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,JaAl>T»»Tlß*Rs The circulation of Th«
Flto exeeodi tbtt of my other daily paper
lnPkltoflelpJil*, with a tingle exception. ■ Sa
tWhetory proof of thli fact will be cheerfully
fives to advettieert. •'
Pziar Pae» -Itoau Hair, the SootUsh Be
forn-Hartyr, Ho. .1.;. Northern Sentiment; The
ExelUmsnt In the Sooth; Proceedings of City
Comiefl.; ITU Ysnoey School Denounced in Ysn-
OQ’eofaState.: Fourth Pah.—The President
Klest 7 Pith on the Praiilee; Madison end Web
ster dmSeoeaelon; Marine Intelligence.
The New«>
Martha! Yost hae fnrnlehed oomplete returns of
the pepnlation of this city, and the eonntiea of the
Eastern district. It will he seen from the teble
pahUahed in. another column, that {he population
at; the present time is 588,034. . The population in
1856 was 406,763, tkowing an increase in ten yean
otIWiSH Tlrei Sixth ward hse.ttreinrellett num
ber of inhabitant!, 14,038, whUe the Nineteenth
oootaini 39,271. The number of dwellings in the
city ie 89,978, showing an increase of 28,700 ainoe
1850. Of the chanties in the Eastern distriot,
apart from "Philadelphia, Lancaster and Berke
are the mori populous. The aggregate population
of the Xaatern district ii 1,558,153. In 1850 it waa
1,338,053, Mowing an increase of 338,100.
Senator' Dongles, on hla arrival at Now Orleans
from Mobile, on Thursday week, waa received at
the depot by an immense crowd, and Bon: Pierre
Soiele delivered en address of jreloome, in which
he aammd him that he waa ’received as a van
quished man with the same enthusiasm as would
have greeted him had he been vlctorlcne. Mr.
Douglas made a short speeob in reeponse, and was
rubeequently escorted by a procession through the
streets, to the St. Charles Hotel, where he made
another apeoch. He deprecated disunion on ac
count of Did success of Mr. Lincoln—more espe
cially ts both houses of Congress would he in oppo
sition to him, end his bends weald he tied, oven If
he had thh disposition to injnro the South. Ha
thoaght, in tut, that Mr. Lincoln was rather to be
pitted Mas otherwise.
The tidings from tho Sooth ere of a more har
monious and peaceful character. While we admit
the 'etfrtenae of great popular excitement, the
meet eoneervetive indications present themselves
In .Baltimore there is a better feeling among com
mercial eiroles, and the former activity in trade is
about to ba renewed. In Georgia the members of
tho Legillitare, forgetful of the danger hanging
over oar late lamented and beloved oountry, are
dividing themselves off Inlo Cobb and Iverson
factions, the object of each cabal being to elevate
their favorite into the Senate cf the Xluited States
of North America. This is an agreeable sign
among tho tnmult of disunion. Florida has inti
mated -an Intention of joining Sonth Carolina,
while through. Virginia, Tennessee, Hentueky, and
North: Carolina conservative oonnsels are rapidly
increasing. »
A New York paper acknowledges the reeelpt of
a letter from Belise, Honduras, dated September
37, whieh'etates that the. yellow fever, had broken
ont on board the British sh!p-of-war Icarus, at
Truffle. Eleven of her men and two of her offi
oen had died with it, and a'great many more were
down with’a* disuse, among them Captain Sal
mon. She subsequently sailed for Jamaica, and
on hor way op was spoken by the'Brltlsh mall
steamship Wye, and reported' thirty-three dead,
with still a heavy siek list. The town of Belise
was quite healthy, the yellow fever having en
tirely disappeared for more than two week*. Ba
•in*m was very doll. A large number of passen
gers and n large quantity of speele came down on
the packet which arrived on the 10ih. Among
tho passengers were Wm. H. Coffin, O. W- Dusel
dorff, and William Binney, all of whom earns
down .to look after their commercial interests,
which were endangered by Walker having taken
T retillo.
Wo leant from Nicaragua that President Mar
tinis, of that State, In a'proclamation thanking
tha people for their patriotio efforts daring tho re-,
cent fllijboster excitements, urges the necessity of
the five Republics of Central America becoming
oonaoUdatod, for their greater strength and se
curity, Under the title of the RepnbUc of Centra]
America, and offers, for his part, to lay down aU
hla authority at the feet of a Central Government.
On the 4th of last month the American bark
Usury left Antwerp for Savannah, with a cargo of
various productions intended for exhibition at tha
Qaergia Pair. This vaseel, the Pricurseur
aaye la the first of a line destined to tarry on di
rect commercial Intercourse between the Southern
Halted States .and Europe, and her departure, on
that cocoon t, attracted considerable attention.
Among the artioles are products not only of Bel
gium, but of eeveral German provinces. Tha car
go Is in'eharga cf two pupils of the High School of
Commerce, of Antwerp. t
Tho steamship. Canada Jtas arrived at Bos
ton, Ahum Liverpool. Her bdviees were antici
pated ‘at Halifax. Tha war in China irks ex
eltisg a great deal of attention. The Taku forts
had bon captured, and it was said that Lord Elgin
aodßereoGree ware about to go to Fokin as gnaata
orthußmparor, under an eaeort of cavalry. The
Chinese were becoming profioient in the ar t of war,
and ia their defences exhibited a wonderful degree
of akin. la tha attack on the fort the French and
Engtidi acted in concert, and with equsljgall entry.
The Tartars made a desperate leristmice. The ru
mor that the French had prevented the bombard
mint of Gee la was eonfinned. A oompany of
ITiMIWi volunteers ware about to visit Paris.
Among theoitisens of Virginia, eayp the Alexan
dria Gazette, who have been aetive and promi
nent in the recent stirring times, and who de
serve to ha remembered, applauded, and cherished
ky lbe BnUn-lcHtSg pAtUdfi Af the p*opl« Af Vir
ginia, is General Million, the present Representa
tive in Congress from the' Norfolk district. Dif
fering from him heretofore, in mere party polities,
ws have nevertheless always admired hie ohereo •
ter si t man and hla Independence sa a politician.
Would that wa had mare men of hts stamp in onr
National and State legislative counoils. True to
the South, tree to Virginia, he is yst true to the
Union add tha Constitution. Honor to all such
men, no matter to what party they may belong!
- What Will Anstna Do?
Correspondence from Trieste informs us that
Austria is concentrating endrmons forces in
Vemetia, bnt only to repel an invasion, and that
Austriabaa not the least intention to help the
Neapolitan Government. Having waived her
right to defend the Hokes oi Tuscany add Mo
dena, she .will not aid the King of Maples.
The .Cabinet of Vienna is ostensibly irritated
against the Neapolitan Bourbons for having
disregarded her best counsels during twelve
years,.which were to propitiate pubiic opinion
by timely .and broad concessions, to restore
eider,and save the throne from the approach
ing hurricane. When Prince Swowtzehbebo
was leaving Naples, and the boxes containing
the archives oi the Austrian. Embassy were
transported on board, he said, with sadness,
pointing at them with his finger, “ Ob, if
these.- boxes conld speak, the world would,
know bow the best counsels of Austria were
despised at Naples!” This has a singular
significance, if we consider how Austria has
employed her time these eleven years, since
the battle oi Novara. - What has she done to
quiet Italy 1 Has she satisfied a single one of
the thousand just demands fit her oppressed
nations 1 -How did she role in the Papal
States! The atrocities which compelled Ro
magna’to rise were but'Austria's work. The
exits oi this Italian princes, and particularly
of that poor Princess of Parma, is Austria’s
work. The persecutions and atrocities con
stantly committed in Hungary; Bohemia,
GilOcla, and Venetia are but the consequences
of that hetrtless system which drives nations
into’despair.. What Austria advised Naples
to do idie herself should put into action.
tsTT»«s from Virginia merchants, received
by feeding booses in this city, within two days
past, breathe the warmest attachment to the
American Union. - It only our Philadelphia
business men would refuse to place any reli
ance upon the threats of the Southern Seces
zloniats, and brace, themselves to meet the
coming storm, there .would be no cause tor
apprehension. All men must suffer in a greet
cause, but to suffer ior the American Union is
a gioriou* privilege.
VST, We perceive that our sometime friend
Bssxros, postmaster at Carlisle, in this State,
is encouraging competition among the Repub
licans ior the post office, in that. beautiful
borough- Why should not President Lis
caui retain Mr, Biumir, inasmuch as he has
4m4 hi* bent to break up this Democratic
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Italian Affairs.
Long before this tIme.YiOTOR Emmanuel
is virtually King ot Itaty. Tho FoJpe.roUins
a portion of tho States of Ufo tihnrch/andthe
province of Venetia BtiU’eonti&nes under tho
iron-rule of Austria. NeverthHess, Italymay
bo considered an united Kingdom, of which,
by popular election, and surely by the grace
of God, "Victor Emmanuel is the Suzerain.
When the poll was taken in Naples, whether
this bold and fortunate man should be King,
the whole minority-vote was under ttvo thou
sand.
The London Times, commenting upon this,
says: ‘f Of tbs votes given, there is not one
per cent, protesting against the new revolu
tion. We do not put any very great stress
upon these universal suffrage votes. They
may be managed by force or fraud, and their
results ate not to be accepted as indubitable
proof of the convictions of a people. In this
city of Naples, however, there are circum
stances more than usually fhvOTable to a mi
nority- Victor Emmanuel is not yet in the
city, and Garibaldi is well known to be a
fair man, who would lend himself to no
trick, and would permit no force. There is
a paTty even among the authors of tho re
volution who would willingly aid a respecta
ble minority voting against immediate an
nexation. There are Mazzinian votes among
that little heap of 1,609 dissentient voting
tickets, as the correspondence from Naples
which we published yesterday Bhows. Even if
we did not know from other sources that the
inhabitants of the South are, as a mass, enthu
siastic in the Italian cause, the circumstances
of this election show that there cannot be
any great body of the people who are opposed
to what is now being done. The very fact
that what intimidation there was was v ory much
that which occurs at an English election
when a voter for the nnpopnlar candidate
comesto the poll, shows that the populace were
all on the side of Italy. We have been told
from time to time of the Lazzaroni, and of
other classes, who were ready to join in re
actionary movements. A peaceftil and legal
opportunity has now been afforded, and it was
of vital importance to those who claim their
aympathies to get them to make a demonstra
tion. They have, however, all gone with the
Italian party, and the hostile votes do not
oven account for thOBO who must bo diroct
and immediate losers by the transfer of
power from a tyrant of the Two Sicilies to a
King of Italy.”
The question—what is Vioion Ehhancel
next to do? may he readily answered. We
are told that, of lair and fertile Italy, “ Vic
tor Emmanuel is now de jure King. Ho has
nothing now to do but to hold his own.
