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OPTION NO. 417 CHESTNUT ETENET
PAILY.PPLZSS,
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COIRMISSION HOUSES
WELLING,
COFFIN & Co.
Ifo. 116 CHESTNUT STREET,
AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF
DUNNELL MFG. CO.'S PRINTS AND LAWNS.
GREENE MFG. UWE TURKEY RED AND STAPLE
PRINTS.
Fine Blenched Cottons.
LAMSDALE , ROPE, BLACKSTONE, Si, ATLAS
VILLE, JAKLESTOWN. RED BANK, GREENE,
UNION, AND BELV DER E.
Brown Cottons.
ETHAN MANN, NR'. HOPE. FREDONIA.N,
ET
TRICB, OHIO. GRoToN. VIRGINIA FAMILY
AND MECHANICS' AND FARMERS'.
GRAFToN. sLA.TEREVILLE, AND JEwETT CITY
DRIVIMS AND STRIPES.
LONSDALE CO 'S NANKEENS AND siLFEHAS.
GLEN HAM CO.'S AND GLASGOW CORSET JEANS.
BOTTO&thEY'S BLACK AND FANCY MIXED
CLOTHS.
STEARNS AND SAXTON'S RIVER CASSIMERES.
GREENFIELD CO.'S BLACK DOESKINS.
RODMAN'S FINE JEANS, D0UR,..1.: AND TWISTED
CASSIMF.RES, NEGRO CLOTHS. ke. •
MINOT. BASS RIVER, CRYSTAL SPRINGS,"CHE
SHIRE, BRIDGEWATER, AND BRISTOL
SATINETS. fel9-tf
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, L% HUTOHINSON,
NO. 119 ORFST.N UT ST..
OOMMISSION MEILOII.9.NTS
FOR TAE SALE OF
PHILA DELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
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AWNINGS
AWN INGS. AWN INGS.
JOSE PH H. FOSTER,
443 NORMS THIRD STREET.
At the old-established stand can be obtained. at the
shortest notice,
AW NINGS. FLAGS.
TENTS, SAILS,
SACKING-BOTTOMS, 14/MX. I IO'MS '
BAGS, &c.
CANVAS of all descriptions, plain and fancy. of the
beat quality- mho- Im
PAPER HANGINGS.
PAPER HANGINGS.
HOWELL & BOURKE,
N. E. corner of FOURTH and MARKET Streets,
MAISIIVEVTIIII.BII OF
PAPER HANGINGS,
BORDERS,
EIRE SCREENS,
WINDOW-CERTAIN PAPER, Ao.
Always on hand, a large and
ELEGANT STOOK
of GOODS, from the
FINEST GOLD PAPER to the LOWEST PRICED
ARTICLES.
In our RETAIL DEPARTMENT will be found
THE NEWEST STYLES OF THE SEASON.
mh2 2m
LOOKING GLASSES.
LOOKING -G-LASSES.
Now daily exhibiting and completing new and elegant
styles of
LOOKING-GLaSSES,
Gmbhans all the Intent improvemente and facilities in
1111111:1fatitilTe.
Great novelties in Walnut and Gold and Rosewood
and Gold Frames for MIRRORS.
The most extensive and varied assortment in the
country.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
EARLES' GALLERIES,
mbi-t[ - Ste CHESTNUT STREET.
1 FINE WATCH REPAIRING.
p UPSON'S HAVING FINE WATCHES
that haiq hitherto given no satistaction to the
venters 'ire invited to bring them to our etore,where
all defects ova be remedied by thoroughly ekllful and
scieonfic workmen, and the watch warranted to give
entire satisfaction.
Mantel Clocks, Magical Razes, &c.. carefully put in
complete ender.
FARR Pr AROTHER,
importers of Watohee. Mumma! Born. Clocks. Bto.,
lakt-am 34e CREST. 4 t-treet. below Fourth.
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VISIT CLARK'S ONE-DOLLAR sTpRE,
TER L ARGEST TN THE WORLD.
JEWELRY AND Rl' VER-PLA. ED WARE.
Largest and Beat stook ever Faniniled in this Citv.
CALL AND EXAMINE.
The follosross is is paths' list of the Goods offered for
ONE DOLLAR EA , _:l3—the same as are usually sold at
from as to ate each
Orii,Y ONE DOLIF,AR IaAOH.
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Bets Of 6 Forks Plated on German Silver
" 6 Table Spoons.
" 6 Dessert epoono. " ... "
" 6 Tea Spoons. " •. "
Pairs of Matti- Knives. "
Balt 'l/00118. 44 44
Balt !ttatida, different styles.
Nils Crac.ere,
i Drinking Cupe,
Cream ..blets Cups, `DI deren t AY ISA
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Knife:lnd eork I
Fairs Napkin Binge. i
Bilver Pencils- f with Benton Bros' Gold Pen.)
The above goods are nearly all manufactured by me,
and warranted to give satisfaction
YOUR. 0 h OMB FOR ONE DOLLAR.
JEWELE.TAND FANCY COOPS.
. . _
808 Jow-iry, and Dr°Pe. Drltcelets, Vest
Chains, Medallions, Fleove Buttons and etude, Ewa
Pens with Cases, Gold Pencils, Gents' imitation Dia
mond Pins Watch Keys, Charms, Thimbles, Neck and
Guard ~hains. armlets, Porte Normaies, Bair Brushes.
(inlaid.) Reticules, Calms, Pocket Knives. tng. and
itnameled Crosses. &0., &c.. &c. The largest and beat
stock o Jewelry and Silver-plated Ware and Fancy
Goods ever offered by any house in this city.
Pt. B.—Coy - Mu Merchants and others - win comma
their intereste by examining my goons, and wholesale
prioes, before making thetr purchases.
The above goods are warranted to be of a rood quali
ty, all of which are all Gold or Plated, and will wear
for 30W — in fact, they are the game good* that are
4 usually sold for solid Gold. Ladies and Gentlemen are
respectfully invited to cell and examine oar goods,
MORS
We are closing out a large STOOK of Standard and Mis
cellaneous Books, at about one half the regular prices,.
O. W. CLARK'S
GREAT ONE-DOL r.AR STORE IS AT
No. 602 CHESTNUT Street, south side.
Watches and Jewelry repaired at short notice.
AT DEAN & CO.'S, 335 CHESTNUT
-rm Street. FhiladelvinaPa..
At D KAN & 80 'West FOURTH Street, Cin
cinnati, Ohio,
At DEAN &C0.'5,115 DEARBORN Street, Chicago,
Illmoie
At DEAN & CO.'S, Detroit, Michigan,
At DEAN & CO.'S, i 1.4 MAIN Street, Buffalo, New
York,
At DEAN & CO.'S, 8 ARCADE, Rochester, New
York.
At DEAN & e t post *Moe, Erarriaborg,
PEIPLUIIIVBI/16§
At DEAN & 335 CHESTNUT Street, -Phila
delphia, Peinuiglvania.
YOU CAN BUY
A first-rate Vest Chain..— ....for SIOO
A rood guard ...for 100
A Lady's Chatelaine Chain- --.... _.for 100
A lady'. Neck Chain-- - for 100
A Child's .for 100
A karat Gold Pon and Silver Holder _for 100
A counting-bongo Pen and Holder. for 100
A Gold - Pencil.... for 100
A .ady's Cameo ;get.— for 1 1:0
A Lady's Jet Set. ....for 100
A Lady'. Lava Set- ---------.--for 100
A Lades Onyx Bet -for 100
A Lady's Coral —_..-.for 100
A Lady's Enamelled Bet.— .-.....f0i 00
A Lady's Carbuncle P et.— for GO
A Lades Garnet Set. -for 100
A Gold Ring._ ..-.. 1 00
A Sat Gold Bosom 5 tud5...._.._„_.......-. . ..f0r 100
A pair Gold 81eaus Buttons.— 1 00
A Gold Pen and Bolder— —.for 100
A Gold Scarf Yin— ..for 100
A Gold Pm. for 100
A Gold Tooth 100
A Set Gold Jewelry. all kinds.— --- _tor 100.
