THE LIQUOR QUESTION. 4 'fide question is exciting much attention at and • • for Harrisburg, pennons t and against the ' ' repel of the. present Restraining Liquor Liw, - , ---_ -_ ___:.__ - , - ._ - 7 - ... . ____ daily . di; in. In the House ast week, ' are palm , • 41 - li nf ircl , outuat. i Mr.M'Cornb, who did not-rote for thy , presentl fig/ AA A• loat , 7 - . 1 law last session, for the reason that it did notl - - cot ' ne up to' his standard, rose ,and said , the ' -,- IMe of year - before last, showed the deep boa '• tilitly the 'people fel: towards the, icense sys-1 - ---; -"--- ;. - . ----- 1 LOM I 4 1834, itrhose. mil effects had ben vast• - RECEIPTS ~ , . i sta te r Piss ! ale to every observer. Ohe hundred andlifty-i 1 1 `''', , ' , B , ' ,pt; , ef I e 0.. "fins's' .1 ., urea 1 2 .0titc,r; , ... • t nine thousand votes -had, bedn polled in. I,s: .11,1 • , i 11 ,,, 1 ,,,,, ,;,•,., n , ~, J A nunry ., 1856, . 2 1 -- .2 ' . . ll oo ° :iin 'favor of unqualified Prohibition ; and one ! i trait )till:'•• . 1 "6. .... 300 • huhdred and ,sixeltbree thoitsail against art • ,, , i Ils het,- to Jam 1, 184, ' ''' t. il i ' ""1. I'' jall' ' I '' ' ' 2 ' 6° 1 \ unqualified - Prohibition 7 -showing,' a ,2 tin „, strong, 'lti. ~r ent , 0 . hey 1,1. 'sae, • ~,e, it"' •.- 2,110 moralsentiment which Pught lett tit be disred Vio Ifsridt., t , July I. 1 .,„ /,, „,, alder \r11:11 . -, '. J 711.1, 1r..1.... T I 1 1 , ,, 2 00 t• , - s n, 01, W. llr,,th . to• 4/ j " I t 1. ., 1 , 56i , ,s 1 , 00 1 fluor rcpresent districts which gaVe major les • • •,.. 1,- . i , . ..„,, el , g ar &A ... Sixty of th.e members , upon , the navie s' , , d '''' tc'.. a Y : 4 '' • 2 00 1 ' f •'" - Fp t•bition -and if`; these: em,, i 1 1 ,,, ~, J u ly I, 1,8.1 f., 7:: • in at r o ro it • 00 ' r te bring ;..,.‘ M. •K,.'; • , :,, Ike .', Itsr . i., , , ‘,.. , , .1 00 t bers vote o us back tiiitkid ', license 1. i1e"."31.01,;.,ntk0' . t t " ii . i f . " ; - ; l i ty '- , l 7, '''). . - ' 2 00 1 8 - v;tem 01' .. 1.‘. 0 .1 4 , they ,will defy the mill of r titeir %% Kurtz. to 'Jan. 1, 1857, ' ', 1 :. 00 1 tituent's as debbenstely expressed., '',He 9 Oil ' ' , A „I, , j P.LIS , II, (t) Jail. 1., 1 , 51, , ... , i .1 00 ) tad not.v9ted,for the act of lost nuttier, as `iii F,Slr. J 15 , Inas, to July,l, 1 , 56, • , Jen% t'. i re•fen, r, J.,n.1,-1.5e, ' r ,2 00 ; bad'not ebtne up.to his atandhrd ; - but he was l , 00, • ,,, • ' ' • I E •••; , lll , ir, to Jan. 1, 1,556,` .- 2 mi 1 not in the uouse'qxow to titke'n retrograde stq. T:,c,t, Frt emelt, tat Jttn. I : , 1857, " 't 2OP l4lo. l *Comh, then named twet.ty-three leis- : C-:-. fie7kersosi, to'Sati. I. 4.)8, ,, ' ite i . hoar: Bess, t.+. Jan. 1',..1 , 57, • _ ^.. ' „ I e l 'll'ativeArts'llieta, an ilierirt" g sixty members, that M,lt 41 110014, to July 1, 1856, • 2' • 00 ' , had given nahjoritiq; for Prohibition. Mr. WC. Jame. P4'111111 4 41. 1..4 Jan.!, 1856. . . . - I,oo' ~ ~ . Martin Wi...lionr, to July I, 181. 1 6, I saw : , . ~ i• Wellingt••t, lii.m... Jun. If'lBsB, 2 501 ,' "Tjiese distiriets had all rertiliated4re- old-11- . George Loch, to July 1, 1554, ~ , i 036, 2 00 . Ler.• ; • ae syitem, anjdoinanded absolute prohibition. 18ens Vill"Y Coal C. to d!''' ' " 3 in 1 MenLbeis here represent their constituent? will., ...s. G. :I.A:lh to Jan. I, 1:•.,5, T. Reynolds A Ce., to Jan. 1, 1 8 5 7 / ! to II heeler, to July I. 1858, antes Downey, to Jar.. L 15.57, I t Jan 1 1857 '7 200' the? cannot pulefor the repeal of the existing .1 00 t law and , • the substitution of the ordinary Deeps° , •2 00 law." The operation of the present enactment, 2 00 parlk9larly in'the rural, districts, bad been calls lioldl4l 111:11.1•Kle,°tromYuly I. "1;56, ' ' 200 factory; uan:y et the towns in the State weretre er. A. Stemberger, ta July 1, 1355, I ‘ 200 stored to ptiee, quiet and• morality; ica_ho had 2 00 no doubt that if the law was all4wed to remain on 1 Vlll Tn.!' V r,rel, 1• , Jan.], 1856,...... , V II ,):,tins, to Jan. I, 165.1", , 2 00 the'statute-book"it would outlive the prejudice en-i kishaa ON entier, to Jan. 1, 1857, 2 00; tertained against it. Ile was rping 1., see it m ice-,1;. Fisher, to Jon. 1, 1857, 2 001 pealed, if a better were placed hi it, stead ; bu ,, tho t c .., Winans, to her. 16, 1 8511 , ' 400 I would etand by it, until another progressive m i e .. 15. Whistler, to Dee. - }4l, 1e56, 200 meat could be made. Before he.concluded his re f'. A ':- Joht s, tc, Jan, 1, 1656, -.• 450 marks he gave way to other business." Sattertheatte, to,Jan. 1. 1857, 200 •In•the House on the 16thitist., lion. E Joy ones‘lttissell. to July I, 1856, 200 l a • M. liet.lle ly. to Jai,. 1, 18;,7, 2'oo M or ri s made a speech on the proposed repeal IN h,te. to-April 15. 1857, 4001 of the restraining 'liquor law. ,The following tali Logatt,to'Jan. 1,1557, 2 00 iii an abstraet'nf his remarks, which will be 15 Carritlai .. o 4'o January 1,L.85 1 1, 200 'vie dIS olliyuS, to March 5, 1856, 200 found instructive ad well as interesting. Mr. - is ,t Lvenh - rd, to Jan, I. 1857, 4 00 Morris who hai had . several years European d Shearer, to Jan. 1, 1856, • 1. 00 continental expetience states• as will be oh heater, to Jan.], 1856, '' 200 ..., i I . -.No....Tiger, to Jan. 1, 18 . 57, 200 served, that no bir rooms are attached to the o J • g onfiller. tan. I, 1851, 10 2. 0 5 2 o hoiels of Europe. They are-in reality not/at Alter, to Jan. 1, 1857, s Wheeler, tlt Jan. 1, 18417, 200 lall necessary to the conduct ,o'f ,isi pla / ce of Beilipion, to Jan. 1, 1856, 2 ( " 1 " public entertainment, and ..we hope? with the Priec A C0.,•t0 Jan. 1,'1x56,, 2 00 s Petite:ride; to July I, 1856, t - c 2, no honorable gentleman, that the time will . lime well, to Jan. 1; 1857, . 2 00 arrive," when a hotel witlyd liar attached?' P. Parrot, ti Jan. 1, 15:7, 2 00 t . "2 -00 cannot be found' in this ()entry; But to M i r. Gotten...al , t , Jul) ~ , 1,, :J.),/ 11:1‘,.r.,4 Bro., to Jan 1. 1856,• 2 00 Morris' speech: Nollare. Jr.. to Jan. I. Iss6i 2OO "Mr. Morris said / he was entirely uncommitted Benson, to Jan. I, 1856, 2 00 on this subject;',ex r eept as -he was the rerresenta. ' nitipind .1.-'alt.., to Jnn. 1, 1856, 200 Use of .a Chri,stian cotnittunity, cominitted to tfle I Guild, to May 20, 1856, ,„„2 00 cause of morality, law and order. ,Ho ha.4/dut f. Prentice A son. to Jan. 1,;1856, 200 yielded to - the secret moneyed combination of - the I' Allostsustli, to Jan. 1, 1856, 4 75 - Liquor League, norixad he given any secret pledges, Dow, to Jon. I, 19t4,, - 3 b° inconsistent witlifttriotict impulses. The hiagua i W i Ward. to Dee, S. 1856, 2 00 was a powerful one in Philadelphia county, It I •+„-cot:, to Dee. 8, 1856, .2 00 had overruled one patty and threatened to over- 1 1 A t .irtt r. to Jan. 1, ISA 3 65 rule another. ThelOnrestrained sale of liquor had. soiipsou A l'i ,to Jan. 1, 1856, . 