INDEX TO ENGRAVINGS.

A Page of Accidents

Act id.-ut In the Sleainfhip Granada Advance, Discovery Ship, Figure-Head of Allen. Eihan, Statue of - American IF-rses, Stables of Ten Brocck'B Town, N. J., View of

i; Qrr of Liedeikrnnz Society -

ore City Pi isoii

nve City I'ri.^mi. 1 iiaugum' i»ti m

Bmncr'u Ledger Office, Ruins of • - 1

Brazilian War Corvette Donnn Isabel - ■'

I' -Hal.. H.-novoleni -Woroitjnij, Fe*tiv;U of : linnm^ uf a Tenement-House in Forty-fifth

Burning o

s Clipper Ship John J. Boyd

Cassell'3 Family Bible, An Illustration from Catalalque of Broderick's Funeral Pageant - Central Park at Christmas - ■

Christmas Prize Meat - Charleston Convention in Session Charleston Convention, View of South Carolina

riwiq

, Curious Images f

Clay, Statue of, in New C

Olay, Statue of, in Richmond, Va. - - ;

fiiiy Sir'.:,-, N. O., |r a ucdvp linn of - - ;

c.diMnn m„ (ho Mae<-n nod Savannah Railroad ) Collision between Fen-y-Boata on North River 1 Cotton Press, New Orleans - • -£

«.'. »-.i n mo* <->f the Spanish Infantry - - 1

Curling in Central Park - - - - 1

Comic Illustrations :

Carrvii g the Jokt a Little Too Far -

" t National Holiday

A Thaukac'-1— "--*

r^lEffl^

wno'n! I'm I,

■ Kill

■ Co. I; .

of her

Li, k of the Chili:

Sentinel Firing nt Ooolt and (Jo ihev were endeavcing to Escaj. Execution of Conk and C'opiuc

Our Special Correspondent Leaving Charles- town w.lh Sketches Cuoli a oil (/..)■ |iio eiod .■.ur>H;"j 10 EiC-.'ip'

Fnncial nt (Vok io Willianiabu'g AloimliLiii I'nioji i-i iii Seaich u! Spied Heidsiook Clmnipagne : The Wi ie Press - Jnterio.nl' Wine CYlhir - Jnteiinr t,t Wine Vault ■ View of the Vineyard at Veizenay - View oill.e " Vn'isi ii Heidsleck" Bottling, Corking and Clearing the V\'in, Cupping. Srfimpinc and Wrapping the Bottles

I'iu-king C('an.]i;i(i!H' in pretence of Charles

Hcidsieek -

View of a Vineyard owned by Charles Heid-

Tl e BiiHiie^ Ilov^e of Charles Hoid-:-.k

lev. Sail-lion^ on f Idlewild.Viewof- IrviDg, Wasliingtoi

; Bay of Toronto

, Funeral of -

Arrival of at Hnimhihi

Steamboat Philadelphia at Wask-

i: A'J'i i..k., L:

se, Baltimore

l ■ ..k n- . ■, s'i.k.k',.!.-.. be Building ■ I .■■ Stool; Hooin

nf a Warehouse in Broad street

i-venne Hotel

i Beekman street -

Gab deer, Me , Great Fire at - Government House in St. Thomai Cimada Explosion on Board Hit

t Steamship Race for 1 ore Hous " " Great Union ]

LiliLi..),' Hnu-p, Buitimr,] -

Academy of Mucio 68

Harwa,y, Medal presented to Lieut. Jas. Hut Factory, Explosion in Hunting Feat in Iowa Harper s Ferry Insurrection :

John Brown's Coffin

Visit to Brown in his Cell by onr Ajti

Correspondent - -

Elimination of our Artist and Correspond

rut bv (In- ?.ii!i;u! V A Lit ooi iiies

VMt in Cook and Coppic in their Cell Ceen, Coneland and Haslett in their C MeqciiiK the Picket Guard "Brown's Last Interview with his Wife

(ipe.iiiif; Sopnesin a Lodg'

D.ldo ot Sons or Malta - Candidates Falling Through a Door

If'-l'iolimenii- ot tlu> Sony

Candidal Leuniog against the Fatal Door - 235

\miln nor, \\ cook oi iho

Sloop TniL't-dy : 01 the Sloop F. J of Hie Sli.ouSnr;

i Bourd ihe Spray uj. from the Cabin .Johnson - *

scuod lighting his Pipe at the

•Dead in the City I

it gton

Aspinwall -

Commodore Perry -

LEVEE at New Oileans - - - 30G

Levee at Opelonsis Hailroad Feiry - - 330

li-lii t.,oard KmII at ho Aeademv of Music - 116

Li. deil.iai,/., Fancy Hall of "- - - 199

i ynchfng of James C.Bungings - - -210 L\ nn Slioomaker's S'rike :

KiotojM AtlLokll.L' Mnvd'- Fxjyie?* WaLron ■■ ■-'■>'.>

l'roeo-sinn o| l|,o W„men in a SnowSioiru J I -*

Machine Shop Partly Deserted - - 250

VsM' mad U ,,!|:s \va.tlM.- !■ r t.!,,. ■■ !:,.,-. " ,,,

lllil'lii:!'

