' ,a? fj - **y~- r
pfe 4«m. vm^MMMW^ 29 ' -<■
■' ; r'- .
®ifLoa!>. at No^
W '- '; a half in
- She o rhianß went into
' •,*.- a r=>«; of loyiog
ah, ;,, #"«y4 % 6i i^erBr s hundred poreon. had’
tfia t ’““* ) ‘ , Sllfl *'Franolßo6 froni,' Frarer ilver—ho
tyjrii v=-v t ith Vheir want of success. The
;_ jjon,.P. -0. : Brod'ersbk left'SanFrancisoo on the
V* /•_ A.soth 'ult., for Washington, v&z the Plains; A
' ? number of hie political friends chartered a steamer
accompanied him as far as Benicia. News
i fro® Oregopoonfirras the reportof a battle haying
boenfoughtwith! the Indians, Two hostile ciiofe
■ s ’- : 1 were’captured] and shot by the United States
.Dates from the Sandwioh Islands are to
-.September 26th. In the now treaty with Prance
■" '7 rtbeinain-points are yielded to that Government,
'French : language ’ is. on a level
-r. c? -• ! Vrth tixo English. Thoj-cluty on liquors is to be
i&£ **4 five tOrtbrepd.ollaTS per gallon. The
i 7 i> 1 French vessels aTO'to he placbd on the same foot*
: ; V . | Dg with the Hawaiian. / The French consul is al
\ « . - lowed to, exercise judicial functions,- belonging of
. V right to the Hawaiian oourta.
? By tbe arrivai of the Bt. Louis wo have also news
from Japan via California. It iB rumored that a
, treaty had "been conoluded with the . Japanese Go
‘ ' vernmenfe by the United States consul at Jedda,
" ’ "\! and thatltbe treaty,is nowon its way to Washing*
• ton. This/if true, is'important. It is also Baid
th&t ft Japanfeso prince, with a retinue of attond
\ ' ante, Was to, depart immediately for Washington i
v The barque - St.-James, Capfc. Cruse, whloh
, . sailed from this port yesterday for Rio de Jaoei
: / - ro, r took out forty passengers, all" of whom had
v ‘ /been engaged to work on the great Don Pedro II
. ;.TaUVoad,‘in Brazil. The men are ohieflyfrom the
*. ], mining districts of this State. It is thought many
; , more men will be required.
~ - Tbo new Masonic Hall at Doyleatown, Bucks
\ county', was dedicated yesterday, with appropriate
.coremonies. •Therewas a large procession, excel*
- : lont music, and muoh enjoyment generally. ,
Alvah Hunt, Esq.,'who was struck down with
''' s - j Varatyais on Saturday.last, died at his resldenoo
t ’ > .sWBrobklyn, yesterday. Mr. Hunt’s death was
> f.tho resultof mental solioitudo, occasioned by the
fO f> . slirmingillnessef bis whdse^prbtraotedin
’ *-VispoSttidn terminated in aberration of mind. He
; : t ‘wW.for 'five years a State Senator, and for two
■ years State Treasurer.
We give some further particulars in regard to
-•. x ~ - J the late horrible murder and,suicide in New York.
Young GoalJy, the suioide, was buried yesterday.
'• ) ,• A fatal acoident ooourred on the Buffalo and
- Corning (N. Y.) Railroad yesterday, by the train
‘■y -•> .-being thrown off the track. Three wore killed and
1 ’ elxVeen wounded, some severely. . -
- We aro ploasod to learn from Harrisburg that
J , Govornor Paskor has recommended Thursday, the
' 18th of November, as a day of thanksgiving and
• ■ r prayor.
t • From Washington wo have the following state*
'*./ roent of the United States Treasury: *
: -.V Bnlanoe in the United States Treasury
on Monday »« $7,889,000
- 1-Receipts during the week 656,000
- Drafts paid.. ' 1,442,000
•.-Braftfl-iesued.... 1,728,000
...Reduction* 1,071,000
Tbo regular meeting of City Counoilß took plaoo
?'?'•« is',*-'. -\ 'ycßterday. "In seleat branch, tho'bill from Com*
; • l " mon‘ fathoming > the extension of the
• ,v A* dity 'GftB;Workfl, was defeated. The consideration
<v- c* of {the- building of a bridge over the Schuylkill, at
* • ';' -- 1 • Chestnut-street "wharf, was postponed for the pre*
' ‘ sent. The, subject of a paid fire department war
’ referred to a. committee. In Common CounoU,
, , the ordinance authorising a new loan of five hun-
; dred thousand dollars- passed by a voto of 5G yens
- ‘ - /to 7 nays. A resolution was passed for the ap*
- U . /-* .pointmont of a committee from each Chamber, to
' T inquireinto the expediency of requiring all coal
sold in the city to be weighed at the door of the
purphaaer. This is an important mattor to house*
keepers, dud," providing itisaotod on in good
~.faiih, wiU tend, we have no doubt, to the puhlio
•>’. V , S' 'good.'
•v .*» •; - The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher had a fine audi
“ T./ ouoc lnst night at Concert Hall, to listen to his
eloquent leotoro. ,A report of it will bo found -ln
~.f our local columns, as well as a synopsis of one by
Dr. Bacon Stevens at tbo Musical Tun'd Hall.
The Second of November. ‘
' ;The elections to bo held on Tuesday next
1 are of a’oharaoter mofe important, if posslblo,
• than;those held;'on ; the, second Tuesday oi
V ’ ‘'.October!.’,' The.people, of JNew York, New
.1 , Jersey, Delaware,.; Illinois, Massachusetts,
Michigan, and Wisconsin all- elect their mem
;'; bars of Congress on that day. In New York.
' tour important S tate officers are to be elected—
, a. /Governor,, Lieutenant /Governor, Cana)
• Commissioner, and State Prison Inspector—
and four sets of nominations haye been made
for these offices. „ The Democratic ticket is
headed .by Amasa J. Pahkeb, the Republican
/ ticket by Edwin D. Morgan, the American
; \ tjekot - by, Lorbsso 'BuRROWsi/the..Abolition
- and -Temperance ticket by Gbbbit Smith.
The/pfohd, old; Empire .State .was once so
/?(■ / 'decidedly Democratic that whenever her De
■_ 1 .• moerdey -were united they were invincible
,! against .any combination that might ho made
• against them ; but so sadly have their ranks
' boon thinned by internal dissensions and by the
' .. intense feeling of the State on theslavery qncs
: t idn, that although tbo Democracy are now uni
tedyand their opponents are ranged under three
.j' banners, it is considered doubtfhl whether
-* Piazuß, Democrat, or Moboan, Republican,
1 , , ■ will be/elected, but the : Tribune confidently
- . , - claims the triumph of the latter, and the Her
v ~ ' aid- virtually concedes it. In a number of the
. Congressional districts three.sets of nomina
, - tions, Democratic, American, and Republican,
■ have been inode; but-'the Opposition forces
' "are gradually,£eing consolidated in nearly oil
, . .1; the./districts, either upon Republican, Ameri
•• ’ can, or anti-Lecompton Democratic candi
, dates; and, In one or two districts, two Demo-
. , cratic candidates are running. The present
i ’Oosgresbional delegation stands 23 Repnbli
\ to JO!Democrats.
In New, Jersey* the present Congressional
_delegation stands three Republicans .to two
'"Democrats: ’ In tlio First.district] the Oppo*
are divided between'Nixo_n, Republican,
' - and Jones, American. ' In the Third and
Fourth districts, Adrian and-Ricas, anti-Le
compton Democrats, are the only candidates
in tho field against the Lecomptonlte nomi
nees; V'
In Delaware, William 6. WmrELE? is tlie
Democratic, and Willum R. Mourns ((or
• mdrly of Pennsylvania) tho Opposition candi
date for Congress.
’’ In Illinois there are three State tickets in
'Tttjq'fleld, for the offices of State Treasurer and
of; Public Instruction—the
: • Douglas Democratic ticket, headed by Wm.
, ' ’ B. Poirier;, the Danite tickot, headed by Johm
7, , poopnEait j and the Republican tickot,
. headed by James Mieekk. There are three
• - similar tickets for Congress in all the districts
L. ; ! ' .except the. Third and Ninth, where the Danites
! . -, haye ;ijh' candidates running. The present
' delegation consists of five Democrats and four
~ ..Opposition Congressmen. The most interest
v . *?S feature in this election, however, consists
in the- choice of members of Legislature
; /upon ;whose action next winter the decision of
.the Senatorial fluestion depends. The union
' tho Danites and the Republicans on
this point ,is cordial 'and complete, and the
- former are .doing all in‘their power to secure
the. triumph of the latter.- Though the con
. - " test will'apparently be close,- the friends of
Douoms, appear to bo full of confidence, and
. r .■ from all the intelligence we-have received we
.think thpif anticipations will be realized.
Inlildsaaehnsotls,-a Governor,. Lieutenant
Governor, and fonr other State officers, are to
i .-be elected.’ There are three tiokets in the
Belabor these;officers, which are classified
~. •f 'thus: Demecratie, headed byE. D. Beaoh ;
" Straight'American, beaded by A. A. Law
. Hes'Ce; Republican and American, headed by
N.P, Banks., The triangular contest is tsle
rablywell kept np, .but the. prospects of tho
- ‘ ‘Democracy in the Old Bay State do notap
pear much better than usual.. In several of
. ; the districts there are two Opposition caiidi
; '. J /dates for Congress, but ,In the generally of
. " theiu oniy one. . , t ‘ . '- .
In Michigan a Governor and eight other
" ..State officers are to be elected. The Dcmo
- erotic ticket is headedby Chabees.E.’Stuaet,
.. ■,• .tiip anti-LCcompton Senator whp stood gal
i-t. . 'lantly by Dodoeas and Beodebiok during tho
'whelp 'strugglelast winter, ami the Repubii-.
! ' can'ticket is hoaded by Moses Wishes. Pour
■> .f.- membors, of .Gongress are to be elected in,this
* «'BtateW All'of the present delegation are Be-
H of Congressional
t.i}pmlnatlbps ( U'jDembcr9tic:- and Bepublfcan,
fyavo beeh tuado. , f J .
~' ijt, thfCc’ momfiers of Congress
be elected. .AUythe nenbers ’ of. the
u :^aprosentde!egatipn,'PonTtis,'WA B nnunsE;and,
they have
i . . been renominated by.fheij party.. The De-'
y ’<; ■ -’.moorold;bdvo .nomihatedt'ißEsiAH -Bsows
’
lutnre bf?.tho > country wilt bo
by tho result of the elec-’
' tiona in these States, t,.u
The S|>eech of Senator Seward-
The late speech of.S r en»tor Seward, at Ro
chester, 4s.chftwct#ed by the usual ability
displayedJby that gentlenaau, as well as by hjs
üßuai ulfe sectionalism. In the very nature of.
'things, ho seems to be essentially a aectionalist,
and however much he may strivej as he does
occasionally, to assume positions of a national
character, he soon relapses into his normal at
titude of a great sectional leader. In the early
stages of the controversy, last winter, he sym
pathised warmly with Douglas in the giant
struggle ho made for a great principle, but
when tlio partisan leaders of Republicanism in
Illinois united with the Administration to
crush the champion of Popular bovereignty,
Mr. Seward’s sympathies were speedily won
by the ultra Republicans, and, in his late
speech, he tokcß a position similar to that with
which Lingolk commenced his canvass. Like
Lincoln, he proclaims the doctrine that all the
States of the Union must either become en
tirely slaveholding or entirely free-labor com
munities, andthata grand battle, with no truce
or compromise, must be kept up until one of
these results is accomplished. This is a plat
form whioh implies eternal agitation, and de
nies amoment’s repose, at the cost of the Union
itself. We do not believe that any very con
siderable body of the American people desire
such a contest. A large proportion of the
members of tho Republican party, in Pennsyl
vania and New York, are perfectly content to
await tho honest workings of the doctrine of
Popular Sovereignty fairly carried out, and
shrink from any agitation based upon Congres
sional interference with the domestic institu
tions of tho States or Territories. The Na
tional Government of this Union was not crea
ted to bo a great engine, either to propagate
slavery or to abolish it. It haahigher and nobler
pnrposes to subserve. Tho American people
have bnt little disposition to sympathise with
the extremists of either side, and will be satis
fied with such a policy as shall best preserve
the integrity.of the Unionandthe Constitution,
and give to the energies of the National Go
vernment a legitimate direction.
