.THE -Orman* pußialitutb (81:1E,IDAY,8 EXCEPTED,) : - - 4791 TN, W. yonwirpr, . ol(koz NO. 417 qtranNtrx =Err DAILY PRESS, Irwsa.vis Ctettes rex. Wage, peyeble to the Outer. *fed to puteenbens out of the Olty at Stu Dotteas Psi durvx , Foos DOLLARS TOR EIGHT MONTalit Tame DOXLASS 113 Z Six Moira—mvanably in ad vasee•tbr the time ordered. IMIAVEEILLY PRESS, Mailed to eabsoriber■ out of the Ott at Tam Do cents PIZ .111opyx, in advanoe. &HMI; HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, . NO. 119 CHESTNUT ST., COMMISSION MARORANTS FOR THE SALE OF PHILADELPHIA -MADE GOODS. GROOVRIES. SHAKER SWEET CORN. WINSLOW'S GREEN CORN, FIANCE TOMATOES, PEACHES, GREEN PEAS, &c,, &o. ALBERT C. ROBERTS. DEALER IN FINE GROCERIES. Ixl7-t[ Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Streets. FAMILY - FLOUR, MADE MIT OEOIOE WHITE 'WHEAT. O. H. MATTSON. E. W. oor. ARNE and TENTH innate. dad SEWING MACHINES. jTHEELER & WILSON. Prices Reduced, Nov. 15, 1800. SEWING. MACHINES. .328 ORESTRUT STREET SECOND FLOOR noS-$m HARms. BOUDOIR SEWING MACHINE. 110.1—FON WALLY_ _USN. No. 2—A NSW MAO;MTE, FOR gurranve AND HEAVY WORK. BtAh sew from two without the trouble of re wlnding, and nano Intl' little or no noise For West N 0.4110 ARGIL Street. Philadelphia.- and rio.T3BALTIMOItz Bt., Baltimore , Bid, 1812-em LOOKING GLASSES. LOOKING- GLABBEB, PORTRAIT AND PICTURE FRAMES, ENGRAVINGS, OIL PAINTINGS, &0., 84.3 JAMES S. EARLE & SON, IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS. WEOLE SALE AND RETAIL DEALERS. EARLES' GALLERIES, 515 CHESTNUT STREET, WATCHES, JEWELRY, &a. TEE BEST GOLD JEWELRY—THE BEST GOLD JEWELRY. ANOTHER ANOTHER LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF GOLD AND PLATED GOODS. FROM A BROKEN-UP A BROKEN-UP A BROKEN-UP A BROKEN-UP MANUFACTURER. No Gals/mixed, thit or Gift Jewelry sold in our Estab lishment. IT IS - IT IS IT Dr IT to ALL GENUINE GOLD AND PLATED GOODS. DEAN & CO.'S DEAN & CO.'S DEAN & CO.'S DEAN & CO.'S ORIGINAL 81 STORE. No. 336 CHESTNUT Street. third store below Fourth. CRISIS. de. CRIS si IS! CALL AND LOOK AT SOMETHING NEW 1 A GREAT ll eLE OP 885,000 WORTR OF JEWELRY. OHMS, Ac. ALL FOR 81 EACH. A large and splendid assortment of Jewelry to be sold without regard to cost. ' • - YOUR CHOICE FOR 81 FACE. The foll Owing hat compriees como of the articles/ sold enumerate blishment for $1 each. it being impossible to them all in circular form. Call and examine for younelkea: Large Size and Splendid Cameo Seta, Genera Retail o. in. , do. Live 44 Ito 10 ' o. do. '- do. Carbunele gets-- to -00 o. Ladies' Enameled and Coral do---- to 10 . . do. - do. anti Carbnnole do—. to SO . do. do and Ruby d 0....—. to 10 - . Gold °lister Gratre Setting/Sets d0..........1 to 30 . do. - do. 'vase do. do-1 to 31) o, do. . do. Jet Set do. do-- to 12 . co. Black Mosaic do. 'do___... to le o. do. Gold.srone Mosaic do. do—. to 11 10.. do. Calico Sets - do. do to 11 Ribbon Twists, with brilliants do- --- to la . Bouquet Beta, new style do, do— to 20 . Enamelled cluterdo. do: ' do-1 to 20 Oyer WO other tbfferent styles Ladies' Jewelry; Ms. dalionGell Myles, patterns, and silent Lockets of every rotation ; Gold Pone, la karat, with sliver Extension Weil Gold Pencils, Gold Thimbles. Plated silver are, sleeve !Nkomo" Stade,' &o. s &e.r ' Coral, Lava, Casensoi mot Pond braoelets; Gents vest Chaim war, 011&teAklIalfiLt`l—rart..ar.vs. ore`anrwiiiallr sold by jewellers as aohd soid chains. All made in Paris. You eau take your ch r 81 coati. Ladies' and Gents' Guard Chains, B lea c husually sold by Jewell.'" at from Into 830 each; Ladies' and Children's Neck Chaim, bpirani patterns ; Armlets, brilliant, enamelled, a s l'll settings ; Crosses, plain and enamelled, for 11 rase . retail stns ea from 82 to 41Ei each. ' Ever style' egg variety ofJewalry and desirable goods to I t s eao This sale, at the above prises , will oonthme long e=it a to *ell off oar immense stook , which was pur e at a great sacrifice from manufacturer. who has led. Call and lee the best stook of lioOda in Philadelphia. Tines cash. Takeyour choice for @I each. Mosaics to exoad one dozen of any ono kind of goods at the above prices, unless at our option, DEAN IcCO.. • • , No. 335 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.' To those who order goods by meth must send IA cents extra, to Pa/ portage on a mangle article ; on two aril alas es cents. end l ochre on each additional article. de3l-Im6 ==Cl= PEBSONS - RAVING FINE WATCHES rant have - hitherto. given no eatiefaction to the wearers ore invited to' bring theta to our store 'where all defects eta be - remedied by thoroughly &Ohl and goienUlle workmen, end the watch warranted to give entire malefaction. I9Antel Cloaks, Minimal Boxes, &0., carefully put in complete order. FARR tr. BROTHER, importers of Watoheg. Muentall3oxes. Cloche. 11111 , 2 m 32a OHEBTPIUT Pullet, below Fourth. BUSINESS CARDS. SAT 0:1011C. JAY COOKE A CO. BANKERS, 114 soma THIRD STREET. (First door north of the. Gnesd Bank.) isS-Sm , - PLULADELfBIA pAWSON • & NICHOLSON, BOOKSINDEM Noe. 519 and 521 MINOR street, • Between Market and Chestnut streak!, _R_HILADELPHIA. -TAMES PAWI3O/1i JAB. B. NICHOLSON. - 117GIJET It SONS, . IMPORTERS 01 HAVANA OISARS, • Mo. Sle flotith FRONT !Street. Reeptins regularly shall assortment of desirable 01• srbloh they Offer at tow rates, for cash or ap- Tyro rod *Wit. maw ORLEANS "(LA.) PIOAILIINE.— JOY. 00E. ea Co. parbeen appointe4 pole agenta in Philadelphia for exi t :sly oirouniting mar, of oonnnaninng M amie. Mess men ere advertising in the best nrril never' 0 Oa, end country, utile ornate of JOY ,VIE, k - co., Advertising Agents, FIFTg. and fiIdESTIV UT ;greets f'hiladelshus ; Tribune Buildings, New York, - . - 'COPARTNERSHIP NOTICES. NOTICE OF COPARTNERSHIP. The J. • unaorniniea base this day formed a oots c .r , tnership. k' under the (lon of ROBINdON, SCOT F. 0.. for the Fi i ose of ektriirig on the Anotion and mmission elm and will annoy the store No. 343 BROAD- A .4 present compted by - Henry Robinson & Co. Dated Bei York. Januar? t B lain. E'lltY Rostrissiii BEN Amin SCOTT 'JP,' WILLIAM H. PARAONid. MAORME WORKS, - WOOD BL, between Twenty-first and Twenty • tesoird. Established 183 k. - ThoWndersigned, sumeasor to the late firm of J. & T. WOOD, will continue the butane's in all its branches as heretofore., tower Lawny and all =whines connected them; the, Embattling Callenders, Lard OH Frame, Oblates. and Machine Work in general. • Thankful for peat favor., he would respectfully solicit a (intimate's, of the patronage so liberally bestowed on the late firm e - THOMAS WOOD. Philadelphia, Jan,Ja, 1861. iatt-Sm IVI O RPRY-WHIPPLE IRON BRIDGE. ANA,L. - BONE' QUIGLEY, & BURTON, 0. 333 WALNUT STREET. - PHILADELPHIA, altz d mio.info_rui c kin . Android Oompeples, and form geotio m p_ D TVeleeLna h riNr#WriaTir, (author and Inventor of the above we I known Alan of iron bridjed and are 'prepared to execute eider", wont an, rio t or the oountry, rrom his esdrigne and eersonal superintendence. bsttemvslaar to kltps and estimates should be So=ro JV. W. ItPlelvil Ani t l i ner d or STONE, QUI 13Y. & A REMOVALS. REMOVAL-PASOXIALL hICIABIB has removed hia Aatiouaural and fleelMare from Seventh and Market streeta,to.,.tds Pew di , 11110 MARXIST Street, motet* Yarmere ket.- - - k owesi t.Pfn i guig t ?: 'lrggigt gr1 , 1:11roalillt, I ti kirrigi= ed Altartinntlearir hfiNetit, pad Bead Wareeouee, MO M ICE. _. to Farmer .' Market. " Jal-lm" mAimatiti, HERRING, 8114 D,. SAL- Mort. 443 , 4,000 bbla. Masajioa. 1,1, and II Mack- VlTau • , t4lllll lb • ill i atigl, In monad p Salf U . Plaw ( ti t t,...Eastport, and Labrador Kar -1 - beaaaua an xt ra agaldi arasa tam largaPanelerring/.IWa Ilsointso bite flab s 4 br a .nai&o n lEasM . M . .117ntZran c la:ki%b. •,- WO Waft Piarkimer-oounty Cheap°, la Tate imam"! r i fillil4 Irlk - NOM& Mi Ka,i{ 6,(num wflAßvicip, &ATM & QUAVAra fiTA'poiLVINT I p i pZ y ANcIY GOODS 10 . 16 'WALNUT hTRAT. • EIIZMW I"riIItdADEIRATA 1101MBLOR SKATES.—ParIor Skates for .2. Ladies ; Parlor Skates E foritirees i Parlor skates Lt i ir .? ; eirig t s= B fol r Elte at trial Vector pate,. :ereMe a l' haler Skate. for utomp ; rartor okatet , , wp _ o7.4 . l tria low th b ; 4 l"arlor hketee tor the reetox C lee4l2 --),.. , a ~,,,, al , ' r • , 1 p ILI" WllitiOir 44 Oft. ; . ...;liksvarortst* - 4320228'04 UT 'Street. _ _ VOL. 4.-NO. 153. RETAIL DIIE' GOODS. NO PANIC I I! Tbb ande no panto at the N. B. Corner EIGHTH' SERINO DARDEN Bts, Full Stook. : Fresh Goode Daily, /leaning tin Wes Melling Golds dean, and Buying wads Cheap.. All Wool Flannels. Good Large Blankets. Beautiful Marseilles Quilts, Piano-Table snd Bland rovers. Power-Loom Table Linens, Best Reining. Irene, Reacting, and Moira: Mena, Damask Tab e•Lineno Great Deduction in Crash Diapers, Towebr, Au. CLOAKS, SEA IVIS. AND SILKS, Fenoy Drew, Goode, Poplins, & &o. At THORN - LEI & CHIBM , II, 11. B. Corner EIGHTH & SPRING GARDEN Eitt. Ja26 LAST MONTH - OF WINTER! Last Month of Winter. Last Month of Winter. Last Month of Winter. Last Month of Winter WINTER DRESS GOOBS BELOW COST! Winter Drees Goode Below Coat. Winter Drama Goode Below Cost. Winter Were Goods Below Coat. WinteLDress Goods Below Coat. WE ARE DETERMINED M. TO REIM= OUR BO We are Determin & ed O to Reduce our Stook. We are Determined to Reduce our Stook. We are Determined to Reduce our Stook. We are Determined to Reduce our Stook. ADAMS A SON. EIGHTH AND ARCH! Adana & Son, Eighth and Arch. Adam' tc Son, Eighth and Arab. Adams & Son, Eighth and Arch. Adams dc Son, Eighth and Arch. 1026tf CIREAT REDITOTIN IN DRY GOODS! •-01 WINTER DRFSS GOODS CLOSING OUT! Greet Bargains in Winter Goode. Plaid Va.eneias 20 etc., formerly 3734. Detainee and Cashmeres very cheap. Closing out all Dark Goode, at 1a25-11 JOHN li. STORES', 702 ARCH Street. LIMN AND COTTON MEETINGS.