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Im.U, ~. . . . . . ), • I t' %Mak Itecitp 'lilt. . 13413`t a 00,4,QUateM STILT, maw irdohrokortior, pa' !maim emweny cusOialuilimignsitt !St 4 1 ,, a , k4w• onesirtgr - As ' :11.11 A 4V 1. -sieit' lowSor' Miloomsoig.o o oooolo. ogilkon , - DIAMOND& Saddam, `:Sh all Starr' Rimy Drswii* - oelfiff - froi df allAlri for ihoft WWI GOLD A beautil* arvitemot of Alf the new sty* of lb» Jawlirr, foc# sildouSq, Otona and lipaelt,Oraneo, Pimirl,'Cors3, Cabinets, IniquiAlt,e, La &, &o.r&A. - , 111V9137f.D CUSTOM, 3.48K5T0, WAITERS, A , Brow) eant Meals ()LOOKS, of seined style., end of tuporior quality. solettwknly 1 E. OALDWE-LL A-00. ; 111 • 432 CHESTNUT Street, Have reaelvaii, per steamere. new styles - • Jewelry, Mttolaiat, Feet Chalet. Epleedld Fame, Hair Piet. • - /cult Stands, pager Basketa. Jet deed/land Flower Vases. Coral,Lava and Floosie Sete. Sole 'EgenU in Philadelphia for the sale of . Oblulei Droddtam , e LONDON TIRMICERPFES. • dela SILVER WARE.— • IMMIX WILSON & SON. MANUFACTURERS OF 811.VER WARE, (En ADLISEED 1813,) a. W COWES all/la AND CUllerr A large assortanest of iIIi,VBFL SHE, of every Be icription, conettintly on blued, or nisde to order to match any pattern desired. ' Impolters of Sheffield snd Illrnaidgbant Imported ware. seMd&wly T B. JAR & BRO. - w•aolintmino 4stv liotoniONS ' NUMXII-PLATRD WAD, No. 80L Otuarbant Streit, Am Third, pp inairod PhUadolphis. oictlE v lr and for onto to L. Tn 05 4604 TR" 0 5, NOON 8.004 , 10 X 0011, PITONS'!, SUIT_ ,fl CUPS WAITINIS, RAO- I, ED O, CASTORS, DIM!, S POONS , " FOLIS, I,ARLI6, &0., &o. Gilding And plain' on all kinds of aloha. ood-1y T° -Ys. FA%WY ARTICLES, - CANES, , • CIIINA AND PAYRD. DA13,1 , 28, GAMES, - PIPES, BEGAB. OASES, • • *BIDED, AID NIZELIth, &AY. With on endless Variety or 'other GOods, just opened - azotiqx DOLL, No. 14 NORTH SIXTH STMT. VANES of a veredescrlption mounted with Void, Silvan Ivory, AC. Danes, Open' Caftsiesisod OratthoilAestY repaired C OL. G. DE KOEFONAY.`IIAI3 ,TELE honor to Inform the Citizens of Philadelphia that he has been appointed.IIITEBREIITRIt of the United. States Sonde, and opened an Office for 'translations of all Modern Languages at ./140 OSORGE Street, obeys TEN TIC, where be will be In attendance to all the nese trananctions in hie line . , Irli INCED • The dubecrrber hes commenced manufacturing hie Ne Plat Infra MINORD M.P.A.T, • • vhich he offer. to his customers , LAWS' or LULL iimisTrnso. °niers Chewy& nowit DIEPATOG Dile be punc busily attended to. " TOM& Ni r WORT, nlB lurd SPRING . GARDEN and:NRANALIN sta. CIiOAP BUNKER FUEL . — G AS OK% itedieutquallty, bold atiIisSaIIoUNBLPHIL eAlt WOO forth. oodoned Prize of dos ;salsa lutiod, and sasylai obtained to lame or Await ;unlit y j_T_Al ittyrl , 08, lid 611,4 i NO. 20 Booth 811T8,2 To Forefoot?* by Irkottialeot is sold at the Voiks, in Pint Wird, by the eta prise equtralrat to An *malty,* 1111,60 par ton. • (dlgned,) —J. 0. 011118BON, Inglneer, Pins.*Ditenta , edul Woo**. Ann. 28, ;AI. an 21•1( W „. ILLIAMIIERRY MOORErFURNISII ING lINDSRTAKER No. 14.15 ARM street, west of Woad; late of 646 ARCH Street, Lea* Wins. stgarkoßiavid I LTEICYSITPERIOIi N 0.40 TWO•THREAD alum TWINE, kid neer& and for Rale by WEAVER, YITLER & 00. ja2•u No, 23 N, WATER St. and 22 N, WRAIVER. • t I . . .. -- ' " . '--, \o\iit i / ,' / •, ..t.v4 . te rA . . . 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Piii&AzNaiinu, /AD 2, 1865.j.t.0t* --- ItrsURANCE °WANT OF THE 'STATE ` OF rptiray)aus. • Pinitcmvini,Deo, 30,1467. •- Tito nielliteating thelltecktiolare 111 • be bell at tke flomeern.fillice. No. 42E0114E0V, on, TUE& DAY, !smart : 6411, letca_ - °Week noon; and en Election lei Tuirtaiiiiittoctots , will be held at came piece on. MONDATilannary. 11,1454, between the bows o[lo o'clopliot 31... and a o'clock V. M. 4i-ES- ile;LEtethl HARPER, accre•ary. OPPIOE 'OP THE NORTHPENNSYL 'YANIA lIAILEOAD COMPANY. The Annual Meeting of the-Btookkoldern of " PIIZ NOICTU PENNSYLVANIA 11AILIOAD COMPANY," will -be held kt the" naive of the Compa', No. 123 WALNUT, above Fourth street, Phlladelkhla, ou MOM ilanuery 11, US, at 11 o'clock A. M., nt which Utile and plane an Elsetion will be held for a President .and Pen Dirge:dare, to serve for the snaking year. de26,dtJall. ABIita.TRONG, Secretary. Nll oTioil.- Office- of the Beaver Meadow .1: Itollro4 044 say: " • , eaann,rala December 14, un. The annual meting of Ike Stockholders of the Dearer Meadow Railroad "Mod s Osed-Compaorwfl be held at ,their: °dice. No. SU WAdaiUT Street,- ore IMONDAY, the latk or Jaonarroext,_ot 11 o'clock, 4 which time an eliatoa will bohe/dforyreeldent aria tab Director, for ; the eoMetelg year. 01MU ' ,_drlsoitexrdso - 1.044131N,A1ea , and Tree. . ' tcE UHICISTAICOUNTAIN AWD VO. INta: 111, anialiSt.; l3 i*lng of the Stiwittaldere of this Compeatwill be hebt it tber otitee;l4.-8 8 S. rOt tnrif Streati an MONDAY; 'the Ultit Jebom,l, st oelock dit *bleb Woe there will be an election of Di.' renters to serve for the ensuing year. thdayatjam , - WM. O. ~I,univ.to, Secretary.. NOTICE IS' 'HEREBY GIVEN THAT application bee been made to the Trusteed of the FIRE ASSOCIATION OF IMILAOELPIIIA, for the - renewal of a policy of Insurance, No. 13,880, issued In the name ofJohn J. Shoemaker for $l,OOO, dated June 6,1840. Trausterred- to Wm. B. Fairchild . October 8, 181; and by him to the Wes era Building Association October 11.1882 , which has been lost or mblaid, and In. - fortnetbia thereof trill be received by ial-thatip4w4 MERCANTILE LIBRARY.—The annual meeting orals stockholders of the MERCANTILE ,LIDEARY COMPANY, for the election or Directors and Treasurer, and for the transaction of other business, will be held fa the Library room. on TUESDAY EY EN INO, January 12th,.1868, at 7) o'clock. •CHARLES H. LINDEN, Secretary. December 80th, 1887. jal.frtutt aFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COM `Lr,PANY OF NORTH AMERICA—Pn MADELPNIA, December 8 at, 1857.—The annual meeting of the Muck holders will bold at the °Mee of the Company, No. 232 IYALNUT Street, on MONDAY. January 11th. IPS, at 12 o'elock u , and on TUESDAY, the day following, January 12th. 1858, an Election will be held for Direc tors, to serve the easuing year. jal-dtJal2 HENRY D. SHERRERD, Secretary nIVIDEND-NEW ORLEANS GAS MIXT COMPANY.—Faanssa , asD MOCIIIANICS' Sass.: Philetelphia, December 21, 1857.—The tort Orleans flu Light Company have de sawed* ond-sannal Dieldend or FIVE PER OEM'. payable atthis Bank, to the Philedelphiihteekholders, atter the first day of January next. o.Cashier. publifationi. 11(11RYSTOIANS' POCKET ,DAY-BOOK I /011,1859.--i nit littblished and forule by C. J. PRICE R. 00., . . No *South tax:re Street, stave Chestnut The Day-TOok confides an Alumnae, Tableiof cent; parslse Medicinal Ifoisesl_,Polessea and their Antidotes, ariti t sb -aid Pike* alearlltwol AtQWIC sitralghte and Combining ProportlowcArticies of Diet. Casoparatlve Thermometric sago% Bia:timple "AA 1, - Tablea of Doses -of all-the -principal pre =kitame Of the Pharmacephe, - Vialting I.otand Index, for Monetary Negagenseuts, „ Dan* Account, 11~ Addeeseste, Hills and Accounts seked-tor, Vac. wiefskltewastehetetcinNaprrements, Sottish, Preneh, stodAwasticallitelkal Periodicale,'kc., &c. • bittyfellillered with lice co-operation of several emieseet's of the Pnidemilon, the Publishers trend .1111 a want hitherto uweeredi and with a stew tot di later* improvement, will , happy to receive say suggestions respecting amen alone, additions, &c. -The shove are prepared for 25 -and 10 patients, and bound in prions style's. . jet ORIGTITAI;`' EDITION OF -011ARLES KNIORT'S PIOTOBIAL SIIAKBPBAUE—IncIud ing tho Doribtrat plays add Biography, and illustrated with VirT ininterwas Engravings on Wood, In the high. eat yleedeirt; Awning II vals,troparial S ea. subscribers hula Been - sitsbled to meanie three ,copied atatin/ zuwaidoentridltienoti3bakepeere, which brailbastampasanAl samba, Isamedista applies- Si* AIMO la lama illampoLatantat la pro *abillc4l4.M'- O, 7: - IPALON to 00 • , SNOW. rifiipc.:**3lll.l4kVisilinwaigarbßlT. .1410rAtilaie.---„-ALn,--This nen , and P 67•141 eats baled at Lairrowa, _ .5. 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BARNES', Ja., Agent, ADAMS =FRES& Co., OFFICE, iss 41PRINTNUT STREIT, forwards PAROEII tataAeilkinsestANDivs„ . BANK NOTES 'ad itrictue, either by Its atm was, or in econeetloa art* °tat EXPRESS COMPANIES, to all the priuelpal lOWA ed ONUS at the United States. Y. 11. SANDFORD, aal•tt CHmaral Superintendent. .filotten. 