2 °° i been regarded, in hit civitized.eountries, as one. df in ehild, t•i Jen. I. Isaii, 2 4 ° ' the greatest inisftlt tunes' which could befall [beer. I 'ho log, to Jan. I, 1,56,- 2 O Ae ~..s the wnter, the humane citizen and plillap-1 leteher A. Co., to Jan 1, 1856 2 0001 td:upist had *tithed in Great Britain to gather the W i El. Wood. to May 20, Isttb • -4 , • -" facts the'use of intlixicatifig liqulirs.::' Valley C.tal C0.,1.771i117y, - 1 - 858, 400 The comintttnents from drunkenness in the Lotted] •• , .. Wicco t ir o, Jan. 1,,'57, 4 : , 0 .„6, Kingdom are gradually declining. In tho • city of : Watt rs. to Nov, 13 1555, - 1-6 ' Lowion;. in 1831;1here ,had been 31,000 commit- A ('hip ) , , to July I, 1050, 2 25 tnents for. drunkenness,;•in 1811, 15,000, and in I iron, Jr., A Co,, tuJuly 1, 1556, 1 GO 1851, only 10,001 Vin Scotland, to which a special , n , A t -„ ~„ Joh 1. 1 , .,6, 2 25 law has been extended closing the public . houses W-e-"' - •" 1 ' 1 . - ' 1 a 51- •lh . ' 6, - 4 00 on the Sabbath, the mosCheneficial in6detices had imitate, to i in. t, 1x.6, . 3 V° been obsetved. ' ' , holy' A Miller, to Jan 1, lsr , b, 400 "The' face of Ireland, in certain districts, had I. Vsnsy cle A Co., to July 1, 1856, 200 been entirely changed by the voluntary enaCturent - A Hanley, to July 1, 1805, 2 00 of Prubilution IT4the people themselves, by self- Wallace, to 11/7..17, 18.56, 2 00 imposed Prohibitory legislation quell as we are so r`A Rockwell, to •Feb. 10, 1,056, 2 00 tender of inflicting upon our constituents, even at d Beek.'to January 1,1851 h• . 2 00 theirrequest- The' only triode of stopping the .Is, t - July 1, 1856, ' 1-00 vice was to remove altogether the source of temp: Charles Dittle, to January 19, 1857, -2 00 tation. In Swilleb, midi as been the evil from the Jacob - Monk Esq., to Jannary_l, 1856, 225 unrestrained sale of di ors mu Ith ,4 d - qu , a i e egra a i tieo. Zimmerman, to March 23, 1865, 2 00 tion which had' come upon ono of the best Dupuis- IJan.es 'loosen, to Nov. 3, 1856, 200 tions of. Europe, that the King had from his throne ),, =Jacob Child, to Nov. 3, 1 ,1 50, . 200 called the attention of his PaYljeanent to Hie sub- I tees ens it Beeler, to Nov. 3, 1856, ____-- -"- era ehristian,..toJan._l, - -11157, - - .. -. 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 00 ony. Hutchinson, to Nov. 17, 1866, 2 00 M. Cult'. to Dee. 3, 1857, ni. Henderson. to Jan. 1, 1857, 2 00 cob Little 1 Co., to Jan. 1, 1356, ederirk Goodell, to Dec. 8, 1‘ , 55, nlion Cutting, to Dec. S, 185 ff, A. G. W. Bailey, to Jan .; 1, 1056, „ 120 erinan M las, to Jan. I, 1856, L. Young, to Jon. 1, 1856, ject, and had `asked reformatory legislatton: In . E. Cnrson, to Nov. 3,1856, Buenos Ayres, no, liqudr we/allowed to be sold, to be titanic iq.,p,nlalie;,'lteif-411 knew what it curse the traffic has the'!Mien tribes on our . W. Sudlow, to Jan. 1, 1858, 2 00 frontiers. Legislation on that su,bject had been' 2 00 first asked, fie believed, by General Jneksen; The first law of a Prohibitory kind was. enacted -in 4 00 1834, under the administration of Gen:Jackson, 2 00 the great Ajax of Democracy. Intoilcatingliquor 2 00 had been called "fire-water," for it wax as destruc tive as . the wildest conflagration in a city .in the' 4 33 'dark hours of midnightA it had chased them,away 2 00 like a morning cloud, &wept some of the tribes out f. H. )loft, to Jan. I. 1856, 2 00, ' of existence and obliterated their names from his ,. Winslow, to Dec. 1, MR, 2 00 tory, and proved it greater , scourge than the sari a. Williams, to Dec. 1, 1856, ' 200 ous pestilences they had caught from the white Powers It Broths, to Jan. 1, 1856, 2 00 settlers. Without pledging himself to prohibition, 1. P. Day, to Jan. 1, 1856, 2 00 except by his Vote at the ballot box, which be losses A Co.. to Jan. 1, 1856, 4 50 would do again if lie had di; opportunity, he . R. Frazier, to'Nov. 24, 1856, ~ . • 2 00 would fall back upon the history of legislation on jeompson, Everett A. Co., to Jan. 1, 1856,, 200 this subject, and sat that we' ;of Pennsylvania, Sutton,.l.l., Sept. 16, 1856, 2 00 while enlightened legislation had adopted the A. Child, to Nov. 17, 1856, 2 00 most rigid reformatory :measures, cannot stand 1.. Shippen,,t(sJart. 1, 1856, , I_o still; we must not retrogado; we must go on and ler id Itsnl., to Jan. 1,1857, 2 1 :1 0 tenaciously hold our ground. We aro told that ineph Itowt.ing, LS Jan. 1, 1856, 1 00 some individual will suffer if the law be repealed irts.'llnnipshire, to July 1,1856. 2 00 The law had been clear as to the'periorl for which ,rrick di Reuben, to July 1,1850, 2 00 license, were granted, and those who voluntarily incurred the penalties of the lave have no right to commiseration froia the Legislature of Pennsyl vania, who were commissioned,to enforce - the law. "The present law was objectionable in some of its features. He did not like the penalty of lin, prieonment, or the .encouragement it gives to , pub": lie informers; heit best to progress slow ly and to carry-the-Peep!. with him ; but much as he objected to some of the, hiinor details, he was not prepared to vote for a repeat because the 'prin ciples on which the law is based nre noble. It had been inspired by good motives; its object had been to correct an evil which had worked deep degradation to the,people of the State. The great object of the law bad been to prevent the sale of liquor in bar-rooms, with its temptations, hilarity and fascinations-bar-rooms which were the foun tain head of all this business. If bar-rooms could be obliterated, immense blessings would be con ferred upon the people. An gentleman ever sate a bar-room in Europe attached to a hotel, anal he hoped to see the time when oneconiti not be seen in thilicountry. " The law had changed the system of licensing frotn the County Treasurer to the Courts ! of Quar ter Sessions; and only American citizens were .au: therited to Pell liquor, both which provisions he defended: If •%ilia be repealea, in Philadelphia they will be thrown back upon the law of 1849, ;which had been, l a bounty on intemperance; which had atitnulnted `pauperism and crime, almost ns much as if a premix m had been offered to drunk enness. -The Sunday law waiono of a series of progressive ennettrients, and he could not yield an Inch Utitil he had the security of some efficient re formntory legislation. If ,this were not offered, ho would vote againtt the repealing bill. He was for reform-for abating this tremendous evil, unintimi dated by clamor, and marching forward with the white banner of peace and good will to humanity in his hands. " me: Morrie continued at some length in advo caey of his views." INI ~r POTTSVILLgi___PA! SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1156. BUSINESS NOTICES. ,-• . , I • 11 .4 A.PERS ON it wanted to take charge of a store . -7, Pee n.dverti! , einent, , . . .