- A fall Stook . Linen Sheeting', Wide and narrow Muslin, Towels and Napkins, Linen Damasks, Crumb Clothe, &air Crash Runms Crash Diapers. , Large Blanket Quilts, WoollenDruggets, Table Covers, Curtain Materials, Furniture Reps, Nish Shirting Linens, Piano Corers, and Worsted Damasks. SHARPLIseS BROTHERS, jag CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets, f!LOAKt3.—The greatest bargains in the city at OLDAICIL—The largest stook. the ,best assortment, the ehomest eolors, the finearqualities,the most superb trimmings, Moneyed styles, the best work, and demi deftb the lowest prices; in the oily, at IVENS', 23 !South NINTH Street. note-dm C LOAKS. -.The OITY CLOAK STORE, •••••• 142 North EIGHTH. Every ono la talking of the great bargains' and superior quality of the CLOAKS at the new CLOAK nox.E, 142 North EIGHTH Stmt. nole-em CLOAKEL—It you want the beet value for your money, 60 to the City Cloak Store, 149 North EIGHTH Street, above Cherry. nole•am CLOAKS.—The CITY CLOAK STORE, 144 North EIGHTH, is said to be the best and cheapest atom in the eity. ' nol2l-3m WZ=!l CLOAKS.—A magnificent assortment of all the neweet styles imported this Beeson, with every new material, made up and trimmed in the very beet manner, at prices that defy all competition. at the Paris Cloak Store, northeast corner of EIGHTH and WALNUT Streets. noUtiSra LINENS, SHIRTINGB, SHEETINGS .Frontina,lhirttnr. and Pillow Ltnena, Material (or fine shirts, Linen. and Muslim by the nieoe, Good Flannels and Tiokt _ tg* TABLE DAMASKS. Superb dock Table Clothe end Damseke, Good Nankin'. Large DaMILIIk Towela, Doyhea. extra large and fine Table Clothe, All at the lowest :prices. at retell or BY THE QUANTITY, cheap for o o aeh. A coorsa & crrRD, Jai Southeast corner NINTH and MARKET. fiAWLS, CLOAKS, DRESS GOODS, AND EMBROIDERED COLLARS AND BETS. Large display of Woollen Shawls, selling Cheap, Cloak., closing out knost and less, Entire stook of Dress Bloods at nominal prices, Bowe Winter . Goode at Arm doe. To be had from oar large and (tearable etoolc alive are DETERMINED TO REDUCE IT by offering antiefaotory isducemenle. COOPER fr. CONARD, Jan Southeast oornor NINTH and MARKET. RUE & Lit.NDELL, FOURTLI AND -N-z4 ARCH Streets, keep only le best metre.; end Bleach PURR FLAX VITAPLE LINEN 6101.11/8.) 4.4 Rottiesstre inens. Richardson:a trxtra Heavy 'Richardson a Medium Shirting". Riohardson's Bosom Linen'. Jal9-tf YRE & LANDELL OPEN TO-DAY (or retail sales " 304 sheetir Mullet t double weight. Bhi'shag Luqins, 4. 11. /24. Bheeting what, single Blurting !muffins, best only. Jalii•tr CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL LIARD TABLES. MOORE 153 OAMPION. No 261 SOUTE SECOND STREET. In connect ion with • their extentave v qabirett 13valiviet, ere sow meaufwgr i mmerm s ole of N i aa n ic v a n tiVOßTlrtgaiti h allg t l i blcith hit 1 ere vitmaitheed, by all who him need them, le eneerior to ell others. F oslhe guitar end &Oh of the Tables the menu hwtoorete refer to their numerous patrons thronthout the EF hien orh care feudist with the °Wader wall.eut of their wet% ity ADA ME CLEMENT'S F RENO II Boarding•sohoolfor Young Ladies, Beverly. New Jersey. The Eighth Term Will commence February 4th, MI. The number of pupils is limited, and the in stillation is thotoUgh in every department. Terms 82430, itmnissucis.—Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter,. jtt. Rev. W. Odenheimer, Thomas A. Biddle, Esc.. Phi lade) his ; Major Robert Anderson, Professor W. F. ?helm Treo m Jalg-fetragt MESDAMES WIDINARAY AND D'HER FILLY restatotfully Informhetr friends and t,Lit that they ` DAYS re.Enovp their Boardinslnd linrillohrntialgst3iart .Logan th""ta Pupils from five years of age upward prepared for the lourth otass. iy2s-em 1011ERYANT, STRATTON, & FAIRBANKS' MERCAATILI3 COLLEGE, 8, E. oorr SE VENTH and CHESTNUT Btreete.7.Day and 1:4156W Sessions, „Individual instruction Bookkee ping in oindingGeneral 'Wholesale end Retell Rumen, Ste nnis, worwardlng and Comotliston, Rankin , x changManaac'tuthli Railr°"Pg i atemn6tmg. the most Morelos and product course „ t i the United States. Also , Lectures, Commerolal 0 ma tions, Arithmetle. and the higher Nathomaties, en manship (best In the eityl, i Correspondence, fcm Fora ale, their new Treatise on BoOnlreselne, beauti fully pr t nted In colors, and the am work published. selit. w. a. MOOHUBAD pORTLAND KIROSENE OIL. IMME=IMMMii CELEBRATED OIL AB AN ILLUMINATOR, the company have now doubled their former °apse- Ei, and. have the most sztesssmo marks _AM smarm seterigi Ott from Coat ea the Meted Pious; and a order to insure for or a constant gir.edsknote the demand, they have positively re to eutabbeti ally new shames, or create say new es Lifer it what ever. What we claim for this Oil Is, IT® UNIFORMITY All QUALITY AND SUPERI OR.= OVER ALI, OTHER OILS. It is entiretree from the offensiv e odor peenliar to all o th er Cos Oda in the market. and for br i lliancy as a light, clean eas e oheapness, and garety,_ (having no explosive propertteehm, we may confidently Says THE ONLY OIL THAT WILL orrz GENERAL • SATISFACTION. Wherever it has been introduced consumers will use no other. All there are many inferior Oils sold as Kerosene, we caution dealers In PertiolllßY agaillfft using this trade mark. Whenever doubts exist as to thegenteel:lose of the ortiole, we respectftill ask that a sample may be submitted to no for 1 We offer it to the trade at COMPANY'S LOWEST PRICE, end all orders addressed tows by mail or otherwise will mot with prompt attention.. LOOKR 4 CO., Dole Agent. and MannfsoV i ere of Alcohol, Burning Fluid, an no Oil eslo-01a No. 1010 MARKET M.? ladelohim DLEUROPNROMONIA, OR CATTLE EPIDEMIC, CATTLE gISEASE, CATTLE. ImEASE, CATTLE ISEASE, CATTLE DISEASE. An unfailing_remedy for this dimities oan be had by applying to Dr. H. OLOK, NO. 407 VINE Street, &tillsdelPbia. Also. medicines for all kinds of diseases Horses. CURE WARRANTED, OR MONEY REFUNDED, CURE WARRANTED, OR MONEY REFUNDED, CURE WARRANTED, OR MONEY REFUNDED, CU Ja RE M-w fm W WARRANTED. OR MONEY REFUNDED. ien • nORE LIGHT 1 TRH GAILLASIFS FOR THE MILLION, may be Been at SIM NORTHEHOND Street ; $30,000 worth am now in nee. The Market street, Omen and Goatee, Ridge rout, and other horse OATS are now tunny them. We alter any filthy Heroic; Laze IMO, One Lamps for SI • 10.000 Agents waste to cell t om throughout the United States. The Oae amp it a room twen ty eet square for one oent an hour. DR.CP, _4I,ORKENE & CO., No. 004 NORTH EIECOND Street, above Raoe. eellikke&v-ly 1-10 Y T/8. HIAWATHA HAIR RESTORATIVE wairsatedin every Instance to RESTORE OKAY HAIR TO ITS ORIOXVAL COLOR. It has been ainplied • IN-THOUSANDB OF °ABED • In the_principal cities of New England. and HAS NOT FAILED in a mingle Instance to accomplish all that is claimed for it, No Hair is so Grey or Red but thejIIAWATHA will change it to a beautiful and life-like Brown and libiok.'l It is not an instantaneous die vehloh crooks, emits and gives a dead black color to the hair, the patient having to submit to soaping. washing. and sponging o the heir open' time it Is applied; nor is ita preparation of sulphur, sugar of lead:Ego.; nornf any ingredient" de leterious to the hair or stun. It' is an &Mole resuming no preparation, no washing before or after using; it is applied in five minutes time, and with as little trouble as any ordinary &Bele for the toilet. " People who have used this preparation declare it Is minicab:me in its eiNe_ts, and that it will perform alt that it pretends tel --f notorial. - - Its" slioneee is wo nderful, and we can only n wnen florae ail the prrwrietor saye in regard to it, "—[Boston J° .:Vg'obterve, by a notice ln a fieetan pa r, that a krermiymwas awarded by the Maasitehrdwitta qeolianies ar table AsemoiatiOn. at their ate Fair, °stop, to r . woo nor, of tins city, ror oelebrated Hia watha Hair Restorative,' en &Mole which nobly merit ed this favor. It wag for its auyerior manta In this re- SPOOL th at thebomtaittee, aster seMotot evidenoe pre sented to tits*yelves, awarded tg.l/Ir. Hoyt ;this Witte r ingtestimontel'l—lFTOVidnnoe Evening Pregg. For sale be the ariampat proximal; in Philadelphia, n i e jo i ner/1 AIt b IHTVIITTN fitTPr i alid l e i nT r a : r ef . ro - 141-11 - 4.Ni /1..7 ~,,..'" .7-7'.:',1 . I "*. 'sj' it. •tt \\‘' \ i I i • ... .. ' • .. , _ ~• c- - - , • of ..., _ ... ,---..-... ~, . ..,:_,..., ; ;,,,t..• e.,..,. _ _, 1.11 1 ,„„ .....-4011r,.....,,k -''''l:. - •'r *, -, _ -- 1,., ----- 1-Tior..- , ^ • .-' - , I,l•At , ;`,.- %:. , -,).1 : , N.c.: - ";.,..,,z, -- " r ~,..,-, ', ,i.:: - ..• , •-: : . . -4 - 1 -',- -- - ' --' - k l - ' '••• ' --- . _,:_!-•---7., . ~.!!- , . ~:,, ,,1 ;;, , ,1r'. : .... . - -!.r.: ,. ...Q.-.:• - -"•z . gFif. . .....,:,:-.,, , :: , i , .t. : :*,_ . :_,,, . , ~e t. ,„............_ _ . ..,,,. „ ircv .......,:-- ~, , 4 ( ---_-_ - ----01.. '--- - zi,:l - " . .....7, - t-7 1 r•-:-,1-z.;':• - ""-- - / .. . : . .. . Of Furnishing Goods, Pillow Linens, IVENS'. , ikl , .7i WN•I %a.. A EDUCATIONAL. KEROSENE OIL. MEDICINAL,. g'e :it ress. MONDAY. JANUARY 28. 