1500 PATRIOT AND SPANISH DOUBLOONS, 108 BALE BY • ORONISE & 'WROTE BROKERS, js24Bt 40 South Third street SOULL, OAMBLOB,- CO., • BANKERS, N.. 9b %silk Third slreet. The Milked premium pall for • AMERICAN GOLD ♦AD NEW YORK EXOBANOR. truOurroat Fonds bought sod sold. Stocks bought And sold on eommbudon only. nold-gmlt A MERICAN GOLD AND .NEIPT YORK EXCHANGE WANTED AT swum CURRENT RATES, BY CRONISE Or. CO 19/ S BCIE BROLiRS. no2l-dif • 40 SOUTH THIRD ST BTINGLEY & BANKERS, 1 Ne. 8T South 'MIND Street, Philedelphis. COLLIS:1101ST promptly meAe on all accessible points in the United Staten and Canada. Stook., ))odds, ko., tiougheend Sold on Oommiseion. - "Unonerent Bank Notes, Checks, ku., bought et the Intuit rates. Deposits received and Internet allowed, u per agree ment. not-Am %%terrine at taw. lEL DOUGHERTY, ATTORNEY AT LAWi fkintheast Corner of XIGUTEI and LO OINT Striati, Phllatalphia. YER STNOIIBE, ATTORNEY AT kIiAL LAW, 011311111 steed, Pottsville, Pe. antly 115110111ADXLPIIIA. TYPE FOUNDRY— Je• N. W, Oar. TOW end Of/OMM Ms. L. PII.OIIZX 4 , NO*, thenlahil for the liberal pa. trosage heretofore sdoelded to their - and desiXodii to meitt its continuance Weald announce , to Printers end Publishers that their new fiPEOUIEN -BOOT IS now ready, and from theli increased facilities, era rims prelassed to furnish every thing necessary in complete Printing Zsteblishment, at the shortest no tine. Their long practical experience in the business, and the fact of their personal superintendence of the Matinfactiming deparknent, justifies them in assorting that they can furnish a more durable and better Iln• iahed article than their cotempdraries. .Those, thiirifore, who desire Printing Sfatsrinigi would do well to.ipply to them previous to purchasing Osewhires. OM type takes at 0 oasts per pound, In Mt r a t for new at eloetmen prima. . ARCHER, WARNER, MISKEY, & CO., xi. • ) 131491101111114 or GABALINRS; DILIAIKRTS, PENDANTS, FITTINGS, p 4 ranfloof Goa acid Lamp Work, Glrsndolar, &0., No. VD GISESTNGT STRRY,T, PHILkDRLPHIA. ARGUER, WARNE R L A 00" No. WO BROADWAY, NEW YORK. irr Bulldlnp fitted with 131 M Pipes, and all kin& of altering and repalthig of Gm Work. doll Bm 4100 m GALLS. WHALE OIL, 1,000 gall. Zlopbant Oil, 60 Idds. No. 1 Lard ON, for ealo by • ' 0110ABDALIL PEIRON, & CO., toloo No. 104 N. DeilMlTe AVOMIII 5 ow TONS of MITCHELL & OROAS &moiI .improyed' antler PHOSPHATE OF JAM fir isle by WDASDALE, MIME & 00 , onlo- N0.3.04 N. Delaware avenue. ROSIN.-4460ARREL8 SOAPIdIiKER 8 RORIXI to Itrive jgor saboonet J. It Flume, Tor Oa* by MASTIN k bROALLOTIB, 4434. p. tos WON Owl! Ult s'4l;ress+ TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1858 ACROSS THE FRONTIER There can scarcely be any thing worse, in congressional or parliamentary representa tion, than for the religious element to be diagged in as a qualification—clothing Faith herself in the soiled garments of intolerant partisanship. In this country, where one of the great principles of national organization is the exercise of universal toleration—where there is no State Church, and where there is no territorial and hereditary property as en doWment—no pecuniary grant from the Pub lic Treasury—in a word, no exclusively fa vored sect, we have hitherto generally es caped this evil. But U is very different in what some people still call " the old country." In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, even so recently as within the last thirty years, (for Catholic Emancipation was not granted until 18290 a law existed which pro hibited a Boman Catholic from sitting In Par liament—his religious belief being the dis qualification, even as, mutate IntaaNdis, It is of the Jew to this bout. Attar that great 'struggle, in which O'Corr- Neu. won the triumph, for which GRATTAN and FLOOD, CURRAN and PLUNRET, and all the great talent and patriotism had been vainly contending, through ninny years, one evil re mained. What is called Protestant Ascendancy, or the right of the minority to rule and of the majority to submit, was scotaliod, not killed. The population proportion of the Irish Catho lics to the Irish Protestants (of all denomina tions) was as about six to ono, when Emancipa tion was granted. The great principle of this ascendancy was to give place and power ex clusively to the , favored Protestants. The great champion of this ascendancy was the Orange Association, originally bound by oath to perpetual opposition and enmity to the Catholic religion, and to those who believed in it. For over forty years this Association fed the Same of intolerance. It interfered to keep Catholics out of places of honor, trust, and emolument, under the Government; it inter fered with the administration of Justice ; it in terfered, most fatally, with the peace of Ire land; it Interfered, most constantly, with the freedom of election. Men who sought to go Into Parliament wore tested, not by their merit and character, but by their religious profes sions. Orangeism, in its worst and openly rampant state, broke down in 1885, when it was all but legally proved—the moral convic tion was strong, indeed—that some of its lead ers seriously inclined to change the succession to the• British throne, by substituting the Duke of Cumberland, Grand Master of the Orange men, for the Princess Victoria, the legitimate heiress. Since then—until the recent display in Belfast—Orangeism has been comparatively silent, though there still is an occasional grand battle at the hustings to return Ascendancy candidates. Orangoism, suppressed in Ireland, crossed the Atlantic, and made itself a home in British North America, or rather in the Canadas. There was as much boldness as success in this avatar. The Canadian population mainly con sists of French-Canadians, Irish, Scottish, English, Dutch, and German emigrants, or de scendants of emigrants. There was a pretty fair division of religions professions—Protest ant and Presbyterian on one side and Catholic on the• other. The former interest predomi nated in Upper Canada; the latter in Lower Canada. They might have gone on very well, without squabbling, but they did not. The Old rejudices were undying. The Orange principle was maintained. The Orange flag flaunted proudly in antagonism to the Catho lic population. The old " Protestant Ascend ancy" feeling was in operation, " neat as im ported." Successfully, too—for all the lead ing offices under the Government were exclu sively filled by avowed Orangemen, and seve ral members of the Cabinet ostentatiously held high station in the Orange Association. There Is a Parliament in Canada, to which candidates were eligible, without reference to, or disqualification from, their religious belief. Bat the Orangemen stopped in, and practical ly made it impossible for a Roman Catholic to become a member of the Legislature. We doubt whether, in the last Provincial Parlia ment, there was a single Roman Catholic mem ber. At Montreal, whore the population was mixed—. French, Canadians, Irish, Scotch, Antericane—to the number of 80,000, of whom half were Catholics, there was not a single Catholic representative. Nor, we believe, within the memory of that venerable antiqui ty, known as "the oldest inhabitant" had any such phenomenon been heard of there. During the last summer, Orangeism became more rampant then ever in Canada. It com mitted several curious freaks before -high Heaven, winding up by duly publishing a no tice that (calling itself "the Loyal Institution of British America") it would apply to the Legislature at its next session, for an act of incorporation. A few months before this announcement, Mr. TIIOIIAS D'Ancv McGee—who had suc cessively conducted Catholic journals in Bos ton, Buffalo, and New York, and was well known in the United States and the Canadas as a popular lecturer, an eloquent speaker, and a good writer—established a tri-weekly newspaper at Montreal, calling it The New Era. He was invited to take this step by a large number of friends and admirers, who present ed him with the necessary funds, and who, after he bad been six months among them, further testified their approbation of' his course by presenting him, at a public dinner, (at which there was the usual " escape of gas,") with $2,000 as a souvenir. Mr. McGae, from the first, contended for equality of civil rights, and denounced politi cal proscription on account of religious faith. When Orangeism indulged in some foolish freaks, Mr. McGee first laughed at the institu tion, and then applied himself with hearty good will and undoubted ability to show its true na ture and pretensions. He stated how wholly the Catholic moiety of the inhabitants were without direct parliamentary representation, and particularly set forth the claim of Mon treal to have at least one Catholic out of the three members It is entitled to select. Just at this time, a change of ministry took place in Canada—there is a new cabinet, on an average, once every twelve months there— and a dissolution of the Parliament. The Li berals of Montreal placed three candidates in the field, Messrs. Seam, MeGut, and Het,- TON. Tho same number were placed by the Ascendancy, viz, Messrs. Rose, (the Solicitor- General,) STARNEE, and CARTIER. The elec tion took place, and two of the Liberal candi dates (Demos; and McGee) were elected, Mr. Solicitor-General ROSE, a cabinet minister, being the only Ascendancy man voted in. As over nine thousand votes were recorded out of less than ton thousand electors, the contest must be looked upon as a very close ono. Thanks to the admirable organization of the Liberal party, no election ever passed off ix Mon treal with more entire freedom from tu mult and riot. On the other hand, several lives were lost at Quebec and other places. Here, at last, the Catholics of Montreal have a member of their own, in the person of McGee, undoubtedly a man of ability, who has a Ono career before him, if ho will only pursue a straightforilard course. It is not because a Catholic has succeeded—for we have no feeling whatever on that head, our own faith being different—that we think this matter important, but because it is likely to effect a decided change in the political system of Canada, a country so close to us that we must feel an interest in her present and her future. It was only bocatiae no one powerfully exposed and combated its intolerance that Orangelsm has obtained the supremacy it undoubtedly still holds in Canada. Another organization, in tolerant upon the other aide, might readily have been formed; but this, which would have duplicated the evil, the Catholics have had the PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 5. 