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Do!Oluarrikitil 0 , opotialtalgtot lifeguard of stwaaa ingistusiliagg : s oii t : " .lattiNgrittOira:aball WOW.' *Wagi grosiiii co ui,-sg•utikiitiluir Muria* tie' o tio g ug, to iii too ; s *rw - Si illalrtogut toulaser." Ilia Ude ,64 • Part OW/WO 0 614 MilkintlaWfatoletakeii 2 : llo- caw YANII I IN "WlSPArgi.,wraalinius all -, umi -• or ~,,,ou,•, without 1 IWO.' olifetlia- . Inia I k. - eurarfrOur - of !writs - Wasom . pnegiontimiabootiot a• Wit at & family 'sum - tualtsto tabu its columns' ga Sao fie soda of asp - osrit idsikoloholif. , ' ' ' " • ' • WWI ma* ,issammi of - ttie_ owe, I. gwititio* tolto POLITICAL tap .to DlP'Auvriutiwre. will be NOrt i rtelsi; Si ' 4i. 'all Otis 4141, /Ow( ere tee btt,'Slauen tot "Mit taiwOul,or ittl, - ghtdis. tiarr&kiriltaiistoite :of c teams, add, ineial timid, 00044i lit:Visit - :..wilo 0.,4•048, or basic ..:_. 44.: 110-441 4;r':' -:' -•. -' -- •-,-'-':-_- -.'.• • •topitsocieut r • Jizitlifilitii;' ',' iiiiiiiiikliOlii Witail ro - ;fanualt.'ioSt, readers with Ina' lillatbli:getiOtla orlati 'stiallos sod osttle # girt SOO thS:lstatt hoar.; . - - • , I* ii* I TM UAW 914100, of tholi'iti;ioOrisk ito v • ,ITISZVir , NOM IraurbtlikillWatiff p 7i -- r . Wl4 ain*Aribill) tOkaltiliAbi: of 64-04 404 who:lose , : • - • - . • - niv t o - **Sr* wuruerflair, liottaltod, - .11, ilk*: who . • • ' 'ilatluSda fibs'," NrElflttir ntssuip • '.,ist to ' xiir" their oKerktor - di ; Nive 'Will . 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' 7 V:o i 'ef,, i "* 87TT STREIr ~ il • ~ . 14 mhof 1 It.- 4 1.. 1 ,4:1 ! ;, 1 j,,,,,y : -;, • '' - '11• 1 '" Id 1111 ZVI f--/ Ti All: , I --' ;) , P: . ,,c,,..17. : ,, ,I , ,r 4 .:-, . • • • It . , - ;.- t • t atrts3ll,# • ' - - •,/ - - ...! • ,et jilaiwaimpT a - ••• . •,„ - ' • :,- , • -,- ;-, sa el.z - or. a 1-q•rxr. n. „,1 : ttOW tivrv4 ,- "tthlr , .- , 1 , r o-7 ^,••••r•-•4--1,1 r••••?, "4,1=1 VOL. 4.-NO. 131. NEW IUBLICATIONS ALL SNOWED UP ALL iiNOWED UP I ALE SNOWED UP I ALZ ROUND THE STOVE: THE. PEDDERS' AND PILORIMS' REST, Takommul i AND PILIAIMS' REST, THE VEDLERE', AND TILDE/MB' REST, A NEW YEAR'S STORY, :31D JANUARY. 1861. In the ,City of New York, on the above date, will be made public the all:eXottiag, all-absorbing moident, of whoa' :almolit every, Are is Anxious to hear or know somethini,: . ; - • • , Be 4, l ***rni Floireiniel that John Roos Dix, Fen., has written: ninentrervarkable NerrYear's StOrt•-re Mark- Able shin fey Nil idtezYel7 istnishig and thrilling narra tive, AettiniciiinAjoirer: nannot fail to carry with it dehliiit-iind - iiinuietnent into the household of every 'family in the hind. Seldom, If ever, hiof * Story been published incite imited' for, .unirersal peirisal at the oontrieitoeinerit of s, new. year. , The reoords - of the wonderfal ,tiOes told 11 the Pilgrims: and Pedlars who Wenj all snolied_npOh tliAntemotable occasion a/faired to, are 'all happily blended' together by the author in a stylii At oboe gemalcattraotive, and entertaining in this The ittpoire;Stori heiheeh written eipeoialle for the Howehoid Joaraalk4rnmenoirt theta. le. It Will es.- peer ezettalvely HOUSEAOLD JOURN A 14 Ti. Filrotite Pawls Paper, on TOR 3rd of JANUARY, 1861 SIXTEEN PAGES. TIME CENT§ SILETEEN .TItRIZE CENTS. SIXTEEN TA*Elk THESE CENTS. SIXTEEN EAOBS. _TRIM CENTS. Bold fry all tjloolteellgye sad Newe-saloate• • News stoote, Amos 'semi is your Orderir II early a• yomble to Insure a prompt wryly, The'B4VIIEWO.III3.IOIfIiNAL ix the great fatally Perloool4lthikarit.lll6lllhed weekii...Prlab Three LINDSAY .BLAKISTOWS 186&40 Jo PHYSICIAN'S VISITING LIST FOR MP . for t P"! " . -- " w Pathints; sw.hi 75 " " 4.55k0r ynt.ll_4sks. " for 10 ' 0 PiDentn.TiOl:Vi—; . .. "" 2" 4 4..2 t --. " . INTRELEAErEDiru2 _ Pried for II Pattenti weekly. bound in ,plotb v ., .. , Id •• 25 ... Irk% WaR11 0522 M••3 g 6, .‘ , 50 tughs wit .i.Ookets— A 25 o 50 .__ ALSO. 1114SILIKB of all WO", in venous bincllngo, for IS 6 I. BLANK SWIM of WI, kind. on. band or made PrOttlittli to order. LINDSAY & BLANISTON. Publishers. hat 43 SOUTH SIXTH St., snoop Chaitnitt. 9° k .- BllllCESr4ientlemett: I hive B d 461" •• .• dom. ;Ai, Swftittl -04... .; ' . 1 1 Xiiirs W ronin • • • • a mu Tor v o i s .,a o , a lan wulattlioTE • ' • • ' +.; 1 1 81 1 ' :••• • • " !igirreVii7l4ollß U O 4Oe*V'rHE I OWLTP• insp.& ,P 1112397.8 I+oll.' TiGN J 1 1: ofteffe r nl i aria sra 1114 11 "" . 1.` g %t 614 .0 , 16171 _arm, ) dela irg . vr !Ira beirr .Cklaui . rotim nook" C.T; Di E, 1.., .A. S 011XISTMAS PRESENTS. Thai ad witb sattreli sew sad beautiful atile Soak& 'kande& sok iIOY. PRINOR,ORARLiii; ' RitiPIRRAON. ROYAL fiTUART, WU. A. UROWN & CO.. doll-tlall I•OO=g4,OLAAISSSi , . PICTURE FRAMES, Of Mri• misty. ' atIOZAVIN6O, OLG-PAINTINGS. tsaa ISO, Olaf 4311, STREET, • e84.T;13,r/fORTa IIWASITLVII•11111. '4O pllttilVrilt. • • riarusx,comilif i eu got MOULD MOB. oell,lo law sad Re la • LOOK.I.NG-GLA'B+9l*B, • POZTAUT AM) PIOTIMMAISAMEOO ENGRAVINGS. • Oa PAINIIIIIII. /604. as. 1111111:11 zmui & 110 Ac MTOSTERB, WE AND EXTOL DEALIRS. SABLES' GALLERIES, 'swum Ammar/Es. WHEELER, do, WILSON. Prices Noduced, Nov, 15 b3lllO. SEW /M 4 'MA.OI-11NES. Cs, : 'OX 9nte6T-IEOOND MON lIARRIFY BOUDOM SEWING MAOHINE. No. I:—PO I MMILi t U r ft 80. h—A r. atao , FOR (WILTING AND HEAVY WORK. Both ow from two mmolo without f,,ito -trouble of to- Wl_Pdir sk azotiopitmith little moo Fot _44 o. TOO ABLCIBEBtroati thdolyhts, and NoM: gillßlWAto;hlettlatofok Tifir4i . 'iItANDIOATIUNG AND : I jriES L • •:actp irrr aupet, „ . s.l6.sy' 'M I IfOlgD, M .E,A T bags toinform the public that w Imam CO gget his Astir celebrated tie 5.4 1 .1 la va be ing 3 Vdatfrlaffktrib„ psepateb • • • ••W IGHTt nnd 6ralP9 P.OP / Pi vP de - , • • .114,AD,E, PK ITUNUE, tAIIEA, AND siiliWattO totIBINS, gvasuivip (MOM DI ,4Nant e. 4.11A4 kifq (:42; IttYPXRTA 3 ,, CiItOCARIES, nos „' • -IPKv 4 - .Paf Sm*, pAielar , 11 040 rigid Mail= weirs in".s. '0,;' , 11. MATTSON. ~lli „ • „ ,„. . _ 0 t , z,...,:._t l e ~,,,., " . 1 n r i r.74l / ' ; 1 ::; ::,,. . i • ~.$.;•;:.! i ,, , *-- •\'A' ' / ~' •,. II , „ : -", " ;',- - .' 4 ':' -;- ... . - • , iii • • . . ".... ' ...1 -=-•,::' •Ak'' ! • ..= " ,,i iiiV ' ,";•::::-, ••7:.' 4 " ' ' ' .-t o bA _ :, ,•• ,-", : „ft...., : , .„.4„.„..._ ...,,..... - WIN_ •" • A • . je ._,,. .. 41r i'' , ..i - -}',i - .:. ' - - - . • - , . :.. -:'': ,..1 b. :: -: ii II i: . -' ~ l'.--Ps.. ~Rovi -'.--1.,_. k,.....t. , k 7 i'4' ,11 1 i r•, -- 1,- - ",:.. ' A ..- • ''''' " Ell , i_o~ -•A J - l, d" T f` ~ •• , Wiz', *Ji t 4 1-5-zt, -- .- -_ ,.,..,...t.._ 1 ~ ' ''';tr'; P --N. ---ii.-4,1':;:, 1 ...."- ... 1111 l i ektt,' •••:- .. ' ... ..-. '.Z... . 4 -i* - ~4 -• ~,. ' --- - ' - 'l"r - vcargi - - or- 0 -- ----- ",- 0- 1, 14 „ ---.--• ". ...-, -- - - Vie, - - - . .... - if - ,17 - :,... , , --,---. , - ~..._-_,...._ .. . ... I rf: . , - . -__ T -- • - • -=.- . • ,---......:_- 4 ., '''' .. ' . . .. • appears on the AND OTHERS. 1011 SALM by 946 149FULET STREET iie ogElistrit t 7 UT, Plaisdoista,s. impexiose: LADIES' CLOAKS AND FURS. AT NOMINAL PRICES. WITHOUT REGARD TO OOST, TO CLOSE THE SEASON. EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS' Worth of elegant CLOAKS AND FURS. Suitable for LADIES, • MISSES, AND CHILDREN, MOST BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD NOTICE TO lIITSNDING PURCHASERS.—The usual One-Price System in force at this establishment wall be abrogated for the SpSOO of One Month. in order that, should any garment be inadvertently omitted to be reduced in price to the lowest acoeptable amount, any Offer for the same will be ooamdered, and, if at all practicable, adjusted to the satisfaction of the imp. °baser. J. W. P4OCTOR & TIM PARIS MANTILLA, CLOAK, AND FUR EMPORIUM. NO. 708 CHESTNUT STREET. INDIA SHAWLS. VELVET CLOAKS, CLOTH CLOAKS, SILK'S, SHAWLS, DRESS GOODS, 111 great Variety and choice agleations, at GEORGE FRYER'S. No. 916 OHESTNUT STREET. 0019-tt CLOA Ka—The greatest bargains in the city at _ _ _ I V, E ' . OLOAKB.—The largest stook, the bast assortment, the ohomest colors, the finest qualitiea, the most superb tyimmings, the newest styles, the best work, and deol dedly the lowest nrieeet in the city, at IVENB'.' 