•i t " - LOST.—A small pocket note book. See adver. "Atisoment for particulars. . 2 :0 - - T HOMAS TURNER wants a situation to run an etigiwei. See his advertisement. ' SI-iF NOTICE of Dissolutiozwigned David P. rown and J. W. McFarland. .y . • c•-•:', .sEi.: Arnitiistrat,es Notice, signed Edward . :•.,.. amilton„kelininistrator.' • . - ..i , ' "Till'. SIGN OF TIM BIG BOOK."4.l"hir "old r -.'., ibli•hed Look stand:"No. `.22:i North Third St., itaelelplo t i:,s . is offered ter sale: - For particulars, advertisement signed A., L. Adams. . _ '- - "-i VALENTINES.—Bannan has pp hand a large, '614 .:,,r L., ek, and remarkably' flue, assortment of these 1- .alts,;ye: of frien , l , hip and litre, Which he is pro f r• '' ed to disposal of at reason - aite'ruteell wholesale -....L1 ti retail. I - • ' „ - t:. .1 , VALI - ABLE PROPERTY, FOR SALE.—We ";. vit e particular attention to nn advertisement. ~,) ... "tiler column, of valuable Coal and 7 Timber ..4,.. , wt.!, tow lots and landings, in this Munty,fdr 1 :,'.``: le, signed Greenawalt & -George. ' This is a rare ...,.*„. !tomalley for yuribasers., k. : 4 wwwwssmisexammemusins. Ai"}; oVVI.I.I)GNIENT.—To Messrs: Leho and ipple . 7 arc indebte'd - for public doeuccients, • PERSONA t..- , -=Wkalways thought the editor t the Spii'it-the Wilkesbarre, t-gentleman—hut-aQer reading an article in a few days ri4l - }• : Alitir regard to our t , :il.„.;:tstisties, we must confess that we have Ms;.leral t le doubt-mi that putnt. , ~ 1 Ntm Pecs,LETrEg;_-4\ 7 e. invite the cicular attention of'..the.:Canl trade to our York letter this week,... It contains an )ortatit deeisionxitiriep'hi to the carriers As it relates principally to Ccal, it he found under our COal-}lead. • KiNE.--612 tie first page of to-day's , or, I,r ; fouudan exceedingly interest. biographical sketch of this - hero of the , Arctic ExpeAlitioprbr. William C. El.. While we Condem n the tyrannical action the father, who to, gain notoriety, made subject of his whips - , a promiuent,.influ., ial and resitedtable member of the SOciett Prielids, we recognise and: praise tho eon. hoUor to lir. Kane, .theleariss American ME X.( EICNO ft, SOW SENATOR BIG I:ER. ~:entionian is 2 ontsi-a letter in favor of Buchanan, forife Presidency. This a Knauer of course, notwithstanding it reported betorejlic — faucas that he was 1(1S01 i() Buchanan. '.4Bigier was the Catho enndi.lat4., and was defeated by Gov. Pot.: . Ile appointed thiiLlton. James Camp. attorney. General after' he was rejected ri l .• people as a Judge. Campbell will go. Buchanan for the. Presidency, (if Pierce !s not get the noinintition,) and so , will •ry foreign Rotnan , Catholic in the 'Country. Puttiville Gozitte, the RotaanCatholic Or. county, Jta i s already hoisted the name WTI eS I - Indiana for the Presidency. A rrt r...; ni:s( OCR A .The last Con vott:d the Coiling Lineiof Steamera_ ~000 per.tthimm. $33,00P the round for earring the mail to The Government pars thelk",atiard Line iv about one In - ail/at sun Cam. Van hilt-offered to do ih . e 2 aerv9 c e for halt that ii---=but it appears betlid not - shell out the , ans" quite as libPrally as the• Collins did. Several members of Conireaa took ip to Europ e in the Collins. crnmedi •itfti T o'w adjournment of the lkst Co'n. itilierbilt hne renewed his offer to •s t do the gOltie . i4ervice fur half the In connection with this matter, our readers are aware that Mr. Wilkins, Senator'',lrom Allegheny county, and Chairman of the Com mittee on Vice and immorality, in the Senate, last week reported from that Committee, a new bill to supercede the present law. - Mr. Wilkins is a man interested in a hell in Alle ghry county, and one who has pro4ed "rem . alit to the cause , of Temperance, while his head is covered with the frost of age, and his lengthened experience should have taught him .all the horrorsof the rum traffic, and strength. ened him in a resolution to - oppose its deso lating progress. Alas, for a dishonored old age "We extract from Mr. Wilkins' bill, the foll O wing sections, which contain the principal . ations : • - Snef'4l., The taverns, inns,hotels nod publio houses Anil: ho arranged an classed according to theestimitted and adjusted yearly rental, ur, as `the care may be, according to the annual estima ted valuation of the house and property intended to be oceepied as ono of the said public bullies, and the rated price of a license, for one year, shall be as follows; to wit: • For the trst class $lOOO, in all eases where the adju.steryearly rental or valuation of the house and property occupied or intended to be. occupied for that purpose, sh%ll-be $lO,OOO or more. For the second class, where the rental shell be $BOOO and not more than ;1.0,060, the pre of the license a4all be $BOO. . For the third class, where the rental shall be $6OOO and not morelhatt $BOOO, the price of the license shall be $6OO. For the fourth clam, where the rental shall be $4OOO, and not more than $5OOO, the -price of the license `shall be $4OO. For the fifth class,. where the rental shall 4 $2OOO and not me than $ 4 OOO, the price of t license shat! he $ 0, For the_Laixtiticlitis; - iiheie'the rental shall • • 3 1 0001*nd - hot more=than-$2OOO, the price of the liconsb shalt be $2OO. /For the,serenth'eltuis, where the rental shalt be 'ssoo and'not more than $lOOO, the price of the license shalt be411:10. Fur thik,eight - class, where the, rental _shall be $3OO and shall not be more thatissoo, the Vico of the license shall bi $5O. • Fur the ninth class, where thi - rigatal * shall he $l5O and shall not be more than $3OO, the pripe of the linens. shall be $3O. For the tenth class, in all eases where the rental shall be ander die. sum of $l5O, the price of the -license shall be $26. - SEc. A. That those tavern, inn and bt tel keep. ors, wll4 apply for a license to rend and retell only eider, beer, ale.'mait and brewed heverr t ge. be classed in the same-mannerist above mentioned in the preceding fourth and /halite Pers. rally assrssetl.and lazed according to the chum in which they shall respeetirely be plaCedat one•half the rates-mid POMP whore ennefirated: Ste. 16. Any elierairt," druggist,' apothecary, brewer, flit:tillers - feigner or manufacturer of wines or liquors, : or any.other person, or persons within this CorntnOnwealth, who shall. adulterate, render impure or deleterious by any mixture of other liquid or ingredient whatsoever; any wines : ardent spirits, malt or other Ii tam . , and Abell sell, or offer,to .2 sell, or in any way dispose of the same, knowing _the same to be so adulterated - or mixed, .1 - or'shull'hring frow another &aft into thin Com- I 'mon wealth Rey such mixed lir adulterated wine,' spirits or malt or other liquid, knowing 1,104 saute 1 to, be so mixed and_adulteratet% each and every such offender and offenders shall be deemed guilty ! of a. misdemeanor and liable . to' indictment, and', upon cOnvictimisthereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine of net loss than LSO and not exceeding $lOO, ands ill also undergo confinement in the common jail:r be , proper.county, for a term, at the dime, 1:,..t. At.