, _,:.,. . I ~, 1 , t,s s . ,7 ' '.,:-; : , - ,4,7-• 7 ,--iti,--,11 'OEIII4EBOAT, DECEMBER 16. 1857. Finer Peon.—'" What's In a Name -Dr. Mackay's Lyric Poetry--Burke on Beano ' "my—Very Late from :Utah—Foreign 3tiscol v, kinyj--„English Copyrights—General Fotratt 'P.m.—The Lost Arts. GOVERNOR PACKER. This distinguished gentleman arrlied hi this city i last evening, and is a guest at the Wash. ingtOn.House, where he will remain during to-day. His health is ,excellent, and he looks as young and as hearty as ever. AN OLIVE BEANVIt The Washington cOrrespondent of the Tour. mat of Commerce thus ably presents the ad. -vantages of the methdd of adjusting the Kan ,eas difficulties proposed by Senator DOUGLAS : Senator Douglas and others think that the Le oompton Constitution, if it should oven tome here, Which is Very doubtful, cannot possibly receive and Irritating Cdagress, even after a protraoted and Irritating discussion. Can any other measure of peace bd indiotited ? Tbere is ono which "Mr., Douglas will propose for the consideration of the. Senate on Monday—to wit, the act which vas framed by Mr. Toombs, of ea,, and 'is known by 'his name, and ,whioh.was passed by the Senate, and rejected by the House, prior to the Presidential election. This aot was intended to enable the inhabitants _of Hanna to foim a Constitution and State Gov ernment, preparatory to admission into the Union, end It. did_ not preside for the submission of the Constitution to the ratification of the popular vote. This omissionThli. Douglas will supply . in the bill whisilk he propeitos, copying the provision of the Minnesota enabling act. ..Inlfavor of this project, it may be urgid that .st requires no ,one to take back anything., The Toombs act reeeivert,the yeti of every Senator inho had voted for, the Konsa.l-Nebraska act, and,. therefore, it 147014't be objectionable to them. The Minnesota provision for submitting. the Constitution to the people is in conformity vith the' President's special readm Incaution in his.ineisage. Ile thinks it important that, hereafter,, in. all -enabling acts, this 'protision 'should be specified. - It it diitimalt, to see what objection atm be made 'id this proposition, 'especially when it shall be come apparent that the Lecompton Constitution "cannot be accepted. It would give peace to Kan.- :sas-and to, the country in ten days. , THE KANSAS QUESTION. The Constitution lately framed in 'Kansas 'will 'span he presented to Congress, with a re quest that Kansas be admitted into the Federal Union as a sovereign State, with that Consti tutiOn as the fundamental law of the new State. Ought Congress to grant pr refuse that request? If the new Constitution embodies and ex presses the will of the majority of the bona fide residents of that Territory, then the petition Ithonld be granted. The question is not and should not be, whether they have made a wise choice, but 'whether they have made any choice. Their right is « to form and regulate their domestic institutions (not institution) in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States." At the very most, only one clause of that •Constitution will express the will of the people , of Kansas. And, at the very best, the milk domestic institution which that Constitution will permit the people to form is the institution of negro slavery. We say this, because the negro slavery clauSe is the only one of the many clauses contained „in It upon which the people are to be permit ted to vote. What'the will of the people, as to any other •,part of that Constitution, is, Congress can only -know after the people have expressed their • :" views and feelings thereon at the ballot-box. Any other evidence to establish a point so vital would not only be dangerous, but it would make popular sovereignty a delusive Action. Suppose every voter in the Territory shall, • this, month, - vote either for or against negro slavery as a domestic institution, what light can • that vote possibly throw upon scores of other points equally, if not far more, im portant 1 • Why make the fundamental rights of free white rice subordinate to rights over, or to the rights of a few miserable negroes ? Is , the chief end of a State Government to hold ' or not to hold negro slaves? The submission of one clause to the vote of the people is an admission sufficiently vv,eighty to overcome any reason or reasons which may be assigned against submitting the whole in strument. No ,matter What reasons may be assigned for not giving those people the privi lege, or rather - right, to' vote upon the whole • 'instrument, the people of the several States can never be made to believe that such with holding is in accordance with the right of the . people to _form their - own -- dogmatic inatitu , 'lt will , be said that the 4people of Kansas were denied the right to vote upon their Con. stitution, except as to one clausie, for the very purpose of driving a majority of them to not vote at all—to thus make it appear that more votes were given for. slavery than against; to -thus, while keeping the word of promise to the ear, but breaking it to the hope, make Kansas a slave State. How can the Democratic party avoid con viction upon that charge ? We submit, with great diffidence, but yet with a strong conviction of being correct, tbatthere is but one way, and that is, by postponing the admission of the State until the people thereof shall have adopted, at an election fairly con - ducted, the whole Constitution which is to guide and govern the new State. If that be honestly done, the Kansas-No . braska act will have been fairly carried out, and the Democracy in all the free States will sustain such a course, whether the result makes Kansas a free or a slave State. But, if Kansas be admitted as a slave State, without • ,first giving the people thereof a fair and rea sonable opportunity to vote for or against the whole Constitution, the Democratic party in tile free States, as at present organized, will vanish like hoar frost before the rising sun. ' But ,we have strong hopes that, Kansas ' will not be brought into the Union until :the is let in with a Constitution, the whole of which shall have received in its favor a majority of the votes cast at an election for its adoption or rejection, fairly conducted. Northern Democrats can in no other way fulfil their previous expositions of the objects and effects of the Kansas-Nebraska bill. And in no other way can Southern statesmen prove that their previous professions of devo tion to the right of the people of the Territo ries to self-government were sincere. Eighteen months ago our Southern breth ren, as we then understood and now under stand them, hold the same views wo have hereinbefore endeavored to express. For example: On the 2d July, 1856, Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, in the United States Senate, on the bill authorizing the people of Kansas to form a Constitution, eta, said : - " I bad again and again avowed my purpose to allow the people of Kansas the right to make their own domestic institutions under the organic law and the Constitution. I stood pledged to that poliey.ao a public man—a pledge whieb I have again - and again, at this goasion and at previous ' session,, reiterated Iny,readiness to redeem. ' "I was willing to give (barn-trodden Kansas if i she be down - trodden , a right to make her own n• stitntions, under the Constitution, according to her ' own will. This is the principle upon which I sup ported the Kansas-Nebraska bill. I stood upon it 311 no fraudulent or double sense, but as an honest -man, ready to maintain it in the Senate and before the country, at any and all times. "I only required ono fact to be established : Is the Topeka Constitution the voice of l_lansas "This is the only question I asked. This is the , sole demand I made:" On the 28th June, 1866, in the House of HepresentatiVes, on the bill to admit Kansas into the Tinton, with the Topeka Constitution, Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Georgia, said : , • "I am apposed to this bill, because lee have 7io evidence that a majority, or anything like a ma jority, of the people of Kansas are in favor of this pretended Constitution. at * * * Be sides this, Mr. Speaker, the evidence is very strong to my mind, if not conclusive, ,that this Topeka Constitution does not onset the approval 'of a majority of the people of Kansas. 'When it ' was submitted to a popular vote, only about 1,700 In the whole Territory approved It. Now, eirl em for no snob judgment either way—l am for fair dealing in this matter on both sides. " I wish for nothing but a fair expression of Ike - will of the bona fide residents of Kansas upon this subject." • • Many laborers in the Democratic ranks, - the canvass of, 1856, presented those sentiments of Messrs. Toombs and Stepheni, and similar ones from either gentlemen simi •ss • • daily situated,, as satisfactory evidences that , our Southern brethren did not desire or Intend to-'accomplish anything by the Kansas bill Which the people of that Territory, at a fair ~-,,elealion, would not lively and fairly sanction. ' We then confided in their sincerity; we'do so setilbsiand hence, it is confidently expected that they will now speak and act as they spoke and ;•5 .1-.l4tetecl thew- LOSSES BY SEA The, immense amount of capital annually lost to the country, by marlitoditfasters, is far in excess of what would be generally sup posed by those whose attention is not turned by their occupations to this subject, and ought to receive the careful consideration of the le gislators in .the national councils. In other species of mercantile disaster there is always the consolation that what is lost by indivi duals still remains in the hands of communi ties; but in 105850 by sea and fire the damage is general, and though it may be supplied to individuals by insurers, the loss is nevertheless distributed over the nation at large. Tho footings of the losses by marine disas ters during the present year shows the absolute blotting out of nearly $20,000,000 of capital, which has been made good by the merchants of the Atlantie cities through their insurance eompanies, who act merely as collectors and distributors of the fluids. This great sinking of capital is directly traced to three causes, all of which form proper subjects for con gressional lzgislation. The first of these is the want of seamanship on the part of the officers' and crews of the vessels. Efforts made by individuals to ele vate the character