THE PRESS, FUfUfHED KtOBPTKD, BV JOHNW. FORNEY OWIaS NO. 417 CHESTNUT STREET DAILY PRESS. fwiLva Oskts pee Week, pafable to the Uamer. .mued to Sobaoribw out <>f fee oitj at Six Dollars Sijjnnjjt, Foil* Dollar* von Kioht Months, j^Sollae« tor flu koNiua-invanablr in ad' vs|rt>for.fee time ordered. . TKI-WEKIU.Y PRESS. ;IWl*4fc > Sat>u'itoraotttof the Citr at Turk* Pol i AMi'put AlidSC. Id advaiee. :■ ■' COMMISSION HOUSES. QIiOTHINGr GOODS. ITALIAN CLOTHS. ALPACAS. SPANISH. BLAY. AND BLOUSE LINENS. ftitS AND TANCT DUCKS AND DRILLS. NOW IS «rO»K, AND FDA BADS ST GEO. D. PARRISH, col-lm 310 OHiSSTSUTfItnut- £Up>LKY, HAZARD A BUTOBINRON «U. 11* CUES’,*** **.. OOHMISSION MERCHANT." FOBIHK SAWS op philadelphiA-ma OK GOODS. TON MILLS, fORMKBLY SAY STATB MILL* 'iIMAWLS of all in treat variety. SMboimd and Printed TABLE GOVE Ad. tfNION BEAVERS and BROAD CLOTHS BALMORAL SKIRTS. *OEMU»S,aiKI Poabl* ud TwiJted COATINM «-4 SACKINGS and kMvj ZBPHYK CLOTHS. Twilled aod Rein FUArtNKUi audOPEKA FLAW SF.LS. Ftißtod FELT CAJtFETIWSO. For eale t>y FROTHINGHAM a wells S« Solid FRONT Street, an. 3ft LETITIA Street. HATS AND CAPS. NEW HAT STORE. JOHN E. FOSTER. (Late of 109 South Third atreet.) Havinr taken the atore at NO. 831 CHESTNUT ST., And fitted it up in tuperior style* invttea the attention ° i ” -, ffillKaJ&T i AND,EXTENSIVE STOCK or HATS AND OAFS. M9* HiaaeVfaU etjlea are muoh admired. ■l5 tiGQW. RUSSES' BONNETS. SOMJST-HIBfO NEW IN STYLE, AND VERY DE'IRABLH. LINCOLN, WOOD, & NICHOLS. 725 CHESTNUT STREET oo»-‘mwftMn - STYLES OF BATS, CAES, AND TURBANS, CHILDREN’S WEAR. LINCOLN, WOOD, & NICHOLS, 725 CHESTNUT STREET. oaftft-nnrttMl npHOS. KENNEDY & BRO. 739 CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW EIGHTH, Km ouM a SPLENDID ASSORTMENT of FRENCH FLOWERS. HEAD DRESSES, feathers, ribbons, straw goods, AND • BONNET MATERIALS, • / AT LOW PRICES. wHm BOOKING: GLASSES. an PICTURE FRAMES. Of mrj miilr. . ENORAVINQS, 01L-PAINTINBB, *«., HO. 6*6 ARCH STREET. , , GKO. F. BENKERT, XUIWXUtUXXa xm IWOKTXK. 0 KIN Q-G L A S S X S, PONTBAIT ADD PICTURE FRAMES, * ENGRAVINGS, OIL PAINTINGS, *»,. At, I AMES S. EARLE k SON, tEPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS, WHOLE SALE AND RETAIL DEALERS, EARLES' GALLERIES, •IS CHESTNUT street. CABINET FURNITURE. pBENOH FURNITURE. GEORGE J. HENKELB. iiti WALNUT STREET, * hut eMud »large invoice of out. QUADRILLE, MARQUETRIE, and ORMOLU WORK, Wktab to will Nil at nrr REDUCES PRICKS. PIRBT-CLASS CABINET WARN GEO. J. HENKELS, •S 4 WALNUT STREET. Offer* At VERY REDUCED PRICES gh* largeat aMortment In the Union, all of New Danina Call and aaamiaa before eurchating. aaU 3m r feolOTere refer to their numerous patron* throughout iseUckin,wh oere familiar with toe character or their WOt%- W^fg Itfir OABINST WARKROOMS IMPEND THIS WEEK BtJ ' ■ Ha,4, South SECOND Street, Poor door, .bora Che^utgr^ A «rg» aeeortmeutof FURNITURE ore verrdeeori.- „<* oonaUsUr aa hand, at tha loweateath rnoaa. SPOUTING GOODS. £JUNS. PISTOLS. . . SKATES. &c. PHILIP WILSON & ao., MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR GUNS, Imaottan and Daalata in PINE GUMS AND SHOOTING TACKLE. CRICK KT BATS, SALU, A*., , BASE-BALL IMPLEMENTS, . SKATES OF EVERY VARIETY. FINE PISHINO TACKLE, AT THE LOWEST. PRICES- . 'vv ; :i?a; ; PßeawwT street. oeS-ft-.- ; ■;)<>,■ . . HELLAS, gLMBPKB^OPIBNNBR, i. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS Ui(>RELI.AB A°&D PA RAB 0 L 0 NO. >3B MARKET STREET. » V..- 1 'rmtAD*i*ni*t i ■' in yf toiiriiie ipnf* to* n' ytriifiinSp bxrfauiß* yaaiMii* or ixmiui I*dst mawt- wcvatvias, ****"*!!* U BmwP HOUBE - .. ■•fat;** AIR,,BOUTS BIXTH Street, jyi J&f, WaiaUa ladatandtnaa Sanan. -njwHaiala* *» Earoaana xlan. AaaMMa at all bo»m, fWVii s;„ sVl A. K. LUKBNS.Proftlator, ' CII.-.-TCU VOL. 4.—NO. 92. KETAIL DRY GOODS. JNDIA SHAWLS, In freet variety and choioe eeleotlons, at GEORGE FRYER’S, No. 916 CHESTNUT STREET. ooia-tf RADIES’ DRESS TRIMMINGS, STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS. ZEPHYjt WORSTED, BEST QUALITY. GILT TRIMMINGS AND BELTINGS. CROCHET FRINGES AND BERTHAS. EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS AND CUSHIONS. EMBROIDERED CHAIR SEATS. WOOLLEN YARNS, ALL SIZES. ZEPHYR-KNIT TALMAB AND JACKETS. ZEPHYR-KNIT SONTAGS AND SLEEVES. ZEPHYR-KNIT CAPS AND GAITERS. trimmings and zephyr store, Comer EIGHTH and CHERRY Streets, ooi-tMB rfIHORNLEY & CHISM’S! ! ! A One Dollar Silks for 750.! * Dollar Ivremyfive cent Sllka for $lll Dollar Fifty-oent Silks for Sl.tSl i i Dollar Seventy-five oent Silka for $1.601111 „ . REDUCTION IN PRICES 1 Long Broohe Shavrla, KioeUent, for 88. Lone Broche bhawta, Superior, for $lO to $l2. Locrßroohe Shawl*, Very fine, for SH. Ql6, SJB, sna $2O. NEW CLOAK ROOM!!!, , , „ Beautiful Cloake for $5. Fine Beaver Cloaka for $7, $B, $9, and $lO. Richly and Elapantly Trimmed lor $l2, 910, $lB, $2O, and SSB. Arah Cloaka, Zouave Jaoketa, Blaok and Fancy Ciothi, Ao., A° BEgT BLACK pjLKS!!! Good Quality Blaok Silka, will wear well, for $l. Heavy Blaok Silka, Slack Figured Silka, &o. t &o. MEW’S AND BOY8 P WEAR!!! A Large Stoofc of Clothe. . „ A Large Stock of Caaeimerea, SattineU*, * Vesting®, Blanketa, Flannels, Linen*. and Muslim?. _ At THORNLEY A CHISM’S, N. E. Corner EIGHTH A SPRING GARDEN Ste. N, B»—Every article bought for oaah, nol A ECH-STREKT CLOAK EMPORIUM ! -*H- Arch-street Cloak Emporium! Arch-street Cloak Emporium! EIGHTH-STREET CLOAK EMPORIUM . Eighth-atreet Cloak Emporium! Eighth .atreet Cloak Emporium! every variety at lw prices Every Variety at Low Price*! MA»ISTO V oRb t^K t l^?f WINDOW SHADES. The largest aud fineat assortment in the city, at the towMt price*. STORK SHADES made and Uttered. RKFAIRING promptly attended to. ‘ . nol-2m SEWING MACHINES. & WILSON. SEWING MACHINES. 