sm4 -* THETOEfiMSw n.. reMirtBtt»DAItiT,(BDWp*TB*s!OT!PTKD, OFFIttR KO. 4ir OSimTOUT (STREET .'■■ •»***•* »»««. ri> Wan, t*T«M» to the C.rritr. Moiled to Sotonrlben oat of the City ,t Sis Btuui nm Amran, Foan DotxAn* »o* Kish* Moiint. - V||B> f W| 1 i i lit tot ShMowtho—lgratteblT In hd ftitlih. Ordered. . *£«>« v -v tIMrBUI PRESS. MaMteSateortben oat of the City at Team* Dot- ookrhrsioW •• gocegg, GOODS. ITALIANCLOTHS. ALPACAS. SPANISH, BUY, AND BLOUSE LINENS. K.OHS *I»U JASOT DUCKS AND DRILLS, r ;,.. -/ liinfjii jo* **v* vt ,':yOEO. t>. parrihh. •• . • •' ■■' SiaCHBSTNUTStn fjpBPlKSr HAZARD * HUTCHINSON. ’, U ~. ' Z HWCRKSTHST «».. v OOMXIBBIOH BKBOHANTr V FORTBBBALSOP . *»HirxA.»ELPHIA-MAmc OOODS. ■ SWt..f.. .- . •-- : JABBING TON HILLB, fQUUItIiY BAY STATE MILLS > ARAWIS of ell eish*. la (root Tnriety. ■.■■FiaMeMit aeO Prated TABLE OOVBUS. - SHION BEAVERS and BROAD CLOTH*. BALMOBAL -SKIRTS. jtbSKlNS.and Oonhle and Twitted,COATlNS* MSICKmOSaod keayy ZHPHYR CLOTHS. FjniiM and Plain FLANNELS asd OPERA FLAN MUT;" PrUted PELT OAjtPETI«B<J, ‘ iFor'teleby ■ rBOTHMQHJJI AITJSLLS, M South FRONT Street. AM 3t LETITIA Street. j CHATS AMD CATS. rm ' NXW HAT BTOHK. JTOHlir E. POSTER. , U*t»«fI0»Bo«th Third strait,) JUnox tsksa tb« #tor» »t NO. 831 CHESTNUT ST., AjAStttalt»» ui j .attderiot Mile, inntu theatteetion ’ffiuS&SiTAND EXTENSIVE STOCK ~:ViBtA?rS'ANOOAPSA- • yyy iooitiifo Gi.ABBEB.; , - OSO 'PICTURE frames. Of erety mrtety- , ' ENOKATINUS, OIL-PAINTINeS. ft.. fl . ii : AS - . ■ - HO. 896 ARCS STREET. ; ? d 920. ?. SfflVKSfiT, iT9ktn£f/K>RNIQB AND ROOM MOULDIWGa, rf fr - Wlkuomm ud RstaiL . » 6 JCTiI G-G LA S 8 * 8. PORTRAIT AMD PICTURE FRAMES ENORA VINOS. OIL PAIRTIHW, Sc., Re. jtsMKH ft. KAJtLE it BOM, importers, munmsimxiis. whoua ■" f BAI.S AND RETAIL DEALERS. CABLES’ GALLERIES. • - /‘I t- tie CHESTNUT STBKJtR. .>!. ■ ntleilelshle. . ( aCA*W«T AEOBOE J. HENKEIfI. '44.4 ‘fW*U»UT«*!*»•:■ ':■:•■ 4--; ; 4.4':i4VV,; ! V4W»W WORE, ;~ CJBpr&T WARE/ '' «80, *"**!KK»LB, •' 1 . •«*****• OftMlt BIDtrOBD -P»IO*8 iki Usio&f «U of H*».ltaa<» n«ifft«T i “~~* > ~*'"" oorahmiif. ’ ok fa ZZuSa® TOKNITtFR* AND BD» mJIJLjUJ TABLE*. mOOBE a CAMPION. STf OiBIRIT WARDROOMS Xv«wn> *hj» w«e *v_i . : , jh, «« awtkiKa&rainM, ~. ™«toi»iyw,(l>«g[[<Eyft. . iFOtnifi GOODS. iftJNS* jPIWTOLS. V . SKATES. Ac. PHILIP WILSON * 00. iHWSVt<STVKHWi or BVPERIOE ODNB. and Maiaa la '• rtw*«vMß amd raooture tackle. CRICKET HATS, BAMS. J3ABK-BALL mFLKMKNTI!, skates OS BVKRYVARIBTY, RIHH PISHING TACKLE. At THE LOWEST fttlCßl. iSB OHKSTNfTT ftWNgST. BBIpTAtt. REMOVAL ; THOMAS MELLOR& GO.. : HOSIERY HOUSE. ' ' yHni rtwHiipM Eton tottttlf Mmyiti ; YABD.GILLiIORE, ft CO., ib. «• AMD AS KOKTH TRIED STREET, .■■ r. ; : Ittmi MAHKKT and ABCH StrwU. boB-Im. •••• . .' ■ " UWttfi MACHINES. WIIEELER A WIIiSON. ■ Scdaeed, Nor. K» WOO. IaSwING MACHINES. 4fs „ OWK7S»D» ! STREET-SECOND FLOOR. OARBIS’ BOUCOIR v /. isk AbiiiiaE. «»oadlaMDd«tind|ddW;vU!»M>t'te* trooblo of rr jBßBßysB^M&Nlg^ and „ JfAP£ INBS jMBWUM MAOHINKS AT KgpUOKD fSwisgss VOL. 4.—NO. 98. RETAIL DRY GOODS. c. & c. ON FRIDAY. NOV. 16. WIU Lav* oompUtad tho improveipoata in tbs woond Mtdrr of tbeir 8 tort, and WILL EXHIBIT m THSIK LARGE, NEW CLOAK BOOM An •lagant&uortmentof LADIES’ FINE CLOTH CLOAKS. COOPER & CONABD. SOUTHEAST CORNER NINTH AND MARKET. nolJ 1 . JjJLEGANT CLOAKS. SACQUES. BASQUES. PALETOTS. MOST SUPERB ASSORTMENT to m tookd tit in our. ALL AT . MODERATE prices. IMPORTED AND MANUFACTURED PritBSTLYONB VELVETS, FINK RIBBED CASTORS, , IMPkRUL DOESKINB. And an /afiaito Vanftj of Fancy oloakinqs. FRENCH AND ENGLISH PRODUCTIONS. Too multi foriou* to .numeral*. J. W. PROCTOR * CO- THE PARIS MANTILLA, CLOAK AND FUR EMPORIUM, NO. 70S CHESTNUT STREET. twt-tf INDIA SHAWLS. VELVET CLOAKS, CLOTH CLOAKS, SILKS, . „ SHAWLS, ." DRESS HOODS, In creai variety and choice Mkettaus, at, - GEORGE FRYER’S, : , CHESTNUT STREET. f- • . i TADIFB’DRESS STAPLE AND FANCY eOOBI. ; zephyr worsted, best quality. SILT TRIMMINGS AND BELTINGS. . CROCHET FRINGES AND BERTHAS. EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS AND CUSHIONS, BMBROIDKRBDCHAIR SKATS. WOOLLEN YARNS, ALL SIRES. ZKPEVU-RSIT TALMAS ANDJAOKBTB. ZEPHYRIKNiT SOMTAOS AND SLEEVES. ZEPHYR-KNIT CAPS AND GAITERS. RAPS ON'S TBUOtINGS AND ZEPHYR STOBE, Corn.r EIGHTH and CHEEKY fltr.et*. aoMHIB , - rpHOBNLEY ft CHISM’S!!! Douir Fi»y*oißtpiki for flifl |! - ■ LMißroch. Bluirif.VtiTflM.2ar BK. BM. SUi - r«. ft YOTV. *’ Zo “ T ' Bl.ok end Fancy ARCftETRKET CLOAK EMPORIUM! '■£*. Awfl-itrttt Cloak Bu*ormw { svi® i^HgXV>“W§o?M<3fi» l ‘Every Variety at Low JnMi/ idKWWKh notice i ; Made to order inOme Bora Notice! ISstMTOffii • mi. WINTER POPLINS, 11 Hibbtd Pofllsf, ,„ . L . ' ~ - ' 6tnpedtihm«> Bright Sootob Plaid*, MKUn, Pll “" - Small Field., ' RMiPeklU ", Beeline for Children, Siytea for Friends, ■ ~ At nrioes TWuosit below the autumn rate*. Plain oolors and rlaid real irii!;. gUKJtLRgg BROTHERS, nol* - oSEtfadT itffi EIGHTH. T YONBGJLOAK VELVETS. Haunfitetared for oar retail trade. Qqft NORTH EIGHTH Street,.abv. Race, tSmjlJ 911 BPKIN(J GARDEN Street. . The JKodel Liot end ESuroiderr BWr... : neU-ta T. E. LIPPINCOTT. £JLOAKS The grentcst bsrgniris in the IVEN S’. > largest etook. the beet assortment, ikeehoiaettooiors. tie finest the roo«t*uporb tue newest styles, tjt* bwtwork, and deci dedly to lowest prises in the dijy» a£ IVKN.BV BoeUi NINTH Street. aoJA-Ira fMiOAKB. -The CITY CLOAK STORE, v US/North EIGHTH. Every one if telkloi ol the vytßf barrain. and .u.arior quality of t£B CLOAKS »t the a.w CLOAX SIOJtE, 142 No.th EIGHTH Strtet. nolS-lm (HLOAKS. —It you w*nt the best value V/ for f«f money, .ototh.City Cloak Stor*. 143 Worth EIGHTH SlrKl, above Cherry. aolt-lm CLOAKS,—The CITY CLOAK STORE, V I<B Worth' XIOHTH, if' said to t» tbebe.t am ‘eheeeest store la th» pity. pqJd-lm giLOAKS—A magnificent'assortment of \y all Ore sswest, styles imfortfd this season, with erefy Mir. material. mads op and trimmed in tba very best mutter. *t tpot* that defy ail oompeti bon. at the Farts Cloak Store, norl&eaei oornerot EIGHTH end WALWUT Btreata. , noK-lnt &, LAN DELL, FOURTH AHD M2J ARGHBTREETB. .. * fruited Beevsr Clothe. . ChineaitU Velvet Cloths. 1 Eskimo Beaver Cloths. Ij*YBE & LANDELL. No. 400 ARCH STS. Jui . Fanlinie In Kiok Silks. m Cloak ClMbe. Ceolme in Winter Shaw*- UfIYBE -ft LANDELL, FOURTH AND . . Velvets for khelxm* Coate. Ufljf : yejveteatAedttoedPneef. . r> SHOEMAKER & 00., GLASSiFAINT*. OILS, AND VARSIBHES, Xwthsaat Comer FOURTH and RACE Streets. ".jfifcfsn . ■ :■ HtJTIaEB HOUSE. , VH^.n*.SOUTH SIXTH street, •is . SILK AMD DRY GOODS JOBBERS. OPEN, MONDAY, OCTOBER BTH, A Superb line FRENCH AND GERMAN DRESS GOODS auction. Yhe attention of our ou*tomers l« invited. JOSHUA L. BAILY. IMPORTER AND JOBBER, No. 913 MARKET ST.. Wtf, CLOTHING. g O. THOMPSON, T AILOR, NORTHEAST CORNER OF SEVENTH AND WAL NUT STREETS, Opposite Washington Square. PANTALOONS IN FIT A GUARANTEE. N. B.