THURSDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1858. ■ the WEEKLY press. THE WEEKLY PRKSB, Vol. 3, No. 21,’ tor' BATIJR DAY Deo lith,'l* now ready. Among the vast amount oflatereatlog matter, original and selected, contained In the number for the present week, trill bo found the following 1 EDITORIALS, Tbs Tiatvr No. I— CUnbbal Davis and Judge :Douglas-’Hon. J. McKibbik— Napqlion 11l . 'abd Count De ; Mohtalbjibbbt—Ubnatob Douo - LAB in TSNNSSSBS—NATIONAL EXPANSION—TIIS Paesidint’b Mbbsag* ' TALE. PaOSTLIROT, TEN fiANKBI—RAUBLING TUOCQHTB OP . a LniiAßT LousGsr. - ' POETRY. lltTL* ' JEAttf TBB MILLHa—POZTRT BT FANS* Ksmblk. POLITICAL. Pmbidist’s Msbsaos—Rbstraoto op taa Bsports of • tbb PobtnabtbS General Bbor*taby op War, fiEORSTART OF THE I*T«BlOB, OOUMISSIONZR OF Indian Affairs, comkisbionbe of the General Land Office, cborbtart. of the Treasury, Beo- RBTART OF TON NaTT. RELIGIOUS. iMPOBTANT THOPOniS OS THE -BBVIVAL—OONPLICT BSTWEBN THE CaTBOLIO CHURCH AND THE CAS* TONS— *H* Tent at Qcarkrtown—Fathkr Thbo . poejcg—Christian Worship in Japan. CORRESPONDENCE UTTir from ‘ TDK Editor—Foreign Correspond. SNOB. MISCELLANEOUS. Female Wedioal Oollkqb of Pennsylvania—Gooo News from Beals—Arrival op Mr Edkmbd.b— OOUUFBCE CF THE UNITED STATES—SENATOR Douglas, op Illinois, at Miuphis, Tensed* see—Sensiolb Counsel—Literary Criticism— Jersey Poultry-Dealer in Kew York— Wisn. iso fob Diamonds in Gioboia. NBWS. Thb Latest Kbits by Telegraph fsom JEubopb, California, and all parts of thrUnitbd States* THE OITY Weekly Rsf iYw “oFthr Philadelpoia'Maberte— MARBUpW. andPbatds.-Tbe Monet Market— Philadelphia Cattle Market—Stock Quota* tionb . TffB WEEKLY PRESS In furnished to subscribers at f 2 per year, la advance, for the single copy, and to olnbs of twenty, when sent to one address, $2O, In advance. Single copies for sale at the oonnter of The Press of* foe, In wrappers, ready for mailing. \ First Page —New Publications; New Hotel, Ninth 'and Chestnut streets; Letters from Wash* iogton ; Democratic Meeting at Cadiz, Ohio; Ge neral News. _ , _____ The News. Thosteamor City of Washington was boarded off Cape Race yesterday. She brings news four days later than that brought by tbe last arrival. It was Bald that Lord Napier had been recalled from Washington, and that Mr. Lyons bad been ap pointed his successor. One aeoount has it that his recall is owing to bis favoring the Monroe doc* trine; another, that he is transferred to a Euro pean minion/ in tho regular course of pro- the Government being perfectly well Satisfied with his course at Washington. (If the latter be correct, it is rather a doubtful kind of promotion, we think.) The trial of Montalem bert commenced at Paris on the 2ith nit., hut, of ooorco, the press Is not allowed to say a word on the subjeot, so that it is probable nothing will be known of it until the- result is announced. No tidings yet of the steamer Indian Empire. - 'Con sols closed .on the 24th nit. at 98ja98|. No ohange of importance In the markets.. The Quaker City has arrived at New Orleans, with California dates to the 20th ult./havlng made the trip from San Francisco to that oUy In eigh teen dayj. The steamship Golden Age .left dan Francisco on tho 20th ult., with $2 150,000 in gold, aud three hundred passengers,* by the Isthmus of Panama. Business was improving at San Fran cisco. . At the election in New York oity, on Tuesday last, for Comptroller, three parties were in the field: the Tammany Democracy, represented by Purser; the anti-Tammany Democracy, represented by Russell; and a union nominee of the opposition parties, represented' by Haws. The vote stood— Parser, 18,049; Russell, 11,910; Haws, 31,800. This vote is'a light, one, as compared with that usually polled, and the large plurality for Haws surprised his friends very much. The Democratic opposltionto the Tammany nomination was under the leadership of Fernando Wood, late mayor, and his friends. ' Late advices from Paraguay state that Lopez is doing nothing, and making no preparation wbat* cvirlO ’rcaiat the American rquadron. For some . tl£e ‘b'ook he has made no allosloh to the expedi tion, United States, in th* Semanario. Tbe Buenos Ayres papers copied with avidity every detail of the expedition that had reached them from the United States; sojiopez will,be well posted'up. - It is saiddhat rery rich deposits of gold have been discovered fifteen miles above Oanybnvllta, Douglas oonnty, Oregon Territory, and that mnob excitement exists in that vicinage in consequence thereof. It Is alleged that three men have taken out- as high as seventy dollars In a few hours. The diggings are found os a small oreek emptying into the’_ Umpqua river. Very many miners are con gregating - there. Recent accounts from Frazer river mines are also of-a-very deoidedly favorable obsracter. Miners are reported to be making from $4 to an ounce of gold per day/ Tbe Apache Indians are continuing their in ourSlons into'Arixona, stealing mules, killing oxen, and murdering the inhabitants wherever they are found unprotected. They rarely attack any white tattlers, even if but two or three of them are . together, because they know the Americans will sell their lives dearly, and the Apaches are fearful of taring any more of their warriors. But straggling "Mexicans in tbe Territory are robbed and murderod with impunity.. The new gold diggings in the GUa are very rich, and some of the miners are making from $5 to $l6 per day; bat a great difficulty arises from the distance between tbe diggings and tbe river where the duet must be wasbed. Colonel Titus, of Kansas notoriety, is now In Arizona, dividing his time between raising stock and working a sliver mine. Tbe Buffalo Commercial Advertiser publishes a series of letters whioh detail a remarkable story of crime. Tbe Commercial says; 1 ‘Fourteen years ago ■ Harlow Case was a respeotable and es* teemed citizen of Buffalo. He held tho place of assistant postmaster under Mr. Dorabeimer, and was for many years entrusted with the more im portant duties of tbe offioe. A member of ono of the Baptist churches, upright in every walk of life, married, and the father