688 CHESTNUT STREET-SECOND FLOOR. nod-3m JJ ARRIS’ BOUDOIR SEWING MACHINE. No. FOR QUILTING AND HEAVY WORK. Both sew from two spools without toe trouble of re winding, aud run* with little or no noise. _Forj»UatNo.yao ARCH Street, Philadelphia, and Ho. T 8 BALTIMORE Bt„ Baltimore, Md. oott-am rpHB BEST MANUFACTURING AND SERVING MACHINES IN THE WORLD, AT I. M. SINGER & CO.'S, ooS-Sm No. 810 CHESTNUT Btreet, SJEWING MACHINES AT REDUCED PRICES —We have tide day reduced the prioee of out MACHINES, from #W. »», 975, 890, 9100, Ae., Ac, to 910,950. no)s 8t T»0 CHESTNUT Street. REMOVAL. THOMAS MELLOR&OO., HOSIERY HOUSE, Have removed to the Store formerly ocoupied by YARD, GILLMORE, k 00., No. 40 AND 42 NORTH THIRD STREET, JBetneen MARKET and ARCH Streets. no3-lm , m/TABTIN * OUAYLE>B IWL TOY. AND FANCY 900D9 103* WLNUT STREET, fatAHf. MESS MACKEREL—63 bbls., 57 half ifi bWa.,74 Quarter bbls» and 1W kit fa Ho. I Mesa Mackerel, of • choice duaUfa. yietoreCndUnainf, lor -£En . No t« M 6% f MHV^ES. Rosin, pitch, and tar.—i,7oo bbio, Roein, all iradee; MOdo. Piteh, Urxe «i«» i 75 »!•. Tar, tait Wilmineton il,oookageTar,nMnbijjiht»Mk »lH. Sr Hit U* ROWLEY, ASHBURNBR, A 00., 0,14 South Wharvee. . no« VELVET CLOAKS, CLOTH CLOAKS, SILKS, SHAWLS, DRESS GOODS, R ARSON’S A Superb line 1860, CLOTHING. REMOVALS. FURS. LADIES’ FURS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION i THE BEST AND CHEAPEST IN THE CITY, UNDER THE CONTINENTAL, Conflating of finest DARK SABLE, HUDSON BAY MARTEN, MINK SABLE, VERY SAUK SIBERIAN SQUIRREL, VERY EXTRA FINE CHINCHILLA, &c„ Ac., Made on the premises expressly for our sales, into TALMAS, CAPES, HALF CAPES, MUFFS, and MUFTEES, AH manufactured and without dye. and will be sold vet, low for aaflh. CHARLES OAKFORD & SONS, NOS. 836 AND 888 CHESTNUT STREET. nolttt gLEGANT FURS. The aubsonbera have now open THB MOST EXTENSIVE AND SUPERB COLLECTION LADIES’ FURS TO BE FOUND IN THE CIT Y FINEST HUDSON BAY SABLE; RUSSIAN SABLE, MINK MARTEN, BEAUTIFUL CHINCHILLA, ROYAL ERMINE, FINEST DARK SIBERIAN SQUIRREL, FITCH MARTEN, STONE MARTEN, THE PREVAILING STYLES, WARRANTED GENUINE. J. W. PROCTOR & GO. 70S CHESTNUT STREET. PURSI FURS! GEORGE F. WOMRATH, NOB. 41ft AND 41T ARCH STREET, Hu now Opan A FULL ASSORTMENT LADIES’ FURS, To which the attention of the Publio ia invited. 003-4 m rKEFABED GLUE). SPALDING'S PREPARED GLUE) • A STITCH lit VIMS SAVES NINE ECONOMY 5 „ DIOPAYCHf SAVB TUB riBOBS • MtWisii *«ppm, i«im in it if very desirable to have some oheap and oonvenlent way for repairing Furniture. Toy*. Crooke rr. fce. SPALDING’B PREPARED GLUE meet* all suoh eroergenoieei and no household can afford to be without it It if always ready and up to the stick ing point There is no longer a necessity for limping •hair*, splintered veneers* headless dolls, and broken eradles. It is Just toe artiole for oone, shell, and other ornamental work, so popular with ladies of refinement and taste. This admirable preparation is used oold, being eha mlo&Uy held in solution, and possessing all the valuable qualities of the best cabinet-makers’ glue. It may be asedln toe plaoe of ordinary mucilage, being vastly more adhesive. “ VSEFUI* IN EVERY HOVBE* 11. B. A brush aooomeanies eaon bottle. PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. Wkeleeale Depot, No. 48 CEDAR Street, New Yeik. Addrea HENRY 0. SPALDING A CO., Box No, MOO, New York. Fat ap for Dealers in Cases, containing four, eight, and twelve dosen.abeantifull/ithoerapluo Snow-oaap aeoomvanying eaoh package. %T A single bottle of ' dPAEDINa’S PEBPA RED QLVE will save ten times its cost annually to every household. Sold by all promwet Stationers, Druggists, Hard ware and Furniture Dealers, grocers, and Fancy ftorea. texntry Merohants should make a note ef BPALDING'B PREPARED QLTJE, when making up their liet. _ IT WILL STAND ANY CLIMATIs das-cnwf.7 SAFES. LLIEB’ PATENT WROUGHT AND CHILLED IRON DEPOT 715 CHESTNUT ST., UNDER MASONIC HALL, M. C. SADLER, General Agent. AND BANK LOOKS. DOORS, Ao. totly toe only Mercantile Safe mode that if and Burglar proof. sett-tt JULY IST, 1660. NEW FIRMS AND CHANGES. MERCHANTS IN WANT OF BLANK BOOKS OM be iupplled from a very niuerloniuortment made from. Linen .took, or mad. to order. WABXAKTB» AT lOW PRICKS. WM. F. MURPHY & BON’B NEW STORE. Sletiouere, Lithographer,, aud Letter-PreM Printer. SION OT TUK IXDOKH, No. 339 CHESTNUT Bluet. le. eir-tf ' JpAMILY FLOUR, MADE FROM CHOICE WHITE WHEAT, O. H. MATTSON. a, W, cot, ARPH and TENTH streets. WELL’S SWEET CIDER, MADE EXPRESSLY FOR OUR SALES. The firit invoioe of thla CELEBRATED CIDER Juat received. ALBERT O. ROBERTS, DEALER IN FINE GROOERIEtS. oeSl- tf Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Streeie. CPAKKMNG AND STILL CATAWBA WINES, MtHivMmn i? J BBHBLBS. Cicoinnati, Ohie, Always on hand, and In lots to tut purchasers, by CHARLES F. TAGGART, Bole Agent, No, 631 MARKET Street iJHOMAB THOMPSON, SON, & 00., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF CABINET-MAKERS’ MATERIALS, 938 SOUTH SECOND STREET, *»“ Brooatelle, Rmhei. Rew, Datnukx, and every ieeori.tioa of Fumitnn .nd Cuttain Good,. ,ell-Sia PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1860. C(? e U r e s s J FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1860. Thomas Muir, the Scottish Reform- Martyr.