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_of Commercial
IriOribliiS('Sibbatte Reading; • Religious' In:
I =-Ve111004, 4 liiMortaa Irani Mexico ; itirther
..fForeigre. , Newii,;- Letter -from South America.;
,L,..cientirat• l tTeirel-Olty Police. -.Yocum rAiIE:
Pulpit;'British Trade Iraportant, Po
ables -
sorf f , SNNA,Ttin and lady
tufebed tide city list evening, and will leave
,
"Ilinf i rritailingfen tWone to=day; They
wrfrox IN NA.NIMS.
' - ',4lll4 , evidanee, of the thuds in Kansas, at the
Yeleelltur _which' resulted -fp the adoption of
abiverY Ch the' "ist"' of December, is so clear
-anik,unquestionable, that Congress -will have
" fit4e,:fiealtatiOn't in rejecting the Lecompton
•thnitititilen The,neat, struggle will take
Aondayitke 4th, of January, 1858.
the. 4th of. l'animiy, says the
there will be two elec.,
one the election' of State
s...;,f4ft)cof!;iiiclivide4 ter by thn Lecompton Don
'*:".ls#klitliq,'-taid, the other on theadoption.of the
f;', - 3' .. 44oiuptotibnitatitittieri ordered by the Tern
,:lir-491:1"4"44,01ature...- At the latter. electbin the
rz,l'A'Poo44oll9tonatitution '9llPlui:atibmitted,
&if !Sedge in - three Dariei 411:stL-Oonatittition
Ith teluverY , ; second.-- , Censtitutiou - 10tbout
.'Marry 1. third--Against "the :Constitution.
instructions of the President the
:-;,.: - .Goiernor has to recognise , both .elections as
legal; Mid toluspali the fOrce at his command,
:, - ifti'enetoiari,l46)rOte:et.theill
os, and: secure a
‘ - foullexpression - cif opinion,: It is fortunate that
,Congress is in recess, and twill 'net meet until
'-:"tbit'.,daY" of the electicin i for the .reason. that
•,„ that bodywill not he able to get far into a din
, Mission of the vote orthellst, and the Come;
''lutiorladopted'hy that : vote, before the results
..4af the eleCtions of the 4th are . received: For
tunately, we say, for the question; under the
';new aspect ghten to it by the adoption of the
slevery clause, hart 'become an exciting and
' dangerous one. Previously, the South, on the
presumption that the question was one of form,
.rather than of principle or sectional interest =
that slavery would be exchided by the vote
of the 21st; and under any, circumstances—
felt comparatively little interest in the result.
= Now, when the adopted slavery Constitu
tion comes to be presented, that section May
' choose to regard whatever opposition may be
." made to admission under it as purely sectional
---anti-slavery—and meet it as such. Those
whe bad hoped that slavery was no longer an
issue in the Kansas matter are therefore likely
to be sadly disappointed. There is too much
reason to fear that the most exciting phase of
the strtigglo is yet to come.
Had the whole Lecompton business been.
. set aside two weeks ago by an enabling bill,
this new , difficulty might have been avoided.
But the preposition oftin enabling bill hereafter
or arty pleasure ovorriding the Lecompton pro
. :teediog,,,ivill be , take .as a - direct outrage
upon the rights of the outh.' , The President
'did not expect the question to take. t 1 shape,_
,
~* : nor do we believe that he oripoets that admis
, sten- will be effected without re-submission.
_There.are 'stores of ,NorthernCongtossmen
Weald:have consented 'to vote_ for !Wells
: •-sion':undeithe Vec - ompfbn Consolation with,
to - elvery—as 'they 'werorassured it, would
.ininfi'2-who will not do it unddr that Censtitu
tion with - slaVery:- *itiithe examples before
- . -
them; they have no relish for suicide. They
- would, like to - see the South:calm,' and happy,
.
' but self-immolation is' rather teo" expensive
for the maintenance even of Southern equk
nimitY, desirable as' It always is, or, to deaden
Southern thunder, terrible is that 'sometimes
THE EXPEDITION TO.UTAH. •
In the midst of the complaints on• account
of the onpposed smallness of the force; sent
the torinon; country,' the army
the :nuclei Cot. Joan•
svolc,was advaneing, - at jest accounts, with
With rapid 'steps. ,They
journey of"a-theniand miles
with 'great succens, and althoughit - *vas sepr
:posed thit the worst Was to
_come; we cannot
donbt, front the spirit of thn)eaders and of the
tieops, that every effort has been exerted to
overcome the ,reinaining :Obstacles:. Col.
,Sonsnivon had, effected 'Jane:thin With the
, Main_ detents:Lent. of his array, and was
pushing - forward- -with characteristic en
-
orgy:,: It is tno n:Mb to hope th'at • this im-
Portnat ilipedition.: shall
,reach its destination
before the winter - has Passed away.". But when
we reflect that nearly all , the authorities have
United,itt declaring that the idea of invading
the, itormon territory, without bloody-re
. olitandeAs preposterous; that the mountain
,
_ranges are represented as utterly Impassable;
that there Is no grass , tor feed the horses;
mules, &c.; no water,' &c., - vvi3 , _shonld also
" remember that, while 'these' are dangers and
. 1, - ,''drarrhaCks otherS; ahoy are really induce..
midi to - Om - efforts to Ampridan soldiers. Co
Jonnaron le aware of all These circumstances,
And;rill 'strain every nerve to disappoint the
;'apprehensions of. his countimen. In the
'tneenwhile,i.,too much credit cannot be
, awarded- to Governor Fr.ore, the Secre
tary' of War,' who, although censured for
`alleged neglect, of, the troops
,intended for
the - ?Armen' service, and especially
,for
neljsepding forward a larger number, seems
"to liaie been_ much more mindful of
: Lis im
.poriant duties than those Who censure hini are
of the justice of their accusations. The set-
ilement,ef the Utah - , eainplidation wauld be a
trillistit. chapter hi the history of Mr. Becturt
"at,i'eadministiation; and we sincerely hope it
maybe accomplished. ,
NEW TREATY WITH JAPAN
The Japan Expedition has had a double re-
suit. First, it made the Japanese acquainted
with the United States, besides enabling us to
obtain a great deal of imitable and interesting
inforteation respecting a country which had
hitherto kept itself even more aloof from: for
eign intimacy and commerce than even China
itself. _Secondly, it enabled us to establish in
ternational and commercial relations with
Ja
pan.
_We now publish the text of a second or
additional Treaty between the Republic of the
United States end the
,Empire of Japan. It
confers additional' Privileges, and induces the
belief that the lapanese, at last, aro about
abindoning their peculiar Palley Of :non-inter
;
course, and of letting other nations trade with
*The treatpor convention, it will he seen, is
.-made= by, ToWitsuNtt RAnais, United
'Atates`cOrisityGenerelte Japan, on' one aide,
the; - two"Goveinors Simoda on the
;-',tither.`: The ternitragreedupontlirow open the
yJapaneuepart_of NaagasautotheAmericans,
American, citizens permanently to re=
:guide attho,,pprii„of. ShnOda and' lialtodadt3 ;
'.-.:-pertniti Unitett-Stetes vice-consul to re
" 4 aide at Rakodade, front - the 4th JnlY,lBs6;and,
antohk.ether atitelecplages theimlativevidue
the Ainerican
cent:.. for the cost of
reetalnitge, instead of the'formerlosi - of 76 per
Ay-the previous japiTese tariff. -The
treitty, - mith ihe :relserhtien
.nenie4,scgrp, into pporatten oli.the 17th 'June,
1857, when it was signed. -.- , -
()remote; otlrerliatiims will demand similar'
/'.:46nr:Wasloiftr?trinit can say in
„ manifest "destiny" Pay place
known; country a hundred
zet‘7,lerict 7 In lasiiOttit #ban that time wo
• , pay Itafa our Oolonlea, Coriima7co,"
the Indian, rune, and Atlantic .ocoani:
protw §9wrwratw.,priimixo.--.The-Cidumbus
„ . , .
(Ga..) Ertguiren - 1 1 :1#0/ article ptiblished 'on the
,
',l7tui spOttatpg ~ t he manner, of,voting in
liansaa:olfthe Lecortipton.Coestitution says •
•
ho perceived, is another illitairst•
tionof thieldstery," 7, .^.l will °take the 'turkey end
Ott the bussord, or you'eun take the hussard'and
turkey.” These popular sovereignty"
''i levers of Lecotnpten "never say Anrkey" ones to
-n the people , of Kansas, ezdvran; the subject of
• Thelho - osand other questions which may
interosk.the,t , .white, male inhabitants", in the
° ..formation etatitate, are treated ,with contempt,
fares the real
° sovereigns are 'conoornedi Like
yonntbirdir, they ire expected to swallow;everY
- t king . diamted • tn . their throats; sweet - or, bitter,
;plain or sinelean... The Convention says—you may
tako.the Constitution with or without slavery, but
Constititioic,lrCother particulars, we say you .
mtieftake;seillinkdeititivillin.,'
dated that - , liartles •in Boston aro to
::::Ntotnifinctiksteataer ; for , the:, oOttatinctrado of tho
,s,...4loollo,lBl44. l ..4oreranient i srilt , ,aaaamo half,
or, , inortat the-coat of itettatfir,ttliteh la to be,
- ::sit trOnpropattor Anti tons,
tOle the trade.
iy3,l3fitif littoNr. plain; and have ilittAiStaf angina
yittele. CoCIO 4qt,' over
.540,c0. rt tholiiht that she 'trill', reach Than)
""' luta some during next spdag, perhaps is April or
AMtRICAN TRADE VVITR E'NOLAND
In another column we give an interesting
document, issued the Board - of Trade in
England,—a leadinirdcgil`ttment of tlie British
Government. It giv,es th`edschir6drvalue of
British and Irish produe* and
, Maniifactures
exported frowtheljnitbcf Kingdom, in the
first nine months bf 1g57.
It will be seen thaduring this period,British
exportations to the United States (California
Included), amount Ito -the immense value of
£16 ; 911,197. The . next greatest aggregate
Nalne, , are to the Ham' Towns, £7,750,607 ;
toFrance; .04,987,260;- to Holland £4,968,.
