RATES O' ; ; iN C. tour lines or lees constitute half & gears. Ten linee or more than four, constitute a square. Half sq., one day-- $3 30 Onn eq., 011 e day. —• $ 0 6 0 one week.... 120 .c one week.... 200 one month_ 300 cc one month.. 600 threemOnthe 500 ig three menthol° 00 " !six mmtbe.. 800 CC PiXmouthg... 15 00 oneyesx___l2, 00 It one year ... 20 OD 117" Business notices inserted in the LOCAL COLUMN, Or before marriages and deaths, TEN CENTS PER LIES for each insertion. To merchants and others advertising by the year, liberal terms will be offered. irr The number of insertions must be designated on he advertisement. MX' Marriages and Deaths will be inserted at the name ates as regular advertisements. Miscellaneous. PENSIONS, BOUNTIES, BACK PAY, War Claims and Claims for Indemnity. STEWART, STEVENS, CLARK & CO., Attorneyo and Counsellors-at-Law, and Solicitors far all kinds of .Military 450 YENNaIaYIQUA AUNTIE, WASHINGTON, D. C. This firm, having a thorough knowledge of the Pen sion Business, and being familiar with the practice in all the Departments of Government, believe that they can affonl greeter facilities to Pension, Bennty, and other Claimants, for the prompt and successful accom plishment-of baldness entrusted to theM, than any other firm Washington. They desire to secure such an senounflilhis business as will enable them to execute the bnsiaedFfor each Claimant very cheaply, end on the basis edikistr' pay contingent upon their success is each case. For this purpose they will secure the services of Law Firms in each prominent locality throughout the States where such business may be bad, furnish such with le the necessary blank forms of application and evidence, requisite printed pamphlet lostritetions, and circulars for distribution in their vicinity, with asso ciates names inserted, and upon the due execution of . the papers and transmission of the same to them by their local associates, they will promptly perform the business here_ fa' Their charges will be test dollars for Officers and Ave dollarsi for privates, for each Pension or Bounty and Pay obtained, and ten per cent. on amount of Claims for Military Supplies or Claims for Indemnity. J7' Soldiers enlisted since the tat of March, 1861, in any kind of service, Mi li tary or Naval, Who are disabled by disease or wounds, are entitled to Pensions. All soldiers who serve for two years ) or during the war, should it sooner close, will be entitled to $lOO Bounty. Widows of soldiers who die or are killed, are entitled to pensions, and the $lOO Bounty. If there be no widow, then the minor children. And if no minor children, then the father , mother sisters or brothers are anti _ad as above to the $lOO Bounty and Back Pay. JOSEPH B. STEWART, • NESTOR L. STEVENS, EDWARD CLARK, OSCAR A. PIETER_ WILLIS E. GAYLORD. frAIINISGTON, D. C., 1862. go- Apply at our office, or to our Associate at VIN}, Pa.—JOHN A. BIGLER, Attorney and Counsellor. Prressoaa, PA..—ARTHURB & RIDDELL, Attor neys-at-Law. Perrevinne, Pa..—WM. R. SMITH, Attorney and Counsellor. _ . prinAnitirtnA, Y 44.-1. 0. IMITITIONILD, 46Alwood Ortiet, lITM. M. SMITH, Attorney and Counsellor. DrAsiolmorom, PA.—BOYD ODUMBINOB, Attorney 'tad Oonneedbo. jyal-dly JACKSON & CO.'S SHOE STORE, 110_ 20j( SIABEZT 5T171333 1 HARRISRURG, PA., Where they ntend to devote their entire time to the nrsature of BOOTS AND SHOES all kinds and varieties, in the neatest and most fuh. unable styles, and at satisfactory prices. Their stock will consist, in part, of Gentlemen's line eh' end Patent Leathe IWO and. Shots, latest styles; Ladies' and Misses' Gaiters, and otheriShoes in great variety; _ and la fact everything connected with the Shoe business. CUSTOMER Waßlewill be particularly Atended to, 'mid in all cases will satisfaction be warranted. Lasts pied up by one of the best makers in the country. She long practical experience of the undersigned, and their thorough knowledge of the business will, they *US; Is sufficient guarantee to the public that they •ill do them justice, and furnish them en article that Rip resegamend itself for utility, cheapness and dux* deity. pane] JACKSON do CO. IFIRINGEWS PATENT BEEF TEA, ill_ a Mid, concentrated extract of BEEF AND VEGETABLES, Convertible immediately into a nourbhing and deli *ions soup. Highly approved by a number of eminent Pisysicians. Tins admirable article condensed into a compact form, all the substantial and nutritive properties of a large balk of meat and vegetables. The readiness with which it dissolves into a rich and palatable Soup, which would mph" Mars of prepszatien according to the uotist swami, is an advantage in many situations of life, too Obvious to need urging. Its highly nourishing qualities combined with its delicacy, renders it invaluable for the aleli; while for those in health, it is a perfect substitute AM fresh Mat and vegetables. It will keep good many testate. It is peculiarly well adapted