23 &nth NINTH 'Street. nol3km iII,OAKS. —The CITY °LOAF, STORE, `4..r142 North EIGHTH. Every one le talking of the greafbargaint and tiperlor quality of the CLOAKS at the new CLOAK Erl ORB, 142 North EIGHTH Street,. nolf4m fiLOAKEI.-11 you want the beat value 'tor your money, go to the City Cloak Store, 14 North 81211111 Street, abort Cherry. nOM2III CILOAKB:-Th6 CITY CLOAK STORE, - 11'1112 North BIORTH, is said to be the beet anti 434eispeat store In the' oar. note-Sm AIII2I.—A magnificent assortment of Call the newest styles imported this seasonovith very new material. asde op and trimmed in the Very Best minzet, at rim that defy all oomuitilan. u the 'Paris atonic Btore. northeast oorner of EIGHTH and WALNUT gtreetg. nol64rn DRY GOODS—BELLING OFF. DRY GOODS—SELLING OFF. Below Cost. Below 00e. Most be cloned oat in. One-Montb. Most be closed °d in One Month. Before tittrolc Time. Before Btook Timo. 'At .TOHN IL STOKES. 702 ARCH Street. aeOO-t NEW BALMORALE. 4.1 6'WShoioe designs. Poplin corded Italmorals. Dark drools and bright oolors Solid oolorsi top sod bottom. Bold Sooteh Plaids, Our best deists! Ulla season. SHARPLESS BROTHERS. dolt CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets. lEW CLOAK ROOM CONTAINS Mutant Cloth Cloaks. Every new style Coat and Cloak. Woollen, Broohe, end Black Thibet COOPER k CONARD, non Southeast owner NINTH and MARKET. tiled ya lap lifts. RG . LB v. L a S u . Marseilles apt 'Dimity Quilts. Flue Table Wiens, pleating, and TOWN. COOP MR h 00HARD, molt Southeut corner MTH and MAMA'S NIFERINOES, DELAINES, POPLINS. IN- 1 Fine ntook Blsok area Goods. some dregs goods very much reduced. Printed Coettme rem ! taja p w r le..4 A now. nog! Southeast corner NINTH and SISHAT FIRST DAY OF WINTER. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE MONTH OF LOW PRICES. We intend, this month, to well our stook of rioter dry goods AT AND BELOW FIOST We era ollrga t iltV e el i r ee Cit e OF CLOAKS, and will offer extra IRMO/emeriti to purchasers until jee l ' o le g i . . Id fgt._ C LEsB /Jinn THE VALVE OF THE CLOTH! Our exteneave variety of SHAWLS we will alio offer at greatly:_rednced rates. DRESS GOODS OF Evbßil DESORIPTION ATOOST, rather than keep them to another liaison. DRY GOODS rOit UHRISTMAS GIFT% Wh a t is ammo woeful present than A handsome Drees pattern? A handsome Shawl.? A tendsome cloak ' Ah andsome Collar ? or Ahandsome Shirt Bosom? Purchasers will consult :Aar interests by mating be fore lookins sliewhere. -0 CHARLES ADAMS & SON_, del- tf EIGHTH AND ARM BTRHETS. BARGAINS AT JOHN H. STOKES'. Gents' Matta at Wks?, 709 droll. • Oante undorsktrte, at Stokes'. TOY Arch. Gents' Stoves, at Stokes'. 703 Aroh. Gents' Stockings, at Stokes'. 701 Aroh. Gents' Shirt Salome. at Stokes', 702 Arch. Gentlemen..eall and examine Stokes' Stook. l'he No, los ARG4. iSTREET. 11617 RYER. LANDELL, FOURTH AND -zi ARCH Strpeus, wlll offer, this Week, et reduced prioes— Good il k ok Dress Silks. GoA taple s reit Tor. ful .10114,7 2 1 :4 dc, Solpor. del§ tr EYRE LANDBLL, FOURTH AND mtcn Streets, will offer, this week, at radioed priors -7 Blankets, veal' lane. stns. Blankets. entrant, quality. Blankets for Cro rand Cradle,. Blankets for Horse Covers end Knees. den Win tr CLOTHS, OASSIMERES, AND SATI NETS. Heavy end ght-weight Beaver Moths. Tricots. Frosted Seaver". Dam Broadcloths. Fancy and Dina. Case!march coituft Ec CONARD, nOl Southeast corner NINTH and MARKET. THORNLEY 0/IL9BVS! ! ! ••• One Dollar Bag for 7So. I PligigTtli742 Deter Setenty,five ° oat Soo for $1.50 1! I ! REDUIOTION IN Pit Long Brooke Shawle,-.Ereeltent, for H. Long Boone onaybh Buy§rior g for 10 to $l2. Long Bradt* IntiTna , von' nue. or $l4. 810.818. Ono OM. • NEW CLOAK ROOM 'lf Beautiful Cloaks for SO. ine Beaver Cloaks for SO, le, *9. a 10. 1110h174," LlocontlY Wrtmtned tor 012, *io , VS. 1130,1a1d 25. Anil" loans. Zonave Jaagetth Black and Fancy Motto. eso., BEST BLACK OILIUM 13.00410nality Black Bilks, will wear well, for SI. Leavy Blob pip Bleck Flrn_red fittke, &a., &a. MBE 8 D BOYS VO ZAK' A A rne ar e of p , Large Stook or Osootmbrea.Sattinotto, &Vesting'. Blankets, PlattneleLuvailit r ntlimi l NALl7orner,lf WRING (SARAN N. B.=.Everr artio ht for °ash. not LIINE QUALITY PRINTS. A: A lot of English and Amerioan Canoes, of band some damning and line quai :l pr Christm O resen ts atScents. so LESIApRP, del!, CHESTIOU dad sier St ree ts. CABINET FURNITURE. rABINZT FINOTITURS AND BlEL saao TABLES. °ORE Ss CAMPION. ro, get SOUTH-MOND STREET. In connection With their Wagons Qabinet Mennen, ire new mentifttictutripArtaVe 4 11. a reet n leg 8 giVltoll 51 1 6N1S " gro tit 1r o We need them, e r ti t i the goody end Ilibitt n i t l elicops T blee the mr aro ga t tree t ;Mhi tt tr - irfltitg 1:=01:17teli leo sen-em Wi OA.UI T .WARZROOMS L (MEND TM WX4R- j low No, 46 Siiiith iftgol - Betrestr Four doorksmajohasulmt la Ammot of 71.1.11NITILIRE Aver, desoh- E t g ""ti ort hirol • at thD toirett Pnftil! von o marl WHIN PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY., JANUARY 2; 1861. fu j r rr66. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1861 Arnerictin Historians. Best known in Europe as the Americans who have written history well 'are Bancroft, Prescott, and Motley. Of these, Mr. Bancroft has eminently distinguished hinisolf as the Tacltus of his own country's annals. His History of America, now advanced to the great period when the Declaration ot Inde pendence was signed, is a work upon which the best criticism, because the truest, is to say that it is worthy of its glorious theme. It is the wish of all who admire it that its writer may live to complete it, and survive, long after that consummation, to enjoy the grati tude of his own country and the admiration of mankind. It is greatly to Hr. Brincroit'a ,credit that, Very precious gift. The live years covered by from the time he published the first volume its Illustrations are the years 1586-89. Of this of his History of the United States, until platted, Elliaboth, Philip, and Alexander are e loading figures-the siege of •Antworp, now, when the work is advaneed into the tie relation of our struggle for Independence, be Olathe destrection of the Armada are the pro bes not allowed himself to be seduded, by any minent events. The death of Sir Philip Syd- , nay, at Zutphen, and the treachery of. Sir Delilahs of tho; imagination, into authorakip of' William Stanley, at Deventer, are the most • any other desCription. Be made, as it were, a compact with, the public to &rote his'life interesting of the episodes." , Here is aportrait of Philip IL, of -Spain, as to the composition of his Magnum opus, and be b!° sits in his secret chamber at the Escurial : has steadily woiked at it, for a period of over , patient, lmpliolkildnulit,ovettitzlyvhittipwegteeellzireduedatikli twenty-seven years. In that interval , it is pro true, he accepted the office of Minister to trading under plodding and dreary' visage, waaensit ing England, but employed himself ,there, thanks day after day, . seldom .epeaking, never smiling, . ii: , . r tie ti n4r to otif e b t o h o o o n o r r s: d u t w o i Legg heaps o w f e rttfour, Interminable a to the opportunities liberally afforded him by liberality of tlict British Government and of despatches, in a cabinet far airs . ) , beyond heseas distinguished Individuals, in examining the Inedrkmoorutatei", in the very heart of Spain. A historical documents preserved in the State door, fromw two, I :o el t e i s m g e y . fetching9Yn afrnedsetrutatizothoef Paper Office, arid in the archives ,of , political hitters and taking away others-all written and issoandipttoirtoblesesoorroewtalreir overor high innetic i marlea-, ,families, some of whose members bad taken part in the great 'events which ho had to re- diligent old man in a big so n hoo t lb m oy a,r e g li n anla th nil cord. Had Lord Macaulay 'been as coned• style-if ever schoolboy, even in the sixteenth cell otnzycloorigyd 7 o r o it u s i l e o rs illegibly i orexese a m r se so (intim an author as