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THIJRBRAY, DECEMBER 17, 1867.
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Sahib.
THE MAJORITY PRINCIPLE IN THE
SOUTH.
It would be an extraordinary and a painful
novelty if such a wrong as that which has been
perpetrated in Kansas by the Lecompton Con.
stitution did not arouse, in some manly bosoms
In the Southern States, the same emotions
which stir the hearts of the people of the
North. Southern men are our brothers and
our co-partners. We employ the glorl
-0119 diction of Mr. WEBSTER," when, on
-81/Qt OOD4RiQP.3-be SPRkeStr the-Statue
presenting extreme Northern and extreme
Southern opinions, when we declar4 that
the North and the South should never be
separated by the machinations of sectional
leaders: 4 ‘ Shoulder to shoulder they went
through the Revolution—hand in hand they
stood round the administration of WASHING
TON, and felt his own great arm lean upon them
for support. Unkind feeling, if it exist,
alienation, and distrust, are the growth unna
tural to such soils, of false principles since
sown."
And chief among these false principles is
that uttered by the Lecompton Convention.
The effort on the part of a few newspapers to
dragoon the sentiment which opposes these
principles awakens only contempt and scorn;
suggestnabuse, recrimination, and retaliation.
This sentiment is deeply embedded in the
Northern mind. It is neither answered nor at
tacked with argument. Those who do not
threaten it oppose it with expedients. This
sentiment is not aggressive. It does not an
tagonize Mr. BUCHANAN'S Administration. 'We
could name hundreds in this and every com
munity in Pennsylvania, who were among the
first to advocate his election to the Presi
dency—who, in the hour of minority and of
defeat, (when his name was the theme of
-the obloquy of those who now worship it as
the symbol of power,) gathered around him
like a wall of fire—and 'who will be the last to
•desert hint—but, who are the declared ad
versaries of the most monstrous dogma, that
any portion of our peeple, and much less the
majority, shall be deprived of their rights
'under • any pretext, or, according to any man
date. •
Nor are the people who oppose this most
audacious tyranny in Kansas to be put down
as, in any sense, the adversaries of the South,
or as desirous of attacking her peculiar insti
tutions. The issue is not one of slavery and
of anti-slavery, unless mad and measureless
faction and folly shall 'make it so. It goes
deeper and rises higher. It is an issue of
prineiple-Lnot merely of Constitutions, or of
laws, NUT OF EXISTENCE. So far from uniting
against it the people of the South, as certain
leaders of sections are now trying to do, it
should awaken them to its defence as one man.
They are interested in its success precisely as
we are. The moment the great dogma o
ti Equal Rights" is discarded, the moment the
rule of the majority is denied, the South be
'comes the victim of the most unrelenting
prejudices and passions, and the brave men of
the' North, who stand by her, are crualuxl.to
the, earth by an avalanche of unchangeable
'and Insatiate fanaticism).
But If this sentiment is not aggressive, It Is
not timorous or afraid. It cannot be intimida
ted. It will not be subdued. It is enduring be
canine ft is conscientiotut' It will succeed
b e cause it is diiintefpsted.
iPe are not surprised, therefore, that such a
sentiment Should have its due effect, (limn In
.that quarter of the Union which is most relied
upon to put itdown. The Southern people are
a, &onerous, raeo. They are passionate and
hot sometimes; often disposed to domineer,
'and quick to quarrel ; but they possess those
ether' qualities which ever accompany such
impulses. They are av erse to trick, and to
'Wrong. They are too proud to become a party
to a confessed fraud ; and they do justice to an
adversary when they see that he is as sincere,
`and as proud and as brave as themselves.
They have ineffable scorn for the men whO go
down on their knees to get their votes, and
. where they cannot agree with an opponent,
even If they are ready to light him, they are
glad to respect him.
• If the reader will now turn to another part
Of THE Paaea, he will find two significant arti
cles, from the Richmond Enquirer and the
Louisville Democrat, both strongly confirma
tory of these opinions. While we are indif
ferent,- tio far as our own case is concerned,
to the objectionti of such prints as The
&UM' and''the
,Charleston Mercury; and
while, Judeed, our own action was not
lightly adopted, and will not be lightly
grAtißed that there is a spirit
atiWcrk . iiiige::sotith'ekeintit tke *seandatohi
precedent attzmpted'to be set up by the Le.
'conViou managers. And• wo shall not be stir
- ','.7pritied if the- exaraples we quote are folloW
f'.: in:pertain quarters in Congress. ' The boasts
,',, - .".4.ltli;secesituilleiuterS 'of 'the Scutt 'that, at
laet:they have united their people against the
*"ol . t 1 , 414 - 14 t. last the work 'of lectionallorA
f lota commenced that the' tTittOrt - of these
States:is rapidly reaching its downfall;—these
boastOvill not be confirmed. The Kansas case
presents no basis for such a conspiracy. It
offers no pretext for disunion. The people of
the South will never strike hands with the ene
mies of the Union, under the banner that the
majority shall not rule. Such monas P/OKENB
and MANNING, of South Carolina—as STEVEN
, sox, land PowELL, and Born, of Kentucky—
as 'ass, of Virginia—as WICKLIFFE, of Lou
isiana—as Snows, of Mississippi—will never
embark in a crusade against the North upon a
plea at once so dishonest and so shameless as
this.;
A. Word upon the Enquirer's comment upon
the course of this journal. We deny that we,
and those with whom we act, are obstinately
adhering to a principle, the practical applica
tion of which has already been obtained in the
most important point in disputa"- We deny,
too, thit we are engaged in , C fomenting a di
vision in the party." There can he no divi
sion where, as in the Northwest, all the Demo
crats are on one side ; there can be no division
in Pennsylvania, where the overpowering ma
jority of the Democracy are against this Cal
houn Constitution. If it were otherwise our
course would be the same. We aro here not
to break, but to fulfil pledges ; not to veneer a
public crime, but to expose it ; not to divide
the Democracy, but to save it from a fate
worse than death—Um doom of consenting to
that which it admits to be Wrong.
Igor do we agree with the Enquirer that
the principle we contend for has already
been applied, or is about to be applied in
Kansas. The best judges on this point are the
people of Kansas. They repudiate the in
sulting boon of the minority. They ask that
all their, rights shall be confided to themselves.
They deny the sovereign power of the Conven
tion, and implore Congress to send back the
work of those who assume to be their masters.
We tell the Richmond Enquirer that the peo
ple of Kansas must control. It is their
affair, not that of Congress; and the editors
of the Enquirer and Tut PRESS have been till
solemnly pledged, before God and man, that
they should dispose of it, although the slavery
question were " unqualifiedly " entrusted to
them—which it is not. Even if the ablest Intel
lects did not differ as to the fact whether the
Calhoun Constitution does not, in any event,
make Kansas a slave State in the face of the
powerful demonstration against slavery in that
Territory, we are bound by our pledge. We
shall not go behind the record to escape the
obligation. We made it in the face of day,
and in round terns. We will be true to it.
If any other, inducement to the fulfilment of
its duty were needed, the fact that we are con
tending for an inalienable principle—that wo
are struggling against what is sought to be
made a fatal precedent—would be enough.
Let those who tell us that there is nothing
practical in this position remember that the
Revolution was fought upon a preamble ; and
that a free people are certain to become
slaves the moment they lose sight of the
principles that called them Into being.
THE DEOBASE OF ALBERT B. ASHTON,
Select Councilman from the Third ward, is
noticed elsewhere. The deceased was well
and widely known, and his demise will be
universally lamented by all who knew the
many and manly virtues of his private life,
and his uxefuluess as a public-spirited citizen.
Our distinguished follow-citizen, Enwn:
FORREST, has been absent for some weeks,
playing a most brilliant engagement at St.
Louis, (M 0.,) and Chaceland, Ohio. He has
been welcomed by crowds - every night, and
has been commended on all sides. We under
stand that he may be expected in Philadelphia
before Christmas.
frrThe North ✓hnerican appeared, a few
days ago, in a beautiful new suit of type, ren
dered still more attractive by the fine white
paper upon which that journal is now printed.
We congratulate Mr. MCMICUAEL on his sub
stantial and highly deserved success.
BY MIDNIGHT MAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON. •
Oorreopondenee of The Prem.]
WAshiNaTox, Dee. 15, 1857
If the two Rouses go on as they have for the
naat tvra cloye. r a-to-1 Moly_tt.oa..i.rv-weeka -utrlonet
+ill be consumed in announcing the decease of late
members elected to the present Congress. Mr.
Clay, only a few years before his death, strongly
)bjected to this practice of adjournment of Congress
In the announcement of the decease of a late mem
.lior during the recess, at the same time, however,
cith much earnestness and eloquence, admitting
the propriety of the practice in such case where a
<leather has been suddenly taken from their midst
during the session, and when intimate relations
have boon engendered between fellow-members.
/lon. Robert J. Walker will, to-day, resign info
;be bands of Mr. Buchanan his commission as Go
vernor of Kansas.
The Navy Department received by the last
steamer from California letters from Commodore
Paulding, enclosing stetter from Captain Chotard,
if the Saratoga, In reference to the landing at
Punt.% Arenas of the filibuster force under Gene
:al Walker. The facts, (43 given in these com
munications, are substantially those already pub
lished in the news, brought by the Star of
the West. Commodore Paulding condemns Cap
tain Chotard for not , 'having prevented the
landing of Walker, and I learn that in
he Cabinet meeting yesterday, this officer wa-,
superseded in his command. The Jamestown
been ordered to Punta Arenas, and the Sus
inebanna, which arrived from Genoa, Sardinia,
it Key West, on the 23th or. November, proceeded
immediately to San Juan.
The consul of the United States at Punta Are-
,as writes to the State Department, under date of
the 30th of November, six days after Walker's arri
val, that the filibusters were living in houses
'ented from the Indians at that place that
ffalker had formally proclaimed himself President
3f Nidaragua, and that he was waiting, before
?wilting into the interior, for reinfdrcoments of
men and munitions of war, which ho was daily ex
pecting. The register of the Fashion was correct
in every particular.
Circular instructions have been sent to the eol•
teeters and district attorneys of Galveston, Now
Orleans, and Mobile, to use every exertion to pro
vent the departure from either of these ports of
nen or munitions of war for Walker.