—Gentlemen visiting the oity are aolioitad to have their raeasurea taken for future orders. aoU-mwftm MILLINERY GOODS. fHOS. KENNEDY &BRO. 7»9 CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW EIGHTH, Bats osened A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT of FRENCH FLOWERS, HEAD DRESSES, FEATHERS, RIBBONS, STRAW HOODS. A.KL BONNET MATERIALS*. AT LOW PRICES. Md-3in SILVER WARE, jjJBTABLIWHED 1812 WM. WILSON So SON. , .manufacturers op SILVER WARE, 8. W. CORNER FIFTH AND CHERRY BTB. A targe assortment constantly on band, or made to.ord.r to match any pattern deaired. Person. wishing to have ORIGINAL STYLES trill bo Airnlahed with pattern, by our de.igner FREE OF OIUROE. ’ IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND AMERICAN plated Wares, WHOLESALE AMD SRTA-IL. , noW'tf it..,' blinds aSd shades. gLiINDS ,AN I) .SHADES, R. if. WILLIAMS. Ho. 10 WORTH.BI£TH SUREST, . In the moot extensive HenttlMtarer of VENETIAN BLINDS AMD WINDOW SHADES. Thp laueet and finest auoTtment in the ottT, nt the lowest price*. STOKE SHADES made and lettered* REPAIRING promptly attended to. ocl-im PREPARED GLUE. SPALDING’S prepared olijej ■ S STITCH IR TIME BAVEB WIHK BOOWOM Y 1 r[j[Blis PISFATCHI As trill Aeppra, seta <n wtll-rtiwlMtid ftmilus it la very desirable to have some oheap and convenient way for repalrinr Furniture, Toys. Oroeke rr. fce. PREPARED GLOE meets all enoh no dan afford to be without '£t )jf r to the stick ing point. Tfrpre ippger a' for limping •hairs, •radios. It )| Just the arfrpl/io/ dope, shell, and other ornamental work* so popular with ladiek of refinement end taste, This admirable preparation is osed sold, being ohe ■lotily held in solution, and possessing all the valuable inalities of the best cabinet-makers’ glue. It may be ased in the place of ordinary mucilage, being vastly more adhesive. “ V3EFUL HV.EVERY HOUSE «. p. A brush accompanies eacn bottle- PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENT* Wholesale Depot, No, 41OBDAR Street, New Yprk> Address HSNRY 0. SPALDING * 00., BoxNo.MW.Werr York. fut up for Dealers la Cases containing four, eight, and twelve doaon, & beautiful Lithographic Show-oI&p aecompenyiue each package. *^ yRBPAUBD OLBK will save ten tunes He cost nngggijy to every household. Sold by all prommet Stationers, Druggists, Hard ware and Furniture Deafer*, Grocers, and Fanoy Itorce. Geantry Merchants should make a note of ; BPAJ4>ma?S PREPABED QLI'E, when making np their,liet. IT WILL STAND ANY GLIM At dtt-tawf-y uo usE«?uftsf sif reauooos, !2££E yyiLLIAM YAK IMPORTER AND DEALER. IN * er'>u-sjK FURNISHING WOODS, no. i«ao opjß@T nypT street. mmediately opposite the Aofld,einy of Arte.) TABLE CUTLERY, OVAL WAITERS, KITCHEN TABLES, door MATS, CLOTHES U4UOLEB, fco.,>°. PereoneoonunenoinjSonßEitxiriHo ere p<wii<yle(lr invited to an examination of thl* etook of li.KFur. Goo if, . , , eeT-fmiFtai SAFES. LILLIES 5 PATENT WROUGHT AND OKI{,L}!D IRON g DEPOT «J 715 CHESTNUT ST., g UNDER MASONIC HALL, W M. C, SADLER, Gonorftl Aient. AND DANK LOCKS, DOORS, fto. - Stttetlroftjy Mercantile Safe made that li FiT9.ua aett-ti rj»HOMAS THOMPSON, SON. & 00.. IMPORTERS .AND JOBBERS OF OABINRX-HAKEBB’ IJJATERI ALB S 3? SOUTH SECOND STREET. IV Drooatellf, Flmhei, Rape, Dainaeke, and erery deMrlpUon of Furniture and Curtain Ooode, eeld-lta 'pIINE 01L.—50 bblh, Pino Oil, fresh din- PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, iB6O. €\t J r e s s. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1800. New. Publications. Among the books recently published by Messrs. Harper, New York, (received through Petersons and G. G. Evans), are a few which separately merit more notioo than wo oan now giro all of them. In two volumes 12tno, , we have “ The Life and Correspondence of John A. Quitman, Major-Gene ral U B. A., and Governor of the State of Mia alaslppij” by J. P. H- Olalborne. A portrait of Quitman, engrave'd by Buthe from ft photograph by MoOlees, appropriately Illustrates this well-writ ten and instructive biography. Born In the State of New York, in 1798, ho was well eduoated at home by hie father, a Luthoron clergyman who bad emigrated from Gormanyoarly in life. Young Quitman taught sohool for a short time, and then, at the age of twenty one, wont out to the West, to battle for broad, station, end fame. He reached Obilloothe, Ohio, at tho close of 1819; studied the lawthero; was admitted to the bar; and, wend ing southward, planted himself at Natobos, Mis sissippi, in December 1821. Hero he spoodily ob tained high reputation and large praotloo at the bar, and czaotly three years after first reaching Natchez married a fair Virginian, well endowed with the goods of fortune, and in every way capable of making him happy. In 1827, he was led into polities and represented the olty of Natohcs in the State Legislature. As a member of the Judiciary Committee, he did a great deal to promote Law Reform. He did not seek honors, but they met him. The Governor appointed him Chancellor of tho State, and' the Legislature unanimously oleoted him A joint resolution of both Houses invited him to propore a militia code for Mississippi, and ho refused any compensation for this laborious work. In 1831, ho rovisltedbis relations and friends in New York State. In 1832 he was again elected to the Legis lature, where ho assisted in forming the present Constitution of Mississippi, under which ho was again eleoted Chanoollor, which ofDca he resigned in 18.34, and was ohosen Senator in 1835, and was eleoted President of the Sonato. Ho also took part in railwayiem and banking. When Tezasjwas invaded by Santa Anna, Quitman, who was Cap tain of the Natchez Fenolblea, volunteered to load a band of gallant volunteers to aid tho struggling cause of liberty, and also contributed several thou sand dollars to reliovo the indigent and support his mon, not a cent of which he ever reclaimed. He was made Uejor General of militia in 180, and, resigning bis seat in tho SUto Senate, became a candidate for Congress, but was defeated. Soon after, he visited Europe, and the account of this brief tour is one of the best written parts of the work. In 1845 General Quitman was a candidate for the United States Senatorship, but was defeated by Gen. H. Stuart Foot©. Whoit the Mexican wax. broko out, Quitman volunteered his services, and was appointed Brigadier-General, , in June 1840, and commanded tho .Mieslefippians and Tcnnes. seans at the battle of Monterey, where one horse was shot under him, and another wounded. He disapproved of the capitulation of Monterey, (so like that of Cintra, in the peninsular war,) and. oontendod that the war with Mexico should not bo “to conquer a peace,” as fyr. Polk said, font for, conquest and occupation, poring this war, Quit man did bis duty as a brave soldier and in* telligent cotpmapdor. At tbe great attack upon the.oapftal, be stormed and took the'Beien Qato, and oitadel, and entered the city, where he planted tbe Amerioan flag on tbe dome Cf the national palace. An bear later, be received General Scott under that banner, and was immediately appointed Governor of tho city of Mexico, in recognition of his gallantry and guocess. On bis return ho had & distinguished reception at New Orleans, and an enthusiastic odd at Natchez. Xu Sep* tember, 1848, he received his commission of brevet MBjor-Goneral for distinguished services in the war. In the same year, he was neyly -nominated for Vloe President at the Baltimore Democratic Convention, and attrit bated his want of success partly to citizens of his own State, In the following rp^ coived ASffQrdyotodtobfmby pongre>s^>b fi tag the third publto testimonial ofibatcharaotcr. The be wore *tt Enough Wax vitf j to the Governorship of HfssfaHppl by a majority of 10,000 votes. General Quitman was sworn'into office, in January, 1800. Immediately after, a tense of duty made him decline the leadership of the revolution in Cuba, proffered to him .by Gene* ral'Lopet, but gavo pecuniary assistance. For this* the Grand Jury of the United States Circali Court; New Orleans, found a true bill against Quitman and others for setting on foot the invasion of Cuba. Immediately, be resigned his office of Governor, haring been arrested by virtue of process origi nating out of this iudiotmout, proceeded to New Orleans, gave bail for bis appearance, and, with little delay, was discharged on & nolle prosequi entered py tbe United States Attorney. Tbe ar rest of a Chief Magistrate of one of the States, for an alleged infraotlon of tho laws of the Union, involved much dlsouseion at the time, and it is strongly doubted whether tbe Federal Government had auy constitutional right to order it. Had Qalt- as be waqadyisod, Mississippi