FOR TRAVELIIRS, by land or sea, who cantinas avoid those accidentaldepriva Lions of a comfortable meal, to which they are sealable. FOR INVALIDS, whose capricious appetite can thus so satisfied ins moment_ FOR SPORTSMAN and EXCURSIONISTS. t whom , o wh both its compactness and easy preparation will recom mend it. Par sale by eepdt-tf WM. DOGS, /a., & Co. CHARTER OAK FAMILY FLOUR!. UNEXCELLED BY ANY IN THE U. STATES ! AND BIIPERIOR TO ANT 3P .4111.1 NT OW 23 it A. Mir 32)091 OFFERED IN PENNSYLVANIA! IT IS MADE OF CHOICE 'MISSOURI WHITE WHEAT. ErDelivered any place in the city free of charge . . Ttrms cash on delivery. jy3o WM. DOCK, Js., sr. Co. A BOOK FOR THE TIMES I American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of finportant _Events for the Year 1861. In 1 vol . 8 vo. over 750 pages. Cloth . 8, Leather $3.50. Published by D. Appleton .5- Co., Hew York. The dodge of this work is to tarot% a record of all the important knowledge of the year. The events ci the war, owing to their prominence, will, of comae, oc cupy a conspicuous part, but all other branches—Bei enee, Art, Literature, the Mechanic Arta, &c. will re ceive due attention. The work will be pabliehed ex clueively by eribeeription, and ready for delivery in Jame neat. Also, now complete Benton's Debates of Coogress,l6 volumes,s3 and $3 00 per voierrne. Demon's Thirty Years in H. S. Senate, 2 volumes, $2.50 and $3 per vol. Cyclopedia of American .Elognence, containing the speeches elk Mitt eminent Orators of America, 14 sad portraits, 2 roots. p.m) cock. Parton 's Life and Times of Andrew Jackson, 3 volumes, 22.50 sack. Address 7.17 STRABBAUGH, Harrisburg, Pa. General Agent for D. APPLETON & CO, For Oirenlars descriptive of Annual Cyclopedia. aprila-d&wtf. Iyi r OTTVLLLE says WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, 11411117FAOTOZZ CARBOYS, DEMIJOHNS, WINS, PORTED., MINERAL WATER, MILD AND PRESERVE BOTTLES or stray nnsonaprion. R. B_ it G. W . DANNIDap 0.12-1171 27 Booth Front store,. Plkiladolphts. TAR/NESE TEA.—A choice lot of d this celebrated Teeditat received. It is of the first cargo ever imported, and Ie much superior to the Chi nese Teas in quality, strength and fragrance, and is also entirely free of adulteration, coloring immixture of any kind. It Is the natural leaf of the Japanese Tea Plant. Per sale by WM. DOCK, jr., & Co. 34000 BUSHELS York State Potatoes, of different kind 33 1,400 Bushels York State Apples, 11. choice lot of York State Butter. Also, a superior lot of Catawba Grapes, and 30 bushels sh o ubarks 3 iwtt received and for sale low by IL W. STELA & CO , ... deal-4111 No. 106 Market street. MAAOKEREL! CSARBIB, Nog. 2, 2 and 2, in all eked paekago,— now, and each package warranted. Jtiet received end for esle low by tom. bong, Jr_ do. SELF SEALING PUTT JARS !- LI Best sad Cheapest in the markets! Oall. and extrsine 3781 • WM. H. MILLER, ND R. E. FERGUSON, ATTORNEYS' AT LAW, OFFIOE IN SHOEMAKER'S -BUILDINGS SECOND STREET, BETWEEN WALNUT and MARKET SQUARE, ap29-ddcir Nearly opposite the Buehler Rouge. ATTORNEY AT LAW, MILITARY CLAIM AND PATENT AGENT. Office in Burke's Row, .Third street, .( up Stare.) Having formed a connection with parties in Wash ington City, wno are reliable buiduess men, Any busi ness connected withany of the.Dopartments will meet with immediate and careful attention. me-y FRED. SCHNEIDER • NrEA.66II , LANE, A. PRACTICAL DYER FROM GERMANY Takes this mode to inform the public and his numer ous friends that he has fitted up a DYRINQ ROOM, In Meadow Lane, in the city of Itarrieburg, Pa. Where he is prepared to do anything in dyeing, as Silk, Woolen, Cotton, etc., warranted for good. ap2B-d3m WM. DOCK, 78., .4 CO .• . - . , . . . . . .„...t.... .. ,i._,•ity r _=,_,. _ .:?... t..,,t,„i, ,_„____,__ . _..: ;.... —.. •._.. .. ! . • - t . o. . .. ,. ,.... „ ,.t,. , .,_ , .5..._,,...: , ____ . ,.;,•. ._ ~. i r.•..i._i . ..i i.. I r‘ . : . ... • ..„. .. .. .. . . ~ , _:,„ , • ;. „. „. •n. t# o . n. __ • VOL. 5 -NO. 217. Buointge tctrits. T HOS. C. MAcIDO WELL, TAILORING. 43- Ai.. 3La 4Gr. 3Et The enbeeriber le ready at NO. 94, MARKET ST., four doors below Fourth otrest, VI make MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING In any desired style, and with skill and promptness. Persons eyiehing cutting done can have it done at the shortest notice. ap27-dly Ijlt. 0. WEICHEL, SURGEON AND OCULIST, RESIDENCE THIRD NEAR NORTH STRUT. le now folly prepared to attend promptly to Mu duties et profession in all its,branehes. A LONG AND INNS 8170018870 L NRDIOAL 1171171101 justifies him in promising full And ample Satisfaction to all who mayfavor him within mill, be thediseaseehronle or any otter nature. zniB4ltowly CHARLES F. VOLLMER, UPHOLSTERER, Cluatnut street, four doors above Second, (Oman WASHINGTON Host Homo) Is prepared to furnish to order, in the very best style 01 workmanship. Spring and Hair biattresses, 'Window 012s