Mr. Bancroft is, we pro bably should have has histdiy less of a 11- from or departing for the uttermost court-ya rd arts of earth terary torso than it is. He frittered away his -Asia, Africa, Amerlea, Europe-to fetch and time, during the last two years.of his life, in I% rr ?rr t e h s e p " on i sTe rm co i m na m b l e ng i oll s iis w o h nt h inl n v t i a d i u n a . l writing biographies for the Encyclopedia Brs- and were freighted with the doom and destiny of d w o a ri o ntse s m s il t l e i m ons f of o the world's inhabitants-Bach tannica. We read thdm at they eared in against which w th a e s that work, and we re-read them; the other Netherlands had .' protested and day, in that superb work-of Macaulay's Criti- a system under which their fields bad been made Cal, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, m de e s n olal t e t:og th e e d ir I c At it r i n es ed bur d n r e o d an to d d pillaged, their lately published by Sheldon and Company, at pieces; their women subjected to every outr d ag ' e to ; New York. Nothing can be more readable and to put an end to which they had bean dove than these blograplfic sketches of Bishop At- lolnolgotihoefirotoreeageueor generation, r a a t ' iln ill °lre blood w ooafoor system, too, torbury, John Bunyan, Oliver Goldsmith, Sa- *blob, among other results, bad ;et lii:ougt mnelJohnson, and William Pitt, but the last aboat the death of the foremost statesman of Eu rope,three, almost equal in extent to hall a volume murder ari o d f li t i l id e m ne o a o r t t nen effected tsov s e i r tu g l n tl n nir h u e sl i T or t i h d e of the history of England, diverted him from The industrious Philip, safe and tranquil in the the prosecution of that work, to which he was iti e t ts hri a e c l ay lli w e tt raririi, saying hisprayers ti, three in a manner pledged. The two years they cm- sent three bullets through exemplary bogd_yaori4llliaadmjiu:et cupied him may actuallyhaVe robbed the pub- •Silent at his dining-room door in Delft it * jle of two more volumes of the History. An- f i ts p ib o l w e e as r a t s h o e xt G on ra o li v d o Lamal aus o o f lut T o bi a b o at o c i lothed there incur a groat' responsibility when ;hey been wielded by the most imperial llaisar,• .142 pr publish parts of' works. tor example, of Al- the _Prudent, as he grew older and feebler in libone's Dictionary of British and American o mindw orT, droboordoy ambitious seemed t 7 o b e e x e become lia d o o r B e eo gluttonoustro over Authors, the first volume has appeared, lands which he had never seen or dreamed of Reil and the author, ave hope, is deeply i t gi m in l e t h er xe pt i t a j i t i tt e n t t i t e L mm w i jY c t il o t u t t e tt :r b u e i e h n u l te e impressed with the , conscientious son- business of his life to combat, more eager to put to viction that, resisting all temptationt to death every human creature, whether anointed h other work, he must steadily proceed to awn- monarch or humble artisan, that defended heresy or opposed is progress to Universal empire." pleto this. His first volume, the utll* and With singular want of discretion ' King Phi accuracy of which we have almost dailyexpe-' It board of the Spanish p sent, onArmada, to lance of, (it is the book nearest our bard and conquer England, a number of English marl oftenest referred to,) was In itself a promise ners as slaves. Here is one incident which . and pledge to the public that he wotid ad- Dr. Motley relates as arising out of this : vance as rapidly as he could towhrds tin Gem " With en much sluggishness as might have plotion of the second. born expeoted from their clumsy architecture, the Prescott, so recently taken from us, es. 'ships of the Armada consumed nearly throe weeks tablished a worldwide reputation iy the r in st . i! e i r ef e froir i t e L re is be to the neighborhood of Cape • brilliancy as wall as the fidelity of his vriting. peat, and were seattegd w hitTer ee a e nd. e t k h e i% b ei r ., a al t m e o m st . Hie Histories of the Conquests of Mexico and at the mercy of the winds and waves ; for those Peru at once 'superseded Dr. Embirtson's theun wieldyay id brianyw"e4.llreadwafateodttonoteinmrtiliestAirn American Annaba, and there surely 4as much made, bowever, to . whom the storm was a blessing - . history as biography - Ernie • tavoemr.„.yest„. David Gwynn, a Welsh mariner, had sat in . the Spanish hulks, a wretched galley-slave-ms pri nand' and Isabella, Mailer' the Filit4 int, senor of lifer for more titan eleven years, hoping, Philip the Second. - , ' • year after year, for a chance of escape from bond- Mr. Motley is the latest of this tritity of s aM o ;.!l the e init r a w a am on on e g o t i be t i h r o oll l e u r ai s i t 3 B i f ee tte i great t greatAmericatchistoilatts. We well ramembei meats by which the subjugation of his native land how completely the World was takeil by'sana t hi u ire and Rom e wa l e to be effected. Very na- prise by his first work of note, .g TM Rise of the ` kysitta,wilregthe t he four P huge, i n e n k wi ti ety m ic l aiie o y st s in s the Dutch Republic : a History,'? in Wo o squadron of four, nuder Don Diego de bitsirado volumes, published in 1856. His anctiedents l' e t t r t,} i ' n e w ir at r o m o o n ue w tu o r io ri t i o te a , t il e i t e em oh and l earn, and had not led the world to expect MCI a work and gilded Madonnas proved of little e s i ' iv P aiitt itg i:, as this, Born in 1814, he gradtated at hurricane. The Diana, largest of the four-ars Harvard in 1831, and contlimed hie stn- d d ge n reTy it i h n ' g i ll Il a ulli d sfr i ol h :n fra,"ad'it: 1 Trr r als dies at the UniveraitleaMf Gottingen tad Ber- was likewise in eminent danger. So the master of lin, successively. Admitted to the tan, on his moregalley ir I a e :it e e d e n t ti e s e v l mtn h artliln w il ' e ° possessed 1 -return from a haw years' residence art. rather himself, if it were possible to cave the vessel. I extensive travelling in Europe, Mr, Motley Gwynn saw an opportunity for which he bad been did not practice as a lawyer. His fiat works pointedo tt s oth il e it, ire q u eer ectiwpitiosinrelity utter tr o o p v: were historical romances, of mediae:o merit, mimeos of attempting to overtake the Armada. Upon American subjects. Ho wide a-few I l la r ez d ehLu n id e to nd olo a w s n ihe he i ri , d, as the .1 me had Critical articles for the Reviewil and little any moment rag more was subsequently heard of him, until, of sail, and did their best with their ears to gain after a lapse of over ton years, bet‘ broke Ont might r i f t ) s e r x e e s r t t port.i ie Re p r o: . l o n order nte u that atoot t the w ni tts w n er o s twenty thousand strong, like at Usti re- cessary that the soldiers, who were a useless in. hellion," with his Dutch history, he merits of cumbrance on deck, should go below. Thus only which wore at once acknowledgd, at home rouxiidout anxious e to sh lip. save e e a t r e pe s r h l i v h a a n n a dr i l itfe T The captain, titoe d and abroad. The article in Vol XI. id the Most of the soldiers were List beneath the hatches : New American Cyclopedia upon Mr. likttley; a few were ordered to sit on the benches o a r in e ong the slaves. Now there had been a se says of this great work :,, It waspublisled in t understandingfor many days among these 1I London in 1856 (8 vols. 8vo), and vas at unfortunate 'men, nor were they wholly without • Once 'reproduced in Now York, It was alto weas' They had been aeoustomed to . make toothpicks and other trifling articles for sale reprinted in English at Amsterdam, reside out of broken sward-blades and other refuse ' being translated into Dutch under-the ;Ivor.. bits of steel. There was not a man among them vision of the historian, M. Bakhuyzen vender who had nlttkruslPfleive 7 i d neri a oc hi c ea ti a pi l e f d w i l i t i h ms a elrw er i e ti t i ' Brink, who prefixed an introductory °halter. arrangements for weathering the gale So soon, A. German translation was published at Up- however, as the ship bid boon made comparatively sic and Dresden ; and the