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SEA BATHING.
jgEA BATHING.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.
TWO AND THREE-QUARTER HOURS
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
ATLANTIC) CITY is now conceded to be ona of the
most delightful sea-tide retorts in the world* its bath
Inc is ttnsurvassed ; its beautiful unbroken beaoh
(nine miles in length) is unequalled by any on the con
tinent* save that of Galveston ; its air is remarkable
for its dryness; its sailing and fishing fftoihties are per
fect; its hotels are well furnished, and as well kept as
those of Newport or Paratoja, while its avenues and
Walks are oleaner and broader than those of any otter
•ea-bathlng place in the country,
Trains of the CAMDEN AND ATLANTIC HAIL
ROAD leave VINE-STREET WAARF, Philadelphia,
daily, at 7K A, M„ and 4P. M. Returning, reach Phi
tadelbhia at 9 A. M.. and ?■« M. Fare. 1*1.99
Round-trip tioket*. rood for three day*. S 5 60 Dia
log, sc mile*. A telesraph extend* the whole length
Of the road, ifM'tf
Jjr-k FOR CAPE MAY AND NEW
Jb&aasm YORK. TUKSDAYSj THURSDAYS,
, ISiniATUitDAY*. a'.9H o’oiook A. M.
flow York and Philadelphia Steam Narieation Com
mnr, steamer* lIBLAW ARE, Captain Johnstan.aad
BOSTON. Captain Crooker, will leave for CAPi. MAY
and NEW YORK, from first wharf below Spmoe etreet,
s?ery TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY.
* Kemming, leave New York same days atSP.M.
Returning, leave Cape May SUNDAYS, WEDNES
DAYS, ami FRIDAY*. aiB A. M. . , a , , -
Faro to Cape May, Carnage Hire included—**.- 51 00
Fare to Cape May, Season Tickets, Carnage „
Hire extra-—-----— * !££
Fare to New York* Cabin.—>„*«■.— a W
Do, Do. Deck—..—— 1 80
Steamers touch at New Castle going and returning*
Freights for New York taken at low rates.
JAMES ALLDLRDICB, Agent*
Iy6-Sm 314 and 316 South DELAW ARE Avenue,
_-wlT » FOR CAPE MAY—The
and_ oomfortable Bay steamer
14 GKOHGh WASHINGTON,» CaptainW,Whilldin,
leaves Arch-street wharf, for Cape May, every Mon
day, Wednesday, and Friday morning at 9H o’oiook.
Returning, leaves the landing every Tuesday* Thurs
day, and Saturday morning at 8 o’oiook.
Fare, carriage hire included,—..., —— 51.sc*
14 servant’s, carnage hire included l.»*
Freight taken at the usnal low rates,
Stopping at New Castle going and returning,
jy4-tsel*
fggs—Ln— .1 FOR THE SEA-SBOKK
m dim and Atlantic
RAILROAD.—On and after MONDAY, June 17th, train*
willleavo YINKBTRKET FERRY daily, (Sunday*
exoop edit _ _^
ET U RN I?( ATLAnJIcD
LxpVcssJlirZlll"l^l*X —.. -—• JIB A. M.
Fare to Atlantic), * 1.89; Round Trip tioketa, {ood for
* h ?r*4h ßnoiet 0 ti0 delivered at COOPER’S POINT by
8 P.ftl. The Company -mil not be rsepotijiblsforanr
sood* until resolvedand receipted jotchJ their Aient,
It the Point. JOHN G. BRYANT,
J»U-tf At " nt -
COMMISSION HOUSES.
gIiIFLKY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON,
HO. 119 CHESTNUT BT.,
COMMISSION BtEBOHANTS*.
FOR THE SALE OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
MMMfe
HAN KINO.
IT GUST BRLMONT ft 0 0.,
B A N K E R S.
50 WALL STKISJST NSW YORK,
Lira* Letter* of credit to traveller*, evxll&ble In all
paita of Europe, thronch the Mexra. Rothachild of Pe-
ru, London, Frankfort, Napleu, Vienne, end their oor-
reapondente.
JLO OKING CLASSES.
JMMBNBE REDUCTION IN
LOOKING) GLASSES,
OIL PAINTINGS,
ENGRAVINGS,
PICTURE AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. - '
JAMES S. EARLE & SON, '
816 CHESTNUT Btreet,
Announce the reduction of 38 per cant, in thepnos* in
all the manufactured stock of Looking Glmwii alio*
n Engravings, Picture and Photograph Frames,.Oil
Painting*. The largest and moat elegant assortment in
the country* A rare opportunity now offered to make
purchases in this line for oash»at remarkably low prices*
EARLE’S GALLERIES,
Sl6 CHESTNUT STREET.
CABINET JfUKNITUBR,
r'ABINKT FURNITURE AKD RIL-
V# WARD TABLES.
MOORE a CAMPION.
Ho. 361 OOV7H SECOND STREET,
ill eennection with their extensive Cabinet Business?
Which are pronounced* by all who have used them* tc
«• superior to all others. ... _ .. ,
For the quality and finish of these Tables the manu
facturers refer to their numerous patron* throughout
khc Wnion, wao sro familiar with the toeir
legal
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILA-
D foHN I T.'HARD]NG vs. SUSAN HARDINQ, in Di
vorce. March Term, 1861. No, 48.
TOflUtiAN ffAJU)INe- • m ,
Madam : Please take notice that testimony will be
taken on the part of Libellant on the twelfth day of
August next, before the Hxarainer appointed by th«,
said Court for that purpossjsec, reg%, at the office of
4
JjtS Ut* Attorney for Libellant.
OP ROBERT LESLEY, DI
JCi CEASED, .
Letters Testamentary upon said Estate having, been
grantee by the tcegister of Wills.to the undersigned*
all persons indebted thereto will pleaee make pa* meat,
am those having claims or demands jtgaiost the ewd
e*tateare requested to make known the same, without
delay* to jAMw II ItESLikYi
jfas-f et* 819 South FOURTH, street,
Estate of samuel martin, de-
Letters testamentary to the E?tete of SAMUEL
MARTIN* deceased, having been this day granted by
the Heieirtef of Wilt* to the nndeieiened, all persnne
indebted to said eatate are required to makei pajment,
and thoeo having olaimsto present them without delay
to WILLIAM. ft. PILBLiAn. .
ISAAC H.KSTON, Ex-outoni,
BLOCKLEY Post Office,
Or to their Attorney* ERICK RKYEit,_
phlla. June 10,1851. 941 South THIRD Street,
joti-ffit*
O' WOE OP SECRETARY AND TREA
SURER. SOLDIERS’ HOME, Ku« the Cit?
° SEiLEFsitOPOSALS will be received at this office
until -UKBDAY, (noon,) the, 28 th of Awnet. IMJ. for
the oonetrnotion of two Buildings, at the Soldiers
Home. somewhat similar to the tiro now there known
*s officer*’ Quarters ...
The plena and specifications may be examined at this
effioe. where ah information relative ,to ihe location
and eharaoter of the buildings will be given.
Ever/ offer for the construction of these buildings
most oe aocoropanled by a responsible written guaran
tee that, if th«s bid should be accepted, or
carries-wilt, within ten days* enter into an obligation,
«ith good and sufficient security, to erect the proposed
baud!»«looordiM to me plana and
ftevo been or may hereafter be lurfll*HBfl. sna
the bulldogs already ereoted, or faomga With the best
pressed bricks \ or bidders may. in addition) make such
proposals as to other materials as their experience may
suggest*
In deciding on the bids* right vrillbe reserved by
the Boaid of Coram'ssioners of the Soldiers’ Home to
aooept such offers only as may be deemed most ad
vantageous for the insiltution ; and also to rmeot the
who e should none of them te deemed acceptable,
All bids to be sealed and endorsed "Proposals for
Building," and address’d to BENJAMIN RING,.
Ass’t Surgeon, Secretary, and Treasurer.
jy3o-taul7 ■ ■ ■
[\rOTIOE TO BIDDERS FOR FUKNIfeH
iI JNG ARMY SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS—
-o*B* Of ARMY CLOTHING AND EQUIPAGE,
oornM of HOWARD ami MERGER Streets—New
York. July JS, 1861,—Mr advertisement of the irth in
stant for Propus.l" for Furnishing Armr Supplies and
Materials is so modified a* to reoeive bids for any por-
Uon less than one-fourth of the number irf art.o ss ad-
V ani*Bt *° r ' Major and Quartermaster.
Cnft PATRIOTIC, UNION, and OOMIO
OUU HNV ELOPES, ail different styles, the largest
mention in the United States, for at one cent
ooUeotion in BW •/ M 800, at the above
each, you ora oi varieties of Seorssion Envelopes
pnoe. Just reoe
from Maryland, Virgima»rau» order direct from
sg i gaasgdw-"’"M-
Books, daw and
Biwiiid am, HornMi mxm SWm. Ha. 4is
158 ft
SI l inrad
EUNE SHIRT MAWUFACTORY.~J-.W-
A SOOTT, 81 i CHESTNUT Btreei.a fey.i®*?’
bilew the.’Continental.” heattenUon of
•ealers is inviwd t. a , (MBAOvLD ' p»5 "A
.n IV—S- -a !>»-!,, *1 —ft 1 „ aa. watertal--r "St
*, Hi* W* •. » te, -d.» S’ -ivt* *.* a • r*.