Master of a powerful army and a formidable
fleet, to the excellence of which even his ene
mies bear willing witness, there is nothing
now in Italy can offer him resistance.
Fbanois 11. has almost ceased to be a sub
stance, and, if it were not a strong and an im
mediate political necessity to remove him from
Italian soil, it would seem like cruelty to con
centrate so great a force upon so pnny an
antagonist. It is now less a contest than a
necessary expulsion; bnt it mnst he done,
and done without delay, for that King’s name
may even yet be a tower of strength to Aus
tria,-if Austria should go mad some morning,
as she once before went mad.”
Capua occupied by Garibaldi’s forces;
the ex-King driven into a - corner at Gaeta;
Victor Ehhancel co-operating with Gari
baldi ; Naples anxious to receive its newly
elected King. What alter thiß 7—Only that
Bombalino is now playing his last game.
From Gaeta flight is easy. The French fleet
will facilitate his retreat, and, once that he
leaves bis country,
" He saris, like Ajut, never to return.”
But, it is eaid, Gaeta is a great fortress. It
tear, but can scarcely be called so now. Here,
from an English paper, is a sketch of that asy
lum ot fbgltiye royally;
“ In the history of Italian freedom after the fall
of the Homan empire, Gaeta was one of the three
Greek munlelpelities which beetme the refuge of
the clvilisstion of Rome. Amalfi, Gaeta, and Na
ples subsequently advanced to independence on the
rains of the Eastern empire, and the imperial
power at Constantinople was too ehfeeoled to offer
opposition to tha change. Their chief magistrate
bore the title of Doge; their wealthy merchants
had ships sad settlements in the great.porta of the
Levant, and laid tha foundation of the commercial
prosperity of the Italian lapnblios of later times.
The bluff promontory of Gaeta, suited to the main
land by a low and narrow' isthmus, strengthened
by walls, and banked by tha difficult defiles of the
Cmouban mountains, gave to this anaient settle
ment tbit natural strength whieh hts made it In
ottr awn tlmia tha key-fortress of tha' kingdom.
Tha elty consequently survived tha invasions of tha
Lombards and tha Saracens, and did not lost Us
liberty until tha 13th century, whenlt was absorbed
along with the other free cities of Southern Italy,
in the mignlf oent eonqusst of the Normans. Its
beautiful and its rioh orange, iemon, and eltron
groves give it a peculiarly southern character. It
u tha onlef city of the 4ln dtstrotto of the Terra dt
Lavoro, and a seat of a blahoprio. It has a popu
lation, including tha garrison, of nearly 12,000
sonla. Tha cathedral; dedicated to St. Erasmus,
contains the ataodard presented by Fins V. to Don
John of Austria, the commander of the Christian
army at tho singe of Lepanto. Tha celebrated
column with twelve faces,on which are iescribed
tha names of tire twelve winds in Greek and Latin,
is one of the most enrlons monuments in the town.
The beauty of the women is very striking, and
their light brown hair oontraats singularly with
the blaok color which is so peculiar a oneractorUtlo
of female beauty in other parts of Italy. In the
Preach IntAllAß Af 1708, tha fAlireu, AAffittißdid
by the Swiss General Tsohiudy, surrendered at
discretion to the army of General Bey; an event
to dlsgraoeful that it regarded as an
act of treachery, for the garrison contained 4.000
soldiers, 70 eannon. 12 mortsre, 20,000 muskets,
and supplies for a year. After the treaty ot
Alx-la-Cnapelle, the fortifications were again
strengthened, and tha oitadel waa enabled
to sustain tha memorable siege of 1806, whloh
is so well known to Englishmen from the opera
tions of onr navy on the coast in support of the be
sieged. At the approsoh of the French army under
Meesena, the feeble regency ot Naples engaged to
give up all the fortresses of the kingdom. The
oitadel «f Gaeta was commanded by the Prince of
Hesse Fhllipstadt, who'answsred the summons of
the regenoy by saying that he should disobey their
command, for the higher eommandi of honor and
bf war. Tha Fringe, assisted by the operations of
the English fleet upon the coast, was enabled gal
lantly to hold .out until the fall of Sojlla in July,
1806; and on the 18th of that month, after ten days
continued tiring, the fortress honorably eapilnlated,
Tha history of fiaela after the pesos was again in
direotly connected with England, the Governor
being Gen. Joseph Edward Acton, who married the
sister of the Frineeesof Herne Fhllipstadt, and was
the brother of Sir John Acton, the English Prime
Minister of Naples. The palaoe of the Governor,
wbioh was so long the residence of Flos IX. In
1850, presente nothing to require description.”
The Order of the Bine.
We take the following from the Mew fork
Tribune ;
“Tnx Order or toe Sloe.—John Randolph
BaM, an Amarloan anginoar residing in tbit city,
haj nerintf from the Lord Mayor of Cheater,
England, a gold pmjal ot tha- ‘Order of the Bine
Ribbon,’ for imprst*ise£ti on the ateam engine.
He if the ant Amarloan apjgnjay pbo hu received
thlf mark of reeognition.”
There Is no Lord Mayor of Chester, ft
happens that London, Tork, and Dublin are
the only British cities having Lord Mayors.
There Is no « Order of the glue Ribbon,” ex
cept the Order of the Garter, which iB be
stowed by the Queen of England upon sove
reigns and peers, and U not in the gift of
municipal heads. Mr. Disraeli speaks of
winning «the Derby," at Epsom races, os
it the blue ribbon of the T.urf,” but that is not
the- distinction which Mr. Sees wont in ior
when he improved th° steam engine. If any
person—Mayor, Alderman, py-.Citizen—gave
him a bit of blue ribbon, it cannot count for
much.
A State Dibbotorv or Pennsylvania is now
in eonrss of preparation, and will bo issued on the
first of the year. There have bean so many at
tempt* made, at different times, to issao a work of
thlf kind, that we are gtad to team that the mat
ter at length is in the right bands, and will be a
oredlt to this greet Stats, ae well u an Indispensa
ble source of information to every business and pro
fessional man. Kvary town, villsga, or post office,
as wsll as city, in the State, has bean thoroughly
essysMsd V exparienoed man, and the returns
will 6s corrested in many respects by the late
eensus of lf)M, ifaju glylng In full detail every va
riety of information j sm, hi Addition to this, it
will have the latest statistics ae to the jODjlltlon of
the banka, railroads, lniuranoo, mining, and other
joint-stook companies, corrected by a gentleman
having access to the official statements. It also
will give a full abstract of the municipal and cor
porate forms of government of caeh/dtyoriown,
and will have the various genera) laws of the Com.,
monwealth—thus being the hand-book of the f nan
cies, broker, banker, railway or insurance offislal.
A few pages will be devoted to advertising, and an
early application should be made to Mr. William
E, Boyd, (he publisher, ot the office, No. 333
Chestnut street.
Sbebiff's Ban* op Dev Goons N. P. Pad
eoiet, auationeer, 431 Chestnut street, will sell this
mornlog, at Ifi o’clock, on a oredlt, an assortment
of aer»anteW9.Bmo/-£p{t goods, wool and ootton
hosiery, doe perfumery, ejctwtft Ac. aieo, by
order of sheriff, far oasb, the stock «f a dry-goods,
hosiery, end. variety store. Beo advertiscnjsnt In
faction eoiutnn.
Avow* KorihE—Sale of Rice Carpets.—The
attention of dealers is ray muted to the large aaaort
meat of fish English laadaUloavelvet, Brussels,
tliree-ply, Ingrain, and other oerpetlng, ooepa mat
ting, ffoor-eidtha, ruga, AS., to be sold by oatalogne
on sit months' credit; this morning at 104 o'clock,
by My«n, Claghorn, A Co., auetloneera, No. 413 i
asddlOArsh street-
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Loiter Irons “Occasional.”
tOorretpovdenoo of The Freu>l
Washington, November 15,1860.
Yesterday I spoke of the mon bolding tho offices
of the General Administration, 10-day I propose
to say R few words of those who ate hunting them.
It is a mistake to suppose that place-seeking is
confined to any scotien, or to any State. It is as
universal as the oasing air. The anti-Republioan
feeling of the South will, for a time, relieve Mr.
Lincoln of many competitions from that quarter,
but it is reported and believed that he is already
receiving, even lxom tho South, clouds of letters,
filled with requests that the writers may be remem*
bered when he comes to make up his jewels It
will be a Bad thing for the F. F. V’s, and the F. F
M’s—the representatives of those two gentle sister
Commonwealths, who have held the United States
departments in their loving embrace for nearly
fifty years—it will bo a sad thing 1 say, when, in
order to be consistent and patriotio, they will bo
compelled to forego the pleasure of waiting upon
the Chief Magistrate, and offering themsolvos as
candidates for any of the offioial orumbfl that may
fall from his royal table. The politicians of Virginia
have fed so long at the public crib, that they oau
hardly feed anywhere else. They look upon the
United States Government as constituted for their
own speoial benefit. Continued possession of
power has made them envious, wherover a Yahoo
from a distant State puts in his spoon, in the in
sane belief that he has a right to partake of the
luscious feast. Their feelings may be well ima.
glned when the Northern horde shall descend,
flashed with victory, and hungry for position, upon
this devoted oity; but it ought to be some oonso
lalion that, in proportion as they are agonized by
the loss, those who entor upon the position Cf
power will have their own trouble. An ermy after
a long march and a weary oampaign, as it ap
proaches a prosperous and wealthy capital, oould
not be more voracious than those who, having been
kept from their share of the spoils for many years,
when they are called upon to divide and to receive
them.
The patronage of the American Government Is
vast, and the ability of the President, If he ohooses
faithfully to reward his followers, is almost impe
rial. If Mr. Buchanan had been governed in his
distribution of this patronage by a Eagaoious policy _
he would sot now be looking to the oloseofhis
Presidential term with mingled feelings of sorrow
and self-reproach. Mr. Lincoln oan take many
lessons from bis predecessors—lossons not only as to
principles, but as to tbe disposition of tho crumbs
that will drop from his offioial table. The existing
O. P. F- rarely conferred a favor with a good
graoe. He gave with a grumble, never with a be
nodiotion. He bestowed office as a miser bestows
alms ; and it is a fact which a few months will tho
roughly establish, that bitterly as he is disliked by
the millions, he has oroated, cultivated, and ce
mented few or no friendships among those who
have received and retained commissions under his
Administration. They have had to pay very dear
for their reapeotive whistles. Compelled to keep
up the party organization, they have been alter
nately threatened and taxed. The President has
insisted upon holding the consciences of each one
of them in his hands. His opinion had to bo theirs,
and no matter how frequently he changed his
mind, if they did not ohange too, and that on the
instant, their hoads were gathered into the execu
tionor’s basket with as much sangfroid as the
farmer gathers his apples in the autumn.