—(First Article.) In November 1847, died in London, a well known public character, named Thomas Gal loway, one ot the patriotic men who were Im prisoned in 1794, and subsequently, because he was an advocate, with Thomas Hardy and others, of Parliamentary Reform—a measure which he b»w carried into a law, by the Bri tish Ministry, in 1832. TVe last saw Mr. Gal loway, who was an engineer in a largo way, exactly three weeks beiore his death—namely on the Sth November, 1847, at the dinner to commemorate the triumph of trial by jury, in the cases of Thomas Hardy, John Horne Tooke, John Thelwall, and others, charged with High Treason, because they sympathized with the principles which caused the first Re volution in Paris. Hardy, Tooke, and Thel wall, all tried separately, were respectively ac quitted, chiefly owing to the great ability of Erksine, their counsel, after which the pro secutions against their iriends were abandon ed by the Government, much td the chagrin of 'William Pitt, the Prime Minister, who had attempted legally to murder these men, on a strained extension of what is called Construc tive Treason. Mr. Galloway spoke at that dinner, and detailed what he had suffered for «the good cause” of Reform. That able and honest man, Colonel Thompson, M. P.—the real, because the first, mover of the great An ti-Corn-law agitation—was in the chair, and hiß honest, homely, impressive speeches it did the heart good to listen to. The result of the English trials of 1794 was favorable to the cause of Liberty* The law was strained against the accused, with the hope and with tho view of procuring their conviction. Had they been conviptod, each of them would have been hanged by the neck as a traitor—have had his head afterwards I chopped off, and held up as “ this is the head \ of a traitor"—and very probably (so bad was spirit of tbe Government at tho time) tho hoad, thns cut off, would have boon stuck on' the top of Temple Bar, and tho body to Which it had boon attached would have been « quar tered,” according to tho usagos of « the good old times.” But, thanks to the honesty and firmness of English Juries, this attempt at murder, “ according to the law,” was de feated. In Scotland, a short timo boforo, equally innocent men had boon tried and con demned by packed Juries. Life was not taken; but tho misorablo men, convicted by fraud, were transported, and suffered tho worst that could be heaped on them as con. victs. While we rejoice over tho succobb of Trial by Jury, in England, we have too much forgotten what slavish, forsworn, packed Ju ries did in Scotland, against Truth, justice, and Innocence. We allndo to tho trials of Mnir, Palmer, Margarot, Gerald, and Skirving. We shall sketch tho case of Muir —it embraces tho main points of tbis nefarious matter. Thomas Muir, born at Glasgow, la 1705, was a member oi tho Scottish Bar. Ho was, 1 woll-informod in his profession. Ho had re* ceivod the benefit of a sound roligious edu cation. Ho was well instructed in the dead, and some of tho modern languages. He was 23 when ho was called to tbe bar at Edinburgh in 178?. Eloquent, well-informed, industri ous, quick,.zealous, and clear-headed, Thomas Mnir was a rising lawyer. In five years he had made wonderful progross at the bar. Ha had reason to anticipate permanent and emi nent success. Some time anterior to the French Revolu tion, a desire had Sprung up, in England, to ; obtain Reform in Parliament.. Many .con- ) siderabio men took part in a movement which this desire created. Mr. Pitt (it was in 1782, before he obtained office) was one of those - who took part in this movement. He Went farther in his views of Parliamentary Reform than had been gone by any one, except tbe Chartists. Hs was for Annual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage. Ho declared «that tho restoration of tho House ot Commons to freedom and Independency, by interposition of the great collective body oi tho nation, is es sentially nocossary to our existence as a.froo people.” He declared that «an equal repre sentation of the people, in tho great conncil ot the nation, annual elections, and the universal right of suffrage, appear so reasonable to the natural feelings of mankind, that no sophistry can olude the lorco of the arguments which arc urged in their favor; and they are rights of so transcendant a nature that, in opposition to the claim of the people to their enjoyment, the longest period of prescription Is pleaded in vain. They were substantially enjoyed in the times ot the immortal Alfred —they were cherished by the wisest princes of the Norman line —they formed the grand palladium ot our nation—thoy ought not to be esteemed the grant of royal favor—nor were they at first extorted by violence from tho hand of powor. They are the birthright ot Englishmen—their best Inheritance, which, without tho compli cated crimes of treason to their country, and Injustice to their posterity, they cannot alienate or resign They form that triple cord of strength which alone can be relied on to hold, in limes of tempest, the vessel of the Stale.” Bat in 1784 Pitt became Prime Minister, and thenceforward he put Parliamentary Reform on the sholf, as far as he was concerned. Others, not having the same motives for becoming renegades, followed up the idea which had’ caught their attention. Reform Associations were formed, both in England and Scotland. Mr. Thomas Muir, in 1792, joined one of these bodies at Edinburgh; the Earl of Selkirk, (thon Lord Baer) had also joined it. The United Irisbmon in Dublin sent an addross to the Scottish Reformers, congratulating them on their movoment to obtain a Reform in Parliament; and Pitt's Government, which was now openly opposed to all Reform, pretended that it was not only Seditious thus to speak of Reform as neces sary, but that it was equally seditious for the Beformors of one capital to correspond, on this political matter, with" the