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TRPDA;ACPPEA, 29,,1857.
Fruir:PAUES-»Fratee; as bead. thrdligh the
French' joit6aatti by last downer 3 , California'
Corroitiondchbei'diritture - of . Citatillo by Gen:
Walker (reportel by an eye-witness, 'for -THE
PnEis)=rlititthr frOre6c Captured - Pillibustsiq
General T•fers - ; - ,Tlys , Courts ;.Ths,City,i • City
Pollee ; The - Monni:
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Cattlo 7 Market; "FOURTH ' 'PAClE.—Additional
Cali:fern% News; -
si3Okteil , aoß4iimrototEED'irf I . A I I-
ses=usDFlE". Tice iccctimgroS7 CONSU.
iION. ' • '
Lordrresident CALHOUN, as tvill• be seen by ,
our "telegraph Kansas, giving. the
resulhaf j the Election in that gerritory on, the'
haeltuNhings all his-dim' way The
ConstitutionOttbrieated_hy Qt.mioun - and 'his
confederates,. und.erthelasli of :this supreme
masteilpfthit ballet-bii*, - aid this Mighty manu
faethrar,Uf. has jirobOiy been adopted with
the efiivery clause. -This is courage;" and we'
rather, admire the.pleek of the 'men' who,
considering that they aro in a meagre and
miserable.mlnerit3i. in Kansas,' have yet 'tile
*lli - 10 force their way through all iinpe- .
diments,- ; and .to compel Congress to take
the dose 'at 'ffie . , have - prepared it. „These
men; 104, right :th'at even if thisidevery
claneO , been ;rejected they had. „mat
ters, so. arranged_ that, they,could- , intrudnee
and heldlilaveshr Kansas in' daring defiance.
of the populir wi11..3 - 7 , • z.; •
Biit they; doterinined• ,- to make :safe of-the
;natter; 'arid 'so' forted' flit - tigh the slavery'
tined for; , that
If the'ptiople„or Kansas are in, favor , slavery,
they : Bllol4d have it,. and tve tyouid protect them
In it,F.butoreareineXtitably OPposeitio-forcing.
that or any other domestic institution upon them.
The:vitro oppesed tfi slavery.; Their whole record
has'eliotin it-ifiriee =the "Tirritory has been Or.
gatilied r 'itiditovrive find 'that' they are asked
to ieeePt . :it, - ._iti4l . l, !fie:e'er ibbirtilnin - dad .
protests.: Vali is neither, justice , 4';
reason, nor law., - - - . -
*hit, however, they desired and deserved
was to' vote upon all their (e institntions,” and
this is their huinble petition to Congress now.
1 1 7;6 4 pliaged 'ourselves to this treat 'prineiPle
in ire stand by a4T tuliii this
pledge in 1867: •
A'DEMOCRAtib MEETING
We.have given as' fair a reportof the meet-
Ing4itheDiurnicrats of this city,, favorable to
the I.,,neempton Constitution,,,hold,last CVO
niog at Dr. JAYITE'II Hall; as we could, consi
derlng-that the.written-out speeches wore re
served for other journals. Curiosity attracted
numbers 'of differing opinions,-and there were
dobbileis some Who came to support the ltildive
, object Mlle meeting. Mr. BIIciTANAN 7 9 great
and pure Character attraCted ;:for here;
wherehisfriends.haiM had to do_battle for him
for"years. against a most relentless. faction in
his own party, the very , mention of : his name
amines the kindliest feelings. The reso
lution! are Moderate, and' carefully drawn.
Justice Lewis, the President, made a' respect
lul iipeffini__ Speech, 'courteous and kind
as hiLalivays is. -Senater Banat'. spoke with
, • . .
'force and ..yigorcontrasting
_strongly, by
his, -statesmanlike •One, , With the offen
sive. personalities of Mr. WITTE, who re
sorted to low abuse of men who , were; Demo
crate before his, name veas.heariker, and who,
lone after' he has tired of begging for faiors
at =the 'Departments in Watibiegton, will be
found under the Democratic flag.'Other
gen
tlemenaddressed the assemblago,and the m_eet
ing adjourned in good order.
somewhat significant and-startling episode
took - place just before the' resolutions were
road. ' The agent of the telegraph office
peered' on the stand with the important Intel
iiiencethatthe election iri fftinsas on the 21st
had resulted in a decision in favor of slavery,
We understand, that those- presitnt refused to
allow the- despatch to be read, and thus pre
vented the-whole.affair from being. turned into
a comedy, instead-of confining it to the legi
timate object :of Ildelarieg in favor of the
great, dogma that-the minority; and not, as we
have; been led to' believe, that the majority
should' rule.' See this highly important des
patch in another coiumn •
THE CAPTURE , XLE6
,GREATFILLI.,
. Some two: months ago we commended the
course of President BUCHANAN against the
spirit of aggression and violence,' organized
iri,Some of the Southern cities, against the
peace and' quiet of the, republics of 'Central,
A:merle:a.' We took occasion - to speak in
leans of reprehension of those efforts;,to, ex
press our abhorrence at the bloodshedwhich
had followed• the career of General WALKER
in Nicaragua; to recall-the misrepresentations
upon' our national' character which this blood
shed and violence had Provoked, and to say, in
conclusion, that no part - of Mr. BUCHANAN'S
administration would be more entirely ap
proved by r the' conservative, masses, than his
opposition •to this marauding and aggressive.
spirit. His orders . enforcing the neutrality
buys against all these lawless expeditions were
stringently carried out, and'yet, notavitstand
thege laws' were evaded •at the port of
New, Orleans, 'and •it large number of volun
teeri permitted to Sail under command of
WALKER, and finally, to embark, mitt was
supposed, with impunity_ under the very guns
of an American ship-of-war in-the Gulf of
' Mr. BUCHANAN shoived his sena° of
tbd negligence of the District Attorney at New
Orleans, bypromptly removing him, and for this
he is still tieing visited by the denunciations of
a numbei of those newir t apers in, that quarter
ofthe Union whiCh Seem to regard him as Cs.:
'Wittily committed_te flllibusterism and inva
sion: . - It appears that his Precautionin mea-.
sures did not stop here ; for by the arrival of
the steamer Northam Light we have the grati
fying intelligence that Commodore PAULDING,
with the United Stites frigate Wabash, has
arrested Giheral 'niacin and one hundred
and fifty ofhis men. WALKER himself arrived
in the Northern Light at New York, on Sunday
'evening,,and is now'on parole, and his follow-,
cis were placed an board the United States
14h:rep-of-War ;Saratoga. , It will, therefore, ap
,pear.that 'Mr. BUCHANAN has vindipatdd he
:laws for the United , States and has answered
frankly and fully to the country the peaceful
declaration 4 of his Inaugural Message. .
We sincerely .congratulate ,him upon the
samosa which has attended his efforts in this
respect, and have no doubt he will be ardently
'sustained-by Congress and the country.
WEEK) STATEMENTS - - OF TUE CITY
We are gratified t'o learn that the presidents
, of the •hanks of our city hav,e unanimously
resolved that each bank shallmiiko up a state
ment of, its condition at the close of the busi
ness of a specified day of efbry week, to be
'determined at their 'next meeting, embracing
the exchanges of the business of that day
(which are made early on the next - morning,)
and publish the same the' day following. •
`''The public will thus, hereafter, be able to
know not only the. actual condition of each
bank weekly, as required by the relief law, but
by the voluntary action of the city banks, the
public may be
_able to know the actual aggre
gate condition . ofalt the banks at the same hour
of the same day of each week, a vital feature,
which was omitted, in the hmty legislation of
October last; and •now ,happily established by
the good sense of the banks the mselves.
The statements of the Now York city
banks are made up to the closing hour of
Saturday, and • are published every following
'Tuesday, which day we hope will be adopted
by out: banks.
• • We: presume, that the 'bankS, in ordei to,
Comply, with the literal terms of the law,. will,
publish a statement of their condition on the
.o first discount day, in January;" and that
oweeldy ,thereafter", they will make up and
publish their statements on the same day as
resolved • •
''ThtS banks in this instance have mot the
public desire' in a liberal spirit,, but -their Sr.
rangemed purely a voluntary one, is
'he deranged by' the withdrawal of
- oney4vie; or more of . their :nUinber from the
`agreetperti, or it - may ho annulled altogether
l , bitheactien of a moiety of them.; Toithese,
the 14ilhatire", take'
early action on the subject, by amending the
Relief bill, so that weekly statements, made
up to The same day; shall be requiredby
PENNSYLVANIA UPON 14 3 0fULATI ROVE-
REIGN'tI7
the Declaration of Rights;ir.h!ch fortis the
9th article of the Constitfdlon of:!Penneylva;,
'nia, and which remains unaltered to the pre
sent moment, containk:a moSf-Admirablelind
-perfect enunciation, of: the general great and
essential principles of liberty and free gov
ernment, re-asserting all those contained in the
immortal Declaration of Independence, and
paiticular!ythe inherentomallenablc and lode
feasriblcrigh(fif the people' to alter, reform,
or abolish theirGOVtiriinient, in such manner
as-they may think *per.
A desire being manifested by a largo body of
the citizens to have an alteration of the Con
stitution, a'-Democratic. Legislature, on the
28th of March, 1825, passed an act for weer
t.ftining the opinion of the people of this Coni l
reOnwealth relative to the call of &Convention,
and the question was submitted to them at the
ensuing October election. Jong . ANDREW
Situraz was then Governor, and ,Fanucts R.
Stumm, afterwards Governor under the new
Constitution, compiled and published for the
information of the'people, the proceedings re
lative to palling the Conventions of 1776 and
1790, the*.bonstitittionS of those years, the
'minutes of the two Conventions, and the pro
ceedings of the Councils of Censors. The
question was lost by a majority of 15,318
against the call of a Convention.
.'period of ten years rolled round, with
many ineffectual efforts on the part of the
friends ofreform, which were always defeated,
taicause
,they disagreed as to the reforms re
quired,, and presented' no, tangible plan of
amendment to the consideration of the people
of reansylyania, , who are of 'an eminently
practical character.
At last; in 1835, a committee of the friends
`Of reforii in Pliffedelphia, put forth an Address
to4he people' °NM State, embodying those
changes In the Constitution which all agreed
Were indispebsable. The curtailment of the
enormous patronage of the Governor, his re
eligibility limited to two terms, the appoint
ment of the Judiciary for terms of years with
the advice and consent of the Senate, the
giying of the election of justices of the peace
to' the people ; and, in fact, the entire aholi
tion of all'officesSor life, with an extension of
the right of suffrage—Were the distinct propo
sitions of reform submitted to their considera
tion.
