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Is re , ~ 1 balm Opiate.. ..13ne' , IsisrreirVeii -ttalreorTxsiviits , m_ 1 114 1 0 ae o tOf 104 1 ?irtat D. 04 .0 *hick took'phice tn, ilk.Sesiito OiXedbWaY at : ?' tertlaaa and 04.-*POOttqth e 7l 4 lk reP P 4 _ ' 4 that disinision with much, interest. The ',eternal principle oft ofelf.government • las in vOlVed in this encounter of. Intellect; and we .. _,5.114-o,,W.o!tAudfittpesal4S hats h_tm - . jw.nfisielyis4lAitii--..ers4eincidating areal De • dt'adit -h , pri sihts Sitis, amazing force and Wtli f ik,a_ ,litirssWer islibWritiliere' the,Senthetir> leaders of - ' the - Admlnist4tion litt the , Dilintidistio) pert, stand on this grave . IPlsii l 4.f i g*6o l o 4 4 I.:9PI,'T;IIOt-ii :hiquirieFs in .. - conneition .with Jormer , reviews Ili this '.'-,That flePotatiii 40Vetbigaty,7 , We, 'play lAu'lloc4lOK :si*Ot itlaWo.,, 40 .olitra- , 10.44.m.,44-FO4lO.4 e AR u fixpi:(aed by itsleneiniera;*llt - whtcral yto be (=relied 7, 'fflikarettyrit,tl Pslst Ws - denial lt.t4 the • Afftit4f*e4t,ai'ol*".o* Pirei a' :'4o47ktfiltim..riikiiiitikelAhtki.F 6te 1 VOL*ltukiplet , preparstorycto thith admbssion hstortherVekve-t.lts i'.-/ `-,1,,,r. 4 ..- .1 --p. ~ 10,, - 11g,i0,,0, the pre of lasisiiil te''llealte ii*Pilli:Pr'n"ikilit*i•?-vahceitioneil by 1 o.oAti-VINSSIAtIVIOIIie:rIO4* Thu (11Iferibicei3Oli-oplislori destraetive,to lifo,than here 'reported. A portion Of the build log, le. seems, wasused is a State,prlson,,in whieh wereconlined not only.ooramon -malefactors but a ,camber of political offenders. Thts was blown ea. 30 pieces, as also the whole edifice, except - the certtral.portion,, whioh now stands alone, abet. tared and-.blackened.- Our informant -thinks not istlC Abut-Ave-, hundred'-to ,six. hundred lives were , lost. , Bat Strange to say, no list of 'dead or missing. hes yet . made ".its way -into the public o.'Picaseicgs,,February 15, ilken iltein,h--A freight, ear wan opened at ba' , Batard_ailast i whioh bad been kept elosed'elnde it lett Philadelphia, near a , been vigor; bto sooner wag' , the' door opened than out jempsd: yoting man; whwteak like a greybouid,-without stopping to answer an 3 , (pep tions. Au examination showed that the traveller had provided himself with enough of eatables to keephlm on a amok longer trip than tit' one he THEPitattftrenlitAADEPßlA'` =VitWAY: yEtstwitant 25, isst. : „AfIDIVIOIIt 11. telitek*Sli .Wittatington; Veirst4ondenceef teaPrsea,Lk':,•„ , -,• Yeb., 24,1859, Tho deliateintbellenate,'Which lasted till peat midnightiwas the moat, animates of -the Seaton Thegalleries were eionded;, the Howie suspended proceedings; and the members crowded in to wit ' flees -the intellectual tourney. Soon as the news spread over .tite eity,,-thatr-.thes - ball had been oPened on'theisetion Ott lie% to , striker out -the appropriationqerßteltint the . serums of the Territory of kaneee,_;ea the ground , that to de mani mob „a, cepettaltea a need dieetiminetion -hgainst them,lthejtyrtientlin Waithington 'crowd ld * the Passages :leading to the-Senate, seeking itd As m u l a s t sr th in e y la a d in ies fe we t r h e e p o r ir es er e cr t w in ded bri g u a i l a i ll e t ri a e r s . ray: Night.shatleg :Ocoee& over: the soenet the offieleht from the_departutents were on the. spOi ia , itintibers.,,The r Capitol echoed to the footsteps of xhe theuoande Ike wereettrietid to the scene. 'ant{ viVen, this iint i llenate lidjoed the crowd- wee 'still . great; ' Among other distinguished visiters. .1' noticed the`"foreign "mintetisre • and several leading 'applioantifor 'diplomatin.pbeitient. I The 'bearing of Judge Douglas was admirable. go -,Wan in capital trim, and -debated with irresistible 11n 1I us l u s al ts l h y le e f o o r p t po eo n u e n nt t! w ith es i f G " e n e an Davis., d who 13 : l as% Little Giant., „ yesterday,li en tpebarto in t e h , n e face reati o r f eading the over ' Senate, e withd eb a n t i / the t epresentalires 'of Southern and Northern entrains - opinieris 'around him, Senator Douglai reasserted the great'tinth,that to the people of the Territories wan 'committed the entire question of slavery, belongiegi as it certainly does, to the clam Aomestio institutions. , So explicit, so direat,'-and so unequivocal was he, in the enunciation of his pprpase and°c::tas°n Bques r onh e l d nht which may ,betn,euteialned, r gia to bia:asiia2a:yforeve:. Those ' Who 'here” Chinked ' Stith' double.dialing on this smiled Are , dnieb le.day`; and that glorious band of' min; Who' up 'To this 'time have stood teal,Oieder has triumphantly vindicated , himself, and that they can honorably fare their constituents, friend!, and ' 1, foes, I poticed diming the splendid intellectual Con flict between him and Jeierson Doris, ninny Repub. Dean members of the Reuse sod many leading publioitnefrent different Statos,watching the enure, Of the debate. HdWever theinsight,havadiffered from-hire; Itedne &rad have failed to award to him the. tribute of sincere end nonsolentioue, and logically tight in all the grounds he assumed. Oar unfortunate Bigler, as usual, intruded himself into the, debate, and, as ,usual, game out of it utterly oontimptible. A.universal titter pervaded the Senate when ha put himself _within reach of the a Little Giant and when the letter first ex. tingitished him and then pasead On to, Gingeiteral question,Mi. 'Senator Gwin;' iiittited" with the late man date from 'tile California Legieliture, in. strnoting'Senator Broderick to resign, bemuse the eillebtle of that patronage-riddenfitate bad been enabled to. procure a verdict, intruded himself ,Into tke debate, declaring that if Jadge.Dongi as's was o4nstruotion of the Itanees-Nebraskanot was true, he (Gwin),wenid, net leave voted for lit! ' Dr. G win is not a statesman. but be le an active,Un thing partisan, Whit Will trireme the'depertments front morning until night to i serve MA' of his eon stitnents -u happen to be his particular friends. While , the Doctor was uttering-these expressions, I looked at Bolted 11. Toombs, and saw a pallier smile .wreathing, his eettnteuanoe. Does not br. Cialm knewthat, Mr. Toombs, and Mr.,Stephens, and "Other BOutkein Senators, took precisely the eamo ground in 18,50 ' sad 1854 that Douglas lifetimes now en this griestleti? 'The boater never was a friend of the 'President Until' the latter 'became President; -and. -therefore arouse 'him for not; knowlhg that the President, in 1856, went' a bow.shet bbyond Judge !Douglas on the- same will 'net answer /for Dr. Deviate make an issue upon Douglas or Broderick} Which le isolator there nor leis than an insuitto the .fens of th'onmende of friendi, of ate Little Giant in the State of California. Th e point most apparent in all this extraordinary debate, which will lung be'remembered' in' our country, was the perti nacity of the Southern men, who insisted that Oongrens should 'pass a lasi to 'preteei slavery is the Territories. Been Mr. Pugh came forward manfully to deny, loth. manse of his. State, the monstrous assumption that the Democrats of the North Will ever send . the doctrine of Oen. gressional intervention for the' protection of slavery. Mr. Dario was , exoeedinglY ani mated and anxious. During 'the 'eftertiden his Colleague; Senator Brown, was extreme, though respectful, frank, and fearless, while Mr. Green, of Missouri, appeared as the grand mediator,- but without much . success. Meanwhile, the Itepub;, Deans sal, - by, quietly enjoying the scene, forget ting; however, that ;they bad, all voted for the ,trittendenlitontioseery bill in the last Oonkrise o , by which they fully surrendered their platform of ' 1858.