B,-1888; j. LETTER FROM THE EDITOR^ ... r f -'" ' ' 4 zr- ' - Washington, December 7. ]PcS .The flrtt thing thatwill arrest the attentWivof Pennsylvanians & the marked difference between th« Prialierit of tie IJ'ntts'§lat« and, th* Beore . tary of the Treasury on tho prpjet ™9d? pf. raiBiDg : f *efeMT r 7Mlseienr|o'eohdnot:the Government.' 'lie'; President "holdly: reaisefts;; hla • well-khepn, OpliioM In faVot'ettpeelflo and against ad valorem dntUe'r deeUree thiflrat.Wbeeteontiel.to them-- teotlon of berlaln artlpUa of dilmestip pre'dtfoudn, . ahd'rOhafgeatho fatter, dn stirag - leading' cause of frauds in the revenue. He almoai • dlreoUylittaeks.'tlis fariff whiok. ,ouigreatihtertatß,eanno_t:beade<junto>y Pt Od°tW'«tlier hand, ‘ ke f^nojUnt -anry denies, if.be .does anstrerptheae Important proposltlohsof his Chi^He^* vilniUida, mske'outaeaieagalnat; thomannfaoturers.and, ''plaSefiWelfdidlreet antagonfam, to, the atate rthe-fiflff ;of ;a, sliding scale, to his,[the , manhfcoturer’s] disadvantage - ’'■ To tbia tbe.Be-. .. oretaryfppllea in ah Hast,,two parts: of hla report; ihbne.'nhereheleajsttat; ho. hesM inenperabla ■ -objeotlona’r’to “the repeal of the tariff of 1857 and in the other, In which ; he;, proposes only snoh ohanges In that tariff a* trill reoognlso .“the triio’ principles governing the Imposition of duties for :ln. itia opinion; ad harenod.to the.ad valorem, ayatem, and a no loss rlgld realstance of the plan'proposed'by the' West-' 'dent.'' ' " '~ ' ; , - ... ' ■' TheUniort.Of this morning .carefully omits (he slightest allusion to the President’s views,"while giving spooial editorial piominenbe ond endorse ment to those of-ihe Seoreoary. • 'When tbe.PresidentVmesShge was readinthe ' two .Houses yesterday, (here wasevident oongratii - lalion on. the fanes of .the memberafrom the mid die StttqV and. Httie«citbmenton thopart of ;tho fieO'tfadera. Thoreaaonfoi- the oomplaoency of the latter ’soon transpired,’ Secretary Cobb bad , taken 'thVadverse aide of the tariff question, and had met the President’s ‘' deliberate judgment” in'favor of specific duties on certain" Important ■staples-,” such," to use Mr.-.Buohannh’a words, “ for exatifile; aS tho'arUoresof iio| qf.'different , olBSies‘'JaV sugar, and foreign wines and spirits ” WSen 'We -refleotHbWboth'"thbargenUeisep 1 wrote that the, presi dent wsb repealing the convictions of a life-time, , aud’lhe resulislof bis deliberate judgment,!’ tbeir pnblio aihd conttadletpiy positions present it onriouß spectacle. Which of these theories.is to, be the basts of Administrative aotion ? . Will Iho ' great division which they. must’inevitably pro ' duoe in Congress and the oonntry be submitted to by 'the President? He'baa laid down bis plat form. It is one which Concerns bis own Stale, •his own section, as'lntimately and os closely ,at slavery obhoerns. the South. Will he adhere to it, or baa be agreed to allow Mr. Cohb to enforce o certain policy upon Congress to. the destruction of thqgreat.national Interests which ho himself 'is so anxious to protect '! The rtcommendation of a President 1 meanssomething; and whether Mr. Bdehaiinn is sincere, in his dr not, (and I think he. is), the country will taka him at his word j and many membersof Congress will be guided by his sagges tioni. Iu lhat event, a collision would, seem to bo , inevllablobetwoen the advocates of tbe.oppoalrg ayateinspWweU in as' out of the preolnets of tbe FvclsrafAdmlnistralion. , , : -,'l beiieve tbia is tbe Arst. time that a’ny suoh difference haaover taken place an so important a question, between the ■ Preatdent and his Chant Cellqr■ 'Of "the ;Ilrqbtqtterj.‘'without .produolng a . rupturo.aibnoo.-',''- . - ~. . 'P : ;' ■ y ' • Tbe Presideht'openiTibi message with, a tecapl tulatlon of' tbe' Kahsaa .queali'ogj'na might.have ■ beenexpected. ’SiS.'.