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- VILEE-TRADE ARGUMENT.
A i .
e-trade article in The Chrotil4/8, S
el
'Wee commercial paper, issued from the
Sill of Bung's Merchants' Magazine, in
•
New York l presents the following argu- .
=ant against protection :
, .
0 The only . question with regard to free
Made is : bow far shall it go? To determine
this question let us inquire what may be the
libjeeta and effects of protection. In the first
value proteutiott a ffords the Government a cer-
Itain amount of revenue. Carried to a greater
extreme it works a bounty to certain Indus
/ tries. These are its objects. Now, what are
its effects I Of course, this question is alto
' gether too comprehensive to be answered in a
/teeth, but its most obvious effects are to en
courage exotic manufactures, and stimulate
the production of foreign. products. For
instance, let us take the .it che
s a of steel
pens. Without protection evident
- that no steel pens would be manufactured in
this eouutry. The price of producing geed
steel pens in Birmingham is from id. to Sot. per
gross, which, with freight and ether charges
attached, would make them cost from throe
to twenty cents per gross to import. They
are, therefore, a foreign product. fore they
cost to manufacture some thirty or forty cents
per g' oss: By placing a tariff of ten cents per
gross, and, twenty-five per cent. ad valorem,
'upon the importation of the article, the cost
of importing the better kind is at once
raised .to about forty cents, and, for the
first time, it becomes profitable for steel
pens to be manufactured in this Coun
try. This is actually the case now, and a
new trade for the manufacturer is thus open
ed. But that this object is gained without
tiny compensating advantage is not unsus
ceptible of proof. Supposing, 'say the advo
cates of free trade, that oranges cost a penny
a piece to import from Smyrna under a free
tariff, and a million of such oranges are im
ported . every year, amounting to $lO,OOO
in value_ To enjoy the consumption of
this quantity of fruit, the people of this
country need only send to Smyrna 2,000 bar
rels of-flour at five dollars per barrel. This
squares the account. But suppose it is
determined tostimulate the raising' of
oranges in this cOuntry,hi other words to ' in
crease our national resources and encourage
native production.' The cost of raising
oranges here by means of hot-houses, he. (the
only means which our climate permits) IS one
dollar each. To discourage their importation
it will, therefore, be necessary to tax them
about $1.49 each, so that Smyrna oranges when
landed here will cost $1.50, , a difference in fa
vor of the producer here of nearly arty per
cent. over the cost of production which is not
an unfair profit on such perishable-merchan
dise. : • .
" For; heir 2,000 barrels of flour the people of
this country would now get but 6,666 oranges
instead of 1,000,000 as before, the government
would Sti ll get nothing because the foreign
oranges would be no longer imported, and the
orange-growers here would get $9,933, of which
$6,966 is cost and $3,24t7 is profit. But t his profit, .
if it be at no higher rate on this class ofmet ,
chandisic than we have instanced pays the
producer no better than lesser profits on less
risky products ; so that the gist of the whole
argument is seen to be that - nobody gains by
the prohlbito tariff, and the people at large
buffer a sensi ble loss."'
The reply to this specious of reasoning, is
obvious. Nobody asks forprotection on ar
ticles whose growth or manufacture require
natural facilities which we do not possess.
Americans are not likely to commit the ab
surd*. of attempting. to grow oranges in
hot-houses in New York or Pennsylvania
at a cost of one dollar each when they can
import them for a cent a-piece. If any of
our citizens wish to engage in the orange cul
ture they will find in Florida and other Gulf
states a soil and a climate as well adapted to
that pursuit as Smyrna, and they can reap
handsome profits by furnishing to our North
ern cities at a penny a-piece oranges worth
intrinsically more than twice as much as
the fruit which is plucked long before it is
ripe to be sent across the ocean to us. But
it must, of course, be conceded that there
is a class of commodities which can be
more economically and ostiantageously pro
duced in foreign countries than in our own.
Articles that in reality belong to the cate
gory in which oranges should be classed, if
the rebellion had been successful, and if
Mason and Dixon's line was the Southern
boundary of the United States. It is the
traffic in such products which forms
the basis for a sound and wholesome
trade between distant countries, in which
both parties are reciprocally benefited. It
would be folly for Great Britain to esta
blish a protective duty on cotton for the
purpose of stimulating the growth of that
staple on her own soil ; and in the "present
state of our industry it would be almost
equally foolish for us to put a protective
duty on tea or indigo for the purpose of
stimulating their cultivation here. We can
send breadstuff to Brazil in exchange for
coffee, and benefit her planters and our own
coffee-drinkers by the transaction—com
merce performing in such cases a real ser
vice to both nations.
But it is difficult to understand why steel
pens should be so so readily classified as an
" exotic manufacture." Large establish
ments which have been in existence for :
many years in England, have precisely the
same advantage for producing them over a
new American manufactory, which any old
foundry,. with all its patterns and ma
chinery, has over a new foundry; but we are
not aware of any peculiarity of soil or
climate, which should permanently render
the difference in the cost of making steel
pens in the two countries anything more
than that which Inevitably arises from the
difference ill the annual cost of capital, and
the wages of labor.
All that our manufacturers of the innu
merable articles which can by a proper ap
plication of skill, industry, and capital be
produced as well in America as anywhere
else in the world, require, is a security that
their attempts to build up their establish
ments shall not be thwarted by destructive
foreign competition at the outset, and that
our import duties shall be so regulated as
to give them incidental protection, [as an
offset to the difference in the value of capi
tal and labor between Europe and
America. This support nearly all foreign
governments have cheerthlly yielded to
their industrial interests ; and if it is per
manently and systematically afforded in
our country, our manufacturing will even
tually far exceed those of any other nation
in extent and productiveness.
The article of The Chronide virtually
confesses the motive of its advocacy of free
trade to be that New York is " robbed " by
the tariff system "of an importing trade,
which might be . double what it is." This
is the secret of .the whole free trade agita
fion. But it may Well be questioned whe
ther it is worth while to send hundreds of
millions of dollars abroad to purchase fab
rics which hundreds , of thousands of me
chanics, artisans, and manufacturers at
liome can produce at -a reasonable cost.
Desirable as it may l)e that the profits of
the importers of New York should be in
creased a few millions annually, the nation
can scarcely afford to, pay for that whistle
by impoverishing many thousands of her
enterprising citizens, throwing hundreds of
thousands of skilful workmen out of em
ployment, and depressing all her indus
trial interests.
EX-Ci.NCELLOIL WESTBVRY.
'Some months ago the public mind of
England was Considerably exercised by
what obtaiped the title of " the Edmunds'
Scandal." It, was charged that Lord Chan
cellor WEsToonar-had been guilty of cor- .
ruption i or something very like it, in al
lowing Mr. LEONARD EDMUNDS, (who had
held various high offices, by appointment of
several Chancellors, from Lord BROUGHAM
to Lord CopaintAm,) to retire from the
office of Reading Clerk, to the House of
Lords, salary $7,500 a year, on a pen
sion of $4;000 a year:, although it 'was
notorious in . another capacity,. as
Clerk of Patents he had retained at, his
own disposali and' occasionally used, dur
ing thirty 7 eai:s,::9, large sum of money
belonging to, OM public, the balance of
'which—over $35, 000-he has not yet re
stored. The moment that Ermurros on
a hint and' a promise' from Lord WEST
'URY, resigned this Office for a pension, one
of Lord WEarrantv's own sons, giving up a
less lucrative and more troublesome office of
"Registrar in' Ilankruptey, was apPointed to
the better dace s tkus vacated An endea
vor was made* implicate Lord BROUGHAM,
_ who ha d g i lt " . A D A 9 :rins his first office, in
1830, as unworgArePixed up in this late
scandal ; but a committee of the Lords,
*which investigated the case, did not acquit
if it did not positively condemn Lord W Es7 _
rtunv, (the EpArtzros pension Was can
celled, which-says much,) and did acquit
Lord Bnoupitiou. The Tiiiig9:gaid, f7LOT(..
BROUGHAM Comes out of this matter with
clean hands," and Pun& which has often
'ridiculed him, declared bliat 49 , 1885 ;f1
"The Committee of Lords' lialrerepoited _
on the Brougham-Edmunds="i s teSthury'unit
ter. Dear old 'HENRY BRVIIGITAy is
. ipot_
less, as England and Punch kneW and said
from the first." Any one casting reproach
on Lord BuoUGHAM after this must have
been grossly ignorant or greatly rnalevo-
lent, or both:- ---
This matter ; had. scarcely been ended
when another scandal turned `Lord
WESTRURVS eldest -son, who, lila father
confesses, had been "a disgrace and aource
of infinite sorrow and reproach to him
during the last ten years," was proven to
have received over $5;000 from Mr. WELSH,
a barrister, who was looking out for a good
fat berth in connection with the law. Mr.
WmnE, a bankruptcy commissioner at
Leeds, who had been lax in performance
of his duties, was officially addressed on
the part of the Chancellor, with a threat of
dismissal if he did not resign. Compelled
to take the hint or the threat, he resigned,
was superannuated on a life pension of
$3,115 per annum ; and, on the very day this
was done, the Lord Chancellor, at the request
of the Bettinpish eon who had been a dis
grace and source of sorrow to him for the
last ten years, put Mr. WELSH into Mr.
WILDE'S vacated place at Leeds, salary
$5,000 a year. The House of Commons had
a committee of inquiry, which, having close
ly investigated the affair, acquitted the Lord
' Chancellor of any knowledge of the col . .
ruption of his son, and they convicted him,
not of haste and want of caution in the ab
stract, like their committee, but of " a
laxity of practice and a want of caution
with legard to the public interests in sane,
tioning the grant of retiring pensions tor
public officers against 'whom grave charges
were pending, which in the opinion of this
House are calculated to discredit the admin
istration of his great office." On the impu
tation of having given WELSH the Leeds
office, at the solicitation of that bad boy, the
Hon.. RICHARD BxraEL, no report was
matte; After some discussion the House of
Commons passed a vote of censure on Lord
ChanCellor WESTBURY ; and, submitting to
it, he xesigned his own high office. It ap
pears ;that he offered to resign it five months
ago, when the EDMUND' s case first came on,
but Lord P
- ALM - RESTON dissuaded him, say
ing it might be taken as a confession of
guilt. ' He had held the office a little over
four Years, (having been appointed on June
21, 18610 and had previously been Solici
tor General and Attorney General, and was
an exeellent lawyer. .