View ol Moll Pi

Uarflsdale'rf Empty Work:

■ -"'-poleon W i . Ii„

House formerly

' the Women to t

Metairie Jockey Club Pr;<.e Cup Milwaukee, Destructive J m- m - Milwaukee, View of ■ -!

Miramon's War Steamers, Capture of - - !

Moore, Interior of C. W. \- .1. T.\s ston.- Moorish-SpaniEh War in Africa - Masonic Reunion at Academy of Music Mv.lerv.Toe.'Jl, :-,7,f.:i 101, 117,1-111,291,304, : Ma i.t. Cm'.. ,.■,.! i|;. :-,„lt. ui

Candidates waiting Admission to the Lodge - : Candidates ci awling through au Iron Tube - ! View of the Lodge Room - - -:

Rough Road of the Candidates Candidal- h sturjjlding over the Ice - - '.

"Can v<.uS*-:m:" - :

Candidates Wfnte the " Coui-cil of Ten :' Cmoidaies lit U-\« il.e Ciaod Commander - Exercises of the Dull - • - - :

Turning Out a Nun Obedient Candidate - : B.onding the Candidate - - - :

The K-uii I and -hbT-disiDg - - - :

Candidates precipitated into a Tub of Water :

tvho despaired of Escan cuing a Girl from theB ofPemberton Mills

; of Miss Olivia Brid?e3

;■■. i-ijMijg the Kodk-s of the Dead to t' ne City Vmihg Giil ebaiolniied to tha p: lames - '

liooin onnlMinn:- ,1:0 1.1, -;,J ' ,i.)-!ies -

Pemberton Mill i y\r\i- -^ to nr f.iu i.'enn'tcry tor iJui>-)ing the Uci c-eo^oi-ed Dead ■ J*

i-'i ,dioP ii.- ii. 'a ... i . i'. Bn.T.L-ii - ■ :

M ivoi-K-..i',d.-i.. i h-.-titito; a .Man - - ;

|'.-i ,iui/l '-;-|i ot 'Pimin-js ilanlon - - 1

i' |M.i-o, \\ hit-, , .Ki-'ijr in S.nn.aw River - ]

liuio ]oo:-..-utLd tn AatioLai tiaa:d of Phila- delphia \

Plate presented to Col. Dor yea -

t'refhvteiian Clmreli. Union Convention at the i Prize Eight iu the Olden Time - -3

Amy, Judge - - - - - ]

Illinium, Phineas T. - - - - S

Boll, Hon. John ;

Herejiuus, Albert - - - -5

Doceck, Hntt. Thomas - - - - 1

Uigelow, Charles H. - - - - 1

Bridges, Miss Olive - - - -1 Brown, Mrs. -

Burton, Win. E. - - - -2

Butt, Martha Hainea - - - - ]

Burredge, 0. A. - - - - ]

Cochrane, Hon. John - - - -2

Coleman, Capt. Robert -

Cowell.Sam

Decker, John - - - - - l

Douglns, Hon. Stephen A. - - -2

Donglaa, Hon, Mrs. Stephen A. - • 4 Duryea, Col. .....

Everett, Hon. Edward - - - 3

Faulkner, Hon. Chas. J. - - - 1

Harden, Rev. J. S. - - - 3

Havcmeyer, Hon. William F.

HayeH.Dr. Isaao J. - - 3

Beenan, JohnC, 238 - - - - 3

Mills, Clark

Paiti, Mi-i Adelina' -

r.-onii-iun. [Jli;i Willi. i n

PillH IX -

I'luin, Almizd

['iv^idi-ntial Candidates C1 :oio;iii. Ceneral

Uealf. Richard • Rodger s-, Lieut^nar Roosevelt, Judge

Sanon, Tbimolean

S.'uull/. Mad. inn- Aoio, I'.

Si'ivuiil, Hmm William II.

Sci.-H-h k.Theo.

>-\;<. Milan, Hon. John

^ iiiith, Ifuo. M.

V, nnird.J.C.

Virle, ( 1 1 ■ i ,1,, Edward l..

\\ hitnev. Stephen

Wilt;,-," Ceoige

Will.x, VitbaiiielP. - ■

Wood, Ceorge

V.ond,Xa|ioleon

Wuod, Fernando

Rainboiv Eire Company's Celebratli Reception of Hon. Win. H. Seward Royal Caarter, Wreck of

st, Patrick's

>l ii'n'o.'^

Steel Boll I i Snn I'ran-.i.-

St. Joseph's Church "dur

Heii

Holmes. Oliver Wendell Hyatt, Tbaddens Ingeraoll, Judge •

Jumpertz, Henry Lane, Miss Harriet I. eland Brothers

Wacaulaj , Lord, Thomas Babington

[Comas, Eft-Governor

" Cambrian'' in London

Savors'* Traiwii-.; tl ^ and Belt

S:i\on.'s il.'fiul.ftion ::..nl... ;, ,}q-:c-

Snw-is W.-ll;-.,,; WiH. los Tniiucr Heenanalate Training Place Interior of Nat. Laiigham'a Arrest of Ileeuan at Trent Lock " i Derby i Lock-up at Derby

Ileenau ot tlo.