of a family, be seemed to he as firm in the straightforward paths of virtue as any other. Removing to Sandusky, Ohio, he received the appointment of oolleotor of that port under Mr. Fillmore. The appointment was qne' universally approved, and tbe numerous 'friend of Case, in this olty, were rejoioed at his sucoess in life. .While holding that offioshe we# intimate in the family of a Mr. F., one of his os* sistants. Mrs. F. was young, beautiful, impas sioned, and a fatal attachment grew up between tbe two, whioh remained unsuspected until the tenth was made known by tbe sudden elopement of Case with Mrs. F., and the simulftneoui die eovery that he had absconded with Government funds’to the amount of $34,000. From that time forward nearly all trace of tbo guilty pair was lost. The family of Caic, bereaved and betrayed, remained hopeless in their grief. Mr. F. engaged In a long but fruitless ohase of tbe fugitives. And bow, from off the soa, come tidings—a broken, hAlf-toid story of lonely wanderings in foreign lands; a full recital of a never-ceasing remorse, with pitiful and solitary deaths in far-away islands and on the stormy waters of the Indian ocean. Both victims of unhallowed passion are asleep— the mother |n the groves of Ceylon, the little ohlld in the coral forests of the sea. The be trayor still wanders the earth.” In man; portion! of New York oity liquors are nil niter ft ted to a fearful extent. The Evening Vast rays that a few weeks since a man drank three oenta worth of brandy, which proved fatal in font hours, But somehow the law has failed to reach the matter. The inspector of the Thirteenth preeinet' took-a plan to procure the most conclu sive testimony in regard to the quality of the liquor. ,He sent out policemen to report violations of the law, providing them with vials, and when they saw anybody drink and pay for liquor they took a portion of the same, put It in a vial, sealed it Up, and marked on It the time and place of sale. The vials were taken by the oaptainj to be handed to tho court to determine* tho character of the con tents, whether oainphene or drinkable liqnor. The oolleotlon now on hand would bo an Interesting subjeot for ohemioal analysis. - Th »fourth trial of Oancoml, for murder, com menced in New York yesterday. Before empa nslllng tho jury.tlio counsel for the prisoner sub mitted Icnr pleas against the legality of the pro ceedings', on the ground that the prisoner was being put in jeopardy of his life oftener than onoa for tho sama offence. The' pleas were not admitted, so that there is a ohance yet of jostioo being done In this pase, ■ It is proposed In Boston to Imitate the plan of the Now Yorkers, and open tho Boston Theatre or Howard 4theDsnm in that .oity for publlo wor ship on Sunday evetotogi. Different preachers will lead tbo : s«rvln exhi bition in your oity, was by no means exaggerated. Tnt'KAXK. The oharaoter of Adrienne Lacouvter , in tho striking drama of <( Adrienne, tbo Actress,” Is Mies Davonport’s moat folloitous realiza tions. She played it last night, at Walnut-street Theatre, to a good houso, and received the most efficient support from Miss Riohings, whoso steady improvement In aoting we have pleaenro in noting, and also from Mr. Riohings and Mr. Perry. Tbo pleoe played very smoothly, and gavo satis-, faction to tho nudienoe. We should gladly gratify’ ourselves, at least, by attempting to analyse Miss Davenport’s aoting in “Adrienno,” but it would OQCupymore space than the pressure of political mattor allows us in theso oxoiting times. But it is evident that oarefut study and many natural gifts havo combined to mako this lady a fioo nctross— above all, slio does not play with any uhnrnoter sho assumes, but throws oarnestuess as well as intellect into it, and the mult.ls that success whioh eocures reputation and profit. This evening Miss Davenport will play Julia in “The Hunohbaok,” with Mrs. Conway as Helen, Mr Conway ns Master Walter, Mr. Reach as Sir Thomas Clifford, and Mr. Perry as Modus. A poouliar novelty.to be produced during Miss D.’s engagement is an adaptation of Euripides’ well known tragedy of "Medea.” We barely recollect Madame Pasta, ia the lyrical drama, in the r6U of Modoa, and it was one of tho most superb representations over witnessed. This was merely in opera, which is so fooblo in utterance to tho intellect and feeling. We havo seen vari ous notices, from timo to timo, of Miss Davenport’s power in this part, in the adaptation for the Amerioan stngo, and feol no small anxiety to see her sustain what is said to be her most finished performance. “Medea” wilt bo produced to morrow ovenlng for Mias Davonport’s benefit, when a large audionoe, no doubt, will assemble to judge for themselves whether report has exagge rated tbo merits of the fair and popular bene • ffciare. In a few weeks Miss Susan May, tf this city, will visit the West to give concerts. It would gratify numerous friends and admirers of her if she were to sing in public in this oity ore her departure. She has an excellent voice, (full soprano,) a good style, great taste, fine expression, and considera ble enthusiasm in her art, without whioh nobody ever oan hopo to succeed. Sho is a pupil of Pa relli, and does infinite credit to her instructor. Lastly, Miss Susan May, whom we oau olaim ns a Philadelphian, by adoption at least, has a fine presence, graceful movements, and no ordinary share of personal beauty Wo commend hor to the favorable nudionce or tho lovers of sweet song, hore and at every plaoo which sho may visit. Court of Quarter Sessions.—Tho Octo ber term of tho Court of Quarter Sfilsiona, which closed several days ago. was conducted at an expense, for fees alone, oi $3,542 30 d ! vlded as follows • District Attor ney's fees sl,olo} clerk’s tees, $1,303 fit; sheriiTa feea, |U39 82 During the trim the Grand Jury actsd upon 790 hills Bent before them by tho Patriot Attor ney, 410 of which were Ignored. Of the 874 true bills returned to court, 118 we*e declare* not guilty upon trial Oo each of the cases thrown rut hr the Grand Jnrv.tbe District Attorney receive* $1 50, dork or court* P 0 cants, and tbeeher’ff If a true hill iiVouM V* returned, and a petit .jury falls to disc ver the truilt of the defendant, the District Attorney re ceiyes f 3, the clerk f h the sheriff 11. 