MONDAY,. JANUABt 10.1869. FiBST Pio*.—A Fi'antagenet in.Umbo; Keep to the Rlgfc .The Thackeray and Yates Contro- Terey - The'Governor's Veto of the Insnranoo Bill; News by Telegraph; The City; The Courts;. General News. ’’ Fobktu Page.— List of Letters Remaining in the Philadelphia PoßtOffloeupto 12 o’olook P. M., Saturday, January 8. ' The News. The Ounard steamship Africa arrived at'New York last evening, bringing three diiy.a later news from Europe. The. tariff negotiations with China had been coinpleted- The ship Isaac Wright, from Liverpool, bound to New York, with . three hun dred passengers, was destroyed by Ire in the riven Mersey; fortunately all—paaaehgora.and orew— •were saved. The Amerloan bark Kate Wheeler, honnd to Boston, 1 was abandoned at sea, In a sink ing condition.' . The .captain and five men were picked up ai sea,'find'taken to Gibraltar.; The Indian Bmptni steamer. 'if the Galway .line, is condemned’ as hnfit for use. ■ The London. Times still continues to erttlotfVthe Preaiderit’a message. Consols were .quoted, at' 96} a 97,’ and' cotton had experienced a farther decline. The steamship QaakefCity has arrived at New Orleans with highly important news from*Mexico, and a week’s later advices from California. The dates from the capital of Mexloo’are to the 26th ultimo. General Zuloaga had been deposed by the foieeiunder General Rohlea, andbad taken refuge in the fcgs|jfcof the British minister. ‘.General Ro bles bad announced himself as the head' of the so called conservative party, and despatohed oommis ' elonera to Vera Gras to treat with President Juarez for a union with the, liberals. The Quaker Oily brings the California -mails to the 20th ult. , Tho shipment of speoie by the P.anama steamer on the 20th amounted to $2,209,000, of whioh $1,306,000 was for New York, $lOO,OOO for New Orleans, and $743,000 for Ragland. Business at San Franoisco was dull, and.the markets unchanged. News'ftom Venesuela states that great prepa rations were being made to welcome Gen.-Paes Something unusual was anticipated in the way .of rejoicing, f The United States Senate was not in session on Saturday. ’ f "' lathe House of Representatives,the Speaker presented a message from the President relative to the alleged abrogation of the, oontraot for car rying the mail to California via Vera Crus. The message, wasaooompanfed 'by reports, from the Secretary of the. Treasury and Postmaster Gene ral. After some debate, the documents wero re ferred to the Committee on the Judlolary. Seve ral attempts were made to adjourn, in honor of the day: and, after mnoh opposition, amotion to that effect succeeded. In the Supreme Court at Washington, on Sat urday, the argument in the great India rubber ease, whioh to involve Marly, the whole of the business in the goods manufactured from this article, was concluded. The deoision has not yet been given by the court. " The Demooratio State Convention met at Frank- * fort, Kentucky, os Saturday, and nominate Hon £eri&h. Magoffin as candidate for Governor, and Lynn Boyd for Lieutenant Governor. The Michigan State Legislature op Saturday elected axtGoveraor Bingham United States Senator to succeed Hon. Charles E. Stuart, whose term will expire in Maroh. - In a very able and conclusive speech, made by J. O. Lever, Esq., at a recent meeting of: the Chamber of Oommeroe,' of Belfast, Ireland, we. Sad a desorption of the steamers now on tbe stocks and ready to join tbe Galway .line on the -Ist of June next. . He states tbit they are to be balled •' exprers despatchsteamers,’’.and will be each of 2 500 tons gross register, giving accommodation to, 200 first-class passengers,’ and 300 seeond-oUss; and,-haying an improved description of engine and boilers, manuf&otored of the best materials, and so oonstruoted as to save 320 tons In weight, the most rapid transatlantic voyages on record must he accomplished;. We were much pained in observing in the Gin ohm at! papers a notice of the sudden death of ,’onr friend Wm. M. Churchill, son of the late Colonel Fred OburbhiU. ‘ Mr C. spent some time in'this city daring the Fall, in whioh time he made many friends. He was a gentleman In every re speot, and will he monrned by all who knew him. The Hon. Gretn B.. Samuels, one of,the five, fudges composing''the Supreme Court of Appeal? of Virginia, died on Wednesday , last at Rich mond, to which plaoc: he had repaired for the purpose of being present at tbe opeßing of the oourt on the sth of January. 'His age was about sixty-five years, during eleven "of which he had been on the benoh of the Supreme. Court of Ap peals. Thn Lawrence correspondent of tbe New York Tribnpti under date of Deo. 30, writes, in alluding to the late difficulties in Kansas: “The newly arrived Governor, who is beginning to realize, like most of his predecessors,, that the Governor ship of Kansas is not a bed-of roses, has sent down Captain or Bheriff Sam Walker and another gen tleman. to see if the disturbance could not be stepped. These gentlemen have just returned.- Tney had gone to 7 Montgomery, who insisted on hfs understanding of the treaty. This, It appears, is inadmissible, and the Governor, I learn, has re solved on sending do wn a force of * troopi. If the troops go doyrn on suoh a mission, as I under stand, to arrest .Montgomery and ' sokneothers un conditionally, there vrillbe more trouble) Affairs have got ip such a pass there that a fight with the troops it pretty certain; and, as. the latter are. likely to be well prepared for their work, and the men they have to deal with no common enemy, we may look out for bloody work. It is to do hoped that fome scheme will yet be devised to prevent the wholesale effusion of blood, as it is very doubtful if a fight.withthe troops .would make the difficulty easier adjusted. Still, something hai got,to be done.. It is high time that peace and order.were roistered, and the laws of the Territory peacefully maintained, no matter what may be in dividual grievance.** On Saturday, in tbe Supreme Court, sitting at • Nisi Prius } ah application was made for a special injunction to restrain tbe, Arch Street Passenger Railway Company from oonstruottng a t~aok upon Arch street. The. applicants for the injunction allege that the road’ is . being constructed without authority of law,'and in violation of the aots of Assembly and ordinances of the oity of Philadel phia, and that irreparable damage Is being done to their real estate. Tbe case was continued over until Saturday.morning next at ten e’clook, and will then bo argued before the Court In Banc, and the question will then probably be laid defi nitely at rest- f Five thousand loaves of breed were distributed to the poor of lb!acity,on Saturday, by the S ss of Ualta, .whose' benevolent ante, wherever a bruoh of the myeterious society exists, are attraot ing pnblio attention. . 1 There were in.hundred and ninety-three'deathe in thie oity last week—an Increase of nineteen over the preceding week, but yet a very small number for a oity the slse of Philadelphia. Adults, 110; children, 83; males, 108; females, 87 1 boys, 40; ~ girls,'BB; under one yeer, 01. In Hour York, last week, there were three hun dred and ninety.one deaths;'two hundred and thirty-two of this number, were ofohlldren! This ' fearful mortality contrasts wonderfully with the comparatively small number of deaths in onr own ■city. The following patents have been awarded to Pennsylvanians for the week ending January 4: Michael Bomberger, of Hnmmelstown; for Im provement In corn ahellera. ■ - Everard H. Clark,'of Lancaster; for Improve ment in smut mnohines. Wm. B, Culver, of Sorautoh; for Improvement in apparatus for hoisting and dnmplng ooal. Mioah Qillam, of Alba; for-improvement In washing maojiines. / Henry Mania, of Philadelphia; for improvement in rail way alarms. David Stuart, of Philadelphia; for improvement in Franklin stoves. James ®. Willoughby, of Carlisle, assignor to. C. M - 'Alexander, of Washington,-]). 0 ; for im provementin seallngcans and betiles. Charia«E..H. Richard ton.of Philadelphia; for improvemhnifn - ,coffins.,. Thw/Jllaseg Heron' In Potto Hico. , Those charming -young vocalists," Fanny, and a B° m ;Hero)(i, who loftjthis ; etty last April, to perform, !p Italian opbra, In Veneinrla, have since purm»d'* w su‘ooossfnVandeven;hrilliaß t oa"' veer. -They wore listlheard of, under dote of the 13th- Heoember/ from'Ban -Jdao, -'in- Porto Rico', wßert -tWlr fcluthpS#As'tindeed' great.- OB the preceding Tevening, : ’ha.ving'; sniig'. the 'dnit of "Marie', Padii|a’’to a orowded and' enthusiastic audience, two little children,, dressed in white, (abd gotapto;represent angels, we believe,) were liftedon to the stage, eaoh bolding a silver salver; eontaining a silver orown, formed of leaves beg*/ tlfailyeat, surmquntodwjthEmall borricsofjgjld, and ornamented with whlte ribbons, eaoh Scaring an . inscription, in - golden letters, to tho yonng. lady for whom ltwas intended, dOpoiing that it ‘‘from’the Italians of-Portef Blco.”;,The andtonoe the* cafied j.'out Xor th/'Mlsaes Heron to *S‘ °n the done, : arid they - wpwftj th#‘ dnofcj amid Illume applause, - They 1 ■ F.ot*; tb« crowns during* tho second part -of the - oplcert, ■ A oompllalgtary.; adtlrtsa, in' Italian,' wos also; thMe 'girtod young he otd iqni,wtle , . ! iirom V HewjOrlemtigod !Ji)bl|o,wHi ,bp.' found. In onr ad verttSidgoolUmni. 