The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, December 07, 1858, Image 2

; 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 ȟb
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,