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slg• Voluntary correspondence is solicited from all
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military and naval departments. When used, it will
be paid for,
FREE TRADE
A free-trade journal denies that heavy
import < duties are rendered necessary by
the national debt, and points to England
with her free-trade policy, despite her gi
gantic burdens, as a proof of this position.
The argument is ingenious, but not sound.
England importh little or nothing for home
consumption except raw material, and the
best protection she can give to her manu
facturer is afforded by free trade in corn,
cotton, &c. The first cost of her fabrics is
thus reduced. Building up her industrial
interests through a long course of years, by
the most irigid and exorbitant system of
protective duties ever known in the com
mercial history of the world, now that they
Dave gained a prominent foothold, she still
directs her legislation for their benefit by
her free-trade policy. This seeming para
dox is explained by the fact that of Ede
years it - was her agricultural interest
only that clamored for protection;
but this was swept away, at the
instance mainly of her manufacturing in
terests, that the bread consumed by those
who made her fabrics might be reduced in
price, and her workmen thus enabled to
live even when wages were brought down
to the lowest possible standard. Thus, in
reality, modern British Free Trade practi
cally 111CalIS continued protection to her
manufactures, in the only form in which, in
their present well-established condition, it
can be made available. The agriculture of
Great Britain is made subservient to her
manufactures. While her imports are
chiefly crude or raw material, her ex
ports are almost exclusively manufac
tured articles. A member of the House
of Commons was recently so much
shocked at the discovery that a small
quantity of Coal and iron were exported to
Germany, that he proposed to put on an
export duty to check this trade. We believe
his proposition was not adopted, but the
mere fact that it was made is a striking
illustration of the prevailing British faith in
their traditional policy of putting all the
labor they can on every home production
and every foreign product they acquire be
fore they suffer it to become an export. We
have become so accustomed to export raw
materials and little else, and to import
chiefly manufactured articles and com
paratively few raw materials, that we
habitually regard this extravagant system
HS the normal condition of trade. In re
ality it is just the reverse of the commerce
enjoyed by England. When our industrial
interests assume the character which her's
now possess, then, indeed, free -trade ide will
lc our true policy, and the one best calcu
lated to enable us to bear the burden of a
hen vy debt as well as ordinary petlee ex
pimlitures—but not betbre. When we
can incidentally tax the commerce of
the world in the most effective form
br gelding to raw material of all descrip
tions the profits of the labors of a count
less legion of manufacturing operatives,
who direct the movements of machinery
that accomplishes greater results under their
superintendence than would be possible to
half the genii-civilized laborers of the earth
without such aid, we will become enthusi
astic advocates of free trade. For, then,
every sale to a foreign consumer en
Nance the wealth of our country and
enlarge the income and income-tax of her
citizens. Every protective tariff of a foreign
country will then become obnoxious to us,
because by removing it we will increase the
market for our own manufactures and thus
incidentally benefit or protect them. It is
the old story repeated of the merits of a whole
question being changed by a discovery of
whose ox is gored; whenever we can create
a system of Commerce that gores John Bull
in the way lie gores us now, we will sustain
free trade.
MERCANTILE LIBRARY.
The last annual report of this popular
institution gives some striking illustrations
of its present usefulness and of its rapid
progress. The policy of duplicating the
shares proved a complete success, far ex
ceeding in its results the mot sanguine
anticipations of its projectors. It added
2,546 stockholders to the previous number,
nulling the whole number of stockholders
and subscribers at the close of last veer
5,894. That the privileges of the library
were freely used is shown by the fact that
101,440 volumes were loaned during the
year ; and there were, besides, countless
multitudes of readers of the fine collection
of magazines, reviews, and newspapers re
tained in the library, as well as numberless
books consulted and read by the frequenters
of the reading-room, which were not en
tered as loaned. The revenues of the
library amounted to. $21,921.05, all of
which was received from the members and
subscribers as taxes, fees, and fines, ` except
0,057.76, derived from rents of the . por
tions of the building used as offices. The
number of new books donated and pur
chased was 5,165, the cash expended for
books, periodicals, and binding, aniount
ling to more than $lO,OOO. The library'
now numbers thirty-two thousand TO-
lulus. During the last ten years about
20,000 books have been added to its col
lection, and the number annually loaned
has been quadrupled. The number of
members in 1556 was but 1,682, and the
receipts of that year were but $0,802.:i9, or
less than one-third the suns reeeived last
year.
The directors justly congratulate the
Stockholders on the fact Unit "the fixed
revenues of this Library may now be con
sidered superior to those of any library in
Pennsylvania, and equalled by very few_
in any part of the United States." The
great desideratum now is additional room
tbr the large accessions constantly being
made, and for the accommodation of
the large number of stockholders. The
Board has already set apart a building
fund of nine thousand dollars, which is
annually increased, for the construction of a
new building, but no positive determination
in reference to the period when it will be
commenced, or where it Will be located,
has yet been made. One generous mem,
bar last year donated to the library one
thousand dollars, and a few other dona
tions and bequests have at different times
been made ; but in the main, this institu
tion has been self-supporting, and owes its
success to the skill it has displayed in
discerning, and the energy and liberal
ity it has shown in supplying the
wants of the public. Any of our
generous citizens who desire_ to appropriate
a portion of their fortunes to the encourage
ment of literature in such a way as to pr e _
mote "the greatest good of the greatest
number," cannot select a more worthy re
cipient of their bounty than the Mercantile
Library. With its present vigorous and
progressive organization, enlarged member
ship, and liberal income, it would, with
buildings sufficiently commodious, speedily
become the most extensive and useful insti
lution of its class in the country.
THE RECENT ADDRESS of Gov. BnowN
-Low to the citizens of Tennessee is at
once a significant sign of the continued pre
valence of a rebellious spirit, and of the
stern resistance which it will encounter
from the national authorities. Under the
gu idance of President JOHNSON, while he
was acting as Military Governor, a free
Constitution was adopted, and all notorious
rebels were disfranchised. Recently, a de
termined effort has been made by bold de
luagogues to nullify both these measures ; to
disseminate the sentiment that slavery
it indestructible, and to demand that
the civil government shall pass at once
into the hands of the disloyal, by the
grant of unrestricted suffrage to every
friend and supporter of Secession. The
response has been short, sharp and de
cisivet. A few of the most prombont fu .
milttors of these rebellions .d9ctrine . p hoe
been arrested. Gov. finowlmowannounees
that the military authorities will act in
strict harmony with himself, and that -can
didates elected by the votes of disfranchised
rebels will not.be allowed to hold the offices
to which they aspire. Emancipation, with
all its guarantees, is, of course, being en
forced by the officers specially charged with
a supervision of that subject. The traitors
will find that the Administration is not to
be trifled with; and that the settled con
victions of the American people against
slavery and its re-establishment will be en
forced, "peaceably if we can, forcibly if we
must."
TILE BLAIR BROTITERS—MONTGOMERY and
General FRANK—are a very eccentric pair.
Nothing seems to plea.se them. MONTGOMERY
made a harangue at Ilagerstown (Md.) last
Wednesday, the 12th of July, in which he
scolded Mr. SEWARD and MT. STANTON for
surrendering Mexico to France ! and FRANK
spoke Lexington (Ky.) on the 10th,
where he made ugly faces at HOLT, STAN
TON, CHASE, and others., while professing,
to advoctrte the constitutional abolition of
slavery. The editor of the Cincinnati Ga
zette, who heard this speech, says of
Fn.A..Nx
We believe the Union men of Kentucky
asked General Blair to speak, but we are satis
fied that they made a great mistake. The in
vitation would have come with far more grace
from the other side, and We are certain that
the Conservatives of Kentucky enjoyed his
speech more than the Fitton men. lie is 'with
the Union men of Kentucky in favorim,Onhe
constitutional amendment and opposing ne
gro suffrage, but he is more with the Conserva
tives in his love for and willingness to help
the rebels backto political power. That is the
great question, and upon that he has no sym
pathy with the Union men of this State. We
but express the feelings of many Union men,
who said as much to when we say we want
no more electioneering speeches from General
Blair. He is not our kind of a Unica man.
We will concede to General Blair all the mili
tary honor he may have fairly won, but be
cannot, make a cat'spaw of Kentucky to pull
out the chestnuts for his political meal. We
thank General Blair for every gun he fired in
the defence of the Union, and every drop of
blood he shed in the same holy cause, but po
liticallv we bid him adieu. We hope that
General Blair will never speak on our side
again in Kentucky. Ifis speeches hurt us.
MAJOR GENERAL LORENZO TnomA.s,
Adjutant General United States Army, left
Philadelphia last night for Washington.
The belief that this veteran officer and ac
complished gentleman is ttbout to resume
the active duties of his office will be good
news to his thousands of friends.
GEontu: ALFRED TowNsEND, of Phila
tielpbia, has been associated with Colonel
CHARLES G. lima - a:NE ( "Private Miles
Cißcilley") in the editorship of the New
York Citizen. American journalism has no
more brilliant, daring, and fertile genius
than TOWNSERD.
LETTER FROM 'OCCASIONAL.”
WASHINGTON, July 15, 1865.
The men who complain of severe mea
sures towards the Southern people and de
mand that the habeas corpus should be re
stored, and dedicate their newspapers and
their leisure to denunciations of Stanton
anti of Holt, may refresh themselves by
turning to passing events in Virginia and in
Tennessee. Here are two States upon which
the experiment of tender-heartedness has
been abundantly and repeatedly tried.
Governor Pierpont has relaxed much of
his resolute policy, to please the people of
Virginia ; and as Tennessee is President
Johnson's own State, a large measure
of generosity might have been ex
pected by, and was indeed in contemplation
for, the citizens of that commonwealth.
The course of the Richmond Whig and the
Lynchburg Republican in the one, and the
treasonable violence of Campbell and
Etheridge in the other, prove how difficult
it is to bring those to reason who are in
fected with the poison of rebellion. But
for the existence of this MUch-abused war
powe? , --but for the suspension of, the habeas
corpus—the lately defeated conspirators
against the Republic would be almost as
strong in the South to-day as before the.
war, end equally defiant and .dangerous.