POSTAGE STAMPS.—24 ct., 12 0t„ 10
ot„ fi ot., and 8 ot, STAMPS for sal* sit-this office,
Eieeptini the S ot. stamps, ther will be sold at a dm
of five per cent » .
onn OASES UNITED VINEYARD PRO
«UU PRIETO 113 COMPANY (Georre Sabgnao,
Manager,) CpGN > U.—Just reoeived per Ooean Skim
mer?*?™l# “fA 08 I 1 * “ttles eaoh) very
fineOLD BRANDY (bottled m Cognaolof the above
Sell known rad favorite brand, the first impofta
nn into the United-States under the new Lanft to
wiioh WO beg to oali the Attention of the trade, Bam-,
JSicrabe seen atonr office. For s&^pnbonibrthe
VOL. S.—NO. 2.
PROPOSALS FOR ARMY BAGGAGE
WAGONS.
e»a*T*BMa*rsn GnMnnat’e Ovpic*,}
Washinstom, June 11.1881, \
Proposal* are innted for the furnuhins of Amy Bax
*¥ropo*al* should state the price* at whioh they ear be
furnished at the plane* of manufacture, or at New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wasluntton, or Cinomnati,
a* preferred 08 the bidder*.
The numberwhioh oan be made by any bidder withm
one month after reoeipt of the order, also the number
whioh he oan deliver within one week. .
The Wagon* mu*t exactly conform to the fotlowinx
.peoifioation*. and to the established pattern*.
Six-muls loovoroil) wagon*, of the size and deeorip
ticn as follows, to wit :
The front wheels to be three feet ten inches high*
hobs ton inobes in diameter, and fourteen and a Quar
ter inches long; hind wheels four feet ten mohes hUh,
hubs ten and a Quarter indnes m diameter, and fourteen
and a Quarter inches Jonr ; fellies two and a half inches
wide and two and three-quarter moh*s . deep:
cast iron pipe,boxes twelve inohes long, two and a half
uiohea at the large end and one and seven-eighths inch
at small end; tire two and a half inohes wide by five
eighth* of aumoh thick, fastened with one screw bolt
and nut in each feme; hubs made of gum, the spokes
and fellts of the heat white oak, free from defect*; each
wheel to haven sand band and linchpin band two and
three-quarter inches wide, ol No. 8 band iron, and two
driving bands—outside band ono and a quarter inch
by one-quarter inch thick, inside band one inch by
three-sixteenths inch thick; the hind wheels to be
made and boxed so that they will measure from the in
side of the tire to the large end of the Jmx six and a half
inohes, and front wheels six and one-eighth inohes in a
Baralle! line, and each axle to be three feet eleven and
wee-oighth inohes from the outside of one shoulder
washer to the outside of the other, so as to have the
wagons all to track five feet from centre to oentre of
the wheels. Axletrees to be made of tte best quality
refined American iron, two and a half inohes square
at the shoulder, tapering down to one and a half inch m
the middle, with a seven-eighths inoh king-bolt hole in
each axletree; washers and linchpins for each axletree;
size of linchpins one inch wide, three-eighths of an inch
thick, with a hole in each end ; a wooden stock four and
three-quarter inohes wide and four inches deep, fas
tened substantially to the axletree with clips on the ends
and witt two, bolts, six inohes from the middle, and
fastened to the hounds and bolster* (the bolster to be
fouf- feat fire inches long, five inohes wide, and
thijed and a half inohes deep,) with four half-inch
The tongue to be ten feet eight inches long, four
inches wide, and three inches thick at front end of the
hounds, and two and a quarter inohes wide by two and
three-quarter mohes deep at the front end. and so ar
ranged as to lift up, the front end of it to hang within
two feet of the ground when the wagon is standing at
rest on a level surfaoe.
The front hounds, to be six feet two inohes long,
three inohes thick, and four inches wide over axletree,
and to retain that width to the back end of the tongue;
iaws of the hounds one foot eight inches long and three
Inches square at the front end. witha plate of iron two
and a half inches wide by three eighths of an inch
thick, fastened on top of the hounds over the back end
of the tongue with, one half-inch screw bolt in each
end, and a plate of iron of the same size turned an at
each end one and a half inches to clamp the front
hounds together* and fastened on the under side, and at
front end of hounds, with half inch screw bolt through
each hound, a seven-eighth inoh bolt through tongue
and hounds in the centre of jaws, to secure the tongue
in the hounds; a plate of iron three inohes Wide, one
quarter inch thick and one foot eight inches long*
secured on the inside of jaws of hounds with two nve s,
and a,plate sOf same dimensions on each side of the
tongue, where the tongue and hounds run together,
secured in like manner ; a brace of seven-eiphthß of an
moh round iron to extend from under the front axle
tree* and take two bolts in front part of the hounds*
fame brace three-quarter* of an inch round to continue
to the back part of the hounds, and to be fastened with
two bolts, one near the back end of the hounds, end
one through the slider and hounds; a brace over front
bolster one and a half moh wide, one-quarter of an inch
thick, Vfith a bolt m eaoh end to fasten it to the hounds;
the opening between the jaws of the hounds, to receive
the tongue, four and inches in front; ant
fonr and a half inohes at the back part of the jaws.
/The hind hounds four feet two inohes long* two and
three-quarter inches th*ok, and three inohes wide; jaws
one foot long where they clasp the coupling pole; the
bolster four feet five inches long and five inohes wide
bv three inches deep, with steady iron two and a hal:
inohes wide by one-half inch thiok turned up two and
a half inches and fastened on each end with three
rivets; the bolster stocks and hounds to be seonred with
four half-inch screw bolts* and one half-inch screw bolt
through the coupling pole.
The coupling pole nine feet eight inohes long, three
inohes deep, and four and a half inches wide at front
end, and two and three-quarter inches wide at book
end; distance from the oentre of king bolt hole to the
centre of the back axletree six feet one inoh. and from
the oentre of king bolt hole to the oentie of the mortice
in the hind end of the pole eight feet nine inches; kin;
bolt one and a quarter inches diameter, of best refinec
iron, drawn down to seven-eighths of an inoh where it
{lasses through the iron axletree ; iron plate six inohes
ong, three inches wide* ana cne-oighth of an inoh thiok
on the doubletree and tongue where they rub together,
iron plate one and a naif by one-quarter of an inch on
the sliding bar, fastened at each end by a screw bolt
through the hounds; front bolster to have plates above
and below eleven inches long* three and a half inohes
wideband three-eighths of an moh thick, corners
drawn out and turned down on the sides of the
bolster,, with a nail in each corner, and four coun
tersunk nails on top: two bands on the hmd houndß,
two and two and a half inohes wide, of No. 10 band
iron; the rub plate on the coupling pole to be.eigh,
inohes long* one and three-quarters inohes wide, ant
one-quarter of an inch,thick. Doubletree three feet
feet ten inches , long* singletree two feet eight inohes
long, fill Hrftll made of hickory, with an iron ring am
clip at each end, the centre dip to be well scoured; lem
bar and stretcher to be three feet two inohes long, tw j
and a quarter inches wide, and one and a quarter inch
thick. Lead bars, stretchers, and eingletreea for six
mule team; the two singletrees for the lead mules to
have hooks m the middle to hook to the end of the fifth
chain, the wheel and middle pairs with open Tings to
attach them to the doubletree and lead bar.
The fifth chain to be ten feet long to the fork; the
fork one foot ten inches long, with the stretcher at
aohed to spread the forks apart ; the links of the dou
fietree* stay and tongue, ohains, threc-uighths of an
inch in diameter; the forked chain seven-sixteenth
moh in diameter; the fifth chain to be seven-sixteenth
moh diameter to the fork ; the fork to be five-sixteenth
inch diameter; the hnks of these and of the look chains
to be not more than two and a quarter inches long
The body to be straight, three feet six inches wide.
