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PUNISHMENT OF TREASON AND CON
SPIRACY.
When to the heinous crime of treason is
'added a cowardly conspiracy to assassinate,
gt consummation of guilt is obtained for
Vitieh it is difficult to find a name. The
law, however, provides a sure punishment
for the double crime, and that was inflicted
yesterday, at Washington, upon the mise
rable culprits so justly. convicted by the
Commission. They had the fairest trial,
and the assistance of able counsel, but their
Crime was so clearly proven, that no one
could question the justice and the propriety
Of the judgment. And, now the most cul
pable have
"Perished by the lastest doom,
That ever the destroyer had destroyed,"
the majesty of the law is vindicated, and
few, indeed, arc those who can, pretend to
doubt that the death-doom ought to have
been inflicted. Least of all, can our
friends "over the water" have any right
to question it? As John Bull is very fond
of precedents, we take leave to point to a
oase which is somewhat parallel to this.
There had been political trouble in Eng
land daring the last year of the Regency,
and what is called " the Manchester mas-
Vacre," perpetrated in August, 1819, had
greatly increased the angry feeling of the
,vorld4ig classes—the agricultural as well
Ss the manufacturing laborers being in
great distress. The Regent (afterwards
11GEoneE the Fourth,) was extremely un
popular, and his Government, which took
Strong measures to repress the expression
of public feeling, was very much disliked.
Its head was Lord LIVERPOOL, a nervous,
feeble man, who declared that during the
greater part of his tenure of office, he actu
ally dreaded to open his letters each
Xaorning, fearing that they might announce
the breaking out of an insurrection in the
manufacturing districts. No doubt much
Of this apprehension was unfounded, but
that distress and consequent discontent
existed is very certain ; and it is equal
ly undeniable that emissaries of the
poverunient, scattered throughout dis
effected parts of the country, did a great
deal to aggravate the angry feelings which
existed.
• In February, 1820, a few weeks after the
accession of GEORGE the Fourth, it became
'nown_ to the Government that several
persons, then resident in London; lied or
ganized a conspiracy, the object of which
Vas to assassinate the ministers, seize the
Bank of England, the Mansion House
(Lord Mayor's residence,) and the Tower,
and establish a republic. The leaders, few
but resolute, met in Cato street, off the
Bdgware Road ; hence, the generally ac
cepted title of "the Cato-street Conspi
racy." Its head was ARTHUR THISTLE
:WooI), who had been an officer in the
army, Who had been in France at the
Outbreak of the first revolution there,
land who held that violence and in-
Ourrectinn_Arvara tho prepow MULIC'S - of re
dressing the evils of what they considered
bad government. He had been tried for
high treason, and had been acquitted. In
dianation at "the Manchester Massacre"
xnade him resolve (to use his own words)
"'that the lives of the instigators should be
the requiem to the souls of the murdered
innocents." He drew about him some ig-
Xtorant and desperate men, end it was ar
ranged that the Cabinet Ministers—fifteen
In. all—including WELLINGTON, CANNING,
told Rum's—should be murdered, each in
his own house. Having ascertained that
there was to be a Cabinet dinner at Lord
BARUOWnv's, at which all the Ministers
VeTe expected to attend, they resolved
that "it would be a rare haul to mur..
Orr. them all together." One.man was
to call with a note while the magnates Were
at dinner ; the others were then to rush in,
(ay the unarmed guests, and 'carry off, in
a Lag prepared for that purpose, the heads
of Lords SID3IOUTH and CASTLEREAGH,
15 - 110 Were especially obnoxious. After that,
they Were to tire the cavalry barracks, bv
thlowing fire-balls into the straw-sheds
the Bank and the Tower to be taken by
the ropulace, who, it was hoped, would
lif,v en mnasse when the news was known to
them. •
Intelligence of the conspirators' plans were
Communicated to the Government by one
Of its own spi::s, and also by two of the
Secret council in Cato street. The Minis
ters determined not to dine at Lord HAR-
IiOWDY'S, but that the preparations for the
dinner would proceed as if no alarm had
disarranged them. This conclusion was ar
lived at on the advice of the Duke of WEL
VENCTON q but Lord CASTLEREAGH, a man
of great personal courage, proposed that each
gentleman should go to the dinner, armed,
gad so meet the conspirators. These men : .
Were about leaving the loft in Cato street,
which they had hired as a secret place to
2neet in, for it was close upon eight o'clock,
the hour named for the dinner, when a
party of police rushed in and confronted
them, twenty-four in all. SMITHERS, the
leading police officer, who had unfortunate
/y waited for ire soldiers ordered to assist
the civil force, was stabbed through • the
Leart by THISTLE:WOOD, who blew out the
solitary candle, which just made darkness
:visible, and escaped, with fourteen of his
sccomplices. Three other policemen were
Blabbed or shot. Nine of the party, with
lulus and ammunition, were captured.
,The Government offered a thousand
pounds for the apprehension of THIS-
Via:HOOD, who was taken at a friend's
/muse, the next morning, and Lon
13on was startled at the announcement
Of his guilt, and alarmed by the idea that
the plot was but the first movement of a
great insurrection. There is no reason to
believe that it involved more than Tam
ri-EWOOD and his immediate associates.
The trial of TuismEwoon and four of
lily principal accomplices, for high treason,
took plac,e in April, before Chief Justice
017.1130TT afterwards Lord TINTERDEN, and
lasted three days. Their meditated crime
vas truly described as without example in
the history of England, and as unparal
leled for atrocity. Bad as it was, the assassi
3:Latin. of President LINCOLN.; overtops it
In enormity. The conviction of THISTLE
OOD and his four companions hr crime,
'ins followed, on the first of May, by
their public execution, in front of _ New
gate. After they were cut down, their
'eads were cut off with a surgeon's knife,
by a man in a mask, who evidently
'was au expert, and exhibited to the pub
lic, each with the words from the exe-
CUtiOner, " This is the head of a traitor."
This was the last execution in England for
Ugh treason. The bodies were interred
within the precincts of the: prison, quick
lime being thrown into each grave. And
So ended what might have been vcry.scri
sus to the Government and the country.
In the main point of the conspiracy to
kill, this English plot closely resembles that
Of which Mr. LimoTiu was the - victim.
lint in OUT case, there is the additional fact—
that the conspiracy succeeded. And, he
cause it did succeed, the execution which
took place yesterday is not only justifiable
in all respects, but- imperatively demanded
by society itself. We should be weak and
feeble, as well as foolish to a degree, if a
false humanity should induce us to 'nullify
justice by extending pardon to such cub
pats as passed away yesterday.
WOMANHOOD AND CRIME.
A wise and witty writer declared that
" Woman's rights were Men's wrongs,"
and seeing how blatant pseudo-philanthro
pists and mock humanitarians are upon the
execution of one of the greatest criminals
of modern times, we are more than half
inclined to think that he spoke the truth.
Until yesterday, never yet was any traitor
murderer put to death, by due process of
the law, in this country. But there have
been numerous instances, and some of them
in this State, nor very remotely, of women,
who had been tried anti convicted of murder,
suffering death at the gallows. The vim
justly doomed them to that tragic fate, and
the accident of sex was not then put for
ward in extenuation. Laws are worse than
useless—they become . positively injurious to
society—when they are not enforced against
the worst. of culprits. Treason is a great
crime, and murder is a great crime ; yet
whe» both crimes are united, as in the case
of Mrs. SIIRATT Who Was convicted of deep
complicity in a conspiracy to murder the
Chief Magistrate of this republic, we are
told, "Do not inflict the death penalty upon
her, because she is a woman."
As we have said, no one died the death
of a traitor in these United States until yes
terday, and one of the culprits, against
whom not only treason most foul, but also
murder most horrible was proven, was a
'roman. Is the difference of sex to carry
with it an abatement of punishment ? We
do not find this so set doWn in any juris
prudence in the world, and we do not be
lieve that it is an = allowable plea. The
criminal records of European countries, of
the most advanced in civilization, such as
France, England, and Germany, present
numerous examples of female criminals
suffering the death doom, when convicted
of heinous offences. There are many in-
stances of women executed for complicity
in treason, and still more numerous in- -
stances of their suffering death in the most
ignominious manner for other crimes. Mrs.
&MATT - was doubly guilty. Next to
WILKES Bourn himself, she was the most
active, shrewd, and resolute member of the
branch organization at Washington, which
had for its object the murder of AnnknAm.