Another Democratic, Legislature, (tho pre
,aent Judge' Tnomesos, of tho Supreme Court,
' boing_the speaker of the House of Represen
tatives,) on the 14th of April, 1835, passed an
act to proVide for calling a Con4ention with
Hided powers. So jealous and conservative
ot the power of the people worn the anther'.
ties'of that day, that in providing for the sub
mission of the question of Convention at the
fall 'election, they expressly declared that the
vote was to be for the purpose of ascertaining
the sense of the citizens of this Commonwealth
Mt the expediency of calling a Convention of
delegates, to be elected by the people, with
authority to submit amendments of the State
_eanstitntion,to a vote of the people, for their
ratification or rejection, and with to other or
ereater powers whatsoever." The majority for
the tail of Such a Convention was, in a large
vote, 18,404.
The ensuing Legislature, on the 29th March,
1836, passed an act cc providing for the call of
a Convention to prepare amendments to the
Constitution of the State, to be submitted to
the people thereof, for their ratification or re
jection." This act provided for the election
of delegates equal in number to the Senate
and Rouse of Representativea„ on the first Fri
day of November next, their assemblage on
the first Tuesday of May, 1837, at Harrisburg,
. the 'publication of the amendments agreed
upon, and their submission to the vote of the
people.
The Convention, composed of prominent
members of the two great parties of the day,
nearly equally divided, met at Harrisburg at
the time appointed, afterwards adjourned to
Philadelphia, and completed their labors on
the 22d February, 1838.
The amended Constitution was published for
the inforniation of the people, and circulated
in every portion of the State, and notwith
standing a'most strenuous and organized oppo
sition, was carried' at the October election,
laid, with tweleading amendments—en elective
Tuditiaryi and a qualified prohibition of State
and Municipal debts, sanctioned by large ma
jorities—forms the frame of government under
irhich we-now fire: - - - --
; A Pennsylvanian in Kansas could point with'
Pleasure,to the brilliant example of his native
State in - recOgnising and carrying out the doc
trine of popular sovereignty, the true rule be
ing that the will of the majority shall govern,
and .that all 'questions involving the form of
Government shall be submitted to the direct
vote'of the people for ratification or rejection.
And yet, three Pennsylvanians have been Go
ventorn of Kansas—the last (one of the ablest
statesmen of the day and the associate of our
distinguished President in the Cabinet of Mr.
Pors,) being compelled to resign because, un
der the direct instructions of the Executive,
he had promised the people of the Territory
that any Constitution which was agreed upon
should be submitted, Pennsylvania fashion,
'tor ratification or rejection, at a fair election
'to its bona fide inhabitants.
The instructions were explicit. Governor
'Nu ms's inaugural and his speeches were
equally clear upon this point of' the submission
of the whole Constitution to a fair and free
'veto of the people, and yet this base Lecompton
'fraud is to be crammed down the throats of the
Democratic party by an evasion of the Plain
meaning of the plainest words in the English
language.
We are now asked to believe that the free
States of the North have no domestic institu
tions, and that the slave States have only one
domestic institution, that of master and slave,
which has disappeared in nearly every other
Christian and civilized country on the face of
the globe.
Petersouts Philadelphia Counterfeit Detector
and Bank Note List.
T. B. P.CTRHON k BACITHEnS have issued the first
Monthly Number of the above publication. It is
corrected, for Banking, by Dnnsta, (k Co., and for
the prices of Stocks, by EDWARD W. Obcann ,k Co.,
of this city. Its authentic information, therefore,
is highly reliable. It gives a list, with descrip
tions, of counterfeit bank-notes, so that by com
paring a suspected note with the descriptions, its
teal character may at once be detected. The
whole of the Union, as well as Canada, in which
banknotes are issued, comes within the operation
of this publication. There is also a list of the very
latest counterfeits. Nota Ilene.—We have no
doubt that Messrs. Parnasorl's Ammon, great as it
naturally is, would be very considerably sharpened
if each Bank would forward to them one current
specimen of each denomination of note issued by
it. Thus, they would immediately be able person
ally to know earl by comparing them with the good
notes before them. After a little time, when fully
"posted up," in this wise, there is no doubt that
they would find - a way of sending the notes into
current circulation ! -
A terrible black list, here, is the catalogue of
of “broken,'clond, failed, fraudulent, and worth
less banks." The names of several hundreds of
them are given.
The stock list is on a very simple plan. Of each
description we have, first, the par value second,
the price offered; third, the price asked ; fourth,
We interest payable.
There is, also, corrected with reference to the
titer tritnsaotions before publication, a wholesale
priee.ottrrent for Philadelphia, clearly arranged,
andlinoluding articles of food, and produce of all
kinds: '
Tho Detector is handsomely printed, with new
and clear type, on good paper. From the high
oharaoter of all connected with ft, a reliable and
authontio publication may confidently be expected.
Messrs. Pzrznsox will find it not very easy to
better their first number.
' This, by the way, is the first publication of the
new firm of T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS. MOWN
GEO. W. & Tues. Pi:Timex, who long have been
assistants to their brother, the spirited founder of
this great establishment, are now associated with
him as partners, and, in common with the public
and the press ; wo oordially wish the house not only
continued but increased success.
SALES rats SvEattra.—Elogant and valuable
books, at Thomas b Sons' auction rooms, South
Fourth street, now arranged for examination with
catalogues.
, /cooks and Real Estate, at the Exchange. See
pamphlet catalogues and advertisements.
The Aroh-etreet reHidenoe will be open through
out to-day for nomination ; $lO,OOO may remain
on mortgage for three year&
The brigantine Basil R. Reed, Capt. Boun
den, from Bomarara bound to Baltimore, loaded
with molesses,,hides, and fruit, went ashore on
Monday night at Currituek. The vessel does not
icak,"and.will probably he gotten off by the wreck
er's,' who Will commence work immediately. The
captain brought $ll,OOO in specie to Norfolk, on
Tuesday night, in an old cart.
Valentine Ellison, aged sixty years, was
found doad in bed, at Baltimore, on Saturday.
CORRESPOY ESCA
t:IMPORTANT tAOIII,iTASHIN#6,r4'
[Correepohdenee of The Prose.).
WASIIINoTON, Deo. 27. 1957
Christthas in the - Capital passed, quite pleasant
ly and-sobetly, exeept in ttui case of, the Youthful
rowdies who infest the city,) the majority of , the
gay and pleasure seeking of this population ha
ving left for the northern cities, or for their re
spective homes. There has been an agreeable lull
in politics, despite the deep interest and intense
anxiety in regard to the Kansas trouble. For :
at least forty-eight - hours, the harsh and discord.,
aq words, "Kansas," Looompten Convention,"
caused to Vibrate on the wearied - fynapaniv of the
unfortunate sojourners of this polities-ridden city.
There was, cal the day after Christmas, an arri
val hero of several important personages from
Kansas—the very last from that scene of trouble
and Strife. George N. Saunders, Major Russell,
thii great Western contractor, and other prominent
gentlemen of the Territory, are among thorn. They
all concur in a statement which gives to this trou
blesome broil the character of a " Comedy of Er."
rors," to wit : that, before the arrival of Mr. Bu
°batten's message and Douglas's speech, all
the original Buchanan and Adtnintstration
men in the Territory wore dead , against
the Leoompton Constitution, and its only
supporters were it few porfessed Douglas man, who
falsely pretended that they had the authority of
the distinguished Senator for this attempt to force
an, obnoxious Government on the people. They
oven claimed to have a letter from Mr. Douglas to
that effect. So impudent and emphatic was Cal
houn in this assertion that even Gov. Walker was
at ono time almost convinced that the scheme had
the sanction of Douglas, until he received a letter
from that gentleman : denouncing the whole proce
dure. This foot alone, without other satisfactory
reasons, -justified the prompt course of Senator Dou
glas. From the same source I learn that on the
19th, when these gentlemen loft Kansas, the uni
versal belief was, that there would not be over a
thousand votes for the Constitution, though it was
apprehended that a much larger vote might be re
turned. The vote will be pro-slavery—all the
free-State men and a majority of the pro-slavery
refusing to vote. It is . proven, beyond all ques
tion, that the best of the pro-slavery mon are the
bitterest against the Lecompton swindle ; they say
that their cause has been seriously injured and
disgraced by this scheme of a set of impostors and
pretenders, who are mostly not Southerners; that
oven if not equal to the free-State party in num
bers, they were sufficiently strong to secure certain
rights which aro now seriously endangered, as well
as the status of all Southern men, which has been
effected, In a great degree, by this great outrage
'ions in their name, and under the assumed ban
ner of slavery.
These statements, which are in harmony with all
the other authentic intelligence from Kansas, are
pregnant with meaning and suggestion touching
this controversy.
There is a very brisk struggle hero for the fo
reign appointments. It appears to be generally
ociaceded that Judge Buchanan, of Maryland, Col.
G. W. Morgdn, of Ohio, and Beverly Clark, of
Kentucky, will receive first-olassMiB3lollB. X.
;SIOVENIENTS or GEN. WALKER
He Delivers Himself over to the Custody' of
United States Marshal Rynders, and Is Al
lowed his Liberty on Parole of Honor—llls
Intended Visit to Washington.
[From the New York Express of last evening.]
This morning, Gen. Walker, as it was expected
he would do, delivered himself over to United
States Marshal Ryndors, in whose custody he now
is, although allowed his liberty on his' Parole of
honor.
Quito a number of personi called to eeo the Ge
neral this morning, at his quarters, Gen. Hen
ningsen's house, West Twelfth street. Among the
visitors were Gen. Wheat, late of Walker's army;
Judge Phillips, Gen. Henningsen's brother, and
others. Ho received his friends in a very cordial
manner. Considerable conversation pinged be
tween them upon the General's sudden return, all
expressing much surprise at the course of our naval
forces. It was generally remarked that this inter
ference with him would probably do much to
strengthen his position, and in the South a warm
fooling will spring up in his future behalf.
After some time spent in conversation, the
general stated that he desired to proceed to de
liver himself up to Marshal Rynders, according to
promises made Commodore Paulding. It was re
marked that it would be well for him to be mom
panied by counsel on his visit to the marshal's of
fice, in which opinion he concurred. Accordingly
a messenger was despatched for Thomas Francis
Meagher, and Malcolm Campbell, lawyers, the
same counsel - who appeared in behalf of Colonel
Faber's and Captain Benton at the time of their
arrest for enlisting recruits for Walker.
