The press., August 07, 1861, Image 1

THJE PRUSS.
PUBLISHED DAILY. 'FUkLAYB SXQ*FTBD,t
BY JOHB W. JOHNKy,
OFFICE Ho. 41? vfHBSTHCT STREET
daily prkss
Rwxlv* Cxsve Px& tv ssc, payable to tho Carrier-
Mailed to Sutworibera ovtnf the mtjat Six DoILAXe
■X Asnvh, Foca 'OM.iU- nt Eioht Months*
Hxxh Douxxs von Six Momh.—invariably in ad
UM Tot the time ordered.
TRI-WKKKLt *'II E, 8,
Mailed to Subsonbera o:itof the City at Tun Dot
baas Fn Annvk, in advance.
SKA BATHING.
j§EA BATHING,
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
TWO AND THREE-QUARTER HOURS
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
ATLANTIC CITY is now ooitc©ri<*4 to be on© of tb©
moat delightful aea-Kde resorts in t tie word, its bath
inf t« unsuriHuaed; its bAtmtif'ul unbroken beaeh
(nine miles in length) is (iripqn biany on the con
tinent, save that of Galveston ; its air is remarkable
for its dryness ; its nailing and fishing facilities are per
fect; its hotels are well fu'-mahod, and as well kept as
those of Newport or while its avenues and
walks are cleaner and broader than those of acj other
sea-bathing place in the country.
Traine of the CAMDEN AND ATLANTIC RAILr
KOAD leave VINE-STREET WHARF Philadelphia,
daily, at 7Ji A* M., and 4 P M. Returning, reaoh Phi
ladelphia at 9 A. M m and 7v£s F. M.. FaTOi SI,QQ
Hound-trip tickets, good for three days, $360 Dit
anoe, 60 miles, A te'egrsph extends the whole length
of the road. jylO tf
- FOR CAPS WAY A**D NEW
MH3H&YCBK, TU’-SDAYS. THURSDAYS,
and L'UniM'V*, a 9JS M.
New York and Pliiladelph'a "Steam Navication Com
pany. Steamers DELAWARE, Captain Johnston, and
BOSTON, Captain UrcmVer, will leave for C&PEtMaY.
and NEw YORK, from first wharf below Spruce street,
•▼e-r TUESDAY. THUJISJIAYr antf SATURDAY,
at OK A W.
Retnrnicc, leave York same days at S P. M..
Remruing, leave Cane May SUNDAYS, WEDNES
DAYS, and FRIDAY*, atB A. M.
Fare to Cape May* Carnage Hire inoluded $l6O
Fare to ffepe May, Season Tiokeis, Carriage
wire extra..—. 800
Fare to New York- Oabin.—.—- S 00
Do. Do. Deck.,—— 160
Steamers t'uob at New Castle going and retammg.
Freights for New York taken at low rates,
JAMES -iLLDEKWCR. Agent.
jy6-tm 314 and 3 1 fi *nnth DIvLA W*.?* E Avenne._
- yr"f. FUR GAPE MAY—The
M£n3sj£swift and comfortable Bay steamer
“GEoMGr. WASHINGTON” Captain W.Whittdin,
leaves Arch-afreet wharf; for Cape Yi ay, every Mon
day. Wednesday, and Friday morning at 9H o’clock.
Retu-mns, leaves the landing Tuesday, Thurs
day .and Saturday morning ar 8 o’clock.
Fare, carriage hire ir.oludef! ~. -- 51 M
** servant's-carriage hire included - 1-26.
Freight taken at the uauu tow rates.
Stopping at New Castle going and returning.
jyj- isel*
ITTTTT m iinmiii—Ml i THE sea-t^oke
CAMDKN AND ATLANTIC
RAI LRO\D.—Onsnd »iV?r yiONDaY Jnnf I7 r h,frninr
wiM leave VINE STREET FERRY da-.iy, (Sundays
escaped): _ . „
Mail tram 73 3£-2J*
Express train —~ . *.09 £» M-.
Accommodation ...... P. M.
REiUKNING. L&AVE3 ATL-.NTH:
Mail 146 P.M,
Express..-., —~ « JO A. M.
Accommodation—..* ...8.18 A. M.
Fare to Atlantic. 51.80: Round Trip ti "kets. good for
three days, 89 60.
Freight musi oe delivered at COOPER’S POINT by
3 P. M, The Company wiT cot be responsible, tor any
goods until received and receipted for, hr their Agent,
-atthe Point D->BN O- BRYANT.
(pi* *f tfw>t
COMMISSION HOUSES
g IIPLJSY, HAZARD, & EUTOHIKSON,
mo. iii> <mEBYR s#
' COMMISSION EEROS ANTS
FOR THE RALE GF
PHIIADELPHIAMA I
G-ooim
a—
5* AN JUNG.
BELMONT *OO.,
BANKERS.
50 WALL STREET NEW YORK.
Im. Letter* of credit to' travel.tu. amiable in all
pan. of Exrope, throufh the Mewr*. Rotheohildof Va
no, Loudon, Frankfort, Nnyioa, 7 lonna, and their oor
mpondentb feJ6-6in*
LOOKING GLASSES.
|MMENSB REUUOTiON tN
LOOKING GLASSSS,
OIL PAINTINGS,
ENGRAVINGS,
FICTOA2 AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
816 CHESTNUT Street,
Announce the redaction of 25 per cent, in the prices in
all the manufactured stock of Looking Glasses ; also,
n Engravings, Picture and Photograph Frames, Oil
Paintings. The largest and'Tnoste'eg&nt assortments
the country, A rare opportunity now offered to make
purchases in this line for oash, at remarkably low prices,
EARLE’S GALLERIES,
}j9-ll SI6 CfIiiSTMUT 6T&EI;T.
BtrnfNFdS CAJftJDS.
JOHN WELSH, PRACTICAL SLATE
ROOFER, THIRD Street and GERMANTOWN
Road, is prepared to put on anramount of Roofin:. on
the moet moderate terms. Will cnarantr to make
•Terr bnildrns perfectly irster-tish Orders promptly
attended *». m-v ly
KiAWSOM dc tXiUIiOL-tjOi ,
f BOOXBI’iDEiS,
Ns*. SIS ana Sal Mirtuz ij-eei.
Tawsan Marts; ard one*3iat
PHIhAOEiPHIA.
MX* FAWSOX. M*. X- XiSStOWl
lyg->*
E*ILE MANUFACTORY,
X 911 NEW STRjCES.
Flies and Rasps of erery desorxptien, end teed
aitStr, made to order, at the abov* MlabUeftnenti
WHOLESALE and RETAIL,
tf K&aMfaetiirer’s pri*oc,
qpl*fi(l r P J*
fj»ASJs! Art V OOMFGttX.
Xj A, ThEOBALC asks, Who sac ploais or nit
eyerybody? • ..
Baob a person probably cover was bom* But those
▼bo know when tnej are suited in BOOTS or BHOES
Are invited to eive him a call, and those.who never
▼ere suited before ma? be suited now. He is at his old
ens''nATttefltmrt j»!i fttn
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICES.
DISSOLUTION Off PARTNERSHIP.—
The partnership heretofore existing bftwa§n
SA ard SAMUEL fi.
Snaei the firm oi THOMPSON & JE*Klrfft,w this
dar dissolved b? mutual oonsect. Ihe business of the
late firm will be and wound up pj Samuel a.
~?on, a t the .tore,
BAMUiSL H. JiJiKINS.
Fhilada., June 7th. 1881. Jj3-d tf
LEGAL
]N THE OOUBT OF COMMON PLEAS
FOB THE 01TY AMD COUNTY OF PHILA
■® KMa ?? T^H.« M> l vs PUSAN HAKPJNG, i» »i
-votO- HarehTerin. 1881. No 48.
TO -11 •'- t * rfARU.N'T— . ~ ,
«ad*M : Please take notos that testimony will be
taken on the part of I ibe.aot on the tweifrh day of
A.ienslnext. heforo Ihe laminar appointed oy the
Mid iiourt lor that purpose, sr-c reg . at th* offioe oi
No" ft* B..nJhJIX . H Street at 4
<i’a>nak P. ftl, WAlrBiH J BUDU.
jjjs i 5 t * Atto ney lor Libellant.
TTt\tFO&D vs. THVTB"^jffD—-U. 0. P.
Df. 1850 No. 61— i-IVORCB— The respondent
will t»l« -p© uof-ic* r»l“ to show cause why diVt<r e a
•* euio m'u-imoniit sh*n d • ot u- decreedt iveluru
a.tle on ep»»«..lH»r «.;BSI. «t lO *. JM.
To HAHKIET L. TH.^UKa
p u Lipellaitts
ani w 4t
i-\j TUB ORPHAN’ OfiUCT FOR THE
AND COU>TY OF PHIt.ApTLPBIA.
of B iirn,t R.d ovßfd
wn tIV-.nth;t'hem t -ow.f»jiil.
n«>l' >t.A. : -x the Urrh’tD.’C-jlirt her petition
deee eat has ti (s p ftrto . rt j esiatp, eloMd to be
andao Ta ecinea - l ,J* fa fiCt if . pr |« 14 1351 and
retained . ■-—L . rp» Vl || be Uppr. vea uj tne
Apniß 1 jj pi'E viß i! R *t. 1861- udlebs ‘•loeDnona
are filed thereto* . _. _
TN ThE ORPHAN 0
I PITY AND
ssffs&iAa &2sip. r«r "S
i e d m o?.l’a IMS d B t r h«*h-°--V.« Wilt be approveo iij
?h D e d C&n •PA "ft ACBD. .mjy.««
M , p nar.
