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, Ji&rifcttlfc.vßtaklßg .Fund; ..Genoral-Nowa.
• FoDBTa 1 PAcra— Foreign I tons; Misfortunes of a
r h'iA ,
-• Jn fi e United Stele's &enat», ! yesterday, tie Pa
oiao Rafoia WUiiieiDg' tHe speoial order of the
ais'^M' taienup.'flirsWtleen.’ofMMaaehMet^
made an able speeobV advooating the construction
' oftherteiover the M oentral, routed’ -Mr; P»V“>
: ofttlniasipP l ; also spoke on the. subject, and the
S>fdfi,Wjoutne4\ WthSuV tUttitf, on
.of a
‘ arofion!a resolution. reported last session, tom
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, disproving of
' seising Genera?
wimfferid,and lest,.and several unsuccessful eh
tempts made to table the whole matter when at.
lnat n substitute for the* report,-; tendering thanks
. to CorumbdoMPaolding and his offioere, waaadopt
. od-yeae hays'fed/The House failed to agree,
‘ however, oVonoepUngihe reportas amended, and
the whole tubjeof.was laid on tha-table. .-After
sohie miscellaneous business the House adjourned.
c Tbe’FreflOh’spoliatldh bill'wes reeeived In the
‘ • House yesterday from.the Senate. If provides for
an amohnt :hot e*oeeding $5,000,000, but the aot
does aefextend tb suoh olalms as are stipulated
for aid embrsoed in the.Conrentlen between the
United. States and the Frenoh Bepublio, concluded
; April 30,1800; norto.sijohiaa were paid in whole
. .or In partttnder the treafjhrith France in ,1881.
The New.Tork Exprttt says that thSlte have been
‘ twehty.sight reports of obmmitteea in' favor of the,
bill.' At different periods','Messrs,,Everett, 1,1-
■ Kingston, and Choate presented /very elaborate
reports In favor of the' Indemnity claimed. The
. ■ Senate hss voted" nine timea'in favor of the hill,
, ah! thesffohsw twllSeV;huf Pwsldents PeUrend
1 !Pieme vetoed the hill after it had been passed by
both'Houees. Mr. Buchanan has voted for It. >
' Senator’s Slidell’s MB,- intodnead into the Se
nate ouMonday, for!, the/pur oh ale of'Onba, pro
’ posesthat thirty millions'.of doUam.be, plaoed in
the hands of;the President, to expend, for fiat
- ; 1 /. ',''...1, , -
' Ihe copy the following manly letter from Sena
tor'DoUglaa, In reply to' Mr. SHdaU’B publication,
troth the last eveaing:.
' 1 ■ # Toth* Horton or Titu BrAves /Slnoo my re-
OehtarrlvatlnNewTorlc.ljhavesesmforthe
firsttime, a publication made by the mm. John.
SlHeii, ‘denying'positively that he authomadj or
• ' in sny manner countenanced, the statement pub*
' Hibed ih the Presiand Tribute of Chicago, lull
before tbe late Illinois eleotibb; to the effect that
the Blaves belonglDg to my children, In MisnMippv
were orhelly and Inhumanly treated. - In this de
nial. Hr. Slidell does idstice to. himself. Be goes
farther,' and says-“ til at the. alleged statement,
’ let it oome from whatever source it may, Is a hue
r fabrlcatlonj in whole and in part, without a sha
~do#'Otfoundatioh.in truth.” Inthishedoes jos*
; ‘ tidrto tee: far, as .the guardian of my children.
I hold myself rcfponslMefor the manner In which
these slaves are tteated. I shohld not consider my*
Mtfhall4d upon to notioe Hr. Slidell's publication
. SdrhepaußOd hete» aad not have added thefol*
, byauthorisingand oounto- j
- nsUoluguntmymoua attaoks on me; through a
"person offlolsrfng es Ms-'prtvite seorelery,-lost
■ all claim 'to the. explanation that I would other
. wlao bava promptly volunteered io give him.”
' /file aue to myself to publish an' emphatle dental
'•offiefrutbof thoimplf cation In the übdvs para
' graph. It is not true th»tl have authoriaed or
. " ~ eouuttnenoedanonymous attacks upon Mr' Slidell!
IfUtrue, howoven'that when fie' feet wee first
■: brsoebt to my noUee; tbatDr. Bralnard; a Federal.
ofliifhbldef. aid'my enemy;- had caused to he.
•BubUibed.ldarlng my sbsenee, In the Abolition
" orgah' Of 'Oblesgoi thls “Im£e fabrleation,” with
. tbenimo vof iHon. John !01@oU m\ authority for
- its truth, I denounoed if as eueh a . calumny de
• - served; aud' expressed tho oplniou, to my friends.
'fiat it should be copied l and oltenlated-for,the
purpose of showing the base’ meant employed; to
~ defeat my elaotion, and /aiab with the .view of
' drawing fortb tuoh dlielosures as would expose to.
public routempt the real author of the ealumay.
' whioh objeothaj beenfully aeoomplfehed by the
■ Mr.'BlldeU; :' I’d,- Si.A; DononAS.
.'ir’VTOSSf'thhim 1 ?®? IWtfslriifgtoii, ;is .that
rfSlotiqiwdid,atafbr the Preeidenoy,• ; ; =.; ■ v;i
Tba daatb of-Hqnl-Thqmas It. Harris, late meui
. diet of the Hotise of’EeprswntaUves from llllnols,
w))i ha aryiouuqedjn Congress on Monday next;s t
wbieb tiine it is expeoted that hia successor. Mr,
Hodgee.Wlli afrive and take his seat. • . ,
! fit is dndeirstqod that Lieut. Col. John Harris
wUi bB to the.posttiqn of Caional Com-
mandant of thi, marihe'otirpi, in lhe plaqe.of Bra
' Tit Srlgadler Geheril Handersoti, deceased. , j.
Ala tha State Senate,'yesterday, Mr.-Wright re'
■ porteds-blll'.foineorpbiatejthe'Westem' Merkel
Company:. Mr!Hindall |r*»d hliis, inoorpqratiDg
tba Mutual Rr'elnsnranoe Opmpa'ny cf jl»hilade!.
■ phiaj and thq BeTenihjHlfihthrliitdilflnthstrealt
te| dolwadttMe/.Jhe.'epq't efthdSUla.TniudtSf
wlryeoeiTed isaherriag tha ? ami^foffinds
' hands to be $584,890.14.' .- ‘Several other bllis were
readr-.p tele
graph head,:andtheHouseadjcnrned.
■ BlHen. Wrh .PUt FessSnden wat yesterdsy re-
elected to lhe United States Senate, by the lieiis.
■ Utire of BJaine/ i" " si- %; T
the arrlval of (he overland, Cailfprnia mail, i
atJt,:HouU; adyieejs from .Bah . Frahclacq tei'the
lfth ulf. hnve b«p reoeived. ' It is reported that
aisrga spring has boon dlsoovered. in; the middle
~ of.'the Color»do;.doeert. l ; The‘Apache as wall as
; ■ fie Camanehe .Indians'are trouhlqeome at the
- .'toailstsliona;-;. *' ■. ' '’■ ’
■ jn Chloagoon Monday
nighf qommeholng at the corner of Luke and
! Jeffsrson strqete. aud destroying nearly an antin'
block. .Damage $40,000. ;■ <•; .
, The City of Hahoheater, whiob left Liverpool
on this 23d uU.j.srrived.ljt New Yorklut evening.
. 'in Charlestqn, - yetterday, the bills .against the
' fUver-ketch Brothers, for slave-trading, were lg
, -We learn from the, Dayton ; (Ohio) Journal
D. Campbell/E*q , ex*Congressman,
. .Wasjtruok by some rufflan, and seriously if not
fatally injured, while on his Way from -hla office to
hU!wddenoe,afewnights ago/ Mr.'O. says he
. left his‘office between twelve and one o’clook, and
was struok by some one who oame up behind him
_ It, was about three o'clock when he recovered his
consciousness, and wis able to reach home, having
laidihieuribloon the street for more.than two
boats;, : There’ls aseyere wound on fhe hack of
hU-bead—the. akuli being' broken in—and the
blow is supposed to have been-given with a along
•hot. Mr. O. is in aoritioal condition. At |n
teryali he conversw rattonally, but most of the
tlmehlf miodwande». ,
.. Revi Thepdpre Parker is said to be lying, dan*
" geronsly iU from bleedlng at the lungs.
; : Bixbf tbe crewof : thb sbipChlld of the Regi
ment, before reported as having* foundered at sea,,
arrived ;at Savannah oh the 7th that., tiTlhe ship
' ; Favorite, Captain Spain,- who took -theia from
** another vessel.whioh rescued them from the
nnimgyte&A: r '
‘ It will be interesting to the members of theMa
sonid fraternity to learn that the union of the two
Grand Lodges lof'Oanada-hes-been reoognlsed by
the Grand Lodge of England.
James A. Abbott, a,well-known lawyer of Bos
ton/feti over the banisters from the third story
df the Oodlldge House yesterday, and was instantly
killed/': # 0'...
Mr/ David Lapeley, one 'of our eldest and most
redpeqted’cltisens, died afc his residence, in this
city, ye§6erday morning, in the 68th year of hh
kffi, /His loss will be deeply regretted by an ex
tensive circle of friends, who were endeared to him
byJMsmanygood eftfalltles,
lnNewTork,yesterday, Coroner Jackman held
W.' inquest on the; body of a hoy named John
iJoumsn, Jr., who, It was decided) died from the
, effeotaofst whipping Inflioted by his father, John
Bouman. The brutal father «u arrested and
committed to prison.' . , '
’'ijie; Union Springs (Ale.) Gazillt, of the' 43d
alUtuo, glregan ecoooDt of the murder of Mr.
; by his slave Milford, and the sub
set dent execution of tho assassin by burning.
•. reputation of haring, eren
to a fault, ever been a kind and humane master.
On the day before the murder Mr: J. had whipped
thifboy Milford, if had him whipped, for dome mls
demeanor, aid hid“htm' ohalned, or looked, till
Mondby niorniniti when he went to hlm, took off
' hta ohainyand told hlm to “go to.tlie mill and go
to boymade .some, impudent reply,
when Mr. J. toldhlm If ho did not stop hia inso*.
- lenoe he,would knook hlmdown wlth i look, and.
tumed lo walk away. ItTie boy then took'an axe
that .waaljlng near.and atrnok Mr. j:'on the
. head and inooked .him down, dropped the axe and
walked'away afaw step's, then turned nod wont
- bank, took the axe and atrnok him three times
: moreon tbe head, and retired a short dlatanee and
-eat down, making no attempt to escape. Apublio
' meeting of the fcitirens, 'lgdlaerhblnately, was
: okUed on 'Wfcdnsßday to determine what should
be done wlth' the negiro, when th’o propoaltlon ; was
. toede. toMfu him alive—every one, to, the hum
- her of two hundred to throe hundred, veiingforit.
Shat evening, at three o'olooki in the preaenoe of
’ ireliuid'red persons. ho 'wis chained to a tree and
. 'ln adjbnnied meeting ,0/ tie of Cfoit
tWßfi i«|; JPiibliofSohooli
/ajfke ptneeedlngi will ba fouu4,jrad«r <J
> X- iAjfclaal-! . '
KFgQmUfyt OdbneitoVbesjl Sgajn yesterday, to eon
;tldfr conside
r-2' —Tba 'id dia*«.. of; tide
rt 'jWtt^!^i l !#fi/t*W»g-OllMg*,of.t'bo;_H(gh BohOol,
tbo SOthult-V will 'ba found on oar
' /* f * t P*g«-; Ill»>a able prodaotlon,»ndirllljrell
: jrapay «n attentive permal.
The Condition of Mexico.
. At least two events of every man’s life are
certain to be announced in as wide a oirole as
the range of sympathy and acquaintance with
his lamlly extends. ' They are his; birth arid
death. Nations are similarly treated: their
advent among the political organizations o
the earth is always a notable occurrence, an
wlion the signs of approaching dissolution are
manifested, they again excite deep interest.
