IBBKiS ; d# *•»* ; iWigJiirlyP<»Wy?il>^Faiißr;*«“ k * < ;‘s«n»ttr Donrili *,' of illln<ll»f-*t'. Memphis'.TennMMe i The glo^w.xßoio'iWi^uii SMU*, thrown out- by tho OroEd Jary i GoatraUMeiw ;Tho, Conrts. ■ ; ib«';d'»trMU4 'o_ OI !<lWon T ()i Mexioo:oottinueß to attract Tho fast ihot s«y«n Ame ricans. Wire reoentlT executed »t Zeeatooas by tho Government authoritiesseems to. bo fully estab lished, »nd a rioh'KhgUah bankeratthe same pUoe'wasthnatoned with Instant dsath If hedld nobjiayabill of oxobango Arhlofihad fallen Into tho Jiand?, of yJd»>>Trii, .Thoobounrenoo Is' this - related; byi.a, obrreepondentof the. Hew - York TtmejiAvritlng froßtheoUyofMeiloo: , . “The'ease Isthls:! A'hlghly-retpeotablogentle inati, end therlbhestbanker atfd'tnerobantln the, northern States of this republio (?) William Newall, Esdi?pf ZaoateoMi had drawn a bill pay able to the order. Of-; one Castro, 1 at San Xiuis Polosl.- As jls nsaslwlthbillsof exehaogaaU over, the world, . and as is most espeelally necessary in a dlstnrbed ooantry like 'thU.’ tbis; eiokange; anpear« to hare been drawn with let, 3d, and 3(l Dills.. At Ban tuis Pbtosij after the defeat Of Vidaurrf, the thlfd hlll of this fexohange was found,ln the Ink gage of Videurrl. The Government (General, , slaranei| seiied lf, : and.bu hleentaranoe into Zaoa tecar hepreAented it lit, the counter, of Mr. ;Newall for payment., Mr. Newell protested that the bill wM fffren by him ; that it was to be pald at Ban . I,ali ; tbat the p¥obibllU!es trefa the later 2d bad . already; beeh{pild/and : that’ therefore 'this 3d of exohange hsid no vsloe whateter ; fasthe sold it as; he would hare sOld exobange to any person,,and' bad' nO) knowledge that 1 11 'UiS'.to pah. Into the bands of Vidanrri, io., 40.. ,Bat General Mar, quez wanted the .money,' add'deinandad that the , worthless.Sd'of eiohangi should be paidforthwith, Mr. Nowall deolined, and was at onoe thrown In' prison andlnfonhed that howould be shot.at 6 A. M. of tho following day. ' This, extreme was averted;,fbrtunately, by (the payment of the bill by aVfriend of Mr. NewaU, and he was set at liberty.’! ;<-/• ;V ■ ; - Aborrespondent of the New Orleans Picayune' Beys: i.y.,.,.-., ■- ; —c ■(' ‘’ Delays aro.d»ugen>M,#ud the. sooner we set to work to regulate tbese people, aud get them ready) for Hbe be for tu toid for,theip aleo- , Weoannot annez to our Tinipu seVenor eight tnllUons of what we call co lored oivlllied, without ruin-, log durinatitutlons;-but we can send an armed ferae and: then regulate afterwards a native force —like the Sepoys,in the East Indies—collect their, revenues, Set! the people to work,' and by (proper, management (hay may hereof terbeoome 81 for an nexation attorns future time, and usefel then to 1 themselves and to ue also; but left to themselves,, without* new training, theywill be a nuisance and an evll td us iri time tooome, provlded other na - tldns are.wiUlng to 'let them atone,; whioh cannot boexpeoted, l because their subjects hire are con stantlyapplyligto.tbenlfor protection.” 1 Tbe Weshington' P'nion oomplains that bands of Indians whejnvadeoar territories find' secure retreats in the terrltories'of Hexieo, and says: “ The Government of Mexico should be required' to maintain order.and secure a complete ascend ency, over the. feeble tribes who now command ab solute jurisdiction over the States referred to.- We ought not, in other words, to be called upon to re- Brect a territory whloh is used hr a hostile, people to rob, plunder and murder within our own juris diction-'' If Mexico cannot enforce her laws upon her borders Bo as to protest, oar. frontier inhabi . toots, .the, right to exeroile the means of self-pro tection becomes obvicus indeed. " Itwould, ludeed, seem vmpotiiiU much longer to poitpqru decided action in regard to Mexico The dement of that Country is rapid, and it prom ises nothing in the wsy of improvement for the' future.. lisoentral Government Is, almost abso lutely lts border States are wholly: at the moroy of hoatlle lndians. In the manage-: meat,of the latter we are not only direotly.inter e,tod,' but log hove a dear right, on principles of cclf-protiction, to intervene, and command the ofyrrdcr ' . Another point of interest in our relations with ; Mexico arises from the tact that some time age an American citixsn was kidnapped atatrading house about one 'mile and' a half north of the boundary. line of Sondro, and imprisoned atOnaymas, and the commander of (the Saranac has been Instrnoted to release the prisoner at all hazards,'even if the town must be battered down.' Nothing has been yet heard of the remit of the undertaking, - The message of the President, whioh may he expeoted to-day or to-morrow, ia said to be a doeument of, unusual length. A large portion of Its space, it ii-copjeetured,'wUl be devoted to Mexican and. Central American affairs, and the overland mail foutoe, the Indian wars, the Paeiße Bailroadj and the tariff will probably be dlscnssdd.. Whether the ; jn'advanoe". : on the,slayery’ question is tojbe taken lii the message or not, re mains, to be seen! Prom present lndloations, the approaching session of Congress wUt be.a worklng one, and aot upon many important qmsatloin. - The Orand Jury of the United BtateS Oirouit bills\ of indictment against the orew of the slaver Echo’, - and the dlaoharge of; the eUteen ln number, has been aiked'fcr. , The indication! are that they will be soffenM ,to go nnwhipt of jtts-' tloe. ’ - --i-'' The contest in Virginia; for the Demooratlo no-; mmationfor.Gorernorhasresulted fathe selec tion of Mori.' John lastohof.- ' y The Boor4tary of , the Treasory has prepared his estimates for the expenses of. the General Govern uenCforthe next ffssal-year, ending the 30th of June, I 860! I twill bo presented to Cengreta to day or to-morrow . He cstimatee the- whole' ex pendltnfe ef the natlonal Government at the snm of *73,217,947.46, as follows: ; V,; ' Oivil lut, foreign intercourse, and mif> oelUneotu, including expense* of 00l- . leetlogtbeYereßaefrotnMlM'of public Unde.and pxptnMe of 00urt*........*.511,629,586 11 To supply deficiencies in thereresaes of the General Poit 00ce.8,281,903 00 . '' 852.000 00. Indianl>cpsrtanent, 1,W0,419 49 Armyprojiw'.'&ei, incladlngmiscelUne. v ' one objttfti ; 715,058,880 28 MUitirr ActAenfr .v, 18S988 00 Po.'t’fieallonfrojrananee, &c ....... 2,366,756 00 Karei:e>UbUilim«at V.r.;.;7.7 ..7 18.500 370 80 82,341,315 66 T6:ib«4ftim&U«ftr6*dded eUtomontfflhowbg: 1. Tb* spnopriftttoii* for tbf filesl year ending June 33, 1860, made- by former - MtßOfOongtt«*iofftopwifio»Batad*- flnlte ebaraeter, a* follow*, r'*:''' UUeeUtneoai) including expeaiec of col- - - '' * . 65,624,41014 \ OompenMiion to the gcac-■: . r«l ‘Post Oifice v for mail's ■•rrleej... . 700,000^00 Arming and equipping .the ' . 200,000 00 Oljrll stiioA of Indian*. 10 o f o.oo Inteceetda the pabUc debt 1.063,814 86 8,497,724 60 3. The eiiatfog approprln . tloos, part or wiloh at* ' required for the „pay zaent'of the UabUJUea of the; present' fi'Ctl year, -bat*whidb.wHl not ;be drawn .from the Tree* ■ snry udtil after Jane 30, 1869, and the balanre . applied to the iejrloeUf the ending June 30,-1860, vis.; ,01tU IUV foreign Inter* cattrte and mleoeUaneoat $4,270,967 24 JnterJorDepartmefit.fsea* . , stone and 1ndian,)....... 1,603.002 63 War Department......... 8,861,691 76 JUrT ltopartiant,...,...* 8,24326646 ;.v .'N v . 13,478,907 28 - to ira.nr.Mj a Senator Douglas arrived at New Orleans' on the evening of the 3d inatant, end had e moat entim elastic) reception. <. A few week* ago tome of the cHiseni of Clnoin natl made ; a 'movement to .atop the omnibuses from running on Bond a/, and the major complied with thelrwlshoabyflnlngtheproprietors of the ooaehes for a ylolation pf the Sunday iaw.The proprietors appeal edto the oourts in vindication of their rights, and the ooort hat deoidod agalnit the mayor. } The honrt re?t»d ita dooirion upon the ground that the omnibus was spabllo oonveSl enoe, and its'work a pnhlio nesearity.. The Bprnoe and Pine Street Passenger Kailway goes into operation today. . , The Somber of Interment# in this olty for the week ending Deeember 4, was JOS. A mail named John Barrett was found badly in jured and insensible on Saturday morning .about one o’olook, at this oorner of Twelfth and Willow streets,'asd'died in a few hoars after. Good Newsfrom Beale—Arrival of Hr. Edwards. ’ Henrv B. Edwards, Eeq., first assistant of Dent. Beale's wagon-road expedition) arrived at Wash, ington. on'Friday evenlnglast, haring left the a amp onthe south aide of the Canadian rirer, above .Chateau's old trading post, on the X6th of, November last., He reports the health of Lieut. Beale's party is good,' and as haring met with no obaUeloson the ronte, the'road being inexcellent oondition -tbe' wholo distanoe. Mr, B. is waiting for his esoorl,' which was some hundred miles in the rear, and it was.his intention to more on im mediately upon Its arrival /When Lieut. Beale left Fqft, Smithy he Was adrised not undertake the expedition by thoso whom he had oalouUted . 'to employ as giddee, from'the;faot,' as stated by jthem, that the lndlane had burned the grass upon the Plalne. ' This informatlon) however,’ did not .deter hlmr as he had setout to perforin hls mlwrion, ; and he wasadyersoto aiifeof inactivity. He will prooeedat bides to Albuquerque, and from thenoe to Leriax’Sprihg, where he will stop to reoruit bis animals and pen. Mr. Frank Green, who haS oharge of the Nesho mail—thanwhom tbsra.ii so more.energetioand peieeyeiing tnan—was lndueed,at the earneet sb lloitatioubf lileut. Beele and hispartypto remaln and piaa Witb tHiim thtohgh the Oamanche ooun v- try, ae demonstrated by the i. repebf bdttfe yan Horne and these .-..lndiaqSjth'at iforbe sqljatllse thit accompanying ■ n. Mr,;G?^of; the mfisi,peipfebthlbdi and had It not *s?. ,gteaeJabS>hnfs;whloh';h#va /appeared bf the tb;ihbr: froin Mr.Edwerde' The Tariff—No. 1. ! Intending to prosent ohr views upon this subject plainly, and addressing them to practi cal people and practical nseS ohly, we wish, first of all, to relieve onrseiyes of eertain mis conceptions to which .the disenssion is usually liable.' In the first place, .we do not write in the Interest of capitalists or of manufacturers. VTo are not hostile to either of them; but they oan.take care of themselves, and if they cannot, our help would be unavailing. We have .another .