On the arrival of these 'gentlemen, they else
made manifest their great' astonishment at the
General's appearance in New York. After a short
conversation, , the General informed them that ho
desired their attendance in his behalf, if required,
at the marshal's office. Messrs. Meagher and
Campbell expressed their-hearty sympathy in the
General's behalf, offered their services bud soon
departed, agreeing to be at the United States mar-
Sitars office at 11 o'clock'
THE azunit. GIVES 1111.18ELP UP.
At half-past ten o'clock Gen,)ralker, ,iteeous,
tienT'IVIOK - ttfertatirriagoltrai started
for the marshal's office, at which place they ar
rived a few moments before the appointed hour.
Capt. Ryndors, who had been informed of the
General's Intended visit, was on hand, seething
Very anxious to take the General once more by the
hand and give him a hearty welcome. Thomas F.
Meagher and Mr. M. Campbell wore ales present
when Gen. Walker drove up to the door. There
were a few parsons present beside, attracted by
curiosity.
As Walker entered the marshal's office, ho sa
luted Marshal Ityndere, at the same time banding
him a package. Captain Rynders took the Gone
rat by the hand, saying :
"As Captain Rynders, I am happy to see you; but
as United States Marshal I cannot say that."
The General thanked him and then took a seat,
when be waited for the reading of the communi
cation to Rynders.
. Marshal Itynders, as soon no ho lot go of Walk.
er, took the package and proceeded to his private
office, when he smoke tho seal. 'rho hollowing
wore its contents:
To Ixainh Bynders t U. S. Marshal of the Southern
District of Now York.
U.S. SLACI•8111P Wasson,
San Juan Del Norte, December 11, 1857.
Sir—This will be handed you by General Wm. Walker,
who bee given me his parole of honor that he will pre
sent it to you in person.
With the naval force of this squadron I arrested Ge
'neral Walker at Punta Arenas, on the Bth instant, for a
violation of the neutrality laws of the United States—
he having set on foot, In the United States, unlawful
military organizations to make war on people with whom
we aro at peace, being at the time of his arrest, at the
head of said organization, In the act of making war as
above stated.
As U. H. Marshal of the Southern District of New
York, I consign him to your custody. -
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
WILLIAM PAULDINO,
Flag Officer, Commanding U. S Home Squadron
As soon as Marshal Rynders bad finished reading
the paper, he called the General and his Counsel
into his private office. lle then stated that he
(General 'Walker) would have to consider himself
in his custody, but he should permit him to go on
his parole of honor, stating at the same time that
he had better report himself immediately at
Washington.
The General consented to this, at the same time
requesting Mr. Meagher and Mr. Rynders to go on
with him. This they consented to do, and it was
agreed to go on to-morrow (Tuesday) morning.
(for the Press.] '
EDIT011:-I am sure you and many of your
readerswill be gratified to learn that the track of the
Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad i.rfirridhed.
This work, though remote from Philadelphia, and
of very modest pretensions, is worthy of a passing
notice, It extends from Scranton, in Luzerne coun
ty, whore it intersects thb Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroad, through Kingston and
Plymouth, in Lucerne county, and Berwick and
Bloomsburg, in Columbia county, to Rupert's Sta
tion, orill the Catawissa, Willianurport and Elmira
Railroad, and thus links together two groat tho
roughfares that stretch westward, one from Now
York,and the other from Philadelphia, It Is 67 mile
in length, half of Which is over a continuous
coal formation, and a portion of the other half
through a rich district of iron ore and limestone.
Along most of the routs the country is abundant
in agrioultural resources, and at several points
there is a considerable lumber trade to bo accom
modated. Pursuing the valley of the Lackawanna
to its mouth, and thence the valley of the Susque
hanna, the grades and curvature of the road are
extremely easy, and the scenery through which it
passes enchanting. A dense and enterprising
population along almost the entire line are ready
to supply the road out of the resources at hand
with a largo and steady business, whilst the road
brings that population within a few hours' ride of
each of the great cities.
These are circumstances which give great im
portance to the Lackawanna and Bloomburg Rail
road, but there are others which invest it with pe
culiar interest.
It was projected and commenced by a number of
country gentlemen living in the Wyoming Valley,
who, though business men of very solid means, had
not a particle of experience in building or ma
naging railroads. From this circumstance some
minds would have predicted disappointment or
failure, and to confess the truth, the prediction was
not wonting.
But for the encouragement of similar enterprises,
be it stated, that these gentlemen brought, if not
experience, integrity and economy to the work,
and these have been found excellent substitutes
for technical skill and knowledge.
The work s though progressing slowly and en
countering difficulties and obstacles which seemed
at times insurmountable, has never stopped from
the day it was begun, until three days ego, when
it was Onished. The credit of the company has
remained unimpaired in the midst of financial con
vulsions that have shaken the country from centre
to circumference.
The interest on its loan—seven per cent. per
annum—has been regularly paid at each appointed
Interval of six months; and notwithstanding the
extraordinary expense attending the completion of
the work, and the embarrassments resulting from
the general suspension of specie payments, it af
fords me groat pleasure to assure the bondholders
that their January coupons will be promptly paid.
The road has been ran from Scranton to King
ston for more than a year past. It is now run its
entire length. The running expenses are kept
down to the lowest figure which is consistent with
safety, and, indeed, the whole management is ac
cording to the strictest amino Lability a nd economy.
It is thus demonstrated that the same perseve
rance' prudence, and tingacitywhish aro necessary
in other pursuits, are all that are needed in a suc
cessful railroad enterprise. Tho road has found n
few good friends in Philadelphia, to whom much of
Its prosperity is duo, end whose assistance it will
continue to need until it is thoroughly furnished
with rolling stook, when it will reward all who
have helped IL. As a Pennsylvania enterprise of
great merit, whether jts prospects or past history
be considered, it is worthy of the confidence of
Philadelphia capitalists. W.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 29, 1857.
DEMOCRATIC; INFETINN-: IN ,IPAVOR OF
THE LECCIiIIPi'ON CONVENTION.
• ..
A large meeting assembled at Jayne's Rail lest
night, called to ondoietantrproceedings of the Le
compton Convention s - About
~2,000 persons were
present. The meeting wad called to, order at 74
o'clook by Mr. Witte, who nominated Ron. Ewa
Lewis es president of the meeting, assisted by
large number of vise-presidents.
-•
Judge Lewis, on taking the chair, made the fol
lowing remarks:
-..FELLOW•OITIZENB : I make my- profound ac
knowledgments to you for the honor you have
conferred upon :me in, selecting me' to preside
over your delilidrations. Justice to myself re
quires ins to' - itay, that I have wonted this post
lion with reluctance, after having repeatedly de
clined it. The object of this meeting is, as I en ,
deratand it, to deliberate upon life measures pro
posed by the President of the United States for
tho admission of Kansas into this Union as
an independent State. ', Tho Constitution of
the United States prdvides among other things
that Congress shall prescribe all needful rules
and' regulations for the government of the
Territory and other property of the United
States, and many judicious individuals hold that
this dam) hes relation exclusively to the Govern
merit of the Territory as property, and not to the
sovereign right to govern the people who inhabit
it. This may be safely conceded without detrain
ing from the power of Congress in regulating
the Territories, or governing the inhabitants who
resided in them before their admission into the
Union as a State. Congress has certainly
the right granted by the Constitution to de-'
dare war and make peace, and the Government of
the United States has the right to make treaties
with other nations. In the prosecution of a war,
territory may be acquired by conquest, in the exe
cution of a treaty it merit° acquired by contract,
and wherever the Government, of the United
States, either by conquest or by treaty, acquires
jurisdiction over, or a tight of property in a Terri
tory, the right of sovereignty 'results from the
right of ownership. The people who go ffito a
Territory belonging to the United States are
bound by the Constitution of tho United Stated
and by such sets of Congress as may apply to
unorganized Territories. With these exceptions,
they are in a state of nature; each man 'pre
scribes a law for himself, administers justice to
himself in hie own way, and every one has - alp
equal tight, in estate of nature, of doing justice to
himself and regulating his own ecindult, no one
having superiority over another. As sovereignty
implies superiority, it follows that whore all are
equal, as is the care when the people are in a state
at nature, no sovereignty can exist at all. The
new doctrine that sovereignty exists
a people in. a state of nature, and that th l•
formation of government is only an ad 'ef
sovereignty, has no just foundation, because
it is only when government is formed by
the people who before were in a state of nature
that sovereignty has its birth. It is only then
that sovereignty is created by the people them
selves; that that equality which existed before,find
that want of control which existed beforeMasei,
and only ceases when the aggregation of indi
vidual rights is invested in appointed authorities,
This sovereignty whiSh Congress possesses over the
Territories exists independent of the people of the
Territories ; it has existed in the way I have al
ready described. No Territory has ever been or
ganized except through the authority ig Congress,
none since this Government was established.
In accordance with this construction, supported
by a practice over since the establishment of the
Government Congress, on the '3oth of May, 1854,
passed what is called the organic law, for the or
ganization of the Territory of Kansas; and one of
the provisions of that law declared that it wee
the true intent and meaning of the law not to
legislate slavery into the Territory or out of dt, but
to leave the people perfectly free to form their
domestic institutions in their own way. [Applause.]
The Territorial Legislature authorized by the act
of Congress, was elected by the people ' and some
time in the month of February last, they passed a
law authorising tho election of delegates for the
purpose of framing a Constitution, preparatory to
their admission into the Union as an independent
State. That election took place in the month of
June, and the Convention mot in September fel:
lowing; and having adjourned from time to time,'
they at last framed a Constitution. Now, you will
remember that there was nothing' in the organic
sot of Congress, or in the Territorial act of the
Legislature, autborizingithe elettion of delegates
that required the submission of this Constitution
to the people. The delegates were authorized to
frame a Constitution, and se framed, it would
have had all the legal of a Constitution with
out any submission to the people, the moment
Kansas was admitted by Congress as a State.
But there was one question on which some
difficulty arose in the Convention—a question on
which much difference of opinion existed through
out the United States and throughout the terri
tory—l mean the question of slavery. That ques
tion they submitted to a vote of the people, at an
election held on the 21st of thie month. The re
stilt of that election is not yet known, but the
President of the United States proposes to abide
by that result, whatever It may be, and 'proposes
to admit Kansas into the Union with a Constitution
thus framed. What objection is there to this?