A Set Silver P. Table Cryan— —.for 100
A Bet Silver P. Tea spcons...----.-- -for 100
A Bet Silver P. Forks Sor - 100
A Silver P. Salt Stand.-- 100
A Set Silver P. Knives.._.-....-..... -for 100
A Silver P. Mug. engraved— -.for 100
A Silver P. Awn Cup.-- for 100
A Silver P. Wine Cop, Gold lined— 1 00
A Gold Eland Bracelet...- 100
A Miniature Bracelet-- 1 00
A Link Bracelet— --for 100
A Coral Bracelet.-.- -for Ito
A Cluster Br/insist— 1 00
An knamelled Bracelet ....—......„......f0r 100
A pair of Armlets for 100
A splendid assortment-- ..for 100
And take your choice-- 100
And.take your pick_ --..for 00
And anything you want .......„...._...„...,...._f0r 100
And any artiele in the more.. —.for 100
And no Bogus Goode sold here.— —.--for 100
And no Gilt Jewthry sold hers--------for 1 00
And no Guivant zed Stars sold here.- ___ .for 100
An our goods ars genuine.. - -.for 100
All our goods are llrold or 1 00
All our goods are A No. 1.--. .for 100
Ask enatomers who have bought-_—_ __for 100
Ask jewellers who have b0ught.....„.._... for 100
Ask your friends who have bought for 100
Ask our Bogus Imitators-- ...._-......f0r 100
Ask the publics _ , . so , Ico
Dean & Co. sell good Jewelry-- for 100
Rasa 41; Co. do not humbug, pp
Dean & Cos aro known as A No. i. --for 100
Dean & Co. are the origui t. - ----for 100
Dean & CO. sell no bogus goodis..2„
_f or 1 00
Dean & Co. deal on the sonars-- -...-._-..for 100
REMEMBER DEAN & CO..
REMEMBER DEAN & CO..
335 CHER NUT Street. Philadelphia . . Pa
SO West FOURTH (Street, Citotonati. Ohio.
145 DEARBORN Street, Quango, Minot*.
DETROIT. !Mahican.
E. ARCADE, Rochester, New York.
214 MAIN threat, linlftio, New York,
Next to the Post Whoa. Harrisburg. Pa.
DEAN & CO'S ORIGINAL 81 STORE.
333 CREST NI UT Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
Those who purchase en worth at one time will be
canoed to any article in the store. of their own melee
non, free.
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Send anima, by mail or express, to any of our gores.
or call tUliOntilli MIA examine the !argent and best
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VOL. 4.-NO. 194.
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
SPRING TRADE-1861.
JOSHUA L. DAILY.
IMPORTER AND JOBBER,
No. 223 MARKET ISTREBT,
PHILADELPHIA,
la now prepared to offer to
CASH AND SOUND-CREDIT BUYERS
One of the mod attraotive Stooks - of
FANCY AND STAPLE
DRY GOODS
TO BE FOUND IN THIS MARKET
We nivite apeoial attention to our
LINEN DEPARTMENT.
Which at this time °manses a fall assortment of our
own importation in
E-30C_ITCH A.N.13 IRISH
LINEN GOODS OP EVERY DESCRIPTION
We have, also, a full line or
'nBLEACRIID AND BROWN
COTTONS
&night during the patio, for sale greatly below present
kINGLIBII AND AMERICAN
PRINTS.
IN STANDARD MARM
-Wa hava made anntmantanta to taaaiva *sumac all
MANY CHOICE STYLES OF GOODS,
- And shall maintain
A GOOD STOOK
Threughout the eenaon
Buyers will raid our Stook
IMAYS FRESH..
AN PRICES AS LOW AS THE LOWEST
fell-ti
CARPETINGS.
McCALLUM Lt CO,
CARPET MANUFACTURERS,
GLEN ECHO MILLS, GERMANTOWN
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
CARPETING, -
OIL CLOTHS,
MATTING,
RUGS, &e.
WAREHOUSE, 509 CHESTNUT STRRET,
OPPOSITE THE STATE uorss.
MILLINERY GOODS.
STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS.
LINCOLN, WOOD, & NICHOLS,
725 CRESTRUT STREET.
EVERY BTYLE 07
PANAMA, PALM•LEAF, AND STRAW
HATS.
' FOR MEN OR BOYS.
PALM AND WILLOW SHAKERS.
STRAW AND FANCY
BONNETS.
VERNON BLOWERS, RIBBONS, RUCHES, LACES, &O.
We are now prepared with a finely-assorted stook of
all the above articles. arm invite the attention of al
cash or short-tame buyers. mh4-8m
E=MNIMII
AUGUST BELMONT it CO.,
BANKERS,
50 WALL STREET, NEW YORK,
Issue letters of credit to travellers, available in al
"arts of Europe, through the Blass?". Rothschild of Pa.
rim. London. Frankfort. Naples,. Vienna, and their oor• _
rearondenta. feX-em*
CABINET FURNITURE.
CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL
LIARD TA,BLEs.
MOORE ens CAIVIPION,
No. 261 SOUTH SECOND STREET
in connection with their extensive Cabinet Business,
are now manufacturing a surwrior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And have now on hind a full supply. finished with
MOORE & CANtrION'S fur soVED CUSHIONS.
Which are prononneed. by all who have used them,to
be superior to all others.
For the quality and finish of these Tables the manu
facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout
the Union, who are familiar with the charac terfe26-6 of their
work. m
REMOVAL,.
W. & J. ALLEN & 13R0.;
R.:wpm:tinny Worm their friends and customers that
that have removed from No. 210 donth
BECOND Street to their .
NEW STORE,
1 0 9 CILEETN UT STREET,
Where they mill have aiwat. on hand a fine aalortmeat
of
ROSEWOOD, WALNUT, AND OAK
FURNITURE;
Which they will sell at less than their former price., in
consequence of having greater faoihtiee for buemese,
and being under lees
They respectfully solicit a nail before purchasing
elsewhere. jsanklni
SEWING MACHINES.
WHEELER & WILSON
SEWING. MArIMINES.
PRICES REDUCED,
Novirourait 16TH, 1804,
ref•3m 625 GELEISTNUT Street. Ellwood Floor.
ARRIB' BOUDOIR
SEWING MAC3HINE.
No. I—FOR MACHINE,
!Xo. 2—A NEW FOR QUlLTlffille AND
HEAVY WORK..
Both BM from two irpoolis without the trouble of re
einding, and rune with little or no mine.
For sale at No. 7.20 ARCH street, Philadelphia, and
No. 73 BALTIMORE Bt.. Baltimore. Md. 1a12,13m
HARD WARE.
MOORE,ETENSZEY, tk CO.
ARE NOW °PERIM)
TliErß SPRING STOOK OF
HARDWARE,
427 MARKET, and 416 COMMERCE STREET.
zob•I-2ffi
GARDEN. SEEDS.
BUIST'S
WARRANTED
KITCHEN GARDEN
SEEDS.
SEED WAREHOUSE. 929 and 914 MARXHT
Street, above Dinah. fert-Int
GROCERIES.
pURE ORAB-APPLE CIDER,
MADB BY "SHE RAPPITES.
AND
ADAMS' CELEBRATED MASSACHUSETTS
CHAMPAGAE CIDER.
FUST RECRIVED.
ALBERT C. ROBERTS,
DEALER IN FINE GROCERIAS,
CO hE RNER ELEVENTH AND VINE STREETE,
AMI LI FLOUR,
MADE FROM CHOICE WRITE WHEAT.
C. H. M4TTE3ON.,
S. W. cor. ARCH and TENTH Streets.
M AMBER., HERRING, SHAD, SAL
'••S• sa.-5,ta6 bbbb bleu roc 1, or, and I Mack
erel. large. medium. and small, in assorted twinges
of choice late-can ht fat fish.
MOO bbls. New Hatifsm. Eastport, and Labrador Her
rings. of choice qualities.
6,000 boxes Gattti new sealed Honing,
8.060 boxes extra new No.l Herrings.
3,000 boxes large !deem me Herrings. -
130
bbls. laminas° 'W hits Fish.
BO bble. new Eeoriontt Mess Shad.
, 25 bbil, sew Rallis& ilalmos.
Ow genitals erand 'Dank Cod&M.
too boxes tterlnmer-eounty Cheese.
In store and landing, for ame
Is, MURPHY & K00N5..." .
ON. 14A NORTH WEL/MYNA.
VLIOIOE NEW CROP PORT RICO
le rmkne ggligit sa te tw etrictly prime Rio COPPRR, In
a. REED ic CO.,
No. 115 ARCH Street.
