' HI «fi !» & > j 0 5 HlfOlj* , fii immw ; K««S»* ' Bort of Ui« State Treasurer, of PonßajlyeaU , ,t ifadM****^^ —FoßS’tß'PAOß.— ThePulpit. e-»B-'t>vfe ,«w >'* ,'*"■■ -■■■•-t.L- '■• ’■, : ’• .•], • 1 1 0,.*-U;-'l o tv - W.‘V { -, vt } !. i?(»i has f«yJi The .'News* ....: -. .> *. -. o. V :VYesterday wda privateoalendarday in Con* S' :i ß?ei)s, and' the' ..wasp conse )■; 'Suently. itlJ''ii»tli|ii'4«S'#ing the BiineOa of. ' - ! dho inierican J (iag'-in connexion with too dare „v,tradejiwith'> speoial»reference to the slavpr Wan* The consideration;of the Prenoh epolra* tWribiU was'resumed'; ;buf,'orHng to the sickness fc against the WI was taken up! On thia eubjMt;conatderaWe.dobate_enaued £ Sn'eera*bo appointed,to. pjrlvato ohaiao ' " ter were‘reported. , Mr'.., Jonoa, ,of Tennessee,'of ftted a resolution calling on the Beoretary of jtbe' ■•> Interior to ‘report by what Authority the advisory ,board of agrlouTlure Fatent Office was ; a«*' 'th r e‘' dele'ga^r'were; appofate^. ;,'!,ihDd frpm what'.iphd paid.. Arneaage was eepelttd '* Jfromt-tho Preßldent in regard to the eonlraettfor oarrying the Caiifbrnia mail torn St. Josephs, and r time. He was fresh from his'-constituents, ana, noat to their approbation, was' this reooptlon meat ."‘gratifying to his heart. This,’ and the cordial -...receptions he , had, met With along his route e': hither,showed- that the heart 'of the Ameriosffi ‘'peoplo wos'bvcr fooiid.right When its Chords were ; touched by-the hand of patriotism. '.He salty hat thepeojlebf the BUtHot of Colombia,' although they h&' noVvoloe.ln, the National Legislature, - i had ■ evor maintained a . patrioUe conservatism, '; "Which', had,’ exerted’a s'alutaiy Jnfluenoe on the. ~ politics. of the oonntry.As he .expeoted .to Be ■ among them now for some time, ho would beg to ; tahe leave ,of thorn for the present, and bid thoin goodnight: 1 ’ ' ‘ ,1,. ;- " ~We have dates from California to the ISth nlt^ ' per.overlandmeU.’ to.St-.ltOPis^-three than heretofore received. ■ The news." Is not. Very ’‘important., BtuinesswastatherduUatSanFran , cisco. The news from the Gila river gold mines is discouraging, and emigrants were returning, dis ' heartened at the failure of their expedition. - The Camnnohe Thdiana continued their' depredations .'oh the ’ihaile opportunity oFcredt-While the Navajo tribes , display hostile Intentions to-. ‘ parties poUiDgy> their country. , | • ,’b;GovernoV.EanfcSf oflfoesachusotts, was inaugtt ’ ■ ritod yestbrdajJ' and delivered Ms mefflego. to bo Oi .btahohea df'tholi'eglsiatttre.,' .It is longj'exolMtyi ly.eonfinod to State matters, and gives an encsur-< ’aging “aoMfunt’of ;BjB'ihatiWlM:7pio^tyßs < -«C7j ; lr» J v Commonwealth.,l'4h»- expenditure,of the ‘past , year for educational purposes was ona .million four ■ u , hundred,, seventy-four ', thousand , four ' hundred "eighty-eight dollars. Th e -number of ohildren , r bet Ween: jlve and fitt*en yearß Of age ia .two huh ‘-dred, twenty-three thousand three, hundred and' . > fdhr, of.whom two hundred and eighteen thousand 'pnehund^,ninety-bight have been in attendance ,-ni»n,the jsphbola during tho year, showing an iq ■ urease'lß tho attendance of fifteen' thousand one ; hundred! sixty-seven pupils , on’last'. year. The School Fund, from which their system of schools o is suppprtedjis ahput.;one million,five,hundred ‘thousand-'dollars. -■ •- • . - . 1 ■ l j The Newark- Mercury says,:, “ There is g rumor, , that Senator Thomson, of. this State, ahdMr. Bu - ohananhave had a quarrel inrelation to a gentle-' , manhoWoh thorotiredlistpf naval oßoers'. If re ■ port speaks true, Mr! Buobanon' snubbed Farmer! •' : John,’and the latter Imitated that oeiebratedariny r to Flanders, so fomljlar.to' ohr'leaders.,, We are ■ lnolinod!to believe there Is. truth In this, from this fact that Mr. c ßuoh anau has quarrelled with nearly ' ail his early friends, and "taken to. his confidence neSrly.eU of his early "enemies.” . J "’ iA blit was reported in thb Missouri Legislature, on Thursday, authorizing the Governor, to oall '"but volunteers to repel invasion.by the “Kansas , banditti,'' ond appropriating thirty thousand dot . lars for that purpose. This smells of gunpowder, i eyening serylces , lnTrlnltyChnrohjNew York,with the building . brilliantly' illuminated, following the example set . by. msny of thoprihofpai . English Protestant churches. ■ . ■' ' The NWYork Journal of Commercegiyes the following pleasingiparagraph: “He take great '-.pleasure lit recording' another tnstanoe 'of noble- ] > 'nosqon'ihb partpf ,one of. our'qitiiena., In 1849 - tbe Sugar refinery of Messrs.Harrir A Ookerhflu- Bon burned, and the firm being’ lngge' losers, 1 Wo compelled to sasponipajment, . They oallcd \ a meeting'of th'e'oredUOrSj and the junior partnor ) . Mr. Adolphus IE. .(Jokorhauaen, pledgod to them alt that the sssete' wonld realise ;i irbich promise he literally M&Hbd, by paying seventy 'oents on the dpllar,,leaving himself ntterly"pe'nniless, 'bat with theoonflilsno'o and sympathy of every ene with whom bohad aiy.businesa ttansaotipns. .Ho lmme . diately reoommeneed his works,- and, in- company with his .brotherj has been; very snSo'cssfhli having , accumulated a handsome, fortune. On Now Year's day ho addressed » handsome note to eaoh one of his former creditors, enclosing to them,, net aim . ply his-share of the compromised .portion of the Old debt, but the whole of the 30 'per cent, left 1 unp'aid'ten years before!, [ Wlth his bhoraoterlstio modesty be has taken some pains to keep this " transkiition■ (oht'of the ,'papdrs,’;bnt it’to ‘.tod good to.,keepend deserves to ,bo published as a lesson worthy to be; studied by all who-would maintain s true nobleness of character amid the ■ temptations of this money-loving ago.” 1 > Well Posted Up! ' TbeNew YotkHerald, only a few days ago," emphatically had “no doubt that the Hon. BIrfiALPH ABB&daoMniK, K, G, 8., now Lord DnHPEnHiilra, Isthonawßritlsh Minis tor to. succeed Lord Napiebl’l ' Moreover, it gjive ~lopg biography of, Lord Ddnpehm fho"Un(tad -States ’of Anserine, to be her .MejVsty’e Envoy Extraordinary and'Minister Pldiipotontlary to the King of the .Netherlands; _ also Lord-Lyons, now her Mnjesty’s Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the’ Grand Duke of Tusoany/to be her Majesty's Bn-, voy.Extraordinary and-Minietor Plenipotentiary tothoUnited States of-America.” -' 1 : : 'ere fcnripnsy if 'not 'anxions, to know] hpw ttipHef tild will wriggle out of Its notable .blunder in.this respect. - Probably, it will let it pass ‘f fa solemn »aenc>,’fX'ike ,tho rest of Its numerous misstatements onEuropean mat ;s'.v. * rt j-RCport of the Siate Treasurer. - ' i f , correspondent at Harrisburg has forward-; ed to us an:-early> copy of the reportj-of tho : Btat&,TjfpJsiiir|r,Jqtfntio, the Legislature, on! thehthinst.j Whjoh will be found 'in "tritr cpl- 1 umns '{fijg'jnOrnijig-: it glvesiii detail the sta tisliaBujpoh'whieh-tHe r B4tlsfaoteryexßibit.pf .thOijfiijancaasOf s the'Siate ,presented in the! pnd Jt,’wlil ,doubtlflH -De read’with, great interest and satis-. ’ ?* r-j i■ 1 ~ i.w' .This Is the anniversary of one ofi the Most ; iinjp6'rtkHte¥^hie'iii I tfl‘outoalrdif , tho < n4t\6^ l . thebattlecOf'rN'ow i Orleans'.",! ts: rsmrfpfince disfi}P l ?l!a-!oh|Pjieft: l o.nn;rpcplleoti6fi»g)f',tiSe; Woetwf brilliant rVicforyj: oWesorej reminded of bis oauntrymen. , Office,? Hunting,,,,, ' ,If tho American 'party, had been sincere, in i the denunciations of < the!'<‘wiid, htirit. after office” which was incorporUtod Inlo thoir plat form, a few years had; devised a method by which tho s tUspoßiticlh end "anxiety to obtain official.station in this country oonld have been checked, they would have accom plished an object far more useful and important _ than any of the others at which they professed to aim. , .Office-hunting. Is 'the besetting lolly and 'sin of Pinion. It ruins more men, blights the peace and-prosperity of more fami lies, and infliots greateripj ury upon,the. general welfare, than almost any.othqr existing evil. In, a young and growing eonntry like this, with many undeveloped, resources anil open ings in every walk of life, for the profitable employment of every. mental and physical .energy of her citizens, it is a sad .sign to see thousands cast aside, these tempting oppobtu niUqsfor.asurb advance npon the highroad to‘ honor or weklth, for the paltry rewards that .qfficiafemplbyment can bestow. It, is a mis fortune.to tho nation that such energies should be wasted, as well as to tho deluded and mis guided, men, who prefer tho, devious, uncer tain, and unsafe path of political intrigue, in . which they'are liable, at almost any moment, to be undermined, to the manly and independ ent position 'Which; with ordinary' industry and prudence, can be acquired either in the agricultural, mercantile, meohanioal, or pro-. ’ fessional walks of like. , , The path'of the office-seeker is fall of shoals and quick-sands. ; The success of his party is nearly always' problematical, and with its defeat all bis hopes and aspirations are blighted. But supposing it to be successful, if he is not a nominee .eleoted.by the people, and if he only, 'expects office by appointment, he finds hundreds of competitors springing up from every'quarter, and in the general rush his chances of- success are like , those of the holder of a lottery-ticket for drawing a flrst class prizoj For long and weary days and nights' he mnst experience ail the agony of hope deferred; and in intervals of this kind thousands and tens.of thousands’grow neglect ful of their ordinary duties and pursuits, forfeit the ■ respect >and- confidence of those who wonld otherwise have carried them on success fully. through life, and, like the dog in the fable, in grasping at the. shadow, lose'the sub stance. . . , • There are few offices in which men can ho nestly advance their fortunes to any consider able extents and those which are of a decidedly lucrative'character areso eagerly sought, that more money is spent in ttie .efforts to acquire them by the numerous candidates, than the successful aspirant is enabled to realize; and while a few, a very few, are successful in those hotly-contested struggles, and have prudence enough to resist the 'strong temptations nnd necessities for extravagant expenditure which accompany the - possession of their offices, on every,hand.we see wrecked and mined men who have frittered awsy their manhood and squandered a moderate competency in fruitless endeavorß to climb the slippery ladder of political preferment. As to the office-holders who have escaped all the perils and-overcome all-the obstacles which have been too (nighty for their competitors, what is ‘their position ? The great mass of them, by the-time they are