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CARPET WAREHOUSE. . ;no. 820 chestnut. street. iVI BUAtili foPHN TO-DAY ANOTHER - INYOIOB OP v -. •. ■ ~ ENGLISH TAPESTRY■BRUSSELS, *< CROSSLEY’S” CELEBRATED MAKE, OM DOilhAR A YARD. Carpet, buyers .will Qnd our stock full and of fresh P.KICKS VERY LOW,, , noB-tf S.I ARRIS’ B BOUDOIR SEWING MA CHINE Is offered t<> tho-pablio aatha most re liable low-pricrd Sewing Machinelnnse., It will sew from six to s sixty stitches to binch,-, 0* %]V kinds of goods, from coirseat bagging to the flaeat cambrics. It is, without exception, 1 the simplest in its meohanical roastnulioc CTCrru&de, and can be run and kept Jn order by a child of twelve yeara.of age., The mutuMUTr of ’Vhia machine: and the QutLiTT or its" wo»k, are war ranted to be nnaurpajiaed by any other. Its speod ranges from three hundred to fifteen hundred stitchea per mi nute. i’he'thread media taken directly from tho spools, wiTHOor thb troDbi.b or bbtAsdiso] In faot, it is a machine that is wanted by erory family lathe land, and the low price of V*. \ THIRTY DOLLARS/, : at which they are sold, brings, them within the reach of almost every uni, -8. I>. IIAKBR, Ageftt, d3l dfia/W-eow-Gra 30 Boulh EIGUTU Street. fit WILSON’ 8 SEWING MACHINES, REDUCED PRIOEB. - NEW fITPLB, $6O. All the former patterns $25 lew on each Machine. V, ' : A NEW TENSION. . NO WINDING OP UPPBR THREAD. A nNUBIKR WHICH .TURNS ANY WIDTH OP .HBMORPBhW oFrrosa «28 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. No. 7 West STATE Street, Trim too, N. J. No. 7 East UAY Street, Weal Chester, Pa. oeltof.Zd ■ ©abincl tUau*. I/ARGEST DESK DEPOT IN* ~ THE Union. HOaUBI i.HDHOH, (Boceweers to 3, T; Hsmmitt,) 1 . Ol ' A. L, ADAMS’ IMPROVED DESK- RACK, Ke. 45?.500th TJ3IBDB toot,' , .V- ” - Philadelphia. OP»IOB, BANE, and BOHOOT, FI7RNITURK; RXTBNBIONTABhHi, BOOKOARKiI . WARDROBES. *c. AS-Sei ! . Cool! HOUSEKEEPERS, hOOKy fSO: YOUR ' laXßKKdT^i—UMitrßdduotion intbe' priea of- COA&*; CU6*pf*ty*o(l'bBaV 'ThV/sab»oVlber’->hVTlni? cOntr*ei«fofc hid jtappljr all Coaly )«enabled toi ■tos tasm tissiTiilsD • ’ ; :;idmxCpßN: FARING ; ; ‘ : THOMPSON, CLARKE, * YOUNG,, .180 aitf 138 South FRONT Street, . / . Agents for the Company J BHOTHERS fv7. Are felling their whole etock of Fancy Goods— Vftlenclafl and Poplins, . Shawl* and Cloaks, •" • New Fauoy Silks, Silk and Oa*hmere Robes, , - French and English Chintzes, Dalbriggia Hosiery, and Lace Goods, •’ A t priees very much reduced. They have also sup plied their Onaap. Oouktsb with a large stock or new Prints and DeLalnpß at very low prioes. jaO . > . , CHESTNUT AND EIGHTH. Goods seduced prior to stock- TAKING■ . -A _ - , THORNLRY & OHIBM, , Would begleave to announce that the Holidays being now oret they 'are preparing for Stock-taking, andwill ' ■ CLOfiK OUT VJ3RY QHfSAP! THE BALANCE OP THEIR FALL AND WINTER. • GOODS! Cloaks and Raglans,. .. . ftbawls and Silks.. , _ , - ' ■ Merlnoos apd Oaahmerei, DeLalnea and.ParctiaUos, Satin Trererpa and Valencias, Chintzes and fliogbaras, .Olotbs and Cassimerea, . Blankets and Shawls, - ' Linens and, MuslinS, t .Table and Piano Covert, ~ r , . Table Linens and Towels, Ladies* and Qentlemen’sHdkfs. Hosiery and Gloves. Ac., &o. ' With a large and well assorted general stock of FANCY., AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, All Sought CHEAP for' CASH, and now to he sold AT REDUCED PRICES! To close out preparatory to' STOCK-TAKING! . 0 H IS Jff * B, Northewt Corner EIGHTH lb WRING GARDfN “WE BELL FOR' CASH .AND HAVE BUT ON? _ • PRICEjU-N- . / : jal-tT*, 'SySTHITE PREJSOH MEfiIKs 00. ’ - , ; , $24 Cloaks'Refooedr.to $lB 00. •i.i i '■ $37 Cloaks Beducv.a to $22 60. V, a.- $4O Oloiksßoduffltd tos3o 00., s seo.'OioUwßhdheiatos4s,oo^;r" . sso DL>, iiiswalmWjUmM'Mff&jti'srp ,'^ w oT OB s o o. , i 29 > 708 CHESTNUT STREET. XSTINTER BTOCK KEDtJOED. * * Ladles? Beaver Cloths. Fine Black Cloths. Boys’ Wear—Oasaimeres.' - Satinettfl, and Vestings, .All at; WHOLRBALB RATES. . DRKB9 GOODS. • Heavy Valencia, 18>f to 45 cents. 26 sent Delaines at 17 cents. Merrimack Prints at ll oohts. * '' Merinoes—Colora—Fine Blues and Blaoks. ' CttOAKBOOM. Bleg&nt Beaver Cftefee and Raglans. Very bandßomo .Gannents at mnflh less than usual prions for same quality; *lO, *l2,and*l&olonkeare UNSURPASSED. : ’ r . BROCHB SHAWLS. A very large stock aleo of Woollen Shawls. REDUCTION Will commence on thelßth DECEMBER. N. B.—No deviation from price. COOPER A OONARD, d!8, 8. E. corner NINTH A MARKET Sta. V-feKILLS A SHEETINGS FOE EXPOET. MJ BBOWN, BLEACHED, & BLUE DRILLS. HBAvY & LIGHT BHEBTINOa, Suitable for Export, for sale by FKOTHINGHAM k. WELLS, 24 South FRONT ST., f 85 LETITIA ST. _ 0016-IT JB. VALENTINE A CO., • OOMMISrION MERCHANTS - von the HAi.H or AMERICAN MANUFACTURES, No 51 COMMON STREET. NEW 0 K L E A N S . Special attention given to Collecting and Remitting Bxohnnge. . d2S-3m* Likens .fob mkn>s weak. Ainnrloan Linen Company*# saporior stylo Brown Linen Coatluge, % and various shadesj -Brown and Bleached Linen Ducks, vorloes styles \ Brown Linen Drills. A choice asnortment of the' above Goods now on samplo, and for sale by JOSEPH LEA, dlft-tf 128 and ISO OHE3TNIJT Street. M7INOHESTER & CO., GENTLEMEN’S iv furnishing store PATENT SHOULDER SRAM SHIRT MANUFAC TORY, At the Old Stand, Jfo. 70S OUEBTNUT STREET, oppo »ite the Washington House. A. WINCHESTER will give, as heretofore, his per sonal supervision to the Catting p.ml Manufacturing department*. Orders for his celobrated style of Shirts and Collars filled at the shortest notice. Wholesale trade supplied on liberal terms. . jy24-ly JW. SCOTT, (lato of tho firm of Wm f OEKSTKa * 800T7.) GENTLEMEN'S FURNISH ING BTORB Mid 8111 UT MANUFACTORY, 814 CHESTNUT Street, (nearly oppoHltc thu Girard House,) Phrjftdelnhlß. 3. W- S. would respectfully call the attention of hli former patrons and friends to hie new Store, and 1# pre pared to fill orders for StiniTS at short notice. A porfoot fit guarantied., COUNTRY TRADE supplied «Uh PINK flmilTB and COLLARS. iylfl-tf JE. & 00., • 823 CHESTNUT Street. Hare receirod, per stoarasn, new style* Jewelry, f Jbsieinina, Yer.t Oaalos. Splendid Pans. Hair Pins. Prnlt Stands, Sugar Baskets. Jet Goods and Flower Vases. Coral, Lava and Mosaic Beta. 