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Bnoinrco Notice?.
Mink Sahle Sets at Gk.nin's ? Ladies are in
eetad to twaoeet tbe eaper?? ??<>?* of t .??? Feet % OrriVt
l~.ee atot? aim to note eeeaei.lv t??e ep.andid *at* of Milk
Slat"* ??'??_ ?* TiP!**. etjffendj ' Off*. ?t tirto ha*?l
It* Mink Sable Tipp?t?. vertat lo pr'e* fr .in mtitn #Vi are
moot lor b d-t>-b 0< aol<a* ajoaa aad qaillta t'. mil vm-m uf
tbl* hreotl al ru p oei'B?? ? a' ib? r? , ? tieme -|?ew,.?-.
Ockik, No 2I4 Broerwey, oppoelte 8t PtereCJBieh.
I . i.s ' f> iII II fVBU ' ! !
" Tbd tot tbat a??nna b? rnoi ?tcb warned tba b?? ?"
" Now la 'b? Wmter f on oltcoottnt
Maiia glotVut Summer hy torn fort of Koos
I s lekeap.ai* improve!
Mull. Sletgh Robe*. Buflalo Oio . * ? ? ? '*'<"
cbeap a*oi mm'?for e?l* by t\\ >x ie lU'W. Nc, III Sroad
we* , eo.aer Ec ton >t. _
Kali. ani? Winter Cap*. ?We nak attention
la lb; Ball aerl W'laterCart of oar mana'attar* for 0*BtleTi?B,
Teeth and Cblldreo. Tba excellence id" oar oa? making (at
Boederled by aa for yaera) baa eeeurad to oa ea Mlarrt? pel
rot. ?e froaa oar < tit*n? and tbe trave.iug public Tba ry e tad
aaa oy of tba " Fall Cam," now 6m offered, eaao t fall an
mret tba ejpnvd of |?ot ?u? aeeklng r irofjrt eamSinei wu i
aacBOtny. Lattv a, Co., Hatten, Atto' -t'n.aa.
Oer? oats, Ac ?Our Stock of all k ads of
fttbloeeble VV o ar '% ?* Over aod U iderlrtrutnnti-Siu* u(
Rc tri, bo ?la very fa 1 and c 'mpiete ao i w. I ho told low.
0. Drw.lt at. Co, No*, m, 2? aod .SO B.-oelway.
Hoiiim\ atoltl kok Bovs \t Rcvikkh 4% Co.'s.
?Tba aiiea'tcn of fernllae eopplylit 'h-lr boya d.nag the
llo-'idayt u pe tic a i a If 'avtle i tj on >p'?n I'd eoorMnenf of
Bora' Ci/OiMiar. embrae.pg a eop'ih Into* Taimae. k.qqiatnx
Beevrta Ac , wlieb wt "r r ? r! o-.r a', ai ana'ly or
pile**. H B.?Kvry article ii mark ad id piain fijuet. from
whkh there ie no ?-\i?i"m nnder any < irrurnata
P. L. Bontaa It Co., Nie 12:, IM and 1 ? Fallen at..
eorne-of N rnu a*.
8twiKtr-Maciiibk 8ii.k Twist?Giti.at Kr.
otinox is Peica.?We are nor aa i a Macinrc Silk
eherner than erer told b t re?the ber*. qia'i.y bare of.-a ai d
at 9}6 pet poond we n w aeli at at Mb Bin* e ap-x. r at 90 t r.
i M. baaSa a Co., No. 323 Broadw&y.
Bitot atelll*. Satin Delaines, Dwiaskb,
Coattctt, WllDew Sit am. v. I.? . CuaTAtea, Ac?Kcltt
w Pratraot. No kVl Broadway, bare e lara* a'ock of tbe
above aooda penoaal y ee'ectod from tba b -at mann Teuton?a in
Breaiea. Bome New oijlna ^evr ho'ora kreajgdat nut. K A f.
have aetebdahad a rrpaleiion tot ttl log ? "La rhtap and
tb-ar la'ge and in-ree-'r.g trade ia a proof teat it'r appreciated.
Mo. VI Hroadwey aod R'-ae-m
Jet Braceletb, NbckLAi en and Bkooi uf.s at
ka.f ef tba aeeel p. ice*.?A laiga atock o1 the new art and . :
.elect pattern*, juet reecv^rl hy tbe led, ate >m r. will ha a.id
ia eocntetuvn with every var'ery ot Fa', cy Oooda aod Tora for
tbe iiotid'yg et RoGtkg'g Cheep Feacy Btrtar, 4t0 irotdway.
A Good 1'ket*ent for bd) gentl-rnan evould hn
eee <<aen of ear nee CortiCD Cot. LA eg pr up lo a baaatifil
boai e large qoentit* foi the Ililnya u w ready. Alao,
fa.vara, kr. Ia* Prn.<;<> & Son N >. nl Naaaan-at
how or >to:K. Valuaole Hot se LOTS, of
4,1 ?1 frrt. may te i>nreba?e.d loi or.? d-l ar ear.h at No 2"<
Ann at. Par'l-e ont of the Ute, hy fo ward.or a Let ar dta-n i,
win r?reive foil pa'tlre tri b-, m ?I BaeB eebueet ha? never
hrfcie beet preaented la tbia couufy. Addiea*
Oao. a. TaiTCa.
-Tt.ti 4 ataavia'a
WiutER Patent 8ai amander Haets.
Twiaratr ra?a? n eea and have aeerr fatltd toprtttrtt
tkttr ttmitntt from the lavaeaa of fire.
Tbut e^afaa, eaeored by Beaeaae'i La BaLi.e Lroca, whiek
Ig gauuf gaalaetpnrt lag aed bbrglaii, for eale by
? ?'?>??? b Ma. i.
No. !4rt VVeter-at., New-Tark.
MmmMI at Hai F-t'kh e.?1'ianoa and MelodeoDi
ft -a. tie beat Boat, a Hoaaea a' great barg al .*. eec.io<l-haad
Piano* at evCO, ?TS ai d fA'.2a, Mel daooa at ?10, %Vj and tV>.
