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atl At a meeting or the DemocrAtia ,Statod:lomuilt
tee, held at Buehler's sotel, Itarifeburg, January
.ixtr-041.9018kijiirmi t,..41140 {mt.
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' igtt°n. Ativ4l-4141,tfifblifEt,99,Aholth day of
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'4O :gaze' -4,.."loneffnan't‘ aahrtheltitttei l , deteateilrbnithiii
row , A fi kt id,SKAtertAlranitatepreeentatiee diattlota ot,
the State w il l convene icLAILOAIkof Aka,Rouse of
Repreaenfativei, at the
..capo,l4n "MiIfRAT-4'
rtAtter-VC3slifintro g i;loak A. At:, to nominate
ittglgetn forl l t :l jfectofoB:4lapttno CoirViartif
.Clink ilfaelfttaisai 4
et, nail arlint'transaotion of
ouch othon-hugnesa aa-pertatne , to the andmrity of
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k.„' :;',::it Yel'i;Antereiting;liformation !front $ the Utah
V - Z,-. : :,;. , t. - Eatpo' 'bade * rThe Oier-daildieltuhip .
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k - ,g.,-, eellingolis'lkmli . B,l ttAlicOlAiiii2OteY9 l 4 c °•;" ~
;" -s-- ' '''''''"l&Vedireci4444 l 4A to the highly, rater
);, ~,,, I . *notitt9ll,lo:l4,oothe Tenth Ward.RellsflAs; . 1
wstl,-.....aaciationa. si ~--,-,,5% 11.,; :li" -'i;! 4 ~,,,I i ~, ~. -:
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„ 4 Ande4;,,leatl . ati: reftisitiVii ailbt44 thlailOg'-',"_
4.3 ;iden'to` , - gh - fortritifltti,wty*lftlik,koexitc ,
e '' 2.jkb.rfclt.94?)ll-'t'lasiiii iiialatai:,4dt!'44l
~ L estortrptCm, C onstinutionOdur Its iipel4llloo,
i , L,T3I - e_titay;Aird IthiteloradWts,vY2 4 .4,gry, l ib road;
4 "‘ 'lti - "tt•Oef; ,iffVnt - ,41 - i ' ; ',.'•?).tiA t o4.o : - Lii' 4 .P'?
.}l c `'.' ‘;'- oil '`' 'Arlor ;:sta;',i ceturningts settle , r'. the
e-•-41.:. , ., YAP, C on, , s , •, , , , „
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wrongs dearth tlid4rit!„,• , *',the'llo, and, upon
Itt: s ir,kaFiirPatire 2 ,ii , eceitiv;Wani.l
,Tink,
,--- AV b' ton 'l;2l47atdallpstutrier. of ,tench
. 04 1 , Xi mg out, a
.' l ' 4 ' ,, .nbititylhhir - defriAlr l ieYabo":lAffEteo, kiblisli!xis
',t;' l 7,:': r alW r 4ii Wili'tio;iikai Gotternment, ivhlidi:
:u. a -hp :.herotoforo , adhered •tothe'!•l4lll6bmpten
Constitlition- 7 1191v comes forthr:rd,,, Mid deer
''''''', "flothii!ititg ' to Oil forlfs iejeclion,PCMlSC sit'
''' .4ii ''r"l" `l`4 itilith . d-frauds.proved.to
„,. ~ ~,, egnant es a .0 a 1 e . ,
.--!raeltrave--lilfen. , practised, nader'l,hat, instruct - M1;1C,
'A.': *,ll , 'co,kiy,iniFllC,lir '&M1014,57(44 in;anotber .
v i ; -.,pactirt"; Txrce itzss. s' s- --,.. .‘- -i•-.7 - 1..1 ,,,,
.: c:.-• -Birt . sittc7,4 Mr :',lt,ti:mftt* DAYIs ilf l .4lls a Clvit' ~
',..,,''''''";', Ugh: !d'rierv - bitfcitatifijiest to, be regarded as
~,..,, , ,i. isexuatiimingyalse voting in•Krinsas,- , 'lind ,sin'ce
,a( 4 ,'-:- the Wealth; gteT :Staceftil44 ,etrcKect.;•iiiii ;mcie - , 1
,4,-4,tl,alY;FAl.O.tithi..'s, cltitctoY3 ft; tt eYv „Phipps of •
4f.11z.....n4,YAMU1Y,:1401.39T1 4*lo l 3ga , 'I,JoaN Oatnot?f, '
.I:',..'fi ttivaide,7gerenti4,af Kfinias'arA'. tlial,eiBtiaPietri
- .''. 7 4, oiirigttiintyilf.ol44 cciiiiiirei i it, pio z oi . avely ,
::,3-, 7 4llo , kiiite 40 so to elaet hiteselfsnd iniithot
'ts.lt. c..3iied , hitire United IStritei' SelinfikeliinMKan
',,l;',9o°.-
::':fp.i.oo4 " P's
!.VittYotds ;' -16 :; : ti. 11 ,°" ;' 6 ,`,
- ~ - tunte.: of tthe•-..election , , held" on the: ~,i th :91:
n' , i•-n- - Jannuryl,',o l ,Weiit'ftitiffiid.i.Stateinten, .who
' . liolotiOnsly had'ishe . ,m_illerifpoi', that bOdya`rid .
- oft-- 1 -4eCiVPPlat .•. ~:,o-, d -i it,..:', ,o• s' 1
~.;,..;.- ; • This; ftatudiir ao sad tutdisli:biol--sti bokd, nut
. " 4 ' 'tr ' flailafrdhe - Atillit ' -itin ' vill; ' 4 ;',(soike.,,t)t, Are: ,
2 .—,---1,•••;• -, ...t , , , '` , ••`''' •'•' • - 1
•
pounced by .every:Jaigh7mind'ed .•goutherner
-,..-. inAong'ress,s :Stein" - drers r itos - :l?,tyrs tO the
, ''.7 - •• '43likarthe 7 dpidogne;,•;: ;, , ,:.:-...,. -. . . :,.
1.-f , `,;'1 1 1(1 . -4 1 11 , bilistinsmholo LecOmpten schethe
,J.:. ' ' in Kansas bag beMf if-Vara:a:Ant it'ihiSehood,
.. Irani tiik first, .IV:p: regret
' - th4 it' has round;)
itirditAdan34 4r. fair ,State • but we re.'
.eti. .jelee that hpillis,tinic,%theq mast ail see that
-.'z'.4.l4.lo.!P'o4!.•l4:;',VAlqiir.4li6..r.:Nrixir.i and'
? „v_tsitioi - Wissi rvere, all. rignt in their jlidg; 1
~: ; ,-..maent;agaiest it. t ,' 1 . ,', ", '', '' ; i ,
,:, ,
i '' • ''.liCk 'wail; hvitieyie j ,ltimgry i for,peivec, cr
"'i . ". iiiiiolfs*;„iiie'ase a - 44;644 p redilection in
• .,7,1,_ .; Pm ~S,octivvelikhereaftori-we':think, be found " ; t - ,`. 1 . : -tready to speak of the I.4anmPtott Ptitistitution
! -- 1. 7 r ,729 ,#, 4i. , i iitt r ',!itiatat - 41)194,:aaain aid indlia-.1
lien. — it began in iniquity;taiid•ittrill dle in,
.4„- 51 , z 0gItetoiny,:ohly,remeinberedtdi driMitnonition
~.1-.: c.eto. sit : - icho,tody,'dere'ltiXtiejlrtiire te:titeeniPt;
't , "•''''' - "thi 9f6itheiflv of 4i - i . .. i writ, es- slis-sm:zoitirr,
_I
, , i• We new, look-forward ett the ftilignitaf rejec-t i
1 ,, :t 't.' Non of , th6' Leeditiplmi g r oi4ti/144,4„0.0ngreis•
~ ~ a f,• , ,,,1 2 -cariy,49ll,, l At;44 . oeettAlttcszt timea,con. , l
, ~ -, , :lon'Af 14 , „04 pecile,Rf-Ka' Jams :' iiratkhOhe '
F.:2..i. , e,tection---0f c g.41,0,i4 , te..CongoS4J, 'lM,Condi.l;'
l' ' ' '
' ` ""4:th.6*. 5 4. , *,[9 l ;'l4d- ' : 6 4e. - ; 6 740: 9 :tWt', and
v ileitiUbrej-and,th.trdll;tbr the' everivheirnlNV'.
; ,;,..-.f:PCPiciiitoilltitedpeciple. of lansiii bailie dili;o1
--,f - F Tatinary;' , ..whci:' gaire 4 tt'in9orltr:cif,tiVer: altrt- 1
:c.., l c , ;Outrinas43 , rtt gainat*-•:-; ':.' ',i ' -•.:'
; ,'-'„'
'''' eat:noon him - self ends his corrupt career hg I
, ~,. ~ ft.,.lsst, effort -to. overthtowYthe 'popular vote,
- and so once 'Core' certifies td' the taafority
.. .tvl,tisli be rlias . i.Onsisteirtiy tolled to .defeat.
' ' - SO ends the chapter; and so concludes' the
~....• experirn en tt of thoisivellercus , gentleriten, *be,
- .only! a. IbiiyeisyS ago; :ifiii:f? too re'OY. ; .i) ; 4e. , 3•1
!:f2":" ..:Q l 4 - rot:,thni Dexit9praifc partly, tait , who' rikinisi
not applaud the Locompton Constitution: '' '
•-.. r 1t.,.', 1 .r.--: e. .,'
„.? ,„ M .
R. 4LIAONS
AND Titi;;PSEiV 'l6`eaK,- .
• rimless. t . ,• „
• • , %Wei notie,e, ill& Neel York Yalieitl,,loni
, articles upon t4csubjeo.of
p in .
-013.„tite l , o f3llllll ut,
it • appar.ently inserted wife thervi:sir a' mannfan=
- • rig a lithe publi6`opiutofl'fo thia`.yic pity ;
and bringing . 411,put n clinugri,igAity`foelinge
.:.; i ,,,,utert.arpci?,ity,,oot-peotils.,geuserally,atit4 the
Opertipris of; the Tato , preilkliinkof the bank.
fird'fitipteliencl 'tat et
-.4ol4sl4:pieetd the .
,
cnieer, andshowabradatailatilaterrienti
_,• ; -I,aittier tbttttha &pita oftlicluink'skinot losl
while heivis the . ipteSilletif,, or `that,' t
the Llauiity; is; 1101
• ,
treeeeble,,to 14s, egench-ried ttiatno , eharge:el
be aflixed to him skirts. -•
irao 'openly eliargeii
oeeting,, flint rite, bills receiveble„4ad been
from the :batik .101cUu. -Abe street_
,usurious rates of discount, withsit , t tbeittithori•
Xy, or even the knowledge, oftielegid . ; and:,
, wyerjl . ,*4:, ? pqiriii,4 l ,;4,i• tms,,gtiiiiii;,
setting
uhaeaeter an& Integrity Of,
!purpose, and denying.nothing • but• deliberate
dishcinestY: • •••-- •.••".- •" ' ' •
•We Nvaited , 'lvith • some "curiosity the do-,
Telopnientir which' were - ..proinised . uptin his
retur ! t , from Europe, „anticipating , nothing
' • shert;of, a trtiatiplaant' Vindication of his own
•
innocence„ 'and :the exposure ,of the really
guilty,partiets; but all; fiat we have heard in
.. that the scheme to divert honorable teen upon
a wrong scent has auccemidd fora time, and
that liti'liblielifieriitilif•Party may be 'de
teeled,,
Still, the questions- - retiutin 'unanswered,
-,l:wkiero.bas the capital of the battivgonti 7 The'
-,..e01d-the bills receivable ofthe batik; and-what
a.• -went with, the proceeds'? 'ayes
the president. "„TIO, -- ,ii , eatrit', hips* of ?bin
” zealous and laboriMta attention to. the Vast
, amount'oflanorNid.„eare!' attendant upon his
Ji h't
position,.. ton- a
. 8, 1 110 040 VC ; MI:101281n,
upoo r others—te.wo.s• not prdsideld. In
name butitr. very factcertainly he. ought. :to
knoiv 'what tlie:trintfactimis of' the hank '6,ve,,
;<•5•• been, and tbe • least' that the commtiniti, 'the
and•the'sti , chlthldnrd'enti:oxpeet
'• 'him, Is a.. .Minty' and elnii - ei'positintkur all his
ff he einnot and will not confOr.tirtO
tile, leas he says about,
,liiXfotintar good eharacter the <better. •It will
„ avail him,nething.to show, , how..great was thti
, 'height from which he felt -Not is it pertinent
to the case to show that he recently, bought
"[bank stock With money berrowedibr the
• • g)oße'upott the stock Itself, '
` - the're` IS Yet' another' feature in Ids letter
";}which' 'has deepened' the angry feeling that
"• c pievailed itgainnt bunfn the minds,of the pee
, ~...ple'of .'it.iladelphitt. It is his fling at the for
• per, inaongernent of the bank, made •in 'the
worst' possible- taste ) , Sudo-without Had of
5 ',. evidence to sustain - flo tiOyat •cy My health
, 15 -was inipaired by incessant and haratittine 4.40 7
itiett'abontlife•biint6thit'h began 1/teXiatmenth
?Itat 7uihs is ainforlieoiate as to ppcome . ape,of it!
rcers."