Mexico is now attracting m«ch attention
I throughout" the 5 civilized world, for the very
reason that her,disordered condition seems to
indioite that Some great change must, betore
long, occur in her Government. Her mother
: country, Spain, who has so-many difficulties
of her own to attend to, that'she has little op
portunity to seek new, ones in foreign lands,
Jb .yet frill of Bolicitnde for Mexico. One of
the late steamers bronght an account of a de
bate-in the-Spanish 'Senate, which, to some
.extent, explains the cause - of this interest.
Independent of the old 'intrigues for convert
ing Mexico into • a comfortable resting-place
for a young European monarch; and the sup
posed, sympathies of Btrong, Church parties in
the two countries with .each other, it appears
.that in the list of Claims, amounting to about
six millions of, dollars, which Spain holds
;agalnBtJTexlco, and which shehssbeenpressing
with .Buoh pertinacity, there are about two
.millions of fraudulent demands which afford a
[wide margin for profit to Spanish speculators—
land this pecuniary interest has doubtless had
; an active influenced promotlngarid urging the
recent warlike movements. It is well known,
too; that Prance, with hut a very small budget
of claims, has sent a large fleet to the shores
of Mexico, nominally for the purpose of en
-1 forcing them, as well as to protect the French
citizens in that oountry, to bh ready for any
contingencies that may occur, and to prompt
ly. profit by any new movements in the chess
board of Mexican politics, as far as sho can.
The pecuniary interest of England in Mexi
co is greater than that of any othor coun
! -try.’ Three-fourths of the-Mexican foreign
debt Of fifty millions of dollars is held in
that country, and the London speculators who
hold .this indebtedness are constantly urging
their Government to take some action to se-
cure its payment. The United States are
.deeply interested in the future of Mexico
from her. contiguity to our dominions, and a
'large sum is also due to American claimants.
iOur citizens are frequently grossly mal
treated in that country, and we could
.easily parade .• a • list. of; grievances much
-greater than those usually deemed sufficient
;to justify a war. Meanwhile the most active"
'foes of- the body of the Mexican population
are the Indians, who defy the power oi the
Central Government, break up industrial en
.terprises by their predatory incursions, drive
; off cattle, compel the abandonment of rich
mines, and rob and plunder with perfect im
munity. It will thus be seen that all the
foreign countries which conld be brought in
.close juxtaposition with Mexico aro hovering
'around her like vultures eager for their prey.
; The late news from that country is of au im
portant character, and recent events may have,
a great tendency to temporarily change her des
tiny, and position. Zur.oAOA, the head of the
,Obnrch party, has been deposed, and Seuor
■Robles, late Mexican Minister at Washington,
;bow occnples his position. The latter is in
tellectually far 'superior to the feriner, but it
jis hot,at ail likely that he will'therefore be
: enabled to regain for his party the ascendan
icy;' The;Juarez'Government is by far the
one, and under the Constitution and
-laws of Mexico has the legal title to -the Gov
ernment. It controls the revenues of the
country, has, the sympathies of the great body
of its population/ and holds more than three
fourths of-its. territory. The t single advan
tage which the Robles party has is that of
the possession of the capital; but if the war
Continues, this too must floallyrbe surrendered
to’ the conquering adherents of Juarez.
When Mexico formed her Constitution, she
imitated.’the United States in many respects,
but radically- differed from ns in one. She
united Church with State, and made Catholi
cism the legal and established religion of the
country,.- The Chprch has gone on increasing
in wealth .and power nntll it has absorbed
nearly the entire capital of the nation, and
thus controls all Its financial, and nearly all its
political.'operations.' Should ‘Juarez fully
succeedjthers will bean end to; this, if he
cirriesront hlß’preaent .intentipnS) and tti is
barely ppsslble, that jnithis way, under new
incj prbdpqri ty., The object
which Rodlis is supposed to have in view-ia
&tii3vhjLzz,not only
(brthbbetter protectionof thepeCnniary. In-;
teresta of-the Church, bnt also for the advan
tage and benefit of the foreign intriguante of
England, France, and Spain, who hope, under
some new programme that may be devised, to
monopolize a large share of the wealth of
Mexico. . “
' The- policy of this country In connection;
with our sister Republic, If such It may be
called, after all, Is not necessarily a very com
plicated one. We should not allow any Eu
ropean nation to exercise a controlling Influ
ence within its boundaries. If her people are
successful in Te-eßtablisbing order, in preserv
ing internal peace and harmony, and in ad
vancing their prosperity, we would naturally
rejoice at their good fortune. Even If they
do not do so, we wonld be scarcely prepared
at this time to “swallow the'country whole;”
but judging from . the experience of the last
twenty years, its gradual absorption by ns is
almost Inevitable. Texas, comprising an area
of 237,501 square miles, an amonht nearly
six times that of the State of Pennsylvania,
formorlyaMoiican possession, now belongs to
ns. By the treaty by whioh our late war with
Mexico .was concluded we. also gained in
Mew Mexico;and. Upper California 650,000
square miles of Mexican territory. By the
purchase of the Mesilla valley we also ob
tained a large slice of her possessions.
The total area of Mexican territory in 1854
was 834,140 square miles, and by‘the acquisi
tion of Texas, Mew Mexico, Arizona, and Cali
fornia, we acquired as large-an extent of the
old Mexican domain as that nation herself now
retains. A significant indication of the future
progress of events' is the recommendation of
the President that wo should take military pos.
session of two of- her present States, for the
purpose.df.preventing Indian depredations.
The area of those States is as follows: Chi
huahua 100,250, and Sonora 123,460 square
miles. They coupriso in themselves more
than ono.fourth of tho present territory, of
Mexico. Their total population is very small
scarcely more than 800,000, and is composed,
to a great extent, of Indians. Considering
that we have thus, in less than a quarter of a
oontury, absorbed half of the old territory of
Mexico, and that we now have a proposition
ponding before Congress to tako military pos.
.session of one-fonrth of the remainder, wo are
territorially advancing rapidly enough in that
direction to meet the views of the most ardent
advocate of. "manifest destiny.”
FablicAmusements.
.At Walnut-street Theatre, a good house, last
night, to.see “Dove’s Sacrifice,” In whioh Miss
VandenhofF played her original oharaotep of Mar
garet Elmore. A fine representation—tree from
vehemence of ntteranoe or action, and wholly de
void of rant, the besetting sin of the present race
of performers. evening, Miss Klohings has
her benefit. Almost every seat was' taken yester
day, and die deserves a great ovation.
, At the Arch, we reoommend those who see “ Onr
Amerlean Cousin,” to waltfor “ Masks and Faces,”
in which Mrs. Drew Is wonderfully effective.
" Quite a. hodseful at the National Circus. The
new Combination troupe will J>e very popular.
The great hit is “ Fete Jenkins',” by 0. E. Sher
wood. All the Fetes whom we know—lncluding a
long list, from Peter Etchings to onr lively and
unart friend, Pete E. Abel—are good, off-hand
fellows. But thib Pete—this Pete of tbe ring—
wonld make a dying man laugh at the mere recol
lection of his genuine humor and undoubted abil
ity and skill. He is the best drunken man in the
olrole. We mast also notloe some remarkable still
vaulting by the troupe. Their leader, Hiram W.
Franklin. who has been nearly three months out
of praetioe in that line) threw thirty-five somer
saults Without stopping. We have heard that, in
full praetioe, he can doable that number. This
gettilemau,;it strikes ns, wonld bo a curious sub
ject for physiological inquiry—to see whether he
be made of india-rubber, as bis body is so oiastio!
G6od dancing and riding, by pretty little' ida;
Adame<Vifginie, os an equestrienne; little Du*
orow« the burdle-leaper; the Japanese Jugglers;
'-some exfnbrdlnafy tight rope and perform
ances ; tbo Man-Monkey, with his amusing feats;
and Dan Gardner, with bis oomloalitles, make up
a fine found of amusements.' The whole winds up
with' a pleasant; little; ballot, occupying some
twenty minutes. . There .will,be an afternoon, as
yrelt aa'tbe usual' evening r performances, to-day,
and Sfe may add that’ the temperature of the (Br
eus, iiTtKis cold weather, is kept at a oomfortable
tnedfuinV We : believe' fnnf' Mr. Lent is in a fair
way of having orowded houses eaoh time he opens
his doors.
Italian Opera.
The sale of tickets, for Friday and Saturday
evenlDga, oommenoes this day at the Aoademy of
Math. Piooolominl and Carl Formes will per
form-, on both evenings, as Maria and The Ser
geant, in the Daughter of the Regiment, on Fri
day, as Susanna and Figaro, In the Marriage of
Figaro, on Saturday. It is.too early, as yet, to
antiolpate what degree of enthusiasm may greet
Piooolominl in this olty. Undoubtedly, there
is no ordinary ouriosity to see and hear her.
We are amused at Mr. Ullman’s continuing to
announoeher as a “Princess.” That might be
attractive in Mew York, where even- Fashion
is tinged with Vulgarity, but It will not
-answer here. 4Take her as sho really
‘is, .and her attractions are considerable- She
has youth, good looks, great skill In acting, a
pretty V4y of managing hervoloe, and, it is ad
’ded, muoh fa'solnatlon and graoe of manner- Add
- to this, the prestige of two seasons’ suocess in Lon
don, with the most exaoting audiences in the
world, and a perfect world of popularity In this
oountry, and there aro Buffioient Inducements to
isee “ the Piooolomlnt.” She is better, we believe,
than the “ born Princess” (whatever that may be)
whioh N. P- Willis puffs,her up as. She Is a re
markably fasoinating artist, and, we hear, a most
-exemplary 'daughter, unspoiled ’by saoeess and
-flatteries, and homage She is only commencing
her oareer. At her age Mallbran was little more
than a. promising linger. Yet, what a Queen of
Song ehe finally became! If health and her voiee
be spared, what a vocalist may Plooolomlni be, a
few years hence!
. Mr. Uilman Is mistaken In thinking that he was
- the first to produce the opora of “ The Huguenots”
1 in Ameriea. It was prodused in this oity, with
great completeness and wonderful snooess, some
. years ago.
We have reoeived several letters, almost wholly
anonymous, generally' blaming Mr. Ullinan, on
various accounts They have been duly forwarded
(the anonymous ones, we mean) to their proper
destination, behind the fire. Two oommunioa.
tions, by respootahle correspondents, ootrplain of
Mr. Ullman’s prioes, and request us to remonstrate
with him thereon. This we oanoot do, beoause
we have already exprorsed our belief that his
prices are net too high. They are far under the
jEurope&n oharges, and he has to pay largely in
-advanoe upon the European salaries. Those who
think Mb oharges too mnoh need not submit to
thorn, for he oannot compel the attendance of the
public.
Opera Libretto.— lt will be seen by an an
nouncement whioh appears In another oolumn, that
a muoh-required reform has been instituted In the
publication and eale of “Opera Books,” thoso indis
pensable adjnno.ts to the understanding and en
joyment of the lyrlo drama. Hitherto, twenty-five
cents was charged for an indifferent version of the
opera in Italian and English; henoeforth, it will he
the fault of the patrons of tho opera If they pay
twenty-five oenls for an Inferior article, when
they oan obtain the gonuine one for fifteen. The
Aoademy of Mnsie opera libretto, published ex
pretßly for the Philadelphia Opera house, is well
known to our citizens, by its large and handsomo
form, distlnotivo title, and familiar red-oover.
This is the only oopyright and nuthentlo edition
of the various works as performed by the artists,
and as snoh, we eommend it to the patronage of
our readers. It oan bo obtained at all tho mnsio
stores, and in fact everywhere.
B Y MIDNIGHT MAIL.
Letter from Washiugtou.
lOorrtßpoodesee or Tho Pmm.]
Washington, Jan. 11,1859.
The article in the Chicago Times of the 6th of
January, denunciatory of the Administration, and
explicitly setting forth the determination ef the
Democracy of Illinois to resist and resent the
oonrse of things at Washington, not only against
Judge Douglas, bnt themselves, Is regarded here
as more than significant, coming as it does at a
periodwhen mnoh interest is felt in the move*
mentl of the distinguished Senator himself. The
would-be managers of the Charleston Convention
, Trill soon discover that this will not he the laator
the only indication against their presumptuous
and impertinent assumption of powers whioh do
not Belong to them.
The signß of the times are multiplying dally.
Ton .will peroelve that even in Kentucky the op*
ponents of the Administration had a glorious tri
umph at their late Slate Convention, which is all
the more gratifying, Inasmuch ea Harney snd
Hughes, of the Louisville Democrat, have been
bitterly assailed by the Administration organs for
their gallant support of Judge-Dougl&s. In Bt.
