; of -December,' 181,0;- at-' the firaWseseion’-uft-er. thj, ]‘eohwpa passed, v»qi> Wt«jUn P - ,IgaTrcaoetotmUon. BeWl«l-• : " odVto'baifsduty uud'erttf fofoltowtlitise hnfiti^ , tunatesinto Africa, and make.-,tfrovuisn,Tor-Vrtin at . ,;tbe aotaf OoegreeSf-htf stated, that eomedeubt had beenentertalned'da tails truoiotout and meaning. ; - and ha submitted tbo.qaestion to them, so, that, • they - might. choubl At . ha deemed : advisable, rr amend the, same- 1 before; further, proceeding* atp haduudorlt.?’ ;"r .-d)->i t '‘ZrLl„ }«. : 0 ~ -,-. Mdßiing;naadonej,by:CongreMi to,explain-.jho • act,-add At*.M6hioa*preoee4«4ilO'Oarty: ,t In® '- execution according to.hie.own s lnm^retaeiro ; •3sasasw»sa»sgSs loeat.4 a. ™?dlYy espMslble, j.AlthooghrUiePopduot of ' the anthorities'and oitirensofCnerleston, ID give -lux eeadtenaoee to the execution of the .iuft°wha.t°might hare been expeote4-ft*m their , high character, ; ..vet a prolonged oontlDuanoe of tbfeo hundred Afrioansln thelmmedlate vleinlty of that oity could'not hare ftl ed to beeomea ; acuroe ofinooptodienoe and anxiety toite inha blmnls. - Where to send them was the oueßtion ' ilbfito vu- no. portion rot the coast of Atiioa to whioh: they eould.be removedwith any regard to v bnmanlly. except.to Liberia, , i v-,, Under these :qlroumatauoea, an agreement /was . entered Into with the Colonisation Society on the. ;7th.of SoptetUbor laet/a copy of whloh 1b borer ■: wlth.trauamitted ■ under which the sooiety epgageob , for theoonslderatlon of forty-dye thousanddoUare, -•to. receive theto Africans inLlbetlafrom theagont , .oftha United Statea, and fornich them, during the period ofone year, thereafter, with comfortable A r.shelter v ‘oUi thing, provisions, and medical attenr “.'.danoe, earning the children to receive schooling! and all, whether children or adults, to bo inatruotod , In the arts of civilised life, Bultahlo to tberr.cont ' Thissggregate of forty-five thousand doUarews'B ~ baaed upon ansllowanqeof.'QUO,hundred and, fifty dollar* for eaob individual, and »e there has been -/doneiderahle mortality among them, and may he morabefere they-teach Africa, the sooiety hove ~ agreed, In an equitable spirit,-to maxe.such a per - -Auction -from' the amount as, .under the .olrcutm •- stanoes, may; appear rjuat and reasonable. -Ibis cannot bo fixed until we shall ascertain the actual ..number which may.-, become a, charge’ to ; the aoj ' alw.distinctly, agreed that, under no olr .. cdmstaneea, eball thi« Government be called .upon • for any additional expenses The agents oftho sooiety. muni fasted -a laudable • desire to conform to the wishes oft be .Govern ment throughout the transaction They assured me that. after .a;,careful .eaieelrtton, they- would -be required to expeisd the aum.of onehundred and fifty dollars on eaoh Individual in,complying with the agreement,-and they wouldhavo nothing left to . remunerate them for tboir care, trouble, and recpomibiUty. At all events> X oould„xnake pb , batter arrangement, and there , was m other all ternatlvd. During the peric-d when 'the Govnro| .. ment itself, through its own agents,, under took the , task of providing for the captured negroes in Afri ca, the oust per bead was,very much greater.-, - i , - There having been no ontatandisg appropriation . * applicable, to-abta purpose, ! enuldnot advance 'vapyimoneyon.the agwemsaV- ‘llberofpre warn; mend that an appropriation may bo made of the - emeu unnecessary to parry, It Into, effect. ’ : ,-o i , Other captures of a similar character mpy, .ana probably will, be made byoamargl forties; and • I earnestly recommend tbat ; Oongreas may amend ! the second seotion of the, aot of : Merob,li, 1817, EO . ««to free its construction fromthe aabigulty.which hss, so. long exißted. and ironder the President plain In executing Its provisions.,.’ !.,■ ! .1 recommend to ypnr, favorable regard .the local . interests of the District of .Columbia. As tho ro| . . deuce of Congress and the exaeutive departments - .df the iflpyernmsnt, vre oanuot fsil to fsel adeep -deneern Suita welfare- .This Isheighteued by ..the i hikbCotiaraoter and the pesoeful and orderly ooui tduetpf 3 ltsrwdentlnhabitnnts.,, : ; f . } ,;..vX,d»nnothe»olude without performing the agree • j ahledety ufaxproislng my gratification that Coot . greel eo <ludly,responded jto the. rooopimendstlox - of ; mylast*rmu«dmee«age,jby'»fi<>rdlng.mesua3|- . eieut time bofore the olose of their lsja session for - she examlnetionnf .all the biUs. presented to me , for approval.,, This change in the practioe of C on j . gress pas proved to be a.whoieseme reform. .it.es . ertedVbeuefioial inauenoe oh .the dransaotion-of legislative business, aod pHeited the goocrei ap,- ..probatlonof-theooun try.,Tt enebled. Vongressto . - edjonrn with that, dlgnity aud deliheratiun so bo . oomiogto the representativesof this greatEopnb . lio„without having .crowded into goierel.apptOf pryetlon bills prorisipni; foreign to their.nature, . and of doubtful oonsdtutloaality and expediency, Let me.,warmly end strongly commend this preoer . dent, established by. themselves, as a guide to their prooesdihziduringihe prssentsenion. ; - i • . r ?AMES BUCHANAN, f . Wabhiiiotox Cirv, Qeeember.fi, 1868. i Eeport of ‘■.,'l ’T V'*l! - STATE OF. THE FINANCES. .. *wuw«t. O«PAftTMt*T,”D«e. 6,*1858. j ' fllfc : In eowp’lAncoiHlh th« OOoffr«'s.'eeifi ' ii«d “ Ah'art aapplitt'tttftty to'in wtto •/tablisVlbt Ttei*QrjrDepirto}»at; Max 10', 1800.1 hare . the honor tdrobjnittlidfoUwrfoif report:* '• .v , QatbalcteC JaU ; 1*67, b«(cg «om-/ < -v" . mroedipant of iho ye?r 1868, tha -• <. , balaobdfathd Trduarrwaur,..'»»...,.*sl7;7lo ( ll4 2' TtwreedlpUfotitbeTreifarydurlDglbe. fliwal /ear 1853 wet® 170,275,86? 00. M, ' ' ' ‘ fdUon'tf : ’ ‘ Pop th* qaa’rtardoling *#pt ' Prom cu5t0m*,.1...518,673729 87' Prom poblid 2,069,<40 89 -.' • Prom •oar-.','>---■• cea J, .886,6415,05 m * i . . ...t.'; 4 ,, .*20,020,610 8: Por tbe qaarter ending Dee '81.1867-- Pr0mcttat0m5...6.237,728 60' Prom public la»d«',;;,;‘..V' .<93,781 63' Prdm alBoellaa«ou*-Boar< ' •\> > - ' 866,169 78 „ ti 'rfin&sod yortljoquirterea4JogiUrci3MB6S s t « *v 7 From cn5t0QJf..,,;.,,.,...'-,7.127.900 68 • V~. *; : FrompobiolaciU,...,.... . :’43OoflSs ' , Jronj plß'cenaneotißßour. . • . re : *’< •From trewory notoi ij- ■£ OO *"■•*' '* ' • ■.-!■ rr.-irr ts -For th» junior andiiig Jun* 80,1858 : . From cnrtoma..-. . 0 Bstf,2s7. 21 , ?rooi ( pabUcUod<.....,.,.. 7474,5*8-07, • > From mltcfllHoeons soar- , \ 2Q7.T41 x$ -! w •. •' From t tuary note* it- j- ■ • ' r tatd i 12.6W.700 00 ’“ '* r,r ‘ ’ ' ; ; 1 w-*~-L.. 43 ;: Ih»»T***g*to tiejtroriij/bir:tl»#r ...i s> ) flica-y«tr'ia4(urJaB* **.> ..3 rxposdiior*f dariiik tb« fltekl r**r , • 'endl*f Jun«'SO) 1668/ mra $6f t &86,€87, - - • .‘W. 1 -ij "\i--a ’a'--- - ■ J ' ■ Balog for ths qiurt«r audio* BapUmbt. - ■ -, 3T B«frg forth#;qtt*rt4r,«odlMDtc#mUr . . *. -i 17|0SS ( ffiS 07i B*ta* Tot \< 'A : J8M.......V;U.'..V;.’.,.V..,,.,.,.....18,1(14,916-TV Befog for flw Jun* 80, ; ' - Wbleh wr* .appilrd to, the .▼■Hons . " Veaebu of,the peblle Mmriot u fol- - ■ c )om: '..f . _ 4 -,.. fJ .,- % - . ; Oiril, foreign tatereeuriM, ana niaoella*. -<• 1 • *«/«*..........« 387,822 so' Serviee In ehtr**vf Interior Department 6.68‘.92* SB Hffi» in eb**g#of-War Department/. /- 2MBO m 80, SerrUt* in charge attTavpDepartihftat/.. 13>T0.000 69 PoMe- debi.aod redemption of tre«cry- .< - ■ > ’. 0,604,637 09 ki ahoWn "in detiilby Statement Dtduftlng x&* t frpjg.ttf igv :'> •urj ria th*l«t Jmr,‘ 1858 .0rJT.;,', ,7. ' B,3JS sie 10 SrnlDg (fc« '6rat.<ifcuttr 67 t'-dcorrtht ' • ' ; flic*t>o»r,frotn la!yi lohctUmbvT-’ ' 80,1858 ti« r j«lpti ioU> th« TrMWr/: -v ■' ' !i'o< :-;»i i at-'- * rrom;«tt«tain».i.;rt......tia,44l*SftSBf,- , JiomimSlieUna*.,...'...,' , 411.17181, Jtarin toiUil^causOQar*... $ : iSmfli’iA'iiii.'y.'.'.'i 10.0 0.000 so " 1 " -: from trMinry not.B Is- : ■ - ' ' inti.. M 5 SOO 00 ‘■ *•-- > ' ' ' 56.480,879 40 , Th&eetlßietadreeeJptsdorJogthe three ~ remaining quarter* ®f the current firoal - jeer to Jane £0,1859, are <•.. yron. cniUtmtm >lB7,ooo.69o 90 ‘ ' from pnhlieubdß.'. J.000,0'0 00 . From taiseqlitotons soar* . ' 'v 0ee....>...^00.000'00' :■ i-- !■>■-.. OO Eitfmated.ontijury means for current: ‘..it flieai year,,#.....*;.,,*.70,120-106.68 The expWltaws of the flrat quarter' y >. ;'7 j Of y«|tr, er.dlog Beptem-. * V ForeHrU, foreign lalerflour»e,aiid niiecelV • i > .* ) ]wreon*MrTicei....v.oB92,746'oo for eteriee in-ehargeoC Interior Depart* *-/ 1.904 804-24 for ser»lee,in Charge of,W*r Department -8,224.400 04 far eerrJcein charge cftfirj Department4,oB6,sl6 48 Par public deDt.JnclaOiDg redemption 61' - ‘'fre«nryrMflr.v.V.i..^J;.^...V'...'..‘l,6lo442 87 Th«eft(mtt4d*eicpraditerer Oaring 7 the'-' ‘ *->*taa{nfa«Hiri»«%acrter*o? theiaifrenfc ■' -■<'" 3 _ fljeal /ear to Jnae 80,1859, are....... 62,067.690 48 ‘ -V".;""' ,r ; 74/)66i?00 00 OcUUarj mean*,**ah0te.....,,,,70,129.195 66 DtflolV'of oidSaatrxae*i» to meet expend,' - 1o l tii* ordfoatr eeUmated^njeanJ'lo inßßt tnßf *»t\m*iel ekpeddlttii-aiidnrfog tbe remafod'f of Jtuj« 80; 1859; ere therefore #3 038,70143. '-/';*- *.- * M f*5A OTd, ? R ! y m ®“» wlthjb the command of tbo pejairtwent m follow*. / ;.- . .. - - , Tr«Mur/ Mta,«U«h mey be i**sVd'pre» •»;>,- , -rteusta the lat January, 18W. under -. v * c tbeUtith Wbttoa.of the a&oriftaem- V , ' : betsB,lB67'say;/.,%/; i ..V;:y.v,,,/sLtoO.Oto to Balance of Joaa authortee<lby aefofjtme ' . /•*«-; - vii, i858.;.r/ivr/.»4 000.000 to Which added-to theorilnary eittmated : - ( • ■ -70,739,195 fid iltfcfsltoftggrfgtft m»M 4o Jane3o,_., * 186 ft,... ..i 69 Dsdact the actual sad estimated expoadl- . 1 ,thtM M'betetofors ........... 7f <66,866 99 the Tr##S intfilvlf-r, 3Muof,j„« 7 093 208 67 Etiimaiu from July li‘lB6o, la ->*>; ‘•- ,I }<**%& • JiitfmrM $7,063,208 67 Bsttwsted receipts frofltetutoail'fur the , 60.000,000 00 rtcfllpt* from pabUd UoA* 5 OW-009 00 Katfrofctat.nwjM ttarar.mUteliMttti^'v Mttrcaa M 1,000 000 00 A*gm«te of* mesnsfor yesr analog Jtufo • • 80 J66P ft; i 61001298 67 . B»!»»ob or. •UMlngepproprlMtooe ..., l f511.4f4,097i K , of pejroin»«ttt Mid Indeftttft* -.Rji’.-i w,WB,aw w thl» oaumoted' defloieficT on tb« 80th J&o». iB6O. 1 ihoaldbudlJtJ the >« of|l 638,728. which ill! hi dnrlog the present fi»oU TbU J»«K sottxlwn into tlie foMgm«3#tiinate«, in\M* by that Oepirtm ot, aa vllOrawr to#.** U}'»« t the Poatmaater General teSm&tot *HSgBpgJ tl % “men my last annual greaa, I explained the tmth&uUQMl »^W“” I eatlmaten receipts latn.tht^»»»'^y*®'? tariff act bad Suet Jp, stances gronlog Teynisioo m trade and businlaa, trfifi* »•» »» ?