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; .*ltytt#l4:ti(e•liiiptcoisaixicOrour
..W4-:Ml4iMMlceied , state-.
rMetiteof rourvarldus Washingtotreow*pend
"Ar*!tlfeepOt: lbat.lit`:llik.Mkawak*
to SMMaliGatemedoro i'mmertia' for
v.iiirkeireet'cif - Geheriel Wisiabeidid' his men.
;*110.43,,810150 this P9r#9 ll . akg , policy
of the Adatintatration, !at an ' early- daY, iwe
-1111E4 stetttiedi not only thet we - were oemtainjog
, 11fravetr4tiribtit that wwwfire
irdifkidat•Staaallit;o l .7 l
IrTh - e; zrresidentOwliis.annual meisage,lleid
axis iimiptaiiible Kepi*,
..40he afotkilet- the lawleis,expeditions which
4-4 11tTe'heeh oitoit.ortapiisolhe weaker States
• ' • ' '
A., that fine t State 'paper Wail
ay Vatchi'A ntiliii3ta*caui.Aidereed tbAii'f idi 1: and
(Pm tile, 4.th Of March up to the p,Meowt
the_ 'course qt-the Adthiplatration his been ills
foi:'fatri'Otio
to anticipate !ill those movements Ivhich:. have
looktal ,to the disturbance of. peaceful
404 Between our own and Othei, catttrioa:
rc-,Thollpohtted inatrualous =of the President'
,States , liitachtireatjd phif f ict:A.t,_
fellOpied up by.:tho icmOval ,of the
DietrletAl , torney at New Orleans for Alleged•
of hiS:dittles.bi'peindtting the steadier
.;.1444512.i0n- GeneraiWanza - and- men;
TO ' lnibi4C : fof lstleariguir, iroyed that tbdire;
sident ii•Siiddiertnined to :do All .in hie., power
to,ivake good the strong and deeldadseiara•
iioiis 0 0 11 #. 1 theli.4 3 tS; : .
" Corninadfire - ..F4.ln.n.tha, Who.
new: ageettlia& noVaeted ln deflanoe:
leatryetione, the Administration mai EWA itlielf
‘letbo t ptro'ng
enteigh4 OVEVrisilfiet
is_ gontlarbui•ave , doubt
that ikiti`on
ihe
:1"!ollynt ind:hiti:effortsto put down' thou) illega
"sand eggressivo
j) .. nSermidtngs.„ -„
ZIA pariy„snti4ed t 9 complain is the State
op e lkilcarigni'only,,and until ' she d'o,' coin-
A!!.b.s.4Con4 0:.! 11 1 5 :04 1 :o#l4ll
- ;:t Act,qe 'lnto a martyr be
.. .temPtihie • „fitilUipi.:, t it:)Mhrne that ; captiin
‘.4.01,42r.t10' tzi - reforimatided -, for not
.I.,YetTlii,r,,the"iiiidliig;
. Arenas, and-if t 'as. imppossid,nhy
sucli'movemenfinAif hay& tiditin:pla4iiitliin,
:the marine Nape of the sheres thea.i follows
that 'Commodore Pauintio Arias doubly:rig:lit
in lending his force 'to* the prompt arrest:4g
filibuster and his troops. it; seems ,te
us that the Presidentit not only stiengthened
tig theie Circumstanced, in applauding Cent
modore PAULDING'S action. , The thoussm*:of
intioetint,llitee'sairificetl to the rattrancling,atid
murderous' spirit.'which - has animated.W4-
Jr:En, and hia associates—the fact that they
,have dishonored .and' are now dishonoring
- 'Our fair name before the nations of the carthi.
of Execnttiallie.L
' appro !a, ion. But _many : controlling preen
----dente,srUnning through - American Idstoty( are
,ithendlO'suitain the President. The follow 7
log cases go strongly to fortify his position,
apart from' the, circumstances ,to which Lire
alluded. ' • •-
Sir Gauen, McGaeoon, styling himself
commander-in-chief of all .the forces, both
naval and military, destined to &fed the' in=l
dependence of 'the Floridas,;dtiiy mithorfzed
by the constituted authorities or 'the Republics
of Mexico,
,Buenos 'Ayres,"':-Neer',Granada,
and Venezuelit,'onthe2Otklnne j lBl7; - ,Lini-t
eil,'on'
..took pOsseasion—,the :`BPantsti-c commanderS
t •surrenderinte to 'bird 'the • gartisbli 'Of the
and all thePrina add 'munitions Of
tbelonging• to the-King of Spain. , His inten
tion vi!as tp;cortith . et'' . Bast' and : W est riptide,
'araPrithe'2lii. Ajiguttt heASetied a Piockunit;
Alp% declaringthe whole of the coasts of both
provinces to be in a state„ of strict and vigo'r
:-tratiblockade. sHiteexpectation. was to re
, inforced by 'a thumbs Ayrearilill-of-utr;and
bypurhanclied men from New , York.
on`,th.e 4th -Septeniber Bir.oGititddit resigned
'" theOfintatul• of the titiOis; alleging that he
been decett;e4 by the.componyz who mere fo
itins , lcitk the sneatts to carry on ths-tear
is k'toridoi . cc. Tho cottontnion . - to GOneral
said
granted at Philadelphia in directliolation of a
r4ositlie taw' , and= all' tlfe - :Meturareal pure*
under 4 by him in,eolleeting:bl,S; threes and:
;i,direatlijg
~were eguallf ,oh- ,
CFenerai 11eOniocirt; waa atteteeded by Corp
isodoraAuav, er,thelluenda:Ayrea'n navy, as
:= dorm/Mader-in-chief, and by R. , llormanp;
''foreleily'Sbeilif New' York, as Gore'rnor.Y
„01,1,the6,tb Xeventher Conarnodore,Auni4:,
• elaredmartial law, and on the-19t h and 20th
tin election was held-for nine representatives;
Was'atiVoked
~.-beeemberr a idl - a message was delivered io
Than` by the ConareanOeriiii-chlef,a coin=mittee appointed ' te, franie,theyhm,ei ko:
" neiroggeiertmt" tide
-41oridss; and on tbe2ad -of. the'. same month
thildlind watt leiertpdaimplionl by the U ral
and military forces of the ljnited Sta , } under
-the command of CommodoWlfstatrand C6l.
BANKIINADi who had - -been 'orderedlv-the:
,',President to :Suppress Oils' eidablishMent.
Tbiz iuvasioii of F lorila by- Gen. Jicitsox, and
the execution of AgilinioarEa:"afid ApittiniOT .
the aimiakti
are' 4too halt, knork'iO,
41 mid' we ,rnuatiaiwoyal.
the 4.6.-etmii3m.:,lo-gtti* 016 !Aeo:rO.::
Eery of ;;f 11 Y01 1 ,1 :, ; , /` 5 4,411 1 ;ibiii4e.
Aeaptieithetlittjtickluttielimette,lun- Ravi tt cetfr
burg timiGeiterai lircputfr - lettlftat cottzlociMre"
patriptiam i olthinece.ssily Akinkich , Ne,haet life
most fowled Hate 'and effectuartiteirni Orfeirotilg
met : maw/ion eiuhith awrip
tie 6 - i;iery page of the • 'Lois
..w,ll in 'the- trot. law of Nature r -self.d.'
*nom'? *' -
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' ? ' : 1111e ‘ #c irt I . 3 asfitt•M f P rn V A P P ?PIr nitre - -
- ' : iiiiefion ,to the l'ellimillg -Pagell from theilret-
A ,, tuitt second , annual Judi:Wages of that, pure 141
. ,
._
'Writ Ott thrtlifolit!olti4tmetilirOlffolth ' • i
" lkt the summer of the present year, an erpedi-,
' tieteNtO sq IA roo, fgapst zest ylorida, by per
.soma atawkitng to,oct,under the Autherity of comelf
' ihn olordep,',Wint took poteeision of 4implia - Pdatt ,
- nt tfidnlOithot 611itfary7srirtr,inlar thainintile y.
of the State of ffeergia, As the province lial east.c
ward of theldialisaippi, and isbOtunitit by the Uni
ted States and the coesif on 0,417 side, and 'his
been a subject of negotiation with the (tovernment
-4'4' SP_aliqiirl,m , indezieliY Wawa )4 mit A ti on ,
, Pt' ill eXenar,lP kr tiVteel'of,"enttal,value, woit
" w'a'rd of the Mieslestp*Llraot,l9o ,t,ric4vii to' Oa,
world, it excited ,curpristeithat Any e'ountertanee
4 -4hifittd fo'illieti , to 'thin miesureby inyaf the
. ,'-• 'Vetinied. - 7atiiit would be difhtenit to rendnelle A
' with tbd - friendly leistiOns' elating hcb r a e4 t h e
i f
t ,, T014(143440 seitt thelladhielotadoubt wag Ante •
4 1 4 !obeli:lithe thecit hod been auttittriwAt by theta, r
any of . thena..,,,Ttdu doubtful' pined stzentia, y
~ Oa eirompubincies which have unfoithilAhurraw . , Iv e
-- ' l ln'ikelolsootilta .Ottlk - * n ot , !p leb- 4 1, e
- Aria ft livir - te•pktfotetthst her of We, -
tete. Projected atuf eentesettoed .with_on loom-
A petetieftette,*attitnei &ohne totaterbeen'planed On
lvilhat Welt be arpftetridefienbebf OW rawai In
within our limits • and °rime; attAlitir rhsouteW
•?m)te‘el el ir r i itl-sbl:OLleaFtmitilsere -otorkettohek
', , 00teref 3/ ocoduaassA ug;tho islped_befng Mode
4,4libanno roe the limit mfrid'uotiop rgolayoo from,
.4ytic*.p . to the fruited litotes, an sayinm for rue.
, esttiventatek Willie ile tt l pt-§eP'S W it P o rt
.1-- , foriunirollitig Outcry in' .-, ". 4 ,-..-.