ta:se, Lounge', and all other articles of Furniture in hit Hoe, on short notice and moderate terms. Raving ex perience in the business, he feels warranted in asking a share of public patronage, confident of his ability to give satisfaction. jaull-dtf SILAS WARD. NO. 11, NORTH THIRD ST., HARRISBURG. STEINWAYPS "PIAkOB, MELODEONS, VIOLINS, GUITARS, Banjos, Flutes, Fifes, Drums, 4ccordeous, STRINGS, SECRET AND BOOR RUBIO, &a., &a., PROTOORAPI FRAMES. ALBUMS, Large Pier e.nd Mantle Mirrors, Square end Oval PISMO of every description made to order. Regnilding don*. Agency for Howes Sewing Machines. Sheet Music sent by MOIL estl-1 JOHN W. GLOVER, BIERCH/INT TAILOR; Has Just received from New York, an assort ment of SEASONABLE OODS, which he offers to his ocfitomers and the public id nov22) MODERATE PRICES. dtt VAT HARRY WILLIAMS, y • c'x.. FM .41.131-MN I T I F 402 WALNUT STS T. PHLLADELPHIA. General Claims for Soldiers promptly collected, State Claims adjaeted, &e., &c. mar2o-dlin SMITH & EWING, • ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, THIRD STREET, Harrisburg, Practice in the several (Instil of Dauphin county. Col lections made promptly. A. B. C. SMEWINGITH I. '. COOK, Merchant Tailor, tp l 27 CHESNUT ST., between Second and Front, Has jut returned from the city With an assortment of CLOTS, CASSIMERES AND VESTING'S, Which will be sold at moderate prices and made up to order; and, oleo, an assortment of READY MADE Clothing and Geittienteles Fuaishi Geeds. nov2l-17d E N T, ISTR Y. B. L "MK D. D. S., N 0 . 119 MARKET STREET, NET & KUNKEL'S BUILDING, 17P STARS. jainB-tf R ELIGIOMB BOOK STORE, TRACT AND SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPOSITORY, E. S. GERMAN, 27 114fUTH 13.1100 ND STRUT, ADOVI CHIBWIT, NAZSIS3I7IIIa, PA. Depot for the sale of Stereoecopeo 3 SteromktoploTiewe, Music and bitusioal Instruments. Also, subscription taken for rellgiond publiee.tinvui_ nork-dy JOHN G. W. MARTIN, FASHIONABLE CARD WRITER, -REBA'S HOTEL, HABRIBBMICIF, PA. Anmanner of. VISITING, WEDDING AND 131131 - rasa CARDS .s:sante& in the most artistic styles avd most reasonable terms. deelibdtf UNION HOTEL, Ridge Avenue, corner of Broad street, HARRISBURG, PA. The undersigned informs the public that he has re cently renovated and refitted his well-known " Union Hotel" on Ridge avenue, near the Bound,House, and is prepared to accommodate citizens, strangers and t ravel qrs in the beat style, at moderate rstes• Hill table wilt be supplied with the beet the muskets afford, and at his bar wiil be found superior brands of liquors and matt beverages. The very beat accommo dations for railroaders employed •at the shops in this vicinity. dttl " HENRY BOSTGMN. FRANKLIN HOUSE, BALTIDEoRi, MD. This pleasant and commodious Hotel hie been the roughly re-fitted and re-furnished. It is pleaeantly ted on North-West corner of Howard and Franklin streets, a few doors west of the Northern Central Rail way Depot. livery attention paid to the comfort of W roam. 6. LEISENBING, Proprietor, jelS.tf (Late of Selina Grove. Pa.) Tf 0. F. BOHEFFERi BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTER, NO. 18 'MARKET STREalLoHiguNtilmSgl: Ult rulitg . and 1E" Particular attention. p binding of Railrbsd Blanks, blanifeste, Insurance Poll *s, Checks, Bill-Heads, &a. 'Wedding, Visiting and Business Cards printed at very low prices and in the beet style. jan2l MUSIC STORM NO. te MARKET STREET, HARRISBURG, PA. SHEET MUSIC, PIANOS, MELODEONS, GUITARS, VIOLINS, BANJO STRINGS, Of every description. DRUMS, PIPES, PUPPIS, ACCORDEONS, ete,, at the lowest CITY PRICES, at W. KNOOHNIS MUSIC SPORN, No. 93 Mime OVUM HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1863 T H E Weekly " Patriot & Union," THE CHEAPEST ' PAPER PUBLISHED IN PENNSYLVANIA! AND THE ONLY' DEMOCRATIC PAPER PUBLISHED AT TIM SEAT OF GOVERNMENT! FORTY-FOUR COLUMNS OP READING MAT TER EACH WEEK t AT THE . LOW PRICE OF ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS MIZE •SUBSCRIBED RJR IN CLUBS OF NOT LESS THAN. TEN COPIES 70 ONE , ADDRESS! We have been compelled to raise the club subscription price to one dolls/ and fifty cents in order to save our• selves from actual . bass. Paper„ has risen, including taxes, about twenti-five per cent., and is still rising; and when we tell our Democratic friends, candidly„ that we can no longer afford to sell the Weekly PATRIOT AND UN/ON at one dollar a year. and must add fifty cents or stop the publication, we trust they will appreciate our position, and, instead of withdrawing their entoserip tions, go to work with ft win to Increase oar list in every county in the State. We have endeavored, and shall continue our efforts, to make the paper useful as a party organ, and welcome as a news messenger to every fam ily. We flatter ourselves that it has not been without some influence in producing the glorious revolution in the politica of the State achieved at the late election; and, if