first volume Ma vosys,apheolooodkrloaordondbboinma,tnreetly, rigging.th rewlttiowlVons French translation, with an introduction ly a recOneerted signal. The next instant . stabbed Guizot, was published in 1859. The sale if the captain' to the head, while each one of the galley•slaves killed the soldier nearest. him ; then, the work In England, to November, 1857, la, rushing 'below, they surprised and overpowered the reached 16,000 copies; and in America, up b rest or the troops, and pat them all to death. June, 1860, 7,590 copies had boon printed.i Comin g fourt a h g ai a l ic h p e o i; l b eck, " , l i ivid Gwynn de i soriet Mr. Motley is LL. D. of Harvard, and D. C.L commanded by Y Crimm e Tor e e r gar e a il d e o d- t i h n el pe e rt:l; of Oxford. bearing down upon them, before the wind. It was There have just appeared in London tr) obvious su lci s ti p s to t t h o a n t tliis co V m a r s a a: e a s, v s e a s ta s i l a r' w ea y d n y n, anG Good new volumes, by Dr, iif otley, entitled ic Hi. given us liberty,:and by onr courage we must prove ItorY of the United Netherlands from the De* our BBl w 8 worthy of the boon.' As be spoke there of William the Silent to the Synod of Dol. camell e n t ire e e d n i t e s e f r r e e w in t ravr e n y ofi l ifn e r daunted, With With a Full View of the English-Dutch Strut. laid hie shin close alongside of the Roya?, with D. ° ale against Spain, and of the Origin and T a he h n a ai li ge k hCat h rePhis alebreatreedqieive!re,d t' agett.- struction of the Spanish Armada." This h roughly armed lie dashed on board the a continuation of the History published ii and, atter a fusions conflict, in whioh has assisted DM% and we may look for its immediate rer IL t v h o e s s o l o s i v e a s n c i if t u h t e ti ß o o y r, / f , . t t l i e rsised Spa e nt t ' s m ol a di t e e r r s ie tt publication here, by Messrs. Harper, of Nev death. This done, the i gembined rowers, welcoming - York. Meanwhile, we are gratified In beim Gwynn as their deliverer from an shiest accepted able to give a few extracts, which will show l iz i la s i o ol: d e e e r e e moV e e , i g r a l l o o t for ad lit, m e h n li i o n g a l a a t e e e d ep a te n d a what manner of hook this is. the two galleys, well conducted by the experienced The London .Hthencturn is a critical journal and t in;repld Welehrian_, made their way to the of large circulation and some Influence, whirl oast of and landedog e e d p r a o t p ß or ag r t i o n u e n o d n o t o h e b .3 0 l a s r t i rarely prairies even an English author until , the two galleys Thence, by land, the fugitives, has ec won his spurs" without such aid, an' It ,htradurteadr lards, d Ep si xl- s m l x en 1 n T i t i n u i r r a s b earti-ifigonoorhe seldom eulogizes an American book withou fireside their way to floohelle. Gwynn had an In! as many rs burs " and "ifs" as nullify the ap. tervlew with Henry of Navarre, and received trom proval, The last received number (of Poem. i r h a a r t d e d h l i , v e ili o r u o n ul king wa a y h t a o nlo g T o ed re a s n o l ia t w . a A s f w t e a r l . 1 her 14th) devotes nearly three pages to a re- oramended by the Queen. The rest of the libera view of Dr. Motley's•new book. Id slaves dispersed in various directions, This It condemns it on the following grounds: i Tr t l b t o lie eti ll u r a t a o d n v o e t e g tu a l l e ey of o th o e Invincible wagaend y A a r n m n a i t First. That it devotes 1,100 pages to the history !If sea, and two of the orbor s' a e had been conquered of the Netherlands for five years-forgetful Nitheir own slaves." that Macaulay expended four volumes, th • = - Aila gallantry of the captive Gwynn is same bulk as Motley's, tenon ton years of tie Matched by what took place, as an episode in English Revolution. Secondly. That Di the action at Calais, whether the Spanish flag- Motley's is not a continuous narrative, Ina ship was pursued by the English t ebbs and flows, shifts and changes, from oyi, • "In _ffie_immediate neighborhood of Calais, the country to another, knowing no unity of tine ii i ; g ro i n l • ' f itu t a ti o e squadron Ad o r n o o n a of i , a w e! s e a s d s i e s s o , o o v o e m r commanded c oor place. Thirdly, That or there is overtime' her foresail endears, and endeavoring to enter the of detail in the dry and fruitless correspondomi harbor.: She had been damaged by the collision, of Queen Elizabeth, King Philip, and Prine i w in tt a hlh e e i t i t li t c:i t in in o n f is Sill a il n y d h a n U a d h O e t r h ;p e r Alexander." Lastly. That he represents tts torn Sway. She was tlio largest and most splendid English so unprepared for the Spanish Ar -vessel In the Armada - the show-ship of the the, ', the very glory and stay of the Spanish navy ;' and made, that, but for certain accidents of win( dating the previous two days she had been visited and weather, of time and place, the Prince or ' and admired by great:lumbers of Frenchman from Parma might have gained a victory over fetri Itheet atones, ~ lo o rt d o sA gno w ir o a o l Li r ci e w o rd io b o ol;e al l o o w wn w ulo r n million countrymen of gallant Dick Vinson,' and was rowing steadily towards the town, he saw Who he was, wo shall presently show. that the /irk could not follow with safety. Se he eent On the other hand, the fault-seeking Alhe- Its ty loa u b n o t a e t er t e o , m Ou o t ot h o e f r u i i :t e t , a manned svian V n th eo fl u tti a or ge ?MUM says: “In the large labors of Dr. Rot. as gentle in birth '-as a partaker in the:adventure ley's ' History of the United Netherlands' or es i a l s orle l l• . Th! Margaret and ..foun of London, combined en original study of events and elm- the m e as o t w itr in d l a , p n a w ie sial it ra p v t i n h n e a r e s o ol y f gro a ud y b n o t racters-travels in many lands-inspection o f musketeers, to aid in the capture of the galoasso. the sceneries of siege and battle-and re. T o h n a o th;as u v ) e o s n se l l h fat o o r d to T tn er te e r the wm mhar dismay and searches among inedited letters and despatches an board, Int Don Iln . go prepared resolutely in divers tongues. The historian has read the lefend himself. The quays of Calais, and the books of partisan writers. He has burrowed ice eager spectators, Ereeeh eh ere a s thewealt o d with thousands in the State Papers of St. James' Park, dad Seedily towards a galeasse,which carried forty leas made his home in the archives of Paris, tram; pieties of artillery, and was manned With Erussels, and the Hague. He has also lived tit:: he s e e d e r m e e d irt i s e h t i e tig a n d p f o o n u fb l irr ud o r w e n d ' d t elt e' ll7 ill the cities, traversed the fiends, glided over Ihn• Of these daring hinglisamen, patriolanc and the rivers and lakes and canals of the country, Ve et b e l n u n: t tog e o t r h o pf ita i n n ottlittohunnro edp' n innaoes, there whose tangled and brilliant story ho has ttn- told. They soon laid themselves iuni close e to alle Ortaken to recount, for the express inetrne- Casitana, far below her lofty sides, and called on .Doullego to surrender. The answer wee a Smile lion otAinterican and English renders. The of dirielon Irma the haughty Spaniard, as be looked results tan in some• respects splendid, Dr. down upon them from what seemed on inaccessible Motley bad a noble drama to produce -great b o a l t i 4 Then one Wiltaniniehoxswain of the Delig y , h t actors to endow with life-great lessons , in . di T ic e e n t l i e Mailer:l4 the et - il l ; telgt tit . 