THE PRESS,
ruBLIOND DAILY, (1113ArDAY0 P.SOIDTSD,)
BY JOHN rOBNEY,
oFFECR tip 41? cEIsTNUT DTDDIT
pa.. F.V PURRS.
omr4l ,F a Wl3l, oSi ebb. te the Cattier.
ter r~
m ood to Subseribete out of the City at isix Doymil
rxe 1.11.1VM, FOUR DOLLARS FOR EIGHT MOSTILS.
p a p DOLLARS FOR 811 MOXIIIIR---inTeriably in act
ilifille for the time ordered.
TRI-WAKEILLY PRESS.
m . il o to sabeeri berm out of the City at Tutus Dos
.oo fan ANNII - n. in advance.
MILLINERY GOODS.
' KING
OPENING
CHILDREN'S GOODS.
tag
THURSDAY, APRIL 11.
LINCOLN, WOOD, k rucums,
No. 7 CHEB7IIIII7 STAMM
SPRING. 1861.
nosENHEINI, BROOKS,
& 00.,
NO. 431 MARKET SWEET,
North side, near Fif t h, _
Invite the attention of buyers to thew
WIWI AND ILANDBOIIII VA311171113 Or
RIBBONS, FLOWERS,
STRAW AND FANCY
BONNETS ,
Ntivro AND CRILDRESPE RATS AND FLATS,
HHAILER MOW, RUCHES,
AND
shl. ARTICLES APPERTAINING TO THE
MILLINERY LINE.
tehMain
1 ,-,RENon
FRAmEs„
FRENCH FLOWERS,
STRAW GOODS.
'UHF. LATEST STYLES
NG CONSTANTLY RE
CEIVI.,
KENNIDY & 13RO.
NO. 7 .29 CHESTNUT Street, below EIGHT.R.
spg-Sin
II DDING.
BEDDING STORE-
44 North TENTH. Street. below Arch.
BEDS. FEATHERS.
MATTRESSES, BLIINEETS,
0 0 M F ORTABLES.
QUILTS, CUSHIONS, SACKINGS,
And all other Articles belonging to the BUBUICIM
CABINET FURNITURE.
CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL
-1.-/ LiAILD TABLES.
MOOIIE do CAMPION.
No. 261 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
connection wlth their extensive Cabinet Buitltees,
sre nuw manufaoturing a superior artiole of
BILLIARD TABLES,
Sod have now on hand a full supply. fuushed with
!NOR E & CAMTION'S ICIPHOITED CUSHIONS.
, Stuch are pronounced. by all who have need them, to
tepapenor to all others.
For the unlit! and Well of then Tables the man-
Isomers refer to their numerous patrons throughout
the Uoion. who are familiar with the character of their
sort. fell-am
REMOVAL_
W. it J. ALLEN & BRO.;
renestfay Inform their friends and customers that
tiny hare removed from No. 240 South
SECOND Street to their
NEW STORE.,
12 0 2 CUESTNIIT STIEDIfi
Whet hey trdl halm 41,471 on hand a fino amortmeut
tt
BOSEISOOD, WALNUT, AND OAK
FURNITURE;
Which they will atlese than their formerprices, in
conaoanonos of hamar greater !mollifies for busman,
ea hem ander less enemas.
They rem modally goliott a oall beton aumkusaing
'Withers.
LOOKING GLASSES.
LOOKLNG-GLASSES_
Nor daily exhibiting end completing new and elegant
styla of
LOOKING-GL.EISSES,
Omenning all the latest Improvements and facilities in
manufacture. •
Great novelties in Walnut and Gold and Rosewood
ud Gold Frames for MIRROR!.
The moat extensive and varied assortment in the
mutry.
JAMES S. FABLE & SON,
SABLES' GALLERIBS,
mbf-tf 816 CHEBTRETT STRE.N2
PAPER HANGINGS.
PAPER HANGINGS.
HOWELL & BOURKE,
A. E. corner of FOURTH and NLARICRT Street*
MiaIITFA.CTIMISS OP
PAPER HANGINGS,
BORDNIU3,
Mg SCREENS,
WINDOW-GrURTAIN PAPR-., o.
Always on hand, is large and
ELEGANT STOOK
of GOODS, from the
PIN= SOLD PAPER to the LOWEST PRICED
ARTICLES.
In our RETAIL DEFARTIIIENT will be toned
THE NEWEST STYLES OF THE SEASON.
naelm •
SEWING MACHINES.
WHEELER & WILSON
SEWINe mAamiki - Es.
pawn .R.F.DuOED,
ricrnixesß 18704 1800.
feat-em b 2 CHESTNUT Street. Second Floor.
COAL OIL.
SUBTERRANEAN
COAL
UtequAlted for Illuminating sad
LUBRICATING PURPOSES.
Ypia Oil is beautifully white s entirely free from any
41 4 1 assant odor, is non-explosive, and burns with a
tebatiful bnght and white dame.
Warranted in an oases to eve latisfactlon.
manufactured and for dale by
6F.Q. W. WOUPPEN.
inhal-lm 3S Beath 132COND Street. Philadelphia.
HARDWARE.
MOORE, HENSZEY, & CO_
ARE NOW OPEN.IIIO
THEIR BPR7ING STOCK OP
HARDWARE,
te MARKET, and 41" O GOALMERGIS 137RISET.
la-rm
GROCERIES.
ExcEr,sioß HAMS.
J. H. MICHENER & CO.,
GENERAL PROVISION DEALERS,
AND CURIES Op YHI
CELEBRATED
"EXCELSIOR"
SUGAR-CURED RAMS,
1 ". 14 2 AND 144 NORTH. FRONT STREET
(Between Arch and Race Streets')
PHILADELPHIA.
Drespl l•k
iastly-celebrated Excelsior Earn; are cured by
?r, Co. (i n & style -p eculiar, to themselves), ex
igraY farferitv use ia eof delicious fievor.fr m
last ot stilt. and are inonormeed by e opt
"'", Interior to any now °Bored for sale. ania am
NEW BURLINGTON HERRING.
FIRST or TIM SEASON.
ALBERT C. ROBERTS,
DEALER IN FINE GROCERIES
aau COWER ELEVENTH AND VINE
SHCORMATCER Jo Co..
"LABS, PAlWitis
0114. AND YARNINIXis
deli-Set
isnlistat Omar POTIVIL ant RACE /tine
VOL. 4.-NO. 230.
RED, WHITE, & BLUE
FLANNELS.