M\RSH\I’S SU.E. —By virtue of a
writ of sale br tne Hon. J'.hn p-dwaUder, Jadse
th» OJBirict ♦ ourt o F tue * nJtcd • * ate ? 5 * *l'
Hfutarn i>.at iut o f Pennsylvania iu »d*Tura:tr* to
SSdl“cS>™ ii, h.nold at pWo.ale tolh* hisbr«t
Sid beat bidder, f r caan, at »h*rt* 0B
'iiiiUrtBDA v . Au* uat 15, Ib6l at 12 o vJaok M»
Sor tackle aop t«i, *n ftirnunre, oaahe no* um at
2E wdarf,lhe said -i.trjjjjkJ- «««« b & D?‘
u. n. • D«*f eupa>
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>'l luk T* * B uDKBs if ; B
1™ XNG ARMY gUPP lES Ab D M & D> t r?M?fni- T
Office of 'R V Y OLOTHi'G AND EQUIPAGE,
corner o' H- m.Rn and M.hROr.K Siim-Nw
Yora,July23 iWI.-Mj advsriaement of the Hj ij*
ataotW Prop for tumishing Arm? ?;upp« e* and
Dl .ten Us is so mud «-ed us t> r- ctiw tuds for a f, y. fror*
tlon IMS lli»o ona-fciirUi of tt e number ofertoj^ 1 ad-
T anVat lt>r ‘ W«ior nod Q.aur rmnit-r.
tULJLXAii PKUPXLAi- Ifo®,
I’d The New Remedy fer
RBEBMAT.SM.
tv. «Hr vo tisvfi introduced to the no*
Jfff ‘Aj^USiai'w«r.sn of this country the £u,i
ofPrwlamm,***
HJiMfscy you
MOST Fi.AT'SKaiMB EEBTIMOSIAiS
of its real value in the treotment of this PS'nfnl an*
dioS ortWs*«wn«r who may fiael <iiSi«o«©d to fc6*t til*
Mw«r« « ihia YO-IwaWe remedy.
PBOPYLAftiWb. m the form aboro u>o
fcen o£ hfti *«s«atlr bsea ©KtaneiToly experiment^
with ia the
PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL,
and with MAiUCr l> SUCCIso3;-,« yiii appear from the
Adbiiflhfld 4odouutB iq the meiioai jwjrimi*.*
* tffTit ib oarefclij pul *9 read» for upjpediate as®,
with fall directions, and c*a be obtaineu from ai! the
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VOL. S—NO. 6.
Proposals roK army baggage
WASONS-
uLvahtxrmastbk Gxnbral’s Optics,<
Washington June SI, 1861. \
Proposals are invited for the furnishing of Army Bag
gage wagons
Propter. 1 * should state the price* at which the* can be
fuTuinihed at the plsoes of manufacture, or at Mew York,
Philadelphia. (Baltimore. Washington, or Cincinnati,
aspref»rr*d by the bidders.
The number which oan be mail© by any bidder within
one month after receipt of the order, also tie number
which ho oan deliver withp, one week.
The Wagons must exacly conform to the following
speoifioatio: s.and to the established patterns.
sa-imijF <Qovor«d- wagonsi of the size ami deiorip
tion as follows, co wit:
The front, wheels to be three feet ten inches high,
hub* ten inches m diameter, and fourteen »fld a quar
ter inches long ; hind wheels four lest, ten motifs huh,
bobs ten and a quarter inohos in diameter, and fourteen
and a quarter uiohes long ; fellies two and a half inches
wide and two And three-quarter inoh*s deep:
onai iron pipe boxes twelve inonea long, two aod a half
inches at the large end and one *ud seven-eighths inch
at small end; tire two and a half inches wide b» five
eigh:as of an inch r h>ck. fastened wi h one screw bolt
anc nut m each fellie: hubs made of gum the spokes
and fellie of the West white oak, free from defeet*;each
wheel to ha*ea sand band and hnohpi* band two and
three-qnar*er inohes wide, of No 8 band iron, and two
driving bands—outside band one snd a quarter inch
br one-quarter inch thick, inside band one inch bv
*hree-aixt»enths inob thiok; 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 *h>x six and a half
inches, and front wheels six and one-eisht-h inches in a
S&raliel line, and each axle to be three feet eleven and
ir*e-eifhth inohes From the ou side of one shoulder
washer to the outside of the o her, so as to have the
wagons all to traok five feet from centre to oentre of
the wheels. Axletrees to be made of The best quality
refined American iron, two aeda half inohes square
at the shoulder, taper ng down to one and a ha'f luoh in
the middle, with a seven-eighths : ncb kins b * i tholein
each axletr«e; wash rs and linchpins for each axletree;
size of linchpins one inch wuie. of ap mob
thiok, a hole in each end ; a wooden S’onk four and
three-quarter inches wide and four inches deep fax
teaea subetanrially to the axletree with clips on the ends
and with two bolts, six mohes from the middle-and
fastened to the hounds and bolster, (the bolster to lie
four feet fire inches long, five inches wide, and
three and a half inohes deep.) with four half-mob
bolts.
The tongue to be ten feet eight inches long, four
inohes wide, and three inohes thiok at front end of -he
hounds, and two and a quarter inches wde by two and
three-quarter inches deepat the front end and so ar
ranged as to lift up. the front erd of it to hang within
two feet of the ground when the wagon i« standing at
rest on a level surface.
The from hounria to be six feet two inohes long,
three inches thick, and four inohes wide over axletree,
and to ret-in th«i width tn the buck end of the tongue;
jaws of the hounds one fo.it eight inches long and three
mehessquare at the front end. with a p ate of iron two
and a half noher wide by three eighths of an inch
thick, fasten-d on top of the h-*nnds over the baok end
of the toneue with <>ne half-inch screw bolt in eaoh
cr.d, and a plate of iron of the same six- - ' turned up at
eaoh end one and a Half inches to c amp the front
hounds together and fastened on rhe underside, and at
from enc*. of noundr. with half moh sorew bolt through
aaoh hound, a seven-eighth inch brlt through tongue
and hounds in ihe centre »f jaws to secure the tongue
in the hounds: a plate of iron three inoht-s wide one
inch thick and one toot eight inches lone,
secured on the inside of jaws of hounds w to two rive s
*nd a plate of same dimensions on each side of the
tongue, where the tobfu- 1 and hounds rua together*
secured in lik* manner; a brace of seven -ishtbs of an
inch round iron to extend from u rt der the front axle
tree-and take two bolts in front part of the hou ds.
same brace three-quarters of itiMncn round to continue
to th«* back part of the hounds, *nd to he with
two bolts, one ne*T the twcls end of the hounds, and
one through the suder and hound*; a brace over front
bols' er one and \ hall inch »>ide one-quarter of an meh
thick with a bolt in e%ch end t«>fasten it to the hounds;
the opening be'we-n tne jaws *>f the hounds, to receive
the four and tbre quarter in hes n front, and
Tout ami a ha'f inches at he naok part of the jaws.
The hind bounds four feet two inches lens, two and
three quarter -aches tli ok. a d three inohes wide; jaws
one foot ions where toe* clasp the coupHne pole; the
bolster four iet-t five inches long and five inohes wide
by three inches deep with steady irm two and a half
inches wide by oi.e'half inch thick turned up two and
a half inches and fastened on aoh end wito three
rive's; the bohitor stocks and bounds to be secured with
four ha'f-inch sure* bo'ta, and one haif-inoh screw bolt
through the coupling pole.