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It may bo romombored that during the iato Allibone and Nowhall trial, one of tho moßt distinguished mombcrs.of tho Philadelphia bar, employed for the defence, more than onco addressed tho Judgo, “ as your Ilonor very properly ruled,” or. “as was judicionsly remarked ftom your Honor,” and so on. The Judge so addressed, and blarneyed, did not observe tho complimonting, wo pro sumo—if ho had, ho would have put an ond to it at onco, wo presume. It is bad taste to do this thing, worso tasto to submit to it. Only a woalc Judge would bo influenced by it. In ono of the London Courts of Law, within tho last throe weeks, ono of tho Barons of tho Exchequer, who was being « buttored” in this manner, sternly interposed, and astonished, tho. Advocate by saying, “ Tho Court dooVlti duty,- on-its bosrkndwledgo of tho law and by the exorciso of its most deliberate judgment. It is actual impertinence, although that may have here been unintentional, for a Counsel to pass any opinion, in public, whothcr, of censnro or complimont, upon what tlie Judge has laid 1 down as his reading of tho law. I re quest that this may not bo repeated.” A wholosomo reproof, firmly enunciated, and likely to bo of nso. As, in this country, wo dorivo many of our legal precedents from England, lot us hope that this may also bo adopted. By the way, on tho Allibone and Nowhall trial, just referred to, a very ablo advocate commenced his speoch by expressing, in a solemn manner, his personal conviction of tho innocence of tho accused, whom ho dofondod. This is making tho advocate’s high character an additional witness in tho cuse, and, indoed, wo lmd thought that such declarations bad been “ pu.t out of Court” over since Charles PiiiLLirs told a London jury, on tho trial of CounvoisiEit, tho murderer, that Ac was fully porsuadod of his innocence—-tho fact being that, a few hours before ho said so, his cliont, tho murderer, had confessed ids guilt. Wo liavo hero uliuded to tho reproof which an English Judge gavo to a barrister who at tempted (as tho Baying is) to “walkup his sleeve” by complimenting him. Wo liavo now to mention two recont cases in which English Judges havo como into collision with jurios, and exhibited no small degree of tem por. Sir Cuesswkll GREBSWKLL is Judgo-Ordina ry of tho newly established Court of I’robate and Divorce, and presided, in that capacity, at tho trial Keats t>. Keats and MoaTEseuA, where tho plaintiff prayed for a dissolution of' marriage on tho ground of adultery, and for damages from tho male co-rospomlont.- Tho trial lasted for soveral days, and, on Ducembor ldth, Sir C. Obesswell summod up. After going through tho evidonco, which wo need not ovon glance at hero, ho entered into tho question whetbor tho plaintiff, the wronged husband, had condonod the offonco. Ho pro ceeded thus: New York. “ With regard to tho noxt question, that of con donation, ho felt great anxiety, for he oohld not but fear that in administering tho law on.'some-, what new prinoiples in a new tribunal he might; fall into some error in the view.ho took, lloTvpuld state, in terms that he hoped oould net bo mlsun derstood,his opinion upon thesubjsot; be hoped that full notes of his observations wonld bo tnkeh, and, he challenged Investigation and impeschmont of thoao observations, In .brier that the interests of mreforenoe to some symptoms of approbation ■which hD hud noticed unions tho jury, that he hoped never to Jive to see the day u'h*n the oh • servations of a judge would be matle the subject of praisein a court of justice. The administra tion of justice would be tn great peril if ever po pular applause were permitted to influence judges.] Tho Legislature, he continued, having thought fit to submit questions of fact in these cases to jurios, it beoarno necessary to explain to them the meaning of oondonation. After looking through all the books of roportd of dlvoroo causes in tbo Ecolesiaatioul Courts, he was unable to find any preoiso definition of what was moant in those courts by the word condonation. But, looking to the oircumstancos in which jadges had hold that condonation or tho contrary had been established, ho hud come to this conclusion, —that condonation moant a blotting-out of the offenoo imputed, so as to restoro tho offending party to the positiou which sbo occupied before tho offenoo was committed. Tho English word ‘ forgiveness, * as oommonly used, (lid not fully expross the meaning of ‘ condouation.' Dy for giving an oflence a person might moan that ho had no wish to punish for it, but might be far from meaning that ho intondod to rostoro the guilty party to his original position. A master might forgive a oiork or a sorvant who had robbed him witnout having the slightest intention to restoro him to his employment. Oondonation meant far more; to ueo the languogo of Lord Stowed, it was analogous to releasing a debt. Again, it bad been held that a person could not condone unless ho know of tho offence. A man might, howevor, say, ‘ I have hoard stories' about my wife ; I aw in doubt about tho mattor; but wbotbor they aro true or fulso, I will tako hor bnck to my bod,’ and could not afterward?, on obtaining more oor tain information, revive tho chnrgo. If a man condoned after ho had received information of hia wife’s guiU.lio must bo presumed to have condoned with knowlodgo of hor guilt. Rut a man whoso intellect was obtuse, or whoao ohamotor waa less firm thau ui.ual, might be induced by argument to nscribo tho information ho hud rcoeived as to his wife’s guilt to somo plot, anil to disbollevo it. In that cu-so hoiuightnot intond to condono, although ho took hid wife borne.” Ho concluded by tolling the jury that if tlioy believed (hat the petitioner, knowing Ida wife's guilt, had condoned it in the sense of tho de finition ho had given them, the respondent was entitled to their verdict upon that issue. Tho jury retired at half past 12 o’clock, and at half past 15 returned into court. What fol lowed wo take from the Times* report ot tho trial: “ The foreman said they had not ngrood upon their verdict. One gentleman refused to aocept bis lordship’s definition of condonation. Tho other olovon had agreed. “ Sir C. Grefcswcll repealed his definition of oon* donation, and raid ho was responsible for the law, and the jury were bound to tule it ftom him. “ Tbe jury again retired, and in about an hour returned there was no chanco of their coming to an unanimous verdict Ono of their number refused to accept his lordship’s directions, and what were thoy to do? 