LINCOLN and ANDREW JOHNSON, of WIL
LIAM H. SEWARD and ULYSSES S. GRANT:
She was one of the quick intelligences
which gave vitality to the conspiracy
which was directed against these
valuable lives, and thus was guilty of
High Treason ; and the assistance which she
gave to Boma, who slaughtered Mr. Lut
corsr, and to PAYNE, who had nearly slain
Mr. SEWARD, made her an accessory before
the fact in the horrible murder which took
the martyr-President from us—thank God,
not -until he had seen the virtual Completion
of the great work which he was sent by
Providence to accomplish. Yet we are
told by some few weak-minded and
wrong-headed persons, that this person,
double-dyed in the compound . sin of
treason and murder, ought to have been
spared, " because she is a woman."
Al woman, indeed ! Her sex disown her.
Far out of the pale of their sisterhood and
sympathy has her crime removed her. Her
own guilt has unsexed her. Neither His
tory nor Romance has any character at all
parallel to her& There was something
even fiendish in the alacrity and perseve
rance with which she went into and through
the vile conspiracy, which has given her an
immortality of ignominy. That for such a
person, the plea of gentle Womanhood
should have been brought forward is very
remarkable. She was very guilty, and she
was justly punished.
THE ruEssur.n o STECESSITIr, during the
war, created a great, dominant party,
gathered from all cliques and denomina
tions. The very existence of the nation
was eridangered, and all good and true men
rushed to the rescue without distinction of
party or creed. rho result has been a
strange union of many discordant elements
and curiously diverse opinions, but a glo
rious - work has been accomplished by the
conglOmerated mass, and peace and unity
have followed the labors of the united dis
cords.
Only the mighty preliminary duty has
yet been performed ; the national rights
and powers have been vindicated, but the
completing and securing .of the great re
sults are still to be accomplished. The high
virtues of endurance, valor,,and patriotism,
have marshaled and sustained us through
the long and weary way from which we
are just emerging, but the new trials upon
which we are now entering require addi
tional aid. Calmness and patience, and
prudence, must be called to our assistance,
to point out the future path anti lead us
us therein. Directed, guarded, and sus
tained by the heroism and courage ex
hibited in the past, as well as by the forti
tude and wisdom necessary to the new and
arduous duties arising before us, we may
he enabled worthily, to perform the mighty
work Which has been given into our hands.
As A GENERAL Brix, the behavior of
our returning soldiers is admirable. De
spite the fears of the timid and the predic
tions of the desponding, they are retiring
back, to their old positions in civil life with
at much order and precision as if they were
still acting under military orders ; their
instinctive self-respect, sense of propriety,
and shrewd common sense, being even
more powerful prompters than the stern
commands of the officers who led them
through the war. The few exceptions to
this remark are justly attributable, in most
instances, to the numerous snares which
the unprincipled have cunningly set •to
plunder our . hraye men, and to lure them on
to ruin. Patriotic citizens will rarely fail
to exercise " charity to all" our defenders,
and "mercy to none" of the miscreants
who systematically strive to rob them•cif
their hart Yearnings.
THE MOST complete political conversions
effected during the war, are among those
BRECKIITRIDGE Democrats, who, fighting
bravely for their flag on the tented field,
still sympathized with most of the pro-
Slavery views common in the South, until
they were captured as prisoners, subjected
for a long period to the slow tortures of the
prison-pen at Andersonville, and in escap
ing from it, were succored at every step of
theirjourney by the poor, despised freedmen,
When even this significant proof of black
loyalty and of white cruelty was not effect
ual, the attempts to hunt clown our prison
ers with blood-hounds, and the faithful
efforts of the negroes to divert the pursuit
of these relentless pursuers, never failed to
satisfy the most incredulous that slavery,
instead of being an institution that should
be " wershipped and proteeted as a deity,
was a devil that every honest man should
seek to banish from the land.
THE SIZE of the American fleet that is to
cruise in European waters during the com
ing year has been much exaggerated by
sensation journals. It does not amount in
all to more than six vessels, but as , theSe
embrace some of our most celebrated ships---
the renowned Searsarge and the gigantic
Niagara being of the number they will,
doubless, - worthily represent the honor of
our nation. The voyage is no mere brag
gadocio affair but a practical and useful
cruise, having for its main object the protec
tion of American commerce. Experience
has long since demonstrated that unjust ex
actions, even to the extent of the confiscation
of vessels and cargoes, will frequently be at
tempted by rapacious officials when no
protecting national squadron is, sta
tioned at a convenient distance, and
where the flags of our naval cruisers are so
rarely seen thitt their protecting power is
doubted and disbelieved, Our little fleet,
thereforeisaS sailifrom port to port, will
be a very wholesome reminder " to all
whom it may concern," that the busy mer
chantmen which ply from our shores will
La supported and 'Sustained by the power of
our great Republic—by a nation that, since
- has finished the task of chastising and
securing the future obedience of a few of
its unruly children, is able to cope with
any foreign Government on sea or land,
and that has wiihin its borders more living
heroes of valorous achievements, and first
class soldiers and seamen than all Europe
combined.
OUR RXCRANGES are filled with accounts
of the proceedings of Fourth-of-July cele
brations at various places, and with the
usual accompaniments of accidents from the
careless discharge of firearms and of petty
fireworks. The newspapers chronicled
fewer disastrous fires in our city than usual,
and but few fatal accidents. But. there were
hundreds of wounds inflicted of which no
public mention was made ; and some peeu
larly distressing ones, of which we have
been informed, make us hope more fervently
than ever that some action will be taken
hereafter to abate the nonsensical and dan
gerous nuisances which form a principal
feature of our patriotic demonstrations.
Let us have beautiful public fireworks of
artistic finish and design, but no petty
private gunpowder explosions to burn
down our houses and wound and maim
our children or the friends who extinguish
the flames which so often enkindle their
clothing. Let salvoes of artillery be fired
by experienced gunners until the whole
city reverberates with the uproar, but no
pocket-pistols and shot-guns, keeping up a
perpetual racket. Fire-crackers, etc., may
be fit types of Chinese civilization, and cor
respond with the tastes and habits of a peo
ple who cannot muster enough men from
their hundreds of millions to defend their
capital from a handful of invading foreign
ers, but they do not comport with the ge
nius of America ; for here we should aim
to le as careful and considerate in peace as
we are terrible and destructive in war. If
it is at all possible to correct this old-esta
Wished evil habit -we should sedulously
strive to do so, and no longer suffer our de
lights and pleasures, in. our annual cele.bra
tions, to be marred by a long, black record
of painful and fatal casualties.
THE XAOUTFICENT BEQUEST left by Ad
miral Durois'r to the contemplated asylum
for the relief and education of the orphans
of the soldiers and sailors of the war for the
Union which we announced in a recent
special despatch from Wilmington, will
forever add a glorious halo to the vene
rated memory of that gallant and accom
plished naval commander. He could not
have made a more beneficent and patriotic
disposition of the princely sum he had
acquired in commanding our squadrons.
While this prize-money was justly and
fairly earned, there is a special propriety
in his determination to make himself the
mere temporary custodian of the bounty of
the Government, and to dedicate it all to
the humane and noble charity he wisely
selected.
JONES' BUT OF THE LATE PRESIDENT.—It is
generally much more difficiilt toilful a good—
we mean a satisfactory, likeness—of the dead,
than of the living. VI - tether it be in the bust
or in the portrait, there is so much omitted we
seem to remembgr, so much that we cannot
but believe we detect the failure to portray,
it would seem scarcely possible for memory
to be satisfied. In looking at , the various
likenesses of the deceased Abraham Lincoln,
this has been painfully true. This one has
lacked the intellect; this one that genial cor_
diality which, at times, almost transfigured
those masculine yet homely features; and _this
again the delicate pathos which from time to
time so visibly colored them. We will not
Positively say that Mr. Jones has entirely suc
ceeded in his present bust, yet it is unmis
takably one of the finest and truest which we
have yet seen. Indeed, so true is it, that cc.
Pies have already been orderedby, and a large
- portion of them delivered tO, Lieutenant
Generals Scott and Graiet ; President Johnson,
at the White House; fldmiral Farragut, Post
master General Dennison, the Pennsylvania
Historical Society, Independence and Faneuil
Halls; Governors Fenton, Curtin, Bucking
ham, Brownlow, and Andrew; Collector Dra
per, the Naval and Military Academies, the
New York Historical Society; the City Hall,
the Hall of the Boird of Edueatfon, the Free
Academy, the School of Design, Cooper Insti-.
tute, American Institute, the Pollee ilea&
quarters; the Colored Association which as
sernbled on the grounds of the Executive
Mansion, at Washington., to celebrate the
Vonrtb. “ay . une 1V ar Depat
-Seward Mr. MeCUllOelt, the Methodist Book
Concern, Bishop Simpson, John Bright, Peter
Cooper, Bev. Dr. Chapin, Henry Ward Beecher,
Gerrit Smith, General Butler, Gasparin, Cho-
Chin LabOlaye, Henri Martin ; Ministers Clay,
Adams, Bigelow, and President Jeffard, of
Hayti.
