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Thfr,94o#9o X9M.P4tere4l4olrlllP,k -raimi,..nult,A43ttile. /4,PitiSailioT-0114 PM' * A n t 11"4"^"Offtt 9,P012111.*7.4 f,clPinx, POP n i , 441 1 .2 1 0 4 10 , 0 394 . - ClOgraft tI In:answer to numerous' infitiiries, - We wrlialrstiMgiMiarers ' ertli fste g ialititiO7 fkrattlaturg; . dam procure the JAoF).wilO, ' the etolusivnagent for that place. ! i 2 r• DPLIt, s* The daily inerease 9f the Circulation. of Tat Firoliiihe'dity"of,lltitadelfihia is a wonder efArtspipevlropitits'7o. state_mbat lived neirligent, and eVeryenfi . experienced , in the fiquire, will under:. sa d VtlikilietZ ri.o .04 'to 01 . 11 ' editlintroveq flaY,letWri.ftradit: unable te , alre,tibWriuning Ma a cirenhitte944lo,lo:' except the' Lifkirtliateeferireacheil in •this : "city. The saineAtOelik k 9'ilr MilniCription list Mid read erivld i'llltbet:g.tieri:iitAitOwns of the WitslialP,mllo ar t y:exertion to,iespond•to th ii' oft Wus4.i.T.PirEss'-iii ;going ahead • with g '- --- estei-iftr,bldiV again , repeat Our Wilshjakis; numbers., Ire , have' - demands,lhousiindat 1 0';FA I . 004 Ile.ii:vnig , rl 6 '..Mdivroqu!) the ItOrescintative,frem tile Greene andVasti t ingt9,#.':ftifdrict;' ptat,4 ! - ; in, Mk:present Ocing,,in'iss,j,antAlMA malty and straightforward - B*9a oir Wednesday, in the HisiAl9`inPpia:rt dliit,i9qtresident's diPacial approving message om num ki anvt orTimirsainfit hislneri. , It waif etre- , rate ifunie,osi,PiiCtipfinpind iv@ are ifetiiiitr:' pries* to ,hear_ iron our,correspondent - .that dg ytiM: tou r n frietutlfnutimantr made one of thniipst, iisinfdete; fuldefinvincing argumente in the House, in support of PAULDING, that bare yte c ti,V);'4lllV o9 / 1 /10 mad!: ttlio;S pro - ' found iniMessiem" , .: ; - . AA - Kith EDIVEIIKRAYEOREEN. WALKER, ' )1,11D.1.LE0241 GOY, WALKER AND arinalated for , The Pr6s`trlmi Ye Comtitationnel, Deq,l4, 1861.1 tWe • give, Olio, article_ without note, corn,' ment, or Correction; lhat° our readers may - see,The strict Ure a -upon thi_position'ofz'our Govern- meat :WALIKEIOB - MiblitltOript are,: of course, open te,diaterial 'correction. ,—En. ritturs:jiz-.; Ttfe,,Heinticrapy,orktnerica often startles us•by its r featit of ebifrecteridtic audacity.: Ono , of the , latest-9.tamples is the fact that a well knoyfi .brigarid haif been permitted to makeitiPeu PrePsmtiew for an expeditioii to which thii` Adininietnition la opposed. He was allowed 'to liereplete.,his' aerangenients; encountering no tibstaclo until the very, last mOinefit4ind-livon Aben - lie was, imniediately releaseditproi liailltusticklie,reelfseetning ing to promote the eseetition•of his 'cideable enteifirlie; but he had hardly departed, thanks - to the complaisant inactivity.of the very poWer tharsktraldlidtve been his greatest obstacle, than,v,esiseisi - Nhick - de - not overtake him, are, senti is pOrsult; sad ,the entire affair-is so managed 'that' tke ' 'question' naturally arises ivhither r the driivern merit }vas really his ac complice, or whether it was unable to prevent blin, and thud mi citing the derisive laughter of the we'riii for-its impotence There Ur a • c ertain , leading journal. in 'the United States whichsports an' eccentricity' of style that-renders , its cynicism only the more . reV9lting. - This paper occupies itself in ar rauging,Plans and making'calculations at vari ance with all the laws of political and colnnier cial To s the multitudes - no - iv out Of em iloymentit recOmmends a resort to arms and ploy) theiniasion'of :neutral- countries; and to the negfiletittor of Mexico It, Submits', the follow ing Propesition United States his long coveted Culia",and it has offered,--, and 'still of fers, one hundred millions 'of dollars, for , Mexico has a - thousand pretexts for a war with Spain L-take possession of Cubic the conquest will - 334, post YOU ,nrie than twenty ;willowy and we stand ready to buy it of you - for 'one ono" - ,hundred millions— you' will gain a clear profit of eighly wither : of dellare." In iuldi tion to this; the same. journal emphatically statialhat it does not see anything lathe pre-. sent -financial crisis, but matter of self-con- - gratniation to -Amirica4c‘ ‘Ve -- arothe debtors; and not the Craditore;; ; t'ff:the Eng tisk": Says the jouraal,'FC sutl'er from our insolvency, but we be injificti, by' theirs. llrtiether we pay.thein or not; they in* tiny our cotton, for theY - caonot stop'their manufactures:" In , ollierwords, - the ',United .. SW(3s wilt be ;the gainer by. all the ritia and ..disorderthat it has caused in the British' market. , Then 'all is for thebesf---letna applaud the crisiii There islet arsitherlispect whieh the free Demooley'nfAviericiethibits . 'a'sPectacle not' lessittanksi4,enr IFO'hari made Ire, queriOneetion of 'thef , complicated - affairs of Kanasi...,_theyhaie a peculiar Interest on ac count of the existlim atruigle %ion the question , , of slavery. 'During the reconfelection of- re- piesenfatives to theTerritarlal Degislthre and, Federal Congress,- there: was -such-an o'Ver wheiming majority in favor Jot ireniaber ; that the question --- seemed " definitively ' decided agaesst, : the eatabliahraent of slavery; in the bosont-,Of :the , future State, and the, whole Americs.n press so interpreted thnresnit of the - elections': The Donstllatioti Sihielfwea- to, govern the, State was not ferried, it is true; but . as - that'd'oeutuent'must be:dubs - tilled 'to the in'iininntrofthelieOple, and 'as Welt this respect; was alreadyso clearly manifested there rerffained ao)onger any doubt 'as to that clause of tlieftlliire Constitutien. ,But even the fun damentalaw of the rule-of the majority seems to'be liable to mOditic4tien Republic "of tbe4tesi.'WOrld-:. Seen whit heti been the re- In Ociober,,lBs when ,Karisailvinc ander a reign of Vielenee and teirer; Wheethapro-. slavery party, although in the _minority, had Poitensaio'ntif thewholii LeglsieL, tare Was eteitii6ilitiont a shadorieficgalitY:- The partisans-fill free•hilier, coundentlhat fiatfa,"afitl tordiiciuld counteract 'fill', their el., faits; did riot:even - present theinstilvie at the This illegaMegislature called; In, last Mean, fa's; CoO'entiOn;,Whioh inet in Angesiii" and then adjourned: WWI the. end of October,- tn. Order ,to draw up ' a ,Con - stifidienfoi the`• new State. During this int:in:via general election wen held funder-th(r: Superintendence 01, , Goy. Witirni, man of Seth noknowledged impar-'„ tlality that 'the the-Stale Inen,,ne", hanger in fetir ,of their personal Pecittithtilat their nerds at the ballot-box, and; triumphed-by an ireinenie majority,. „ k,Merumbllo; 'the -Coniention aisembind at Liteinptorr 'arid Curnileted its V,iorit;:iii),tlie r solution of the following problem i, slyen, a considerable, inajority opposeti te.siaveri, to flOthe 'imago introducing that Institution; anis'as leg - the new'Stale:::. The ante.. tion was,,niein ingenious:, In the. first place, tiff deptlties atiecottipton decided' that prgeideut, lilt. 04rakturr, - should, exercise ell the Inactions of Governor of the 'Territory, arlObby took' equal' care' that: all tbe'oimlcers wlto shOld'preSide,"ofer't'he ,apon frere orthe, ,pro-slaverl patty: P,„ Finally, observo; in . what forin the vaeStien been subuli4od cc All the - White male inliabitenta, et ;the Terri. tory "Are called to vote upon the. adoption 'of one or the other. of these formulas : /hi CO2 the" Constitution . without slavery. if, the latter should receive the majority of-the yetes, - the Wiele already inserted in the "dinistittitlon cimaerning slavery- mlll:,he',.:orgiliedi , and that institu tion -it shall not - exist - in' Kansas,: exesjiliag kiNtikttlqady 11.4e'rerrilvriAkillie:eibSalulelkesyseteil." thos ozeopt Jolt -or the7porfltyoli terser.; vatidu last .olause z the , ifhO)O;,ttuoligOn aim td ` ot ° ¢ii;e { isyaplatiun ,, Itt .i thO tipt,placo, the:W.llE64:g - 14aitstusrclomaiid wherefore thoyitiotaildil*ittitafohly upon ono clause of Viidd thi ' whole. ThoWtolioro airquittOottableytolation of the ildetr,ldOi - or:ooo4#l!dyoiroliiitytho Cohstitu: 0 fr t 11461 44 1 Y, 6f P0 0 4 4. f0. 3 f*:0 tlio 0 0, ple 014 400 1. - bgl ll l/Ottx.stiejeothig that fPR OOltitii Intl& that winjiosotipellod td ot - ri ,, vate . th , i'l44l6lol.44, ; Teriitidy hire a k i ii9o/014:0 114 **.k“;'iltOotiOrritge, Of *ll;4 , bl:if rogarded? they ,-- - • 4:t. , A41/ • believe that the question of slavery will be i noW decided in good faith? Certainly net , they know that the ballot is only an artifice> not only because the exelusive control of the lolls is abandoned to 'W I pro.slavety party, hat simply hecause thop fa4io Coni(itiscion !Without slavery. •• • ! The particular clattsoela4k ti:fielaverY `dould be struck frornt,b7ConstVitien.by it tue of an opposing. qii,joiitki''.