No faith is reposed in the rumor that a vessel
had sailed recently from Now York with material
aid for this enterprise. Instructions have also
been issued from the Navy Department to Comm
' lore Paulding to frustrate Walker's object, which
seems now to be to advance up the river Colorado
into the interior of Nicaragua.
The U. S. consul at Punta Arenas informs the
Department of State that the mass.of the people of
Nicaragua are opposed to the expedition. This
being true, with the other fact that he is hemmed
round at Punta Arenas by the naval forces of the
United States and England, and that Col. Canty
And the Coeto.:ltican force et Castillo Viejo will
oppose his advance In that
,slirection, it Is hard
to believe that the " grapeyed man of destiny"
will, this time, be even part ally successful.
The foreign ministers here express their Satisfac
tion that the United Stales Government has done
all that could be fairly asked of it in the execu
tion of its neutrality law of 1818.
The Navy Department has whim that Lieut.
I'. A. Craven, with the Farina, arrived at Garth°.
lena on the 3d of November, afteria passage of
eighteen days from handy Hook. Officers and
crow all well. Ho had boon delayed there until
6
the 20th November, awaiting the departure of
a Longa •
,ve boat) In order to proceed to their
deetinat , ,l , f the Atrato and Turan
do rivers, hod Ili , . '' a ship-canal across
the Isthmus of- I"
Hr. Cox, of :I
to-day of oppo. :
[le rebuked, so
juggle by which . t
ventlon attempte , ; 0 I
oiple that the will -, I
I am permitted: :
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agate from Ariztin
interesting extract - f
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by the last mortal!! ,
tory of Arizona. ', ~
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is an old resident, of,
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tation i .
TUBAC, GADSDEN'S PURCHASE, /
"22d October, 1857.
1, We have, of Mtn, boon Roriously annoyed by
the Apaches. Nearly all the animals belonging
to citizens residing around Fort %lei:amen have
been driven Wl' by thow. They are very impu
dent, and commit their depredations in broad day
light, talk to the people while they are driving oil
the animals, and always escape without being
molested. •
"The other day they came within eight hundred
yards - of the fort, and looked down upon it.
"In order to bring them to terms, tbh Govern
ment ought to enlist one thousand Phew' and Pa
pages to accompany the military. Indians are the
only persona who can successfully traverse these
meuntaine and hunt up their hiding places. If this
ie not done, they will surely break up our settlement
here. - Forts' ought to be established in the very
heart of tho Apache Country, in the places alt, and
used by them for cultivation. If this is done, we
will soon bring them to terms.
' , Until new, our mining establishments have not
been molested
,by them, and we ore going on in
high glee.
"This is undoubtedly the richest ailver•mining
country in the world, If the United States will
make Just and liberal laws for us; give uaprotea-
Oen ; remove those trifling apd upproatable
tom-houses on the frontier, at least for five or six
years; procure us n transit through Sonora to
Guaymas .and hasten along the railroad to Call.
forma, this ' will indeed boa prosperous country,
and wilrastonish the world with its production of
sliver and copper..:l.
"But, with such terrible obstacles as those men
tioned above, and the great length of transit to
transport goods over the made which we have to
take at present, progress only is possible for snob
as find mines of the extraordinary and incredible
richness of the Ileintzelman , vein. If the pre.
sent promis,os of few of these mines are realized,
by working them on a scale commensurate with
their extent and riohnoss, I have no doubt but that
they will equal in produotion the whole silver ex
ports of Mexico.
"I think an appropriation ought to be made to
sink Artesian wells through the Papagos country,
between San Xavier and the lower Nita. This
route outs off about one hundred miles from the best
route via the Pimos village. It is laid down on
my map as a railroad route, now at the office of
the Sonora Exploring and Mining Company, at
Cincinnati, Ohio.
" The country consists of a succession of plains
and isolated mountain ridges, none of which need
to be crossed. In fact, it is a dead level to Fort
Yuma, and, as a consequence, no grading is neces
sary. There is scarcity of water, but tho soil in
general is ex:soil:mit, and grass abounds all along
the line, while the mountains teem with minerals
of the richest description. The oxides and the
sulphurets of copper aro the most beautiful end
riahest in the world. Silfor undoubtedly exists
of equal richness.
"All the foothills contain gold, but I hardly
think it will be extracted by the whites, as the
localities aro devoid of water, and they are proba
bly not rich enough to pay without sluicing on an
extensive scale.
" I am, sir, 'very respectfully, your most, obo
(lieut. servant, ifERMAN EITHENDEIIII.
"To Lieut. S. Illowny, U. S A.,
"Delegate elect from Arizona,
" Washington, D. C." . X. Y.
runLic ENTERTAINMENTS.
At Arch Strect Theatre, last night, the now
five-act play, called " Beatrice ; or, the False and
the True," had as brilliant, and, what is more, as
deserved a success as we over recollect to have
witnessed. This drama is the production of Mr.
Oliver Leland, who is nephew, we believe, of Mr. C.
Leland,of the Evening Bulletin. The plot, which,
at first, promised to be involved, was well con
structed, and the denouement is artistically worked
out The dialogue is well written, and marked
with a good deal of individuality. Sometimes it
is impassioned, sometimes it gives the conversa
tion of ordinary life, sometimes it is sharply satiti
cal. We noticed only one offence against geed
taste, which occurred when Lord Lansome, in
relating a story, is made to give a nineteen-sylls
bled name to a German Baron, which made "the
gods" laugh, but might have been profitably
loft out.
In writing this play Mr. Leland seems to have
had Bu "My Novel " in his mind. Count
Ile Peschiera, - Beati ice di Negro, and Lo-ri Lows.
snore, are all in Bulwor's story, in which the two
former are brother and sister, while Lord Lan
mere, who is a sort of Dnmby in the book, has a
good deal to say in the drama. Here the Count
and Beatrice are in a plot together. At the
close, in the novel, Beatrice, who had been
affianced to Frank Razelden, finally declines
marrying him, having given her love to Leonard
Avenel; In the play, .the refuses to wed L or d
Lansinere, declaring that her heart was given to
Lord Welter Courtenay. In fact, then, save three
names, and that the Count and Beatrice are
Italians, the play owes next to nothing to Bulwer's
book. This we say, because Mr. Leland is fully
entitled to the credit—and a rare ono it is, in this
translation era—of entire originality. We shall
not attempt, (writing as we do at midnight,) to
give a complete analysis of the plot. Suffice
it to say that Beatrice di Negra (Mrs. E.
L. Davenport) is an Italian adventuress,
whose privious antecedents have been worse
than doubtful. Five years before the time
of the play, the has caused the death of one of her
lovers, and her guilt Is known to Lord IValter
Courtenay and Count de Pesehiera, who hoe also
been her lover, and is now accessory to her design
of inducing the Earl of Lansinere to marry her.
The only person she really does love hi Lord
11 7 alter, who, when the action commences, is on
the eve of marriage with Clara Bel/ender?, grand
niece of Lord Let»smere, a stiff old English states-
man, fond of Imagining that, oven at his advanced
age, such a lovely and accomplished woman as
Beatrice could marry him for himself alone.
The announcement of Lord Walter's intonded
marriage so much excites Beatrice that sho in•
sinuates a chargo against Clara Belleitden of
having had a midnight interview with a certain
Charles Beverley, who never appears. This aceu-
Batton, founded on fact, onuses Lord Walter's
father to forbid the marriage. But Lord
Walter has strong faith in the innocence
of his betrothed, and, partly by the aid of
Pevrhiera, who abandons his complicity with
Beatrice, and partly by Clara's own account of
the circumstance which had been the ground.
work of the slander, and partly by a little caves•
dropping by a soubrette, the young lady's fair
fame is cleared. Beatrice, who had persuaded
Lord Lao cmere into an offer of marriage, entice.
er-to -the-very - lust; to 'win tbe 'Mart of - Eon/
Walter, but his remembrance of the death of his
friend, caused by her means, though not by her
band, coupled with his love for Clara, saves him
from her seduction. Finally, Lord Walter is
wedded to Clara, who never learns that suspicion
had cast its shadow across her character, and
Beatrice, who to proved to be a very abandoned
woman, retiree in an agony of rage, remorse,
and grief. The True triumphs and the False is
defeated and exposed.
This drama was handsomely, even richly, put
upon the stage. It will be the hotter of some judi
cious pruning; and we may remark that not once,
during the whole performance, was any notroas or
actor at fault for a word. Mr. Fredericka, who
played the part of an old, garrulous gardener,
made a great deal of the only scone in which be
appears; but wo fear that oven this must be some•
what out down.
The last point is—how was this play acted ? Tho
reply is—admirably. Mrs. Davenport, who has a
great deal to do and say, never played with more
ease in the pure comedy, nor with more force in the
eariteet, impassioned scenes. The audience were
with her all through, taking every point she made.
Then there was Miss Emma Taylor, whom we have
accustomed to look upon as merely a beautiful and
well-dressed woman, who astonished and delighted
the audience by the grace, spirit, and ease with
which she played the part of Clara Bellenden. Ex
cept that she looked a little older than "sweet six
teen," the nioat Iron-hearted critic could not take
the slightest exception to her performance. At
the close of the fourth Act, where she explains
the mystery of her midnight interview with a gen
tleman, she wee called before the curtain, and wee
led on by Mr. Wheatley, amid great applause.
Both Mrs. Davenport and Miss Taylor wore very
charmingly dressed.
Mr. Davenport, as Pesehiera, had a capitol
part, and.mado much of it. It is an intriguing, sar
donic, worldly, eatirical man of fashion, not with
out some better impulses, who finally becomes an
honest man. Most of the sharp sayings in the
play are spoken by him, and he pointed them
adroitly enough.
Mr. Wheatley, as the lover, never performed
more to our taste. Yet the part of Lord Waiter
is not quite in his line. However, that myste
rious element called Genius, assisted by teat
and talent, earnitinquer beyond its own domin
ion. Mr. W. reserved himself, in the earlier
scones, and came out yew advantageously as the
drama proceeded.
