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S?MONDAT,BBCEMBER 13, 1868.
<M»«a 'eatUy 'at- Now
; 1 She encountered heavy westerly
- ffalef/ahiKb" »““> and considerable mow and hall
.daringtbo entire passage. ,-Herrt>ews wul bo
; :; ; fparid : ln,oor6olumn of. telegraphic intelligence.
‘ : ofitho mostlmportant portions of hor.newa is,
t .? tiat’ratatiog to'the trial of Count;' de Montalem-
V i'bsrt. wbd -was oonriotod., ,-Tho 9prr : oapondont of
a-of th»7>n*nnorln jTfi(qli tl(* t 6[iatooinmonoed,t. r
The'hamb ofOhnribs D’ouniol, the, publisher of
•V' ! -«ioCdrrt«i)o«<ion<,otM.UWoo»Uod.. Ho roso and
J prosbnted himself at the bar. Ho was asked in
the usual form Ma nama, ago, plane of birth, pro
‘ fess’on' &o. - To' the'question whether he admitted
,'ii tbO’Publioation of the arllole aag-sVaMlordifMtor
of tho Coriespbndant, he replied that he had no
"• "’knowUdge.that It oontalnednpy guilty mattor,
1 that hehad Sated, with perfoot good faith, and that
f -\llte »rt.ole*a.jmweajaensualVthe secretaryof
Redao 4oh.vSpme other questions oftjrimllar
'kind wera.sskedtandhewasthen desired to alt
down The President, after Intimating to ; the
audlendo that.any. elgn of approbation or aisappro
batlon would bo .at onoe repressed, and that any
. one dbteotbd In' vlotitlog the order would be taken
- IntO ouitody acd punlahod for contempt of oonrt,
. -oallod HpCn Ml do Montalemberf to Btand up. In
- the.m'dst of thedeepesh sllonoe ho did so, stand-.
"inithy.hisooßnsel„:,The President said: '
. , -‘What is your name?' 1 - . , \
-Obarles, Count do Montalembert.V
''■f. v.“ What cge?” • - - -
“'Forty-eight.”
. What Is your profession V’
. -“ Former Peer of Franoo ”
- 1 V! Where were you born?” "
- 11 In Parls.” - ...
. “.Do yen admit the authorship of the artiole er
. titled -1 tin Debut tur Vlnde an Parlcmnnl An
;> glaisi'"' ■ - r ■ :- -'
“I do. < I admit (he authorship, and assume all
. the responsibility of it-*’, '■' '
HO Was then examined as to the meaning of the
" passages alleged to be libellous, and winch X hare
already given. He was asked.whether he did not
mean' to'describe, as the'lmperial .Government
“ the ohroniolers of ante-ohambofa,' the- atmos
phere Charged with eoivlli and oorrupt miasmata,”,
and. whether he' did not mean, by saying that he
, went “to breathe an air-more pure, and take a
life-bath in free England,ns an attaek on the in
stitutions of his oonhtry. M, ’do' Monlalombert
said' he meant nocattaok in the sonso implied by
the law; he morely stated oertain foots, and it
could be only by misinterpretation that snob a
meaning oould bo’attaohed, to -it. - He was asked
whether iu the passage where he said “ he did net
pretend to convert, those, progressive spirits who
‘ /regard- Parliamentary. Government as advanta-|
geonsly replaced by univorsaysnfirage,'northo
political optimists" who profess that.the supreme
victory of-Domocraoy Consists la abdicating In the
bands of a Monarch the exolusivo direotion.of tho.
foreign -and ‘domestic affairs of the oonntTy,” and
thathe .wrote for his own satisfeotion, and that
of a small number of invalids, of the curious, and,-
. if you wish, of mnnlncs,” he did cot mean an at
tack on universal suffrage, and on tho rights.the
Emperor held from the Constitution. M.do Mon
- talembert deolafed that • his meaning was quite
olear; he meant merely what he said—that he
did not want- to oonvert “ men ot progreay 1 who
differed from him—hb and those who thought with
Kim; he merely staled a faet, and nothing more.
He was asked whether he did not mean to affirm
that France had lost, her freedom, when he said
that-“In Canada a.noble Frenoh and Gatholio
raoe of people,- unfortunately torn tom our conn-'
try, bnt remaining Frenoh in heath and in mnn
- nera, ones to England the preservation or tho ae
qulsition 'with entire religions liberty, of all the
■pelittoal/and mnutolpal .liberties"wbioh-Frenoe
, had repudiated,”<ko. Hosaldhe simply stated
an historical foot, with which every one, was ao,-
qnalnted; and which no one oonldrdeny. .There
' nenld be nn doubt that,, when the oolony.belonged
t> Franoe, Franoe did possets oertain political and
mnuieipal - institutions whioh' she possesses no
longer- but.-whleh are still,maintained in Cana-;
"• da. ' Surely there, was no attack on the lid _
, perial Government by saying that It was France
herself who repudiated these institutions! -
-He was asked whether ho did. net- mean an at
t*ok on, the Jaws .by saying, “We have .not only
thehabits,bnteventho instlnctsof tho3e.'wise,
/ and prudent people,who are elernolly minora,
who permit tbeinsolvea occasionally. frightful-ir
regularities, huh who fall- again into oivio Impo
tonee--. where no .one speaks hat bypermisdon,
, with,the salutary terror of- tn avertusement if he'
venture ever so' little to bensate the Ideas of the
Government, or of the mob.” Hr Eaidthnthr 1
simply stated' the feet' .that avertissttnents were.
' given, by authority in the eSses,alluded to. 'He
. was aiked/a'.few.moraqttestions to
port, l an’d-theawas allowed to,resume bis seat.
As :he: sat down what Was thought to be. a mark
nf approbation was heard from some one near tho
door; it was very alight, for, except in,the imme
diate vicinity,' Very fewheard it.* The President
repeated, ratbey sternly,; his order, and declared
that fo.xnalntaln'silenoe and deoornm in the as-
Senbly the pOwar:at’tba 'disposal'of thh court
would, If neoessary, be employed.
The Savapnah (Gs.) Republican of the Htb
Instant states that the sohoener Wanderer, has re
centtylanded;a oargo'of Afrioan slaves In that
State, atfd that they have been sent into tho into/
rior.. a .
loe is interrupting the navigation of the’rivers
in the vlotnUy pf New York. /- . . r: • .■ >'
It is said that.ths Liberal or Jbares party mado
another attack upon the oily bf Hexleo on,the 6th
- ultimo, but it is not known wlth what snooesa.
The Hnited- States: steam/frigate Niagara has
returned to Hew York. Seventy-one of this ne
groes died en their passage out to; Liberia.' ‘ The
balance, two hnhdrbd.in number, were safely
landed. ' -
. The ’ snperintehdent of phblio ‘ptlnting has
. awarded to Messrs. Megargee & Brothers the eon
tracts"- for supplying the first'' fifth;’ and,,,sixth
olaesesof paper- 1
Thestbamer Washington has returned to'Hew’
Tork 'from Hlearagns.' She "was .boarded by
British officers from tho libopard and Valorous,
who are evidently on the watoh for fllijnstbrs, and
determined to give them' a warm reoeption. The
fllibnster vessel from Mobile,, therefore, has a sea
..of troubles to encounter. ■ -;■ . n . /
. George F. Feteiman and Wlllfam. Myeirs,, ao
oused'of forgbry, had ~a hearing before .Reoorder
-.Enen, on Saturday evening, and, after an exciting
. noene between that officer and tho counsel of the
priaoners, the latter were oemmittod to prison to
aosworthe charges - against-them,--in defauitof
$2,000.ba11. . V !
. Mr Glehn and son, Amerioans, of Nbrlh Caro-'
lina, travelling to Monterey from the interior el
Mexico, were murdered on the 2d Inst..' and ribbed
of ’ some tfI.OOO In /gold and silver. / His wife ’and'
three' bhiidreh jrere placed under the care of Dr
Martin, in Saitllio; who. kindly offered' to attend
and treat them for the wounds/they received from
these treaeberbus'seouhdrela.. The murderers are.
still at large In the open streets of Saltillo. -
The Hew York Albion, In disensting the cause of
Lord Hapier's.yeeaU from ibis ebnntry, ridiohles
the idoa that it is owing to hls-vlows on thc Mon.
. roe doctrine, and says : “ Bat. as there is a bouse
for every movomonf of this sort, we shall probably ,
he.expeeted to assign one, thengh not speakingby
authority. The probable ground,' then; of this
nnexpeoted change, has none, of that stupendous
signlflcanoe which tho London journalist hints' In
jest and a Hew York journalist discusses in earnest.
It is personal and private) though muoh to - be re
gretted., We belteve.that-the sole reason is the
- dolloate health of Lady Hap!er, wbo languishes
- underlie trying olimate of Washington.”
Tbe,London Express mje : “It Is not true that
Lord Hapier,'Minister to / the' United - States, has
b3en in any way eensuted er -sapemeded . by his
Gsverument,' 'The' feet, -we understand, is that
hts Lordship has been promoted Minister Plenipo
tentiary to >he Qouit of Berlin.”
\ General Gees has written another, letter to Mr.
A. Hart, of this olty, - in. regard to the Mertaira
■ case, deQHuing to/intcrfofb' 'He doses it as fol
lows: ’ ' '. i\'
“ There are erheUtes and outrages of such a re
volting paturo, that it is natural; laudable Indeed,
that whon they eeenr they should meet with gene
ral condemnation But this duty to ‘ outraged hu
manity’ should be.left to the action of individuals,
and the expression of public opinion; for It Is
manifest, that, If pnt Government assumes the
power to judge .and oensdre-, the proceedings of
another, ortho laws.it reeogsises in cases which
do not affect their own.interests, op the rights,
of their oltizons, the intercourse of nations
will soon become it system, of orimlnation and
reerlmlnaUon,. hostile to .friendly oommunloa
tlon. -For the, principle. of Interference being'
once admitted., Its • application may - be. Indo -
finitely extended, depending for .its - exerelse
ot) the, opinion which each oonntry may form of the
oivil poliby.of another; and of the praotleal opera;
tlon.- There is no people Who would rebuke, with
mere asperity such intermeddling with their af
fairs than would the people of the United States';
and It bedomes ns to; malntain lho same.reservo
toward other aoantries.wbioh we expeo t .thorn <to
observe toward us. fHuma'n governments are qe
cessariiy-imperfeot,,and neither the United States
nor any,other nstlon ban claim exception from the
common attribute, /;
•‘lf any. of the Powers of the Old World . shmtld
believe .there ‘ were.wrongs to suffering humanity’.
In this country,, the same prlnqipto which .would
justify this Government in aooedlng to your appli
cation .would ’justify'them In a.slmUar, measure,
should they/ deem- the. olreumstanoes bf ,any. base
sufficiently grave to call for. their interpOHUlon.” /
* The numbbif of . Interments In .thlsbity for the'
week ending oh Saturday last) was'2o9.., Twelve
of the deoeased were between SO aud '9O years of
age, and two/ ,between '9o -khd-100 years; old.
Thirty-eight of tho deaths were oaußed by con
sumption. ,•' „ 1. ~ j,'4
The steamship. Moses. Tayiop, arrived In. How
York yesterday, with if,200,000 in gold., ~/,l‘;:;
ShpHew York Times of the llth Inst, says:
“ Itlsestlmatedby those.whb ought to know tpmb
thing about It’, that not than
Imtdtngi arc in prebess of construction in Brook
lyn at ihe.pretont tlme/L'a'^&te^gumbe^.bjrjfitr:
- / than Were ever'before undoroontraot at this season./
- of tho year. The indioatlons/are ' that, as soon as.