Mbale Books, e^tgao'ly bound, lor New leer** prerea>e.at $1
hoaai t -a ATegf tgeo-, No. ..'3 iroad*ay.
Habson'b PtTFNT i't.n IIoi.DEitM ?The cities
*f Philada gbla and New-York have a/lopted the aaove Hoi I)
t as fot tb"lr pablie acbiolr. Th ae whhitg to aee liia ioren or
may di ao by leevit.g than addr.<? a' No IB Ana w1 fjt a few
day*. Bor Lorawixiu I Soa,
No. til Broadway, Oaoe et Agenu for tbi* city.
Sinoer's 8i:wiN(. M mtiin'Es.?New Micbinfa of
tbe moat itrrecvai style will ha exebangnd en ISera1 t?ro>a for
eld meehlne* of every kind. Orea namfx r* of Macunet of the
Avery W lie o, Otover A Baker, und otoer ptteate hive been
acid. wUcb cue. ot be n ? d to gay advaatage. Tiieat Machiuee
we eflar to te'lsve the public fiom. Did nni npioveH ktachinei
ef on: own mak- exebangio In tba asma way. Old Ma-sbinea ao
received by u* will at once be flew.royd. ft t term* of exchange
apply peretnelly, or hy letter, to L M Si.vcxe BCe., No. 32li
BI oed arajf._
Holi.owat'b Ointmksi and PtlAJ ha<r? cured
a dleeeatd loot end prevented g nutation. Mr. Jttnea Palmer
of Homer, n. t., auff-rrd dree/lfn ly from a d(?et*ed fo l The
faenltv wi?hed to a a. pfn a to* fx' Thl* be oh) :e?ed to and
ttie* HoLLoaif. reiiodiea, win ih cemplately reelo ed the
I'tab ftoid at be manu'a t ine*. Ni 10 Mti1<n lwe, New
Teik, and No 244 Si.and, Ivou on, and by a l Drajgiitr, at 2"j
eaate, ISt\ cent*, aed a) t per py or ox.
Dr. 8. 8. Frrt:?t, author u> " Six /?cturea on
Coaa-amrrtloa," be.. Offle* No. 714 Rrnadway, open duly (Srm
day exreptedj from i* anlii 5 o'clock, treat* i.e.. ?oauo :<>?,, Aath
tea, Dtaceaeaef tbe Heart, ?od a'! Chronic Diaeaearof Male*
and Tiraelaa, Coaaaltation free.
AWoatK on the Hiatory, Prerention and Curatef
tbe Lbrooee Diaeea-? of the kVeaptratory, t lrevlatory, lltgaetive,
Meereuiry tad Abaoibaat, (Incina: it tbe giande Baal aktn,t Nat
Voaa and Moto f* vat m? of the tr ? llnrna . Esooobbt.
Taa PaiLototHT or Ltvtau, Or, tbe Way toKej.y Life end
Ma Coavtbrta, tod to aecu.e Longevity.
With namerout t.agtavmga J.uatr?ting tba vartou* ?t?*e a? of
tbe baauaa orgaaitm. By A. if Heira, H Bv.
Hu. aSO Broadway. New-York.
flaW above eatrodoC ry work on ? u; o,: Olaaaaaa aod Pulaso
?floeanaiptlon, their Prerenlina and Wre?iirient, It bow
and will be *ect to any addiea* tree of char pa
Patient* at * dJereoc* r-to eoava t Or H??tb bp letter, etat
keg tkelr eaeae tally. o&ioe boar* 9 to 4._
Batcheix>r'b Hair 1>yk?Wigs aod Tot pep.*.?
Thk eel eh rated eaUMtahment it No. Breedaay. Twelve
5? t' roomt expri ttlv for th.'tppllaetioa of hit ftiaoai 11? ia
ra. aUTCNCLea't * .??uol laMirttt hare Irapmvament?
erer ell etfeer*. ex. tiling in k'anty of a.Tange'neat to p-.sa bv
to ttilt koate. Tke lergeet atock ?t Wi?t in the world.
_ t?ATt"-.,..R i. n ?? :a Broede-ty
THUK8DAT. DECKMBER 13, IKm.
DOMOS IN COXURKSS.
Fejtate, Dec. 12 ?The Senate wai buty all
day in the election of Cooinittteet.
Hoi M'., Dec. 12.?BallottDij for Speaker oc'u
pied the station,but no choice wai eftected.
Nt? news of the Baltic when Tin; Tribune went
to preti this morning.
A dtr pa ich from BulTrtlo reports that M--K-;
hat eicapcd from prison and sent word that be
wtH appear at Tecnmseh at tbe time Ml down for
hia trial.
a g^.
Matten of intereit wiH be found in our Cattle
market report, since the price of beef as wedi ai
butter seems likely soon to fret above tbe retch of
all but miUionairts. The price of first class beef
cattle n matket yesterday ranged from to
$l'jr> a head, at which whole drove* were aold
Tbe price per pound for anything like fair retail?
ing beef was ten cents, aod probably some two
hundred head were rold at prices equal to 11 and
H cents per pound. Tbe average of the market
was about half a cent higher than latt week unon
the same qualities of stock. The average of all
sold waa piobnbly ton cents, nod average weight
aeren cstt, which is very much better than it hsi
been for several weeks. l>'it the prr-e, th ?ugh if
nay be better for the cattle feelers, it Tery bard
upon City bet fetters.
1* tbe Board of Crunciimen last cvenhg, tbe
report of tbe Committee on onliotnces in favor of
granliagthe petition of the Metrop ?lit.ai Parserj
gerand Bagease Fxpre*e Compan} for lireu?ei
tor fitly ommbutee to ruu to all fmtU of tbe city
from tbe various steamb. at Undinss sol railroid
depots, came up it, Commit'ee of tta? Whole, when
Mr. Clancy not ed it* reft ren.-e ba-k to the Com
mitree. to give tbe opponent of tbe measure tn
oppoitunity to present their objections. The
chairman of the Committee on Ordinances said tbat
durit.jr. the month in which the Commi'tce held
the petition under ?dvisenierit no objections w? re
oflcrfd. Tbey had therefttre come to the e mdu
tioo that tbe intercett of the 7 00,900 citizens of
New York, snd the trateliog p'iblic generally, were
of more importance tlari tkf) ma ii'ainiig of | mi
hack-drivera in tbeir exerti tna. Mr. Clancy then
offered a prcteit from certain hack-drivers, offering
to pay the city ftt.UOU a year for the privilege
aovgkt to be obtained by the other ompany. Mr.