I have pleaded for nnignanimity to the
Southern people, have objected to the at
tempt to hold them responsible for the
words and works of their leaders,
and have urged the appointment of South
ern men as Provisional Governors, RS a
good way to show confidence in the pro
fessions of those who penitentially proclaim
ed their purpose to act in good faith to the
restored and rescued Government of their
fathers. That this is still the best policy,
if not the clear ditty of the Executive, is
suffitiently satisfactory to my own mind.
And we have daily proofs of the justice of
this observation. The good men of the
South are coming out boldly on the right
side. These are not adventurers, or foes in
disguise, but thorough-bred statesmen, who
know the risks they run when they violate a
promise, and have too many warnings before
them of the fate of the perj firers and traitors
of past years, to dream of imitating them.
Leaders like Brownlow, of Tennessee ;
Holden, of North Carolina ; Brown and
Johnson, of Georgia; Botts, of Virginia;
Murphy, of Arkansas, the very best ma
teriel of the old Democratic and Whig
parties, have taken their position with an
unconditional emphasis, from .which there
can be no recantation. By consequence,
the people who are governed by such
teachers cannot long resist the example.
But without•the war power in the hands of
the President, the very best efforts of the
very best men of the South would be mise
rable Inures. The ingratitude of the two
Virginia papers and the two Tennessee
politicians above alluded to would be
come general, and would soon ripen
in the most flagrant and fatal trea
son ; and the substantial fruits of the
victory of the Government would be
lost in the stormy sea of a new civil war.
Is it not deplorable that with such a fact
proved plainly to every ordinary mind,
there are to be found men who, professing
to be friends of the Government, and of
President Johnson's administration, yet de
mand the restoration of what they call
"the civil power," and denounce the Secre
tary of War because it is not clone' There
would be no such malignants in the South
as Etheridge, and no such ingrates as the
Bichmond Whig, if wc had no Northern plot
ters under the disguise of friends, against
President Jolmson's policy. The loud call for
the habeas. corpus in the free States, where
the exercise of the war power injures no hon-
est man, gives voice to treason in the South
ern States ;:and the curses of stern and in
flexible patriots like Stanton, by'the politi
cians of the North, Who cultivate private
griefs when they should study the public,
weal, tempt the defeated conspirators who
still linger in the South to new outrages
upon the Government But, "it is the
rough brake that virtue must go through."
And if the soft word cannot turn away the
wrath of treason, and bring peace and obe
dience to all the land, then the iron will
and the hand of steel must do the ap
pointed Work. OCCASIONAL.
Personal.
All the talk about Sonora Gwin and hi
thkeship has ended in nOthing. Gwin is thus
officially Mich:heti in a note in the Diarie, the
organ of Maximilian
vve, the Imperial Government, ueverot any
Lillie, have entered into negotiations with Dr.
G w •Su we never contemplated making him
nuke nor Governor of Sonora, nor Viceroy of
any other province. We never knew that his
services were worth sixty thousand dollars a
year. Moreover, the very person of Dr. Gwin
is not known by tiny of the Ministers, and we
did not hear of any having the desire to get
acquainted with hint.
All the telegrams we have been printing
from Mexico, it is further said, were Written
by Garin himself. They began with «persons
in. the confidence of Dr. Gwinn , Say so and so
,
and then came a long sketch of the rising int_
Portniace and power of pO Dr. Gwi t n;
theC win
r
hea no more of that hereafter. t
speaking of Mexieall affairs, we understand
that Marshal Bazaine, the French commander,
has just 7ut - 1.140d a ItialCiedll girl of gond famil y ,
—Messrs. tialtlandigham, Pendleton, Long ,
olds, and the others who recently met in Ohio
as a Democratic State Convention, have just
sent forth a challenge to anybody to discuss
with them the question of slavery, they affirm
ing it to be the proper condition for the ne
gross of the South. Nobody has as yet paid
any attention to the Falstailian challenge,
and
none is likely to. renilleton arrivea in New
York on Friday.,
Stephens, ex-President of the rebel Con
federtiey, and Gilmor, are among the few rebel
prisoners remaining in Fort Warren. Both of
them arc retiring in their habits, and Gilmor
is said to look with a good deal of anxiety for
his approaching trial.
New Publications
Not 'long ago, in Beaten, the elty otitis adop
tion, wit leh he leered #e well and served so long
and faithfully, Horace Mann (born in 170 . 5, and
dead in 1859)Was 'honored, in his memory, by
his statue, nobly executed by Miss Hoenter,'
being erected in a public place, within; view of
the scene of his life-long labors. Horace 7tinn
was doubly eminent. The son of a poor fanner
in Massachusetts, it may be said that ho lite
rally struggled into a good education. The
same perseverance and high mental capacity
carried him through his University course
with distinguished success and honors. He
became a lawyer, and soon after a member of
the State Legislature, speaking well upon most
questions of progress (religious liberty, rail
roads, temperance, law-reform, and the im
provement of the common schools;) moved to
- Beaton, which gent hint to the State Senate, of
which he was elected President In 1836 and.
1837 ; and, when the Massachusetts Board of
Education was organized, was elected its
secretary, with a small salary, abandoning a
growing law-practice in order to reform the
sehoolssystem of his native State, and, in the
eleven years of his holding this office, to which
he was annually elected, Completely changed
and improved it. Ms ItepOrts,
partmularly
after he had visited Europe and examined the
school-systems there, display a thorough
,ap
preciation of what popular education ought to
be, and caused much discussion, not only here,
but in foreign countries. New England educa
tion, in tact, was the fruit of his experience,
sagacity, and observation.
John Quincy Adams died early in 1948, and
Mr. Mann was sent, by the Whig party, to
serve the remainder of his time in the House'
of Representatives, Washington. Ills first
speech was against the extension of slavery;
and, urged by his friends, Mr. Charles Sumner
and Dr. Howe, he appeared iu court, at Wash
ington, as the counsel for two persons, named
Drayton and Sayres, who had been indicted
for allowing seventy-five slaves, living in the
District of Columbia, to escape in the small
sloop "Pearl," which they owned. So many
indictments had been prepared against these
men that had they been "convicted on- all of-
them, it would have required an imprisonment -
of hundreds of years to expiate the deed."
Drayton was convicted twice—no other result
could have been expected in Washington at
that time. Some months later, a motion for a
new trial was successful. Drayton:Was tried
again and acquitted, but still pursued again on
new indictments. Mr. Mann displayed equal
boldness and ability iu arguing, in a Washing
ton court of law, that slavery in thefpistrict of
Columbia was unconstitutional. In November,
1818, Mr, Mann was re-electedbyalarge majori
ty, thongh not nominated . in the. convention,
proving successful by Bia anti-slavery prin.
eiples, which he boldly declared, everywhere
on his canvass. On one and the same day
(September 15, 1852) he was elected President
of Antioch College, recently established in
Ohio, and nominated for the Governorship of
Massachusetts. He was defeated as a candi
date for the latter office, and went to Ohio,
where he had terribly work, which he
performed during the next seven years, until,
literally worn - out, he died at the age of sixty
three. A purer publicist never lived, and few
men had a greater number of sincere friends.
Chief among these were those excellent per
sons, Mr. and Mrs. George Combe, with
whom he became acquainted during their
visit to the United States, and whose corres
pondence he highly valued. It was proper
that Horace Mann should have a geed biogra
pher ; and he has found one in the person of a
highly accomplished and amiable woman,
Mrs. Mary Mann, his second wife. She has
allowed him, in fact, mainly to tell his own
story, by publishing a great deal of his Diary
and large selections from his correspond
ence, whieh Was extensive. The book, pub
lished by Walker, Fuller, av Co., Boston,
has the defect of telling, us very little about
Mr. Mann, personally, except what we learn
from the diary and letters in question. The
last two hundred and twenty pages of the
volume, relating the events of his life from his
accepting the College Presidency in Ohio to
his death, are personally more interesting than
the longer previous portion, because his biog
rapher gives her own account, of what he did
and how he did it. His difficulties as head of a
college for the education of both sexes were
considerable, but he overcame: them by a
union of firmness, kindness, and sagacious
knowledge of the human mind. Thejournal of
his foreign travel is highly interesting, and
exhibits few of the almost inevitable blunders
into which tourists in strange lands readily
fall. - We will not say that the book, though it
contains over GOO pages, post Bvo., is too large ;
no one Can desire to see it abridged. The work,
which is got up with much taste, wants three
things, which should be supplied in future
editions Table of Contents (of chapters)
to follow the Introduction; 2. Full index, at
the close,to the subjects and persons men
tioned in the book ; and 3, a portrait of Horace
Mann, of whose personal appearance not one
word is said in the whole volume. On the
cover, is neatly impressed a full-length, robed,
semi-classical, likeness of the man—drawn, we
suppose, from the statue. But his portrait
certainly ought to be alit/limas well as upon the
book. We recommend this "Life of Horace
Mann" to all - who are engaged or interested in
the great purpose of education. (Received from
J. B. Lipjfineoli d Co.)
We have repeatedly congratulated Messrs.
Appleton, the Now York publishers, as well as
the p Ulie, upon the excellent manner in
which they bromeht out their reprint of Alex
vale's "History of the Romans Under the Em
pire for, indeed, their American is superior
in all respects, as a library work, to the origi
nal English edition. It is our duty to report
now that they have published a new volume
which is essentially a supplement to the other.
Last year Mr. illeriyalc, who is chaplain to the
Ilonse"of Commons, was appointed to deliver
the Boyle Lectures, in the Chapel Royal,
Whitehall,Lomlon,and the subject he selected
was " The Conversion of the Roman Empire."