132'17:14 practical politics to enforce; and the few who Iliay object to his work, on the ground of lite- Mry art, aeivell as the far greater number who will most strongly and conscientiously reject his views of the contemporaryi action of Eng hind, and of England's Queen, in the events which he describes, must give him credit for the full possession and constant exhibition of an uncommon amount of industry, ability, and liye." It adds: "No ono will find the chapter on the siege , of Antwerp, or that on the league of 4utphen, or that on the resistance made by England to the Invlncible Armada, one word too long. These chapters are, indeed, vivid, galloping, and pictorial in the highest degree. If Dr. Motley would, even now, cut away half the diplomatic correspondence, thorn would remain for us, with some conspicuous flaws, a noble and brilliant book." Finally, the critic confesses, c€ Taking the History of the Netherlands,' however, as it stands, with all its merits and defects, it is a English Volunteers, opened a volley upon the Spaniards. They seemed safely 'ensconced in their ships,' said the 'bold Diok Towson, of the Margaret and Joan, 1 while we In our , open pin 'Daces, and far under them, had nothing to shroud and cover us.' Moreover the numbers were seven hundred and fifty to one hundred. But the Span iards, still quite disconcerted by the events of the preceding night, seemed under a spell. Other wise it Would have been an easy matter for the' great gateau* to annihilate soh puny antagoniste , in a veryshort space of time., The English pelted the Spaniards quite eheerfully, • however, with an quebus•shot, whinier ' they showed' themselves above the :bulwarks; .picked off a considerable number, and sustained a rather severe loss them- Roves, Lieut. Threat* of the Art Royal, among others; being dangerously wounded'. We had a pretty skirmish for half an hour . ,' said Tomson. At last Don Hugo de hioneada. furious at the ineffi °Jen*, of hie men, andleading them forward in per son, tell on his deck with a bullet thfough both eyes; The panto was instantaneous, for meantime seve ral other English boats—somo with eight, ton, or tweiveMon on board—were seen pulling towards the galeasse; while the dismayed soldiers at once leaped overboard on the land aide, and atttempted to escape by swimming and wading to the shore. Some of them sudeetled, but the 4reater number were drowned. The few who remained—not more than twenty in all—hoisted two handkorohiefs upon ti o rapiers'as a signal of truce. The Eng lish, accepting it as a symbol of defeat, scrambled with great difftoulty.up the lofty sides of the Capi : tana, and for an hons and a half °coupled them selves most agreeably in , plundering the ship and is liberating the slaves.' These extracts have made this article long er than we intended; but they show what sort of a book is this new history, byan Anaeridan, and they will excite no small intcrest; we thin!:, cults speedy appearance in•this coma: try, , , . General Wool on the Revolution. The following are the letters written by General Sohn B. Wdol on the present revolution in South Carolina. They were allided to•in a telegraphici despatch •from Troy, New York, which we pub lishod in The Press: LETTER TO A MEND IN WASHINGTON. Taor, December 31, 1860. MY DEAN. Sin : South Carolina, after 27 years— Mr. Rhett says 30 years—of constant and in creasing efforts by her leaders to induce her to se- cede, has declared herself out of the Union ; and this, too, without the slightest wrong or injustice done her people on the part of the Government of the United States. Althoughehe may have seized the revenue cutter, raised her treasonable Pal , motto nag over the United States arsenal, custom hence, post office, Castle Pinckney, and Fort Moultrie, she is not out of the Union, nor beyond the pale of the United States. Before she can get out of their jarisdietion or control, a reconstruc tion of the Constitution must be had or civil war ensue. In the latter case, it would require no prophet to foretell the result. It is reported that Mr. Buchanan has received niformally the commissleners appointed by the rebels of South Carolina to negotiate for the pub lic property in the harbor of Charleston and for other purposes. It is also reported that the Presi dent disapproved of the oonduot of Major Ander son, who, being satisfied that he would not be able to defend Fort fideultrie with the few met under his command, wisely took possession of Fort Sump ter, whore he could protect himself and the'conn try from the disgrace which might have occurred if he had remained in Fort Moultrie. Being the commander in the harbor, he had the right to oo oupy Fr rt Sumpter, an not which the safety of the Union, as well as his own honor demanded. It is likewise stated that apprehensions aro entertained that Major Anderson will be required to abandon Fort Sumpter, and reoccupy Fort Moultrie. There can be no foundations for such apprehensions,' for surely the President would not surrender the cite , del of the harbor of Charleston to rebels. Fort Sumpter commands the entrance, and in a few hours could demolish Fort Moultrie. So long as the United States keeps possession of this fort, the Independence of South Carolina will only be in name, and not 1n feet. If, however, it should be surrendered to South Carolina, which I do not ap prebend, the smothered indignation of the free States would be roused beyond control. It would not be in the power of any one to restrain it. In twenty days two hundred thousand men would he in readiness to take vengeance on alt who would betray the Union into the hands of its enemies. Be assured that Ido not exaggerate the feelings of the people. They ate already sufficient ly excited at the attempt to dissolve the Union for no other reason than that they constitutionally ex embed the moat precious right conferred on them, of voting for the person whom they considered the most worthy and beet qualified to fill the office of President. Fort Sumpter, therefore, ought not, and I presume will not, be delivered over to South Carolina. I am not, however, pleading for the free States, for they are not in danger, but for the Union and the preservation of the Cotton States. Those Vrho tow the wind must expect to reap the The leaders of South Carolina could not have noticed that we live in an age of progress, and that all Christendom is making rapid strides in the march of civilization and freedom. If they had, they would have diseovercd that the an nonnoement of every victory obtained by the Hero of the Nineteenth Century—Garibaldi—in favor of the oppressed of Italy, did, net fail to electrify every American heart with Joy and gladness. Where liberty dwells there is my country," was the declaration of the illustrious Franklin. This principle is too strongly implanted in the heart and mind of every man in the free States, to ba_ to extend the area ßnnfh ot Bravery order'. With all christianised Europe and nearly all the olvilised world opposed to slavery, aro the South ern States prepared to set aside the barriers which shield • and protect their institutions under the United States Government? Would the separa tion of the South from the North give greater se curity to slavery than it has now under the Consti tution of the Union? What security would they have for the return of runawa, slaves? I appre hend none, while the number of runaways would be greatly augmented, and the difficulties of which elaveholdere complain would be 'mewed tenfold. However much individuals might Condemn slavery, the free States are prepared to sustain and defend it as guarantied by the Constitution. In conclusion, I would avoid the bloody and de solating example of the Mexican States. lam tow and forever in favor of the Union, its preser vation, and the rigid maintenanoe of the rights and interests of the States, individually en well as col lectively. Yours, lee., Jong E. Wool,. GENERAL WOOL TO GENERAL GASS I Private.] Trier, Deo. 6, 1860. Mir DRAB. Getie.BAL : Old aesooiatione and former friondehip induce one to venture to address to you a few words on the state of the country. My letter is headed private, because lam not authorised to address you officially. I have read with pleasure the President's 'mes sage. South Carolina soya she intends to leave the Union. Her Representatives in Congress say ebe has already left the Union. It would seem that she is neither to,be conciliated nor comforted. I corn. mend the Eastern Department, which includes South Carolina, Georgia, Florida Alabama, and Mississippi. You know me well. f have ever been a firm, decided, faithful, and devoted friend of my country. If