~ A similar' eutablit'WOs Widnideenttanlea rl 10.
r.-.•perlosi, .by-persona of thelamedeseription,•in the
4 - T ...-WE of Mexico, at-kyle:o caTitekVeetonotitidn
the limits of the tlnitkil States/ Vtend;:
under, ille,gerrion of, fiepieletl. signet t , gallh
'•" hes been etstrke4 ' te, e more signet time
ltirPetijelittetlikble-eltotioistatiaes which eltest
2,-.4imlicibig oh* *Ad bun.° parthitdarly by the e'
met of privateeril, *la hole veered oft ;
mere, and by smuggling. These estilillshmente, ihtorEor PitoliO EUROPE.
if ever sanotioned - by any authority whatever, 'Three days later, news from Europe, by the
which is not believed.have abase their trust, and Niagara, (which eft Literfehl on the' 10th
forfeited all claim fiffflonsideratiele A 'est regard
144 1 11
for the rights and Jots of? 114 Xlit tea stales December) is 4,t,, , ipore - ,sk, llgnhtory than that
required that these " ~sup ii -..,, deridetti, went an
verbena iiltails. The appa
h
r i tto
have accordingly be iBl teo" 11 1 0 ;,.. j t. ' I TZt.t. atittialy eroiltinnei, of: consols advancing
imperious considi e .
measure will bee aPtitte , ' 17 1 . 4 - Var74 7 t7ehel t nit,',y. pricol ok „imit ... .eloai g - ay ...*ireasing* in the
may in. any Algerian ' ~-4,!!, ."- .•',,,,.?• ,e , , ,„.J . ,,, , "VaultskOlthe Biinispfllnglintl,p 1 the demand
* a '''.ti 'a V.. - ir '''''-* k;'''''''*' ''''', * - for discounts dimiothlifile, ilittriaof COMMer'
othere is, nevertheless, a limit beyond which this -fie
',,
vial failures taking place tiviliy,:day. There has
spirit a amity and forbearance can in no instance
be justified. - If it was roper to rely on amicable been a regular stampede afoot* the purse-proud
cotton lords of. Stanchest:cc—men who looked
negotiations foran indemnity from losses, it would
down th . scorn upon who were not wealth,y,
-not have leen no to have permitted the inability of - :- -
all
Aphid tqatlll. hir,mtga•gementa and to sustain her
rautherity in thellortdas, to be perverted by for- as themselves, and drew their riches frod the
mgrradventurers - -and'earnes ,6l lm l MArtuts""' liffeiribletiiti r iiiiErtirbfleid'fialffraildreti.x'
straottire to the lives of our tellow-eittzens and the
, t highest interests of: the United Stites. The right There - has emitmencedapahic among the wool
.of eeif.ddenee never ceases. :It ii among the NOW leirinanurde,ftiiera Of, Yortiebtre=:emeny lo=
sacred, and :alike :necessary to nations and hid':
wired In Briiiferilt - t *.i.r Leeds ; . II dill
.. a i ax, u ers
: viduals. 'And whether the attack be made by .
qiutinterself, or by tttese who absent her power, its field. and
have
some' very, heavy
1 .offiigation ts,not, the less Strong. The invaders of falliirea have already taken ad,aeo:' 'Mitre were
'Amelia felsOid "led alsonied a popular and respect- . .
0410, under.whion Amy . , mitt, ap,preaolo an d ' ' 'l 'enough'. Th '
expected. The-, cause is plain o
expee
, wont ,tts..Aa their Pbjeot trae itlinetlyseen; , and cloth and worsted makers,like• the totton-tipitt ,
the dtiti hittioseffim the , Rxiontive,,bY on existing ners and, calico-weavers, have , respectively
law, wee profoundly felt, that mask was not per- , .
~
mittedtei rifaßaft them. Ttxres thought incumbent overdone the business. ' I They tiara limn' Curie
on the Youotateeteiappreas the establishment,- quantities of manuftietured woollen and cotton
and
-it waaaeourdirigly'done....The 'combination in ,
stock, - for whiCh' theY Cannot , t,eatiatiably ex
illiorlda.for the unialrfa purPcieea stated, the'neta
perPetrated Si that (to4lbieSktk And, abovei ail, poet to find a Sa!o during tho next, two or three
the,lneithiceset,o,rtha Indtane tome:mere can fel.: years,. and they ;belie been supporting , each
letircfiticens'of iweri ago end Of both sexes, merited ..'
o er y &commode tont? Is, w o
th b ' ' t''' I l'' hi h the banks
a liketreatinent,end reeeivo(l,lt., In purszling
,theif:niVagia to akimaginary line in the woods, no longer have the Moans rug the desire of die
it
attfe"°;edilarhheiattilint'enlo'itteielitigte4rat of. Hafoldlythtttot have been counting. It requires little
,sagacity: to pro_
done; the war could never Cease. Even if the ter- ' I be an- '
phecy that malty more failures`wl 1 ,
- ritory bad beau exclusively that of Spain, and her flounced from England 'before her trade, coin
power complete over it, we bad a right,,by the law mere°, and manufactures can assume a healthy
of natione, to follow.the enemy on it, end to subdue
him there.. But the territory belonged, ,hi noel- tone. , . .
.
tarn sagest least, to the savage enemy who in- The failure of another bank, doing lousiness
habited it, the power of Spain had ceased to exist a , _
urraveend and Dartford, (in the vicinity of
over it, and .protection tetureought under her, title, "
a
'by thosewho had committed. on our oltizene hoe- London,) was announced. Tho liabilities are
.thiticei,whieltalie .was bound by treaty, to have ithonf.£4o,ooo. '.
have
bathed not the power to prevent. To
have atoppedut that ,line, would have given now' e London Tim s esthe
, Th T . e estimates failures in
.eneouregoine,pf to these savages , and, new vigor to London and provinces, since October at over
,the wholatiouthinetion existing there, is the prose-
-616,000,00 Q, in the metropolis, and £86,000,-
erition,of, all the pernicious purposes. .-. .. .
.-
"Ig rappreasmOus ksta4lishment at A
'Amelia 000 in the country. ' Total about £50,000,000
liteitd.woirisfrietallinare teas manifested towards sterling, or about two hundred and fifty million
4pain, beeatfekt4o Rost tear—tailm. , front te• farce
solid& Add fore; (ed. st from. her,, The measure, it d ollars.
hi truO, .was,,not ;Adopted in . concert , with the - This amount far exceeds the losses of 1826,
Spanish Government, or those In authority under
1837
it, becinse, be trametotiona connected with, the war ' and 1845, and the end is not yet.
In. Aid Spain and , her-colonies are engaged, it The British markets continue low. Cotton,
Was thitught proper,' in doing justice to the United provisions, and produce, were still declining.
.states, to maintain At strict impartiality towards Breadstuffs, were steady, with a tendency to
both of" the belligent parties, without, consult
. log pr acting in concert with either. It gives advance. .
me pleasure to, state that the Government of From Continmital Europe the news is more
-.Baen " Yres'enl Venes " la ? whose names were leasant than it has lately been. In the North.
Oitned, have i3ippoitly'disomimed all partloipa. P
Month those meastiee, end even the knowledge of ern Kingdoms the commercial crisis woe bear
them, - Molt - communicated by 'this Government, ing heavily ; but at Hamburg, affairs seemed'
and have also°spiv/fled their satisfaction; that a
abuts'of:proceeding' had been oppressed, width, to Improve. It is curious enough that though
if jastly.unputable to them, Weald dishonor their most writers on monetary matters agree that
. 011041 ? • . ' •-7 ' , '-_ ' . the financial condition of France is very bad,
the panic was over at Paris sooner than in any
other of the great European capitals, and that
the Bank of France had reduced discounts to
its old, established rate of six per cent. There
have been very few commercial failures in
Franco, since October last.
An ad valorem duty of 20 , per cent. on .l
foreign spirits imported into Franco (where it is
converted into a the best Otard" anti " fine ,
old Cogniao," for sate in this country,) is
about to be imposed.
Another amnesty was expected to French
political offenders, on New Year's , day, and
Spain has granted free pardon for all political
- offences in Cuba. . .
The general news is - Slight. • The Levia
than has not yet been launched, though re
peated and costly efforts have been made.
There was no further news from India. The
American submarine Company aro reported to
have abandoned the attempt to raise the nu.
ruerous vessels which , the Russians sunk in
the 'harbor of Sebastopol. Sir llmaty HAVE
LOCK is appointed Bill Coignel of the 8d Regi
ment of Infantry—another concession to pub
lic opinion. The question of reform, as re
specte the , Government of India, occupies
public attention in England, and a strong
'effort was to be made to induce Lord PAL
x.gaerox, in his new measure of Parliamentary
Reform, to make Education a qualification for
the Elective franchise. ,
THE ramins ,is •IfitigAg ON THE 21st
' receive by every mail ovidencee of the
frauds, perpetrated in Kansas at the election
on the 21st of DeCember, when the slavery
clause, alone was presented to the popular
vote, and we not toubt that the Democratic
party in that Tirrliory, who are to a man
against the ievimpton COnstitution, have
prepared, and will lay. before , Congress a de.-
tailed statement of these frauds. 'Nor do we
lofibt_tot . 3lr. Ettenexert will the
rejietion:of the returns of that election, in ac
cordance with the'spirifOf his annual mes
liage....„lre-,"havO already called attention to
the _feet, that at two prettincte in the county of
Johnson, viz: at Shawnee and Caford, a nia
jOity 'ot. 4;000 votes was ihrown for the
slavertclaUse, and this in the face of the fact
set' forth' WALKER', that the whole
comity does not contain more than from three
to four htintired'votesi
A. - Kansas correspondent, of the - Cincinnati
kiquirer--:tha _Enquirer being one of the Jour
. •„,
nals fa vor of thelceompton Constitution
-Writing Under date ofthd 21st of December,
, the, 4tiY, of Oct :alectioth'emplo,ve the following
"Kiniashari again been Invadedby largo num
bers ",)!Oiktitlemi+Ahey have voted here and
elsnwhereObe..resuit'hee, been, unquestionably,
to give -a large nominal vote, to the ~ C onetitution
with abibery.'":oatsuch has , been the case none
nine deny. —Ydztt'correspondent, 'found; In passing
last Week thrOugh Missouri, this emmty papers vir-
Wally adVisitiglisnpsonle of Missouri to vote, and
the people talking of donvoy In addition, I have
seen the ' tisiourisnsineme 'over in large numbers,
have heard them' confess that' they voted,' have
heard others Say Abet they bad 'been solicited to
do so frequently, and,that orgafiliation had been
effected with reference to doing so." -
Another eorrespOndent,writingilorn Leaven
_ „
worth city, December 28; to the editor of the
Ohio :Statesman, gives a still more- startling
account of the frauds perpetrated on the 21st,
LSAVY.MWORTII Carr, Dee. 23, 1857.'
EDITORS 01110,, STATSMAN The election of
last Monday was " a fame, 'Kansas was again in
vaded by a large unniber of Missourians, and many
„voted many times..'lit this point Iwas a vituess
of the invasion, and therefore speak what I know.
