RATES OF ADVERTISING. • tour lines or leas constitute half a square. Ten Buss i sluore thaefour, comature a square. ilaffil-•c0868Y-..w..1118.16 One sq., on. &1...—. OA 6 ., oneweeit.— 1.00 gc one week.--- 1.26 .. one month— 1.00 el on/ month. 8.00 It three mantis. 11.00 ll throe months. 6.00 gc six months —,. 4.00 " six months.... 6.0 1 ' && one dear_. 5.00 {r . one year..... 10.40 0". Business notices inserted in the Loom. 00LInal, or before marriages and deaths, rims CSNTS ens Llua for eseh insertion. to mernhantaand others advertisinsig theyear liberate& IX will be offered. arrt The numberofinsertions must be designated on tbe tvertisement. tr r starrimgesand Deaths WEI be inserted at the same sea regular Advertisements. looks, Stcdioiterp, fizt. SCHOOL BOOSS.--Sohool Directors ; Tear/rem, Parents, Scholars, and others, in want of School Books, School Stationery, &c._, will find a complete assortment at B. H. POLLOCK A SON'S BOOK STORB, Market Square, Harrisburg, comprishqg in part the follow ing _ EKAMbsn.--Mcflutity's, Parker's, Cobb's, Angell's Brskaama Boots--bioaniteri, Cobb's, Waiter% i'con's,Byerly's- Combres. ?Arian' GRAMl&ABS.—Ballion's, Smith's, Wood bridge's, fdenteith,s, TrithM's, Hart's, SOBIR 4-e' DavenWrte s ll s' P . oM , T llet S 's, Groiw's,Pinnok's,' t , uddiunit ,e w a W and son's Wt - Clark's. ARMUINTIMPS.--Greenleaf t s, Stoddard's, Inerson's, tike'. Rose's Colburn's, Smith and Duke's, Da ri els. ALGlBRAlL—Greenleare Davies, Day's, Bay's, alike& DrOTIORARTB.—WaIker's School, Cobb's,. Walker, Worcester's' Comprehemrive, WOreeater'e Yrietax7, Web ster's Primary, Weberierlt MO School, Webster's Quarto, Academia. NATURAL PHILOSOPHUNI—CornstocIes, Parker's, Swift's. The above with a groat variety of others can at any time be found at my store. Also, a complete ass coom- rt. ment of School Stationery, embracing in the virtu le a plete outfit for school purposes. Any book not in the store rooms' d one days notice. Er Country lierehanta supplied at wholesale rates. ALHARAO3.--lohu Baer and Son's Almanac for sale at li. H. POLLOCK & SON'S BOOK STORR, Harrisburg. 117" Wholesale and Retail. InYl UPHOLSTERING. C. F. VOLLMER Is prepared to do all kinds of work in the UPITOL STE RING B US INE SS. Pays particular attention to MAKING AND PUTTING DOWN CARPETS, MAKING AND REPAIRING MAT TRASSES, REPAIRING FURNITURE, &c., &c. He can be fond at all times at his residence, in the rear of the William Tell House, corner of Raspberry andlilack berry alleys. sep2eAlly LETTER, CAP, NOTE PAPERS, Pens, Holders, Pencils : Envelopes, Sealing Wax, of the lest quality, at low pnces; direct from the manu factories, at mar3o SCHEFFEWS CHEAP BOOKSTORE LAW BOOKS I LAW BOOKS I I-A AA general assortment of LAW 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 second-hand Law Books, at very low prices", at tie one price Bookstore of E. M. POLLOCK. & SON, myS. Market Square, Harrisburg. Siistellanccato. AN ARRIVAL OF NEW GOODS APPROPRIATE TO THE SEASON! SILK LINEN PAPER FANS! PANS!! FANS!!! AROTESB Awn SPLONTIdO LOT OF SPLICED FISHING RO DS! Trout Plies, Gut and Hair Snoods, Grass Linea, Silk and Hair Plaited Lines, and a general assortment of FISHING' TACKLE! A wooer TeiturrY OF WALKING CANES! Which we will sell as cheap as the chewiest! Silver Head Loaded Sword Hickory Fancy Canes! Canes! - Canes! Canes! Canes: EJALLEIVB DB.IIG AND FANCY STORE, No. 91 MARES? BTREST, South aide, one door east of Fourth street je9. WE OFFER TO .CUSTOMERS A. New Sot of - LADIES' PURSES, Of Beautiful Styles, substantially made A Splendid Assortment of GENTLEMEN'S WALLETS. A New and Elegant Perfume, KNIGHTS TEMPLARS'IIIOQUET, Put up in Cut Glees Engrave& Bottles. A Complete Assortment of ;HANDKERCHIEF PERFUMES, Of the best Manufacture. A very Handsome Variety of POWDER PUFF BOXES. KELLER'S DRUG STORE, 7731 91 Market street, C.ANDLEB!! ! PARAFFIN CANDLNE, SPERM. CANDLES, 13TBARINE C ‘ ANDLES, ADAMANTINE CANDLES, CREMICAL SPERM CANDVES, STAR (suezatoli) CANDLES, TALLOW CANDLES. A large invoice of the above in store, and for said at -nnasstaay too rates, by WII. DOCK, 75., & CO., Opposite the Court Rouse jaul GUN AND BLASTING YOWBER. TAMES M. WHEELER, HAERIBBIIIRG PA., AGENT FOR ALL POWD,ER AND FUSE IILANOTABIOHED BY L E. DUPONT DE NEMOURS it CO., I,V.ILMTNGTON, DELAWARE. iIYOA large supply always on band. For sale at mann lecturer's prices. Idagasioe two mi.lee below town. 11:rOrders received at Warehouse. I - 6ST ItECEIVIiID—A large Stock of POSTBAG. d SCOTCH For sale ALES at , BROWN the lowest r oes byT and LONDON JOHN H. ZrEGLER, 73 Market street. MB FISTI!!• FISIIIII 21.3.0KER8L, (408.1, 2 and 3.) SALMON ) (very superior.) SELA.I), Mess and very fine.) 1110,1tING, (extra large.) COD DISH. SMOKED HERRING, (extra Digby.) SCOTCH HERRING. SARDINES .AND ANCHOVIES. Of the above we have Mackerel in whole, half, quarter and eighth bble. Herring in whole and half bbla. The entire lot new—manor meow THN mammas, and will 'sell them at the lowest market rates. eepl4 Will. DOCK, Jay & CO. lIICKO aY WOOD! !