would fcaye Supported him, k wUh military force, if ro* paired. ftenqminated for Qoyernor, Quitman waa defeated by general Foote, and nopait in the Presidential contest of 1852. Ho was elect* od to Congress in 1855, and was there appointed ohairman of tho Committee on Military Affairs, to the general satisfaction of the army. In AprU, 1858, be made that speeob on the repeal oi the neutrality laws wkloh is his boat Congressional ef fort. That same year, at tbe National Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, General Quitman, on the first ballot, received the highest number of votes on the nomination for the Vice Presidency. He delivered another able speeob that year on Fede ral Relations. Ho was re-oleoted to Congress in 1857, but his health began to deoline. Almost bis last public effort was to vislWSouth Carolina, in May, issg; whero hfs reception at Charleston was splendid. He died on July 17th, 1858, aged fifty nine. As a lawyer, a soldier, a statesman, and a legislator, General Quitman was a first-class man —of action as well as of thought. His life-long friend, Colonel Olaiborno, has given us a biography which is full of polilloal and military, as well as of personal interest. The portion relating to tho Mexican war, in which honorable mention of Gen. patterson is made, contains details and aneodotes pow first published.’ From Once a Week, the London periodical es tablished in opposition to Dickons’ “Ail the year Round,” the Harpers have republished, in one volume, George Meredith’s ourlous novel of soolety, “ Evan Harrington; or, Ho Would bo fl Gontlo man.” This is a story almost sui generis. The hero is a tailor’s son, and there aro some half dozen female characters, three of whom—Roso, Jullnna, and the Countess—may bo oaliod rival horoinos. The design of the work is to show what barriers exist, In Esglish society, betwoon trade and what is oaliod gentility: a gentlewoman, for example loves a well-educated, woll-mauneied, and well looking young feltow, and must not marry him be* oause ho is a tradesman’s son. Tho details are worked out with,considerable ability. Light* At tho meotlmr of tho “ UAL' Sciences, 1 ? on Tuesday evening, Professor Rodgers, of the> University of Pennsylvania, ex hibited a series of beautiful and most successful experiments, based upon ttie great discoveries of the late Professor Hare, of the combustion of earths and metals under his compound oxy-hydrogen blowpipe. Professor Rodgers took occasion to award to Dr. Hare those “honors so justly his due, and which have been stolen from him in affixing the names of prummond, Mr. Bude, and others, to lights which should be only known as the "Hare light for te' Professor Hare untnipstionaJtiyWl exclusively belongs the honor oi the combustion of oxygen, and hydrogen at their point of contact' and thus obtaining a degree of light and boat, previously unknown. Tbe experiments of Pro fessor Rodgers wore a demonstration of a still more intense light, obtained by bringing the poles of a strong gaiv&nlo battery in contaot with a small thread of mercury. There is, in this case, no combustion oi the morS cury, but tbe light la an incandescent light, and tbe very small stream of mercury whloh passes be tween the poles of tfie Is paught ip a re ceiver below, jaised to the well of mercury above, and is thus used over and over again, ad infinitum. Although the experiments wero conducted on a limited scale, merely for demonstration, yet the tight was so intense a© to be painful to the eye, and in its presence the previously bright gas-lights pf the leoture-roem wore hb dull and dim as can dles. It Is proposed to apply this light—rirtftdisooverod by out townsman, Br. llaro, but wbioh in England is oalled tho Wade light—to the light-houses on the sea-coast; and, by means of rolleotors, to light ,up the streets of oitios, which could bo made as light op day.' Profeasor Parradey Is busily engaged in devising some means for Its praetloal application, but we trust that honor will fall to the lot of our own ta lented and distinguished townsman, who presented us with this beautiful and brilliant demonstration 9n Tuesday evening. To the Public* IFor The Pm**.) ( Wansrur Svßkkt, Puiladei^ali, 224 November, 1880, The lmpendiug crisis in South Carolina com nmnds genera) attention. . - The majority o£ men think the alleged grievances •re more fanciful than real; but, if they actually exist, ean be effectually redressed through thp or dinary Executive and Judicial powers of the Go vernment, Some sympathize deeply with our Southern brethren, pronounce Northern men to be wioked agitators and,. Abolitionists, aud,‘ inhit, without definition, upofi immediate concession. Others bclforf In a pelitleai ,nW,'the oentrepf which wss Now York, of daring endanger ops •spirants tp’ tarry the election,, fry* threats of ilfiefi, ; by. a pressure In the, money market. Patriotic statesmen ’.wrap /their mantles of wisdom olosely. around' them] calmly overlook the whole' field of controversy,ara’ determined h? find the true causes and apply'ade-, , quote remftdUs for easting, evils., ;7\ Legislature of BouthCaroliue, under (be oommemiotton of their Governor, have uuanfanoafe ly pawed a lawcaUipga Convention for tie'avowed purpose of d«Tl^ng ; ’ineu!« by which that Stats aloae, or in ooof.d.rwy wUh (lthor : :8!«te., oedo from the Union and form «nlndependent Go vernment. The- cease. do not otherwtae appear ,than in genorU>nd amhigumu phr*»w. -., - • - ! The movement, however,, affects-the patriotic feelings and oa'torial interests of every rftlion of jthe United Bt*tes, and as we are at present in.' (formed, ell hero s right to be heerd., ! How does case stand? ' , : During otur.Revolutlonery wsr.three ndiliohs .of colonists united In a Declaration oflndeMmMbo. of Great BrltaiuJ formed a Salional Goyerantatit' under artloles of oonfederatioapsnd by the treatr of peace in 1783 iferaMeogulsed as free, sovereign i and independent Statee. As oOloni.w, eaeh oofony . •was, In some respeeta, independent of the other,- out all wore united undergone sovereignty. I n their struggle for nationality they substituted a Fe deral Leagnyfor that they werasttempting to sub vert, and after several years of peace, experienoe and growth;, deputies from. eaoh of the thirteen States, duly, accredited,, met is PWladeiphis, and on beholf ef their constituents carried out the idea, in whieh .they hsd been from the beginning edu ■oafed and attached, by presenting a Constitution for one people. This was Ib 1787, 11 Is a striking foot that in tho brief proemble to this instnunsnt it is rcoited : ■ “ We, the People of the United Stales, in order--to form a more perfect Union, fto, do ordain and- estallish, Ao„” Md .in.the last artiole of the some idatru ment these significant words algo occur: 11 The ratification of the Conventions of-nine Stales ‘non he sufficient for the tslalliihment of this \ Constitution, between the States so ratifying the Isowic.’* it was tinned by deputies from alt the 1 States, except Rhode Island and New York, there 1 being but one sigpaturo, that of Alexander Hamil ton, from ibn last. It purports, the#, onitefaoe, 1 it proceed,from (he people, aud to be ratified, not by. the Legislatures, but by Conventions of the respective. States; and so, In' truth, this National ' Government of ours has boom established by tho : peopio of the United States. 