M Own:".;Thefali
interence ; to, ;b4S,OaTtnfrora :11mo:words is,
Tnov,v.es,. felt, the ,banktin; an, ttnattfo'
.;• ' en!rrottrn coadition, and Abet , as noon as Mi t .
• '•:,l:l.ALranoan took charge , . of , it• he :found Ulm
self in trouble from. <
• Adiiiittini that' this iinpfied'etygo was
trtut it • ceip , proves thII foe four )earn
ALilippitE; wilt,, Lis high and sPidrqsi,ellartic:
fibs' illffereff bimgtlf ii.:reguaip at, the head
f •,riitten jestl(iltlon,entaking large, annual .
tbit "capital, and' frittering
away the 'property- of the stockholders .year
„ atop year,. unfit now their 'Only hope is that ,
"+'l-Alit Legislature will. enable them to givebli all,
the assets of
,the batik to'its "Cieditois; and'
`j.." ., „" 'give tifern'tlie:Ttier beitelit'of'paying yet more
;51' if
as
4.11 e
to t
„,.ArkAell.,Mmit'fii, Omi,,baiik, as the eple:
vagq,frunt ; Ple wri.nfrof r their investments.
Ve,doiXiPt-boliove 'that' there •is the shadow
1 , .., - ,.:1-oftrathAtx this imputation upon Mr. TBOTTEII.,
• ... -- -I,f<thet bank , had , Ween unsound:when Aft.lAF,i
-'-`2t;ittik,beiatiiiiresidentiafter. trikine the; Utual
h.-146 , 1 it.d; • " ~„
, 1
oath, as soon as ho learned the fact, daring the
&at month in which his troubles began, would
IL not instantly have washed his hands of the
whole affair 44 public exerition Would
ho not have exclilmed to iktf Tnornm, as he
ought to have ktilf.‘tho l keA j 'Avhom
guilt rests in tlObitTill, ifcjfilo gibt )14'440,
himself, in thfloitity retrO\itned Fli
arATF—"RebAVOoWirmticni• Tk!i#o,
thou I'll onnangeerkylidfil 'lt a Word,
hang no mom about me, I am no gibbet for
you:—go."
ENGLAND - AND' THE 17N1TEW9TATES
f . lOW fi4bllettlfrili tit President Evertor:ANN
. 0 1°, 8 MiP-i.t9/ I °ll .419r.A0 0 .1:' t • n .1 i P.t,M.R. 141 ,
oionthence to the principal Go7ernmintoin En
ilCip4; 'ai'srinn'Anittioeiregeiiiid ila VOtidert Bi
1
telegraph. froln Liverpool, is only one 'of,the,
Many. lignkindleating, a higher appreciAlori,of
4nal`rlidtaf etritrisrillimpaip: ',pa , Europe.; The
power, wealth,: and. influence :;of ihet Tatted
'States will at; al } times 'command 'respe t, but
iht:tfroris ptrirsYstedWthiongh yolails, to deprri:
piste theliteratuta . andialent of this country
ail tii,politicattlysteM;Alvt not been with
: out 'tlioir, qPg4 l ii,.o,thilf, on thei 'mind iot the
masses,.-bitt . ott the estimation in which wq . tire,
414lAtilispifiiigut 6,11'1.41 In Europe t „
~
i England, .itowovOr,i has; heeii, the' first to
' tharigo; iter , opinion:' The' Intimate relations
"i4i'c'h„anttsipt,',lCeiweerf, Ejagjand
„and,,Chn•lTnt
ted,Stiftettirio respects heir. material ineprests,
hitristltrifti.orfkltriistitidisoOluble yond 'of tinifY
141,Velin..th"e7tW'ri it)Mittles!.,Thri'polllical rt..
sfiltOrrinf out of such.s Condition verhingt
'Mkt Inceys . ottlYaffe. et thf',P they, of ether. pe,
:tionsi. arid enteitarge/Y:inte the histOrY 'rif, the'
p r re - Orit. riehtrity.• ' , Not:onlSliii3 the , Piericdent's.
Xesosge,nly t tecilted fetiltlt,inkletY;and Stu_
;diltot with 'interest throughout 6reat Jiritatit,
brii'ditipt'oebealngil:tf;the , llnitrid •tatett Con- '
"k r eiii, icarticolaAy;p24ltqUeStiOns,relatiek to
the `foreign:policy -of 'our .Government, are
i Wate,yed 'with f qUe):eaggrnesa rind' solicitude.
~
-.•
The 1 study of..mar.-Strite Papers nowifornas
•Ea essentlal ., port : 'of:the editcation 'of, every'
Eriglish'schoter 'Old
,grattloritrua ivhcilpoks for..
-ward to public life, while the decisions of the
Ameritan law courts, arid the works of Ameri
c4n. jarists aro - tilt-books in the , Inns of
Coda; and• are cited in Whtininster 'Hall at
tanitilifif aetheir own authorities. Indeed,
- ~
in, the, department of international loll:: our
' cotris,:our law writers, and 'our leading states
,
,rileti,Art,fallehlatt of tke best English writersi.
No atibjeetnow, arises .in the. English Courts,
or in Petliantencinyolving the prineiples which
„rcigplge .' thri ,rights ,srid inkerCorisso, of . rode=
pendont;nations,' but - merican authorities art
'Ought, fOr'al the' ifoniee of information.' This
. .fa.4lo;ta jnSt. part of the pride of every Amtri
.COni nor ;sit an empty boast. It is, however, in
linitely,:ruer4 kratifYing: to know that the prin.
cipies.or public, law: as advocated' by American
ePtietnnen, !ld' which, as promulgated 11,3, them
froiii . ,thrie ' tt,titue; were treated with: iriyro
spect or attention, now form the settled doe
• tilnes r pf the English courts, and the, growing
policy of the, liberal men 9f England.
IVO have - lately read with great pleasure the
toinmeutiries upon International Law, by
KODEirr PLITLITMOSE, M. P.," and we. have
tkeh airsick -with the elevated views, of the
'anther, and the'ample justice be has rendered
to•the United States.. On every page almost
vie find ,citations, from Wierziox, and KENT,
Sioiii.gtnd from @lie numerous reports of the
decisions of - the Supreme and District Courts
of theTtnited•Siates. • ';
The - DiPlonzatic Correspondence of this Go
vernment is constantly quoted; while the names
of lupirole, for The Federalist,) JprvinsoN,
, iirADISON, MONROE, 'WEBSTER, : CASS . , ;MARCY,
-and Bunn-oar; really-become more familiar to
us in reading this work than those of 13LACK
9TONE., Sir ICBM MACKINTOSH, Lord Sroivha,
Haneanytnd. the:other, ,rechbied oracles of
43iiraity, - dad international
,hiw 'in England:
An early - ehapter is devoted to the consldera-,
Doh of the'natlire of our Gocrunent,,apa its
relations th other States ; but the whole book
may be' considered almost as'a continuation of
_The' jurisdiction of a nation over
riveca- Lula - likes frequently gives rise to dls
tinfez`f and on'thisaubject our author remarks
no' occasion Were, the 'principles of
4/aisibrancluo( international law more elabo
rately:dhicOSSed than hi the • casp - of 'the great
'4i - cric4nrkers,•the and thb. St.
• Lawrence:" ; Another chapter follows, oh- the
Isthmus of Central America, in which the
blakhz;n-and-Bubver treaty, now acquiring a
fresh interest, is given at length.
put justice .Is,especially rendered its on the
great questions of prizes, the rights ot 'neu
trals, and the -American treatment of the
lerlin mat decree's, and the famous
paper blockades. - of England: This subject
• mithils , " - Of - robri • extentled notice; and. at
another'tinie we maitake• some 'notice of the
remarkable- changev . that have taken plane in
*gland 'under' , the 'enlightened and high-
Minded: PrinciPies of laW anepublie policy
contended, for by American statesmen, and
',loVi . by ca 0-Urfa:,
,Concerning tlio iish , Orders 'in Council,
our - duthorsakit . that they enunciated "a propo
iitiMifilimila fact, blidia law' and altogether
defenceless on the principles of eternal right
and justice.-Thiele strong censure to be passed
by an;Lpgl'ishman'on the 'conduct of.kiscitin
,GoVeYntheiat, ln:a "lay; book: . intended foci the
instruction of students and the use of Bnglish
- staestuep: l ,Bls prelim of the act of Congress
orbit March,lBoo, commonly called the "Non,
intercourse -Act," whereby all friendly
Ainerican subjects with Prance and
dreat Britain was prohibited, an long as the
new restrictive Measures of these kingdoms
,roinalned in force, is equally pointed. : i , c
.ft
conveyed," says -this-Writer, «a just and
digflitiedyebuite both, to rrancol and 1 ngland,
,andit,was worthy of the country which has c on.
tribute] such valuable materials to the edifice
,of International law." The propositions of
the! late celebrated 'Paris Conference; made
on the conclusion of the late war with Russia,
andwhich afforded Mr. Muter the opportuni
ty of:writing his profound despatch on our
systdm of Jnaritlnse detente, are too fresh
within the recollection of our readers to need
more than a passing reference. They were
American doctrines, almost entire, sneered at
when first advanced by our public men and
courts of law, bat now acknowledged ail just
aril, wise, and as , necessary to the present
state of civilization..
TUE KANSAS IMBROGLIO.
[From the Wriahlmgton Stfiteo, Jan.'23.]
' gave yesierilay, ha our telegraphic column;a
report of the result of the late elections in Kansas.
We return from other sources of informative that
these reports are probably correct. fly them it
tropid,seein that there were returned,.as the vote
of the'2lst of Decoluber, 6,143 votes "for the Con
stitution with • slavery," and 502 votes " for the
Uonstittition without slavery," being a majority of
'5,574 votes " for the Constitutton - with slavory,"
Despatches and•stateniente 'front letter' riters
-in ffi".insas have been published, stating th'at more
titan One-half of these votes for the - Vonititution
'With slavery were lc:indolent: These statements
we bride not noticed heretofore, as they seemed to
be without, authority ; but we lettrri from a gen
-temenjuir fromjcanaas, who has been a steady
and hilastatit friend of' the Leitompten COnstltu
lion; that these allegations Of fraudulent voting
am tine:Mid that at the three precincts of .ox
ford, in Minion county, and Rfekapoo and Dela
ware Crossing; in Leavenworthcounty, near 3,0p0.
fratilltdent Votes were polled, or returned an having
been polled, "for thCConetitution with Slivery:
- It also seems that'on the 4th Instant, nt the elec
tion bold under the Authority of the Legislature of
the Territory, upwards of 10,000 votes were east
"against the eonstitutiePr The legality of this
votelas conntmted with the determination of the
pending questions relating to that Territory; hav
ing been recognised by the President, through the
letter Of General ems to Acting GOvernor Deliver,
and by Governor Denver in his address to the
'people of Kansas, wo are authorized to look at that
vote in connection with the vete east on' the 21st
ultrnpon the featureief the constitution.