HeenanLoapinD

Portrait of Cenrge Hilton, Head Constable of Derby ^ - . . .

Ueeiiaa and Savers Riinniii" In ( be Fij'M ■ >r, Moi-,0,- ,-|,:iv. |„ |;,-;l,di u,<. | i-ljitnj, .jr.,,1,,0 ;; >i FiMiili !■' ■-!]'■'-; 1 "u in.-r.--i Couvow/d tu l be Van-

derbilt - - - . . 39Q

Itrenan lN-i,:!. I'lvpn,-,-,] |,,r l|,o I ni^bt - 395

"<■' 'uii 1 :-.,m-i* siiih,,,.. l-i:(,,ua before

thePIght ... .395

Heeuau a.od Sa:,..isiii their Corners - 395

Vui.t.V Carten, Terrible Accident fit Victoria Bridge : View of Victoria Bridge across the St. Law

Preparing theVonndations of the Bridge

Bird'H-ejo View„r the Biidge

Formation of Tube and Mode of Structure

KaiBlng the Scaffolding

Coffer Dam under the St. LawTence

View of the Interior, Completed

if Ship wanderer. The Yacht

Warrington Perambulating Library Waihington Via<* tn *»,« T„m^ „«■

Washington jMoounicnt lnio- ni.-niori Washington, Statue of -

oman ound I loatiug inHte Water W iaid Sd-am Ice Car - Wreck of Uie Royal Charter

No, 214,— Vol. IX,]

NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7,

[Peiob 6 Cents,

W. H. StWARD.

Tins eminent statesman, whose portrait we present in to-day's num- ber, was born at Florida, OraDge county, New York, in 1801. He graduated at Union College, in 1820, and on his becoming of age he was admitted to the bar. In 1823 he took an office in Auburn, where he commenced the practice or his profession. In 1830 he was eleoted to the New York Senate for four years, and distinguished himself by the ability and logical reasoning of his speeches- Among the many acts he supported was tho abolition for imprisonment for debt, a barbarism wbich still lingers in the institution of the Eldridge street Jail. So hard is it to eradicate a eruelty from the code of cations. He also Btrenuously opposed the safety fund bank system. His career in the Legislature was so popular, that in 1831 he was nominated as the Whig candidate for tbe Gov- ernorship. He was, however, de- feated by a small majority, and continued the practice of his pro- fession. In 1838 he was again nom- inated, was elected by an immense majority, and in 1839 he entered upon the discharge of his duties- He distinguished himself by his efforts to improve and extend the system of public education, whioh at that time was in a very defeo- • tive state. Declining to be renom- inated, he resumed the practice of his profession at Auburn, and rapidly grew in political import- ance, taking an active part in the great questions of the day.

In 1849 he was chosen United States Senator for six year*, and took his seat at the extra session called to consider the nomination of President Taylor. He entered upon tho business of the session

political events of the day. Mr. Seward made a brief reply, giving a synopsis of the remarkable characteristics of his travels. After the ceremonies at the Astor House, Mr. Seward repaired to the City Hall, where he was met by Mayor Tiemann and other officials, when speeches were made by the Mayor and Mr. Seward. Ex-Governor King, Hoa. Truman Smith, of Connecticut, Hon. Mr. Briggs, of Ohio, Henry Ward Beecher, and a hoat of others. Mr. Se ward, in reply to the reception, said :

" Mb. Mayor, Gentlemen op the Common Council and Fellow- Citizens — I do not mean to yield to the impulses of feeling on this occasion, although I can scarcely conceive what could be more flat- tering to me than this generous reception in the metropolis of my

Republican party. O tion of his term he was renomin- ated and elected by a large majori- ty. In May, 1859, he vhit*d the Old World, and travelled through tbe greater part of Europe, as well as Asia Minor and Egypt. He was received in the moat flittering manner by foreign courts and the distinguished savans of Europe, and returned in the Arago on the 29th December, amid th ; warmest congratulations of his friends.

Immediately upon Mr. Seward's arrival at/the wharf, he was placed in a carriago and driven to the Aetor House, where room3 were provided for him. One hundred gana, which were fired in the park, announced to the citizens that the great Republican had arrived, and tbey immediately flocked in large mmbers to the Astor House. Ha was warm'y welcomed by them ell, and conversed for a ahort time with hia most intimite friends.