37 ft. Miss Davenport* Musical* Letter irora New York. TOE VATICAN CODEX: A COPS' RECEIVED IN NEW I YORK—TUB BAPTIST PAPERS IN PURSUIT OP THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY: li BROADWAY BEDEVILED ” I —A MOUNT VEIINON BOOK, BY MISS FENIMOUE COOPER—RESULTS OB THE ELECTION t TUB BIBLE IN TUB PUBLIC SCHOOLS—PHILADELPHIA ALDER MEN—-PICCOLOMINI’s BENEFIT ; TOROIILIGUT PRO* CESSION ‘SHAKSPEREAN REVIVAL AT WALLACE’S. [Correspondence of The Press.] Nsw YobKi Dec. 8,1868. The British Quarterly Review.*, for Ootober, con* talus a notice of the long-expsoted and recently-pub lished Vatican Codex, which has for the last twenty years tried the patience of the Biblical scholars of Europe and America. This work—the Queen of MSB. —to inspect which Bentley, Tiacbendorf, Tregelles, and many otters have made journeys to Rome—ls no longer a sealed volume. It has jnst been published under the auspices of the Papal Government, and one copy haa already been received In thie oity, by the Baptist American Bible Union, just at the t'mowhen Its pos'esslon is of great value to of that denomination, who are engaged Iq a revision of the Scriptures. It is comprised in five immense folio volumes, well prlatel and firmly bound, and cost, at Borne, about forty-fire dollars. The V itioan Codex, thus at length given to the world, Is generally re* garded as the moat ancient copy of the Greek Scrip tures in existence. Speaking of Baptists, the Boston Wole/imcm, one of the leading journals of that denomination, is in rapid pursultofthe Atlantic Monthly, warning its readers that in the pages of that, delightful magazine Is a com* paotly-built fence, in one oorndf of which lieth, perdu, a person of color. It charges that, in the December number, a paragraph may be found calculated to bring oontempt upon the mission and the teachings of the gospel, and thinks that Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose new serial la commenced in that number. Is in danger of getting into bad company. Tbe Wafthmrm is quick at discovering mares’ nests. A few years slnoe it found one of hnge dimensions in Putnam's Monthly, in a sketch called “Broadway Bedeviled.” One or'two other religious journals joined in the chase; but they were summarily disposed of byHowadji Curtiss, In an artlole in Putnam under the*head of “Observations on the New York Observer's” criticism of the sketch. It was cleverly done, and had the desired effect. The religioußworld moved on without further disturbance, and the country itself was, on the whole, conceded to be safe. Mount Vernon being now the word on the topmost wave of popular sympathy and talk, the Apptetois have taken advantage of it by putting to press, In time for tbe holidays, “Mount Vernon; a letter to the Children of America,” by Busan Yenlmore Coopery daughter of the novelist. It will be embellished with two interesting Illustrations, on steel, contributed from Irving’s Life of Washington—one, tbo heaqtlfol vig netto view of Mount Vernon; the other, the medallion likeness of Washington, at the age of twenty-fire, now first engraved, from the veritable miniature promoted by General Washington to his niece, Mrs. Harriet Parke The entire proilli of the work are to be devoted, as a contribution, to the Indies’ Fund. The election of Bobert T. Haws, as Comptroller, has not occasioned surprise, though It was not expected that hie vote would exceed that of the Tammany and anti-Tammany vote combined. Itwaatho misfortune of Tammany to place in nom*natiou men who were a little deficient In personal popularity, and who had the additional misfortune to have been -for many years either in office or assiduous seekers. Mr. Purser is an adroit politician, a thorough party-man, and amply qualified for tbe position ; but, somehow, a notion had got abroad that he was too anxious for the place, that he was an infidel, that he would not be tbo Argos-eyed guardian of the oity money-bags that should fill tbe place; in addition to which, he was obliged to carry the weight of the growing dislike against Tammany Hall. Fernando Wood’s power was also apparent is the contest, for no mere talker of opposition could have^so organized a ptrty, or faction, or whatever else you may please to call it, that could roll np an aggre gate of nearly twelve thouiaod votes. The movements of the Philadelphia aldormen are not made publio. Of course nothing could be done for them by our city authorities yostfrday, every politician ff every party being busy at the eleotion; besides, it “rained cats and doge.” [A malefactor at my side eaya : whenever it rains cats and tfegs. it is impossible to hail cabs and ounibuses.J One important feature in the eleotion yesterday was the contest for School Commissioners; two factions— Bible and anti-Bible—being in the field The result is that of the forty-four elected twenty-nine are In favor of hsvlrg the Bible read In the publio sohools, and nineteen against it. The Pleoolomlol benefit JAit evening was a marked aucoeas; house filled with beauty and fashion; at the end of the first aot of Duels, a thousand-doltur brace let, studded with diamonds, presented to her before the curtain, by hit. BLingalaud, In behalf of the stock holders; at the conclusion escorted te her hotel by a torchlight procession, composed of delegations from several of the companies of the fire department—re ceiving her little ladyship at the stage door, forming double lines through which she passed to her carriage, and then forming hollow-square with the carriage in side. Arrived at the hotel, she appeared at her window and gave the gentlemen of the red shirts a graceful curtsey, while they gave her se-ve-re-al cheers. To-morrow night Mr.