_ ~ ~ -- Y Y~. yuu ~: - -. ;'.TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, `1860; , I nurr, PAWL —Parliamentary -Defealsi . Annie. Trevor's Thoughts--No. - 3; Poisonerand Politi cal; Letter from Wltabingtini`r Congreesional Pro osedings; The Illinois Deintairatio - Convention: F . 9111112 PAnn:=Pootry—Altifteetive Retrospect ' Foreigh yews; The Courts ; Marine Intelligenie. The Mercantile •Library. This ipstitution,- which has done muoh to foster literarylitite hi biii - citY;'delebratesits -thlrt7 , lseventh - *dversery to-day. -The state' of its'prosperffietift s air be . jtitged from the fol lowing lids; The present rannber of share holders reaches. nearly two thou Sand. " The annual `inceine from ail *sOnro-4.is somewhat below eight thousand ddliars. The total aim? , bar of volumes upon the shelties of the'institu tion is slightly, over eighteen thousand. These minks, though apparently flattering when, campared wfth the condition of the library -ten ,Years ago, arc; by no means satis factory to the mass of the stockholders. Tho contrast with similar institutions, reveals the Melancholy evidence that, so far as The living signs of actual progress are palpable, the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia stands thr behind its rivals. As the affairs of such en institution are matters of commanding public interest, we have taken the pains to make an investigation in regard to the comparative po sition of the two Mercantile Libraries of New York - and Philadelphia. It may be a matter of surprise to many of our readers -to know that at the 'Period when the Mercantile Library of .New York eentaln94, ten thousand volumes, the Meicantile' Library of iThitadelphia contained the same number. At present, the former (which is but two years older than mars) contains. 68,000 volumes, being an increase or over,ten4hOlisand vo itimes in Only the last four years. Tho Phila delphia Mereantile,Library has somewhat over 18,00 volumes. • Even • as far back as 1856, (and the number since is augmented) the number .of volumes taken Out from the New York Mercantile Li brary, in the whole year, was over 160,000, while the number of visitors to the Reading Room was over 147,000, or a total of 807,000, ;sheering a daily average of 780 persons sharing the benefite of the institution. The number of volumes taken oat of the Philadelphia Mer cantile Library, in 1858, was bat 48,800. But the disparity is still more glaring when reference is had to the relative number of periodicals and journals taken in the two in stitutions. In the Mercantile Library of New York" the' number of American periodicals taken in 1869 was.9s; English, 79; 'French and Gorman,:27. At the same time, the num ber of 'American newspapers was 91; of for eign, (and among them papers from India, China, Turkey, Australia, Chill, and all over the continent of Europe,) 60, or a total of 141; making with' the periodicals an aggregate of 842. 'ln the Philadelphia' Mercantile Library, the number of American periedioals Is 21; of English, (there are no French or German) 26; or a total of 47 periodicals. • Of American newspapers there are but . 80 in all, (17 of these from Philadelphia and New tork,) and of foreign, but 8 ; making a grand total of 70 periodicals and newspapers 1 , Asa matter of course, the relative accession of new subscribers keeps' exact pace with these evidences of progress. , To the Now York institution, there were added, in 1867, 810 new members, and in 1858, no loss than 881; the present number of persons entitled, to use the library being vary nearly 7,000. In . the Pfiti/a.difphrOfercantile Library, the total accession of new members in 1868 was but 67, and, in the 'year just closed, but 80 in all ; whilst the total number, of persons using the library in 1863 was but 1;676. In the New York institution, a compara tively larger proportion of the income is made to go into books and periodicals, and a less proportion is consumed by expenses. Frem the last annual report of the =Philadelphia Mercantile Library, we learn that the total in come in 1868 was $7,686.88. Out of this sum, $2,810.12 was expended on books, periodicals, end binding, and the remainder ($4,614.19), or two-thirds of the whole sum, was devoted to expenses of all kinds. • ' ' These factarirllkkjipaak , far tiosely: : and demand no comment, have produced a feeling' of disappointment among Some . of the stockholders., Though, the Mortifying - Contrast ibrnished in the data' we •have pro dueed may be due in part to the lack of In terest on the. 'part of our citizens, yet the opinion Is entertained and expressed by many of the stockholders that the main cause of the difficulty is the ;neglect of the Board of Directors to panne a course calculated'to call forth general public sympathy ;that there is a tendency to foster a narrow and illibertd policy, and a disposition to, Curtail rather thin enlarge the benefits at the institution. The Mercantile Libraries of New York, Cincinnati; and St. Louis are patty regarded by the citi zens of those great cities as a source of public pride, and they ere; at once the central point; of 'intermit to all Strangers. , 'To call the . library here a "Mercantile" library is some what of a' Monomer; for merchants are supposed there least to congregate,‘ • for the reason' that many of the b'ooks, pe riodicals, and journals which merchants . need and wish to use are not to be found in the balls of the library. Works - of fiction, Or of a purely ephemeral character, are given too much place, while standard classics and Works of 'reference in the departments of commerce, banking, naiigatiort, and mer cantile interest* generally make comparatively little show. The - desire. for essential Improvement In thus respects has induced some of the stockholders to nominate a new ticket for directors. The opposition toe the present board have, we think, with very commends hie judgment, ignored all personal feel ings and all petty issues. Their action is the genuine outburst of a general, - an 'al most universal, desire for reform in a groat public institution which has failed to fulfil its high destiny. Those sustaining the new ticket have no personal grudge to satisfy, re. cognising fully, as they could not otherwise than do, the high personal character and un bleinished integrity of the gentlemen now in the pelmet board. But they feel that the Mercantile Library; lo his what •it should be, should distribute the blessing of real; living knowledge to the thousands upon the , foundation of whose charao ter for integrity and Intelligence depend the future respectability and success of those who aro to beer hereafter the proud title Of-Philadelphia Merchants. To seem° thisfgrand result, there Istnst - be infused the leaven of a truly progressive and liberal spirit, a spirit conservative of all that is good In the paitt,,j'et not hesitating ,to press forward to something better and higher in the future. The election for Directors tekes - plum this af ternoon and evenings as will bo .seen by- refe rence to our advertising columns. Puture• for the " C.Ontlnentals'i We have just learned that a project is on foot to embellish the " Continental"—the mag nificent now hater at Ninth and Chestnut streets, now rapidly approaching completion— with ,one or more paintings by a Philadel phia artist, or artists; the subjeets to have Special reference to the Continental _Congress of the Revolution. 'The matter has been en- United to the hands of. throe of our most pro minent citizens, who have taken' an active part in the hotel enterprise, and we have no doubt will be creditably consummated. The idea la a geed - one; 2.11•. will be a substantial coni. plhient le the artist or' artists to whom the mention of the picture's May be awarded, and it giilFconetitute a noble feature of the aplon. did. edifice It is intended to decorate. The pictures are to be held in trust by the three gentlemen above referred to, and it Is atipu. latedi in' the preamble to the liat of sub scriptions, that whenever the • debt 'of the Continehtal- Rotel 'Conipany shall be faltr'#4,. the trnatees, or their survivors; shall"convey the' ifictitei either to the Com; pang or_, the Pennsylvania Academy. of the' Pixie- Arts. 7Ei8040 Meatqtge: , `The anneal message of Gov...Paoxart has , *Alined the warm approval of the people of Pftwnlvitahi ! - The ,eatiallietory statement it Preatmteit:of the - internal affairs. of ortirstate, 110 the': emend opinions -ft - -expressed oh the 411440,0 IP„ . .dhiettasod.,,hailfwort - for It manyzro4-001tukielidations. :17z,r,yr_ • - • , _ _ .-Zr,W,B:o6ll34elated to Wells ? Pfgo, & for 79dpiiis of , poiore. , , , r 4 Comnierclal. . ' 1 The steamer Vigo, .from Liverpool' bound for this pert:was, for wain of Mel, obligedlo •,) , Mt into-Nor' , York StnicTarlasl , .. "„Th . IYASP ifl belongs to the soWorkePhila,44tlMF4lllf •Liverpoollini f andla laden trtritA;largri;CAo of gook:6r ' inerblizittli„v 4111Nrrive he'd this 'after:mien. learn itimiltoodhtfrifority that when this vessel left Liverpool for this port Were wore goods enough awaiting shipment for merchants in this city to have filled threr; vessels of her size. This furnishes - another proof that the custom house figures of New York are groat li,enlarged impartations legitimately be lohging to , Philadelphie k • We.ruiderstand also that the cargo of the Vigo is already engaged for her return passage, What a pity that we are not living up to the measure of our corn. mercial privileges by affording the requisite facilities far-a direct trade with Europe. Ne vet more than at the present time did policy dictate the beetissity of signet shipping out leefecthe ;vast fthaount• of produce daily ar riying'fromthe Werit and &nth. With a direct live of communication'witb.. the great West, via our own Pennsylvania Central, the Pitts= burg, Fort Wayne, and Chlcago Railroad, and its numerous arterial tributaries, and the pro. spoctive completion, within the present - year, of, the Sunbury and Erie road, the necessity of enlarging our oommercial facilities is fairly forced upon us. Let us fostiri the golden' stream by affording it an:irrviting channel. There is no reason why' we should not have speedily and permanently established a lino of steamers from this port to meet the. wants of our business men, 'without slabjecting them to the humiliating alternitivn of, patronising Jealous rival. That thoso'enterprises have heretofore failed is mainly attributed to the filet of their haying , heeo entrusted to iniprac ticable hands. Let tome gocidishtpping house of, reputation and influence lead off in the matter—a house, say, capable of, and willing, j#, a satisfactory form, to guarantee the pro per management of such an enterprise,rand it would require but little effort to induce our citizens to subeirihe the requisite amount of means to insdre its success. WALNIII , 6I7tEET TUSATRE.