After receiving their congratu- lations he retired to his room, On the 29lh the Common Council placed tbe City Hall at the dbpn9ftL of Mr. Seward. At half-past ten o'clock, A u , the Old Men's and Yeung Men's Republican Central Committees assembled in parlor No 41 in the Astor House, where the reception ceremonies took place. Toe room was densely crowded, and Mr. Seward entered in charge of a sub-committee. He was received with three cheers. Ex-Judge Peabody, the Chairman of the Old Men's Central Com- mit'.ee, welcomed him in an extern-

native country, and under the auspices of the consolidated authori- ties of the city. Nevertheless I am sure that any seeming insensi- bility to this cordial weloome would not only convict me of caprice, but would even argue me ungrateful to the Divine goodness that permits me to enter again, after n long absence, unbroken circles of true patriots, affectionate kindred and life-triad friends. [Applause.] Inquiries have been addressed to me on all aides and by all parties. I hope that those who listen to me are aware that I must be impa- tient to reach once more, and as Boon as possible, my yet f" fireside ; and therefore I am sure that you n """ very brief answers, on the present o 1 have, Mr. Mayor, met with no accident by land 'i any way. I have enjoyed good 1 — * — i nnkindnt

; contrary, the respect every- where entertained for my country has procured for me among all classes and conditions of men hos- pitalities whleh I shall remember with gratitude so long as I shall live. [Applause.] Mr. Mayor and

exiatibg conditions of society in European States with what existed there twenty-five yean i

i tbe f

, the I

ern Continent I think I can safely say that every nation on that Con- tinent is now enjoying greater has heretofore , . . _ i decided

progress in moral improvement

institutions of governmentexlsting there, which either are ancient or were founded and constructed upon ancient [ riooiples, are not adapted to the exigencies and sen- timents of the present diy ; and

in Europe— the whole of Europe— Beems to be at this moment bal- ancing between the desire for. beneficial change and the fear of dangerous innovation. Oar politi- cal system, framed at a later period andnndermorefavor^ble auBpices,

changes of national life, and U leave us, therefore, happily free alike from the need and from the fear of organic change. It must alwayB be difficult to determinu . lend eneonrage-

benefit resulting t

Mayor and fellow-efUzens, this, at

endeavor to eondnot our internal affairs, as well as our foreign rela- tions, with truth, candor, justice and moderaticn, and so commend our better syBtem of government

that system are laid in public vir- tue, and that we are * as a city that is at unity with itself,' whUe it seeks only by paciflo and lawful

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Ws cell the Bpecial attention of our readers to the January number

(NO. 1, Vol. 6) Of FttANK LKSLIE'3 NEW FAMILY MAGAZINE. It IB

one of the most brilliant numbers of the best family magazine pub- lished in America. It has now been established three years, and has reached a large and important circulation. It is beaubifully illus- trated by our beat artiste, and some of the best writers in the coun- try are contributors to its pages. The new continued story com- menced in the present number, by John C. Mills, Esq., is worthy of His high reputation, being finely written, and replete with strong real life incidents and sustained interest. Its contents oomprise novels, tales, travels, biography, all illustrated, with a vast amount of inte- resting mi9cellareoua matter, together with editorial gossip about home and foreign news and politics, music, art, literature and the

la addition to all this, the department devoted to ladies, the Ga- zette ol Fashion, comprising ov*r sixteen pages, contains the latest and most elegant fashions in every department of ladies' toilette, and the elegant amusement of fancy work.

It is the most complete, the nioBt amusing, and contains the most reading matter of any magazine in the world. Now is the time to

The President's Message. It is seldom that an impartial journal like ours can award to any Important document so cordial an approval as we are enabled to give to the President's Message, communicated to Congress on the 27th inst. It is at once candid, moderate and firm. It is a State Paper which every European Government must read with respect, and, when it comes to that part which affects itself, con over with the utmost attention. If every ruler in the Old World were to be equally explicit, there would be a better understanding among nations, and the blood shed in Magentas and Solferinos would now flow warm in the veins of tjoae ?rho would still enrich the world

the consideration of the fire- admirable remarks upon the It puts the ultraists to shame, and t will not be lost*. He very properlj

We most cordially recommend eaters and fan Harper's Ferry

eonveys a lesson which

treats it as an isolated ebullition, for

and knaves are responsible, and not the Northern States, and we arc

compellefi to say that the Kichn.'.: jd Enqniitr hos shown an insane

eagerness to fix a quarrel upon the Northern and Western States

which, if taken up by the latter, would end most disastrously foi

the South. We trust that these silly fire-eaters will take this par1

of Mr. Buchanan's Message to heart, and tgive over out-Herodin-r

Herod.

It is equally prudent in ita San Juan policy1) and pays a meritec" compliment to General Scott, whom Mi*. Buchanan calls, with thi eominonplace of a penny-a-liner, the "gallant Scott"— a somewha theatrical expression for a Presidential Bpeech. It also confirm- what we said some months Binee, that but for the unusual forbeai ance of the British Admiral, there would have been a collision be. tween the American and British forces. But while praising Kir Buchanan for his prompt disavowal of General Harney's intemperat action, we must express our firm hope that he will not be tempter to abandon any just right wo may bave to the disputed territory b; an undue desire to avoid hostilities with a powerful neighbor. /■ firm and dignified policy Is the most potent of all peace preservers

The most threatening portion of the Message is that which relate to Mexico, and it must be owned never did a nation deserve castigr tion more lli-iii uiat ^nt-nt-i'iil.J-.-Li. mui c.u-i.;tqutuLly i.yr.ii.'-<'idd&: country. We shall not dweii umoq it . sp^cim; i^couimendation-.w.- truet It will be carried out to the letter. The time for temporizing i past. An equally vigorous policy must be pursued in the iBthmus. Thehonor^of tin; i-Viml/iic :J<- n i . > a <J. > t'-:.--> our citizens ahould be pro tested' in their transit from the Atlantic to the Pacific ; and, Until th<-. Pacific Railway I; comok-tod, ike exigence of California depend -