Tue coupons poietiine feet eight inches long, three
inohes deep, and tour and a half inohes wide at from
»nd T *.nd two aod thre«-qu&rter inohes wide at back
end; distance from the oentre of king bolt bole to the
oe r tre of the back axletree sjx feet one inch and from
the centre of ki ? bolt hole to the oentieof the mortice
in the hind end of tho pole ein ht ieet nine motes; , ins
bolt onr and a quarter int’hes diameter, of best refined
iron, drawn down to seven-eighth© of an inch where it
passes Through the iron ax etree; iron plate six inohes
lone, three inches wide, anti one-eighth of an inch thiok
on the doubletree and tongue where they rub together,
iron plate one and a half oy one-quarter of an inch on
the siid-nz bar. fastened at ea»h end hr * s raw bolt
through the hounds; trout bolster to have plates above
and below eleven inches long, three and a half inohes
wid«, and three-eighths of an inch th ok corners
drawn out and turned down on the sjdes of the
bolster, wuh a nul in eaoh corner, and four conn*
tensunk nails on top; two bands on the hind hounds
two and two >nd a half inches wide.of No. 1-band
iron; the rub plate on the coupling pole to be eight
inches long one and three-quarters inches wide, and
one quarter of an moh thiok Doubletree three feet
feet ten inches long, singletree twoteeteieh inohes
long,all well made of hick ry,wi»b an iron ndr and
clip at eaoh end, the esntto clip to be well secured; lead
bar and stretcher to be.three feet two inohes long, two
and a quarter inohes wide, and one and a quarter inch
thick lead baa. streohers. and singletrees for six
mole team; tho two singletrees tor the *ead mules to
have hooks in the middle to hook to toe end of the fifth
chain, the wheel and middle pairs with open rings to
attach them to the doubletree and lead bar,
The fifth chain so be ten feet fans to the fork; the
fork one foot ten inches long, with the stretcher at
tached to spread the farts apart; the links of toe dou
bletree. star and tongue ohams toree-e ghths of an
inch m diameter; he forked chain soven-sixteento
inch in diameter; the fifth rtoam to be *even-a;xt-enth
inch diameter to toe fork; the fork to be five-sixteenth
inch diameter; the links of these and of the took chains
to be not more than two and a quarter i> odes long
The body to be straight, three feet six inches wide,
two feet deep, ten fret 1 -ng at the bottom, ana t©:- feet
sis inches at tk" top, sloping equally at each end all in
the clear or inside: the bed pieces tobetwoaaaahaff
inches w-de and tares inches oeep; front piece* two
inohe© deep by *wo end a ha'f inohes wido i tai i pieoe
two and a naif inches vice and Three moh** deep; pad
four inohos deep in the nrddl-* to rest or the coupling
pole; top rail one and a half inch thick by one and
seven eighth mob wide ; tower rails one in on thick by
one and seven eighth inch wide; three studs ana one
rati in front, with s se&L on strap to close it uo
as high as the sid*s; a box three feet four inches long
the bottom nve inches wide front side, nine and a half
inches deep, and eight and a half moil a at the top in
parallel line to the donj ail in the oiear, to he sub
stantially fastened to the front end of >he body,
to have ml iron strap passing round each end. se
cured to the head piece and front rail by a rivet m
each end of it passing through them, the Ud to be
fastened to the front rail wi- h two rood st aphinges, a
stiap of five-eighth iron around the dox a naif nob from
the op edge, and two straps same sure on tha lie near
tne front edge, to prevent the mules from eating the
boxes; to have x joint fins* fastened to the middle of
the lid, with a go«>d wooden ©lent on toe inside a strap
of iron on the centre of the box wnb a staple p ssing
through it. to fatten the lid .to; e*ght stu & and two
rails on each side; one boiler iastened to the body,
six inches deep and four inohes wide at kmr bolt bole,
iron rod m front and oentre, of eleven sixteenths of an
inch round iron, with a head on the top of rail and nut
on lower end; iron rod and or&ce behind, with shoulders
on top of tail piece, and nuts on the under side, and a
nut on top of rail; a p ate two and a half inches wide,
of No 10 band iron on tail piece, across the bony ; two
mortices in tail pieoe and hind bar two and & quarter
inokes wida and one inch thiok to receive pieces three
feet four inches long, to be used ns Harness bearers;
fonr rivets through each aide rod, and two livets
through eaoh front stud, to ©enure the lining boards, to
be of the ben quality iron, and riveted on a good bur;
one rivet through each end of the rails; floor
five-eidhths of an inch oak boards: sides five
eighth© of an moh white pine tail ooard three-quar
ters of as inch thick, of white pine, to he well oleated
with five oak deals riveted at eaoh end through the
tail board; an iron plate three feet eight inohes long,
two and a quarter inches wide, and three-eightas of an
inob thick on (he O der aide of the bed to extend
from the hind end of the body to eight inches m front
of the kind bolsters, to be fanenea 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
or the plate, and the other about eqm-distant between
it and the lateral rod- a half inch round iron TOd OT
bolt to pas© diagou&lly through the rai't, oeiween the
two hind studs to and through the bed piece and plate
under it, with a good head ‘-n the top and nut and screw
at the bottom, to be at the top one foot six inches from
inside of tail board, and on toe bottom ten inches from
the hind rod. An iron olamp two inches wide, one
quarter of an inch thiok around the bed pieo*, the cen
tre bolt to whion »he iook chain is attached passing
through it, to extend seven inohes on the inside of the
body > the ends, top. and bottom to be scoured by two
three-e-ghths inch sorew bolts, the middle bar at the
ends to be flush with the hed uieoe on the lower side.
iffo 'oer chains scoured to the oennr* Ijoit of the bod',
>neend eleven inches, rhe other i-wofeeteix inob'* tong,
to be of thee-eighth© of an inch round iron; feed
trough to be four leer six inohes long from out to out.
tne bottom and ones of oak, tne sides of yellow pine,
to be eight inches wide at bottom, twe ve inohes wide
at top. and eight and a half inohes deep all in the clear,
well ironed, w.th a band of hoop-iron arou .d the top*
one around each end and three between the *nds,
strong and suitable irons to fasten them on die tongue
wheu feeding ; good at ong ohams to be attached to the
top rail ot the body. secured by a staple with a hook to
attach it to the trough. Six bows of good ash- two
inches wide and one half inch thick, with three staples
to confine the ridge pole to its place; f wo staph son
the body, to secure eaoh end of the b ws; one ridge
Sole twelve leet long, on© and three-quarter© inen wide
7 five-e-phtn* of -tn inch tuis* ; torfcover to be Of the
first quality cotton duck. No. —, fifteen feet lone ana
nine feet eight inches wide, made in the best manner,
with four hemp cords on eaoh side and one through
each end to close it at both ends; t»o rings on eaoh end
ofxhe body, to cross and secure the ends of the cover;
a ©t',pie in the lower rail, near the second s r pd from
eaoh enfa to far.tei; the side cords- Til? outside of the
body and feed troug;- to have two good coat* of white
lead, colored <o a blue tint the inside ol them to have
two coats < f Venetian red paint; the runn ng gear and
wheel© to have two good ooars of Venetian red darkened
of a ohuoolate coU>‘\ the hub and fel.ies to be well
pitched, instead uf pamted, if requir'd.
A t*ir-uoi. an extra king bo<t, and two extra single
trees to be furnished with each wagon, the king bolt
•nc<J etusietree© v.mitar is ftM respects to those belong*
■ ot to Lt.
isihch ride of the body of the wagon to he marked U«
8.. and autitberec a* directed; all omer parts to be et*
teredU. fJ.» tho cover, feed box-bolt© linchpins-tar
pot. »*>d harness bearers lor etch wagon to <*e put up
m a strong box,(cooperea) and the contents marked
thereon.
it is to no nnderstood that the wagons are
to be si. nonstruoted trcnt tbe several parts of any one
iragon rrtU agree fit those of any other, eo
se to require no nurn -erins or arranging for pattmr to
gether, amt all tne marertale used f- F I' Clr oni DtrUOtlUll
to be of tne best ttualit) ; all rh.’ stood thoroughly sea
soned. and the work m all iu parts faithful It executed
in the hast workmanlike manner
The work maybe inspected from time to time as it
progresses by an umoer or agent ol the Quartermaster's
uenur’hieni, and none ol it s all be painted until it
shall have been insueeted and approved b. said offioer
t a.tent authorised to lnspe.l it. When finished,
Sainted, and aecep ed by an offioer or a, ant of the
luartermaeicr’s Uepartu enl, and delivered as herein
agreed, they shall bo paid for. M. C Mi-IGS.
je 3d-tf Quartermaster Genera] U. 8.
O' F : olfi Of LEOKEfARY AND TREI
SUR" R. SOLDIKRS’ HOME, NPAii the City
o* Wi'HINOTOX. . .
D P . OPOSALS wi* l he received at thin office
until UK-'JKY.fnnonJ th* hof Aueu«t, 146 1, for
tn~ construction of t-o t*u;U;inKS. ar the soldiers*
Home somewhat eimilft' to the two now there Jtuo*n
as officer*’ qaa*te*e
t'tie , i-.ns a_d flp-ci r : cations may be exmn'Hed at this
r.fgae where &1 inf rinution e ntive t he location
character of th-» buildrmta w»‘l b<s fciv»n»
Kverj ofier for the • onstructio/i i f me e buildings
mußt ■_« accimp«nied b* a written gn-vrau
tee mat- if ih bi-i »h"Uld he coeptou, the pa tj or
pa.rfi«t wil*. wj hn daja, toter id to an obligation,
wi*h *ood and euffioe -t »*ountj, to ere-at the proposed
biiiLj«i>g* hcc mins to be pans and p«o»fioatio«*§
wr jch have been or may hereafter be fui nishedand
adopted.
'1 tie proposals wi ; l ttate the difference between
faci- g ne walls with white etone or warble, similar to
Uie buih iirge already erected, or faomgs with *he tast
pre»H6a bru ka; or buui rs maj. in addition m&kesauli
proposals at to other materials as iheir experience mar
suggest.
In deciding on the bids, right will be reserved by
the Boa ti of Comm ssvoners uf the So diets* Home to
accept such offers only as may bed-eiiird m at ad'
vantftgBoU« fo. the n.s itution : and ako to r jeot tue
who * should none of them «.e ue in* d acceptable
An bids to be sealtd and o do sed 4 Proposals for
Building, **and addiess dto BKNJaYLI* KlNii,
ASah gur&eon. Secretary, and Tredeurer.
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Lord Campbell’s Authorship.
Lord Campbell, late Lord Chancellor of
England, was only a lev months younger than
Lord Brongham, and certainly expected to
outlive him, as well as some other law lords,
so os to be able to add another volume to his
Lives of the Chancellors, which would pro
bably contain biographies of Lyndburst, Cot
tenbam, Truro, St. Loonards, and Brougham.