McCahin laid that be was authorized to offer
$:?0,000 for it The Chairman of the Com mi'tee
oa Crrdinanoea then aakei that tbe matter be re?
ferred back to the Committee for further consider
alt?? Altavfugb He majority of the Board was de
eldedly in fiver of the ?f>?rt, at the request of
tbe cbtdrtnaa it wu to referred.
We give this morning the conclusion of speeches
of rouDfwl nod the charge of tbe Judge in the Me.
ker trial. The latter document was a surprise to
ever?b'>dy, and was vert fretjlr criticised on all
r*de?. 'Jhe counael for the prisoner n del more
than thirty exceptions dating tbe Judge's remark*
At i o'clock the Jury sent word that they bad not
agreed, nor was it probable that they would at
least for some time Refreshments were ordered
for tbe Jury, and th? Court adjourned to this
morning. At 1 o'clock the Jury were still in de?
liberation.
STAXD FIRM.
A very strsige game has been g ;ing on at Wash?
ington for ten daya past. Some eight to ten mem
bers, by to meins distinguished for talent or
weight of character, and in the face and eyes of
the Anti-Nebraska professions by virtue of which
they obtained their seats in the House, have un
deitaken to dictate the choice of Speaker. Againit
tbe Muse of an overwhelming m*jo irv of that op
p' siticn of which tbey ?tili profes? to form a part,
tbey seek to impose npjn tba House a Speaker
like tbemtelves?lukewarm, and neither hot n >r
cold?a 8peaker auch an in times like the?e is fit
only to be apewed out of the peop e s mouth.
Such is the secret of the delay in the choice of a
Speaker; such is the nauseous dose which eigkt
or ten political quicks are stri'inj to pour down
the throat of the House and tbe nation.
One hundred and five ni'-mbers of tbe House
have resolved not to submit to be thus throttled.
We give bere their names prominently, and bid
them Cod spend i
Albright, GidJhgs, Perry,
Aliaon, Oilbvrt, PaiUt,
Harbour, Granter, pike,
henntU H . (iroar, Pringle.
Benaop, Hall, (atasa.) Pa'visaice,
llilliokburst, Harlan, Kite lie,
Hintihnm, Hallow iy, Robbias,
Huh I,, Horton, (\. Y.i Kobarfa,
IJiite, Horton, Ohioi K rbiaon,
DtsdatewW, Howard, Kabln,
lireLton, Hughston, Bag*,
bufliL.k;lon, K*lhey, .St^y,
Horlin^-smc, King, BhtWaaW,
t'r-mpbtH, 'Penn )Kna,'P, Sinrnons,
Campbell, iObiojKuigut, Spinner,
Chanee, KiiowIt>n, Staatoa.
Clark, (Cona.) Knox, S-raoaban
Clhitaoi', KunkeJ, Tappan,
Colfax, Leiter, ThoriuK'on,
Ctmius, Mace, Taurston,
I nvode, Mat'eson, T >dd,
Crapit,, McCarty, Trafton,
Ctunbsck, Mas chain, Ty?on,
Dsnrall Miller, in. v. Wide,
Davis, (Maes ) Morgan, Wakeman,
Day, Morrcll, Walo ridge,
De?.?, Mo't, Wal'ron,
De Witt, Murray, Wash jumc (W'i* |
Dtck. Wiohoi?, Wastihame (III.)
Dudd. Norton, Wasaburae tfe.i
Dickaoflj Oliver, A. Watnot),
Dufee, Parker, Welsh,
Fmrie, Pelton, Wood,
Flaglei, Ptiitiitig'.on, WoodruiT,
(lalloway, Pe?rce, Woodworth.
All day long on Wedresday these hundred and
five good men and true voted for Banks. We
tmat they will persevere in so voting, if neel be,
till the 4th of Mutch, 1857. Let ? not be said
that this will be to stand in the way of tbe organ?
isation of the House. Tue lukewarm gentlemen
can make a Spent er at any time. They have th->ir
option between Richardson and Banks Make
jour choice, gentlemen, and take the responaiiil
ity. Better have Richardson for Speaker, made
so by yon, than a Speaker of your kidney by the
votes of the Republican opposition!
Hit U FBOM KAM? Aft.
We publish to day an exceedingly interesting
letter from our special Kausaa correspondent,
firing a graphic account of T.iwrence in tbe state
of siege, aid also of the camp of the invaders at
Franklin, four miles distant, which our corre
spondent Lad the enterprise and courage to visit,
and where ha found the consumption of whisky
mof-t enormous.
It low appears thav. Governor Shannon's pa?
thetic storiea of houses burned, and women and
children diiven into the fields, bad this feundation i
That on the night rf Branson's rescue, two empty
cabins, one belonging to Coleman, the murderer of
Dow, the other to his friend and confederate, one
Buckley, were burnt | but the opinion at Lawrence
is, that tbey were not set on fire by any Free
State men, but by Buckley himself, in the hope of
thereby kinsling a flame in Missouri, and giving
color to the lies cf Coleman
It will be found that our correspondent fully
confirms all that we bad anticipated as to the ef?
ficiency of Sharp's rifles in keeping the invaders
at bay. We may, indeed, safely say that nothing
but the wisdom, foresight and generosity which
furnished the Fret -State men of Lawrence with a
seasonable supply of that admirable weapon, has
saved the town from being sacked and its inhab?
itants n urdered by the rutlians invited into the
State by Gov. Shannon, or at best partially escap.
?a by a humiliating and unconditional submission
o the sl am laws and sham officers of the border
ruffian Legislature.