'jhoy hod argued and talked tho matter over in every way. “ Sir O. Cresswell expre»3od bia surprteo lhat ft juryman should sot himsolf up as a c-mri of nppoal from a direction of a judge upon ft point of law- Perhaps a special verdict might bo taken, and thon tho questiou would bo deoiilod in tbo first instance by tho full court, and thon by tho Umuo of Lords —a tribunal which would probably give ns satisfac tory a judgment ns tho gentleman who was upon the jury. “ It was found impossible to dovieo tho tonus in which a special verdict should bo drawn up, and tho jury wero again locked up. Within half an liaur thoy returned, and thon found that Mrs. Koats hod beou guilty of adultery, and that Air. Koala had not condoned that adultery. They as sessed tho damages to bo paid by Lou Pedro do Montoiuma at. £l,Ufll) Tliis seems like carrying it with a high judi cial hand. For our own part, wo have conic across judges from whom, were wo on a jury, wo should no( take tho law. From Mr. Justice Grksswkll, who is a fine lawyer, albeit a littlo petulant, wo como to John, Lord Campbell, who has always been self-opinionated, and now, at tho ago of 80, is obstinate, egotistical, aud ifttraaivo in no ordi nary dogroo. In tho Court of Queen's Bench, ou December 17, ho came into collision with a Special Jury, under the following circum stances : A commercial traveller, with tho un common and aristocratic patronymic of Smitu —“ durum st vencrabilc tiomcareceived sevoro porsonal injuries, last August, while travelling on tho Groat Northern Railway. An accident arose from a fish train having stfnk and como to a stand-still, in cousoquonco of tho ballast under tho rails being washed away by an unparalleled floo'd. Tho express train, in which plaintiff was a passenger, dashed into tho trucks, tho ongino was thrown off tho lino, tho carriages wero broken and upset, and tho passengors thrown out, some into a ditch up to their nocks in water, and some into an adjoining flold. Tho railway company denied their liability, and attributed the accident to tho demolition of a bridge over tho river Bock, which, in stead of damming back tho water, os it had dono while it stood, roleased an immense body to swell and give impetus to tho col lected wators noar tho line, about throe and a quarter miles distant. It was proved beyond doubt that tho bridge gavo way half-past olovon, and at ten minutes to twelvo, or about toB minutes boforo tho accident, a heavy train piisscd over the spot whero the rails becaino displaced in perfect safety. Scientific wit- proved from meteorological observa tions at East Retford and Highfleld, near Not* ttwgham, that the rainfall was twice as much lif on hour and a half on tho day of tho acci dent, as on an avorago during the whole month 6,t August. p; In summing up, Lord Campbell said that if |.We flood was sudden, unforesoon, and unex larijpled—if thoro was nothing to indicate dan •gafa and the speed of tho train was not exceß jßlYO, tho company would have boon guilty of pu negligence, and therefore entitled to a ver- The plaintiff was not entitled to the verdict unless he proved negligence on the fiart of tho servants of the company which in volved tho injuries from which ho had suf- ; and, if tho plaintiff were entitled to recover, tho damages should be adequate, yet Moderate. tvAfter two hours’ deliberation, tho jury re turned a verdict for the plaintiff, Smith— dhtuagos ono farthing, or half a confc. On tbi*', tho following strange scone occurrod,: Campbell. I really cannot, in the diß gbargo-of my duty, gentlemen, recoivo.thatvor 'lfccfthfjbt.boright. It is impossible that it’ .caV-bO ,iight. It oannot etand.' The Court of y consultation, somo of you may change tho opinion which you originally had, and aulessyou deliforato and try to come to a just opinion, in •wbloh you all concur, it is notpossiblo that tho law can bb administered. I must requost you to with draw£ - jury then retired a second time. ” At half-post 0 o’clock, after the lopeo of a fur- of two hours, Campbell ordored the jury to bo brought into and asked them whether they had agraeAupon their verdict. ’ ” Tine Foreman. My Lord, there iano chance of our hipping to any agreomont. “ Campbell. Then I oan only ordor you to roturft to your chamber and deliberate upon it. T/ujfiif what the law requires, and I must en foredtt. • u Tho, Foreman. Wo bavo gono over it, my Lord. and wo oaimot agree. “liord Campbell. The law is binding upon mo and you. Though not to force your coumuenoos, you must return and be locked up until you agroo. Wo havo agreed. You have ngrood in a vOrjjiot contrary to law , io justice, and to corn monsidse, and lam astonished at it No judge ovQf.fe&fc upon tho bonoli with u greater repeat tor juries? than I Jiavo, and tho moro that I havn ns- tho administration of justice in cnnjuuo tionjjfjfch juries, tho moro I liavo admired Uio tribunal which they form. Itdoossur prise HS6 to find that gontlemon of your intolli- now. after boing told that your vordiot oiinbifl>'be rocolvod. and is a vordiot contrary to law,-justice, and common sense, porsist in aver* diet fqt.Hho plaintiff, giving it us your opinion that therehogligonco on the part of the company, whereby he sufiorod sovero injuries, and then out ting Mm off with a farthing. That is nob orcdlt ablo. |}Toa will return to your chamber. “•AfFuryman. Does your Lordship refuse to ro oelvejhe verdict? • u LM (?ainpboll. Ido refuse to receive it, as the la&dfcqiLires me. Xou will return to your ohamW./.. . withdrew, and