; Vnitt U.ONPVID,I BY 7*HN_'/►. FoRICEY. OrP1400:' . 0, einpaltag! !MEET ,DA'ILY"-:PAEK * • Wit:4 4 ol*re int Win. Detains to the Cattier. *ailed to Below new out of the City Id Oval DOLLAVLO PIA VOl/11 11011 EIGHT, Vomits, 'trystsDorm.'" Fos Ora l Smyrna —invariably in ad woo foxes Cilia ordered: " - Tiii•VEBILI;If iebierihera oat of tini City at Times Doi. Leal iii*Vithetilli 11140004. • GOOD OW ' GOODS!! " FOIE IiALN : • , - - TRI9 "-•- . P 9 tc4K - A O O 4 ALL' titrA/EktE DRY GOODS. - • Noubiting of ALL WOOL FLANNRLS 001 , 1701*;- Of" oholosit brand'. BLEAK:IOED & BROWN GOODS. PitlNt4, - &0.. » d 2 o , ter ir . 9ItNAT RED01:1611 *icor.lipsiat prioiro.; Thiltttentliiet" custeiters 9191491 eisk-b9yoro •9 0 40 1 00 41. q . • JOSI - LUA L. BA.ILLY. _ eug-s-tis 3 „ No. 933 MARKET Strut. cos 0011iiEs itiasy; e.man; auTonnooN, - No. lig *NEM trr EtT 901111EISSION msNowitiss - • FOR TLISAALE OF - PHLLADELPHIA - MAPE Gootts. • - MILLS, FORIidERLY BAY BTATE. NUM otall J2UI In omit ininistAt TABLE coviestt; , umotelnEAVEstsua BioAt• CL TBL sicitrr.ti DOESEINBoad Doubt/And Twitted COATINGS. N 46:CHLISOS. aM ISiV, zErgys, CLOTHS,. Tsfililolo Plain FAHMILSLEI and OPERA FLAN HHl.ly"--: . ISHOIHS FELT CAR L I Ge. - - / * Wi t. • • ' _ TROTEUIGIIAII 34 South FRONTiltreet.snd LWYMP44IOt• hitu:umnv aoous. JUST REVEIVEDi - A NICK AIIBOIThLIDIri*, ,It S Dst ,13_ , AND MEDD BIRD FRATEERIV • ' HEAD DRESSES.% SEEN FLOWERS. - THOS. KENNEDY & BRO., da4.tlisis ' vire oßiviTiirr 1.. b.Io Eight.., BLANK BOOKS - AND STATIONERY. 1861. • • MURPHY'S FIRET•PREMIIIIE BLANK 1300 RS. TRIPLE EXTRA - GOLD PEEL atm itTlit. DIARIES, owl bandred varipties. POSTMONSAIESeTORTFOLIOS, &c. ENVELOPES, Wholesale and 'basil. LETTS& dad' NOTE TARBES in great variety. WM: F."IIIIIRPHY - SONS, FIVAIiONENtii t 'LITWDONAtIHNERS, AND Litritit-PNBAS PittNniftit, .-sso - castrvitrir STREET: W4AI4.IC_ BOOS FOR 'tag NEN MIL Momil4f 014 prom 003 iii4OximthMi our BLANK- BOOKS. • Mad. from Linen Stook. wmairra MANN. - 'Coltittnie-Irocur 3 manor mid Ai:Mari: " ' ; :43 loath POO* 11,444: a if: t f• afloat: walk. -HCK . : 44 4 41103 - ST' I -- ' - ' 77.- -,:.>;---. - • Iti AcRESS.• . ~ - _ Mitt t rorlsOrek , wi - Btsaoke,ead trkl'ii. K 6.1 7. A i 1MM1641.r . Tp« ,, :c. „ .•, for 'Aida -therortek ~. ~. rded •WO ~ , M l' Veliaresqerilldmr` 0 .,,,_ rtiL , a sad • .. m ..la t witgar ... --- • ~., • • ,o..d.i.ou r k syll m i ,_, ~i,- T os i ! „ ra m , . r . _ - Li -,,._:___ IV , . • • , : -,-. 12 . . !tweet otAraericil , p,PAlae "800b a „,,...,.. erta r o t e re, wr -'4 / 1. rep TiiXy Pyr Amide cattalo sad Vmll4. . ItOos tial tad , aastqeset 'would te11140=11.7 41t o .. 4 : : ..„...1111141. fr ia T i el atu llre cttr ail y rr owin f lirt . • 014 - MI ol stead, 415 w Aroot. -'"--"' -. Hy removed. and exiialla aueutf '-'"'' : Balt 1110610.T.terrA. Rem. THE WEEKLY PRESS. ANEW THEWEEKLY PROS will eater *DOD • Ne► Vr• swirt'ththeHewTest. To sawatoroty, that our paper his Veen osteroatut wool& IS to - give far too weak and indidtats as ides et oar jOattlini—for, sot oat/ has .Tll4. WEEKLY MOO _ . bees eitablialied on a some and permanent fond atm, beat 10, to reality, a oaarvolloso, example of the doom of Ili* Wl4oilO iiiiitii-Oondloted' . . . LITNIUINT, POLITICAL, AND TINNIF .. • ..• -- • JOURNAL - asa. neoolnitO the kande of s' tins* igoa enlielthated, ribito.a ttiii*ade eadefelthstiks ear tendered' ded ipstiolditi +great ließkm4l aeon os, and Weikel leers so edertelphiekmay ism , to render. the pipet eves more attdshtitslaasdei. and.opULT in the Adam The ROLIIICA.I4 amiss or TIM: VnI4CLY ram , seed *Abe satersed neon Oro. Mole:dad, Altai& sad fateleet;st has bottled, georseerintly sad. males.- fa,dedatid of the RIGHT,S,.OI".'IIIIIII'EOPLIC , nullitietilTECUTlVE iIEPOSPATION, and unfair and Ms 0110111400; rindialsebig and ailieriag 'to the dwilvinajbat POPULAR NOVEREIGI4TY einulti , Ma btu fandeinlinboLbasithrf owl*. ineutationia ar* kat tin iateltireae• sad watilotion - of oar °inseam will always ba presemitive of ii, wiseiinatiend Watery flov erpona , The* ow ithe •udauttles to icktelt THE unix nutimpw ben isonututted, and to them it wUtadMlfw" •, otat,Nziive COLUMNS-= viu iieouter , to b:modies to nareadttlis ail 'AU SIEHIECEWItetr all lam* bit ikauloyed to naktethiii pier of elo.itthtitOr 11l thiptimaiiitlfrkinkg of Ms' rot 1011/0 tionliniwat how* Aid librowl. TbeIiTMIAPT 'demister of TIM 111144111. rurs.`lLlW itaviligsfil itoknottlojitil to be 4 *pelt; vaistutiniu,aliall not only ntillataiif Ali *lwo )14, sea** hoalirekbe erduinead hi newerteutairiyals•-, tie asiWintirmia able 'union., lifting. VW** OP ' Ip . f l in i ft a rior v iiyiti bonti. l4 . soil newte ' ." ' y'5.0 1 , 6 0 ,4 0 1 d ,1 7' 0#0 1 ,4% (mum , °stogie tow 'the weews of barrow' hvedelam Iwo heltbriii , me ilieraut* idlbrd irailleleatiniterlid to lake an AO-'' CETTAXXXXVILLY NEWlRAPPX.eontaising at i the *nog* of eseeihenee, 'without * Anglo oWeat***t *UMW; *id the trloirtaot • of. the TVS 10 4, =Va? num imam* &Mtn tut no livid of's ,fashruiWil hewitemi Odd ite eohtnuwee under the •IMMO of WY , unsbn of Ida household. , TM; gehitid A ttistail d the iuthdr.:Lb • idditlon to ihi POLTTICAV MIMI DitiliitTlOlWlll,iwill•be• /Wiwi wihirtiriii, TIMOMWath 40 4 1 "0f 1 410414 4 4 ' 44.: luta Ittletesitimst for their losiont Uf life, 111**1 ttose &iridium. dasistare of isanasns and neural werit-and adarted.da Muer .warietv. * the teen* of both ser#4o4 4 l l Sok• . commatavtii ,iirAnsnourr. Due asoinllips Omit° finish bur *adore with eosioo4 awl tibial Y•itutirts 4 of the vtodan WNW* sawketn. nude up to the latest hour. In s wow. it unit laths otkikavot ot•thoto ectioorsti to make TEE WITIMY: run oontinnin *yeti* 10.AXLLY JOURNAL tniteittrigiall Ow iihwiseterieties of a earefullr-insseiredinwspauirr. -t. - . illir ilatworlstione are ragelottellieobeited. To UAW :be grope* Patroninlitoo.` 0 "MALY UMW 04011Sitado in ferwardini 'Mir Ordare for the Siiii. Wilma la mewl/ raeceiedendediomi, heft frotaild• indleationa, it is believed that large int the adities my: be widak will be sriatid; it wilily:4l*W inn* pulult, to famish teeltatasieVer in Irtitek - a r a III s 7N, c I„ C ,o o wls i , t m 04 e 0 y y e e TN lb hi • ': Cpiewr=, _- - , 4 .. .. 1 EIIt 11..-... Twwy Copies, to ea.addiessa he — tsof ` . , ' npermasemi::.. „„„„,ita Tw,..."PiiihA°.o".lo4ol a;ifet •. sib- • Asysimissiaeschag in a Gleba Tr4sts.,or");eil, fig to MEWL lieltuestni mem Wepowliase to /Nod MS WIIIILY, PUN to 044Trnilit fat IL, ilvaimes Cowes will be forwarded to Wee who re , Intineituilitme *ll setantentie Wait hiss ism s atm* email, in adVitnaii. All letters to be Manama te J O,IIN, ,W. 1 1 .0A - 14,E1t - : 'Ali 41„CfiANRIPT Orititerp' } _ --....-----.-_,-..-....-... 4.4l3AXTurt • ttu irchti l trile r r : 6"111 Amoy? • ; • .14 : , 40t o w 1101 ,1 0 %V.';':.' , * , '' • 71M11W F', ~ • - ~ , _ I , • '..-• • • 'J 44 WO . - - •• .. , i - • .• . ...I ' `S, Isr:- Y_ _, -_,..:. • - ,A ~„.k , , . , . - - ~, 14_, ,• amil , - 2 -,- - • - Jaitzw , .t., . 1 r, • - ' , ' l ' - ' l' • I f .:. ;1 / ............. ~I:lrrttti....i.""