I have to this Limo - heard only, the result at this
point and Kiekapoo..-, This place, where fraudn.
lent voting was tidegree prevented, and comps.
'tent to . poll 1200' votes, but 266 worn polled, of
which number 220 were; for the "Constitution
with Slavery." Free-State men and free-State
and - oo k iervatire 'prtrslisvery Democrats refused
to TOM." At Itiokapoo ton hundred and seventeen
votes 'wilt be returned. This point' is notorious
'for frauds, and cannot legally poll at any time 400
'votes.-; It is abiost unanimously , pro-elaiery
-riearWesten; MissOurt;which Is gotta a town, and
it is clearly ascertained - that ,many.roted at least
shelf dosetrtimes:-Aram: satisfied that invasion
and fraud have been permitted all along the bor
der.; That-Congress will refuse to admit, when
the facts are presented, I doubt not. The people
of Kansas now-worship Donglas=they have almost
,all 'interpreted the Kansas-Nebraska bill as he
does, and-really commiserate Bigler,'espeoially as
it is known, and Will be proven too, that when in
the Territory last summer, in publio addresses end
private conversations, he took the some ground.
At Paoli be, followed governor Walker, and sus
tidied him when he took ground in favor of the
'sullonisstin of She whole instrument. Keep up
your 110 C It tea righteous one. In haste,
s.
TO-DAY IN KANSAS
Some stress -35-laid upon the statement that
the Democratic party,•ps, well as the free State
men in, Kansas, intend, at -the election fie
State oft:leers, ealled b the-Lecompton Con
'rentiott,tritqllifi ditY, tit Nit tip an,entire ticket
for. State officerit.and lot. the Legislature, and
to 'support it..
do not - know hoiv far
these rumors niay be , true, but• we - have
no doubt, that, if the parties - alluded to
were to iota for State officers tinder this Le
compt4 Constitution s the design Is to prevent
'the organization of the State from falling into
the ;hands 'of contemptible - and , confessed
.mhvirity; •and, we have also no doubt that
should the State officers be elected by the De-
Mociatie, and„free _State majority they will
immediately resign these. positions, so as to
glye,the people'a fair trial 'under the new Con.
stitUtion _which is certain to-be Minted should
'the people, at the other election in'Kentiati, also
19)30110d this day,r4ect the Lecompton Cons
-stitution. by the .overwheiming vote that is
- Ortain to condemn dill great thud.
DO' The Belfast' (Maine) Jonstia contains
tlse 'follnivilliPaxagreph .
do'not forget that at the time when there
was an armed' Irruption of Mll39ollltiate stealing
thvbillot.boves and cutting the thteate of the
people in Kansas, Mr. 'Douglas found• nothing to
'complain ofirior did Mr. , -Forney, of the Philadel
'phial'ress:=- Welindjhorrerni, that notonly those,
'but many otherc'who regarded as nothing all that
'transpired underTieree's Administration, aro'new
fearful that Kenna in to be wronged. We mis
trust =Sim whose ejleo are sudtitutip opSnad to
lihat they rouldneversits &lois" ;=
J.n r imswer to, this, patagrap,h, have
fo,say, that at no ..time Ins the editor of this
pape'r failed: to 'Mrpreas his decided disapproi•
bottom of the armed Irruptions of Missouri,
'lnto Kaneda / SS well' as - of the coarse` of tbo
Maassehesetts etnigante to .ICaestisi: armed
with .Saine's rifles. The. seise ',course was,
•purinied • :by • ;nearly the' entire Demoeratjc
party,,KlBsB and it will. be - forgotten
that General ,PAss, , hiniself;took occasion, at
n'tiarlifstage the Canvass; to decline from
,#*Pepate;his disapprobation of
these irruptions, , or invasions, and particularly
"oflthel iitWa 'ef:the Legislative ,Assembly of
the leiqtory,
,e; poiticiti of 'which wore
forced by the Lecompton Convention, on the
2lst of IlecemberYirlien -the voto -was taken
en th'eslaverY clatfse - Orthat instrument: , ,
Theirne einedY, for jilt theie'outraies In
Kansas; was •the „submission of the Constitu
tion of Kansas
,to, the people; 'or; in :other
words, .the "fulfilment of pledge, that
they, the people„ should be left it peilectly .
idetoforin thefr:own:lnstitutiona in their own
The Democratic party in rennsylva-
Mlttc`iiid all through the'North, labored under
the greatest disadvanttfges because, of -the vas
rious rumors, and fabrications, and statements;
Coming from K l arumsi and we" 'repeat that
ndthit4l44 'the Malted: action' 'of Deninerats
everywhere declaring th tthe b I fN
a pe p ansas
l itt.ittirikfdiltftiniriegultOjheiecitiniestidi testi
erin,way;"gath us , bhe
• O!'"rhough we do not iigiee`wittithe
burgh Teti. lot , Mut Union (In its present atti:
tude on the Kansttssuestidti; entigiatuto.te
I.bU p4opt6 Met, they will have bl,thst Jennie'
ti4terfectly , learlesi andindepeident champion
of Sound Am:dined win %slit- not
bpsitate t givertheidirth Wbeit'ei,r 4 O'r
p "thcdr, dopy to,
constituents.
.DEATH OF MISS LESLIE.
The death of Etna LESLIE, the authoress,
is announced as having taken place on Satur
day, at Gloecester City, New Jersey, where
she , latterly had resided. She was born on
Noveniber 15; 1787, and consequently had
completed the " three score years and ten,"
mentioned by the Psalmist as the natural term
of human existence.
--rxtera-r,nams - ifFM - treiltlver of Philadelphia.
Her farnily , wero Scottish, as the name implies,
and emigrated to this country in 1745. Her
father, a watchmaker by profession, was
a good , mathematician, and intimately ac
quainted withFitammtx and JEFEEMON. Ono
of her brothers is DISARM R. LESLIE, R. A.,
of England, author as well as artist. Another
is Major THOMAS J. LESLIE, U. S. A.
Her first attempts at writing wore in verso,
made almost bolero she had got " Into her
teens," and soon estimated by her so lightly
that she consigned all of them to the flames.
Not until she had reached the mature ago of
40, did she achieve the honor of producing a
real, downright printed bank. That was in
1827, and the work is ballad "Seventy-five
Receipts for Pastry, Caltes,and Sweetmeats."
It was plain, practical, and so auecessful that
its publisher encouraged her to write a volume
of juvenile stories. She published many such
books, favorite reading to children to this day,
and produced "The American Girl's Book"
in 1831, which confessedly remains at the head
of its clasi.
Nor did she write alone for juveniles. She
composed numerous magazine stories for "chil
dren of a larger growth." Among the most
'popular of these was a prize-tale entitled
"MM. • Washington Potts," (literally a story
of china,) 'written for the Lady's Book.
Her magazine-papers, collected ,as " Pencil
'Sketches," have been very popular. Some
more novelettes Om published In pamphlet
form. Her forte lay in 'the composition of
short stories—just as her brother, the artist,
excels in cabinet paintings. She never tried a
regular novel—the nearest approach to it were
volumes called " Amelia, or a Young ,Lady's
vicissitudes," " Althea Vernon," and "Hen
rietta Harrison," none-of which is first-rate.
She was editor of " The Gift," an annual of
high standing, at one time.
Following up her that publication, Miss
Loran produced several other volpmes , on
Cookery and Housekeeping, which have had
a vory great sale, and continue popular, be
cause they. are useful. Her last work, we
bellevd, appeared in 1853, and is called " The
Behaviour Book," full of practical truth and
subdued. humor. A detailed account of Miss
LESLIE and her 'writings will bo found in
DUMMIES' Cyclopedia of american Litera
ture.
Miss LESLIE'S . rank in the world of letters
has been determined long since, and favora
bly. She had not what is called genius; but
Common sense, tact, good taste, quiet humor;
a keen, and almost satirical sense of the ridi
culous, some knowledge of the world, close
observation, and keen perception of character,
are the Uoinbined elements of her writing,
She was essentially a Philadelphian, and has
'occupied, for many years, the firstplace among
our local tomato writers.
DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE.
It gives us pleasure to announce that HENRY
L. , DINFENRACII, Esq., of Clinton county, at
present the editor of the Clinton county Demo
crat,. has accepted the position of Deputy
Secretary of State, tendered to him by Gover
nor PACKER.: Mr.' PIFFENDACH 'is a man of
great eaperienco, and thoroughly conversant
with our State politics. ills particular know.
ledge of our common sc hoot system, and the
labor. lo has bestowed upon its improvement,
will make him a popular and valuable (quer.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
' The rumors that the Hon. Jelin C.Atto
will in all probability be appointed by General
PACKER, under the new State Administration,
have called forth front the Sunday presi, and
other intelligent and independent sources, the
warmest comMendationti of Justice Knox and
the Governor elect. We hope, and
.have
every reason to believe, that these rumors will
Prove. to he true.
•
V41.4 , 4111,g ELNOAIII` gNOTtArNOA,FIiAmio.
Soo Thon . rias 8 Son's advertisenient of, Mr. Robin.
.Catt.'4 otork,,tho sale 40214 OOtnnteaoes flits morn•
log, at No. 910 Chestnut strait. The /tames are
inelutie4,witlfottt extra charge. Catalogues now
ready •
STOCKS AND ,REAL TO•DIORROW EVE
EING. , -800 pamphlet, eataloguea, and , advertise
,
imiseclions und. Siocks of Tobacco,- 1 -Tbe fol
lowing le a monthly statement of the inspections
of Tobacco at thii port during the past year:
January ' ' 20 blots. f ' 201 Mots.
February" 100 " August 145 , 4
Marob'' 40 $‘ September.. 70
May 257 " October' 70
" November ..
Sane 87 " December...
' Total
THE PRESS.-PHILADELMA, MONDAY, JANUAItY 4, 1858.
SENATOR DOUGLAS AND THE COMMIT
,. TEE ON TERRITORIES.
We rlotjce,,thatltleiti Southern pipers arc
tryingl6:llor, , that Senator Douox.as was re
'elected 'to ' , .thii,',Autlrrnanship of the, Senate
Ceuttnitten„pti:Territories at, a time when,his
antagoisfittOketioaltton. Of thi: South on the
TOrritorialihi,ao6tiliad notlperi made known.