This affair, as might be expected, has
caused a great sensation in England. Such
great a scandals are happily not frequent
there. Fitaxons BACON, over two centu
ries ago, Chancellor to JamEs L, was
charged with having received bribes, as a
judge, and made the humiliating confession
that he was "guilty of corruption," and
did "renounce all defence." The infamous
JEFFRIES, in the time of JAMES 11., though
guilty of craelty, was not publicly charged
with corruption. The Earl of MACCLES
FIELD, in the reign of GEORGE I, was
fined $150,000 for having sold legal offices,
for extortbig money from the masters in
chancery, and for having embezzled the I
estates of widows and orphans. These are
all the instances on record, of evident
stains upon the ermine in England.
For our part, we incline to doubt that
Lord WESTBURY has been guilty of corrup_
don_ That he has been hasty and careless
is evident, and also has acted too much upon
the suggestions of underlings in his depart
ment. One great fault he has committed—
the crowding of members of his own fami
ly and their connections into lucrative
offices, as they became vacant—sometimes,
it seems, even hurrying on the vacancy, by
threat or promise. It is natural enough
that a man high in office should give of
flees to his near relations. But there is a
limit to this. The only appointment Lord
BROUGHAM, 18311-34, gave in his own fami
ly, was a Mastership in Chancery to his bro
ther WlLmatat, but, during the game period
Earl crazy heaped prominent appointments
upon his family to the value of $850,000 a
year. ;Everyone of Lord WESTBURY'S sons,
scampish RICHARD excepted, holds a life
office under the British Government,
worth from $4,000 to $12,000 a year; and
sons-in-law, nephews, brothers-in-law, and
a long line of cousins, are on this fortunate,
list. Lastly, Lord WxsToonv had much
offended the Lords over whose deliberations
lie presided, by his brusque, saucy, and
sometimes haughty demeanor. Accorcling
to the etiquette of the British bar, Lord
WESTBURY, who will receive $25,000 a
year for life as ex -chancellor, cannot resume
the practice of the law. In him, British
miters Jose a 'Judge of great learning, deep
capacity, and impartial consideration; as an
equity lawyer few have equalled, scarcely
any has surpassed him.
THE irrusry OF ART.
In an article upon art in a recent number
of the new FortnightZy Review, the author
says that the English having become aware
that French silks hold possession of the
market on account of their superior beauty,
have decided to " study art, thatwe (they)
too may sell ribbons."
To the person who follows art for its own
sake, such a spring of action seems despi
cable and mean ; but it is, in fact, the best
and most sufficient reason to mankind at
large, and the most efficient impulse among
a utilitarian people like the American&
The abstract love of art is perhaps not in
compatible with a healthy and vigorous
condition of societY, but the most frequent
instances occur in nations which are weak
ened by luxury and enervated by habits of
indolence and extravagance. The Greeks
cultivated art for the sake of beauty alone,
but it is to be hoped that Greek civilization
will never be reproduced in She whole
future history of mankind.
Occasionally, in every nation, a true ar
tist appears, and he is a jewel of rare value ;
but he finds neither place nor fame unless
the laborer has preceded him in accumula
ting wealth, and winning by hard blows
the leisure that brings with it appreciation
of beauty, and education in its perception.
The wild picturesqueness of our West
em mountains furnish endless variety Of
themes for the painter; yet the picture is
- brought to the Eastern seaboard for a pur
chaser, although perhaps but a very few
years will elapse before the Academy of
Fine Arts of some Silver City may ein
brace pictures of world-wide reputation.
The mine must be explored and the quartz
ground, the tract cultivated and the crops
gathered, before ease and leisure follow in
the train of accumulated wealth, and suc
cessful industry allows time and place to ar
tistic culture.
Art is i already studied for its practical
utility, and it is, perhaps, the best method
of perfecting it. A healthy, earnest aim
has a subtle, spiritual influence both upon
the worker and the work, and the chance
discoveries reached by its influence have a
value which is denied to the happy acci
dents of dilettanteism.
A. few wealthy men can buy good pic
tures, and perhaps still fewer thoroughly
appreciate artistic excellencies, but a gene
ral art-education throughout a community,
teaching the individuals to use their fingers
and eyes; would be a benefit both to the
nation and the world at large.
The acquirement of artistic "slang" and
the parkllit "sensuous" beauty will al
ways f ul l vo taries at a certain stage of civi
lization, ijnd real benefit is derived by the
Public from their efforts ; but that faithful
study of art in its practical bearings, whidh
results merely in added grace to the cu rve
•of a lounging chair, the.tint of a ribbon, or
the brilliancy of a carpet, is a national edu
cation of wider influence than even a public
gallery.
Attention to grace and beauty in the in
strainents by which daily life is pursued,
can Well ,be urged without injury to any
of those higher developments of, art which
-
must and will necessarily find expression
WherieVeil circumstances lire favorable:' ,
The•mafi of fortune and;intelligence
possess _a good picture, and the eitrninst
haireltkgalle4 at soon '4 4u, . agotktlie
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expenditure ; but a general-and p4pulaiNart
education isa subject ofgebnifiejniportatice
to a A nouniry like our own, whiCiieauja
to-Morrow make,Frenclr'earpets, land, diko
to Italian silks and French
ribbons:'
The people at large -do not buyugly
things if they can purchase pretty onea, and .
a fire_gareen or a paper window curtain
would sell much more rapidly with a grace
ful-picture than a monstrous one, and a
cheap calico with a true combination of
colors be in much greater demand than one
false to every rule of art and nature.
Nms'or Luerstuee:
A book of whose merit we-have heard a good
deal in advance, which will appear in a few
days, is Major ;G. W. Nicholisl..f!Stori of the
Great March," beings. diary of General Sher
man's Campaign through GeOrgla - and the
Carolinas. It will be published bynarper
Brothers, in 12mo form, will contain a map
and illuetrations, and will have the advantage,'
Of great reliability, its author having been
ame-de-eamp to General Sherman all through
the marvellous campaign, whose boldness
and success have - given him a full page in the
history of war. Bay by day the gallant au
thor recorded in his,diary what passed under
his eye and within earshot. lie has carefully
collected characteristic anecdotes en route.
The three divisions of the book will be: I. The
March to the Sea. • 11. The Campaign of the
Carolinas. 111, The Surrenaer and the End
Sherman% official Reports and a map on whici;
the routes taken are clearly traced will give
value to what promises to be an authentic
work, such as no civilian can compile from
newspapers.
Mr. Widdleton, the New York publisher, has
brought out a neat library edition of •a very
,agreeable book, "The Wit and Wisdom of the
Rey. Sydney Smith." It consists of judiciime
selections from his writingt, and passages from
his letters and table-talk.. These selections
were made by Mr. Evart A. Dnyckinck, who
prefaces themwith an admirable memoir, (one
hundred pages) of S. S., and has illustrated the
text with many desirable notes. We particu
larly mention this book here to tell an anec
dote about it, The first edition, published in
1556, found its way to England, where Smith's
London publishers, seeing its value, pounced
upon it at once, reproduced it, without inti
mating that it was their reprint of an Ameri
can Work, sold many thousand copies of it ;
and, we believe, to this day have not sent one
cent to Mr. Duyckinck in compensation for his
labor and their appropriation of it.
Mr. d. T. Headley, author of " Washington
and his Generals," "Napoleon and his Mar.
steals,',' - and -several other books, has in the
'press an octavo volume entitled "Grant and
'Sherman; their Campaigns and Generals,"
which. will be, in a way, a history of, the most
important phases of the rebellion, and will be
illustrated with numerous steel engravings,
by H. B. Hall and Roberts. It will be sold to
subscribers only, like Mr. Headley's former
booksi and will be published at New York, by
E. B. Treat and Charles Scribner & Co. Of
course this volume will include biographical'
notices of the generals who fought under and
assisted Grent and Sherman.
In strong contrast with the above, is a re
print, by Blalock & Co., 19 Beekman street,
/TAW Nutt, of en English book called " Belie
Boyd in Camp and Prison ; written by herself,
with an introduction by George Augustus
Sala,” the well-known secessionist, and war
correspondent of the notorious Daily Tele
. graph, of London. Belle Boyd boasts, in that
volume of 464 pages, that she shot "a Yank" in
cold blood more than once, and that she was
a, rebel spy; and we are Only surprised that
any respectable publisher could have the
effrontery to reproduce such a Copperhead
production in New York, or any other loyal
city. The firm. of "Blelock & Co." is so new to
us, that we think it must be a myth.
Miss Edwards' new story, "Half a Million of
Money," has completed its twenty-sixth chap.
ter in Harper's Weeltgy, and increases in in
terest as it proceeds. It is singular that the
best novel-writers in England now are fe
males
in the Scottish-Arnericart Yournal, one of the
best-conducted of thel New York weeklies,
a new serial tale, by Mrs. E. S. Oldham, has
lately
.been commenced, entitled "By the
Trent." As the name implies, the main action
takes place in the vicinity of one of the most
beautiful of English views, and, judging from
the few chapters that have already appeared,
we Cannot hesitate to describe the story as
unusually full of promise.
Mention of a new and good newspaper serial
story reminds us that Mrs. Bella Z. Spencer,
author of "Ora, the Lost Wife," has coin
mencediin the &cfurday Evening _Post, a tale
called "Lucile Rembrandt." This is a well
written and very 'readable story, exhibiting
character rather than incident, as yet, hot
very happy in natural dialogue. Mrs. Spencer
has the charge of the literary department of
the Saturday Evening Ppst, by , far the oldest,
:weekly in Philadelphia, having been estab•
lished nearlyforty.live year s ago—some twenty
years before Mrs. Spencer was born. She has
brckight a great deal of talent, judgment, and
industry - to her work, and the paper has
proved and is improving under her care.