A Safe Investment.
Tho conversion of tho noun-adjective safe, into
a noun-substantive, has taken plaoe, wo think,
within the memory of men born 1® th® present
century. Though the name bo now, the substance
is old. From time immemorial—which means a
period centuries beyond the recolleotlon of that
venerable gentleman, 14 the oldest inhabitant,”
Qrafc cousin, we imagine, to the “ physician whose
sands of life have nearly run out’ ’ —there have boen
ooffeis, strong boxes, muniment chests, and such
things for the preservation of papers, parchments,
jewels, and money. These were composed, parti
ally or wholly, of iron. Indeed, only a fortnight
ago, a military treasuro-oheat, made of iron, whioh
Napoleon Bonaparte had left behind him at Alex*
andria, in Egypt, was sold by auotion, in London,
and went off very shabbily, for the contemptible
sum of $35.
Sometimes, to make security doubly secure, cavi
ties wore built into the walls of public or private
edifioes, with ono or two strong iron doors, and it
was expected that these truest be fire-proof. Thoso
-holes in the wall, however thick the walls, how
ever strong or numerous the iron doors, invaria
bly and inevitably were found to yield to the do.
vonriog element. So. impelled by necessity, fire
proof safes came to be invented. Poor enough
hey were at first, but they gradually were
improved. We remember, some five and
’wenty years ago. having the opportunity of
examining the oontents of an early English safe
whioh had been subjected to the test-trial of fire.
The books were soorohed, the papers were
ringed, and a parchment deed about two feet
quare, which had been enveloped in many folds
>f fine diaper, for fullost protection, was neither
ringed nor soorohed. It had become a great curi
osity, for the Inteneo boat had shrivelled it up, or
rather shrank it down to the size of some four
inches, and the writing was so much minimized,
in proportion, that it requirod a very strong mag
nifying glass to make it legible. It was not de
stroyed, however, for it was subsequently admitted
os evidence in a court of law.
Wu will olaim for Philadelphia the credit of
making some of tho very boat fire-proof Safes in
he world. And, without doing anything so invidi
ous as to exalt one manufacturer above another, we
will Bay that Herring’s Safes, whioh are to he
found in all parts of tho Union, from Maine to
California, are as good, at least, as any others.
We need not enter into tho question of comparative
merit—each manufacturer, doing his best, we aro
jure—but we may add that a Herring Safe won
the prize at tho. London Crystal Palaoe in 1851,
«td that another (we recollect how gay it looked
Titbits blue and gold) was equally fortunato at
the New York Crystal Palace in 1853. Tbe&o
instances we mention out of many, because these
are known to us, as wo saw the Safes in London
tnd'New York.
Yesterday wo ox&mined a Fire Proof Safe, which
Jfarrqlß, £ Herring.- Walnut-Street,-bare—JUBt
iompleted for'the Banking-house of Carey &
Thompson, Kanton, Ohio. The cost will be 9850
—but that buys positive security from fire and
burglars. This is almost what one might call
% Mammoth Safe. It is something taller than our
fat friend Amodio, tho singer, and considerably
wider. In its plain green and black it has a
more business look than its highly-decorated
vnteoedent in the Now York Crystal Palaoe.
The outward doors, composed of boiler-iron
plates, lined with chilled iron, are mns
rivo, but move lightly on the hinges. The
mils are so arranged as to have equal strength
vlth thick iron bars. Within this ontranoe,
are inner doors, of tbreo strata of metal—chilled
iron botween boiler iron plates—and the bolts are
seoured on tho same principle as thoEeonthe
inter doors. This forms an interior iock-np, but
inside this, again, is a sub-treasury, composed
throughout of chilled iron and steel, so pl&cod and
hardened that, if tho double set of outer doors
: were opened—whioh is impossible without the
: keys—this sab-treasury would be impregnable
igainst the most perfeot “ Jack-in-the-box,” used
by tho most dexterous burglar. The edgo of tho
instrument would bo dean out off by the hard
metal opposed to it in a few turns.
We do cot thick that wo have more to say on this
rabjcet than that Hall’s Patent Bank looks secure
the Safe, and that the weight of this oompaot, yot :
stupendous affair, exoeeds Three tons. We should
not he surprised if, when it arrives at Ohio, it will
be exhibited there as one of the wonders of
Philadelphian manufacture. To-morrow, It will
be sent off on its long journey to Kan ton.
The use of Safes in the United States is general,
and is increasing. In England, it is muoh smaller
than might be expeoted in a great commercial
oommunity. There, and on tho Continent of
Europe, few,Except merchants, use thorn. With
us, they are placed In Government and States’
publio offices, banks, railroad offices, forwarding
ind transportation depots, insurance offices, ex*
press companies’ stations, hotels, newspaper offices,
religious associations’ establishments, and in ma*
nufacturing, mercantile, commercial, and othor
places where seourity is an objeoi From tho fact
that Pennsylvania produces the finest-iron, which
is a necessity in the manufaotnre, a vast extent of
safe-making is carried on in Philadelphia. Mr.
Frecdly estimates it at $150,000 a year, but we
suspeot that this is groatly below tho mark, for
Farrels, Herring, & Co. alone manufacture to tho
extent of $lOO,OOO per annum. All through tbo
panic of last fall and tho gloom of tho earlior
months of 1858, this house did undiminished buai*
ness. Indeed, it bos latterly so muoh inoreased,
that they have had to eroct a new manofaotory in
Willow street, above Broad. This shows the in*
crease of general business, for people do not usually
get fire*proof safes unless they haro wherewithal
to lock up iu them.
Monumental Sculpture.
Mr. H. 1) Saunders, tho eminent sculptor, has
just completed a most interesting family*groupo,
in Vermont white marble, which may be seen In
his studio, at 811 Looust street, opposite Musical
Fund Hall. It is intended for Laurel Hill Ceme
tery, as a fimoroal monument. It is a life-like rep
resentation of a mother in a sitting position, hold
ing two infants in her lap. Her hands are folding
upon the right knee, in a strong grasp, and thus
the ohildren are cradled up in her lap. There is
beautiful drapery, failing nnturally, in rioh folds,
on both sides of the figure. The right foot, orossed
over the left, leans upon a lyre, with loaves of lau
rel, indicating the high degroo of musioal taste,
talent, and oulture possessed by the lady, while on
earth. The sentiment of this groape is delieato,
beautiful, and exprossive. The attitude of the
mother gives a very striking impression of absolute
resignation and repose. The expressiroly and’
finely-ont features display sadnesß, tempered by
resignation; bat tho ray of hope, the glory of faith,
seems to illumine the brow ; the mouth, still
bearing the traces of the last earthly struggle, in
dicating tho suffering te which mortality is subjeot.
The entlrecomposition, simply boautiful and grand
in the conception, impresses the spectator with tbo
idea of calmness,rest,repose. This is ono of tho
most affecting monuments (so to say) we havo evor
seen; It impressed us with a moro tonder senti
ment than was awakened by Chantrey’soelebrated
ohildren in Lichfield Cathedral. Homothor can
look upon it without being soul-subdued.
Maitland has Turned Up !
James A. Maitland, author of “ Snrtaroe,” who
lately-made his oxit from Hew York, with a
touohipg announcement that ho was about com
mitting suicide, baa turnod up! Suspicion was
that he had gone to the Far West. Fad fo—he is at
Montreal, in Canada. He was heard of yesterday,
through n draft upon one of our most respectable
ciilaens/tp whom he owes monoy.
- Fttist Page.— Eighth District of Massachusetts;
Portraits of Washington; Municipal Bonds;
Speech ,of John W. Forney, at Camden, N. J., on
last Wednesday'evening; General Hows.
BY MIDNIGHT MAIL.
Letter from “ Occasional.”
[Correspondence of The Press.]
Washington, Oct. 28,1858,
The rumors of a chango in the Cabinet, like tho
stories abont 44 the end of the world,” ate begin
ning to bo revived. Bub there is as muoh proba
bility of tho ono as the other. Nothing will dis
solve the Cabinet, now that it stands undismayed
and Indifferent before the decree of the people,
pronounced in the late elections. Should General
Cass continue to fail in health, that may induoe a
re-cast of tho Cabinet, but nothing else. As to the
exodus of Attorney General Black, it is impossible.
He could not be induced to go under any oiroum
stances. Ho knows bettor. What would he do ?
His very last foot—that of fighting against Gov.
Paoker, and attacking the Legislature of his
State as “ dishonest” for passing the SunbuTy and
Erie bill—not to speak of his proscription of all
Democrats who do not agroe with him in his views
as to Kansas, would render hia future “at home”
anything but pleasant. He will stay whore he is
as long as he oan. Governor Cobb will hang on
steadily. He has been the engineer of the whole
of the Kansas policy of the Administration, ending
with his wanton desertion of Stanton and W a lkor,
and he oannot retreat. Both Toombs and Stephens
will come to Washington in December, furious
against the war upon Douglas, which was begun
by Cobb, and he must stay in and fight it
out. Governor Touooy will not retire. Tho im
portant interests of his relatives in the oo&l con
tract in Philadelphia, his own supposed interest in
paper mills, and other matters, will induoe him to
stay, especially sinoo he has dono his best to make
Connecticut an Abolition State by failing to resist
Mr. Buohanan and Kansas Governor Floyd will
stay, although all handß aro against him. It is
not beoauso he has had anything to do with the
Willott’s Point, Fort SnelHng, and other opera
tions—all of whioh, by the way, were Administra
tion measures,considered in Cabinet, and endorsed
as such—but solely on acoount of his suspected li
berality to tbo anti-Lecompton Democrats, and his
refusal to assist in their proscription. Ho has
shown hie nervo on this point before, and I think
he will do it again.
Before Wendell left for the East betook pains
to show that while his paper was against Douglas
he was for him. The faot is, he is for or against
anybody, of whatevor politios, who has printing
to give. He is a head-over-heels sort of man,
with no politics, subscribes to all kinds of move
ments, and is about as fit to oonduct a newspaper
as you would be to guide the ohariot of tbe sun.
The next recession will be os to the diplomatic
and consular list from Pennsylvania. The papers
are boginning to ory out against tho bestowal of so
many places upon that State, and tbe President
will not long resist the protest. Both Mr. Dallas
and Mr. Clay are now in dangor, especially as tho
story is that at least two of the defeated Lecomp
tonites are eager and exaoting for pay. I know of
one Wostorn victim who sw>ars that he must ho
paid up, alleging that ho voted most reluotantly
for the Kansas blunder.
Governor Wise’s reappearance on the stago in
favor of Douglas, and against tho prosoriptivo
policy of the ooncern hero, was an unexpected ap
parition. Hia silonoe had led them to expeot that
be would allow their madness to pass unrebuked.
They were even talking of making Am their can
didate for President; but now, like a bold and
defiant statesman as he is, he kioks over their cal
culations, and keeps his position.
Governor F. P. Stanton is hero, in fine health
and spirits. He oxpeots to bo in Philadelphia in
a day or two. He is xoith you , heart and soul.
There aro all mannor of rumors hero as to what
tho Administration will do to save itself from the
terrible rebuke whioh has been inflicted upon it
by the reoent elections in Ohio, Indiana, and
Pennsylvania. A war is to be ooaxed oither with
Mexico, or tiny of the Central Amorioan or South
American States, or with all together. Tho glory
of the country is to be dealt in. Cuba is to be got
by hook or by crook.” It is hard to tell what
will not be dono. Tho President is made to de
clare, (with what truth I cannot say,) “ I will do
cuch things ; what they aro, yet I know not, but
they shall bo tho terrors of tho earth.”
An Ornament for tho NcwCnpitolßuihl
ing at 'Washington.
