r DUI 4j()tMRP)! --- Ty • A .„ , u t o 14 BTRArr,‘ - nAIL.- , rturts, • tO -*X* 01111terli. fc." $,'60414 . bliebOUVOf the (Rif at Su DOLL/1118 4, st b .lnt ho ro t ri-pqil4,ltl:o It Ewes M i r* T o se e ts . `fee 11) . kerritei tll ± riably la vatlee F , -J1:41104.1 ' ki • •• 16,1[1 , 1(- ,1 ) 5 "tatted t o s o t oor lbo t o out-of-t h e Olty, At THINS DOL: - ~1a55:7314 410:11c, adye stee• , s ; E 1" PAPAS TON *est& Envies '-'will be lent 'to Bibeiselbers . try mall, (per switim, in abanee,) At • YA oo 2 -,Thrie etopite, , 1 , " - • 4 • 08 ire - 8 00 &r e p; • - i 2 PO " • : 44t01'{xopiiill; " (tnine iddrees).. 20 teentyfloptee or Over; (to *Adieu Oren& ' • • eutigeriber) , :kWh 1 . 4 - %. " 120 • • t rots Pint( of l'itenty-ene or over , ire - wilt lend an *- 1 " , tate tem talite getternpla" the Club. • ,P,•;',•-117"•Vostenetervato ravaged to not se_ Agents for Tna WssckF PM8211,-., t A RRIRT. QVit INIMITABLE •• W• 9_Ytfuticia,kgltTUN ILI AD AmereeeC , Oß.pintiiiimeary , GBDTBEL lIPTEGY; end alttiodttatlA MS. ateer'etegmmtes ' , Walt impart FINISII, COSITORTi AND DURABILITY. Gentlemen are imitedie till end evantne. , - rMIS-43m . • - 430 ORESTNUT Street. "..,,t3atripi 3: 3ezatirg i CHESTRIIT. STREET; •a Minufsistirers ; BRITISIE SPBBLING Cinder %Idr inspettloi, on the promisee oseluely,ely tit:rangers sr* invited to visit iiav mead rotary, WATOHES, Coinnantiir on bat& splendid skin of Superior "WiteheS, of ell the oelebrtted tasked. .D 1 A M 0 ND S Ikrypemer,. Brooches,. Mer•Mbipt, raga- Minvonni oth er 6i04 in the Amnia Drawisepl„of NSW DOWNS will be made free of chafe for taxi wiablng weak made to order. BIOS VOLD awsLatir. - A beeofdfol assortment of on the new itylei of Mine -, ',levretryom - alratliosidei Stone ea Part, Octal, Carbehole, Monliblite) pfr t s, . 133 nTliga, ..tafftelta, HASKIITS, WAIT.2III, "to t -moo, Elora ad Neale- CIANNUI, of newest style*, ~and of sonoftai nol-dtwOrli" . , .• . • jj D,lir L &- - .0 Q., ,Si - _A , • - 442 CRESTIMT Street, • RALTRI ienehrei, per ebtmere. new, Myles ~ Jewelry; Ohttalottie s - Veet'Qhglits... , . • Splendfd 1000, Hatt MA. • ' 'Went* Atlas, fugal , , 7" 4iit (WU And Viewer Vrldes: - 'I..Chtrit;TATI end ttOordollets. • • • :Agents Id" Pittladtdphte for the ealdot Obirlee .72Wthazrea7.INIDON 21313.1{.5&PFR5,, -," .delo lrAla. • -" • C s )rst i ; 9l / 1 . W,IRS, I • taant ki rtt " n U rrogn " 4' ;Thum ' . A largedneortment at SILVER W AU; -of every, do scrlpttors, constantly on bend, armed 6 to order to match any petting, dratred. isoiottepr of ithettkeW , and...lllrrelnttbinn impor ted bag-arty 8. I'AILDEN: BlO.„ - tAituoivonsAAD'utroariss or . OILTER-PLATED WARN, No. SSC o*.tott Street, above Third, (op Maim) OboihMstirimhanitmot Waldo to the Trade Tag . arra, - 6 Wilintloll szavlop awrs, ItTostess., , crown,' OWE!, W AIT HE& DAS - lESITS,..OASTO ,118 - KNIVBS, SPOONS, SOUS, LAMM, ' - 911410 i UM 'Sating on ell kinda of metal: t 02.11 .filon-ev. A5:n.4.0E4. 0 dad -DOLITON . be G S jiyiight:nnit sold by. _ B. W: TINGLET & Co., " ", 87 South TBIED Street, AMERIW ,ctpla - • drHIGELESAtAin : ORONIBR & CO. ' , • - HZ? Hy- ,BAi ,oxßs. SOUTH THIRD BT Stationeri. , LANK . BOOKS - LAND 'STATIONERY. WOW. Biankkooklfehtsthitaretc 'lh t titlosior - siselPrinter; Ith:larvr.ustrr,Eltreet, la pre, payed at all times to froerthi 'shelves .;_or,osekolo:order, Boobs of flossy OsteeriptioiOrolttble blebs raga Gettig ifetchenti, end others 'of :the Vialite o t-gueith , . qr:Araerican repor t and bohnd . IS.vuists 4,110, tsithe teat enhetantlat !- Orderefor ,-- TOB 211.11iTINft evel description. f i Tt e e B l7l47/thot . psprOteossted !yak nest:trot A heta can stationary. " gOngerhing Mr,llogio ) fi obetsibution to the Breaskitss "lostltute; the Ihnatotttoe'sey—"'f hie displifof bleak - ,Abookt for bookiarand norresotlhrosote, the keet to the „Imbibition. The, seleottorof ,the meterlet le Eoott ;the ,-I"fttitodgysniset,ixoelhint; thesr goksh stolorp, • leer* fesszenthteteoto - - 111303tICtAITS!; POCIET DAY:MOK • 41.- YOH 1668.-7. lust published and for lately' • • - ; - C. 1, PRICE h CO., • .' • • .1 , 10. LS South SIXTH Street, above Chestnut.' . The Day-Book contains an Almanac, 'fables of corn perettve Medicinal Poses, raiser's and Their Antidotes, `•-• British L and Prenbh, Medicinal Measurers, Atomic ." Weights owl Combining Propartions, Artifice of Met, , -,Comperatiee Thennometrib Scales, Baths—Simple and Itediclualy Tables - d£ Dolma .of all the principal pre— . parations of the ?hamar/op/a, Visiting Mat end Index :Blanks for MonetaryEngagemeats, Bank Account; . , Nutlet' Addresses, Acounta _asked for, Vac. 'Onetime. and Otistetric Engagements, French, and American Medical Periodicals, /cc., So. poing prepared With' Ale co-operation of several Mettibere Of 'the - Profeamon the Publishere • trust that Mao little Monet will fa a want hitherto et opappit e d; an d vita/view to its future improvement, wilt be happy. to 'reeeire/ any suggestion respecting emendations, toldttentei ' The above areOrepared for 16 and 60 patients, and .bound in varies® etVea. —' jai ni E ,o:rtnticrns Eaparingiel)ips .rjr. COPARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE existing ander the firm of SIEGER, LAMB, & CO. la day dlaeolred by the death of 0. IL LAMI. • Thebualnele of the lale, Arm will be rattled by the / Arriving. partners, who "hue assOolated with theta / Jon 'mar, W. D. BPONSLER, and D. B ERVIN, / • ander the firm of striasL, BAIRD, & CO., and will / eontinne the Dry Goode Jobbing and importiog buslueas ' as heretofore, at No. 47 North TRIRD street. PETER BIRDER, • JACOB RIEGEL, . . • WAI B. BAIRD, JOUR WIEST, • W. D. BPONSLER, D. Dikeinher 81, 1857, jal4rna DWAFiD H, LADD will have charge of E. our Inrinees In this city from this date, at No, B`% CHESTNUT Street. BUNT, WEBSTER, k CO„ Illinntacturers of Sewing Machines, avow 1 - , WC jal. 3m NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TIIA.T application has been made to the Trustees of the FIRE ABBOOIATION OP PHILADELPHIA, for the renewal of* policy of Insurance, No. 13,800, Issued in the name or ,lota a:Shoemaker for 81,000, dated June 8, 1849, Transferred to Wm. B. Fairchild October 8, 1840, and by hint to the Western - Building 'Association October 11, 1852, which has been lore or mlslaid;and in formation thereof, wilt be received by al-thstu,4wis WILE ',SUBSCRIBERS HAVE THIS DAY entered into a limited partnerehip, In accordance' with the acts of Aaaembiy in such case made and pro- Tided, under the firm neaten( WON 4 LANDIS, for the transantlon of the Hardware business m the pi t y of • Philadelphia. The general partners, are JAMES M. ,VANON,AneI HENRY V. lIANDIS, and the special puttying - are WILLIAM DILWORTH and . BRANSON, all being residents of .this city, Tile capi tal - in cash contributed by William Dilworth is twenty thusand dollars, and the each capital contributed by „Baronet Branson ls else twenty thousand, dollars. The partnership wilt commence on the first day of January, A. D. 1858, and will terminate on the, 81st day of ))e- Comber, 1859. - JAMES DI VANOH, HENRY,D. -LANDIS, - - General Partners. WILLIAH DILWORTH, . SAMUEL BRANSON, ". Special Partners. PftiaDELPHIli Dee. 81,1867. - jez.wowit. LIABLE'S GALLLEEIES - 'PAINTINGS LOOXINCF , GLASS WAREHOUSE ALL -SHE NEW. P 1 ENOI[~ BNGLIBir AND GERMAN NNGRA.VINGN, VORTH4I2 . , "P.LOTDRR, MI.N./.4TDRE FRAMES, 'lll MIST TAIRIFIT 07 BYYLB 4111 D EMI. MANTEL, PM, AND wait, LOOKING , GLASSES. - CONEiOLO, BRAoirril, OCIN,NIDEB, PIER 'EMILIA ; ALMS TO 00011. EARLINS ( . IALLNDINS, BYBOILESTNIIT STEERS, PDILADELPDIA. MINCED MEAT.—' Tho 011booribeihon oommeooed manufacturing his Ne Plus Ultra - "-MINOED UV; 7 a hhe offer! to aUJIAMI.pra t LUGO or Pula, QUAIITmIL Orders through nooplo -OLEIPATUR be raw. tally attended 108IIIIA. WRIGIIT, Oh lot d 1512 ' 'RING' %ARIAN and FRANKLIN a P t ;:f CHINA.; 4..N0. p.r.,A,ss. Ditiliiawip.B. !TEA .I.NI? rq.ILST SETS. WMTii, CIOLiI Bala, AIinIOIIOOIUTSID . . , , , VIENOti„ AND 8016.411 AN tit4sswinE, .PANOY,VITIOLtd, ems. . =l=llll ' r )lA,RBali Jiiit,t,,tl3'o,trayrNOT . ' '—naoda pertiee &treasonable terms:: :WY " r.. s • , . W,PORACIE :SiOO.NP , and 'ITEIRD - LOOBS eta botthati at 4.1.11 Helga Ws* 0,1,ent... :lolortg . ..WAlMA 494411gai 4r ''''i f.h. A.81):1 - ABEESiole TAliggij'l -8 8 110011.14011 1"41 4 1W A iro t t f" . 4* ; '' l llilig ui r* W: 4l ''' ts 'Mit. k NI , Wil 4 "i• '', •4c,. , 0 !i•R-• • • ,: 104. !Ilk, , ~, , • , . ~ t , 4ThOrrati --10 0 -64 ;4 40 GU IS ' °,,, nr ; Ii ! er t ie :,. tt,. t 4 3 31cliti ithea ': teVAll' ,4,91'11.;* -- 7.1.. , 4-7 f 0 - c up It tr m i ter 0 4 1 1....'; : i i i',',-. o , , 16 ,I'. = • ';tl • . f , . . r . L • + -- t• • " • • •.,. :••• • " . . E.SVRb - , gri.• VOL. L-NO. 145. Nalco, PRNN AIUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.—oeace N. B. corner THIRD and 'DOCK 'Streets, Philadelphia. The following STATEMENT of the affairs of the CoMpany is pnblithed In conformity with a provision of the Charter RECEIPTS /OR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, MT. - 'S'or Pieminins and Policies ...... $151,704 76 " Interest on in Tian:lfni:3 and • Dividends- , 0,412 21 -----$202,11.6 07 LOSSES AND EXP- RNB RIESOD. DURING THE RARE PE Mises 19, amounting to Kt penees-Salaries, Advetiising, , , 10,1t948 Rent, State and City Tanen , 1,915 44 Agency 02111.1Ten,OOMMIRMODel,&0. , 7,208 91 ileingumncotuld Interest 6.414 07 971,377 go ASSRTECOF 21114 COMPANY LIABLE TO _PAY , LOSSY,S, IA.I.IITATCY 1e8,1858. 927P20 ' BO -Pennsylvania State lkindh....ceet 925,303 73 76,290'02 Philadelphia City " .... " 65,846 26 22,000 CC Allegheny County " .... " 16,945 00 .10,400 00 Washington " I: ~„,.. . 7,626 00 10,000 00 Pittsburgh Oity " .- . 8,825 00 32 , 000 01 1 40 4Ylvanis liallrosd Bonds, . 28,700 00 30,010 00 lioctlxPennsylvincle." - " " 22 600 00 1,000 00, Rending Railroad . " 880 00 ;0,000 00 Tinlon Canal ' " " 13 477 60 0,000 CO (1, L. p or .4..wiymii. ~ 6,610 00 100 shares Western Bank stock. 0,802 50 100 - "'- - *lO B -nufactatera , and Mechanics' • Bank " 2,784 00 110 . , Coo:anemia/ Bonk . 0 048 00 65 . Pennsylvania Bank " 7,112 60 135 . Oirard Life Lowrance C 0.... " 3 526 25 860 " Pennsylvania Railroad. C 0.... " 16,680 01 115 0 New Orleans OM CO. •••. . • . " 18,317 60 94,103 61 City Warrants . 4,087 62 11 1 01 tilegea.. - Oround. Rents', al( drat Rene, . 128,500 55 Loans on Policies and Vollatenils ....... .... 80,031 97 Bills Rectlrible, Premium Notes • 95 876 27 Real Notate; Omee Building ' 87,046 73 grip Dieldepd of •Intintancs Companies ' 33,309 00 :ite r ate balances of their Accounts due .. ; . 18,951 28 4luistsrly Payments on Polities 'steed 11,023 16 Cash on hand and In Bank 82,078 03 ,Inteiest on Inynotinent to Jan. Let,._1858.... 11,303 34 Once Furniture ..... 