of the sailors scent to be powerless, and many heavy losses ate annual ly incurred for want of a system for examina tion into the qualifications - of masters. Con gress has passed a law requiring that the ma chinery of steamboats shall be inspected, in or_ der that their deficiencies shall not be the cause of destruction to human life ; and it certainly should take a step further, and require that captains of vessels , should be competent for the duties they assume, that the lives of pas sengers and sailors should not be sacrificed to their incompetency. Tito second cause of loss is the insufficient manner in which the vessels built at the present day are constructed. A case in point came tin der our notice Within a few days, where a vessel built for the United States Government, on being hauled up for repairs, was found to have been fastened, not by bolts driven through the sides of the vessel and riveted, but by short Dolts, with rivets on the ends, driven through the planking within and without, and but an inch into the timbers. The bolts were not of as much value as so many good spikes, and were certain to draw out in an emergency. There are hundreds of reasons why vessels should not be allowed to clear from our ports unless they were sufficiently well built to pass a Government inspection. The remaining chief cause of marine disasters is to be found in the small number of men carried in pro portion to the size of the vessels. The ton nage has been increased in a ratio out of all proportion to the increase of men. The mode of measurement aids in reducing the effective force required by the existing laws, and this is proved utterly inadequate in large vessels. More work is expected of the sailors than they can perform, and the officers are too apt to resort to brutality to obtain extraordinary exertions ; and our merchant service, by driv ing men of - spirit and feeling into other avoca tions, instead of being, as it once was, a school for sailors which could honor the drafts of the Government to any extent in time of war, has now become a nursery for tyran nical officers and spiritless crews. Every one of these deficiencies is properly within the scope of Congressional action, and every one of them calls for its interference. It is in the merchant service that the country is to find its right arm of defence strength ened in time of need, and it behooves our legislators at once to see to it that when its aid maybe wanted, it bo not found withered and paralyzed by long neglect and cruel mal treatment. We have been led into these remarks by the results making themselves apparent among the Marine Insurance Companies of the country. Within a year, several of the best companies in Boston and New York have suspended, and recently, in our city, two of the well-estab lished companies have ceased to take risks, and are endeavoring to effect a liquidation. A third has assessed the whole amount of notes subscribed as guarantee capital, in case the premiums of the business should not suf fice to pay its losses; and yesterday the Mer cantile Mutual Insurance Company, an insti tution doing a prudent business for the last eight years, determined to close its doors. It is becoming a subject of very serious con sideration • with the merchants of the largo cities,,what they aro to do for insurance it these matters are not checked. Capital will not be readily Invested in business which proves itself so hazardous, and the business of merchant vessels cannot afford to pay in creased rates of premiums. Under these cir cumstances, we trust that the attention of Con gress will be turned to this subject, and that some means may be devised, not only for the saving of so many millions of dollars to the country, but for the lives of the thousands " who go down to the sea in ships." BY MIDNIGHT MAIL. FROM wAsHinoToni Members of Congress Undecided on the Kansas Question—Enabling Bill—lnterview Between Governor Walker and the President—Crowds of Politicians In Washington—Agents sent to Kansas by the Administration, &c., &e. [CorrempooClenee of The Press.] WASHINGTON, Dco. 15, 1857. Amongst even those Democratic members of Congress known to be in favor of the Lcoompton Constitution there is not that deoided tone of ap probation which is so much desired by the avowed advocates and. apologists of that instrument. While members say that, so far as they have learned the facts involved, they support the views taken by the President, that they must not, how ever, he considered as committed to any such policy as that marked out for them; that they wait for ultimate decision as to which way they shall vote for further developments from Kansas, particularly respecting the election to take place on the 21st of the present month. " The members I have already named in those letters are decided in their opposition to the Con vention. If the telegraphic report is true, then the object sought to be accomplished by the removal of Stan ton, and the appointment of General Denver in his place, has been frustrated, for that report has it this morning that tho Territorial Legislature of Kansas has repealed the acts of the Conven tion, and of the previous Legislative Assembly in calling it, together, without the necessary authorisa tion of Congress—indeed, in defiance of a refusal by Congress of any such authority. The world, it is said, is governed too much, and it must be ad mitted by those who acknowledge the truth of this saying that no part of the world suffers more from this evil than Kansas, for rho has not only one government, hut three, at least, whether good or bad, legal or illegal. Who can doubt, after an investigation of the foots, and with a desire to carry out fairly the principle of popular sovereign, ty which characterizes the Kansas•Nobraska bill !bat peace and good order would reign triumphant in that Territory if the entire Constitution had boon submitted for the ratification of, or rejection by the people? Thou not oven the duskiest of the Black Republicans, as they ere called, could have ground for cavil. Governor Walker is still confined to his room by illness. Nevertheless, Ito had yesterday a lengthy interview with Mr. Buchanan. I learn that friendly sentiments were interchanged on various subjects between these distinguished gentlemen, and that neither of them regards tho Kansas ques tion as any ground for the disruption of the Demo cratic party. Mr. Buchanan confesses that, ex cept on this question, ho has in the Democrats and Democratic process who oppose the Lecompton Convention some of tits warmest and most able supporters of his Administration. The officers of the last House of Representatives, subordinate to the clerk, doorkeeper, and post master, are being gradually relieved of the cares of their various stations by the appointees of the Democrats recently elected. Never before during the past seven years have there been in Washington ro many distinguished politicians from every section of the country as within the week just closed. They increase in numbers instead of deereasing. The query is, why are they hero? Who can answer? Whether they come here to make public sentiment by bringing the views entertained by their people of political issues now before the country or not, I am unable to say. It is generally believed here that the Admin istration have sent to Kansas agents instructed to make every effort to have the slavery clause stricken from the Lecompton Constitution. This measure has given offence to the Southern mem bers of Congress, and there is at present symptoms of defection on their part from the Kansas policy of the Administration as it is understood in the present phase of Kansas affairs. They allege that the Administration in this violate the principle for which they contend. Every day, it seems, only develops new complications in this matter ; and I hope sincerely, with mo derato and conservative mon everywhere, that the enabling bill, which Judge Douglas gave no tice he would introdueo, and which in its pro visions is the same known as the " Toombs bill," will pass speedily, and at once settle this vexed question, by an appeal, in accordance with the THE PRES spirit of our freo institutions, to the popular will as fairly expressed. This bill, it is wall known, during tho last Congress received the vote of every Democrat. By the Met steamer from California, the Com missioner of the General Lend Office has received the following: Plat of the Rancho Robber de la biiserin, nattily confirmed to Daniel Wright et. ge., containing 16,- 887 45.100 mores Plat of tho Rancho del Agua Caliente, finally confirmed to Tulgenoio Mignon), containing $,503 87-100 mires. This rancho is next to the San Jose Mission. Plat of tho Mllpitaa Rancho, finally confirmed to the heirs of Josh Maria Alois°, containing 4,807 72-100 acres. Plat of the Rancho San Lorenzo, finally confirm ed to Barbara Soto, et al, containing 6,451. 67-100 acres. Plat of part or the Ranoho San Gregorio, finally confirmed to Salvador Castro, containing 15,733 5.1-100 acres. And Plat of the same Rancho, finally confirmed to Maria Concepcion Valencia do Rodriguez, con taining 13,273 23-100 acres. Also, plats of the sub-divison of township 17, south range, 41 east; township 17, south range, 42 east; township 18, south range, 39 east; township 18, south range, 40 east; township 18, south range, 42 east; township 19, south range, 39 east; town ship 19, south range, 40 east; township 19, south range, 41 east, (Mount Diablo meridian); town ship 19, south range, 42 east; township 19, south rouge, 43 east; township 20, south range, 40 oast; township 20, south range, 41 east; township 20, south range, 42 east; township 20, south range, 43 east; township 20, south range, 44 east; town ship 21, south range, 43 east ; township 21, south range, 14 east; township 22, south range, 43 east; township 22, south range, 11 east; township 23, south range, 43 cast; township 23, south rungs, 41 east, township 24, south range, 43 east. And also plats ofil the subdivision of town ship 1, north range, 28 east ; township 1, north range, 31 east ; township 1, north range, 30 east ; township 2, north range, 29 east. Mount Diable meridian. The General Land Office is in receipt of the fol lowing surveys from the Territory of Oregon, viz : Township 34, south of ranges 2 and 3 west; townships 33, 37, and 38, south of range 3 west.; townships 38 and :39, south of range 5 west ; and township 37, south of range 6 west. Willamette meridian. Banks, of