fhirly warm in their seats, familiar with their new duties, and unlltted by habit for their former employments, are sum marily discharged, and become comparatively helpless and worthless members of sooiety. The permanence of their positions doponds upon the course of the ever-changing currents of American politics,' the impulses of tile people or the whims of those who happen to obtain the stations which possess the appoint ng power. ; Eyen while they are in office, at the moderate salaries they usually obtain, there is little to- satisfy their; avarice or their ambi tion. " The, feelings which - inspire them aro well described in a late article by Mr. Covhwo one of. the editors of the.. Lancaster (Qhio) Eagle , who, after hbrdinggthe post of chief clerk In the office of First Controller of tho Treasury Department'for one year,' resigned i He says:,' i We retarn with feelings of pleasure to the chaireditorial, oftex anabsenoo of one year. A ypzi in the pablio Uertioe at Washington has had the «ffoct of oonvinolng ns that the private Station is the. post of honorj pleawre, and pMfit f- aid we -quit publio office gladly, voluntarily, and without a single regret at the Joss of its honors' or "emolu ments. {t seems strange that there should be such a fascination in those positions at Washington for the young men of curoountry. When obtained, they.are nnt living graves, in whioh the ooeupant buries his hopes, his ambition, and bis energies. No matter-how brilliant, how intelligent, how in-, daatnoos, he becomes metamorphosed into the tread-mill horse, pursuing the B&me weary, nevor changing rpund, until death sets him free. No matter how energetio, the weary routine of official life lies orushingiy upon his energies and aspira tions. It is enough to say that such a lifodla not suit üb. and that we would not, while young and in health, sell out our future for an annnity of $2,000 per year, at.the will of changing political dynes .ties.-” But there is another view of this matter, of ■more importance to tho people of the country. Since, this -greedy race of office-tranters is spread almost as thickly oyer tho land as lice over Egypt daring the plague, they dull and weary thepublio ear with their importunities, and by. dint, of their audacity, perseverance, and persistent efforts, frequently obtain impor tant positions for which they are wholly un qualified, and which, if the public interest prevailed and the honest unbiased judgment of the) great, body of the, citizens .was fairly expressed,.would bo conferred upon men far more deserving and capable. Tbereare many stations in.the ponntry where good men may greatly advance, the-common prosperity; bnt> alas, how rareitis to see' them worthily filled! How often does dull mediocrity, when coupled with low cunning and intrigue, outstrip genius, talent, and patriotism in the race for promo tion ! How illy do the halls of Congress or of the State Legislature represent the real talent of the conntry I Howmany men are elected for. no reason that can be perceived or ima gined, except that they are individually over anxious to hold the offices they aspire to, and by dint of money, persuasion, intrigue, or con stant importunities, have flpally coaxed, bullied, and worried the people Into an en dorsement of their ill-founded pretensions! and how few men succeed in politics because the people really feel that they wont their services and know that they con be useful to them/ . With ail onr republican theories of theeqnal ity of men,; the idea is not yet popularly real ized that ; - “ Honor and shame from no condition rise: well yonr pan—there all tha honor lieB;» And hence many of onr soletan humbugs reason in this way i “ I am a man' of very lit tle consequence, with no intrinsic worth or talent; hut if I can bo elected to the State Legislature, X may become of some impor tance. If I am eleoted to the Senate, I will be a still greater man. If I go to the United States Senate, the whole country will be illuminated’ by the brilliancy of my posi tion; If I got to be President, I will Immortal ize my namo.” . They never stop to think or care for their capacity for the places to which they aspire, nor reflect upon the serious in jury they inflict upon the people by unwor thily and inefficiently occnping posts which better men should fill, and. which, if properly filled, would greatly advance the welfare of their constituents. We want more , of that spirit in this country Which honors, men for What they are intrinsically, and for wbat they achieve in the positions they occupy, no mat ter how lowly or humble they are, instead of that feeling which honors men simply beedhse they have> legar right to write Honorable before their names. We want it impressed upon the hearts of the,people,’and upon the. obtuse brains of the Incapables who are per petually aspiring to places for which they are pnfltted,. that 'nothing' should cover a man Wlill more ridicule and disgrace than to at tain, utter persistent effort, a high position to’ which' hW is unequal., No official mantle, howevor brilliant, should be allowed to bide' the deformities ofthe Webrer ; and the citizen: who 'evinces talent, patriotism, and honest' .dovotiori' to the interests of his iellow-men, should receive Ilia duo share of respect and consideration, no matter, how destitute ho' maybe of the trappings of office. - ' 1 ” Thero ia ono more view of the evils of office hunting, which is the most saddening and pain ful of all, and that is the miserable degrada tions and self-stpliiflcations to which men snb ,mit in their efforts to appease power. We read in old 5 , histories: of Kings upen their ,thronaß, wlth base', subservient, and cringing .courtiers around them, and turn disgusted from such exhibitions of tbo meanness ofljumanity. bavu we nothing-jike this in one conntry ? , ■bo'wd'See no irien lying prostrate at the ftet ;of: pqlyeri abjuring their own honest cohvie- j ttonsj'add eridoralng'wii’at'fn their hearts*they ' know to bq miserable rascalities or wrongs; surrendering up their judgment, conscience, and manhood on ttfe ShHne of executive dicta tion,' and. ftirnishing in republican America parallels to the most degrading acts of servility that have ever been witnessed at the most exacting courts of the Old World? Have we seen no subtle Hamlet saying to these, Poloniuaes, that a cloud was shaped like a t camel, a weasel, a whale, jtn'd finding them answering in quick succession against the olear evidences of their ©wa senses: “Yes, my lord V 9 Have we not seen myrmidons of power as eager to execute despotic edicts iu our own land as if they were remorseless apd corrupt favorites' of a tyrannical monarch? Have weno hired .bravos ready to commit political assassination wo no trem bling cowards who disgrace their manhood, and quake and tremble like aspen-leaves,*at tho very echoes which ring through the White House ? ! .. Public Amusements. Miss Vandenhoff, the eminent English aotrqss, daughter of the veteran John Vandenhe.fi', "Who lately arrived in this country, and has been very Buoeessfnl in New York, commences, an engage ment at Walnut-street Theatre, on Monday even ing. Mr. Swinbourn (her husband), who accom panied her from England, is also engaged, and has the. reputation of being a good actor. Miss Vandenhoff made a great hit when she visited tills country some years ago, and is now a much better actress Of course, her own beautiful play will be produoed. Seven years ago we saw Miss Vandenhoff and Mr. Barry Sullivan perform the prinoipal ports in this play,—she as a blind girl and he as a eoulptor,—and nothing oould have been much better, in authorship or aoting. Mr. Gustav Satter gives his fourth “ farewell’ 1 oonoert this evening, at Musieal Fund Hall. , John E. M'Donough, the popular aotor, has pur oh&sed, and yesterday paid for and took possession I of the Volks’ Theatre, Baoe street, between Seoond and Third. It is his intention to fit it up, Without Joss of time, as a theatre, with several collateral amusements of whloh we shall soon give some de aoription. Every person who knows Mr. M’Do nough, as a Bteady man of business as well as a good aotor, will wish him success—aa we do. The usual varied round of entertainments at the National Circus, Walnut street, will be repeated this evening. Mr. Lent, the active manager, adds quite a crowd of distinguished performers to his troupei and this Combination Company commence, In this arena, on Monday.. They will perform every evening in the week, and also oh Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Lent, by bis new arrangements,, has got together the largest and best oompany, in his special line, now in the United States.- He deserves encouragement, for he labors hard to ob tain it. Valuable Real Estate, Stocks, Mortgages Ac Thomas A Sons’ sale on Tuesday next, 11th Inst., 'will oomprise, besides stocks, ground rents, mortgages, Ac., several valuable Germantown pro* parties, oity dwellings, stores, Ac., by ordor of Or* pbana’ Court, exeoutors, and others, including one of tho most valuable business locations in Market street; to be sold peremptorily. Also, without re* serve, by order of assignee, eight traots of land, Wisconsin. See advertisements and pamphlet catalogues issued to-day. Distribution op Bread to the Poor. —lt will be seen, on reference to our advertising oolumns, that the Committee on Charity of the Supreme Grand Council of the Sons of Malta of Eastern Pennsylvania have, with their oharaoteristio libe* rality, made a donation of five thousand loaves of bread, which is to be distributed to the poor through the agenoy of several of tho benevolent associations of the oity. Pianos and Mklodeons —Raven, Bacon, A Co.’s, Hallett, Davis, A Co % and ether Pianos; also, melodoous at bargains. J. E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut streets.' We aro indebted to Adams & Co. for copies of the Cincinnati paporsof Thursday morning, re* oolved yesterday morning, via the Steubenville and Pennsylvania raUroads. I3P* Attention is invited to an advertisements to-day’s paper for a partner in an old established silk and ribbon jobbing houße. Further Particulars of the Loss of the . Vanderbilt. the scene described bv one on board. The Boston Traveller has obtained from Mr. Philbriok, mall agent, who readied that cit> with a portion of tho mails, the following account of the disaster: The steamor Vanderbilt, Oapt. Frazee, loft New York ’at roar o’clock on Monday afternoon, the WOatfaer at the timo fair, but the oloudß Indicating an. approaching storm. While the weather chu* tinned clear enough to boo, the labuttarks'the pas sage waa madein tho Ufiual style. After, passing Huotlngttth, about 71 P. M, snow, oommenoec falling; and tbobgh open and light