1,221 15 Franklin Fitelnsttrance Company . • Deduct three Lessee due in 1858... CitusrauteiCspltal Pert...ensLem*, Jan. 12, 1868. At tie election, held at the °Mee of the Company' on MONDAY, the'dth inst., the.followlnir gentlemen were dilly elected Truttees, to SOTTO for three years: John G. Brenner, }Prinallo Cosine, William Martin, Diehard S. Newbold, Jae. B. MeFerlead, . William P. Backer, • Joseph ll:Trotter, William H. Hero, /ernes Easton. . . . At a ideating of the Board of , Trustees, held this evening, DANIEL L. ' bIILLER., Esq. 4 vras 'unanimously elected President, and SAMUEL 1. STORES, Esq., Vice President, for the ensuingar. ,The •Board of Trustees hare t ide day declared a scrip dividend of TWENTY-FIVE Pn CENT, upon the 'cash won:dame paid In 1857. They have alsodeolared a cash dividend of SIX PER CENT. open the scrip dividends of 1850 to 1857, taclu eive, payable at thentlicenf the Company after the se cond day of Fehruarynext. DANIEL L. MILLER, President. • SAMUEL B. STOKE D , Vice President. JOHN . llostron,,ecretary. INCREASE OF THE AOCIIMILATED CAPEFAI, OF THE COMPANY. January 1, 1849, - Accumulated Capital S 31,852 82 Januaryl, 1800, do do 86,843 62 January 1, 1851, do do 142,082 19 January 1, 1852, do do - 177,933 30 January 1,1853, ,do do 248,985 06 January 1, 1054, do do 334,307 36 January 1,1656, 'do do . 416,681 67 January 3, P6O, dd do 613,305 22 January 1, 1857, " d 6 do 611,225 03 January 1,1858, do do - 115,700 89 LOBBtB PAID BINOP. THE COMUNNONMCNT OP - • , ' TIM COMPANY. To January 1, 1849, one policy 6 6,000 00 To January 1 , 1850, four policies., 16,600 00 To January 1,1851, sixteen polleles. . ..... 48,000 00 To January, 1, 1851, twenty•tbree pol icies... 54,800 00 To January 1, less, fi liteen pirates 34,600 00 To January 1,1864, eleven policies 29,250 00 To January 1, 1869, twentpmeren policies • • • 80 . 8 1 7 00 To January 1,1856, fifteen policies.... 35,300 00 To January 1, 1957, eleven pollefee 28,300 00 To January 1,1808, nineteen p011eie5...,.... 46,700 00 1'61646 2023 2780- 8 6 T - Tlncirr - MUTUAL INSURANCE COM -11,) v.h.Ny Old PRIIKIIntiILI.• STATFAIIINT Or the naltiroOf the Company, in con formity with a prorielon of ita Charter. rteminmo undotoimineti ?wary I', 1857.. $91,462 91 Do. _received daring the year endittg • /unary 1,1866 - 264,291 '6l Total amount of Premiums... Earned Prom!ulna durir4 the year ending as 7;A6roye on Kathie and Inland ...... 2.1.5 > 980 E) RaseWed-ter interest and Ea/rages 33,620 70 Lows, Be kurn :Premiums, kspensea, sdraners pkidmune perhid State " 'll7 shares Philadelphia . 7.000 Olt* of P.iilehttrift '6 , 11 ,7iood • 41`s 14,010 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal • Lon 0 4 e s 44 14,810 41,00 Camden and Amboy 6. 4 a 44 41,713 -10,000 Philadelphia County Loan 8 44 44 18,300 6,000 North Pennsylvanialt R. Bonds, 6 4 a 44 8,710 100aharea North Pennsylvania R. It—. 4 ' 5,000 - 40 44 Delaware Railroad Co 44 1,000 Sundry Sleeks , Steamboat nod Transports - thin Cornpatilee, Certilloates of Stook and Profits In Mutual Insurance Companies.. 14,040 Estimated present value of tho above.•... Cash on hand Notes receivable for policies issued Subsoription notes for guarantee capital Due for policies issued, and unsettled salvages, th and other debts due o Company 85,451 DIRNOTORS. Richard S. Smith, Charles Newbold, S. Destonet, Henry Lewis, Jr., Francis Tete, W. O. Kent. A. Is' Bode, Albert Worrell, Samuel Grant, Charles Thin, Charles Dutilh, 0. P. Loultbead,. Hugh Campbell, John S. Twells, • John P. White, Edward 1.. Clark, N. A. Smith, oeorge Lewis, 0. W . Churchman, D. Salomon, John 11. Irwin, J. p Steiner, Godfrey Preytag, 11. P. Robinson. RICHARD S. 13311T11, President. JOSEPIt OOLLISON, Secretary. jal4-2w OFFICE OF THE NEPTUNE nisu- RANGE COMPANY, No. 414 WANOT Street. Pitmsne trots,. /an. 11. 1858. The fret annual meeting of the Steehhohlere of the Neptune Insurance Company was leld tiffs day, when the following persons were unanimously elected to serve as Directors for the ensuing year : Richard Shields, Edward McClain, George Minster, Gustavus V. Town, Theodore N. Town, 1 homes Heath, • W. 0. Stoteebury, D. Sherwood, 0. 0. Butler, George Scott At a meeting of the Board of Directors, held on the same day, the following officers were elected: RICHARD SHIELDS, President. GEORGE MONSTER, Vice rreeldent. 0110110 R SCOTT, Secretary, inl3-tt OFFICE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. . . ParLanscrni A, January 11th, 11358. NOTICS.TO BIOOHHOLDEIt9.—The Annual Meet ing of the Stockholder% of this Company will be held on MONIMY, the lot day or February, 1868, at 10 o'clock A. M. at the SANSOBL STREET HALL. The Annual Eleotion for Eight Directors will be held on MONDAY, the Ist day of March, 1868, at the office of the Company, No. SOS WALNUT Street. .1612-dthit EDMUND Secretary, VOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.—The dap STALWART, Unit, Lucas, from Liverpool, in now ready to discharge - at 81.1.1.PPNN street wharf, Con signees will please deliver their permits to the officers on board. All goods not permitted within lito days will be sent to publio store. TllOB. RIONARDBON & 101 WALNUT street. OFFICE OF THE UNION CANAL 00., PH ILA DELPHI A, Jan 11,180. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholder. of the Union Canal Company of Penneylvenin will be held at the Office of the Cottapany, No. 228 WALNUT Street, (Farquhar Building )on TUESDAY, February 2d next, at 12 o'clock IL. at sll i iI tuna an Election for Moore and Managers will take place. jal2-tfe2 ' 0. TIIOMPBON, Secretary. rtRIDGE NOTICE.—TIII TIME FOR Ja... remising Plans and Estimates for the Chestnut Street Bridge, has, by Ordinance of Connelle, been ex tended to the 28th day of January, 1858 hTRICALAND KNEW, ChiefEngineerabd SurYeyot. de3O•dtje26 OFFICE OF THE -QUAKER CITY IN IJ COMPANY, 408 WALNUT Street, PHILAUBLPtIIit, Jan. sth, 1858. At a Meeting of the Directors of the Quaker City In antenna Company, held thin day, at their Office, a Dividend of TEN PRII CENT. was declared on the Capital Stock of the Company, Payable on and after the drat day of February 1858. jeld-lit H. 3t. COOGSIML, Becrct,l7. A T A MEETING OF THE HOLDERS -cm. of FIRST IitORTGAHE BONDS of the PHILA DELPHIA AND SUNBURY RAILROAD COMPANY, held on the nth Mot, pursuant to public advertise ment, Mr..ki. D. ROBENGARTEN was milled to the Chair,. and Mr. L. MOSS wax appointed Secretary. The Committee of holders of the Second Mortgage Bonds; who have now become the proprietors of the Road, having laid before the meeting its present condi tion and prospecte it was resolved that, in order to aid the proprietcrd in equipping the Road, the holders of the first Mortgage Donde should agree to accept for their coupons due August Ist, UM, and February let, 1868, obligations of the Company. payable on or before the expiration of five years, (at the option of the Com pany,/ bearing interest from Mt February, 11358, and convertible into,Stock, et the option or the holders ,• interest payable thereon semi-annually on let Minuet and lat February. The holders of First Mortgage Dondg are requested to call at the C ilia, of Mona . WIIELEN a CO , and sign the agreement to carry out ouch au arrange ment. Jal4-mwf tfebl 178 L I 0 LAMP S.—TIIE ruBLIG .18 respoottay informed that 011iceshave been opened by the District Superintendents of Public Lighting, at 'Which althea* are rognested to give information respect ing accidents width may happen to the Priblie Lamps; or of any failure in lighting or extinguishing them at the proper time; or D not properly cleaned and in good 'Ugh, condition. The Books will be kept by Amon* Dann o„;3oBWharton at. , First Ward; Ohmlesoarty, Sept. o 2d district; No, 8 Haines at. above Sixth! filtrate G.:Kirk; No. 820 North Sixth et., above Brovrn, Twelfth ,Ward; M. W. Deshong, No. 22310oates greet, 'Fifteenth Wart : Thos.V.Bcoriby, GAS OZCS,T vtenty•Nourth Ward, (Wea .t` Philadelphia)) af. 11. Wiedden, Oss, Office, Tatenty-Seeend Ward, (harms tone;) Wm, N.llarket, 'Gee ,Omer, Tweetpahltd Ward (PrankfoN,)and at the 9P9 100 /Wade s tre e t , luilo* Market.' Biirar artherrustimi : Or the Philadelphia Gad Write • - -8„ I. NITA, ' 'l ' 'OOP' fitiperLatendent of Dioixtbatdop. , tw• 4 Vrtss. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1858 Ono department of a daily newspaper is al most always passed by, wholly unnoticed, by the majority of its readers. This department is usually Called Tuu MARKETS, and is liable to the objection, we freely admit, of being rather dry and uninteresting, at first sight. Considered from ono point of view, however, it may afford amusement as well as instruction. At least, we have found it so. V 45,100 00 Here, for example, in our paper of yester day, at the close of a letter front our commer cial correspondent, we find nearly half a column of information about the New York markets. We have no special interest, it is true, in the price of Ashes; we are not person ally interested (not having a sweet tooth) in the rise and fall of molasses ; nor, holding the rank of Sachem in a great Temperance Tent Association, do we desire to know whether Whiskey is cheap or "on the rise." But we maintain that the peculiar phraseology of the Market report heti more in it than strikes the mind at once. It gives us glimPses of curious information, often of a startling order. It may bo used as a cypher (for any thing, we know to the contrary) to enable filibusters to hold secret and unsuspected correspondence. In truth, it may mean—any thing. For example, at Now Orleans, it is well known there, the filibuster° feeling has many well-wishers and adherents. It is desired, in an unsuspected yet public manner, to commu nicate the state of things down South. Ac cordingly, under the head MOLASSES, we have the intimation, "New Orleans is drooping. with fair sales to arrive, and in lots to the trade." Assuredly, this can scarcely have any real allusion to molasses, fin• who ever heard of that saccharine syrup as " drooping," save when the barrel was on the stoop Apply it politiCally, and what a hint ft gives to Waxen and rfENNINOPAN, that their pros pects aro become bad at New Orleans, and that it was expected they would be further "sold" to tie trade, whatever that may mean. 710,200 08 8,500 00 715,760 88 100,000 815,760 83 We learn that "Oils are generally quiet." We did not know that their equanimity had ever been disturbed. We find cc Crude Whale" reported as inactive :" We know not under what condition the animal was so phlegmatic. Refined (whatever that may be) is "somewhat depressed." No index is given as to the cause of this depression of spirits. Rye is reported es "heavy"—a good character, for the heavier the grain the better it is. Under the head "Co,"r we have more political information. t# Rio is quiet"—which is rather a novelty in a South American country. Extras of flour " are hardly so firm," which is to be lamented, as stability of character is a great advantage. Barley