-reason for this: The largest capitalists' and' tho greatest manufacturers in thc wotld ate free traders. Having the com mand of the money which commands the ma chinery,and skill that defies all competition, the W-aione policy is both principle and prae tio6 with them, and as they need none of our help, It is not In their behalf that we would Interfere. . -In the next place, It is not for the general benefit of all the races and nations of the earth that wo concern ourselves; and, of course, we are not about to enlist In the advo cacy. of. any of these general abstractions which either assume or look towards all the interests of all tho world at once. Millen nial'and cosmopolitan theories wo leave to theVscholars and students who have the lei sure: to' cultivate them, and to wait for their realization. ;With us.lt is primarily a question oi tho in terests of Labor, and, resultingly, of our own Country’s welfare. Those are the things 'which-need the helpful care of -the Oivil Go .vernment of the country, and they are enti tlid to both assistance and defence from all who have the power, either of oifoial station tq iprotect thorn, or of that public, opinion which indhcea its exercise. So far as capi-, ted and'Enterprise in its holders are tributary tp tWseendSj they are just claimants upon the Government and tho public. - In all that con cerns f heir separate’interests, they are both Independent and indifferent. .Money, and the ability to manage it, are nevbr in so good a condition for. making great gains its when labor and its immediate conoerns -are in the worht oirbnmstances. ' ' In 1850 there were eleven millions Of ppople tn the United States between the ages of fif teen: and sixty. One million (In; found num bers) were engaged in mannfaetttring,(mining, told the mechanic arts, (counting only those establishments which produced, above $5OO worth of products per annum;) and the wages of this' million of people—three fourths of them men, one fourth women—amounted to two hundred and. thirty millions of dollars, which sum was almost exactly one fourth of the value of the'commodities whlct they pro duced. , . There were at that ttide another half mil lion of persons engaged. In arts and trades, not working in factories; there were' two and a half millions employed in agricultural labor, and one million in work not agricultu ral; making altogether five millions of per aons occnpied in productive industry. Al lowing this army of producers an ayerage of fifty cents a day,"their earnings for the-year would amount to'seven hundred and fifty mil lions, which is about the one fourth of the total annual product of tho nation’s industry, and probably a sufficiently correct estimate of its ; value. It is,'at least, near- enough to the truth, for onr purposes. The agriculturists and manufacturers whose capital, labor, and care are. concerned in car rying oh these industries, and who depend open them for their own support, must cover at least two more fourths of the grand annual product. This great’interest of above two thousand millions per annnm; with thecnmnla tive. wealth, beyond the consumption of the producers, which it yields to the nation, is the matter about which we concern ourselves. Every toplo which we shall touch la onr treat ment of the general subject will be regarded as subsidiary to it, and will be considered only as it bears upon this primary and chief matter of our study. Regarding the productive labor of the na tion : as the proper and principal subject of its concern and care, and the wealth and pros perity resulting from it as the sum of all the Objects for which a nation Is politically or ganized, and for whieh it tabes a separate and Independent existence among the Govern ments of the earth, we proceed to lay down a few economical propositions for the lisa which 'theywill serve iuourOtscusslon—propositions, although abstract in form, yet so plain, perti nent, and .practical, that they muat command an instant assent and acceptance: E First.' That nations are composed of indi viduals.' . , . Second. That whatever contributes to the welfare,' prosperity,' and happiness of the in dividuals composing the nation, contributes, in proportionate degree, to the welfare, pros perity, and happinoss of tho nation at large. Third. Thai the wealth of a nation consists of the aggregate 'wealth of the individuals com posing the nation. Fourth. That the thrift oi each individual requires that bis income he greater than his outlay; his earninga greator than his expenses. Fifth; That, in like manner, the thrift of a nation requires that, in its dealings with the rest of the world, its income shall be greater than its outlay; its sales greater than its pur chases; its exports greater than its imports. Sixth. That an individual, to thrive, must sell his surplus products for more than he pays for those which he purchases for consumption. " Seventh. That,.in like maimer, a nation, to thrive, must sell its surplus' productions for more than the value of its imports. Eighth. That the balance against an indi vidual, in the exchanges of products which he makes with his neighbors, mußt be paid out of bis capital, diminishing its amount, and, to that extent, its reproductive powers—tending to bankruptcy. Hinth. That the debtor nation must, in like manner, settle the balance of its exchanges with other nations out of its capital, thereby diminishing its amount and its reproductive powers—tending to general business embar rassment. ' ' Tenth. That the debt-balance of an indivi dual, measured as it is by the dollar of ac count, must be paid in money, or in its convertible equivalent of his other capital. . Eleventh. That nations, in their dealings With each other, and in paying balances due to each other, require money in settlement, and reoognise nothing as money except gold and silver. Twelfth.'That whatever an individual buys, beyond the amount of what he sells, is too dear at any price, no matter how cheap. Thirteenth. That whatever a nation buys, beyond the value of what it sells to other na tions, is, In like manner, too dear at any price, no matter how cheap. , - i. ..Fourteenth. That the maxim of trade— “ buy cheap and sell dear”—does not warrant the bnying cheap first, and risking the selling dear afterwards; or, the bnying cheap with out the certainty of selling dear, and to the foil amount of all that is so bought. Fifteenth. That a prudent individual will observe frugality, and practise home industry, at a low rate oi remnueration lor time and labor, rather than purchase commodities at a cheaper rate than he can himself produce them, if he cannot carry to market his own products to an equivalent or greater amount. Sixteenth. That a nation mußt practise the like frugality, and create by Its home Industry the commodities required for its consumption, rather than purchase them, however cheap, from other nations, who do not take their equivalent in its productions. Seventeenth. That a balance oi trade against an individual suspeuda his busi ness, reduces his capital, cripples his pro ductive industry, and impoverishes him. Eighteenth. In like manner, a balance of trade against a nation throws it into a mone tary revulsion, withdraws its active capital, suspends its industry, and drives it into bank ruptcy, . . 'While we insist upon the truth and forae of these; propositions, as applied to the busi ness of .nations, we wonld have it understood that we do not enter into the specnlative con troversy, so long and so fruitlessly pending between ; political economists, upon the“ ba lance of trade” question. We speak hero only of a real and. effective indebtedness, arising upon'international trade; and we do hot look for its evidence, or for its amount, to the custom-house accounts of imports and ex ports.- We do not reiy upon their valuations 'or their apparent balances, and we are, therefore, unincumbered in our argument by the thousand and one Insoluble questions which 'arise fropr them. ;:.Bttt',whiiewe would avoid the “debatable ,gronnd” ofthis subject, as leading, to endless disputes, we will take leave to say) that so far a* thVvAluatien of tbqimpertg apd exports of the United States (officially reported).go, the apparent balance against us is certainly not more than the real difference of our exchanges, because it is riot more than our known foreign debt at this time. Before the year 1821, tho Treasury reports did not give the value of our imports—for all time prior to that year we have only their esti mated amounts. From the year' 1821 till Juno, 1857, as they stand in tho Treasury re port last published, their valuation is taken from official documents. The same thing is true of the movements of specie as they are given In the reports. Mow, ftom 1821 till June, 1857—as appears by the report of .last year—our total Imports, including speoie, amounted to five thousand three hundred and eight millions of dollars, and our exports, including specie, to five thousand and twenty millions—a balance of two hundred and eighty-eight millions against us. 'Well, in the year 1868 Mr. Guthrie, Se cretary of the Treasury, reported the amount of American bonds and stooks hold by foreign ers at two hundred and twenty-two millions. That we have added sixty-Blx millions to this account since the 30th of June, 1853, admits of no reasonable doubt; and, as the official tables Bhow that no part of this amount came to us in tho shape of specie, it must hare come in merchandise, and, as a subsisting ba lance of debt, must represent at least as groat a “ balance of trade” to all intents and pur poses. We, nevertheless, say again, that we do not rely upon the national account current of im ports and exports for our data, for whioh there are-many sufficient reasons, among which are, that there are many inflnonces at work to vitiate tho register, under ad valorem tariffs; especially the temptation to undervalue im ports ia too great to ho resisted, and the temp tation to ovorvaluo exports, which pay no duty, is also a strong one. We reject these tables, therefore, for the reason that they are not re liable, and especially because we have reason to suspect them of underrating the difference against us in our exchanges with Europe. In our next article wo will give our own es timate of our international account, with re ference to' its effeots upon onr industry and prosperity, and npon onr currency, as the ther mometer of our welfare. Senator Douglas in Tennessee. We hare read the speech of Senator Dodo las at Memphis, Tennessee, on the 29th of November, as reported in two of the newspa pers of that city, the Appeal and the Ava lanche, and lay before our readers this morn ing such portions of it as may be interesting to those who are carious to know what tho distinguished Senator may say before a South ern audience, omitting only thoso passages which simply reiterate such generalities as have no bearing upon the questions in issue. When we remember that Senator Pooulas spoke to a. Southern audience, and that he was approaching a region Dom which he has been most bitterly denounced, we do not go too far in saying that he has been as bold and as {rank iri Tennessee as in Illinois, and that he has been quite as clear and resolute in tho as sertion of the principles by which he has been guided in the past, and by which he intends to.be guided in tbo future, as his best friends could have desired. Tho reports in all tho Memphis papers in torm us that Senator Douglas was received with extraordinary enthnsiasm, and that his speech, even those portions of It which might be supposed to awaken the sensibilities of the South, gave tho utmost satisfaction. Ho seems to have kept steadily in view the record of his life on the great principle of Eopular Sovereignty, and, white.iooking forward, has not failed-to look back upon the early stand he took upon this question, in Congress and be fore the country. ' Wo do not doubt thatwheh he shall bo by the people of Louisiana he will he equally ready and flank to speak- oat his opinions. The organs of extreme Southern opinion continne their war upon -Senator Douglas as well as Upon his platform; but the reception of the man and the acceptance of his dootrine by the people of tho South, assure onr belief that the extremists and fanatics of the Sonth, like those of the North, are not the power of tho country. Hnn. J, c. ’H/cirn-Li— : Two'weeks ago a telegram, dated at St. Louis, calculated in its character to place the above gentleman in an rinpleasant position, was widely published in the Atlantic States. It now appears to have been based npon anonymous communications, as The Pbkss predicted in anticipation of the arrival of the mails. Mr. McKiUbih’s friends at San Fran oisco, wha Were cognizant of all the circum stances, have, over their own signatures, given the story its proper quietus. We sub join their card, published in the San Francisco Herald of October 22, as a complete vindica tion of Mr. McKiSbin : “ TWo anonymous communications have reoently appeared in the oolnmns of the National, re specting a misunderstanding whloh has arisen be tween Joseph 0. MoKibbin and Geo. Pea Johns ton. It is obviously improper that an affair of the kind should ba obtruded on the publlo attention, but as the publications in question are marked by undue personality, with an evident political in tent, and os they oontaln several flagrant errors, whioh aro calculated to prejudioe the reputation of an absent party, we oonsider it to be oUr duty to offer a brief and tebipetathroply. . “It ia trtte that Air. McKibbin and the under signed, on the day named in the National, pro ceeded to the county of Marin, with the view of bolding oommunioatton with Mr. Johnston; but Mr. MoKibbin (we give his own language) ‘had no idea of prejudicing Hr. Johnston in his present position, and only sought, in the course he pnr sned, to relieve himself of misrepresentation. Being compelled to leave the State on the steamer of the 20th inst., he was Unwilling that Mr. Jehn sten’s action should remain altogether unnoticed.’ “But it is not true that the ‘friends of Mr. MoKibbin expressed a great anxiety to obtain the identioal pair of pistols used in the unfortunate affair between Johnston and Pergvton. ’ It is not true that Mr. MoKibbin and his friends knew that Mr. Johnston was in custody when they left this city And it is not true that any person was re quested to oarry ‘a peremptory challenge’ to Mr. Johnston. Knowing that * the publlo always remember tire charge, and soldom the reply,’ we most, nevertheless, say that only one letter was addressed to Mr. Johnaton, and that was simply a communication of inquiry, oonohed in the most nnexoeptionablo languago. In it nothing was said about a challenge, and Mr. Johnston’s friond was so informed ana assured. “ Surprise is expressed in the National that so so long a time should hare elapsed bofore Mr. MoKibbin held oommonloatlon with Mr. Johnston. In roply, we do not consider It necersary to say more than that Mr. MoKibbln’s pledged political engagements, and Mr- Johnston’s own absonoe, rendered suoh oommunioatton, prior to the day in question, entirely impracticable. “William A. Addison, “ Charles Kincaid, “ Ban Francisco, Oot. 21,1868.” Philadelphia Tradk Circular —The second number of this monthly newspaper of trade and eommeroe has appeared! We find four or fire leading articles from The Trees, oopled into its oolumns, with only the following impudently eool acknowledgment: “In making up this paper, the pnblishers have freely availed themselves of the columns of some of our best eondnotod journals, such as the North American, Press, Ledger, <s■<:.; it was not doomed necessary to give credit for each individual article, but we deem it no more than fair to express oar Indebtedness in these general terms.” We submit that this systematic convey ancing is unfair towards all oonoernod. It Is as un fair that onr contemporaries should labor under the onus of our dullness, ns that we should ho ao oredited with their surpassing briiiianoy. If the Trade Circular desire to act honestly by all par ties, it will orsdit each of the “ best oondnoted journals” with Us own particular articles. By doing this, the Circular’s original remarks will bo distinguishable from those whloh it merely steals. We are advised, through the politeness of 001. James Page, that a meeting of the friends of the late' General Rufas Weloh wilt ho held at the Franklin Home on Tuesday next, the 7th instant, for the pnrposo of cffootlng arrangements for placing a suitable monument over his remains. 001. li. B. Lent, of the National Circus, has kindly offered the oommittee the use of his lraildlng for the purpose of a benefit. Thomas A Sons’ Sales This Week.—Elegant and Valuable Books, this evening, (Monday,) at the anetion rooms. Scpbbior Cabinet Furniture. —To-morrow (Tuesday) morning, at George J. Henkel’s, Wal nut street. Elegant and Valuable Books.— a consign ment direot from London, to be sold Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings. Now ar ranged for examination with catalogues. Real Estate, Stock, Ao.—A large sale to morrow evening at the Exohange; sixteen proper ties, betides stocks, Ao. Furniture at the auotion store, Thursday. Print Works and Machinery, Friday. See Thomas A Sons’ catalogues and advertisements of the six sales. jgy l Catalogues of Mr. Grata’s wines also ready Fancy Funs and Cloaks.— B. Soott, Jr., auc tioneer, 431 Chestnut street, sells this morning fnnoy furs, Paris-made oloaks, Ao., now ready for examination. (Peremptory Sale— Walnut-street residences. SneMessrs. Thomas A Sons’ advertisement for to morrow evening. \THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1858. BY MIDNIGHT MAIL. Letters ftom Washington. [Regular Oorrespondenoe of The Press.} Washington, D t o. 5,1858. Sinoo yesterday noon members Lave crowded here, and it is not improbable that now that there is a quorum of both houses present. You see them in the hotel halls, gathered in knots of twos and threes, busily going ovor the points of the teeent Congressional canvasses, rehearsing the Ibsuos mode, rejoioing over victories and bewailing de feats, and discussing the great questions to oome up during the session to begin to-morrow. These intercourses have developed one thing, and that is, that the bitterness whioh we were led to believe existed ogainst anti-Leoomptou Democrats among Southern politlolans is a myth, for if it did exist at any time, as the Union alleged, it has worn away. Ono or two ultraists still cry ont against Judge Douglas, and yet when they talk of Penn sylvania, are loud in eulogy of organisation and in condemnation of anti-Leoompton Democrats. Bat these men are incorrigible, and it is as fruitless to essay to get them upon a oonservative platform as it is to straighten a gnarled and.twisted oak> It is enough to say that John G. Jones and Gov. Bigler are their patterns of politioal honesty and publlo virtue. It is startling to contemplate the deep-rooted aversion in Pennsylvania to the present Adminis tration, hut the oontempt into whioh it !p» fallen here is unspeakable. .Southern men deride it— they for whom Mr. Buohanan bos spurned old as sociations and bartered everything—they look npon it muoh as a Saxon baron would regard his buffoon—a thing to amuse but not to lead them. I thought, as doubtless did many others, that these would at least be faithful to him) but for the nonce I had forgotten how uncompromisingly and oertalnly Southern men adhere to and guard.their peculiar interests. They have started a . new paper here—the Southern Citizen —whioh has only a weak parallel In fanatioism, bravado, im practicability, high-sounding nothings, -and an altogether Chinese gong operation, whioh may frlgh ten very feeble Intellects, in the Bostiri-Liis rdtor. This new. dodge will ocoomplish little of good for them, while it may be a firebrand' for fieroe and consuming agitation. ' * But the day of extremists I hope 1b passeffr Their ory of wolf has frightened, but their trick has been discovered, and it can frighten no longer-. It is stated that Mr. Buohanan will recommend speoifio duties. The statement is from the best authority. It would be a matter of heartfelt! to* joioing for the industrial interests of the North If something praotioal were done for them, and valua ble time were not thrown away upon abstractions, like those of Boyce, of Sonth Carolina, that there shall be free trade and direct taxation. Several of the members have Intimated to me that, what ever is reoommonded from the Exeoutlve or the Seorotary of the Treasury, they will insist on tho matter being takeh np and Considered and/acted on at an early day. Mr. Buohanan, In his message, will take, high ground upon the Monroe dootrine. Protectorate over Mexico may not be direotly alluded to; but it is stated that he is u dined toward that'move-; ment. The polloy or impolicy is worthy of , the most serious Inquiry, toeland Is no longer a re publio, but is a dependency of the Danish orown, and Denmark pays a million a year for the honor. England protects the Canadas, and is largely ont of pocket in the undertaking. So I might go on, but in a letter it is diffioUlt to deal with suoh a subjeot. I am at a loss to know what Mr. Buohanan will tell ns of the massacre at Panama in 1856. Shall New Granada loiter on the.road, or shall she bo forced to the fatlest reparation at the shrine of justioe 7 Paltoertton was hnrled from power .'be cause (he English siupeoted him of comrilioity with a foreign potentate to defraud Engll* sub jects of their rights, or rather to curtail thhtr rights. That nation rant fisr navy against the sovereign of the Bioilies,. and at the osn non’e month demanded reparation for injustice done her one or two sabjsots In the Cagliari affair, and months did not Intervene before reparation was made. Here years have (town by, and still the blood of Americans, splllod under the very eyes cf tho New Granada authorities, remains un avenged, the insult unappoased. But so .It is; we are suoh a great nation, our Adntiriß(ra tion so top-loftioal, one oititen, or a' oouple of dozens of them, so insignifioant that they may be slaughtered and quartered, hammered out or flattened ont, as was Baron Manohausen, or as they say one of the nabobs of India dees to those of his rebellious subjects he gets hold of, and dried In the air, for fiags to affright the ikies; and Jet, withonta Lord Ross telescope, the affront would he as imperceptible and unnotibed as the oaverns In the moon. Jones will hereto undergo the severest ordoal of his life when his nomination to the Aus trian Court oomes np for confirmation before the Senate. He may have fainted when he lost the State Treasuryship of Pennsylvania; he may have Cried like a ohlld when he leafhed that gWipr*- ■i An-3 p.i— —vb, i*rig xoine juoglneirAiuxV honesty of Berks, had defeated him fer Oehgress; but' a less phlegmaUe and thiok-sk lnnbd jwiliUoiafi. would die outright at thb blow now lifting to comb down upon him wife terrible ferae, if he be re jected, then Wanner ts to be tried for it. Who is to go to Nebraska In place of Gov. Blohardson is not known. Wouldn’t Mr, Hnghes, of Indiana,', do T Who more faithful to Looompton than he ? TauaAxc. ■Washington, December 5, [Correspondence of The Press.] Th'er'e wilt be no delay in getting to work to morrow. The session will last but three months, and the Speaker for the Thirty-fifth Goiigress was chosen last year, and Is now on tho ground, dom forlably quartered at the comer of Eighth add E streets. The President’s mets&ge will be cerian nioated to-morrow, unless some now decision jsar; rived at diiring to-day. it will be Very longhand very interesting. The revenne part of it wifi be unsatisfactory, but this was to have been oxpefeted. When an Adniinistratloh rhns