before leaving the Campbell d{reeled - the officer of the courtvto-receive any proper verdict, but expressed a dewnGnatiOO' not to discharge them uutll the if they persisted in tho vordiot they : had #£&dy retnrnod. At 12 o’clock tho jury wore the,.next morning.” strongly ©f tho proceedings, in when jurlos who refnaod to convict prisoners to whom that weak monarch was hostilo, weto threatened, bullied, coaxed, and starved into verdicts of condemnation, contrary to their own persuasions. To this hour, in England, from the moment a trial begins until tho final discharge of the jury, the rigid rule is that they liavo neithor food, drink, nor light. Sending them baok, thorofoto, as Lord Campbell did, in tho abovo caso, was punishment for holding to their deliberate opinion, and an attempt to starve them into altering It. Wo havo not yot learned tho result. Mercantile Library* To the Editor or The Press : Tho annual election of the above-named institution, which takes place this evening, lias excited moro interest this year than usual, owing to a question having arisen respecting tho exclusion of tho Westminster Review from the library, If :id this boon done for any other reason than thoono whioh roaUy actuated the board of direotors, it would havo passed by as a more peculiarity of taste; but to nssumo tho right of censorship in a matter puroly religious and theologioal exposes tho direotors vory plainly to adverse criticism. Wbon Lord Biltiinoro foundod tbo colony of Maryland he providod forontiro roligioug liborty. No sooner did his followers find themselves in a minority there than Iho policy of religious free dom was changed, and thoy wore onoo more cramped as of old. So, too, in Philadelphia, whore William Penn established full religious liberty, it reigned undisturbed whilo tho influooce of the mild and gonial Quakers endured. Yet, now that other denominations havo got the uppor hand, they undertnko to pro*criho the roligious views of cortuin Friends ; for it is no secret that tbo “skepticism,” as it is called, of tho Westminster Review- is akin to tho Unttftriuni&m of a portion of tho Friends, who honestly and truly adnoro to that belief. Tho proaching of Lucrotia Mott and Huchol Barker, and other Friend*, liko that of Elias Hicks, may bo unpalatable to many, but thou sands espouse that theology as truo. By tho ex clusion of tho Westminster Review, and tho publication of offonsivo communications on tho suhjeot, the hoard of directors of the Mercantile Library havo virtually said that Unitarianiam shall not bo tolorated in that institution. The writer of this dooa not mean to say that, in a religious point of viow, thoy may not bo correct, but simply assorts that tho board of direc tors havo acted unjustly in seeking to array tho prejudices of zealous Christians against tho lJobrows, tho Unitarians, or any olhor re spectable religious denomination whose membors are shareholders in tho library. Viximx. Tho Row Oilii'cs* : Por Tho P/vin.J Tho inconvenient, unsafe, and unrigMly offices on each eido of tho Hall of Independence nro en tirely unworthy of a grout metropolis Hko Phila delphia ; thoy are iu fact a di?graoo to her, and ought to bo removed. When it is considered that they nro tho depositories of tho deeds of our proporty and of olhor valuable papers, tho loss of which by firo would Invoh'o our citizens in In calculable tioublo and oxponso. wo would suppose that no time would bo in providing suitable apartments, undo ike-pruuf, largo, airy, and convenient to tho sovoral courts, and suilublo in ovory rospocb to tho increasing population of tho oity. Shoultf-tt tiro occur in any of. them,'tho Hall of Indopcndfence, ono of our city's favorice Iron?, might bo dcßtrayod and tho country in general suitor. Mr. Everett, in ono of his lato speeches, said Philadelphia held a precious rolio in our Inde pendence Hall, and wo should bo careful that wo piosorvo it, so that faturo generations may boo tho place whoro our ferofathors plodged “ thoir lives, their fortunes, and their saorod honor” in dofeoco of our beloved country. Tho prosont miserable row of shantios romovod, which arc about on a par with the market sheds, a massive ; ironrnilingahculd tako their place, bo thatthenoble troos in Independence Square could bo seen from Chestnut street, and afford in sumrnor a glimpse of something bright and greon to reliove the oyo from tho glare of marble, and the dulneßS of brick and brown-stone—the contemplated monument to tbo signers of tbo Doclaration of Independonoo could thon bo soon from our prinoipal promenade; and it is likely that if the offices wore away, tho pavement would not bo so much orowded by loungors, as it i 3 ofton now, to tho annoyanoe of persons passing. A Citizen. Philadelphia, Jan 7, 1559. Hudson, whokillod McDaniel in King George oounty, Va., has been discharged on tho ground of solf-dofcnco. Dr. Thomas H. Quivers, a writer of consi derable Southern oolobrity, died o dropsy at Do catur, Ga., on tho 18th ult. Miss E. Moore, of Fcdoralsburg, Caroline county, Md , died suddenly recently from a ho morrhago. Alvx. TnoMrsoN, Esq., of Ghanceford town ship, York county, I*a., foil dead, a fow days ago, from hoart disoaso. On Monday last Major Archibald McLean was re-elected mayor of Fayetteville, N. 0. In Sweden a man who is soon four times drunk ia doprivod of a vote at oleotions. Barnum is in London, delivering his loctnro on monoy-making. Daniel Hamilton, a wheelwright by trade, committed suicide at Petersburg, Va., Friday. The Columbus (Ga.) 2'imcs hoists tho namo of Governor Wiso for tho Presidency. Tiie Slave Brio Echo was sold at Charles ton, Oth instant, for $2,300 cash. Cius. 'Wallis, the actor, who was atabbod at Louisville, is not dead, but recovering. To the Stockholders of the Philadelphia * and Reading Railroad Company. The managers respectfully submit the following account of the receipts, expense*, and income, for the fisoal year, ending 30th November : [Here follows a long statement in great detail, whioh wo condense as follows:] Receipts of ifao road— From travel 285,651, equal to 104,610 through passengers......