Wo had yesterday the pleasure of examining a
scotlon of the magoifioent bronze balustruding—
executed at tho foundry of Messrs. Aroher, War*
nor, Miskoy, & Co., and now open to the public at
their new storo, No. 718 Chestnut street—dosigned
for the mombbrs' private stairoase in the now
Capitol building at Washington. As a work of
art it excels anything in the way of bronze oast
log in this country, and, if we may credit the
testimony of the more experienced in suoh matt
tors, it is not surpassed in tho world. The designs
after whioh tbo work has boon executed symbolize
the productions of our country—agricultural, hor
ticultural, ornithological, and animal, not except
ing a few plump little specimens ef the human
speoies. The work is now nearly oompleto, and
will probably bo placed in its dostined position be
fore the dose of noxt month. In tho section now
on exhibition tho following natural indigenous
productions aro 1001®******-* —
(gr-zo —nature, wliioh, oonßldoring the mani
fest difficulty attending such a work, is won
derful, and refioots great oredit, not only upon tho
artist, Mr. Baudiu, but upon tho enterprise and
efficiency of the firm to whom the order was con.
tided for execution; tho eagle, in various atti
tudes ; the dove approaching her nest' of young;
coiled serpents intertwining their folds in grace
ful harmony with designs;
massive dusters of grapes, lilacs, tho luxuriant
accoda, and tho morning glory; the cotton plant
in various stages of development; pino apples;
specimens of tho nicotian weed, wheat, tho tulips,
oak leaves hanging with acorns, and tho mountain
laurel. At the foot of the balustrade is a massive
symbolio pillar, surmounted by a oapital, which
sustains the lower end of a brazen banister, eight
een feet in length, and oast in ono solid piece. On
both sides of the Btalrcaso, the first ornaments, in
tbe ascending succession, nro two brazen cupids,
whilst at the upper ond of the section, surrounded
by other natural ouriogitics—rattlesnakes among
others—is a buck, as far advanced in the
race upward as tbo surroundings will admit
of. This is, of oourse, intended to symbol
ize the present reign. What appears to us
most remarkablo in this o&sting is the perfect oc
curacy with whioh tho details of every feather,
leaf, and flower is delineated in the solid metal;
and when it is understood that a largo amount of
those details could only be accomplished by tbe
tedious process of what is termed under, or false
ooring—in such parts, for example, as required a
hundred separate pieces, In the mould, to perfeot
a solid piece of an arm’s length—the amount of
labor and artistlo skill requisite for its achieve
ment oan readily be imagined
For all the productions represented, the artist
was supplied with studies from naturo—from the
little wayside flower to the human form, and tho
ablest connoisseur need have no fears of compro
mising his roputatlon by pronouncing them all ad
mirably copied. To have given these arabesques
and figures in basso relievo , merely, would have
been comparatively a work of ease, but to weavo
them in their multiform combinations, in full re
lief, with as muoh perfection ns If carved in wood
with tho ohisel of a soulptor, has boon an achieve
ment of which we have reason to be proud, and
which, while the Capitol endures, will stand (is a
monument to .the genius and entorpriso of our
Philadelphia artisans.
Public JUntcrtuinmcntH.
Italian Opera —Tho subscription to Maurioo
Strakosoh's opora-soacon, which commences on
Monday evehlng, at the Aoademy of Music, com
menced yesterday, and, wo are told, fully equalled
the manager’s expectation. The office (at the
Academy of Music) will bo open this day and to*
morrow.
“Jeems tipes, of Pipesville.” This very cele
brated and very accomplished gentloman is to be
seen, this evening, at Concert Hall, whero he may
at tho same time be heard—giving his very origi
nal entertainment, “ Song and Chit-Chat, or Tra
vel in many Lands.” Ho is a wonderful Jeems
Pipes, by all aooounts. He has m&do a dash into
half a dozen professions—legal, musical, dramatic,
editorial—ana is now giving his lively improssionß
of travel and people, all over tbo world, (Central
Afrioa excopted,) and, besides these narratives and
aneodotes, vocalizes songs of his own composing,
and conoludes with his experiences in India—
whioh, by the way, bad very nearly been his last.
Ho gives personal rocolleetions. too, of Tom Hood,
Charles Kean, Anna Bishop, Bayard Taylor, Mrs.
Horton, Lady Dufforin, and others. This enter
tainment ought to draw a to-tho-oeiliug-fllled
house, (speaking Germanloally,) and no doubt it
will, lie appears again to-morrow evening.
boLA Montbz. —Madame la Comtesse do Lands
fold is tp leavo Hew York for Europe, next Tues*
day, by tho Galway stonmor Pacific, Sho will
loeturo, on tho United Btatos, all over tbo United
Kingdom, and purposes returning to this oountry
In tho spring.
Thomkuf’s Varieties. —We havo several times
notiood tho porformanoos bore, (northwest cornerof
Fifth and Ohostnut,) and have to say that they are
sot only full of variety, but conducted in a highly
respootable manner, and very well attended.
There is a variety of singing and danoing, and a
little dramatio piooo to oonolnde with. Mr.
a’Beckett, long and favorably known to the habi
tuts of Walnut-street Theatre, attonds to tbestage
business and has his company inoapit&l training.
Bemarkadlb Sbrmon.— We shall lay beforo
our readers, to-morrow, a graphic skotoh of a ser
mon, preached on laßt Sabbath evening, at the
Aesombly Buildings, by Professor William Morris.
During his stay in this city, whioh has now beou
for some mouths, he has gathered around him a
large olass of inquiring minds, whose testimony
respecting his lucid expositions of Scripture is
highly flattering. The sermon whioh wo shall
publish to morrow abounds in striking original!
ties, and is in many respects quite beyond tho
ordinary run of pulpit efforts. As a whole, it is a
remarkable sermon, thoroughly characteristic of
t]ie man, and will be read by thousands with unu
pual pleasure and profit.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1858.
THE LATEST NEWS
*BY TELEGRAPH.
Later From Japan—A Treaty 'Conclu
ded l>y the American Consul.
N«w York. Out. 28.—8 y the snivel of the St, Louis,
advices have beau received from Japan - Intelligence
hadbeeu received at San Francisco from Hafcodudi,
gating that an important treaty had been concluded
with tho Japanese Government by Mr Harper, the
United States consul at Jeddo A new port lying in
the port of Jeddo, five miles from that oity, Is to be
opened to tbe Amerloanß A son of Captain Tatnall
had left for Washington, via China, with the treaty.
It was also stated that a Japanese prince, with four
teen attendants, was to depart immediately for Wash
ington, via California. . ■ <
The United States steamer Mississippi was at Hako
dadt at the last advices.
The United States steamer Powhatan was dally ex
pected at Hakodadl from China;
Later from Mexico;
u. s. sLoor-oF-wAn Plymouth at vera enuz— *
MINISTER FORSYTH HOURLY EXPECTED—OEN.
GARZA PROMISES FULL REPARATION FOR OUT
RAGES ON AMERICANS.
Nrw Oblkanb, Oct. 28 —Tho steamship Mexico, from
Galvnston on the 26th Inst, has arrived.
The nloop-of-war Plymouth was waiting at Vera Cruz
on the 22d inet. Minister Forsyth was hourly expeotod
to arrive Captain Dablgreen visited Tampico on the
2d inatint.
General Garza premised full reparation for the out
rages on Americans.
Bt. Louis, Oct. 28.—The California Salt Like mail
arrivod&tSt. Josephs on the 23d inst. Eight passen
gers came in tho mill id Salt Lake. Among them was
Mr. Wallace, editor of the Alta Cati/otniun, tiv route
ior New Hampshire. Mr, Wallace speaks in high terms
of the California Salt Lake mail line The weather
was fine, and <ho grass good. The Indiana were nume
rous on tho route.
The oitizens of Canon’s valley are asking fot> Ter
ritorial Government.
Col. Andrews, of the Sixth infantry, with one thou
sand froen and one hundred and fifty wagons, was met
at the Alkal Springs, en route for Benioia
The mail left Salt Lake on the 2d instant. Every
thing was quiet and prosperous among the Saints.
The District Court was in session. Judge Binclair pre
siding The Grand Jury is composed of wagon masters
and old mountaineers.
Several snow-storms had ocourrod in the mountains,
and soveral hundi ed animals had been lost.
From Havana—Arrival of- the Isabel
• nt Savannah,
Savannah, Oot. 26 —The Isabel, from Havana on
the 2'th inst., has arrived.
Sugars are firm, with limited sales. Tbe etook at
Havana and Alatanzaa amounted to 02 OOQ boxes.
Molasses was doll ant firm, freights very dull and
declining.
Excbauge high and firm; sterling was quoted at 15©
15# per cent, premium, and Now York, sixty days, at
404# per cent, premium. ;
. From Washington*
Washington, Oct 28 —Commodore Breese has been
appointed to the command of the Brooklyn navy yard,
in place of Commodore Kearney, who hasbeen ordered
to temporary duty as President of the Light House
Board, during the absence of Commodore Skubrick.
It is said there is in coarse of preparation, at the
State Department, a reply to the official despatch, in
forming our Government of the purposeof Great Bri
tain to suppress fillbuoterlsm in Central America.
The military force in the department of Texas will
Jirobably be increa«ed by troops from Gova-nor’s Island,
n view of the present Indian hostilities
The estimates for the next year’s expenditures are
not yet completed, and not nntil they arewili it he de
cided what measures are necessary for so increase of
the revenue.
The subject of onr foreign affairs occupies a large
share of the attention of the Administration. The
President has been at the State Department every day
during the week.
Allegheny County Railroad Tax—Ar
gument before the Supreme. Court*
PiTTfuußon. Oct. 23.—This morning, tefore a full
bench of the Supreme Court, in the coaeof the Com
monwealth, ex ret. Thomas, rs. The Ooranissioners of
Allegheny county, being an application for amanda
iiius to compel the respondents to levy a railroad tax,
George Harding, Ksq , of Philadelphia, opmed the ar
gument. He suggested an amendment to the record,
by substituting tbo name of Zaccheua Patterson, the
new comral ß sioner, for Jacob Tomer, whsa terra of
office has expired Agreed to.
Air. Harding spoke for two hours, and mide an able
argument He was responded to by Thorn** Williams.
Esq., on behalf of the respondents, who. in opening!)!*
speech, referred to tbe record as defective After
some discussion it was agreed to waive objection
against the application on the ground of informality.
Mr W spoke for nearly three hours, and was listened
to with ranoh interest. Hon. Mr. Meredith will make
tbe doling argument
Great interest is manifested in the case. The court
room was crowded &U day with spectators.
Dedication of the new lllasouic Hall,
at Doylestowi), Pa.
Doylebtown, Pa , Oct 28. —The new Alasonic Hall,
at this pisco, was dedicated to-day by the Grand Lo lge
of Pencsylvania, wi’h appropriate ceremonies. Tbe
pro:e*rion was quite large and imposieg, numbering
nearly one thousand members. Beck's Philadelphia
and the Norristown hand wero present,’ and discoursed
exsellent musio. An orchestra, undertho direction of
Dr. Ouonington, of the Walnut-street Theatre, was
also present
A very eloquent address was delivered by Rot. John
Chambers in the Presbyterian Church.
Occasional,
Accident on the Buffalo and Corning
Corning, N. Y , October 28 —The night express train
for the Wost, which left this morning for Bnffrio, on
the Bnfiato and Oorning Railroad, was Ihrown off the
track, near Conesus. Mr 0. Herd, a Western drover;
8. M. Rted, of Gre»ne, Chenaneocoaoty, and an infant
were killed Ono t ther person, whose name is unknown,
was so badly Injured that he cannot survive. Fifteen
others wero wounded.
Wreck of a Schooner—All Hands Snp<
posed to be Lost*
Savannah, Oct. 23 —Captain Hayden, of the ship
Qebhard. from New York, arrived yestesday. reports
seeing off Capo tlatteraß, on Saturday last, during a
storm, a schooner capsized bottom upwards. He things
that all haoda perished. She was about 125 tons the
hull painted a light lead oolor, and thb bottom green,
Illinois Politics*
Sr. Lours, Oct. 28 —Dr. L* Bnv f Alimtolftti-ntlon)
( ru-»hwv3Uicxgn--iißr«>tf7TiaTing wither* vtr
from the Congressional campaign in the Third district
of Illinois. The rumor was oredited to a spsech at
Bloomington, reported to have been delivered by Dr.
Le B. some weeks since.
The United States Agricultural Fair-
Speech by Caleb Cushing.
Bicuwovd, Oct IS —The Fair was largely attended
to-day. Hon. Caleb Gushing delivered an able address
taking strong “States’ Bights” grounds, and favoring
the constitutional annexation of Cubs and Mexico.
Bumiug of Norcross A Co.’s Planing>
Mill at Lowell, Mass.
Lowell, Mass., October 28.—A large wooden build
ing occupied by Norcross fc Co., fora planlng-mill, con
taining valuable m'chioery and a la-ge quantity or
lumber, was destroyed by fire lait night Tbe fire was
kindled by an inceudiery. Tho loss Is estimated at
$26 000, which is mostly insured.