hopblosSly and rotk lesily into debt, mainly to bolster up its own fol. lies, it is like an individdal wbo tries te hide bis immoralities and wrong-doings by giving expen sive entertainments. The world sees the objiot and oondemns it; and in tho oase of the Admi nistration, in this country at the least, the aoooent must be rendered. ‘ * '• One of tho.subjeots that will excite most interest daring the short session is the Oregon and Woih ington war debt, amounting perhaps to six pH', lions of dollars. I am ondeavortog to obtiia’ some foots In referonee to this oktraof dinar jrolslln whloh will be of great interest. It Is belitlvedtiiat Capt. Cram, of the tJnited States engineers, nWde a report more than a year ago, in which the injus tice of the eiaim was fully set forth. iiy some aa. noeavre the pnblioation of this papbr has boon ire vented; but a new effort will be made on the ,)no hand to obtaih the money, Kfid on the othel to givo the oonntry the foots. j The well-known Or. Hitohoook, of San Pnn oisco, who, you will reoolieot, was a leading mem ber of the Know-Nothing Convention whioqas sembled in Philadelphia in 1656, and piaoei in nomination Fillmore and Donelson, has been Ap pointed to an important offioe by Mr. Buchanan in California. This seleotionpf Hitohoook overlho heads of deserving men in the Golden State slows how anxious the Administration is to strongmen Itself with any organisation that is willing to on dorse its Kansas policy. An amusing story is told of a mistake of Bast master General Brown's, in regard to the appoint ment of a postmaster at Jerseyville, Illinois. Hat exoollent Philadelphia-horn Democrat, Charlfl S. Jaokson, so well known and beloved in your Uty, was removed from the poßt-offieo at Jerseynlie, and another person appointed in his plsoe; bit in the hurry to designate tho sneeessor a ridiompns mistake was made. Tho person ii tended t* bo' appointed was Jaoob E. Whitnaok, instead of wnoh Mr. Brown forwarded the name of Jacob 17. 'Whitehead. Mr. Jaokson, tho inoumbent ofthe offioe, knowing of no suoh person, informedihe Postmaster General that probably a mistake lad ooourred. In about two weeks tho mistake Iras oorreotod, the simon-pure namo was sent on, jnd a man was pat in Jaokson’s position who rape seated about a dozen Danite votes out of 1,60| in the county. / There will be a quorum in the Senate, |Tr. Breckinridge haring arrived, and both our Sen iors from Pennsylvania. Senator Bigler wlll'co doubt, as soon as the Senate meets, send forwarj to the Vice President, to be road by the Seoretijy, the following extract: j “ Make my special regards to Governor Walter, and say to him that be has the popular oslnr WITH mu THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY EXCEPT OJLY the extreme South. Should bis programme ihc ceed, ho will have the most enviable proc- ICENCB OF AMY HAN IN TUB NATION. The Adpi nistration is a little weak at the knees, qid winces under the Southern but t'usy must stand up to the work." • The speeoh of Mr. Douglas at Memphis, old and outspoken as it was, has made a great impas sion here. It is regarded as one of the bolt and braveßt of bis movements. One of the pa oipants in this ovation tells me thatDpuglas Is unquestionable ohoioe of the Democrats and of hj of Amerloans in Tennessee, and that suoh mei ex-Senator Jones, Hon. W. H. Polk, Hon. J. Kt Walker, Ac., are already in the field canvass his cause. The bitter atlooks of the Nashvl Union) (the Postmaster General’s organ,) u] Douglas, are not responded to bv the people. The Hew England Republicans are maklnls movement for the Presidency, anticipating the e* action of tho people against Congressional lnt\v vention, and ready to follow out the view of Representatives in favor of the Orlttenden-Mofr gomery amendment. Many of tbeir mostastu> leaders propose taking (to use Jefferson Davie language In reference to Mr. Buohanan) a atop i advanoe, and therefore do not be surprised if eitlild Hon. John J. Crittenden* of Kentuoky, or Hop John Bell, of Tennessee, shall beoome the favorft of thoHepubllbans of How England. Pionbbr.i The citizens of Washington are a little pointed in their attempts te get up pablio recep tions for distinguished Congressmen- To bo su'e, the night* weaod© to Glancy Jones, of a f«rr creeks pgo, called togothor a rabble, an<i It was ohronlolcd a eucocfis by the dignified Union and Its little shadow, the Star. An attempt was then made to give Senator Brown—& atmightforwurd, honest man—a publlo dinner, but Mr. Brown very sensibly, deolined. to eat at the expense of the people of the District The friends of Mr. next essayed to giVb him a reception and sere hdde, find tho arfaogements were nearly complete, When news of the intended ovation oatne to the ears of the Senator, and ho insisted, with Unusual pertinacity, that the idea should he relinquished at onoe, showing his good sense also. After these failures, no morb attempts will be made to “ re ceive” public mon here this winter, unless Mr. Douglas should prove an exception. The numerous friends of Senator Crittenden weald like to show him how devoted they are in their attachment to him. npon his return, bat the're will be no pnblio display in the matter. There is a clique here, however, who are deter mined on making Mr. Orßtbnden onr next Presi dent ; and tbathe is not unwilling to bo a eandldate is easily to he seen by his recent movements at the North. , 1 ifu iss Washington, Deo. 3, 1858.1 The triumph of the conservatives In the South CarolinaLegislaturo, by the decisive vote ef 92 to 64, over the fire eaters, greatly pleases conservative politicians here ? and it is alleged that the final re sult is due, to a great extent, to Senator Hammond. It shows conclusively that tho reoent speech of Mr. Hammond meets with tho approbation of a great majority of the voters of South Carolina. Mr. Hammond Is expeoted here to-morrow, and he will take a mnoh higher position in the Senate than the one ho occupied last session. His Bpeeoh on Kansas, or rather slavery—the “mudsill” speech—was simply a blunder. His late speech shows.the man- and his capabilities. Henceforth he will be a leading and influential man among Southern politlolans. POPULATION or TUB SEVERAL STATES, THE RATIO OF REPRESENTATION, AND THE NUJf&BR Op REP RESENTATIVES ALLOWED TO BAdH AT fHE TIME . OF TnElB ADMlSflloN. RESPECTIVELY. When admitted, New Hampshire. Massatbujetta... Rhode Island,.., Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania... .Delaware....... i Maryland Virginia North Carolina.. 'South Carolina.. Georgia Vermont June 21, 1788} Sob. 6,1788 May 29,1790 Jan - 9,1788 July 26, 1788 Deo. 18,1787 Deo. 12,1787 060. 7,1787 April 28,1768 June 26,1788 Nov. 21,1789 May 2}, 1783 Jan. 2,1789 March 4,1791... June' 1,1792... June 1,1796... Nov. 29,1802... April 8,1812... Dee. 11,1816.. Deo. 10,1817.. Dee. 8,1818... Deo. 14,1110.. Mar. 16.1820.. Aug. 10,1821.. June 16,1836..'. Jan. 26,1837.. March 8,1845.. Deo. 29,1845.. , May 29, 1848.. Deo. 23.1848.. , 3ep. 9,1860.. . May 11,1858.. Kentaoky Tennessee Ohio Louisiana... Indiana..,.. Miisisaiipi, Illinois.... Missouri.. Arkansas. Michigan. Florida... Texas Wisconsin... lowa California...*. Minnesota.... lie Entertainments. We have done with Italian bpora, for afew weeks, for PiooolomiDl is expected early in Janu ary. Maurice Strakosch, we understand, has not lost money at the Aoademy of Music, and would have boon yet more successful, had Mr. Junoa bpon able tC sing, a* was promi&od and dkpeoted. A severe altaok of bronchitis iooapaoitated him, much to the regret of those who had heard him a oouple of months ago, at Signori Parodl’s “Fare well Concert” (thb Seventeenth) at Musloal £un<i Hall. There lea rumor that Mr. BtrakoeOh Will return in the spring. He will be very welcome,’ if he brings, with him that admirable vooallst, Madame Colson, who is undeniably one of the verjf best singers over heard in this oity, and who per forms almost as well as she slogs John DreW’B farewell performances at Walnut street, during the past week, came to a close on Saturday evening, and .wore very well uHondod. He leaves Hew York for California this day, and We heartily say Hon voyage ! Mr- and Miss Rlohlogs have roturnod froth a short starring visit toftew York, and we noticed that the Gothamite critics spoke very enloglstloally of Mias Richings* .performances, not only as a vocalist, but as an ac- ross. This evening, Miss Davenport, who has not played la this city for throb year#, comthences a oHef engagement at Walnut-street Theatre, ap pearing as The Countess, with Conway ae Jtuoni in Knowles* play of “ Lot©.” tt is noticeable this lady that She eodlmenoed hef career as an tl lnfant I*h&noihonox , ’—Bho ferSt appeared, in this bountry, in 1834, at the I*ark Theatre, sew York! nbJ J* y»«wU)- floir tjjbn the stage, who has fulfilled the promise of darly years. ■ 11 (Jur Amortoah ijottsto” enter* into its third #eek, at Aroh-atreet 'Theatre, this evening, it Beams os if Hr. could ran it, if ho pleased, to the end of the season. ~\Ve have eoldom Seen a oomedy so veil aoted in ail its parts. Ur. Wheatley’s caricature of air English nobleman Is llvoly and amusing, and Mr. Clarke, aa the aharj) Vermonter in England, is a finished study,_ from first to last. We most hot omit Mrs. John Drew, its the baronet’s daughter; the ludicrous aspect .and aoting of Mr. Johnson as tho staok-up gentle' man’s gentleman; and the tonohlng, because truthful, pathos exhibited by Mr. Dolman, aa the lawyer’s clerk, the finest and best Sustained aot ing, oh the whole, in the piny. Wo hear no moth of Miss Laura Irene's fine “situation” nil olalmant of the sole tight to this drunia, and should lifec to know on what legal grolind, tho complain ant having failed to provo her case, Mr. WhoaOoj' was obliged to pay a latgo sum (31,500, wo hedr) into court. The National Circus, Walnut atreot, under Mr. Lint’s management, has fairly grown into popu. larlty. The horses are well trained, arid tho per formers are aotive, skilled, and fearless. Tho elowos, Long and Gardiner, have a rival, on a small soale, in a Lillputian Grimaldi, young “Dan.” Tho little girl, Elise, who rides so ad mirably, deserves ospeoial attention, and we will plaoe with her, as eminently worthy of common dation, Mrs. Whlttakor, Mr. Hammings, and Mr. and Mrs. Wood. As usual, there will be afternoon performances on Wednesday and Saturday. At Sanford’s, (feteVenth stfeot, betweeh Cheat* nnt and Market,] the dark opbra trouble appear every evening this week. l)Anoing, singing, bur lesques, and ecobntrlottfes,' make an attractive combination here. Signor Blits, who ohartges his programme every evening, Continues to draw Crowds at Assembly Buildings, Tenth and Chestnut streets. He must make a “ pile,’ 1 so successful are his performances. His ventriloquism, and his oanary birds, and his tricks and ohanges make an agreeable melange. Judge John A. Campbell, In bid oharge to tho Grand Jury of the United States Ciroult Court of the Mobile judicial olrouit, delivered on Friday, the 26th ult., was very oxplioit in his deounoia tion of filibnstoxism. After reviewing the various filibustering eobemos in tho history of the coun try, he said: “ The enterprise against Sonora, and two expe ditions against Nicaragua, are the lost that 1 shall bring to your notice; and I shall simply notioe them to close the list. Their lamentable history is well known to