Virginia, works hard to secure. to morrow, an endorsement for printer for the Senate by the Democratic caucus. Ile is backed by the Virginia delegation. Win. A. Street has been promoted to a third 3IaSS ($1,600 per annum) clerkship in the Pension Office, to take effect December I, 1857. J. H. Peabody has been promoted to a becond class ($1,400 per annum) clerkship in the same office, taking effect on the same date. Thos. J. Semmes, formerly of this city, has been confirmed by the Senate as United States Attor ney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, vice F. 11. Clack, removed. The caucus of all parties in the Senate have agreed to constitute the committees as follows - Foreign Rolations—Mossrs. Mason, Douglas, Slidell, Polk, Crittenden, Seward, and Foot. Finance Messrs. Hunter, Pearce, Garin, Bright, Briggs, Fess.enden, and Cameron. Commerce—Me.srs. Clay, Benjamin, Bigler, Toombs, Reid, Allen, and Hamlin. Military Affairs—Messrs. Davis, Fitzpatrick, Johnson, Iverson, Broderick, Wilson, and King. Naval Affairs—Messrs. Mallory, Thomson of N. J., Slidell, Allen, Hammond, Bell of Tenn , and Hale. Judiciary—Messrs. Bayard, Toombs, Pugh, Ben jamin, Green, Wismar, and Trumbull Post Offices and Post Roads—Mossrs. Yulee, Big ler, 014111, Fitch, Henderson, Collamer, and Dixon. Publio Lauds—Messrs. Stuart, Johnson, Pugh, ft. W. Johnson, Brodoriok, Foster, and Harlan. Private Land Claims—Messrs. Benjamin, Biggs, Thompson ofKontucky, Kennedy, and Durkee. IndianA6aire—lilessre Sebastian, Brown, Reid, Fitch, Bell of Tennessee,Mouston, and Doolittle. Pensions--Messrs. Jones, Thomson of Now Jer sey, Clay, Bates, Thompson of Kentucky, Foster, and King. Revolutionary Claims—Alessrs. Evans, Bates, Crittenden, Wilson, and Durkee. Claims—Messrs. Iverson, Mallory, Polk, Bell of New Hampshire and Simmons. District of Columbia—Messrs. Brown, Mason, Johnson of Tennessee, Henderson, Kennedy, Hamlin, and Chandler. Patents and the Patent Office--Messra. Reid, Evans, Yulee, Simmons, and Trumbull. On Public Buildings and Grounds— Messrs Bright, Hunter, Davis, Douglas, and Hale. Territories—Messrs. Douglas, Jones, Sebastian, Fitzpatrick, Green, Sumner, and Wade. Engrossod Bills—Messrs. Wright, Bigler, and Harlan. Audit and Control of Contingent Expanses— ifessre. Evans, Wright, and,Dixon. Enrolled Bills—Messrs. Jones, Brown, and Doo- little. Priating—Messrs. Johann, Fitzpatrick, and Force:46n. Library—Messrs. Pearce, Bayard, and flaw mond. :X. Y. PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS The ltonznni ballot troupe, certainly the boat we have over bad in this country, continue their very attractive performances at the Academy of Stoic. Thin evening, they give the second and third acts of "Biricchino di Perigi," (Le Gamin le Perla) with a new comic piece, the mono in Italy, called "Alloggio Militate." The farce of "Box and Co:" comes between the ballots. At the Arch Street Theatre, this evening, Mr. Leland's new play, "Beatrice," will be performed for the first time. A now piece, founded on an American novel, and a Christmas piece, are on lorlinod here, The Buckley's, who conclude their season here in Saturday, will repeat the " Trovatore" to-night and to-morrow. On Friday, a complimentary benefit to R. Bishop Buckley will bo given, loclud• eg a Concert, and the burlesques on "Lucia" and the " Trovatorel," with a great variety of other performances. Dr. Mackay's first Lecture on the National Bel lad poetry of England, Ireland, and Scotland comes an', to-morrow evening, at Concert Ball, and ought to attract a very largo, literary, and appreciative audience. Miss May, who is now at tho Girard Houso, gives rt Concert at Musical Fund Hall, on Friday. She will be assisted by Signor 'Marini, the tenor, Herr Ftudolphson, tho baritone, and Mr. 11. Sanderson, the pianist, who will then make his first public, , FFearanco in this, his nativo city. CORRESPONDENCE. THINGS AT ASPINWALL. The snecr.vsfal Laading of Gen. Mateo under the Guns of the United States ship So; atoga— The importer:toe and assumeion of the " Pi e sidcut " of Nice, ra zita--71iii Captain of th e Fashion a true Yankee. (Correspondence of The Prom, I ASPINWALL, N. G., Deo. 2, 1857. The harbor of Aspinwall was unusually stirring to-day. After several days of perfect calm in the commercial circles, the day was ushered in by the arrival of H. B. M. ship Brunswick, 80 guns, and quite a fleet of sail. Later in the day the Star of the West made her appearance, bringing the news of General Walker's departure from the United States. This item gave, to some, immense satisfac tion, to others (and by far the major portion of our "Yanlea village") mortification and chagrin. This information had scarcely been digested, be fore the Royal Mail steamer Deo arrived from San Juan del Norte, astounding us all with the infor mation that the "gray-eyed man of destiny" had actually arrived at San Juan, and that the Fashion had landed at Soot's wharf her cargo of fillibustere in broad daylight, and under the guns of the Sara toga, before any one divines! the object of her visit. Walker is now encamped in Puenta Arenas, wait ing for accessions. Wonder upon wonder! In comes the Fashion. This vessel, after discharging her graceless cargo, comes quietly hero to coal ship. When the board ing officer of the United States steam frigate Wa bash made his appearance, the captain of the Fashion was a true Yankee, and answered the questions put to him in a very innocent manner: " Rad clawed from Mobile." " Had had an assorted cargo." "Had carried some hundred and eighty passongors to San Juan." "Couldn't tell whether they wore organized, but it seamed to him they , IMO very disorganized whilst aboard We craft.""Walker might have been on board," sto. He finally came out with tho whole story, and said that many were already fever-strioken, and talked of going aboard the United States vessel there. Some were still maimed from wounds re coifed in Walker's previous campaign. A gentleman from San Juan informed me that several United States officers landed near his en campment, whereupon ho stated, in his nasal drawl, that he had a couple of hundrod boys and he guessed they would have to take to their boats, as ho did not allow any one to land without his pass. So, you see, this president without it re public, this general without an army, has begun with as much grandeur with his FalAaMan train as if he had sat down in the city of the aware. The United States steam frigate Wabash, 40 guns and six hundred seamen and marines, goes to see 10-morrow ; and by the next steamer you may expect to hear that Walker in ingloriously wishing he had never fallen across this steam levia than of Uncle Sant's. In the meantime the Fashion remains in this harbor, in "durance vile." The health or the Isthmus is good. The dry season has fairly set in. Perhaps some of your readers may not know the difference between the rainy and wet seasons , Such being the case, I will give them the distinotion During the rainy season it rains all the time; during the wet it is all the time raining ! Ever yours, (From the New York ravers of lant evening.] AltitlVAl. os LAHAN.—TILO brig E. Drummond, Captain Chapman, arrived at this port this MOW• ing, from Aspinivall, and has on board a nook of forty-two Lamas, consigned to James Fisher it Son. These animals are Alpaeoas, and were brought from the Cordilloras to Guayaquil, thence shipped to Panama, and by railroad to Aspinwall. There wore originally taken on board the E. Drummond seventy-one, but owing to hen. vy weather on the passage twenty-nine of them died. The E. Drummond - put into Key West on the 4th instant, where the animals were much recruited. She sailed from thence on the sth, and brought her live freight to this port in good order. The Pat Cattle Show of the American Institute opened this (Tuesday) morning, at 9 o'clock, at the Crystal Palace, The number of animals on view is very small, though the boasts are of superior make and quality. The managers, however, state that they aro receiving stook continually, and no doubt the exhibition will possess extraordinary at tractions. Nearly all the articles lately exhibited in the fair are still In the Palace, and the steam machinery, particularly, gives no little -gratifica tion to the curious visitor.. .-PIIILADELPHIA, VVEI)NESDAY, DECEMEER 16, 1857. LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA. Oorreepondence of The Frese.) SACRAMENTO, Nov. 10, 1857. The reception of the first copy of the first paper ever Issued in .Philadelphia, and intended *sole. sively for circulation in California and Oregon, has boen the source of much pleasure to Pennsyl; venter's, who are mattered through every city, val ley, mountain, town, and mining ghloh of 'Cali fornia. We hit've always considered it a singular fact that while New York, Boston, New Orleans, and St. Louis sent out by every mail their steamer papers, no one could bo found with sufiloient energy to compile the news and intelligence of the Key stone State in a condensed summary, suited to the tastes of readers on the Pacific. coast. Califor nia possesses more of a reading population than any State in the Union in proportion to the num ber of its inhabitants. In every little mining cabin under the lofty pines of the Sierras, in every eanvas-tent in its sequestered ravines, and in every dwelling of the sun-browned ranchero, the "silent messengers" from eastern homes are found in surprising numbers In Sacramento, with a population of about 20,000, live daily and six weekly newspapers are published, and in San Francisco more than double that number. In Marysville, the population of which cannot exceed 8,000, three daily papers are published. Politically, there are no events or importance. John B. Weller, Governor elect, will be inaugura ted on the' fleet of January, on which occasion a number of military companies will visit the city. lie will probably appoint Ferris Forman, of tills city, Secretary of State, and John Nugent, of the San Francisco Ire)ald, Controller, in plaoo of Mandeville, who was elected, but has received a Federal appointment. The capitol building is being rennovated preparatory to the meeting of the Legislature. The trial of Dr. Bates, late State Troneurer, on the $121,000 defalcation charge, will probably be postponed until the meeting of the Legislature, when, it is believed, that a compromise can be effected. Both Bates and Rowe, the latter colii mitted for failing to testify, aro still in the prison brig. The latter was up before the grand jury a few days since, but failed to amiwer in a satisfac tory manner and was recommitted for contempt. lie has boon imprisoned for five or nix months. The prosecution has boon conducted with an abili ty and independence seldom evidenced in Cali fornia. Last night, a German woman, rehiding in this city, was murdered by a German cook who had become enamored of her, and whose advanceaohe had rejected. Sho kept a drinking saloon, and whilst playing on the piano, ho came up, placed his arm around her neok, and, without saying a word, stabbed her to the heart. She died in about an hour. This morning ho gave himself up to Sheriff Manlove, having been Emoted during the night. J. P. Addams, the Yankee comedian, Is playing a rather successful engagement at the Forrest Theatre in this city. Last week, Miss Emma Stanley wives a series of entertainments, and on Monday next Mrs. Rayne, after a profitable tour through the mountains, will once more delightl: with her classic and refined porsonations. .1 have already made my letter longer and more uninteresting than I intended, and must olo'se abruptly, as the mail leaves in a few minutes. Yours, Sum. THE LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. tEITICO/AL IMITATOR FOR TOR PRZEISj Dreadful Murder of Two Women. LANCASTER, Deo. 15.