RATES OF ADVERTIS Pour lines or less constitute half a square. Ten linen or more than four, constitute a square 50 . galfsq.,oneday— —.80.25 One g sq., one one week. dep..-- .1.26 is one weea..-- 1.00 g ,‘ one month_ _ 2.00 cc one month... 8.00 three months. 5.00 cc throe months. 6.00 Mx oaths 4.00 " six montilli.— 8.00 cc one year . 5.00 " one year.-- 10.00 • Business notices inserted in the LOCAL ;mums, or before marriages and deaths, FIVE CENTS PEE LINE for each insertion. To mere-dents and others advertisingby theyear /iberalte , m will be oliered. 117" Tim numberolinsertiona mast be tlesignatedon the ilvertimme nt. la .. and Deaths will be inserted at the same eras ragatar Moortisements. 0001iS, Stationerp, Szf. cCHOOL BOOKS.—School Directors ) Ll Teachers, Parents, Scholars, and others, in want of ,c:leal Books, School Stationery, &c., will tied a complete ;,,ertmant* at IL hi. POLLOCK & SON'S BOOK STORE, .11firliet Square, flarrisbarg, comprising in part t . M. follow- n ggA.DEßS.—MeGuffey's, Parker's, Cobb's. Angel Ps SPELLING- BOOKS.—MoGug . ey's, Cobb's, Webster's, rows's, Byerly'a. Combry's, FiGLISLI GRAMMARS.—Bullion's, Smith's, Wood tz;ige's, .—CMenteith,s,Tnthill's, hart's, Wells'. dlSTOßlESrimshaw's, Davenport's, Frost's, Wil fou,s, Willard's, toodrich's, Pinnocrs, tioldsmith's and Clark's. ARITHMETIC'S.--Greenleaf's, Stoddard's, Emerson's.' Site's, Rose's, Colburn's, Smith and Duke's, Davie's. ALLIEBRAS.--Creenlears, Davie's, Day's, Bay's, Bridge's. DICTIONARTS.—Weiker's tichoel, Cobb's, Walker, Worceater's Ooinpreliensive Wore?ster's Primary, Web- Strr's Primary, Webster's High School, Webster's Quarto, Academic. NATURAL PIIJ.LOSOPIIIES_—ComstocIes, Parker's, Swift's. The above with a great variety of others can at any time be found at my store. Also. a complete assort ment of School Stationery, embracing in the wht is a store com plete outfit for school purposes. Any book not in he . prnared at one days notice. 17" Country Merchants supplied at wholesale rates. ALMANACS. --John Baer and Son."s Almanac for sale ai 2_ i. POLL,OOI7 I Sz. SON'S BOCiK STORE, Ilarrisbnrg. 111.7 Wholes:lle and natail. myl • IUST RECEIVED AT SCHEFFER'S BOOKSTORE, D A.NA I /.NE SIisITES OF VARIOUS SIZES AND PRICES, Which, for beauty and. use, cannot be excelled. REMEMBER TEE PLACE, SCHEFFER'S BOOKSTORE, NO. 18 MARKET STREET. mart NEW BOOKS! JUST RECEIVED .SE.A.I. ANT) SAY," by the author of " Wide, Wide World." "Dollars and Cents," &c. forHISTORY OF ME T.HODISM," by A. Stevens, sale at BORBFFERS , BOOKSTORE, aria No.IB Marke st. JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE AND SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF RICHLY GILT AND ORNAMENTAL WINDOW CURTAINS, PAPER BLINDS, Of various Designs and Colors, for S cents, TISSUE PAPER AND CUT FLY PAPER, At [iny24l SCHEME'S BOOKSTORE. UPHOLSTERING. c. F. 'VOLLMER Is prepared to do all kinds of - work in the UPHOLSTRRING BUSINESS. Pays particular attention to MAKING AND PUTTING DOWN CARPETS, MAKING AND REPAIRING HAT TRASSES, REPAIRING FURNITURE, Ac., Ac. He can be found at all times at his residence, in the rear of the William Tell House, corner of Raspberry and Black berry alleys acp2o-dly TTE R, CAP, NOTE PAPERS, .1,1 Pens, Solders, Pencils, Envelopes, Sealing Wax, of the best quality, at low prices, direct from the manu factories, at mar3o SOHEFFER , S CHEAP BOOKSTORE TAW BOOKS LAW BOOKS 11-A 1.4 general assortment of L A.W BOOKS, all the State Reports and Standard Elementary Works, with many of the old English Reports, scarce and rare, together with a large assortment of sebond-hand Law Books, at very low prices, at As one price Bookstore of E. M. POLLOCK & SON, Market Square, Ilarrisbnrg. myB lllisccUancous. AN ARRIVAL OF NEW GOODS APPROPRIATE TO THE SEASON! EILH. LINEN PAPER FANS! FANS!! FANS!!! ANOTHER AND SPLNNDID LOT OF SPLICED FISHING RODS! Trout Flies, Gut arid Hair Snoods, Grass Lines, Silk and Hair Plaited Lines, and a general assortment Of TACKLE! A GREAT TABISTT OF WALKING CANES! Which we will sell as cheap as the cheapest! Silver Head Loaded Sword Hickory Fancy Canes! Canes! Canes! Canes! Canes! HELLER'S DRUG AND FANCY STORE, NO. 91 MARES? STREET, South side, one door east of Fourth street je9. NUT COAL!!! ID - ONLY $1.75 PER TON!!! _al PREVERTON NIIT COAL for ease at $1.75 per ton, delivered by Patent Neigh Carts. PINEHROVE COAL, just received by cars, for sale by feb2l JAMES AL WHEELER. CIARDEN SEEDS ! ! !-A FRESH AND commErs assortment, just received and for sale by feb2l WM. DOCK, JR., & CO. TINT RECEIVED—A large Stock of scown ALES, :BROWN STOUT and LONDON PORTER. For sale at the lowest rates by JOILN E. ZIEGLER, 73 Market street. FISH!! FISH!!! iikIIKEBEL, (Nos. 1, 2 and 3.) SALMON, (very superior.) SIIAD, (Mess and very fioe.) 'URBINO, (extra large.) COD SMOKED HERRING, (extra Digby.) KOMI HERDING SARDINES AND ANCHOVIES. Of the above we have Mackerel in whole, half, quarter and eighth bbla. 