*.. I' . . -•; . - - ' —,7 0-: - - - - - . "1 - ,--L A - •.' . 0 —...-:--' - 7••• ,-.-,' -.' '.• . . Y 14:i : ~, 1,1 ': 111i,,--, ! ' . -',. ___ _ ‘ - ':_- - 410;',. . ' !:: ' - .4W,f : .,.-4' 9.4'' , 1 . ~ .. ~, , Is: ',:, .11 ,:•.' ~- ~ f ) , „, ,• .. 1 . 44 , 1 0 ~ , .., a ..,.,, 7,. ...., k .. ': -11-.. k . ..,,, , , „ . ~, .., AO .I_,!ra„,. . . ..... ~ . ~. - t1,3 t . ,.. - 2 :.? ; 1 ; . :7 , .. . .'. ' - 1,-.:7. : ' ll '3, Nr -1 &,. ' _,•aWAS 4 T -' 7 ' ''.4 :-.- ' , - • . - 1 7 77 . L . -, '.'-'- 6 ''':#. "- :'''' .-...„ ...... .....,_ ".,, •,- -.......---,..44! .....- : . I,i • : . _:f.: "....'".... 701 , .. : .. ' . . - 11 ;r. LAI - ' FI.,. tAI _ . . y01.:4,,N0. no: *tie sopetagnOta GOODE!. Gan RICDUOTION IN PRIM --r— -. , ottEkt , nAbticyki6t4; GMATIWE•PVITuasT. , GEE : OO46EOOOV ON, .12‘itEiiiI& REDUCTION; A: • THE CLCAVAT STORE. 1464 , 10 V • BEURITNUT ETREET,•OOOB2 ON ERVEN/IL A Li.ip Assottrekent of efiArAis.wttareirrrEs. lINDA:R -3.11111T5, DRA a II'af eN HAVERY, CLO VES, AND MEN'S FURNISHING GENERALLY, AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. TO swims TIRES. J. ALBERT BABIJIMAN, du .took-tt . SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT. E. F. & FLSTORER. 0 UR BLANK. THE *Yaw Limnos & P. & E. & 0. BXPLAINED. , &alma% ¢ Fielder EGgant ¢ ' Latest. - Collars , Cravats. ELEGANtiPaiLATErk EVEGAIMAND LATEST' ELAPANZAND LATEST 00**W - 4.I9 ) .:PRANATs. COLLARS! 04ATATS. • COLLARS - AND 'CRAVATS. DIY FRIDAY. DDYRIdDER 16, • "OR ANY OTHBA DA 3 I," • . AT Taa . • EIOUTHWNST CORNED' Dr ATUDTH AND Ongrniirt • NO. 800. _ . to iUt M' HOLIDAY n om GENTLE= t:4 ,14E 211 41r" : 7 41; A lisis doors lobsir e ti: "engUiSertst" , ~ • • IT ht. R E la A 8 gt FOR. CITAIRThati PREBENTR,' 77Riabid "ab eatarols new awl beautiful style Seotek Moldnk Ron soy. rEINCOCORAR4.IE. MeREERSOL ROYAL. STUART, AND OTHERS. 10X 1.111,11 I, WM. A. DROWN & 00., tiu-Hari , _ sas MARKET STREET. Loostircf vrAsersti. vioximi-(*l.Asszs' , VICTOULS FitAISMS,' Of Mr% ZNOLIFITIMitic 01L-PIIIVITNOB. A.O. 086 MEM STAMM • eio. , Y . BBIfEYBT. • lwyn/Acta/um orn imposts:. MaTuss, cow z voit,moutairtae; ti &II it &cm,et Bose, norm num= ' ENGRAVINGS; 0111.pairt11ill, a.:. a6e 1 ' 44164 tAilag & SON, UROSTMiII. WHOM, BALS AND 111111. BELLER,. - ; LUFatiti - • - as Ent - ivrim rums*. iiii Ol * 3 l: l 4OPNAC n'tyytitiE" "i;tyi" '43 ARIL ow. Reduced, Nov. 1141.860. SWING' MACHINES. TMYT WUSET—,-lIECOND FLOOR /01.40111 s ' HARRIS' ROttDOIR NEWOrd'lt AOHINE. COILTII4O AID HEAVY WORK. At ur i f'r vrattrateetitrjr "obis of itroo+foloblotaud er. Nom i tclllN7(• WiIitIVACIMUNG AND Mina nt CHlNES_ k. SIN c - Lws, eat rm Xe. 10 0 X Street, ciitobwati. 1011 . 13 M itINOND MEAT. . 774. Ir rit raaVt. l. 2r t tinll "'Yet:Pt 'AWL. ' • • f CIO rb 11.0 AtINOID MEAT,' tmilim u yttorkgrolzh.uespatah , ,- ars* as eAlit•Erf AD 1342A.' - - A NEVV - FRUIT, RUMOR. LAYER. AND SEEDLESS RAISINS. CURRANTS. CITRON, ORANDIVI. PIVNIES, VIOL &0.. &O. ;111;414/E i iRT O. 11,0 BASTS. FINE ,01004bEELLES. 01111147 , ZUMMI Kid VINE stmts. FAMILY' ,PLOUR, MAW IFROU 0110 ICE WRITE I►HYiAf. 'MATTSON, Is WOW, ,T)Wrif struts. tsst -la 131 PONS, for site b • ' • Titgintlitaffialnat. GOODI3. LADIES' CLOAKS AND FURS; AT NOMINAL PRIO.EI4. WITHOUT REGARD TO OOST, TO OLOSE THE SEASON. EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS' Worth of elegant C.LOAII.h AND FURS. Suitable for LADIES, MISSES, AND CHILDREN", MUST BS PERIMPTORILY BOLD NOTICE TO INTENDING PUS OHMIORIL—The newel One-Prioe System in force et this istablislinent will be abrogated for the owe of Ode Month, to order that, bhoUld any torment be leadrertentli omitted to be widaced in shot 'to the 'Germ acceptable amount. any offer for the lame will be considered, and, if at all Practicable, adjusted to the satisfaction of the Plll - 3. W. PROCTOR & CO.. THg PARIS MANTILLA, CLOAK.AND FUR EMPORIUM. NO. 709 CHESTNUT STREET; INDT SHAWLS. VELVI4T OLOILICkI, °LOTH CLOAKS, SILKS, SHAWLS, DRESS ROODS, /a great VAT/80 MI choke seleotiorm at GEORGE FRYER'S. No. 910 CHESTNUT STREET: 009-tf fI.LOARS.—Tho greatest bargains in the ottr et IVENS'. OLOAXL—The !await stook. the best assoTttniSet, the (*meet colors. the Sheet euellbei, the meet imerb trimmings. the newelit styles, the best work, and, deci ded!, .the lotreet 'attune In the cite, at IVENS'. US South NINTit Street: ttol pin C L° I42 AICB. —The NorthElafa C 'Eve r y OO L on .d . K ST i i talki O n n i ..oi the great bargaini and superior quality of the CLOAKS at the new CLOAK 820R1?,, 142 North EfaßTfl Street.. nolalm CLOAKB. 7 -If.yoit wstltAlle best value for Your money, vi to the City Cloak Store. 149 North EIGHTH Street, above Cherry. n0113.2in , CLOAKS. , --The CITY CLOAK STORE, 141 . Korth EltiflTlL Is maid to be the heat and eheetanitetore In the city. nal:4m CILOARS.—A magnificent iseortmimt , of ell the newest itfiee Imported this season, With every neir material, made up and trimmed in the vein Met manner. at ancee that der jp.,,,...—ertwora• GUM'uarizellUlt oonaero n. x zio/....-- WALNUTfitreete,__ - nod-bm DRY GOODS—SELLING OFF. Below DRYCoet. GOODS—SELLING OFF, B3lOir Coat. MMwt Mnet be :1= O t t It Oge_ e ? A d a% 11 Barone Stooo Time. Colon, Brook Tune. At Mx It. embus, 10A ARint. street. de2O4 NEW BALMORAL% zoo cholas des'_ Poplin eorded i ßalmorels. . • Betketriete and bright colors. Solid ootors, top. and bottom. Bold Bootoh Plaudit, Our best dimpled . thts ,eLmisa BROTHRRS den CHESTNUT sud EIGHTH Streets NEW CLOAK ROOM CONTAINS Vtegant Cloth Cloaks. Ilvery new style Coat and Cloak. Woollen. Broobe, and Black Talbot dthawia, 000 PER & COM/0114 none dontheaat corner N.llOB and MARKET. .A ROE j3LANBETS. ILA Bed, crib, and Cradle Blankets. mareeillee sad Dimity Quilt,. Fine Table Linens, Napkins, aad Toarble; 01.10 PER & CONABD, watt _ Boutnesat emu! NINTH sae MARKET, ItTERINORT, DELAINES, POPLINS. . Pine stook Bigot Moss , Goodsh Annie diemOttidaltery ninon redtleed. ' • Printed Cashmeres, yardMOM In & & ds, al G UN nr Cent": N 1111,1), notil Southeast corner NINTH and MARKET. FIRST DAY OF WINTER.. IMPORTANT PiOTICE. ONE MONTH OF LOW PRIOEtI. , We intend, this month, to sell our stook of winter dry goods AT AND DeLow COST Wear e determined to dileose ot OUR ENTIRE &TOOK OF CLOAKB. and will offer extra indnoeinenta to purahtusers until Jailuary 3. Cloaks Bold for 4EBB TRAN - _TgE VALUE OF THE CLOTH! Our extensive variety of SHAWLS we will shoo offer at greatly-reduoed Wee. DI . 1438 (100p8 ,01 T -E O V o IY,HESCRIPTION 'teeßottom to arnylie; sew - n rathet e 430D8 FOR ODADMAIAB . DIFTH. What is a more useful prevent than A handsome Drees Pattern? A handsome D rees proms Cloak A me Dollar ?or A Wafts Blurt Roam Penalise)" ,will•roonsult their sourest* by calling be fore 10'413 Illsrelel C ARLEN &HAMS & del- tf • EIO TIC AND AROWEITRSETII. jtAKOADT A S AT. JOIN H. 5T0106% .m-s' Gents' Manliest Stokes', 70S Arok. Gonne Undorshirts, at Stokes' 702 Arab. Genw.arz t 4Stolois , 011 Yoh. Gents. 0 se, at poked' , 70$ Arab. Gents' Shirt' Ms. at Stokes', to Moll. . . Gentemen, , os I a nd examine Stases' Stook. The No. 702 ARCH STltßitf. deli I'YR LANDELL, FOURTH AND ALA ARCH: Streets, will oiler, this week, at redueed Prim— Good Mao k ThessEilles,• V l 4 t alaliQ z fia l . 