yon. Yon will see that on the sub ject of these laws the course of the executive depart ment has been uniform. No President hasever for gotten that solemn injunction of the Constitution, 'Take care that tho laws be faithfully executed ’ Tho judicial department of the Government has never swerved from tho dootrioes it has incul cated, nor shrunk from the responsibilities of their high office. Through the long series enumerated whet good can be found, as derived either to tho persons enlisted in the expeditions or to thoso who have direoted and controlled them? What a frightful waste of life, reputation, and treasure hits there not been? In bow many instances have they not disturbed tho foreign relations of this country, and embarrassed tho operation's of our Government! What an amount of lawlessness, Booial diiorganizalion, and orimo hare they not originated! It does seem to me that it is tho eolornn and sacred duty of tho people of this ooun try to frown Indignantly upon any attempt that may be made to violate these laws, either in lettor or in spirit.” State Treasurer* To ttie Editor of Tnic Phrss : We arc pleased to nolioo thut among tho gentlemen named a? can didates for State Treasurer is that of Gen John N. Purviamitt, of Butler. Mr. Purvianco held tho situation of Auditor General of the State for six years, which enabled him to acquire a full and tho:ough knowledgo of the finance of tho State and the business of theoffiooof Treasurer. His eleotion at this time would prove most fortu nate to the people of Pennsylvania. He is a gen tleman disconnected from all the monoy influences of the State—a man of distinguished ability, of undoubted integrity, and strlot morality. Wo, therefore, hope that the members of the Legisla ture, upon whom the oleotion devolves, will select Mr. Pnrviance, fooling assured that for the safe keeping and faithful disbursement of the fands of the State bis seleotion will give a degree of confi dence heretofore seldom enjoyed. A PENNSYLVANIAN Mbs. Stowe’s New Serial.—The reading publio will be gtad to learn that the story, en titled "The Minister’s Wooing,” commenced in the Atlantic Monthly for December, is tho be ginning of a serial novol from the poo of Mrs. Harriot Beeoher Stowe, and that portions of it will appear from month to month until it is com pleted. The story ts marked by all the oharao terlstios of stylo and spirit which have made the author’B former works so famous. Tho saone is laid in New England, immediately aftor tbo Revo lution—the period when all that was most simple, quaint, and peculiar in character and mannor was in full force. It was the ora before rail roads. steamships, lightning presses, fashionable oharones, and fashionable clergymen; in short, tho good old times of which the present genera tion have so often heard. We look forwara to see a masterly portrait of Puritan life sketched in this romance. However, it is not necessary to do more than to announce the fact. An author whoso name and works are known in more than thirty languages, and whoso two novels have reaohod a Bale of mOro than eight hundred thou sand volumes in this countty alone, will not surely want for readers. We shall look for the coming numbers of “ The Minister’s Wooing ” with groat interest .—ttoston Transcript . THE LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. LATER FROM HAVANA. AKUtYAI. OP ritls VAUAWBA. New Totifc. Dec. 6—The eteamfinhlp Oshawba has Arrived, with Havana dates to tile 80th ult. The new steamer Coramaudetarto, from Philadel phia. where she was eonatrueted, arrived at Havana on he 20th nit, in eight days passage A grand bull-fight look plaoe at Havana on the 28th tilt., aa a part bf the festlvltiefl ioaagnratlog the com pletion of the new water worka for supplying the city. Several arrests have b*en make at Havana of parties charged with being concerned in a conspiracy against the government. The prisoners are believed to be in nocent. The bark Rover, for New Yotk. had returned to Ha. vana In distress, having btien run Into. The vessel was not much damaged, but one of the crew w*b lost over* board. Our Havana correspondent quotas sterling exchange at 112X0118. Exchange on New York and Philade'phia 3 per cent, premium. Bursts are unchanged. The atOok in lota la 60,- 003 boxos, which will be exhausted by the ahipments of the ensuing Week Freights are inactive, awaiting the new crop Arrival of Senator Dougins At New Or leans--Enthusiastic Reception. NkW Orleans. Dec 4—Senator Douglas arrived in the city last evening, on board the steamer City of Memphis. Be was welcomed by a sa’ute of one hun dred gun?, and escorted by the mayor and aldermen, in carriages to the St. Charles Hotel. An Immense con course of citizens assembled In front of the hotel, and, being oiled out, Benator Douglas made a brief speech, thinking, hla fellow-citizen? for the honor accorded him. Hla remark" excited tbe greatest enthusiasm. He is to add*eis tbe oUlzens on Mondiy. The True ftelta urges hie claims for the Presidency. From Washington* Washington, Dre. 6.—The report of the Secretary of the Treasury has not yet tyen made accessible, but ft la gen'er*Uy understood that It Will contain no recom* mendation tending to disturb'materially the existing tariff law, while modifications mi j be suggested in tbe transfer of a few artiolea.to schedules other than those jn which they are now enumerated Attaching much importance to a stable tariff, that the Interests of com merce may not be Injured, and believing,that tbe pre sent law will ultimately yield a sufficiency of revenue, the Inference seem? to be that he would, rather than that tbe tariff should be ohsnged in i 4 s prominent fea tures, prefer a refiort to loan* lo cases of temporary erabaerarsment I S' 3* I | SI S 9 0 gis Lieut. Ivrit of the topographical engineers, has pre pared a preliminary report of tbe results of bis expedi tion for the exploration of the Colorado of the West, which will probablv appear with the report of tbe Se cretary of War. The expedition was a hgtaly successful one, and the results are of an important character. He ascended that river in a steamboat (Ive hundred mlloe, and considers tbe navigation prac'lcabte frftbatd's tance for etbatnflrs of tight drattaht. It fS thdught that the opening of this river may develop an economical avenUe of transportation to large portions of New Mex ico, California, and Utah. After the hydrographio sur vey and examination was made of the previously no known region alooor the thirty-sixth parallel which is traversed by the Upper* Colorado and Its tributaries, the couotry was found to possess such novel and re markable features as to render the explorations of tbe highest Interest There IS little* If any, doubt that a law w*ll be passed at the ensuing session of Congress extending the pre emption laws to Utah. At present, no sett er Jn Hie Territory has a legal title to bis land. The surveys are progressing and already two millions of acres are ready for the market. From what ia said in military quarters, it Is probable that a strong force will continue to be kept In Utah. Though the Mormons are quiet at pre sent, they are not resigned to the circumatences which surround theni. Further Reports from Mexico* Washington, Dec. 4—The New Orleans pipers, of Monday last, received by maU. contain an extract from the Havana JHarfo de la JTarina.of tbe 2stb ef No vember, saying that General Robles had routed the forces of General La Lave at Jalapa, taking tbe latter prisoner. Letters from Vera Craa to the 18th ultimo, are said to confirm this statement, which, the ttiatio remarks, was conveyed to Havana by the Spanish brig Yfzoaino, from Sisal, in private letters written by per sons cf credibility. The New Orleans Picayune, how ever, having dates to the 22d alt., without a word re ferring to Geneiral La Lave’a defeat, doubts the whole itoijr. The President’s Message. WASttiNafoN, Deo o.—The President’s Message BUa ten columns of the Washington Union. Virginia Democratic State Conven tion. NOMINATION OF DON. iOBN LBTOfIER FOB GOVERNOR. PbteHsbobo, Dec B—id o’clock P. M.—Mr. Pryor eont nued hla remarks tipin tho re-assembling of tho Convention this evening) .and concluded amid tre mendous applause from the throng present. He was followed by William fit. Trad way aod 0. Jennings Wise, who both urg'd the nomination of Mr. Letcher for Governor. Mr Wise is still speaking, and it Is understood that the balloting will Commence as soon as he concludes. Petkbsboro, Deo. 4._-The Convention got through the first ballot at four o’clock this morning. The in terest in the proceedings was intense) and the crowd remained until the close. The candidates for the nomination of Governor ■fret© Mbeace. Letcher, Hopkins; Edmondson, Smith, 'of tireen Briar, Brockenbrohgn And John RahddlpS Tucker. lion. John Letcher was nominated by about 17,600 mMorlty over all. Tho Convention then adjourned till eleven o'clock this mm’ulnr. Letcher’s friends are In ecstasies. PBTfeasjleßO Dec. 4.—The Convention re-assembled this morning at il o’clock. The delegates voting for Mr. Letcher for Governor represented voters number ing 86,630. and hi" majority overall the other candi dates was 17 620. The nomination was Ihlsmorniog made unanimous. Mr. Gordon, of Albemarle) 0. Jen- Elnge Wtae, ana other former bitter opponents of Mr. etcher, jbledged themselves to do everything to secure bis election. , John Randolph Tdcker Was nominated for Attorney General by acclamation. A debate then ensued upon' tho nomination for Lieutenant Governor, and tbe merits of tho six or more candidates were discussed. The Convention will probably complete the nomint. tions, tmd adjourn to-night. 1 South Carolina Legislature. Columbia, South Carolina,December V. Por ter, of Charleston, has been elected President of the Senate in place of James' Oheanut, elected United States Senator. JResoijltioDß «cre yesterday .introduced in the House Instructing the Representatives In Congress to use all their snorts tb secure the repeal of all measures of the General Government restrictive of the slate trace, the same boms in derogation of the rights of the South. The resolution will be oalled up for consideration to day. Soiling of the Steamer City of Balti 3 ore, he steamship City of Balti mote railed from this port at nobu tb-day for Li verpeol, with over three hundred passengers and $ll6, 000 in specie. Collision in Chesapeake Bay* Baltimobs, Deo. 4 — The steamer North Carolina came in collision lost night, about ten o’clock with an unknoWtf vessel off Annapolis. The smoke stuck and upper works of the steamer were shattered. No lives were lost, The North Carolina was from this port, bound to Norfolk. t Counterfeit Notes. Avqurta, Dec. 4—Counterfeit Cfty-dollsrnoleeon the Georgia Railroad Bank have been pat in Simula tion here They are well eograved ana executed, and likely to doceive. THE CITY. Fourteenth Ward Murder—lnquest. About one o’clock oa Patfirday morning. Cffioer Har ter, of the Eighth district, was Informed-that % mm bid been knocked down at the corner of Twelfth and Willow ntreete. and that he was then lying in an insen sible and helpless condition. The officer at once re paired to the spot, and conveyed him to the Fourteenth ward station-house, where he shortly after died Coro ner Fenner commenced an investigation on Saturday, which will be resumed this afternoon at three o’clock. We bltb below the