•It is unnecessary to go into the minor details, and we conclude by repeating that Mr. B'J.ciij,m*qV, M.--.- .^.j to the CongreBS of 1859 is a document worthy of a far abler Cabinet than his has hitherto been

Portage on Exchange Papers,

Postmaster-General Holt is, we believe, generally regard

•which he has, so ftir, steered the department through the most times which it has ever, experienced. The last CoDgress had ita aetion too muck clogged by the " nigger question" to attend t i|uite iLin.y, c ."v'ideritioQ, the bnainess of the country, whic paid' to manage, and, consequently , tin.- in.-u. ..^nations for postal service were neglected. In the face of tbis difficulty, Mr. Holt hai certainly got along much better than could be expected under sueh cfrcnra stances. But there Is such a thing as carrying economj far aa inexpediency. The wisest man is not perfectly wise, and are parry to see that in one coiner of hia report Mr. Holt utters great a piece of folly as ever appeared in a public document since the days of Postmaster-Genera! Campbell. We refer to Mr. Holt's very absurd attack on that wise and ct'of iS25, which authorizes every printer ef newspapers t

■ ■'!■ ■ to each ind every o ■ed States free of postage. javy and unjuet burden o it" with him has evidently 1

iccordlug to Mr. E ' the department.

newspapers within the

" The d-epart-

departnieat is

established for the benefit of the country in every way is something

very often lost sight of by its servants of all parties. Mr. Hold's

objection is that this privilege benefits editors, and confers on them

transport goods used in their trade gratis, and tiiat it might

with as muoh reason be extended to merchants or mechanics.

When Postmaster Campbell objected to the conferring privileges

t newspapers — we believe to the low rate of postage on them, be-

,use it was to the advantage of " a limited class"— it was very

sensibly asked if this " limited class" did not embrace all those who

With as much justice we may ask Mr. Holt if he

Beriously believes that the pres3 throughout the country could

the burden which he would lay upon it ? A few wealthy pub-

ons oould endnre it, but it would be intolerably oppressive on

the great majority of the country press, which is really one of the

greatest institutions in the country, and which it is the worst and

policy to injure. It is the boast of the American that, while

the Frenchman in a new settlement erects a fort and the Spaniard

printing office. Of all callings on the face of

the earth, there is not one so advantageous to the public, and, as

regards the majority of cases, relatively bo little profitable to the

publishing newspapers, with a small

a. Yet it is precisely this class which

Holt, by hiB very un-Democratic suggestion, attaeks. It is not,

ever, the publisher, but the public which would suffer moat from

i a tax. The exemption from it was a wise measure ; one, like

cheap postage, which it would be better for the country to boar,

as a direct tax, rather than that it should not exist at all.

A Desperate Pirate.

ever may be the opinion of the South on slavery, we presume

can be no difference between the greatest fire-eater and the

thorough-paced Exeter Hall fanatic as to the conduct of Mr.

rtin, and of the punishment he ought to receive should he

o return to the United States. Let us briefly recapitulate the

faets. Last October that notorious yacht, the Wanderer, belonging

Lamar, ef Savannah, was suddenly carried off to sea by this

lartin, many of the crew, which consisted of fifteen men,

being forced by Martin and some of his confederates, who" were

heavily armed, to proceed on the voyage. After chasing several

3 with the avowed intention of robbing them, he put into

Florm, where, through the means of the British Consul, he obtained

nearly two thousand dollars' worth of stores, and kidnapped two

Portuguese women. Having thus fraudulently got the goods, he

slipped to sea without paying for them, carrying off the wretched

Portuguese women, with the avowed intention of changing them

in Africa for fifty negroes. Still short of stores, this scoundrel

chased several more vessels, but they evidently had a suspicion oi

intentions, and managed to escape. At length the Wanderer

in with the Tenney, a Marseilles vessel. This, unlike the others.

b to, a-nd the pirate captain, with his four confederates, went or,

board. This was the crisis of their fate. The crew resolved to seize

the opportunity, and putting the Wanderer under the command of

\ Henry Welton, a native of Canada, they crowded all sail, and

iered for America- ThCy arrived without accident at Boston on

3 24th nit., bringing with them the two Portuguese women. Great

aise Is due to Mr. Welton and the crew for their promptitude, and

: trust our Government will reward them for their conduct. As

: Mr. Martin, our national honor demands that steps be taken to

ing him to condign punishment.