1 ---- y,, !:/ , 1 _ - . IU. 1 PbopsrtV—The **',» pf whtolt to-morrow evening will bo absolute. Pn Jtwn. JfeofßM .* 6pm’ advettUeipeßt. fVi.' LETTER FROM THE EDITOR. 'WAsniHOTON.Jan. 8,1859. Tho reception of Senator Douglas in Phila delphia has not improved tho temper of the Administration at headquarters. Conscious that suoh a demonstration requires some ox. planation, the officials have sot themselves deliberately to work to misrepresent it, and letters bqye been sent to the President assu ring him that it was a tame and spiritless affair, only participated in by a few men and boys! Thus it is that they fool him to tho top of his bent. They have played this game upon him ftom the start. Afraid to resist his shameful abandonment of principle—his weak suspicion of the men who pnt him in place, and that tyrannical proscription of every honest difference of opinion common to all feeble intellects In power—these dependents alternately flatter his prejudices and cator to his fears. Foionins like, they. gladly fall into his whims and his caprices, and stand ready to take their oath that there is a whale in the sky, when it is only a weasel after all. When the whole nation stood amazed and indignant at his desertion of principles, these men applauded him to tho echo. When the gathering clouds of public. wrath dark ened the sky, they soothed him by assuring him that there would not be any kind of a storm—that the trouble was only made by a lew’disappointed men, and that he would be gloriously sustained. And he is quite as ready to bo deceived as they are to deceive him. Forgetting the proper verdict which rebuked and rejected his policy, he is infatuated onongh to believe that he can restore'himself to the favor oi his countrymen, reluctant as he must be to admit to himself that ho has lost it for ever. Any excuse for a defeat in Congress l or before the people, is greedily* accepted. Yon can' appreciate tho kind of flatterers who surround the Administration when I refer to the attempt to depreciate the great demon stration whioh marked the reception of Judge Douglas in our. beantifhl city last week. I am assured that the President solemnly be lieves that the Illinois Senator was coldly greeted, and that hardly anybody went to see him; that the General Administration is in high favor in Pennsylvania; and that if he, the President, were a candidate for re-election, he would sweep our State with hiB v victorious banners. Bnt enough of this. . It Is well for the Democratic masses to be prepared for tho wiles of tho politicians who wear the livery and take the pay of the Fede ral Administration. Not only does this in fluence aspire to control the organization, it also aspires to dictate the creed of tbe Demo cratic party. Wo have seen what it has al ready done; how it has usurped authority, and sacrificed many of the best men in onr ranks to its own arrogant exactions. Last summer and autumn, its creatures would listen to none of the admonitions oi the times, bnt forced upon the Democratic tickets the betrayers of Democratic principles, because the Adminis tration at Washington would have it so. From the hour when these betrayers have been re jected at the polls, the sentiment in the De mocratic ranks against them has grown stronger and stronger. Bnt the rancor of the Administration has not been mollified ; it has grown more violent and unforgiving. Hold ing in its hands the offices oi tho people, and possessing control over the people’s money, it has deliberately resolved to seize the Charles ton Convention, and in that body to defeat any maqwho can be elected; because any such man matt stand forth the unrelenting adver sary-ofthe new scheme of o slave code in the Territories, ior of Congressional intervention for the protection of tlavery in the Territories. Jefferson Davis has already declared that we must come to this theory. The Washington Unibn almost daily advocates it; and now Mr. Iverson repeats his adherence to it in angry eloquence. So much for one side of the pros pect! The" other side . presents an almost undi vided Northern sentiment in favor of such a Democratic, candidate, and such a platform for 1860, as will felly and emphatically repre sent the position now occupied by ihe men who, have so heroically contended against executive treachery.- and usurpation. If tho Democracy desire to retain the fbnirol ■ of the Federal Government, they most adhere, to such a nium, and to such 'a' platform.- No careful observer of events can doubt that this is the only policy for onr friends to pursue. No one doubts for a moment that tbe great body of the Democratic party in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey,New Yerk, andall the Northwest, are in favor of this policy. It means no war upon the South. Indeed, it is the only way to rescue the'Government from the hands of tbe avowed opponents of the Sonth. -The shrewd and far-sighted men of that region do-not deny to themselves,,and to others, that if they would save themselves Horn the blunders of the present Administration, which all patriotic men either denounce or deplore, they must recognise the genuine Democratic sentiment of the country, and let the Administration slide. Shall this sentiment be recbgnisod, or shall the adherents of the present de graded dynasty be permitted to continue their devastating course—he permitted to make a nomination-at Charleston, and lay down a platform which will be neither mere nor less than a budget of falsehood or deceit 7 No such movement will ever be tolerated. The day has gone by for any more of these unmeaning platitudes. The Democrats who fonght against the Adminis tration last year, and who will continne this war, occupy a high moral position which they will not compromise. They are men, and high minded, men—men who have been seasoned to proscription, and who laugh at the threats and intrigues of an Administration which they created Such is the spirit now prevailing, here among our gallant friends, and I am glad to send the good word far and wide. We stand by tho creed of Democracy, and will follow no Sag that does not recognise that creed.. A formidable demonstration on Thursday last will show where events are tending. Senator Ivesson, of Georgia, on that day announced the programme of the extreme South for the fntnre. Ho is for war to the knife upon the doctrines of the Democratic party as expounded by Jndgo Douglas. He would prefer the election of Seward , to the Pyeaidoncy, to tho election of any man stand ing forth for theso doctrines. I quote a por tion of his speech from the Globe of yester day: “ I do not oonsider tho triumph of the dlstin- Brushed Senator from Illinois (Mr. Douglas] as a victory of Bound Demooraoy. It was a victory of Free-Soil Demooraoy over Abolition ‘Whlggery, ftba no more; and Iwould sot give a copper for tbe difference __ So far 'as the South and ner con stitutional rights are concerned, it was a viotory over ber and over them; I would not tarn on my heel foreboUie'between the Wilmot Proviso and tbe squatter-sovereignty doctrine and polloy of tbe Senator from lUinofe. Indead, sir, if I was driven to select between them, I would take tho former. It is open, manly, and decisive; it settles tbo question at once, by debarring the Southern peoplq, in terms, from entering the Ter ritories with their slave property; it Is an open and undisguised denial of right to the Sooth, which tbe South could resist or submit to, as ber sense of honor or her.polioy might dictate, whilst the rquatter-soveyelgnty doririne and practice, ae defined by its distinguished advocate, is plausi ble, delusive, deceptive, and fatal. No man of common sense can -suppose that, under it, the South will ever obtain another foot of territory, or add another slave State to this Union. Both are political heresies, finding no authority in the OonstiUtibn; equally violative of the rights of the Southern people, subversive of their equality (n the JJnipn, ana an insult to their honor, which. In my opinion, alike demand their reprobation and reristanoe..- , “ The people of the Southern States, as co-equal* In the Union/and adjoint and equal owners of tho priblio -territory,- have the right to emigrate to these Territories'with their slave property, and to the protection andthe enjoyment of that property! Hy law.jldring the exlstenco of tbe Territorial Go vernment; laws passed by Congress os the trustee apcAoommon head of the joint property—head of ail the States and all the people of the Slates in the public territory; laws recognising the equal right of every oitizen to go in and possess and en joy the oommon Inheritance; laws cot to deprive men of property, bnt to regulate and seoore its enjoyment; laws to put every man in the United States upon an equal footing In the exerriso of a great constitutional rights This, sir, is what we of the South are entitled to at tbe bands of a com mon Government; and wo ought not to be oon*tent with less, or sabmit to a denial of it. lam free to' decTare here, that if I had the control of tho Southern people. I would demand this of Congress at-the organization of every Territorial Govern ment. as the terms upon whfoh. the South snoulif remain in the Union.