ALSO,
•
GRAY FLANNELS,
For sale,
BY TES PIECE OR BALE.
JOSHUA BAILEY,
sp33 tr 213 MARKET Street
1861 PRJNO. 1861
.•
RIEGE.L, BAIRD, & CO.,
DRY GOODS,
NO. 47 No3Tfl THIRD SIB HET.
PHIL4DULTHX4.
Merchants visiting this city , to purchase Day
GOODS will find our Stock largo
and admirably assorted, and at
Low FIGURES. In certain classes
of Goods we offer inducements to
purr_basers unequalled by Buy other house in
Fbidadmilptda. inhl3 -2mm
JAMES, KENT, SANTEE,
& ~
IMPORTERS. AND JOBBERS
DRY GOODS,
NO& 239 AND '241 NORTH THIRD STREET.
ABOVE RACE.
Reepeotinlly invite the attention of
CASH AND SHORT-TIME BUYERS,
TO their used
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
Or
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC GOODS,
Among 'whisk will be found full lines of
DATES' MIL,LB AND YORK. COMPANY'S COT
TONADES.
LARGE VARIETY
01 NAW •ND CONDINDD STYLZS OP
AMOS ITILLBOItN.
PRINTS,
MERRIIVACK SECONDS, tke
mbil4m
CHAFFEES, STOUT & Co..
0,12111 AND PROMPT-PAYING MRSDELANTS.
Stook kept up throughout the and apeeia
attention given to orders. • zuhe)-20a
SPRING OPENING
0 F -
CLOTHS, CASSIHERES, VESTING%
LADIES' CLOATKINGS„
And all goods salted to
MEN AND BOYS' WEAR,
wEDLESALE AND RETAIL,
A T
C. SOME - BS & SON'S,
titta CHESTNUT Street, under JAYNE'S RAIL
mhtttlm
e T. T. WAY & 00. i
015 NORD! THIRD !DIANE'''.
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
OP
DRY Elr( )( )DS.
uVI STOOK Itt UNUSUALLY LARDS AND
Oat COMPLETE.
1861.'
DALE, ROSS, & CO.,
DATE
DALE, ROSS, & WITLESS&
NO. 521 MARKET STREET,
Have now open their full
SPRING IMPORTATIONS
or
SILKS
AND
FANCY DRESS GOODS.
vited. m
The atwitter' of CASH BUYERS is °alai:astir i -
htte-2m
RAIGUEL, MOOR.E. 8c Co.,
NO. 230 6 222 NORTH
THIRD STREET,
Are now opening their =nal Mite assortment of
FRENCH, BRITISH, HERMAN, & THRBEISTIO'
DRY GOODS,
To which the ettention.of
CASH AND SHORT-TIME BUYERS
le PAITICULMILT
SPRING GOODS. 1803..
ABBOTT. JOHNES &s 00.
527 MARK= STREET,
s
AND 594 COMMERCE STREWN,
Rave now open their
NEW IMPORTATION
Op
SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
To res. wh i lo m b they write the atteatton of the trade.
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DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
No. 5E3 MARKEN !STREET,
JOBBERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS.
Our 'took being
PREEN AND COMPLETE,
We are enabled to offer extra Inducement to
SPRING. 1862.
WURTS, A.USTIR, & MoVEIGH,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
111
DRY 000113 S.
No. 311 KARICET STREET,
Above Third,
PHILLIALPHIA.
Charles Worts, It enryAsitie,
Hamilton 7. McVeigh, John Weimer.
Joseph Hiltain. feht.llho
BAMipi(G.
ST BKLidOliT a 00.,
BANKERS,
50 WALL STREET, NEW YORK,
Isome ettsre of credit to travellers, available in al
parts of Europe, through the Messrs. Rothschild of "Psi
yip. London. Fru:Mort. Maoist. 'V'ienna, and their sot -
rapondenta fdll-fm•
A . 8c W. SPRAGUES'
PRINTS.
UNION PRINTS.
HOYT, SPRAGUES & CO.,
NO. 235 CHESTNUT STREET.
apls-tf
W L,IN El,
COFFIN & Co_
N. 118 CHESTNUT STREET,
AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF
PURNELL MFG. CO.'S PRINTS AND LAWNS.
ORIONS AIM CM'S TYRKEY RPM AND STAPLE
IV. PRINTS.
Fine Bleached Cottons.
LANSDALE , HOBE. BLACKSTONE. SLATERS
'VILLE, JAMESTOWN. RED BANK, GREENE.
mon 4 AND BELVIDER E.
Brown Cottons.
ETHAN ALUM. MT. ROPE, FREDONIAN,
TRICK, OHIO. &MOWN. YIitGINIA FAMILY
AND MECHANICS' AND FARMERS'.
GRAFTON, SLATERSVILLE, AND JEW.ETT CITY
DENIMS AND STRIPES.
LONSDALE CO.'S NANKEENS AND SILESCAS.
GLASGOW CORSET JEANS.
lIOTTORILEY'S BLACK AND OLHNIIIH. CO.'S
FANCY MITED CLOTHS.
STEARNS AND SAXTON'S RIVER CASSIHERES.
GREENFIELD CO.'S BLACK DOESKINS.
RODMAN'S FINE JEANS, DOUBLE AN El TWISTED
CASSIMERES, NEGRO CLOTHS. ac.
MINOT. BASS RIVER, CRYSTAL SPRING/LOME: -
SHIRE, BRIDGEWATER. A'N D BRISTOL
SATIN ETS.
IPLEY, HAZARD, gi HUTCHINSON,
L
NO. 112 CHESTNUT ST.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
FOR THE SALE OF
PHILADET.PHIA - MADE
mhn4m
GOODS.
CARFETINGS.
FRESH CANTON MATTYNG.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE,
Hove now open their
•
SPRING IMPORTATIONS
OF
DOUBLE EXTRA IMPERIAL
WHITE,
PURPLE. and
RED CHECKED
CANTON MATTING.
IN ALL THE DIFFERENT WIDTHS, AT
MODERATE PRICS.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
1016-3 m OPPOSITE STATE HOME*
A R OR-STREET CARPET WARE
HOUSE.
OLDEN it RICKNER„
NO. 832 ARCH BTRRET, 2 Doors below NINTH
Have now in Store a splendid stook
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CARFETINOBI
Of all descriptions.
Bought at PANIC FRIO IN, and will be sold VERY
1.,0W FOR CASH.
arCarpetings le per cent. cheaper than any house in
the trade. aPIO-Im
FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS.