The original cast of the bust is now on exhi
tion at Brady's photographic establishment,
in New York, and a copy of it was the bust in
the window of The Press office, which created
such general admiration on the Fourth of this
month and the days immediately succeeding.
CAPE MAY.
[Special Correspondence of The Press.]
CAPE MAY, July 7,18055
After suffering from the dust and heat of a
crowded city, what a delightful transition it
is to find yourself free from the toil of busi
ness, and breathing the pure, fresh air from
the Ocean. ' '
, . . .
Oil stocks, Reading Railroad, and five-twen
ties are forgotten ; the bulls may roar and the
bears may growl on the Stock Exchange ; se
euritieS advance Or declidejbut little care you,
sitting under the shade-trees of the Columbia
House, smoking your fragrant Havana, or
driving_ your fast team on the road to Cold
Spring. You have resigned yourself to plea
sure for a fortnight, and, if it lies in your
power, nothing shall occur to mar your sport.
The Cape, as it is known to all Philadelphi
ans, presents many attractions which other
watering places do not afford, The society is
decidedly first-class, the hotels of the best de
scription, and under the control of gentle
manly proprietors, who spare no pains to con
tribute to the comfort of their guests. The
bathing is, we think, the safest along our
coast, while good fishing can be found half a
mile from your door. Possessing so ninny na
tural advantanes, Cape May must, in course of
time, gain ascendancy over Newport, Long
Branch, Atlantic City, and, we had almost
said, Smith's Island.
As a mark of its improvement, it now boasts
of a daily paper, in which the latest intelli
gence is placed in the hands of every guest on
the island at the earliest possible hour. Plea
sure-seekers are still crowding doWn in great
numbers. Every train adds to the quota of
those already here;, tired and travel-stained
they rush frOlpite,cara to the—coaches, and
are then dis thtedl.amang ..the ..different
hotels: • r
The proprietors of these may cougratulatp
theinselves upola the admiral:Re amingementslt
fliey t iniye made iiiwards enhaneing the plea
sure of; ;their guests;
_and we may here speak
especially,orMr. George Bolton ' of the Colum
biallouSe, and Mr. J. F:Citke, of Congress Hall.
At the former place, Beck's Band has been en
gaged to discourse sweet melody ; and, at the
latter, Hassler's Band will perform for the be
nefit of those who may - wish to while away the •
midnight hour in the mazes of the dizzydance.
Many persons are now enjoying the bathing,
but we must wait for a month before we will
see the crowds rolling in the surf before the
Columbia pavilion,
Mosquitoes, the great bore of all watering
places, are, we may say, entire strangers here . ;
and you may retire to rest free from all hor
rible visions of birds of prey piercing your
flesh with gory beaks, and gloating in triumph
over your sleeping form. J. It. S.
Strange Proceedings in New -York.
letzitcANTlLE APPRECIATION OP A NOTORIOUS
REBEL °FMB% "
NEW Yonn, July 7.—Tile Post of this evening
states that the steamer Hatteras is advertised
to leave this port tomorrow for Richmond,
commanded by Captain Parrish, who surren
dered the steamer Yorktown to the rebels,
and endeavored .to persuade the crew to join
the • rebels. The Yorktown was afterwards
iron-plated bytlie rebels, and, under command
of. Parrish; took part in the engagement be
tween the iferriniae and Monitor. The first
mate of the Hatteras •is • Robert - Itobertid, who
was captain of a. rebel tug-boat. TheilitttOrai
belongs to Livingstoob & Co., of thiEf city;
, .
Exernszcor TO FORT Dy.r..Aw;A:an:=-,Tneynew
and rapid steamer Meteor, Cnptain`J: A.
Denny, will,. on. Wednesday next, JaVt R,th,
make an excursion to Fort Delaware, letril*
Illegargee's wharf; Kensington, at 7.45 A. At;
touching, at Pennsgrove, and
Pennsvillc. On arriving at the fort ampie time
win be given the passengers to visit the inte
rior. Refreshments will be provided, both on
the boat and at the fort.
CONTINUED:SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY AT
CAPE MAY.—On Saturday, Julylsth, at 1 o'clock
P. M., three hundred building lots will be
sold at Cape May, N. J. These lots are situate
not, far distant from the beach and railroad
depot. A special excursion train will leave
Walnut-street wharf at B o'clock A. M,, and
arrive at 12M. The tickets furnished will be
good to return 'the following Monday. See
advertisement.
RICHMOND AND PETBUSBURG RAILROAD.—This
JAM was turned over to the management of
the company yesterday, who, until further
arrangements cmi be made, will adopt the
same schedule of time as run by the military
authorities. The rollinvatock of the road is,
we understand, in very bad repair, but will be
used for the present. The best engines for
betty used on this road, weilepurelmeed from
the Confederate tiovernment r ' they having
been captured by Confederate troops on the
Baltimore anti Ohio road, These have been
sent hack to that road,-Petersburg E t press,
July 4th.
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PASSENGER RAILROAD TRIPS--NO. HI.
GREEN AND COATES STREETS
BEAUTIES OF PHILADELPHIA.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS
STUDIES OF HUMAN NATURE.
AN IRON GIBBET.
lilrange Anomalies and Witless Jokes.
The passenger cars, it may be truly said, are
among the most demoeratic of the institutions
of Philadelphia. At almost any .time we arc
apt to meet in them many.representatives of
all classes of people, all varieties of dress,
manners and conversation. - When people
make up their minds to indulge in asatway
or steamboat excursion, they generally draw
the best from their wardrobes and prepare
themselves for the journey, but in the every
day local cars they retain to a great extent
their domestic dress, manners, and. peculiari
ties. It is in these local cars, where the broad
and marked outlines of character more strik
ingly exhibit themselves, Boorishness is more
stolid ; snObbishriess more offensive 5 supereil
iousness more self asserting; pride more ex
elusive ; and selfishness in all its - grades
more unmasked. A street car, of ali other
places, is the most favorite for vain and
silly displays, and a careless or even
reckless indifference to the wants of others
The observant Passenger has a fine giver:
tunity here to study the manners and customs
of the promiscuous mass of people. Tokreadt
book, or the " fifth edition" of some newspa
per, is entirely out of the question in the pre
sence of so much that urges and forceS itself
on your attention. It must be confessed; how
ever, that many agreeable people are met in
the ears. Their manners, tone of voice, gene
ral air of refinement and kindness, seem to
conspire to make their presence about as ac
ceptable as though they were our nearest
friends. Yet appearances are deceptiVe. As a
general thing, from many remarks -that we
have heard from - extravagantlydressed peo
ple, we are constrained to say that, had half
the care been bestowed in cultivating their
minds as that in arranging their toilet, there
would be no occasion wanting to draw upon our
admiration. Among the elasSes of the most
disagreeable people to be found in the cars, are
the men who use tooth-picks ; the fellows Who
stare at the ladies in a bold. manner, almost
amounting to insult ; those who thrust their
newspaper into their neighbors , faces; the
fellow who whistles or who smokeS on the
front platform, or who spits tobacco-juice in
the car 5 the lady who expands her crinoline,
and looks as black as a June thundergust when
she has to make room for another lady of simi
lar outward dimensions; and last, but not
least, the lady who gets Into the car, and find
ing all the scats occupied, stops in front of the
first gentleman she reaches,.and, looking him
out of his place, complains that the conductor
ought not to run hiS car so full. In the course
of a month of riding we counted the number
of times that gentlemen were thanked for sur
rendering their seats to ladies. Out of. about
four hundred, less than fifty said " thank you t "
In about twenty instances of gentlemen
making the same offer, and being refused, the
ladies (bless them) just as many times said,
"no, I thank you "keep your seats" there
fore, being more polite in the refusal than in
Vie acceptance.
Coffey, in the play of The Seven Daughters
of Satan," hits this subject in a very pleasant
manner, as follows :
For gibbet up yer seat to a lady in de Car."
" Thankee."
Da is if yer get it."
"Much yer don't."