. spring opens there /wUP ba 'a/ larger; numbar/ of
.; bnlldlngs In process of breotion than were ever
,/bonDneripod 1 in ■;one/seSTO(fiS i nb'tit going up
/ are Jribk,/trae,t*|idt^r)st^(Tes'hlglf.^.!. e< '
-•;.-;^thasj)anroii n tbe,p)*^/IS,Wtnbnse)'AB.ejrly;SS^
. ;/,',/tbblstof.Sibj^mb«,/tiie t
enjt:hnn^iyd?iraihjy'.ebhßi'BUU^; r
: >:.wa^’^ > |Mh..-;,Tlie'.'opniraots-.ofithl’s- ri firji)^|Mb- 1
/triihs Uytitiyispo rtgopdst«Banfysy;.y|ih; aid
•\ whlle at the fmdfflfrpufr
,M-$ t>ff ; trains of;'muies'
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR.
mm vi,vb.,'_
Washington, Dec., 12, : 1858.
The Union has at last given birth to an article
•on the subject of the-Tarlff in this morning’s (
number, the effect, if not the object, of which
is to ridicule the President's entire argument,,
and to uphold that of Secretary Oobb. Ido
not know where to fled amoio explicit decla
ration in favor of a rational revenue bill than
that contained intho paragraphs which Mr.
Buchanan devotes to the, subject in his last an
nual message; nor am X surprised that they
have given such general, satisfaction to the
people of his nativo State, and to all conserva
tive. men of ovary party.. Neither .Ills news
paper organ nor.his financial organ, however,
will see the subject in the same light. Tho
singular spectacle is presented of a studiod as
sault from those in'Authority upon tho highest
Executive recommendation. One portion of
tho article in tie Onion deserves commenda
tion. I mean that in whioh the writer appeals
to a united public’ opinion to settle the ques
tion, and depreoatosthe interposition ofparty
prejudice.
- This is exactly what we of Pennsylvania
have always contended for. The Union be
longs to the school whioh contends that - the
principles upon which our tariff laws should
be arranged • have long'ago! been definitely,
settled.- Mr. Buchanan belongs to the exactly
opposite school. He believes that when the ad
valorem duties were adopted in the oelebrated
revenue compromise bill of 1833, a grievous
blow was'struck at a permanent and lasting
revenue system. .He believes with Colonel
Benton, that « specific havo been the rule,-ad
valorem the exceptions, from the beginning
of custom-house revenues up to 1888.” Tho
Bnoban&n idea, the’ Benton idea, and for a
loig period the Calhoun idea, was that the
specific duties was a question in the exact sci
ences, depending'upon a mathematical solu
tion, by weight, count, or measure, while
ad’valorcms presented a question to the fal
lible judgment of mon, suro to be different at
different plaoes, and addition, to
the fallibility of judgment, to the chances of
Ignorance, negligence, and corruption. In,
1839-40, Mr. Van Bbren sent to the House of
Representatives a message covering reports
■from the Secretary of the Treasury and from
the Comptroller of the Treasury, with opinions
from the late Attorneys, General of the United
States,(Moasfa. B. F. Bn tier and Felix Grundy,)
and letters from the collectors Of the customs,
in all the principal Atlantic ports, all relating to
the' practical operation of the ad valorem sys
tem, and showing it to be unequal, uncertain,
unsafe, diverse in its construction, injurious to
the revenuo, open to unfair’ practices, and
greatly expensive ftom the number of per
sons required to execute it. The whole doc
ument may be profitably studied by all who
deprecate unwise and pernicious legislation i
but a selection of a few of the -oases of inju.
rious operations which It presents will bo
sufficient to give an idea of the whole: “ Three
classes of goods are selected—-silks, linens,
and woiated—all: staple articles, and so well
known as to be the least susceptible of diver
sity of judgment j :and yet, on which, in the
period of fouryears, a fraction over five mil
lions of dollars had been lost to the treos
ury • from diversity, Of-construction between
the treasury officers and the judiciary, with
the fbriher prospective'loss of one million and
three-quarters'in the ensuing three years, if
the act was hot amended.”
I have said that the Union 1b right in desir
ing'that'the tariff should bo settled outside of
party politics; and. if .that journal will take
the liberty of referring tq-.the , course or our
distinguished men, it will appear that when tho
tariff of 1846 was framed, Mr. Walker, Mr,
Dallas, and Mr. Buchanan, with the South,
were ready to unite upon a much higher rate
'of duty upon certain • great industrial staples,
which the, bill, as subsequently passed, ac
corded to ,these staples. ■ But the delega
tion in Congress flrom our State refasedthe
proposition,.' and" threw • their, entire vote
igainst the bill. , So, also,' at repeated Bubse
quent periods, when efforts have been made to
amend the revenue laws. Morethan onedistin
gnished Democrat in Congress from the South
offered to unite, if not npon'specific duties,'
npon a plan by which a settled- price should
be.flxed.npon j iron,‘for Instance,! taking the
average prices of "any number of ten yean j
and upon this basis do assess 26,30, and 85
per' cent.—all of whioh propositions would
havebeenjaccoptablej but they were,defeated,
.owing to the influence of . New England and
other hostile sections. It will be very hazard
ous, therefore, for tho. Onion and-those who
support. Secretary Cobb, to make'a test of
party fidelity, in favor of ad .valorem duties.
Anl immense, amount of revenue must be
raised for tho maintenance of the Government.
Everybody is opposed to loans. The, ces
nation’, of migration will interfere mate
rially with the sales of the public lands.
The’ only effective way to raise money
and; defray the national expenses la by im
posing • duties upon importations. It is a
simple question, then, whethor in raising
these duties we shall discriminate against
or ih favor of Northern labor i whether, while
we iaro’ expending, millions for projects of
doubtful .utility, upon custom houses, port
offices,'upon fh? .navy and the army, and npon
expensive lines of intercommunication, all of
which - afo in their nature destined to bo a tax
Spoil the -.labor and industry of the country,
wo should not defer somewhat to the demand
of our donjiestlc interests, the prosperity'of
which is intimately interwoven with the pros
perity of the country; . The day for a high
protective tariff is gone by forever. The
votes ot the Republicans in Congress; in
1857, in favor of the tariff of that
year, qpd the , judgment of the common,
sense of the whole country, all go to show
that' in. the re-construction of the revenue
policy at the present session, we need only to
adhere to the principle above Bet forth to satis
fy and consolidate all conflicting opinions, and
to.establish the system on a lasting foundation.
•Hr, Buehanan’s'remedy is the practical remo
dy. Shall we obtain It, ‘or-will he allow his
own Secretary to override his own wishes,
and to prostrate the languishing interests of
the people? - J. TV. F.
■"Flfly-aeven Thousand Dollars t
Ail Extra of the Mount Vernon Record an
nounces that, on tbe 2d of this month, Miss
Ann Pamkl*. Cunningham, Begent of the
Mtiunfc .Vernon Ladles’ Association, caused
$67,000 to be paid to Joint A. Washington,
be'ihg. the amount dne, with interest, on the
first Instalment of tho pnrehnsomoney of the
Borne and Tomb of Washington. The Record
publishes a letter from Hr. Brads, tbe banker,
of Washington, who is treasurer of tbe Asso
ciation, in which he Btates that on the above
named day be had paid this snm, in liquidation
of the first bond to Mr. Washington.
• Tills is a paym<lnt so wholly out of the ordi
nary; track of pecuniary transactions, that we
desire to draw public attention to it. Thoreby
Is confirmed our belief that, when allowed to
be so, women are excellent “men of busi
ness,” if we may sq be allowed to say. They
have done, in this matter, what men would
only! have spoken of doing. Oar sex should
now come in, heart and sohl, to aid the Ladles'
Association. ...
; . Tifo new vtce-rdgents have been appointed:
For Wisconsin, Mrs. Martha Mitchell, Mil
waukeej and for Kentucky, Mrs. Kosa Vkrt
nkh Johnson, Lexington.'
; ' Osmotion of John 0. Bullett, Esq., on Saturday
lastf J. M. Seawall; Esq., was admitted toprao
tlco In the Supremo Court ofPennsylvanla.
. Wb i.tvitk attention to an advertisement In
another polnmn, of twenty thousand .dollars offered
for investment in asefe and paying business.
Thomas & Sons’ Salbs This Week.—Valuable
and popular books this evening. London hooks
at tho - ouotion rooms, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday evening. Beal eatate,
stocks, ground rents, &c., at tho Exchange, Tues
day evening. 'Wines of, the late Mr.. Brats,
at the. auotton rooms, on Wednesday, at 12
o'clock. Furniture, Thursday, at-the auotlon
store. Scrap copper, Ir6n, <to M at the United
States Arsenal, Bride-burg, on Friday. See ad*
verUsement and catalogues of the above.
" Acction Notice.—!!. Boott, Jr,, auctioneer,43l
Chestnut etreet, Bells this morning a large etook ef
fpri, In sets for ladies’ wear. Also, gents’ otter and
'heayhrVloWa.abrgauntleU.oaps, mufflers, .to/,
too# irraogoaTor examination, _
'.;.SALEqRE^OLi3H-BeoKß.—To.morrow,evening,
at'Shomaa’S, Vourtbiphelpw, Ohes’tnut'streot, will
hiVombionoed four days.-oor rather four nights’,
action ialietof ah extSattve oatatogue ’of valua-
Mo English' books; jiia!'repotted frbtaßagland.
is ;a>igdimt.'V«iJfiy eatalogue, and
wedarefi&y.tbat there will be a gjreat attendance,
'of-buyers. Mrfßabin; of “ye anelente booke- •
store,” Sixth and Chestnut, undertakes} we see, to
purchase for book-fanoiers who cannot attend*.
The Revival of the Slave Trade In the <
United States., .- . • ]
The men engaged in the slave trade, enoon- 1
raged by the bold attitude in favor of its re- .
vival taken by the ultraistß of the South, and .
by the immunity with which the laws of the
United States can be defied in that region, as
shown by the escape of the filibusters from
Mobilo and the refusal of tho Grand Jury of
South Carolina to fmd a hill of indictment
against the crew of the slaver Echo, appear to
havo at length boldly commenced the importa
tion of African slaves into the United States.
The Savannah Republican of Saturday states
that tho schoonor 'Wanderer had succeeded in
ovading the vigilance of tho ernisors, and
landed a cargo of slaves in the neighborhood
of St. Andrew’s sound, near Brunswick. A
portion of tho cargo waa subsequently sent up
the Satilla river on board of a steamer. Tho
localities here referred to are ail in tho State
of Georgia. Brunswick is a small port of
entry on Turtle river, eighty miles S. 8. W.
of Savannah, and has a spacious harbor.
The Satilla (or Santilla) river rises in Irwin
county, Georgia, and flows into the Atlantic
through St. Andrew’s Sound. The readiness
with whioh tho «cargo ” waa sent up that
river indicates thatftill preparations had been
made in advance for its reception. Thero ap
pears to have been a method intho madness of
the slave-trade advocates, alter all. The whole
country was startled a few years Bince when
Governor Adams, of South Carolina, recom
mended the revival oi that traffic, and the pro
ject was almost universally proclaimed to be
os absurd ns it was infamous. But since then
it has been zealously advocated in Southern
Conventions. Ultra organs have oulogized it.
An effort has been made to get Slate Legis
latures to authorize it. The law of the
United States against it has been de
nounced as unconstitutional, and the pro
ceedings in the slaver Echo case havo
demonstrated how easily that law may bo
rendered a completo nullity, in the thee of the
most complete and overwhelming evidences
of gnilt. Above all, the fact that we have a
sectional President, who will wink at the most
infamous frauds, and crimes, If they era per
petrated fn the name of the South, is appa
rent to all, and. affords ample encouragement
to these desperate villains. The Federal Go
vernment, with ail its grand professions' of
devotion to many great interests, and with n)l
Its mnltllarlous duties, displays zeal, energy,
and determination only in one direction, and
that is in persecuting and proscribing tho ad
vocates of Popular Sovereignty. Tho Trea
sury of the country may remain in a deplo
rable condition, and the national industry lan
guish. Mr. Buchanan is content with a sim
ple recommendation in favor of specific duties,
which ho suffers his own Secretary of the
Treasury to earnestly oppose, and no deoided
Administration influence is exerted to ac
complish the great objects Involved in the
resuscitation of the natiopal finances and the
national credit, and the revival of the great
industrial interests of the country. The
neutrality laws—upon the strict observance of
which mighty interests, the honor, and, per
haps, the, peace of the nation, depend—are
sustained in a forcible feeblo manner, which
practically results in the filibusters setting
them completely at defiance. The slave trade
has cofnfooncod upon our very shores, imme
diately after its horrors have been illustrated
by the sacrifice of hundreds of human beings
by the inhuman slavers of tho Echo. Those
who hold allegiance to the Democratic party
of which Hr. Buchanan claims to bo the
head, may do as they please on any or all
of thOße questions. Bnt, as to thp Le
compton iniquity and all the vagaries to
which It has given rise, ho is inex
orable. Weak, wavering, and inefficient
in his efforts to uphold what is right, he ex
hibits the sternest determination to punish, so
• far as his power extends, all who have not en
dorsed an infamous wrong! Douglas must
be removed from a Senate committee at the
behest of the Administration, and a constant
war is kept lip upon the union and integrity
of the Democratic party, because honest and
just convictions will not be surrendered.