Louis—lndeed, throughout Missouri—the article
of the Chicago Times will find thousands of en*
dowers.
A gentleman, high in favor here with the
Sontborn men, told me yesterday that a distin
guished member of the House frijm Mississippi
bad received a number of letters from his con*
stitnents, intimating to him that any more at
tacks upon Judge Douglas by those who expect to
bere-eleoted in that State to the National Legis
laturewill have the assured effedt of bringing Into
the. field any. number of competitors.;.'Maryland,
under the lead of snob Democrats as Henry May,’
Robert Brent, Governor Lowe, Jarvis Spencer, and
others, all of tbenj original friends pf Mr. Btf*
ohanan, will refipond In thdsameway., / ,
Itisnotdoubtodhere that Mr. Speaker Orr and;
Mr. Vice President Breckinridge har© been duly t
impressed by the recent evidences of popular op-,
position to Mr. Buchanan and his polioy; while!
Mr. Cobb In Georgia, Mr. Brown In Tennessee,*
and Mr. Thompson in Mississippi wilt all asoeriain/
if they choose to inquire, that their support of the
Kansas polioy of the Administration, and of the;
war. upon Douglas and hla friends, has prepared 1
them for such a reckoning in the future as will
not bo the most, agreeable at the oloso of the Ad
ministration, should they be permitted to remain
so long in power.
Charleston is situated In & very remote region.
I do not know whether the yellow fever generally
begins so early as June, but the Administration
managers must take care, lest a political epidemic
break out in that quarter, whioh will prevent
gentlemen who desire to preserve their Demo
cratic health from leaving more wholesome re
gions, and running the risks of (hat locality. We
ought to recollect that a good many of Mr. Bu
ohanan’s. friends have dot yet wholly recovered
from the National Hotel sickness. Mass Conven
tions aro generally hold in places easy of access.
Such a thing as a storm might arlio if the Em
pire Club of New York should oonolude to
set sail for Charleston, and the delegates from
New England, following thoir example, as
well os those who might be duly appointed
by the oustom* house officers from Philadelphia,
wonld probably be east away on the voyage, lea
ving the Convention minus of its Northern repre*
sentation, and thus compelling Mr. Keitt to sum
mon his constituents from Whippey Swamp to fill
the vacant seats. The fact is that tho Charleston
Convention cannot be too healthy. Every san!*
tary regulation should be modo in advance. The
authorities, under the wise patronage of Senator
Hammond, had belter take care in time to purify
the atmosphere, clean the streets, and ereot auoh
shelter as will accommodate the people who will
come from a distance to see that which is now to
them really terra incognita.
Judge Douglas was significantly reoeived on his,
entrance into the Senate .on Monday, as well by,
the galleries as by tho members of that body.
Only a few preferred to stand aloof, and inasmuch,
as their movements took pl&co before a orowd of
spectators, they, and not the Senator, lost by the
discrimination. I was glad to see Senators Davis,
Clay, Toombs, [Green, Hunter, Held, Mason, and
other Southern gentlemen, advanoe cordially and
promptly to tako the gallant Senator by the hand,
while from the North nearly every Senator, with
Borne three exceptions, did the same thing.
The galleries were orowded this morning, in the
expectation - that the announcement of the death
of Hon. Thomas L. Harris would bo mode; but in
order to allow Mr. Hodges, tho successor of Mr.
H., to arrive here, and also oertoin of tho Southern
members of Congress, who desire to speak, to pre
pare their addresses, tho announcement has been
postponed nntil Tuesday next. Judge Douglas
will, of coarse, lead off In the Senate.
Some of our Southern friends have become a lit
tle mollified in regard to the expectations of Penn
sylvania on the tariff question, in oonsequenco of
the appalling fact, dally growing more apparent,
that the expectations of an increase of the reve
nue, so frequently advertised by the Secretary of
the Treasury, are not to be realised. On the
traiy, It is now asserted that there is not a tooth,
ing balance in the .treasury.
The question where Hie money has gone to, tho
people will ascertain for themselves in due time ;
but the graver question, where the money is to
come from to pay the necessary expenses of the
Government-outside of any more resort to the un
popular method of loans—this is the question
whioh embarrasses Southern statesmen and gives
force and weight to the application of those great
industries which are now languishing, but which,,
being even inconsiderably assisted by Congress,
would almost instantly recover, and In their reco
very favorably affeot every other department of
trade, saving Government itself from what now
fo'diS like impending bankruptcy.
I regret to see that a disposition is being mani
fested to give to this question a party oaste, and
that some of the Republican leaders are becoming
indifferent to any settlement of it this session,
hoping, vainly, that by keeping it an open issue,
they may gather some votes in the coming elec
tions, particularly that of 1860. As you have
yourself often stated, this is the time to establish
such a revenue law as will endure and give gene
ral satisfaction.
I cannot doubt that Mr. Phelps, chairman of
the Committee of Ways and Means, will bo ready
to report saoh a bill as will satisfy all reasonable
expectations; and if he does, woe be to those
protective tariff-men who, fora mere partisan pur
pose, choose to withhold their aid!
■ The passage of the French spoliation bill by
the Senate, on Monday, by a vote of 26 to 20, was
expected by the opponents as well as the friends
of that measure. The French spoliation bill has
always b»%n strong in the Senate, and has passed
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1859.
that body a number of times, ©von plien the
House refused to concur. 'You will poroeive by
the list of yeas and nays, whioh are as follows,
how much chance there is of this bill becoming a
law:
Yisas—Messrs. Bates. Bayard, Bell, Benjamin,
Broderiok, Cameron, Chandler, Chesnut, Clark,
Clingman, Ooll&mer, Crittenden, Dixon, Doolittle,
Darkeo, Foot; Foster, Hamlin, Hammond, Hous
ton, Pearce, Seward, Simmons, Stuart, Toombs,
and Wilson—26.
Nays—Messrs. Bigler, Bright, CJay, Davis,
Douglas, Fitoh, Fitspatriok, Harlan, Hunter,
Iverson, Johnson of Tennessee, King, Mason,
Polk, Reid, Rioe, Slidell, Trumbull, Ward, and
Yulee—2o.
The Admidistr&tion men per se aro nearly all
hare recorded against the bill. This indicates &
veto. Mr. Buohanan was an original supporter of
this measure; bnt later in life he adopted, I think,
another opinion. Now, however, I don't see how
his approval can bo expected, in view of the de
pleted condition of the public Treasury. 'Mr. Pre-
Bident Polk vetoed it in consequence of the ex
hausted condition of tho Treasury- during the
Mexican war, and President Pierco vetoed it for
the same geneml reason. It will be warmly ad
vocated in the House, with somo prospect of sno
oess.
A vast amount of these olaims are held in Phi.
ladelphia, and I am sorry I oannot give better
encouragement to those who have looked forward
for so many years to the rendition of jastioe by
the Fedoral Government. It has boon thqjnis
fortune of this measure, righteous qsltjß, that
when Congress stood ready to pass it, public exi
gences compelled an Executive veto:
[Correspondence of The Press.]
Washington, Jan. 30,1859.
Te-morrow Senator Douglas will nnnouhob tho
death of Thomas L. Harris, late tho gallant Repre
sentative from the Springfiold (Illinois) district.
Speeches on tho samo subject are oxpccted from
Senator Shields, and in the Houso from Horaoo F.
Clark, of New York, Adrian, of New Jersey, Mor
ris, of Illinois, and others.
It is not often that a public man is so muoh
missed from a publio body as Harris. The anti-
Leoompton Democrats in Congress are especially
griof-Btrioken at his loss. There was something
so entirely man-like in him—so full of geninawnd
of soul, bo steady and so consistent, so modest and
jo brave—that his plaoe oannot be supplied. In
the dark hours of the last session, when -the
Executive arrogance and proscription had
hemmed the oourageous oolumn which Harris
led in the House, he was their star and -their
stay. Suffering from the terrible destroyer
whioh finally conquered him, he stood forth en
trancing the House and thrilling the country with
his bold and olassio denunciations of the Adminis
tration, and his no less bold and classic arguments
in support of popular sovereignty. After the ad*
jodtament, he retired to Springfield, and though
dying daily—and knowing be was Bp dying—
continued to write the most
from his doath-bed, and lived' long enough to see
the people of his dlstriot pronouncing in his favor,
and just long enough to hear the shouts of the
viotory of his friend Dongios. I saw a letter from
him tho other .day, written shortly btfore his
death, whioh, if it oould be printed and read in
the Cabinet Counoils of the present tyraMrkud Ad
ministration, would oause more than one oheek to
grow pale over its most inspired rebuke. Would
that he were here to-day, for a new erlris is ap
proaching requiring just suoh men.
I notioe that the Washington Union copies an
artiole complaining of the associates of*-Judge
Douglas In Philadelphia during his recent ovation
inyonr oity. Unfortunate Union! Why docs
it not level its thunderbolts at the I*reajdent him
self, who proudly takes to his bosom and delights
to honor the mere jobbers and speculators, with
out reputation or profession, who hangmen him
like so many laxaroni , watching for tkJbrumbs
that may fall from the official table ?
Tho Spanish minister is very explicit in his do
nuneiafckqr&ef that part of the President's Message
whioh relates, to Cuba. He doefnot&ciltate to
declare that , any attemnt on the . part of the
United States to take that island will" be resisted
by the combined powers of Europe / !
The passage of the Oregon bill is doubtful,
though I think the chances are In its favor. ‘A con
siderable interest attaches to the pfopoeitlen,
whioh will be appended to the MlHntWfflmitfi to
repeal the English restriction, upon whioh some
exciting discussions are likely to arise; Bfrould
the Speaker decide that the amendment is not
germane to the original proposition, an appeal will
be taken and his decision overruled. The active
advocate of the Oregon bill is Hr*: Sjtsptteni, of
Georgia. x ‘”'
1 do net think there is muoh ohafloe for thb pqg
sage of the Pacific Railroad bill. -The public
opinion was never s tronger in favor of any measure;
but the Idea of placing such enormoqs power In
the hands of an Administration whioh had proved
so derelict, and.particularly so reckless in the ex
penditure of the people’s money for the purpose
of enforcing the moat scandalous dootrines-Upon
the country, will prevent many of the IJapfesenia*
tives from voting for the biU. jbe we.
doubt that if these great powers confided
to that Administration) a scene,of dembjntisaUon
atxd’eqrtfipUon wilt ha Wlto'ested/lb whlomall thfci
has gone before will be a mere farce*. /'V
. The active men ef the House and Begat* talk of
against all appropriationsjoutslde of
those simply necessary to eonduot the Government.
Among the exceptional ones are appropriations, to
keep employed bordes df ln
the country; and. to feed
pauperised journals whioh Uvh bnf^mw ( thk par
tronage they reoeive from the AdminbOftiion. ..
mourn or.JAxuAnr at tahuadv BAnn : ballsok
ON PORTKR AND PODITIOS—BNOBUOaS' ! NOUBEB
OP tXTTERS ADDRESSED TO BONNBR—TBB COLD
EST DAT IN SBVENTT YEARS—TUB OB
'BEBVATOKY IN CENTRAL PARK-—NSW* WOBKB IN
FRI3S BY THE APPLETONS—TNK 11 FAgf” SHOOT
ING CASK : ENDS WITH CHAMPAGNE PQR THREE.
(Correspondence of The Press.] ,
New Yore, {an. %l\ iB6O.
•AB tbe anniversary of the battle'of NeW-Or eaos Tell
a poo Saturday last, tbe usual Celebration Of tho day by
tho braves of Tammany Hall was postponed until last
evening, when the uiual bail was given, and the usds)
supper, but less than the utaal number of speeches.