Notwithstanding this, we have seen a num..
ber of instances of ladies surrendering their
places in the cars to men returning, wearied,
from the toil of the day ; and we are apt to
think this would be more common if not mis
understood, or if the motive would be justly
appreciated. It must be confessed that it re
quires no little pertinacity, good nature, and
courage on the part of a lady to form a proper
decision in such cases.
An overloaded 'street car, especially on a
Stormy night, is a wonderful institution for
contemplation. It tries the patience, and dis
turbs the equanimity of the most philosophi
cally inclined individual. Such squeezing,
pushing, elbowing, corn-smashing, and crack
ing of witless jokes, long since. played out—
such as, "always room for one, more," "car
never pits full "—hid:despair to grinoline, and
staggers old fogyism. The 'coniructor forecl
himself through the funnel to take up fare; a
wet lady hands hint a wet dollar-ate—some
country bank—tells him to take Out for her
self and child; conductor can't do it.x.roStma
v ouclavue-os- - ctruttitfuto ; 11,11.0 trier passen
ger pulls the bell, car does not stop suddenly:
the passenger becomes impatient, and gives
the bell another pull, which means "go
ahead ;" the car does not stop at all. The con
ductor is soundly perated ; he is to be 'in
formed on in the morning; the number of his
ear is imperiously demanded; then the con
ductor is called for from every quarter:
"Here, Mister Conductor, you didn't give
me my change."
" Mister Conductor, let me out at .--
street."
"Conductor, can't you drive a little faster?"
"I believe these conductors is just put here
to steal."
" They never stop only in the Mud."
"Take care, good 1110.11, how you punch Me
- with yer elbows."
Then comes another voice; it is thatof a fe
male:
"Conductor, let me out at street,
please?. -
Presently the ear is relieved of, part of its
over-population, and some passengers - dud
they are several squares below the point they
desired to get out at, and the conductor *Mos
in for another share of scolding, with the in
evitable threat of being made the subject of
information in the morning.
The conductor of a street car experiences a
chequered existence. Ile holds no sinecure•
Is it any wonder that, because of the inces
sant labor of fourteen or seventeen hours per
day, and at moderate wages only, he simply
holds on to. the situation until he can get
something better to dot We might moralize
a volume on this subject, but our mission to
day is to give a brief sketch of a trip on the
. . .
Road, made a day or two since. Taking the
car at Sixth and Dickerson streets, in the First
ward, we proceed up the last-named thorough
fare to Eighth street, when*.turn is made to
the. northward. We have a Passing view of the
Chui•ch of the Annunciation, two squares to the
west. Thia is a Catholic church. It is built
substantially of pressed brick; is commodious,
and a large congregation attends there on each
Sunday. The foundatign of this' church was
erected in a very short time. Many Catholics,
residing in the lower sect#on of the city, gave
what may be called one day's labor on the
work. In twenty-four hours the cellar was
dug, and in almost about the same time the
walls were put up. So fmuch for the founda
tion. It was built in tl most substantial man
ner, in this way. As -,
t the building stands
almost isolated. ', ,:r.lti..
?row:all:we see thet6Wers of the County
Fria* -Often miscalled, the Moyamensing
'Prison;) projecting aboie , a mass of tree foliage
of every shade of griiert:\ In one of these
towers there is a pract.icittspecimen of - British
leniency, in the shape of aii . •
..
large enough to adMit a' man the size of
- Washington. -It was removed from the Wal
nut-street Prison, that once stood at the
corner of Sixth and Walnut streets. The
• history of this machine is obscure. At the
time the old prison was pulled down we
heard an aged gentleman say that the
gibbet was one of a number sent to this °Qui
try from Engldnd during the early days of the
American Revolution, to be used upon the peti-
Sons of the most eminent patriots of that
period. The intention was to, hang a human
body in it—death to ensue from' starvation, a's
the most lenient and magnanimous way of
punishing rebels. At the prcient period it
would not be amiss, perhaps, to place this Or
bet in some pOsition where the great public
could get a view of it. A photograph of it
sent to the seceSh sympathizing British lords
might induce them to withhold their unasked
advice in reference to American government.
As we pass along 'retire car, the panorama is
beautified by the by-views of the new Pres
byterian Church at Ninth and Wharton streets,
the Episcopal Church of Our Savior, on Reed
street; the House of Industry on Catharine*
street, and the beautiful Eiiiscopai Church of Me
Evangelists Opposite, with its tall tower and
beautiful spire stretclikag towards the vast
(Wine. 'of • I ; l ,4tige: At. Elghth and fitzwator
,streets, the . 77-
AMIGOLD FIIBL s tero,CIIIOOL HOUSE
will attract some at 3ifion. The roof and
steeple on this WO: • ;gore entirely ide
stroyed by fire a feWy - . _ tiojnee, but they have
been replaced, and fhb bell - now summons the
;Children, every morning, to cultivate their
minds by clothing them in the habiliments of
a good English education. There is evidently
a want of taste in the arrangements around
the structure. The trees have not been pro
perly trimmed, nor are the grass-plots worthy
of a notice. A few dollars in • floriculture
would make this place like the abode of fairies.
We pass by Shippen and South streets, with
its long range of old clothed dealers and junk
shops, and turn to . :the Boit masonry, of old
Penn Hospital, the entrance to which is on
Eighth Street. It used to be on Pine street
but when the managers of the institution sold
thou-19t, on the south side of this street, ex
tending from Eighth to Ninth, it was stipu
lated that the entrance to the hospital should
be removed. This was acceded toin deference
to the feelings of the families who were to re
side in the beautiful mansions then to be
erected there. These piles of architecture
have been built, and more hCantiful specimens
eamidt be found in any part sif
.On the WeSt sittei te , t4t, abrA , i, pi - nee street, the
eye will be attracted by-the I , ,cautifal propOr
tions of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, with
-its MuSsive fLutod columns, and not OVCI
'Er " ourrs."
GREEN AND COATES-STILEBT
IRON: UIESSIhT,
ST. ANDamw , ki thipticin
heavy pediments. It was in this church where
the great Dr. Bedell once preached. The annual
Conference of the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern
Pennsylvania held its sessions here for many
3 cars. On proceeding a little farther, a Pass
ing view of _Musical Fund Halt, to the west, on
Locust street, and a glimpse or ndanglen
Square to the eastward, will give lights and
shades to the great panoramic picture.
Soon we are amid the bustle and busi
ness, proverbial of Eighth si reet, with its
well-filled and beautiful stores, where ladies
can go shopping all day without travelling far
after commencing the task. There is, perhaps,
not a more extensive retail business spot in
Philadelphia. Some of the stores are fitted up
with a great degree of taste, and, as we pass
along there are hundreds of anxious mammas,
and blooming daughters, examining, purchas
ing, and ordering home, the latest fickleness of
the styles of fashion, apparently regardless of
the transient goddess. Presently, from these
every day scenes, the mind is involuntarily
brought to consider other things. There passes
in full review the
CENTRAL ERESIITTERIAN CRuncir,
at Eighth and Cherry streets, one of the neat
est places of worship in the city. It is lilac in
color, and presents a majestic appearance,
with its row of fluted columns on the front.
The congregation worshipping, here is large,
and contains within its number some of the
most prominent and influential members of
the community. Turning to the westward,
there will be seen the immense manufactory of
Messrs Cornelius, Baker, & Co., makers of ehan
deliers and gas fixtures. Here this business is
carried on to an immense extent. Work made
up at this place embellishes many halls of
legislation In America, and palaces in Europe
and Asia, This establishment was the scene
Of a frightful explosion, and the community
is yet familiar with the published accounts
thereof; but everything 'LS in perfect order
again; every safeguard' has been introduced
that science could invent or wealth and enter
prise procure, and through this great medium
bread and butter is put into the mouths of
thousands ill our city. Lighting gas-fixtures
by electricity is one of the wonderful improve
ments recently introduced to the world by
this well-known firm, whose names are as fami
liar as household words. But the car passes
on, and we leave Messrs. Cornelius, Baker, &
Co. in their glory, while we turn attention to
a fine-looking building, just above Race street.
This is the
TRINITY NET/WRIST outman,
a neat-looking drab-colored edifice, the lower
vestibule apparently even with the line of the
street;, the walls of the interior recessing
back some eight or ten feet, to allow room for
two heavy eolumns that support the entabla,
ture.. Besides_ this, there is nothing of par
ticular consequence to notice until reaching
Noble street, where a neat and unpretending
Church may be seen, recessing back at least
one hundred feet from the street line. The
enclosure is marked by a handsome iron-rail
ing, and plenty of grass within.