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
1861 SP RING 1861
RIEGEL, 13AIRD, 4Sc CO„
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
OF
DRY
GOODS,
NO. 47 NORTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
Merchants visiting this city to purchase DAT
Goons will find our Stock large
and admirably assorted, and at
Low notions. In certain classes
of Goods we offer inducements to
purchasers unequalled by any other house in
Philadelphia. mhlB-2m
JAMES, KENT, SANTEE,
SG: Cco.,. ,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
• ea
DRY GOODS,
1(08. 439 AND 9411. NORTH THIRD STREET,
ABOVE RACE,
Unsafeßy - invite , the attention of
CASH AND SEW/I-TIME BUYERS,
To their moat
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
OP
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC GOODS,
Among which will be found fell hoes of
BATES' MILLS AND YORK COMPANY'S COT
TONADEs.
Also, a LARDS VARIETY
Op SSW AND CONFINED STYLES OP
PRINTS,
MERRIMACK SECONDS, 4-c
mhs-2m
C • SOMERS 86. SON
RAVE OPENED, IN THEIR
NEW STORE,
626 CHESTNUT and 615 JAYNE STREETS,
An elegant Spring Stook of
MEN AND BOYS' WEAR,
TAILORS' TRIMMINGS, Exc.
Alec, LADIES' CLOAKING CLOTHS.
CEULIALUT SOMXIRS WILLIAY B. SOMEIRS.
mh6sm
SPRING. 1861.
. J. T. WAY So 00.4'
N 4. OS NORTH THIRD STREET,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
or
DRY GOODS.
OUR STOOK 18 'UNUSUALLY LARGE AND.
feBs.2rn • COMPLETE.
SPRING. GOODS. 1801.
ABBOTT, JOHNES & CO,
527 MARKET STREET,
AND lin COMMERCE STREET,
Rave now open their
NEW IMPORTATION .
SILKS AND FMWY DRY GOODS,
To which they invite the &Matron of the trade.
fe2s-lm
ALD RIDGE & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
HOSIERY, GLOVES,
FURNISHING GOODS,
AND
FANCY NOTIONS,
No. 619 CHESTNUT ST., and 616 JAYNE ST.,
PHILADELPHIA.
ST Our Stook is unusually large, complete in all de
departments, and ready for buyers. fey!-lm
DID CtOURSEY, LAFOUROADE, & 00.,
No. 63/ CHESTNUT STREET,
Are now reoeiving their
IMPORTATIONS OP
CLOTHS,
CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, ETC.
Yeas -um
SPRING GOODS.
BARCROFT CO„
1108. 405 AND 407 MARKET STREWN,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
07
FOREIGN AND MIMEO= DRY 600D8,
Now complete and ready for buyers. feWew
D 1 . WILLIAMSON & 00.,
WHOLESALE DEALS/VS AND JOBBERS IN
DRY GOODS,
No. 4its MARKET STREET, and 414 COMMERCE
STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
We now offer an untutually full and
JOMPLETE STOOK
OF
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS,
To which the attention of PROMPT-PAVING Buy
ers 11 solicited. felB-1m
YARD. GI.LLMORE. & CO.
Are now in their New attire,
JAYNE'S MARBLE 80/LAINGi,
NOB. 617 CHESTNUT AND 014 AYDIN STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
and have opened their
SPRING IMPORTATION
OF
SILKS
/LED
FANCY DRY GOODSi
ALeO,
DRESS GOODS.
IN GREAT VARIETY.
SHAWLS, MITTS, RIBBONS, As.,
49 With a splendid !Rook of
WHITE GoODS, LINENS. EMBROIDERIES. &o
felt-na
SPRING, 1861,
WURTS, AUSTIE, & MoVEIGH,
IMPONTERB AND JOBBERS
DRY GOO DS
No, 311 MARICHT RTREET,
Above Third,
'PHILADILPHIA.
Charles Wont, Henn Amities
Hamilton Atoyeich, John 1!, Weimeri fimm
Ju*eph Bu g u,
It SHOEMAKER &
s
GLASS. PAINTS.
OILS. AND vaßzuslika,
Dozikesist Coma 1701/11ft and RACK Straits.
dattla
e ll • • SAY, MARCH 15, 1861.
( Clje Vrtss+
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1861
News of Literature and Art.
There is good promise of several new bio
graphical works. Lord Brougham is said to be
engaged on his Autobiography, of which the
first portion is nearly ready.—Tne Life of the
late John Wilson, ".Christopher North," of
Blarkwood's Magazine and Professor of Mo
ral Economy in the University, written by his
sons. in-law, Professor Frazer, of St. Andrews,
and Aytoun, of Edinburgh, is announced.—Mr. ,
W. N. Massey, M. P., author of the History
of England, is writing the Lives of the
Speakers of the House of Commons. Dr.•
Doran will immediately publish Memoirs of
Queen Adelaide, wife of King William IV.-.
A second and enlarged edition of Mrs. Gil:
lespie Smith's Historical Memoir of Queen .
Carolina Matilda of Denmark, sister to King
George the Third, with Memoir, and a Seim-,
tion from the Correspondence (official and fa.o
miller) of Sir Robert Murray Keith, K. 8.,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo,
tentlary at the Courts of Dresden, Copenha
gen, and Vienna, is in the press.—A letter
received by Lord:Vernon from Pietro Pratt
celli, of Florence, states that his new storico
critico work, the "Life of Dante," will ap
pear In about a fortnight. It will be enriched
with copies of all the documents which the
author has been able to collect in reference to
the poet and his affairs.
The Messrs. Chambers' London trade has
increased to such a degree that Mr. Robert
Chambers is about to transfer his residence
from the Scotch to the English capital.
Mr. Thornton Mint, who lately visited the
United States, is said to be writing a book
upon America. The Critic sags, ccAs Mr.
Hunt is known to be highly favorable to the
views of Mr. Buchanan, it is not unlikely that
this work will contain some explanation or
defence of that statesman's policy." Mr.
Hunt, who has disposed of his interest in the
Spectator, and has resigned the editorship of
the London Morning Chronicle, IEI preparing an
complete edition of his father's writings.
The Rev. Dr. Hoary Caswell, prebend of
Sarum, announces cc The American Church
and the American -Union."
cc' Friendly Sketches in America, by William
Tallack," is a new work, referring almost
entirely to the history, condition, and pros
pects of the Quakers in the United States.
Mr. Murray announces from Lord Lindsay's
pen a work to be entitled f 4 Scepticism ; its
retrogressive character in theology and
philosophy, with especial reference to the
new movement at Oxford."
The Essays and Reviews have just reached
a fifth edition. It is a mistake to call these
Oxford essays, two out of the six essayists
being Cambridge men, viz the Rev. Dr. Row
land Williams, and Mr. C. W. Goodwin, M.
A. Moreover, Mr. Goodwin is not a clergy
man, as generally Erapposed.
Mr. Thomas Hood the younger (son of the
Thomas Hood) has in the press a volume of
prose and verse, to be entitled $c Quips and
Cranks." It will be illustrated on wood,
from his own pencil'
The famous Doomsday Book of William
the Conqueror is now at the Ordnance Map
Office, Southampton, for the purpose of being
copied by the new process of photozinco
graphy.
The third volume of M. Guizot's transla
tion of Shakspeare hasjust appeared at Paris.
It contains “Romeo and Juliet," " Tinion of
Athens," if The Two Gentlemen of 'Verona,"
and 'c Midsummer Night's Dream."
The Rev. W. D'Orsay, B. D., English lee.
turer at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,
in his recent lecture on the study of the
English language at the Royal Institution,
said: .c In the middle and upper classes, the
knowledge of English was very deficient.
Few could write a. really good letter. Bow
many of our writers seemed to knew nothing
of punctuation ! How many youths of good
families, educated at our public. schools,' have
been rejected at-our Civil Service Examina
tion from sheer ignorance of spelling I"
Mr. John Forster, formerly,editor of the
Landau Examiner, and author of the best
Life of Oliver Goldsmith, is announced, in the
London Gazette, as Commissioner in Lunacy,
on the resignation of Bryan Wailer Procter—
well known in the literary worldls "Barry
Cornwall." Mr. Forster had previously been
Secretary to the Commission at $4,000 a year.
As Commissioner, he will have $7,500, exclu
sive of a handsome allowance for travelling
expenses.
In Pycroft's Men of Letters, lately pub
lished, we find some curious facts about au
thors. For the most part, in the last century,
every publisher was his own critic. We can
not, therefore, be surprised to hear that some
of the best works went begging from pub
lisher to publisher. PrideaUx's Connection
between the Old and New Testament," Mrs.