1 At this period ’ there wore only thirteon States, ind the territory belonging to them consisted only of hat whieh was acquired by the' treaty of peaoe with Greet Uritain, In the lapse of only seventy three years, twenty additional States have Been admitted into the Union by Congress, according to’ the provisions of thp Popstlfutlon, and tho orifci-* nal territory has been greatly enlarged by pur chases of the United States from Bpain, Franco, and Mexico The patrioUo State ef Virginia oeded what was tbenoallcd the Northwestern Territory, whieh now embraoes some of the most produotlve, populous, and prosperous States; thoir prosperity 1 having,' fh a great moasure, arison from tho wise foreoeat of Congress, at tho iastanoe chiefly of Southern statesmen, In excluding, by the ordi nance of 1787, all involuntary servitude, except for crime, from tho seme. This ordtnanoe was psssed at a session of Congress in New York, while the- Convention for forming the Constitution' was in session in Philadelphia, and when it ta nn idsrstood the memberß of eaob were Inconstant forrespondenoe, and some delegates were members of both bodies. Georgia also ceded a most valua* bis part of her unotonpied lands; but what are, oaUcfl' the Gulf States, and the vast territory ex <.t.odiTg.,.nnrlh , .asd ~ wear Were - jnhotiM«i' with moneys Cut of the Treasury of the United States. It is conceded that these twenty States have been admitted into the Union upon as iguat footing with the original thirteen, and are alike bound by .'the Conatltutloa of the United States. Selfishness, ambition, and (pversities of Interests influenced the minds anfi actions of men when the foundation of our political edifice was laid, as jnuoh as npw, when we see it reared In its im* monso proportions and beautiful symmetry. Indued, however, with extraordinary wisdom, tho noble men of that day reconciled suoh differ ences, aftor mutual concessions and compromises, and embodied their several compacts in plain, com prehensive, and intelligible'terms, called the Con stitution of ihe United States- Tho eubjoot of slavory, as it then existed in almost all the States} was one of the most difficult to be adjusted, and it drew forth tho mighty energies and human feel ings of suob men as Washington, Madison, Frank lin, and Pinokney to dispose of It, satisfactorily to all. They refused to touch it “eo nomine;” let the States retain exclusive jurisdiction over it, and only provided for the restitution of persons held to service or labor in one State, and escaping into another, upon the olaim of the pwner. At this time the slave trade was actively carried on, by the more commercial people of the North, to supply the planters of the South, and an article was in serted that tbe migration or importation of such persons as any of the States shall choose to admit, shall sot be prohibited by Congress prior to 1808. Some of the Northorn deputies desired the term to be extended, but as the ovil of slavery was dreaded most whero it prevailed meat, the Southern eb jeoted. After the framing of the Constitution by tho de puties, it remained nearly two years under the consideration of tbo peoplo before tho full ratifica tion of it. It did not go into operation before March, 1789. ' The States, or the people thereof, have thus es tablished a National Government, with a written Constitution,and have therein imparted to it certain essential sovereign powers, pre-existing in them selves, for the general welfare . Those grants relate ohiofly to the Legislative, tbe Executive, and the Jodiolal and foreign departments. The Constitu tion, tho laws of the United States, and treaties mad© in pursuance thereof, ere declared to be the supreme law of the land, and the judges in every State aro bound thereby, anything In tbe Consti tution or the laws of the Btate te the oontrary not withstanding. This Government, established by the free-will and deliberate consent of the whole people, was intended to bo perpetual. It contains no provi sion for its future dissolution; on the oontrary, article V expressly proscribes a mode by which it oau be amended, and aooordiog to whloh it .was afterwards,.in 1789, in 1793, and 1803 actually amended. The Xth seotion of the Ist article de clares also, that, “ No State shall enter into any treaty , alliance, or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal <fcc. Again, it Is de clared : “No State shall , without the consent of Congress, levy atiy duty_p£mmsuzfiJte3Ltza&m v.v.v- oj svat in of ] peace, enler into any agreement or compact ytitk another State, or with a foreign Power , or engage in war , unless actually invaded Ac. Besides this, the VUlth sootion of tho lltb artioio prescribes ihe oath the Executive shall take before ho enters upon the duties of his office: “ That he wilt faithfully exe cute the office of President, and will, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect , and defend the Constitution of the United States To this end, the President is<tnade oommandor-in-ohlef of the army and navy. ' The several States, by entering into this Con federapy, have not rpseryed to thejnselyea the as serted sovereign right of secession or confederation between two or more Statts, but have expressly surronderod it to each other by the Constitution of the United States. No fanoied or real grievances, or popular com motion, or legislative aotlon, can drive a sound and patriotic oitlxen by throats of secession, confedera tion, and war from this reasonable conclusion, par ticularly when he knows that tho Constitution and aots of Congress afford ample redress throagh the Executive and Judioial departments for all oom plain fs. : Brief as hn& boon opr existence ns auction, wo are not without notable instances to try the strength of this popular Government. The whisky insur rection of Western Pennsylvania and Virginia against direot taxation, a revenue measure, was speedily suppressed by the army of tho Untied States, under the lead of General Washington, and some of the perpetrators of the treason tried and pondemnod by the courts. Aaron Burr, for his vain effort to form a Southwestern ponfederaoy, was arrested, tried, and acquitted. In 1883 South Carolina passed her celebrated or dinances against the exeoution of the revenue law? of the f/nlted States. Tbj* was tjio first attempt jpade py a rpalst the of the Untied States. General Jaokipn, a oltifon of Tqnnepseo, had boon elected President of the United States on tho same ticket with John 0. CalfcottQ, a oltiien of South Carolina, as Vice President. Ibis did not deter this brave and noble man from hurling forth a proalamMion- breathing all (he fervor, of j patriotism and the 'intelligence of constitutional duty. It aeon settled thequefition.' Of late an In* fiurreotlon of the staves has Ijeon Incited by an armed .force of a few misguided Abolitionists at Harper’s Ferry. It tree speedily quelled by the Federal/force, under order* front President Bu chanan, and the miserable criminals have atoned • on the gallows. Mr. Bfcohanan, the successor of General Jaokeon, has, no doubt, a painful duty te'perform./ To Mm : dis people of the United. States, in theirSotereign jeapaoity, have confided .this most solemn trust. Before, God and his country he'must, be pro-. , abuaeed) by the verdict of the oivilixed world, a ipatrlot—dr a traitor. May be not, by his notion or lnbn*aotion, ruin or degrade W* country ? J Disinclined as we, are loi advise coeroion—un ’tlmely doeroion—as the remedy (“ Cer to . the Lord I God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we ; have q*Utd .against him’’j J lf.the wayii of peace ! will 0091 the heaft and tamper tie conduot cff mai*. dened men, yet when secession goes to\the ex«< tremity bf nullification,aitf'tifewxiimtiOß of the ®ydortliaws is obstruoted, theseiaws'mnst either •be epfcroed or the Govfrnment.musfc stolid, in the ifto* of- tthe civiifcsd world, as a monstrous abortion. r * * ] A poabefni secession of ene of into© State* la’nbfc autborfied by ft Wdone 1 JegiHniatelS OOrprai: Of »11 of. W veromapta.for each prfffc. ** TOEijftfe ln»olv»d ip : ’i 1 When Motions' of lands If was. not detlgped iUt'fbo But** ihe.jgrpntprs of .their tlgtftt ‘srm'eiiSSinrotllili XfnlOn; by Race<tiDgffdm.thPUljlon. r . ; "Whoa the • TJhlted'States piir&Wsd l Florida,- jfcbuWanfc, Tekitysna' tisUfdmi*iiti w'sj; notMi tended 'that - wbea! these.'BUtos, bourne. strong (enough thoyjalfehtanO«h'ioff with! the money-and, lejoda,. Ti e , States.. OhU—Mlhsls* sijppi, Missouri, Arkansas, ,*lc, —will .nayer consent to, the interruption of any of these navigable rivers, from the soirees fo their month In the Gulf of Mexico, nor ban their mutual interests ever be separated' 'Whet a curious spectacle would South Carolina, U'ahe could Carry oat practically her apparent wisher, preeent'aa an independent and national ex-, istonoo;! She must take back' all the sovereign power* with which she and her sister States have invested the .Federal .Government She mast maintain an army, a. navy, a post offioe, a mint, oiistom houses, arsenals/ forts, establish a rigid polio© to proteot her coast and her interior from the ingress of wandering philanthropists who Tvonld tamper with Slavery. 