HANDEL AND HAYDN HALL
The tall and majestic-looking, and certainly
ornate pile of architecture, known by the
"name, style, and title” of Handel and Haydn
Hall, will attract more than ordinary atten
tion. It is one block in extent, extending from
Spring Garden to Green street. The cornice
is rather massive, and has for its support beat',
Wally carved brackets. It is one of that class
of buildings that has given a name to Phila,
delphia that all should feel proud of. The car
now turns up Coates street;.and upon ap•
prom:Wag the track of the steam-cars of the
Germantown railway, the conductor gets
out—advances as a precaution—a wave Of his
bands, and we are over the track, moderately
speeding the way to scenes of beauty.
THE NORTHWEST GRAMMAR SCHOOL
will be seen just above Twelfth street, with
its beautiful tall and graceful ornamental
trees in front casting their grateful shade
upon a yard, where the urchins are allowed
an interval to play as conducive to their physi
cal health. We soon reach Broad street, at the
intersection of Ridge avenue, which form acute
angles. Passing by an old, white, dilapidated
looking building, called the Avenue Market,we
are soon transported to semi-rural scenes and
more beautiful views beyond. Passing by se
veral recently built churches and a flne,
large, and beautiful brown Sand-stone public
school-house, with massive ornamental raib
ing, modeled after growing corn, we breathe
the fresh air again sweeping down from rural
hills, over perfumed landscapes. But to the
right will be observed a long building, of yel
low ochre-looking stone, hard as adamant•
This is the - _
EASTERN PENITENTIARY,
erected in the shape of a star within its mas
sive walls. Along the front wail is a terrace
ten feet wide, covered with grass. From this
grass, apparently, arises the principal wall of
the prison. The institution has been visited
by many foreign and American tourists, who
have long since decided that it is the mo
del prison of the world. Standing in the
centre, the spectator can have an urthi
terrupted view of the sefltral wards or
'eorridafs. It is scrupulously clean. There
is, -frothing very forbidding in its front
anDearance. Its towers look like so many
.light-houses;'they ought to be a warn
,._irig._taavenrtznftligern on the ocean of
Cherry Hill. This was when Bush Hill was
in all its primeval glory. In fact it may
be considered as once having formed apart of
Bush Hill, but bore the other name from the
fact of many black-heart cherry trees growing
upon its soil. When a boy, we picked cherries
from a number of the trees.• The soil is appro
priate for the black hearted villains within
the walls of the prison that long since took the
place of natural things.
The car now approaches Fairmount, with
all its artistic beauty, on the northeast ‘ portion.
thereof, then proceeds up the avenue a hundred
yards towards the park, when it comes to a
full halt. Here the passengers may retire to
dwell in comfort and happiness upon the de
lightful scenes constantly progressing in those
parts.
THE DOWNWARD TRIP.
The track, in rounding Landing avenue,
s weeps to the south side of Coates street, near
the northern enclosure of Fairmount. The
track of the Reading railroad runs along the
eastern slope of the romantic hill, and upon
the approach of the steam train a watchman
displays a red flag as the warning signal.
This necessary precaution prevents accidents,
and therefore the dread of collision does not
flier the pleasure of the trip. The passenger,
while crossing the Reading track, will, upon
looking southward, observe in a direct line
the dome of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St.
Paul, standing high over surrounding things.
At this distance it looks like an immense
balloon, ready to ascend heavenward. The car
turns down Twenty-second street, and finally
into Green Street, which seems to be
appropri
ately named, as there extends to the power of
-vision apparently endless rows of ornamental
trees and enclosed flower and shrubbery gar
dens in front of the palatial mansions that
beautify the thoroughfare. We observe here
for several squares that the houses on the
north side are built of pressed brick, with
white marble door jambs and circular heads,
while on the south side of the street rows
after rows of residences have mastic fronts,
from pale gray. to slate color, from the, tints
of the lilac to the bluish purple. The con
trast is decidedly pleasing, and certainly re
freshing in this great city of " bricks and mor
tor.". Along this pleasant spot there are many
gardens, attractive and full of floral beauty.
Amid these works of art, embellished as they
are with Nature's choicest offerings, stands
the
ALEXANDER FRIISTSTTEMAN o.m: inert,
an admirably and substantially constructed
temple for religious worship. It possesses an
imposing appearance, and in design it is in
keeping with the architectural beauty of the
entire vicinity. On the south side of this street,
above Fifteenth, stands the
GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH,
that has been in progress of erection for seve
ral years, ' It presents a handsome front, with
a blue-stone tower on its west end. On Satur
day evening, about ten o'clock, July Ist, inst.,
a sudden gust of wind, preceding a heavy
thunder storm and deluge, prostrated the
spire; yetnniinished, and dashing It down from
its lofty eminence, smashed in the roofs of
two large four-story houses on the opposite
side Of the way, and interrupted travel on this
Part of the road for the remainder of the night•
Crossing Broad street the passenger will oh.
serve the beautiful proportions of the Central
High School building on the east side thereof,
while at the northeast corner of the same wide
thoroughfare and Green street, the attention
will be attracted by an imposing edifice. This
is the
ROUTE BROAD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
built of nicely dressed brown stone. The work
appears to be well executed ; the design
evinces skill, the whole makim -, a pretty
pic
ture in the moving panorama of which we are
writing.
THE QUEEN-STREET CIIIIIICEI
This is certainly one of the prettiest Church
es attached to the Methodist Episcopal per
suasion. It is located west of Tenth street.
The front is supported by handsome columns
resting on a terrace, access being had thereto
by a flight of stone steps. These Columns are
neat and graceful in their support of a pretty
entablature, in perfect harmony of design. A
very pretty iron railing decorates the front,
and prevents ready intrusion. Prominent and
distinguished citizens are numbered with the
flourishing congregation that worships within
the walls of this pretty building.
Passing the Germantown Railroad depot, we
proceed to Fourth street, but ilyd nothing on
this part of the route worthy of particular
mention. upon turning down Fourth, a blank
wall at the southeast corner meets the eye,
and at a considerable distance from the line of
the street may be seen the Friends' Meeting
House, hiding its modesty beneath weeping
willows and sycamores. An ugly shed, en.
closed in the street corner, reflects no credit
uponthe individuals having supervisory pow
er over the place. The car in a short time
passes Callowhill street, with its low and re
pulsive looking market sheds, which are a
isgrace to the city. They Were built many
years since, are clumsy looking, and as such
show the taste of the corporate power of the
Northern Liberties many years agorte.
BT. AIIGUSTIMEM CHURCIC
This sacred edifice presently appears to
view. The building which formerly occupied
site, was destroyed by a fearfUl riot in
May; 1844, which started in the vicinity of
'econd. and Master streets, Kensington, and.
, •ttllninated in Sontltivaik in July following.
There was it lull between the two periods
named, - but there was a feveriSh exeitement,
hich thiailk burst out with renewed fury
mule! the stimulating elforts of local politi
cians of all political parties. W well' remem
ber, while standing - in silent contemplation of
the ruins of St. Augustine, there was one , spot
upon the interior that remained unscathed
during the terrible conflagration. That little
spot contained these words, "Gorr BEET
Along this section of the city, there are 3
variety of business attractions, and comfort
able though mostly ancient-looking dwellings.
THE ZION LUTHERAN OHURen,
at the corner of Cherry street, is one of the
aged buildings that carries back to mind the
days of a century ago: It is probably the
most substantially built edifice of the kind in
Philadelphia. It is of the same character in
Point of material as that used in. Independ
ence Hall or the Catholic Trinity at Sixth and
Spruce street, This ehureh was onee robbed
of the embroidered velvet of the pulpit, by a
murderer named Charles Langfoldt aims Lea
therman. The principal witness against him,
was a young lady who resided in. and occu
pied the second story back room of a dwelling
adjacent. She embroidered the velvet, and
thus it was identified before the court. This .
Langfehlt was also convicted of robbing a
hardware store in the same vicinity. lie was
sentenced to a term of four years' imprison
ment in the Eastern Penitentiary. During kis
incarceration, he swore lie would have re
venge upon the female upon whose evidence
he was convicted. After having served his
time out he stealthily entered the house by
climbing over a rear shed, access being had
thereto by a narrow alley running from
Fourth street. He made his way into the
room formerly occupied by the witness, upon
whom he maliciously sought revenge. MOW
iug the night lamp out lie proceeded to do the
work of murder. The community were horn'.
fled and terribly, excited on the following
morning, upon hearing of the frightfulbutche
ry of Mrs. Rademapher, and the shocking
maiming of her husband. The bloody scene is
still vivid hi our memory as it appeared to us
at that time. The mieerable wretch had killed
an estimable lady, instead of the one whom
the law had arraigned against him afra just
and honest witness.