We cannot avoid addiug that much suspicion would seem to attach Mr. Lamar, the owner of the Wanderer. We trust the authorities 11 put an end to her advenburea bj keeping her as a na sseL She is undoubtedly forfeited to the State.

the many the mook auctions held in apparently respectable

done is Very Bimple. One of these dealerg in be furniture hires a bouse through one of his com^d-mes, ajjc' pi. and some woman in it. In a short time, generally before first quarter's rept becomes due, some misfortune overtakes thi3 happy householder, which renders it necessary to sell off the whole without any reservation. In the meantime they have been preparing for the campaign — the very worst kind of wines and quors have been laid in, the walls have been hung with bogus pic ires, the rooms are crowded ;?i-/» oug'H furniture, polished as fine s varnish ean make it— the only real things about the whole affaii ro the carps is, which are not so readily susceptible of villainy although very frequently these are of a gaudy andjJL^tfor quality.

There is, however, an occasional exception to tBpfcad furniture for sometimes a respectable upholsterer is swindled into furnishing a house on credit, and han the satisfaction of seeing a fraudulent sale of his own furniture go on bef.ire his eyes, or else when the comes due be finds the purchaser has sold the whole stock of these Peter Funk auctioneers. These transactions are, n etand, quite numerous, and in some instances the auctioneer who sells the plunder has been the reference, whose highly satisfactory account has induced the deluded manufacturer to tri stneooed bit of living impudence with the means of u Nay, we once heard of a case where the wife of a wel lure maker actually rebought, at a considerable figure price, an ottoman that took her fancy and which her never been paid for in the first instance.

this, let us allude to the extravagant habit it gadding aboot to these bogus sales and wasting money that really belongs to their butcher, baker or coal merchant How frequently the temptation of getting an article oheap creates a want for the superfluous. The lady who bought a coffin, because it was such a bargain and might eonie in handy one of these days, is a

EDITORIAL GLANCES AT MEN AND THINGS.

What a Pity Governor Wise is i

i"! iijii.'u! kt.d

lone are they gToas frauds upon the purchasers, but tht rioua to the honest, hurd^oruiLg trunesinan and mechani gheated eut of their legitimate salss by these imp-udei

Indeed, in whatever aspect these auctions are reviewed, they de. serve the fullest exposure iiL.ru '."ik1 [ivets and demand the attention of the poliee. There ib also another purpose they serve, and that i^ the worst of all. Unprincipled and profligate men frequent theae plaoee, well knowing that only idle and frivolous women resort to them, and many a wife dates her ruin from running after cheaj^ upholstery and ether bogaa bargains.

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like John MItclK-l. want a rum o

,,,.;,, |..,,r,„, -] 'him,!,!,!, w 1 1 ■ l ,l:im'>: M. Nixon, .iO^imi': nfXiWo's, with a portion of the artists from Cook's Ko; i.,,ii,i"i<.,.'ii,,nL""l for Niblu's Garden. Two of LlioCih, FiitlRT.-* ofTorcnilo li.ivc a-: re oil

T!ii; UVt-tuneuiii ftir-jy- " P..- 11 fit or I'oiigl:^. it l.r.'voiiiol l>y to- in.i'liiMs' I-. Oui-.'l ;.t ]>n-.'i.L Ill'

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the East— for he 1 a I l ■ n*

Mro'.arall. a F*ry 30Ciai0n9r0Ua e coun ?.

Me Logas ol III « I 1 ii 1 1 1

teeth, sh'oVn to good mU-uut^e hv a hrmvn ; Ui'o: :,ml ■■■ ionn -1 larly h gh ind lo

M.,J;:lm- .HlIK! Hi-llOI. -10- HVLLi.niiVf

in preiit expectation ot a i.c*h excitement in the shape of combat between Mr. Lawrence 0. B. Branch, uf North and Mr. Gsilusha Crow, of Pennsylvania. The former.

cing the President to <

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inn . Tin- '•'>. n-mls of bulli i.lo nm at present see how I hi. matter an he settled without collet.'. >>■ s:i\ nothing ot pistols.

Huiiulns w;is in ihe 1,-un-c ilnrin- the coo! fracas which wa- lol- oweJ Uv Vallamli'Jum. ot Oliio, iu a snecviii'.;- speech ui- ihe cool nd by Prvoi. in a ticiueiulnus ami brilliant Peoksnilhan proprieties and Joseph Surface

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GREAT FIRE IN ANN AND BEEKMAN STREETS.

Onb of the moBt destructive fires that has taken place In our elty for Beveral ycar3 occurred on the morning of the 29th ult. About five o'olock in the morning the Second Ward Police were alarmed by observing smoke proceeding from Black, Gramm & Co.'s, No. 63 Beekman street Owing to the immeDBe quantity of shavings, wood, oil, varnish, &c, the flames soon burst out, and the alarm became general. Within a very short time several fire

engines were on ths spot, bot the cold was bo Intense that the hydrants were froien, and while these were being thawed the flames made rapid Btridei. In the course of half an hour the fire reached No. 61, only one door from the police station, and occupied by

From thence It spread to the large paper Co. and Cyras W. Field, of cable renown, tended through into Ann street. After a

ineffectual attempt to

stay it the other side of Ann street took fire, and continued to bar* on till it reached Fulton street.

Towards nine o'clock the arrival of the steam engine Niagara gave some hope of a speedy reduction of the conflagration, for*

the cold, and the difficulty of getting water was so great that fieir herculean labors were much impeded. Many were the narrow escapes, of life and limb these gallant men experienced, more espeolill^

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their engine (No. 5), which became buried in the ruins.