1861 The Comedy of Polities. Even in political life thorn are oconalona scenes of comedy and farce. One of these lately occurred in an English borough, called Stroud. This is a town, with about 86,000 in habitants, of whom 1,828 aro qualified to vote at the election of members of Parliament— Stroud returning two; while Liverpool, with some 600,000 inhabitants, also has but two re presentatives. Stroud is within a few miles of the city of Gloucester, and is the chief seat of the woollen manufactures of the West of England; a busy place, with its many dye works, cloth-factories, and fulling. but redolent, in no very savory manner, of oil, with which the wool is dressed, before they weave it into broad-cloth. There is a great peculiarity about Stroud— precisely as there is about Tiverton. It sim ply is that at least one male member in every house which gives a vote at the election of parliament-men has obtained some office tin der Government. Stroud and Tiverton are above "bribery and corruption," of course, but if St. Michael, and St. George were can didates, without Government patronage to re ward voters, against'Russell and Palmerston with the loaves and fishes of office, the two I Saints would go to the wall, the two Sinners would bo elected, and lots of Stroud and Ta vistook people would forthwith obtain life-ap pointments, with rising salaries, in the public departments. Thus ic the free and independ ent electors" find virtue (or voting?) its own reward, and thus Lords Palmerston and John Russell, who, with high minds, despise bri. bing, show their gratitude. If they do not pay in malt, they do in meal, as the saying is. Straight-laced folks may think, as we do, that there is very little difference between giving money and money's worth. The way in which Palmerston and Russell came to sit for Tiverton and Stroud may not be known to some of our curious readers. In 1882, after the passing of the Reform Bill, Palmerston. was elected - member of Parlia ment for South Hampshire, and Lord John for South Devonshire. In December, 183.1, after Peel first became Prime Minister, there was a general election, and the Hants and Devon voters, mournful to relate, actually re fused to re-elect the two noble Lords, both in the now Cabinet, returning good Tories in their place. Lord John prevailed on ono of the newly-elected members for Stroud to re- tire, and the well-known parliamentary agent, Mr. Coppock, prevailed upon the Stroud elec tors to vote for Lord John—which they did, with great advantage to themselves, until 1841, when he was elected by the city of Lon don. Lord Palmerston made a direct bargain with James Kennedy, a briefless lawyer, who had been elected for Tiverton, and plainly said, 4 , Get me in your place, and I will pro vide tbr yon." Kennedy resigned—elec tioneered for Palmerston, got him returned, and duly received his reward by being ap pointed Judge of the Mixed Commission at Cuba, worth $20,000 a year, which office he enjoyed during the remaining twenty-two years of his life. From 1835 to the present time, Palmerston has sat for Tiverton. Ho gods down there once a year, dines with his constituents, makes a rattling post-prandial speech, subscribes a trifle to the Dispensary and a few local institutions, and is perpetually giving pretty little offices to the sons, cousins, nephews, and sons-in law of all the Tiverton electors who vote for him. In a word, ho butters their btead on both sides, and all par- ties are well contented with each other. One of the present, members for Stroud is 3 4:•P4Ward.YSorsman..mrstinIda.844-famth been a member ever since with a slight re cess. In June 1858, he was returned for Stroud, without opposition, and continues to sit for it. Mr. Homan possesses large estates In War wickshire, is nephew to the ninth Earl of Stair, was called to the Scottish bar, and has been Commissioner of Church Inquiry in Scotland. In the amigo of Commons, he obtained such high reputation for tact and talent, that Lord Melbourne made him a Lord of the Treasury in Juno 1841, which appointment ho lost in the following September on Peel's becoming Prime Minister a second time. In 1866, when that very feeble politician, Lord Aberdeen, had to retire into private life, leaving Lord Palmerston to reconstruct the Ministry, Mr. Horsman was made Chief secretary for Ire land. This is ono of the most desirable of ministerial offices, its holder being the virtual ruler of Ireland, with a beautiful official resi dence in Dublin, another in London, close to the Park, immense patronage, and $20,000 a year. Mr. Hersman entered office in Febru ary 1855, and performed all its duties until Tune 1857, when ho frankly told Lord Pal merston that the said duties could be bolter prim:Pod by a clerk than by a Privy Coun cillor and Cabinet Minister ; that he could not conscientiously rob the public by continuing to hold a gigantic sinecure, and that, therefore, ho begged to retire from office. Surely, since the time of Audrey" - Marvel, dining on his cold bladebone of mutton, refused the £l,OOO note which Lord-Treasurer Denby slipped into his hand, as a bribe, nothing to match this politi cal honesty has been put upon record. How it must have electrified Old Palmerston, who has been fifty-five years in Parliament, and nearly half a century In office When the Derby-Disraeli Ministry came back, in March 1868, Mr. Merman, as an in dependent member, whose motto was mea sures, not men, in contra-distinction to tho Whig men, not measures, gave them his gene ral support. Last Session, angry at the short comings of the Palmerston Ministry, he dfd not hesitate to rate them very soundly, in Parliament, on several occasions. The c‘free and independent electors" of Stroud, who had found it difficult to digest Mr. Horsman's resignation of the Irish Secretaryship, some of the patronage thereof having overflowed for their benefit, yet trusted that his acknow- lodged talents, as a man of business and a debater, would speedily replace him in the Cabinet. At the close of last Session, how ever, when they saw that he had wilfully widened the breach between crafty Palmerston and himself, their doubts became aggravated into auger—they bad begun to Reel the want of Government appointments—and they hold an indignation meeting, at which they called upon him to resign his seat. Mr. Horsman politely declared , that Resignation, albeit a moral, was not a political virtue, and that ho had no idea of practising it. He promised, however, ere the commencement of the next Parliamentary Session, to visit Stroud, and, at a public meeting of his constituents, give an account of his stewardship. He fuldlled this promise on Thursday,.Yanu- ary Bd, and the Time, reports the proceedings at considerable length. He told a large and turbulent assembly of electors and non-electors, that ho had been condemned on two grounds, namely : that, by his speeches on questions of foreign policy he had taken a course very strongly at variance with the principles and objects of the Society of Friends, and that he had been much too nn- ministerial in his rotes and speeches. lie said s I have a great personal respect for the mem bers of the Booiety of Friends. [Laughter and de risive cheering.) I know that their principles are pure that their motives are Christian and praise worth y, pear, heard but, as politicians, I honestly avew that I think them the most peiniolous and meat mischievous of all denominations. [Uproar and Interruption. J If their power were at all equal to their will, the existence of 'England as an inde pendent king dom would 1100 be worth six months' purchase. A perfeet storm of groans, hisses, and hooting.)here 'is this partioular oharaoteristio chant them which Moire heel- the roost amiable and best of men, when they pnshe principle too far, maybe led into inoonsisteney ; that while the Em peror of " the French is confessedly the representa tive of war in Europe--for has he not been the cause of more ,bloodshed and more tannage than any otborman, and la he not now promoting blood shod and carnage before the walls of Goats? [eon tintnt•interreption[—he,finda In this oduntry his friends and adrocatee in the representatiVead the PIERLADELPHIA, MONDAY ; JANUARY 28, 1861. peaoe party. [Cries of No, no,' and, There have been in our time two wars in Euro_pe, one in the Crimea, the other in Italy. Whole hecatombs of human lives have bean sacrificed, and the Emperor of the "French, next to hie uncle—whom we defeated nearly half a century ago—has been the kreateat scourge of the human race in modern days, Yet, while he has not another friend in all Europe; while the armies of England are at this moment kept up to the highest state of efficiently from the fear of him ; while he threatens every Power, while he etrebarraeses every exchequer, while he dieturbs commerce all over the world, we And that it is in England alone he has advocates, upholders, apologists, eulogists, and, strange to say, this re presentative of war finds them In the Peace Bo• oiety [Renewed uproar. " Mr. Horsman was not a bit more mealy mouthed when defending himself from the charge of having been too independent of the Ministry in his speeches and votes. He had always been an independent member of Par liament. As such, ho had assisted to eject the Earl of Aberdeen for the disasters of theOri. mean war—as such, he had subsequently it:Ned in the censure upon and assisted to eject Lord Palmerston from office on the Corspi racy Bill, cc and while I did so," said he, slip, "I did it in very good company, becaue 1 went into the same lobby with half its preent Cabinet." As an independent man, ho had remonstrated with his Liberal friends fornot having amended Lord Derby's Reform Bill, in stead of throwing it out, by a party vets, of Lord John Russell's making, to restore, the Whigs to office. - As snob, be told the present Ministry, on their succeeding the Derby-Dis raeli Cabinet, that they obtained office utder false pretences, by promising a Reform Bill which they could not carry. Mr. Horsmanisaid all they did carry was a master-manufachiers' treaty, and a middle-class budget, with aper petuation of the tax on the necessaries orlite to the poor operative classes, who yore cheated out of Reform. - • It would be difficult, without making lxger quotations from his speech than we nave room for, to give any adequate idea of the tumult which prevailed throughout Mr. Bora man's speech, of nearly two hours' lergth. Shouts, laughter, hisses, groans, uproar, ex clamations, derisive cheering. satirical ques tions, accompanied and interrupted every sen