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(HE LANCASTER LEDGER ?? W n BUSHED EVEIiY 9"' Wrdiicsilny Morning A T L \ N C A 8 T E R VILI.E. S. C. t,e Verms.-? 9 00 n war if paid In advance: 'e* * 2 50 if parm't be delayed 3 ih'm: ren 3 00 nflersix month*. A i.e. r'.i*tmrnl* Inserted at the rate of 75 : ' cents per square of 13 lines for the 1st insertion, 37$ cent* for every snhaeqnont ou, Insertion For .nnnouneincr a candidate 85. , . H. ft. B All.FA. KU1 F.ditnr and Proprietor the Agents for the Lancaster LedjerNew York V. 11. Painter. Philadelphia E. W. Carr. f?>r Charleston W.n. Deweea East Bn\ Camden .Z. J. Delluv. of Terms of the Ledger. Cn One copy, one vea" $2.00 w|. Five copies (each $1.75) 8.75 Ten do ? $1.50 15 00 Fifteen do " 133$ 20.00 Twenty do ? 1.25 25.00 1 Caah in advance ..lvvava. No nnnnr will ? ... be stopnod until paid for unless we choose to. f. We have a fine assortment of Job Tyj*. and j. nre prep ir.'d to do nn kind of Job Work, with neatness and de?n-trh. LAWS OF^Sx^SPAPEBB. 1,11 1 SilWribors ?ho' do not give express liotieo to the contrirv. are considered as wi-hing to continue their subscriptions. no: '2 If subscriliers order tin* discontinuance j of their pnp'-r* the publisher c >n continue to R"nd tne': until al! arrearages nre paid "t m 3. If subscribers neglect or rcfnsi to take their p>pers from the office to wh'ch tbev nre directed, they re lu-M responsible until n" tb?v *'ttl? tlteir bill, and order the p per in discontinued. 4. If nnV subscriber remove to another . plure without informing the publisher, and the p.ip t is sent to the former direction. Cli thev nre held responsible. 5. The Courts I live deeided thnt refusing to take n newspaper from the office, or removing and 'caving it uncalled for. is prima ag farea evidence of intentional fraud. p.( THE LEDGER. :: j#l( m 111h ?in>iwi ? i-.-i?m?iwonm ? <tt? LANCA3TEEV.LLE. B.C. wi WKt)NKSI)AY .MAKCH14, \m i?. Apprentice Wasted.?Wanted at this office a tiai of nl.out 14 yearn of age to W( learn tlio Printing business. lie will be boarded in our own family, and bin 11 vibes furnished hi;n fiee of expense. We will nl-o endenvor to instruct him in rending nod writing. E. rly application mast beim.de (|( Correction. In our notice Isst week "f of tlie semi we?*k!y mail t?> Chester, an er- "n r?>r occurred, I?\ the in-?-ition of tut inter rogati. ti p. int alter Mr. 1 Joyce's name.? ?' < One would from ibis ni once conclude we "f di<i not believe it was owing to the exer- p? tion of Mr. lioyce, thai the measure was nri set tired. It is hurdle necessary l?>r tts to l*ai * I ^ say that the error was corrected in the Til proof, hut was overlooked by the printer. 'I'1 ? fin As Court commences on Monday ^ next, we look for a largo crowd of |K*r- ) (| sons the coming week. It will be an ; d ui- j(t ruble tiiiiw to iuiv nt. ..l-i i ? l - ? ...... - ? J * VIU rvvi ri?, Wt* j j?^j earnestly rcqueft all indebted to us, to mil tj(l ?t our office, when we may be found at jH tiine?, hiuI pay up their dues. Did we not n#ed money, we would not ( throw out ao ninny atr<>111; hint?. (|i( Klembers ol Congress. ?*i)j Congress lias adjourned, and the inem- ; At In r* e tnposiltjf the delegation from our j ,)' State, have returned to tl??-ir respective ' |,r' thane*. Truthfully cmii we say to them, e'c * Well done,-paid and faithful servants," Our worth* Senator*. 13utier mid Evans, iik Jrave fille?| their posts creditably to the in Stale. The former, Chairman of the most j W important Committee, (the judiciary,) has let discharged his duties faithfully and ably,' an mtd is entitled to the thanks ot every cil- tin h iron in the State. Senator K\ an* has not! tin lu>. it 1 " ?uri-j-Hiji mi t*vt* Oil Ct'e- | On rj matter which would come up. he ha* wt filled liia trust to the honour of South on Carolina. to Our Representative* hare ell done exl well. Mr. Boyce has won a reputation as an orator and statesman. He nn?t C?d. ^ 1 '%rr occupy enviable post ion*. The lat- ^ tarnMined t;ou;leyiaii ha* been the mean* w? j of savin/ thousands of dollars to the eoun- C'P try by hi* speech on the French Spoliation w? lbll. Nor have our other nicmWra been ha i ^- l^BHt<rti i ire and mi watchful. All, as the ,lH I# record will show, hare discharged their duiMfc. faithfully. Our own immediate fipatWitalive, 0? n. M< Queen, ha* heen S-] v at Ida |io*t r.i? all occasion*, and hi* voice an will *how with what w i.