Trial by Courts. Martial.
1b the Editor of The Press:
Sin : The deep feeling manifested bysome of
our newspapers against the trial by courts
martial of leading traitors, now that " the
rebellion is at an end," and their eager desire
that the "civil courts" should alone attend to
the "unfinished business" of the late rebel
lion, is somewhat difficult to understand.
It has ever been a favorite hobby with these
same journals (when it suited them) to exalt
before their readers that mild, beneficent, and
constitutional institution, the "British Go
vernment," as a model for our imitation, ac.
It has been by them asserted that the action
of the United States Government, in the trial
of conspirators against the life of our late
Chief Magistrate and against his cabinet, by
a Military Commission, "in a time of peace,"
was without precedent
Now, let us look back a few years, and com
pare the action of this same model British Go
vernment in that trifling affair—the Lower
Canada Rebellion of 1837 and 1838—as to the
disposition made of the hundred criminals se-
Meted for trial after the. said rebel/ion had
been subdued.
Instead of a trial by jury (though, for every
other species of crime but rebellion, the courts
at the time were in the undisturbed enjoyment
of their functions,) those miserable wretches,
who had never conceived a tithe of the enormi-
ty of crime intended by the culprits lately dis
posed of by our Military Commission, were
tried, and nearly all of them convicted, before
a general court-inertial assembled at the city
of Montreal, in the early part of the year Ms—
months after the last spark of the defunct in
surrection had been effectually trampled out.
To the writer of this article, who was him
self closely connected with the doings of the
said general court-martial, the proceedings of
the court are as tresh in his memory as though
it were but a thing of yesterday ; no murmur
of dissatisfaction was heard as to the propriety
of a trial by court-martial, in that instance,
by any one professing the least particle of
loyalty to the Government; the said trial
occupying the space of five months, and re
sulting in the conviction of at least ninety-five
out of the hundred priSoners brought before
the Said court i twelve of whom were executed,
and the remainder transported for life..
Now, when we consider that at no time
during that rebellion did the French Cana
dians muster thirty thousand men in arms,
and at no one point a force of ten thousand,
and that in each of the years 1837 and 1838 the
rebellion was overthrown in the first encoun
ter, the necessity for such extreme measures
on thepart of the British Government (in view
Of our own gigantic rebelliond may well ex
cite our surprise, and can only be accounted
for on the principle that the Government took
the proper measures for its own protections
and at the same time administered a whole
some lesson to discontented and turbulent
demagogues in that colony, whiclu has not
been forgotten to this day. The theory of the
British Government at that time was, that the
offence had been committed while that por
tion of the country was under martial law,
and that the offence should therefore be tried
by martial law.
Yours, respectfully,
PHILADELPHIA DENTAL COLl.Dafra.--A. change
in the Faculty of this institution has been
caused by the retirement of Henry Morton,
Esq., one of the most accomplished among the
younger worthies of Philadelphia, from the
Chair of Chemistry, which he has occupied
since the , original organization of the College,
under the set of Legislatures Mr. Morton will
remain Connected with the institution, as
Emeritus . Professor, to which the Trustees
ejected him on s tam Ed instant, and is, succeeded
hi the Chair of Chemistry by Alhert IL. Leeds,
Esq.. M. A., who was appointed at the same
meeting of the Board. '
ArCTIOE SALE OP DI PLEB Sxrams.—The Cn-.
tire stock: of Messrs, Wests , Bradley, & Carrs
celebrated duplex elliptic hoOp-skirts, which,
were partially damaged by water at the late
fire OR their premises, at. 51 Charaberd'etreet,
New Yorl4, Will be. sold at auetion on FiAday,
21st inst. 4 hy,Curtis /ir, Co., of New ;York, as
Will be seen by reference to the advertisement
in another column. We are - informed that a
large porMon of thiS stock is in perfect order
and the rest but slightly.damaged..
HooTaros laixsrasr.s. , --This celebrated band
is performing at tlio ArOa'-street. Theatre :
It numbers, nine - Goo - 1i perfOrmers, and is salt].
to be good The perforrnanee , s, besides songs
and choruses, consist of ' laughable farces, and
other interesting e,ntettaininents.
,
AN OLD OFFENDER CAUGHT.-01/r reader will
remembell that 004 a year ago an extensive
robbery wira committed. upon the damns Ex.
Press Compauy in Uniontown, this State. Four
of the party. were arrested, and one was con
victed and is, new expiating_ his crime in the
penitentiary, Another,mined BMHT F. Protn,
gave bonds ,for, his appearance in court, but
when the time fertile trial arrived he was not
to be fauna.: He was unsuccessfully searched
for until safnillay last, when Chief Long, of
Harrisburg, received information tbat the cul
prit was in blentingahela City. Without losing
a moment; the Chief immediately detailed un
o.tneer to arrest the man. The officer took the
first.boat,andarrested Droth that eveningand
brought .Harrisburg„ He has Imen
lodged in_ Owl, and Armin there tutfit
49.0 n te union'town for trial
~r 7(
THE PRESS.-PITILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1866.
LIFE ON CI)ZMET - MEET.
ITS VARYING SHADES IN SUNLIGHT
AND GASLIGHT.
A View Through the Spectacles of
Daily Observation.
HOW IT TELLS US OF THEIATION'S HABITS
AND CHARACTERISTICS.
The Phases One Sees—The Business, the Fash
ionable, the Criminal, the Drunken,
and the Curious.
Faslaion, Business, Virtue, Wealth, Poverty,
and Crime Jostling Each Other
Every Day,
Somebody has said, very confidently, "Show
me your crowds, and I will tell you what
sort of a country you have." When he penned
this remark, in the old English Quarterly, he
must, ave had in his mind's eye the jostling,
struggling masses that lie once attempted to
walk among, in the business streets of Lon
don ; or the jarring, fighting gathering at Don
nybrook Fair, where the pugnacious eharao•
teristics of a nation were exhibited ; or the
beer feasts in some quiet old German town
on the Rhine ; or the careless gatherings on
Parisian Boulevards, or numberless other
things ; but American crowds could not have
formed an atom of his idea. "I wish to look
bdt once?, , the quaint writer continues, "and,
certes, it requires but a moderate man to
know,that what is seen there represents well
what bath general existence." His rerinirk is
very true, though the boast with which he
accompanies it, may, perhaps, be a little too
ventursome. It requires two looks at our
crowds, in our streets at least, before a dee'.
sign can be made ; andthose looks must be grai.
light as well as sunlight, if Chestnut street is
selected to try the virtue of the theory. It is
called our great street, our "fashionable
street." though the PlightyprogreSs of our city
is fast driving fashion out of it, and bringing
something in far more useful—busy commerce
and trade—which will afford an interesting
study, since it will give a fair reflex not only
of the general character of our city, but also
of the leading traits of our country itself.
If any of our readers have seen Chestnut
street as we have seen it, at every hour 'round
the whole circle of the day—from midnight to
midnight—they know that there are many
phases of life to see. They are not phases of
the inside—the private life of man, to be
sure but they are indices of it, telling the
obserVant mind just as surely what it is as if it
was thrown open to the curious or iii airing
gaze. i Our peculiar duties—and everybody
knows how unnatural are the duties of the
newspaper Editor or Reporter—have com
pelled us to traverse its long reach scores of
-times, during many maths, at all hours, from
'the time when proper people are at home and
go to sleep, even to gray dawn, or when the
early morning sun is shining brightly with
subdued golden sheen. In those long walks
the pave gives forth a hollow sound that it
refuses to give in the light of day—a strange
echo responsive to every footfall.
Our ea-perienee in these journeys at night
and promenades by day has taught us all the
phases of Chestnut-street life, by gas-light and'
srm-light, and we find them to be : The crimi
nal, the drunken, the curious and useful, the
general, the business, and the fashionable
phases. It will be seen that these heads in
clude most of what humanity is capable of,
in its work-a-day aspect—in its struggle after
a good place in this world, and, in the &et
two, at least, a heated place in the next,
Chestnut street is not alone, perhaps, in its
restaurants, open all night, inviting the un
thinking into their glare of light and glitter
of glass to partake of the "draught that mad
dens." Second and South streets, and a few
others divide the questionable honor with it,
and assist in adding to the long lists of "dead
front delirium tremens," and the poverty that
wine and its Sisters bring. But, whether alone
or not, it has its taverns, with doors wide open,
dotting every square, far over towards the
Schuylkill river. Interesting groups assemble
here and pass the night away in orgies. Re
spectable men with respectable families; sol
diers, bronzed and just from battle-fields l
"deed-beats," to use the euphonious lan
guage of the street; men of every kind,
every , station, and every valuation of
;floral worth are thrown together in boon
'Companionship, to drink away their senses,
their health, and their money. We have seen,
(for all in newspaperdom are of; an inquiring
mind) more than one who, in daylight, was the
modal of propriety among his friends, "the
pink of virtue, the soul of honorSo an admitted
example forsooth for the young, and the au
thor of oft-quoted expressions full of Platonic
pith and Seneean wisdom, standing in the
gas-light before a glittering bar, . (with
maudlin gravity, touching glasses with loaf
ers, bounty-jumpers, and the slum of a
city population. We have seen—no, we will
not tell what We haVe seen in this regard.
It is not our duty to publish the shortcomings
of men, the very reference to whom,' and the
necessary expressions in making it, might de
stroy a reputation, or darken very much one
called spotless and sans reproehe. Such scenes
can be witnessed almost every night, and
many a family would be surprised, if not
shocked, if it knew as much as some do, and
did not believe its head when he modestly re
marked that his business was pressing, and re.
guired his attention all night. But, apartfrom
restaurants, there are Other places, though we
are not supposed te knew theiriocatlon, where
other men are, and other scenes are enacted.