The continued silence of the telegraph leads to
the conclusion that, the whisky being drank out,
snd tbe Sharp's rifles becomirg more terrible the
more soberly they weie contemplated, the border
ruffians, in spite of Gov Shannon's proclamation,
have dispersed and quietly returned home.
TO BK OR KOT TO BK.
Somer'atB ago we announced a formal resolu?
tion come to by Governor Fish and five other Han?
ker United Statet Senators, no longer to act with
tbe Opposition in the St nate, of which resolution we
spoke at the time as " signalizing the final dissolu
? tion of tbtir former party." To this phraseology
Tht ( emn.trriul Advertiser of Monday takes seri?
ous exception. It eoes into a long statement of
facte?eudently derived from some one of the
illustrious rix,?and a s'ill longer tra'n of argn
mentation to prove, that the act of the six Sena
tors in <|tte?rion, so far from signalizing the dissolu?
tion of their former party, signalized, in fact, ex?
actly the re\erse. The proceeding in question,
according to The Commenial's versitn of it, was
this : The Democratic Sena'ora were willing to
admit these six Senators into the Democrat'e
eancus for arranging the Senate Committees,
"with the understanding that they should b? troth
"ed precisely the same as Democratic Senators,**
?to contider wri.-h ury amiable proposition.
aVubtlets intended to lead the war to a still more
rrCreate union, these six fntlemeu ctuie together.
Tbey resolved, it would seem, not to go intoeau-un
or in ant via.* to cooperate with the Adtniuistra'
ti"n Democrats : but at the same time the> also
r? solved not to cooperate with tbe Opposition ; and
this resolution, " to stand apart from all party or
gantzation,'' The Commercial insisti upon con
struing into a palpablo proof not of tbe dissolution
bat of the vitality of the Whig party; an argu?
ment which proceed, on the principle, we sup
pose, that the ahrinking and curlini? up of the
tail of a snake after iti head has been cat off, and
its IWy chopped fnto twenty pieces, ib -w? tbe
?ntJre i ejl tail I, to be still alive.
Tb? resolution to art no longer with the Oppo
? tI?*? to the I>em <crat* ??em*. however, to aa
rather a queer proof of the vitaH' of the Whig
party- for in what else except in oppoeitioo to
the I>?rrjte'ft*? did *be Whig ptrty originate, or
io what ehe baa it ever cnr>?i*ted *
Eowever. if it will he an? cocsmVion to onr
friends of Tht Commercial, we ?hall be williog to
admi*. ;t? application to rtia act of the ?n 8>na
tin of the djing exclanjation of Webster?' I jet
ive rne?e word* it will be recollected. Mr
Webster rou>ed himself ont of a loog stupor
to utter. These were the laat words he ever
?poke and their 'i'.t.eranco was tpeedilr followed
by dea'h
The Whip party live?. We admit it It
eorjsii-taof The Commercial Adttrtiser of thii city
and of th? in Senators at Washingva-six b?ara
who have reMrtd int i tb-ir cave and rolled them?
selves into balls, to sieep and tuck their paws
through tbe winter Ye' however fat they may
fstfcy tb?m?el7es, tnd however they may aick at
tbia moment at the proposition of tbe Democrats,
by the end of the Winter they will lind th?m
selvea. w? apprehend qu'te lean enough and
mean er;ugh tf>o. to creep into tbe Democratic
den throngn tbe very narrowest crevice Dooa
Th* C'rmmtTcinl in+end to keep tbera compiny I
ITALY.
' An almost universal indisposition exist* to
?' wa'd tbe elnirts of lapsed nationalities, such as
''Italy Hungary Poland,'' are the saddening but
nevet tbeless 11 ue worda recently used by ane of ou r
London Correspondent*, who himself mutt he
ceunt?d among the most emioent Ame'iean think?
ers To what extent, let ui ask, is this almost gene"
ral tf ntinient on the other side jus? I Cu we make
no exception, supported by history and positive
fact f l'a'nfol it is to every lover of liberty, who
embraces with unprejudiced eye the present anl
its evolutions, to have to avow that there teems
to dawn bat little if ary hope tn the lapsed
nationalities of Europe.
It is however, refreshing to feel that histo?
ry, at well at pres?nt actuality, entitles Italy,
taken at a whole from the Alps to the Tenaro,
to an exemption from that funtjral pile to
which her two sister nationalities teem devoted.
In the whole course of the life of nations,
their progteas, culture and civilization, from the
mott remote epoch?when mjth and legend fore
boded its story literally?to this day, no toil hat
shown euch fecundity, n< ne hat tent forth to the
werld each manifold manifestation of the richest
mental and focial power at the sn-1 of Italy. In
Italy the mjth of classical antiquity phcM the
golden age of Saturn. To Italy, ere it had issued
from primeval darkness, the science of archaeology,
personified in the eminent Cceutzer, traces that
Offcien plastic art, whote originators were the
Etruscans and Tuscans. 1 r .m the hour of
Pome's birth this Itnlian mind appeart in its full
power of organization, unequaled in its eym
metry and width of reach by any other
? f the h*iman family. Hut what with ita
variety rf inbabitanta and bi>toric perioda. It?
aly lias bad more ups and downs, more ?uccet
sions of high and low tide, of centuries of light
and darkness, than any other country hat ever
teen. Ytt has It ever, recovering after etch
prettration, sprung up with renewed ela?ticity and
force. Ihn?, from Italy issncd. and extend*! over
the world at the distance of aeveral centuries, tbe {
tv*o moet powerful and vital organization* known
in the life of E-iropean races, thote of tbe I'apau I
and Papal powere.
All of onr readere are familiar with the hie
tory of Rome, how it prostrated the influence
of fcumat.itt. how it still rstounda, and variuut
ly direct! in different quarters tht* artion of
our times. They krow the darkness which
covered Italy anl the Roman world after the
destruction ef the great empire Hut of alj
the natiens of Europe, Italy was the first tore
cover and disentangle herself from the barbarous
rbroud. Her introductien of the beautiful arts
into Europe, and her unequuled supremacy in
them, is absolutely settled. But need we call
to memory the fact that nearly all the sciences
fan be traced at the earliest epoch to Italy' They
either took birth on her toil, or were nursed and
developed on it The Italian mind was omnipres?
ent, and from it other nations drew rptrki of
light Antrlmus. who fir?t introduced philosophy
into religion, wsa Iwrn and edacated in Italy. To
her belongs Peter Lorobardns, the other god'ather
of reasm in the epoch of mediietal darkness.