It happened, however, that Copley, Sugden,
and Brougham have all outlived their bio
graphical contemporary.
Brougham, who is occasionally very dra
matic in his conversation, would sometimes
amuse his friends by his pretended horror at
the idea of having his liie taken by Lord
Campbell, which be described as being pil
loried for posterity, and would signify bis in
tention of haunting the noble bookmaker.
Campbell, who had not the remotest appTe
t naion of a joke, would shako bis bead, and
i lamnly say, <« Well, Harry Broom, my mon,
(Campbell retained bis Scottish dialect, and
that from Fife, to the last,) whaniver ye do
dee, I have your life ready written in that
desk, and I’ll mak you and Cottenbam into
ane buke, an’ hae it oot before the breath’s
well ganged oot of your body.” It is be
lieved that, in retaliation, Brougham also
wrote his friend’s biography. Is it so 1 and,
if so, will that biography ever appear?
Lord Campbell’s Lives of the Lord Chancel
lors and of the Lord Chief Justices of England
are readable and popular, though badly-writ
ten and most unreliable books. Whoever
reads them lor amnsement will be amply gra
tified, but the information they contain is not
to be depended on. Lord Campbell, in writ
ing these lives, was apt to seize the materials
next to hand, and freely make a wholesale ap
propriation of them—generally without ac
knowledgment. The London Times, review
ing one of his works, said : “He has shown
a tendency to appropriate without sufficient
acknowledgment too large a proportion of the
work of bis cotemporaries, as we believe Miss
Strickland, Mr. Welsby, and others have
found reason to complain. Moreover, his in
accuracy in the use of his materials, new or
old, is so exemplary that in some cases, as in
his lives of Hatton and Bacon, his statements
have been proved untrustworthy to a degree
which was never dreamt of when the public
first greeted them with surprise and cariosity.
Thore is this, however, to be said, that in co
vering with ambitious strides a larger space
than any one could scan tborongbly and in all.
its details, he has nnavoidabiy laid himself
open to correction from persons better in
formed upon special points than himself.”
Seldom has an author been so little of a
man of letters. Lord Campbell had read few
books out of his profession, until he wrote his
bi graphies, and these are all professional.
His latest production was a small volume upon
tho legal knowledge of bbakspeare. A very
pooT thing it was, bat those who knew the
writer wandered at its being even half so good.
For, there has long been a tradition floating
among the critics of London that, on one
occasion, over bait a century ago, when one
of Sbakspeare’s plays was republished, in a
neat form, Campbell wrote a critique upon it,
for a periodical he was then connected with,
and, apparently unconscious of the person
ality of Shakspeare, seriously described the
play as “ a net wholly unsuccessful attempt to
imitate the mauntn- aud phraseology of the
dramatic poets ot the Elizabethan era.” Ic
is said that this precious criticism actually got
into print, and the actual editor of the journal
adroitly passed it off, in his next number, as a
grave joke, admirably executed. However,
John Campbell was not again asked to criti
cise Shakspeare. The leading contents of Lord
Campbell’s book on the law-terms used by
Shakspeare,were claimed by an author residing
in Lancashire, as having appeared in a little
brochure which he bad printed for private
circulation.
Parts ol Lord Campbell’s legal biographies
are valuable. We allnde to the lives of per
sons whom he knew. Such, for example, are
Erskine and Eldon, among the Chancellors,
and Kenyon, Ellenborough, and Tenterden,
among the Chief Justices. He was a shrewd
observer, had an excellent memory, and kept
a pretty fnll Diary, in which he set down inci
dents and anecdotes. Moreover, when writing
of persons of whom a living memory still ex.
ists, he was compelled to be as accurate aa
possible.
The third and final volume ot Ids “ Lives of
the Lord Chief Justices oi England, from the
Norman Conquest till the Death ot Lord Ten
terdon,” was published iu 1857, and a Tory
amusing volume it is—'because the basis is
Campbell’s personal knowledge of the three
Judges of whom he writes. Among these,
the biography of Lord Kenyon is the raciest.
Lloyd Kenyon, son of a petty Welsh Squire,
was born in 1732, at Gredington, Flintshire,
and died in 1802, at Bath. He wastanghtto
read at a dame’s school) and sent tbenco to
the free grammar school of Ruthin, where be
staid long enough to acquire “ a little Latin
in addition to his Welsh and English';’’ bat
he never knew even the Greek characters, and
of no other language had he a smattering, ex
cept some law phrases in Norman French.
He never advanced fhrther in the abstract
sciences than the Rule of Three,” and he is
stid piously to have believed, to his dying
day, that the snn goes round the earth once
every twenty-tour hours. With this Blender
outfit, Lloyd Kenyon was launched in search
of preferment; and, as be was declared to be
the “cutest” of fonr brothers, he was dedica
ted to the law, with the view of making him,
eventually, a Welsh attorney. He was arti
cled at Nantwicb, in Cheshire, and served out
his five years. By the death ot his elder
brother, he inherited a small landed estate,
and, urged by the ambition of his family,
rather than his own, entered himself a student
at the Middle Temple, in London, at the age
of twenty-two. Here, it is recorded, he was
diligent and nntiriog in his legal stnd.es, plod
ding at his law books, or attending his former
master’s town agent, to learn the mode of
conducting snita and the preparation of busi
ness tor Westminster. He also attended the
courts, taking notes, which have since been
published in two volumes of reports. In his
student stage, he became acquainted, in the
Middle Temple-hall, with Horne Tooke and
Dnnning, and they nsed to dine together at a
Chancery-lane eating-house, paying 7JI.
a head tor their dinner. Tooke, in giving an
account of these repasts, many years after,
used to say, “ Dunning and myself were gene
rous, for we gave the girl, who waited on us,
a penny apiece, bnt Kenyon, who always knew
the value of money, rewarded her with a half
penny, and sometimes with a promise,”
For ten years after be became a barrister.
Kenyon remained obscure and poor, and rode
the North Welsh Circuit on a Welsh pony to
little purpose nntil, after he had been ten
years in such scurvy practice, he was desirous
of taking orders if be conld hare obtained the
presentation to a small living to which his as
pirations were limited.
Dunning, afterwards Lord Ashburton, who
was then in full practice, sow employed
Kenyon as his “ fag” or ** devil,” and many
hundreds of opinions which Duoning had sever
read were copied fr-m Kenyon’s MS. by
Dunnmg’s clerk, and signed by Dunning’s
hand. But it became known in the profes
sion that Dunning’s opinions were written by
Kenyon, and the attorneys thought they might
as well go at once to the fountain head, where
they might have the same supply of puro law
at much less cost. Cases with low lees ac
cord ugly came to him in vast numbers, and
he became a noted case-answerer. A lucky
remark, as amicus curice, in the presence of
Lord Thurlow, won him tho favor oi that
rough lawyer, who employed him to prepare
notes for his jndgments, treated him roughly,
called him “ Tally,” was iond of him in a rnde
way, and resolved to raise him to the bench.
When the Chief Justiceship of Chester, which
a practising lawyer might hold, became va
cant, Tbnrlow appointed Kenyon, and helped
to get him a seat in Parliament—pushing on
his protige, apparently because he was snarled
at and ridiculed.
At the bar, Kenyon bad little forensic re
putation, but large practice. He was engaged
in only two criminal trials, —one being that of
Lord George Gordon, whom he defended to
the Imminent peril and alarm ol his noble
client, who was rescued in his extremity by
the eloquence of Kenyon’s associate, Erskine.
If the trial had concluded with Kenyon’s
speech it was the general impression that the
jury, without leaving the court, would have
found tho prisoner guilty.
In the House of Commons, Kenyon was
equally ineffective, yet when Lord North’s Go
vernment was put out, and Lord Rockingham
and the Whigs came In, (1782,) Lord Thur
low, continuing to the astonishment of all
mankind to hold the Groat Seal, contrived to
place his old « devil ” in the position of At
torney General. It should bo added that
Dunning, a member of Lord Rockingham’s
Cabinet, was naturally supposed to have fa
vored Kenyon’s elevation. He was con
tinued as Pitt’s Attorney General, in 1788,
and, ou the death of Sir Thomas Sewell,
Master of the Rolls, in March, 1784, was ap
pointed to succeed him, with a baronetcy.
As an equity judge, he appeared to advan
tage, though unable to read a single page of
the Pandects, and wholly unacquainted with
the Roman civil law. He despatched busi
ness with celerity and precision, and his
judgments were ordinarily clear and sound,
though wanting method.
Sir Lloyd Kenyon sat as Master of the
Rolls about four years, when the great Lord
Mansfield, nearly worn ont by age, labor, and
infirmity, resigned the Chief Justiceship. He
made a strong effort for Mr. Justice Buller to
snccoed him, but Kenyou was appointed, on
June, 1788; and, on the same day, was created
Baron Kenyon, of Giedington, in the county
of Flint.
The appointment was not approved of by
the profession. Placing an equity lawyer at
the head of the common law court was jast as
bad, and no worse than placing a common
law Judge, like Lord Campbell, in presidency
of the High Court of Chancery. But Ken
yon soon appeared to advantage in Westmin
ster Hail f and, although not free from con
siderable defects, turned out in spite of them
to be a very eminent common law judge.