Oreat etra'sifli*d-ivon ",this - accusation, end
WO regret to see that one or two, Northern
papers, not content with assailing Senator
Domes because of his support of the great
principle of, popular sovereignty, have
. fallen
into the same bLutidei. C The facts, which we
'ilerlieelrom amplo`atttbority, are as follows:
1 4 ,Tire. first caueus of the Democratic Senators
'wash:Ad - on the morning of Monday, the 7th
of December. At this caucus, the, President
of Dab Senate, 'pro ten:pore, was nominated,
'Oft. FrrerAvnt99 and a committee appointed
to arrange the standing committees. The next
day the President's message was sent to Con—
gress, and Judge Donotas expressed his die-
Sent as to so much of it as affirmed the Le
comptcei Constitution. December 9th Senator
Donnas made his great speech against the Le
dtdapton Constitution. On 0 o 10th, thi, De
'Moore& caucus committee twanged the pro
gramme of committees, to be submitted to
the Democratic caucus for approval, and on
Saturday, the 12th, the caucus committee re
ported the Progranune'to the Democratic cau
cus. That caucus ratified the report In ail ex
cept one member of the committee on finance,
who was displaced, and another put in his post
firth, after a sharp' debate. Early the next week
the Committees, as arranged in tho Democratic
caucus, were elected in the Senate, with Mr.
DOUGLAS as Chairman of the Committee on
Territories, second on the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and on the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds, the same_Com
inittces which he had served upon duriiirthe
last session. Thus it will bo seen that he was
placed upon all of these Committees by the
unanimous vote of the caucus of Democratic
Senators, alter ho fully and amply asserted
his consistency in regard to the Kansas ques
tion. •
-.--
The following extract from an article in a late
number of the Now Orleans Bulletin, a South
ern paper of great ability, shows how the at
tempt to force the Locompton Constitution
upon the people of Kansas is regarded In that
quarter of the Union by an unprejudiced wit
ness.
It will ho recollected that early in the
season we rebuked that violent, unittstr and
despotic spirit that would cram slavery In
Kansas down the throats of its people against
the will of 'an overwhelming majority; and
showed that the .only possible reason there
could be for withholding the question of
slavery or no slavery from the bona fide voters
of the Territory when about to assume the
functions' of a sovereign State, must no the
fear that the said majority would pronounce
against the institution. We challenged those
noisy people in the South who talk a good deal
of nonsense about rights' when they happen
to be in their faVer, but who are rather too fte
quently apt fo be oblivious of them when they
are not, to give us the ghost of any other reason
than this tbr opposing the submission of this
vexed question to the only tribunttl competent
to pronounce upon it. Wo recognized what is
sauce for the goose' — to be " Sauce for the
gander.' We had no idea of claiming for
ourselves rights' which we deny to others.
Such notions may suit abstractionists, fancy
men and extremists. They do not comport with
our ideas of justice, common sense, reason or
even common decency. They are not tenable,
and the slightest touch of truth scatters them
to the winds. Principles cannot thus be made
to veer like the weather-cock according to the
passing breeze of popular caprice. When
Smith's bull gores Johnson's ox, it may be
very agreeable to Smith to fall back upon ab
stractions and deny his responsibility, but
Johnson will very properly consider all such
stuff as the veriest and silliest balderdash ima
ginable."
DEMOCRATIC OPINION IN PENNATL
TAMA.
It would be impossible for wife give even
a fair synopsis of ihe_inft , sra_ of im-r
spendenis, and the articles of the Democratic
press, showing the direction of Democratic.
opinion in Pennsylvania, on the present phise
of the Kansas question. Up to this writing
wo have had letters front many of the most
pronlinent and orthodox of our political
friends in every county in the State, all breath
ing the same sentiments of respect for Presi
dent SvortAxAN, the samo confidence in his
character and. his patriotism, and also assert
tag the strongest opposition to the LecomP
ton fraud and the most profound contempt
for the servile test-makers, who think tiny
are honoring Mr. Bectuton by assailing others
for an Independent, fearless, and entirely dis
interested expression of opinion. The nen
who write these letters-are not expectasts.
They aro conscientious and well-tried Demo
crats, who dare to speak the truth without for.
The Democratic papers are, many of them, on
the same side, their language is alike re
spectful and decided. The Chester eotnty
.Democrat, of Tuesday last, has a short pint
graph which is a specimen of the sentiment
now prevailing in that quarter of good )1(1
Pennsylvania:
" THE VOWS Or THE PEOPI.S.—Wo have made
diligent inquiry in this community to aetterthin
bow the Demoorata ;stand on the proposition to stb•
mit the Lecompton Constitution to the peopit of
Kansas, and thus far we have found or heardof,
but Setlfll , straight•out men In favor of submiting
it In the form suggested by the Convention that
framed It! The enabling sat of Mr. booths
Is concurred In on all sides. The oldest end
the steadiest friends of Mr. Buchanan, in this
part of his former Congressional dialect,
while entertaining for him, an unabated regard,
aro nevertheless firm in their views, that nothing
less than the submission of the entire Constitution
can fulfil the pledgee of the Democratic potty.
This unanimity of sentiment is quite astonisßng,
and we cordially invite those who doubt the truth
of our assertion, to examine public opinion on the
subject. The thoughtful and hard-workitg
masses are universally for popular sovereignty, as
defined by Judge Douglas."
PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS.
The bard times, which have sensibly affec,od
Public amusements in this city, appear to hive
subsided of late, It is very true that nothing is
doing at the Academy of Music : two are persumod
that. a good English operatic company wouldbo
extremely tmeoessful here,) nor that any proniso
of speedy, performances is hold out, beyond ho
vague, if not doubtful, intimation that the Mont.
sok troupe will return in March. No doubt tiny
will, unless they proceed to Mexico, where tley
wore invited, it is said, before the recent rovou-
WM there.
Mrs. Bowers appears likely to rebuild the (mien
fortunes of Walnut-Street Theatre. So far, ler
lesseeship has been very successful. Sho hat a
good working company, lately augmented by he
addition of Mr. F.' B. Conway and his erre.
Menges might yet be advantageously made in Cis
troupe. Mrs. Bowers Is herself a good performer,
as much a favorite hero as Mrs. Moey it; in Nw
York, and; indeed, much resembling her, in rimy
points, as an actress. Mrs. Conway, with far les
experience, is rapidly rising in the professio,
and has not only good looks but a very mu
skrat vole°, to win admiration. Miss Richinsti
an excellent singer, would be a chart
ing, comedienne-11 she were a little lee
sold and more sympathetic. Mr. Conway,
for several years the loading actor at t!ti
Broadway Theatre, N. Y., is as well qualified is
almost any gentleman we could name, to All no
same position here. lie ie well educated, and hoe
obtained his professional experience in a verygod
school, Mr. J. E. Owens, as a light and eogentio
comedian, has no equal in this ()pantry—except
Mr. C. M. Wriicet, perhaps, and has a wider rase
of character than that gentleman. Mr. Riohlw
is still .a fine actor, but would do well to 10,1r0
Juvenile parts to young men, remembering thatto
have played such parts thirty years ago is nos a god
reason why ho shoald play them now. As an art*,
master Of every aid and appliance chiob P. , '
dunes an haprosaion on the public, Mr. 'tithing
has no superior. Mr. Boniface is a respoctalis
walking gentlonian. Mr. Showell occasionally
shows considereble talent, and seems generally 1.)
have a reason in his,own mind for what he dove--
which will probably raise him far higher than hi
now stands. We hope that he will reconciler hb
idea of the qharacter of Mobts, in " The Hula
beak," and make that etudent more of a goutk
man and less of a confused, half-buffo olown. Asto
Mr. Chapman, he Is very glover, but so eatiroly
mannerist that we see Mr, Chapman in ovary port
be plays. It is impossible to forget Mr. Chapmtt.
He is the, same in every thing.
.
Jot the Oh Bireet Theatre, Which Mr. 'Whetts
ley, by good managOmenfand liberal expendlitre
has elevated into one of the most respeetable
tabilebments In this country, the company is vet
effective. Mr. Wheatley himself is entitled ti
draw any where ea a Star. lie eels well, and
dresses, well. Air., Davenport in one of the best
adore we have, with a very wide ratio of cha.
meter. He is well sapported by his wife, who
seems capable of taking any part, almost, and
making a oueeess In each. Air. James Dunn
might be a good actor, if he would oondeseend to
study. Mr. and Afro. Thayer arc "at home" In
their Own line, Mr. J, S. Olerke, en old favorite,
997
SOUTHERN OPINION
has fallen into the error of old know
ing his audience very well, be often, rims
into grimace and gag." to amuse them.
Miss 'Emma Taylor, withW showy and handsome
personal appearance, has- lately shown herself
capable of becoming a fine Actress, and moat be
kept up to that mark. We have not forgotten Mr
Dolmans though we . name him last. On some oo
oisions, where his mannerisms do not interfere, he
plays very respectably, but hie acting is generally
too angular, and his voice too grating and uncer
tain to please those who, by familiarity, have not
become accustomed to his peculiarities. He is a
I favorite with the audience, however. There is
I such a thing as wn acquired taste, .which makes
many preens relish ohms.
At Danford's Ethiopian Opera House the per
formers are too numerous to be individualized.
They succeed in drawing full houses, night after
night.
At Welch's National Theatre, lately open as a
Circus, a theatrical company is now performing.
The only actor who deserves particular notice is
Mr. R. Johnston, who was a great favorite, a few
yeors ago, at the Bowery Theatre, N. Y., and would
play passably enough if he could forget the exag
gerations of the West, and modulate his voice
into varying expression.
At Walnut-stroot Theatre, this ovensng, "The
Hunchback " and the farce of " Tho Live Indian"
will be performed. In the play Mrs. Dowers, Mrs.
Conway, Mr. Conway, Mr. Riehings, Mr. Boni
face, Mr. Showell, and Mr. Chapman take the
leading parts. It is an excellent east. In the
face the whole weight rests upon Mr. Owens, wko
Is equal to it, and keeps his audience in a roar of
laughter from first to last.
At Arch-street 'Theatre, the spectacular melo
drama of "The Last Days of Pompeii," and a
new romantic drama, called " The Scalp Hunters."
The first piece is splendidly brought out, Mr. and
Mrs. Davenport, Mr. Wheatley, Mies Emma Tay
lor, Mrs. Thayer, end Mr. James Dunn being in
the oast. The " Scalp Hunters" is founded on a
novel by Captain Mayne Reid, and WAS expressly
dramatized for Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Davenport, by
the late John T. Wilkins, author of " Civiliza
tion." It was very successful in London, whore it
was first produced, and was extremely well re
ceived at " The Aroh," on Saturday, whore it was
played for the first time.