Lord Lansmere, a sort of cast-iron Englishman,
with a =tarn° voice, was done ample justice to
by Mr. Dolman. The very peoulinrities, of figure
And voice, which prevent his being a leading
general actor, assisted him co much in this part,
that no other member of the company could have
done semnah with it
The principal perfoimers wore called out, at the
fall of the curtain. after which, with an expression
of thanks on the part of the author for its reception,
Mr. Wheatley, amid great applause, announeed
the repetition of "Meatriee," on this evening.
Dr. Charles Mackay's first lecture will ho deliv
ered, this evening, at Concert Mall.
Miss Juliana May's Concert will be given to-
morrow evening, at Musical Fund Hall. There is
a good deal of curiosity to see and hear hor, and a
very crowded house may be anticipated. She will
be assisted by Signor Tiberini, Herr Redo!Olson,
and Mr. 11. Sanderson, the Philadelphia pianist.
Mies May is engaged to give concerts In Now York,
The Bonzant troupe will give two now ballets at
the Academy of Music this evening. A grand
spectacle, called ‘‘ The Golden Horse," is in pre
paration here, by Signor Domenico Romani.
Buckley's Serenaders play for the last time this
season, on Saturday. They return to their own
beautiful theatre at Now York. To-morrow eve
ning, a farewell testimonial benefit, which is sure
to be a bumper, will be given at Javne's Hall,
where be performs, to Mr. It. Bishop Buckley, an
accomplished musician, a goodidramatio performer,
and an excellent vocalist.
in tho House
Constitution.
sarcasm, the
ctutional Con
go great prin.
tell rulo,
Mowry, del
the following
otter received
OM new Terri-
On Tuesday evening, Maclaine Angri and Mr.
Vieuxternps, With the aegistaziee of several distin•
guished vocalists, will give a Concert at Musical
Fund Hall.
ierg, the writer,
~,ory, and a reliable
ikineer of high rep.
Improvement in Manufacturing Operations.—
The condition of the factories in the Twenty-first
ward is represented to be improving. One of the
largest (Campbell's) will commence fell operations
on the first Monday in the now year, and even now
is doing as much es possible under the circum
stances.
In the Twenty-second ward (Germantown) pros
pects look brighter. The stoppage of the various
hosiery establishments, in the early part of tho
troubled financial season, woe the means of throw
ing many more people out of work than was gene
rally supposed. Many families in that ward derive
quite a respectable revenue from sewing the hosiery
by band, after it leaves the factory. These, of
course, found their occupation gone. Work is now
quite lively.
In the Twenty-fourth ward, Kershaw's, Blurt
din's, and several other large cotton factories are
in active operation. The only one now stopped is
Warren's paper mill, at Maylandsville.
We have omitted to mention that the Messrs.
Campbell, of Manayunk, last week gave $5O to the
Ward Relief Society, and that sfr. Mitchell also
gm lOU tons of coal,
THE PRESS.--PHILADELPHIA; THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1857.
THE LATEST NEWS
WAAIIINGTON, Dee. 16.—Governor Walker to
day sent in his letter of resignation as Governor of
Kansas. It is on Ale in the State Department. He
goes fully into his reasons for this step, and pre
sents an overwhelming array of arguments, data,
and facts against the Calhoun Convention. llt will
shortly appear in THE Pnum]
NEW 'Tonic, Deo. 16-10 o'clock P. M.—The
steamship North Star, from Liverpool, hae not yet
boon signalled from Sandy Hook.
Hat.max , Dec. 1111-10 o'clock P. M.—No tidings
yet of the expected steamship Canada. Her dates
will be a week later. The weather is clear and
calm.
SENATE.
A resolution was adopted to proceed to the elec
tion of printer for the Senate to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. Oulu of California, a resolu
tion was adopted calling on the President for all
correspondence between the Departments and the
present Governor of Kansas, together with all the
orders and instructions which have boon issued to
said officer.
A list of Standing Coraruitleos was submitted by
Mr. ALLEN. (The names we publisbed yesterday,
in the letter of our Washington. eorrespouijent.—
En. Pans el
Mr. IlAnblet, of Maine, regarded the list of com
mittees as unjust, disproportionate, and sectional,
He thought it high time, when the slave power has
seized on the judiciary, and the Supreme Court un
dertook to decide questions not legitimately before
it, that great care should be taken as to the man
ner in which the committees of the Senate wore
constituted, so as to shape the legislation of the
country properly. Mr. Doolittle (Wis.) objected
to the arrangement of the committees, referring
especially to the wants of the great northwestern
section of the United States, and the importance of
the commune and navigation of that section of the
country.
Mr. CHANDLER (Mich.) road4M °Etna from the
Doily Globe, announcing that a CAUCUS of the
members of the Senate, of all parties, bad agreed
to a certain liot of eounnitteo. • Ile was informed
.. -
that Ruinous of tho Demooratiu_Members only was
bold at which a list of cotnnilttees wns made out,
leaving certain blanks to be filled by the Republi
can mambo's; some of whom saw lit to fill these
blanks under protest No such general caucus as
announced was hold, and no assent was ever given
by the Itopublioan members of the Senate to such
a formation of committees as therein announced.
the list, bonus° it had boon, agreed upon by a
regular Democratic caucus, but be concurred with
theso Senators who had expressed their opinions
that the committees wore not fairly formed. Ile
had said so at the proper piece and time, end felt
bound to repeat it while placing his name on re
cord in favor of the list.
Mr. STUART, of 'Michigan, said ho hod declined
serving on the Committee of Commerce. As that
commitloe bad been alluded to, ho thought it pro
per to make this statement,
Mr. BAYARD, of Delaware 'vindicated the pro.
priety of the formation of ' the committees. Ho
said it was proper that the dominant party should
always retain the ascendancy on all the important
committees in their own hands.
Mr. Gwrx (California) alluded to the manner in
which the Republicans arranged the committees
in the House of Representatives, when they had
the power, as being in an eminent degree both
sootier:011 and unjust. They could not now with
good grace find fault, for they always exercised
their power with an iron hand whenever they had
the opportunity.
Mr. WiLsorr (Massachusetts) denied that at the
lest Congress the Republicans bad been unjust to
the Democrats in the formation of the Reuse corn•
mittees.'
Mr. Own; (California) said he did not refer par
ticularly to the last Congress, but to the general
practice of that party for many years past.
Mr. Witsom contended that the Democratic
party and the pro slavery party of this country
were one and the same thing, and indulged in
some bright visions of the time when the Republi
cans shall gain the ascendancy.
The list was then agreed to—yeas 30, nays D.
• Mr. GREEN, of Miiiourl, then proceeded lo speak
on Kansas affairs. The speech of the Senator
from Illinois, (Mr. Douglas,) ho said, took hint by
surprise, not only as to Its matter, but its manner
of argument; and it was welt calculated to preju
dice the question really pending before the people
of Kansas. lie wished to counteract, so far as
might be in his power, the impression which had
been made by that speech. Tho real issue at pre
sent Is, whether Kansas, when her Constitution
shall be presented, ought to be admitted into the
Union; or ought the consideration of what the
Senator from Illinois boa called "a fundamental
error" of the President to be regarded ns suffi
cient cause for keeping Kansas out of the Union,
and keeping up the agitation of this most unfortu
nate question? The question is not whether we ap
prove or do not approve all the individual parts of
the Lecompton Constitution, via : as to its provisions
with reference to banking, taxation, etc. These
are matters with which vrohave nothing to do, but
which are to be left to the people themselves ion).
plate. The only question for Congress to consider
is, does the Constitution embody a republican
form of Government 7 Has anybody over disputed
that proposition, and contended to the contrary ?
Certainly the Senator from Illinois had not done
so. There seems to bo a want of clear understand
ing cus to the relation whieb the Federal Govern
ment sustains towards a Territory. The inhabi
tants of Kansas are people, and "what enabling
sat" is required to impart to them the power to
propose a change in their form of government? Is
an enabling net requisite to give them more
political rights or more inalienable rights?
That would be a solecism and a contradiction.
From those considerations it could be argued that
Congress would have no right to refuse to admit
Kansas into the Union under the Lecompton Con
stitution. The people of Kansas never proposed a'
form of State Government without the consent of
Congress. The Convention was held in saitordina
tion to the Territorial Government. If admitted
into the Union, the State Government will take
the place of the Territorial Government, and not
without. If any attempt were made to subvert the
present Government, and set up another in opposi
tion to the Federal authority, we could subjugate
it. But it Is not proposed tointerfore with the Ter
ritorial Government until the consent of Congress
has been received. There are eight Slates now in the
Union which formed a Constitution without " en
abling acts," for the admission of two of which
the Senator front Illinois, himself, lied voted, The
States of Florida and California had no enabling
not previous to their admission. If the Senator
from Tilinois could vote for the admission of these
States, there can ho no reason why he cannot vote
for the admission of Halms. The assent of Con
gress may bo given at any time. The organic not
deolares that the people of Kansas shall be par
te-oily free to form and regulate their domestic
institutions be their own way. The way they, the
people. chose, was to leave it to the action of a
Convention. which body was under no obligation
to submit the Constitution, or any part of it, to the
popular vote. It chose, however, to submit the
slavery question (which was really the great
"hone of contention,") as a matter of policy and
prudence, and not from any legal compulsion,
whatever. Mr. %G. was of the opinion that the
submission of the question of slavery, alone was
bettor calculated to get the real will and judwgent
of the people, than if the whole Constitution was
submitted. t has bean also said, Mr. G. continued,
that tho people of Kansas were deceived, and that
positive pledges and promises to submit the Con
stitution had boon made, and violated. That was a
matter about which there had been a great deal of
controversy: but as there was no positive evidence
of this deouption, he did not think proper to dwell
upon it. In conclusion, he urged the Importance
of deciding the question speedily, so as to put an
end to the constant agitation which bad so long
embittered the feelings of the different sections of
the Union. He thought the Leeotupton Constitu
tion met the approbation of a majority of the peo
ple of Kansas, and If any of its provisions were
obnoxious to them, they would have the power of
modifying or changing them at any time.