We of course know nothing about the gam
bling saloons that skirt the way. If we do
the authorities are supposed to know more!
but lightethat shine out here and there—the
sad and the bright faces that come out nowand
then, and the unsteady limbs that prove their
unsteadiness by awkward, uncertain efforts to
descend lofty door-steps, tell us that no re
ligious exercises are held there; and, In
the absence of sign-boards, no inn offers
entertainment for man, and certainly nit
for horse. We oftentimes meet these un - ,
steady men affectionately embracing lamp;
posts, measuring their length upon the brick"
°l...Erecting their devious way to some poi
they smow not where. Whence they came, f
course we never Could tell, but their dress,e r
language, their manners, even while intoxi t
ed, assured us that it was not from any e w
place," but from some gilded gin-palace, nd
that, too, not far from Chestnut street, nd
the palace-lined streets that run parallel it.
some of them, at least, have loved ones w hag
for them at home. There was once a cne
which came under our observation in th wee
emit' hours P morniny , which rivals most
anything described in the strongly- itten
and touching." Ten Nights In a Bar-R ," to
which Arthur has given so much fee g and
so much truth. There was a faint mo in the
sky, Gibbons, the astronomer, woult all it,
and as we walked slowly along, we saw square
and a half away, and approaching , a tall
man, gaunt in the gloom Recent') ea by a
lady—a girl, indeed—of eighteen twenty
perhaps, bearingOn her face every dance of
distress. , Her clothing hadbeela don (nastily,
and but little attention had bee aid to the
general effect of toilet. They ea,
hem. c loser until at last we met, hem. he. The
man appeared to be, obstreperous , and o‘sly
accompanied the lady, who wee his daugh4r,
from the innate respect he bees for woman'
which rum could not drown, ,and from the
love, too, lie bore the slight, frailspretty girl
as a father. But the farther he wentifrom the
Cireean temple, the stronger became his de
sire for return, and for the last htlf sqtare in
his walk towards us, ihis desire • had been
gisoWillg so strong as t 0 amount alinocilto re
' hellion against the gentle authority-e - se teed
t
over him. We met, and we saw him. t be a
man of slight build, well dressed,with e ugh
gray hairs to predicate the belief that eiough
experience had been gained to teach hiuhense.
He seemed intelligent, and there was 4 gene,
nil air atiout him, betokening good paition ,
and a quiet, comfoetable, cosy home. `What
ever he may have been when in his ewes,
he was now intractable and cowardly tithal ;
loud in his determination not to iibmit
to his daughter, and equally loud 'n his,
challenges to anybody who would *re toi
interfere to prevent him. Of course, se hadi
no business to accept the gauntlet Alrown
down, but suddenly he broke away, aid pa
rading a pocket-book, which maschavi been
once plethorie, but Wes not now, Ile mowed
his intention of remaining out :an: night,'
while he consigned his family to legions
more summery than most of us •would
: yet
unsteady
He turned back with rami s yet
unsteady Steps, but his daughter folowed,
determined:to save him, when he turnei, and
would have indicted a powerful blow lad she
• not stepped aside. He renewed his•effort,
When he was forcibly prevented, andimider
the escort of an officer, marched off to hie
home. ills• daughter seemed of tendir nur
ture, totally unfitted to the disagreeable work
she had undertaken, exposed, as she wa; most
likely to be, to the leers and insultslof her
father's companions; but she did lief' duty,
and let us hope she never had occasion to re
peat her work. Of their private histiry, we
asses:thin ed nothing; we did net WiAh tC know.
We only saW a man who, for an ineignilleant,
brutal pleaspre, was prone to sacrifice, it,ll his
labors in fornier years, all the eeniforts he
non- enjoyed, and all the prospects that his
loved ones cherished.
..
VhBITAS
Philadelphia may be u modeldty. She may
boast of straight streets, a j ld sometimes of
clean oneS. ~ : f f e r ourosesTr tn be many, and
themajority of her ;people oral- But there
exists in her very midst lime---uithiushing .
crime—unhititilling,heetmOYmt few see it, and
those who dO'apPlaud' it,"Jr passit by without
comment and: in silence%AnY one who -Prome
nades Chestinitatreet;Aty after nine coelocip:
and frora th:Oki,li 141 ' „I. Wilt%iind„ in the' /be
laced 'and ne . 44,44 PAIN) , *limn he :passes
some i pee m e p a o r„ tat statesmen and jurists
THE PEOPLE WHO APPEiIt ON IT
THE DRUNKBN PHASS
TRIO CRIMINAL
dignify as the "necessary evil.” 'Re dot3s not
need., the bold stare or the flaunting Tor Skirts
to teiihifn who-they are. Their "familiar nods
and recognitions of swells, who'carry their all
upon their backs; the painted cheeks; their
falsity evident even In the dim light frerallia
minated shop fronts,and the general titter from
the surface people who throng the way, are
enough to tell him. No census of these unfor
tunate people has ever been. taken, - although
New York and Chicago, who exceed us far, by
the way, have partially shown the example,
mbile London and Paris have set it long ago.
But it is not too much to say that criminals of
this character may be counted by thousands.
We meet them everywhere, with escorts and
without them ; and their condition and the
circles in which they move (for they have
circles to move in) are betokened by their
dress. There are the miserable beings—poor
at the outset, daughters of lowly families—
who have had their fondesthopcscrushed,and
their heart's best emotions forever stilled, by
duplicity or devilish cunning. They make no
greatMark;their only treatment is the vilest of
con tehmt—a treatment that only plunges them
deepir into Lethe—drives them further, day by
day, . wards that nameless grave that sooner or
lateriwill contain all that is left of the eyprian
who tegins her career with poverty and dia.
graeg among the few who May have known
her. Then there is a second class, a little bet
ter diessed and a little bolder, who flash ear
rings ;and paste-diamonds in your eyes, and_
wee: jaunty hats and the glossiest of mantil
lead They are calculated to deceive better
Unit their lovelier sisters, and do deceive those
unulied to city-life, unaware of the blandish
ments of its depraved, lost syrens. They talk
blandly, smoothly, grammatically; they have
pretty faces 5 they are country girls, who,
Wetting opprobrium at home, have fled to the
eity,reeelved the polish of its circles of crime,
gralasted, and with pretty faces, ply their
tra e. There is still another class--the third
and highest—proud, haughty.' women,' who
beatn} marks of their awful works; who are
resuleagent in lace, glittering With.. real
Jewry, rustling with silks and satins, or :len
gths)) .g in gossamer, All these can be seen
any i e night ; all these are seine of the evils
ill crop out in society, like rough,
rocks that diefigure the Mere& of a
ad meadow...,'Under . the gas-light
aurq, and none prevent; There is
h class, and we are sorry tor hu
to say so. Who has not seen, be•
tween nine end twelve at night, and some
times ater, troops of young girls from desert
years of age upwards, tucked out in their
best,
1 60 often, plain and poor, walking with
abanred air, inviting the attentions of
passt s-byl With every mark of youth in
theirputline, but with too—too many marks of
disci ation and debauchery on their faces,
they .‘ vite ruin, and defy God. What a state
of t gs this is, when chridren are as lewd as
Cleo tra—eternal disgraces to their parents,
and source of bitter sorrowto,everyonew_ho
loc his race, or can even but faintly imagine
the • ful value of a human soul !
Th L. are not, however, alone in the gas-
There are many of the opposite sex,
n another way, set at defiance what has
ordained from all time. There is the
nan as well as the flash woman—the mas
, shark as well as the feminine. If you
s round facErwith a cunning eye, set on
beslavered all over with the gaudiest,
asses and diamond pins; if you see a
lavorted in a white hand covered with
flashing paste rings, all founded on a
f glossy patent.leather boots, avoid that
His outfit is nothing ; for dress is not
There is an animal face, we tau Sure,
Loustachies flashing with brilliancy de.
From the barber's art. Perliaps-he knows
'California Jack" is, and "Poker," and
se arts that attract while they betray.
ps four extra "Jacks" may repose where
'handle them easily, so that it would be
Ss to suppose that you should game
t him. Perhaps, his fingers are light and
and all your cassimere, and muslin,
.ttons, be no protection to the little store
Ley you may carry. Perhaps he is skill
-1 the cue, and makes a chance but fa-
Lequaintance with you over tempting
__m ; and, perhaps, you struggle against
ilit until you are robbedrand admit him a
biter player. Avoid him, anyhow, for there
hanger in the touch. Iron claws have been
I4den under velvet gauntlets.
.ndin this same gas-light, with illuminated
gbes, and flaring posters, and blazing trum
s, the concert saloons tempt and seduem
lestriut street is the peculiar haunt, and how
. ny of our young men have been drawn into
•rn to make, in the midst of tobacco smoke,
• fumes of beer and alcohol, and the ex-
. ernent of the maudlin and wanton plays—the
st step to ruin. Even on Mae fine summer
:his, when the clear, moon peeps out from
der the fleecy clouds that just tinge the, sky,
shines in unobstructed brilliancy, hiding
cry star around it, we hear the crash of
nds, which, while they render some grand
. air that ought to transport to another
here of ecstatic being, only seem to say:
Come to drink but net to think;
Come to waste your evening hours;
CO= to fritter all your powers.
1 Habits here you'll form we're sure
.That will all your life endure—
rill, at last a bitter end
angry Providence will send.
re are few parents who would willingly
all their offspring to attend these places;
an t was only the other night that we saw
r
a ressed mother drag her son s ahoy of per
ha sixteen years, from the entrance of one
of . t ese saloons, which was situated in a eel.:
lar, and punish him publicly in the street.
sj ad followed him, she said, from Tasker
, sheet, fearing that he might give way to temp
then, and she found him on the very borders
wit in'Chestuut street.
TUN CURIOUS AND. USBNUL.
Mere are customs on Chestnut street which
d of obtain in any other part of the City.
.
i e
rket street boasts "barkers" and rushing
ys and pavements piled up with dry goods
b s. ' "Barkers" are indigenous entirely
t arket street, where they button-hole, beg,
ati at last, if their victim is tractable, "make
a rgaln." Mountains of dry goods boxes are
f
a ost . indigenous also, but Chestnut street
h some of those peculiarities, though not so
V tin extent or so ostentatious. And Chest-.
n Street has a monopoly of many things. It
ji mountebanks, peripatetie merchants,
Is- Ipso whole stocks they can carry on their
1 eks, the finest body of pollee in the world,
1
dt(hwee
same ope
list)i t u d will
politicians, exenset gamblers , for plltth il l i ci t
Ilafers.: It has match girls, ragged and frowsy,
ld blind fiddlers, id omne genus, enough to
ake it interesting even for an inhabitant to
4roll along with his eyes wide open. And
.pt, though not least, it has its ragged little
of blacks, keen little business boys, for they
;re notmen yet, who chatter and rival each
cther the livelong day, with the ever ready
'Trine 'em up, sirr With these references we
sill leave them, promising them, however, a
notice ioine of these days, for we have an arti
cleon "boot blacks ” in proapecta.