—There la but one Camille in the Now World. Matilda Heron oar- thinly gives the finest personation of that chem. tor. We have seen nearly all the Camillo, from Pcgenie Plunkett Dooho, the original Dams aux Cemilias, at the Vaudeville Theatre, in Paris, dorrn'to little Mrs. Elisabeth Bowers. But Ma tljda Heron beats all on this side of the Atlan tis. She played the part at Walnut-street Theatre last night, (where she will repeat it this evening,) and it certainly was great and thrilling noting. She played it better than at any time during bee great star engagement in New York. Since that brilliant aeries of perforncanoes, she has been mar ried; and all that, and that makes all the differ oboe—for true Passion can best be represented by those who have felt it. She played extremely well, but wo do hope that she will recollect that Madame Doohe, whose per formances she repeatedly witnessed, and who cre ated the part, did not indulge in very long pansei in the last not. It streak. us that Camille spoke fairer words in that act than she did at Paris—but took inuoh more time in uttering them. The piece took three hours and a half to play, which was partly owing to' he tedious, but necessary rests be tie= the ants, for changes of dress. The performance went off extremely well. The 17446 On June was very flue. The dresses were ap propriate; except that Mr. Basoombe, who nou rishes a deep affection for one particular embroi dered vest,. of the "loudest" pattern, wore it in this play, where it was out of place. Miss Heron's dresses Were beautiful; her ball-room dress in Aot IV. was truly superb. She and Mr. Showell were called out after the second net, and at the conclusion of the drama. . WO have not time, at the late hour at which we write, to play the 'critic on the performance, and, therefore, give only the general impression. But we are bound to say that Mr. Showell played the part of Armand as well, we honestly affirm, as it could be played, at this day, on any stage in aMerica or England. lle did not give tt a croon. terfeit ,resomblance" of the lover,- but he gave the man himself, So oompletely did he abandon Showell and be Armand. In the fourth Act, par ho was most effective, and ono of his bursts of passion was greeted with a double round of applause from the house. This performance marks Mr. Showell as a great actor., It is proper, though not pleasait, that we should notice a great and constant nuisance to which oc cupants of orchestra seats are subjected in this theatre. The moment that-the ourtain rises at the commeneement of each act, and eoniethierin mid tuition of the play the members of the orchestra - , liadifind all, make `a stampede, through small deers under the stage, into some recesses, whence they emerge, as *hey have vanished, in twos and threes. Every time, the little doors are thus opened --saytimes in the course of a five. aCt drama, a cold gush of mouldy air le distributed among the unfortunates who have reserved seats in the orchestra stalls, near these - aisles. We submit that, independent of this annoyance to a portion of the audience, a °es tate degree of disrespect to the aotors is involved; for ft is thus clearly shown that the musicians take not the slightest interestin what passes upon the stage. Wore we manager, the orehestra should sit the whole p'erformanoe out, even as the audience do. We trust that we shall not agent have to no tice' this. •The house last night was very crowded, and Miss Heron's promises to be a most successful en gagement. ',.ARCIVBTREZT TEOTATRE.—Stirling COyl3o'll now comedy, ,",Eyerybody's Friend," which has had pdeseasion of WaHack's Theatre, for over four weeks, was prodnoed at the Aroh-street The atre last evening, for the second time. The first 000asion of its representation wee about two weeks since, on Mr. Wheatley's benefit night. Its success was as decided then as It was last evening, when the house was crowded by a large and fashionable audiencs. The piece, itself, is a three-act comedy of life in a London suburb at the present time. Mr. Felix Feathrrtey (Mr. Wheatley) is residing with his wife, Mrs. reatitsdey, (Mrs.' John Drew,) In a pleasant villa, when the - play opens. Air. Fnatherley belongs to that extensive class of' people who pay more regard tti, thole neighbors' welfare than they do to their own. Affable, obliging, pod-natured, and shrewd; he makes the service of his friends the oh. jeot of his life, at the same • time neglooting his own interests and those of his family. His friends are Mr'. Irehrook, (Mr. Doll man,) a very timid young gentleman, who is In love with a young widow, Mrs. &panda:en, (Miss H. Taylor,) and who 'stammers end blushes through two sets to break the ice, and declares himself in the third, Major Brellangton De Boots,. (Mr. J. S. Clarke,) a military, man without courage, and the most henpecked of henpecked husbands ; and Mrs. De Boots, (Mrs, Stoneali,) one of Peatherley's old 4( Memel," who has just married the Major, but conceals from him a very Important esoret in connection to her previous life. Featharley, in his commendable endeavors to serve these friends, finds himself In a sea of trouble. He makes love to firm Staandoton to oblige leehrook, and is discovered by his wife ; ho relieves Mrs. De Boots from a delicate moot- Why, and comes near falling a victim to the Major's wrath and a pair of formidable horse-pis tole; he neglects his wife, who in turn makes him jealous, and ho finds himself at length a most happy man. • A getieral reconciliation ensues, how ever, the young widow beeetnes a young bride, and the.eurtainfalls on three of the happiest couples that ever walked through a comedy. , This will give a general idea of the comedy ; the plot IS too minute, in its details for a newspaper. There are tt number of comic scenes, particularly in the second act, where the Major annoys Mrs. Swandown, his landlady, by his complaints of smoky oldraneys, and his ethical knowledge of wall-paper. Mr. Clarke plays this character to perfection, his warlike mien, red hair and whisk kere, together with his dignified swagger, being the perfection of comic noting. Mr. Wheatley Is so muds at home in Featherley that it might have been written for him, while Miss Taylor plays a young, handsome ' hnsband seeking widow with admirable skill. Mrs. John Drew is as good in Mrs. Featherlay as she is In everything else, and makes more of the oharaoter than we bad supposed was possible.• Mrs. stone. all 'takes the small part, of Mrs. De Boom, and playe It eaceidingly well, while Mr. Dolman, as the .blushing admirer, the jealous lover, and 7 at last,•the impudent bridegroom, called forth more than his share of the applause which, all through, was very abundant. ' The 'Comedy will be a smelts, and simply be- cause it is well played. There is nothing very striking in the language Or plot, although some of the situations aro irrepressibly funny, while others are rendered so by the consummate acting of the performers. While the oomedx Itself will hardly boar a severe 'Criticism, the 'Capital toting of Messrs. Wheatley. Clarke, and their associates. will keep It In the bills until St. Valentine's day. IE is announced for every day this week, in con junotion with "Peter Wilkins," who will postpone his flight to the upper regions for ono week longer. • • -• • The two !datums now on view bore—Andren pastaldFs ,, Parisiria," arid Charles Lucy's "Be' pertain of the Pilgrim Fathers for America "—are worth - not a single visit, but many visits. The first was .painted by an Italian artist, who studied for some years in Paris, , and is in good repute there The intend gained the price offered by the British Government in Isl 7, and was exhibited In West. minster and subsequently In the principal , olties of England. lye shall notice them fully to morrotio, went of woe fuming us to be thus brief 044, - Public ARIUS ements. Academy of Fine Arts. Letter Irons et Occasional." Annual Meeting or the needing Mille (Correspondence of The Press.l road Company.- Wssuixaeos, Jan. 9, 1850. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the The National Democratic Convention, to be held Philadelphia and Reading ie Railroad o Company at Charleston on the 231 of Aprll, is being eingu- yesterday, llea h c e t l , t r i nro et oerpora inrly usherokinto existence. South Carolina, in Foutli street and a no alloy. The following annual report was read by Mr. tT•o ul6lropolis obwhich this Convention is to as- t Wheolan, chairman of the meeting : tdble.,lB the only State in the Confoderaoy where To the Stoekholdors of the Philadelphia and there use always existed n regular disunion party, I Reading Railroad Company: The of resp . eotfully submit the following and nhore there is now not only an irresistible or. I statement of the business of theyear, showing the ganization in favor of Beeeesion, but where there ie receipts and expenditures, and the treasurer's no recognised Democratic party. You have already g . eneral balance sheet, exhibiting the affairs of the commented upon the refined hospitalities extended yompany on the 30th November, the end of the to a constituent of Col. Florence, of your cit ,by the fiscal year. y [time follows a long statement, In great detail, citizens of Columbia, whore the Legislature of South which we condense as follows :I Carolina is now in session, a Southwark Irish Do- I DECTIPTB or THE none. mocrat, who, for some foolish expressions, uttered From travel 379,406, equal to 120,076 .• I in an unwary moment, was expelled the town, through passengers $318 , 8!8 19 and treated to a winter suit of tar and feathers; Freight on merchandise 331,600 320 • and you will perceive that the Democratic mem- Freight on coal, 1,632,931 11.20 tons, bars of the Legislature have, by a large majority, at 1, 15, 35 outs . 1,883,085 12 refused to recommend that the Palmetto State United States mail 10,610 00 shall be represented In the Demooratio National j Misoollaneoue receipts 27.256 31 Convention, which Is to he held within its borders. These are significant onions. The next question is, whether, in the faeo of this strange sensitiveness, the people of South Carolina will permit any dele gate from the free States to attend the Charleston Convention, who is not in favor of the omission platform, or who does not believe that slavery is pf Divine origin, and that it must be proteoted by all the powers of the Government, against the po. pular will. Moro than a year ago I suggested, in this oorre spondenee, that Charleston was scarcely a fit plane to hold the National Convention of the Demooratio party, and among other reasons I said that its po litics were as unhealthy for a Union organisation as the oilman) was insalubrious at a certain period of the year. What.wag true at that time is twenty times truer to-day. If the agitators of South Carolina were orasynt that time, what must they be now, since the advent ol'John Drown 1 If they are so resolute in °spat t ing a single supposed spy like poor Power, of Philadelphia, how will they feel when their soil ie invaded by whole battalions of men hearing.•the Douglas flag insoribed with 14 No . protection for slavery in the Territories," and ooveied with p4dges of devotion to that popu lar sovereignty 'which South Carolina herself so steadily opposed, not only in the Territories, but in the management of her own affairs. She is the feudal State of this Republic—the State in which the banner of secession Is constantly kept flying ; the State which refuses to allow her people to vote for Presidential eleotors, but chooses them by her Legislature; and the State wherein the Demo oratio party, as I have said, has no foothold, save only as it yields to the exactions of the pro-slavery leaders who control its policy, South Carolinia has not only for yoere refused to acknowledge the Demooratio party or Ile organi zation, but has given a oold,sapport to the Union itself. Its public mon are In the-habit of speaking of the Union as a foreign Government. The most of its representatives in Congress are known for the contempt with which they speak alike of the Na tional Democrats of the Korth, and of the Oonfed oraoy. This is, indeed, a delightful plane in which to hold the Democratic National Convention. Chi cago, where the Republioane are to meet, is the commercial metropolis of a Democratic State, east. ly - accessiblo by railroads from all parts of the country, and on every ground not a motional city. But Charleston is the very cynosuore of Southern sectionalism, one of the moat difficult of approach, although when reached, one of the mot refined and hospitable cities in the Union. Is it not a little curious that, at the vary moment when Mr. Buchanan and his friends propose to save th 2 Union from the Republicans and the John Browns of the day, they should be preparing dele gates to meet at Charleston—the metropolis of a State from which alone serious and enceessive de monstrations are made against that Union ? But hew will those Demooratio delegates who are in favor of Douglas be received at Charleston'? They cannot expect to surrender doctrines which the Mercury calls Abolitionism, and go home and be sustained by their constituents; and, if they hold on to them, may they not he compelled to legislate for the Demooratio party under duress? Badinage apart, I have no doubt all these gentle men will be well received, because while the hatred of Northern Democrats is strong in Charleeton,South Carolina hospitalities are stronger. But it would be a retributive sequel to all that has transpired, if the Convention which has been called in the. 