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WEDNESDAY; JANUARY 10, 1868
• .rti.") . *:4WlNt - r P)PIe;t2TY. *Mug
burg ._gerrufkon4ttnee Letter fron, Carbon;
The,rtiolotaiirgiut, rocornmonded by the
eklntn on Englancys ,Ba4ein
Trade ; -yeitertlay's ProoMding# in the Trial
ThtinUtA,W44ngo/4,..ang.:l4;Agritng - .. n t
the 'B'4 - Renortit zstolyq L .' City"
?once. flearnl'ion.--.-Thetrial of -Able
bears _,Fafth, a script:a! ;by Boy. - Thomas L.
Breciarid• .. ,
Tuic:l4,4o.o**4,isti ceozenTiyullpN,, R
Two Ails repMt hYthe result of
the ilectioluirnt•thOlat of December and Of,
th e 4140401nar4 the'one,thatthe
votelort4latery was in great part a fraud; and
the tiflierlthj*thetrophi of Kansair are against
the Oithotte."Constitutioti-bY antihenfioils
ma
j should be conclusivenpon Con-,
gress t , and, will, we, hope, induce the,llepre
sentatiVei of, the - ipeOple' poth houses to
se adibeWliole tietter haeltlothe people.
The'votit for State officers by the opponents of
thelleCeik4ttemiatitution was the finliceurse
which fie realoriti could take to protect them
"gelid against' another inap,judgment. They'
dicf th 1,14.; Ter if tbey, had'not voted, theY 'would
have Peed tbarged with obstinacy and iniprac
ticaldfity,"as they have been charged because
many Of them could not vote for delegates last
June to the Constitutional Convention. It will
not`do, however, to make this vote for State
Wilde's& recognition of theponatitution. They
recognised • the - Convention, it• may be; by
throwing this vote; but they took care, in doing
so, to repudiate the Constitution at the same
time ;- and_ this - last was a legal.expression; se:-
cording to the letter `cif General
,Cass to, Mr.
einutotiee. hove-this deedsion
can beifteregicdetli **tally with the Trabde
of the pat in jimen''of the' Constitution boldly
starini_Congresi and ihdesinwtry in the face.
p thaVe contentied.fmm the first for a fair
ex gen , of 'the popular will of Kansas On
the Cenatitution of 4arunts." If this has been
accomplished, the. whole trouble will be
over before:, the, first of February, unless, in
deed,theraineritY. hive some new trick to re
serve, which, under a•plea of a legal cc techhi
eali§c",theylntikal Using et „the last menient.
Lot, the people of. Kansas rule, and all will be
well. _ That _is all we •have contondel for.
What they desire' thoy• should have. If the
genie is in their own hands, nobody has a right
to Complain: They • may take Lecompton if
they 'please it is their matter—not ours.
They ire the masters, and when they aro sa
tisfied, the principle is established and the na.
lion it at ,
MENleo.
ft seems, as if for sonic wise purpose, Pro.
iidence has plated afnwst before our eyes a
tonstant, instructive, and _tilmonitory eon-.
tree: in the - case of our hapleA sister Republic,
"One trouble treads upon anther's
so last they follow on."- It is a land flow
ing with milk and honey, possessing a climate
of all:timid 'unequalled moderation,' a fruitful
soil, and the absence of. almost everything
like disease ) save along the .coast of the
Gulf; "and: yet, with all these blessings,
Kenai . not Mexico unless every ; few
weeks,blood, is shed, military revolutions aro
started,' and - the sudden' MOsaniellos, who
mount into poWer in the " storm, are pulled
down to their.original obscurity. On the first
of December last Comonroar was installed
President of the Republic of Mexico under
the Constitution, and took the onth to support
it, and delivered his inaugural address. About
two weeks afterwards the Constitution was
broken down, Congress kicked out of doors,
and Cretoaroar 'declared Supreme Dictator
for six months.
By the late steamer .we understand that.
somewhere about the beginning of the new
year CONONFOIIT was declared solo Dictator,
awl since that time Gen. PARODI has issued
a proclamation against the new Dictator, Vera
Cmz has recalled her recognition of the same
magnate, and civil war, says the despatch, ap
pears to be inevitable.
One of the causes of the, sudden decline
and fall of poor Mexico is doubtless Inhere 4
in the race. They lack the energy that per.
vades the mixed masses of intellect, ambition,
industry, and enterprise, which go to make up
the population that dwell between the Pacific
and Atlantic, in this Republic: ' She lacks
schools, she discards toleration, and, what is
more important than all, the people have lost
their self-respect.
But the chief errors of ,her system are her
political priests,. her, ignorant and ambitious
soldiers, and her hungry politicians.. Between
these three classes the country is "subjected to
latineitstirible evils, the people alternately.
enslaved and impoverished. Foreign Powers
buy the public hinfor in the open market,
treaties Are brOlien to suit the convenience of
every Interloper or aspirant, and from SANTA.
ANNA to COMNITOKT, from the general to the
-dittine;:patrietistrt is believedto consist in
making. he most out tifyour position.:,. •
The happiest thing that ever befel Neste°
WO the MI-IMo of the United States troops;
and without:desiring to threaten a new war,
we think it :would be a blessing if the same
civilizing process chid& be'eontinned or could
be. renewed. Mexico is, however, useful
tow, if in nothing else, ea a convenient con
trast. She is the Italy of this hemisphere;
andli ive`cannot interfere to save her from
the ttutrults,whieh are rending her fair bosom,
we 'may, at least, point the nations of the
earth to her condition as another evidence of
the 'faet that , ' no *pie are fit for self
government
,until. they have practised those
hardy virtues-, and triumphed in those civil ,
!zing processes, which are' the chief glory of
the Anglo-Saxon race In the Old world, and
of that commingling of races which has its
type in the United States, In the new. •
COMMODORE PAULDING IN THE SOUTH
An hour among our Southern exchanges has
convinced us' that there is no controlling party
in.the South rot* to follow the filibuster flag
to extremities. General WALKER is not the
hero for such an - experiment. He cannot be
made a COLUMBUS Or a LA. PANETTA: by all the
eloquence of rapid writers and talking states
men. He is a miserable specimen of a con.
queror—cool, it may be, and doubtless coma
but, by n , r iiians; the man to set a
peep or to load a great movement in
such a country as this. Ile is precisely such
an adventurer as timpty CLAY would We re
buked, and has c,,,;..Attuourt would have
shunned; and it looks vastly Co us like
the' day, of very small things when we see
grave Senators making a noise over so mere a
mischief-maker. The Southern States have
intense - contempt for all humbugs. We grant
it freely, that Meier& not nearly,sci censura
ble, in this reaped as the North. They are
not so ready to run after the fashionable or
current fayorites tuf,their colder neighbors.
They would not even give to KOSSUTH, who
watt net a charlatan, the'reception ho obtained
elsetihere. And we do not care hoW General
*Stain niaY'attompt to flatter them, 'we pre
dict his cause will get no hold upon their hearts.
A much more
,natural expectation mould be,
to see them honoring PAULDING'S manliness
and mettle;. as they .did IriortAnsm's ; for If
there is anything the South responds to, it is a
piece Of "gallantry on the part of that navy
which has Won its most 'enduring triumphs In
defending of FREE TRADE AND famous' RIGHTS."
Indeed, we notice 'that in Nere Orleans, the
very, hot-bed of filihuiterista,' a subscription
has been opened for the purpose of getting up,
a demonstration In honor of remr.nixa and his
men.
THE .NSW ATTORNEY GENERAL
The 01fettle Democrat says
Whether or not Judge Knox is designated for
thelmpOrtant position indidated, we are quite con
fident that no appointment Could be made to any
position that would be deserileg of a better recep
tion by the people of the State. Like tlov. Packer
hteiscif,-;Xudge Knox commenced the World a poor
boy; witlitirt either Wealthy or influential relations,
and carved his owit *ay to distinction and to the
regard of the people of the State. ' Yie is another
brilliant 'existaple . Of the power Of integrity,' hi
deldry,`and- perseverance,• and we taint the youth
of our State e/inetiel worthy of their
imitation: In every position he has ever 'occupied,
from a clerk In a store to the supreme judiciary of
the' Mite ; belunte4rei discharged his whole duty,
areditlsilio that-lot made him great. '
- ,
, Thelidieesportlragedy, bus 'been drama
tiseeikid brought out at ono of the Fittehutzh
*nitro&
iCONFLACONAfRION AT RICHMOND
Governor Wass has set qv to soute,Af the
combustibles of Virginia. His letter to the'New
Yotk Tatnmany Society ht40:14, 1 nrOrn.q
among some of the if fi,ret-Jatilltfes,?l_-; The",
- Richmond South, is almost.l!tielit4Ons itivith' (4,
dignation. The eilitor,hot‘ontnntwith'havint I
fired off various small - arms lat' the - Governor
11
' (Wing the last six months, has now hauled out
before the astonished public a Paixhan gun,
davhich-seems to operate upon the revolving
'plieciple,,andyilidenhtless ~cootirotc to dis.
:obirge Aida there lenothing loft of Governor
rflirtsff hattlid - metbory that such amen once
lived. •Biel the Governor declared war upon
the neivaptipet Ostalllishthent 'of. Mr. Patron ;
-had he' called out the troops to turn out of
their seats Ihe Vricinia Assembly, now in sea
'slon ts had he captured Old Point Comfort and
titrned4t into a _citadel of Abolitionism, and
put Into the hand of every Ethiopian inhabi.
'tint ttinusket, lie couldnoti Aavitmere serious
,lp offended the:Richmond Sava. :We copy the
article of that paper Of Monday, Yan'uary 11th,
on the . Governor's' letter; and tettrablingly
r -
await the issue. 'We Sympathize with the
Executive of Virginia. We trust he 6411 bear
this sad calamity. 'Let _ him invoke all his
philosophy, for, ho is, in all probability, a
doomed Man. Still, we have some faint hopes
that Wass will not go down without a struggle.