**** $272,670 71 Merchandise, 187,729 tons 335,014' 04 Goal, 1,b42 645 tons, at 1 20.94 oents. 1.865 693 41 United titatesmall;.*.. 18.703 00 Miscellaneous 50urce5........ 17,759 85 $2,510,750 91 Exponsos— Transportation .$858,493 68 Roadway 223 309 02 Drawbacks & allowances. 117,995 65 51,199,798 35 Not profit for tho yoar .$1,310,952 56 Interest on bonded debt — Coupons to Ist January, 1859 $708,714 00 Intorest on bonds and mortgages R. E....... 30,987 00 Total interest for the year $739,701 00 Renewal Fund- Five cents per 100 tons on 365,844,285 tons, transported ono mile, during twelve months, 1 ending November 30th, 1858... 182,922 14 922,623 > 14 Dividend for the year............ $338,329 <42 Which has been disposed of as fol lows, vix: ‘ Sinking fund, 1836 ’6O. ..$25,000 00 Bihklng fHnd,‘lB49*’7o... 75,000 00 Sinking fund, L. V., 1856- ’B6 50,000 00 State tax ou capital for 1858 18,389 03 Reserved dividend of 7 per cent, on $1,551,800 preferred stock.. 108,626 00 -Reserved fund for 1858 $111,313 79 The business of tho past year, compared with 1857, shows tho following results, viz: In merchandise, an increase of 111 7*lo tons in tbo quantity oarried. S 3 929 16 in rooeipts, And $10,020 56 in profit. In travel, a dooreuse of 6,028 passengers carried, equal to 3,520 through passengers. $14,854 63 in reoelpts, $20,912 25 in profits. In coal, a dcoroaso of 167,046 2 20 tons in quantity $547,229 96 in reoelpts, $282,380 23 in profit, and a small inorouso of $l3Bl 78, in mail and mis cellaneous rocoipts. Transportation expenses have been Decreased 10 62 100 cts. por ton of coal carried. 3 82-100 ” ton of merchandise, and Increased 14 30 100 “ per through passenger. The not amount of froigbt and toll reocived on coal averaged— In L 857, Ml 13-100 cts. per ton carriod. In 1838, J2O 92-100 “ “ “ and the per oeutoge of expenses to gross rccoipts wns— In 1857, 48 1 4 nor cent. In 1853, 47 810 “ Tho latter, however, if allowance bo raado for the reduood rate of freight and toll, would bo 58 8-10, instead of 47 8 10, showing a reduction of 10 pot cent, ia tho working expenses of tho road during the presont year. Tho following comparative statement, whioh in* oludufl tho miscellaneous charges omitted in the preceding comparisons, exhibits a dcorcoso of $335,7 *7.71 intuo amount of profit earned, via: 3857. O tosh receipts. ; $3,065,521 56 Expenses $1,481,745 22 RenoWal 120,908 21 1,601,753 43 Profit $1,403,768 13 1868- Gross receipts $2,510,750 91 Expen5e5...1,199,798 35 Renewal... 182 922 14-1,382,720 49 Profit Decrease.... $335,737 7L Owing to tho alteration in the rate of the appro priation for tbo renewal fund, from 3 cents to 5 cents per 100 tons, oarried one mile, as approved at the last annual meeting, the ohargo this yoar has been Increased $73,168 86. Ii this be de ducted from'the above, the aotual decrease in the year’s profit is $262,563 85. As the earniugs and expenses of tho Lebanon branch, for the last eight months, are included In the general account, and. somewhat interfere with the correctness of tho preceding comparisons, a .Ui|h^iU^ateixiDLt^eJiq*inite ■* ■■ , Thu heavy street’rafli frott 'tfourth'street te (he river, and the store and wharf have been put into good repair, and made convenient for .business. Iran and heavy articles can now be snipped direct from the oars, at a considerable saving in expense and time, and the facilities afforded by this aveime to • the Delaware,cannot fail hereafter to promote the freight business on the railroad. The only thlngwanting to’oompleto the business arrangements in the oity is tho building of a con venient freight and passenger depot on the com pany’g property at Broad and James street. By concentrating the business in one place a saving In expenses could be made nearly equal to the inter oat on the capital required for us construction. The os'imato for complete depot is $150,000 It u not necessary, however, to build it ail at onco, and the managers propose, with your sanotion, to prooeed with it as fast as funds may" become ap plicable for the purpose. - - In accordance with tho resolution passed at the adjourned meeting held on the Bth day of March, the consolidation of the Lebanon Valley Railroad Company with the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company was carried into dfrat, and on the 20th of Marob, 1858. the deeds w&rfe deposited with the Secretary of the Commonwealth; and the Lebanon Valley Company ceased to exist as asepa rato corporation. The outstanding accounts have been settled, and the coat of that road hasboen added to the capital account of the Reading Com pany. The total cost has been as follows, viz: Roadway and bridges $3,044,751 25 depots 57 428 00 Real estate 30.312 67 Land damage 5........... 208,375 67 Interest, discount on bonds, legal and othor oxponsos 643,842 31 Balanoa of loss on Reading 1880 bonds issued for this road 425,266 48 277,615 63 Together 976 3$ ■Thore are still a few cases of land damages and othor matters to bo assessed by juries, and some Final 1 expenditure to oomplete the depot at Har risburg. It will alro.bo neoessary to complete and improvo the connexions with other railroads at Harrisburg nnd Reading. The outlay for these purposes will, in some measure, depend upon the amount of business to be accommodated, and tho managers projwso to proceed with them only os they socomo indispensable by tho growth of tho trado. Considering that the road was opened during a poriod of oxtreme depression, tho development of thw'businesshas been very satisfactory, and thus far has been steadily increasing. From the begin ning of April to the end of November— The gross earnings were $91,385 28 The expense* “ 49,948 56 Profit on Lebanon, brand*............. .$41,436 72 To which there ‘should bo added the amount earned on the Main Line from the same business (oarried without oxtra trains, and at a very trifling ex tra exp0nae)........................ 