two feet deep, ten feet long at the bottom, and ten feet
six inches at the top, sloping equally at each end all in
the clear or inside; the bed piechs to be two and a half
inches wide and three inches deep; front pieces two
nohes deep by two and .a half inobes wide; tail piece
wo and a halt inches wide and three inches deep; and
bur inches deep m the middle to rest on the coupling
pole; top rail one and a half inch thick by one and
seven-eighth inch widelower rails one inch thiok by
tonw-and seven eighth inoh wide; three studs and one
TaiUn front*with * coat on; strap iunceato close ItTUP
as high as the sides; a box three feet four inches lone,
the bottom five inohes wide front side, nine and a half
inches deep* ana eight and a half inches at the top in
parallel line to the body'all in the clear, to be sub
stantially fastened to the front end of the, body,
to have an iron strap passing roimd eaoh end, se
cured to the head piece and front rail by a rivet in
each end of it passing, through them, the .lid to be
astened to the front rail with two good strap hinges, a
strap of five-eighth iron around the box a halt men from
the rop edge, and two straps same size on the lid near
he front edge* to prevent the mules from eating the
joxes; to have a joint hasp fastened to the jhniale of
the lid, with a good wooden pleat oh the inside, astrap
of iron on the centre of the box with a staple passing
through it, to fasten the lid to: eight stuns:and two
rails on each side; one bolster fastened to the body,
six inches deep and four inches wiefe at king bolt hole,
iron rod m front and centre, of eleven sixteenths of an
inoh round iron, with a head on the top of rail and nut
on lower end; iron, rod and brace behind, with shoulders
on top of tall piece, and nuts on the under side, and a
nnton top of rail; a plate two and & half inches wide,
of No. 10band iron, on tail biede, across the body; two
mortioes in tail place and hind bar two and a quarter
inches wide and one inch thick, to receive pieoes three
feet {bur inches long* to be used as harness bearers;
four rivets through eaoh side stud, and two rivets
through each front stud, to secure the lining boards, to
be of the best quality iron, and riveted on a good bur;
one Tivet thronch each end of 'the . raus; floor
five-eighths of an : inch oak boards: sides five
eighths of an men white pme, tail-board three-quar
ts™ of an inch thiok, of white pme, to be well oleated
with five oak cleats riveted at eaoh end through the
tail-board; an iron plate three feat eight inches long,
two and a quarter inches .wide, and three-eighths of an
inoh thick on the under side of the bed piece, to extend
from the hind end of the body to eight inches in front
of the hind bolsters, to be fastened by the rod at the
end of the body* by the lateral rod and two three
eighths of an inch screw bolts, one at the forward end
of the plate, and the other abput equi-distaat between
it and the lateral rod. A half-inch round iron rod or
bolt to pass diagonally through the rails, between the
two hind studs to and through the , bed piece and plate
under it, with a good head on the top ana nut and screw
at the bottom, to be at the top one foot six inches frdm
inside of tail board, and on the bottom ten inohes from
the hind rod. An iron olamp two inches wide, one
quarter of an moh thick around the bed piece* the oen
tre bolt to whftn the look .chain is attached passing
through it, to extend seven inches on the inside of the
body, the ends, top* and bottom to be secured by two
three-eighths men screw bolts, the middle bar at the
ends to be flush with the bed piece on the lower side.
Two lock chains secured to the centre bolt of the tody,
one end eleven inches, the other two feet six inches long,
to be of three-eighths of an inch round iron: feed
trough to be four feet six inches long from out to out,
the bottom and ends of oak, the aides of yellow pine,
to be eight inches wide at bottom, twelve inobes wide
at top, and eight and a half inohes deep all in the clear,
well ironed, with a band of hoop-iron around the top,
one around each end and three between the ends,
strong sod suitable irons to fasten them on the tongue
when feeding; good ationg chains to be attached to the
top rail of the body, secured by a staple with a hook to
attaoh.it to the trough. Six bows of good ash, two
lux bes wide and one-half inoh thiok, with three staples
to confine the ridge pole to itsiplaoe j two staples on
the body* to secure each end of the bows; one ridge
pole twelve feet long, one and three-quarters inch wide
by five-eighths oi an inoh thick ; theioover to be of the
first quality cotton duck, No, —* fifteen feet;Jong anu
nine feet eight inohes wide, made in the best manner*
with four hemp cords on eaoh side, and one through
each end to close it at both ends; tso rings on eaoh end
of the body, to dose and secure the ends of the cover;
a staple in toe lower rail, near the second stud from
eaoh end, to fasten the side oords. The outside of the
body and feed trough to have two good coats of white
lead, colored to a blue tint, the inside oi them to have
two coats of Venetian red paint; the running gear ant
wheels to have two good ooats of Venetian red darkenec
of a chocolate color, the hub and fellies to be well
pitched, instead or painted, if required.
A tar-put, an extra king bolt, and two extra single
trees to be furnished with eaoh wagon, the king, bolt
and singletrees similar in all respects to those belong
inJLohside of the body of thewagon to be marked U.
S.» and numbered as directed; all otner parts to be let
tered'U.S.; the cover,feed box. bolts, linchpins, tar
pot, and harness bearers tor eaoh wagon to be put up
in a strong box* (coopered) and the contents marked
thereon.
It is to be distinctly understood that toe wagons are
to be so constructed that the several parts of any one
wagon willagTee and exactly fic those of any other, so
u to roqniie no nnmimrinc dr arrraciM for pattiacto
rether, and all the materials used fur their construction
t&fofif to* b«t fiuMity \ all the wooffttimrouKiiU roft*
SQB&df and the work in all us parts faithfully executed
! ua the best workmanlike manner.. •
• The' work may be inspected from time to time as it
progresses by an officer or agent of the Quartermaster's
Department, and none of it snail be painted until it
shall have been inspected and approved by said officer
or agent authorized to inspect it. When finished,
1 tainted, and accepted by an officer or agent of the
Quartermaster's Department, and delivered as herein
’ S;reed.tßSr .hall b" Baidfor.’ M. C. MEIGS,
je gft-tf ' Quartermaster General U. 8.
fett-Cm*
BKUWN’S ESSENCE OF JAMAICA
GINGER.—FREDERICK BROWN, Chemist and
Drucsiat, northeast comer of Chestnut and Fifth atx.,
Philadelphia, *bie mamuactarer of Brown’s Lsaenoe of
Jamaica Ginjsef .which is recognised and prescribed by
the medicaliaoimT t ami has become the standard family
medicine of the united State*. • ■
Thu Essence is a preparation of unusual excellence.
In ordinary diarrhoea, incipient oholera, in short, in all
oases of prostration of the digestive functions, it js of
inestimable value. During the prevalence of epidemic
Sholera and summer complaints of children, it is pecu
arly efficacious; no family, individual, or traveller
should be without it, „
NOTICE.—To prevent this valuable Essence from
being counterfeited, a new steel engraving, executed at
a great cost, will be found on the outside of the wrap
per, in OTder to guard the purohaser against being im
posed upon by worthless imitations.—lBsB,
Frepared only by FREDERICK BROWN, and for
sale at his Drag and Chemical Store. N. E.,oorner o
Fifth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, and at FRE
£ ERICK BKOvIN. Jb.’s, Drug and Chemical Store,
. K. corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets, " Conti
nental” Hotel, Philadelphia. Also for sale by aU rs
■M«Ub!« Pricrlati in tfe* Vmbiai State*, Wfl-te
UNtTEo viweVArd PIiuPaiETORS.
,56. Sa(jgnao, , M*naK*r)OOG*Ao^Jttlt
received, by the Ocean Skimmer t from Bordeaux, a
shipment of the above favorite “ brand" of Brandy, of
the vintages of
1388. 38M. 1862, 1860,
in half, quarter, and eighthpipes, pale and dark.
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IP OSS .
Books and Authors.
So little Is doing by American publishers
at present that the appearance of a new book
is almost an event. Dn Chaillu’s wonderful
account of bis travels, researches, and dis
coveries in mid-Africa, lately published by
the Harpers, promises to bo as popular bore
as it is In London. The recent episode at the
Geographical Society in London, where, after
Captain Burton, the African explorer, had
read a paper vindicating the truth of H. Du
Chaillu’s statements, and was insolently set
upon by a Mr. Malone, who .disputed Du
Chaillu’s accuracy, while admitting that he
had never read the book which he thus chal-
lenged, ended in Du Chaillu’s losing his tem-
per and personally insulting Malone on the
spot. As usual, there has been the publics,
tion of letters in the newspapers, giving va
rious versions of the insult by Malone and the
assault by Du Chaillu. The latter frankly ad
mitted his error, pleading, in extenuation,
that Malone, himself hot a member of the
Geographical Society, hut merely a visitor on
that occasion, committed the first outrage.
Malone magnanimously declared that he for
gave the Gorilla-hunter, but recommended
that he should not be again allowed to attend
any meeting of the Society.- Oddly enough,
and certainly with 1 considerable fairness, the
result arrived at is—that Mr. Malone himself
should receive an intimation that the learned
Society in question would prefer his room to
his company. So, tho adventurous but hot.
tempered Du Chaillu is rehabilitated, and his
book is more popular than ever in England.
Its hero, the man-like Gorilla, has been
honored with a cut—not “ the cut direct”—
in Punch, and a rattling farce at the Adelphi
Theatre beats the catching title of “ Mr. Go.
, The Petersons, of this city, are likely to
have as great a sale for “ Great Expectations,”
Dickenß’s new story, as fof any other of his
works. It has positively created a furore in
London. The Athma’.um, which is not par
ticularly noted for warmly praising any body
or any book, says, “ Whether the library of
English fiction contains a romance comparable
with e Great Expectations’is a matter which
admits of doubt—because, with the breathless
interest of a tale of mystery and adventure,
with descriptions, in which familiar and tame
scenery is wrought up so as to exceed in pic
turesqueness the appenine landscapes of a
Kadcliffe, or the deep-sea storing of a Feni-
REMEDY
moro Cooper, are combined such variety of
humor, such deep and tender knowledge of
the secrets of a yearning human heart, as be
long to a novel of the highest order.” Ac
cording to this authority, its only fault is—
that it is too short. The critic adds s “ Try
ing Mr. Dickens by himself, vre find in this his
last tale as much force as in the most forcible
portions of ‘ Oliver Twist,’—as much delicacy
4s in the most delicate passages of 'David.