tence. Yet the speaker persevered, with great good temper and unflinching flrmnets— taking all the opposition, as it were, on the point of his rapier, and toesing it away as a regardless thing. Heroin, we think, was emi nently shown the great advantage of ready, extempore * public speaking, over prepared oratory. A motion followed the speech, that when Mr. Horsman had pretended to be an ad vanced Liberal, he had acted as a concealed Conservative, and therefore no longer repre sented the Liberal constituency of Stroud. Mr. Ilorsman's reply was,, that when they pointed out one principle which he had aban doned, he would resign his seat. "Upon that challenge," said he, .4 you ought to vote upon the resolution before you. If since I was re turned to Parliament I have changed no opi nion and abandoned no principle, and you censure me, it is you that are apostates and not I." Ho declared that the leading mem bus of the Liberal Cabinet were strong anti reformers. Who made the strongest speech In favor of Lord Derby's Bill, and for the re tention of rotten and nomination boroughs I Why, Mr. Gladstone. With Mr. Glad stone and Lord Palmerston against Lord John Russell and Mr. Bright a good Reform Bill could not have been passed. And with respect to the charge of impeding the progress of the Bill of last Session all I Can say is that the delay was not attributable to me, for I did not open my lips upon it." As &Liberal he had supported the Ballot uni formly and the abolition of Church-rates, both which measures the present Ministry resist. The motion reading Mr. Horton= out of the representation of Stroud was carried by a in#l9ritV_At_fatmen.orrals data saluvf,' amt wiz ive it in full Mr. lloraman. The resolution certainly is Carried, but by ea narrow a mu) airy [loud laugh ter] that I heartily congratulate my :rinds, the advanced Liberals, upon their victory. And I don't grudge it. lam not the least surprised at it. I fully expected it. [A Voice " And you fully deserved. it." Cheers.] Before 'I tell you how I mean to act upon it, I nog most sincerely to thank you for two things—first, for your kind in dulgence towards too to-night; and, next, that at least there were so many gentlemen more than I expected who were kind enough to hold up their hands against the resolution. I. do not grudge the advanced Liberals their second victory—their great triumph I must say that they have had some severe trials of late, and I shall bo glad if, at Christmas time, any triumph over me can give them a merry and a happy Christmas. I must say that I have felt for them very much within the last six months. ["Oh, oh !"J It has been said that a good man struggling with adversity is a spectacle for the (lode; but I have some times thought for the last six months that the ad , vaneed Liberal struggling to conceal his ago nies, while the abortive measure of Reform was being strangled, instead of being a spec lade for the Gods, was rather a subject for the benevolent attention of the humane Society. [Great uproar J Aa to the resolu tion, I will tell you why I de not intend in conse quence of that resolution to resign my seat [Groans and hisses ] If you do not know when you have got a good servant [loud laughter] I know when I've got a capital master. [Laughter and cheers.] I have received a great deal of kindness from you. and I assure you that, although not a very old, I am a very attached servant [" Oh, oh !" and laughter] ; and an old and good servant, if his master in a fit of intoxication [groans and uproar], or a fit of passion, turns him off at night, it would be very ungrateful if he took him at his word and did not wait to see whether ire would not be sober and sorrowful the next morning. [Laughter and cheers.] I have the greatest hopes of you, and more than that I sincerely believe—you may think it vanity—but I elneerely believe that if I were to resign say seat you mug/it go a great way and fare a great deal worse. [Bears of laughter.] Therefore, if you aro disposed to verify tho old proverb, and out off your noses to spite your faces ("Oh, oh !" and laughter), /tail/ not be so 'ungrateful as to assist you in that disfigurement. Oh, oh !" n d groans.] If it be any pleasure to my friends the advanced Liberals to pelt me with their speeches and oeneures on tho platform, I shall bo happy to give them many opportunities of doing so. [Loud laughter.] I promise to meet them again this time next year, and I do not despair then of some of them proposing a vote expressing their renewed confidence in me, thanking me for not taking them at their word, and hoping that I may represent them for many years. V. Oh, oh!" laughter, and cheers. ] That hope I do most cordially entertain. I thank you for all your past kindness; I thank you for your pre emit indulgence and I hope I shall have many future opportunities of thanking you for your in creasing confidence. [Laughter anti cheers] The easy audacity of the passages which we have printed in Italics is extremely amusing. We should not be surprised if, after this good stand-up fight, a majority of the Stroud electors wont home full of admiration at the saucy pluck of their opponent,—half-resolved to give him another trial. Unless of his own free will, he cannot be ousted from Stroud, except at a regular election. Two Great Unions instead of One. [For The Prose.] Throughout our country men are rapidly reaching the settled conclusion that no com promise can be made giving a peaceful solu tion to the vital question—the North and the South. In view of this fact, the following suggestion Is offered to your readers: Let Congress call a National Convention for the express purpose of so altering the Constitu tion (if they see fit) as to provide for the peaceful separation of the whole country onto two great Unions—the one comprising the free, the other the stave States. It we could not legislate together peace fully prior to the November election, what hope is there that any temporary truce shall long prevent another outbreak 7 Let us meet the radical difficulty at once. Any one ex amining the Constitution will bo struck with the fact that ne other alteration will be needed to form two groat Unions, than to give our present Constitution to the one, with the word (‘ Northern" prefixed to the words "United States," wherever they occur, and to the other Union the same Constitution, with the word « Southern," instead of ((Northern." Could any fact so clearly prove the wisdom of our forefathers, 75 years since, or our own folly now, in the hopeless want of forbearance 7 At the North, we avowedly love the Con stitutlon—let us have it with the word c 4 Northern." At the South, Carolina has already adopted the Constitution as it stands, and other States are following the example; let them have it with the word tg Southern." I may send you a few more words in sup port of such peaceful separation, and a few on the basis of a treaty arrangement between the two Unions. Fix. —Ole Ball le at home, or pretty near home, In Sweden, giving aonaerte that mite as gloat en thalami as nearly twenty years ago, The Burns' Dinner. O Saturday, we gave as sufficient a report of lie Burns' Dinner as the limits of a daily papr and the importance of the subject re. quied. -We understand that a full report of tlieproceedings will appear in the City Item on Wednesday. The Oration, by Mr. J. H. As ton o .will occupy over five folio columns in tha journal—a single sentence of this conapo sitin (which describes Burns as cc an histrio nic man of the highest typo") covers eighty lime! lir. D. K. O'Donnell's poem, of eighty eight four-line stanzas, is also liable to the im. pnation of being diffuse, and has several bad rh:mes—such as thorn and Bannockburn; chrubim and within; combined and joined; stanp and pomp ; reverence and prince ; beast ant peace. But, though the poem will be greatly improved by pruning, it shows great conmand of language, delicacy of thought, ant grace of expression. The following ex tract will justify our commendation I ER faults shall lightly on him lay— We'll speak of him tho boat we oan; With noblest heart enshrined in clay, Yet he was only man. Yes! men by sympathy with man, Right-handed fellowship with truth; With warm blood through whioh °oaten:lg ran Tho bloom and love of youth. A rude Apollo of the field : A laborer following the plough ; Toil written in his manly weal, And genius on his brow. Brew humor ; words of aimpla view Suoh all befits him, simply strong: A full heart, tuneful, sound and true Liho totes great people's song. The modest fame, the pastoral love For man and flower and bird and beast ; The gentle sway to obarm and move In the fair fields of peaoe. The soul to wage in manly fight, The homely ohampion of Me true; A hero's will to sing and write, And if not write, to do. A peasant with an emperor's dower, Nature's own child, the absolute man ; A poet with a hero's power That heroes far outran, With wisdom and with rovoronse More than his simple lore permits ; Comrade or shepherds, and the prince And darling of the wits. With what sweet mastery he drew The mellow spirit from the Into The poet's mystery he knew— , The strivings deep and mute. _ Ills was the might of poet kind ; The ready wit that at a word Flashed from its ambush In the mind Like the unsheathed sword. The far, fraught musings, patient, calm, The power to make men weep ; The satire's sting, the poor man's balm, And intuiting deep. The bluff, good speech to pride and pomp— Whate'er may honest poor befall, The rank is but the guinea's stamp ; A man's a man for all ! The generous virtues well combined Ills liberal genius to groat As, like two golden rivers Joined, Heart, mind, together meet. Meteor to ill did ho Eft/I=mb, This unto him the heart accords: The Boni that kept the demon dumb has given the angel words. And many a song of