1858. wise forbearance and good sense not to at. tempt. For a century and a half, the intolerance which placed a citizen under ban, because he did not belong to the "Church established by Law," was the curse of Ireland. Every whore, what ever the intolerance which thus aims at political supremacy, honest and true men should denounce the evil principle. We have very little of it hero, and hope that, by the aid of good sense and patriotism, we speedily shall have none. It is legitimate to fight, man to man, party to party, on political principle but who shall Bay that it is right to bring Re ligion herself into the arena of contention? There is a grave lesson in this triumph of Mr. MeGsz, if the intelerants of Canada will only apply it. Had they kept their Orangeism quiet, they would not have drawn McGzz from his newspaper. He is literally sent into the Legislature by his opponents. By their aid alone he was made the champion of a cause. EXCERPT FROM A M. TRAGEDY. A correspondent (whom we recognise as •the Hon. AUOVATUB Daum, Greensburgh, Columbia county, Pa., and formerly member of Congress) sends us the beading and high. toned poetry which follows, with an intrOdUC tlon which we take the liberty of annexing. He says I Some years ago, shortly after my first acquaint. anon with Mr. Forrest, I wrote a tragedy, (to do which bas been said to be as indispensable to story author as it is for every ohild to take 'theobieken pox.) which I intended to present to him. When I finished it, however, I did not consider it worth mall, and do not yet. It is called Balboa,' and is founded on the incidents of the disoovery of the Pattie Ocean by the celebrated Vasco Ponca de Balboa, in 1513. The enclosed is an extract from the scone in which the discovery is pictured—the priests accompanying the expedition chanting this anthem:" To tho eternal Throne. Where light bespreml the darkling Universe; afar Through realms of luminous space, where every glo rious star Bhines out from zone to zone • A holy anthem raise For every good vouchsafed to us, and mercy given ; While untaught Nature, with us, lifts its voice to Heaven In utterance of praise. Serenely smiles the sea, In welcome of glad tidings which Thy servants bring Of Thee, the universal Lord, Creator, Ring— Father Divine, of Thee, The moaning forest grove Hushes its gentle murmurs In the breeze, t' upturn Its eager, listening ear, and hoar Thy voice, and learn Thy wealth of Holy Love. The ocean•lslea rejoice, And clap their twinkling hands ; and duellers of the deep Wake, in obedient wonder, from enchanted To listen to Thy voice, From every leafy bower, Bespangled with bright Autumn's radiant lutes, high swells Thy choral triumph ; iu every granny nook where dwells ➢east, bird, or tiny flower. Abroad we'll spread Thy name, And glorify Thy word and works, 'tilt Heathen lauds, Rare, in Thy shining temples, break th' accursed bands That bind to sin and shame, CAUSE AND EFFECT For The Press ) I have noticed in several of ourdaily papers, as well as in one or two of our neighboring country weeklies, reasons given for the cause of the terrible ordeal our mechanical, manu facturing and mercantile pursuits, have or aro now passing through, and advisory remarks to all, but more particularly to manufacturers and commission houses. Ali of this is very right and proper, and if I thought that the root of the evil had been touched, or even hinted at, by any one of the numerous writers upon the subject, I would not trouble you to publish this. Much has been said and written upon extra vagance, over-trading, western lands, tariffs, banks, &c., &c., all of which, doubtless, have had considerable to do with our present troubles, but in my bumble opinion, Disormnscv stands foremost is the cause, the min cause, of the downfall of many who have been obliged to default. You may ask,whon did this insolvency com• mence 7 wore all the houses that have laid down insolvent six months ago 1 To the first, I would answer that much of the insolvency, from the effects of which we are now suffering, commenced as far back as 1848—it commenced with the extending of credits, and has been growing worse as credits lengthened, and only required the withdrawal of confidence to ex pose a state of rottenness as alarming as unex pected. To the second question, I would answer that many of the houses which have been obliged to succumb, were not insolvent six months ago; their insolvency has been occa sioned by the Inability or indisposition of the reckless Overtrader and unprincipled merchant to meet their liabilities when duo. I have found, Mr. Editor, on an examination of some, and by the testimony of friends in regard to other Allures, that the insolvency of houses heretofore considered A No. 1 could be traced to outside operations. In every in stance that has come under my own immediate observation, such has been the case; these outside operations have been encouraged by long credits. It' it was proper, I could give you the ~ es of houses who have as much lokced in operations as extraneous to their regular busi ness as building a railroad to the moon would be to nine, as would pay their debts in full, and have abundance to commence anew with; in fact, if their profits had been kept in their business, they would not now be subjected to the mortification of asking for a release on the payment of forty, fifty, or sixty per cent. of their indebtedness. It is to be hoped that our troubles will not be without their good effects, if they teach us self-reliance, if they teach us that the only way to make any business profitable, (I cure not whether it is selling corn by the cargo, or vending California pea nuts by the penny's worth,) is to prosecute it with vigor, give our entire business hours to it, watch every op portunity to turn our knowledge to profitable and honorable account, to keep our store expenses within prudential limits, to do no more business thap we can drive, (the moment business drives us, that moment insolvency commences;) if it teaches us that we have been giving and taking too long cre dits, that the commission and importing houses should reduce to six months and the jobber to four; if it teaches us that the credits given these last nine years have been our bane, and that our only hope in recuperation is for one and all to adopt rules as unalterable as the laws of the Medea and Persians, that our credits shall be shortened; if it teaches us that we owe a duty to our creditors not to engage in any other kind of business than that which we are given credit in, or that which our creditors have a right to suppose that we are prosecuting to the best of our ability ;—if we aro taught all these things by our recent losses and troubles, I, for one, think that we will purchase our ex perience of a cheap rate r Ora Four. Gilt nn, Eau: Co., PA.., t December 24, 1857. The question of the admission of Kansas is the all-absorbing one in political circles here, and never did I witness such unanimity on any question that divided the leaders of our party, as is now found among the rank and tile, the honest, hard-handed and warm-hearted Demo cracy of Erie county are with Judge Douglas, and are In favor of «squatter sovereignty" in its broadest and most comprehensive sense, and will not be satisfied with anything short of a Constitution for that distracted people that will reflect their will. That is what they have been promised, and the people supposed that promise was made in good faith, and believe themselves to be a party to the bond, and, like true men as they are, aro determined the bond shall be lived up to and flailed in letter and In spirit. Let this be done, and the Democracy of this nation will occupy a proud and impreg nable position, one that will defy the combined assaults of its enemies, and command the re spect of all men. Fail, and what honest Demo crat can meet his opponents with head erect! It was my fortune to hoar many of our ablest speakers during the last Presidential campaign, representing all parts of the coun try, and the Kansas question was with all the principal theme of discbssiou, and the doc trine that the people of Kansas should be al lowed to govern themselves, so far as their in ternal affairs were concerned, was laid down and enforced by all, and found a ready re sponse in every patriotic heart. It was this that carried us through the contest in tri umph. The people have lost none of their love for this principle, or their zeal for its maintenance, because the course of The Press meets the approbation of every Demo crat with whom I have conversed on the sub ject. Press on, then ; the people aro with you, because you are right. I have by no means lost confidence in the honesty, sagaci ty, and patriotism of our Chief Magis trate, but confidently believe ho will bring us out of the dilemma In which