To suoh an extent have these poor fellows been
browbeaten and burdened that, although many of
them have got_rioli, I have no doubt they look
forward to thoir retirement with a sense of agree
able relief. Now will come tbe opposition. Hordes
who have so long desired to graze upon the rioh
pastures—to drink ©f the refreshing streams, and
to feast upon the golden fruits of the Gonoral Ad
ministration, will have thoir turn. At this mo
ment there is hardly a hamlet in tho free States in
wbioh there is not more than one heart beating
anxiously for the coming “happy day.” Nearly
every active campaigner will set forth his olaim.
Talk about the'Wide-Awakeß during the canvass
whloh has just closed \ AU their vigllanob will bo
the dulloow of sleep itself, oompared to the lynx
eyed Borutiny and watchfulness that will hereafter
be exhibited wbon the great loaf of Undo Sam {
comes to bo out, and tbe tempting slices are hand
ed out by his great almoner, Abraham Linooln
What embryo ministers, consuls, collectors, and
clerks are preparing themselves for tho dooisive
competition! Ido not mean to disoourago these
patriotio Americans. Change fs the order of the
day, and when Mr. Lincoln yyas eleoted it would
have been strange if tboso who voted against him
did not expect to see him put his own friends in
office; and I believe that new foceß In on? depart
ments will do good.
lam not of those who think that, if one man
dies, this Government will dissolve. It depends
upon no single individual. 1 think that if the
system requires alternations in the Presidential
ohair, from different parties, the subordinates
should give place to othor citizens, But, I frankly
commiserate Mr. Lincoln upon the task beforp
bun in the distribution of the ogjoes in the gift
tho President
, Much solicitude is felt hero lest some of the
Southern Senators Bhould absent themselves frem
'their seats during the short and conducing session
of- the* present Congress. I believe that some of
them will do so. Mr- Wigfal! constantly proclaims
his purpose never to return, apd Mr. Toombs oan
soaroely keep his seat while South Carolina and
Goorgia are intorohanging oivilities and prepara
tions for going out of the Union. Mr- Buchanan
indulges some fepUng in this reepeoton account of
a special object he has in view, viz; the filling of
the vaoanoy oreated in the Supreme Court of tho
United States If he sends in Blaok or
Caleb Cflshinf, either will be rejeotod should the
seats on the Southern sl<j e of the Senate he vaoant;
and then oensures will be heaped upon him, be-,
cause he did not make the nomination beforehand,
It is difficult to see how a Senator in favor of the
secession of bis State from the Union, on aeoount
of the eleotion of Abraham Lincoln, can remain in
Congress. There is a logio in this which I
leave to tfie able men who represent the
South in the National Legislature to decide.
Will they retain a representative position
in the Congress of the United States vshen they
intend all the time to assist in breaking up flip
Government ? If they take their seats in the
House or the Senate, will they not answer the
question put to them by their Republican adver
saries that they only remain there foy suoh a pur
pose ; and oan it be possible that those who may
be selected as jastiocs on the £uprop?e benoh of
the United States will agree with the Southern
Beeeders? Itisaoommon remark in a)l eiroles
here, that while Senators Chesnut and Hammond,
of South Carolina, announced their determina
tion to resign, no suoh s intimation has oome
from tho Representatives in Congress from that
State. Do these latter intend to remain in tbe
House of Representatives during the three months
from the first of December, with the intention de
clared beforehand of retiring from the Union on
the 4th of March ? Probably sopie of your Phila
delphia lawyers will be able te answer this ques
tion, and to harmonize It with existing ideas of
Southern chivalry. Occasional.
Our Jfew Ygrk letter.
OUR SEXT SEKSATIOh: TEE ITALUBS—COp. TOM
FLORENCE BPSAES IN NEW YORK: WnAT FOR?—
MATOR WOOD AMD MATRIMONY —MERCANTILE AD
VERTIStNU THROUGH THE FDSION COMMITTEE—
ROW WE ARB BLED FOR THE CITY 00VEHEMENT —
EMiaRATION.
of The Press.]
New York, Nov. 15, 1860.
The next tiling to come elf in New York, in the
sensation way, will bo a grand demonstration in
favor of Italy. The preliminaries have been
talked over by several gentlemen who are Id posi
tion to give It such an impetus as will insure suo
-0983. Garibaldi is remembered by hundreds of
good people hero, who appreciated his modest de-,
portment while a amongst £e, and the
sterling virtues of the ?pon. Joined i?itji enthj
slaBtie admiration of his personal churßctep, is the
still loftier admiration every American must isel
for the saored cause in whoso behalf the people of
Italy are fighting so gallantly and successfully. It
is not definitely determined what shape the pro
posed demonstration will taka, but most likely it
will bo a grand public dinner.
What particular axo is it that your distinguished
defunct Congressman, Colonel Fiorenoo, is whet
ting that causes him to come on horo and address
a pnblio moating, at the .Cooper Institute, in'bo
holf of a plan for bjtildipg a Railroad to the
Pacific ? Ho is advertised to start Off hi? intel
lectual losomotiye on that trook to night. Now,
it costa the matter of a hundred dollars to get
Cooper Institute of a night for any purpose, and
poopleof Colonel Florence's dimensions don't go
about fooling away hundreds unless there is some
thing behind. Ex-Governor Boutwell, of Massa
chusetts, is also announced to speak. Perhaps
the Colonel comes on to inoculate our new Con
gressmen i hut I can toll him that, if ho expects
to honeyfugglo them with any Paoifio Railroad,
he must show what he’a going to do it on.”
It has got into tho papers poy that Mayor Wood
has purohaßed a fine mansion on Fifth avenue; that
he is about to enter into a connubial arrangement
with p .charming young lady, Miss Alise Mills,
daughter of a wealthy merchant in Front street.
The pop matrimonial is sold to have been made last
Summer ht Saratoga.' In his own Homo, IJr.’Wooil
is poo pf the post agreeablo and entertaining of
men, and It i* oof surprising tjhat h.ls striking and
pifßjlng qualities sftoulj fjj'solnato any bright
ypupg Cfjsgipre ambitions ot ah alffojaiig with a
man of firm, otefif b?afn, and sljoiig, fiarp Jjeayt.
I merely repeat the report, without vosohing for
its aoouraoy.
During (he canvass a groat many choice squibs
were got off on the mercantile house of Henrys,
Smith, & Townsend Mr. Joshua J. Usury,
the senior partner,. being ohairumn and ruling
spirit of the famous Fusion Committee of Fifteen
With all tho patriotism that Induced Mr. Henry to
devote himself to the oountry and to fusion, it is
pardonable to suppose that at lonst one of his optlos
may bayo bean all along kept open for business.
Thia supposition is strengthened by the fact that
Mr. Henry, as chairman of the Committee of Fif
teen, proposes now to got up a oiroular, and send it
THE PRESS.-—PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1860.
to every merohant In the Southern States, giving |
the names of those commercial housesin Now Y ork
that subscribed to and voted the
fusion ticket. exclaim:
<• That’s New York,
Tax-payers at the ooloual ag
gregate required to -tainj on the government of
this city. Up to the’ flrst day of the present
month, tbe amount disbursed was four million
eight hundred and sixty thousand one hundred
and thirty-eight dollars. This includes the ex
pense of the almshouse, public sohools, fire depart
ment, and olty courts, and interest on the oity
debt, but net the polioe; that Is paid from the
oounty treasury.
Emigration continues large. The number of
emigrants arrived last week was 1,910; slnoe
January, 93,392, against 71,691 for the correspond-.
Ing period of 1859. As a general thing, those
that have arrived this year are superior inolr
onmetanocs to those of almost any previous year.
The letters written to Ireland by Dr. Cahill have
brought a great many well-to-do people bore to
mako it their home. Huron.
John B* Gough at the Academy of Ain*
sic last Evening.
Mr. Gough delivered the second and last lec
ture of his present engagement in this oity at the
Aoademy of Muslo, last evening, before a very
large and intelligOßt audience. * He was intro
dooed, on this oooasion, by the Rev. John Cham
bers, who said that ho had boon requested to per
form the onneoessary duty of introducing to the
andienoo one who was quite as iamiliar to ail pre
sent, he presamed, as he, (Mr. C.) was himself,
adding that he was glad to learn that the gifted
orator who was now about to address-them would
again leoture In Philadelphia early next spring.
The worthy objects of Mr; Gough'B reoent lectures
in this oity were also referred to in a compli
mentary manner.
In opening, Mr. Gongh said that, like the old
New England deacon, he wished to make a few re
marks before ho began his speeoh! One of the
hardest things he found ~ in speaking to audiences
was, to begin; and the next hardest thing was to
finish when he had begun. [Laughter.] He
enumerated some of his early experiences as a lec
turer in the Temperanoe reform. His first
speeches, he said, had consisted of but a few solk’
tences. But by and by, as by' observation ha'
bad gathered a multitude of facts bearing upon
this subject, through the last seventeen years of
his life, he was enabled to speak to audiences
night after night without .exhausting his mate
rials.
His first proposition'was somewhat as fbllowi:
Show me, said he, any artiole of diet, he oared not
what it was oalled, whether bread, brandy, beer,
wine, milk, or anything else, that by its use, or
abnso, prodnoed at the rate of three murders a
week in the United States; four-fifths of aU the
orime whloh ourees society ; two-fifths of the luna
oy, and nine-tenths of all eur pauperism, and he
hold that siich an artiole he was in duty bound, to
God and his fellow-man, never to tonoti. This was
not an extravagant estimate. He had undoubted
authority for skying, that of a single olnb of fifty
young men, formed in a neighboring oity some
years ago, forty-two had died drunkards; one te*
formed and booame a wealthy citizen; two reached
middlo age with tolerablo respectability, and the
rest were unaooonnted for in the inventory*
An unusually large proportion of his leoture was
devoted to painting the horrors of intemperance,
by comparing the curso of drunkenness invading
the family with sundry a (Rioting dispensations of
Proyldenoe. This was aooompanled with compa
ratively little acting , and, naturally enough, ex
oited but little laughter. On the oontrary, under
the storn logio of familiar ’facts, as presented,
many in the audience were moved to toars. There
was, howover, a rioh budget of tfatylaugh-provoking
in reserve. Some people, he said, wore thin
skinned In hearing this eabjoot discussed. Thoy
were like the man who rose and went out of
ohnroh booauso the minister said something that he
didn’t like. The speaker here pictured, in a very
ludiorous manner, a minister entering the pulpit ■
on Sunday morning, and asking his congregation
what proportion of Gospel they wished to fcave,
and what part of tho Blblo they wished to have it
from. In tbe random shots whloh he had to
make, ho might displeaso some, though ho did
not intend to havqp a quarrel with anybody;
he only desired to battle an evil. He thought the
oase of the duel in the dark, might be in point, in
wbioh an Englishman and Frenchman had a dis
pute, and agreed to settle it with a duel in a dark
room. For fear of bringing blood upon his skirts,
the Englishman cautiously moved around in tho
dark to dleoharge his weapon without tbe possi
bility of hitting his antagonist, and In order to
effcot this with most certainty, finally fired up the
chimney, when lo 1 down came the Frebobmsn!