*-',-,"’ ’ .' The claim whioh ho sots up, that Kansas is trsnqtiil and prosperous”- beoanse of the loglslaf . tlve proceedings of Cbngross,' .might, be "pardoned . as thejndhfgenoq of Vrhetoridaf flourish, if it were not palpablyuntruo.Tke only difficulty that ho 8 afßtoledKansMbaa ! reBdlted''frpmthePrealdent’a .'own conduot.' and .tho “ Congressional, proceed* logs ”in response tbit, The existing peaoo and prosperity, of/the 'TerriWiy ’qfiKansas have been prodaoed by the vigorMd fifmnbsa. of, the people tbere.inreßistingandrojaotingthe despotic inter: meddling, of. the Presidcntandhlarriercenaries, in violation of bis owe pledged,- and in contempt - of the provisioits qf.Hho.jKansSs.Nebrnska.bill. Had the Adtninistrationaucq'eeded'in its Kansas , progrsrmne.thitunhappy would siiU be the theatre'of bloodshed J'4pd frand. The Preai dent oannotalier what haa passed into history, and this is history. ; \ . .... I am glad that he does not direetty recommend Congress- to pass laws protecting slavery in the Territories. Vou peroeive that in the Vir glniaDemooratlo Convention of last week a reso lution jn snppqrt'of thts-tkeory was almost nnani mimsiy laid.on,the .table, Bvery day adds more' and more to the irresistible merits of (he doctrine of popular sovereignty! . Tb e 'President’s foreign polloy is certainly mog nlfioent. Unfortunately,"however, it js developed, at a period when the oonntry is indisposed to ac cept suoh suggestions, as, a gospel to be obeyed. The bastpartof thiaAdminisfration has beensuf fered logo to.waste. Had ihel’residen t not con tented to n betrayal of prinolplblnlBs7—htidhe not attempted io '.make;hlsi)Wp short-coming.and his own blunders the test of party orthodoxy-c -had he not Insisted, npon* proscribing oldersud more consistent Democrats than himself—the splen did soheme of conquest and of empire which ho unfolds to-ddy'would have firedi.lhe national, on-, thnslaam, and have gathered arohnd him a.legion of warm and devoted hearts. But'now he goes before a , hostile Congress and a dislruslful and jealous people; and if his gorgeous visions of the Future are not realised,' he. must not blame his oonntrymen for refusing to confide extraordinary powers in a’quarter which has so' deliberately and so porsistently.abused their confldenoe ’ T J .‘- ' j. w. p. News, The New York Times says that, on Monday, “ whlle jho whole preps was quietly waiting for Collector Schell to oat the string which veiled the message from mortal sight, that precious docu ment lisned from the Herald office, whore it bad been pat in type the day before—to the de light of the ntiwebbyr And the special pecuniary profit of that establishment.” The Washington/of Monday, appeared in an enlarged the control of Pryor and Holes. Itannoaneas^one_of.its leading alms to be “to unite-rfniTebnsoHdate' tho Demooratio party;” ', r /-* - ' l ' 1 ' ' At the lets Democratta SUto Convection In Vir ginia, tbs following resolution was adopted, . with only a.'few dissenting voioM-.- . "Rttolveii That wo rejoice onfelgnedly in tbe late rlotory, r.a gloriously aohlered by the loyal De moorsoy of iniooiß. '.Brethren In.tbe same polUi oal faith, we recognlsetkeirsncceag M oar triumph, odd, in common withpatrioticmo 3 of all seotlone and all parties, .wo find a speoial cause for congra tulation',in ihe defeatof a dangerous sectional or ganization.” The Montreal Transcript of'Tuesday says It baa reliable In teljigende that Lords Qrosrenor and Cavendish, add tbo Hon. Mr. Ashley, bare boon killed by’lndians. It says , "They came to this conntry with tho twofold object of - acquiring -information and obtaining sport. With tuts view they accompanied the Right Hoar Mr. Slllee as far as'SC.' Pant, Minnesota, and there left him,tp~ proceed to the prairiee of the far West on a bunting excursion. ' It appears that they .tberb, joined a. portion of. tha Sion* tribe of Indians, and tbat-while on tramp they wore met by a hostile party of the Crow tribe, who set ojnn them, overpowered them, odd eventually murdered the whole. "Lord Bury, who is at pro sjntat Montreal, and from whom the nows was ro eelvfld.