at first, It soon became so dense that nothing could be’seen beyond the vessel. Shejwas kept going, however, at a moderate speed, apd the lead was hove as rapidly as possible. In this style, feeling bet way alohg, she proceeded* Thb fast departure she .took was the bearing of the Light of Saybro'dk; aha lhaklng fitLre of her course, she continued hfaiil a quarter before four on Tuesday morhi&g,the last oast of the lead showing hor in 25 fathoms, and immediately after she Struck a rock ou the Race Point, Fishery Island, about twelyo milesfrom New London. The shock was vory severe; all the efforts made by her officers and crow td get her off proVed unavailing, as she bad run on for a distance of fit least twenty foot, and proved to be hard and fast. At this time the Vessel was, as it were! bounding from every blow of the waves, with evident continued increase of the original injury. Sh'o had on board seventy two passengers, pf whom fifteen were females, with two or, throe children, muking, with the officers and drew, a total of over one hundred persons. Finding that nothing coaid be done tor the ves sel, Captain Frazee and his officers at once turn ed their attention to the’ safety and comfort cf those entrusted to their oaro, and who, without exception, women as well as men, behaved through out the trying circumstances in which they were placed, as Mr. Philbriok expressed it, !u the most heroic manner. In the first plaoo one of the orew was sent ashore in a small boat to asoortaln the name of the island. Measures were then taken to make ell hands oom fortable for the night. Bedding was brought from tho lower oebinsto the upper saloons, end thhs ell oalmly but anxiously awaited the approaoh of dawn.. When tho boat first went on she made but little wator, hut the notion of tho waves soon in creased the original Injury, end at the ebb of tho tide the hog braces were broken, and the boat left a wreak npon the rooks, with from fonr to six feet of water beneath her. Early in the day of Tues day the passongors were landed by the small boat, Into which they wore towered, nnd from whioh they sorambled over the rooks to a “ wrecking home,” but a short distance from the shore: Thu house contained a large room, with a pine floor made to preserve the building should tho Water flow upon the island. Here thoy were made as oomforteble as posslblo, being supplied plentifully with food from the boat and with light by lanterns hung around. A neigh boring haycock was scattered abeut tho floor, and a portion of tho room Was partitioned off for the accommodation of tho ladlos. Here the day end suoaeeding night wore passed quite pleasantly, Mr. Pbilbriokv acoompanied by a passenger, making an oxouraion during Tuosday to a farm houso at some distance, through a deep snow, to Inform the Inmates of their situation. From this hoUse 4 number of wagons wore font to ednvey the females to a better plaoo, but the weather was sb threaten* Ing that they oonoluded to pass the night where they wore. The bap tain, officers, and a good por* tion of the orew, spent Tuesday night on beard the vessel; but all who desired it had lull liborty to sleep at tho wreok bouse on shore. At a quarter before one o’olook on Wednesday morning, the steamer Plymouth Rook, from Now York, was teen from the Vanderbilt passing on hot way to Bto* nington. Lights displayed, but tney were not seen from the Plymouth Rook, and there were no rockets on board the Vanderbilt for uso In such an emergency. During Tuesday arrangements had been mado with Mr. Noyes, the owner of a schooner of about two hundred tons, on the western shore of the island, to take (ho passengers to New London, and early on Wednesday morning a number of ox wagons and 'other conveyances arrived to take them to tho place of debarkation, in the mean time the revenue cutter J amee Campbell. Captain George Clark, hove in sight, and sent a lieutenant on shore to offer all tho Assistance in their power, but as a bargain had already been made with Mr. Noyes, his offer was courteously deolined. Ho tendered a passage to Mr. Fhilbriok, the mail agent, whioh was accepted, and with all the letter mails and a portion of the newspaper mails, Mr. P. left the island, and, via New London and Sto ningtun, reached this oity, as before stated, at Abont 5 P. M. When be left tbe passengers Were being con veyed aoross the island to the sohoonor. Tbe steamer Plymouth Rook also oame up from Ston ington, the propeller Osoeola, and also a number of wrecking vessels, but owing to the state of tbe weather they were unable to be of much service, though every aid was offered. Tho passengers during their twenty-four hours’ stay in tbe wreoklng house of tbe almost deßorb is land, held a prayer meeting, and also a meeting in regard to the accident, iu whioh the courage, oour- Usy, And seamanship of the officers and orow were highly oommended. They saved All of bhelr bag* gage and personal property, if we except a pair of shoes, whioh an aged Irish female lost, while clambering over the rooks. .The freight of Ham* den74 104# 1000 Bolding & 64V 60C0 Missouri o’s 86# 100 do s6O 64# 2000 do 86# 200 do 64# 20000 do '3O 86# 200 Mich SAN la b6O 21 20000. do aBO 86 60* do 21 4pOQ Tenn 6’s ’OO 02# 226 Illinois Oen R 70# 100 Gambl’d PrefbOO 21 100 do s3O 70 35 Pac M 8 Co 03# 3'o Mich SAN I GtUr 40 -. 160 do 23# 60 y do •’*- IW 40 60 do s6O 02# 100 do ' sOO 48# 150 do b3O 93# 6 Panama R \ 118— 60 do . 03 20 Otev A PittebgH 0# 60 Pennsylvania Co 83 400 Gal tc Chicago R tfl#; 660 NY Cent R 85 160 do “tf 71# 160 do b3O 85 , 32# 100 do bOO 84# 100 Ohicafc Book ! R 69# 260 Hud»on River R 34# 60 do 'llO 69#, 100 do b6O 31# 100 do D6OIO# J6O Harlem Ed b6O 18# 150 - do b6O 50# ICO,' do , 13# 100 d» , MO^Ofe, . AbAkb.—Thu market Sxlrra f&r pots Pearly have advanced.to 56.00. ■ Cpvr'ok.-'-Tbe market is dull this mornißgL b*t a kood.biisioess was done yesterday afternoon, the sales reaching 2,500 bales, at our prices. v Floub, Aq.—The market is again bettor for the loy grades of State and Western flour; the demand ismalnly speculative Good State flour is found to be In small xtook. and is more saleable. \ The sales are 0.600 bbls, at $4.8004 66 fqr superfine State; 35 1005.40 for extra do; 35.6c06.65 tor "hip ping brands of roumJ-hoop extra Ohio; $570®7 for trtde brands do; $6,60©7 75 for extra Genesee,'-and $5.6&0>8 60 for St. Louis brands. Canadian Flour is scarce, and Is better; sales small at $6.6000.60. Southern Fleur arrives freely bat the bulk of that to hand to-day is of oholee quality, and is already sold; the sates are 1,000 bbls. atfi.76tt6.4o tor mixed to good brands superfine StUiraore, et>s $5.6507.40 for fancy and extra brands Bye Flour ant Corn Meal are quiet. . 1 Naval Stores. —Spirits Turpentine Is 'toady and la moderate request; sales of 100bbls, t> arrive, at 490, ; and 800 do, in merchiinfablo order, at 49#c, cash. Crude is inquired for at $8.62#, but holders are firm ai $3.75 280 He. ! Common Rosin Is in livelv request, and prices bav4 further advanced: sales of 168 bbls at $1 67# & 810 lbs, delivered by lighter. 2,600 do $1.60, and 600 do at $1.82# 210 lbs, delivered from yard, now held higher. o»i.b —Linseed Is in great demand, and prices have advanced le galloo, without leading, however, to large transactions; sales of 20.000 gallons have been made at 64066 c, in otske and bbls, Other .kinds are quiet and steady. In Cotton Seed, sales of 2,000 gal lons pritoo white winter bleached have beeh made at 90c, cash Sbedb —Calcutta Linseed is active and firm, further sales of 8,000 bags htive been effected in Boston at $1.67#, cash. A White*Heiress Elopes with a Negro* The Detroit Free Preeb of Thursday tells of a singular elopement in that vicinity on Saturday : A young girl named Sarah udson, whole father lives on a fine property amilo or two from Pontiao, eloped on Saturday and oame to Detroit. The partner of her night was a black man, whq has been in the employment of her father for some time in the oapaoity of farm bond. Tho first inti* mation that the father had of the intention of the parties was conveyed by the fact of their flight They immediately oroesed oVor to Windsor, upon reaohlDg’thia city, fully sensible that they never oould accomplish their unnatural designs on this side, as no offioial or clergyman oould have been found who would have so far transgressed the bounds of deoenoy as to unite the oouple, the ap pearance of tbo girl being eaoh ns would forbid the union lh the mind of any sensible man, to say nothing of the law lh the oase. Some indi vidual was found in Canada who performed the ceremony, however, nnd the two were made one, They are now In Windsor, enjoying the swools of tho honeymoon The brother of tbo girl oame on tbenext flay, arriving hero on Sunday, and, ascertaining their whereabouts, wont to her and implored her to re turn. She was contented, however—loved her obony half—was happy in his arms, and couldn’t think of going baok. Tho emotionsof a brother at suoh a sight can better be Imagined than described. Some men would have blotted out their disgraoo with a single blow, but be bad boon taoght tbqt It was no Bin against God or man that his young sister should ropoao in the embrace of a negro, and at tho came time oalmly look him in the face snd say that sho was oontented. He wont home, os he hnd come, alone. The girl is about eighteen years old. The family are said to have occupied a position In society whioh was flrst*olass, and the blow is, poijse n, a terribloone. Tho father IS r!ob, Md an heiress, whioh makes it very nice far the African of her ohoioo. The mattorhas oauted an intense exoitement in tho neighborhood where tho parties aro well known, the girl having been bern and brought up where her parents reside.' It is dtffioult to imagine any train of olroumstanpes by which a young and intelligent girl oould he brought to form a connexion so repugnant to ell the Benses; yet, the foot exists, A more com plete retribution for the orime of fanaticism wo never beard of. The least we can wish Is. that the father, undoubtedly well oured of his beliefs by this time, may be able to save bis young daugh ter from tbe terrible future whioh now opons to her.! [From the ETollidaysbarg Standard ] The village of Fostoria, this county, was tho scene of one of the most appalling calamities, on Friday morning last, it has ever been our lot to record. Mr. Louis Bender, a tanner, went to his work as usual, on the morningof the 17th, leaving his wife and three small children at home. Tho mother went to the stable to milk her cows, leav ving tbe childron by themselves. Tbo ohlldren, as is supposed, sot fire to a box of shavings, wbioh was placed beside the stove. The doors and win dows were all shut and fastened. Every posslblo