'She must' muasle the press and gag some of her'own people acd'all strangers. She must make foreigners of friends? form treaties, send ambassadors and consuls abroad, have a splendid oourt at Charleston, and» of tariff laws or direot taxation to provide the ways and means for sustaining the expenses of these great powers. : •If the good people of South Carolina delibe rately think' that it is their interest and' duty either to convulse the industrial and oom'meroml relations of. tho country, or to destroy this grand Confederacy of States, wo seriously lament it. If fame Northern States have, In violation of tho Constitution, enaoud laws to baffle the Federal' officers in the execution of the - fagltive-slave law/ et thorn remember how little loss h&s been sus tained by & State from which the escape of a slave would be a novelty. If Abrahaov .and. Hannibal Hamlin, Northern menj have beeq con* sUtutionally elected President and Vice'President.' let them remember that Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun, Southern men, have, in like ta&uner, been elected, and that the former are no more sectional than tho latter. -Stifle not the gloriodß memories of tho Past; risk not tho peßco and prosperity of the Present; provoke not tho anger of the Almighty Ruler.of Nations. Let no fratrioidal arm be raised against that Federal orc/t—the noblest work of man—of which Pennsylvania is the Key-stons. ' .Most respectfully, Ac , H. M. Watts. Pennsylvania and tho Pugitive-Slave lifcW. [From the Philadelphia Inquirer, of the 21st. 1 - We observe in sundry newspapers—the veracious New York Hexafd inoluded—a list of the Northern States which have legislated against the fugitive slave law, either restricting or diifectly opposing •itf,operation t and iatflat list appears the name of Pennsylvania. .Ii jthsra?oro.becomei proper* at the presßnt tine, td State'exactly what Is the position of our conservative old Commonwealth on this ex citing sabjeot. The provision in the Constitution of the United States Is in these words : “No per son held to service or labor In one State, under tbe laws thereof, {leaping into another, shall, in con sequence of any law or regulation therio, be dis charged from snob service or‘ labor, but shall he delivered up, on claim of tho party to Whom such service or labor may bo due.” It will at onoe be seen that this provision merely establishes the owner’s right to recover his slave, bat does not assort&in tho means to be pursued for that purpose. Whether the alleged fugitive war in fact a slave; whether the claimant wasinfaot bis owner; how the reeapture was to be conducted; what evidence of tho ownership and of the escape was to be held sufficient; and what tribunal should have jurisdiction of the oause—were questions cer tain to arise whenover an attempt should be made to enforoe tbe section; and, therefore, ills appa rent that so mo legislation on the subject waa im peratively necessary. Accordingly, Congress passed an act in 1793, which, in subiianoe, em powered tho owner ot a fugitive from labor, or his agentorattorney,to sslzo or arrestfiaoh fugitive, and to take him before any United States judge within the State where the arrest was made, or before hoy magistrate of & county, city, or town ooporate wherein arrest was made; and upon proof to. ihe satisfaction of snob judge or magis trate that the person arrested owed service under the laws of the State or Territory from which ho had fled, to the person claiming him, it was made the duly of snob judge or magistrate to givo a certificate thereof to the claimant, bis agent, or attorney, which should be a warrant for re moving tbe fugitive back to the State or Territory from which he fled. The act goes on to impose a penalty of five hundred dollars upon persons who should interfere to prevent tbe arrest of the fugi tive, or should rescue him after his arrest, or should harbor him after notioe that he wss a fugitive from labor. Under this aot, slaves.escaping into our Btate were delivered’np their owners; and our Su preme Court, so late as 1819, held that & writ of habeas corpus, issued against the keeper of a prison, to whose custody a fugitive slave had been committed, pending an examination into his mas ter’s claim, Could not be maintained in the face of a certificate of, removal granted to the master, and tbe court accordingly quashed the writ. In 1825, tho Legislature of' Pennsylvania passed an aot “to give effect.to the provisions of the Con stitution of the United States, relative to fugitives from labor, for the protection of people of color, and to present klqn&pping.” under this aot a S, named Edward Prigg, was indioted by the Jury of York county for having carried off a negro woman from the State, with intent to sell, and dispose of her as a slave. The negro was shown and admitted to have been a slave who had escaped from Maryland. The defendant, Prigg, was the agent of her owner, wbp hqd.obt&inea a ; warrant from a magistrate, in accordance with tho aot of 1826, on whloh the negro was arrested and brought beforo the magistrate, who then refused to have anything to do with the case; Prigg thon took tbe slave back to Maryland with-, out comply tog with tbe provisions of that act, re quiring him to establish his claim before a magis trate. And for this he was indicted under the aot. The defendant was found guilty, and the case was oarriod up on appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, which gave a pro forma, judgment against the defendant, and thence te the Supreme Court of the United States. On tbe argument be fore the latter tribunal the capse was epnduoted on tbe footing of an amioabie suit .between the States of Pennsylvania and Maryland, whioh had bcoqme interest; and thegooh f«ui» ted by the oounsel for the defendant. The Supreme Court decided that that part of the not of }826 under which the'defendant has boen indicted and convicted for kidnapping, was unconstitutional; because, under the clause of tho Constitution, the owner of a fugitive slave had tbe right of reoaption, provided ho can do it without any breach of the pe&oo or illogal violence. And theoourt wont-far thor and deoided, though with some dissenting voices, that tho whole of that portion of the aot which provided the mode in wbfoh tbe reclama tion of fugitives from labor should bo conducted was unconstitutional, because Congress has exdu sive jurisdiction over the subject. The court fur ther decided that tho constitutionality of tbe power conferred upon State magistrates by the act of Congress or 1793 was doubtful, although suoh ma gistrates might, if they ohose, exercise that autho rity, unless forbidden by the State Legislature. This 0830 was deoided in 1842, and the aot against kidnapping being held to be unconstitu tional, a large class of persons wero left without any protection from abduction; since, if tho negro stealer could only escape with bis viotim to a slave Stato, he would be able to dispose of him beyond recall. Accordingly, the Legislature of this Btate, in 1847, passed an aot upon this subject, which is still in force, oxcept a single seotion repealed in 1852, forbidding the use of the Stato and county prisons for the detention of fugitive slaves. Thlß act is, in as follows: The first and se cond ecotjons against kidnapping aro almost identical with those of the aot oF 1826, except that tho words “fro© negro or mulatto” are used instead of “ negro or mulatto.” These eectioaa have ainco bean hold constitutional. Tho third section prohibits judges and other magistrates of tho State from exercising any juris diction in fagitive-Blavo cases. 