He is accustomed to such things. When the
leaders of Virginia gave hiin a reluctant nomi
nation for - Governor at Staunton, in 1855,
(everybody will recollect that lie won it after
a most embittered controversy,) they consoled
themselves with the belief that it was a barren
honer=that nothing would come of It—that
, heaves bound to be defeated, and that the
frenzy of intolerance which had overrun the
State would overwhelm and bury him. But
he went through. With his old long-tailed
coat and soiled carpet-bag, he tramped and
-travelled over the highways and bye-ways
'of ; 'Virginiaa over- the hills and far
away"—and returned' with a majority of
-souse eleven thousand' at hie back; which he
threw down before the astonished Regency,
and went into the Governor's chair sea gallitnt
rider vaults upon the back of a high-spirited
steed, conscious that lie was master of the po
sition he had son _ obly won. When, in 1856, the
same men tried to overslaugh him and Mr. Be-
CHARAN, (who was his favorite for the Presi
dency,) controlling as they did the delegation
in Congress, the legislatatre and the political
leaders, they felt sure that he would be awfully
defeated; , but he sat in his quiet closet, ar
ranged the plan of the campaign, made little
noise, and. won 'the prize like a hero. Now
We take It that the Governor is not a man to be
put down quite as easily as if he were an official
cut out-of paste-board and tied up with red
'tape. We suspect that ho has troops at his
back, and legions of troops too. He holds
in his hand a good staunch weapon—
viz : the indestructible principle that the will
or the clearly ascertained majority shall pre.
vall. - 'He is not for committing the Southern
States to a mean and miserable fraud. He
scorns to win for slavery that which would he
winning a defeat, and he is generous enough
not to crush under a load of wrong and shame
those gallant men in the free States who have
sacrificed so much in defending the rights and
the institutions of his own section of the
country: .
GOVERNOR Wise: ON TIM LECOMPION CONVEN
TION.--In another (column of this paper the reader
will find fa letter from Governor Wise to the Tam.
many Society of Now York.
The Governor rarely writes without producing
a sensation ; but, for this performance, we venture
to predict an unexampled effeet on the public mind
of the country. From one end of the South to the
other It will be read with astonishment and mot ,
attention: From one end of the North to the other
it will be read with astonishment and exultation.
The , pro-slavery party in Kansas have just
achieved an unexpected and decisive triumph.
They have organized a State Government, and
have Incorporated slavery into their political eye.
teen by a deliberate vote of the people. President
Buchanan avows himself in favor of the admission
of Kansas with the Lecompten Constitution.
Every member of his Cabinet writas &letter to the
same effect. Indeed, the position of the Adminis
tration is ascertained beyond doubt or dispute.
They urge the admission of Kansas with the Le.
compton Constitution es the obvious solution of
that portentous difficulty which threatens the
peace of the country and the harmony of the
party. In support of the, ineasurb, they are
not only sustained by the united Democracy
of the South, but by a host of true and fearless pa
triots iu the North. On the ether side, all the
elements of Black Republicanism are arrayed in
tierce resistance to the Lecompton Constitution.
They dolmen's(' it as a fraud; they prepare. to op
pose it by force of arms. They will not hoed the
Administration, who contend that, innsmu,lh as the
slavery tease was submitted to the popular vote,
the Abolitionists have no just cause of complaint.
They persist in their policy of violence and revo
lution at the ,hazard of ins-siring the country in
unimagleable troubles and dangers.
At this stage of the struggle, when we begin to
anticipate a triumph for the Administration, the
Democracy and the Union, Governor Wise comes
forward and, by stigmatising the work of the Le.
comption Convention as "a usurpation," ns "un
veiled trickery and shameless fraud," arrays all
the Influence of his personal character, official po
sition, and sectional locality, against the on‘y fair,
just, and satiefactory settlement of the Kansas con
troversy which the South can possibly expect to
accomplish. Astonishing development indeed!
No wonder the Black Republican press betray
such meat of joy as it manifest in the subjoined
'article from the Now York Daily Times—the
speak') organ
of Win. K. Seward'. No seceder
_they exalt in the glory, of anticipated triumph
odor the Administration, the Democracy, -and the
South! -
_ .
Fortunately, the Legislature is in session. Gov.
Wise Invokes the name of the " Virginia Demo
cracy'? in eupport of his position. Lot the repre
sentatives of the Virginia Democracy in the Legis
'stare accept the issue. Lot them, by a prompt
end emphatic action, give assurance to the faith
ful men in the North who stand by the Adminis
tration and the South in the struggle, that the De
mocraev of Virginia will not desert them in the
hour of need. Lot them declare to the Democracy
of the South that they stand immovably on the ad
mission of Kansas with the Lecompton Constitution.
Let them rally to the support of the Southern Re
presentatives in Congress. Let them sustain
the Administration in the policy upon which it
stakes its existence. Dy every obligation of re
gard for the interests of the South, the party, and
the Administration, the Democracy of Virginia
are bound to make manifest their position on the
dominant issue of the day. The Executive of the
State has thrown Ms opinion and his influence in
the adverse seale. With minal propriety may the
Legislature give utterance to its sentiment. The
voice of the '4eneral Assembly will exert as potent
an authority over the public mind, and the De
mocracy of the State have a right to expect that
their representatives will place them in a correct
position before the country.
SENATORS DOUGLAS AND DAVIS.
A chatty ,female correspondent of the /30E1-
ton Post has the following lively description
of Messrs. IloucLas and Daces, of the Senate:
"Judge Douglas is a man ono cannot avoid
noticing on such 'occasions. When not in debate
he looks, as it eeoms to me, fairer and plumper
than before his marriage. Perhaps be lives
more methodically. I did not recognise him
without my lorgnette. But in the excitement of
controversy, abetting his heavy head for em
phasis, with a large plume of bushy hair waving
and nodding over his forehead, rapidly cutting
and twisting mitlithis band, working himself to a
perspiration, and his eyes flashing, the old Dou.
glaa of the Nebraska bill reappears. He is a very
restless man. Ile comes in, drops into his seat,
pulls a paper out of his pocket, reads three lines,
forces hie last cigar on Swin, who is going out to
smoke, mosses over to Benjamin and gets another
from him, which he twists in his mouth and chews,
offers his right band to Halo and his left to Pugh,
leans familiarly on Jones' shoulder, end strokes
that sexagenenan Senator's board, with a gentle
witticism, drops into the lobby a moment, and then
into his seat, to read three more lines of another
newspaper.
"Jefferson Davis has a strange fascination in his
tone. Be is a slender man, somewhat stooping.
and not personally prepoaseasiq. Yet everybody
listens to him. If a sweet voice is a beautiful
thing in a woman, I know that to us there arc few
charms like a mild, firm, gently modulated voice
in man. Swab is Mr. Davis's. Bespeaks readily,
pointedly, and with that precision of enunciation
which marks a scholar. With nothing in his mien
of namby-pamby or affected, you. see that ho is a
refined gentleman. They say be is a fire-eater.
/f so, I know he oats it ales mode, with a fork and
napkin."
Belmont Presbyterian , Church.—The first
communion service in this church, of which the
Rev. Dr. West was lately installed pastor, was
celebrated in the lecture room of the new build
ing, on Belmont avenue, on Sunday last, 11th inst.
ThoseSavorably disposed to the cones of religion
will, perhaps, learn with regret that, in conse
quence of the want of funds necessary to complete
the main edifice, accommodations could not be
conveniently had for those In attendance.
The eminent abilities of the pastor, his fervent
piety, and well•known reputation as a Sibilea•
scholar, will ero long draw around him a largo
songregation, as has already been shown from the
increase of attendance since the chords was con.
secreted. An appeal is, therefore, mule to those
friendly disposed for aid to accomplish the wishes
notenly of the pastor, but of the whole neighbor-
hood, by contributing such an amount as will
enable those in charge to complete the building,
and by that means ace sre sufficient room for those
who aro desirous of attending, but aro compelled
to remain at home for want of proper accommoda
tions.
For many years there has not been, at this
season of the year, so great a fatality among the
unamimated as at present exists at Ifavana, It
is stated, by resident there, that more than
one fourth of all these who have visited that pert
since October have fallen victims to disease, which
appears to be more virulent and en ,,,,, nnge od e
than for ,
many years past.
Speaker Longaker hos issued his writ for
an election of a member of the House of keine.
sentatives from Allegheny county, in place of J.
B. Deckhouse, deceased. The election is to be
held on Tuesday, the 20th instant,
The store of J. Baker, boot and shoe dealer,
which was erelong those destroyed by fire at Ohl
ea& en Sunday week, was Insured for $l,OOO at
the office of the Western Insurance Company,
rittsfield, Mass.
Pitg PitESSe—PIIILADELPHIAt W I EDNLSDAY, ANIJAInt 13, 1858.
BY MIDNIGHT MAIL
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FROM I9ASKINGTOI4.
El hitt° and -Emir tltintin Wit Eon Aoaeq~ Winter
Oriti,--Dai
ilinore;spontest4r*:FlecUen Vane, Scet Am%
[Correxiinnienen o!;!fliit Prees.) ,
' . \VAsniriaiing,4 l4l ; 1;
• Private adviees have boon rOoeived Obi mMning
at the Interior Department. that the E'iPaeo and
POrt 'lima wagon-road party were; on the 22d of
Novembor encamped upon the Rio do los Mho
bree, Territory of Now Mexico, 70 mites west of
the ltio Grande, and 125 miles from El Paso. The
party had passed. through- a fine country, and had
tine weather the entire journey. Their work had just
cottunoneed, and they were *mitering the road
from El Paso to Port Fillmore. As yet they had
not been troubled by the Indiums, but the expecta
tion Was that they would be when they get upon
the great Apache trail from the mountain into
the Moak= Territory of Sonora.
d'nst now the success of this party is watched
with Much interest, for the reason that, since [the
disturbance in Utah, the overland emigration to
California must pass over this route. All the way
from Et Paso to Port Yuma, the travel is opo n a
comparatively level plain. The distance is be
tween five hundred and six hundred miles.
The gay winter season of Washington has been
inaugurated with unusual eclat by the receptions
at the residences of georetary Cobb and the Poet.
waster General ; and the dancing party given at
Governor Cobb's lost evening has, by its brilliancy
and the pleasure experienced by everybody who
attended it, somewhat turned the heads of belles
and beaux, and will, no doubt, be the food for
chit-chat for weeks to come. Every section of the
country was represented, and, I might say, almost
every European nation.
The Committee on Elections, of the House, are
somewhat puzzled by one of the Baltimore eon.
tested-el ectiort eases. Mr. Brooks, who contests the
seat of Mr. Davis, does not claim that be is enti
tled to it, although he was the opposing candidate,
but that there watt not a fair eleotion, and. that the
polls were in the possession of lawless mon, who
could and. did make the returns as they pleased
without regard to the votes oast.
Brooks asks that there be another election,
and that measures be taken to insure the ex
pression of the will of the majority in that district
as to who shall represent it in the House of lie
;presentative& This is the first ease of the kind,
;and the committee will have to ask of the House
'power to proceed velth it. The probability is that
the request of Mr. Brooks will be complied with.
The &oratory of State communioates the fact
to Congress that Nicaragua, does not complain of
the arrest of Walker within her jurisdiction. She
had demanded, at our hands, that she should be
protected from invasions of filibusters from our
shores.