• •A comparison of these votes shown that, admit
ting the mitt re-voto east on the 21st to have been
fair, just, end legal—there is a majority of about
four thousand voiria against tho COnstitution. And
deducting for these alleged frauds (of the truth of
which we are not fully prepared to speak,) there
is a majority of neer seven thousand against the
LeeticeptcacConatitutten.• Anatolie as we have
been-to have thie Territorial difficulty settled by
the people of Kansan themselves, we are 'not pre
pared - to 'say, if the reports alma Stated shall
ptoye - em reel, that KIJ nuts ought to be taken into
the Union with thie Conetitiition. which the people
'hy majority of throe to' one have disapproved.,
- th them lecke, it seems to be now set
tled that the "free-State men," as they araialled,
have elected all tht7 State officers, and have 13 Of
the 10 reetnbeiti of .the Senate,' and 20 or the 44
metabers'of the Muse—them giving them 21 "free
State , / majority oh joint ballot, and securing two
United States benatore,trho will "probably be Jim
Lane and Charledßobinson, while Mr. Parrott has
been, by the Herne election. platted In the blouse of
Gepreeentatives of the United States.,
. .
:These statements and IWO:Militias of the rosulti
of the slectionin-liansas Afro an entirely new as.
pedt Wilds question, which has been so noisily dis
cussed in the political papers of the country.
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THE PithsB.--PIIiLAbELKIIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1858
BY MIDNIGHT MAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON.
lianas—Clay ltrvtty—rittsburge
rothnesterArata4el blqoat Orrice.
gre„A‘en gi or The ffri t
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• 'NV•As iitayntri4an. 26, 1858.
ThdXansa4ttestion,.l ke , Aaron's rod, mallow
evtwylo4her. ilVittlnwhile 4 ,:ngo and R was only
, seoondery,to tiiii , 4ilk - erlalkiF by Paulding.
This ban been adjusted, th'nitolitte, laid down in
the message of the Presldent'co clearly and con
vincingly being acquioseildlit by all sections with
-wonderful unanimity., _
Again Kansas assumes the pro-eminence of,,
thought, speech, and action in botlr,llntenni What
4119,41444.t..9,Cit55t Ptottantoompljoatio_ns no,
man can foresee. If. the State officers
• and the
Ecglaratttio'linve 'been made pre-Slavery bj' the'
moulding ,hand of Osljtonn, when the.kritynisen-;
Woe:Peer: ttterpeOple'of the Territory ' is in opPosi ! '
tiosi to
it'denieetielnititntion of their
tileieiiideiritNhitrii IS' no Jinn . from - the lceith so
hardy as to leap laps the abyss of politibal annitd:
"intion whit& yawns wide for him In the °yea of his,
'supporting the I..,ecompters, onstitution„ with all
its surrOundincw 4 trickery and fraid. There,
to
may bo arguments of technicality to' favor this
bonstilidlins; tin they aro technical, anknothing
more. 'Those Wilrnotsathify:the dinitind thatjus
tice shall be meted ehtte Radstul. Thittletaand will
grotisfe it hiusirein; and iFtrill titialf; there ism)
doubt, with a Potential i'eloo,lhat anothirEenven
tion shailbe elecied; iiitlikeine'protencso, at least,
rePreseitts the PeOPlo, that they . eikitil frame
a constitutiosi'for sidnntssion to'llierntification or
'rejection Of'those;trins are tube affected hy it. If
This submission bad been made at the 'start, there
',tvntdd, Pot,haie beon'any grotinds for devil on the
Out even Of Black IRepdblichis"; and what was
right • tlien'eannet Surely be'tiroug Stow •
There, is antatter alfeetin's the Epited States' as
A nation, snore than any ether, perhaps, ,whichhas
been 'thrown into, the book-ground,. and nearly
forgotten, since the ;opening of Congress , and that
is the'relatienbetWoon the American and British
,Osie'rnresnts, 81,41016 d by the dlaytor,i-Balwor
treaty; and` the:negotiatiorm which have gone on
for several sere to2paplain . its moaning and do:
Ths differenee of construction by the contracting
,patties dinefetriealii opposite, that 'anew
. sionVeniion ought eeitainlyto be entered into; and
'this will be advocated in the lleuse, when there is
any,ehance of getting to the sobject, very warmly ,
by hoth sides; by the Administration members and
'by the opposition Republicans.
bit: Ruchansin`s views are American, and the
propositions he lehnotin to favor aro 'snob as can
meet Witli'ne,ve'H , strong objections - , ' '
While fdibniterisM is beaten down wherever it
shows its he;td, it Is the general belief that no other
notion itionld have preponderating influence upon
this continent but that of the United States', much
toai should that influence be turned over into tho
hinds .of ,EUropean nations whose cos/mental com
petitors we ate., "The reasons for 'this are mnny,
and suggestthemselves readily to every mind.
An active canvass has been going for eight or
ton days tor the sueoession in the Pittsburgh' pest
office. .leistsaid that the editor of the_ Union will
retain the place.
' 'A large'delegation of Philadelphians arrivedin
town yekterday and this morning in reference to
the location of the city post office'. It is certain
that the Pennsylvania Dank building will, not be
soleoted. I learn that a plan has been presented
to the Oommitteo 'en the Post Office and Post
Roads, which embraces the following, or sabston-'
tinily the following points :
'To appropriate the main hall of the preSent
custom bongo for a coral room la,nd the rooms
(four on the first floor, and five on the second) on
tie Chestnut-street front for the officers of the
court, marshal and his °Toms, .to.
To "use one of the wings on the Libraryetreet
front for an Assistant Treasurer's Mike, which is
well suited for it, with the largest and safest vault
to had money in the United States.
To use the other wing if wanted, and to erect on
the adjoining groUnds and Library-street front a
city post ofkee.
To purchase the city tobacco warehouse, on
Front and Dook streets,. for a custom houso,, ap
praiser's Mike, stores, and bonded warehOuse.
X. F.
FROM IiARRISBURG.
Paseellier Railways--Bills Onesed=Corpor a
' Bons' feigning Certificates of Indebtedness
The Boom' , Baldness a gain, &c.
Norreepondence of .The Press.)
ItAIIRISIIVRG, Jan. 21,,1853
In the Senate this morning a voluminous pet!•
tion was preiented In favoirof Incorporating the
Girard Passenger liallway. It is signed by up
waide of four' hfindred of the principal property
holders livlng i l along the route of the' proposed
railway (Ridge avenue and Arab street) and coin:
posing, a majority of the heavy owners. If the
property holders do no object, it certainly need
expect no opposition from any other quarter.
This new kind of conveyance Is growing vastly
into favor among the denizens of your oily, which
is confessed by certain gentleman who wore bitter
in their opposition last winter, and are now Mat
friends of the institution. Philadelphia, by reason
of its leVel surface, the width and regularity of Its
Streets, has advantages in tins location of such roads
over any other city in the Union, and now that the
Teeple have discovered their utility, we may in a
few years expect to find the unwieldy omnibus
be 'as obsolete as the one.horso cab at the
prudent day, and in its stead the swift, noiseless,
and roomy rail ear:
• This being private calendar day, the following
bills were taken up, read a second time, and, by
consent of the house, read a third time and
passed finally :
Atraet to incorporate tho Susquehanna River
kninallnkranio Company.
,
An not relative to mechanics' liens In the Coun
tiof
An act tepealing a tax on doge in the townships
of Balls' nd Leiver Malcolleld, in the county of
nuolut:
An 'act authorising the trustees end faculty of
the Union sominexy of the E lit and West Penn
sylvanian conferences of the Evangelical associa
tions, Ye. ) to Confer degrees and grant diplomas.
Passed.
Au act to change the plinio of holding election
in Richland township, Clarion county. Passed:
A suppleruent to an act to incorporate the Broud
Top Improveritent Coinpany, approvetNhe 26th of
April, 1855.
,An not to provide for the col leotion of additional
taxes in-the borough of Condersport, Potter county.
An aot authorising the commissioners of Snyder
county to borrow money.
An not to authorize the appointment of an addi
tional notary public in the borough of Scranton,
Luzern county.
Supplement to an not, entitled "An act to le
gitimate Mary Allen," approved the 73th day of
May, A. D. 1857.
An act to incorporate the Grays Lane Plank
Road Company.
An act repealing an not authorizing the location
of a certain State road in the counties of Berke and
Schuylkill. Passed.
A supplement, to an act entitled "An net to in
corporate the Board of Elders of the Northern
,Diocese of the Church of the United Brethren in
the United States of America," approved 29th of
Marsh, A.D. 1851. Passed.
An net to incorporate the Pennsylvania Commer
cial Collage at Derrisburg. Paned-
An net relating to a certain State Road inllem
lock township, Columbia county.
An act authorizing the burgess and town-council
of Kennett Square to boirow $5,000, land issue
certificates of indebtedness to that amount in sums
not less-than $5O.
This last bill excited considerable discussion;
but when the ayes and noes were called, it passed
,
by Vote of 40 to $3. Ajr. Colkoun opposed it be
cause he thought it gave to (bat corporation }indite
power. lie wanted to know whether the Legis
lature was willing to confer this privilege upon a
comparattvoly, irresponsible corporation that had
nOthing to rodioro its pledges save the corporation
property, which might or might not ho equal to
the sum, , lie was replied to by Mr. Sharp, and
Judge Mr. Chopp, of Northampton, said the
objection raised was rather a strange one, as upon
examination be found that the general borough
act, passed in 1951, conferred even more liberal
power for purposes than this act. bespoke briefly,
but to the point, and ns I said before, it passed
,cosily upon a call of the Douse.
Judge Wilcox, representative from the Wild Cat
district, (no doubt taking advantage of the absence
of the member from Williamsport,) read a bill in
place to prohibit the Boating of logs in tho West
Branch of the Susquehanna. This raises the old
" boom" question, which caused such a great com
motion among the owners of saw mills last winter.
If it should be pressed to a passage, Colonel Lloyd,
of Lycoming,ia expected to deliver
.an eloquent
"diceauting opinion; " for if yentllegalizo booms,
oqe-half htsconstitnents would he ruined, find this
"everlasting Stele of Williamsport' would sink
into a third-rate village. Against such a calamity
we protest !
Nearly the whole morning session of the Senate
was taken up with diagnosing Arr. Miller's bill uPon
the currency. It looks to en rrying out, iu a measure,
- the hard-money Idea;. but whether the plan pro
posed is the proper one, Is a matter for argument.
Qne or two amendments to .it bare already 'been
adopted, altering its provisions materially, and
more will be before it pauses the two
Information haying heen receive d that Colonel
Verney ,14ad accepted the inyitetion of the two
houses to, lecture in Harrisburg, soon after the
house was called to order, pr. A. W. Crawford, Of
Butler, offered the following, which was seconded
by Mr. Calhoun, of Armstrong, and passed unaai
.
musty .
Whereat, Colonel John W. Forney has been in:
vited by the members ofthe Senate and Rouge 'of
Representatives to'deliver his leCture on ~ Amert.
can Statksinen:" be it therefore
/?esqved; Thnt the 611 of the Mae Itepre•
sentidives be . teidored 116 foT'ihnt wpm, on,
p l es4ay ayetilno, the 18th (lay of Febrttary,:lBsB,
THE LATEST NEWS
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T144. ; . ,11451-4.r-,io Aka. from Mexico,
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' : -4#.*:XticsAND CONFUSION. . •,. _
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r i t e c ur ?tz3l4ilice iii%,o,".4tote et stete-4te,4
-14141i:44Xiq4 . 0ii50. , a Troops. 'w.'-.-
arrival of the
iteatsbip Tennessee, from - Vela Cruz, adyloes to
the 21st have been received, The whole country
Is in a state of complete anarchy and confusion.