Beformors of another. Tho French Revolution was then ot ■work, and many well-meaning, weak people, were persuaded that, in Great Britain, tbe agitation for Reform wa»fbut tho overture for Revolution. Tho notorious Henry Dnndas— hotter known as tho Lord Molvillo who. was subsequently impeached and tried for breach of trust as regarded the public money—was then tho Lord Advocate of Scotland; ho was sent down from London to prosecute (and persecute) tho leading Reformers fn Scotland. Early in January, 1793, Muir was arrested on a charge of sedition. He was bailed out, and shortly after visited Paris. His friends advised him not to do so, as any person then in communication with France was reckoned » traitor. Ho went, and the Government people set on toot a report that ho bad gone, as Ambassador from tho Scottish Reformers, to aid tho Revolution there, and take mea sures for kindling a like llamo here. In Paris, Muir associated,with Lafayette, Barns, God dorcet, and others —tho comparatively pure among crowds of blood-stained wretches. Meanwhile, while thus absent, secret pro ceedings against Muir were in operation. When things wore ripe, ho was formally for dieted for sedition. The war thon raging, forbidding .intercourse botweon France and England, rendered it impossible that he could! meet his trial at Edinburgh on the appointed day. He did not know until tho Sth of Feb-1 rnary that bis trial was fixed for the 11th, The mere formalities (ol soliciting and obtaining a passport) requisite to bo gone through before ho could loave Paris would have occupied more than those three days, glmmediately alter, for non-appearance, he was outlawed by tbe Crown, and the Faculty of Advocates—so time-serving «s to condemn the absent and unheard—struck his namo off their roll. In July, 1793) he landed in Ireland. Be Inst no time in crossing over to Scotland. He had scarcely pnt his foot on Scottish ground ere-he was arrested.. Early In August, : 1703, he was taken to' Edinburgh os apri ) soner. On the 80 th of August,* he wad placed at the bar of the High Court ot Justiciary, and, after a trial of eighteen hours, he was convicted of sedition, and sentenced to trans portation for fourteen yeais. J Paw trials excited public attention so much at the time. Mr. Muir was tried, convicted, ; and transported, fol no other 'cause than that ■| ho was. a Reformer. There was no appeal • against the conviction. His biographer, Mr. 'Mackenzie, says: «An appeal lies against al most every' decision pronounced by the Su preme Civil Court of Scotland—whereas ho Appeal lies against any of the decisions pro nounced by the Supremo Criminal Court; that IS to say, a person can sock justice in the House of Lords, if it is to affect Ms pounds, and pence; but he cannot seek it, if. it it to affect his life, liberty, or repute. We don’t say that this is an invidious distinc tion —neither do we say that the law in this respect is good or had. We merely state the fact, with-this observation, that it has fre quently happened that the most grave and' deliberate decisions Of the Court of Sessions, even pronounced unanimously by the whole judges (Mfteon in number) have, on appeal, bqen, overturned, or reversed on sound and cogent-reasons in the House of Lords. Now, we>.ask, mighfc not' the same tMng have hap pened in: a Criminal oaao i For, if a judge gobi(t W#«ng in the one the Exnnr in the south. TUBDISUNION FEBUNO SBBSUBNO. The Merchants Agree to Pay llieir Northern De’bts. The Carolina Banks will not Suspend, «EORGIA WITH THE CAROLINES. SECESSION PAPER AT A DIBCOUNT. Charleston Still a Clearance Poit. HON. JOHN MINOB BQTTS ON THE CBISIS. Ex-Mayor Swann, of Bnltimoae, Pro poses a Convention. •Tho corrospondont of tho Now York World writes to that paper from Charleston os follows: Charleston, Nov. 14 —There is much discus sion,as. to tho proper mode or seleoting delegates to the,Convention whioh moots at Columbia on tho JTth of December. Several prominent gentlemen who have been named, deolined. It. is generally oonoeded that there will bo bat one tioket in eaeh district, and that pledged for secession. THE ELECTORAL TICKET. Tho Courier ot this morning says: 11 The elec toral body at Charleston must seek our, diligently, tho wisest and worthiest citizens, m’etl of ripe judg ment and approved fidelity. Saob. ond snob Only, mnst bo.oeUod.:to..this; great .Those,most worthy will. bo,2soet ,«eoeptf feaHte* euoh an ' emergency tho 'deliberateJy-exsrefmd ?hoioe of clGotqra shonlff'OYotf’aie'pet'sonalconside atlditi. Let no rash pledges be given; let there bo no encouragement to personal considerations or factious combinations. In good time measures oan be taken to seoure a proper and responsible ee* lection of names, worthy o£ the choioe of the neo* plo.” r PERSOSAL AMBITIOHB ?0 BE ABAHDONED. Tho Mercury of this morning, -on the Saint joot, says: “ Wo doslre to depreoate individual nominations to the Convention at this momentous juuotuie. In publio affairs personal preferences should have no place in our counsels. Ambitious aspirations should rcoelvo no countenance from the people. .Tho publio good—that alone should constitute the aim of all. This Is no timo for the gratification of any desiro for advancement. Place should seek tho men, and not men place. None should be eagtT; none should refuse.” IMMEDIATE SEPARATE STATE ACTIOU. Returning members of tho Legislature were re ooived last night with a salute of artillery. There, is to be a grand ovation to*morrow night at Insti tnto Hall. It is oxpeoied to be the largest turn out over witnessed in Charleston. Members were greeted at overy stopping-plaoe along the roads with the motto: “immediate separate State Aotion!” THE MEHCJJANTB WILL rAY TIIEIB DEBTS. Palmetto, throe, and lone-star - banners wore vory suggestive of additions which aro expected to be mado to a Southern Independent Confederacy. A mooting of Hayno and MeetiDg-street wholesale merchants was held last night to take into con sideration the subicot of suspension. They unani mously determined to pay all debts due the North as long as they could raise money to do so. EAGER YOR A PRAY. Three hundred men aro ready in that city to move, paying thoir own exponses, to tho assistance of any State that tho Federal Government may at tempt to ooerco into submission. roruEAR demonstrations to the legislature. Charleston, Nov. 14—10 P. M.