-has.nndertaken’thatask of oommnnioaling the ttajlilagi ito the parents of the unhappy no blomeh., LordGroavonor is a son of the Marqois of. Westminster; Lord Cavendish, a son of the Bake of Devonshire; and the Hon. Mr. Ashley, a son of theUorlof Sbaftesbtiry.” A oommittoo of the Good Will Biro Company of Philadelphia, consisting of thirty-three'gentle. m«n, nabbed Baltimore in.tbe early train,On Mon day morning,ihpving In charge the roll frame, in tended as a present to the Liberty.Flre Company of that city. Thoy were reoelved.at the depot by a committee of tho Liberty Fire Company, and then esoorted toMann’s Hotel, on Baltimore stroet coarNorth, where they breakfasted.. The presen-' tation was to havo taken place at three o’clock yes terday aftiirndQtf, and the. committee intonded to ralum.homo,to-day^ A resolnttOdTwas adopted in the.Hational Ilonse - of Representatives yQßterday,refcrring to the Com* mitfee of the. Whole pa. ihe state of the Union a resolutloh requCßtlng the .President to effect the abrogation of the' Olaytoh-Bulwor troaty. - Both hpuSM Sdjcuriled bvor unlJl to-morrow. The New Pork charter election wae hold yester day.ißohort T; Haws, the Republican and Peo ple's nominee, was elected City Comptroller by a dcClded plurelUy. ; ' - ' 1 A;Bsngi|s,niasii jpeetlngi hold ai Nerv. Prloans on the Hthinßt;is B&id to'have’been'the largest aud most Influential assemblage over held In that' oonnootod with thd solsuro of tEoHlaWr'Eohc and the pro ceedings after her cre.w'nero landed charleston', B. Al i# b » fqundnnder onttelegraphto head. .The bqno-oarrylng ghOst oe-ithe BplrHuallsts, . time ; iAfler,perform ,-- ing manywonderfnl feats, Pr> Orton «ajs: l ‘At la«t;v asjslioLnd were-standing at the. tobltysuddenw. ,1 there fell down In tbo mldst of us a : ihg'Witi'Aiio. of the,smallest bones,btlheiiii^^ fobs^ muCh neapento me thanrto thdothor parties pro-, C :Bdq^4si^'lritirj^itjilAnpt)&lqhtly’froni' t lhV'oqlU6g l '- it The parties present were Brs.Ortpo «fikalgttM. rile President’* View ol' iht) Kansas Question. We do not know that wo ever read with feel ings of so much disgust .any ..state' paper aa we have that part of the President’s Message that relates to Kansas. The whole of.it is a gi™ B libel, from beginning to end. Me starts w the expression that “ One' year n ®° , 6^” tional striie between the North and ott , the dangerous subject Of slavery, a 8 become so intense as to threa en P and prosperity of the Confederacy -which Is- siliply inot true, inasmuch as everybody knows that' the strife to which be alludes was not' as io' Slavery in Kansas, but whethor the pbopio ol Kansas should mako their own laws and Oenstitution, or a set of usurpers mako them, through fraud, and have them enforced by the United States Government. This was the question .at issue then—the ques tion of “Popular Sovereignty’’—and not the question of “ slavery.” . He next says: . “ The Sapteme Court of the United States had .previously deoided, that all American citizens •have an equal right to take into the Territories, whatever t« held as property under.the law of any of the'.States, and to hold suoh property there un der the guardianship of the Federal Constitution, so long as the territorial eonditlon, shall remain. • ‘.' This is Voir a well-established position, and the proceedings of the last session were alone wanting to give it.praotioal effeot.” The Supreme Court has not decided any such question, but only gave it as its opinion that such was the case ; hut how Mr. .Buch anan can interpret any act of the last Con gress as calculated or intended to carry out such a decision is a mystery to us, and we think will be, to the people of the United States. Certainly, it ia not to bo found in tho fact to which, ho allrides, — “the. almost unanimous vote of both Houses of Congress ’that a Territory has a right to come into the Union either as a free or slave State according to the will of a majority of its piople.” How he can torture this to mean that Congress !b the guardian of slavery fn the Territories, or has passed laws tor its protection there, wo cannot imagine. Having made this point , ho then goes on to say to Congress, that ‘ “ White Saab' has been tbo beneficial teadeuoy of yoar legislative proceedings outside of Kansas, their influence baa nowhore been so happy as wltbiu that Territory itself, Left to, manage and oontrol its own affaire in its own way, without the pressure of external ihflusnee,'tho revolutionary Topeka organization and ail resistance to the Ter ritorial Government established