All the mail stages between Vera Cruz and the
capital have been stopped by banditti and robbed,
Nearly ovary Bute and town is pronouncing
!gains) the !dictatorship of Comonfort.
The city oir Mexicali' it a State of siege The
brigade of•GenetatZttleaga; Which was the that
that deolarcd for the dictatorship, has now pro- .
'Minced against Comonfott. This brigade has pos.
emotion of-the oltadels - and barracks of St..
ticeandSanteDomingo,'ingo,' -
Doirmirfert having been:refused admittmsCe into
the latter barraokseassentbied two thousand troops
at the palace, with artillery,,and arrested Oeneral
Zuloaga, but afterward released him on parole. A
portion of Zuloige's brigedo favor theircommand
er for tho Presidency, •whlla others prefer Banta
On the isth•listant the San Augustine barracks
wore attadkod by Ciononfort's troops, but they were
repulsed • • ;• .
All the foreigners in tho capital have hoisted the
gags of their respective countries, as a weans of
protection. Confusion reigns in the capital.
THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS,
" nest Siisfon.
Weeettardiox(January 26, 1858.
SENATE.' •
Mr. Domani, of Illinois, from the Committee on
, TOrritaieS,`TOpOrlAld a bill fdethomdmission of the
State of Minnesota into the Union,. . .
The billiwas read and . plieed on the coffeingr.
A =Wage was ,recepred" from the House an
ribatheing the death'of Samuel. Brenta and James
LoOkbart, members from the Tenth and Fish dis
trict/ of
, Memo,. Butane. and Emit, of Indiana, delivered
onfogies on the cherooter of the deceased.
The usual resolutions of rdapeet wore adopted.'
'• The Senate proceeded to" the emigration of
the bill to increase the efficietley of Gleamy.
•,) Mr, Devta, of Milsaissippi, 1A reply to a question
from Mr. Toombs , sold that too first motion of the
bill would add thirty eoinpaiiies to theeikrmy, or
2,220 men. If the' eeeiond notion-is adopted, of
course the flambee of - Men will depend upon the
manner inerhich the army is posted. If posted as
now, with the thirty companies to be added by the
first section, the total inorease will be nearly 7,000
privates.
Mr.' Townes, of Georgia; said he would strike out
the first section, ad the inerease in the army would
being° enough as provided for in thqocood no
tion and that would be a more appropriato mode.
'Wale he should vote against the bill, he doomed
it his duty to make it es good as be could before
the final vote woo taken;
According to the present' constitution of the
army, it was capable of being enlarged to nearly
18.000 men, and with the proposed increase would
reach nearly 25,000. This number was altogether
too large. He presumed the occasion for the in
crease asked for was the anticipated Mormon war,
for it was not yet,a fact Congress, which alone
could make war, had.not yet declared war against
Utah, and unless the country had undergone a
silent revolution, the President could not make
wart; but If It Omuta be a war, it must be exceed
ingly brief, and.but temporary. It. these troops
were to be, raised for. 'Utah, he stench' move
an amendment that they should goMut of service
ae Soon' as the war was over. This pollee ,- woe
pursued in the ease of the Mexican war. The
force, of Brigham Young had been magnified.
This same story had been told three or four film
of, the necessity of more troops to fight the In•
dines on the frontier, and as soon as the addi
tional regiments were granted we had peace.
The regiments, however, wore not to' be got rid of,
and were permanently festened on the country.
Mr. DANIA proceeded to show the necessity for
the passage of the bill. The army would amount
to eleven thousand nine hundred and fifty-six men,
if these two companies be added. lio preferred
the plan of Mn. Calhoun to that of the present
Secretory—namely, to have a skeleton in time of
peace capable of a sudden expansion in time of
war. This Is the most economical plan. The in
crease is not asked for by the Seeredary for the
'army on the ground of the Mormon war. It was,
however, notorious that In some motions of the
country, it wee difficult to enforce the laws of the
land.' He regretted smut% as any one, that it
should ever become necessary to call upon the
troops to Win the execution of the laws but when
rebellion existed ; it is the duty of the President
to put it down, and Congress should furnish the
means to enable him to perform that duty. It
would be very fortunate for the country if there
be no necessity for the employment of the troops
after they were raised.
Mr. Hume, of Virginia, favored the plan of
the committee rather thanthet of the Secretory of
Witr, but thought it ought to bo accompanied with
a proviso that, when the present difficulties were
settled, the extra force shall be disbanded Unless
that Is done, it would bo manifest that an Increase
was desired the standing army. To that he was
unwilling to agree The subject was discussed in
1858, and four now regiments were at that limo
added to the existing army.
It was supposed that it would be able, when
necessary, to guard and protect the country in
time of pence. Ho had seen nothing since to show
the necessity for the increase, unless It be the
Mormon war. Ile suggested thee., in dranting
lands on the frontier, the donation should be ac
companied with the condition that the Government
shall command the servioes of the frontiersmen in
cases of emergency.
• Mr. Ilene, of New Hampshire, remarked that
during the last year the (loternment expended
about $19,000,000H0r military purpose*, and there
woe a deficiency of upward of seven millions more,
making $26,000,000 spent during the twelve
months for military purposes in a time of pro
found peace. Daring the most expensive year of
the last over with Great Britain the military ex
penses of the Government never reached as high
as twenty-one minim. When he first took his
seat in Congress, fourteen or fifteen years ago, the
army cost ono thousand dollars a man every year.
This bill proposed to ratio seven thousand ad
ditional men, which would saddle upon the Go
vernment a permanent annual increase of expen
diture of about twelve millions of dollars; and
the' idea that the army would ever go hack and
grew smaller, es long as we have got the money or
credit to sustain It, was too absurd to be advanced
by any sensible man. There were qo backward
tracks when our Government begun to spend
mono,. There might be a war, no matter how
expensive, and then, when it was sumeded by
peace, the expenses would go right on, steadily
increasing.
In his opinion, the President wanted this addi
tional force to carry out " perfect freedom" and
4 ) popular sovereignty" in Karnes. It had been
Raid that Congress had not deolarei war against
the Mormons, lint it was a part of the history of
the country at war was once deckwed to exist
by the ant of Mexico, and it might ales be (teetered
to exist now, by the not of Brigham Young. lie
should vote for the amendment proposed. lie
wanted to out the bill clown to askeloton, and then
should vote against the skeleton itself, [Laugh.
ter.]
Mr. - nesse:mi, of Maine, and Mr. Foos en; of
Connecticut, opposed the bill on the ground mainly
that no necessity for its passage had boeu shown.
Mr. Selena), of New York, was of the opinion
that the Utah troubles aro more serious than
generally imAgined. But while disposed to afford
all necessary relief to our troops, zombi the moun
tains, he was opposed to any more of the military
forces being used in Kansas to entomb the majo
rity lows, which were enacted by a minority: nor
did ho wont to see them used again in the enforce
ment of the fugitive-Mayo law. Ile gave notice
that he should, at the proper time; propose an
amendment to the effect that the officers and mien,
raised under this now levy, shall be °melded only
in the ' baldness of, maintaining the Constitution
and laws of Utah, and that when order shall be
established there, then they email be disbanded
If this amendment bo adopted, he would probably
be able to support the
Mr. DAvis, of Mississippi, directed the Attention
of the Senator from New York (Mr. Seward) to
the fact that, inasmuch ae part of this increase woe
to be made to the present companies, it would be
impossible to adopt such en amendment ea he pro
posed, without breaking up the whole °reanimation
of the army. Ile contended that it was necessary
to use tine military forces to mime the enforcement
of the laws in Kansas.
Mr. VFW/ENDER contended that the President
had no authority to make use of the army' or
militia for the purpose of enforcing the laws of e
Territory.
Mr. DAVIS briefly replied. Without taking the
question, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENWIVES.
On motion, the committee challid with the in
vestigation of the ohniges against members or offi
cers of the last Congress grooving out of the die
borsement of I,awrence, Co., vete autho
rized to employ it stenographer.
,The Houee went into committee on the invalid
pension bill.
Mr. Ante:nee:v. of Missouri, said, as he belonged
to neither of the prominent political liartiee, that
the only course left him was to Ruppert the Admi
nistration In every attempt to resist the fearful en
oroachments on rho ounstitutional rights,of the
South. Ile thought that by so tieing he thoeld re•
present fairly the Atueilean party of Missouri,
which him no synipathy,with the Republican party
The present excitement in Kansas will soon die
away; In advocating the Lecompton Constitution
he could see net reason to refuse the admission of
Kansas under that instrunvapt.
' The Moose passed the bill for the payment of in
valid and other pensions.
, The bill appropriating 1479,000 for the deficiency
in the cost of the printing of the last two Con
grooms, was then considered.
Mr. Fugue, of Missouri, in explanation, said
the fault was in ordering books to be printed be
fore they wore communicated to Congress, and
mentioned that the fast volume of the Japan Ex
pedition cost the modest sum of $90,000, and tbe
second volume of the Paeitio Survey, $70,000.
Mr CLARK B. Coconnue, of Now York. referred
to the fact that at the election' In Kansas, on the
4th of January, over ten thousand votes were cast
against the Leoompton, Constitution, rejecting it
by four to one. That the freaState candidates
were elected, belied no doubt. That they will be
counted out, ho was just as certain To niche up
by fraud what was 'wanting 'in number was the
objeot of the Lecompton or Calhoun movement.
The question was whether Congress was ()rumored
to fordo a loathed and abhorred Constitution on
the people, not only without their consent, but
against their recorded will. • That Constitution
was a swindle, reeking with fraud and branded
with popular oondeumatien, nod was recommended
to the approval of Congress by the President, not
oil the ground of justice, hut - on the plea of expe
diency. •
That Constitution was a fugitive from justice,
and 'smuggled hero under the cover of the Federal
arms With the odor of death upon it, that Con
stitution was buried by more than ten thousand
freemen. Instead of breathing into it the breath
of life, it should ho carried book for interment.
It was designedly made odious to keep away from
the polls those who were not in the plot, relying on
the Executive and his followers to soo it Gawk.
But the Adniinistration has mounted without its
host. If Its expectation in this regard bo realized,
the Demooratia party will become, geographically,
what-it is in principle and - feet, a mere sectional
°itemisation.
Mr. Kelm-, of South Carolina, said, that as this
discussion was coming toe head, lie wished, in or-
der to avoid misrepresentation, to oak Mr. Cosh- .
vane Whether he would vote for the admission of
Kansas under the Topeka Constitution,
Mr. COCRILAKE replied that ho would, if there I
was evideutio that It omboillect the public wino,
Mr. Kam. Did you not say in your speech
that It did?
Mr. COCHRANN, At 10 ado_ption.
Mr. REITT. If the whole beconapten Constitu
tion had boon submitted; an& all the votes in the
Tertitmy bad been tbroWn, and a Majority of votes
had declared unegtilvooally that elavory shall be
established, would you 'rote to admit Kansas' under
it '+
Mr. COCIIIIANX, 'But - for one foot—namely, tho
repeal of the Missouri COmpromise.
The committee rose. -
Mr. Omni:max asked, but did not obtain, leave
to offer a resolution for referohco to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, declaring that the Clayton-
Dulwer treaty ought to be abrogated ; that Central
Amain. now stands in relation to us as did the
Louisiana Territory, and, therefore, ought not to
be subjeot to the control of any foreign power or
intorforeneo wills our interest's, and protesting
against the trade in white men or coolies
Mr. Monnts, , of Illinois, asked, but did not ob
tain, leave to introduce a joint resolution authoriz
ing tho President to appoint three oommitudonors to
proceed to Salt Lake to negotiate with tho Mor
mons for the purchase of their possessions, on con
dition of their removal from the United States.