3 lrt Good f Baia and Brown roa dead writ' t n de Soles. FOTIRTH AND :ARIA streets, will offer, tbie week, at reduced Priest— Blankets, very large wee. Blankets, extra floe niestrty. BMWs for Cribs and Crad les. • den • /Slankrb for Bone Covers and-Knock. OASSIBIERNSI AND NATI- Ia NETS. • . • _ }WWI ITht-walabt ilasaar,gloths. . • Tneota, Yrostad ilaaveta; Plain Broadolothi. ' Fancy and ingot Oaisimeres: •' • • COOPER to 00p1Aftp,_ Southeast oorner IIiNTH end niAax rINEWRIVADY & VEISIV3 1 I 1 A. 'Op, .Pollar Mks fog M.l . ' , , V ri p r o a rti L jr 7 11 14 .61 7 - - e . _ P e r il . Itte:Ffiolitiligp: $ I.so t I ! i I Long Btoolio Shalt , ...age taut, fr o r IL ‘ 12 i t:s g B rid i rrigif IT: CArkerlig to iii. 818, B&W CLOAK' BOOMS : I • Fine Beaver Cloaks 1477 1 ,1 1, g i r ks g f° l4. 6 ' illofilltd .legantly l'r maw.. or 4hr 015, $lB, el% &80 ,2 6. Arab oegg, Zonage Jackets, lilttok and Fancy Clothe. &a., ,to BEST BL4CE BMX'S:: t Good Quality Bisok Silks, trill wear well, for el. Heavy Black 811.0_,Blikoa_pignred Silky. &0., ego. MONO MID BOYSr WEAR :11 A Large Stook. of OIoGIA, , - A Lame Motor Ogalimetigh Oattioatte. Itlteetings, flaul- " 4 Fisune Ak e i Vill a gfirliunvei il.R.sereer EIeMTII k A GOA DEN 6 al K. 8..-Brag artleie boughtfor cash. PINE QUALITY PRINTS. A. A lot of English and Amerman Csnoon, of hand some designs and fine gul for Christmas_ twresents st 8 cents. deliPlAlei SEOTHEES• CHESTNUT and ElGliTll Streets, SAFE 3. LLIES' 'PATENT WROUGHT AND CHILLED IRON DEPOT 7115 CHESTNUT ST., UNDER MASON/0 HALL, IL 0. SADLER, General Agent, AND BANK LOOKS, BOORS. &o. otly the only ateroontule Bile made that I and Burglar proof. 46344 PIIILADELPMA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1861. NEWIIPUBLICATIONS. STAR OF THE PRESS 186 1 . "GREAT IN MOUTHS OP WISEST CENSURE." THE NEW YORE MEEOURY FOR THE NEW YEAR In accordance with a time-honored custom. the pub /littera of THE NEW YORK MERCURY. the largest two-dollar literary weekly in the world, make the open ing of a New Year the occasion for is/mega compre hensive prospective prospectus bulletin. Although the patriarch of the 'weekly press (being now in its twentythird year), Tug Idgaboavleerus with the fire and vigor, of youth, as well is with the wisdom and dignity of mature years. .Preslatias, tla zt does, the creme de la creme of literature, erillthed with the entrancing masterpleoes of the gratitest%ldatioers in the world—glittering with the brilliant wit and hu mor of the sharpest pens of the time—abuhdaatlY gar nished with the rarest genie of native posid—t4viriloW int with " thoughts that breathe and words Mit bum' , from the great writers of its immense cortributorial staff, and honored all over the country for its Perfect freedom from anything calculated to wound tr repulse the most sensitive moralist or clans of peope—it has been for years the 'LUXURY, WIN TEACHER, TIN MONI TOR, AND 'MR WELCOMR GOUT OF nurnisms OP TOOIIJANDB Or AMIBSCAM lO]tEs• The Debhehera and mormetom of Tice Ifiw YORK Mammy have made tho motto of its oolumni " Here shall young Genius wing his eagle fllgit, Rich dew-drops shaking from his plume of fight; and during the present year MOH its grand, !limitable army of writ re—whose tenited salaries exceed the total of those paid to the President and Vice Presietat of the UMW States—and its brilliant constellation &literati specialties will be materially extended. This!, one of the proprietors', new engagements is that of the witty, waggish, quigzioal, whimsical, world-renowted, and pungent Q. R. PHILANDER DOEBTICKE, P. who contributes to Tun hlanotrny a side-sptting se ries of Burlesque Biographies. Leetures. tritons Fashion Articles, 'Criticisms of Paintings, Phys, Sta tues, eta., ander the general and eignifican: title of 'DIVERSIONS Ow DOESTICKS ; OP, HARLEVIIIIIITS AT THE TIMES." • In the hamlet Department appear the melnifiment Illustrations of that planes of 10T10831 artist, Fattx. O. 0. DARIMY. ThroUghout the present year this magnificent and CARIOUS JOURNAL OP AMERICAN LITERATURE will con tain glorious Romances, Sketches, 6toriet, Poems, Game of Rumor, Moral and Domestic Essays, Criti cisms, eta., by the most noted American and .ftglish "Rattily, who have been engaged, at vast ERIPOIIROI to write for Tun MERCURY, We may name the ibllowing contributorial force: . . . Q, ,K. PHILANDER DOE- COUSIN MAY •CARLE STICKS,v. B o TON, ARTHUR M. 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ABOVE SEVENTH. 4110-1 m PHILADELPHIA. 5 0 OASES OF SEED LEAP TOBAGO() ' im°lll ' 4 nd r "" V Nlf..iP im A. wAtrotas , 11 PO F RENCH EIELATINE, White, for gale by wETntatT4 t .t aR9THER . , dolt 47 and 49 vollh 81s,COND CtITTLE-FISH BONE—Vor sale by WETTISIIILL SOOTHER, Noe, 47 and 49 North SECoND Street. (Yet Press. TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1861 The Historic Events of 1860. The past year has witnessed some of the most remarkable political changes that .have ever occurred, and the historians who will, in future, accurately describe them, will have an abundance of themes to enlist their high: est genius. The most fortunate and favored nation has been Italy. Many weary centuries have rolled around since she could point. to two years as full of hope, promise, glory, and substantial advancement as 1859 and 1860. Until Within a recent period, she was divided up into a number of distinct and divided , Govern ments, controlled by influences it:deafen' to her true welfare, and resolutely hostile to the liberty of her sons. Austria ruled with an Iron hand over a large por tion of her fairest dominions, and, by close diplomatic relations with her petty despots, wielded almost as much power over their sub jects as she possessed over the unfortunates who were completely at her mercy. Mamba, of infamous memory, tyrannized over the Two Sicilios, and in dying transmitted to his son all the hereditary hatred of tho;people which had long. cbaraeterized hie rice. But a won; drous• change has been Wrought' with alinost magical rapidity. The long-severed and dis tracted Mobs of nations has been reconstruct ed into one mighty and imposhig Government, strong enough to command respect among the haughtiest monarchies of Europe, and power ful enough to make every citizen' feel pre;ud of the name of Italian, and conscious that:it will prove a mantle of protection at home and abroad. Venetia and a portion of the territo ry of the Papal States alone continuo uncon nected with the dominions over which Vroron Emnfaxusr. presides amid the joyful acclaim- tions of his people. This great revolution has startled the world after P. long series of fruit less struggles had created the universal con viction that All projects of Italian unity were vain and chimerical, and that all the struggles of her people to better their condition would only strengthen their chains and plunge them into still deeper misery. The lesson thus taught is full of significance to all countries, bdt nowhere should it make a more profound