evidence, as far as it was taken: Mirgaret Uitnatan sworn—l reside at the southeast cornet of Twelfth and Willow streets } keep a hoarding hoUse; don’t know deceased; last evening, between 12 and 1 o’clock, white attending to my domestic duties, Hea/d two gentleman talking on the upper corner; went to the door, anti still heard the volcSb ; the talking was net unreasonable; the mbn were intox’eated; saw two otbe* men Come byj young men. Who were also intoxi cated ; they crossed the track in Willow street; I went In ard shut tbo door; said nothing to these men before doinv so; Went up stairs, and shortly after heard the ory of “ murder;” came down again, unfastened tho do*>r. and looked out; heard two men ooming from towards Oallowhtll street; they followed amandowa Willow street; presently they oamebank; asked them what was the matter, when one of them said, with an oath I do not like to repeat, "I have killed the s—of a b—, and could kill flftv more such men;” I then wakened Mr. Matthew MiNamara, who was sleeping on a settee; and asked him if he did not hear the cry of "murder;” he got up and we lighted a can die, and when everything was still went over to the northwest corner of Twelfth and Willow, and found the man in his blood; the men I speak rf na*sed my house going down Willow: couldn’t say whether they had on hats or osps; think they wore caps; neither of the men had been in my house; never saw them or the murdered man before; they were of small alee; no : man, except McNamara, went from my house to toe the murdered man; three other men live with us; they saw nothing of it; the men supposed to have murdered the mao went down Willow street; before this I saw them on the corner looking for something; I examined the shoos of the murdered man to see whether he was an American or an Irishman; soon after we found the roan two gentlemen cime down Twelfth street: they wore business coats; I asked them if they were officers: they said they wore act; “where are oar officers?” said I; “ won’t you go to the hall [station-house] and find an officer—there’s a man murdered here on the corner;” this was between 12 and 1 o’clock; had no private company at my house that evening, wbh tbe exception of a young girl; had no male company; Frank Campbell [who boards with the wltoea«J Is a small sized man; a little fellow; generally dresses { n dark clothes, and wears a cap: he was in bed at the time of the disturbance, [in officer was bare despatched for Campbell, who subsequently appeared and gave his testimony. The witness then went on to desclbothe else and appoarance or her boarders.] I keep no liquor in my house; when I want it for the children, or for myself In s’ckness, I send out for It; don’t know where my boarders get their liquor; suppose they buy it, tbero enough places; think that onoofthetwo menlßawtnnr dered the man; I first saw two mon on the corner; they seemed to bo Intoxicated; I<fter»ards saw two other men ; one of tboso I think murdered the man; the murder occurred shortly after I first heard the two rneu talking on the cornor; the mau who sail he had .'•omrrftW the murder gave as a reason for doing if, that the fellow wanted to steal his watch ; I could not recognise tho men who passed my house If I were to see lbo'u ; my hnrband is In business for himself: he bays aud soils coal, And in a good man. [The witness was here permitted to retire, whon tbe remarked: " I hopo I shall not he wanted here again, for this is a business I was never In before. Besides, I am tho mother of ten children, aud have them to attend to! ”] Matthew McNamara sworn.—l board with Mrs. Canavao; while I was lying on the settee, between twelve and ono o’clock last night, Mrs. Canavan came running down stairs, And, shoving me. said, " Get up— there’s murder holleredl jumped up, pulled on my shoes, and then heard the cry of murder; saw two men ooming up Twelfth street;.Mrs Canavan asked them what was tho matter; on* of them said that they had been tackled on to by two fellows, and that one of them wanted to steal h r o watoh: that he had killed the a— of a b—, by G—, and could kill fifty more ; these men then went down Twelfth street; Mia Ciuavan and I stood at tho door some minutes; I thou tcok a candle and went across Willow street, to the mau lying there—“killed two gentlemen came either up or down Twelfth street; we stopped them, and inquired if they were ofiioers; I was about to run up to the, Hall to get a policeman, but these gentle men went for ono; they wero dressed in black; were young-looking men, and had smooth fanes; wore black hats, to the best of my knowledge; I work in the factory at Sixteenth and Willow streets; Mrs Canavan does not sell l'quor; know Frank Campbell; he boards with M's. Canavan; he did not comedown stairs at all; I was the only man roused; Mf Canavan was not at home; do not believe ho knows anything vbout the afifsir; am certain the mau who stood next to Mrs. Canavan at tbe door wore a hat; ho had nothing to say at all; I never knew tho man who was killed; never saw him before; helped the officer to put him into a wheel barrow; five drlveis boa-d with Mrs. Canavan; none of the oilier men wero present; the watchman and I were all that wore present when the m*n was picked up; saw no shlUlah or stick of any kind; do not know how the mau wm struck; he w»* just breath ing when the policeman came up; saw only the dying man and the two men who citne <bwn Twelfth ntroot; tho wa chmau sa'd that a man who ran down Willow street hallooed muider; the two uiun who were speaa- Ing to Mrs. Cnuavan talked very loud, and left vory shortly after disturb tnce; Sirs Canavan has a daugh’er seventeen yoars of ago; sho was sleeping ip her mother’s bed; tue wen seemed to he in liquor; there is a back way to our place; heard no names men tioned ; the murdered man’s hat was found on tbe aide- |. walk; therewasnoalaimoffireaboutthetimeoflheoc curreoce; uw do person ru&'except the two before aaraod; heard the cfodkstrike'one; went as far as Plea sant street with the dying plan’s cap; am not ac anointed with the watchman at the factory; do not know hie name; bAve do knowledge of the men who spoke to Mrs Caa&raoi never saw them before; fheir : attoe were abottt twenty-live or twenty-siX; the ono | who stood next to me bad a smooth face; be said by his “ ak «s be coaid murder fifty such jn® D » this lady [Mrs. I ,J standing in the door when the men went dowh the street; Mr. Qtnavan generally dresses in 'isrkclothes. and wears a Kossuth bat; he Is not In the “fflf ® r away from not know at hora9 this morning; I hare break fast about half-past six; do not know Whether be was wi-*- ? U *5J his business calls him away sometimes; _® PhoenlxTille two weeks ago! do not know 7iw S wL5 # WM ? w J« Bt «rday; he was at home the cwtSn IV V? Tf S ? * be hou ** af.er suppers, am fwJJ Viffc W “ ot i“ bfd yesterday mornirg; bare HwiiMuiity* OenaTan about three months; never £S«V. Mll liattor} Ido without Uquor; never want It; **l 6r * iw aoy one go in for it; she has treated me now th ®“> but I never paid her for any; I believe she gives her men a drop once In a white, on cold morn ings, when they want It; she cave me no llduoi yester day? do not drink any at all; nothing bat tea and coffee; fltapKy man! remarked the coroner ;1 she has a k*hd of counter; and has some porter bottles; none larger than these; do not know whether she charges the liquor to her men at the week’s end or not. James A.Deemerswora —Live In Brown street, above Broad; am watchman of Hager, Saosrtn (c Barren’s foundry; about half past 12 o’clock last bight, a* near as. I can tell, I heard a noise as If men were walking; thought there were two men. and that they were intoxl dated; they went up above Pleasant street, came back, and went down to the back door; here they stoppe* for I a few minutes; they then went to ihe comer of Twelfth I And Willow streets, where they stopped; I heard them there until near 1 o’clock; about that time I heard : some men on Twelfth street-doming either np or 1 think they came down; heaia more talk,and th?n a tussle, which lasted one or two minuses; thought they were acquainted with one another, had been drinking, ■ and were skylarking; I look'd oot or the window, however, Immediately after the tussle, and saw a man running down Willow s’reet, crying “murd-r;” two men were after him; they ; soon came back, and stopped at Mrs Oanavan’s, say log. with an oath, that the decsised and friend wanted !i. *C“i! and tbstthey had given it tohlm ; il brigged about what they had done} one said, wok at mj fiststhey appeared to be Intoxi ®*tod; shortly a’ter the two men came baok, a man Willow Atreet, and wd called on him to stop, 1 thought it wts the man who was with deceesed , i did not notice particularly the dress ?/ 'be n»»n; I don’t think I could recognise either of them, they were rather small men; I wanted MeNa faara to follow the two men. but Mrs. 0. would not let him do ao; she said she wsa alone, and was afraid; thase men were dressed In dark clothe*; I supposed they were young men from the way they were cutting np and laughing; they did not appear to be genteelly dressed; there was very little noise made; I did not see their features; do not know Mr Ceoavan’S boarders ; could i recognise one or two of them perhaps; ata slightly ac quamted with hSr husband; he is Iu business for him* self; has hones and carts; believe he is not’n the habit of being away from home: he was away at the time; beard MrS, Oanaftfl say sue was sitting up with the Children; heard no hames 'mentioned; saw no clubs or sticks; wis not near enough j both tno men I saw were dressed in dark clothes; do not know whether they had hats or caps on ; could not tell whether ther were young 6'old; supposed they vert yottag: don’t know what they talked about; they had very H'.tle to gay; did not talk over fire minutes'; supposed they were all drunk together; don’t know whether Mrs. Canaven sells liquor; don’t know her hoarders’ names; think some men board there about the else of the men I saw; these men had nothing light about their dress; it was very dark last night no moonlight. * Prank Campbell sworn.—Hye with Mrs Osnavan; bare lived with her for a short time; drive cart for Mr. Oanavao; was at home and in bed this morning; did not get np when I heard'the cry of murder or some thing like it; remained In bed; did not exaotly under stand the cry as that or murder; two young fellows sleep with me, Harry Bowie and another; Bowie is About my lifle; am sure I waS In bed; Mr. Osnavan was notat borne; he was at home at dinner—not at suppe*; It was a little after eleven o’clock when 1 went to bed; saw no strangers in the bouse; all went to bed togeth er, leaving no one about the house hut those who roomed there; Bougherty and MeElroy were to; the other man sleeps down stairs; Harry Bowie has has been living there over a year; 1 have been living tfiere, this time, going a mouth; Harry is not here; I hare not seen him here; t carry a watch; neither of the oihdr boarders carrywatchea; have ne ver seen the man who got killed; heard a man say be knew him; one of the boarders knew him well; the man who told me this is Bougherty; have not heard him mention that any disturbance was about to take place; Dougherty sleeps with tfeßl roy; we all went np to bed together; heard the fass, but dia not get up; do not know any other person ex cept Bougherty who knows the dead man; he said no thing farther than that he knew the man right well Michael Widotn sworn.