Thompson reminds us, was bandied from hand
to hand between five or six boolzsellers for
two years. By one publisher the author was
gravely told that the subject was too dry, it
should "be enlivened by a little humor."
a Robinson Crusoe" was refused by many
publishers. ccTristam Shandy" was rejected
as dear at fifty pounds. Blair's tc Serinons"
and Burns' Justice," valuable copyrights
both, with diffie,ulty found a publisher. Field
ing was on the point of taking £25 for his
cc Tom Jones," when Andrew Millar surprised
him almost out of his senses by offering £2OO.
And yet, by very easy and , trifling work, when
an author's name is established, he has earned
as much, or more. For instance, Goldsmith
received for his ccSelections of English
Poetry" £2OO. For this he did nothing but
mark passages with a red lead-pencil • but
then, he used to add with much gravity, ct a
man shows his judgment in these selections,
and a man may be twenty years of his life cul
tivating that judgment."
At a recent lecture in Dundee Scotland a
number of instances of authors' connection
with trade were mentioned. Samuel Riehard
son,- author of oe Pamela" and Clarissa," 'a
man whose power over the passions is scarce
ly inferior to Shakspeare, was a printer, and
kept besides a stationer's shop. William
Godwin, the immortal author of tc Caleb Wil
liams," at one period of his life opened a
shop of picture-books for children. Smol
lett—a name of which Scotland is still proud—
was, in his early days, esurgeon's apprentice
in Glasgow, and saw, while selling pills and
compounding potions, those humors-and od
dities of life which he afterwards inscribed on
the undying pages of cc Roderick Random"
and c; Humphrey Clinker." Charles Lamb, the
gentle, the exquisite, the inimitable Elia, was
a clerk for the India-house, and wrote at one
time, invoices, and at other times immortals
ties. Keats, one of the truest and divinest
poets that ever breathed, was, in his early
days, an apprentice to au apothecary, and
would drop the pestle to lift the pen which
wrote his Ode to the Nightingale, and his
Hymn to Pan. Wordsworth was a distributer
of stamps, as well as the author of the ac Ex
cure& n." Thomas Hood once occupied some
commercial situation in Dundee, living in
the house of old Mr. Gardiner, who kept
a grocer's shop. Alex. Smith, author of
the a Life Drama," and now secretary to
the University of Edinburgh, was, origi
ginally, a pattern in a Glasgow ware
house, not earning a pound a week. Sid
ney Tendys, or Dobell, the author of the
brilliant " Roman," and of the incompre
hensible and critic-bafilitg dtßalder," was,
till within a few years ago. a wine-merchant
with his accomplished cousin Alfred Mott,
author of Amberhill De Stillis." Ruskin's
parents kept a shop—we fear it was a spirit
shop. One of the best ascertained facts con
nected with the latter history of Shakspeare
himself, is finding him selling corn and malt
in his native town of Stratford.on-Avon. So
that, on the whole, literatnre and poetry have
not been a whit the worse, but all the better,
of smelling of the shop.
Mr. Thackeray made sneh a strange speech,
at the recent dinner, in London, of the Dra
matic, Equestrian, and Musical Sick Fund
Association, that some of his critics shrewdly
suspect him of having taken "a wee &apple"
before sitting dowit to table. Ile sneered at
entertainers; threw in their teeth that, at the
last dinner, he and a couple of his friends
CC dead-heads") had been charged for three
bottles of wine, which bill he had just paid,
receiving sixpence In change, and wound up
ithus cr We have all our troubles ; you, gen
tlemen, on your stage, and I on mine ; and we
have over us, gentlemen—for whom, I trust,
we have all of us groat respect, and a'great
regard, and hearty sympathy gentlemen
whom we are always glad to welcome, and
gentlemen of whom I hoPe we shall never be
afraid—men of the . Press, who, thank God,
are among us now, in a country which is the
only country to the world that I have seen—
and I have seen a great number--uphere they
can speak the truth, where the Press is free,
and where, therefore, it is likely to be most
'generous, most benevolent, most honorable,
land most feared." The editors who so ex-
Itensively toadied Mr. Thaekeray during his two
American visits, must be highly delighted at
his amiable estimate of the London, as the
ionly free and respectable press in the world !
The forthcoming (March) number of the
Cornhill Magatine, will have two illustra
pens, and the following literary contents :
A Third Letter from Paterfamilias to the
tditor • The 4dTentam of Philip on hia,
WirAhinigh "the World. (With an .ilk's:
tration.) ' Chapter- -
Brandon's. Chapter 7
Inipletur veteris Beech'; The River.; Horse°
SaUltonn. Part 2—De Prolandis ;• Toilers and
Spinsters; Health; Tho Drowned at Sea;
Frawley Parsonage. (With an Illustration.)
Chapter 43—Is Sbe Not Insignificant
Chapter 44—The Philistines at the Parson
age. Chapter 45—Palace Blessings ; The
Emancipation of the Serfs in Russia; In Me
moriam ; The Turkish Bath.
The contents of the new number of Temple-
Bar, will be : Thee Seven Sons of Mammon.
A Story by Geo. Aug. Sala. Chapter 7--
Mrs. Armytage is as much at borne as ever.
Chapter B—Shepherd and Sheep. Chapter
9—A Lay Brother ; Paracelsus ; Madame
Doublct's News Saloon ; Daughters of Eve.
No. 1. Elizabeth Inchbald ; For Better, for
Worse. A. Romance. Chapters 10, 11, 12 ;
London Poems. No. 4. The Destitute ; Mot•
ley's History of the United Netherlands;
Giants and Dwarfs ; Death-Bed Secrets ; The
Management of. Servants; The Art of Suck
ing certain Eggs; Ancient Classical Novelists.
Part 2. ; Through the Bar.
Mrs. S. C. Hall is about to undertake the
duty of editing a new magazine, to be called
the St. James, and illustrated with steel
etchings from the facile and popular pencil of
Hablot K. Browne, while engravings on wood
Will be given with such articles as may be
rendered more intelligible by their aid.
A new quarterly at half a crown is an
nounced from Edinburgh. It is tote called
to The Museum : a Quarterly Magazine of
Education, Literature, and Science ;" and
will be commenced with April. The chief
contributors are Mr. Edwin Chadwick, the
Rev. J. Currie, Mr. W. Scott Daigleish, the
Rev. F. W. Farrar, Mr. Joshua G. Fitch, Mr.
James Hannay, Dr. J. D. -Morrell, fMr. James
Pillans, the Rev. Ilvtr. Robinson, 'and Dr.
Schmitz.
The Messrs. Brousseau, publishers, in Que•
bec,, have announced their intention of bring.
ing ont, in monthly numbers, a work to be
called cc Les Soirees Canadiennes," to consist
of, a collection of Canadian tales, legends, and
tradition&
2t, new monthly bibliographical publication
is announced to appear in Paris, conducted on
the same plan as the ccßibliographie de la
France." It will give a complete survey of
modern Italian bibliography, and a resume
of all the news connected with literature. If
the birth of Italian nationality is to be attended
by the renewal of literary vitality, such a pub
lication will he of great use, es well as of great
tignifidance;
A new novel, by Marion Evans, author of
ccAdam Bede," is announced by a London
publisher. Messrs. Harper announce that it
will be published in their popular Magazine.
Humboldt's library, purchased in one lot by
Mr. Henry Stevens, will be speedily sold by
auction in London. The Jthenmum says that
it consists of about 12,080 works, many of
which are enriohed by copious notes in Hum
boldt's handwriting. These occupy the blank
leaves at the beginning and end of the vo
lumes ; and where the blank pages proved in
sufficient, slips of paper were used, which are
interspersed through the volumes. Humboldt
had a great objection to defacing books by
scribbling on the margins of the pages. It
will, of course, be a matter of regret to purcha
sers that the philosopher's autograph is absent,
Gut in its place will frequently be found that
of the donors of many of the works. Pro
bably, the most valuable work in the col
lection is a copy of the cc Ohalcographie du
Louvre," in 84 volumes, containing about
5,000 engravings. This was presented to
Humboldt by Louts-Philippe. There is also
a large and valuable collection of maps. •
Lord Braybrooke, born in March, 1820,
lately died at his mansion in Essex. His fa
ther edited Pepy's Memoirs, and he was
himself author of a great many books and
papers upon antiquarian and archseologicAl
SubjectS.