inapression than in our Own long-iavored rime now unhappily distracted land. In Japan, too, a progressive spirit has been awakened after it had slumbered for many centuries; but whether the light of civiliza tion now lot in upon• her and the numerous complications with the long-excluded foreign ern, which appear to be inevitable concomi •tdiits of her new policy, will prove more bene ficial than injurious to her, the Arturo alone can determine. The white race has rarely or never benefited mon of a darker hue when ad mitted into free intercourse with them, or at all events, for every advantage it has con ferred it has exacted a fearful penalty. It,; enslaved the negroes, destrOyed the In dians.of North America, conquered and de spoiled`. the dusky children of Ifindoostan, and after long destroying the Chinese, by freely supplying thed with opium, and impressing them into a hopeless and fatal service as Coolies, has fought its way up to their capital, spreading terror and consternation on every side. The visit of the Japanese Embassy to this country was ono of the greatest triumphs of which American diplomacy can boast, and should secure, for ns important commercial advantages If it is at all possible for our enter *ratty° trade with Japan: — lfebeth, athaounced the arrival of our late guests, in e t toty, at Hong Kong, on board the noble asiamer Niagara, and they have ore this, no doubt, safely reached their homes, and are I even now recounting to their countrymen the rang wonders they beheld during their Ame tin tour, prominent among which will, doubt less, figure the sights they witnessed in our own beautiful city. Almost simultaneously with their arrival at Elfmg Kong the news of the fall of Pekin retched that city. This event is well calcu lated to arouse the fears of the cautions 'and exclusive Government of Japan, and to dampen the ardor of their reception. As the Emperor of China, on account of difficulties indirectly growing out of the foreign trade of his subjects, has at length been driven in dis grace from his throne by French and English bayonets, the Tycoon may not unnaturally anticipate that there is serious danger that he, too, or some of his &lemma may, at no distant day, share a similar fate. At all events, those who have always strenu ously advocated a restrictive policy will now have strong new reasons to urge in support of it, and the glories and delights of the great Japanese expedition will not be t linmingled with regrets that such great dangers have been encountered. Never did the future of the Chinese Go vernment appear more unsettled than at the present moment. While a foreign foe has entered, sword in hand, the precincts of its sacred capital, the Insurgents, too, have achieved a long series of brilliant triumphs, and now have undisputed possession of a large portion of the country. It is not impossible that a destiny similar to that of India awaits China, but, as the soldiers of Franco have fought side by side with the troops of Great Britain, England will not, in this contest, be permitted to monopolize more than a mere share of the honors and rewards of victory. Louis NaPormon is determined that If the flowery kingdom is to be cut up or made a European dependency, ho will secure a large portion of it. While these mighty changes have been wit nessed in other lands, in which we have but a limited interest, our own country is now in the throes of «a revolution, bloodless as yet," which has awakened the apprehensions es every patriot. In all our past domestics dis. putes and dissensions we have looked to the ballot-box as a peaceful arbiter to adjust them, and when its decision was announced all dis cord was hushed, and its decrees cheerfully complied with. But now, threats of an appeal to arms, of a dismemberment of the Confede racy, and of civil war, are loudly. resounding throughout the land. Each day brings new de velopments, more startling than their prede cessors. The public credit has been destroyed, the treasury has been plundered, the arms of the nation so distributed as to be available for the destruction of its authority, but not for the enforcement of its laws, and rebellion assumes a bold and defiant front, while the Executive arm of the nation is completely paralyzed, half by imbecility and half by sympathy with treason in its most audacious shape. Never was the well-being of the American people and all their great interests placed in more 1 fearful jeopardy than at the present moment. It is difficult to realize that the long day of prosperity and happiness we have enjoyed is I soon to be followed by a midnight of aufibring and abject misery ; but If tho dark clouds now gathering thick and fast around us are not very quickly dispelled, such will be our fate. The destiny of nations, like that of men, some times changes with magical rapidity, and for every blessing of the fortunate period of their career, they are compelled to endure a corres ponding curse, after their evil genius gains the ascendancy. If order does not quickly succeed chaos, and harmony the existing strife, we may find, too soon, that some of the most deplorable of national tragedies which history records will be re-enacted upon our own soil. The Political Events of 1800. The year which has just closed has been one of the most eventful of modern times—full of stirring incidents at home and abroad—and in entering upon the portals of a new cycle of time we find ourselves unfortunately in the midst of a financial and political convulsion, which awakens fearfni apprehensions in every thoughtful breast. During the last twelve months our national politics, in which a deep and absorbing Into• rest has always been, felt by the great body of our citizens, have 'aroused a degree of atten tion ,and feeling almost unprecedented,in our history. The sectional animosities; which for many years have gradually been growing in strength and intensity, and which not onlythe discussion of every current political topic, but the differences in American churches, North and South, and the exciting serraonspreached in thousands of pulpits have served to in crease, have become so bitter that the Union is in far ,more serious jeopardy than at any proviousTeriod of our national existence. ?At a time like this, •when so much is at stake, and when it is the true province of the patriot rather to allay the prevailing discon tents—to deal with the practical issues of the hour, as they arise, efficiently—to so direct the course of events as to still secure, if possible, a hopeful and a , happy future, perhaps no good purpose can be Served by a careful and scrutinizing review of .the past year, which weuld tend rather to raise bitter recollections, and to Invoke crimithitions and recriminations, than to,promote our extrication from existing difficulties. But certainly, in reviewing the course of this journal during that period, it is a satisfaction to feel that we are unconscious of having aided in any way to create the pre sent troubles, and-that we have done all in our potiv to strengthen instead of weakening the bonds by which