The elocutionary portion of the entertainment was
opened by the popular Grand Sachem, Postmaster Fow
ler, who alluded, in terms appropriate, to the thoughts
that should be cherished at every recurrence of tbe
day. In glanolng at it, In the rooming papers, my.
mind unconsciously recurred to ibe thousands of
speeches that have been made in the old wlgdAtn, and
the endless amount of bunkum that has there rouhd ut
torance. Politics and porter, like poverty and. outers,
ever have been, and even will be, The poljtio
and tbe porter of Tammany have alike become histori
cal, The favorite poet of America has rendered both
immortal in one of the best parodies lu the language’,
aud so long aa Halleck’s “Fanny” continual to be
read, or politics continue to be spouted, or porter can*.,
tiaues to gargle gently down Democratic throats iat
Tammany Hall, so long will these lines continue to be
popular: 1 <
There’s a barrel of porter at Tammany Dali,
And tbe bock tails are swigging it all the nightlong;
In tbe time of my boyhood ’twas pleasaut to
for a seat and cigar’mid that jovial throng. '
That beer and those buoktalls I never forget, 1
But oft when alone, aud unnoticed by'all, (
I think, is the porter cask foaming there yet? - r
Are the backfalls still swigging at Tafomaoy Hall ?
No! the porter was ontlong before it was stale, ;
But some blossoms on many a nose brightly sheue
And the speeches inspired by the fumes of the aid
Had the fragi nnce of porter whon porUr was gtije.
Happening sDto the Ledger office yostsnlayi-tbe
Ledger office is now the huh of the literary world, m
Boston State House (according to the oresd of Bosto
nUn?)is the hub of the universe—l was surprised to
see piled up, on a desk, before an industrious-lotting
, clerk, somesix or seven hundred letters, which hi «u
openiog and taking money from for the Ledger] On
Monday last, over nine hundred letters were received*
containing upwards of three thousand seven hundred
dollars. These wero from mall subscribers - not Trom
agents who buy by the hundred; the latter are supplied
exclusively through Ross & Toucey. : Mr. Booker’s
letters, from the post office, largely exceed those re
ceived by any one mau or firm In Amerioa, and probably
exceed those received by aoy one establishment ip
Europe. s
The first step towards the establlihaeafof an Obser
vatory In this oily wilt be taken, on Friday evening
next, at the Academy of Music, when Professor Mltokell
the distinguished astronomer of Cincinnati, wlllcfoih*
menee a course of lectures on hli favorite solenoe.
proceeds of the course will be devoted to the erection
yf an Observatory in Central Park. Msny of the l*Uv
ing bankers and merchants of the city have signed
their Intention of contributing funds for that ohjfct
and the commissioners of the Park have expressed *
willingness to appropriate suitable grounds for the
building It U intended that it shall be the moat lx*
tensive and perfect establishment of the kind in Hie
country.
The Appleton’s have juet put to press “ Pass sees
from my Autobiography,” by Lady Morgan; “Hotte
Memories,” by Mrs. O. Brock ; *« Buefclaod’s Oorloil
ties of Natural History,” and « The Triumph* .of
Steam.” , !
The Mrs. Brown and Ellsworth shooting affray, whlfh
hu been the topic of conversation Jn “ fast ” ' »$d
fashionable circles, is again ou the tapis. Yesterday
Justice Qaackenbush, In company with Officer Brevoort,
visited Mrs. Brown’s residence, and were rtoelredat
the door by tbe lady herself. After being seated
in the parlor Mrs. Brown told the whole story
over again, and. said she was none the worse
for the wound, except that she bnd lost consi
derable blood, which nude her look pale. The-ghot
had taken effect In her Bide, and the bail bad not yet
been extracted. The wound was not, however, very
deep If the magistrate hsd any doubts about the 1
matter Mrs. Brown s&id he could see the wound, but.
the former deolined the proffered exhibition The ma
gistrate urged upon Sirs. B. the necessity of making a
complaint, and explained the law, In the case, but el}*’
deolioed doing so, and said that Ellsworth bad shother
unintentionally. Be fired the revolver In self-defence,
and if Brown had been shot it would h&vo been his own
fault. Justice Quaekeobush, upon seeing the condi
tion of Mrs. Brown, and hearing her feelings in the
matter, discharged Ellsworth from custody. A bottle
of champagne was opened, over whioh tbe party then
Indulged In friendly conversation. Thus the fact IS sub
stantiated that Mrs. Brown was shot, notwithstanding
the assertions to the contrary made by one of ihe'depa
tj coroners, who visited her house with tbe Intention
of examining the wound and learning her’ condition, in
order to report whether or not it %ould be necessary to
take her ante-mortem.
Pioneer.
Letter from New York.'
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS,
Second Session.
Washington, Jan. 11.
SENATE.
Tho Benate was oalled to order at the usual hour,
when the journal was read.
Mr. Mason, of Virginia, from the Oommittoo on
Foreign Affairs, rep-rUd a bill authorizing the Presi
dent to us* the land and naval forces of tho United
States in certain cates. He would ask its considera
tion at an early day.
The Secretary of the Treasury forwarded Professor
Alexander’s report on the coinage, which was referred
to tbe Committee on Flnauoe.
Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, sail that he would call
up the homestead bill at the earliest day.
Mr. Minnesota, introduced a hill to es
tablish a mall route from Lake Superior to the Pacific.
Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, introduced a resolution,
which was adopted, calling on the President for tbe
correspondence in relation to the outrages committed
on Amerloan oltizsns on the Isthmus of Panama.
Tbe special order, the Paolfle Railroad bill, was then
taken up.
Ur. Gwin expressed the hope that the ficnl vote
on the bill would be taken on Thursday next.
Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, said that years before
the acquisition or California, before Its placers of gold
had lured our countrymen to the shores of the
Pacific, the'idea was conceived of a railway transit
across the continent, which would make our oeun
try,the great highway between Europe and Asia.
Since the tro&ty of Guadalupe .Hidalgo gave our
Republic the title deed of that empire, the cop
atraction of a railway to the Pacific bad engaged tbe
profound attention of the nation The opinion of the
people tat b-en pronounced lu favor of the speedy
completion of .that great national work, whloh would
carry into the heart of the coutiuent the light of
Christian olviilzUlou, develop tho wealth and power
of the nation, aud hind together the dweller* on the
Atlantic and Pacific slopes or tbe Kooky mountains. lie
should not discuss the general Issues involved In Ihe con
struction of that groat work, for those issues had been
discussed before the people who had proneuoced for H.
The sole questions for consideration were, l, oflwbat
route shall the road be constructed?” and “ how shall it
be built?” Tho route from lake Superior to Puget’s
sound was the shortest; It had good hard wood and
water; but tho nation can hardly ho asked to take a
route on the extreme nmthern frontier. He would
willingly vote to give nt least thirty thnußand acres of
land to the mile, to aid la tbe construction or snob a
work over that route. The central route across tbe
continent from the Missouri to Sau Francisco would be
pre-emlnentl? a national route. Itwoutd accommodate
the entire country, North and South. He was for that
route because it was for the whoje country. The route on
the southern rim of Iheconn ry, by the way of Bl Paso,
was a mere sectional route. The country from SI Paso
to tbe Paoffie was an arid region of barren sands.
Over most of it steritlty reigns. • Birds could hardly fly
over it—without carrying their provisions with them !
Laughter.] Tho Beuntor from Georgia (Mr Iverson)
had promised to build toads, a Northern and a Southern
road, one bordering the territories of the British Queen
and the other on the frontlerof Mexico. That Senator
thought the time was at hand when the Boutta must go
out of the Union or give up slavery, and was for
going oat if tbe Senator from New Fork (Mr. Seward)
or any of his compeers shall be elected President
lu 1810, which he seems to think may be the case,
inasmuch as tbe Republicans haro swept the free
States That Benator might rfwt assured that the
threat to raise the demon of disunion in 1880
would not make the Seoa'or from New Fork, (Mr.
Seward), Mr. Ohase of Ohio, Read of Pennsylvania,
Banks of Massachusetts, or their political associates,
whose names bad been connected with tho Presidency,
any less dear to the freemen of the country. But the
Senator from Georgia would construct a road over the
El Paso route preparatory to soaediug from tbe Union
This Southern route had been known as the Desert, but
bere&fterwodldbehnowQ&sthe Disunion route. White
he (Mr. Wilson) would not vote for anyptan that would
make that route the natiooal highway to the Paoiflc, he
would vote any amount of lands to ba'ld itasaloosl
route. He would give tbe whole country south of the
81th parallel from El Paso to the Btate of California.
Men of capital would not embark in any such scheme,
and It would pass Into the hands of a class of greedy
speculators—men like the operators tn the Texas Pa
cific road—meu who would take millions of stock when
they had not a dollar to Invest If the-bill passes In
its present form, we may see the road constructed
through four or five hundred miles of the best land
west of (he Missouri, from the Big Sfonx to the State
of Texas, and we may see tbe road in that State built '
to the naked plains, where tho desert begins, 100 miles
this side of El Paso; but we should then fled that the
losd would not be made over the SAnds and barren
plains from that point to tbe borders of California.
Michigan, Wisconsin, lowa, and Mionesotahad millions
of the richest lauds on the continent, and with money,
atfour and five per cent. In New York, these States
could not r*fse nmneyto construct'their magnificent
railways. 1 .How, aod where, could .seventy-five or
ofie hundred millions of money be raised for lands, only
one-third of which were available to construct that great
national work 1 He was for the spegdy o instruction of
a railway to the Psclflc, over the central regions of t)ie
country, and to accomplish that object, he had proposed
to amend the pending bill by providing at onoe for the
loeatlon, and construction of the work by the money of
the ration’ He proposed to set apart the proceeds of
the public lends within one hundred and fifty miles of
tbe rosd as a fund to pay the b rods Issued to construct
the rosd Adopt this pl*o—enter at oneaupon the gr qt
work—use the boundless credit ot nation—end in
ten years; perhaps sooner, we should see a railway frou
the Missouri toBsn Francisco; aadaUhough
tbe road would not for years pay dividends upon the
o6st. It would illume the plains, parses, and recesses of
thplpterlorof the Repqbllp with the light of civilisa
tion; develop the power and wealth of the oation, and
lradtothe unity of the country by binding together,
with ties of interestatad affection, the millions who are
hereafter to live on tho Atlantis and Pacific slopes
- To accomplish an object so vast, so comprehensive, so
nation*) ip its spope. so important to the safety of the
country, the expenditure of 8150,000,000, even If it
should be sunk in ifcd work, would be but 6 small and
Insignificant sffalr. It was a work of great magnitude,
of Incalculable importance, aod he was ready no* to
enter upon the work by voting the money necessary t>
Accomplish it; and In giving such a rente he was sure
hewas taking the only practicable course that would
make a railway to Ban Franaseo a consummated fact.
The rest of the session up to 6 o’clock was occupied
by explanations which arose out of Mr. Wilson’s re
marks.
Mr. DATig, of Mississippi, took occasion to dssorlbo*
tbe Tqrious routes set forth in the repoits of the autho
rized surveys, to sleep hicpielf from the supposition of
sectional bios in the preparation of his reports while at
tho head of the War Department
. action on the blit, the Benate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
After the usual preliminary business, of
Georgia, asked, bat failed to obtain,'consent to e(f-r a
jolntresoltttioDidaelsrlDg’tbat no new State ought to
he admitted into the Union nntll It is ascertained by a
census that H has sufficient population for n member of
the HoU»e, according to the Federal ratio.
The Haute took up the resolution which was reported
at tbe .last session from the Committee on Foreign
Aff-irs, disapproving or tbe act of Commodore Pauldiug
in the leisure of 'GeneraAWalXeraod his followers, bu ;
recommending that no aetlpn be taken.
Several amendments thereto were'peoding, viz: one
present! og the thanks’of Congress to Com. Pautdio]
and his offlfeta {•'*’ peoondGbm. Paulding’s net
being without the.autherity of law, meets with t ie oon
detocqUonor tbe House; and the third aseertlog the
of eitlietos to expatriate themselves to heln their
neighbors who are straggling for freedom, a right of
whieh they cannot be constitutionally deprived.
Hr. fsarir, of Virginia, moved to ley the resolutions
on the table Negatived—yeax 83, nays 105.
' The House then, by a votoorDQ yeas’ against 102
nay*, refused to rerer the subject to |he Committee cf
the Whole on the state of the Union
Mr. Mjllson, of Virgiuie, made an unsuccessful mo
tion to lay the Mil on the table.
The amendment, declaratory of the right oT expatria
tion, and tint the capture of General Walkor was nl th
in the letter aud spirit of the iaatrnctlous of'the Be
. Oratory of the Navy, but without the authority of law,
was rejected, os,was also the amendment condemning
the course pursued by Commodore Paulding. The vote
on. the latter was 66 yeas and 128 nays..