In the House of Lords be was worse than
useless, for be never brought forward any bill
tor the amendment of the law, nor did be even
attend to the judicial business of the House
ot Lords. On tte other band, his devotion
to his duties in Westminster Hall, bis profes
sional learning, his energy, and bis probity
obtained general approbation. A Cambrean
and ungovernable temper made him highly
unpopular. His brother judges, the bar, and
the solicitors were by turns the victims of his
choler. It is said, by a barrister who prac
tised under him, that •< he was impatient even
of an expression of donbt of the infallible
rectitude of wbat he had delivered as his
judgment;” and “whenever his brother
judges ventured to overrale his decisions his
manner evinced as mnch testiness as if he
bad received a personal affront.” ' One day,
George the Third, who picked up all the gos
sip of the day, addressed him at court, <; Ah,
Kenyon, Kenyon, you loßt your temper on
the bench yesterday. Glad to hear it—glad
to hear it. I hope you will find a better one—
a better one.” So also to the bar, with the
exception of his favorites, of whom Erskine
was.the. chief, “ he gave loose to an unchecked
efinsioir of intemperate expression, and his
language was not chastened by the strict rnle
of good breeding.” Like the rain which falls
on the just and the unjust, plaintiffs and de*
fendants, barristers and solicitors, juniors and
seniors,'were equally sprinkled with his as
perities.
In politics, he was an ultra-Tory, and in his
Correspondence with George 111., strongly
insisted that tho King would violate his Coro
nation Oath by conceding Catholic Emancipa
tion. m ail trials where the defendants were
known to be democrats, he distinguished him
self by the Draconian rigor with which he re
sisted opinions which he imagined to be revo
lutionary. Yet, in a trial arising out of the
conduct of Horne Tooke and his associates, he
laid down the true constitutional doctrine,
since affirmed by Act of Parliament, respect
ing the power of the two Houses to print and
publish. Oh the other hand, he rnled, in the
Earl of Abingdon’s case, that a peer was not
privileged himself to publish a speech deli
vered by him in the House of Peers with a
view to libel an individual, and he very justly
sentenced the said Earl to imprisonment.
His death was caused by a decay of nature,
and he had run the allotted term of “ three
•core years and ten.”
Lord Kenyou was parsimonious to a degree.
It was said that he first went to Court in a
second hand suit of clotbeß, bought by him
from Lord Stormont’s valet de chambre, of
which, Lord Campbell himself says, “ I have
heard Joky 11 assert that Lord Kenyon never
used a pocket-handkerchief in his life till he
found one in the pocket ot this very waistcoat,
which pocket-hapdkerchief he ought to have
returned, as it was not included in tbo bar
gain.” His parsimony and irascibility are
both indicated in the description of his house
in Lincoln’s inn-flelds, where “all the year
through it was Lent in the kitchen and Passion
Week in the parlor.” Some one having men
tioned that, although the fire was very dull in
the kitchen grate, the spits were always
bright —“ it is quite irrelevant,” said Jekyll,
“to talk about the spits, for nothing turns
upon them.” According to the joke of bis
successor, be studied economy even in the
hatchment put up over his house on his death.
The motto wasj certainly fonnd to be mors
jonua vita, (instead of vita), this being at first
supposed to be the mistake of the painter.
But when it was mentioned to Lord ELlen
borough, “Mistake!” exclaimed bis Lord
ship, “it is no mistake. The considerate
testator left particular directions in his will
that the estate should not be hardened with
the expense of a diphthong!”
Perhaps a more unlettered man never wore
the Ermine in Englaud. Of bis ridiculously
small stock of Latin be was in the habit of
making a most ludicrous display. His pet
quotation was “ modus vn rebus,” and when,
as Chief Justice of Chester, he tried the
famous indictment against the Doan of St.
Asaph, for libel, he endeavored to end a legal
discussion in his own manner. “ Modus in
rebus,” he said, “ there mast be an end of
things.” Besides “ modus in rebus,” he would
say that in advancing to a right conclusion he
was determined stare super antiquas vias, and
when he declared that there was palpable
fraud in a case, he would add “ apparently
latet auguis in hetbet ” On the trial of Wil
liams for publishing Paine’s Jlge of Reason
he made the Blip, which is improved so con
siderably in Coleridge’s Table Talk, of citing
Julian with Justin Martyr, &c., as an apolo
gist for Christianity, but it does not appear
Irom the report of his judgment that he went,
as Coleridge avers, to the length of denomi
nating him “Julian the dposllc.”
He bequeathed large estates in Wales and
Shropshire, among his children, together with
£300,000 in the Funds, the result of labor and
parsimony.
Here, Barely, wo may conclude our illustra
tion oi Lord Campbell’s success in writing the
biography of persons whom he knew. His
aecount of Lord .Kenyon is one ot his very
best performances, and we give him the bene
fit of it.
A VBErvn Ciieks. —A Now York letter to
the M bilo T.itrane says: “Thera is a remark
able man connected with the cooiom bouse htre, a
Spaniard. His bnßitess is to teoeive and test
money He will pour the cententa of a bag of gold
or silvor coin mo a scale—for it is weighed, not
counted—and In a trice annoanees the arnoant, In
do llars and cents; then running his fingers through
the saining pieces, and applying his nose to them,
immediately takes ont every counterfeit coin. He
was never known to make a mistake in prononno
log money good or bad, and hiß infallible instinct
for detecting the spurious metal is located In Us
oUajtory organs.”
PULPIT PORTRAITS.
NO. XVII.
nr QaarnsAKD
Rev. John P. Durbin, D. D.
Our laat gkstoh had for Its robjwt on# of the
moat oooentrio diviner In ths Methodist Episcopal
Church Th, present will bo devoted to on, of the
most distinguished, eloquent, and esteemed clergy
men in that wide spread and influential denomina
tion, the Rev John Pride Durbin, D.D , than whom.
Comparatively fetr of hie profession in modern
timet have attained greater eminence Dr. Dur
bin Is alike respeoted and| admired as a divine, a
Mholar, a traveller, and an author,land his life
affords a striking illustration of what, under the
fostering freedom of our institutions, may bo
achieved by indomitable energy, when nnder the
direction of high, menly purpose, and natural
ability
Before attempting to describe the preaoher, an
outline of his biography will be In place. He was
born in Ootober. 1800, of parents in moderate eir
oumstenoee, residing in Bonrbon eonnty, Kentucky
Tho Bible, Soott’s First Lessons, and an old Eog-
Ifsh History, are said to have comprised his father’s
library. He eerved a three yews’ apprenticeship
in a cabinet maker’s shop, worked one year at his
trade, and at the early ageof eighteen commenced
his labors, a member of the Western Conference,
aen pioneer prusher in Ohio end Indiana. How
ever the c&aroh of hi* love may be accused of pre
cipitancy in making accessions to its membership,
it was eertaiuly not so In the case of our present'
subject, as n, oem, near being a preacher before
he was a member of the ehnroh. While an ap
prentice ha became imbued with deep religious
impressions. Bat hie own “ experience” differed!
■» emotieily from that ot other* around him that:
be was for a time perplexed as to its true ebarao
ter. This probably amounts for the faot that to
this day the varied experiences of Christian peni
tents oonetitates one of his mo*t favorite themes.
Soon, however, the reality ot a now life remeved
his doubts He united with the obnroh, and,
aroused by the pointed question of his grand
father, the Rev, Benjamin Larkin, (a pioneer of
Me’hodism in Kentucky ) -‘John, are you not oon
Oerned about preaohlng the Gospel ?” he procured
a recommendation to the Qiartariy Conference, by
whom he waa immediately lioenßsd, and sent to
Limestone Cirouit. This was within a fortnight
after his admission to obaroh-membarehip. The
next year his plase appointed by Oonfarenoe was
in the northwestern Corner of Ohio. Having bad
ooly the oommonort. advantages of education up to
this time, the young preacher felt that study was
indispensable to his new and responsible position.
Dr. Clarke’s Commentary, which ho borrowed in
numbers from an old German on his v' r cui*., at
forded him a text-book. Wesloy’s and Flotobor’S
works also fell into hit hands, which he read
studiously on winter evenings by a pine-knot light.
Th* next year he removed to Indiana, where he
commenced the study of Eoglish grammar, doing
his reading principally on horseback. Having
soon aftor boon assigned a station at Hamilton,
twelve miles from the Miami University, betook
up Greek and Latin, spending from Monday til l
Friday at tho institution, and giving Saturday to
his immediate preparations for the pnlpit. The
ddigenoe and systematia application employed by
this youthful aspirant to pnlpit honors, during
these years of his life, afford a model of rare value
RDd instruction for tho emnlation of yonng men.