Surely, the affairs of Kansas have occupied the time
and attention of this great nation quite long enough
for all useful purposes. It is complained that the
whole Constitution has net been submitted
to the people. Why did they not see to that when
they elected members of the Legislature? Why
did they not influence their own Legislature to
provide der that in the law authorizing the elec
tion of delegates? What have we to do with it?
Why not influence the action of their delegates
selected for the purpose of carrying out their
wishes? Dow can we control the Convention ? If
the people deemed the submission of the Constitu
tion necessary, their representatives in Convention
ought to have so declared; but they made no
such declaration, and the result is that the
Constitution is good enough without such sub
mission. The mere fact that they submitted one
portion of it, about which they were not prepared
to make a final decision to the people, is no reason
why they should submit every portion of it eb long
es they acted within the limits of their autheri
and we aro boatelvo--preelrnstroney - nnsr
eons for their action. They doubtless knew that
si large portion of the inhabitants of Kenna were
In open rebellion against the law under which
they were elected, and would oppose any Constitu
tion, no matter how good it might bo,
and no mat
tor in what manner formed, if it was formed under
the act of a Legislature, against which they stood
in open opposition; and they doubtless desired to
defeat the wishes of these people, knowing very
well that their own constituents respecting lair and
order were perfectly satisfied with every portion
of the Constitution, except the one which wad sub
mitted for their consideration. Be that as it may,
they were the representatives of the people of Kan
sas; their decision is made, and it is not for us to
overrule it. It is objected that the Legislature
which passed this law was not legally elect
ed. That Legislature is the only Legislature that
has over been acknowledged to have any validity
by the Congrose of the United States, or by
the Government of the United States, or by any
branch of the Government; it is the only Legislature
dr facto which has ever had existence in that Ter
ritory, and its acts aro therefore legal and valid
until annulled by the only power which holds the
sovereignty, and that is Congress. Congress has
not annulled its aets,and therefore they are binding.
It is objected, again, that the people had nu fair
chance to vote on the slavery question, because
they were required in every ease to vote for the
Constitution. Now this is the merest form that eau
be imagined, because the other provisions are not
submitted, are not intended to be submitted, but
are held to be valid without submission, and are
valid without submission, and this formal manner of
their. expressing it by a vote hes no effect whatever
upon their rights. The moment they are admitted
into the Union they may proceed to amend their
Constitution to suit themselves. There is nothing in
the Constitution which prevents the people from
proceeding, and in a very short period of time
amending it if they fool so disposed. Why then
keep Kansas in this rebellious and distracted con
dition any longer? The doctrine of popular
sovereignty cannot require that she should be kept
in a kind of vassalage and bondage under the
government of the United States. On the con
trary, it seems to require that she should be ad
mitted as a State as soon as possible, and the mo
ment she le admitted on an equal footing 'with the
other States, the largest blessings and the largest
privileges of popular sovereignty can be granted.
(Applause.)
Mr. Win. H. Witte next addreeeed the mooting.
The President then Introduced Ron. Jesse D.
Bright, of Indiana, who was received with great
applause.
Mr. Bright said: Mr. President and fellow-Democrats
or the city of Philadelphia: It le proper that I should
preface what I have to say en this occasion by making
my acknowledgments to the Committee, who, represent
ing your views, have been so kind as to honor me with
an invitation to meet you here to.night. It its not the
first time I have had that privilege, but 1 intuit confess
I have met you on former occasions under more favora
ble auspices than we meet now. I have met you here.
tofore when battling for the supremacy of these princi
ples which we conceived essential to the perpetuation
of the Government under which we live; we meet now,
as I am advised, to consider the sentiments and recom
mendations enunciated in the late Message of the Pre, .
dent of the United Slates, and to express our approval
and disapproval.
As we cannot, in this report of Mr Bright 's speech,
give it entire, wo will briery allude to moat of the to
pics he discussed without elaborating any one of them
except his Views on the admission of Kansas, which we
will give entire
Mr. Bright spoke at some length of the action of the
Democratic and Federal party in reference to the pur
chase of what is known as the Louisiana country, and
the action of Congress in organising States therefrom.
Ile rev towed the action of the two parties under the Ad
ministration of Mr. Polk, showing to whom the lounhey
was indebted for the addition or the empire that
was then added. Ile revioned at some length
the measures known an the Oomproinize mistime
of 1850, and showed conclusively that the Demo.
cratie party had ever favored the acquinition of ter
ritory, while the anti-Democratic petty had opposed
it. That in the organisation of Territorial Govern
ments, and their subsequent admission into the Union
as Staten, the Democratic party had strictly adhered to
those requirements of the Constitution which gave to
the people the power of deciding upon their own form
of government, while the and -Democratic party had
uniformly insisted upon the interference of Congress,
requiring the adoption of inhibitory resolves on the
subject of slavery, So. (We give his remarks in full
on - the Kansan question.)
The doctrine of non-intervention, as enuuclated in
the Nicholson letter, by that eminent statesman now
at the head of the State Department, always command
ed my warmest approval ; for the maxim, "mind your
own business," Is as applicable in public as in
v p,,,,te, entre, (Cheers.) I experienced no difti
culty, therefore, in giving to the Kansas-Nebraska
bill, when before the Senate of the United
States, try earnest support, containing,-as it did,
an express recognition of this doctrine, in the
declaration that the true intent and moaning of the eat
wan,'-not to legislate slavery into any Territory or
State, not to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the
people thereol perfectly free to form and regulate their
domestic institalions ui the is 01051 way, subject 055.7
to the Constitution of the United States ' and in that
other declaration that the Territory, wren orm.nized
WI a State, “should be received into the Union, with or
withoutslavory, as the Constitution might prescribe at
the time of its admission."
Under these principle'', the Territory of Kansas wan
organized; and cow, after a brief but stormy probation,
It is asking admission into the Union as e State. The
constitution which It presents is Republican in its form,
and ie the work of a legally organized convention of de
legates, elected under authority of low. The question
Is, shall it be admitted I It costs me no effort to ex
press my determination to stand by the priaciples of the
Kama-Nebraska act, and to vote for its admission as
state, without stopping to inquire whether slavery be
or be not recognized by its constitution. (Cheers.)
The principal objection that is now urged against
its admission is, that the whole Constitution was
not subiniVed to the people for their ratification.—
I regret, with the President and the Admininistra
tion, that Cite was not done. Looking at the mat
ter from this distant point, I believe it would have
been more nice and prudent to have submitted it;
but that question wee for them, not 11% to determine.
It is not or us to force a submission; Mat would be
001M1011 of the principle of non.intervention —a villa.
lion of the Kansas act, whirl' guarantena this right of
regulating all dolomitic questions to the people them.
solves—that is, through their lepresentatives, for it
Could be done in no other way.
This is a representative government, not a Democracy
like the Republic of Athens, where laws were submitted
to a vote of the people en masse. We, the people, trans
act our public business, make our laws, and regulate
our Institutions through representatives. Year after
year you aro called upon to elect representatives to your
State Legislature to make lowa These laws end your
Ryes, your liberties and your property. Yet, who is
wild enough to advocate the submission of three laws to
a direct vote of the people? Who balm chimerical as to
insist that it vote of the people is necessary to give
them vitality ?
Why, rey fellow•citisenn, that great Constitution
tinder which we live, and oar fathers lived, and have
proapered as never another people have proapered—
that sacred instrument, embodying the pure principle,'
of Republicanism, and which will stand forever, through
countless ages, as a model of American statesman
ship—the Constitution of the United States—never
wee /Mb/flitted to a direct vote of the people. It was
retitled by the votes of the State Logislaturee of the
dßievent States. •
And this was the early prune° of our Government.
Nearly every State in this bright galaxy of States, hen
come Into the Union with Constitutions that were not
submitted to the people. Surely, surely, no great wrong
can be committed by walking In the tootetoops of our
revolutionary fathers—by following the example they
bare set us. Never, never, since this was a Govern
ment, has any Slate of this Union been refused admis
slot' into the Union, on the ground that her Constitution
was not submitted to the people. The Oonstitutional
Convention of each State and Territory has always until
row been treated and recognized as embodying the popu
lar will. I appeal to the record for the truth of this
position.
The State in which I live came into this Union with
a Constitution not submitted to the people. So of va
rious other States I could mention. I state these facts
to phew that this le no new demand; bet, if precedents
'are toguide our action, the vast bulk of them is with
those wherever the admission of Kansas under the Le
eomption Constitution.
• Why should a mite test be applied to her unknown to
the laws and the Constitution of our country? There
Is but one test required by the Constitution of the
United States, in reference to the adiniesion of new
States,' and that is, that their Constitutions shall be
Republican In form. I deny the right to travel outside
of the requirements of the Constitution to constitute
new tests not recognized by It I desire. as a legislator,
to uer° my action with its requirements. Seeing
nothing in it requiring the submission of a Constitution
'of a State to the people. I will not set up my individual
wishes, or my pHs ate feelings, in derogation of its pro
visions. I will not apply a test to Knees that neither
the Constitution nor the custom of my country has ap
plied. •
And I am the more reedy to sustain its admission,
when I coo, on looking into the too rival Constitutions
~ the Lecompton and the Topeka—that, so far as the
fundamental principles or government are involved, the
former Is quite as faultless es the latter. Indeed, strik
ing out the provisions ou the subject of slavery, about
Which there Is unfortunately an much contrariety of
%pinion in our country, I would, atwitter of individual
choice, prefer the forme, to the latter. The ground of
othla preference is not material, and I will not. there
fore, stop here to state it.' It is enough that the Le
compton Constitution, unlike the other, comes to us in
an disthenhe form—is the embodiment of the public
will, as expressed through the ltgally elected dele
gates, and is republican in its form.
• But it le objected that the delegates who framed this
Constitution. were elected by a minority or the people,
and that their work don not reflect the public, will. If
they were en elected, whose fault was it ? It is certain
that. all had en opportunity of voting, and it any wil
fully neglected. or tediously refused to exercise this
right, it is not for them now to urge their own miscon
duct OA a reason for the rejection of the State.
Again—ln what respect does the Constitution fail to
retied the public will? No point of objection hoe been
made, deserving, in my opinion, any consideration, ex
cept the one relating to the slavery clause. Fellow
cltizento am - no advocate of, or apologist for slavery.