Copperfieid,’—as much, quaint humor as in
‘ Pickwick.’ - In Bhort, that this - is the crea
tion of a great artist in his prime. we haye felt
from .the very first moment of Its appearance,
arid can deliberately sign and seal the eonvic-
tion, even though the catastrophe is before
ua, and though we have been just devouring
the solution of 'Great Expectations. 5 V
Miss Havisham's mad life has been set
down, by certain novel- readers of our ac
quaintance, as improbable—doubtless because
it is unusual. The JUhenamm, alluding to such
objections, says " such have not been conver
sant with the ireaks and eccentricities which
a haughty spirit in agony can assume s nor the
manner in which a resolution once taken be
comes a law nirrcr to bobrokoni , vy* libv.o not
doubt that, even now* in remote places of
England, rich old mansions might be found as
strangely peopled as the deserted brewery—
With its spectre in white. Satis House, with
its dank and weed-grown garden and the
monlderisg 'bridal feast, is as real, to üb, as
the lonely church on the marshes—or as the
■Wonderful estate in Walworth, with its works
of art and ingenuity-—the original of which,
by the way, W® have heard claimed tor half a
dozen different localities.” . Finally, the critic
calls “Great Expectations” the imaginative
book of the year, and says! “In no late fiction
has Mr. Dickens been so happy in his group of
what may be called accessory characters. Mr.
Jaggers, with Mb handgerchief; Mr. Wopsle,
with his dramatic instincts—the greedy, syco
phantish seedsman—that wonderful thorn in
every one’s side, Trnhb’s boy—are all capital.
We fancy that, at the outset, he may have
meant to make more of Mr. and Mrs. Matthow
Pocket—bnt they are not missed—Herbert Is
as fresh and genial an Horatio as a hero could
desire , and most particularly are we grateful
for the uncertainty in which the tale closes, as
we interpret it. We do not believe that Pip
did many Estella, though there are two
opinions on the subject.”
No doubt he did marry her, and a pretty
hard time he mast have had with her, a woman
Oldet thaii hiinself, and With a tartar-tomper
of her own. ...
The fifty-cents edition of this book, pub
lished by Messrs. Peterson, has two considera
ble blemishes. The first is a portrait of Dick
ens, coarse ; and vulgar enough to pass, if
needs he, for the vera effigies of Pip’s patron,
“ the warmint/’ and the second is a remarka
bly absurd title-page, into which are crowded
a list of Dickens’ works, and an announcement
that he was paid five thousand dollars for per
mission to reprint “ Great Expectations” in
this country. Nothing could be in worse
taste. It is to be hoped that the i2mo.
■edition-will not be oppressed with blurs like
.these.
LANGUOR,
HEXVOHBHEBS.
iiCjC HEADACHE.
HECTIC FLESH, Ao.
41* NO FA T,
FEIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1881
The same number of the Mhenaum, which
criticises Dickens, gives nine columns to a
notice ef the rival Dictionaries of Webster and :
Worcester, being especially severe on .Web
ster’s philology. At the same time, it wholly
omits to notice what we consider the only
great fault in Webster’s Dictionary—namely,
its arbitrary and indefensible alteration in the
way of spelling certain words : in general use. :
To write theater, center, scepter, instead.
Of ~ theatre, centre, and sceptre, and so
on, with seme seventy wora» having similar
terminations, is not to Write the English lan
guage, hat to substitute a Websterian dialect.
We earnestly recommend the publishers to re
store the correct spelling, (silently, if they
please,),and thus make Webster reliable. He
is to blame, also, ior being the means of
making the American mode of dividing words
very different from the English. In Ameri
ean printing, the words are incorrectly divided
by joand, whereas the English, who ought to
be beßt judges of their own language, divide
by syllables. Thus, if the word sonarific has
to be divided, Webster would put it svn-o-rif-tc ,
whereas the correct and ordinary English syl
labic division is so no-rt-jie. The reviewer’s
summing up, on the rival dictionaries, is as
follows : “ The volumes before ns show a vast
amount of diligence i but with Webster it is
diligence in combination with fancifnlness 5
with Worcester, in combination with good
sense and judgment. Worcester’s is the so
berer and the safer book, and may be pro
imnced the best OXistingEnglish < Lexicon.’ ”
A new anti ratfaWe bvvvJj c»«3«iy
printed, is « Philip Thaxtor,” just published
at Hew York by Rudd and Carleton. From
internal evidence, we think this is by a new
hand. The early pari of the story, especially
the harrowing details of' cruelty inflicted on
the hero, in childhood, by a cruel task-master,
is lar from pleasing, but from the time of
Thaster’s leaving Hew York for California, in.
the earlier stages ot the gold-seeking fever, is
written with great power, and apparently
with great truth. In or out of fiction, we have
, read no account of life in California, in the
1 gold-field and the city, half so vivid as this.
• The moral of the tale is not brought out—so
far from it that Thaxter, with his family,
settles down, at the end, to enjoy life upon a
splendid estate in California which he hid won
at the gaming-table. ' There is some careiess-
R GBfc in the diction of tho story. Philip, while
teaching school, is made to exclaim to ono of
his pupils whom he had knocked down, “ Lay
thojo } i toll you to get up.” Here are
two errors —lay for lie, and till for until. In p.
120, the author says, “ the high, board ceiling
seemed to be made to defy the cold, and the
knocks and thumps of chairs and tables, so
that you could lean your chair against it with
no rear of defaoing it.” How chairs and
tables could possibly get knocked and thumped
against the ceiling would puzzle one of our
lawyers to discover. The writer meant the
ionfiiBcof. Throughout the book, too, the
author speaks of “ a deck of cards” instead of
a pack, Tho word “dock” is never used in
this sense, except vulgarly. The phrase «to
deed the lot to the capitalist,” is as bad Eng-
lish as to say that he « donated” it. There
are numerous other traces of carelessness.
SHU, the story Is full of interest, and is truly
American, in characters, localities, manners,
dialect, and adventure. It is a good, hold,
dashing story, and the character of Nftbby, a
New England housekeeper, Is very original,
racy, and quaint in its way.
Many of our readers will recolloct what a
sensation was caused some eight years ago by
the publication of a poetic volume, called “A
Life-Drama,” by Alexander Smith, a young
Scotchman, wholly, unknown until then. Ho.
was born at Kilmarnock, on the last day of
183 p, and obtained bis living by drawing pat
terns for ono. of the lace-factories in Glasgow.
Ho -began to scribblo verses at the age of
seventeen, and atthengeof twenty had flnish
edlthe “ Life Drama,” which ho forwarded to
Mr, Gilflllan (author of several heavy volumes
of “Literary Portraits”), who was then a
principal writer In The Critic, ono of the ablest
honest literary journals in London.
GilfiUan, struck with the merit of the poem,
published portions of.it in The Critic, and,
also, we believe, in the Eclectic Review. - This
was in 1862. The poem appeared in book
form in the following year, excited great atten
tion, and provoked much criticism in England;
and was republished by. Ticknor-&> Fields, at
Boston. - Its popularity has been- great in
America. Opinions were divided as to its
merits in England—but it was generally ad
mitted that Mr. Smith was, indeed, a poet, his
faults being those of an imagination only too,
affluent. Professor Aytoun thought it worth
while to write a parody on « The Life-Drama,”
which he called “ Firmilian, a Spasmodic
Tragedy, by T. Percy Jones.” In point of
fact, this was a hit not only at Alexander
Smith, but also at Carlyle, Gilfillap, Bailey
(author of “ Festus,”) and Tennyson. This
parody was republished by Bedfleld, of New
York, but Was next door to a failure. In 1864,
Mr. Smith received the life-appointment,:
worth $1,600 a year, of Secretary to the Uni
versity of Edinburgh. He wrote “ Sonnets oh
the War,” in 1866, In conjunction with Sidney
Dobell, and published a small volume, entitled
“ City Poems,” in 1867, which was republished
hqre. It scarcely sustained his reputation.
Mr. Smith has written , several prose articles
for periodicals—-chiefly in Macmillan's Magti.
sine. He has a new poem in the press, enti
tled “ Edwinof Deira.” '
One of our E nglisli correspondents" lately
sent' ns.an incident in Alexander Smith’s life,
which may be laholled «Curious if true,”
and which we shall mention here because it
has not yet been put into print, to our know
ledge. We need scarcely say that the generic
« Smith ” is not a very unusual patronymic.
One of this name who went to India over
thirty years ago, and survived the united
effects of high'living and the hot climate,
heard that- a namesake of Mb had written a
volume of-poems, which English and Ameri
can - readers were enthusiastically ' praising.
;He procured,and perused “ The Jjife-4>rama,”
with which he was so much pleased that he
wrote to AlexandervSmith, in Scotland, ex
pressing his admiration,. desiring to know
ftTmathing about. Ms.fnnuiy, and.pfieringhim
Ms interest to procure an appointment in Cal
cutta. The foot, who had just entered into
his office in Edinburgh, respectfully declined
the temp tations of Indian money-making, and
it appeared, from the account he gave of his
family, that his distant correspondent was-his
own father’s tot cousin. The relationship,
we are toid, was acknowledged by the Indian
Smith, in a very pleasant metnrier—namely,
by sending a present of $20,000 to the poeti
cal cousin, of whose fame he had become very
proud. .
Ife have reason to believe that this anec
dote is true, if any namesake,- or any other
person, (for we are not particular,) stould
desire to give us 20,000 proofs of admiration
and esteem, we are perfectly willing to ac
commodate him by acceptance.