While a member of tho Cincinnati Conference, he
vis admitted to the Cinoinnati College, where he
eompleted his oollegiate oonrse, and reoeived the
degree of Master of Arts. Wo next find oar horse
back student of English grammar professor of
languages in Augusta College, Kentucky. Ia
1829, he wub nominated for the ohapiainoy of the
Senate of the United States, but was defeated by
the oasting vote of Mr. Calhoun. Iu 1831, bow
.over, he was elected to that position byA large
vote, and on the 22i of February, 1832 preaobed
his celebrated sermon on the one hundredth birth
day of Washington. After hearing this discourse,
it is said that Governor Wickliffe, of Kentuoky,
oongratulated tho young orator upon it, and
actually advised him never to preach again, as he
oould not reasonably expeot ever to aohleve an
equal triumph. Like most self-made men of real
power, Us course, although apparently unsought,-
was rapidly onward and upward. Toward the
Close of 1832 he was appointed professor of natural
soienses in Weslryan University, from whence he
was soon after eleoted to the editorship of tho
Christian Advocate and Journal, the leading
newspaper of that denomination in the United
States, and in 1834 was oalied to the Presidency of
Dlokinson College. Daring 1842-3 he visited Eu
rope and the East. In 1844 he took a prominent
part in the great straggle, whioh retailed in a di
vision of the Charch, acquittirg himself with a
degree of ability in that remarkable oonteat, that
has plaoed hi* name among the most powerful and
controlling spirits in the Methodist fipieoopal
Chnreh. In 1845 he resigned the presidency of
Diekinßon College, and removed to Philadelphia,
having been appointed Presiding Elder of tbe
churohes in this oity; and in 1850 was unanimously
eleoted Corresponding Seotetary of the Missionary
Society of the M E Churoh. In thiß arduous and
responsible position ho still continues,
Having presented in brief the blograpfafo mile
stones of ear (object's career, we are better pre
pared to appreciate bis portrait. Ninety-nine
persons in a hundred, and, perhaps, tbe hundredth,
acquainted with his name and fame, me disap
pointed in bis appearance. Instead of seeing a
man of splendid proportions and commanding
presence, the obanoes are that among twenty
olergymen on a publio platform the least noticeable
person among them would be Dr. Durbin. There
aro two reason* for this: First, (hero is nothing
striking in hi* fees or physique; and second, he is
ao deoidedly plain and nnassnmlng, that in the
company of tbe more pretending he is easily
eclipsed. He looks to be—as he is—about sixty;
is of medium stature ; has a head of iron gray
hair, whioh ho wears in a sensible, ordinary way ;
a luft of almost white hair under his chin; a large
head, mnoh elongated in the “ Perceptive Region,”
with finely arched eyebrows; a large, finely
out upper lip, full of oharaoter; a peouliar gray
eye, (and therein is tho hiding of his facial
power), suseeptible of more and greater changes
than the moon and rather prominent nose and
oheek hones, marking what phrenologists designate
as tho motive or powerful temperament. He
dresses in black, and wears a white oravat.
I presume this description would very well
answer to the face ef more than one who read
it; but this Is merely what Dr. Durbin’s face is in
repeso, as you see him seated in the pulpit, per
haps fanning himself, and sleepily observing tho
congregation without turning his head. Bat there
is a spirit within those languid locking, down-oast
features that will presently set every fibre of them
in motion, and flash magnetic lightning amid
peals of mental thunder that will startle you!
The first glance at Dr. Durbin In the pulpit
when he is about opening the Bervioes especially
impzeages one that he ia over timid He rises from
his seat with as much caution as If tho eueoess of
what he is about to do depended wholly upon his
movements being unobserved; reads the hymn
holding his glasses; enunoiatea so gently that you
would suppose his vocal organs were frail as gossa
mer ; utters his words with a drawl, (reminding
one somewhat of Dr. Stookton,) as if it was not of
th* slightest importance whether bis more distant
auditors understood a word he said. Tbe hymn
sung, he engages in prayer. In this he is quiet
earnest, pathetic, conversational, and occasionally
ardent.
T akin# big text, he lays down hie glasses, ear
rise ona band or tha otbar slowly to bis bosom, and
oommenoas his discourse (nsnally from a brief ske
leton of notes ) in that same small whining votae
peonliar ta his readme, although every word is
artionlated with almost labored aseuraoy. Fora
time, the stranger who has happened in to hear the
distinguished Dr Darbin, mentally declares him
self “ sold ” The stranger has probably read Dr
D., heard of his fame, and pictured the man to his
imagination. Ha is disappointed. There oan be
no mistake about it. He need not even take the
trouble to assare himself by inquiry. The man in
the pnlpit may be somebody else, almost any body
else, but be is not Dr Bnrbin Bat wait a moment
The quiet, weak spoken, inanimate preaoher has
been gently dividing and going over the ground
work »f his disoonrae, spokon indifferently itis true,
yet it is fit iot printing. every word and line, and
would read tersely. Now his manner becomes
slightly ohanged. Yon are more hopsfnl, almost
pleased. He ia commencing au illustration Mildly,
gradually, intelligently, he is laying the train of
it. The andienoe are growing spell bound with
expectation. The speaker’s frame begins to di
late, as with his magic rhetorical torch the train
Is at last Jtredj and the grand olimsx is' thundered
forth upon the ears, the understandings, and the
hearts of his hearers The weak voice in the pnl
pit has suddenly expanded into the voioe of a
giant; his bands are brought violently together;
the blood rushes to his pale ties; the sleepy eye is
sow large, white-ringed, and piercing as an ea
glc’s, and the common-plaoe, sickly mannered
preaoher mounts to an altitude, in the estimation
of his audienoe, from whiah he oan never again
wholly desoend- The effsot has been absolutely
eleetrioal. The oongregation has felt a peonliar
thrill, nnder which perfect sllenoe is impractica
ble ; the tears, whioh a moment before ran down
the preacher’s face, are now illumined with a
smile; the more impressible give vent to their
feelings as at once a joyous privilege, and even
the more staid and' philosophical find it difficult
entirely to oosoeal their emotions. When I heard
TWO CENTS.
Dr Durbin (the first, and only time, in the pulpit)
»t the “Old Briok" Ohnrah, Kensington, some
months ego, I was great); straek with this peon
liarlty of his style. Ills power over the audienae,
when he chose to exert it, seemed irresistible, and
it was ourioua to observe the gifted orator, instead
of fanning tbe fires kindled by his bursts of elo
quence, at once descending Into “ the even tenor rf
his way,' 1 as if to check the ardor he had unwit
tingly kindled, and sliow time and opportunity
for sober reflection.
Excepting at the culmination of these flights, bis
gestures are in keeping with his slow and me&snred
style,- though hiß oilmaxes seem to take full pos
session of his body and aonl, and, for the time be
!ng, to control them, In motion, sound, and setßo.
The language employed by Dr Durbin is always
clear, chaste, and appropriate, evincing culture
aad scholarship. If it wero possible in a minister
or the Qospel, I should say,that be was modestand
unassuming to a fault. Even his most sublime
passages indicate a freedom from shew or premedi
tated display that marks him as a natural orator
of his own peouliar stamp. The few imitation* of
Dr. Durbin’s style, by the way, attempted by hiß
clerical admirers, have been wretohed failures, as
imitations generally are.
In theology , ha stands high with his school,
though he has no sympa’hy with sectarian bigots,
in his own denomination or any other. ,Iu dissect-;
log a text, be shows strong powers of analysis. He<
reasons plausibly, ynt not always ebnelttsivily.' bat'
possesses in a high degree' the power of ghjrrytjigj
with him an audience. Bis face wMlespesktdg,'
although grave, wears a pleasant expression, andj
it needs but a single look to proclaim hiVMoMof)
the most gentle, amiable, and innocent of men. Asj
a Christian minister, the visible fruits of his labors
designate him as one of the foremost of hia age.
Industrious, observing, and an able writer, Dr.
Dnrbin is natnpally adapted to travel , with inte
rest to his readers, of whioh there is ample proof
in tha great snosesa of his “ Observations in the
East,” and his “ Observations in Europe, pricoi.
pally ia France and Greatßriiain,” containing an
acoonnt of bis two years’: travel in those countries,
in the years 1842-3, which has been already re
ferred to. Bis writings are graphic, thoughtful,
and suggestive, and possess .the excellent merit,
in books of travel especially, of being unencum
bered with words about merely personal matters
and unimportant details. Dr. Durbin carries us
with him through'his books, shows us everything
that is w-rth Seeing, and tells us .all about them
that is worth remembering, and no more. He can
be dignified and philosophic ; is occasionally faml
liar, but,never oommonplaoe. Bis book on tbe
“East,” ohi-fly in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and
Asia Minor, published in 1845, is oertainly one of
the most readable and instraative of i'B class; and,
after baying re-read it, with tho viow of forming a
moio correct estimate of its au her, I am of opinion
that the next thing to visiting those lands in per
son, is to read Durbin’s description of them. I
am indebted to Allibonn’s Dictionary of Anthora
for the fact that, in addition to the authorship of
the above-named volumes. Dr, D edited the Ame
rican edition of Wood’s Mosaic History of the Cre
ation. with copious notes, published in Nsw Tork,
in 1831 He has also been an industrious contribu
tor to several periodicals of the day.
American Repudiation.
[ Prom the London Times. July Si.]