Mr. DounnAs-replied : lie was gratified at the
tone and spirit in which the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Green) had discussed the question. But, as
that Senator seemed to have misapprehended his
position as laid down in the speech delivered by
hint the other day, ho would make a brief state
/11011ton one or two points, it. order that the Senate
and the country might sea what hie position really
was. _ _
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Mr. Perm, of Ohio, said ihat ho should vote for
Firstly: Ho did regard it as a fatal objection
that theta was no 44 enabling act" in advance.
Secondly. He did not take the position that it
was /I fatal objootion that the COnstxtution was not
submitted to the people before U was seat to Von
gross for acceptance.
Tiro position ho did assume was, that the regnlar
mode of proceeding is by an 4 , enabling act ;" but
if the Territorial Legislature proceeds to call a
Convention, without having the consent of Con
gress to do so '
that is irregular; not so irregular,
however, that i t necessarily follows that all the pro.
eeedings of the body are vitiated. A Convention,
or any other body of men may Bond a petition to
Congress for a change in the form of their
Government, and Congress is at liberty to accept
or reject the volition as it pleases. The Le
eompton Convention was not an unlawful body,
and might send a petition to Congress; but It
was not a Convention authorized to establish or
institute a Government for itself. Ito conceded
that many now States had been admitted into the
Union without an "enabling act" being first
passed by Congress. But in this ease the schedule
provided that the Constitution Should be submit
tal to the people of Kansas for their approval
or disapproval. No Constitution could be eon
sidered as republican in its form which did not
embody the tall of the people who are to be
governed by it, and was not trained by their
action. The next question was, what is the
beet mode of ascertaining that will. Ile agreed
with the President, that the beet mode WAS to refer
it to the people themselves, for their acceptance or
rejection, by /1 fair vote. lie could not admit
that a Cowtitution, forced upon the people against
their will, was a republican Constitution. It is
no use to say it is a good Constitution; Congress
has no right to cram " good things' down their
throats against their will. The question is, whether
the people obeli be porinittod to form their own
Constitution? The Senator from Missouri hits
urged the importance of terminating this contro
versy. Now, lie (Douglas) would do anything that
was right—anything that was just, in order to ter
minate it. He would sacrifioe everything, but his
prtnaiplo and the honor of his country, to close
ibis unhappy agitation. put how aro we to do it''
It must be done upon the principtp? nt' eternal
justice and truth, or it will not stay closed. (lap'.
grew must terminate It upon the principles of self
government, or the people will not have a ropubll.
can system of Government. No system of patch
ing-up and trickery will settle this question. In
stead of establishing peace, such a courso would
excite a new controversy. It would be necessary
to increase the army, and use the military power
of the Government, if the majority were to be
subjected to tho oppression of the minority. Its
trusted there would be no outbreak, that no
violence would be used; but he feared that
such would be the result, if the majority of
K
the people of a
nsa& were to be coerced into
submission to the will of the minority. The Sen
ator from Missouri had said that the people could
change the Constitution immediately after Kansas
became a State. lint he (Douglas) argued, on tine
other hand, that It could not be changed, by the
provisions of the Constitution itself, until the year
1884 ; end could only bo hanged then by a
Constitution, to be called by two thirdsof tits man
-1,411 of the lieilNlaturib It to a principle of
low that when n Constitution provides fur its
being charged ate partioular time, and a particu
lar manner, it excludes all other times and all
other modes. Any Court in Christendom would
thus construe it, and the only mode of changing
the Constitution would be by a revolution. ThFs
scheme, therefore, Is a scheme of war, and leads
directly to war. And he said if I should vote to
admit Kansas into the Union, tinier the " Le
compton Constitution," I should feel obliged In eon
sequenee to increase the army, and enforce it at
the point of the bayonet. hence he besought Sena
tors to pause before they committed themselves to
such a fatal error. This was not to bo regarded
as an " Administration " measure. Every man
°litho floor of tho Senate was at perfect liberty
to vote for or against it, without surrendering his
party tins. The trdeption of the measure would
net only rend asunder the Democratic, party, but
would endanger the peace and perpetuity of the
Union.
The President was a frank man, and ho slid not
believe the President would ask his party to do
that to which ho was unwilling to commit himAelf
on paper. Ile did not believe that the President
would ask Senators to run their necks into the hal
ter of disunion or civil war before he was ready to
take the lead end point out the way. Then let us
restore peace to the country by ignoring these
ir
regular conventions at Lecompton and Topeka,
authorize the people to go forward and forte a Con
stitution and State government for 'themselves.
That, ho believed, would restore quiet in ninety
days.
Mr. ORMIN responded, denying that the people of
Kansas would be compelled to retain the present
Constitution till 1861, and argued that the Conven
tion could be called at any time to make such
changes as the majority of the people 2»igbt desire.
The further consideration of the subject was
then po,tponed until Monday next.
Adjourned.
The members of the litres() sect in their new
Hall this morning.
A communisation was resolved front the clergy
men of Washington, tendering their services to
open the daily sessions with prayer.
Amid much confusion, the mombere proceeded
to select their seats by lottery.
Mr. Jonas (Pennsylvania), from tho Committee
of Ways and Means, reported a bill for tho pay
ment of invalid and other pensions.
Memorials were presented front Messrs. Brooks
and Whyte, of Baltimore, contesting the seats of
Messrs. Davis and Harris. Referred to the Com
mittee on Elections.
The Printing Committee reported a resolution
for the printing of 25,000 extra copies of the Pre
sident's message and accompanying doomeents.
Mr. Cox, of Ohio, said ho heartily concurred
with the views of the message in almost every
sentence except that nett, relative to Kansas. In
hitjudgment, contrary to the opinion of the
President, thoro will be nu peace if Kansas bo ad
mitted under the Lecompton Constitution. Ex
pediency is a dangerous doctrine when brought
in contaotswitli principle. There can bo no ponoo
when the lights of the people aro jeoparded. 110
did not agree with the old theologians that in
order to be saved we must be damned. (Laugh•
ter). Ills pledge to his constituents was to stand
on the doctrine of submission of the entire -Con
stitution to the people. This is of the high
est concern, and essential to self-government.
It has its foundation in the Cincinnati plat
form; in the President's Inaugural; in Go
vernor Walker's acceptance; in the President's
letter to the Connecticut clergymen ; in the In
structions ho sent to Governor Walker, and in his
annual message. All came here as recorded cri
donee to show that pledges had been given to the
people of Kansas that they should have the whole
Constitution 'submitted to them. Ile would ask
the House why the traitorous Catilines of Nuns
sae should therefore attempt to subjugate the
people's will to their own. Having given these
pledges, it would bo a breseh of faith, and a
gross dereliction of duty, to disregard them
The movement at Lecompton was an at
tempt to carry out the slavery prinoiple. and
by pretended submission to force the Constitution
on an unwilling people, for in any event it could
not be rejected. This sort of juggle would not do,
The right of self-government was higher and dearer
than all the Cabinets and Presidents. There woe
no power, according to Jefferson and President
Buchanan, for the Territorial Legislature to call
into being a Convention to supersede the Terris
[oriel Government without the consent of the pece
pie, and the Constitution would be putrescence,
and should never be dragged into Congress for
grave deliberation. It would be a Congressional
intervention In their domestic affairs.
The people of the Northwest eared not what
I would be the result as to the domestic institutions
of Kansas. He would vote for her admission as a
slave State, if the will of the people be made clearly
to appear. lie referred to what he characterised
as a fraud in the apportionment of representatives,
and mentioned in this connection, as an example,
the Oxford precinct. The Constitution was not re
publican in form; it prohibited alteration until
1864. If any change is effected before, it must be
by a civil war—for blood must ever track the elope
of wrong. Ile earnestly protested against the
Constitution, because it was against the prinoiple
of self-government. It mast be submitted entire
to the approval of the whole people. In concha
sin, he gave notice of his intention to submit a
proposition to take the popular vote on the subjeot.
Mr. Hinnies (of Indiana) roes to express his suns
prise and regret that the gentleman bad chosen
this occasion to precipitate such a debate en the
House. There are those who believe that the Ad
tniniatration it In trouble and that clouds aro galli•
oring around the Democratic party. Ito therefore
humbly conceived that the friends of the Adminis
tration, and members of the Democratic party,
should not be the first to sound the alarm. 'There
was no question before them as to whether Kansas
shall be admitted as a free or as a slave State.
Hence, the time and occasion for the speech were
against the gentlemen. It was unexpected, for he
believed that we had no Presidential candidates
in this body. Allusion was anode to a distinguished
Senator's rwsitiou, but It might ho well, perhaps, for
that Senator to look well to his laurels and honor.
lie understood Mr. Cox to say, with emphasis,
that the people of Ghie, in the last Presidential
election, decided that the Constitution of Kansas,
whatever it might be, should be submitted to the
vote of the people. Ito apprehended that no such
issue was presented either In Ohio or Indiana.
The gentleman from Ghia would recollect that
the term of popular sovereignty was not under-
stood until after the Presidential election, (laugh
ter,) and, until the decision i t the Dred Scott
ease, was not IlildArtStOOd in till noetions alike,
end not understood in the sense that Mr.
Cox seemed to understand it. Perhaps the gen
tleman from Ohio does not intend to stand by
the President. If he (Mr. Hughes) found himself
compelled to separate himself from the Demo
cratic party and Administration, Ito should go
with them to the last. moment. lie should nut be
the first to leave the ship. Where would the
gentleman from Ohio go to carry out the doctrine
of popular sovereignty !
igtX replied he would go to the platform of
the Cincinnati Convention, the President's In
augural and annual message, and his instructions
to Governor Walker. He would stand on the
wreck, and would not be driven ell' by any little
monde' indignation.
Mr. Manila replied that it was far from his in
tention to treat thogentionnin with scorn. lio had
looked upon his argument with sorrow and regret
But where would he Ise to got the popular sover
eignty that the people should vote on the whole
Constitution? Would he go with those who at
tetnpt to enforce the Topeka Constitution !
Mr. Cox, (interrupting.) I will not go there.
Mr. Hennes. The gentleman says in effect that
he will form a party for himself. It is unfortu
nate that some people are not sufficiently im
portant to build up a new party, or sufficiently
bumble to follow in the steps of ono already or
ganized. (Laughter.) lie wanted gentlemen to
show their hands on this question.