- 'The 'truth is the ltepeiblieafls Are li*in• uhitetii pelladkla friends in the Senate, and a:member:in the House,, to vote for, the admission' of Oregon---' therelly,in great part,siensuring a large, majority of hieown party.; and hence the ellenee (srittok,iin the tablet of 'the' ekeitemeet, prevailed all round) of thelieriblioan Senators generalty: It Weill:des , !Ong to be iimembered, end May be classed as among the proudest triumphs of Stephen A: Douglas.' Mrs. -James tiordon ennistt dined with •the President yesterday, It is rumored on the Avenue that the Marine Band was stationed in the long saloon of the White" House, discoursing sweet music whilst the graceful hospitalities or .the Pm- eidentiat housei were being extended M this pate, `elegant, and lovely woman. Bee receptions, as I understand, are to be ovations; carriages are 'to 'approach her residence I' heads fronting, east," and alp ancient families of Mbryland and Virgi nia are to enrol their names before being admitted tri the presence of the led! of the editor of the New, York hrerard. , Mr. Buchanan le conilstent. in his attentions to this distinguished' woman. While she 'sojourned in Paris, w ith her Adonis husband, and' while the President' was' then 'plain Minister of:the British Court, he always paid his respects to •the Bennett :family when .viiittug the Preach capital; and when,' subsequently, the husband continued his slanders upon the private character of Mr. Buohanan, the latter never failed , to speak kindly and affeetionetely of the wife. There; is quite 'a flutter` of iiiiitioiont in fashionable thetas in regard to this last arrival. - Presage.? Letter from Harrisburg. Moffispondooff, of The, ?fem.] . • llipuseußa, Feb. 24, 1859 Mr: grading read In place an act to inoorko• rate the Delaware Homestead Am:Mellon." Al bert 'G. 'Waterman, Wm. W. Ifardieg, ,Daniel lane, Bred. M. Adams, Henry G. Fisher, Daniel Bottler, J. Leslie 'Anderson, 'mod Stephen N. Winslow are named oorporatcrs.. This bill item- Hai in,detail to others of the, name nature that have been presented and noticed. Mt Quigiy, "an aot in reference to the Scott Legion of Jim illy of Philadelphia," whielieznpowers the Mk, 'tent 4:3leneral to deliver to the said company one hundred muskets, with all the necessary aceoutre mento. Mr , Abbott, a supplement to tan act Inorpa rating the West 'Philadelphia 'Mutual Saving Fundatlitl _Trust Company. It provides that eo much of the seventh section as is oontained in the last proviso of said eat, except so far as relates to the issue of any note Or }super in the similitude of a bank note, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. The part of the proviso proposed to be repealed reads thus : "Nor Invest las capital stock, assets or other moneys, in'the purobase and discount of any promissory note, bill of exohenge, or other negotiable paper ; and that no loan upon stooks or "other securities as aforesaid shall exoeed tan thirds of the market value of said collateral." • "An act to Incorporate the Philadelphia and New Orleane Soso malavigation,Cempane, passed the bonen yetiterdaj:'Bredetrio Collins, Alfred D. Jessup,: Balaton Perot, • Henry • Simone, James Marks, James 0. - Hand,' Edwin H. Euler, Edward Itnight,,Joha Truett.. Daniel Haddock Jr., and Samuel Baiyth, are corporatism, having power to build, abetter, contract for. employ and equip, ',steamships and all other vessels necessary for, the ,propulsion and navigation thereof, to he sailed npen - the' Atientte or other - oceans and upon all public navigable tide waters from may port. in the •llnited States er elsewhere, for the purpose of carrying merehandice and conveying passengers and malls: — Canital etook net to exceed $4OOOOO. divided into 4 000 sharer. .Their Office • to be in the city of Philedelphie. vise reply of the State - Tieasurer to the resole tine' 'aidopted -in the' Senate on - the 11th, calling upon him for information In referenee to the ton• nage-tax, has been received, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company ars indebted to the Common wealth to' the mount of $87,815 22, being the tax from July 20, 18.58, to December 1, 1858. The tax on," looal tonnage" they expressed - a willingness to pay; when that amount could be ascertained ; the balance they refuse to pay for the ransom set forth in the opinions of their counsel. The Har risburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy, add Lancaster 'Railroad Ooiapany owe the rum of $23,304 42, which they have! expressed an intention to pay. The Northern °antral Railroad Company owe a balance of $1,322 90. A bill has been iotrodueed :for the relief, of ,Cookman A 'Brother. of Philadelphia. which an; therizes the A.nditorGeneral to examine the elatri of the parties above" mentioned; for damages sus. tattled by them In 1856, by thefdestruotion of ears and the loss of merobandise on the Columbia rail road, and to make provision for; the setthiment of - the same. - = • ' • '" Tho discussion ripen the- bills, relating to evi• donee, in the Senate. And the consideration of the private calendar in the lloirse;have mainly Coon. pied the attention of the Legislature Rime nay last. The speech of adr,Drewer, inopposition Matte radi .cal changes andinnevaticins proposed to Vawrought by these'" legal reforms," wee pbottilarly boleti" fal, , vlgorous, and classically chaste. Pleb sen tence wee, graced with a, rhatorloal elegance, to wbioh the 'touching tones of his voice imparted 'a Mogi° force - The closing words—sublime in eon. caption and expression—are worthy of a quotatien "Then I think that this change does not Waldo the 'elements of progresslVe• not he tollowed%with bleating@ to the people. I am ,in favorer aPything that ,wtould make my native Statemere happy and, proaperama I am in favor of progress; I•am in flavor of reform. No hand would be more 'ready ormors willing then inlet) to pusb on the chariot wheels pf advancing civilization and progressive republicanism. would make the broad Sable of Pennsylvania ion Wale p 454 truttful ; It rmulti wavy . . .. the',.lp4ieless: treasares ;that slumber in =the bowele .ref - her mejestie . mountains ; I would swell the; him of- - welVrewardid toil ; . I would ma w tho whOle land - vocal with the mu& of the re sijoell long; r,WOUld,MIlke her broad plains and bet fall landioapes one mane of beauty, of peace, o f isy, )and of loveliness: _I am in eaver of pro gress, hut It is that progress' alonewhich springs ford the bosom of eternal troth ; which is cheered in ite Omani march by the voice of wisdom, and is - guided in its high miseon by the lamp of ex petite°, 'I am in favor of reforni,lnit it is that refonn alone whioh will Strengthen the bonds of &sloth Insure, the' contentment Wad Swill the prosieritYnflhi p eople; vihidb will' alleviate the .saffattngs and. narrows,- and multiply the joys and the blessings of the human rade." The praetleaTi3igureentative, tvli impretsive efforeof ME Penney, from Allegheny, on the Salto o we i kf ,tls. question,' teas oanondad in , an to 4be; aacar great power afirinfluenne Bys this, -Ms lirst Begth-7 Asseeh on' the ,fioor, of the Senate, iiiirmntation so a clear and forcible reason or is' fully established,'and en earliest of fulureluse fulnar tor a Senator' le:afforded. ' ' Messrs. Bell, eloffe', and Palmer have spoken at different times (as ready alluded to) on this subject, evidencing g lekal ifolluirementi.: ' -, , 1 , .7 vs We , bill was. defeated by a vote . of twee to sevonteen,; Mr. Coffey's by a vote of tan to;:twenty•one. Although the current of °pi on in Pennsylvania seems to be ' adverse to anv hone in our , system of Jurisprudence, the 1 Ben re advocating this -reform, 'supported