we seem to be placed, unscathed. So mote it be. Yours, • r 011EIGN [brim Xaglieh papers reoelyed by the Niagara.] The salaries and expengeg of the Houses of Par liament, Including printing, were, in the year cod ing March last, £153,705. One of the most important files in connection with the marriage of the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick William will be a growl reception, for the purpose of a formal prosentationsf the alto Lean monde to the Prince and Princes after their nitptials. Tills remotion will be held at Bucking bent Palace. A groat many royal and distinguisbed perionages are expected to arrive in January, on a slat to (keen \later's', in order to be present at the marriage. The.lLiß of the Belgians, the Prince arid—Princess of Prussia, and the Duke of Saxe Coburg will be inmates of Buckingham Pal; ace, and, for ether visitors of lens exalted rank, a snit of rooms has been engaged at Farranoe's hotel, in Belgravia, where they will be attended by the Queen's own 'eervents, and have the ND of her Majesty's carriages. The marriage of the Pita come Royal is to be Cole. kilted at the Chapel Royal, At. Janos's, on the 25th of JatiUkry, and in honor of the =melon the Queen has commanded three performances to take place at her Majesty's Theatre. They are to consist of a tragedy, a comedy, and an opera. The tragedy is to be performed on the 18th. Mac beth has been selected, and the produotion of it is confided to Mr. Phelps. It is expected that the east will comprise all the dramatis strength which can be brought to bear on the occasion. The opera Is to beibilfe's Rose of Nail., which is now being•represented at the Lyceum. The comedy has not been finally chosen, but we conclude that it will be one. of Shakspeare's or Sheridan's. .As the i t4will be full of foreigners, and special rep of every court will be here, we fitments do that the rations massagers to whom theseperforinanees are entrusted. will make every exertion to carry them out with Mat. liar Ma jesty-has selected Lady ()Urchin 'and Viscount Sydndy to be the lady and lord in attendance upon the trerneeteelloyal in the journey, after her high nose's marriage, from London toßorlio.—[Loudon gaper. run ROI:lir or Tile COUNTESS OF ELLESMERE'S JEWELS 11 the 15th, at the Central Criminal Court, William Atwell, alias Welsh; aged 24, de scribed as a laborer, and Edward Jackson, aged 37, described as a painter, wore placed at the bar, the termer on an indictment for having ;stolen a box eonteining a lace mantle, a quantity ofjewel ry, and divers other articles, the property of the late Earl of Ellesmere; and the latter for having received the same, knowing it to have been stolen. Ann Jackson, his wife, was also indicted as a re delver. The jury found the male prisoner Jackson guilty, and acquitted his wife. The learned judge sentenced the prisoner Jackson to ten years' penal servitude ; and Atwell (now serving an imprissn mentor 18 months) to a slight addition to his pre• sent punishment. Trig 11611KELEY Case.—A very curious histori cal minso is likely to mime, before the House of Lords, at the instances of 'Sir Maurice Berkeley. As everybody knows, titles are very commonly held abroad by tenure. A man buys a marquisato in Rely with an olive-field or an orchard. Anglo- Tuscan) COunkt may be mot any dayin the Corsica who have transformed themselves from Brown, Jones, end Robinson, at an expense of perhaps £BO or 180, into Italian nobles. Of course, such dignities are as worthless as they are cheap, and. like Monte Puleiano, and their Tuscan wines—mill not ttarel. When the Prince of Canino sold his Italian Watt, he offered to throw in the title for en additional paul. Such territorial and transferable titles are unknown in England— even by pretension—exeopt in two cases, Arundel and Berkeley, both of which claim to carry peer ages by tenures—so that the actual owners of the Properties claim to bo Earl of Arundel and Earl Of Berkeley. The claims of the Earls of Arun del often come before Parliament in days when boys born with silver spoons in their mouths wore also born with ropps round their necks—and the case is broadly discussed in the Lord's report on the Dignity of a Peer. The Berkeley case to more complicated than the Arundel' ease, and has given rise m our own time to controversy. Colonel Bork eley presses' his claim on the House of Lords, but Government postponed' a. trial by creating him Earl - Pitehardinge. Sir Maurice Berkeley, it is said, intends to prosecute his claim. The trial, when it comes on, will raise some curious points ; and, should Sir Maurice succeed, he will establish a new rule of peerage law. No claim to a barony on the ground of tenure, says Sir Harris Nicolas, has Ow been admitted In England.—Arbenseues. Tag LEVIATIIAN.—The attempts to move this monster ship were renewed on Tuesday, the 15th, but were again unsueoessful. At half-past three all the chains were hove taut, including the greet cabbie laid across the river, and hydraulic presses and numerous screw-jacks were get in motion, but not the slightest effect was produced. When the strain was at the highest, one of the molter chains gave way, and a feeder of an hydraulic engine burst. Operations were suspended, and at five p. in. arrangements were being made todrive in piles near the offer-cradle, probably with the view of fixing another prase. On Wednesday morning, after a few mieutee application of the rams, the Leviathan Moved 38 inches aft and 15 inches for weed, the offset being to place the vessel straight en the relic iiii to remove all suspicion of obstruo. lion of the Lays. Two hydraulic cylinders then lirebeiwat• to_half-peset two no farther Droves. had been made. Mc. Liolmre- EtepitOLLlOn wag again present, and expressed his approval of the proceedings. Further proceedings will probably be postponed until after Christmas, when vastly in. tressed power is to bo employed. It is now said that the Leviathan will cost only from .120.000 !a £25,000 in the launching—not .170,000 or £BO,OOO, as reported. A MKTECTIVE'S "LITTLE .1311.1.."—At the Bir mingham Bankruptcy Court, on the 10th, wo bad shown to us a bill of startling MlllOllBlOO, which was in process of taxation by Mr. Registrar Wa- Wiled. In June Met a Nottingham trader, named Baxter, absconded to the United States, carrying with him, as was supposed, considerable property. A pursuit was resolved upon by his creditors, and the eminent city firm of "Daniel and John Forres ter" having been cousuited, a junior member of the house, Dir. Henry Forrester, was deopatched to New York by the first steamship. On the 10th of August he returned with his Men and £360 In cash. His bill for the job amounts to £622 The chief item was the following: "To ono hundred and forty-four days engaged at Birmingham, Li vorpeol, New York, Now Jersey, Staten Leland, Coney Island, Brooklyn, Hoboken, Claremont, Philadelphia, Newport, Tarrytown, Albany, Troy, Saratoga, Rochester ' Buffalo, Niagara, and various other place'', at £2 12s. 6tl. por day on land, and £1 lie. 6d per day at Hell, us per agreement, £317 12s. 6d." Besides this, there was 10 per cent, on money recovered, £3O; paid to the Omer assisting him in America, £2O ; refreshment for assistant in America, £130; solicitor's bill, £72; paid for pa ngs to New York and book, .C 49 12s. 6d. ; and so on.—Berminteham Daily Post. It is stated that a hill is in preparation, if not actually prepared, for the abolition of the lord lieutenautcy of Ireland. Wveurrn's VEnscns OF cue New TESTAMENT.. —At the sale of the late Dean Conybearo's library, by Messrs. Sotheby and 'Wilkinson, on Saturday, the 12th, two small duodecimo volumes, in manu script, containing the earliest English translation of the New Testament and of the lessons taken [coin the Old Testament, produced the large sum of £143, on account of the extreme rarity of tran scripts of any of our groat reformers' writiogs, the leading even of which was forbidden by the Con stitutions of Archbishop Arundel, made in the Convocation of Oxford, in 1408. The liquidators of the Liverpool Borough Bank have iccuod a circular to each shareholder of the bank, making a call of .C 5 per share. Mies Gertrude limbic, a grand-daughter of the late Charles Ramble, and daughter of the into J. Komble, made her debut on the lath Deo., at St. Martin's Bull, London, in the loading soprano mush, of Ilanders ‘• Messiah." The reception of this young lady was such us the honored name. oho boars would rationally smuggest. The Daily News speaks in high terms of the quality of voice, as well as the style of singing. ," She possesses," says the able critic of thaournal, " the genius of her family, and there cane no doubt about her future." Melillo. Victoria Balta. so says the metropolitan journal, is engaged for three yours at the "Royal Italian Opera." Madlio. Piccolomini, it Is roportsd, Is studying the leading soprano part of "lo du Nord," for Iler Majosty's Theatre, in the approaching Madame Viardot Garcia is (mimed for a brief period at the opera house at Warsaw. The death of Ildrr • lieunig, the musician, at Paris, i 8 announced. The French Catholics have started a new pa er of a less ultramontane character than the Uni• vers. General Edgar Noy is named Prince du Moskowa. In Me the population of Franco was at a stand still, and there was that year a preponderance of deaths over births to the number of nearly 500,- 000 As the French are timid in commercial enter• prise, and a large proportion of busineta is for ready money, it is probable the money crisis will not be felt so sorerely no in other countries M. Furrer has been cleated president of the Swiss Confederation, and M. Staomptli, vice president. 