*do?n lie ha* noted, W ? The fault t>t tHne$ Ion laa n imputed to nM pi ou| ,4t*pn sum.* live, but U I* without V* dwv n>r fw ?oH#idrTMfion of * lull to *44 f'v lnttii>h h Umh! vi CUtitM, (ifii McQueen 4 ??*y iUtliji'tHiiiljr t>l?jcuU-d lo the pr-poai- tl?* l?i?n; e* h* * f\y ?d*?)v?d# **h who not * * ?*|| prtprmterou*. tut mi) twrpHCion lo &> ?*urtiMu ti?o Wko U fnridixqi fcr llw nts of individuals, of considering the ( i'Mimi who should receive money out of ii ! fensurv; when,instead, an etiort should t made to reduce the tariff, and thus j r sen the taxation upon the people" His j narks were well timed, and to the i at. I Wo take this opportunity or tendering t r thanks to our Representative for the f luiiess tie- has extended u> 'is during I i session. Setiatots Butler and Evans, I 1 Representatives Rovce, Orr ami c ooks have also made us their debtor i favors. ( \V e call attention to the advertisement j Craig & Tax lor in tliis paper. Mr. nig has just returneil font Cliarleston, ere he purchased a full and complete I >ck of every kind of goods. | ^ Extensive Fires. v The woods around onr village have i ^ en on fire for several days, and much * mage 1 a? l een done. The dwel- ? g of Mr. \V. R. Ilooil has been burnt, 1 d with it he lost almost all his fur- \ ure. dee. k \v e are also pained to loain that t>r. i I nwford's l?arn has been consumed, and v ?rly 800 bushels of corn. Much fen- t ig of a number of our farmers has n p f pii desiloved. h Kv llie papers we learn that a large g intuit of property lias been destroyed 1 Richland, Lexington an?l Charleston ? triits. Eighty bales of cotton were n rut on the cars, a few miles from n larleston. ? lie fire at one time threateil the village of Lexington. r We also learn that considerable dan. g e has been <! >ne to the Charlotte t lilroad. It was expected that the ear- * >ti!il be unable to run, until the road , iilil l>e repaired. t We learn from the Winnsboro* Rcj- 1 ur, that a fire occuri-ed in that town i Friday last, which destroyed the t rt-lliner and out buildings, belonging i Maj. James Elliott. I ?- ? The Chester Standard. : The proprietors ? f this Journal have retofore icry kiml'y sent ns their daily lie, for which favor we feel grateful.? late th y have sulistitiited the weekly, i e have no right to eotnpiain, but we t n't feel exactly pleased about it. Ilad .? ? ? have sent us the tri weekly in place, i i would not now say one word. The ^ airier. Mercury, News, Columbia Tunes, I send us their tri weekly ; and that t r'ing Join rial, the Carolinian, favor lis 1 th their daily. I The Standard can act its own p'easure, i I if it cannot afford to supply us with * e tri-wcekly, we care not to have the I "ekly. The Know Nothing*. ( North and South, East and West, from ' e Sea Hoard to the Mointains, we hen* ' the power and influence of this new ' ler. i "M'steiv lends a charm.'' ami the so- J vv attached t<> the actions ami doing* | the Km* Nothing, g'vrs them an itn- I rlancc newr before possessed l?v anv atiization, went < r otherwise. W e ntiol say this iui|M>rtutice is exagerated. icir huccCsa in the general elections rougliotlt the country, abundantly con-, in the belief, that they can accomplish nost any measure they w ish. On the tsicle of this paper, sill he found an arle from the Louisville Democrat, binning tliein with the Old Whig Party? is is merely a speculative idea?the fa t those out of the pa'e of the society, are tirely ignorant as to who or what thev i. One thing we do know, they cherish t? most hostile animosity towards formers, and the U >itian Catholic Church. iother thing we think we can with safeassert, they are ill favor of temperance ncip ils. The result of tl e Northern ctiotis con ft i m this belief. To ns at the Sotitli, the question of the rst paiamount iinportnii<e is. Are they favor or op|*?scd to Alailitionism i? e are assured bv those who are conoec 1 with them, that they are opposed to v measure* winch would interfere witli ' ? iiiMtitution of Slavery ; in other word*, ' 'j* are opposed to AUdiiioiiUrr* in tolo. ' me of the p><]>er* in thi* State wliieh 1 i could name, are in favor of titi* new ' ler, the no j uitv liowever are opjawed 1 them. For our part, we can hardly preas an opinion: we like the Know tilling*, and we do not like them ; this paradoxical, yet, >uch is our opinion.? e cannot evpiese any other, for are not conveiaant with all their prin- ' ilea. From the evidences we have *een { are obliged to give them praise for 1 ring done well in more than one in- N nee. They have elevated to offices of ' ax - ..e .1- i. .. i - I wv, r'Mio ui in? uwi hihi pureei men the country. Ill fact we do not know " one iiHUuoo, where they Imv* ptaoed unworthy, or di?tru<ttrd men in office, * ? tire obliged to acknowledge tli>?, mid , l we not forced then t?? s*y they do c od f Are we not foroetoiuty they loir* * ?n of l?nefli to the country f They 1 re moet niwuredlf. So far thee we ( e them tlieir ni?