‘!f“un«at“»raotory effect upon the revenue denbVol and maatwento^ This opinion «. The fer 1 ,?jJafeLA’lS»*" *P>riM» •>* thatye.r w™l'd V ?ffordM!abladit»to Judae ol its effeet as well .7fSu,.k« tradanf.the conotrjfeS the .revenuea of lie ‘ Th® eontiuuiuca of financial difficulties W"K, JbAlon ot the tlmo, however, and the 'effeot/of to agreat extant daring the whole Bfiriod create serious difficulties forming a B»^8f»o -£>rv JdSnt npoa the question.." The present esti, mltesaw bi«ed upon the opinion that a reaction In the trade and basinet* of the country ha* commenced, and that -we ate gradually, hut steadily, returning to a healthy and prosperous o&admoA. There seems to be a concurrence Co the public mind on this subject, if we may jadge from the general tone of putlto sentiment. The flies of the dcpsitmect furnish strong eviaenceoT Us truth Our exports for the year ending on the SO h June. 1858, wetV $824, * reduction.fcom -the preceding jetr of'only $81,316 261; whilst the iaporhr foe' the 1 stmo time were $212.618 359, being $?8,276 Wleto thin the year before This balance in favor of’ exports over imports was doubtless appropri ated to the payment of cur Cccelgu debt, thus relieving -the Country, id part, oMhatsoaroe of embarrassment. It exhibits a large margin, for au increase of imports, tiobs when the basinets end-ivecasaUles of the country shall demand It. . The'restoration of MnMenee and reaction, ot toade have, already been manifes ed in this to the Taoefpts from customs at the nor* '6/lie# York for the months or 1816, the year preceding the revulsion, the same months Qf 1867, the year of the revulsion, and the same months of »r«nT6Mntrear. I find that the receipts of tb setwo months in 1856 ware $6,202,227; Id 3857, were J 2,028.210; in tfuw wave $3 810.8 9. Whilst the country has not recovered entirely from the disasters of the l*6fc ' year, the increased receipts of the present year indi oate a deoided reaction' and the promise ot a certain and sneedy.returo of prosperous times* 1 • ■ i | The forfgtfag 'Stimstea oontemplatov deficiency Itt the.means ot the Government, which, by thei Both Jane. 1860,.wi1l amount to.tbe sum of $7,914 676: fc'ovlslon should he made by Congress atlta present session to aupp'y the deficiency. In what meaner shall it hi done ? A loan Tor thi« Purpose is not deemed advisable. In *lew of the addition alfeMy made to too pnbUo debt,* A‘ revision of theri&riff of 1867« and the imposvtlonnf additional duties la the only .remedr, unless Opngreiuhell take some actlon tove- Ueveth*Treasury from* portion of the oipaoditores Itjs'uow required to meet. . , . .. • 'ln revising the .tariff,.tha satnd principle* ifctfnM!ffU root and control <fae letiett of Congress that would be o neWered In the adep lon of an original aot. ■ T do not deem if proper to enter into any extended disc nation ol <h*;<beoretie principles oa which a tariff actebonldbe framed. • - . ». r v - They may be briefly stated, finch duties should bo laid as wIU produpe the required revenue, by imposing on the people at large the smallest and the moat equal that this la meat effectually done by taxing, in preference to others, rueh artlolea ae are not produced to this country; and amoog erticlei produced here, those in which the home product bears the leaet proportion to the quantity Imported ,ra the fittest foe tsx.tioa. The rro.on ,Is. .list !n taxing ertlelos not inada In the conatrr.thflWhPle [ Ssm taken from thecon-; enmor goes Into the Trewurj-, ln "»■ other clan the oootnmsr'pars the Oofasnesst vsloe not only on the uneatlt? Infportsd, hut on Uie ausnUty rtbomo This'last: text la palfihot; to the Treasury, but to the nennfMtnrer, thereby rendering ehob:» doty not only ■more tareencome. bot groidy unequal! the home pro ducer belli* twneßUd at tjj® expeneo ot the conanmer. If these ptlpolples «e sound, It In obvious that no ttrlff.r trictly (n ferenne, % M ey?r ypt boon spseted In ovff‘he l, fJvlyleg!eibtlb»' ot tho oopnttj conljanpiated ■ other .objee e, each 4s fostering o»r then Infent'marn, faetnree, andeneontaglne the ptodnntUm cf tndtspensa- Weertlo'ee, eo'ee to render on tcaatrr independent of foreign Govrrnmenteiuoase of war.-• 5 v .- " The objtcts which,orlglnallylvd to cur system of d»«( ties have lovgeinco been attal ed; but under that sy*J tem la*ge iptorcsts have grownup which have always' oUtmad and received sueh 'oooatderaUou from Coogrera u to preveat the abandonment o&tbe Idea of pro tec tt6ui* ' : ' i-. -i f - V 1 - - • -- ! ;/ 1 do not -expect thai p tv iff will be now-framed on’ rigid revenue principles, bat Jn all ch*nges an.effort ?lu>nU r be made alt le&at to avoid p departure rool'theni. 1 • 'AnsaliilDg.tbit tbe general prineinlea pf the present tariff Act w It W sdh>rvsHo, all gfUl admit that, naviog aseerttined the additional revenue reqalipd as eccp r tely »t pourble> the least Increase of duty that will rales the earn is tbeprej>w<J*te to be adopted > - i In dete xulnlsg,. however, on what a>tides the duty ll .to be increased, a strong appeal will doubtlera bs made fio r to discriminate as, to afford relief to certain interests 'saM io be tionsnSlly depressed In > period of general.financial distress, such as we pave not vetetfHreit ps«e d. eaeb interest fo the try naturally ft els the want of ady aid that would Je litre He embarrasementa and its jrosptrity In resaoQdtug to *u*h a demand, rare should be taken.nof to affnzd the required relief at the expense of another Interest ’<bn»lfy,ia. intnt f>f sssisiance. and rqually en- ! .titled to vecalf ejt at Ifeo hpnde .of tbe It nenVgenwtl caismfty has paralysed the band of In* duetry and cramped the energies 0/ <be people, It Id unfortucatv" Ihat xt kieh'A tims, when the aopotrv 'lCwt able tosbeer lt,! the wants of ibo Oovcrn,raenl .should fotoaanincycaee. of laxetlon. - In* yielding to the ueoeieity which oompela the |mf edition of the dipt let Jt be done with that spirit of -justice which re* «at<3«'wUb 'eqaal ,care and protection all the varied ini Ihinooptm • ‘'-tn,eqn. £ e«ttftir yritb- to*a branch of the subject,l wouldretphctfolly refer to vt#* 9 Pf**«nted in raj 'laetannualreporstoOoDgress. ' - > ■ Xcisalsoaeubject-of regret that a publ’cnecessity requ f ris a revision of the tariff act of 1867 b<»for a *ufß« glent time has elapsed to test its legitimate effects Upon the bnainns'c 6f tue country ty welLsefbe raveDiiraof tbe flovernmeot. impfersipns is to its operation most be carefully guarded’ sgalnit. “ The/act that this act went into operation on thetyt of July. I*s?. aid was followed sol soon by the disastrous tevnlefon of that your, has 'induced many.perrons to believe that the One yas tber nveeeeary tans*of the other. 1 The advocates of* high protective Urfff.btvanot failed to avail them selves of-this plrcpmstaane to press, upon thepubllo ;ta!nd their peculiar system of affording rell*f to a dl«* tressedjpefipi«; by iDsressing jfaeir, Uje*..~jgjrery in*, titoet iq the’eottntry wfalah snfferwj In the general ca l<diity has been sarnestly appealed to,' aud no efforto r have beenvparad to Inducs each to believe that tblJhmlafortaaeebavebeen prMqesdbf the pasnge bf ‘the tariff cMBS7. ? There however.,one important, point in the. argument where the logic of; the protec tloalels ie wholly at fault,.. The revulsion was not con fined'to the. United States, or,even to this continent.' It .swept over''the yrojla. and was fe)t with equal and perhaps 'greater severity in ether countries imu our own.” These remits have. been too noltersel to have been bronghtahOgt byarednotlob of abont twenty per. cent, upon the rates of dnfy io'tho United fita’es, ceiog 1 a.wdnctiott of about, five ,per;Mnt. opon oUrimporta- 1 ' jtions- The, argument ot roe protocttonUia is, that a' retooUop of dntles atimniite* the forelga tr»ds, and in this .Instance ltolegilimeto>ffeot »bpa!db«re,v been f*’ reUave' bmbarras«m«nte of the constriee: 1 wfth- w&dsi trtd«, by bp«ofoga la-ger market for I their prod actions: - They charge that the Increased lm-. < portattoa of foreign good* into the sountiyfirdfsasrons to the baaißCgsof the heme producer and nUouraetorer,*, 1 by depriving them ot the market* of their own noun-' ! toy.® fiuce {a ibe theory of liet q*; Apply to It' the facte which have transpired under the 1 Ojeraticns of the tariff of 1857. ' . , , _ 5 ' The foralga nfodncer and tnansfaatnrer have not, 1 beSn benefited by the reduction. At »H evpnts they.' havs not been preserved from the general calamity wolch has come upon the producer* and znanuficturers I of almi'sr,articles in opr own ooantoy. • The importations for the fi«oal year ending Jo«e 80., 1868. the first and.only year of the present tariff, amount Ito ‘s2B2 618,160, being $78,276,991 l>pt than the imp tatpnj 'of lh * last year of the tariff of 1815 ! | These two facts alone furnish a slrorg refutation of theory wearecombating. '' the purpotet however, of a iuore thorough ex-‘ Amtoatiottof thshttuilon, I.prcpoce to consiior the .operations of,the iron intorrstdoring the came period.; -1 have sileeUdiron for two reasoes: first, it is one of the most Important interest* to tfc* country, deserving the care and protection of the Government to as great, an extant as any other; and,'secondly, because it has 1 suffered ae much; if not more thin any other interest from the recent rovutotoa. - '.Bj-Wfawuc#' to tsb’e 6;sppetded to Ibis report, It-, will bo soon that the la pirUHoa of iron.and in<ttal of •fill AM#. Amounted imho too?- ending Jane SO. 5857, 'to $25*954,311. *!» the jeir ending Jane 30.1868 it AtboanU44*) 616.828,050 ] being a redaction of $9,020,»> 072 41 Tbi« wductlod ia ace/vapt/d for in part by the :e -dvo’d prieek Hf tbe )#st year’; but there is shown by the tame table * i*rge>e-aetioa in the Amount of im ported iron and all manufaeinres of Iron, Whstewr eauie, therefore, may’bare produced the great depres sion oftbe iron ioterestdttrlog'tbe last year, it Is rejy clear that It Is not twlng to *n ioeressed Importation of foreign Iron noder the sot of 1867,, If, jm, aiieged, the price of Iron la this cow-fay bad been reduced by the iuereaMd importations oauatd' b» tbe i eviction»f dtu t*es, then the price of the article In those cotmtrir# from wbloa we Import ought to biVe b'een bsne6c)a)ly . affeoted r A comparison of tbe prices la this and for eign countries, dorinr the last yeir, will show that susa wee not tbe fact, as tbe price felt, not only in the United but In Europe also. The price oi p'g iron, onboard, at Giafgow, on December 81,1869. ,t»aa ,74.. 04, i qo December 31, 3557, 628 M,; being »/e -elioe of twent>-Oioe per esntom '' The atsrege price at New-York for Yaons/y, was s2Bpfbr Jaagiry, i 36i8Vwafl abo^ing : a-decline of eigbtcpn per centonii tTbe diJjereooepetwflea tbe and low ot price* ioN£w York for tbeyaaffiih Mogs3l in April, 1867. and $3B in Decejober/lileseitbao twenty six per. cent-* whilst the difference -hetwoon the high est and lowest, for. tbe same ypar, at Llyerpool, was thirty pericentum, . . ' T 1 ' ’ * ' * . r£ , f a The average price ot bar iron, at Literyao 1 . * for January, 1867, wa5..,,,............... 0 2 9 The average price of bar iron at Liverpool = * ior J4nn»iY»3B63,WAS/.,y...... k . 9 12 6 Difference. 18 percent..- The *ee*age price of bar iron at New York for January, 3857, wes.... s{& The avenge .price of bar iron at New York . fur January, 186*: wss /. 48 difference nearly 18 per eeot. ’ Now,' irwilt hstdl/be Contended that a reduction of i *ix par cant'. la our tariff dept cued {he price of iron in The argumsnt .of the jroteo- Zionist contemplates a,different result. These facts show thattHe price* have-been, u vell sußtiipmd In America ail, ipjEarope, acd that tbe .depression wbieb occurred me %i bare been brdnght 'on by causes common to both cotratrlee/ana tedeMotoat of the Uriff of 186?. fttnay bosaid 'ibatlhfprfces.'ln America would have been better sustained wiih a higher tariff, by excluding (He importationc/f iton fcm gngtatdat the low prices ruling There, ?The. answer Is, tint if < the prioe or any commodity.fslt* -io-ths msrkotaof Uievorifi, our pro* ple Y M consumers, are fntltledto.tb* benefit o r the rednotldo, and It id net Jost'th** (|iii nrioe should be nn natnrally BniUlnM by legislation. / .. : _ ; Thisla especiiiUv'tjrtio i wben' : ihe suHe csu«ss havo jttodnoedalixedeolinwiff almcat every imporiant pro doct of our countryr i.>.>*=.: T-.'.- - •.:•.■ A table is appended, (marked 8 ) compiled from the ttoat,-reliable .eourom accessible in the.aoteuce of any officUVrecord, 6bsWEg thsaversge price for tbs tluee last-fiscal- year*, aed lor, each moqtfi of each year, in th e rnsrkst of 'New York, of a number of leeding arti cles: from this table it.wiitappear that from ihe year ending Jiane-80,1857, to that ending June’ SO, 1858, tttifrC was a decline-la lvOdine articles as fellows.-vis: ; Wheat glon#.'.24 r per eent.lHay....2o per cent. Hemp'.4,.....86 “ Sugar *,...20 “ Molsaae«.;...3t ~ “ (Pig iroD f/ ,....36 . « Bar iron rl2 ■ , {Leather.,l7 , “ Wd0t,i;.;....10 ' . “ . Whale W' *t 8(ce.,........13;( « Tobacco .•••«..12 " “ .Pw\.V*/#-V./2 “ ' C0pper........17 « Butter../.*...10 ' “ Cheese *29 “ Nu class loses more bear If, or sustains greater pri vation# in a period of general revulsion, than tbe agri culturists, and it Is asking too much of .them .to submit to additional butdeua In order t 4 .exempt a, favored portion of their felloa-eltiaens from the common ca lpmliy. 