—A SUPERIOR LOT .L.L loot received, end for sale In quantities to Boit par 'Users, by JAMES M. WHEELER. Also, OAK AND PINE constantly on band at the lowest prices. de c 6 FAMILY BIBLES, from 1$ to $lO, stmn g and handsomely bound, printed on good paper, with elegant clear new type, sold at me= SOCTIOFBR ,B Cheap Body/Alm BOURBON WHISKY.—A very Supe rior Article of BOURBON WHISKY, in quart ba ilee, in store and for sale by JOHN ILZIEGLER, meal 73 Market Street. HARRI SON' S iiOUSEFIOLD SOAP. 50 BORES OF THIS PERFECT SOAP. For sale .at Manufacturer's prices. A. ROBINSON & CO. mart "TANANA ORANGES ! A prime lot just received WM oak- ' by . DOCK, & Co. Volt a superior and cheap TABLE or Jr: saLac on. go to SELLER'S DRUG STORE. THE Fruit Growers' Handbook—by WAVlNG—wholesale and retail at rar.l4l BerfERFBR , S Bookstore. sPERM CANDLES.—A large supply kJ just received by "plB WM. DOCK. JR., b; CO. GARDEN SEEDS ! I-A FRESH AND COMPLKTE assortment, just received and for dale by 0121 WIC DOCK, Ja., & CO. CRIOBERRIES!!!-A SPLENDID LOT just received by octlo CRANBERRIES—A very Superior lot ' owacl WM. DOCK, 31. & COI WM. POOL Is., & CO • • - _ \I4WI • . r mw a i r io •- (1 ‘ I • •• -7 .: , 11l A. • ••- I • • _•--11110 •'• •11 • - 1 7 111 ' • tint on. VOL. 3. ,Citvs of Qrrautl. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. WINTER TIME TABLE angimmommagis FIVE TRAINS DAILY TO k FROM PRILIDELPRIA ON AND AFTER MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26vn, 1880, The Passenger Trains of the Pennaylvania.Railroad Com piny will depart from and arrive at Harrisburg aa4 Philadelphia as follows : EASTWARD. THROUGH EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Harrisburg a 2.40 a. in., and arrives at West Philadelphia at 6.50 a. in PAST LINE leaves Harrisburg at 12.55 p. m., and arrives at West Philadelphia at 5.00 p. m. MAIL TRAIN leaves Harrisburg at 5.15 p. u►., and ar rives at West Philadelphia at 10.20 p. m. These Trains make close connection at Philadelphia with the New York Lines. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, No.l, 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 1.15 p. m. , and arrives at Weat 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 villa with MAIL TRAIN East for Philadelphia. WESTWARD. THROUGH EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Philadelphia 10.50 p. m., and arrives at Harrisburg at 3.10 a. in. MAIL TRAIN leaves Philadelphia at 8.00 a. in., an arrives at Harrisburg at 1.20_p. m. LOCAL MAIL TRAIN leaves Harrisburg for Pittsburg at 7.00 a. m. PAST LINE leaves Philadelphia at 12.00 noon, and ar rives at Harrisburg at 4.10 HARRISBURG ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves Philadelphia at 2.00 p. in., and arrives at Harrisburg al 7.35 p. m. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves Philadelphia 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. in. connect at Lancaster with MOUNT JOY ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, and arrive Harrisburg 5t.9.45 p. m. SAMUEL D. YOUNG, n023-dtf Stmt. East. Die. Poria'a Railroad. NEW -AIR LINE ROUTE TO NEW YORK. fiai Shortest in Distance and - Quickest in Time BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES OP NEW YORK AND HARRISBURG, READING, ALLENTOWN AND EASTON MORNING EXPRESS, West, leaves New York at 6 a. in, arriving at Harrisburg at Ip. m. , only 63 hours between the two cities. MAIL LINE leaves New York at 12.00 noon, and ar IVES at Harrisburg- at 8.15 p. in. MORNING MAIL LINE; East, leaves Harrisburg 8.00 a. m,, arriving at New York at 5.20 p. In. AFTERNOON EXPRESS LINE, East, leaves Harris. burg at 1.30 p, In., arriving at New York at 9,45 p. m. Connections are made at Harrisburg at 1.00 p. in. witb the Passenger Trains in each direction on the Pennsylva ala, Cumberland Valley and Northern Central Railroads All Trains connect at Reading with Trains for Potta. vile and Philadelphia, and at Allentown for Mauch Chunk, - Easton, dpc. No change of Passenger Cars or Baggage between New Torii. and Harrisburg, by the 6.00 a. in. Line from New York or the 1.15 p. in. from Harrisburg. For beauty of scenery and speed, comfort and enema medation, this Route presents superior inducements to the traveling public. FarebetweenNewYorkatidHarriskorg,FlTZDom•sas For Tickets and other information apply to J. J. CLYDE, General Agent, dels Harrisburg. E)HILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAOI WINTER ARRAN G EMENT. ON AND AFTER DEC. 12, 1860, TWO PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE HARRISEIIEO DAILY, (Sundays excepted,) at 2.00 A. M., and 1.16 P. M., for Philadelphia, arrivingthere at 1..25 P.M., and 6.15 P. M. =TUBBING, LEAVE PHILADELPHIA at 8.00 A.M. and 8.80 P.M., arriving at Harrisburg at 1 P. M. and 8.10 P. M EARES :—To Philadelphia, 'No. 1 Cars, 83.25; No. 2, (in same train) $2.75. FAA= Readinip; $1.60 and. 21.80. At Reading, cowed with trains for Pottavite, Mere vile, Tamaqua, Catawissa, ate. EOM TRAINS LEAVE READING FOR PHILADEL PHIA DAILY, at BA. M.,10.45 