'chief city of a disunion State should proclaim from that city uncompromising devotion to the Constitution and the Union, and should put forward, as the embodi ment of this sentiment, the very man against whom the secessionists of the South are now direct ing their most violent anathemas. To the Stockholders of the Mercantile Library. For The Press. I The fooling of opposition to the present board of directors of the Mercantile Library has resulted In the presentation of a new ticket, containing the names of unexceptionable men, largely Interested in mercantile affairs, and pledged by their position and welt known reputittion re• terests of the aasoolotiop. The wish - of th• opposi- Ron *as, if possible, to secure the co-operation Of the members of the present board In measures of reform ; and with that object, a meeting of the board was proposed for the purpeee of a comparison of views, and to this propostion tho present board of directors aneeeded. Aooordingly, ate confer. once, a proposal was made by a committee, repre senting the views of the opposition, substantially to this effeet : that five members of the old board should withdraw, and that in their Oleo should be substituted five nnexoeptionable names, to be suggested by the opposition, whirls names should be acceptable to Ms old board. This pro position was declined by the board as a body. At the same conference a question was asked by the committee of the opposition, why the present beard hod refused to carry out the instruction's passed by resolution at the adjourned annu al meeting, held January 25th, 1859. To this inquiry, the only answer made was by a single member, (the remainder of the hoard con curring by a silent consent,) in substantially these words that "if nine hundred and fifty-six voters (the majority of all the actual stockholders) should give them instructions upon any subject, they would not carry them out, unless they met their Pall ap proval." Mill anxious to conciliate the present board, the committee of oonforenoe waited indr vidually upon the members of the board, with a selection of seven unexceptionable names, and asked them if they would be willing to serve on a board with these gentlemen toleoted by the oppo sition. They all, with a single honorable exception, declined to do so, most of them complimenting the names presented. This course has naturally pro voked a feeling of indignation. Tho present board have also provoked censure from not recognising, in any degree, the opposi tion, which hae been highly influential in point of numbers, and, in the last canvass, sarne within one vote of carrying a portion of their ticket. The opposition ticket has been regularly nominated by an Influential meeting of the stockholders, to which ell members of the assootatlon were Invited, by a4vortigements in nearly all the public journals of the oily. The members of the present board never invite the stockholders generously and fairly to take part in the selection of their Relict ; but have regularly nominated themselves from year to year, and Style themselves the Regular Ticket." Wo think that such tickets are entirely too regular, and that a little irregularity, by way of variety, would be acceptable to Vidal- STOCICUOLDERM. TUB NATIONAL HALL LECTURE.—Mr. 011AIShas published a eard in reply to the referonao to hie National Rail lecture oontained In the communi cation of Mr. Robert R. Randall. Mr. Curtis says: "It is impossible, of course, for any man who speak, in public upon oontroverted topics to oor root the misrepresentations of his sentiments and words which appear in the papers; but the ol reum. station of the delivery of my lecture in Model phla were such that I wish to state to the public' precisely what I said upon that occasion "After speaking of the public opinion of the world and of this country, and of the framers of the Constitution of the YJnited States, 63 expressed by themselves, upon the slavery question, and im mediately after quoting Madison's deolaration that posterity was not to know from the Constitution that such an institution as slavery had over existed in the oountry, I said : ." Thus, therefore, as I believe, the Constitution of the United States, in its ess•ntial spirit and intention, recognises the manhood of Drod 6cott as absolutely sip it does that of the President, of the Chief Junes, or of any Senator of the United States, . . Later in the leature I maid what was certainly not vory original : ...If Washington. or Jetforeen, or Mullane, should entertained noon their native soil the opinion' the; upon this queation, they would be de nounced se fanatical Abolitionists.' These were the only passages In the leoture in whloh I alluded to Washington or Drod Boott." ORPEANS' COURT AND REECUTOES' PEREMPTORY SALES OF REAL ESTATE.—Thomas Sons' thirty. first fall sale, this evening, will compriso fourteen properties, including the estate of T. Bailey, A. 0. Coyle, and Margaret Thompson, deooased, by order of the Orphans' Court and Executors. Sale of stocks today at 12 o'oiook, noon. Boa pam phlet catalogues, and advertisements. SALN OF FINE Funt.—B. Scott, Jr., auotlonoor, 131 Chestnut knot, has now arranged for exami nation, to be sold at 10 o'clock this morning, a large and doh assortment of mink sable, Hudson Bay sable, equlrrel, stone marten, and other lash• tenable furs for ladies' and misses' wear, gents' fur ollars, gloves, and gauntlute, fancy raccoon, fox, end genet carriage robes, ac. Destructive Fite at Leavenworth—Loss 1355,000. LELVENWORTIT, Jan. 9.—Two extensive fires ocourred in thin pityyesterday. Among the proportion destroyed were the Illetroro in flouring Mill, owned by vtonorn. Earl nc Bunting ; a warehouse, oesupled by Hensley, Russell, tr. Co. wholesale grocers; the hank 1n boolo of J. B emMi , ngwaY, • and several Inwolfiees. he total loss 'at both ken amounted to $4500, on which the Maumee is from 516 OCU to 80,000. Split in the Kansas Legislature LitAVIINW onnt, K. T.. Tan 9 —The Territorial Legii eters of Kansas passed II joint resolution adjourning to Leoompton, which tiovo flier Medan , vetoed. The Legislature passed it over the veto by a two :hires vote of a quorum. t M adoetton hsving anion as o the constitutionality the vote, the majority - ourned to Lawrence, white the minority remained at Lecompton. Both faotions claim to be the legal body, %nil it is apprehended thst another aeries of legislative difficOties snit be treated by thug diesgreement TIM PRESS.-1 2 111LADEL1411A, 'TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1860. EXPENSES. Transportation $809,221 7t Roadway 233,578 07 lhambaolts and arms 143,380 70— 1,279,180 59 Not profit for the year $1,443,112 75 INTERIM ON DONORL DEBT. Coupons to let January, 1800 $701,091 00 Interest on bonds and mortgagee, real estate, 31,227 00 Total interest for tho TIANEIWAI. FUND. Six unto for 100 tone on 404,591,003 tons trans ported 1 mile during t wolvo months, ending November 30, 1859, ... 202.290 84— $937,617 81 Dividend fund for the year .... . . .. $510,401 02 Which has been disposed of as folforrs, viz : Sinking fund, loan 18.30-1880 $25,000 00 Sinking fund, loan 1340-1870 75,000 00 Sinking fund, loan 1850-1680 60,000 00 . ... .. • Blida tax on oapttal for 11459, 18,828 02 Dividend on preferred stook, 7 per cont. on $1,561,800, 10,628 uu Accrued interest on reserved dividends p. stock 12101 00 281',52 00 Reserved fund, 1860 $223,934 86 During the peat year there baa been a general improvement in the business of the Company. Every department shows en increase In the quark titles married, and In the receipts, while there has been a general reduotion In the cost of transporta- Hon and other expenses. A oomparlson with the business of 1853 shows the following results, via : In Morehaudise, an Inoreaso of 144,880 2-10 in tone oarried, 8138972 73 in reoolpte, and $07,842.54 in profit. In Coal, an inorease of 90,234 14-20 In tone carried, $17,991.71 in receipts, $07,192.87 In profit. In Travel, an inorease of 03,753 In passengers carried, equal to 21,617 through passengers, $lll,lOO 48 in reoeipte, and a demons° of $11,001.31 In profit. Mail and miscellaneous receipts have !mewled $10,411.62. Transportation expenses have beon decreased 7 65 100 cents per ton of coal carried ; 20 68-100 " • " merchandise carried, 24 05 100 " per through passenger. In order to unoonragc local•business by Increased facilities of eourmunteatlon, the number of trains hoe been Noma:led to two daily between Reading and Harrisburg, and on the main line an extra train bas boon run to afford to the inhabitants the advantage of an early arrival In the city. This extra expense will soon be compensated by the in creasing number of local passengers. MTh° net amount of freight and toll received from °eat, averaged, in 1858, 120 91.100 ounts per ton carried ; in 1850, 116 85.100 do, and the per centage of all expenses, excerpt the renewal fund, to gross income from all sources, was, in 1858,47 80.100 per cont., In 1859 48 85-100 per cent., Including re newal fond; the por tentage, In 1859, was 54 24.100 per cent., fu 1858, 55 7-100 per eent. The following comparative statement, whiob in• eludes reoelpts and expenditures of every deserlp• Lion, shows an increase of $117,785.50 in the net profit for the year, viz : Gross roonipts, 4721,293 35 Expotreoe $1,278,180 G 9 Renewal fund 202,295 81 Net profit $1,215,815 92 1868. Gross receipts q 2,510,798 411 Expenses, 81,199,708 35 Renewal Fund ... 