The President has appointed Thomas J. Al
bright, of Pennsylvania, as clerk to sign land
warrants, in place of Jones, of Virginia, deceased.
FROM HARRISBURG.
Correspondence of The Press ]
ILlnnianuaa, Jan. 12,1858
I gave you the committees of the Senate yester-
day. It will be seen Philadelphia has a representa
tion which her importance, and the talent of the
gentlemen who represent her in tho Senate, de
mand. The two old members have chairman
ships of two of the most important committees In
'the House, to-day, Speaker Longaker announced
his committees as follows :
Vice and inzatorahly.—Afeners. Ramsey, Ir
wln, Dunlap, Weaver, McClure, Rupp, RHlegal.
Price, Warner.
21filleiu.-11.tessre. Bopp, Mangle, Dodds, War
den, Donovan, Gellman, 'Emend.
-Election Districtr.—Messrs. 11311ogrur, Veeght
ly, Donnelly, James, Stephens, Babcock, Shields,
Dodds,
Banks.—Messrs. Hodgson, Abrams, Foster, Doh
wart, Lloyd, Fownal, Hamel, Ent, McDonald.
Corporaetons.—Dlessrs. Yearsley, Hamel, Stru
them, Brandt, Evans, Christy, Warner, Kirk.
pat rick, Bioren
Bawer and Eseheats.—Messrs. Jenkins, Grit
man, Williston,Wipple, Armstrong, Roeo, Goopp.
Roads and Bridges—Messrs. Arthur, Wolf,
ROland, Bower L Sharp, Castner, Wells.
Ways and 11feans.—Mesers. Calhoun, Jack
man, Struthers, Molloy, Smith, (of Cambric,)
Crawford, Turner, Rhodes, Imbrio
Judiciary.—Messrs. Goepp, Nill, Chase, Jen
k'ns, Smith, (of Berks,) Lawrence, Owen, Cal
houn, McClure.
Pensions and Gratuities.—Messrs. Smith, (o
Cambria,) Warden, Cotner, Bower, Ebur, Askins,
Bruce.
Glailits.—Messrs. Abrams, McClure, Ray, Car
rett, Miller, Woodring, Powell.
Aznotleure —Messrs Kinoaid, Wolfe, Witmer
Shields, NiII, Roweland, Gilliland.
Eduration.—Messrs Null, Stephens, Ramsdell
Stuart, Owen, Sharpe, Chase, Cristy, Kincaid.
Domestic .71tanufarlures.—Mossrs. Wells, Wei
ler, Imbrie, Donnelly (J. Kegley, Lovett
Reath.
Arco/en/v.—Messrs. Ent, Matz, Hayes, Dunlap,
Ramsdell, Lauman, Nichols.
Local Appropriations —Messrs. Mangle, Don
nelly (James,) George, Gilliland, Arthur, Kirk
patrick, McDonald.
Lands.—Mosers. Nunnemacher, Spyker, Don
nelly, (J. 114 lays, Mate Tosey, Miller.
Divorces. lessrs. Small f Wyoming,) What
(4k, Babcock, ipplo. Armstr g, Haute.
Counties.—Meesni. Brandt, Irwin, Nichols
Yearsloy, Ebur, Benson, Ray,
Compare B ills. —Messrs. Lovett, Donohoo, Rose
Evans, neap.
Libra, y.—Messrs. Smith, (of Borks,) Dohnert
Crawford.)
Conals.—Moserelloutz, Weaver, George, Donn
boo. Binned, Rhodes, Shaw.
Railroads.—Molars. Westbrook, Jackman, Law
rem, Lauman, Wilcox, Williams, Shaw, Molloy,
Smith, (of Wyoming,) Donovan, Pownal, Asking
Benson.
Public Pi inting.—Nessrs. Behar, Foster, Jlodg
Pithlic Buildings.—Messrs Wharton, Witmer
Garrett.
The House to-day adopted a joint resolution,
contracting with Richard I. Haldeman, of the
Patriot and Union, for three thousand copies
daily of the Legislative Record, to bo laid for at
the rate of $7 per page—two thousand oopies to
be distributed among members of the House, and
one thousand copieirameng members of the Senate.
There were ES in favor of confirming the contract,
to 5 against it.
At twelve o'clock the Senators met the House in
joint convention to hoar read the returns for and
against the amendments to the Constitution voted
upon last fall. I sent you the official roturns last
October, but it will do no harm to repeat the totals.
Mr. Speaker Welsh took the chair and announced
theobjoct of the convention, Mr. Cromwell acting
as teller on the part of the Senate, and Mr. Jenkins
on the part of the House
For.
First Amendment 122,057
second Amendment 117,143
Third Amendment 114.060
Fourth Amendment 113,005
THE NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE
[Special Correepoodence of The Pre,is ]
Tnnr+Tom, N. J., Jan. 12, 1858
The Legislature of this State assembled today,
The Democrats hating a majority in both
branches, no trouble was experienced in organiz•
lag. In the Senate, 11. V. Speer, of Middlesex,
was elected president; A. B. Chamberlain, of
ilrunterdon, secretary, and F. F. Patterson, of
Cumberland, ongroreing clerk..
In the House, Daniel Holsman, of Bergen, was
elected Speaker. The election of Mr. II was quite
a compliment to the young Democracy, he being
probably the youngest man in the United States
whe has ever been elected to the responsible po
sition of presiding officer over a legislative body.
D. Blauvelt, of Essex, was elected clerk, and E.
T. Pitcher, of Monmouth, engrossing clerk.
The sentiment of the Democracy of New Jersey
cannot be mistaken in regard to the " will of the
majority," and so unanimous is it that it will un
doubtedly be given expression, by the adoption of
resolutions to that died by the Legislature at an
early day. They are already drawn up, and
have been shown a copy. While they affirm that
the Democracy have the most unlimited confidence
in the patriotism, wisdom, and statesmanship of the
President, they also reiterate their continued fidel
ity to the principle adopted at the Cincinnati and
ourown State Conventions, endorsed by Mr. Bucha
nan in his inaugural and instructions to Dovernor
Walker. lie received the electoral vote of the
State on the faith of that principle being fairly
executed and carried out.
It was fairly discussed by every newspaper and
orator during the campaign, and not a dissent•
ing voice was to be found, do far as Democrats
were concerned. These were fully committed to
that great and important principle, and no snore
matter of expediency will cause its repudiation.
, We are to be besieged by a Now York lobby
force this winter, to obtain from the Legislature
permission to remove their pest•houses from Staten
Island to Sandy Hook. New Yorkers wrested
Staten Island from us, and we aro afraid if they
once gain footing on our fast land, they would soon
want to claim the whole State, to which we de
cidedly object. The Quarantine will hardly be
removed to Sandy Hook, with the consent of the
Legislature.
(Correspondence of The Press.]
TRP.NTON, N. J., Jan. 12, 1858.
Allow me to snyjthat resolutionslwere introduced
into the Now Jorsoy Legislature to-day, instruct
ing the Senators and Representatives in Con
gress to "oppose the admission of K11 , 121140S
no a State under the Lecompton Constitu
tion," &e. The resolutions were made the
special order of the day for Thursday next. That
they will be passed is a matter of certainty, as the
feeling of the Democratic members is strong for
sustaining the pledgee of the party In spite of the
special pleading of the opponents to the will of the
majority. Yours truly, M. It. 11.
A telegraphic despatch from Hamilton, N.
Y., states that a most atrocious murder was com
mitted at Poolville, four miles front hero, bet
night. Jared Comstock and his wife, aged ever 70
years, were the victims Their own son was the
murderer. lie has for some time been Insane. At
about o'n/ock last evening he killed his father by
knocking hint down with an axe, and his mother
wan killed by a skillet • He then out their hearts
out and out one of the bodies in pieces and roasted
the other on the stove, eating a portion of it. ll*
intended to have killed his sister, but fortunately
she escaped. Tho murderer is in custody, and has
confessed the set.
THE LATEST NEWS
IMPORTAI T 111,614 HAIL
THE .TROOPS IN 'WINTER ,DDARTERS AT
FORT BRIDGER.
MORMONS PREPARING TO EMIGRATE.
NO INCREASE OP FORCE NEEDED
Proclamation of Goy. Cumming Declaring
Utah In Rebellion.
Sr. LOUIS, Jon. 12.,-The Republican has 111.
calved later and cheering advlces from the Utah
expedition, dated Deo. Ist.
The troops had been concentrated in winter
quarters at Fort Bridger, with the mention of
001. Cooke's command, which was posted 40 miles
distant, on Denry's Fort. where a scant supply of
glass remained.
Fort Bridger was being rebuilt for the purpose
of protecting the provisions. The troops were
comfortably stationed at present in tents with
their stores. Toe weather had been very mild,
and the health of the troops remained good. The
provisions on band wore sufficient to last till June
With economical care and short allowsnp.a4
Capt. Marcy has been sent to rar and Santa
Fe to obtain further supplies. Nearly two•thirde
of all the animists belonging to the expedition have
died.
The Mormons are preparing to leave" for the
British possessions, and pioneer parties have
already left.
Brigham Young had sent a quanttty of salt to
Col. Johnston. That officer sent back word that he
would bang any messenger from the same quarter
on a similar errand. Young had also invited the
officers of the army to partake of his hospitality at
Balt Lake silty. It is said that Col =tflirriitan is so
well assured that the Idennons wilt leave Utah in
the spring, that ho asks for no increase of the force
now under his command.
Governor Cumming has issued a proclamation
declaring the Ter ritory to be in a stgteof rebel
lion, and stating a court will be organised in
Green River county, near Fort Bridger„ (whore the
proclamation is dated,) for the trial of offenders ;
that a posse of the inhabitants of the Territory will
be first used to enforce obedience to the laws, and
that falling the military force will bo ugiorted to.
The proclamation commands all armed 'todies of
men to Immediately disband and rettiOi home on
peril of punishment as traitors.
Lieutenant Carroll, of the 10th info:ary, bearer
of despatches to Washington, loft bore this morn
ing. •
THIRTY-FIFTH. CONGRESS,
FIRST SESSION.
WASHINGTON, JANUARY ,12,, 1858.' 2
SENATE. nos—,
Mr. Dount,As, of Illinois, presented appetition
from henry O'Reillen in favor of estaMbhint; a
teleicraph line from time western borders of Mis
souri to Fort Laramie and the south pass of the
Rocky Mountains. Referred to the Military Com
mittee.
Mc.Lsox, of Massnehusotts, introdt_tped a bill
explanatory of the not granting bounty - 4 , 0 , de to
officers and soldiers, passed March, 18.55, so as to
inure the claims to the heirs of persons making
claims who have died before the land warrants
were Issued. Referred.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the
bill to repeal the act of March, 1.860, authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to change the names
of vessels in certain cases.