•hiitl,Pirff l : l 7eiii4 t,lll remain In the Constitution certain articles Palming all the laws previously adopted by 'the first illegal Legislature. Foremost among •these-laws: stand those which establish the fi s rvileAnstltMlon,,-; in ,Kansati. They form 'what BlaCk &Iwo; and punish with da(s ° 5v ' o oevei ' itffitla tO 'de - ekes' Win self a partisan of free labor. What as arrant mockery; then, is this act ,perpetrated, by She legislators of Kansas ! If - their piierile Co'ntrivance ,is 'accepted in' good 'faith ; if, notwithstanding former expe riences, the•free-State men do go to the polls pii the approaching election (Dec. 21) and de. posit an ovdrwlielMing Majority agiiinst them, it will only lead to' this 'monstrotnitesult—the admission of Keisaa iistolho Union as a flee Otate, yet having in her Cede laws sanction ingelareti., Will the free-'Boilers take part in ,this mockery of,a,ballei• Mild! is offered to them? •...ekt present they seem anxious to stand 'aside, hoping that :the territorial Legislature, which they have elected, will convene in time 'to prepare-and'aulinitt to' the popular vote, and allerwards, to Congress, another Constitution conforded,ln all points to the wishes of the .majoiify; • On the other, band, they are coun selled to vote for 4 ithe Constitution without slavery," which their mew Legislature will 'Make of :noise .effect by abrogating all laws previously enaeted, and abolishing the code stir. , , = Which of these• methods' will be followed? How will they'make their escape from the We' de not know; but the past 'conduct of the:men, iyho sompthie the pro staverf-psttrdoes n - ot, promise much for the thture t:ntivillity,:ef, the country. Without recalling the frauds and violence that have already charieterlieft their actions, it is only necessary examine - hen , . they comported 'themselves during the short session held at liecenipton: w They were constantly intoxi cated," saps li:correspondent of. a British journal, c , told nothing wag more usual than bIOWS. with the dagger Al. - horsewhip, and corn ,hats with fire arms." The estimation in which the African race is held by these gentlemen c,un be gathered from the following instances : 'Oni3 of the members, a drip advocate for the slave interest, prottosed that the - trade in blacks shottld not be permitted within the State ;.another member Opposed this proposi tion "as_datigerous, because it established a dlitinctien between slaves and other articles of Merchandise, - whilst the law, commercially speaking; placed a negro on a level with a horse or a bale of cotton; another objected to toe same proposition, saying that if ho con aideretrthat tbe blacks wore human, ho would Insist that they should not be made subjects of trade, but. that he had no scruples on that score, for ho Considered them as closely allied to the family of monkeys! In thia way dc, anise rude adventurers; who monopolize the power in the now States of the .linioli,lpingle their odious bUtfooneries with the most tragic ineidents and, the gravest po. litieerdiscussions.- . It is such invaders—emis saries of the great. Southern party—that are continually menacing the public trangitillity of Kansas, where their party is so anxious to es• *blish slavery. It is time that the partisans of free labor—those actually engaged in im. Proving the soil—should shako oil the yoke of this turbulent faction, and found upon the basis Of a popular Constitution the peace and pros- Pei:ity of this new "State of the American FROM ,HARRISBURG: Coirespieideree of. The Peen.] State Treasurership—A. New Liquor Law=A f Honey for Governor Packer—Publishing the 1 Dissenting Opinions. ' - - - t 2 • Hanartisunn, Jan, 14, 1858. The distinguished •gentlemen from the different motions of the State", who propose to be in attend awe at the inauguration of Governor Packer, are ileginning to- arrive. If 'the present delightful *anther should continue, there will boa brilliant railltary and olvie display—exceeding anything in e previous history of the State'. Quite a large number of petitions - rsoin - Tnna- - delp - bia, numerously signed,, were presented in favor' of a modification of the present liquor law. A 'determination is evinced in both branches to enact a Pew law, in consequence, as they contend, of. the impotent workings of the ono - now on the Statute•book. The bill, which was published in several of your City papers several weeks since, Was offered by Mr., Ramsey . It has been referred to the • CoMmittee on Vice and Immorality, of which he , is ohairnian, and. will be amended in runny *of its provisions before the committee report. On the propriety of purehesing a house for the Governor to live in, en extended debate took place this morning, which was participated in by the leading members on both sides of thti Rouse. The ball misled the "Senate without any discussion, or oven a pelt of pie pine and nays. It makes the Auditor General, State Treasurer, and Secretary Of the Comnionwealth a committee to purchase a oeitsan heitee" on Front street as a Gubernatorial residence, for the stun of $16,000 ; and in the de• bate that took place there was the first opportu nity yet offered- to judge the mettle of the new li:towbars. Messrs. Goopp of Northampton, Smith of'Be rice, 0000 of Philadelphia, and Nill and Mt:- Glare of Franklin, shelved themselves to be both clear-headed and fluent, and will be valuable ad !Minns forenelo talent of the 11011E0. It was moved to postpone the question until to- morrow, to give members an opportunity to ex amine the preinieca persoually,when it will become the special order of the dap, and I think will pass ' bait offerred a - bill praviding for the publication of the dissenting opinions of the kapremijudges as well as those of the majority of the bench' This is a move in the right direction, and I am sure will meet with the approval of the legal prefessiOn generally. When we consider that the majority is often only one in a vote of flue; that deaths, resignations, and elections every few years change the opinions of the Supreme Court on ques thins CI moment; and that a dissentient judge is alwayi more careful to give his reasons and hunt up the ituthoritier: to sustain his position, it will be seen how"ntuch is lost to lawyers in the present 4ilan'of publishing only one side. tt Weather Reports 'Per ,theWel.yrn Telegraph Lipea. Office 311 %mei iiitelreeCl Tol-ann, Ohio), Jan. 14 -Cloudy) thermometer 38 PITT6IIOIIOO, Jan. 14.—Plessant and clear; ther ,mometer 36, degrees. , ; if,UFVALO, Jan. 14.—Clear, and mild—wind east; ther imometer2B degree!. Lootevim.e, - (117.), Jed. 14,—.Warm and hazy. ' Commani;-(Ohlo), Jan. 14.—Case;; thermometer 4 'degrees.. Deramr, Jan. 14.—Blighty-hazy; thermometer 28 degrees.' . ; Lome, Jan.l4.—Clear and pleasant; thermome , ter 40 degrees. . • FULTON, (11l ), Jan. 14.—Clair and plmiunt; ther , 'mounter 30 degrees. Cntodoo, Jan. 14,-Clear and mild; thermometer 33 degrees, , , . • loniaositax, MI.), Jan. 14.—Clear and cool; ther mometer 34. degrees JaaadviLt.ll,,(Wia.,) Jan. 14.—Pleasant; theronne ;tor, 2,adeiFoos.• . , Cilan, OIL) Jan. it —Cloudy; lhonnomelar 00 , deM"; -- 'ltththimaros, (Iowa) Jsn.l4.—Cloudy ; thermometer 37 degrees - ,DOMmos, (ioWa,) Jan. 14.—Olear; thermometer 28 degrees. , Ilitweuxoo, Jan. 14.—Clear tind calm ; thermometer 02 degrees. 'Palints an °num ; Jan. 14.—C00l and hazy; therm) Motet 2Z degrees. 'CiTY, I.4.—Clear and calm; thermo motor 29 degrees. ' FOND Jan. V.—Clear : MONTREAL, (C. Vr.), : Jan. 14.—Clear and fine ; river full or ice, and persona crossed over yesterday at Lon 'goal; thermometer 22 degrees vinoiro; Jan. 14.-Warm; wind east; a little frost lead eight. ' ‘, /Air WEDNESDAY evening a concert took place at Germantown, the proceeds to' be used for the :relief of, the poor of that section. The concert was iuncter the able management of C. J, Wider, Jr. , Bsq. Sevaral distinguished amateurs and artistes, 'of' - the' . city and'eernutritown,-volunteered their , serices,'. The violin' flolo', by Carl Weber, and the "pfeacr•fintasier de Bravoure, by Charles Zogbaum, were °zonations of a high order. Mr. Zogbaum 'gave, last night, the evidence of a scientific, and talented perfOration The hall was well filled, and the concert' appeared to give satisfaction . to all 'Concerned. WE HAVE IlldtI000199d:fiGal Memo. Leo 4t; Welker copies of the Anel Chortle, from Ii Treva tore, arranged for the piano by C. Everest. It is earieelallY beautiful for the carreei representation thokts even of the sound of the anvils as heard in the, opera, and for ,the, groat brilliancy of the music. It is easy of eaecntion, and is sold at the low price of twenty-ivi cents, by Lee & Walker. SAMI OP PviNEITINANIA BANK FVIINITURE.