Malt ci is quiet," so are Rye Flour, and (generally speaking) Oils, Prime Mess, and Ashes. As a set-off, Flour is active." Corn Meal, Beef hams, Cut meats, and Lard are I( steady." Wo cannot say much for the sluggish nature of Barley, reported as 1, inac tive." Corn is w easier," which must be grati- Tying news for its friends. $330,267 00 The most curious reports, all points con sidered, are those which refer to Provisions. It has an odd look to read that shoulders of pork -are f , firmer ;" that arrivals arc light; beef is rather irregular;" that prime mess is quiot ;. that beef barns are steady; that,bacon is w scarce and wanted;" that cut meats aro steady; that dressed hogs (how extra-genteel) "arc In fair request;" that sugars are drooping, and that "refined are 835,75 i 63 808,010 00 352.768 98 r)st- 14,700 $5956 , " 6,800 6,790 mind over-wrought preys on itself, and is 'de voured by thought, which may account for this depression of ,spirits under which "re fined" sugar appenti to suffer at present. Relined " oil is also « somewhat depressed." We cannot help noticing, all through the report, how much the reverse of lively and intellectual the bulk of the articles are. Coffee dull—and so with oats, common rosin, and crude sperm. It this chronicle of prices be only true, ouch of the New Yorkers as may be disposed to vio late the strict rules of sobriety can do so, un der existing circumstances, for an amount of expenditure ludicrously small. There are a great many hard-shells and bard-drinkers in New York, and we cannot wonder at the fact, considering the present prices of that liquor, (ordinarily quoted as Whiskey, but familiarly and even affectionately spoken of by Irishmen as "the crathur,") that there is more intoxi cation in New York than in any other part of the world. If there is not, there ought to be, for the quotation runs thus; (( WIIISKEY.— The supply is in (Aeolis of the demand, (what wit/ the teetotallers say ?) awl prices are low er—sales of 270 bbls.,, at 20c. for Jersey and 204 c. for State and Western." The abbrevia tions 4, bbls." and (( c.," mean barrels and cents, we believe, and where on earth can there be anything cheaper, in that line, than 270 barrels of Jersey whiskey for twenty cents Yet, cheap as it is, (‘ the supply is in excess of the demand!" Touching this last article, wo suspect that wo have just room left to relate a historical anec dote on the subject. During the British wars with Napoleon, there was great Irish sympa thy for "little Bony," as he was called. There was great grief when he was exiled to Elba in 1811; great exultation when ho returned in 1815; and renewed sorrow when he was sent to St. Belot - la. Two Irishmen, of "the lower order," talking over their idol's reverses, one of them said, tt Poor fellow, I wonder what he'll do on that owl of a rock 1" The other, after a few seconds , meditation, replied : " Faith, Dennis, 'tin my self that don't know. Most likely, he'll go mad—barring that lie has the since to take to the dlitink 1" Tho following extract from the Milwaukee Daily SeWend may servo to show how the laws requir ing State stooks to be pledged as security for bank note issues tan be evaded, by using the bank notes themselves to purchase the State_steeks Our newly installed state Treasurer Mr. Has. ' tinge. in reply to a query from the editor of tho Patriot, thus describes the money which makes up the sum of $124,224.28, transferred to him by his predecessor : Of this amount, $6.81 was in postage stamps ; $2,457.86 in gold and sliver coin ; and the bal ance, $121,760.55, in notes of tho various banks of this State, and among these notes was a Track age containing $12,008 of the Wisconsin Valley Bank. Those last-mentioned notes had evidently, from their appearance, never been in circulation. Twenty-Ave thousand dollars of the bonds deposit ed as security for those notes were issued by the State of Missouri, to the Pacific Railroad Com pany, on the 18th day of December, 1857. They were registered by the auditor of that State on the same day. On the 28th dey of the same month, they were assigned, at St. Louis, by the president of the Pacific Railroad Company; and on the 31st were registered in the Bank Comptroller's °Moe of this Estate, as security for the issues of the Wisconsin Valley Bank. On the afternoon of Wednesday, the 6th inst., I received for record in this office a deseriptive list of the notes delivered by the Bank Comptroller to said Wisconsin Valley Bank. This looks liko very "sharp practice," and we should like to hear the explanation of it. The Louisville Courier, in publishing the state meet of n number of the Kentucky banks, re. marks: In these disastrous times, we ore 'proud to have our banks make such statements as these. They show that the management of those institutions is without a parallel in this country, and we might add in the world. While most of the banks of the world have either suspended or resorted to subter fuge to maintain their credit, ours have gone right along without trouble: They have maintained themselves and sustained our people, and the re sult has been that we have had, comparatively speaking, no failures in Kentucky. Instead of suspending during the finanoial crisis that has swept away so many banks in other parts of the country, they have continued their regular busi ness, and declared a dividend of five par cont. for the last six months. The dividend, taken in con notion with the admirable showing they now make, leaves no doubt of the Impregnable position they occupied during the financial storm. Philip Hawkins, colored, convicted of mur der at the November term of the circuit court for Frederick county, Maryland, confessed his guilt to a gentleman of that city a few days chum, but the oonfeasien will net be placed before the public un til after Isis execution, which takes place on Fri day, 29th instant,. ABOUT "TILE MARKETS." PHILADELPHIA, iirEDY,§`PAY, JANUARY 20, 1858. INAUGURAL ADDEES =;. OF GOVERNOR WM. 11. FAO ' Pe,bbow-Cersznes : In appearing befell, .. ,la enter upon my duties as Dover:sorer thprt lltAv , wealth, I consult my own inclinations In e f • We big to the usage which demands it Mutat e and, in the first place, T gladly ernbreiea u ..,' P portnnity to return my profound end Ls thanks to tint people of Pennsylvania fd... ~ tf' me with tho Chief Executive office in theft* rai ment. Their kindness will never be tole. Or will the confidence they have reposed sn," , tfett be intentionally betrayed. Duty to thorn, .14 I myself will require that. the obligation, .1: - • hero just taken to discharge Ay pol4i , a * with fidelity, shall be faithfutly obserVe. .Ittld. thus justify, tin far as poseible, the popul , eel: ion. Doubtless, I may commit errors Ise a 'coil-. i ' ion involving so much of iesponsibility; htt srli. hope that none of them will bo of n grave a-. ter, or productive of vital injury tethe push - ine / tareste. I crave in advance a charitable judgmelet,sen y official conduct—that it shall beeonstreeTdAillti n kindness and toleration, to long es it shall sitioaxel to be prompted by einem° mei:honest reoVW— lid I here mug Igo Cal this public and formdpelln ti4,er, to regard the will of the people, the ,„ e ~„,, nod the commands of the Conetitn tele,te• lie guiding lights by which my course ity :he Bloated. With these aims constantly in V ,e - ,/ hall indulge the pleasing hope of dotage e t ot 'cod in the high station to which T s batik:: en, , atital by the public voice, cad of repressingeoffa :silo ;shied' may threaten the poblie welfd•Wsr lie individual rights of the people.„,- , Felloto•Ctlizrnt of the 'Senate and Hor of Rcptssent,ti yes . It will be my ardent do' re to tulttvate with you, es ropresenta tires of th 'tee th', the most amicable relations, and to unite stith Mt in the adoption of all such ineasuriseasiers,„ public good may require. The diffetent - vienteJ f the government, although charged with disterst hides, are to be regarded a 8 parts of one hal Me does whole ; and it is well , when all these lens , ovo onward without jar, interference, .elB7B, , • ion. Nevertheless, the distinct duties of lli ..t,:x cede°, when duly and honestly performed, see” evasion differences with the Legislature; b, t, in -tub cane, it will bo expedient to cultivate's isslrit if compromise and conciliation for the dispop of •uch differences, or, at least, for usitigatlnplie eelings of alienation to which they teed. ~ . It is one of the ditties of the Executive, ehem line to Glue, to givo to the General Assembliple 'mention of the state of the Cointuonwealth4W comment) to their consideration snob moreieres 8 he shall judge expedient; and under usttgebtill a done by measeges in writing, which are eutf4ted among the public records, and remain a part (Oho flick' history of the State. I do not undels(duti hie as a power of etiolating to the General Rettem ly the measures they shall adopt, nor even ex a ewer of initiating laws, hut es an informing,and :uggesting power, In no respect trenching upotti,the net and proper jurisdiction of tho legislativeAo ,ertmout of a free State. In short, it wan lertior ntended to give a legal control over the proesnsi ngs of the representatives of the people In the :nut:lineal of laws. It is, therefore, a right of onununication with thorn, tvhiels, while prudripy Ind reasonably exercised, can give no justoceasion or jealousy, objection, or complaint. The Faeotp Ivo, when exorcising this right, is hut perf,roting : plain duty, and can apprehend no difficult) in •peaking with a respectful freedom eves upon locations where an entire egreement of sentiment ,annot be expected. But there is another and more delicate power ehich pertains to the relations between the begin- Olive and executive departments By the teeety hird and twenly•fourili oections of IN first qtielo of the Constitution, ell bills passed by the euerat Assembly, and most of the ordeal. rem. titian, and votes in which they may 00fletlf. are Omitted to the Executive, and if disapproved by in,, can only he made valid by it vote of two birds of each house. This power of disapproval 8 among the most important ditties of the Escetz- Ivo, end is constantly becoming more ad, from he operation of obvious and roamed causes, u my opinion, it is the clear end hireling duty I f time Inn:metiers to return for reconsideration , very bill, ardor, resolution, or vote, presented to in, which lie cannot approve—in ether words, that he assent or his judgment and conseienee skill bit °Wally given to any measure before be pOrthits 't to take effect ; unless, indeed, it bo passed egateel tie objection by a two-thirds vote Tho words Of he Constitution are: “if he approve, he aka li curt 'i; but if he shall not approve, its shall ref not it vith hie objections to the house in which it shalt aveoriglnated." IVordecould not conveys power nd prescribe a duty inn more clear and definite orm. It is manifestly the intention of the Gou- Elution that the deliberate and enneelentioes ap royal of the Governor shell be given ton lull .efore It becomes a law, 10 addition to the at-I rma of the two houses that have provjek ay teased it; ueless the majorities afterwarde oyen to it upon reconsideration in each hove shalt! be •o decisive no clearly to it: fettle tbo wisdom off he ensure. It is true that upon things trivial or in- Efferent, where no great intereets are itivotteil, sor conetlintional principles In question, pot pri vate rights assailed, considerations of expedishwy may be taken into account by the Executsser;.itill o ,e piineipto, eon bo waived by hits — a . ew of his oath to support the Constitution. Tin ittze tFundays excluded) two allowed the Executive to consider a bill, and to approve or veto' it, after which it will bosoms a law without his signature, if not previously returned. Tho practice of my poi decossors has been occasionally to permit hint to become laws by this limitation of thee. They have taken effect in the entire absence of Executive lion. But I hollows this has only occurred where the Executive has found it intra.xible to roan a po sitive opinion upon the mom:tiro—whore, though not unobjectionable, it was triviat—er, lam.