55,995 60 1,128,032 42 Total $97,432 32 Fight months net profit from the business of the Lebanon Valley. Tho monthly net earnings have increased from $9,241 03 in April, to $18,113 75 in Ootober, being at the rate of nearly five por cent, on the Cost of the branch- This is tho more satipf&otorj, assuring this period very, little,ooal ot iron, ore passed over too road. A large demand forbotb ;.wiU spring tb*Mrotfv trade-' and it is expected that,early, in the spring all the furnaces in both valleys will be in full operation. At every station on the lino new improvements ore going on, whioh are attracting to the road the bu j smeas of their surrounding neighborhoods Upon tho completion of the Fast Pennsylvania Railroad, a new continuous route will be estab lished between New York and the Welt, shorter than any now existing, which, in addition to mer chandise and passonger business, will command tho oattie trado of Virginia, Ohio, and the far West. The groat facility for pasturage on the banks of the Susquehanna will attract the trade to Harrisburg; and, in time’, it may become the great central market from which the large eities on tho seaboard will draw their future supplies. With a business steadily increasing-from exist ing connections, and a local trado already of im ftortance, and daily improving, the Lebanon Val* ey Branch will be found, at no distant date, to be a very important link in the chain of internal improvements, and must , soon cease to be a bur -1 don upon the resources of the consolidated com panies. The Fast Pennsylvania Railroad, from Reading to Allentown, on the Lehigh river, is approaching completion. It passes through a volley rioh in deposits of iron ore and agricultural productions, whtoh will hereafter pass over the Reading Rail road to find their chief market in the Lebanon and Schuylkill valleys. A mutually advanta geous business will thus bo established between tho companies. A contract for five years, with tho option of ex tension, has been entered into with tbo Chester Valley Railroad Company, to work their road in connection with tho Reading trains, and to keep tho roadway and buildings in good repair and working order. By this arraugement a trouble some and dangerous crossing at Bridgeport will be avoided, and in futuro this company will receive some compensation for the money expended at that place in sidings and othor conveniences, whioh have hitherto boon quite unproductive. It is es timated, also, that, by being worked conjointly, tho tonnage of coal, iron ore, lime, , whioh pass more or less over both roads, may be largely in creased, to tho mutual advantage of the two com panies. The existing time arrangements of the Beading Company will permit oonneoting trains to bo run very conveniently for the inhabitants of tho Chester Valley, and the new business from thonco will add very iittle to the working oxpensos of the Reading Railroad. Tho following mlditions have been made during tho yoar to the costof the railroad, Ac., as exhi bited in tho general balance-shoot of the treasurer at tho ond of tho year, viz : Account construction $19,30159 Do real estate 13,562 23 Do Willow-street road 100.01)0 00 Do telegraph 350 00 Do Lebanon Valloy branch.... 4,415 976 38 Total added this y0ar..... $4,519,190 25 Cost on 30th Novcmbor, 1857 ....... 19,262,720 27 'Total oost of consolidated railroads, on 30th Novombor, 1853 $23,811,910 52 Tho amount expended on con°truotion and real estate amounting together to $32,863 37, are the only additions not authorized and direoted at the last annual meeting. Tho former consists of tho new depot at Pottsvillo, improvements on Willow street, and at placos along tho lino, and tho latter of sovoral trifling purchases required for oxton siuns, and some small payments on account of real estate bought io formor years. The cost of the Willow-street Railroad, and part of the cost of tbo Lebanon branch, wore included in tho assets of tho ownpany at tho end of 1857. Iu settlement of these additions to tho cost of tho road, tho following stock and bond 3 have been issued, and assumed as capital stock issued or to bo issuod: , , „ In exchange for Lebanon Valley shares $361,500 00 Heading 6s bonds, duo in 1886, issuod $3,586,500 Lobanon bonds, assumed on consolidation... 1,500,000 55,086,500 00 $5,448,000 00 Bonds and mortgages en real estate, and for damages 5ett1ed.......... 12,000 00 Total issued during tho year. $5,460,000,00 Stock and bonds outstanding on the 30th November, 1857 18,472 991 22 Total capital stook and bonded debt ’ _ on 30th November, 1853..........23,932,991 22 The excess of this over the total cost of tho roads and equipment, i 5.... 121,091 30 Aid tho balanco in this year’s in come carried to roservod fund..*. lLi,J>io 7v Togothef•••••»»»»•••••»• $232 395^ 09 Being surplus of oapltal represented by floating assets to be realized hereafter. Of the loan of 1857, payable in 1886, there was insued in settlement of floating debt of the com pany at the end of 1858, bonds to tho amount of $3 586 500< nnd tho remainder of the loan, amount ing to ’53,413,500, is hold for the other purpose for whioh it was ore&tod, vis.: the redemption of the. bonds to mature in the year 1860. By the lamonted decease of Charles S. Boker, Esq., a vaoanoy occurred in the board of managers, which hns boon filled by tho eleotion of Jas. Dutton Steele, E*q., the engineer of tho road, and he has subsequently been appointed vioo president of the company. It may be proper to call attention to the pecu liar advantages resulting from the union with the Lebanon Valley, the oonneotion with the Chester Valloy. and that proposed with the Bast Pennsyl vania Rallroada. The effect, it is believed, will be largely to incroaso tho general business i, ana while it will in no respect diminlshits efficiency for the transportation of coal, it will open inde pendent and valuable souroos of revenue from passengers and general freight to be oonveyed to and from the various points to which these rail roads lead. . . , ~ ~ The managers trust that the stockholders will see in tho small expenditures and diminished charges an anxious desiro to conduet the affairs of tho road with tho utmost eoonomy consistent with eflioioncy. It is thoir intention, if they ro TWO CJSJNTS. NOTICK TO