--• Onv readers who desire desks ; oiSee furniture, iron chests, .to., dv well to attend the sale this 'horning at the Pennsylvania Bank, See Free. man's ¬ion advirtiseutent. ‘BAtai . urerlifoßrti*o - --CLo•rdiNa, Bborztti, ac. See Tnoir.ts k SoNe' advertieeruedt, by, order or the Un t6d gititee, ~- ~~' THE LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH• ARRIVAL OF THE A*RICAII AT PORTIiAND. • 4Avovirt.'oo , *)l44vezxt — ritoatletilWrit• R eller f G'onfkaiiitd. .:1")).h 2iiBOT AAT ,iiptiolCONo. Consols 93 7-9 a 94: BURNING Op• TUE !MITI! OF RJRL HPBVtR. The Slaughter al Luektiew DANK ON PRANCD DED UNT. UCED TILE JUTE O 1 DISCO 'POIITI , AND, Me., Jan. 14.—The screw steamship North American hos arrived, pith Liverpool dates to Wednesday, tho 30th ult., four days later than by the Africa. The North American reached Portland at S o'clock this evening. She sailed from Liverpool nt, 9 o'clock on the morning of the 30th ult. She ,brought 73 passengers. The steamer America arrived out on the 28th ultinul. . . The London money market was 011810r ' and there was a prospect of a further decrease in the bank rates of di:want. Lord Haulersly is to be succeeded its the British ministry by Lord Clanrioarde. The relief of Luokriow is fully confirmed by the details of the Indian mails. The slaughter of the robots hes been great. The United States steam frigate Idinnesola, with the Hon. Wm. B. Reed, the United States com missioner, bad arrived at Hong Kong. Speedy operations against Canton aro to take place. The Bank of France has reduced the rate of die. count to S per cent. Tho Earl of Spencer Is dead. FRANCE. It is said that all the exited (lacerate have re c✓tivod an unoonditional permission to return to France. The steamer Sarah Sands has been half de stroyed by fire, but succeeded in reaching Mau ritius with the troops en board. The troops on board the Sarah Sands worked nobly to save the vessel, Merely the shell re mained of her, and there was fifteen feet of water in her hold when she reached port. ' The India papers aro filled with details of the bloody struggles at Lucknow. The fight of the Novetober WAS the severest over known. On the 19th the enemy took to flight, and the firing nearly (mend After this flight the bodies of 150 Sepoys were counted in one spot. When Sir Celin Campbell left Oawnpore, ho rode forty miles in a single stretch in patina of the enemy. In the engagement he relied on the ar tillery as much as possible. Nana Sahib, with all his men and baggage, joined the rebels at Colour. It was reported that. the King of Delhi's eon, and two nephews had been shot. The correspondent of the Landon Daily News states that the rebels had placed a boy on the throne, and keep him in state at Fyesbad, a large walled city, defended by a fort and round towers. Nero their last stand of resistanee may be ex• ported, and they had concentrated all their avail able forces at that point. The 34th Native Infantry had mutinied at Chit. tagonc, and mato:died to Deoea. A force of a hun dred Europeans had gone to intercept them. The territory of Cawnpore was threatened by a largo force from Oude. Serious disturbances were expected to occur at Rajpootre, and European troops were urgently wanted. FINANCIAL LoYnoN,Wednesday, Deo 30.—The Times' city article says; The funds opened steadily, and showed a tendency to increased firmness until after the regular hours when a sudden decline took place, which is attributed to operations in connec tion with. the failure of a dealer announced yes terday. Money, was "In rather increased request, but there was a full supply at 0171 per cent. k considerable amount of gold has been sent to bank. • The exchanges on the Continent are lower. The suspension of Messrs. Topton, Helton, St Co., an old . house in the Manchester trade, is an nounced The liabilities of the firm were X 30,000. The suspension of Messrs, Hinion Brothers, of old Broad street, is also announced. The prospects of liquidation aro favorable for both parties. The Daily News says it is believed that the house above alluded to has transactions open to an extent considerably more than a million, chiefly of options. The demand for money is moderate at the blink, owing to the foot that good bills are readily discounted in open market. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.--The Cotton maket closed firm. All qualities have slightly advanced since previous quotations, lower grades showing an im provement of On Saturday, the 26th, there was no change, it being made a holiday. The sales en Monday and Tuesday, the 28th and 29th ult. ' amounted to 17,000 bales, sperm. lators taking 4,000 bates and 1,000 being sold for expor tation. MANORESTER MARKET.—The advices from Man. cheater are favorable, showing a better feeling among the trade. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—'fhe money market closed slightly easier. Consols for account closing at 93r ant. LONDON MARK ETS—Dreadstufle quiet. Segue firm. Rice quiet; all qualities slightly advanced. Tallow arm at Me 3d. Coffee closed quiet. Linseed Oil quoted at 29a. Iron, Pig Iron, or Clyde, closed steady at Isle Wane. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFF MARKET, December 29.—Flour fa very dull at a decline of tld cols. Western Canal Is quoted at 236c21s ad; Fhltadelphla and Balti more 2.4re)251 tld ; Ohio 2tlere27B. Wheat fa firm—Red wheat Os 2407 e 34; white be 10derea. Corn dull, and tho market generally unchanged. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, December 29. Lard dull and quotations nominal: Tallow—All quail ties have slightly. advanced, and sales are quoted a 338 3d. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET, December 29. Produce generally la slow of tale, but pricea arc unlit tered. The sales are unimportant Pot aches are quiet pearls dull. Bales unimportant. THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. Mr. BELL, of Tennessee, submitted a resolu tion, which was adopted, requesting the Secretary of the Interior to communicate an estimate of the quantity of land which will inure, under the act of March, 1857, granting lands to Minnesota for railroad purposes. On motion of Mr. DAVIS, of Mississippi, a reso lution was adopted calling on the Secretary of War for a roport of the commission on war claims In Oregon and Washington Territories. Mr. Hou wren, of Texas, gave notice of his in tention to introduce a bill to provide for the ad mission of Kansas into the Union as a State. The joint resolution directing the presentation of a medal to Commodore Paulding was made the special order of the day for Wednesday next. After the transaction of business of no general importance, the Senate went into executive sea• !don. Adjourned. ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House wont into a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union on the President's annrfal Message. Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia, explained and de fended hie views, heretofore expressed. He aftlrm• ad, and challenged contradiction when he said it, that under the neutrality laws, as they now stand, owing to their imperfect phraseology, the Presi dent cannot at all use the army or navy. It was only by construction or interpretation that ho could do on. All doubts should be removed by legislation respecting these laws. lie argued that no poster in the United States could prevent Ame rican citizens from leaving the country and join. ing en enemy, or could punish them. But for Paulding's interposition, Walker would now bo Secure in possession of the presideney of Nicara gua, and he was the only legitimate chief magis trate of that country. Ito repeated, that Walker and his mon should be sent back, and full restitu tion should be road° to them for their losses, occa sioned by the conduct of Commodore Paulding, who kidnapped him. Mr. BLAIR, of Missouri, gave notion of his inten tion to offer a resolution providing for the appoint ment of a committee, with instructions to Inquire into the expediency of acquiring territory, by treaty or otherwise, in Central or South America, for the purpose of colonizing there the free blacks of this country, and those who may hereafter ob tain their freedom; tc be protected as a depea doncy under the flag of the United States. 