° it was manifest that a veto would not cause its de font. This Executive practice ought not to ets ex tended, and the practice itself is open to quudion ; for if the provision that bills neither algred nor returned within ten days shell become lam, woe intended as a guard against Executive tame, in holding thesis an undue posiod, and not as !mode by which the Executive might cause them b toles effect, without the responsibility of uctint upon them, it would seem closer that the prudes of holding them over for such purpose cannot io de fended. But the Legislature, by its adjourninontaithin ton days after the passage of a bill, may cbprive the Executive of duo time for considerate t, and hence it is provided that in such case it alai/ be come a law unless sent back within titre days after the next meeting. In modern pradice a large number of hilla are usually sent to be Oo .vcrnor within a few days of the udjournuent of the Legislature, which it is impossible for dm to consider duly before the adjournment takes since In fact, 11:140 , ate sent to him in the closing hours of the session, But it would stem plain tlat the Executive could reasonably ask in such (Jae only the full constitutional period of ten days fotfornt ing his opinion, and that all bills ho believe it his duty to approve shall he actually signed rithin that period By the exorcise of reasonabhAnduo try this can its all cons be accomplished. Then, such bills to 110 disapproves will be held eve to be returned to the proper branch of the (meal As sembly within three days after their next meting, according to the constitutional piovislon.' This will properly dispose of all bills in his hails at the adjournment, unless. indeed, it be allowble to hold over bills. and permit them to becom laws without his notion The propriety of signing bills by the (h'ernor between the sessions of the Legislature !As ban piestioned. It does not accord with the al prae tice, and is certainly liable to abuse ])uing my term it will be strictly confined to the tit ten days after an wlinirianent, and all bills n! then approbed may be considered us awaiting ta next meeting of the General Assembly, to her MINIM With the Executive disapproval The Excutive should not be subjected for long periods ofinto to the solicitations ni these interested in Us, nor should ho be subject to the imputations a inde cision or favoiition, almost unavoidable l such muses. Nor is it right that ho should herein his hands the moans of influence which the,olding open of his decision upon bills during recess would confer. Besides, a great wrong amyl(' done to those interested in legislation, by oolinuing them for an undue period in uneertninty I to the fate of bills in which their rights, their ppert,V, or their business may be involved. T1(10 are evils which an Executivetmay obviate byottling his policy firmly in the outset of lilt inhinistra lion. It would be well, also, for the Lrislature to so shape its action us to avoid the messily of sending many important hills to the Gomer in the closing days or hours of a session. Fellots•Cilizrns : Although it, will at be ex pected that I should at this time disee, i n d e • tail the particular questions which will Nimbly mine before the Government during inyterm, I desire briefly to give expression to thermal views of public policy to it 'itch I bold, i their applieation to practical issues now soiling. The eurteney of the State is in each a disor dered ecndttion, that a general and volosome public opinion demands its reform, tut the es tablishment of effectual barriers ngaira future convulsions. This is a subject which NW test the intelligence, the firmness, and th patriot ism of lho ieprescntativos of the i peoplart the le gislative deportment, and may impose 'rave re sponsibilities upon the Executive. Illyiews aro decidedly hostile to the emission and sireiation of small notes as a currency ; to the inereasof bank ing capital under the present arrangemets ; and to the Issues of bank paperi upon neuritis inade quate for their redemption. The wasief uni formity in the legal provisions under hiett the existing banks operate, is objectionable In the resumes and amendment of our hankie system, the public interests in my opinion demar the ex tension of the specie baste upon which Imes are made ; the suppression of the smaller domination of notes heretofore allowed ; thoreughoports of the condition end business of hanke r ith tthoir frequent publication ; additional seent6, (other than speote,) to consist of the bonds of th State or of the United States, for the redemption+ °lmola ting notes, including in all cities proper ilividual liability . .of stockholders and dirootorqtted for convenient and indent enforcement; wits super visory and controlling power to acme veer officer or department of the Government to strain or Respond the action of banks in case of thr viola tion or evasion of the law, 1 When a speedo currency shall be seilird to the people by prohibiting the circulation tills of a small denomination, it will be high' lesirable that the fiscal affairs of the Statettovernrnont shall bo wholly separated from thoses the banks; in other words, that the money trarietions of the Government. both in its collections ail disburse ments, shall he in the legal coin (Stitt country. Whenever a practical, conveniontlind efficient scheme for the operations of the 'lemony upon such a basis can be presented to ine , ls tie repre sentatives of the people, it will meet Mt a cheer ful approval. There are diffioultid inthe however, far greater than those almotnted by the General Government In the eddittlanent of its Independentrrreasury system ; at the object being one of the first magnitudejni calculated to exercise a most salutary influenqupon the Ra tion of the Government, and upon its business of the hanks and the people, it is SD worthy of earnest consideration. In reforming a currency a singltitato can (Lc. . complish but a moderate amount of good, however sincere, Intelligent, and earnest it rosy be, with out the co-operation of othor Statgs, and especially of those which adjoin it, Bank notes are not stopped in their flow by imaginary State lines, nor duos it acorn possible fora State altogether to pre .vent foreign notes from circulating within her borders, even by the most stringent ensotmonts. We most, therefore, invoke row elBtOr States to join ,with us in the rerreasion of small paper, awl In CAI other particulars of reform as require for oom auvetwr that co-operation. Meantinto, to the extent of our power, let or exert ourselvos to far ,nigh our citizens with a safe and stable currency; to prevent future financial convulsion similar to that undor which the community has for tome time boon struggling; and to relieve the Government in its fiscal action from the danger of depreciated or worthless paper, and the embarrassments area ,ing from depondenoo upon corporations of her own creation. lite people of Pennsylvania, by the tenant adop tion of an amendment to the eunstitution.on the subjeot of publics indebtedness, have Imposed an imperative obligation upon the servants to piac i Use:economy, to limit expenditures, and to give their hest efforts to the gradual but eventual ex tinguishment of the existing public debt. After eight years of experience under the niuking fund l'aati of 1815, we find one public indebtedness but alightly diminished. The constitutional mond ',sent suet adopted demands this establishment of elfeittivo sinking fund for its payment, and I shall consider it one of the loading duties of my administration to nee that that amendment is carried out, both in its letter and its sra. I cannot regard . the reduction of the three-mill tax on property, made at the last rogu bar !marina of the Legislature, otherwise than as inopportune;- and 'doubtless existing financial em barrassments will, for a Wee, reduce the amount derived from other seurcen of revenue. Nor Will any very large amount of the purchaso-money of ' the main line of 'the public works be realized by :the Treasury for a considerable period. It will, therefore, be necessary' ibr the State to husband her resources, and to Increase hot revenues ad Ent as is possible, without oppression to any interest, in order to meet her current and necessary oat. lays, the demands of her creditors, and the poi tive obligation of the constitutional amendment. There is a great lack eteonsistency and princi ple in the lawn leased darlag some yearn in rela tion to incorporations. They have been erected IWO no, settled uniform plan; are excessive in nombor ; and many of them unnecessary to 'the accomplishment of any legitimate purpose. They hove doubtless encouraged speculation, and in redone trays contributed to the recent financial convulsion, Various and , inconsistent provisions i appear in acts establishing or extending the powers of corporate bodies of the seine elan and general Aaracter. The tax laws totaling to thorn are ha some contusion, and consequently taxes paid by them unequal, while some Wholly escape any share I of the public, burdens In beef, our system of incorporation lice become so vest, diversified, and difficult of comprehension; that no reasonable in (lnstep can master the whole subject, and , stand wet:bdy where wo tire and whither we are drifting A thorough revision of our lowa on this subject. ' and the establishment of general, uniform regula tions fur each elms of corporate b o di e s, w ish the avoidance, es far as possible, of special provisions for portiouler corporations, aro reforms imperious ly dementled