182,922 14 1,382,720 40 Not profit OCOMIIONAL harem $117,735 50 The dividend fund for the year U shown an fol lowa, viz: Amount of net prat Lai Interest on bonded debt.... Dividend fund $510,404 92 equal to 4 35.100 per cent.2n Ald-u'r-ci1.22, the rteslap compan y . Laat year it -- vaa $338,392 42, equal to 3l per cent. on tbe'eapltal. This result, considering the unsettled state of the coal trade during the greater part of the year, may be considered satisfactory. The great inerease in merchandise and travel indicates the rapid ratite. ration of activity to the business community on the line of the road, and also the growing importanoe of the Lebanon, and other new aonneotions of the company. Great attention has been paid for the last two years, to developing tiro local trade of the railroad and Its connections; and it la gratifying to find In them a source of business so promising for Its future prosperity. The coal trade, which for four years had been stationary, has We year shown a eetudderahle increase, and as there's little probability of now avenues to market being opened for some time to come, It may be expeoted to In- Orove, and tho tonnage of the road to increase. wing to a mild winter, large stooks remained over at the opening of navigation, and It was only toward the sand of the 'arisen the pekes began to show some improvement, and the demand to !a creage. During the whole season, the trade at Richmond has suffered by the irregular supply of vessels, and the mania difficulty was experienced at the other shipping ports. The only remedy is for the trade to own a sufliolent number of Tonle to keep their business motive when, from any came, the arrival of chance Teasels is interrupted. \reales carrying largo cargoes, in proportion to their tonnage, are, probably, the beat adapted for colliers, as the expense of working them would be small in comparison to the fast vessels now in the trade. Steam power applied to coasting vessels lo only successful when they onn bo loaded and un loaded at all times, without delay or demurrage. Tho exportation of oval to foreign planes has hitherto been greatly neglected, while in England it bus become of great commercial importance, find is annually increasing. The advantages of nntlito• cite coal for steam-vessels aro so great that a con stant supply of it at the usual coaling ports appears to be all that is necessary to scours its being adopt ed on board foreign vessels. Anthracite coal hale° gradually making its way as a fuel for locomotives; and there is really no reason why It should not be used on all roads when wood Is seam and dear. All the freight engines on the heeding Railroad burn hard snthraoito, and several of the passenger engines aro using it with complete success, showing that, practically, there is no 11101001 y in its appli cation to this purpose. Attention is onlled.to the annexed report on the rubjeot by Mr. Millhollaud, the master mutilate of the company, whose great experlenoe and perseverance have largely contribu• tad to the successful introduction of this coal as feel for locomotives. The road has boon worked with great eeonomy, and its MSolenoy has been kept up In every respect. It 18 in lush complete order that the weight of the trains has been Inc:reseed ten per sent., and there have been soaroely any aecidonts. The number of ears broken to tone carried We, In 1859 I In 21,955 tons. 1859 .1 In 42,052 The income of the year has been appropriated as follows, viz : Amount of profit. $1,448,112 78 Less renewal fund 202,".96 F 4 Not prollt $1,245,815 02 From whloh deduct for Interest on bonds; $104,001 00 mortgagee..... 31,227 00 Dividend fund $510,494 02 MIA hoe been dlspofed of as Conon: To elnklng fund $160,000 00' Taxes 18,824 0,1 Seven per tient. dividend declared on preferred stook, to be paid bore- Mar 108,620 00 Interest on preferred stock dividendsor fernier years. 12,104 01 • 281,5 LS CO Balanoo oars-but to mono(' fun4..5222,030 06 The amount ut the area of reserved fund at the and of 1858 wee $111,813 79 Add amount of surplus this year 222,93) 88 Mud amount minim] to expense no. $334,250 67 count, to meet losses and depreola lions 106,181 Progont amount of resorrod fund $228 089 03 The appropriation to renewal fund out of income (mount, baa this year" amounted to the sum of r 02,290 34 Add balance unexpended In 1858 12,713 89 • Together $215,010 73 Of which there has been expended this year (u 8 per detailed statement) 208,417 32 Leering a balenee applloablo to next yoar of $6,503 41 Dialog tho peat year 17 wiles of now treok hare boon put into the road between hiohroville and Port Clinton, and tho Fells and Richmond, end new sidings have been Isla at moral stations to a000m• modate ue w business. The relaying of the Willow-street Railroad with now heavy rails has been completed, and the street has been repaved entirely. Everything about it Is now now, and no further outlay tor renewals will bo required for some years to come. For these purposes, and in ordinary repairs of the road, there has boon put In 3,543 tone of new rails, and 1940 tone of old ratio taken out, the difference of 903 tons being the eoeeoe or Increased weight of rails put into the tracks. The vladuot at (Heard avenue bee been °mole ted, and the cost of widening the tunnels at Nice ulxvillo and Manayunk has also been paid out of the renewal fund. This, the most important work of the year, was effected most euttoessfully, without ono day's interruption to the passage of treble and, happily, with few casualties to the men em ployed in the work. During the past year there Las been ex pended on tho.Lobanon Valley branob, to complete depot at Harrisburg 813,091 10 In now turnouts and sidings 10,919 30 In settlement of land damages 44,790 00 Together $74,779 46 474,887 07 $2,721,203 A 5 $735,321 00 and looranzed -- 1,478,477 43 --- 1,128,080 42 $1,245,815 92 735,321 09 735,321 00 Making the regent cost of the bratoh $4,410 • 755.81. Full daalla of the working of the branvh are given in et4emont R., annoxol to this report. Tho result is to follows: Total number of parson• gars carried, 101,144—equal to 43,410 carried the whole length otbe branch; total tonnage of army description, 231,228 tons. Gross receipts $206,624 00 Working expo® w 94,208 23 Profit on the brsneh 112,619 85 Add amount tweed on the main line from•tho sine business 134,168 30 Together.. 216,788 15 Equal to 51 ter oent. on the total oost of the Le banon Valley lailroad. Such a resat, in this early stage of its business, should removed! apprehensions as to the complete stomas of thisbranoh of the company's railroad, and create corddenoo in its future prosperity. Dullness in die iron trade, and other diffloultiee, have thus far prevented the development of the ironore busload, but it has latterly been im proving, and thorn Is now a good prospoot that, In a few months, the demand for the furnaces in the Sehuylkill aid Lehigh Valleys will add very largely to the tonnage of the railroad. Imperfect sonneotiona at Harrisburg have also retarded the tevelopment of the business, and the extension of the road to Dauphin will very soon become a neomeity. Daring the last session of the Legislature, al sot was obtained authorizing this extension. Ater a careful survey, the road has been boosted, dui the right secured to campy some ground that tell permit It to pass round the moun tain withodt moroaching on the public works al ready, looatedthere. This extensbn will oomplete the chain of rail. roads by whirl thelrade from Lake Erie will pro bably be brought to Philadelphia, and it will open an easy route by which the soft anthracite ooal from the Susfuehanna Valley can be brought to Etiohmond fotreshipmont. Bituminous coal from Broad Top.b dready soaking thin outlet, with tie pro!poot of Ron becoming an Important item of buesnoss to the Oompany. The complelon of the East Pennsylvania Rail road has addd another source of bueineee both to the Lebanon branch and to the main line, sand freight and passengers are already taking the di rect route it Ins opened to New York. From its superior advantages in distance and uniformity of gauge, this mast become one of the main continu ous routes botsroon New York and the far West. Arrangemontl aro In progress which will probe. bly open this route during the coming Spring. This road aim places Sohuylkill county in direct oommunioatim with Elizabothport and New 'York, and, by maklog a short link of two miles, to con ned it with the Reading Railroad, a fow miles above Readlrg, the distance may bo so shortened as, to makolt as good a route for coal as that pro posed by the direct Auburn and Allentown Rail. road. Ths difference in diatom° will be thirteen miles dgatut the East Pennsylvania routs; but it will have iu Its favor the difference between the cost of tits link, $2O 000, and that of the now rail road, at lead a million and a half of dollars. Thera can be no d'oebt which route would have the ad vantage in a competition for the ooal trade of Sohuyikill enmity , . Whether either of these routes could com pel) with the descending grades of tho Reading Railroad, and the water carriage from Philadelphia b, Now York, has yet to bo tested ; but there ran be no doubt that the result would not be worth the ha/00M outlay required to try the exporiment. Tho earnestfiesa with whioh tho Auburn and Al letdown Railroad is odvocated in elehnylkill mutt ty, as the only possible means to aompol a roduo tion of the shaegoe on the Reading Railroad, would load to the oonalusion that these charges wore ex orbitant aid oppressive. A little consideration will show that thee is not tho case ; but, on the con trary, that this company has borne morn than its full share of any reductions required to compete with other Nelms. The average freight and toll per ton oarded on the Reading Railroad was, In 1851 165 54.100 Ms. per ton. 18M 115 being a rediotion of fifty cents a ton from the char gee of the wmpany, while those of the other parties interested la the coal trade, except the coal opera tors, reunited umilterod. A moderato amount of liberality on their part, In aid of the dominoes made by the operators and transporters to Philadelphia, would have eafficed to maintain for Schuylkill coun ty Ito formes supremacy. Tim great Increase, this year, in the number of passenger trains, and of merchandise and coal oars arriving der, rendered It absolutely necessary to provide better facilities for the transaction of busi ness in the city, and, as the old passenger depot had bemuse Inadequate to the proper neetnwoda lion of the public, and the prompt dompateh of trains, it vial doeided to commence the new depot on the square owned by the company on Broad street.' The passenger portion of it ban boon built on the south aide, and on the 24th December it was oponed for business, the trains starting and ar riving by ream power, avoiding the delay and annoyance of battling by horse power. The earns building affotdr temporary accommodation for the down merehmdise business, and the rent of two depots will be saved. It will be desirable to pro. coed with this building, so as to conoontrate the business in me place, and dorivo the full benefit from tenoseasieg the best railroad entrance luto the city. Tho oat of this do of is carried to construe- Mon aooount, and when the whole Is completed the depot on Broad and Cherry may be mid in lodes tioa of the cost of the new coo. An agreement has been made for the purchase of a wharf soa tho south aide of the company's wharf, on the 'Delaware, nt Willow greet, which, owing to a 'Meet having been run through it, had bosom too small for the convenient landing and Shipment of hairy articles of =rehandle.. The Mae ou flee Willow-street oontinuea to increase. A lamellae been taken on the Mount Carbon and Port Carbon Railroad, with the engino houses, workshops, de. now in the occupation of the corn puny. Bpimi/ng the entire oontrol of this abort road, somejttiproved arrangements may be made by whieh tee business on the railroad may be in- Mewed, endow economy be effected. .d)urlng `The' year the following additions hare b en readerttr. the cost railroad, .40. us ex ited in Hsefeneeps p show ..( the T realm viz ; Coat of now depot at Mosul street.... $29,121 80 IL Leesport 1,412 80 Telegraph stook 150 DO brew machinery 331 15 New engines and oars 50,091 us, New depot at Harrisburg 13,081 Id New sidings, Lebanon branch 10,550 42 Land damages 45,16 T 88 Total .$156,500 OS/ In addition to the above, the following, which heretofore eppoared RI assets, have boon carried to oonetruellen amount, vls.