*ed of preiee. j Dor nhjeetione to Ute order *ri?e, from u fact,ihut they ere *? iinbitier.d egeinet [ Cmihoiioe. In their lioelitfty to the 1 miiU Church, they disregard ell lew _ I order, they eel et newght tew* the ? < - r ?'L ... W ' of ' * jL KL;; v % > '^0 Htfj rmfmnk-r ?ousliliiliou itself, 111;it instrument, which 11< 11 the plainest t?rms mim to individuals lit* right to enjoy tia'ir imn opinions on ^ vicious sohjecis. The constitution cm- (|( iliHlicallv sax s, lliat "Congress sliall make mi 10 law ies|?ecting an establishment ot re- foi igion, or prohibiting the free exercise " hereof," t and further "No religious test ^ hall evere he required as a qualification ... <1! ^..1 |* !.?. ?> 1111% I UlkA! Ul |tut'lic tlUPV MIIUVi UIV Jmted States." In this respect then we lo not like the Know Nothings. Any nous lire which conflicts with the laws of jovcrnniert, should he not only opposed ?y the people, but should receive a luugi>!e mark of ilieir di.-approhation. We object to the Know Nothings furIter, because they desire the persecution f foreigners (mi it would seem (?) ).? Vhat have ihe foicigiurs dune ? Because " ro are J rv>sperous, because we are the Hl ;reaiost nation on the Glolw, must we lie irrogunt? Wlu-u the p< or foieignei lands 'ii *.\ir soil to seek for food, food which ie could not find in I jsown country, must ic likeSie hen Gtrard served some of his lindred, send them hack? Let nut such a* mid of the citircneof the United Slates j, if America. But again?Let us look at lie past and see if we are under no obli- ? ;acions to foreigners, llnte we forgotten .:ch men as Lafaiette, l'alaski, Kosmsko, itealieu?have we forgotten the hra\e j I a roil Ib-Kalh who fell I feeding in the ^ auseof Li' ertv for America? If wt*lime, 2f ill v Inch need l?e said is, we are an tin. ;rateful people. ' The Soiilhern press seem to think this ' iew order will not he so successful at tin* rmith. Circumstances already show tliat ' r hey liave in many Southern towns hum \ith unprecedented miccc**. Even in our j'j iwn State they arc strong. In Charleson, we are told they number lie >11*1 tids. Hi n.oy will continue to triumph, tlicy alrea- 'I' ly have swept%very thin.; before tliem But j lie great tiitimph is yet to come off; wait uitil the next Presidential election, we ?e lave no claim to prophecy if they do not I t leel li cit limn 1?\ mi ovcrw helloing Ilia- ' > oritv. " '!' m m ^ si* Our Tvwa, to It is much to be regretted that wc have <n 10 Kailioad running to our town, it is herefore so much the more gratifying to ^ ee the improvements going on. lit alilost every part of the town may l?e seen vidences of iinproveinetit. The Court l(j House is now Hnishcd, and tlie iltungo to iiade is certainly a newt desirable one.? l?* bur the ilitoiiualioti of those at a dis? ianve, who are always desirous uf know- .j.( ing what is going on hi oid Lancaster, we |? would i it lot in them that an addition has :n been put to ihe hack end of the building, " which makes two additional room* down Ml it a its, and two up stairs which are illicitilea as jury rooms. The old jury rooms nt liav? be*n torn down, as also ihegalerv ; m l?y this change, the court r*iOin is made much more commodious. The Cummin..... it1 nonets are deserving ol praise lor the veiy vv admirable manner in which they designed if lie plan, and tin* Ijid'jtr and itScolr*-?