4 ‘ „ ■ The'above list also show# hew little the decline In prices can be ascribed to the change In the tariff made ,In 18V7 : It occurred indifferently, la article# imported Inxhe most trivial quantities, and in those most large ly imported, In articles "tbo duty on .which was un changed, and in those on wbioh it wss diminished; pro ying fhat the cause was outside of 411 tariff regulations aad bsyood the control of legislation. * tn»t although tho changes made fri 3857 dfd not injur# the American manufacturer, yet that snobhae been tberesult of the tariff oflBl6,which ws#i based on the same principles, the answer fa, that it dees sot appear ih»t the aanafseturing interest hw suffered l from • that tariff, • While some particular branches, prematurely or Improsldontiy entered Into, may havAfsJlad* jet the fact is well known that ail tt e gmftt':&anur*etnnng interests have largely increased slice than the population and gene "'*n pnMi.h«i and.. 1H« ! r*v lc i “ B* ^tfi, ! ? t ®c> r'/f ' whioh may bo speci fied liittaehasetU,'New. York,and Ohio,will abuidsnt ly prove ithe ■ proportion <On« mode, of ascerja ning tka oampatativeptofpsrUy.of the seveui industrial in-. feresiaoOb* coanbry, at Olffareof times, Is.by comna; iyxx thb‘amounts of prodadts exported to foreign bond tries,,it being pbvloqathat those who pan dOtnptte fa th« eOtnmoir f hjafkeC with the 'like products of other . entmtrles can earu’nly maln'Atn tbemtelves at home/ - -Applying this test to the £a«u, we find the following! remits; ;tt .'i\: .» :• . >. , BiS Forth* j»«r 1868 30,870,180 laoreue, 813,800,888, to 199 ftr cent. to the I time ve»r the exporta of cotton were, doe and payaMedurlogllwiiett Oecil year, some prorl' stoo shoo'd he mtdew meet them. Ism opposed to 10 1858 the oollcy of eddies this»tpoont tothe peria.nent put-, loctetse. *77,9(0,818, yqust to 146peXofnt ' ltd flabVby tan Slog the ootes. Oft the other head, their 1 : Tit>»CM;mf..i-A. t....... 7.242,086 entire redemption io one Verr.ffontd oallfor sotuoreese :Jn J558.........re/..'.. ;»1T,0Q9 WJ of the tariff to » point which would render necessary IWaiBB., 28,767,681, dqtiil to 135 percent. another rarislon of It In the encceedlng year. The trite TH« ei porta ofagricuHur&l prodaetior* except cotton poicy is, to look in the present revUl nof the tarin v> .and "tobacco, during thesome period show &u actnal their gradual redemption; comroenclrg with ihotexc decrease, which, however, le hot a fair corop irison. aa fl oal year To carry out this policy, Congress should, 1817 was a year of fiiuladcia'Europe 1 bat tho In- provide forthe raising of scch amount oruwiMM orease of those exports by a fair comparison of tha two will enable the department to redeem* portion of them v periods is about from 7& to 100 per cent. - ’ and. at the same time, «Uud fer one year the prort- Of tUe exports of manufaciutes. Ihoro of iron and slon of the act of December ?3, 18b,, authortetug th* manufactures of iron are found to bi: 1847. $1,187,484; re Issue of such portion of them ra the means of tM WH.niHiixM.RW.n.wioaHio ? o ;V/o n rth"i!^^n^ b li“chi%nt'i^;rt B Jfm t «.m nwaro in % nni,>u nf An art'ete m*v aomc- public debt without placing upon the people an oreroos times result from adversity instead of prorperity, «a additional burden in the unuecess ry Inciease of thrtr .when.the,holder, unable to roakesales at lnme, ships »*»* , goods abroad, as'al&st resort Butltfla taxing ror otedu* I The operations of the independent treasury sytam lit? to be tola that exports of nlatgeclassof&rtloleswHl have been conducted during the Jastfi<cal year with Won from year to year, while th« manufacturers ure the usaal success Another year’s experience confirms un*bte to compete wrth the Importer, though the rptalons I express; don this tablet in my forme* nrofeoted by twenty-font or even nineteen per cent. ‘ annual report. lam well satisfied that the wholesome And If it bo said that the year 1888 was one u which restraint whieh the collection of the Government dues the state of things referred to especially existed, a in epeoie exerts over the operation of our present bank*, comparison of the exports of the preceding year, con* ing system contributed in no ama 1 degree, to mitigate oedea to be oie of remarkable prosperity, a 111 show the disasters of the late revulsion The oppo tunity the tame result whioh it afforded at an early pelod of relieving the It will nt suffice to say that this prosperity fa owing financial embarrassments of the country by the policy to tee influx of gold from Olirorn’a. Th t has boon a of redeeming a portion of the public debt, and famish* canseof a general rise la p i-ea, and of increased ac- ing the country thereby with the specie u« ed In its re* tivitv In all Industrial department*; hut no reason is doraption* was attended with the happiest results It perceived why the agriculture cf the country should not is d Oloult to estimate the extent of the relief which he as much stimulated by that o*use as the manufac* wss tbusafforded, though I believe that the intelligent tures Yet. while hath bare Increased the m&nufac* judgment of business men concurs la according toittbe tores hate inare&sed taste*, whereas if they hat bean mist beneficial effect*. The adoptfop of a simile* sys* seriously injured by the tariff of 1846, they would, at tem by the different States, as suggested la my last re*, most, have Improved, more slowly than other Interests port, would afford adoitional protectlonto the country not so affeoted. against the ruinous effects of overtaking, and cocae-. ' I proceed to consider the question of the best mode qa*nt derangement cf the currency. A remedy so a’m*. of revising the present tariff, with a view to raising a pie imd just for an evil so great, must commend itself to sufficient sum to meet the demands of the publ'o per- fie favorable consideration of those to whom the sub* Vice.. It has been proposed to repeal the act of 1857, jeot Id entrusted. and restore the aot of 1846. To th e suggestion there Tho attention cf Congress is again called to the pro* are anion* objections, wblfh.to my mind, are lusu- visions of the aot <f March 3, 1867, cn the sub* perahle. I am well satisfied that the wants of the ject of deposits by the disbursing agents of the Govern*' Government do not require a permanent increase of men t 1»»»4 iamrl»»tt.;orUrt,t.d to geoer.l tertaa Ih.t It by that Mi are in the prelent condition of tr.de and 'emMbe'rew'one "were^hneflv 'etK r T\c o y™B ’wMoh lhe retre",,™ S {!? 8 bf.bM .nhM!,l T » b th«n rn.Z y o ra h l B mV" llSr" iWnIS 1> re? « rtlSSlh? quire BOme morn urgent neceißlty th.n exist" At this ff bIIItT afexecn’lag the lew *s it non-st.nde. Py lb ' nt l .'i?hren h nr«M«td re’.dnnt tire nrlnolele of prevision. » pnr.er in the nary would bo nqolred to S Sepoelt the fuoda placod iu hffl hands f«r tho p to homo Tatuatton. with » tiew. first, of ipßreMlogtb. m ont of the i ffieara and crew of a veßssl, in one of ratee of doty, and, secondly, of gnsrelng public depositories, and he eould only draw It (rat valuation and other frauds, whioh are a liged to exist b ° p drlft )n f aVl ro | the person to whom he desired lo qnder pur ey.it-ra. ,, t make payment. A ressel on alfori-igoistatlon ( s ebseot Asameaeurefor iooresolng tho reyenve tbispropo. aot a ‘, ( ' cquen „ ? for lwJ ‘n,a tilroo years, and , w. p mh?iuSioWeot PWlat tSu? absent the nixser wopld ha-e to p.y “ f „ A* “ imMrutfmS <>» etailer drafts infaror of the oereon to whom maraets of the coontry from whioh the importallon is h ™ ra eat was to be made. A disbursing agent (u , J the Indian Department wonld bo requlnd to pay the i»2ISSS."f«SSi r ,r “ Bpor,<>t ' on ' d “ 7 lei ' olll «ffl=«i e a fl nS mine? the "n *.ante to tbe n«nosUion ' he samß tnannst- A collector of the pert of Hast tall2* »'r .tah w hnme P DTt ' in the State of Maine, won'd haye to traosrprt th. tbatsomeof these el.tnento rnterlog Into the home f unl< wbich he is to'pay the employees of the Telnearemt leg timete subjeote of taxation. -h (joyernment at bis port to Boeton. or seme other place and more .eri'ns objections will he oop.id.rpd to »n. thaw )a , pn bVodepositary, and there girodr.fls other conneotlon. The reason in fanpoj homrjalw. , h , public depository to eaih po son to whom the tion.wMchhasbeenpTesseiwUhthemostearnostepss, B „„, 0n t i p fo be ipide. There oisrs ltlostre*e the im assaSßESSsj^aaa^^ i .«sia , s^?™sss! nur expo'ts nod imports [ or the l ‘“ t , th '® gress There ere paid monthly Io Washington city more ing that the importa wore less, by a large amount, than f hln , tkoaa>Dd Arsons. This law rrqolree thats.eh of lij' V.. as ola these personß Bhoo'd xecetoe adratt from the dlsbnta , This dlfferecce ie charged to under Baluatlon. The Jng .gout -ho Sdttlea with tjlm. and prerent It at the remedy prtiprted Is ettner homo yelnetlon o. spsclfio T “ ei f arGt - a offloe . The t'me that ntmld ba occupied duties It Is t-ne that the exporla for the tatlw b the TreMarar In Identlfylrg tho eppllcsnts, end Ibe £‘ v l ,xc ' ,iei I’’ 8 lmports, bat tho In/«renco n J wb4r of additional olnlts which wnold be icqntrsd whioh hee been drawn ls not necoßiarllyoor. g eep taa necerssry bloke, todep pdent pftbe nnnsof re*t. Qther esueei have oonUlhul«6 to al Tesponsihllity which wiuli he put upon "fha Trextuvet ihie result •It »bojld> boraelnmind that *w* f- of identifying so many pertops. the execution or pert* ,*re Ifae port of 7»hen j aw , even in this case, impcacticable. For all thli; these exports reach a W JJf' sdcitiopal trouble and dlfflcuUr there Is no compensate g < tprn cargo will exhibit ih the dlmlnfdheii raluei of the ft(l y M tage ovap the present mode of makmg »ucb J»iy* .iinportjtipn the low , s at *i »i 2 hi® been found, lyptartlcl bothW« whnse account the oxp <rte h«v« iwon shipped. This jt can scarcely be necesssrf to poiqt outaU the aifflcultififl whlph exist Congress is sgftin for that excsM of tXparU whlph hiy been attribqeed te f errt <i p the circular regulations which were adopted i to fraud. - The payment by our clt'aena of thpjr debts deparfippnt on tbip aubjeot, apd tbp recommetd** iniurope, wbioh for two yearst.paat tloaof amstdlng the law, atfaug seated iu my last x«*i done ; the transactions of hanker* and broker* in ex* * jg JW>w<ed change; and Smuggling, a specif sot fraud common to * Mp r tt 0 f the Director of the Mint is herewith every, system-*?! smut the comparative amounts ot transmitted, marked 9. It appears that the amount of ; exports and Imports / huliop received at the several mint establishments I eifitweretruethatthedlitareaeolßfavorof exports during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1868, was $5l -11 orpr chargeable to thei a* valotem syatpm 4M>3 fi 2 9w gold, and $9.’99 a 954 87 in silver} and that and the present mode cfsrtuttion. then the tact should the colosge dartre the came.period amounted tosst.*' I b* found to. exj»t not ofTs durtea ity last taw nvi, 689 80129 In gold, and |8,233 a 287 77 iu aUver, a:d botdgrtng the period of Jhe egleteppe of the 5234 QQQ (a cents 9 ' nrtsent system. An of on; egportnand r TLe recommends that th© tew be so ameadei | imports gf*t ‘ J» *jg»?g;l;'® * *s tS mate silver a ’ogal tender to the r,tent of fl ty or series of yeMs, will show fbfij _!* ope bdbdred dollar/ I amnot awa-p of any seriooa The tariff or 1846 was io a°TJ* complaint against the Jaw as it now stands, and caq Be4^ Dar 25 l^nHH? r oSf tkerer re, no urgent necessity for a change, was X 3 612 681,527 i He also Mwnor nds the iaauirgot mh t certifif ates ! period amounted to 12,666 260.328 The advocates of p d pos u orit tor Bnms 8B ow |g o f t y d«?tar«, payable ; home valustion hare taHenlnt) the error by conflalog . 0 be» r . r , with aview of creating a tound pspercur tbrtr com atUcn to a limited outnW of £••*{- reocy. This suggesii. n does not meetlbe spproral of. .*]*?• tte department I haye many objjotioeato the propo* tjjittffrapdshavebeenpractsedupontheTerenne, it is B itiou, but do not deeta It necessary lo enter upon the I pot ryrtao! to ORVMeseut ad valorem sjii em. Tula wilt ai ßC us*lon, as I feel qu te codfldeot there will be no se* •ppegr fropt apomptWMa of Jhe exports tod iniporte r!oos dlspositio-i on the part of Congress to give it a 4. ttt S?i l r ha ?f..^^ , 2Kui. 0 l?sSt 2 .re.TSSIV. 1 ’ f*vorablecoaslderstiou. The operalbn* orthe Mint du-' hbe dlatir guwhiog features of which Wftrb speaiQc du- r.rgtoe la'tfled*]year jjavo pees conducted with energy i .tieflaadmloimum v&luettoDS, ***!