There is but one political god—jf.ecompton—
and Buchanan is its prophet. AH who bow
not! down to worship at this shrine mnst ex
pect extermination by the official aword. Bnt
1 if they worship.here, all ottanupoUtlnal sins,
though they be of the blackest hue; wifi readi
ly he lorglvan. So runs the creed, and no
wonder that the devotees of avarice in its
most horrid and inhuman shape have profited
by it.
The “Good Wills” in Baltimore*
The interchange of courtesy, friendship, and
hospitality is one of the most oharming features
of the modern firemen's system in oar great olties.
Time vroa when great jealousy existed—when Bos
ton sneered at tho firemen’s associations of New
York, when New York affected to think lightly of
Philadelphia, when New Orleans laughed Cin
cinnati to scorn, and Charleston firemen affeoted
to think lightly of their rivals, who roatly should
have been looked upon as tholr brethren, in Sa
vannah. A groat ohango for the better bas takon
place, within the last few years, which we attri
bute to the faot that a more highly oduoated class
of citizens now compose the Firemen’s companies,
who bring the gentle amenities of sooial life into
operation as public men. The visits whioh firemen
of one city pay to another attest this improve
ment/ Witness the reoent visit of our Hibernia
company to New York and Boston; where theip
brothron gave them a prinooly reoeption, and, if
all accounts be true, almost killed thorn with kind
ness and hospitality. Witness the visit, during
the past week, of the Good Will fflre Company of
this oity, as guests to tho Liberty Fire Company
of Baltimore.
Three years ago, tbe Good Will Company visited
Baltimore, and were so warmly and kindly re
ceived that they literally felt oppressed by the
wolght of the obligation. Generous minds know
. how to ocoept a oompliment, and also how to re
turn it. The Good Will firomen determined to
give their Baltimore friends a beautiful and per
manent record of their, gratitude. A' delegation
from Philadelphia arrived at Baltimore on Monday
morning; consisting of tho following thirty-three
members of the Hood Will Company: Messrs.
William J. Pacooe, William Bosonnet, James
McLaughlin, Lewis S. Heins, Thomas Sjprlnger,
Thomas Foley, Joseph Heuetii, John Cook, Can
field Dorff, Charles Thompson, 'George Wilkins,
Henry Bhrie, William F. Wilkins, Charles Camp*
N. Warwiok, J. G. HolHok, Gorton Gavitt, John
Valles, John Schofield, John Smith, Georgo Lewis,
William Neeley, Washington Stone, J. It. Roberts,'
Christian Geroke, Henry Kenstl, John Craig,
James Alcorn, William Aloorn, Thomas Grey,
Thomas F. Moroland, William Van Oaten, L. ,
McNair.
The Philadelphians were met at Havre*de-Graoe,
by a delegation from the Liberty Fire Company
of Baltimore, who went with them into the Monu
mental City, and, on arrival, escorted them to tho
admirable quarters providod for them at Mann’s
Hotel,. Baltimore street. That afternoon, the
Philadelphians were the guestsof tho Monumontal
Hobo Company, after which, accepting an invita
tion from the Columbian Fire Company, they pro
ceeded to Fell’s Point, and partook of supper at
Whitehall, whioh was followed by a splendid ball
given by tbe Columbian Company. This, It wilt
bo owned, was pretty good for ono day.
On Tuesday ovonlng, Mr. William J. Pasaoo,
President of the “Goodwill,” formally made a
most appropriate address in'presenting the Li
berty Fire Company with’tho sumptuous testimo
nials which they had prepared. On tho part of
tho recipient Company, tbo Hon. Joshua Vansant
mode an eloquent speech, acknowledging tho pre
sentation. A repast followed, at Mann’s Hotel,
to whioh all did justice, the Liberty Company,
with fts proverbial liberality, footing tbe bill.
The testimonial, whioh has excited great admi
ration in Baltimore, consisted of a toll frame,
from castings expressly made for it, in the centre
of which are inscribed tbe names of the officors and
members of the Liberty Company, with an ac
companying presentation inscription from tho Good
Will firemen. This was executed in pen and ink
by Mr. Fife, of this oity, and is a very handsome
specimen of the oaligraphio art.. The . frame,
composed of brass castings, is .ornamented
with the various implements used by fire
men—hooks and ladders, spanners, hose, horns,
do.—and stands six and a half feet hjgb,
by three and a half feet wide. The hose tor*
minutes, at eaoh side, in a fire-plug. On one
of these stands tho figur'd of a Good Will member,
on the other is a member of tho Liberty Company,
eaoli being in full worklog equipment. There is
a niche on the top of tho frame, in which is an
other statuette; representing the GoddeßS of Li*
berty, oast in brass.with aback-ground of silver.
Over all, and this, peculiarly marks the truly
Philadelphian character of the present, is.an Ame
rican eagle* whoso beak, holds a small boll,
from op actual pieoe of the world-renowned old In-,
dependence bell in the Stato-house, and inroribed,
like Us memorabje original, with the significant
and (as the event provod) even prophetic in
scription, “Proclaim Liberty throughout the
land.”.’ We morely give a very rapid and
cursory description of , this beautiful and cost*
ly work, so oredltable to tho art-manufactures
of Philadelphia, booause It is already well known
here, as it attracted, great, attention at the l&te
exhibition of tho Franklin Institute, and whs
lately on view in tbe store of Messrs. Cornelius &
Baker, (who made it,) in Chestnut street, whore It
was admired by thousands. Its* completeness of
I'HE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1858.
design and execution.have never been equalled,
indeed, it is perfectly unique, and oost some $BOO,
we believe. -
The Good Will deputation loft. Baltimore/on
Wednesday, and have every- reason to be gratified
by their visit. They wont toperfoim a liboral not
in a handsome manner, and found themselves fully
appreciated. The good feeling of whioh snob visits
is the evidonoe, cannot bo too much encouraged.
The firemon'Bystem of Amerioa is the fineßt in the
world, and suoh interchange of social feeliDg and
liboral notion, must make all its members feel
themselves belonging to a.noble band of brothers.
-W. • ,’I,A , , . « I . .. q• ’
Tom Taylor, though nobody would think so from
bis familiar appellative, is one of the most ac
complished eoholars in England. At Glasgow Uni
versity, ho bore off three gold medals and several
minor prizes in two years. At Cambridge, he
graduated, as junior optime in mathematios, first
olass in the classical tripos, and be fairly won a
fellowship in Trinity College. Next, he was Pro
fessor of English Language and Literature in Uni
versity College, London—the title of “Pro
fessor ” not being given to or olaimed by
any. one, across tbe Water, exoept he re-,
ally occupies a Collegiate, or University ohnlr,
and then only while in such occupation. Here,
wo have seen dancing-masters adopting “Profes
sor” as a prefix. After that, Taylor became a
barrister, and, sinoe 1854, has bepn Secretary of
the Board of Health, in London, with a salary of
$5,000 a year. He has edited (not very judi
ciously) Haydon’s Autobiography; he is one of
the contributors to Punchy and ho has written
several plays. This evening two of these will be
played at the Aroh-strpet Theatre—“Qar Ameri
can Cousin,” in whioh Mr. Clarke makes love so
delightfully and naturally to Miss Emma Taylor,
and “ Still Waters rqn Dpep.” These make a sin
gularly attractive bill-
At Walnut-street Theatre, “Medea” was re-*
poated on Saturday evening, hut we venture to
hope that we shall hear no more of it. The oha
racter is unsuited to Miss Davenport. As
Adrietwe, Camxlle , Julia, The Countess, and
a score of other representations she is so suQoess
ful that she should csohew such bloofi-and-thunder
exaggeration of a Greek qharaotor drawn by Eu
ripides neatly 2-iQO yoara ago. This evening ehe
appears in a newoharaotor, better adapted to her.
Tho3o familiar with Raohel’s brilliant oareer will
rooolleet that, in January 1855, she appeared.!
in a now five-aot play, by M. Scribe, oalled
“La Gzatine.” It was the last original character
she ever sustained, and it was not a euooess. Tot
there wero somo good points in ibis play. Mr. 0.
S. Lel&nd has “adapted” it to the American stage,
under the title of “The Cgarina, or the Court of
Russia,” and jit will be produced to-night fqr the
first time at this Theatre. The principal part will
bo played by Miss Davenport—b&t we may aswell
give tbe oast t
The Czarina .Miss J. M. Davenport
Miaa Caroline JUgmo'
01ga......................Mi5a Carolina Rfolitaga
Peter the Groat.... * Mr. F. B. Conway
Prinoo Menzikoff Mr. Peter Rfohinga
CountSapiona ..............H. A. Perry
Iran ..............Mr. Toung
Villerbeok Mr. Prank Drew
This play has been several weeks In preparation,
to our knowledge, and will have every juatloe done
to it ip the way of scenery, costumes, and appoint
ments.
[Correspondence of The Press.]
Washington, Deo. 11,1858.
Nobody in the serviee of the Administration pre
tends that the attack upon Senator Douglas is dis
approved by the President, or by any member of
the Cabioot. The Adipipistration Gonators nc£
only voted to degrade Douglas from bis rank, but
originated the sohome by whioh this was effeoted.
The effort that has been made to show the re*
verso Is simply a trick. Sut slooo tho decree
of the ojucus has gon& forth, the men who de
manded that Senator Douglas should be sin
gled jfft la this discreditably manner may
well 'desire to f tho)r part in the transac
tion. ' Public Indignation has been
awakened by their revengeful prftoription of a
fearless statesman. This feeling pervades all
parties—many of the leading Southerners being
loudest in execration of R. They soe in it another
of the many blunders for whioh the South has
been made responsible under the present Adminis-
tration, and they protest against being made to
bear this new and unnecessary harden. In the Sen
ate yeatorday considerable trepidation was 'mani
fested by tbe enomtos of Douglas. They had miscal
culated their own strength,ag well .as the Qptentof
the pnbHo forbearanoo, and instead of going Into
ihe election of the standing oommittees/a post
ponement was effeoted. It is supposed that on
Monday the eleotion will be held; bat &b our high
and mighty Senators are proteoted by the secret
jballot in discharging some of tbelr mmt public
representative duties; tbe names of those so promi
nent in this war ppQQ the freedom of opinion, and
upon a consistent reoord, ifUlpentinup to he shroud
ed in mystery. - , .*„■
The motive whioh has .induced this seoret Sena
torial demonstration against Judge Doagljw dan
not, however, he hidden from the public view.
The design Is not siipply to prostrate %\m, person
ally, butfffr Indioate to thooouotry the determi
nation of the Administration to grapple with* and
destroy the principle with; which he Is immedi
ately identified. In order, to aooompllsh this, hte
opponents lose sight of $U prudential and
statesmanlike considerations—they behave mors
like insane men than liko reflecting and consol*
options representatives. Mr. Buohanan, who hat
unquestionably issued his commands that Douglas
shall be attaoked, wbergyer he is found, long
ago lost sight of tbe vast audience beforp whioh
is unconsciously displaying his extraordinary pert
formanocs. Forgetting that every one of h(s aof
.lions, tbP moment it is oonsummatod, and even
while it is being oonsiiinmated, is an object of public
remark, ho proceeds in bis career proeieelyas
if ho were shielded from observation and responsi
bility. Bat that those who have had a realizing
sense of tho retribution attendant upon his course,
and who have just returned from their indignant
constituents, should surronder tboqjselvea to a
slavish sabsorvlenoy to this Presidential infatuar
lion, is incomprehensible. Mr. Davis, of Missis
sippi, has an unquestioned right to indulge his
peculiar sentiments or the subject of the inviola
bility and sanotity of tho institution of slavery.