AUSTIN BROWN.
WHOLEBALE DEALER IN
FLOOR OIL-CLOTIIS,
The hugest stook by three times in Philadelphia ,
PRICES LOW.
At No. 164 North THIRD STREET, (up stairs.)
TOILET AND FANCY ARTICLES.
---- - - -
T'ANCY GOO D C 3 ANEW .D.HUENJEFTEP
ARTICLES.
W. D. GLENN,
26 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
Offers to the trade for cash, or on the usual credit,
large and well assorted Stock. consisting in part of
French, English and American HAIR- BRUSHES.
TOOTH. NAIL. SHAVING, and CLOTH BRUSHES,
COMBS, of all Materials and Styles,
PERFUMERY and SOAPS in great varlet!,
PURE ESSENTIAL OILS,
TOILET BOTTLES and P UPI* BOXES,
SMELLING BOTTLES and FLASKS,
POCKET-BOOKS, PURSES, and PORTNEONNAIES,
CHAMOIS SKINS.
GENUINE LUBIN'S EXTRACTS
AND
LOW'S SOAPS.
Always on hand.
• ki.RICES LOW.
miamm -
Do You WANT WHISKERS'?
• DO YOU ,WANT
DO YOU WANT A MOIIBTACHE?
DO YOU WANT A MOUSTACHE
BELLING-HAM'S
CELEBRATED STIMULATING
ONGIJENT,
FOR THE W RISK ERS AND HAIR
The embearibere take 'pleasure in announcing to the
eitiaens of the United States that the, have obtained
the Agency for, and are now enabled to offer to the
American public the above justly-celebrated and
world-renowned artiole.
THE STIMULATING oxsuENT
Is prepared by Dr. C. Y. BELLINGHAM. an eminent
niiyeleinn of London, and is warranted to bring outa
thick set of
WHISKERS, OR A MOUSTACHE
In from three to ma weeks. This article is the only
one of the kind used by the French, and in London and
Pans it is in unirereal use.
It is a beautiful, economical, soothing, yet stimula
ting compound, acting as If by magic upon the roots,
canines a beautiful growth of luxuriant hair. if ap
plied to the Bose) it will cure baldness. and cacao to
spring up in the place of. the bald spots rtfilus growth of
new hair. Applied according to directions, It will turn
Ran or Tow: hair DARE. and restore gray hair to its
original color, leaving it soft, smooth , and flexible.
The •• 0110 U ENT" is an indulpensable ertiole in eve
gentleman's toilet, and after one wooleguse they would
not for any consideration, De without it.
The sUbleribers are the only Agents for the article
in the United States, to whom all order* must be ad
dressed.
Pries one dollar a box ; for sale by all Druggists and
Dealers • or a box of the ' ; UNGUENT," warranted , to
have the ' desired effect. will be sent to anY.who desire
,t,by mail, &feat. securely packed, on receipt of price
and postage, SUL Apply to. or address
IEORACE L. REGEMAN &C .
Druggistg:&a.
24 WILLIAM Street, New York.
DYOTT & CO„ No. 232 North SECOND Street, PM
stlelohirt Agent'. mb23-3m
JEWELRY, Ztte.
BEST CHOICE YET OFFERED
NEW GOODS.
NEW STORE. nEvi STYLES
GREAT METROPOLITAN.
JEWELRY DEPOT,
FOUR THIRTY-TWO CHEEITRUT STREET
GREAT SACRIFICE, TO INSURE QUICK SALES
I,have opened. at the above store ono of t e finest
and nest-aenorted Woke of.feweiri,d r t ant h d ~,,,,,,,
and Fancy Goode, ever befor e olfered a to ve the - public. e -
'
I will guaranty to give per fect satisfaction to every
purolumer.
Gad and examine my stook and you will find a Maas of
goods equal to any in the city.
OBSERVE TEE PRICES:
Coral. Enameled. Cameo, Lava, Gold
stone, and Onyx sets, for-- . 81, usual price ea
Gainimoie Enameled do., Enamelled
lititly, Eottquet, &o. do— -.11 do.
$3
Mosaic. Jet, Lava, Carbuncle, Tur- _
gnome, Btrusoan do— es do.
86
Etrnsoan,_ Carbuncle, Gold Cluster,
Ribbon Twist do —_.......5: do. -
..02
Engraved and Chased Gold nand
Bracelets-- —. $i do 24
Very itioh imp raved and Chased do -$2 do.. 6. -
Very Bich Car b uncle and Gold Clu e- .. 6
ter do -,-
.-......--- - 2 do
infants' h. rm leis - ---- ."._ . I do; it
I
Mina' Pretltlsoes, great variety— i do. 3
- with hledalhon-... 1 do. 13
-. I do. 3
. 1 do. 3
Medallions, great varlet,-...—_...._..-.
Do. with Double Sides. --
Beta of Studs and Sleeve Buttons.
great variety-. - • --- ---4/1 do. el
Sete of Studs and Sleeve Bottom, Car
buncle. Enamelled, &o--II do. 4
Ladies' Chatelain Chains - 3 do. 4
Gents' Vest 2 do. 6
Do. do. do. do. 5
Ladies'do.
Sleeve
„. I do. 4
Do,
Do. Slee d ve Button:l76oc to $l. usual Prie 4 I /14 to 3
Gents' do. do. 30, to SI, do. IA to 3
Also, Gold Pens and Pencils. Tooth Picks, Watoh
Key., Belt Slides. Chain Pine. Crosses, ko. ke.
I have a mall lot of PINE GOLD AII D' SILVER
WATCREBor hush I will sell at equally low priceq.
Goode sent by Mail or Express to all parts of the
United States and Canada free of cast.
WM. S. IGUSTIN. Agent,
aP2-rawf 3m fp 43Q CHESTNUT Street.
i=l
PERSONS HAVING FINE WATOHES
that have hitherto given no satisfaction to the
wearer', are invited to bring them to our store, where
all defeats can be remedied br thoroughly Witte and
'Menai° workmen, and the watch warranted to give
entire satisfaction.
Mantel Cloaks, hlumeal Boxes, &c., carefully Did
complete order. . A " gitomigß..
Imparters of Wareham. Mumma Bow, Clocks,. &0..
ase-Sur SSA CHESTNUT Street. below Follll.n.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1861.
OPENING OF
SILK CLOAKS
AND SACKS TO DAY.
The New Shape Silk Seeks.
The New Shape Silk Cloaks.