sweetest dole Forth on its radiant MitlBloll went, Wrung from the deep core of hie soul As prayer from penitent. Temptation girt the path he trod And oft his better soul outran ; .4e might have been more like a god ; ho was, at least, a man ! And man by glorious brotherhood With all true souls ; with simple worth ; The commonality of good The nobleness of earth. One whom the future loves to win, To whose great Bong a people turns ; A nation's full heart oentras in The namo of Robert Burns New York Correspondence. UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF PEI:SONE CON FINED IN PUBLIC INETITUTIONB-TIIE NEOROES OF NEW YORK : THEIR NUMBER, OCCUPATION, AND MrEALTEI-AIIRIVAL OF COLONEL FRE- 008131 P. Gorreipondonoo or The rfeßß.] NEW Your, Tan. 26, 1861 Yesterday developed the fact that at the present moment the public Institutions of the city, under control of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, contain a larger 1 number of inmates than were ever before under their supervision, the total being 8,918. ' The negro population of Now York, as enumerated by the last census, amounts to 10,831, which is a decrease of 2,084 since the census of 1850, the decrease being almost wholly in blacks, not in mulattoes—about one half of negrodom being in the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth wards. The Eighth is the banner ward of nogrodom, and the Fifth the hot-bed of amalgamation. About two thirds of the colored inhabitants of tho Fifth ward are mulattoes. It is in this ward that I find eighteen of the thirty-two intermarriages between whites and blacks. Six of these happy couples occupy a single house. The wives are washwemen, and the husbands play Pokomoke and attend to domestic duties. Out of the 7,826 male blacks, scarcely a dozen are engaged in the higher pursuits of• life; no mechanics or artists are among them ; moat of them are servants. Only eighty-flve of the whole number own real estate, the total value of which is $366,476. The wealthiest of the lot is put down as worth $60,000. Nearly 9,000 of the number were born in the free States. • Col. Fremont and Thomas Francis Meagher, and wife, wore among the passengers in the Sriel to-day from Aspinwall. An industrious and pions gentleman, named Pardee, has taken a census of all tho children of New York, with the object of ascertaining how many aro the recipients of religions in struction. There are in the city 150,896 children between the ago of five and fifteen years. Of this number, only 70,800 (Roman Catholics included) attend Sunday-schools, leaving upwards of 80,000 nnprovided with such instruction as our Sunday-schools afford. To remedy the defect, Mr. Pardee suggests that every able.bodied professor of religion should promptly volunteer to undertake a portion of Sianday-Sehool work. Barnum, with characteristic sagacity and energy, has determined to follow the general rash up-townivard, and establish a braneh of his museum in a locality more easily accessi ble than the present one, which, curiously enough, is at that particular point where more omnibuses, more carts, more carriages, and more people meet than any other on Manhat tan island, to say nothing of its being the ter- Minns of all four of our city railways. Phineas T. B. is making less noise through the papers than when he was exploiting Jenny Lind, but I reckon he's bagging quite as much money. The theatrical critics and habitues of the inter Garden enjoyed a sensation last night in the first appearance of Mr. Charles Dillon, an English actor, who appeared as Belphezar. I assisted at the performance, and have rarely witnessed anything more truly excellent. Coming unheralded, nnpulfeti, unknown, and making an entree on the stormiest night of the season, his success was the more marked. He took the newspaper men by storm, as his merit entitled him to do, and he is sure to create troops of admirers wherever he may go. Iluaox. MANGE IN THE PROPRIETORSHIP OP THE NEW YORE EVENING! POST.-HR. 0. F. nincias TO HAVE THE LIVERPOOL CONSULATE- MOVE 'BENTS FOR OARRISONINO THE FORTS IN NEW TOME HARBOR-POLITICAL INOIDENTS AT THE THEATHEN-PORREST AND BOOTH. I aw 'Yowl, January 20,1801. A change has taken place in the proprie torship of the Now York Evening Post, the interest of Mr. John Bigelow having been purchased by Mr. Parke Godwin, who has been one of the principal, men in its edi torial staff for many years, and who now will doubtless assume the 4osition of managing editor. No man ismq're competent for the position. As a writer, he is one of the most brilliant in the country. Few men connected with the press have a wider acquaintance with political and literary celebrities of the day than ho, and few are more thoroughly versed in the details of American politics. Mr. Bige low's retirement will be widely regretted. In many respects he was the beau ideal of a journalist—prompt, clear,Edecided, able, and endowed with executive abilities of a high order. lam not apprised of the disposition he proposes to make of himself, but presume that, for a time, at least, ho will, as the drug gist said, as enjoy his opium CUM digitalis" on the competency ho has so industriously and honorably earned in the Post. Another item that may interest newspaper men, is that Charles F. Briggs, editor of the Sunday Courier, and formerly assistant editor of the Times, will have the Consulate at Li verpool. It could scarcely be more worthily bestowed. It has transpired that some ten days ago a number of prominent Republicans of Brook lyn tendered to the President a sufflelentforce of the uniformed militia of kings county to garrison Fort Hamilton at the Narrows. The offer was respectfully declined, accompanied with an intimation that the Government pro posed soon to man it with a force sufficient to keep it in good order. A day or two after ward a company of artillery took possession, much to the disgust of the Brooklyn warriors. It is understood that the same men who made the offer of troops for Fort Hamilton also volunteered a sufficient force to protect the navy yard, the object being to get into the hands of the State militia and under Republican con trol, the navy yard and Government fctrtifica lions in the harbor of New Pork. The move was a shrewd one, but didn't work. Our theatres aro nightly made the scenes of more or less excitement, connected with the unrest of the times. Last night, for example, at Niblo's, when Forrest, with unusual power, gave the words, "And you, with your own hands, would break up the fabric of your Constitution," the audience seized the point, and, giving it a political application, applauded it to the echo—so much so, that it was several minutes before the great artist could ; proceed with the part. Another incident of the same kind occurred at the Winter Garden last even ing, during Edwin Booth's performance of Richard. When he uttered the sentence Kings must be brief When traitors take the field," bursts of applause greeted him, and his re appearance was demanded; but there were hisses also—coercionists es ,well anti-coer cionists. At one time it was feared the police would haie.to.be called in. The worst of ,it is, that the'audience seem to be on the look out for passages susceptible of partisan appli cation, and insist upon firing off applause •or hisses gc accorchn'." Runoff. (For Tito Press.] In The Press last week, in the notice of the proceedings of the meeting of cg The Histori cal Society," on Monday evening last, is a very interesting sketch of the memoir of mit late fellow-citizen, the highly-esteemed andre spected John F. Watson, Esquire, in which it is mentioned that cc his ancestors, on both sides, worn from Ireland, and , Most respecta bly connected." In confirmation of this fact, the following letter written by himself, in Dee., 1846, at atime when our citizens of Irish birth and extraction were so bitterly denounced and persecuted, will, I am Bare, be interesting to your renders. The g; small book" alluded to is entitled is A briefaccount °Jibe Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; with biographical notices of some of its members," &c., (published by the Hibernian Society of this city in 1844.) The society of (c The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick" existed in this city from the year 1171 to the year 1798, (and perhaps to a later date,) and was pronounced by Washington, who was a member, as cf A society distinguish ed for the firm adherence of its members to the glorious cause in which our country is em barked." On the list of its members may be seen the names of John Barry, the old commodore got. Richard Butler, father of the Butlers of Kentucky; Col. George Fullerton, who was killed at Princeton ; Gen. Edward Hand, Gen. William Irvine, Col. Francis Johnston, Gen. Henry Knox, Gen. Stephen Moylan, Col. Jno. Nixon, who first road the Declaration of In dependence from the stops of the State House; Gen. Walter Stewart, Gen. William Thompson, Gen. George Washington, Gen. An thony Wayne, John Dunlap, first captain of the first city troop, and others, whose services in the field, in the War of Independence, are part of the history of our country; and, also, those of. Thomas Fitzsimmons, one of the signers of the "Constitution of the United States ;" James Logan, Oliver Pollock, David Hayfield Conyngham, Tench Francis, Blair MeClennaohan, John M. Nesbitt, and others, whose services were no less valuable than those of their companions in the field, in the establishment of the independence of the Uni ted States. This "small book" is, at the present time, especially worthy of the attention of our citi zens of Irish birth. It will tell them of the labors and sacrifices of their patriotic fellow countrymen of the olden time in establishing .the Government under whoso protection they now so happily livo and prosper. Let them remember that they have voluntarily sworn to support the Oonstitution and laws of the United States; that the efforts now making by certain parties to a..eeenv .our glorious Union is treason; and that , ctreaseft by the law of et,4 s ftqapalsone of the greatest of crimes." _ and wonders, but had never yet seen an ?raw traitor against the United States, nor any man who had ever heard of such a one ; and let them imagine the astonishment and horror with which their glorious countrymen of the days of the Revolution would now look upon an Irish traitor! J. J. Mr. Watson's letter Is as follows ; DIEOB7ABEII 18, 1846. Dean Sin : I remember, with thanks for the gift, the small book of Hibernian worthies. Sup pose I show you hew near 1 have claims to kindred blood ! lkiy middle name is Panning—by my maternal ancestors, settled in —. 