- w aitidciil collie in likew lae for a I.tile priasc !" or bringing the subject of improvement " o their notice. The contractor, we should m av, has discharged his obligation luillifully. in In that end of tlie town, we also notice hat Mr. Fiankliti Eiiitiions is making mine very gie.it improvements in Ins jlt buildings. ikl Near to our ressidence, Mr. Brown's j' mansion is fast la-mg completed. When ^ in shed it will be an ormuneiit to the ot own. For such handsome houses as ? Messrs. Brown's and Eiiiiii*i|i?', we should >ay something about the architect, Mr. jil.ain. Wo do not know what more we :uuidluiy, than that he *s a public belie- E' actor, lie and I lie Ledger have done nucli for Lan asiei. For the lust three C iears Mr. tinlalil has l?eeli CotlstHtltly eu* raged ill pulling dewr. old ship shaded, |{ uil'umitcd houses, ami erectin" in ilu-ir o ilHCtn, new, handsome dwellings. We |,( Jiidt-rslniid dial our esteemed lowhsmaii, |{ [)r. It. L. Crawford, will, in a short time, || Soiiiinence the liuildiujjc ot a Hue house oil lis lot. Cillaiu has the mailer in hand, in J we know it will bo done well. 80 |,t nucli for town improvement*. We w ould |>| jriish it|? a little our?elf, if those iudelKed vj ? tin wollltl pay up; "Money makes the m uare go." . |t l? "* mm 01 Thou hast all season* for thine own, oh! Death!" j Since our last issue, several oilier diniuguinlied individuals have been tailed ,0 anotlitr world. Of tilt's?, we notice irat llid demise ol Bishop Ke v holds of liie litnnau Calliolic Church, of tlie diocese of Vortli and South Carolina. This sad erelit occurred ill Charleston Oil Wedlie** lay last. Bishop lie} Holds was in the >7ill tear of his e^e, The M*re*ry rtl ays: l'' It Bishop Reynold* was born near B ird* 0*11, Kv., Au 'list 'i'i, I7H8. lie came "r it an old Maiylatid tniinly, who were a- at iioiig the early settlers of the then wild uumry of Keutuuky. The g?*al example >f his parents, and their expiessed si-Ins. ed the young Ignatius to look to the Ti Jtittn-h mm (lie trim r* ot lsi? f?rly I* M>r?. lie votnpleii'il hi* olncHtmii ?l Si. | Jmtv'm College 13: liiiii*?r?-. wh#r*> li? *? d iu )?mi I>mtub?? of miiiIt, e*|>ecinl- on ) NmiufmI lj?tory mill M?ih?tiinim?. Af g, ft hit oniiiifttion bo mnriwil 10 Ilia Dm. ivm 6iat? ?ti?ro km ra*rU? rabud him lo t>wy ufib#* of honor ?nd tmot hi tbo tm fd iKol DC " * ? . (. I ^ ^ D< . * * * <* e wiih fur h lung villus Vicar-General to shop F'tiget; Hull r<>l Si. Juki phV Colro iicar ltnidatowii, and President of the stareth K? rnitlu Institute of Kv. 01 esy well known educational establishcuts, lie nniy l?e cnsideied almost the III.iter ho<I tailor. lie was consecrated islmp of ClintUstoti, ?t Cim intintli, in arch, 1844. mid entered upon his epispal duties in the April follow inc. The hemitiful Cathedral in Charleston is conitnenced and finished under his reel ions. The IlHrnwell Sentinfl informs us of e desth of Major Lewis O'Bannon, who ed ill that village two weeks ago. lie us in the G3rd year of hi* age. The Columbia Timrs gives us the inrmntion of the death of Mr. David Gailrd. a prominent citizen Fait field Hist, r. Gaillard, a few hours l?cfore his death, ipeared to be in the enjoyment ofexeelnl health. Mas c. The music trade of New York, inching musical instruments'of all kinds, aounted during the last year to over four iilions v f dollars;" so says the MiishmI cview. The same Journal informs us at there are persons still living in New ork who can remember when the on'y ore where musical instruments were sold, ich as pianos, flutes, ?fec, was kept bv din Jacob Astor. Subsequently a Mr. iley commenced the musical traffic at > Chatham st. Ill Mr. Itiley's manufacring department. ?ete two yonng men, dm Firth iiiul William Hall, each of inufn^.1 - .i-.?io? i.:- < - I.v.,1 mnitiTM n Wl 1113 VII!|M??\. Tin* Review gov* "ii to nay: In 1821,(1110 year made memorable in lory t y the death > t Na|Miloon at St. oloiia.) these young men* were led to ox nine into t.to state of tlioir finances, and iding ii cash hdaiice of ton dollar* in oir favor, tliev conceived tin* brilliant on of starting business on tlioir own ?uk. In addition to tlioir inexhaustible |i|?lv of ready inonev,' (heir wives po*sued n miihII quantity of sheet nins'c; >*ide which one lino a pianoforte ami o other a guitar, whicu tliev cave I" ir liiulmiiiU; ami which (the shoot ino the piano f.?rte, ami the guitar) were n>ider-d an overw helming eotiiiiliutioii the capital of the concern, ami to hire the success of the enterprise. Messrs. Firth ?k llall rente<l the Store, o. 358 lVarl at., known a* a portion o| e "Clinton estate.' carted thither the pi10-forte. hung up the guitar, put the ten ?ll? fs iti the till, spread the sheet music on the shelve*, and flung their I-a tine? the breeze. In the basement tiny fit d up a work-shop, and when it wra* in inline* they went to the North It'ver nl invented their ten dollar* in a log nl nrkev U'X wooil. which they carried me on the'r shoulder*. a*?d worked up In flme* w ith their own hands. The w lit in pr<?