It was a morning that we shall ever hold in'
grateful remembrance, when we saw the mut*.
derous wretch hanging upon the gallowi in the
yard of the county prison. He died with a
laugh on his lips. Well do we remember that
the community felt relieved when his execu_
tion was made known through the medium
of the press.
At Arch street will be observed a southeast
view of an old Quaker Church, surrounded for
several hundred feet by a blank wall with
black headers, indicating antiquity. Immedi
ately opposite may be seen the Merchants , Ho
tel, kept by as jolly a host as ever essayed to
perform the duties of a public purveyor. He
is essentially a PittSblirgher, and all persons
of eminence from the "smoky city" resort to
the Merchants> while sojourning in Philadel
delphia. Distinguished political gentlemen
often congregate here. A little farther on; a
hasty glimpse may be had of the Union Metho
dist Church; it is mostly hidden from view by
houses overlapping the front of the church
building. It was erected not many years
since, and, like the Methodist churches gener
ally, is unostentatious,
THE PRESS BUILDING
This building, located just below Chestnut
street, has the finest front of any institution
of the kind in the City. It is of beautiful
light fawn-colored stone, and makes a neat as
well as imposing appearance. An apartment
in this building has been assigned the Central
National Dank, The building was erected
with due regard to strength, in order to sus
tain the immense machinery, heavy power
presses of the office itself, and of the famous
establishment of Messrs. Ringwalt & Brown,
the great job printers of the city. During
business hours many scenes of activity are
constantly progressing at this popular es
tablishment. But the car passes on, and pre
sently we are in front of
ST, XAsx's °Hunan.,
between Spruce and Prune streets. This
building is a great favorite with the Catholic
people generally. It was founded one hun
dred and two years since, and enlarged in the
year 1810. In the year 1862 an unfortunate dis
pute arose among the dignitaries of the
church, in which the lawmen joined, and the
W 0 parties divided, one styling themselves
the "Bishopites,” the other the iflloganites."
A big riotlfor those days ensued, during which
the front wall of the enclosure was prostrated.
The wall was rebuilt, and the broken marble
cap-stones were reunited by means of iron
ties, cemented with lead, placed in position
where they still remain. An immense number
Of people congregate at this church every
Sunday, and not a few often stop in front to
listen to the charming music of the choir.
At Pine street the car passes through two of
the oldest burying-grounds in Philadelphia—
that of the Thind 'Presbyterian (known of the
Old Pine-street Church), to the right, and St.
Peter's Episcopal to the left. The passenger
will observe in St. Peter's yard a fluted marble
shaft, surmounted by a carved .eagle of the
same material. Beneath this monument re
pose the mortal remains of Commodore Ste
phen Decatur. They e.cre removed to this
spot nearly a quarter of a century since, and
at the ceremonies an incident occurred, fresh
upon the memory. Upon a shed near the
southwestern part of the ground, were at least
fifty boys, awaiting to witness the proceedings:
At the first volley of the " honors of war," the
boys gave a nervous surge with one accord,
and down fell the shed, with a great crash,
and they were tumbled pell-nie4l into each
other. lone of them Are'
This part of the route, for several: squares,
contains material for Much reflection:" There
is nothing beautiful to attract attention, but
there is something for the advocates of
hygiene and morality to ponder on. The pas
senger can have a passing view of Pine
alley, now dignified by the name of Trout
street. This is the abode of brazen-laced,
bloated, abandoned women and profligate
men, and human whisky-mills generally. The
police-olheers have to rule with an iron hand,
to keep these people in subjeCtion to the law.
Of late years the thoroughfare has improved
somewhat, under the rigorous discipline of
Frank Hampton, the lieutenant commanding
the Second division of police. If the stones of
this street, or the dilapidated walls of the
shanties, could speak, they could tell a thou
sand tales that would freeze the blood, and
appall the very soul with horror. We pass this
picture as the cargoes on between the two sec
tions of the Washington Market-house, built by
the corporation of old Southwark. Here all the
necessaries and luxuries of life can be obtain
ed at the lowest market rates.
NEW JERUSALEM,
an unpretending-looking edifice of a whitish
east, with a gable-end front view, standing
some distance to the eastward of Fourth street,
below German, exhibits at once the propor
tions of the second Kew Jerusalem church
erected in this city. This is not numerically
a strong sect, there being but five churches of
the kind in all Philadelphia. The burial-place
in front of the church contains but few graves;
the grass is luxuriant in all its native wild
ness.
Presently the car passes the famous Jeffer
son public square, the camping-ground of the
10th New Jersey regiment in , 03; and the en
closure wherein Colonel Baker and his gallant
California regiment of fifteen hundred men
bivouacked on the night before the line of
march was taken up.
To the right the extensive foundry of Messrs.
Merrick tt Co. will be observed—the marks of
the recent conflagration there still being vi
sible. At Fourth and Roca streets, a large and
well-built edifice will attract notice. This is
BT. AM:I'O:MM CHUROU,
of the Catholic sect. It has a stout, well-built
steeple on its Fourth-street front. Its bell is
remarkable for the superiority of its tone, con
sidering its size. This bell, we understand, is
about all that was rescued from the ill-fated
steamer Mountaineer, that was wrecked about
fourteen years since, on the "stone-pile," in
the Delaware bay, on the upward trip. It can
not be said that the church is yet finished.
Recently, some admirable improvements were
made, and others are contemplated that will
still more beautify its appearance. There is
room for a clock in the steeple, an addition
that is by no means improbable. Since the
church was erected, hundreds of very
neat and comfortable dwelling houses,
with all the modern improvements—gas, hot
and cold baths, have also been built in the
vicinity. These houses, for the most part, are
inhabited by mechanics and other thrifty well
to-do people. A few years since the whole of
this part of Philadelphia presented corn and
rye delds,and potato° patches,streams of water,
and other rural developments. But the pro
gressry c tu
• - ts have made rapid strides here and
for nearly a mile further south, carrying- with
them social contentment, happiness and pros-
perity, and the many other endearments inci
dent to civilization, law and order. But we
are at the end of our journey. The car turns
westward at Dickerson street, and in a few
minutes reaches the stopping place at Sixth
street. We are prepared to say that a ride
over this road throughout its length will give
a pretty good idea of Philadelphia as it is, and
win the admiration of the observantspectator.
Public. Arnusententg.
COTTON AND Mummy% Morsriums.—This af
ternoon and evening will close the perform.
once of Cotton and Murphy's Minstrels,.whicli
have for some time been holding forth at the
Chestnut. We advise all who have not as yet
visited the Chestnut during the time the
Minstrels have been there not to fail going
either this afternoon or evening. To those
who have seen the Minstrels we need say
nothing. We sincerely hope that the time is
not far distant when this truly fine troupe Of
performers will again return to Philadelphia.
In conclusion, we can only wish them success
ful and profitable engagements wherever they
may go.
PANORAMIC VIEW OP TUE ABB,AARINATION OF
PRESIDENT LINCOLII.—The panoramic view of
the assassination of President Lincoln, at Con
c 11, is attracting large audiences. We
l e ia r v t e not as yet visited the ball, but we under
stand, from those who have seen the patio
that it is one of the finest and most
truthful that has ever visited Philadelphia.
A memliennt well known in the neighbor
hood of the Church of the Madeleine, Paris e
addressed to a gentleman the following me
sistible appeal: "I am poor, monsieur, - but
um religious. I want but one of the saving
virtue& I have Faith, I ilaVe 1101341:., it remains
With you to give me Charity.”
STATE ITEMS.
The citizens of the eastern portion. of
Crawford county, wti d more especially of Tittle
vine, arc again agitating the question of se
ceding and setting up for themselves in a new
county, formed from portions of Warren, %re
flange, and Crawford. The principal reason
assigned is that they think Meadville too far
to attend court, and believing Titusville to be
the centre spot, think it would make a capital
county seat. Another grievance of which the
residents of the eastern townships complain,
Is the unequal distributfou of the county Offi
ces, all the fat Ones being. "gobbled” up by
men in the central or western portions.
Whether the new county project will amount to
anyt ping more than a large quantity of talking
is hard to tell, but we scarcely think the pea_
plc of Crawford county will consent to a dis
memberment of the county.