Destructive Fire nt Madison, Indiana
Cinoisnati, Oct 28.—Shrewsbury & Frico’s flouring
mill, at Madison. Indiana, one of tbe largest In tbe
country, was totally destroyed by fire this morning, In
cluding 200.000 bushels of wheat. The loss is estimated
at $60,C00, on which there is an insurauco of $20,000.
The Turf—Union Course, L. I.
Niw York. Oct. 28.—. The race between Ethan Al
len” and “George M. Patoher,” mile heats, to one
hundrod pound wagons, orae off this afternoon on
Union Course. L. I. Ethan Allen distanced his com
petitor on the first heat; time 2:28.
Thanksgiving Day in Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg, Oct. 23 —Governor Packer has ap
pointed Thursday, the 18th of November next, to be
observed as a day of thanksgiving.
General Paez at Washington*
Washington, Oct 28 General Paer. and suite arrived
in thia city to-night from New York.
Health of Savannah*
Savannah, Oct. 23.—There was one death from fever
yesterday.
The Thirtieth-street Tragedy.
[Prom the New York Post, lost evening J
Coroner Hills held an inquest on tbe body of young
Gouidy. the murderer and suicide, yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Gouidy, step-mother of tho deceased, was the first
witness. *he described tho sceno as follows:
(E I heard my husband fall, and immediately So
ceased rushed into uiy bed-room with an axe in his
hand, exclaiming, ‘Mother! oh, motherl’ I raised
my hands as he approacaed the tad, and paid,
1 What ii the matter, Frank?’ Deceased took hold
of my band, and struck mo on iho head with the
nxe, cutting me severely. lie then rushed out My
nurse shortly ran into my room; she was wounded,
and almost covered with the blood whioh had flowed
from her cuts I then ran into my husband’ll room,
and saw him lying on the floor, wounded and Insensible;
my littlo son, Nattle, fourt«en yeata of age, waakneol
ing ovor his rather, kissing him; Nattle was also wounded
in the head 1 raised the window and called for help;
some persons came to the front door, and 1 went down
and let them in; in all there wer«* six of us wounded ”
Dr. Haramon, Mary E. Gouldy, Officers Glow and Hull,
and Thomas Showier, were sworn Officer null said that
after entering the house, be ran down stairs to guard
against the escape of the murderer, find when he raw
Officers Clow ana Lloyd, told thorn some one had been
rnnning oh the roof.
Mr. Showier keeps the oyster saloon la which young
Gouldy took refreshments previous to tho murder. Ifo
testified that deceased drank nothing in his place ; ho
only took ojßters j hud no hatchet in his band at that
time. A boy, thirteen or fourteen years of uge, was
with him.
With very little deliberation, the jury rendered &
verdict of “ suicldo by a pistol-shot wound inflicted by
himself.’*
The son of tho late Dr. Doane, to whom reference
was made-yesterday, denies that either he or Mr. Horn
saw young Gouldy on the nipht of the murder.
It is said that Frank’s habits wero very irregal&r,
and that his father had sometimes chastised him se
verely. ,
condition op tub wounded.to-day—tub burial of
THE MURDERER.
There is no marked change in tbe condition of the
wounded part leu to-day. Mr. GouMy partially recov
ered consciousness this morning, asked what ailed him,
and requested to be removed to anothor bed. A num
ber of physicians have examined him, and consider his
case hopeless
Mrs. Gonldy’s condition is yet extremely oritical, as
Is the boy Nathan’s.
The rumor that one of the servants died at the Hos
pital yesterday was incorrect.
Dr. Hooker, of the Hospital, Bays that thero is a
chance for the preservation of the life of Elizabeth
Carr, hut Johanna Murray can live but a short time.
This morning tho doctor removed a portion of her brain.
A great crowd surrounds the premises, but none Aro
admitted to the house, sot even intimate friends, un
less their services are needed
The physicians hoped that tho removal of young
Gouldy’s body wnuli disperse the crowd. The mother
also expressed a wish that it might be taken from the
house, and it was thought that a consciousness of it«L
presence created a feeling of terror. It was decided to 1
tako the remains to Greenwood for interment as soon
as the coroner’s inquest closed; but It was then too
late in the afternoon.
About seven o’clock in the evening, tbe coffin con
taining the remains was taken to the basement, in
charge of 8. Merritt, undertaker, and, as soon as the
besrso was at the door, it was taken out and convoyed
to Mr Merritt’s place, whore it remained during the
night.
'This morning, at nine o’clock, the body was taken to 1
Greenwood, Tho hearso was followed by a carriage
containing an nncle ef the deceased, a brother of Mr.
Gouldy s first wife, Mr. Joseph Lonk’ng. an acquaint
ance, and Mr. HAight, sexton of the Thirty-fourth
street Methodist Oburch, of which Mr. Gouldy. Br., is a
member.
There was no funeral, and probably will be none.
Young Gouldy is said to have been constitutionally
vicious, and under the inflaenoe of the lower propensi
ties Hjs head, a witness states, was malformed, and
nomewhat resembled the idiotic.type of cranial develop
ment Moral and religions Impressions were particu
larly evanescent. Hence It had been the annoyance of
tbe father how to restrain his conduct
Stories differ as to the hatohet employed in the work
of butchery. Sevoral persons are confident that he was
seen to carry it home witfi him, wrapped in a paper,
while the testimony of several of the family is that it
belonged to him, and was kept in an old trunk in Ills
room, with some rubbish. It is possible that he had
taken It out with him to get it sharpened for tho work cf
death, bnt had not succeeded in that purpose
One gentleman, speaking of the vicious disposition
of Frank Gouldy, remarked that he would not turn his
mind to any useful employment, that he was ‘fast.”
and that if he.had been the son of a poor man, he would
hare boen set down as a common loafer.
Later from Salt Lake.
Railroad—Loss of Life*
TWO WEEKS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
Arrival of tho St. Louis.
A MILLION AND A HALT IN SPECIE,
Cable Celebration in California.
INDIAN OUTRAGES,
News from Frazer River.
Tho steamship St. Louia, from Aaplnwall, with
California advices to tho sth instant, arrivod at
New York yesterday. Sho brings a million and a
half in apeoio. Vfo give below ilotailif of the
news:
(From tho San Francisco Bulletin, Octobor 5 ]
To our Atlantic Readers —During the past
fortnight wo havo had a season of delightful weather,
i g , peo *i!?. !? ave generally been disposed to
enjoy themselves U ith telegraphic celebrations, balls,
felra, riding nartlra. etc. the days have quickly lied
during our brief glltnpja of summer temperature. In
the meantime onr State continues to prosper. The
nows from the mines is good 5 agricultural prospects
were never better; and our merchants are not heard to
complain. Thoso who ran away from our golden soil
after “ strange gods ” in British Columbia, are return
iog penitent, like prodigals as they are, after having
subsisted for a few months on tbe hu«ks of Frnzer river
These will bo “ permanent citizens M hereafter "With
opposition steamship lines, and improved facilities for
overland travel, it is expect id that California will make
another vast stride io her onward march. She already
feels an impetus from these enterprises. 1
The 27th Soptember wag generally observed as a holi
day, in commemoration of the successful laying of the
Atl-ntic Telegraph cable, throughout California. At
Bacramento f MarTSvillo. Stockton, Benicia, Placorville,
Oakland, and various other towns, processions and illu
minations wore had.
D. O. Broderick, United States S-raator from Califor
nia, left this city on the 30th gopterabor for Washing
t n. via the Plains, by the Salt Lake Overland route.
He goes by land to acquaint hitusolf with the nature ef
tbe route by personal inspection
The law pasßod by the last Legislature, prohibiting
the immigration of Chinese into this Slate, went into
effect on the Ist of October. It is purposed that the
new Chinese treaty will supersede thin law, if it in not
already void by reason of unconfititutionality. Sorno of
our ablest lawyer adhere ti> this latter opinion
Four hundred and seventy ouncos of gold dust were
taken from the “ Cape Claim, n on Feather river, on the
23d of September.
Owen Matthews wbb shot ond killed on tho 17th Sep
tember, by one Evans, at Kincaid’s Flit, Tuolumne
county, Tho two mon fell disputing about romo trilling
matter concerning mining. Matthews heat Evans over
the head with a boot-jack, when the latter seized a guu
and shot tho former dead.
Eliza Ann Hayden, aged thirteen years, daughter of
Dr. Hayden, living near San Jose, wa* burned to death
by the accidents catching fire of her skir s, on the 22d
September.
William nope, an Englishman, blew his brains out.
on tbe 25th September, at White Rock Canon, El Dorado
oounty.
On the 13'.h of September. James Keen, formerly of
Pennsylvania, was killed in a mining claim near Ben-
Bonvillo, Tnolnmne county, by a bouhler becoming de
tained and falling on him, which crushed his head
to atoms.
O" Monday, 27th September, the successful laving
ot the Atlautic TelegrAph Cable was celebrated in this
city In grand etvio. All tbe different societ.es, associa
tions and organizations, the military companies. *he
members of the various trades and professions, and the
citizens generally, joined in a procession, accompanied
by delegations from onr sister cities, and visitors from
the neighboring country. Thiß procession extended
more than two miles, and made a most imposing appear
nnce. After marching through tho city, it stopped in
front of the Oriontal Hotel, around whioh th 9 crowd
gathered. Here an eloquent oration was delivered by
E D. Raker, aDd a poem by Wm H. Rhndeß. At
the whole city was illuminated, and presented a
magnificent appearance. The firemen then had a torch
light procession, which was probably the moat striking
and beautiful portion of the day’s ceremonies. A dis
play 01 fire-works from the Plaza closed the festivities
at 12 o’clock at night This was the groatest fete ever
held on tho Pacific
On the night of tho 30th of BeptembPr a firo broke
out in tho warehouse of Moore & Folger, on the west
side of Davis street, between California and Piue The
building was a two-atory brisk ptructure, filled with
°riß. wool, candles, teas, grain, »nd other merchandise,
which was completely burned out leaving nothing but
the wall standing. The loss Is estimated at from $150,-
OCO to $2OO OCiO. ’
On tbe afternoon of September 24th, Andrew J. Tay
lor, an old resident of San Franoisco, was accidentally
killed by John Travers. Taylor kept a shooting-gal
lery and salesroom for arms. Travers was bargaining
for apistol. and, in examining tho weapons laid before
him, snapped one, which by gross carelessness of the
deceasod, was unexpectedly loaded and capped. To
Travers’s horror, the pistol exploded, and Taylor fell
dead, having received tbe ball in his brain
Leopold Notf, a French electrician of this city, an
nounces that he bas made by whioh gold can
bel p.epsrated from quartz rock by tho influence of elec
tricity. He says his process takes from twenty to thirty
minutes; and is performed ac a nominal cost
Tbo Ohrlsty Minstrels are still performing at Ma
guire’s Opera Honse. The American Theatre, owing to
poor attendance, has b-'en abandoned by tho dramatio
company lately performing there. Tho Lyceum, which
has been considerably enlarge* and improved, was late
ly re-opened for dramatic performers. Mr. and Mrs.
Stark are “starring” it at this house
PHILADELPHIANS DEAD.
In Pacramento, September IQth, Mr. Chprles n
Newton, formerly of Philadelphia, aged 27 yoaro, 8
months, and 18 days.
In San Francisco September 22d,aged22 years and 7
months, of typhoid fever, Charles P. Smiley, son of
Dc. Thomas T. Brnlley and Sarah Smiley, of Phila
delphia.
SAN FRANOI B CO MARKETS
The trade of Ban Francisco was satisfactory during
the fortnight.
Largo sales of Provisions continue—Pork, to arrivo
being sold at $35 for mess and 3Ctff33 for clear. TP am?
"old at 22«22X ; extra clear Bacon 23®21e Lard 18tf
®I9o, closing rather lower.
There we*o bf&vy sa’es or Bice. Coal was lower.
Anthracite selling at sl7er2o.
Bi o’s and shoes were selling at improved rates.
Breadstuff's were dull, but easier—Richmond Flour
was Belling in jobbing lots at $l4
Money continued easy, and loans wore abundant at
l#® 2 s»■ cent.
FROM THE FRAZER RIVER MINES.
Our dates from Victoria V. 1., are to September
20th, and from Fort Yale, Frazer river, to September
24th.