tho•fathers of the Consti tutionloPed to make the Union perpetual. It must, ()rat least should, have been appa rent to every shrewd 'observer of the political signs of the times twelve months ago, that the honest instincts of the Democratic masses of the Northern States had been so outraged by the• infamous Lecompton polloy.of the Ad minlstrationj.by,the 'shameful proscriptions, thanniesi..and Corruptions Which followed it, and by the extreme . demarids made upon, them by .the politicians' of the South, with whotn , they had , been Previously allied, that, unless the Detneeratic National 'Convention selected a ; candidate of unquestioned courage, inte grity, nnd fidelity—one who had been tried in the hottest fires of Southern, as wall as of Northern fanaticism, and been found faithful —there was no earthly hope of the success Of the :Democratic Presidential nominee. With tint Mot staringthe members of the Charleston and Baltimorb :Conventions Rill in the face, the nomination of JudkaDOTIOLAa was earnetit-- ly, and gallantly sustained by men who fully comprehended hoiv much was at stakelahis • Selection as the nominee of the whole Denf.i , matte party, ou the ono hand; and on the other it was- reaisted"with unparalleled perti nacity and unseruPulo'usness; not only by the pensioned agents of a tottering Administra. lien, who Were governed' Merely by perm animosities and hatreds, but by other more desperate, calculating, and dangerous schemers, who deliberately planned the divi- Mon of the great organization which had long controlled the country, in order to place be yond a doubt thstmecess of the nominee of the Republican party, and thus to obtain a pretext for their favorite project of destroying the American Confederacy. Nearly every step in this great political drama has, up to this period, been as success ful as Its authors could have expected or de al - 4./' Having destroyed the unity and power of , the once invincible Democratic legions, and by their mercenary allies In the free States sowed such seeds of discord da to render the triumph of LINCOLN and Herm an easy task, they have, in strict accordance with the pre dictions of the faithful Democratic journals of the-time, proclaimed the very result which they had themselves thus artfully produced, to be a sufficient and Irresistible cause for rebellion; for overthrowing the authority of the National Government; for compelling this long-happy Union to ignore her past precedents of us—li no tumisaion to the decrees of grown - gretn ° ,-t.....mular, which, _she_ has and to establish here the terrible reign of conlitsion, dire distress, and civil war which has made our neighboring Republic of Mexico a scoff and a by-word among the nations of the earth, impoverished and destroyed her people, and divided her history into two painful chapters—one of anarchy and desola tion, and the other of a tyrannical military despotism, both being equally baneful to the well-being of her citizens. Unhappily, these appeals have been but oo successful. Already South Carolina has, in the most formal and solemn manner, announced her withdrawal from the Union, and it is evident that the sentiment of a number of the Gulf States will not only Justify, but demand similar action. Even in the border slave States there is a strong secession feeling, although it is fortunately still held in check by an earnest attachment to the Union. Amid all this tumultuous agi- talon, and with daily multiplying evidences of complicity with treasonable movements on the part of those who have sworn fidelity to the Union, and who are bound by the most sacred obligations to preserve intact the Go- vernmont over which they preside, it is evi dent that a crisis has been reached in which those citizens of our country, without dis tinction of party, North and South, who de sire to preserve the political fabric which so long has shielded us, and showered down unnumbered blessings upon the whole country, have now almost as important a duty devolving upon them in vindicating its au.: thority, in securing the faithful administration of its laws, in upholding the principle which is the very corner-stone of American institu tions—that the will of the majority, legally expressed, must bo respected—as their pa triotic ancestors, who fought the battles of the Revolution, or the wise and sagacious states men who laid the foundations of the groat Republic which is now so seriously menaced. May they be equal to the task ! A Southern Gentleman Attempts to Mope with a Young Lady of New York: • The New York Times, of Monday, says: Quite an excitement was caused at Jersey City on Saturday, amongst certain, circles, consequent upon an attempted elopement of a young Southern gentleman with a blooming young Mies of fifteen summers, an adopted daughter of Mr. Dane Woolf's, of No. 17 Grand street. Mrs. Woolfe ' who is the sister of an ex•indge in New York, is said to have planned the elopement without the knowledge or consent of her husband, and very nearly succeeded in her plans. The knowledge of the affair coming to the ears of a friend, he at once repaired to Wif liamsburg, where Mr. Woolfe is engaged construct ing a city railroad, and informed him of what was about to take plane. Mr. Woolfe' hurried at once to Jersey City, and consulted with Counsellor M HOS, when it was deolded that he should proceed to the terry and wait for the runaways. Hardly had he rived there when a eart, containing a large box and tome trunks belonging to the Southern gentleman and his fair one, came up. After some talk it was decided, in order to pre vent the mettef becoming public), to have the baggage removed to Mr. Gaffney's stable, there to await further notion. The indignant father, the gentleman from the sunny South, and Mr. MIS', then repaired to the aloe of the tatter, and two hours were oeoupled in consultation. The father was very angry—refused to be recon ciled to the union, and, it is said, used some very strong language. The young Southerner protest ed that his intentions were honorable, and in the elopement affair he was merely carrying out the plans laid by Mrs. Woolfe. Mr. Woolf. was finally prevailed upon to give his consent to the mar riage, which he did after examining the bag gage. The box contained an outfit, consisting of bedding, As., which had been furnished by Mrs. Woolfe, and the trunks the young lady's wear ing apparel. The happy couple were united at two P. M , and a abort time afterwards they left for the purpose ofpeg on beard the steamer for Richmond, Vir a. The young man is 22 years of age, and s said to be connected with a highly respectable faintly in Richmond. INDIAN BANDADITIVI ON TEE TNXAN RDON- X/Nlt.