- jl would hold oar4right ’ in one band,., and * separation * In the. other. arid, liare-th© North to choose between them. If you would do uJ9‘justice? I-would live with -youcinr peace; ifi-jOudeniedoßjustioe, 1 would not,live lyjth, you another (fty,’/ , . * r \; A ‘ ; ' ,f f thf nfep' who Velieva inithese doc trines cad be sustslue^h.thh .§outh! Ido not b^ileye; ,Uut tfht supported and backed by tho. whole power of .the Federal Administration 1 is ’notorious; and that this Administration expects to*capture and coflf rol’ the Charleston Convention is no less noto ribtw. W* F. A Sound Platform, 'A very largo portion of the American peo ple are heartily sick and tired of the continued agitation of tho slavery question. They nei ther entertain, nor sympathise with any ultra views en this subject. They do not wish to infringe any of the constitutional rights of the South, nor to disturb the harmony of the Union by any innovations upon the well-esta blished principles under which it has advanced so rapidly upon tho high road to prosperity. They are opposed to all further Congressional interference with slavery for the benefit of either section. They desire neither tho pro hibition by Congress of slavery in the Terri tories, nor any possible interference with it in tho Stateß where it exists; and are perfectly willing to fugitive-slave law to re main unchanged upon tho statute-books, and to bo rigidly enforced. They wish the ques tion of slavery in the Territories to he left entirely to the decision of the poople who are to inhabit thorn. If the people fairly decide in favorof the establishment of slavery, there will be no serious opposition to the ad mission of new slave States into the Union. If Territorial populations decide in favor of free Constitutions, they want no obstructions raised against the accomplishment of their wishes. Neither do thoy sympathise with any of the ultra ideas or the Southern fire-eaters. They utterly condemn the project of reviving the slave trade ; are bitterly opposed to any special law of Congress for the protection of slave property in the Territories; and all ef forts to draw a line of distinction between the terms on which free and slave Stateß are to be admitted into the Union, or to overawe the popular will, and circumvent it by any such contrivances as the Lecompton Constitu tion, are regarded not only as unjust, but as utterly unworthy of a great and enlight ened nation. Tho practical ideas embraced in these sentiments will, wo think, be come tbe basis of the controlling policy of this nation at no distant day. For a time there may be an angry war between those on the one hand who ainf at so directing the pow ers of this Government as to hasten and en force a similarity of the institutions of ail tho States, in defiance of the interests and the wishes of those who inhabit them, and those on the other hand who aim at converting this proud Bepublic into a mere propagandist of slavery, and who recognise no subject as vi tal and important unless it relates to the pro tection or extension of that institution, either by spreading it over our present Territories, acquiring new slave soil, or importing slaves from Africa. But there is so little practical good in tlie aims of either of these parties, that it is folly to expect they can, for any lengthy period, occupy tho. public mind with such topics, to the exclusion of others better entitled to consideration, and which afford a more substantial basis for appropriate politi cal action. Tho slavery question can easily be settled upon a system of equal and exact justice to all sections of tho Union. Let Popular So vereignty honestly prevail in the Territories, and the great bone ol contention will at onco be removed; and lot all the new fangled ideas involved in tho projects for the revival of the slave trade, Congressional protection of sla very in the Territories, and compulsory con formity of the institutions of the various States through the influence of the General Govern ment, be totally ignored, as they should be, and there is an end to all further dispute. The message of Governor Pa«ke& presents a platform oh this subject so broad and com prehensive' that it covers the whole ground. We republish it hero, to impress it more deeply npon the minds of our readers i “ When I was oalled upon to assume the guber natorial obair, nearly one year ago, in doferenoe to pnblio opinion and my own feelings, after a rapid review of events in Kansas, I stated tbat ‘ to the pooplo of Pennsylvania the admission of n new State into the Union—into tbat Confederacy of whioh she is a member—most bo at all times a subject of high intorest. And I believe I express their sentiments, as well as my own, in declaring that all the qualified eleotors of a Territory shonld have a full and fair opportunity to participate in seleotlng delegates to form a Constitution prepa ratory to admission ae a Stato, and, if dotired by them, they should also bo allowed an unqualified right to vote upon suoh Constitution alter it is framed. 1 « Subsequent events have confirmed me in these sentimonts Tbe deplorable disputes in tbe first session of the present. Congress, the popular ox olsement resulting from "those disputes,.together wfth other proceedings in tsolr nature novel and alarming, would all have been averted had the people been-seemed in ‘the unqualified sight’ to vote upon their domestic institutions. I regret to be'compelled to say tbat, under various pro tenoes, this sacred franchise haa been virtually withheld from them. When they refused to ac. oopt the Lecompton Constitution, made for them by delegates representing tho minority, they wore explicitly denied the privilege of making their own Constitution, unless upon a condition not pre viously exaoted. If they aooapted the Leoompton Constitution, they entered the sisterhood of States at once, with a population less than one-half of the existing ratio of Congressional representation : bat if they refused that Constitution, they could not be admitted into the Union, with the Consti tution of their ohoioe, nntii they were ready to show by a formal oensns that they had attained a population equal to that ratio. The rosnlts have besome historical. “Tho last expressive vote of the people of Kan sas against tbeaotof Congress, commonly known as the English bill, has, for a time, arrested Con gressional intervention. Peace basresulted alone from thovo'es of the people, not from the sugges tions of outside influences. But, during the angry feelings which this controversy has arouEed, the theory has boon started, and insisted upon, that it will henceforward be the duty of Congress to protect slavery in tho Territories, if the people of tho Territories shall fail to do so. The warrant for this extraordinary assumption is alleged to ox ist in the derision of tbe Supremo Court of the I'nitod States, in the case of I)rod Scott. Enter taining, as I do, profound reverenoe for tho de risions of that august tribunal, and standing ready to obey them whenever they are enunoiated, I have yet to be convinced that any snob construction can be fairly given to their action in the oase re ferred to Saoh a doctrine, no matter how sanc tioned or supported, will shake tho very pil lars of our constitutional fabric. It would compel every Territory to elevate property in slaves above every other desoription of property, and to es tablish a slave code in its early municipal regula tions; or else it would convert tbe Oongress into a theatre of orimln&tioh and oonfnslon, and fill the whole country with strife. And all this, without seeming a single advantage to the North, or pro tecting & single right of the South “Regarding myself as fully committed to tbe doctrine of popular sovereignty in its broadest sense. I can never subscribe to tbe theory of Con gressional intervention, as understood and sup ported by the opponents of this doctrine. By po pular sovereignty, I mean no violation of tho rights of the States—no assault upon tho institu tions of tbe South —no appeal to seotion&l preju dices. On tho contrary, I regard the dootrfne as the embodiment of the popular will in States and Territories ; as tho conservator of the\rlghts and equality of States and people; and as tho only means by whloh a vexed and flaegorons agitation will be satisfactorily and perpetually < settled.’ “A theory equally horetloal has been advanced lu ‘another portion of the Union. It has been held that this Government, divided into free and slave States, as it was framed by onr revolution ary fathers, oazmot enduro—that all must become free or all become slave. When such a doctrine shall be enforced, the Constitution will have boon subverted, S'ate sovereignty prostrated, Stato rights disregarded, and the liberties of the people destroyed. It should meet an indignant rebuke from every lover of bis country, and the blood bought right of the peoplo and the States to self government.” Extensive PjsnßupTonr Sales To-morrow Evenino —Valuable city and oonntry property, mortgages, stooks, Ao., by order of Orphans’ Court, executors, asslsneos, Ao., including aomo of tho most valuable real estate offered this season, to be sold peremptorily. See Thomas A Sons’ pamphlet catalogues and advertisements. Cruel Punishment.— A teacher in the high school at Newport, Rhode Island, was brought be fore a jostioe’s oourt on Saturday last, ana fined twenty dollars and costs, for inflioting excessive corporeal punishment on ono of his pupils A part of tho evidenoe in the ease was a pair of panta loons whloh the boy had on when he was punished. The pants, a new pair, made of stout woollen oloth and lined, were out through in fourteen different ?laoeß as dearly os if done with a sharp knlte. he punishment was inQiotod with a cowhide.. The inhuman te&oher appealed from the sentenoe of the justioe. Dkoldedly Cool. —ln the United Statos Circuit Court in New York, lately, a man named Jtijfies MoAdam was tried on a charge of larceny on the high seas in steallog some sovereigns in a woman’s oorset, whiob.be obtained by cutting the corset, but bffVas acquitted through tbe exertions of'hls connsel. As toon as tho verdiot hod been rendered tho aotused coolly stepped up to tbo jury and addrersiog ono of their number, said, “ you hhve acquitted me, but lam the man that took the money" and then walked out of the court,,. Fatal Acoidentt-A Man Killed Instant ly.—About half pact tiro o’clock on Saturday afternoon aa Irishman, supposed to be named Sullivan, met with an accident whlon caused instantaneous and most hor-. ilble death. The happened on board thesteam-* baat Delaware, of Alderdloe’s line of Naw York steam ers, lying at the,first wharf belowfipruoe street. It appears that deceased went on board the boat somo time before the hour for her derarture for New York, and had secreted himself among the machinery, for the purpose, no doubt, of getting a free passage. When the hour for leaving arr.vedf the machinery was put In motion and the unfortunate man was literally crushed. When he was taken np he proved to b» & perfect wreck, having Ml back,broken, his skull frsetuted. and his jaw and oheek bones protruding in a frightful manner Of course, he war insensible, and died a few minutes after being'disCovered. The boat, after waiting a short tlmOj started.on tyar trip, having all the witnesses on. The body was taken to the Yifth-wsrd station-house, to whijb place tbrfOonmer proceeded with the Intea tton of holding an Ibquest; hut a ter empanelling ft jury, he was compelled, for want of witnesses, to adjourn the inquest until Wednesday morning, at ten o’clock, when the jury will meet at his office. Deceased ap peared to have been a laboring mah, apparently between thirty-five and forty years of age. about five feet eight Ibohes in height, and a few pennies, a counterfeit ha f dollar, a cotnb, lopklng-glass, aod pair of buck-skin mite were found in hie pocket. The body of the de ceased wai afterwards removed to tbe undertaking es tablishment of Bernard Cohen, in Fifth street, below Lombard, where'it awaits recognition. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1859. Publio Amusements. Tho dramatic records of tho past week are un usually dull—tho incidents few and far between. At “the Arch,” as Wheatley & Clarke’s pretty and popular theatre is oalled, that remarkable specimen of modern play-writing oalled “Onr American Cousin,” continues to flourish. It haa al ready had a paying “run” of two months, and we should not wonder at its having continued suc cess until the aotois got tired of It. Four charac ters are excellently played, viz: the drunken lawyor’s olerk, by Mr. Dolman, a character whiob he may be said to have almost oro&ted, so fine, faithfully, and affeotingly does he play it. Tbe white-vested butler, by Mr. Johnson, a fac simile of the legitimate “gontloman’s gentleman” of real English high life. Mr. Wheatley’s Lord a whiskered exquisite of tho first w&tor. Lastly, Mr. Clarke, as the Amerlo&n Cousin, an amusing representation of hlstrionio extravagance, relieved, in one aot, by tho un- Yankee aot of destroying his olaim to $400,000, Miss Emma Taylor has little to do except looh pretty—whioh sho docs. Mrs. John Drew, during the first month or so, played her part extromely well, but has lately taken to gagging, of whioh the oh&racter doos not admit. Wheatloy & Clarke also do a great deal in this line, In their respeo tive parts, but the play admits of their doing ic> and, indeed, they improve upon Tom Taylor’s original construction of the drama. We notice that it runs on for the whole of -this week. On Saturday night “ The Dumb Man of Manchester ” was brought oat, and Mr. Wood, as Tom, the dumb rfan, made quite a hit. Somewhat timid at first, he soon gained confidence in himself, and played tho character very nearly as well nB we have seen his father play it, ten years ago. The orchestra of this theatre, nns city by the meeting of the soldiers of 1812. The veteran soldiers, with a raw Of their descendants, m«t at Independence Hell on Sat urday,morning last, and although n fair rep eienlntion of the veteran band was there, yet each *ueoeeding year' sbowa tbe inroads of time, and soon tbe day will be cele b-ated only by the doccenaants cf those who pirtlclpited, In that memorable battle. Among tho soldiers present' : at the meeting was a survivor of the great dosing scone of the w*r whjah saved New Orlenns fend covered Gen. Jackson and IjH troops with glory. Tho meeting was called to order hy 001. John B. Warner. The following officers'officiated : Chairman. Joel B. Sutherland. Vice Presidents. Gen. John W. Mick'e. of Camden; James McConkey, York county ; John St&Umun, Thomas Mel lon, Thomas Rlackifitoo, Peter Hay, John M. Coleman, John. 8. Warner, Joseph Dickinson, William McCor mick. Judge Sutherland made an a'ldreaß, in whloh he com manord with a reference to tbe fact that the batt;o < f New O/Jeans bad taken place forty-four years ago. and that but few who were then active in defence of their country are=now on the stage of antlon. He sketched the principal events of the war of 1812, end allnded par ticularly to the important luttle which he 1 Is com panions were celebrating He stated that a survivor cf the battle was present at the meeting Judge Puther lanl dosed bis remarks with an earnest appeal for jhu tice to the survivors of tbe war and to the widow* and orphans of those who have gone t) their last account. A series of resolutions, appropriate and pat;iotiq, was read and adopted by acclamation The,usual toabts complimentary to the heroes of the war of 1812, wero a'so adopted, end the meeting adjourned. The Weather.—The weather bos been quite seasonable, for the post two days, pre sent prospeots we shall soon b» blessed with p floe sup ply of ice. Yesterday tbe sky was perfectly'clear, and tbe coolant brtolngair compelled pedestrians to aeep l up a brisk movement in order to keep warm and com fortable ' - i • • Died from her Injuries.-— Mrs, Rosanna Funk, who was injured on Friday night last by a fiaid laaip ezp'osion, ether residence, In'WSflt Philadelphia, died at 3 o’olock yesterday morning front the effeot of her injuries, Academy of Music* BY MIDNIGHT MAIL. Letter from Washington. [Correspondence of The Press.] Washington, January 8,1859 The rainy spoil hss just passed away, leaving & clear and beautiful day on the anniversary of the eighth-of January, 1815. And what a difference be twoon'tho present and the past! Daring every former Administration, tho Democracy of tbe District of Columbia, assisted by thoir political* associates from all parts of tho Union, in and out of Congress, assembled together to oelebr&te the viotory of Now Orleans, and ro-assort their devo tion to Democratic principles. Not so now. Under the present evon tho old Jackson Associ ation seems to have gone out of existence, as tests and doctrines came to be sot up in plaoe of the old-fashioned oreed of the Democratic party. Tho very memory of tbe Hero of New Orleans seems to have been industriously forgotten by the officials in high plooes—tho recognised dlsunionists to ap plaud dootrlnes of tho most despotic character, and to cry down all men who stand up for the rights of the States There are the fashionable theories of tbe day. No wonder, then, that euob an anniversary should be treatod with contempt, and the Demooraoy hesitate to moot together in the ehpde of that official power which is constant ly doing everything to