence Square I deem unwise, as well
as qapatnotiQ. Tb& aot is to be justified on the
rcore of economy. But'economy loses its virtue
when it attempts to appropriate to Reuse the place
dedicated to liberty,* and consecrated by the noblest
act of mankind You tell me your forefathers had
nospooial respect for this couare Did they not
purchase jurt raze to the earth the houses that
stood on tno site you now propose to build upon?
Did they not hand'down to as this fquare as it is,
as their fyee gift'f And . tho question is, shall wa
not bequeath it as such to our children ? '
If I could not persuade you by feelings of pa
triotism, or respeot for the past, I would fain con
vince you of your orror by a consideration of the
wantß of the present and the necessities of the fu
ture. The usefulness of pablio squares in large
cities needs no argument That wo have too few is
admitted We have spent tens of thousands of
dollars for public squares on tho banks of tho
! Bcbuylkill, whore t-ey will not be needed for
generqtioas, and we contemplate to spend more for
the same purpose in the asmo neighborhood.
While this has been our conduct, docs not seem
worse than folly, is it not mgduess, to attempt to
build upon a square in the very heart of the oity.
in tho venr “ oentro of business,” where it is more
needed than in any other place I make no
jssho about the site, the CQntro of popula
t“6 centre of business. I am desirous
of having tho buildings oreoted, and I will bo
ooalentwJth the plaoa the majority decide. I
know it is my duty and yours to erect these build
ings ; let us perform it at onoe, in a manner oredi*
table as well to ourselves as io the oity. Let ns
put up buildings equal at least to tho*v la West
Ohestor, Norristown, Media, or our rival city.
Oamden. Yes; Camclsn Mas long outrivalled us
in court houses. Surely I will not bo obareed
with extravoganco when I aßk for Philadelphia
oourt houßes equal in aiohiteotural style osd
beauty to the pobJie buildings in places I
have mentioned. Yet, I am jarful we baye too
many economists omongji as' to allow of such a
thing.
$Jr. Oatuerwood road a speeeoh to show
that if wo placed tho buildings on Indopeudenoe
Square, in less than fiye years there would be a
olimor to ereot other buildings farther west. He
wad'in fayor of erecting suitable buildings on Penn
Square.
The question was then then taken upon the
amendment looating the buildings on Indepen
dence Square, when a division was called, and 22
members stood up in favor of the amendment, and
double that number against it. So the Indepen
dence Square looation wo? defeated.
Another amendment, oooßtituling the hoods of
the several departments a commission to greet the
pubiys buildings, v<aa voted down by a largo ma
jority. ‘
‘ The'voto on tho first scotlcn of the bill, which
provided for the ereotion of new public buildings,
Without naming any looation, was then takon, and
it was defeated by a largo majority
i Tho committee,thon rose, and reportod the ao
tlon of the Committee of tho Whole to the house.
The action of the Committee of the Whole was nega
tived by the Chamber, whioh brought tho ordi
nance up for consideration bofore tho Chamber.
JEhe first Beotion was road, and an amend
ment t?es adopted, to ohsnge the salary of the
&Tohfteot from $5,000 to $3,000 per annum, and
that U shall take effect upon the commencement
of the buildings.
An amondment that tho architect whose plans
are ndoptod shall superintend the erection of the
buildings, wa? also voted down.
Amendments lo limit tho cost to $500,000, for
both buildings, and $509,000 each for two build
ings, were successively voted down.
The ordinance passed In the following form, as
far bb tho tenth section, when, the title being
under consideration, a motion was made to aa-.
journ, and the yeas and nays being qalled, and
there not being a quorum present, Chaipbev
adjourned. 1 ‘
Als TO AUTHORIZE THE ERECTION OF
NEW CITY BUILDINGS
Section 1. The Beleot and Common Councils of Ihe
City of Philadelphia do o r dAin, That on Hie last stated
ineeiinß in November. 1860, the frelect and Common
Counoue shall meet in joint convention mi eieot a citi
zen of Philadelphia, known to be a praotical and qu‘^l , -
hed architect, who, when eleoted. shall be designated
the oity architeot,whoao duty itcball be to superintend
the ereotion of tbe new city bunding*, as hereinafter
provided for. He shall be sworn into puios by the Mayor
of tho city, and BhalWwear to perform the duties of nis
position with hoj.p?ty.eyd fii'oltty to tbe oity. Heshatl
receive for his Herymea i-3 OGl) per annum, payable
monthly, and shall hold histtfice until the completion
i of the said buildings, unless sooner dismissed by atwo
third vole of Counoils, m joint convention assembled t
in such oasB,orinthe event of h>s death, Asuooes-or
shall ba eleoted, and Qualified as harem provided for.