Mr. Futexcn, of Pennsylvania, asked, but did
not obtain, leave to introduce a resolution provid
ing, for the adjourntnent. of Congress on the 7th of
June next.
Adjournod
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATITIeIi
ILinntsnuna, Jan. 2ti
SENATE.
PETITIONS, se.
Mistreats of the accounts of the Germantown,
l'arkiomon. and Cheltenham and Willow Grove
Turnviko Compantor, wore presented.
Also, the resignation of Wm It. Moffatt, Super
intendent of the North Branch Canal.
Mr. presented forty-one petitions,
signed by over four hundred property-holders of
Philadelphia, in favor of the Ridge Avenue and
Arch Street Passenger Railway, ,
Aar. Non/km presented a petition asking relief
for the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's
Asylum.
The bill to remove the disability of witnesses on
account of religious belief was:reportEd favorably:
Mr. Bahl. road a supplement to the act limiting
actions against real estate.
Also, ono giving Jurisdiction In equity in oases
of disputed boundaries.
Also, a bill relative to actions of replevin, in
Cases of distress for rent. Also, ono relative to
the appointment of Bank Commissioners. •
Also, Awe supplements to the act regulating
banks.
The bill to incorporate the Norristown Cornish
Cognac Works was considered and postponed.
A resolution providing for the opening of a cor
respondence with the Governors of the several
States on the subject of the ourrenoy. with a view
to prohibit the circulation of small hank notes
throughout all the Slates, was discussed at come
length and finally postponed.
Mr. STRAUB rend a resolution requesting the
Committee on Vice and Immorality to inquire into
the expedieney of amending the liquor laws, which
was briefly debated and negatived—yeas 12, nays
15—on the ground mainly that there was no neces
sity, for the resolution, as the subject was before the
committee by petitions referred to it.
GAZZAM offered a resolution instructing the
committee - to inquire into the eipediency of intro
ducing a bill for the appointment of liquor inspeo•
tors in the several counties. The resolution was
pasted by a vote of 21 yeas to 3 nays ,
The bill to repeal tho supplement appointment
for district attorney for the court of Philadelphia
was taken up. •
' Pending its consideration the Senate adjourned.
- - -
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATMES
The supplement to the act to incorporate the
Broad Top Improvement Company passed fealty.
Also, the bill to incorporate the Gray's Lane
Plank Road Company.
The resignation of John R. Maffit, as Superin
tendent of the North Branch Canal. was received.
Mr. CRAWFORD Submitted a resolution, tedder
ing the use of the hall of the Rouse to Col. John
W. Forney, to deliver a lecture to the members of
both houses, which was passed. -
The bill authorizingthe town of Kennett Fquare,
Chester county, to borrow money, was passed.
Adjourned.
•
Expenses In ,Washington and Oregon Territo
ries for Suppressing Indian llostilities—The
kiinnesota 11111.
Wasionarox, Jan. 26 —According to the OMAN(
documents, the necessary expenses incurred in
the suppression of Indian hostilities In Washing.
ton Territory was nearly one million and a half,
and the total expenses unpaid in Oregon for Biog.
Jar purposes is $4,500,000. For the maintenance
of the volunteer force in the former, not including
the pay of the volunteers, is $901,000, and in the
latter over $3,000,000.
The bill reported by Mr. Douglas to-day, in the
Senate, from the Committee on Territories, de
clares that Mlnnesetashall be admitted into the
Union on an equal footing with the original States,
in all respects whatever. It provides that the
State shall be entitled to one representative in
Congress, end such additional representatives a. 4
the population shall show they are entitled to. ac
cording to the present ratio of representation,
leaving the Rouse to ascertain the number • when
the full returns of the census shall he received,
presuming that the residue of the returns will be
received by the time the bill shall become a law.
Se fur es asoertained, the population is
there being coven entire counties and part of
another to bear from.
The United States Supreme Court
WASUINGTON, Jan. 2d.—No. 43. The Covington
Draw-Bridge Company V.I. Alexander 0. Shepherd
et al. Submitted a printed argument in behalf of
the nppellee
No. 48 W. B. Grant, el al., vi. Cornelius Poll
len et at. Argued for appellants. Submitted a
printed argument for appellees.
No. 49. Jacob N. Payne. et al., vs. Jonathan I.
Wiles et a/. Argument commenced fur plaintiffs.
Continued for defendants.
Movements of General Walker—Speeches at
Mobile, Montgomery, and Selma, Alabama.
!dooms:, Jan. 3d.—An enthusiastic meeting in
favor of Walker was held here last evening.
Speeches were delivered by Gen. Walker, Parson
lirewnlow, and others.
In his speech, Walker disalosed the secret Qf the
flovernment's opposition to him, who proposed
that ho should go to 'Alnico, to unite in the civil
war now prevalent there, with a view of acquiring
that territory. .
Resolutions were adopted, demanding that COM.
Paulding shall he tried for violation of the inter
national law, and denouncing the Oovernment for
sustaining him.
Wssuisurrom, Jan. 26.—The papers furnished hj ,
the Southern mail contain reports of the move
ments of General Walker, and his speeohes at
Montgomery and Selma.
At Selma, he said the secret of the opposition to
his cause, and the high-handed outrages committed
a g onA him and his men, was, that the Americana
in Nicaragua favored Gm establishment of slavery.
Now Simi:Ass, Jan 26 —The grand jury has
refused to find a bill against General Walker for
his escape from the custody of the 'United States
officials.
Reported Bombardment of Vera Cruz
New Vane, January 25.—Some excitement was
occasioned here today by a report. received by te
legraph that Vora Cruc bad been bombarded by
the Spanish fleet. It was subsequently ascertain
ed that the report was untrue.
NEW ORLISANS, Jan. 20.—1 t has been learned
that a rumor obtained circulation in Now York
and elsewhere today, to the effeetthat the Spanish
fleet had bombarded Vera Cruz. A consultation
with the best authorities shows that there is no
possibility of such a rumor having originated from
this point.
There has been no later arrival from Mexico
than the Tennessee, and the most important news
furnished by that steamship is contained in this
morning's despatch.
LOUISVILLE, J 7311. 26.—The river i 3
Thor° aro Boron foot three inches in the canal. A
rise is anticipstoil from tho Into rain.
Naval Intelligence
WAsimarov, Jan. 20 —The United States brig
Perry le fitting out at Norfolk for the coast of
Brrmil. The following-named °filters are under
orders for her c Lieut. Commanding Tilghman;
Lieutenants Truxton, Cornwell, Hawley, and
Passed Assistant Surgeon Greenhow.
Markets.
New Ontataxs, Jan. 25.—The foreign news by
the steamer Europa was received here with mush
diffieulty by the national telegraph lines, and pub
lished exclusively in extra editions of the associa
ted press of this city. The effect of the news on
the cotton market is yet undeveloped. 7,500 bales
were cold previous to its reaeptioo. Sugars are
steady, at 411111 c. Molasses has suffered n decline
of 210. Plour is very dull. ' Red wheat quotes at
710. Corn is dull, at 680. Lard in kegs, 'he.
Bacon Shoulderssi. Ilona 60. Freights on cot
ton to Liverpool aro quoted at Id, but masters are
askindid.
CINCINXATz. Jan. N.—Flour is unchanged.
Whiskey ditto. 11ogs ale rather easier, but no
sales so far. Provisions are offered more freely,
but buyors aro timid. Nothing of Importance has
bean dono In tho market, and the prices are un
changed.
Pirrsatlnan, Jan. 2d —The markets aro gene.
rally dull and unchanged.
;Venal, Jan. N.—Cotton—Sales' of 3, 0 00 Wee
of to advance, before the receipt of the Europa's
adviocs
VINC/NNATI, Jan 26-11venIng,--ifogs wero dull
to-day, and no buyers; prices aro irregular. The
receipts during the week wore 26.000. Provilions
dull and unsettled; mess pork is offered at $l3;
bulk pork has declined lc, and is dull ; lard is is
lower. The market closes unsettled and prices are
nominal.
SAVANNAH, Jan. 20,—Cotton—Sales to-day 900
bales at 8100 i, being a decline of I, with a fair
in gutsy
AVOUSTA, Jan. 28.—Cotten—Sales to-day 500
bales; the market closing quiet but steady, rang.
lag at 01x10}.
Cnizt.n4ToN, Jan. 20—Cotton—Sales of 1,700
Was at a dcoline of 0.1.
YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDIND9
[Reported fur the Pre,s.]
Oymt Atin TEIIMIXER—Judgcm Allison and Led
low.—The jury in the case of John Gallagher,
charged with the homicide of Peter McVey, before
reported, hare not been able to agree upon a vet
diet up to the time of goin; to R re.o.
William Jones and William Spriggs• two colored
youths, were put on trial, charged with the homi
cide of a young colored lad unwed Edward Demp
sey. The testimony disclosed the facts that the
parties met in the evening, at the house of Harris,
in Barley street, and had some conversation to
gether, when Jones palled out a pistol, and while
handling it, it exploded, killing Dempsey almost
instantly. There was nothing to show that there
was any guilty intention in Jones, and Spriggs was
indicted with him merely as accessory. Mil on
trial Writ. B. gone and J. P. Loughead,
for the 'Commonwealth ; Messrs. Cooper, Stokes,
and Pierce for the defendants.
m citcan Xrga spcietu.-4 Meeting of to
frieuds of the Amu-loan tr not Society, Ponnsyl,
vanla branch, was hold last evening, at Rev. Air.
Taylor's church, 'corner of Tooth and Filbert
streatA. George H. Stuart, Esq., presided. The
meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. O.
Duffield, Jr. Speeches eulogistic of the society
were then made by Rev. Messrs, liontbarger,
Brantley, Reicher, and others.' The society ap
pears to be in a nourishing condition, although
laborer's are badly wanted in various parts of the
THE CITY.
Proceedings of City Councils.—An adjourn
ed mooting of City Councils was held yesterday af
ternoon, at which the following business was trans
no todi :
BLIArr 'RANCH, -
Mr.
. .
Taylor was called to the chidr,lew n2otion of
Mr. Cuyler. The roll was called, aud.twelve gun-`
- tlemen answered to their names. -; I
witAt conamtvrne
The chairman decided that thirteen members
wore requisite to constitute a quorum.
Mr. Cuyler said that he was compelled to apPeal
from the decision of the Chair, as he was of the
opinion that at the present time eleven constituted
a quorum as the chamber contained but twenty
ono members. A majority of this number, he
thought, certainly came within the provisions of
the subject.
The Chairman stated that be woe not tenacious
of his opinion, but be thought it was founded upon
a correct principle. If a majority of twenty-one is
a quorum, then a majority of five, if the chamber
I i s reduced in membership to that number, is also a
quntutn.
Mr. Common raid be was clearly of the opinion
that the view taken of the matter by the chairman
was the only correct one that could be assumed. A
quorum has always been recognised to bo the ma
jority of a body, as constituted by law. Tho law
takes no notice of deaths or resignations, but pro
8111.11iS that in Select Council a majority of twenty
four, vie : thirteen shall at all times constitute a
uorum for tho transaction of bosineas. Mr.
ornman supposed the ease of two judges in
the court, of Oyer and Termluer leaving died
The law declares that a majirity of the judges
shall preside at all murder trials ; yet, under this
construotion, one judge, who is not a majority of
the court, as legally constituted, would certainly
not olefin the right to preside singly and alone over
any trial involving life. Absenteeism from one
Ounce, will operate In the spina manner as ab
senteeism from another cause, and hence the idea
of Mr. Cuyler Might tend to give an unfair ad
vantage to those who seek to prevent the purposes
of legislation.
[At this point Mr. Verree entered the room,
making a quorum.)
Mr. Neal—"lt's all over now ! The point is
settled.