—il woman who sold water to' a crowd out
at Glenwood, Pittsburg, On the reurth, from a
pump over which she claimed authority, got
badly taken in by a young man, some of whose
friends bad to pay five cents a glasefor a little
of the cooling beverage to quench-their thirst.
Learning how his friends had beeirtreatedi he
called fora glass of water, and gave her in
payment a fifty-cent postal note, receiving
forty-live cents change. The note was worth
less, being S. base counterfeit, and he had not
only the satisfaction of getting his drink for
nothing, but got, back the money paid the .
woman a few moments before by his friends.
Although we cannot justify the- above pro
ceeding, we must confess it served: the woman
right.
Never, perhaps, was a specimen of the
genus canine more astonished than a mongrel
terrier in Pittsburg, on the Fourth. Said dog
lies been in the habit of seizing any articles
that were dropped near him, and shaking
them as he would a rat. It is not probable
that he will soon do so again. Hewes sunning
himself with much composure, when a cracker
of Titan proportions was thrown near him..
He seized it at once, and began to shake it,
when it exploded, much to the amusement of
the bystanders, but considerably to his own
discomfort. He immediately left that locality,
at a fair rate of speed, emitting a series of
agonizing, car-splitting howls that would do
credit to a wolf.
From various sources we learn that the
Fourth was celebrated with great success in
Girard, Fairview, Union Mills, Corry, and Ti
tusville. At, the latter place the trotting
matches were the chief attraction. They
were witnessed by a large number of specta
tors, and gave general satisfaction. The 'de
monstration at the other places mentioned
_was also carried out according to programme,
and in general far surpassed anything they
had gotten up on previous occasions.
—During this week matters in the oil region
are comparatively quiet. A very large num
ber of residents there went to their respective
homes in honor of the national anniversary.
Most of the absentees will not fieturn until the
week is out, and business will therefore be dull
for a few days. For once, the rush has been
from and not to the oil regions, but next week
will no doubt send the human tide back again.
Everything promises a livelyseason there this
summer.
A babe about two months old, plainly
dressed, and tied up in such a manner as to
represent a bundle, was deposited on the steps
of the house of Mr. Cheney, Western avenue,
'4llegheny, a couple of nights since. Mr. CM
ney's wife being absent in the country, lie felt
very much like the man who bought the ele
phant at auction. The practice of leaving ten
der "waifs" on doorsteps that they may be
charitably taken in, seems to be getting more
and more in vogue.
—The Warren accommodation on the P. Sc E
road struck a man lying on the track near
Spring Creek, Warren county, about eight
o'clock yesterday morning. On examination,
it was evident the man had been dead some
time, as the body was cold and stiff. His name
and manner of death could not be ascertained.
Some eight dollars were found in his pockets.
About seven hundred soldiers' orphans
bays been admitted into the various schools
Of the State, in accordance with the new law
providing for their education. So far, four.
teen academies and high schools, in cliprent
parts of the State, have been selected by the
State Superintendent for their reception,
The Union voters of Crawford county,
have placed in nomination the following
ticket; Assembly, J. C. Sturtevant and George
Remus;H. Treasurer, A. J. McQuiston ; Dis
trict Attorney, Harvey Henderson ;
Coininis
sioner, B. G. David; Auditor, James Irvin;
Surveyor, T. W. White.
The Fourth of July in Bloomsburg, Co
lumbia county, passed off very quietly. No
arrangements having been made for a cele
bration, the citizens generally spent the day
in the neighboring towns.
-- A heavy hail storm passed over portions
of Manchester,•Conewego and Newberry town
ships, York county, on Thursday last, about
noon, doing considerable damage to the grow.
ing °reps.
The Republicans of Westmoreland coun
ty nominated, at their late primary election,
Capt. Wm. B. Coulter, for Sheriff, and James
McElroy and James R. McAfee, for Assembly.
—We are informed that a vigorous effort is
about to be made to present the name of Ma-
JOT Genera=ank Herron, of Pittsburg, as the
aunt Union candidate for Governor.
The Union Conyention of Cambria count3r,
assembled at Ebensburg, on Monday last, and
nominated Col. Campbell for Senator, as the
choice of Cambria county.
Harrisburg has of , late been so much
troubled with incendiarism that the Mayor
has called a public meeting of the citizens to
consider the matter.
• All the buildings, sheds, etc., comprising
the Government corral, near HummelsteWll,
were sold at auction on Tuesday.
The further erection of frame building 6
in the thickly populated portion of Harris
burg is to be prevented.
Colonel Black, the commandant at West
Point, is a " Delaware county boy. ll
The 100th Pennsylvania, Regiment arrived
in Harrisburg on Tuesday.
HOME ITEMS.
A gentleman residing in the suburbs of
Trenton N. J. was the innocent actor in a little
drama on Wednasday. He drove into town at
an early hour, and hitched his team to a store
post on State street. Directly another indi
vidual arrived with a horse and wagon, and,
finding the place occupied, hitched his horse
to the rear of the other carriage. The gentle
man from the suburbs returned, and set Out
for home with his team, unconsciously leading
away at the same time the horse and wagon
attached. He did not discover this until he
had proceeded a mile or so, when he, of course,
was greatly astonished. Meanwhile, Actor
Number Two discovered his loss, and, suppo
sing some one had stolen his horse, repaired
at once totheauthorities for assistance. While
the police had the matter in discussion, lo
the mystery was solved by a report that the
missing team was found, and thopartieulars
of the singular incident were soon narrated.
A shocking railroad accident occurred at
Elizabeth, N. J., on the 8d inst. Just as the
train on the Central road was leaving the de
pot in that city, a stranger was seen to run
toward it apparently with the intention of
getting aboard. Just as he reached the cars
he stumbled, and fell under the wheels, which
passed over his head, completely severing it
from his body, and reducing it to a pulp. The
remains were scraped upon a shovel, and a
coroner was sent for to view them, together
with the lifeless trunk. There was, of course,
nothing recognizable about the head, and
nothing was found upon the body that would
serve to identify it. A White handkerchief
and portmommie was found in - .one of the
pockets of the pantaloons ; but no papers nor
anything of the kind that would serve as & Clue
to who he was and where he belonged.
—An affecting incident occurred at the fire
which consumed BoutePs Hotel, Bay City,
Michigan, on Thursday morning last. A lady
boarder who occupied rooms on the third
floor, became somewhat excited when the
alarm of fire was given and went down stairs
to discover its whereabouts, leaving her infant
child asleep in bed. In the confusion she for
got it until the flames had completepossession
of the hotel. She then attempted to enter the
building to rescue it, but was prevented. The
• firemen and others, in saving the furniture,
throw the bedding out of the windows.> This
identical bed was rolled up, thrown out of the
window, and carried with the other goods on to
the bridge, for safety. After the fire, in re
moving the goods, the little innocent was
found, safe and asleep.
—The Armp, and Navy O f ficial Gazette, the
Publication of which has just been suspended
by the War Department, should not be con•
founded with the Army and Navy Journal,
which is now left alone in its special sphere of
journalism. The Official Gazelle was intended
only as a temporary means of communicating
official orders and information to the staff
corps and departments. The Army and Navy
Journal, in addition to its official publications;
embraces the whole range of military journal
ism, and is designed to he the permanent
representative of our army and navy.
-Another cruel trot from Boston to Port
land is contemplated. The owner of the trot
ting mare Nelly Barker has bet largely that
his horse eau perform the feat between sun
and sun without injury, and the trial is to
come off within ten days. Nearly thirty years
since, a bay gelding called Cato started from
Portland with the stage coach in the morning,
and reached Boston ahead of the coach in the
evening, on a bet of one thousand dollars that
he would reach there first, which he did.
-- A fatal accident occurred at Newark, N. J.,
on the 4th inst., which resulted in the instant
death of a Mr. John Moses, belonging to
Clark3s flattery. He was acting as rammer,
and it would seelll that in swabbing out ho al
lowed a portion of the wad to remain, and
• while ramming down another cartridge a pre
mature explosion took place. He was stand
ing in front of the gun, and received the whole
force of the discharge, blowing off both of his
arms, and killing him instantly.
-- The papers everywhere throughout the
country are filled with accounts of the cele.
bration of Tuesday, many of them being com
pelled to I.6sue supplements in order to give
room to the vast amount of matter foreed upon
them. Such a general and truly great celebra
tion of the National Hay of Independence has
rarely ever been known.