And the sqd convention shall, at the same meetuv.
seleofc and determine the site for. the erection of (&•
new oity bu Wings. v * * vu *
Section 2. The presidents oF Seleot and Common
Counoils shall, without delay, after the election of the
city arohiteot, and the selection oi the location for the
buildings, appoint, in the same manner 03 oiheretand
ing oommittecs or Councils, a committee to be called
The City Building Committee, whioh shall be compose! i
of six members of Seieot and six members of Common
Council—the said committee to be considered a joint
standing committee of Counoilg, and shall be ueieafter
annually appointed at the same tixoo as the other Joint
standing oommitteesuf Councils.
Sections. That fpr the purpose of fully and effectu
ally ostifywg out the provisions and intent of this ordi
nance. and to prevent dispute with regard to the duties
and powers of the oommitten provided forinseotion
two, the said City*Building Committee is hereby in
vested with the following supervisory powers and
duties i
2. lormedmtely after their appointment, they shall
meet and organize by the election of one of their num
ber as ohairman, : , .
2. They shall piooure a suitab’o place for meeting,
and appoint a dork, and prooure proper books for re
cording and transacting all uueinesa oonneoted with the
ereotion oi'tho said oity buildings. The olerk shall re
ceive for his service* <‘51.0(0 per annum, payable 1
monthly, and shall hold hie ofltoe until the oomplet'on
of said buildings, unless sooner dismissed, as provided
for in the case of tho city arebiteot.
3. They shall direct the city architect to advertise
for plans and full specifications for the erection of one
building lor oourt. purposes, and one building for mum-
to bo erected upon the site as bofore ds-
4. m Tfaey shall report to Counoils airtheplttaa and «pe-
THE WEEKLY PRESS.
Ih* Wikxly Puxbs will be sent to snbwnban bf
mail (per annum, in ftdvanae.lat ffl.oo
Throe Copies, “ *• 9*oo
Five ” •* *» §.oo
Ten “ •* . .-** —ga.ftfl
S? ent7 J* ° ** (to one addre«)tO*o©
Twenty Copies, or over* 4 (to add’ren of
each subacnbar,| «mnh, - t,99
Fora Club of TwentTrone or over,w»trill Madia
extra copj to the gettor-np of the Club.
tmuten waueated to act as Arenttfor
Tire'Wapjg.TPam, • , .
CALIFORNIA PRESS,
famed three tiraei a Month, in time for to* Osliforii*
Steamers. '
rece^ with their recommendation of the
be d rawnJnn!pL B ordnri^v^U?‘ ir *’ and ro warrant shall
to Oponefu; M»er*hall retort
ft'detaiied atatemenrof mßat ’b*of eaon month,
SKCXIOM4. That Ifcl
adopted by CounSVabaShe eSitiEi?** plan **
for the.ißm Vfdbtl^dMddSiitf 10 !! 0 ® 17 * tti9rs '
whose jiao* abiUl bi3S™»is iSn and those persons
r^ve« r te^
sj&s^*?i^•^‘sassisaajgsss:
porttS^l4i^&^|fflo 0 g™">!««ert*llre.
pad *K«sni«<i*ii#plria or plana nwn g&
be ereo'ed. and of «tvl; it
mejeuio»Sieo!tr architect shallaSefSS
rciwpmp? t afa to erest said bnilding or taUdiSs^a^:
ASi„si£,?iK?'e worl; , as, per plans and specifications,
noludme eettms. ro much in whole.
: Enremento rpBnler ’ Kork ’ “? por specifications, bp mea
■to mSS $ r Pl “ a ami specifications.