A. M.,12.30 neon and 3.48 P. M. LEAVE PHILADELPHIA FOE READING at 8 A. M., 1.00 P. M., 3.80 P. Ai., and 5.00 P. P.Z. FARES:—Reading to Philadelphia, $1.75 and $1.45. THE MORNING TRAIN FROM .11ARRIBRURG CON NECTS AT READING with up train for Wilkeebarre Pittston and Scranton. For through tickets and other Information apply to J. J. CLYDE, dels-dtf General Agent. PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD. REDUCTION OF PASSENGER PARES, ON AND AFTER MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1860 COMMUTATION TICKETS, With 26 Coupons, will be loaned between any points desired,. good for the holder and any member of Lis family, in any Passenger train, and at any time—at 26 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 erenomical; as Four Passenger trains ran daily each wsy hatireen Reading and Philadelphia, and Two Train , OP' between Reading , Pottsville and Harrisbarg. Oe Barleys, only one morning train Down, and one afterr err train tin, runs between Pottsville and Philadolphir snit no Passenger train on the Lebanon Talley Brrrel. Railroad. For the above Tickets, or any information relating therete apply to B. Bradford, Esq., Treasurer Philadel phia, e the respective Ticket Agents on the line, or to G. A. NICOLLB, General Sup , t. Marsh 1860.—mar28-dtf NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY. a_ail-MMMNINAIM NOTICE. CHANGE OF SOHEDULE. SPRING ARRANGEMENT. ON AND AFTER FRIDAY, MARCH Ur, 1881 the Passenger Trains of the Northern Central Railway will leave Harrisburg as follows : GOING SOUTIL ACCOMMODATION TRAIN will leave at.. 3.00 a. in. EXPRESS TRAIN will leave at . 7.40 a. M MAIL TRAIN will leaveat ...... 1.00 GOING NORTE MAIL TRAIN will leave at •.. 1.40 p. M. EXPRESS TRAIN will leave at p. m. The only Train leaving Harrisburg en Sunday will I e the ACCOMMODATION TRAIN South. at 3.00 a. In. For further information apply at the office, in Penn sylvania Railroad Depot. JOHN W. HALL, Agent. Harrisburg, March ist-dtf. DRIED BEEP—An extra lot of DRIED BEEP just received by Doff WM. DOCK, JR., & CO. 11Q UIiLINGTON HERRING ! jj Just received by WM. DOCK, JB., &CO eel EMPTY BOTTLES I I !-Of all sizes and descriptions, for salToby • deo° WM. DOOK, J . R., & 00. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1861. Ainistellantous. TAKE NOTICE! That we have recently added to our already full stock OF SEGARS LA NORMATIS, HARI SARI, EL MONO, LA BANANA. OF PERFUMERY FOB THB HANDEBBOTIDSY TURKISH ESSENCE, ODOR OF MUSK, LUBIN'S ESSENCE BOUQUET. Fon. nue HAIR: EAU LUSTRALE, CRYSTALIZED POMATUM, MYRTLE AND VIOLET POMATUM Fos TEE Co'mu:x[oN: • TALC OF VENICE, ROSE LEAF POWDER, • NEW MOWN HAY POWDER, BLANC DE PERLES OF SOAPS: Baszs's PINZST 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 corn petitore to get up a complete Toilet Set at any price de sired. Call and see. Always on hand, a FRESH Stock of DRUGS, MED I CINES, CHEMICALS, &c , consequent of our re ceivingalmost daily additions thereto. KELLER'S DRUG AND FANCY STORE, 91 Market Street, two doors East of Fourth Street, seed South side. JACKSON & CO.'S SHOE STORE, NO. 90% 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. • Th . eir stock will consist, in part, of Gentlemen's Pine Calf and Patent Leather Boots and Shoes, latest styles; Ladies' and Misses' Gaiters, and other Shoes in great variety; and in fact everything connected with the Shoe business. . CTISTOME22 WORE 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 this Will recommend itself for utility, cheapness and dura bility. [fang] JACKSON de CO- THE AMERICAN BYRON GUADALOUPE: A TALE OF LOVE AND WAR. A Poem in the style of DON YUAN, and equal in spirit, matter and manner to that brilliant production of the 4 .llarran BARD." By a well known citizen of Philadelphia, who served with distinction in the late War with Mexico. PRICE SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS. Eor sale at SC HEFTER'S BOOKSTORE, marl; No. 18 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa. A NEW FEATURE IN THE SPICE TRA.DE!!! IMPORTANT TO HOUSEKEEPERS!!! E. R. DIIRR RE & CO'S SELECT SPICES, In Tin Foi` ,i,ined with Paper,) and full Weight.— BLACK P'...PPER, GINGER, NUTMEG, WRITE PEP- PER, ALLSPICE, MACE, CAYENNE PEPPER, CINNAMON. CLOVES, MUSTARD In thia age of adulterated and tasteless Spices, it is with confidence that we introduce to the attention of Housekeepers these superior and genuine articles. We guarantee them not only ABSOLUTELY AND PERFECTLY Puss, but ground from fresh Spices, selected and cleaned by us exprm sly for the purpose, without reference to cost. They are beautifully packed in tin foil, (lined with paper.) to prevent injury by keeping, and are FULL. WEIGHT, while the ordinary ground Spices are almost invariably short. We warrant them, in point of strength and riobnese of flavor, beyond all comparison, as a sin gle trial will• ahundantly prove. Every package bears our TRADE MARE. Manufactured only by E. It. DURKEE & CO., New York. For sale by [feb27.] WM. DOCK, Ja., & CO. COAL! COAL!! ONLY