Mr. Roberts concurred in the opinion of the
Chair. He thought that the remarks of the gen
tleman from tho Fourteenth ward (Mr. Common]
were sufficiently explicit to convince all the mem
bers That the chairman should be Sustained in his
opinion.
Cayler said the entrance of Mr. Ferree had
obviated the present difficulty. lie would there
fore withdraw his appeal. lie stated that on
Thursday ho would offer a declarative resolution
on this subject.
So the matter was dropped.
On motion of Mr. Williams,
the Chamber pro
ceeded to the consideration of the ordinance an.
Clerking the repaving of certain streets.
Mr. Bradford withdrew his amendment to one of
Its provisions, which he offered at a previous meet
log, The bill then passed finally.
Common Council informed Select Couneil that
they bad Appointed a Committee of Conference on
the amendment made by Select Council to the or.
dinance maklog an appropriation to the depart
ment of Controllers of the Publio Schools.
The Chair appointed Mesas. Cayler, Bradford,
anti Riberts a committee of conference on the part
of Select Counoile.
On motion of Mr. Bradford, the Chamber pro
ceeded to consider the ordinance changing the
names of streets
The Chamber then went into committee of the
whole, Mr. Cayler in the chair.
Mr. Roberts sald he was eyposed to any action
on the Lill at the present time. Ile did this for
the reason 'that some persons who desired the
amendments to it were absent, Ife thought that
a delay of,a few weeks wouldn't do any harm
lie snored that the committee rise, report progress,
and ask leave to sit again.
Mr. Neal said that, as there were over a thou
sand names in the bill, eullioient time should be
allowed the absent members to show themselves.
Mr. Neal. thought the added one of too grhat
magnitude to be "put through" at ono session.
Mr. Benton took progressive ground, and Insist
ed that the bill could be. reported at once end
'passed finally at the next session.
Mr. Roberts' motion was then negatived.
The Clerk then read the bill, which was very
voluminous.
Instead of Albion street, Mr. Williams proposed
the name Wylie street, in honor of a worthy do
relate thus named, who raided in the Area for
many years, and who once owned most of the pro
perty on it. Agreed to.
Mr. Roberts moved to insert Albion street in
atead of Arnold. no the latter name emelt of illicit
gunpowder and suggested perfidy.
Mr. Benton raid the street was named, not after
a traitor, but a decent Democrat in the other cham
ber,
As the members took it very easily. and didn'
appear to care much about the matter, the wish o
Mr. Roberts wee gratified, and his amendmen
agreed to.
Mr. Neat moved to amend Backus street, by
making it read 'turf us street.
This created a laugh, another gentleman appo.
sing the amendment.
"Oh ' " said Mr. Neal, " excuse me. If it:s
named after a gentleman down your way, I've
nothing to suggest." Sueh being the ease. Backus
street remain 3 Backus street
A. variety of nmondmenla were made with fé
gard to the names of petty thoroughfares in the
city purlieus.
The eonslderatlon of the bill 'occupied the entire
silaSiOn, mild the Chamber adjdarned.
coantott eatrmeu
Mr. Drayton, of tho Committee on Finance. sub
mitted the following report:
To the Select and Common Councils of Vs. city of
Philadelphia.
Onevaages : The bills submitted by the Committee
on Finance having virtually passed, which bills make
7rPlr of
eontoal enettbelotrd
Health—nn
whichz paitmen though provided for by the committee, (see exhibit D.
ianneled,) hes not yet homy submitted—your commit
tee take this early day to report an ordinance tit- flx the
rate, and levy the taxes to meet three appropriationa
for the current fiscal year.
Councils are urged to early action on the, bills sub
mated, as In the opinion of the withinj
very few weeks after its passage, the Treasurer willibe
enabled to discharge every outstanding warrant. No
stronger reason for promptness than this eon be ad.
minced. Justice to the creditors of the city demands at
at our hands.
For the information and consideration. of Conncibi;
two tables are annexed to this report, (A. and II.) as
account current, showing, on the one aide. the amounts
due by the city cie the lido! January, 1858, and the lia
bilities or 1857 and previous yeere still unpaid, with the
amounts to be appropriated to mcict those and other de
ficiencies; and, on the other, the &sesta now in the trea
sury, and income of previous years safely to be Calera
lated on.
L. a statement of the appeeprtatiorot to meet the ex
penditures for the year Ifkaki, to oue toluene, cad the
Income antiripste4 train eituroes other than taxation In
the other. . ~ ..
As Will be :ten by exhibit B, the amount of appro_
priationi for the expenditures of 'the year 1858, are:
23,043 202 05
Prom which there le to be deducted the
amount to be derived from revenue,
Leaving the amount of cash to be raised
for 1653 44,544,442 44
To which le to be added the dellriennea
of 105 T and merlons years, on the let
of January, tlBsa
And the amount allowed for discount to
tan payers for payment In advance.
Escess of appropriations for eapondl•
turea,• includinig the deficiency on
January Ist, 1859, and the allowances
and discounts over end there revenue
to be plorided for by taxation $2,081,443 01
The assessed rains of real and personal estate sub
)eat to taiation rot city purposes, aa furnished by the
City Conlissioners is as follows, •is
Real estate '
Personal estatu—
Purniture. ......
Lorne and Cows .
Carriages,
81,941,049
611,012
205,618 •
-- 2,068,900 00
Total valuation 8150,411,0431 00
Which' at the rate of $1 86, will prod
duce 13,782,004 03
From which must be deducted one-third
the rate for rural property in the Tint,
Nineteenth, Twenty-trot, Twenty 410-
cond, Twenty-third, and Tweotl-North
wards, the value of which ......
And the allowance. therefore, is
And oleo 10 cents in the hundred dollars
for the porm.rete In the firth and Math
divlslone or the Tvrenty•llret wsrd,
and gat portion of the second divi
sion which was formerly . Included in
Itoxborough township, the entire
Twenty-second ward, and the Twen
ty-third ward, except the trot, second,
and third divisions 14,716 20
Revenue from tax, at the rate of 01 85, • •
with deductions for rural property and
separate support for poor
To which add personal tax
Net amount of revenue from tax of $1 85,
clear of all deductions, allowances, die •
counts and deficiencies
Deduct amount of appropriation over re
venue from other sources than taxation,
and the allowances of all kinds 2,684,442 04
Excesa of throne over estimated expert.
diturea 25,801 01
Thus leaving 12.5,091 01 as a contingent fund for
expenditnrae which Com:mite may see fit to make du
ring the year, as well as to meet unanticipated andtun
provided for deficiencies. Although it has been 611411 m
ed that but 1550,006 will be collected from outstanding
taxes of 180 and previoue years, of $1,412,300, a much
larger sum may really be anticipated, as Councils have
recently added an alditional saaiatant to the corps of
the City Solicitor, for the sole purpose of attending to
the collection' o f thie heretofore too much neglected
source or revenue; and the attention orthe Solicitor has
also been directed to the subject. The active co-opera
tion of the Department of nntveys with that office, in
this matter, would. your committee are confident, great
ly rseilitaio th'e eliort he is niakin Sp collect these
regletered tales.
Your enuemittee would also prey upon Conceit, a re
vision of the subject of water and market rent,. as it ia
confidently believed that a considerable Increase of the
revenue would remit from a proper investigation of
these matters.
In accordance with the requirements of the law, the
toll wing calculations will show the proportion of the
rate to be applied to each object for which it la ;cepa.
reteinoted Police, 20 cents; schools, 28; lighting
the city, 11; poor,lo ; highways, 2i; loan tax, 75
other municipal purposes, s—total, $1 85.
The rate of $1.85, fixed upon by your committee, Is
boliered to be quite high enough to secure a eutEcient
fund from taxation to meet the proper and ordinary ex,
pcnditurea of the department,. During the adminis
tration of these Councils an ordinance has been passed
In relation to official hoopla, which renders municipal
officers and their sureties liable for any rococo of eX
pendltures in their departments beyond the appropria
tions, which cheek, ridded to the system of itemizing
now thoroughly entabilahed, end to the lel:Watts,
proylalona on the subject, it in hoped will keep expen
ditures within the limit, of the appropriations made by
Councils.
Asa proof of the advantage of the syetem, which is
every day becoming more exact in the adminietro.
tion of our iinences, your committee r ter t, the
ratio of decrease in the expenditures for several years
past As may be seen by reference to the Controller's
report, made to Councils on the 11th instant, the ex
penditures for the year 1855 were 44,417,900 ; for 1850,
44,008, 6 00 ; while for 1857 they have been but 43.871,-
015, mod even allowing (what there is uo reason to pre
sume will be needed) the seine amount for delciencles of
1557, that was appropriated for ]SSO, viz ;—5123.685
the whole' amount that the expenditures of 1057 can
teach wilt be 40.997,700, which shows a gradual de
erodes of expenditure of upward, of 0200 000 in each
year. Should the same care .snol economy be practiced
during the year 1858, as has ma-ked its predecesser, we
may hope for a still more favorable contrast. and an
ticipate little came over the appropriation of 43,013,-
208.64.
Many of our citizens have doubtless expected a larger
reduction In'tho city expensed than Councils have been
able to effect Tho aggregate of the appropriations is
large, and the diminution of the aumant, compared
with fencer years, shows but a small percentage lo
the totalillum, 110 when it le rocollectod how large a
Cportion of the expenditure is not within the control of
ouncils—bow much In absorbed by the payinent of
lutereet, and for the support of departments over which
a merely nominal Ruporvielon has than far been exer
cised—it will be seen that the power of Councils to limit
expendPures le very lunch reetricted. It is, in fact,
only in those departments the oaken of which see di
rectly responsible to Caimans, that the desirable and
peeving retrenchment of expenses sin be NUT carried
out, and to these departments It is believed that very j
little further reduction can be made without prejudice
to the public interest.
The total amount of appropriation is $3 643,208 133.
Deduct Interest and &inking fund appropriation,sl,3l3,-
0171.18, _Lesavicirjor ordinary expemes for the year,
, 3 31,1011.47 'Glibly amount there Is appropriated for
'sbe DepartMent of the City Commiesioners, the sup
port of the:: ochools:Xlie poor, the prison, and for the
-Board of Itselth, fall of which is disburi°,l by officers
not elected by Councils). 5111.179 67 —sholfini
balance 0f.51,713,057,110 as the total amount of expen
diture., under the ediste supervision and eontrol
of Connelle: • . •
It is a aoureftCif no little satlifaction to your com
mittee that, although during the year 183 T—a year of
almost unprecedented Pinaneist embarrassment, and
while the city suffered a lose of her anticipated reaenne
to the extent of $llO,OOO, from the failure of the Penn
sylvania Its-hoed Company to make a dividend—her
credit has not only been sustained without - addition to
her permanent debt, but as now, at the commencement
of a new.yeir, higher than it has been within the put
three years: Your' committee' believe" that this is
mainly owing bathe efiriddeme inaphwel - bY the graded
decrease or expenditures just referred to, as wells,' to
the prudent hut detersatoed resistance to all urinates
sail' expenditures which vu made by Connell. during
the pest year.
Your committee enbmit the annexed WI, entitled
An ordirmace to levy and di the rats of taxes fur the
year 1863."