The New Shape Silk Mantles.
The Near Shave Silk Dusters.
Water-proof Blaek Mixed Tweeos.
EYRE & LANDELL.
ap24-wfm 7t FOURTH and ARCH Streets
EYRE ekc LANDELL,
FOURTH AND ARM STREETS.
Will even mom very desirable
NEW SPRING GOODI TO-DAY.
Shepherd's Plaid Silks.
Extra Rieh Grenadines
Firma Qnality Oreandies.
Bouquet Satin Plaid Bare e.
Dine and White Printed Foulards
ap2l-grbn n
SEIRPHERIPS PLAID INDIA
• DRESS SILKS.
Glossy and part:sot Indio.
Black and white Shepherd Plaids.
Brovni and White do.. do.
Bine and Where do. do.
Purple and White do. do.
EYRE & LANDELL,
ap2a-arfet 7t FOURTH and ARCH Streets.
CONTINUATION
OF THE
GREAT SALE
CLOAKS, MANTILLAS,
LACES, TRIMMINGS, &c.,
In liquidation of the Estate of
J. W. PROCTOR & Co..
70S C111:5 ; 111UT OTHEET.
The Stook ooneists of
CLOAKS,
ENGLISH TWEED CLOAKS.
SILK CLOAKS AND SACQUES,
SILK MANTILLAS,
MANTILLAS, LACE FLOUNCINGS,
FRENCH LACE MANTILLAS,
FRENCH LACE POINTS,
FRENCH LACE BOURNOVX,
-TRAVELING BUITIL
FLOUNCING LACES,
DRESS AND CLOAK TRIMMINGS, &e., Ste.,
All in immense variety, and to be sold at about
ONE-HALF THE USUAL PRICER,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF CREDITORS
To facilitate sales, and enable purchasers to make
prompt aeleotions, ALL GOODS will be marked in
PLAIN FIGURES,
Special attention is called to this Sale Great induce
ments, as to prices, are of in order to close outthe
entire Stook.
PARIS MANTILLA EMPORIUM,
apl9tf 708 CRESMIT STREET.
MANTILLA S. MANTILLAS.
OPENING DAILY,
AT
WM. P. CAMPELL'S,
NO. 1124 CHESTNUT STREET.
in his large and ELEGANT STOWS. will he found
the richest display of
MANTILLAS,
lii
SILK AND FANCY CLOTHS,
apS4.m. ,EYEE MADE IN THIS CITY.
RYRE & L ANTALL, FOURTH AND
ARCH trill open to-der SOME , very
bEaIItABL PI lY F W GOODS.
ameba. d's Plaid Dress Bilks.
Extra Rich Grenadines.
Embroidered Mozambiques.
First quality:Organdies.
Bouquet Satin Plaid Bare_ges.
Blue and lirtiztured Foulards.
---Pertem sum:iv/um- .41ka.
Yseweat style Spring Manure: "
Water-proof black mixea Tweeds.
- PILAW( BILE. MANTLE:?.-
Black Silk Coats,
Gored Mantles—Paletots.
Garments of Cloth. Fine display in
OUR PikiW, LARGE, WELL IGitTE D FMK.
COOPSR 8 CONARD.
S. E. oar. NINTH and MARKET.
BARGAINS.-
Chem Gingham at 1231 cents.
Traveling h tetra at 22 cents.
Shepherd's. Plaids. Mohair Cheeks,
Black Silks. Hoop 'Stine. Cohan, _
Ilandkerehiefli. Nets. White Goode.
88 cents White Linen. worth 80 cent!.
COOPER & CONARP!
S. E. nor. PIINTH and MAR ET.
SUARFUESS BROTHERS
Have placed in a Department,
Separate from their Sprint Stook, `s t
A collection of JOB LOTS
Of Spring and 3ummer Dress Goods,
Comprising Organdies, Harem's, - •
Lawns, cheap Mho, Chintzes,
Lawn and Organdy .Robes,
All
Robes, Flounces, and Japes ;
AU of whieh will be sold'
At nearly half of usual prices,
Bo as to chow only fresh Goode
In the other Begirtmente,
apt! CazSTPIUT and EIGHTH.
PRIL, 1861
.. •
LARGE CASH PURCHASE OF SILKS.
THE CHEAPEST SILKS IN PHILADELPHIA.
THOHNLEY & canard have just bought
FOR NET 0018 R,
lots of Black Silks, of superior suality, and very
cheap.
3 cons . Rich Chene Silks, in Stripes and Plaids. for
75 lmporters' price for which has been $l.lOl
1 lot Heavy Pole de Soles, solid colors, in Biotic's,
Blues. Greene, Modes, Paroles, at art. Importers' game
$1.15!
1 lot of Double-faced Black Brocade Silks, very den
iable.
kieb Barese Robes, 5 and 9 Flounces, at 50 cents On
the dollar.
1 lot Challie De Leine, for 150, worth 25.
Beautiful Dress Goods, in great variety.
SHAWLS AND CLOAKS:
Linen Good. ofonr own importation.
Power-Loom Table Linens, Damasks, Table Clothe,
&e., &c.
Spring Cloths, Caarnmeres Restingeoftc. dio.
At THORNLEY & CHIRM , R,
SC E. (Inner EIGHTH & SPRING GARDEN Sta,
N. B.—Will open in a few days Silk Mantles, and
French Lace Goods, fang T. & C.
GOOD NEWS FOR THE LADLES.-
Now arrivals of the cheapest startle and Fancy
TRIMMINGS at the htore No. 103 North EIGHTH
Street, only ascend door above Arab. Kid Gloves. 26
cents a pair worth 60 cents; Mohair Neta.l6 oents
apiece, worth 25 cents ; Tarletane, two yards wideill
cents a yard, worth 16 cents; India Rubber Combs, /
cents apiece, worth 12 cents ; White Curtain Fringes,
I rom 6 cents up to 16 mints. worth double the price • &full
Imo of Bilk and Mohair Mitts, extremely °heap ; Dress,
Wrapper, and . Mantilla. Trimmings. of the lateet fash
ions, at assonisinner low prices ; the beet variety of
Drees and Wrapper Buttons, Faris and London striae;
Shawl Borden. of all widths. at lees than half pride ;
Hoop Bkirte. of the best - makes, cheaper than else
where ; the finest assortment of Belt Ribbons ; gag
Nets, of the last improvements. Ladies. our stoat is
too numerous to be specified ; it will be to your inter
est to view this place of bargains above 03 North
EIGHTH street, only second door Mehl . and
0012T1DOO y ouroOlvOlS Of the Pict. Tha Prig/later hemp
manufacturer of Ladiee , Trimmings. is 'enabled to
offer you more inducements than any other store in this
city. WM. LONNERSTADTER,
mhllo-lm 103 North 'EIGHTH et., Id door ab. Arch.