—Last evooing. about quarter to 12 o’clock. I heard a disturbance at the corner of Thirteenth and Pearl streets: I ran down; saw two men clinched ; was about going to them, when I thought la might be the landlord putting a m»n out of his hour o. end did not go; heard no further disturbance after that; went on around my beat, and when I came hack the house was closed; the next news I heard was or this oc currence at the corner of Twelfth and Willow; I could not recognise the man that was clinched; about the time I saw them they fell; the door or the house im- Siedlafely after opened, then shotand tasked; I eard of the disturbance at Twelfth and’ Willow after it Was over j Was going'up Twelfth street when I heard of it;l then couttauedoflm y beat down to Tine street, up Twelfth to Pleasant, and so on; did not see anything of the difflcultr; the only difficulty 1 saw was at Thir teenth and Pearl; a manouts’de told ms he left Bar rett at that house about 11 o’clock. Michael Mount sworn —I live at Eleventh and Car penter streets, bat work up here: I knew Barrett, the decent 61, and forked with him at the foundry So sair* ▼lew street; after we were paid off last night, three or four of as, including Barrett, went to a tavern and got a drink; Barrett and I then went to * tavern at Thir teenth and Wood streets, played bavatetie, and got an other drink; a party of young men etna in, and wo stopped playing; Barrett and I then left* and went down Thirteenth street, where we stopped at an old ac quaintance of Barrett’s, who kept tavern, and we went In, and be treated ns to hlfl best whiskey; being anxious to get home, as it was growing late, I to the front doer to leave; Barrett followed, with the landlord, sod wanted me to coma hack and drink again-; I refused, when Barrett and hia friend went back into the honse, mid ! think locked the door; I then went down home, taking the luce and Sooth Tenth streets ears; in the bouse of Barrett’s friend tilers was a little tussle between him and Barrett, all in good hdmffr; when I left him he was not noisy and a little tipsy, but able to carry hfawelf straight; I never had any difficulty with hint In my Ilf**y before I !e v t the bouse Barrett borrowed a quarter from moj don’t knowhow much money be hid with him; w«m in bla .company ffnn the time he got his wages Until I left him; the menwhoeame into the'flrsthouse. where we were playing bagatelle, were quite young— mer* boys; tndj* left before wo did; believe the party had no watches; B&freti hoarded in Tairview street, between Sixteenth and fleventeftfthj the man who keeps the house where I left B'fietx is a light man; Barrett told me he was a first*rate fellow j was there when they (Barrett and the landlord) were clinched: saw no officers outside ; never knew Barrett to quarrel with any man ] was raised with him in the old country; 1 drank as much as he did, but not too much; went to Thirteenth and Race, after leaving Barrett, ate a piece of pte and some oysters; this was about U o’clock; after that took the can for Carpenter street and went home \ Barrett went to work In M&tthewa <fc Morris’S fottfidry Jeven weeks ago.; have seen him pretty well in liquor e called over at my house; he told me he was a raem berof the Qooc Will Engine ; he had had no difficulty with the members to mf knowledge; he W*s an inoffen* sive man when sober, I knew mnl afidhia brother well inthe old country; Barrett came oat Bore before me; don’t know whether he was fa the habit of rOfinffltr to fires with his company; beard him say he wee going down to the engine house that night to s’e about his equipments; first heard that he was murdered when I came here to*day; was brought hers by an officer; did not hear him aij he was going to fight with any btfiy; would know the landlord of the tavern If I should see him. fThe landlord wad now brought Into the roqm. and recognised by the witrd«a.) . Hugh Oanafan/ swoVn.—l keep a public honse at the N.B borner of Thirtieth and Pearl streets; have known Barrett four or five yearn; he was in my honse last night-between 11 and 12 o’clock} ha loft before 12; Andrew SlcFarlan-i, Henry Early and rotas Other men, whose nudes I cdu’t recoßdct, were in the hottts at the time he was there; It being near abutting up time 1 wanted him to leave, but he wotfid not, ana wanted me to let him havo a balf-pint of liquor; 1 Aafdhe mn»t go; he aaid he wouldn’t, and that I couldn’t put hiet out; I then caught hola of him and we both fell, he ed top of me; I called to McFarland to taka him off; I was intoxicated myself at the time, and I c*n’t tall what happened after tilat } my hired girl told me he want away after that; I went fo bed at ooo#: Mc- Farland and Early. staid all nigbi, a fid Early slept In the kitchen; the girl told me She got Barrett to go out, and one of the men. whore niimq I don't know, went with him ; I think hi' name is Me* Quald; I don’t know where he Urea; I think he has been at ray house before ; don’t know whether he was la the house when Barrett came in or not; tbiok he had On a brown coat and a cap: wssayouog rosn; would take him to be about twcuty-three years of age; his business is that of a moulderat least he worked at that bttsfnera once ; do not know where he is em ployed; seldom frequents my house; the sirl has been living with meabout?tWomonths; know McQu'ldwhen I see him; know people who are acquainted with him; he Is a single mao, I believe: think I treated b m twice; saw no policemen at the door; think I shut the door to let the parties sos I would not keep open any longer; thought It wav late enough for tb em to stop there: thlok I could find McQuaid, because I could make him out; I cannot swear positively, but think be was the man who went out with Barrett; am under the impression that I locked the door when these men went oat. Officer Harrer sworn —Went to the oa ner of Twelfth and Willow streets, and found the man named Barrett on the sidewalk ; two men were ooming Up Twelfth street for An officer; when I first saw the man I did not think he was so bad; he did not speak aflorbe was picked np; lired two hours after he was brought to the hall; saw but three persons; the men who met me were both dressed in black; they informed me of the affair; one of iho men had on a esp, and was a young mao; tho other was a tall man, and had on a black hat; very gentleroanly-loofciog men and sober. Dr. 5 P Drawn sworn. Made a post-mortem exami nation of the brdy; earns t> see tbe deceased about half-past one o’clock last night; he was comatose, with stertorous breathing, and all the usual symptoms of compression of the b.*ain; he was dying, but lin gered along in a complete of unconsciousness until twenty-five minutes past three, when he expired ; his face was very much swollen; his upper lip waa one inch thiokor more; right rye entirely swelled shut; be was bleeding considerably at the moutb and nose; upper lip cut on the inside against his teeth ; nose very much bruised; a braise at tbe outer angle of tbe right eve, aud a slight cut above tbe eye: indeed, the whole right side of the face was a brnisea mass; there were so braises or irjnrv on his bedy: on remov ing the scalp, I observed a contusion above tbe left eye, just wirhlntho hair; there was a great falre B of the vesnols of the scrip and brain; some blood effused at the base of the bnio; he died of compression of the brain; he roust have been s’rnck with some blunt instrument; the skin is not much cut; his death was the result of bows received; sometimtfl a fall will occasion death; but not to ii'tbia case; there were no bruises on the back part of bis head. Brama Jane Higgins sworn.—-Live with Mr o«navsn ; recollect this disturbance between Ur Cane Tan ant Barrett: pulled Mr. Canavan into the house: did not knot Mr. Barrett; ho went out with Mr McQmde; neither boarded at our house ; closed the house at 12 o’c’ock; Mr. Canavan immediately after this weLtnp to bed. The case was hero adjourned ontil Monday, 3 o’cleok P. M. MARINO A CoNVKYANCK OF A SAILOR.— An honest tai,wboh*d stool the brunt o' manv a pi teous storm, and had spent < a life on the, ocean wave.” and had »t length succeeded in reaching' the height of his ambition, being tho lucky possessor of the snug little sumof ono hundred dollars, conoluded that he would forsake his long-established calling, and settle down on *«rra./lvmtt. Hi» attention was &*tr< cted by a notice in one of the morning papeis, which set forth “that a young man of oapital, with one hundred dollars, could procure alight and pleasant bu*>lress ” The sailor went to an intelligence office, where the advertisement atited that applicants were to apply, and the proprietor of the place made known the terms. He stated that he was a conveyancer and ttiat he wished to disnoso of his interest in the business, which he would do for a hundrod dollars, aud teach the pur chaser the art of conveyancing in two months, Jin a few days, however, poor Jack found that he was entire ly unfitted for the position be had assumed, and la despair was about relinquishing his situation and put ting ofT to sea, when some of his friends heard of the imposition practised on him, and, last Saturday, brought the parties before Recorder Eneu, and it is to be hoped that the conveyancer will be compelled to disgorge the aforeaa’d money. Recovery of Counterfeit Coin. — A few days since, information was lodged at the Nineteenth ward station-house, by a citizen named James Glenn, residing in Lewis street, above Emory, against a man, named Sherman Button, who was suspected of being a doa’er in counterfeit money Officers were at once set upon the track of Sutton, who was arrested on Friday night, about 2 o’clock, on Richmond street, above the Reading railroad. Ho had In bis possession a valise. In which were found a few articles of olothtng, a couple of kutvfD, upwards of $5OO In spurlouß hoif and quarter dollars, and a nooket-book containisg notes and gold amounting to s>6o. supposed to be genuine. The ac cused hai s from Delaware county, New York, and frera a number of papers which he had with him, Is supposed tobe a raftsman He had a hearing before Aid. Cloud oi Saturday morning, and was committed fn default of $1,500 ball for his appearance before the United States Commissioner. Running Again.—Wo are pleased to loom that the injunction againßt the Spruce and Pine rail road has been removed, and that the ca,rs, this morn ing, will commence running again. Fire.— About.one o’clock yesterday morn, jpg a fire was discovered in the third story'of the butid i’? at the northwest corner Of Secood'and Peek atree's, T ne edifice was occupied on .the firrt floor by a tobacco nist, and npetaira-fy*. Messrs.' KUlegore & £rwen, c\rvm, and others. The. -flames - apread rapidly through the building, and- when the firemen reached - nß<l attained considerable headway. c hctked, however, by the atwamera *vf * n4 Hops Hose which e JrV •” d - ! s t *ady streams into the burning Bmjftmik H.w Oompigy. . who fane control or the stationary steam eogfneof Dr. Ja yn». alio rendered material aid in quenching the fire, their h t , r ;r.K« dl^ d U th ?, »« "KSiK!‘ The band engines were promptly on hind, and' were ss active as usual in their services." The Inks is not koown. r J The Firemen.