* •the cOurt, of . not less than six_months and not exceeding one. year. ~ Tho:Starne , old tune, in a ne!fr form only.— Without reference to the question of Tight or ikiong,ior the ill-effects of licensing indiscrimi natelY,lthronghout the Stat 9, money will com mand a license, as of . pore; if the substitute be, passed. Let the mem — hers' of the present , . Legislature be cautious of what they-attempt . ..to substitute in the' placelof the present liquor law: The people—thel may rest assured,. 'will not submit to a re?:•enactment of the old , system of licensing BOOK A.ocraiss:—We undirrstand that the 'Post‘inaster dt Tarniqna, who keeps a small bookstore, &mit much relish the deciiop of the Judges of our. Court with ,regard to Book : Auctions., ..11e - ought not to complain of ~h is -.De mocratic brethren--and he, as mood Demo 'trot, of course favors free trade.. WC,4,did not like that decision or its doctrine either, but.we •:.believed, under that decision,. we had as good a right to open an Auction for selling books in the County iu which we resided, , as a stranger from Illinois:Land we determined to carry out the principle and ahoy the County how it - - works.: We s have always advocated the prin e, protectio n—we of do so nor—and we firmly believe that the businewcommunity ' ought to be protected 'against traveling ped iers7-and believe that the law does' protect them. :Our Court, however, whichis celebra ted for rather a singlardecisionenitheliqu - or Law, has given a 'different one—and to back it up the sham Democratic papers of our Borough called upoi i the people to patronize the traveling peddler, n preference to the mi . . dent book-sellaw r ibich is in accordance with the principles - of the party they and the. Post-` master belongs too. Under 4lich efreurnstances the — Rost-master ought not to -complain—lie certainly ought not to object to take a dose of his own physic. now suggest a plan for the protect' „tion-tif-the- - book , seilersFindependeut2of—tkis. , decision . of the Court. , Let the Borough Councils of each of 'the towns in the County pass an ordinance convening traveling book peddlers, who, have not been residents _of the. place for one year to take ,out license for permission to sell in. said borough . tbis license can 'be fixed at • from $5O to $lOO or this privilege, according to ciret ----- rtimes, and from $2O )to $25 a night for the privilege of selling at Auction:• This the. different .boroughs have a right to do, and will p::t • au effectual stop,tO the business. 'ln this ordinance we would 'except 'colpor 7 ' teui.S for religious. associations, and agents of the 'Bible society who confine themselves px-- clusiiely, to the se,ligiOns• publications: ~ ..STATE' PLiTA.RY CaTENTION.-A. Military eonventiiii ccinvened '64 Harrlabtrz , on Mon : day fait: .Gen. Geo.; Cadwallader pesidedy assisted -by—anumber of Vice Presidents, 4: amongwhich .we observe the name of Gem Geo:C. Wynkoop of SchtiYlyill. They recoil'. mend a re-organization Of the Militia of the canmonwealth, and passed the following re solutions:,' '"-Resolved, That we' recommend the re-or ganization of the Military Department of the State, to iricrrase-its efficiency; enlarge • its powers, and, proiide reasonable pay for its officers: That in the opinion of thisTonvren lio'n, itshould be made a separate and inde pendent bureau of the Executive branch of the GovernMent. "Resoltled,' That in the .opinion':of this Con vention, the military tax should not be less than one dollar for' each citizen taxable'for military . purposes. That aboard of field _of ficers' selected from each brigade for that per pose, be empowered to make lists or persons taxable—appomt .TOileetoreand treasurers, and disburse the fund/ raised in -payment of the expenses of the/brigade ; and that all collecting, receiving/and disbursing officers be required to give/security, to_ be approved by, said bq a rd, for the faithful performance of their duties." / • / A committee was appointed' to lay thisim • " • einem befcire the Legislatnre. - • ~ AMFRICAN MEETINGAT FLARRI9PIUtIG : ;--Pn Tuesday . nightlast, an enthuaiiistie ; Anierican meeting was,beld at Ilarriibuig. The Hon. John C. Kunkle, representative in: COngresi, made . an able and eloquent'speech, relative to the condition of things at Wasblugton, and the course of tfit Americans and Republicans in the struggle, for the Speakership. , Mr. ingminof the Susqnebann9. District, and Mr..M'Clmont, of the Venango District, members of the House of Representatives, and Mr. Jos. Carey, also addressed the meet ing. / A series of resoluticins were adopted, endorsing the course of Col. Kunkle in Con grees, and expressive of an earnest' "hope of a firm and thorough union of the Americans and Republicans in Congress, and throughout the . Country, in opposition to the spread' of Slavery. ' AMERICAN AND REPUBLiCAN CACI:US AT WasnmemoN.—The Ameiican and Republi c can forces of the House, to the number' of 85, assembled in caucus last weeks The Hop. James H. Campbell, of Pennsylvania., occupied the chair. The staled' of the Speakerahip was introduced, when Mr. Banks who : was present, stated that he would withdraw his name, as a candidate, if it would facilitate an orenization,or if there was any other gentleman upon whom they could unite with-a prospect of success. The subject was dissCussed at length, - when out 4 qtvotes in caucus, 66 were given 'for Mr. Ba:iikti.• On the occasion, Mr. Campbell made an effective speech, which inspirited the ones djspoied to bolt. . .ORGANIZATION OP CONOII6B9.—As the pre sent delay in the organization is esteemed' and justly too, discreditable, to • the dignity of Congress, there seems Act bet,.:7ln inclination to cast censure upon the friends of Mr. Banks. The responsibility of the affair rests upon those members who oppose the plurality rule. The friends of Mr. Banks have 'been, atit still willing to adopt it, for the purpose of effect ing an organiiation. In 'cases-like the pre, sent, it is imperative that the rule should be adopted, and theb 'sines& of the country go on. We hope t opposition will perceive, 1 iithe propriety of ting it forthwith. i TRICKS or Tat LIQUOR Max.