[Laughter ] He had no fears, however, of offend*
ipg any whom he might hit with what he was
about to say, unless he happened to oonvinoe them
that he said was true. To, explain, the lec
turer here indulged in one of his inimitable half*
comic illustrations. .*•
A man, said he, once came home in a violent
pssslQn, whloh he vented by going' about tbp
house In o perfect frenzy, kioking oyer the chairs,
overturning the tables, and upsetting things
generally. in $ rieketty rant abcut th*
stage, in well-affected passion, le?elUng the Ira*
maginary artioles of household furniture, a
pantomimic effeot that brought down tfae house.]
Said his good wife [in astonishment], “"Why, my
dear, what is the matter?'* “The matter!**
why one of my neighbors had the andaolty to
oaU me g liar!” “ Well, suppose he has said so,
you needn’t tako it to to heart as long as he
hasn’t proved it.** . “ Yes, but he has proved St !**
was the confession, and this it was that enraged
him. So, my friends, the lecturer continued, I
have no tears of offending you unless X prove what
Isay. • , if
Tho drinking halite of soolety Hero then dwelt
upon with a seasoning of wit that was calculated to
sting qnito as mqok as ttokle. Several times ke
commenced an illustrative' anecdote, and flew off
without faturainjj to ffnfßh it. rti one of those he
complimented tho sndlenoe for their qalok peroep.
tions in emphasizing delicate points of, jokes With
their slmnltaneons applause. In this respect be
doteoted the widest difference between the Eogfilh
and the Amerioan mind. While leotnrligin Eng
land, be had sometimes found it qnite impossible
to have his audienoes distinguish between jest and
serious matter.of.faot. Tell an English anttlenoe, -
said he,‘. that In the State of Georgia roestera
are so'tough that after boiling them three hour,
they will ktek the potatoes out of the 'pet,
and John Bull will marvel at the fowl’s tena
city of life! Or tell them that tn seme parts
of the United States {armors' pigs are to thin
that knots haye to bp tied in their tails to keep
them from orpeping through fences, and they
would reason among themselves how the knots
were tied so as to keep from oomtng undone! This
we give, of oourso, as the nonßense pf. his leoture.
There wfts raqeh, nevertheless, in it wbioh breathed
the deep ardor of the man in the labor to whloh
hts life has been for many yean uninterruptedly
devoted, and, upon the whole, for a stirring com
bination of pathos, notion, fact, philosophy,, hu
manity, and oommon sense, wo‘have neverhbard
hts leoture of last evening surpassed, and only
equalled by tho former efforts of Mr. Uough him
self.
THE SECESSION MOVEMENT.
Senator Hammond’s Resignation Im
mediate. ’ *' •'
A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION NOT TO ES ISSUED 'By
Tgß PRESIDENT. »
WA&qprffTO#, IJov. 15.—1 t seems that Senator
Hammond's resignation is immediate, s
having been reoeived here directing his personal
effects to be rent forthwith to South Carolina.
Tho collector at Beaufort, 8. 6., has officially
indloatod his resignation, being umyiljlpg. he
says, to serve under a Repttblifian Administration.
It has been stated that the subject ofa special
address wee under Exooutlv© consideration, batiit
now appears that the plan is abandoned, in view
of the early meeting of Congress, to whom, by the
Constitution, the President (s required to give in
formation of tho state of the Union.” ,
Virginia.
EXTRA SESSION OF TUB LEGISLATURE CALLED,
Richmond, Va., Nov. 15.—Governor Letoher
has called an extra session of tho Legislature of
jttris State for the 7th of Janaary next, to take into
consideration the present alarming condition of
public 8 half a, Spjjl determine oalmly and wisely
what aotlonis nectary <?n tho’part of Virginia in
this emergency. *
South Carolina.
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 15.—The Charleston Mer*
cury says the Mayor has issued a proclamation
prohibiting steerage passengers from landing at
Charleston, unless the ownorsof the ships or steam
ers bringing them enter into bonds to maintain
them if they beoome encumbrances.
Columbia, 8. C., Nov. 15.—Last night there was
a grand iorohllght procession of 600 ” mutineers,”
composed of the military arid firethfen.' ' ■'
Ex-Speaker Orr mado a speeob espousing Be
seAston;
.CengrepFman ffoHt end others made shnilop
speeohes. 1 ‘ ‘ ‘
' " ' Alabnmn.
Mopips, Ala., Npv. Is.—TfU Governor will Is*
me a oall fora State ConyenUbn on the 6th 6f
December. Be urges the people to prepare for se
cession.
The Governor’s proclamation will be Issued on
the 6th of Deeember, the election of delegates to
take plaoe on the 24th proximo, .and the Conven
tion to meet on tho 7th of January. i
Georgtn»
Millbdqbyillx, Ga., Nor. 15.—The leading
men of all parties have been in conference here,
and' have unanimously agreed to a Btato Conven
tion to reoommoud resistance—the time and mode
of doing so to be settled In tho Convention. A
good feeling prevails.
Senator Toombs made a poworful Secosslon
Bpoeoh on Wednesday night. Mr. Bartow, of ba
vunapti; followed, -urging the Establishment of a
Southern poafederaoy with'sovorblgtty in the
Federal 1 pbWor, fi/l .State iinflp tp be obliterated.
Proceedings of the Georgia
MiLLEDaEViLLB, Ga,, Nov. 16.—1 n tiefeenato,
OOnslderAbto' dtaonßSion hns resulted from tho
motion'referring ttfemllMon appropriation bill for
arms and munition's tutlm Finahpe Committee. 1
bill provides that thp ■ appropriated
shall be finbjeei to t|>.9 control of the (Jovefiro;. ‘
Many Bspatora pbJe.ct<»M to placing
«ttdP»wJßtttoWi»ehapdff. r "
tlon ofThe bill »» WW»W *>«? *
order, and will bo passed.
A bill was lntroduoed suspandlnv tho con-. -
of debts till 1861; K
A resolution was introduced giving poWor to tho
Governor, in oaso of an attempt hy tha Fadaial
anthority to oooroo the seceding States, to employ
tho military forces of Georgia to resist snoh coer
cion. Tho resolution will pass.
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph to the Press.
FROM WASHINGTON.
SPSOIA& BBSPAfC^TbTHJfI
• WklttHfftON, Wov; 15,1860.
The news from Oalitor&la may ho expected
every day. Tho friends of Senator Gwin here
generally oonoede that his oase Is hopoless for re
eleotion. The Republicans havo tok,cu oourago on
account of the divisions In the Domooratlo party,
and the - Douglas Demoor&oy, who will certainly
more than divide the Dcmooratio vote, will never
agree to the te-eleotion ot tbe distinguished Bena
tor. Should Gwih be defeated, it will go far to
reduoe the Administration despotism in the Senate,
and to paralyze tbe efforts of the Disunloniats in
that body.
The Cnnada at Boston*
FOBTnsn PROM CHINA.
Boston, Nov. 15.—The China advices reeeived
from London by tho overland mail are contained
in-papers furnished by the arrival of the Canada
The dates from Hong-Kong are to September 12
It is reported that Lord Elgin and Baron Gros had
gono to Fekln, as guests of tbe Emperor, under
a small escort of o&v&lry.
Tho conquest, of the T&ku forts ii described as a
dashing affair. The Allies wero established at
Oot&ng, and had to march twelve miles before they
arrived at the objoot of attack. They found the
road fortified with oare, and othor military prepa
rations. indicating unwonted skill, ffhe Allied
army worked together harmoniously, and with
equal gallantry in the attack. Tbe English troops
aptured the first fort.
The possession of tbo camp brought the allies
within half a mite of tbe great north fort, wbioh
appears to be the key of the whole position.
The attack was made on the 21st, four English
and four Frenoh gun-boats drawing the attention
of tho forts lower down, when the batteries wore
opened.
: The Armstrong' guns threw out tremondons
shells, which hurst within tho walls of tho fort,
causing an awfnl explosion, making the ground
shake. But amid the ruins. tho Tartars stood to
their guns, and as tbe field pieoes advanoed and
tbetrifiemen had got under the walle, the fird from
the fort was still hot, and many wero struok by
the rude missiles It was at this point that the
'Allleß lost many of their men.
( Thai resistance of the Tartars was at lost over
come. Tbe surrender of the other (brta followed,
bat Lot without some chicanery on the part of tho
Viceroy. The loss was severe Twenty-two offi
cers were wounded—two dangerously.
. Ihe Forty fourth Regiment had ten men killed
and fifty wounded—four mortally. The Sixty*
seventh Regiment bed six killed and forty dan
gerously wounded.' The total loss of the British,
killed and wounded, was one hundred and sixty
one. 0 '
VISIT OF BNOUBE YOLUHTEKnS TO PARIS.
Napoleon’s private secretary has aooepted the
proposal of the English volunteers to make an ex
cursion to Paris Re Bays they wilt be wel
come. '
Tho Canada brings the following additional in
telligence via Queenstown:
London, November 4 —The overland mail has
arrived with Hong Kong dates of September 12.
The Times gives full details of the capture of
tbe Taka forts. Their special correspondent gays:
“ X am unable to confirm the important statement
th&t It is the intention of Lord Elgin and Baron
Gros to proceed to Pekin as guests of the Emperor,
accompanied only by an esoort of cavalry. 51 The
correspondent then expresses the hope that the
news is untrue.
The Chinese were learning the art of war, and,
contrary to all Chinese precedent, it was fourd
that tneir positions upon the road wero taken
with considerable military skill and fortified
with much oare.
A. Tartar c&mp had been formed, &ml ihe best
troops of China were placed behind the works.
. It was thought that if the weapons of the Chinese
had been equal to those of the Allies, tho contest
might havo favorably compared with sovorol
European battles.
The English and Frenoh acted together with
harmony and equal gallantry in tbo attack.
The Allies bad got to within half a mile of the
Great North Fort, which appears to be tho key of
the whole position; although some difference of
opinion is said to have oeourred among tho gene
rals on this point.
- Tho Frenoh commander agreed to send his foroes
to the attack, leaving to Blr Hope Grant tho re-
SpqnsibUity.
*. The attaok was ip&do on the morning of the 21st,
four English and four French gunboats drawing
the attention of the fori* lowor down on the north
ern hank, when tho batyhries opened.
But amid the ruins the Tartars stood to their
guns. When tbe field pieces advanced and rifle
men got pnder the wails the firing was still hot,
and many were struok with rude
Here much of the loss to the Allies waa expe
rienced. The resistance of these Tartars was at
]sst overcome.