CORRESPONDENTS* tjtorrespendents for “ Thm Puses” will please bear in mind the following rules: rfgßvory communication must fce accompanied by the name of the writer. In order to insure correctness in the typography, but oae side of the sheet should written upon. We shall be greatly obliged to gentlemen in Pennsyl l vania and other States for contributions giving tho current news of the day in their particular localities, the resources, of the surrounding country, the increase of population, or any Information that will be interest tag. to the general reader. * l continuance of the confidence of the stock fv.ivfi* 8 j° pursue the same system, so that in the kJ? 0 BDffu^D B year every outstanding W| U be'paid in fall, and a noijktDg oapital may be accumulated sufficient for the.erdjnary business. This ,is believed to be tbo trap polioy of the riomp&ny; and if this course is approved and sanctioned by tho stockholders, and the lOarninrs Of the ro&d ar« devoted to these pur poses, any temporary inconvenience will be amply repaid by the permanent prosperity that must ensue. By order of the Board of Managers, , t f R. D. CoLtEN, President. . Philadelphia, 10th January, 1859. j The President’s Message* [From the London Times.] . 1 The message of the President of the United States oocupied ; elght.columns and a half of the. Tiv\es. .Of these, half are devoted to foreign and half] to domestlo politics—-a proportion rather starring tens in England; whose habit it is to look at home filat, and only devote to foreign affairs so •much attention'as vie have to spare after very maturely-and minutely considering our own. We tnusp, ill fairness, remember, however, that a L Br l»P portion of the domestic, affair* of the United estates dw-ndV come under the jurisdiction of Congress.}ibttfc still,'-after all dne deductions made* ,the proportion of foreign to domestic business is note "telestriking. How domes it that China, Japdn, Nicaragua, Costa Rica; Spain, Brazil. Para guay, and Mexico should oecupy the attention of Congress to the exclusion of interests so much nearer home, and so much more valuable to a peo pla whose oooapation i* to Inoreaso rather than te ’ Fresident 'anddes ’to a deficit in Post-Office, and attributes it mainly to the faofc tuatiit. is overburdened by the cost of .transport* y*g jthe .mails, and forwards a recommendatibn- - From, the Pest master General that the postage on letters should be raised to flvo cents, or two-pence halfpenny, on a single letter. This subject is de spafqhed .with great brevity, compared with that of. the of the Republic. Yet surely it is better worth the attention of Congress, than; many whioh&re disouesed at greater .length. , Ip Ine state of its Post Office Department may be 1 ibtjna an - ' excellent example of the reason why things go wrong under, the present system of American Government. ,When Government un dertakes to carry letters, enters Into host- ; n ® B3 J a ud can-only suocced in that business by adopting the ordinary principles of Jncaeas—that is, bv using' skilful oeentsUariA' obtaining the utmost regularity, punctuality. tfuLceierUy; but, according to the present Hjwxims of party polltios, there Is a regular turn-out of-4ho Post Office as well as officials, osySaoh change of Administration. little i trouble to master-the duties p whicty no assiduity on their part can render*per- .8 manept, and the public is continually being de-.ii prived by these rapid and sweeping changes of tho benefit of such skill and knowledge as have been * forced upon its servants of office. The result is what might be jfipdSftd/' the Post Office of America is discreditable to the civilization of America; there is little punctuality or regularity, and still toss security. Instead of trusting everything to the post, as we do in Eng land, people do all in their power to avoid it, and this Ip ono, among other eauses, of the great de velopment of the electric telegrapk system.in America. Wo have mentioned this os an instance '* of an; important subject, cursorily passed"over : tb makeiroom for obscure quarrels arid.-doubtfal - claims, and as an illustration of Hi?.manner in which' tho American people, with* so muoh re quiring amendment at home, are taught and en couraged by their statesmen to donoentrate .their attention on matters of. comparatively little con sequence abroad. The'messnge, or rather manifesto, of the Presi dent, is studiously moderate in its tone, but still, somehow or other, we should think that the inha bitants of the petty republics with whose inte rests it deals bo largely oannot read it. without some internal tremors. It presents certainly a cu rious {phenomenon. - Here is- a martial and ad- * venturous race, spread over an enormous ter ritory; disposing of unlimited naval and mi litary] resources. They profess by their Pre sident) that, except by fair purchase, as in the oaeo of Louisiana, or by free annexation, as' a little more doubtfully in the case of Texas, they will never acquire any acce?sion of territory. They breathe nothing but kindness and good will to ail .. their neighbors, success to Hexioo, prosperity to Costa Rica, and more strength to the elbow of flew Granada. Did the world > ever see a picture of so strength tempered and adornea by so much moderation ? Nor is this all. The United Statesjhave had losses; they have been robbed by Mexico, obe&ted by Brazil, laughed at by Spain, despoiled by Paraguay; and grievously tormented by Costa R[ea and Nicaragua. Yet, stilt the great Republic opposes her patience to the foxy of the wasps and hornets of these fiery latitudes, and calls gbas and men to. witness her. patience, her forbearance,- and' her tenderness, it is a mo ving spectacle, and our first feeling on witness ing it is, how unwerthy the sulky, perverse, domineering .natives of; these distant isles are t* bo the progenitors of ,a. jgpe yhish exceeds,v sfe and' toierahee* aB v '!t does already in the extent' of its torritorie*, and will shortly in the amount of its {population. When we eome, however, to look a little farther, we see some symptoms that the quarrelsome spirit