Secession Attach on a Hew York itegi
ment in iiattiriiorg.
Shortly after four o'clock yesterday afternoon
the Fifth New York Begiment arrived at the Cam
den station, from Sandy Hook, Md., and-after a
delay of upwards of an hour, marched to the Presi
dent-street depot, where it Was expected a train of
oars would be in readiness to convey the raiment
to Philadelphia. At' half past seven o’olook, how
ever, no oars could be obtained. Information
shortly afterwards reached the depot that the sol
diers could be transported to Philadelphia via the
Northern Central Bailway, and that a train was
ready to start from the Bolton depot at any mo
ment. .... .. .. ■' ■;
The regiment accordingly took up the line of
march and passed up Central avenue to Monument
street, and when at tie eorner of Ensor street a
party of Irish . Secessionists began cheering for
Jtff. Davis. The choering was accompanied by a
shower of stbnes.that fell among tlie.ranks of the
volunteers The latter not forgetting the mur
derous riot of the 19th of April, supposed .that a
repetition! of that; bloody, day.was;to be enacted.
The soldiers acting upon that impulse, Immediate
ly fixed theft bayonets and charged upon the men
who lined the sidewalks- ' Several shots were also
fired, but we oould hear of no rnc being injured. "
When the fight began Officer Brooms rushed in
among the rioters and attempted to arrest a burly
Irishman, Who was in the aot of .throwing a brick
A soldier in charging mistook the offioer for one of
the assailantß, and slightly stabbed him in the
right side. Officer Brooms was compelled to. run
Into the store of Mr. Kramer, oh the oorfcer, when
the soldiers demanded that he should ; he given up
to them. Matters begun assuming a serious as
pect, when Officer Sherwood made his appoaranoe
at the store door, waving an Amerioan flag. Mat
ters were explained, and the sight of the flag bed
the effect of staying all further demonstrations,
and the soldiers formed into llDe again and pro
ceeded to Bolton depot.
. Daring the riot a man named Wm. Elliott, one
named Flaherty, and one other whose name we
oould not learn, were arrested by the regiment
and marched to tbe depot, the soldiers declaring
that .they intended to take them to New York as
prisoners of war. We afterwards learned that the
rioterß were released from custody upon their
taking the oath of allegiance to the United States.
While the riot was In progress, SfittadS of SOldiOfS
ohisod the. riot*M In ail. directions at tit point of
the bayonet-. We heard of several persons being
injured in this manner, but were unable to traoe
up the correctness of the report.
The police have the names of several parties who
were on the oorner of Ensor, Forrest, and Consti
tution streets throwing bricks, and efforts will be
made thia-morning to arrest them The fact of the
fight being circulated throughout the city,caused
a painful excitement, timid persons being fearful
that the riot would cause an outbreak among the
Secession sympathizers in the oity and the strag
gling soldiers, who might be chancing to be in the
streets. We are happy to state that no outrage
was perpetrated ns fat as Our knowledge extends,
outside of the notorious preoinot known as “lime
rick”—Baltimore Ctipper of yesterday.
We have sfartling accounts of the reign of
terror in some portions of Virginia. A gentleman
by the name of Jobn Thompson, with his wife and
seven ohildron, arrived here on foot, on Saturday
last, from Chriaßansburg, Montgomery county,
Virginia,' having been driven from their home for
expressing Union sentiments. They had all their
earthly possessions in a wagon, until they reached
the Cumberland Gap, at whioh point they were
menaced by the soldiery and robbed of all they
possessed, including a small sum of money. After
having been robbed, they were allowed ten minutes
to depart. The unhappy familythen made the
distance to this city on foot, arriving at the inter
.motion of Main street and Deargrass on Saturday
evening Is & dMtitaU MBditioi; Tbsy vsn kind
ly oared for by some of the charitable citizens of
Butohertown, who are proverbial for their libe
rality. Mr. Thompson: informs: ns that about fif
teen hundred Confederate troops are encamped in.
Kentucky, about two miles from the Tennessee
line, and that there are between four and five hun
dred soldiers near the Gap in Tennessee.' He was
permitted to pass the Tennessee line, but was as
saulted and robbed by the troops who are encamp
ed iu Kentucky.— Louisville Journal,
The Foacß at Gcmbehpahd Gap —Wo
learn from the Memphis Appeal, of Thursday,
that “ the troops of East Tennessee, under Gene -
ral Caswell, have been oceupyicg Cumberland,
Gap some time, and at the latest dates were well
prepared to dispute the passage of the Federals,
who, at one time, threatened the invasion of Ten
neseee by that route The force at the Gap is the
Seoond East: Tennessee regiment, under Colonel
D H Cummins. One portion of the brigade is
stationed at Big Crook Gap, and another at Bap
tist Gap, while Colonel Money's regiment is at
Hayneßvtlle, awaiting orders.”
LAYER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Steamship Africa.
Tlie Press oh the President’s Message
Burning of the Grand Opera Bouse, Paris.
The Recent Attempt on the Life of
the King of Prussia.
Nsw York, August l. Th» Canard steamship
Africa arrived hero at half past nine o’cloofc. Her
advices ate to the 2lst ult, but are mainly antioi
pated by the despatches obtained from her when
passing Cape Raoe.
The Grand Opera House, at Paris, has been
burned, baosing a loss of one million franos. Six
persons were injured: AUnough not equal in size
and splendor to others.in Europe, nor to the Phila
delphia, New York, and Boston Opera Houses, it
was probably the host appointed opera house in
the world It stood on the RnoLspeUetier and
the Roe Drooot, near the Boulevard dea Italians.
It was built in 1821., the Government having, in
the-previous year, destroyed the opera house on
the Rue Riohelieu, whieh Was the Beene of the assas
sination of the Duke of Bern. The arohiteot was
Dobret, and it was admirably constructed for
sound, while the stage was very spacious, and suit
ed for the grandest speotaoles The Grand Opera
had seals for only 1,811 persona JTiie Government
has for years been resolved lo build a new G rand
Opera House, and plans were- submitted recently,
one of whioh,'we believe, was accepted. The de
etruotion of the old building will, of course, hasten
the work.
' The English mission hds been received at Pekin
in the most friendly manner,:and there was a pro
speot of establishing oommeroial interoourse with
China on a much better footing than heretofore.
Advice 3 from Vienna state that Oount Moritz
Eaterhazy has been appointed .to the Ministry
without a portfolio.
- Count Torgaoh, the new Chancellor of Hungary,
has deblared his determination to act aebofdlng'to
the wishes of the nation and to the Constitution.
THB PBESIMSKt’S WBSSAOE.
The London Times has another editorial on
President Lincoln's message, which, It says, alto
gether confirms tbs impression produced by the
first, and is an unpretending and business like
justification of his past policy- “The passages
from whioh ho can cull any indication of Mr. Lin
coln’s present Intentions are scanty, enough, and
are Bo involved with controversial generalities, that
we do not feel as certain as' we pould wish that he
has maturely weighed all the ohanoes or conse
quences of an'internecine war. Men with arms in
tnelr hands will hardly listen to distinctions, how
ever just, between ' aeoession’ and ‘ rebellion.’ It
isi too late to disousa the right of the Southern
States to secede; the faot la, they have dsne so, and
the only questions that are new worth arguing are
whether they can be, or ought to be, recovered to
the Union by force."
•The Times says the appeal; for men and money
is the language of a man is In earneßt, an(t
knows that those whom he addresses are in earnest
too. “In short,” continues the article, “we must
assume that the North is prepared to make any
saerifiees to secure the objects of,a war. which pro
mises to be interminable . What are these objeots,
after ail, that transcends the paramount import
anoeof preserving peace between neighbors and
brethren ? This is a point on which the President’s
message, with all its elaborate refutation of Seces-
theories, throws very little light. The word
i slavery’does not oecur in; this document, and
the Bocial question 1b entirely merged in the con
stitutional. In fact, if we are to take Mr Lincoln
as our guide,: the English Tories : have not greatly
erred in regarding the American ortsiß as a su
preme trial of republican institutions He ex
pressly declares it to bo so, and, thaugh he de
scribes the objeot of that form of government in
some vague and high-sounding phrases equally ap
plicable to any other, it la well that the. people of
the United states should be joaloua for the honor
and integrity of their Constitution, The absurdity
of maintaioing that the instrument of oonfodera
tion.oontalned provisions for annulling itself .has
been amply demonstrated, but what follows? Cer
tainly not that it must he enforced at all hazards
i—at the risk .of ruining those interests whioh it
was designed, to seaure; of estranging ; forever
those States which it «raa designed to unite;, of
bringing into discredit thosb principles of which it
wbb the earliest embodiment. We cannot think
that Mr. Lincoln rises to the height of this practi
cal, but not less lofty argument.”