At Sanford's the new pantomime will be the
leading Hamilton, and, at the National Theatre,
a hash from the French, called "The Poor of New
York," lately produced, by Mr. Dourcicault, at
W attack's Theatre.
Tut Misses Ilcnox's Coucanr.—Tmtnorrow
evening, the Misses Heron, well known as accom
plished musio teachers and singers, will give
their first concert It comes off at Musical Fund
Hall, and there is the fullest ground for believing
that it will bo a great success. There has not been
a concert here for some time; the programme eon.
tains a variety of admirable solos and concerted
pieces ; and the fair lenefieiares are enti
tled, personally, as well as professionally,
to the most favorable support and considera
tion of the musio-loving public.. In genera),
the mere ability of the singer is considered,
and the fashion of her wardrobe and the brilliancy
of her Jewels is often considered almost an equiva
lent for a worn-out voice, or n somewhat faded
character. Mere three local performers (who have
passed from infancy to womanhood in the very
presence, as it were, of those whose patronage
they solicit,) aro before the public, known and re
' spooled for their domestic virtues, as well as those
rare natural gifts which have made them, as it
were, a nest of singing birds. The Misses Heron,
we aro confident, will haven marked success.
They will bo assisted by competent artistes and
amateurs, and Maine Qarnaud, the pianist, will
also perform.
FRENCH BENEVOLENT EOCIETY.—Tho Eleventh
Annual Ball of this charitable institution, (for
the relief of the French poor,) will take place on
Wednesday, January 20, at the Musical Fund
Hall ; and in consideration of Its admirable pur
pose, we announce it thus far In advance.
BY MIDNIGIII MAIL.
FROM WANRINGTON
(Correnpoodence of the Preis.]
WASHINUTON, Jan. 3. 1958
The feet that the Administration will not tepu
dint° Commodore Paulding is now universally cow
ceded, and the other faot that they will approve
his course, begins to be generally received. Either
will give great offence to certain parties in the
South, while at the same time, the North and all
conservative mon will stand by the Administra
tion, should it refuse to offer Paulding as a victim
to the filibuster lover
I think you were in error the other day when
you stated that Commodore Paulding was a son or
grandson of tho Paulding who aided In tho arrest
of Major Andre. lie is only the grand-nophow.
_Thistiiet as omen - Into con !
aideration with the other, that pro-slavery men
invited hordes of fifiriouriane to vote through the
Lcoompten Constitution in ROMS, at the late
election, has created bad humor at the South, And
prophecy which I have, frequently made,
that these extreme men never were very friendly
to Mr. Buchanan. You need not be at all our
prised if the patriots in Philadelphia and
New York who have been trying to resolution
themselves into the confidence of the Presi
dent by opposing Judge Douglas, Governor
Walker, and everybody who would not fall
down and worship the Lecomptim contrivance,
will find that they have gone to unnecessary
trouble, and that Mr. Witte's vision of seeming
a fat contract from the navy depot Intent will
disappeur as a number of his other enterprises
have disappeared, into thin air. The trade of manu•
factoring public opinion,,, particularly in Penney!.
Yttllitt, in favor of the tecompton Constitu
tion, is rather a poor one. This will be
more fully ascertained , when pur members
return to their seats. In that event they will bo
able to speak of the condition of things they found
at their own hearthstones, and I venture to pre•
dint that moat of them will admit that the people
wore quite as much opposed to foul play In Kansas
as they are Any where else.
The nomination of Mr. Clifford has not yet been
confirmed by the Senate, but it will be.
CITY POLICE-JANUARY 2
(Reported for Tko Proem.]
DOUBLM .401• AUNT.— Themes Jordan, a young
mulatto, has lately opened a shoo shore In Man
bard street, and hoe the felicity to be betrothed to
ono of the most fascinating damsels that ever com
bined the color of stem syrup with its se eetness.
In partnership with 'Kr. 'Jordan,' in,' the shpt.
dealing business, is another oolardd gentlenian
named Ezekiel Main, who ie married, to a lady
whose personal beauty , is liable to two prinelpel
objeotions, viz.: she is a little too corpulent, and
her ripe-pumpkin colored complexion is thickly
studded with sable freckles.
As Jordan was cutting out a boot yesterday, Mrs,
Blain hurriedly entered the shop and communioa
ted the startling intelligence !bather "nasty good.
for.nothing brute of a husband," had eloped with
Jordan's betrothed, Miss Melon Withers, who car
ries on dress-making next door. Jordan, of course,
became wild with excitement; ho first spoiled the
boot-log ho was shaping, by stabbing it "furiously
with the shoe-knife, and then demanded of Mrs.
Blain what direction the fugitives had taken. A
disengaged cab happened to be passing at that
moment; Jordan hailed it and jumped in, the de
serted wife accompanying him to witness the die.
comfituro of her traitrous husband.
Before the cab had proceeded far, it was met by
Mr. Blain himself, who, spying his wife through
the window and conceiving that Jordan was run
ning away with her, peremptorily ordered the
driver to stop. Then throwing upon the door Of
the vehicle, be glared on the astonished occupant,
with eyes full of demoniac fury. Ilia next move.
moot was to drag ;qrs. Blain out; Jordan in
vain endeavoring to protect her from the violence
of her lord. The storm of angry accusation and
recrimination which followed was of the most
amusing of the New Year's performances, and at'
traoted a large and respectable audience to the
corner of Lombard and Eighth streets, where the
scene was enacted. The parties were too much en
raged to come to an explanation, until the whole
affair was elucidated in the police office.
The disturbance originated in a jealous miscon
ception of Mre. Blain. Mr. Blain was going to buy
some leather, when he saw Miss Withers starting
out with a bundle of work which she bad just fin
ished. As he was going the same way, he gallantly
offered to carry her burden. Ibis wife seeing them
thus going off together, " bag and baggage," (as
she supposed,) conjectured that it was a case of
nine. con., and hence came all the trouble. The
explanation was satisfactory to all parties, and
Mrs. Blain volunteered a solemn pledge before the
inagistrate that she would never be jealous again
"without cause." W.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE or A PIMA DELPHIAN.—
young man, a student from one of the medical
colleges in Philadelphia, attempted to commit
suicide by cutting hie throat, In Jersey Y City, on
Thursday evening. Ile came to Now ork from
Philadelphia, without the knowledge of his faintly,
on Wednesday last, and on Thursday evening he
went over to Jersey City, and called at the gym
nasium, on the corner of Gregory street and Wash•
ington place, kept by Mr. Samuel Solvers, with
whom he (Bradley) had Leon long acquainted.
Ile appeared melanoholy and. dejected, which
wee notiood by Mr. Bowers, who asked him the
cause of hie low spirits, but received no satisfactory
answer. Afterheylng been there for several hours,
and w hil e ho wee sauntering around the room, he
made a sudden gesture and fell to the floor. Upon
going to him it was found That hi had mode an
attempt to cut his throat,- and had inflloted
wound upon the right side of hie neck, about four
inches in length, from which blood was flowing
profnsely. Mr. Yowere immediately went for a
physician, and upon returning, and jutet as they
were approaching him, he again raised the knife"
and slabbed himself In the abdomen. Ile seas
very weak from loss of blood, but upon examina
tion his wounds proved to be not of a fatal nature.
Tie was removed to' the Philadelphia Hotel, his
friends telegraphed to, and he was on Wednesday
moil:dug taken home to Philadelphia by his bro
ther. The cause of the sot is a mystery, end he
refuse!) to explatn.—N. Y. Iftraftf of yesterday.
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
The Mlle by the Iliagara•
BostoN, Jan 3 —The steamship Niagara arrived
here at Me o'clock this evening. Her math were
forwarded by to•night's train, and eriii . he don in
Philadelphia to-morrow afternoon. ' -
iFor telegraphic intelligence by theljiibgatirlioe
find page. In additicu to which, we have the
lowiugj—
Commercial Intelligence
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—The Brokers'
Circular reports the sales of the week as 213.000
halos, of which 3,000 bales were on speculation,
and 1,200 for export. Prices were hi per lb lower
on qualities, and particularly for new orop—hold
ers of which were pressing on the market Fri
day's sales were 5,000 bales, Including 1,600 on
Speculation and for export, the uierket closing
quiet, though with rather better demand then pre
viously, at the following quotations ; Fair Orleans
01; Middling Orleans 51d; Fair Mobiles 6d;
Middling Mobiles ; Fair Uplands ; Mid
dling UplandsSitl. The stock in port was eqtri
mated at 381,000 bales, of which 105,000 were
American.
11READSTI7PF5.—MeFors. Richardson h Spence
quote Western Canal Flour at 233a2b5; Southern
255a265; Ohio 278a785.
WHEAT is firm, with an advance for fine quali
ties, whieh are quoted at to Melt
Conn firm ; mixed 335e33s 6d; yellow as sda
348; white 375a381.
. . .
BROVISIONS.—Pork dull ; Beef heavy ; Lard de
pressed.
SUGAR is heavy at.% decline of 6dal.s.
AunltlCiN STOCKS are unchanged.
The Manchester market is dull.
LivErtroon Footmen Msnicnr —The Brokers'
and other circulars, report Ashes quiet ; Pots :13;;
Pearls 31e 61 Sugar dull, and ildals lower. Mo
lasses generally unchanged. Coffee quiet. Rico
hone_y and slightly lower; Carolina lOs 3dalfis 6d.
For Ten quotations were barely maintained. Ro
sin dull at 3.5 Mints fur common, SsalOs fur meta.
um, and 14e 6d for fine. Cod Oil ..1:265.£27 ; Sperm
Oil £7O; Linseed Oil dull at Ms. Spirits Turpen
tine firm at 3050.315. Quorcitron Bark slow of tale,
but prices unaltered.
LONTrON DIONer MARKET.—Messrs. Baring Bro
thers quote the money market slightly easier.
Bar Sliver 51 lid; Dollars 59 id ; Eagles 78s lid.
- Consols for account closed at 021a021. The Bullion
in the Bank of England had increased I:1,382.000.
LONDON MARKETS —Messrs Boring Brothers
report Bread:quint quiet ; white Wheat Maids;
red 12a45s Flour 2.152i15. Iron dull and nominal
at XS for both rails and bars. Sugar dull and de
clined Iblais Coffee quiet. Tea in bolter de
mand, and Congou rather dearer; common Congou
1 iftials. Rims quiet. Tallow steady at 52a526 3d.
Spirits Turpentine dull at 32232 s Sd Saltpetre
declined is lida2s. Fish Oils very dull; Sperm
LOS. Linseed Oil quiet at 21's 911. Lard Oil dull
and nominal at fiGRAA. Whalebone nominal. Pig
Iron dull at 50a315. Linseed Cakes in good de
mand.