Among many. Arnold of Bre?cia, the precursor
of Luther in his opposition to the temporal
power of the clergy and the I'opes, paid by his
life in the twelfth century tbe penalty of hit su;
cettfol attempts at ref.-rmati ?n. Need we call to
memory that the Italian cities were the first to
raise the cry of emancipation?to break and over?
throw Ihe cruthing power of the feudal barons ?
to orgat\7a? muuiciptl and free communities, un
aided by kings or emperor*-, as waa the case in
France and Germany I ItalUns plowed the
waves of tbe Mediterranean before any Northern
or Norman tail appeared there. The gr--at Lom
I bardian league, with Milan at its head, fought
j aga:nst the Emperor Frederick foi the lodep^d.
ence of Italy and for the domestic liberty of her
cities and communities before a similar move
was made in any other spot in Europe. Need
we call to mind that industry, manufactures
and trade were taught by the Italians to other
European nations, and that in I.aly republics ex?
isted wren everywhere else the name was for?
gotten or unknown' Italy was the nursery of
all statesmen and her universities tbe teachers of
Law. Galileo waa the forerunner of Keller aud
I Newton. He it was who facilitated their dis
1 coveries. Turn where you will, explore whatever
j of the immen-e and varions regions of the human
I mind >ou may. you will al*ays at the >ery earliest
] epoch cone on Italy. When other nttioas hai
' but chroniclft, Italy bad ler historians ani phi
lotopbert of history?as Guicciardini and Mac.
chiavelli. Study the customs aud mannen of the
pett. jou find in the fifteenth, sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries that nowhere else in Eu?
rope did there exist to much social refine?
ment, such manifold effort in literature and art,
so much impulse and raey intellectual enjoyment,
and. in fine, in exittence ?o filled with intjre?t
wh eh captivated the feelin?;? and engaged all the
powert of the tuiad, at in Italy.
Thu? Italy was in every ?ense the Wen of Eu?
rope up to the period when other nations began like?
wise to give utterance* ard manifestations of a high
er intellectual life.and when the Reformation irave
them a new and fresh start. 1'rom that epoch Italy
of course do lot ger maintained herself on the same
bight the had held, but she was far from rcmtin'ng
behind. Continually *he flatbed forth gleams of
light axd intellect Science continued to be ill u
miaated by tbe Itai'aa mind. For example, in the
?rventeenth ee-aMirr, Pore'li is hi* works *n the
n-< ??! anir? of animal motion laid do?n the founda?
tion* of pb>*i< log?, coniidertad to be a wholly mod?
ern ? e'ence. Hosts of other name* may br? i|nnted.
U f-eo a new rational phil ^ophv introduced the
human mind to a frern comprehenti >n of truth,
i< gl?wing c< ntrast to 'he srholmie d g'natis n
wtieb preceded it, the Italian mind waa the first in
tie tear career, aid Candanua. (.amptn-ila. Va
riri expired < n t! e pwe for being its brrsds In
tie ?igb'eei.th c<ifury aid at the beg;nnirg of the
r r.i ti enth, Yic<\ F-eccaria, Telsrgtieri. Giartone,
Muratori. Galiani, foubdtrs of pelitical ec m >rm,
1 01 relli and Volta, va ere all of tbem counted am >ug
m< at ?micent li*lit? of the t p< ch.
Italy became prostiated. and la:-?ed. Hat m-n
ta' li e >nd rationality were never extinct in he.
She ia now politically crushed ; but with th- ex?
ception of Lombard; and Venice, forming oa*
sixth of her population and subject to a foreign
Austrian power, her oppressors are all nat.ve
ruler*, a* i? the ra*e wi'h all other State* of Ku
rope. Italy, on the whole, neter loat her p lit eal
or external itdependen :e. Sardinia, Tateany,
Parma, Moder a, Home and Nap'es are distinct
State*, accounted for in the political relation* of
f.urnpe to the same extent and partial ?ignincv
cation a* are all the second rate power*. Mazziui
crates and invoke* emancipation?internal.political
emancipation?.'or tbe wh.de of Italy and the re
mot a! r fa foreign yoke from Loinbardy. The Italian
rlairui cannot be put on the same level aa those
of the Poiiih and Hungarian patriot*. If it were
only for the pa*t of Italy, the world should unite
tobieak ber claim, in a feeling of gratitude, if
eiatitude can irspire the action of nations But
eten in the present epoch, Italy, however feeSly,
lives c< btinual manifestation of ua'ional ami iotel.
'eetual activity. Oppression baa covered her with
a dark and heavy rail Sue do?* not create aa
I fullj as *he could, if allowed to breathe a free,
pure air Exhaustion prevail*, but lot extinction
I ar death. The ?igns of life and pr oductivity she ex?
hibits, under odds more fearful and des. ructtre than
with any other nation, prove her still existing
vitality Italy still mark* a place in scientific
ans literary Etuope. Even Lombsrdy unier
ihe Austtian extinguisher had and has a Monti,
Mahzot'i, Kossiui, Tuiuateo Canta. Ask who
are the ornaments of the positive sciences,
physiology and anatomy, and you will rtceive for
a- ?wer tome Italian namo I aly has ptaets, philj
otopher* and historians The elite with pride may
point to a Colletta, Borpbi. Tosti, Zanelli, Treya,
Leopardi, (iuerazzi and many other* It is a fact
to waken envy, that even no* as in the?sixteen'h
century it it the Nespolitan soil that in this re?pect
ic t?e most productive. Italy, taken together,
runks far above Spain, Fortugal. or the Scandina?
vian countries Her manufactures and ialuatry
a.e still active, and preserve in many respects their
special character, snd in some degre?e even a cer?
tain emir cDce. Her commercial tlag floats on the
ocean, and her ciplomatic representative* have a
place at the Ceurt* of all other European powers
'lhus Paly po*se*ses all the external and internal
itsignirt of nationality.
