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.