—T.bo Galveston News contains many par ticulars of the tont savage foray upon the north western frontier of Texas. A letter of the 20th ult.from Jaoksboro', says : "'Parsonlifedarts, with many others, have just arrived on.the square from the scene of trouble: The road is lined with women and children coming in. The frontier is broken up. Parson fdedaria• tells me that twenty.two persons have been found' in Jaok county killed and scalped by the Indians; six in Palo Pinto, and one in Parker. Reborn Ikard's wife and two of his ohildren were carried off by the Indians, from Jack county, and have not been heard from. Movers from the frontiers are still coming." A BarrrimOßN despatch says: fc The sohr. Alcre Mom, arrived here from St. Domingo, Weirs news that the guano island Alta Vela, in the Caribbean sea, in iesal possession of American oltisens, has been forcibly taken by the Dominioan Government, and the parties on the island taken prisoners to St. Domingo, the Government aieo de stroying the American property on the island. This Is viewed as a great outrage, and a violationof American rights." TWO CENTS: Literature, From Mr. John Horatian, agent for the-work in this city, we have the new volume; being the ele venth, pi the New American. CyclOpticlia, edited by George Ripley and Charles A. Dana;ind pub lished by D. Appleton and Company, New York. It Contains nearly eight hundred pages oetavb; and every article, large or small, hai been written ex ftessly for this work. The present volume commences with a biography of Alexander Maegii lovray, the Indian ohief, and concludes with a notice of Mora, a severe, but sometimes effective, counter, Irritant, used in China, Europe, and the 'Milted States. The principal oontribetors to Volume iii. bra: PrOfissir P. H. Hubbard, South Carolina; John Eaten Cooks,:tiirgirda ; W.Tranois, New'York Professor Henry, Smithsonian Lonna ; Professor T. Parsons, Harvard University; Dr. S. Kneeland,, Jr., New York; •W. Gilmore Simms,, Charleston, B. 0.; ,Robert Carter,. *ea' York; Charles C. Jleewell, Beaten ,; ; PatkoHed-,, 101, New York; judge AlexaraelOViilker n New Orleans'; John T:L Mason;' r 'ffecrge S. Boston,; Pidfeatorl' P. BekVareicoorir burg, Penn.; President ThOtikati Addeo% Col- , lege, Ohio ; T. A. , Birk°, Bevannalii : Glares., Rev. W. P. Striekland, 'NeW Yerk4:Plieekleilti W. M. Wightman, Greensboro, Alabama.;: • •gts. Slider, Now York ; Captain -Gearge •.13.;. 1 3 1 eire. United States. Naval Aeademy, Annapolis; .Pnui Arpin, New York ; prefesior Alexander Echo* s Now York; Henry Carey Baird; Philatiqphi": (article *Mercy"); Rev. Dr. E. de Sehweinit Philadelphia, - and ,meny more of established litj rary reputation. The peculiar feature of this Gf... clopedia, giving the biographies of living: cheerio tars, is fully maintained in the present yams It. was promised that' the work ehoald be templets& in fifteen volumes; but; as the eleventh hasbrought us only near the end of the letter ,M, that !teems, out of .the question. Nor,' indeed, is it s uesessary. It is better to have two, or even three volume,/ be yond the original intentlreC, than ttirisk*the Oftener,' ot the work - bY ' too iaPtily)titrifing - it to, a'oloss, in'order to keep within thildhialts orlgP !tally' assigned. We. redeinfeend the editersant publishers to 'heir • this in mind. • Seek str work must be as complete and as fait in Its doling be it Is in its commencing volumes,-and 2*- lishors', duty to see that it Is so. ideartaaltet.,e , tension may be requisite, and will be aetl4,4#,-Ph the'pablio. - • - • r t - . „ . Coins, Medals, and Seals, Asfeynt arisf_Mo . ; deny, edited by W. C. Prime, anther of "Iloitt Life in Egypt and Nubia," and other titile„sia popular works, has just been Itublitikedliy Ref= perk Brothers; and sent us throtigliT.'lll Peter. , son 'A Brothers. This ano urdinitely istikt and. We wish 'that we hid sueldientlrisee bir dispo, -mg to review it , asminutely as it deer**. at is; ; printed,en tinted. paper; with grpo,• 91fr% !PO forms a email 410 volume of about 30Qtpages.,. : It, ,Is literary, as well air •artiat)oal, la RR chlulteter., and is also'antiquarlan, as well as'neiniaticatioal; ,Int the information it supplies Mr. Prime; withi gest modeitY, puts Re forth rather as likely to be nieful to young students thin' to old coia.oolleet: ors It will serve a amok more extenthid pur pose, inasmuoh as even experienced collectors odn Increase their stores of information from its pkger, while the great number and accuracy_of its engravings must be of incalculable advantage to all. The literary portion consists of a History of Cetus and Coinage, followed by Hints to Toting Collectors; Abbreviations on Greek arid Roman Coins; 'Pried of. English Collis; Remarks on Some Rare Coins of the . United States; Table of: Comparative rarity of American Coins ; Weight and Fineness of Gold and Silver; United Hates Gold Coinage; Softies 'for Mese , sdring Coins; Price' of United, States Rohm : arid Medals at Recent Sales by Auction; Remarks on the Price!' of Coins, Medals, 'As.; Washington COMB and Tokens;'Presidential and Elootion hcedtils and Medalets, (there are nine of Mr Bu onanan) ; Political Tokens ; Temperance ?dadaist, ; American Medals Awarded by Congress to Mili tary and Naval Officers; a very full Index, of Subjects, and an Index to the Plates. The history of Coinage is subdivided into, The Origin of Coins;, Progress of Art among Ancient Nations; Coinage of the Jews, Romans; of Britain; Coin in America ; Medalets and Tokens, Certnterfeit Coins ; Coinage of Continental Europe ;. and the' Striking of Modals sad Coins. Thire are several hundred illustrations, beautifully engraied, of coins and medals from the earliest to the , present to m, 4 - 11 . ;Tr%G eorge IL,.10. seven Tom fifty years. The only °Wootton the, book is liable to is; that hatpin short in its records of foreign modern coinage : for example, there is not'gl6on any coin of George ILL and IV., or William IV,. and Only a medal of Victoria. Neither does It notice the line coinage of , the French Empire: The American 'coinage is pretty fully delineated, brit not so mush so, of course, as in the recent works especially de -1 voted to Amerioan Numismatios. Mr. Prime bas done his authorship of this book ably, indufitrioualy, accurately, and instructively. The price ($2.50) is' marvellously low, considering that there 'are nearly a thousand engravings. Some time ago, we noticed the first Series of Essays to Biography and Crtticans, by Peter Bayne, published by Gould le Lincoln, 'Boston. A second volume has just appeared. Mr. Bayne is a clever young Sootohman, whose first book, " The Christian Life, Socialtind appeared in 1854, and deservidlY obtained a high place in publio estimation. A favorable review of its by the late Hugh Miller, attracted the atten tion of Gould d. linooln, who republished the wcrk,and had the satiefestlon of finding their enter , prise rewarded by a large wale. This led to their treating with Mr. Bayne, for the republication, in a collective form, of various essays which he had contributed to a Scotch Magatine. This made the first 86110. The second oonsista of papers Wm quently written, and, we think,' with still more power and judgment. The articles upon Charles' Kingsley, the Duke of Wellington, Napoleon, and the Pulpit and the Press, would 'do credit to almost any living writer. They are as much superior the platitudes, dogmatism, and su perficiality of George Gilfillan, the sen tence-spinner, ae Gilfillan himself is superior to a; tadpole. Since August, 1857, Mr. Bayne has been editor of the Edinburgh Witness, having succeeded poor flugh Miller in that chair. Mr. Bayne's Essays aro on sale by Smith, English, a Company. J OVZNILII BOOKS :As this is the Gift•seaeon, we shall mention a few juvenile books, of a higher class than ordinary, Which have just been published. 