—ln the Le gialktare on Monday, Mr: Kerr presented a petition for the repeal of the restraining qnorlaw. One of the petitions, he said, bore clear evidence on its face that the aigrattures of the fifty-six names had been appended by the-same person, with the same ink, and pro bably at the dame time.: He said , he knew several of the Persons 'whose names were af. fixed, and he did not believe that they hid laPthorized any one to sign their names for . them. He believed, and had no doubt; that the preparation of.the - petition was a bad handed trick.- , . Moak Renunrcutterr tx rue Auts House. —Reform' new tome singly. We see , now that the Steward of the Cantu Alms House, is making desperate and extensive atforti to save the people's money. Director Schwalm has been charged for pagthring a"butt " of his on the grounds. of the Institution, end having his hones shod at the expense of the bointy. Go anemone Worthy steward, mud you may succeed' at tins rate, in enttin "down the expellee of Alms Rome, 'ithielt 'in 4 few years-hate4nereimi.firtiM4sslKiielit. SE 1.41314 noyt- 11mq% ; 7 13 y steants i hip AfriatiAt Nei Yak from riiverpoot, we are in possessions of Euro II - peen dates to iliel9th init. • Tha'; intelligence by this arrival :consists merelj of an extension of previously ing rieace .rntuers. Nothing defenite yet known from St. Petersburg, speculations con tinue COntradictoy. Interview* bad been had between Counts I Nesselrode and Esterhazy, but thy , main trUelstions at issue had riot been discussed. The ;expectation from Russia is neithei a refusal nor acceptance, but such a modinid counter.PropOsition as. may give rise to negotiation and ; delay. On the oat-et-hand , ~ • the Palmerston qabinet must meetpatliament, early in .next - moith, with a decided announce ment : :either of imee or war., As regards" Frane;e„ rumor reports the tone ofihe French Government as ligAin more warlike; but this feeling may be 'increased' or dimiiiisheil by the decision of the allied • Councifof War about to open its sessifin in Paris. Russian prepar ationa to continue the conflict are on' a larger • scale ithan ever. •I From the Crimes there is nothing of imp, rtance. , On December 22d, the Pi.:ench blest up one of the five docks of Sebastopol„, and reduced that fine Work tott heap of ruins. - Affairs in Asia Miner are un• changed - MI lirttain. There is no news of political interest. Thp freedom of the city of Glasgow has been .presented to. the, Earl of Elgin; in testi mony ,of his nicrits as Governor-Geueral of Canaoa.' Lord gl g in insde'a good speech on the occasion. 1 Prance. Napoleon hasipre'sented to Queen 'Victoria as a' New Yeats gift, an Album containing watercolor paintings by the most eminent sr tists;each picture representing some incident in the .Queen'sl visit to Paris. To the Em press he has preiiented a costly and_ingenious ly de*ited service of plate. Denmark. Thy Sound Des Conferences, which were to ho , e been.opOked at Copenhagen' on the 21 of Januaiy, are postponed indefinitly. Italy, Soine excitement has been caused 'to the Pontificial Government by the report that the President of M,4ico has suppressed the Mex ican )egation inlßome, and has withdrawn. the Minister. The iirchires of the office are al ready packed tit) for removal. Worse all: it is reported that the Jesuits are being ex pelled from MeXico, and that:full freedom of religious worship is to be established. ' miseesiaweeiss. • The railway from Moscow to Petersburg is to be-protected by redoubts placed at inter vals along the line. TllipoN,—Wel are pleased to otiserVe tha thronghout Pennsylva&a, there is a strong diepdaition tnantfested to unite all the , ele- Medi of opposition, to the present General . Government, with a view of succes next fall. 'At Itarrishurg,!the Americans and Republi cans' kc., have in caucus adopted a platform— satisfactory to ;both parties as a ground• of nnioii. In Ilairisburg the Whig and Ameri can papers have . united their forces, and in Fratiklin ; county, the organs of the Whigs,. Republicans mi l d Americans hate Also united. Thik union of ;the different elements is pro gressing all , oqr the State, except :at two or three points, where the editors of - . particular papE;a keep up( a division to subterve their owe." - ,p" Hyatt: purposes. The peeple however understand their motives. DEMOCRATI‘I4ND AMERICAN CACCUBSES AT WAiMINCTON.IOII Wednesday, immediately aftei..adjournment the Democratic members ofzthe House W"nt into caucus and (Mr. Rich ardkon having! withdrawn,) Mr. 014, Of South Carolina; was unanimously nominated for Speaker, oic the - principles, but not the platform which;governed the selectit.n of the fornier at the first caucus. - The Americans "meanwhile helda amps in one of the Coinmittee rooms. They are wil ling e , to:withdraiv Mr. Fuller, but insist on or ganization on ni . broad national groUnd. _ - _ Punta „ . Rilafitso bcooLs.--We have re ceiniti a copy of the second Annual Report of the School Bonfil- of the City of Reading, a pamphlet of 62 pages, from which we glean ; the following: 1 . . • ."'ilie number !of schools in the city of Reading are 0; teacher?, 72, and scholars -41191. ~ The amodnt expended for school purposes in the Read ing School District for the year ending : dune 1, 185 S; was 1118,974 91—being an excess of $l,- 443 1, 9 over the receipts. Night schools for males and; emales havO, Isithin the list ten Months been opened in variode parts of .v the city, and attended by d.'large number-of puptle ' RMPLIMt.NT TO THE MEMBERS or THE Scup:n:llm; 0 1 01.71VrY BAR.—At the. Girard House, . in Phil adelphia oti ,Tneaday evening . lest,'::Seveml Otlemen, members of the Bar of this viere•the recipients of a splen, did":".ditper ; a compliment , from Edward Boyle, Bag. It is describe d as having been a ieck#rche affair, in,every respect. - "inuTs:rEns, l l is the classical term. now of fered to ptitti-ingginglawyers who hang about the !Tcitrilts" and, Prisons of New York and, Philadelphia; ?tiering their services to Pris oners. . ... • STATE TnexsuaEn.-=-Henry S. hfagrain, of Lancaster, the caucus' nominee of the Sham- Deitiocraty, was elected' State Treasurer on Monday last. , Dir. Atagram •was h Whig in PittOmrgh, IG . lyears ago.- ; , . , . iOrATIOi 8 , o F raR Sul* • LW. ver al'4eepera 'of housia in Philadelphia were coniieted unde t pthe Sunday Law during the red*. The proprietors. of Jones' Hotel weie on trial on Thoraday last. Acquitted. • AainnActr Coil. is scarce in Boston, and retail prices h4ve advanced to $8 :per ton.