'There, as early as the rebellion and massacre under Sir Phelim O'Neale, came out Gilbert Fanning, who brought out, as his wife, Kate, the daughter of Hugh, Earl of Conaught—ae a stanza in some family poetry may thus show you, to wit: For the blood of old Ireland, that nine throngh,the olan Of the whole of the Yannmga, both woman and man, Will some how ooze out—let them do what they oan. Now. I'll mina of the spirit from Erin that eame Full two centuries ago, and is still Juet the came, ko„ ea), Now, if of our Grandame you'd like to know au7ht, And, by one of her ohtldren, consent to be taught; But the atory'e too long—be content with the thought She was daughter of Hush, and called Kate of Co The above is from a long article called " Clan Fanning," showing many heroes in the Revolu tion, and is Bet to the tune of Rory °Wore. Lieut. Fanning was lieutenant of the Randolph frigate when she blew up in notion. Ms brother John was lieutenant of the Trumbull when she fought two frigates. Colonel Fanning, massacred at San Ja- Onto by Santa Anna, was of the same family ; also, the late Colonel Fanning, of the United States artillery. I give the above as things to amuse you, and to show how Mae we sometimes know when we think only of " natives " and homebred faces Yours, very truly. Joni( F. WATSON. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL —The national standard was raised upon the State House at Indianapolis, (Ind ,) on the 22d, amid great enthusiasm. Hon. H. S. Lane, ex governor and Senator elect, made a stirring Union speech upon the occasion. So did Gov. Morton, Hon. T. A. Hendricks, and ea-Gov. Hammond. —With the now year the officers of the Sing Sing Prison have instituted a new mode of punishment, called the Japanese Comb. The hair on both sides of the head is closely Dropped and a sort of comb is left standing. —John Morrow, an old citizen of Wilmington, Del., died suddenly last Saturday. —The Hon. James P. Holcombe, LL. D., Pro fessor of Constitutional Law in the University of Virginia, bag resigned his position in that institu tion, and announced himself a candidate for the State Convention. —The Concord (N. H) Patriot says it is not true that ea• President Pierce has sold out all his bank stooks, and all his atooka of every de soription, and converted the proceeds into specie, which he has deposited specially in a bank in Conoerd. —Jack Sheppard, the celebrated pedestrian, performed the extraordinary feat of walking one hundred miles in one hundred consecutive hourd, without sleep, at Indianapolis. He began his tramp at six o'clock on Tuesday evening, and ended at ten o'clock on Saturday evening. Of course, ho was slightly fatigued when ho got through. —Dr. Charles Lowell, the venerable senior pas tor of the West Church, who died at his residence in Cambridge, Mass , on the 20th instant, has left five children behind him. Three of them are well known to the literary publlo—namely, Professor James Russell Lowell, Mrs. Putnam, whose arti cles in the <Mete:fan Exam:nen on " Hungarian Affairs," exolted groat attention a few years ago, and the Rev. Robert T. S. Lowell, an Eplmeopal clergyman of New Jersey. —John 0. L. Goggln and Thomas J. Kirkpatrick have been nominated to represent Campbell county, Va., in the Convention. Ron. John B. Floyd is a candidate in Washington county, and Alex. IL IL Stuart and Hugh W. Sheffey in Augusta county. Ex•Oovernor Wise is the candidate in Princess Anne county. —Charles Mellon, late Democratic city marshal of Detroit, has gone to Charleston, and enlisted as lieutenant in one of the companies of rebel troops. lie is a native of Detroit, and his father, a major in the regular army, was killed in the Florida Se minole war. —The people of Newport, Nentuoky, have taken a vote on the Crittenden proposition. It resulted in a 'numinous vote for the measure. No oppo sition whatever was manifested, although Linooln obtained quite a vote in Newport. —Col. Braxton Bragg, of " a little more grape' , celebrity, and Capt. J. K. Dunoan and J. M. Tay lor, have been aeleoted by the Governor of Lout- Mans as his aids•de•eemp. Major Haskins, recently in command of the Baton Rouge (La.) Arsenal, readied the Newport (Ky.) Barracks on the 21st Inst., with seventy-five soldiers. —President Buolianan has invited General Dix to remain a gneet at the White House daring his abort term of oboe. TWO CENTS. MASS MEETING OF WORKINGMEN IN INDEPENDENCE SQUARE. THE CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE ENDORSED. snow, Music, Speeches, Rcsolu tions, ttà. Notwithstanding the inolemenoy of the weather on Saturday evening, ' an Immense crowd assembled la Independence Square, for the purpose of at tending a mass meeting of Workingmen; anneal:toed to take place. The meeting wee a • large one al though the snow-storm led many parsons to believe that it would be postponed. Many persona also collected about National Ball, supposing that the meeting would be adjourned . to that building._ Not.. withstanding all these drawbacks, several thou sand persons assembled in the Squarrii. Most of the large shops—faotories and foundries—of the city, were represented by delegations, who game with Millie, lanternd and torches. All the lanterns bore inseriptions suggestive of a •peatlefel settle ment of our national difitoulties, and endorsing the Crittenden Compromise. One lantern bad dis played: "When the Workingmitt of Philadelphia Speak for their Country, they, will, be Heard;" another, "Our Brother's Blood will 'never Heal a Wounded Nation;" " Equal Bights to All, Exclu sive Privileges to Nene." Tho passage of the various delegations through the Square, with their blazing torches reflected upon the snow;v7as a litautifirizight ; but oh! the misery of reporting the display and the Meeting, with that -same, snow drifting into, your face, making lumps of ice of your feet, -stiffening your fingers, and making you generally a shivering. mass -. of 'hmaanity. tin Nit, it wee imPossible to do justlae to the speakerri, and we conoluded to at tempt nothing but a sketch. The platform was decorated with the American fla iod g, e andairs. a band of music gave a number of pa- The meeting was organized by the telionen of the following officers, all mechanica PRESIDENT, . . i6A.4.0 W. VANHAUGHTON. . ' • • VICE PRE sIDE.Nrs• J. • ohn A. Wallaes „ • Alex, Moneraen, , George W. Ems, Eli HoW6E, JV. Brodyi , Helm ClaTiref ames Pug_, Joseph B. HAnoo _ r ._ , Co John J. O. nnor,. . F. B. Smith, . , B. B. V , luting, ~ Francis Reiley, George Widner , ' Davtd Conrad. - Hiram Garton, William inenon.„, • , Thomas Gibbs, Alfred A. KitiUdy, George Hensler, • , Hiram Maxwell, : :t. Rh hard Newsham, John Half; - . George Oat, • I William:Mertou, W . Wells, Passmore M. Collins, Jehn Williamson, Tsomaa Clark, Gpeeph Travis, John A. Hushes, eorge Christy, Thomas Ch F r r J e n ny k , Walker, snewarkaine, • John IL Fulton, Robert J. Magee, John Carley, Joh* ReegY, Jonathan E. Finober, John Call. " The President, on taking the chair, wag greeted with applause which was continued for a long time. Three cheers were given for the " Crltten• den Compromise," three more for,the President of the meeting, and three more for the Union. Mr. Vanhaughton spoke as follows: Fenoto•meehanics and Workingmen of Philndelphint —I thank you for the honor you have done me in select in6 me to preside over ec, large an assemblage of my feilow workingmen of this great city. We have assem bled upon this sacred spot dedicated to the cane of Liberty, for the purpose of expressing our sentiments in favor of the perpetuity of our beloved country. Day • after day .6 bricging us tidings that State alter State cc being obliterated from our etar-gpangled banner—a ban ner which has so often led our fordathern on from vic tory to victory. They have given us the noblest form of government ever devised by man, and shall we. the workingmen of Philadelphia. elostoring around this sa. ored Root, stand with our rums folded and look quietly on and see this beloved Union of ours fall to pieces 1 It cerinnt be. I—no, it will not be! The workingmen not only of Philadelphia. but of our whole country! have the right, and will demand of onr state and National legislators each action as will conciliate any and all dif ficulties which now agitate our distracted oeuntry. Mr. Vanliaughton then introduced Mr.