Whatever may be my private opinions, they shall not
interfere with my public duty: (Cheers.) We have,
by one• legislation, adopted the wine policy of
noniintervention by Congress on this subject; and
'to,that policy, the peace and harmony of the country
demaed that wo should rigidly adhere. But to those gen
tlemen who arc so tenacius on this point it - certainly
must be a hatter of great relief (at tenet it should be)
that this gustation of y slavery "or "no slavery" in
Kenna, which has been the great and absorbing ques
tion In that Territory from its very organization —and
not only in the Territory, but outside of It, has, by
this seine Convention, composed, as Is alleged, of pro
slavery delegatea—eleeted, as ie further alleged, by a
small minority or the people, whilst the great mast aro
anti-slavery in sentiment—been submitted to n direct
vote of the people.
It was in the power of this mesa, therefore. by going
to the polls on the 31st of thlrenionth, and voting their
sentiments, to have put down, once and forever, the ex
istence of slavery in Kansas. If they hitve.not done It--
if they have pertinaciously refused to vote, as it
is announced was their purpose, my duty will
be a plain one—to turn a deaf oar to their factious corn
plainte, and adhering to the principles of the Kansas-
Nebraska act, to vote for the admission of the State
Under ,the Lecompton Constitution, with or without
slavery; ae that instrument may provide.
The come which I have thug marked out to pursue,
fellow-eitizene, I deem both wise and politic. It should
be the desire of every patriot to expel this subject from
the hallo of Congress. By admitting Kansas under the
Lecompton Constitution, we at once localize the tied
tionLand if then that instrument is not what the ionic
rity desire, it will be in their power to correct it, free
from that interference from without which has been the
cause of so much trouble.
Fellow-citizens, this is no time for us to falter in our
duty. Let us not be led by passion, or Influenced by our
private feelings, to forgot the ditty we owe to our coun
try. As Democtata, let no not forget our fealty to the
great national party, to a hid' wo belong. (Cheers ) We
have, as it were, just passed through a moat exciting elec
tion, which recalled in piecing in the Prealdential Chair,
a statesman whom Pennsylvania has always delighted to
honer—a statesman of undoubted ability—of unsullied
integrity—of vast experience in public affairs—who
stands to-day, as one of the few connecting links
between the past and the present generationn—
"full of yearn and full of honors." (Cheers.)
For nearly half a century, you have honored
him with your confidence, and it is no idle
praise to say, ho has never betrayed it, or failed to come
up to the full mensure of your expectations. Will the
Pennsylvania Democracy now stand by their old and
honored chief? Shall the victory of ISO be frittered
away by senseless divisions in our ranks ? Cr standing
together, shall wo again march on to new honera and
new victories
Allow me to answer these interrogatories for my
own State. Indiana voted for Mr. Buchanan in
the Cincinnati Cone, ntion, from the trot until the
last ballot. [Applause.] At the election In Novem
ber succeeding, she was one of the few free States,
that gave turn a clear majority over all isms and
combinatione. [Cheers.] ffer herculean efforts in
that memorable cooled, to place In power the favorite
son of the Keystone State, thus dealing a deadly blow to
fanaticism in all its varied forms, Is the brightest pcgo
in her political history. And permit me here to add.
that no personal conebleratlon was on incentive to the
action other lion-hearted Democracy, (applause). They
believed he would do, as ho has done—call around him
as his advisere, men distinguished for their political
fidelity and their private virtues, who would aid him in
administering the affairs of your Government with an
eyeleingle to its growth and prosperity. Ilse he not
dons en! (Cries of yes, yes.) Will not the response
come fica_atery . honest heart, sae, Bed The path
aittyTtnen. ifra - plain -- ono-cu 1 Thos
von. Sustain the men of your choice so long ea he sue
tains the principles of your political creed. Abandon
him only when he abandons the platform upon which
you placed hits—the Constitution of tho United States.
(Applause.)
The edict of the enemy has gone forth Di, ids end
conquer, for it is only by division the political power of
this Government can be wrested from the hands of the
Democratic party [Cheers.) . Let va boar in mind, and
act upon the precept, that united we are Invincible.
(Uproarious cheers.]
At the conclusion of the remarks of Mr. Bright
a series of resolutions were read, as follows:
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS
Whereas, The oleasetres and principles of the Admin
istration of Precident Buchanan, as thus far developed,
in relation to the affairs of KI/13668. have been the out.
jeot of the bitter denunciation of our political oppo•
nente, who, in their unwise real, are willing to destroy
the harmony of the Union, by raising false Issues before
the people—And
Whercam. It le the determination of the Democratic
party to adhere firmly to thoeo well•eetabliehefl land
marks, which in time of eectionnl conflict and great
political excitement have proved to be the only security
to the political inetitutiona of this vent and proepereut
nation—And
Whereas, The conduct of partirans has renewed the
occasion when it becomes necessary, to a pub' iu manner,
to declare our continuing confidence in the cardinal
doctrines of independent State sovereignty and constitu.
Donal liberty, an applicable to the management of the
territories of the United Matey, and their admission into
the Union as States. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Democracy of Philadelphia, Nt ith
signal unanimity, cordially endorse, approve, and do
and will support the Administration of President Dos
OHANAN.
That, in hie;first Meesage we recognize the language
of the patriot. That this language onunciatee the prin.
ciplef of the National Democratic party, and Justifies
the confidence which the people have placed in him.
That we ore perfectly satisfied that President Bo-
Os x has not, and can bat e no other desire, In the dis
charge of the function,' of his high office, than to ad
vance the true interests, honor and dignity of the
Union—that his abilities hare been pro" eil to be of the
most distinguishes' order, his character eminently con
servative. and hie councils wise; and Ire believe the
people of the country, in every part of it, cannot com
mit a mistake in rallying around such a man, and sun
taining him in his efforts to settle ell existing difficul
ties in which the country may be involved, whether to
reign or domestic.
liezolred, That the government of the United States
Is a government of delegated power; that within the
limits of its functions it is the supreme—the sovereign
power of tho land; and the Idea that this supreme pow er
can be properly overruled in Its exercise, either by
those front whom it is delegated, or by those for whose
government each power may be exercised, Is n heresy,
danguroun to the perpetuity of civil institutions and
constitutional liberty, nail tends to•create confusion and
anarchy in any condition of organized society.
liesoleed, That while it is true that the Government
of the United States is within the limits of Its conati•
tutional functions, the sovereign power of the laud, it
la equally trite that in ell matters not included within
the grout of power to the Federal Government, the
right of absolute sovereignty is reserved to the States
respectively nod the people thereof, and that any inter
ference oh the part of the General Government with
powers not expressly granted, Is inexpedient and daii
gowns, and should be, and is, discountenanced by the
Democratic party, en no leas a violation of the reserved
rights of this States then would be the attempt on the
part of any of the States or the people thereof, except
in duo form of law, to interfere with the rightful ears
rise of the powers expressly granted to the General
Government.
'Wolves!, That In the application of the principles
contained In the foregoing resolutions, the Democracy
of the city of Philndelphla, responding to the No
tional Democracy of every State in the Union, de
clares that Congress has no power, directly or twit
redly, to interfere with the local twill Galena of the
several States; and that In all matters not within the
postern delegated by the Couatltution, the Staten aro
the only judges of their nun affairs. tint in the Ter
ntories of the United Staten, which belong alike to the
people of every State and section of the Union,
the nosoteign power, no for as delegated at all, in
vented in Congreen Title power should, however, be
exercised with a strict regard to all the rights renerved
to the States, and in exercising this noverelgn power, it
le luctimbent upon Congress to protect within the Ter
ritories all the rights of property, personal security and
personal liberty which the citizens from the varioun
sections of the country locating in the Territories en•
joyod within the St ,tee from which they respectively
emigrated; and this duty should be properly discherged
up to the time when, under a Constitution duly framed,
such Territory shall by Congress be rectutolreit as an
independent State.
Resolved, That the Territorial Legislature el Hennas,
which authorized the election of the Lecompton Con
vention, won a lawful Legislature, which, in giving, au
thority to said Convention to triune n Con,litntlon,
clearly acted within the scope of Ito powers That the
tact that the Leguilal are did not require said Convention
to submit the Constitution to a cote of the people doer
not affect itnlegality T hat neither Raid Legislators nor
the Convention which framed the Constitution, having
deemed it exdedlent, cave in renpect to the Institution of
slavery, to submit said Coostitution to a direct popular
vote, it is unquestionably the duty of the President,
when such Constitution shall be sent by the Convention
to Congreon, through the hands of the Execntive, re
epectfully to receive and to transmit the same to CM
,eress ; and if said Constitution, in the opinion of Con
gress. shall meet tho requirements of the Federal Con
stitution, it will be the duty of Congress to respond to
the wishes of the people of Kansas, thus legally ex
preened through their chosen agents, by admitting
Kennon into the Union.
Resolved, That the Coyentien haying framed it Con
stitution in pursuance of law, the attempt now nicking
outside of the Territory to Interfere wilh the lawful
exercise of the powers delegated to that Cons ention.
no matter under what pretext, or however pure the
motives, Is a 'Gelation of the doctrine of non-inter
vention.
Besotted, That if the Battlement of Kansan had been
effected according to the usual principles of emigration
to the new Territories, the question of slavery would
hue been peacefully determined by the people. Instead
of ills, large sumo have been raised out of the Ter
ritory, with which emigrant aid nocietiee and other,
have been employed in forcing its settlement
with a viers to this question. The consequence
ham been that the opponents of law and order have,
from the beginning, been in a state of rebellion against
the Territorial Government entablislied by Congress,
requiring the government of the United Staten to keep
large military , force in Hannan to maintain the Ter
ritorial (internment in existence againnt those who
impose the lawful authority of the 'lnitial Staley and of
the Terrierty.
I?, naived That lino great doctrine of popular sore .
reignty, which In the fouudation of all our inntitutlona.
can be carried into elhict only through the medium of
Represontatircs of the people In an organlyed (Intern
ment.
•
That in conformity with this principle, the Legiola•
live Assembly of Kansas passed a fair law for the elec
tion of delegates to a Convention to frame a Cenatltu
Gran and State Government, preparatory to admission an
a State into tho Union , that the violators or law who
had constantly refused to submit to a Territorial Go
vernment opposed it, and did not vote at the election
A fair opportunity, however. for such pupose having
been presented, they have no right to complain. •
Resolved, In the language of the President's Mee
sage, that " Kansas ban for some years occupied too
much of [Malin attention It is high time this should
be directsd to far more Important object. When once
admitted into the Union, Whether with or without sla
very, the excitement beyond her own limits will speedi
ly pose away, as she will then for the trot tone be left,
as she ought to have been long since, to manage her
own affairs hi her awn way."
Resolved, That the question now rained in relation
to the Action of the lawful authorities in Kansas, is the
same old question recurring in anew form between the
Democratic party and their Black Bepublicanopponenta.