Whatever may be our ardent wishes for the res
tt ration of the nationality of Poland and Hungary,
ibeir c??e i? wholly dimrent. Unfortuuately in
lookirg into hittory nothing tbat pleads fur Italy
can be brought to bear for Hungary, and with few
secondary exceptions for Poland. 'Ihe one for
more than three centuries has ceased to belong to
tie bsjtvd of F.un pean State* The other, Poland,
participated in it slightly at times, until the peri.>d
of h?r deetrurtioB at the close of th? eighteenth
century. Both of them, warlike and chivalrou*. ex*
t't.'cd th*tr dominion by martial triumphs over
their ntighbor*. Hungary, from the time of the *e
lecticn of tbe Hapshurg* for her ?oTereign*, io the
t r ginning of the rixtectith century, fought the bat
t'e* of tbat dynasty, or, joining the Turk*, tried to
ge: rid of tLem, and Poland never participated in
any of those great treaties by which the all'airs of
Europe were regulated. The histor/ of the pro
gres* of Christian European development is e inally
mute with respect to both those na'i ?oalitiea
Tbus. for exaniple, neither (Ju zot. nor atiy of tbe
philosopher* of history notice them j neiiherdoe*
the erudite Fallam introduce them on hi* inquisi?
torial field. And to day their only common mark
of nationality with Italy, is in their enmroon suf?
fering.
Italy bas still within her bosom all the seels of
vitality, which continue to bud even in darkness i
and for their fuil germination I* needed only the
bright, invigorating sun of liberty.
TAith the charge of venality and corruption
btought in The Huhlishtrt' Circular againtt the
newspaper press in general, and the " not obscure
and uniLfluential"members of it in particular, we
have already dealt so far as its immeliate author?
ship atd animus are concerned. Hat that df>s not
exhaust tbe responsibility of the article. Ttii*
accusation ia not onjy made by Mr Mason, but it
appears as the leading article of a newspaper
issued weekly by the Hook Publishers'Association,
and conducted, a* the paper itself inform* us, under
the supervision of Me#irs William II Appleton
and George P. Putnam. These gentleman
both ha<e bad long experietce as publishers,
and are both men of high personal character They
do not of course give such curretey, ar d the weigit
of their indorsement, to statements of so grave a
nattre which they do not know to be true They
do not ctme forward and allege that bnb-ry is
a proper charge against the pre** of the city and
country as a whole, including the more prominent
aid it fluential journals, without the ability to sub?
stantiate the allegation. Nor, of course, do they
indorse and circulate such a aweeping charge
aga;n*t the entire press, without being
perfectly ready to make it specific and
to state what journals are accessible te
bribes and in tie habit of receiving them, and
thus to inform the public what journals form those
exceptions to thi* corrupt practice, w hich we are
told may undoubtedly be found. We call upon
tbcm then, to bring out the facts which they rely on
to establish their case, in order that public opinion
maj decide. For instance, in this city, do they
mean Tio. Tuirl'Nt. or The Cmwitt and En/nrer,
or 11s F.ttnittf pott, or The S. Y Dada Tinus,
OT Th* Journal of Commerct, or The Commerrutl
Adrtitwr, or The Herald, or Tar Eiprett ' Are
th? ie jotiriaU all corrupt and venal in their lite?
rary ciiticirms, or which of them I And what it
the testimony which Mr. Appleton and Mr. Putnam
have to bring agairat tbe journal or journal* which
tl ey do mean to iinptach I Let u* have the facts
in the premi?es. and then let us hear the other
side: a'ter which thejpubli? can inte lig'n'l) judge
whether Met*r* Ap^lete>n and Putnam have good
cround* for tU*-ir ill opinion of tbe great body of the
Anerican Press or not. <>f course, as they have
eutered upon this exposure stitk a fuil knowledge
of the case, snd with a view to the correction if a
gross public evil, they cannot decline to complete
their work in the only just and proper manner, by
V?-''ifwr(j the wrnpffw),vTs, and alJowiag the% ??
de'eo i th?m?elvee against specific c ?arges. It
would be beneath tboso gentlemen to aay that they
are merely responsible for a general imputation
tha? it ia admitted ttat there era som< jturaala
*? ich cannot be bribs-d: r\n>\ that such aa tat coat
fit* may we*r it; tbe matter i? of too ?*ri"Us a
na'ore, and the chage is too coupreheusive. If
any h'?bly re?pect?hle and responsible party were
to a*s? rt and pnot in a ^rave manner that the pub.
li?her? Mid bookseller* were in the hah t of pilier
irg -r m each other * ?rorc#, end tha? though there
were r3( epttona to tLia thie\ ing it wa* true of so
very many of them, and tho?e not the obacure or
urinnVntial, as to make ita proper charge against
i the Publishers' Association aa a whole, we dare
sa;. Mr I utnam and Mr Appleton wou'd be likely
to stand op tor tbe honor of their guild, and de
?and naa.es and specifications ! ' i ? demand in
view I an ? ({Ually degrading imputation, we now
adorese ir behalf of the press in general, to Mr.
William II Appleton and Mr. Geoige P. Piruam.
While waiting for the mire precise specifi
cati* r*s aid the supporting testimony on which
tbe official represtntationsol the Book l'abli*hers'
Atfociation hare seen tit to charge the newspaper
press in general, and its prominent and ioflaential
n embers in particular, with one of tbe basest, aad
most e egrading offeD** s again t hoo- s'y and truth
of which journalism can be capab'e, it may be
pn pet to analyze their accusation somewhat
closely, by way of clearing the (round and render?
ing future i'iecuesioca more pointed and con?
clusive. The charge brought is that of bribery :
but tie acenser*?by whom we mean
i the au'hor of the accu-atnan and those who
j bare indorsed ai <! published it?divide their
indictmnt into three heads, vi/: 1 bribery by
aiht rt.-iig in consideratuu of which pulfs are
pi?n.istd and given in the columns of the same
journal: '2. direct bribeiy, by paying sums of
money (five dedh-ra is specified, as if it were the
most cen.ir.on price of a journalist") to the person
rjpployed as critic in the journal whose notice is
deeired ; and 3. employing such a etil c as a raader
of manuscripts, or in some kindred literary capa?
city.