At every corner ) almost, we have the tonfoo-
tioneryStands, and stands of the same kind,
not so pretentious, alternate between. Many
of the stands are in the possession of Italians,
who have the " sweet tooth" and good selecting
taste of that nation. Their out-door stores are
always filled with a well-selected stock. Nature
IS Watched closely, and as quick as her fruits
ripen, or even approach maturity, theyappear
in profnsion in the luscious parquets. We are
not &Anglo advertise these people, energetic
as they are in their humble way, or we would
mention some of theni. As it is, we will men
tion one, and he, Mathieu - Chopin, or, as the
habitues - of Fourth and Chestnut usually call
him, "the old French negro." He is a curiosity,
in his way—a robed negro—one belonging to a
by-gone era, as it were, separated foreverfrom
his old associations and friends. His birth is
French, •and until forty years of age he lived
in France. He was a drummer.in Napoleon's
army, and has yet memories of Jena, Auster
litz, blBBBllll, Lodi, and other battles of "le
petit corporal," as. Chopin loves to call him,
and even last, fatal:Waterloo. He lost the first
joints of all his fingers in the sad march from
ltieScowAnd 'now he /8 every night up to a
Veit , late hour life little recess of the building.
southeast cdrner of , - Fourth 'and Chestnut,
iiispensihg . the same kind of sweetmeats
he' hat) done for twenty years, his wife
ceeispying the 'same recess during th'e day,
disPerOing a different class of sweetmeats,
put also the same as she has fOr the past
twenty yearn. Pabidura for the nate
rally suggests pabulum for the brain; so we
naturally turn to old book-stands and - news
paper stands. We have plenty of them—some
of them attended and owned by the queerest
sorts of personages. At Fourth and Chestnut,
on the Opposite corner to Chopin, was the
white-haired Old Man Barry, who, in the long
course of years, became such a fixture of the
spot that his old stand seemed wanting in
some important' appendage when he was ab
sent. He struggled along, raised a family of
quite intelligent children, became infected
with Spiritualism, and died. So strong was
his belief in this new ism that he never recog
nized an acquaintance after he had. once dared
to speak Of it in a slighting way. A little far
' ther down Fourth street was and is a person
'quite as; curious. A frail, gaunt, pare - Jun.3m -
Skinned old man, with hair "white as the
driven snow"—he looks exactly like an old
bookrean appeared to our imagination when
we first read of the bookworm, Sir Geoffrey
• Monekton, immured in the library of St. Gil
thine's Abbey.
Turning from "stands," &c.; passing the
Man with the dark face and grizzly beard and
hair, , who sells many little articles which
he assures his customers have been captured
on blockade-runners; the blind woman, who
feebly offers her blacking with anxious face to
hurried passers-by; the camel-backed, hollow
eyed white boys and knocked-knee d, plithisicy
Degrees who stride along with great signs
reared on poles, telling of never-failing nos
trums end graduated doetors ; the tooth-wash
lifilD4Wlleoperates on the stained teeth of little
boys, to show the value of his preparation, Se.
Waling one tooth in the shadowed row, so that
its whiteness may be heightened by contrast .
the match-girls, frowsy and ragged, with ilt:
tilled baskets, girls, en passant, about whom
o many,candalous stories were circulated
two or three years ago, we come to the head
Nve have christened .
This is .a lima we might have omitted, but
:dater it wc intend to place, among others, the
satberings, night and day, around the State
I louse ; thb other gatherings almost as reputa-
Ide a few Squares farther up, and-the reserve
tapllco,.placing the latter underthu same head,
'emus° tiley generally have -to take care of
le other two. But it is well to preserve—we
teen place so much under it. In the sunligh
.we find crowds gathered regularly, endeavor
' ing to bask under the shade of trees which,
until this year, were the victims of worms,'
and possessed few leaves to ward off the hot
beams of a raging summer sun. What they
ere' there .for, how they live, who they are,
few seem to know, and few seem to care to
know. They stand there in every attitude,
with their fingers in each other's button
holes, or their noses in each other's
ears, talking with such an air of im
portance as can only be assumed by one upon
whom . the safety and credit of the City de
pend.:. The absence of leaves on the trees,
for many years, and the doubts that most peo
ple had whether the loungers ever went to
their dinners, obtained for them the name of
" treesfrogs," by which they have been known,
and will be known henceforth, until they and
their descendants cease to lounge.. From one
corner to another of this whole square are
congregated all sorts of people, drawn there
by business, or by curiosity. Every time the
battered old gray van comes to the Central
Station a great crowd of gapers come also,
to gaze with open mouths upon the luck
less people who have been gathered to
gether by the stalwart Reserve Police. It is a
singular sight of course, for the poor creatures
are often of that peculiar class which flaunts
the Chestnut pave, or are, ileeording to their
narrations to their families, busily engaged—
but unfortunately, in "tipping the rosy,"
rather than lit taking in fair profits. And
Often, too, some of the most prominent crimi
nals of the city, whose portraits are fixed orna
ments in the Rogue's Gallery, who have had a
hearing before the Mayor, march out and af
ford good views to the crowd.
At night, the great plateau before the house
sees another sight, !The wire-pullers and can
didates for petty offices retire; not having,
dined, they go somewhere, nobody knows
where, to absorb enough aliment to enable
them to stand again under the skeleton trees,
the unconscious subjects of admiration by the
passers-by. Like the - Arabs, they silently
speed away ; but, unlike them, they do leave
Pewee behind, - in the great tobacco-pools not to
make tee line epoint by elaborate deseiiption,
which are scattered from the railing of the row
oflices to the line of trees from the Central Sta
tion to the Tax Receiver'S office. In their stead
. comes a blind fiddler; in gray coat and a bat
tered:hat, with a crazy old violin, that has
strained its laryex in sounding tunes 'Such as
" Garryowen" and "The Wind that Shakes
the Barley," or in the more classic words of
the immortal fiddler Shandy MagUire--" The
Zephyrs that make Ceres to Tremble." He is
,-blind, poor fellow, but he has a red nose, which
testifies that he can taste, if he cannot see.
He Bar, and saws, and saws, in the dimness
of the gaslight. Sometimes a crowd gathers
round him, but though his suple bow makes
" Gartyowen to Glory" echo and re-echo
from the old Independence walls, his listeners
do not always manifest extraordinary libe
rality. Sometimes they g 6 quietly away while
the old man is rapt in the music of his
own making, and he plays to nobody—poor
old man—nobody but the stereoscopic-man,
a few feet away to his left. But the stereo
scope man pays no attention to him. The blind
fiddler only draws customers to him; and,
while the fiddlers shrieks in F alto, he sworn
panics it With tenor tones, not' musical, but
sweetly : persuasive, and those tenor tones are
modulated to a sort of excruciated Gregorian
chant—" Take a look at the last great battle,
sir, and the great elephant that tore dowathe
palace of Timbuctoo." An old man with a
pair of tin spectacles astride his proboscis, for.
it is too large to be a nose, sits opposite the
eiereeeeepe, just at the edge of the curbstone.
He has blacking boxes piled up, afterthe style
of the leaning tower of Pisa, and a great pla
card extolling the virtues of each box of the
tower, is made readable by the aid of a copper
lamp with its left side bulged in. He reads
from a newspaper in that half-audible tone
which those adopt who can read but ill, and
stops In the midst of a paragraph to Sell his
ware. There are other merchants here, such'
as the tooth-powder man, the cutlery man, the
medicine man, and the microscope man,but
the glory of these men has failed. They must
be another generation, for they ,attract none
of the attention that Blackburn used to, or the
sugar-loaf hat that stood over a mouth that
told great lies about 44 ElectriO PHIS," And
there are "hot-corn" merchants seated' on the
steps; ragged negro women, clothed in gar
ments, that like the eternal hills are covered
with dirt and know no change. Far into the
night every passer-by hears their strange, in
describable nassal tones, proclaiming their
wares, which steam in dingy, ancient tin-pots,
until cob and corn are almost of one hardness.
But enough for these. They are honest, any.
how, as the world goes. If the microscope
man sticks roaches under his lens, and passes
them off on the unsopideticated folks around
him as magnified flies ; if the tooth-wash man
sells you a powder that will...tile off your teeth
to an infinitesimal point, or the smallest of
pivots in a few months' use ; if tho fiddler
saws on with a pious disregard of sharps and
flats, and time, what of that 1 You need not
buy nor listen, if you do not want to. Peripa
tetic warehouses do not offer guarantees like
stationary ones,
and the wandering trouba
dours have wofully deteriorated front the
high standard of their feted ancestors; Just
walk, at least three squares, and yo .-twill
find such people as we have described,
under the head of criminals, who take
you in far more neatly if you will pnly give
them the chance. They do not wear old gray
coats and battered hats, nor ask you to look at
magnificent roaches. They will ask you rather
to look at and fight the tiger. They 101 l against
certain brown columns, which are greased
all over with the pomatum that glosses their
curly locks - they twirl their canes and mous
taches, and ogle with keen, impudent eyes
every lady who has nerve enough to pass them
by in her promenade these pleasant after
neOns ; they show you the shiniest of coats,
and the most immaculate of neckties and kids;
they would be tine advertisements for certain
tailors if that ninth part of a man would put
his name, as large as a whole man, on the
prominent parts of their apparel. They would
advertise themselves also, or at least their
character, if they would themselves add be
low the name the little bill - which has not yet
been paid, and most likely never will be.
These gentlemen are gamblers, of course, and
if you see them this afternoon, just watch for
the crow's feet in the corners of their eyes,
and see if their noses have not a slight tinge.