— A committee of the Good Will Begins Company of this city 'started for Baltt more last evening, with the large roll frame matin-' factored by Collins Ac Baker for..the above named company, and intended for a testimonial to the tiber'y Engine Gospany of Baltimore. They expect to be ab sent four days. _ The alterations and extensive improve* meofcs being made to the Good -Will engine house, to fit it for tne etfsmar, are rapidly Oo Friday last the floors ware laid and the additional building “ topped out ” The steam engine now build ing by McOausland will be -ready for trial in about two weeks. Fire in Germantown.— On Saturday morning last, about half-past three o’e lock, Officers Culp aod Brooks discovered Dames issuing from a stone barn in Sboenuker’slsne near the TownahipL’ne road, ip the Twenty-second ward. -The enttre structure, with its contents, consisting of about ten tons,of hay and a wagon was completely destroyed At the time the ft-e ®iscovered there were ten or twelve cows in the building, all of which were fortunately rescued' The loss is estimated at $3OO, The Are is attributed to the work of an incendiary. A Mother Giving Up Her Child.— A young woman made her appearance before the. Court of ' Qiarter Sessions on Saturday last, snd. ebatgintf her husband with desertion, expressed .her entire willing ness to release the defendant from'all responsibility to support her, if he wonld but take from her and keep’ her child, only seven-weeks of aje. Bhe'stated to Judge Thompson that she desired to rid herself of her offspring. We do not remember ever before having seen such a heartless exhibition, - - - - Saturday evening last quite a serioui aflrsy took place in a lager beer .saloon at tf ansyunk We have not been able to, obtain the full Particulars, but It sfemq that two Germans, Jceeph odman and Frederick fiorg, became very much exci ted, aod after many angry werda forg attacked Rodmsn with a knife, and Inflicted a very severe wonnd, which m&y prove fatal. Sorg was arrested and committed to prison. New Cabs.— The Second and Third street line have'received.* number of handsome new ears from Wilmington, Delaware, which wfll be pieced sm the line to-day. * - * * Sudden Heath.— Last evening a man named 9 a “J died very suddenly at his residence. No. 1428 Oadwalader street. Tke corooerwas notified to attend. * * Slight Fire.—An alarm of fire was created about half : past seven o’clock last 'evening by the ex- Eiosion of a fluid lamp, at a house near Front and Cbat am streets.- * FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The Money Market. PaiLinsLPHiiyDeo. 4,3858. We have the December r number of the Bankers Afagaztnl, published by J. Smith Homans. Etq,, New Tork This magasloe has become the channel far ft. publication of the papers'read before the Currency Re form Association,'of that'city,'some of which appear In the preset number - Tbe Brie Canal navigation has pmotieaUy closed, and freights' are already, being along the line from the boats to :ibe New .Tork Central ears The river navigation is also uncertain, and the Hudson River rosd has better employment for its freight can, besides nearly moropoHsing the passenger trade be tween New Tork and Albany. The connection between the New Jersey Central and the Lehigh Talley roads and the Pennsylvania Centra) Rviroad will be made injlhfl coarse of January next, by the completion of tbe'link between the Lehigh Talley aui the Be&diog road, the Connection between tke latter and Pennsylvania Central being already made. The Al lentown Democrat says: “ That eoatracta have been entered into for laying the track along the whole line of the Bast Pennsyl vania road from its ju etion with the leh’gh Yal'sy at that place to Beading; and that the b*d ef the road is ready for tbe rails nearly thB whole distance. It fa also said that the oars will be vanning in January. This seems to bs an early period for Its completion: bnt If the work li jn as great a state of forwardness in other places as it is near our borough, we doubt not they will accom plish it.” * * The commissioners of the sinking fund of the State of Pennsylvania having authorised the-purchase of 100,000 of State five per cent, bonds, Henry 9. M»graw, Bsq , the State Treasurer, advertises that proposals for the sale of the whole, or a part of the same, will be received at the Treasury Department, Harrisburg, until 2 o’clock on the 16th of December, 1658. Itbas been falsely reported Ib\t the wafer would be drawn eff the Tide*water canal on the Jstb fast. The time for drawing off the water from the Pennsylvania canal, which was fixed for December 15th, is extended to December 27th, and -the Tide-water canal will be kt pt open till then, or longer, unless closed by severe eold weather. . The following la the United States Trea-raiy state, meet to November 29: Tressorjr balance.....'. Amount of receipts.... Drafts raid Drafts 1eaned.,,,....,, Nedaotioh*. 56,793,646 01 666 966 42 862.237 26 833.243 09 266,278 27 Sbipmeotg of Coal orer the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad, For the week, ending Dee. 2d, 1858 PreTiomly this year... Total this year To same date last year.., Ineresi .*,...20,8*6 « PHILADELPHIA STOOK EXCHANGE BALES, December 4,1869. tirOBTIO BY MiJTI.UY', MOWS,&OO-, 8 ASK-MOTS, BTOOM, AMD BZOOIBOB MO JISBWMBT OOBMBI TMIBD AMD OBIffMOT STffkKTS. .7 TIBET 1 600Penua55........ 95* 1000 do 95* 1000 Morris Canal 65..- 89* 500 Beading R 6s >B6. 74* 600 do ....; 74* 1000 do 74* 200 Cam A Am 6s >67.86 600 Long Island R 6s 85 600 do 85 600 Hazleton Bonds.. 91 1000 Union Oul 6s. .b& 36 1000 do b 5 35 13PennaB.; .in lots 42*| s^Penn»R......eaah 83 Banbury tc Erie B. 35 50 Reading 8.... cash 85jtf 10 Planters* .Bk, Term OdvalOO 9 Phil* Bk caahUT# 10 Morris Canal Pref.. in ioum 60 Union Canal Pref.. 3£ U Minehill B..inlota 61* 10 do ..........b& 6l£ 1 Beaver Meadow 8.. 69£ | 8 Harrisburg 8.. cash 69 t BOARDS. | BETWEEN lOOOPeooafrs 95# | 9 Pkilada Bk 117# | 16 Penn* R 42# SECOND 742.63 Penna 65..... 95# 1500 Sohl Nay 6a *82.. 72 i 2800 do 72 1000 Elmira R Ist m 7# 72# 2000 N Pennaß 65..b5 62# 1000 Beading B 6b *B6 sswn 75 1000 Catawlsea B7b .. 48# 1000 do 48# 6 Rearer Afeadow.. 59# 140 Planters* £k. Tea I b 5106 lOOommonwHh Bk. 21# 8 do 21# CLOSING PBH Bid. Asiid. Phi1a05......... 99 99# do B 09 99# do New. .103 103# Penna Gs 95# 95# Beading A .25# 25# do fids *70..83 83# dO Mtg 63*44.93 95 * dO & >86.74# 76 PennaA..«<«/,.,42# 43 do 38tm65...103 165 do 2dm 65....0i# 92# Morris Can C0n..47# 49# co Pref...... 108 I<B# BchaylNarfls *B2 71* 72 Seh Narlmp 65..73# 74 [l6O Schl NaT Pref.... 16* (60 do 16* 3 Commonwealth Bk 21X 100 Beading B 25X 1 Peonaß 43 14 City 8k......2dys 45 5 Lehigh Talß 42 100 Chester Val R.... 5U 18 Lehigh Nav M* 10 Union Bk,Ten..bs 99# 5 do M 99* 200 Ilmira lO V 100 do h 6 10* 64 do b 6 10,y 14 Girard Bk. 12 ÜBS—STEADY. Bid. Ashed. Schtfar Stock... 8* 9 do Pref 36V 17 Wnup’t ic 21m 8.10 10* do 76l8tmtg 72 72* do 2d 61* 62* Long Wand 11* 11* Glraid Bank 11* 12 Leh Ooal& Nar.,.6o* 60* do Scrip... 29 29* N Peona B 8* 9 do 6a 62 62* H9IT Or66k * * C dtpiriwa 8.... 6 6* LGhigft Zuw..... 1 I* PHILADELPHIA MABKETS, Dec. 4—EVSKIHo.— Breadstuff* are without any marked change, and the Flour market vary quiet, the demand belog confined to supply the wants of the trade at from $5 to $5 3734 for superfine, $5 50©5.76 for extras, and $fi06.76 V bbl for extra family Flour and fancy brands, ss in quality ; there Is no inquiry for shipment, and we quote standard ■ brands at $5.12#«& 25. Bye Flour is held at fit, and Pennsylvania Corn Meal at $3 25 1? bbl, but there la UUle or nothing doing in either. Of Wheat the receipt* and sales are light, and prices about the same; sOmW 4,509 bus hare been disposed of, In lots, at 120 a for In* ferior, 125®128c for good aud prime red, and at 1350 142 c for white, as in quality. Bye is wanted, and Penn sylvania sold at 80c. Corn—new yellow is unsettled and lower, with Bales of 5,000 bushels to notice, at 68®73 cents, at in quality, including 1,200 bushels New Jersey, on terms kept private; at the close good dry lots only brought 08c; 800 bushels old yellow also Bold at 85®S9c, and 500 bushel white at 7s®Boo. Oats are in steady demand, and 6,000 bushel Bold at 4&ft ® for Delaware; 46e«t470 for Pennsylvania, the latter fur a prime lot in store. Park—there has been some little inquiry for Quercitron, but the market is inactive, and 41 hhds., only sold st $3O for first No. 1 Cotton—there is less firmness lo the market, and only 150 hales found buyers at about previous quotations Borne holders are more anxious to veil. Seed—the demand for Cloverseed is rather better to-day, and 450 bushel hare been taken at $5.25<r5.V50 for common end fair seed and $5 Gift#' bushel fix good lots. Timothy is selling at troth el. Of Flaxseed, a sale of 1,000 bushels domestic was made at $1.60a51.62ft bushel. In Grrceries and Provisions there is very little doing, and no changes in tho markot Mess Pork Is firm at $lB bbl. Whis key-holders are rather firmer; drudge sold at23ftc; hhds at 24)4, Pennsylvmia bbls 250, and Ohio at 25ft ®26c V gallon. [CHANGE—December 4 BOA&D. NEW YORK STOCK Bi &EOOSO 7000 Missouri 63 89ft 100 CO do s6O *B* 6.t0 Br’lvn Owl 102 5000 Erie Hobs *7l 45 3COO Harß 31 mbs 66)4 2000 N J Cun Istmb 100 1000 51 0 It R Spc Ist nit a f con bs 95)4 20 shnOcesnßk 87 50 DeIAHOaC eOO 100# 100 Pac 5188 Co sls 91# 60 do tb 01)4 60 do £39 91* 400 Penn Coal Co 81)4 200 N Y Cen R b6O 83,%' 100 do P*c 88ft 200 do slO 83ft 200 Hud R R b6O 33ft 25 th* Hud R R b6O 34 100 do SCO 33ft 100 liar R pref s6O 80 100 Panama R s 5 120 ft 100 Read! eg B *6O 51 100 do s3O 51 200 Gal & Chi R b6O 73 10 do 73 100 Ohio ARk I R 62 100 do 62ft 100 do s3O 01 250 do s6O 62 1(0 do 810 62ft 100 do bOO 02)4 100 Mil & Mis R b3O 12ft 100 do 12ft 50 do * 12ft Markets by Telegraph. Mcdilb, Dec 3.- Cotton—sales to-day 3 000 bales ; sales o' tbe week, 15 600 hales; receipts of tbe week, 21 000 bales againit 21 610 bales fo* tbe corresponding week of last year; receipts ahead of last year. 104,0 f 0 bales. The stock in port Is now 107,C00 bales. There are now four ships end six barques in pert. Cot ton freights to Liverpool, 9-lßths; to Havre, ft. Sterling exchange lO7kolO7ft Oiiaulestok. Deo. 3—Sales of Cotton to-day 1,000 bales; the market cloßiDgdepressed Chicago. Dec. 4—Flour active. Wheat firm, at 63. Oorn active at 63. Oats dull Receipts—3Bo bbls Flour, 2,700 bushels Wheat 2 300 bushels Corn. Mobile. Deo. 4 —Sales of Cotton to-day 3.500 bales ; middlings are quoted at lift, with an advancing ten dency. Nkw Oblhass, Dec. 4 —Sales of Cotton to-day 11,COO bales: quotations unchanged.' Corn advancing; quotations are 6 cente higher—sales at 76 cents. Savabxas, Deo 8 —Sales of Cotton to-day 950 bales; sales of tho week, 7,500 bales; reciipts, 16,500; stock in port 83,600 bales. - „ N»w Orlssxs, Deo. B.—?ales of Cotton to-day 8,000 bales; middlings ate quoted at 11)4ttllftc; the sales cf the week havß been 56,000 bales; receipts, 60,000, against 60,600 baits for the corresponding week last year ; the exports for the week have been 41,000 bales, making a total for the season of 369,0f0 bales j the re- Cflptf at tbis port »re 99,400 bales ahead of last year and fct ail Southern ports the recaipt* are M 2 ahead iflaetjejir; theptock in port is 316 COO bales. Freights and sterling exchange are unchanged. .... 2.635T0-§. 91,(34 “ 9(460 “ .....78623 «
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