It is the same party issue modified, which was raised
against the compromise measures of 1950, and against
the KanaaseNebraaka bill of 1854. At present it aasumes
the shape of preventing the adrnisnion of Kansas into
the States, under the previsions of the Kamm bill,
Agitation is the only political weapon of those who here
heretofore, and still oppose the operation of that law
Political power is their object, and in order to attain it,
thee are willing to liazanl the peace and security of the
Union, for the sake of a thousand men in Kansam, a ho
have been In constant resistance to the Constitution
and the laws
Resolved That it is manifest, had any Constitution
which the i ngenuity of man could have devised—even
the Topeka Constitution—been pre,ented to the Black
Republican party by the Lecompton Convention, that
party would have voted against it, because it is their
object not to settle the question, preferring to destroy
the Interests of the Territory for the purpose of keeping
ogitatien on the slavery question throughout the
States of the Union until the next Presidential election.
. . .
itr,olved, That while we recognise in the fullest ex
tent the right of the people of a Territory, when duly
quallflerl, to make a Constitution. to submit it to a vote
of the people, yet the people of Kansas not having seen
tit so to submit the 'nimbi Constitution, but has log sub
mitted the only question about which there has been
practically any division of sentiment, we hobd it to be
the duty of all Conservative meu to attend the polls and
sole for or against slat cry, and nothing but a spirit of dis
organization and rebellion can encourage them in doing
otherwise. And above all do we desire to urge upon all
good members of the great Democratic party the ne
cessity of preserving among themselves the kindest
feelings upon this subject, and especially that they
will not permit the efforts of our common enemy, (no
matter from whom they receive aid and comfort.) to
succeed In stirring up animosities upon questions,
which, by the fixed purpose of the Administration will
80012 be of no roal practical importance to those outside
of the Territory.
Resolved, That we most heartily approve of the
course of the Iron. William Bigler, Senator from Penn
xylvania, in the able manner in which he has aupported
and vindicated the policy of the .Administration; and
his late masterly effort on the floor of the Senate real
izes the most sanguine expectations of Ins friends.
Robert Tyler seconded the resolutions, and in
doing so referred to the doctrine that the " ma
jority shall rule " as a monstrous heresy.
He was followed by Hon. S. A. Smith, of Ten
nessee, who, in the course of hie remarks, stated
that he believed " slavery to be morally, politi
cally, and religiously right."
By this time the audience had dwindled to
about fifty or sixty persons, who were addressed
by George M. Wharton and Charles W. Carrigan,
after which the meeting adjourned, without taking
a vote on the resolutions.
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM THE UTAH
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The War Department
to-day received official despatches from the head
quarters of the army for Utah, dated Black's
Pork, three miles below the mouth of Ham's
Ford, November sth. Colonel Johnston states
that Colonel Smith, with his command, and the
numerous trains guarded by it, reached there No
vember 3d. The march had been slow, averaging
eleven miles only per day, although the road was
excellent and the weather fine.
It was not possible to make more rapid progress
on account or the broken-down condition of the draft
animals. The trains included those belonging to
merchants and settlers, which he would not allow
to go on, and the whole ocoupied, in as close order
as they could be made to travel, septum from five
to six miles in extent. No molestation whatever
was attempted by the Mormons, which may he at
tributed to the presence of cavalry, and the judi
cious disposition and vigilance of Cot. Smith.
On the oth of November, Col. Johnston was to
marsh on Fort P,ridger, and dislodge any force he
might find there, and await the approach of Col.
Cook, when, as the approach of winter was too
near to attempt the passage of the Wahoach range
of mountains with the probability of success, ho
would seize upon the district mentioned in his
letter from the South Pass, and occupy it until an
advance shall bo practicable. '
The communication from Brigham Young to Col.
Alexander, and from Elder Taylor to Captain
Marcy, and the orders of G. Wells, commander of
the 'Mormon forces, which Col. Johnston encloses,
with the acts of the Legislative Assembly at the
last session show, he says, a matured and settled
design on the part of the Mormons, to hold and
occupy the Territory independent of and irrespec
tive of the authority of the United States. Occu
pying, as they do, the attitude of rebellion and
open defiance to the Government, connected with
numerous overtittats of treason, Col Johnston has
ordered, that whenever they nro met with, in
arms, they may be treated as enemies.
Colonel Johnston reiterates the necessity for
prompt and vigorous action, or the United States
must submit to the usurpation of their territory.
The conduct of the Mormons results from a settled
determination not to acknowledge the authority of
the United States, nor any other outside of their
church.
The supply for tho subsistence of the troops
must be forwarded by early spring, and it should
reach the nrmy by the first of Juno. Should a
long time elapse without hearing from him, Colo.
no! Johnston says it must only be attributed to the
difficulty of sending expresses across the moun
tains during the winter months.
The officers and men are in fine health, and ani
mated with an ardent desire to discharge their
duties faithfully.
In a postscript Colonel Johnston says the army
tiss isa.d.a.y.74.mureb 4.3.• a nd
the 7th were awaiting the arrival of the trains de
tained the previous day by a storm. Our trains,
he adds, occupy, in as (dose order as they can tra
vol, the road from thirteen to fourteen miles, there
fore the rear cannot move till late in the day.
Among the documents transmitted by Colonel
Johnston is a letter from Brigham Young, dated
October Ifith, in which, in reply to Colonel Alex
ander, ho says; "If you come here for peaceful
purposes, you bare no use for weapons of war.
IYe wish, and ever have wished, for peace, and
have over sued for it, all day long, as our bitterest
enemies know full well; and though the wicked,
with the Administration now at their head, have
determined we shall have no peace, except it bo to
lie down in death, in the name of Israel's God, we
will have peace, even though we be com
pelled by our enemies to fight for it. If you
persist in your attempts to permanently locate an
army in this Territory contrary to the wishes and
constitutional rights of the people therein, and
with the view to aid the Administration in their
unhallowed efforts to palm their corrupt officials
upon us, and protect them and the blacklegs, black
hearted scoundrels, whore-masters, and murderers,
as was the sole intention in sending you
and your troops here, you will base to meet
is mode of warfare against which your tactics
furnish you no information. In regard to my
self, and certain others, having placed our
selves in a position of rebellion and hostility to
the Government of the United States. lam per
fectly aware that we understand our true and most
loyal position far bettor than our enemies can in
form us. We, of all people, are endeavoring to
preserve and perpetuate the genius of the consti
tutional Inn - , while the Administration and the
troops the have ordered to Utah are in fact them
selves the rebels, and in hostility to the General
Government; and if George Washington was
now living and at the helm of our Government.
he would hang the Administration as high as he
did Andre, and that,too, with far bettor grace. and
tom much greater bubserving the best interests of the
country. After much similar defiant language,
Brigham Young says . By virtue of my office as
Governor of the Territory of Utah, I command
you to marshal your troops, and leave this Terri
tory, for it can be of no possible benefit to you to
waste treasure and blood, in prosecuting your
course upon the side of a rebellion against
the General Government, by its administra
tors. You have had, and still have, plenty
of Lime to retire within reach of supplies
at the East, or to go to Fort Hall. Were you and
your follow-officers as well as I am with mine,
and did they understand the work they are now
engaged in, as well as you may understand it,
yin must know that many of them would imme
diately revolt from all connection with so ungodly,
illeGal, unconstitutional, and hellish a crusade
against an innocent people; and if their blood is
shed, it shall rest upon the heads of those com
manders. With us it is the Kingdom of (led or
nothing.
In another letter to Alexander, Young says:
When the President of the United States co far
degrades his high position end prostitutes the
highest gift of the people so ns to make use of
the military power intended only for the protee•
lion of the people's liberties, and compel them to
receive officials se lost to self-respect as to accept
appointments against the known and expressed
wish of the people, and so maven and degraded n 9
to need an army to protect them in their position,
we feel that we would be recreant to every princi
ple of self-respect, honor, integrity, and patri
otism to bow tamely tn such high-handed tyranny,
a parallel to which Is only found in the attempts
made by the British Government. in its most cor
rupt stages, against the rights, liberties, and lives
of our forefathers. If our real enemies, the mobo
crats, priests, editors, and politicians, at whose
instigation the present storm has been Gathered,
come against us instead of you and your command,
I would not hove addressed them thus. They
never would have been allowed to reach the South
Pass.
John Taylor, in writing a letter to Capt. Marcy,
says • " I know, from personal intercourse with
members of the Sonata and Theo of Represonta
lives of the United States, that thorn have been
various plans concocted at headquarters for soma
time past, for the overthrow of the Mormons. Mr.
Puller, of New York, who sent you an introduc
tory letter to me, informs me that you aro a poli
tician. If so, you must know that in the last Pre
sidential campaign the Republican party had op
position to slavery and polygamy as two of the
principal planks in their platform. You may
know that Utah was picked out, and the only
Territory excluded from participation in the
pre.amption rights to land. I might enu
merate injuries by scores; and if these things
are not so, why is it that Utah is so knotty a
question Why could Drummond and a host of
mean scribblers palm their barefaced lies with such
impunity, anti have their infamous slanders swal
lowed with such gusto? Was it not that tho Ad
ministration and their satellites, having planned
our destruction, wore eager to catch at anything to
render ~pecious their contemplated acts of blood?
In plain terms the Democrats advocated strongly
popular sovereignty ; the Republicans toll them
if they
institutions
in maintaining inviolable the do
mestic of - the South, they must
also swallow polygamy. The Democrats thought
this would not do, as it would interfere with
the religious occupies of many of their sup
porters, and they looked about for some moans to
dispose of the knotty question. President Bu
chanan, with Douglas, Cut's, Thompson, and others,
after failing to devise legal measures, hit upon the
expedient of an armed force against Utah, and
thus thought, by the sacrifice of the Mormons, to
untie the knotty question. Yes, by destroying or
killing hundreds or thousands of innocent Ameri
can eitizens'to satisfy the pions, humane, patriotic
feelings of their constituents, take the wind out of
the sails of the Republicans, and gain to themselves
immortal tuition , .
sifter defending the Mormons, he, in conclusion
sa ys tio m y departure from the Slates, the fluc
tuating tide of popular feeling against us seemed
to be on the WPM. By this time there may be
quite a reaction in the public mind ; if so, it may
probably affect materially the position of the Ad•
ministration, and tend to more constitutional, pa
chic, and humatre measures. In such an event our
relative positions would be materially changed. and
instead of meeting as enemies, we could meet as
all American citizens should, friendly to each
other, and united against our legitimate enemies
only. Such an issue id devoutly to be wished.