-Wallaok revives the “ Merchant of Venice,” with all the showy scenic and musical ac cessories introduced by Charles Kean In his Sbak sps&rean revivals in England Considerable time and money have been expended in the undertaking. The stock market is dolt, and in some cases lower. United States 6fl, of *7l and ’O6, sold at 104#; Mis souri 0s rose # ; California 7s # ; Delaware end Hud son fell #; Pacific Wail Ship #; New York Central i #,and Michigan Southern Preferred Beading rose #, an 1 Panama #; Rock Island fell #. . A New Discovery in Light.—The London correspondent of the Now York Commercial Ad vcr/t.ier writes that a Dew disoovery in light is aboui to bo introduced, which, if it realises the averments of the patentees, will revolutionize all oar existing methods of iliumisation. It was first publicly exhibited daring the visit of the Queen to Cherbourg, while her Majesty was pass* lag at nlzht from her own ship to that of the Em* peror. The raw material may be a choap gas, made from the most common materials, and the inorease of brilliancy is obtained by passing it throngh a new medium, which is said to have all the advantages of Hmo without its dcstructibill* ty. Tbo calculations put forth aro, that a light equal to that of 500 stroot lamps, and last* ing twelve hours, can bo obtained at a cost equal to 87} cents, or 3s. '6d- sterling; while “for do mestiegpurposos*’ ono jet equalling in effeot 18 pounds of candles, and coating, only 4d. (3 oents) for 12 hours, will give a light fully double that of any ordinary gas burner. It is asserted, also, that the requisite apparatus is oheap, porfeotly porta ble, and capable of being managed even by a child ; that the light is free from smell, very white, extremely pure, and characterized by the property of burning stoadily, continuously, and without diminution. The patentee is tbo Hon. IV. E. FilEtnaurioe, and tbo statements made are so far endorsed by respectable and competent persons as to lend to thehopetbat tbo discovery may prove what it is represented to be. Tub English Crystal-Palace Company invite a prize poem to be ready for the Euros ce lebration—2sth January next —to bo not less than one hundred, nor moro than two hundred lines long, and contributed on or before tho 15th Janu ary. The poems are to be addressed to the secre tary of the company, at Sydenham, and tho suc cessful one will be awarded 3250. THE LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH, Stephen A. Dougins. IUIT.t'UI. DESPATCH TO THB PRKSfI.J Washington, Dec. B—ll P. M, The Bcnate caucus hare, it is now believed, resolved to throw Judge Douglas off the Committee on Territo ries, of which he is chairman. “Whom the gois wish todeitroy,” Ac. Pioneer. (BFKOIAL DHSPATOH TO THB TBKBS J Highly-important News from Arizonn— Arrlvnl of Lieut. Mowry. Washington*, Deo. 8,185 S Lieut. Mowry, delegato elect from the unorganized Territory of Arizona, has arrived la this o'.ty, and from him I learn tbo following intorestiag facts relative te h>B region of coantry : The proposed Territory Inoludes about ono hundred thousand square miles, lying between California and Texas, its northern boundary being In close p’cximlty to the thirty-fourth parallel of latitude. At the time of its acquisition, it was possessed of but little popula tion, but has sinco steadily increased, notwithstanding the great Impediment arising from the want of military orcnil protection. The central portion of the Terri tory Is situated on tho Rio Graude, including th« fa mous Meailla Valley. On this river, some live or bik ,towns bavo sprung up, tkolr population in the aggre gate amounting to about ten thousand. The Mexicans, although numerically superior, are strictly American In feeling, and are under their control. These towns hire teen erected since the acquisition of the Terri tory, and therefore all exclusive Mexican peculiarity of feeling has beoome extinct. Ibo population west of the Rio Grande is concentrated in the Santa Cru/ and Souooyfca valleys ns also on the Gila river. Tho town of Tucboq has a population of nearly one thousand ; that of Tubac over two hundred. Tho American population largely predominates id tlie western part of the Territory. The legal vote is about three thousand. Very rich mines of silver havo be-n opened in Ihe centre of the Territory, as also on the R{Q Grande, opposite Mosilli, some of which arc al ready yielding very good returns. Tho principal mining companies are tho Sonora, Sopori, fanta Rih, Pacific, Patagonia, and Colorado, the latter working a copper mine on the Colorado. The copper obtained fcora this mine is said to be the beat in the world, yos sepalng peculiar properties of maleability, Ac. Very rich gold placers have been opened within the last two month", on the Gila river, twenty nnlos from its mouth, at Fort Yuma. The gold of theso mines is equal to tho best placers of California. When Lieutenant Mowry left some one hundred and fifty men uerc engaged in workiog tho mines, and others were arriving very rapidly from California. This gold has been pro nounced, by competent judges, to bo of a very ouperior quality, and is valued at oighteen dollars per ounce. Those mines, I have also been informed, are accessible from California by both water and stage. A large amount of arable land is still unocoupled on the Rio Grande, Gila, and its branohes, aud the Im mediate establishment of military posts, as a pro tection against the Indians, will afford comforta ble-homes for many thousand emigrants. The cultivation Is by Irrigation, and two cropa are raiaed annually, consisting or all variety of grains, fruits, JU. During tho coming year farmers will find ready pcrcliasers for their produce in the mining and ovorland mail companies, as also In tho military forces. Tho climate is pteas&nt, and emigrating practicable, by the southern inula, at all seasons of tho year. The call mvde by the people oi the Rio Grande upon Mr. Otero, delegate from Mexico, has been responded to by him and he, lu conjunction with Lieutenant Mowry, will endaavor to rerun* for them the much-longed-for orginteOlnn The route nf the omUnd mail company is in gooil condition, and tbu hip o'«, under proper mansgomeut, bo made in eighleeu days, and, at all events, in twenty-five days. Lieutenant Mowry is In fins health, and brings with him cho'ce speoimens of gold, sliver, and cotton feed This atatemant maybe relied upm as the plain facto in the oasa. 0 RUction of Mayor of Mobile. Mo»ii k, 000. 