A substitute for the reportof the Committee on Fo
reign- A flairs, tondering thanks to Commodore Pauldiug
an* bis officers, was adopted—yeas &9, nays 89.
The question was then stated ts be ou agreeing to
the report as (baa amended, when, on motion of 3fr
Cox, of Ohio, tho whole subject was lt)id on the table
by 4 majority.
The lloh*e then resumed the consideration of the
motion of Mr. Ihcrtuau, of Ohio, to refer the uaval
appropriation bl)l to tbe Committee on Naval Affairs
instead of to tho Committee of the Whole ou the state
of the Union, as proposed by Mr. Phelps, of Missonri,
who now.opposed thst motion, saying tnat it bad been
foutd wise to entrust only one committee with finan
cial questions, aod no good to be accomplished by the
course now recommended He repelled the rrmark
otyeu repeated, that tbe Committee of Wats aud Means
sought to absorb (he whole power of the House.
Mr Mostgoub&t, of Pennsylvania, desired to ascer
tain whether arrangements hat been made, by which,
the revenue of the Government Is to be increased. A
large national debt had been created, while Congress is
asked to vote thousands aud .millions of dollars. He
woutd Inquire whether the recommendations of the
president are ’ -
Mr. CBifFrouD, of Georgia, Interrupting, sqid that
he objected to this harangue.
Tbe Speaker said that Sir. Blontgomery’s remarks
were not pertinent.
Mr. MoSTaoURRT continued. I' the Committee of
Ways aod Means hare male bo arrangements for an ir
oreaso of the revenue, be, of course, being frero Penn
sylvania, was not willing to Increase the national debt,
aud would, therefore, vote to refer the bill to the Com.
mlttee on Naval AfftlrA
Mr. Booook, cf Virginia, wanted tbe bill so referred,
In order to give it a thorough overhauling, aud to see
whet er anything that ought not to be there could not
he rooted out. A feeling Is growiog among the people
that something Is wrong in the manner of expanding
money, and hence there Bhoald be a otose examination
of all tdlla containing appro, rlatlons of money
Without coming to any conclusion on (he subject un
der discussion, the House qdjourned.
From Washington.
Washington. Jan. 11.—Tbe joint resolution reported.
In the Senate to day by Mr. Maton, from tbe Commit
tee on Forelgo Affairs, recites, that by reason of the
distracted aod revolutionary condition of Mexico, of
certain of the States of Oootral America, and occasion
ally of those in South America, the llvos and property
of American citizens Are subjeot to lawless violence, or
otherwise placed in petil, all redress in the usn&l di
plomatic forms being in vain, and it bring the indispu
table duty of the Government to protect the lives and
prapettyof our citizens sgsintt lawless violence with
out (he limits of tho United States, therefore it la pro
posid to authorize the Prrsideut to use tho military
and ravil forces, and interpose in such cases when he
may deem necenaary.
Messrs George Taylor, NI black, Oorode, Gartrell,
and Harris, of Maryland, have bona appointed by the
Speaker as the aeleot committee to examine the ac-
O'uota of Mr Seaman, late superintendent of the public
printing*
Ibe Secretary of the Treasury has transmitted to
Congress the report of Profeiior Alexander, who was
oommtsaioned to ascertain tne relative value of the
oolnage of the United Btat>a aud Great Britain, and to
fix tbe reUtive value of the unitary oplos of iha two
countries. The Secretary says the report is not so en
couraging as he had hoped, though, with the limited
power conferred upon Professor Alexander, no fixed
policy could have been adopted It Is tor Oonmnsto
say wist additional steps should betiWh. The Britiah
Treasury authorities recommend that opr Government
be Invited to Indicate such a plan av may be made the
basis of further treatment.
The Island of Cul>a--Senator Slidell’s
BiU for its Acquisition by Negotiation*
Washington, Jan.ll —The bill Introduced * eßterday
by Mr. Slidell, of Louistaoa, (which was Inaudible from
the gallery,) was an act making au appropriation to fa
oillUte the acquisitiou of the Island of Cuba by negoti
ation. The bill nays that—
Whereas, tbe is and of Cuba geographically po'sessen
a commanding Influence over the large and annual y In
creasing t’Ado, both foreign and coastwise, of the Mis
sissippi valley; and
Whsreaa,the island. In Its present colonial condition,
must oontmne a source of injury and annoyance, endan
gering the friendly relations between BpaJn and the
United States by tbe aggressions of Its loca* authority
upon American commerce and citisens, for whioh tardy
< redress can only be had by circuitous dt mauds on Ppsln;
apd
Whereas, in the opinion of Congress, in accord
ance with the views of the Provident, as tbe last means
of settling existing and removing future difficulties,
it Is expedient that negotiations for the purchase of
the is’and should (te renewed :
Therefore, that thirty rallUou dollars bo placed In
tho President’s hands for expenditure either from the
cash in the Tretsnry, or be borrowed on five per c*nt
bonds, of a thousand dollars eaob, redeemable In from
twelve to twenty years
Arrival of Btenmer Cily of Mnnchesier
at New York,
Nxw York, Jan 1] .—The steamer City of Manchea*
ter, Irem Livernorl on the 22d nit, arrived at this port
this evening. Her advices are antioipated.
Arrival of Steamer North American at
Portland*
. PoBTbAKD, Jan. It —The steamship North Aranriosp,
'from Liverpool via Halifax, arrived at this port to day.
Tbo Steamship America.
, Boston, Jan. 11.—The steamship America will sail
for Liverpool at hjlf-past two o’clock to-morrow after
boon.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Hasbisburo, Jan. 11.
Hr/WafGBT, of Philadelphia, from the Committee on
Corporations, reported a bill to incorporate the Wes
tern Market Company.
Mr. Bandall. of Philadelphia, read the follouiog
bills: Incorporating the Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany of Philadelphia To incorporate the Seventh,
Eighth and Ninth Streets Passenger Railroad.
A reeolution was offered providing for the opening of
the daily sessions with prayer, and gave rise to a lorg
debate, but was finally passed.
The bill to abolieli the Board or Canal Commission
ers was referred to the Committee on finance.
Adjourned.
The Speaker announced the following standing com*
mlttees:
Ways and Means—Messrs. Chase, Lawrence of Wash
ington. Smith of Berks, M’Dowell, Green, Thorn, Wil
cox, Walboru, Wigton.
Jpdlolary—Messrs. Mc Clure, Irish. Goepp, NUI,
Thompson, ffotohum, Chase, Grltman, Grata.
Pensions and Gratuities—Messrs. Dodds, Bose, Brod
head, Barbara*, 2oll«r, Uottensteln, WoK.
Claims—Messrs. Williams of Backs, Harding, Laird,
Wagonseller,'Abbott, Witherow, u*o f.
Agriculture Messrs, Fe&ron, Bryson, Bertolet,
Sfaaeifer, Galley, Diemont, Williams of Bedford.
Education—Messrs. Foster, Kinney, Nill, Pugh,
Btyer, Hill, Zoller, Graham, Bmith or Philadelphia,
L%ird.
Domestic Manufaotores Messrs. Bayard, Dodds,
Warden, Peirce, Good, Mann, Walker.
Accounts Messrs. Pinkerton, WillUton, Shields,
Barlow, Woodring, Pennell, McOardy.
Vice and Immorality—Messrs Abbott, Graham, Oaks,
Boyer of Schuylkill, Brans. Woodring. McCurdy. Bouse,
Campbell. -
Militia Bystem—Messrs. WUson, Rouse, Neall, Wiley,
Good, Rohrer, Harding.
Bleotiou Districts—Messrs Keneagy, BalHet, Galley,
Bbields, Jackson, Eokman, Barnsley.
Banks—Messrs. Lawrence or Washington, McClure,
Smith of Philadelphia, Barlow, Patterson, Mehaffey,
Glatz, Williams of Buoks, MoOlslu.
Estates and Escheats—Messrs. Taylor, Wllllston,
Bmead, Rohrer, Wilson, Thompson, Rose.
Roads and Bridges—Messrs. Pennell, Btnart. Burba
raw, Hottenstein, Quiggley, Campbell, and Walker.
Corporations—Messrs. Miller, Hatnersley, Slims
ker, Quiggley, Acker, Glatz, Price, Church and Fisher.
Local Appropriations—Messrs. Wiley, Williams of
Bedford, Boyer of Clearfield, Wood, Porter, Sheppard,,
and Stonebaok,
Lends—Messrs. Acker, Stephens, Whitman, Neall,
Miller, Caster, and Btnart.
Divorces—Messrs. Hamersly, Foster, Gray, Witherow,
Gritmen, Bmead, Grate.
New Counties and County Seats—Messrs Burley,
p oyer of Clearfield, Fleming, Palm, Shaffer, Dismont,
Mehaffey.'
Compare Bills—Messrs. Barnsley, Gray, Sheppard,
Stonebtck, Peirce.
. Library—Messrs. Chnrob, Goepp, Irish.
Canals and Inland Navigation—Messrs. Patterson,
Ramsdell, Warden, Oaks, Keneaggy, Ellmaker, Bayard.
B tHro&ds—Messrs..- Wa'.born, McDowell, Thorn,
Smith of Berks, Church, Lawrence of Washington,
Styer, Kvaasj Barley, Ketchnm, Wilcox, Price, and
Patterson.
Printing—Messrs. McDowell, Ramsdell And Wigton.
Public Buildings—Messrs. Green, Wagonseller,'Kin
ney. 1
Mines and Minerals—Messrs. Pugh, Taylor, Fearon,
Porter, Pinkerton, Brodhead, Bryson, Fisher, Wilcox,
Boyer of Schuylkill, Neair, Hill, Whitman.
The Report of the Btate Treasurer was laid before
the House, showing the amount of foods on hand to be
$694,896 14.-- Italso states the p'acee of deposit.
Mr. Fisbbr, of Philadelphia, read a bill to incorpo
rate the People’s Girard College, and the Navy Ford
Passenger Railway.
Mr. Gnoaou of Philadelphia, read a bill to extend
the width of Jones street in the Ninth ward.
Also, one to the Wetptar House Hotel
Company. '
Mr. Walboih. of Philadelphia, presented a bill to
Incorporate the Commercial Trust company.
Mr. Sttkr,of Philadelphia, read a bill to incorporate
the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Passenger Railway
Company
Mr Thors read a bill facilitating the transportation
of passengers and baggsge from one railway station to
another in the citj.of Philadelphia.
Also, one defining eertein powers.
Also, one incorporating the Warehouse Oompanv'of
Philadelphia.
Also, one incorporating the Seventh, Eighth, and
Ninth-street Passenger Railway.
Also, a supplement to the act incorporating the Oiti
,runs’ Passenger Railway.
Also, one relative to the Cottage Building Company
of Beverly.
Also, one faporporating the American Improvement
Loan Company.
Also, one relatirg to insurance companies and asso
ciatkna in Philadelphia city and Allegheny. ;
Mr. Wood, of Philadelphia, a bill to incorporate the
Mu'ual Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia.
Mr. Bmxib, of Philadelphia, a bill relative to the
contemplated increase in the size of the navy jvd, and
moved to proceed to its consideration. The House re
fused to consider the bill,
?he following members were selected to try the con
tested’seat of D. 0. MoOlain of Philadelphia: Messrs.
Rohrer (Dem ) of Armstrong, McDowell of AUeheoy,
Kinney (Op ) of Bradfoid, Irish,(Op.) of Allegheny,
Critman (Dam.) of Lnserne, Foster (Op ) of Alleghe
ny, MoOiure (Op.) of Franklin, Bose, (Op.) of Yen&ngo,
Milter (Op.) of Crawford. '
A petition was presented contesting the aeat of Oliver
Evens, of Philadelphia, and Friday next was fixed as
the ti*e for drawing the oommlltee.
A petition was al«o presented contesting the seat of
T. H. Sorter, of Cambria county.
Adjourned.
The Maine Legislature.
BE-BLECTION OF HON. W. p. PB3BENDBN TO TQB
DBITBD STATES SENATE.
PoBTtjJtD, Me yJin. 11 .—Hon. William Pitt Fessen
den waito»day reflected United States Senator by the
Legislature -
l'he vote stood as follows:
In the House—For Fessenden;
“ “ For Smart.....