--- In a sketch of the life and character Of the
late President Lincoln, the following is given
as a short sermon which lie was in the habit of
preaching to his children : " Don't drink ; don't
SI1O)X0 ; floret chew; don't swear; don't gam,
bat
are
the
hui
tobt_
dustrious, expert, anti cheap
The columnfy of our o..lichAtlgCs
accounts of the usual. Fourth of July
• The new police in Richmond intipirol4
for order and safety in that city.
A clergyman in Coney,.lncl., hung Mk,:
because his wife was unkind.
Th e Winona (Blimiesota) itepublicua
been enlarged.
The Fourth in Dettoit waS shhllY
orated.
FOREIGN moms.
The coal mine of Gerard Cloes,near Lk,
Belgium, was recently the scene of a drcwii,
accident. A sudden irruption of water tr..
piano in one of the lowest euttinga or tr
rain and causes ,tio death of tweet;r-si,
Persons, men and women, who were world;
on the spot. The miners engaged in the u,
per cuttings were not affected by the [Auld
tion.
—The Covrrier de Marseille 'relates tint
greyhound,helonging to a captain of artill,,!,
some clays back, kept pace with an espy;,;
train, in which was his master, between
City awl the Rooncfayour station—a ( iN ttuu :
of fifteen miles,
A swarm of bees alighted on a cab in Ni;,
Burlington street, London. A man hall%
procured a hive, set to work, and with asi.
ante succeeded in securing the whole of th
unexpected visitors, and took them away,
According to the latest accounts retaiw
from Naples, the band of brigands under Ct,
dullo has been dispersed, many of Mom
taken and some killed. Nothing mere L
been heard of Mr. "Wens.
—A joke which has great success es t' L
Paris boulevards is, that the next strike
be a strike of the army, all the solaist.;
France refusing to do duty unless they
higher pay.
—Don Pedro Condomo, the richest eapitt:
in South America, reeently died at 1..
leaving a fortune which, it is - asserted,
coeds the sum of £18,0130,000 sterling.
The authorities -of - St. Petersburg i;a:
just annulled the order which interdit..,
smoking in the streets.
—The drivers of no fewer than 3,000 haeki
vehicles in Paris have struck for an lucre:,
of wages from 3f. to sf. per day.
—The Emperor of the French is said to 11:r
already received for Ids right of outlier:4obl
the first volume of the "Life of Caesar ,, Ds,
It is reported that a decree will shortly;
pear declaring Cochin-China a French cowl.
CITY ITIIIS.
DINING IN ROT WEATHER 19 1111 rth,
paratively few person know, or have the !;::
losophy to practice, the true principle or 17,
serving their health during "the heated ter,.
Vegetables and fruit should predominate
food, and the beverages taken should be tf
cooling character. Nor is mere caution a. •
articles of diet sufficient to meet the ease. It
mode of cooking and seasoning is quite u,
sential. Those of our readers who " dine lue
town”will find their wants met in the ur
Posssible style at the popular Dining Cato
of Mr. J. W. Price, southwest corner of Foul.
and Chestnut. His large, airy apartments
daily thronged with gentlemen who know I,
to appreciate the excellencies of a good tc':.
and every luxury that the market att.
served in the most inviting and delicious 111,
tier, enriching his bill of fare. Elegant s^,t•:
corn, tomatoes, new potato - es, beets, the u.
moats of the season, foe creams, and oilier•:
amiable desserts, together with a host of
tel dishes, more easily eaten than dentil..:
now daily grace his tables, and minister to
enjoyment of his numerous guests.
TILE GREATEST INVENTION OV MODERN Tont
—Thinking people have long been desimi
that some discovery might be made where:
the ordinary heat from Cooking, at this but
season of the year, might be avoided, Um
"Petroleum Vapor tove" meets the ease
actly. If the disecivery of Petroleum had
complished nothing beyond this it would bars
been a priceless blessing. Go and witness files
stoves in operation, at 819 Arch street, The;
are a very neat, compact affair—less expc2.
sive by about one-half, in their consumpn):t
of fuel; than the ordinary modes of cooking
by stove or range, and all the unpleasant ho:
is Ry9tded: Its capacity for baking ' bolilly:ri
cooking, frying, *lowing, and other purponl
incident to the kitchen, were fully tested In
our presence, and the result was a perfect V»
umph for the "Petroleum Vapor Stove," t';1:1
and see it, everybody.
CONFEOTIONS FOR THE COIINTRY.—WO Coil
'end to the attention of our readers the ilia
that the pleasures and comforts of a trl? to
the country may be greatly enhanced by 3
supply of flue, fresh, healthful Confections,
Such as can always be had in greatest viuk , l::
and best style, at Messrs. E. G. Whitt=
Co.'s, No. 818 Chestnut street, next dour
Adams it Co.'s Express. They furnish theie
delicious edibles in qualities expressly atlapul
for the hot weather, put up in neat hems, to
carry any distance without injury.
COMPORT AND BMADTY are happily combino
in the splendid new " Chinese Sun klat,:•
by llvood & Cary, 725 Chestnut street. TI O ,
decidedly the most popular article of Ladle'
apparel of the season. The entire stock I)
Straw andrancy Goods of this extensive hue•
is now selling off at much below cost.
livr-nousE GRAIPES, APIIICOTS, CommTioV ,
&c: The most tempting stock in this city :t:
A. L. Vansantos, Ninth and CheStant, Bos-A ,l
Almonds, Chocolates, and a hundred eth,,.'
delicious things, adapted for the season, 0:1
now be had at his counters.
THE LATE ADMIRAL DUPONT—Mr. F. unte.
kunst, 704 and 700 Arch street, has lately irSll..
superb Photographs, in various sizes, of ths
late Admiral Dupont, Lieutenant General
Grant, the Rev. Dr. Vaughn, and others, dept
elites of which can now be had at his counteti,
DELawar.F-corxery MM ON
attention to the card of the a Mastern Marko:
Cheese and lee-Cream Stand,” Fifth street. k"
low Market. Saloons, excursionists, festivaif.
pic-nies, hotels, restaurants, and private flenl•
lies, can there be promptly supplied with Ow
finest ice-creams at the shortest notice, ea Pm'
sonable terms.
THE RUT FITTING SHIRT o THe Aeit is Tiid
moved Pattern Shirt," =ado by John C.
Arrison, at the old stand, Nos. 1 and 3 N Nth
Sixth street. Work done by hand in the A:1
manner, and warranted to give satisfacr ,
His stock of Gentlemen's Furnishing 434 0 . 1
cannot be surpassed. Prices moderate. f
GENTLEMEN'S FllENisnuro Geom.—W.oor
Grant, 810 cheetnut street, has a handstn
sortmcnt of novelties in Shirting Prints, c• 1
tiful Spring Cravats, Summer Under-6AI
&c. His celebrated "Prize Medal" Shit..
'vented by Mr. John F. Taggart, is untqu . :
by any other in the world.
VISITORS TO THE SBA--SHORE should Pr
themselves with BATHING Dimssus from
JOHN C. ARRISON
Nos. 1 and 3 North Sixth str
Puomomun.—The position of the Any
representative in 'Washington, Count W
bruek, has been raised from that of Din
Resident to Envoy Etraordinary and All'
Plenipotentiary. In consequence of thitA
motion, the Count has - determined to
more tasteful appearance than of yore, a
has resolved to procure all his wearing at
at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Ito
& Wilson, Nos. 003 and 605 Chestnut
above Sixth.
Pon Onn DOLLAII.—AII the thne Si
tying and untying, and half the silk in
and scarf, are saved by the use of Nshl
patent cravat-holder. Price, one della
wholesale and retail, at 701 Chestnut
Also, gentlemen's furnishing goods—P
sortruent.
\
Srrant's WricE.—We have exaintilet - e''.;
men of the Samburg Port Wino of Mr. A v'e ' t
Speer, referred to by a correspondent o Ole
American Baptist, and have no donut it I- 11 , !
unadulterated juice of the Portugal •' l ' Q '
We should judge from its taste and appear: ll
that it is certainly valuable as a cenumun t
wine and as a tonic for wcaklypersons , ll i i '
the recommendation of some of the first phY ,
clans in this country as well as barere
Wilshingion Stan j.v,4t.
T LIE COUNTERTEITERB of unimportable foto
Perfumery pay but a poor compliment to
sagacity and Mato of Amorican ktidtea, 11111
expect them to buy their siumhacil "0.
tracts," when Phalon's "Night-Bloorsi n g
reus,” the finest article of its kind in i t ' s '
country, is obtainable eVerywhero.
MOSQUITO NETS. OE CANOPIES PUT UP '
hours notice. C. 11. Stout & Co,, 100 Chi'
nut street.