Francis Denby, Associate of the Royal
Academy England's most distinguished
landscape painter of the romantic school—is
also dead. He was an Irishman, born at
Wexford on the 16th November, 1798. His
frst artistic education was acquired at the
Dublin Academy of Fine Arts; to the exhi
bition of that body he sent his first picture in
1812. In 1820 he settled at Bristol, and in
the following year contributed a picture to the
Royal Academy's exhibition—cc Disappointed
Love." In 1828 his poetic cl Sunset at Sea
after a Storm " established his reputation. It
was purchased by Sir Thomas Lawrence, and
secured that painter's friendship and patron
age. In 1825 his cc Delivery of Israel out of
Egypt" made him an Associate of the Acade
my. He continued to contribute poetic
landscape compositions to the Academy's ex
hibitions until 1828. In 1829 he visited Swit
zerland, and continued a wanderer until 1841,
when he settled in Exmouth. During this in
terval he had only exhibited one picture of im
portance, the "Age of Gold" (in 1881).
From 1841 until the exhibition of last year he
contributed to the Royal Academy's exhibi
tions, more or less regularly, pictures in his
peculiar domoin of sentiment. Among these,
the " Painter's Holiday " (1844) is one of
those which made the greatest sensation at the
time of its appearance.
Dr. Liszt is in Paris, whence, it may be in
ferred, that cc Tannhs.user " is shortly forth
coming. •
Catharine Hayes is making a - remarkably
successful tour through Ireland, her native
land, winning fame and money in concert and
opera.
The London Times announces that an opera
in English, by Mr. Howard Glover, c. Hoy
Elea," is under consideration at Covent Gar.
den Theatre. -
There is to be a bust of Madame Shroeder-
Devrient in the Opera Rouse at Berlin.
M. Meyerbeer has been composing inciden
tal songs for a new play by Mamie Birel•
Pfeiffer, cc Der Goldbauer," which has Just
been produced in the Prussian capital.
We lately mentioned that Signor Verdi,
the musical composer, bad been elected a
member of the Italian Parliament. Here is
his letter of acceptance :
"PitIItSIDEZIT : The honor spontaneously offered
me by the college of Borgo San Donino deeply
affects me. It proves to me that I enjoy esteem as
an honest and independent man, dearer far to me
than the little glory and small fortune bestowed on
me by art. I thank you, then, President, and beg
you warmly to thank for mo the olootore who have
entrusted me with the honorable charge. Would
you kindly assure them, at the same time, that if
it is not given me to earry into Parliament the
splendor of eloquence, I shall carry into it lode.
pendence of character, a sornpulous conscientious
ness, and the firm will to co-operate with all my
might toward. 'what is good, for the honor and
'lour union of this our native country, so long
afflicted and divided by civil discords? Now, to
the end that this long and hitherto fond desire of
seeing a united country may be satisfied, fortune
sends us a King who loves his people. Let us rally,
then, all around him, since if he shall be acolaimed
before long the first King of Italy, be will also be,
perhaps, the only one who heel truly loved hie poo
pie more than his throne. I beg you to wept the
sincere expression of the esteem with which I take
pride In declaring myself your devoted servant,
"G. VIDADI.
, Sant' Agate di Villanova, Feb. 6, /801."
AFFAIRS IN THE SOUTH.
" SUMPTER SINS PIE "
The gharleston Mercury says :
" The intelligence contained in our telegraphic
column to-day will gratify our readers. tJumpter
is to be ours without a ll,ght. All will be rejoiced
that • the blood of our people is not to be shed in
our harbor, in either small or great degree. To
those who have troubled themselves with vague
fears of war on a large scale, and the horrors of
war extensively, the relief will be as groat as the
apprehension has been grievous Per ourselves,
notwithstanding all the Northern thunder, we
have never been able to bring ourselves seriously
to believe in the probability of any more than a
few collisions sufficient to show that, we are in
earnest, and competent to make good odr position
of independence against our would-be masters.
These gentry 4 -hold our valor light,' as also the
honesty of the determination of the Southern pee.
pie to be quit of them and their impertinent and
detrimintal interference * through a Government
in common. It may, perhaps, yet be necessary to
instruct thence little in these particulars. But it
appears that for the. present,. under the ciraum
stancesin this ease, they are inclined stesibly. to
dispense with experiment s and its teachings. _How
far this disoretion will hvivify thei hopes andsti:
runlets the efforts of recionstrnotionlete throughout'
the Socialt is a matter to be discovered .by'obsor'va
tlon.,,-.The damper and . Intention of the Northern
'people has now been so thoroaghly developed and,
exposed to the eyes of all those at the South who
will see, that we trust Paton menders are too late
in their alteMpti upon the virtue and 'integrity of
our .peoples: .Ornahed eggshells and friendship
abused.can never be mended. We have no doubt,
however, that Herculean efforts will be made in that
direction, and must only take good mire of these
weaker brethren at the South, whose sentiment is
stronger than their reason, or who live in the past
rather than the future. The straight jacket was a
valuable invention. But, in the meantime, the
prospect of having Sumpter is very pleasant."
"A CONQUEST OP PEACE."
[From the Charleston Courier.]
For the first time we have authentic and reli
able tidings from Washington looking towards
11131309.
We refer to our special despatoh from Washing
ton, which wag published on the Courier bul
letin board, and read by many eager it-tends on
Monday.
This despatoh was for two or three hours in ad
vance of any others of similar import, bat was con
firmed through the day by other messages. It ex
hibits another and gratifying proof of the prompt
ness and trustworthiness of our correspondents in
Washington, whose qualifications anu Darin]; our
readers will acknowledge, as well for their reserve
and caution in withholding rumors. as for their
prompt fidelity in giving reports of events or
changes as soon as they can be truthfully re
ported.
While we regard the despatoh as entirely reli
able, it is neeatess to add that until It is confirmed
and carried out by actions and results there will
be and should be no intermission or relaxation of
our preparations, which have progressed rapidly
and favorably for several days.
TUB SOUTH MARTINO FOR BLOOD
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald says:
" Information has jot been received in this city
of the most important character from Montgomery.
The Southern Administration know that the eva
cuation of Forts Sumpter and Plokens has been do-:
oided on. Despatches from General Beauregard
represent that it would be utterly impossible Tor
any united force that the Administration at Wash- I
ington could collect to prevent the surrender of '
Major Anderson before the lapse of many weeks.
Despatohes froth Washington have also assured the
Montgomery Government tbat no attempt at re.
internment will be made, and that the troops of
the United States will be aeon withdrawn. .Presi
dent Davie has, however, received the most ominous
communication from his friends bore, respecting
the 'intentions of the Litcoin Administration to
blockade Southern ports, and make an attempt to
collect the revenue. lie is assures that the most
strenuous end active measures are being taken to
concentrate the naval forces of the North, and that
not only Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans and
Mobile will be blockaded—Forts Pickens, Jeffer
son, and Taylor reinforoed—but that, if necessary,
vessels will be chartered to keep up as active a
surveillance as possible of all parts of the coast,
where there are ports of entry, between South
Carolina and the Rio Clrande.
The indignation that prevails at Montgomery
and elsewhere, in view of this prospective attempt
to carry out the threats in Mr. Lincoln's inaugu
ral, knows no bounds. Cabinet meetings have
been held, and it has been resolved, at the first
appearance of hostilities, or just so soon as a single
vessel has been stopped outside of any Southern
port, to put the whole available force of the South
in motion, and to march through the Border
States upon Washington. Fifty thousand troops
eau be collected without difficulty, and, so far
from any opposition being apprehended from Vir
ginia, Maryland, and North Carolina, it is be
lieved that the people will rally to reinforce the
invading army, and assist them with arms as well
as sympathy. "
ANOTHER SIDE TO THE STORY OF TWIGGS.
The New Orleans Delta, says
Nor can the Government at Washington com
plain of the slightest deception or evasion of duty
on the part of the General. The facts show, in
deed, that it was that Government which dodged
the responsibility, and felled to take steps to
maintain its power in Tomas. The General in
command repeatedly warned the Government thqt
Texas would secede, and asked for instructions as
to the course to be pursued in that event. He re
ceived none. Loft with two small companies at
Ban Antonio, he was surrounded by over a thou
sand of the'best armed troops in the world, who
demanded hie surrender of the post. His soldiers
were quartered in houses, with no fort, or even a
walled enclosure to retreat to, with no prospect of
reinforcement; and no means of communteating
with any other post. Under these circumstances,
to offer any resistance would have been the most
criminal folly and rashness. It would have called
down on the veteran officer the bitter reproach
and denunciation of the civilized world. His Ca
pitulation was, therefore, made qi terms honorable
alike to himself, and to the Stiffe of TOM which
demanded it.