110 believed the extension of slavery was at the bet: tom of the aggressive movements against Central America. He was opposed altogether to the pro pagandists, and thought the Government ought forthwith to take steps with the vicyv of such colonization, which was reeounnemil lw Jeffer son, and approved by the ‘, Fathers sr the Re public." In advocating his proposition, he ad verted to the commercial, civil, and other blessings which would result from its consummation. The resolutions heretofore offered, referring the various parts of thePresidenee message to the ap propriate committees, were taken up for action. Mr. STANTON, of Ohio, endeavored to engraft an amendment to ono of these resolutions, tendering thanks to Commodore Paulding for his patriotic and spirited conduct. The amendment wits ruled out of order. Mr. LOITER sent up an amendment, 'prop°. sing that an inquiry,be made to determine whether General Walker was Induced to enter upon bis fili- buster expedition by the "Ostend Manifesto," and the letter of the Secretary of State, produced at filibuster meetings held at New York and else- where. The resolution to refer the subject of military expenditu'res to the Judiciary Committee was amended, with instructions to inquire into the expediency of amending the neutrality laws. The proposition of Mr. Phelps to refer the sub ject of the Pacific Railroad to a select, committee of thirteen was debated, but not conoluded. The committee rose. Adjourned From Washington. WASHINGTON, January 14 —The receipts in the Treasury have considerably improved during the past week. The hundred dollar treasury notes have been issued at the rate of a hundred thousand dollars per day. The plates for larger denomina tions have not yet been received from the en gravers., The ship-of-war Marion is fitting out at Nor folk; destined to the African Squadron. Rer prin cipal officers are: Commander - Brent; Lieutenants Norris, Whiting, Stone, and Weaver ; Master, John A. Stribling; Surgeon, Randolph F. Mason. The ,Quartermaster General is engaged in making preliminary arrangements for sending fur ther supplies to the Utah expedition, but no money is now available for suoli purposes. The Kansas Election ST. Louts, Jan. 14.—The rotunis from the Kansas election arrivo slowly, and the result Is uncertain. 'Disturbances had occurred at Klokapoo, and there was much excitement at Weston, Missouri, where President Calhoun and others had gone for safety. At &meeting at the latter piece, remelt'. Lions were adopted expressing a determination to withhold all armed interference with Kansas affairs. Further from Utah ST. Ming, Jan. 14.—The Itainibliran has letters from the camp of Col. Scott, the headquarters of the Utah army, but they contain nothing impor tant in addition to that already reported. Pion..Arrtval et the America. - Hem rex, Jan. 14-11 o'clock P. M.—The steam ship America has not yet been signallo(l. THE I'Arims::—.l-111LADEL1111A, FRIDAY; JANUARY 15, 1858 effit'' PENNSYLVANIA; 1 17.-f714, 4 ATUILE. 0, Jab. 14. • tiIINA Mr. IVturtas.'..preientortypetition from the stook holdere fof the Merchants -p,SMMenufacturers' - Bank of Pashurgiri /Wang for a-rooharter. The., petition dieelMies nert-Ort fraudulent tranewitioni betaeen the book•keeper of lelank and a bMicat of Pittsburgh, but repreeeeta the , bank to, be in sound eondition, - - z -• - A bill to incorporate the lifipreNe Grand zotstip4. of the Boned Malted Philadelphia his reported;', The committee on the subjeot, reported a reeolu.: lien to open and publieb the returns of tho election for Governor on tomorrow, and to meet in the hell of the House for that purport,. Mr. Seal Z L D read in place a bill relative to arta tratione. STE AMEN 'SA RAH IVAsniNoroN, Jan. 14,1838 SENATE • Mr-Wrtionr,read a suplemenr to the eoesolida.. tion law of the' city of P ilndelphia. This sup, plement relates to the opening .end olcalng streets running around the " Hunting Park.' Mr. BuctraLniv read a bill to authorize the pub= lication of the minority opinions of the Judges of: the Supremo Courtin constitutional oases. Alen, a bill relative to the :Hanover and South White Hall Bridge Company, Lehigh county. The bill was parsed. Adjourned. 110U813 OF REPRFISZNTATIVES. Tho Senate bill authorising the purchase of an lixocutivo mansion wits called up, and allot 6 dis cussion, a motion for its indefinite postponement was made, whi e h was defeated by a rote of 32 yeas to 04 nays, was made the epeeist order for to-mor: row at twelve o'olook. Tho following bills were reported favorably : To incorporate the Rappnhannook Coal and Iron. Cote. pony ; to Incorporate the Norristown Cornish En• gine Company, and to incorporate the Central Insurance Company of Philadelphia. Mr. RAMSES' read in place a bill to chango the mode of granting licenses. Mr. KNANS remit in place a bill relative to it' agencies of foreign insurance companies. Mr. Oii EN read a further supplement to the Aot of Consolidation. Mr. Boon road a bill to incorporate the Coal Bank Company, at Schuylkill Haven. The Auditor General reported that he had veri,-. fled the report of the State Treasurer, made yes terday, and had found the balances right, as IWil as ho could judge from the Treasurer's books. hie has sent eircitlart to the various depositories to ascertain the correetnoss of the report. Tho bill authorising the Broad Top Improve. merit Company to borrow money wee referred le the Comuntteo on Corporations. Adjourned till tomorrow. Confirmations by the Sennie. ,WASHISGTON, January 14.—The following n nations wove confirmed by the Senate to-day In Executive session : Francis W. Pickens, of South Carolina, ge minister extraordinary to ,Bussia. Beverly L. Clark, of Kentucky, minister reel• done in Guatemala. Beverly Tucker, of Virginia, consul to Liver pool. - William Thompson, of New York, consul at Southampton. James W. Barden, of Indiana, consul ti nt John Hulick, of Pennsylvania, consul at Basle. Charles J. Fox, of Michigan, consul at /lapin wall. Charles W. Glantz, of Pennsylvania, consul at Stettin. William Troville, of Ohio, consul nt Valparain. Wyman B. B. Moor, of Maine, consul of the gen eral British North A mericanprovlnoes. Ernst Volgor, of Virginia, consul to Barce lona. Henry W. Spencer, of Now York; consul at. Paris. John P. Porteus, of south Carolina, consul at Oporto. The Senate to-day stilo in executive session, debated during four or five hours the questions in fected with the restoration and transfer of navel officers whose cases had been acted upon by the courts of inquiry, and recently sent in for conlir ; =Con. From New Mexico Sr. Louis, Jan. 14. —Adviecs from New Mexico have been received, giving the organization of the Legislature. Poinciana Vigel had bean 'elected President of the Senate, and Meryllle Ashurst, of Alabama, Speaker of the House. The Santa Fe Gazette has been purchased by a party of gentlemen, who design placing it ou a permanent basis. It will euppert the Adminis. tration. Governor Reindict calls the attention of the Legislature to the mineral and agricultural wealth of the Territory, the condition of the Treasury; and the importance of establishing courts In each county. The Yellow Fever at Havana and Port an Prince. NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—Private advises from Havana elate that Signor Amalie, the celebrated basso of the Maretzek troupe, was sick of the yellow fever. No mention is made of Signor Brignoli being sick. An arrival from Port au Prince states the yel low fever to be raging seriously at Port au Prince. Scarcely a vessel visits the port without burying a portion of her crew. The captain and five men of the brig Ma arrived hero from that port are sick. The Congress Rubber Snits NEW YORK, January 14 —ln the case of the Con• gross Rubber Company vs. Grower .t Musgrove, importers, the United States District Court has de• mod the applications of the defendants to be die• charged from bail, Judge Ingersoll having ordered them to find bail in the sum of $4,000. The Congregs Rubber Company have many simi lar suits in different parts of the country, for the violation of their patent for ebtstio rdbbor gooda, Connecticut Politico. , HARTFORD, Jan. 14.—The State Convention o iirg‘ "." ' tat " - For Governor—W. A. Buckingham. For Lientenant-Govekrnor—Julivi.Collin. For Secretary of Stec—John lloyd. For Sluts Treasurer—imiun J. Renato. For State Comptroller—Wm. B. Buell. U. S. Supremo Court WasnixoroN, Jan. 14.—N0. 33.—The Comm mut Bank of Manohester,oompininanto and appal lents, VJ. Henry S. Buckner. Argument con tinned. The Southern Moil WAsnlitaroN, Jan. 14.—The southern mall has arrived, with pitmans late as duo. They Obtain DO none. ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE MAYOR. At a meeting of City Couneils yesterday eller noon, the second annual message of Mayor \'eux was received and read. The document is a very long one, and embodies valuable and interesting statistics of the condition of the city for the past year. To the President and :Vendor' of the Select and Com mon Commis of the City of Philadelphia. GENTLEMEN : The requirements of law, uniting with the obligations of duty, make it incumbent on the executive head of tho city, to transmit to Councils this annual communication. During the year 1857, the management of those departments, which are properly denominated de partments of the municipal government, under the not of consolidation, has been signalized by econo my, promptness, honesty. and efficiency. No ground exists, on which can justly be based, either censure or complaint as to the operations of those adminis trative branches of our municipal system. The ex perience of the past year confines the opinion ex pressed in my annual communication to Councils on the Bth of January, 1857, theta revision of the law establishing these departments is absolutely necessary. The duties imposed on some of them ore inconsruous. There to a positive necessity for a supervisory, and at the same time directing, authority, which shall have a prantical as well as a theoretical ex istence. The nearer our munioisal system of ad ministration approaches that of our Federal Go vernment, the more easily can the people compre hend it. The various and important interests which aro identified and connected with munt• cipal government should be managed by an organ ism of the simplest construction. To effect this, it is of the highest consequence that direct account ability,jise economy, energy, simplicity, prompt ness and certainty in all administrative details should mark the character of that system which regulates and protects those interests. A revision so desirable, however, had better not be attempted, unless it Is begun, (tarried on, and ended in a spirit of enlightened devotion to the public good. Political prejudices, partisan schemes, individual theories, contesting for control, should be condemned as at open war against the substan tial welfare of the people. Any attempt at legis• lation on this alibied, which such-motives or in. maim originate, will result disastrously to the publio, and in the discomfiture,oUts originators. To trine with the vast complieationa wbiercreete, and exist in, a municipality, is unwarranted and indefensible. Above all is such an effort indefenelble vsliesi the real motive is to make these great interests, asso ciated under municipal care and protection, the prey of mere political gambling for payty aggran disement or success. The effort may enlist the profligate or unreflecting, but they who will surely lose aro the maims of the community. Their eelf• protection and eelf•interest willtdefeat, at the crisis of such an effort, its authors and its objects. finch' en experiment is nut worth undertaking. If the great ends of good government can be attained by the revision suggested, I shall be rejoiced, but it is far better that no such attempt be made, un less the wisest and purest Influences unite for its success. The government of a large city is a machinery of no inconsiderable complications. Its component compositions are not necessarily in harmonious ac tion. Though constituting a nominal unity, they are segregations in fact, deriving their power from different sources, and hence holding no direct re sponsibility to any controlling authority. It is unjust, therefore, to attempt to lix on an execu tive dila' of an administration of municipal affairs, so constituted, an accountability, for its tinperfcot or unnatisfaotory results. Every sensible ob server will .discover defeats and imperfections, but the cause of their existence should not bo nil-- taken for the inability to prevent their develop. mist. The cost of such an establishment is moot fre quently taken so a criterion by which to judge of its value, its workings, and the objects and ends it accomplishes. There is no principle of criticism more unsound—none more unworthy of en en. lightened constitueney. Government is a neces sity Its requirements are fundamental. Ds ends incontrovertible. Its etruoturo and Its powers are crested by those on whom It operates. Upon what principle, then, can ouch a system bo_ judged by the cost which Its existence involves ? .That which is best administered Is best, provided economy and honesty aro patent in every investigation into Its operations. The welfare, health, happiness and security of the public, are the groat alms of municipal organi zation. These cannot be secured without pay ing for the moans by which they aro pr)oured. The funds to discharge these disbursements are raised by taxation. The taxes are the yearly quota each oltize, pays not only for his own wel fare, health, happiness and security, but also for their general benefits, as evidence of municipal character. Each citizen thus receives a direct and an indirect advantage. Surely it is the nar rowest of all narrow foundations, for a fair Mg• moot of any administration of municipal affairs, to base it solely on the number of rents in the dollar, those benefits, advantages and results, pearl/ cost the elitism. This principle, carried out to its conclusion, would result in this : that a* government is best, because it costs nothing. There are ntltnerOlid vital and absorbing considerations, which should enter into the estimate of the oharadter of the management of our municipal affairs, , which rarely receive due attention from the best in. formed and most critic:el. flow, irrational, how far, abort of that enlarged and comprehensive estimate of the policy and measures of a WWII' Apil government, which proteetaorberighee; and fxbilitatea induatry, trade, andlnsineas In all its eithdivialons, is it to judge•.fte administrative ebaraeters by the cost of paving new streets nelhe highways, eupporting the poor, and i hing the crime throughout the municipality. ' .'• yin the clieburaomentsof tbo publid Money k 0 ;only proper, but it is paramount duty, yet 00i the only single and alone standard by vrlich to decide on the administrative ability of them entritsted with administration, or the logia lathe oiedom of those who, make municipal laws. Within the past two years, tbe diabursements for city . expenses, present an example of the erro neous mous judgment, If formed on the basis alluded r t 4, eThoapprepriation bills for 1857, included the antot dfmearly one million of dollars, for which I,ofatioll-tvas imputed In thatyear, which properly belonged to the expensee of the years IBA 1855, x 441850. Those who were forced to raise this Boom by taxation, had no lot or part in contracting We debt, which was thus to be paid. For the year 1858 the tax to be levied will be _about 1.80 on the hundred dollars—a reduction ulnae lan year of twenty cents to the hundred dol lars. ...Ills Honor gives foots and figures to prove that the city of Philadelphia pays LIMO than one• third of the assessed taxes of the entire State. lie asyt: "If, then, the City Councils had the exclusive ;rower within the corporate limits of raking the re venue for State and municipal purposes, with the requisite authority to designate the property liable or revenue, and to equalize the assessments, and thus produce an equality in the tax levied, it is easily perceived that the per centage of taxation would be reduced to about a nominal figure corn pared with the present exhibits." • 4 ,T,jiis message congratulates Councils on the fact 'that the city had met the interest on all its in debtedness notwithstanding . the financial crisis : ,It recommends the application of more stringent means to compel the payment of overdue taxes, and it suggests the appointment of agents to col leot those claims with a penalty added. This plan it is urged, will be more effective than the publication of the _names of delinquents The ,Ma or proposed to divide the city into four districts with a collecting agent for each. The total of the Tax Du- plicatos for 1857, 1V1D3.42 808,010 03 Paid 7,070,458 10 ----- $326,553 53 Less dievount allowed during year.... 71,657 57 tit HMSO FUNDS. "Mat recnived from all amuses 5149,260 35 Paid (invested) 85,006 38 The Mayor soya: " Very much has been snid in regard to the de xression In the current V i lie of city warrants. However much this state of things is to be deplored, no Found or preet cable remedy can be found in temporary legislation. If the people fail in the prompt payment of their itnlebtedneee to the city, it requires no financier to know that the city can not. Promptly pay its indebtedness to individu- Is." A ionsiderable portion of the message is devoted to the subject of finances, end several suggeestions are made in this connection. A portion of the document giros an abstract of American and foreign tonnage, Am, entered and