The resolution to print VW thou adopted, and
also a resolution to print 16,000 copies of the linen-
Old report of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. TAYLOR, of N. 4' , made en inductee! effort
to introduce ajoint resolution for the payment or
the arrearsges of the salary . of members at the
commencement of the session, instead of at the end.
A resolution was adopted Instructing the select
committee to inquire and report what additional
messengers and pages are rendered necessary by
the removal of the House to the new Hall, end
what arrangements are necessary to aceonnuodato
the reporter's of the press, anti promote the earn
fort of members. Adjourned.
WllOllllOOl Affair*
WAsnisorov, Dec. Di —Colonel Harris, of the
Uuiou, was to-day nominated by the Democratic
caucus as the candidate for printetof the Senate.
Mr. Douglas was absent.
A bill will to-morrow, according to the present
understanding, be introduced in• the Senate au
thorizing the issue of treasury notes. ~The amount
is not fixed, but it trill ho sufficiently large to meet
the present exigencies of the treasury. It is sup
posed that it will pass before the adjournment.
It is confidently asserted that tlovornor Walker
resigned the governorship of Kansas to-clay.
Thirty Protestant clergymen of Washington have
tendered their services to conduct the dully reli
gious ozonises at the Capitol.
There aro nearly ono hundred applications made
by the reporters of the press to the Speaker of the
House for accommodations.
The Cabinet is holding au extraordinary sedition
to-night.
U. S. Supreme Court.
WASHINOTOVI llcc. 19.—The following cases was
considered to-day in the Supremo Court :
Nos. 4 and 9—before reported. The arguments
for the plaintiffs in the first case was concluded.
No. 10. George Law, representing the Mall
Steamship Company, vl. Charles Hill et al owners
of the Ocean Queen. Appeal dismissed fur want of
jurisdiction, there being no final decree in the
0050.
No. 13. The rector,lranians, and vestrymen of
Christ's Church, Phadulphia. in trust for the
Church Hospital, re. the uounty of Philadelphia.
The cause was submitted on record and printed
argument,
No. t. James It. Jones et al. rr. Catharine,
111eNasters, by her »e.rt friend, Alanurd Yharha
Argument for plaintiffs conimoncod..
Snow Storm lit ',New England and Canada
Bos (ON ' Dec. 16 —Snow is falling in this licit)
ty, as well 119 Kanter, Hoene, Portland, Mon Leon
and St. Johu, N. B.
Sailing of the America
BOSTON, Deo. 16.--The steauvihip America Failed
today for Liverpool, via Halifax, with more than
a million in specie.
Real Estate, —The recent pressure in the
monetary world, which caused such a depression
in breadstuff,' mid all articles of ninnufLoturo, has
also materially deteriorated the value of real
estate. A large amount of ground on the out
skirts of tho city, which was taken up last spring
on ground rent on speculation, has reverted to its
original owners, end sevoral Building Associations,
not being able to meet their obligations, have been
When up, entislng a vast atnotint of distress Union!,
the mochanios and others wlm Invested their means
in then, Rents have declined in nearly every
section of the olty, and property owners are look
ing to Councils with some degree of anxiety to learn
what rate of taxation will he fixed for the mains
year. It Is well known that the present rate to
about ns heavy as they can bear. Capitalists aro
withdrawing their money from real estate, and in
vesting it more profitably.
The Trustees of the Northern Liberties Gas
Company have reduced the price of gas to private
consumers to $2.50 per 1,000 feet. This reduction
will take effect from the first of January.
Tut; iialbtY4 YS.—Tho cheek which has been
given to trade is beginning to affect railway traffic.
The northern lines suffer chiefly, especially those
in the manufacturing districts. The return of the
London and Northwestern Company shows a de
crease of about 43,000 compared with that of the
corresponding week of last year.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING
• " •
- •
AMERICAS AOADERY OF MrISIO, BROAD AXD Locum
Btacare.—" L'Alloggio afilitara ,, -- "Doable-bedded
Room"—" L' ll!aslant, D'Un Pittore."
WHEATLICT's Aston STREET THRATRI, AROR Srßeel,
ABUTS SIXTIL— ,, Beatrice; or, the False and True"—
Love in Livervl
NATIONAL THEATRE, WALNUT STREET, NOAH Dam.
Dr. Kane"--s , Equestrian Performances
J ATMS'S New HALL, CHESTNUT STARE; HIM OW
fisvasrli.—Bucklers Opera Troupe.
SANFORD'S CIPMeI NOUS!, ELEVENTH Stuart AHOY!
CIIESTNUT.—EthIopIau Life Illustrated, concluding with
I laughable altarpiece.
✓Ltolher New and Dangerous Vounterfeit.—A
now counterfeit five-dollar bill was extensively
circulated throughout the city yesterday. It first
made its appearance on Tuesday night, and we
have heard that a very large number of them have
been foisted upon the unsuspecting. The new
counterfeit is believed to have been printed from
the old counterfeit plate that bee been in use for a
year or more. 'The plate, if the same, has been
altered. The paper upon which the new counter
feit is printed has a pink tint, in imitation of the
genuine notes of the bank, and the notes are well
calculated to deceive There are very few genuine
notes of this description out. A recent attempt to
circulate counterfeit notes, in thin city, on several
of the banks of Now Jersey, was fortunately
checked by the promptitude of our detective offi
cers ; and we trust that they will succeed in arrest.
ing those who have been engaged in the manufac
ture and circulation of the now and dangerous
counterfeit which we have described. Storekeepers
and others will do well to keep a sharp look-out for
these notes,
Fire Lust Night.—The alarm of tire about
nine o'clock last evening was received from box
No. 5, at Second and Washington streets. It was
caused by the burning of a ono-story frame build•
ing, sixtyby forty feet, on Delays:ire avenue, below
Washing* street, originally built for a boiler
establishment by Dustin A Hancock, and at pros.
out occupied by Penniek A Co. for storing hay. A
portion ~f the building was used as a stable by Mr.
Treadway. Three horses in this stable were rescued
by the firemen. A very large quantity of hay
was destroyed, and the entire loss will amount
to about $l,OOO, on which, we have been informed,
there is no insurance. An adjoining shed, steed no
a boatthouse, and containing a number of skiffs,
was also destroyed with itscontonts. An immense
amount of valuable property in this vicinity was
eared through the noble exertions of the firemen.
Fire in the Fourteenth Wuril.—Yesterday
morning about four o'clock the stable in the rear
of the piothaking establishment of Mr. Charles
Thompson, at the corner of Eleventh and Pearl
streets, in the Fourteenth ward, was destroyed by
fire. A number of companies stationed in that
neighborhood, the llood•Will, Fairmount, Colum
bia, Diligent, and others, prevented tho spread of
tho flames. A horse belonging to Mr. Thompson
perished in the fire. The estimated loss is about
throe hundred dollars. While the Independence
Engine was proceeding to the fire, the apparatus
was run into a pile of stones in Twenty-third
street, below Spring Garden, and capsized. The
engine was so badly damaged that it could not be
takon to tho fire.
d Suggestion.—We have been requested to
suggest to the president and directors of tho Penn.
sylvania Railroad Company the idea of issuing
excursion tickets for country people to visit the oily
during the approaching holiday. There are a
largo number en the interior of the State who, if
such facilities were offered, would gladly avail
themselvea of the opportunity of visiting the city
during that festive season. Saab arrangements
aro always made for visiting State fairs and other
useful gatherings of the people. The city during
the holidays is itself a groat fair, and the benefit,
even in a pecuniary point of view, would ho mu
tual to all. Some years ago excursion tickets were
issued on such occasions.
Railroad Accidenf .—Yeaterday morning the
eleven o'clock train from the city, on the German
town railroad, came in contact, at Montgomery
street, with n cart drawn by two horses belonging
to Mr. Bonj E. Shoemaker. The leading horse
broke from the traces and escaped uninjured. but
the shaft horse was caught by the locomotive
end dragged neveral hundred yards before the train
could be stopped. The animal was, of course,
killed. The driver was seated upon the cart, and
escaped by leaping to the ground.
Larceny of Money and tyings.—Last eve
ning, before Alderman Eneu, at the Central Police
Station, Frederick Lutz was charged with the lar
ceny of fifty dollars and three gold rings, valued
at $2O, the property of Augustus Lindell, who re
sides in Tenth street, below Buttonwood. The ac
cused was arrested at Newark. and brought to this
city. lle was committed to answer. The arrest
was made through the exertions of High Consta
ble Trefts.
Larceny.—Acting Lieutenant John Smith,
of the Sixth Police Distriot,and Officer P. M. Fraser,
No. 39 of the Reserve Corps, yesterday arrested
two individuals, at Eleventh and Cherry streets, on
the charge of the larceny of several valuable arti
cles from the house of the Cloud Will Engine Com
pany, Broad and Race streets. Tho accused had
a hearing yesterday afternoon hethre Alderman
Thompson, of the Ninth ward, and were slowwitted
to answer.
Death of Albert B. il.thlon.—lt will ho sad
intelligence to many, today, to hear of the death
of Albert It. Ashton, member of Select Council,
from the Third ward, which occurred yesterday,
at his residence, Tenth and Fit , .water streets
after a brief but painful illness The deceased
was woll known and respected for the prominent
position which be occupied in many of our local
enterprises, and his demise will be mourned by
many a sincere and true friend.
Hospital Cases.—Charles Davis, aged six
teen years, was admitted to the Pennsylvania Hos
pital yesterday, suffering from burns about the
face, caused by the explosion of some gunpowder
with which he was playing at lladdington.
Chow Fisand, aged eighteen years, lied one of
his fingers taken off by having his hand caught In
the crank of a derrick at Fifth and Chestnut streets.
HO was atitidtted to the same institution.
Serious Burning Case.—Yesterday after
noon, about one o'clock, a little daughter of Mr.