• Sundry real estate Pottsville Water Co. stook Pottstown Gas Co. stook, Total $202,416 I litakin,r a total addition to cost of tho road, <do of $258,05 'I) These additions are represented by the ittoreased reserved fund, and nu stook or bonds hove been le• sued during the post year. Of the letter there has boon purehtleed and cancelled $106,008. Of the mortgagee, /14,000 have been paid off, and 810,000 added: making an Imola° of $l,OOO un the bonds and mortgagee outstanding. It has bees deemed preferable to ask for an ex tension of the term of payment of the bonds ma• turing in 1860, than to attempt a negotiation of these due in,1896, which were created in 1857 to bo °spatially rifiorved for thin purpose. lly an exten sion all the rights of the mortgages aro retained anhupaired, act{ the security remains the Bret liens upon the property of the company. New sheet' of reopens wilt be Issued, and it le proposal to pey to the holders ebonite of ten per cent. This proposition, It is expected, will prove neeeptable to the holders of the bonds ' which will continuo to be, as thoy have always boon, among the best railroad seenrities in tho country. Att this extension will render any further ioque or litfid bonds anneoes3ary, toomures hat o been bolero to insure the eaneeltnent of those on bend, and to record a deed reducing the amount ot the mortgage to the amount of bonds actually in circulation, vie : $3,586,500. , , In asking for this extension, it would appear de. sirable that some gallon should be taken to securo the gradual extinguishment of the bonded debt of the company. The managers, therefore, recom mend that en Increase should bo made to the ex feting sinking funds, to be applied annually to the purchase and cencelment of hoods on the best terms they tan be procured, .0 long as thle can be done at or under par. The bonus wilt be a charge upon the Income an °mint mil merved fund, and will not add In any way to Abe Itapito account of the company. The managers, during the pact year, acting en the suggestion of the otookholders at the last an nisei meeting, have abstained front all work re quiring an outlay beyond the surplus of the an nual laconic, and have reduced the current lia bilities of the company as much no poeaiblo. In the working of the road et ory economy her been practiced, without infringing in the tenet upon rho complete maintenance of the roadway and ma oldnerY. 4 eteadinst continuance In this course will rollevo the company from every liability, and now that business is resuming Its trotivity, and the disasters of 1851 are passing away, such an im provement may be expected in the bueineoc of the mad ea will neeemplish 'his, at an early date, And restore the company to its former li:overfly. By order of the board of managers]. It D. CIJLLEN, President. Puirdinetrills. January 9,1890 The follofring reeolutioni were then adopted • Resolved, That the report of the Board of Managers, this day presented and read, be, and the same le hereby, soooptecl, approved, and adopted. f Roreired That the Board be, and they are hereby, authorized in their disoretion, to carry into effect any o the meaeuree proposed in their report. Resolved; That the Board aro hereby authorized to enter lute such °entreats as they may deem ad. ridable for working connectiog made. Reso/red, That the mode of adjusting the bonds duo July 1 1860, proposed by the managers, is hereby ratified and oontlrmed, and they are re. quested to take such moans as they may deem pro. per to carry the same into effect. Resolvedi That the Board of Managers are hereby authorised to make the extension from llarriaburg to Dauphin, and adopt such measures to ecoure the prompt completion of the same as they may doom proper. &waved; That the sum of $140,000 of the fu ture net profits of the company, after payment of the sum neobesary for the extension of the bonds due in 1800,the completion of the road to Dauphin, the oar berm, the neeessary rolling stock and. im provernentatin the the of the road and all the lia bilities of thossolopany except tho bonded debt not matured, be eet made hi eaoh year as a sinking fund, (In addition to the $150,000 already provided.) nod shall be appropriated to the purchase of such of the bonds of the company for which no sinking fund is already provided and established, In the staler of the priority of the mortgages given to se cure nob bonds so long as they eau respectively be obtained at or under par, and the bonds so purchased shall lie forthwith cancelled. I?esolved, That intommoh as the sinking fund, pro% kind by lhe foregoing resolution, will appro. print° the riofits of the company to the extent mimed in ikoklation of debts; therefore, Resolved, That an 11111011 U of common stook be created aniaially in lien of the sum thus ap propriated, equal to the par value of tho securi. ties on laud/nod and cancelled. The stook so to be created nett Dined shall ho distributed annual ly,ls at par, the preferred stook, if or to the extent that t o pronto shall not be adequate to the payment of he dividends due to such stock in clash, but if sO sufficient, then to the common stook, until the rated dividend thereon equal that of the preferred stock, and any surplus thereof to pre ferred and CO6llllOll stock, wording to tbo rights tf the holders thereof reapeollvely, Resolved, Thet the Board of Managers be, and •hey are hereby requested and directed to enter into ouch an 44reemont as shall make the proof. vitals in the foregoing resolution an obligatory and • , ludinx contract of the company. Resolved, That the matter of closing the stook agencies its 19ew York and in Beaton be, and the same is hereby referred to the now board. . . Mr. Cullen restgned the preeldettoy, end Mr Ava Whitney MU Amen In Ms OM. 1 THE LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE SENATE. The Senate met at 3 o'clock, when a largo num. her of petitions, do., were presented. Mr. Yard ley presented one from citizens of Books county, asking for the abolition of the Milos of county superintendent of common schools; Mr. Grigg, one from citizens of Contra county, asking for an Increase of the appropriation to the School for the Instruotion of Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Children : Mr .Penny, ono from 69 members of the Pittsburg Bar, for an additional law judge in Allegheny county Mr. Finney, ono from citizens of Erie county, for the repeal of the act relative to poet-mortem examinations. Mr.FINN EY offered a resolution, which wee adopt ed, totting apart Tuesday and Friday of each week for the presentation of petitions. The veto message of the Governor, returning the bill regulating lateral railroads, was read, and the question recurring on the passage of the bill, not withstanding the veto, the yeas and nays were called and were—yeas, 2; nays, 20. So the veto was sustained. The veto of the bill relative to the sale of the Northwestern Railroad was read and sustained by a vote of 20 to 9. The vote of the bill to incorporate the Packer I Inn Company wee read, and the vote being taken on the bill, the veto was sustained by a vote of 23 to 2. The veto of tho bill incorporating the Western Coal Oil and Iron Company was read, and the veto sustained by a vote of 23 to 3. The veto of the bill relative to notions of eject ment was road, and the veto sustained by a vote of 27. he veto of the bill relative to the claim of Thomas Morley was rend, and austained by a vote of 20 to 7. The Speaker announced the appointment of the fol lowing standing committee, of the Senate for the See "On Finance—Messrs. Finney, Gregg, Shaeffer. Terrier. Welsh. Tudiciary—lllesers. Penney, Palmer, Yardley, Bell, Miller. Accounts—Moser*. Connell. Baldwin, Thompson, Crawford. Nunemtioher. ESllltel and Escheats—Meesre. Palmer, Hall, Ineb, Sohell,Keteharn. Pen Imo, end Gratuities—Mews. Ketchum,l3enson, Meredith. Taner. MIL Or. / HMI, Smith. Craig. Corrovitionr —Mews. Baldwin, Smith, Benson, Welsh, !intim Banks—Mews. Shaeffer, Irish, Smith, Alarsellis, Bohell. Omar and lamed Wanigation—Mesers. Benson, Parker. Meredith, Keller. Nunemnoher. Railroads—Winn. at'Cliire, Gregg, Penner, Ru therford. Crete. Election Districts—Mame. harm, Miller, Porker, Crawford. Craig. Rarinehment mid Reform—Memo. Gregg, Landon, Thompson, (darnel's, Blood. Education—Meseta. Yard ay, Ketcham, Imbue, Mil lar. Bell. Acrtenlture and Dontstir Alfanafacturts—Nasnrs. Ruthe,tord, Baldwin. Landon, Nunernacher. Schendel. Mrlitia—Messrs. Bell, Schaffer, M'Clure, (,rein Craig. Road , aid Brodut—Messre. Meredith, Thompson, Blood. Keller. Schindel. ronmerc !Schindel. Parker, Landon, Keller, Crawford. Rutherford. Poi, and Immorality—Alesers. Landon, Schindel, Blood, Connell, Nunemacher. Private clams end Damages—Maws. Smith, Inch Benson. Sobel'. Turner. Putdtr Procne—Meson. Welsh. MoClure, Palmer, Yardley, Marcella. Publer 11.1dangs—Messrs. Thompson, Rutherford Crawford. Nate Counties and County Seats—Messrs. Irish, Hail Yardley. Bell, Blood. The Senate then adjourned The House wag net in session, having adjourned until Tuesday. A Fatal Event. Bose" Jan. 9.—William Sawyer and his wire were lant night suffocated in bod by ooal gas, at Haverhill. From Washington. WA YID NOTON. JAIL 9.—One of the bills introduced by Senator Davis to-day, authorizes the Bestrew!. of Itiar to matte to any Butte or Territory, on application of the (inventor thereof, such arms as may be spared. pro vided an amount sufficient to replace thorn by fabrica tion be deposited; and proposes to restore the military sunr , in s t n e i i i ign of p t a o r . I t i s e ßlllll voted with the De mocrat. for A, sinintiton are Messrs. Rotator, Bon ligny, Hardman. Moore of Kentuckyoind Vance. The remainder of them supported Mr. Ganes, in compel's' with Mr. Brigs.. Mean., Admin. Clark of New Si and Rises voted for Mr. Reynolds; Mr. Barr, for Mr. Davis, of Indiana. Messrs. Hoskin and Carter. for Mr. Hickman; Mr. Gilmer for Mr. Hatton; Mr. (Hamilton, for Mr. Keit!. This wee the case em the lest vote to-Gar. Mr. Morris, of Penult tennis, once voted for Mr. Oil mer, but then returned to Mr. Sherman. A liepublioan eating of the House Nell spoken of for to-night, but, on reflection. none was thourht necessa ry. It is ascertained that there can be no further con oentration of the Southern Oppointion on Mr. Hamilton, whose vote to-morrow will, according to the present in• ilicatirns be diminished. Home of the Republicans hare been canvassing to as oertain whether more votes than Mr. Sharman has re. eelved aim be secured for Mr. Rickman, of Pennsylva nia, but of thus 9{ key cannot be satisfied. The Rational Union Executive Committee NMI ano- Sher meetint to-night. Senator Crittenden ricoupying ltie chair. A number of encouraging letters from van one quarters were read. Arrest of a Gang of Counterfeiters in Michigan. Jacsarix, Michigan, January 9.—Eight parsons. inclu ding several eld Tendon', of this town. wore arrested on Sam ril ,y charged with making end simulating l•OUn terfeit money. A large quantity of begun money, lords, Preens, dies. etc., ware found in their possession. They were undoubtedly large operators, and belonged to en extensive gang of Oininta r Colter,. Inauguration of Governor Dennttion o Ohio. Cgrim Lann, Ohio. Jan. 9.—Governor Dennison de livered hie laments% at Coimulms to-day. He mom. mended minus( sessions of the Legislature and en amendment to the State Constitution to provide for diflerent system of representation. He deprecates the neglect of Congress is consider measures for internal improvements. In regard to the Mammy miestinn. he enters Into Its distil/non at some length, man anti slavery point of view. Buenos Ayres admitted a Member of the Argentine Confederation. New Yoga, Jan. 9.—A deices from Buenos Ayr** via Velearaiso state that BOSOM Ayrag has concluded treaty with Urquiza, y which she becomes a member of the Argentine Confederation, which assume; all her dobte. A general amnesty has been declared. The Southern Mail. WA slmictnx, Jan. 9.—Bcatte rive New Orleans papers to the Mgt ult. have been received. They oontain no n.wr of importance. No Itioliniond mil was received to-night. New York Bank Statement. New Vote. January o.—The bank statement for the week ending Foto rday, shown ; A dtorease 10 the loan j ac en c?unt or. " =ow. or. $75,111 4 24,301 05 3,000 00 The Steamship Vigo. 111Wnw ]car, January 9 , -9 o'clnok A. At.—lhe gig am p Vigo, from rerpool for Philadelphia (put in here or t ot coo.) hal cleared for the latter port hot hie hot yet sailed. Nott.Arrival of the Steamer Hunga. nan. Pont Ave, J6ll. )—Eleven o'clock.—Thare are no signs of the ateamsh ip Hungarian, now duo wqh Liver pool dates to the Affairs In Boston. at Jen 9.