If you see these marks, make your decision
immediately. Ten chances to one it will be
right. Mixed up with these gentry are others,
good fellows in their way, no doubt; many of
them very good; and, of course, they do not
know the company they are in.
THE . BUSINESB AND FASHIONABLE PHASE.
These require but a passing notice, for, from
daylight to dark both of them are usual; usual
not only in Chestnut street, but in almost
every prominent street of our city. The only
difference is that there is more of fashion than
anywhere else; From early dawn, the stream
Of labor, commences—the merchant, the clerk,
and the mechanic with his dinner pail, all
walk together for the theatre of their daily
toil. As the day progresses the crowds grow
more hurried, for they are all about their busi
ness. No one pays any attention to his
neighbor.
Then in the afternoon the dinner-goers, the
Sight-aeekers, and in these times of war, many
a group of soldiers cover the walks, to take
the plisse of the shoppers, who have made
papa's husband's, or brother's greenbacks flow
from the great channel into the little bay or
branches that end in the shopkeeper's till.
From five to six dresses and loves of bonnets
rule, for it is the hour of fashionable prome
nade, until at last darkness comes. Another
class of people, swarm around—people who
have wrought all day—mechanics, liberated
clerks, strangers, etc., who come for fresh
air, and to feast the eyes on the wealth and
taste displayed through the plate-glass win
dows. They are a modest, sturdy throng, and
before ten o'clock they all disappear, for their
habits are regular,• and their retiring hours
early. Chestnut street is then left to the re
-turning theatre-goers, and, at last,to the prowl
ers and the Reserve Police—sturdy men; who
watch over it ever, and make its in most re.
spects a model main thoroughfare for any city
—even the best.
Theatricals in Richmond.
[From the Richmond (Va.) Republic, July is.)
An interesting case was begun in the Court
of ConoiliatiOn yesterday. It was a sett
brought by Mr. John F. Itegnault, of this city,
against Mrs. Elizabeth Magill, and 11. R. Ogden,
well known as the, proprietress and the mana
ger of the Richmond Theatre. Messrs. Steger
and Sands appeared as .counsel for Mr. Reg
-
intuit, and Dlessrs. James Lyons and Thomas
P. August represented the defendants. Mr.
Regnault, in his petition, says that shortly
after the completion of the theatre, heat the
urgent solicitation of Mrs. Magill, reluctantly
t a l s ie h t e h r e atre. agent,
c en on g s a e g n e t a ec e l ori to n g o to g E ieu m e ll i te r He
was assured that Mrs. Magill relied. entirely on
his ability to accomplish the object proposed,
and was willing to assume all risks in case of
failure. The contract was entered into on
the 23d of April,lBlZ, the power of attorney
having been executed by R. D. Ogden and Mrs.
Magill. At the time of making the contract,
nothing_ was said about the compensation
which Mr. Regnault should receive for his ser
vices, the friendly relations existing between
himself and the parties justifying him in
leaving the question open. hiral. Ala ill gave
the petitioner previous to his departure
eighteen thousand eight hundred dollars in
Confederate money, which he himself con
verted into gold and exchange. Gold was then
worth about, six for one. William H. King, an
Englishman, employed at the theatre at the
time as treasurer .was sent along to assist Mr.
Regnault. Arriving in Europe, Mr. Regnault
there engaged-five actors and four actresses,
and, to induce them to COMedie fauna it neces
sary to makesmall advances on their salaries.
The theatrical company was then placed in
charge of mr. King, who sailed witrh.
Krugth them
with New York, Mr. Regnault paying their expenses
to New York, and also furnishing kt
money to pay their expenses from the last
named place .to Richmond. The parties en
gaged came on With Mr. Ring as far as Norfolk,
as the petitioner alleges, would have come to
Richmond, but for breach of faith on the part
of Mr. King, who detained the company at
Norfolk, and played them there for his own
benefit. -After the return of Mr. Regnault, the
Petitioner, .he furnished Mrs. Magill with an
account of his expenses, showing that thoyes-
EGO Os.
t i h rn T l h e b g e 3 a r i M i i e n t r t i s t e . i l l r e n s e t i no l) i y i
e e ed the moneywith
teleinissumwootis in gold there
on,
from the 18th of october, 1803, and compen
sation for his services as her agent for six
months, which he places at $4500 in gold, mak
ing; an
A n i l l g g r i e n gu. n t i e ak o e f s sl a ,7l l lo e 2 r B y .
the petition of Mr. llognatuti l i e i rg4 r e
h r
8011301
de
niesyto
that she owes him a cent; that the failure
in getting the European company to Rich
mond was wholly' on account of his incompc
tency ; that he went to Europe as much on his
own account, for speculating purposes, as to,
transact business for her, and, therefore, in
her opinion; he should: have biien contented
with haying all his , expenses paid by her while
he was engaged in transacting business fur
himself.
The best part of the time of the court yester
day was consumed in hearing the evidence of
the numerous witnesses in the case, which
bad not been concluded at the hour of adjourn
ment.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The negotiating of former loans of the United
States was quite a different matter than now.
At the commencement of 18e0 our public debt
was only seventy-six millions and when the
war broke out it was very difficult for the
Goverment to borrow money, as it had always
been before. When, to provide for the war of
1812, Congress authorized, in March of that
year, a six per cent. loan of eleven millions of
dollars, less than one-third of the six millions
which were put on the rdarket were subscrib
ed for by the people, the rest being taken by
speculators at a discount, and the remaining
five millions issued in treasury notes. When,
in January, 1813, Congress authorized a further
six per pent, loan of sixteen millions, it was
the largest sum ever asked for by the United
States;:but at the last Congress a loan .bill for
six hundred millions was passed, and sub
scriptions to it at the rate of fifteen and seven
teen ;millions a day are reported. The best
terms that the Treasury could obtain for a six
per cent. loan of seven and a half millions
August, 1813, was 088,25 in coin for 05011 hun
dred dollars in bonds, and during the first
year of the war it borrowed only $23,970,912.
The banking capital of the whole country
was then 875,000,000, and the circulation con
siderably less than $100,000,000, including trea
sury notes.
There was rather more activity in the stock
market yesterday, but prices were unsettled
and drooping. Reading Railroad was in better
demand ; about 4,900 shares sold at from 50@
50%, the former rate a decline of 14. Penn
sylvania Railroid sold at 58, an advance of %;
- Catawissa common at 12%, and Norristown at
55; 129 was bid for Camden and Amboy, 28 for
Little Schuylkill, 54 1 % for Mine Hill, 5814 for
Lehigh Valley, 2414 for Catawissa preferred,
23 for Philadelphia and Erie, and 44 for North
ern Central, Government bonds are less active
and lower; 5-26 e sold at 10i% and es, 1881, at
167%; 97 was bid for 1040 s, and 99 7 4 for 7-30 s;
city loans have declined, the new issue sold
at 92%, old do at 90%; and municipal at 92%;
city passenger railroad shires are without
change ; Seventeenth and Nineteenth sold at
9%, and Hestonville at 14%@14%; 48 was bid for
Tenth and Eleventh; 9 for Race and Vine ;"25
25
for Girard College; 13 for Ridge Avenue;
11% for Lombard and South ; and 20 for Union ,
In canal shares there was very little move-
Ment; Schuylkill Navigation preferred sold
at 28%@28%, the latter rate a decline of %, and
Lehigh Navigation at 55%, a decline of vi; 20
was bid for Schuylkill Navigation common; 8
for Sesquehanna Canal; 28 for Delaware Divi
sion, and 52 for Wyoming Valley Canal. Bank
shares are without any material change. Far
mers, and Mechanics' sold at 11%, and Me
chanics' at 28 3 / ; 51 1 /1 was bid for Girard; 29%
for Manufacturers , and Mechanics'; 57for City;
37 for Consolidation, and 57 for Corn Exchange.
Coal Oil shares continue very dull, and prices
' are unsettled and weak. There seems to be a
want of confidence, caused by the bogus com
panies which never intended to develope their
lands. A good idea has been started by the
. Royal Petroleum Company; a meeting of the
' stockholders was called, the beginning of this
month, and a committee appointed to investi
gate the position of the company and have it
published; the report will be found in another
column of to-day's paper. This will separate
the good and producing companies from the
bogus; they will find their reward in good
prices for their oil, and enhanced value for
their stocks. Maple Shade sold at 10%, a de
cline of %; Franklin, 1; Glen Rock, 5%; Cur
tin, 314; Dalzell, 3%63 31-100; Caldwell, 2; St.
Nicholas, 69-100; and El Dorado, 56-100; % was
bld for Walnut Island; 2 for Mingo; 2% for
Junction; 1% for Jersey Well; 10 for Egbert ;
% for Big Tank ; 94-100 for Cherry Run; and I%
for Corn Planter.
The folloNving were the quotations of gold
yesterday, at the hours named:
10 A. M
11 A. 111
12 M
1 P. M
3 P. RE
4 P.
The subscriptione to the sevemthirtY Wan
received by Jay Cooke yesterday amount to
$8,501,300, including one of $500,000 from the
First National Bank, Philadelphia; $lOO,OOO
from City National Bank,Philadelphia ; $300,000
from National Bank of Republic, Boston;
$lOO,OOO from First National Bank, Mauch
Chunk ; $100,050 from 'First National Bank, St.
Paul; $400,000 from Second National Bank,
Boston ; $300,000 from Second National Bank,
Providence; $175,000 from. Second National
Bank, Cleveland; $200,000 from First National
Bank, Des MoineS ; $100,090 from Pirst National
Bank, Indianapolis ; $lOO,OOO from Fourth Na
tional Bank, Cincinnati ; $125,000 from Fourth
National Bank, Chicago ; $120,000 from Second
National Bank, Chicago ; $lOO,OOO from Third
National Bank, St. Louis; $lOO,OOO from First
National Bank, St. Louis; $200,000 from Far
mers' Deposit Bank, Pittsburg ; $553,500 from
Ninth National Bank, New York, $lOO,OOO from
Third National Bank, Cincinnati; *lOO,OOO from
Fifth National Bank, New York; *100,050 from
Merchants' National Bank, New Bedford;
*lOO,OOO from Union National Bank, Pittsburg ;
$170,000 from Merchants' Bank, Lowell; $lOO,OOO
from R. R. Robinson & Co., Wilmington, Del.