Mr. Gramm nearly loat his life by the falling of a Trail, trying to open the iron safe containing hi3::,;3rl'-; books and Talaablo papers. The following fire Btory buildings, running through from Ann to Beekman sti ~

man «treat, were totally

No. 53, occupied by Black, Gramm

No. 55, occupied by Bulkley & Co.

■ Indefatigable exertions. The police rendered good aer- 1 A man immed William Barnet, a member of No. 21 Hese, was run ler the direction of Deputy Superintendent Carpenter. | over at the corner of Broadway and Murraj street, and had both hl» i of the department were in attendees from ten different legs broken. He wa3 taken to tho New York Hospital. '■ '.-^ ,.-<^,^ I Theltotal it i i wUl not fall ahort of half a million of dollars.

No. 57, Cyrua W. Field

No. 55, Haydock & Co., druggists; and Bo- dicott & Co., lithographer!. No. 89, Taylor, printer.

No. 81, a four story brick building, alao occu- pied bv Black, Gramm <fc Co., destroyed.

-'■■' ' - by William

tfoAfee as a packing-box manufactory.

No. S6, occupied by George Nlvena, police- man, as a dwelling. J. J. Sim* tog jeweller, occupied part of the building.

No. 88, occupied by several poor " Their furniture is " "

No. 00, occapi

No.

Tbe i

Ham J. Harriaon as 1 Harrison's Shades."

*'reet, occupied " i paper

tby J0hnLear7.de:

III''/ . l« ' ';'.-.,?;

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by(

occapisd by Isaac Avres, manufacturer of

No. 87 Fulton street wai on Qre at the rear part several time?, but its farther spread was prevented by the firemen. Edward Biack oc- cupied tho first floor and basement as a depot

moved by the Insurance patrol nuder Captain Mackey. G. A. Prince occupied part of the second floor for the sale of improved melc- deons. Tbe rear part of the second floor la occupied by Kellogg & Co., printers. The uiiper part of the building is oocupied by A. irt'eingartner, lithographer. The rear part or the building No. 85 was also damaged.

During the height of the fire the cold was very severe, tho thermometer ranging about seven degreea above zero. The hydrants had

fid, and wherever it foil it immediately turned to ice. The fireman labored well, notwith- standing tbe cold, and are deserving of prals*

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HELD AT 8T- JOSEPH'!

THOUC CHURCH,

Wngive in -r i^ue «-f to-<I»v ■>- uripijic pcene of tins inL. Joseph'sOt tolic Gkw-.J-. Albaoj <"■ the occasion of a i it for the benpRt of ;iiit c.hmrh VUuu.igh held in a C. (ice, and for the benefit, of that faith, it was extensively by other denominations The lair lasted for nearly tore* ■ l..rt«d on Monday, tup Hit i nl'.. atier haviuor realized nc i|i iii'jnd dollars. This church is very beautifully fitted i

John J- Comoy, a owing to his perai church Itself is a ox, the architect.

i universally • steemed. it wa«, in.1- ed.gr

popularity tba* the fairwa3 bo successful-

ch itselfis a very imposing structure, and reflects great c

THE MYSTERY; GIPSY GIRL OF KOTSWOLD.

A ROMANCE BY J. F. SMITH,

hiilior of " Substance and Shadow," " Smiles and Tears™ " 2Ji

Tarleton," " Phases of Life" &c.

'fun village of botswold. nil the . those quiet bits of s*nery the p- lene.L.iie justice to had he transfei Travel!.

f the'eid'et'rr'.'.iu' '«'.',. ■!'

!i it's exact locality inigl,

e, ^. viHI.in bniv-b"! .villi su- pooling the existence nf such

,1.,-,.. so completely was il bin the sleepy in. .,,.- I,. vox .1 I.

.,o. ..-rntlv iindululing bills, wln.se sub-, and -uinnirs were oloil.e.

,.itli trees wloel, ton iv 1 pari "I Hie n.yal chase of e'astb

lining, ivlicre Hie guilty l-.ibell . , :,i ,.u Hie lull nf liev paramour M.ir! liner, n a- impi i-auio.l I . v hrt sun, tin gallant f.dwtir.l.

'i village owed its existoiie..- nust probably I" an abbey, not

,. mil ir,t,, Ihi- |.l, i ish eloiieh, sue! in lieve been founded 1'V Hi

euee nf the nOliev. proliat •raised by sin cosHvo ,,r, -erne ,-1 architect. .,■ il.nl

iinnitiel ol studies ,,.- !ite | ,,, pi I - . II 1 1 1,1 ll'liolll ll'l'ie il

oe niet n elitiip-o nt Hie new urrivals.

Peter Marl, mi . .1.1 s,,l,lier, who acted ns luiller, 1" lmi-ter to Hie e- Inldbhlueiil . eniiilucted the tier library, and then returned to assist the postboy in i

Pel!-! n-us a ureal character in hi- will'; hail serv

IV -mlai- Win- uniler Wellington and fought in tin

lor, nf Waterloo.