The news from the raining region is considered unfa
vorable, and has had a very depressing iffoet upnr Vic
toria, and the many •* projected” great cities. What
com h#e incnntiuoQtly “dried up,” and roost of the
other places on the main land havo followed its exam
ple. Victoria, being tho seat of tho Hudson’s Bftj
iuPT’ft- g Awynnifttit ■■—* —rtwti‘ttj iinitror i|»* uoiony t»f
Trtdconver, of oAUree cannot entirely go down; but it
has, of late, rapidly receded. In the meantime, we may
say that it apparently anffars more und»r tbo influence
of asudden panic than by any weil-entablifihed evidence
the worthless ess of tbo Frazer rivor mines
The waters of the Frazer have at !a«t fall«n, and all
those having claims are at work, From tho best evi
dence at our command, we are led to believe that such
are doing remarkably well But those posseining claims
are a very small portion of the mlnefa. The greater
number are without claims, and all the rich ground yet
discavered being taken up, they have become disgusted,
■nd aro fast returning to California, ronndlv abusing
the northern country and their ill-luck The number
o r such have produced a panic at Victoria and Jhe other
places dependent upon the new mines
Whether there ar* any extensive gold fields at the
head of Frnzer or Thompson river, is rot yet settled.
Sufficient time has not boon all'■ wed for “ prospecting”
In that distant and hardly accesFib’o region. It wi ibe
a year before the gold-mining capacity of British Co
lumbia is fully known. The bars in tho bed of Fruzer
river are being worked with good results. In some
places, it is complained that the pav dirt does not hold
out to any great depth-bat this fact does not appear
to be fully sustained by Iho proof at hand. In short,
the condition of affairs In British Columbia may be
summed up in a sentence i There are more minem there
than can fl?)d diggings; the Hie are returning dia
gustod, abusing the country; those busy are operating
very quietly, keeping their own counsol,but are un
doubtedly doing well; even if “ dry diggings ”be dis
covered, it will not be p >saible to do much upon them
nntil noxt season ; and, In the meantime, the people at
Victoria may expect to reo pretty “ hard times ” Pro
bably more than half of the Californians in that re
gion will return to our Bt»te during the next three
months—some never to go back and some determined
to “ try again ” next season.
FROM OREGON AND WASHINGTON TERRI-
TORIES.
Our dates from Portland, Oregon Ter*itory, aro to
September 23 I, and from Steilacoom, Washington Ter
ritory, to September 241 h
The most Important item is the fighting of a battle
with the Indians, at the Four Lakes, the SpoVan
country, in which the Government troops, under Col.
Wright, gained a signal victory About 320 soldiers,
with artillery, were encountered by about 500 Indians,
and, after a spirited conflict, the latter wore driven
from the field, with seventeen killed including one
chief, and many wounded None of the whites were
injured, as their Minnie rifles and howitzers enabled
them to reach tbe Indians at d stances out of the ran?e
of the inferior arm* used by the savages. Tho fight
took place on the Ist of September, Another battle
was expected sooo to come off
It was rumoured at Portlmd that Gen. Palmer, for
merly Indian Agent for Oregon, whontarted from Port
land so.ne wooka ago for the mining country, with a
company of 00 men, and about $50,000 or $6O/00 wort’*
of previsions, had been cut off and massacred by tho
Indians. The whole train is reported to havo beou
d fttrnycd, and all tho party kiilod. This report was
believed at Portland, as it had been confirmed by u
number of welt established circumstances.
The rumored massacre of General palmor nnd his
party in Oregnu proves unfounded, beyond the fact that
they wero attacked and beat off the Indians, with some
loss on both sides
FROM THE SANDWICII ISLANDS.
Our dates from tho Sandwich Islands aro to tho 16th
of September.
The treaty between the Iliawaiian Government and
France, tbr.t has bo long been under discussion, has at
length been approved and ratifiod by the former. The
Commercial Advertiser. the American organ at Hono
lulu, eays tho treity is univeratllycondemned by the
peoplo. who consider it as aojnattothe woakor nation.
The main points yielded to France are-—that the French
language ia to bo placed on a level with the English ;
iho dut esoullquoreto be reduced from $5 to $3 a gal
lon; French ve-sels in the Hawaiian kingdom are to bo
plsced on the same footing ns Hawa'lan;}thp French con
sul is allowed to exerciso judicial functions belonging
of right to the Hawaiian courts. The same papt-r also
charges that the ratification of Iho treaty wftß a trick
in attaching to it a supplementary article as a “ rider,”
which no on« believes the French Emperor will slvn,
or eron notice This article being rejected, the treaty
will be considered in full force The enforcement of
the treaty, it is enpposed, will cause an annual loss in
the revpnno of the Hawaiian kingdom of between $30,000
and $lO,OOO.
. Eighteen whaling ships hail arrived at the different
ports of the ialar.ds since tho 27th ef July, bringing an
aggregate of 11,895 barrels of oil. At a corresponding
date last yearonly six whalershad arrived, with 4,596
barrels of oil. The reports from the Arctic are consi
dered extremely discouraging.
By thoway of Houolulu wo learn of tho wreok of
the Wild Wave, on tho 4th of March, on the reef of
Oeno Island, in latitude 21 degrees 01 minute S , longi
tude 130 degrees 63 minutes W. The Wild Wave sailed
from San Franolsco on the oth of February, 1853, for
Valparaiso.
H B Majesty’s Commissioner and Consul General at
Honolulu, General William Miller, has left the Sand
wich Islands, on a visit to Valparaiso Beforo hii de
parture, their Ilawaiian majesties gave a grand ball in
his honor
The whaler America, Captain Bryant, reports that he
was boarded by an ofilcer from a ilnsalan rteamor, In
Behrivg Straits, close in with the lend The Hassmns
professed merely to,be desirous of knowing the name of
the whaler, and the ainountof oil onboard. Still, this
“visitation” by the officer of an arm‘dship didn’t
please the Yankee skipper. Another ship la reported
to have been similarly visited. What does tho Russian
mean?
IBTHMUS NEWS,
Mr. Clark, United States Minister, had returned to
Guatemala from Honduras, whoro ho had been favorably
received.
Tho cholera was still raging in Guatemala.
The peoplo of Nicaragua were still discussing tho
question of the formation of & federation out of the va
rious Centra American States A meeting was projected
of tho respective States relative to this question.
There was a complete stagnation of business in Costa
Rica. The Government ot this country has approved a
treaty of amity apd friendship with Belgium.
’lhe Rev. Mr. Crowe, missionary of the Araorioan
Bible Society, bad been expelled by the Government
from San Salvador.
Another steamer was to be placed on the line from
Aspinwatl to Liverpool as a consort to the Saladin.
Advices from Callao are to the 26th September.
Mr BuckAlew was recognised as tho American Minis
ter by tho Government of Ecuador on tho 16th of Sep
tember.
Bolivia continues in a disturbed state.
An attempt was made at La Pap* to assassinate tho
President. He escaped, but Gen Prudeooio and
another gentleman who stood beside him. were shot
dead. The assassins had previously proclaimed Gen,
Bolza and attacked tho barracks.
Tranquility was finally restored through tho proopt
ne.i'i an i firmncsHof President Lenares.
Peru again threatens war against Encador, She has
sent two vesselß of war to that country, with a commis
sioner to doraand satisfaction Tor recent insults to her
Minister to that Republic
Ex-President Eabrinique is said to be in Bolivia, oc
cupied in fomenting a revolution against Costilla’S
Government.
THE CITY:
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
Aoademt OP Muaio The Ravels.
Mrs. D. I*. Bowkrs* Walhct.strkrt Thbat**.—
“ The Wife”—“ All that Glitters is not Gold.”
Wheatley & Ola ORB’S Aroh-Btrbbt Theatre,—
“The Country Girl”—“The Willow Copse.”
National Hall,—Williams’ Panorama of the Bihle
Assembly Buildings.—Bignor Blitz.
TnoMßOF’a Varieties Miscellaneous Concerts
Nightly. ' r - ' / ,
lectures Inst Evening.
The audience sssembled to hear the Rev HeDry Ward
Beecher’s lecture on “The Law of Sympathy and Re
pulsion, as applied to Common Life,” at Concert Hall,
last eyODirg, was only measured by the oapacity of the
house. Every portion of the Hall was compacts filled
for nearly half an hour before the lecture commenced,
and hundreds were obl’ged to go away without being
able to obtain admission.
Mr Beecher rarely ever lectures without weaving a
liberal sprinkling of phrenology into the warp of his
theme ; and in this respect his lecture l*st evening was
no exception—with this difference, that, instead of be
ing merely warped with phrenology, it was wonfed with
it also We will say this for him, however, that, not
withstanding it was a repetition of an old lecture, it was
the (inert phrenological discourse we have ever heard.
In opening he sa'd that the fundamental ignorance
amonir men was their ignorance of self. Thore wan now
a tendency in the direction of such knowledge, bat as
yet it had accomplished comparatively little Children
were taught reading, writing, arithmetic, and geogra
phy. and this was all very well; yet. the “rule of
three” was of much lens importance to them than the
law aof div&stion. Glrla learned to paint roses on rice
paper but there were comparatively few who under
stood the art of painting ro*es on their own cheeks.
Wo were told that man’s troubles, in this world, had
been brought upon h s m by the eating of forbidden
fruit, which fruitwas the knowledge of good and evil.
This fruit, paid he. had b»en plucked and onteo green
aod unripe fruit was always unwholesome ; bnt he be
lieved that the day would come when th» eating of this
same frujt in its maturity, developed by ages of addi
tional wisdom, would make the knowledge of good and
evil as groat a blessing to the race as it has already
be A n a corse.
Every faculty in the mind in action, raid he. had the
tendency to excite the same faculty in another mind
Tims the intellectual faculties arnneed the intellect,
and so of the social, the moral, and the sympathetic
In sh r rt, the individual faculties all communicated
meat readily with each other. This was true of the
evil Tensions no less than of the higher feelings and
sentiments.
The first tendency of the higher part of a man’s
mind was to accept the action of another man’s mind,
from the fact that oar sympath ; es acted through the
intellectual and moral part of our nature.
Our fli«t imprees'onsof men seemed to us instinc'iv";
although ’n reality there were indications always sug
gesting the same under similar circumstances which
formed the ground nf our opinions a* formed
A shrill, dry, outtirg voice (which the speaker, to
the amusement of his hearers, arid he was too good na
to red to imitate) indicated, for example, harsh feelings
and cruelty: while a rich, full, mellow voice always be
spoke a kind, genial disposition The face, he said, be
came a T*eord of man’s life Tn early life It was not
wrinkled; In middle life It became Ret; and as we ad
vance, the men’al traits which prevail in the soul
ptamp iheir Impressions on the face in marks and
linos. This was so true, that a sharp business man
was not likely to mistake a man’s character oftener
than his cashier was likely to take a had note He
kjiew it was common for men to enveigh Against preju
dice*; aod yet, in truth, these prejudices were our
salvation. These prejudices were to the mind what
feelers were to insects, or that our senses of smell and
feeling were to the body. I*re judgments were not to
he judgments. They were bonds for the deed, and not
itself
His lecture was replete with wholesome truth, witti
lv expressed, and the warm applause with which he'
was frequently interrupted was a sufficient evidence of
its appreciation by the audience.
UR. WM. BACON STEVENB ON “ THE CRUSADES.”
This lecture, by Ur. Stevens, wan fairly though not
largely atteoded at Musical Fund Hall, la»t evening
The lecture itself was a fine historio and descriptive
effort.
The wars which he described, fought as tbev had
been romo two hundred years prior to the invention of
euopowder. embraced among the implement" omployed
in their prosecution a very different class of weapons
from tf’ofle in modem use all of which wero introduced,
and many of them dercribed bv the lecturer
His Tortraiture of the sufferings incident to the Cru
sades afforded a fine theme for Dr. Stevens’ somewhat
solemn and always impressive style.