- James B. Nicholson. Re eald FELLOW-CITIZENS: Kamp been requested by the Committee of Arrangements to present to your con sideration the resolutions which they have prepared, permit me to bespeak for the resolutions an unpreju diced bearing, and to express the hope that they will meet with your cordial approbation. • Hopeless, indeed, wood be the attempt to yeconotie all preconceived (minims or political oonvonliorus to relation to the details of the strife that oistraets our once happy country. Unanimity of sentiment can be attained only by rising superior to party attachment'', and standing upon the platform of our country. fileehanies and workingmen of Philadelphia: does the pure. patriotto spirit that ones animated the heroin hearts of the sages in Independence Hall.dweit now in Your breasts 1 if it loss to that broad, comprehensive American spirit I now appeal, and, in the name or the toiling masses, conjure yon to forget all prior diffe renoes of opinion, and, as workers, to unite for the sate of THE UNION. trust that you will speak to-night and henceforth. as with voices potential. to those to opomrilly invested With authority , and tell them that they meet forget their personal ambitions and animosities, lay down the iin- Piemonte of sectional warfare. overcome their bigotry of opinion, and forego the expression of fanaticism, or that you will sweep them from place and power, taking into yaw own band the labor of binding Mate to State, American to Amencan, brother to brother. until the Amsaiesw LUTON, full, cam plate, nerpental, shall stand outlast the proudest glories of the world, an emblem of hope and happiness to all mankind. " Nations are built of HEN ; the mighty frame Of that Mien skeleton , a Stare, T.°"ern we it Wtalarielitar_DatialtA ba.. k I nd. -- --- And ruled (if ruin it would shun) By one great bond of brotherhood ; Swayed for ono objeet—human good:" SHALL THIS BE OUR REPUBLIC Ay I though mile And wrons may lifr their threatening front awhile. Thous h loaders falter and defenders fall. Though statesmen may betray and champions quail, Be sure (though leprous loots have starred it o'er) The PROPLR'S nasal sound within its Core! Above the din of battliOc pnittios, The people's heart still throbs with savarrry•stx!" The following retobations were then read by the speaker: ' • The Workingmen, citizens of Philadelphia, 'without dietinetion of party, deeply impressed by the solemni'y And peril of the present state of publio affairs and with a demote to preserve every right guarantied or mereed Under the Constitution of the United States, as welt as o perpetuate the religtoilsotomal, and political Mea nings of the Union. in general mass meeting assembled, deem it to be their duty to announce to their fellow citizens of the nation their deliberate judgments, their hopes. their fears, their intentions in the moment ori ent, and to give expreaaion to the teatimes of safety and Protection which the Union has hitherto seoured to us, and, as we believe, that Union alone can preserve and insure to us in the future. We meat as workingmen and calms of a great and glorious nation. to proclaim that the Union of these States is consecrated in our affeotions by the inestima ble Weeks secured to lie, by the history and traditions of the pait, and by patriotic recolleations that van nev er hide away. Standing near the sacred edifice In which the Union was consummated. and animated by the con— riotousness that nowhere in the vast domain which that Union protects has it been more resolutely innitanicd than in Pennsylvania, we. therefore look at any at tempt to dissolve the Union with unaffected eorrow and alarm. In the event of a disunion of the States, no earthly power could restore us to the same dignified position. social and political, that we now oinupy. Therefore, we counsel, and will support, conceit tit action on the part of all workingmen of every city, county, and State in our land, to aid in maintaining the Government as it now exists under the Aiatitution, and to adopt all ne cessary and proper amendments to the Constitution that may be requited for the completeprotection of the right of every citizen. North or South, East or West. We, moreover, earnestly urge our Benators and Re presentatives in the Lesislanue of Pennsylvania to Uinta their culotte to repent all laws, obnoxious to the citizens of any portion of the Union, and conflicting with any _provisions of the Constitution or laws of the General Government. Resolved. That we respectfully and earneetly recom mend to our henators and Representatives in Congress assembled, to adopt the resolutions proposed by boaster Crittenden, of Kentuoky, or to pus an not allowing a I vote of the people to be taken thereon. Resolved, That, if thepresent Congress refuse to adopt 111:11 measure that will reconcile the existing dif ferences between the sections of our country, that the men bere be requested to resign their seats, in order that the PEOPLE may [warm opporturitts to adjust the difficulty, and elect others to their placee. Resolved, That we deprecate all warlike or hostile oollition between the military forces of the General Wevernmint and the Staten, believing that a peaceable arrangement is possible, when honorably and justly sought to , . Civil war would be the end of all hopes of reconciliation between the different portions of the country. Rasalod, That, after all fair and honorable means have been exhausted, without effecting the desired ob ject so ardently cherished iv . alt Union-loving 0, tisees, we. as workingman. will sustain too Federal Govern ment in all Mat and legal measares to enforce the laws id our land and nation: Resolved, That this meeting authorize the Committee of Arrosgementa to appoint two delegates from each giNgTinh i tii i =ledletig= l4 r= mended by the ineohatucs and workingmen of Louis ville, limituoky. Resolved, That the Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements appoint a committee of thirty-three to convey copies of the foregoing resolutions to our boasters and Representatives in Uongresy, and to our Senators and Representatives in the Legislature of Pennsylvania. The resolutions were received with sheeting and adopted, although there were several in the crowd in front and on the platform who'objeoted to the last of the series, and demanded a recount. This, however, passed away, and the speaking was pro °ceded. with. Mr. Austin was introduced. Ile thought this a bright day in his life, that he was permitted to meet his fellow-meehanioa, to deliberate on a mo mentous question. Notwithstanding the snow storm, he tnought Providence would smile upon the intentions of those who had gathered to-night in defenoe of their beloved country. The mechanics of Philadelphia bad too long lain upon their oars, and allowed politicians of all sections to prey upon the vitals of the country. It has been reduoed to snob a pitiable condition that a remedy is almost out of the question. If any remedy could be pro vided, it was to be found in fair compromises. [Three cheers for the Crittenden Compromise.] That is the compromise that suits me, said the speaker. That alone can calm the national agita-, Son. [Applause.] Let us have (Ina] rights. Let the South have their rights. The North has hers; why not the South? Mr. Austin then " pitched into " the politicians. They were accountable for all our trouble. [Ap plause.] They have been weighed in the balance and found wanting. [Cheers.] Let the working men hurl them from power. • The speaker concluded amid the wildest shouts imaginable. The name of Crittenden was alone distinguishable in the din. Mr. Stacy Wilson next stepped forward, and ad dressed hie audience as brethren—brethren in toil, brethren in suffering in consequence of politioians' trioka and dodges. The workingmen are omnipo tent when aroused. [Tremendous cheering.] Whoa the Union is to be saved, they are at their poets. Let them remain there. Let them be true to all that they hold dear. Let them not be frightened by disasters or by storms. Washington crossed the Delaware in December, on a cold, frosty night. Ills soldiers were without clothing and food. Are we any better than they, and shall we be deterred by a storm when our country needs our sorvioes? [Cries of "No !" and cheers.] The speaker wee no publics man, and never spoke In public. But the Union demanded him now, and he was "on bend." lie hoped the present trouble would be settled peaceably, and the Union cemented forever. Renry A. (tildes was next introduced, and 'de livered a short speech. After alluding to the ob jects of the meeting, the speaker called attention to the doings of the petition! wire-pullers. Hewes glad to hear that Rhode Island bad repealed lair obnoxious personal-liberty law.. This was.a sheet ing sign. lie did not wish to say that any particu lar party ought to be blamed for the pesent trou bles Every men should throw aside his pendant' predilections. The voice of workingmen shOuld be heard at Washington. Unless something•wito done before tao 4th of March, the whole South would be out of the Union. Shall we do notrditg THE WEEKLY PRESS. WE' Worn,' Duos will be sent to ntstribotobl ma (Pot' anion, in Mune.%) Three Copies, " - - 5, 00 Fire - 8,00 41. -22,00 " (to ono addrela).2o, 00 (to adttrpoo of Itwonty " " Twonty Copies. Sr over esoh imbaoriber,) °soh 1,90 Fors Club of Twenty-one or (Rei t WI will stskt extra copy to the getterin of the Olib. MMg=l;il=l CALIFORNIA PRESS, • loaned three times a Month. in Cantor no Califon% iltaamen. • to keep that section in? We Ought to etep the growing excitement. We *shotild frown upon the Abolitionists. They are but few, he would admit. [ d voice, " Twenty-five thousand".] Yet these few have done great misobief. They are not sin cere enough to go South and create the troubles Grey excite. They stay at home and do mote mis chief thereby , He contended that the South shoWd have her rights. and the Crittenden 'pray .position should be - adopted. . The next speaker was Greenfield. He said h'e was one of the mechanics of the Union. Why should he not work' for the• Union This Union had done for the mechanic what no other country could hate dime., The Union het stood by the mechanic, and now the meelianio should stand by the Union. Sustain the Union, and the Union will sustain yob. It is our interest to do so. You have some out upon this night `to raise yOur voice for that Union, than which there never could be bet ter. Let us unite in one determination. Let ue see . that justice is . done to, all sections. We should be all united. Under no - government does the mechanic bold so greata lid . side& as -the Union gives him. The speaker aid , not-,desire to speak of party politica, A compromise'fa asked for. Why should it not be given? The progress of opr nation requires comprofnises at times. The Conititutfon needs an amendment, for the interest of the wtiole country requires it. The Interest of the white man is now at stake,. and for an abstrac tion shall we -gcr to , build up n negro Republic)? Stand by the i nterests of the white Man. (Ap glance j • Mr. Lowry-made the' concluding spec& He urged the adoption of the Crittenden Compromise. At ten o'clock the meeting dispersed. THE REVOLUTION 'IN THEr SOUTH, ,Ne3(spaper Fact 9 aDd Goss*. A ERFURR FOR PIRATES The Tribune says it i 3 apprehended in Wash ington that if Pont Pickens, at Pensacola, bntalcia bTtho sabots, privateers will bo immedietelylitteds out to prey upon the commerce of t,ho North,: Itr. Thichanan,_ instead of sending reinforcements tp the commander of the entail force there, has sent Instruetions substantially directing , him tasurren. der in case of an attack.