SPECIAL NOTIOE.—A RARE - OR &NOE
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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1861
New Works of Fiction.
The new novel, just published by the Har
pers, is called "Silas Marner, the Weaver of
Raveloe," and its author, whose nom de plume
is George Elliott, is really one Marian or Mary
Ann Evans. Nothing is known of her except
that she is an old maid, who translated Dr.
Strauss's infidel Life of Christ, from the Ger
man, some eighteen or nineteen years age.
About three years since, certain stories by her,
entitled c , Scenes or Clerical Life," appeared
in Blackwood's Magazine, and were eventually
collected into three volumes. Soon after (in
1859) followed "Adam Bede," one of the
most striking, because most natural, of modern
fictions,—one of those works which, as was
said by Moore of Mrs. Shelley's “Franken
stein," become popular at once and for ever.
Last year succeeded ic The Mill on the Floss,"
by which at any rate, Miss Evans did not lose
any of the literary reputation she had gained.
So much the reverse, indeed, that several per
sons thought it worth while, as the authorship
was unappropriated, to lay claim to it. Fore
most among these 'vas an English dissenting
clergyman named Lingen, whose friends so
strongly asserted his being the veritable
"George Elliott," without his putting forth
one word to repudiate the claim, that Miss .
Evans's publishers had to publish a denial, and,
indeed, to admit, by default, that this Stafford
shire spinster, Miss Evans, was the actual
author.
---s2.so.
N ovel-readers may: ask, what manner of
book is this ccSilas Marner "—how does it
compare with the same writer's previous
works '1 Well, then, it is a story of singular
truth and power. There is nothing of high
life in it. The most exalted personage is a
country Squire, whose property is probably not
more than two thousand pounds a year. The
hero, after whom the book is called, is a poor
weaver, with a mind not very strong, and a
person decidedly unattractive. Actually driven
out of religion, out of society, almost out of
his wits, and into obscurity and poverty, by
worldly wrong and perfidy, this poor creature
lived for many years, a hard-working, poorly
living, money-hoarding weaver on the skirts of
a village in the north of England—merely
vegetating, we might say—not knowing Sun
day as a day of rest, not entering any place
of worship, oblivious of religious belief and
ordinances, a broken man in mind and body.
His money, which he used to hoard up loving
ly, is stolen, and he sinks into deepest sorrow
and despair. At this crisis, an orphan child
falls upon his very hearth-stone, as it were.
His soul receives new impressions. He at
taches himself to the child, brings her up with
loving care, becomes more and more human
in the process, and, fifteen years after, when
the girl is on the eve of marriage—repndiat
ing her true father who had not acknowledged
her until then, and clinging by him who had
nurtured her into womanhood—Silas Kerner,
every way a changed man, humble but trusting
in religions faith, recovers the gold which had
been stolen from him, and it comes in, very
opportunely, tor the maiden's dowry.
This, in effect, is the whole story. There
are not many characters in it. Squire Cara_
with his two sons,—aroufrey, wno is weak, and
Drinsey, who is wicked; Miss Nancy Lemma
ter, the model of a pretty, prim, proper, yet ;
charming village bit of prudery and propriety ;
Dolly Winthrop, as original, though simpler,
as Mrs. Poyser, in "Adam Bede," and that
capital group at The Rainbow, (Macy; the
village clerk, and his deputy ; jem Rodney,
the poacher ; Snell, the landlord ; Bob, the
butcher; Dowlas, the farrier; Ben Winthrop,
the eneeineieht,) are most distinctly individu
alized. There has seldom been such exqui
site character-drawing, and, apparently, with
out effort. The old Ars celare ariem is tho
roughly carried out here. The work is there
—the finish—but you see no *mark of the
chisel, you do not think of the labor which
must have produced all this wonderful com
pleteness. The scene, the conversation at the
village inn, on the night of Marner's being
robbed,—just before the man rashes wildly in
to proclaim the theit,—is natural to a degree.
We wonder how any woman could have ima
gined such a reality.
The female characters in as Silas Marner"
are each distinguished by several and re
spective shades of goodness. Miss Nancy
Lammeter, pretty and prudish as a maiden, is
womanly and delightful as a wife. Then, there
is her sister Priscilla, actually priding herself
on being some years older, and by no means
well-looking. We have Mrs. Kimble, "the
Squire's sister, as well as the doctor's wife,
—a double dignity, with which her diameter
was in direct proportion;" and, above all, there
is excellent, though humble and not at all edu
cated, Dolly Winthrop.
There are few passionate or tragic incidents
in this story. To the first belongs Marner's
strong feeling, actually a temporary insanity,
at the loss of his gold. To the second, the
touching description of the death, in the
snow, of Eppie's mother, the wile of Godfrey
Case, who had married her secretly. But the
book overflows with natural pathos—even in
many parts not meant to be pathetic. The
entire of the story, from the time when Silas
Hamer adopts the orphaned little girl, until
the happy termination of the tale , by marriage,
is more or less pathetic—and not the less so
in the mere narrative portions. A soul hu
manized by love for a little child, and ex
panding with the expansion of that child's in
tellect, is surely a tender thought. There are
some parts of the bringing up of little Eppie
ISO surprisingly true that we wonder bow any
one but a mother could have written them.
Yet, what can Genius not do ?
As compared with Miss Evans' previous
works, we would place cc Silas Kerner" below
'.Adam Bede," and certainly above cc The
Mill on the Floss." It has no intricacy
of plot, but a surprising directness—like the
relation of what had actually happened. It
is a mistake, we think, to speak of this story
as bearing the same relation to the author's
preceding works as cc The Professor" does to
Charlotte Bronte's cc Jane Eyre," " Villette,' ,
and "Shirley." That was the first effort of
a mind which, at the time, was scarcely ripe
enough for authorship ; this. is evidently the
fruit of matured thought and skilled use in
the art of composition. cc Silas Merrier," or
we are much in error, will be as much read
and admired as any of its author's other
books. She has enlisted the sympathy of
mothers, fathers, aunts, and loving sisters, by
her admirable account of Marner's difficulties
in bringing up, without any female aid, the
little orphan whose coming to him, just after
he had lost his gold, appeared as sent by Pro
videnee as a compensation.