'While thie seotion la predicated upon tho prinolple recognized by the United States Supremo Court, that the State&have a right to prohibit their magistrates, from acting under tho fugitive-slave law of JHjS, it perhaps would have been as well if the State bad ab stained from any legislation at all in this particu lar. The admission of the ooprt that a State might prohibit her magistrates from acting under a Cob groseioDal law, did not require that every State Bfionld proceed to do so. Besides, the general cur rent of tbe opinion in Trigg 1 * Case Is against any “intermeddling” of State authority in the matter. Pennsylvania would have set a good example to the other States if ©he had literally complied with the judgment of the Supreme Court, and left all I legislation on the subject to Congress. ’ I Now, however; the present fugitive-slave law, by awiy ttie'powaryto asunder it i SSSffi i aA®f^A»e»aa» I *S°S , £ l4 ‘ ai>l,ft *r impiiMnmantfof not toora P °® «>*vi*t|C ( Th#, limitation* ; seotion, prohibiting, trnfief fc"sefia%'of fife hj“ ‘ fired: fiouift, «»y'*ttempt to «nlofcei*i»eUu»d«' i I?, tll i n **■*• ® ta,e °* * ftfiWre llevwwho it within, I ..PinartMtU the legialetionofFeßtitylfinle open thM tfenbUd oaentrepOiiimliie Mtefitthet, with' o| r .tha nMtlo|| x forbMiilinghM m»ste»> tretes tb net, it le no non tbuuMdieS ro bro *wl thf inh Jtli&irteof wlr’SU&i frotnthewiirit'of-' 'fo coßelndiDS title.MdiMfeiwbelUi )“W#^‘«l«W4 , Wia the•nWjfltjrf fpjdtlwa«l»Teft l"j>W£o9»*ifitt thVMinti»tr'i)WJefro»s!ti«SsijW |th* Soatheraflutei tfiat jnenferthr ‘ ~ -.w •*'* tween OheatnufslrMtßiid Was&ingtbh' avenue. ; Aoefition from the clUeens of the Twenty-flrat ward was rsad,oompleinin£ of tbo delay ia eon-i atrncttajf the..bridge over, the Sohuvlkill, at the, Utls. The Whtren Hose' hompan'y applied to'btf loe&ted as a BtSara fiie-eogiae ooHipabT. • i ' . A commonjoatiottlrom the Board of Soho?! Con trollers was read; asking for fits introduction of. pianos into the public schCole.' - ■ ' Mr A. S. Mitchell asked permission to la; dawn' an iroa pavement, ai an experiment, the coat to be boron bv himself. ' ‘ The Chief Engineer of'the Water Workii sdb nutted the nhmes of hit appointments, which; were/ all confirmed. .... ,-, .’, , ( .Numerous jetitiond 'nw preiented, aakihe for the laying and grading of-at*eefo,‘ mlof whfoh Were Appropriately referred; .- • The Committee or Water reported, a reflation for the laying of water-pipe in dertaln streets in the First. Eighteenth, Nineteenth < and Twentieth Wards, which.wat paieedi ; , ' . j - ■ J...T88 pnsLid zhtUiDlhgs quMbtios. . ; Jlr. Basiow, from the. Committee on City Fro* fo whom was referred, ttie ordinance pawed by-Common Council' respecting the new public buildings, made a report declaring that the ordi nance was impracticable. They recommended that all after the enacting clause ha atraok out, and the following ordinance Inserted in 1U stead; An orbinahck to provide fob the brectiok of j ■ wxw Public Bninniads. , (Section i. Thatwithjn,'ten-d*ysof the passage ct : this ordiuanoe the Chief Engineer and Surveyor shall' advertise -id three .dailyip&pCie, three times each, tor tiou of the courts, county and municipal offices, to be erected on Independence suoare. at the corners of Fifth, and’Sixth, and, Chestnut streets, and not to exceed in eost gsso.ooo for eaoh buildingthe dttaiisand arrange jnent* of said baihHngs to.be determined neon by the* Chief Engineer ami fiujrvej or: in conjunction with the Committee on City Erosettyfcf the Gounod* of Pbll&del iihift--sai ( i .plans andspeomiations to be. accompanied iy estimates of the ooct.- ‘ - - 1 jsTZrr* > SacrB.rThat at the. expiration of tba time provided or in the first section Of this ordinance, the Chief En ameer and Surveyor, in conjunction with the. Com* tmtteeon City Property, shill proceed to carder the' plans offered for. com petition, and select therefromtSe three best and mod tueritonous.snd submit the said three plans to-Graaeilrfor the ' final adoption of one thereof; Mdjhe .perrm whose plan shan.be adopted shall receive 9800 therefor; and the-persons'fcywnom the tWfWfemaimns. plans.are submitted shall eaobve cefvesadO: Providedithat the three plans and specifi cations so mdeoted sheji thereupon become the absolute property,of tho oity of Philadelphia} And provided, further, tnal-no yremium shall be Umo until alt details, and workmy drawings shall be furnished aatislaotorr to the Chief Engineer and theelty. - Sec. 3. That.immediately after the adoption of the plan or plans herein froviaed'forrthe* Chief user aod»anrre|or of the. city ,shell- sdverMm m« three daily papers,' three times each, for proposals for'the- erection .'of so ;mt»ou_ ' building ,or' bufUtinis, ,»ocording,to the .plans apd. specifications, baa the intent thereof. as Councils shall' hsrraftsr de- • toumne, whioh proposals shall be accompanied with a certificate of two or more persons, expressive of their vriUhignsw and ,cD»*etency to become surety in real estate for tho person bidding in tbe bum of 9160000.'- bxc. 4, That at. tespxpirotjon of the tinfe m forth in the third section of this ordinance, the Chief Engineer and Surveyor of the city shall; m iha presence: of the Committee on City Property and the bidders, proceed to-open the said-proposals, end-the .contract shall .ho sjMjdetttoihe Iqatst bidder. or thatltre secnnfFTOtTe<hHmitbewstnfoeto*7> to the City fioliottoT, incoasuuQtioawlth tha Committed on City mpertj. .* . fiHC.S.Thst Oie ooastraction.of tiid building or buildings, so far ,aS they ahall he done under this ordi nance, shall be under ’the supervision, dirsotion, And control, of the architect whose plan shall be adopted by Councils, and for which supervision he shall receive a commission of two per oentara oa* the • cost taeieof, Whioh shall' be in full hisoot&peni&ttoavtaotading any' and all additional wo< kjngdrawints that mar from time to tune, in the progress of the said work, be found ne joesstrr: Provided. .Taat-befora the said architect shall be, qualified to superintend, as herein provided, he shall taka and subscribe an oath or affirmation, before the Mayor of the oity of.philadslpbia, that he is not then, nor will be at any time dunng the construction of said 1 buddings, either direotly Dr indireotly concerned, either as contractor or sub oobtractori or in furnishing ma terials, work, or labor in the ereotion of the said build- ■ log. or buildings, or any part thereof, over whioh ho will have tho supervision; and upon failure of tee said arobtteot to taae the oath or affirmation .within one .week after the awarding of the oontraet, then the -Mayor of the city is authorised, by and with the advice and consent of Seisot Council, to appoint a competent arohiteot to perform the duties herein prescribed, with the compensation ettaohed. ' ' • Bxo. fi. Thai it shall be the duty of .the City Solioltor to prepare the oontraet for the ereotion of the building or tmudinu afotesaid; and to provide therein-* - First, Tnat in addition to the security provided for in the third seotlon, 20 per cent, of the contraot price shall be retained until tee arohiteot.and Chit* fcngi neer and Surveyor of the city shall certify to the en ,tire completion of the building or buildings iu confor mity with the oontraet. - Second That no alteration, or addition shall be made :to the plana whioh will inorease the cost thereof, in a sum less than-9300.