|tered. N4arlt all tlie inni* sold in the United Stales at that time a* imported; hu afpr?oine two or three ars. Messrs. Firth <fe llall ptihlisht*! ir /titer of sheet music, nnmelv: Here u>* ect, loo soon to /tort. Tie* w as followed , long iuii rvals hv other publications, nd the foundation of a largo and litemre catalogue wa* laiil. The |?uainc*s as then condiicteil on a verv simple plant a violin cost the fina %I0, thev sold it holesnle for $20, and at retail for 30; nl -every tiling e!*o w*i* sold at a simir profit?one liiimlrcA i>?*r cent u-h<tl<?. . ; I"ile ami two humlrml fwr nt. retail J n <wt comfortable Mate of t!iin<f*. truly. Tlii* firin underwent tome chanjjea. ?in?l 1847 it was diss-ilvetl,. ami two large >use* were forme-1 froyi its element*, viz: at of Win. ITiill iV Soli, ami that ol irth. I'oml. it Co; each of wli eli has ospored immensely atvl de*ervim.;lv. has tlie pre*?ent time a wide rirele of enuiiuent*, ami has coiitraotteil it* rlinre to itijr the music trade of New York up to in vast sum of four luil'iotia of dollar* in le year. EDITOR'S TABLE. DIN'M/ROII Kkvifw. Content*.?Parlianieiitatv Oppositi n. ir.liiial Mezxolnnti, Charles the Fifth. iKlern Freiu-h literature, Ac. I. ack wood's M AO AZttVK. Contents of Fel.'jr numl?cr.?Whence ?ve come our danger*. To an Italian eirir*r-l?oy. Zaide*: A Roniace.?Part I. ?k\ We have frrpicntly railed attention in i<*e ltritiMi llitgAzine*. They are ?* inletl in thi* country At n prim which mf* llifin within I In* retell of every on.*, r4 Fur 1J Nckwno<l $3; fthickwno.l nnil ij one of the fnnr Review* $5; the four eviewn Ami Hlnckwoxl $10. P.wlHjje i nil. pnv'Nhle in A.lvHn.e, 80 ct* a veAr, *. 24 ctn on Black rood, hikI 14 eta on m-ii of the Review*. A'hi re**, LEONARD SCOTT. 4k Co. New York. )UTHKHN MtDICAL AND St'ROIQAJ. JoVt* HAL, The M.ircli ninnl>er appear* to be well let) with useful mutter. Tin* in one oi nenU-Mt j .nriml* that coniee to our ofle. It tleeerve* the |Mtr<*nA)ff of Southn |4?y?ieiitn*. It i* puhliebtei Monthly $3 a rear, hv JAM VIS viccafferty. august a, o*. it Utri'i Wreath ahd Parlor Anhcau > ' The Mtrch number i* r vmtt j^ootl #. It onntAMie r liAiitltome pintej Tin nigrMil'a 8 ibhntlC nUo A very handmely pH inlet I Dower.* The feeding hraIt AppeAM to be imerveting. The fatef! nice of o* UnMj yweew tfc? Ty, ' 3K . I y j! ' -Hi ?vr-' excellent magazine. The price is only >1 in a year. Ii is published ntontlilr, l?v lii 1JUKUICK <fc SCOV1LLE. U New York. cvi New Yoiik Mimical Rkvikw. Those desirioiia of subscribing to an ex- ,s cellcnt Musical journal, would do well to try this. Each number contains from six to eight pieces of new music, besides a ,n large ipiniiiiiy C#f vltuiC? fC."di::g !!!.".!!{?. It is very handsomely gotte i up?is pub- >n lished ev ?ry two weeks, and the price only t?' 1 a year. Every lover of music should '<? a*, once send for it. Address, MASON BROTHERS, ?" New York. vi CORRESPONDENCE. : CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE it Charleston, March 3, 1855. Mr. Editor:? * ft' We I nvc ahead V the Inut mnnll. tJ 11... TO fist quarter of the year fifty-five liefnre lis, 'p how fast time rolls on, ami in revolving " its wheels onward we dread the future,** lf we find time1* chariot speedily penetratir g ,n the unseen region*. We wonder more at and more at the variety of spectacles that meet the incomprehensible eve of the terrestrial pilgrim. ^ The weather is very cold, therefore a 0 frig'd temper of miod and a cold pen mu*t l>e the consequent result, or at least you ''' cannot expect th ?t warmth of though; that wotiid otherwise l?e inherent. On morning of the 20th nit. a short fall of snow was witnessed in |>ortions of the ci- 1 Iv, at Blackville as I was informed they 1,1 had it 'for goo I" and sleigh* w ere tised. Speaking of cold weather reminds me of * the sceno at the seat of War, what ntu?t he the extent of sufi'eiing there, where tw the poor subjects of despotism are groan- ht ing under the many horrors of inhiiitiatii ot ty that they are the victims of?deprived to of clean linen for months, with not a drop O of water over that for drinking left, to . "n wash even their face- or hands and the n? very apparel ef wear Itocoming hardened from the accumulated filth, then standing I day ami night in swamp ami morass, with- t|i out any shelter but a scant tent, l?eingexposed to the beating of a sharp winter's "I wind, sleet and rain. Mora than human tl sympathy should la-brought to bear upon lb such att evil as this. Quite a mtinl>er of fnilnres have occurre?l here within the last few months, a- a mong which very recently may la* mentioned D. Lopez h Son very extensive Contractors and builders, it is rumored tliev would not l? aide to pay 10 cent* on the dollar. Then there follows ] M. 