On the person of Major Joseph Taylor, who was
captured, was found an order from Daniel Wells,
Lieutenant General of the Mormons, in which the
latter directs him, under date of October 4th, to
proceed with all possible despatch to the Oregon
road, near Bear River Bend, taking close and oor
root observations.
LATER FROM KANSAS.
THE STATE CONSTITUTION WITH SLAVERY
ADOPTED,
Governor Denver at his Post—llls Address to
the People—Startllng Rumors.
ST. Louis, Dec. 28.—Advices from Kansas to the
22d inst., received by the firpnbliran, elate that
the Constitution, with slavery," was carried by
a large majority at the late election. The returns
are meagre, but sufficient to indicate this result.
At Shawnee the pro-slavery vote was 765; at
Alathe 200, and nt Lexington about the same.
It was reported at Lawrence that a body of men
had gone to Leelompton to seize the Territorial
arms.
A letter dated Lawrence, December 21st, says
that General Lane has gone to Fort Scott with the
avowed intention to destroy that plane, to exter
minate the pro-slavery settlers on the Shawnee
Reservation, and to carry the war Into Missouri.
Govorner Denver has !manned his position as
Governor of the Territory, and issued an address
to the people, in which he exhorts the citizens to
appeal to the ballot-box for a settlement of their
difficulties, and makes copious extracts from the
President's instructions, as indicating the line of
Police he designs to pursue. He also states that
resident Calhoun has invited himself and the pre
siding officers of both Houses of the Territorial Le
gislature to be present at the counting of the re
turns of the election held on the 21st inst.
Nothing authentic has been received from Fort
Scott.
Sr. Louis, Dec. 23—livening.—A gentleman ar
rived here from Kansas reports that the whole vote
cast at the election in Lecompton was 132. giving
a majority of 0 for the slavery clause. At Law
rence there were no votes received, and the poll
hooks were not opened at Topeka. At Lexington
the slavery majority was 30. No intelligence from
Leavenworth had been received.
A letter received by the lirpubliran says that
the Convention to reassemble at Lawrence on the
23d, was expected to recommend the course to be
pursued as to voting at the January election for
State offieora
Many favor the casting of the free-State vote, 50
as to crush the state Government. Ex-Governor
Stanton's name is mentioned as a oandidate for
Governor.
A boaror of despatches from Governor Denver
passed through this city yesterday for Washing
ton.
FROM HAVANA
Arrival of the Empire City et New York
NEW YORK, Deo. 28.—The United States mail
steamship Empire City, from Havana on the 23d
instant, arrived at this port this evening.
The steamship Granada arrived at Havana on
the 23d, with the California mails for New Or•
leans
Sugars were improving. Freights dull.
The fillibuster-steamer Fashion and the United
States sloop-of-war Saratoga were at Havana.
The Empire City saw the steamer Phiadelphia
on the 24th inst., hence, off Cape Florida.
General Walker to go to Washington
Nnw YORK, Deo. 2.—General Walker ear
rendered himself to Marshal Rynders, this morn
ing, and ho has made arrangements to proceed
with his prisoner to Washington, to-morrow, to
ascertain the intentions of the President.
The Minnesota Election
CHICAGO, December 23.—The official canvass in
Minnesota has been oompleted. The entire Demo
cratic tioket was successful at the recent election.
Messrs. Rico and Shields were elected United
States Senators on the 13th instant.
From Cope Race—Wreck of the Am:minted
IMMECEII
Sr. Jon:Ns, Newfoundland, Dec. 23.—A steamer,
supposed to be the Arago, with European dates to
the 16th inst., passed Cape Racoon Saturday. The
yacht of the Associated Press having been wrecked
during the late gale, the opportunity of anti•
cipating the steamer's arrival at New York was
lost.
Excitement at Mobile
:Game, Dec 28.—Great excitement prevails
here in consequence of the alleged intervention
of the Government in Nicaraguan affairs, in
the capture of General Walker by Commodore
Paulding.
The California Overland Mall Route
Sr. Louts, Dec. 23.—Messrs. Butterfield, Fargo,
'Well, & Williams, the contractors for carrying
the Overland California mail, have arrived here,
and design fitting out an expedition to ascertain
the most practical route to carry the proposed
email.
The Sante Fe mail bus arrived, but it contains
no papers or letters fur this city.
Arrival of the Isabel.
CHARLESTON, Dee. a—The steamer Isabel has
arrived, with later dates from Havana. The pa
pers furnish no news of importance.
Markets
NEW ORLEANS, December 26.—Cotton—Sales to
day of 6,000 bales at 9a9ic for middling. Sugar
steady. Molasses 10a101c. Flour has a - declining
tendency; sales at $4.30. Wheat—Red quotes nt
$l.lO and white at $1.27. Corn—Mixed 50c. Pork
very dull at $l4 for mess. Lard. in kegs, 10c.
Freights firmer—on cotton to Liverpool §c ; to Re.
are tlf. Exchange on London 4a6 per cent. pre
mium—on New York. laic discount.
pirrsitcrtarr, Deo. „TR.—Flour is extremely (lull;
slues from rirertimuls al $3.50 Mr superfine, und
$4 for extra.
Grain is dull and unchanged; sales of raw whis
key at IS cents.
BALrisrone,Deeember 28.—Flour 'lull. Wheat
is dull at $1.10a51.20 for white, and 51.02061.05
for red. Corn buoyant and advanced; new white
45n48 cents; yellow 48a52 cents. Whiskey dull .
at 21 ia22 cents. Exchange on New York 1021.
MOBILE, Dec. 28.—Cotton declined. 4,000 bales
sold at SlaNc. for middling, Receipts for the
last three days, 16,500 bales.
(Correspondence of The Press.]
LEWISTOWN, Dec. 22, 1867
Ido not notice among your correspondents
that any of them have spoken for , c Lille Mif
flin." While we have here no disposition to
make war upon the National Administration
because it has left the Kansas quostionto Con
gress without any definite indication of its
policy, we are with Tut: PRESS and Judge
Douglas, in favor of referring the whole ques
tion back to the people of that Territory. The
public sentiment among the Democracy is em
phatically in that direction. The fact elicited
in Governor Walker's masterly letter of resig
nation, has settled this view of the case. Before
its appearance, I confess, for one, that it re
mained an open question, that admitted of dis
cussion, and left strong doubts as to whether
Congress would be justified ingoing behind the
Constitution to settle a quarrel between the
men who framed it and their constituents.
Now, when it is ascertained that nineteen, a
majority of the thirty-four counties in the Ter
ritory, were unrepresented in the Lccompton
Convention, and by no fault, or neglect, or in
difference of their own, the whole face of the
issue is changed. There is but our course to
take now—that is the one advocated by your
self.
I regret to see so much feeling manifested
by a portion of the Democratic press on this
subject. No good can grow out of it. This
question must be calmly, courteously, and
kindly debated, or the bad feeling that will be
engendered pill work evil to the country. It
will distract and weaken the Democratic party,
whose policy alone is adapted to the proper
working of our governmental operations.
Some of these papers assume, with their
sympathizers, to read everybody out of the
party who do not choose to sustain their views.
If they continuo in this course I can promise
some pretty heavy work before it is all over,
and an exceedingly small fragment of a party
lett after the Herculean task they have under
taken is accomplished. But they cannot thus
decimate the Democratic party. The day has
gene by when men who play the sycophant,
and hope to obtain position by pandering to
their own perverted construction of the views
of the " powers that be," can either make or
control public sentiment. Go on in your able
and dignified manner to sustain " the will of
the majority" as the leading tenet of the
Democratic faith, and you will be cordially
sustained.
[For The Press
Enron: I cannot refrain from the
temptation (in common with many others) of
expressing my views relative to your course in
regard to that tedious question—Kansas. And
before I do so, permit me to remark, that,
though I have never had the honor and plea
sure of meeting you, personally, but three
times in my life, I believe I have known you
by reputation, and read your writings during
tho whole of your editorial career; and thus
knowing you, I have always admired your
political course.
I have carefully scrutinized the opinions of
all—have viewed the whole subject, and can
not conceive how ally intelligent mind can
take a different view from yours, or how any
person can take a different position, if correct
ness is aimed at. Without travelling over the
whole g round—what a high-banded attempt at
assumption of power this is of Calhoun and
his coadjutors! What a perfect subversion
of the principle of lodgment of supremacy of
power by the organic system of our country !
What a dangerous precedent, if permitted to
be established! Take from the people the
sovereign right to have such laws, or such
Constitution, as they desire, then I question
their remaining R epublicanism, or their Demo
cratic position. I look upon the attempt in Kan
sas, to submit the Constitution as proposed as a
high-handed attempt at usurpation. It should
not for a moment be tolerated by any lover of
popular sovereignty, either in or out of Kansas.
So far as I have been able to observe, (and
that has not been limited,) there is but one
expression of opinion in regard to your
course, and that is that you are right. Then,
sir, all I have to say is, press on
It was a little amusing at first, to hear the
sage conclusions of the admirers of Fretnont
and Wilmot. So eager are they to raise the
political wind, that they were expecting to
have, as party leaders, hereafter, a firm com
posed of , g Forney, Douglas, and Greeley."
Did you ever! But do not be startled at this.
Sine, Mr. 'longing has made his able speech,
It is such a quietus upon their aspirations; you
are thus deprived of the honor of such a co
partnership.
Respectfully, &c., WM; °esti.
BY THE PILOT LINE.
LETTER mom NEW YORK
(Correspondence or The Press.]
blzw Yogis, Deo. 23, 185 f—S 20,P. M
The leading feature of the money market is
dullness. Capitaliete are evidently cavilling to
make any new engagements for any length of
time, while money on call on the beet elan of se
curities is exceedingly easy. The very best and
moat undoubted names can get money at rates
bearing from A to 12 per cent., but all other paper
is distrusted and difficult of negotiation. Money
is accumulating fast, to meat the large liabilities
due, and payable on the 2d of January. When
this in set loose, there will be considreable relief
experienced, but for the few days between this
and then, we must expect somewhat greater strin
gency.
The California new is regarded as very favora
ble. Our troubles had not had any bad effect on
the shipments there, and the prospects of trade
generally were promising.