dr , gly by, men of .jadloial eminen te, (letters ha' g been reed from the fi ve judges of the Su pr e Court in favor of the same), confidently r lot Its ultimate encases, . Such is the isms of e "evidence" efforts. , It. Shelton Machette° and lady aPpeatid in 111 mate (Member this _morning, - and zeoetved t . reetings of numerous friends and admiters. Ti , Dbotor lies consented to deliver- a lecture tifs evening for the benefit of the Hope Wile Com ply of this pity. The demand for tickets gives pollee of a large andienoe. . . The death of your amiable; talented, and pewi ts. Representative, Mr. Wood, is the coupe of goat grief to the many forming the dole of his omrades and friends. Youth, ambitious aotivity. ad ' noble imolai qualities, rendered him, in a iaelatuutimer, the ohjeot of hopeful admiration. "he two houses meet this afternoon for the pur pse of paying respect to i worth and memory. his VHE LATEST NEWS :' , Erit TELEGRAPH. ;1 ONE WEEK LATER PROM EUROPE. e Steamship „Canada at Halifax 4 . ange . •ln the Aepeot of Continental ARaira rAoirxo'numoitt PREDOMINATINGI E LATEST /DYKES MORE WARLIKE fie Emperor of Prance Utteis Peaceful Senti 'meats, yet Continues Warlike Preparations. PREPARING FOR DEFENCE lnottationd in the Money Make ADVANCE IN COTTON. doNsoLs osgoom HALiTIx, Yeb. U.S.—The *loyal mail atesnisisip pa nada, which left 'Liverpool on Sattirday, the 12% lost, arrived at We ion this evening. " .lfer advice§ are one week later than previously for aisbed.- - The eteamehip Gni of Waahlugton arrived at Liven. pool on the 11th fnet ' The - Cauada peeked • the eteamehlP Europa off Fast• nese. , The 11,7 d. steamer Megan arrived 'out on the men 4,4 the 7th twit. - , f. T. , he ateatoar Jura arrived out at noon on the 7th teat. ,Theespeet of „continental affairs bad Wen oloadend etnnewhat Since, the prevlone advices—pacifie rumor', 'imviorprethninated —althonah the 'same uncert.tnty eanttnued, having • fluetua.lng tendeney on folios The Liverpool Cotton market hid been aided materl ally.hy, the peaceful Turners, and an advance' to the prices is innorted. The latent adyleea were, howerr, more Warlike. ' liotwithetandlne the peaceful eentinnints uttered by the 'Emperor of FreFe and Count de Moray , the war like, Preparations we enntlnded on a large gale. The Davis lotus e ad ditatusted. elrielug hetVy at 68 for *breve. ,•„ The pro-medicos of the Ecolloh Parlhireent were un important In the Lrindon Steak Exchange fends bad slightly Suntuat.#4 during the week, and circled Sat. The Sardinian Chamber of Deputies had voted a new iiimant Arty trillions of frame; Count Cavonr explained that tb la loan wee designed for thenurposie of perpariog a defence amend% the threatening attitude of ituattia. - Military movements were Mill continued in Austria. The Calcutta mall of ..nottary oth. and the Root Itesik . malt of December 30th, bad been recrived, but contained no news of iinner.enee. FRANCE, erceon OF TgR OMPFUOR. The session or the ?tenth Irgialature wee opened on the oth trig . with an Important epeech front the Fm tarot.' The Emperor, rerarri no to the exhales egita thie,statad that it was exalted without any apparSot and 'lmminent Ringer and after ewe:4ex regresut ,theiMeouletuk:; and pointini' to his peaceful policy as a proof of his moderation, he proceeded to speak ; as followe: • s To.day it limy duty to explainagain (what you ap pear Lobate forgotten) what bare ever been-Sly teenage fo regai:re Unrope—to rooters Prance to her true rank tareeng natiotie—to (foment °lonely our alliance with Ergiand, and to regulate with the Continentel Postern the extent of our relations according to. and in con formity With, Mit. and .the, reletinne towards, P, ein that 'imiritathat be the eve Of usj th rd tutrune tare Iterr. at pile) • . :amended the' throne, he wont,' inaugurate a artere blob. could only, he distu rbed far far4d iv in i g th or r e e a spe t p c e t tio to n t a h l e in !onsets.- t w ut ith th E e ng7and,elobhead f slimy perieverance to consolidate it; and have found a happy reeirroestion , ef sentiment on the part of the Queen and of statenner • of every abide of opinion - 1150,.t0 attain that 'end, - solvaluable to' the ;decent' the world, have I thrown meld° all opportunities of re. Owing en irritating remembrance of the paet_the velum :loos at bloke, dietated by prejudice Lod even by the esthete -antlpathien of my own country. Thin alliance boo borne Ito finite Not only have.. Acquired t t ,,,,,,,te er a tailing glory in the Nast, but at the extre .ality of the world we have just opened an Immense ens pl.e to the progress of eivil'attlort and the Christian l i ' : athe re latio nswFtb have a" n t ltbe sietcordl:!lt Ther wllbPrtge hae erlsodobe an imated by .iacdilThe tabloids of Vienna and France, on the contrary, Y ;meek 't with regret, have disc3reed upon, important mm. lone, and it required the moot oonailletwy spirit to *mooed In strangler them. -For Instance, the reeon traction of the Srinelpel Ries was not completed with mt many difamtlUee. Were I asked what. fotereet "ranee has in throe d:stant countries, I should reply hat the interett of Pierce it everywhere, where there 'tore la just calve. and where civilisation ought to be lade to prevail, to this state of *hinge, It In nothing etraordblery that Franco should draw closer to Pled lent, which has proved herself so devoted during war, ad Po fatthfol to our pulley during peace, ' The marriage of ley well-beloved amain had no ldden meaning, but ins the natural consequence of to community of iotereste of she two countries, and le (cloud, Ipti of their sovereigne. , r Yoe come time the state of Italy and her abnormal Mann, where order daenot he obtained oximiat by ,reign troops. wives jest cause for anxiety to_diplo. icy This, however. Is not a aufgoießT native to give re to the belief in war. Some may invoke it with all 'tear heart, without legitimate racoon. Others may, e their exaggerated feare, endeavorto show to France Ike danger!. or a new coalition a 4 .1 Abell remain dm and invulnerable in the oath of ight and jetties and national honor And my Oovern• sent will not allow Itself to be either led away or in. imPlated, becam, my policy will never be either pro . native or puslllanituous. Far be from us, then, three zing ausp , stons, these interested apprehensions. pace, I hope, wilt not be disturbed. Resume the calm roust canyon of your labors. bale frankly explained the state of our (.'reign rttiond' and this egplanatlon corr. anomie with +MI he node known dotting the Tart two months. lioth Moine and abroad you wilt hod my polio. bar never oted to be firm, but eonoillatory. ! Therefore, I con. flatly rely on your support,..ae well ae upon tbat of U nation that has entrusted Ile (ate to me. It to * known that never shall personal Interest or, a pry ambition guide my action, When, supported bppular sentiment, wo mend a throne and aegnire soave a reeronaibllity, we rise far above that mfa nw region, where vulgar interests are debated, and thret motives of Our notions, an the last, judges God, oc O lenoe, and pcoterity. ,l effeot of theaposoh,war unfavorable, notwith *Wog Ito patina nature. GREAT BRITAIN. . Billed, the United States Minister, had given a dim to Lord lyous. dieoOUnt market was steady, and the supply sblant. Was reported - that the Peruvian Government le ab to meek In Londau a new loan of £lO.OOO ~te,thi g. , riiinable within Live years, end that the whole guano tette was being Mortgaged for its repayment. 5 hundred tnousatd pounds sterling bed arrived r:citistralta. HOME. tis reported that Arobbiahop Caen will be made COO, to reelda at Pomo. THE LATEST. . . , Inn, SITIIIIDAY.