-without the concurrence of the Committee on Guy Property, and if inexoess of that sum, without the action of the Councils of tee city. Third, That payments for said work shall be made monthly, in suok amounts,Tesa the 2u per cent .herein before provided for. as the arohiteot snail oe/tify to be actually due for work done, delivered, apd then form ing part of tee structure. • Sxc. 7. That 81 100 be appropriated to the Depart ,meqt of Surveys, for defraying the Expense of procu ring the plans and specifications contemplated ny this ordinance. 1 * Sgp. & relates to the manner of drawing the warrants. ' Bsc,9. That this ordinance shall not go into effhet, exeept so far as to receive and Approve: of plana and •peoifioations, till the Councils of the City of Philadel phia shall have pyovulea btr loan tb.6 necessary fhuas therefor. ’ . As soon as the bill was read, Mr. Bsntoh called for its second reading, when Mr.Divia objected, on the ground that the bill was an important one, and should be printed for the use of the members. He then made a motion to that effect. , Mr. Bnxrpx defended the ordinance, alleging that it had been carefully prepared, and embraced all the points which were necessary. If it were postponed to be printed, it would cause a delay of two weeks, as the next meeting, which ooours on Thanksgiving day, would be omitted. Let it be passed, ,and go to Common CqunoU, and it will no doubt be printed there, and oau read it from the Common Council journal. It would,'no doubt, be delayed there som*' time,.and amend' ments made to It in that Chamber. ' Mr. said he was in favor of the bill, and was readyto voteforit atenoe. . Mr. Bradford hoped the bill would not be. rushed through by the committee from a manu script oopy without reflection, and without an op*' portnnity to make amendments. If this wore at* tempted, he should feel constrained to vote against it* Mr. Mclntyre concurred in the views of Mr. Bradford, and said he, for one, had. some amend' menu to offer. He then moved ah amendment to strike out Independence Bauare, and’ insert Penn Square,- as the location for the buildings. - Mr. Bstfsog said D 0 stronger argument could be offered of the design to apply to the Legislature to interfere in the matter than that made by the gen tleman from the Seventh, Mr. Bradford..' ' "Mr. WBTHKRiLL strongly.u*fsed passage of the ordinance at once, to prevent the Legislature —--xoc in'otiop to out a division taken. . . Mr. Mclntyub then renewed his amendment, to strike out Independence Equate, and insert Penn Square. < , . ._ # Mr. Bbadfqrd seconded the amendment of Mr. Molntyre, as lie said ttwas anascertained factthat the publio buddings could not-be exeoted on Inde pendence Square For.want of room; The vote was then taken 6n the amendment of Mr. Molntyre, and it was lost— 13-as f °YBiV-M<»sr», Bradford, Craig, Moln tyre, Norman, Bmedley, and Wetnerul —T- Nays— -Messrs. --Bartolett, Beaton, Dgkjja, Dougherty, Ford, Fox, Joneß, Lemen, MoMakta. Megary, Neal, Wallace, and Cuyler (president) The MU wac then read by seotions, and passed finally, without amendment, by the fo'lowing ycte: Yeas —Messrs Bertotett, Beldeman, Benton, Dickson. Dougherty, Ford, Fox, Jones, Yemen, MoMaktn, Megaty, Neal, Wallace, Wetherlll, Quy ''hats—Messrs. Bradford, Craig, Daris, Moln tyre, Norman, Ktloy, Smedley—7. The Committee on Schools reported an ordinance appropriating $2,000 to complete the new school house in the Nineteenth section, and for the pur ohaseof furniture for the same, which was read three times and passed. The same committee reported an ordinance pro viding for the purchase of a lot of ground in Mar garetta street, west of New Market, in the Eleventh section, for the erection of a school-house, being the same lot.which wafl approved of by the Board of School Controllers. They also reported an ordinance for the purchase of a lot of ground on Sfaarpnaok street, Twenty-seoond section, for tne ereotion of a school-house- The two ordinances were consolidated Into one, and passed finally. CoutioU reconsidered the bUi providing for the grading of Girard avenue, an d, a® r T f?' important amendments were made referring to the mod# orpayment for the work, the ordinance ra CoMMl'‘Jonourred in the ordiuanoe ftem Com mon Coanoil grunting permission Mitohell to ley down en iron pavement at a point within the oity limits he may seliot. - The experi ment to be made without any expense to the city. Mr. Wetberilli offered a resolution instructing the Committee onFinanqe to.dlsapprove of all es -1 tlmates made by the several departments for the veu 1861, unless they had hfcen mhde In accord , anCe 'with the ordinance'of Fabruary 28, ISBO, which requires that the items shall. he «e»pitaa ufpriflt was lost, vritti' press. ; fnTna, hni will' b. Wat«» wlwntiW« ly - ; (tit «mia, m tiraotij at— Thtw ObpiM, •• ! " —•«»# IFire '• " •• , . r . B,St! T.n “ “ “ .18*06 Tweatj “ <• " (to on, 80.0 ft T»«nt, Copies, or oror“ < to .ddra. of , «Mi «ntwmb«r,)Moh. I.M Fora Club of Tweptrsme or ow.mTdl Bn4|U ftxtr. oopr to the rett.r-np of tho CJ.b. ' ' I<W P<wtniß«tor» are maniui t«r wt ur£Mft Si, ■ CAbiroKnlA PSKM. >:, . ; Ins«d Sun time* a Month, in tim. fp ttT Stauneip, ..CENTS. for th* first ml lut alz montha of Ib itp. Agnei to. ... r~ Mr. Pox'offered a resolution r*qaestlng..the Committee on City Proparty to report the Vu##: : *‘*“ B o f Mai estate-now owned by the 'ifttfiiat purposes, and.also-to report-tie - praetleabUity of disposing of the same. AgrMdtO. o ®>Md * iteolutlonrepeating the City Solicitor to informSeleotOounoU, at itsaext mepting, pbeaer any/and tf si, what .oOotraof •!5«“5! gnteritment hare not entered’ theiraaon by lgw ' Ag^to 06 * £ a, “ y ’ " U P wM * 4ft ' r __^ r - Nsal offered a resolution requesting the' .sereraldtpartments of the city to dontwl tbslt'ex'- peMttnres so as to hare no deSoieneies at thread' ortheyear. Adopted.; , Wdfmtyßn offered a resolution rslstlTe to xTh: ? onatr netlou of the Chestnut-street bridge,' that:thee!*7 *b»» eeeept thalSt l ffiSßKi' bw * , ., of °>« Chestnut .and Wslnate 6 S?S r Rallwa y Company, for the stmi iof the beapiwoprleted- totheeoeamrtttdn dntefllt on p ?py M w t[l ® tiE >» *httt ciks, _._ w ~® bontis ibaii oonTnflfiw—f'tlw bah ?wr.a:isMSl by tb# :v Snpwm o .Conrt, ItaiCemmi ttieda T«*s ’ Mr. &. ooßsaaio«Uos Id imird to twin mmeT nta,Whloh TrM °££. , Bums*, & petition from the IVaftfcford and ‘ n^I?!]I? rk p « 8 ««'w Railroad Vompkby-is'kl&g p«miariOTi.ta build a turn-out- : *° tt l ® Committee on RiHroida, - it*£ r n? 0K ? Zl '? ,, £ P*^ 011 from theßtunan«£{|. £[P- 0 to bo located u a vteani-dje . ' JHr-Maiaa, •QBe.lrom thg grankllTi w«uu» dm. PW' a»kisg for* fire-alarp telegraph box la their . io °l e - „? e ‘ e «*4 t» the earn, committed . . The Chair eobmHted the estimatea or the receipt ' 1861 ' ■ up lhfc brtlinanc* foy/th* S!pMta!teS"»'* nd ' belter >' issss: alsSSSftessaa. Sf thJ.*h i I» , r Id of fire, tnbjeot on!* to aiuSni p»rtaent. f a ” d A “ uu ““ ®ngii»«r«Qf ifc. tfSjSE'. tl.?flsSis!S , S! Tid ¥»«'“><• =ompi»!oa loMtil to .» i, cm ®°“ Second fir* distnois sti&ll onlr wait SFitriou. " ,naT Monr 10 ,ie “*4 FiSl m 3 gg£3 •h»n onlVsSfS^K't'o*® Ttord and Fourth diitrieta flr ‘* “ maj occur in the Third . ‘I tbe Fifth and Sixth dirtriet* ■ tSridl;trSS? , ’i2f*?’S“ ed J »■«>• F'«l. Sieoad, and io^V^^'dl'^iol® 0 aKeKt mf^SS^ddl^{r^fp ,, Vi,lSL p fK issgs , aln*ff£ TiCe ordered by tha Chief nr Provided, That any ootnosay may ii -1 Hr® mthefiie-box. shall beionxedjSteJy br U ‘® Cb »f Fwa^.tar ?5a th «s iir _^ Invill ’ °? the demand of the Ohm . ant .Engineers, whether suoh plugs are in tha nee of hand engine oomMoiee. 