“ U * 6 V/ Atd ability, by the officer* in chargeot this importaut £««» tf?? 1 u ® e branch ot the-puMfo eervico. " • £{23 NI&S, and enr to f j 12,185 105. Jf £he The accompanying repoit of the engineer in charge' argumeutdrawn froVa tho of lmports rf ot bohatructioa will kgblblt the^reU,, etatemout voqil inaloate that 0 f tbs various public bulldlrgs under the direction of 2KJ , JP W *5 I S Many of them Hi ve b*on completed,;, dto Us than under the ad valorem act of 1848 •Jf how. a£d are rpsdy lo be ocenpled'for the various purposes erer. It lie true tli.tfr.n4e mb comintttri nnfiar onr ® , hlch the, were erected. Io .11 of them, umhi present sj-Um to the eitent oh.rgea.wlU » chsnfie progress hee been inode t> wm .ntlclpetel at'the oow t. heme relnstlon nrerenttlie aril; TofornUh. «tte- uencament of the ,eer ifo new hgildioga here been I.etorT .newer te thle toqntrr, it will he proper to ex. begun etoce the adjeurnaent of Pongreas. In niy aat .nttoe thy meqopr of »<crrtstalog the dntUble rslue of „ Jort j Ml ied the .ttentlon of Oofigress to the tseb 1 Import/- nnfirr exisltog leys, end wb.t wonld be re. ,b. t , „wi o g to the condition of the fieeaorj, the do-i qclred tohefionenoder the propceed change At pre pertnteot had postponed the building of . portion of "the*! sent the ipprelter le e-lled anon to .jeerteto the relne pbbJlo works enthorlred br prerione ecte of Corgrere,: of 'the ertioto In the prinolpu merketeof the conntrj to have ooWMdoced them it that time, or etenp period fjwm which it le brought The d«t. npon fh-ch he Is kmoa, would hard required tho barrowloi of th. mini I t. n.,k«ophts judjment ere: Ist, The prices aarrent to coostinot them. l The siieooe of Ooogrees on the which ererrc,omiti;iol f JooinmnnHy.snrp'.ies. 2d, Ihe eobjeot toilosled their epprore) of tie poller. totoroMkn to he dgrtred rroto the oocompolMtlone of T he coodlt'oo of theeSfMnry .tpretfot is not more. coDenle md other ccnuneicl.l i o 'intß. 8d TholnroJee f.ror.ble lor tho cpostination of rpch.hnildirrp . At; of the Importer, m. 4. wdpr o.tb, end .Uoweui. l» a traiowben ibe o'etoMHleS oT ilioAlorfromentJeiiieai, view of hesrj poosttiee Incurred for Trend end under- ine(aHe cffaxetlon. J thopid not feel lot valuation.,' 4th. A pnnpatiern of Jhe involoesor 'he retomniend'ng the'coostrnctlon'of epch woVke se are’ xartrneiirp*rtew engaged In the eatrehnelnere.eod aot not mgantlj Semended bv the pnhtic setvloe. It will nnfrequenllyo! the aama date. 6 h din elpcrieoce he for Congrees to decide, ih prorldlng the nepeessre delired fromdellgex'toinatlone of the oharspter, value, Dipane for the next fieeel year, whether or not they will , 1 » l * article. }mpos»au )ucrea*ed texfowueh a purpose. These, with other ordtoerv ch.nnela of infp-matlon The pccielon jsenepprep lefro o eg.in tocell lh«r, oemmen to the public, fnrnt.h. It woptd seem, etnpjc . MaD „„ H I) It OcagreM to the eretyai of ertpllog pablle means far the correct end faithful dlechsrgeof the detjr bnildinga Theg are referred to tables (Hq». #,6,7,8,’ Ihe addltlnnsl element of cat end eha-ges of rfi’O , Dd m ipponded to the'ecgloeer’e report. These ta-i men* eincot he eaten ated wt'h -he aatce lt. blea will shpw the number*of public building, erected, however, cocetltu’es a email por ion of the duti.b o at different porMf. the poet or their conetrnotioa, end; velne end'he rxp'rienceof ihe eppreieere will enable the noses.lt/which exlttod for their BrecUon. The' th?m to guatd «atoet aov eetione tojarf ftem thet rerenue teeclrdd at an/ port Indicate, the amouot of Z , X.VIu.Z Imslnes. which requires a cnatom-honee. Tho amount, wonld be to require the eppreisere to ascertain thrva us sl M f 0 f offlM indicates the necrcrlijr of a f ’ huildlog ft r that object, end the number of da/eof the ilx’iSl.’rt re?,' k slttl'g <f Ihe courts will rhow the oeces.-lty for a, l »‘'o f | r™?lre ‘re fi J Gorornmont hnildlog for that otj-ot. It will he for in the ordine-r end eoch Information se be orn Congress to say whether a eystom thloh has led to the gather from hi* intercrurie with.commercial men, and hniteia* of a tmatom-hema* at a T«rt vleldlov XlBO 93 «rtli tt »?,?6 4 i,o I>, ciire,L» b ?n d re?'cnrJreot Mrt. M B «Te * a4 ot a cou*t.hrnee whore the Pederal coorie, i t° their continued erection end spproral. It leeald yreWhfESl.lire f„e‘L refreort rreorebb, v tb&t « 8 “« ,f there buildings ars used fot all three of, ot Thom,^.‘toafioo 4 ; a arre'- b hrM^^f„^;v^,TwT.r« thVmMh.t v.to“ .Uhc ?^re"eoßve with . ,tow SCstore.^ \T* to. ptooeS wh^t^oV! h b »dT„g?lMeL“'L‘‘Vrccl;"j“.!«',?toe e %*p,rd i to o re e ' L t ?nTeo t .lrei?fi. .t l ?,??m.?roJooJre ltre then common jostlec would dent ted tint eimtlsr bulld-i Smnore Tbi-re ikl'lre SoXIV Mo B f’ Should be put up »t trCTf Other pleC|l to the Voltedl 1 .re , t C, re-'.Je h rS ree k tV,V , .™.nrelH Ptotes where »n rqarl .mount of huslne.s le done To’ •3?Jte .reilKiiore'red do th, ‘ wou,<l Kgttlto m expenditure of utooev which re! , .?nd f tblre *.*}? thB «"»••* edvio.lo of the iystoo, will cot approve. U WoHUon. m»M?et n?n. 11,8 Mcommeiiil.fiolu of t»T lest report on thie n^*rh« t -!!t i rt .ft“ ? if , on.’iofre 1 I? tS?«onrereiiV "übjeot are again iuhmitted to yonr cocsldan. reretoe«t°3v.t f W .oil’ o f . I* oll ’ 1“ *he prFSSOt State Of OUT fintncrs It Will, fois liK.if .Ss }.f It tn L hardly ho proposed to «dd to Ihe pnbiio rxpendl. bu molt^7m«trer tn, ‘« V authorlgtog the erection of anymore public Co nrlo wooM h.Vn co to'lto! um.'aonreui. nr hnlldlngs. In no erret, bowerer, rbonld such works i h o?,'d?r SIM he directed wltbrnt first eubj-ctlng the .pplication for lb?; re tl Wlf-O tbl fo?el JI. ™re b t.«t Sd tbl ltBm 40 8 rl f rid Irllnlrr into th ir necciedy end pro-* nbereereir^bremen. 0 i to P’totyseud when fonad neceiSary, the Department tos«<redbiTt,rerti fc, f I i V'«.‘!w.re shonfd he required to submit to Oongrees anltible plena to to m.ke Vtb"home v.luo cf the b Mu’?e Arte^• Bd <•««.«.. nf th. cqet before an .pprop.l.tion i. re[ , b?l^„!r h^. d .?lre?i^;ore?,?^lre e ?bf’^.‘.re 1 b l P^ .b: Your attention is particularly Incited to that portion ireilto Of ?bo to,™,to?. Sdtofth S.M SretoM ot the engineer's report which refers to ihe .object of. Es!£ I ZL ?? 4 bJ“Sis *l m*’loe hoeplta a ft oh year's experience -dd. to the i v«hf» tD obJ*ot*ona which have been preieot d to to wnhld ron■ Slitfi flil talreH^a• SSfnfk * h ® ©f baUdlßg »ad lUtlntalOlDg th®** hOßptt»l*. taiSd TiKfJ?.!? JJtA Th * feHef afford ad 1? no 1 , more amplo wbllot the ex lof doty, wrnld differ' according to the dlffereet ntodes g'® 88 Tb??M o^M|'Vw“cb*)i t co?muS(e h <ted on tKs 1 of-freneportatien to the different ports: It leads In' the rahlee?mnetitt2St the i?MtoSton of*(i™.rel an’ to the same objectionable reeult which I here el: read ™ iud™ret re » MllalitTeM.* The new d awn from thc re?retotoi™ ,b. h t.,re’re toi .n? “Wh ‘h» deficiency In the toed for the rrl.ef of Blok KJSS?,"I"*’ 1 "*’ re re IblSif’ t? 1 ,nll <H*»Med secmoo exceed* tho sum releol out "f the iraooaitioo. Ir. a* cuarcod. wo ctonot oicorUin *OO _# .l. ,v|. ■».««.« ti «!. ~nt ■— V*?ue of * d article fp a foreign market, aud the c*st of JSSfrIJ oififftS* «£rtld/« n f LttJfbMUblS putting It 00 sb!pbri»rd. It vrould be at 11 taore difllcutt iJ'JSile *^!2 t « to,n“rrere logout Qf^he^uUdtog niMiD^hos tb(?rtSwor <b B^ret,??et h ?twmh» rere.i?ii ibM lb? »«’»*«• P»e/dee, there is no food Aiehoreed by the ‘bi ISto?blreflure%fHi^ n rtJbto re.rere b t nf «“Teroment which possesses higher claims for « Just toe?ltohtoerertreto?'!™™?lt,?..?, ocfl! * nd edenomlctl expenditure then the one under cot re .bi d ltderatlon The law con pale the collection or this toitor ?f ff 4b? wbtob g dretrere B i?it *• Si mB ° B f r ™ m <hB *«8“ «f tte Mameo, aud the Oovctn -sh!?to. re .brtf bflfSr? ™ .bi, ...It! “ Bnt nndertabea to expend it for iheir bccifit and pro .bbiiu*™i«r toreret?. 1 !; tocl,on The trust la a eaored one, and can only he oat the Uolted Sta’ea,” and bat nopref reDceeniJi f«}*hfulte df*ch**Mff bv axeroisiutr tho ffreatostoaia "be given (by aty regulation cf commerce or teven.ue) to aQd econ o my j n it/i'i«b/raement f retiM?the reoom tho porta or one State o*er tbooe of another,’’ Though S«StloS of mV . Srt nn thfi IStact " n»fil 1 «““» «®T duty to call the attontii-7 of C?ngroaa Lri rsr,7wi L P f7 t :vlreM t L lh * *>>!! for the revlrton and consolidation of Ibe 7°vi.SJ5 r ihitSSon X^^ felffii ot’ ,aVfnae laws, r«forted by me' in obedience to a reiolu £. c °, c j!«» «fTrewL I ™*o°to reri! fLn 4,OO of t 6« ffouse of ReprespntatiTea at the lent session ll 1 opportuol ies for fraud 0 f Oongrees For the reasons then FUggestad I deem it than the present law. important that the bill should receive the favorable Ills rought to avoid th*s* difficult es aud etubsrmi, action of Congress at the presunt session. m«nt« br making ,<he market price at New York the loatead or that portion of the bill, a* orglually re* Standard of value, end to levy duties not only there ported,rogolatlcgtheoo]lect»oadlstrlcta,andBppolnt* but tbihugbout the United fitatea upon that basis ' 1 ment and compeoeatlon of officers, I propose tj »üb do pot sea that It meet* the objections which have mit, at an early day, a substitute fuggeated by Vheex* , been presented against the eyetem. The same danger petlonoo of en addiUonai year in this Departmeo 8 , of affeet'rg tb« market prices by In proper combln»tloni which, His beUevefl, wl'l obviate mtuy exirtJpg iocon* would exist It would be attended with like diffloaj. venieoces, and very materially reduce the expense of ties in reichiig the true valuation of merchandise. ooHectlcg the revenue. The appraisers at other porta would encounter the in tW* connection St la deem* l proper to refer to a ’Bilbo,attempts ( at fraud and undervaluation, without misapprehension which aoetos to exist, to eomo extent# possessing equal means of detection Its operation in regard to the receipts and expenditures at certain would bo nu'rqnai and unjust; tho Importer at porta. New York paying a duty upou the real value of While t*>e amount of foreign merchandise Imported hla*i merchandise, whilst at all other porta he at a gSy n point would dearly Indicate the necessity would be, required to pay upon a fictitious value; for an adequate provision therefor the collection of M the actual value of an article In New the revenue, It by no means follows that the Interests York on oca day would often 'bo very dif- o! the revenue d> uotrequire th* services of officers at - ferent'from H» actual valueln New Orleans and Baa points whete few or no duties are ©dfeo’ed A judl- Fraucitco oa another, or even the same day. The im* clous disposition of a preventive force Is indispensable port rat New Ydrk would pav his duty upon the real to the collection of a revenue from imports Jspechl* ▼aloe of fclfl goods at the time he receives them> whilst )y Is this true i.i regard to the United Btates along at all other places bo would be required to pay upon a whose extensive seaboard' rid frontier boundaries there fictitious value ascertained at some previous period at are so many pclute through whioh foreign merobardite another point. /These objections wonld seam to bo suf* might he thrown into the interior free of duty, bu*. for Sclent to reject the proposition, but ibe impractl abll* the vigilance of a prevent ve corps. Upon the priuci* fly cf workiugfuch a plan Ib conclusive against ft. Tho pal avenues of tr&de with foreign countries, provision' difficulty of as'ertslulng in Ilostcn; Philadelphia, has been made by law, at port* of entry, for the col*' Obarlostau New Orleatas, aud other points on the At* lection cf duties, and at those ports our r venue from! lantic and Gu'f, thfe market value of merchandise Iu Ci»*’oms fa mainly collected or secured. Other chao*', New York would be great; but when the sale Is ex- nela through which foreign merchandise might olan-- tended to the Pacific, its enforcement wouli be not only desllnely reach the Interior are. of necessity, guad-d 1 violative of the eoastimttonal provisions to which I by a preventive force, afld oftepat points where the, have referred, but of every prlno'ple of justice and espenses egoecd tho amount of colteetlona. tuob a equality. . ‘ force could not be Withdrawn without Jsavicg the laws i Adhering totha principle* of the present tariff act. %nd regula'iona exposed to evasion and the public teTB- I would reeommend such ohauges as will produce the nne to incalculable io?s amount required for tbe public service. In accordance Take the district of Obamplaln and Vermont, on the with the su’geetion contained In my hat annual report, Canadian frontier, at an Illustration There la a Urge I recommend that schedules 0, D.F, G, tl be raised re* number of officers stationed at various points a] oDg ipo spccttvely to 26, 20,15. 