—The Jaason Democrat, Club cele brated the battle of Nese Orlauue ta night. by a treed L Mlle eequet at the Revere Roues. Patti eructed the ereetelt eensallun of the gee - sou et the Academy of Muete to-night. The Battle of New Orleans Celebration in New York. Nrw Voax,JalL9.—Tha battle of New OFLogan be ing oalebrated at Tammany Wall, bra grand ball and THE CITY. AMUSEMENTS TIIIB EVENING WHE•TI.II7 CT.4llKlell Agett &rarer TURA TILL Arch tartlet. above Stxth.--" Everybo,t)'• 'dead"— “Peter Maine." WALNCT-STRUIT TRIATRII. corner Walnut and Nlnth.—•'Camille"—" The Clockmalceee Ifac " NATIONAL TIIZAIRN, Walnut street. between Eighth and Ninth.—Danßioe's Great [thaw." 807 CHu ut BTRVlT.—Parce's Venus. ACADRMY Ofr.,„ ARM Cellrollt street.—" Part• stn'"—"The arty Morn of John Huse. /So.'. EIANDIRAON'II EIRIBTION ROOM, JOYDe'll COMMOI:1- 11•81•1111 dmldine. Chestnut atmet, above dale th.—Thro ,flon's Museum of Art. Monoroven • GAII7III. Race street, bolo. Third.— Entertainment. nightly. Tung R of somas, northeast nurser Tenth and Chestnut str.ets.--attenor BUM MlirtlXo &Lo; rlq or Tit Wtn OP 1317—The old Vot .11. of the War of 1311 Lela their Ususi eighth ••I January meeting at the Court House yeaterdas, how es hundred slut fifty voters,. were in attentlinno. lion. Joel It. Sutherlnnil trawled. end addressed the meeting. The !Bowing resolution, s et. adapted •• lts'sit ed. Thnt we naacnible with plonsure. this din. to celebrate the anniverean of the battle of New Or teeing, and we trait that 1 , will he commemorated 1•) our descendants Mr all time. Brno/red, That we remember with pride the F /Otani deeds of our fellow countrymen who, an th e eighth nt Janwiry,lBl.s. immortalised themselves hr skirl/milt* deleatinß the veterans of (treat Briton, under the lend of the sellout Andrew Jackson. fits neme will ever be a household word of the Amer loan people, ficiolre.l. '1 hat believing. with ()entire! Jerkson, Chet the tree Is to tie Judged tic its fniite.” we not only think thet i•nton meetinse should ha hold evert where, but that Union /nen should show that love for the Union hr their dray. Rtgotord, That tho Dec!oration of Independence, which has challenged and still oloillensns the 'Mount - lion of the world, and which was proclaimed in our city on the Fon: th of July. 11l d, hes wet, ed the marked approval of hirh !leaven AN Vol worm, Lilt that melon. 'ebb; der. the Fourth of July. Let.3.when Thomas Jelier son nod John Adams, two of the pisners of the Decl ore tion—the one born at the South and the other at the North—were upon that day celled to their greet reward in Heaven: tint we of our illy. and those of after eget, might see conspicuously the cloinsil of Divine Provi dence In the deliberations of nue ill:igloo:in ancestors. when they sent forth that noble charter of Liberty upon which the world will never cease to ponder. Resolved, That of all the cities of t his Hopuhlio. our Philadelphia—the City of Indepn.ltnoo. as It might well be celled—le most especially bound to manifest her warmest devotion to the Union For hers. within her VAT) , bosom, Washington and Franklin. Madison end Hamilton, and 74111T1M1. and their distinguished lissom ales, signed end sent forth our beloved Constitution ; and we, this day. descendants of t 111) gallant dead, de siring to tread In their patriotic footsteps. take our oath of fealty, as did they, to the Constitution of our country. dregelred, That we tender our warmest thanks to the Senators mud Reprevntatfves in Congress who have oPPOiied the passage of the Homestead Bill, nod eve 'moll enter our solemn protest. on behalf of the men of tho permed war of independence, and their wain% s, thronghout the Union, aolnet the plumage of the 101 l for the following, among menu other reasons. via: tat. On account of the wrong done to the formers of the West who have bought their lends from the Govern wont. . . td. 11-ceuso it would virtually repeal the amt grant n; bounti land • to the soldiers of the War of ISM Resolved, That as the Revolutionary pensioners are slitoot all deceased, now is the tope for Congress to pate a pension bill for the relief of the old and de ereott 'oldie's of the war of 1512, and their widows. many of whom ars now olepondent for their support upon the cold charities of the world Resolved, That, as Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia lino the whole border of Pennsylvania, it is vastly 1...- portent that the elesest relations of friendship should subsist between our and all of them, esper.allY in theta times, when it is Wood nommen , to e vat' his traitors and murderer, to t r ..th. at Avelino etoMeti,n done by Oorernor Packer, or which we public!) tilting him. Resolved. further, 'PIM Penns (yenta, by position. as WO an by the truest feelings of alloplionetands a willing sentinel, ever read) to .lefond hor Southern misters. and, in the event of a arctic irmirreetion, vii fly to their re lief, and help Incrust. it mtt fora"... . , . ANNIVF.RSARY Menvisn.—On Sunday evening the' Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church I m the Advancement of ciprisnamtr m Pennsylvanin't held it, forty-ninth anniversary, in Pt. Stephen', Ohurch, In the annual report rend reference ie made to the action of the tort Convention of tho Church in thin dicioeso, by which the num. - mart work is hereafter to he removed (rote this now•ty, and placed under the cent ni of a hoard of managers. In conformity with the reeolotion passed by the Convention, the Society retiree from the missionary field. There is _vet sufficient work left to command the attention of the Society, and one of the moet important features to be fostered is the train ing nod oreperation of toting men for holy orders. A historyni • the 800 sty ignite Its or. airzatton, In IEII9, wan given in the report. The present fund inmate' in stated to be Slit 855. A marked feature In the 1111111nre erect of the Society is. that no part of the oontributions is expended for Watley' or rent The report from the missionaries exhibit, the following isntistles: Baptisms —adults. 63 ; infants, 311 t confirmed. 17g. Sunday Bohmile, 23; teas hers, IR.; scholarly, 1.124. Bible C'ass • lye—Members, 177; Inmll ea, TV7. bunday servleem, 1,463 t other drug, 137. Organized eonsresations, 19; other Contributions—For 16. MIL communion administered, 180 time'. Contributione--For _parochial purp eel , $ 3 , 834 .37; for the Advaneemsnt dociet7l 1 90 ; for other purpose/, ei,001.91, llanaunruna, Jan. 0, 1800 OBSEQEIES OF THE REt. JOHN N. NEUMINN. IX IMPOSING CEREMONY. LYING IN STATE AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH The Proceaelon from the Cathedral FUNERAL SERMON BY ARCHBISHOP KENRIOK Immense Concourse of People The obsequies of the late Right Reverend John N. Neumann, D. D., C. SS. R., fourth Catholic Bishop of the diocese of Philadelphia, took place yesterday, pur suant to published arrangements, Altogether, it was one of the most imposing ceremonies ever witnessed in Phi ladelphia. Slime the Bishop's decease, the body bag been 191111( in state in the private chapel of the Cathe dral On Sunday, the body was arrayed in the rubes pertaining to his order, and pros lobed by the rubric of the Roman Catholic Church, as follows: The color pur ple; sandals. cassock, roohette, arnica. ally, cincture, silk tunic, stole, maniple, chasuble, pectoral cross. gloves, and ring, with the mitra, and at his side a rich -11.611i CrOZieri On Sunday, the remains of the Bishop were laid out in state, at the Episcopal residence at tached to the Cathedral. in Summer street, below Eighteenth. and were visited by thousands of pawns, principally females. During the greater portion of the afternoon the street was crowed with persons deli roue of obtaining admit. tancie. The Cathedral was opened on Eighteenth street, and an immense concourse nfpersons passed ' n and nut. During the day, the bell of Sr. John's Church, Thir teenth street. below alorket, tolled a funeral knell. and a large number of people congregated in the neiehbor hood. under the impression that the body of the Bishop wigs in the church. No tanner services were hold at St. John's Church nor at the Chapel, luniutor and Fil- Mrt streets. During Sunday night, the Conference of St. Vincent de Paul, acted as a Guard of Ronne to the body, and remained at the Cathedral until six o'clock yesterday morning. The announcement that there would be a procession from the Cathedral, and that the bni) would be exposed to view as it passed along, at tracted together, in Logan Square, an immense throng of people of all noon, sexes, classes and conditions. The streets adjoining the Cathedral were packed with ho man beings. who patiently waited from an early hour in the corning, until nine o'clock, anxious to obtain s view of the deceased prelate. At nine ed., l / 4 the prooession formed in front of the Episcopal residence on F;tehteenth street, and passed down to Chestnut down Chestnut to Thirteenth. end upTtortsenth to Bt. John'. Church, in the fol!owing order: 1. Cordon of Policemen, under command of Lieut. Patton. 2. Pennsylvanialle9. .4. Rockdale Seminarians. 4. Rt. Charles Seminarians. 6. Snclet• or Christian 13rotherit 6. Rodelitiesor the different Churches. 7. Conference or St. Vincent do Paul. 8. Catholic PhiMl:mitten Institute. 9. Beneficial giictittien o the different churches. 10. Funernl Oar, under Se direction of Simon Dart land. undertaker, with the Bishop laid in state upon the mattress. 11. Reverend Clergy. 13. Bishops and Archbishops. 11 Laity en general, four abreast. The remains were reeding on a inettresis in the f4ne ral car,which was richly built, and was drawn by four black home The features of the deceased were dis tinctly visible through the glees panels of the car. The expression wee calm and natural. although a great deal paler than we have seen in life. The cortege was larr and extremely imposing. and was witnessed from t e sidewalks by an immense tbront of people. As the u ncial car passed around into Thirteenth street. the crowd was so intense teat itrequired the utmost exer tions of a large body of officers. and the military, to clear a passage way for the remains. non INTERIOR OP Till CAVITE!. In the meantime St-John's Church. in Thirteenth street. tie low Market. was the wens of great excite ment The crowd in thirteenth street and the vicinity was even greater than before the Cathedral. The galle ries of the oh itch were thronged with Mies. whirhed obtained entrance by the xernue of pu .ctuality and perseverance. The body of the church was reserved for the members of the pronession s the clergy and the remains of the prelate. A few privilegad persons. In cluding the committee of arrangements end the goers sentati vex of the press. ware present when the head of the procession arrived in front of the chord'. The de sire to gain admission was intense, and the beat exer tions of the police and military were necessary to keep the crowd from taking forcible possession of the build• toe. As Plush Pt number of impudent and domineering fellow/ had obtained ednueronn by palming themselves off no reporters. It was only by an accident that the representatives' of this journal were admitted, a mem ber of the committee Whoa them when tl.ey arrived that there were already "four Preis reporters inanie, and then had no room for any more." They were mos lilted. however. and admitted into the church. the church twee was hung with the symbols of mourning. Heavy black drapery surrounded the aisles. interspersed with white rosettes, and the windows were etneely veiled. A platform. extending some distance in front of the sanctuary, iopported the catafalque. ap groprtatet• shrouded, the whole beine surrounded by torty-eight tapere. In the northeast corner of the eLurch was the reporters' ttible. Provided with the fullest accommadations let us ....knowledge here the egyeaml attentions of Mr. J. J. Bollivan and Mr. James Reilly, who were indefatigable