by the public interests, in which I shall heartily cooperate I have ito hostility to (tames against incorporations for proper objeots beyond the power of individual meting end skill; nor o,onerally against legislative facilities for the application of labor and capital to the creation of wealth, whore individual unprompted action will not go. Bat no one can assert that we have limit ed ourselves to such a policy, nor that our laws on this subject have been careful, consistent, anti just. elm in oar public career, (and which should boar their proper fruit in amendment in reforinJ we may well be prowl of this Pennsylvania of ours— of her people, her institutions, and her laws. She has become great, prosperous, and powerful; ranking among the float o f the States; and her condition at home and character abroad bear tes timony to her merits, and prolate° for her a dis tinguished future. Besides her agricultural re eoureoa, which aro great and that in importance, ate is capable of producing, in untold quantities, those two nrtieles of prime necessity and universal 'use, iron and coal. liven in times of widessproad financial calamity, when simulation owl extrava gance have done their worst to cripple the opera tions of capital, end stay the hand of labor in its useful foil, the leading interests of our State may be counted among the first to revive, and to fuinieh a strong and rollablo basin for the resumption of aotivity in all the channels of employment, and in all, the operations of trade, That Government tvouldbo unwiso and blind which would adminis ter the public affairs of this State otherwise than inn spirit of kindness and protection to these great and eapilal interests. From the earliest period of our histoiy, it has been the policy of Pennsylvania to educate all her citizene; and at this limo our institutions of learn iug and eduoatinual faellities ore equal to thoso of any country. Our common school eystent is justly diatinguished as one of the most practical and dn• olent in the Union. Lot us then cherish the trod'• tional potloy, coining down to its from the fathers o onwealtb k and by every moans in our ceesfully producing tie restid ars - irirynntitfif by the patriotic men who have gone before us. While our domestic affairs and policy naturally will occupy most of the atteution of our Govern- Mont and of our people, it is not to be for,gotton that Pennsylvania bears very interesting relations to the other Staten of the Confederacy, and looks with an anxious oyo to the proceedings and polio,' of the General Government. It is both our duty and our interest to cultivate the most fricaid/y re lations with our Hiner States, and to frown upon all attempts; to sow among them footings of aliena tion. We should exert our whole induenco to keep this Government of the Union in its true position, 08 the common agent of the States and the people, exercising high powors in trust for their advantage and welfare, end doriving all Be powers from the written Constitution which called it into being. At this than wo have Plrong reason to confide in that Government, as wo know that its administration is in safe, able, and patriotic bands; and that it may be trusted to deal justly with all notions of the country, Insubordination—an utter disregard and con tempt of just and lawful authority—has herotofora produced difficultice in the Territories of Jtaneas and Utalt, and, in the case of the littler, has now precipitated a state of armed hostility between the inhabitants and the General Governmont In the former, the peaceful American remedy for the re. dress of political grim -linens, real or imaginary— the ballot-box—bas been for a long tune abjured by a considerable portion of rho population, and a Junta° between lewd atitholity nod unlawful and irregular combinations continued down to the pre tent=poriod. Meantime, contributions of money and aid from the Slates lyre kept up Nteiternent and turbo linen in rho Territory, and enabled designing mon there to Infiniti° passions', which otherwtso would long since have subsisted The judgmont nod opin ioit of the country oanuot he too strongly ioneoli• dated in favor of the law, and ugaito,t all who visa up to oppose them by unauthorietal means. Nor can the excuse for restatance to rho territinial laws, and for failing to perform the duties of citi zenship under theui, that wrongs and frauds acre perpetrated at elections, bo it(ntiltt.Cll c c a justifica tions. Where elections aro co frequent and the right of suffrage PO liberal as in this countt Y, it is pecu liarly the duty of a good citizen to obey' OX/Ntjno iitliOCltieJ, and even objectionable bins, knowing that the former can ho changed, and the latter modified or repealed, Within It very Mid period. And as to ilivuted elections, they must ha decided by the proper legal authority, and not by indi vidual oilizein, or irregular,solf-constituted binges Irmibordinalion to neem•sory and rightful autho rity, instigated and encouraged by unworthy mon in the organized Staten, who desired that discord should oontioue, and wern willing to contribute to that object, ie tbo prolific fountain from which the troubles in Kansas barn heretofore proceeded. It woo natural, perhaps inevitable, that this conduct by a party in the Territory should provoke an op. potite party to many unjustifiable acts. and to much imprudent and unreasonable conduct. Thus extremes act and re-net uponeach other, and when the laws arc defied and indii Muhl action let loose, wrong, outrage. and violence are necessary results. The last phase of the Kansas question, which is upon the Constitution framed by a Territorial Con vention, is peculiarly for the judgment of Con gre's, to which the power of admitting new States Is confided, by the Constitution of the Union. The representatives of the people and of tho States in Congros =somblod, will meat that question under all the responsibilities which they ono to their constituents, and which aro imposed upon them by their oaths of office, and with full information upon matters of foot important to the formation of a final judgmont. EVents are constantly occur ring in the Territory which will afford matter for Congressional debate, and may affect the, ultimate decision To the people of Pennsylvania the admission of new State into the Union—into that Confederacy of which she is a member—twist he at all times a subject of high interest, And I believe I express their sentiments as well as toy own. in declaring that all the qualified electors of a Territory , should have a full and fair opporiudity to participate in selecting delegates to form a Constitution prepara tory to admission as a State. and, if desired by them, they should alto be ailowed an unqualified right to sole upon such Constitution after it is fronted. Of course, those who then fail to vote. in either case, cannot complain that the proceeding goes on without their participation. It is to ho hoped that Congress will make such provision for other Territories that the present difficulty will have no repetition in the future. In conclusion, permit me to observe that all ex perience and reflection prove that thei moral vir tues form the only firm foundation ofpublic order as well as individual alternator, and their support should therefore engage the profound attention of Government, and the co-operation of all good men. Frail indeed will be any structure reared for the regulation of society, and the promotion of man's true and substAntial happiness, unless it stood upon a foundation more permanent than paper ar. migrants, or the fleeting impulses of the hour! The recognition of a Great Supremo Power, which rules the affairs of nations and of men, is the only support of those virtues which can make a people distinguished and prosperous, and gise to Govern ment duration and success. Sincerely imploring the Divine guidance in the performance of duty, I assume the post assignedme by the people, indulg ing the hope that at the termination of my service I shall enjoy the approval of my own 1011560f1C0 3 and behold Pensiylvania advanced, and secure in her position as one of the great communities of the Now World—her standard aloft, and proudly bear ing, untarnished, her motto of "Virtue, Liberty, and Independence." The distillery owned and occupied by John Titeomb 4t: Co., of Waterford, N. V., was destroyed by tire last night The building woo a frame one, two stories and a half high, building $12,000. In sired for $7,500, as &Does : $2.500 in the Ex. eetslor, N. V. $2,500 in North Western N. Y., and $2,500 in the Continental, Philadelphia, Pa. MEMORIAL OF TILE JUDGES OF TILE SUPREME COURT. PnILA➢BLPInA, Jammu' 12, 18)8. I'o flee Honenable the Member, of Me Senate and House of Representatives of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania: finstruaussi : The undereigned, the Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court of said Comb:ion wealth, take the liberty of inviting your attention to a subject of very considerable importance to the public, and which affects materially the efficieney and character of this Court. We allude to the proposition, not now made for the first time, but which has not hitherto received the consideration it merits, of abolishing the several districts of the Supreme Court, and fixing its sessions for the whole State at some accessible and convenient point. The district system, when it was established, was a necessity. In a State so large as Pennsylvania, it would have been an intolerable burden te bring the judicial business of every county to a common point for review, when our best means of in teroommunication was the stage-coach over in different roads. But now that we have railroads reaching into every part of the State, affording to suitors and their counsel means of transit that are Loth eau and rapid, the necessity Which established the districts has ceased to exist. A lawyer can now go from the most remote county to the neat of Covernment, or to the city of Phila delphia, with as much despatch, and with much more ease, than twenty years ago he could ride his own or visit a neighboring circuit. Another circumstance which tends to obviate the necessity for removing the court from point to point, is the use of printed paper books and argu ments. Uentlemen of the bar prepare their cases in print as fully as they Pitney, and very often submit them without any oral argument whateter. The court, always bound to hear the oral argil. most when it is offered, generally desire to have the benefit of It In addition to what is submitted In print: but, atilt; the printed -paper book is, In ureat'eases, a autlieleut presentation of the case, and When counsel and elient kre content to rely on It alone, there is nertainly web more reason for its befog sent by mail to the judges, than there da for requiring them to perform a lon journey to obtain it. Assuming, then, as we feel five to do, esti the two greatest agents in modern itivilhatiott-.