In the Senate—For Fessenden
** <r ’ For Smart,
The Massachusetts Legislature*
DRIVED BTATRB BEXATOB.
Djstos, Jan 11.—In the Ma-aaebusetta Senate, to*
day, Hon. Henry WUaoa received 85 rotes for IT, B.
Senator. There were 5 scattering rotes.
ARRIVAL OP THE OVERLAND CA*
lipornia MAIL.
Discovery of a Spring iu the Colorado
Desert*
St. Louis, Jan 11.—By the overland California mall.
San Francisco advloei to the 17th ult.- have Men re
ceived. • Four through passengers came with the mail,
including Jam e s F. ourtls. chief of the Ban Francisco
police, who reports the discovery of a large tpring'in
the middle of the Colorado* desert* yielding aa abun
dance of water.
Both the Apube and Oamanche Indians are commit
ting depredations at the mall stations, in consequence
of which the Government animals have-been need to
carry the malls tor some distances. v
The. Mexicans are also inspected of itoaUng mules
from the mall stations
The passengers vie the Tehuaotepeo route failed to
make the eonneet'on, in consequence of boisterous
weather In the Gatf of Tehuantepec, and the mails
were pot aboard the steamer Sonora by a surf boat. -
European dates to November 18th reached Fan Frau
elsoo on the 16th December.
The overland mall of the 18th utt has also arrived at
Memphis The news has been anticipated.
The road is well stocked with coaches and teams as
far as fort Smith.
United States Supreme Court.
Washington, Jan. 11.—Justice McLean took his neat
to-day
No. 41. Paol Dillingham ▼* Luoius G. Fisher. Error
to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin The matters in
controversy having been agreed and settled between the
patties, the eonrt ordered the writ of error to be dis
mhaedjjiach parlv paying coats.
No. 37. Leslie Coombs vs. Andrew Hodges et al. Ar
gument commenced for appellant; continued for ap
pellees.
The Colonisation of Arizona.
J&q. U.—The Mexican and Central
American Colonization Association hare added Arjzona
to their plan of HsUlement. It is understood to be
supported by prominent Southerners and New Yorkers.
The association has already purchased certain grants
and are negotiating for others in Arizona. General
Uenniogsen, as chief engineer, will, probably, during
the ensuing spring or summer, take out a large body of
men.
Destructive Fire at St. Catherine’s,
Canada West.
Br. OATUBRiuu’a, 0. W., Jan. 11.—A block of bnPd
tugs occupied bysk‘Tvlegraph, Express, and Insurance
Companies m offices, and also b» the Mssonix Lodge as
a place of meeting, was destroyed by fire last night.
The Slaver Ketch BrotherB--The Bills
against the Crew ignoied.
Oiiarlkston, Jan. 11.— I The case of the crew or the
slaver ketch Brothers, charged with slave trading, was
taken up in the District Court to-day. The Grand Jury
Ignored the bills.
Donald Nicholson, the Forger.
Louisvillr, Jan 11.—Donald Nicholson, the foreer,
whom the New York police have been pursuing, wilt be
takeu from here to Illinois to-morrow ou a requisition
from the Governor, to answer the charges bron/ht
against him by parties in that State.
The Pacific Ksllrond.
Louisvu.lb, Jan. 11 —President Ponlkes has pub
lished a notioe that those neglecting to surrender hall
of their stock In the Pacific Railroad, or pay a loan of
fifty cants per stare, shall forfeit all, unless they rem.t
the amount is him at Marshall, Texas, forthwith.
Illness of Dr. Williamson, !/• S. A.
Norfolk, Va, Jan. II —Dr Williamson, surgeou in
the army, ta goffering from an attack of apoplexy, and
there are no hopes entertained of his recovery.
Destructive Fire at Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 11 —A destructive fire occurred last
night at the corner of Lake and Jefferson streets. Al
most the entire block is destroyed The lost is estima
ted at $40,000, on whieh there Is an insurance of
$25,000.
Fire at Charleston* S. C.
Oqabi.bbtow, Jan. 10 Crisholm’s rice mill and
warehouse, situated at the west end of the olty, were
destroyed by fire on Sunday at noon, intending 80 000
bushels of rough r!oe, equal to 3,500 tierces. There
wai no Insoraooe on the stookof rice. The property
was insured for $lO,OOO.
The Brig Castilian Ashore.
Boston, Jan. 11.—The brig Castilian Is aground la
Nantucket harbor Bhe will bo probably got off with"’
out serious Injury. •
An Assay Office at St. liouis.
Bt. Louis, Jan. 11.— I The Chamber of Oorameroe to
day appointed a committee to memorialize Congress to
establish an assay office in this city.
markets by Telegraph.
Baltimorn, J*n. 11—Flour buoyant; Howard street
and Ohio ere quoted at $5 25. Wheat—The market is
bare, end there are no sales of importance. Corn Is.
higher—white 78*740; yellow 75c. Provisions quiet
and uuchanged. Whiskey firm at 26c for Ohio, and 26c,
for city.
Cuarlsstoh, Jan. 10.—Ootto^—The market closed
dull and depressed; aoourate quotations cannot be
given.,
Bayanhah, Jan. 10.—Cotton—Sales to-day 670 bales;
the market closed with little inquiry, and prioes very
weak.
Mobilb, Jan. 10 —Cotton—Bales of 4,(00 bales at
ll#oll#o for middlings, and the buyer Is favored
OD4RLBBTON. Jan. 11— Noon.—Cotton—Bales 1,800
bales at a decline of #d.
Oinoiknati. Jan. 11.—Floor firm, and in good de
mand at $4 76*4 85 for superfine. Whiskey is quoted
at 23#e. The provision market opened baoyant, but
oloßed qniet Mess Pork is quoted it si7. Bulk meats—
sales 60,000 3bs of sides at Pc Lard Jo kegs ll£fo
Charleston, Jan. 11.—Cotton—Sales to-day, 8,600
balfß&t irregular prices. In some cases there was a
decline of #*# from pterions quotations.
Savannah, Jan. 11—Cotton depressed: sales to-day
676 bales.
Hospital Gases.—A young man named
Francis Dougherty, aged 18 years, had three of his
riba b oktm yesterday by being jammed between two
oats ou the Reading Railroad, at Hlchmond.
Joseph M’Clure had his leg broken yetfterday after
noon by falling on the pavement at Fifteenth and South
dtreeta. .
Both of the above cases were admitted at the Penn
sylvania Hospital.
• . Sr.iont Fire.—An alarm of fire was caused
yesterday afternoon, at the school fa Zsne street, by a
quan’ity of paper taking fire from the stqve. The State
House bell rung the alarm, and a large number of our
fire companies proceeded to the spot, but the flames
were extinguished before they arrived T«ie excellent
discipline which is exercised by the teachers employed
at this institution prevented any confusion among the
scholars.
THE CITY,
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
P. BOWEBB* -WAIBUV*BTEXBV TnilU.-
£h® Enchantress “ The Bonnie Fish Wife.* 1
i, n . !Ln * Olabm’s aroh-btbbbv Taimi,-
S nr An,d *ican Cou*!n”— u Masks and Paces.”
NATiosat. Ciacraa —“Lent’s Girons Company,”—
Equestrian, Gymnastic, and Acrobatic feats.”
BaKroKo’e Orsaa House.—Ethiopian Entertain*
ments.
Absxxblt Boilbikos.—Sißnor Blits!
Commoh Council.—This body held an ad
journed meeting leet erenlng, lor the pnrpoee of com
pleting some nnfiniehed baeiness, nod for making cfr
tain appropriations. r
Mr. Gordon submitted anordinance making an an*
p-opriation to the Controllers of PnbUe Schools to
nay the salaries of the sohool teachers and sundry small
bills. Laid oyer.
Mr. Hasksr called np the ordinance making *q ao
propriatlon of $59,402 to the iwpeotoiuor the county
prison, for 1859, for the purpose of paying the salaries
of the various officers connected with the institution,
and the geoeral expenses incurred in providing for the
wants of the inmates. Mr Hacker moved to amend to
add $3,000 to construct- an iron railing in front of the
prison Not agreed to
Mr. Msnderfleld moved to amend by striking out
$900,. which was Intended for the sslary of the prison
agentsrand change It to $450.
Mr. Hacker opposed the motion.
• Mr. Msnderfleld said that any prisoner who had
money eouldreeeive the services of William J. Mnltln
to get them eat, and he had no doubt that he made
from $1 200 to $1,500 per annum in this way.
Mr. Maseher was In favor of striking out the item
altogether, as he considered Mullin an interloper, and
as be eonld not write, he consider'd him unfit for the
position. He thought he did some good, but much
more evil. * -> ‘
Messrs. Bullock and Luther warmly defended Ur.
MulUn, and considered his services as prison agent, a
great advantage to the city.
Mr. Hacker opposed the amendment*
Mr. Gordon thought the office, entirely unnecessary, 1
and was in favor or striking out the entire item.
Mr. Potter tbonght, for the sake of economy and hu
manity, Mr. Mullin should he retained.
Mr. Wetherill warmly defended Mr. Mollio. after
which the amendment was withdrawn by Hr. Slander*
field.
Mr. Wetherill moved to strike ont $2,500 for salaries
of superintendents and assstants and insert $2,100.
Not agreed to.
The ordinance then pissed.
Mr. Gordon called up the ordinance making an ap
propriation of $3,123 72 to pay the salaries of the teach
ers of the public schools and sundry small bills,
Mr. Bullock sail he observed among the items $l6O
for an iron railing for a sohool at Francisville which he
understood was to cost $3OO
Mr, Gordon explained that the contract prloe was
$460.
Mr Conrad observed that amosg the items for re
pairs he noticed the name of a tavern keeper, and he
desired to know if refreshments were repairs ?
Mr. Gordon never knew that any portion of the
school fond was expended fir refreshments.
The hill was then withdrawn.
Mr. Butlook called np the ordinance making' an ap
propriation of $3,179.17 to the department of wharves
and landings, which was passed.
Mr. Potter, of the Finance Committee, submitted an
ordinance making the annual appropriation to the wa
terlog department Laid over.
Mr. Bullock ealied up the ordinance making an ap
propriation of $30,790 to the Board of Health for the
expenses of 1859.
After a long and tedious debate, apd several slight
ameodments had been made, the ordinance passed and
the meeting adjourned.
Tub Lehigh Valley Railroad. The
stockholders of this road held their annual meeting on
Monday last, at which a highly* satisfactory report was
submitted of the condition of the affairs of the com
pany.
The quantity of coal transported over the road dating
the year was 471,029 tons, and was distributed as fol
lows :
To the Belrldere Delaware Railroad 96,141 tons
“ flentral Railroad of New Jer5ey...122.000 “
<( North PenosylYaala Railroad...... 60,123 “
“ Oatasanqtia and Foglesville R. R... 4,012 “
11 Morris Caia!',........
Delivered on the lino of road.,..
T0ta1.......... .-471,029 “
Equal to 303,141 toss transported oyer the while
length of the road.
Daring the same period there were carried 117,745
passengers, equal to 36,926 over the whole length of the
road.
The following is a statement of the annual receipts
and expenditures:
CiSH BEOBIPT9
From Coal transported
Passengers.
“ Express Malls
“ Miscellaneous freight.......
Total
BXPXHDtTURBS.
For ooal transportation $161;400 78
,l Passenger and express transportation.. 27 88167
(> Mail and freight transportation 18,39140
Total $194,673 76
Met earnings ...$247,371 69
Against which has been charged
Inteieston bonds $84,800 00
Current interest 16,989 22
Salaries and office expenses at Philadelphia 6,7f0 00
Dividend in December ; 112,128 00
Total
Leaving a balance 0f... $27,234 27
In the above expenditures were $17,208 90 for the
purchese of railroad iron and othtfr materials,nod for
the settlement of claims for'damages by fire; A portion
of this iron was used for thp constracUon of the doable
track. A hew engine house has been built at Madeh
Chunk, and other improvements have been made along
the line of road.