816; to -Brazil, £4,247,760 ; to Turkey,
£2,648,468; to foreign West Indies, £2,838,-
340;, to Russia, £2,320,258; to Belgium,
£1,878,801. Several of the items will sur
prise commercial men ; thus, while the exports
to Chili are £1,185,775, Peru has•got only
£705,889. Buenos Ayres has received to the
value 'of £901,278. To the Eastern coast of
Africa, the value of the exports was only £3Ol,
while to the Western coast (foreign) it was
£618,685. The little Kingdom of Hanover
has received nearly as much as the much
greater and wealthier Kingdom of Prussia—
the amount being £1,268,511, against £l,-
428,678. -
The exportations to British Colonies arc
much greater than we expected,--the amount,
for the nine months, being a few thousands
; over Twenty-Eight million pounds sterling.
The East Indies, inclusive of Ceylon and
Singapore,•2reeelved to the value of £9,550,-
227'; Australia, - £8,500,704; British North
America, £4,107,920; Cape of Good Hope,
'£1,246,666, and the British - West India
Islands £1,140,763.
Ttie entire amount is .£95,735,592. Of this
£07,781,910 went to foreign countries, and
£28,008,682 to British Posseisions. This is
only for nine inonths, but, estimating it on the
same proportion, the return for the year would
be, to Foreign countries, £90,379,218; to Bri
tish Possessions £37,888,243, making the whole
declared value amount to £127,717,466.
Estimating, on a similar basis, the value of
our OWII. imports Of British and Irish produce
and manufactures, the result would show
£22,548,263 (equivalent to $119,741,815) as
the probable amount. That is, it would have
been so, but for the operation, during the last
three months, of the Panic and the Crisis.
Even with this drawback, the probable value
of British produce and goods imported into the
United States, in 1857, cannot be much less
than One Hundred million dollars. Beyond all
comparison, "we aro the best customers on
John Bull's books.
THE ELECTION IN KANSAS ON MONDAY
The following statute was passed by the
late Legislature of Kansas, and signed by act
ing• Governor STANTON.
An Ant submitting the Constitution framed at Lo•
oompton, under the ant of the Legislitive Assem
bly of Kansas Territory, entitled "An Act to
provide for tho taking a Census. and Election of
Delegates to a Convention," passed February
19th, A. D. 1857. An Ant to provide for an eleo
tion on the submission of the Lecompton Consti
tution.
Bit entitled by the Governor and Legislative
Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as fol
lows :
Sac. Ist. That an election shall be hold on
the-first .Monday in January, A. D. 1858, be
tween the, hours of nine o'olook A. M., and six
o'clock, P.: M., at which all the denu fide male
inhabitants. of the Territory of Kansas, over
twenty-one years of age, who are &arena of the
United States, or.who have declared (on oath)
their intention to become suoh, and who shall have
resided in said Territory thirty days next pre
ceding said -election, and ten days in . the
country wherein said persons offer to vote, may
vote for the ratification or rejection of the
Constitution, adopted by the late Constitu
tutional Convention. at Leoompten, organized sin
der the act of the 19th of February, A. D. 1857,
entitled "An act to provide for the taking of
consul and election of delegates to a Convention."
The, voting shall be by ballot, as follows : Those
voting for said Constitution with the article enti
tled " slavery," shall oast a ballot with the words,
" For the Constitution framed at Leeompton, with
slavery ;" and those voting for the Constitution
and against the article entitled "slavery," shall
east a ballot with the words, ' , For the Constitu
tion framed at Leoompton, without slavery ;" and
those voting against the Constitution shall cast a
ballot with the words, " Against the Constitution
framed at Lecempton."
SEo. 2. It shall be the duty of the Governor of
Kansas Territory to appoint three commissioners
in each county, whose duty it shall be to establish
voting precincts in their respeetive counties,
.and
appoint three judges of election in each precumt.
If at the hour of opening the polls, the duly ap
-pointed judges are not present, or if they shall fail
or refuse to,ect, then the voters assembled 'Shall
have .power to alert judges to lilt the vacancies
thus occasioned.
Einc. 8. Th 9 commissioners provided for in this
act shall, by proclamation, at least five days before
the day of the,eleotion herein provided for, indi
cate the place abwbieh, in their respective coon
ties, said election shall be held, and the judges
who are to hold the elections in the several pre
cincts:,
Sec. 4. Before opening the polls for receiving
votes the „judgesof elections shall be duly sworn
to a faithful performance of their duties. They
shalt provide suitable ballot boxes for the reeep
tion of the ballots, and shall appoint two clerks,
who shall also be sworn to keep -each a faith
ful record of all the names of persons deposit
ing their votes with said judges. At the clo
sing- of the polls the judges shall count and
preserve the ballots and certify at the bot
tom of ,the list of voters the number of voter,
cast in each of the forms prescribed in the second
section of this not, which certificate shall be at
tested by the clerks. One of the lists of voters,
thus certified, shall bo deposited with one of the
oommissioners provided for in this act, and the
other shall be immediately transmitted to the
Governor, or in his absence, from any cause, to the
'President of the Council, or the Speaker of the
Rouse of Representatives of the Legislative As
sembly,
Sze. 5, 15 shall be the duty of the Governor of
the Territory, the 'President of the Council and
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or
any two of them . , immediately upon receiving the
returns, to examine them and certify to the result
of the vote upon the Constitution, in the manner
hereinbefore provided, and cause the same to bo
made known by proclamation, and communioated
to the President and Congress of thellnited States.
Sze. 6. Any offices of an• election herein pro
vided for, or of any other general or special elec
tion, which may hereafter be held in this Terri
tory, upon any-question, or for any officers, or any
person or persons, who shall knowingly inscribe
or permit to be inscribed on the poll books, or list
of votes, the name of any voter not actually pre
sent and voting, or the name of any person not en
titled to vote, or shall knowingly certify to a
false list of voters, or shall otherwise make or cer
tify to any false returns, knowing the sense to be
false, shall be guilty of felony . , and upon convic
clan thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment
in the penitentiary for not less than one, nor more
than five years.
Sec. 7. In all offences arising under any of the
provisions of this act, the Probate Judges of the
several counties shall have exclusive and original
jurisdiction, and shall have the same power in
summoning juries, and in all other matters apper
taining to the arrest, trial, conviction, and punish
ment of such offenders as are now by law vested
its the District Courts in easesof felony : Provided,
That if any Probate Judge shall refuse to issue
writs, or in any manner to proceed under this
act, the prosecution may be instituted before the
probate Court of any adjoining county.
Sec. S. All nets and parts of acts, conflicting
with the provisions of this not, shall be, and the
same are hereby, repealed.
Sze. 9. The passage of this act shall be taken
and deemed sufficient notice for the 'holding of said
election.
SEC. 10. Any person not legally authorized by
the foregoing provisions of this /tat, who shall cast
hie vote at the elootion herein provided for, shall
ho deemedguilty, of felony, and upon conviction
thereof, shalt be fined In any sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or shall Suffer imprisonment
not more than ono year, or both, at the discrotion
of the Court.
Sac 11.: All officers provided by the provisions
of this act reooive such compensation as may here
after beprovided by law.
Sac. 12. This act to take effect and ho in force
from and after its passage.-
.-Approved De0..17, 1857.
The Louisville (Ky.) Democrat, the leading
Democratic power in Kentucky, says, in a late
number :
" Tho position of Douglas ought to open the
eyes of all parties on this subject. Ku is neither
mistaken nor frishtened, le knows perfectly
well what he is doing. Re cannot go before hispeo•
pie on any other ground. Ile would stultify himself
to do so.:There is but ono voice from his State, anti
that dictates the course ho is taking. ,He would
be to his antecedents and promises, and false
to his State if ho occupied. any other ground.
And 'why should the South occupy any other post
thin? Did not the Democracy of the South talk
as earnestly about the right of the people of Kau
•saa to frame" their own institutions as the North?
Was not this doctrine everywhere preached, and
what is the South to lose by it? What do we ex
pect to gain by forcing tt Constitution upon a peo
ple who challenge It eaten act of usurpation—who
oppose it, to all appearance, by a large majority !
‘t A people have a right to vote upon their or
ganic, law before they are compelled to live under
rt. In this Inatome they are denied that right.
A count is called - for, and it is sheer depotism to
refuse it. ' This right they have, without any
promises or pledges; bat in this ones the promise
was.mado in addition to the natural obligation
It was ostentatiously made, and repeated by mil
lions of tongues: After all that, has been said for
the last three years, nothing will do but the most
fair and liberal fulfilment or the pledge that the
people of Kaneae shall frame their own institu
tions to suit themselves. It will not do to dodge it
by any technicalities, excuses or subterfuges."
VIJIILCC ENTERTAINMENTS.
• L THE NVA!.NUT STREET THEATRE, under the
energetic management of Mrs. R P. BOWERS, IS
PA now a great einem, and we congratulate her
upon the feet. The bill for this evening is an ex
•oeedingly.tompting one. , ,
Ptioanansit: of the public rehearsal of the Ger
mania Orchestra , this afternoon, at three and a
half O'clock, at ,tbe Musical Fund Ilan
1. Overture— r ta Gaz * ta Ladle, ...... '. .... Rossini.
'2. .itria-Hnon 'Sebastian Donitettl.
3. Waltz—ldeti, Tanner.
4..Sentetto(seeend part) ' Beethoven.
5. New Year's Polka Strauss.
0: Overture—Fiegal'is Cave'_ Mendelsohn.
7'. Finale—Tannh unser Wagner.
8. gallop—Tourbillon Lsnnor.
THE PRESSorrPHILADELPMA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1858.
IMPORTANT nocumENT
• The following is n copy ,of link concurrent
resolutions unanlnionsly adot4lby the Ter
ritorial•LogislattWo of Kanskon the 23d of
,D,Oceinber, - remonstrating against the accep
tance by OongreSS of the Loceinptontonstitu••
tion: •"-, •
Preamble anti joint ,resolution in relation to the
Constitution framed at Lecomptin, Kansas
Territory, on the 7th day of ,Noventber,lBs7.