As we have but space for Avery limited notice of this
lecture-b"ard effort, it would of course be impracticable
to Introduce fragmentary details, especially as it abound
ed iu figures, dates, and war stat sties, from first to last
Maoy of the pictures presented to the mind of h’S headers
were graphic and thrilling Hie review of the scene in
Jerusalem when tue Omsaders had entered it, and
washed their bloodstained hands preparatory to eating
the noly Supper, was given with great power
Upon the whole, however, a subject less deeply im
bued with the clang of a-mor and the horrors of blood
and carnage won’d, m the hands of the reverend lec
turer, have elicited a more pleasing interest in bin
hearers ; r.fthongh an a hlstoricproduction itwas an ad
mirable condensation of the history with which be had
to deal
An Invention of Great Utility.— Those of
our readers who have travelled over the Pennsylvania
'’allroad in winter, within the last year, will rera a mber
the superior character of tbfl stoves used in the cam
of that road. The stove referred to was invented
by one of our own ingenious citizens—James Bp«ar,
Esq , tbop-oprletorof one of the largest stove establish
ments in this city, whose place of business is at No. 1116
Market street. Qai’o recently he has introduced into
this invention certain improvements which render it
the nost perfect article for heat and ventilation ever
off-rel to tho public Some idea of the merits of this
invention tn&v be gteaued from the following feature*
of it In the first place, a wire screen iR placed over the
mouth of the fuonel to preveot.the sparks from passing
into the cars. lato the co*l stove an improved grate
has been introduced, po that it can be raked without tho
use of a poker, and dumped the same as that of the old
pattern. With t-nch stove Mr. Bpear bod Is a bead or
deck-oollar, which can be soldered on the top of the car,
allowing ventilation by means of a flango which covers
*li« top of it, thus preventing the rain from coming into
the car.
Among the practical advantages of this improved
railway stove, it is demonstrated by experiment that
the air heated by it Is of an equal temperature all over
the c*r— desideratum {n itself. By it all the
impure air Is driven out of the top of the car. from the
fact that nil the air that is heated is brought fresh from
the outside of the car, thus heating an i ventilating the
car at tho same time. The saving of fuel by its use Is
fully thirty per cent. The “ Gas Burning Cooking
Stove.” which we took occasion to notice in these
_£Ai«,tims nurae itwxb aeo. ban rrow«a tno-mose signal
success in that line that has been given to the public
for many years. The cha-aoter of this remarkable
stove is so simple, and its scientific iner ts so apparent
overy one who sees It in operation, that a visit to
Mr Spear’s place, where experiments with it are hourly
in progress, has convinced hundreds this season of the
(ruth of all that is claimed for it by the inventor. The
wonderfut rapidity with which the temperature of the
s’ovo Is raised to baking heat- occupying but ten rain
nlea—though aatonishing, is, nevertheless, easily ac
counted for by seeing it in operation. The consump
tion of gas generated from fhe coal,.which is most per
fectly achieved in this stove, secure*at once the doable
advantage of heating more rapidly, more lotensely. and
at the same time of savinga great per cettage in fuel
Frankmk Institute.—Tho attendance) at
the exhibition during the last two days has been of a
inoet ooconragiog character, and will have a tendency
to revive the spirits aod hopes of the stockholders and
maunge'B. Lost night thero was a perfect jam of visi
ter*— many from the neighboring towns, with which
radroad communication can be had Iu point of inte
rest, too, thero is the same, if not an inc*ea*ed inte
rest ; at leas’, each day’s round of tbo varioui depart
ments has tended to disclose some new feature, both
curious aod interesting.
Iu the sewing machine department there is mani
fested a greater spirit of feeling and competition than
any other; the agents, operators and exhibitors of-the
v-irions machines displaying a very commendable, hut
sometimes a r-o veryenviabie zeal, in soeuriog for their
'avorltes the attention and favorable inspection of the
visitor. Last night, at an early hour, considerable ex
citement was occasioned by the circulation of placards
and circulars, “pitching into” the agents of some of
the machines, and into the articles themselves. There
was also a regular speech commenced on one of the
platforms occupied by the rival articles, in commenda
tion of the machines offered by the party for sale, ani
for the endorsement of the lnstitnte committee, which
’rew a crowd of listeners, and created an unwonted
sensation atnopg the machine folks themselves.
Involved in Mystery.— Considerable ex
citement w \e occasioned yesterday by the occurrence of
a myst'rlopi case In tho morniug a well-dressed
young woman, apparently about twenty years of
ege, was seen passing up Belmont avenue, in the
Twouty-fourth ward, in company with two men, who
were also woll dressed. The party attracted considera
ble attention from the fact that the male companions of
the girl had their arms about her waist. In the course
of the afternoon the men were Heen to retuin, without
the girl, and this circumstance exciting suspicion,
search was made Tor the female. About five o’clock in
the afternoon she was found lying upon the ground at a
place called Cedar Hill Sho was insensible when
louud, and she died in about an heur, at the lock-up. at
H«6tonvHle, she was carried nt the time she
was discovered. Pome men, who pissed her in the
morning, called her “Annie,” and she told them
that she had purchased twenty-five cents’ worth of
op um. Beyond the name Annie she Is not known.
Sho was apparently about twenty.ooe years of age. and
is said to have been but recently released from prison
The jury rendered a verdict that she came to her death
from eating an excessive quantity of opium.
Shooting Affair.— Before Alderman Bra
zier, yesterday morning, a lad named Patrick IlAgau,
ag>>d seventeen years, was charged with cotumi.ting nn
assault and battery upon a man Darned Carman It
seems that Carman went to a liquor storo in Front
ntrect, above Market, wbero Hagan is employed, about
7 o'clock tho previous evening. While there he insulted
Rome females who wore present, and Hagan spoke to
him about it. A quarrel ensued, duriog which the lat
ter drew a* ingle-barreled pistol and fired at Carman
The ball struck the back of the hand, and glanced off,
producing only a flesh wound. After the hearing. Ha
gnu was held in $3OO bail to answer at court. His father
beoMnoeecurity.
Franklin’s Grave Open to View.—The
improvements have been comp’oted for the purpose of
exposing ti view the gravo of Franklin, and thousards
have availed themselves of the opportunity of gazing
at tho modest stono which covers tho remains of “Ben
jirain and Deborah Franklin.” The railing and the
other fixtures in the aperture made in the old wail, pre
sent a very neat appearance, ai.d the tombs in its im
ini’diato vicinity can be seen dibtinctly From present
indications the pavement near tho aperture in the wall
will require renewing frequently, so incessant is row
the shufiliog of feet in that hitherto rather neglected
spot.
More Railway Facilities.— On Goatos
street the rails havo been laid from Second street to
the wharf at Fairmount, and tho thoroughfare has all
been paved. On Coates street there is a double track
from Fairmount to Twenty-second street, where one
branches off into Green street. On the latter tbo rails
havo been laid to Third street The company has b> en
obliged to otop the work in consequence of an applica
t!on for nn injunction, made on Saturday last, by D. T.
Moore & Co , proprietors of the omnibus lines on tho
two streets, ffe understand that the appraisers aro
unable to agree upon the prico to bo paid for the stock
of Messrs M. Sc Co.
Assaulted his Wife.— A man named
Charles McDovitt, residing in Rhippen street nbore
Fourth, attempted to kill his wife, as is alleged, about
ton o’clock Wednesday night The two got intq a dis
pute. when McD«vitt seized ft billet of wood and struck
his wife ou the he»d. Sim wsa felled to the floor, and
became insensible from the blow. Her injnrics are of
a serious character, tbongh not considered dangerous
McDevitt was arrested and taken before Alderman Furn
ingten, who committed him, in default of bail, to an
swer at court
Accident at Powelton.— A boy about ten
years old, son of Mr. Georgo Patton, drayman, residing
in Hamilton court, near Fairmount. was knocked down
and ran over on tho racecourse. The left wheel of &
light wagon pawed over his lower jaw. without causing
any very serious injury The force oF the fall so stunned
him that he lav in«ensible for some time, ne was taken
home by a policeman.
Sons of Temperance Officebs. Tho
Grand Division Rons of Temperance, of this Btate, met
on Wednesday night, and elected the following officers :
G W. P,H. K. Smith; G. W. A , Joh 18. Mann ; G
Scriba, William Ni-holson; G. Treasurer. E Tracy;
G Ohapta’n. Rev. John Chambers; G. 0., B.F.Denni
son; G. 8, William A Bell
Severely Injured. — Yesterday morning,
as Mrs. Taylor, a raUkwoman was driving along at
Third and Spruce streets, her wagon came in col
lision with a cart.. The shook threw Kirs. Taylor to
tho ground, and the wheel of her wagon passed over
her head, injuring her severely, but not dangerously.
Died of Injuries.— A man named John
Miller, who lived at the Washington House, in the
Twenty-fourth ward, was kiolted by a horse on Tuesday
last, and died from the effects of his injuries at three
o’clock yesterday morning.
Boy Injured.—A boy, aged twelve years,
named Thomas Rider, residing in Chestnut street, be
low Second, whilst handling a pistol was severely in
jured in the hand by its accidental discharge. He was
taken to tbo Hospital.
Arresi’ed on Suspicion.— A man was ar
rested last evening, at the Arch-street Theatre, on sus
picion of picking pockets. He was looked up at the
Central Station lor a hearing.
Pioccedings of City Coanclls-
*• The regular stated meeliug of both branches of City
Oounoils was held yesterday afternoon:
SBLEOT UKANOn,
Mr. Oornm&n moved to suspend the regular order of
business. He dpsired to prooeed at once to the discus
sion of matters from Gomtnon Council, which was
agreed to.
The first business on the President’s table was the
MU authorizing the building of a bridge, at Chestnut
street, over the Schuylkill. Od this bill (its final pas
sage) the yeas and nays were called.
There were not sufficient votes to cons'itnte a quo
rum. Messrs Oormnan, Cuyler, Enos, and Mclutire
voted aye. Messrs Laugbliu, Neal. Norman, and the
President voted Day. The remaining members brid
their pence, when upon a call of the house being
made, fonrteen answered to their names.
A motion to .postpone the further consideration of
the matter was introduced, in order that the Chamber
might go to Its business ard was agreed to-
The next business was the bill from the Coramin
Council authorizing the extension of the gas works.
Mr. Bradford moved an amendment to the bill as
passed by the opposite Chamber. Mr. Broadford moved
to strike ont the first proviso, and insert the follow-
•• Provided that the said Trustees, after making the
appropriation to the B'nking fund, aod paying the inter
est on the respective loans, as required bylaw, shall
appropriate all surplus receipts occurring from the fa
crease of the price of gas to the following purposes:
Laying of gss-pipes and the introduction of service
pipes, metres, and their appurtenances, and the exten
sion of the gas-works ”
Mr. Neal moved to refer to the CunraUtee on Gas,
of this Chamber, with instructions to report an ordi
nance similar to that of July 13, 1855 au’horizinga
loan not exceeding $2OO 000, and to provide, in addition,
for refunding to citizens the amount expended by the
introduction of gas loto their buildings.
Mr. Neal, finding that all loaa bills mast originate in
Common Coancil according to act of consolidation,
withdrew his amendment, and moved to strike oat the
price of $2 60 for gas, and insert 82 25.
This was declared out of order.
Mr Cornman moved to add to Mr. Bradford’s amend
ment the following:
“And to refund to cit'zens the tnooey advanced by
them over the usual charge for the introduction of ser
vice pines aid meters.”
Mr. Bradford aceep’ed. and on the vote being taken,
the matter was agreed to; aod after a v-ry pro ix dis
cn««ion. the section aa amended was lost by a vote of 14
noes to 0 ayes. [The first section being lost, the entire
bill is therefore defeated.]
A resolution from Common Council, requesting the
return of an ordinance making an appropriation to Lane
Schofield for filling up a lot on Stiles street, westof fif
teenth. -was concurred in, in consequence of the ordi
nance being Inaccurate in Its details '
The ordinance from the opposite branch, providing
for tbo construction of branch culverts and drains
was taken uo, and tho Chamber went into committee of
the whole, Mr. Neal in tho chair. The wrdinarce was
slightly amended, and reported to the Chamber. It
then passed finally.
A hill for tbe suppression of nuisances—providing
: that no vault, &c , shall ba dug within two feet of the
, adjoining property—was presented and agreed to
Mr. Nathans hy permission, read io place, a bill ap
, propriatlng 8760 to tbe controllers of tbe public
schools, to make acme repairs at present absolutely
-ier*»»sary to the Normal School building. Passed
finally.
a resolution inflicting a penalty upon the Chief En
gineer for any neglect to report offences committed by
fire companies, was concurred In
The resolution relative to a prid fire department,
passed by Common Council, was referred to a special
committee, consistiug of Messrs. Neal, Williams, Brad
ford, Coroman, and Parker
Mr. Beideman, from the Committee on Railroads,
obtained permission to report a resolution refusing the
application of the West Philadelphia Railroad Com-
pany to extend tbeir road over certain streets. The
resolution was agreed to.