With regard t) bribery byadvertising.it will
1 tot, we *utpo?e, be enough for the rcpreseatatives
? of the Book Publishers to show that a book it ad
ver ieed and reviewed, either favora>ly or at con)
sideroblc length, in the samei new-paper. It
: will, for imtance, by no moans establish that The
Fr*ning Pott has been bribed by Messrs. Btukt,
i Gould A Co , became an advertisement of theirs
yesterday appeared in one part ofthat paper and a
highly commendatory review of one of thtir book*
in another part Before the Hook Publishers' At
I sedation can make out a cam against The Po?t on
that point, they mutt prove that there has been a
1 pontive agreement on the part of it* conductors, in
consideration of so much advertising from Messrs.
Gould Banka A Co, to give none bnl. favorible
notices of their publication*; or at least they
must prove that the conductors of tout journal
: are in the habit of making that soit of contract*.
' In respect to this kind of bribery, the evidence
j must be clear, direct, and positive, or the Hook
Publishers will occupy a very disagreeble attitude
before the public.
As for tbe second specification, that of bribing
the critics of the prominent and influential, as
well as of the less important journal*, with sums
of five dollara and upwards, the poiut is much
simpler and easier to make out. Let us have the
attestation of any respectable book publisher that
be kas paid five dollars, or any larger sum, to Mr A
or Mr B as a bribe for a favorable review of a book,
and that the journal by which Mr. A or Mr. B ia
employed has subsequently published snch a re?
view, and u strong caae will be made, until Mr.
A or Mr. B, or the ir journals, shall prove the
attestation false or erroneous. But on thia beadit
must be remembered that none but good and posi?
tive ev idence can be admitted. Hears%y, iustous.
tion?, and anonymous rumors will not do.
At for the third specification it may be well for
the public to understand tbe point a little more
distinctly. Kach large book publisher, sometimes
because be is too busy, sometimes because he de
sires his own j ldgment to be assisted by the ad?
vice of a person of more scholarly learning, eio
plojs some literary man, or sometimes even more
than one, to examine works offered for publica?
tion, and to give an opinion as to their valu<< and
tbe probable advantage of brioging them out.
'1 Lie. as will be understood on a moment's consid?
eration, is a vary responsible office, requiring great
knowledge, sound judgment, and perfect honcaty,
for its proper discharge. No publisher would em
ploy in that captcity a man whote opinion he could
suppose to be in financed by any hut the moat ju st
reasons, for otherwise, by following that ?opinion
he would often be exposed to heavy lost. The
fact that a gentleman baa long been trusted io
such a capacity by any publishing house able to
select and to pay for ita literary employees, must
therefore be highly favorable to the reputation of
that gentleman for integrity, independence and
soundness of judgment; and if we were in search
of a competent and trustworthy critic for a lead?
ing jouraal, we should regard it aa great
recommendation for a candidate that he held
such a relation to such a houte. Nor should
we hold bit continuance in the fjrmer position to
he an) objection to his attempting the new one.
That an honett man should read some books and
express bis true opiolon upon them under the
tetponeibility connected with their publication,
can certainly form no reason why he should after?
ward express falte opinions on those books, or on
othtrs which he had not read before their publi
cati. n. It is, then we think, clear that the simple
fact that the gentleman who sometimes or regu?
larly writes the criticisms of a journal, also holds
the relation of literary adviser to a publisher, does
not of itself amount to bribery acd c irruption
Nei'her doea the writing of a book n)w and then,
or the contributing of an occasional article to a
magazae by a journalist prove ttat he i* bribed
by the publisher of the book or the magazine
All these we hold are perfectly legitimate thin/t
for any literary man to do. and we w irn the Bo ?k
Publishers' Association that be'ore they can make
out their third sort of bribery against any indi
vidual or any journal, they must either bring direct
testimony of conupt agreements b'tw?>en pub?
lishers and critics, or some other ev ideoce of an
equivalent character. Certainly, on this c runt of
tbe indictment, as little as on either of the otbera,
no mere inferencea, rumors, or tutpL-ion* can ?uf.
tice to sustaio the charges which tbe Publish?
ers and their newspaper have ao boldly and un
eqnivocaily brought before the tribunal of the
public. _
Now that tbe Senate, by the non organization of
the Houae. are left with no birg to do, beyond
mere daily sesa'ott of aome minutee for the form
?f the thing, why might they n t take up and con
sider tbe International Copyright treaty negotiated
by Mr. Welter, umi wbt?h bM bo*, ZfZ " j
oo their fable und.io-so* of 7 1
The Southern Senators, who profet? M m%fA
zeal ?"n behalf of tbe rights of property,
ce t ta;nly I>e expected to etnbrae I trita t >m? ardj
an arrangemew* mtwhich /ecurity c?p-operty j# ,J|
great object Hot a? the, are b?tt upon eatab'mj
n.g the doctiloe that a aperial right of pro^n?
ba;ed up* n the laws mi Virginia fur iasteoe*, *i
of any other Slave State, ought to ?>e re>.vrj ,J
acd treated, all the world orer, u good, valid, aoJ
binding upon ail lion, st men, would it aot Wa
policy on their part to bniin by recognizing t?
propertj of foreign authors in their literary ?
especially as th.t property is btsed n >t rare,
upon municipal law, but upon natural right at
well, while the rtc ?gnitiou of it w mid oot ea>
counter any of those moral and conscientious sera
pl? t which just now stood in the way of the g-a rjj
admission of that particular right of pr .pert,
-hich our Southern frieLds have so much
heart
At all event*, ao long as Southern Senators eoaj
tinue 'o scout, to deny, and to trample under foot
or to allow others to do so the cliim of Brioln
authors to a recognition here in America of their
copyright pro erty, disdainfully replying to ta,,
claim that it is bated only on Itriuah mnoiciati
law, it seems to as that they ought to be a it-',
n.oie modest in inaiating that we aad ereribaaj
else aball reccgnize as valid, and everywhere biai
ing in conscience, claim* ol property which lm*
no other basis, or pretense of it, except the uiaaici
pal laws of Virginia and other Sltve Stages
F/W.\f HASHIXt.TOX.