Very dilierent from the natural intensity
and direct truth of re Silas Marner " is an
other new novel, also from a woman's pen,
entitled re The Semi-Attached Couple." The
author, who keeps her name unknown, had
previously produced is The Semi-Detached
House," a story
. of suburban London life,
put forth as re edited by Lady Theresa Lewis,
wife of Sir George C. Lewis, British Rome
Secretary, and niece of the Earl of Clarendon.
Mr. Burnham, of Boston, is the publisher.
The authoress has the candor, so unusual in
her sex, of confessing that she is not young.
cc This story," she says, cc was partly written
nearly thirty years ago, before railroads were
established, and travelling carriages-and-four
superseded ; before postage-stamps had ex
tinguished the privilege of franking, and be
fore the Reform Bill had limited the duration
of the polling at borough elections to a single
day."—By the way, the Reform Bill did not
make this limitation. Clause 67 enacted
"At English borough elections, except Mon
mouth, the poll shall Commence at the latest
on the third day, and shall continue for two
days only." The law which limited the poll-
Mg at borough elections to a single day was
passed several years after the Reform Bill.
TWO CENTS.
Then "The.Semi-Attached Couple" is a
story of English society as it existed, thirty
years ago, immediately after the accession of
William the Fourth, and the writer, whoever
she may be, evidently has freely mixed in the
scenes which she graphically describes. The
personages in this tale almost wholly belong
to the Rite, with few exceptions. The hero is
a Marquis, and his young, wife is an Earl's
daughter. With the exception of the ladies'
maids, (among whom Mrs. Tompkinson is a
jewel), nearly all the folks are rich. The
Douglas family, who represent the mere coun
try folks, are yet sufficiently wealthy to run
their head as candidate at a contested election.
There is life and there is reality in the action
of this story. The name is scarcely expres
sine'enough, for the Marquis of Teviot and
his wife are only apparently semi-attached.
The man has an odd temper, and plagues his
pretty wife with its contrarieties, until a cer
tain coolness takes places, but worldly trials and
the prostration of the husband by sickness near
unto death draw man and wife very near to
each other, and—though, we fear, the proud
Marquis becomes horridly henpecked—they
appear, in the last chapter, mutually confi
dent in mutual love. We must pay the au
thoress the merited compliment of having
•avoided any approach to what is called gg fine
writing," in this start'. It runs smoothly on,
apparently without effort, and may be accepted
as a faithfid sketch of English society as it ex
isted thirty years ago,—not a very long period
for living memory, yet long enough to have
made that phase of living old-fashioned, in
present regard. The book, we may add, is
beautifully printed.
Of coarse, many of our readers remember
that William Harrison Ainsworth, besides
writing to Rookwood " and "Jack Sheppard,"
which might be called Tyburn romances ; pub
lished a series of historical novels, which, at
one time, were almost as popular as the pro
ductions of Bulwer and Dickens. We have
had the curiosity to see how many of these
works he produced, but Allibone does not
give a full list, and even cd The Men of the
Time" does not supply one. Didot's cc Nou
velle Biographic Universelle " is briefer still.
But I Taperean's a Dietionrtaire Universel Des
Oontemporaine," (of which N. Hachette has
Just published a new and revised edition,)
gives the required information. We learn
that, commencing with •' Crichton," published
in 1837, and ending with cc The Star-Cham
ber," in 1854, Mr. Ainsworth has prodnced a
total of nine historical romances : Besides the
above named, he wrote Guy Fawkes; James
IL ; Old St. Paula ; • Windsor Castle; St.
James'; The Tower of London; and the
Lancashire Witches. The series may be ar
ranged so as to include the long period from
the middle of the reign of Henry VIII. to the
time of George 111., a period of two centuries.
Novel-readers may .not be aware that, a few
months ago, in Bentley's Miscellany, of which
he is proprietor and editor, Mr. Ainsworth
commenced a new story, called is The Con
stable of the Tower," the action of which
begins with the last illness of Henry
and will be continued through the reign of
Edward VI., and most probably far into that
of Mary, if not also even to the accession of
Elizabeth. The portion already published is
spirited and faithful. We have read it in the
three last numbers of the Eclectic Magazine, a
periodical of ernutidwrithia interest and merit,
witch gives the public the cream, of - LUC anau.•
mg British reviews and magazines. In the
May number, besides a copy of Selons' car
toon of queen' Philippa interceding for the
lives of the Burgesses of Calais, we find an
admirable likeness of John Sartain, engraved
on steel from an ambrotype by Henry Sartain,
of this city. Mr. Sartain fully deserves to
have his portrait published- in , a magakine
which he has enriched with portraits or his
toric engravings during an nn'nterrupted pe
riod of some eighteen years. No man living
has engraved more portraits than John'Sar
fain, nor has any artist such thorough mas-
tery over the difficulties of mezzotint en
graving. A portfolio of the portraits which
he has made for this one magazine would be
a present worthy of acceptance by a Prince,
or--a President. Mr. Sartain, we are happy
to say, looks as if helad fully another twenty
five years of good work in him.
In the second volume of Chambers' Ency
clopedia, (published in this country by J. B.
Lippincott & Co., of this city , ) we find a bi
ography of Lord Byron, which concludes with
a brief estimate of his genius that we here
subjoin it, as not out of place in an article
wholly treating of prose fiction
cg The resources of his intellect were amazing.
He gained his first reputation of the gloomy and
scornful passions. After he wrote Beppo, he was
surprised to find he was a humorist;.when he
reached Graeae, he discovered an ability for mili
tary organisation. When all the sotioolgirls of
England fancied their handsome idol with a
scowling brow and a curled lip, he was laughing
in Italy, and declaring himself to be the most unro
mantic being in the world. And he was right.
Take away all his oriental wrappings, and you
discover an honest Englishman, who. above all
things, hates cant and humbug. In Doe. Juan
and hie Letters there is a. wonderful fund of wit,
sarcasm, humor, and knowledge of man Pew
men had a clearer eye for fact and reality. His
eloquenee, pathos, and despair; his Maafreds
and ,Childe Harolds, were only phases of his
mind Towards the close of his life, he was work
ing toward his real strength, and that lay in wit
and the direst representadon of human life. If
his years had been extended, he would in all like
lihood have deserted poetry for prose, gaudy
colored fiction for sober fact ; and the assertion
may be haearded, that the English novel would
have boiuded another and
,a greater Fielding."