Ile treats of that fine subject, in an exhaustive
manner, in the,eight lectures, to which, when
putting them into book form, he appends
nearly one hundred pages of notes, largely
historical, illustrative of his text. Among the
subjects discussed in the notes are the religi
ous opinions of the ancients ; their doctrine of
retribution, of God's pi:evidence, and of jus
tice; the Greek philosophy ; the social posi
tion of St. Paul ; the doctrines of the Stoics;
the imposture and credulity at Rome; the
causes of the persecutions to which the early
Christians were subjected, and the gradual in
fluences by which the last links of heathen su
perstition were broken. Th. book is worthy.
of being accepted as the eighth and final VO
lonic of Merivale , s History. (geeeived from
Ashmead & Evans.)
Some works by the anonymous author of
"Chronicles of the Schonberg Cotta Family"
have obtained so much reputation in Eng,land
that their republication here was a matter of .
course. We scarcely expected from this au
thor such a book as "Mary, the Handmaid of
the Lord," just issued by W. W. Toddi New
York, who, being in communication with the
lady, assures its readers that it preceded, in
time of original issue, the three works by
which she first became known here. In sub
ject and execution it is essentially different
from these, the latest of which, "Diary of Mrs.
Kitty Trevylyan," -is a story of the times of
Whitetield and the Wesleys, while the present
beatification of the Virgin Mary might have
been written by a Catholic. In reality it is an
"Imitation of Mary," by a Protestant, to cor
respond with the famous "Imitation of Christ,"
generally attribided to Thomas a Kempis—a
book of which there are sixty ditferentversions
alone, and which has had more readers than
any other book ever printea, the Bible alone
excepted.--(BeeeitTafrOnt•T:23. Lippincott d^ 00.)
“Four Years in Secessia : Adventures within
and beyond the Union Imes: embracing a great
variety of facts, incidents, and romance of the
War, including the Author's capture at Vicks
burg, May 3,13e3, while running the Rebel bat
teries; his Imprisonment at Yicksburg;Jaek
son, Atlanta, Richmond, and Salisbury; his
escape and perilous journey of four hundred
miles to the Union lines at Ifnoxville,” is the
very diffuse title of a volume of 4.50 pages,
written by J. 11. Browne, war correspondent
of a New York newspaper, published by 0. D.
Case Co., Hartford, and rather neatly illus
trated by an artist whose name is not given.
The title accurately describes the book, which
is rather unnecessarily swelled out by the
author's opinions. His facts are not de
ficient in interest, but his style is the
reverse of elegant. Mr. Browne probably
thinks that the rapid, familiar, slap-dash man
ner of a newspaper war-correspondent is -
suited to a book, but it is not, and his. use of
vulgarisms, (such as "bushwackers," " mug
ging,") &c., does not improve his style. At
the same time his idea of the dignity and use
of w Err correspondentS is so high as to .be
absurd. The book would have been more'
aeceptable if it were less bulky. The - author
wants concentration. We could have cheer
fully dispensed with many - of his military,
details. The real interest of his narrative'
begins at page 229, where he describes how,
with two other "Bohemians" (as he calls
newspaper men of his own rank,) he was cap
tured by the rebels. The account of his deten
tion in various Southern prisons, and of his
eventual escape, is extremely good—careless
ly and diffusely written, as if the author was
paid by the line, but full of facts, and giving
one of the best accounts we have yet read of
the infamous manner in which our prisoners
were treated by the rebels. The narrative of
his escape and flight is very exciting., and has
an air of truth 'whin Impresses us very favor
ably. In a word, the latter moiety of the book
is very good, and we recommend that part of
it to the public. The illustrations, too, are
much better than usual—being well drawn
and neatly engraved.
e•roca: op Resta IN THE SOITTH.—Mr. Cappell,
!feting British Consul at New Orleans, has
sent a report to the Foreign Otnee, stating the
results of his investigations as to the quantity
of rosin in the South. Ile Bev that within
that portion of the Southern tates bounded
on the west and east by 00 deg. 15 min. and 88
deg. west longitude of Greenwich, and on the
south and north by 30 deg. and 30 deg. 45 min.
latitude north, there are about 25,000 barrels,
and the greater part of it in barrels and ready
for shipment. Within the country from the
se dog. west longitude, for a distance of about
One hundred Illitee in an easterly direction,
and bounded on the south by the gulf coast ot
Alabatim and Florida, and on the north by a
line which would be about 30 deg.4o min. north
latitUdo, there are from 40,000 to 50,000 barrels,
but the largest portion of it is in its in the
earth on the surface, but from which it ban be
easily run into barrels for shipment.
TriE, PRESS.-MILADELPRIA, ItiMNDAY, JAiLT 17611865:
PASSENGER RAILWAY TRIPS--NO.
TENTH AND ELEVENTH STREETS.
PAST AND PRESENT LOCAL TRAVEL
sr-ETCHES OF PROMINENT PLACES
ON THE ROUTE.
VAST PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS NORTHWARD
Contemplated Introdnetion of Street.
The introduction of passenger railways as a
Means of popular conveyance, has proven to
be a public blessing. They-tray be Said to
bring the remotest sections of our city within
a single half hour's travel. Let us take a brief
retrospective view of the means adopted to
accommodate the public in the way of travel-
IMg from one part of the city to the other. It
is within the memory of the present genera
tiou when the first omnibus was introduced to
the public. It made its appearance on Dock
street, on a bright morning, and so excited the
curiosity_of the people that many citizens as
sembled to examine it and wonder at the im
provement. The vehicle was exhibited in
front of the Star Hotel, kept at that
time by Mr. Charles Bender, at the cor
.
net: of Exchange Place and Dock street.
It was painted brown, had steps behind, and
a capacity to accommodate' a short dozen of
passengers. If. Our memory serves us, it was
named WILLIAM PENN. - The drivers Of the
old-fashioned four-wheeled carriages for four
persons began to think their occupation gone.
They had reached the high water, and the ebb
was about to commence. To stem the ebbing
current,. two-wheeled cabs were introduced;
but it did not avail. The whole affair went
down with the tide, and soon reached-low
water. Two-wheeled cabs are now numbered
With the things that were. Omnibuses were
brought more topUblietlettee. First one line s
then another was started ; and still another ;
the converging and diverging point being the
Merchants' Exchange. - Front this place the
lines ran to the Navy Yard, Fairmount, Rich
mond, and Gray's Ferry, and finally to other
places. The fare in those days was twelve
and a half cents from the Navy Yard to the
Exchange, and the same amount from the
Exchange to the Navy Yard, and other
places southwest, northwest, or northeast.
This amount, was paid with cheerfulness,
In those days laborors' wages rated from
ninety cents to one dollar per day, and
the best house-carpenters received $1.25 to
$1.50 per day, one-third in orders on stores, or
no work. Then mechanics had to trudge from
one end of the city to the other; the working
women on military clothing, in those days,
bad to carry their large bundles of made-up
work to the Arsenal.
But soon opposition reduced the price of
fare to six cents per passenger, and finally a
ride could be had from the Exchange to the
Navy Yard, via Third Street, for the sum of
three cents, which almost ruined the proprie
tor of the Hue. Nearly all these projectors of
popular local travelling have passed from
earth, but the memory of them is still fresh
and green. They started an enterprise which
has almost reached perfection within a short
space of less than thirty years. The omni
buses became a very popular institution, and
so great in number did they increase, that
more enterprising genius was awakened, and
an improvement was offered which met with
a violent and certainly effective, though
temporary opposition. The subject of lay
ing a Passenger-railway track was intro
duced. This was the Fifth and Sixth-streets
line. Petitions of the owners and occu
pants of property on said streets were nu.
merously signed, in opposition to the mea
sure, and the bill for a charter before the Le
gislature of Pennsylvania was laid on the
table. The representatives of the "dear pee.-
pie" "couldn't see it." But tile genius of enter
prise did not stop; a magic wand was spread_
and it operated like a charm. The projectors
laid one section of rail on Librarystrect, above
Fourth, directly in front of the then Military
Hall, and placed a car thereon. Major Deming
superintended this terrible innovation on the
omnibus business, and, among a crowd of citi
zens, members of the Legislature, Select and
Common Councils, he appeared, and emphati
cally said that any "man who opposed such a
means of popular conveyance could never be elected
or re-elected 20 sects in thOSe bodies." This met
with the entire approbation of a very large
crowd of individuals, who subsequently tested
the quality of lager beer, dispensed in any
quantity, in the immediate vicinity. Within a
year from this time n great change overcame
the minds of deep-thinking men; a charter
`Was obtained, and the Frankford and South
wark railway was COnStrneted on Fifth and.
Sixth streets. This was the first road laid;
laborers' wages at that time being only sixty
-five cents per day. It was evident that popu
larityhad already been gained, and raads were
speedily constructed. A perfect furore reigned
for awhile. The result is; that the surface of
Philadelphia now presents a gigantic gridiron,
and a Citizen can travel from the Navy Yard
to Kensington, or to Fairmount, in a very plea ,
sant style, for the moderate sum of seven
cents. Of course, private improvements, to an
enormous and surprising extent,have resulted
from this local railway enterprise; and, if large
cities conduce to the happiness of the inhabit
ants, then these railways may be considered a
very extensive public blessing. There is, per.
Imps, no line that has induced more private,
and, it may be truly said, very handsome im
provements, than the company which occupies
present attention. Tenth and Eleventh streets
extend through a portion of Philadelphia pre
senting a variety of scenes interesting gene
rally. •
We commence our trip from the southern
stand, on Tenth street, above Reed. Immedi
ately opposite this place will be observed a
triangular-shaped lot, now covered with a
thick growth of wild chamomile. This was
the scene of a
FRIGHTFUL' EXPLOSION
of Professor Sanl. Jackson's fireworks factory,
several years since, by which persons were
blown to pieces, and quite a number horribly
burned and disfigured for life. At the time of
tlfis terrible ecbristion the operatives were
employed in making cartridges for the Genera
Government Some of the effects of This ex
plosion may still be seen on the gable-end wan
of a house on the northern side of the lot. Im
niediately south, will be observed the frowning
walls of the county prison, a "living tomb,"
which encloses its inmates from civilized so
ciety for a time. A part of this institution is
known as the "debtors' apartment." It pre
sents a different appearance from prison pro-
Der, It has a , dressed brown sandstone front,
without regard to and• trite order Of arellitec
ture. It is modelled after some of the ancient
buildings erected in Egypt. It was built at a
time when the law authorized 0 imprisonment
for debt' , It is simply, therefore, a monument
to the memory of an absurd, cruel law. The
building is less useful than ornamental, and
not much of either. The ear sweeps along its
northern wall, and at the western end thereof
will be seen the •
a fine, large, and tolerably level r piece of
territory, enclosed with a picket-fence painted
black. At present this place may he con
siderecl as so much waste. Like the spleen in
the human name, so is the parade ground to
the great body of Philndolplita its use is
unknown.