It was stated some months ago, and I remember
noting it at the time, that the banks of this city
would agree not to allow Interest on deposits after
the Ist of next month. lam told that this sub
ject has been revived, and that although
all the banks have not agreed to it, it is
probable that they will do so, and that
this very desirable rule may be adopted. The de
mand for foreign bills for the steamer from BM- -
ton on Wednesday, is moderate. The rates range
from 103101091 for 69 days sterling, and
for banker's sight bills. The amountef specie en
gaged is not considerable. The bank statement
of this evening shows, as compared with that of
the week ending December 19, an increase in
loans of $691,945; a decrease in specie of MIS,-
' 228 ; an increase in circulation of 30,721; a de-
crease of 303,233 in nominal deposits, and of $831,-
503 in undravrn deposits. The following are the
fgures:
Dec. 19. Dee. 26.
Loans $O7 211,620 897,902,033
Specie 27,957,327 27,142,099
Circulation 6,309,466 6,352,187
Deposits, nominal.... 76,443,130 76,139.897
tlndrawn deposits.... 63,626,773 63,059,270
On the whole, this statement is considered favor
able. The decrease in specie is not as large as was
expected, and is now more than made up by the
$2,000,000 of gold arrived yesterday from Califor
nia. The increase in loans ere said to be altoge
ther increased. Accommodation to customers, and
the decrease in deposits is Recounted for by usual
holiday movement.
The cash transactions at the Sab-Treasnry to-day
were as follows
Receipts - 883,911 56
Payments 141,097 Cl
Balance " 3.604,476 8
The receipts include 641,000 from customs
The payments include $20,000 California drafts.
The bilis of the Charter Oak Bank of Hartford,
are received again at the Metropolitan Bank.
The business at the stock board was not large and
the feeling rtes dull. Prices were well maintained.
Speculators are absent, and capitalists afraid.
A small amount of the treasury notes has been
subscribed for to-day, in reply to Mr. CLsco's cir
cular.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCIIANGE—Dso.2S
FIRST BOARD.
2:1110 Ohio 66, '7O, opgloo
10000 Ohio 6e,'B6.p&c 101
10000 Ohio 6s, TO el In 97X
1000 %en State 61 101%
1000 do 102 I
1000 Tena 6., TO 82X I
20000 do 82x
1000 Missouri 66 79X
5000 do 80
2000 Brooklyn city 66 90
6000 Hod RR, let 91 08
1060 Har RH, lat 51 67
2500 111 Cent bd 64X
5000 do 84
5000 do 630 83X
7000 tih & R Li 93
10 eh Ilk Corn 10074
10 Sh & Leath bk 98
21 Ilk State of N Y 91
10 NYErCo 100
15 E & Ilnd CI Co 108
190 Fenn Coil Co 68X
251 l'ac 51.11 Co 65
30 do 515 65
50 do 530 65
50 Comb Coal 9
40 do 9%
250 do 63 9
139 N Y Cen RR btw 74
100 do 74
100 do b3O 74X
60 Erie RR 510 17%
250 do 17%
100 do b6O 17%
1 450 do 174
100 do .3 17X
190 Bad 111r . 14 19
100 Read RR b3O 433 X
40 do 53%
100 do bt - nr 59X
200 do 53%
200 do sn 53%
200 do 415 53X
100 do 63X
100 do e3O 53%
1100 do all3od 54
100 do e 64
60 Allah Cen RR 63
30 illeb flo RR 20
20 do 19X
190 do 19x
100 do WO 20
10 Panama RR elO 947[
150 do a" 9414
30 do - 94 X
100 do .60 94
50 111 Cent B It 877
108 Galfr.thi RR 70
100 Clerk To! 630 41%
100 do 41,1
100 do ell 41
400 do 410 410
50 Ch&RI RR 210 71
60 do 71
,100 do 630 71
199 do 70%
100 do 519 71
46 La croeamn 10%
164 do 107(
50 Cll&Qttlney RR 597(
15 Clerreobt Ito RR 92
MET=
Asses are nominal at Si, both for Pots and
Pearls.
BREADSTUFFS• Tba market for State and
IV Worn Flour is fully Se easier, and is very heavy at
the decline, as the receipts are still very large;
the salts are 7,000 bbls at $4.25a54.30 for common
to good State, $4.502E4.63 for extra State. $4 Zs
~4.30 for common to good Michigan, Indiana,
lowa, Bc., and 51.6046.20 for extra do, in
cluding extra round-hoop shipping brands of Ohio
at 54.7041.90.
Southern Hour is very heavy and dull, and it is
supposed that some inferior brands can be obtained
at something below quotations; the miles are 7,000
bbls at $4.7511;5.00 for mixed to good brands of
Baltimore, Alexandria, Georgetown, Fredericks
burg, ,to., and $.3.10a61.0 for favorite fanoy and
extra brands do.
Canadian flour is quiet, with a small stook, es
pecially of sane:fine; we notice sales of 600 bbls at
91.3044.,15 lea superfine, - and 01.60a03 for the
range of extra brands.
Rye (Maraud corn meal are quiet, and nominally
unchanged.
Wheat is quiet ; the sales are 1,500 bus white
Kentucky (prime) at $1.321 . 700 good wile klichi
gen $1.20; 1,500 fair white Southern at $1.19; 350
inferior red Southern at 900, and 1,500 damaged
Southern at 75e.
Bye is firmer, and we notice sales of 3,000
bushels prime Northern at rac.
Oats are steady at 29436 e for Southern, 33a
370 for Jersey, 40a12. for State, and 431'460 for
Western.
Corn is lower, and has a tendency downward.
The sales are 27,000 bushels at 3340 c for damp
and dry new, the latter an extreme price; a
parcel of prime old yellow Southern brought 64c_
Corrost is heavy and dull.
PROVISIONS.—Pork is more active, and is firmer;
the sales are 1,430 bbls, mostly old, at $15.50a
$15.85 for mess, now held at $lO for new, and
$1125a513.50 for prime, mostly at the made
price, prime mess is quoted at $l5 for new, and
clear at $17.35 Dressed hogs are retailing
at 7a7ic. Beef is unchanged, with sake of
200 barrels at 4•Vaslo for country mess, $5.75
46.75 for country prime, and $10412.50 for
repacked Western. Prime mess beef is nominal
at slBas22 Beef hams are steady, with sales of
70 bbls at $l3 30415. Bacon is quiet; a sale of
100 bis long middles was reported, but we could
not trace it to an authentic source. Cut meats are
heavy, with sales of 60 casks at Baili for hams, and
6a61 for shoulders Lard is also heavy, with sales
of 250 tes and bbls at 019 i, and pkgs were reported
for delivery in all January. 91. Butter and cheese
are unchanged.
WHISKEY—Is dull and lower, with sales of 330
bbls at 201a21 cash, and 22 cents on time
The custom-house returns of foreign trade at
New York, for eleven months of the calendar year,
show a total import of—
Foreign merchandise of
Add four weeks in December
Total to date in LW...
Against same date 1856
Iticreada to date
The same tables made the export clearances of
domestic produce and miscellaneous goods, in
cluding foreign articles re-exported, to 30th No
vember $88,700,000
Add four weeks in4lecember 4.029,883
Total to date in 1857
Against same date 18.56
Decrease to date 5,457,293
The same tables make the exi,ort cf specie di
rect to the 30th November $37,024.000
Add four weeks in December 7.518,058
Total to date in 1557...
Against aamo date Pia;
Increase to date
The Belleau gives its usual weekly summary
of the Anthracite coal trade, which we quote :
The Lehigh canal carried no coal last week, and
the tchuylkill very little. The tonnage from both
regions for the week and the seasoa was as
follows •
Lt man. SCITCYLEILL.
1 5 57 Week. Seeeen Week. Seaeoc
Canel 1 1 00,315 1,434 1,7:75,929
Rat Iro ...... 8.903 446,733 21.691 1,634,640
.6,005 1.317,043 23,032 3,110,529
EARS ME LAST TEAR
Aeftbort. Week Eeseen.
1,186,230 1,161,194
112,01 80,514 2.289,588
1858. Week
Cannl
Railroad
3,518
3,518 1,359,224 550.511 3,433,762
MICAPITCLATION or TEO SEASON
1656. 1857.
Lehigh Canal 1 186.=0 900.315 Dec.. 255.915
172.964 446.713 1nc.273,739
Schuylkill Cana1...1.161.194 1.275,989 1nc..111.795
• • Rallroad 2 269,588 1,634,640 Dec.. 435,044
4.793,006 4,457 677 Dee.. 335,429
The following is the amount of coal tianeportad
of cr the Lehigh Valley Railroad for the week
ending Deo. 26, 1857:
Mi,EI'I!IIMT7TI
Mums Tons. Cwt. Tons CAI TCI23 Cwt.
Spring Mountain.... 1,661 15 5,885 13 1,553 OS
East Sugar Loaf.... 139 1 t 2,770 02 2,909 18
N. York & Lehigh... 1,016 06 1.419 18 2 .466 04
Council Ridge 818.02 2,077 07 4,895 09
German Pa 147 00 147 00
. .
Coleraine &1131eadorr 1,099 n 5.234 10 5,634 01
11a:int.:In 1,0E4 14 0,297 08 7,382 01
North Spring 111. n.. 608 1 6 2,675 00 3"..83 19
South ~ ,• . 129 17 959 19 1,08916
- - -
18 28,498 17 8-5,081 15
Total
Corresponding week
1.4, year 1,67 d 07 13 929 15 15,60.5 02
4,558 11 14,567 02 19,453 13
FAT 'IL At Dit AY-A MAY KILLED BY A FEIIALE.-
A fight occurred on Sunday evening at No. S 2 Can
non street, between a German named Simnion,,
and George Richter, during which the latter lo,st
his life. It appears that the sons of the two men
were engaged snowballing each other, when a
quarrel ensu ;A between them, and theirpatents
interfered, and finally got to quarreling and fight
ing among themselves. During the melee, the
wife of Simmons seized a club, and with it struck
Richter a heavy blow upon the temp: e, felling him,
as stated, lifeless to the floor. The Eleventh ward
police were immediately notified, and officer Lake
succeeded in arresting Simmons, but his wife, for
the time, escaped. Subsequently, officer Brown
succeeded in finding and arresting her, and both
were locked up for the night.—X. Y. Expre:,,.
FRESH AIR IS Roosts.—A correspondent
of the London Builder suggests that in the
upper sash of every window there should be
inserted a framed pane that will open on
hinges ; and that this should he compulsory,
because in numerous instances the upper
sashes of windows are fixed, compelling peo
ple to expose themselves to the evil influence
of draughts from opening the lower sashes of
their windows.
'109.214,000
8,113,832
$211W27,832
211,175,600
4-e,;10,23
$73,393,883
83, fi55,079
t 44.542 058
3.,217, CO
$7,334,889