'lllO Occur or SPAPISCAMPAI..—A member of the Camerilla having layered me (eorreapondent of a London paper) with some revelation° from the yahoo. I feel no dolicaoy in extending the confl• deuce to your readers, as they may obtain thereby some further knowledge of the Palariegas moral ity, premising that you may place implicit reli ance on their authenticity. Know, then, that when the pains of labor were approaching, the pangs of remorse rushed in upon the Queen, and reproached her with her dissolute career. She sent for Archbishop Claret, and bogged his counsel. As he is no courtier, he told her that her conduct mode her the subject of ribald jests, and as she was about to be exposed to the perils attendant upon ehild.birtb, ho exhorted her to banish her paramour, Puig Moto, from the palace and country. The increasing pangs of the crisis added force to the archiepiscopal periuusions, and a promise was made ; but the archbishop, not content with the royal word, extorted a written promise to that effect. lie followed up his success by an ex hortation to his royal auditor to be reconciled to her husband, and even if sho felt unable to love him, be urged her to have more respect for the proprieties of life, and to appear constantly with him before her saijoals. Having obtained a pro mise to that effect, he repaired to the king's apartmnnts, and gave him like counsel. The king's promise was, however, conditional only; he would consent to be reconciled to his wife only on condition that she paid his debts, and that the banishment of the Queen's para. moor should be instantaneous. The archbishop returned with a cheek for the payment of the king's debts, and the other pro mise ; but although the Queen line the power to banish her paramour from the palace ; and, bad Narvaez and Nooedal been iu power, she could have shipped him off to the Canaries or Phillip pines, or wherever she chose ; yet Putg Moro re fuses to be exiled, demands a public trial, and to know on what charge he is arrtgned. A oompro mice has boon effected, to avoid the public scandal which insistence on exile mrst occasion; and Colonel Puig Moro struts about amongst his tellewlitizene, why have yet enoufh of the leaven of royalty in them to look with feelings of some thing akin to deference and respect on ono.who sustained such intimate relations with their Queen. The baptism of the young Primo of the Astu rias, which took place the ether day in Madrid, seems to have caused more than ordinary stir in the capital. The multiplicity of names given to the child Is amusing—Francisco de Anis, Juan, Mariano de la Col:mope:on, Fernando, Pio, Jaime, and Palace. The T'ope's Nuncio celebrated the service according to the rubric, and na representa tive of the Popo, who was godfather, named the Prince. The poor infant, unconscious of all these honors, cried lustily during the ceremony, land proved that his lungs, at least, were sound. Those who remember Dickens's account of the birth of Oliver Twist, in the parish workhouse, will smile at the contrast ; but the Spanish residents in Lon don are delighted at the event, and have voted an address to the Queen of Spain, felicitating her on the birth 'of a male heir to the crown. As the Spanish Prinoe came into the world, the ]ling Consort handed him round the room on a golden platter. - An attempt was made by the Camarillo of the King Consort of Sputa to obtain for his Majesty the authority to sign decrees, and perform other acts of royal authority, in fact, to bo Regent during the period the Queen should be unable to !rennet publio business with her ministers. As the King's intluenee over her Majesty has for some time been very great, he was very near suoceed ins. and it required all the firmness of one or two of the ministers to prevent it. The meeting of the Cortes is postponed to the 10th of January, when the Queen will open the session In person. The ministry is preparing a measure of Parlia mentary Reform, which will give one deputy to each 50,000 of the population—Madrid wilt ifiMi return seven members. In the rural districts, towns and villages are to be elostered, to form constituencies of 50,000 each. Kaplan 4;14 Austria are getting more, linked. The heir of royal Bombe toehold to marry the sister of the Empress or Austria, Helena of Ba. ' " The Pay.; states that the British troops sent froth England to India, rin Egypt, , had arrived at Aden from Malta in twelve,days..• I The .4inerican brig Silver Rays, baying on board the engineer's and machinery that wore ,to have been employed in the raising of the vessels sunk in' the barber or Sebastopol, had returned to ,Conatan tinople. The said vessels are reported by the divers 'to be so thoroughly buried iu mud and earth that any raising of them is out of the question, the dir 7 &ratios nod the expense of doing so being esti mated to exceed the probable proceeds of the sal vage. It is intended to establish newspapers in most of the countries of Europe on the same plan as Le Nord, with a view to Russian propagandism. The funds are to bo supplied by the Government of St. Petersburg. • In the beginning of next year, a translation, in the Russian language, is to be published of the best elassieal works in the English and. French tongues. '•Preseottle History of Ferdinand and Isa bella" and " Philip the Second of Spain," Grate's voluminous "History of Greece," and " Thierry's Norman Conquest," have been selected to begin this undertaking. A statement highly complimentary to tho Emper ror of 8.118816, which has gone the round of the papers, is contradicted by the Czas, of Cracow. That journal says the Czar has not restored the es tates of the Poles lately amnestied, but has mere ly promised not to seize any fresh property that they may acquire, and give theni leave to return home. In the year 1862 the thousandth anniversary of the foundation of the Russian monarchy is to be celebrated with great pomp and national mani festation in Russia. One grand feature in these solemnities is to be the inauguration of a monu ment commemorative of the day, but which has as yet to be designed, but for which subscriptions aro being opened throughout the empire by order of the Government. The Emperor bee only very lately decided finally that the said monument shall bo erected at Novogorod, in the centre of the Kremlin there, not far from the Sophia Cathedral. The destination where the said monument should be erected was for a long time dubious, inasmuch as the resolution had been adopted that its cite should be the birthplace of the Russian Empire, and nobody knew exactly where that was. It has been however assumed of late, that the earliest domicile of the Warager Princes was in the out skirts of Novogorod ; but, as this would be rather an out-of-the-way plaoo for a national monument, the Emperor has decided on its being erected in the very centre of the Novogorod gremlin. The Shah of Persia has officially put an end to the mission of Ferukh Khan. That diplomatist will leave Paris in January, and travel for two mouths in other coantries of Europe. He will then take leave of the Emperor, and embark at Mar seilles in a French ship-of-war for Trebizonde. The Bombay Ttlnre states that one of the sons of the King of Delhi has escaped. DescruerioN NF.NA Stutn.—Thelllefittsaite gives us, from a " forthcoming government Ga zette," to be issued at Agra, we suppose, the fol lowing description of None Sahib: The Nona is 42 years of age, hair black, complexion light, wheat-colored, large eyes, and flat round face. He is understood now to wear a beard ; height about five feet eight inches; be wears his hair very short ilxateitip"ogotitaditv"ei; leaving only apsiirmsounciL7oaf powerful frame ; he has not the Mehra ttn hooked nose with broad nostrils, but a straight well-shaped one. Lie has a eervant with a out ear, who never leaves his side." RICIIIARDSON 11110THERS & COMPANY'S CIRCrLAR. [MR Niluihk.) Lin:aeon, 12 3fo 18th, 1857. COTTON lane again been extremely doll all through the week, and with more pressure front holders to realize, the market has continued to decline, and closes at a re duction of Sal lb on all descriptione. Tim feeling today i 4 a shade better. Sales 0,000 bake. Imports this week 01,719 bales. Total sale' 28.310 bales, of which speculator,' took 3.130, and exporters 1,170, leaving to the trade 2t,020 bales. QUEIIOITRON BARS. has been In limited demand, but without change In Value. LARD still continues dull, and almost nominal. Taximu , has been rather Inactive, and but few tram actions have taken place I` Y. C. sells at from 516 624 6d, and North American 48,0,625. The London market boa also been a shade easier. liatr.—A fair business has been done in new prime mess at 107 s fitliallsa, as in quality. A connideralile quantity of old bas been forced off at very low rates Bales 600 tierces. PORK.-A mall quantity of new gold at 80s. but no thing has been done In old Irish fa offering at bfia, f.o b., and about 1,000 bbl French halo arrited not yet on offer. Decors.