8 -—Mayor Withers lus been re-elected mayor by IB majority. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. The Steamer City of Washington Intercepted off Capo Race. LIVERPOOL AND ' ON DON DATES TO NO VENDER TWENI Y-tOURTH. Rumored Recall of JLord J\'apier—and ap pointment of JtJr. JLyon* a» ht» »urct»»or. HURRICANE AT BWATAB A—-T WJRTY VESSELS WRBOKBD. Arrival out of the Steamers Persia, Anglo Saxon, Vigo, Pacific, and Edinburg. COTTON DULL AND UNCHANGED JM- PROVEMENT IN WHEAT. Consols 08 1-4&08 3-8. Bt. Johns, n I?., Dec. 8 —The screw steamer City of Washington, which sailed from Liverpool on Wednes day, the 24th ult, was intercepted off Cape'B&co yes terday afternoon. The City of Washington experienced heavy westerly gales on her passage, ta«11og ten days. Her advices for the Associated Press (which are four days later than furnished by the steamship Europa,) were obtained, and have ju*t beon received. The Live pool markets were generally dull, except- Imr In the case of Y. heat, which had improved In price, The London money nurket report of Tuesday, the 23d. L dlcatcs an advance of ,* B ' in Consols over the nuo tations of the preceding Friday. MOVEMENTB OF STEAMSHIPS. The royal mail steamship Persia, which sailed from New York on the 10th of November, arrived at Liver pool on the 21st. Tho steamers Anglo Saxon, from Quebec oh the 6th, and Vigo, from New York on the 4th, arrivod at Liver pool on the 21st The steamer Pacific, from New York on the Bth ult , and Edinburg, iroin the same port, on Ootober 80, ar rived out on the 23J instant, the former at Galway and the latter at Glasgow TUB GENERAL NEWS. It was reported In the diplomatic circles of London and by the press that Lord Napier, the British Minis ter at Waßhiogion, is about to be recalled Ills Miccessor was a’sj said to be Mr. Lyons, from Florence. There were atill no tidings of the steam o r Indian Empire, which left New York fir Qalway. on Ootober 20th An insurance was being effected on her at twen ty five guineas per rent. The steamer A*iel was enable to reach Bremen owing to tbe Ice and she returned to Southampton. The London Pou (snti-mintsteriall announces the recall of J ord Nap'er, and the promotion of Lyons. It says the assigned cause of the ac’ion on the part of the Government is Napier’s tendency to favor the Uonroe doctrine. The Globe (also anti-ministerial) corflrras the re port, but says that Lord Napier has been transferred to some European mission, in tbe regular course of pro mo’ion—the Government being perfectly satisfied with hls course. The ship Aglncourt, for whose safety fears were en tertained m consequence of her being long overdue, has arrived from Melbourne, with seventy thousand ounces of gold dust. The Independence Beige says that the English Cabi net has notified the Government of Holland of its re fusal to assume tbe protectorate of Sarawak. The trial of Montalembert commenced at Paris on the 24th. As the press have been specially forbidden to take notes, the fl'St intimation of the proceedings can only b* had at the close of the trial. The Paris p-ess had been forbidden to discußS reli- gious subjects. Sardioia follows the example of France in storing her graonries with corn. It was expected that diplomatic relations between Prussia and Switzerland would be resumed. American agents are said to be endeavoring to per suade tbe Government of Denmark to sell St. Thomas and St. Johns islands to tho United States. INDIA. The Calcutta mail of Ootober 24th had arrived at London Tbero was no news of further ioterest than previously received by telegram. CHINA. Hong Kong dates to the 12th of Ootober had been telegraphed. Tlie tea market was brisk at Feu-Chow. HURRICANE AT BWATABA, AND WREOK OF TWENTY VESSELS A hurricane in the vicinity of Swatara had wrecked twenty vesiels. There are no American ships named among the list of tbe wrecked. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Arrived from Baltimore Nov. 23 Fossa Helena, al Falmouth. Commercial Intelligence. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nov 23—The Cotton market closed dull. There is no evident change in the quotations reported in the circulars of Friday evening. Tho sales during the past three days amount to 19,000 bales, including 1,000 bales to speculators and 2,000 fur export. State op Trade.—The advices from Manchester have a favorable tendency. The market closed quiet but steady LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFF* MARKET, Nov. 23 Messrs. Rtebnrdsofi, Spence. Sc Co. report a dull market for Breadstuff*, with tbe exception of Wheat which was firm. Tho choice qualities bad advanced, and on all grades there was an improvement in price. LIVERPOOL PROVIBION MARKET.—The circu- lars report the Liverpool P/ovision market as generally .dull Tho demand for Lard was dull, but holders are flrme*; sales at 53i6dffi54s. Tallow steady. Btoi heavy, with little Inquiry, and prices weak Pork dull, but ateady. Bacon heavy. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET, Nov. 23.—Pot Ashes quiet at 50s 6d; Pearls quiet at 41s. Rosin steady at 4s 3d. Spirits Turpentine steady at 40s. Bice (Canadian) firm. Sugar buoyant, Coffee quiet. LONDON MARKETS, Nov. 23 —Wheat firm. Sugar buoyant'. Coffee firm; Oeylo;> baa advanced Tea is quiet. Rice (Oaro'ina) firm Tallow firm at 31s 31. LONDON MONEY MARKET, Nov. 23-P. M.