I onn aid the President to preserve the Union, I hope be will command my services. It will never do for him or you to leave Washing ton without every star in this Union is in Its place. Therefore, no time should be lost on adopting mea sures to defeat those who are conspiring against the Union. Hesitancy or delay may be no less fatal to the Union than to the President, or your own high standing as a statesman. It seems to me that troops should be sent to Charleston to man the forts In that harbor. You have eight companies at Fort Monroe, Va. Three or four of these cempanies should be sent without a moment's delay to Fort Moultrie. It will save the Union and the President ranch trouble. It Is told that to send at this time troops to that harbor Would produce great excitement among the people. That is nonsense, when the people are as mush ex cited as they can be, and their leaders are de• termined to execute their long meditated purpose of separating the State from the Union. Ito long ns you command the entrance to the oily of Charles. ton, South Carolina cannot separate herself from the Union. Do not leave the forts in the harbor in a condition to induce an attempt to take possession of them. It might easily be done at this time. If South Carolina should take them it might, as she anticipates, labels other States to join her.. Permit me to entreat you to urge the President to send at ones three or tour companies of artillery to Fort Moultrie. The Union can be preserved, but it requires firm, decided, prompt, and ener getic moutons on the part of the President: He has only to exert the power conferred on him by the Constitution and laws of Congress, and all will be safe, and he will prevent a civil war, which never fails to call forth all the baser passions of the human heart. If a separation should take place, you may rest assured blood would flow in torrents, followed by pestilence, famine, and deo lotion, and Senator Soward'a irrepressible conflict will be brougbt'to a conclusion much sooner than he could possibly have anticipated. Let me con- M reJu you to save the Union, and thereby avoid the - bloody and desolating example of the States of Mexico. A separation of the States wiU bring with it the desolation of the Cotton States, which are unpre pared for war. Their weakness will bo found in the number of their slaves, with but few of the, essentials to carry on war, while the free States have all the elements and materials for war, and to a greater extent than any other people on the face of the globe.• Think of these things, my dear General, and save the country, and save the prosperous kouth from pestilence, famine, and desolation. Peace able seoesston is not to be thought of. Even if it should take place, in three months we would have a bloody war on our hands. Very truly your friend, JUIN E. WooL. • The lion. TAMS Case, Setrotary of State, Wash ington, D. C. Duos SuOortuo tar ItLtavrAND.—Shooting canvas-backs in the waters of Gunpowder river, Maryland, is esteemed rare sport. In the dunking season the birds frequent the river in large flocks, oovoring sores upon aoros of tho surface, and when they rise make a noise almost akin to thunder. Tho manner of shooting them is to meet" blinds," severed with sedge and seaweed, upon the shore, behind which the sportsman cautiously creeps for concealment. A stiok with a red tiandkerohief upon it is then thrust out from the " blind" and waved, when the dunks perceiving it at once make for the spot where it is exhibited. The flag is kept waving until the dark mass of canvas-backs are illthln easy gun-shot, and aro well bunched to gather, when bang go the fowling pianos; end the water is strewn with the dead and dying duoks, which are quickly gathered by dogs trained to the sport Sometimes Moiling" is performed with the aid of a little dog, who is taught to inn up and down the beech, when the ducks, out of custody, will swim to the shore in large bodies, aid thts become easy I'l%lms to the sportsman TWO CENTS. SKETCHES ;OE CITY LIFE. The Seep !louse. Tuesday : was the initial ' day' of a new year. Eighteen hundred and 'sixty vanished with Mon day midnight, and thousand's of Cbristians, -in Meek imitation'of thealsepherds of Judea; watched, with-voices of prayer and of song, -anti! the deep in the State House tower made its measured ory. Then Christ Churoh woke into mualo, and the .bellman in far-up steeple greeted, with a chime of cheerfuineas, the march of eighteen hundred' arid sixty-one. Then the whole town was popu lated' with small arms which Shot theniselves at the dead twelvemonth, and hailed the new year,' as it came in with silent but solemn steps, like the birth of a young monarch. Tuesday was the first day of the new first month, and, as such, became to some a season of merry making. Those Who little boys, whose sagacity spared twenty:five pennies from the Christmas ex travaganoe, invested the same at the menagerie or with' the Berenaders. . And there were staid family parties, whose devotions were paid to a roasted goose or an enormoui gobbler With such hersikonioua meetings we have nought hold. By the kindness of a friend, we visited, in the morn ing, the Moyamensing Soup House, in Eighth street, below Christian, and witnessed the init. gent‘who thronged the windows for allotments of the butritious liquor: A portion of our expe rience we make public. ‘The Soup House question is a neat brick edi flee ofitio stcries,'set with 'a Stone in - front, whiob 14teir that it wag founded in d.' Thoth, are two dpora upon Eighth street, lea ding' into two roetiol; appropriated respootively• to` white and:borolid people. At the - foot of each room is fixed a win _dow,l6oking in upon the cooking apartment. The litter 0 approaahed , b y door upon Marriott street. It is neatiiadOrated with la, shelf, under lying each window, and two immense boilers-of cast:iron, of the capacities of ;ninety galiCas each. 4 table in-one corner 'of the' room wsis supplied vilth a dozen Or meie of. cleanly bowls eitd spoons,' and two bill-files itood upon the two isheltes- ad- , jilning the windows., A I cellar beneath the oebk! loom contained some barrels of rice and some hun-' dregs of bushels of potatoes ! carrot!, turnips, and Cabbage. 'Large quantities of the same bad • been, ant into fragnients Prior to our arrival, and Wire beeped 'into vessels, awaiting the requlreinerits of another cooking day. The•furnaoes by which the cauldrons of soup above stairs were heated kind in one corner of the cellar. The whole house; above and below stairs, was of an indeleilbable cleanliness, and the smell of the boiling soup was at once savory and invigorating. , The soup given out at this place alternates in kind every day of the six, The Seventh,day has . thus : far been the only day of the week whereon the pool are not refreshed: The Sunday of ohiser'-` fulness, when et h er homes are brighter than at . wont, and the family table is more luxurimisly' heaped, is not to the needy even a soup-day. - The association transacts its charity through the Tedium of a board of managers, two of whom: ap pear every day, to serve out the rations. A "Visitor" makes the circuit of the district at the beginning of the cold season, and furnishes to each destitute family an order for a quantity of soup Corresponding to the number of' perionaln the family. The order thus glyen is exchanged at the sonp.house for a ticket containing 'blank spaces, for six days of the week, and for eleven wean, the annual period. of praotioal charity. Twice per week meal and bread aro given out. • The hours of charity eommenoe at 11 A. and end at 2 P. M. ' Punctually, at eleven o'clock On New, Year's day, ,the windows opening upon the waiting whitei, and colored folk, were thrown ,open, and the ne cessitous crowded silently to the sill. 