1. Bonnie Scot• /and : Tales of her History, Heroes,' and Poets, by Grace Oreenwood,"—a pleasant volume ! whielt wlll instruct the young, and please the old. well-written. 2. Tito Seven Louie Sisters who Live on the Round Ball that Floats sn the Air. The round ball is the Barth, and the seven sisters are the various rases who inhabit it. The idea Is neatly worked up. 3 Bruin: or the Grand Bear- Hunt , by Captain Mayne Reid, is a tale of con. siderable excitement, in width are' cOuentrated, we suppose, all the adventures about bear-bunting ever recorded. How the youngsters will' enjoy, while • they shudder at, the perils - it relates. (These three books are neatly illustrated, and pub lished by Ticknor & Fields )- 4. Up the River, being a new volume of 11 Stories of Rainbow and Lucky," from the prodnotito pen of Jacob Abbott, has bgen published by ?desire. Harper. It continues 'the instructive tale which the writer hu pleated to put into a succession of small volumes, and we are reminded, not unfavorably, of !Mies , Edge worth's Frank." It contains ten engravinge. 6.: The Chtldren's .Pteture-Book of Birds, Illustrated with sixty-one engravings, by W. Har vey, is another of Harpers' valuable jcivenlle boas, and is well adapted for all ages, from two to; fifteen. 6. The Life and Adventures of Dandy „Tack, by Uncle Tobias, published by P. E. Tilton & Co., Boston, le skeimaainery history of 'an Equestrian Circus-monkey,• related with some humor, and prettily illustrated. 7. The Ninter Boy; or, How Ben Franklin made his Mark, by William M. Thayer, also published by Mr.: Tilton, is of the same character 'as 6 , The Bobbln Boy," by the same pen. The design Is to llMs trate the familiar maxim that, the boy is father of the ban. It win be followed by The Farmer Boy ; or, How (surge Washington became Presi dent." It is our purpose to notice more fatly, at, the earliest opportunity, this biography of Frank•` lin, and we shall only say now, that a better book for Youth has not been published this season.' It is 'well printed and handsomely illustrated. COA.BT FOILTIFICATION BEGim.—Tito citizens of Beaufort, through Colonel John Barnwe ll , as authorized by major titneral • Sphnierle, have ;erected a redoubt upon the outakirt , of - the town, Intended to protect them from attack by any foreign Power. The work is well oseouted, and at this time nearly completed— It consists in a half. sunken battery, with moat ten feet wide, pierced for throe eighteen pounders now in possession of the town authorities. The ramparts are compactly sodded with-turf out from the edge of the neigh boring marsh. The redoubt to situated to the west of the town, upon the highest spot in that neigh borhood, at an elevation of about thirty-five feet :above high-water mark. It commands the Port Royal river toward the southeast, the front; and 'also the roar of the town.—Charleston Mercury, Dec. 27. Quxog. Tarp.—Tho schooner Inez, Captain Emerson left Baltimore at font , o'clock on Thurs day, and anchored in this harbor the next day, at ten o'clock in the morning. This is equal to steam, and even faster than some of the steamers that have gone the same route. Norfolk Day Book. THE • WEEKLY PRESS. Tax Wenn, Fans will be not to wabsoribere by mail leer annum. in advanced at ----#9.oe Three Copies. " I.e• F i ve CI et se Ten " " Twenty " " " (to one addnwo),Ao.oo Twenty Copies, or over (to address of each mtbsoriber.) each-, For a Club of Twenty-one or over, we will and as extra copy to the Letter- ipof the Clvb ItT Faitmaaters ate OPOteated to act pp Agate ¢OT c Tax WxxxLy Pun. CALIFORNIA PRESS. Lined three times a Mouth, in time for the California Steamers. PERSCiIsIAL ANo POLITICAb• —A meeting of about one hundred and tatty prominent National 'Demoorats was held - at bitty, on the iith nit ; convened by Cirendarslinte4 by „Thls A. Gressi and his. lideldahon. F orma Of petitiOns were adopted requesting the 'Legieliture to Sepgal the personafltborty bew_of 1840, and to restore the ninemenths! slaveholdhsg law (41817, to be iiroilatid in each county. A well-known dreamed and 4tterateur, M. Louie Lurino, the ciitiotoi of the Vandeallie Parid, is dead.' Marshal O'Donnell, or,rither the Dural ititti 4 Win, as he is known einco , tbwriMett war is Atdent was neatly maassinalad.da, kinds/az thelticor • . Diamober. Amen approseited . 'own /MOB as he mai leaving, the ,Botuat,o, and •0140141 p, " I)le,.traltar,!" , discharged a pistol at , 121 R0 1 10-, - only ; e: wonnd - was, inilloted The assassin was Arrested. :—The Louisville papers - state Th at a' q reginiiisr of volnatiere ',has been formed in titelloweileit &Indiana; dirik, hive tendered' , their: seivfeits ' ttat, Peiplebr lientttoky, anyslate tour- ' enation , oestre.z " . 4-4110pyy "Bark.; monpositor in a printing f eronviess shipped northward en the wk,, for expmssing Abolition sentiments., Vicksburg W7eeg says that in tereniki : itra 'eointies the tisoessionists havi Mooted tsimitiAie delegates and ihei capperationfsts kitty - delegates fire 7 yettirtteas from: iteltilks4 'the oi-oklatioiDals will -hive , at • bait onie;thirdi , piobahly: two-titthi of the Convention, and' dot there's/IR be bee nosjority in fevor.of substd notion book t 4 the people, if *apeman Weldon , le decided upon. . , The Lowill Courier says that no Multi, lan fs known in that city is "Dr. G. llfellen;" !Mint of ,whoie euffering,while travelling it the Booth is going the rounds. - HIFI% Jetties Burton, postmaster of Orsuitiiilli . Allegheny nimn ty,llC, flint that peiddldi :telenty-inivin year; .his appointment Inigirmily DAM .The ,Frostbing , .- o=o/4 frop3t_wht,oli we derive :the inftmagtion,: . sten .that .dorkitg his entire' 9219isil.assi!!,,J4Fie : Pinion his haver Missed • single inell-ehas heynr. t ontel Bit ngtie 'otie whOies - dei 4 u 42.. . -• 14isalons errerninneoted eilth 'datiii-r-hau never sued, nor beatriumi-andlalver tblibsooo et . • • • ItQAigitstet (11a4Sentuzei publish*, ei tot eightyrfaut donates. a(Zhit Mate -whick hay* 4.4 2 40 1 4 dates itor **Mate Rmaymitiott to al won;}, , AP!R 3 .7..: 9f.ii?osit _fork!. :for here notantatei qnly co-opium , ; - loarteen -only immediate le"ois'Atoliate. sad in 'tioehty f pre there are;two Deiced,. r, The Richmond . - AgnaMiW4r,ii Weaidas tq be a ' aiR pekoe Atter:to-0y; The ,iwesuation is _not I to, be pormanent t howevnr. - - The Adis. name of an Opera httinpOret conks, ..fehm Copenhagen: This la M. Beratatt, salami opera, ~A .- ' Xtialt,of:thg- . 1160. 