YARD,7IN TOWN THAT DELIVERS 100 AL BY THB P A TENT WEIG , II CARTS! NOW IS THE TIME For every family to get in their supply of Coal for the winter—weighed at their door by the Patent Weigh Carts.. The accuracy of these Carts no one disputes, and they never get out of order, as is frequently the case of the Platform Scales; besides, the consumer has the satisfaction of proving the weight of his Coal at his own house. I have a large supply of Coal on hand, ao-_:':e_ . ;ng of S. M. CO.'S LYKENS VALLEY OW , all sizes, LYKENS VALLEY WILRESBARRE do. • BITUMINOUS BROAD TOP do. All Coal of the beat quality mined, and delivered free from all impurities, at the lowest rates, by the boat or car load, single, half or third of tons, and by the bushel. JAMES M. WHEELER. Harrisburg, September 24, 1600.—e0p2.5 HATCH & CO - ., SHIP AGENTS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 138 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. DEALERS IN FLOUR, GRAIN, PRODUCE, COTTON, WINES AND LIQUORS, TOBACCO ANP CIGARS. norS-d6m DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, MANUFACTURE CARBOYS, DEMIJOHNS, WINE, PORTER, MINERAL WATER, PICKLE AND PRESERVE BOTTLES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. H. B. & G. W. BENNER; ocl9-dly 27 South Front sterot, Philadelphia, WARRANTED TWELVE MONTHS! ANOTHER LOT OF MORTON'S UNRIVALLED GOLD PENSI PERSONS in want of a s uperior and really good GOLD ran will find with me a large assortment to select from, and have the privilege to exchange the Pens until their band is perfectly suited. And if by fair means the Dia mond points break off during twelve mouths, the pur chaser shall have the privilege to select a new one, without any charge. I have very good Gold Pens, in strong silver-plated cases, for $l, $1.25, $1 50, $2.00 Fur sale at SeIIEFFER'S BnOKSTORE, mar.% No. 18 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa. TC 0 S BOTTLED WINES, BRANDIES, AND LIQUORS OFEVERY DESCRIPTION! Together with a complete assortment, (wholesale and retail,) embracing everything in the line, will be sold at cost, without reserve Ala • WM. DOCK. In., * CO- VALENTINES ! VALENTINES I A large assortment of COMIC and SRNTIDIENTAL VALENTINES of different styles and prices. For sale at SCHEFFER'S BOOKSTORE, feb9 18 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa, • SMOKE ! SMOKE I I SMOKE I—ls not objectionable when from a CIGAR purchased a KELLER'S DRUG STORE, 91 Market street. sepl9 Vatriot Rion. MONDAY MORNING. APRIL 8, 1861 The Harpers have in press, and will publish in a few days, the fifth volume of Macaulay's splendid History of England. It was prepared from his revised manuscripts by his sister, Lad yTrevelyan, midis as complete in nearly all respects as if he had lived to read the proof sheets. It brings the narrative down, with a single break, to the death of the great hero of the author and the times, William the Third. CAPTAIN KIDD, TUN PIRATE. Some years before, while the war was still raging, there had been loud complaints in the city that even privateers of St. Male's and Dun kirk caused less molestation to trade than another class of marauders. The English navy was fully employed in the Channel, in the At lantic and in the Mediterranean. The Indian Ocean, meanwhile, swarmed with pirates, of whose rapacity and cruelty frightful stories were told. Many of these men, it was said, came from our North American colonies, and carried back to those colonies the spoils gained by crime. Adventurers who durst not show themselves in the Thames found a ready market for their ill-gotten spices and stuffs at New York. Even the Puritans of New Edgland, who in sanctimonious austerity surpassed even their brethren of Scotland,were accused of conniving at the wickedness which enabled them to enjoy abundantly and cheaply the produce of Indian looms ani Chinese tea plantations. Ia 1605 Richard Coote, Earl of Bellamont, an Irish peer , who sat in the English )louse of Commons, was appointed Governor of New York and Maisachusetts. He was a man of eminently ' fair character, upright, courageous and inde pendent. Though a decided Whig, he had dis tinguished himself by bringing before the Par liament at Westminster some tyrannical nets done by whigs. at Dublin, and particularly the execution, if it is not. rather to be called the murder of Gafney. Before Bellamont sailed for America, William spoke strongly to him about the freebt sating which was the disgrace of the colonies. " I send yuu, my lord, to New York," he said, "because an honest, and in trepid man is wanted to put these abuses down, and because I believe you to. be such a man." Bellamont exerted himself to justify the high opinion which the king had formed of him. It was soon known at New York 'that the Gover nor who had just arrived from England was bent on the suppression of piracy, and some colonists in whom he placed great confidence suggested'to him what they may perhaps have thought the best mode of attaining that object. There was then in. the settlement a veteran mariner