A VIROINTAN'S OPINION OF MISSAL SCOTT
Since John M. Daniel returned to the editorial
chair of the Richmond Examiner, that meteoric
sheet has burned blue with vituperation. The
latest diatribe is aimed at Gen Scott :
"The infamy of this man constitutes no small
portion of the crushing load of shame under which
Virginia is now struggling. She gave birth to this
unnatural monster. She has heaped honors and
rewards upon this - war mandarin of the Abolition.
Pets That Scott was born in Virginia is a misfor
tune which cannot be remedied ; but there are
means by 1010 the State may brand him with the
marks of her indignant scorn. The treason of
Arnold swallowed up and effaced all recolleotion
of his long deeds of valor and patriotism, and his
name was blotted from the list of our Revolution.
ary General& The Legislature of Virginia should
expunge from their journals every resolution ex
preFaive of Virginia's confidence, respect, and ad
miration for this man. We should offer to pity him
a pecuniary oonaideration fifty times their value,
if necessary, for the module and swords which we
gave him when he was esteemed a worthy and
grateful son of the Old Dominion, and the now
dishonored name of Scott should no longer be
borne by one of our counties,"
LATEST FROM MONTGOMERY
(Bimetal despatch to the New York Tributie.l
MONTGOMERY, MRTOII 13, 1861
The news from Washington- is considered un
satisfactory. The surrender of Sculptor is not suf
ficient, The slaves hero are universally regarded
as an element of military power rather than of
weakness No fears are: ntertained of their insur
rection, The Alabama Convention has ratified
the permanent Constitution of the Confederacy by
a large majority.
The tariff of the Confederacy, as reported by
the committee of Congress, ' proposes to levy duties
as follows : Distilled spirits, wines, manufac
tured tobacco, and glass, 25 per cent ; fancy arti
cles generally, 20 per cent. ; malt liquors earthen
ware, iron.. copper, wood, oottons, hemp, ,
flax. and
substantial manufactures, 15 par Cent ; coal, drugs,
jewelry, woollens, and iron rails, 10 per cent. ; lee.
$2 per ton ; sailingyessels, steamers, munitions of
war, arms, works of art, traders' tools, beef, pork,
flour, corn, and coffee, free.
AN initsriressinLE CONFLICT AT MONTGOMERY
A letter from Itiontopmery records an Irrecon
cilable difference of ainnion in tha traitor Con
grass upon the slave trade. The new Constitution
seems to leave the business untouched. The letter
writer says :
It is now feared that the blovernment will pass
no law for the prohibition and punishment of the
stave trade. True, the Congress did manage to
compromise upon a law against the traffic, by de
nominating the crime a high misdemeanor, and
making its punishment trilling but even this, I
learn, the President has wffely..oonoluded to veto,
though the fact is kept, like everything, until it
leaks out. What his reasons for a veto were, am
unable to say ; and I behave the Congress is un
able to pass the bill over hie veto, on account of the
diversity of sentiment among its members. The
pro- slave trade man are nutuoroue, and I doubt not
could successfully manage to draw on their aide a
little over one-third of the whole. That is enough,
and thus the matter must rest for the present."
THE BRITISH CONSULATE AT CHARLESTON
The London News of the 20th ult. says c A ooPy
of the following letter from her Mejoety's consul at
Charleston, reporting the reopening of the main
channel to the harbor of that port, was received at
Lloyds to-day from the Admiralty :
BRITISH CONSULATB,
CHARLISTON. February 1, 1861.
Mr LORD: With reference to my letter of the
11th ult., in which I had the honor to acquaint
your lordship that the de
_rack+ authorities of the
State of Senth Carolina had closed the various
channels leading into this barber, with the excep
tion of Malt's Channel, I have now the satisfac
tion to report that the main or ship channel is
again open and available for vessels drawing six
teen feet of water. I regret to add that the light
house, beacons, lightship, and buoys, alluded to
in my letter of the Sd ult,, have PO yet beau re
lighted or replaced. ROB'S. BURCH, Conant
- To the Secretary of the Admiralty.
HOW TO NQTrIP AN AUNT
it is g,enerally understood that all the forts, ar
senals, arms, and munitions of war, restudy so-
Oiled iron the United States, will be tamed over,
at owe, to the Confederate Government. Thla
TWO CENTS.
will enable the President of the Confederate States
to arrange complete plane for the defence. .Torre
are over 12.000 stand of arms at Mount Vernon, a.
large quantity of powder, ball, and shells, and at-
Fort Morgan an immense quantity of munitions of
war, .to. These, together with the munitions
taken at Pensacola, In Louisiana, in Texas, and
other player!, when turned over to th e Confederate Governmen t, will, ills thought, be amply sufficient
for the complete equipment of the Provisional Army
of the South:
A COMPLIMENT TO SCOTT
The Florida Sentinel, published et Tallahassee :
thug compliments Oen. Scott:
" Our indignationi Oentempt u and abhorrence of
this plebeian demagogiie (Lincolnr are only equal
led by what we feel for his friend and adviser, the
traitor to the home of his birth, the jackass in po
litics, and Jupiter in vanity,' Lientenant-General
Winfield Scott. If there be - not • some chosen
muse, some hidden thunder in the 'tore of heaven,'
to blast this wretch who nausea his country's ruin,
the curses of unborn mtilione will <limn lum to the
lowest depth nf human degradation "
GENERAL BRAGG ORDERED TO FORT PICKENS
The New Origami Delta, of March 8, elates that
General Braxton Bragg, or the army of Louisiana,
has been appointed brigadier-general of the army
of the Confederate States,
and has been ordered to
n
proceed to Pene°la and take command of all the
troops of the Republic , there assembled, end con
duct the operations against Fort Pickens.
TRH REASON WHY
The moot reeignation of Captain Wilbert, of
the, United States army, was not proprtad by
sympathy with secession. The Captain married a
Spanish lady at San Antonio, Tessa, where she
has a large and valuable property menaced by po
lineal disturbances, and as she has no one at home
to take care, Of bar. property interesta t
- her hue
banid wee-forced to 'taiga ble,ciontoittion in order
that he might go: to Texas for that purpose
TESPIFIRW ORLB.ANK CUSTOM 11008111
It came out in a debate in the Montgamerly Con
gress, on the 18th that ,thb 'custom house'
in 11ew Orleans is in condition that requires im
mediate attention; The records in the building
are llable to injury from exposure to the weather,
as the building does not now afford protection
from the effects of rain and storm. It will be ne
canary to provide some other house for the pro•
teetion and preservation of the records.
The following le an extract from a letter (ruin a
business man in Memphis, Tenn., (dated Feb. 28,)
to a friehd in this oily
"I ho . p e, after the 4th of Marsh, we will again
have a P'resident: . and,.whtle. not sympatizing
=oh with the inacdning Adieinistration, I hope
the President wilt have nerve enough to keep the
stars and snipes safe and tree from contemptible
insult. I believe the history of the world does not
furnish nob a tuntspiraey against a Government as
does the present Secession movement, were aIl the
fao'te brought to light."
FROM FORT gUMPTIIR
The Now York Tribune' of Thursday says :
" Three soldiers recently discharged from Fort
Sumpter have reached this city. They report that
Major Anderson is short of fuel and provisions, and
that twenty•fw of his men would be discharged
from service yesterday, by the expiration of their
time of enlistment, none of whom were disposed
to re-enter the !imp) , •
THE ARM? OP MISSISSIPPI
We learn from the Jaokeen IYi esstissippian that
fourteen comysniee have been regularly muetered
into the service of the State, under the new milita
ry law—twelve of infan ry, one of artillery, and
one of cavalry.
INDIANS FOR DISUNION
We have already dated that the Choctaw nation
has declared publioly and officially for the South'
The Creeks, Choctaws, and Chickasaws are to bold
a general council, to discuss the : political oriels,
ant act promptly. They will also hold a oouuoil
with the wild tribes.
Shipwreck of the John Lowry--Priva
- tiona and Suirerings.of a Crew at Sea.
(From the New York Times of TM:radar.]
