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
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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-
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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.
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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,