1 The article concludes as follows: “ There is one
negative feature In this message which we must
not pass over. It contains none of the harsh recri
minations against foreign Powers that we had some
reason to apprehend, and which, proceeding from
Tan official source, might have impaired, though It
could not destroy, tho sympathy that we have nover
Ceased to feel for the United States, The President
attributes the temporary partiality of Europe for
■the South—of whioh we first learned the existence
from’American journals—to the extraordinary for
bearance of his bwn Government, leading to an im
pression that ( the early..diUßolation.of our National
Union 'was probable.’ We are quite rJsfiy to ad
mit this or any other' Imaginary interpretottoo of
’ an imaginary faot, uud even to accept with a good
graoo the oharitable concession .of a New York
contemporary, whioh.perooives ‘ unimproved dis
position in England,’ so long as we are net forced
to quarrel With Site ffldnd beoatts# we will not
quarrel with another. We have net ieturned rail
ing for railing, for we .respected the sensitiveness
of; patriotism In the presence of an overwhelming
danger. We Comment upon the aots of American
statesmen as wc should comment upon those of our
own, though with greater oaution and reserve;
and .When we prefer a frank recognition of South
ern Independonfie Sy the North to the polioy
avowed in the President's iataage, it is Bolely be
oauso we foresee, as'bystanders, that this.is the
Issue in whioh, after infinite loss and humiliation,-
tbe contest must result."
The; London Morning Post , after objecting to
the diffttseness of Presidential messages, and
speculating upon the: causes therefor, prooeeds, in
an artlole containing BOfte. strange inaccuracies,
to ; contend that it is; rather, late in the day to
argizd the legal right, as Mr. liincola fioSs, cf. the
Secessionists to separate, it being the idlest of all
things at this Btage of the quarrel to argue a ques
tion oi legal rights. “It is lor the Governmental
Washington," says the Post, “ to put the armed
resistance opposed to it down as soon as possible,
without Wether argaiag the legal question. The
article predicts an obstinate and sangsinaryjlrng
gle, professes individual sympathy with the oppo
nents of slavery, but rtjoioes_ that England s
polioy is one of strict neutrality In the fratricidal
and lamentablecontest./ ..
The Daily News is eulogistic of the message,
and says it seif fit rest, with the simplicity of an
unchangeable resoivei many idle of a
compromise. If the National Government was
unable to strike the first blow it « now m a po
sition to secure, by energetic action, the sym
pathy: of- foreign Powers, with an inftcxiblo pur*
posafto maintain the Union undimimahed and nn
‘impaired. . ■ , . ... , ,
.... The.same journal, In another editorial, argues
that the advahae of the Federal army across the
Potomac Ib another cogent proof that the Republi
cans are really in earnest.
The Star picks the president’s arguments to
:pieoes, and -opposes the idea of subjugating the
South;; as the fesnlt Will infallibly be to subjeot
States, not in, but Under the Union. It con
eludes as follows: “ The most satisfactory portion
of the message is the brief passage in which the
President refers to the relations between the Go
vernment at .Washington and foreign Powers The
sovereignty and rights of the United States are
now, he says, everywhere practically respected by
foreign Powers. \We believe Jthat was so, not
merely now, but all along. What Mr. Lincoln
means is, that he and his Cabinet have at length
come to see tho true attitude of foreign Powers,
which their over-sensitiveness at flrßt led them to
apprehend.”
■ - The, Telegraph regards the message as very un
satisfactory, and as reminding it of the worstoom
positions that have emanated from the Whtte
Bouse. It ridlonles and endeavors to Terate the
principal arguments of Mr Lincoln.
; GREAT BRITAIN. ._ _ _
In. the House of Commons, on the 18th, Lord
John Bussell stated that;the most satisfactory ao
oonnts had been received from Mr. Bruce, the
ambassador to China, reporting that the mission
had been reoelved at Pekin in the most friendly
manner, and that its relations with the authorities
gave a satisfactory prospect of establishing eom
mefflisl intWDOUrBB Witb China on a much better
Mthvrto exited
cHfldßtoiio'gw* soittd dxpI&MllouB *8 to oM*
taia charges whiah h* bad brought on a former 00-
oasion against the Grand. Duke of Modena, and
whioh he had been requested by the Marquis of
Notmanby to withdraw. He regretted that these
charges had been construed in a more severe light
than he had intended, but he could not withdraw
the 1 main principle of the statement he had made.
Mr Disraeli rose to a point of ordor, and oh
iebted that Mr. Gladstone was using arguments
which could not be replied to, as there Was no mo
tion before the House. .
The Speaker said there, was no objestion to a
personal explanation, but a controversy on this
occasion would be irregular and inconvenient.
' The subject was then postponed:
The Bakruptoy bill, as amended.by the House of
Lords was taken up, and after oonsidorable de
bate the amendment striking out the appointment
of a Chief Judge in Bankruptcy was disagreed to
bv & majority of d-i
In the House of Lords, on tbel9'h, the subject
of Poland was debated, and hopes were generally
expressed that the Russian Government would deal
liberally by the Poles. Government promised to
produce the correspondence of 1831 82 with Russia
on Polish affairs
In the House of Commons, on the 19ih, Mr. Con
lngham again presented the petition of Mr O’Mal
ley: Irwin, oharging Mr. Lever and others with
fraud in the matter of the Galwey contract.
Mp’LfiW indignantly tJoaioa thtimputation,
anflobnnsda», , , ...
TllO 'petition -was received by a majority ©r 21,
and ordered to be printed
Mr Kinglako put some questions to Government
relative to rumors of the intended oession of the
Island of Sardinia to France
A general debate ensued. In the course of whioh
Lord John Rafsell spoke in strong terms against
any suoh' pn jeot, the realisation of whioh would
terminate the alHanoe between France and Eng
-land and oould not be permitted without the gene
ral oonourrecot, of Europe. He, however, had.
faith in Baron Rioasoli’s statement that Italy
would not oede another Inoh of ground
’ The extraordinary affray in. London between a
Mr Roberts and Major Murray, at the apartments
' nf the former, bod resulted in the depth of Mr.;
Roberts, and Major Murray; although progressing
favorably, was not out of donger. The canso of
tbia affair remained, » myatcry, and as_ Mr. Ro
wta was unoonsoioua some time before his death,
MsSritlon oould notbe taken. .
I ’L d **Sj w inJsmee 1 the well known barrister and
JiimbeVof Parliament, bas been formally dk-
the benches of the Inner Temple, Lon-
TWO CENTS.
don, on account of the gonadal which he has re
cently given rise to.
The prosecution in the case of the Baron Yidtl,
charged with an attempt to kill his son, had been
Withdrawn, the son refusing to give evidence. It
was not known whether the Crown would pro
secute.
PRANCE.
Betters from Vichy report the Emperor atill
looking poorly, but nevertheless deriving benefit
from the waters of that place.
M. de St. Qeorge; formerly direotor of the Im
perial Printing Office, and whose disappearance,
on account of heavy embarrassments, has been
already reported, bad been appointed French con
sul in Australia. ' ,
M. Edgar Noy had been sent on an extraordinary
mission to Berlin . .
The Paris Faya assorts that there Is no truth in
the report that the French army at Borne Is to be
increased. . . .
The light cavalry of Paris were being practiced
in-the rapid establishment of telegraphic wires'
during a supposed engagement. The wiros are,
fixed to lances
- The Moniletir contains a report addressed by
the Minister of Marine to the Empereri which 10
followed by an imperial decree approving of .the
conclusions of the report, and ordering a levy of
men for the navy, as follows: Ist. From among
those sailors who have not yet served the State:
2i. In case of an Insnffielcncy from among .the
class who have served the shortest time of their
period of servloe
; Another decree establishes bounties.: for: those
sailors who re enter Jhe navy, after tholr period of
. service has expired. v • /
i There were rumors of the pay of Senators bring
raised from 20,000 to 60,000 francs. >
\ The Bourse was inanimate and drooping ltentes
closed 07.75- '
Til* Count San Martins had left Naples.. .. .
. JThe Nalhonaiitir.s. aasefts that when King'Vio
tor Benaanel had read the Ernperbr
letter, bo said, “I am happy to see thatmy au
gust allJ. approyoe the lino of policy whioh my So-,
vemment has followed. The'good hews which yon
bring will fill-all true friends of Italy with joy.”
The Consistory, whioh waß to haya been held at
Nome on the IStU, had been postponed till the 23d
of July
PRUSSIA.
Farther particulars relative to the attempt on
the life of the'King state that Oscar Berker, the
man who fired the pistols', is supposed to be a
political. lunatic. He twice, sainted the Klng-on
the promenade .without any notice.being,taken
of Mm; Ho passed the King a third time, and
rushing at him firedtwo Shota in quick’succession.-
One bnllet penetrated the oollar of the King’s coat
and. tore his cravat, o&nsing a slight oontnslon in
the neck of his Majesty;
■ SPAIN.
■Madrid journals state .that the Spanish tquadron
at St. Domingo ■ had, received orders to present
itself before Port-au-Prince, to demand immediate
satisfaction from the Haytieh Government for the
invasion of the territory of St. Domingo, and in the
event of Its being refused, to blockade that capi
tal., '
iThe Queen had arrived at Valladolid, and been
warmly received
Hopes had been entertained that the plot of the
late insurrection at Loya would be discovered:
LonooH Mohey Makkst.—Thefundson tholSth'
opened dull at rather lower prices, but towards the
close there was rather more steadiness Consols
were last quoted at 89fa89} for money, and 89}b90
for account. '
In the discount market: there was rather more
demand, bat good bills were taken at 5j per oent.