—A double murder was per petrated fldS morning, about ten o'clock, five miles northwest of this city. The names of the victims are Mrs. Gather and Mrs. Roam, and the supposed murderers aro two negroes, who have boon arrested and are now in prison, awaiting the coroner's investigation. Non•Arriral of the tt learner Canada 11AmrAx, Dco. 15, 9 o'olock P. M.—There are no signs of the steamer Canada, which sailed from Liverpool on tho 2d instant. She le hardly due. THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION U. S. CAPITOL, WASHINGTON', December 15,1857 SENATE. Mr. ]leis:, of Now Hampshire, announced, In appropriate forms, the decease of hie Into colleague, Senator Bel, who died during the recose of Con• green. Messrs Fgsstmw, of Maine, and SztvAnn, of Now York, also delivered eulogies, and, after the adoption of the customary resolutions of respect, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.., The testimony in the election contest from the Third Congressional District of Ohio, and in re• lotion to tho seat of F. Ferguson, Delegate from the Territory of Nebraska, was referred to the Committee on Elections. The resolutions of respect to the memory of Senator Bell, of New Hampshire, adopted by the Senate, were reoeived. Mr. TAPPAN, of New Hampshire, delivered an eloquent eulogy. Messrs. Cot,eAx, of Indiana, and \VasilMinim, of Maine, severally paid tributes to the memory of their late friend, and, after the adoption of the usual resolutions, the House adjourned till to-mor row. From Washington WAsnixorox, Deo. D.—Governor Walker will, according to the assertions of his most intlinato friends, soon withdraw altogether from the Gov• ernorehlpof Kansas, and will, in tendering his re signation to the President, state his reasons for this course; designing, however, not to use any lan guago which may have a tendenoy to disturb their present friendly personal relations. Judge Douglas's bill. altkoosh eloilar la lie de tails to that of Mr. Toombs, contains an additional clause, that the Constitution, when formed by the Convention, will bo submitted entire to the people of Kansas. Senator (Jain has received a largo number of lettere from California,in which the writers espre.la an intense desire to be mustered in the service of the United States against the Mormons, who, it is mentioned, have emissaries throughout that State, meditating most serious mischief. Some of the Senators aro preparing speeches on the Kansas question. United States &weenie Court WASIIIMITON, Doc. 15.—Nos. 4 and s.—Before reported Argument continued by Messrs. Cushing and Cutting for the defence. Dreadful Steamboat Disaster--Fifteen to Twenty Lives Lost. ORLY.A2OI, Dec. 14.—The steamboat Colo nel Eilwarda was destroyed by fire on Red River, on Saturday morning. Tho vessel and cargo are a total loss. She had on board over 1,009 bales of cotton and many cattle. Fifteen or twenty per sons perished. Petinsylvnnian Hank paper refused by tile Cincinnati Banks. CINCINxAri, I)oo.ls.—The banks of this city hare thrown out all Pennsylvanian bank paper, includ ing that of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and a one and a half per cent. discount is charged on such paper. The rates of exchange are unaltered. Money continues tight, and in deinand at two per cent. per month. Minnesota United States Senators CHIVAO6, Deo. 1.5.—Th0 statement, derived from private messages received at Washington, relative to the clootion of Mums. Shields and Steel as United Senators from Minnesota, is without foundation, as up to the latest dates from that Territory no election had taken place. I=l NEW Yomv, Deo. 1.5.—Th0 brig E. Drummond had arrived at Aspinwall, bringing forty-two Pe ruvian Llamas. Seventy-one wore originally shipped, but twenty-nine died en the passage. Return of Explorers—The Pawnee Indians Sr. Lours, Deo. 14 —The St. Joseph foto mil announces the arrival of Lieut. Warren and Dr. Hayden, of the Geological Survey, who wore sent to explore the region between Dneotah city and the hoadwnters of the Running Water. Also, the arrival of Major Donniston, Indian agent, with ton chiefs and six braves of the Paw nee tribe, en route for Washington, to ratify the treaty recently made. Flro nt Clnrlnnati CINCI3NATI, Dee. 15.—The stock of the clothing 9toro of Mown. Hyman, Brothers, ,1.; Co., on Main alma, was dontroyed by fire lent evening, causing a lons of $20,000. The building WII9 damaged to the extent of $2,000. Tho loss on the stock was covered by insurance. 1 larket% Exurrmonn, Deo. 15 —Flour flat. Wheat 3a50 bettor. Brokers aro giving 43 per cent. for Now York Exchange, and yelling at 5 per cent, pro• PITTSBUROII, Deo. 15.—Flour is dull at $1.25 for superfine from the wharf, and $1 50 from store, and sl.B2asl 75 for extra. Wheat is dull at 82n for rod. Barley, 55e; corn, 40c. There is nothing doing in provisions. Whiskey has do/lined to 170. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14.—Cotton—Sales to-day 10,000 bales. The news by the steamer Europa caused a decline of In on Middlings. The finer qualities also declined. Middling quoted at 10a 104. 14,500 bales of Cotton were received at this port today. Molasses quoted at 200. Mess Pork is dull, and, owing to the large receipts, the mar ket is unsettled. The price asked is SW, but buyers demand a reduction. Hants quote at 10a1040. Coffee--Sales of 5,500 bags of Rio at BiaBla. Freights have slightly declined; on Cotton, to Li verpool, 7-16 a 3d; to Haves, lf. Exchanges are nominal and unchanged. NEW ORLEANO, Deo. 15.—Cotton.—Sales to-day 20,000 bales; receipts, 7,000; middling quoted at 10a Receipts at all southern ports thus far, less than last year, 371,500 bales; stook in port 241,000 bales. Pork is very dull at $l4. Lard, in kegs, Italic. Freight on Cotton to Liverpool 1a7.I0; to Havre if. Exchanges on London 1011a1050_ On New York 1021a103. CINCINNATI, DBO. 15.—• Flour le very dull ; sales unimportant. Whiskey quotes at No, and steetly. flogs ore in bettor supply, 8,000 having boon re• caved within the last twentyfour hours, end they are held firmly at $5.5045 00. Buyers are onu• tious, and holders unpins. Provisions continue Urns at yesterday's prices. Mr. Martin Rickert, a native of Germany, died recently at the North Mountain House, above Clearapring, Washington county, Md., at the ad vanced ago of 100 years and 11 months Ile came to America at the close of the revolutionary war, and coat his first vote for Washington. The Ea gerstown Mai/ says he svas accustomed, when one hundred years of ago, to walk to 'Olearspring, a distance of four and a half miles, without extra exertion. THE CITY. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING AMERICAN ACADEMY OP MUSIC, MRDAD AND I.OOONT ihracgra.—. , Ii Biricchino di Parigi"—u Alloggio five,'-..“ Box and Coz. WHISATLRY'S ARCH &MST THEATER, ARCH &retiree, 11101,118ixTn.—" Beatrice; or, the False and True"— The Spectre Bridegroom." THRATRR, 'WALNUT STREET, NEAR EiaHTH — 4, Dr. Kane"--'. Equeetrlan Performances." J ARMOR Naar HALL, CHIBTRUT &BEET, DHLOW SSIOINTH —l3llekley'li Opera Troupe ilabrolllo/10PNR1 /1008/1, ELaVCNTH &TAROT ARMS CEIRRTNOT.—EthIopIan Lire Illustrated, concluding with a laughable arterptete. MILITARY MATTERS For The Nese ] In your paper of yesterday, under the head of " Military Matters," allusion was made to the con templated revival of the Junior Artillerists end their resumption of " their eM positton," conclud ing with hoping "soon to see them once morn in the Artillery Regiment." You also announce the fact of the revival of the National Greys, end of the effort made at the lest session of the Legislature to reinstate them in their former rank, regretting by implication, if not in terms, that the attempt failed. That these two companies may be resureitate4 is unquestionably the desire of all connected with the volunteers of the First Brigade; but that it should bo effected to the Injury of every organized com pany in it, is surely neither just nor desirable, for companies take rank In line according to the date of their organization, and this matter of ,an is ono of which they are justly proud and tenacious. Those now existing in thit brigade have struggled on without enoduregement from, and almost in op position to, public opinion, have maintained effi ciently their organization, end have answered promptly all the requirements made of them by law and otherwise; and now to supplant them in rank by legislative galvanism of do tenet bodies, would be neither just nor pa tine ; for what inducement would inembors of a company have to sacrifice time and means to main tain their organization, if they know that they may be outranked in this way, or that they may quietly subside for the time, end years afterwards be restored to their old position z Tho Junior Ar tillerists and the National (treys ~ere both dis banded by the Brigade Inspector in 1853. In the matter of the National Greys, the effort made at the lest session of the Legislature was not only to reinstate the company with its original organization, but to till up the break in the com missions of Ito officers; and the opposition that it met with is not to be wondered at, but