—A meeting ia now being held at the Institute Hall, to make ar rangements to give of tho Legislature a formal reception. To-morrow thero will be a grand demonstration. Largo numbers of citizens have gone up to the depot to rccelvo thoso who return at 11 o’ofook to* night. . ’ The firemen in this City, who number about 1,500, have organized themselves into military companies. They drill nightly. THE ARSENAL AND THE VOLUNTEERS, Tho Washington Light Infantry is a volunteer corps A number of oitizens solicited the mayor to afford adequate protection to the United States arsenal, as the Federal foroe was not able to do so in oase of sudden outbreak. The mayor detailed a detachment of this company to tako charge of it for the present. There is a largo quantity of arms and ammuni tion stored in the arsenal. The banks will not sus* Send unloss for the relief of the community and efenoo of the State. BOOTH CAROLINA JEALOUS OP ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. A full-grown pslmotto was raised in Broad street this ovening. A large liberty pole on Meeting tftroet .was raised to-night. A large number of banner*, •with the device of a palmetto tree and lone star, were raised In various parts of the olty daring tbo day. Feeling in favor of secession hourly grows stronger. Many are afraid Alabama or Gooreia will scoedo before South Carolina holds her Convention, ond thus rob her of her long eherlsbod glory. Some hope it will not be peace* fu! secession. They desire fclood to be spilt to ce ment it forever. BREOKINP.IDG2 NOT GOING SOUTH. Tho rumor that Breckinridge would visit the South for tho purpose of urging the people to abide by the Union is authoritatively oontradioted. TOOMBS INSISTS ON RESIGNING. Millbdgeville, Ga, Nov. Id.— Senator Toombs has publicly declared he will, under no oiroum stanoes, serve in the Senate after the inauguration of Lincoln. Probabilities of secession in Georgia are in* creasing. At tho State Military Convention, floventy*sevon delegates voted two to one in favor of secession. MILITARY PREPARATIONS IN GEORGIA, Millbdgkyille, Ga., Nov. Id.—The military Convention was called a year ago for the pnipoae of reorganizing the volunteer system, and without any antioipation of the turn events have taken Thair notion meets with hoarty responso from a large majority of Georgians. Delegates from sixty-seven military organize, tions deolared, by a yote of more than two to one, in favor of scoeaslon. The others only voted against the oxpedienoy of tho declaration. Governor Brown was present. He says he will not permit the ooercion of any State. A MERCANTILE PREDICTION. Messrs. Oorooran j ? Also, one from the president ofthh Pennsylvania. Railroad, Bhbwing that the' limiting thanriinbor of ears to be drawh* by a string of mules, .will double the thebusineps, and, of course, damage the Interests of the city as, stockholders. The'fault’ lies in the* dilapidated i {racks, and as in a short time the track will not bsr needed, there wJU.be no necessity Jorthe ftanop. . ' * | Mr; Drayton thought that, after hearingQtils communication, Councils should rescind iheiw for-' mor action, for whloh purpose he moved’a snspen Mr_-Neal (Water) presented >*a report, recom mending that water-pipe be.introduced into Race, Edgemont, Tulip, Brmton, Montgomery, and other Streets, which was agreed to. , Mr.' Beideman presented an ordinance pro viding for the repair of the track of the city rail road in Market street,which passed finally; • The Committed on- Health' repotted’ in ' favor' 1 of transferring items of 1 appropriation for the pay ment of vaccine physicians, which was passed finally. ! Also, a resolution for the early Abandonment of the City Hospital, which was adopted. A resolution ‘to set ourbs and pave footways ia the Twenty-fourth ward was passed. - | .One. limiting the size of all school buildings erected in future by the city was offered by Mr. Megary, and adopted. ] ATMoJution to accept the trusteeship of a sohool houßO building in old Passyunk township, donated by Stephen Girard, and for fifteen, years unoccu pied, was agreed to, and the building thus be comes transferred to the care of the Controllers of Schools'. < A resolution changing the place of voting in the Eleventh precinct ortho Fourth ward was referred so oommitiee. ; An ordinanee by Mr. Benton, to change the names of certain streets, was referred to the High way Committee. 