Mims: Msnicer.—For the week ending Decem
ber 10, iticlusive...—Cotton dull and all qualities
considerably lower. Sales of the week 3,000
bales; stock 75,000 bales. New Orleans Tres Ordb.
noire 05f; Bread/duffs quiet; Ashes dull; Coffee
steady ; I'rovisions dull and nominal , Rice heavy
and nominal ; Sugar heavy ; Oils nothing doing ,
Wealebone nominal.
AMERICAN SECURITIES,
Messrs. Baring Brothers report the market gene.
rally quiet. Slate Stooks were held firmly, but
in the absence of Bales quotations arc nominal.
Messrs. Bell .t Co. report generally a limited
business at previous rates.
U S 6's, 1867-6
Maryland s'B bonds
Massachusetts s's bunts....
Penne State s's
1M do s's bonds, 1877
Virginia We, 1866
Do S'o, 1888 80481
Illinois Central RR shares (discount) 13a12
Do 6's of 1875 74a76
Do 7'n of 1675 71476
Do 7's of 1850, freelands 7547
Michigan Central 83, 1850 7547
tic?. do, shares 53850
New York Central do 70a74
Do 63 80a82
Do 7e • 0002
Erie R R shares 1447
Do :;t1 mortgage bonds 67169
Do Sinking fund 40a45
Penn's Central es, lqt mortgage AlaS:
The London papers of Friday report the follow
in sales on the 17th :
Illinois Central Sixes
Do. do. Sevens 77
New York Central Sevens of 1883. 80
Penneylvania Central Railroad 2d
mortgage bonds 82)
PASSENGERS PER NIAGARA.
Capt Dennis, lady and child ; Mrs Corbett and
daughter, Mr Leon and lady, Mrs Mourchet, Mrs
Fielding. child, and infant; Mb! and Mrs Ash,
Capt Williams, Mrs Partons, Messrs Hunter, Mar
land. Fielding, Smith, Hulterman, Renter, Means,
Marwick, Menoke, Denys!, Sinclair, Smith, Heath,
Joseph, Canavan), Barron, Tail's, Cuddy, Harri
son, Wilkinson, Wolfe (3), Turner, Grant, Them
Elisabell.
WASIIINOTON, Jan. 2—Brevet Colonel Harvey
Brown, of the Second Artillery, has been ordered,
with the companies and officers of his command,
to immediately proceed with the organization
of an Artillery school of Practice, at Fort
Monroe, Virginia, of which he i% appointed Com
mandant.
A weekly mail baring been eatabliehed by the
Postmaster-General, from Leavenworth to Port
Kearney, the mail between that point and Fort
Laramie will be transmitted by the commandant
of fort Laramie, ThesamAila
on the let and 15th days. One of the most reliable
and experieneed Delaware, Shawnee or other civil
ized Indian, fifty mules, and four light wagons will
perform the service.
Lieut. General Scott arrived in this city this
morning, and shortly afterwards paid his respects
to the President. lie will remain here several
days, arranging matters in reference to the cam
paign against the Mormons, the ensuing spring.
The Fillibustera at Noriollt.
NORPOLK, Jan. 3.—Some of the officers attached
to the fillibusters arrived yesterday on board the
D. 6. sloop-of•war :tiratoga, have been allowed to
go ashore on parole.
Private Donohoe, of Brooklyn, died bore last
night. Private Peter Oakes died during the voy-
age.
Adjutant Biles has been arrested there on the
charge of grand larceny committed at Philadel•
Wu.
1111. Butteriok .and three obildren are among
the plisoners.
The officers and crew of the Saratoga are in
good health•
The Saratoga at Norfolk—Arrival of Genera
None inn, Jan. 2 —The U. S. slop-of-war Sara•
toga 0141110 up this morning to the naval anchorage,
haring on board tho portion of (ten. iValker's
mon captured by the Wabash The disposition
to be made or them is not yat known.
BALTIIIORE, Jan. 2.--The steamer Magnolia,
tram Now York for New °tiering, put In here in
distress.
Ott A4IUN 11
Non Atli a the At!snit+,
SANDY limit:, January 3-9 o'olook P. 31 —The
steaniship AtMoth), now nearly due from Liver
pool, with dates to the 21st ultimoo has not yet
been signalled. The woather is clear.
, Wxattistarox., January 3.---The Union of this
morning, apeaking of Nicaraguan affairs, says it
is quite clear That the 'breaking up' of Goland
Waiker'e expedition was the result contemplated
by tho provqms Instriptionf.
Wreak of .thee Ship •Joulpes of .rhilkdelpkln
Nnw ORLNANII, Jan. 2.—The ship Juniper of
Philadelphia, from Rio, bound for New York, Irma
tilihore lin 'hundred miles south of Pernimbueo. tier
ear-u, vonstsiod of 11,001/ bags of °aim.. The ves
sel la a Mild loss. The crew were raved. .
Walker Meeting at Mobile,
MODILET January 3.—A groat indignation meet
ing was held here last night. Resolutions were
adopted censuring the Administration for tho
SeinTO of General Walker by Commodore Paul
ding, and demanding his restoration and the repeal
of the Neutrality !AVM A number of prominent
Democrats took part in the meeting.
The bleemer
.1111ar,nolla
BALTIMORE, Jan. 3d.—The steamer Magnolia,
front New York bound to Berwick's Bay, Loui
siana, put in hero yesterday in distress. She was
out in the gales of the 25th and 30th ult. Bar
damages are, however, slight, and will require but
a few days to repair,
General Walker Serenaded
IVasnisuTux, January 3.—Uoneral Walker was
serenaded here last night.
Impor!Mon of Hides.-No have collected
the following statistics from the Philadelphia
Commercial List, one among the very best of the
commercial papers of the Union. The following
table shows the annual import of bides into this
port from 1831 to 1857, both Inclusive, embracing
a period of twentytive years :
Foreign. Coa.ttwlia. Total.
1831 132,492 no return. 132,492
1832 173,761 51,060 224,821
4833 63,485 01,593 148,078
383 1 93,091 51,879 115,570
1837 127,057 20,166 147,233
1838 03,833 29,372 123,225
1839 124,208 23.905 148,113
1940 127,528 13,030 140,576
1841 143,440 14,064 157,524
1842 123,674 19,570 143,244
1847 84,600 9,370 93,979
1844 127,632 19,092 140,724
1845 90,725 8,555' 99.290
1846 51,815 17,742 69,557
1847 76,139 75,818 151,957
3348 52,414 72.300 124,714
1840 102,6913 88,284 90,928
1850 103,882 • • 47,791 151,673
1851 134,225 35,727 169,952
1852 130,154 37,154 107,308
1853 119,977 21,434 144,411
1854 174,597 10,451 ' 185,018
1855 136,102 12,300 168,403
1833 109,755 9,399 119,154
1857 .... • • • •125,180 22,320 146,223
Foreign Hideo imported Into Philadelphia in
1857:
Number. flalci4
Porto Cabello and Legnayra ' 87,170 ....
Brazil • • 19,032 •• • •
Spanbdi Main L,lOO • • • •
Africa.... 14,:)70 • . • •
Total 125,808 ..
Calcutta, bales of Kip 180 ..
Total Coastwise 22,320 2
• TOBACCO AT BALTIMOIIB. JANUARY 2.
There appears to bo an almost entire cessation in
the business this week. The commission agents
show no disposition to press sales, while the ac•
counts of the general stagnation of business in
Holland and (lemony deter pUrcharere from
makingany operations until the condition of things
is more settled. In Ohio Tobacco we hear of no
thing doing this week. Shippers aro not very
anxious to purchase early packed Tobacco, except
at low figures, nod the little stook in market, less
than 100 Wads, is held at higher rates than ship
pers are willing to give. It is rot probable that
much will be done beforo the market Opens In the
spring.
Singular Dralh.—Coroner Fenner hold an
inquest yeaterdlty, on the body or an infant child
named Edward Fenrohr, who was choked to death
by swallowing a " sugar teat," nt No. fin North
Third etroot.
1034105
8800
9,08
7143
7d07
80a82
13a13i dicoun
From Washington
Walker's Neu
Marine Diea■ler
Nicaraguau Attains
Markets.
BALTWORC, Jan. 2.—Flour is dell. Wheat
slightly better: ealeaot Red at Slat N. and White
et. 5.101111.20. White Core, 480a51: ; Yellow, C,Oca
51e. Whiaker, 20306211 e.
Melte, January 2.—Sales to-day of 2,500 hales
Cotton at 8481 for middlings 'I he adsiees by the
Niagara caused a decline of .1. The Bales for the
week have bean 13,000 bales, and the receipts 27,-
00. The stook in port is 130,000 bales, and the
decrease, compared with last year, amounts to
80,000 halm
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2 —Before the receipt of
the Niagara's advices, 1,500 bales of Cotton were
sold. Nogales occurred subsequently Exchange
on New York is quoted at premium
New %cisme, Jan. 2.—Cotton—l,soo bales of
Cottori were sold previous to the receipt of the
foreign advice' by the steamer Niagara.' Nothing
has been done since. Seger steady, at -Link. Flour
closed with an advancing tendency, quoting at
$4.25. Lard in kept 910. Exchanges—nothing
done in sterling; on New York par and lc per
cent. premium.
THE MONEY MARKET.
Pnu.anr.Lenis. Jan. 2, 1858
The Niagara at Halifax brings the news of far
ther failures and distresses in England and on the
Continent, bat the general character of the
totelti
genre is more favorable than that by several pre
vious arrivals, and helped somewhat to stiffen the
stock market. The transactions aro still very
light, but holders seem lees anxious to realize, and
there is a disposition to speculate a little in the
fancy stooks.
The money market remains without change—a
slightly increased demand being counterbalanced
by the supply afforded by the paymeat of the in.
terest moneys falling due on new year's day.
The semi-annual dividend of five per cent on
the stock of the Beaver Meadow Railroad and
Coal Company has been declared this day, payable
at the company's office after January I Ith
The Evening Bulletin gives its weekly table of
tbo coal trade, as follows.
