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
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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
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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.