Tbe resolution to set and pave sidewalks in
Frankford street was concurred in.
A resolution, asking for tbe appointment of a joint
committee to confer with the engineer of the gas works
relative to tbe best deposition that can be made of tbe
liquor potasrte from tbe retorts of the gas works, which
is invaluable as a disinfectant and deodorizer, was con
curred in.
A number of other bills from the opposite Chamber
were concurred in. Adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL
At the customary hour this body was called to order
by President Trego, and after the üßual preliminary
steps proceeded to brsiness.
A communication from the Board of U*rectors of the
Fire Department was received, with reference to the
del*y tf Council in passing the regular annual appro
priation to the department, and urging tbe immediate
pis'Age thereof. Referred to the Committee on Fire
Department.
Among the petitions present’d were one from a num-
ber of citizens remonstrating against the removal of the
market-houses from Market street; several for three
additional markot-hoaeee on South and Catharine
afreets; for the location of A steam-engine, tbe laying
of water and gas pipes, &0., all of which were appro
priately referred.
A report was made by the Committee on Finance,with
An ordinance annexed, with respect to the best method
of enabling the city treasury to meet the current de
mands upon it, aod embodying a statement of tbs con
dition of tbe treasury, its receipts' a*d disbursements.
There is also a recommendation that tbe city autho
rize a new loan of $500,0C0. with the statement that, in
the present condition of the money market, tbe com
mittee is confident a temporary loan can be sheared.
The ordinance authorises Abe City Treasurer, with tbe
approbation of tbe Committee of Finance, to borrow
such sums of money as may be necessary to meet the
cur eot expenses of the Citv Government
Mr. Hacker, chairman of the committee, urged the
importance of the passage by Councilor tbe ordinance
to tbo creditors of the city, and espe-ially the poor
taborer,who is dependent upon the small pittance of his
labor for bis sustenance and that of his family. The
(ioancial prospects of the present year, it w\s said, are
of a more cheering character than the last, and tho
passage of tbo ordinance, at the present time, was be
yond auy doubtful expediency.
The yeas and nays were called upon tbe final nassage
of the ordinance, which resulted yeas 50, nays 7.
A resolution was presented by Mr. Steeling, request
ing Select Council to retarn an ordinance making an
appropriation to the Board of Health, it being incorrect
tu its details. Pained
A resolution was offered, securing the priority of city
warrants, authorizing the City Treasurer to pay all
inch warrants m tho order in which they shall be pre
sented; and in case there shall not b* sufficient foods
to meet the same, that the said warrants shall be re
corded in a book, in order to secure priority of their pay
ment. Deferred.
A report was received from the Committee on Trusts
and Fire Department, setting forth that they have had
Qnder conaideratii n the communication of the Chief of
the Fire Department, with reference to the supervision
of the Hope and Franklin Engine Companies, with a
rnrolufon suspending said companies for the period
of two months. Agreed to.
A report was received from the Committee on Poor,
with an ordinance attached, with reference to the epee*
Jr payment of bills contracted by the Gnardiami or the
Poor; also for the appropriation of the antnof |li,>
900 3ft for jj»/mout ur including the sam
of $i,650 for the purpose of enabling the Guardians to
better employ the pauper labor of the city, by the erec
tion of new buildings, the purchase of tools for quarry
ing purposes, Ac.
Mr. Wetheriii moved to strike out of the appropria
tion the sum of $2 650 for the ereetion of buildings and
the purchase of implements, arguing against its neces
sity at present.
The consideration of the ordinance and amendments
elicited considerable discussion, participated in by
dessrs. Mascher, Gordon, Wetheriii, Bnbicam, Potter,
and others.
Several items in the appropriation were stricken oat,
inoladiog one for $631 for ctrri&ge hire, $110.41 for ar
rears of salary, one of $761.76 for wines, liquors, Ac
The ordinance was then passed, after a lengthy and
tedious consumption of tune.
A motion was made and passed, authorizing the pre
sident to appoint a committee of five for the investiga
tion of the beef and mutton contract with the Guardi
ans of the Poor The following is the committee:
Messrs. Dennis, Mascher, Andreas, and Day.
Mr Steeling offered a resolution, which was agreed
to, for the appointment of a joint special committee from
each Chamber, to ioquire into the practicability of re
quiring all coal sold in this city to be weighed at the
place where it is sold, and to report at an early day to
Council. The committee are Messrs. Steeling, Themp.
son, and Fisher.
A resolution, authorizing the Mayor to have an alarm
bell placed in the cupola of the Manayunk station
house, was read and referred
Mr. Wetheriii submitted a joint resolution authori
zing the Chief Commissioner of Highways to notify the
directors of all passenger railways to hare the iron
plat»s covering the gutters, at the intersection of streets,
extended to the curbs, so as to prevent accidents.
Passed.
An ordinance regulating the duties of Chief Commis
sioner of Highways, and City Surveyors, calledTorth a
protracted running discussion, finally passing.
Council then had under consideration tho amend
ment of Select Council to the resolution previouslv
pissed, suspending the Moyamensing Hobo. Theamerd
meat suspends for the period of four months Upon the
question of concurring, the yaas aad nays were called,
aud resulted yeas 26 to 3d nays.
Mr. Jones submitted a resolution requiring the Com
missioner of Markets to inform Couuc.i of the annual
income from the tent of stalls, Ac., of High-st>eet
market houses and the annual expentes of the same
since their purchase from John Rice. Agreed to.
gevernl other unimportant matters were beforo Coun
cil, which np to a tolerably late hour occupied its atten
tion, after which an adjournment was effected.
General Synod of the German Evan
gelical lleformed Church, ut Frederick,
Murylund.
(Reported for The Press.]
Tuesday Afternoon Session, 00t0b%r26.
The order of tho day, the oase of the Classis of
North Carolina, was taken up. This case is in
vested with peculiar interest, from tho fact that
tho relations subsisting between tbo Synod and
Classis have been suspended during the past few
yoars, and that various efforts have been made by
other denominations to inako this alienation por
manout, and use it to the disadvantage of the
Synod. Various circumstances having led to tho
opening of negotiations between the Synod and
Classic, the Rev Dr. Zacharies, chairman of
Synod’s Committee to visit tho North Carolina
Church, presented a report of his visit. This pa
per exhibitod a cheering view of the entire oase.
Ministers and congregations connooted with the
Evangelical Itoformod Charoh seemed all of one
mind in regard to tho desirableness of having tho
earlier filial relations restored. After the report
was read, an opportunity was given to the Commis
sioneis from North Carolina, tho Roy. George W.
Welker and Hev. Thornton Butler, to address tho
Synod upon the object of thoiroommi9Sion. They
oonveyed tho Christian salutations of their con
stituents to Synod, and affirmed in tho warmest
terms that it was never contemplated by the con
gregations of North Carolina to sunder the bonds
uniting thorn to tho church of their fathers, and
that it was their fond hope, and sinooro wish of
the Southern Classis. to nave former pleasant re
lations resumed. To tbeso sentiments several
members of Synod cordially responded, after
which the committee’s report was unanimously
adopted. Tho rosnlt of this ontire action wiil un
doubtedly be tho full reconciliation of all difficul
ties in the case.
During the press of business the Synod had an
ovoning session. The report of tho Committee on
tho Theological Seminary at Mercersburg was
taken up. Tho chief item ot publio interest in
this report was one proposing the ourtailmont of
the course of study in the Seminary, in certain
oases. In view of the importance of this subject,
it was referred to a special committee, to report at
tho next mooting of Synod.
Tbo next matter taken up was the restoration
of tho original name and title of the church,
dropp.ng tho designation Gorman whioh has como
to bo tho most common one, and retaining Bimply
Tho Evangelical Reformed Church'. Tho proposi
tion was favorably regarded, and referred to the
Classis for their approval at thoir next annual
meeting.
Dariug tho evening publio services wero hold in
tho ohurch; tho Bov. A. G. Dolo, of Milton,
preached. _
Gen. William A. Stokes on Agriculture
The ablo and interesting speech, whioh we re
ported yesterday, lately delivered at Pittsburgh,
by General Stokes, of Westmoreland county, has
excited general attention. It was praotical as
woll as eloquent—tho production of a man who
knew his Bubjeot, and threw light upon it. Gon.
Stokes is a sound scholar, os well as a true and
tried patriot, whoso principles, wo aro glad to add,
aro emphatically of the right sort.
The Kick that Killed Both.—While a
horse was standing on Old street, near Sycamore,
ft dog passed underneath him, and received a kiok
whioh completely smashed his skull, killing him
instantly. Tho ownor of the horse soon after left
tho city, hut had not proceeded far beforo the
horse foil and expirod. Upon examination, his
left hind foot, with whioh he had kicked tho dog,
was found to contain a piece of bono several
inches in length, apparently part of the dog’s
jaw bone, buried into tbo very quiok, or tenderest
pnrtof thehoof. Hodied of tetanus.— Petersburg
Express.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
L The Money market,
.. Philadelphia, 0ct.28,1858.
The excitement in the stock market has not aba’ed
much, notwithstanding the pause in tbe advance and
the usual reaction on a rapbUy-risng market, which
was to some extent experienced yesterday. Indeed,
thero is * most remarkable contagion in a rising stock
market, not very easily accounted for, but which
brokers understand perfectly well, and turn to good
account. All along during the dull season the brokers .
themselves have been carrying large quantities of
stocks, at heavy expense, waiting for the rising of the
tide to release them. Now that it has risen, the order®
from people outside come iu rapid succession, and are
quietly filled from the lines that have been bought at
low figures, aod held by the brokers themselves.
Everybody knows that railroad stocks, for instance,
are in general no more valuable now than they were
months ago; yet those who then would- not even con
sider a proposition to invest in them at all, now crowd
to the brokers’ offices to buy them at much higher
figures Perhaps it comes from a distrust of one’s own
judgment, and a kind of conviction that the rise in the
market proves that the world is against us in opinion,
and that we have indulged in wrongful suspicions, and
89 kept ourselves from the gain we might have secured,
and which may yet he made partially ours by promptly
purchasing However the cause and its operation may
be traced, one thing is certain—tbat a share of stock
which is heavy in the marketat7s per cent, becomes in
great demand as soon as stock-jobbing has run the
price np to par, though the condition ot the corporation
bq in nowise changed.
The London correspondent of the New York Com
mercial writes by the 1-Bt eteamer respecting the af
fairs of the Western Bank of Scotland, that was fleeced
by sharpers at home and in America, and went down in
the panic and for which the stockholders were indivi
dually liable, as follows:
“The next topic of importance has been the far
ther disgraceful revelations in the progress of the li
quidation of thev Western Bank of Scotland. The
ruin it has spread through Glasgow Is beyond any.
thing experienced from any financial disaster during
the lost twenty tears Thirteen hundred families
held investments in the concern, which, in maoy
cases, constituted the sole dependence of aged pro
fessional men, widows, and orphan daughters. The
total paid-up capital was equal to $7,600;000, and a
year or two before the failure the price of shares
of $250 was $4OO When the stoppage occnr-ed
it was seen tb&t the whole of that property waff
sweet away, and that those who had nothing else
would be reduced to destitution. It was hoped,
howe-er. that this would be the worst. In a little
further time it transpired that there would I*o a defi
ciency of $1,500 000, in addition to the loss of the whole
capital. A call of $125 per share was accoidinaly en
forced on all who had aovthiug left.. This was finally
paid in June last. Alu l then intervened, and it was
supposed the end of the mischief was known. Gradu
ally. however, it crept out that fresh misery would be
entailed, and it was also stated that in the progress of
investigation it had been discovered that the delinquen
cies of all concerced in the management could he traced
back for many years Still it was believed that any
new contribution that would be demanded from the un
hapnr shareholders woald be comparatively moderate.
Complete astonishment wss therefore excited the day
before yes*erday when it was announced that the defi
ciency, instead of being $1,500 000, had proved to be
$7,000 000, and that upon e*ch share a fresh payment
of $5OO would be required within twenty-four days.”