Turning to the right, the car commences its
northern course. on Eleventh street—a wide
thoroughfare, laid out : originally for market
places. It may be said that the County Prison
is located at the right angles with Passynak
road, which runs at an acute angle with the
streets extending north and south. This
throws the southwestern part of the prison
building beyond the line Of Eleventh street,
and, of course, under such an arrangement this
street reaches a dead end, geographically as
well as poetically. Eleventh street can never
be extended in a straight line south, unless a
portion of the prison be removed. Private
improvements in this immediate section are
.not to be seen.
Futthernor
ti OR tius street are Cour sections
of market houses, built to the order of the
corporation of Moyamensing. In this imme
diate vicinity are immense piles of buildings,
in full full use. Among these mammoth struc
tures we observe Schomaker's piano forte and
lielrosc's wall paper manufactories, with
steam puffing from several places, indicating
life within. The location of the Reliance
Steam Fire. Engine Company in this neighbor
hood, must be U. sourceof some relief to the
residents and owners of such heavy amounts
of property.
The Methodist Episcopal Union Cemetery
deserves a passing notice. It extends from
Tenth to Eleventh street, on the north side of
Washington avenue, The Baltimore railroad
passes its front. This burial ground is beauti
fied with a considerable number or imposing
moimments,interspersed with flowers of every
line. The enclosure consists of a handsome
iron railing and stone base. Two rows of
Young sycamore trees and a number of wool) .-
ing willows cast their shade upon the reposing
places of the dead. Here and there may be
seen trees of Paradise, mingling their delicate
foliage with the willows, and bowing grace ,
fully to the passing breeze.
There is Scarcely anything to attract more
than ordinary attention for nearly a mile on
this part of the route. We pass Carncross &
Dixey's Opera-house. This building was once
a church, in which the celebrated Rev. Dr.
Wiley preached the gospel.
At Eleventh and Wood streets a Church of
fair proportions will attract attention. The
history of this edifice, in brief, may bo stated
as follows : It was formerly used by a Metho
dist Protestant congregation, and finally a
widow became the legal possessor of it. The
Rer. Thomas K. Stockton, a distinguished
clergyman, had the use of it, under the title of
the Church of the New Testament. Finally,
the Second Congregational Church effected a
lease upon the building, and the doettinnOf
this Beet is preached there during a part Of
each Sunday, the other portion of the day
being appropriated to the Rev. Mr. Stockton.
Parks and Fountains.
BY " omrs."
PARADE GROUND,
CFMET 'II
DISSI.I.3TED CHURCH
" Peace bo within thy walls » may. be said of
this ; yet it may be considered as a
disputed church.
IrIiTISBYTEIIIAN OHITRCH,
Ona might readily suppose, upon reading
thesti passenger railway Sketches, that the
northwestern part of Philadelphia monopo•
lizedall the churches, for here wo have an
other in the panorama, while beyond, as far as
the vision extends northward, others may be
seen. We are inclined to the opinion that the
presence of churches, in any new vicinity, in
deeel private improvements that, as a gene
ral tlfing, do not detract from the beauty of
the sacred temples. The Spring. Garden Pres.
byterian Church, at the corner of Eleventh
and Wistar streets, was built a few years since.
It has a flourishing congregation. A great mis
hap occurred to the edifice when it was in the
piVress of erection. The roof had been
placed upon the walls, but not yet perfectly
stated. A heavy snow clothed the "face of all
earthly thliw,e in a Mantle Of white, and its
accumulating weight caused the roof to settle,
andfinally to fall In _with a tremendous crash.
The wrecked material was speedily removed,
and the building finished in accordance with
the specifications of the original design.
CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
This splendid building, belonging to the
/:;pis4opal order of Theology, is located near
Nomit Vernon street. It is built of brown
sandstone, handsomely dressed. This neigh
borhood was more than semi-rural when the
fabric was erected. The spire, which is very
high, is slated; or, perhaps, more properly
speaking, tiled. All this work was executed
upon the ground. When the spire was finished
the process of raising it to its present position
commenced. It was a great undertaking, ac
cemplished without accident. On a clear
winter day the golden star that surmounts
the spire may be seen with the naked eye at a
distance of six or seven miles down the river.
The sun is then to the south, and the star;
borrowing some of the rays thereof, reflects
back upon the vision of the observer, like a
pure diamond set in a elear cerulean bosom.
It is the only star upon a church-toWor in
Philadelphia. The idea almost inspires poe
try. It may be considered the star of Hope;
the theological : pawls; in fact, the day-star of
gladness, ha:Towing its light . from lieaven it
self. Though it maybe seen as we have stated,
yet the spite-column holding it aloft fades
from view at the same stand-point, leaving
the star apl;arently in glory by itself, in' the
vast blue done unknown.
P. MALACHI vHurtcra
This is not very large edifice, though it has
a very pretti mastic front, of a sort of purple
slate-color. Tt belongs to the Catholic denomi
nation, and As located above Master street.
The front is embellished with plain pilasters
supporting an embellished entablature, with
heavy arehitiaves.
TARIS4NAOL9 3111THODIaT OHUBOH.
This is a large building, of peculiar style of
design and rcliitecture. It has a sort of cir
cular front, extending to a high elevation, the
top of which May be seen at a considerable dis
tance, towering* above all things immediately
surroundingi On a Sunday evening,seven or
eight years since, the church building that oc
cupied the lime site took fire from a defec
tive flue or heater. The snow Was very deep
at the time, skid the white flakes were falling
thick and fast, and in blinding drifts. The
building was Soon in flames, and the firemen
could not, owing to the snow -storm, stay their
progress. Ths structure was entirely con
sumed, hut, inceniz-like, another and more
beautiful fabric has arisen from its ashes.
EXTEESIVP PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS
.. ,
We may het.w take occasion to say that we
have almost leached the northern terminus of
the route. Sogreat has the face of everything
changed in this section, that one mightreadily
suppose that t modern Aladdin had been and
is still hovering in spirit over this favored
spot of Thilidelphia. The car turns down
,
Montgorneryhvenue, and enters the depot at
the corner of!Tenth street. The whole of this
section is on high ground, the curb-stone being
above the lerel of many of the three-story
brick buildings nearer the heart of the
city. We can stand upon the - sidewalk of
the street - and observe the masts of the
shipping on the Delaware front of the
city. A shOrt distance north, we are
told, the besom of the river itself can be
seen, like a lake of silver, flowing amid the ru_
ral scenes beyond, and in its glassy surface may
almost be traced the shadowed imagery of the
Jersey pines. Tenth street is opened, piped,
curbed, and; paved to a considerable distance
to the northWfird of this point, The grade:q are
heavy, one ;rising above the other, until the
last of then seems to reach the outline of the
sky. Eleventh street is opened to Dirks street,
one square north of Montgomery street. Here
we beholde last of Camaels Woods, soon, rio
doubt, to numbered with the things of the
past. In cur boyhood days these woods ex
tended as far east as Germantown road, or
Seventh Went, - Then, the pretty hazel, tho
sturdy 'heath, the rough oak, the graeful elm,
the noble ickory, nodded their crowning
plumes in the pure breezes, and cast their
grateful sh des, in the summersun, over ninny
a pleasant mily . party retiring there to pass
is feAV leisure happy hours. But now, how
changed the scene! To the ea.stward, we behold
manufactures—we hear the click of the shuttle ;
the hum of buSy wheels ; the short breathing
of high-pressure engines, all busily engaged
n the produeqou of such articles as conduce
to the comfolt of the human race. Only a
small part of the historical Camae Woods re
mains. It is t4at which contains the old home
stead, subsequently a public - house. It yet
forms the scene where the veteran showman
Nixon exhibited; the Am nadir sparring match
of Heenan vs. Sayres, that drew ten thousand
spectators there. Eleventh street stops here,
but on its straight lines southward the eyo
sig.* takes within its power long ranges of
handsome pfivate residences, with gardens in
front, enclofisd with massive and handsomely
embellished'iron railing, apparently in a con
tinuous chain. The dwellings, as a general
thing, hatmenise in appearance, but here and
there, in thei vicinity, are others or different
designs, wit verandahs and balconies. Orna
mental tree4ire already planted, and the pa
triotism of the residents there is exhibited in
the shape of the old stars and stripes, daunt
ing in the breeze from upper windows or
housetops. This is u high andhealthy section.
We understaid that it is in contemplation to
build in this ileinity, at least, one hundred ad-.
ditional dwelling -houses, fronting on streets,
to he parked and railed and fountains in.;
trofinced. (Councils have already passed
a bill allowing that part of ' the city
to be tinis beautified, but the project
was vetocit, on Thursday, 13th instant, by the
Mayor, on a technicality—that the corpora
tion had 40 power to act in such a matter.
It is likely:Me improvements will be made
notwitllstaoding .the temporary official draw.
back. The4eople of the northwest part 10.1
the city wit in due time relieve the name of
Philadelphia from its objectionable " one
horse" cognomen.