Tbe surrender pf other followed, r.pt
without some chloancery to the part of
iot.- ®
The loss was severo. Twenty-two officers were
woundod—two dangerously, thirteen seriously, and
seven slightly.
The forty-fourth regiment had ton men killed,
fifty Tyonnded—four mortally and thirty-eight dan
gerously.
The sixty-seventh regiment bad six killed and
forty dangerously weqoded.
( Total British killed and wounded, 161.
FRANCE AND SARDINIA.
The Post's Pans correspondent sends the follow
ing telegram: *
Paris, November 2 —lt is true that the Frenoh
government gave orders to the Frenoh admiral to
prevent an attack on Qaota by sea It Is also true
that the fidmlral was not under the necessity of
communicating these orders to the Sardinian ad
ntifsl, as the attaok bad not boon attempted.
U'~ s : ? *
. ? From New Orleans*
1 Nov, H.—Messrs. *[. H. Ash*
bridge & Nephew’s circular of to-day renprte :
117 shins and 82 harks in p&rt j tonnage, 124,217
'■toes ; due, 50 ships and 10 barks ; total to&fcage
in port and due, 175,787 tons; vessels olearod bat
not yet due, 89 ships and 7 barks. Reoeipts of
cotton from Ist of September, 510,784 bales; * took
of cotton, 289,284 bales ; stock of tobacco, 12,650
hbds M ddling cotton Is worth llte. Freights
to Liverpool, 18'32a|d ; to'Jtevre,
Financial Affairs at BaltiQiorq*
Baltimore, Nor. 15.—There is a better feeling
in commercial oirclcs today. There was a mode
rate run on the Oitisens' Bank, but all demunds
were promptly met, and tho best informed oxpress
full confidence in the soundness of that institution.
Many manufacturing establishments, clothiers,
etc., have reduced the number of their employees,
whloh affoota rororfly tho working oligsgg; but it
U hopea that confidence will soon bo meafiurably
restored, and’the tenner activity in trade
Fire near >St. Loins,
' St, Louis, Nov. 15.— The soap, oandle, and oil
faotory, situated at the junction of Market Btreet
and!Choute*u avenue, three m|les west of the city,
was burned last evening. The distance prevented
the engines from, doing much'sorvioe, and tho
combustible nature of the material, together with
the groat sqaroltyof water, rendered aU efforts to
saye the balding fruitless. The Ipsa is estimated
at $BO,OOO, on whloh there is ajp&rtia! i&lurafioe.
Nava) Affairs.
■Washington, Nov. 15.— An order has been is
sued by the Navy Department to fit out the sloop
of-war Macedotr , at Portsmouth,’ N! H., for the
home iqnadron.
The Stz Lpuis and Sabine having nearly com
pleted their Usual term of service, are to be with
drawn from it. ‘ “ ' '
• The Ohio River)
PiTfsnosa, Nov. 15.—The river report is as fol
lows: Arrived—Eunice, from Louisville; Minerva,
from Wheeling. Departed—Moses MoOullen, Cin
cinnati; fiallio List, for Portsmouth; J. C. Mc-
Ooombs, for Nashville. Boats loading for all points
South and West. River 9 feet Cinches.
Exaggerated Reports.
Baltimobs, Not. Id.—A special correspondent
of tho Philadelphia papers is Bocdiog very exag
ferated reporta from this city. There was a slight
emonstratioh made fit the Citizens’ Bank yester
day, bat all demands vrere promptly met Shares
sold afc'a slight decline, but higher than two weeks
since. .
Depreciation ol Kentucky and Tenjie?-
Money'at Augusta, Gq. *
Ga , Ifov. Is.—'Jhe brokers of this
oity buy Jlentuoky and Tenpesseq money at 5 per
oept. atjsodynt, payable in georgta and Sopth’ Ca
rolina uioitay.
’ Secession in Florida.
WASfitKGto.v, Not. 15.—A despatch received at
Charleston, from the Goyornor of Florida, states
that Florida goes with Sopth Carolina.
Departure of the Hammonia.
' Nbw Yobk, Not. 15.—The fleamshlp Jfammo
nia sailed at noon to*day for Hamburg, with $45,000
In specie, and 117 passengers.
Death of the New York Cunul Commis-
sionefcElect*
Utica, N. Y., Nov. 15.—Samuel H. Barnes, the
Canal Commissioner elect; died of erysipelas at
Norwich' last night.
| Union Demonstrations m Missouri.
St. Louis, Nov. 15.-~Union demonstrations will
loon take place in Boone and Randolph counties.
Markets by Telegraph*
. Baltimore. Nov. 15.—Flour dull at a deolwo ol 12>60
Howfird und Ohio-at 55.37, Oily Mills $926, Wheat
heavy at 5 oont« deolino; red $1,250)1.85, white Si Sfia
1.60; Corn steady; yellow 70a>7*o*. white 73®77c.- Pfo-
Jjsiods quiet bat steady; prime Fork $Ua>U. Whisky
nil at 2otf «20&c. i >
{'Cincinnati. iNov. 15.—Flour nominal, nothin* done.
Wheat 6©70 lower—red, 31; white, 31.10. Whisky
iull, at*i9h»o. Ho** dull, at a decline of Mo. Sales of
10(W to-day, at Qn.poi.4oi the raarJcet oJosm* unset
tied. At the close heavy hogs sold at 36 40, -Receipts
tc-dayv 13,000. l.ard dull Pork dulvat $1675317.
NUrtey oMie.with a good demand at 11 per oeht.- Kx
cpnße on New Yo/kdull, at d., BB
' TrtopiL*. Nov. 15.—Cotton dull. Sales Jo-day ojs.BCO
biles at jo)id. Licbapseop firm atllper
o«nt discount. „ . , .
fiKW Oblkans, Wov. vetuoeg of the wea?
tlisr and prices of oxohange preventmi any movement in
the Cotton market to-day. Hales to-day of 250 bales at
nominal quotations. Sugar dull at fio/Ko. Molasses
sells at 270500. Flour dull at 35W®>6.C0. Corn 70®
730, Other markets unchanged,
*fho Utah correspondent of tho Times furnishes
advices from Balt Lako City to the 19th of Ooto
beri The now Federal judges, Kinney and Crosby,
apparently find favor with the Mormons Their
predecessors havo invariably ruled, In oases where
the authorities of the General Government and tho
Territory oame in conflict, in favor of the formor,
Wffloh had the effect of greatly exasperating the
gaJnta at various times. For instance, the United
Btateb mhtobal was' decided to be thd pro'
officer "to execute 'judicial processes Emana
ting frbin the Ftdor&l Judloiftryj-whcther in‘tho
ftpUbd States <fo TerrltoHal ease*; while the Mor
fcnons instated that ho was the . proper officer only
•n United Rtatoo case?, ond-tjifit Ithe Territorial
narsnal ehohld' hot'ln aft often* TtfiaMeW, it ta
iudprstWd',' has been adopted' by the neW Judge*,
and tbp cp n eetmenpe ijjlbey arb rpoelyed do*
tefeteas
Wo fljlj from tho JSaat, qnr puslneap popneoted
Aiu.. r* —-ftffieo- FB&tb>F fioptjpued fia
with hil -««er6FWfi3l?PiPonip»dly
llghtful, and the sugars— *»*inr«Ud in
worked up. The amount of wne»v .
the Territory during tho season is estimated u* (
high as two millions of bushels.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
McDowotJOn’g OLyMPir Oat« Gaioties), llaoe atraat,
above Second.—“ Unule Tom’s Cabm’’—“ Ten Nighte
m a Bar-Room.”
J?°W|IWWW**L THEATRE, Waluut at., above Eighth.—
•American Coneolidutea Cixous Company,
i, Thxatbe, Walnut and Nmthate,—
The Dead Heart”— 4 1 Slasher and Crasher.”
. WMBATLST k ClaEKK’s ABCH-STREBT THEATRE,
A f oh afreet, above mxth.—” Julius Ctesar”—“ Kathe
rine and retruohio.”
George B Chriatj’Y*M? nsVrfla" treMl ‘ tovo Twalfth '“
oki?£T-‘bSfo«* a gSSS’ B,Bventh street ' oboV6
Headquarters, Franklin Plaoe,—Concert nightly.
SKETCHES OF CITY LIFE,
THE LOTTERY POLICY DEALER.
Tllq Results of Policy Speculations
POVERTY, LUNACY, AND SUICIDE.
'I he matter of speculation in lottery polloles was
brought to our notice a few days ago. Prior to that
time we bod board incredulously of -well-known
oitizens impoaobod, as participants in that Infa
mous traffic. The trade itself was represented to
ns as productive of vices and degradations almost
beyond beliof. With little interest in the affair,
we undertook some investigations into tho extent
and character of the trade, which have resulted in
revelations whogo details olog description and
staggor belief.
THE PENALTIES AGAINST I*o LICY-DEAZ.BRS.
The punishment laid down in the new venal code
for offences of this description scarcely indicates
theoharaoter of the transgression. We estimate
the enormity of particular orimes by thoir result
ing ovils. An imprisonment limited to two years,
and a fine of a paltry $l,OOO, are insufficient to
compensate for the robbery of communities and
i tho demoraltaalioir-of youth, even ohildhood. In
sufficient as are tho penalties, however, the cow
ardice and neglect of officers of the law, relative to
policy-dealers, are more oulpable. Philadelphia
employs a large force of detective policemen to
ferret out criminals. They are restricted to deteo
tive duties alone, end released from tho more
arduous routine of regular police life; yet
soaroely a square in Philadelphia is destitute
of some policy offioe; they duster undor the
shadow of the Central Station, and.defraud the
Ignorant and the poor with Impunity. Their
localities cannot be unknown to tho deteotive force.
Their plaocs of business aro marked; their faces are
not more commonly recognised than their trade;
yet the late indiotment of the Grand Jury points
to scarcely a single case of this character, the due
to which was followed up by the detective force.
However diligent these officers may bo in other
detective branches, thoir criminality in this re
spect merits all condemnation. We saw an offioer
of the Twentieth ward lounging before a policy
office, on Girard avenue, yesterday afternoon. A
few minutes afterward he was observed dragging
a drunken woman along the street, followed by a
throng of urchins and grown-up idlers,
EXTENT OF THE TRADE IN LOTTERY POLICIES,
We have reason to believe ibatthe number of
polioy shops in this city cannot fall far short of five
hundred. They are most numerous in poverty
strioken localities where the people are ignorant
and oredulous. The fashionable centre of the city
.is not barren of them. Mere than fifty are located
below Third street, between Market and Wal
nut. They are numerous in Sixth and Seventh
streets, below Arch, and in degraded quarters of
moro remoto wards aro almost numberless. They
aro confined ohiefly to alloys and narrow thorough
fares. Those upon prominent streets are sheltered
by some ostensible shew of an honest vocation.