cleared-from and to foreign countries during the eight years ending December 31, 1857. SURiET DEPARTMENT The expenditures of this department have bean $23,264.70, being. $0,529.71 less than the amount appropriated for the past year. Of this, there has been expended for seetional plans of survey and regulations, $10,291 O. The extent of line re gulations, completed in 1857, roach near 130 miles of streets, and cover an area of about 3,800 acres Under this head there is much said upon the sub ject of sewerage and drainage. The Mayor considers it alinot.t impossible for either " latent or p dent deceit" to .eseare the /mutiny that hi non• exercised in tho Controller's department. El= The 1•layor expresses I& satisfaction that thi branch of the public service is honorably adniin [stored. The current expenses of the department for 1857 were $359,202 10. For 1850 the appropriations for this service were $420,003.49. In 1055 the sum was $743,02E416. The message says: " During the past year the public health has been most satisfsetory. The claiming of the streets is now performed by contract. It Is as well done as can be expected from the contract system. I not decidedly opposed to this plan of performing this most necessary labor for preserving the public health. It Is almost impossible, in any carefully prepared contract, to agree on the performance of all that is required from those who aro thus employed." DEPARTMENT or nunitways, BRIDGES, ..t c. Tho appropriation made to this department for the year 1657 was $372,000, of which amount tho ARM of $359,202.19 was expended, leaving a bal ance to merge on the 31st of Deoemberor $42,797.81. Tho message holds that notwithstanding the financial condition of the city, the following im provements should ho made : A new bridge ever the river Schuylkill; the enlargement of the water basins and other parts of the waterworks; tho culverts demanded to preserve tho public health; commodious and se• cure buildings for the public offices; a new hospi tal for malignant and contagious diseases; the consolidation of the gas works, and the establish- meat of a department of " gas and lighting the city:" the cleaning and deepening the duces on the Delaware front; the expense nece, , sury to enclose the Lemon Dill property, and tune police etation-houses. Under Ibis heed the year's official ditinen nr th Ottr Undo , this caption the Mayor gives the tables o comparative mortality in the different 131=12 The Mayor invites the attention of Councils to the question whether the rent+, issues, and profits, belonging to the Sinking Fund should not ho paid to the City Treasurer on this account. The pro perty purchased for market sites not being profit• able, the Mayor thinks it ought to be sold or ex changed for city loan. "The necessity for enlarged accommodations in the public buildings is no longer a matter for doubt. The accommodations for the executive do pertinent aro most unsuitable for its Increasing business, and I earnestly invoke the action of Councils on the subject." The report of the Comuils.,ioner of City Property shows that— " The annual appropriations for the your 18.57 amounted to $57.062 57, of it hich there have been expended 519,220 06, leaving a balance unexpend ed of $7,192 51; special appropriations, amount ing in the aggregate to $16,070 50, were also made; out of which have been expended $11.751 82, leaving a balance of 51.321 61 unexpended. The annual and special appropriations for the year amount to 573,135 07 ; the expenditures t o vit,. 761 35, leaving uaexpended, and to the credit of this department, $8,161 12. " Tho amount of rovenuo rreeived, and paid to the City Treasurer, for the past year, was $20,- 811.38." In many of our publio squares and parks etrik• ing improvements hare boon made. Where trees have failed to grow in consequeneo of the severity of the season, or from othor causes, they hero been removed, and their places filled by the choicest varieties. . The liedgely property was recently added to Fairmount Park, giving to us certainly one of the largest, and, so far no Its natural features and its locality are concerned. one of the most beautiful places of public resort in the country ; but it in requisite that many improvements should be made there ; an it is, it is a splendid monument of the liberality of public•epirited citizens, and it now required municipal liberality and energy to render it what it was designed to be by the donors. The "hunting Park" improvement have been no far mauled, that the entire plans has been staked out on the ground. WATER DEPARTMENT The eater Works have been as ably managed this past year ns usual. The conu,tl expenses for the year 1857 Amount to the am of $290,808 82, nod the receipts for the samepOod to the sum of $125,476 11. In mf last annual cotninunication to Councils it was staled that the present works were hardly ade quate to the increasing wants of the 2oltlio I bog to repent this statement. The water basins at liairmetrit should be enlarged and heightened, the Kensington Water Works abolished, and these at fiprin; Garden rendered capable of great and ridditiotal power, and enlarged distributions and provisions made for the vonstruetion of a basin at the Twenty-fourth ward works. I=9 The Aayor presents the City Treasurer's roper irithoutomment. The total receipts for tho year ihclutliig the trust accounts, w0re..51,072.207 11 lialanes on hand Jan. 1, 1857 731,481 1 4 1'03,751 54 Total pitmen's during the year.... 1,315,713 3S valnne th n • 1, 1858 •1 0 6,0:03 to The reasurer says tat city finances were any thing isix satisfactory during 1R57, but "Thy, money burrowed in September for the Paymed of employees of the oily was promptly paid men duo. 'rhe unexpected call for $ l O,OOO of inkiest on the loan of $1,000,000 of the late distrita of Opting °nylon and Northern Liberties to the 'cnnsylvania Railroad woe also promptly met :moon as an ordinance was passed anthortzing its payilont. A large amount, !no, has been paid to tho now needy of the city's creditors, the holder' of warrants for smell auras, and I net satistic, that but a very limited amount of these is now ,atstanding." The 'rensurer Is confident that ho will be nblo to pay:the send-annual interest no tho funded debt nig duo, and also all ills ,atall foal rants of last yer outstanding., including the school teach ers,po}to, ko. "Thy° is still a largo amount of warrants of to nil 185 e outstanding, on whioh interest hos / accum ated, and which ought to be paid. No ap propri ion was made for this purpose the past ar year, i consequence of the embarrassed condition of the Ity's finances." PLAY, DEVAIITIIENT. • The iessage expresses the hope that the evils under thich the department now labors will b e remedid by the members of the lire tompanteA theme es, and suggests that. Instead of the Joint Commi co on Legacies and Trusts hearing emu. plaints r violation of the fire ordinance, a Board be (netted composed of the Chief Engineer, the Chief ql'olieo, and the President of the leant of Directot, which shall have full powers to deter mine eceplaints and Inflict penattlae. POLICE DEPARTMENT. ' The tidos' of the Police Department, under the divislonef Preventive. Detective, Fire Detective, Telograihio, Muniuipnl and Magisterial, is very extende r Tho Mayor defends their efficiency, and urges tht grumbling agalit,t the department is unrenseable. The public demands are nom sonahle,lnd they regard it as " possessed of super humanovers." " For 60 year 1857 the current expenses of the entire Moo Department have been reduced 8,22,- 493.44, tid that the estimated expenses of 1858 aro less, nearly 53,000, than those of 1857. The followingiable indicates the sum unexpended In 1887, antsrhich, consequently, remains in the City Treasurl I Animatomroprinted. Amount rapolvarA. Bnlnneo $303,48 00 $390,090 30 33,697 Thoinsi F. Meagher, Esq., is about to visit Central 4nerioa to study its condition and re sources, THE 017 Y. AMIBIIIBBNTB THIB BVVNINU - - Moe. D P DOWlifie WALSOT ft MPS? TV6OIIE. N R. CORMIKII OP NINTH AND WALNOT.— u The couot or mvoto Cristo WEISATIAT'S AROR PT/16111, TISIATRI, MUIR PTRRRT , ASOTE Pirrtio—" The Lady of Lyons"— , The rf 'Te cate NATIVNAL TEINATRR, WALNUT STAINS; 111141,i ElOll2ll. , •The Poor of New York ~, NATIOA AL, HALL, Mittket Street, between Twelfth an 4 Thirtaeoth.--Old Volts' concert Proceedings of City Count/ .