'Herring in whole and half bbla. The entire lot new—mazer FROM TER Flamm, and will sell them at the lowest market rates. sepl4 WM. DOCK, as-. E; CO. CHAMPAGNE WINES! RUC DE MONTEBELLO, IIEIDSIEGH & CO,- CHARLES EtEISIECK, GIESLER & CO. Alionoft—siuxya MOUSSEU X, SPARKLING MUSCATEL, MAIM & CO.'S, VERZENAY, CABINET. In store and for sale by JOflN IL ZIEPLER, 73 Market street. de2o iTICKORY WOOD I I-A SUPERIOR LOT 1-11. just received, and for sale in quantities to suit, pur chasers, by JAMES It. WHEELER. Also, OAK AND PINE constantly on hand at the .west prices. dee° VAMILY BIBLES, from 1$ to $lO, FA stron g and handsomely bound, printed on good paper, with elennt clear new type, sold at mace SOU SPle ER'S Cheap Book 4 *we. fIICANBERRLES-1!!-A SPLENDID LOT NJ just received by octlo ROIL a superior and cheap TABLE or SALAD OIL go to KELLER'S DRUG STORE THEFruit Growers' Handbook—by WARlNG—wholesale and retail at reeh3l SCR RP PRAT Bookstore. SPERM CANDLES.—A large supply just received by wtfiltt . dr. CO- ELLER'S DRUG STORE is the place to Bad the bag mortment of Porte Monnaies. WM. DOCK. Ja., & CO WM. DOOR, JR ' . . . . _._ _ s "). ~: 1 ,r 7 -, . . :5 - . -4, -:', --: ." - - - _ - ,-. 7.- -. . ... ---W. . .- - -:,0 - ----- =- 17 - - I;'.-----'----'---- . -8 - f,,, : ..-- - 74 !4-_..1---, _ _5.- - 7,..,.. ' "__ .. 7- • ~ * .. *.-447-,i,:...: --'.l'l',lllfil":,;c-.i.0,-7-7--;,- - : ..... . . . 1 11 : ' atrial .4----.-:'-j,,,L.,7:1_, ',,•:,......; - - - .. i - 7 -1 :: '7-• -, ,---.51-01111161PF.Tri-,..4„.._--:::7. '''W:•__":- ---7-----7-:i-• :#,Z-4:k...--;:..-.AAA _.;:..L; -.,,,' ' t 111 . :.'"' • ' : ' 11'' • ':-.-.•-••• 31' ... ,'on c ~ .', : .. , : :: i 1; .,•.:, , ;; 4-;1 - -•-:.::, ,• r :',.. I I '.: ' : '' '. 11 .... , : r ''. :7' l : 3 ''' ' ' - -a u 4* , 0 -• • A ".:,--• 11-----•• - - ' - .. '1 ' - " - VOL. 3. fin:s of eruct. pENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. WINTER TIME TABLE In PINE TRAINS DAILY TO & FROM PIIILIDELPITIA ON AND AFTER MONDAY, :NOVEMBER 2670, 1860, The Passenger Trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad Coin pany will depart from and arrive at Harrisburg ar Philadelphia as follows : EASTWARD. THROUGH EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Harrisburg a 2.40 a. m., and arrives at West Philadelphia at 6.50 a. m FAST LINE leaves Harrisburg at 12.55 p. m., and arrives at West Philadelphia at 5.00 p. in. MAIL TRAIN leaves Harrisburg at 5.15 p. m., and ar• rives at West Philadelphia at 10.29 p. m. These Trains make close connection at Philadelphia with the New York Lines. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, No. 1, leaves Harrisburg at 7.30 a. in., runs via Mount Joy, and arrives at West Philadelphia at 12.30 p. m. HARRISBURG ACCOMMODATION leaves Harris burg at 115 p. m., and arrives at West Philadelphia at 6.40 p_ m. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, N 0.2, leaves Harrisburg at 5.25 p. m., runs via Mount Joy, connecting at Diller ville with MAIL TRAIN East for Philadelphia. WESTWARD. THROUGH EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Philadelphia 10.50 p. in., and arrives at Harrisburg at 3.10 a. m. MAIL TRAIN leaves Philadelphia at 8.00 a. in., an arrives at Harrisburg at 1.20 p. m. LOCAL MAIL TRAIN leaves Harrisburg for Pittsbnr at 7.00 a. m. FAST LINE leaves Philadelphia at 12.00 noon, and ar rives at Harrisburg at 4.10 p. m. HARRISBURG ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves Philadelphia at 2.00 p. m., and arrives at Harrisburg at 7.35 p. m. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves Philidelphi& 4.00 p. in., and arrives at Harrisburg at 9.45 p. m. Attention is called to the fact, that passengers leaving Philadelphia at 4 p. m. connect at Lancaster with MOUNT JOY ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, and arrive Harrisburg at 9.45 p. m. SAMUEL D. YOUNG, n023-dtf Supt. East. Die. Pealed Railroad. NEW AIR LINE ROUTE NEW YORK. Fgh: Shortest in Distance and Quickest in Time BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES OF NEW Y - ORK AND HARRISBURG}, VIA READING, ALLENTOWN AND EASTON MORNING EXPRESS, West, leaves New York at 6 a. in., arriving at Harrisburg at 1 p. in., only 69( hours "between the two cities. MAIL LINE leaves New York at 12.00 noon, and ar rives at Harrisburg at 8.15 p. m. MORNING MAIL LINE, East, leaves Harrisburg 8.00 a. m., arriving at New York at 5.20 p. m. AFTERNOON EXPRESS LINE, East, leaves Harris. burg at 1.15 p. in., arriving at New York at 9.45 . p. in. Connections are made at Harrisburg at I.oop. in. with the Passenger Trains in each direction on the Pennsylva Ma, Cumberland Valley and Northern Central Railroads All Trains connect at Reading with Trains for Potts ville and Philadelphia, and at Allentown for Mauch Chunk, Easton, he. No change of Passenger Cars or Baggage between New York and Harrisburg, by the 6.00 a. in. Line from New York or the 1.15 p. m. from Harrisburg. For beauty of scenery and speed, comfort and accom modation, this Route presents superior inducements to the traveling