Tbe Washington Union is expected to air it#
peculiar tendency in favor of the wrong side of
every question, and members of the Oabinot, for
the time being accountable only to the Chief, In
whose hands they have placed their individual
judgments, may likowiso worship tho example re*
ferred to. But when Northorn men oonsont, in
tbe most formal manner, to that which is neither
more nor less than intensified proscription and ma
lignity, they seem to desire to acquire for them
selves the reputation of madmen.
It Is sow beyond doubt that Mr. Buchanan
formally agreed that Sooretary Cobb should make
ihe Administration arguments against the in
terests of Pennsylvania, while he (tho President)
would relievo himself by some mock heroios in
favor of this interest. Mr Cobb addresses him
self to tbe South, and remains in the Cabinet on
tbo oonditlon that he is to seonre the South for
such measures of tho Administration as the South
may desire. Mr. Buohanau addresses himsolf to
tbe North, and when the time for action arrives
on the tariff question will take oare publioly to
regret his inability to carry out bis views.. Fanoy
saoh a oonditlon of things in the Cabinet of Gexe.
rat Jaokson, or In that of any other Southern
President! The head of tbe Administration at
war with its own right hand, making a pretension
Of devotion to one theory, whilo tho right hand is
vigorously doaling destruction upon this theory in
the Presidential prosenoo ! What ft subjeot for
the prolific-penoii of punch —this harmonious
disagreement between tbo Chief Magistrate of our
oodntry and his immediate organ and adveoate!
Should CongroßS ogreo to extond the protectorate
over Sonora and Chihuahua, aciordlng to tho re
commendations of the president in hla annual
message, speculation] will take a start In that di
rection, that will surpass anything that California
has exhibited. Our own country is filled with ad
venturous spirits, and they and their representa
tives here have been Idle for more than a year,
waiting for Bomothing to “ turn up,” by whioh they
might be assured of occupation and money. Tho
moment the extonsion of tho protection of the
United States over tho two province alluded to—
these provinces to bp bold as a sort of indemnity to
assure tho good behavior of Mexioo horsolf—is mail o
known, thoße energetic, aotivo, and fertile minds
will rush to tho now fields in orowds.
But will tho Presidents suggestions bo seconded
by Congress? That is the question. Will tho
ooantry rally at his call 7 Thoro is no doubt that
muoh, if not all of his argument In roforonco to
the foroign policy of tho Government, and
especially that portion of it which rofors to our
relations in Moxloo, is reasonable aad right. But
whether the public mind and that of tbe people’s
representatives are in tbe mood to bestow extraor
dinary powers upon the Exooutlve in order to
carry out bis designs, remains to be seen.
[Correspondence of Xbe Press.]
Washington, Deo. 11,1858.
Tho Bun Is just sotting upon what has boon a
mild and pleasant day. and, in a few hours, this
week will be numbered with the myriads of others
whioh have taken tholr eternal flight to tho roalms
of an unoomprehended eternity. And what an
eventfql week has this been in the political annals
not only of this oity, but of tHo Union! In*
augurated wilh the President’s message, with all
its inconsistencies, its closing hours wore destined
to behold a far greater measuro of Iniquity and
corruption than has characterized the notions of
any previous Administration. I need not refer
to the attempted crucifixion of Judge Douglas by
the Senatorial oauous in his removal from the
chairmanship of tho Committee on Territories,
an aot whioh oalls'to heaven for vengeance upon
its perpetrators. Whatever may havo beon the
motive of this proscription, other than that of the
resolve of Buchanan to crush out , if possible,
overy yeatige of Douglas and his adherents, one
thing is certain—that from out all this ostracism
Douglas is rapidly accumulating capital. Tho
Public Amusements.
Letter; from W?sbingtot(7
PIONJSER.
popular feeling and sentiment la with him; and T>\7" rgYfTIT T7l/‘'lT> ATtn
onoo that gained all antagonism from other } JL A JQi J—iXli* .■* 1I T
sources falls to the ground.
On dit: at the last session of Congress the Com
mittee on Public Lands'agreed upon reporting a
bill granting a portion of the pnlhio land for the
construction of a Central Paoifio railway* but in
consequence of not being able to obtain the floor
at- that time, the report was. laid over. On the
.occasion of the appointment of the committees on
Thursday last, Mr. Waldrake, (Republican,) of
Michigan, was displaced by Garnet, (Democrat,)
of Virginia. This, of course, will necessitate the
reconstruction of the bill, in favor, no doubt, of
the southern route
-The Union ot this morning publishes a letter
from Mr. John Denton Hail, of Sonora, addressed
to Lieutenant Mowry, delegate oleot from Arizona.
This gentleman has resided in this State for more
than eight years, and speaks of it in tho most
liberal manner. Ho considers that in 6anora there
is a suffiolenoy of agricultural land to maintain a
large population; butthatit* trueriohos consist
In its mines of silver and gold, and its great facili
ties for raising stook. Two oropa &ro raised from
off the same laud in tho same year, whioh, for
abqndanoe, oannot be surpassed in any country;
wheat, maize, peas, beans, <fco., being the general
grain that is cultivated. The entlro population is
estimated at &b0ub135,000, but is decreasing In oon
scquenco of the Apache revolutions and emigration
to California and Arizona. He concludes by ox*
pressing an intorost ia their welfare, firmly be
lieving that the grain of gold jn their character,
among so muoh dross, is worthy of seeking—that
tho State could do it—and trusting that, In a short
time, a mutual and good understanding among the
poopje m & y he brought about.
' If Congress ondor&ps the reoommendalions of
tho President In the establishment of a protec
torate oyer tho provlnoco of Sonora and Chihua
hua, as also grant to tho Territory of Amona tho
organization applied for by them, It will readily
be conceded that the return to tho States ia tho
development of these oouutrloß will far outrival
California with all her golden strength.
Since Washington has become the seat of Go
vernment, it is estimated that 824»71t>)t){>§ has
beon expended for puhlio and private purposes.
Qf this, about $6,000,000 has beon for the C&pir
til, and tho b&i&noo, $14,709,838, for the other
publio buildings, furniture, stationery, painting,
Ac. Qf this sum $47,510 25 has beon expended ip
lighting the Avenue froip the Capitol to the Treas
ury Dop&rtmopt; while to'light tho Gapitol, Pres
ident's House, and the grounds around them has
cost $121,305. The large paintings in tho rotundo
cost $70,000, and to enclose and improvo the Capi
tol grounds oost $221,220 From this it will bo
soon that the paternal Interest manifested by the
General Cjovernn|Qnt towards the Distriot, is oom
mendable in the exiremo.
I am glad to flee ‘th at 'among tho names of the
successful bidders for supplying tho Government
with paper - for tbe ensuing, yoar, appear tb<>
Dames of hfogarge Brothers, of your oity. This
onterprisiog firm oopics in for a large share of
publio favor in this line, and will, no doubt, in the
f«lfil©entof tbecontjaot, sustain tholf woU-qarped
reputation. Con.
[From tho N. Y. Evening Post, Deo. 11 }
ARRIVAL OF THE WASHINGTON
Return of One Hundret) California Passengers,
Failure to Connect with the Hermann
on tj}e Facitic Side.
The English Looking Out for Filibusters.
The steamer Washington, of the new Transit Compa
ny, retarai&g from Asplnwall, arrived at pier No 6
thin tijorntpg, haying on hoard apout peventy re
turned passengers. Bbg left thfQ port op the 7th of
November, arriving at Grejrtown on tbe 18tb, where
she was to eonneot with the Hermsno at San Juan del
Bur; on the Paeifio coast. Having waited e'ght days
without bearing Jrom tho Hermann, the cap'aia
weighed anchor, and arrived at Asplnwall on the 26th.
Many of the passengers, weary of delay, took pas
sage on the other line ; and the Wsahlogtoo, with the
remainder, left on the let instant for this port. The
passengers spoke in warm terms of the good treatment
thpy received: The mombore of. the company held a
meeting to-day, and It is anticipated that further
measures will be taken to rooilltate-lhe transit of pas
sengors,’ os the'present arrangements, 1 for acme reason,
seem to bo inadequate.
We are indebted to the purser of the ateamer Wash
ington for the fo'lowiog narrative:
“The steamer IVesbington sailed from New York
Nov. 7th for Ban Juan del Norte, t<ra Kingston, Jamai
ca, and arrived at Port Royal on the evening of the 14th
uR ; landed several pguengers, and proceeded to sea
same evening at 11 o'clock j arrived off the harbor of
Ban’Juan del Norte early on tbe morning of the 18th
alt., having experienced a heavy gsle frdm tbe sonth on
tho l&tb and 16th. Bhe was boarded outside the harbor
by a boat from tbe United States frigate Bavannab, and
entered tbe harbor about noon, as soon as » pilot could
be obtained. * * r
“ The United States men-of-war Savannah and
Jamestown, and English steam frigates Lerip<rdend
Y.lorcufl, Hr Wui. Goro Ousely being oa boaM the
Ve’o ous, in the haibor. Col. Childs, the company’s
agent, came on board, and informed us that nothing
had'been heard of the arrival of the Herraaun at Baa
Joan dot Bnr, and that the Nicaragua Government
refused to permit the passengers of the Washington
to pass through the country, alleging that the pas*
kengers by the Washington were filibusters con
hepted with the passengers“ on tho Hermann. Air.
Childs, with othey'partfeg oonoect&d with the com
pany, on the morning of oar arrival; took the little
steamer Catharine Maria, abd proceeded Up the river
to Gsanada, to consult, and If possible to lndace the
Government to grant permission for oar passengers to
pass, ir ihe llermann was at San Jaan d*l Bur. Im
mediately upon our acefaorlng at San Joan we were
Mby two Bmrmh officers, with side-arms, from
psrd end YatbVono, ibqairing In regard to the
number of passengers, cs'go/io.. wishing to see tbe
pMitnger list, asking of the purser and ohief officer if
the passengers were Americans, and ir thoy were
armed, and if there were arms and ammunition on board
the ehlp
“ They wero told that the ship had beon boarded by
an officer of the Uaited gUtes ship Savannah, who
would give them any information they required.* They
replied that they were instructed to get rach informs'*
tion direct. They did not. 'however, insist eport the
hatches bring tqken off, and left the ship rsther sud
denly. The same afternoon the rrlgate Leopard got Un
der weigh, and proceeded to sea under the preteoce/as
Capt. Wainwrlght said to Oapt. 0., that they had some
eighty on the giek liar, and went to sea for their benf fl t.
It afterward kppaatrehe ordered to the month of
the Colorado to Intircept two ha ad red and fifty fil (blis
ter* that it woe reported we had landed the previous
night. Oar boat could not got up the SanJuauon
account of tho very low stage of water, and had
proceeded to the month of the Colorado, where
eke arrived atda>}}gbt next morniog, jest in time to be
seen by tho Leopard that was anchored off the mouth
of the river there Launches were immediately manned;
and obasemade of our' harmless little ateamer. As ffbe
had to stop after proceeding a short distance up the
river to fix some steam pipe', the boats eame up with
them In gallant style with howitzer, and bmalf arin
pointed for en attack upon the supposed filibusters.
After satisfying theguelyes that they had been pretty
eheaplrsold they returned totuelr bUIj) aad'abqntnobn
same day returned to anchorage at Greytewn, having
besn absent only twenty hours to restore to health over
eig v tyi'o the sick list. *
“ On the evening or the 25th, the fiagship Roanoke,
flag Officer Mclntosh arrived at anchorage outside the
harbor from Asplnwall, bringing us the sad intelli
gence tbat the nermann had arrived at Panama on 1
the 7th, and proceeded to San Francisco on the
11th. On tbe morning of the 26tb, 001. Child* re
turned from Granada, without accomplishing any ar
rangement with the Government. On the ooutrsry,
the boqt was not allowed to pass from Ban Carlos
without in oflleor with a file of soldiers on board.