TREASURE LIST,
[Per steamship St. Louis J
Amer Ex 8ank,....580000]
LSLvrrence & C0..511 009
R Meaden Sc O Ad-
Frink Baker 10 500
J [I Brown Sc Co-... 10.000
J n Browning 16.000
C ary&Co..... 3.00
Clark & Wilber .... 13 000
ams 20.000
P Naylor 10 000
J It Norton Sc C 0.... 50 626
J Y Parker fc P 00... 7,100
James Patrick 65 000
Richard Patrick.... 65 O'O
J Phelan. Jr 6 250
8 G Reed Sc Co.* 3 500
Renard & Co 7 000
B L Bitch & Co 2 498
Ross, Falconer,& Co 29 747
SeMgman Sc Co 20 OCO
J D Sparkman...... 6,104
Stranss, Hartman, Sc
i Co 8,66©
I Ta*fo,McOabill &Co*o.ooo>
; Treadwell Sc Co !5.000>
i J B W»ir 16 O^l
WP Weld... 35 OOP
I Wells, Fargo, Sc C0.877.(K0
\ Order 41,870
W T Cdleman & Co. 68,000
Conroy 6: O’Connor. 10.000
OW Crosby 7,700
BaWitt, Kettle.&Co 29,000
Bunc'D, fcherman, 5c
Oo 34,0481
N Espenscheid...... 17.5C0
Z Kmutetn & 8r0... 8.54*
Ford & Rodsem 4 803
K Freeman A; C 0..,. 82.288
II B Tiffin &Ce.... 3 010
TJ Hand Ac Co 2,000
Wm Helle & C0....112,243
fm Hodge it C 0.... 32,000
Harris it Crowell... 10 00*'
Howland&Aiplnwall 15,876
J Jeans &. C 0....... 10 B>o
E KeUy & Co 65 000,
WmBclialle&Co... B,Boo| 1,472,979
PHILADELPHIA BTOOK EXCHANGE SALES,
Octobar 23, ftsB.
StfFOBfSD BY MXHI4BY, BSO'WS, & <3OBAKY-SOTB, BTOOY,
AND EXCHANGE BBOZBRB, NORTHWEST COBBS* THIRD
AND OHESTRPT BTBBSTB.
FIRST BOARD.
93 |6OOO lifih Yal 868..b5 90
1090 Penna ss.
1000 do
2000 do
2000 do
1000 do 90
1000 Wilmington R 6s 101
169 Pa K .CAP.lots. 43*
500 do 92 X
1800 City Os. ...102#
3000 do 102* |
>lOOO do New Gas 102$
2000 do R R....202*
5000 do ........102*
2000 G’wa R 7s coop oo 43*
2000 do .ooap on 43*
1000 do .scrip on 43
1000 do .coupon 43*
2090 do 41
109 do 43*
KOLSchaylß 25*
7 do 25*
100 Reading R.,..b5 26*
100 do M 26*
100 do 65 26*
100 do ba 26*
ICO do ......s5 26*
100 do 2?*
50 do 26*
60 do 26*
100 do bs 26 H
40 do 26?£
lOCommonw’tb Bk. 22£
45‘8cb Narpref.... 37#
1000 do 41
500 Seb Nar6s >62 .. 69*
1500 (abt) do 69*
1000 paß2d mt 65... 91
1000 do 91
1000 do
2 do ....cash 57#
ICONPeonaR 9Jf
6 Minebltl B, lots 60#
24'Meehs Bk. lots.. 20
40 Norrist’n R bswn 55
60' do ......1)5 55
10 do b 5 55
1000 do 01
QOOO N Penoa R 65.... 60#
1000 do ' 69*
500 do 10 79*
1000 Gam & Am 6s >67 87
1000 do 87
4000 Leh Valß6s.... 00
1000 do 80*
BETWEEN
600 Beading R6s >B6 74 I
600 do 74 I
1600 Bch Nar 6s >B2 .. 69* 1
1000 ffilmlng’n R coop
11000 Wilming’n B coop
0s '61.101
20 Beading B 26#
7 Minehlll B 60#
Gs ’63 100 t
SECOND BOARD.
O3 UOOOElmKlfltxn7abs 73
O3 IOOOOheaVaIBTa... S 3
O3 3000 Fe*d»nff Bo* >36 73*
6000 Penns ss.
1000 do .
StOOPcb Nar6s ’82... 70
30 Fch Nay praf. ... 17 %
5 Korriat’n.... b 5 65
ICO Lehigh Nar../b5 51 £
BOARD.
ittsb’g
lOB£—MEM
500 do 92 %
100 City 6s 102#
1000 Cat’aß 7e scrip on 43
3000 do ~ .hswn 43
AFTER
50 Merchts A Man Bk, Pi
. CLOSING PR]
Bid Asked.
V. B. 58 >74 104#
Phils. 6s 102#103
do B 102# 103
do New..166#106
Penna 55.........93 03#
Beading K 26# 26#
do Bds ’70..83 84
do Mtgfls >44.02
do do >86.73# 74
Bid. Asked.
?ch Nar Imp 0a...72 72#
do Stock..... 0#
do Pref .. ' K v
Wmep’t&.Elmß.lo* u ft
do 7Blstmtg.73 74
do 2d 48# 49
Long Island 12 12 #■
Girard Bank 12 12*
LehCoa!&Nav...6l# 51*
NPennaß 9* 9#
Pennaßdiro{r..43tf 43#
do 6a ..60 60#
New Creek X %
O&t&wiesaß 6% 6*
Lehigh Zina 1 IX
do lstin 85...102
do 2dm 65....90# PI
Morriß Can C(A.*6 60
do Pref..JTlOo 110
SchuylNav 8s >82.69# 70
Reading closes.
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS, Oct. 28—Evening
Breadstuffs continue dull. 1,000 bbls extra Flour sold on
terms kept private. The trade are the only buyer*, at
from $5 to $5 25 for common and good snpe finej
$5 37 % @5 75 for extras, and s6c6 60 qp' bbt for faney
lots, according to brand. Corn Meal and Rye Flour aro
very quiet, at $4 25 for the former, and $4 37# bbl
for the latter. Wheat is unsettled and lower; but buy
ers come forward slowly, and quotations are nearly
nominal. The only sale reported is 400 bushel*, good
Southern red at 118 c; we quote at 112al2Gc for red,
and 115a130c for white. Rye is selling in lots, as
wanted, at 75a80e. Coro is rather better to-day, and
prime yellow is scarce; about 2 500 bus Eold in lots at
78«80c, in store and afloat. Oats are steady, at 42i for
Southern, and but few offering. BaTley continues dull.
Bark—Qaeroitron is steady, with sales of Ist No lats3o.
flot’OQ— Tbere is very little movement, aud only a few
s nail lots have changed hands, at about previous quo
ted rates Groceries—l here is no change to note, and
a email b uslness doing in Sugar and Molasses. Coffees
are firm; 7,000 bars Rio sold at auction this morning,
by Duiilh, Cook, A Co, at from 10 to 12c, SO and <0
days and 4 months credit, averaging $10 80; the b dding
was spirited and the sale a good one la Provisions
there is mors firmness, bat buyers take hold slowly and
the market is quiet. Seeds—There is a good demand for
Oloveraeed, with further salts or 2c3OQ bus, >n lots, at
$5 bus; Prime S-ed ia held hitrber Whiskey is
selling moderately at 22®23){c for bbls, 21©21XC for
Uhdfl, and 20a20#c for Drudge.
New York Markets Yesterday t
Cotton —The markets remains heavy, with sales
3,500 bah sat 12 X * or middling Uplands, including
2,600 in transitu.
Hides —The market is moderately active and un
changed in prices, with sales of 7.700 Bio Grande on
private terms, (said to be ftt?4j{c); 811 Rio Hacha
<B,Ha£o3 6 mos; 30 > Bogota 20tb at 20c less 3# forca«h;
1, 00 Buenos Ayres 211 b at 25Jf c 9 mos B BH,&nd 1,600
do to go ont of tbe market on private terms.
Hat continues in fair request,with sales ot I.SGO bales
a 1 6U«rs6c for shipping lots.
Hors are rather quiet bat steady at unchecked prices.
Rales are reported of 75 b iles at 10ol6c for common to
prime new and4®7c for old
Molabsbs.— We of 100 hhds Morcovado at
27c, and 15 hhds at?3o.
x Naval Stomas—The market for Spirits of Turpen
tine retains its firmness, ard sales ire repoitedof 900
bblsat 61# ®s2c,ircladiDg 500 at the lower rate. Crude
Turpentine is tn light supply, and fi mat $4 Common
Rosin nominsl at $1.62#®1.70 Fine Boeins are un
changed; pales were made of 600 bbls at
lbs Tar quiet at $2 25®2.37tf.
On s ’l he unfavorable advices from the whaling fleet
have stiffened tbe market, and prices of Crude whale
have advanced to 55c.
Ricr. —There is a butter demand for export, probably
in consequence of the sailing of a steamer for Havre,
and sales were made of 800tcsat 3©3#c, the latter
rate for choice.
Seeds. —?ale9 are reported of 500 bushels Timothy
Seed at $2.30vr2 40. cash.
Sugar remains steady and firm, and some eren quote
an advance of j£c Sales were ma eof 575 hhds at
for Cnba, and for Porto Rico.
NEW 10KK. bTOOK EIOaANQE-Octo'ber 23.
BKOOVO BOARD.
4000 Tenn St 6’s >9O 96,V 100 Mich 8&NIs 24*
36000 do _ 95 300 do b3O 24ft
100 do b3O 24 V
60 Mich 8 R Guar 53 V
lioo do 810 s?tv
[2OO do 54
200 do b3O 54
17 Illinois Cen R 87
108 Clev and Pitts R 8 V
50 Ga & Chic R 560 82
15000 Virginia St 6’s 06
7000 Missouri 6*s 90*
6000 do 90
1000 111 Cen Bds 00
1000 Lao& MLS BdsM#
3000 do 2S#
100 Pacific Mail Co 106#
300 N Y Oenß 86#
do blO 86#
100 do I>6o 86#
650 do 86#
10 do 86#
31 Erie Railroad 37#
10 > Hudson R R sIGI 33#
50 do t6O 81 J{
60 do Sl£
2CO Oleve & Tol R 35 V
XOfO do bCO 35 V
ICO do 35 V
SOOCMc &, Rlald R 68
100 do PBV
200 do b6O 68 V
60 La Crowe & Mil R 5 V
300 do b3O 6V
50 do 4V
25 Stoa'cgton R 69 V
110 Buffalo &, St L R S 3
300 to 130 33#
100 do 83#
60 do 33#
50 Harlem R bBO 12#
19 do 12#
200 Reading R s3O 62#
1200 do 52#
Markets by Telegraph.
GniCAQ*>,oct.2B —Flour very dull Wheat buoyant,
and 2®3c higher. Oorn active, and lc better. Oat*
firm Shipments to Buffalo—-16,000 bbls Flour, IS 010
bushels Wheat. To Oswego—l,6oo bbls Flour. Re
ceipts—l,soo bbls Flour, 14,600 bushels Wheat, and
15,000 bushels Corn.
Charleston, Oct. 28 —The steamer’s news caused a
decline in the Cotton market, and it closed unsettled.
The sales were 4,000 bales. Good'middlings 11# ; mid
dling fair 11# . . _
Baltimore, Oot 27 —Sales of Ohio and Howard street
Flour at $5.12#. Wheat firm atpreviou* rates Old
Whilo Corn, 720>76; yellow. So©Bl. Whiskey dull.
Bicon firm : bulk meat. 6* ®B#.
New Orleans, Oct 28 —Cotton—Sales of 9,0130 bales
to-day at 11#®11# for midd sn S a « *R advance of *c.
Sugar is dull and #o lower. Pork firm at $l7- Hay
(Eastern) »» quoted at $l9.
Cincinnati, Oct. 28—Flour is unchanged. Whiskey
ditto at lB#c Provlsioos dull Hogg sell at $5 76,
future delivery. The demand Is limited, and there is
a large lumber effering.
Mobile. Oct. 28—Cotton—Sales of 2,SCO bales to
day at stifferprices. There is no change in quota,
tions.
Charleston, Oct. 28.—Cotton—Sales to-dav of 2,200
bade*; sales of the week 12,000 bales. Since the
receipt of the Petsla’s news prices have declined
#<r#e. Good middling to middling fair Is quoted at
Jl# ©ll*o. 9
10 Catavlm 8.. t>s Oj}
22 Bear Mead.
,26.*®2flX