'H Cohen <fc Co. of 11 ay lie st. the largest ' |)ing Dealers in the country, their warehouse is the one in which the late llavne 'e st. fire orginnted, it was to la? presumed that recovering audi a large amount of I" insurance as they d d. woiiM certainly w keep any house afioat for some time.? They are into the grnc?-s of the banks to the exient of some 10-1,000. !M Fresh ?h ?J.J[iave at last declined in I" price, they were held at high rate* for nt railier too long a s|h-!I to make them ''i "coineatahle*' by the lea* opulent lover* or lite delecacie* of the aea. Thi* i* owinaf ro the fact thm a great number are ^ *liij>|>e<l by every Steamer in the North, w which reducing the aupply increa?ed the price. rt A fire occurred ImM Friday night ml 1,1 the Bucket Fa'-tory of Thoina* Hamlin 1,1 ?t M<>uiil l'lea-nut op|av<i?e lite city, the ''i devouring element was lefl to exerviae it* n* own fury fr ?n? the fact that the Ferry 1,1 Company ?li*l not manifcid the first ?ign of accommodating the inhabitant* there, *e hy taking the Kngine* oxer, who were re ready ami willing to crone, such m a nam- y' pie of the inonojHily that nlwaj* cliarac* le t?riae? co.npuny concern*. w The City Court here ha* adjourned, g? havining disponed cf a great numl*'r of |? "*a!t ami batten" rnaa, at the head of ill the li*t there flourished the name of ly j ' Handsome Charley" who nevir full* tin* la ' honor of lieing on every docket of thedif- T< fi rent court*. th On tin* 2d Monday of thin month com- of tnencet the long session of 6 week* of le the Court of Common Pieaa and General w Sowum*. at Our City Father* are in a fix to relieve hi lheh)?elvea from the embarrassment* at- in dant upon extravagance, at the inatalation ta of tli* present mlininintration, MUf end ui? improvements were to effected?nodi t|, ns widening ilie narrow street*, paving t?. them, building a now Fish MarJ^^ t?i. Rj, modeling ?nd enlarging th* Orp'-nn ??; ! House Ac. Tin* result ? that many street* nre unfinished, the Fi-li II irket iuerun- In plepi nud the Orphan I1<km which was i|. to v(?t $60,000 res I y reached the figure m of $160,000 to com|dete it. Then follow* ?j, the wreck of our llattery. which wnii |M caused by the (Trent (pile in September hi I net, tyy$pi*>> bound to remain in atalu qun, th6m wre the consequences, which ^ by exeriWng * litt'o judicial mansgement M and economy could be avoided, H Tlie Re*. QrviSle I>, who *r he? l>een solicited to vieH our ohy U r, I |K numl?ev uf cilisms, h*? in a letter nomplwd w with their reqaaa^ aim! wHI deliver his m eeleVatsd leetme "On the Problem of ?fa Human life end Destiny* about the lfth i insb fhie ieieeled $M?y he# met mtlfc |M jl ' ' W/* # " 4 * ilxiunded approbation ami success, an-l . Ii s (Mum which are of a high order wilt ui ? signally hailed as a literary treat to out immunity. ,.ri Nixon's Panorama of the Bife*>f Chris< II at present on exhibition in our city. It .vi a production < f merit, having the qtial on v of clerical a* well as historical infor- foi ation. I A Necrro Hospital has been established foi this city, for the relief of indigent n'- *d oca as may l?e in the city, excluding *|> wever audi as have contagious dis- vn ises. ' of Sometime ago I wrote of tho ex?ranrdi II try short passage of the Stenmship Nash ? lie from New York in 46 hours, but th tve now to record the fact that the same de earner under Capt. Berry performed the ?f ip in the incredible time of 45 hour*. *d id had the tide suited would have made h easy in 44. 'hi Mr. Mitchell the Irish patriot has arred in this city with his familv, he is en ',l >ute for Nashville Tenn. where he eon? inplates permanently locating himself, foi c has resigned hi* interest in the "Cit?