public. Farebetween New York and Harrisburg, Five DOLLARS For Tickets and other information apply to J. J. CLYDE, General Agent, dels Harrisburg. PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD WINTERARRAN G EMENT. • ON AND AFTYR DEC. 12,1860, TWO PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE HARRISBURG DAILY, (Sundays excepted,) at 8.00 A. M., and 1.15 P. M., for Philadelphia, arriving there at 1.25 P. M., and 6.15 P.M. RETURNING, LEAVE PHILADELPHIA at 8.00 A.M. and 3.30 P.M., arriving at Harrisburg at 1 P. M. and B.le P. M. FARES :—To Philadelphia, No. 1 Care, $3.25 ; No. 2, (in same train) 52.75. FARES :—To Readinr $1.60 and 81.30. At Reading, connect with trains for PottsviS3, Miinere villa, Tamaqua, Catawissa, &c. FOUR TRAINS LEAVE READING FOR PHILADEL PHIA DAILY, at 6 A. M.,10.45 A. M., 12.30 noon and 8.43 P. M. LEAVE PHILADELPHIA FOR READING at 8 A. 51., 1.00 P. M., 3.30 P. M., and 5.00 P. h.. FARES:—Reading to Philadelphia, $1.75 and $1.45. THE MORNING TRAIN FROM HARRISBURG CON NECTS AT READING with up train for Wilkesbarre Pittston and Scranton. For through tickets and other information apply to 3.3. CLYDE, dels -dtf General Agent. PHILADELPHIA AND. READING RAILROAD. REDUCTION OF PASSENGER PARES, ON AND AFTER MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1800 COMMUTATION TICKETS, With 26 Coupons, will be issued between any points desired, good for the holder and any member of hie family, in any Passenger train, and at any time—at 2b per cent. below the regular fares. Parties having occasion to use the Road frequently on business or pleasure, will find the above arrangement convenient and erreomical as Four Passenger trains run daily each wry between Reading and Philadelphia, and Two Train' ee'*v between Reading, Pottsville and Harrisburg. Or SU Mays, may one morning train Down, and one after/':IP train Up, runs between Pottsville and Philadelphir awl no Passenger train on the Lebanon Valley Brrnrl. Railroad. For the above Tickets, or any information relating therete apply to B. Bradford, Esq., Treasurer,Fhiladel phia, c the respective Ticket Agents on the line, or to G. A. NIOOLLS, Oexteral Supt. March 27 . , 1860.—mar28.dtf NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY NOTICE. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. SPRING ARRANGEMENT. ON AND AFTER FRIDAY, MARCH 15r,1861 the Passenger Trains of the Northern Central Railway will leave Harrisburg as follows : G-OING SOUTH. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN will leave at. _3,00 a. m_ EXPRESS TRAIN will leave at « . 7.40 a. in MAIL TRAIN will leave ...... —•- • . 1.00 p.m. GOING NORTE MAIL TRAIN will leave at •••-•—• • .. 1.40 p. EXPRESS TRAIN will leave at p. in The only Train leaving Harrisburg on Sunday will t e the ACCOMMODATION TRAIN South. at 3.00 a. m. For further information apply at the office, in Penn Sylvania Railroad Depot. JOHN W. HALL, Agent. Harriaburg, March Ist-dtf. DRIED BEEF—An extra lot of DRIED BEEF just received by uo9 WM. DOCH, TB., & CO. BURLINGTON HERRING I Just received by WM. DOCK, Jo., & CO ocl MPTY BOTTLES ! ! !—Of all sizes _Li and descriptions, for sale low by. deed WM. DOC; In., & CO. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY. MARCH 25, 1861. Aftlisrtliancaus. TAKE NOTICE? That we have recently added to our already full stock OF PEGARS LA NORMATIS, HAItI KARL EL MONO, LA BANANA. OF PERFUMERY FOR THE HANDICRRCHIEF : TURKISH ESSENCE, ODOR OF MUSK. LUBIN'S ESSENCE BOUQU',ET, FOR THE HAM: EAU LUSTRALE, CRYSTALIZED POMATUM, MYRTLE AND VIOLET POMATUM FOR THE COMPLEXION: TALC OF VENICE, ROSE LEAF POWDER, NEW MOWN HAY POWDER, BLANC DE 1,1,1121,ES OF SOAPS.: &MR'S F1t.:992 , MOSS ROSE, BENZOIN, UPPER TEN, - VIOLET. NEW MOWN HAY, JOCKEY CLUB. Having the largest stock and best assortment of Toilet Articles, we fancy that we are better able than our com petitors to get up a complete Toilet Set at any price de sired_ Call and see. Always on hand, a FRESH Stock of DRUGS, lIIDDI CINES, CHEMICALS', &c , consequent of our re ceiving almost daily additions thereto. KELLER'S DRUG AND FANCY STORE, 91 Market Street, two doors East of Fourth Street, sepB South side. JACKSON & CO.'.S SHOE STORE, NO. 9133¢ MARKET STREET, HARRISBURG, PA., Where they intend to devote their entire time to the manufacture of BOOTS AND SHOES Of all kinds and varieties, in the neatest and most fash ionable styles, and at satisfactory prices. Their stock will consist, in part, of Gentlemen's Fine Calf and Patent Leather Beets and Shbes, latest styles; Ladies , and Illisses' Gaiters, and other Shoes in great variety; and in fact everything connected with the Shoe business. CUSTOMER WORK will be particularly attended to, and in all cases will satisfaction be warranted. Lasts fitted up by one of the best makers in the country. The long practical experience of the undersigned, and their thorough knowledge of the business will, they trust, be sufficient guarantee to the public that they will do them justice, and