by Congress, have been finally abandoned. As a natural oonscquenco, that, fine Territory appears to be tranquil ant prosperous, and Is attracting Inoreeeing thousands of immigrants to mako it their happy home." ’ No man knows bettor than Mr. Buchanan that this wholo quotation is entirely the revorse oftheiiicts of the case. He knows the late and' present poaco of Kansas Is in nowise attributa ble to any legislative act of Congress; no, not even to that pitiful contrivance —the English bill—unless we attribute to that act the triorit of preventing Mr. Buchanan from, forcing' upon- the people' of Kansas the Lecompton Constitution; Had he been able to dothis—as he'moved heaven and earth to do—the prairies ofKansaa would have beon dyed deep with the blood shed in civil war—a war that most likely would hove spread far and wide over the whole country. So far as the English bill prevented, this, it has tho merit—not of re storing peace, but of preventing war. Mo, Mr. Buchanan, what restored poace to Kansas was no act of yours, and.no act of Congress—but .the. act of yonr dismissed Governor, J. Walkek. It is no use to disguise the fact, which'.every man, woman, and child in tile States how 1 knows, that the whole civil war and'strife -in Kansas; owed its origin and continuance to'.'the'determined opposition of what was called the free-State portion of the people to the ty rannical rule of tho pro-slavery Legislature— elected by frauds, and retaining Its power ’by .-frauds of the most outrageous character, backed and .upheld by the wholo power, arid army of the United States Govern ment.- These free-Stato citizens—condemn, as. wo may,..maty of’their acts—showed a persistent opposition to usurpation and tyran ny—a;“defiance to the insolence of ill-got ten power” worthy the American charac .ter,- for the results have 'proved they were in the right. This .opposition con tinued untU, - through the'indomltablo ener gy. and perseverance Of Governor WAUKKa, these frauds, by.;which, and through which, the pro-slavery Legislature had been elected, and sustained/, wdre exposed .arid thwarted, and the: -legislative power of the Territory placed fit, the. bahds of the free-Stato men— who, from .-'first to last, as is now clearly proven, were in a majority in the Territory of many thousands—as three or four to one over those who had usurped their government. ■Whenever this was done, and the free-Stato men had justice done them, ail war and civil turmoil ceased.; and, as Mr, Buchanan has said, tho Territory was “tranquil and pros perous;” This has been the work of Rosest J. Walker and Secretary Stanton, and not James or his obsequious followers iri Congress. Certain it is that , the exposure of; the frauds, of tho pro-slavery party in Kansaß by Governor Walkee, and his refusal to sanction them it they were not in opposi tion to Mr, Buchanan’s wishes, havo nowhere, that we have seen, met with his public appro val. The next point of ihe Message, though en tirely unfounded in the sense Mr. #ucuavav gives It, is, nevertheless, true to the letter as rightly interpreted. It says: .“The past unfortunate experience of Kansas has enforoed the ’ lesson so otten already taught, that resistance to lawful aathority, coder oar form of government, cannot fail in the end to prove disastrous to its authors. Had the pedple of the Territory yielded obedience to the Jaws enacted by their Legislatare, it would at the presont mo ment have oontalned a large additional popula tion of industrious and ontorprising citizens/ who have been dCtorred from enterring its borders by the existence of oivil strife and orgaoizo'd rebel lion.” To whom has the « lesson ” been taught, that resistance to lawful authority must prove in tho end disastrous to its author ? Certain ly' not to the “ free-Stale ” men of Kansas, for they have got all they wanted—tbe Go vernment of tho Territory. Nor to the mem bers of Congress ybo voted against the Le cornptou Constitution, for tbe.y bare been ap proved by tho people. But wo wiii <sll you, Mr. BoflusvAN, who has boen taugbt the les. son:. first, General Atchison and Mr. Stbimo pellow, and all those of Missouri in Kansas, mho