'The Mana gers thrust book the clamorous and tiough - to take their turns, at the foot of a long ' The oolOred applicants were not nearly so many as the whites. bo far as we could judge, the proportionate nun& ber of each color appeared to be at least six of the white to one of the coloied. The first upon the line of whites was a delicate little girl, with large blaok eyes set under a pale forehead, and thin threadslof black hatr, Peeping out from bar faded hood. She held up - to the sill by a thin arm and handsome tapering lingerie, an anoient pitcher with a rim of gilt running about, the top. She held up her ticket with the other hand, and between the weight of the vessel and her efforts to reach up the ticket, she appeateff to, be greatly fatigued and flustered. "Flow many in family ?" said the manager. "Me mother an me," said the little girl, "A pint and a half," said the. manager, Tho rice soup Was ladled - fieit the pot e sturdy cook and dropped into the. oiddesbloned pitcher. Its rich flavor fell into the nostrils of the little lady_ Snd_ brnr,„hr__,,,,-_,10rt.....1.--.4.1.--rigEttintOltkeyett he raid "caddy," with a, low, pleasant voioe, and when her ticket had been bored In one with a pair of pincers, she went out rapidly-b x ,....,.. ta way. , Upon the heels of the little girl, and pressing closely upon her without much regard to'dellmsey, Immo a groat ugly woman, whose jaws appeared to be swollen, and were wrapped Olosely with sari-co bored bandages which materially interfered with her 'articulation. The same wore tied into a bow knot at the book of her hood and the flaunting ties bore some resemblance to the root of a marine One. This woman said something through the ban dago whtoh sounded very much like "Weals Meokelroy an' two °Wider." Mrs. " Meakelroy," having furnished a stone jug without a handle, ingeniously supplied with a mouth by knocking away a considerable portion of the jug, was gratified with the favor of two pints of soup. She passed around the corner of the win dow and deliberately applying her lips to the ma ven stone, took a long drink, as of some potent beverage, and smacked her lips. Then came a succession of urchins, male and fe male, interpolated with an occasional woman or old man. These carried all manner of utensils. Bottles, bowls, pitchers, iron pots, and in one ease a spit toon, were passed into line. Of the tin kettles, many were mended by bits of rag stuffed into the jagged bottoms, and more than one pitcher was fouled, within and without, by dust and filth. We observed with 80020 interest an old man, sadly worn by rum and poverty, whose remnant of coat collar was closely buckled to hie ohin to hide a bare nook 'and breast. His beard and hair, to use a vulgarism, flapped at least " nine ways for Sunday," and his general appearance warranted the delusion that be wee a species of porcupine. Sum sup," said this old man, politely tilting a wonderful tile, which Father Kemp and hie Old Folks would have seised with great satisfaction. " What's your name?" said the manager. ^Barney, yor honor," said the veteran with another lift, shoving forward a vessel, in appear ance a great shaving oup. Where do you live, Barney ?" In Spofford street, yor honor," said Barney, in a tone of indignant surprise—" don't ye know me? Barney's me name. Como down and see rne, our!" Certainly," said the manager, as Barney again lifted the tile, "I wilt spend an evening with you." u Do, par honor, an I'll be glad to see you, our " The immortal tile was observed to vanish in mat. cured step around the corner, and a great lubberly individual eame up, with an appearance of guilt and rascality peeping from every feature. " I'm pore," said this party, with lugubrious imitation of an irritated terrier, "an ask the small favor of a bowl of sup." - " The other window," said the manager. In a moment, the man appeared at the colored window, among one or two bright4yed colored ladies. Ile rested a nervous, tremulous hand upon the sill, and a row of black curves indicated the places of finger nails. A bowl of soup was placed before him, and be retired to a remote window, whore ha graphed it dowa with the appetite of some insatiate beast. Again and again the bowl was filled to the brim, and each time he supped it with an eagerness which was more than disgusting. Ile was the precursor of a long line of similar parties, whit the cook dignified' with the name of bummers. These were charged a cent per bowl, and some of them, as a matter of economy, divided s bowl be- tween them. The parties we have delineated are the least de. serving of the array of applioants, and lest our remarks should be misunderstood, we would state that the greater portion of the indigent wore not uncouth, and far from undeserving. There were merry-eyed boys, and tall, delicate girls, with - ragged frooks and jackets, but cleanly feces. notioed that tho great mass of female appii• °ante had very white teeth. Their woman's vanity was proof against the direst misfortune. The limits of operation with the Moyemonslng Soup Sooiety are, Shippen street on the north, Broad street on the west, and Passyunk road on, the east.. Other distriots have similar associations, most of which commenced their labor of charity with the ,lew year. The sober managers, serving out food to the needy, reminded us of a good man's saying : "Pure religion and • undated before God and the Father is this—to visit the fatherless and svi dears in their affiletion." Tun coal dealers of Pittsburg have deter mined not to ship any more coal to the South at present. THE' VirEEEXHiI - PRESS; Tan WaiLLT Passe will by ireat to subsoribers by mail (per annum. In estwin ., ess ! ) at Three Cosies. " Five " • —.. PI 00 Ten " • 'twenty " "- (to one addrals)oo,4o West" Copies, or over, •• (to Wren! of ,- • each snlawriber,) each— MKS For a Club of Twenty-one or mkt., we Will sewl as, eiirts eopylo the getter -tip of tie Club, IciaimistAri!, regneslW to' got it dpa4 foe wWirsratv Mast, . . • cAufivirru.' ' homed three times a Month, in time for the Cithionlill &deplore. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Auipa Kendall has_ published another of his powerful letters against secesaion, bawl:dolt buoys: "Let game. Bail , Breokinridge, and 'Douglas, throwing behind them all antipathies and all per sonal ambition, meet together - on - the platform of the Union, and, by a united,: effort, save ilaiir country. 'meidaess to quarrel about th6lti ,l tura command sinking ship. Let their - May emulation be shall do moat Masse the orew will, hereafter, know how to semis Tilts who maihire boen most ;satire and devoted._ reatUres but an effort of these man to organisais Demooratio Union party Whieh 800 sweep oi,r the country lika l itif avalanche, burying Abolitena ism and Disnaioriiem bejioiid• the hope of zeaariSa tioa.' ; . —Tharlore Weed having been nitntioried candidate for Senator, in plaoe of ectifernor Se ward, be thus rtplier We - are AOVind runes shall be, a oandbiate for United Stateeßenetor, or for any other oilise. Though not insensibde as the Bettroher of hearts knows, to the kindness of friirids, ire ' foirllotitlnk of them but their mi-OPe- ; ratlorvin oteating'Other, more capable, and I:tettei men, to high plitele."l —A son of Mee President Hamlin has ben ap-, pointed to a olerkthip in the Land Offioa tit Wash , ington. „ „ . —Count de .111) . ient, , the new Frenah embattle dor at London } wen the bearer'of a letter of lig pipedn td 'the 'captain of the Brlierophon,.to whono he stirrendered, ” • , -; 2 lhe- bortimbuicineis from South garolltuhleva, the New York limes, have been 'Oemmiuileeting 14,telegteph, with; GOT: Viakeni, of South Cara ltes,',oo7.tedegraphed, to 'them that he maiden . - dad of the departure of the revenue cotter Hor net Lane for Fort Sumpter, with sealed dispatches from Washington, but that she could not, lame over the bar eiono SinelfirAmirktfAilagi, other shetotnilot bai4rcponA Thlo IFI tine, the' cimnifisioners Made a great Idfort ;to kieklt iforet , fremoser7 - ' " 1- • k, • —7FBeaton iri''lkrburton has pietist off a gootait grato, at-SlrLytten' Nalwer,:nraoltrati Lytton. ulwer initotoylopefor the shabbiness of hit enter tainments and titv.magnidoenee of :pis gilded belie and'oplendid furniture: • , • .1 Yon ice,' said Sit' Ned. as we entered ida doom. 1 have furnish ed torhoulet ala Lome Quaterse.'?