fearlessness in the discharge of duty, fidelity to the principles of the party, and an anaiousdesire to pro mote its interests, with some experience and a moderate degree of ability, can be made serviceable hereafter, the Weekly PATRIOT AND UNION wiu not be less useful to the party or less welcome to the family circle in the fu ture than it has been in the past. We Confidently look for increased encouragement in this . great enterprise, and appeal to every influential Democrat in the State to lend us hie aid in running our sapseription list up to twenty or thirty thoutiand. The expense to eaeh indi• vidual is trifling, the benefit to the party may be great. Believing that the Democracy of the State feel the ne cessity of stystaining a fearless central organ, we make this appeaLto them for assistance with the fullest confi dence of ;meows, The .same reasons which induce us to raise the price of the Weekly, operate in regard to the Dailypeper, the price of which is also increased. The additional cost to each subscriber will be but trifling; and, while we can not persuade ourselves that the change necessarily made will result in any diminution of our daily circulation, yet, were we certain that such would be the conse quence, we should still be compelled to make it, or suf fer a ruinous loss. Under these circumstanceswe must throw ourselves upon the generosity,. or, rather, the Justice of the public, and abide their vetdict, whatever it may be:' The period for which many of our subscribers have paid for their paper being on the eve of expiring, we take the liberty of issuing this notice, reminding them of the same, in order that they may RENEW THEIR CLUBS. We shall also take it ail an especial favor if onrpresent subicriberi will urge upon their neighbors the fact that the PATRIOT AND Huron is the only Democratic paper printed in Harrisburg, and considering the large amount of reading matter, embracing all the current news of the day, and TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES From everywhere up to the moment the paper goes to press, political, miscellaneous, general and local news market reports, le rlectied.ly the CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE STATE! There It pcarcely a village or town in the State in which a club cannot be raised if the proper exertion be made, and snreli there are few places in which one or more energetic men cannot be found who are in favor of the dissemination of mind Democratic doctrines, who would be willing to make the effort to raise a club. . DEMOCRATS OF THE INTERIOR ! Let ns hear from you. The existing . war, and the sp proaehing sessions of Congress and the State Legisla ture, are invested with unusual interest, and every man should have the news. TERMS. DAILY PATRIOT AND UNION Engle copy for one year, in advance.... ... .. .• • .$5 0 0 Single copy during the session of the Legislature.. 2 00 City subseribere ten cents per week. Copies supplied to agents at the rate of $l6O per hun• dred. WERRLY PATRIOT AND UNION, • Published every 27isreday. Single copy one year, in advance $2 00 Ten copies to one address 15 00 Subscriptions may commence at any time. PAY AL WAYS IN eDTAbiall. We are obliged to make this imperative. In every instance cash.dmust accompany auteription. Any person sending us a club of twenty subscribers to the Weekly will be entitled to a copy for his services. The price, even at the advanced rate' is so low that we cannot offer greater inducements than this. Additions maybe made at any time to a club of anbatstibare by remitting one dollar and fifty cents for each additional name. It is not necessary to send no the names of those constituting a club, as we cannot undertake to address each paper to club subscribers separately. Specimen aopiee of the Weekly will be sent to all who desire it. 0. BARRETT & CO., Harrlebarg, Pa N. B.—The following law, pawed by Oongrees in 1860, defines the duty of Pontmasters in relation to the de livery of newspapers to club subscribers : (See Lune, brews f Co.'s edition of the Laws of 1860, page 38, chapter 131, section 1.) “Provided, however, that where packages of new pa pers or periodicals are received at any post office directed to one address, and the names of the club subscribers to which shay belong, with the postage for a Quarter in ad. vane, shall be handed to the postmaster, he shall de liver the same is their respective owners.' To enable the Postmaster to comply with this regale tion, it will be necessary that he be furnished with the list of names composing the club, and paid a quarter's (or year's) postage in advance. The uniform courtesy of Postmasters, affords the assurance that they will Cheerfully accommoaate club subscribers, and the latter should take care that the postage; which is but a trifle in each case, be paid in advance. Bend on the clubs S OLDIER'S CAMP COMPANION.