IVhereas• a small reinmity of the people living
in nineteen of the thirty-eight counties of this
Territory, availing themselves of a law - whieh en
abled them to obstruct and defeat a fair exprek
sion of the popular will, did, by the odious and op%
pressive - application of the 'provisions and-part!.
san machinery of said law, procure the return of
the whole number of the delegates of the Constitu
tional Convention recently assembled atLean
ton.
And whereat by reason of the defective pro
visions of said isle, in connection with the neglect
and misconduct of the authorities charged with
the execution of the same, the people living within
the remaining nineteen counties of the Territory
were not permitted to return delegates to said
Convention, were not recognised in its organisa
tion, or in any other sense heard or felt In its de
liberations :
. .
And whereas, it is an axiom in political ethloi
that the, people cannot be deprived of their rights
by the negligence or misconduct of public officers:
And whereas a minority—to wit, twenty-eight
only of the sixty members of said convention—
have attempted by an unworthy contrivance to
impose upon the whole people of this Territory a
constitution without consulting their wishes and
against their will :
And whereas the members of said Convention
have refused to submit their action for the approval
or disapproval of the voters of the Territory, and
.in thus noting nave defied the known will of nine
tenth., of the voters thereof: •
. .
And whereas the action of a fragment of mid
Convention, representing as they did a small nal
nority of the voters of the Territory, repudiates
and crushes out the distinctive principle of the
"Nebraska Kansas act" and violates and train
pies under foot the rights and the sovereignty of
the people:
And whereas, from the foregoing statement of
facts, it clearly appears that " the people have not
been left free to form and regulate their domestic
institutions in their own way," but, on the con
trary, at every stage in the anomalous proceed
ings recited, they have been prevented from so
doing:
Be it therefore revolved, by the Governor and
Legislative Assembly of Kamm Territory, That
the people of Kansas being opposed to said Con
stitution, Congress has no rightful power under it
to admit said Territory into the Union no a State;
and the Representatives of said people do hereby,
in their name and on their behalf, solemnly protest
against such admission.
Resolved, That sash action on the part of Con
gress woald, in the judgment of the members of
this Legislative Assembly, be an entire abandon
ment of the doctrine of non-intervention in the
affairs of the Territory, and a substitution in its
stead of Coligressional intervention in behalf of a
minority engaged in a disreputable attempt to de
feat the will and violate the rights of the ma
jority.
Resolved, That the people of Kansas Territory
claim the right, through a legal and fair expres
sion of the will of a majority of her citizens, to
form and adopt a Constitution for themselves.
Resolved, That the Governor of this Terri
tory be requested to forward a copy of the fore
going preamble and resolutions to the President of
the United States, the President of the Senate,
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and
to the delegate in Congress from the Territory.
INDIANA
The Democrats of the State of Indiana seem
to be animated by a high impulse, Which is
against the attempt to cheat the people out of
their rights.' The proceedings of a number of
Democratic meetings are now before us, from
which we extract as follows :
WARRICK county spoke unanimously on the
19th of December, as follows: •
Rewired, That we will stand' by the Issues
and groat cardinal principles of the Democratic
party, which have thus fur, without infringing
upon the constitutional rights of minorities, se
cured to no victory and the greatest good to the
greatest number.
That we have an abiding confidence in the
present National Administration, and cordially
eanotion alt official acts, so far as they have been
made public.
That, as friends and supporters of the Kansas•
Nebraska Act, we are in favor of the submits.
don of every part of the Constitution of a new
State, to the approval or rojeciton of the people
thereof.
That Sonator Douglas, in his dofenco of tho
National Democratic Platform and its principles,
has our wishes for his present and future mucous.
FLOYD COUNTY, on the 26th:
Resolved, That the Democratic party leaving
accepted the principle of popular sovereignty
enunciated in the Kansas-Nebraska bill, giving
to the people of each Territory the right of de
termining the character of their own domestic,
and local institutions, as a fair and equitable
adjustment of nil differences of opinion In rela
tion to such questions, we confidently look to a
Democratic Congress and Democratic Administra
tion to carry out in good faith the principle therein
laid down; and that in .our opinion the power
vested in Congress by the thmatitution of admit
ting new States into the 'Union should only bo ex
°misled when Congress is satisfied that the Consti
tutions under which such new Stahel ask to be ad
mitted are satisfactory to and approved by a ma
jority of the people who are to live under and be
governed by them.
Resolved, That we believe with the President
that Kama has occupied the public attention
much longer than there is any necessity for, and
that the agitations there aro kept up by designing
demagogues for their own selfish purposes, who
desire anything else rather than the peaceful set
tlement of the questions in dispute in any way;
but nevertheless, in the opinion of this meeting,
that Territory ought not to be admitted as a State
anti! a constitution has been adopted satisfactory
to a majority of the people.
WAHTIINOTON COUNTY.
Resolved, That No havo faith in the honesty
and integrity of the Administration of JlllllOB
Buchanan, and believe that it will be such as to
conduce to the harmony and general prospority of
the Union.
Resolved, That we approve of hie letter of in
struotions to Gov. Walker, on Kansas affairs, and
see no good reason why the full letter and spirit
thereof should not bo striotly followed.
- Resolved, That we condemn as being anti-
Democratic and' despotic the attempts of a few
men, composing the Lecompton Convention, to
make a Constitution for the people of Kansas, and
not allowing them the privilege of voting for its
adoption or reection and that unless a full anti
fair vote is bad upon 'the same, we hope that Con
gress will reject the es-called Constitution of
Kansas.
The Letter of R. J. Walker.
(From the New York Freeman's Journal and Catholic
Register.]
We give on our first page the letter of Robert J.
Walker, resigning the Governorship of Kansas,
and stating his reasons. This letter is worthy of
the distinguished and eminently consistent states
man who is its author. It is, moreover, deserving
a careful reading as an able and learned expoei
tion of a fundamental principle in the system of
free government, lately in jeopardy.
In May last Governor Walker found Kansas di
vided between two powerful and exasperated fart.
tions, whom all former efforts at composing had
but farther enraged. lie met the difficulties of
that condition of affairs, and through the confi
dence insnired by his honesty, and by the clear
ness of his exposition of that traditional prin.
eiple of self-government for which our forefa
Uteri fought the battles of independence, and by
the magnetic influence of a fervent patriotism
upon men living the robust and free life of
pioneers, lie conjured the threatening storm,
and brought nineteen out of the twenty thou
sand legal voters of Kansas to that degree of
reason that they desired and willed to abide by
the decisions of the ballot-box. A handful of
men, forty-three in number, violating the pledges
upon which some of them were elected dele
gates to draft a Constitution, have refused to
submit that draft with all its articles and pro
visions to the people of whom they were the
delegates. Governor Walker, faithful to the
pledges he gave, and was unqualifiedly autho
rized to give, declares that any Constitution so
framed is a fraud upon [the people, a nullity in
itself, and subject to yet other damning defects.
Nineteen out of this twenty thousand legal
voters of Kansas think with Governor Walker,
Eighteen out of these twenty thousand voters are
ready to vindicate their right as freemen to vete
the Constitution under/ which they are fto live,
by resisting to blood the imposition of a Constitu
tion they have not as a people voted. Such a una
nimity anywhere, most of all where powerful and
armed factions had lately been so equally divided,
was a remarkable triumph of peace. Governor
Walker pacified Kansas. The work of rekindling
the flames of civil discord is a new movement,
having an origin now and foreign to the people of
Kansas.
Many of Gov. Walker's friends regret the step
ho has taken in resigning. They consider that
be should have thrown the burden on Mr. Bu
chanan of removing him, if so determined. We
take another view of the matter, because ire
take another view of Mr. Walker. Those gentle
men say 'that ho has greatly damaged his
"chances" for the Presidency; that be should
have waited to fall a martyr to his fidelity to
the principle that people alone aro sovc
reign, and alone can make governments accord
ing to our institutions." This view is based on
the supposition that Mr. Walker is a "Presi
dential aspirant." We look upon Mr. Walker as
a man of too high a stamp to make any " position,"
however exalted, the dream of his life. That be
longs to men whom nothing but position can ex
alt; sometimes to mon whom high position only
gibbets. The history of the illustrious dead of our
country already teaches another lesson. From Ham
ilton to Many there inn full line of names written
on the tablets of the country's memory, which Limo
will not efface, while already people aro begin
ning to forgot the names of some who have
filled the Presidential chair. Mr. Walker might
"have done more for himself, if ambitions of posi
tion, but not mere for Kansas, by waiting to be
removed. As Governor of Kansas, the p rac ti ca l
development of Federal action showed that his
career was finished. Under these oiroutnstanoes,
it was less cunning, but more dignified—less profi
table, but more tnagnanimous—to return his com
mission to the bands of him at whose persistent en-
treaty he had reluotantly accepted it.
Mr Walker will have the pleasure of seeing
that his sacrifices for the country aro not in
vain. The principle with which he has identi
fied his name has, in late years, been getting
overlaid by the heedlessness of politicians who
were not statesmen, and therefore did' not see
that the principles of constitutional law must be
observed, or the ship of State be shipwrecked.
Huckstering politicians had already determined
to' barter away the Inherent right of self-govern
ment In the ease of the Lecompton draft of a
Constitution. Mr. Walker has thrown himself in
the breach. He has uttered a groat truth with
earnestness, and with the authoritrof the truth.
Such words never die. The people of Kansas will
retain sufficiently the orderly spirit, of organiza
tion ho revived among them to demand' their
rights. In one way or other, we are profoundly
convinced the principle will be recognized by
Congress. We rely, also ) on seeing the Federal
Executive at length sustain what it has declared
the correct principle, In time to save the Demo
cratic party, and thereby the Union, of which the
former is at present the only hope,
BY MIPNIGB7 MAIL.
Oorrespondo4ki r op*,iegii.]
/ B A B
The 'ilrst day:ti.the-,noviyeat , :in, the Zedt4l
capitol was paesed qa thensual fathion, Its Meta*
ry is a brief and, Pat • very intisielting one, being
In its eider incidentildentleat with „that of the
opening of the year justpassed.