—Con aols are quoted at 98jif e navy yard goes brave'y on, and it was cotUdently exp'oted that the first of the number which is being built in the small ship-hooso would be ready for launching during the present week, but owing to an insufficient supply of deck plank it will not be in readiness for aweek or t*n days. There has not yet been a name given to tbis vessel, and har ing been commenced first is designated as No 1. Her dimensions are: Lergth from tsffrail-rail to head of stem 203 feet, beam 33 feet, depth of hold 16 feet. Ves sels ot this class are called sloops-of-war, bee.use they have but one guu-d-ck, while a frigate hah two. They have three masts, and are rigged as ships Bloop No 1 will,carre t»o eleven-inch pivot guns, and two guns carrying 32-lb. shot. Tbe pivot guns weigh 10 000 lbs. each; with the trucks, 25,000 lbs. each Good judges of naval architecture pronounce sloop No. 1 to be of su perior model, both as respects appea-anee and calling qualit'es. The frigate Lancaster, which was taken upon the dry-do3wa short time since, to be coppered, will be takHQ off at the close of this week aud hauled iuto the wharf, wher< her machinery will be put on board. It will require two or tbreo months to fit her out for sea. The work upou sloop No. 2, which is longer and has more beam than the other, is progress ing. A portion of her frame la up, BDd with the pres ent force in the yard she can be* got ready for launching by tho middle of February. Employment on the Havana Railroad. —An agent recently visited thlß olty to obtain mecha nics and laborers to assist in the construction of the Uavana (Ouba) Railroad, and the rffsrs hell oat of high wages were sufficient to Induce about fifty enterprMog young men in tho southern part of the city to engage in thiß employment. They were to have embarked from Baltimore, and accordingly went to that city. The for mal agreement upon which future transactions were to be conducted was there presented to ttem, but found to be unsatisfac'ory in some particulars. Tbe nominal wages were one dollar and fifty cents per day, bot from this sum was to be deducted the cost of the passage out, twenty-five cents per day for boarding, and twenty-five cents per day was to he reserved by the company until the conclusion of the term (six months) for which they were engaged; and the hours for labor were from sunrise to suos»t which, in that country, ia a very long period. These conditions were repudiated bv moat of those who left our city, and they have returned; but a small number of tho party weie embarked for Havana. There are so many persons now out or em> ployment that any chance for obtaining it is eagerly embraced by mauy,but before making engagements all should i look before they leap.” and fully un derstand the couditioua upon which they are to labor. Funeral of Bishop Ondekdonk.—The re mains of tbe ltev Henry U. Onderdonk were consigned to their final resting-place yesterday. At a little after 10 o’clock the body was carried to St. Peter's Church, .in South Third street, accompanied by a small escort of mourners It arrived at the church a* H. About two hundred persons were assembled in the church. The body was met at the door by Bishop Bowman, of tbis diocese, Bishop Williams, of Connecticut, and Bev Dr. Odenheitner, pastor of St. Peter’s Church. 'The ser vices were opened with a chant, sung by the choir, after which the congregation joined in reading the an them in the Episcopal burial service The lesson from Ist Corinthians was read bv Bishop Williams Tho 201st hymn, commencing “Who are these In bright array was then Aung and at 12 o’clock the funeral procession departed for tbe Church of Ft. James the L*sB, whero. we learn, Bishop Bowman pronounced the funeral oration. The Weather.—Tho weather has been so dismal, dark, dull, disagreeable dirty, and dreary for the last few days that it was not worlh' itemizing. Er*ry one complained of the Wretched condition of tbe street*, and the unhealthy and damp atmosphere. Our beautiful cHy seemed as if it were shrouded with gloom, and scarcely a smiling lace could be seen among the sterner sex that thronged the streets. Tbe ladies were obliged to give up tbeir daily promenade, for the time, so that there was nothing to light up the dismal seme, but, thanks to a kind Providence, abrat & o’clock last evening a change come o’er the scene, and all tbe clouds that hovered n’*r cur city suddenly disappeared, and the sky presented a truly magnificent and heart-cheer ing appearance. It ts to be hoped, since a charge has taken pi-re for the better, that we will be blessed for & season with sunshine. to compensate us for the many dark days which we have la'ely endured. The Grand Masonic Lodge.—At n meet ing of this body, held on Monday evening, tbe follow ing gentlemen were elected ss trustees for the ensuing Masonic year, commencing on St. John's day next, tbe 27th of December: Trustees of the Girard Bequest—Samuel H. Perkins, Anthony Bouruonvllle, M D., James Hutchinson, Da vid Bo?d, Dav.d Jayne, M.D Trustees of the New Masonic Loan—William Bad ear, Philip R. Howard, W®. English, James Shields, Fred Lcttaig, tin conjunction with tho R. Vf. Grand officers ) Trustees of the Grand Lodge Ohan'y Fund—John WUsod, Sr., Wm. S. Black Joseph S. Riley, Sr., James Gwyn, Angus N. Macpherson. Payments by tiie City Tbeasuker.— Tho followiag amounts were paid out by the City Trea«urfr from the 4th of December, inclusive: Interest on city loans And mandamus cases $6lO 01; outstanding war rants. $l4 80; police warrants, $23,258 65; bigbwajs, $1589 86; city commissioners, $1,262 81; citr pro perty, $704 13; City Controller, $54 81; O'ty Treasu rer, $l5 ; Receiver of Taxes. $1,204 28 ; markets, $B7O 47; wh a rvea and landioss, $3 75; clerks of Council', $l6O 91; surveys, $6O 46: Fire Department, $676; water do , $6,C03 32; school do., $744 58; health, $789 B rt : poor, $1 349 14; ice boat, $lB6 15— making a total of $41,143 69 The receipts during the same pe riod amounted to $51,583 87. Sudden Death in an Aldeiuian'h Office.— About one o’clock yesterday afternoon Mr John C B'ciuner, c listable of the Nineteenth ward, fell dead in the office of Aidormau W-Ikersoo, coruer of Richmond anl Cumberland streets The deceased had * eon sub ject to heart disease, but pr-Tfous to his death was ap parently enjoyiog good health. He leaves a wife and child Corooor Fenner held an inquest yesterday, and rendered a verdlutnf "death from natural causes.” Tkansfeb of Licenses.