She proceeded to yirgin Bay, the officer being in*
Itraoted not to allow the boat to land until he had
esoertatned that there were no filibusters at that
point, the Government being informed, and firmly be
lieving, that the steamer Hermann had landed several
hundred filibusters at San Juan del Bur A small boat
va* sent op sh?™* und the offiodr, afror being convinced
that there were'no Qlibuetorg either there or at San
Jiian del Sar, the steamboat was permitted to land at
the wharf, and an agent of the company proceeded to
Ban Joan del Sur to look after the Hermann. Tbe
Jamostown, Captain Kennedy, sailed for Asplnwall the
ntornlug of tbe 22d.
“On tbe evening of the 20th we sailed (or Asplnwall,
Otptain O having orders to connect with tbe mail
company’s sto iner or the 20lh froiq New York, for
orders by that steamer for the passengers to go forward
by that mail. In the event of the Hermapn not bejng
at Panama to receive them. We arrived at Asplnwall
on the morning of the 28th, entering in company with
tbk mall steamer Moses Taylor. From some infsappre
hobaloQ of the company’s agent in New,York, no order
eame by that ship fur the mall company to take our
PM'engers. They were landed from the ship, and
oared for by Captain C until their departure from As
pii/ffftM. Not a case of sickness has occurred on board
the Washington since her departure from New York.’^
Hon. James H. Reagan, a membor of Congress
from Texas, in a reoont spoeoh to hi 3 constituents,
expres a ed tho following opinions:
“ Theio is Mexioo, now disruptod by dissensions
at home, -and in a abate of anaroby, lying a prey
ready to be seized by any Power whioh may wish
to do so. To-day somo of the press are charging
the government that, dog-in-tbo-manger like, it
will not take oharge of her, nor allow any othor
Power to do so. But if a bill should bo offered in
Congress to acquire it, heshautdvote against it.
Some of the pcoss are also urging the acquisition
of Sonora. To this-he was also opposed, ocoanse
of It? position. There was no more chance of
mah\ng a slave State of it than there was to
in the moon and annex it with slavery.
He was also opposed to tho acquisition of Hioara
gun. In expressing thoso opinions, he was oa*
oused of being unfaithful to the South ; but If his
opinion on this subjeot made him co| lot him be so
oullod. Slavery, Bald ho, should precede acquisi
tion ; U cannot now go to Mexioo, for by tbe law
of that country the slaye would bo froo os eson
as thoro. But some say that we will tnke it
there after the revolution. Thla, too, is im
practicable, if not Impossible; for, by tho acqui
sition there will ho nooessarily annexed a poople
oppoaodtoit, brought up to despise it.”
Tho Impeoohmont of Judge Watroua, of Tex as,
wnsdisoussod in the House of Representatives on
Saturday, and a nnznbor of speeches mado against
A lablje and ferocious animal, called by the
newspapers a tigor, was discovered near Millers
burg, county, Ky., and a party of men,
with dogs, sot out in pursuit of lb. After along
ohaso tho tiger stood at bay, and was despatched
after a sharp battle.
THE COURTS
Saturday's prockbdinos
‘Reported for The Press.]
Nisi pxnjs—Chief Justice Lowrlo.—Judge
Lowrie sat on Saturday in the Nisi Frlua Court to hear
motions *hA injunction cases, but there was no business
of Importance transacted before him.
Common Pleas— Judge Ludlow*—ln tbo
matter of Buzby et al . vs. the WestTbHadelphia Pas
-Mnger Railway Company, an application for an injunc
tion to rwtralu tho delondantfl from extendlog their
road over the property of the complainants, before re
torted, tb| court granted the injunction. Mitolieson
or the complainants; Shepherd for respondents.
Quarter Sessions— Judge Allison.—An
application was made by Messrs. F. C. Brewster and
Stokes, on the part of Dell P. Peters, against whom &q
indiotmont has been found charging him with perjury,
to diEContinoethe prosecution, until a cortain suit now
leidingia th> District Court, between him and a Mr.
>atriek (the jroaasutor in the bill of indictment),
should b* terminated In support of tho application.
Sir Brewster ie&d the case of the Commonwealth vs,
Dokerioo IFitsovs which was almost a ca>e in point,
Judge Alllfton, in delivering the opinion of the oourt
granting tho implication, said that the authority quoted
was sound In principle, and had never been overt uled
The Allihojttand Neic/iaG Co»spiro'y Cose —Thl*
case will be preceded with this morning in tbe Distriot
Court iooi&No. 2, at 10 o’clock,
IMPORTANT RUMOR.
Declaration of War by Spain against
Mexico.
f SPECIAL DESPATCH TO TBS PBEB3.J
Washington, Dec. 12,
It Is stated, upon good authority, that the Spanish
Minister called upon General Oasa this afternoon, and
announced to him that Spain had declared war against
Mexico. Great excitement prevails in diplomatic clr
°*eB‘ PIOSBBB,
ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Ho Intelligenoo of the Indian Empire.
MONTALEMBERT CONVICTED— SENTENCED,
Ijoi'd Napier to B o to Berlin,
CONSOLS 98.
Nbw York, Deo. 12—The steamship p« PB ia v M ...
rlved, with Liverpool dates to Batnrday. the 27th nit
Hotting had been heard of the m’sslng steamshln
Indian Empire. The rate of inaatanoe had advanced
to 40 per cent. u
The Persia has 170 passengers on board. She enoono
tered heavy westerly gales, a high sea, and considerable
snow and hall, daring the entire passage. She passed
the America, for Liverpool, on the 28th nit The Per
sia’s log shows the following distances, as run dnrin*
each day: On the 28th, 242 miles: 29th. 240* SOlh
191; Dec Ist. 145; 2nd, 161; 3d. 126; dthflli; sth'
160; oth, 118; 7th, 237; Bth, 272 ; oth, 204 ; 10tli 180
llth 229; 12th, 828. «v i *w-n, aou ,
* Nothing had been hoard of Uie steamer Pulton at
Southampton on Saturday the 27th. She sailed from
New York Nov. 18th.
Lord Napier’s reoall had not been officially announced
but the Daily News understands that he Is to be ap
pointed to the Berlin mission. Hie successor, Mr
Lyon, will- succeed to the title of Lord Lyon on the
decease of his father.
Five miles of the shore-end of the Atlantic cable
have been sncoessfnlly laid and spliced to the deep-sea
portion-
The Galway Btoamship line has oontraetad for three
new steamer., of the Qrat olui and of great aimed, to
be reqdy nejft summer.
The IVniM Chronicle pubUihee the following letter
from yalentia, datod tha aiet of November: ‘.No
thing of importance occurred sinoa my last until Friday
when the weather was bo doe that no further pretext
couji be advanced for not proceeding with the' laying
down of the shore end of the pab.le. The vessel, accord
ipSlJr>'P'oc,oed®(l to *Pd snoc*pded submerging
the few miles ftf sljore oable, and in making a splice
with the deep sea portion, about five miles off Douglas
Hoad. This operation was easily performed, and it is
much to be Teg-etted that the remaining seven miles of
ahore cable, left at Greenwich, was not brought here
and added t» the part now laid down. Had this been
done, there Is no doubt but the result would be satis
factory. This It more evident, from the faot that in
pawing the spot where the shore end terminates, dome
of the men, inthoi; anxiety to continue the under-run
ning of the small cable, discovered a kink, having the
conducting wire exposed to the water, and therefore In.
jaring, to Borne extent the oonduotlng power of tho wire
' Tho defective part was Immediately cutout, hot tba
undor-rnonlng was discontinued, though it is probable
that other defects of tho kind would have been disco-'
vered had they proceeded. Thiscabnot be sild to be
giving the present cable a fair trial ’ lam hot aware
that the ban been tested since it was laid
.down, nor is there any person of sufficient experience
here to do so; ’ and when wo recollept'that some of the
most eminentelecfrlciani of the dayhavedlf
ferodmaterlallyiri the manner and result of their testing,
we must have very little reliance on the opinion of others
of far less scientific experience. Nothing Is, therefore,
known of the present condition of the cable, or whether
the laying down of the portion of the shore end has
mat»rl&l)y improved its oondttfan, as tho office has been
ttgßffip s.noe the falhire. and the staff, with one'ex
ception, discharged (not removed to London, as h&s
been asserted).
‘‘ M r hover, 'of the Galway steamship line, publishes
the following letter;* reived'by him from Lord
Glareodon;
November 23,1858—5ia: I have to apologise for the
delay whioh, in coneeqnence of my absence from
England, has occurred In acknowledging your letter of
the 6th Inst, enclosing a prospeoius of the companv
established for the conveyance of European mails end
passengers via Galffsy tp Irtish America and the
United ijfcat**. Sinqe vgp attention vfu directed to this
Important subject several years ago. 'I have always
bedh of opinion tbsi the advantages of the geographi
cal position of Qalwpy woqtd not be fully recognised
until it had been demonstrated that the passage by that
route to America could be more quickly performed
than by any other. I heartily wish suooess to the
company by whom that faot has sow been established;
and I beg at the same time, to congratulate you upon
your connection with an undertaking which promises,
in many ways, to be beneficial to Irelan!. *
I am, eto., C^auxsooh.
The trial of-tf. Montalerafesrt occupied only'half a
day. Mon. Derive?* and Biff*ttre‘made brilliant and
spirlted' SpoeeheiMn his defence. The London papers
publish the 'heads of the arguments, but the French
press are silent, with'the exception of announcing the
result of the trial, which was a conviction. Be was
sentenced to six months imprisonment and a fine of
8,000 francs. The editor of tho Coriespoadtnt was
sentence tto one month imprisonment and 1,001 francs
fine. The result caused a slight donr&ialon of the
funds In Paris and London. " *
'Theaeath of Admiral Lyons Is announced-
Sehor Ros D’Olano Po has been appointed Oaplatn
General of Cuba Concha is to remain at Havana till
the Mexican dispute is settled.
The Prussian elections have resulted largely In favor
of the new Ministry. “ 1 V
fto Dauk of |r. ? kfort haa r,.law4 the rate. of hit
<sount tq four per 0901. ;
Mr. SovUjr do Va'Manrthe, formerly President of the
French Republic, is dead.
It is said that the Anglo-French fleet sails In Decem
ber forth® Gulf of Mexico , The French, vessels will
have a battery of artillery on board to oppose the fill
boaters. .
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Daily News denies that Lord Napier has been In
any way censured or superseded by the Government,
and «ad«»taqdg tfcat ho *as keen promoted as Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Court of Berlin, vice Lord Blooo*
field, who retires on a pension.
Xon * L 7 odß dl«d at Arundel Castle on the
24tb of November, after a short illness. He had lust
completed his sixty eighth year. His last serviceVaa
the command of (he (quadron which accompanied Queen
yictorja to Cherbourg. The London a 2¥me* ( in Ite obi
luary notice, cbaracteriieS Lord Lyons as the most
Illustrious admiral In the'British havy, and says he
nooiy earned b!s peerage by his sendees In the Block
sea aod ihe Crimea Lord Lyons is succeeded In the
title by Mr. Lyons, the British minister at Florence,'
and who is spoken or for the mission to Washington
The task of completing the Great Eastern steamship
was about to commence, and It Is considered certain
that she will be ready to make her first trip to Port
land by midsummer next The first year’s trips of the
vsssql are to be between England and Portland, but
where she will be evqotuilly employed is at present un
decided. A suggestion that she ahoqld be the pioneer
of a great trunk line of communication between Eng:
land and India was favorably received . .
The London Times in response to the defence by the
American press of Mr. Commissioner Seed, reiterates
its charges against that gentleman, and »yg that “a
comparison of the BcglUji treaty,ifhich obtains erory
thing, with the American; which obtains nothing,” is
all that is necessary to prove its assertions.