effort was made to rescue the children from their horrible situation, but without avail—they wore literally roasted alive. The soene was one wbioh baffies description. The oldest child, a boy, waß five years old; the second, a little girl, three years old; tho third, a small babe, three months old. ' Tho oharred remains of the ohildron were recovered after the house was burned down. They were all burned Into a hard, shapeless crisp. The legs and arms of tho little sufferers were en* tlrely consumed, and nothing remained but part of their bodies! The oharred and blaokened re mains were burled immediately after tho fire. The parents aro almost distracted, and it is feared that the mother will lose her reasbn altogether. She has not tasted food sluoe. A Letter from Madrid says We have received news of a terrible oatastrophe. The rich load mines of Linares,'belonging to the State, have fallen in, and, it is said, buried in their ruins more than 70 minors, of whom upwards of 30 bavo boon taken out dead. Tho falling in of) the earth is attributed to tho oxceesivo rain for, somo days past. Mr. D. K. Mcßae has been selected as the orator of the Literary Sooieties of tho University of North Carolina for next commencement. A night mail train to Now Yovk, over tho now route from Boston, 1b reoommondod by busi ness men in Providence. SECOND BOAitD. Appalling Calamity. THE LATEST NEWS BY TELEGBAPH. THREE DAYS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. [BT OTBRL4N9 MAIL ] PROGRESS OF THE PRESIDENT’S MKB9AGE, Crime at Han Francisco. Attempted Suicide of an Injured Husband* IJVMAJ*' J>ISITVRnJU\'CEB' Sr. I/01718, Jan, 7.—The,overland mail, with San Franolsco advices to the ISth ult, three days later than the dates previously received, has arrived. Governor Weller, of California, bes offered a reward of $l,OOO for the arrest and coovlotion of any parties engaged la the Ist) riot at Los Angeles and Columbia. 1 A man by the phme of Ward detected A R. Molony, State Comptroller, in criminal intercourse with bis wife. Warn shot at his wife, and thinking he had killed her, attempted suicide, inflicting a dangorons wound. Melony is a married roan, fifty years of age, and has a-large family, including grown-up childron. The California press demands his resignation. Dr O’Dowd has committed saicido in consequence of having administered an overdose of opium to a young man named Bradley, produciog death. The French stoop ef-war Eurydice has arrived from the Sandwich Islands. The news is unimportant The weather at San Francisoo was colder than ever koown before. . , Business at Fan Francisco was quiet. The only ves sels reported as haring arrived there are the ship God frey, from New York, and tho Bi&ck Hawk from Liver pool. 1 ho passengers by the mail report that Mr. Pardeo, the express messenger, who started with tbe Presi dent’s message, wsb sick at El Paso The message was, however, sent forward at the express rate of two hun dred miles per day. . , ■ About' fifty persons were met returning from Gila river gold mines, being discouraged by the want of I water. vessels, with provisions for the miners and | Government, had left Pan Francisco for Fort Yuma: Three companies of dragoons had gone from Los An* geles to establish a post in the Navajo country, thro* hundred miles above Fort Tana, on the Colorado river. The Gamanche Indiana continaed to rob the m« 'Stations whenever an opportunity occurred. They and the employees of the malt company are virtually at war. The latter are building strong station-houses, which are to be provided, wlthfrom ten to twenty gone each. ' The Stockton and Kansas citr mall party had been turned back by the Navajo Indians, with threat* of massacre if they attempt to cross the .country again. THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, Second Session^ U. fi. Capitol, Wasdisqton, January 7, 1859. SENATE. < Being the private-calendar day, much routine bus! -nCss was transacted. , A Communication was received from the BecrM&ry of VNet cCbc'eming the report of the engineer’s bureau, relative .to the ground used for federal purposes in the harbor of New York. - - Mr. Skwird of New York, presented petitions from the State of Now York, in favor of the homestead and old soldiers bills. Also, a resolution, which was adopted, calling on the President, for all the recent correspon dence between the .British Government and the Ameri can minister at London,, touching the abuses of the American flag in connection with the African slave trade, especially in the oasoof the elaver Wande er. Mr. Wilbon, of Massachusetts, offered a resolution *{whioh was laid over) calling for fall details of the oon tracts made with Mr. Butterfield as mail contractor.. The bill giving new registers to the Canadian-built steamships America and Oaoada was passed. Mr. Harlan, of lowa, offered a resolution, which was .passed, calling for information relative to the number of ships and officers, and also of the pay, of the nary. Mr; Hauuohd, of South Carolina, presented the cre dentials of hla colleague, Mr. Ohesriut, as United fctales Senator from South Carolina till l£fo. The Senate agreed to take up the French spoliation bill by a vote of SO yeas to 23 nays. My. Datib, of Mississippi, was speaking againtt the bill, when he complained of being too sick to proceed. The Senate refused a motion to postpone the conside ration of the subject by a vote of 31 yeas to 80 nays; but in consequence of the sickness of Mr. Bavin, The paoiflo fiallroad bill was taken up. Mr. Shields, of Minnesota, spoke in favor of the northern route to Puget’s Sound, setting forth its ad vantages over all others. Mr. Boolittlb. of Wisconsin, moved an amendment, providing that a board of three engineers be appointed to surrey eaoh of the proposed routes, the northern, central/and southern, and report the capabilities and an estimate of the expense of each to the President be fore the next meeting of Congress. A new feature in his amendment is, that it also provides that the alter nate sections of land along the route shall be open, un der the homestead law to actual settlers Mr. TabafluLL, of Illinois, in speaking nominally on the Paciflo Railroad question, replied to the speech of Mr. Iverson made yesterday. Be noticed Mr. Iver son’s alluslonto the Illinois eleotion. He denied the claim of the modern Democracy to that honored title, considering them the mere survivors of p'ostrate Whig gery. He vent into a Ustory of-the rise and progress of the Hepoblican party, and agreed , with the Senator from Georgia, that it vould goon progressing till it ob tained power: and itwoald administer it In accord ance with the true principles of the Constitution. Without taking action on the bill, On motion of Mr. Slidell, of Louisiana, the Senate over till Monday, in commemoration of the battle of New Orleans. HOUBB OF REPRESENTATIVES, Mr. Blair, of Missouri, introduced a bill to est&blitb an tseajr office in Bt Louis. Mr. Stkpjjkbs, of Georgia, announced, in response to many Inquiries, that the Oregon bill was on his dsa*, and ha waa ready to report It the first time the Com mittee on Territories shall be oalled apon by the Speaker. Ho will then request that immediate action be taken on the bill, and trusts it will be reached by Tuesday next. ’. Mr. WAsbbuaxk, of Illinois, wished to know whether the .gentleman.from. Georgia (Mr. Stephens) would floss the passage of the bill without discussion. ■Mr. Stephens replied that he wa? willing the debate ’'shall contloue as long as the House may desire. Yar.ons bills of a private character were reported. Among them was one by Mr.- Hopkins, of Virginia, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for the relief of the owners, officers, and crew of the brig General Mr. PusLPS, of Missouri, from the Oomtnittee of -'Ways and Means, reported a bill making appropriations for fortificAtioDßi. i ' Mr. Josig, of Tennessee, offered a resolution calliof on the Sehretiijr of the Interior to report under whs > law and by what authority the advisory board of agri culture to the Patent Offico was assembled, -the manner in which the delegdtes were appointed, and from what fond they .were paid. Metsrs. flbtinES, of Indians, and Stephens, of Geor gia, severally gave their understAnding of the subject, supposing thst the delegates were assembled under the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, {75,000 having heretofore been appropriated for the collection ofagricuHurat statistics. Mr. Jones, tf Tennessee, said tba>, ir it was right and proper that su;h conventions should be orntinned, Con gress ought to take the responeib lity of providing how they should be called, the number of delegates, and the amount of. compensation. •’The resolution was passed The House then went into committee on private bills, Mr. Colfax, of Indiana, in the chair. Bleven private bills were passed. The Bpeaker laid before the House a message from the President, giving the reasons why, on the last day of the former session, he did not sign the joint resolu tion lessening the time for carrying the mail from Bt. Joseph's to California. The message states that the Postmaster General already bad a aisbretionary power in the premises; the contractors themselves nadpro posed to shorten the time, and on a subsequent examina tion it was found that a proposition was pending to carry the said malls for $47,000 loss than was authorized by th&tresolution. Adjourned. From Washington. Wibhihoton. Jan. 7 —The Patent Office bos iaiued a patent or David E. Hughes, of New York, assignor te the Aroer'oan Telegraph Compaoy, feran improvement in electro-magnetic telegraphing Prominent citrons of Washington, Rod other persona occupying high public poaltiona from different sections of the country, have determined to offer tho British Minister and Lady Napier a grand complimentary ball in Februarjr. The Secretary of War in response to tho inquiry of the Senate,has enclosed a letter from the Topographical Engineers Bureau, stating that there !a no laud in the immediate vicinity of the city of New York which can be appropriated for the use of the revenue department hut the extent of the publio domain at Bandy Hook might, perhaps, admit of a portion of the south end of the neck for such purposes. The correspondence between the British Government and Mr. Dallas, to-day called for by Mr. Bewatd’a reso lution ia tho Senate, will, it is said, If furnished, ex bibit Startling facta in regard to the continued abuso of the American flog to cover the slave trade, and show that the yeoht Wanderer played a prominent partin that traffic on the African coast. Mr. Douglas has acjepted the invitation to partake of a publio Sinner in Baltimore, at which every county la the BUte will be represented. It will take place at such time as will suit his convenience. Tho Benate hu re-elected Professor Baebo and ex- Senator Badger Regents of the Smithsonian la tttute. The nomination of Charles L. Weller, m p -atmaeter at Ban Praaoifloo, belog before the Senate for coofirma tlon for tbe second term, a pamphlet has been circu lated among the Senators, ohargiog him with viola tions of the law, Ac . arising out of his controversy with the Penny Post Compear of that city. The Post Office Committee baa the matter under consideration H. J. Graham, the delegate appointed to urge the organisation of a Territorial Government for Oolona, has arrived here. Senator Davis, of Mississippi, laboring from indispo sition, was obliged to retire from tho Sonate chamber to-day So oonseqnenoe. United States Supreme Court. Washington, Jan *i —No. 280. Bobert lUinsey ot al. tb John W. Bacon. Error to the Circuit Court of the Northern district of Illinois. Cause docketed, and dismissed with costs. No 85. The United States vs. John A. Sutter. Ar gument concluded for appellants. No. 30. McKinley, Gnrrioch, Sc Co., vs. William Merrisb, master and claimant of ship Pons Aelii. Ar gument commenced for appellants, and continued Tor appellee. Territorial Allaire. WiBHiNUTOS, Jan. 7.