furnish them an article the will recommend itself for utility, cheapness and dura bility. [jan9] JACKSON & CO. JUST RECEIVED! A FULL ASSORTMENT Or HUMPHREY'S HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS TO WHICH WE INVITE THE ATTENTION OF THE AFFLICTED I: For sale at SCIIBITER , S BOOKSTORE, ap9 No.lB Market at, WE OFFER TO CIUSTOMERS A New Lot of LADIES' PURSE'S, Of Beautiful Styles, substantially made • A Splendid Assortment of GENTLEMEN'S WALLETS. A New and:iElegant Perfume, KNIGHTS TEMPILARS'IBOQUET, Put up in Cut Glass Engraved Bottles. A Complete Assortment ofj !HANDKERCHIEF PERFUMES, Of the best Manufacture. A very Handsome Variety of POWDER PUFF BOXES. KELLER , S DRUG STORE, 3y31 9l Market street R 11 31 0 V A L. • JOHN W. GLOVER, MERCHANT TAILOR' ' , Has removed to SO MARKET STREET, Where he will be pleased to see all his friend octB-dtf CANDLES!!! PARAFFIN CANDLES, SPERM CANDLES, STEARINE CANDLES, ADAMANTINE CANDLES, CHEMICAL SPERM CANDLES, STAR (sursaion) CANDLES, TALLOW CANDLES. A large invoice of the above in store, and for sale at unusually low rates, by WM. DOOR, la., & CO., janl Opposite the Court House GUN AND BLASTING POWDER. JAMES M. WHEELER, HARRISBURG. PA., AGENT FOR ALL POWDER AND FUSE MANTIPABITRED BY I. E. DUPONT DE NEMOURS 4t CO., WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. 7 A large supply always on hand. For sam at mane facturer's prices. Magazine two miles below town. 1U - Orders received at Warehouse. nol7 SCOTCH WHISKY.—One Puncheon of PUKE SCOTCH WHISKY just received and for sale by jan2 H AW & CO., SHIP AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 133 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, DEALERS IN FLOUR, GRAIN, PRODUCE, COTTON, WINES AND LIQUORS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS. nove-d6m DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, MANUFACTURE CARBOYS, DEMIJOHNS, WINE, PORTER, MINERAL WATER, PICKLE AND PRESE.RYE BOTTLES OF EVERT DESCRIPTION. 11. B. & O. W. DENNERS, oel9-dly 27 South Front steret, Philadelphia. AT COSTILI BOTTLED WINES, BRANDIES, AND LIQUORS Or EVERY DESCRIPTION! Together with a complete assortment, (wholesale and retail,) embracing everything in the line, will be sold at cost, without reserve. janl Wlll. DOCK. Ja., hr, CO. JJAVANA CIGARS.—A Fine Assort ment, oempri§ing Figaro, Zalagozona, La Buiza, Bird, Fire. Fly, Etelvina, La Beriuto, Capitolio of all sizes and qualities, in quarter, one-6th and one-tenth boxes, just received, and for sale low by YOUN 11. ZIEGLER, jan3l. 73 Market Street. [TELLER'S DRUG STORE is the place uk.. to bur DOllleAtie Atoclicinos PRANBERRIES—A very Superior lot 11 at oct26.] WK. DOCK, ix, & Co'o, PARIS, Feb. 28.—A Neapolitan correspondent gives some amusing details of Alexander pumas' doings at the capital of the Two Sicilies, just after his appointment by Garibaldi as Di rector of the .National Museums. Although Naples is many miles distant from Paris, you will permit me to observe that Dumas is a Parisian, and I have, consequently, a perfect right to talk about him, even if the scene of his oddities does happen to be under the soft sky of Southern Italy. I dare say that it will be remembered, in the United States, that Dumas occupied one of the Neapolitan Royal residences, the villa Chiatamone. Some inno cent people actually suppose M. Dumas to have inhabited the villa Chiatamone as plain M. Dumas. The better ,informed portion of hu manity are perfectly well aware that the author of "Monte Cristo" is also the sole, genuine, original Jacobs, who invented the Neapolitan Devolution, and that the future historian, when all the facts come to be judged coolly and impartially, will mention the name of Joseph Garibaldi as a species of minor satellite, receiving its illuminating rays front the reful gent orb, Alexander Dumas. The great French thinker did the planning of the campaign, and the courageous Italian soldier merely obeyed his orders faithfully. In testimony of the nation's gratitude, Garibaldi installed his Homer in a royal palace, of which Dumas deigned to take possession. The servant of the villa, accustomed to wait upon Your Grace and his Highness, considered it a terrible falling off in dignity to call their new master by the plebeian name of Dumas, so it was resolved, in solemn kitchen council, to dub him with a military title ; and, not to do things by halves, he was promoted to the rank of General at once. If a visitor called and demanded—"is M. Alexander Dumas in ?" the major-domo replied, with imperturbable seriousness—" His Excellency the General is not visible ;" or, "His Excellency the General is engaged with His Excellency's barber ;" or otherwise, as circum stances might require. JOHN H. ZIEGLER. 