The weekly returns' of the Bank of England
were more favorable. The bullion had further
deorsased to the extent of £96,156.
Baring Brothers & Co. quote bar silver at 5s o}d;
dollars,4s lojii, nominal; eagles, 77s They also
report Amerioan stocks without change. U. S.
fives Inquired for.at 72
'1 lie Wounded Federal Prisoner* at
Richmond.
The Richmond Examnier of July 25 has the fol
lowing’:
Two ears in the train of last-evening: were ap
£roprlated to the transportation: of wounded Yan
ees,: twenty-three in number, the majority, of
whom belonged to Ellsworth!» Fire Zouaves. There
were among them, however, a great variety of
uniforms. One fellow, with bright red-pants _and
bine jacket, told us he belonged to the Fourteenth
Regiment of New York militia: They were all
wounded in the most horrible manner, and as their
wounds had received no attention, they wfta in a
truly pitiable condition.
Their friends having run off and deserted them,
they had lain on the field jast where their injuries
were received : until picked up by qnr troops, and
onr surgeons being more than busy attending to
our own wounded, their oases were, of neoeasity,
postponed till after arrival in this olty . > The most
of : them had been shot in the lower extremities.
One fellow had both of his legs brushed, and several
bad one log broken. One of the Zouaves presented
a most dreadful spsotaole A rifle ball entered
last below, his right eye- His whole face and head
were so swelled and distorted by inflammation
that it is no great etretoh of language, to ssy that
“ his ownmother would not have known him ”
From another of Ellsworth’s Zoaavos,“whose loft
leg had been shattered by a 1 musket ballet, but
who seemed at the time to be suflerlng little pain,
wo Strivedcorauieriihle information. He .was,a
very inwlligost ‘ fellow, and dlsposeato l t»ifc~ -a--
told us that there vers not ten Zouaves in the re
giment of: a-hnndred and fifty who did not rejoice
when-Ellsworth was killed; that Il« was one of the
most brutal and tyrannflftl men that ever lived;
that ho never Issued an: order, without accompa
nying it with an oath or a klok. ~
On'inquiring at what time. during the notion be
was bnrt: and by what regiment the Zouaves were
opposed, he said he hnd beenwounded during the
Btoond hour of the battle, and was: captured by
and carried to the rear of "the Second Regiment of
the South Carolinians.: This regiment It wsb, he
reports, that annihilated the Zouaves-, He said
that he had been but : a few moments behind the
South -Carolinians before he was fully oonvinoed
that the Yankees oould never whip these people.
He says that no description oould do justice tothe
ooolntßß and BonolialaxiOG of tho Palaattos during
the most terrible carnage of the fight.
He says that as the wounded fell, aaa were
borne to the rear, though they in many cases must
hare been suffering agony, th«y jasted and langnod
aa tbongli nothing-bad happened, and they worn
in the midot Of peace and aeourity. , ...
One demure looking fellow scorned to think his
fate an uncommonly hard oas, as the moment he
arrived on the field, before he had evau cooked bis
gun, a bullet struck him full In the belly and
passed entirely through him.
. Captaih Stewam Vah Viiet, Assistant
Quartermaster General, attached to General Mc-
Clellan's staff, is a native of New York, and about
forty-two years of age.- He entered thoYfestPmnt
Academy as oadet in 1836, graduated 1840, and
w&b bravatod second lieutenant in - toe «hifd ftrtil*
lery, July 1, 1840. In Novembc*, 1843, be was
promoted to a first lieutenancy, and acted as Pro
fessor of MatbeiSatics at the military academy
until November, 1847 tv February, 1847,\he was
appointed xegimentat quartermaster, and : rabse
auently assistant quattermaster. June 4, 1847,
Lieutenant Van Yliet was promoted to a captaincy,
bat still acting as quartermaster. Undeisthe ad
ministration of President Buchanan, during the
disturbanses at Utah, Captain Van Vliet was sect
as a special commissioner There being no regular
conveyances, the captain was compelled to ride on
horseback all the way, alone and unattended; He
accomplished his jour neyto. Great Satt Lake City
In an , uncommon saort time, and his famous ride
Was the subject of comment with everybody.. in
President Buchanan's message to Congress, on the
subject which took Captain Van Vliet .to the. Mar
mon territory, the commissioner was honorably
mentioned as “ Major Van Vliet.” ,
On : his return from Utah, 1 he was appointed as
sistant quartermaster : general, .at Leavenworth,
which position ho held until called upon by Gene
ral MoCleUan, to act in the same capacity on his
own staff From the previous career of Captain
Van Vliet, the brightest anticipations of the futui#
may be made; and it is safe to .assort that the
Qaartermastor’s' Department oould hardly have
been entrusted in better : hands, and Bpeaks
volumes for the wise seleotion of the popular young
commander 'of the Department of Virginia-.
Ma.to& Johathas S. Baenabd, chief e “*
sineer corps, attached to General McClellan B staff,
iH a native of Massachusetts, and entered the Mili
tary Academy at West Point m 1829-,. On the first
of July. 1833, he was brevetted second lieutenant
of engineers, and waß promoted to a captaincy in
1838 On theiPth of May, 1848. he waß breTeted
major, for >• meritorious conduct while serving in
the enemy's country.”
Major Barnarfl IB probably the bvev «u“"7
englneer'in tho Berries, if wo. exoept coiomi Jo
seph Gilbert Totten, having been ongaged -in the
Bervice for a number of years. Be, planned and
superintended the stupendous fortifications in New
York harbor,. known as torts Tompkins and JtiOQ
mond, and surveyed the Tehuantepec route- Bis
last and greatest achievement is the’oonstrnotion
of the Uortifioatlons on Arlington Heights, made
famous by the Sixty-ninth Bcgigmnt New lorfc
State Militia, as Port Corcoran
Ifort Runyon, on the Virginia side of the Long
Bridge, was also planned' and superintended by
Major Barnard - When General was
ordered to advanoe on Manassas, Major Barnara
whs a member of his staff, and was present at the
battle of Bull Run: : : , • : ~ , .
Since the present war excitement, his advice ie
aardine fortifications has been freely solicited, as
great importance iB attached to the shill and expe
rience of this excellent officer : Major Barnard Is
in the prime,of life; and in his present position lie
is the most valuable acquisition General McClellan
could have made to bis staff.;
Captain Hbney Francis Clark, Assistant
Commissary General of General McClellan's staff,
was bo in in, the old Keystone State, about the
year 1820, and is at present in the neighborhood
of forty years of age He entered attest
from Pennsylvania,' in 1839, ; graduate! in- IH4o,
was breveted second liouwnant in 1842, and^or
ddrtd In sotiv* snrvloo 10 EJio Scots*
Captain Glurt rr?w ‘^"{i 1 * .a.
OBmpaign, and In the official d«p*IAMI M
paiticqtarly mentioned «a h&vißie Jill
;S»lr”K j-gjjr £'e"S“t
b E i.f o ?eaifain “f«r P gallant and meritorious
dOTduit In tb£ battle of cfepultepeo » In July,
1848 Captain Clark was appointed assistant in-,
stractor of artillery and oavalry In the Military
Academy at West Point,; which position ho held
for a,long lime afterwards ~ Thus it wiH .be seen
that General MoCletlan has been veryjudicious in
the selectibn of those composing bis ■ staff, and has
scoured men who will not fail: him or the country
in the hour of need
Brigadier General.— Colonel Loring, late
cf the' United .-tatcs army, was on Saturday sp-
Slintedby Jeff Davis as brigadier general oi the
onfederute States, and entrusted With the oom
mand of the division lately under General Gar
nett. ' '<
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general news.
Tub following nominations for brigadier
generals wore sent into Sonafce on Wednesday—the
dates of all the commissions are May 17: Colonel
Samuel P. Heintzolman, of the 17th Infantry, woo
was wounded while gallantly leading Ws dmsfpn
at Ball Kan; Colonel Andrew Porter, 16th In*
fantry, the present Provost Marshal of the oity,
who led one of Col Hunter's brigades; Col. Wm.
B PrankUu, 2d Infantry, a very highly esteemed
officer, who commanded Col Heintzelman’a First
Brigade- Col Charles P. Btone, 14thlnfantry; .
Meat, Col Thomas W Sheman, sth Artillery;
Y. os ®P“ Hooker, of Califoraia, recommended by
c 6 r-i£r aS v Ba{S kuBeW.a delegation; Ulysses 8. Grant,
of Illinois, recommended by the Illinois delega*
tioii, captain In the rrcalar army; Frederick W.
Lander, of Virginia, the Boidier o! the moantalis
uid plains, of whom all men know; Ed ward D.
Baker, °f Oregon, at present Senator and oolentl
°J_ “e California Regiment; E F. Kelly, of Vli’
glnia,tbe brave colonel who was wounded in the
•attack upon the rebels at Ph-lippi; John A Mb-
J" e V n ?®d > of Illinois, member of Congress from
that State, recommended by his delegation. Cols.
•Hetofzelman, Porter, and Franklin were recom
mended by the Pennsylvania delegation.
' : Major Seth Wieliams, Assistant Adjutant
General, and on the staff,of Gen, Mode lao, is a
native of Maine, wbs born about the year 1820.