—This morning the House Com mittee on Territories decided to report the bills for organising the Territorial Governments of Arizona and Dakotah, and against the proposedbill rorthe Territoiv of Oolona. Kansas Allaire. THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE —MEASURES TO REPEL INVASION. St. Loots, Jan. 7.—Governor Stewart submitted a message to the Senate yestO'day. reciting tho recent depredations committed ou our citizens of the border counties by the Kansas banditti under Montgomery and Brown. A bill was imtdedlatoly reported authorizing tho Go vernor to call out volunteers to protect persons nnd property, and repel Invasion. The bill appropriates $30,000 for that purpose. It will probably be passed to-day. Detention of the Dnstern Steamers. Nrw York, Jan. 7,—None of tha Eastern steamboats had arrived at noon. The weather is foggy. Loss of the Brig Kate Anderson, of Bath, Maine. Cjuhlsstoh, Jan. 7 —The schoonfr British Queen, from Nasiau, repoits the loss of the brig Sate Ander son, from Bath, Maine, on Berry Island, on the 4th uit. Her crew were saved, and lied arrived at Nassau. The Kate Anderson was from Charleston, bound to New Orleans. Marine Disaster—Mutiny ou Shipboard. Himptok Roms, Jan 7.—The ship Flying Dragon has gone ashore on the Horse Shoe Shoal, near Old Point Comfort. The crew has mutinied, and the United States marshal has gone down to secure the matinoers. Fire at St. Louis. St. Louts, Jan, 7.—A fire broke out this morning in 8. Msyberg’s hat store, on Broadway, which extended to two or three adjoining buildings, and causing con siderable damage to them. ' The loss amounted to $25,-. 000, fully covered by insurance. Markets by Telegraph. Balt mors, Jan. 7 --Flour Is &othre; sales of 2,500 bbls at 6O. Wheat ia unchanged: sales of 6,000 bus at $1 £6®1.60.’ Corn is in light receipt; sales oi 4,000 bus at 71®730 for yellow, and 68®700 for white. Provisions are unchanged, and there are no sales worth reporting.* Whiskey—The market is Im proving; Ohio ie quoted at and city at 24c. New Orlkaks, Jan. 6 —Sales of Cotton. to-day, 4,000 bales. Thu advices by the Noith American have caused less firmness, bnt quotations are without quota ble change. f HAn'.KSTON", Jon 7 —Sales of Cotton tc-day 2,000 •baU'«i; quotations nre u difingod Sa\ anxau Jau 7.—Cotton-sales to-day 600 ba’es at former quotations. Cincinnati , Jan. 7 —Floor' unchanged; sales at s4.7fic and 4.86. Whiskey ia firm at Hogd dull and’lowor; sales of4oo at fßtfro 40; tho receipts tc -Lit amounted to 1,000 hog*. Mona Pork If quoted at $16.75 hard is firm at 110 Bacon, balk sides, sales ol 60,000 lbs at 7Xo. Indiana Legislature" '-message of Gov. Willard, iNDtANAt’OLis, Jan. 7.— The annual message of Qot. Willard was sent in to the Legislature this afternoon Ho reoommend* the erection of Btiitable buildings f t the use of State officers, the Judges of the Supreme Court..and the depository of the State records. He says . thsttne revenues of the Wabash sad Erie Canal have j greatly diminished, and fears that tln-y will prove in- j adequate to beep the canal iu repa'r; that the bond- j holders are unwilling to sustain the work by any other I means than those derived from the revenues, naif of 1 the entire debt of the State bai been invested in the work itself, besides SaOO.OOO for Its coapletion The bondholders have informed the BoArd of Trustees of thoir determination t 6 clo£? the canal and abandon the work whenever the revenues p*ove Inalequate The Goie-nor calls the attention of the Legislature | to the necessity for increasing the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court, and also the amount given to the Governor. He sajs the laws of the Blat* in regard to the qualifications of voters and election officers are inadequate, and tfcat a law sbou’d ce passed iofllctiog severe penalties cn election officers who decline to re -04 ve legal or almit illegal Vofcs He also recommend* that ai appropriation be made frr the enlargement of the Insane Asylum. Message of the Governor of Maine. Augusta. Me , Jan. 7.—Governor Morrill, in his message delivered ti the Legislature to day, adverts to the financial condition of tho State, nud says it de mands the raofet exact economy in the public service The expenditures have been constantly augmenting until the ordinary receip's are behind the annual de mands, and the annual expenditure now averages $164.- 000 over the annual average of ten jfara ago. This increase is attributable to the wise cd liberal policy for the promotion of education, agriculture, &c.. hut there is still great vigilance and watchfulness needed The receipts of the year are' est s mated at $368,000 The Governor urges a large reduction in the legislative expenses, and recommends biennial sessions. Re then speaks of the needs of the agr'Cultural io- torost, and the capacities of settling lands. 1 He recommends a State Normal hebool, and also a renewal of .the authority to the laud agent? to'grant leimlta to out timber on the public lands. He refers o an offifllaHavestlgatlon of the alleged frauds in the reent election at the Mad&wask* settlements, and sug gests additional legislation to preserve the purity of the billot box. He closes unon the subject <-f Federal re lations, and says that State right* should be vigilantly guarded. He regards the new policy of the Federal Government upon the slavery question as injurious to the rights of the free States, and calls upon tho Legis lature and people to malnta’n their resistance to the extension of slavery. The Wreck of the Susau, Savannah, Jan. 7.—'The Mobile papers of Wednes day have been received. The Mercury of Monday con tains a loop account of the wreck of the Susan, written by Oapt. Maury. All the passengers have returned. The Gardener’s Monthly—Central Park. We have upon ouf table tho.first camber of The \ Gardener's Monthly , edited by Mr. Thomas Mee- , han, the able horticulturist. It is a quarto of six teen pages, handsomely printed, and filled with valuablo matter. The publication office is at No. 23 North Sixth street, and tho terms of subscrip tion are one dollar a year. Wo transfer to our oolumns part of tho sketoh of tho now park now being laid out in New York. An engraved plan of tho park acoompanicstbe artiolo : Central Park, New York —The great work oF the ago is tbo Central Park of Now York. In an other yoar it will be thrown opou to the people It will stand for ages a memorial of the sagacity, taste, and energy of the men who have built up that city and made it tho metropolis of onr coun try. The men who have spont years of toil in their devotion to this publio pleasure ground have thoir reward in (he consciousness of having con ferred great and lasting benefits on the toiling millions of the oity. Thousands will visit this beautiful orcationof nature and art; and, while enjoying the beautiful sccnos spread out before them, will feel the prideof ownership in it, though no other foot of God’s earth be theirs. Little chil dren in their gambols, and age, resting undorthe well-shaded walks, will bless the memory of tho men to whom they are indebted for so much rational enjoyment. It is now more than seven years slnoe the first offioial steps were taken to provido a park for New York. On the &th day of April, 1851, Ambrose C. Kingiland, tho Mayor of the oity, in a speoial message to the'Board of Aldermen, urged the ne cessity of scouring au amplo area of ground for i the purposes of publio roore&tion. Mr. A. J* i Downing followed this up by an able article in his magazine, The Horticulturist , deploring the fact that Now York, and American cities generally, i were voluntarily and ignorantly living in a state of oomplote forgetfulness of Nature nndfher inno cent recreations. Ho referred to the manner in which the population of the cities in France and Germany pass their afternoons and evenings toge ther in beautiful parks and gardens, and pointod out the importance of the social influences of such places in elevating the tustos of the masses of the people. Tho municipal bodies of tho oity seconded tho views of the Mayor, and at once procured tho no oe3sary legislation. On tho 11th of July, 1851, an act of Assembly authorized the oity to take a tract of land on tho East River for a park. This tract is known as ‘'Jones’ Woods.” Subsequently a more oentr&l situation was preferred, and the Le gislature passed, on the 23d of July, 1853, an act for taking tho ground now known as Central Park. Under this act five commissioners of estimate and assessment were appointed to assess the value of the lands taken for tho park, and to assess the owners of the adjoining lands for tho benefit they would derive from the improvement. These com missioners were appointed in November, 1853, and two years wore occupied in the task impo sed on them. Thoir report was oonfirmed by Judge Harris, of the Supremo Court, on the sth of February, 1850. Tho lands taken for the Park extend from Fifty-ninth street to Ono Hundred and Sixth street, lying between the Fifth and Eighth avenues. Tho lower line is about five miles from the Battery, and the upper lino about the same distance’from the upper end. of the island. The Patk will-bo about two miles and u half in length, and over half a mile in widthi Seven hundred and seventy-six sores of land aro embracod .within these limits; Seven thousand five hundred and twenty city lots were taken, and their v&luo assessed at five millions one hundred and eleven thoosand four hundred and.twenty-sU; dollars and thirty cents . About ten acres belong ing to the State, upon which tho arsenal stands, were subsequently purchased by the oity for three hundred thousand dollars. In tho centre of this area stands the Croton reservoir, cover ing thirty-throo aorcs, and tho grounds reserved for tho now rescryoir, covering ouo hundred and seven aorcs. Tho cost of surveys and other inci dental expenses up to tho ditto of the confirmation of tho report of tho commissioners amouuted to about $58,000 The amount assessed on property owners in tho vicinity of tho Park, lor benefit re ceived, is $1,000,000. Tbelaw of 1850, for tho re gulation and government of the Park, provided that no plan for the laying out of tho grounds should be adopted, of which tho ontiro expenso, when funded, should requiro for the payment of the annual interest a greater sum than one hun dred thousand dollars per annum. The entire cost of this Park will be as follows: Cost of 770 acres. • •'!s£•/! *•••. ...