- A very convenient Writing Desk; also, Portfolios, Memorandum Books, Portmonnales, &c., at BOHRITERI3 BOONSTORM NOTIONS.—Quite a variety of useful and entertaining artielee—eheap—at SOILEFFBET BOONSTORIL VRENCH MUSTARD, ENGLISH and .12 Domestic Pickles, (by the dozen or hundred,) Su perlor Wad Oil, Beta:nib Smogs end condiments of Ivory description, for sale by my2s WM. DOCK, Js., & du lAMB, DRIED BEEF, BOLOGNA SAUSAGES, TONGUES, 14e., for sale low, bY WM. DOOR. ta.. I AD1.b.19 i YOU KNOW WERE YOU can get fine , Note Parrot', Envelopes, Visiting and Wedding Garda ? At SOMMER'S BOOKSTORE. FOR RENT—Two desirable OFFICE ROOMS, second story front of Wyethis BUOdin) corner of Market Square and Market street. ApplYut sie office sepfifid HERMETICALLY SEALED it Peaches ' Tomatoegt, Lobster, Salmon, Oysters, Spiced Oysters, for sale by WM. DOCK, jr., & CO. MEW ORLE ANS SUGAR!-FIRST Ix L N THR MAU= :—For sale ty i9/2 • WM. DOCK JR., & CO. WAR! WAR' —BRADY, No. 62 Market street, below Third, bee received a large assortment of liwoaDe, .48R1111 and lisierd, which he will cell very low. a12.0-dtf Eke 'Patriot tt' anion. THURSDAY MORNING, 4IAY 14, 1863 LETTER FROM LONDON. INTERNATIONAL MATTERS—DESCRI P TION OF ONE OF ME. DICKENS' READ INGS—LITERARY AND DRAMATIC IN■ TELLIGENCE—A NIGHT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, Etc. Correspondence of the Patriot and Union. LONDON, April 29, 1863 Disturbances upon the Continent have diver ted attention from the American war of late, though the battle before Charleston has been generally commented upon. The sentiment is that the fleet was well manoeuvred, and that the iron•clads maintained their reputation, bet that Charleston is impregnable and that the Confederacy is a fact--not a probability. The wish is father to the thought in this conclu sion, of course ; but the career of the Confed erate loan is an evidence of the mercantile confidence in the new government, and the insolence of Earl Russell's dispatches, pub lished to-day, shows that the administration here regard us with contempt. Foland is writhing, not straggling, and the revolt has been, in essentials, crushed out. The enthusiasts still hope that France will inter fere in her behalf, and the King of Sweden, it is said, has promised the Emperor a hundred thousand men and ships of war, if he takes issue with the Czar. There is a germinating revolution ill every European society now, and any day may provoke a general war. The people gain in every such collision, and for their sakes I hope to see an outbreak. The condition of the poor is terrible throughout these despotisms, and the gloom overhanging Lancashire and Ireland is like that portentous cloud which heralds the hurricane. Let it come ! DIOXINS'S READINGS These state "topics can be told by every gos sip. I can interest your readers better by ad verting to the more genial themes of art and literature. Let me tell you of a fresh expe rience, happening only last night—that of a public reading by Mr. Dickens. :For several winters past he has given entertainments of this kind in London, and the fame of them has provoked a score of .imitators. Last winter he read at the British Embassy in- Paris, and this spring he'recommeneed here, in the Han over Square Assembly rooms. These latter -are situated in the heart of the West End, .elose by Regent street, and near the famous church of St. George's, Hanover Square, where fashionable weddings are sol emnized. Mrs, Harriet Deecbcr Stowe received her ovation in them. The reading room is a tidy place, holding about eight hundred per, sane, and it was comfortably filled last night, The front seats were reserved for those who attended in full dress, and sold for five shillings each, but the centre seats brought only two shillings, and the back seats one shilling.— When the hour of reading arrived , the apartment looked rather like a pleasant draw ing room than a public hall. The stage was bare and concealed in part by a screen of brown cloth. A frame, with a row of lights exten ding behind the head-board, illumined the reading desk, a quaint structure covered with green baize, and having a shelf upon one side for a glass water goblet, and a high block on the other for the .support of the book. Di rectly, a lithe, middle-sized gentleman, ele gantly dressed, sprang with boyish activity through the stage stairway, and bowedspleas antly as' he skipped toward the desk. Here he drew from his hands a pair of pale kids, and adjusted his neck-tie, while waiting for the applause to subside. This is "Boz," a man whose name will thrill multitudes when you print it ; and I felt, as I looked at him, that this aline had rewarded my pilgrimage to Europe. He wore—to "do" him a la Willis—a suit of rich black cloth. His vest was cut wide open, so as to exhibit the full breadth of his chest, and his shirt bo som was minutely plaited. A heavy gold chain with a ponderous pendant seal hung from one of his button holes, and a diamond ring