approved of. That the effort wee 11111110 is in itself a soft dent indication of the sensitive feeling of com panies and officers on the subject of rank ; end it MO a matter of surprise that so old a soldier as its contemplate(' captain should endeavor to inflict this injury upon his brother soldiers. In his cuss it was the snore flagrant if, as your article states, his company was to he attached to the Artillery na tation, for it had never been attached to that regiment. You are in error, I think, in regard to 'one (the italirs are yours) of the Grey companies petitioning against the bill of the National (treys. There was nu petition sant, as I am aware, by any of them, as the matter was so quietly introduced into the Legislature, and . discovered at 60 late a day as to prevent any company action. That some few individuals did (and you yourself will, on re flection, confess justly) take steps to oppose it is true, but the question was so plain, and the injus. tide Attempted so palpable, that it needed but a plain statement of facts to prevent it. That the two companies spoken of may succeed in their reorganization, and be attached to the Artillery Battalion, is the earnest wish of all at present connected with it, but not at the sacrifice of esprit die corps and all military etiquette, of which they have already a striking example in a corps attached to the Battalion—the Philadelphia Greys, formerly commanded by General Cadwala der, which was disbanded and resuscitated within a few years ; but they never endeavored nor de sired to claim their old rank, although they had better grounds for it than either of the two com panies alluded to, for their disorganization was caused by their °dicers, (Captain Cadwalader, lieutenant Vance, Sergeant Brown,) and many of their members entering the United States service during the recent war with Mexico. Dectuenn 15, 1857. Special lifeeling of C0)117/1071 Council.—A special meeting of Common Council was held pester• day afternon, in accordance with the following John Miller, Esq., President of the Common Council of the city of Philadelphia. The undersigned, members of Common Counoil, request you to call a spacial meeting of the said Counoil, to bo held on Tuesday next, the 15th day of December, 1857, at 3 o'cluok P. M., at the Chamber, for the purpose of considering reports from committees, and resolutions to authorise the mit% of Twentieth and Twenty-second streets, in the Fifteenth ward, and for other purposes, and the ordinances end resolutions on the president's table. December 11, 1857. Charles F. he:ranger, John M. MeHoy, Andrew Miller. J. F. Marcher, Andrew J. Holman, John B. Making , JAMBS Hutchinson, C. 13. P. O'Neill, Peter Hall, Joseph P. Fiticr, Thomas Wilmer, William C. dlenszey, Thomas Jones. John D. Miles, Clerk of Common Council, Please call a Meeting of the Common Council, In accordance with the foregoing requisition. JOu( Mudge. Provident . . . . At fifteen minutes after three o'clock only turum oe mewtmrs seas present. Mr. Andrew iller moved that the Chamber proceed to the consideration of tho resolutions to tittthori.m the paving east Washington lane, in the Twenty second ward. Agreed to Mr. Stevenson opposed the pmsage of the rem lotions at sumo length and with much spirit. lie considered it ndi4graeo on the part of the Munici pal Government to contract a new debt while it had old, but honest ones hanging about its neck, end crippling its every energy. Ile referred to the non-payment of city warrants, and alluded. in come feeling remarks,to the vast amount of cutler leg which this refusal on the part of the City Trea surer would be sure always to remit in. Numerous cases had oomo under his own immediate notice, where poor mon, who had by hard toil acquired tho right to prompt payment for their serviem bad been turned from the office of the City Treamrer. with the consolatory advice, .q.lo to a broker and get your warrants shaved." Such a course purcued hereafter, us it has been hitherto by Philadelphia, would inevitably result in its everlasting dis rracc Mr Stevenson further stated that the rate of tasel paid by the borough of Germantown did not Rai'. sant the improvements sought to be made by tho adoption of the resolution under consideration. Mr. A. Miller replied to the remarks of Mr. Stevenson, and said that it was evident that that gentleman had not a proper understanding of the matter under discussion. The non-payment of city warrants had nothing whatever to do with the question The paving of this lane was to be done by contrasts, and could not result in the We of a single cent to the city. Mr. Wolf also replied to Mr. Stevenson, and 11(1. vacated the adoption of the resolution. Mr. Stevenson moved to refer the resolutions to the Committee on Finance. Ile desired this refer ence, because it was only legal to make approprin lions through committees by ordinance, and not by a simple resolution. The motion, to refer was disagreed to by a vote of 10 yeas to 42 nays. The Conunittee on Highways reported a resolu tion authorizing the payment of the claim of Mr Quigley, who, in nucordance with a contract made with the City Commissioner, built the bridge over Mill Creek, in the Twealy-fourth ward Mr. Stevenson stateirthat his duty would compel him to oppose the resolution also. Mr. Miller thought-that the gentleman from the Eleventh ward, Mr. Stevenson, took more plea sure, in opposing than understanding all of the resolutions 'brought before the Chamber. Mr. Miller then rend from the report of the Commit tee on Highways some lengthy extracts relative to the work on this bridge. Messrs. Ridgway and Stevenson opposed, and Mr. Miller advocated, the adoption of the resolu tion. The debate sore prolonged and uninterest ing. Mr. Masoher thought the subject IVIIS a proper ono for the consideration of the Committee on Claims. Ito moved to rotor the resolution to flint committee. The motion to rotor elicited Zr sharp dant° between Messrs. Miller and Stevenson. during which the former said of the latter : the gentleman from the Eleventh ward is either ICO stub born that ho will not understand, or on stupid, that ho cannot." The President decided that this complimentary alluolon was out of order. Mr. Miller. All right! I ask the gentleinan's pardon. (Laughter.) After a sharp debate, the motion to refer to the Committee on Clahnswas disagreed to by a veto of 27 yeas to 27 nays. Mr. Pnlcthorp moved In postpone the farther consideration of the resolution to the last stated meeting, of this week. Mr. S ites thought that hasty legislation 11119 a thief whieli often plundered the city treasury, and Ito was therefore in favor of postponement. Messrs. Ridgway and Drayton also favored the postponement. The motion was finally agreed to. A resolution from the Committee on Highways, to authorize the paving of Pratt street, between Till and Logan streets, in the Twenty-fourth ward, was also discussed at considerable length, Mr. Stevenson, as usual, lending the opposition. A motion to postpone its further consideration was disagreed to, and the ayes and nays wore called upon the question of the adoption of the resolution, which resulted as follows—yeas 29, nays 12. No quorum voted. A motion to adjourn was mode by Mr. Sloven. son, and the yens and nays called upon it, with the following result—yeas 12, nays 31. A quorum of members being present, the ques tion was taken on the adoption of the resolution to pave Pratt street, and it 'wait agreed to by a vote of 33 yeas 10 12 nays. Mr. Masohor, from the Committee on Trusts and Fire Department, offered en ordinance authori• zing the Superintendent of Trusts to invest ti . 397 in city loans; which pas..ed finally. Also, a resolution accepting the services of the Columbia Hese Company, and admitting it to the Fire Department. Mr. Parker opposed the resolution, and stated this company was foremost in encouraging a spirit of insubordination among the firemen. 110 desired to ROC a paid fire department. Mr. Ridgway, in reply, said it was well known that the Columbia lima Company enjoyed the re putation of being among the foremost of the quiet, respectable, and efficient fire organizations in the eit,v. The resolution was adopted. The same committee reported resolutions ex onerating the Moyamonsin Rose Company front all blame for an alleged vio lation of the fire ordi nance, and instructing the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department not to report companies who are really guilty of no offence, but to endeavor to pre serve the quilts and harmony of the department; also, a resolution adverse to loaning hose end making appropriations to certain companies, all of which were agreed to without dissuasion. The committee alsoreported a resolution waking un appropriation to the Superintendent of Truce for payment of the survey of coal lands In Schuyl kill county. Agreed to. The Committee on Surveys reported a resolution authorizing the transfer of certain items of appro priation. Agreed to. Also, an ordinance authorizing the construction of a culvert in Bank street, at the expense of the property holders in said street. Agreed to. Also, an ordinance authorizing the construction of a culvert on Race street, in the Tenth ward, under the superintendence of the Chief Commis sioner of Highways. The ordinance was laid over. The Committee on Surveys submitted several reports relative to the continuation of surveys in different wards. The resolutions attached to these reports were adopted. Mr. Hacker called for the yens and nays on these resolutions, but the call was nut seaunded. 1k said it was apparent that there was not a quorum of members . present, and it was clearly wrong to transact business while such was the fact. . . - Tho Committee on Claims presented a report, with on ordinance attached, appropriating s9,onn for the payment of numerous claims agetnat the city. On motion, the ordinance nos laid over and ordered to be printed for the 1130 of members. The Committee onrort Wardens offered a reso lution authorizing the repairing of the Pine-street wharf, on the river Schuylkill. The yeas and nays wore required by Mr. Ridg way, and seconded by Mr. Rocker, and were— yeas 33, nays 5. • No gamin voting, a ?notion nos made to ad 'auto and agreed to. .91 a Meeting of the Scott Legion, held on Monday, a committee, consisting of Captains S. 1). Breece, Grey, and Berry, and Serpents Tapper and Junes, wa appinto.i to receive the remixing of their Into fellow-member, George Bretton, which are expected to Arrive in the clipper ship Ring leader in a short titne, at New York, from Catgut ma. A committee was also appointed to confer with the Camden Light Artillery, to make ar rangements for the proper reception of the remains of Captain Reynolds, of the Now Jersey battalion, on their arrival in New York. Both of the de• ceased will be buried in Glenwood Cemetery. The Factories on the Silinytkill.