Mr. BENJAVIN, of Louisiana, in showil►gtho ne
cessity for the passage of the bill, said that he had
a list of vessels the names of which had been
changed within eighteen months, and of that num
ber thirty-ono had either been lost at sea or been
the means of loss of life and property. Tho names
wore changed to deceive the public, when the vett
sole were rotten and unseaworthy. Ile Instanced
the case of the Central America, whose Game was
changed from George Law. Ono vessel had been
condemned and her name changed threeftimee.
and she finally went to sea and was neverheard of
afterwards.
The bill was passed,
A joint resolution to extend the time for the re
storation of naval °Mears appointed by the doclsions
of the retiring board, to April next, was Wm) up
and passed.
The Senate wont into executive session and sub
sequel:illy adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Speaker laid before the House the 'message
of the President, in response to the resolution call
ing for information relative to recent events in
Central America.
On motion of Mr. OMNI:MAN. of North Carolina
that part of the message, and the acoompanyin •
documents, relating to Commodore Paulding, en.
having reference to the orders of the Navy Depart
meet, was referred to the Committee on Nave
Affairs
The other portion was referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
A message was received from the President,
stating that he had received a copy of the Consti
tution of Minnesota, together with an abstract of
the votes for and against it, and now laid it before
Congress, in the manner prescribed by Malan.
strument. Having received but one copy, hb bad
transmitted that to the Senate.
A massage was received from the President, in
response to a resolution making inquiries whetker
the Government of Nicaragua has made any com
plaint on account of the arrest of General Walker
by Commodore Paulding, on its own soil. Rho
President, through the Secretary of State, states
that no such complaint has reached the Depart
ment.
The House then wont into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, to consider the
President's annual ratimage.
Mr. KP:LLOGP, of Illinois, said that if evdti,
President required the supporting 'bands or 7 le
friends, it was n4O. Who mild t,elt) / whialtal
tko Admlnistratlip portion of this louse,
what aro the Adroluistration measures? heels u
the Senate. There the Warwick of the party, in
the pride of his power, hurls defiance at the Ad
ministration. The President entered upon the
Presidency with a plethoric treasury, which is new
bankrupt. The Central American question is
pressing hard upon him. The filibusters are about
to overwhelm him. Besides, there is the Kantas
question, which he is pressing forward for the de.
strustion of freemen's rights, and the indignation
hurled back is sinking him. Utah is beyond the
control of the Government, and Brigham Young
is laughing him to scorn. Well may he (the Pre.
sidont) ozolain), "Savo me from my friends!"
As to Central American affairs, if the President
was derelict at all, it was because be did not, pith
a firm and steady hand, carry out his intentions,
and prosecute Walker while he was within our
jurisdiction.
This was not a question between Gen. Walker
and the Government. It was whether the Govern
ment shall discharge Its duty and sustain its honor.
It is only when we are just to our neighbors that
we austain our character and dignity ; and there
fore we are bound to defend Nicaragua against the
aggressions of our own citizens. He would not
bang those offenders, us has been suggested, but
they were properly brought hank in sympathy for
their wretched condition, and to be taught, be
hoped, that the rights.of i the Government must be
respected. Ile maintained that it was nut only
the right, but the dutyof the naval force to atter
upon the Nicaraguan soli, and arrest thoa whom
the President denominates as murderers and rob
bers.
Mr. llama, of N. York, explained the reattach
made by h ins on a former occasion—namely. that ho
west n favor of national grand larceny. In his argu
ment ho intended to convoy an alternative prow-
Wiwi, that if the Government justified Walker,
which ho hoped they would not, then it would be
far batter for the Government to filibuster la a
grand way. It was %jocose awl figurative implies
sloe, and excited laughter. Ile did not seriously
believe that any gentleman really thought he
favored grand larceny in a literal sense. Weeny
was stealing paraonal property, and therefore
could not ho applicable to Cuba or Central Ameri
ca. If the term was appropriate to any party, it
must be to the Republican party, who would op
propriate their neighbors' personal property, lie
admitted with Mr. lamer, that larceny woe wean
and contemptible, and sincerely hoped that the
representatives of the Republican party will Ldo as
much to prevent plunder as some of their prede
cessors did in the last Congress to promote it.
Mr. Moons, of Alabama, without venturint on
an argument of General Walker's valid title to the
Presidency of Nicaragua, contended not only That
Commodore Paulding hail gone beyond his instrue-
Gone, but that the majority of the nation never
could sanction conduct like his. Of Commodore
Paulding he know but little, but ho had no dsubt
that ho was a gallant and experienced officer, Ile
would say that a more wilful and wanton outrage
had never been committed by any one clothed olth
authority, and it became the representative of a
free people to protest against this wanton it ase
ii
meat of power. Ile could not concur wit the
Administration in its construction of the noutiiillity
laws. f,
Mr. Tilt:largo; of New York, in speaking open.
Walker, said that after being brought here. and
released from a felon, ho suddenly became a hero;
from a ruthless invader and guilty of robber)/ and
plunder ho becomes a Moses leading the nation
from the wilderness into a land of promise; from
a scourge and curse ho becomes the pioneer ofgood
government, and the beneficiary of his race.
Gentlemen say that a groat wrong has been alone
by Com. Paulding, that an indemnity aliould be
given Walker, and that a notional vessel ought to
take bins (Walker) book to Nicaragua. What did
this moan ? It indicated a diversity of sentiment
in this House. Walker was not a pioneer of
the civilization of which we are proud, but pf a
rude. semi-barbarous policy, which obtains a
foot-hold by force, and holds it by trampliag on
the rights of the people. Ile was guilty of
violating the international law and the
neutrality ant of 1818. Walker was never a eft?.
zee of Nicaragua. If so, where is the record of
his naturalization? Ile thought that the Ad
ministration was bound by duty to have Walker
prosecuted for the violation of these laws. The
President is right in wizening that Walker le
guilty. The mode of arrest is a matter of tab can
sequence whatever, under the eircumstaneet, and
while Nicaragua did not complain whothet the
technical letter of the law was conformed to ci- not,
the President is justified by the internationti law
in the spirit of his instructions, to arrest Walker,
and he did not violate the letter. ,
Agairuit
13,053
21,412
20,390
14,332
Mr. Wannvt, of Arkansas, said ho had n 4 heel.
tation in asserting that Commodore Paulding 'a
cceded his instructions. The President odinitted
this. When gentlemen go beyond this, with the
present lights before them, they go too fat. Ile
warned his political friends to be cautious hi what
they said, for fear of the consequences to the party.
After declaring that ho was no filibuster when ho
bad to violate the law for the accomplishment of
his purposes, and that if President Pieta° hid re.
moved Brigham Young the present turmoils in
Utah would have been averted, ho proeetded to
'
eulogise Arkansas, and earnestly advised thpgrant
of land to that Sta te for railroad purposes.
The committee then rose, and the IfouPo
ad
journed.
New Jersey Legislature
TRENTON, Jan. 12.—The State Legislature as.
trembled to-day, and organized. The yentas,
elected H. V. Spear, of Middlesex, Presidezt, and
theitouse D. Ifolsman , of Bergen, Speaker, Mr.
Mickle introduced a resolution instruct* the
Senators and Representatives in Congress lei vote
against the admission of Kansas under U2O Lo.
oompton Constitution. Postponed until Thursday.
The Virginia Legislature.
ftimixiorn, .inn. 12.—The "louse adopted lo•day
the MIIIOIIS resolution in furor of the lianas Le.
oompton Constitution. The Foliate hos poßtymed
action on the subject.
Inauguration of Governor Hicks.
'Wantons:, Jan, 12.—The (taverner elect, T.
IL Hicks, is to be inaugurated to•morrog. A
large gathering is expected at Annapolis.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
ARRIVAL OF THE EMPIRETITY AT NEW
ORLEANS.
Surrender of Col. Anderson
OVER A MILLION ARRA - 10.LP IN GOLD CO SMO
Nwei °tuxAtm Jan. ll,—The United States
steamship Empire City passed the Belize, from
Havana, whiob port she left on the oth inst.
The steamship Star of tholVest, from Aspinwall
boned to Now York, had arrived at Havana.
The Star of the West has on board the San Fran.
else() malls of December 20th, and $1,600,000 in
specie. .
NICARAGUA,
Interesting news from Nioarrigua is furnished.
The U. 8. steamer Fulton arrived at Aspinwall
on the 3Uth ult,, bringing news from Ureytown that
Col. Frank Audorson, who, in command of fifty
men, the remnant of Walker's band, had been
left in possession of Fort Castillo, hail surrendered
to the officers of the U. 8. steam frigate Susque
hanna.
The river steamers seized by Col. Anderson from
the Costa Ricans wore also taken possession of by
the Susquehanna.
He and his men will be taken to the United
States.
The Susquehanna is commanded by Captain
Joshua R. Sands.
CALIFORNIA.
The news from California is not of special im
portance.
Trade at San Franoiseo is dull.
The general news is of an unimportant char
eater.
No Isthmus papers aro furnished by the Empire
City.
It was reported at San Francisco that Col Stop
toe, at Fort Walla-Walla, Oregon, had received
despatches stating that one hundred and eighty,
men of Col. Johns - ton's command had been killed
by the Mormons, and the Colonel forced to retreat.
lTbis reported butchery has already been dis
proved by the despatches from the expedition.'
Lieut. Beale will soon return to Texas. The ca
mels are to remain in the Tijon reservation.
Sonora and Lower California ere politically
quiet.
A dreadful hurricane has visited the coast, dri
ving thirteen vessels ashore, and destroying many
houses at Lapose and San Bernardino.
The Mormons have all gone to Salt Lake city.
The United States steam frlgateWabash has sailed
with Cal. Anderson's command. Before surren
dering, he destroyed all the buildings at Fort Cas
tillo, and broke up the machinery of the lake
steamers.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
ifiIItRISTIVRG, Jan. 12.
SENATE.
A few unimportant petitions were presented.
Mr. BUCKALENT, from the committee on the sub
ject, reported & contract made with B. J. Haldeman,
for the publication of the daily legislative record,
similar to last session. Adopted.
Mr. BUCKALEW reported against the recommen
dation in the Governor's message for the erection
of an Executive mansion, accompanied with a bill
appropriating $ll,OOO for the purchase of a house
and tot on Front street, in this city, for the Cio
vermeil residence.
The bill was taken up immediately, and passed
finally without opposition.
The bill relative to the stay of execution under
the sixth section of the relief law of the extra
simian was reported from the Committee on the
Judiciary, and ordered to bo printed.
Mr. COFFEY read in place a bill to incorporate
the Supreme Grand Council of the 'lndependent
Order of the Sons of Malta, of Philadelphia.