10, and 6 pec cent 1 sea no frostier In these districts, and the expenses of collect good reason for having departed In the act of 185 T from tlou exceed by more than one*half tbe amouct of revs* the system of decimal diTlsiona. The present state pf pue received. . things affords a fit oipoftnnlty of oorceotiog the error. What won'd be the effect on the revenue of a with- This change jri)Unorea*o the revenue from customs SI,» drnwal of this foroo from these poluta may be petorived 800,000 upon the basis of the importations of the last by a glance at the oonnsetteps of those diatttete, and 1 1 fiscal year the waters of Lake Champlain, with the priocipal mir* To nine the additional amount needed will not re.- kefs and territory of Canada Bret, quire an inerease of all tho rates of duty of the present One or these stations, Rouse’s Point, where a large tariff. It will bcoome necessary, therefore, to select portion of Oansdisu commerce first enters the United certain articles, to be trauifmed from lower to higher States, communicates by railroads and tbe river Bt. schedules In making such chaoses, the true prioci* John’s with Montreal and, the St. Urwrence If no plea governing tho imposltlcn of duties for revenue preventive force were stationed st those points, mer* Shduld he kept In view, and suoh discrimination* undo ebardiae of prpvinci >1 r D iJ European orlglo qjlght ba‘ oe, consistently therewith, will beet promote the va* introduced Into the United States by those routes, and* 1 rlcus Interests of our ccaflh/ without doing Injustice at various points alongthe Canadian and Vermont froc/1 to any. Iho information contained In table 7 will ef- tier, w tbout tee possibility of prevention, and to tbe lord to Conire# s. the necessary data fortfaelr action, eertons injorv of the revenue from customs. Whereat* That table contaUa tha importations, with ’he rates of tides are taxed by onr tariff, bat made free by (he duty and amount of revenue derivable therefrom, for Canadian, or woere the difference of duties iu Csoada etch of the three lost fiscal years. When the ampupt and the United States would Insure a prefit on the ad whJch the legislation of Congress shall in‘V« it necee*. venture, raorchaodife might be exported In bond from sary td raise shall have been ascertained with anything our own warehouses to Oan&dft, to be thrown thence like ressopihte certainty, the information contained, la u*on oar without the payment of any duty this table will render the work of making *ucU trans* whatever to the United States. Mercbsrd’se so wi* feta simple and easy. ported might supply, to a 1 rge extent, the consumption The publiti dobt on the Ist July, U&t. was $29/60 r P* New Rngbud and. New Yorkj In whose ports so Jargp 886 90, os stated is my lost report. During the last fig- » portion of the public revenue le now colfectod. cal year them was paid of that debt the sum of 83.- ■, At the ports cf Pensacola, in Florida. *pd Shields -904,«9.24 leaving the aom.of 616,166 977 66 oatatani* boro’, near the mopth of Pearl river, in Mississippi, on W on the Ist Julv. 7868. To thie amount must he our Gulf ccast, revenue officers are fltatioced, but no added the Bum of SU> 000 000. negotiated during the fcrtlea of any cpnaidrrabte amount collected Hut for present fiscal year, of the loan autbtrfeetf by act of the prvsonoe of a revenue force at those points, the' Juno J 6.1868. There was Issued under the previsions valuable products of European and West lodUo com* ofth«actofDeee«ber23.lB67 dorlog the last ft cal year moroe might be Introduced, fee ef duty latothelute* treasury notes to the amount of 828*716 800/of whioh rior through the waters commanded by -hose there was redeemed, and the departmentinformed there* Ylth hardly apq .slbiUty ef prevention, and to the s&rU of. during the same period. $8 961,600, leaving the euto of oqs diminution of the revvpqe pow collected at the. 819 764 800 outstanding ontbelßtJuly.lBsB ThedetaiU porta of Neff Orleans ant Mobile. . , are shown, by .statemente marked 1 sod 6. Inestimatlng Other inslaoces of th«»a«»s|ty of.* nrerenltee ser*. the reeelpte and eXpondituree for the present sod next tlce might te readilyxnggestad, cat it Is not QepmeA fiscal years. i*ifl not aoutempUted to redeem the out. neaees&ry. It is believed that the expense of main* etaadlog treuary ootes. As these notes will become talcing ft might; it sojos poiniSj be reduced without THE PkESS.—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DEdEAifcEk f, 1858. ImfOlrioK its utility: and the department has tbAt sub ject now under coqaidaraticn. At the last seselon ot Oosgreie appropriations were • made for the purchav* of the b*st self-righiiog life, boats, to he placed on the coast of New jersey, and ihe bestlife-bo ts for use on the ooast of Long Island. As the Government bad already provided life-boats for those station*, the object of the law was evidently to ascertain a better brat Hun Ih'ee already employed, and. if found, *o substitute it for those row in use. Taking this view of the subject, I appointed a commls a oo to test llu qualities of tbe various kind of boats that hed been constructed, and whi'h were offered to the GovtTament. Ihe teport o f the coimnißSionetß has boon received within tbe last fc w days—too late for any action of the department be'ore the meetiog of G*n. [grass. It ia herewith submitted, (marked 44.) with a ' a view of plao’ng before Congress all the Information •onthe subj otiu thspoßsessiou of tbe depariment, and I also that such additional action may bo had atthepre -1 sent session as may be deemed advisab'e. Tbe report of tbe Buperin‘eadcat of the Oo&vt Sur vey, giving a statement of tbe operati ns o' this ser vice during the l r st fiscal year, will be submitted to Gdngr«es at an early day. The report oftbe supervising Inspectors (marked 12) is herewith submitted. A report from tbe president and directors of the Louisville and Poitland Canal Company Is expeoted to reach the department in a short time, and when recolv o \ will be submitted to Congress. The socorapanyleg repo-ts from the various bu'eius of the Tieasury Department, (marked A to L.) will furu’sb detailed statements or the business transacted In each of them In addition to tbe. regular annual report of tlieLlrh 4 - Ilouse Board, (markvd No. 13.1 I transmit a report from tbe Board, (marked No. 46 ) which has been pre pared in answer to a resolution of tbe Senate of Yeb rusty 1,1858. Tbe information contained In It will be interesting to both Houses, and Is therefore communi cated at this time. All or which is resnectfallr sutmlttea. ’ nOWELt, 0088, BecreUty of ihe Tiessuiy. Bos jobs 0. Bbeokissii os, Vice President of the United States, end President of the Senate. C|e J rts.s. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1868, The News. Congtesa met end organized yesterday. Tbe President’s message was read, end will to fonnd In eur columns this mgrnlng, together with the report of (ho Secretary of tbo Treasury and ab stracts of the reports in tho other departments. Wo rcoßlved at a late hour last night a eopy of tbo full report of tho Seoretnry of War. It Is on oble and interesting doaumeot, and we regret that wo oannot possibly find spsoe for It this morning. The operations of that depirtment have been un usually extensire during tbe !q;t year, end at tho same time suoeessful in every quarter, John MHohell, In his salutatory in the Southern Uitinn, an altra-Southern journal be baa xe oontly removed to Washington, lays down tho following platform; First. Repo&l of all laws prohibiting the foreign slave trade or Imposing penalties thereon. Feoond. Repeal of the law abolishing the slave trade In the District of Columbia. Third Absolute resistance to everything in the nature of a rompromi»« between North and South. Fourth, Peremptory demand for the Interven tion of Congross. President, and Supremo Court for elavery In all Territories the moment a slave holder brlngshisslayes there; in other words, in tervention by the authorities to sustain the law anl J provent robbery. These four Items Inelnde u al). Up to a certain date we are willing to labor for their attainment. It Southerners aromo them selves, they can attain them all, or else diiadre the Union. The weekly statement of tho Philadelphia Rashs, made up to yesterday afternoon, presents t[p> following oggrogato; logos,' *30.195,509; spe oie, $9 439,7115; doposits, *10,983,581 ; circulation, *2 721,1J1. In oonsequenoe of the illuossof one of ihe jo. tors ongaged in trying the Attibone and Novi hall case, it has.been continued until Ihe 13th Inst. . The charter eleotlon takes plaoe In New York to-day, and as usual a great number of candidates have been nominated who are unfitted for tho po sitions tp whiph t|)ey oapifQ. Furthor advices have been received from M-x ioo- ThOoause of. Juares appears to be gaining strength Tobasoo has fallen into the hands of his party after aehnraoterisUe Btruggle, in whlob, as tho telegraph Informs ns, a fight of sevmttm days duration resulted In the death of only se ven Men on both sides 1 Ufe is evidently too sweet to the Mexican braves to bera.hiy haiarded. Rev. 11. U. Onderdonh, formerly Bishop of this dipeoso, d}ed th’ 9 pity at an early hour yester day mprntng. Be aotei) as 4«sis>ant Bishop of this dloeese from 1827 to 1838, and as Bishop from that period until 1845. sermons and writings evinced dhilitles of a Very high order. Within thp last few weeks he has delivered set, mons which were considered very remarkable ef forts by those who had the pleasure of heating them. ‘ Bis death was calm and psaooful. The President’s Message. , Wo depot® nearly all the apace of our pa per this morning tp the President’s Message gnd the Reports of tbe Reads of the Depart-; -iu*nts._.Tbflrfl_are so. many important ques tions now demanding the attention of the Go yerhmenf that tliainformntion and recommen dations contained in these documents are ne pessatily-Interesting. Tho weake.t part o( the Message is tfiat devoted to tbe Kansas question. The judgment of the country on that issue is jo well settled that Mr- BuptusAH can dp lit tle io change it by bis labored defence' Of his policy. When he asserts that <« in the course of bis long and public lifo,” he has « never performed any oilicial act which In the retro, spect has afforded” him <r moro heartfelt aa titfaction,” than tbe recommendation of tho admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution, ho very gratuitously displays a disposition to glory in his shame, and to ostentatiously parade Ms own favorable Judg ment on his condtftt us an off-set to tho well known condemnation of a great majority of his countrymen. If Mr. Bcqiukaw is sincere in this opinion, he only shows that, like some of tbe great authors of tbo world, he is utter ly disqualified to pronounce a correct judg. ment on his own productions. His worst ene mies could Inflict no greater blow upon his pre sent popularity or his future fame than to take him at hlsword, and pronouncing his warm es pousal of an infamous Constitution, which was conceived in iniquity, brought forth in fraud, and which could be supported only by the grossest tyranny, the best official act of hiß life, sot down all the others ss worse than that. But no one, wo think, will be severe onongh to judge him by so unforlnsato a standard, although be himself invites it. He is as anxious now that Kansas should bo kept out of the Union as ho was a year ago that she should be dragged into it. His reasoning npon this subject is quite pathetic. It is un fortunate for him that ho did not. adopt it a year ago. The Engliah-bill finality is tena clonsly adhered to, and those wbo heard the professions of tbe Lecompton candidates for Congress in favor of admitting Kansas with out regard to her population, lost fall, will now sqe how unwise it would have been to havo bellevcdthem. The recommendation in favor of prohibiting the admission of any Territory into ilia Union until it has attained tho requisite population la & proper and cor rect one, and if coupled with another, that the Constitution of all Territories shall be submitted to the people and ratified by them before they are presented to Congress, would be worthy of tbo carefhl