$5,111,425 3 Cost of 10 acres, subsequently pur chased Surveys and other expenses Amount appropriated for improve- Total amount already appropriated..s6 969,426 30 Id the above statement is not included the value of tho thirty-threo aores occupied by the Croton reservoir, which belonged to the oity/and wbioh will probably iacrcaco the amount to seven and a half millions of dollars, and it is thought by some that, before the entire plan is oarrled out, it will cost ten milliojis of dollars. Truly this may be oailed a gigantic undertaking. The surface of the ground embraced within tho Park is much broken by rocky hills, and at pre sent presents a rugged aspeot. The npper portion is tho most elevated, presenting some grand' views of the surrounding oountry. Thoro are many fine trees interspersed over the ground. The commissioners appointed to lay out tho grounds offerod the following sums for designs : For the first •.*•....52,000 For the second ...... 1,000 For tho third 750 For the fourth 500 Topographical plans were furnished to all ap plicants On tho Ist of Maroh, 1853, the plans were opened by the commissioners. There were thirty-throe competitors. The design of Calvert Vnux and Frcderiok Law Olmsted obtained tho first prominm, and the work of improvement is now in active progress under the superintendence oftheso skilful gentlemen. From two to three thousand men are employed on the work, blasting rooks, making roads and walks, and oonstruoting the new reservoir, whieh is to be made to present the appearance of a beau tiful lake of irregular shape, and enoiroled by a drive of moro than a mile in length. A parade ground of fifty aores has been sot apart for the use of the military, and provision made for play frouods; also, »flower-garden, skating-ponds, &o. a the uppor portion an arboreum will be formed. Immonso numbers of trees are under cultivation in bods, Teady to bo set out in their appropriate places. A substantial stone wall encloses the whole park. Messrs. Vaux and Olmsted hare tho heads to understand, and the hearts to approointe, tho great work upon whioh thoyare engaged, and they are rapidly pushing forward tho improvement of the ground. When completed, it will be thoobief point of attraction in the city, and thousands of strangers will be attracted to -that great mart of commerce to enjoy the pleasure of a drive or stroll through this splendid public pleasure ground. Before closing this artiole, we would seize tho opportunity of expressing our gratification that the corporation of tho oity of Philadelphia has at length taken the initiatory steps towards the im provement of the Fairmount Park, which em braces within its present limits about one hundred and thirty acres. The tenants have been ordered off, and It has been placed under the care of a su perintendent, and tho Committee on City Property aro advertising for a plan or plans for its im provement. We annex a copy of it, and com mend it to the attention of our many able land scape gardeners and rural architects. Notice. —Plans for the improvement of Fair mount Park, Philadelphia, (Lemon Hill and Sedgoly estates,) are horoby invited, uuder tho authority of an ordinance of tho City Counoils. A premium of $5OO will be awarded to the author of the plan which ia selected, and 5250 will be paid to the author of tho plan next in excellence. Every plan must be accompanied by an estimate, and must bo sont to this offioo on or before Febru ary 15, 1859. The selection will be made by tho Committee on City Property. Those who desire to oompeto aro invited to oall at this offioe, whore further information will bo furnished. J. M CnnißTonunß, Commissioner City Property. Hot Bbicks. —Tho danger of taking hot bricks for bedfollows was illustrated in a town near Albany, a few nights since, when two^ young ladies wrapped ono in doth to toast thoir feet with in tho font of the bed. They woko up in tho night nearly suffooated, and found tho bed on fire, the brick having burnt through five quilts, por tions of tho skirts lying upon tho foot of the bed, a holo in the mattress, a portion of a nightgown upon ono of the ladies, and discolored their feot with smoko. The sudject of a city charter for tho village of Saratoga Springs, Now York, is agitated in that beautiful and populous town. Sudden Deatii.— Mr. Franklin B. Nimocks, sged 35 yoars. died mddcnly yeatcrlay morning, at his residence. in Fourth street, below Wharton. Be hrd been in the enjovineut of apparent good health up to the moment ot bis death, and it Is supposed that his death was caused by disease of the hearc The charac ter of tho debased in spoken of in the highest terms by thefio who kner lil-r. host, nnd his low will bo deoply lamented hy his family and ntimeious triends. Mr Ni- • mocks was a native of JofiViAon county, N h. wli're ■ his Dither now le/ules Uo mu t to the Mexican war with tho En'timore battalion, and did his country pond service at the btttlw ot Monterey, lie wan then ap pointed Aflfdf-ln.t Adjutant General, and while them ray , was at Tampico ho was acting Adjutant General. After ; the war Mr. N. held a position in the array paymaster’s offi«p, in Texts Recently he was clerk for Onpt. Day, navy agent, and at the ttuie of bis death ho wm cbiof . book-keeper in the offioe of the Oity Treasurer. THE CITY. AMU9SMXNT3 THIS BVBNIHG, Musical Pond Hall —“ Gustav Sattet’/jlast Con cert.” Mas. D p bovsrs’ Walkct-btabr* Tuaatra.— <{ The Honey Moon “ The Drunfcard.” WHAITI.KT as OLAAKN’S AROH-BTRAR* THAATAW “ Our American Oott«in”*~ <{ The Dumb Man of Man* ©heater; or, Tbo Felon Heir ” National Oirgob Lent’s Circus Company.”— it Kqu«etrUn, Gymnastic, and Aorobatio feats.” Sanford’s Opera Hoosh.—Ethiopian Entertain' moots. i Assembly Boildihos.—signor Blits. Alleged Gamblers Held to. Answer.—" Oar readers will doubtless remember the ease of Mr. George Peterman, who was convicted on the charge of forging checks ou Mr. Bolomon Lukens and obtaining the money frern tbe Kensington Bank. Much interest was manifested at the time'of the trial, .aad many of our citizens warmly sympathised with Peterman, who had been ruined, ae is allegedly the sharpers who frequent our gambling laloons. and by his intense passion for gambling was led to tbe commission or the crime which resulted in his conviction. Beve'ai of the alleged proprlr tors of saloons, answering to the followir g names, were before Recorder Rneu, oft ThurFday eve? ing: Zacbariah and William Robins. No. 1021 Chestnut street: Jampg Kelly. Sansom street, near Kigbth ; Robait Har»ey, Thirdand Brown streets; -'ltliam BevAo, conneited with Robins; William Waley, Fourth street. near Library; Charles M*nn, Fanaora street near Eighth; and—— Cooper,. Ninth street, abovp Chestnut, were charged with keeping gambling bouses. Mr Peterman was brought up from prison to testify, and gavp the following evidence: “ I am a Philadel phlan, and since 1823 have lived at Second and Poplar streets; I have;visited numerous gaming houses in the ’ast's’X years; very often In the last few mouths; I have been to Zacbariah Bobbins 1 place, 1021 Chestnut street, ahd seen tbe game offaro p’ayed there; William Bevans Is said to be connected with Mr Bobbins; I have Feen him dealing; I have also been toWm. Wa ley’s place, Fourth street, sear Library; John Baker.is said to be his.partoor; I ha# played there; atfaro re cently ] also to James Kelly’s house, in Bansom street, near Eighth; I played there eight or ten days befero ray arrest; did not Use more than fifty dollars there; Mr. Kelly was there when I played ; Chae. Mann’s place is opposite Kelly’s ; it is the only place in Philadelphia I won sny money; I was there a month before my ar rest ; Mr. Mann dealt when I played; I won $3OO, and tavepurtof it to my family; I was at Wm. Robbins’ pltce. Chestnut street, near Tenth; saw different deal ers there; Mr. Robbins paid me some money when I wo - it; I also visited a bouse in Ninth street, above Chestnut, Cooper 4* Fricker’a place; eaw Mr. Cooper there dealing faro; Ineveraaw Pricker dealing; know nothing, of my ownknowledge,of him; I visited a sma 1 1 place at Third and Brown streets, kept by Robert Har yey, and saw faro played there. ** After his examination by District Attorney ' Mann, the testimony for the Commonwealth closed, and the paities were held in tbe sum ot $5OO to answer. Robbery of a Medical Student.—A stu dent of Jefferson College arrived in our city a few wi*oks since, bringing with him the nice little sum of $l,lOO, which was intended a* an appropriate sum to meot his expense* daring the winter, and see him through with the title of M. D attached to Perkins. The übove amount hid dwindled down to $503, which remaln 9 .d in the Western Bavings Fund. On Thursday night last, Perkins with some half dozen boon compan ions, starred out with the intention of having a good time They were a-oompaoled by a roan wbo repre sented himself as astadeotalso, a d called bipiselfn. S O. Boyd. They became oblivious to tbiogs terres trial long before the night was Fpent, and yesterday mo-nlng. when Perkins woke.to consciousness, he dis- covered, for the first Urae. that hie bank book, in which sso3 were entered to his credit, had been tskeu from his pocket*. He immediately started-for the ’Western Sav lugs Fund, to notify the officers of his loss, and was surprised ti find, on his arrival at that institution, that a person had called, a short time before, wlih the book, anditited that he was the Ur. Perkins who had an account there, and that he wanted a check on the Bank of North America. The officers, supposing it to he all right, gave the desired check, and tae man left After being apprised of this, Perkins proceeded to the Cen tral Station, and entered complaint. Officers Franklin and Hamilton, accompanied by Perkins, proceeded to the Bank of North America, and ss they neared the j bmk, Boyd, who was standing on the steps, recognised I Perkns with the officers, and started on a run, throw* I ing the oheck down on the pavement. The officers, I after ehaslrg him through several in captaring the wouid-be student, H. 8. 