Mr, 'RANDALL read a [bill relative to the Bank
of Pennsylvania, to enable it to make an assign
ment, and transfer its charter to new parties
Mr. LAURACtt road a aupplement to the act rela
tive to deputy county surveyors.
On motion, that part of the Governor's message
which' refers to the erection of a monument to the
deceased soldiers of the Mexican war was referred
to a special committee, composed of Messrs. Brewer,
Rams, and Turney.
A special committee of three (Messrs. Brewer,
Gregg, and Craig) was appointed, on the part of
the Senate, to escort the Governor elect to the
Capitol on Tuesday next, on the occasion of his
inauguration.
Tho Renato then adjourned.
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES
Tho SPEAKRII announoed the standing commit
tees.
211 r. RAWL, road in place a bill to incorporate
tho Convince Engine Company of Norristown.
JOSEPIT road a bill to incorporate the North
ern Diocese of the United Brethren of the United
States.
Mr. Yunnxr.ur rend in piano a bill to Incorpo
rate the Central Insurance Company of Philadel
phia.
Mr. WHARTON read a bill to exempt the Ameri
can Mechanics' Hall Association from taxation.
Itlr. Owlet( rend a bill to incorporate the Cbes
nut 11111 Hotel Company.
Mr. LAwni:Nct: read in place a bill to erect an
Executive mansion.
Also, a bill to repeal the not consolidating tho
Lebanon Valley and Reading Railroad Compri
dieß.
A joint oonunittoo of tho two booms mot to count
the votes cast on the proposed amendments to the
Constitution.
The House then adjourned till to-morrow
The Documents relative to Nicaraguan
Affairs.
W ARRINGTON, Jan. 12.--The documents trans.
witted to the Rouse to-day by the President, in,
responso to the resolution calling for information ,
in relation to the recent events In Central Arno-
rim, include a letter from Secretary Coss, who
says that no treaty between the United States
4
~,, learague, has too I been until : and there
try nfarmetitn on the subject in 'he posses
'ski, f the department') which it AV 14 be con
sists t. with the public Interests, at this time, to
communioato.
Several letters from Mr. Yrissftri are ineluded
in the documents transmitted under de to of Octo
ber last. Ile complains of the illibusttwing move
ments, and says that the United States can pre
vent a now invasion, but not by means of the neu
trality laws : for these are too weak. It has only
to receive a Nicaraguan Minister in his official
character, and enter into a treaty of friendship
and commerce to protect the property of its own
citizens, by securing to them the trannit across the
Isthmus without interference, and by this weans
filibusterism would be destroyed. This simple
act. so just, politic, and proper, would, he says,
restore hope and confidence to his country, and
Contentment and happiness to his people, and at
the same time secure most valuable.) benefits and
advantages to citizens of tho United States.
In a letter, dated in November last, he writes
to Secretary Cass, that General Walker never
could have been iresidont of NM(' rogue, because
the Constitution of the Republic on dudes any one
not a native of Central America from the exorcise
of executive power. Neither in Nicaragua nor
any other of the Republics of Central America is
any colony desired to be lornaod by General
Walker, or any other person who, like hits, has
dreamed of a mastery over its lands, to divide
them among his foreign allies. Yriessri, there
fore, protests against the contestplated coloniza
tion. by General Walker and ibis associates, of
Guatemala, Salvador, and Nienregne..
In a letter, dated Deo. I:ith, Yrissari calls the
attention of Secretary Cass to Gen. Walker's
movements, and trusts that prow edinge will be in
stituted against those violators of neutrality,
with that vigor which is rennin d for the main
tenance of pence, and of a fair understanding be
tween friendly neutral nations. And on Deem
her 20th, be, as minister of Guatemala. Nicaragua,
and Salvador, returns thanks to the Government
of the United States for having taken away the
adventurer Walker and his invading band from
the point of which they bad taken possession on
the coast of Nicaragua,thus relieving these friendly
countries frowthe evils with which they would
have been visited had these disturbers of the
Peace of nations been allowed the possibility of
increasing their forces by raw mantas.
The point from which Commodore Paulding
forced away these bandits—as snob justly wind
lated by the laws of nations to pirates, and foes of
mankind—is an almost deserted one, on which
exist no Nicaraguan authorities that could have
managed those fo:ons in Nicaragua. Therefore,
he considers the proceedings of Commodore Pauld.
log against Walker and his horde as entirely jus
tillable, for a man-of-war of nay nation may take
up pirates from a desert island, or a point so thinly
populated. .
Suicide of Ex•Preoldent 3onill, of Texas
New ORLMANS, Jan. 12.—8 y an arrival froiu
Galveston intelligence has been roeeived that Dr.
Anson Jones, ex-President of Texas, committed
suicide at Houston, on the Bth inst., by blowing
out his brains. Tho cause of tho act is not stated.
Dr. Jones had been a prominent citizen of Texas
since a period anterior to the revolution which re
sulted in the independence of thak State. After
holding various offices of a responsible character,
he was chosen President. Ite was afterwards an
ardent advocate of the annexation of Texas to the
United States. Since Texas became ono of the
States of the Union Dr. Jones has acted as alcador
of the Domocratis party, second in influence only
to Houston and Husk. He was recently a candi
date for the United States Senate, but yielded
place to Gen. J. Pinckney Henderson.
Appointment Confirmed
WsaitiNur" Jan. 12.—The Senate today, in
executive session, after a debate, confirmed, by a
vote of 211 against 23, the appointment of Nathan
Clifford as Assoolate Justice et' the Supremo Ceurt,
in place at Justice Curtis, resigned.
(Jutted States Supreme Court.
WAsiitNOToti, Jon. 12.--No. 30. 13oforo repor
cd. The argon/oat on both sides was continued.
I'Vott,irelval of the star of the West
SANDY HOOK, Jan, 12-10 o'clock P. M.—The
expected steamship Star of the West, with the
California mails and treasure, has not yet made
her appearance.
The Weather
[Received via National Telegraph Line—olliee, ehes
nut greet. above Third.
JANESVILLV., (WiS.,) Jan. 12.—Tho weather ie
mild and plonaltrA.
ButtlasaTes, (lowa,) Jan. 12 —The weather is
clear and cold; thermometer 35 dog.
Caine, Jan. 12.—Thermometer 32 dog ;
weather °tear and warm.
Sr. Louts, Jan.l2.—Weather clear and mild;
thermometer 50 dog.
D11a17019., (lowa,) Jan. 12.—Weather clear;
thermometer :13 dog
Tobeno, (Ohio,) Jan. 12, 9 A. M.—The weather
is clear, the mercury marking 46 deg.
BUFFALO, Jan. 12, 9 A. 39.—The weather is
mild and cloudy. A northwest wind is blowing;
tltettoornetcr :15 deg.
Attov.ttlizatt, Jan. 12, 9A. M.—The weather
hero is clear and still ; thermometer 35 dog.
P 11,01111; LI/ Glum Jan. 12.--The weather is
clear, with a south wind.
entc.teo, Jan. 12.—The weather is clear and
cold ; thermometer 34 dog.
liEritOlT, Jan. 12.—The weather is cloudy; ther
mometer 35 deg.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 12.—The %%anther is clear and
warm; thermometer 42 deg.
Pirranunnu, Jan. 12.—Weather clear; thermo
meter 42 deg.
CINCINNATI, Tan. 12.—There is a dense fog In
this vioinity ; thermometer 35 deg.
COLIItiIPS, Jan. 12.—Wencher clear; thermo
meter 54 deg.
IffulawArotts, Jan. 12.—Weather clear and
cold.
Fut TON, (Ill.,) Jan. 12.—Weat her clear and cold.
SPRANOPIELP, (III..) Jan. 12.—Weather clear
and ; thermometer 50 deg.
PUTSBUR(II7. Jan. 12—Evening.—The weather
le obey and mild ; thermometer 38.
Later from Kamm —Returns of the State Elee.
• lion.
ST. Louts, January 12 —The Deutorrat has ad.
vices from Kansas to the 7th inst. which give the
following pro-slavery inajaritios : inst.,
86-1 ;
Doniphan county, 801 i, Johnson county, 1000;
13 ourbon, 630.
Douglas county gives 500 free-State majority,
and Atchison laity about 20 Democratic.
Thefreo-State ticket is probably elected, and.
the Legislature will have a free-State majority.
About half the vote of the Territory has been
cast for State officers, but there is a very decided
expression against the Lecomptan Constitution, the.
majority against, it being rot down at 10,000.
some precincts two distinct polls were kept open.
The free-State men have been making arrests.
for fraudulent voting, under the recent legisla
tive act.
At Calhoun, aludge of - the election named Mal
vent was arrested for stuffing the ballot-hems;
and another named Redman was arrested for ;re
ceiving fraudulent votes. Calvert was taken. to
Leavenworth with the cannon belonging to the
Kickapoo Ranger; and paraded through the
streets. Much excitement prevailed, and Pears
were entertained that serious trouble would fol•
low. Political parties wore much divided, the
majority being bitterly opposed to the Leismapton
Constitution.
_ .
(ion Calhoun is supposed tol be at Weston, Mis
souri. Ile has been advised not to return to the
Territory.
Later from Itlo
New Yong, Jan. 12.—An arrival at this port
furnishes advises from Rio Janeiro to the lath of
December.
There was a large stock of Coffee in port, and
prices had fallen 11700, superior quoting at 400400
reels. There were no buyers.
Failure at Louisville
Lutnevim.E, Jan, 12.—Mesers. Smith, Ruosell,
Co., amp and candle manufacturers, hmie
Markets
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12.—Cotton quotes at 90
010 for middlings. Sales today 13,000 bales;
sales three days, 335,000 bales; receipts three
days. 28,000; receits less than last year, 200,000
bales; receipts all Southern ports, 496,000 bales;
stook in port, 357,600 bales,
Sugars hare declined Jo, quoting at 41a5c.
Flour is steady at $4.25; yellow cern quoted at
580.
Lard in ken 03e ; bulk meats—shoulders, 43e;
bams, 53c.
Other markets unchanged.
The Reading Steam Forge
(From the Reading Daily Gazette.]
In the upper portion of the North East ward,
about two squares beyond the Reading Railroad
freight depot, will be observed a large structure,
to which the attention of the passer-by is called,
not only by its impressive else, but. also by the
general appearance of activity and industry per
vading the vicinity. This building is the "Read
ing Steam Forge," owned bya company organized
in 1851; and which, commencing operations in the
following year, has oontinued with almost uninter
rupted vigor and success up to the present time.