—Tna London News' pity artlolo mist paillem assnianama In every gamtteM are nen .,,,. tin , by the warlike preparations on the Coutinent. Times Maya the accounts from Turin are Mill re with anxiety, stvs says an extensive system of fortifications has aired the eanotion or the Government. The •pla notes in the orootion of fortifications along the admn. 4 . FRANCE. Tbsedon Times' correspondent says the allusions to pi in Count de liorny , e speech to the Legislativo Correa reiNoved with reiterated cheers - Thmber of ships•of-war In commission at French ports 200 . T test correspondence looks warlike. . . T was a great diversity of opinion, and It was be lies** hostilities will commenee before the end of the j _ h*ttrig batteries are to be centtruoted In French patibe navigable like ships BABIANIA. A. strong discussion, a new Ivan of fifty millions was by the Chamber of Deputies, by a vote of 110 ei 85. Oclvarottes speech, ration, it,. says, '• Our polls, been at all time el, and never of a reyobary character '' ICOniltieferal Intelligence. • wool, COTTON MARKET, Feb. 11 - All clean( Cotton, have alight!. advanced, owing to the iwp'ent In politics. and the fever...hie airless re. Mesita India and China. Tho market hoe been Wilms advance' bf ;id on t he week This of the sitea imcwat to 67,000 bales. an- 1 obrilioo bales to spiNtors and 3 5(0 for export, i This of to-de y.< ly) are °etiolated at 30 000 hatel/ulatore tied exp were tsking about 2 0 0. The * eases arm, at 'th%,. following authorized ;mond • ! .r.: • . . . ' ..; Velr. Middling. 1•0011116 7'llld a 15.16 7 3ld 6 ill 16 'Up ' 6 16.46 ... 6.1‘ They, in pet t amountr to 357,t 00 tikes, inelnd log 835 Obs'of American. , _ (Boulitlits report an advance of 1.10dc03.10d on Cotton .. . . . BT4F TRADE —The. M anchesteradvises have anituriebre favorable aspect. prices haring en ed. 'mole env. There was _still au active demand for In de. 71/4, TTON MARKET — For the week ending Fab 438mOotton market is.firin; the salmi of the week a to 8.030 bales. New Orleans eras ord , emire being tat 96f. . • . LATitoaDon, Satorday noon—Console are quotedire9sl( , and are cloning depressed, MELO 0061illinel A ~.—Lcreftroor.,--lietur. dayelot: salon of Cotton Ws coornirar are exit. mated -hales, inelading 6 000 bales for specu lation or export. &fiddling (=menu in quoted at 7d, AM • A r 00E1—ateliers. Baring Jr. Brothers I report kat gigot. United States Fives rf 1874 ! offered Pennsylvania Contra! Sloe, lit mortg'a, fildrilL rissole Central 01.Tos, 2cll worts's, 93g. / Illitiol I R I : 9 1:o: , ?riper cent discennt. Bell 011104: reports an 'average bnsinees, witirm de change. Pate a's similar sap the imminence of the Cardin roubles had stimulated investments 1 in gi rt ted Mates stooks, and in the beet class i CON,9rRE tiIIRTY-FIFT Second W&SIIIKOTOW, Feb 1,41, EIEN ATE Theniereing hOhr weWocouple I by btainistof tritisl importance. --- -.•— ,' , Mr. Hunter's motion to meet at 11 o'clock A.•ltd., was agreed to, The Chair laid before the Fenate a report from the Secretary of the Interior, of the wester roads construct ed under the authority of the United States. Mr. Da our, of Indians, aortorloced that, bad he been inetvnt het night, he would hove voted spinet kir. Hale's amendment, Mr FIROI. sit 'Fatima, from the Committee on Point ing, liar - 046'6de, joint' resaintiOn iuthoidalbetlitiEtit- parintendent of Public Printincto pnrobase parer in open market till 'nevi centhiete can be made, as, oaring to the failure of the contractor to furnish a supply, the pytdic rinter threatens to goo Peered: : ~, ; — r P OP motion of Mr. , ,Ttrtins, of Florida,- the ikniProutee bill was taken a ttveag 3 1 , nays 19 ' l % o ir s, b in v f Vlortin, neutron t ' l 3 :a l t i fi wnargeuintir,nneOf Mr. Poet Oflice Committee to amend the bill by increasing thF ratan of postage, and other reformeto,,augment the mentors of tkedrplitiment 50,500 000 ' I ~ Mr, 1(17j•NE) offered- hie ,amendment abollehtng, the f r anking pcliilege, end providing - for the furnishing of', - members. of ClOirriel.l3 with 'oll6Lflj)a in lien thereof. to the amount of illf.o . They Ight of ,franking d(lollo3sKiti I tiresmed to the Tostmaster General,his that ansisfant, add chief clerk: the Auditor end hit chief clerk of the Posteffice Depertment, and certain ex-Presidents of the Unitedlitatee, and other *pseud cases provided for by , 0 - &fitment, _ , • , , , - , The amendment Mermen the rates of posta ge from three to hen cents for under three Montana miles. over that distant ten cents is to be charged. For d mble and treble Ist , ere• the moonlit to be - proportion ately looreased. The Wee for drop and•advertised let tere are the same. • _ , - • For newspapers the amount for the trona% of papers in the United States Is one cont. , Papers are entitled to free delivery in the dourly where they are published , to actual subscribers., , •!:' . •• Orr Dixon offered his amendment, 'the dr sts'otlon of which abollahee the franking privilege entirely.] ,The second section proposes that meted eevelopei wed wrappers for Government doemmentfrand corree• gendarme to be furnished by the Weshington citypost office, and the said postage to bo char gad to the par- Cooler departnient forwarding the some. , The third Faction providee that all matter received at the departmente, end by members of °elegem, Unpaid, shell be charged to the asfi department receiving the name, or the appropriate branch of Congress. The fourth section provided that all mall matter shall be weighed In bulk, and, charged at the rate of 1 dye vents per ounce for lettere, and twelve coots per , pbund for printed matter •None of the above provielonr shall apply, to the. transportation or charge for matter for the Governmer t, except Ruch as shall be received or Sent from the post Mee in Washington, D. 0. Mr Vuten then proceeded et length to explain the ptovlainns of the bill end amerentents se reported. He did not preemie, nor did the dap ituont, to make it • gel f-suataining one t but pointed out where the expend'. Lures might be greatly redneed. He thOdglit that donee portion of the Peelle 'smite ought tb be paid for nut of the Treasury. The ,committee propose to ranbeg Cu this bill a eompromise, between, the ante of 1845 and 1851, regarding the framare in the rates of postage. 'Since the passege of the set of 1851, tbefirhad not been en ibereme in the revehues of the department eomrden curate with the increasing population of the country. Moire 'Argot:, fdatibx, Dame, Ividgml, and others adiresesd the Senate, . , , Mr fretting, of Georgie, in the course of hie re marks, read s metope document 'bowing how many of hie speeches each Senator bad had folded and mailed from the Senate folding-room at the • public ezpense. They were folded, nailed, sod freaked, but not ',minted at the publionharge: (The reporter Could not obtain *cams to the document; beam) there maybe a few-in accuracies lathe flgtires t btit it is In the 'main correct Of the Senstore mending speeches oat. Mt. Allen tent the feweat, and Mr. Douglas the most , Mr. Allen $ OO. Mr. Dates note , Arr. B yard 1,60 e; Mr. Dell 7.006. Mr. Berjainin 11 COO 'Mr Bigler 64,000, Mr litleht 15 COO, Mr Broderick 18,000, Mr. Brown 18,000 Mr Oatneron 11 010 ' Mr Obtindler 24.00), Mr. Chesnut r one, Mr Mark 6500, Mr Oley 11 600, Mr. Mingosan 21 600, Mr eollamer 8 0(0 Mr. Crittenden 10,000. Mr. parrs 2 Oro Mr Dixon 0 000, Mr, Doolittle 4,000, Mr 10 . ..1g . ,. 