The ship Bo:Oon Light, Capt. Holway, from
Calcutta Sand Heads, ninety-eight days, arrived
at this port yesterday, with merchandise to Bas
sett, Bacon, .k Co. She also brought Mr. Law and
five statutin, late of the British ship John Lowry,
of Greenock, abandoned in the Indian Ocean in a
sinking condition, these persons, constituting
one of the boat's crews wbidh left the Chip, having
been picked up December 30, let. 20 deg. 30 min.
S., long. 66 deg. 20 min. E., after being eight days
in their boat, subjected to the horrors of exposure
and thirst, under a tropical sun Mr. Law has
furnished our reporter the following particalars of
the disaster :
The ship Jolla Lowry, of Greenock, Scotland,
belonging to Dempster 16 Co. ' sailed from Green
ock on the 11th of September,lB6o, with a cargo of
iron and octets, bound to Darractiachee, in the Ara
bian Sea. She was a strong, well-built ship of 600
tons, and the voyage was without partioular !poi
dent until the 19th of December. On this day, the
wind prevailing . steady and strong from S. E., at 4
P. M., on pumping out skip, they. found she had
made a considerable quantity ot water, which in
creased rapidly during thht bight, and the follow
ing day. All hands were put to the• pumps, and
kept constantly at them until the morning of the
233, when the crew were so mush exhausted, and
finding it impossible to keep her afloat, arrange
ments were made for abandoning the ship. The.
Captain got ready the long-boat and life boat,
placing in eaeh a quantity of provisions and a small
cask or water. AVM 6A. M., Decorator 23'd, the
boats were launched, and the ship abandoned.
Each boat bad a sail, which was need when practi
cable. They kept together, and shaped their
course for the Island of Rodriguez, that being the
nearest land, bearing about northwest, between six
and seven.litmdred miles distant.
The ship went down soon after being abandoned.
The boats remained together until the second
night, when they became accidentally separated,
I notwithstanding lights were kept displayed by
each boat. There was a very heavy sea and light
airs. The next morning at daylight (about 4
o'clock) the mate could see nothing of the cap
tain's boat. He sto)ped and reconnoitered for se
veral hours, hoping that it would heave in sight,
but seeing nothing of the boat, they proceeded on
their course. The crew were reduced to the great
est extremities by their severe exertions at the
oars, their troubles being greatly exaggerated by
the want of water, which had leaked out of the
cask For five days they were on an allowance of
half a pint each, laboring under a burning sun.
Frum utter exhaustion one of the crew, and appa
rently the stoutest of the number, gave out. The
laat water in the boat had been consumed, and the
mate, in a state of delirium, had the day previ
ously drank a gallon of sea water. They bad
pulled nearly tour hundred miles with two oars,
and were still two hundred miles from land.
On the morning of the 30th December, at day
light, they saw a sail on the horizon, and bending
every remaining energy to the task, they pulled
towards it. Fearing they were not seen, they die
.played the Union Jaek, which, to their great joy,
was answered by the ship' She proved to be the
Boston Light, Captain A liolway, who re
ceived them on board with open arms, and in the
spirit of a true-hearted sailor, extended to them
every eomfort which their exhausted and suffering
condition required. They were pinked up in let
-25 deg 50 min. south, long. 78 deg east. For
their kind reception and uniform hospitabie treat
ment on board during the remainder of the voyage
to this port. Mr. Law, for himself and associates,
desires to express his heartfelt thanks to the noble
gaptain, to Mr, S. P. Edmonds, the supercargo,
and to all the other offisers of the ship. But for
their very timely . reseue they would, undoubtedly,
have all eoon perished. It is needless to say that
Captain Holway expresses great gratification at
having been the fortunate instrument of saving
the lives of these six men. The Captain's boat,
Mr. Law states, was a good one, and was well pro
•vided with food and water, and he thinks, if they
were not fallen in with, that the boat must have
reached the island in safety.
The names of those rescued are as follows :
John Law, onief officer ;
JOfe Ram, Henry
Radio, Hugh Love, Charles B. Easton. and Neils
Nelson.
Those who were in the long boat were as fol
lows :
Robert Morgan, captain; John McDcnald, se
cond mate; Antonia Silva, steward; James
Fletcher, carpenter; Duncan MoMillan. cook;
Charles Brown, Lewis Brown, Henry Williams,
Henry Addison, John McCarty, Charles Tousle,
end James Nesbitt
The shipwrecked seamen will be provided for by
Mr. Archibald, the British consul.
Constitution 01 the Confederate States.
(From the New York Herald.]
According to the telegraphic despatehes from
Montgomery, the Southern statesmen who have
drawn np the new Constitution, at Montgomery,
for tbe Confederate States, have improved upon
the old Constitution in many respects. The term
of the President is to be six years, which is a de
cided improvement. The term of four years was
too short, and rendered political agitation too fre
quent, constantly unsettling everything as soon as
it was settled A term of six years will tend to
greater stability. Another improvement is, that
Cabinet officers are not prohibited from holding
seats in Congreee. This is highly important; for
members of the Cabinet osn thus be questioned for
their misdeeds, or even their dangerous designs,
and the effect will be a continual check on them.
Besides ' members of the Cabinet, being present
daring important debates in Congress, can give
instant information on points on which it is im
portant for Congress to be informed. In England,
the ministers are always members of the flouts of
Commons or have seats in the BOUM of Lords.
This system is found to work well in England, and
to prevent corruption and rascality. Another
point gained is, that ministers can expound and
defend their own measures when proposed as bills
to Congress. A Cabinet is thus made more directly
responsible to Congress. A third haprOvement is,
that the executive appointments, under the grade
of Cabinet officers, are to hold Übe during good
behavior, and to be removed only for cause assigned
in writing. This is the greatest improvement of
all, and is also judiciously imitated from the prac
tice of the English Government.
IMPORTANT INDIAN TREATY.—The St. Louie
Republican is advised by a correspondent at Fort
Wise that the Hon. A. G. Boone. as Indian agent
and, commissioner, concluded, on the nth ultimo.
a very important treaty with the Arappahoe arid
Cheyenne Indians, buylng all their lands, save a
strip one hundred miles long and about fifteen
miles wide, beginning about twelve miles below
Fort Wise, at the month of the Big Sandy. and
running up . the Arkansas one hundred miles, to
within five' miles of the month of the Heerlen° or
Wafaho. This treaty has been in contemplation
by our Government for a number of years, but, from
some unknown cause or outside influence, has been
prevented. Everything went or to the entire sa
tisfaction of all parties. This was said to be the
largest collection of Indiana ever neon on that
river, the Arappahces, fibeyenries, Kiowas, and
Comanohes being present. The purdhase and trea
ty more to our Government Pike's Peak end all
tie gold fields of that region. Great credit is due
to Mr. Boone for his persevering and wholly sun'
oessful aorta in the matter.
THE WEEKLY PRESS.
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extra Copy to the getter-up of the Club.
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Tag WZBILY Pause.
CALIFORNIA PRESS.
Issued three times a Month, In time for the Califor
nia Stamen.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL-
—We record the death of the Rev. William
Marsden, B. D., the venerable vicar of Eccles.
Mr. Marsden belonged to a family long resident
in Derilyahire, certain branches of whisk have
beim connected with the oily of Manchester for
more than a century. Be graduated at Brasenose
0911ege, Oxford, in 1794, and was ordained to the
curacy of Prestwich. His warm support of the
anti•slavery society In Manchester, and his con
sistently liberal principles, recommended him to
the notice of the Ministry:of Lord Melbourne, and
he was presented, in the year-1837, by Lord-Oheia.
°eller Cottenham, , to the vicarage of Hades. Mr.
Marsden wu,s '9O years of age, and died after an
illness, of a few (Km
—Thomaa Vyse, Esq., of Herne Hill, Surrey,
and' ofWood etreet, Cheepside, merchant and
Leghorn hat mintifecturer, died on the
,Bth of
January, at his residence, Herne Hill. The per
sonal property was sworn under £lBO,OOO This
gentleman, who hair Maned is large fortune by
successful course of mercantile enterprieWand'in
dpstry, has bequealhed it exclusively ationg tho
different Romberg of Ma family, with the excep
tion of rcme legacies given to bis POrlintil• The
will is exceedingly voluminous, reaching to the
extent of nearly two huadred folio& This gentle
man'rt mercantile tranettatione appear to have been
of 'great magnitude, as• he had establishments at
Florence end New York. '
—Dr. It. A. Irian, ace of the founders ofthe
Iteiniblia.of Tessa, died at ilacogdoobea February
27th. Dr. Irian paiticipated in Gni-revelation
which separated reNtli Ainci Mexico, end . .well
Biscirotary of State during the- Ars% Preaidential
term of General Houston. He was a native •of
The National Republican says: "The nomi
nation of Colonel Sumner to the brigadier general
ahip gives great satisfaction to the officers of the
army, who are justly tenacious of the rule of'rega
lar promotion. The country will see to it that
Major Anderson is suitably rewarded for his gal
lant services, and loyalty under the most trying
circumstances."