EA)
Account torrent, showing 11,e amounU chargeable
against the balance in the treasury January Ist 1333,
MA estimate of receipts from taxes of former yea r.:
Amounts due January 1, 1.059, and chargeable against
the balance then in the treasury, via : -
To interest on loam, due Jan
uary-1, 108 $350 000 00
To i t on werrmate 10,000 00
00
To warrants of 1855..........11,859 89 35,60,000
1856 107.6. V 04
1857 318,895 61
1ite3.58.6 li
To interest due on Items prior
to January 1,1858, unpaid.. 13,574 69
To unpaid bills In Highway
Department, for which the
appropriation inut merged—. $15,000 00
To unpaid bill, in Depart
ment of City Commission.
era, for ',Lich the appropri
ation has merged 2,000 00
To no . paid bills and, da
mpen,' in Department of
Clarke of Council,. for
which the appropiation
has merged 1,000 00
To unpaid bill. and qelielen
cies In the Department of '
Guardians of the Poor, for
which the approy Salient has
merged 19,000 00
To meet deficiencies in other
depertmenta - '19,0781,7
$54,079 :I
$1,13,03i1 10
To balante. being the k deli t, actual and
estimated, on Janus's' 3, 1058 • 60,000 00
ny balance in the tisasary, January 1,
169 - 488,038 10
By estimate of outstanding tarea, that
will be received In 1058, an follows:
Begietered taxes prior to 1967..........80,000 00
From tease of 1857 600,000 00
By balance 60,000 00
Appropriations to meet expense& or the Mix for
858, and anticipated revenue from /mama other than
elation :
Appropriations Revenue
(or expendi- from sources
tures for the other than
year 1358. taxation.,
Interest 1,152,992 16
Sinking fund 150,079 00
Dividend Penns S. B. 300.000 00
Trustees City lee Boat.. - ' 11,475 00 3,330 00
Expenses of Councils.... 4 78,520 00
Inspectors County Prison 61,650 00 7,013 31
Department of Surveys.. 20,354 30
30,375 00
a Pi . re
232,350 80 66,000 00
1, , Law" 20,260 00 , 34,750 00
Rec. Tues... 19,000 00
Highway 193,600 00 ' 21,550 00
Police 390,602 00
Water........ 145,810 00 - 478,000 00
51.0 kt llouses 10,833 70 714.t
-05 75
ii Wha yes and
•
Lindings.. 4,9'2'4 00 50,491 00
" City Property 17,053 00 19,807 12
" . " Treasury 10,350 00
Poor 19834.7 00 30,050 00
Pub Schools 468,140 95 ! 43,V1 00
‘• City Commis. . •
*toners.... , 169,091 71 • -,
" C, C9paroUer. ' 13,700 00
lA. 11. of Health.. 20,000 00 I. i 000 00
*
LiCatlatß, Pints ; Penal-
ties, dce . 5,800 00
°hard Estate, for light
ing Delaware avenue... . 1,943 83
• , . 3,643.208 IN _1438,766 61
Mr „Nteseher moved that they proceed to a second
reading of the bill, which wes agreed to.
Mr. Parker moved to postpone the bill, and print
for the use of the members.
-• • • .
Mr. Ida scher hoped not.
• Mr. Miller coincided that the bill should be post
poned, at least until Thursday, and printed. 110
was entirely In the dark as to how the oommittee
came to the conclusion that $1.85 would be enough
to meet the expenses of the city. 'The revenue of
the city would- he- reduced . s4oB,ooo b 7 the non
payment of interest by the Penne;drams Railroad
Company, and still they,proposed to reduce the
rate of taxation. Ile desiretllo see a balance-sheet
of the receipts and expenditures of the city for the
year, and an estimated the Wants for 1858. A
few days' delay could do no harm, oonsidering the
Immense importance of the subject.
Mr. Manlier trusted they would consider and
pass the ordinance at once. , All 91 the appropria
tion bills have been linseed, and the property
holders are ormietts,to partheir,tFe.
Mr. Parker desired' tRo bill yes „,
hadbettanse.
although it: bed` been 'paid that 1 the brains Of .
Council, were eencentrated in the Fineries Ookt. -
Inittee, yet he thought that Councils at least Ought
to have a look at thts work. Ile trusted that time
would he given for all the members to consider the
ordinance ; the minority in that room had
and those righteshoUld be respected.' The leiteoxity
were not to be driven to the gall._ . -
Mr. Role:tan •thonglefit no more than just that
the bill should be printed, so that every meelber”
could vote understandingly on the subject. •-•
Mr. Kane had heard the report accompanying
the ordinance read, and had-listened-with
most attention, but had confessed he conM not from
the knowledge thus superficially gainetkvote Intel-.
ligently upon the subject. .11e thatefere„ moreti to
vote fur a postponement , • : •
Mr. King trusted that they would net indulge
the eccentricities of the Finance Committeefloy
passing the bill to-day. Ilstdifered entirely front
the committee in their coneluerione, and lbLved the,
subject would be postponed haul
week, ao that It could - be fullit.lsteestigated.i lie
desired to,kelw whether " thit - ,comMittee Intended
to ask for the passage of an ordinance exeating a
loan of $300,000 to Pay .the deficienelea of Fait •
year; because, if they did, it should be known
before the pasaage of this bill. • •
Mr. Drayton said the committee intended to A*
for no loan during 1858, and expected the reeeirs
of the city to pay its expenaes; _the ,esdimatas. of
this Ordinance were based ottlhat axpeetatkke.
Mr. Miller replied to Mr. -Malcher, anti ex
pressed his
~gratillealion that all the gentlemen
on the Finance „Committee did not poeseasaluereo
teristics in common with that gentleman. -Re Ira*
urged a postponement of the bill until Thattiv.
next.
1',136,766 61
Mr. Drayton said he would prefer lesviwg: this,
whole matter with "Councils; if they, deild*l'to
proceed he was satisfied ; if they desired to 'post.
pone it, be had no objection ; ho bad no feeling in
the matter
Mr. Wilmer was in favor of -voting at ones upon
the bill. If the Finance Committee thought
$1.85 would tea them through this year s toi,
thought it their duty to s ,It. Thai! would
know no ° mere after the bill w ltas artprinted than!they
know now. •, -
Mr. Steal was in favor of as postponement. • He
desired the figures beton Mm, so that he qould sec
what he was lOting for, and itilhat - he could vole
intelligently upon it. He had - every tronfidenceln
the Integrity of the'rnembers - 9I th ' e Ficaria° com
mittee,,but was detirout to see the ordinance
- printed. - . .
The yeas and nays on. the motion to postpone
were demanded by Messrs. Parker and King, and,
being ordered, were as follows:
uses—Messrs. Baird, Bromley, Brown, Borne,
Colhoon, Cooper, Ford, Ginnodo, Handy, Holman,
Hutchinson, Isaminger, Kane, Kelton,- King,-Ma
bins, Morris, Moyer, McFadden, Parker. Steel,
Thompson, John; Yanhorn, Wildey,
Wolff-25.
N.LYS—Messrs. Arnold, Butcher, Faulkner,'Fit
ler, Jonas, Keller, Haag, Mascher, Mcilwaln.
McMakin, McManus, Patethorp, Perkin:l;46mM,
Sites, Waterman, Wilmer, Wright, B. F., Wright,
C. S., Miller, John, (Preeitlent)-21.!-`
Mr. Marcher called up UM resnitttion Submitted
by the Con:mine° on Trusts and fire Companies,
fining the Philadelphia Erigihe Company forty
dollars (to ba deducted from their annual appro
priation) for violating 'the rules
,of the Fire De
partment.
The ayes and nayi were called, when the vote
stood 22 to 11—no quorum. Adjourned.
Fires.—About half-part two o'clock yester
day afternoonokframe hones, at Gray's Fer.ry road
and Maideh lane; Irak damaged by liris' ; lo the
amount of $2OO,
120,000 00
4147,163;162 00
9,062,315 00
2,7043,48180
3,b71 25
2,110,333 0
Yesterday-morning, about ono o'clock, a two
story brick stable, belonging to Dominic Mollie,
and occupied by George Gordon, situated in Wil
liam street, above Eighteenth, was discovered to be
on fire. The upper portion of the building, which
contained a lot of hay, was destibyed. It is sup
posed to be the work of an tueendiary. There
were several horses is the stable-at the time, which
were rescued. The man who Attended the' horses
left the building secure about ten o'clock, and it
was found the same at the time of the fire.
Damage about $lOO. No towel:ice.
lulcrerting Occasion.---We bad the good
fortune to be among thelerge audience which at
tended a very interesting exhibition given at the
Spring Garden Academy, Eighth and Duttonwood
streets, on Monday evening, by the . pils of Mr:
P. D. tong, the worthy Dmnotpul of t a t institute.
We were agreeably surprised at wt messing the
great interest manifested in the proceedings, and
still more an at the very superior character of the
exercises.
Original essays were read by several of the scho
lars, the matter and manner of which called forth
frequent and enthusiastic marks of approbation
Recitations were given with admirable effect, while
two or three wsll•selected dialogues of a humorous
description afforded a sufficient fund of merriment
during the entire evening. •
Professor Long, who has acquired, during a
lengthy professional 'career, a reputation as a
teacher of wbioh any man might well feel proud,
at the conclusion of, these exerolstrs, deliTered a
lecture on edimation, 014, .jfidging from the
hearty applause bestowed open it, found much
favor with his audience.
Subsequently, a valuable gold watch wan pre
sented to the Profaisor on behalf of the pupils, and
a collation, provided for the occasion, reamed am
ple Justice at the bands of those present.
Sad Complaint.—Alexander Duncan was
charged before Alderman Boca, last evening, at,
the central police station, with refusing to support
his wife and children. The complainant, whose
care-worn countenance was Indicative of much
mental anguish, alleged that her husband spent
every cent of his wages, for rum, and refused to
give any portion to his suffering family. A hard
miss of misery, and *tale of much domestic grief
111 q brought to light, when the weeping wife said
to the alderman : "Ile -even pawned oar clothes,
and devoted the proceeds for drink." Duncan
was held to answer the serious charge preferred,
against him.
The Mayor's Message.,--Tho second annual
plunge of the lion. Richard Vans, Mayor of the
city, to the Select and Common Couocile, was distri
buted yesterday afternoon to the members of (hose
bodies, neatly pruned in putuphict form. With
the ropnrts from the municipal departments.' for
1857, it occupies 114 pages, and contains tutich
truly yaluablo Information. It preparation was
evidently the work of diligent and persevering re
north,
Accident.—At a Into hour on Monday night
Henry Mineman WM thrown trout an omnibus at
Second and Poplar streets, and very seriously in
jured. Ha reiddea aeoond *treat ; abo're Oxford.
Relief of Disabled Firtsums.--The sa , ocia.-
tion for the relief of disabled fireman met last
aOre • ; SiNitiOrbeaerJ•
letikpaniosece- rap the anaakeeport, which haa
just Minima ,we Ming Dal during tho last
twelve plontbs,the sum of sno hazateft oinvalr .-
"ated tbd relief fund, twentpsereti prim being
reclpimme thewest:of mhleh Ihrsa were widows of
deceased theroen. _
Thirty -fire members hare been added to the roll ;
which Includes three life members. None have
been stricken off.
The whole mimbas at present on the roll is 557,
of which 178 are life members.
One Interment has been made In the vault of
the atioelation daring the pas% year, being twelve
in all.
Donations bare been received from taw. H.
Duc k e tt , Eal.- $ 75 . 0 0, and $25.00 from John M.
Ford, Esq.. through the "'Good Will fire Com
pany=,
The capital sleek Of the association, Which i.,
in
rested in ground rents, bonds, and mortgages. and
city res, et the present time. is $12,50i,66, which
is increase of 51,200 from last year's report.
The booka of the treasurer having item carefully
examined by the auditors, they report them a=
being Correct in every particular. There a
balance of $404.82 in the bawds of that officer.
The sum of LlOO has' been reeeirsd from the
solicitor of the board by the treasurer, it being
the amount of penalties eolieeted by Mu from vs
tious penons.far infringement of the-gunpowder
lair.
The object of the board in procuring the paseege
of the law was not merely for the purposeof realiz
ing may greatetoonet by the recovery of the pen
alties imposed thereby, but the design was Comore
deadialy prereat the pest deatructkea of pro
perty, sad, what is:of greater importance, the to=
of late to firemee.
- PrUILADELPIttA, Jan. 24, _BSS.