—The facto ries on the Schuylkill river, just beyond ehe city and those around and in Norristown, are ovi• (lenity wit likely to resume work as soon as those in Germantown and Mannyunk. Ono of them, however—W'hite's straw factory—it is expected, will be put in operation in the course of n few woolen. Jamisall's end M'Cready's cotton mills are closed. The large machine shop of Corson West is in a eimilar condition. The iron works of Col. Shall, however, will resume in a short time. The Scott Legion of this city hive nude arrangeinente to attend the funeral of the late Col. 1•. M. Wynkoop, at Pottsville. to-day They will 1e..v0 by the Reading cars at 7 o'clock in the morning, and return on Thursday. The Legion is composed of n large number of Cu! Wynkoop's command in Mexico Beck's bend hare, wo un derstand, also volunteered their services for the funeral. Military Funerals.--The members of the Washington Grays, Captain Parry, attended in a body, iu citizen,' dress, at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, the funeral of Mr. Jtmeph Worrell, from his tato residence, No. 7 South Penn Square. Thu company made an exceedingly creditable turnout They paraded forty soon. Robberies.—On Monday afternoon the dwel ling of Mr. George W. Dyer, Seventh street, above Reed, wall entered during the temporary aboonee of tho family, and robbed of about fifty dollars' worth of jewelry and silverware. It is thought the robbery was committed by boys who entered the house through a window In the rear. The University of Pennsylvania.—The ex amination of the College classes at the close of the first term commenced yeltorday, and will continue from day to-day until the 23d. On the evening of that day an exhibition of declamation of original composition, by members of the senior clan, will be held in the College Hall. ✓1 man named Cornelius Collin+ was arrested, in the Eleventh iverd, on Monday, on the charge of sobbing the '• Ohio fat woman" of $29", and a gold watch. The robbery is ntleged to have been Conlinitteal at Cleveland. Cornelius was Commit ted to await a further hearing. By an advertisement in another column it will he seen that Judge Sharsiveo , l intends de livering nn addreis before the pupils of Professor Saunders' Institute, West Philadelphia. to-morrow afternoon. An interesting address may he ex peeled. Sales of Real E: stale, Stocks, e r c,__The, fol lowing sales took place at the Philadelphia Ex change, last evening : 2 Shares Philadelphia and Havre do Grace Steam Tow-Boat Company, $100; Share in the Phila delphia Library, $32 •' Share in the Mercantile Li brary, $9, 2 bonds, $l,OOO each, Allegheny county (Pennsylvania Railroad) Coupons, payable No vember and May, duo 1878, 09 per cent; Season Ticket Arch Street Theatre, $9; 5 Shares Acade• my of Alusic, $273; Phrenix Mutual Insurance Company Scrip, 31 per cent; American do., 31 per cent; Delaware do. , 333 per cent ; Union do., 31 per cent ; three-story brick dwelling. Pratt etreet, east of Fairmount, street, $lOO ; three-story brick dwelling, Pratt street, $100; three-story brick dwelling, Pratt street, $l6O ; three-story brick dwelling, Pratt :. , treet, $300; three-story brisk dwelling, No. 934 North Twelfth street, between Poplar street and Girard avenue, $1,073; three story brick dwelling, No. 913 Wharton street, be. tweet' Fifth and Sixth streets, $l,BOO. CITY POLICE.—DECEMBER. 15. [Reported for The Preto As Anusnn Wire.—Mrs. Hannah Masters, a stalwart-oaring dame, with a good allowance of noso and chin, came panting into the Mayor's office in suoh hot haste" as seemed to denote that something particularly startling or important war about to be revealed Is there no law against the tyrannizing of a husband''' she exclaimed, in a soico shish, if possessed by a sea-captain, might enable him to dispense with the use of a speaking trumpet Then, without pausing for a reply, she turned her heed and thus addres,,ed a sheepish-looking individual of the male sex who was slowly following her • "Jake Masters, you murdering, blood-tucking ruffian you come here end toe the reopie gee %hat sort of an onearthly, onboarable monster you aro. Please your honor," she resumed facing about to the tribunal, " are you going to let this villain be the death of me'" " Certainly net, madam. What hn , he done "Oh, everything, your honor, and a groat de more " :dn,tera certainly looked euviciently condemned to be guilty of something atrocious, and such cit . - cum4tances as having one of his eyes blacked and a dirty red handkerchief tied around the other did not make hie appearance more preposse:siug. Hit wife continued : "I ueuldn•t engage to mention anything that he wouldn't do I know there'd nothing at all but devilment in hid though ti, if you could only nee them " 31ra, Masters, no can do nothing nth him for hi.t thoughts. IYhat hal ho dont Uid ho boat yon'" "Ah," ocelaime.l 31r+ 31 as oho i•lenche,l her mirlonbinis fist and gave it a significant shake, " like to seo hint try. lie would be more licked than he was la't night " "Yes, it seas then I got this Hack eye," grow• bled illaster3. " To-be-eure, you bloody-minded Int - mint—and that's only a taste of what you'll get neat time." " Bow %as your husband's head cut, Mrs tete "' inquired the magistrate. " Why, sir, he hit his ugly pate against the soap stone griddle " Ifow did that happen " Oh ' I was holding up the griddle, just while I was folvi , ing him not to stay no long when I sent him alter a penny-candle. Juit then the rhettmatis happened to twist my atm, and I let the griddle fall on his noddle without perceiving it. But what's the we of talking about that Don't you see chat It roar, ill-natured, devil i look he hits this very minute I don't think it's ,afe to live with him, and I want him rent to the penitentiary or the House of Refuge." It might hose been charitable to send fpoor Ma , tcrs to any place of refuge, but to the great cha grin and disappointment of Mrs. DI , she nag in formed by the magistrate, that her troublesome husband could not be disposed of according to her wishes. Whereupon she expressed a very unfavor able opinion of the Into and its ministers, using Poch irreverent language as made it nbevsary for one or tho officers to lead her ottt of court. W. 4J*(jlftth 1111= Nit PRlrti—ittilgo Thompon —The en. , e of White and Latimer the Delaware Mutual In ruratice Company, before reported, to dill on trial. CO , I3I , ) , IPIALII—Judgo Thoinron.—Equity Ar gnment List. Dia - enter Count —Argument Lirt. Orin &Nu Tritmtunti—Judges Allison end Led low.—Tho ease of James Diamond, charged ith the murder of Edward Muldoon, is stilt on trial. There were a great number of witnesses for the Commonwealth, who all testified to nearly the Fame Ailto of facts—the conflict, the arre.d, and the Ridden club. There is considerable discre pancy in the witncs 'es' testimony, and the counsel for the prisoner have great hopes now of hie ac quittal. The Commonweelth closed its coca about half-peat four, having refund to call several wit nesses whose tonnes appeared on the back of the bill Mr. Dougherty contended that they should be called, end the court having decided the mat ter wee entirely in the discretion of the District Attorney, Mr. Dougherty ached permission of the court to nee the witnmes, which woo granted. Mr. Dougherty trill open fur the defence. The case trill probably creepy to-dey end to-morrow. PHILADELPHIA 31 HIKETS TVERDAY. December 13th.—Evening—Breml• stuffs tire dull, but holders generally are firmer in their demands today, and the sales of flour com prise 500 bbls supeifino at $3, some holders ask more; 700 bbls extra at S 5 25, 450 bids Wesb rn do, and 400 half bids on terms kept private. The local trade has been moderate to-day at price ranging from $3 to $5 75 for comma to extra, and Stla :1.7 per bbl for fancy brands Rye Flour is dull and unsaleable at SI 25 per bbl. Corn Slasl sells sleety. and 100 bbls Pennsylvania brought 55 per bbl. Wheats have been lightly dealt in to-day; about 500 bush red sold at 110011 Ic, 100 bah in ferior at 1020, and 1,500 bush white at 118a121o. Corn is rather dull to-day, and about 0,000 bush only found buyers at 51n37c for new Pennsyl vania and Delaware yellow ; 300 bibthels old sold at titia6oe, in store. Oats are better, and 2,000 bu good and prime Delaware have been cold at 30350 afloat. ltye is taken by the distillers at 75a7tio per be Dark has mot with very little in quiry ; the stock is light, and holders firm at $2O tor first quality Quercitron. The demand for Cotton is very limited, and buyers take hold only to supply their present necessdies at about former quotations. tiroceries are not much inquired for to-day ; there is very little passing in the market, which continues firm for all kinds. The dealers in Provisions are holding oft for lower prices than are now current, and there le little or nothing doing to establish a quotation for any description. Seeds are steady ; about 200 bus Clover brought S 5 25a55.771, and 400 bus Flaxseed at sl.3sper bu. Whiskey is selling in a limited way at 22e for hhds, and 223a23i0 for bbla. Sale of drudge gat made at 21io, THE MONEY MARKET. PRILADELPHIA, December 15, 1857. We believe that the minds of business men are generally coming round to the opinion that the resumption of specie payments by the New York banks not only will he maintained, but will be found to be the best measure that could have been adopted for the promotion of sound and healthy business in the opening year. One of our cetera pornries justly remarks that the financial revul sion has done a good work in cleaning out of the dead wood, and all that is left is of the right kind of material to build a new and better system upon " It is a very curious fart that during the pre sent financial revulsion most of the tenures have been among our oldest, largest, and what were con sidered the wealthiest houses in the country. Many of these concerns have no doubt been living for years upon their previous credit and position, and towards the close of their career were literally shells, likely to bo crushed by the first pressure. This tevuDion has done come good, at all events. in 'slushing out these concerns anti leaving the channels of commerce free foryonoger, more vigor ous and more enterprising parties The revulsion having done thus much, at least, gives us less cause for complaint It has been of great service in clearing away a good deal of rubbish and rotten• noss in the financial and commercial world, and guarantees us many years of health and prosperity in enterprise and credits, provided the new ad. ministration of mercantile matters is prudent and conservative. The coupons of the seven per cent. mortgage bonds of the Donaldson Improvement and Rail road Company, now duo, will be paid on presenta tion at the office, No. 23 Merchants' Exchange. The Honesdale Rank, at Honesdale, Pa , and the Phillipsburgh Bank, at Phillipsburgh, N. J., opposite Easton, have resumed specie payments. The official averages of the banks of the eity of New York for the week ending Saturday last, Dec. 12, present, in the aggregate, the following change:, from the week's statement of Saturday, Dec. 5: Increase in Loans $122,350 Decrease in Specie 10,955 Decrease in Circulation 206.5n5 Decrease in Uttdrawn Deposits ...... 