He entered the Academy at West Point in 1838,
graduated with honor to 1842, and was, breveted
second lieutenant. In the Boooad artillery to July,
,1842 . In August, 1844, he was transferred to the
First artillery, which, at’lhis' present moment,
stands Alin the service, from the fact of the gal
lant oonduct of Major (now Colonel) Robert An
derson at Fort Sumpter
At the breaking out of the Mexican war, Major
Williams was aid-do camp to M«jor General Patv
terson, In ’47 and ’4B. , In May 1847, Major Wil
liams was gazetted first lieutenant, and on the
18 th of April, 1847, for “ gallant and meritorious
the battle of Cerro Gordo,” as the gen
eral order reads, he was breveted captain, fn
March,.lB49, be was appointed Post Adjutant to
tbo Military Aoadomy at; West Point, where he
has been until the breaking out of. this war, when
hewag-called noon to assist General McClellan
with his extensive knowledge sad military expe
rience as Adjutant General ;
FRIGHTSW. -TRAGEDY A® -New-; Asheord.
Mass.—-A young man named Pratt, about eighteen
years of age, and a Miss Vanderworker, sixteen
years of age, who were uncle and - niece, eloped
from Home, ’N. Y., to New Ashford, last June,
and' were married- Tho. father of the girl, who
had discovered their whereabou s, arrived at Now
Ashford Monday night, declaring that be would
have his daughter. She want up stairs, and five
minutes afterwards the misguided couple were
found with their throats out, and so closely clasped
In each other’s arms that three men could hardly
separate them Tbo woman waß dead, but Pratt
still‘lingers.
A Favor to be Asked or a Zouave.— A
Zouave, Ms hair cropped olose to his skin, had
just taken his seat and thrown off his hat, showing
a skull suggesting a white-wood
with most of the bristles worn off. u Suppose you
wonted to bother that- Zouave completely,”' Baid a
lady to her oompanion,: “ would you know, how to
do it?” “Not espeoially,” answered her escort.
" Well, I’ll tell you,” said the bright-eyed vixen,
« ask him for a look of his hair!”
The Cohmscation op Teopeetxis Missis
siffi —Governor Pettns, of Mississippi, recom
mends the expediency of confiscating to the ÜBeof
the State.all the property within the State of alien
enemies; also the debts due to Northern merchants,
requiring the amount to be registered and- paid in
five annual instalments into the State Treasury,
payments to be receivable in the treasury notes of
the State.
Some of tlie Southern journals are terribly
troubled about a' substitute for oofiee, the blockade
ofthe Southern.porta having out off their übub!
supply of that artiole. One paper suggests that
common okra seeds are a good substitute, and a
writer to 1 another says he. has mixed dried sweet
potatoes with equal quantities of coffee, and ‘‘this
coffee.” he says, “looks much richer and: is
equally as good as the genuine.”
Beadeegabd Neably Caught.—On Tues
day, Sonera! Beauregard was rooonnoitring in
person within three -or; fonr miles of the. Chain
Bridge, and had. left a party of ton or fifteen o: his
troops scouting there, but ten' minutes before the
latter were all made prisoners by Capt. Motto, of
New. York, and a Union.oompany that went.out
ior the purpose of eapturlhgthem. The distance
was about six miles from Washington.
KitLED by a DANnKROtisPhATTHiHG.—John
Spellman, a hoy six years old, while playing on
some dirt oars at Burlington, Vermont, on Bnnday,
loosened the brakersof the forward oar,_and Bet
the train, consisting of seven oars, in motion down
the grade. When the oars Btarted, the boy fell on
’ the track, and the whole train passed over him,
severing his head from his body.
Stabs in. Fiags and Coins.—ln answer to
the query “why the stars on the United States flag
are and those in the coins six-point-'
ed,” the editor of tho Historical. Magazine an
swers, that the designer of the o'oin foilowod Eng
lish, and of the flag French custom. In English
heraldic language, the star has six points; in the
heraldry .of Holland, France, and Germany,- the
star ifftve ;i>ointed._ .
OArj-..-o«ni»»..,* ol ..rhA jl' jg n
Willard, whloh arrived at New 'xork-on—wwi- -
nesday, from ; Ponoe, Porto Kico, reports that, on
the 38th ult, when off New Inlet,.North Carolina,
he saw two steamers firing on a schooner that ap
lisared to he near the shore. At the same time, a
argo, war steamer was off shore, and another go
ing towards them. ;
AW immense quantity of army ammunition
arrived at Washington on Monday, It consisted of
over 30,00# pounds of shot and shell, 40.000 musket
and pistol cartridges, 70,000 S Inoh Columbiad
Shells, besides several wagon-loads of artillery
harness. Notwithstanding this large draft on tho
Pittsburg Arsenal, there is still a great supply
of all sorts of balls on hand.
The Montgomery Mail says that the Con
federate Government now has 250,000 soldiers,
well drilled and armed, and judiciously disposed
for, defensive operations. Jones Hooper, editor of
that journal, is secretary of the rebel Congress,
and It is presumed the information in biß paper is
derived froze official sources
! Fatau Accident.— A little girl named Hen
rietta Gumpt, five years of age, climbed upon the
rear part-of an ioe cart which was passing through
Eighth avenue, New York, on Wednesday,, and .
upon the vehfole saddenly starting she was thrown
violently to the pavement, and so severely injured
that death ensued soon after.
News from Savannah, Ga., says that a ge
neral alarm provaded that oity on tho reception of
thenews from Mnnaeesa- Tie Eighth Georgia re
giment, the “ Stephens Guards,” was the first one
attacked by the Sixty,ninth, Thirteenth, and
Seventy ninth, and was terribly used np.
The New Orleans True Delta incidentally
asserts that “ three, fourths ofthegallant men from
this city and State who have abandoned family and
home, and all that is dear to men, to march to the
battle field in defence of Southern rights and
I Southern honor, are Irishmen.” '
The New York delegation have reported to
Congress twelve names from that State for the
offloe of Brigadier General, which were adopted.
They also passed a resolution recommending that
General Wool be Immediately called into active
service
A Soldier's Wife.—Mrs. Colonel Rickard
son, of Michigan, la spending her honeymoon In
oamp. The wedding took place just before, the
regiment left home She was iu the late engage
ment, distributing water and other comforts to tte
weary.
The Mexican Congress has granted to the
United States Government the right of disembark
ing-troops at Guaymaa, and marching them
through Sonora to Arizona.
It is reported that Col. Guthrie, of the First
Kentucky Regiment, is lying dangerously ill at
Ravenswood, va., and that five companies of his
regiment are hemmed in.
The citizens ot New Orleans are about te
eroot a costly : monument‘ to the memory of the
late Uieutenant Colonel Chas. Hreux, killed in a
recent skirmish near Newport News
’•A' samite of twenty-one guns was fired at
Forts Modltrie and Sumpter, in Charleston bar
bor, 1 on Thursday, in honor of the yiotory at Ma w
nassas '
Mb. Shhpnebsoh, - the , Eiehmond corre.
snondoDt of the Montgomery (Alabama) Adwr
hset, tins bom anestafl i» Riohiaonti as a spy
i JAS. JAOKSOH) of Alabamaj the weR-snewc
spotting man, end part owner of the raoo-boiw
Daniel Boone, was killed In the fight at Manassas.
The third battalion of Rifles, from Worces
ter, Mass , how at Fort MoEenry, have volunteered
for the war. ■
The Hon;Robert Toombs has been appoint
ed brigadier general in the S. C- army, and will
akb the field immediately.
A hotiber of officers of the Fire Zouaves
snd-Seventy ninth have resigned, and others will
follow their example.
The First Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel
Roberts; is stationed at Annapolis, the former post
of the Sixth New York. ••
Mb. Sasioei. Snyder, oi Martinsburg, Ya.,
dted on the Sth-of July, at that place.
Francis H. Wei.max, Swedish consul for
Savannah, died there on ihe 12th. ,
Cabt. Avis, John -Brown’s humane jailer,
, was killed at Bull Run.
M
jjiCiiAl* INTEtXiIIiJKWCE
United States District Court—Judge
Cadfralader— United .States vs ; .The prise brig
Herald. The prize master of the bug Herald,
yesterday inoming, presented his* report to Judge
Pt* ihe matter wBB -.hen refer)ed to
J . CommiaEioeeTß foe IE -vp T- cp ivr a to, y ojc
asalnatloa.. '
. The Herald isloaded Withtarpenilna, and wat
seized iff Cape ilatteras by the United States
frigate St. Laearmee, for,violating.the. blcokade
off that ooast. . , "
The Sf Ldidfkrice has been but a few days ab
sent from this port, whenoe she started to join the
blockading squadron, .The Harold was captured
while attempting to run the blookade. and, under
the recent decision of Judge Cadwaiador, in the
case of the ship General VrerkhiU, will undoubt
edly be condemned.
' Statistics.—The following table
will show,the number of arrests made dnnng the
last month in the different pohoe distriota.
First police distriot, 110 1 S, lll ,'j^' l S
298; fouHh. llS; fifth, , 2 n W :^* t!, ’ I^'’e ”renth
58; eighth, 88 ; ninth, 59,'jenrii’ , 28 a
112; twelfth, I 0 1! r X Resorve, IB; Rivet;
fifteenth, 38; autteenth. 16, Reserve,
and Harbor, 13; Park, 25 •