James McDevitt, aged about four years, was very
seriously burned about the body and face, by ber
clothes taking fire from a forge, In Christian street,
between Tenth and Eleventh streets, near which
she was standing. The sufferer was removed to
the residence of her e.tther in that vicinity, whore
she remains In u very ,r Meal condition
A Bold !l'hief.—Yenteiday morning, while
a lady was purchasing some articles at the corner
of Eleventh and Market streets, a rough•lookina
individual suddenly seized the purse which the
held in her hand, and immediately Made off with
it. Me was pursued and arrested by Of f icer Mere
dith, who took him before Alderman mpson
The accused was held to answer at ergo of
highway robbery
The Scott Legion.—Tho members of filo
Scott Legion left the city yesterday morning for
theurpose of attending the funeral of Colonel
iVynkoop, at Pott , vine. Wm. 11. Sieitek, Lieut.
Commanding of the Artillery Corps, Cadwalador
(frays, has muted an order to the company to pa
rade to.thiy, to escort the Scott Legion ou their re
turn front Pottsville.
Coroner's /aquerf. Coroner Fenner held
an inquest yesterday morning, at a German board
ing-house, No. 125 North Front street, on the body
of a farmer named Henry Follmer. The deceased
had, during his visit to the house, been taken ill,
but he refused medical atuistanee until It was too
late to Save him. lle belonged In Maryland. A
verdict in accordance with the facts was rendered.
City Councils.—Both branches of City
Councils will hold (heir stated meetings at three
o'cloek this afternoon. There is much important
business on the desk of the President of Common
Council, which the interests of the people demand
should be speedily transacted.
The number of commitments to the County
Prison during the mouth of November was 1221.
The discharges during the same month numbered
1172.
.THE CO URTS.
YFNTERDAY'S PROCEF:DING9
[Reported for The Pro. ]
Nisi Pull's—Judge Thompson.—The case of
Winter .3 Latimer or. The Delaware 3lutual Insu
rance Cu. is still on trial
Dormer Counr.—Equity argument list
Comor( PLuss—JuOge Thompson. —On the
opening of the court Judge Thompson made the
following remarks in reference to the report of the
prtneeding against Wm. B. Mann, Esq., which
appeared In this paper on Monday :
"My attention has been called to a report, con
taincil in Tun Pttrs.s of Monday last, of the re
marks made by the Court in deciding on the
petition recently presented to this Court against
Mr. Mann, the district attorney, in which report
lam represented as charging wills gross and cul
pable negligence' the former district attorney,whe
was in ogle() at the time the prosecutions re
ferred to were commenced. I take this occasion to
say that the report referred to is a misapplication
of the remarks made by me. The former district
attorney (Mr. Cassidy) was not in office after the
middle of July last, and was not chargeable with
the delay which was the matter oomplained of, and
though ho was referred to as heing 'in office when
the prosecution counammod, it was not intended to
charge him with any WINO misconduct whatever
I think it but justice to Mr Cassidy to °erred this
error, and to say further, that, us far ns I have.
known, lie discharged the duties et his office with
fidelity."
Tho equity argument lint was then taken up.
Oven ANO I'E/oust:a—Judges Allison and Lad
low.—The ease of James Diamond for the murder of
Edward Muldoon Is still on trial. Daniel Dougherty,
Esq., opened for the defence at a late.!our on
Tuesday evening. lie commenced, ..
,;.Imcid
opening by begging of the jury to k v".iciltads
perfectly unbiased by all they hag The
Commonwealth's witnoscc, Madup
their minds the last BY1:3:, •'Fen
uttered by the prisoner's wile • • hen
Fluted the facts upon which th
for an acquittal of the prison 'bar,
which were, first, the ili , crepareay teessea
for the prosecution; next hd would 11% s hem by
the testimony of ono of 'the Comma/01)0's own
witnesses, that Diamond never left th4;fiettse he
was in for a period covering the time 60.1 tis occur
rence; that Livery and StanmeyfireAwo„of the
witnesses for the prosecution, were bound over
with the prisoner, and were admitted 'to bail.
Then he would show the jury the position occu
pied by these two persons the night of the fatal
occurrence, and would show that they WON more
likely to ho the!macs who streak this Mots than
the prisoner. .That the testimony as to the man
ner in which the blow was struck was completely
negatived by the medical testimony, which thews
'that the blow was struck upward, and nut down
ward, as testified to by the witnesses. for the prose
cution. That Livery Emil Statnneyer were the
nearest persons to him at the time the deed was
done.
4 number of witnesses were examined yesterday
for the Uetatigo, Wile testified thea in the darkness
of the night it world ho almost impossible to tits
cover the person who indicted the stab; that
Diamond was not seen about there at tire time of
the occurrence
The defence closed yesterday afternoon at half
past five, and the court adjourned until ten o'clock
this morning
Joseph I'. Loughead, Esq , will suns up for the
Commonwea ith, and is ill be fonowedby Messrs.
'Dougherty and Brewster, and Wl-11. 11. Mann, ,
will close for the Commonwealth.
A kite arrival from Valparaiso brings intelli
gence that the halloo Sarah et t nit,bound crept that
port to the Islands td °comma, with merchandise
and passengers, woe wrecked on one inhabited by
savage cannibals, and every peri , on on board was
devoured by those monsters. Wo have no details
of this dreadful calamity.
THE MONEY MARKET.
PH1LA.D61.1 . 7111. Dec. 17 1858.
The money market remains without change, and
the stock market is in a state of stagnation. Im
provement is much more talked of than felt, and
the only signs of it are the accumulation of specie
in New York and the resumption consequent
thereon. The country banks everywhere are in
troubled waters with their slow loans. The city
banks have their suspended paper to nurse. The
merchants have to manceuvre their failed paper to
bring it to account. The foreign exchanges are all
disordered, and the state of finance abroad alto
gether uncertain and precarious. Meanwhile, we
live in the hope that the specie-paying movement
will net prove too hasty, and that a relapse w:11
not make matters worse than ever.
A correspondent asks what preference note
holders would have over depositors in the event of
a voluntary assignment by the Bank of Pennsyl
vania, 0? the appointment of a receiver by the
proper court, and whether the stockholders are In
dividually liable for the notes of the bank. We
have submitted both questions to the judgment of
a professional friend, who concurs with us in a
negative answer to both. If the assets of the
bank are transferred to assignees, or to a re.
colour, their proceeds must be distributed pro rata
among such noteholders and depositors as may
prove their claims within the period required by
law, and no individual liability attaches to the
stockholders under the preseut charter of the
bank.
The individual liability of stockholders for the
notes of a Lank is provided for by the 211 section
of the act passed April 18, 18:0, and in the 39th
section of the tiatne act it is directed that in ease
of assignment the assignees shall pay—First, note
holders; second, depositors; third, all other credi
tors except stockholders, who shall be last paid.
The Bank of Pennsylvania. however, is transact
ing business under a renewal of its charter, made
in WO, and extending twenty-Gra years, from 1833
to 1855.
The bank was incorporated originally in 1793.
In 1810 the charter was extended for 20 years from
March 4,1813, and as before stated. it was further
prolonged for 2.; years. Its capital was at first
$3.000,090. It was reduoed in 184 t to $1,582.500,
and increased in 1819. to 51,875,000. By an act
passed March 29, 185 r, its charter was extended
for 20 years from 185 A. This act contained a pro
vision bringing the bank under the renewed
charter, within the provisions of the act of 1850.
Under the preecnt charter, the provisions of that
eel are not applicable to the bank.
The Boston Post says: "The financial crisis
has had many bitter results, but it will save us
from more bank charters for one while. And in
after years it may not be much regretted if our
Legislature take advantage of its obvious lessons,
and enact in the coming session the gradual sup
pression of small bills—of anybills, in fact, which
shall become the currency of the people. Let the
Legislature look at the matter thoroughly and
fairly, rising superior to country bank influence
and all other influence, and decide it upon its own
merits. There can scarcely boa question that to
the expansion of paper circulation in the last few
years, our merchants and manufacturers owe a
considerable portion of their troubles. Fatal fa-
cility ' makes more rogues and bankrupts than
evil intentions and ignorance. If the trading com
munity were tied down to a basis approri mating,
at least, to specie, they cold,/ not have got into
the difficulties that they are now experiencing."
The directors of the City Bank of St. Louis
which was incorporated with a capital of 52,000,000,
have voted to surrender their charter. The Bank
of St. Louis, whom charter allows of an extension
of the capital of $1,000,000, will, it is understood,
go into operation without much further delay.
The deposits and coinage at the New Orleans
Branch Mint, during the month of Novnialior, were
as follows :
California Gem
Gold from other source
Total gold dopoeita 5594.579 14
111.1 . 11 R DIPOSITI,
Sliver parted from California gold, $ 1,031 d 5
Silver from other sources 519,003 39
---
Total Weer deposited $520 105 04
Total value of gold and ailyer . daposileal..ll,ll3,ls92 18
001,n ooleeor.
Gold, double eagles 13,500 piece. $170,000 00
550,000 pieces... .E.T75,000 00
Total value of gold and silver coinage 6545,030 00
PUILADELPBIA STOCK EXCIIANGS SALTS,
December 18, 1857.
Reported by R. lifottly, Jr., Stock Itrokor, No.
80} Itralnut street.
EIREIT BOARD.
600 Bch Nav 6a 82....62 6O Lung Wand R 944
Cilyea C& P new9l 60 do d 0..... 9+,
3700 do new C& P IX/V, 2 Penna R 384
900 do do 91 2.5 do 38)4
200 do dn.... 91 6 do 38,4
500 N Peuna It 65....53 16 do as,k;
loco 62:1; 7 do
0090 IT CI 6a luta c'h.3B 20 Sch Nay pretd...l6,V
21 N Rona R EiN 4 Lehigh Nay 50
9 do d 0,... .SV Itinehill R 59
3do do 81 6do '9
It
100 Long Inland °ward 0.,
do do 9; 6 Bk of P 21113 10
BETWEEN BOARDS.
2000 El It 7o Ist 1nt...691, 1030 CdAßdi 83 1,5.70
5000 do do ....691; 4000 Cat R7s b 5 01
1300 Penn 5 1.5 45 100 Rend It b 5.... —2l
2000 Ca Canal 0 b5...,38
SECOND
1000 Penns 5n 84;
30030 City 6 C A P.... 84 V
1000 N Penns R 6n b 5 52 14
500 du do
1000 do do ....52
1000 do do .... 52
1000 do do ••• • 62
1000 do cask 10tn.:12
Slinelon R 6111(
10 do 59
1' Nutri•lown 11....57
CLOSING PRI ,
Bid. Asked
U S Os 69 109
Phila 6's int 00.84 81,4
E1t.84 8415 '
at New.9l 92
Pet nayly 5'a....84 6 85
Readl ng It 20; 27
de Honda '7O 74 70
do 51rt 6a'41.51.