--p stated meeting of City Councils was held yesterday afternoon, at which the following business was transacted : Petitions and communications relative to the paving of streets, conerruction of culverts, he , were presented, read, and nppropriately referred A communication was received from the Board of Health, notifying the Chamber of eevoral resig nations in that body. Also, one from the Board of Controllers of the Petite Schools, asking for an appropriation of RAO for repairs to astronomical apparatus at the High School. Referred to the Committee on Sehools The annual ointment of Stephen Taylor, City Controller, was presented and read James I) Campbell, Esti , the Mayor's clerk, entered the Chamber with the annual message of the Mayor, which woe presented and read by Henry H. Leisenring, chief clerk. The message was ordered to be entered on the journal. Mr Coyler presented a memorial protesting against the repeat of the ordinance prohibiting the sale of game out of season. Mr. Bradford presented a remonstrance of simi lar import. Mr. Verreo presented one of similar import. Mr. Kline presented one of „similar import. The.° remonstrances were all numerously signed. The signatures included the names of some of the most respectable gentlemen in the city. The Committee on Railroads, to whom was re ferred the memorial of certain citizens, asking to be empowered to construct a City Passenger Rail way from or near the 11irard College toßecond and Arch streets, via Ridge avenue, Ninth and Tenth streets, made a report, to which was attached the following renolution: lersolewl, That as the power is not vested in Councils to authorize the construction of railways in the city of Philadelphia, the committee are de nied the privilege of reoommendiog that the prayer of the petitioners be granted ; but they are favorably impressed with regard to the propriety of the proposed measure; the same to be subject, however, to such restrictions and regulations as shall bo approved by Councils. Mr. Roberts stated that he bad not signed the report, because ho did not subscribe to the view that it would he advantageous to lay a double railway track on Ridge avenue. The resolution was agreed to Mr Williams, from the committee to verify the rash account of the City Treasurer, reported that they made an examination of all the books and vouchers. on the 12th instant, and found that the cash books and bank books had been settled up to the 9th tuatara, inclusive, when they exhibited the following balances, viz : $749,89.5 96 Cash Book balance $162,6t8 30 On deposit in the following Banks, Girard Bank, city fund $28,418 40 Deduct cheeks, net presented. 3,365 32 23,033 08 North. Liberties, city fund.. 31,100 47 Checks not presented 9,575 00 21,525 47 Southwark Bank, city fund 1,950 66 North America, city fund... 41,146 66 Checks not presented 13,748 85 23,397 81 Girard Ilk, city debt acc't.. 77,314 19 Cheeks not presented 13,773 97 83,570 22 N. Lib , city debt noel 17,467 45 Checks not presented 9,231 12 6,186 33 Total balance in banks Cneti In band, not de gaited Balance in the Treasury c1C2,01.8 30 corresponding with the cash hook balance. . . . There RR./ at the same thte on depoit to the credit of the (iirard Trust, in the Bank of North America, $86,749.37. On motion of Mr. Cuyler, 750 copies of the Mayor's message were ordered to bo printed - fur the u 943 of members. Mr. Neal offered a resolution calling on the Chief. Counniseioner of Highways to report what penal ties have been incurred for kon-sweeping of the streets by the contractors, and whether said penalties have been paid. Agreed to. Tho ordinance from Cowman Council making en appropriation to the Board of Guardians of the Pour for 1858, came up for consideration. A lengthy discussion ensued on the merits of numer ous amendments which were proposed to different ,ections of the bill. Mr. Seidman moved to amend the ordinance, by striking out the item of $2,000 fur oil, and in serting the onmo amount for gas. Mr. Roberta moved to further amend, by making the amount $l,OOO. Agreed to. Mr. Common moved to strike out the provko requiring the board to have the sanction of Conn• cils before expending any amount of tha suns ap propriated. Not agreed to. The members of the Chamber proceeded to Cont• mop Council room, for the purpose of meeting itt convention to elect a City Solicitor. On reassembling, the consideration of the bill was resumed, and, after the transaction of some unimportant business, tho Chamber adjourned. Mr. James C Campbell, the Mayor's clerk, er feted the room, and said : Mr. President, I hove the honor, sir. to submit to you the annual message of the Mayor." Mr. Boyer moved to dispense with the reading of the document, as it would appear in the papers. Mr. Ridgway objected, and lien. Miles con tinued to read a portion of it. The Choir submitted n communication from the Board of Health, notifying that Mr. 0 M. Dono van, of the Sixth ward; A. D. Boileau, and P. Lane, of the Twenty-fourth ward, had tendered Shalt rea m...mann. wrsta OTC, Mr. LtiTils submitted it petition front the Read. ing Railroad Company, asking permission to place a sideling on Dock street. Referred to the Com mittee on iligt , ways. Mr. Burnell, a petition for the paving of Hamp• den Street, in the Fifteenth ward. Referred to the same committee. Mr. Holtman, op° asking for the paving of Lure street, in the Nineteenth ward. Referred to the s tote committee. 3lr Wolf, ono asking for a divisionnf the seventh precinct, Twentysecond ward. Referred to a committee of the members from that ward. Mr. Boyle, one for a culvert at Broad and Car penter streets. Referred to the same committee Mr. Drayton, of the Committee on Finance, sub mitted an ordinance tanking an appropriation of $2.935 59 to pay certain judgments and b claims against the city. Agreed to. Mr Mnscher, of the Comuthtee on Trust and Fire Companies, submitted a report adverse to ad mitting the Hibernia and Hand-in-Hand Hose Companies , to granting 500 feet of hose to the Fel lowship, Germantown, and Nicetown fire com• ponies, to granting a donation of hose to the Shiftier Hose Company ; against the petition to or ganize a new fire company in the Fifteenth ward; against the petition of the Mechanic Engine Com pany for a fire-alarm bell. The committee was ili , charged from a furtherconsideratkri of the sub ject. Also, a report and rmolution authorizing the loon of the hose of the Young America" to the Philadelphia llom Company. Agreed to Also, a resolution gib hog 3lesers. J S. Pm.. ham permission to pinta a new style of fire-plug in Chestnut street, opposite the custom house, and one in Market street, above Seventh Agreed to. Also, en ordinance making an appropriation of $l5O for the purpo , e of piecing a fire-alarm telegraph box in the house of the Philadelphia Hose Company. Agreed to 31r. Baird, of the Committee on When es and Landings, submitted a report and ordinance, au to Messrs Vaughan A Fisher, at $1::• - • per yenr for ten 'years, provided they extend the wharf one hundred joet, Mr. Mnseher objected to so lung n 'NIS(' Mr. Baird s.tid it vrould ce t th IR firm full e 4.000 to make thu improvement, and a five years' leans thorising the lerete of the Shaokaum.ron stieet wharf would not pay them. The ordinance wag agreed to. The Committee on Wharves and Landings sub. milted n resolution directing the euperintondent of the (heard Estate to put a bulk head at the foot of Spruce street. Referred to the Committee en Girard E.t.a tt Dr. Stites moved that a committee of conference he appointed in regard to the bill authorizing the construction of the Cohock.,ink creek, Moore street, and Twenty-fifth etreet culverts, as Select Councils hove decided that their amendments were out of order. This gave rise to considerable de• bate. Mr. Miller moved that the wawa from Select Connell be returned to that body, with the request that they will take a Soto upon the amendments made by Common Council, which tees arced to. The amendments made by Select Council, to the ordinonco making an appropriation to the Depart ment of Wharves and Landings, were concurred in. The amendments to the ordinance making an nppropriation to tho Highway Department were concurred in. The most important was au addition of*l,ooo for plan andlestimate of n bridge over the Schuylkill, at Chestnut street. The amendments to the ordinance making An appropriation to the Prison, Watering,and surrey Departments, were also concurred In 3lr. Parker rose to speak, but the Chair decided him out of order Mr. 11.:ng •aid that at the la.,t meeting the chairmen of the Finance Committee made an out rageous attack upon tho minority in this Chamber. and in doing to made many gross misrepresenta tions Mr Miller moved that the gentlemen (Mr. King) have leave to make a etatement. Mr. Drayton seconded the motion, and it was agreed to Mr. King then spoke for about half en hour, during which ho pursued the members of the Fi nancial Committee with a sharp stick—declaring that