--It is reported that Mr. Chenowith, formerly a
liquor merchant in Louisville, Ky., now a reeident
of Cincinnati, lately received barbarous treatment
in Arkansas. It is said that be was flogged, and
the stripes were then liberally tarred. The ex
pression of Abolitien sentiments instigated the
treatment. - • ,
—Wm. L. Dayton, of New Jersey, in filmes 'of
Itlohard Ruth, thetand Wm. B. Astor, of New
York, in plaoa of blideon Hawley, whose term of
office expired ; and Cornelius C. Felton, of Massa
chusetts, reappointed, are in the board of repute
of the Smithsonian Institute.
—A woman named Anderson died lately in Scot-
laud, 83 poem old, who never saw a toll-gate,
(though she resided within two miles of one,) nor
yet the sea, or a ship, or tanned, or steam engine
in her life. • - •
—Norwood Penrose Hallowell, of Philadelphia,
and Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr., of Boston, have
been respectively elected orator and poet of the
olass of 1861, at Harvard College.
—The Rev. John Beck, the pastor of the. Bnitthii
burg (Washington county, Maryland) Lutheran
Church, died at his residence in that town, on
Monday.
—Addison Logan, tried at Christiansburg, Vir.
ginta, for killing J. Kent Anderson, has born
acquitted.
—Mayor Bigelow, of Newark, New Jersey, met
with a serious accident on Saturday, breaking one
of his ribs by falling from a new building.
—The State election in Connecticut will take
place April first, and that in Rhode bind April
third.
—T. M Joseph, Bag., has been elected mayor of
Galveston, Texas.
—Rev. I. S. Ka'och has accepted a call as pas
tor of the Laight-atreet Baptist Church, New York.
—R. W. Harrison, formerly a prominent mer
chant of retereburg, Va., died a few da - ye ago.
GENERAL NEWS.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.—The postage On let
ters conveyed in the mails from any point east of
the Rocky Mountains to any State or Territory on
the Pacific coast, and from any State or Territory
on the Pacific coast to any point teat of the
mountains, has been fixed by the resent law at ten
cents. Heretofore, letters conveyed by the Isth
mus routes have been subject to the ten-cent rates,
while those carried overland between Missouri and
California were only subject to the three-cant rate.
Rortioultniists and pomologists will be ptemed to
learn that by the new postal regulations seeds or
cuttings are clamed as mailable matter, and are to
be charged with postage at the rate of one cent an
ounce when sent under fifteen hundred miles, and
two cents an ounce when seat over that distance.—
National latelltgencer.
STRIKE IN .NEwAnx.—Some of the jOurney
men masons of this city are at' present on a strike.
The employers, as we underetaud, wanted to place
their wages at $l. 62i per day, instead of S 1 75,
which has heretofore been paid. This the journey
men resisted, alleging that the "basees," in
making estimates for new buildings, computed
their services at $1.75 per day, and by reducing
the wages one shilling would put that amount into
their own pockets. A meeting of their association
was held last evening, at which it was determined
to " turn cut," unless their demands were ac
ceded to. Some of the employers have complied,
bar others hold out. Another meeting of the asso
ciation will be held to morrow evening, at Sham
rock Hall, to further consider the matter. The
men, as we understand, would accept less, owing
to the stringency of the times,
under some circum
stances, but are unwilling to have their wages re
duced while employers retain the automat of their
reduction —Newark Adverttser,. March 12
' Foil AND FOWL.--It is stated that
the fish
ermen on the Potomac have begun to haul their
seines, and that small quantities of fine shad are
received daily at the Alexandria market. Large
flocks of wild geese an& duoks have been seen
flying down the river, which the weatherwire re
gard ae indicative of a return of cold weather,
Several Line swans have been shot by the hands
employed at one of the lower Geeing stations.
EMIGRATION FROM VIRGINIA.—We are in
formed, on reliable authority, that at least thirty
families, in the single county of Amelia, and as
many as a hundred in Mecklenburg , are preparing
to emigrate to the South, in tne event Ikat Virgi
nia decides to become the tail of the Abolition eon
federacy. Even in Western Virginia we have
heard of several true Southern families in one
county who contemplate removal.—Riehmend
Dispatch.
THE MURDER AT YALE COLLEGE.--In the
Superior Court at New Nave% the case of the
State vs R. K. Belden, charged with killing Geo-
S. Stafford, last November, was postponed, owing
to the sadden disappearance of two witnesses for
the State. Carr and Porter. There Is a rumor that
they haVe gene to St Louis, and received five
hundred dollars to take themselves off. The public)
will watch the result. It is not the first time that
au assault or a murder by a student bus evaded
punishment. Mr. Foster is and able an faithful
presenting officer, and will not be easily foiled.--
liareford Ames.
IHE OVERDUE EUROPEAN FLEET.—The
New York papers print a list of nearly sixty ves
sels now on their way to that city from various
European ports. A large majority of them are al
ready overdue ; and considoraule anxiety is folt by
those having or supposing themselves to have
friends on board.
THE MORRILL TARIFF AND THE RECIPRO
CITY TREATY.—The Toronto LBader ditteutniea the
Morrill Tariff, and calms the !care of some of the
Provincials by Elbowing that the Reciprocity Trea
ty eannot be affected by it, since that measure
minuet so easily be set aside. The treaty does
not expire until ISO, and then, unless renewed,
the Morrill tariff would be applicable to Canada.
AN OLD PARMER, named Patterson residing
near Addison, in Canada, went out of doors at
midnight, about a week ago, and his wife hem
ming alarmed at his absence, gave the alarm,
when the neighbors found him weltering in blood
outside the door, with several ghastly axe-wounds
upon his person.
FRESHET IN MINNESOTA,—The St. Paul Pio
neer and Democrat of the 6th instant says : The
consequences of the thaw have been disastrous to
bridges and roads all over the State, and particu
larly so between St Paul and La Crosse Stook
has been swept away, and mob damage done
generally throughout the sections as far as beard
from.
TUERE are said to be in England and Wales
39,338 known thieves and d"predators, 4,407 re
ceivers of stolen goods, 30 730 fallen woman, 87,688
suspected persons 23,353 vagrants, all r royzog
en the puhtio, and ltuown to the police.
AIDE STRAWBERRIES were on sale at New
Orleans on the Ist inst. At Raleigh, N. 0., on the
6th, the Tench trees were in fall bloom, garden
peas in Rower, and cabbage' plants quite large
enough to transplant.
Mon Price - FOR SLAVO.9.—A contractor on
the Mobilo end Ohio Railroad otonnutnioatea to the
Mobile Tfibune that he sold, on the 15th, his force
of seventy-odd slaves, (which he has had in the
contract of this road,) men, women, and boys, at
an average of $1,370.50, at twelve menthe credit,
with interest.
Arnan, while prospecting, near Cala
veras, California, fell - into an old abaft, 35 fret
deep ; a large California skunk had preoedea hi hp,
and, being desperate, attacked him, biting hint se
verely. He fought and hallooed till he was res-
cued.
Atoms, the wife-poisoner, now under sen
tence of death in New Jersey for the murder of
his wife, and to he assented on the 10th of ileit
Month. still continues to protest his innocence.
HOMESTEAD LAW.—A homestead law, wnien
has passed both branches of the Michigan Legisli
tura donates to the actual settler eighty sores in
stead of forty acres, ss under the old law. It also
throws around the State new safeguards against
imposition and spoliation.
Tiffs Shakers of Canterbury, N. H., have
just eacouted en order for 600 cane of- their famous
apple fanoe for Java.
- A. LIVE, fUll-grOWII grasshopper was caught
at Manchester, N. tt.t on the 13th ult.
TEE Empire Spring, at Saratoga, has beat
sold for $lOO,OOO,