The coal tonnage of this week is altogether by
railroad, and is smaller than usual, at least orer
the Reading Road. We subjoin a statement of the
amount brought from the Lehigh and Sehuylkilt
Regions for the week and the season thus far in
iszAes and the season beginning Leo lit
Week ee.,t, Week Mono
Reading Railroad....: 760 107 . 516 6.681 131 673
Lehigh Val R R 1,678 1.5,1106 &MS ^ Od.:
Total.. ....... ....25,432 182 L 1 13,249 162,735
The receipts of specie at New Orleans from Sept.
let, 1857, to Dec. 26th, 18.57, were $13,4
Some time in 1830 1,210,012
Increase in 1857 $5,331,215
We make room for the following interesting ex
tract from the New York Independent, upon the
par of exchange with England :
" The true par of exchange between the two
countries IS the exact equivalent of gold in the
standard coin of England for our gold standard
"The full weight of tho British sovereign is
1231 grains• bet sovereigns are received ILIA le,ral
tender, if weighing 12.1 grains The legal fine
ness is 22 carats, or 9151 thousandths. The weight
and fineneea of Victoria sovereigns are 1213
grains, and 9161 thousandths. Our half eagle
weighs EN grains, but the fineness is 800 thou
sandths.
To ascertain the true equivalent, the fineness
must first be equalized. The 123 3 grains of the
Victoria sovereign of the fineness of 9161 are equal
to 125.551 grains of the reduced fineness of 900,
namely :
Jon 123.3
15 --1-60th 2 0.53
11-1-10th .200
0161 125.561
The fineness being thus equalized, we obtain the
proportion of—
Orsini of Halt arnica of Victoria
I aglo. I tlnrereign
129 : 5 *• 125,561 : 4,868 67
The true par of sovereigns of legal weight is
therefore •:$4.86.67 or a email fraction over $489
per pound, wish% la equal, according to the custo
mary mode of exchange, to 1694 per gent., namely :
Nominal par $4 44.44
9i per cent 42 22
14.80
English gold coins of the reign of George 11' and
William IV,are,however,generally below the legal
standard about one-thousandth as to fineness; and
the weights are found to vary from 5,111 to 5,121
dwts., for 1,000 sovereigns. The master of the
English Mint has ordered alt new coins to be of the
exact legal standard-916j thousandths
The average weight of fineness of the sovereign!
coined previous to the present reign, are sus fol
lows :
Value in
Weight. Fineness. Federal Money
Georges-122.7 grains. 9151 $1 83 8
WilliomF.l23 do
The par ',eine of these averages 14 91 as near 11.3
can be, and is recognized as such by our mint,
which is, in the common language of the sterling
exchange market, equal to a small fraction under
100 per cent., namely
Usual par.
9 per cent
:84 84 41
If American eagles are shipped to Europe, the
equivalent In exchange is $4 80.6 T per pound. or
1091 per cent., to which are to be added freight
and insurance. If British gold, the equivalent is
according to the terms on which it can be bought
in open market, and AD with California bar gold.
(told being of intrinsic value, is shipped at a
smaller profit than any ether commodity; sad a
very small fraction of profit often deterunaes Its
shipment—as low as one-sixteenth of ohe per tent.
in many cases., Forty-three unces of gold of the American fine
ness of 900 are coined into exactly $BOO worth of
eagles or half eagles, and 480 grains are equal to
one ono. We can, therefore, obtain the par of
exchange in this way : Divide the British equiva
lent of 125,581 grains for the legal weight of their
Victorian by 480, we hare the decimal 126584
part of an muse of gold; which at the rate of
$9OO for forty three ounces, is just equal to $4,-
86.61, or 1091 per pent—according to the common
mode of reckoning the exchange
' We bog to call the attention of the Chamber of
Commerce to the propriety of altering the mode of
computing exchange citc.Thigland. This is their
proper work to do. It is a simple and easy thing,
and only requires s little steady perseverance
Let the rate,ef exohange be so many dollars and
cents per pound sterling.
The par of exchange between Paris. and New
York le reckoned by our Mint at $3 84 per each
full weight twenty frano gold piece of Louis Napo
leon; Ibis Is equivalent to about sf. 2310 per dol
lar. Louie Philippe's gold twenty frano piece
weighed more, and was equivalent to $2 85.
Of course, the varying rates of interest in the
markets of London and New York greatly influ
ence the ehipmentot gold. When the rata of in
terest is high in London, as now, the shipment of
geld can be made at lees' tban actual par with
profit.
The'llostoti PoAt says The great *vent of 1857
will be the commercial revulsion which started here
to course over the commercial world. This has
been quite faithfully portrayed as a destroyer. Has
it not another character, also ' Blay it not be re
garded, even through itV heavy clouded' icaffering,
as &corrector and restorer It bas been so gene
ral, so world-wide through the great marts of trade.
that all mere local causes adduced to account for
it, miserably fail to satisfy the reason. Sometime
ago one of the Baring* remarked that a corn MOT
alai revulsion is bat en awful command first ta
nned by nebOdi knows who, and miming from no
body knoWs where, '‘• to pay up!" Is it not just
so ? The more there is to pay up, the more terrific
will be the struggle to do It. In other'words, the
more credit.thore has been given, the more Sinai
like will &And the command. Now, If this retul
sion will bring sounder ways of trade and more
cautious and honest dealing,the suffering lemma of
18.51 will not hare been In vain.
The following la
. 111 'itatentent of Wis - intim of
foreign merchandise entered for colonmption, en•
tered for warehonao,• and withdrawn front were
houte, in the port of Pfdindeiktds i dnilnk the years
1857 and 1850 :
1837. 1856.
Total ent'd for consumpt . n.sll,B43.3os $14,861,W29
warehouse . 6,706,017 3,441,459
Total imports 518,551,2'22 518.303,288
Total withdrawals 5.421,02 3,030,40
The following is an abstract of the business of
the United States Pension Bureau for the month'
of December, 1857 :
Number of applications for bounty land ... h 66
Number of warrants issued—. • • • 1,093
Total number of applications received 283,853
Total number of warrants tanned 218,762
It will require 28,344,130 acres of the public
lands to satisfy those warrants, as follows, viz:
79,34 5 warrants of 160 urea each 1' 214,460
94,032 do 120 du V.,25.3,640
47,597 do 50 do 3 606,960
333 do 60 do .... 19,0e0
460 do 90 do 16,400
5 do 100 do 600
5 do 10 do 50
FIIILADOPIIIA STOCK EXOSIANCID SALO,
!moony 1868.
Reported by R. Manly, ✓r„ Stoe.E Broher,
801 ircanut street.
YIRIVB BOARD,
100 City 8o eagh 55
000 do .. 65
100 00 Pb
100 d0..........0 3
300 d 0...........
:100 do. ..........03
600 Read It Os '4l - 0
1 Harruiburg It.. .69
4 do 33
Minebill 8...... 58 I,
21 do 69
6 do 39,1,
100 11.11,1
100 do ....... ....28
100 do bSivn.29
50 do 29
50 Head II
.1,3 do..
100 do..
. .
Cam dc Am R.... 92'
6 Palma lt
20 tlnlon Canal 1 yi
10 31echatucet . Bank..ll
10 do
3 Ito 23
do 21
7 do
3 Ilk of lienlucky..lo6
100 Oirard Bank
10 do 9
50 do
DRTWPAN BOARDS.
000 Le VIR Oa eiL.h.(l-lX 22 Ravi R 2`l
100 L .... I 12 Reny Itlfkallow
5 Rarrieburg
BROOND
100 Sch Nar PreN 05.17)
100 Read R. 24's
100 d 0...— ..... ..2h,s
100 L told B 93i
50 °Mir / B6llk 9..*
1000 Oetawiene R re... 39
2000 Heed rt 6.1 '80.... L 0
1000 60 '80... 00
3 Lehigh Strip.— .33
60 Lehigh Nal 49
9 do 49
088-DL I L
CLOSING PR .
Rid. Asked I Rid. 4 , ked.
U Ftstes 68 '68.110N de '62 prof 1
91111 S
Pills B'e lot 0ff.85 88 '• etswit 9 10
" 1111.85 86 I Wowsp't & Rho MO 11
is it 1.i.,92 92S 1 do 181moetT'1 59 60
Penneylv s'l. 82 I do 2dm 43 45
RiulSus R 201 Long Inland 9s 91.
do floode '7072 75 Vicksburg "
do !Art ea'44.81 .. Girard Rank N 9S
do do '50.65 Oa L4blgb
Peon& RR 38 11 3 S k Color' Cone' '1 199
Itletrzlio Can! Con 40 43 New Creek N X
ppm, 14 de .691( Cativo Wit R R.. 6 0,19
BY THE, PILOT LINE.
LETTER PROYI NEW YORE.
Compapionto of 'no Prom.)
NEW Tonic, Jan. 2, P.N.'S-4N P.
The preparation of yearly balances and the
payment of dividends have engaged the Attention
of the business world almost exclusively. Little
or no now business has been dont, and though the
feeling is more hopeful end buoyant, we meat not
expect activity until the month of January is
behind us. The supply of money now lying tin. ,
productive and ready for investment la very
large, and will be increased considerably by the
I , some %shads are being paid every day for dividends,
interest, ke. Capitalists, however, are not very
riser to employ their epare cash. They look
again and again ate piece of paper, however gml.
before they decide what they will do. When they
are persuaded that the '• offering" is really first
class they ate willing to part with their money on
very easy term'. even as low as hre per peat ; but
when they have any doubt. in nine eases out of
I ten, refusal is the result. Rates foe money on call
may be quoted at 6a7 per cent. Really fast class
paper-at the banks goes easily. but issue, scarce,
at seven per rent, and what the banks refuse
is negotiated In the street at IQal3 per eent-
The Above rates are, I believe, as nearly true
as it is pcseible to go. I made many
~inquiries
and took a mean proportional
The news from .Europe, contained in the tele
gram from Maliar, is not considered of epecial
importance, either for good or evil. Private de
spatches tram Halifax are more encouraging than
the newspaper despatch. They report a better
state of financial akin in London, and the almost
certainty of a reduction of the Bank of England
rate of interest (probably lob percent ,) at the next
' meeting of the directors. The bullion reserve
was daily increasing largely in volume; the
pressure of borrowers was diminishing, and
everything denotes • considerable relaxation
of the stringency in London and the ecntinental
centres of trade The stock of bullion held by
our banks cannot be much below $Nl,OOn,OOO.
Monday's statement will not show quite so much.
because the average was a falling one at the be
ginning of the week; but the receipts hare been
very large daring the letter porticia of the week.