During the late crisis it was deemed advisable to
temporarily reduce the number of hands; but now
the original and entire complement are at work,
fulfilling the different contracts awarded to the
company. Since the organization, the works have
been greatly enlarged, and the capital of the
company increased to $125,000, and it is now, per
haps, the largest steam forgo in the country, or at'
least turns out larger and heavier work.
The building is 250 feet long, 100 feet wide, and
comprises three large puddling furnaces, six dou
ble and single heating furnaces; five forge fires;
one "Nasmyth" steam hammer; three "Kirk"
hammers ; ono lathe. 45 feet long imd 10 feet face;
ono " Slotting" machine, and other useful and
important machinery which we did not compre
hend. The Nasmyth hammer is of the same pat
tern and size as the celebrated one at. the Washing
ton City Navy Yard, although this has a much
heavier " ram," weighing with the die and all the
fixtures about seven tons, and yet, notwithstanding
its immense weight, the machinery attaohed to the
hammer loss perfect and &heat° in its movements,
that a small tank can he driven into a board with
it. At present only a portion of the furnaces and
fires are in operation—the whole driven by a sixty
horse power horizontal engine. Anthracite and
charcoal pig is largely used, and biturninous and
anthracite lump coal is used in puddling; chile
anthracite coal only is used for heating furnaces.
Five hundred pewit's of iron oonstitute a "charge"
for a single puddling furnace. A largo quantity
of flrst.class scrap iron is also worked into light
and heavy forgings of different forms and sizes.
The company have jest finished a 41-inch engine,
I I feet stroke, for Messrs. Harlan b Hollingsworth,
of Wilmington, which is intended for un iron
steamer built for Southern trade. They have also
commenced, within a few days past, a portion of
the machinery for one of the United States sloops
of-war authorized by Congress during the last
session, and now building at Now York. This
contract is quite heavy, and will be finished within
two months The proprietors of the forge are,
with but one or two exceptions, residents of this
city, and we, therefore, naturally have greater
pride in the results of this vast manufacturing es
tablishment. and in the charms ter and worth of the
work performed. The present chief officers are :
President—David McKnight.
Nerldary and Trea curer—Charles MoLenegon.
Sitiorrintoident—W esley M. Lee.
The Animal Flower at Ithaca
(Front the llartfont (Conn.) Times of Monday )
J'cnple have been incredulous of the story that
filkil46'-=-1413211, bud, petals, and all—had grown out
of Orb leg of a hid-ridden, living boy at Ithaca,
!Neer 'York ; but the fact seems to be even co. We
have been shown, by one of our physicians, a da
guerreotype of this singular object. It was sent to
him by his brother, who hat seen the original,
occompanging the letter which le copy below.
The picture, to not a pleasant thing to look nt.
Tho flower is double-stemmed, and has two blos-
SOMS :
D%,111 BROTHER : r Bond you a daguerreotype o
the " wonderful phenomenon " described by D
J. E. Hawley, of Ithaca, New York. I saw th
Hower preserved in spirits. Here is Dr. ll.'
statement:
Oliver l Northrop is bettreen thirteen and
fourteen years of age. Have known him from
birth. Ills mother died with consumption when
ho was a few months old. Ills father died of the
seine disease within twelve months. The child
was feeble from infancy. When ten months old, a
great tenderness was discovered abont the right
hip joint. At two 7ortre there was considerable
swelling over the joint, which would alternately
be relieved and re-appear, until he was fire years
old, when en abscess formed on the same side be
tween the hip joint and spine. This was opened
and continued to discharge for she months.
In his eighth year an abscess formed at the
point of the first swelling, and afterwards a num
ber of abscesses formed on the same side. The
hip joint is dislocated, the limb drawn toward the
body, and both the hip and knee joints are stiff.
Tho left fore-arm is drawn up to the shoulder, and
the elbow joint is completely stiffened. The con
dyles are as distinct as if they were not covered
with skin. All parts of the body aro in a similar
condition, except those which aro swelled. For
the last four months he has lain in the same posi
tion, except one change of only about two Inches.
"On Wednesday he spoke of fooling relieved,
from an oozing, supposed to proceed from an ab
scess ; would not allow it examined until Saturday,
when his nurse saw a stem, three inches high,
crowned with pure white buds. Being exposed - to
light, it assumed a beautiful grayish purple hue.
The limb is immensely swollen, * * The
case will he reported," Ac., Le.
[Subsequently, it is said, renother flower grew
out of the boy's leg, and blossomed liko the first.
We believe the boy is now dead. I
The Penn sylvania Railroad.—The Commer
cial List of Saturday contained an interesting
tabular statement of the Pennsylvania Railroad
tonnage for 1853, 1854. 1855, 1858, and 1857, and
remarked that, "in a financial point of view, there
is scarcely a railroad company rn the United States
that occupies the MOO position as the Pennsylvania.
From the lest annual report we observe that the
bills payable of the company, or what is usually
denominated the floating debt," on the first of
January, 1857, was $1,71:1,603.51. Since that time
a semi-annual dividend of four per cent. on the
capital stock was declared and paid (in Jane), and
extensive improvements were made during the
year, involving en expenditure of hundreds of
thousands of dollars; yet, notwithstanding these
important considerations, the floatingdebt. proper.
on the let inst., was less than Jour Itundr,rl
thousand dollars ' This result speaks for itself,
and ,indicates the excellent management of the
affairs of the company. No similar enterprise mot
with the same success Past year, and it as not too
much to say, that if the same wise economy which
distinguished the administration of the affairs of
the company lust year is carried out this, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will be entirely
rid of her floating debt ; that it will pay semi-an
nual dividends regularly, and In the future meet
all its obligations in each. Passing the November
dividend received the cordial endorsement of a
large majority of the stockholders, and has placed
their, stock in a much mere favorable light than it
has ever before been hold in. It is true it is vow
far below its real value, but the circumstances
connected with the lust monetary troubles cont
emned a depression that could not have been
averted had the last dividend been paid Every
stock in the market suffered, and of course it was
impossible to save the Pennsylvania from the com
mon fate of all railroad, banks, and other divi
dend-paying stocks."
The great reduction in the expenses of this
corporation is a feature of policy that must bo ap
preciated. This aided materially in lessening the
liabilities of the company, and with the recent
reorganization of its affairs for conducting the
general business of the road, the future is full
of promise for more extraordinary returns to the
Treasury than has ever before been experienced.
In order that the prosperity of the Pennsylvania
Railroad may bo more clearly exhibited, we give
the aggregate of the freight business of the road,
in tons, for five years, as follows:
1857. 1856. 1855. 1854. 1853.
Through Ea5t...94,900 88.607 106,406 45,118 24.302
We5t...77,167 76,456 65,564 03,820 38,837
Local Eant " , 38,127 106,230 127,614 13,321 10.752
" West 120,2t.03 92,509 65,302 47 966 18,797
530,420 453,092 504,886 180,231 102,050
Thus it will be seen that the tonnage of 1857 ex•
coeds that of 1850, 70,428 tons ; of 1855, 185,534
tone; of 1854, 370,189 tons, and 1853, 428,332 tons.
The through business east, in 1857, was 0,199 tons
greater than in 1836 ; through west, 711 tons; local
east, 41,897 tons, and local mast, 27,621 tone. This
is extraordinary when the Inaneini trouble of the
past year is considered. Tho principal increase
over 1858 is in the Eastern local freight. In the
article of bituminous coal alone, the increase in
185 G over 1855 was 28,778 tons, and in 1857, 48,011
tons more than In 1850, and 70,787 tons more than
in 1835. In the future this trade must increase
with even more rapid strides, boom° the coal of
this prolific region onjoys A superiority over the
coals of other regions, for the manufacture of gas,
locomotive use, generating steam in engines, and
making iron and other metals. In the face of
great obstacles, therefore, we have said, the rood
has largely increased its bushwas, and what, re
turns the present year will bring for the labor
spent in perfecting the arrangements deemed no•
cessary for the convenience of various branches of
industry, it is impossible to conjecture. Certain
itj is, however, Philadelphia bas been benefited
by this increased business, and we know that
Western merchants have felt the good effects of
this ronneetion with the East, and during 1858
they will appreoiate them more fully.
The. Paris correspondent of the London
Glohe, writing en the 24th ult., says: arisi has
turned a now leaf In her libretto. She is an
nounced as a " medium" of no common perform
ance; llama (not the skeptio but the charlatan)
proela!ming her exeollence in her new role.
THE MONEY MARKET.
, Pfiii:itiat.;l4,C,4annary 12 b, 1658
The stockmarket maintains its steadlneev, end
its - basin* lion thti Mamma. State and oily and
Giorernment loans are in dentand at rising prices,
and bank stooks exhibit marked improvement.
The fanny stocks shoe littler change. the principal
variation being in Reading Railroad stock, which
to-day recoded, losing the } per cent. gained yes•
terday.
The New York hank statement shows an in
crease of specie, to which will be added In a few
nays a million and a half of dollars, now on the
way from Caliiornia t in the steamship Star of the
Wort; Only seven hundred thonaand dollars are
expected to go to Europe fife week, by the
steamer Niagara, from Boston- -
The New York Deity News imp : the aggregate
returns of the New York, bankscotapare at follows
with those of the previous week :
WY ending Leans. Specie. Circulation. Deposita.
Jan 9.—M.792.758 V 29,170,838 1 1 8.610,404 179.841,362
Jan Os 549,993 29,501,916 0,490,433 78,035,22.1
ecrea.le. $217,775 $614,892 $125,061 51:206,138
The net depoeiti wore ne follows;
Ocoee deposits Jan. 9 $79,841,382 Not.
AN erne oC clearing* 13,899,060 $ 6 5,912.232
IV eek ending Jan. 2 65.1=siiiin
The country banks are last redeeming their in
debtedness to the city banks—only $2,923,000 re
mains to be taken up of the certificates of the Me
tropolitan Bank for the deposit of country bills.
The interest they have to pay is doubtless the spur
to this general anticipation of the day of redemp
tion, no there is no adequate employment for it in
business. ,
The banks have now twenty-nine millions of dol
lard in bank, with a frospeot of two millions more
next week ; the returns will show an accumulation
of over $30,000,000 in vault. What is to be done
with it? The industry of the country wants all the
stimulus that at least one-third of Ib is in circulation
would give it. How can it be done? -
The following is the Pittsburgh bank statement
to Jan. 2, alluded to by us yesterday:
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I he Courier and Enquirer holds forth upon the
asissippi bonds In the following language :
The Governor of INfissimlppi,- in his last annual
message, made no allusion to the largely accu
mulated bonds of the State, now unpaid for
eighteen years or more. The validity of these
bonds was at one time disputed as to a portion of
them, but the courts of the State have finally and
fully acknowledged their validity, and the State
creditors have the strongest eta ms for indemnity.