At the sound of a big gong, a ear starts from
the imme4sc depot of the company; northwest
corner o.tl Montgomery avenue and Tenth
street. Itpursues a south course. Along the
first part of this dowuward trip, we behold'.
certain hehluntrks of days long since added
to eternity. t‘liere are a few newly and neatly
constructed cottages that pass before the
vision. A short distance to the eastward we
behold the North Baptist Church, standing
almost isobited. It is a white, rough-cast
structure, with a square tower directly on its
front gable intl. Though it has not been built
many years6-et its outward appearance car
ries us back to the primitive
_days of church
architecture that we read about.
P,EZIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
This pretty building, of brown sandstone
is locatedon Tenth street, above Poplar. I?,
is undergoing frontal improvements. A hand
some stone wall, with embellishments to
match, Is hi progress of being Vain,
Upon crpssing Spring Garden street, rather
a pretty picture will greet the eye—that of
four tall steeples forming apparently a elus,
ter. The are furnished by the " Church of
the Assu*ption, ,, " Spring Garden Hall," and
"St. Mark's." The car now proceeds, passing
in the otacr named the Dutch Reformed
Church, a large building at Filbert street,
With an immense brewery opposite; then
comes St.litephenin stone church, below Mar
ket, with its double towers and chime of bells.
Nearly opposite will be seen the Franklin
Market House, with a statue of the old piffle.
aopher on the front thereof. This spacious
building is in the use of the great Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company.
THE ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS
This is a pretty pne of pressed brick archi
tecture. It is used for various purposes OE3I
public nature. It was here where the Sons of
Malta held their mystic meetings. This apart
ment is now occupied by Messrs. Bryant, Strat
ton, & Bannister, as a commercial college
for young ladies and gentlemen. Signor Blitz
has entertained thousands beneath this roof.
The old Assenibly buildings that occupied the
Mlle site were destroyed by lire upon a snowy.
March morning, twelve or fOUrteen years
since.
JEFFERSON COLLEGE
This beautiful specimen of architecture is
located just south of the Assembly ButhDugs.
(In our sketch of the Union Line we ihadvert
ently styled the Ech..ctic College, on Ninth
street, as the Jefferrn.) The building on
Tenth street was named in honor of Jefferson,
the author of the Declaration of Independence
and the father of Democratic principles. in
America. It was the rival of the Old Univer
sity, and, up to the breaking out of the cause
less rebellion, did a flourishing business. Some
of the best medical faculty in the country gra
duated in this institution. The building is
large,; the front being supported by fluted
columns, based upon a terrace, ten feet above
the street surfaee.
A'neatly constructed building, recessing
back, at the northeast corner of Tenth and Lo
cust streets, will be recognized as the First
Unitarian Church. It has a Pennsylvania mar
ble front, and rough-coated side, over which a
creeper) , holds undisputed sway from the
cave to the base. The promises arc enclosed
in a plain iron railing and base. A series of
very pretty grass plots within give a natural
freshness to the scene.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Clinton-street Church building presents
en appearance that will delight the eye and
please the lover of plain thoughts in its sim
plicity and rich architecture.. The building
recesses somewhat from the street line, and is
enelobed in en embellished iron railing.
MODEL ItOtTl3ll.
At the southwea corner of Tenth anti Ship.
Oda building, much handsomer in its general
apPearance, and more convenient in its design
than any other building in the immediate_
vicinity; may cause a passing remark. A long
history could be related about this building.
its projector once occupied a somewhat lucra
tive position in a sugar refinery. He was an
expert accountant — a man or enterprise, and
a lover of the flue arts. He essayed to beautify
the City by erecting this building as a model.
It was a splendid structure when - first erected.
Its builder became involved, and he died
broken-hearted. Of his history we choose to let
the grave keep from public view. He was a
self-misguided man, overtaken in an evil hour,
and he fell to rise no mere.
THE LEBANON.
All that remains of the once famous Lebanon
retreat may be seen at the southwest corner of
Tenth and Carpenter streets. In days long
ago, this was a great public resort of dis
tinguished politicians and candidates gene
rally, from the Governor of the State down to
a ward constable, BeSides this, famines used
to resort there to escape the heat of the city ;
and here they might pass their time beneath
the waving boughs of mulberry trees. lint
now its greatness has gone, and its old days
are paSsed amid the savor of lager beer. The
car now passes the Methodist cemetryalready
described ; then passes the Lafayette Cemetery
On its western limits, and, reaching the south
ern terminus, we bring our sketch to a con
clusion.
Public Entertainmentm.
NEW CHESTNUT-STREET THEaTnE.—This even
ing, after great and expensive preparation,
the new Irish drama of " Arrah Na Pogue," by
Dion Boucieault, will be produced at the
Chestnut. The production of the drama in
Europe called forth the praise of the critics
there, and those of New York, where the play
is now being performed, are not less flatter
ing. The heroine of the play, Arrah Modish,
is the foster sister of one of the principal cha
racters, Beamish AfeCoul, W leader in the Irish
rebellion of 1795, in which SO many of the noble
spirits of Ireland became neirtyrs. The foster
brother of Arrah was cast into prison as a
rebel, and his friends conceived a plan to
rescue hint; but how to convey their plans to
the captive was a difficulty which was only
overcome by his foster sister volunteering to
visit him in prison, carrying in her mouth a
piece of paper containing the plans of escape,
which, upon kissing him, she passed from her
mouth to hie. Bence the name attached
to her of Arrah Na Poone—the, latter word
in the Irish language meaning a kiss. This in
cident forms, however, no part of the drama
The plot can be told in a very words. Its lead
ing characters arc an Irish refugee seeking a
dangerous shelter in his own countryprevious
to his flight to France ; a county Wicklow car
driver, known as Shaun the Post, in whom are
combined all the characteristics of the Irish
peasant—love, courage, and devotion to a
friend, even unto death; Arrah Meelish, the
fond and faithful betrothed maiden, willing to
risk her life, or what is still dearer, her
reputation, to save her foster brother, Beam
ish ilicatd, who is hunted down by the soldiers
and the spies of the British Government.
Shaun the Post, is her accented lover, yet even
to him she doea not reveal the tact that her
foster brother is concealed in her cottage, and
the outcast is the betrothed of Miss Fanny
Power, whose guardian, Colonel Bagenat
O'Grady, is a suitor for her hand. Beamish
being concealed in the Cottage of Arrah, causes
Miss Power to become jealous, and she con
sents to marry her guardian. Peony, a British
spy, and a process server," is an unsuccess.
ful suitor of Arrah, and consequently a bitter
hater of Shaun, whom he accuses of robbing
him of a sum of money which he illegally col
lected from the confiscated estates of Beamish
McCOut, and which the latter forced him to give
up by threats of a sound thrashing. A portion
of the money thus recovered from the SeoUn
drat _Reny, Beamish places in the hands of
Arrah, his foster sister, which Feeny, by an
adroit seheme, gets possession of, and charges
his rival, Shaun, with having stolen. Shaun,
rather than expose the fact that Beamish is in
the country; and concealed in Arrah,'s cottage,
declares that he has stolen the money, and ac
cepts his fate,M order to save the fugitive chief
tain and preserve his betrothed from suspicion.
The hero gives himself up at once to the au
thorities in order to save the life of his faith
ful follower,' and with a hope of obtaining
pardon for his offences. Miss POWer, is then,
of course, relieved from all suspicion, and also
from her engagement to her guardian, Shaun,
pardoned, and reunited to Arrah. The drama
is represented in three acts. The scenery
throughout is exceedingly fine;. the valley,
lake, and round tower of Glendalough being
a faithful picture of that landscape. The
grouping in the tableaux are also very fine.
The expense of bringing out the play is great,
but the management will, we hope, be re
warded by a continuous run of good houses.
NEW AECH-STREET THEATEE.—This evening,
Hooley's MinStrels, from Brooklyn, begin an
engagement at the Arch, the dramatic season
at that theatre having - closed. The members
of this company are all artists of the first
water, and well deserve the name of stars.
The programme for this evening is filled with
Many choice selections, and so varied as will
make it pleasing to all tastes.
ACADENT Mtrsie.—The matinee, on Satur
day afternoon, was a complete sueeess—the
houSe filled, as we predicted. We hope now
that Messrs. Drew and Robson have seen that
Philadelphians can really appreciate a good
performance, that they will not stop here, but
give us many more such entertainments as we
last Saturday afternoon had at the Academy.
Pints THEATMcm.a.—The Paris eOrreSPoll
- of the New Orleans Picayune gives the
following items upon the theatricals at the
French capital :
"In one of the new sensational pieces now
in preparation for the French stage, there is
an LEdwig Forrest, 'a distinguished play
actor, brother of Booth, the assassin!' Fame,
what false notes thy trumpet sounds! Mons.
Victorian Sardou is writing a five-act piece for
the Vaudeville. A new tenor, All Englishman,
named Tom Haler, has appeared at Milan
with immense success. A new singer has ap
peared in London, who bids fair to unseat
Diddle Adelina Patti herself. The rising star's
name is Mlle Ilma do 3liarska. Everybody
agrees that, she must run - a most brilliant
course. She has r only yet played the part of
Lacy Ashton, and, in the scene of madness, she
exceeded everybody seen for years on the
London stage. [We continue to bet on lti
petite. , —Pic.]
' , Mons. Emile de Girardin sold his play . , 'Le
Suppliee (Pune Femme,' to Mons. Michel Levy
for $1,000; he expended this sum of money in
purchases of apiece of jewelry for Mile. Favart,
who played the leading partwith consummate
skill. M. Alex. Dumas, Jr : , protested that $5OO
belonged to him.• M. de Girardin sent him in
stantly this sum of money. Mons. Dumas
thereupon returned it, saying he only asked it
to protect his rights as an author. The week
after the piece was brought out, Jean, the old
and Confidential servant of M. de Girardin, en
tered the study and Said: 'DO you remember
the bet we made last DeeeMbere M. de Glrar
din replied, What heti' ' I bet one Napo
leon to live that the piece would be played at
the French Comedy.' Very well. Here are
the NOV The Opera Comique has revived
Le Pro aux Cleres,' with great success. The
morning of the day on which 'Le Prophete ,
was produced, a person walking about the
stage stumbled. on a man in a blouse busily en
gaged in filing an immense bell. What was the
person's surprise to discover the filer to ben°.
body but Meyerbeer who said: Everything
is perfect but this boil; it is a hair-line too
high ;so I file it as you sec.' Such was the
Pains Meverbeer took with his works ! Messrs.