We mil"! re-one ire panieulai .1- -.- . :pli..n ol i

l-e hitine t mull an,! i'..!l..,v -'a| Irau.li,

lendoiis le the library, when- Mapir l-leiiilerson iva

lies most nnpriietise.l eve might have defeeted i

':, -:,!! g, ,.11,-U, ,ulv-!oo!;ilil,- petSe, -vlio rose tO re

in ,,1 in ill.- Univ. There was deeisio

,whic

awaiting t

,-,, a lane,- 1 in- eVi- I

,-< evprr-ssion to the bronzed eoiiiilena t

ifflcer.

u-ie is one condition and one only, ' he said, .plain's aneonnf of Sir Aulirey's nnpriueiple 11 ol tiis steiisnu, "upon ivliich I can unde ,.|,i,, confide in me." ouey.'' said John I 'nrupt on. hastily, "shall

ither an unwise speech ." observed the majoi

ion. ' The stipulation I would make' is. full an . use sneli means as I may llnd necessary to

.'.■""vei'v ih'in'e l',i"ed,l have suggested," excla

oli.er foldly. "Philisver i'ure guardian. " With trut]

1 111 i 1 a with bis son's ,1 I

li i 1 It i i lorn 111 I i i "lit which most

lads of his arre i I I I I . opted

IP- ii„ pupil.,, I Maine Henderson the new eoniers were received

with a '■ Stand oil. nil n e see wlial von an- like' t ol o-elne;

peculiar In l-'n-lni, eon, In ,,i ,, 1 leniHv. 'I'li.-ic reserve, however.

:,-, far as Oliver win' erneil. did in.l 'let long ; the second day

In- |, roie, .Ibis claim In cnnidcrai > i In a -lung two of them, and

their niiinbei altogether amounted only to seven.

It isextraorilin-oi pliai re- I boys eiileit-.iin for each other

after they have had a battle.

It was some time before his companion became popular. He bad relnsed in light ei, in r with l-'.e.l Hanger n. Paul Jodr.-I . b,.lh bid. aln, ui his own 1 ih.- ie-i ol l h,- pupils began to sneer at htm.

■■ This ivon'l ,1.,. Phil 'ob-eru .er 1 "'I ean'i have nil flieud

lonke.l upon as a eon aid, and 1 vn.ti't. The lii-st. time that Ranger 01 .lo.lrel i tin 1 1 . uees v„n ae.-epi it,"

■ Hut I don't want to light ; thev have never offended me."

■' X. in did 1 ,-l-h in ii- III Willi II, iiViln I ..I il.il'le.l. bill I ImiL-llI

them ; so no nonsense. If yon show the white feather I'll thrash

y°° Oh! Oliver lOliver!" n . . th t oon

n I tic wn perfecth serious.

Olit

ontirine to ilis.e'raee me by tieinir a " I don't niiml Hie pain," exclaim.

i,s his nrn.s round his neck, "if yo Oliver Brandreth

if yen

'tlTeairectionato youth throw C yon will oulyforeive nice' himself somewhat roughly from lib

lie ieli it ivoulil in.l dp to Kive way H. it eaki,,-- ^ ,i i ^-ii.-l

I US poor Phil sank sold, inn iiitnn chair. Hie nolile-hea i led bnv ,,-, I aside i" conceal the loai's Hull started into his own eyes. mil In- adhered ie-nlui,-lv to bis svstein . ami the next i.hiylhe

inii was repeated with additional severity.

'hi made up his iinn-l mil i-i lake thei . and the third morning

od.an.l one oye wilh n veiv sm-ph-inu- redness alinnt Hie lids. 1 1 iiiseil In ileetien inio a uin.-li darker hne.

I haie in-ai, -n'-lic ei.,-1 aiim-.l i"'"iislv, " I have beaten !" Wliich-Jodrel or Panser V" Both of them," leplind the vied

ndanyi

"lioInair'saidTh^boylooMn; His friend who prided Inline!! o

!"iaiv~i,o',-l,' which 111 HI o , In. discoloj-ed eye.

rer. "Ah.PEil!

id applied a. pie

■ Hunk nf inn?" -aid Ph'l.

kil'i,l'l""jli I'Vau'iinH,1'- lioi'l'.iiii'" -poki thrasheil v. ,n every linn a to pnl a In

, Blandloril was any leness and shyness o i fighting, rather thai

il aeiiviiV !o -!oej. Wliell nilliel 111 ell | UI Ssii .11-1 or i III eiCsl -■ il Co

icerned. 'Baffled a! least ml tin: [in. I m hi- de-igns , lii-

p son. his Hi ihi- loveil.nl in ile- enuny ami otln- ;s 1 1 = -.-■' ml

use nniiaikahlo beanh lent .uiuei.l In- libc-'l Iiiney.i In

, dved to carrv oiit lie- scheme which had been r,iuei,]i skelelie't

liis muni c.n the inni-i a In- la-' iul.-rvi.-v ivithber.

Viihthn view an avion, in Hie pei.-mi "l 1 C wife of hi iiiideie

I valet, was despatch e,l