1 4.1- is. Wit 'to .have h4d a SUOMI Ilialo-aillipliOnWlNCES,„ I—Neither to Mr. 13etrard tot; Mr: Lineal*, nor even yet to the Buffett; 'editor, prime inktiotin,' longs the honor , ordissovar4- or origionliy pta. malt:sting the Anattina of the impressible eon- Mot. the • tliteet Ptak fatellier.with it. aria 1p ; threthandre4 yeari . agio, whip o,loi - to this States of ...Holland . : MAU imposeiblatthat-ai allariot shout& inotra evenly having its wh sdi nit attnally,kopartioned; and so taint a lanifedef tian 'be brhken`ic; pieces, if there be not an Kill obligation on all to tend to a commoi parpoei.' '--The Floranee correspondent of the Ptaiidend• Journalbayt that no lets than flfty - Amerloan tallies are now domiciled in that city. '--- The Springfield Journal denies that It is Qin home organ of Mr. Linooln. 7 - Lord Leigh appeals to the British publio for kelp for the'Coventry weavers. lie statei that, in Coventry alone, there is a difference' of i6OOO in the weekly wages paid to the working classes, as compared with the corresponding week of year. The large parishes of Aleohilt, Bedworth, and Nuneaton are suffering even frtore than Co ventry Wolf. GENERAL. NEWS. Tun Pasennerrett PAST RFPUDIATEDO-allit South Congregational Church at Georgetown, Haas.; of whirl. Rev: Charles Steelier (broth& to -W. B) is. pastor, held a. church ineatileeti Sunday evening, .2.3 d nit. , sad, after muck Urea 810reolved pot to comply with the President's 15 to ` 12, " pitch lad" the rreentme - wounnte-eme r 4- sage, declare that hie proclamation is an act of hy pocrisy ; that the Constitationvughtte be stripped of its slavery rendition, .and repreesatation eon struotion ; and that the present distress is an gape alai judgment upon the sin of slavery. Mr. Basehir had preached a red-hot anti- a / 4 1st, , Sermon In the tocuslog.—Providence Post. , • EXvnaoloslltaßT FLOW , OF. Otr,;—A. gentle. man, who, has just returned from ,the inf.:isms us that on Friday evening last the. nos engaged in boring one of the BoonOmltevall4'at Tideouto, struck at the depth of ninety-alght feet a vein of oil and gas, so. powerful , that it was thrown up seine seventy feet above the name.. Such an extraordinary flow of 011-was never 'be fore seen even in the Tideorde _Neon, so fruit ful of surpriees of this oharaoter. Ylof more than one-third of it was scoured, yet up to Wednesday morning, one hundred and forty-bile barrels had been taken up, while the vat, capable of hold two hundred and fifty barrels, was one-third filled: Altogether, some two hundred and thirty. two barrels were secured, And the flow still con tinues.—Pittsburk Post. AUOTICEE. rudrrtrU SLAVE SCTEMENDRICEIL— - A negro min, who bad ran away &Om i plestatiou near Louisville Tenn , eight months ago, was taken into custo dy at Cincinnati a few dag i since, and delivered to the claimant on show proof that he was a slave. The Gazette of that oty ae marks : .4 In this °see the anxious politicians of the coun try may see with what alacrity the fugitive-slave law is executed by the citizens of Ohio.' Thiamin is a fair illustration of the majority that have oa. mated during the past three years; as dating this time not a colored person arrested on a warrant of a United States commissioner has been set fres again or rescued." Tun U. S. Anus.—By the old law, the re gular 11. S. army consisted of about thirteen thou aand men. Under a law passed in 1850, authority' was granted whiob, with full regiments, would, make a total force of nineteen thousand. This small force is now scattered over the vast territo ry of the Union; some in Utah, keeping the Mormons in order ; others In Omen, California, and Washington Territory, fighting the Indians; and some inT . .ansas looking after Montgome ryvery and Jwe hear -of few lo cated atayhawkers. the South, " and t it would probably be a difitoult matter to concentrate a large force in that region, except of volunteers, without some weeks, or perhaps even months notice. Tun Dzvoson Itturra. -- The Pittsburg Chronicle gays We have, on more than one oc casion, alluded to the large number of persona seeking absolution from the obligations of matri mony in our county. We learn that twenty-two deorees of divorce have been bunted by the Cour of Common Pleas within the last year, and that thirty-two applications are still before the smart for consideration. The number is entirely too large, if it could be avoided, and shows a state of morals among some of our married folks the very reverse of commendable. , FEOPt 'TO Dooovga. VEGETABLE 'Dr —A ehetnist, of Lyons, announces " that the coloring matter of any tree may be known by the - color of" its fruit ; and advises th e boiling of the bark with in water, when a precipitate will beformid of the same color as its fruit. Several of the nett vegetable dyes have been discovered by this simple process. Too Ottnsarg. or Hui Moisur.-3fre. Jaito Sparks, of New York city, having a 11,000 and a $5OO bill, sewed them for safe keeping, in theft perilous times upon one of her under garments, anti then forgot all about, it until the clothes had gone Into the wash. _ The bills were not to be found, and the washerwoman was arrested, bat denied all knowledge of the money. Tim St. Louis Republican, in abeenczof de- finite census returns, fixes the Ovulation of Mb- Mona at not less than 1,260,000, which is an (n -oses's of 677,956 in the fast ten years. In 1850, the number of slaves was 87,422. Two years - ago the number taxed was 104,000, and It Is believed that the number is now larger. IMPORTANT TELRGRAPHIO ArtIIANGEIIMIT. The Charleston Alercury nye: " i'he superin tendent of the southeastern seedion of the Anteri oan.Telegtaph lines him given ordere that all mes 7 lagetin which the State of Booth Carolina is con cerned 'shall have precedenoe over all other mes sages, and be despatched in the most expeditions way to their destination. A LEMB. from Acapulco mentions the de struction by tare of a large American cotton-fac tory at Santiago, a village near Topic, on the west coast of Mexico, and the Murder of a number of workmen. It is believed that the• cause was hatred to all foreigners entertained by the olearoh _ . party.. NEW MILITARY COMPANY AT FREDERION.-r, A new cavalry company, numbering between:Afty and siaty . members, was last week tally Organliad at Frederiok city. The corps is entitled 10-.Fro doriok Mounted Dragoons, and Is oommanded by Captain Bradley T. JolneLn. 000/. WBAII/E7l.—At L'uneithmig, the morning of the 16th, says thelturlttiestrAfeir Press, the thermometer stood twenty degreas_bedeyr zero, and for forty-eight hours previous It hid not been higher then eight below: ,Tun %Lbw. RanttoerN—The Mop, and his party are out every daysairviens' routes for the Salem (N, J.) Railroad, the partite lar route to be determined whet , the olaims4 sub are surveyed bare been drily oonsidezed:= , THIC Department - of the Interior gives pubilir7 werning against reoelvinger p u r q ueMs any the.: stolen Indian bonds and coupons, as the 43 /EM the Milted States thereto will be prosecuted to the' utmost 'nitwit. • • FRANKLIN'S) birthday,- 17th baat, asill bm celebrated, in Cincinnati, by a grand printers' TH.& freight agencies at Cincinnati are said to oost $50,000 a year ; • heavy tea on sellrosd thareholdare.
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