845 0)0. Mr Durkee 0 500. Mr. lets. ...den 14 6ro Mr. Fo'ch 11.000. Mr Fitzpatrick 1 500, Mr. Foot 2,0:0. Mr Peeler 7 000. Mr oreeril2 030, Mr. Owla 19 003. Mr Hale 14,000. Mr Hamlin 10 001, Mr. Houston 6,000, Mr. Hunter 2,000 Mr 'lverson 3,000, Mr. Johneon of Arkaness 8 030, Mr. a:obi:mon of Ten. nessee 10 000, Jr.r. Jones 4,000. Mr Kennedy 6 OM, Mr. King 19 030 H Mallory : 6 Of!) Ile. Meson 2.0'0, Mr. Pearce 8,003, Mr. Polk 10,000, Mr. Pugh 4,000 Mr, Re dl,ooo Mr. Rice 4 010, Mr. Sebastian 2,000, Mr.. Seward 81 00D. Mr. Sh «Ida none. Mr. Simmons 2,600, Mr Slidell 8 000, Mr. Stuart 49 000, Mr Bomisee4,oo3,, Mr Thompson of Hentucky none, Mr. Thomson of Stew Jersey 1,000, Mr. - Toombe 2 oeo, - Mr TrUmbull 40.000, Mr Wale 2 003 Mr. Ward none, Mr. Wright 7,000, and Mr. Toler, 2,000. Me-ore . 11, , e05, Towage, OSatesow, llama, Ruin, FRStICIIDIN Flik2o.ind °there, epalte in favor of Abe . 'Arial abolition of the franking privilege. Messrs. DAYI2I, 1TE216011, and:ahem:favored it fn a modified shape. Mr Ilposrow favored retaining the franking privi lege, but yelling the rate of postage. . „ -Dar. VALE moved - that , from tee first of * Tultriegt, franking, as a personatprivilere. be abolished, a d' per-, sone now entitled to frank shell receive their mall mat ter free of cost. Lost—ayes 10, nays 27. Mr. Dive moved that frank'ng, except to apecially privileged persona, be abolialted, and the laws which. require prerayment be repealed. Lost—ayes 18. nays 28, Mr Tarainutt, muted to strike out the clause which retaine 'he franking privilege In age Presidents. Lost. Mr. Ifstie moved to stlike nit the : freaking` privilege from tho Post Office Drputment. Carriild—ayet nave 18 Mr Coif, r men moved to insert a eine% tb repeal,ao much of the acts of March, 1847, and March, 1851. as make appropriation!, le' defray the expenses of the 'ranking role legs. Agreed to. Mr. P *sparkles motion to strike out the clause •which itritriets the Postmaster Geneva to emntraoling for the wtrrevanceld the mails end paitsengiri was lost —ayes nays 26 t Air Pearce a motion, thlkt no new routee be ea fait lisbeht inlets they Kill - pay etpensila wet Lest—eyes 3, nap 83 Mr trill's motion to etylke out_ the clause that limits the pay of postmasters to the bg rents was 14st —Jean PS. oats 21 , Mr Wilson's motion, that the letter potteire be three cents under ant five until over. fivelitindrA miles,was lost—yeast 18. nays 24, - Mr. Ripen motion, that the letteminet.age for all distention wiihin the United States be the uniform rate of three cents was 10at, 7 -yesa 18. nevi 81. . The cniumittwate arrieudenenti were then tarried without taking the vote. . - The bill' as reported the - Senate ; but on the rise :and nate being tailed on its pump," there was found o tiorum present,— . I —a-a-a. a Filteda•Scuater,:lvegerr,anhoson,oll aorkaneas, &diner or Tennessee,' Maim: Itaid,tebsititin; de, Slide I, Tomb.' Ward, and • , ITive—Alreare. Obendier. Clark, Doolittlealionglele, Pont. Foster, Cyan, Bele. Hatlon.Klag, Lane, Seward, Sinith,Trumbnil, and Wilson-1C Ater considerable delay in coming to as agreement to adjourn. ; - Mt Ithoww, of Idikarippi: mo:olo call of the ireOelle, and that the Sergeant.atarms be sent to summon ab genteel'. • - - An arrangement was. however, made that the vote be taken to-morrow without debate The Senate then adjenreed at eleven otototh. HOWSE OP REPTIESSNTA.TIVISE4 The Post Ofiloaapp.oer Mier, bill was, taken no, ,The queetion wan listen on unaltering in the amend merit reported from th. Committee of the Whole on the state of the Tinton, providing that the contract with the Satterfield Compen'Y for caning the overland' Pa cific mall chatl be so cooshried as to allow theta to :wry it by am ante they might select, according to the act of Cong.ea under which the said contr.; pot tier. to be' made. The motion to concur was nen. t ved—yeae 99, nayitllo •' ' ; The proviso, tbat the ideertieements for mall-mate proposals shall be published In two newspepers only, in each State-end Territory. baring - the largest circula tion, wee rejected—ye. 91, nave 104. The amendment apnronriattog SEO,OIO for printing blanks, to he given to the. lower's , . rethought° Maier was adooted—ye. 114, nays not counted. [The win. plug paper is to be tarnished under the same legate, Von.) Among other amendments adopted, was one pro-nit. Ing that the roma heretofore appropriated for the ereo• Con of post Once bulldiegs which shall remain in the Treasury unexpended at the clove of the preten fiscal year, are to be re.appropriated for these objects. Ihe bill wet then rejected—yeas 86, nays 119. • Mr. Boaceme. of Virginia. from-the select committee to examine into the alleged naval rontraetd and franca, presented n report from the majority, sod Mai'Slure• nth, of Ohie, presented a minority report from the fame committee. fluent Pr TON if AJORVTY or TUN CIONMVIIND •rromv AD TO INQuiltle INTO ALLDOND ADDSra IN PONHNOTION WITH THe NATI' DRYARTSINNT AND NAVY YARDD. Mourn, Bttock, Groesbeek, and Ready Join in a re. rrt- First, on the management of the Brooklyn navy yard : They take the position that appointments have Inns' been math on political greende ; that on the:coon:Mg ails present Admiolatration the patronage the rear Veld Dooceutrated to tern or three districts • All these d.etricte at the time were represented by DeinfirrAla. The delegation 4men the bits of Ne! jork and that lak'ghltothood petitioned' the Provetary of the Navy to divide the patronage among them equally. Thereumin there was a great deal of conflation and controrersy among the different members of the delegation. and between the delegation itself end the Secretary or the ' Navy ;•that great abuses bed prayionaly mated at the yerd, such so idleness intnbordication, haying of cog tributions by th e master.workmen on the men. and Ale appointment and retention of ineompelent wormed',' The committee admit 'all these ablities, bat Ply they have not sprurg from anything done,nr any steps taken, by the present Secretary of the Navy. malene thin policy et attempting to disiribute:the patronage equally lie the cease of a part of the abuses No complaints have been made to biro en the subject, and no request to re• deess them in most of the ewe; etc ro tar as there *blares have been made known to hire, he hats promptly Yak In means to correct them. In addition to this, he instituted meaneree for a re. f no, in thin part ruler navy yard, About a year and a half ego he maned an order that before a man eras sp ' pointed to the place of muter workman, he should be - subjected to ao ortmlnation as to hie quelineatione and character; that under hie direction ntreounne effo , te were made to prevent a practice which obtained in the yard, of men atewerieg to their nemon at roll nail, and afterwards absenting themselyee ; that, in addition to thin, the 14th dry orDecembee last, he leaned en oe der giving power to the commander of the yard to dis charge worthless nod inoompatent men—mawea of re firm, all of which were ire/ important. The committee repeat he had endeavored to redress particular cues of abase which - came to hie kaowiedp e The eommittee however, believe that the yard can ne ver be marnged in a proper If M112130C and lea prat able way to the Governrocut, milli come regulation shall be adopted preventing appointments in the yard from being made on political ernunde The committee instituted reinter examination into the manner in wh'ch the navy agent and navel store keeper diecharged their eeepsetive duties No charge of malfeasance egkinet there was proven.; bat it woe pmeken that they had not devoted an much time and *Mention to their offices as the intrertent duties there of required., The atteend ii potot . emanate - thin in the anthracite coal agency. It was proven that Dr, Bunter, tee tweet, bee •given nn sett of attention to th'e ddtieni of the 001. , e, but ham entirely neglected