consideration ot Con gress ; but ihoro Is no good reason, after all tho occurrences of the past, that Kansas should not bo excepted from tho operation of tbo .first-mentioned rule, if her citizens de sire ft. Bat little is said In tbe Message in relation to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. As negotiations npon tho tuhject are pending, the exact condition of the eonlrovetsy Is not disclosed. Congress is recommended to consider tho propriety of making an appropriation of money, in advance, ior the purchase of Cubs, in case a treaty for its acquisition can be ef fected. If Cuba is over purchased from Spain It will probably be in this manner, for it is not likely that any Spanish ministry will incur ihe oilimu ol negotiating a treaty for its sale, and thus be turned almost immediately out of power, without receiving a portion of tho purchase money at once. Had a reoommen dailon of this kind been made a year ago, in conjunction with a recommendation to refer tbe Looompton Constitution back to the people of Kansas, it would havo been much mote apt to have been compiled with than It will be at the presont session of Congress. Tho President has done so much to create a bitter antagonism to any legislation that would strengthen the political power of tho siaveholdiog portion of the confederacy, that ho has- probably secured the defeat ol Ids proposition,-for tho presont. In regard to Mexico, tbe President prefers waiting tho result of tho presont revolution be fore instituting ,a general war against tho coun try, or. establishing a protectorate over tho whole of it, but suggests that wo should at once toko military possession of the northern por tions of Sonora and Chihuahua ior the better protection of the citizens of onr Southwestern domains from the ravages of the savage tribes whiph harbor in the Mexican territo ries. On the tariff we are pleased to soo that Mr. Bocuauxs Is wot wholly forgetful of tho teachings of his earlier days, and ho even has the boldness to recommend specific duties on Iron, row sugar, and foreign wines and spirits, As the revision of the tariff is necessary, wo trnst his reoommendations will receive prompt attention. If he addresses himself with the same energy and determination to tbJfl subject that be has to others, and makes a « test” of it, the manufacturing interests of our State may be very substantially beneflted. ’"Will he do so ? The construction of a Pacific Railroad is warmly recommended. This question is evi dently destined to become a leading one in the councils of the nation, and,we do not donbt that the road will be built, as it certainly should be, at no distant period. Various other questions aro discussed. The tone of the Message is by no means so bolti gerent as was anticipated by some, but rather calm and unimpaasioned. Its information is valuable, .and it will well repay an attentive pe rusal. In the remarks we have heretofore made, respecting the management and failure of the ' Bank of Pennsylvania, there was no intention to do injustice to either of the parties now on trial for conspiracy to defraud the bank. The statements made were such as were in general circulation, and ought not to prejudice the de fendants If not sustained by the evidence. It ■was alleged that Mr. NewhaH had sold to the hank “a worthless bill of exchange ” for SO,-. 000 pounds sterling. It now appears, from the evidence givon on the trial, that the bill re ferred to was drawn on a house in Manchester, England, of- undoubted responsibility ; that it was accepted by that bouse, and was received by Georgo Peabody & Co., in payment of a debt due to them from the Bank of Pennsylva nia. There seems to be some question whether the acceptors (Sostron & Co.) paid the bill at maturity. But whether they did er not, it is certain that they are abundantly able, and can he compelled to pay it, if it be not alrea dy paid. It Ib equally certain that the Bank of Pennsylvania has thus ftv received credit for it, and, instead of being defrauded, has ac tually been benefited by the transaction. The coart very justly decided that ii the bill was drawn in good faith, and accepted by a re sponsible honße, the omission to pay the bill at maturity was certainly no evidence of either fraud or conspiracy to defraud the bank. In this matter, then, it is fair to say that thus far there is nothing to justify the oharge of fraud against Mr. Nowhall. In Mr. Newhall’s notion as president pro tem., it does not ap pear that any discounts made by his direction were unsafe or subsequently unpaid. On the contrary, his counsel repeatedly offered to prove, by the Commonwealth’s own witnesses, that every note discounted by Mr. Nowhall as president pro tem, was folly paid at ma turity, and that the bank lost nothing what ever by those discounts. In regard to Mr. Newhall’a private acoonnt with the bank,' one of tho assignees of the bank (Mr. Taylor) haß already testified that Mr. Nowhall has several thousand dollars more money in the bank than sufficient to meet all his liabilities to that In stitution. Common justice requires ns to say thus mnch to remove any prejudices which may have been created by the publication of previous statements founded on erroneons information. While we have said thus much, irom a plain sense of justice, wo reserve to ourselves the right to make fall comments npon the conduct of the presiding jadge, and the merits of the canse, as soon as the trial stjalj be closed. In regard tqljr. J.oUghead, the District Attorney, there can be but one opinion respecting his character and ability. Bis opening address to tho jury was highly creditable to him, and exhibited rare talents. If tho evidence should not fill out and sustain tho opening speech, it will certainly be no fault of the District Attorney. ■ ‘ BY MIDNIGHT MAIL. Xiettor from Washington. {Correspondence of The Press.} Washington, Dec. 6,1858. The country will not soon forget, I trust, how, importunate Southern politicians were, from lSSO; to 1854, for a recognition of the principle of dost Intervention, by Congress, in the local affairs of our Territories. The effort made to pass the Wil* mot Proviso into a law satisfied them.of the dan* ger of national legislation on the subject o! Tory, and they elceted to rest the fortunes of the' Sooth with the people of the Territories. 'Popular* sovereignty, in its application to the government of the Territories, owes its origin to a dread of tho’ increasing plwec of the. North, and a disposition 1 there evinoed to limit the peculiar institution to tbe States in which it exists 'When the Senate obamber was echoing with the eloquence and wis dom of Intelleotnal giants aud devoted from the different sections of the Union, the doc*; trine now* advanced as constitutional law, that slavery existed of right in tbe Territories, was regarded as a political heresy of tho few. This fact was clearly recognised and proclaimed in the Xebraska-K&nsaa bill, by tho declaration it contains, that “U is the true Intent and mean ing of this [that] not not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude It there from, hut to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic Institu tions in thefr own way, subjeot only to tho Consti tution of the United Slates.” Bad Congress sup posed they bad not the power to legislate slavery into a Territory, nor to exclude it therefrom , they would soeroely have declared it was not their in tention to do so. On the contrary, the intention to leave slavery in the Territories, just at It was left under the Constitution in the States, subject to the will and deolilon of the people, is perfeotly manifest. The oountry so understood It, and for this reason adopted it. Popolar sovereignty, thus read, constituted the main timber of the Cincinnati platform, upon which Mr. Buobauan securely and unfalteringly stood during his struggle for the Presidency, as it was the point of all Democratic appeals in 1856, not excepting those of Howell Cobb, and other Southern speakers In that year no speech was regarded either as orthodox or effective which did not embrace suoh an interpretation oi the law. How we loved the dear people then, not ef the South merely, but of the Northl and what an un flinching confidence we expressed in their entire on* pabllityfor self-government, alike in State and Tti ritory 1 As we were on the side of the people, so tho people enrolled themselves on our side, and Mr. Buchanan, then our most obsequious friend, sow our bitterest persecutor and defamor, was removed from Wheatland to the White Hoaso. Two yean ago every Democrat ia the laud In stated upon the absolute right of the people of all organised Territories, not only to form, but also “to regulate” all their il domestic mstitu (tons'* in u their oton way." Instead of slavery being an exception, Mr. Buchanan has instructed us that it was tho only institution referred to. If the election of that year decided anything, it meat assuredly determined this: that Congress should not, after passing an organioaot for the Territories, interfere, in any way, with their domestic Institu tions or municipal regulations—that slavery was entirely within the popular control, in its admis sion, rejection, and regulation. Where are we now ? In these days of incipi ent tyranny—-of sett-adulating Presidents—uf eon temptuouß (not contemptible) OablnetST-of mush room magnates—and of little penny-mad offiolal slaves—where are wo ? Let us see: The Su preme Court has deolded, In the Dred Scott case, that domestic slavery. Is an actual existence, by and under the Constitution, in all our Territories— so the South says—end that it cannot be exclu ded. The people cannot legislate It In—for it is there already by the highest law and without their aot—and they cannot le .hlate it out, for the Constitution prohibits it. If ibis position is sound, then the avowal of Qongtoaa in the Nebraska- Kansas aot, as interpreted by the President, that they did not intend to legislate slavery in or oat, buttoleavo its formation to Ihe icople, simply means nothing. In this way is the power of s’u very Introduction and exolusion disposed of. Wbat next t The Democratic delegation in Congress is now, or very soon to be, asked to pass a oodo of laws regulating slavery in all the Territories. Very well! Bupposo such a thing shall bo done, how much of popular sovereignty, as contended fox in 1555, will bo left? What will have become of that clause of the Nebroska-Kausas aot which has often boen deolared to be the very soul and , spirit of the law?, This is its language: “It is tbe true intent and meaning of this aot not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exefudo it therefrom, but to leave tho people thereof perfeotly free to form and regulate their domestio institutions (slavery) in their own way.” The introduction, exclusion, and regulation of slavory oro spoken of as conferred upon the people of the Territories. They cannot tftf/Wuqv it, for tho reaeon that they find it there whon they first step upen the soil. They cannot exclude It, because no legislative act of theirs can repeal the Consti tution —and they cannot regulate it, for Congress has reasserted that right. If this is not sweeping away solemnly snooted laws, platforms, pledges, speeches, and tho inherent right of tho people to govern themselves, then I surrender my judgment, and ask to be written down an ass for all future time. It is to be hoped a pause may be made before we complete tho circlo. We started out with in tervention'; and, after a fair and full.trial, aban doned It for non* intervention. Why should we return to re-try tho ilan already proven defective and unsafe ? Have we not bad enough agitation from.the slavery question in Congress ? We have said bo, and avowed our determination to prevent a repetition of it. This was to be effected by sur rendering tho whole question to tbe determination of the residents of the inchoate States or Territo ries—by popular sovereignty—and it will be ef footed if we adhere to our Democratic polioy. Bat it is not at ail that a sew test will he forced’upon us, to traitors, and further to weaken and‘demoralize the party. If I had a right to.think on the subjeot) I should be opposed to it; as it ia, I do uot desire* to oommit farther transgression, or aooumuUtd additional penalties npon my head. The iron interest secures the first action of the Bouse of Bepresentative*. What the result will he I don’t know j but it 1b evident that there is a determination to have it looked after and oared for, sooner or later. A contest begins for the va cant doorkeppership cf the Senate. The. candi dates are many. The Sergeant-at-arins will be superseded. It is said Major Beale, who occupied that office for so many years, will take his old place again. jj. THE LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, Second Session* U. 8. CiPITOL, WiBniSGTOH, Deo. 6. 