9 A resolution appointing a committee to oonsider the expediency of supplying water-gas to the Almshouse was agreed to. j Also was passed a resolution of .Inquiry, as to gome mode of improving the cells in the Second and Sixteenth district station-houses.' ’ The majority And minority reports of the Water Committee, relative to the of turbine wheels: for the waterworks, waa taken up. [lt will be remembered that the majority re ported in favor of the- Guytlia wheel, while Mr. Neal, in the minority, recommended the wheel of J. C. Stevenson, of Paterson, N. J. The resolu tion ofiMr. Ncal, to pay Stcve&Son $l,OOO com pensation tor the prtferenot of as alleged inferior wheel, by-the efi*mittee r waj under dWsrionat the pcstponwnast: of thw- aubjeot at a previous toeettogj S Mr* Bradford said that he was a man of few words, and rarely spoke over five or ten minutes qt a timo. But, in the present instance, he ahould ask the indulgence of the Chamber. In their ao. tlon the committee had been represented by Mr. Neal in a very remarkable manner;.and, in a speech made in this Chamber, an hour ahd'a quar ter in length, and over his own signature in the public prints, he has charged the committee with acts involving actual baseness, and even leading the publio to believe that the committee had been influenced in awarding the contract for the wheels by a pecuniary consideration. He would now trespass so far upon the time of the Chamber as to read a plain statement of the facts, and to show that Mr. Neat had entirely and wholly misrepre. sonted his brethren on the oommitiee. Mr. Neal. I rise to a point of order. I desire to know if the rules of this Chamber admit the de livery of written speeches. • Tns Chairman. There Is no rale to the contra ry. sir. * Mr. Njbal. Then, if one gentleman cornea here With his written speech, another can do so, and af ter a while there will be no end to them. Mr. Bradford resumed by saying that he should read no written speech, bat, though feeling grossly aggrieved, he had preferred to write hisfaots chro nologically, and, at the same time, by confining himself to those facts, to avoid all personality. . Mr. Neal I desire to know if there is not a rule of this Chamber prohibiting the reading of speeches. Sere he is criminating me, and (this was said jooularly) may be it’ll end in a duel yet. • Mr. Bradford. If it hadn’t beon for the straight ooat that the gentleman wears thore’d havebeen a duel long ago. Mr. Neal. 1 object to the reading of that paper. It contains documents read in committee, and can pot be introduced here. • Mr. Bradford. It dees, sir, and the Chamber requires to know their import. . Mr. Dayis said he hoped that Mr. Bradford Would be permUted to prooeed uninterrupted. He was opposed to any interference with hiß remarks. Mr. Odylbr. Mr. Bradford will proceed. If he is out of order in anything he may say, the chair will call him to order. Mr. Bradford resumed with a history of the wheels, their trial, tboir respective merits, their comparative merits, and all the particulars attend ing the action of the committee in awarding the Contract to Mr. Guyelin, The system of models in testing the-capacity of Wheels was proved to be ’erroneous, ana the model of Mr. Stevenson’s wheel, whlob produced a power of 73-400, was proved to be a copy of Mr. Guye lin’s wheel, which gave a power of 84-100. The wheel of Mr. Guyelin was put up during his absenoe in Cuba, rough from the foundry, by the foreman of the works in whioh it was made. Mr. Bradford demonstrated at length, that Mr. Stevenson’s wheel could sot be put Into the wheel-house built at Fairnlount, it was a pretty little piece of maeblnery,'but it did not meet the requirements of the water works, and the committee coaid not adopt it. The model of Sterenson’s wheel was so polished that all friction was removed, and you could almost turn it with your breath. The Guyelin wheel was of rough Conestoga iron, fresh from the works, put up in Mf. Guyelin’s absence from the country; and a celebrated engineer who has visited all the coun tries of Europe declares that the GuyeUu wheel put up nine years: ago is not excelled In effioienoy by any waterwheel In the world. Mr. Near said that if any others of, the majori ty—any other, big guns or little guns—desire to apeak—ho would like to hear from them. Other wise, according to rules of oourt, ho would like to have the closing speech. The speech ofMr.' Brad ford, he thought, crowned the reputation of that gentleman, and, as Randolph once said to au op ponent in the foram, ho should rest upon his lau rels, and never make any other effort in oratory as long as he lived. Mr. Neal read a number of pa pers, sustaining his view that Stevenson’s wheel was superior to that of Mr. (Javelin. The subjeot was discussed atfurtber length,when, by consent, it was postponed. Tho hour being a quarter to seven o’olook, with important businoss yet untransacted, the Chamber adjourned until seven o’clock this evening, when a special moating will be held. The Common CounoU ordinance, authorizing tho grading of Girard avenue to Forty-first street, Twenty-fourth ward, was taken up and passed finally. Also, were concurred in resolutions approving the sureties of the municipal and oounty offioars eleot. Also, one authorizing the cancelling of oertain bonds of indemnity. A resolution to inquire into the award of a con tract, by the Controllers, for the erection of a school qn Frankford road, Twenty-third ward was agreed to. * Also, were concurred in resolutions for the onen iog of Wayne, Lancaster, and other Streets The Common Oounoil bill for the erection of publio buildings was referred to a oomuUtee Tho Chamber then adjourned. COMMON COUNCIL. A large number of petitions were presented, ask- W of S* B and water pipes, ereotlon of public lamps, «0., all of whioh were referred to the appropriate oommiitecs. -A communication was fooeived from H. P. M. Birkinbme, Chief Engineer of the Water depart ment, asking for an extra appropriation in the next annual estimate, for the pmpose of removing the mud that accumulates in ana near tho forebay, in front of the rooky promontory at Fairmount. This was deemed neoeasary, in order to preserve tho purity of the water. Referred to the Committee on Water. Council receded from the amendment to the ordinance supplementary to tho ordinance regu lating passenger railways. The ordinance pasted the Common branch, but when sent y W "-Select Council that body refused to concur in the amend ment. THE PUBLIC BUIIiBXKas QUESTION. The ordnance providing for tho erection of new the WEEKLY PRESS. In fnoi Fan. to ntMnlien br mail (per annum, uiadvanoe,)at.