Ono of them, not far from Spruce street, is nomi
nally a coal dealer’s office. We know of one in
the rear of a religious bookstore, and of three not
far from the office of The Press , concealed behind
a bulk window, wherein a lot of bootß repose. It
is needless fp say that few patrons find in these es
tablishments brogans of requisite measure. Most
polioy offices are held in the rear of beer saloons,
taverns, and oigar shops. A prominent drinking
saloon and restaurant upon Chestnut streothas an
office in one part of tho basement, and in ono of
the nowspaper buildings upon Third stroet a policy
agent rents an upper lt is shrewdly said
that certain piepibers of the bar employ their offi
ces for this nefarious traffio, and we know of more
than a score of fomales who are the agents or
“ writers ” In the trade. The offices of these wor
thies, or the greater part of them, aro devoid of all
traces of the illegitimate business. It is not un
common to see & law library ip the comer, or some
good books upon the table, or some surgical instru
ments on tho shelf, The trade requires no uten
sils, safe wanton avarloe and unscrupulous deceit.
THE BETWEEN A ppTTBRY pOLICT
AND A LOTTERY TICKET.
We do not know, that this distinction oan
be clearly expressed, as we scarcely understand
it dearly. A lottery ticket is issued from a
Ipga)i;cd lottery firm, haying its headquarters
in some State where the oupidlty of the Legis
lature is not proof to bribery. The State of
Delaware is responsible for mpeh of the misery
everted through its lotteries upon the other States
of the Union. Two other States tolerate such
baneful institutions. The policy-dealer trades in
lottery puipberg. receiving “ bets” of all denomi
nations upon the success of any number, or series
of numbers, in the lottery. Thus, if seventy-eight
numbers constitute the lottery, and thirteen of
them draw prizes, he odds against any
series of numbers being identical with the thii*
toep, He bets, in othor words, that any three
numbers will no} draw prizes, and if said numbers
do succeed, he pays tho winning parties oertain
sums commensurate with their investment. The
following are accredited polioy rates: Upon three
numbers, twenty thousand per cent.; two num
bers, hundred per cent; one number, five
hundred per oent. The dealer has, however,
nearly eighty thousand chances to ono 'that
throe numbers will not correspond to three of the
thirteen. Tfce Iptteriesare looated in filming
ton, Del. There are two drawings per day, in the
morning and in the afternoon. The thirteen
drawn numbers axe telegraphed to thiß city and
'received at the several policy offices Tho infatu
ated people who have staked their money orowd
them to hear tho returns. If, by miracle, some
wight has bet upon three numbers of seventy-eight
and they cpfiesppnd with three of the thirteen
drawn at Wilmington, he receives from the dealer
ono dollar for every oent invested. If two of the
numbers correspond he reseives nothing. N«w
and then some party Is successful. Last Saturday
two boys, working in a faotory in Quarry street,
Won a'sum pfs3Q. On Supday morning they
hlret] a carriage and drove at a fast paoe out of
town. Qn Sunday night they slept fp q state of
beastly Intoxication at a suburban station-house
utterly peanilesu.
Dealers In policies are not generally proprietors.
Those in tho remote wards are cither agents for
dealers in oentral Philadelphia, or are “ booked’*
by moneyed men. We know of more than one hun
dred influential parties thus passively engaged in
thisdiagraoeful business. They pay the “ writer”
or agent ten per oent on his returns, as stated in
his books. The patrons of tho policy-dealer are of
ail olaases. Prominent merchants and professional
men eannot resist their infatuations, and mechanics
in alt branobes are regular speculators. Women
and children by the score invest sums of all de
grees of littleness, and the sordid influences of
the trade extend even to olergymen. o,ur limited
epaoe and allow only a few narrations*
of the degrading effeots of dabbling ip the business.
Qur special inquiries relate to only one quarter of
fjio oity, and detail some ipoidenm catering about
a single policy shn|> pome of these we will relate.
The subjeot admits of n second paper.
CASKS OP CRIME AND DESTITUTION IN THE BEY2N
TEENTII WARD.
fn Girard avenqo. not far from Fifth street, (a
a row of narrow booths, one-stoiy high and corres
pondingly low in moral characteristics, a polloy
dealer, under cover of a oigafc shop, has established
an office. Of the man we know nothing personally 1
further, wo wish to know nothing. Ho was, of
y6re, an estimable mechanic. From batting, with
varied suooe6s, in lottery ’ numbers, he became the
agent of moneyed men to negotiate the policy busi
ness himself. For a time his operations were con
fined to ft cellar, where he domesticated himself,
solaoed by a solitary bottle, and intimated to a
few idlers that great fortune lay bofoie thorn by
sagacious investment. Two or threo of these gen
tlemen made large sums of three and six dollars
in bis habitation. Elated with such prodigious
winning, they waftod tho story afar, and tho baso
mont was soon overrun with visitors. Market wo
men, laboring men, apprentices, negroes, sohool
boys wagered their cash at his table, and ho
soon booked up twenty-five and fifty dollars por
diem. Then'ne took aii office in tjie sow of shops
aforesaid, and sold cigars of a bad brand in front;
while, in the rear, behind a wooden partition, his
illegitimate transactions went on. After a time,
his ontry books exhibited dally reoeipts of one
hundred and one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Still insatlatej-he turned his lowly habitation into
a gambling 'hobso, and at midnight, abandoned
women and hardened men Clustered about' lifs
polioy table, to indulge in the Swept relaxation of
‘‘ bluff” and “ all fours.” With such engagements,
howevor genial or “bluff,” wo do not propose to
doftl. Two or three peccadilloes, attached to his
polioy affairs, wo shall disclose:
TIIE CLBROYMAN’S SON.
In the immediate vioinity of this man the son of
a country clergyman resided. This youth, tho
hope of nn estimable parent, -was a journeyman at
same branob of oarnago-making." Ho oame to
town with a few hundred dollars in cash, and the
enticements of his neighbor over the way wore
soon made known to him. Straightway ho bcoamo
a patron of policies. At tho first venture ho won
a fow dollars. These ho doubled and staked again
—and lost. Again ho staked, and again lost, until
more than half of his funds were taken from him.
Mado desperate by failure, but still confident of
success, be staked all that remained, and was pen
niless. . HU destitution made him' insane. Sur
viving a long illness, ha resumed his trade, but
had no mind lor work. \ All his onergieaiwore con
centrated upon the policies, and the sad scene was
witnessed of the errant lad sweeping the pavement
and doing mfcnlal service for .the man who had
vbbbed him.” fits recompense fofthis debasemetit
hok'i the privilege of crooning three numbers gra L
Vilxtonsly in the polity l%s\. Wo beheld him
lately,Vohopgtfd and tfejeoted bejng.hbp weekly
recipient of a small sum from tho poltay-dealer.
Jfo occupies <|ie positiop of copyist ip thatwortnyta
office, &nfi his w n9t pd energies arc graced iptg tfip
single lust of wlpnipg. Jn a few months some pao
peys left Wm by a deceased relative will he to*
««Wed. It bed been more direct for the dead man
tbs eagb at opoo to the policy*
to have wm*- - *«•*.*. *
dealer. A few days ago, as an ovidence of return*.
ing wind, the son of the clergyman begged some
gentleman to “ book” Mm as a policy-dealer. To
snob high expectations has the child ot tho Gospel
herald aspired.
A CASE or SVIVIHZ
I® Apple street below Girard avenue lived, t?cmo
months a K°» the young wife of a hard-woiking tue
shared with heT husband tho wish for
competence, but, unlike him, descended to forbid
« • Ihe savings he ooufided to her were
?«JH« * P° J ioyshop Fluctuating success
Vomure farther; she raid some
househo.diurmturo and wagered again. 111-euc-
S*”?’ r li - Sho Bold hertpparel. One
tha ho >»° wa« oar.
petleas and bare—the woman weeping. All that
in.t h r?,v* r sS a T? l s i be ? D , co ? Torted into silver, end
lost at tho denier a. Infuriated, he mad some rash
allusions to » prison,' and, perhaps, swore an oath
er two Tho next day Coroner Fenner held an in
queat upon tho body of a woman, in Apple street
below Girard avenue, and the gentlemanly olerk
handed the verdict to the reporters: “Died by
poison administered other own hands.” had
chosen such sad alternative as a relief from her
husband’s reproaches and her own remorse.
THE CORNER GROCERY.
At Randolph street and Girard avenue a grocery
was located. The stand was esteemed a good one,
and the proprietor, a woman with family, wob a
thriving female. She appeared to bo satisfied
with her way of life, and believed honest trade the
best policy and tea and coffee excellent invest*
monts. At this stage of her experience tho policy
dealer took up his abode in tho neighborhood.
Some customers told fabulous stories of the promise
there afforded, and the silly femalosent her boy to
the shop with a dime. Said boy returned with a
few dollars, the glitter of which quite turned her
head. She wagered for a month aad always lost.
Once or twice she won. Meantime the grocery
deoUnod. Two-thirds of tho profits went into the
polioj-dealer s pooket, and finally hor business
assumed melancholy proportions. Shedespatched,
at every incoming quarter, a depositor at the bank!
In return came checks in abundance, but no divi
dends. A day or two ago we passed, the grocory.
It had gone into other hands: a squalid, wrinkled
woman stood at the door of the poiioy-snop, and a
filthy child squatted on the steps of its cellar door.
Tho grocory woman lived in an adjoining court,
but true to the instinct of ber degradation, the
pennies were still appropriated to her darling em
bitian of making a “ hit.”
SCENE AT Tllr. POLIOY OFFICE WHEN THE MBS*
SXOB ARRIVES,
1 ,^! ; noon and at five o’olock the wires brioe on
the lucky numbers. The mongiel folk who have
invested from pennies up to dimes and dollars,
rquoeze behind the partition and listen to the an
nouncement with haggard, faoee and beseeohing
eyca. The success of one is a beacon of hope to
all, and an argument for a new investment.
Tho boy who filohed from his employer to stake
on the numbers ef which he dreamed last night,
ktanda hip-sbotten beeido the veteran with one leg,
whose maimed aspirations are still sordid. A num
ber of negroes, dilapidated beyond restoration,
grin grumly in the background, and some women,
with matted hair, whose hands dutch nervously at
their clotted aprons, orouoh against tho wall, like
criminals in tho dook phen the jury is coming in.
Outsjdo the door, clustering about the steps, to the
manifest discomfort of tho proprietor, are a half
score of innocents. They jabber incoherently,
being of varied nativities, and have an aptitude
for felling over oaeh other, and weeping at will.
An anoientlady, perhaps sixty years of age, waits
at the threshold, like Hagar at the gate, and al
though too deaf to hear the soft announcement of
her HI success, opens her aftoienfc eyes at its silent
intimation, and says childishly that of such num
bers she dreamed, but that dreams go by contra
ries, and that next time will be marked by
better luck. The ancient wagerer would do as
well to stake upon her coffin; ft will be as oertain
as the expected prise
Some stories repeated to ns of tho terrible effects
of tho traffio in polioies we fio not care to repeat.