overthrow Demooratio pro oodeats and principles. The fine address of Mr. Vice President Breck inridge Ib very touch admired; though somosur prise is manifested that ho should have omitted all allusion to Thomas H. Benton. I anrglad to hear from Mr. Phillips, Pennayl vania member of the Committee of Ways and Means in the House, that he is resolved to make a vigorous effort in favor of such a tariff as will be satisfactory to Pennsylvania and to the country. He expects tbat in ten day* a bill will be roported from the committoo Hon. John Hickman is preparing a masterly speech'.on this suhjeot, whioh, from his known liberality, and great power as a debater, will command tbe attention of the House and the country. He has given much attention to the revenve question, and will no doubt present such an argument as will bo produotiro of favorable results. Judge Dougins is visited by orowds day and night at his residence. He is in fino health, and will take his roat in the Senate on Monday. •ififtmg the signifioaat invitations whioh ho has received to participate in the oelebration of this day, are letters from the Buohanan Club of Cin cinnati, composed of Pennsylvania Democrats, originally in favor of Pennsylvania’s late favor ite Son; a letter from the Democrats of Cleve land, Ohio, including a largenumber whonever vo ted the Democratic ticket heretofore, who are ready to go over to the.Eemocratic partyin the event of the candidacy of Judge Douglas on his own announced platform ; and also a letter from the Tammany Society, whioh is now controlled by the office-holders of the Federal Administration. So we go. Tbe message of Governor Paoker has given great satisfaction to that noble band of Democrats who have resisted tbo enoronahmonts of'the Execu tive, and tho tendenoy towards centralization whioh has lately grown so alarmingly at this ca pltal. Tho Washington • Union his not yot no ticed this fine Stote paper, coming from the Chief Magistrate.of the great Keystono State. Had he spoken in favor of the despotlo dootrlnes new in fashion here, ho would have boen exalted to the seventh heaven. Qor. Packer must be contented to represent tho people, and to do without the ap plause of the Federal Administration. [Omrospondooce of The Prens.] Washington, Jan. 0, 1860. Tho “ Board of Agriculturists ” still oontinue their meetings. Tho only business of importanoe transacted was that contained in acommunioa tien received a few days since from tbe ohairman of the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives of the United States, requesting thwopfoion of the Board as to the general useful new and efficacy of tho Agricultural Division of the Patent Office. As an offset to this, I give the following resolu tion, offered by Mr. Jones, of Tennossee, in tbe ‘House, on Thursday morning, and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That tho Secretary of the Interior b requested to inform the House by what authority, and. under what law, if any, the “Advisory Board of Agriculture of the Patent-office” bn* been,assembled in this oity; how and by whom the delegation of membors had bean appointed, their business, tho purposes and objects of the board, the manner and mode of their compensa tion. the names of the delegates, and tbe amounts paid to eaob, and tho appropriation out of whioh tfaQ amount is to bo paid. ' Mr Jones followed up this resolution in remark ing that tbe objeot of tho resolution was to obtain for the House, and for the publio, suou information as herein o&licd for; to know if there had been an Agriouttnral Congress, or “ advisory board of Agriculturists of the Patent Office/' assembled in this oity, under tho authority of one of the de partments of the Government; and for tbe Con grem itself to take saeh aotlon upon it as they might see proper. If it was right and proper tba'. it be done, then let tbe Congress of the Uoitpd States take the responsibility, and provide whoQ these Congresses shall be assembled, by whom tbe delegates shall bo appointed, and what amount of compensation shall be reoeived by each It was by getting this information that -they should know what they were doing when they were voting sixty, eighty, or ono hundred thousand dollars for the collection of agricultural statistics. So you see that whatever may bo be hind the ourtain is to bo brought forward to the iight. « I may state, however, that this board is con vened in obedionoo to the eall of the Seeretary of the Interior, under the appropriation of Juno 12th last, of $60,000 for the collection of agricultural {statistics, the Secretary deeming this the best means for that purpose. After all that has been said upon tho subject, I think that all this hubbub js premature Rtd unnecessary. ' The Exeontive mansion was inaugurated yester day, at ono o’clook, wllh tbe first of a series of Presidential receptions, to bo continued on eaoh succeeding Saturday during tho season. [ Tho evening receptions will commence en Tues day next, and be oontinued every alternate Tues [3 ay. i Mr Grow, from the Committee on Territories, jhss made tho following report on the Oregon bill, jas the views of a minority of tbe Commitleo on ,-Territories on the application of tho people of Oro •gon for admission into the Union : - By seotioa 3, artiolo 4, of the Constitution, it is provided that “ new States may be admitted by 'the Congress into the Union.” Tho time, mode, ’and manner of admission are, thoreforo, left by ; the Constitution wholly to the discretion of Con jgress. In tho exercise thereof Statos have been ’.admitted, some with, some without a previous not 'of Coogrpss authorizing, tho peoplo of tho Terri tory to form a Constitution and State Government. 'The Territories of tbo Union have thus been trans formed into States without uniformity in the mode :&nd manner of prooedure, and without Any uni |form rule as to tbe number of population—the ‘whole snbjoot of the propriety of admission having ‘been left to tbo discretion of Congross at tho timo •of the application of the proposod State, i The two houses of Congress, however, at their ‘last session declared in their notion en tho appli ’e&tion for the admission of Kansas as a State, that its then existing population was sufficient for its 'immediato admission into the Union as a slave Stato; but if its people wore unwilling to oorao Goto tho Union with such a Constitution, then they >were authorized to eleob delegates to form a Con stitution and State Governmont, preparatory to their application for admission, “ whonevor, and ■nor before, it is ascertained, by a oonsu? dulv and ■legally taken, that the population of said Terri ■torv equals or exceeds tbo ratio of representation required ior a member of tho Hour© of Represen tatives of the Congress United States” :That restriction upon the aotion of tho popple of {Kansas received the approval of tho Prosidont, land is a law upon the statute-book to day. Tito .President, not satisfied with his offioial approval 'of the not at the timo of its passttu. takes occa sion, in disouraing tho Kansus qnfttion In his an ' nual motfsage at the opening of tbo present sesrian fof Congress, to say, relative to the admission of ;Kansa9 as a State, that “ surely it is not t/nrea i lovable to require the people of Kansas to wait, before maline a third attempt , until the number of their inhabitant f shall amount to ninety-three thousand four hundred and twenty Hod the reasonableness of thisuquirement sug gested itself to the President Hi h* messngo trans jmUtiog Iho Lecompton Constitution to Congress, Ituuch vGuable time, in tbo legislation of the might have been saved, and & dangerous ;scotiona! agitation avoided. i Tho President, in tho same annual message, ifnriber dcolares that any attempt by the peoplo of Kansas to forma State Constitution, beforo the .number of their population reaches the required -amount, would bo “ in express violation of a -pro vision of an act of Congress;” and in tho judg ment of the President, therefore, eould net law fully be made. Should it be attempted, judging !ot the future by tho pa«t oonduct of tho Exooutlvn tiwards tho people of Kansas, the Prosidont would declare it a cose of rebellion or treason, and the •army of the Republio would again bo employed, under the pica of preserving “ law andordor,” to (Suppress oonstitKtional liberty in Kansas. | This is tho first instauca in tho history of the (Government whero Congress has doolftred that tho ■snmi population which it recognised ds sufficient ifor a slave Stato was not sufficient for a freo S’ato, .and tho Ghiof Magistrate of tho Republic not only •sanctiors such discrimination, but avows his readi ness to insist on it in the execution of tho laws, so ‘far»s they nffcot the pooplo of Kansas. With this law on tho statute-book, and with these official declarations of the President, it is proposed lo admit Oregon into tbe Union with a population less than tho number required by this law, and from tho best sources of information within tho reaoh of your