~— Three Copies, " <• ... ——— I'S! » en :: :: :: ——_ib.o« TBTwantJ {toouetuidltM}oO>Qf Twenty Copies, or over ** (tosddiMiof * ” eftoh subeenbef. ) aooh - - I.B# Fora Chsb ofT wen ty-flu aor crer, w. win Modal BXtTScopytoth«s«ttdr-li»olth.Clab, . - . - Foitmutem ara reititutod to tot uliiitifi, TraWnniFUM. , CAIIFOKIU FBEH. , ‘lamed thrso times a Month, in time for tha California Steamer.. waß oolar conaiileretlon at £kan S» f a “J° a r?mene at tlie last meeting, wa* IWemtinA’ to «»d ‘‘fer drdiname Mw vMie kuUdlnge,” and tha ClpStge, wC“ B UP °° ,h!Td ih? ordinanoß t-. lon ® a P os ?i a 'f omm * 8 * 0a » 8,5 tlle Eutenf Feoitoff* tiqry, Almshouse, and other publio baildiߣB/;h§d been none. Ho the commission wub bad Qh&rgo of the subject had done their work w elf, except that they had located the public buildings a mile from the centre of business. «Besides, there Was no necessity for ereoting more than one bond ing for courts, as the present municipal buildings were sufficient. He deprecated the spending ,of such a'large rum'of money, while wag embarrassed with’debt. Ft rTTljiml tui *P‘ a *°l» as to the whioh should be ; vote on the motion to postponeyihvhUlwas L ft?, a and ike (motiop’ was negatived, .rout cameu# r on '■ i] The vote wks-then'taken'; and resulted 1 as lob > -r IV,,- -.t . 0 F 88 *! Haoier, Hjimes, HallrHamfitoa, toppiaoott, Jamea Maxtiu. cTf. wPJSv. n« c * earr o- Crea ' D».J.McLean, PaaEftftter,' Stteves. Simons, SuneecQ, Binexf^cnitewarlh, ’fVeavM^o B'’ 8 '’ ■ l^tton ' C t J.mSon, and ’^Navs.—Messrs^ Blynn. Catherwood. barker, Hallowell, -Harper. Henry.'? Kerr, KinSfLamagT Merargee, a. Miller,MCore, lr.-McClean, Sr., McClogkey. Ninegteel, fasooe, Qoian,Bhibe,Siiesl an^Wrcioff— ’Thomas," John wawon/Wolbert, ’ Mr. Trego, Preaitfent, wm excused from voting. TUB SELECT COUNCIL RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS, The resolution from Select Council, providing for advertising for proposals to erect a fire-proof building on Independence* Square, at a cost of $400,000, was then taken up, and it was postponed indefinitely by ft vote of 40 yeas to 19 nays, as fol lows: Andrew*. Bethel!, Catherwood, Cafc teU, Cramp. J)fal, JOuffield. Foulon, Haas, Hacker* names. Hall, Hauowell, Hamilton, Harper, Leicb, Lippmoott. James Martin, McCrea, JD. J.-MeLaan! Ninesteel,Pascoe,.Paul, Potter, Quinn, Server, Simons, Simpron, Sines, Bouthwortb,’Starr, JBtraiton, Summers, John Nats—Messrs. BaiJ, Brooks, Bnmn3,C6«sin*£niard, Oerker, Henry, inghain. Kerr, Kimr, Laning, MeSr S®.®’ Air Mi!Her,*®. MoClean, Nr., MoClcskey, SfJve, Sites, Wolbert, Wyokoff—l9. ■ ’ ' • ' The Finance Committee reported a resolution au thorizing the cancellation of a bond of Indemnity given to a property owner as a security for payment of damages occasioned - by the opening of Delaware avenue, which was passed. A resolution .was; adopted, approving of the sureties of N. T. Barpox, Commissioner of Markets, An ordinance was: reported by the Finance Com mittee, appropriating $9OO to Samuel Sloan,-archi tect, for preparing plana,, foe a hospitals o& .the Lamb Tavorn toad, forth# Board of Health, wMeb •plans were not used. hoe commenced suit against the otiy for the recovery of compen sation. This sum bad been awarded to him by ar bitrators. A long discussion the merits of the whole transaction were'tiise&ised at length. Mr. Foulon thought the charge wax too high, and that Mr. Sloan was not entitled to more than $3OO, if Bomuoh. Mr. Qpinj? said ho thought ho could prove, if the ordinance were postponed a week to allow Jtim time to do so, that Mr. Sloan had ouly.made a ohargo of $2OO, at the time the work was done, some five years ago. The ordinance was postponed till Thursday flext. The Committee on Highways reported a resolu tion to open Cotton street, in the Twenty-first ward, in three months* time, as required by law: also to ourb and pave oerfain streets in the Twen ty-first and Twentyfourth wards. Agreed to. The same committee also reported in- ihvor of er&djng Girard avenue, east and west of the bridge, at a cost of s2,Soo—the paving to com mence at Twenty-ninth street, on the east ride, and end at Forty, first' street, on the west elder The contrast was directed-to be given to j Lewis Smith. Agreed to. The Committee on Trusts reported an ordinance in relation to the Boadfaot lands, In Centre'coun ty »belonging to the city, whioh provided that the Superintendent of Trusts shall be empowered-te, sell Umber “ leaves, 1 F or leave to out. timber on the lands, according to certain, restrictions, and uponßeourity being girea by persons desiring to cat. timber. Alter some debate, the ordinance was re committed to the committee. ’ The Chamber concurred in the ordinanee from. Belaqt Counoil providing for the repairing, pf the city railroad oa Market street, by the ’Penniyl vania Railroad Company, at a cost cf tw paid for out of the-tolls received oa the' road. : •It was also amended to read that thd' work shall be done under the supervision of the ohief engineer and surveyor of the city, and the Pennsylvania Railroad was further required to keop the road in repair for one year. Mr. Megarobb offered a resolution that Select Council be requested to meet in