An informont stated to us that the policy shop
aforesaid had demoralized the entire neighbor
hood. “It has made more misery,” said he,
“ than a hundred gin shops.” The wages of arti
sans, laboriDg men, oto , in the vicinity, fall into
it as naturally as chips into the whirlpool It is a
plague-spot in tho vicinity, whch infeots all who
pass. Tne courts &od alleys of that quarter knew
no other tberao. All have riob promise of a golden
fruition; all build their hopes upon vacuity. The
law which was meant to protcot the weak, the ig
norant, and the oredulous, haß not in this moral
oity, executives faithful enough to see its transgres
sors punished.
‘ ‘ Personal 5 } —A Half-hour Among
Advertisements.— Curious readors ofnewapapors
find a wondorful fund of amusement and instrue-*
tion in consulting advertisements. Some keen ob
server recently stated that a man’s business ability
was represented therein, to whioh wo could affix
the opinion that a vast amount of business inability
may be likewise remarked, coupled with a fair
sprinkling of folly. Tho oolumn headed “ Per
sonal” appears in some of the ehoap dailies.
What a world of satire and of life looks out from
its mysterious paraphrases and significant laconi
oisins:
“Annie, there is a letter for yon in the box —
Charles ” Have net Annie and Charles their owd
histories, usd what imagination is too sluggish to
venture some explanation of this mysterious sig
nalling? A passion—an estrangement—parental
interference —thwarted efforts at communication—
intercepted letters—and, at last, the novel expe
dient of dropping a letter without address into tho
oentral offioe, and a simultaneous notification to
the piniDg affianced through tho columns of tho
penny press.
Another “personal ” reads as follows:
Ant MA*fciAOBABi.B LAUT, of eeni&l nature,
agreeable disposition, and possessing available mesne
tb,Ht ni&y be invested m business, mar, by responding to
this jb Bjuoerjty, meet with ono who is in every way
calculated to make a pleasant home and aauccessful fu
ture., Having for years been a resident of the Western
frontier, he resorts to this as the surest method of
forming a congenial acquaintance with haste, a re
sponse in good faith will be treated accordingly. Ad
dress John G. Wink, Anoka, Minnesota.”
Tho of this suggestion is remarkable.
Most marriages are viewed Fa the light of business
operations, but Mr. Wink proposes to systematize
the trade. His finances are evidently out of re
pair, and although geniality is specified as a xuibor
perquisite in tho merchandise, ho instances the it'
mote Western frontier, and demands haste. Siv
dog, John G. Wink I alias “ Winklng.” “Hola in
every way calculated to make a happy home;” wo
should say tbathe was calculating. We doubt that
John G. Wink (very sly), is adapted to success in
the oonfidenco game ; for'didjhe.nevet'know that
<( marriageable ladieipossessihg available means”
were also in demand on the Eastern frontier. Very
sly dag, John G. Wink; but here is your match:
11 A ) oung Widow of prepossessing appearance and
reapeotab'luy. wishes the acquaintance of a Gentleman
of wealth, with a vfow to Matrimony. Address LAURA,
Blood’s DeipatohJ*'
The “ personal ” attaohed to this, we suppose,
was evidently transferred from its position before
“ appoaranoe.” If it were our design to say other
than light words upon this question, we might im
provise a eormoa upon the barefaced character of
the request. A widow, yet young, soarce stripped
of her 1 mourning weeds, ready to swear a second
fealty at; the marriage, altar with tne single provi
sion of ** wealth.” And upon tho /ace of this we
find tho adulation of “respectability.” We can
not that any good woman would issue such
pronunciamiento. liather let us think that some
dishonored oaataway publishes sach missives, and
with a slyness worthy of Mrs. Wink.
In the same column wo find categories of runa
way boys, whom inflexible masters nave forbidden
“all persons to harbor or trust, or they will be
dealt with according to law” An ancient arti
fice is stated somowhat as follows: “ The person
v?ho took a blue gingham umbrella from £0 Flem
ings street, had better rotum it, as the person is
known.” Observe the dexterous repetition of
person, plainly indicative that the advertiser was
in doubt whether a man or a woman had been the
thief. If the letter was worthy of his vocation be
at once deteoted the fraud. We may take up this
oolumn at some idle momont and oxnati&te upon it.
The Newsboys’ Alp Society.—"We have
wqtobpd with ipqoh interest and satisfaction the ,
stcfidy progress pf this institution, apd are folly
satisfied that it is accomplishing a great and good
work.
taTbe results, as seen in the marked change in the
boys living at the home, as woll as in those who
reside with their parents, but frequent the home
and share its amusements and instructions, are
highly gratifying, and afford ample encourage*
meat to the managers.
Several of the boys have relinquished newspaper
vending, and are employed in stores, or are learn*
ing trades ; and we are pleasod to see by a notice
handed us for insei lion in to- flay *s issqe, that others
aro seeking similar situations
Those in want of intelligent lads v?oqld do well
to apply at the home, 273 Boutb Third street. ’ The
exoollent discipline under whioh the boys are kept
is a great security to employers A record la kept by
the superintendent of the boys present at eaoh meal,
and of those in the home, when closed for the
night, at 10 o’olock, so that it is seen at a glance
when a boy absents himself, whioh we are pieaaod
to learn is now seldom the case,
N§W Cffßßpif AT GERMANTOWN —-The
Presbyterian congregation at Germantown, under
tho pastoral care of the Rev Mr. Hinsdale, has
nearly finished the building of their new oburch,
at tho corner of Tulpohookcp apd Groen streets.
The stylo is old English j the material Falls stone,
rpsemfih'ng fa toxtare end color the granite of
Massachusetts. Tho principal spiro, wbioh is fifty
feet high and forty-fivg, feet ip at
the base, was built upon the ground, and will be
raised to its place upon tho tower (about eighty
feot high) during the coming weok. The boll,
wbioh can be board at a distance of five miles, will
bo raised at tho same time to its appropriate place
in the towor. Tho elevation of the spire will be
nn interesting exhibition of mechanical skill
Fwe3 in mb Tu'entt-mihd Ward.— C>n
Wednesday evening, about eight o’clock, the barn
of Mr. Enoch Arthur, at GoUedgeville, in the
Twenty-third ward, was destroyed by firo. It con
tained thirty tons cf hay, which, with a carriage
and harness, shared tho fate of the building. The
loss is about $1,200.
At -»leven o’clock, the barn of Mr. George
Holmes, at Holmesburg, Twenty third ward, was
destroyed by fire Tho horses and cattle in tho
building wero saved. Tho light caused by both
conflagrations was very great. It was distinct!?
aeon in the city. r *-
A Female Robber —A colored woman,
named Mary Ann Johnson, was arrested'on Wed
nesday night with h lot of wet shirts in her pos
session. She said she obtained them by jumping
the fence ‘of a dwelling at Eighteenth and AtCtt
streets, -and by taking! them ffom the yard.'
Tifa Pius in Fil^eßt'S^reet.—The stable
at Filbert and Seventh streets, wbioh was burned
Wednesday, was the act of some incendiary, who
Staked the lock of tho gato, and then sot fire to tho
ay-mow.
Banner Fkeqkn tation.—A handsome
banner was presented last evening to the Wide-
Awake Club, of Gloucester, N. J., in honor of the
victory achieved in Union township at the. lato
election—it having given the largest increased
Opposition voto of any township in Camden county.
Cricket. —The closing match of the sea
son will be played bv the Philadelphia Club on
Saturday noxt, commencing at ten o’olook. Tho
aides will be selected from the first twenty-two on
the grounds at Camden.
The Messiah.—This great musical com
position of the immortal Handel is to- be rendered
very, shortly in this oily in a very effective man
ner. A rare treat is to be offered, we:nre assured.
Dwelling Sobbbd. -Some sneak thief
on Wednesday afternoon entered'the dwelling, of
Mr - Addison Hines, No. 711 Marshall street, and
Btoloalotof olothing, .to ‘ -
Fatal child, named An
drew M. Funis,' was instantly killed yesterday af
tefnooft, by being ron'ofpr byTi cos! car, In Roeff
street, below Chnroh. h B id an-in
quest, and rendered a of accidental death.
Hospital Cash—James Miller was s*>
verely out ahout hU hands and body last evenin'?
in a Btreot-figbt. which occurred in Lombard street
above Sixth. He was taken to the hospital 7
The JSighth Census.
rOPDLATI <M (IK PIIIIiAD SLPHIA, AND THE EASTERN
. DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
We a t o indebted to U. S Marshal Tost, of tha
•Ltxs.ern D<sJn<Jt of Pcnteylva nia, for the complete
return? of tho population oi this oity and the Dis
trict, as foliows •
I‘OI’ULiTION OF PHILADELPHIA.
M W ? rd —37 078 13th Ward SQ.tfj
lsth •• ;S3!
:: M “
12th “ 18 BU|s4th “
Total Population 1800.....
“ " 18i0... .
lucrease in 10years
The number of dwellings in tho city is 89 978.
an Increase of no loss than 28,700 sinoe 1850. ’
Tho following table shows tho population, by
counties, of the Eastern District of the State,
showing an increase since 1850 of 338,100, and an
increase in the number of dwellings of 69,983 :
EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
d “^r ,r -
Buck,:: liiß mt g;
cSmteJiiid.:;:-.-.: IS.IS? S Iff T&
' 1 | |f
isfEHil *| I
x-oh'sn ,3 932 s es
Monroe 16 805 m} ai llsS
Montgomery 70,9, 766 eS .I'SK
RE:-:::—:* ”4 11
Si
York 68.088 820 673 lijfjS
Total 1.658.153 16,172 12.169 267,8*0
In 1850. 1 220,053 wS?
Increase 338, ICO $0,283
In the enumeration of “dwellings,” no account
is tak«n whatever of stores. Buildings In which
there are no families residing are not included in
the count, unless they are used for workshops, and
even then not unless goods worth five hundred doj
“? d f ,n , l . hl r“ yearly. Undar tha ganeral
head of industrial establishments” are included
manufactories, workshops, &c. T with the condition
noted above
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
The Money Market.
Philadelphia, Hoy. 15, 1850.
The Stock market -was rather unsettled to-day,
and prices irregular. Heading stock wa* freely
sold at 18 at tho opening, an advanoe of 3 on the
closing prices of yesterday, hut it .subsequently
declined to 171. Telegraphic advices from New
York wero unfavorable, whiob caused a reaction
from the improved feeling at the first session of the
Board. City loans Were firm and in fair request,
at 1011 for old issue. Sales of Pennsylvania Rail
road first-mortgage bonds were effected at 101,
Bank stocks were in better demand, at slightly
advanced figures There was nothing done in
Passenger Railroad shares.