Real Estate, Stocks, &o.—The following
sales of Beal Shtsta, Btpeks, dec./ were made by Means,
Thomas k‘ Sons, last evening, 'at .the* Philadelphia
Exchange :—5 bonds and mortgages-rNo 1 for $0,460,
$600; No. 2 for s<ooo, $625 ; N* 8 for $6,000, $526;
No. 4 for $O,OOO, $500; No. 6 for $6,000,1500 ;10 con
poo bonds, $l,OOO each, Troy and Qreenfield Railroad
Co. 9 per eenfe.; 10 • shares Associated * Botchers*
and Drovers. $2l; 1 share Ban Franoisoo Land Asso
elation, $6OO ; 70 shares' stock New Orleans Navigation
Company, 27ge; also one-th rd patent right for manu
f«etnre r f soap. $25; 6 shares American Academy of
Musi a, $276; 10 shares West Phladelphia Passenger
Railway Go., $49.50; 6 shares American Academv or
Music, $266; 6 sbs American Academy of Musio $262.60;
2 sh'srOs Mercantile Library Go. $8 50; $l,OOO 7 : per
cant. Camden and Atl&utio Railroad Co. eeupon bonds,
85 Mr eent: four building lots v Doke street, Richmond.
$675; three*story briek dwelling, N 0.927 North Tenth
street. $l,OOO ; two thrse-itory Jbriek No.
617 8: d«venth street, $976 ; ratcable lot of'ground,
, Market street, east of Delaware Sixth street, $25-100 ;
modern residence, Spruce and Twentieth streets,’sB,6oo;
three-story briek dwellfng'ahd shop no.’filg Lombard
street’, $550 ; a well-secured Irredeemable ground rent,
$36 a year,'s4so; a well-secured ground rent, $32,50 a
year, $935; residence and lot, Maine itreetr-tjerman
to-jn, $5,800; BAractsland,.WlM>oDsln, vis; townshipNo,
29, 25oe&tspet acre one other, township 23,25 cents
per acre; one other, township 28,26 cents per acre ;
one othev township 28, SO cents per acre; one other,
township 27,40 cents per acre; one other, township 27,
6$ cents per acre ; t«o others, township 27,47# cents
per acre. - _ -
- Bieothmt or THE Philadelphia Gbayjs.—
TMS company held a meeting last evening at their new
armory in Market street, above Eighth, for the purpose
of electing officers to sure for the ensuing year. The
election resulted as follows: Osptain, Rlfebird H.
Rush ; First Lieutenant, David F.Foley; Second Lieu*
tenant, Wm. Pnntoer The meeting was largely at*
tended, and the company have succeeded in making an
admirable selection.
New York Markets of Yesterday.
Fpoya^&e.—The Floor market continues baoyant,
and prices of common and medium grades have agtfn
advanced The demand is fair for the Eastern and local
trade, and there Is also a moderate speculative inquiry.
Sales 10.000 bbls at $4 60*4 76 for common to good su
perfine Slate; $5.2505.50 for extra State; $4.6004 90
far superfine Western; $5 8005.75 for common to me
dium extra Western; and $6.6005 00 for shipping
brands of extra round-hoop Ohio. The market closing
huojact.
Southern Flour is in better demand, at improved pri
ces Bales 2,800 bVs at $5 2006.60 for common, sod
$5 6 07.60 for fancy and extra. Rye Flour and Corn
M* al remain *s list quoted. *
War krt.—Market quiet, with trifling sales at 96c
Asbks gmall sales at $5 62# for Pots, and $6 for
Pearls
Ooffsu.—Therp 1* more doiog, and the market rules
ve-y firm Sales fiooe our last 2,100 bags St. Domingo
at9#*9#c, cash ; and 800 bags Maracaibo at ll#o
ll#c. Rio is very firm at 9#0120, but is quiet for
want or stock to operate with,
Rion is dull and heavy. Bales 160 tierces at 3*9#c,
cash.
Molas is—The market rules firm, with sales since
our last of 200 bbls New 3Bc; and 66 hhde
Cuba at a price m-t yet made public. >
Hops—The market is firm, but quiet; sales of 86
biles new at 10ol8c, the latter for choice selected.
Bc<£*s —Themsrketcontlnuesflrm.butquiet; sales,
tiodbonr last, of l&Ohhdt New Orleans at 7#®7#c.
Provisions.— There is a fair demand for Pork, and,
the market is firm; sales of 750 bbls at $l7 25*17 37
for new M-ss; $l6 76016.89 for old do, and $13*13 25
for prime.
Beef is In moderate request; and the market rema : i s
steady, and without change to quote; sales of 150 bbls
ats6 foo7 for country mess; ;$7.7&®9 for 1 do mess;
$8.50*10 60 for repacked Chicago do; and $10.76*11 60
for extra do.
Prime Mess Deef and Beef Dams are quiet and no
miasllv unchanged Bacon is held firm but quiet Cot
Bleats are dull at 6#c for Shoulders, and 9#c for
Hams Id smoked Shoulders we note sales of JO,OCO
lbs at 7#.
Lard continues firm, with a moderate demand Sales
400 bbls at H#oll#. Also, 100 kegs at 12#. Butter
is steady at previous prices. Cheese is firm at7#*B
for Ohio, and B#®lo for State.
Cotton.— The market is scarcely so firm, whilst the
transactions ari only to a very moderate extent at I2e
for middling Uplands.
Grlin.—The Wheat market Is firmer, with a mode
rate demand for local trade; pales 17,000 bushels at
$1.2201.26 for winter red Western; $1 65 for white
Kentucky; $1.30 for amber Michigan ; $1.25®1.3S for
white Southern, and $1.26*1 40 for white Michigan,
Rye Is scarce and firm alBoc
Birley quiet and pric-e nominally the same. Mixed
Corn has advanced 2c bus: sales 14,000 bus at 80c for
new yellow Sruthern; tud 62,’, delivered, lor mixed
Western. Oats without material change. A cargo of
Prince Edward’s Island at 69#0.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, Jaw. 11.
FIRST BOAtD.
2COO Teno 6s ’9O 02#
5000 Virginia 0s 96#
260ONO»rolioa6* 97
20000 Missouri St 6s B 7
1 400 ReaPa; R 68#
; 13C0 do 63a
100 do 53#
300 do bOO 64
f 800 do eSQ 63#
100 do • slO 63#
100 do b3O 63#
600 do 64
410 Michigan Oeaß 62#
f 100 do sIS 53#
60 do 53#
ICO Oleve 3c Pitt a R 26
100 B& Quin R 62#
ICO Mich 8* NU 21#
100 do 21#
90 Mich 8R G uar 49#
200 do 49#
100 do 49#
350 Illinois Cea R c 72
170 do c 71#
150 do 71#
160 do sSO 71#
16 01erCol & Oin R 67
100 do . 97#
350 Gsl & Chicago 75#
60. do b6O 72#
300 do 72#
300 do bBO 72#
4£o do s3O 72
60 do slO 72#
60 do s3O 72#
200 Oleve & Toledo R 32#
500 do b6O 33
800 do 8«
100 Chic & Rock I R 60#
250 do b3O GO#
• 00 do bSB GO#
850 do 60#
2 0 do SlO 60#
325 MilwkA Miss R 13#
103 La Or &. Mil R 2
360 do ]#
20 N Jersey R 132
[2O do 133
BOARD.
2 0 Chi & R Isld R 60
100 do ' |l6 69#
100 do s6O 59#
360 do 69#
45 Buffalo &BtLR 100
26 Olev Col A Oin R 98
100 Illinois Oen R 71#
160 do . 71#
60 do 71#-
100 Galena 3c Ohl R 72
100 do b3O 71#
350 do 71#'
50 do *3O 71#
100 Olev 3c To! R 82#,
26 Mil 3c Miss R 13#
360 La Orosoe & Mil R 1
86 Nor & Worcester B 80
1000 Erie 4th mt be 62#
1000 Erie R bds’7s 47
600 Bar'em 3d mtg 71
1000 Mich So 2d m bs 63
2000 MBS Fuad MS 74
6000 IlUoola Gen bds 89#
1000 111 Freeland bds 90
5000THAAlMm 72
2000 La O&M L G 24#
5009 do b3O 24#
50C0 do 24#
6000 do 24
60 Bk of New York 107
60 PheeoiX Bank 110
10 Bk of Commerce 100#
50 Ocean Bank 98
76 Del 3c Hud Oo 00 V
60 Penn Co bfO 84
10 do 84
200 do ' 83#
ItO Cumberland pref 21
100 Pacific MOo b6O 93
20 do b3O 03
220 do 03
100 do b6O 03V
5 do 03#
100 Guilford Mining 1#
900 NY Cent R s 3 85#
300 do *lO 86# .
100 do sls 86# !
703 do c 85#
100 do b'6 85#
75 Erie Railroad 16#
100 Hud on R R b3O 86#
150 do .’s#
103 do s6O 35#
150 do sl’o 35#
200 Harlem R bSO 13# i
21 Harlem l’tef 37#
160 Panama R IK# I
SECOND
1000 Tenn St 6a ’9O 02
6760 111 Int Im'v ’47IOJX
6000 MiPßOun 6s 86#
1000 Hud on Ist mtg 104
60 Bk of 0 mimerce 100#
10 Pacific Mail BCo 92#
100 do alO 02#
475 N Y Oentral R 85#
100 Frie It 16#
ICO Hudson River R 85#
200 Harlem R b6O 13#
100 Ha*lem R prf 37#
100 do 38
200 Reading R *6O 63#
100 do 61
100 do 810 63#
160 BK S & N lud 21#
OOMiSGuar’d e 3 49
Board of CoNTROtLeas of Public Schools.
—This body held in adjournal iueetirgyeslerday after- -JJ
noon at their chambers, in Sixth* corner of Adel
phi, Mr. &eed In the chair.' ‘ -
A number of .oonu&miettlosi were rooelved from the , j
different lections, and referred to the proper cwnmlf
teea. - *-». . r
B®*eral propoiala were received L*r famishing, the
different sohoola with boot*,’ stationery. &e-, all of
which were laid oyer for the present.
The• subject of the election of a Professor of the
French Language for the Central High School, to fill
the Yacsney caused by the resignation of Profesior F."
A. Bregy, was then taken up and discussed.
Mr- Booth strenuously .opposed the election of a pro- -
feasor for teaching the languages, and thought it would
be of more benefit to the scholars if the b ard eubsU* ,
tilted a teacher of book-keeping; and morn likelihood"
of them obtaining a thorough knowledge *©f the Kog
lUh language. The French, in his op nbn, would be
of no use to the pupils attending the Central High
Bchool, and he could not see the necessity for a pro- 1
feasor to fill the raciney. - -
A motion was made to proceed to the election of a
professor .of the French language, which was agreed t>.
The committee appointed for the purpose of pro
curing a suitable person announced (he. same of Pro
fes<or George Gersrd; who was unanimously elected t to
fill the potion formerly occupied by Professor F. A.
Bregr.
®he question of allowing the pupils of the Central
High School the use of that building for the purpose of
holding prayer meetings was then taken np. -
* solved, That the report of the
committee which had been appointed to investigate the
a ?°P ted v T hereport is for several reasons’
«£. the oMhe pupils for the use of
“tiliv” aboT * *"!»»: »nd Hopted.
to T «h e , r d^:rs B n,lc t^, P , t XS l i 9^St , ” g
Afterthe Secretary hid real several o;’ the nrono-
Mls Mr. Watson moved that the proposals accompanied
by samples of the different Brtlcles should be referred’
to the Committee en Sapplies, with icstrue .ion to re
port w tabular form at the next meeting, the names of
the applicants, with the name of each book" with'the
price annexed,' Agreed to:
Mr Davis moved that the use of the chamber be ten
ured te the Washington Monument Association, of
the First district, for the purpose of holding meetings.
Messrs. Duffield, Hollingsworth, and Booth opposed the
resolution; aid after considerable disoassino, the reso
lution, on mo ion, was not agreed to.'
Mr. Dusenberry moved that Smith *s Grammar, Hart's
Class-book of Prose, and the Public School Doiiooarv, be
restored to the list of books, haring been st nek off at
the last meeting.
On motioo, the vote was taken to restore Smith's
Grammar and Hart's Clais.book of Prose, which war
agreed to.
On motioo, the vote was taken oq the postponement
of the further consideration of the books uotll the
next meeting, which was not agreed to.
The Dictionary and “ But’erworth’s Gradation ” on
motion were added to tho list. - -
Shepeid 1 * Con&tilaliiul Text book wai r;fened
to the Qommit'eeoh SappUes .