to the r exertions to afford tne remelt:twat, es of the press facilities for the prosecution of their labors. INTRANET OF THE PROCTERION INTO TIER cituirlin. At twenty-five minium, to ton o'clock the head of the proceseion rested in front of St. John'. Church, and the lay societies entered. among whom were the young evi dent, of the seminary, the Conference of St. Vincent de Pant, end the sodality of the churches. A number of the member, of the Society of Jane entered and took Places in the front pews. After these carpe the comes, which wan borne by six pall.betrtrs, viz The Rev. Fathers Sheridan. Staunton, Cantwell, Rohner. Smut. dem, and (limn. It WAR placed within the catafalgrie, with the face to the andienee. at an elevation from the door of about twelve feet. end resting one gentle slope enabling every one in the house to get a view of the body tin the right of the body, and on the platform beneath it. et a ell ghly-inclined elevation. was the eoffin, which is of tine til.ink walnut. covered with cos tly black cloth. and lined with richpurple satin. This eoal., to five feat ten inches in length, and twenty-three males somas the breast. Thera is a pillow of purple Patin with two tangle. At the bete of the 00All are two rows or silver 'winkling. Un the cover there Is a large silver po crose, and a tlate of the same metal. bearing the name, are, and date of the death of the Bishop. in Latin, so follows : "JOANnes NZPONICCIIr• • Nsrm tint Episcopus tinning Philadelph tenet& (Mitt Non. JR nuaril. Anon NIDCCiILX." The coffin is trimmed with white and blink silk frier*. and ts not to be the meet manuficent ever made in this cttL After the body bed been Dittoed in the ehteraleee, the clergy of the diowse entered. followed by a number of bishops and archbishors, who retired into the ante rooms, and arrayed themselves for the yervice. After the clergy came the Pennsylvania Rifle Compel:flee. who took a standing Position in the central aisle of the church. In the ohms. Mr. John A. Janke Presided at the Oran. and Mr. A. Hertel soled es leader or the °rehears, C hmh we. composed or Met, of the most disVnaPshod snuelellni in the city from the isisrmisn - ehrietum The tinter, comprised the choirs of Pt John e and dt. ter's churches. 7he front seats in the south aisle were occupied by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. who were in attendance in large numbers. Tun rrallt at. rieltvioal. The necessary deity incident to the preparations of the elergymen wen occupied by the choir. which played second ene-ex of sacred music. The cleriymen 70. entered the hunch and took up their pontoonstr,thin the sanctuary and sum uniting the al or. Among them We not ced the Moet Reverend Archbishop Kenrlek, of Baltimore; the Right Reverend a shop MOOIII. of Richmond; the Right Reverend Bishop Louvhho, of Prootlyn ; the Right Reverend Bowline Wimmer, 0.8. H. Mitred Abbot of the Order of Benedictine. In the United State., from Latrobe. P..; the Re.. Mn. De Necker of the Order of Redemotioniats; the Very Re verend C. J. 11. Carter, V. 0.. of Philedellphir the Very Reverend J. V. o . Reil 7, V. (1., or Philedelphla ; Her. Dr. Olfarra of Plulutelph ,• Rev. Mr. Reran, of I,ancaete ; Iter. J. P. Ibsen. Rev. Mr. Riot. Rer. Mr. alrCkmarny, Rev. Mr. Ward 9.J .. Rev. F. J Rodrin, 8.3.. Re.- e. Leaflet. A. J., Rev P. Stanton. O.S. A.. of Philadelphia. and others. Slioql , oiler Id o'clock the solemn services of the Church beenn end were Uthltrell In this order • I. °Ace of the Dead; 2 r onti heal Dish Nlass for the Dead; 3, Funeral oboe iuie• The celebrant of the Rich Moos was 1106np W,04.1: Arch Priest. Rev. Rather C C. Car tor, of the Church of oasturoption Deacon of Honor. the Rev. J. V. O'Reilly, of Si Fseph's Collets, Susque hanna conety ,_• Deacon. Father J. P Dunn, of the Church of zi.r. Theresa; Sub Deacon. Father Richard o' , orinor, of the Church of St. Janice. West Philadel phia. Theta services were of en interesting and high's impois no distorter, end were listened to with the meet profound attention. It wee nearly one o'clock Wore the service, were over, and Archbishop Kenriek de- Lotted his sermon. ■ KUVON OF ABriIBISUOP (Elß'Ct, — The Ariihh,hop I. . his text from :O. Luke The word. were n , lid owe So ye e'wan rend,, for re know not at whit blur the Son of Th in cometh '• From our ',notion Se renter to ray that it WAS tiltimot irnpny• sib's to retch the slow. indaiti net. tut .e•ntift.lly de livered, oidence• of the Lpeaker. Te th• course • iittioiniare he gave a alieteh of the his of the deceased. hie education, hie career as n tninieter and hishoe, and his pre eminent as a solioher at.l a divine. life was one of blitmelesy putt!, and enlightened zeal, united with great learnin• He shrank from con tact with the proud and I lushly, and ...ought to console the poor and needy. file felt that he nail entered Heaven. end that he wet at that time in close emurnu o.no woh a lirogorh, an Augustine. and the long line of hr. y Pontine and prelates that had preceded him. The speaker pot-laded by reminding his hearer. of the unr•Lia int) at life. and entariitting them to prepare for the hillnrO. The sermon was t try !me!, and was lis tened U. with the amid Profound attention The sermon per. the preIVPI ,attered I n:rnsa and holt water over the body. alter 'lothwas removed to the forlorn! ear. and taken to St. Peter's Church. at Fifth and Franklin streets. where it lay in state dune: the evening. This was • 'fanatic. from the onyinal arranseinents. which contemplated Si. burial in the vaults of St. John's Church. We understand. however, that the Late Bishop horns a member of the order of Re demptiononn. his body wart ehtirn.l to that order. and conveyed to St. Peter's Church, wnich belongs to them. to await their ;Immure. Alter the Bardeen had Wen eancluded. which wu he tween two end three orelork. the layty of the Bishop. no we have said. wits stain ypinned in the oar, and tee pro tuition marched dowu Thirteenth street to Chestnut, down Chestnut to Twelfth, up Twelfth to Girerd eve nue, and down Omen] avenue to Fifth street. (into whence at wee taken into St Peter's Church. As the funeral procession versed over lets route, it VIII et tended to en unmans,' throng of people The aide. welkv, end ,n min t cete• the toreet•, :On!, ee roar were, Were thron•ed hr men. women. end children, eager to get a SIP htof the remains thtensh the panel. of the uncoil re, treverel ladies fawned in the neigh. borloevi of the church. end many of the sterner ten were prett y billy brit teed in the mint t but no seohients of n serious neturo occurred. =i! Above the head of the de:4.8104.M it lay in state.was a large ivory crucifix, ninth n. 0,18,111 the distinguished who intended in have it pieced in one of the chapels in the new Otthedosl. Th• ratio pronouns a rare interest. One of Me former United Suttee capsule in Genoa. Mr. Lister, was et one rime engaged in run inn the different places of note in that city,when he rn.t, with a monk rho was rooting out of a solid piece a ivory a crucifix, upon which he spent many yews of labor. and to the perfection of which be sue his undi• vided intention Mr. Lester became particularly in terested in the sculptor and the work which he wee pro ducing, rind he purchased the crucifix at n considerable price. He then sent it far inspect.mi to the renowned sculptor, town. s, pith direction■ to him in make such Improvements upon it AI hemitht think tit. Powers held it in hie gowns:on month.s. at the *ad or which period he returned it. f tttmt at the same time that the home was a most prtlect work of art, end could nor he in any way improved. When Mr Lester arrived in this country, he wild the tines to the i'ennopoliten krt Ar inviation for the slim of it, rhonannit doltnr,. The Al socretinn afterwnrila placed it ninon. it, het al Pr.. miumsto`e won by sulmeribers loth° Associationat the annual lottery. It fe.l into the liana of a schoolmuter. in Lancaster counts, in this ntate. from whom it was purchased by the deceased Bishop. woo. upon many occiuuone tines, 1m been beard to any that no money uponearth could repurchase the treasure. From the site of the among. it must he inferred that thesvory belonged to the tusk of en animal which existed ages since. as no elephant to modern Heirs poitla supply nil equal amount of task. The miff, when found, was a black nine,, like cont. The second coating was of a yel llwi ee lht e m n the g ti a nd g u th r e s Ia neverfn 3 pure n ' m ik en w t h io i n te it as work yb° hare fit to Recurs the admiration °Celery lover of the beniiti lul in art. The seine in the body are distinctly visilde, and et ery musele and ligament in its exact poeition. It is arranged that the interment will take place this morning. SI'DDXN DGITH —About 12 (facia lag night, an unknown white man WOO foundfin n cellar-way. at the corner of Second and Vine streets, in a thins con dawn. UP expired while hem conveyed to the Cher rv-street amnon•boose. lie was apparently between sixty and seventy year, of ago. Tim Kaviroaz CLUB held & meeting last ere mg at their heeda&artere. on Twelfth 'treat. below Chestnut. The meeting was very well attended. and epsoobes were made by several Dernnerntse speakers. A number of new MINA were added to the OM?* roll of members. Sunny Ftnr.--Yesterday morning, between eleven and twelve o'eleek, the bakers of Mr. Byhoeker. on Germantown road. above Columbia avenue. Nine teenth ward, was damaged to the extent of .101011 a fire, which originated In the 10:t. ACCIDENT ON THE Sc -CTLICILL —Yesterday MOM- Mg a )I , ung man. named Edward Teague, nineteen vertu' of ace, was seriously injured ha a cake of ice falling on 111171 from the VFLIKWMII of the Enirkernoeker lee Company's hook). He was talon home. HUH AND DEATH —On Saturday evening the dead holy el an unknown a hit, man, about twenty-Ex lerirm et age. was found in a field near the Ali - radiance. A bottle, conlairung liquor. wan found lying near the corpse. A FL 4091kFF and iron balcony were erected in front of tho armory of the State Penetblea lemerdaY. A now Amenvin flag. treloniinz to the company was hoisted to Ile place on the top of the pole. TiE Brave AnsoCIITION wi l hold its 415151521 colotantinn on the 25th instant, Markets by Telegraph. BALTlvoßE.Jan.9.—Fintir buoyant ; sales or loco hbls : Howard street t 3 SO, an advance of 1354 e. No Wheat or Corn of consequence was offered in the market to day. The market is arm, and prices unehanged. Whis key dud at VC , . Exchange nn New York enchanted CINCINNATI, lan. 9.—Flour is very dull, and old.re are willing sellers. WhisLey is to good detnerd. and thequotations are % s o his her. dales at 210213i0. Hogs are dull, and 10.313,3 lower. Hales 7LU 1 at 66.13* 693. Receipts to day 2 too . The Pro on ma Yet is dull and heavy. Meta Pork in quoted eisx•tarsa Lard is dulled 97.50. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The Money Market. 