Intelligence had reached Lloyds, within the spies of
two or three days, of the loss of no fewer than eight
Quebec bomeward-bonnd ships, Including the'Peerless,
Barbara, nud Rankin; barks Lady Campbell, Petrel,
tfCdOlsodp. aod tye brjg WJUioeor* Except lathe
ease of the Ot&pde, there was little or no lor* of life.
The same Joornsl pas a satirical article on the pro
position, alleged to be in contemplation at Washington,
to place a tax on tea, drawing attention to the manner
in which a like proposition was treated at Boston in
1778. It says ” an American self-imposed tea-tax cer
tainly teaches one lessen, and that Is, th*t U is opt q
Lad Gojerntqent, so maat, «s a meddling, domineering
Government, that alienates the members of a free
State.” ' r
The British Board of Trade returns exhibit* large In
crease in theehlpment of cotton manufactures.
William Lemon Oliver, the London Block broker who
ffM found guilty of forgery and applying to his own nee
seonrltles and property entrusted to bis care, had been
sentenced to twenty years penal servitude.
The rate of insurance on the over-dne steamship In
dian Empire, had advanced to 36&40 per cent.; and
even at these extreme charges transactions could not be
effected to any extent. The owners had published a
statement that they had no intelligence of her having
left Halifax. * 6
The Canadian News has undoubted authority for
saying that, although her Majesty dads it impossible for
her and the Prinoe Consort to pay a visit to Canada, a
short Interval only will elapse before oae of the yonng
princoa will go there.
The Canard Mall Steamship Company intended to
send tbs steamer Karnak to New York direct, on the
4th of December, to carry the malls betweon New York
and Nassau, N. P.
It was considered oertaln that the steamer “ Great
Eastern ” would make her first trip to Portland, Maine,
about the middle of next summer.
The British Board of Trade returns show c decrease
in the exports during the month of Ootober, as compar
ed with the exports of Ootober, 1857, of .£1,717,000
sterling. r ’ 1
It was etatod that one of the young prinoee of the
royal family of England would visit Canada.
THp CABLE.
It was regretted by the friends of the enterprise that
the remaining seven mileß of cable at Greenwich were
not brought to YalenMa, it being evident the result
wonld have been satisfactory, as, after pasiing the spot
where the shore end of the cable terminates, some of
the men, in their anxiety to continue underrunniug
the small cable, discovered a kink which left the oon
dnoting wire exposed to the water. The dofeotive part
was cut out. It Is p oMbie other defects would have
been discovered had they proceeded. The shore end
has not been tested since it waa laid down.
The uew steamers for the (Hlway Hae were to he
sldo-wheel, and capable of a minimum speed of twenty
miles per hour.
The trial of Count do Montalembsrt and M, Donolol,
editor of the Correspandant, charged with bavin# pub
lished a seditious libel entitled “ A debate on India in
the British Parliament,'’ commenced at noon on the
24“ h November } before the Sixth Chamber of Correc
tional Police, preaided over by M. Bertbeiin. The
speeches of MU. fterryer and Bnfaure, on behalf of the
aconaed, are aald to hare been magnificent beyond de
scription. The former spoke for two hours and a half,
and said that the prosecution was “ unjust, unfoucded,
IU-advised, and, he would add, rash,”
Whon B-rryer concluded, a tremendous shout of
(( bravo'* burst from the lower end of ihn court. The
president ordered the police to turn out every one they
could {ltd who hod cried out, but thoy could not put
thoir floger upon any one. At 6 o’clock iu the evou d g
the judges retired.to del berate, and at 7 o’c'ook they
returned into court, aud pronounced judgment to the
following effect: Montalembert to be imprisoued for
six months, and to pay a fine of 8,000 f; Douniol to be
imprisoned for one month, and to pay a fine of VOOfif;
both defendants to bp Jpjntly and severally hold liable
for the fines and the oosts of the trial, and in default of
payment to be imprisoned one year. It is stated that
Montalembert will appeal against toe verdict.
Among the distinguished p*r*ons present were M.
Odilion Barrot, the Puke de Brsgtie, and seven or
eight members of the corps diplomatic.
The judgme at of the court is as follows :
« PARIS CORRECTION ALTRIBUNAL, Nov. 2*.
“ President, M. Bbrvhslia
“ Count de Montalembert at>d M Donnlol. editor of
the Uorrtspondunt Re'iew, appeared to-day before the
tribunal, accused of baviDgeorawUted, by publlehingor
oausingtobe published la the Cot espondant , under
date of the 25th October, an article entitled .4 Debate
on India in the English Parliament tbo four follow
ing offences - 1 Excitement to hatred and contempt of
the Emperor's Government 9. Attack against the
respeot doe to the laws. 8. Attack against the rights and
au'hority which the Emperor holds from the Goo<titu
tion and the principle of universal suffrage. 4 Having
endeavored to trouble the public peace by excltiugthe
contempt or hatred of oltizens against each other. All
being offdoctg foreseen by the decrees of the 11th of
August, 1848, and the law of the 37thof July, 1849
“The Imperial Attorney-General, M. de'Oordo’n,
pressed the prosecution under the first three counts, pud
abandoned tbo.fQurth- , 1
“M Berryer defended the Count de Montalembert,
and M. Dufaure M Doanlol.
The cou't, after deliberating in the Connell Cham
ber, gave judgment as follows:
*• ‘ i hereas. In the review entitled the Correspondant ,
an artlole appoarce on the 2jth of October beaded A
J)ibnte on India in the English parliament ; whereas,
Count de.Montalembflrt acknowledges himself to be the
author of that atticle, and authorized its publication,
and Dounlol admits the publication ; whereas, In the
o raree of that article, wrltteu In a systematic spirit of
disparagement, the author, by the continual contrast
which he chooses to draw between the Institutions which
France has bestowed upon herself and those of a power
in alliance with Franoe, taken paics to pour out irony
and insult on thb political laws, the men, and acta of
the Government; that three offences—l, the offenod of
exciting to hatred .and contempt of Government; 3,
the offence of an attack against the p'indple of uni
versal suffrage, and the rights and authority which the
bead of the Btateholds from the Constitution;'and. 8,
the offence of an attack against the rospeetdue to the
laws and to the invioliWMj of rightß which tboy hav *
consecrated—arise from' the entire tenor of the ssli
Article, and particularly of the passages commeAojnj
with these words : ‘JWhen my ears tingle.’ mere 205 •
I grant,’ ptge 206} Ain C*asda, J page 209: We have
not only,’ page 216; iL was,for my part,’ page 259;
Una word.force,’ page2so; 'While theserefiectioos.’
pege 261; » I have already Indicated,’ page 266
fourth offence imputed to the ac-
expressions are found in the
to which should not have been ex-
P* Q of a writer vrho respects himself,
*t' hon B] l those expressions hare a tendency to sow
disunion and agitation ataoog ettfrens. they do not suf*
port of the author sn intention
completely'proTedf 0 llD ' l lll “ U,t “ not
*. { * 4 'V Ccunt de Montalembert and Douniol
f ° oDd Of the three offences above
charged against them, offences provided against and
Ai, n J, B^ d ia r ia rt O L eB W 4 ° f th ® deoree of the llth of
mh Jnly llwT * rtlCl “ l
, 1 Whoreu, In cue of conilctloo undor M.enl
ieada, tko Wgleat ptMlty onght »!ono to be appllel!
that tba bewUet penalty I> declared by article 1 of the
law of the 27th of July, 1849; that,that article, whioh
has for its end to protect against culpable attacks the
head of the State, issne.of universal suffrage, baa not
been repealed; ‘ -
“ < Applying the said artiole'to the accused,
” * Whereas, in the easel of Douniol, extenuating dr-*
onmstances exist; and whereas, the provisions of Ar
ticle 463 of the Penal Code are. in the terms of the De
cree of the llth of August, 1848, applicable to offences
of the prase;
*t • Considering Article 403, • • ;
*< * Condemns tho Count, de. Montalembert to six
months imprisonment and a fine of 3,t00f.'; Douniol to
one month’s imprisonment and a fine of l.OOOf.; de
clares. that they will held jointly liable for the said
fines; acquits them on the remainder of the accusation :
condemns them jointly to pay the costs: and ffxes at
12 months the period of imprisonment for debt in de
fault”’ * ,• ; r - • - ■
The Paris correspondent of the London Daily News
■ays: * .:
“ The speeches of MVf. Berryer and Dnfaure were
magnificent beyond description.'" To have heard.them
8 n .? Tea * s life* ‘ Bertyer'spoke for two hours and
a half; when he Bat down, M- Villemaln approached
nim, oquoesadhia hand, and said, 14 You never made a
more splendid speech in yonr Ufa, either at the bar or
tne tf’bane.” Among the remarkable men pres'-nt,
were M.Odillon Darrot and the Doke.de and
5? ve i\. ° r ®igbt members or the corps diplomatique,
M. Onaix dßat Ange, tho Procnreur General Im
-5 b ®hind one of the judgae’ chairs, looking
ts S a f disappointed of a rush at his prey.
Atiqaette doss not allow him to speak except in the
uppar or Imperial Court,” and he was forced to leave
the coodno; of the prosecution with his inferior officer,
A! le Procureur Imperial Oordonen. The latter nor
forrnod hi* duty with a modesty becoming bis very mo
i - p Regarding the trial from an artistisal
point of view, the bar regretted that the Procnreur ImV
penal was aotremendously overmatched. Could 0. d’Est
Ange have spoken the arms of tU® combatants would
have been more nearly on ag equality. The Prtcu'eur
Imperial told M. da Montalembert that he had thrown
France prostrato at the feet of England %nd strnck her
o.nthe face. This he repeated throe times, “ Vona I’avea
frappe an visage, frappe aq visage, indigoement frappe *
au visage.” Berryer said that tho prosecution was
‘ HDfoundpd,-ilfc}advi6ed, and he would add,
The Procureur Imperial didnotsiy anything
offensive to England. M. Dufaure’a logical style of ar
gnment was, perhaps, cover shown to more advantage.
Berryer, who spoke fl'flt, meltodtho hearts of his hqar
ere, and then Dufaure’s convinced their roa:ou. When
Berryer sat down, a tremendqnb snout'or “bravo”
burst forth from the loses* end of the oourt. The Pre
sident thrf ’polire to turn ont any one they
conid find who had cried ’ out, but they could not put
their finger upon any one.
Bjr John Seott Lillie saye that Count Montalembert.
although a peer of France a French subject, has
certain claims on this country as tho land of his birth,
and probably as much claim to be a British as a French
Bon lady but of
ftUrttiah officor. Bir Johnadd,: To tbl.fcwt I can
* fte ' “a *>»“>» of Yimefra and'
“'P l9 ™. 9 ' H<bpn, in un, tV iattior too Coant ac-
as d.pnt, anart«TmastQr.ganaral. the 6lh
regiment, ip whi;h t then aemd, on lu much through
Portugal to Almeida, a garrison on the Spanish fron
tier, then occupied by French'troops, whioh we re
moved to Oporto for embarkation, under the treaty of
Omtra. Major Montalombert then proceeded vtfth the'
Britiih army to Corunna, where, after sharing In the
glories of that battle against what 1 he <snsialred toe
0 1 V® r 9t?med to Eng-
lkat Count do Montalembert will appeal
against the: verdict ol Qi’v TpiVflual of Oorrootional
police. % - - - -
TheveiuU of tho trial had called forth bitter articles
rrom the press of England, and caused a alight depres
slon In thei funds, both In London and Paris.
..*■ * is ssid that Pnnee Napoleon, desiring to devote
himself exclusively to the Govarnment of'Algeria,
is about to resign the administration of the colonies
loFathe hands of the Master. oCMtriae. ,
Conqistory Had'resolved'on prosecqtiog
M Y-enillo.t, of the Univers, for having accused the
Jews of cannibalism—occasionally breakfasting or
lynching on little ohtydren.
The fytrie reiterates the story that the Emperor of
Bussia will probably visit Paris in the spring
The Bou-se was feeble ou the 2dth, but the three per
cents were not lower. They closed at 74f16« for money,
! and 74f 250 for account. 1
„ SPAIN. , .