73 Market street Vatriot anion. MONDAY MORNING. MARCH 2:5 ; 1861 ALEXANDER DCTNAS. SOME ACCOUNT OF MS DOINGS AT NAPLES 'The 'General' occupied the entire palace, with the exception of one suite of appartntents reserved for the use of Crispi, before his return to Sicily. As the great man only found time to receive -visitors during meal hours, his courtiers offered their homage in the dining room, which; at the same time, was used by the General as an arsenal. The principal piece of furniturs was an etagere, groaning under the weight of ornaments and toys, the least pon derous of which were six-barreled revolvers.— The rest were composed of formidable bowie knives, (probably presented by some of the hero's Arkansas admirers,) rifles, muskets and other guns of all dimensions beneath a Paixhan. It was to this array of deadly weapons that the invincible Alexander alluded, in a memorable message to Parini, which will doubtless he fresh ia*the souvenir of future generations, when 'Head of the Army,' My foot is on my native Heath,' General Taylor never Surrenders,' &c., &e. ; shall have long been consigned to oblivion. After Parini came into power at Naples, he conceived the notion that the over shadowing magnificence of Dumas was too dangerous to be tolerated, and, screwing up his courage to the requisite point, he sent to valorous Alexander an intimation that he might vamob." ""Go tell the Governor of Naples," was the Spartan reply, "that. I have twenty men and twenty guns with which to give his sbirri a warm reception !" Never did a dining-room present so bellicose an aspect as that of Chiatamone. It was there that the most romantic characters of the most romantic of armies assembled, to court the smiles of their historian, together with a throng of French exiles who had known Dumas in times past, and many young enthusiasts who knew him through his romances, and were themselves just then engaged in writing with their sword's point the romance of Italian unity. Each head was a distinct type, and, in the agglomeration of costumes, from the Circassian peaked cap of the servant brought by Dumas from the Caucasus, to the eccentric gown of Garibaldi's chaplain, Fra Pantaleo, who had more bullets in his revolvers than beads in his chaplet, there was enough variety to have mounted all the comic operas ever written. In the midst of this society, so unlike the society of the real world, Dumas was quite as much at his ease as a fish in its native ele ment. He found himself in his favorite sphere, the marvellous. He himself was dressed with appropriate simplicity, minus cravat or vest, and in his shirt sleeves. On gala days he don ned an extra garment, in the shape of a Geri baldian shirt of red cotton, so deeply red that all the fires of Vesuvius paled in comparison with it. The careless negligence of this cos tume had the merit of softening the brilliant halo of genius, so apt to strike ordinary mor tals with awe in the presence of the great, and the eccentricity of the wearer was in perfect keeping with the appearance and behavior of his visitors. The dining room of the Villa Chiatamone opens upon a terrace, leading by a long and gentle slope to the sea, whose indolent waves ripple over the pebbly beach at its foot. The terrace itself is a master-piece of romantic poetry, a love-page written by an architect.-- In a pavilion overhanging the sea, Dumas established his sanctum. Above his square writing table was a window commanding a Ragnificent view of the Bay of Naples and a orizon of unrivalled beauty. When occupied in his cabinet the great man would receive nobody, the solitary exception to this rule being any fallen Minister who might come to lay before the historian a newly-painted scene of the Revolution. It would have been enter taining to have witnessed, in this palace of a dethroned dynasty, an interview between Liberto Romano, who gave his sovereign the coup de grace, and Alexander Dumas, condemned by the ex-King's father to four years hard labor in the galleys! The air of Naples, whose elements are hy drogen, oxygen and laziness, had no enerva ting effect upon Dumas. As usual, he was pen in hand at 5 o'clock in the morning, and, ex cept the time consumed at meals, remained hard at work until ll p. m. He never dreamed of correcting his manuscript, which is certainly an enormous saving, if it is considered how many hours he would have lost in reading his hundred volumes ; and several nimble copyists have a hard time to keep pace with a pen which never stops. As for punctuation, the crossing of t's, dotting of i's, and other breath ing points of ordinary writers, Dumas proba bly is not aware that such absurb practices exist. The Independente, the journal which the au thor of Monte Cristo established at Naples, (and I believe it is still continued,) was in tensely amusing, in a country of masquerades, and its grave political diatribes were funnier than its minor paragraphs. Its Italian was abominable. To those familiar with the ma jestic melody and well-rounded periods of this noble language, nothing could be more ludi crous than the short, spasmodse sentences and chop dialogues, peculiar to the most fecund of French novelists, dressed in a mongrel Italian garb. Imagine a Chinese journalist, with