“ mnchper
Dinah per said S* w epeoificatfons, so
glizlnlf 5 d for Paiptmg.and so much par llrht for
r 44%^T^ z^‘^^ as ' " omnoh ** r
foot gM Pipe*.M per speoifieation*. so much per
r oot finfaVed." W °* w **** go mnoh per
som«P"r/h i o^te t 4^? n - M *« specifications,
smmhe
reported
IthOMntracto^^^^
SsaiasaiiSSS'EK
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Foreign News.
i Ak „ A^ b, ?' j Railway ovkp. tonnes.—Mr. Bar-
FU .l for T ard a m ®!«Bon for reliev
log tho traffio in the atreete of London, bn eon
strnetlng aortal railways over the houses, u well
.The author oontendsthat
the plan, adopting the suspension girder prinoiDle
with spans of 1,000 feet, out bo oarrhd' o™SS
' f e “! wUhllon |' Property then by either
ro h9 “ w >“ i 'bet such aviadnotof
"“ p lf., alreD eth Will not exooed fn oost £l5O 000
proposes two mein oommunioations
fKJ?. ' a 1?' ae first eeternencing at the
Elephant and Castlo, and terminating near the
bhoroditoh station of tho Eastern Counties Sail-
Z B L' ,? Illi . t b“ ®roond from weatto east, oommeno
m at the junction of Oxford street and Tottenham
Court Road, end terminating at ’Whitcobepe].
in 0 , A Z”J? P F !,! ? dmbsts -a discussion took nlace
tha h .nW.oi or lt - r S” 3 ; P° DBoii > en the 24th, on
the subject of capita! punishment. Mr. John
Jr l imo S op aTe, l lll^^ l. ,0 “ ti>B B Mal 'eereuse in lbs
? r ?“' d at considerable length,
‘be'bad signally failed as » doterrMt!
sh?ni? “‘bar grounds the hangman’s efice
Should bo abolished, and rome other panishment
iT Bt , <J / Jr ,i a J ,rdßrorB - H ® Proposed ftatam”
monal should be presented to tbe Home Seoretarr,
praying for tho temporary suspension of oeninU
punishment, pending an inquiry into the subject;
t ;“ fl ' r 8, . 0 °g discussion, tho resolution waa mo
dified, and it was agreed unanimously “ that a
memorial representing the prevalence of the orlme
of murdor. and urging the propriety of inquiry,
parliamentary or otherwise, into tlw oparauoooi'
the present law for the punishment of such crime
by tho Council to the Home Seore-
Pabis IsrpEovKiresra —Much has been said of
w b h b lava been effected in
Paris, but It appears that what has been done will
nV'TbTnliiii 3 ' wha t is about to be accomplished.
Jy tbe levelling of the Eee Bass da Bemnart,
and tie oonstiuotion of the new Opera-housofthe
Boelevard des Capueines will become tie most
brilliant quarter in Paris. But this is not all.
The,e is to bo a grand hotel erected near tie
opefa-house to bo called, “ The Hotel of the
Opera, whioh will he the largest establishment of
'vU, .. ln Europe. ThaChamps Elysees are also
aljont to undergo a trsnforniation. Several lareo
mansions m the Champs Elyshes have been pin.
©based by a well-known company, and are to b*
taken down tomnke way fora gigantic Phalaastdre
on the sivo of another is to be erected a vast ridinff-
Bohool, wfaioa will be a monument of art, and the
largest building of the kind ever'constructed.
The troes in the Park Monceau are being felled to
the ground. Its grass-plots and flower-gardens
are being covered with charming villas and ro
mantic-looking oottages, and small hotels hand
somely decorated.
A 3«jbscbiption has boon open atNaplos, with a
S«Ji,on prea n muiBa . Bwor(i of konorto General
V*S n di neBI ? a fi wUI be represented the
victories of the Genoral in -2859, and on the other
his triumphs in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies,
ihe arms of Naples and of Sicily will be engraved
ip gold on the pommel, which will ropresent a hand
breaking the chains of Italy. BrilliJnts, emeralds,
and rubles will he so arranged upon it as to renre*
sent th,e three Italian colors. “To the Cawaia
Whom all Italy honors,” is to bo the inscription.
Thb prospeot of an early brush between Sardinia
WO V d brin S Usance into tho
field and produoe, there is every reason to believe
a general European war. has had the effeot ofdi*
trading attention from ©vents in the South of Italv.