the pre,gent appropriation bills were inade quate for the want of the departrnent•, and that they were a fraud upon the public. Tho amendment made by Select Council, to strike out of the Highway bill, '• that all excava tions nail digging for the laying of water pipes shall be done by contract," was nnn•concurred in The ordinance passed by Select Council, tasking an appropriation of $87,280 to the Girard College, It as not concurred in. The amendment made by Select Council to the ordinance malting an appropriation to the Depart ment of City l'roperty was read and concurred in The ordinance passed by Select Council, making an appropriation of $4,232.45 to pay for printing the extra assessments, woo postponed until Thnrs day next. The resolution directing Inquiry into the pro. prlety of charging a water rent against all proper ties In front of which the pipes are laid was agreed to, with an amendment, that the committee devise somo plan of securing a better supply of water in the extreme northern and southern sections of the city. Mr. Parker called up the resolution passed by Select Council, authorizing the appointment of a committee to investigate the accounts of the Guardians of the Poor. Mr. Miller moved to amend that the Committee on Finance make the investigation. Mr. Drayton thought it unfair to heap so much labor upon the Finance Committee. Mr. foyer thought this subject should be inves tigated by the Committee en Poor. The resolution from Seleot Council was then concurred In. Mr. Machin moved that they proceed to con sider the OrtIIIIMICO reorganising the Department of the Board of Health. . . . The ayes and nays wore called on this motion, and the vote Mood 32 to 11, vie: YEAS—Mosers. Austin, Baird, Baatitt, Boyle, Butcher, Clay, Cooper, Day, Dougherty, Drayton, $146,693 57 15,924 73 ll= Faulkner, Fry. 1141 E Handy, Jones Keller, KO ton. Kerr, Kneas. Haag, Makins, Mischa's . , Mc- Dwain, Palethorr, Pottg, Farrih. Taylor, Tudor, Vanhcrn, Willey, Wilmer, Wolf, John Aline'', (provident)—;2, Nars—idessro. Black, Boyer, Borne, Mug. An drew Miner, an, McManus, Par ker. Pericipa, JohnVhOmpania&- - 11. The Chair decided %that there Rai no (victim voting. Adjourned."-,; teinpircence Meetifig.--4 'meeting of the friend/ or temperat*F was fisid lost evening at lb* National Armory, Rook street, below Stith. Thy large - ball was filledlo its utmost capacity The following gentlemen were selected 111 officers: Presidtret.-0. W. P Dr. D. }fondle. . . Vim President, —Leonard Jewell, Thomas Watson, Thomas H. Stewart. Wm 8 Erwin, John C. Siena. Joseph Marlin, Thomas Lott, Joseph Rollin, Semi Romani], John IL Sewers, T. A trace, Jaw M. Lyle, f ieorge tAttell, Benjamin /teem. Thome/03111s, 11. K. Smilb, C. Shatlsr, M 11. Holtman., - . ta,irt Nicholson, Peter Hay, Dr. Cheohe4ter, B F. Dennison. Eloquent addresses were delivered by Dr Can dle, Mr. l'incon. Rev. Juba Chambers, and Mr. Nlehol.on The following rfrOlatiorel were read, ROd adople I : !Zen.lt td, That the pet tdiar circumstances of the present tiwu demand, on the put of every friend of temperance, renewed concentration of effort in opposing the common enemy of our me.. lie fared, That intemperance is en evil,deatroe tlve of portions! worth, domutio happiness, public proyperity, and Winne! honor. . . Resaved, That they who stand, with folded arms, listless spectators of the efforts that are be ing made in our midst to promote and extend the manufacture, sale, and oonsumptloh of tritest• eating drinks, are guilty or a great wrong, from their accountability P,r which there is no escape Resolved, That every good and prudent parent is loudly called upon to aid us in the promotion of the temperance reform, if not from a consideration of their own personal the and that of their fellow men, at least from the powerful incentive of pa rental love, that they may be instrumental in saving their offspring from the misery and guilt of a drunkard's life, the horror and despair of a drunkard's death-bed. h'tsolvrd, That the Order of the Sons of Tempe rance presents a circle of safety to all who enter within its embrace, and the best and most practi cal inetrumentality for concentration sod union of effort among all the frionde of temperance, In the extension of the blessings of total abstinence from all that Intoxicatem throughout the entire country. That we hail with joy, as indicative of good, the rapid increwe in the Order of Cadets of Temperance, and earnestly urge epos every well-wisher of his country to lend a helping hand in the noble work of saving oar youth from the erits which certainly follow the use of intoxicating beverages. Fire.—The alarm of fire shortly before nine o'clock last night was clamed by the burning of the fancy goods store, No 1:301 Chestnut street, above Thirteenth, N.:carted by Mr. Chutes 11*. 'card. The store had been closed shout half an hour when the fire was discovered. It originated in the back portion of the store, near the stove. The loss is covered by insurance In the Reliance Insurance Company. THE MONEY MARKET. Nu, tnELPnut, January 14th, isas The stook market exhibits steadiness in prices, with a limited amount of business transacted. Reading Railroad yeaterdey lost j, and regained; to day. The money market is without change. The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company pub lish their statement in another column. The growth of this company since its commencement, ten years ago, displays a degree of vigor and popu larity that cannot fail to be gratifying alike to the trustees and to the policy holders. The death of the head of a family, especially in this country, too often causes a oessation of the moms of sup port, and the dimes's-, and humiliation of his off spring To present such calamities to these near and dear to him, and who naturally look to him for protection, is so plainly the duty and the inte rest of every man that it is really a matter of won der that life insurance is not a more universal pre caution among our thoughtful people. The New York Tines says the popular inquiry. for several years before tho recent panic, was • Where .loef all the gold of California and Ans. baba go to' The crisis has now d the question, and it is often asked, in its new shape : 117,err does all the gold tome from ' It argues that the great increase in the production of gold, since its discovery in California, has gone into the hands' of the people of Europe and America, as general 'circulation, the advances in trade and commerce, the expansion of credit, and the conse quent rise in values, having more than kept peso with the increased production of gold. It is front the fact that the panic has reversed these relations that we see gold rapidly accumu lating at the commercial centres, and, ao a natural consequence, we are to look for a reduction in the rates of interest, both abroad and at borne. The employment of capital has been fully up to the scale of new productions of gold, but as this will not prebably he the case again for some years to come, the competition to make money productive will produce lower rates of usance than those to which borrowers have latterly been subjected The Time, quotes the following tables in sup port of its views. GOLD AND lUM DANKI3O cumm-46.55 1551. 1853. 04101,er Chin Deo'r Jaanary. M 613,000 $28..;61,060 321,176,050 2,0'11,000 3,618,000 2,513 000 1,10 8 .000 2,160,000 2 993.020 2.55.2,000 5.026,00 5.149,000 3 23u,000 10,920,000 10,..A5,000 Bulk New lock Phi Melt his Baltimore... Boston E212E1221 Aro. Clues. 16,415.15 X) 113.696,000 51,74,00 London 29,621,000 45.742,000 67.16,1,000 CAM 11,531,000 45,500,006 50 00.4,000 Toter 91,971,000 110,939,000 119.511,000 Accumulation since the panic a 79,5.36,000 The present reserve is the largest OTOr known on the American seaboard. In London and Paris the accumulation is so rapid that the hitherto on preoedentei aggregate of 05.52 in the Banks of England and Franco ($211.000,000) may possibly be reached beta° half the present year runs ont. The available new product of geld since the dis coveries iu 1814, 1851 is, as near as may be. as follows : In California to Jo nu try I. 185" c I 1A.17.5,000 Estimate for ISYT 60,009,000 $17,i,173,000 In Australia to January . . . $269,217,0e0 60,000,000 3329 217,000 I. 1457 Ertimato for 1557 Total addition since 1814-Si ..idtver from Europe to Asia, i 17,300, 000, or 2jd,a00,000 Leaving in Europe and the United State. 000 Mc•srs Wells. Fargo, k Co , No. 400 Chestnut etreet, announce that they nro prepAred to effeet the exchange of the old bonds of the State of Cell forma for new ones, under the act of 2Sth niILADELPHIA BTOCIE EXCHANGE NALES, January 14, Ins RETUTTILD ET 31%NIPT, BROWN, & en . PUTT