A Madrid telegram el 93d annpupcaa that
Senor Bos d’Olano bad Vein appointed Captain General
of Cubs, bqt that QenemuoDonaivHiracuininKarana
until tUo difiooltiefi with Mexico are arranged
, T*h® aqqaaron destined to. act agains • tbs Riff pirates
l&it Cadis on the 22d ultimo} and the second division
of-the squadron destined to Act against Mexico bad,
also sailed from the same, port.
THE MEDITERRANEAN
Late advloes report-that much damage bad been
done to the shipping during the late Bet®re feather,
particularly to foreign voxels No details are given.
_ PaUS3IA.
"ho Bank of Frankfort had redaeed Its rate of dis
count from fire to four per cent. .
The Prussian elections had resulted in the complete
triumph of the Constitutional party The ne.vr ministry
is supported by three-fourths or the deputies whose re
turn is as yet hnywn. A - -
, - --AU3THI4. - - ‘' } ■ -- ■
A telfgrem from Vienna, dated 26th tfawmber, an-
Bounces that Important reductions in the army bad been
A rumor was current that the Austr'an
Cabinet had despatched a note to the Court of Sardinia
the vehement polio jot the Oavoor
Cabinet. _
„ w • ' ITALY*
The King of Noplea Jb said to haye qepidad that aV
foreigners employed' itr his States moat oaose them*
selves to he naturalised. " n '
- - . OHINJI. - '
Telegrams of Ohio* news, additional to that received
per Oi / of Washington, state that the Oommisaienar
from ,the Imperial Government had just Arrived at
Shanghae to arrange the tariff, &a,.
At cantonburner* was still suspeoded.but the polit
ical symptom* had become more peacefnl. The stock
o.f Wh «,Canton was 800 to 500 chops of .Inferior
•qaelitj*. . < - /;
The exports of tea .to date shoved a deficiency oom*
pared with last year of 12,000,000 pounds, and of silk
the deficiency was 12,000 hales. .;,
LONDON MONEY MARKET.—The anpply of money
Cttutinfaed abundant, and os the Stook Exchange, owing
to the Increasing abundance,'it was difficult to effect
loans On any terms. They werefreely offered till Janu
ary at 2 cent.
Negotiations were on foot in Loudonforan Egyptian'
loan of £2,000,000, but they had not assumed. any defi
nite fonq. - .
Messrs. Baring Bros, had formally announced the
terms .or the new Chilian loan undertaken' by them.
Tho sum is to be £1 554,800, at 4% & cent.; bonds at
Hi,with dividend from the first of December.
The funds had been dull, and Console closed weak on
the 26th at 08 for money and 98V for account.'
Baring’s quotation for bar ellvW la 6s lvd ; dollars,
6s OVdj and eagles, YCsSd. , - ’
Tfcte w«*kly returns of the Bank of England show an
inoretfte in tho bullion of £141,414.
Commercial Intelligence.
LONDON MARKETS.' '
Messrs. Baring and Brothers quote the London bread
stuff* market generally os steady. Sugar woafirm, at
Gd advance. Coffee was also firm. Rice had advanced
Brt and wis firm. Spirits of turpentine was dull at
30s Oil.
LONDON MONEY MARKET.
Nov. 28.—Meters. Baring and Brothers report the Lon
don money market as slightly easier. Consols closed
at 98. American securities were unchanged. Illinois
Central R. shores wore qnotcd at 28020 per cent, dis-
OOUftt.
r ‘ LATEST. '
LoxDok, Saturday, Nov. 27 are quoted at
98# for money and account.
LATEST LIVERPOOL MARKETS.
Livanroon, Saturday, Nov. 97 —Cotton—The sales
to-day up to the hour or the galling or the Persia, a*e
estimated at 8 000 bales The market is flat. Bread
stuffs and provisions are unchanged.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nov. 20—The
Cotton market doses quiet. Baring the week the mid
dling qualities have suffered a decline or l-16d, and the
inferior qualities of #d. The sales of the week amount
to 40,000 bales including 600 bales to speculators, and
2,60 Q bale's for expert.
The sales to-day (Friday) are estimated at 6,000 bales,
inoludlrg 1,000 tales to speculators and exporters.
Theruiiug quotations at the elose of the market
wore as follows: New Orleans Fair 7X, Middling 7:
Mobile Pair 7# , Middling 6# ; Uplands Fair 7«, Mid
dling The stock In port is estimated at 297,000
bales, including 216 000 bales of American.
STATE OF TRADE.'—Tbt* Manchester advices con
tinue to poesoss a favor abletendency. The market for
yarns is quiet but steady.
THE HAVRE MARKET.—New Orleans (res ordi
naire fs quoted at 108 f.
LIVERPOOL BRRADSTUFF3 MARKET Messrs.
Richardson, Bpence, Sc do »s circular, of Pridsy eve
ning, reports the Breadstuff's market generally dull.
closed very dull; the prioes are somewhat
bat no change is made m the quotations.
'Wheat closed dull, but steady.
Corn o’osed with a declining tendency. The quota,
tlons are nominal; the selling prices on Friday ranged
at SQseSls Cd
Western flour is"quoted at 19©205; Philadelphia and
Baltimore 20021 s; Ohio 2)a245. Wheat—Red
Western 4s GJ aQa 3d, white GsaGsSd. Southern6* dda
7s. Corn—mixed 25a; yellow 295;-white SOroSls 6d.
LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET J.The circu
lars report tb at provisions generally had a declining
tendency, with the exception of Lard, which was held
Arm at 645. The msrkeCTor Lard was, quiet, however.
Beef was heavy. Pork dull. Bacon dnll and noml
nally quoted.
LIVERPOOL PRODUOE MARKET—The circulars
of the' Liverpool produce market report sugar firm,
with a slight advance on all qualities. Coffee steady.
Rico firm at 3ata advance. Rosin steady at 4s 2do4s
3d. .Spirits of Turpentire was quoted at 40s.
AMERICAN SECURITIES.—Messrs. D. Ball, Son,
& Co. report as follows: Ihe market for American se
curities h«s been less active In Stale stocks the
transactions have not been to an extent to influence
prices, whioh remain without change. During the last
few days one of those brief but brisk speculations,
which'periodically occur lo Illinois Central shares, has
in some degree relieved the general dnlnesa of the
market for railr. ad securities. The priee of the shares,
whioh had receded to 29, may now be quoted 28-to 2e
discount.
United States 6 percent 1867-’O2 103 ®lO5
Do 6per cent bonds, 1868..,...104 ®lO5
Do 6 per cent bonds,lB74 94#© 98#
Alabama 6 per cert bondß 78
Kentucky 0 per cent bonds, 18G8, '72...... 91 a 93
Maryland 6 per cent etr bonds 95 » 98
Massachusetts 5 percent str bonds... 101 ©lO3
Ohio 6 par cent stock, 1880 00#a 97
Pennsylvania 5 per cent stock 82 a 84
JDo fi per cent bonds, 1877....,., 86 a 87-,*
Tennessee 6 per cent bonds, divors 84 o 8G
Virginia 6 por cents, 1880.................. 85 a 63
Bo 6 percent bonds, 1883..... £0 © gg
Boston 6 percent bonds,divers go ©92
Illinois Ceutrnl 7 per cent, 1876 80 '© 82
Do do 0 per cent, 1876.... ~..,.. 80 ©B2
l)o do 7 per cent, Freelands, 1860 80 ©B2
Michigan Central 8 per cent. 1860 85 © 87
New York Central, 6 per cent non ot 1883 81 © 83
Bo 7percent.ooav., 1804.. 94 ©96
Do shares 70 © 78
N. Y. and Erie 7 per cent, 3d m0rt.1883.. 68 © 70
Bo shates..... 14 ©lO
Panama Central 7 per ot, Ist rat. 1869 It 0
Bo do 1866... 93 © 95
Pennsylvania Cen 0 per ct., Ist iuort.lBBo.. 90 © 92
The Times or Friday says Amerloan securities closed
without material alteration, and qUctessalo Pennsylva
nia Central bonds, 2d iwt.C per cent, sterling at 91.
From Washington.
VTißHiNaTO'i.Dec. 12 —The meat Intelligence from
Nicaragua has produced much exciteme t in political
circles. While the hoarding of tbo steamer Washing*
ton by Brit'sh officers ia discredited by some gentlemen,
in high official position, others believe it, regarding it
as a revival of the right of search, threatening the moat
serious complication#
The President trill send to the Senate this week, for
confirmation, the appointment of certain officers whose
oases were investigated by the Naval Courts of Inquiry.
Mr. fingliih will shortly introduce in the House a bill
providing for the future admission of States.into the
Union.
Filibuster Developments.
WASHiKoroa, December 12 —The Mobile Register
of Thnnday contaiua a letter signed W. R. 0, Webkter,
written in New York, in April, 1857- to p irtles io Nic
arsgoa, obtaiuod in Nicaragua and forwarded to Mobile
for publication. It reters to the black-mailing of six
teen newspapers opposing Walker; and Bays, “ I am de
termined to push matters with the Cabinet io prevent
the sailing ot the filibusters . The Register brads this
disclosure with the words 11 Startling Develop
ment!” , .
Arrival of the City of Washington.
gSuw You*, Deo. 12 —The sUkmabip City ot Wash
ington has arrived, after a tedious tasstoe of eighteen,
. •• ._tiirniinn~iw3rnwii''r i i i^..
arrivait oFrKjnpsjEs ;tayjt;6r."
FURTHEEIioM-CALIPORUIA.- ■
»1>200,000 in Gold.
YOBK, BflC in i-i '■*' 1 ~J
arrived .lout noon, ° Mo «»
left 2>n Francisco on tt, “,f “ aoi ‘f eaBßre tt «
have been prtor°lrr fo r ?U
City at NewOrl,ln, T - Prior »Tivai or tbe Qurter
Bbo p Ma e n , BrB , aid -
The principal conargneee arei» .
Welle, Fargo,.* Co
American Exchange Dank.... "" trI’SSX
Rowland * A.n1nt.11“ ( .j...
" - Taffe MeOahlll,* 00.... .V. loonSS
Freeman Sc C 0..;..... I*" -MS =
The overland mall of October 2Sth arrlvei .t B.„
Francisco on November loth. It had no paeeennere '
and the daws frobr the Atlantlo States had been antlell
if Tehnantopeo route. European ‘
Oeteber*had been received at Hay
November thB ; Tell ““l«P«<>,ytoll on the Mth of .
hava'bren?.?^*?' 1 a »«»« of.OiUrorniiState warrente
en iB*ued, which are not found recorded on the •/
eIJn h »°or I |mmnV. C i l '. C 0 . t ? !ltk<>ta tare been uneettlid. bnt ' ’
the fOTtnhSt" Sii‘ b '** n, ° eppear at the'close of
«ie reeSnt. If JZfii * w ,“ “ebaeged and pIWUfnl. '
Anonn.ua, number of *&*«**!*&"
•■tfn y
l* €ra J,* W a . the action of the Bri
tish officers In bearding the steam hfp Washington had
been remonstrated against by Oommsoder Mclntosh.- of -
the American squadron, Who stated that he wonld nob
permit any more suoh visits;
Departure of SeiiatorDoiiglnu/Vom New
_ Orleans,
Nbtt Okliass, Dec. Douglas left thla
morning on the steamer Black Warrior for New York
etcamßr bF the major rnd a concourse ofelt'sens.' A
BSlnte of one hundred goes nss Bred and great enthu.
Siasm was manifested by the people - 8 .
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Money Market.
. ijdA --
Stoeke flnetnate but little, and tbs demand does not
vary greatly from day to day. ! A fair business Is daily
transacted at the stock board, sni.toierp ls little 0 r no
speoulation in any kinq of securities.