Yet we lee no measures taken by the Legislature
to pay such bonh. although a specific and mode
rate tax upon four hundred millions of property
owned in Illississippi'would realize ample funds to
pay the long arrears of interest.
The hardship of the case is somewhat more pro
minent, when we find that 3lississippi has over
ono million of dollars surplus funds which hair,
been invested as follows : (see report ofJoint Com
mittee of trio Senate and House, dated Jackson,
October 19, 1937.)
Chickasaw School Fund... ...... $338,072
Internal Improvement Fund.... 447,300
Loaned to Railroads 270,561
51,078.93.3
The ordinary revenue of the State last year with
its cash on hand, was $955,000 and the expendi
tures $790,000. The losns to railroads are as fol
low :
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad $181,8:50
Mississippi Central Road 416,850
New Orleans and Jackson Road 659.000
Mobile and Ohio Railroad 335,000
In the elaborate report of the joint committee,
and in their long discussions as to the principles
of finance—the receipt and disbursement of reve
nue—no allusion whatever is made to the heavy
debts owing by the State, and confirmed by the
High Court of Errors.
The amount of specie bold by the Bank of Eng
land on the 23.1 of December, is X 10,753,281 stee
ling, being an increase of near £2,700,000 in two
weeks, or of thirteen millions of dollars.
The earnings of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railroad Company, for the month of De
cember, 1557, as compared with 'December, 1856,
and for the year ending December 31st, 1857, as
compared with the year ending December 31st
1856, were as follows, viz :
Dec. 1857. Dec. 1856. Decrease
$42 369 75 $68,026 43 824,256 08
58,910 85 95 489 10 8.578 25
4,482 29 4,482 29
181 66 827 71
Freight
Passengers
Mail
Illiteellaneout
$105,914 55 $137,425 0 131,480 98
1 EARLT REPORT.
Year 1557. Year 1856. Increase Decrease.
Ireight.,.sol,lo 81 9690,875 53 $35,946 92
Pawners 041,175 14 766,2152 30 $174,822 84
Mail .... 53.757 48 37.211 61 16 575 07
Miscell's., 3,848 72 3,017 62 831 10
51 633 : 739 03 1,497,151 Od 192.222 81.
Iticreeee in 1837 over PRZOI, (10 percent.) En0,...:22 80
The Northern Bank of Kentucky has deotared a
dividend of five percent. ant of the profits of the last
six months, with a surplus fund of $388,480.14.
The exhibit of the condition of this institution
shows its cash means on hand to ba $1,006,747.9?,
of which $747,76.5.98 is in gold and silver.
PHILADELPIIIA BTOO.II IXOI3ANG& SAL 15,
January 12, 1858.
arroBTIBD no MANLLT, BROWN. &CO STOCK HICIIMIS,
N W. COI, THIRD AN
FIRST
V3OOll. it ui 'NZ eh ..s5
DIvSTSVT staneze
°ADD.
15 Pa It cash
6000 City R be lot+
13 Cam k Amb R... 98
20 RoSding It
100 do . 29J
50 do 29J
100 do 85 .... 2 , 3
400 do lots cash.. 29
50 do b 5 S lot —29
25 L IA It lON
100 do ..•. ...... 10%
10 Lob Scrip b 5 36%
10 do 211'
21 Wilton 204
50 El R 115 10
(9) Ilk of Pa...•
BOARDS.
15 1 , 3 R. lots 41
11N Ps P........... 91(
SOO 0. 1 . T (7a• 6.11914..89X
300 do lots 6 , 1 X
3000 N 11 6.31601—.51X
1000 Pa R 64 21 Int e h 79)
4000 Morris CI 6s 4 44.73
2000 C & Ain 11 6s '93.71
2100 Soh Nay Bs 'B2 VI 58X
100 do 4 days 58X
20 NPs ...... 94
13 do 0X
6 Sch Nor 9X
7 Caton , It 8 x
11 Pa R. lotN 41x
20 do each 4
DETWER
,09S
09%
noon City B 69
1000 do
4 Beav Mead It 52)i
10 !.,; Am Bank 125
1200 41,3 new 93S
',AO Leh 'Line
BOARD.
100 Elm R
10 Cataw It lots
A XCON D
1100 City 13.1 new Intei..93li
1000 tin new 11.1 i
125 Penns II lots ....41
50 Gir Bank lots.— 9)(
5 Bank of Da 1
10 N' Am Bk 2I —125
8 Kens Bank 57
BOARD.
2000 City Oos 65 old..
500 N
58 Bear Mead Riots
40 Leh Scrip 10t5....
25 L Island 11
91s
603 y
101(
'TEIt
100 City Os nes.
OLOBING
.4. Asked.
U Staten 83 119 .111 ..
Etd A.'l
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Phil* 6's int 0f7..5934 Sf 4 ii ~ ista...le .... 9y 9 . %
•• ' • R8.89,.4 891, Winsplik Um B. 9,"./ 10A
tiew.9s,s; 95 , ' do letmort 7'5.55 60
Per n4yIT 5'a.....83 84 do 24m..44 45
Reading B 0 8 7 i 29 Long Island 10 ' 4 ' 10;
d. Bond. '70.72 75 V iek diurg 7 7 34
do Mrt 68'44.81 .. Girard Bank 998 9,5_
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do du '80..63 85;1 Lehigh Z in0..... 3 %
Penns RR 40% 41 Union Canal 2 4
51 orria Canl Con. 42 42% New Creek x
Hchu NOs 82 MN 5821; Cetewlass• R R... 6N 6$
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS
JsNrsav 12—Evening.—There is no alteration
in the market for Breadstuffs, and the demand for
flour is limited to the wants of the local trade, at
from $1.75 upwards to $6a56.25 for common
brands to extra and fancy family flour, as to brand
and quality. Shippers are not buying and stand
ard euperfina is nominally held at $4.75 per bbl,
there being no demand for expert at that figure.
Corn meat and ltye flout are not inquired for, and
bold at $3 for the former, and $3.55 per bbl for
the latter. Wheat is hold above the views of
millers, who aro the only buyers, in which
only about 2,300 bus have changed bands, at 110 a
1150 for red, and 125a1303 for white, the latter
for choice Kentuck7. Corn is wanted, and
with but little arriving ; about 3,000 bushels sold
at 620 for new Southern yellow, mostly afloat
Oats are firm, and further sales of 1.200 bus at 35e
for good Pennsylvania, in store. Rye is wanted,
and readily commands 700 at the distilleries.
Bark continues in demand at 520 for first quality,
but there is little or none offering. Cottoa—
The market remains unchanged but quiet, at
prices within the range of 9ylllc, cash and time,
for uplands, of which the stock now chiefly con
sists. Groceries are hold firmly, but there is very
little movement in the market. Provisions con
tinue dull and unsettled, and a limited businesa
doing in bacon and salt meats, at about previous
quotations. Sales of lard are reported at oa9le for
bbls, and 'giallo for kegs, cash and time. Batter
is also very dull. Seeds are steady, with sales of
150 bus Cloverseed from first hands, at 55 per bus
for prime lots; 50 bags recleaned seed sold at $5.00
per bus, to go out of the market. Whiskey is quiet
at 20./o for drudge, 211 e for hbds, and 2110220 for
bbls.
BY TUE PI4OT
LETTER FROM NEW TORE.
Correepoadeace of Ma Puss. j .
NEW YORK, Jan. 12, ISSS--5.20 P. M
.
Were the bank once rid of extended paper."
and treed from their present anxiety as to " bills
receivable," I believe, with their prevent immense
bullion reeerre, which is nearly equal to half the
amount of their capital, and with an announce
meet of two millions more, itrlitt, to arri a
from California., they would expand more rapid y,
and thus at once resuscitate the trade and nodur.
try of the country from their present lifeless con
dition.
While the existing incubus of extended notes
remains as heavy as it is, the banks ere afraid to
abate their caution or extend accommodation to
any but the very best names. Wherever they can
get them they are ready enough to lend on fast
rate securities, and say that they dare not venture
further. For the last few weeks they hare been
slowly expanding, which must be taken asap evi
dence of " good will ;" but the expansion is
so much below the requirementa of the commu
nity that the effect produced is not very percept
ible.
There is no pressure in the money market.
The names which would command capital at easy
rates are very scarce, but, as I have already
stated, they are becoming more plenty every day,
whether from the fact that confidenee is firmer,
cod that first class alienate willing to do business,
er from the fact that the banks are beginning to
think that many men who heirs not been consid
ered first Maas are as Bare to pay as if they had
enjoyed that reputation.
The fine weather to-day a fter
Iler yesterday ' s storm
brought out business ane& alt degrees. They
chattered and compared notes, (1 do not speak of
business "notes" exclusively,) and every one
greeted his neighbor with a more cheerful, friendly
tone than I have heard fora verylong time. Faces
seemed to say, " Well, fine weather has come at
last. We have had a hard time, bet a little rest
will put us all right." There was a slightly-in
creased ectivity at the note-brokers'. What is not
absorbed by the banks they take, at 7a 9 per
cent. for the gilt-edged, and 10 to IS, according to
the depth or narrowness of thegilding, for all that
is not strictly in the front rank
I met a friend to-day who had borrowed money
from a note-broker at fifteen per cent., who is as
solvent aid sore to pay is would be Wm. B. Astor.
I remonstrated with the broker, asked him how
he could shave each a man so clear, and be owned
that he believed his paper "with his own name
alone, was as good as a bank-bill," but that he
was not Blamed as first-late. Six weeks ago, this
same man, good as he is, would have been obliged
to pay forty-eight per amt. &month for the same
accommodation! The improvement is great, bat
it must go a long way farther before we reach
perfectly smooth water. .
If the disposition manifested to-day on alt
hands continues, we shall soon reach it; and I
am much mistaken if we do not see a larger ex
tension in the next week's statement of discounts,
and a consquently wider extension of confidence
in the legitimate promoters of trade and com
merce. The unexpected increase in specie, In
stead of a latla decrease, which was generally
anticipated, is very . justly regarded,ca one of the
most encouraging sign of imprormumat that it is
possible to concave. It proves that the coun
try debtors are paying sap with promptitude. and
that " honesty is found to be the beat policy."
Foreign exchange was very Apr for to day's
post, without any. change in prices from former
quotatione I enclose the following extract from
Marie t genet F.a.roPean circular by this steam
er: .