Thaday was lovely, beyond all 'criticism or ima
gination, clear, bright, bracing, sunny, and just
cool enough to brighten the, eye, animate the
tipirits,itrid give elastleitito the step and jay to
the senses.-
The President was at home to the people, who
poured in one dense and inoessiant crowd through
the reception rooms at the White House, reielving a
cordisl greeting from the distinguished Head
of the Republio, and graoeful curtsey 'from
his aoeomPlished niece. The Marine Band in
the ante=room discoursed theirbest intasie, and
what with the gay, jovial, and.Proudsoitous crowd,
the brilliantly.ornamented and decorated foreign
ministers,"the uniformed °dieters of the army ana
navy, the elegantly-dressed ladies, the scene was
a most animating and impressive one. The Pre
sident natter looked better, and bore up with Ra
ton ish ing vigor and fortitude under the fatigue of
greeting and ehekiog hands with such an intermi
nable crowd.. .
Among the visitors, to whom the President was
especially gracious and cordial, was a delegation
of Indians, the very wildest, and, if I may use the
term, the most aboriginal that ever visited Wash
ington. TheY, reached the thy last night, and are
from a very remote tribe, who live far away from
our western limits. They wore line specimens of
warriors, and were clad in the most outré Indian
fashion, with eagle plumes, buffalo horns,
beads, and walrus' teeth. They were all
ehles and braves, and when Introduced to the
mild-looking old gentleman in the grave, Metho
distic dress, as their grandfather, and the head
brave of the pale-faces, thata.stelssespriodment was
doubtless as profound as their grunts were deep
and sonorous. The President shook each one by
the hand, and they passed on through the grand
saloon of the White muse with heads erect, sur
veying with rapt and dignified *entailment the
gorgeous decorations and grand proportions of the
wigwam of the pole-face chief.
The Vice President, who has Jusqaken rooms on
Fifteenth street, (his family being in Louisiana,
on account of the health of Mrs. Breckinridge,)
received his friends en garcon, iu•bls usual warm
and agreeable style, adding to his other cordiali
ties a sip of the very best Bourbon whiskey which
over found its way oast of the Alleghenies, except
a twin-barrel of the same article, which wee pre
sented to tho President by a famous distiller of
Paris, Kentucky. '
All the secretaries kept open houses, and their
parlors wore thronged all day.
Speaker Orr whose family have reoently arrived
was also at home to an immense crowd of
friends. The Senators and Representatives, and
the Foreign Ministers were out making calls; their
wives wore at home.
The absence of Senator Douglas, who is still In
Now York, is greatly regretted by his ;umorous
friends. Ex• Governor Robert S. Walker Is in
your city, but ,his most estimable lady received
his numerous friende in a manner worthy the
descendant of the illustrious Fviend.
The rooms of General Walker, the lillibustor
Chief, wore crowded during the day. There is an
immense number of military and naval oMoers in
the city.
Fortunately for the day, which ought to be de-
voted to social enjoyment, there is no political
news. X.
[Correspondence of The Press.)
Wasumorest, Doe. 31, lße7.
The inquiry which you propoued In regard to
Senator Hunter's position on the Reuses question
is quite a pertinent one. The true friends of
that gentlemen desire very earnestly to see
him separated from the violent and incen
diary disunionists, who &Wive most of their
oonsequonoe from the impression, doubtless
an erroneous one, that they have his
sanction, and indicate his views. And yet
there is so great a , diversity of temper, style,
and manner between Hunter and his so-coiled
organs, that no one can reconcile the
idea of their real and sincere friendship and
co-operation with the prevailing opinion of the
sincerity and manly etraightfonvartidess of the
Virginia Senator. Two men more 'dissimilar in
character, feelings, habits, and manners, than Se
nator Hunter and his professing organist, the
editor of The South, cannot be imagined. The one
is ever the urbane gentleman, the calm deliberate
statesman, the discreet, cautious, philosophie
writer and speaker; Susan who never has a dispute;
who always .employs calm and deferential terms,
in referring to even the bitterest opponents, and
who abhors andy avoids all violence, all petty and
excited conflicts. Andlryet - , his editorial shamp
pions have Achieved all the notoriety they have,
by their ultralem, their sectional violence, their
bitter, coarse, and recklasis personality awl invec
tive. How StMator Hunter and the editor of The
South can act together in any politioal Move
vent passes the comprehension of many of the molt
sagacious friends of that gentleman. How the
Senator, who cherishes so close an intimacy end
warm a regard fora brother Senator, as ]sir.
Hunter professes for Douglas, can retain us his
confidential friend and champion, a man who in•
Sites and publishes the coarse and vulgar abuse,
which The South has poured upon the loading
statesman and most prominent political chief of
the party to which it pretends to belong, is cer
tainly a groat puzzle to those who have always re
garded Mr. Hunter as a gentleman, in the highest
sense of the term—an honest, true and sincere
man.
It is title to this gentleman, however, to add
that after the violent and scurrilous assault in The
South upon Mr. Douglas, Senator Hunter wrote a
letter to the editor of that journal, expressing his
great regret at the character of his article, and re
monstrating against any impeachment of the hon
esty of Mr. Douglas. Like sentimenta are ex
pressed by other eminent Democrats, who differ
with Mr. - Douglas on the Kaisas question; and yet
sensible, practical, and straightforward people will
still ask, why do not these gentlemen call off and
muzzle their dogs; why do they support, cherish,
and encourage those who persist in a course they
so warmly censure and so emphatically repudiate?
If we aro to have a condlot—if the aanetion of the
Lecompten iniquity Is to be wade a test of party
fidelity and Democratic eansisteney—let it be so
announced and proclaimed by the chiefs and not
by the subordinates of the party.
Pillibuaterism, like other youthful excesses,
brings forth fruits of repentance, and reformation.
Iteervesaia vent for the natural tendency of Awe
throne to conquest and expansion, and where once
largiy lendulged In youth end manhood, is apt to
produce a conservative old ago:and en increased re
gard forlaw, order, and regular authority. This
is on the principle that a reformed tool makes the
beat husband, and a retired pirate the most ex
acting justice of the pence Wo have here at Wil
lard's Hotel two very startling examples of this
philosophic truth in the oroPresidents of the Re
public of Texas now sojourning here—General
Houston, who has been very quiet this Beason,
and ~ h o, on his arrival, gave out that his
Senatorial duties would bo confined to the pious
task of offering a proper tribute to his late col
leogue, General Rusk, is now much exercised by
tha lawless designs of General Walker, and de
clares that he will defend the course of Commo
dore Paulding in the Senate. The ether ex-Pre
sidont of Texas, the eboralrie Lamar, whose
charge at San Jaeineto, at the hood of his small
force of dragoons, was so brilliant a feature in
that wonderful achievement. of Aurtirican valor,
now a stoop-shouldered. nbsirlreted, quiet, reserved,
thoughtful old gentleman, will leave oar shores in
a few days, us Minister to Central America, with
instructions to keep off filibusters.
General Walker howeverAt seems, reversed the
history of these two ancient fillibusters. Ile was
in youth and manhood a bitter anti-fillibuster, and
stern conservative and maintainer of international
law, and of the faith of treaties. There is an inci
dent in his life, related to *a by an old friend of
hie, which is a precedent for,the remedy suggested
by some parsons as the only)ust ono, to repair the
wrong done him by Commodore Paulding. Some
seven or eight years ago an imprisoned oonviot, of
the oaths of Rey, escaped fruits the prison of Hava
na and reached New Oribans. Here ho was
watched by certain spies or the Spanish consul ;
was at last forcibly seized, pat upon a vessel char
tered for the purpose, und' sent back to Cuba.
When the facts became known, there was a tre
mendous excitement in Now Orleans. The Span.
ish consul and his employetir were arrested, and
an exciting trial, during which the consul bad to be
protected by a large police foroo from the wrath of
the populace, was hold. During this affair General
Walkor,then editing apitper in N. Orleambstrongly
defended the Spanish Consul, and devoted his pen
specially to the denunciation of the lawless spirit
of fillibusterism, then so rampant in the South.
But tho consul was culminated for trial, and his
oxequatur was withdrawn by the Federal authori
ties. Nor did It end hero. General Campbell was
instruoted by our Government to demand the re
turn of Roy to the United States. and the Ameri
can squadron appeared before Moro Castle to en
force the demand. It was urged that Roy was a
felon, and that his return to Cuba was of his own
free will. But General Cathpbell, without being
very warmly backed by our Government, insisted
that it was a case of kidnapping, and that Rey
must be sent to New Orleans in a Spanish ship. It
was done. Here is a into set, by our own Govern
ment which appears to Justify the proposition that
will ho introduced into Congress on Monday next,
(if the rules can be suspended,) that Walker, with
his whole command, shall ho restored to the place
whence ho woe illegally taken by the authorities
of the United States.
Dy.the-by, referring to General Lamar, I learn
that heihas received ordere to leave for hie:poet
in Central America on 'Tminlay next:, Ile will
probably go In the Saratoga of which Captain
Eagle will be cm - amender. Thiel excellent officer
Is now here. Though the executive officer in oar•
*log out the orders of Commodore Paul:ling, no
censure can attach to him in the matter; Indeed
hie toot aradolioacy were iionspiouone in the whole
affair, and a Nana regardbas sprung up between
Captain 13, and General W.
• . Nothing . has tianstitred In rogard to the discus.
alone of the OshitOtorldoh have been long and
a/:4lous'on this!rable4i. X.
FROM. rdAstiteIIUISETTS.
Correlpondenee of the Press.]
Nzw BEDPORD, (MM.) Doe. 28, 1857
The remarks of your Boston correspondent " R."
in the Press of the 25th Inst., In reference to the
recent municipal Wootton in this city, convey an
entirely erroneous impression,"and 'are not only
ungenerous, but unjust charges against the °Moors
connected with this city. I think you know me
well enough, to rely with confidence upon the OA.
curacy of my representations. Certainly, long a
resident of New Bedford, and fur many years Ida
titled with the bemooratla party, I should be able
to speak with some authority of events transpiring
`bore, iiddiffisiting the Interests of the party.