1,534 375 Including the operations of the Clearing-House for the week, and the Sub-Treasury statement of Saturday, the following is the general comparison with the previous week. COMPAHATIVE IMCACITULATION. Dee 6.1%67. D.c 12.1 , 157. .t. 153,519,000 ;64,668,0110 96,333,587 96,525,0:7 Specie Circulation ... Gros4 Delmits E xchanged . • . 23,063,832 116,033,877 6,555,000 6,313,494 78,492,065 75,305,134 14,047,600 12,457 131 Undrawn— : 64,414,375 62 908.,000 In Sub-Treasury 3,933,112 4,237,840 We give the principal items of the weekly hank statements in New York, on the dth of Augu4, when the expansion was at its greatest height, on the 10th and 17th of October, before and after the suspension of specie payments, and now at the time of resumption : Loans Specie. Circulation Dewar. Aug 8 6122 077.252 011.737 .167 ES 981,710 607.372.601 Oct 10. 101, , n7,561 11,176,291 7,521 599 49.715,176 Oct. 17. 97,215,826 7,613,230 8.001,111 42 606012. Dec. 12. 91,626,037 26,059,877 6,118,191 62,909,000 The position of the Boston banks, nt the two eriods of suspending and resuming, compares as foj,llows: October 14. December 7. Loan; 518,013,861 $50.822.333 Specie 2,461,001) 4,400.500 Due train vaintry blts 2,41 4 1.706 2,167.011 Depoiiits 12,170,450 16 105,465 Circulation 6,355,002 6,230,151 Condition of the banks of 31a3sachusetta. De cember 7, 1837, compiled from the return to the ,Secretary of Slate : Capital 8. 41 0,38" , ,722 Net Circulation 10.512,177 Deposita 21,789,360 Profits on hand 6,514,50 billA of exchange, An 10)2,432.001 Specie Real eRt ate The above statement exhibits a contraction in the circulation of $6,062,644 since August 3d. It also appears that the banks of this State have at the present time less than two dollars of pa per and circulation for each dollar of specie. The above statement also exhibits, as compared with the let day of January last, en inereade in the item of capital of $1,813,792, and of spade $552,659; and a decrease in the item'of pet cir culation of $6.592,035; of deposits 51,823,536. and of loan $7,243,160. The conl tonnage over the Lehigh Canal, for the week ending Deo. 12, was as follows: ►O6 WILCI. TOTAL Toni Cwt Toni Cwt ... 613 32 306.396 13 10,010 14 FROM Mauch Claim( Twanel No 1.... EIDEDMIESE Emt Lehigh Minrq A. Lathrop and othera, rea and Duet Coal Eu3l Mauch Chunk. Spring 31ountain Mines Leat Sugar Loaf eta. Coleraine do. Stafford do N Y and Lehlelt Coal Co German l'enn Coal Co South Spree :Mountain Coal. North Spring Mountain Coal.. Denver Meadow Co Pane Ha ma Martel. Coal Co Cranberry Miller Diamond Mora Connell Ridge Mt Pleasant Coal IV, tTOP Mick Mountain Coal Co Waite Harm. Wilke4arro Coal Co Wyoming Coal C 0...... Hartford Cool Cu For t%, o<•k . Per Ind report The followinp, are to-day's quotations for Specie, by Croniso Co., Bullion and Specie Brokers, .10 South Third street, payable in bankable funds Amer Dollare,oll-1 05Am. 0014, 01 , 1 coinage 1 05 •• ..1 03 I Soverogns 4 p s Mexican Dollarg 1 On ....4 Fouth Am •• ..105 , N spolern.'2o France] 71 91 Splotch Pillar Dollars 104 Tan Guiliers ..4 01 Fne Fl.llMi 04 Ten Thaler.4 ...800 German Cr on ns 104 •• •• Proaalan..a 15 French 110 Div:lt+ American OM '2 , , to 3 rrerntunt Na,, York Eishange "` In " 11o4inn s s to 2 lialtimorn.ti to 1: \ 4,4 TIIIIADELPIIIA STOCK EXCIIANOS SA LISS, December 15, 1451 n.q , Oticel by H. Manly. 811 FIRST Jr., :_4tort Brower, No tut Meet. BOARD. 2 31orri4 Cmaal 01 a I 6 do ...... .. Ski 10 Ilarrinbarg 8. 5 'N 1:, do 5 - 1 4 do 521: 100 Long Idnod 11 ... 0 y 200 New Graoads . .. y 12 Bank c 1 Penn, ...10y 10 do 10y 9 do 10y 9 do ...... —lO y 1 d" 10 y 5 Philnds llsok ....^l5 500 etty R 6+ ..e& P. 83 500 du et P.13:14, 10 0 0 do Cl.l' IQ 1000 d0.C.1.1' PRI( gl 'J/0 renna Sc gi v 1000E1(114,1.117.11o1 m 09 , , 4000 do do.bo 1000emtnwtg•e. R 7c —4l 2000 Del R 3lt di etch 7O 500 entavriegn bde 1000 CAI f.m 2000 N Penn& 2000 L 4 ch Nev 6+ '72 ..74 10 La, Dick 3 . 10.! Peons R.... tots M.4111t Canal ptd 8 t 5 do .... TIOAUDI! 100 Hooding II 100 do ... 100 do ... DETWEE. Reading 11 ...55,20N MI do 53.26,1, A do 4.203' .• 100 do .... 245 , 4 SECOND 20) l'it Now 91 100 do Nen CO. C.Ol 1000 Scl Nay 6. 02 .. 62 160 X) do ..... .01 VA Morris Canal 05..721, 1000 Penna .5s 4000 Cant & in h Tns BOARD. LO Long Wan.l R ...Oy 3 Donna R .... do do "SS, do "S 2 I.nlugh Serip..bs 3l 3..) Reading It 3 Ph 1.1.1 s 4 limn% of Dennl...lo foi oti4 de 74 4000 Cam k Am It 64 'B3 cmh 70 700 City R ei..ok I' 84 AFTER 400 Perms Zio CLOSINO l'Al Bid. Asked. Y.B-BT 11A DT Bid. Asked N 'B2 pre( 11 17 Wm.p't 2c }7m R 1124 121 do lstmortl'nl72 2 i 70 Phll36'n Int 0.81 81 4( •• •• }tII.P 81,.,‘ do '2.1n1 49'; 46s Long Gland.... 8 6 , , i01,,1 , 0rg 7 Girard Pont 4 8 Lehigh Zion.... n 1 Union Cut! 1 4 New Crcelc CatoninE a It It.. 6 6•,,, New.9l 01 Per n4yll R^n•imgß "6, 7 , _ i!i do Ponds '7O 74 75 t do Mrt Cm' I 91 Penn Mt sc% 51rorioCanl Con 4.5 47 Pe N 1i,72 t.'( 1 stock ... 10 11 PROVISIONS AT BALTIMORE, Pee. Il. The market was very dull and uncettled, and vie nro still without any movement to note in Bulk Meat. In the absence of sales we arc unable to giro correct quotations. Bacon is selling in job bing lots from stom at 10c for new Shoulders ; 10 t Pie for do Sides, and 12Aill:31 for do Hams Old Hams, is, to quality, may ',till be quoted at 11113 e per lb There was nothing done in Barreled Pork to day. We quote it nominally at $lO per bbl for city packed Moss ; slom.s.lo 50 for Western Mr..., and 1-1 , 15 per bbl for do Prime. Beef is steady at $l9 for Baltimore Packed Mes. 4, and flit per bbl for do No 1. Some small idles are being made at these figures, for :hip stores nail export We quote Prime Mess hoof at 4, 30 per limbo of 3111 lbs, and `F:I2 per tierce of Cu lbs for India mess. In Lard no had no movement to note to-day. We quote city rendered, nominally, in Ibis at o.lao{ cents, and to eitorn do at Oialo cents per lb Refined Lard may be quoted at 1.1!a1t cents. Butter and Charm are in fair supply. Demand good, and sales nro making freely from store at previous quotations llogs—tive lingo were In light receipt to-day, there being only , otne 1,200 bend at the sales. Provers advanced their prices, but packers were not disposed to operate at the advance, conse quently but few calm were affected. 'We quote prime packing tinge at $0ir!0.123 per 100 lb?, and for butchers' uso ;d. 2 _5a13.31j• per 100 lbs was asked PITTSBUIIOII MABXETS Dec. 14 —Flour:dull and declining; sales of 20 bbls extra from w.igou, 1.25. From store, 41 bbls super, at 81 10; 10 0 do extra at $4.62; and 150 do at z. 1.37 for super; $4.62 for extra, and $5 for family. The following aro the inspections of Flour for Nov. 1837: Superfine, 20,833 bids; tine, 282 bbls; middlings, 83 bbls, condemned, 103 bbls; Bye, 123 bbls. Total, 21,541 bids drain—Sulos of 145 truants Oats from wharf at 30 and 130 do from More at 31 ; Corn, 103 bushels inferior at depot at 35: 240 do ear on wharf at 40, and 800 and 117 dodo at 45 Rye, 17c bushels from first hands at 00. Buckwheat Flour—Sale+ of 1,000 lbs bulk at $2.25 ; 1,210 lbs at $2 37, and 1,100 lbs and 40 eke at $2 37 Potntnes—ln moderate request; sales of 30 and 102 bushels Neshannocks at 50. Dried Apples—Sales of 40 bushels at $1.20 Pig Metal—A sale of 100 tons on private terms. Butter—Sales of 3,000 lba keg at 10}a121, and IS kegs do on prlvato Ulna. BY THE PILOT LINE, LETTER FROM NEW YORK. (Correspondence of Th• Preto J NEW Yottx, Dee. 13, 18137-5.20 P. M. I have to correct an error in my letter of yea terday, which, if it exist in my manuscript, must have arisen from inedvertanee. It is with regard to the amount of specie in the bank statement. It should be a derreeme of $.10,955 since hist week, and not an increase, as printed in to-day'a copy of Tae PRESS. The loans are only nominally In creased, the amount being made up of Met;ropoli tan currency certifeatcs which are made to couut as loans. In reality, I believe the actual dis counts are considerably less than last week. Counting the California remittance of yesterday, and the sums which bare been received from other sources, the specie reserve of oar banks et this moment cannot be much under 52,3,0V,000, t 3 which remittances from the interior are daily addinx. Notwithstanding the favorable news from En rope and Cadiforma, and the advantage likely to be derived from a resumption of specie pastorali by the banks, the feeling of distrust continties, and although relieved us to foreign sources of appre hension, is as strung as ever with regard to the probable action of the banks. I hare good reason to believe that my first opinion as to the motiv ei which led to the resumption was correct. The fear of prompt action by the Etate Legisla ture to enforce the law, and the knowledge that several members had declared their determination to vote for any measure, however severe. which would antral the charters of the suspended. banks. were the moving reasons for the step, which no amount of ttrength. or no consideration for the public good, would have induced them to take. To sp.nk plainly. I believe the banks resumed be cause they were afraid of punishment for ei.vkla tion of the law, and not because Cher conscientious ly believed thit they were bound to do solo the interest of thepublic. Sofar as the mereantile tom- . munity