named William Kidd. He had passed most of his life on the waves, had distinguished himself by his seamanship, had had opportu nities of showing his valor in action with the French, and had retired on a competence. No man knew the Eastern teas- better. He• was perfectly acquainted with all the haunts of the pirates who prowled between the Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Malacca ; and he would undertitke, if he were intrusted with a single ship of thirty or forty guns, to clear the In dian Ocean of the whole race. The brigan tines of the rovers were numerous, no doubt, but none of them were large ' • one man-of-war, which in the royal navy would hardly rank as a fourth rate, would easily deal with them all in succession, and the lawful spoils of the ene mies of mankind would much more than de fray the charges of the expedition. Bellamont was charmed with this plan,and recommended it to the king. The king referred it to the Ad mirality. The Admirality raised difficulties, such as are perpetually raised by public boards when any deviation, whether for the better or for the worse. from the established course of proceeding is proposed. It then occurred to Bellamont that his favorite scheme might be carried into effect without any cost to the state. A few public spirited men might easily fit out a privateer which would soon make the Ara bian Gulf and the Bay of Bengal secure high ways for trade. He wrote to his friends in England imploring, remonstrating, complaining of their lamentable want of public spirit. Six thousand pounds would be enough. That sum would be repaid, and repaid with large interest, from the sale of prizes,and an inestimable bene fit would be conferred on the kingdom and on the world. His urgency succeeded. Shrews bury and Romney contributed. Orford, though, as first Lord of the Admiralty, he had been unwilling to send Kidd to the Indian Ocean with a king's ship,consented to subscribe a thousand pounds. Somers subscribed another thousand. A ship called the Adventure Galley was equipped in the port of London, and Kidd took the command. Re carried with him, besides the ordinary letters of marque, a Commission under the Great Seal empowering him to seize pirates, and to take them to some place where they might be dealt with according to law.— Whatever right the king might have to the goods found in the possession of these male factors, he granted, by letters patent, to the persons who bad been at the expense of fitting out the expedition, reserving to himself only one-tenth part of the gains of the adventure, which was to be paid into the treasury. With the claim of merchants to have back the pro perty of which they had been . robbed, his ma jesty, of course, did not interfere. He granted away, and could grant away, no right but his own. 1=!•!11 The press for sailors to man the royal navy was at that time so hot that Kidd could not obtain his full complement of hands in the Thames. He crossed the Atlantic, visited New York, and there found volunteers in abundance. At length, in February, 1697, he sailed from the Hudson with a crew of more than a hun dred and fifty men, and in July reached the coast of Madagascar. It is possible that Kidd may at first have meant to act in accordance with his instruc tions. But on the subject of piracy he held the notions which were then common in the North American colonies, and most of his crew were of the same mind. He found himself in a sea which was constantly traversed by rich and defenceless merchant ships, and he had to determine whether he would plunder those ships or protect them. The gain which might be made by plundering them was immense, and might be snatched without the dange,rs of a battle or the delays of a trial. The rewards of protecting the lawful trade were likely to be comparatively small. Such as they were, they would he got only by first fighting with despe rate ruffians who would rather be killed than taken, and by then instituting a proceeding and obtaining a judgment in a Court of Admi ralty. The of being called to a severe reckoning might not unnaturally seem small to one who had seen many old , buccaneers living in credit and comfort at New Yorkind Boston. Kidd soon threw off the character of a priva teer and became a pirate. He established friendly communications and exchanged arms and ammunition with the most notorious of those rovers whom his commission authorized MACAULAY'S NEW VOLUME. INTERESTING EXTRACTS him to destroy, and made war on those peace ful traders whom he was sent to defend. He began by robbing Mussulmans, and speedily proceeded from Mussulmans to Armenians, and from Armenians to Portuguese. The Adven ture Galley took such quantities of cotton and silk, sugar and coffee, cinnamon and pepper, that the very foremast-men reveived from a hundred to two hundred pounds each, and that the captain's share of the spoil would have enabled him to live at home as an opulent gen tleman. With the rapacity, Kidd had the cru elty of his odious calling. He burned houses; he