The Dathara's of the city, at a meeting called
to take notion in reference to the municipal elms.
lion, dcoided to make no party nomination.
'Subecquently, a °Bisons' movement was inaugu
fated, and nektons' ticket, headed by Mr. How
land, was presented.
Upon this ticket there was a large majority of
the opponents of the Democracy, and many Demo
crats refused to support it They held, and rightly,
that no party principle or discdpilne required them
to vote for it; that if successful, It could in no
sense be construed as a party triumph, nor would
Its success in any way strengthen the party.
items of the °Moore of the customs did not vote
at all, and others made up a straight Democratic
ticket, and voted It. But no efforts, beyond this
simple exeroise of the right of suffrage, wore put
forth in any direction to produce the defeat of the
citizens' ticket.
If the knowledge of your correspondent 19 as
accurate on other points, as in regard to the "real
negro votes," his amertions must be taken with
very considerable modification. The whole num
ber of negro votes would not exceed two hundred,
instead of eight hundred and sixty. One asser
tion is, however, true: New Bedford "is deeply
imbued with Republicanism," and it was precisely
front this source that by far the grouter portion of
Oept. llowland's strength was derived.
I make these statements purely from a sense of
justice. You know my position is entirely inde
pendent of office. T.
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
' Non•Aerlral of the Niagara
HALIFAX, Jan. 1-9 o'clock P. M.—leis raining,
with a slight southerly wind. There are no signs
of the steamship Niagara, now overdue front Liver •
pool, with three days later ndvlces,
New Year's Day In New York
New Yone. Jan. I.—The weather to-day is
beautiful, almost as warm as summer. The streets
are thronged with pleasure-seekers, and the holl
day_is universal.
New YORK, Jan. I—Evening.—New Year's
Day was very generally observed. The old time
custom of calls," seems to have lost none of Its
vitality.
No disturbance, noteworthy, has been reported
up to this time.
New York Stute Officials
ALBANY, Jan. I.—The now State officers took
possession of their various thlllartMentS to-day.
Thu hotels are being rapidly filled with office
holden and eeekere.
Tuekerman. the Mall Robber
Now 'loons, Jan. I,—Thore will be no exami
nation of Tuokorman, °barged, with rubbing the
United States mail, fro-morrow. It is stated as
probable that no examination will be made in the
ease.
Nomination for Member of Congress
BOSTON, Jan. I.—Daniel W. Gooch, of Melrose,
has been nominated by tho Republicans, to repre-
sent the Seventh Congressional District of this
State in the Rouse of Representatives, in place of
Hon. N. P. Banks, resigned.
Canadian Elections
Tonowro, Jan. I.—The Provincial elections aro
concluded. They have resulted the defeat of
three Cabinet Ministers. Some snow has fallen
and the great bulk of the wheat crop is held bask
on account of bad roads.
The Canada Outward Mound
Ilictrex, Jan.l.—The Cunard steamship Cana
da, from Boston, bound to Liverpool, was detained
on her passage here by heavy gales. She arrived
at this port at ono o'clock, and sailed again at
three this afternoon.
The Sloop-of-War Saratoga
Ilamprou Roans, Va., Jan. I.—The sloop-of
war Saratoga front Aspinwall, arrived here to-day
with the filibusters attaohed to Oen. Walker's ex
',edition. All well.
Markets
CHARLESTON, Dee. 31.—The sales of Cotton for
the week have been 8,000 bales, at a decline in
prices of lai.
SAVANNAH, Deo. 31 —The Cotton market closed
depressed at Haiti for middlings
Amman, Deo. 31.—Cotton is dull and has de
clined 4.
Monw.v., Dee. :31.—Cotton-1,000 bnlea cold to
day at a decline of 1. Middlings are quoted at
Han. No busines+ will be transacted to-morrow,
the celebration of New Year having already com
menced, and our streets this evening present the
appearance of high carnival.
LOCAL DISTORT AND STATISTICS.
We continue to-day the publication of some in.
teresting memoranda of what has been done dur
ing the year 1857, in the various municipal, politi
cal, and business interests of Philadelphia. In
the Paces et yesterday we gave some very useful
statistical tables relative to the commerce of our
city for the past three years, in which wore exhib
ited tho leading articles imported at this port,
from foreign and coastwise ports, for the last three
years; the imports of foreign molasses, Imports of
foreign sugars, imports of lades, imports of coffee,
inports of load, imports of cotton coastwise, imports
of naval stores, produce exported from Philadel•
phia to foreign ports for the years 1850 and 1857,
imports of sugar and molasses constivise; statistics
of fires during the past year; the debtors' apart
ment of the County Prison; the destitute poor;
the Moakley Almshouse; the Gas Works; pauper
ibm in different words; the Girard College; mur
ders in the city; trials and convictions; commit
ments to County Prison ; the Health Department;
mortality tables; the temperature of the months;
the raingunge, exhibiting the amount of rain
which has fallen each yersfienneo 1810; transporta
tion of coal; statistics or emigrant travel; the
railroads of the city, and the revenue of the Des
partment of Public Highways, forming a most in
teresting budget for future reference We subjoin
some additional and equally important abstracts
of local history, which wo collettod yesterday
The receipts of this Department for the year
ending December 31,1857, ntuottnted to $71,205.75,
which elm line been certified to be correct by the
City Controller.
DEPARTMENT Or MARKET lIUUSE9.
The reeeipt9 of this Department for the year
ending December 31, 1857, amounted to $16,982 93,
which sum ban boon certiOod to be correct by the
City Controller.
S omit CP CITY turnovormsrs.
Building permits issued during the year :
Dwellings 1,209
Stores 8:1
Churches • • • • 14
Faotories 22
261
Total
Dwellings and stores combined Are classed as
stores.
The permits for repairs and additions aro not
jneltided in the above.
• Under the Misoollancous head aro comprised
stables, conch houses, dry house., offices, boor
vaults, distilleries, slaughter houses, hotels, Ste.
Comparative atittement of Lumber received from
the Lehigh region, via canal, for the hmt ten
years:
1553, .... foot .51.896,35t1
1554,..., " 16,7:36,96S
18;15,—, " 54,587,587
1850,.... " 49,516,743
" 45,149,477
1818,..., foot 31,070,781
1840,..., " 33,898,816
1850,..., " 41,581,070
1851..... " 33,976 .014
1852, • • • • " 51,123,751
TUB HOUSE OF nrruou
The following is the number of inmates in the
white and colored departments of the House of
Refuge at the present time :
IV/ate Departnitnt.—lteuolved during the year,
237 males and 82 females; diechargod IR2 males
And 77 females. Present number in this depart•
ment, 216 males and 68 females.
Colored Deparltornt.—Roccivoti during the
year, 75 males and 15 females. Total number re
ceived, 90. Discharged, 59 males and 10 females.
Total, 75. Present number iu the house, 102
males and 35 females.
Total population of both departments, 451
DIVORCE STATISTICS.
In 1851 there wero 250 applications for divorce
in tho Court of Common Pleas. The majority of
these eases were brought on the grounds of deser
tion and cruel treatment. In 1856 there were 133
oases of like character. In 1858, 213 ; in 1854, 105 ;
in 1853, 91 ; 1852.149 ; 1851, 138 ; in 1850,103 ; in
1840, 80, and in 1848,122. The " married woolen's
act" Wes paasod in 1848.
CORONER'S OFFICE.
John It. Fenner, Esq., the now Coroner, onteref
upon the disehargo of Ills duties on the 4th of No
y ember last, end eince that time. has held eighty
scrim inquests—four of which were in oases of mar
dor.
Tho Receiver of Taxes has received nearly
$1000,00,000 of taxes from property holders of the
different wards. A largo amount, however, yet
remains unpaid. The following table exhibits the
assessments for 1857, as compared with the re
imipts ;
Wards,
s Ist.
2d .
Assossret for '57. raymouts
85,530 86 47,017 48
62 235 18 40 920 86
50,311 30 31,150 36
... 08,225 25 40,670 49
• ••• 269,872 21 201,509 26
•••• 423,009 20 311,616 48
••., 140,877 32 98,025 31
..., 2118,690 97 102,549 92
... 223,202 43 162,542 79
.... 165,445 08 117,224 40
.... 59,004 99 02,600 03
.... 81,428 13 58,978 81
.... 108,282 95 77,001 49
.... 101,811 85 65,234 98
125,913 00 60,600 31
.... 61,115 70 42,451 82
.... 41,811 00 23,353 80
.... 51,509 75 :14.441 20
.... 101,804 84 42,353 16
• ••• 102,518 00 50,170 98
.... 55.236 37 31,794 20
•••• 61,511 31 36,937 38
.... 72,281 80 44,681 81
.... 95,190 05 53,054 81
4th....
sth
9th.....
7th
8th....
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
IJth....
10th
17th
18th
19th
20th
2tot
224
214
2lth
$2,900,010 03 $4,939,270 15
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OP CAMDEN.
The number of schools in operation during the
year 1857, under the superintendence of the Board
of Bduootion, has boon 22; the number of teachers
employed, 23; and the number of permits Issued,
2,100. The amount of money raleed for school
Purposes by taxation, $l3 500, and the amount re
ceivul from the State, $2,500, making a total of
$16,000. The property owned by the Board was
valued at 20,000 five years ago. The expenditures
for odueation during the year were $14,500 ; the
balance of the amount collected has been appro
priated towards liquidating their bonds. An ave
rage of $5OO per year to appropriated for this pur
pose. The averag e salary to ficaale teachers le
$2lO par annum, and to male teachers, $520. All
the branobea of a common English school educa
tion are taught, including algebra, English and
Latin grammar.
COUNTY PRISON OP CARDEN.
The total number of commitments to the County
Prison, during the year 1857, were 314, as follows:
January, 18; February, 13; March, 14; April, 0;
May, 28 ; Juno, 28 ; July, 38 ; August, 38 ; Sep
tember, 35; October, 38 ; November, 28 ; pecem
ber, 31. The majority of the above cases were for
assault and battery and drunkenness But five
persons were sent to the State Prison from Cam
den county during the year, viz :—John Muller,
for grand larceny ; Sar.ucl Jackson, (Olered,)
do ; John, alias " Chip " Coney, (Oloredol+,man
slaughter ; Cavalier Weatherby • And John: 15.