— Over one hundred innkeepers have beco before the City Commissioners to have licensee of taverns purchased by them duly trans ferred. The Uw regulating the granting of tavern licenses requires all persons that may have sold their establishments to have the license* transferred to the purchasers previous to return day, which is duriDg the present mouth. Fatal Accident. — A young man named Thomas Kennedy, while engaged in painting the out- R'de of a se'ond-story wiudow of a large house Iu the northern part of Ilroad street, was precipitated to the pavement by the slipping of the ‘-jack” on which he eat lie wan taken to 8t Jo«t«pVs Hospital, where he d.ed from the effects cf his injuries. Found Drowned. —Tho body of a colored man was dtscnv«»ied tioatio* in the Delaware, yesterday mornirg, at William-street wharf, llichinoud. De ceased »as about sixty yetrs of age and was reengmsod as a dealer in old clothes. Coroner Fen Der held tut in quest, and rendered a verdict in accoidgnce with tho loots. Attempted Suicide.—A young wouiau, named Elizabeth Wells, attempted to commit soicide yesterday at ter noon, by table g a dose of arsenic, at h» r residence, corner of Bedford and Crown streets Modi c«l ssfllftauco was immedia'ely called in, and she was rescued from her critical situation. Resigned.— Wo learn that the Rev. R. A, Cardeu, rector of the Church of St Matthias, has re signed the rectorsh s !) of that church. THE COURTS. YESTERDAY'S proceedings fßeported for The Press.] Nisi Pkius— Judge Read.—Roberts rs. the North Pennsylvania Ral’road. Au action of damages fm injuries sustained by the plaintiff by being thrown from bis wagon at Washington line. Deforo roputeil The deforce was, that the plaintiff did not extreme rca'ouabl* care in driving scions tho roid ; that if he had dobo so, he could have seen tie traiu c- intng, aad the CDg'ueer used alithe precimit ns t at were prs*i ble to prevent the accident The cairn was given t > the jury at tbtee o’clock ycßlerd*y altornoon by Judge Head, who gave a very clear charge on the law touch ing tbifl class of actions. lie desired the ju»y to bring in a sealed verdict this morning, if thev enouid asr-o Messrs Rodney and Parsons forpliintiff; J. R Burk, Em.. for th® itefen lant U. S. District Court— JudgeCadwalader.— Charles lU-riswns charged with making and pifeing counterfeit go\l coin Tlie principal testimony agsinst the defeLdat.t was one George N. Vnlentiue, who sUted that ho borrowed $ 5 from the defendant, Harris, end in that amount th*re were $lO in gold which was coun t «ife\t That he himself was attested some tin.© after, bv Officer Wynkonp and charged wi'h making and piss ing this spurious coin. That he then informed the oflicers from whom he had received it, and the defen dant, Harris, was arrested, nod counterfeit coin found in his t- uok Verdict, guilty Sentence deferred U. 8 District Attorney for the prosecution; Walter Budd, Esq., for tho defendant Michael Dirk, a German carter, was charged with passing counterfeitinouev, in payment for a horse he had purchtfcd. Ihe defendant having denied passing tho money—a gold dollar and a ten-cent piece—and re fusing to redeem it, wa* arrested, and su’jectod to a t-ial. 110 however, established a good character for him«elf. aud was acquitted. District Court— Judges Stroud, bniu's word. and UftTO —New trial motion list. Quarter Sessions—Judge Aluson.— Den n»s Bray vras couvictnl of the Urcooy of a watch, Thomas Williams of an assault and battery on Ufa wife. William and John Harris of tim larceny ot a pair of boots John M»yer and Fredrick Drown of larceny. Charles Browar was acquitted ol the larceny of a watch Michael Cornier or an assault and battery on Margate* Nojlty Thoms" Johnson was convicted of ;lie larceny ot apsirof psnts William Hailadav ".is convictel of entering the strreof Maesra. NA Oo.,with intent to commit telony Hnlladsy secreted liima-lf in tho store, and was found by ft policeman John I/nfferty was irted for the larceny of nine buckets Verdict not guilty. It was evident the buckets bud been stolen, but there web no positive proof of owuerehip. ✓lt happened, however, that the defendant had been convicted of larceny some time since, aid that Allison had let him go, from a doubt that In enter tained of his guilt, promising, H b-ought heiore him again, ho would sentence him upon tlie old MU. This, ho inrormod him, he designed to do before tho adjourn meat. financial and commercial. The Alouey Market. Philadelphia, Dec 8,1858, The East Mahanoy Railroad Oompany Ins been regu larly organized by tho election of a board of directors and a pr- a dent, os will be seen by the advertisement in SHw lk-n'iT-? - rai ! toad dirsr « es f,om tbe Httta Bchu: Hull Ra.'road five mile, and a hair .bore Tama the Broad Mountain four hundred and five foot b.low ■to sarnmit. and eotero the Mahanoy „, le stth , . of the South Mahanoy creek. Brom thl, point U " tends weetwardly through tho heartof the Great Maha’ noy or Middle coal field, to Bear run, about tJmile'. tree or Mabanry olty. It *lll donhUe.. he centinurd at no dr.taut day, through tho largo body of finable 1, “ a » *«ldlredbythe tonight and sagacity of the lata Stephen Girard, while the country waa , B t . .n. derueae, and now tho property cf the olty of PhUa delphla. The rood has been located through there lande, but ire nnderatand that thie part of it will not h-» put under contract at present, as It is the determination of tbe parties having charge of tbe enterprise to prosecute it to completion with out fncuniog any permanent debt. Nine-tenths of the road is located upon straight lines; it b&s neither bridge, switch-b* k, nor inclined plane, and can, there fore, be worked and keptin repair at very amall coat. There la no grade against the trade from the mouth cf the tunnel to tbla olty. Tho coat of the road, to the point at present filed Tor He western terminus, ia call mated at *310,000, end it can ba completed within three yeare from the date of He commencement Itaetoek ia taken "by tha landholders along rhe route, and Ihe stockholders of the Little Schuylkill Bailroad Compa. ny, who cannot fall to be 'greatly benefited by the large amount or tonnige which the projected Improrement will secure'to their road. This road skirts the mountain at the foot of the s’u pendous planes of the great Danville cod Pottavilie Railroad, enough of which yet remain to testify to the boldness of their projector, as well as ot the energy ard enterprise of the Phllkdelpbiena of the past genera tion. Tbe work will be under the charge of John Anderson. Esq., who adds to unsurpassed skill as a civil engineer, an intimate local knowledge derived from a life-time devoted U, profeesl'mal duty i Q the Pennsylvania cosj fields We know the mw and the couotry thoroughly and we know that Mr. Anderson aud the projected r 1 8000 Ches Va! R 7s. b 3 40 SECOND BOARD. 