massacred peasantry. His prisoners were tied up and beaten with naked cutlasses in order to extort information about their con cealed hoards. One of his crew, whom he had called a dog, was provoked into exclaiming, in an agony of remorse, "Yes, I am a dog, but it is you that have made me so." Kidd, in a fury, struck the man. dead. News then traveled very slowly from the Eastern seas to England. But in August, 1698, it was known in England that the Ad venture Galley, from which so much had been hoped, was the terror cf the merchants of Surat and of the villagers of the coast of Malabar. It was thought probably that Kidd would carry his booty to some colony, Orders were, there fore, sent from Whitehall to the governors of the transmarine possessions of the crown, directing them to be on the watch for him. He, meanwhile, having burned bis ship, and dismissed most of his men—who easily found bertha in•the sloops of other pirates—returned to New York with the means, as be flattered himself, of making his peace and living in splendor. He had fabricated a long romance, to which Bellamont, naturally unwilling to be lieve that he hid been duped, and had been the means of duping others, was at first, disposed to listen with favor. But the truth soon came out. The Governor did his duty firmly, and Kidd was placed in close confinement till orders arrived from the Admiralty that he should be sent, to England. PETER THE GREAT IN ENGLAND In the same week in which Whitehall per ished, the Londoners were supplied with a new topic of conversation by a royal visit, which. of all royal - visits, was the least pompous and ceremonious, and yet the most interesting and important . . On the 10th of January a vessel from Holland anchored off Greenwich, and was welcomed with great respect. Peter the First, Czar of Muitcovy, was on board. He took boat with a few attendants, and was rowed up the Thames to Norfolk street, where a house over looking the river had been prepared for his reception. His journey is an epoch in the history not only of his own country, but of ours and of the world. To the polished nations of Western Europe, the empire which he governed had till then been what. Bokhara or Siam is to us.— That empire, indeed, though less extensive than at present, was the most extensive that had ever obeyed a single chief. The dominions of Alexander and of Trajan were small when compared with the immense area of the Scy thian desert.. But, in the estimation of states men, that boundless expanse of larch forest and morass, where the snow lay deep during eight months .of every year, and where a' wretched peasantry could with difficulty defend their hovels against troops of famished wolves, was of 'less account than the two or three square miles into which were crowded the countinghouses, the warehouses, and the innu merable masts of Amsterdam. On the Baltic Russia had not then a single port. Her mari time trade with the other nations of Christen dom was entirely carried on at Archangel, a place which had been created and was supported by adventurers from our island. In the days of the . Tudors a ship from England, seeking a northeast passage to the land of silk and spice, had discovered the White Sea. The barbarians who dwelt on the shores of that dreary gulf had never before seen such a portent as a vessel of a hundred and sixty tons burden. They fled in terror; and, when they were pursued and overtaken, prostrated themselves before the chief of the strangers and kissed his feet. He succeeded in opening a friendly communi cation with them, and from that time there has been a regular commercial intercourse between our country and the subjects of the Czar. A 'Russia company was incorporated in London, An English factory was built at Archangel.— That factory was indeed, even in the latter part of the seventeenth century, a rude and mean building. The walls consisted of trees laid one upon another, and the roof was ef birch bark. This shelter, however, was sufficient in the long summer day of the Arctic regions. Re oi tarty at that season several English ships cast anchor in the bay. A fair was hell on the beach. Traders came from a distance of many hundreds of miles to the only mart where they could exchange hemp and tar, hides and tallow, wax and honey, the fur of the sable and the wolverine, and 'the roe of the sturgeon of the Volga, for Manchester stuffs, Sheffield knives, Birmingham buttons, sugar from Jamaica and • pepper from Malabar. The commerce in these articles was open. But there was a secret traffic which was not less active or less lucra tive, though the Russian laws had made it punishable, and though the Russian divines pronounced it damnable. In general, the mandates of princes and the lessons of priests were received by the Muscovite with profouud reverence. But the authority of his princes and of his priests united could not keep him from tobacco. Pipes he could not obtain ; but a cow's born perforated - served his turn. From every Archangel fair rolls of the best Virginia speedily found their way to Novgorod and Tobolsk. . - The commercial intercourse between England and Russia made some diplomatic intercourse necessary. The diplomatic intercourse, how ever, was only occasional. The Czar had no permanent minister here. 