Wray, passing counterfeit bank notes
Tug EARSERN
The number of inmates in the Eastern Peniten
tiary, on the Ist of January;ll3s7Tivim - 717; re
ceived during the year, 192 iviliteo.malet,Airlthite
females, 30 colored melee, and 7 colored females—
making the whole number redelved in thh.loslitu-
Don. 237. Discharged—White males 130, white
females 0, colored miles 20, and colored feraeles
whole number, 158.
The number remaining in the institution, yes
terday, was: White melee 227, white females 12,
colored males 50, colored females B—total, 376.
The health of the prisoners has been good, and
no case of insubordination has occurred among
them.
THE MONEY MARKET.
Jan. 1,185 g
There was no business transacted at the 13 , ard of
Brokers to•day, and In nearly all departments of
business It has been observed as a holiday. The
day Is ono of good resolutions, and hundreds who
are out of business have resolved from this
day henoeforth never to give a note, and
more, still deeply Immersed In comma! ,
oial enterprise, have registered a vow to
resist hereafter any undue expansion of credit,
either received or given. The facility with w Hob
a man who is believed to make a good note, eau
obtain credit; nay, the pertinacity with which
credit Is forced upon him, proves In times of ordin•
ary prosperity a temptation exceedingly difficult
to be resisted, and many who would otherwise
have now been in comfortable circumstances, owe
days of anxiety, and perhaps irretrievable em
barrassment, to the too easy yielding to the invita
tion to append their names to obligations, the pro
mised profit fur which was alluring, but the result
whereof proved to be disaster, perhaps ruin.
The now year commences with the prospect of a
speedy amelioration of all kinds of trade. Every
body believes in the great recuperative energy and
power of our people, in the benacial returns to be
received from our superabundant crops, and in the
wisdom and experience to be derived from our re
cent disasters.
We are as men in at dark valley, who look to
ward the mountain top, confidently expeating
there to see the signs of the dawniug day: and
though It may be that the immediate future of
each ono of us is more gloomy than we would like
to acknowledge, yet we have every confidence In
the general good time coming, in which of course
we shall one and all participate. So the new
year opens hopefully, and man cheers on and en
courages his follow man, fully satisfied that the
good time coming is near at hand, and holding
that abiding faith and hope in the future, which
after all is the best guarantee that it will really
be what we now only wish it to be.
The dry goods import at New York for the week
is only $289,390, against $1,209,737 the week end
ing Dooomber 20, 1857. The following in the sum
mary :
CONSUMPTION DIRECT, WARNLIOUSND. DRAWN.
pkgs. value. pgs. value. pkgs. value.
Ma n . o f Waal_ 64 425,787 107 /32,420 72 223,523
511 n. of Ootton.. 27 29,890 364 69,455 129 21,626
Mau. of 8i1k"... 29 19,159 65 39.449 26 31,929
Men. of Flax.... 70 21,095 39 9.724 188 16,361
Illasellautoun .. 47 13.344 80 32,030 70 19,150
1421 8106,305 615 11e4091 465 $112,331
183 091 113,305
Total entered $299,396 Total marketed.s2lB,6s6
The following Is a comparative statement of the
value of foreign dry goods entered at New York,and
of the amount marketed here from Jan 1 to Dec.
31 In each of the last three years:
1853. 180. 1057
Entered at lids Port 568,701,534 503,302 893 590.53.1.129
Marketed 89.231 OJO 91,247,806 81.522.830
The statement of the Treasurer of the Unite(
States for the week ending Monday, December 28
shows the following results
Amount deposited
Drafts drawn but not paid.
Amount subject to draft...
Reduction :tom last week.
Receipts ....
Drafts paid..
Drafts issued
The following is a statement of the husinesa at
the United &Woe Assay office, New York, for the
month ending Dee. 31:
DEPOSITS OF GOLD.
$125,000
16,000
Foreign coitte
Foreign bullion
United States bullion. In.
eluding Cal. Br Mint
bars
$1,612,000 00
DEPOSIT' AND PURCHASES 01` SHAER,
6,000
12,000
Foreign coins
Foreign bullion
U, S. bullion, contained
in gold
U S. bullion, old
Total deposits, payable in
bars
Total deposits, payable in
coins
1,700,000 00
tiold bars stamped $2,375,213 97
Transmitted to U. 1 4 . Mint, l'bilada
for coinage
The following stitement shows tho receipts and
disbursements at the office of the Assistant Treasu
rer, for the month ending December 31
DaNino, Dec I, 184
0.0111,
On account of Cu5t0m5....f1,211,168 15
Jo Patont FOOl.. 8.407 41
do I' 0 Deld'int 25.600 6u
do Transfers.... 1,300.000 00
Om 511seellaneons 103,747 86
1 . /AUNTS.
42,495,069 9!
207,81 G 4!
otsury Drnlh
Post Office do
Balance, Docember 31
llv balance, Cr , di,b'g act, $1,811,715 47
11) recelpt4 during the month 814,716
ro pa ) ‘ ,ont
By balance, Cr , Interest
By appropriationa
To payment,.
ARCM' tS
By receipts for Customs in Dec. 1857
do do do 185 ti
Decrease in Dec 1857
fly hal Cr , Bub and En Aelt for Aa'y Of
11) coin recd during the mootb
By Guy bare
$1.3,7,1!0 15
1,h78.6&9 77
Tn payments in coin....
do tine bars
Balance
Fly coil. in 1.5.111. A 0 T'A)l. V2, 9 '==. 9 97
do Anon) Of. 245,319)
Ily floe Lary. do du 402,673 77
Ily imparted but do do 20.4110 2d
Bullion at Mint for coinage... ;,933,331 95
Lesa due devoes uucalled for 478,378 74
The following are yesterday's quotations for spe
cie, by Croniso A Co., bullion and specie brokers, 40
South Third street, payable in bankable funds:
Amer 34 bollars,olal 04)4 I Am.dleld, old 6;4 to /
44 1‘ " "lA6 I Soverelg. 400
Melleau Dollars-1.05g old ....4 86
South Am. 11 1.04.t1 Napolcoti.(2o Franca). 307
Spat:dab Pillar 1)ol..1.06 Too builders 400
Fire Francs .... 97,ii Ten Thelors 700
German Crowna....l 08 I 11 11 Pruseltan..6,ol
French 11 ....1.10 Ducats.. °25
American Gold 1 to 1N premium.
New York Exchange ji to 1
it
Boston ti to 1
Baltimore 1, IX to 2 Ms.
SONe or MALTA.—This ancient order In Pitts
burgh is composed of the most wealthy, intelligent
and respectable class of our oitirens. The assoola
tion in this country, we believe, dates its origin as
far back as 1785, and its numbers have so increased
that it has now become the most numerous of all
the anoient orders, numbering about one hundred
thousand persons. A prominent object of this fra
ternity is to fulfil the mission of ohnrity, and to do
good whenever opportunity offers, on the broadest
and most liberal principles.
Its charities are not confined to its own member
ship, which has no claim, but dispensed to the
worthy and needy wherever found. We are re
joiced to learn that the order in Pittsburgh 1,
augmenting weekly, and we hear daily or the
secret doings of these noble Sons of Malta. Judg
ing the order by its fruits, we do not hesitate to
award the association our unqualified meed of op.
proval.—P litsburgh Chronicle.
FROM VENEZUELA.
(Correspondence of the Philadelphia Exchange J
PUERTO OAIIELLO, Dec. 18, 1557
Tho sailing of tho barque John Maxwell this
day, for Philadelphia, affords a 'doping opportu
nity to pen and forward a few lines, whirls aro
rather uninterestingt, either in political or com
mercial matters. The discouraging adviees from
Europa and America have brouglittlown the prices
of produce, which holders, rather than submit, pre
fer bolding on with a tenacity thia cannot be other
wise than ruinous to them. Money is very scarce.
No American vessels in either port, And but very
few (three in all) taking in ballast for Europe.
The country is peaceable, productive and healthy.
Subjoined are the market quotations. Coffee.
washed, average $11.50 ; unwashed $lO, currency;
Indigo, F. 8 to 80 re per lb, equal to slasl.ool per
Ib; Cotton 18e per lb. nominal; Raw Hides 140
per lb ; Peer Skins sBaso per doe ; Goat Skins $5
per don; Eustis per ton of 2,000 lbs averages $lO ;
Lignurnvitto per ton of 2000 lbs $l2; Superior Co-*
coa $3O per 110 lbs, and inferior quality $25, aqd
Brown Sugar avearages Sc per lb. , ,
Yours, very truly,
JOAN no Vents /1014 T.
The resignation of Captain Albert L. ga
gmen, 4th U. 8. artillery, has been accepted by
the:President.
PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE LANDS.
For the Prep..]
At a time when so mach money is idle, %then
capitalists look with distrust on most kinds of
investments, when confidence in man seems
almost to be gone, it may be well to call atten
tion to our coal lands. Philadelphia owes her
importance and wealth, in a great measure, to
the coal of Pennsylvania. Were the mines of
Schuylkill, Carbon, and Lnzerne not to contri
bute their products for one year, who can esti
mate the baneful influence on all kinds of busi
ness, and the complete revolution which would
necessarily follow, not only in our city, but
many parts of the country? These counties
possess within their limits deposits of coal
such as aro nowhere else to be found, and
which have already become so much used as
to be a growing indispensable necessity to the
whole economy of social, business, and com
mercial life. The coal of Pennsylvaniaives ,
.her an advantage over other States, anthill
Make them her tributaries. In the language
of a New.Terkjournal, "it laiiitro this negro®
the largest and securest fortunes- sprint:4M
are to be found in this country."' This itie
the case now, in the infancy of the coal Ma • ,
what may not be expected in the future I 13
Great )eltain the first importance is placed
upon this article. Her statesmen attri
bute her mighty power to her coal fields,
and her Parliaments have Inquired of the
most eminent geologists of that country,
how long will the supply equal the demand 1
and an English writer on this subject says:
c , It cannot be necessary to point to the
many advantages which we derive front the
possession of our coal mines, the sources of
greater riches than ever issued from the
mines of Peru, or from the diamond grounds
at the base of the Necta !Julia mountains.