There is . good sense, as well as truth, in
this criticism. As early as 1816, when Byron,
then in his twenty-ninth year, was associating
With the Shelleys, at Diodati, in Switzerland,
the party amused themselves, during a week
of rain, in reading German short stories, and
at last determined to write something like
them. Mrs. Shelley's crFrankenstein" was
thus hastily written in a few days, and Byron
began a story of the Vampire, of which he
left the first chapter unfinished, but which Dr.
Polidori, having heard him relate how he
meant to carry it on, subsequently used as
the basis for his own ..Vampire," long po-
pubir in France, from the belief that Byron
himself had written it, but concealed the au
thorship from some caprice or other. Inmore
than one of Byron's letters from Italy, he
threatened to throw his experience of English
society into the readable form of a novel.
Had he lived—and he would have lieen only
73 in the present year—how charmed Byron
would have been with the writings of Bnlwer
and Dickens. We doubt whether he would
have taker. kindly to the cynicism and snob
bery of Thackeray. American literature, in
which he felt much 'interest, being especially
charmed with the writings of Washington
Irving, would have had great attraction for
Byron.
For The Preen.]
Freedom's Rally.
By 70SVPIS A. uu',Je.
Wake Freedom ! ! with thy tiumMet•tenene
Each soho in the land,
Till, at the sound, both old and young
In arms before thee stand !
Gaunt Treason, stalking in the light,
Uprisen its hydra-head ;
And thy bright hosts must prove their might,
And strike the monster dead !
Form, Freemen! as the now- flakes farm
'Upon the mounAin Ride ;
And onward move, as moves the storm
In its relentless pride.
Let traitors learn that treason's woe,
And, while their cheeks still blanch,
Impel yourselves upon the toe--
A living avalanche!
Shall it be said that Lexington
In vain gave freedom birth?
In vain was seen, by Yorktown's sun,
Oppression struck to earth ?
Shall it be said the wise, the good,
The bmve, -who've been our arida,
Poured forth in vain their precious blood—
In vain have fought and died ?
No by our sacred sires, and Him
Who nerved their hearts with fire!
Their god-like deeds shall neer grew dim,
Nor shall their names expire !
We'll bear the glorious flag they gave
To our protecting hand.
Until its folds again shall wave
Triumphant through the land:
Vntil each star upon its field
Shall blaze with meteor-light
And till each toe is seen to yield
A captive to its might!
Aye, till the continent pours out
The war-017 or the free,
.And loins in one exultant shout
For God and Liberty
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Senator Douglas on the War.
[From the Wheeling (Va.) Intellizeneer, April 21.1
SUSTAINS THE GOVERNMENT AND 'VINDICATES
GENERAL Boort.
Senator Douglas arrived at Bellair yesterday
morning, just from Weeklegion, and the train on
which he came out having missed a connection, he
was compelled today over there all day. No soon
er was it kneWn that the distinguished Senator
was there than the town became all alive with ex
citement, and nothing would satisfy the enthusi
astic crowd but a speech from the "Little. Giant."
Accordingly, about half past three o'clock, a crowd
of alt the citizens, and a large delegation from this
city, and hundreds from the surrounding . country
gathered in front of the Le Belie House, where
Mr. Douglas was stopping. We never - saw a orowd
of the same number of people so full of enthusfaam.
They cheered the Union and Major Andersen, the
stare and stripes, and everything and everybody
else that happened to suggest itself, When the
hour arrived for the appearance of Mr. Douglas,
they began to cheer and yell for him, and his ap
pearance on the balcony was the signal for a tre
mendous outburst of applause. When this had sub
sided Mr. Douglas said :
GENTLEMEN : It is gratifying to me' and my
Sense of patriotism to find the people OD both sides
of this beautiful liver giving their - cheers and
their hearts in behalf of the flag of our country.
[Great applause.] I trust the time never is com
ing when that flag will not wave as the emblem of
peaee and union, and of constitutional liberty, for
ever, both in the south and in the north of this
Ohio river. We, in the northwest of this great
valley, eau never recognize either the propriety or
the right of States bordering along upon the Gulf
of Mexico and upon the Atlantic ocean, or upon
the Pacific, to separate from the Union of our
fathers, and establish and erect tazgatherere and
custom-houses upon our commerce in its passage to
the gulf of the ocean. If we recognize the right
In one ease, we give our assent to it in all oases;
and if the few btates upon the Gulf now are to
separate themselves from us. and erect a barrier
across the mouth of that great river, of which the
Ohio Is a tributary, how lung will it be before New
York may come to the conclusion that she may
eet up for herself, and levy taxes upon everendon
tares worth of goods imported and consumed in
the Northwest, and taxes upon every bushel
of wheat and every pound of pork and beef, or
other productions that may be sent from the North
west to the Atlantio in search of a market? The
very existence of the people in this great valley
depends upon maintaining inviolate and forever
that great right secured by the Constitution, eS
freedom .of trade, of transit, and of commerce, from
the centrerof the continent to the ocean that sur
rounds it. This right can never be surrendered ;
(voices in the orowd," Never,") our very existence
depends upon maintaining It. The proposition
now is, to separate these United Elden into little,
petty confederacies First, divide them into two;
and then, when either paety gate beaten at the
next election, sub-divide again (laughter, and
never ''); then,whenever one gets beaten again,
another sob-division end then, when you beat on
Governor's election, the diseomfited will rebel
again, and so it will go on. And, if this new sym
tern ot resistance by the sword and bayonet to' the
results of the ballot-box shall prevail here in this
country of ours, the history of the United States is
already written in the history of Mexico, It is a
curious fact—a Startling fact, and one that no
American citizen should ever inisapprehecd—that
from the day that Mexico separated from Spain,
down to this hour, Hs President of here, elected by
the people, has ever been inaugurated and served
his term of office. In every single case, from
1920 down to leen either the defeated oandidate has
seized possession of the office by military force, or
has turned out the successful man before his term
expired. What is more significant? Mexico is
now a bye-word for every-man to scoff at, No
wan would deem himeelf treated as a gentleman
who was represented as a Maxine Why? Be
cause he cannot mainteinpis Government founded
upon the great principles of aelf-government and
constitutional liberty—because he won't abide by
the ballot-box—because he is not willing to redress
grievances inside of the Constitution, and in obe
dience to its provisions, instead of seizing the
bayonet and` the sword to resist the constituted
authorities It is not a question of Union or dis
union. /t is a question of order; of the sulk
lily of the Government ; of the peace of commu.
metes. The whole social system is threatened
with destruction and with dieruption. I cannot
now go into a discussion of these questions.