-- Wejold you that if the winter was severe, the aupply would be short. 4PREMC Cojuar.—The cases carried up to the Supreme Court from Schuylkill county; , i . were argued during.the week in Philadelphia. In the flon4 otbillonday, Mr. Hipple pre. eenind a petitiln for the repeal of the restrain. ing liquor law The Diayllcrisimp ifittriuti OF THE AOL, ---Nettire-nowi, nd'then, brings ford) such ge -1 ninii.s as Newton, Shakespesre,...Talleyrand,, Milton, Nelson,' Napoleon, Washingtbn, Frank lin, Jefferson Luther, Cromwell and Jackson. Their powerf ut r intellects compelled the world to admire them. " • The genius pf the present ag e is Discov• gait In the progress of the arteand scion ces,';lhis age is immeasurably supetini to any former one. The present 'century &tends pre eminent for its 'wonderful Aiscoverieti in the sciences. and arts.-:q Among these, the noble science of Medicine has made great progress. Paniesson Hom.owal has discovered and prepared a reinedy for the diseiaes of man in whatever climd.destiny may have given him 'birth. • We have, in a former article , intro. daced to our readers this distinguished physi .ciati, whose putation is already !grafted on the world' shistory. As a physici an, he has' copied Nature, and among physicians he stands the acknowledged Emperor. Both in the sale of his !medicine., aniLin the number of patients that have taken them, he is unri valled. Professor Holloway has- labored •to supply the human family with a permanent remedy for their diseases: to which thisalliict ed May, have recourse with amoral certainty that they wii3 be cufed. - Them is no diiesse to which they will not afford relief. His Pilli and.:Ointnadlit„ prepared from selections frotti"thd - vegeta ble.: kingdom, !with, great . cari f will, drive disease out of. the - igstem. Thnestinds of the most intelliftent minds of all nations, Men distinguished in ever 7 sphere of life—the statesman, philanthropist, eon queCtr, and those whose highest aim ta to - do good. to their fallow men, unite in their praises of the reinedie. discovered by Ptofenne__Hol lowa* for, the removal of disease- _ In;uniting in this general reanumendation of the remarkable virtues of Holloway's, rem edirli; we only perform a Christian thigh-, which the, as should " naive neglecti 2 lhose who ant tmineof the good they.dcria the World, havia,juat chum upon the preaifittaid in ex- Le** the 004 ezteutof theiipOwer:. 'therefore, we haitialebtraaned to expreti cipttroubst liol**4lfolttirAx . p to Ai' renknfriki:o ist4taviu restOstU of 'the sick , :to health:—NefrlU • 4 ''r ME ' : IiEIiORT OF TSB POZOPTELLIS WATER CO. I To the StoikAelderie e>firke liotieritti Water.Com 'ploy. - : : I , The Point of Managms of th e Pendell!. Water Egml pany beg leave to present to yon a @tate:mot of the pre. sent condition and future prospecte of their Works. Ins total amount of Mow subwiiiptions of stock was 4344 shares, amounting in the sigregste.to $1117.8f0. hearty all of which Is palilln. The balance ts in process eteolioethm, and in a short time, we have reason to be. Bei , wilt be paid in fell. - ~-'•- ,- . The total ant of the Pottsville Water Works, to Jan uary lst, 1654 will be found in the plluwing ezhiblt : llealEetate,lot at Wolf Creek Dam, ;.$l . lO 00 . ._ Construction of main line from • • Wolf Crash Dam to its corner..: • tion with the old pipe, 10A31 87 • . lost of main laid in Pottsville. • since the introduction of Wolf Creek water. 10.061 isi . : Cost of New Works, $107,342 SO Old Water Works, amt, of stork. 20450 00 • flantylkill County Water Works, - bought at Cost of Oil Works. Total cost of rottscillayVatem Works. $1 , 49.9a 70 It affords the managers much pLizaurs Is being able to state to the Stockholders that the liabilities of the Com. palsy are nominal, compared' with the , - hisTe ain°°°t of WWI( done within the two past Inv.. The followingei.- tilbit shows the indebtedness of the Company, January let, Inn': Disputed claims, + 111,51.11 00 Dilli payable, outstandinglusion, ii 1,629 50 D. Thump:seri, do do ; f 145 00 Indebtedness nn the New Work, ' $3.255 50 J. Wu64la =state, for loan on the Old Work, 1,300 00 Total indebtedneu of the Potter4le Water Company, • 14,530 50 We beg leave to call year attention to the Iket that on an expenditure .of $107,313 70 Otte cost of the New Wurk) there remains only an indebtednees of $3,255 50, which amount is amply covered by the uncollected bal ance of new stock: leaving the neer construction of the Work free from debt. The following Statement Wihibits the earnings of the Pottsville 'Writer Works, from April4st,lBs4. to October Ist, 1855,AlWriod of eighteen mortths By Watir rents,Votal assessment' from April let, 1854, to October lst, 1855, .; . WO 18 To eapenee account • • ;; $BB3 97 To interest' . do , 944 24 To Superintendence, , , .. 833 25 • • To profit and loss, t , 120 67 • • • Total expenses from April Ist, lEks,t, to Oct. . bit Ist, 1855 2,582 13 Profit's' for eighteen masittss, ending Ode* Ist, 1555, • . ' • $5415 05 There is included in the above:item of prolltici letted bills amounting to $1,748 7s, of.athich about-dne half is considered doubtful-401111M, therefore, Vitt 36, the half of these accounts outstanding from the above, will leave a net picillt of $5,340 69;t0 the earninpot the Works for the pastmighteen months, ending October Ist, 1855. Previous to October 1a.1855, the Company had received but little benefit from the 'New Work: but since that time the consumers of water have multiplied rapidly and 4111 continue to Increase the ensuldit Summer. which will very,:efaterially Rivetl the reeedritli hereafter.. The rissessraenta for water' rent forte six months ending April Ist. 1856, will. amount t4l.not lea than $5,500, with a fair prospect of the succeeding she month' in creasing to $6.500, which will make a total of SI2,CSaI for. the present year, ending October lirt,'lBb6: which certain.' ly promises to the Stockholders esure guarantee for the future of a good paying stock, exempt fonn.tazatiori, It will, however: be necessary to Make • more /stens! ins through the streets of our borough. and also the borough of St. Clair, in order to impply thi many applicationsfor water. by which meant', only, theyerenne can be increas ed and the stock made more valuable to the holder. , In conclusion, the Board have only to my that pre sent condition at the Treasury" ; Warrants. them in de claring a dividend, at recommended by -the committee appointed by a former meeting Of the Boil, of which the annexed is their report: - :--,--.,-- To the l'resident and Boartii of Directors of the .P.,tomilie voter Company. i The undersigned committee. aPpointed by your Board, to report 'what can be done bv : thil Company in regard to declaring a dividend, respectfully report-- That it appeared to your eouimitkv, uponireferenee to the statements furnished by .the Superintendent and Tren.urer. that the earnings.of the Company will pay a dividend clop' to six percent. pet annum on all the cap ital stock of the Company from the time the same was actually paid in: for the whole midget Intervening since the last dividend was declared by . this Company; but in asmuch as a large portion of the barninits of the Comps no have peen expended iii permanent improvements and extensions of the Company's works, your, committee rec. otinnend that so much as shall be equal to six per rent. per annum. on the stock of the Company, from the time it was Xi-tunny Paid In up to the let day of July laat, es• timnting from the time the last ilividend was. declared, be paid in certificates of loafs.