—Nothing doing in 0141, a few boxes new bone. less L. DI. mold at 4944 7 awl rib-in at 46s De cot. CM:ESL—About 7.01 k boxes were offered by auction on Tuesday, of which about 2,000 found buyers at a further reduction of 414 47 cwt. Sii•m the sale, how. ever, holders are asking more money. which has checked the demand for the present. The weather ham been unusually mild for the season of the year Our Grain trade has ruled steady since our report of Tuesday. and good qualities of Wheat are each day becoming more scarce. Mont of the recent ar rivals have been of low descriptions. Our advice, from America state that the export of Grain had materially fallen off. and the quantity at pre sent afloat for Liverpool consists of only 25920 qrs Wheat. 2,185 qrs. Indian Corp. and' 18,803 barrels of Flour. Deliveries of Wheat from our own farmers for the past week consist of 100,416 qrs., against 101,808 qt., 7 same week lest year. Average price 40, 541 4? qr., against 00m LI corresponding week last year Our markets thin morning Was only slenderly at. tended, but we had a fair demand for Wheat, at the ex treme rates of our but for general runs, while superior descriptions of white and red American, from scarcity, brought 1i15r24.1 4p 70Ih more money. Piece sold to a moderate extent At former rates. . . . I X nits Coils in rather better demand for feeding pur poses, and the rates of •ur hist sonten hat exceeded o et eind 011 11411 dull at pre,. loos prices, snit the demand altogether coutined to the better qualities of either. Import, from 12 tno. 12th to 12 mo. 17 inclusive, con sist of 18,855 Ire Wheat, 8,133 gra Indian Corn. 1,735 sacks, and 20,710 barrel, Flour. Exports for moue purled, 3.615 gra Wheat, 96 gra Indian Corn, 2.325 sack., and 1,191 b arrela Flour. AVe quote the value of American white Wheat Tea 7. 6,1 Extra 7a Oda Sc; Bed 6.41 N 10d; Extra 700.75 3d itY BOtt, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Ohio Flour 26 4278; Weeder', Canal 24025, 47 barrel. Indian Corn, Mixed and Yellow. 33,61, White 39s drr 480 lbs. .4 Philadelphia Filibuster in Cuvtody—The History of an Important Arren for Embezzle mtnt.—ln The Pres of yesterday, the following announcement was made tinder the telegraphic head, which is deserving of more than a brier notice : " Adjutant Biles has been arrested here tat Nor folk) on a charge of grand lemony, committed at Philadelphia." The history connected with this arrest, and the eireuinstanaes which led to it, were given to us at the Detective Police Station, and we state It for the purpose of showing what progress has been made by a well-known Philadelphia filibuster, since his last appearance in this city We have been informed that several years since, Mr. Edwin R. Biles, who is a member of is very respectable family in Phila delphia, became connected with tho dry-goods house or Hoskins, Hieskill. d. Co , Market street, above Fifth, and he so won upon the confidence of his employers that he became principal book-keep er and confidential clerk in the establishment Things prospered wills Mr. B , he became a gay man about town, an aotivo member of a popular order, a prominent military man, an amateur ieronaut, and a that" liver generally. Mr. Biles devoted very considerable attention to military matters Ha first joined a crack volun teer corps ; in course of time 110 was elected an offs. cer of the company, and at a military election, last spring, he was mode lieutenant colonel of a regi ment composed of the flower of the volunteer mili tary. The first parade after the eleotioni took ltaco in June last, and although Lieutenant Co onel Biles was known to have procured for himself a handsome uniform and other military trappings, the regiment was compelled to parade without its lieutenant colonel. Mr. Bites suddenly disappear. oil from the city, and the firm by which ho was employed became greatly interested in his where abouts, because a critical examination of his ac counts disclosed the fact that a system of false en tries had been pursued by the absent military man, and it was made manifest that the firm bad suffer ed to the amount of SWAM, and it is oven thought the sum may roach $15,000. Diligent inquiry was set n-foot with a view to ascertaining what had become of Colonel Biles; but all without avail. until the news of the cap. tore of General Walker's force at Punta Arenas reached the city, when the name of Adjutant Biles appeared in the published reports of the prisoners captured by Commodore Paulding. It seems that when Mr. Biles left the ally he joined the Nicara guan army of General Walker, and was made Lieutenant in a company and subsequently became Adjutant of the regiment through his knowledge of military matters. Adjutant Biles' active military career was sud aunty cut short by the appearance off the coast of Commodore Paulding, and, after Walker's capture, he was transferred, with other prisoners of war, to the Saratoga, and in that ilovernment vessel reached Norfolk on Saturday. The filibuster offi cers were suffered to go ashore on parole but the civil authority would allow no test for the quon dam book-keeper and discomfited filibuster, for Adjutant Biles was immediately captured by High Constable Russell, of this city, who, upon authority of a requisition from Governor Pollock, arrested him, TWO CEN'i S. THE COURTS. YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS i Repotted for The Peesel Nur Pares—Judge Knox.—The certiorari lot RSA taken up. The first cues called were the Corn. vs. Derringer, charged in two 6114 of indictment with having issued forged tavern licenses. The defendant, who was in court, stetted, through his counsel, L. C. Cassidy, Esq., that be was ready for trial. Judge Enos inquired of District Attor ney Mann if he was ready to go on Mr. Mann said : I have given notice and issued snbpcenag to all the parties, but I don't know bow far I have been successful in getting them into court. The practice in the court below, if parties do not at tend, is to take out benoh warrantsor attachments, and bring them in. Judge Knox said: Yon can take either course in this case. The certiorari list was then gone through, the result of which we give below. The ease of the Corn vs. Derringer was again called, when Mr. Mann stated to the court that he feared the principal witting was absent, but would examine Officer Mahew on that point. Ojicer .21ra yhe to, sworn—Took a subpcena on Saturday last for Crozier Lowry, and went to the Northern Libertice, where Loirry teas in the habit of staying, but could mat find him there ; went from there to a house pit Third and Willow, and was told to go to there;Baey IThear," a. tavern did not flnilJtim went thence to the “Lamb Tavern,!' anid _ was : told by the proprietor that Lowry bad gone out West. Went thee to his ball or his reputed ball—John Hoffman, and be said be ;stela:lt his ball, and Met had gone his bail. He said if be had gone Lowry's ball, heauppued there was a bond. ilearobwee hied° in the office, and no bail-bond could be had. Mr. Mann said that this was a one of trillgen fare? and4ll4 T•oirry Was , alrowed to go,oto on bilt after 'conviction, in order that ho might be a witness against this defendant, and that he had used nil due diligence to have him in court, • Judge Knox ()named his regret that the wit noes conid not'be found. as It was doe to proper administration of justice that such a cane as this should be thoroughly Investigated. Mr. Cassidy said : Your Honor will perceive that we have had, as yet, no oppiiitnnity. of saying anythlag, or of even cross-examining the witness, who has just left the stand. Judge Knoxsaid there was no occasion for saying anything as'yet, as Marti was no motion before the court, and an opportunity' would be af forded to counsel. to cross-examine Jhe witness. Mr. Mann said be would make no motion, but would ask the court to make some suggestion as to how he was to aot.. Judge Knox said it was due. to pub Ito justice that every effort should be made to have this witness, Lowry, brought into court. Officer Ma hew was then ores-examined, but nothingnew was elicited. Mr. Cassidy then said that there Was no evidence of due diligence on the part of the Com monwealth, that the sulopaine in this owe bad only been taken out on Saturday. That he did not believe it was the intention of the Com monwealth ever to try these oases; that Lowry had been liberatedirom prison, when he bad heed sent after env is lion by Judge Allison, who let him out on $l5OO bail, with the censent of the DistricLAttor nay ; that Judge Allison stated that his reason for admitting Lowry to bail was his conviction that thin ease would never be tried in thin eorirt. [Here Mr. Cassidy offered to read Judge Allison's opinion, but Judge Knox said it wan unnecessary Judge Knox said that he would hold the defendant in recognisances of $lOOO on each hill, to the next criminal term of the Supreme Court Nisi Prins, which would be fixed by order of the Court. Mr. Cassidy said it was a great hardship to the defend ant to have his trial postponed to such an indefi nite term. Judge Knox said that the defendant should take the consequences of his own act In se looting this court as a tribunal to try his case in. Bell was entered ty Albert D. Boileau, Recorder of Deeds. SUTR ENE COURT ri BANC—Judges Lowrie, 'Woodward, Knox, Thompson, and Armstrong.