-/ the railroad and the press--have taken sway the. Imperative necessity which at first dictated ;the dietrlot system, and, that the rualatainanee or die. continuance of the districts may no* be considered as a mere question of expediency, we putisolt to submit some reasons—the results of considerable observation and experience--why they should he totally abandened, or, at the least, essentially modified. And, first, the records of the court are not, and under the existing arrangement etnnot be, safely , kept. We do pot suppose it is necessary to enlarge upon the importance of a safe preservation of the records and papers of this the court of highest and most diversified powers of any . in the State—a court of last resort in all jedimal ematroversiee, except where questions affecting the Federal Gov ernment are involved, and whose jurisdiction, original or appellate, reaches to every citizen in the State, who leas the misfortune to be drawn into lit.gation, either civil or criminal. It must be obvious to every refleoting man that public ro coeds of eo much importance to two millions of people should be guarded with jealous care, And yet it is the fact that nut one of the four districts into which the State in divided furnishes fees sufficient to compensate a clerk for guarding these records. The Eastern district being the largest, and having the Nisi Prins business of the city of Philadelphia superadded to the business of the Court in bane, so able to support the pro thonotary, but It is the /Nisi Prins business which mnkez the office in this district of sufficient im portance to command the whole time of a compe tent clerk. In the other districts!, where the only business is that of the court in bane, no man can be reasonably required to give tip his time to the care and preservation of the records, for the fees will not remunerate him. Thus it its, that whilst the business of this court is of the utmost importance In its eonsequenees to the citizens, the taxable eosin and face, though as high as they ought to be, are wholly insufficient to engage the constant attention of 1k prothonotary in each district. We have appointed 'cotopeteut and euitable persons, and no complaint can be justly urged against them for engegirg in other business, since that which properly per tains to their office is inadequate for their sup port. But a consequence of their attention to other pursuits is great insecurity of the records. Applications' on official business are often delayed, sometimes rendered impossible by their absence ; papers of the greatest moment are frequently taken from their office without their knowledge; ()plus ions are overhauled, mislaid, or carried away, and it is no uncommon thing for records and parts of records to be totally lost, to the Infinite ineonveni enee and prejudice of suitors. The oval of this state of things, great at all tittles, increases in magnitude with the increase in the velem of real rotate, and of the interest/ of litigation. flow is It to be remedied? Not by higher taxes on writs of error and in clerks' fees— for these, we repeat, aro a sufficient burden on the people now—but by concentrating the whole busi wane of the Court at one place, when-the proceeds, — dlltalltrtia t o o e f se t a s x li c h ientit o r r ov e e v n e u n e n t t e a eo r ns ° '- mond the whole time Red the undivided attention of a competent custodian. We see no other so simple and efficaeioue a remedy for a great and growing evil. The records of the Court, kept at one place for the whole State, would be well and safely kept, and would facilitate searches which are often required to be made, but which arc greatly em barrassed by the number of districts. for it ia no Uncommon thing that orders and decrees in the same ease are made in every district in the SE ate. We have, indeed, nu Act of Assembly which re quires one oleos of caeca to be certified front district to district. and the history of such cases would have to bo traced through the records of all the districts. This mode of making up and preserving judicial records is unprecedented; and however it may have been justified by the overruling law of neces sity, it is certainly not worthy to be retained after the necessity has ceased to exist. Another reason in favor of the concentration of the Court may be found in the inconvenience of preparing judicial opinions in hotels and boarding houses, at which judges are compelled to live whilst attending in the several districts. When we speak of the inconvenience of such circum stances, we refer to something more than tho mere comfort of the judges—we allude to the in- Somata of the eople. Tito judgments and decrees of this Court fix not only the rights of the imme diate parties litigant, but the law of the land also, and sorely they ought to be considered and pre pared under the most favorable eireumstaneee. For the sake of consistency and stability of de. eiston, as well as to secure to parties the particular justice ehich is their due, and especially to as oid the too frequent necessity for special legislation, the judges ought to be so situated as to hold fre quent and full consultations with each other and Choir reqmetive libraries, before they are required to pronounce a judgment in an important caste. At home, free from all intrusion, and with his library at hand, the judge feels himself barely able to per form his duties in n manner satisfactory to himself or woi thy of the office lie holds; hot away foie home anti library, shut up in a common inn, ex posed to all manner of annoyances, and destitute of those facilities which a client would insist on his professional ads leer possessing before he would be willing to act upon his advice, the judge is lily able to execute his high trust in a becoming, man ner. Indeed, it seems a wonder that the people of Pennsylvania bars so long permitted themselves to be served in this defective manner, and speak• lag for our predecessors, we may add that it is a wonder their duties were performed se well, under circumstances as universe. Many cases each term, and these th e mo st im portant,have to he reserved to the end of the term, from the cheer impossibility of investigating them suitably, in such eircutnstanoes. But, by the time the Judge has returned to the judicial closet, the oral argument has died away frem the ear, and the case Is to ho taken up and studied upon the paper-books, with entail advantag&from all that uncurled in the district to which the Court went to get possession of the case. The cases ought to be decided speedily after the argu ment; but if they are to be, the Court must ho fixed, and not kept moving from one cud of the State to the other. . . . . - At the late Pittsburgh term of six weeks a Spe cial effort was made to decide the eases during the term, in consequence of the retirement immedi ately thereafter of two inegiburs of the hellish, but out of one hundred and forty-two eases argued about fifty were reserved. Tho opinions in these reserved Cases were written in December and filed in the Pastern Distriot, to be sent to the Western, where the judgments are to be entered ; and from there the reporter, resident at Harrisburg, it to obtain the opinions as best he may, if they survive al/ the accidents of so much transportation. Some of them will Neve got into nowepapers—rune will have been examine« by counsel and parties, and will be mislead or lost—twine will be mutilated, some inaccurately copied, and none of them pre- Bermd no they ought to be. This is the only practicable mode of doing the buoinestuf the Court under existing arrangements; and, in spite of our best etthrts, it is exposing the rights of parties to imminent and undeserved ha:sante. We think the judgments should be made up as soon as practicable utter the argument, and that the record of them should be kept at the place at which they are announced ; in other words, that the Court should have a place for the exercise of ell its functions, and a record at that place for all its doings. As it is now, we are compelled to decide Philadelphia eases at Harrisburg; eases argued at Iferrisburg are decided at Sunbury; Sunbury eases at Pittsburg, and Pittsburg cases at Philadelphia Thus the Court is kept circulating round the State, whilst ,its opinions and paper-books are describing perpetually a reversed rotary motion. Is it strange that accidents and blunders some times betel a business thus conducted? And is it not time that a corrective should be applied ? It the Court can be made stationery and the judges be required to reside at the place fixed fur its ses sions, the reform, it is believed, would prove bene ficial both to the Court and the public. If the Legislature should think favorably of the proposed measure, it would be proper to give the judges full power to appoint the return days for the several judicial districts of the State, and to hold adjourned terms of the Court in bane in any County or judicial district whenever circumstances should, in their opinion, render itneeessary. These powers would enable the Court to consult the eon. venienee of counsel as to the time of bearing them, and to meet those exigencies which sometimes require a ease to be board where it originates. In addition to the good effects at which wo have hinted, other advantages might be anticipated from the measure we propose, such as a general in tercourse among the gentlemen of the bar, the subduing of rudiment prejudices, the introduction of uniformity in the rules and usages of practice, and the building up of a State reputation for the bar of Pennsylvania. We might go mush more Into detail on all the points at which we have hinted, but, lest we should weary the patience of the Legislature, we forbear. If more fall information on any of the subjects TWO CENTS. touched should be desired by any member or com mittee of either Ileums, it will give ue pleasure tie furnish it if in our power. One other topic must be noticed._lf the Court is to lee located permanently at one pace, with power to adjourn elsewhere when occasion demands, the qnestion to en important one, where ehall the place be ? We have intended to deal very frankly with the Logislatare in this letter, and therefore we say, that whilst we are firmly periumled the bestinter eats of the people require this Court to be fixed somewhere, we feel comparatively iedifferent about the place. From the exempla of the General Government, and of moat of oar sister States, we would suppose that the Supremo Judicature of Penearylvanla I would most naturally be located at the Feat of ' Government; and. there are strong reasons. b e . sides the analogy, in favor of that location. Ilex rhiburg is accessible by railway from all parts of the State; many practicing lawyers would find it