a very limited knowledge of English, writing the leading articles of a new York newspaper, and you may form some notion of Dumas' Indepen dente. lint, in spite of his disinterested friendship for Garibaldi, and the pints (not to say gallons) of ink he had shed in the cause of the Italian Revolution, Dumas aroused in the Neapolitan bosoms the demon of ingratitude ; set on by the demon of envy. Evil-minded people pre tended that a novel-writer is not necessarily an archeologist, and actually had the impudence to hint, in the journals of the opposition, that if an author of romances must be Director of the excavations of Pompeii, the Italian, Man zoni, would doubtless perform the duties as well as the Frenchman, Dumas. When this pusillanimous attack appeared, Monte Cristo retorted by publishing a tre mendous programme, whose execution would have enriched all the beggars in Naples ; and from this "platform" I cull only o - ae immortal phrase: "I would build, in the midst of the ruins of Pompeii, an immense Greek theatre, in which the tragedies of Esehylus should he performed in the original, with all the wise men of the universe for an audience." To those who carried their bold insolence far enough to ask why he had taken up his resi dence in a royal palace, Dumas replied by publishing, in the Independente, the history of the Neapolitan Revolution, or, in other words, the recital of his own astonishing exploits in favor of Italian liberty, and intimated that the municipality of Naples might choose between presenting him the freedom of the city, in a gold box ; or go down to posterity, followed by the execrations of,unborn millions. The warning was thrown away, and, as everybody knows, the ungrateful Neapolitans forced the heroic Dumas to quit the delights of the villa Chiatamone, and seek lodgings else where. However, unlike Ccesar, ingratitude made no sinister impression upon this great soul. Never has Dumas been gayer, fresher, livelier, more mousquetaire, or younger, (if he had ever grown old,) than since this atrocious act of black injustice. He snaps his fingers at the Neapolitans, and defies the power of their Governors, past and present. They may drive him from the villa Chiatamone, but not from the Broad ocean. The Emma, his trim little schooner, dances lightly in the harbor, ready to spread her white sails on the first signal from her master, who himself recognizes no lord but his own wayward fancy.—Correspon dence Express. ARE THE ENGLISH COAL MINES EXHAUSTED ? During the recent debates in the British Par liament on the commercial treaty with France, a question was raised about the coal supplies of England. Some persons took a very gloomy view of the subject, and succeeded in frighten ing the weak nerved portion of the British public into a belief that at no very distant pe riod they would have to seek some substitute for coal. Others, more sanguine, took the opposite view, and affirmed that there would be a bountiful supply of the precious mineral for at least five thousand years to come. This disCussion was not without its results, as Mr. Hull, a competent authority, bas inves tigated the facts and published for the general enlightenment a work on "The Coal Fields of Great Britain." Mr. Hull's conclusions are of an encouraging nature. He does not aver that the coal mines are quite inexhaustible, but he allays immediate apprehensions by showing "that for many generations to come the mineral resources of England are capable of bearing any drain to which they can possibly be sub jected, either for home or foreign consumption." Meanwhile John Bull can keep himself warm and meet the difficulty half way. Before two hundred years have passed over his head he will probably have solved many new problems, among others that of deep mining. The miners cannot now work as low in the earth as the coal lies, on account of the temperature, which increases progressively from the surface down wards. The limit to deep mining is conven tionally fixed at four thousand feet, and some of the coal strata are ten thousand feet in thickness, and thus a measureless store of fuel lies beyond present reach. But the aid of science may help to accomplish what, at this date, looks impracticable, and it must not be forgotten that the commonest appliances of to-day were the impossibilities of the past.— Mr. Hull is entitled to the deep gratitude of of the English public for his comforting assu rance that their apprehensions are not only baseless, but that their coal fields are deeper and more lasting than they had imagined. DISTRESS IN HOLLAND.