0. Boyd, and i took him before Alderman Beitler, who held him to | answer. Female Association of Philadelphia.— Am*ng the many benevolent and praiseworthy societies of oar city, perhaps none can lay higher claims to excellency than the above. The mission to which this society has particularly devoted its energies is the fur nishing of clothing to the sick and infirm poor of onr city, and from the 20th annual report of the shore asso ciation we glean the following interesting facts: The mm of rooßer received by them daring the past reason amounted to $89610, $409.04 of which were used for purchasing dry goods, and $270.75 expended for sewing. They received the following donations: 2 pieces sattl netta, 60 yds gingham, 14 prs of gaiters, 7 hoods, 34 lbs of scap, 3 pieces of cotton flannel, 1 dot pairs half here, 12 prs of woollen sleeves. 14 lbs of candles, and a variety of smaller donations. Burin? the year 1865, garments were made and distributed This society has been ma terially assisted in its labors by the co-operation of the Tenth Ward Relief Committee, and many of the worthy poor of our city have been furnished, through the latter medium, with employment. The officers of the associ ation are Hannah Miller, President, Elizabeth Jentins, Treasurer, and Anna Wharton, Secretary, who .reside respectively at 315 N. Eleventh street. 037 Fr&nkUd street, and 336 Spruce street. Any dona'ions stnt to , either of the above residences will be gratefully re ceived and appropriately distributed. Robberies.— A dwelling house, No. 622 Green street, was entered early yesterday morning, by prying open the back window-shutter, and robbed of weariog apparel to the valae of one hundred dollars. The office of Ooroner Fenner, situated in Walnut street, below Fifth, was entered an Thursday night, and robbed of hats, oosts, &0., belongirgto the coroner and hia clerk, Mr. John M. Foster. The stolen arti cles are valued at fifty dollars. Excellent Appointment.— Mr. Hiram Mil ler, who, for a number of years, acted os conductor on the Reading Kailrcad, has been appointed general re ceiving clerk by the company. Mr M. has many friends, who will be glad to hear of his appsintment. though they will regret the lose of so courteous and efficient a conductor, who has won the esteem of all with whom heotme iu contact. Donations.—-If tiio treasnrors of the Southi wark. Moyamensiog, Western. Northern, Kensington, and Green-street soup societies will call op in Mr! Thomas T. Mason, at No. 434 Market street, they will be foroished with five dollars each, to be appropriated to the above societies. ; Sudden Death.—An elderly lady, named Mrs. Mercer, a well-knewn resident of.Routhwark. fell dead yesterday morning, white in the act or walking'' serosa the flour of her chamber. She had been com plaining for a long time, and had reached a good old age * Fluid Lamp Explosion.— An alarm of fire was Caustd (n West Philadelphia last evening, at the feeidence of Mrs Franks, in Oak street below Park, by the explosion of a fluid lamp. Mrs. F was engaged in filling tho lamp while burning, when it exploded, burn ing her seriously. Found Dead -A man, named B. Singer sod, wab found dead In bUbed yesteriay morning, at his residence, No. 2031 Oallowbilt street, lorooer Fenner held au inquest on the body and rendered a ver dict iu accordance with the fact*. Liberal Donation. The I. O. S. 3f. will, ihls morainr, distribute fire tboumad ticket?, for as many loares of bread, to the different aonp aocletlee of thlfl city. THE COURTS YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. 300,000 00 58 000 00 [Reported for The Press.] Supreme Court—Chief Justice Lowile, and Juft'c-s Woodward, Btrosg, and Read.—Scott's appeal (Landis vs Bc< tt) Error to the Court of Oomtnoa Pleas of Philadelphia couoty by Sa-d. H, Per kins for the appellant, and by E. Spencer Miller for the appellees. The argument in the case of Miller’s appeal was con tinued yesterday morning by Ardrew Miller tor the ap pellant, and by B Johnson, J. Wagner Jermoa, and Wm A. Porter, for the appellees. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex-relatione J M Gosline vs S. B. Starke, Kpq , sheriff of Luzerne eouotf. This case was brought*np to the Supreme, Court on a Aaieaj corpus issued by the Prothonottry' of theBapreme Court for the Eastern district of Peon sylvania. It la alloged that the relator in the ease is indebted to a number of gentlemen in the -ity of New York to a very heavy amount. His creditors in said oity made affidavits that the defendant bought a quan tity of goods of them, consisting of mittens, gloves, and drygoods, and that he made falfe representations to them as to his ability to pay for the same The relator resides in tbs borough of Eyde Park, in Luzerne coun ty, and carries on hi* business in that place. A war rant of arrest was issued on the affidavits of his credi tors. who stated that the relator had ooacealed his goods to keep them from his cretitors, and he was ar rested by the sheriff of Luzerne county acd locked up iu prison Gosline then asked for a writ of habeas corpus against the sheriff to show cause why he shonld not bo discharged from custody. Yesterday morning the ease was argued by counsel for tho discharge of the relator. Afh-r hearing, the prisoner wav discharged on biß rpcngnizaoco to appear on tho second Monday of March next, nud abide, &0., as per recogoizaoce of record. The furthor hearing of the ca»e is adjourned until that day at the city of Philadelphia. Nisi Prius—Justice Thompson.—Emma M. Kenyon vs Mary Ashbridge —Before reported. This caso was a feigacd issue to try the validity of a will, or as to who wm the proper heirs of Captain’ Kenyon, and whether the captain's brain was affee'ed by a tumor upon his forehead, which caused apoplexy. Th'fl morning tho jury in tho case returned a verdict for the p’alntiffas follows: That Emma M. Keuyon is the heir at law, and that Captain Kepyor* was not ceropos mentis when he made the will dated August < th, A. D. 1833. and codicil dated August 12tb, A. D. 1833, and assess damages at $250 per annum next, from six years previous to suit, and up to this time, amount.Dg to tho aura of si.t2s. Benton and Bro in for plaintiff; Fat lon and Btrrill for defendant.. Daniel R. Grove vs. William Hughes. An action to recover damages for an alleged breach of contmit. It is alleged that the defendant sold the plaintiff the good will and fixtures of a general furnishing nadeit.aking establishment, and sgreod not to enter into that busi ness again; and the defendant also agreed to recotn meud the plaintiff to h a (the defendant’s) customers, aad in that way obtain him a large amount of buaine.s. The plaintiff alleges that the de/endant afterwards en tered i< ti the business, aud constquently violated the conditions of tbe contract, by mtaus of which a large amount of his (the plaintiff’s business) was taken aw*y. On trial. Wharton, and F. O. Brewster, for plaintiff; Ouyler, for defendant. Orphans’ Court.— Judges Thompson and Ludlow.—The usual business of tbe Court was trans acted. 1,500,000 00 Quarter Sessions — Judge Allison.—Hugh Shannon was charged with an asiau’t and battery upon JaraeaGiipatrick a police ofiber. From the evidence, it appeared that Hugh went home and commenced to bre*k up the furniture. Uis wife called Gilpatrick to come aad arrest him The officer at first refused, but afterwarde neat iDto the house, and found Shannon in bed, and dragged-him out, when Shannon struck him in tho face. Tho officer admitted be had no warrant, nor did ho bear murder cried Judge Allison instructed tho jury that the officer was wrong to enter the house; ho was not warranted in m&kicg the arreßt, as he saw no breach of the peace; Shannon’s wife should have obtained a warrant for his arrest The judge instructod jury to render a ver dict of not guilty, whioh they did. The jndge then re- Srimanded Shannon, and he and his wife lelt the court ouse in company. Spencer Smith was charged with pacing a counterfeit $lO note.purpor ting to be issued by the Merchants’ Bank, of Newport, It. I. Smith e»ma into a tsvtro, at Sixth and Powell streets, aud purchased a bottle of cham pagne and a dozen fried oysters, and gave the bill in payment The defence alleged that a man came into a house in the neighborhood of the tavern, and gave Spencer the note to get the above articles lie ob talned the articles, and took them to the man, who gave him twen’y-five cents for his trouble. Tbo next day Spencer was arrested Mr Loughead asked the jury to render a verdict of not guilty, which theyd-J- William Oonway was acquitted or the larceny of a small quantity of money. The defendant had been convicted of a similar charge, and sentenced. Denuis Hownton wm cha-ged with keeping a disor derly house In Seventh st-eet, near Baker street. The officers alleged that the house was visited by blacks and whites, of both svxes, and wes very often disorderly and noisy. The defendant called numerous witnesses who testtßed th.t tho homo woo orlerlg, aid than iu no more noioo o', his houM than onj other holel in the ne'RhWhood. Jorjont. Dmlel Dougherty for do fondant. n United States District Court- Judge Cadwalader —The court was in season yesterday morniug, but aij .urned without transacting any busi ness of pablic importance. District Court —Judgo Snarswood.