— The city list was taken up, and several cases were argued. The following opinion was delivered by Judge Knox, in the ease of AfcCalmont vs. The City of Allegheny, whioli is interesting in some of the points decided. Alfred It. lifeCalmont vs. The County of Alle gheny. Error to the District Court of Allegheny . . . OPLYION 13P Vat COUILT lizox, J.—The plaintiff is the Prothonotary of the Supreme Court for the Western District, and tbis notion is brought by him against the county of Allegheny, to recover moneys expended by him in paying the necessary expenses of the Common wealth. The whole amount of the expenditures for the years 1855, '36, and '57 is $340.191, including $193 75 for the rent of a room for the use of the prothonotary of the court, from April, 1855, to November, 1857, and ten dollars for a new seal. The remainder is for dockets for the court, station. ery for the use of the judges whilst holding court in the western district, for advertising the return days, and printing argument bills. The amount charged and expended Is conceded to be correct. and the only question raised upon the case stated, is whether the county is liable for the expenditure. It is also conceded that the Commissioners of Alle gheny county have hitherto refused to furnish the prothonatory a room in the court-house or else where, la width to preserve and keep the records and seal of the Court, and that the plaintiff has provided a room for that 'purpose, and thifthe amount of rent eh:argoel is fair and reasonable. The first question that the case suggests is this : Were these expenditure, or any of them, each as the, prothonotary was himself bound to make, at his own expense? This question we unhesita tingly answer in the negative, By the ninth sec tion of the act of 14th April, 1834, the prothouo tary of the Supreme Court is directed to keep the real and records of the court for his district at the place of holding the court "and la the apartments provided by authority of law for that purpose." This provision excludes the idea that he ie bound to provide a place for the safe keeping of. the seal and records at his own expense ; and he is no more bound to furnish the seal and dockets for the court, than he is to pay the expense of fire and light for the court-house. Nor is the necessary printing, in advertising orders of the court, or in preparing trial bills a personal charge upon the prothono tary. Ile is allowed, it is true, the sum of twelve and a half cents for stationery in each cause," by the fee bill, but this does not include the sta tionery used by the judges while holding court, as in preparing opinions. It is limited to the sta tionery used by the clerks and counsel. Where a prothonotary is compelled to expend his own money in procuring articles for public use, on account of the refusal of the public authorities to procure them for him, he has the right to claim reimburse ment from some quarter, and the universal custom of the State hen been that the county in which the court is held should pay these necessary expenses. The city and county of Philadelphia pay the ex penses for the eastern district, the county of Dau phin for the middle district, and there is no good reason why the county of Allegheny should not pay these incurred in the western district. There isno etatotary provision directing how these expenses shell be paid, and it is not neces sary that there should be, for the usage is sufficient to make the law. If the sessions of the Supreme Court were held at our place, it would he right and proper that its expenses should he paid out of the State Treasury, but, divided as the State now is, into Eastern, Western, Middle, and Northern districts, the only practicable method is the one in practice, to charge the expenses to the county where the court is held, for the entire district. If the county of Allegheny considers this a bur ' den, the Legislature would probably, upon applica- I don, remove the burden by removing the court. It would be exceedingly difficult to apportion the expenses amongst the various counties composing the Western district, nod it would be unjust to Philadelphia and Dauphin to compel con tributions from the State at large, for these counties already pay for the Eastern and Middle district. It has heretofore been thought that the, ladvantage to a county where the court was held was full equivalent ter the charge upon its treasury in paying the incidental expenses of the court. We have endeavored to make these expensed as light as possible, and bow far our endeavors in this useful line have been successful, may in part be determined by the amount of the claim in question. When the rent of the room and the cost of the seal is deducted, the amount expended during nearly three years for dockets, for stationery, and fur printing is one hundred and thirty-six and thirty-seven one hundredth dollars; when it is remembered that, during this time, we have held nearly twenty weeks court in Pittsburgh, and disposed of be tween four and five hundred cases, it cannot be said that there has been an extravagant nee of public money by this tribunal. That a county may be liable for expenses incurred in judicial proceedings withont a positive statutory enactment. wasdecided in " Commissionersagainst I Hall," 7 Watts, 290, where it was held that the county of Lycoming was chargeable with the ex pense of boarding and lodging a jury empannelled and kept together in a capital ease by order of Court, and the same principle was followed in Venango county, as Durban decided at Pitts burgh, in the fall cf A D. 1858. In that ease, which was an action by a printer for the publication of the trial list under en order of the Court of Common Pleas of Venango county, the ' late Chief Justice said, with the entire approba tion of the whole Court, that "When no other provision is made for the payment of the expenses of the judiciary, the county in witch the Court Sits is primarily liable." From reason, from usage, and from autho rity, we are (dear that the county of Allegheny Is legally bound to pay the demand for which this suit is brought. The judgment of tbeDistrict Condor Allegheny county is reversed, and judgment is here entered in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant upn the ease stated, for the sum of $340 12-100 and cost of suit Lots were east by Judges Thompson and Strong for the Chief Justiceship, which resulted in favor of Judge Thompson. C011310:i PLEAS—judgo Thompson.—Jury Dials. Mobile' Pray vs. Jacob Reidy. An ac tion of replevin for a cow end calf. On trial. George Junkin, Esq., for the plaintiff; George W. Thorn, Esq., for the defendant. QUARTER SESSIONS— Judge Allison.—John Gil foyle was convicted of extortion in taking illegal fees for impounding cattle as clerk o: the market in the Nineteenth ward. U. S. Coonisstottan's Orrice —A bearing was had before Charles Ileazlitt. Esq., in the case of William nylands, a storekeeper in Spring Garden street, on the charge of passing counterfeit gold coin. Held to answer. Burial of the Honored Dead.—The ship Ringleader, from San Francisco, arrived at New York on Sunday, having on board the remains of Captain Reynolds, and Mr. George W. Bretton, the latter of whom served in the Pennsylvania re giments during the Mexican war, and who died lately in California. Captain Reynolds belonged to the New. Jersey battalion. The remains will be brought to this city for interment, and they will he placed by the Scott Legion in their lot at Glen wood Cemetery. It is contemplated. to inter the remains of Reynolds, Warrington and Bretton, all at the same time. We presume there will be a general military display upon the occasion. NOTICE TO amass Poarviss rs Correspondents for "Tag Puri '# will please hear in eilnel the following rala firer, communisation must be accompanist by the DIMS of the writer. In order to insure correettiess of the typoirephy, but one aide of a ■hest should to written upon. We shall be greatly obliged to gentleman to Pennsyl vania and oth sr States for cattnbutiona giving the ent reat nowt of the day in their particular Itscalities, the maltreat of the surrounding country, the Increase of population, and any information that will be Interesting to the general reader. GENERAL NEWS. The Chicago !carnet, of the Slat ult. sale that the Ann of C. Mears & Co. received &letter from their senior member 3estetday stating that the entire crew of a fishing boat, eleven in num ber, were lost on Christmas day, between Little Bauble and Point Water. The boat drifted on the bar on Sunday, with two of the men dead and ly ing under the thwarts. Their names were Pater son and Itaamus_patt. The other nine belonged to the schooners Pine Forest and Honest Jobs, sad their names are as follows : George E. Spears, Geo. Valentine, James Dawson,Frank McAllister, Sele na Denlap, Peter Hansen, and an unkno - wn sail or. The cause of this mysterious accident is un known, as the lake was very still at the time. The Tampa Peninsular (Fla.) of the 19th ultimo relates the following almost Improbable story: Mrs. Sealy, of that "fatuity, died under the following extraordinary circumstances : About two weeks previous to her death, a small garter snake made Its way through the Boor of the residence and wrapped half around the ankle of the unfor tunate