of the Eoglish has not wholly died out in their descendants. The old grievance of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is still kept hanging over Great Britain, and we do not see that our frank concessions ih the matter of the right of search have inspired the President with the slightest wish to meet us in a corresponding spirit. He bums with the purest desire to extin guish the slave trade; nay, in a transport of holy zeal, hb would snatch Caba from the hands of Spain, }u ordor that he may at once put an end to the alaye trade from Afrioa, or rather may confine it to Yirginia and the other breeding States of the Union/ lint when Great Britain proposes to him to devise some means to xeplaoe • that power of oheokiog the slave trade, whioh search and visita tion gdve her, he is .unable to devise any expe dient, and tells us frankly that any plan she may suggest is sure to lead to grave embarrassments. To hand over Cuba to America is his only remedy, and he'will hear of no other.' Spain, too, has behaved extremely ill. She draws out her negotiations to inordinate length, and seeks to compound her obligations at the rate of six-and-eight pence in the pound. Amerioa has' borne it &U with patience, and even now the only revenge she seeks is the purchase of Cuba. |lf Spain will not sell it, the President contemplates the seizure of the island under the imperative and overruling law of self pre servation. Of the existence and application of such a law, Amerioa herself is to be the judge, i Mexico cannot keep the peaco-on the fros tier ; she has levied contributions on Amerio&n citizens, and her lawless tribes impede the passage of the Californian mail. Therefore the United States should assume a temporary protectorate over two of her provinces—Chihuahua and Sonora —end hold them till a good government can be established—a tenure certainly amounting to freehold, and very probably to fee simple. Nor have the States of the Isthmus, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, reason to accept too literally the pro fessed moderation of the President They are told that if ian arm of tho sea ran through their terri tories, uniting the Atlantic with* the Pacific, they would have no right to obstruct the navigation of all nations through it; and, though there is no arm of the sea, but only a road, leading through their dominions from one ocean to the other, this makes no eort.of difference. The application of this prin ciple needs no sort of oomment. The olaun of this easemeht over a neighbor's laud draws with .it the right of enforcing it, and that right the President requests he may be empowered to exercise without tho assent of CoDgress. Paraguay is to be com pelled at tho sword's point to givo just satisfaction. We have said enough to show that we ought not to ho tqo much dazzled by the moderation of the President, and that if his voice is the voice of Jacob his hands are undoubtedly the hands of Esau. IWe will only add one other refloction. Can it be that the whole American continent has ontered into a vile conspiracy to insult, despoil, and ill-use the United States; that the weaker is in all coses the aggressor, and the stronger in all oases the attacked and injured ? Is it not, at any rate,very remarkable that the United States should be at this moment providod with a casus belli against almost every State from the Gulf of Mexico to Capo Horn, and that, though in a spirit of tolerant moderation thoy ooniont themselves for the present year with merely seizing two pro vinces of Mexico, taking armed possession of the Transit route from ocean to ocean, and sending a flotilla up the Parana to invado the dreamy re pose of Paraguay, they have grievances and claims m store for any numbor of Presidents’ messages and for any number of atriotly defensive expedi tions? Is the wolf always so entirely in the right ? Are the lambs always so completely in tho wrong ? During tho lecent election for United States Senators in South Carolina, one for tho long term and the other for the unexpirod term of Judge Evans, thero woro many ballottogs and much exoitement. A gay, dashing young widow, of great personal attraction, waz in Columbia at the time, and the nephew of one of the con testants became bo confused between the oalls of love and the lobby, that he aotually declared him solf to the lady as “ a candidate for the unex pired term of her latehusband l” We are pleased to say he was eleoted to the vacancy on the first ballot. ' The Weather in New Tore.—The weather, yosterday and on Saturday, was some thing like winter, cool and fresh; the mercury down in the neighborhood of ten to twenty onlv above zero; the air dear and hraoing; the earth frozen solid; some floating ice in the rivers; a hurrying among pedestrians; affeotion&te caress ing of ears, and singular solioitude about long noses; enormous consumption of ooal at heme and whiskey abroad; with all the other signs, symbols, and symptoms of a Northern winter.—lv. T. Tri bune, yesterday . Mr. Groux, of Hamburg, the gentleman whose heart is exposed to observation, was on Thursday evening presented to the members of the Warren Club, in Boston, whore his oasa excited. the interest of all present. This club ia made up of gentlemen from the more liberal professions and calling, and numbers about sixty members. The Hon. Edward Everett, as Us president, added his autograph to the -list of distinguished names from many parts of the world whioh Mr. Groux’s album contains. A Jew d’Esprit.—When Rothschild was asked whether he would not like to become a tem poral king of the Jews of Palestine, “ Oh, no,” said he, “ I would rather be Jew of the kings than king of the Jews.” Accounts from St. Thomas of the 7th irst. mention that James W. Horbert, Esq., V. S. Consul, at that port; died on the morning of the 7 th inst. Mr. Ten Brooch’s winnings on the English turf, in “ stakes,” during the late racing cam paign, were 515,745. His “ bets” were probably far more. Mr. Ericsson, of the caloric steamship me mory, is at Scheneotady, N. Y., applying calorie engines with success to printing presses.