oommittoe; not exceed ting, if equal, to that of tho Territory of Kansas. Tho undersigned minority of your oommUtoo are unablo to appreciate the fairness or justice of this kind of legislation towards tho poople of dif ferent Territories, and aro unwilling to give their Is motion in any way (o a discrimination as to tb6 inaraber of population rt quirod for * free or stove 'Slate, and muoh.loss as to tbe controlling politioal (character of ih® proposed B‘ate. I The application for both Kansas and Oregon to jhe admitted Into theUnlonwae presented at the •last session of Congress. Neither had been au-' ithorleed Jfc-evloua aot of Congress to form a Constitution, so in that respeot they wero both (alike. So far ns could’ be ascertained, no census (having been taken in either since 1B&5, there was little or no difference as to the number of their .population.' Each hed elected “ a State Legis lature and other officers and so far they wore Rilke prepared to outer the Union, The only real difference that existed in the two eases prior to the application for either, was that Oregon had a Territorial Government not unsatisfsotory to the people, and a legislature chosen by her own oitizens, while the Territorial organization of Kan sas was a usurpation by fraud and force, and ‘its political power was wielded by usurpers and des pots Without expressing any opin ! on a 3 to the pro priety of a reurlodon on tho Territories as to population, if general in its chafaoter, or as to tho necessity for any previous act by Congress, authorizing tho formation of a Stale Government —and without inquiring whethorthe Constitution submitted by the people of Oregon is repnblioan inform, and consistent in its provisions with the guarantees of -he Constitution of the United States—wbito the restriction on the aotion of the people of Kanras remains on the statute-book, unless made of universal application to all tho Territories, the undersigned feel that their ap proval of the application of Oregon, under the existing circumstances, wonld he giving their sanction to an uqjast diecriai nation between the people of the different Territories, if not indi rectly endorsing the odious distinction made in the law of tho last session of Congress against free institutions and free States. Tho undersigned therefore reoommend the fol lowing as a substitute for the bill reported by the majority of the oommittee. Strike out all a'ter the emoting olause, and insert: That the people of tho Territory of Oregon be, and they ate hereby, authorize! and empowered to form for ‘hemsolves a Constitution and State Government bf the name of the State of Oregon, according to the Federal Constitution, and may elect delegates r or that purpose whenever, and not before it is ascertained, by a census duly and legally taken, that the population of said Territory equals or exceeds the ratio of representation required for a >nrmber of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States; and whenever thereafter such delegates shall assemble in Con vention they shall first dotormiae by a vote wheth er it is the wish of tho people of the proposed State to be admittod into the Union at that time; and if so, shall proceed to form a Constitution, oropara'ory to their application to Congress for admission into the Union as a State. Col. Letter from New York. ROMANCE OF “FAST” LIFE IN NEW YORK—BAIL ING OF J GLANCY JONEB AND MINISTER PRESTON —TUB OPERA —TUB YOVNG ENGLISH LORDS — MRS. CORA V. L. HATCH —THE “ TROY BUDGET ” —THE “CONSTELLATION” ON BARTER & BRO THERS. [Correspondence of The Press.] New York, Jan. 8, 1859. The romance of life, especially of “fast” life, in cities, often excels the most Incredible oieations of mo dern story-tellers. * A few mornings since the town was startled by the announcement that two “fast” young fellows, having some difficulty about a rapid young woman, pistols weie drawn, and a shot fired, which, instead of creating & vacuum in the person of his opponent, was said to have pierced the body of the laly. The body was taken homo, but the shootiKg in dividuals could not be found by the police. Her case was said not to be hopeless, but, to make sure of this, and promote the ends of justtoe, Coroner Gamble despatched one of his deputies to the lady’s re sidence, In East Nineteenth street, with iostrqe’.ions to ascertain whether it wonld be proper to hold an ante mortem examination. Much to his surprise, ho was met at the door, by the lady herself, who was not only “up.” but very well “ dressed.” She intimated to the ofllola’ that she was not in a dying condition, and ctnld not, under the circumstances, see the point of go'ng through the melancholy formality aforesaid; denied ha* f-lie had been wounded At All, and treated the re ports published In the papers os one of the most aapir] log jokes of the holidays! Sit vita! reacSflTAni&’s pet aversion, Mr. J. G. Jones, sailed fir Europe to-day, in the steamer Fulten. Mr Pres ton, Minister to Spain, was passenger In the fame ves sel. During the trip, Minister Jones will have abun dant leisure to “talk Porney,” and philosophise cq the uncertainty of the men of Berks. The opera draws pretty well, but not as It did to'ore llio company went to Boston. The novelty has worn off, ant the paying people do not go so often. But Mr. Ulimau has managed matters with great address, md cleared more mosey than any manager that has, thus ar. speculated in opsia m this country. The young English lords, of whom it was fearel that tho Sir-uxs had wale an Indian meal, are now com-, forlably housed in this city, a* d will shortly leave for home. They still adhere to the r opinion relative to th» soundness of “Berben ” whiskey. Mrs. Oora Y p Hatch, the spiritualist, whose name is torch in the papers In consequence of belting from the bed and board of Mr Cora V L., gave a lecture last evening at the Cooper Institute to an audiecee of 1,500 p topis, mostly with l*ng beards,-old hats, and many sharp-featured, thin-lipp*d women. She was o’ad In black an! looked rather sad, as though she had latterly been having anything but a good time. It was supposed that Dr. Hatch would be present and endeavor to hatch ont some mhchief, but he was not visible. Pioneer. General Hagadorn, recently editor and publisher of the Syracuse Courier, but who was ejected from the establishment by Caral Commissioner Jaycox, who had pecuniary control of the establishment has gone into the Troy Budget) hia father And hlmse’f having pur chased the interest of Mr. McArthur. The Ewlget is. one of the oldest Democratic japers in the State, and has in times past had many sn editorial from Governor Marcy, George H Davis,and othors eminent in politics. Mr. Hagadorn’s retirement from the Syracuse paper is said to have been in consfquene® of bis not having suf ficiently sustained the views of the Dickinson ram. As several of the former editors of the Budget hare been Senators, Btate printers, and members of ihel.eglsia tare, Mr. H may have the gool luck to attain equal political and pecuniary position Park Benjamin’s' new paper, 7he Constellation (not the Great Bear), sells well, which is the best practical eommentiry that can he tnade upon its merit. 'ln oi e ef its editorials allurion is made to the Brothers Har per—the Cheeryble brothers of'Am rlca—and it is so well drawn, so true, and so richly merited, that I shall ask aaiHcSent of jonr space to reproduce it: “It is not our wish, and shall not be onr habit, to irdulge in personal ailuxlonß j but *« hvre so often heard this great publishing hoore decried, not only by disappointed authors but by its pretended friends, that it positively Affords us pleasure to be»r this purely voluntary teitluony to the worth of each and every in dividual, who can boast the honest and honorable name of Harper, in the distinguished firm of Harper and Brothers. Although it has not been exempt from ca lamity, it baa come ont bright aod unsullied from the fire. Ever clinging and holding fast together, these brothers, these fathers, these sons, these nephews, th» ee coußlns—affiliated in every way—have illustrated, in their united condition, whether in prosperity or adver sity, the noble moral of the fab's of the Bundle of Rods. : Had they separated, they might each have been broken a'ander; bat, closely joined aTVaya in bu«*rs. When* quirt at. 95 Lard, in bbls, lift. Coffee clobos firm, wltboutcbangn in quotation*; the sales of the week have been 91,000 bags; ihe stcck in port is 29 COO bags, against 132,000 bags at ibe same t'm* last year ■ Nkw Orleans. Jan. 8 —Salts of Gottou to day 5.6C0 bales, without any change in quotations. Other arti cles are without auy chango Mon.Li?. Jan, B.—Sales ot Ootton to-day 3 6GO ba’es, the turn being In favor of the buyer; sales of the w-*ek 20 000 bales; receipts 31,000 bales, against 18,503 bales for the corresponding week of last year. The receipts are now 162.000 bales ahead of last year, and the stock in port is now 162,500 halos. Hospital Casks.