We publish this moral
son of the average week!
in South Carolina, from !
troller General, for the n
_ LIABILITIES.
Capital $14,952,486.88
Circulation.... 6 435,343.4?
PFts on hand- 2,130,836 77
Due Banks 3,20149513
Deposits 3 497 132 05
Duo State.-.-.. 2,935,012.08
Ollier lleinß... 241,430.36
ing the following oomparl
ly condition of the Banka
their returns to the Ccmp
uonth of Ootober:
Bssonncjss.
Specie...., 91,106 896.63
Real Estate.... 684,114.38
Bank Notes.... 376,06036
Due fm Ranks. 773.930 M
) Discounts. 13.671,91941
Uom Exchange 10.306.65u8
For. Eyohanee SBJM.IS
Bonds tc Stocks 2,30 s 971.70
cusp. Debt 1189,976.81
Branches., . 1,671018J7
State..... IkWSIJB
Other Items..., » 696 633 01
$33,383,025 90 $33,383,52590
By comparingthis fetatement with that of the
previous mouth, we noto an inoroase in circulation
of $346,206 25 ,* an increase in domestic exchange
of $911,319; an inoreaso in foreign exchange of
$92,371 ; an increase in discounts of $5,298; and
a decrease in speole to the extent of $276,432.
The following is a comparison of the reoeipti
expenses, and net earnings of the Central frail rftßd
Company of New Jersey, for the nine month! end
ing September 30th, 2RCO, with the same months
of 1869 :
1930 1839.
-.9891,667 16 9708,98181
• 360,021 19 280,916 68
Receipts, nine months,
hxpenees *•
Net Barnirga “
increase in receipts.
“ ** expenses
6123,037 73
...$182,633 HorMV’et.
68,071 61 4 * 28 “
u net earnimrs 8115.603 M•* J 7 **
The following disposition haa been made of the net
earmnps Sui is
Interest 9 months including, $33,833 33. 1
Accrued but not parable „ . .9)68,063 69
Dividend 7? a 4? 1 cent., 9 months .. Z7q,Yio 00
Surplus earnings 3112,573 67
Of this surplus, thoro has been applied to the
purchase of engines, 546.800; and upended on
property or permanent aceounts, 125,932.14. Thera
was applied to the payment of 8100,000 first-mort
gage bonds, over the amount received on stock,
$28,000, and the remainder, $11,540.43, is either
on hand in oash or appears in an inereaseof the
accounts receivable.
[From tho Hour York Post of mis evening.}
The Improvement in the stock market is almost -
entirely lost to-day, and the share list presents a
fall from thß best prices of yesterday of la 3 per
cent., and in some instances 5 par cent. .
There is a slight rally at the close, last sales of
Now York Central 73Ja74, and of Helena at 60.
Illinois Central leaves off at 60}a604, Michigan
Central at 51}, Hudson 51a51i, Michigan guaran
tied 33}a32J. *
Chioago, Burlington and Quiccy, whloh sold
down to 67, ex-dividend, closes at 68. It is report
ed that the company were in danger of losing the
suit with the Peoria and Oquawka road, whloh
would ho equivalent to the absolnte loss of that
part of thoit liiie.
Cleveland and Toledo oloses at 291a294: Rook
Island 54{a54J; Reading 34ia35; Erie Sla3li.
Delaware, Laokawana, and Western sold at 80,
Delaware and Hudson at 891. Pennsylvania Coal
is 78 bid, 80 asked. ’
Paoifio Mail was in demand at 80Ja81. Panama
is weak at 114.
The State stocks were irregular, but on the whole
steadior. Missouri close at 731*731 North Caro
lines continue hosvy, and offered atB9. California*
recovered to 91a&2
United States fives 0f1874 sold at 100. The new
loan is negleotetS.
. Tho railroad bondr were belter, with. Ua offer
ing. The Issues of Western roads are not sought
after, and prices are nominal. Brie bonds tom
2 and 3 per cent. Michigan Southern also ixa*
proved, the Qoshen branch 2 per cent.
The feeling in money matters to-day. though
better than two days Bince, is far from satisfac
tory, and tho market is extremely sensitive to the
course of affairs at the South. Baltimore Is now
the principal point of anxiety, and telegraphic
communication with correspondents in that o'lty is
frequent. Various rumors have gained currency,
and these have increased the excitement of the
market. The demand for money on cal), however,-
nas not been very urgent, though lenders are «H 1!
extremely cautious as to ooUsterals.
Tho paper market continues stringent, and rates
are less favorable to the borrower to-day Firet
olass names are obtainable at lali per eent a
month. The banks are still very cautious, and
disoount about one-half of their receipts. The
offerings, as a rule, do not fall off materially,
“Drexel & Co , Bankers, No 84 South Third
street, furnish us with the following quotations for
Domestio Exchange and Land Warrants :
Boston..- par© &prnt. Savannah*
New* or It par© Z crm. Mobile*
Baltimore.-._par® dii. New Orleans*
Washington. !,'o Jf Memphis*
Richmond.., }iol Nashville*
Petneburg.. gc} Bt. Louis Ufa]?* dia.
: Norfolk—-. Louisville... 6©i£
C.* Oiuoiunati.., >£© f|
JEtaleigh.N. C.* Pittsburg—. ft
Charleston..* Chicago
2p Franc*..—....... .5.50 Porereigns. 4so
Spanish Doub.,..HW©l6ft) Patriot .Doubloon#, . ..is BO
* Q'tiotatiops uncertain
LAND WABSANTS.
Buvine. Selling.
160 acres-.. 80 8$
2D “ .... 70 76
Philadelphia Stock .Exchange me ,
! Selling,
180 aorea.... 90 ss
140 •• ....100 no
November IS, 18W.
Rspoutsd ST 5. E. Slaxmaxer, Merohanti’ Exoh&av*
FIRST BOARD.
2500 City Oturh.ioijtf «< Rending A... .tot*., 18
HOOCityfeOldGai7o*3ol* joo d0...„.0a5h 18
4COOfighlNav 63....b5. 70 100 rfft
1500 do -. . b 3. 7iJ joo dO-w. 37*1
do— b 5. 70 £0 Elmira Con 7^
400 do 70 20 d0...*... iy.
3000 Penna R let tnt... .101 SO d 0... 4i<
"8 SRSWuaa; S 18 H “ hto » Cral ' ; “- : «
BETWEBf
IOCOJf Fenna 65. 70 I
40 63 ]
SECOND
300 City «S 101
500 Elmira Chattel 10a 35^
,500 do* 25H
1000 City New. .104
1000 Sold Naw6s ’82...., 70
1200 do~**... r B2 .... 70
1000 Reading R 6s ’£6.. 12H
10 Rending A. 17,**
GLOBING) FRIC.
_ iJtd. Ashed.
Piuladeltliia lol>s
Pmia6a R._*_lol u»tf
t Juia 65. ...new.1035* 104
Penna fca.-mt oil MJ* 94>*
Read tt IVi 17%
Heading Ws’7o.. w Si
Read mt 6a’BS. • 72% 723£
Penna R div otF. 38iJ 38M
Fenna R Mmt m 89 90
Kor Cleon dv ol!.. s M
Mor Clpfdvoa..ll?>i 110
Soh N 6b’B2 inoff.6W? 7oJs
fich Nav Imp 6a...-. • 83 I
Sofrnil Nav ejtfr. -.. 8%
Sohuyi Narprf. ..13 20-|
* BOARDS.
1200 WilliamsAElm R l 6t
, to Readme K_. J7J£
■ 12 Penna R gas*
i 1 do saH
11 do_. 38J»
5 Morris Canal prefd.lo9?*
30 Norristown JC 43
I 40 do 43
j 4 Philaßank....*—.lll
*BB—STEADY.
. _ Sut Asked,
Elmira R 7>4
E’miraHprf. 15 17
Elnura 7573._..,69J4 7Q}»
leland. R. _ 12 ,
LehCl*N.__«,63 a
L»eh Cl A N Scrip., 35 33
North Penna ft...,. .3ii 9
N Penna K6s C93£ 7ov
N Penna R 10s 91
fnink&ftouth R.. 45& 60
Second'A Third.. .46 £8
RaoefcVineStß,, ‘ 3o
IWestPhila R-....&6 67'5
(Green Sc Coates .17 13 ;
Philadelphia. Markets,
’ 1 November 15—Rvenmg.
There is very little export d’etnand for'Flour 66-day,
and' the market is dull, ’ Sales comprise *55 bbls extri,
at $5.62>a .andtOObbla Diamond Mills extra oh
private terms. ‘The trade are buying 'moderately at
ss.S7>*os6 so for superfine; $5 63>ic5.75 for extra;
§5,B7fitGl2JS for extra family; 56.2506.50 for fa&oy
brands, as to quality. Rje Flour is held at $t.25, and
Pennsylvania Corn Meal at $3.60 & bbl, -without
sales.
Wheat is dull to-day. at previous quoted rates*
about 5 COO bus have been disposed of, at 13fle]34a for
good and ohoioe Pennsyivaniaand Western red, mosily
at the former price afloat, including a cargo of trim*
Southern, ou private terms, and SCO bus sood Pennrrl
vama-waits, at 1400 We quote
quality. Rye is selling tvs wanted.at 760 for pnSSJf
vania, and 70®i20 for i’elaw&re. Corn is firmer toTrf/v
and 2,0C0&3.CC0 bus old Southern Kllow mid
afloat, »na63®6B«c mtha oara" uuibltttr? smo5 mo
uua flennsjlvanm sold, at 34«r350 afloat. ’ ,JUU
o .Bark is in demand at $2B & ton lor first No. 1 Qner-
Cottok. The market is quiet, and prices somewhat
oFto^a?! ° W - > &0W 8n ) al l *ots, have been disposed
little either fu-
Ka pt«V.™?,«\? r lag3 ®», and no orange in prioes.
BBPnn'i«a°r s, *7 Sa » 6B aTe c °nfinedIto 1 to a few small Ibis bf
eacomand Ljrd at steady prices . . \*_ . „ ,
iiei^e j lB not muoh Cloverseed offering to
oay, the demand .continues good at $6.25®* bu.
N* change m, Timothy or Flaxseed. , I. ?T
Hl ! K J. con , lulu i i, ver sales aje in a smalt way
0n1y,at,22a22)<0 lor Penna. nnd Ohio bbis; Sl&ifer
drudge; and 2lHo for gallon,.. . 5 . f;
Tub rich old latetrwndr of Druid Hill Pari,
Baltimore, Llttfd IT. sogdr*, dldd bd Tuesday,-
His 4e fi lh is said ’tp £afe beeh fcj
esoitemenfc and grief at the sale of his old pa
ternal estate. ' . •
The subscriptions raised in Prance for the
Telief of the Syrian Christians amount to 404,165
franca.
5428,773 63