There Were 4,551 individual subscriptions of
$5O and $lOO each.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
just made the following decisions: The Com
missioner does not regard the amount received
on a policy of life insurance as either legs
'cy or income, consequently assessors, until
further orders, will not hold such amounts
to either tax. The tax on the salaries of post
masters from after July 1,1865, should be re
tarried quarterly to the Internal Revenue of.
ace. The postmaster, ill estimating the tax
due from him, is entitled to deduct $l6O, or one.
fourth of $6OO, exemption from each quarter's
salary. The more carding of wool is not re.
garded as a manufacture, and therefore not
liable to duty.
One thousand one hundred and fifty-six
acres were taken up at the laiid office at St.
Cloud, Minnesota, in the month of June, 1865,
under the homestead law. The cash sales made
at that °Mee in the same month amounted to
$1,388.04. The cash sales at Omaha, Nebraska,
for June, 1865, amounted to $1,233.71: The cash
sales at Olympia, Washington Territory, the
extreme northwestern part of the Republic,
amounted to $1,479.30 for the month of May.
1865.
The traffic on the Atlantic and Great Western
Railway, for the month Of June, was
1885...5551,174 1884...5314,521 Increase..s2oB,BsB
The receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway,
for the week ending July 8, were :
1885—5114,799 I 1864..4105,243 Increase.... $9,506
The annual report of the Cleveland and To
ledo Railroad contains the following financial
statement :
Gross earnings for the year ending April 3042,098,965
Increase over the preceding year 412,882
Total amOlibt of expenses 1,869,31.8
Net earnings for the ye... 834,780
Capital stock, June 1, 1865 4,5900(0
Bonds outstanding 2,290,810
Total of stock and bonds 0,981,410
Total number of passengers during the year —586,177
Total number of tons of freight 410,401
The local business of the road amounts to
more than the total earnings of the road live
years ago from all sources.
The following is the amount of coal trans
ported over the Lehigh Valley Railroad for
the week ending July 15, 1855 :
Where shipped shipped WEEK. LY. TOTAL.
from. Ts. Cwt. Ts. Cwt. Ts. Cwt.
Hazleton 520 1.1 85 , 768 14 88,289 05
East Sugar Loaf 2 965 08 54,201 01 57,166 07
Mount Pleasant 100 07 11,281 08 11,364 15
Jeddo 1,345 01 50,649 01 51,994 02
Barfeign ' 1,399 19 27,191 07 28,591 06
Ilbervalo Coal Co 649 15 12,489 02 15,108 17
Stout Coal CO 1,070 00 19,639 11 90,776 03
Connell Ridge 1,81717 46,517 16 60,455 13
RuekMOuntain 572 00 30,448 18 81,018 18
New York turd Lehigh... 1,309 16 =l6O 08 23,470 04
Honey 8r00k...
_. .. .... .. 1,521 12 49,367 05 50,888 17
German Penna.oal Co. 812 05. 19,817 17 20,630 02
Spring Mountain 2,264 06 26,581 11 38,845 17
Coleraine 120 09 19,811 19 19,432 08
Beaver Meadow D. W.,. 148 07 815 03 961 10
Lehigh Zino CO 181 15 6,035 04 6,216 19
John Connet7 2016 1,86210 1,88306
Maimauy.... ....2,729 04 77,176 ea 79,905 10
lialtiutore C0a1.... ....... 1,290 16 15,266 (2 16,557 01
Franklin ~. 764 02 13,051 15 /3,816 17
Consolidated 16,01 16 19,808 16
Audenreld 465 15 10,521 16 .10,93711
Lehigh and Susq , hanna. 697.00 14,370 11 15,067 11
Landinesser's /55 11 5,708 14 6, 884 05
Wilkesb'eC , l& Iron Co. 100 17 5,338 04 5,439 01
Lehigh Coal & Nay. Co.. 164 07 164 07
Other Shippers 208 10 208 10
Warren Run 22 11 22.11
Total 25,025 15.857,939 14 882,965 09
GOrrespontVg wtkk last
year 24,4E2 08 791,45200 616,048 08
The following Is the amount of coal trans
ported on the Delaware, Lackawanna, and
Western Railroad, for the week ending Satur
day. July ID, MO
Shipped North....
Shipped South....
For corresponding time last year
Shipped North 7,970 .. 171,698 .8
Shipped South 28,633 10 619,704 /3,
Total..
Decrease
~
The folloWing are the receipt* of tir , neia,
ii,.
ware DiVi..41071 Canal for the week ending 3° iy ,
15, 1865.. $9,80d
Corresponding week last year 5,326
$1,480 56
$90,126 11
-.. 85,214 22
Increase for the week
Total tolls to July 10,1864
Total tolls to July 16;1866
Decrease in 1865 $4,91.1 89
Comparative statement of the earnings of
the North PerMsylvania Railroad Company for
the month of June:
Earnings in June, 1881
Earnings in June, 1865
Decrease 0:175 00
Drexel. Co., quote :
New United States Bonds, 1881 100 X 1071
t 4
U. S. Certifs. of Indebtedness, new.. 08 9834
U.S. Certifs. or ludebtadoese, 01d... 09 1 .4, 100
New U. S. 7-30 Notes 90g, Ivo
Quartermasters , Vouchers 90! ( 1 01
Orders for Certifs. of Andebtedness. 98 , 2 90X
G o ld 144 14334
Sterling Exchange 155 138
5-20 Bonds, old 104 3 / 4 105
5-20 Bonds, new 104 101 1 /
10 40 Bonds 00X DO,
Sales of Stocks, July 17.
SALES AT THE PUBLIC BOARD.
100 Ming° 2 100 Junction . " .... 1)3. a
100 Luisell P. 26.2 &Is 100 walnut 1 - 81„„u al , $o
100 Walnut Island... 74 100 Fortest
1000 U B 5-20 s • inam no St Nicholas ..... 94
zoo Junction 3
CALL.
100 .
200 Walnut 3,44
800 Caldwell 2%
200 do sat. 2
500 St liltitolas...b3o. 81
BALES AT REGULAR
Reported by Hewes , . Minor
100 Franklin 0i1....... 1
25011anle Shade 1N)
200 do 10,v, -
100 Glen h0ck.........
100 Reading R sl5. 50,4(
100 do, 50%
157 State 5a ....2 ce rtif.
100 City 413 014., ' 00X
DV do new esti. tem
500 do new. WM
500 do new. 02'
BRTWER
1100 Sebuyl Nay prf 630 2814
100 do 960 2894
100 1.1 85-20 Bonda._. „mpg
100 Curtin b2O
NM Cam & &alb wort 99
18 Norlstown R 55
lob lyai~xll •
300 do 301
18 Penna R 58
7 Read do idg 50%
RR 508
11010 do 50
1000 do 960 SOX
SECOND DOARD
2000 City Os, Moog.— 9234 100 St. Nicholas
DOD do 023 i 10 Mechanics' 112
...•BS ,
MO ~, 98.,4 100 Crsta.wieso , ~,,,
500 Caldwell 2 100 Glen Rock. ~,, ti!
AFTER BOAR
800 do b 5 2 HO rialz S ell 0i1.,,,,,,, 3
,•
200080 Nay Os, 78 160 Lehigh 6s, 'B l.. 9.4
2000 do 78 50 Tarr lloinegteal'i 4
1000 All. Co. Cp 58.2de 72 100 EI Dorado .....
15,000 Lei 6r
TI. S. 80,_'81
84 3dB 96 1079( 400 City 6 6 , N e ; ir
.. ..• 92
8 Lehigh 91 ay Stk. 551 t 1000 Cam &Am 66 .
80
b. '.
Send-Weekly Review of the Phil a .
delphis Markets.
JULY 18—EVehlim
Business continues dull, and the markete
generally are without any material change,
The demand for Flour is limited, both for e a .
port and home use. Wheat is firmly b eld,
Oats have advanced. In Cotton there is l am
doing, and prices have fallen off. Coal is more
active. PrOvisions are scarce and firm at a
further advance. Petroleum is rather quiet.
Sugar is 'firmly held at full prices. Seeds con.
Wipe dull. Whisky is without change. Wool
is more active and price's hot.tor.
There is very little demand for Flour, and
the market is dull; the only sales we hear of
are in small lots to the retailers and bakers at
prices ranging from $13@6.50 for common to
good superfine; *6.75@7.55 for extra; PM@
5.50 for extra family, and $96510 V bbl for fancy
brands, according to quality. Rye Flour is
Selling in small lots at 8 V 13131. cern meat is
dull, and we hear of no sales; Pennsylvania
is quoted at $1.75 h hbl.
Gmain".-L-Prime Wheat is scarce, and prices
are rather better; about 4,00 D bus sold at from.
$1.75@1.50, for good and choice old reds, and
$1.70 Q bus for fair new do. White is quoted at
e1.90@2 bus, as to quality. Rye is scarce, and
selling .in a small way at $1.0561.10 % bus for
Southern and Pennsylvania. Corn is very
seam t about 0,490 bus Western sold at 05W4.1 0
VI bus. Oats have advanced; 4,000 bus sold at
68@70e IR bus for Delaware and Pennsylvania,
Paovisions.—Prices are looking up. Small
sales of Mess Pork are making at $2004730 am .
Beef Hams are quoted at $31@32? bbl. In llama
there is not much doing; sales of Hama are
making at from 22@28c lb for plain and fancy
canvased, and Shoulders at 16@1614ei1l lb. Green
Meats continue eoarce • sales of Hama in ;dale
are making at 243022 ift n ! , and Shoulders, in salt,
at 10M@lOo 9 lb. .Lard is scarce and firm at an
advance ; sales of obis and tierces are mnking
at 9.0@21c lb. Butter is rather dull and un.
settled; sales of solid packed are making at
from 14@25e 11 lb. Cheese is selling at 14@lso ip
lb. Eggs sell at 20@25e Iffi dozen.