‘• Since our advice+ of the sth instant, we bare re
ceived European news to the 23i ultimo per Atlantic-,
and to the itith per Stria. They report a general
im
provemehtin England sled on the - Continent, and an al
most total cessation of failures, a redaction everywhere
in the rates of iutsreirt, and. especialfy from 10 to
per cent. by the Dank of England, as - advance of 1
per cent. on consols daring the week, and finally
a better demand, with air Upward movement in
cotton. Three various feveratYe reports retch
us at a period when numerous investments hare
usually to be made, followtng open a very Iwo
rable baith atitement,: the eyeele reserve of the
lid instant being, i 25,5431,946• the highs - g o t point on
recent in the experience of the United States, aryl at a
time when an improvement more or less recognised In
the various departments of trade is beginning to show
itself. As might be expected, the stock muket has re
sponded to these auspicious influenced fu a greatly in
creased moves eat, and a growing tendency to specu
lation. The advance has beta general. but it has been
especially felt in State Stocks. ftatiroad skives are af
fected In one direction by the favorable position of the
general market, and in tke opposite one by the decrease
of tralEc growing out of the great contraction of buil
t:lege.
"State Stocks hare been very active and rising all
through the week sales exceeding 11.000,090, mote
than two-thirds of which in klissouri s. Virginias have
risen 4X .1 0 ' cent; Missouri, 4X, ; Tennesue, 7X ;
Cali
ferata,lB7o and 1875. 2; Ohio. 649' cent,1550,21( : de ,
1886, 4 ; Kentucky. ; North Carolina, 4%. Saleshase
been mule of Ohio 5Se cents, 1885. at 91y1 ; Indiana
6's at 80aS1 ; Louisiana at 86; New York 6's, 1858, at
afigx ; do. a's. 1862, at 1023 i ; do. 6 , 5, 1873.74, at
109 X stilt); United States 6'a. 1868, at 1.12, sal stow in
demand at 112 x."
The exchanges at the clearing house were $12,-
124,093.96, and the batsnees were $772.-W.lO.
The cash transactions at the Sub. Treasury were
as follows:
Receipts $167,033 07
Payments 172,362 29
Balance 2 903,341 76
The receip's include $93,000 from store.
There seems to be a general resolution on the
part of our banks to discontinue the practice of
paying interest on deposits. The few who would
wish to oppose this resolution are ashamed to do
so, and the hope is that it will be speedily adopted.
The Metropolitan currency certificates now
amount to only $2,569,000. The rapidity of their
redemption is not the least analog the encouraging
signs of future financial health. At the Corn Ex
change this morning there was more activity.
Flour and wheat in request. Business small.
Corn firm- Provisions active.
There was a very active stock market to-day,
with very large sales. Prices were somewhat ir
regular, and fell eff a lade for some of the leading
favorites, owing, no doubt, to the size of the offer- -
logs. Erie, of which the largest salsa were made,
closed at 21, yesterday's closing price at the first
board. State stooks and railroad bonds were very
active, with an upward tendency.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANOE, JANUARY 12
FIRST BOARD.
13000 'Tenn et 64 '9O 89
MOO do BSX
5000 do b3O 89
MOO Missouri B's 833(
7000 do 8 3X
29600 do 010 833(
MOO do 83x
5000 do 030 84
1000 Cal Vs '73 683(
9000 L0U1.12113116 . 0 063 E
3000 Brlyn Ci 6 s s 3 91
7000 N Y Cen b's 86
2000 N Teen R es 66 80
:100 N Y Cen R 7s 95
8000 Hutt R 34 mt 53
1000 Bud It R lstmt 973(
1000 Her lit int 71
2000 hlieb Cen Bpellst
nn skg F'd Coo 83
2000 do 85l(
10500 111Cen bd. 97
33 111 Cc,, Jo rgt 1003
33 111 Cen Ye rgt 1001(
2000 T Haute& Al 2d 40X,
2000 do 40x
9000 Le CAII L OB 41
2000 do .114.
Dlechauici Bk 109
100 Nations( Bk 105X'
115 Bk Commerce 100
150 Phenix Bk 100
60 do 1003
20 Amer Ex Bk 101
49 Shoe &Lie Bk 100
10 do 101
8 Bk or NY 101
45 Ins Tre Bk 93
400 Canton Co s 3 21
90 Penn Coal Co 734(
50 Com Coal b 3 125,
23 do e3O 12X I
100 do 53 13
330 •Io .3121
40 Paginc hail C0t715
50 do 71
342 N Y Cen R 80
150 do s6O 79.1
550 do blO 803(
250 do a 38054
WO do b 3 SOX
100 do s 3 St/ X
200 du stl 80X
ZOO 51110 55511003 33
SECOND
1000 Virginia 6s 92X
8000 Missouri 6s 82X
11000 do 83X'
1000 Tea, 6,'90 89, , j.
3300 Cal St 7a'7o (9
1000 do 69 x
5000 N St 6s '74 111 x
7000 51iCen 8 per et
Ist m skg Con 65X
3000 T II rt Al 04 m 41
100 La Clellll Rbcol2s
100 de 13
150 do 121
10 Tan 11 9.51 Co 70
65 do 09X
250 Cam Coal 121,
100 do .30 12X
050 do .312%
200 do 13
600 Cley S Tol IL 431(
1 92,700
25 Morris Canal.
A-MSS —The demand is fair for pots, at f". 5 50, and
pearls are steady at IS 75 for good tans
Corn:K.—The market is genet. but steady. The
stock of Rio is 93.518 bags, soil of all kinds 115,1558 bags
awl mats.
COTTo‘.—The market this rooming is Erns at the ad
ranee of yeraerday A entail betsineaa is tieing
11 , 1 s —The market for all kinds lacks annuity. bt.t
prices are swell supporta.'
Ftera, ecc —The demand is fair for we-tern (anti
flour in part for export. Prices are irregular, su per
fine i, in fair request at our inAde figures, w ith few sel
lers. while extras of tome prate are easier and mol e off
slowly. The arrivals are limited.
The sales are 5,700 bhls, at $4.25e54 35 for common
to g ood State; Snail 70 for extra do.; $4.!:-.satt 35
for superfine Indiana and Michigan; 50445 for extra
do.; S 4 6:,a4 70 for common round-beep extra Ohio;
$5.1,113 50 for good to choice do ; 15 25457.25 for St
Louis brands. and S 5 30E47.50 for extra Genesee.
Canalmn flour is held with much firmness; superfine
is not plenty—sales of 300 bbls at 54 30a1.4 i 0 forsuper
fine, and 54 cools for extra brands. Southern flour is
rather lower; inferior brands are difficult of sale, while
good are firmer and in steady request—,ales of 300 bbls
at $4.25/4.5 for mixed to good brands, Baltimore, hcc ,
and .$5.1006 30 for the better grades. Rye is quiet at
B3esl. Corn meal is steady at $3.r13 10 for Jersey
Gans —The demand for wheat is rather more active
for export and prices are firm—buyers ant sellers are
apart an their views. The only sale that transpired
Wag a small lot of good white KentuckS at 5110.
Rye is very quiet but firm at 74..e75e, for Northern.
with buyers at 73c. Barley malt is quiet at 90c—a sale
of 2,000 was made yesterday at 80c, which is below the
market. Oats are in fair demand at 42trific for State
and western
•
C oen n em but quiet; the *Meals are limited
Sales of 1,500 bus old western mixed in store at 74e
New white and yellow arc firm at
PsoviidosS,=The pork market is again loser—Um
demand is fair at the decline. Sales 01360 bblsat $l4 75
214.51 for nen' mess; $l2 for prime, and $17.25 for clear.
Beef is plenty, freely offered, and is heavy ; sales of
160 bbls at $5.15.756 50 for country prime; s9xslo for
do mess; sloltsl2 50 for repacked st Estero mess, and
sl3asl4 for extra do. Prime mess is non:hail at 17024 c.
Beef barns are firm—sales of 200 bbls as $l4 50016.
Dregged hop a e in fair demand at ilers yo, closing at
be Lard is :u fair demand, and is rather firmer for
prime parcels. The sales are 210 bbls and tcs at 113 Xe
9,>,'0, and kegs at lOyelo,lic.
Butter is plenty, and is dull and heavy at llalfic for
Ohio and 12 lialSo for State Cheese is slow of gale at
6eBg,
Rica is dull and heavy , sales of 100 to at Vets. 50
per 100 IDs
SVOd RS —The market is quiet, but steady. Rellsed
are dull. The arrivals are few.
TasS.—The business is small. No auctions are an
nounced.
WHISITS.—Th market is firmer, with less here
Sales of 160 bbls at 21)4 e.
ALBANY CATTLE MAR BT, Jan. 11.—
%IRV CATTLE-1,000 at market. Extra., $4.50;
first finality, 4 54; second quality, 83.50; third quali
ty,
COWS AND CALVES-8 at market. Extra, $55;
first quality, $4O; second quality, $35; third quali
ty, 330.
&MEP AND Lanas-1,000 at market. Extra.
$5; first quality, $4; second quality. $3 third
quality, $2.50. .
Swiag—Not any.
ZO trio ILOlrosd e M . %
100 . do 660 21%
503 do
b 3 21%
300 do 21%
100 do WO 21%
100 do 110 21 i
200 do blO 21%
2050 do b 3 21,,
50 do 130 21
MO Had Ile R a 3 ..034
250 Bar RR s 3 6%
61 Mich 8&N I prof 33%
100 Reading B. blO 58%
100 do c 58
DM do sa 511%
450 do a 58%
100 do blO 58%
100 do 460 57%
I 100 do bai 58%
I 500 do 110 53
1101, do WO 53. 5
I MO do 1.058%
121 Mich Cen It 54%
50 do 54%
66 do 55
50 Mich :AN I R 21%
250 do 13 21
03 do M)
€4 do 20%
100 do 20 , .
1%1 Pomona B. 92
MO do AM 92%
50 Cler & Pitt'be 101 t
50 do 110 10
118 Coil & CM 11 10
20 do 75%
1100 Cies lc Tol B 44
I 300 do 43 43%
200 do 53 43%
500 do t4O 44
WO do 43 430(
100 do 'lO 43%
100 Chi & RI R 4,93 72%
50 do 630 70
50 do 203 71%
100 do 71
150 do 113 TO%
60 La C & Mil 14%
235 do 14
213 do 13%
393 do 13%
200 do 260 14
25 do 13 1 / 4
BOARD.
200 N T Ctil Rl2O 19
90 do 79%
7 do 79%
50 Erie Railroad 20%
250 do 20%
50 do 630 20%
90 Ilsrlem ft O%
100 Chi & R 1 R 70
100 do .24 09%
200 Reading 11 it 57%
200 do s3O 57
350 do 57
5 Mi Central R 54
50 Mi Southern R 151
120 do 20
100 Panama R 1 , 60 cr:s .
44 111 eel:in 90
100 Cloy k Pitts P. 10%
100 do .30101(
100 Galena & Chi R 7.4
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