woman, who was frightened into - For two weeks she wa s confined to her ,is a state of insensibility, and her action partook of the snake nature—twisting her body into all kinds of shapes, sticking her head up in a snake-like man ner, Ac. At the expiration of this period death in tervened and relieved the sufferer from earthly troubles. At the spacial request of Donnelly, Gover nor Newell has obanged the day of his execution from the Bth to the 13ds of January—the longest period under the Constitution of New Jersey to which it could be delayed by the action of the Governor. It is elated that Donnelly made his escape from jail on Sunday night, but was noon after re-captured. • On Tuesday of last week, Captain Samuel W Mallet, of the Minims Warren HaHet, lying at Bowly's wharf, Baltimore, while standing on the deck of his vessel. wee attacked with paralysis, of which he died on Saturday morning. Captain H. was a native of Hyannis. Cape Cod, and from early youth had been engaged on the line of packets plying between Baltimore and Boston. Severs] mail depredations have recently oc curred on the Jeffersonville (Ky.) railroad. Last week a letter bag, made up at Louisville for Wash ington city, was stolen from the depot at the Tef fersoubille railroad. It is supposed, however, that the letters in It contained but little money. The Philadelphia letter bag for the Louisville post office waa stolen on the Jeffersonville railroad. - The town of Attleborough, Mass., is largely anaied in the manufacture of those useful little articles so indispensable to the !idiot. Nearly one thousand persons are employed in the business, which: is worth $.50,000 per ,annum. A single ma chine Will make. one hundred hooks or eyes per minte. In 1 This business was commenced in Attie borough 839. The Cincinnat i Commercial is informed by a member of the Humanitarian Society that, in addition to being branded on the lett hip,ftnamber of soldiers of the Newport (Ky.) barracks received fifty lashes each, on their backs, on Tuesday morn ing, and ware then drummed out of tamp. ' it is understood. says the Reading Gazette, that the consolidation of the Lebanon Valley Rail road with the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company is to be consummated at the annual meeting of the stooktadders or the two companies. on Monday next, the llth inst. The exports from Wilmington, N. C., of spirits of turpentine, show an inoreace for the past year of over six thousand barrels, and those of lumber of about five million of feet; cotton shows a fulling off of some 8,000 bales. Peanuts exhibit increased shipments.. George G. Poindexter, Esq., of Tennessee, has received the appointment of cadet !clerk of the General Pat Office Department, in place of John °Word, Esq., resigned. The ateamer which was honied - on the Ohio, below Wheeling, on 'Thursday nlght, was the Hi bernia, valued at $16,000, and inured for $12,000. Na lives lost. Bryan Mulvaney was killed on the railroad about a mile above Reading, on Friday evening. Joseph B. Lynn died suddenly in a Presby terian Ohara in Newark, N. J., on Sunday. CITY POLICE--JAsumtr 4 TOR FIRS? SHAVlNG.—Benedict Hames, a stout lad of eighteen, lately from Bucks county, and now engaged in learning the barber ing business in this city, rushed into the police office, pale au breathless, and after and interval spent in an effort to recover his vocal plwers, he succeeded so far as to be able to make the state ment that he was ohased by a big Kentucky man, who had threatened to take his life. The murder ous individual himself had the audacity to enter the office soon after, in pursuit of the trembling object of his resentment. 'be theta, as gathered from the recital of both parties, were these: Benedict games, the bar ber's apprentice, has bean but ten days at the business. In the process of learning his trade be was directed by his muter to look on and see how the operation of sharing was performed by hie more experienced shop-mates. These preliminary observations continued for nine days, at the end of which time it is supposed that puppies and bar bers' apprenticed begin to have the right use of their eyes; and Benedict's employer thought that he might now trust the lad to use his hands, also. A rough-looking customer, who chanced to come in the next day, was selected as the object of Bene dict's first professional experiment. Their cus tomer was a tall, raw-boned fellow, wearing a Cannel red vest, and pantaloons of the largest plaid pattern, and who wore, likewise, an expres sion of countenance which seemed to hint at Bowie knives and Colt's revolvers. When this amiable person took his seat, Bene dict, at a sign from his master, approached with ill-concealed dread and anxiety, to exercise the duties of his uew vocation, mentally ejaculating "Oh dear! how shall I ever be able to take that man by the nose ?" The awful stranger, perceive ing the lad'a trepidation. encouraged hini with the following words : " Young man, it seems to me that you are not well up to your trade. Now I want you to take notice, that if you cut me, I'll tut back again, and you'll be apt to got the worst of it. If you spill a drop of my blood, I'll not leave a drop in your carcass. That's the arrangement we always make with the barbers in old Raintuck, where I came from." This admonition bad its effect on the young shaver. Ills hand shook so violently, and the general agitation of his nervous system was so ex cessive, that he thought It prudent to use only the Lark of the razor for several minutes, but being di rected by his restive patient to "go to work," be made a desperate attempt on the bristling garni ture of the Kentuckian's lower jaw. The result was just what might have been expected : a pretty bad gash was opened in the delicate epidermis of the patient. At the first glimpse of the blood which he had drawn, the unfortunate young barber threw down the razor, and bolted through the front door of the shop, closely followed by old Kaintock with his face lathered and a towel about his neck. The moving spectacle of the chase produced much wonder and excitement along Eighth and Chestnut streets—the route taken by the party pursued on his way to the police office, where be sought pro• tection, and obtained it—the Western man being compelled to retire without satiating his vengeful spirit. W. Police Items.—There were but few arrests of an important character during yesterday. Tho majority of the cases before the different police magistrates were for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and were disposed of in the ordinary manner. On Sunday evening the Merchant-street door of the foreign and domestic dry-goods store of W. G. Chtttick it Co , No 433 Market street. below Fifth, was discovered to be unfastened. Upon making en examination, it was discovered that the store bad been robbed of silks, ribbons, and embroide ries, to the amount of $BBO. The finest goods were selected by the thieves ; but, from the fact that so few articles were taken in comparison to the large stook in the store, it is thought the robbery could not have been °cm:pitted by regular robbers. It Is not known whether the place was entered by means of false keys, or whether the thief was se creted in the store when it was closed on Saturday evening. Yesterday, a man named Wm. Yeager, who Is charged with being concerned in breaking Into and robbing the oboe store and dwelling of Mr. John son, Thirteenth street, below Market, was arrest ed. The officer. who made the arrest, first " pumped" Yeager and then arrested him. The accused was committed to answer. On Saturday afternoon the drawer of the distill ery of James McWilliams, in Front street, above Noble, was robbed of papers and money amounting to 5300, in the following manner: Three persons entered the distillery through a back door, for the purpose of obtaining a little whiskey. The door was shut and the room dark. They stepped up to the counter, and it is supposed that one of them put his hand into the till, which was open, and ex tracted the above articles, while they were being waited upon by a female attendant. Three per sons, nested Richard and Emily Wardell, and Geo. Reilly, were arrested on the charge, and had a hearing before Alderman Williams, who committed them for a further hearing Jim Ward, the English thief, about whom a squabble existed between the police of Baltimore and of this city, relative to his arrest, was taken to Baltimore at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, by the deputy sheriff of the Monumental oily. William 3larshall and John Clark were arrested at William and Bath streets, in the Nineteenth ward, and taken before Alderman Field, charged with passing counterfeit five-dollar notes on the 'Onondaga Bask, New York They were held to answer in the sum ofssoo. Joseph pertly was before Alderman Field, yes terday morning, charged with robbing the tilt of William Donnelly, a baker on the Frankford road, above Norris street. lie was held to bail in the sum of 5500. Michael Gibbons was committed by Alderman. Miller, of tho Twenty-fourth ward. charged with keeping a house wherein gambling was carried on. An alarm of tiro was caused about midnight en Sunday, by the up. Rotting of a fluid-lamp at; house at Eighth and Arch streets.
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