9,12 a). The stock market was considerably excited to-day by the report that the transfer books now kept in New York and Boston by the Beadles Railroad Company, Were to be closed. The report WINO from a motion to that affect offered at the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Reading Railroad Company by Mr. Me - Calmont. of London. The oldest and mrea experiancod member, of the Broker's Baird were of opinion that the carrying oat of such a measure by the company would damage its stock in the market rery seer:m.ly. and orders were immediately given to sell at a heavy discount from .the price quoted on Saturday. The cm position made to the proposal at the Railroad Cornea : ny's meeting, was successful in having at referred to the Board of Directors about to be elected. who, it a understood, are not durosed to disturb the present stets of things. The proposition to extend the loan =hiring in Ma for twenty years, and receive a new set of coupons. Ca the payment by the company of 10 per cent. bones, meets the general spprobatien of the holders, Lot is by no means favorably regarded by the corners of the sae. eroding sets of bonds, who expected that some arrange ment would have to he made for the maturing tuns, whereby their mortgagee would become Cu Arst Dens upon the company's property. We have not learned, as yet, that this disappointment has manifested itself in any lotion tending to embarrass the proposed exten sion: Everybody connected with the Reading Railroad Company, whether as the owner of stock or as a bondholder, seems to look forward hopefully to the management of the newly elected president Ass Whitney. Eel.. whose acknowledged ability and esters y afford a good guarantee that he will leave nothing un done that can add to the productiveness and usefulness of the Reading Railroad. We should Lava felt disposed to extend a cordial wish for success to any man enteric; upon the arduous task which Mr. Whitney is tena sc ummy, and in his use we are glad to believe that there is that in the man which will command the R1e32.33 wa wish him. The election for &h.:areal the Reading Railroad coin- My remitted in the choice of the following ticket Preindent—Amt Whitney. Vie! Pres dent—J. Hearin Stele. Mae ayere-1. Dutton Steele. A. E. Bono Chas. Meestester. Wm. Seller.. Chas. E. Smith. Rot/. Kelton. Treasurer—S. Bradford. Secretary—Win. H. Melt henney. Tho animal meeting of the stockholders of the North Pennssleatas Railroad Company was also held to day. The earnings for the fiscal year ending Noverptar &orb; 1551. were SW .1)1 90, sy.sinyt 504 Fa 3.99 in 143—au in crease of 550 407.97 over 1553. The total expanses' for 1359 were 8155=94, leaving a net meome for the year. 5183.359.62. The charges easiest income:eel - eat for the year hare been 5196.917.61. The through ton nee* for the year was 1111.171:01-11toes, and detirern4 on the hew 18,200 013-21 tone. Total tail toenssay 57201.70—an increase of 11.=13-') tons °Ter 133. The total nomber of paeseityers carried duneg the year wee 333 ar, being an inereaee of 411 all. The roll ing stock and road-tray are to a condition to compare favorably with those or any other company in the State. N.. cars and locomotives hare keen added to the atnek of the company- The equipment aecoant has been in oretuied ",13431 Mend the COn3t rtetion account ea 342 - 69. The elem. for demaree, growing oat of the colli sion of Ju1y.'1656, hare alt been settled. and the sec not elated on the books of the company, by a eatery* to the profit and Ices account. Work is in nrotreu so Is to secure. st sn *arty msnoi, a direct toad to Easton. eighteen mats snorter than t y the Belvidere sad Delaware Railroad. The meer.og nes characterized by a dismission. roor • irsrm perhaps than coolish:3ns. between s wetl-kwrsrn stockholder and some of th• officers of the wawa, winch resotted as mortar debates terreen the same valise heretofore hare ended. The Board a Sfanageri of the Mime H.ll and &hay:- kill Harms 'Railroad Caravans have dee!ared a semi annual dividend of ail per cont. (equal to $S per share). pliable on and after the IL,th The Ingoranee Compel of North America lee de clared a semi•annnal dindinJ of mix per cent., and &V ism dindend of its per ent. The bank statement for the week ■hors a large de crease in the deposit, and the eirettlation. and a with drawal via hula more than one-half of one per Cant. of the loan. The aggregates compare with those of pre nose mete meats LS co.lovre: • Jen. 3. Jan. 9. Cep, tal 5t00k........311.60.2 64114141.72). lao.s re Loans 21.211.3 C 25243t61. Pee-BS-tag Specie 4.41951 1.453 Z 2..-1 na. 2,991 Due rut other Haab . 1.154.191 1.4 Z & 1 2 ._Dee. 2:.173 Due to other . 13aelts 2.619 192 2 214 212. Dec. 2111.0 Deposzte- - - 1 I.IC 911 laz re °taboo. -.. • 2,95641 LlV3l=l...Doetl3ra The fo lone[ states:last shore the ecaditios of the banks of Phdadelphia. at various blase does Norm be r • 1.35: z MA. Loins. 8W.141. Citenloam& Nposals.• Nov. 4....311.196,44 2.M,464 4 11 011 16.06.162 1661. J 11....21.30Lgt 3,770,761 I All X 123 LIAN. 2“. uly 6... 34411.9116 6.01417 24.14,11 7, 1 S .451 : CS M "3 i rt s 4t 7...44.4'2146 S ll F Sul? I 15%1 7 Z .7 1- 7701 7: 444 4 1 7 fi r :27.1 4 Aug. 8.. 24264406 4426.630 SANAS 143123.4.11 gaps •'5.702,637 MINX] Oct. 1... 26,01.619 4N 2 742.4.64 17....8 .21 . 6 ,1 5 62. J 76 2 2 2 L2.a9n30 .40116 iL516.661.441!4223..406 24... 24.414.2347 644.741 2103122 15 MUM " .13.606.111 600442 2 764.43 N 1204 .224 Nor. 7....13.654.....d 11.011.234 2.=.1-40 13336 tit 14 ....24.44.713 4.211 1.764.363 11 2/2913 • 21 ...SIAM.= &MAD 2.6.54.117 11.673.74 13....26.(0,433 4.111234 2.693542 14.516 &I No. & ...24.14144.2 4 564.421 2444 :34 11.52 014 34111.4.% cams* 25:3035143)151) 23 .. 24652142 LEN VA 2 441 361 14.111.131 "....21,33,3333 4544 332430 Oit 16. 6 23.246 1361. 34. • 4.0:1.263 J E7610t 11 ra OFFICIAL BANK STATEIIKIIT. \Mini' ATSILLIMS 011 MX MILL/0151MA ZAMA; LOW. splint - HAMM 123.1. Jan. 3. .1322. t.. 73.5. 3. MolPhill• • • #7.344N 6!.71170004112.304 j.141N13 ' Farm Monk An 3.711,16$ 2.74 5 m 173 "314 . 311.317 sAwleg 3463.335 641.111 126344 intrzeisk 1256,401 1.1i2. 2111= NM/ 1 1 ,726.473 1 1 ,3 , 23 . 14 4 35 2 1 :2 :3U ...40 1.116166 I. 1015 473 N3.N3 ! NUN 264 U tr:us3gton..... 3231.432 44 032 WIN CAN Pam TolrnsUp 213.3 N 317 12344 ea vremonl_ 1,23x.ia 1.7414 de MIMS 130 Hitt itsel.. Jammu 1.121 DJ WAS MAN Com:semi 424 IN 113 327 1.17 .N 4 • 177.333 Onsrd 2.117,433 7313333 32411 4 Tradesmag 613,423 487.173 NEMO N 433, R ryi ac,bd s . NUJ 532 Ma= • 3304 112,351 7N 7N 331,N3 13.333 Conansrassaltb MTH 04.354 74,131 mai Corn rasimagt W. 1413 j WS% Use /3.C1 • 314.136 1 N 3413 64, 113.177 Total —.... 315 76,.417 1 75243131 AAIUN 4,423 212 DITOUTS. el - scrum:a. Basic Jas. 2. • Jan. 3 Jas 7. !As. T. ?Albedo/shit ... itl,aryloo I !134006 i sussoa North Amerces. 1.5C.123 LOAM 131.34 00327403 Farm a . Nl•sh . I 1, 646 311.915 la 100 cpausststal 673.1"U)711.34 150,311 • 132.3.0 121,2chasses' - sis Art issusi I Web 1 U . . 1.1 33 N. laserties_. 677109 MAN I 11l 3110 1.7.2 3 - 2) 4 1 0.1:47ruk 132.3= 77.7.141 91330 ISSN Kssate star 3,13,332 353.42C1 uLtba • 1!1.333 Penn Totrnsair I 80.161 343.5.11 I 63.= TUIP Western . . 5T7,411 40 436 116 , 1.11.3.0 yin. t Me,. la I 2.73.11 i 4..3 '7 s Commerce s.NN•I 113.41 s 74.5.1.2 74,4.3 311.733 471.342 f 131.4,51 I UV 133 Trsdramen't 413.an3 4,2 1111 I 73...,37 Cossolasilos 221 s2l . "213 34.644 %MU ..... 411.177 I 357.441 ! 3613 1.0475 Commonireslts '332.141 I 121,122 MAN 1 1di 136 orn Exeltssgs 1113.031 24,2.151, 6306 C...N3 7.11.713 71.5 4 1 16341 36,16 • --- .. Total 11.131.07 :11341 AUI !g1.423 Clearicts. Ektuk , : e4 6.7i4i.514 d 7 sm; 433 .53n.) 43 1: 3.3 7 -141 4 4'1544 Mr) 3354 nt 61 I^7:3S .1140,1 N 77 14.1.141 hump 3 .. " . 311:33.-34 911-2 73 4Y rt:er tath w. leers the!. the Leh: th V• 1 tr aekt C. 1 ,1410) troiLdir data f-.1.1.1•• - evk ew tr ,tl:2f dir, the 17th salt, SAOtone of coal. eta f u. I. 1.1,•51. Comater.:int Dtc•mter 144 C4.-.L^: Las. ate.-mtea to. 14 hozreepmed-at 913f1.14. DMA SeaT. bast; ta trall.l6 than fir for the season 01 11,713 taws a rte.l.. Ettitt hundred and itly-fow tote of Fr tr were %lee am ad o, et the for the week etta-et time 30 *- ra11d1.11:11.4111A 1531.X71 KletiAletikt ahLltd. Jeztairt 9. RIPORTID •7 8. E. SCATILLIII. 31&'. WILLSSIeVII4 FIRST BOARD. •Idd Peens 6e.. CAP e 62 •Sed Camt Ats 6.‘- ‘ 30} 6. new .703 rJ3L 13:.152 R !3 11, 3430 . -30 , do ?3) do . r 13 PL111.1.5 k- 113 2401 do ..... 31 do .. ,to r 1 Pic=a R . - .'7: i COy 6.3 R. .... W1;1 5J Ree 4,6,4 R..— 53 21 nod do . _ . id 23 lin do . 6 do .. loOd R•astou . 6.' 161111.1'etee ... 66 eau do '33 6e.S' N I.o..etues GAL 33 60 W..'kdo G2I +I 63 . '33 UN . SiS SS do . ES= 130-4.RDS. 12t4) CM ii, R. WiN 3 Phillla BAr..A. 111 t 1 Sp bard.. Int. 21 4 do _ . Ili 11 rhtltdaldsak 11. 11 in Ili 1 1.1.1 115 SECOND BOARD. • 10/Clty Es new IE - 2 1,10 rlts Es R. 5 41 .. ; - 11 Is 1.421 C 5 enz 0 E. 13 7s . 22 Iti2 do 1.72 24 Penn• K 14. L . 3.2 , . :AU do is 4 Morns Cluisl :ref 111 04 , do .14 r) Norrstny• R , ~ Earn f :, . la H .I.l,nbtel.:** rank . H . * mu 0., it* 2l Ea. .2. - .5 21;4 tau City Iv R . %Si , LI %ma mak 6 u 411, CLOSIE , IO PRICES-STEADY. But. Asir'. Ea. 4.1.4 P 341 &I-- ..... DO, 1t1 1 ,, ,,1 .41 Star.•vt-.... LS • IL.-- . InAs "EN Wfissy's ,t -tux. .11 LS, New... 14 , ti tie .* Is Ist on 221. • ?liana 1. ............it 91. , .; - 2.1 i 2 10 11 R23 . 4snwt ii. ...- Vi M. i L Ltlr ,, l:*Vit- ,,iii .1114 1 . , , , .. " wort oie `Si 5211 i. 1123, 24 Pewes 'L..- - 2,. 2.• " do 1 44 do at. . •• in—_ El Seams FL ..-..._ 3: 1 5 rt.; .. kw —. SE. eoli,2lt "In Pre el3°. E .i .ir lee l 1 14 1 6 . 7 2 i( F a r f s l' n7 l k l'is Soss t i Nk ''''. A.. IP' 2. 1 3 1 Sahlr .! NaT la t 4 1 6 ;a, l l 4 2 ''..d.k. tii k' s,V4N - l i tt Ili Philadelphia Cattle Market. Thu receipts of (title ware not as lane si use t - s week. reachia c about 1,..v) heed. Tie market was trts 4. aid prices about 30 the IN the higher thin Ler' canal. Tha follosine are the particulars of the sales 21 lasso Abrahams. Lane. eo.. *9510. gd 2.lcquitid 2c. Carson. Ohio. $5 510. 25 Coats Jc Trainer, Chester co.. 5.449 56 9 D. Eckman , Ohio. 89. 99 B. C. Baldwin. Chester no., 83513. 33 Kennedy A. Modifies.. Chester co.. *lath. 60 Mooney Ir. Smith. Ohio. *75920. SO null, Ohio. ssss. 30 B. O•ay, Ohio, ti 3.79 .53. IreJ D. W. Gemmtll, Delaware. 87 Ma 11, Isla Frank Co.. Ohio, 53. 32 Murphy A' Co. Ve.. s3a9 75 23 H. Chaos. Pe., e15o:14. ti Snyder. Ohio, 5a7. 2') Ullman. Ohio, 1756. 19 Geo. Stewart. Pa . 80. Id (*.wham et )reesll. PeL e0...51=:•13. 74 Willard. by P..,ldorari,lie, .5, 9 25. 56 ..?e.lrour Hutton. Ye,. 8509... a- 43 Dr. Hopkins. by C..eliran & . 34 S.,,ltt & Rumble. Chester ea. ti-3565 9 75. 19 P.llaLhoway. Lancaster °a u ha 2529.75. 121,, Chandler. Chester el) .Elo9 53. 33 Ice l . Cneater 3539.50. 21 7. Young. be I'. McFillen. Chestar , .3? 54. IS Ilethow%). Va., 83_5054 59. 5u . Kherdy. Lancaster no., 5959. 32 I. Mc Pince. Jr., Chester no.. 53295) Eadca DROVE IS RD. 17 A. Olsen, Pena's. 8, 59. 15 H. Darbneton, Cheater co., $7.19. 47 N. Went:. 17a.. $253 :5. "115 C. Tmullri. Delays, re 810. 22 Wallace Wilkinson. Chester no, 87.1; 5`• 33 Kimble & Kirk. Chester co.. 8759.51 26 13. Hood, Cheater co.. 8759. 17 Thompson, Cheats, eo.. 6742q10. 25 W. H. Forrest. Chester co.. 83.5054 29. 16 Dillr2. Chester coo 5 7 84 About 5,206 Sheep arrived and !old et from 8 to 172 t 3 * lb. net. 71 Cows Sold at 5`30 50 per head. aeci,.rdnr to qUtt dr- The arrival of Hoes at H. G. lintion Craton iouve Yard reached 1.975 bead, at prices ranging from 8? to 7 .7.5 lb. net. according to quality. The market this weeks, very brisk, and prices hal t an upward tendency. 520 head of Hogs arrived and sold at Avenue ';ard by Miller 52 taliman. at 87 to 9 PP . 109 lb. nat. Philadelphia Markets. J . /T[llT 9—ECOMeg. There is no quotable change in the Flour market. Pales nclude 61.0 hbla W. B. Thomas's superfine at 85.7.5. SOO Mils Western extra at the same pm*. hbls good do at Se to Dbl. The retailers and bakers are tun ing at from 83 OD 6p to STZ tvg hbl for common to claotce superfine. extras, and fancy brands. k here is a good demand for straight superfine at our lowest figurte. but holders generally refuse to sell at that priee.i Floor and Corn Meal are not inquired for ; the for is held at e. 23, and the latter 5.1.75 SP html In at sites. Wheat—Thereto very little offering. and a few imult lots hate been oaten at 136 oltro (or rood and Prime reds, ItSatsl2 for winos. Moen holders refuse these rates. Rye is wanted, and Pennsylrama readily cora ninnOt Ole. Corn meets with a I'm:led demand, sod aline 3,05) bushels dry new yelloweold at gre m the earn. Oats are steady ; further small isles of Nina) trasas 14 hiII: Air 4, 15,17,.
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