is concerned I can Sod no difference in their hopes or activity now and before the re sumption, and I can only trace their sluggishnegi to a want of confidence, not in themselves, but in the banks. They gay we trusted once, ail have been badly bitten, and see shall try to avoid being caught again I must not be undcrstowl to mean that it is the duty of the banks to make any sacrifice inconsis• tent with strict prudence, to revive commerce and help industrial enterprise; merchants and busi ness men of every degree, unworthy of credit. should not obtain accommodations at all ; nor is the bu-iness of the banks t, turn merchants or step out of their ordinary course of busine a, but what I do Media is that they should employ the vast accumulated wealth which they now hold, to advance commerce and trade, by liberal leans to men of undoubted solvency and integrity. who have a sound and legitimate busi ness, and to enable the vast stores of produce now lying idle to be converted into money to pay our debts. If some good spirit were to convince oar bank directors that this was the course to punroe, and not undue caution, and if the same spirit would make them adopt it, they would do much to re deem the great wrongs they have committed, and get rid of the mountain of obloquy which they have heaped upon themselves. They hive now a greet opening to distinguish themselves es favorably as they are already en favorably distinguished. The bad and shaky firms —those who dealt io stocks and gambled—are all swept away. Those who have weathered the storm unscathed are undoubtedly worthy ; and those who have weathered it, although crippled somewhat be the fault of others, are yet firm and worthy enough to be ranked as A I at every bank in the world. To prevent these men horn inaugurating an onward movement is unjustifiable, and were the itll ress ion removed that accommodation is not possible, except on impossible conditions, things would txm improve. The business to-day was very small!, both at the banks and the note- brokers. Nothing but first-class paper can go at all. except at ruinous prices. and the rates for first class range all the way from seven to fifteen per cent I learn that a number of suspended houses arc buying up their own paper at fifty and tee enty-five per cent with the proceeds of their cc e.• leetisas. If in this way they can manage to make up what they bane lost, or rather what in many cases they pretend to have lost, they will have made a good operation, and begin again as very immacu• late, upright traders. It is good for the creditors of such men to get anything at all. Foreign ex change was very dull to-day and unsettled; aixty days sterling wan sold from 1021 to 110. and the demand slight. On Paris the rates are 5.22,a5 13i The receiver of the :Mechanics' Banking Asso ciation, Andrew Carrigan, DI , is paying the re• maining 50 per cent. and interest due the deposi lOTl!. TO-ITIOTTCIS there 14 to be an election of QS CCIS with a view to resumption of business at an early day. Too much praise cannot be given to this energetic and faithful officer for the manner in which he boa paid off the claims against the bank and manage.' their affairs. The Fulton and 1:111,111 bank, have declared dividends of fire per cent. The clearings to-day at the clearing house were $1.2,099,000, and the balance! $.743,239.20. The cash transactions at the Sub-Trtarmy were as La b:wee : Total receipt!, $:4,002 (including 530,100 from customs) ; total payments, $35,102.47 ; total bal ance, !,!.1 230,706 76. SO9 331,403 5.133,10 1,11F,3?: $99,":31 803 The stock market was more active this morning, at an advance. Bank and State storks were in demand, and of railroad securities Michigan Southern and New York Central were the la. vorites. At the second board very little business was done, and the feeling was rather unsteady, though pricei were maintained. 103 01 53,833 13 716 16 3.90,4.77 03 NEW YORK STOCK EXCDANGE—DEc IS FIRST BOARD 5000 Toon to. '9O 94 t :4 Erit Railroad 137 Il' 1000 511,scuriCa :TS 50 do 9 , 91 IT a. 1100 do :a 'l7O do 17, 6 0 60 1 to;zinia 64 a 7 ~, IN do alO 17 1090 Cal :lute 7s '73 60 .403 do s 3 17 2000 Brooklyn City 64 91 COI do 1.3 1: 1000 N Y Cott 6. ad 'let) do 111 11 2000 NY Con:.-•x lot 96 Itik, do e 1: 4003 Eno Ronda, '0.3 60 ; 353 Hodson Rif R 1 3 /000 do of/ a, .ICO Maritza R 130 7% 5000 Erie Monis, '75 /2 tii 35 do 7% 5000 Mud R 3.1 rn 53,5 100 do 7a, 500 , 1 do 1 , 30 64 I 15 1110,416Cen SO 5000 Harlem Istin 0.5%61100 do coax 1000 111 no Con Rd aaki,lso eloa A r•ooll , . 13% 'Zino 5.51. 3445 Rtailini: R 522, I:000 6 cotton !Yoh Rd Olt% ,000 do nip 1000 Mt Cen 9p et lot 20) do 1.0 52,54 m9kg I d Con Die Si No :On 61 1:051% &COO do 1 1 3 i 300 do 5-i 1000 do 03‘. 'll O 3 do 5 llk of Arnow' IC') IVO do 111 55 100 Ph•ntx Bank 95 t 2 0 ,4 MIA E 0 B 21 hl National Rook 90 i,3 do 2114 i Bank Comrzorto 91 103 do 110 21 101 do 95 110 tt, 913 21 11 Arroanoan Ex Pk 11d, 1:0 do al 2.ri, 10 Metropolitan Lilt 9,3 i5O do 910 ?..1 t. 20 do 97 CO) do oa. 50 :Theo and Leath B 9 00 :110 311th SAN I prof 3154 100 Penn Chal C 3 .0060 1 17 do S4>; 50 do €.112,1100 Cloy & Tall as 42i 115 do 61 ;00 do t_ 4 ii 10 do 100 612, 40) do all 42)9 50 Comb Ct.: 9a. 1703 do .3 43. I°o do 91, ;100 do 910 42% 110 do 10 , 100 do 119 41' :.5 ra .00, 511,1 Co 67S ilk) do 115 42 la 3:0 Nl' Ceo It 71, , ,!100 do 110 479 lnit do 71 a, ,100 do el) 42% 50 do Ito 71 t t soo do 4.1 a. 165 do 7/%1 .50 CS , &R I R .2074 75 05 35,1E4 11 95 10 25,1E6 03 11.6-'0 17 .510 11 '?3,&01 00 9,371 61 75.111 11 11.7E6 10 10 . • si MO 07 •. • .. el 08 '2%1.51 16 151 15 :10 710 10 ... .. 10.240 07 1,0.34 03 900,314 16 Yrt-t =Ea CEEISI :00 .to m. 70 74 120 4,1 71 100 0, .1: 74 t do 13) 75 100 4 , .3 71A :. 0 gi. , .41 74 t5O ,1 ,- , ;7i 'Xi La CV -4 54 & Mq. R 19i 100 3.. tOO 74', :,,,,) dl 1111"., 150 3r. .10 7434 11 0 d , .3 10 :IC II& gqtncy II 57S , 153 k!... 10;, 10 Maw & Mi. F. 30 , 0 Gal &al e R 'll A..iu•s —The market i, lower and urti , ettled for Potl—sale, at .$6. Pearls are belt.] at ,S 6 12.1. C ,, vt EE —AU kinds are quiet: ■n auction sale of Rid if announced for fr.-morrow Prices of meot kind; are stork of Rio 104.359 hags, cf a3l kinds 133.:‘00 bap and mats. r:Y:roN —The market has continued heavy eel flat under the Europa':i news. 311.1111ng Uplandi are nominal at 10:c Foot r., .4e.—The inquiry is rather mere actite for wcstern canal flour - for the home trade, but at a decline cf 10,a per bbl on the lew grades The de• mend is limited far expert. even at the abatement, aria the market elopes heavy. The sales are 11,000 bbls at $1 10a54.;0 for eons tnnn to good State, $1 0041 75 for extra $4 40 a 424 50 for superfinelndiana and Michigan, 54, P,04 53 00 for extra do, $d3a.55 00 for :.•cunnen to good extra Ohio, $, 0047 for good to choice do. 53 @ )s $l.lO for Ft Louis brands. and 60a$7 75 f. .:r ex tra flene.‘ee—o called Canadian Flour is in limited demand and again lower; the sales are 000 bbls at $1 t eJ for superfine, and $1 50.40 25 for extra do S nib ern Flour is exceedingly dull and heavy: prices . at the elo-e, arc quite comiaal ; sales 300 bble at ;$ -, 40 a for mixed to good brands, and $5.35a55 53 for the better grades. Rye Flour is quiet at $3 2541 30. Corn Meal is in good demand; .ales of 200 bbls at $3 23.1 $3.10 for Jersey. Buckwheat Flour steady Gaits.—The demand for Wheat at the opening was rather more active, and the low grades were firmer, bat Pt the clo4e the market was tame at about our inside figures. The sales are 34,000 bu , bel at $I I I for red winter Illinois: $1.12 for white Mi.!higzn: $1 05 for Milwaukee Club; 07es$1 for Chicago spring: St 20 for fair white Canadian; 12i for prime white Kentucky, and $1.13 for red do. live is more plenty, and is lower; sales of 6.1 1 ,33 buAels at 7Z , c for river, Cats are doll and heavy, the supply large; .ales of :. 4 tate and We - .rn at Vial?c. Barley is rather lower; sales bushels at 75aidc, and Malt at 1 , 11,P.:..e. Corn is more plenty, and rew is tenth lower Kale", of 2200 bnthels at Zifar , P.',c fey new Southern end Jersey, eye for old and new do mixed, and t' , Sa iCr for We3tern mixed HIP n ..—The market is steady at the rates of yes terday. therush holders would willingly accept a moderate re ln:tion to sell to any considerable ex tent the ste7.lt is still hoary, and no prospect of any re , overy of prices ran be anticipated for at le ,st a flicrt period. Ins> , —The market is st;!: quiet, hat prices do not vary; small sales ct Scotch rig at 617103. LE ATllER.—Bayera par freely 23 ecnt. fo . t . crime. Buenos Ayreslreink , ck.ind 19.120 e Pr do o:mi.:. Oak is steady. but quiet The reetipts ace not equal to the transacoons. I.l3lf.—Rockland is quiet and nominal in the abnoce of rtock in first hind=. Mocossitc —The demand is fair and prices are steady. Sales of new crop New Orleans a t 34,3,:‘,. Cuba Muscovada at 22.12.4 c, Porto Rico at 26.12`k. NAVAL STORV9. — ErlfitSTOlTCatille is in better request, and prices are sustained. Salts of s.-me 500,809 bbls at 40c rash, with small sales of inferior at 39;0. Crude is still dull and heavy. Common ro..in Is in better request at slightly reduced rates Sales of .1,700 Lbls afloat at, supposed. 51 25 pee 31U lbs In other kinds but little i+ transpiring Poovimoxs.—The demand for Pork is fair. and with limited receipts, prices of mess are Netter The sales are 150 bbls at $1.5a516 for and $l3 503514 for prime, and $lO for clear Beef is heavy and rather freely offered dales of 140 bbls at $3 73a5.3 75 for country prime. s7.s $lO for do mess, sloosl2 75 fcr repacked western mess, and $l3 73a514 50 for extra do. Prime Mets is dull and nominal Beef Hems are heavy and lower, sales of small lots at !It s $15.75. Cut Meats are lower; sales of FO bhds at s9as9l for hams end s.7aSli for shoulders Dressed ll , gs are firm and in demand at .51161: Lard is pressed on the tuatket and is lower: sales of 120 bbls at Butter and Claee., are steady and plenty. Rico.—The supply is fair and prices steady at ;kJ 43 75 per WO lbs. as to quality. St:amts.—The feeling is good and a mdernte demand prevails. chiefly froze refiners Refined are in good demand. especially coffee descriptions TgAl.—Pending an auction sale, announeed 1.. r to-morrow, the trade are doing very litde. TALLOw.—liolders are firm; sales of 5,000 lbs prime at 100. Wnisanr.—The market is better, the demand le fair and the arrivals light—eales bbla at 22 4210. __., _.urill 11ME119311
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