— Bnmicl Allen, F.kj , late Hhe*iff of the city and county ! of Philadelphia, to the ” flb of Thomai J. Meagher, vs. ! UaTid Arm°tro g An action on a replevin bond given j oa behalf at Kiwar.l R. Ilelmbold to the p’a’ntiff, upon j aiiiNtiesa lor rent due end in A judgment was j ooufcsfied by f dward R. Helmbold in tbe re pi via i uit, r.rd this action was brought by the late shtr IT to re cover ou the replevin bond the amount of the jndgmont fo obtained. Verdict for, the plaintiff f0r541«.26,' T. 8. Smith and M. J. Mitcbeson fo: the plaintiff; W. W. Juvenal for tbe defendant. The other District Court was not in season. FINANCIAL lAM) COMiIERCiAb. ' The 'Money Market. ' PBILADXLFHIir JftD. 7,-1860. The upward movement in stocks was rather accele rated to-day, and the bulls imagine tflat they are about to receive the, reward of their patient and steady resistance to the tide that hat borne so long against them. The general sentiment bat been in favor of ha upward movementin speculative shares for a consider able time { and it hue been mainly owing to the course of exchange, the movement of specie southward, and the certainty of a large abstraction of specie when'the new loan is made to the Government, that that senti- ment has not heretofore manifested itself in a very de cided manner at the stock-board. How far these con siderations . may be able- to repress the disposition to create a rise in stocks for the future, is a problem that every one must solve for Money can be'ob tained readily enough now below legal latrs; how much ioterest will be demanded in the market when the rpring business opens, or to what extent the payment of ten millions into the Government vaults will cause bank loans to contract and money to role h : gb, are questions every one should settle for himseir, before he resolve* upon trying his luck in stocks. When he is sure he is right, let him go ahead We have an extra from the c ffice of Peterson'* Coun terfeit Detector .with the following notice of a new counterfeit: “ Wehave just detected a new spariou9ss note, pur porting to be issued by the SUte Bank at CUmden, N. J. It Is an alteration of the begua W&ubeek piste, which hasheen altered to various backs through out the country. .The vignette ia a Western river rteam boat and river scene; bead of Washington in the lower right corner ; head of Henry Olay on lower left corner. It is well engraved, and likely to deceive the unwary.” The returns of the pork packing in the West, so far as received, indicate an increase in number as compared with the returns from the same places last year, of 188 hogs, while there is a loss of weight equal to 121.200 hogs, leaving the actual increase abont equal to 67,670 hogs. The falling off In lard is ettim&tedby good judges at nearly five pounds per hog. The domestic wool business for December was unu sually heavy, everybody looking forward to a season of | great activitv in the woollen manufacture, lbs stocks 100 hand at the close of the year were light in compari son with previous year*, and jet the receipts in 1858 were equal to those dr1856, and much larger than in 1857 The annual message of the Governor of Ohio gives the following financial statistics: “The general revenue for the support or the State Government is now raised under separate and specific acts; the message recommends tbit all rats* ef taxation be prescribed by a sinsle law The total receipts of re venue for 1868 were $3,758,621.67 The disbursements were $2,516 468.77, to which should be added the excess of the defalcation over fanner apparent balsaoe. which was $17,143.15, making a total of $8,682,602 62.-' The balance in the Trea«ury, therefore, at the tr mmence meet of the present fiscal year, was $226,118 95 » The total of the pubHo debt at the commencement of the year was $17,169,972.81—0f this $6,413,625.25 will be due after December 31,1869—and for the'paymentof which provision is required, which't is thought maybe had in a new five pei cent, loan The message recom mends the onifarra taxation of banks. The banks or ganized under the act of 1846 claim exemption.hut aa the Supreme Court of the State has recently re-dezied the vsllditf of tie claim, though the Bupreme Court of the United Stitea su tafned it, the message dec'ares that the officer* of the State will not racoznlae it &g valid. The superintendeit of banking in the State of New York states la Ms a naval report 1b at he fs of opinion that statutory provision in reference to the examination of inspected banks by the superintendent, creates a de lusion in the mil ds of the community by encouraging the belief that it tends to recare them from loss; and it throws an ostensible rerponsibility upon the euperfn tendent impossible for him to fulfil. He retotmnend fl its repeal. And he takes rccaslcn to reiterate bis con. ▼ictlon that it is wise to remove all restrictions calcu lated to embarrass the banking business the quarterly and weekly reports, and the system of secured circulation,) leav.ag capital employed in basking “ a 8 free as its use In any other branch of human industry and effort.” We are in receipt of Imlay & Blcknell’s Bank iYofc Register fcr this week, and also of a notice from them of tbe bogus bank bill on the State Bank of Camden, described above. The following is the amount of Coal transported on | the Philadelphia and Beading Railroad daring the I week ending Thursday, January 6, 1850: Tons. Owt. 6,80114 700 05 4.133 06 109 07 1.747 18 From Port Carbon...... “ Pottrrille. “ Schajlkill Haven “ Auburn.......... “ Port Olinton Total for week...... Freriously this year. To same time last fear. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES, Janutt'y 7, 1859 BBMETBD BT VABZ.Br, BBOWB, A 00., BABB-BOfV, BTOOK, AND EXCHANGE BBOXBBB, XOITHEHST 008888 THIBB AND OSZSMUT BABBITS. TIKST BOARD. 4009 Penna 6a cahOAP 92* 2000 do cah CAP 62* 1000 City Cs. 99* 1000 do 99* 600 do 90* 100 do 09* 603 do ......PR 09* 600 do Pit 09* 2*o do R99fc 1000 0 A Am6s’TO... 8n 1000 do ’89... 82* ICOO Penna R 1 st m 6s 101 1000 do 2d 92* 600 N Penna Klos.. 87 „ 1000CatavtssxR7s... 53* 2000 do 53* 2000 Tenn Coup 65... 80 2COO Bu«q dual Or. b 5 85 1000NPennaBOr...: 63 BETWEEN BOARDS. 300 City 58 ’6O 97 llOFara A Mech Bk.. 68* -1100CUyf18.......... Fo*lBB Lehigh Yalß 43 72d A Sd St R.. . ."b '*T33 Girard • 20 Pe anaß..in lota 43 \ SECOND BOARD. 2000 City 6ji R 99* 100 Beading 8...0&P 27* 10(0 do 39* 100 do C&P 27* 4700 do .....New 103* 100 do , O&P27* 10Q0 do 103* 100 do . C&P 2 * 2600 do ....in lota 99* 100 do C&P 27* 200 do 09 100 do C&P 27* 1006 Penna R 6563 100 Bcliuyl Nar 10 3000 do 63 100 do 10 1000 do 63 50 do 10 2000 do 63 100 do 10 2000 Readingß 6s ’B6. 74 100 do ....10 2000 Oatavis B 7f1.... 73* 8 Union Bk. 22- 3 Minehill R 62 140Bebl Nar Pcf..lota 18 5 Penna P. 4i 40 Girard Bk 12* 20 Lehigh V R..lota 43 27 do 12* 40 Beay Mead., .lota 56* 33 do 12* 70 Farm&Meoßklts 59 18 Lehigh N&t...... 49* 50 Little Bchnylß.. 25* 5 do 49* 100 Reading R 27* CLOSING Pi Sid. Asked US5s ’74 104* Phi1a0a......... 99 99* do B 99 99* do New..loB*lo3* Penna 6e 92* 93 1 Beading R 27* 27* do Bde ’70..84* 85 do Mtg 6e>44.03 05 do do *86.73* 74 Penna It 42* 43 do latra 6a...101 do 2dm 6a....02* 92* Morris Can C0n..46 48 do Pref 107 108 Behnjl Nay 6a ’B2 70* 71* CITY ITEMS. Philadelphia Sabbath School Association.— A meeting of superintendents and friends of Sabbath schools will bs held on Monday evening next, at o’clock, at the church, corner of Bread and George streets, R»r. John Chambers’), for the purpose of con sidering important subjeots connected with the Sabbath School cause. The meeting will doubtless he a large one, both from the popular cha**cter of the object, and the number and eminence of the'speakers, of which latter the following are announced: Rev. Dr. Leyhnrn, Presbyterian; Rev. Dr. Brantley, Baptist; Bar. Mj. Pratt, Episcopalian; Rev. Mr. Jenkins, Presbyterian ; Rev. Mr. Cham bets, Independent. A Popular Establishment —We have hereto fore had occasion to notice the spltndid new House keeping Goods establishment of Messrs. E. S. Parson & Co., sonthweßt corner of Second and Dook streets, as auioog the moat complete of that class of houses in this country. They a-e tho sole agents in thiß city for the rale of several of the moat important new articles in tho housekeeping line, and their entire stock is such as we can recommesdto cur readers for their patronsgo with the utmost eonfldecce. Ladies’ SHorriNG Guide.—About tho middle Of January Mr. 8 £ Cobsn, the publisher, will issue another edition of the “Ladies’ Shopping Guide and Housekeepers’ Companion.” which will contain a list of officers of the Insurance Companies, Corporations, and Societies of this city. * Cuban Annexation —Tho excitement on the ever “ faithful isle.” io regard to the Pres'dent’s Mes sage, Is gradually dying out, although some alarm seem B to exist from the great number of *• Americanos” so journing on the island, whloh is estimated to be nearly 11,000. When it is remembered that each of the male sex carries a revolver and wears a suit of clothes bought at B. H Eldridge’a “ Old Franklin Hall Clothing Em porium.” No. 321 Chestnut street, we ccnfres the Ca belltros as well as the Sennoreitas have just cause of alarm The latter, especially, are in danger ot loang their hearts by the charms given to the former by the exquisite costumes rent out by this celebrated establish* ment. Burns, on Man.— *< What though on homely fare we dine, Wear hodden grey aDd a’ that; Gie fools tboir silks and knaves their wine, A man’s a man for a’ that.” Brrns Is right enough so far as he goes ; bnt if a man desires to be respected, end a’ that, he has got to pay some respect to the opinions of the world and wear such elegant garments as can be procured at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhill & Wilson, Nos. 603 and 003 Chestnut street, above Sixth. U A Man Cannot Thrive who has a Waste ful Wife ” The experience of many husbands is that their wives are not pattioulariy after th»y themselves become frugal and Deposit their money in 7HB Ganelin Saving Fund, No. 336 South Fourth Street, below Chestnut, and la many cases the wives find they can save much from the money appropriated for ordinary and luxurious ex penses, and they themselves become depositors, their money bearing 5 per cent Interest, and can be with drawn on demand at any time for investment In proper ty or for other purposes. Open dally from 9 to 3 o’clock, and on Wednetdaya until 8 P. M. Deposits paid in gold, silver, or notes of city banks. See advertisement In another column. JP* This Company never suspended. War to the Knipb—Mississippi is getting rbadt TO oo TO Wab with th* Noath.—The Vicks burg Sentineltsj*i “We have now 60 cartridge boxes, 1 cannon, 7 bayonets, rusty, wi’h no points; 4 flint-lock muskets, all rusty and without locks: 5 Major Gene rals. 10 Brigadier Generals, 60 Colonels, 60 Lieutenant- Co’ontls, 60 Majors, and will soon have 600 Caytains, 1 «00 Lieutenants, 4.8G0 Sergeants, and 4,600 Corporals. Wears h*ppy to inform them, however, that we lave nr privates -'he Legislature having dispensed with that useless portion of the army.” This U a grand and imposing array, truly; and we would advise all hands, «. horse, foot, aad dragoons,” to get their uniforms med e up at tho g clothing baaau of Granville Stokes, N*. 607 Chestnut street. 12,691 05 150.990 04 163.581 09 139,202 00 3000 Read B oe, ’86... 74 4 Mechanics’ 8k.«5 27* 15 Lehigh Nar..... 49* 9 Lehigh Yal 8.... 43 6 do to 43 6 do to 43 34 do /..to 4$ 1 Minehmit 42 20 PhtSfcTrenton RllO 12 . to'. 116 2 Union Bk 21* 5 Cam A Amb-.b5 339 4 Germantwoo Gas 50 100 Readß..opening 27* tQ do..openAinx 27* 18 Girard Bk 12* 28 . do 12* 7 do 12* [OES—FIRM. .Bid. Asked. Bch Navlmp 6a.. 74# 76 Bch Nav Stock... 9# 10 do Praf 17# 38 Wmap’t h. 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