On motion, the meetiog adjourned. ■**
An Unfortunate Pasty.—The nnfortn-
nate men of whom we spoke yeslerJoy, pres »n ted the fol
lowing petition to Mayer Heory opon their arrival in
this city, and it will be read with ioterest by our read
ers, as it sets forth the grievances aod indignities they -
were subjected :o while on.the island of Oubi -
To his Honor the Mayor.of Philadelphia. Slats of
Penmyleania , United States of Am-.riea •
We most respectfully beg to Jay befors your floncr
the stitemvnt of our grievances, as follows: We are’
composed of69meo. a portion or 131 men, who were
engaged in the month of November last, in New York,
to go to work on. a railroad at Santiago, In the Island
of Cu s a. The tonus of our agreement were, that we
were to get $2O per month aed found, with a free pas
tags to and from the island, and to work for six months.
On these conditions we went on board a .hark on the
17th November last, and arrived at Santiago on the
'2 th same month. On our arrival, to our great sur
pri»e and disappointment, we were solicited to work
under a totally different agreement, via : that we were
to have 76 cants for etch working day, and te_previde
our own bed and necessary utensils for easing our meals
from. We, therefore, individually ana collectively,
irotested against this fictitious agreement, and refused'
to work the result of which was that we laid a state*:
meat of our grievances before the Governor or Bantia--
go, who at once ordered that we should be sent hack
from whence we came. - •
“
176,883 “
An opportunity having offered, thirty-six of oor
number were tent back to New York on the 9ih Decem
ber; we were then detained in 'he jtU until the 23d of
December, when the schooner “ Nila Reed" wss engaged
to take uh bick to Philadelphia at the expense of the
contractors.
We therefore most humbly and respectfully beg your
Honor's assfsiauoe and advice to forward us to New
I ork, the place of pur destination, ae whatever little
means we were p'ssevsed of has been long sioce ex
hausted, and we are thrown destitute and friendless into
-the port of Philadelphia. May we therefore hope that
your Honor will devise means by which w*'«aojg*tto
NrwYerk with as little delay as possible? ’and your
memorialists will, as In duty bound, praV for voter
Honor's welfare and prosperity* -
Dated on board the «• £Ua Reed."
Portof Philadelphia,‘Jin; - -
The men were absolutely destitute, nose of them
having the means of buying food, an! many of them
were clothed in summer garments. One of the party
was sent to the almshouse,- where' ha hs* since died.
The Mayor pttMQted'thelr ease to the officers of the
Camden-and Amboyßailroal*o6mpanr! and‘the party
left for New. Yofk yesterday afternoon.> z
Fires.—A.bont three o’clock yesterday morn
ing, a fire b okeout at No. 616 South Sixth «tr*et, and
before the devourlog elements conld.be stayed eeveral
buildings were entirely destroyed, and many su-tilntd
consldeiable damage. The above building was a email
f ame tenement, and wai occupied by Mr. Bepjstn o
Smith as a lager-beerstlocn and dwellings Tfceeatab
lishment had been closed atll o'clock the night heron,
and Mr. Smltkxnd wife were awak ned at three o’clock
yesterday mofnlog by a dense eloud of smoke, and
barely had time to rea-th the street before the entire
structure was enveloped In flames. The flames e >mmu
nleated to the adjoining bnildlngf which was occupied
by Mr. Washington G. Silly, snd in -O stort time the
buUd’ngwasoorsumed. Theinmatcs made thelr-es
eape with the r night clothes, and with great difficulty
reached tht't'rvet. Mr. Silly saved a small portion of
his articles. The loss is estimated at $1,200 Insured
lor $6OO in the’ Girard Fire Insurance Company. .
In the rear of Mr. Smith’s boose, on a sm.ll court,
was situated a three-story brick dwelling, occupied by
Charles B. Bisks, This building was entirely destroyed,
as well as its contents. Among the latter was an ap
paratus used tor compounding‘materials for pharma
ceutist i. 'Loss $3OO. ’ ' ’ ----- -
The buildings occupied, by Msmts Smith and Blake
were owned by Joshua P. B. Eddy, whose Joes is covered
by insurance. Mr. Smith had an insurance of $l,OOO
upon his effects in the Great Western Insurance Com
pany. '
~♦.5338,800 05
.... 65.387 46
.... 6.059 47
.... 42,178 38
.$443,046 86
L ... 5220,187 22
Next to Ur. Blake wss a large brick building, oocn-
Sled by Mr. Jos. McKeal, pawnbroker. "This was
lightly damaged. .
A three-story brick building on the south of Mr.
Smith, owned by .Littleton Hubert, colored, and oe
capledbyP, W-sloan'find ethers. w#salsO slightly da
maged. '
Several .other tenements inlhe vioiultyn ere scorch
ed, and m numbjr.of peoile made narrow escapes from
deaths The steam engines Philadelphia and
were upm the ground, and did admirable execution.
Daring the time of the fire Mr. Jan os Bkerrett. engi
neer of the Philadelphia Steam Fire JEngine,
■track by the *• starting bar" of'the'apparatus,and
hurt'eontfderably. He was taken to the Pennsylvania
HeapM*!.''/
, A Keat and Handy Ixpsotement.— There
Is a period ,in the life of every man when it is the sum
mit of hie amblUmi ahorse" or two of them,
aod few who have beeafayored tqpProvldanee with the
meant of gratifying this ambition.have not, at some
time or other«been in situations where'll would have
been in the highest degree desirable to exchauge'a pole
for a pair of shafts, or a - pair (shafts for a pole.
Starting out ga r ly with a hi|b-steppilsgpair, the admi
ration'of all the neighbors, one feels small'to coma
home with a single hone beside the pole, divorced
from his fellow by one of those accidents whieh horae
flesh is heir to. Or, when you hive gone out io ride
two Or three tnlles with a Biogle horse to a. heavy wa
gon, how provoking-it was to have to decline taking
a, puty of girls to - a distant ‘ frolic, - because the
want ot a pole to yopr e.rriage prevented yon from
accepting the kindly-tff.reii lo*n of another horse !
Bat an ingenious Lancaster-city mechanic, Amos E
Hoffmeier, has turnedhia talents to excellent account
In the oroduotiou of a combined pole aad shafts, which,
without the ald of any wrehones or other fmplemeoU
thau the human fiogers, can be changed -in three
minutes from pole into »hafts,'or from uiaftsto pole,
and whether shafts or pole be much atraoger (though
equally light and handsome io appearabea) than the
ordinary poles and shafts In use. We have given this
invention of Mr. Ileffcaeier % thorough examination nod
trial, and we feel sure ef the thanks of every horseman
whom this notice will induce to call on Mr. Hoffmeier,.
at the Union Hctrl, and tee hi* invention ••
Gas Works in Miniature.— Tbo great de.
sire that has been feit for years for portable yat works
has finally been gratified, and we were yestetd-y shova
the most complete and desirable impr Yemeni in the
way of,&&q-burners y that we have ever wit evted- It
conaifts of a self generat’ng gas-burner, by* the means
of whioh the oommonburoingfluH-is converted. Into a
gns. which produces a light that for brilliahdy and
beauty lafnuy equO. and preferre-l by many, to the or
dinary coal gas. The burner is constructed *ith two
generators—one for generating and the other Tor drying
thega*, afterwhicb ft is drawn out into tb- same shape
as that produced by an otdinary burner. Tbe light pro
duced by means of this arrangement Is not marly so ex
pensive as the ooal gas, and vherever its virtues h»ve
be«n tested Its superiority has been acknowledged The
great feature, however, in this improvement,homistt in
the fact th t all. both in town and country, c*n be sup
plied with gas, which oto be furnished at a mere nomi
nal txpensc; ard the manner in which the burnt r iscoc
ctruoted pr
bo often Qua 9n used for buruiog fluid.
The Generator has ouiy to be seen to be appreciated,
and we invite our readers to the cfrmal'of the advtr-
in another column after which they cau call
at the MurchantA’ Hotel. In Fourth st-eet, where Mr.
O. B. Loveless will take pleasure in ehowipg the mea
ner Id wuieh the gas la produced
Handspme Testimonial.— I The most , mag*
nificent present we have seen for a lopg time baa been
prepared by Messrs.-William Wilson 3c' Son, at‘their
establishment Lr the manufacture of sllverw.re,
which is situated at the corner af Fifth axd Cherry
streets. It cousuti ol a tea-service or silverware, com
posed or ten pieces Including d very large and hand
somely ornamented waiter, coffee, tea. and water pots,
sugar bowl, and cream jog. lhe coffee-pot ha*rs the 1
following insc iptioo: “ Presented to Gtorge Megee,
High Sheriff -f the city of poo bis retire
ment from office, by the clerks and leputtes under h!a
odminUtraU in.as a token of their respect fer him assn
officer and Democrat ’’ The different articles are highly
chased and ornamented with a beautiful and well-exe
cuted representation of tbe JsnteV leaf, interspersed
with berries, and the*topa of tbe different articles sur
mounted with well executed Chinote figures. The whole
des'gu has been gotten up without regard to expense,
and reflects ir finite credit upon the donCrs, as well ae
the artists who have h en engaged upon its construction.
We learn that the presentation will take place on Thurs
day next, at lhe i eaidence of Mr. Megee. -
Fire in the Sixth Ward.— About half
paßt seven o'clock yratarday morning a fire occurred
in warehouse No 213 North Water street. A fire bad
been built in the fourth story, ard it is suppesad that
some sp&iks bad fallen through a hatchway upon some
waste cotton ou the third floor. The flames burned
ttubbornlv fer some but‘were .confined tb the
room in which they originated, and were quenched be
fore any emaldersble damage had been done.
The third story was occupied by Fleetwood Lodge.
Bis loss trifling. Tbe bul’ding wad pticMpfcUy •e
-cupltd by Messrs, vlshvr, Morgan, & Co.,'who sustain
a sight Iras by water
Fatal Accident.— Bernard McCullough,
aged seventeen yea-s. who re»ld j s in Sixteenth street,
above Vine, w»b killed at Norris’* factory, at Seven
teenth and Spring Garden sts , yesterday morning. He
was an apprentice at the above ertablishment, and was
caught between the belt and abaft while attempting to
shift the belt. Ho was mangled in a horrible manner,
his scalp being torn entirely ■ from the skull, besides re
ceiving other injuries cf a serious character. His body
was removed to his residence by the Me*srs. Norris. The
Oroner held an inquest on the body, and rendered a
verdict of accidental death. ,
Effects or Rum.— At*a late hour on Mon
day night a woman,named Ellen, Bowers was fcuod
Ijing across the flag-stone at Lehigh avenue and Frank
fo*d road Bhe waft under the' influence of liquor, and
at the time of her discovery was infeasible from the
cold Bhe was conveyed to the residence of a clt'srn
opposite, and subsequently removed to the Nineteenth
ward station house. Yesterday morning the unfortu
nate woman was sent to prison.
Descent on a Disorderly House.—At an
early hour yesterday morning, a row took place at a
dance house io Eleventh street, between Catharine and
Fltxwater streets. Duricg the t<me of the disturbance.
f ‘ murder” wss cried. The FJrst-dintrJot poliee made a
descent upon the place, and captured twenty-eight male
and female participants In the frolic The whole party
were arraigned before Aldermin Tiltermary, and held
to bail to keep the peace.
Beware of Iron Posts. — On Monday eve-
ningalad about eight yean of age. placed*hie tengue
against an iron lamp-rost, in 1 ombard street, between
FifteeulhandSixte*Ltb,whioh became fattened. Several
ntj ghbors attempted to relieve the sufferer, but their
endeavors were in vain. Be was finally relieved by the
application of salt, bnt the skin was left upon the post.
Correction- —In furnishing the report of
Mr. Geo. W. Edwards’ speech, yesterday, whieh was de
livered on Monday last hofere the meeting cf the stock
holders of the Reading Bailroad Company, we made a
mistake in stating that the averag* per for tarrying
coal over that road for the year 1868 was $l. It abonld
have been $1.21.' Wecheeriully make the correction.
Violent Assault,—Yesterday morning, a
frieoner confined in one of the eelle of the Central po
iee station, assaulted another prisoner with a black
jack. Inflicting an ugly and severe gash upon hit head.