convenient to triusimet their buudeen in the Su preme Court, whilst attending the seselens of the Legislature ' • the best law library in the State is there;and the cost of living is considerably less than in the greet cities—a consideration to Which law salaries give great importance. But our intercourse with gentlemen of the bar in every pant of the State has led es to believe that a majority of them would prefer Philadelphia to any other place. A large part of the rural connects are now attached to the Easters" district, not only time immediately surrounding the city, hut all that range of counties up the Delaware river, and along our eastern and northern borders, se far west even as McKean and Warren mantle*. Many of these counties, perhaps most; of them, would object to being transferred to liarrisbure ' whilst few of thoeo now attached to the Ididdie dieted would be likely to object very earnestly to going to Philadelphia. The six.couuties which compose the Northern district would doubtless eminent to either attach- Wait, preferring Philadelphia, however, to liar: rtsburg. The weetern:cocmtiee would generally prefer to remain attached to Pittsburgh, and yet It is no udectnitten thing tailor lawyers from the ext , ente northwest and west declare^ that, onoe embarked ; they nroold so moon gn to narrieburg or Philadelphia' as to Pittahlerghte eowrt." - The fact it, If we may jadge Of it by what le vo% Inanity said trine, there torrent MulairinaltYorWia• hashing opinion in favor of. a pen:mental, bOtien. of the end widlskifieferatieeirlareriseltreidal for - dlifereat peittts,. we are aestitrabust, to intrami , we believe a largo majority of thejtrae li che Irw vera would, prefer Some ofoonree, 'Mat he -Mode, If the evils' of Om present system are to be. got rid uC but it le be.% tiered they would be sound semi/ewe Jew Oft** in experience than in apprehension, and that the omintervailing advantages would ge , tar tostont pensate them, • There is, however, one grave objection to the location of the Court permanently In end to the continuance of it there evert for the present Eastern District, and that is the ina dequacy of the compensation of the judges. Since the new organization of the Court on the elective principle, the salaries hare been.increased, but the cost of living in Philadelphia has advanced in greeter proportion. It hue been demonstrated, on full experiment, that a family of ordinary .1124 cannot be supported and educated in Philadelphia, on the salary and deity pay the judges row receive. The large in crease of judicial business in the city, arising not only from the growth of the city. but from the great number of rural counties Attached to the Eastern District, was found to require in much of the time of the judges that three of them felt obliged to remove their families there a few leers since, end, the two last elected will, probably, ex perience the same neeenite. The salaries are 2,80--thatof the chief jostles f 3,000, besides a per diem of $1 when setually cugegral in the husineee of the Court. The per diem averages about POD per annum, making with the salary an average of about $3,600. From this are to be deducted the travelling expenses to the several districts, and the cost of sojourning in them, as well as the east of law books, and the balance has been tome Inadequate for the accu ser; wants of families strictly economical. And dime the late monetary pressure, the inadequacy has been more sorely felt than before, because other resources, necessarily taxed, have been either entail' or greatly diminished, whilst no ma- ; terlal diminution in the nest of living has been experienced. Now, what we have to say on the location of the Court is this: if it be fixed in Philadelphia, or be required to sit there as much as the present ar rangement requires, nothing less than a salary of 54,000, with the per diem unchanged, will afford the judges a living. But if no increase of salary be made, the present inadequacy is not only an objection to concentrating the Court here, but be comes a ktrong reason for taking it Out of so ex pensive a lomilityaltoreber, and fixing it in some interior town, where judges can live on present rates of compensation, and not be obliged, besides giving up alt their time and strength to the Com monwealth, to consume also the earnings of former years in the edemition of their children and the support of their families. judicial salaries should 'never be SO high as to become a pecuniary temptation ; but they should be what the Constitution enjoins—an " adequate compensation." If the Legmhenre mean that all ; or three-fourths of the duties of thin Court shall lie ' performed in the tiro chief cities of the Common wealth, they must expect the expenses of Oben residences to be incurred, and it is hardly reason , abte - to require the - incumbents to bear a oonaide , ruble portion of these expenses, besides perfornitai 1 the duties. But if a duo regard to the finances of tho State forbids any increase of salaries, then It seems rea sonable to ask the Legislature to remove the Court tq a locality - where the present allowance may be a subsistence We do not ask for any relief from the duties. Tho Neal Frites, of this city, which has become a court of considerable business, and which seems to be necessary in so large a community, can be at tended to if the court in bane were fixed at liar risburg. If, on a review of the whole subjeet, the Legis lature should think proper to abolish only the northern and middle districts, retaining the east ern and western, still the Nrsi Prins duties would be Poore easily performed than they now are; but the necessity for an increase of salary would be more imperative than under any other arrange ment, for in that event the expenses of travel would be added to those of urban residence. In taking leave of this whole subject, we invite the attention of the Legislature is a few general observations : The people of Pennsylvania, attached above all others to stable laws and institutions, have by their fundamental law established a Supreme Court, to consist of five judges, to hold office for fifteen years, and have enjoined the Legislature to fix, from time to time, an adequate compensa tion." It is only a little more than eix years since the first elective bench took their seats, and there is now but one member of that bench remaining in the Court. Two have died, but two hove volunta rily retired, and further changes are not improba ble. A bench designed to consist of five judges for fifteen years may exhibit the astonishing feet of having had eleven incumbents in less than seven years. When it is considered that the stability of deci sion, the security of civil rights, the reputation of the Court, and, indeed, every interest of the entire community, are endangered by frequent and radi cal changes in the constitution of this ultimate tribunal, it becomes a serious question for the Legislature whether this state of mutation shall continuo, and judges bo driven off to other pursuits ns soon as experience has fitted them for great usefulness in this important sphere. Men may, indeed, be found willing to take the place fur a few years, but experience thus far has proved that if men are to be retained for the constitutional period, correctives of existing evils must be ap plied by the Legislature. We have, with great respect and deference, taken the liberty of pointing out some of these evils, and of indicating the remedies, and now we cheerfully commit tho while subject to the wisdom and discretion of the members of the two Houses. with the assurance that we are their obedient and humble servants. _ . W. TI. LOWRIE G. W. WOODWARD JOHN C. KNOX. The short period which hoc elapsed aince the undersigned have exercised the office of members of the Supremo Court disqualifies them from speaking from experience in regard to many points discussed in the foregoing communication, but have no doubt of the entire propriety of the views of their brethren expressed in their com munication, and heartily unite with them in this application. JAMES THOMPSON. WILLIAM STRONG. The Saki.le of Jacob Her7og, at Lancaster Peun.strania In The Piess, yesterday. we gave a brief notiee of the miioirlo of James Herzog. a well-known citi zen of ',meeker. In the Expesr, of Tuetoay, no find the roll particulars of this melancholy and rash net • It appears that Mr. Herzog went to bed on Sa turday night its usual, and was not into-ed by his wife until shout three o'clock in the morning, whoa she found that he had left alehouse She at once wakened a member of the frimily, and upon proceeding down stairs found several letters which he had written, and among them one stating his intention to commit suicide, and that they would find his body on what is known as the steam-mill property," on the railroad, of which he was the owner; there on, another letter subsequently written, in which ho stated that he had been to the steam-mill, but that he was so much disturbed by the barking of the dogs that ho bed chosen another spot, and that they would find bis body in Ilaidy'suatible-}ard, in the rear of his own store. Ifs also stated in one of his letters that as soon as they made the discovery they should call in Messrs. John bippincot, David Reese, and Lewis Haldy, whom he desired to act in the premises. These gentlemen has ing been celled up. to gether with Mr John ;.cover. the deceased's step-son. who slept in the store, a search for the body was begun, and Mr Lippincott finally dis covered it hanging from the limb of the apple-tree which steed in the lower port of the yard, a fe n• feet from the door of Mr Hatay's workshop An examination of the body showed that life was ex tinct, he having evidently been dead for some time The body was subsequently cut down, and carried into Rcese's hotel, where Coroner Sammy held an inquest, the awry returning n verdict in accordance with the Mots. The circumstances attending this rash act indi cate that it was one of the most cool and deliberate suicides en record. About three months ago Mr. Herzog had expressed to his c ounsel his intention of taking poison," but they supposed they had dissuaded him from the act, and quieted his mind. On Saturday be sent for 0001130 Mc. Kline, Esq., one of his counsel, whom he, wished to sea in rela tion to business matters, and although the deceased bad been unwell the night previous, and appeared romenytint disturbed in mind, nothing was noticed auffietently peculiar to indicate an intention of self destruction ; but on Thureda7 hut he had ordered NOTICE To,cogazsrommvs. . Ooricspaiksts for "Tic Paul" 1 0 Sow, 1061. to Mad tike Wow* Was . livery ornannuriaation rivet be aormentpaoled by the R&M of the writer. In order to lacer. germinate of the typograpby, bat cue aided a sheet aloont4 bo written upon. We shall be gamily obliged to gentleman Ea Panaryl