Pants 11. R 39X 3SX
510rrlaCanl Cong. 47
Seim NCa 82....61,V 6214
atock.... 10 11
BOARD.
9 NorriOnwo Ii 16 577
5 l'enGs R 2.4 N
15 do IS h
100 Seb Nar profJ....lBX
GO Re4Rea 285
25 IlArrlsb R 52X
7 2; Am Rank 125
1 do 125
10 Bk North Llb... 50
3 Louisville 1111-101
•ES—STEADY.
1114. Asked.
Bc N eis 'B2 prof IdS 17, 2 e
lquisp't st him Ell 13
do Ist snort I's 89% CON
do 20.10 59 61
Long Island .... y
Vicksburg 61. 7,4
(lirard Dank 9 9
Lehigh Zinc 1 1
Union Canal 3 4
New CreekSlN .
Cemplass R R.. 6 7
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS
116enunsm. 16—E% ening.—Breadstuffs are dull
to-day; o nly about 1511 bbls superfine Flour haze
been sold at $5, and 500 bbls extra at $5 23 per
bbl. Tho demand is limited at these figures, both
fur export and borne use, the sales for the latter
purpose being within the range of ssas6 75 per bbl
for common to choice brands, and extra and fancy
lute, according to bran/ and quality. Ryo Flour
dull at $4.25 per bbl. Corn Meal is more inquired
for, and is selling at $3. Wheats aro in light supply,
but the demand is small, prices ranging at 1103115 a
for 'Ted and 118,025 c fur White, the latter for prime
parcels; millers are not purchasing to any extent
at these rates, and only about 4,500 bus have been
sold to-day. Corn is unchanged, and 2,500 bus
New Yellow brought 54a56c, 1,000 bus mixed old
and new at 63c, and 1,500 bus old at fiOc, the latter
in store. Oats are in fair demand ; about 1,200
bus Delaware sold at 35e, and 600 bus Penns
at 36c Rye is selling at 75e for Delaware and 7.6 e for
Pennsylvania Bark is not inquired for, but Quer
citron is firmly bold at $26 for first quality. Cot
ton remains dull and unsettled, and the demand is
very limited at former quoted rates. Groceries
are firmly held, with a fair demand for Sugars, at
6ia7.le. fur tuba on time. Coffee, pending the
auction sale of Rio advertised for to-morrow, is
quiet. Molasses is without a demand, and Cuba is
selling at 2345 c. on time. Provisions soil slowly
atsl6asl6l per bbl for Mess Pork; Bacon and Oreen
Meats are dull, the latter are quoted at 7c. for
Shoulders, Be. for Sides, and Se. for Rams, in salt,
without much doing at tbeso rate; Lard is held
at 101al0io. for bbls., and 11 ial2e. for kegs. But
ter—Nut much selling, and prices are unsettled.
Seeds—There is a moderate Inquiry for Clover at
$5.25a55.371 per bushel ; 100 hags sold from second
hands, at $5.50, to go out of the tuarket. Whiskey
dull at 22c. for buds., 41.41 4 .3. fvr dmiges, saki
22111231 e. for blils•
BREADSTUFFS AT BALTIMORE, Dee. 15.
The Flour market was dull and heavy, and but
little teas done Ott 'Change The only sale we
heard of this morning was ono of 450 bbls. Ohio
super at $5 cash. The market for both Ohio and
Howard street closed with free sellers at that
figure. but buyers generally were not disposed to
operate to any extent, sinless at a decline on the
rates naked. City Mills continues quiet, and we
learn there has been no demand for it for some
days past. It could be had readily at $5 per bbl.
on time, end $1.75 per bbl. cash , but the market
closed dull and heavy at these quotations. We
have no change to note in extra Flour, and we
quote as before, viz.: Ohio extra at $5.5045.75,
llowitril street do. at $5.75a513.85, and regular
shipping brands or City Mills do. at $3 5040 Per
bbl. Baltimore ground Family klcier is selling by
the dray load at $7.75 and do. extra at VI 75 per
bbl. Corn Meal is steady at $3 .10 per bbl. for City
and Brandywine Mills. Rye Flour was quiet la
thy. It is held at ist 50 or bbl , but buyers are
pot disposed to give over $4.3
7l per bbl. for it.
The receipts of Grain at the Corn Exchange
were large, and the demand for all varieties con
tinues quite active. Wheat was in good receipt,
and the market for it buoyant. Prices have again
advanced from :I to 5 cents per bushel. Prime
1V heats were in better receipt to-day than for some
time past, and we hail to nets its active shipping
demand for them: , The offerings were unwe l l& 0 1
:MOO bushels, eta the greater part sold at 10.5 a
to cleats for good to prime reds ; 110415 cents for
(air parcels of white; 1209130 Cents for good to
prime shipping parcels of do.; la:, cents fur choice
family flour samples, and 1003108 cents for com
mon and medium parcels of do. Corn was in firm
receipt today, with a good demand for it, and the
market was rather firmer. The offerings were
20,000 bushels, most of which sold at 45;152 cent+
for good to prime lots of new crop white; 47a3:1
cents for do. yellow, and 61 gents fc,r Kilns liar
eels ofold crop white and yellow. Oats were rather
more buoyant to-day. There were 0,000 bushels
at market, nearly nil of which sold nt 30933 cents
for good to prime Maryland, and fils:St; cents far
do. - Pennsylvania. Bye was in light reeelgt, but
the market was firmer. 'There wen, sales , tif Auo
bushels Rye r,t h.l cents for Maryland, and 78 cents
for prime Pennsylvania. Those figures show a
firmer;slight linprovement.
OSWEGO, Dec. 15.—Fleur is unchanged. Wheat
sa l es o f 20.000 bitch at 861 for Milwaukc
Club delivered to boats; Chicago Bp r i ng is hall
at Ole ; included in the soles are 8,000 bush very
4,40 qt 55e. Canal exports-19,Q00 hush wheat.
isnir,ped by railread-5.000 bbls Hour. T'he weather
13 filial.
CHICARO, Dee. 15 —Flour firm. Wheat steady
Corn—a (Relining tendency. Oets dull. Receipts
to•day-2,300 bbri dour ; 5,500 hush wheat; 1,000
bush seam
BY THE PILOT LINE.
LETTER' FROM N'E'W TORR. - - -
[Correspondence of the Press.)
NEW Toter, Dee. 16,1857-5 20 P. It
There is nothing new to note in the Money mar
ket. The same story may be told of to-day that
I have oft repeated during the last month; that is,
abundance of money, and no moans d getting It.
First clan paper in demand and not to be get;
second clan plenty, but bard to teen; third class
in great abundance, and no one willing to toneh it
with a pair of tongs. The " ease" you sae spoken
of by some of our eity papers does not exist, I as
sure you, except in the imagination of those who
are interested in showing that the banks are very
liberal.
Foreign exchange Is quite dull, there being no
steamer on Saturday. Full rates, as preciously
quoted, are nominally quoted. The Dodos' steamer
to-day [cols out $1,024,400 in gold, of which about
$633,000 went from this city. Domestic exchange.
with your city in particular, is more difficult, an 3
higher; but if the rumor be true of the resump
tion of specie payments by your banks, the diffi
culty will disappear at once
Tt'e new directors of the Mechanic's' Banking
Association were ehesen to-day, and it is
from the very favorable nature of Mr. Carrigan's
report as to the affairs of the hank. that brietnesi
will soon be resumed. It it believed that at least
ve-eightha of the capital stack remains untuothee
after paying everything; that the teller's defiles-
Gen does not exceed 311,000, and that the out
going direction is quite blameless.
The report to which I alluded the other day of
the firm of DulleslD, Sherman, k Co. plug tato
liquidation is contradicted. I am very glad to
hear it. The house is one of the beet and totted&
in the world, and meat liberally conducted, and
their loss moon be severely felt by their troops of
warm friends. I only mentioned the rumor with
out mentioning the name. I gladly give the name
with the contradiction. The City Bank has an
nounced a dividend of four per cent., payable on
demand The interest on the Hound mortgage
bonds of the 'Raison River Railroad, duo to-day.
is paid at the office of the company. The Central
Park stock, it is said. has been all taken by the
commi-sioners of the sinking fend, and on foreign
account.
Tee exchanges at the clearing home to-day were
497,e54 45; balances seld3 934 33 The cash
transactions at the Sub-Treasury were as follows
Total receipts, 536.75.4 57, $44,000 from Customs;
payments, $39.145 63; balance, 51,213,310 70.
The business done at the Corn Exchange was
Tery small, and the market exceedingly dull, ow
ing to the difficulty in dispesing of predate, bills.
The expert of produce is thus checked, prices have
fallen, and one of the fears of the bad conseqema
cei of the resumption of epecia payments unreels
nately realized. Evan at the present low prices
there is very little export broutteet. The effect
must be very bad, if measures are not taken to
employ one means in this safe rpeeulation.
The stock market ttuetnated again to-day, and
was very unsettled. On the whole, there was not
any great decline in prices, except in Erie, bat the
feeling is feverish, and on the receipt of any hat
news would be ready for a tumble At the word
board Erie closed et; Reading at 521; New
York Central at 75; Chicago and Rock Island at
731; Michigan Central at 501. and Michigan
Southern at 2.11.