convention, on Thursday next, to elect three directors jof the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and three di rectors of the Northwestern Railroad Company. Agreed to. . Mr. Thomas offered a resolution to dispense with tho stated meeting on tho 20th insfc., as tho day has been set apart by the Governor as a:day of thanksgiving. The Chamber then adjourned. The Yancey School Denounced in Yan- cey’s Oivn State. iFrom the Mobile Register, November 9.] Other grave erms of the Breckinridge party we might expose, but these suffice for eurpurpose, whioh is to warn the people against the effort sure ly to bo made by the leaders of the Yancey school of using that party as the instrament for “precipi tating, ” without consulting, the people of these States into a revolution. Comprising the majority of the professional politicians, this party, of course, has a majority in most of the Legislatures of the Southern States, and it is by. acts of the seve ral Legislatures, and by individual aots, that it is attempted to oommit ns, whether we will or not, in a manner which will array Southern prido and Southern patriotism, against Southern .judgment, well knowing that with our people that pride must and will overrule mere interest, just os a man will defend a friend for an aot which in itself he disapproves. The slightest spark once thrown into a powder maga zine, His - too late to talk of prudence and precau tionary measures. Let, therefore, every true Ala bamian insist on the calling of the Convention, for whioh tho Legislature, in the exeroiseof its lawful powers, has provided. It is rumored that the'Le gislature will be convened to absolve the Governor from the necessity of calling that Convention, and will then proceed to take measures to place the Btate in an attitude of irrcoonoilable Hostility. This timely exposure of the plot may serve to mp Uinthebud.' Let the Convention be. let the questions involved in our future aotion be tho roughly discussed before the people, and then let every true man obey the will of the people in this, their sovereign capaoity, under penalty of being treated as a traitor to the land whioh gave him birth or shelter. We are nat children to be “ pre cipitated/’ but men who oan and will resolve on a oourae In which to persist, come weal, come woe. The Romance op Crihe.—Recently vte published the particulars of a somewhat extensive robberir—sl,2oo worth of jewelry having been taken from a gentleman’s dwelling house Inßroad way, while the family were in another apartment. Soon after the robbery was made known to the po lice, Officers Cochue and Spenoe, of the Fifth pre oinot, arrested three.young men, named Joseph SohaUis, Samuel Muasop, and Frank Swayzey* who were subsequently taken before Justice Cola -1 han, and remanded for a hearing at some future time. The subsequent efforts of the officers to fer ret out the guilty parties and recover the stolen jewels, led to the discovery of a regular organized band of thieves, who have their rendezvous in- a small ohsouro room over a stable in Second street The band consists of ten members, who are regu larly enrolled and banded together for stealing. They havo a written constitution and by-laws,"and a set of rules defining each man’s duties and privi leges, and the obligation of oaob towards the other A number of well-planned schemes for committing laToenies woto found written out. One of their fa verito plans for proouriDg information regarding houses they intended to visit, was for one or mot? members of the club to go round with furniture polish and offer it for salo at some house of respeot ablo appearance; they would propose to exhibit the quahUcs of the ertiole by renovating any piece of furnituro in the house that the inmates were willing to have experimented upon. In this way they would pick up a great amount of informa tion that they would subsequently turn to good ac count. A number of out citizens who have been robbed within the last two months oan now reoaH to mind the previous visit of a vendor of furniture polish. Five of this band, including the three, al ready named, have been taken' into oustody and committed for examination; and the officers ex press a confident belief iu tboir ability to find the others and recover the property of Bir. Rogers.— 2Y> Y. Sun. An Incident in a Theatre.— An evening or two since a little eronfc occurred at NJMo’s Theatre whioh will long be remembered by all who were present. Bending the appearance of the members of the orchestra, who were for some reason behind time, a plainly-dressed man in the third tier commenoed whistling the. peculiarly plaintivo melody, “The Last Rose Of with a sweetness and grade quite bewitching. By degrees the accustomed hum of voioea in the par quetta and boxes oeased, and all eyes were:tamed . upward in the vain endeavor to trace whence came the mysterious and thrilling strains.' The audience seemed ontranoed with the strange warbling notes and trills of the whistler, and perfect quiet reigned throughout the house. Some of.the' actors peered from oehiad the curtain, and area the musicians crept sllontly into tho orchestra- With the frost intricate variations, the whistler filled the air, when a storm of applause broke imm the audienoe, whioh almOßt shook the house to the centre. Again were the shrill and peculiar notes of the whistler hoard, and again was the house ra daced to breathless silenoe. The strange musks oeasing a seoond time, the orchestra atruok up «t oporatio airrbut their music was' faiflj amwned bythe storm of applause. One of the ushers finally traced out the whistler, and ohurfiawy turned bta out of the house. ' -* '