- Wl n" the paper he published in New York di which he also made some severe slaps an Bishop Hughes and the Roman Ca h- h? ics. wi 'I he Election for Tax Collector for the to arirhes of St. Phillips and St. Michaels *< tines off on the 26 h iiist. The present ca cumlient Ilenrv L. Pincknoy is a cattdi- tit Ite for re-election, there nre ultn nn#Af to io others in np|to*i ion toliiin, so that a na lirited contest niHV l?e anticipated. ' There is a great noise made nil over A* e Union aliout Gen. Sc-It ami his new in .'e, I thought this cm n*ry was above ti- In ?*; Shakespeare says "There's nothing in name.'* ?r Cuba is very likely to take a standi iw, which may In- the future com?e ?> r government, the seed of lil?erly loo ice been sown by Lopez nn<) is bourn1 |,fl rise altovc ll e earth of tropical Cuba. Ul en Quitman lieynnd a doubt is pn-par el gtine\|Kslition for the Island, if he ha- Ml t already done Ml, I'1 Since the extreme col l weather we lutve ll< ail many flies a grent number of which M< ic cause of inceniliarism. IH T nin 'in basic to secure the departure * this, with the mail, therefore excuse rt ie brief manner in which this appears ni r this week. Your?, m AUGUSTUS. 1,1 ffl Philadelphia Correspondence. PiitLADRtrnu, March 7. 1865. ul Quite a controversy recently took place b? Mween the Mayor, the Council* ami the (' olicemen, in regard to a new uniform ti at, of peiMillar shape, ami tippeil with o n;her on the crown, which the former ??l aisled the latter shouhl wpar. Their d resent Imdge of office is merely a star, si Inch ihey can very eonvenientlv put in- h i their pockets, whenever they wish to h nk their oflicial character, or evade the w r forma nee of disagreeable duties. The ?! nlici m<-n contended stoutly against the sj -w hat, insisting that it was hem nth the >] ignity of American citizens to wear a c< ivrry" as they termed it, and a number > ) ' the Coiincilmen side?l with tl em. The 'ti ay or announced that but one alternative ? as open to them: they must wear the hat lli ' resign, ami to set a giavl example, he is immenced wearing the hat himself, and In nnounced his intention of doing so here- el Vr. A few of the officers did resign, w at their places wero soon filleil, ami the is >w hat has lieconic an established insti- m ition with the whole corps. sc The tide of emigration to Kansas is ** tiling in quite strongly ftom this di- n < ipfiu ii |"?>>? "? ">mr niiriv or iorij" " >ttnjr m?i Imniro of tlii# city. recently 10 ft here. himI a party from Chii><1< n, N. J., J1' ill l?*n*e in a few JhV*. Set era' cmiration con11iiu*fr >m i'io Norili eastern >rfion of the Stele, Iiavo aUo j.nw.l t< iroiio|? here. The ineinlier* wore near- ''' aII liNnlv An<l n>hu?t men, wollennn- I" ted to prore u?eful citizen* of ihe new 1,1 erritory. wti?! to France their fortune*# em. A nuinher ol them Art mechanic* t;l ' the different tr*de?, po**e*r?intj a know* ,j, il^n of Agriculture. (ndiutrwMi* men fn ho know how to work h?r>l. And who tr not afraid to tuhinit to temporary Mt ?r<Uhip?, will no dottl* do much bettei -pi Knn#NA then in the older settled por- y( me of the country. A young medical atudent from one ??f m ie E**tern State*, who recently grAdua- th <1 here, committed Auioidu A few day* 1*1 toe, hjr lacing h urge done of atryeli- H ne. No a*ti?fnctory chum fur th? m?h * t i* knowp, nnlem it l>? tli it within the *1 few month- he hid tiecome very din- h' hihI. and n diort time lie??re he g??H? hi it**I lie had received from home a con- T I era Me amount of money, which he rwk- ? ely M|n*ndered, an that et the time of H * death he lied acarcyly n duller left. ?i Very exten-ive impr newent* ere n- " 'Ml being itvide et the \Tuoi|Uii<|i Cetnery, which hMe Wr t?? rival L,v?rel M ill in the twenty of ite deomatlon*. It M Rhrnnw e tree* of ftQ acre* of lend, em- 41 illuliad with Iwantiftil twee, end when " ffltpMed wM hive within it a drive of * tew tnifc*. Home of oor nw*t entevpri if and aub-uoti*! citiaone me connect- hi > jjia v erection of a Loilge for the onirancd i<l other embellishment*. On Sunday evening Prof. Hate delir* lh! a second lecture at Sansom street mII, on spirit ualism. The Urge room ?* densely crowded, lot hy entering it ilf an hour lief.