—The following is an extract from a private letter from ffolland: "March —, 1861. "Dear : A few days ago I wrote you about the terrible distress of the fatherland. At' that time twenty-one flourishing villages, with about forty thousand acres of land, were inundated, and twenty thousand industrious men in a few days deprived of all their posses sions, and many of their wives and children, who were drowned amidst the ice. To-day I received later news of a still more alarming calamity. Not only the Bommelerward, but the land of Maas and Waal was totally inunda ted. To the twenty-one villages totally lost in the Bommelerward ' were again twenty-two others added, with about seventy-seven thou sand acres of land inundated. The last loss exceeded far more than that of the former, and We can calculate that about sixty thousand former happy and wealthy industrious men are to-day reduced to beggary. The Patric in Paris, some papers. in England and Belgium, have opened their columns of themselves, without demand of the Hollanders, to assist in the tremendous calamity, not paralled in extent of loss during centuries. The King and the Princess went with the Governors in person to the inundated spot, where eight ships were sunk iu consequence of the force of the ice. All people were provi ding bread, &c., for numbers of the sufferers— many of whom, during three days, could not be approached, when at last many were found dead amidst the ice and water, or on the roofs of their inundated dwellings. Whole streets with houses were cut, in a moment, through by the irresistible force of the ice; many with the people in them. Several peasants had lost more than one hundred cows each, at fifty dollars apiece; very little cattle could be saved; nearly all were drowned or cut to pieces by the ice. The cities Hertogenbosch (Fors le Due) the capital of N. Brabant, Nymegen and Zut phen, were more than half inundated. In the palace of the King the cooks were day and night at work to prepare eatable and transport able provisions for the 60,000 sufferers, who saved nothing except their lives and the clothes they wore. The King himself had subscribed $30,000, and large sums were provided by the - Hollanders; but what is this when daily divi ded between 60,000 persons deprived of all? " When it was urged upon William 111. that his treasury would not allow more expense he answered: 'Never mind, I shall continue to bring my offers, and live rather more simply, to save more for the poor sufferers.' "Very respectfully, yours, ---- .27 PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, SUNDAYS IXOLPTED, BY 0. BARRETT & CO THR DAILY PATRIOT AND UNION will be Nerved to sub scribers residing in the Borough lor six . esnis PER RENA payable to the Carrier. Mail if übecnbera, worn' DOI. LARS reit ARMIN. Tins WEEKLY will be published -as heretofore, semi weekly during the session of the Legislature, and once a week the remainder of the year, for two dollars in ad vance, or three dollars at the expiration of the year. Connected with this establishment is an extensive JOB OFFICE, containing a variety of plain and fancy type, unequalled by any establishment in the interior of the State, for which the patronage of the public is so licited. NO. 173. S ITICIDE OF AN EfiIIANT WIFE.—Mrs. Veronica Knauer, a German married woman, 25 years of age, committed suicide at New Orleans, on Saturday afternoon, by hanging, at her bus band's residence, No. 18 Jackson street. The circumstances, as elicited before the coroner, appeared to be, that in the morning Mr. Knauer, who is a shoemaker, gave his wife a severe flogging with a leather strap for truancy to her marriage vows ; and that under the smart of this in particular, and a sense of humiliation and shame in general, she went up stairs to her bedroom and took a piece of rope and hung. herself. So determined was the wretched wo man in her desperate act, that she hung her self without getting off the floor. She rather strangled herself, for she was found with her feet on the floor, and her knees bent nearly as low down. Mr. Russell, the London Times' correspon dent, it is said, is commissioned to pay a visit to the Cotton Confederacy, with a view to as certain what public opinion on the secession question really is there. The studied and systematic misrepresentations of that part of the country, by the Northern Republican jour nals, are too much now for even intelligent Englishmen—and hence the dispatch of a spe cial correspondent, by the leading British journal, to enable it to see and judge for itself. The step is one which does as much credit to the impartiality as to the enterprise at our transatlantic cotemporary, and there can be no doubt that the reception of its correspondent, by the Southern "Barbarians," will be quite as genial as his reception in this latitude.—N. Y. Express. FORT SUMPTER AND FORT HAMILTON.—The rumor that the garrison of Fort Sumpter is to be brought to this port is most enthusiastically received by the wives and children of the offi cers and men, now lodging and boarding at Fort Hamilton. As the fort is now devoid of a masculine garrison, (the last company stationed there having gone to Washington,) it is very probable that the ex-occupants of Fort Sump ter will be assigned to that agreeable post, as a reward for the toils and privations which they have endured in Charleston harbor.