it. lie hies a part- nor in the motile and duties of the office, 'fleeted at Philadelphia 'But the partner has beetowet very little more time neon it the, has the agent himself. Ile nal left the management of the coal bustnese to tee hend4 of ii, hero firm of coal dealers In Philadelphia rimier the title of Tyler, Wine, h. Co It appoint that whenever he gets a requisition for coal - he halide ft *yin. to them reed thee they superintend the who's brieinces of procuring the coal, shipping it' &a,", The committee condemn the men of ,Dr. Bunter and bie p , rteer, Mr limith. but any that he hoe &Neve been a gentleman of atandiew and eemraeter ; the, he lived in the nerehterhood of the emit region, and hod been etigaged lee the iron huelneee, which tend , nil to make blot aequaleted with the d Parent Miele of stuff th .t he was recommended to this tifilee by 'midi' g members of the Penuaylvani a Leghslaterli and 'other influential Milt eue of .heeding and Pheirlelphiet ; beat siene he bas been in office there hoe been nothing to call the attention of the department I, his neglect of duty/ ' No complaint hes bean male by seybedy to the Seem.: tary of the Navy on the auki gib The coat I. of thq very bent quality, and hue been furnish, d regularly foe s the use of the Government by the firm if Time. Stone ; G & Go , sari it appears, at 40 e-eta per ton lees than the Government h d obtained it far up to the firing 011845; I n 1857 the GOT0(13111139t bought coal at gt 25 per ton; end under title neeragect purehased all the time at $3 85 It to Vim that a large number of gentlemen had acorn they could have furnished cool at a lower price, but the committee are of the opinion that they could not have furnished an ortiole Ridable (Mettle Govern 4 meat tete t ' As to the aslrelinn MB-. Hunter, and his roootninen. dation to the Mlles by tome t up appliolate for the agency tbainftelyfts; the crinunittea Bay tbat the Secre tary of the Dirty bra perm been informed of the ar rangement. Silo, previont (nisi ftgent. Mr. Tyson. re.; Milo' at heading, and "bad,:e palm* rending et Ptillai drip t la. es the prosont agent. afro rerlding at lit ed mg, hot one et the sem- city Some I Lill [nation was m. de to i. the Pre•litent on this onbieet; but It was I. d.ftnits; and if the Proddent Mul:rittned anything atm nt it, it was merely no toe division of dull ft, as heretofore ' In the firm of 'fylor, thine - ,10 Co., is Mr. Befall, a nephew of Ur. Tommy i ; bat, in making the arrange; moat with that fitrni be flouter swore that be did to witnont the feast lutimatioe, or any rt.:stet, direct Or ' int it et, front the Seerttiry of ten Nary, that he- dn.. sired him to do BO; end, en far as he knows or believes, the Peorstary had nolther knowledge nor with upon the I rebiett. -- Y the rite ' ci - fi ' elo - inpare4en of the coal agent was fixed dulling ii:Administration, at the present POO, Mid the wand liege amount of couneueition West rn coneegronme of the extraordioery demo far WWI In conneellOn with the Paraguay expedition r,The third brapch of - the examinetion relates the live oak obistracte.-,eltwit dealerabsd line oak on head—, l Plerift the omit; .'A, the time enlarged' were tamed ttie Government bad' token steps for the constrnattdm or ,seven eloom-ofwar, and the expedition to Paraguay' bad been authorised , Much !Pastime was allowee for the delivery of the thither then heretofore. beater it WMwanted for nee vary 0000. Some of it whichwex immediately waded, wee Jet ught up, end need by, the Government . , before the time for awarding the end. trlela. The Seeretary,of the Navy, .id big specifies- I none, ineerteran imnanal elanie, by wltch he reserved in himself - Clew - right not to - award)the ematseetwisthe bide of any pert:, mains the price was a her reasr•neble one; coo that. If he wlebititto get the timber of these twit men for nl, of the Goveramen , , he' _weuld aiOw to them_ and to the world that bedid not intend Inflict there for it mothleg Mote the% afar price. When the bids came in under these prhtileals mete two men who, bed the timnr (Swift and James Bigler) wet* not the JoWeet bidders. Others bid - low liainic andrthe - enntreets were awarded to theta Immediately alter' 'the eindnete were awarded, the contraoters came foeWachkreton, and told the flee: rotary cf the Navy that it,aras impoestble for ‘ them colnply , with 'tire 'aunties:tn. } ' 'they lune when they made the bide, that they could not get !the ti m b er . I n ;u m ,: ,gkteregied 'upon getting the tine extended for the delivery. Palling to eediely with their , contracts. the . latter were declared void. Under the la , * the &grainy thad the right to contract with Bent, er any other, person, even if be had to give higher tete ithin these Men Pro- - pined to funlah the limber for, and ohafge the differ ence to the defaulting °outriders. But Swift came forward and farniebed the timber at each ant all of the yards at the I , west price _bid by any other party. The committee believe that the pries wee feireend that there werrnething m ,the teammate:a that In any War knave:bed the Integrity of the eteere of the Navy. Inoartment • - In 1851. while Mr. Buchanan wee in Englami, Wargo Plitt, whose wife has some family emanitien , With. Swift, entered into a contract or arrangement with Swift, that be' (Plitt) eituid eadoevise to get tiOntracts for him to supply timb-r on the condition of re*trleg 10 tor o.ut, of the glees :eremite of all the contracts. Plitt Introduced Swift to the Secretary of the Navj and Mine iefinential - persone. and mat hlm on good cc lotions with all his friends. Sou after the Ciecinnati Convention, Plitt introduced Swift to Mr. Buchman, but merely Bald that he was an old-lice Wh that -be +bed inch 'him (the Prewdent)'a cordial Mu rat. Swift It expects oontyibetAd freely to the Pre. eldential eleatlone iii introduidgalelft toane. Tenney, Plitt made a almilar remark.. This was all that wee ever told to the Seeretary or to the President. unlit wane tome after the soutracts for live SePteme her lost—were ewarded to Swift Sometime in O.:Leber or, NOveriabe While P li tt was at the White Howe, he showed die Preeldent the agreement with Swift, saving that Swift bad refuted to I marry it out, and asked him it there could be any ob j •et on in prosecuting Swift for a non-fulfilment of the I agreement of 1851, and the Prealdeot replied he could tee Mt objection to it, And that Plitt aotild do al he pleased It appeantitlail Swift entree Shit hte contract with Plitt only'ettended to the end of the lain Attach:lra tiLL The next L•l4 hilt bretcb of inquiry was in relation to the awarding of contract: for the *men eloomett. wan ordered a: the last section of Congrese. There were seven contracts in all, end in awarding five of them, it eplielie that Ani petit tearer ley other improper influence wee resorted to by the different bleders that the proposals ware advert:aed according to theism; that the loathes eetablishmeote in New York. Philadelphia, nestou, Baltimore, and Hartford, presented bide for each end all of the aver:ail; and that the *entreat 1 were in every 'Metal:ea awarded to establlehmente of high reputation, for .nrid• übted mechanical, efiieten• These 'bide were referred to • board of elle, veers, consisting of the Boginepr-tn.Obief, ant three chief eneineetenlhd the contracts were Bleep cat • according to the report of the board—in somii, mine onsolineue., and du ciboria-4qt 'the recommendation of the mejoritv"Mf, Merlin was a 'member elf this beard. and ii the Inventor of a trifler which wee ieee... eluded in the plane-of all the bidders except tea whose place woes deeideden by the hosed of which', he nee a member •, and the.plain which - ,did not incite% •ble holler wet.