>r? the lime np}>ointed r the coiiiiiiencctnent of the exercise*, was ennbled to get * tolerably corrt? table seat. Ilia lecture wax preceed by the singing of hymn by the iritualized portion of tho audience, for >u nau?t know they hare a collection poetic effusion* dignified by that name, e exhibited hi* different apparatasea tc ' st the accuracy as well *a to facilitate' e operations of tho rappcrr. Hi* beat ?ice consists of a dial wi'Ji the leltersthe alphabet printed uj?on the outer gea of it, just a* tho figure* indicating e different hour* are painted upon the L-e of a clock. The hand ia made to volve and thus to point at the differ- " it letters by a horrixoutal platform concted with the dial. U^mui this platrtn, the hands of the medium are placed*. ith his face turned to the back of the' al, so that he cannot see the letter*} id in this manner tho Professor asscit* i receive* intelligible communications tli great rapidity, (lie hand pointing different letters, and thus forming . 3rd* and sentences its rapidly as he n write then?down. The cotnmunica , hi? wiivu, were IB RDfWIjr what he term* test questions?su?h > giving the names of |>etsoiiR long rice (lend, and known only lo himself, c., hut since his conversation they have ken a wider range. lie asserted that 5 had hem informed that the spirits of -arly all the deceased Vice President* id many other im|*ortant character* . ?d l>een attending his lectures, and thnl had recently had a communication e?n George Washington. Tho convertiotl had commenced hy the Professor king him whether he knew how ard? it an admirer ot him lis had been,, id whethtr ha had ever heard ofa-., ece of poetry ho had written eulogi^: of him. The answer was the esprca- . ?n of a desire that he would rej?eai tho eiry, which he did. The spirit an-, rered that he had emleavorcd w hile on. irth t<> faithfully obey tlie impressions, lade njM.ii bis mind by su]a-ri?>r intellirnces, wiib what raccess his country- . en eonl.1 last prne. lie also advised, e rrofesaor to proceed w ilh hit ilivewtiitioi.H of the subject, and to etnighteni ie public in relevcaea to. it, regardless. " ibe opinions' and racers of the inctedIons, die. The Professor then read w, >ng communication from hia father^ which he nsxited Washington had snnc- ' nued,) ptir)a>rting to le a lull description, f the celestial world, the main features, f which acre, that it was divided into, ilh rent spheres, fr? m the first to tha-pvciiih, that those i:i the tipper spheres, ad the power of descending into tlie>wer ones, and holding communication! ilh those who resided in them, as welli i with the inhabitants of this mnndana[?hcre through the mediums, I ut tho[lirits in tl e'h wrs spheno could not aa- . Mul even ti mpnrasiiy into the uppur here* before they ware properly quaked for the transition; shut in tho future- . orld the mind cuntiwaea aa active ta in. ' lis, ti.it im| roves mora rapidly?that it*' clothed in a form not unlika the body, rrr but much more liCHiililul, and so. herial that it cun glide thiotigh spacoilh electric rapidity; that the future world beautiful beyond description, with blooing flow ers, Ac, and celestial music rotunds through the air in meloJioua..W rain*, Ac. The ProfvMicr may have i A?)e n few converts ami tig Id# largo iidicm-e, tut the general oj ii.iwn hi ine?| > Ik; tlint lie was demented on tliia *ub? ft. Whatever |>hrtH'tnetj* i*i*l in ?>?; ciion with it event* to nte more Hke'y lee* ing to a new ?]weU j?n ont of eUif* ?ysnce, and the cou<*quenl reproduction rough the agency of the of theipcotivit voil alcv* o| imj<no*U?n# of \h% tcrrogator than to any spiritual agency K , A nad illustration of the violence ofnocrtati acrimony oreui red Item lite other ty. A fthslatnd and wife liave ler* !?* t for Mipte yearn' in canpamtiee en- * ~ alignment froin each other, hut without ty decided deroonatationa of I oatility*. keir daughter, now n young Ind^ of Mt sars of age, has recently, a her having; sen educated in the religion* faith of lb* other, eondmled to ado|?C in He Mend, at of the father, and thereupon n tori Ir lulitH.n cif feeling oecurmd in tlia Lilly, li ended with the tklrr of tba, . ife (who K?# recently bow somewhat twell.) Iiringing a cbatjfe agaimt tha ml mi n?l of *t tempt i.ig to pniMiti her, and \ ha* h <1 a bearing upon that charge, ifl evidence ajr*ia?t him ia eery attgbt, 11 the indirnt'om am that tba* iMtr tion in an wnfcmnded ma. reWon of the daeghte* Mag ?ba baa of mention, the htieboad NaneMkC* attempd b pii<M? kit wba to trnmr a ?** ??, | tb? wife and be* mlatieee, vilb I ino cbject, haea conspire,I ta make * ? (hartal ohaage. agniart tba fcuhai^ that tba rnmm la bad eneough ia that oun fba chfegbter tniece miIm, lib be* Mm* aad prnfrm IMnf nii\ , I Tba *n Opera f butbcot ia *