spar kled on his right hand. His tie was of black silk, his wristbands were clasped with gold buttons, and he wore soft boots over moderately large feet. His clothing was evidently cut in Paris, and I think that he was a trifle over dressed. The man thus encased was just the style of man you would expect for Charles Dickens. He moved like a bundle of nerves, yet none of his motions were embarrassed or painful, and, after the first movement or two, h tit/seemed to be perfectly at home, and his exuberant play fulness bcame infectious. His hair is sandy in hue, moderately long, and brushed forward over the ears. His forehead is either very high, or the kicks thin on the top of the head. He had light eyes, `brimming with spirit, and his features were strongly marked, inclining to homeliness. At first I thought his cheeks were rouged, but after a while, when the color came and went, I saw my mistake. _The ex pressions of his face were various, chasing each other away, as if his nature was so vola tile and his emotions so quick and numerous that no single feeling could control him a long time. He does not look a thoughtful man, and certainly exhibits some show of personal van ity. He stepped as if he were about to dance presently, and in the main he seemed a merry, mimicking, sensitive fellow, just at that mo ment elated into life. It was a little book that he carried—the early edition of the “Christmas Carol," care fully abbreviated. It was in three chapters, and he dashed into it like a comedian, with a toss of his eyebrows and a wave of his right hand. He has a goodly modulated voice, not strong or ringing, and a little husky at the start, but after a time its versatility came out, and it expressed all tones, emotions and pas- PRICE TWO CENTS. Mons, as artist never did before. These were the first words ; it was a strange thing for one who had read them three thousand miles away to hear their author repeating them here, as•doubtless he did to himself, when he wrote 'them, before ever the world had a chance to laugh or sigh over them : " Marley was dead—to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker and the chief mourner. Soroope signed it, and Scroope's name was good upon 'Change for anything he chose to pia his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door nail." It is not necessary to go farther into the "Christmas Carol." • Everybody has laughed, thrilled and wept over it. None of Dickens's ,pieces have been so daintily conceived, none more deftly finished, none so well contrived to do good and make men kind and happy. And while he was reading it, I remembered a re mark that he makes in the preface to David Copperfield—how none can believe his book in the reading more than he did in the writing. This was evident all the time. While he did not allow his feeling to affect his performances, it was plain that he was no vulgar actor, coun terfeiting life, but a creator, loving and recog nizing ilia creations as we are taught that God loves and recognizes his creatures. He believed them all, from the ghosts down to "Tiny Tim;" and though I am no " spoony," having get over my stage "cry" many a long year ago, this great man brought tears twice to my eyes, and frequently the whole room was filled with sobs. Then he would lift us all out of our sorrow, till we laughed to the echo—and he laughed with us, as if it did him good. You have no idea how many of Dickens's good things you miss in the rapid perusal of his novels. A hundred trifles were made signifi cant in his reading, so that we could see-how every word had a meaning, and that no words were superfluous. The latter half of the entertainment com prised the trial scene in Pickwick, and though this is a very popular piece of humor, it did not succeed as well tta the "Carol." I fancy that Dickens was a little ashamed of it, though he gave it all care and attention ; but it cer tainly sounded crude and coarse compared with the previous gem of his mature and refined handicraft. A more interesting reader "never heard. At times he laid down the book .and recited, giving spirit to such parts by appro priate gestures, as when at the bereaVed fa ther's regret for " Tiny Tim," he threw back his head and covered his eyes, with a burst of pathos which made every heart stand still, and there was not a dry eye in the house. Another wonderful power of Dickemi is that of mintickry.