Wednesday's steamer will probably take out close
on i 11.000,000. The market for foreign exchange
was very dull, and can be hardly aid to have
opened for Wednesday. Sixty days' oterlinx
bankers') is nominally quoted at 1t3ja1491, 10 4
short sight at lII_ Time alumni ,f metropolitan
eurreney e.rl.l6:ates it ca , 1 to be refaced to
day to 13 50 0 "..1. and it t 3 bettered that
the redemption of this balanee Bill be besre
forth wore speedily effected
The payments of Interest to-day hers been very
large, and I have not beard of any failures to pay
01 any importance. Messrs Busman, Oberman A
Co are paying interest on the following securities
Albany city, Buffalo city, Cleveland city water.
Chicago city, P,uffslo and State Line Railroad
Company, Mobile anti Ohio Railroad Company's
Income bonds, Suffslo and Niacin Falls Railroad
Company, New York State 31 stock, 'tamed to all
the construction of Auburn and Rochester Rail
road Company.
Messrs Lanier, A Co. are paying the
semi-annual interest on the fnllowing bands
-State of Indiana, issued for banking purposes. 3
Per cents, City of Chdlienthe 7 per ten's, town of
Marietta 7 per cents- county 7 per cent.,
Washington county 7 per cents. Champargn county
7 per cents, lamed to the Columbus. Sequa, and
Indiana Railroad ; Sci o to county 7 per cents. city
of Port.niontls 7 par cents, Allen county 7 per
c , tits. Crawford county 6 per ten!". all Ohio. and
the Chicago city 'Sewerage bonds, 6 and 7 per
cents '
The followin; dividends have been de,lared :
Hanover Fire Insurance Company send-annual
dividend of 6 per cent., payable on demand;
Merchants' Exchange . Bank semi-annual dividend
of 3 per cent., 9th instant ; Butchers' and Dro
vers' Bank semiannual dividend of 5 per tent ,
Lith instant; National Fire Insurance Company
semi-annual dividend of 12 per cent., 6th instant;
Nassau Bank aemi•annual ditidend of 3 percent.,
15th instant; Market Fire Insurance Company
semi-annual dividend of 7 per cent.. on demand:
Park Rank send annual dividend of 3 per cent ,
on demand.
The exports of specie for the week ending to-day,
and for the year 1655, from the port of New Tett,
are as follows:
Steamer Black Warrior, Havana,
Spanish doubloons 1134,tkeft 03
Total. for the week..
Previously reported
Total Mai'
The exchanges at the Clearing 1190116 to-day
were $15,320.157 83, and the balances were $31.9,-
119 53. The cash transactions at the Bab-Tres:
our' , were. Receipts, $314,538 43 ; payments,
$330,155 33; balance, $.1,259,335.31. The receipts
at the Custom Mouse for dative were $75 000.
The first Stock market in 18.58 was active and
buoyant. Reading wee particularly active, com
mencing at 551 and eloomg at 56, having once
touched ST ; New York Central which elosedat 711
on Thursday closed lteds,y at 15, and Erie improved
per cent. on Thursday's closing prioe. There
were no sales of bask shares. In State stocks
former prices were steadily maintained, with mode
rate gales. The Niagara's news bad a favorable
influence on the market, and the bulls may be *aid
to be in high courage. The Michigan Central Rail
road Company have refused, at their office in BO*.
ton, to pay their bonds due January Ist, IEOO.
The Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnatißallroad
have declared a semi-annual dividend of fire per
sent., payable February I. The coupons oa all
the bonds of the Milwaukee and bliasimippi Rail
road were being paid to-day.
- v., NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE—J/1. 1.
FIBS? BOARD
1,000 311.043ari 64 ezd 7711
2,000 41 77
10.000 do bwo 'a
2,000 do WS 171(
10,000 do e 17)(
3 000 Tenn 6s '9O exi DO
3,000 Erie Con '6'2 41
3,000 Ilir Ist exert c 67
3,600 111 Ceu 81
SMO do CM ct;
5,000 do sSil Fix'
1.000 La Cre & Mil 30
6,500 Hell Ceo Dd 84 i
80,000 do 660 &4
5 Cumberland C 9'41
50 do 9%1
100 Del & find al6O 10731
5 do 107 s
10 I' DAUS 3Co 63 1
I. Hartford & 7, II 1121]
10 Had RI, R 19
313 A Y Cent 741,1
ISO do WO 74%
250 Co all) 7411
000 do ''
D3O 74
100 do ',OO 74 1
100 ' do 010 ?4
12f) do e, 14%
50 do 030 71;
50 do bl 3 71;
50 00 e 74%
100 do c Tit(
100 do D 7 74,1 1
150 do 1O 71S
101 Cle & Tol 11. b 1342
107.3 do s 3 12).
30.) do 42,s
101 do 015 42,,,
E1=313
As n Es.—The market is quiet and nominal at 54
for both Pots and Pearls.
COTTON —The market laden and nominal at Sla
90. for middling Uplands. The tales reached %beat
1,000 bales, chiefly before the publication of the
Niagara's news. Though holders manifested some
more spirit in the foremen, the market cleeed with
the turn in favor of the buyer, while prices were cot
fully established under the news.
Corrts —The market opens quiet and steady
with no transactions of magnitude reported. Total
stock on hand. 121,447 bags and 5.550 mats. inclu
ding 99,176 bags Rio, 13.495 Bahia, and 0,155 bags
Maracaibo.
Frork, de —The transactions /a the Flour mar
ket are only to a very limited extent. and prices
generally are without material change. The de
mand is chiefly for the supply of the pressing wants
of the local trade. The attendance on 'change was
small, and the time more devoted to the usual New
Year congratulations than to business Sales of
3,500 bbls at 14.20a5i 2.5 for superfine State, 1415
n 54.05 for extra State, 14.2044 30 for common to
good supitrfine Western, and 14.45a5530 isr com•
mon to medium extra Michigan, Indiana,
Wisconsin, and Ohio. The market closing firm for
State superfine and extra, and rather heavy for
pretty much all other grades. In Canadian Flour
there is only a limited business, closing at un
changed prices.
Sales 300 ' bbta at $1.25411 30 for superfine. and
$-1 00a20.00 for common to choice extra Sou them
flour rules quiet; sales small parcels at 14 :Pa
15 00 for superfine, and 15.05a30 00 for fancy and
extra. Bye Flour and Corn Meal are dull, and
nominally the same.
The following is the stock of dour held in New
York city on January lot
Western Canal.
Canadian flour.
S'outhern flour.
Grain—There is scarcely anything doing in
wheat and thermarbet remains in the same dull and
heavy state as noticed for some little time pant
Small sales of Southern at $l.lO, mixed ditto at
flab, and White ditto at $1.20.
Rye is steady, with a moderate demand; sales
3,000 bushels prime Northern at 730, deiirered.
Barley dull and lower; sales 1,200 bushels prime
4-rowed State at 72e, delivered. Barley,Malt is en
tirely nominal.
For Corn there is fair Eastern and local demand
at unchanged rates. Sales 23.000 bushels new
Southern at dTaSOc for yellow, and .sSao.2n for
white. There is nothing of moment doing in old.
Oats are in moderate request at 23a30e for Vir
ginia; 3.ss;iro for Delaware and Pennsylvania;
.3314370 for Jersey; 42,440 for State; and 15e for
Western.
The following is the stock of wheat and ern
held In New York city ox January 1 • Wheat,
9,1: 1 00 bu ; Corn, 97,000 bix
a _aletione are only to a moderate ex
tent and prices are without important change
Bodes 200 boles at 60a85c per 100 lbs.
Motssass.—The market continues steady, and
priors are nominally the Seale. Total stock, .4,4513
bbd,. and 4,512 bbla.
NAVAL S7ORE3.--SpirlL4 Of Turpentine are rery
dull, as usual an Saturdays The sake are very
small at 31iC,Caftt. Crude Turpentine remains quiet
at $2.73a5.3 per 2so lbs. Common Rosin is nomi
nal at $1 30a51.33 per 31 the. Tar and Pitch dull
and nominal
Pits imoas —The transactions in Pork are
only to a limited extent, and prices may be quoted
a shade easier: sales 300 bbl, at $l5 401915 30 fir
o ld Mess, $l5 753915 90 for new do; and 913413 -
2., for Prime.
'27 344 133
In beef there is but little doing, esti prices are
unchanged. sales 50 bble at 55.70a?6.50 for coun
try Prime, $94J.75 for country mere, '5101442 ;'
for reEoched Ines'; and sl3asl4 for extra do.
Beef hauls very firm with sates at $14e1.5. 50
Dressed hogs in fair supply and dull at 71a71...
Cdt meats* shade lower. Sales 100 kb& at saeic
for shoulders, and SeSjc for ham•.
Lard firm, sales 100 bbls at SfaCtie. and small
parcels at ojagic.
In butter there is a moderate business doing Si
Halite for Ohio, and 14a21c for State.
Cheese is in falr supply. and dull at ttiatFc per
pound.
Rine.—The market is quiet with small sales at
3a3 I for ordinary to prime Total stock 3,118 tea
tkosn—Remains quiet and the niarket steady.
Total stock 9.997 Mills, 8,698 boxes. 1,40 bags, and
0,079 hhds Melada.
TALLOW—Ia in moderate demand at unchanged
prices. Small sales of prime city are reported at
toe per lb, web. Rough fat is bad at S.le nub.
EISICEI".—The market i• dull and prices tend
downward; sales 10e bbls. in lots, at 220. Buyers
generally do not oder orer 21121t5.
.lid to The Gorernor.—H. F. Keigkedy has
been appointed an eta to 001CTLOT Potteek, etith
the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
$34.00001
44,393,295 20
1U,432.296 20
000 Erie It 11 alO 16
340 do e IS
200 do 134,
360 do 161
100 do 030 It lif
100 do aI9 IS 41;
1570 Harlem II 6
100 do MO 6
5 0 13 & Quincy 6SX
26 do SO
50 Cle Col & CID eOl
POO Reeding 11. s) 55
1100 do 460 55
1100 ,lo * l OO 1.53;,
1500 do 160 3 5 51
12'.) do al 55 i
1509 do 55+,
1100 do 1 5 5>,
1109 do e 55 1
Iwo do 13 55%
150 do e3O ski
100 do 143 56
II Itleh Coo R 3.14,'
33H St trio El 13 1 ,
1 110 do e2O
45 do OA) 20 , 1
100 do ..320 i
314 11.1 era 12 13. 531
3/ do 304,
200 do 533 01,
100 Cler & Fitts R 603 11
1100 Chi & 11 1 R 610 72
1100 do 72{
35 do
50 da
1 , 30 7.7 , ,
50do 72 .
1 20 LeCroarr & 34 1,/4,
1 :Z do 11
476,90.0 bbls
7.841.6
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