— A man namoi Michael Kenny, aged 24 |years, was badly bruised on Saturday evening, by being caught be'ween apo»t *.nd cir, in the neighborhood of Eighth and Willow ftreets. A child named John Murphy, about three years of age, was shockingly burned, about five o’c o’.k yes‘»r dny rriorning, by his clothes taking fire f om a lighted candle, with which ho was playing at his father’s resi dence in ‘Rtropney’s court, Fitzwater street, below Seventh.’ Both ' f the above were admitted to the Penn* sylvania Hospital. Fiiik.—About one o’olock yesterday mor’ ning an alarm of fire was caused by the burning of Ihe barn of Dr. Horatio Wood, which is situated In MUI street, Germantown. The entire* structure wss des troyed. The State-house bell rang for the Fourth dis trict, and but few of the city fire companies proceeded to the designated place. Supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. the latest^news THE STEAMER AFRICA AT NEW YORK, THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE, TUB CJTIJYBSJB MB 188 SBTTBBIt. DECLINE I3N COTTON. New York, January 9.—The Canard itaamship Africa reached her dock at half past 8 o’clock this evening, with Liverp -ol dates to the 25th nit. The Africa got ashore coming up the bay on the Wind Flats, but got off again without damage. She passed the steamer Ear-pa < IT the Bkerries on the 25th n’.t She spoke the City of Washington on the 28 th ult. The steamship Arsgo, from New York, bound to Havre, arrived atSontbampton on tbe 23d nit. Later advices from India and China had bjen received at London. The news is unimportant, with the excep tion of the announcement that the tariff negotiations in China had been completed. Thp ship Isaeo Wright, from Liverpool, hound to New York, has been destroyed by fire on the river Mersey. She had on board three bundled passengers, mostly emigrants, who were, fortunately, all rescued. The American bark Celestla. from'Malaga for Messi na, arrived at Gibraltar on the 34th ult., with tho loss of her bowsprit and a considerable portion of her rig gin?. having been in collision with tho steamship Great Britain, bound to Australia. The American bark Southerner, from New York for Marseilles, bad arrived at Gibraltar. In Ist. 7880 , loog. *O.lO, she picked up the master and five men of the American bark Kate Wheeler, abindonedat sea in con sequence of a serious le»k. The remainder of the crew were taken up by a British bark bound to Bom bay. The Kate Wheeler was from Geneva bonnd to Boston, with a cargo of marble GREAT BRITAIN. .The destruction of the chip I,mo Wright oconrred In the night, while tbe vessel was lying at anchor in the stream. A scene of great consternation ensued among the emigrant passengers, but their rescue was effected without any casualties. The ves el was scuttled, and run aground. She had on board a cargo consisting of fine goods and 800 tons of iron. The freight was foliv Insured. The steamer Indian Empire, o! the Galway line, is to ne sold as unfit for the service. The London Times, in recurring to President Ba chanan’s mmiage, draws attention to the preponder ance of foreign over domestic matters, and the quarrel some spirit manifested under its studiously moderate tone. It is considered as very remarkable tbat the United Stages should at the present moment have “ eatus belli ” against almost every State from tho Gulf to Cape Horn, and asks whether St is possible that the weaker party can always be tbe aggr eesor. Some riotous de'm'nstratinos have occurred amoog the military and militia at Woolwich, bat no serious results had takeo pUo«. Messrs. Metcalfe A Co., distillers, of Weathara, near London, have suspended, with liabilities amounting to £S7,COt). , Lieutenant Higgioson. who recently male*several unsuccessful applications to Alderman Salomons for a SQmtnoos against the Atlantic Telegraph Company, hA« been committed for a trial, charged with an a sault upon that functionary. The Investigation of the charges against tbe parties recently arrested in tho county of Cork Is progressing with strict privacy A *offng lady bn* baon arrested near Clonmel, chawed wi* fc having written seditious letters The electric communication through the cable be tween Malta and Cagliari has been suspended. It is ttat the cable has been broken or Injured by some vessels at anchor at Malta The result of Count Montalerabert’s appeal is cor sidered to be a trinmph over the Government, as, nnier the new sentence, the accused will not be liablo to ex ile ender the new law of suspicion. Hippolyte Regnanlt, a distinguished Parisian jonr nsli«t, has died in that city, aged 88.- The 1 Bociete Commerclaie et lodnstriale” iemaking atea H Y progress It will begin opera’ions with a cap’- tal of s’xty millions ot francs, of which forty million* have been already paid In.. It has no connection with the Credit Moblller. ISDIA AND Oil IN A. The telegraphic advice* from Suez announce the arri val thereof the Calcutta and China mail. The lodian news is uu l m octant. The dates from Hong Kong are to November ltth. Exchange on London bad advanced to 4s 9d; at Sb&og h&e the rate waafis BXd. Affairs at Canton were quiet. Business was checked by high prices. Teas we e quiet. The advices from India state that Brigadier Evellegh had attacked and d spersed the Singapore fugitives. The freight on measurement goods for London had declined at Calcutta to 15*. per ton SPAIN. The Senate has approved the address in reply to the Qneen’s speech by a vote of 103 to 28. Five ships have been despatched with reinforcements for the Spanish force against Cochin China. ITALY. Tbe United State* frigate Wabash wax at Fpezftia. Yernvius is again giving signs of an approaching eruption An Austrian squadron has been formed in the Adrl atic. • t , . SW3DSN. The health of the King of Sweden Ii getting worse, TURKEY. . .... All P*chabat tendered his resignation aa Grand T-. sier to the Porte. R r xt Paoba is preparing to follow him int‘> retirement. it is reported that the Grand Yitler has refused to cury out the reforms promised by Fuad Paoha at Paris. - - Loudon, Saturday, Dec, 25. —A telegraphic despatch received this morning announces tint the Servian As* sembly had disposed of oue Hospodar and proclaimed another T’le Board of Trade' return s for November show an In crease of 20 esr tin the import) over November of list year. For the eleven months of 1858 there has been an increase of 7 cent L TEB'O'i., Dec. 24.—The Cotton market closed yesterday in consequence of the approaching holidays. The sales during the five days of the w.;ek were 46,000 bales, including 3.500 bales to speculators, and 4,500 to speculators. The market ope»e> buoyant, bat the Amerioan advices received caused a decline or 1-16® ,Vd.4 particularly, for Uplands and Mobiles, and the market oloaed dnil, holders offering freely, but showing no deposition to press piles. Fair Orleans close) at 7»{, and m dllinvs at 616-16 d.; fair uplands 7 3-161*, middlings, 6?si fa’r Uplands 7d ; middlings 6 11-l^d The slock of cotton in port is 323.000 bal*s. Including 250,000 ba’es American. gome circulars siy that quotations are barely main* tvne-*, and o'hers that prices are eas'er without ohange in quotations. The advices from Manchester are favorable, the cot ton market being firm and large orders for goods on hand Bavbb, Dee. 21.-New Orleans trts ordinaire la quoted atlo4f. The mirket opened at an adv-ince, but o'osed at a decline. The sales of the week were 11,000 bales. The stock in port was 108 000 bales. LONDON MONET MARKET, Dec 24 —The dosing price of Consols, yesterday, was 99#©97 ffir account, ex-divldend. Messrs. Richardson & Spence sav there had been no regular market since Tuesday. Flour was dull and quotations nominal. ' Wheat closed firm ; white Sonthern 6s 6d©7s 3d. Corn dull; mixed yellow w«a neglected; there were small sales of white at 3' ©32s. The tngliah funds had fluctuated but slightly. A little more firmness was observable, bdt the market again r*bp*ed into dullness Consols closed firmly. There was a goed supply of money in the stock ex change and discount market at the former rats* The balHoa in the Bank of England bad Increased £125.000. The money market was generally unchanged, bat in good demand. In American securities thyre was an avenge busires*. bnt without any qaotable change LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET—Beef heavy, and holders were pressiog tbe'r stock on the market; Bason steady, though the quotations were barely main tained. EXCHANGE, Jah. 8. BOARD. fONYorkCeuR 847< 100 Harlem R pref sBO S6ft 200 do 37 100 Reading R s3O 54 200 do 64ft 13 Mi SAN led 20ft 20) MIS Guar’d 49 50 do §3O 49 Lard quiet, and firm at 54< 6d©6ss. TaMow was slow of rn'e. hit prices were unaltered LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET, Dec 24 —Caro lina R’O* closed heavy at 17s 9d«618s for old and 20s® 21s for new. Linseed was active at 29s 6d®Bos 6d. Spirits Turpentine steady at 395. Rosin firm at an adj vance, cb'rily In Inferior qualities thourb all grades have improved ; sales of common at 4s sd®4s lOd. Me dium and fine qualities a-e neglected. Pearl Ashes quiet at 81s 6d®3ls 91. Tea is quiet but firm. London, Deo 24 —Flour is Steady and firm. Cooper has aivanced Webb rails closed steady on the Clvde at £6 10s. Welsh bars also steady at £6 6s. Spirits Tarpettlne dull at 33s fd- Sugar firm; Rico closed steady; Tee firm; Congocs being quoted at lid The sales of Oils have beeu unim portant Linseed is quoted at 29a 9J. Marine Disasters—Wreck of the Alar< Boston, Jan. 9.