- Then i wise; • said a aunt, when you oat me to eat, Youtirotattlerhish yOur-hoetd este. Leek Dixhait." ' The eye eannot lout vrhen the stomach to Ptdrl fess of tutu tildlelt•ead more of 'maestri-Ma. ' correepoluttat calla attentfea , to the fellow - - ing , words in Jackson's - Problamation to- &kith Carolina in UP, ea ,e . a'preeedeg the deterrulnetioe of the people of the Union toqiey, My brethren, the disturbers of the Union you may be, but its desii•Oyeri !" —Rev.' Dr. Lioy; president of Davidson College, lilOtth Carolina, declined to 'Nerve on aennamittne on chaplains, at ths late meeting Of his SynOd, and 'gave as a °reason that he hid net read aPoittbill riewspar.or for several Years past, anddkl xi:ethane , that the Unionof the States was in danger ebtil he reached, the plepti,of ; meeting of the Synod, - and heard that'snoh was the fact from some of the memhers of the Synod, " . Lander's last work , large group, of tf The White Mother Pinteoting tier Daughters from the Indians," Is °nits wiY to &step._ The 'Boston Post sip : • ' 6 ihid grchip is of Mite lignina, and stand air fait high ; It la truly n noble siert, full of power, worthy of the highest oceituretatt tion. " The New Orleans Delta saye r a letter writer • who holds some of the repudiated bonds of Vials sippl;writes a eorrespendent in that State s and urges him to go on SoF We separate independence of that State. Be aaye, in the llnion, thn'fore4ci' hondholders have no Means of enforcing payrentst from Mississippi by those arguments widish - cue lit 4 dependent State presents sometimes'-with great effect to another, In the 'Union they get at her, hut the, moment shit deolarns fierindependerice this matter is pieced in a very - different position, and she May be 'Made to do justice to her credi tors. —Sam Modary hat realipied the GovernereMP of lian 6 "/ and will relarn.to journalism. ' - GENERAL NEWS. ~, - - - SilaxsrEaßE'S - )lOreg, - at Strattbid, tOgetb its with the garden in which it stands, Is about to Impukinto.repair, and will prettiest, when the saes, ' lures now in - progress are completed, an, etueneete , in all respects in iciieping with true Shakspearieut suseoidaHons. - A terrace will surround the garden; - an orehard--sneh ar.onauerds mere in' theipoeVe- - day-,will be planted on the northeast ante Mast; mulberry tree will "stand where his ,utedi4rry prge-stOod ;Jim - garden settlersittaiet tb:e:thiase and Bowers -mentioned, to We; works; the 'ensito- nian's residence will be on the southeast pads, s$ hose's to the place pill be had through handmade g Mat, surmounted by Shakspeare's oreet—the eon—up a broad avenue, planted , on either hand,. 'with 'ehrnba, and leading to the tense. , 'A himenzu of no common kind was - corn . - vlitant New Orleans on Sunday, 23d That. The rewie a very votive - patrol on the levee, he had osca nitir . With the proceedings of some Italian fruit dealers, Who, while waiting for their Sunday morning Cue bad lighted fire on the lefee, and at :around it singing. On two combine they Win guished their fire and ceased singing et hie ding, Without reeitdanoe; but they lit the,ftren third time and retationeneed their noise, when he - 'attempted arrest one of them, and was ambled In the back with a knife, which reached the heart, l,e gave a single ory of murder, which alarmed a ivate watchman, who pursued the Italialut, but" they, unfortunately, escaped.- THE Sons or Taurza.arecr, on Cwannitaren- The Palmetto Divtlion of the lions of Temperanee were to bold a meeting last week. ' Transient, brethren from the country were invited "to at tend this meeting,. and participate to the Ant', `meeting to be holden after the eier•memorsble and glorious assertion, by oar beloved South Oa of her sovereignty, and the thrice happy deliverance of hor sons and daughters-from . the galling and debating thraldomof Northern faati cism, treetop, and infidelity." Tan Russian Government is taking nitre . - Sures to repeople , the Grimes, and have, already gent there a good many families from the Gevern inent of Kourek. The totontsetion of the 'country en the Amoor Is also advanOing,iffo handred and thirty peasant families having been sent there dn., Ling August froin the Governments of Tembow, Orel, end Woronesol OR Ohristmaa ere an nnkown man entered a grocery store in New Orleans and aelred.the Proprietor if he had anything to drink. Ile an swered in the affirmative, and got .up to get the liquor, but bad no sooner turned than the stranger stabbed him in the back. The wound is. serious. The wanton dabber Bed Immediately ikfter , blind ing the blow.• Tun Springfield (Illinois) Journal lean that a horrible murder was perpetrated in the town of New Berlin Oa ChrLamas Eve. Gernian.wha w e nt by th e ßerlin, ' name of " Portuguese," wall badly out in several places, but the Journal is furnishifi with none of the particulars. FREE NEGROES IS , A.LAii/aIA.-7We COPY the following from a late Mobile paper : All free negroes are ordered to leave the State within'ten days, or they will be waited upon by a vigilanoe committee and dealt with to the extreme of the ,law." , . A GALLANT FTltXliall, A. J. Scott, a printer, employed in the Memphis Bulletin °Moe, died on Wednesday,. from pneumonia, brought on by :exposure, exertion t. and being repeatedly drenched with water. in trylnit to IMO life at the recent great fire, in which two of his comrades perished. A curtions work has recently been _pub lished in Germany, the purse, of which is ; to prove that Judas Iscariot was one of the most don acientfoaz and honorable of men. • A NEW FEATURE in the late annual cattle show at Birmingham, Eng., was a-show of dogs of every known breed. Among other, costly, dogs was a King Charles quilt], priced 'at r,500.- - THE silk market'in Lyons has been gre&tly affected by the =favorable accounts from the Uni ted States. Many criers from them have boon oanoolloa, • T,r schooner W. B. Darling, at Boston from Baltimore, pinked up on Sunday, •at ten o'clock A. M., off Ohatbam, the boat's crew of sixtean Men belonging to the skip Emperor. Signing the Ordinance of Sects Snort. The Charleston correspondent of the New-York Post gives the following account of the scene in the Convention when the ordinance of Be.oollBioll was eigaed ," In the midst of a crowd of over three thousand people; Collected In floatation Hall last evening, the ordinance of secession was duly signed and sealed by the members of the Convention. - The occasion was One of the greatest solemnity at some of , its periods, and or' the wildest excitement at others. At times, dining the Signing of members unk nown to the spectators, the silence _was op pressive. Three thousand people held their breaths, as it seemed; CO 03fottul was the still ness ' which prevailed in the +est hall. When a delegate known to the people was seen to advance to the table on which the parohmeitt was lying for signature, the shouts that rent the air were deafen-' tag. The applause 'which greeted Mr. Bhett Was,' perhaps, the proudest tribute ever paid him. • - " From the first moment be appeared upon the stage, during his measured walk toward the table, and while he was signing the "ordinaries," the cheers which rang out from the excited inumititnaa' were tremendous. Ho* be could write "ea his own name in the midst of each Ili din; and enneahms as he meat have been of the grand triumph of the hour--lits triumph more than that 'Orany other la beyond ordinary comprehension.' WlMout , the 'slightest acknowledgment to those who applauded him so unanimously aid SO wildly, lie calmly rose from his seat after . 11 , tidier plaaa to those who were to come Aftet, retired, - antwerco' more seen i though hurAreds of his _pentad friend/ were eager to shake hit hand in Con grstnlatio n of this, the consummation, of the ividesand the efforts of nie lifetime. ' . ' , . . • " The applause wan also very great when ilfSe Spratt earns forward t) sign: This gentleman:has, devoted his very respertaele talents for a to t% pat: riod to the reopening of the slave trade.: we is thus v,07 popular with the tOWnepeOple."-
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