- I 1 Pensacola should fall completely into the bands of Ifie rebels, it wltl be come a most convenient place of refuge for pirates, and no Atneriont. merchant vessel will be ssfet is the Cirtp without the convoy of :a man-of-wq.. ararruciti £1513 1;7101 . !. The Rouse of Ithrkesintativeh of the tegislathre of Kentucky, dn January 22, .Voteil,liy .66 t 01.3, to raise the national standard upon, the tit/Ito Zone& The ceremony was performed aibid gretthenthu slams. While- it' was in progress, a gentleman, with a thin, pale face, long overcoat, light ginger, colored moustaohe,-paraded himself ostentatiously through the crowd, with a blue cockade - pinned upob the lapel or his coat. In passing by a orewd of ladies be was greeted by a bright-eyed young lady with an unmistakable hiss. PLCIRID.¢ . AND UER FORTS One of the editors of this paper is at' home on furlough, and will return in a few days to POWS dots. All rumors'in regard to the reinforcement of Fort Pickens, or: the voluntary. surrender of Lieu tenant glimmer, or the intention of Gen. Chase to malfer an .immedied attack.on Fort Pickens, are entirely formed.upon tonjeaturer,,and are incorrect eo far,as the writer of this article had an opportu nity of ascertaining —Montgomery Advertsser: THE HOUTHEIT POST OFFICHS. The - foll6wing letter expressei thb epirlt vadat tow al/in:l:Ago come of ,the branches of the. public Renee° : , • POST OFFICE DEPARTUREIN. APPOINTVENT /CS. Jan 32,11,51. Sin : In answer to the inautre in your letter of the 15th, to the Polito aster Gnieral.he iastructs me to: inform you that you were removed from the ethos of postmas ter at Paducah because you announced yourself as" de voutly in (aver of amnion, 'And it isnot considered rudent to retain in the service of the Government men openly seeking Ile overthrow. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, ' HORATIO KING, Firet-Assistant Postmaster General. Jon C. MIME. ESQ., Paducah, Ky. This was the first stern example, and it is due to Mr. Holt to say that be made it of one whom be had hitasolfplistabingly appointed. Gen Du and others announce the same rule of conduct, but they 10,1 re not yot carried it out. ' THE EBLIGIOUS M 43 Ok SECESSION. :Bishop Green (Bpiscopil), of Mississippi, has ad dressed tho following trnout circular to the clergy of his diocese : " Rdv. ' Dear sir : The Ordinance of the State Convention, by which Mississippi has this day been severed from the Federal Union,, and erected into a separate and independent Govern ment, 'devolves upon me the dutrisf regneitims that fot the present, and until farther directed, you will, in the 'Prayer for the President of the United States,' use the words ' Governor of the State,' ieetead of President of the United States;' also, in the Prayer for Congress,' substitute the words this htate' for these United States' and the word legislature' in pleas, of 'Congress.' Du ring the sitting of any future State Convention, instead of 'Senate and Representatives in Legisla ture assembled,' ssy delegates in Convention as sembled.' W. M. Gaspar, Totter' received ffeali agentiemsat West, dated Jan. 14,- states that Fort Taylor ha just been reinforced withU.S. troops, and pro visions—the writer thinks enough to withetar!d a aiego of three years." ALAILWA. Intelligence received from Fort Morgan, at the Month of Mobile boy, under date of the 17th, tap: " Fort Morgan has been much improved in eom fort, 'appearance, and military preparation The guns completely command the channel, and bear effectively for two miles.' The garrison is now ovor 300 strong. Col. Leadbtater, .assisted by Capt. Lamm- and --;--- Douglas, is pushing for• Ward the engine or department vigorously. Nothing but bombs could do any- damage to the fort, and they could do very little. Now and then adieus° bomb might kill some men, but the doverts ftrr them ate very secure The magazines are almost boyond the possibility of damage by a bomb." )ORS ILOBBERT We find the following Announcement in the New Orleans Delta of the 13th " We are informed on excellent authority that at 12 o'clock last night the enure armament and military stores of the United States revenue cutter Lewis Cass were seized, and taken pee eession of by Capt. Thomas Reel' indepeAdent company of Algiers Riflemen. This either was laid up on the opposite side of the river undergo• ing repairs, and her armament, consisting of• one long twenty four pounder and six eight•pottnder oarronados, with a large quantity of cannon balls, powder and other military stores, were stored. in the Belleville Iron Works, an extensive brick building that bat been nnoeoupied for some time.!' INCONVENIBNCE OP SUESSION The New Orleans Delta of the 17th says : We regret to learn that the Federal collector at Mobile has resigned his of This will be's serious inconvenience to the commerce of that city. There will be no authority to issue clearances; at least for American bottoms, and we are in the very midst of the cotton season- . It was aahort•sighted act in the people to desire this resignation; and in the collector to yield to such a desire. Our Fede ral officers should remain in office until they are su perseded by the btate appointments We must avoid any art that would cripple or impede our commerce." MINIMAL D. B. TIMMS The Augusta (Geo.) Evening Despatch, of the 18th, says " This bravo and gallant after has do dared his purposes to adhere to the State of Geor gia, and will resign his position in the present army wbenever'the State shell secede. Should Butcher Seat and hit myrmidoms attempt to force Ms to submit' to Federal despotism at the point of the bayonet, the long experience and military know ledge of Gen. Twigga will pre eminently entitle him to the command of the Southern army." COMMODORE LAWRENCE KEARNEY The Charleston Mercury of the 22d says: "As some reports have been mrenlated concerning a withdrawal of the resignation of this veteran ofn.- aer, we beg attention to the following exraot from a letter from bins to a gentleman in th city, an der date of January 12, 1861: I remember my friends now as in the years 1812-15. To shorn my feelings in this case I offered to resign my commis- Sion in the navy the day after the State (South Carolina) seceded (21st I)eoember,lB6o,) but the President has not thought proper to accept. Rest assured that, under no circumstances, can I be in duced to lift an arm against Carolina.'" NEW COAST FORTIFICATIONS The Charleston Mercury Bap "We learn that the forts on the North and South Edisco, as well as those on the Steno, are progressing bravely. More hands, - howaver, are atilt needed to push forward the work with the desired celerity." The Baltimore Patriot of Jan 24 redefines Governer Hicks' position. It says: " We understand that the Governor has declared that the proposition for him to submit the question of Convention or no Convention to the people of this State was ono which be would take into con sideration when the necessity for it should become apparent. Until ho does submit that-question, we - take It for granted he will think the lime has not come for any step which, until he shall decide he has the power and duty to submit, would clearly bo premature." —Rt. Rev. Nicholas Hamner Cobbs, D. D. , Bishop of Alabama, died in.hiontgomery, on the 11th inst. Bishop Cobbs was born in Bedford county, Virginia, February 5, 1795. Tie was or dained deacon by the Right Rev. Bishop Moore, TrioitiChurch, Staunton, Virginia, May 23, 1824; was priested,the following year by the same bishop in Ifonumental Church, Richmond, Va.; in May, 944, was elected, at Greensboro', to the Episcopate of Alabama; and in October of the same year he was consecrated at Philadelphia. Re entered upon the labors of his diocese immediately after his consecration, and under ,his administra tion the number of clergy more than quintupled, the parishes, the number of communicants, and the alms increased in a like or greater ratio. In his diocese all orders have worked together with a wonderful harmony ; the voice of party and of strife was never heard ; Christ and his Church are said to have been the only theme of-bishop and of clergy. —The Emperor Napoleon has commissioned P& Ernest Ronan, member of the Academy, to tra vel in Phcenigia in quest of insoriptions and anti quities. The Emperor defrays the cost. The Mi- nistry of Marine lends hi. Ronan instruments for making topographical obserrationa. The Government has deapatobed William West, late of the Landor wagon-road expedition, to several Southern cities with important di spatches, the purport of which, of course, is ,strictly secret.
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