Bat it is certain, that the Neapolitans have relin
quished the Una of the Yolturno, and fallen back
upon the Qarigli&no. There is, however, no reason
SI 36 [he position of the young Bourbon
monarch will be permanently improved by this
movement.
A year ago a number of Hungarian offloer3> said
to be not l%sa than eight hundred, resigned their
oqtlUsisa;oiia ia the Austrian army. These gentle
seen have just been informed, by a ciroular frost
General Benedek, that they are all comprised in.
too conscription now in progress, and tnat tb«
must stand the ohancea of tho ballot with the other
young men of their age. Those, therefore, who.
have paid their debt to the army, and were officer*
a yfcar ago, may be enrolled again to-morrow a&
privates, and compelled to servo another eight
years. This measure nas oaqsed extreme diacoiv
tent, even in tbe army.
• ? T j S ann °uneed that the Egyptian Governaanfi
intend to carry the railway from Sues along the-
Afncan shore of the Red Sea as far as a point
* * j k® within a short steaming distance
of Aden. Tho overland journey to India will be
shortened by five days, the danger of the Bed Sen
navigation avoided, passengers will escape th*
worst part of the voyage, and the Peninsular and
Oriental Company will save the great cost entailed
by neoessifcy lor a coal depot at Sues.
Accounts from Toulon announce that a commis
sion, to be composed of a rear admiral, two depu
ties, and several other members, chosen from ihe
various bodies of the Naval Department, are about
to prepare a plan for organizing the imperial navs
on an extensive basis.
•The Qovstitutionjiel contains an article, signed
by 'M Grandguillot, congratulating the Austrian
Government on the reforms just promulgated, and
expressing regret that that Government has not
sent a civil, instead of a military, Governor Gene'
ral to Yenioe.
Tax Paris correspondent of the Morning p<, s t
oayß that the rumor that enormous convey* of
tend and munitions of war had proceeded, during
tho last few days, on the road to Lyons, is not trueJ
An historioal ourioeity of great rarity, as proved
by the high price it fetched, was lately sold at the
publio auction roos&a iu Paris, being a IOOf note
of Law’s taboos bank. It was knocked down at
50^.
Ws have to announce the seoession from tha
Church of Romo, and connection with the Eat*
Wishedl Church of England, of Mr. St. John O’Gol-
S« M p.°fo,tr ° ffto °’ Go ™^
The Maxdstone Journal announces the sulold*
of the Rev. Henry Sadler, of Ulcomba. «‘lt is
said, remarks our oonttmporary, “thathewaß
tho son of tho tate Michael Thomas Sadler, the
champion ©f tho factory operatives.”
Tas Grand Duke Miohaei and tho Grand Dochese
Olga Feodorowna, of Russia, who have been on a
visit at Windsor Castle, took leave of Queen Ylo
toria on tbe 23d. The Grand Duke’s mission
seems to have been a political on©.
Thb funds subscribed for Captain W- Parker
Snow’s proposed Arctic expedition being insuffi
cient, tho expedition will not be despatched this
year ; hqt Captain Snow intimates that it is Ms
intention to persevere, with tho hope of sailing an
Maroh next.
The Connaught was insured for £lOO,OOO by
tho Royal Atlantio &UU Company, having taken
her up from th© Messrs. Palmer, oontraotors, on
Condition of their working the Bhip for twelve
months.
_ 72a last Intelligence irom Rome states that tho
Fopebos definitely renounced all idea of quitting
the oity. Orvieto will not be occupied by tha
French troops, but will remain to Sardinia.
Tub Bishop of Anoona having issued a olroulo*
prohibiting the burial of the Piedmontese soldiers
in oonseorated ground, bo has been requested by
the authorities to leave the town.
The dearth of small silver and copper coins is so
great In Hungary that tho municipal authorities
atErlau have issued ions ix at a forced oourss” for
5, IQ, and 15 kreutzers, (2d, 3d, 4d ) . • >'
General Tollmen h at Sebastopol, the fortiii-
ORtious of which, on the north side, are undergoing
repays.
The E&paiia, of Madrid, complains that the cir
culation of Protestant Bibles is allowed to continue.
The Frenoh Government has reduced the duty
on the importation of rloe.
Mb John Hullah, the well-know* teacher 6$
masio, has been adjudicated a
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