82NATB. Fifty Senators answered to their names Messrs. Alien, Bigler, Bright, Broderick, Bell, Brown, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Olsy, Olingman, ColUmer, Davu, Darkee, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden,. Fitch, FUzpfttriok, Foot, Foster, Green, Owls, Hale- Hamlin, Hammond, Hunter, Harltn, Irtrson, Jons*, Kennedy, King, Meson. Pearce, Polk, Sice, Reid, Seward. Shields, Simmons, Slidell, Stuart. Thompson ’ of Kentucky, Thomson of New Jersey, Trumbull. Wade, Ward, Wil son. atui Wright. . • 3he oath of office was administered to Martin W. Bates, aid ha took his seat as Benator from Delaware. Th® credentials of Matt Ward of Texas, and Thomas L. OH* gmaa of North Caroline, were presented. On mn-lon of Mr ct QalMomla. the House was notified that the Senate is ready to proceed to boat bops. On motion ct Mr. Alj.be, a committee wsb appointed to wait on tbe Prudent. Mr Misos gave notice that he would, on Tuesday, oall up tbe ease of the Spanish schooner Aufstad Messrs Buwabd, Fibsesdes. aud others objected that this olaSm should be singled out/ and Mr. Fbwabd called for a vote on tbe subject. it stood, vets 29. nays 19. 1 ' * _ At \0 minutes to 2 o’clock, the message from the Pre s'dent was received, and tbe reading of It Immediately commenced. When the message waareal— Mr. Biolks, of Pennsylvania, moved that twenty thousand exlta copies be printed. . Mr. Hals, of New Hampshire, said that if tbe Pre sident hid confined himself to aa exposition of tbe re lations of the oountry, be would not have taken this opportunity to make comments. Bat the President had abused hie constitutions! pferogatWe, and tone cut of his way to Interpolate a history or Kansas not In soeotdance with- the "truth of history. He did sgiee most fervently In the President’s grati-. tade that Providence had Interposed at a critical jano ture In our affairs. Nay, the teaehingof Providence had been brought to tbe President’s own State and town, and like Job, the good ia%n, he feels the .stripes yet. blerseth the rod. Mr. Hate rejoiced that foreign affairs are so satisfactory, but he bad expected the' President would have enlightened the country aa to the state of jur relations with Austria; which required a new min ister to be sent so immediately after tbe Pennsylvania elect'on. Even as the EngUahmelden,Florence Night legate, who, with the plastic hand of female affection, tended the wounded, here we have tbe President la a similar character, hovering about the battle-field to pick up the wounded and seod them to the Austrian hospital for recovery. Mr. Hale then went Into futVher remarks en the subject of Kansas, the Amteted case, etc., and defended his party from the charge of being agitators The motion of Mr. Bigler was adopted. Mr Gvrur, of California, gave notice that he intended to bring the Pacific Railroad bill up on to-morrow. The Senate then adjourned HOUSE OF BE°BKBBNTATIYE3, The galleries of the House are crowded, and the mem bers are gathered in oonfased groups on the floor of the House, engaged In earnest conversation All appear to be io fine humor. At noon the Speaker called the Bouse to order. Mont two hundred members responded to their names On motion of Mr. Flobskcb , of Pennsylvania* a reso lution was adapted appointing a. commutes, In eonjuno. tleuwltb that of thuEenate, to wait on the President aid inform film that a quorum of both bouses had ar aemb ed. and were ready to receive any common’cation he might be pleased to make. The daily hour of the session was fixed at 12 o’clock.' A proposition to select seats occasioned much confu sion, but was adopted., ; Every seat was vacated, and selection was made by each member as his name, on a piece of paper, was drawn from the box. Mr. Gaovr, of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill to amend the act establishing the Court of Claims so as to permit creditors to sue in the District Court of the United Btatee. Mr OppTJs, of fowp. introduced * hill for the con struction of a Central Pacific Railroad, Mr DctViUT, of Pennsylvania, asked leave to Intro duce a resolution Instructing the Committee of Wayfi and Wraps to report a bill increasing the 'duty on coal and iron, end at the request of severe l gentlemen In clatei lead, sugar, and such other articles as need pro tection against foreign competition. The objection being made, Ur. Dbwabt moved a sus pension of the roles. Negatived—Teas 102, nays 91, a majo.ily of two thirds being required , The Speaker was authorised to appoint the various aw.dipg committees. Mr. Flobbiqi. of Pennsylvania, from the (elect committee appointed to wait on the President, reported that the latter would immediately communicate his -mtt**ge. The message was received, and the reading common-' ced at about 2 o’fllcck. On motion, the President’s.meesage wsa referred to tie Committee of the Whole on the state of the Unfoa, and ordered to be printed. Adjourned. Non-Arrival of the City of Washington. BVtor Hcge, Dee, fi— Midnight —There are no -algos of fhe approseh of the steamship Oity o r Wash ington. low due here, with Liverpool dates to the Stthuit. four days later tbaa previous advices. -The weather is clear) with the wind at northeast. , From California and the Plains* " Overland Mall.) Br. TiOxns, Dec. 6. -The overland California snail, with dates to the 9tbult., (four days later,) arrived here last night, having been twenty-fire days out. - The mail brings three through passengers. j The roads oq tne mall route, from. Sen Francisco to the boundary of Texas, w'ete in good condition. . Tbe mall party saw no indication* of hostile Indians. l J. H. Alasa, one of Colonel Crabbe’s party, (nearly' all of whom were massacred at Babta Jn« ) had been liberated by the Government of Bonora.' Ur. Alnsa' publishes an interesting narrative of the massacre, and of his captivity. CALIFORNIA. Th*« ma'l left four da/e af er the last eteanw. but nolhiog of Importance had cccnrreJ during the In terra! OREGON. Oregon dates to the 27‘Ii of October are furnished. Very rich deposits of gold had been {Uncovered near Csoyonville, in Douglas* ceootj ; xraeh excitement exists In lhat vicinity in eonieqence. Three men took oat seventy dollar* in four hoar*. WASHINGTON TBBRITOBT. The dates from Washington Territory are to October SOtb. ThA HQ«* ]* devoid of interest. The Indian* aresa'd to be very troublesome about' the Coleville mines. Laterfrom Mexico. Vew Orusaks. Dec. 4 —The steamship General Buak hal a’•rived from Brasw,with dates to Ihe 301 b nit. T 7 * Intelligence from Bfexto by this arrival It favorable to the Liberal cause. Zuloaga It reported as about to decamp. Tbe Libera’s favor a treatytwith the United States tot the extradition of slaves and criminals Farther From Afexico* Washington, Bee. 6 —New Orleans papers of Thurs day have been received, and contain tbe advices from Mexico. Tobasoo, which was tbe only port in Mexico left fa the possession of the Zulosgis's, le now in tbe hands of the liberal] «tf, After fighting for seventeen dava, only seven men were killed rn both sides Gere* left Tampico on the 32d of November for Pus hfa, VJej». and other parte nnkoown, but tt was sup posed be had gone to oonsnlt with the President re specting the Spanish claim. The Nicaraguan Government and White’s Steamers. 1 Washington, December B.— A gentleman who has just returned from Niciragua, Informed the editor of the Mobile Keguter, on Wednesday, that that Govern ment would not permit passengers by Whit v*s btease *a to pa*s through the country, and that it had deter roluedly resolvrd not to allow that company to have the transit l|The informant Is Mr. W P Kirkland, a p'antsr in Nicaragua, whole stated to be reliable. Fire at Washington, T>. C. Waseihotok. D Q , Deo 6 McLean A Monroe’* extensive steam-pUnlog establishment, in Thirteenth street, near tbo canal was burnt to-night. A U'ge amount of finished work and machinery was destroyed. The loss was not less than 610,03 c. The amount of in-, saraoceis unknown. The Virginia Convention* Washington, Deo. 6.—The telegrapblo despatch from Petersburg, on Prfdar, very dfitinotly atatod that' Mr. Treadway and f>. Jennings Wise spoke In favor of tbe nomination of Mr. Letcher, but one o* the dele gates sow here, say* that both spoke against the nomi nation. The statement is probably correct. A New Orleans and. Havana Line of Propellers* Washington, Dec. 6 —The New Orleans papers state that aPmovement:is|beiiig, made, In New Oi leans, to establish a line of propellers between New Orleans and Havana, flftinicipal Election In Massachusetts* Nbtt Brdford Deo 6.—The municipal election to day resulted in the election of Willard Nye, Republican, as mayor, by 183 plurality. The Republicans also elected two-thirds of the City Coutcti. Lawbrnok, Dec. o.—Tbe Itepublloins to d*y elected General Oliver as Mayor, and the entire Republican tfekot for aldermen * Dee. B.—Tbe entire Republican a«d Temperance ticket for city effleers w*s elected to-day by 400 majority. Destructive Conflagration at Chaleguay« Chalbgoat, Dec 6 —A fire broke out on Satnrday night in A. B. Jenuer A Co ’& diug store, whkh. with all its contents, vras consumed. The flames spread ra pidly, and destroyed the Old Franklin Hotel, the drug and liquor store of P. W. Pollard, and the large tin shops of F. Boper. The adjoining dwelling of D H. Mitliken vraa then pulled down,' which stopped the far ther progress of the flames. The loss is heavy, and the lcsuranca hut light. Fire at Bristol, R* I. Bristol, B. 1., Deo o.— St.kMiohael’s Episcopal Chureh, at Bristol. R. 1.. was burnt last night. The loss fa estimated at $lB 0C0» on which there is an insu tacce of $lO,OOO. New York Bank Statement* Nbw Tors, Dec. 6 —The bank statement for tho week ending on Saturday exhibit): An Increase of loans 6762,000 “ “ Specie.... 250,000 “ n Circulation...., 186/00 Decrease of net deposits 18,700 Miss Davenport. At Walnut-street Theatre, last night, a orowd ed house greeted the ro-appcarance of Miss Daven port, after an ab«enoo of three years. She per formed tbe part of The Connte.*s t In Knowles’s p*ay of u Love' 1 with her wonted'intensity and grace, nxd was ably supported by Mrs. Conway as Catherine, Mr. Richings as The X>uie t and Mr, Conway as Jluon —one t-f his moßt folloUous per sonations. This evening she appears as Parthe* //*«, in the play ot lt lo^omar.” tST We are under obligations to Mr. Mayberry Irving, conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad from Pittsburg to Philadelphia, for bis kindness in allowing us the privilege of using one of Wood ruff’s beds in his patent sleeping ear. They are a miraole of comfort, and do much to shorten the todlousness of travel. . Christmas Presents—A piano or melodeon, either of which J. K. Gould, Seventh and Chest nut streets, oan furnish In perfection. His stock is large and o&refuUy selected. THE CITY. AMUBIMWITB JPJHS . : , . ? rHX^ VLX T * CllßXb’B ABOfl-B?**** TuxlTlß. 4 our American Cousin «(fifmpson ; * Cdi” .I\, B .°^ bB ’ WatwoT.sfßkßr ?BSA«*i. logomar * A Boland for an Oliver.” C I RCD ' —“Lent’* Qircue Company-.”— ” Equestrian, Gymnastic, and Acrobatic feats.” r AaacMBLT Builuwob.—higaurßiit* BAMIOBD’S Opbba Hoosx.-EthlopUu Entertain* meets,.. - Guardians of the Poor—A. stated meet* log of this body ; was held yesterday afternoon at their room in Baveoth street—Dr. Hahn fn the chair. The total number of pampers at the A’nuhousa on Pa turtey la tw*F ..1... 2 CJ0 Same time last year.;, *•«.;....... 