— Should Major Anderson be allowed to continue the furlough from which he was called to take command of the United States troops at Charles ton,. he will undoubtedly resume his residence in this city.—New York Journal of Commerce. PRODUCING SILVER BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS.- It is said that a German chemist has discovered a method by which he produces sterling silver at a cost of about seventy-five cents per ounce, and that a company is forming to work the discovery on a profitable scale. The appliances required are certain chemical preparations and a galvanic apparatus of sufficient power to act on them. Should the experiment succeed on a large scale, the profits will be handsome, and . additional weight will attach to the opinion that all metals arc resolvable into two or three elements. A BAD MOTHER AND PERJURED DAUGHTERS. In the Superior Court of Boston of Wednesday, Rachel MOrse was convicted of keeping a house of ill-repute at the West end, although her two daughters, inmates of the house, testified in her favor. The court sentenced her to the House of Correction nine months, with the remark that she would have been entitled to mercy if she had not introduced perjured witnesses. Her daughters were immediately arrested on war rants for perjury, and in default of bail were committed to jail. A few nights ago Naples was the scene of a dreadful murder, of which the exact cause re mains undiscovered. One of the most beautiful and wealthiest girli in Naples, at the moment of returning from the San Carlo Theatre, was shot at the door of her own house by a pistol ball, which passed right through her heart.— The dress and the face of the unhappy mother were Splashed with her daughter's blood, and she found that she was holding in her arms a corpse. The girl gave one piercing cry and expired. Mr. BATES ON THE COLLECTION OF THE REVS NITE.—The St. Louis Democrat of Monday gives currency to a rumor that the Attorney-General, Mr. Bates, has given the opinion to President Lincoln that the revenue cannot be collected, except tinder the law of 1809, which renders it necessary for collectors to reside within their respective districts, and therefore it will be im possible to execute the laws with propriety, even were it otherwise feasible, in vessels. The Quebec Mercury says that numerous parties, resident in the vicinity of Lake Beau port, were roused from their sleep by the shock of an earthquake, about 12 o'clock on Monday night last. Advises received on Wednesday from St. Jean Port Joli, on the opposite side of the St. Lawrence, and distant sixty miles from the Lake, announce that a similar shock was experienced at that place at 55 minutes past 11, which lasted 8 minutes. REDUCTION OF WAGES.—A correspondent of the New York Herald says that one of the lar gest manufactories in the country, situated at Phecnixville, in this State, will reduce wages from ten to twenty-five per centum, after the first of April, when the new tariff act is to go into effect. This prospective reduction is said to have been announced to about twelve hun dred workmen. If so, it is not the effect of the operation of the tariff. IMPORTANT TO SNUFF TAKERS.-At a late meeting of the Manchester (England) Philoso phical Society, Dr. C. Calvert stated that he had recently analyzed several samples of snuff, in all of which he found traces of red lead.— This is a most dangerous adulteration, as the lead in .snob snuff will ultimately accumulate in the heads of snuff takers and produce dread ful diseases. • Cli ELSEA MILK INSPECTOR'S REPORT. —At Chelsea, near Boston, Mass., there is an inspec tor of milk. His annual report declares that sixty-four analyses shbwed pure milk, and thirty-two of adulteration. Sugar, salt and water were the substances used for deceiving customers. Make a note of it. The oil fever has spread at last to the "bet ter half" of creation, and we are likely to have more stirring times than ever. A company has been formed among ladies residing on Second street, Pittsburg, to bore for oil on the farm of Capt. John Bigget, on Chartier's creek. GUMMI:LING.—The Democrats in the Repub lican ranks say they don't get their share of the Washington crumbs. The New York Post, (ex -Democrat and now Republican) as if in dudgeon, thus sums up: Ex-Whigs 22, ex- Democrats 4. A WONDERFUL PROGRESS.—The Melbourne Herald states that in less than a quarter of a century Australia has increased from a popula tion of 170 to 030,000 persons; and in ten years has exported 23,000,000 ounces of gold. ALL Foun.—Martin Van Buren is the only individual who has filled the four highest po sitions. under the American Government. He has been United Stated Senator, Secretary of State, Vice-President and President. SALE OF A TROTTING HORSE.—Tacoriy, the celebrated trotter, which beat Flora Temple three times, has been sold to Mr. Train, of Cincinnati, for $l,OOO. A few years ago the same horse was sold for $7,700. G.E.NERAL NEWS.
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