'We had no perma nent minister at. Moscow, and even at Archan gel we had no consul. Three or four times in a century extraordinary embassies were sent from Whitehall to the Kremlin, and from the Kremlin to Whitehall. The English embassies had historians whose narratives may still he read with interest. Those historians described vividly, and some times bitterly, the savage ignorance and the squalid poverty of the barbarous country in whicu they had sojourned. In that country, they said, there was neither literature nor sci ence, neither school nor college. It was not till more than a hundred years after the inven tion of printing that a single printing-press had been introduced into the Russian empire, and that printing-press had speedily perished in a fire which was supposed to have beenkin died by the priests. Even in the seventeenth century the library of a prelate of the first dignity consisted of a few manuscripts. Those manuscripts, too, were in long rolls; for the art of book-binding was unknown. The best educated men could barely read and write. It was much if the secretary to whom .was in trusted the direction of negotiations with for eign powers had a sufficient s mattering of Dog Latin to make himself understood. The arith metic was the arithmetic of Dark Ages. The denary notation was unknown. Even in the imperial treasury the computations were made by the help of balls strung on wires. Round the person of the sovereign there was a blaze of gold and jewels; but even in his most splen did palaces were to be found the filth and PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, BIINDAYO ExonplND, BY 0. BARRETT & CO Tint DAILY PATRIOT AND UNION will be served to sub scribers residing in the Borough for six cetera Tea WINK parable to th sr. Mail rubscribere, POOR DOL LARS PIER A The Was be published as heretofore, eezni- W•eklV dun' e Onion of the Legislature, end once a week the remainder of the year, for two dollars is ad.. ranee, or three dollars at the expinstionof the year. Connected with this establishment is an extensive JOB 07170 E, containing a variety of plain end fancy type, unequalled by any establiehmentin the interior of the State, for which the patronage of the public is so licited. NO. 185. misery of an Irish cabin. So late as the year 1663 the gentlemen of the retinue of the Earl of Carlisle were, in the city of Moscow, thrust into a single bed-room, and were told that, if they did not remain together, they would be in dOnger of being devoured by rats. Such was the report which the English lega tions made of what they had seen and suffered in Russia, and their evidence was confirmed by the appearance which the Russian legations made in England. The strangers spoke no civilized language. Their garb, their gestates, their salutations, had a wild and barbarous character. The ambassador, and the grandees who accompanied him, were so gorgeous that all London crowded to stare at them, and so filthy that nobody dared to touch them. They came to the court balls dropping pearls and vermin. It was said that one envoy cudgelled the lords of his train whenever they soiled or lost any part of their finery, and that another had with difficulty been prevented from putting his son to death for the crime of shaving and dressing after the French fashion. Our ancestors, therefore, were not a little surprised to learn that a young barbarian, who had, at seventeen years of age, become the autocrat of the immense region stretching from the confines of Sweden to those of China, and whose education had been inferior to that of an English farmer or shopman, had planned gi gantic improvements, had learned enough of some languages of Western Europe to enable him to communicate with civilized men, had begun to surround himself with able adventu rers from , various parts of the world, had sent many of his young subjects to study languages, arts and sciences in foreign cities, and, finally, had determined to travel as a private man, and to discover, by personal observation, the secret of the immense power enjoyed by some com munities whose whole territory was far less than the hundredth part of his dominions. It -might have been expected that France would have been the first object of his curiosity. For the grace and dignity of the French king, the splendor of the French court., the discipline of the French armies, and the genius and learning of the French writers, were then renowned all over the world. But the Czar's mind had early taken a strange ply which it retained to the last. His empire was of all empires the least capable of being made a great naval power. The Swedish provinces lay between his states and the Baltic. The Bos phorus and Dardanelles lay between his states and the Mediterranean. He hadaccess to the