Lambert Thiboust and Grange have brought
out a play entitled Volense d'Enfants,'
at the Ambigu, which they who like to sup on
horrors find delightful."
A French Race.
CPltris correspondence Of the Liverpool Albion-3
The day was a lovely one—not a cloud was to
be seen in the deep blue sky.- The atmosphere
was light and ofsuch transparent clearness
that, looking down the gardens of the Turne
ries, the magnificent Are de Triomphe,
.nearly
two miles off, stood out with wonderful dis
tinctness. Passing down the Rue Itivoli and up
the Champs Elysees, one entered the Bois de
Boulogne. Far as the eye could reach, there was
one unbroken line of Carriages, and the splen
dor of the equipages, and tee elegance of the
toilettes of the ladies, made the scene an ani
mated one. The drive through the well-shaded
avenues—a refreshing breeze coming throu,gh
the thick foliage—the scent of the 'dowers, the
ripple of the fountains, and the sunshine play
inn on the broad and exquisitely kept road,
which is " without the vestige of a weed, or the
apprehension of a stone," was both agreeable
and pleasant; but, in my opinion, the Bois de
Boulogne, as a thing of beauty, would quite fak
to satisfy a true lover of nature. It is too foritefl
and elaborately artificial, and One Misses that
natural and country element which isrequired,
I think, to touch the heart and feelings of an
Englishman. The equipages of the ambassa.-
dors, ministers, and other great personages
were as numerous as ever; but it is too well
known that there is this year a most sensible
falling off in the number of the more quiet but
equally well appoiated carriages in that very
large mass of foreign residents in Paris whose
expenditure ranged from .r-2,000 to £lOlOO a year.
So that, while the. Court Unlit:Men experience
but little diminution in their profits, a large
number of their less fortunate brethren have
to regret a serious falling off in their lists
of good and punctually paid accounts, which
have this year—so unaccountably to them—
disappeared from their books. Arriving at
the stands of the race-course, which, so low
open, and simple in their construction,.allow
to every one a perfect view, it was amusing to
see the various groups slowly arrive. Some
of the ladies went to Seats provided for them,
but the greater number sought the chairs
Placed in front of, and near to the Imperial
stand, and were here joined by their numerous
acquaintances and admirers. A friend of mine
remarked that the sight reminded hint of a
commemoration day at Oxford, and another
said it was more like the Grande Opera. An
English lady, from Leamington, appeared to
be as much admired as any. She was very
pale, and I heard many Murmurs of "Ea,: .4
truest blanche rine la faring (le frament. ,, I did not
notice the golden hair so much insisted upon. A
little before the time appointed for the "Grand
Pri x"tobo rama few shouts from the back atilt:
Royal stand, and the hushed murmur that
arose indicated the arrival of the Imperial
party; and,
immediately after, the most re
markable man in Europe, and cOrtainly the
greatest of living sovereigns—one whose life
. at once a lesson, and a romance—was to be
seen - eiewly makinti his way to the front of
the Tribune. The Emperor looked stronger,
more sunburnt chat in better health than
he did at this time last year. In his
eyes you could hardly fail to remark
a sad and wearied "expression; but the
old look of resolution and determination was
there as marked as ever. The Jockey Club
received the Emperor very coldly, while by
the general body of spectators he was well
and respectfully received; but of enthusiasm
there was none. The Emperor acknowledged
hTh reception with dignity; but to write that
he looked pleased would, I think, convey hi
very incorrect description.. He received the
cheers with the calm but good-hurnoreAl air Of
one accustomed to command. The Emperor
was accompanied by the Empress, the Prince
Imperial, Princess Murat, and General Fleury;
but - it-was evident he took little interest in
the scene before him. When the horses were
at the distance post, General Fleury almost
forced a race-glass into the hands of the Em-
Peror, who used it scarcely for a minute, and,
returning it, Mee MOre relapsed into deep
thought.
Bnr,LADONNA vs. Orion,--It 1s rinWah acknow
ledged fe,et that Belladonna is an antidote for
opium ;,hut, as this information Cannot be too
'widely Spread, we subjoin the following two
new cases of thekind published by the Archives
de Medicine : A short time a young !lady took
by mistake a quantity of laudanum equivalent
to two teaspoonfuls—that is, representing six
decigramraes of the gummy extract of opium.
The taste of the drug made her sensible of
what she had done, and she immediately told
her friends of it, who instantlyadrulaistered a
cup of coffee, a very appropriate remedy,
but which was immediately ejected. Other
liquids produced the same effect, and the
patient began to feel very painful spasms in
the stomach. The doctor dui not arrive until
an E hour and a half after the accident, when
he found the patient lying on a sofa, and very
pale 5 the pupils were contracted to sucan
extent that the papillary orifice was reduced
to a small black point 5 the skin was Cold at the
extremities, the pulse low and intermitting.
The patient was in a state of torpor, from
which, however, she could be roused by speak
ing to her. Ten drops of the alcoholic tine
tore of belladonna were administered in a
quarter of a tumblerful of water, but were
soon ejected. The next ten drops were given
in only a teaspoonful of water, and this was
retained; and this system was continued by
live drops of tincture at ii time at short inter
vals. Tile patient thus imbibed se mutat ai
four grammes of the tincture, and soOn recov
ered. The second ease is that a young wo
man who had taken opium voluntarily with a
view to commit suicide. The medical man
Mille four hours after the act had been com
mitted, and a large quantity of the poison must
consequently have been already absorbed into
the system. The pupils were so contracted
that the patient had lost the power of vision ;
the jaws were - firmly locked together, nose
and extremities cold, pulse slow and weak,
and insensibility general. AS it was ton late
to administer emetics, thirty drops of tincture
of belladonna were administered by forcing the
jaws asunder with the handle of a spoon, keep
ing meantime the nostrils closed. The symp
toms, however, became so alarming that the
doctor administered upwards of seventy drops
of tincture Mere, by ten at a time, in less than
half an hour. The pupils then began to dilate;
the patient was subjected to a good whipping,
which reanimated her, and the dawrerous
-
symptoms soon disappeared.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
No better . illustration of the old prophecy,
"
Westiraid the star of Empire wends its Way,"
than in the rapid growth and development of
Chicago. When we recollect that twenty-five
years !ago Chicago did not number four thou
sand inbabitants, and those generally either
simple laborers, trappers andlumters, or men
of very small-capital ; that much of the land.
within her limits, now of astonishing value;
was offered in the market at a few dollars per
acre ; that the river that bisects it was un
bridged ; Lake Michigan nearly destitute of
means of navigation ; the back country lur
settled, and any amount of land purchasable
within cannon shot of the city at Govern
ment price; that no railroad connection east
ward was finished till 1852, it becomes a won
der, not unmixed with astonishment, that the
little obscure trading port of 1840, could
come. In 1860, the grain metropolis of the
world—outstripping Odessa, the famous
wheat market of Europe—and throwing all the
grain ports of Western Europe so completely
into the shade, that they are not named in the
same list.
And this same village in 1810 of less than
4,000 souls, ;prang to a city of 112,000 in 1865.
Such growth in ten years is hard to be paral
leled in a purely coramereial centre, mining
localities excepted. And with this growth in
population and wealth has growil up all the
means and appliances of the highest civiliza
tion; so that to-day the visitor at Chicago finds
himself in as good a hotel, in as line a church,
in as well arranged schools, from primary to
high, in as well furnished private dwellings,
on as spacious and orderly streets, ornament
ed with as elegant and well-filled stores as Can
be found in any part of the new world.
The stock marketwas very inactive on Satur
day, and prices were rather lower. Govern
ment bonds are quiet, with sales of 5-90 s to
notice at 105%, and sixes of 1881 at 107%—a de
cline of %. 97% was bid for 10.405, and 91% for
7.005. City loans are in better demand, with
sales of the new issue and municipal at 92%
9 1 %. In Railroad shares there was very little
doing. Reading sold at 50.31@50%, closing dull
at 50%; and Philadelphia and Erie at 23. 58
was bid for Pennsylvania; 28 for Little Schuyl
kill; 5134 for Norristown ; 04 for North Penn
sylvania; 58% for Lehigh Valley; 12 for Cata
wissa common 24% for preferred do., and 60
for Philadelphia and Baltimore.
City Passenger - railway shares are dull, Ile&
tonville sold at 15%; 20 was bid for Thirteenth
and Fifteenth; 60 for West Philadelphia; 10 for
Race and Vine; 13 for Ridge Avenue; 11% for
Lombard and South; and 21 for Union.
Bank shares are without change: 131 was bid
for Philadelphia; 118 for Farmers , and Mecha
nics'; .51 for Girard, and 57 for City,
Canal shares are firmly held, bat the trans
actions are limited. Susquehanna Canal sold
at 8%@814, the latter rate an advance of %; 90
was bid for Schuylkill Navigation, common;
29% for preferred ditto; 50 for Lehigh Naviga
tion, and 120 for Morris Canal preferred.
Coal Oil shares continue very dull, arxdprices
are irregular: Maple Shade sold at peplum:, the
latter rate an advance of %; Min,go at 21.16, a
slight advance ; St. Nicholas at 81-100 ; Junction
3, and Oil Creek and Cherry Run at 1%; 3 was
bid for Oil Creek ; 4 for Sugar Creek; %nor Sher
man ; 1% for McClintock ; 1% for Jersey Well ;
1% for Egbert ; 3 31-100 for Dalzell ; %for Dens
more ; 1% for Caldwell ; 1% for Corn Planter,
and % for Sig Tank.