--No„two charaeteri-in-his ings spoke in the same manner or tone. They were as individually rendered as they appear in the - text. The solemn judge in Pickwick, the glib attorney, the jolly Sam Weller—each of them had his own unique, distinct vernac ular, and the whole was like a panorama by Cruikehank and Turner combined, each paint ing in his figure or scene, and the whole mo ving briskly forward to the music of a great artist's voice. It may not be superfluous to add a sketch of Mr. Dickens in private, as I have found it in a a responsible authority, here: " Mr. Dickens is in private very much what may be expected from his works—by no means an invariable coincidence. He talks much or little, according to his sympathies. His con versation is genial. He hates argument—in fact, he is unable to argue—a common case with impulsive characters who see the whole truth, and feel it crowding and. struggling at once for immediate utterance. He never talks for effect, but for the truth or for the fun of the thing. He tells a story admirably, and generally with humorous exaggerations. His sympathies are of the broadest, and his lite rary tastes appreciate all excellence. 'He is a great admirer of the poetry of Tennyson. Mr. Dickens has singular personal activity, and is fond of games of practical skill. He is also a great walker, and very much given to dancing 'Sir Roger de Coverly.' In private, the gene eral impression of him is that of a first rate practical intellect, with no affectation about him. Seldom, if ever, has any man been more beloved by contemporary authors." Dickens, I may dy, also, has written an opera, a farce, and a biography of Joseph Grimaldi, all of which were failures. I find them in the British Museum, along with some political and social letters of his. He is a poet, aim?, as the following beautiful piece of blank verse will attest, taken from one of his older novels. He probably did not know that it was poetry when be wrote it; but runs natu rally together—the transposition is easy arid the music as sad as the theme of the story that it tellseof the burial of "Little Nell." Oh ! it is hard to take to heart The lesson that such deaths will teach; But let no man reject it, For it is one that all must learn, And is a mighty, universal truth When death strikes down the innocent and young, For every fragile form from which he lets The 'parting spirit free, A hundred virtues rise, In shapes of mercy, charity and love, To walk the world and bless it. Of every tear That sorrowing mortals shed on such green graves ' ' Soma geod is born, some gentler nature comes." It is precisely like the blank verse poems of Wordsworth and Southey, and quite as beauti ful as anything they have written. I observed in the ticket office, yesterday, a steel engraving of Dickens, as one of Ben John son's characters, in an amateur performance. • I am told that the novelist will make a second visit to the States, after the settlemeut of hostilities. While this beautiful reading took place on Tuesday evening, Convent garden Theatre was jammed with snobs, at three guineas a seat, who crowded there to have a peep at the Prin cess Alexandra. The flunke t yism of the middle and the servility of the lower English. classes, is the sickliest spectacle that meets an Ameri. can here. I wish that common mime would make . me its magistrate, that I might set one half of these folks to polishing the shoes of the other half perpetually. That is part What they are doing now. A NIGHT IN THE HOUSE OF 'COMMONS. A few evenings ago I obtained from our PUBLISHED. EV,ART MOANING, 'SUNDAYS NEONPIND, BY 0. BARRETT & CO TN DAILY PATRIOT AND UNIOA will be served to mb ■aribers reelding in the Borough for ens ones' eis fres; pe7&ble to the Dirtier. 11111 eubseribers, rin DoLLAse PAR •InOY. Tai 'WEEKLY PATRIOT AND Trews is published stew° DOLLARS PEE An tall, invariably in adrauoe. Ten estde to one address, fifteen dollars. Oollnfteteld 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 patrimage of the publie is so licited. Secretary of Legation here a ticket to-the vis itor's gallery of the House of COmmtinsc . Pas 'sing into. Westminster Hall, the entrance to the House. I paused a moment to glance down the fine black oak ceiling, as strong andnom paot now as when Richard IL laid its timbers, a century before the discovery of America, It is 270 feet in length, and upon its floor of stone were arraigned such notorious criminals as Charles 1., Queen Caroline and Warren Hastings., From the !fall I was introduced to a long passage, with the statues of great Com moners, such as Pitt. 'Walpole and , Htuntiden, arranged along the Wei. Thanes by another passage, the panels of which contain historical paintings, I reached the lobby, wlarge octan gular place, where members and apeculatore were plotting and chaffing, much the same as at Washington. Indeed, the Houses of Parlia ment do not look unlike the Capitol, though the latter, I think, is the bandsonier or the two. For a while I was compelled to wait the will of the flunkey ushers before I could get into the gallery, but at length a shilling did my business, and I crawled over a row of men's legs till I reached a seat. The House of Commons cannot compare with the Halls of either of our . legislative bodies, and looks to me somewhat like a .pit for dog-fighting.