And another, "that it is the possession of
coal mines that has rendered these kingdoms
the mart of the world, as dispensing abroad
the richest productions of art and industry,"
and "that the vast importance of coal to
the arts, manufactures, and general prosperity
of our country, renders in all its bearings,
the trade In that material a subject of deep
interest to all who justly estimate the sources
of the greatness, commercial and otherwise,
of the United Kingdom."
this point one paragraph front the elo
quent Hugh Miller: Let us mark to how
small a coal field Central England has, for so
many years, owed its flourishing trade. Its
area, as I have already had occasion to re
mark, scarcely equals that of one of one
larger Scottish Lakes, and yet how many
thousand steam engines has it set in motion ;
bow many railway trains has it propelled
across the country ; how many thousand wag
gon loads of salt has it elaborated from the
brine ; how many million tons of iron has it
furnished, raised to the surface, smelted, and
hammered. It has made Birmingham a
great city—the first iron depot of En
rope, and filled the country with crowd.
ed towns and busy villages ; and if one
small field has done so much, what may
we not expect from those vast basins laid
down by Lyell in the geological map of the
United States ?" Yes, even our anthracite
coal fields contain more GOAL wealth, regard.
ing quality and quantity, than the whole of
Britain ; and for what was this great deposit
placed there ? Most surely for the benefit of
man. It v.as preparing, doubtless, for his
uses in epochs when the earth was covered
With vegetables and animals now extinct—
before the <4 waters played hide.and•seek
'among the hill tops," or Adam was formed.
Let the enterprising, Industrious, Lard-work.
lug emigrants of the British Isles, and of the
Continent of Europe—the treasures of a State
—inquire of themselves why the Almighty has
stored this Union with illimitable wealth—
supplied it with such agricultural advantages
—givon us such fertility of soil—such a va
riety of production—salubrity of climate, and
such vast area ? and they cannot but conclude
that it was to be occupied and improved by
his creatures. If most of them would seek
the country, rather than remain about our
crowded cities, they would not know of ‘; the
hard timet."
To return. If the coal trade is of such
vast importance to England, It must become
hereafter, Immeasnreablymore so to our rapid
ly-advancing country. In the language of a
late eminent Philadelphian, uttered in 1840,
j would ask, "If coal has:made Great Britain
what she is; if this has given her the power
over four hundred millions of men, and -sup
plied the manufacturers which have made us,
like the rest of the world, her debtors, why
should not we, with at least equal advantages,
make it the instrument of our own indepen
dence?" In England, the cost of mining is
far greater than needs be in the United States.
In one place, for instance,ll perpendicular shaft
a third of a mile, has been sunk to reach a
four feet vein of coal; in another, a shaft of
eight hundred feet deep, to mine one of half a
yard in thickness; and at another place, a
seam is worked beneath the ocean, more than
half a mile front the shore. Much time is
frequently given to open a mine ;. for example,
ten years of continuous labor have been spent
on a coal shaft, at a cost of half a million of
dollars, or more, to reach a small vein—a
striking evidence of confidence in the science
of geology.
In France the difficulties of mining are still
greater than in England. "The preliminary
works are more considerable, and the labor of
digging the coal and bringing it to the surface
more expensive." Indeed, numerous facts
and instances might be adduced to show that
$7,619,3.52
1,996,675
5,651.077
6,,,97
461.041
1.086,144
49,016
1,471,034
mining in Europe is more difficult, dangerous,
and expensive, than with us. Our Pennsylva
nia anthracite is of the purest kind, not
equalled by any other. Many of the veins
aro of great thickness, twenty to thirty feet,
and more; free from serious faults, remarka
ble, in most places, for the small amount of
slate near tho surface, and can be mined,
69,000 00
1,580,00,1
whether by drift or shaft, comparatively cheap;
and yet our lands, while intrinsically far more
valuable than those of Great Britain, can be
purchased at one-twentieth the sum asked
for theirs. When we consider that only
forty years since, the first experiment to
u.. 0 anthracite as a fuel was made in
Luzerne comity that twenty year-3 ago
but little was dug, and that already the
production has exceeded seven and a hall
millions of tons annually, what will the an
thracite coal trade of this State not become in
the next twenty or even ten years 1 A com
mon error is too soon to expect a large return
from mining. A little reflection will convince
any one that, from the nature of the business,
no great remunerating result should be looked
for the first three or four years. This has been
the case with the most profitable collieries.
That much time, at least, should be ungrudg
ingly allowed for opening the coal-driving
gangways and turning breasts, to make room
Mr a sufficient number of men to quarry and
prepare any large amount. Mistakes are often
made in selecting proper points for opening,
so as to derive all the local advantages fur
operating, owing, generally, to the want of
knowledge and experience in those who have
the management.
Mining is both an art and a science, requir-
854,93k4
=ME
=IEMB=III
33,70'2,915 33
714 MI
$l,ll-1,30
$9,217 40
591,050 10
2'2,97 00
4 '73,211 C.O
$1,211 164
244,835 TO
ing theoretical and practical knowledge; and
it does not follow that, because one has been
a successful dealer in dry goods or gro
ceries, or an enterpriiiog manufacturer or
mechanic, that he is qualified to overlook and
direct a large mining operation. Those super
visors are often of more importance in their
own estimation than profitable to the stock
holders. It would be better to let that be done
by an experienced mining engineer. Such are
employed in England, stud such here colds' be
obtained for far less money than is frequently
expected by, and paid for such services to
presidents and other officers of companies.
Money, however, is realized from mining in
much less time in this than in other countries;
and when an operation begins to pay it con
tinues to do so, and all mistakes, errors, and
unwise expenditures are soon surmounted.
Coal should be a cash article. Cash is paid
for toll, freight, the wages of the miner, and
other current expenses, and the wholesale
purchaser should be required to do so. Ile
gets his money down from the consumer, and
yet, often suspends and withholds, if not de
frauds the coal operator, not only of his pro
fits, but the money advanced to mine and
transport the coal.
Worthless debts, in most instances, in un
successful cases hare taken the place of large
profits. Many of these drawbacks on the
trade should and must be removed, and then
no investment can be found so safe for a
father to leave his family. Think of the
thousands reduced to dependence by the fail
ure of our banks, in our city and country,
where not only the stockholders have lost
their all, but sometimes the depositors and
the holders of the notes have been losers; of
depreciated railroad and other stock, and com
pare such with the permanency and value of a
good coal property—a property enhancing in
value the snore it is worked. Our coal fields
are becoming well supplied with railroads and
canals, connecting themwith growing markets.
The .Schuylkill and Lehigh regions have seve
ral. Tho Wyoming and Lackawanna have
some and will soon have more. The Lacka
wanna and Bloomsburg Railroad will be com
pleted in a few weeks, and the North Branch
Extension Canal may be relied on the next
season and after.
433,557 58
1,531,717 73
1, 9 915,508 19
11,393,7113 50
61:,977 59
*3 :.74 953 'II
An engineer, whose service to the State
makes his opinion on such matters decision,
lately examined the injury to the horse-race
dam, and said he could repair it, so as to fill
the canal with water in two weeks. The unu
sual Hoods of the season, so disastrous to the
public works of New York, north and west,
have swollen the Susquehanna and its tributa
ries almost without intermission, and have de
layed repairs, or swept them off before well
secured; but such untoward contingencies
are not always to be dreaded. The canal is an
excellent one, and will furnish transportation
for half a million of tons of coal, or more,
annually. The extension of the Lackawanna
and Bloomsburg railroad to Lanesboro', to
connect. with Albany and the Lakes, will
doubtless in a short time be made ; a railroad
.along the 'Susqueliatina river, &ha; and a gra
vity one from these valleys to 3 AoAlkirk city,
and other roads,—tbus opening the great
north and west of our country to these coal
regions. True, this trade now suffers, like all
others, but it cannot but be temporary.
/f the thonfibta and facts above hastily writ •
ten are just, (I think they cannot be ques
tioned,) an obvious inference is, that the
owners of anthracite coal lands should not
willingly part with them. They are inerewing
in value far more than the interest on cc st,
and the time is not far distant when they will
pass as heir-looms from those who then hold
them, from generation to generation. Further,
capital seeking investment as a perpetuity,
could not be placed in better, If so good, pro
perty. The area of the anthracite of this
State is small, though the deposit inexhausti
ble. (The elder Silliman, of Yale College,
spanking of the depth, thickness, and quantity
of the coal of the Wyoming or Northern an
thracite field, uses these words : , z Except as
a matter of science, there is no necessity fur
deciding the question, for the amount of work
able coal is altogether ineritaritiAte.") much
of it is in the possession of those who need
saoLitnd will not sell, and the mast eligible
pasts : orshe remainder will soon be, in like
mistier r,Seenred. Suchlandswill not become
rd' the present pressure has not
made them so.
i •wiA r di9lfid ha* 'add army eases of large ro-
I venues derived by individuals and companies
.........avaiscite coal trade, such tor in
stance as 20.000, 70,000. and 100,000 dollar.
tryear;paid to freeholders in mine rents; of
individual operators making as much : and the
largp dividends of stock companies, managed
with skill and economy—but these are gene
rally well known.
WILLIAM F. llormar Geologist
WEEKLY REVIEW OF SHE PRIG tD£L-
PHU MARKETS
PHILADELPHIA, JIDIIIII7 1,12:
The Produce markets have been very inactive
since our last weekly review, owing, in some
sure, to the unsettled state of the weather. Brea-l
ista& have been vary dull and the transactions on
a small 6CIIO. Bark is quiet, but firm. Coal met a
very limited inquiry, both for shipment and homs
consumption. but prisea are unchanged. Conte; is
unsettled and prieee are very Irregular. Fisk sell
slowly from store at the decline noticed last week.