ocean only in a latitude in which navigation is, during a great part of every year, perilous and difficult. On the ocean he had only a single port, Archangel, and the whole shipping of Archangel was foreign. There did not exist a Russian vessel larger than a fishing boat. Yet, from some cause which cannot now be traced, he had a taste for maritime pursuits which amounted to a passion, indeed almost to a mo nomania. His imagination was full of sails, yard-arms and rudders. That large mind, equal to the highest duties of the general and the statesman, contracted itself to the most minute details of naval architecture and naval discipline. The chef ambition of the great conqueror and legislator was to be a good boat swain and a good ship's carpenter. Holland and England, therefore,. bad for him an attrac tion which was wanting to the galleries and terraces of Versailles. He repaired to Amster dam, teok a lodging in the dock-yard, assumed the garb of a pilot, put down his name on the list of workmen, wielded with his own hand the caulking-iron and the mallet, fixed the pumps and twisted the ropes. Ambassadors who came to pay their respects- to him were forced, much against their will, to clamber up the rigging of a man-of-war, and found him enthroned on the cross-trees. Such was . the prince whom the populace of. London now crowded to behold. His stately form, his intellectual forehead, his piercing black eyes, his Tartar nose and mouth, his gracious smile, his frown black with all the stormy rage and hate of a barbarian tyrant, and, above all, a, strange nervous convulsion. which sometimes transformed his countenance, during a few moments, into an object on which it was impossible to look without terror, the immense quantities of meat which he devoured, the pints of brandy which he swallowed, and which, it was said, he had carefully distilled with his own hands, the fool who jabbered at his feet, the monkey which grinned at the back of his chair, were, during some weeks, popular topics of conversation. He meanwhile shunned the public gaze with a haughty shyness which inflamed curiosity. He went to a play; but, as soon aa.he perceived that pit, boxes and galleries were staring, not at the stage, but at him, he retired to a back bench, where he was screened from observation by his attendants. He was desirous to see a sitting of the House of Lords; but as he was determined not to be seen, he was forced to climb up to the leads; and to peep through a small window. He heard with great interest the royal assent given to a bill for raising fifteen hundred thousand. pounds by land tax, and learned with amaze ment that this sum, though larger by one half than- the whole revenue which he could wring from the population of the immense empire of which he was absolute master, was but a small • part of what the Commons of England volun tarily granted every year to their constitutional king. 'William judiciously humored the whims of his illustrious guest, and stole to Norfolk street so quietly that nobody in the neighborhood recoguized his majesty in the thin gentleman. who got out of the modest-looking coach at the Czar's lodgings. The Czar returned the visit with the same precautions, and was admitted into Kensington House by aback door. It was afterward known that he took no notice of the fine pictures with which the palace was adorned. But over the chimney of the royal sitting-room was a plate which, by an ingenious machinery, indicated the direction of the wind, and with this plate he was in raptures. Ile soon became weary of his residence. He found that he was too far from the objects of his curiosity, and too near to the crowds to which he was himself an object of curiosity. He accordingly removed to Deptford, and was there lodged in the house of John Evelyn, a house which had long been a favorite resort of men of letters, men or taste and men of science. Here Peter gave himself u p to his favorite pur suits. Ile navigated a yacht every day up and down the river. His apartment was crowded with models of two deckers and three deckers, frigates, sloops and fire-ships. The only En glishman of rank in whose society be seemed pleasure was the eccentric Caer whose passion for the sea bore some r esemblance to his own, and who was very n tt r a th it e e n, much com petent to give an opinion about every part of a ship. from the stem to the stern. Caermartben, indeed, became so great a favorite that be pre vailed on the Czar to consent to the admission of a limited quantity of tobacco into Russia. There was reason to apprehend that the Rus sian clergy would cry out against any relaxa tion of the ancient rule, and would strenuously maintain that the practice of smoking was condemned by that text, which declares that man is defiled, not by those things which enter in at the mouth, but by those which proceed out of it. This apprehension was expressed by a deputation of merchants who were ad mitted to an audience of the Czar; but they
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