— There is a cleared space down the middle, from which the seats rise in tiers, and at the remote end of the cleared space stands a pigeon box, having a green shade over its front, which looks like one glass of a pair of spectacles. Far within the pigeon box sits an old man wear ing a white wig and a black gown, and being directly under the green shade, he reminds one of a blind eye under a white eyebrow. The members have no desks, and they sit with their hats on upon the tiers of seats, in so un dignified a manner, that were two game chick ens let into the enclosure I should think it perfectly legitimate. Servants in white cra vats go up and down; ladies are not admitted, except to a kind of den, latticed like a jail window, and when I saw them with their noses and light dresses against the wires, I thought them pictures in stained.„glass. The House has a glass ceiling, from which falls the only light employed. There is a desk before the Speaker where another big wig writes, and the whole concern has a very informarand'unim pressive aspect. A man with a - squint is speaking, having his arms folded upon his chest, and his subject is Lancashire distress. He talks a long time without saying anything, and hems and haws intolerably. I:amuse my self by wondering how those reporters in the gallery like it, and fall to examining the report ers themselves. I don't wonder they are .taiLinew;-.fermiterreronerk~itirttftilifir here would bring wrinkles upon the brow of infancy. The man with the squint is Mewed by a Lord, a tolerable looking man, whose speech is of no possible consequence to anybody. Several otheitifollow—all vapid, stately, inanimate be ings, out of whose dips a breath of eloquence would come like a voice from a grave, though there is an Iriehman named Maguire, who asks help for the starving Irish as if he meant it; but they all laugh at him, for an Irishman in England is of small consequence. At last a ahackly made-up old fellow, with white hairs and shuffling walk, rises, smiles and says some thing unintelligible. A laugh at once comes over everybody's face, and there is a splutter of “hear, hear;" but the noble Premier is down again like a shot, and his mortal enemy D'ls melt rises. This Right Honorable person has a red, and bare, and sensual face, an Israeli- Mali nose, and a quantity of dead black hair, with a stray ringlet or two falling over his forehead. He is the most remarkable Com moner in England, a tory of the mossiest type, a daring partisan, and a very individual ora tor. He smites the Prime Minister, to the great glee of his side of the house, and sits down amid a little gush of huzzas. Then Gladstone, the chancellor, gets up with a paper of figures and drives the ninety-ninth nail in his revenue scheme. He is a fine-looking, aristocratic gentleman, with thin hair and a strongly marked face. After a time, John Bright stands up—a thick-set, obstinate look ing John Bull, who talks in a manly way, with an honest manner, and with evident effect. But the evening wears by wearisomely. There is no life here, save and when the American question comes up, when Major somebody di lates upon the bad influence exercised upon Western Europe by the United States. Par liament, you are aware, meets only in the evenings, and frequently remains in session three hours after midnight. In my, next, with other matters, I will tell you of the two great actors at present in Lon don, Charles Kean and Fieohter. 0. A. T. EUROPEAN News.—The City of Wa t ehington, at this port, brought our European files, with very interesting letters from our correspon dents in London and Paris, dated to the 29th of April. Mr. Adams, in his explanation to the British Government relative to his having granted a " ticket of leave " to Messrs. Howell and Zir man to ship munitions of war for the Mexicans, acknowledged that he acted npon "imperfect representations and - with undue haste." Bo it was• thought the matter would be quietly ar ranged • between' the two governments. The London nmes,..referrin g to Mr. Adams' letter, says :--" It is believed that the relations be tween. our Cabinet and the United States Legs tion in . Lonsion will continue on a friendly foot -ing-n-result which in a personal sense will afford unmixed satisfaction, since the individ ual-and historical claimsof Mr. Adams to re spect and• esteem have never been disputed in any quarter." Trance was still deeply agitated on the sub ject, and it was thought that the Cabinet in Washington would have to satisfy the EMperor very fully as to the causes which influenced Mr. Adams-in his action. Our London correspondent notes that the war fever in England experienced a decline after the receipt of the full reports of .the re pulse of the Federal fleet off Charleston. He says that BO long as John Bull imagines that the rebels can defeat and destroy the trnion, he will not endeavor to do so himself; but when the rebels sustain hard knocks at our hands John immediately blusters. The writer,
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