- redeemable With interest, -on theist of May. 1857, .and.cotiv4tible into stork at the option of the holder. And that ii cash dividend of three per cent.. estimating-from the -first day of Jolt last, „be also pxid; it being understood, tiowever, that it any eel. titivates of Stock "issued since the Ist of-July last, on which the money was not paid in full, said stock shall ~nalf be. entitled to interest from the time the money wa: Paid: ' -'- -',. Your committee , in Order to g6 : e time to make up se c counts, 'and apportion the dividend according to the scale above recomtnended r suggest that-the dila .end be made pay - able on and after the first Monday in February next. ' BEISIAMIN POTT, 1 tbsamitrre ...,.....,.r t t F. W.IIUGIiES. ., .7 ER EMi Xii -it E fiDk. • on EDWARD YARDLKY: Diriderwfs. Publisted by order of the Boatd of Managers. JACOB 1115 STZlNGER,Ja.epresident. Wis. .1.. fit eQnsin. Strraary .- : Putts, iii e , January 26 , ' l ' 4 l' THE COAL TRADE. ~~~~~ Tho quantity sent by Railroad this weak bat increased considerably, amounting' to 17,122 07 tows. Total 148,807 01 tont , against 197,102 08 tons to Caine period last year.. There are so few mining foal in this Region, and so small it portion of •'depul work" progressing to prepare the mines for next season's business, that there is scarcely stainient Coal taken, out to supply the demand on the line and in the city.— In Boston the supply of Anthracite will be short, ansi . the price has advanced to sB4Wor ton by retail. In New York there is only .Limit3o day's- sap .ple of Anthracite in yards-tbut 'foreign bitumi nous Coal is plenty, which- tend, to keep down the adrance in retail prices. lloArnmes ME6Tl3O.—The Boatmen have call ed n Convention to be held at Schuylkill Haven on the Bth and Oth,of Fehruari , nest, for the pir pose (A consulting , tugether and fixing the rates of freight to Philadelphia and New York by Canal. See proceedings in another column. NEW YORK LRTTKR. ►ROY OUR AROVL4It CORRIMMIDENV Highly important and intereWing to the Cool Trade Wreck* on the Coast-4optain Follauebee- , - Pents of a Coal Merehant*-Annual Roll of the Fir. Department—The Aiedepos of .Mosic us a hull i -roons—Wew Car improrenisets—Thescsath . ' itr—The stoeke;of Coal. ;, • New YoultOanuary, Doan Jrlttnitit: ! ---Some. three or4our weeks " since we took occasion to cell the attention of the Cool Trade, to matters rebating to the growing evil of the-falling short of cargoes,as compared with, the - requirements of the bils of lading; i Matters which ore considered of great' interest to the trade in general. We have ; not been mista kon itt our estimate of itivbfriporiance, as the coral inunieation referred to lens been :widely discussed in all quarters,•and most favOtably received as an, exponent of the true lino of Ictintliiet in such ca nes and as settling the point ln. this hitherto much disputed ground of contention. • ; There were not wanting ? those however, who Were disposcd.to qrsestiatr the position' which we assumed,—some perhaps on • interested motives, end others , from it desire erbeing well-grounded in facts before they look -upon themselves the roaponsibility of acting upok the iiformation.. ...Auxioui as we thereforrOire to permanently remedy the existing evil, we:ftiould deenv our la : hors -in the premises incomplete, did we neglect anything in our porter to elucidate the position which we have taken (and 'a perfect Sebastopol we regard it—impregnable).!, We have therefore procured, t he authentic documents from the courts ' in the matter and will give diem to you. :" A cargo of Coal was sold hy one party to smoth er in our city ; both well knoiin, (but whose names, of course, it is wholly immate rial to mention) and by the etteipient discharged, Who finding % it abort, refused!to pay the full amount of freight demand . cd, suit fur which was accordingly brought. Ver dict has been given for the plaintiff in the lower court, is had : leen previously done in similar ca ses. The defendant, hbwirer, carried up the case • to the higher court, where Wives tried in , October last before . Hon. D. P. Ingraham—tint the following is a rerbatint copy of his opin - ion and decision-ettling end establishing the 'law, in the premises, , " biU.of ladling .igned bj the captain is We 'device that the goads therein:stated bare been re- 'colved' on board of the' vessel and cannot be aL eared by 'pails& evidence. No such eiiderfee , offered in this case and the . plaintiff, as assignee of the bill of .lading was pi:rafted:4e densaading the quantity of Cual as stated therein. , But I think the justice erred in bolding the de- 1 . fondant liable for till the freig4ht-e was the more ossignee of the bill of lading--sis such be was not liable for soil freight creeps of the rood. eeired. • It is undisputed that all the Coal was not de- , livered; still the court below', has held the defend ant liable for the freight *VCoak mot, delivered, although it was demanded ky- Itim;ind apart was nut delivered. Even it the original consignee could be made liable, which is sot admitted, stilt there can be no doub t, that sip such liability exists on the part of -the assignee, Who has not'received • the: property. His liabiliy only extends to the rioperty, actnalfg received 6s: hitn-5 cow. 5 os— Alibutt off shiplang, 42t—iiinsdell . to., Weed-4 Denio; 176. 'lf at, any subsequent. , speriodi the toaster was 'ready to deliver the, residue of the Coal; he should have notified- the' defendant; by so doing, he might have avoided.