The following were the quotatiOna of gold
Saturday, at the hours named:
10 A. M 149J4
11 A. N
12 N yi
1 P. M .
3 P. Tr.
The subscriptions to the 7-30 loan, received
by. Say Cooke, on. Satllrtlay, amount to $10,331 r
200, including $lOO,OOO from First National Dank,
Nashville ; $200,000 from Third National Bank,
St. Louis ; $310,000 from First National Bank,
Boston ; $lOO,OOO from First National Bank, Al
bany; $200,000 from First National Bank, Cin
cinnati; $200,000 from Second National Bank,
Boston ; *200,000 from Fourth National Bank,
New York; $lOO,OOO from Second National Bank,
Wilkes - barre ; $130,00 front Second National
Bank, Cleveland ; $lOO,OOO from Second National
Bank, New Raven; $150,000 from Merchants'
Bank, Portland ; $200,000 from National Bank
of Republic, Boston ; $75,000 from 3. It: Dick ec
Co., Meadville ; $200,000 from C. A. Putnam it
Co., Boston; *lOO,OOO from National Bank of
Metropolis, Washington; 0250,900 from First.
National Bank, Philadelphia; $135,000 from Se
cond National Bank, Chicago. There were
7,223 individual subscriptions of $5O and $lOO
each. The subscriptions for the week ending
the 15th inst., amount to $35,638,700.
The sales of the third and last series of the
seven-thirty loan draw near to the end ; only
about fifty minions of the notes remain un
sold. Adding to the sales regularly reported
by Jay Cooke the amounts of sales in Califor
nia and at the regular depositories, which
Dave not been included in the reports from
Philadelphia, at the present rate of subscrip
tions, the balance of the loan will be disposed
of within two weeks, and probably in less time.
The Boston Advertiser says :
The Boston banks have not loaned the Go
vernment ten millions of dollars, as has been
stated in seine quarters, but have made ar
rangements through the Clearing House Asso
ciation whereby the Treasury Department
engages to receive from the banks such sums
its may be offered, not exceeding ten millions
of dollars, to he payable after thirty days 111
legal-tender - notes, with interest at the rate of
P o i cent. The amounts are not apportioned
to the different banks, but any banks having
a large unemployed surplus can loan such an
amount as they think proper. Certificates are
issued for the money, and these are authorized
to be considered as part of the lawful money
which such banks arc required to hold as
a reserve, and cart be used in the daily
settlements at the elearing , hoaSe, there
by greatly facilitating the movements
in that department of financial business.
A similar arrangement with the Treasury De
partment is understood to have existed_ in New
York for a long tithe. The arrangement with
the Boston banks, recently entered into, was
not by the agents of the Treasury
Department, but, we understand,. was proposed
by the Clearaucc-ifouse. Association on account
of the facilities above haleed, and was ac
cepted as being mutually advantageous, the
Government thereby receiving a temporary
loan at five per cent. interest, instead of six
per cent., the rate which all temporary loans
had hitherto borne. Many of the banks have
not yet decided to dispose of their surplus
in this way ; but, as the arrangement practi
cally gives an opportunity of loaning money
and having the use of it at the same time, we
think that the privilege will be generally
availed of if the market maintains its present
easy condition, The certificates are to be of
the denominations of 81,000, 0,000, and 1.10,000.
The New York Times says:
The question of the laccumulation of gold
in the Treasury,'ln the next four or six weeks,
will doubtless attract the notice of the Secre
tary, should the speculators for the rise in
gold attempt to force up the price materially
because of this accumulation. He has plenary
authority from Congress to sell the surplus in
the Treasury in the open market, or to antici
pate the September and - November interest on
the funded public debt, which amounts to over
$21,000,000. The gradual sale of this large sur
plus for currency, to be employed in the cur
rent operations of the department, until the
market is brought below 140 or 13,5 per cent.,
would seem to be the more practical measure
for Mr. McCulloch, as the experience. of his
predecessors, Mr. Chase and Mr. Fessenden, iu
directing the prepayment of interest, was not
encouraging.
A correspondent writing from Bentsville,
Ala., gives the following observations on a
railroad trip through Alabama :
I was indeed surprised to see the amount of
cotton there is planted along both sides of the
railroad. I noticed several - fields before we
crossed the State line, - and after we entered
the State it was almost a continuous cotton
field, the only exceptions being a few aban
doned plantations, and an occasional Reid of
grain. It is all looking finely, and I was told
by several planters that although most of it
was planted - late in the season it was maturing
rapidly, and they anticipated a handsome re
muneration for their industry. It is worked
by negroes, the same as of old, and nearly
every man I conversed with on the subject in
formed Inc that the crop would be more pro
dtable under the new regime than under the
antiquated system of slavery.
The Chicago Tribune, July 13th, says:.
There hate been new developinontSin re.
gard to the Cook County Mountsu'lul it
is pretty generally understood that the whole
amount, some inoooo, passed oil by the scoun
drels, has been discovered in the hands of six
bankers-and brokers. The whole business was
clone on Saturday afternoon and Monday
morning, and the discovery of the fraud made
about twelve o'clock on the latter clay. But
one individual has been. identified as engaged
in the business, and ho is now in jail. The
victims disagree in their descriptions of the
other parties, and it extremely doubtful if
they could be identified if arrested, The loss
will pretty certainly have to fall upon the
present holders of the bogus scrip. At least
two of the victims would be glad to sell out at
twenty-five cents on the dollar. Censure is
very justly thrown upon. oar county officers,
who had the matter in charge, for issuing the
scrip in the manner in which. they did. The
scrip is simply common letter press printing,
and easily counterfeited. Capitalists and ope.
Mors generally decline to touch it now n o t
taking tho trouble 0 , inquire whether it b e
genuine or not.
The Pottsville Miners' Journal of July 1,1t4
says:
COAL.—The quantity sent by railroad this
Week is 58,991 03; by canal, 27,972 10; for the
week, 86,9E3 03 tons, against 23,405 for the corm
ePonding week last year.
There was a turnout on the lateral railroad
last year in this region, which almost entirely
stepped the trade, This accounts for the itholt
supply last year.
There is an evident improvement in th e
trade within the last week, and although pric e ,
have not advanced any, they are more firm e t
the previous low rates. This feeling seems to
Pervade the whole trade, and, thbrefore, Nu
may confidently state that the prices of c ., c
has "touched bottom' , this season, and Will
not be any lower. The reduction in price, i c
this region is from eighty to *
per caw,.
on the highest rates of last, year, which, in th e
present state of prices ruling on all other c ; .,
tidies of consumption, is a very large mine.
tion, and ought to satisfy all consumers. Th ey
also receive a much cleaner article at the re.
duced rates, which is another important cou.
sideration,
There are several collieries standing idle y et
in this region,which will not start until the
price of coal advances, or wages are further
reduced,
At some of the collieries the rerhietion in the
price of wages has reached forty per cent. At,
some collieries they are asking a reduction of
fifty per cent. This is too large with the pre
sent prices of living. Forty per emit, on mi
ners, and thirty on laborers, is all the, reduc
tion that ought to be asked until prices of
living are ueduced to a greater extent.
Drexel & Co., quote : ..„
United. States BondS, / 0 7.14 .17 41 , )4. ,
U. S. CertifS, of Indentodness,
U. S. Certifs. of indebtedness, 01d... 59301 4 1 j,
Quartermasters' Vouchers !r;
Orders for Certifs. of Indebtedness. 98 1 ,143 991/
Gold _ 11 - .OA. • 2
Sterling Exchange
5-20 Bonds, old
5-20 Bonds, new.-
10 40 Bonds
Hales. of Stocks, July 13
SALES AT REGULAR BOARD OF BROKERS
Reported by Hewes, 3filler. b Co., 50 ,South Third St
•
FIRST BOARD.
1500 U S 0881....cunp.107A! 7 Phila & Eric 8 ...50 31
ICOIIIIIIS-2011.18..c0up 10514 ; 100 Read log R
3000 City 6s new 02761 200 Sus,jue!mina Cl,. 8
100 do.. municipal 92 , 14 50 Mingo 21_1 6
100 (0.. municipal 9234 200 St Nichol: Ls 011. Si
2090.40 Lehigh 05'84 .. 0 , 1 200 klil Ck .0, (~err yj i 1 %
1000 Sliming:Amu. el li*.q.-15 100 .I unction Oil, ~ 0 , 5 i
BETWEEN BOARDS.
100 Rending R...1)00..50141 100 110.1)1e, Shade ii
100 do b15..50N1 100 do 1)30.. 'ILI
400 do 1)15..50%1 500 City 113 municipal 32v
100 Hest onvllleß n30..151,1: 200 do 92.1
200 Stisq Canal ...1030...W , 0030 do now 92N
100 do 1,00.. 8%,0000 Sum/ Canal Bondi ti
Philadelphia Markets.
Juts 15—Evening.
There is rather more export demand for
Flour, but prices are without any mater e
change; 1,000 Ms extra family sold at td.rgl4
8.50, the latter rate for good fresh ground, and
3,500 bbls City Mills extra on private terms.
The retailers and bakers are buying, in a Steen
way, at from $600.50 for superfine, $6.75@7.25 for
extra, *7.50@8.50 for extra family, and $9(410
bbl for fancy brands, according to quality.
Rye Flour is selling in a small way at bbl.
Corn Meal is without change,
Gants.—There is a fair demand for Wheat at
about previous rates, with sales of 0,000 bus, is
lots, at 170@i770 for good and prime Western
and Pennsylvania reds ; 168 e for new Delaware
do; and 180@200e V bus for white, as to quail.
ty. Rye is scarce; 1,000 bus Pennsylvania sold
at 105 c, which is an advance. Corn is in de-
mand ; 1,500 bus prime yellow sold at 96c, and
7,000 bus Western mixed at Mel bu. Oats are
rather dull, with sales of rtnnBy/Yalli4 tit 884
00c $1 bus. 1,000 bus Barley Malt sold at 150 v
31 bushel.