'Tt 01 , s ,"* r Vfc I^££ AIT V?ft flr80lnB debate, moved fcnpost- • j>6tie the bill, which was agmdtd, . \ {/The ordinance forbidding (house of any part of tH* public footway dr plaeerfor the saleofaeods 5 ° r wefobandiss of any kind was (ben taken an,. . t The first section provides that from andofter OiftJst - of-January, a. D. 1861. it shall not bejawfal forsar ‘ person orootpojsUob to plsoe nuiee.'ftfi* orWf bb> or ■ S °iv)?i? or .se r ®i t . to he. placed. madet.efized or set up - or-adjaoeut to’ah? twellmg botai, ‘store- ' houset or premises any stall, jbelrior, etaMTsaUta'or . ®°|y*ter. »o ttut the tame shall extend intbor.tnSTpeeh the: snUio footweysofthts 8® ™hiT.?l & W‘ O k l,on thereof dedicated totM apaof . *•* highway, and to use, or permit the aaoe °f ,^ a sajoofanrartiolee of at ?°. 6 x er 'i D D - lega s he owner or occupant of the build- . i*fu° »£l£? ,#e * ,n or adjaceut whereto lisiaid' table. prouuQiermay.b# sdt as ox j*v s&raem carrying on the bnsuaese J £«H?f*i«w* ald buildings ©f premises mar he odoepied.) 5?jJ “ r P*™ oo °? corporation shall violate thispro- ’ VJs?°p* boor they shall forfeit and pay the sum offer* th*?JZrtZ k ear b and every day during the -violation ' *bareo/» to be recovered with costs before any alderman or'other magistrate for the use of the city. • ® e ®‘ io ? that if. after the first of Ja- : s*m&> rA.J.Ir 1 ' any P? r ,»°nor persons shall sell ox «Jr f any articfda of merchandise wbatao- KSSS? «betvmg, stand, table, or - I ° hBh >iiextendimoor encroaoh neon the • a ?? Mj* publicsireet*of this oity» or over - «S.*®2 r V k Q - thereof dedioated to publio use as a nirh- ' «k« owner or oocupant of tbe boildinge klfs , ?/?n®*u ,B i front whereof or adjacent whereto the Smbios^UA^ Il a 11|: ' Stand, table. ur.counter shall be esf® ®| p|aced, he, she. or they so offending rehall for and pa? the snm of two dollars for the first offeioe. - rEI ®nd subsequent offenci the" sum of n?edollars, to beieoovered.with oosis, before may al- * derman or other magistiate* for the use ol the city. After a lengthy debate by Messrs. ThcmajL'i&S* ’ bam, A. Miller, Haoker, and others, the b“l was recommitted to the Committee on Police- Mr.PovrßK submitted a resolution granting gr A S. Mitchell permission to lay down a Equate of jus ‘ iron cellular pavement” without expense to the city. Agreed to. • A, resolution was submitted requesting the Com mittee'on Police to inquire into the discrepancies . existing between the population and voters is the different wards. Mr Hillzb thought if this matter was folly ex amined, it would show enormous “election ijauas.” After some farther remarks by Messrs. Hacker. Freeman, Cassio, Elynn, and others, Mr. A Bfrh *»**» u* 8 remarks; administered to Mr. Freeman' a ao&tningrebake for his erroneous statements and figures. Ha advised him to hereafter let other people's business alone. The resolution was finally adopted. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. . District Court— Judge Stroud.—John G. Bereitzer vs. Mary Ann terre tenant An Ofl«e*entolr 0rt * Sge ‘ the Po°“ds*Jo^ou". ettV “ - Eli,lhot! ' B.Sot. »»- United States District Court— Judge S"w. 3 iJ de u“? ,ie UoitedStates V». Twentr four Cttki of win. Hefote reported. Jury out. United States Commissioner’s Office . Commissioner Heazlutt.-Willmm Keaton »»« before the Commissioner yesterday, on a charge of robbing tfte mail. For about ten <Uj« pnat comulalntabaTe been frequent at the post office of the failure of letters and parcels sent by the maij to N an- i s Urw n. and in’§t mediate places on tne line of the Philadelphia and Nor ristown Railroad. Jn one instance the entire package fkL^°w enDBt i on i ne 5 T Manajunk* was earned cff. Is there wag a letter from Kicnmond, Vs., wh*ch was amon *.thes e missin? papers.it is inferred 10 11 • but it is not known positively * vV a ,Tor ® obtained from the latterss.de »' _ir*ii a .. D,el Mooie. speoial agent of the post office, was sat to work to attempt a rolutionot the mysterf ■ and he became satisfied that the ttuefwasa>oun*jnAj named William Keaton, who la employed as abrakß* man upon the Norrißtown railroad Yesterday morn, ing.yonng Keaton was srrested. The odJ/ witoe** •* amined yesterday was Mr. Moore, who testified a*- follows » is now the defendant; he is a brakesman on the Nor. riaton railroad: tne car on which he has been am ployed for the last nine days, oarned the mail:>h*r* have been numerous complaints of depredation* on thi* mail i awcekayo the matter was brought to my notice ana 1 took occasion to yn »>" «wjy fnutTTreweienasmrprssraup one of the pouches atthe depot,iwhioh had been taken there by the regular mea gengerithe watchman took up the other pouch* one was left on the platform, and the other waa put innde the oar $ the defendant got down on tho steps of the platform and had the pauoh which was outside with it* end near him; soon after be brought the pdarhinside the, carl heithen went out upon platform again and pulled out papers from his pocket, whioh he examined, tore up. and thgn threw away ; I sto din the ooorw looking at him;. as soon a; his back was turned 1 jumped from the oat ana pioked up the-Jragmenta efMa»’ whioh I have here; the pouch was locked, buVthe papers could be extract, d from it without unlocking* ihess papers show that by due course of njaiM/iM would be m that ppuob at that timer several torn wrappers and envelopes bearing [Philadelphia post, marks werefound in the depot at Ninth and Green streets on different days since that tuna. A After the examination of Mr. Moore, the case waa continued until next Monday afternoon, at foaro'clock.' to afford time to pr.ooure farther evidence. The ac cused was held to-bail to await the second hearing The prisoner does not appear to be more than eighteen years of ago, ‘ - District Court— Judge SharsnvoocL —. Jno. E. Gould vs, Joseph Harvey., An action to recover the value of a piano. The deleodani failed to produce books and papers, as required,ssd the court entered, judgment for plaintiff, the. jnu assessing the damages at 8515.50. Jackin for piiunMff. Tor der.sdMit. George Magee, lata ensriff, to the use of .Richard H. Stockton vs. Jno Verd'Ct entered for plaintiff for §73.85. Woodward for plaintiff j Earle for • M. Morris, trustee, vs. Cooper, Aa action asainst the defendant as guarantor for the .de livery of certain sewing machines. Erins for plains tifi; Gerhart for defendant. A real jolly good, fellow was Dr. §-—* f was introduced to him just aa the steamer North Star was leaving her dock at New York,* for Ed ropo. For the first twenty*four hours “ Richard was himself;” bat that fell-destroyer, who spirts t either age, sex, nor condition*— sea-siek'&eae— seized him, and nothing more was seen of the lolly Doctor for several day*. We had left the banks, and were steaming along ono morning, I saw the Doctor’s head erhersiug from the lower regions. But what a f*oe )—^ioag, : lugubrious, distressed—hia hair not oared for, dross .untidy, eyes blood-shot. I could scarce believe this apparition was the jolly Doctor who had kept us all In a roar the first day out. “Well, my dear Doctor, how do you feel by this time?” ' “Feel!” said he—ah<fthere was an unmisfaka ble earnestness In Me eye—’“feel l why Itealaa though I had,but two objoots in life now j one isAo put .my . foot cube more oh terra f.rma ; aadth* other to find out and whip the fellow who wrote * Aliifeonthe Ooean Wavel’”- ’ ‘ Bev. Heniy Gi&ttau'GuinneiS is pitMhlbg ill Bostoa.
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