* rejected shy Prey? Meterber of the_ board. All of the plane. for, reel competition, lin. elated Martinis boiler§ The committee find, under the state of the OAFS. that no ;referenda Conti time been given to err plan by Martin on that :core: bat seemed that it would have been better if , he bet not been put that board. , a Ore of the contriett Was award ' ed to Merritt_ Beta. Their bid wee next to the loweetof;._ -Oise was oniy four thousand dollars lower, It some bide !stoat forte thousand dollars higher .. It Outher,appeare that the plan of the bid which Was hitter wee condemned by every mend* of the board , and - the plan or Mee rink & Cone wee apprcired by every, member of it: Merrick & Sone are sot pelitielans. ant, never nodertaXe to influence their workmen, 'Two of the three Incline to the Oppositien. In connection with tide, a letter froni Colonel Pattereoo to the Predawn (re commendirg the trot. not for this perticutar tract. for they bud for many.) WAS exhibited, tan it fully appears from the teelimony.,generally. and the statement - Of the geetetaij of the that the Preel dent took no part wbateverdn it—made no reeommtn; , dation of this or any other contract during his Adminfie tration, but merely. In the wings of buil:Moe, as wag shown by the •testititonv,• referred this letter , by the common and 111112111 endorsement, to the Navy Depart meet, to which the subjeot properly belonged; the p:settee being to refer lettere on business to the proper deeertment. When persene are implieeted In the investigation in committees. wltneeries era summoned at their request. As to the charge egeThat J. Glancy Jones—in the en tenet Minority stateareit- , -be, bettor out of the man try, could have no knowledge or notification of the ex- istence of the charge. Therefore, so far es be is con cerned. the evidence being altekother el ilatti!; the tote= mit , et think it would be wrong for thereto prordtionce or form any opinion noon the subjeet, The committee come to the coneinsien 'Gil the ie. tin of the Secretary of the Navy has been jiatielone and neer:lir-that be. bee, been saturated only by a detire,to get the beet machinery at the lowest practicable mit, and would not venture or desire to change one of the con tenets which he bstatnede., The committee report retentions to the following effect: 1. That the testimony taken - hi - the investigation proveethe extent:Me 'of glaring ablates in the Bectoblyre navy yard, and 'require the interposition of legislative reform—that it is due to Justice to declare that there Oases have bean slowly •and gradually mowing vile during ,a lens coons of-years, and that r o pasticular Administration skated bare thelintirwbhune-therkf, - 1. That Abe coal agency for some time put km been t 4 the hands Of perinea wholly Inefficient aryl pee ly inenumetent, andegbat Winne to needed in tee 'vela none which exist' on the subject ; 'eriffthit theret:te no proof which trace's any knowledge. of ,sech, ,inethetency end Ineoenterrney' to thrikespoesible intherilies _in seeenalbeton. [ ..„_X__„___Wl.:LetrnemlieneWilti - never eanotlon or an- May favortilio w”, car of the Government, Neer did contemplate any Veen - &Metal" Ait the ,desige to teetel to L Vte detriment of net aml;;;,,iabiunt v l i b e7w L the n' g a oo ll i k e e f d t id he in pu t b h i l i n te and mat t t h er e ' l h o "4l- terest of the service. 4. : Thaten the letting of contremsfor •the,constrrn tfoti of steam machinery for the use of the navy, during the prenot Admtnistration, nothing bee been ' , hewn which calla for the interposition of the Comfier of the United Slates, bat it is manned the present head of 'be Nseat W e l clt Y r s p il l' e s 7r m e: te t e t o tainable to said vessels. VIM eirsoniwy quoits.' - ' ; - The statement signed by. Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, and Mr. Ritchie, of Pennsylvania, 'refers to the general °realisation of the bureaus in the Navy Department, act the eirecditure in each bureau- *Mee 1852; but states that the Inquiry of the committee wax mainly confined to four bresicheut of expenditure: - 1. The penalises of ruel In the navy. 2, The purchase of lice-oak +tether. 3 The management of the navy-yerds. 4. The onutroato for steam machinery. Thn oral agency war estsbibitted to 1850, and the amount of coal nor:hated In 1858 wee 53,80) tons. The compeosaton allowed was five per cent. on the oat of the coal and freight to inland porte = Mar, 1858, Home of the applicants met at Washington. with their Kends act agreed that Dr Gunter. of Reading, ationi&be appointed_ cool Street. and that the Iterate tin telt be divided between Dr. Ranter, Mr Getz.vedi tor of the Reading Gazette, and Zen P. Smith of Phi. ladelphia. TI is aereament was made kno*o to the President. and Dr. Rooter was appointed Dr Hunter is a prectising physinian, know nothing about feel, and did not buy any, bit turned the whnle briefness over to Tyler, Stone, A. Co., a Item In Philadelphia of which C Whet:tot Beach. a nephew of Mr.. Toney, lea mem ber. This firm trued all themes! fer the tam'', chargirg &tend fifty cents a ton more thin it cost them, and more than the market price,_ Ant Dr. Hunter got ef,45.3 as his predits se coat agent, and did nothing In 1054, Swift and Wheeler, of Meseaebneetts, mode a contract with George, Plitt, of Pluladelphis, en inti mate friend of Mr. Buchanan, that Plitt should aid in getting the live-oak contracts with the Government, and should have ten per cent. on the greets meant of the Cootriets. 'Mr. Plitt•wee tti pitt. Befit nit Willis? relations with the &perintent In the campaign of 1.56. Swift emstribniet to tee election In Pennsylvania Sle 050 paying It to Plitt as the treasurer of the Demo erotic Sate Committee. .Plitt di& all he 'could to aid Swift in frequen, interviews with ,the Pm:elder' and Secretary Vin my. "'until', Swift got live.•ak contracts to the Rennet or /250 000 In executing - these con tr.:4e hedelivered as the navy yegie a large amount of Ginter, wbioh,wae rejected—some beesnee it woe not the site required by the cen'reet, and some fat defects, In 7nerf, lySe alvertisetitebta were hatted by the Be.. ureter; for 160 000 feet of live-oak timber,. meetly; of the sive and Mode then in the n , ev yards belcoging to Swift end ,T. Itlgler,:f Thal the time tegre for :the de 'liver, of oat-half of It wee eep i ernberl, 1058; thaethe time always before allowieliwite nue and two je.r.,and that it was inpeeeible for shy one to get Ilve.oak from the live oak esteem withfe the time' that the miner- tieemeet prevented nil compet:ton of ifs berme were enforced, and that Inch wo n the demign of the Seers tery The timber of Swift end hirer, then at the navy yore; wan all the live oak in the market, as it wee net kept by deafen in large quantities, but cut as needed. P eel et and Bigler enteret into an agriement by which fie ift wee to put in a bid at 51 30 a °ethic foot, and 13 g. ler woe to hid higher: nod when the contract was awarded t mitt was to take Bigler's timbee- and allow him the trntrect price Regular dealer* inlive.orkput In bide upon the oxen:halm: that time would be grant ed nail the 1-t of-January, 1859—the ernel time being one awl twOyears Their Oda were gag 000 lower than Swift'. Contracts were mode with them August, 1858, and they promptly went to work to get the timber In September their enotrect, were ceneelird by thiSterte tary, end all of them Risen to Swat Thin weedone to violation of law, and merely to fever Swift. o hat the navy yards have been turfed kite a polite • eel machine. In April, 3857, Mr. Tones), and the Deno,. matte meeebere