Marats.—Pig Iron is without change ; 500 tons
No. 1 Anthracite sold at $36f330 ton. In Scotch
Pig there is little or nothing doing. Matilda°.
tured Iron is in fair demand at about former
rates.
BARK.—QuereitrOn hi in demand at former
rates • L about 3D lilids Ist No. 1 sold at $2.50 yt
ton. In Tanner's Bark there is very little
doing.
CAN - mos.—There is very little doing; small
sales of Adamantine are making at 221 , 4@1iie
for sixes, and 25c sft lb for twelves. In Tallow
Candles there is very little doing.
COAL.—Prices remain about the same as last
noted, but there is more demand, both for
Shipment and hornE? use. Cargo sales are
making feels Port RichmOnd :Pm $890.5
lift ton, delivered on board.
COME continues scarce, and the sales are
limited, with small sales of Laguayra at 2234 w
22 1 / 2 e fb, in gold, and small lots of Rio at 244
C022%e, in gold.
COTTON.—The market is rather dull, and
prices are lower ; 200 bales of middlings sold.
at 511252 c $7,11. cash.
Fisw—ln Mackerel there is very little doing.
Small sales fvoin store are making at 114405
$8 bbl for shore No. is ; $14,§15 for bay go;
$16@17 for shore 2s ; $l4 for bay 2a; and .11.2@t1
for large No. Os. Codfish are selling at Sc 18
Fnuir.—Foreign continues very scarce ant
high. 1,000 boxes Lemons arrived, and sold on
terms kept private. Green Fruit is coming . in
more freely, and selling at fair prices. Bnod
apples are quoted at s@Sc qft lb, and pared
peaches at ise2se iS It.
lloLissiza.....There is no clam to notice in
price or demand, and the sales aro 'limited,
NAVAL STOREB.—AII kinds are firmly held,
with sales of Spirits of Turpentine to notice at
$1.60@1.8518 gallon. Small sales of Rosin are
making at $7O/10 bbl.
Oits.—Lard Oil is scarce, and in better de
mand ; sales of No. 1 Winter are making at
from $1.70@L75. Fish Oils are without change.
Linseed Oil sells as wanted at $1.18@1.20 WI gal
lon. Petroleum is less active, and prices are
rather lower ; 2,000 bbls sold in lots at 32033 e
for crude, M@sl.!4e for refined hi bond, and
free at from 70@73c 18 gallon, as to quality.
SlEDS.—.l o lairseed is in fair demand, with sales.
at $2,35@2,40 II bus. Cloveihmed is scarce, and
quoted at $14@16 tift bus. Timothy is dull at $5
435.25 S bushel.
Srrarrs.—There is very little doing in either
Brandy or Gin. Small sales of N. E. Rain are
making at $2.80@2.35
. $4 gallon. In Whisky
there 1S verylittle doing; small sales of Penn.
sylvania and Western bbls are making at 214@
2150 51 gallon.
Spems.,—Holders are Arm in their views,
With sales of about 400 libds Cuba and Porto
Rico at 11%@125,1e 18 it in currency.
TALLOW.—SaIes of city-rendered are making
at lle, and country at 10;4c . 48lb.
TOL ACCO.—Manufactured is in steady demand
at full prices. Leaf is dull.
WooL.—The market is more active, and prices
have advanced ; about 300,000 Its sold lo
lots at from 68@70c for fleece, and 72073 e
pr Choice old do, as to quality.
PRILADBLPRIA. BORED OF TRADE,
THORNTON BROWN,
EDWARD LAFOURCADR, COAL OF TMIMONTW,
HENRY LEWIS,
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA, July 19.
BUN R15&8....
BIGH
Sehr Elite, WOlfOrd, 0 days ironi Norfolk,
with cotton to captain.
lESchr It H Huntley, Nickerson, 6 days from
oston, in ballast to L Audenried - & Co.
Schr C.Fantauzzi, Wooster, 10 days from Ca
lais, with lumber to Gaskill a Galvin.
Behr Jas Parker, Kelly, from Fall River, in
ballast to captain.
Schr 11 H Daly, Sanders, from New London,
in ballast to L Audenried a Co. '
Schr Jas Parker, Sr, Kelly, from Fall River,
in ballast toeaptam.
Sehr T Benedict, Khig, from Greenport, Is
ballast to Reading Railroad Co.
• Schr Marietta Hand, Brooks, from Green
port, in ballast to Cestner, Stackney & Wel
lington.
Behr R G Porter, Crowell, from Providence,
in ballast to Milnes & Co.
Sehr S L Simmons, Bakrett, from Boston, in
ballast to Castner, Stickifey & Wellington.
Behr Join) , Lancaster, Williams, from Boston,
in ballast to C A Heekschent CO,
Schr S J Bright, Shaw, from Boston, in bat
'last to captain.
Sehr C S Edwards, Gandy, from Boston, in
ballast to Blitkiston; Groff, & Co.
Schr Express, Brown, from Boston, in ballast
to Caldwell, Sawyer, &
Schr D G Floyd, Kelly, from Newport, in bal
last to Sinnickson & Glover.
Schr 11.0 Ely, McAllister, from Norfolk, N - 11,
in ballast to Van Dusen, Loehman, & Co.
Sean' W. F PhetpsCranmer, 6 days from Bos
ton with lee to D B KersllOW Co.
Ship B A Aymar, Carver, New York.
Bark Celia (Br,) Dolby, Nova Scotia.
Brig Adriana Agragas (Ital,) Bonfante, Ant
werp.
Schr J W Spencer, Spencer, Ivigtut, (Green
land.)
Brig Ida 3.1 Comery, McLellan, Port Royal.
Brig A II Curtis, Montilla% Salem.
Schr H W Benedict, CaSe, /Yew Bedford.
Schr Marietta Han, Brooks, Greenport.
Schr S L Simmons, Barrett, Boston.
Schr S J Vaughan, Vaughan, Weymouth.
Schr D G Floyd, Kelly, Providence.
Schr It IT Daly, Sanders, Providence.
Schr Minnie Ramie Parsons, Providence.
Schr R G Whilden, Neal, Boston..
Sohr F,xpress, Brown, Boston.
Schr R G Porter, Crowell, Providence.
Behr J Bright, Shaw Providence.
Schr Albert Pharo, S l houras Providence.
Schr C S Edwards, Gandy, Boston.
Schr Pathway, Green, Boston,
Schr T Benedict, King, Lynn, Mass.
Schr John Lancaster, Williams, East Cam
bridge.
Schr Edwin T Allen, Allen, Boston.
Sehr Archer & Reeves Ireland, Boston.
Bohr H G Ely, McAllister, Richmond, Va.
Behr C W Locke, Huntley, Commercial Point.
Schr General Banks, Ketchum, Norfolk, \a.
Sulu . Lumartine, Greg s, Bangor.
Schr D Jones, Tenth, NeWßern.
Sehr G Twibill, Miller, Alexandria.
Steamer Frances, Forbes Mobile.
Steamer Ti Willing, Cundi.fr, Baltimore.
Steamship Pennsylvania (Br,) Crogan, frost
Liverpool 4th, and Queenstown sth inst., St
New York onTusdaY s with 1,014 passengers.
Ship Morning Star, knlita,' cleared at hirer
pool 4th inst. for this port.
Bark Victoria (Br,) Christian, hence at POt . '•
au Prince 27th alt.
133;512 06 132,979 19
Bark Ala:lira Coombs, Buoknam, sailed front
Sagua 13tb inst. for this port.
Brig Atoms Day, Loud, hence at Trinidad Ist
Drir, George Crump (Br,) White, hence at
Trinidad 2d inst.
]frig Romance, Duncan, from Navasaa for
this port, was spoken Bth inst. off Cape Mayas,
Cuba.
WREEr AR.
Tons. Cwt. .To Y na E .Owi.
8,212 1 180,312 8
19,449 18 468,055 2
_
Brig Ella Reed (Br,) Tuzo, at St. Jago do
Cuba 6th inst. for this port , to sail in a few
46.
- B A Barnard (Br,) at Cienfuegos stht
• in New York.
• r Sarah N Smith, for this port, sailed from
tleGlace Bay, C B, previous to Bthinst.
;.achr Algoma, Pierson, sailed troni Brovi•
inst. for this port.
.selrr B C Scribner, Hal, ratviled from Bristol
lithsinst.lor this poii.
. .Bahr Hunter. Endicott, hence at Fall Elver
15th inst.
27,661 19 598,367 10
28,003 10 4411,401. 1
,98,033 11
•. Selma E B Wheaton, Spurr; Northern Light,
Irelan; Snow Flake, - Nickerson ,• N. hi Clark,
.Clark, and 1.1 B Metcalf, Rogers, hence at Bo
ton 16th Inst.'
Schr Dr. Kane, Rider, cleared at Bangor,l4o.
Instant for this port.
• Schr James Satterthktalte , Long, hence at
Boston yesterday.
Selma Jas Atderdice, Rowell and A Thlll l .
Biggins, at Boston yesterday froth Georg*
town, D C.
Schr F Garrison, Smith, hence at BOsto ll
lath instant.
. $46,958 95
66,678 70
Marine Miscellany.
The ship Stadueona, Which, it will be recol
lected, came ashore at the south side of the
island on the morning of the 10th of June says
the liantlicket Myron was got •oir lAA Battu ,
day tytning and taken to New York, caw
w ? lelerrrtt aud Poole, of the American Cook ,
II reeking Company, took the contract to get
the ship olf,, and have been - ably assisted by
Captain neree, of the tug-boat Belief. Soule
idea may be formed of, the magnitude of the
undertaking' when it is known that the ship
has been lying so high on the beach that per
sons could go on board of her dry at high
water. But this company being thoroughly
fitted with powerful purchases and heavy an
chors have after much perseverance, dragged
her from liar and restored Aer to
bed and
owne c. Mr. Peter I'oiger, of this towil,
wreck emlnmissioner, knowing full well that
so heaVy work would not prove suecesofal
With the wane. to be providedlere, did Well
to transfer the business to the American Oast
Wrecking;Company. •
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