TBE NON-f LECTION OF SPEAKER.
I<l:l*n?. eVre?t>?c<<enci o> h*N. T Tribvu*
WaMiiNeiTox, Tuesday Evening, Dec. II
Ihe hopes eotertahed this morning that a stf
ticient number ol" th*> votes hitherto scaUnsJ
would Way be concea'rated on Mr. Utnkitel
elect him, have Ms) beeo realiitvl. Hie vote I ? I
fluctuated from W t > MV>, aa Mr IdwsrrJa of Mr
State voted tor or sgaiast him: Mr. Hill of Ovo
having ccme in to his support, while Mr. Edieoti
I'enn. went bark to Fuller. Mr Hanks still las.,
aix or seven votes of aoeleetnn, anl whence ,<?.J
are to come, I cannot say. But his friends ir >
firm and retolute; tbey believe o many veiet!
conld not now be concentrated on any other mti
aid their preaent purpose is to stand their groaid
and let the Country judge bcttreea th*?m aid tt.
stragglers who prevent a choice. If the oppoa?
of Mr. Far.ka who were e'ected on the aader?t?ad
ing of their constituents that they were hoatileto
the Nebraska Iniquity and in favor of redre?*r*j
the wrong involved in it, would simply withh.*J
their rotes, Mr. Banks would a* once b* elected
'I hey need not do the work cen?ded to then if!
tbey will no longer prevent others doing it. Thr,
Honte remains disorganized and the public btti
nets is arrested, not because these gentlemen wil
tot vote for the Anti-Nebraska candidate f
Speaker, but because they peraiet in voting agtiat
him. We can beat the Nebraska Democracy**
atd the Southern Know Nothings together, if the
Northern stragglera will simply atand out of tbe*
way : but they won't- so here we are. Whatari
the Country I
We have no complaint to make of either of a*
pariiea just indicated Tbe tupporiera of ha
Nebraska bill, and tbose elected on the basis*'
acquiescence in its principles and ita pcrpeniatiH
are entirely consistent in voting against Mr. Hink
Tbey were ehc'ed to oppose the cause of whic
he is now tbe standard bearer. We find no faul
th. ti. with Graves, theTexaa Know Nothing, no]
tvitb Me?srs. Cruther* and Mordeeti Oliver, ft
somi Whigs, for swelliag Richardson's votses
every ballot. William Smith of Virginia-si
irregular Know-Nothing?does the same, boat
Messrs. Bowie of Md., i albott of Ky , and Wg.
kins of Tenn., old time Whigs, but elected at**1
Know Nothing*. Here are seven of Richardani
sevecty-tix votes that are not catt b/ I. in . rn
of the Tierce and Douglas sebo ?I, but he is ent?kd
to them. Scare them np'
But there is another class, however, wkii*
stands on different grouud. Mr. Ki jhard* * wa
selected as the Democratic candi late for Hpeshr
because, as Chairman of tbe Territorial Conti
tce in the laat House*, he reported and carrisf
through the Nebraska bill. He was nomisatsi
expie**ly ard meaningly on a platform of th .rout
approval of that measure. The caucaa in **>
stance retolved that no man should hen ? d .rth btre
gaided aaa Democrat who does not also sappsrtil
And jet Messrt. T. .F. I). Fuller of Maine, Web
of Wisconsin, Barclay and Hinckraan of IVn-jr
vania, each elected a* Anti-Nebraska, and first -
not all of them from Dirttricta where no candiaat
stood any chance who wan not supposed to best*
Ntbreska, all vote atcadiU for hiicbardson, lb**
braska, instead of Ruiks, the an ti-Nebraska Inet
erat! Mr Bankti*jn*t what tbey were oklissi
t? profeasto be in order to got elected; titan
vote against him, and for the mm who it jasttat
sort of Democrat they profeiaed not to be}' h
thia honeat dealing'
Now let us look through the catalogue of Norn
em opponenta of Mr Hanks who were elected*!
Whigs, Amerieans or Republicans.
L John MueUr of N. F.?Mr. W. was else tat
to the last Congress at a Democrat, and aigntlixta
himself then in by zealous and unspariog oppotv
tiou to the Nebraska bill. For this he was die
carded by the great bulk of his old supporters. M
wa* taken up aid reMected by the great bulk #!
tbe anti Nebraika men of bit District. No
has been more profute in his professions of de??!
tion to the cause of Freedom in the Territori**
no man haa more thoroughly ?haken otr old pirf
trammels. He is poiaoned by hi* own vanity ?
bia prepoeterous ambiti- n to be 8reaker hinesl'
As an anti-Nebraska Democrat, Mr. Banka 004*
to bae hit most ardent support; he does at*
becauae John hat hoped, ?o long as hope wi* f*
*ible, that some turn of tbe wheel w?uld tri*
him to the top. " They will have to take at
" jet' ' he exultirgly remarked when the H>?*
adjourned Speskeileaa last Saturday. I h?ve ?*
jet beard tbat the [rropheey is likely to wo'k e*
its own fulfillment.
ft. hillir.m W. Vmlk of l.ovs MaaW Mi'W
was elected by " Sam." in conaequeace tf *
ruLn!ng of three or ionr ctndidatet. The
who tent him to Congress would re*?t at a*
suit any iatimation that they were "or\B**[
to aocure to Slaveiy a triumph o?er i reed
but see what they have done Mr. Vslk. j
lieve, is a St utherner by birth, aaddje*nut prt*f -
to i?e in ftvor ol Slavery Restriction. I? J
shame that such a man site in the *e?t *_
rice I Such a change could not have beta I
in fair dajlight ; but those dsik lantera?
people deplorably. &m%,
:;. liaipti Cloth of tfestrluittr. -Mfc^ ^
the Whig candidate for Congret* *l the Ti ^
trict in but waa badly beaten ?? *f
V.