NEW YORK STOCK
FIRST
3000 C S 6s, '67, 112
1000 Mich State Ge, 92V,
1000 N Carolina 6e, 864 1
2 000 do 87
5000 Mia.ouri 6e, 79
5000 do s6O 73
5000 do 060 79
3000 Cal State 7s-'7O, &I I
3000 Brooklyn City M , 91
1000 Erie Ws, '75, 42. k ,
1000 Erie Conr '7l, 3.5 ;
3000 Harlem Ist nag, 64%;
500 111 Con Bonds, 86
5000 LaCrOS fc51111.0,29h;
2000 Oat & Chi 11d mt, 7eg
10e0 Mi Coal per lit
?It Slrg I'd Con, 831(
30 l'hion Bonk, 107
63 Phenix Bank, 0,5
10 National Bank, 90
10 tank Commerce, 94%
10 Del&llud Ca Co, 104
100 PeonaCoal Co, 64
.1.5 do CS
125 do e 64
20 Paratie Mail Co, 64,4
8 do 64
42 do 63,3
70 New York Cen It, 75
leo do 74X
50 do Me 74%
200 do .30 74t
SO do a 7 74x
40 do 33 74X
100 do 660 75
10 Harlem Railroad, 7%
20 Harlem Prefer'd, 18
Tug MARKETS.
A.9llES.—The demand for both kind is rather
more active, and prices are unsettled--aalas of 150
bbls at $6 for Pons, $6 121 for Pearls, and $6.2.5
for Canadian Pearls. Saleratus is In demand all
cents, cash.
Corros continues irregular; the decline sines the
receipt of the Enropa's advices it fully I. The an
nexed quotations are quite nominal.
NEW YORK CLASSIFICATIoN.
Uplands Florida. Mobile. N. O. a Tax_
Ordinary...... 9: 91 91 9f
Middling 101 101 101 10f
Middling Fair.ll II 11: 111
Fair Ilf 11l 111 Ilj
Faotta ke inquiry is fair for Weal's=
canal Flout. but with large offerings pries! are
again 5410 e lower, with little inquiry for esport.
The sales are 9,100 bbls at $4.3544.70 for ecitazion
to good State; $4.5544-70 for extra do; 34.3.5 a
34 50 for superfine Indiana and Michigan; $4.534
$5.50 for extra do ; $4,90155.60 for summon to toed
extra do; $5.605e6 90 for good to chola. de; 3.50
a. 57.25 for St. Louis linatds, and $5.50a57.73 for
extra Genesee.
Canadian flour fie dull and lower; the attires
are fair Paler of 000 bbla aa 414.4044.5 S for alas
perfine, and 54 75118 25 for extra brands. South
ern flour routines; very doll and heavy; the ar
rivals are liberal. and this stock is large. Sales of
600 bible, at .3aaa.a.25 for mixed to good brands Bal
timore, ae., and 05 for the better grades.
Rye dour is plenty, and is dull at 51.2544.25 for
' fine and superfine Corn meal is in moderate de
mend at ea 2:saS3 40 for Jersey, $3 bOati 70 for
Brandywine, end 817 25 for pureheoss Buck
wheat flour to saleable at $242-121
OlttlN.—The demand for wheat is less litho.
the arrivals are light; but to effect sales asalusata
compelled to yield I ate per bushel, endives at the
above abatement there is little inqatry, and is
light. The tiles are 27,100 bus at 51.19 foe fair ree
Southern; $1.20151 37 for tetragon to prime do ; $a
for lowa Spring; 20 far common waitaKete
tacky; 31.1, for eon:untie white Canada, and Oat'
for Chicago Spring.
Rye is plenty and is very quiet at 750. Baxley
is in fair demand at 70aS2c. Barlepwalt is in
steady request at 9aa9se Oats are plenty and ra
ther lower—sales of Southern at 3es3se; Jersey 3.1
atik ; State 44347 c ; and Western abatle.
Cdru is in fair supply, and is heavy and Quite
nominal for old ; new to euiet sales at 17,000 hue
at S6a66c for New Jerzy and Southern yellow and
while; 63170 e fax Western mixed; 70372 a for met
Jersey end Southern yellow.
White Beans are in limited demand at $8 31 to
81.56 per bus. Canadian Peas quiet at et ilia
$1.03.
NATAL StoliES —Spirits Turawatine Is la mode
rate request at steady rates; salts of add tibia at
400, cash. Crude is still dull and heavy. and
prices merely naming! at $3. or thereabouts, pea
2801 be . Common Rosin is quiet at $1.25a51 30 per
310 lbs. The meditate and fine grades Nadine.%
quite languid and depressed. Tax sells slowly at
31.7541.571 for Washington and Newiken shin
and thick, and $2 for NS ilmlagtan rape. Pilate
remains quiet at 81.07:arr per biG.
PROVISIONS—The dam:ma is fair, but theta is
hardly as much firmness as at yesterday's SlRl
bet, and at the close our extreme rates nosid nit
be obtained fur mass; sales to 300 bats at $15.511s
$l6 for mess. $15.4 . 3 for thin mess, $l4 for clear,
and 813 75a14 for inspected prime.
Beef is very much &pre-sari] and is freely of
fered ; the arrivals arc fair, and the sleek is large;
soles of 140 bbl at $5.75aW.50 for country Prim*:
s9aslo Imitha mem ; sloasla 75 for repaoke4 nett.
urn mess, and $13.75a514 Zia fur extra de.
Prime mess is active at 319a534. teaks/tea are
quiet at $141518.75. Cut meat; are lover; sales
of 50 Wads at 7171 a for sheathersand I ssailforthatas-
Dressed Hogs are less satire and elate heavy at
Vault. Bacon is quiet at ealoc.
Lard is freely offered and is henry; the demand
is only for the home trade—sales tr bbls es 3
le: at 9!a9lc. Butter is plenty MO IS heavy ids
Ific for Ohio, and 13320 e fee Mate omen pointy
at 22024 c. Chee-e is plenty at ea& per 16.
Rice is in gcta4 ,apply—sales of 100 tea at 11
$3.75 per lee Rd for common baptize.
Sroaaa are steady. espeolally relined, which are
in good demand. The business in raw this morn
ing, as yet, is small—the total sales of yesterday
were 520 Wads Cuba at sfaelo, and 190 do of Porto
Rico at eltiSle.
TOBACCO is ateady sales of 57 bade 'K entucky
at Slal4c, and 43 bales liaarana at Slat.
Wataxer.—The usarket it poorly sapplieJ,
prieea are bitter —sales of 200 bbls at Me.
.$170,419 47
. 424.159 87
:HATTERS AND THINGS lri NEW YORK•
(From the New York papa's a yrstertlay.l
Gain or Cartrxut—Mtp . resse Cart —la the
matter of Michael Cameras, convioted of the mur
der of cu s ene Anderson, Judge Roosevelt this
morning rendered a decision on the motion for a
writ of error to take this CEL.s up to the Court of
Appeals, the writ in the meantime to operate as a
stay of proceedings.
After reviewing the facts of the case, he came to
the oonclusian that he was hound to grant the writ,
which should operate cc a stay of proceedings:
the section of the statute under which he acted
was imperative on the court. and not discretiona
ry. 4 edge Itooserelt remarked that his decision
met the approval of the Chief Juatioe and his as
satiates. The wrierf error mast be granted with
the stay of Judgment.
Atunrst,trr ov Suirnosart.—Ccptai n Conklin.
of the schooner John Grifith, arrived yesterday,
reports having lost, by fever, the whole of his
crew, with the exception of the cool, while bound
from Aspinwall to Minatitlan; put into Sty
West for a new crew.
PO3TPON EVE X r.—Ttm departure of tke ettemehip
Philadelphia, for Ila'aane mad New (Weans, ialutt- ,
ported from to-morrow until Friday, the nth kat.
NEW 'L'ORN CATTLE MARNET —Wed Ales
slav, Det,ul;er 10th—At Market—?,672 Beeree,
209 Cows, 491 Veal!, 9,386 Sheep, and 3,706 Swine,
which shows from last week an increase of 423
Beeves, 36 Cows. 7 Veals, and 593 Sheep and
Lambs, and a decrease of 3,569 Swine.
The quality of the cattle was very fair, And
trade stirring In prime stack. Several premium
ste era were offered. Prime rernained about the same
for Peeve' with an p} ward tendency. The quotation
are $:), SIO, end 410.fi0 per bundred for good beeves
Cows, $259460; Vats, ssas4; Sheep, $3; and
Swine 6, and $646 40 net, 4545 29 gm.,a,
Several drovers thought they were reathlag me
quarter cent per pond hotter than last week fur
first-Quality *Mtg. Largo sales of Middling good
cattle were elfeetad at Sic.
TOBACCO —lties:ra. IVlnfree S 'Watkins, of
Richmond, , report Since our lAA report, we
BCB but little change to note In prices of old to
haeco ; bUt very little coming to market, and the
principal sales ere conanod to that now ressmpling,
which is generally common to muddling quality
For the last ten days new loose baa heen canting in
more freely, and the latter pAtt nf last week lances
were rather lower, leut this week they are as high
or higher than as any time this till, We quot e , a t
411 Flees, from $8 to $12.7a."
NEW BEDFORD OIL MARKET, Dee. 14, (for
the week).--Sperm—We notice B °Xne inquiry, and
a sllgbt upward tendency ; the sales embrace 100
bbls at 151; 160 ditto, part dark, $ 1 ; 2413 bbls, (4$
per cent. bead matter, and an dark,t at $1.1:15 per
gallon ; also 10131 tails at a price tte% transpired
Whale— TUG market Is arm:distal, quiet and
Without a transagtion. Whalebone quiet aad ar t
tgles,
XCHANGE—Dic. 16
10 Erie Railroad, 144
150 do 134
,50 do . lad 16c
MO do alo 10,'
1318 do a; 13,1(
1350 reading li, 53
360 do WO 52
400 do .10 4134
110 do 63 52
20 do 5111
305 do W.) 6211
68 Cloy Col & Cin R. 9:
10 do 96
10 Wien Ceti It, SO
40 do 1•04
174 Mirk Sontbarn 11, 21
150 do 2111
0 do 215,:
/2"55 do 2.15,,
i 27 Sli 3&2: I Pre:, 55
1100 11l Central, 91
1.60 do 613 905
20 Ord & Chi R, 74
500 Clef 2 Tol R, 4251
1103 do b2l 42g
20 do 4251
600 do tial 424
:08ChidRilt :5
50 do 7551
75 do 74.'
SO do ba2 :5;,t
1100 do 6001511
150 Mild Illair. 29
1 50 Urn:ad-Mil Id .15 litN;
1
900 do log
50 44 beo
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