There was a fair business at the stork board to
day. with improvement in yeees. Reading Rail
mad stock adtanted to 831. but afterwards fell sl
quarter. _Large sales of Reading beide of
were made at TO, an Improvement on retinas quo
tations:- The preference u still, however, in favor
of state and city bonds, and, bank shares. The
fancies are not greatly esteemed, and they get
little advantage from the impartment in the
market. '
Many of the manufsefories in the city have re
commenced operations. and the season bids fair to
be a busy one; but there - are - few engagements in
new enterprises itictuiring - capital: and money
abounds for short business paper with approve,'
names. The holders are exceedingly careful, and
prefer investing in solid securities at comparative
ly low rates of interest torso:suing any risks.
Considerable enrinsity hay - 11g been excited a.s
to the bill now before the Legislaaire, relative to
the Dank of Pennsylvania, we copy it entire !rain
the Legislative Record:
An •et relative to the dank of Pennsylvania.
Surriox 1. Be it egateted, net the Presi
dent and Directors of tbe Bank styled '•The Presi
dent; Directors, and Company of the Bank of Penn
sylvania" be, and they are hereby, authorized to
snake and deliver an assignment of all the proper
ty and effects of the said bank, in treat, for the
benefit of its creditors, to he applied in the order
provided by the existing laws of this Common
wealth.
$1 . 124,033 'lO
SeC.l That the assignees el' the said bank be.
and they are hereby, authorised to sell at potato
or }trivets sale, for cash, or on reasenehre credit,
and to assign, deliver, and convoy the charter of
said bank, with the extension thereof, to any
person or persons whomsoever, for sem not less
than 525,000, • and the purchaser or purchasers
thereof, and their emaciates, shall thereby and
thenceforth be Incorporated ; and under the name
of the Bank of the State of Pennsylvania, shall en
joy all the 'rights and prisilegec now conferred on
and enjoyed by the said "The President. Directors
and Company of the Bank of Pennsylvania," under
its - arid charter and the extension thereof, free and
discharged froni all previous liabilities except so far
as herein tat. ieted,and tbetfrom the said ram which
'may be es paid to the assignees, there shall be firm
deducted and 'paid whatever cam shall be found
due to the Commonwealth "by the President, Di
rectors, acid CoMpany of the Bank of Pennsylvania,
and the surplus distributed among the creditors of
said bank, according to lam. That the said pur
thaws may convert the sum bid for the charter into
Wares of sock of fdly„,doriars each, and may, in
addition, at such times and places, and open arch
publio notice as ther shall think proper, open
Wets to receive further subscriptions to the capi
tal stock of uldßank of the State of Pennsyl rams;
wldeli stock slush. he subaurlised fur frail time to
time, as the'faid corporates shall require, to the ex
tent of the present capital of the said "The Presi
dent:Directors, and Company of the Bank of Penn
sylvania," hr the manner provided by the act of
April 16th, 4850, - eatitled "an act regulating
banks," except as herein otherwise provided, and
except that they, the said perchaseror purchasers.,
or a majority of them, shell act in lien of the com
missioners therein named ; and shall receive go:d
and silver only in payment of as id subscriplarn
Provided further, That the stockholders at the
date of said sale of the said charter of the" Presl
dant, Directors, and C mpany of the xt.t.k, of Penn
Sylvania, shall first hare the privilege; cf subscri
bing to said stock to - proport on to the innonnt of
the stock, so then held iy_them and that the said
parchsse-money may be paid oat of the capital
created bynaid,tiulnriptiot.; and,Bsid origioal pur
chases-It, and thei r aMigax - shill have power to ix
the namber of directors, find the time cf electing,
and pet* rimli biawr.fer the - management of the
instlintimins they may deem expedient—and at
all teleetioarrearth sham of stook shalt - entitle the
holder theme teventypta
Sac. 3. IWe" said Dank of the State of Penn
tuuric note whatever
• roilitte miiposoureerrene}, and neither the prod
leppassr.- juirdreator rithreaf Shall harrow any
sum .of money; whatever from said, bank. But
nothing heininnontained shall prohibit Or restrain
the said, the President, Directors, and Company of
the Bank of Pennsylvania,-from doing all end
every matter and thing which may be necessary to
wind ea'setrie endvloarthe affair') thereof.
k The Xeclianice - Baeking A'3soeildlClll is again re
porting, which accounts for the addition to capital
and part of the increase in loans this week. In
cluding the clearing hams operations tilde week.
the average-exchanges through which were
OUZO per day, and theSuteTreasury statement
of Saturday 'hemmers; the following is the general
comparison with the 'melons return", and also with
Ay candy ion of the ! _ . e this time last year :
com=
PrAyr BOARD.
100 City 4......5ub:11 /0 90 9 1 Penr B6 s' 63ll s.s l
100 do 17 30 Harriebarg
1000 Read R6414....69 12 Maitre R 101;
4300 do . `84....894{ 1949 Pe 8..... 41 .„
1000 do .. , BtieashB9x 9 do 41%
2000 do ..'80:...601{ 4 Madill' R. 60
3300 do —111,...60,11 10 Lehigh 03 W 1 9.b9.3:
11000 do, . ...AI 1 Reading R ^S 4:
AM do .., , olleastiTO 100 do 03.
.2000 do ...441.5.5.10 100 do 49wwhiot.291i
_lOOO d0,.'88....10 Norristown 8....55
1000 CAA R de '.83...73 Sl 04 Peon R 9
1000 City B. • 111 X 13 BeltuylNtY ..... .9 .
/00 City Cs... ARR.9IX 1 Coso.Bank• 45
_ 700 ' do • 4 1.4 150 Beak of Penn— 4
10011 do 014 .4 YanofrXech 8k.56
800 do ....ner.OTR, t 23 Girard Bask.... 0
2000 Rasa 6• '7O 74 , 15 Ilk of Sy 2.44..199
600 C 41.1 A 6a '63...68
BETWEEI
200 CR" W PER. 91,1
800 do ...........91
10 Lehigh Ecrip 37,4
ILICOND
1000 Lob Vol R
4200 CAA R 62
1000 do ....IQ.— TO
1000 do .... 72
1000 Car R 64 914
1000 City 414 •
1000 Ilartia Canal 8e..7L8,`
1000 Norriet R 6a 'r.4..90
2000 do .....
AFTER
2100 Bead R6loB6a3vti 00 4
600 do ...W.— 60A
5.0 City to. ...new..9B
CLORLItt
Bid. diked. Bid Aakc.'.
Li States de 118-112 X .. ISoX 64 '62 pre4..l6x 16.
Philo O's int 08'..91 X 61X Waaspq & Elm, .10 103
ii i , 1111.91 xgl X i 4o Lit mart 7 , 11.61 t.
4,4, New .9754 06 do 5110..44 46
Pot Wig 6'11.....08 69 Long Island lex Da.
Beading R %i s %X 'Vicksbug 7X 5, 1
do Bonds '70.73X 74) Girard Book s. 6 k
do 1416044A1.. Lc WA Zane..... x 1 •••
Pent! 1 1 '' ' ' 41% 41% Colon Cavil 2 3
Morris Cool Coo. 4.2 X 43,Xrem Cr0ak...... t, h
Batt N tai1ig.....57x 5S Cation's& 11 'A— 6y 6 X
" stock SX 91(
JANCA.RY 21.1.—Evening.—The wet weather Las
added increased dullness to the markets to-any
Breadstuffs are without any material alteration,
and the only sale of Floor made public is 450 ills
common extra atS-1.81: per bbl; some holders re
fuse that price, but there are sellers of superfine at
$3 02144-70 per bbl, and few taken at thes=e
figures, the market ruling dull at the close—the
home demand also being quite light at prices
ranging from $4.10 to .16 per bbl, according to
brand and quality. Corn Neal and Rye Flour ars
but little inquired for—the former Is held at 51.
and the latter at $3 25 tier bbl, without =nib
doing. 'Wheat is telling morn freely to-day, sod
brings full rates; about 1;000 ha have been talen
at 114a1150 for red, 126a13f1e for white, the latter
for fair quality. Corn 14 lower . with tabs cf 7.0 I 4
bas pew Nonayellow at balafiflo. chiefly the f o r.
rner fries, in store. • Oats- ara dull, and MO bus
Penns. sold at 340- Rye is wanted, with farther
sales, at Ti,. Barley is selling in a small way at
80c. ' Cotton is but little' htquired for, but the
market'ls pooHy Supplied, and 'prices are firm,
Groceries and Provisions ere. also quiet, but the
latter articles are held with more firmness, and in
rather better request. Seeds are Clover
seed has beei sold at $5.8;145.50 per bbl, which
is as advance. 'Whiskey is selling , at 19tal•fle for
drudges, 20e for MI6, and 20ta21e for bbie,
THE MONEY MARKJT.
ciummuTro; StCIISIrLATION
tan. - lan. Jsa. 18, 't3.
Capital - $60,791600 1013,300,040 $64.668 C4O
Laws -.111.894,415' - '101,179,8a 80,473,765
areie. • .11:633,924 • , 30,829,151 30411,20
C1ecaL5t10n.,...*..7,879,026 6,336,042
f1ea5511epai1b4..131,614,37'3 82.698.398 81,790,311
Xxchsatred. 13,074,701- 14.066.411
ti4mm 66,877,981 0,633,836 87 7:!.3.9C-9
In galt-Tres'. 3,073,740 2,9 3 4,063
bttumnout-tr - alto g atlret'ssatirActory one,
at ibotring ,in - s the depatimenta Of apes% Awa de
,..sltsdhli)itill..ineffateng iteklitth of the general
. moreinent, end, Ono:inept Ames of the money
metheta The epocieline ram Mande at n 0,829,151,
and, adding Blade* Treasury notes
first is:Med.MA emelt,' which are held by a num
ter.of-tlas hanks int the pirtrivalontof specie, (ar.d
with the advilittega that theicarry three per cent
'intereit.)'.thCannt total it over thirty-one mil-
NW- The , tidditioo' to the line of tutdrawn de•
welts Is again quite large, particalsrl) eo when it
ismaridered. that a large specie remittance was
ramie to Europe in the -muse of the week
This line _ht.-now up.to ,siztiemitur owl a half
ilia/404u, as against f orty-two millions in October.
;-Thu ksiiiiinfali Ili the amount °facial transported
over the Lehigh -Valley Railroad for the week
ending An. Xt s .
IMO=
To Cul. Tom. Ow t. Tow Cwt
8011:019tustar755 15 ' 9,313 Od u 1
Rot 39virLeatte:..: 1, 11,001 ,
66219 3.733 19 4,Z41 17
N. York & Lehigh.-- L ,792. 09, ' 4,014 13 4.807 01
Council - Ridge 410 16 ' - 5,!8900 6,29110
Orman 95. . " ' 147 00 147 00
Coleraine 9611 MO. 2,724 02 5.493 19 10.151 01
Ilasleton • ' 1,364 17 9,070 16 10,435 13
North Bring 51 , 111..; 317 17 5,553 14 4,671 15
South . - "..,, ! 4 , 1,089 16 1,089 16
East LEILIgh ..... ... 27 15 27 11
Total ' 6,460 09 , 46 232 05 63,155 14
1 0nrresponding reek
710.8tyear....... : . 1,873 08 21,373 10 21,240 10
Lions*. 6,073 01 20,085 15 25,63 S Id
patuunanize, firma =morn was,
January SG, 1848.
airroWrie DT lUSLIT, swirl, & co , lasu NuTF.
Broca /ND lISCHJSMI Blown, animals? COhNs , a
7EOO AID Citarrialri OMIT&
BOARDS.
60 Lung Nand R... 10i
100 Reading /1...1016.26x
/30/2D.
3500 Elm Et. ...2dmort 43
1000 Penn L..l4towit 94
V.ti Pena 41
. 41
N Peaa P....,...
25 15ongIeleifd 11...102 4 ;
/50 Ilmbia. 11
12 Pbiladla 8aak.;.105
1000 Cd-A R 6e '70 t5.7
10 Cataw R........ t'e
PHILADELPHIA MARKE I'