3300 City 60 C&P 99 I 4 Penna R 42£ 1000 330100 Canal Os.. 85 -j 5 Reading K 25*6 1000 NPeooaß 103 b 6 87 |SO Monuf & Meoßk.. 27 600 do 65... 82# 10 do 27 3.000 Ostawissa Chattel I 4 do 27 10a..B& 69# lOGirard Bk 11# 75... 49 Jl3 County Fire...2djs 36 loco do \2O Cam & | 4 do ............117 ICES—STEADY. 2000 do coup on.bb bi#l SPeoDft K 42# | CLOSING PBK Bid. Ask«d 99 99* Bia.Askid. Sch Nat Stock.. .■ 8* Q do Pref..'.,..16* X 7 Wmap’t&£lmß.lG& KH do 7slktmtg«72 73 do 2d 61 >{ 62# Long Island 11* 11* Girard Bank '.ll* 12 Leh Coal & NaV... &•;>* 50* do Scrip 29 29* N Penna B 8* 8 do 6s -.62% t 3 New Crock # * Ca>awiBsa 8.... 6* 6* Lehigh Zinc..... 1 1* do B 99 99# do New. .11i2#103 PennA6s 96# 95# Beading B 26# 25# do fide TO. .83# 85 do Mtg65’44.94 96 do do '86.74# 76 Penn»8.........42# 42# do Istrn 63...103 105 do 2dm 6e..<.91# 92 Morris Can C0n..47# 49# do Pier 108 108# SctmylN&y6!i’B2 72# 73 Bab Navlmp 6s. .73# 74 PUILADBLPHIA MARKETS, Dec. S—Etbsihu The transactions in Breadstuff's ’hare been quite limit* ed to-day, on account of the wet weather, atd the market ia without alteration. 9 here is so shipping demand for Flour, the trade are buying from $5 12#© 5.25 for superfine, f6.60©6 for extras, and $5,6007 for fancy brands. The market closes doll. Corn meal is held at $3.25, and Rye Flour, at $4 bhl, without* much doing. "Wheat comes in ilowiy, and millers are not baying to any extent at-pres nt quoted rates. Pales comprise about 2,500 bus, at 125®130c for r«d« and 1850145 c for white ; the latter prices were paid for choice Kentucky, in store. Bye is scarce and wanted at 75c for Delaware, and 80c bus for Penun. nia. liarley'ond Malt are dull at previous quoted rates Corn Is dull and prices irregular, but there is cot much efferiog to-day, and in the absence of bales we quote new yellow at Coa67c, as to condition ; old yel low is very scarce. -Oats are in steady demand at 45045#e for Delaware, 46©47c for Pennsylva- Bark h not inquired for; Ist quality (Quercitron (a offered at $3-1 ton. Cotton is without alteration but spinners have been baying more freely at 13©12# c lb. for low middling And middling fair "Uplands, cash. Groceries are held firmly with a light stock to operate In ; refiners are buying sugars in a small way at 0# ©7c lb, four mos. Provisions—Packers are selling Mess Pork at 818® 18.25 W bbl, and La d at 11c for bbls, 12c for kegs. Heeds—Uloverseed is in steady demand; 400 bus good quality sold at {5 50 bn?. Nothing doing in Timothy or Flaxseed; the latter is quoted at $1 60®1 65 bus. Whiskey Is selling as wanted at 25a>203 for Pennsylvania and Ohio bbls , 24#0 for hbds,and2'#®24c for drudge. tOHANGE—December 8 BOARD. NEW YORK STOCK El SECOND 9000 U 8 Ol ’74 10 4 54 I 2000 U 8 ss’os 104* SOOJ MispoarlSt 6s 1000 Cal 7" N bd 01* 6000 Hud R con 65 (400 Ktie Railroad elO 17 60 do 630 17*^ 100 Harlem R 12jf 45 Mich S Guar 61. i» 100 Reading R b3O 61X 200 do 51 .V 500 do snw 600 do 61 ?£ 25 Panama R 119# 100 do sG3 UOV 200 Ual fc Chic R blO 78V 103 do f 3 73X 100 Olev k Tolß b9O SIX 109 do eS 31,V 100 Chic &RI 62X 150 do 633 02 17 Am Hz Bk 105 V 15 Del A Hud Co 97 200 do b3O @o*4 3W K J ilino b3O 7^ 50 Pac Mail 8 Co 8914 50 do s? 0 5014 150 do f6O 89 150 do b3O 89X 850 N Y Orn R SAI4 200 do 619 83 250 do 163 8o»4 150 Mil A, Mies K 13 jQ for Pets, and $5.75 for Ashes are quiet at $6 & Pearls. i Flour.—State aod Western Flour is dull at un* | changed prices, with moderate receipts, and miles of ' 5 600 bblrt at $3 60®4 10 for rejected, $4.20®! 10 for | Rupoffinc Ftate. $4 75®5 for extra do. $4 2634 60 for 1 supeifiae Western, $4 60m6 for extra Western, $5 25® 560 for shipping brands ot extra round hoop Ohio Ca- I naiisu Flour is nominal, at fsaO 20 for extra brands, j Sou'hera Flour is hoary, with sales o! 300 bbls at ss® 6 40 tor common to mix d brand*, and $5 60ff17 60 for fance, fair and favorite brands. Grain —The Whiat market is rather more active at unchanged prices, with sales of 6,000 bus at St.l7 for Western mixed, 51.22 tor Southern White, $ll5 for Hod Souihtrn. and $l2O for White Canada. Corn la fl-mer. with sites of 20 000 bus at 76377 c for Western mixed, aod 76c for new Yellow. Bye Is very flrm at 7dn. delivered from North Rvrer. Cats aie firmer at 44 «t49c for Southern, Pennsylvania and Jersey, and 49® 66c for Sttte, Western, aud Canada Provisions —Pork is firmer, with sales of 400 bbls, atsl6foroMSJers slS.7sfornowMef>s.aodsl4 tb®l4 to for Prime. Brer is quiet at the decline, with sales cf 209 lb a Cut Meats and Bacon are quiet. hu k steady. Lvd is dull, with sales of 2ao bbls at Butter and Cheese aro steady at unchanged rate*. \\ msKSV is steady, with sales of 200 bbls at 250 NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. Doc 8 —At mar ket dur'ng the w0»T4.73 for extra. Whiskey is steady, a* 22 \jC. Hi gs are dull, aad prices have declined 15ff25c; the ssles to-day Were 4,000 hogs, at *oa7, the latter pr ee pe n?ra‘d fer 250 lb weights; receipts to-day were 0.000 Tfc« weather continues to be fair tor slaughtering. Tho re ceipts of the week amount to (15,000, and of the reason to 231.C00. against 137.000 during the some time last year Provls’rru aro dull; Mess Pork re.U at $l7 60, u.r thin month’s delirery; Bn’k S.**ts have declined V> 5 P.aoon Sides b«11 at So ; LaTd 11 Say iSNATt, Dee. 5 —Cot*on—■ sales to-dayl 400 bales. The market closed unsettled; good middlings are Oiuf *\s! ime B—Cotton—sales to-day 15,000 at unhanged ra*cs; middlings Cotton freights to 1 Irerpool 9-H'd. Ilow folks differ! Wo chow tobacco* tho Hindoo takos to lime. Tho children of this coun try ‘’el’ght in oandy, those of Africa in rock salt A'Frenchman “goes his length’’ on fried frogs, while an Esquimaux Indian tbiuks talluT? the QlimdJS odustuiM.