—The sohomar 8 O. Wa’ts, fr>ra Cuba bound to thif port, is ashore at Bonth Gay Head, Vineyard Sound, her masta gone, aid full of water. PROTINOBTOWN, Mtss., Jso. 9.—Tbe brig Airy from Fayal, brings home John Kennedy, a mm pick'd off the house of the ship Margaret Tyson, befo-e reported as lost lie state* that the ship capsized in a gale on Saturday, the 9tb. (the month not stated! She l»y on her beam ends till Sunday morning, and was then set tlirg fast, when Captain Morris called the men aft and told them to look out for themselves, as he should re man and go down with the ship. Bhe soon bad every appearance of slaking There were six boats bjlong ing to the vessel—three had been stove by the spars drifting abot the deck ; two others were stove along side. and the sixth was 1 mnehed safely. Five uf the crew jumped Into her, when she cap s’zed hf a heavy sea. Poor men got on her bittoro, and tb* fifth—tbe man saved—caught a rote aud hauled hiirself ou board Ibe ship. He af terwards swam to the ship’s house, which bad become detached fromthewreck. He found two of the crew upon it, and was afterwards joined by two more. The ship had then entirely disappeared. Two tneu died from exposure, a third beoxmo delirious rntherlqih day, and jufhped overbt ard. The fourth died two days before Kennedy was nicked up by the schooner Dread 110 sayß ho sustained life by catching aevtn sma’l fish with his hands at rations timer, and occasionally caught water when it tained. Kennedy’s statement is not very straightforward, but this le account'd for by his ignoranm, and partly ’rum not having fully recov er ed from tho sufferings he has undergone. ■Washington, Jan. 9.—The Mobile Mercury, receiv'd by mail, contains the etatemect made by o»pt Maury, of the filibus'er schooner Nn the 21th u’t , an *rne week later than by the overland route The Quaker City was detained at the 0oa1aa:oalcoa bar by a succession of heavy northers. The California intelligence does not embrace any events of much Importance. The Pacific mail steamship John L. Stevens sailed on the 20th with $1,366,000 In gold for New York, $lOO,OOO for New Orleans, and $742,500 for Eogland. The San Franc'sse markets are unchanged. Business was dull. . . , MARINE INTELLIGENCE. AmvedatSan Francisco, ship Henry Brigham, frpra New York; ship Biam, from Siam: bark J. Godfrey, “°® New York, and ship Blackhawk, from Liverpool. The Quaker City brings aiyices from the city of Mex ico to the 20th ult. Zulragabad been deposed by the forces under Gen. Mtirt’raWater nrcfngB r “ w “« of ,h » Geo. Robles announces himself as the head of the Conservatives, and has sent commissioners to Vera Crus to treat with Juarei for a union with the Libe ra's. Robbery of tbe Mails* Toot, N. Y , 7an 9.—John Marr, of Mecbanicsville, has been arre«ted. charged with sn extensive robbery of the malls at the post office of that place. Departure of Steamers. New York, Jan. 8 —The steamsblo Fulton failed for Southampton this morning, with $483,000 in specie. 1 he steamship Paclfio also sailed for Galway. Loss of the lirig Thomas and Edwatd. New Bsdpobd. Jan, B.— The brig Thomas and Ed wa-d, from Salt river, Georgia is a totalloss, on Cutty hunk. ’ The mutiny on the Ship Flying Dragon. Norfolk, January 8 —Eight mutineers have been brought up from the ship Flying Dragon, at anchor in Hampton Roads. She is not aground, as was orizlnallv reported. FINANCIAL ANI) COMMERCIAL. The ZUfoney Market. Philadelphia, Jan. 8, 1859 The upward movement in the fannies wss well sns tained at the stock brarl to-day, except In Reading, which opened at 27 V, and sold down to 27—a decline of # on the prices'of yesterd-y. A small sale was ef fected afterwaide at 27ami the market closed with more firmness. Schuylkill Navigation stocks were de cidedly hotter, and there was a marked improvement In the other fnncv stocks, and in the lower-prieed rail road bonds. City passenger-railroad stocks are alro rising; The prospects for & heavy business in stocks are just now very geod. The attention of the Legislators is t> be oilled to a new proposition relative to the tonnage tax, petitions for the adoption of which are now circulating amor g cur citizens. It is proposed to relieve the Pennsylvania Railroad Company from fie payment of this unjust taxation to the State on condition that. It shall con tribute the amount of such tax annually to the support of a line of ocean simmers to sail out of Philadelphia. The adoption of such a plan would doubtless *be a good thing for the port, but how it will lessen the injustice of Ihetax it is difficult to see. It would be a poor con solation to a man unjustly compelled to pay abeavy fine, to tell him that the money went into the public trea sury. aal thereby helped to diminish hfe sfea-e of publlo taxfion. We are in fav*r of the unconditional repeal of. this legal extortion, wh ch can be jost as easily oh. tiined as any half-way"measure. Besides this, it seems to be forgotten that it is not the jailroad compaoy,-but the owners or the freight who pay thetonnag»-tix. If the tax should continue to be levied upon the company, and by' them collected from their customers as at present, and theo given to advance the commerce of the port it will simply be the imposition of a burdensome, if not prohibitory upon our inland commerce, which is our present main stay, for the benefit of our foreign commerce, which the whole of the tax would not materially increase, even if it were possible, by artificial forcing, to increase it at all. It always has been, and It always will be, a bad plan to do evtl that good may eusae. The toanage-tis is wrong and unjust j let it be unconditionally re pealed. _ _ According to Governor Morgan's message, there a r e in the Mate of New York eighty-eight railroads, built at a cost of $137,000,000, of which only fourteen pay dividends. The Governor thinks that, aa directors and managers seem unable to tell the ret son why the owners of the other seventy-four get no returns from their in vestments, it may be productive of beneficial results to have a legislative Inquiry into the subject. The State of Missouri would like to borrow fire mil lions of dollars, and the State of New York is likely to be in the market soon for six millions, to pay the float ing debt or four millions that the State officials ha-e contracted, and the two millions still neceiaary to com plete the canals. The Memphis, Clarksville, and Louisville Railroad, . under the presidency of Colonel William A. Qtarlea, Is In a fine state of progress, with the work going ahead rapidly all along the line. Governor Bingham whosa term as Executive of tbe Slate ef Michigan has just expired, in bis retiriog me*aage to the Legislature, sta'es that daring the year 1858 bonds against the State to the am'untcr $195,000 have been redeemed and cancelled, and pror’- sion made for the redemption ef $2O 000 more, which fell due on the Ist instant The credit of the Slate was never, comparatively, in so goed condition, and the new bonds, issued under the act of witte*, com manded a premium In the market, whttq those cf many other B‘ates were below p r. The total amount of S ate indtbtedneas, fir wh'ch bonds bare been issued, a' the close of the fiscal year was $2,337,629.67. Of this $20,000 fell due and wag met on the lit instant, $lO,OOO matures in 1860, and about two millions of the remainder will he payable In 1804. The New York Heraid says: “ The Illinois Central have advices from England thatthe amount required to pay the interest on their bonds will be raised by lonns atreven per cent, the lenders taking bonds of the com pany as collateral. This wi’l account for the rise in the, steck. The December earnings were $141,800; the cash receipts in the Land Ofllc9 about $60,000. PHILADELPHIA BTOOK . EXCHANGE BALES, Jannar/ 8, 1859. airoaiSD bt Kivz.Br, Baoirir, * 00., baste-hots, stock, ABJD SXOHAMQB BBOESBS, VOR73WB3T COBSSE TBIE9 ARD OBBBSWT STJUBT3. FIRST BOARD 10003 City 65.... 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At the ringing of tbo church boll, ho generally began to commit his sermon to memory, and so strongly retained wbat he had acquired, that ho used to say, that in a premeditated speech, he could not be inter, rupted by the shouting of a thousand auditors. Sir Francis Bacon once read to him the last clauses ol ten lines in Erasmus’ Paraphrase, in a confused manner. After as hort pause, he rehearsed these broken parcels of sen tences‘properly, and the contrary, without stumbling. ‘ ‘'' 1 1 Norristown B