- the portion of the cargo. not delieerett. I ant 9111,1 lea lit see upon idiot roosidthe • tiff toff berefisted_ fines tie llobifi_iy-k. iiiceile• 'rote not defirerfoi iteziusfa4iii... The bill of admitted s tbe receipt of it:--erbile in prawn or delivery, be refused tip deliver 'the balannt re. ninnies attic tbsivmer latikdethauded it, alledg- - ingstbet it was not on board arid that heetmld not deliver whit Wet notion biettelat the tiale it was demarided ;,na'subsetigeit- Offer to deliy vu trade end the boleti:ols Over beetrrethired by '-the purchaser.. - • • • ..Theo fads are tiallielititio establish at lair a ltrinie facia vease in furor ofpelefeedent. • • Tbe• defendant, it is to be; rethenthired, le Our purchaser of -.the propertY fling the consignee and • hat relied upon. the bill of Whig is making toile - ptirettese f Ile ii sot bound to seeept tram the ruister,..property of a ,d(Ptat Ivied from that . which the-bill of 'lading describe& •:- /t Is said, there was a waiver en the part of the defendant when, ha - receiteda portion Of the Coal,• after lib was informed it via_ not silt on board. ' ', - 4here.couldbe twi kt taking all he could get - of-his property._ 'itched a right to do se-and . bald_ the carrier responsible for the belanie. The judgment nest be rweilised.! • . • :necteroW. i, . • "Art 'assignee of,w-hlll Of lading le•enlY, liable Sur freight-, on the toiii.rmilyia by,hin. . : -•-• of deseribelltdM area .tliawi 404-01tipt:pleeek: .. boirdi:andsi think117 1 4; 11 .1 1 001. 044 Y'aiewitnit ' - itnit tatk , ea *Sriginmet thereof ,-1 hid a right to insistupon it. delivery 'of the Ctoil, acrcoNliug to the hill of hiding, and incase of Intl delivering, the carrier wu'liahle. RoceivingA part, was no waiver of the right to demand the residue according to the bill of la ding?' The 'here, decision is as;strong and a* compre hensive as it could possibly be. From provis ions, we see that the captain is hound to :deliver and is responsible to the consignee fur all tint Coal which he signs for in:the bill of lading—the consignee has the right to deduct from the amount of freight the value of all 'deficiencies. Moreover, the consignee has a right to demand he kind of Coal specified in the bill of lading and is not botizd to receive, for instance, Stove in plate of Egg or rice versa, having the , privilege of insist ing fully upon not only the quantity, but the spe cific kind of Coal mentioned in the bill of lading and may hold the carrier fully-4esponsible, being supported in his position by the higher decisions el - the law. ~ We may also state, that it is not necessary that I this Coal should be - weighed upon the dock even, but that the evidence of is clerk or disinterested party who has weighed the Coal in - the office of the consignee or any other place is receivable as competent testimony. i • =.OOO 00 The Coal Trade way rely and act upon these, views of the ease, as the 'shore legal chseilion is supremo, and final cases of this character ha.% lug, no appeal whatever beyond the court of Common Pleas—wherein the aborts's., rendered. • The harrowing details of wreck and disaster on our coast still fill the coluMns of our daily press and wound our feelings with their recitals--their catalogue is too numerous to mention, but the sad story of the St. ffenis,:ealls forth a puling notice. Leaving this port a few days since, full of hope and strength, with a valiiiible cargo and numbers of passengers, she had reseeded but it short dis tance when she was struck by a storm and shor ly: foundered, carrying down with her every pas senger and most of the crew including the cap. min, who was one of one most accomplished, able and fearless seamen. He was fully aware of the fate which awaited them.- Almost his last remark was to his men, "Boys," laid he, "you had, better look to your latter end, for you base not long to live." lie has left a wife . and seven children in New York ,' for whom some three thousand dollars . have been already raised; Honor to the memory of Follansbee. , . Among the the deaths of the week. is' one well; known in the Coal TradeT—Peter Clinton—one of I the - directors of .the Coat Exchange—a self-made man, s and the bead of the so called cheap men .1 the New York 'Coal Trade. High mass will celebrated for him to-Morrow in St. Joseph's: Church, and his funeral will doubtless be larvly attended by his friends in the trade. The Annual Ball in aid of the widows' an or phans' fund of the New York Fire dertrunent, was held last evening at the Academy of Music, which numerous edifice was filled to overflowing. This annual ball has grown to be one of the in standout of our city, and is the means of adding from three to four, thousand dollars -,,annually to the funds of the,,noble charity that, it is designed to assist. The receipts of the present-year how ever, will far eieeed those of any .previous, occa sion. . Apropos of the Academy of Music—their ar rangements for4ialls are of the most magnificent character, rine - when the )(mar part is floored over making with ,thi stage one level ball ruOin and ornamented with the reroute's of the building, i the coup croeuit is impossible to surpass, • . ' The Erie Railroad Company have introduced a new ventilating ear, involving many new improve ments. One of its most simple and effectito pro visions is a small windo* within, each window of the car, whereby passengers are enabled to venti late their own seat without interfering with any fellow travellers. There is also an arrange ment for beating the core by a entrant of hot air, supplied by a furnace beneath the floor. The weather holds unnsually cold, being's per fect edition cif the Aretie regions puldishtil in the Temperate Zone, and not much intliroctil by the author. This cold weather will burn out the stocks of Coal in our City and leave us in the early part of Spring.ae !barn •of black diamonds as trees in winter of leaves. ' The Annual Meetini of the Stockholders of Delaware: Lackawanna' and Weitern Railroad Company, held in IStew York on Monday last. Tie Report of the Tresiturer show. that the net revenues of the Compaq fur the year:ending Dee. 31,1855, were as foptiws: ' • From tranaportatlori. From tales of Coal, From rents, - Tutu!, - DR. To interiist un bendy, $132,873 16 To interoot on stoek, 180,723 OS To interest on floating debt, • • 45,182 18 To rent orCaytiga and Susquehanna R. R.,. 70,000 00-478,700 40 EM Surphis, The whole cost of the railroad and its equipment has been $6,034,281 Celt of Coal property; mining im provements end fixtures,' 330,000 It is expected that the road will be ;opened through to Ellsabethport about the Ist of March , next, and the Company glee notice that they nre now prepare - 4 to receive ,orders fur their !'superior. Scranton Coal." newton 6401 Trade, [Corrected from the fifriteen 22d.1 The market-.is poorly supplied with Anthracite. end the price',has-advanced to 18 It ton at retail. Cannel Newcastle. 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