2,792 Decrease. During the past two weeks there have been admitted 233 persons Number of births, 8; deaths, 24; ois. charged, 68, eloped, 28; boned out, 4 During the same period persona were famished with lodgings, aud 2 53s peraons with meals. Total number of white w-mea, 1,123; colored, 85; white men, 1.401; colored, 61, The usual nnmbar of applications for relief was received aud disposed of. Whole number in the h0u5e,2,670. . a comtaunloitlon wm recelred from Dr. J B. J>lek ririSM' posiUonaeone of the consulting phy- Another commutUctlon was reteimd from Dr, Done- John Bscotta to ftll the t»- cancy. Laid on the table Marshall Heoz.ay resident steward, reported that he bsjcollected fIQB 5$ during the past two weeks. - „.?1 m„°, at^ QO 5 * g f at wported that he had collected $l4B SO In bond and support oases, and $134 of emigrant The special committee presented a report embodvieg regolatfOßS relative to the management of the pro posed clinics. The report was laid upon the table until Monday next. , - r - < Dr. Smith, th<* chief resident physician, reported thst he bad suspended tke night nurse, the housekeeper, and the servant nurses. In the lunatic department. Mr. Hoopes submitted 4 resolution to dispense with sight watchmen in. the lunatic department. Agreed ip. Bills were then received amounting to $l2 OOQ, The board then adjourned. Thß SoMZifnJB IN THE FOURTEENTH -"WARD —The investigation of this case was resumed yester day afternoon by Coroner Fenner, at the Eighth-dis trict station house, but nothing was elicited which west to show who were the parties engaged Is the out r*ge. John Oanavan, the hnsband of. the first witness examined on Saturday, was sworn} and satiifactoil’y accounted for his. absencefrom home on the night of the murder. He hut gone Out, on an errand, and meeting with a friend joloed him Ltt a night’s spree; bat knew, notbfog of the occur rence in the neighborhood of his bouse until he returned, next afternoon, aud hta wife informed him of 1* Ntetoaal WcQnade, who left Oauavaa’s tavern. Thirteenth sod Pearl streets, with Barrett, and who w*a supposed to know all about the affair, was arrested yesterday moralng by Officer Joseph B. McCulley, at Broad and Willow streets. He waa examined at length, but nothing was elicited to implicate him in ihe affair A young man, named Howard, who resides at No. 2t9 Juniper street, testified that he was 1u the neighbor hood of Twelfth and Willow streets, on the night of the murder, while passing down from Girard avenue, and that as he reached Division street he saw two men pass ing Mrs. Cauavaa *s house; that one of them was drunk, and asked the other to “ go .back «sd fight;” the latter refusing to do so, the former returned to where two other men (supposed to be Barrett *ad hU friend) ware standing, and that directly after he (the witness) heard the cry of murder, and sjw a msa raoo fog dors WUlow street.-. McQuade was brought in. but was*nos reeognffed by the witness vs one of the men he saw. Miss Emma Higgins was again examined, aud identified McQuade aa the man who left Oasavau’e tavern with Barrett. A man named MoFarland was ail ll * examined, but threw no light on the vtfbject.. The jury, after a short consultation, rendered a verdict ‘fttat t*-e dt- Blrrett > cime to his death rrom ioiurfas .teflteted by some penon or persons to them unknown.” Death of Bishop Onderdonk. -It .la with f«ellngsor deep sorrow anl regret that we %o. uonnes the dea»b or. Bev H. TJ. Oederdonk, Jhrmerlw hisusp or this diocese who died about half pest three o’elook yesterday morning, at his residence, in Mo* street,'above Thirteenth. His disease was drsenterr. Bisbop O. wae a native of New Yoik, aonof -Dr. John Ondenlobk. of Ih»t city, and brother of B-shon Benja min T. Ooderdonk, of the diocese of New Fork. He commenced life as » doctor cf medicine., and,after being graduated, we be'ieve, fromthe University of Edluborgb, Bootiand, practUed for some years in. bte native olty. Afterwards studying theology he was or dained to the ministry In the Episcopal Church, and after presiding over several eoogrrgxti -pb 'in the' State of. New York,, waa. finally) Jn lSrt. eteeted assistant bishop of this dlocr as, with Bishop White, who died In 1835. Bishop Veade wss the eandbhje nominated in opposition to .him. Bishop Onderdook vrss ordained la Christ Church, In tWa city. Ha, continued In charge of tbe diocese until 1 the .year 1845, when hareaigned Ms written: and was suceeddd by BUh<ipFott«t : • Bishop Ondaidbnk besides being a fine Ih4ola#n ß . baa. on aaverel occasions, appearedhafore the wVrld as an author. -A few yean ago his sermons were publish ed, and a tract entitled (i Episcopacy tested bySorip tore” has also emanated fromthe aaaa Sonroesbdit is regaled aa the. mo*t lucid and eteuuent essay ever written on that subject, incur language Hed*parr#d this Ufa with greatoaltauesa, and in Ih»bte«rdhop* of a Rlorioui immortality. We have not ascertained his egsetage, but believe It to have been about seventy .years:' HSs funeral will prbbably take plaee'onTbure day, when the services will be performed la St. Peter’s Church, Pine street, near .Third. ' - r* --. • Horace Gbeeleit.—There fa & great treat in store for our leeture-goei*, aa will be seen br an ad vertisement in another column. Hon. Horace Greeley, the editor of Ihe New Fork 2Wbwas,aod one of ihe m<>«t eminent joun»U«t« #! tie,d»T. *m delleer «leo tnre before tbe Hirriemi ttterary la.titate of thle citr to-morrow erenin*. *t (oneert Hell. Mr Qreoler’e thsme is a new one, and as this Ji bis first appearance this season before a Pbltsde’phta audience, we ean as true him of a totdia! welcome. The Institute'before which be lecture* is one of the aostdeeerring of the many worthy societies of this eharaeterHn our me trofolis, as we can stats on our personal knowledge. Serious Accident.— About one o’clock, yesterday afternoon, whiles printer, named William BUckwood, was engaged at work on a bonding fa Wal nut atrent, near Fourth, befell f*oni ihe sesffold. which waa at the fourth story of.tbe -butt-ting, to the ground. He was severely, asd it is ftarad ds&gerouriy, injured. The' nufirtunaxe main was toavaved- to' the hospital oonneeted with the University of Pennsylvania.. ' Birth re Station House.—AWut three O'clock jeaterday moruing agenteal-loobiog young wo men was fottod on the pavement in Spruce street,below Tblrd. she said she had been driven fma her board ing bouse in Bpruce at., br Richard Downs, the propri etor. fib & was taken to the Fifth- ward station house, where in a short time she gave birth to a child. 'The Late Stabbiso A.f;aie at Mahatohk. —We learn that the German, Rodman, (who wa* stab* -bed os fatardav evening: and who vas considered dan gerously wouoded). la improving. Dong is still In pri son, and will await a further heanng. Damages.—The low of property occasioned by the fire at Dock and Baeoud8 a eoud streets, on Sunday morn ing last, is estimated at between $1,600 and $2,000, the grester part of which is covered by insurance. Accident.—Yesterday 'afternoon, a boy, aVmt ten year* of «ge, named Thomas Fem>ha?re. had his jaw frac*nred by the hiek of a horse, with wbteh be waa playing at Hamilton’* stable, in Carpenter street, below Fifth. He was taken to (he hespifcri. A committee, appointed by the Board of Guardians of the Poor, left yesterday afternoon for New York, to viait the institutions at Randall*# Island, with a view of making some improvements'in the management of our institutions for the poor. - Sudden : Death.— A. man, named George Monks, di»d very suddenly last evening at bis residence, in Taylor street, between'Marple aud OarroU. The coroner was notified to attend. THE COURTS. THE ALLIBONE AND NEWHALL CASE. FIFTH DAY. Adjournment of the Case for One Week. f Reported for The Press.] Quarter Sessions— Judge Thompson.— At the opening of tbe court yefterday morning Judge Tuompson said: I have received * eomtmafcA tion from the medical attendant of Mr Thomas, which X will hand to cooo*el. Mr. Longhead then re id the following: StrNOAr. December 6th, 1858 In consequence of the levers indisposition of Mr. Reynold Thomas, I have strictly advised him not to leave his bed for several days Samvel Lewis, M- D., 1330 Spruce street. Mr. Longhead thru 8*14: I uude'st tnd Mr. Thome)’ brother is in coart, and can be examined. Mr Lewis Thomas was then sworn as to tbe condition of his brother. Mr, Lou (be id. Ton are a brother of Reynold Thornes, one of the jurors in this case ? A. I am, Sir. Q Hava you visited him Ibis raornlrg ? A. I saw him half an hctir since; he has a severe neuralgic pain io the bead, accompanied with vomiting and chills. Q. By whom Is he attended ? A. By fir. Lewis. Q. would it be possible for him to come oat to-day t A. Dr. Lewis has advised him to keep his bed for several days. Mr. Longhead. That is all, Mr. Thomas In SO Unfortunate a phase of this case, may it please your Honor, I scarcely) now wbat to snggest. There is but one course to adopt, which Is to adjourn the eourt and the case fora reasonable time, until Mr. Thomas besnlficfaotlj reooverei to attend to hti duties as a ju ror in this cense. Mr. F 0 Brewster. We would be perfectly content, sir, to go on with the eleven oiher gentlemen, so far as our client is concerned. I understand tbe Supreme Court—and the highest court Io NewTork—to decide that the defendant cannot make an agreement io pro ceed under loch an aspect of the oase. I presume that a proposition of the kind would sot be entertained by yonr Honor. Mr Longhead. There can and should he no such arrangement made. Mr. Brewster l see that an adjournment Is inevita ble I only speak for the defendant whom we repre sent Mr, Longhead, When informed the other day, by an officerof this coart, that the jarorwaa suffering from neuralgia in the head. I observed the effect of the dis ease travelling over the face of ihe gentleman, and 1 was then fearful ihat a delay might be tbe result. (The Bei cb directed au officer to hand it the order Of business of the Court of Common Pleas j ‘ Judge Thompson is there any proposition os to tho time to Which the cou*taball be edjournei 1 Mr. Me edith. The time depend* entirely upon tho state o’ the health of the juror. We cannot assist your Boner in tbe premises. Mr. Longhead. The better plan will be to fix upon a certain day—your Honor has sent for the order o' bad ness, I perceive; then, if the juror be unable to attend court, to re-adjourn. Judge Thompson. Is it worth while to fix a day this week? Mr. Longhead. I should think it hardly worth while. I was about to suggest Thursday; but if the condition of this gentleman is repr ried upon correctly—end we all understand what reuralgla Is, accompanied by the symptoms which have been detailed—l should think that at least a week ought to ho given for hta recovery. Too early an application to the arduous duties required of a jurorfu this case, sad whei, from Its importance, he la bound to give, might perhaps, if he had but par tially recovered, fh r ow, him back again, and ecoasion father trouble and delay. Mr. Meredith It Is quite likely, sir. Judge Thompson. I will ray this day week, ir it wil* niitall parties interested. Mr. Longhead. Oan we have this room ? Mr. Meredith and Mr. Brewster. The Supreme C'turt does not meet till the first Monday in January. Mr. Brewster. I hope that the court will advise tbe jurors aa to keeping themeelvea unaffected, bj contact with those not of their number Mr. Longhead X enti ely concur in the necessity for giving such Instructions. Judge Thompson, to the Jury. Inconsequence of a contingency, over which of course, no one has control, it Is necessary that this case be postponed until to-d y w«ek In the meantime, it is ynur duty not to hold conversation with ary person outside of your own num ber. touching this case; aod itw old be well for you neither to read nor speak about tbe rubject matter or It, eo that you may come into this court again, at the termination of its adjournment, wilh yonr mipda as unbiased as they were when you took your seats in the jury box. To the Orler. Adjourn the contt till to-day week— the J3ih Inst. Salk of Superior Cabinet Furniture, this morning, at Mr. Henkel’s warerooms, Walnut street. Elegant ’and Valuable London Books, this evening, at the auction rooms. Stocks and Real Estate this evening, at the Exchange. A large sale—Sixteen Properties, Including valuable business stands, farms, ele gant and plain residences, stocks, do. See Thomas and Sous' advertisements and catalogues of the three sales,
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