As it is almost certain that, if the American war
continues so as to render the rßißlng
£BO 000,000 sterling contemplated by the President,
proposals will be made for obtaining a portion of
tbe amount in Europe, it is neoessar.v that Ameri
can financiers sbonld recognise beforehand the
disadvsn'ages under which any suah appeal would
neoessariiy be made. Anything that might be
said in London whoa a loan was actually brought
forward would perhaps at onoe be denounced with
the incoherent fury lately manifested in relation
to every other proceeding in this country, and it is
better therefore to prevent disappointment by re
firring to the question white there Is yet time for
its discussion la the present contest tbe Berth
point to the South as repudiators, end claim
strong faith in their own finanoial integrity This
can be settled simply like any other matter of
bistoTy. Of tbe thirty three States of tbe Union
nearly one-fifth are stained by repudiation,
dirrot or indirect But these do not all belong
to tbe South Tbe balance of disgrace Ib nearly
equal The repudiating Southern States are Mis
sissiopi Arkansas, and Florida. In thoNor’h the
ohief ( Sender is Miabigato; but there is also a spot
on Prnnsyiygnia which has never been wiped out,
and Indiana in an indirect way tins placed herself
in a position very little differing from that of do
termined default Of the six compromised States,
therefore, three belong to tbe South and three to
the North There are modifying oirenmstanoes to
be mentioned, bat it is doub'fal if these will alter
the balance Ab regards ihe South, Mississippi
presents unquestionably tbe most flagrant oase.
Here, not only baa tbe doctrine of repudiation been
maintained as if it were among the sacred rights
of man, but evei;v appeal of the cheated creditors
bas been met with defiant tannts.—the leader of
popular sentiment in tbia direction having on all
nsossions been Mr Jefferson Davis, who is sow
President of the Sonthorn Confederation, and who,
it may be hoped, in his new position, has become
sensible of the fatal character of this part of bis ca.
root. Next comes Arkansas, whioh. in the open
ness of its bad laith. has boen a steady imitator
of Mississippi; and lastly, we have Florida, wbiob
has always contrived to avoid a direct avowal ot
repudiation, by resorting, instead, to a quibble of
constitutional law The debt of Florida was con
traoted when she was a “ Territory,” and bar plea
is that for deb s so contracted The Federal Govern
ment are liab'e The Federal Government takes
the opposite view, and the result is that between
item the creditor gets nothing Turning to tbe
North the only Btate whose condnot in any degree
rivals that of Mississippi is Michigan In this oase.
the repudiation is direct BBd unblushing, and is
rather aggravated by the fact that, as there is a
portion of debt whioh she has not repudiated, and
on which Bhe pays dividends, the Governor, in his
annual message, generally introduces a flmrieh to
tbe tffeot that, with the honor by whiah sbe has
ever been distinguished, tbo Stotooon iinurs to pro
vide duly for all her pubiio obligations. Penury]-
vania b&B never, in tbe general sense, been a repn
diator, but her financial character suffers from a
wound which derives its worst features from its
smallness. Bhe issued bonds for arrears of divi
deeds at a full rate of interest, and when
these fell due with an accumulation of such
Interest, refused to pay them unless the holders
would aooept a lower rate It is also to be men
tioned that, although the State »s under no other
delinquency, the municipality of Pittsburg—one of
her e ,ief towns, the Birmingham of Amerioa—have
very recently refused to pay a large amount of
railway bonds issued on their guarantee, and, with
the support of the populace, bsvo denied even the
mandates of the Supreme Court. The next and
last State is Indiana This Biate, after a tedious
default, offered to pay dividends upon balf her
debt if her creditors would take the unfinished
State canal in payment for tbe other half, ad
vancing at the same time sufficient for its comple
tion The value of the canal was considerable,
because it took all the oentral troffio of the State,
and was protected by a charter whioh it was
agreed fhould be upheld againsi competing liues,
either of oanal or railway. The creditors accept
ed tbe terms and laid ont tho rrquirrd sum. and
instantly upon this being done, the .'itate authori
ties removed all protection, passed a law enabling
the oonstruotion of opposition lines actually along
its banks, and thus rendered the property entirely
worthless. These are uoooiored iaots whioh cannot
be contradiated, and capitalists must fotm their
own aonclusiODS irom them. But it will be said
that they do not bear upon the Federal Go
vernment, whose engagements, with the excep
tion of the paper issues during the Revolutions);
war, have always been duly tulfilled. That is a
point, however, for eaoh individual to determine,
aooording to his fancy, as to whether a certain pro
portion af unsound States among a limited federa
tion is to be reckoned as an olsment of danger. We
must also bear in mind that it is not our place to
deoida whioh is the real (Sender with regard to
the F orida debt—the individual State or the
Federal Government —and, likewise, that although
Mr Jefferson Davis ia now fr-quentiy acseiled ly
speakers at Washington for bis fioareiai'antece
dents, those antecedents were never, until the oui
break of Secession, cited by Federalism or North
erners as dbquelifying him ior the highest offiaes
of State Finally, it must be remarked that tbo
aggregate population of such of tha Northern States
as have been compromised by default is 5 000 000
and that of the Southern only 800 000 Under these
oirenmstanoes. it would seem there is no’, much to
encourage capitalists to interfere by supplying
means to either side; while in a political sense it
is oertain that any suoh movement would injure
our future good relations, since we should have a
strong prospect that on tha termination of the oon
test— either by foroe or oomptomiee—tho reunited
friends would join to attribute tbo greater part of
the miseries they had itfl oted on eaoh other to the
British gold maliciously supplied by our aristoorsey
for the very purpose of giving intensity to the
contest, and destroying free institutions.
Pocket Monk; foe Children There is
no error mare fatal than imagining that pinohing
a youth in bis pocket money will teach him fra
gality. On the contrary, it will cocasion his run
niog into extravsganoe with so much more eager-.,
ness when he comes to have money in his own
hands; as pinohing him in his diet will make his
appetite the more rapacious If you put ioto the
hands of your oh'l4 more money than is suitable to
bis age and discretion, yon mastexpsot to find that
he has thrown it away npon what is not only idle,
but hurtful. A certain small, regular inooin* any
ohfld above six years of sge ought to have When
he comes to be capable ot keeping an account, he
ought to be obliged to do it; he will thereby ae
quire a habit of frugality, attention, and prudence
that will be of service to him through his whole
life On the contrary, to give a yonng person
money to spend at will, with-ut requiring any ao
O: unt of it, is leading, or rather forcing, him upon
extravagance and folly.
A Sermon Ruined utr the Advance on
Bunn Rum —The Rev <f M Willey, the indefa
tigable chaplain of the Third Oonaeotiout R*gi
ment, relates the following ourious incident:
While the troops were resting at Centreville, he
oonolnded that, as they were about to advance on
Manassas, it was of great importance that they
should be oheeted and encouraged in their work
Expecting to remain at Oentreville over Sunday,
he selected a text, and arranged the plan for a
sermon to be preaehad to hie regiment; but alas'.
the early marob of Sunday morning defeated his
purpose, and, although the text still remains, the
sermon was never preached. It is sufficient to say
that the text selected by Mr Willey was that in
Psalm lx., and 7th “And Manaiseh is mine.”
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL J|
The Money Market.
PbILADBLFBIA, August 6, 1861
Philadelphia City Loans wore a fraction weaker
to day, and the business of tbo Stock Board was
limited to a small lino. The market for State fives
and tha favorite railroad securities wasvsry steady.
ABingle share of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank
stock sold at 40 and two shares (iirard B ink at 36.
Bank Stocks are dull, and City Pesooßgor Railway
sharce entirely seglooted.
Tho letter of Capt. Mgjgs against tho bill to pre
vent frauds in the makiug of oontraota by army
officers, hampering the departments which havo
under their oharge the duty oi supplying food,
clothing, and oamp equipage, for our army, with
aiditioua! “red tape" regulations, fiada an eoho
in many quartern Captain Moiga says that “ just
suoh regulations as this bill impose starved tho
British army with oold and hanger, while ship
loads of stores and provisions lay till they perish ad
in Balakiava bay.
“ Every purchase, every order to purohase or
deliror, if acoeptod, is a oomraot.
“ These orders arc sent by telegraph. Contracts
are thus made with persons a thousand miles
away. If wo are to trammel every purobeae with
new conditions of writing; of raoord, of iflisyit.
no human brain will be oepablo of oonduotiag tw
business of the gropt supply departments thu
army , - ,
“The Quartermaster's Department contains
ah»uy c*oa»«w*o ax*. ln.tfcji’tlaawef pnMlo »*•
tnaeisr,.taxeit tp. tfce Haftr of thMmsaeugtist
for the thoutenda who are actually ttiffwlag (or n.
“ If, in Addition to these duties, they are eallad
upon W record in writing every verbal contract, to
put it npotra certain piece af primed paper, of a
oertain chape, to go before a magistrate and take,
in .vary case, a oomih oath—delay, inesoiu ion,
inefficiency, will take the place of promptDOßß nil
esergy. Suffering, diFcontent, and defeat, will
attend your armies. All expeditions, wh oh ahon'd
be secret, wili be made known to the pubiio, and
the lifo and strength of military operations will be
gone
As a protection Bgeinst fraud, bo who will steal
will not hesitate t-> shield himself from aefeotion
by an oath made as a custom house oath.