DA/M.—We hear of no sales;`.first No. I
Quercitron is quoted at $32.50 per ton.
CoTros.—The market is less active; about
100 bales of middlings sold in lots at 53c Ift
Gnocamus.—There is very little doing in
either Sugar or Coffee, owing to the difference
in the views of buyers an 1 sellers.
is selling at r620@2219 ton.
DIiTROLEUX.—The receipts are large and
prices remain about the same as last quoted
1,800 bbls sold at . 33@33ye for erude ; Mtroi!. l ge
for relined in bond; and 71@73e 11 gallon for
free, according to quality.
Sr:rms.—flaxseed is selling at from s2.ssrl
2.45 3i bus ; Clover and Timothy continuo dull,
and we hear of no sales; the former is quoted
at $14@16 3t bus.
PROVISIONS.—The market continues aim at
full prices, but the transactions arc in small
lots only. Alegi Pork is selling at $27@08? hid
Macon Hams are belling in a small way at 'X
fi lb for fancy bagged. Green Meats aro very
scarce with sales, of Pickled Hams at 2002,2 t
IS lb. Lard is scarce, andheld above the views
of buyers.
Wilms:v.—There is no change to notice in
price or demand ; small sales of Pennsylvania
and Western bbls are making at 21.4@215c
- The following are the receipts of flour and
grain at this port to-Qay -
Flour
Boston Xarkets, July 15
FLOVIL—The receipts since'yesterday have
been 7,011 bids. The market is firm with a fair
demand; sales of Western supi:rtine at 45.75@
6 common extra, $0.500.75 ; ntedltun do., $74
. good and choice do., $8.50012, the latter
price for favorite St. Louis brand.
GRALN.—The receipts since yesterditv have
been 10,i91 bus Oats, 3,000 do. Shorts. !Corn is
in moderate demand; sales of Southern yel
low at $1.03@1,05; Western mixed, Vi/ite.e, /11
bus. Oats are firm; sales of Northern and Ca
nada at 65@30c • Western, 80W:3c; Prince Rd
ward Island, 455@720 17 bus. Rye is quiet ;it vo
@Me ig bus. Shorts are selling ut if 1200,01 t fine
Feed, 824@20; Middlings ' $28g30 gct ton.
Pnovlstoss.—Pork is firm with a fail
mend ; sales of prime at $21.@22; mess, Opl-lq
27.50; clear,ls3s@37 VI Uhl, cash. Beef is dull;
sales of Eastern and Western mess and want
mess at $14@1611 bbl, cash. Lard is firm; sales
in bbls at 1.9@20c lb, cash. Hams are selling
at 21132t3c 10 IN cash.
LITTER BAGS.
AT Thu ntratcHAwris , IMMIX/GU; PHILADIMPULL
Bark Linda, Hewitt Clenttunfog, soon.
Drig W Spencer, Spencer trigtut
((,reenland) soon,
.142,1
PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF THAD%
TIIO3ISTONI3ItOWN
EDWARD LAFOIIIieADE, }.CON. 07 WIN MONTH
LEWlS,tlsii H 7
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA, July 17
SUN Rrsns....
BIGII WATER
Arrived.
S supply steamship Bermuda J W Smith,
commander, from Gavelst= 3d, ? Pelohile 7th,
and Rey West 11th, with malls, officers, and al
Sick and discharged seamen.
Bark Libertad, Bowdoin t 35 (lays from Men ,
tevideo,in ballast to captain.
Brig &olden Lead, r aekanb 9 days from Su
gua, Lwith sugar to S & W Welsh. Left bark
Irma,. Cummings, for Charleston, to sail about
loth lust ; brig John Welsh, Jr, Fitield, for
Philadelphia, to sail 14th.
Brig Peerless, Perry, 22 days from Mayagarg,
with sugar and molasses to John Mason &Co,
Brig Maria White, Bryant, 7 days from Car
denas, with sugar and molasses to John Main
& Co. •
Behr Geo McKean, Hammett, 20 days from
Barbudoes, with sugar and molasses to Jolla
Mason & Co.
Schr Alcora, Parsons, 12days from Cardenas,
with sugar And molasses to S & W Welsh.
Schr Flight, Wadding, 4 days front Prod
donee, with mdse to Crowell S.; Collins.
Schr Rachel, Viumeman, from Cape May, in
ballast to eaptitill,
debt' -Maggio Van Dunn, Corson, front Sal JO'
bury, in ballast to Van Boson, Leclintan, &
Schr Lizzie Maul°, Frambes, from Maurice ,
River, in ballast to Rothermel & Co.
Schr Daniel Morris, Applin, from Wilming
ton, Del, in ballast to Caldwell, Sawyer, & Co.
Seim Judge Hopkinson, Marvel, from Bristol,
Pa, in ballast to Caldwell Sawyer, & Co.
Schr Mary Ann, McDevitt, from New Haven,
in ballast to Haile & Co.
Schr Bird Dairen 2 (lays from Lewes, Del,
with wood to captain.
Seim John T Long, Tun-nen, o davi; front In
dian River, Be!., with grain to J W 11
_aeon.
Steamer Putnam, Seymour, 36 hours from
Richmond, with mdse to W Taylor & Co.
Steamer Monitor, Jones, 2-I hours from. Saw
York, with mdse to W Ii Baird & Co.
Steamer Alida, Lenny, :4 hours from New
York, with mdse to W 1' Clyde & Co.
Steamer Chester, Warren, St hours from New
York, with mdse to W P Clyde & Co.
Steamer Mars, Grunacy, 24 hours from New
York, with mdse to W M. Dom & Co ,
Steamer Sarah, .Jones, 4i boars front Hart ,
ford, with mdse. to W M Baird F. Co.
Steamer D Utley, Davis, 24 hours from New
York, with mdse to W M Baird & Co.
Cleared.
Steamship Saxon, Matthews, Boston.
Bark Talavera, 3ferithew, Boston.
Brig Matilda, Altacocm, kleferbe.4”on.
Brig ti T Ward, wineby, Marseilles.
Brig j It Kennedy, Bartlett, 41-slifirff' lll '
Bark John Aviles, Bost on. Brig L M Merritt, Berry, Upton,-B oston.
Schr T D Wilder, Darnill, New Orleans.
Schr Clara, Corson, Charleston.
Seim Reading Railroad, No. 7, —, N listen
Sehr J Clark, Scull, Charlestown, Mass.
Schr Jas H Moore, Nickerson, Boston.
Sehr John Stockham, Babcock, Boston.
Sehr J G Babcock, , Babeock, Boston.
Schr Casper Heft, Shoe, Norfolk.
Seim Geo Henry, Sollidav, Norfolk.
Sehr White Squall, Corscy, Baltimore.
Seim Lizzie Mania, FrambeS, Boston.
Schr Mary P Hudson, Hudson, Boston.
Schr Daniel Townsend
_Townsend, Bostott.
Seim J II Wainwright, Morris, Boston.
Schr Maggie Van Dusan, Corson, Cambridge'
port.
Schr Mary Ann • Magee, Ayres, AmesbarY
Point.
Schr Daniel Morris Applin, Norfolk.
Schr Lyon, EdMOnagOn, Al.oXandria•
SChr Judge Hopkinson, Marvei,Geora.otowo.
Sehr Joseph Porter, Burroughs, Fall laYci ,
Seim Mary Ann, McDevitt, Norwalk.
Schr Cora. Kelly, Providence.
St'r Haggles, McDermott, Now York.
St'r Liberty, Pierce New York.
St'r Buffalo, Jones, New York.
St'r Mayflower, Robinson, Richmond, Va.
St'r Ii Meinder, Bloomsburg, Richmond,
St'r It Willing, Candid', Baltimore.
Sailed.
Steamship Propontis (B
on Saturday morning-, a‘ CIPA ) o'clock, iiu Fa n i
pool, with 0 cabin and 60 steerage passeoge'i t
and the following cargo; 275 tons oil cake.
tons fustic, 20 tons rare 100 do tallow, and,.fr!
do quereitron bark. Cabinpassmigcrs -11 ::
Pet erkin, Thus 13 Stichter, Rich L Thonnt ,, ,, ';
W Newton, Capt Bdw 'Whiteford, Dr L !IVO , '
dell, Aaron Levy, J Piekman and wife.
Correspondence Of the Philadelphia - Raelt'"", e ,'
Lawn, Del., July 14-i P.. 0.,
Tho following_ vessels arc now at ten ill%
Ban: Brigs itichtuond, from Plitholehq.,
forgor Vincennes, from Boston for Phi,
dolphia ; schrs Isabella, from Philadelphia
Berhadoes ; Thames, do for New York; HI
do for Salem H A. Rogers, Exchange, I ° ll , l .
Rogers, J Williamson, and War Steed, 110 .1 0
Boston ; . Ceres, for Dover, N H ; Sarah Janc,„..
for Norfolk ; .Charles Dennis, from
town D C, for Providence, Wm s.
Beaufort for New York ; L r froo .
folk for do ;• J. Tucker, from Now . 11 N , t 3 ' % ,;
for Philadelphia ; C Pantaunzl, from Calla'
o ,
Philadelphia ; Little Rock, for do ; lkiexi m k
New York ; Hampden Belle,
also, revenue cutter W H Seward, and soh ' lOl ,,
fred Bunting, with the William Pear
from Odessa, Del; Wind N. from Pori the !t o.
Yours, &c., JOHN H. HIIRT OS.
Iltemorands.
S Brig Hamad, Dsvis, for tide port, was a t
vas - 4h inst. .
ehr t s C Carroll Whelan, from Haddaaluin
Black Diamond, Young, from Greonport,
for this port, at New York on PrianY.
Schr George Fates, Nickerson, hence,
PSch roveneel3th inst. id JH Cornice, from Bangor for thi s pod.
at Rockland 9th inst,and sailed agate.
Sehr Kate liallan, Hildrad, sailed (rein 0 0 '
mania 12th iust for this port,.
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7,000 b
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3,700
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