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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
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: 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.
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INIMITABLE
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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, ' -
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.filon-ev.
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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
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'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.
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!TEA .I.NI? rq.ILST SETS.
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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
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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.