In the esse of Ball & Grant « t the Ohio Lire In-
Tro,t ° on,panJ ’ McXean, of th.
yn ted States Olrenit Court, has rendered a. decision,
maintaining the jurisdiction of the Doited' States
Conrt over that, of th*,.Supremo Court o'r Hamilton
county, and ordering the sWIS to restore the resets
. P ‘ the Becsiver up.
polo tod by the former court. r
The Ohlcago Tribwn says a slight iqtiabbla, with no
serious results, took plaoeat the Junction en Saturday
as a fresh instance of “Two of a trade,” io.' Thi
Chicago, Pittsburg, And Port Wayne Railroad Company,
in making their new.conneetion, -used a portion of side
track two rails lengths long, belonging to the Hichlgaa
Sonthern Company. On Saturday, on this portion, was
found located a loadedfreight ear of the latter company.
It being their own ground, of couras nothing Was to W
done but to build the track round the unexpected break.
It was done,'hut scoompanled by some fancy swearinw
among employees, and possibly among passengers of tho
0-. P., P. W. R. thus delayed. All was right jester.
The St Lonis Democrat of December Bth says i. •
“ The attention of Officer HoEvoy was early rifer- ‘
day morniog directed to; three man, who appeared en
gaged in some nfedlbg dnterpriie. _ Their morements
were so ahrewdly dfsigoed that little of a positive na- .
tore oonld be learned of them. But at two
P. M., one of them entered the New Oorintblan ,Bat&
atoreon ß road»»y. purchased a fine hat, presented 2sh
fffty-dollar bill, and received forty-roar dollars and fe- *
veoty-five oents as change. The hill waa orofcMfdlW ;
on the Ballroid and Banking Company £%£SS?Ga
&ad T t em «b* b iy well But a lloVe sSt.
digcloaed to Mr F A. CUne, who had'taken it,
th*t it was counterfeit. MoEvoy was speedily upon the
rogue a track, and sacaeeded in arresting him at the
lower ferry, »i he,was;about stspping Sn-heard-the
r^* oa^s kcoonspanied th* * star* with vary neat
reluctance. At the Sppsr- station-honse hs gave his
nama as James Msgfleld. /Wlien the attempt was made
Vx search bUq, ha sto-anously;-resisted, and on Sin*
overpowered^attempted to threw * bundle of hills into
U® ? a W® fiuton were (oundforfu-iAree oft As. :■
jpfiy-dollar. counterfeits l '.They were all ©n theeame
bank as named abover This is thulvgeek -hanV of
counterfeit money made by police /or several
months. The prisoner will probably appear for exami
nation before tb« Recorder this monjing ” ; v ..
A has. been recently formed in New York*
which* proposes to obviate the dolays, dangers, and
difficulties of the passage round Cape Horn by establish- ;:
lug a line of powerful tug steamers to tow vessels from .
ocean to ocean through Ike Btralts of Magellan; ant
that, Pfovided the Government of OhM agrees to cer
tain proposals which ihs oompnny hasalresdj addressed
to them, steps will be' Immediately ‘taken to osrry th*
dealgn.lnto exeoation.
Tho •ooodiUona, which the company require the
Chilian Government to grant, are:
-1, Tho payment or anannual sotoldyof $128,00(1 for
ten yearn, and then of $76,000 fo» an additional term nl
ten years. . ... - s.. ► N
.2., A leqso at a nominal rate of all the coal deposits
at Punta Arenas, for ten years. ...
.3, A grant in perpetuity of the lands reoilred lor
stations along the route.
4th.. A lease for at a nominal rata, of such
woed lands aa may be required for the company’s use,
and a grant in perpetuity of all lands cleared by ths
company.
C;sth. Tba snbsidj the data of'tfiC'arrf-'
▼af of the first tag steamer at the Straits.
-The projectors of the enterprlae are.very.saßghina'ot •
its success, and assured of .ita hecefieial results: s They*
assert Hhat the passage of tho. Btralts msy be mad* •
quickly and safely hy r vessele of any tonnage, .with the
assistance of Btoixn-tugs, and they ealonlate that the
saving of time to vessels putlog-the Btralta, as com
pared wltih doubling the Oape,”_would, on an avarage,
hs fully twenty days, basing their' calculation on Lient.
Manty’s statement that the average time required for
rounding Gape Horn Is twenty, five days. They calcu
late that the saving' of’ twenty days In interest and in
Insurance on vessel and cargo, and on wear and tear of
vessel. Ac., would be not less than $1,000,006.
Treasury balance, December^.,...... /. I: Ji|6oi,li4 TCh
Amount of receipt 5.............. 650,677 6s
- piid..\...~. !,668,030'97 '
Drafts issued 2,050,103 96
Reduction.... ~„$1>699,451 af
PHILADELPHIA STOOK EXCHANGE SALES,
Becembsr-11, 1868.
■ IPOITID BT MAHLKt, BBOWX, 00., BAMC-IfOtl, SfOOJt,
ABU BXOHARQB fIBOKBRB, lOXYSWBSV OOBBS* YSIBU
ABD OHI3TMU* GTBRKTS.
; FIRST
BOARD.
36 PaR (iu 10ta)... 42#
76 Nor R (in lots).. 67
10 do b 5 67
0 MlnehiU R 82
160 Long Island.... b 5 11#
'lOO do ; ;.bsll#
; 100 do b& ll#
60 do .11#
26 do ..-...-11#
; 64 Girardßk(ittlots 11V
100 Reading R..bswn 26
■ 50 do .... ,bswn 26
60 do ..... bSwn 26
60 do ....,b&wn 26
60 do .....b6wn 26
50 • do 20
28 Com fik (inlots). 60#
3 Mechanics 8k.... £7#
10 Morris Capif.bS 108
6 do b 5 108
-TOtm State 8k.... 66
26 N Orleans Gas.. 129
1 Bear Meadow.... 69#
50 Planßk Tenn.bS IC6
t BOARDS.
1100 Long Island.... 11#
21 Me-chafe Man Bk
Pittsburg 54#
’OO Reading R bj 25#
iBOARD.
600 Readicg R 6a ‘B6 76
5000 Hasleton bonds. 91
1000 Susq Canal 65.. 83
Bto Cam City 65.... 99
ICOO N Penoa K 6s.bd 61#
103 N Lib Gas (in Its 39
2 Sch Nav 9**
1 do 9
- 60 N Amer In Oo.bfi 16
6 Morris Ca pref. 103
60 NPennaß 9 -
26 SchNarptf..... 17#
7 Reading B 26
8 Farm St Mech Bk 69
1000 Pan na fia .. 96
1000 do 96
600 do 98
2CO do ........ 98
600 do . ..ssirn 96
2000 City6a 0&P....,&>£
600 do 991 T
100 do RO&F
cash 99#
200 do ...'.cash 99#
1000 XI R Istm 75.. 73
2000 do 2d mt 75.. 62#
600 ’ do ea<h 63 1
2000 do Glut 10a 70
1600 do ........ 70
4000 NPaK6j..bswn 63
000 do 63
1000 do ........ 62#
6000 Catawissa R Ts. 60
2000 Ches Val R 75... 4034
3000 Susq Canal 6a ’B2 87#
1000 Sch Nav 65’32... 73
6030 do* ........ 78
1000 do ’72 66#
BETWEEN
SOCOBCatta Ts b 6 60 i:
600 N PenoaKO*.. 81
10000 Hasleton bonds 91 I
10 Pennaß 42#{
SECOND
1000 Pen'na 65....... 96
8.0 do 96
800 City 6s C & P.. ICO
100 do ~100
6000 Oat Chat 10j..t5 69
10C0 do 69
1000 do 69
1000 ds 7fl coup, b 4 62
1000 Sch Kav 0s >82.. 73
200 do 73
1000 Beading R Ca >B6 75
IOuO do 76
1000 do 76
1000 do 76
6000 do 76
CLOSING PRU
Bid. Asked.
Phiues 99# 100
do R..... 99# 100
do New. .103 103#
Penna6s ;..95# 66
Reading R 26# 27#
do Bda >70..84* 86
do MtgOs’44.94# 98
do do >86.74# 76
Pesuaß 42# 42#
do lstm 6a...103#105#
do 2dm f15..,.02# 93#
MoTrisCan C0n..47# 49 )
ao Pref 107# IOS |
Bchayl Nav 6s >82.73 7*#|
Sch Nat Imp 6a..74 74# |
[OX3—STEADY.
Bid. Ashed.
Sch Nav Stock... 8# 9#
do Pref 17# 17#
Wmsp’tfeElmß 10# 10#
do 7sirtmtg.73 To
do 2d 63 55.
Long Island .11# 11#
Girard 8ank.,....j1# 12
LehGoalfe Nav...6o# 60#
Lehigh Scrip 29 33
N Teona R...... 8# 9
do 6s 68 tB#
I New Creek # #
[Catawissa R..., 8# 6#
[Lehigh Zinc..... 1 l#
NSW YORK STOOK BX<
[CHANGE—December 11.
> BOARD.
BBOOSO
7000 Virginia 0s 97#
OOOCO Missouri Ca- s6O 89#
1000 Brooklyn O WL 102
IOOOIIIOenUMs 91#
6000 LaOr&Mil LGbs 27
5000 do 26#
ICO PaoMSSOo s3o£o
• 60 do b6O 90#
600 do 99#
100 do 90#
03 Second Av R 102
600 N Y Oeo R 84
100 do SCO 83#
100 do b3O 84
100 do beo 84
100 Erie H bCO 17#
100 do 17#
90 Beading R ’6l#
200 do . b 5 61# |
500 Reading R *lO 61#
UO do b 5 51 #
liOOlev&Jol R b6O Sl#
100 Ohio A Rlridß 61#
IRO Brooklyn City R 118..
200 MicSofeN I&Rgtf 20#
100 do s3O 2« #
100 do gd atk 48
100 do teo 43
100 do too 47#
100 do s7O 48#
160 do t 33 43
100 do 160 43#
20 Panama R HO#
50 Gal A Chic R s3O 73
100 do 73#
50 do 73#
ISO do slO 73
;60 do 78
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS, Deo. 11—BvKJttHQ—
Breads!uffa continue about the same. The Plour mar
ket Is unchanged, but very quiet to-day, the demand
being to supply the home trade, who b.-yiniots as
wantedatssl2#©s 37# for superfine, $5 44®5 76 for
extras, $5 87#®6 60 for extra ftmlly, ands 6 76©7 &
bbl for faney brands, as In quality. There is no demand
for shipment, and standard brands are held at onr lowest
figures. Nothing doing in Com Meal, and Pennsyl
vania is held at $3.25 bbl. Rye Flour—Sales of 160
bbl* have been made at $1 & bbl. ’Wheat—The mar.
ket is steady, but there is not much doing, and only
about 4,500 bushels found buyers at 128 c for prime reds,
auA132©1360 for fair white, ineluding 1,600 bushels of
tholatter (Western) at our lowest figures, and a small
lot of oholce .Kentucky at 1480 Rye is wanted at
89c, but there is none offering at that prioe.
Corn** is in- steady ' demand, a«d further siles -
of 9000 , bushels are reported at 68370 c for New Penn- '
sylvsnia and Southern Yellow, the latter for prime dry
lots afloat, including 1,000 bushels old and new mixed •
at 72c, and 600 bushels do 'White at OfiOc Oats are rath -
et dullto*day; there are but few offering, and Southern
are worth 450 and Pennsylvania 460. Bark—There is '
little or no demand for Quercitron, and a small sale
only reported at $29 for first No which is a. decline.
Cotton—The mai-ket is firm, but not very active, and a
few small lot* only.have .been, disposed of at fully for.
mer rates. Seeds—There ia a steady-demand for Clo*.
verßeed, and but little good seed offering most of it.
being held above the views of buyers, and a few small '
lots croly have been disposed of at $6.6036 70 bushel,
and the latter for prime. Groceries aid'Provirione—
There is not.much doing, and no changes to noticeja
the nmket,*-farther sales of the former are making at-- .
20#3ll#bf le'Rlo Orff«e, and 7#©Bc for New Orleabal
Sugar, on time, j/Whiskey—The market laaboutAt*.:
tlonary; bbls sell slowly at 20c for Chic, 26c for Penn* 'K>
eylrauU, 24# 0 for and 28#o for drudge,