Fruit has been more inquired alter, and the ash§
of both foreign and domestic have been to a fu's
extant. Nothing doing in Hemp and Hides
Iron continues depremed, and the sales of touch
Pig and manufactured have been unimportant
Lead is dull. In Naval Stores and Oils there has
been a limited bailie* doing. without material
ohmage 'in prices Plaster is scarce. Provisions
have been very quiet, partly owing to the want of
supplies. Rice is steady. Tallow is firmer. Teas
and Tobacoo are still drooping, but in Wool there
la a little more firmness. There is no new feature
noticeable in the Dry ()cods trade, and bosiners
with both the commission and jobbing houses has
been of a very limited character.
Bay I.DSTrrF4.—The market continues depress
ed and drooping for all kind., and with moderate
receipts of flour and a very limited inquiry both
for export and home use, prices have further de
clined. The sales for statement comprise only
about 5.000 barrels at $4.871a55 for standard
brands, 55a5:0.50 for extra, and $5 50a$5 75 for ex
tra family. The sales to the retailer' and bakers
have been limited, within the range of the urns.
quotations. Rye Flour is doll, and small sales
have been wide at 54. Corn Meal is scarce
About 300 bills Pennsylvania soli at SI, and t..1,t
bbls Brandywine at $1 371 ter bbl- These ha;
been a lair amount of Wheat offering during the
put week. but the demand is limited. and prices
have again declined Ist:to per bushel. Sales of
18,000 bushels at $1 to $1 18 fir red and slssl.:to
for white, closing at $1.10a51.12 for good red and
51.15a51.20 for white. 2.500 bushels Rye sold at
70 cents. Corn has been dull and prices are lower.
Sales of 20,000 bushels new y ellow at 503.55 e, ac
cording to dryness, and 2,000 bushels old do. at 68
cents. Oats are dull and prices have declined;
about 12.000 bushels were diapered of at 33a35 ets
per bushel for Delaware and Maryland, closing at
the lowest rate, and 31a35 cents for Pennsylvania.
L'ISPECTION OP FLOUR AND Mess, for the week
ending December 31, 1837
Half barrels of Buperioe..
Bartels of Supenine
Fine
Middlings.
Corn Itml
Condemned
Pnovisioss—Continue quiet, arid the stooks too
small to admit of large operations. Prices gene
rally are lower. The demand for Pork has been
limited; sales of Mess at &boat $l6 cash, and Prime
at $l5, on time. City-packed Mesa Beef sells slowly,
for ship stores, at 517a613 per bbl. Dressed Rog!
have been coming forward freely. Baton u ex
tremely quiet. and prices are nearly nominal.
Small sales of Rams from 101 i to 17.3 for plain and
fancy canvassed. In Sides and Shoulders nothing
doing. The receipts of Green Meats have fallen off
Sales at Slagle per lb, 60 days, for MM.!. Sr for
Sides, and fiSc for Shoulders Lard is coming for
ward more freely, and meets a limited inquiry.
Small sales of barrels at 103101 c. and keg at lie
Ills per pound. 60 days. Some Jersey sold at Ile,
and country packed at 9e. Butter remains with
out change, but dull; solid packed sells slowly at
1 lal2c, cash, and 16alSo for roll. Prices of Cheese
and Eggs continue as last quoted.
GROCERIES.—The demand for Coffee has been
limited, but holders ate firm at the improvement
noted last week; sales of 600 bags Rio at 01110 i
cents per lb. on time, and 1,500 bags do, by enc.
tion, at 8,0013, GO days and 4 moo. The Ineaketily,
for Molasses continues quiet, and the only alai -
reported are SO bbla Cienfuegos st 25 Slants; fie
bbis new crop New Orleans, the first of the season,
at 371.4 mot, and IMMO New York Sugar Rouse at
278-35 cents cash. Sugar has been in fair request,
both for refining and the supply of the trade, and
prices are firmer. Sales of 500 birds Cuba at Gial
cents, and 50 blols Porto Alto at 3 cents per Ib,
on time.
Mursost —The depression noted in the iron mar
ket for some time past still continues, and the
sales of Pig Metal are limited Prices of Scotch
Pig are entirely nominal. in Bar and Boiler Iron
sales are making at former rates. Leal"centinnes
dull, and no sales hare been reported. Copper in
dull. In the absence of sales we quote English
Sheathing at 2 cents, and Yellow - Metal at'LIEU
per lb, 6 coos.
BAR/C.—The receipts and stocks of Qaercitron
are light. but there is not much demand f,,r it.
Small sales of No. 1 at 523 per ton
BEESWAX is unchanged Small ellen of g , ol
yellow at 27a2Se per lb, cash.
CANDLES.—There is not much demand for Ada
mantine, and only 1,000 lavxra city manufactured
were disposed of at 2d cents per lba, on time
Sperm are dull at 42 cents.
Cott. meets a rery limited inquiry, both farship
ment and borne consumption, and the supply is to
eXCeE2 of the demand. Prices, hoverer, hare un
dergone no change Bituminous coal is not in
quired :or.
Carron.—The receipts and _tasks are light; the
market continues unsettled. and the few transa,
lions reported arc at rery irregular trice.; they
only compri , e about 150 bales Uplands at 9 to lic
per lb cash and en time.
Fr. Vruses are dull. with small sales of Western
at 43a450 MY lb cash.
Ptss.—The market has been dull. and we again
slightly reduce our quotations for mackerel Sales
of 200 bbls were made en terms kept private, and
small lots from store at $lO 50a%11 per bbl for
f 9 50410 for 2's; and 59 for 3's, mostly at the
lowest fignres. Codfish tell at ,S3ss3 25 ; Pt: ted
Herring are dull. Fates from the wharf at ;3 50,
and in a small way from snore at $1 bbl.
Pntrir.—The demand for ItrLIALIS is good Rol
about 9.500 packages .5411 at 02 2.5a52 no per tor,
half and quarter boxes in proportion. Score
nrang,es and Lemons have been disposed of on
terms kept secret. Havana Oranges are selling of
$041.50 per barrel. The receipts of dried fruits
are light, and Apples meet a fair inquiry at fita
lie per lb. Dried Peaches are Belling at 9to 12c
for unpared quarters and halves. Green Apples
are selling front s2asl 25 per bbl, and Cranberries
from ;s1 to S 9.
FREIGHTS to Liverpool are dull, and some fur
ther engagements for Flour and strain have come
under our t.otice at 23 fid for the former, and
for the latter. Bark has been taken at 30e per ton
To London 2.3a303 per ton are the asking rates
There is some demand for small vessels to the West
Indies, but the rates are unchanged. Colliers are
in limited demand at our last quotations.
GINSENG continues scarce; the last sales were
Vial& per lb cash, for crude, and 70. for clarified.
Ile et- is quiet and without transactions to note
Hines are dull, and no sales have been retorted
to alter quotations.
floes.—The demand is limited, and the sales
only in small lots at .calk per lb for new crop.
Eastern and Western.
NAVAL ETOREft—,Small sales of fine Rosin have
been made at 3fe ; Tar and Pitch sell in a small
way at former rates. There is a steady demand
for Spirits of Turpentine, and farther sales have
been made at 42144 e each.
Otis.—About 100,000 lbs Palm Oil sold in terms
kept secret. The sales of fish oils are confined to
small lotsfrorn store at 75a70e for crude whale,
and 85a9Se for winter. The stock of lard oil is
very small. Sales of winter at $1 cash. Prices
of Linseed 'AI are rather firmer; small sales at 53a
55e cash. A sale of Olive ell at 51.10 on time.
Rice.—Prices are unchanged. Small rales at
31143.1 per lb cash and on time.
SALT—In Vetttly. The lest Sake ct Liverpool
fine were at $l,lO on time.
. . .
SEEDS.—The receipts of Cloversced have in.
ereased,and prices are lower. Sales of 500 bushels in
lots. at itsaSa.l2.l per fit lbs; and SOO bushels from
second hands, for export, part on terms not made
lublic, and part at $5.57;45.50, closing at oar
owest figure.. In Timothy and Flaxseed nothing
doing.
SPIRITS.—There has been more inquiry for Bran
dy and Gin, but without change in prices. N. E.
Rum sells at 55a40 cents. Whiskey has Improved
Saks of 500 bbls at 32e231 cents. hhds 21f a 22,
and Drudge 21a211.
TALLOW —Sales of city rendered at 101 ahl:
Tags.—There is no disposition to operate, and
prices are unsettled.
TOBACCO —The sales of both leaf and main
teetered are limited, and for the firmer prices ara
lower
Wool. —The demand has been limited, and the
only sales reported are small lots So I polled et
23c2Se per Ib, cash and time, and fleece at 31.ilre
per lb.
MOVEMENTS OP BANANA STEAMERS
FRIL.I.DELYHIS—From New York 24, arrivic: at Its
Tana Bth, and New Orleans 11th From New O. leans
20th ; Havana Met, arriving at New York 2sth.
Qoallitt CITY—FrOrn New York 7th or each month,
arriring at Havana 12th, and Mobile 14th. From Mo
bile 22d, Ileirans. 24th, arrit ing at New York 220th
C. 11 1•IFIII—From New York 12th, arriving at Halmos
17th. and New Orleans 19th. From New Orleans 27th,
Havana 29th, arriving at New York 33
EXPIRY ClTY—Front New York 17th, arriving at Ha
vana 23d, and New Orleans 26th. Prom New Orleans
hth, 'Havana Sth, arris mg at New York 13th
ElLler Waaains—From New York 27th, arririog at
(Imams Ist and New Orleans 3d From New Orleans
12th, Hareem 14th, due at New York 15th
Isaaat.—From Chtrleaton 19th ant 4th, due at Ha
vana 23d and 7th From 11%Yr.a% 10th and dde at
New York 16th and 31st
An athletic specimen of a man from the
Emerald Isle called into the eonnting-room of
one of onr River street merchants, and there
took off his hat to make his best bow.
" The top of the morning to ye, Misther
I've been told ye're in want o' help."
"I've but little to do," replied Mr. P—,
with mercantile gravity.
it I'm the botAT ye's. It'a but little I care
about dolu'--Ihrttit's the money I'tn afther,"