nate 4114 other States fat orbArlbutiraui eying the news of thedsy in their particular loseatiai, the resources of blue earroundlni motor, the Enemas of population, and any inforutatiott that will be Interesting to the general reader. his coffin to be made by Mr. Weidler, to whom he 'gave minute details as to its ocinstraction. In con sequence of the custom of the Jews interring their dead in an ordinary rough square box. no sospi- CIODS were eze.ted ns to the real purpose for whirl this box was intended. - . raga fond, the body was hanging in such a position as to indicate extraordinary de/aeration and coolness in the Cot. The one foot was but two inches from the ground, while the other was thrown up sideways and resting upon the tradel on which he bad stood while adjusting. the cord round his neck. Ile addentiy let himself down easily, and perhaps died without a struggle. The most remarkable feature of this case was the entire absence of the usual appearance pre tented in the countenances of those who die by strangulation. The eyeballs had not started, nor did the tongue protrude—neither did the coun tenance present that livid and ghastly appear ance almost invariably seen in those who bare thus died. When Messrs. Reidy and Lippincott went out to hts late residence, a scene of indescribable arrow and anguish was preeented to his fa my The deceased left a wife and fire children, the youngest of whom is an infant- Those who were present hope never to look upon such a some again, It seems that Herzog mast have improved his last hours by attending to business, as severs/ let ters were faand on his table. He gave directions as to his funeral, expressing his desire that cone of the Jews should attend It. except two. whiten he named. Although he had for many years been a prominent man among his seek of latiehe believed, not without foundation, that they were all against him.. There were several- prosecutions pending against-him, and for weeks pad his mind was va riously affected by the lead be bad to carry: At ono time he would shed tsars, and AS another de clare that he would " fight-theta *IL". datoug his paparsaaa firmed IS lttlitett" renosted out side to be awfulness." istich,is sad to bras been written _for the Isaastif.Psilit-Vss,ss. his oostxteel;att doubt at the riSqitoet (bit f . faintly; gran ` leer pr Wi th it from plablittathe. ra• _ • • The Beene of the setolde was a'point 'of unnenal attraction this morning, Standards of persona etop• ping-togratillest aosbid assiosity ; bat they were disappointed, attlirAdstitty gamed the tree to be patsiewu ataa carlylatir- A rewyeasa ago, when 'Una'rorlraboploll[:itwattthudnebeuary to artdiewatara of Sunfish treat width steed la the way. Men% _ressionatzeied;batisially censented that one should be ratouvel. He perficalarlY signaled tbeepplit tree in leestant tire eel which thostifi he Spared— lattWdid. ke then think' that he era OadiejfltirthiSfaie oeta4lo *Add die tbe'dftor adoldit. fiitme Satanist tornesapiloity in ihe-robbal of the freight .caa of tier 'Pleuntrivanik,Baßroad Company, we learn tbit Mr. Bemis. bed "paid off about 3 14.404. ntia to mad - - tar demands which were rushed in upon Mast tikee his dreables oommettced, though ire the period alerted to be did not collect SSW: Thermoset took place this afternoon, at 4 o'clock. - GENERAL NEWS. The Boston Conner states that, some dye weeks sines, one Dr. Gillett visited Spencer, where be lectured on phrenology, anatomy, &e., and praefined the fanner *derma- He had been there about a week, when he went away, and. after an *beamed three weeks, tame beak. He had previously formed an acquaintance with a re spectable young lady or the town,snd married her on the morning after his return. It was subse quently discovered that he had i wife firing in Pennsylvania._On Friday he was wasted for bigamy. when about to take the ran, and on.. • witted to jail in iVeroester The farther examina tion. A tabular statement 01 the acmes and class of vetsels wrecked on the reefs and shoals of Flori da, the datetf their arrival at the port of Key West, their expenses, salvages. and auction sales of material during pis year 1831', appears in' the Savannah Georglan. The whole number .of tea sat, included in this statement is 50-9 shim, (3 British and 1 Spanish;) S steamers. (1 United States,) 6 . barque,- 9- brigs, and 30 echoes ere. The total value of - vemels and cargoes was $51,731,450 ; total expense., $78,840 70 ; total salvage, 5103,240,04, sad auction eales, 01,28314. George Kenton Harper 2 Esq., who for nearly forty years was editor of the .Pramilso Re pository, died at Chambersburg, Pa., on the 13th mat., aged seventy-nine years. In the war of 1312 'he served as an c66cer of infantry in two munpnigne- , -first on the Canada. Ham, and again in the defence of Baltimore. On the latter occa sion he and Captain Culbertson, with drum and fits, and the • flag of the old Slum" raised a company of over one hundred men, and bad them on the march to the scene of action in a few hours. Post office clerks complain of the style of putting poatage-stamas on the under side of let ters. It causes them ~dnable labor, while at the same time' there is danger of the stamp being dyer koked by them and Aletained for postage. It is not considered that by putting the stamps on, the back side that the letter is any more ware from being broken open, if ttier be the object of the writer of see latter in-pLeetur the stamp thane lt ht hoped that the practice_ will be_diseentinead. We see that Dr. John G. - Coe*, of Roan oke comity, Va:: has invented a forceps that must, (OM thenature of Its utility, rove' highly ad vantageous.. to the dental prorr. ra. The improve ment consists in a variety of " beaks." which, b y a rotary motion, conform to any eonggrtratieu of the teeth, thereby extracting the decayed and ir- regular without the pain _of breakage. Captain Monroe, of barque Montezuma, from Demerara, arrived at New York on Monday, re ports that brig Pacific, of Boston, Captain Har ry, from —, was ashore at the wreath of the river Massarcony. The French war-steamer Rapid had tried, for twelve hours, to pull her oft bat she would prove a total loss. She had six feet of wa ter in her when the steamer left her. She Irma ashore December 111—all hands saved. It is stated that one of the banks of Boston offered to loan another bank on Friday at the mat. of five per cent., but the offer was refuted. The Boston banks now hold in deposit seventeen sad a quarter millions of dollars, an increase of several millions within a month or two. The amount of specie in the Boston banks on Satan:lay was $3,901,- 800, an increase of $303,100 from the previous day. The ship Daniel Webster, arrived at New York from Calcutta, reports, December 13. Captain Daniel Sampson, (master of the above yeseeld a native of Duxbnry, Mass., died of dysentery. He was about 40 years of age, and /eaves a wife, re siding in Boston. The Boston Herold states that the Hon. Nathan Clifford is stopping at the Tremont Home in that city. Judge Clifford nili take his seat on the bench of the Supreme Court at Washington, where his duties veal detain him anti the regular term, which commences May 159. The Madison (Florida) Messenger, of the 9th instant, states that a letter had been received firm Captain Willard, in which he says it was thought Captain Cone and his command were taken priso ners by the Indians, and that a large force was pre paring to go to the rescue. Thomas Sheridan, convicted at Pittsburgh of the murder of Thomas Thielman, wan on Satur day convicted of the murder of Conrad Thielmen, and sentenced to ten years and six months im prisonment in the Western Penitentiary, for mur der in the second degree. The New York papers state that the re ceipt of potatoes from Nova Scotia, in that...city. since lot November, has been 2E7,000 bushels, which have sold at 90 to 95 cents per bushel. Good judges estimate that the daily consumption of the city is 5,000 or 6.000 bushels Ilon. David S. Reid, one of the Senators from North Carolina, has been confined by severe illness for nearly two weeks, at Richmond, Va., while returning to Washington, accompanied by his family. It is stated that General Walker has flooded the South with bonds of one hundred dollars each, issued in his (Walker's) name, running twenty years, payable in Nicaragua lands. CITY POLlCE—J.oreay 19 Reported for Ma I , m, } Row AT A 2.I.IOLOGICAL ESIIIIIITION.—Among the numerous museums and menageries, on a small scale, which are found in the neighborhood of Se cond and Callowhill streets, is art eibibition of wild boasts, kept by Anthony Finch This individual, though doing a pretty ostensive bushiest, has a natural repugnance to the paying out of money, a peculiarity which, for some time past, has been cane of dissatisfaction to his assistant, William Baldwin. The latter. having peremptorily de manded a " settlement." yesterday afternoon, and being put off as usual. with a visage fall of eullen determination, betook himself to the usual task of explaining the zoological specimens to the crowd of visitors. who had obtained admittance at six peace a head. But Mr. Finch was paralyzed with horror when Ito overheard his treacherous coadju tor commence his address to the spectators with the following words: '• You see. gents, (pointing to what was described on the show-bills at the door as a living porcupine from Terra del Fueg , ,) this here is a Fucking pig with goose-quills stuck over its hide iiith glue " The most exaggerated statement of the animal's merit could not have more amazed the audience than this piece of unadorned truth; but Mr. Finch, fearing that asurpriso might not prove altogether agreeable, poked his head out from behind a cur tain and haatily exclaimed : "Iles only trying to fool you, gents, for if ever you saw a living potkerpinc in Second street. this is one." " There's ponler enough about him," slyly re marked Baldwin, "but °o pine, as I ought to know, as I manefactered him myself But I havn't told you about the other beestesses yet. That thing in, the cage there, which Tony Finch cells a young African lying, is just a sample of his own lying, for it's nothing but a bull-dog, with a mane made of etheep's skin, and painted yaller to give him a more savage appearance." liere the audience, instead of evincing admira tion at the ingenuity displayed in the construction of them curiosities, became highly indignant, and demanded a return of their entrance money. In vain Anthony assured them that his lion we, as good a one as they could expect to see for " hp pony-bit:" the few fixtures and decorations of the room were torn down and broken up by the en raged visitors; and Finch himself would have suf fered in person bad not the police, by a meet lucky chance, came, in good time, to his rescue.
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