“Stmo confidence mnßt be repised In human
agents The effioers oi the Government endeavor
t> do tbeir duty If a dihenest man Bods a place
among them, no mere forms and certificate of fi
ord will provent his stealing Ike u renter ihe
trend the more perfect the papers Tho law of
1861, ohaptcr 84 seo ion 10, in regard to public
Ojutracts, omiaina all that is really needed to se
cure the public
“ More legislation will merely embarrass and
delay the pubiio servioo ’
The Basion Commercial Bulletin treats ably
upon the came subject as follows:
“ There seems to be a prevailing opinion that wbon
Government appears in the maraetasa purchaser,
It IS to be anprouebad in ft different way thop au
individual or a common hnainesa firm If any of
our leading houses wish to make a large purchase,
or enter into a contract for tha iurnuhmg of a
oertain line of goods, they try the market and se
sure tUeir goods at the best bargain Tbe oases
are very rare in whioh frauds are success-ully
perpetrated, or perpetrated at ail, in such trans
actions
" Ihe Government, by Issuing their proposals as
they do, invito dishonesty in almost ovary lorm,
and then oiroumkeution steps in, and time and im*
patienae ficieh the work
“ 'Jbe present war turns np an immense demand
for nearly every leading artiole in -he shape of
o-oihicg, toed, and ammunition la in p-oportio *
it (quale, if it does nut exoel, anything oi the kind
in Bun pe ; and on this account, and un acoonnt of
tbs novelty »e it were, there is a wide dtwmulon
as to the best method of getting those supplloi
Taking all oiroumstaaces into view, we think
the Guvernmeut aboard take a more dinet way io
approach bn-ineis men and mvnufeomrert. The
expenses oi the war are to be bon-e by all the
people, and thete should be the widest distribu
tion of pauon.ge, consistent with hones y and
despatoa In this respeot, our G -vernment could
improve much by following the general plan
adopted in Europe— namely, by having a well
appointed commissariat, wnuse duty it m to men
age all such maiters bo h in general ana in detail.
By having a large body bf mtn Of prSOtiOll
knowledge and ability in tbe several depart
ments, a bungling and cumbersome system,
like that of issuing proposals, would be abolished ;
and by having the department organised into
districts, every business community wou>d come
in for its share of Government patronage, and
thus another evil, that ot favoritism and mo
nopoly, bo abolished The Government, through
its agents, should be thoroughly posted both
in the usual market prioe, a d the standard
quality of everything ia which thev stand ia need
it the house ot J.iaes M Beebe ACo wished to
flfifitffidt flit 600,000 yards of eotiun cloth, they
would not issue proposals to all the maouiooiurers,
but the salesman or partner having charge of ibis
speoia By would take tbe mailer in hand and pur
chase where he could purohase best Oie differ
ence generally between the purohstes ot Govern
ment and those of individuals is, that the former
btings too. standard in quality down to the prioe,
whereaa the latter never vary the standard bat
regulate tbo prioe by it.
Nine lentils of tbose who bid for Government
jobs aat upon tho presumption that Government If
ignorant of the standard value of what they adver
tise for —and ecnainly many of their advertised
schedules naturally lead ’o tho inferouoo. Wbother
our suggestion for having Government agents with
a fixed salary to do this work is a good one or not,
wo feel oertain that the present ay stem is inoom-
Slete, and that Government squanders every week
undreda of thousands of dollars.
Tbe Now York Pott of to-day fays:
Tho stook market jemains dull, and priees are a
shade easier; though, in tha abse&ee of a free sup
ply cf Blocks, the decline searoviy amounts co more
than q-.J per cent, while, i& some ca-es, there is a
decided advance The Southern State stocks art
among the firmest of the list, especially Virginias,
North Carolines, and GeorgiM.
The demand for Virginias, North Carolines,
Georgias, and Louisianas has been steady the post
week, and the quotations are 24.3 per oeut hfsber.
It is supposed that the pnronasss are chiefly tor
Southern account Ii is said that a law ie to bo
passed in Virginia prohibiting tbe citie ins ot tho
btaio Irom buying bonds in this market.
Northern Stale bands aro firm. Now York sixes
are scarce, and wanted at ««r quotations Ouio'f
are lilt oar cent better within a few days, ]ho
sixes ei 1860 sold at 91.
Government.stocks are quiet, but rather easier
to buy ’lhe six per-oent Treacury notes are still
pressing on the market, and sales have been made
as lev si 95J, but at this figure there is a good
i.quiry.
Bank s ooka are dull and heavy, and some
k-nds have declined' 3ani 5 per cent within a tew
days.
The paper market is very sensitive since tbe
heavy tailuro oi Saturday, and buyers are un
willing to pay within 1 to 2 per cent, of tho rates
of last week Tho uneasiness is moreased by the
report, in a morning paper that a heavy j ibbing
house in tho greeny trade bad failed, the usme of
the firm not being given Conjecture makes free
with names whose credit has suffered no default,
and some of the heaviest dealers in grocery paper
have been unable to identify the home alleged to
have failed The market, however, is in a position
to be agitated by reported suspensions, and only
“ gilt edge ’ bills an saleable to day at six per
ernt. Six months’ notes, well endorsed, aro cur
rent at 7 per cent.
. On oail tho supply is vary abundant at 4 per
oent, and at even 3.31 per oent. no large anms
oan be used.
Exchange on Europe is du'l and lower. Bter
licg is quoted 107j.107j, franca 530.5271
The Michigan Southern Railroad shows an in
crease oi $l5 000 in its earnings for July.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Sales,
AflKust 6. 1861
JUrOKTXUBTS. k'.SL.TMAIER. Merchants' Kxr.hanx.
FIBS V BOARD.
2000 Lehigh Vallej fis- 91
l u> do .91
ft U City ti _ _ .new 04
frttO do - _setp 96
7ut> do-...*.- bmp St
300 d -.. u«*w J/6
fii'O do.. Dew 3d) b 96
1600 * 0.. ntw2djS 90
3 Norrie own K... . 48
6u Reading K . .... i&£
3Gir<x.rti Bonk -.— . 3h
111 us ii>« i«wes | 18^4
.BETWJitJ
1000 Penna
SECOND
KONPenn&lOs 75 |
BC&m & ximb
6 do .. -lU)£
10J0 Pa R Ist m~. eswn ife |
CLO INU PKJ
Bid. Ask*d.
PaiJ*w,,..iutou 88 dßtf
I'lmaOe H.intofl « 88H
Piiila (is r.-ew inofl MX 96
Pena* Pu d 78
Read X- Mtf W 4
Him mp i?n
Keß.dmt63 , 0^
Rbuu issk6»‘Eb. 7SH<
i-enna. R— ... VX USX
Fenna R 3d mt 8*
Morris Canoon 86 36
Moms o** - PiU 107 X
• Bvt% Aiktd
i Soh Nev Rk.—-... tbi
*ohNavFrfd-...i3 U*
imtra it rref-- 9 io
utms ltinnu n 9* 10
.eh Cl AN 4k* 49*
Lieh O! 4. N Bop. Sis SM
North l’enna it Sic &I 4
IN H. it). _74H ;s
Gaiawissa K pro eH eX
Frank * So R ,_Sc .0
id A M-sta H S„ ,4IX 44
W Fnilnß -xd .1 s 4
iJyrur#* h -mj.- . 754 *
Ibreen A Coatee.i4 IS
(Nfi.’B3 66 *7*l
Soh NftV imp 6s 73 78
Philadelphia Mart, etc-
August 6—Evening.
The Flour market continues quiet, and a limi
ted business only to note; 33 76 4 for spring wheat
superfine; $4 25 4 371 for Western do; 34.60 476
for made Pennsylvania do; 34 25.4 76 tor Western
extra; 34 76a5 50 for Pennsylvania oo; and 35 76
a 6 50 per bbl. for extra family and fanoy brands,
as to qnality; 500 bbJs Northwestern extra sold at
34 25 per bbl Rye Floor Is iff red at $3,3 111
per bbl. Corn Meal Is quirt a> 32 621 per obi
Whxat —There is a siendy demand, with sales
of ab'-ut 5 000 bushels at 170 1> 3c for Pennsylvania
and Siio-anru rods, and 117 120: for white, Inclu
ding 1100 bushels prime Ki.nraoky on pnvata
terms Rye is Belling at 860 for old and 62 1 for
r,cw Penna Corn—About 1.600 bushels * allow
aid at 52a5210, tha lait'r afloat; and 2 700 bus
Penna , doc inme, at 60c, in store 0-u are in
demand; 3 000 bushels Souihern retd at 33r for
i ld. and 3 500 bushels new at 26 27a asin quality.
Bins Q . orcuron Is scarce nud id demand,
with smell salts of first Nt> 1 at $2B per ten
Cotton. —There is veiy little doing, owing to
the firmness of holders
Gbocxkins and Provisions continue quiet, and
we heai 1 ol nothing doing in either
Whisky is scarce, with small sales of bbls at 10a
20c, as to lots, and Drudge at 19c per gallon.
A Soldierly Captain.—The captain who
did his duty in toe midst of the root of Bdli JiM
was Joseph Hawley, captain of flific Company A,
First Connecticut Rsgimont, and formerly editor
of the Hartford Press. This worthy journalist
soldier, who was never seen about the Washington
hotels, camped with his company, and, when one
was sick, took his gun and mounted guard.
6 North Penna R
30 do v tv
8 do : ijJ
1 Per 3c Meo Rk i*
300 Git) 6*4..—. .oasb 8
9 (.ehißti '■orip _ 86*
2 Pen-a UK
a da as*
J 7 Nav )3tf
5 :b“i 9c amb R 1 DM
i BOAiUlsi
BOARD.
11000 F&R Istm-..50W1 96
JWU .96
600 C>t) 68 LBV 96
I 6 Keudtug R...la*
ICE*—DULL.