I have almost exhausted strength, and voice, and
life, in the last two years, in my efforts to point
out the dangers upon which we were rushing And
we have no time now to stop to inquire as to the
causes ot these misoblefe, nor as to the merits or
foibles of Vb r dMovgai l a,PLL !" 17 1 4 /
r gf
tai and your country from the enemy who have
bean the authors of your calamity. (Tremendous
cheers, and crass of " Tire will," That's what
we are awing to do - ") My friends, I should not
have been delighted at meeting the same number
of people, nor even ten times the number, anima
ted by the patriotism that I find in all of you, at
scarcely any other place as much as on the very
spot where I sin now standing, upon thb borders
of this beautiful river, separating , the State of
Virginia from the State of Ohio; and pet, instead
of bring a barrier, it is one of those week/Atelier* n'
that infuse their life and vigor into bath - -bides,
and binds you together in one indisaolable aya
tem. This great valley must never be divided,
I . 'S Never, never "J The Almighty has so arranged
the mountain and-the plain, and the watercourses,
id to thine that this valley le all lime shall remain
one and indiseoluble. Let no Man attempt to sun-
der what Divine Providence has rendered Indivisi
ble. I . " Amen !" and cheers,] The nerves of this
great valley centre in unity. We are boundle -
have the right of travel, of intercourse, of transit.
free to all the ports of the Atlantic and to all the
ports of the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico, with
out having custom-houses, or passports, or tax
gathers, or bayonets to impede us. You can all
see the remits of the influences which have been
operating within the last few weeks for the
breaking down of the barriers that protect free
dom and liberty. Those before me who are natives
of the continent of Europe know what the barrier/
of the passport system are. Every few hours,
"stop,' with the bayonet at your breast—" pass
port, if you please." Men living on different sides
of the river, though neighbors or brothers, could
not visit each other without permission from their
superior. Yon have a horse on one aide of the
river worth a hundred dollars, and you want to
send it to a neighbor, but you will not be' allowed
to do it unless you pay another hundred fer per
mission to do it. [Laughter.] And here we are • '
to have custom houses and bayonets guarding
every State line or railroad track, every gorge in
the mountains, every bank of a river, demanding
the payment of duties op every pound of tea, or
coffee, or sugar that crosses the line, and for every
article of clothing your people wear, and then, for
every bushel of wheat or corn, and , every pound of
pork or Mel you sell in payment of these. Be
ginning with Illinois, they are to be taxed cra ere
Indiana line, and again on the Missouri line,
on the. Maryland line,
and on the line
of every petty or big State you may have
to cross. Just look what Germany was a
tew years ago, before her free trade was eatab
lished, and you will find what America will soon
be if you do not rally to the flag of your Country,
and alienate these distracted elements and restore
peace and fraternal feeling and eonstitutioaal go
vernment on the basis our fathers established it.
My friends, I will not detain you. I did not ins
tend when I came here to utter a word ; but when
I found so many of my Itelow-cititeao coming
here—so many from Virginia—so many thin a dish
tango, to pay as it were, respects to me, I could not
resist the inclination to respond to the call to Speak
to you; for I have too much patriotism and sense
of the circumstances that brought you together to
believe for a moment that it is intended as a per
eonal compliment. It is a testimonial of your de
votion to, the Union of, these States, and to the
flag of our country. • It is a testimonial that you
think I have done my duty in my efforts to pre
serve them. [Cheers.] I thank you sincerely, and
from the bottom of my heart, for this kind recep
tion.. I trust I may again meet you here on the
bank of this river, from both aides, ns brethren
and sountrymen, as long as God's providence al
lows me to pass from the prairies of Illinois to the
oapital of the country.
Mr. Douglas concluded and retired amid vo
ciferous and prolonged cheering.
Subsequently Mr. Douglas came out on the bal
cony, and said :
Gasmenex : -I have been requested by so many
different ones to make a statement in response to
the Inquiries that are propounded to me, that I do
so as a matter of justice to an eminent patriot.
I have been asked whether there is any truth in
the rumor that General Scott was about to retire
from the Amerioan army. It is almost profanity
to ask that question. [" Good," " Good," and
cheers for General Scott.] I saw him only last
Saturday. He was' at his deek, pen in hand,
writing his orders for the defence .and .safety of
the American capital. [Cheers j Walking down
the otreot I met a distinguisbed gentleman, ',mem
ber of the Virginia Convention. whom I know
personally, and. had a few minutes' conversation
with him. He told me he had just had in . inter
view with General -Scott that he was chairman
of the committee appointed by the Virginia
Convention to wait upon General Scott, and tender
him she command of the forage of Virginia in this
struggle. General Scott received him kindly, lis
tened to him patiently, and then said to him—"
have served my country under the flog of the
Union for more than „fifty years, ants as long as
God permits one to live I wall defend that flag
with my sword, even tf my own nattve State as
sails u' [Tremendous applause, and three more
cheers for General Scott.] Ido not pretend that I
am precisely accurate in the language used, but I
know I am in the idea, and I have given the lan
guage as nearly as I could repeat it. 1 lave felt
it due to him and to the country, to make this
statement, In Vinci'
of the reports
inquiries
I that have been
°insulated and the repea t e d.zquanoi made of me
813:1co r. 113 .1Lu a g r Douglas retiredlheram
here to
toda it
M applause, followed by
three cheers for the Union. He. took the five
o'clock train yesterday evening for Columbus, on
his way to Illinois.
The Volunteers of this State.
The following communication explains itself:
MR. EDITOR : Cannot the press of our city do
something towards prompting more vigorous and
decisive measures for the prompt and complete
equipment of our troops for their march to the de
fence of Washington? Boston and New York
cities
are far ahead of us. and our troops feel the force of
this fact deeply. In those cities the citizens have
not waited for the slow and uncertain equipment
by the State authorities, bat have nobly sustained
their volunteers in their effort at early and AB
equipment. Our volunteers are restive, and many
of them very freely express their disappointment
and humiliation, ID view of their position.
There is danger of some decided reaction of feel
ing amo ng men and officers. They are anxious to
march, teed are tired of the promises of equipment
from day to day.
de Philsdephians, we feel that we have not
been allowed to take the position that we are en
tiled to, inguarding the key of the whole question
in doubt; , for if Washington is not retained, no
thing remai n--we are dishonored.
Voz.trensu.