of Congreee from New York city entered into en agreement them the ratronage of the navy yard should be divldee among - tbe members , The mtater= workmen and the workmen were Om:Cored out, Bed In 00 .3 e, eases new facts made (he cortenpoe. d-nee of members of Concrete to given in a datelie4 statement of quarrels, thefts, and various ahem, ,The number of men in the vend less ineretsed over eleven hnodred Item May to November last, A week bofo'e the eleetion Oemmseder Reales, the Wive oftle see( the yard, *es dettehetrwithotit notice', and indeted to We elfngtort Upon theyard at Brooklyn the statements sub stantially agtoe. The miotraate for the machinery for the weasels built under the act of June, 1R63. were improp er ly lit . While the proposals were pending, Co i on-1 Patterems wrote a letter to the President urging that one of the con tenets should be given to Herrick & hone ; that they e m pl o y a large nninber of,mon, and are old.W.tlgs, in favor Yt4 reteleatien of Onlnnel.T /131)/loience, 1 and that the teeth would place his election beyond a doubt. By at endorsement on hie levier, in the handwriting of the Pro 'dent. It woe submitted to the fierreterieeef the Navy, and the award WAS made tl Merrick & h one . Th e awards generallearere determined upon the veto Of 1) , P. Martin, Ant' engineer, and be was int•rested livhely in the awatile. A detailed.etatenesnt of each award antra.. endorsee:feat le Woo ." • Tbev ft it that Bon J. Marcy Jones, whiled mem• her of Cotuttein; igetist with the Reading Forge COtn. pony to get the Government contracts and work for tt ; and he did ao. for which he was to receive fire per cent.. That, in re doing. he violated the law. They rsconarcend'the pnessge f a ,bill ,In order to, guard sgainet chrome and the adoption of the follow, lug resolutions: ' ussoived, , That the Secretary.°r the Navy has. with the mingtion of the Preis dent, alum& his discretionary powsi. lb the , eels(' tion of R conl•egent, and !tithe pur• obese of fuel for the Government. Ft«eelyeaThat the contratt made with the Secretary of the Navy, under, date of rerember 28, 1858, with W. N Built, for the delivery of live.oak timber, was main in violation of law, and In a manner unusual mad improper, and lei:Arlene to the publio terrine. Itesolied, That the. distribution by, the reent er) , o f the Navy of the patronage' of the' navy yards 'among utembeis of Congrrst Is destructive of eVeelpline, enr. renting in Ito „influence, and , highly toptrimn •to 'the I .M7.Vituroot, , Puovisios MARKET, Pab. 11 —The putdro service. - n:micas report Provisions generally firm. Bret is Arta Reaolved, That the President - and Beeretary er the '' a ked in good demand. Extra Plim. Mats is qu, tod at N ter, ray receiving art, consideriug the party relations i 50m895, and Ind a Mesa at tsesie2t Ad. Pock. Arm at of bidders for contracts with the United "trite , and the the fell P' lo • 3 11, COn >e gla , e; • be stock no hand to • ffset of aeratd , ng contracts upon peJding Oedema. ,or an inferior quality and diftletat to sell. Lard is Arm hate set an example dsngerous to the public With and hut qule.t at leen .. deserting the reproof al:aphis House ; VER.POOL PRODUCE' MARKET dell ' TI ailved. That the appllottnent he the - Secretary of and deohnad Bd. Cliffee dull, 11.0 quutt d Carolina Is the Nary of D total B Itlsqln, chief 4nstaaar as a scarce and Arm; 240 Ci te Caked for tine ^erotica Woe. member of the board of englosern, to ref ors upon pro-, Bonin dull and ell tatty lover for both doe and winnton; ponds for conacticting machinery for the Unitad States. tlcnnanon 1a quoted at es lid. Write or Turpentne the a .13 ?der I-, at the time, being psenntatiiy, interest. Arm at 890400, and 41s was demanded at the close. ed to souse of the said proposal', Is heroliy.'eemittred k. Foreign falloff Alm ;, Butchers , ; Moen has ad. 'Ude Mum „ - ; rented on Hoe geallii a 21i; Ashes are very die ; Leos, • Ili. eneonaw also reported a Lill to-veleta the , of.pot ashes et 723,6108ns ; pearl ash a Aits ; Tea Taal navy and dean. awl for other pradmes Philadelphia It irk—mien unimportant; Baltimore .e The consideration of the report was peetroeed till quoted b 9; Linsey.; Oil plow of axle, but pr:ess are Sionday, 1 Wattliteeil, Mal'.2W= The twat pippeo*mthafehtf . kefie Oka' op InCocomite tee of the While els the etet• of the trPloue. ilitrAmusox, ot •Itilost the dm' trine of proted`rm r .andruld there wee se necessity ler any Alteration of the tariffontysiended the sppropris• Mons for the navy. • - lioltraan, of ldich , gais,eanteedierttat Monti im porodhle tt raise, ttfty.nix. milllon_rieffersr frost:the pre cent to tr,r, sod 'favored SatrerisiditatiacteriMfor the protecijorof fore:tisnintinpfryr....,„ - • Mr. of AlSAMVl4llittlititt ' fiat. IN - mid equal hs our re veune sod expenditure. Th•re were retrench ment sod. eeltribmt eiti aide,-Slid enema • trivet. 05 the other. and po AmerierAffehenmen sbeeid hesitate tb - rteisel the former:, - • 3 - Mr. N CHOLT.:, of Ohio crowed iffmaelf in favor of free trade and disiet taxation.' The prerent evils arms not from tariff bills, but from Ns! legislation here irti- Initiation speculation. . _ ' Mr Hmrirct, - . of "tillfes4 .113 favor of speedo &rim, and tbst a protective tariff Wee,the but revenue tariff-- _ „ „ Mr VALLANDIGHAM. or 0tt , 0, - conferodeff that all In• tereete ahould be - regarded. in melting -tariff._ He well not a Wend it tariff of 1857.—frb1cit iteLMlrett, the maunfactorelli' tariff, attl s blfettf ffetelifltemit t hat, the - intit`ra's oft km. prodnevr.. Id, Traits: of,Maariellueettf;Polebtd (nit Ilse con frnt:la in the lie , earstto rirty.:sed oniateaded that toe Itopubl•oan party wet bigelv'nittonal. - Mr. BLUM,: of glitter stieinefed , e revision of the .teriff, and the itopnettion ofepenfie ,detiee fog ;avenue r... purSea only. • - - - Mr. REAGAN, of Taxes, infvoosted -the bill to reins. bane Terse for the n obey &Spend - el bj her In the cop premien or Indian Mr. Bevan - of South Cairlfna. argent against a ma. Mutton of the tariff, sod to Cram. of the rttlee'lou of the public expenditures, - mainiug 'the Poet Miles self sestainlog, sad to bring the cap nattered within the receipts of flare York,-eriiLdthe prfit.etion of the rrionefieturlig interests, thereby b•nefning all classes. Bavaria other speechee'Werei made 'on , va-lour sub jilt oe time during the evenirg semi= were there more than eight triehtberalaittritou , e, sod their only object is waiting waste do leer speenher.; PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. Itas:itisaio; SILVATE. The Senate met at 10 o`eloeli The following bills titers read let Owe : To antheriza the State Teesenty to open and re-settle the scrounts of The Franklm Fire Insurance Company bf Philedelphts. Mr. Tuna's's, of Weetmn retend. reed a bill for the re. lief of Cent k ftrothere. of Pithadetplita. Tbe bill relative to tvideeee tame twin crier, and led to ever► latare•tinr 41SCISEMOVI. • -- - Masora. Peony and glanfield 'tweed the hip In able moorhen. , 'Mearra - Garzaro; &day, 'Saidall, end Mir sells warmly saoported the bill. . Mr. Bell's ing propOs' to alter - ter44llWily the 8111210 system. and yet eteppiny fee abort nettle bill un der °ovoid oration, wee real The 01.5006114 p plates It within the rowerof eltbernarty to a wait tobeerewe wit nesses in sk-matiir in oontroreray. The subatitute wan Toted dow.,—ayealh,novadT4 lktr. Cosy 's biU, which proprows a inure radical change. waa also negatived—ayes 10. nose 21. The bill. having been oboned of by sutratitotea and Granada onti. falls to the ground, ' ` - The Senate adjnarned until 4Y. hi. .I.IITAIUNOON SIMON. The Sedate met at 4