undertook by tone and fraud to make Kansas a slave State; and next, you and your members of Congress in the Northern States, Who, after they bad failed to accomplish their purpose, and had given it up, took into your lathorly care and protection those miserable specimens, of humanity, John Calhoun, and kfs rump Convention, and undertook io force a slavery Constitution on tho people of Kan sas against their will. .To you has the lesson been taught by an indignant people, that your resistance to lawful autbority-r-tho will of tbe people—« cannot fail in the cud to prove dls asirous to its authors.” ; Mr. Buchanan, notwithstanding his admi ration of the English bill, and tho salutary effects it has produced, still sticks to his first love—the Lecompton Constitution—and says: 11 Had Congress admitted Kansas Into tbe Unloo under (bo Locompton Constitution, the Legislature might, at its very first session, have submitted tho question to a vote of the people, whether they would o> would not hayo a Convention to amend their Constitution either on tho slavery or any Other qnestion; and have adopted all ncoessary means forgiving speedyoffeot to the will of tho majority. Thus the Kansas qnestion would have boon immediately and finally settled-” . “ Under these circumstances, I submitted to Congrois tho Constitution thus framed, with all tho offioers already elected nrooasary to put tho State government'into operation, accompanied by a strong recommendation In favor of tho admission ot Kansas as a State. In tho course of my long public life, I have never performed any official aotwhloh, in the. rotrospeot,has afforded me snore- heartfelt satisfaction. Its admission oould have inflicted no possible injury on any human being, whilst it would, within a brief period, have restored poaoo to Kansas and harmony to tho Union. In th%l event, the slavery question wouldyere this, have bean finally settled, aooording to tho legally-ex pressed will of a majority of tho voters, and popu lar sovereignty would thus have boon vindicated in a constitutional manner.” This subject has been so fully discussed, and so thoroughly condemned by the people, we will not notice it now, only to say that itia very cool, certainly, to say to tbe majority of the people of Kansas—to tbe twelve thou sand free-State men—that it would have been best for you to let two or three thousand pro-slavery fellow-citizens make a Constitu tion for you with slavery in it, and then, when you could, you might renew it. Very mirch‘after the fashion of the highwayman who Me.mands your purse, and tells you if .y on give it to hlm .peacqo&ly, you may get it ; bick by : lawful means When you can. But 'tiiis qtieislion liaS b£on battled by the people oi Kansas and the oountiy-p and they will -only iiijigli af Mr. Buchanan's weakness in refer ring to. it. -> I i We hayo alroady said that bad Mr. Buchanan bad his way, and Congress had adoptd tbe Le- Wtbjiton Constitution and undertaken to have enforced it upon the people of Kansas, there is not a doubt Kansas- and the whole country ! would havo been involved In a civil war, and we here say Mr. Buchanan ought to leel gratefril j to Congress lor saving him from hiinself, and from the utter disgrace and reprobation that be Would have entailed upon his Administration. I His attempt, at this late day, to prove that the 1 adoption of the Lecompton Constitution was j in accordance with the principles ot the Kan- I sas-Nebrsska act, and with the principles of I “Popular Sovereignty,” shows great weak- I ness, and is a tacit confession that the people 1 havo decided, and deoided differently, and 1 that he feels the force of their decision. The i Messago will go , a very little way towards > changing that decision. But what are we to understand by this sentence ? .“It.is true, that, as an individual, I had ex pressed an opinion, both before and during the eession of the Convention, in favor of submitting tho remaining oianses of the Constitution, ns well as that concerning slavery, to the people. But, acting in an offioial oharaoter, neither myself nor any human authority had tho powor to rejudge the proceedings of the Convention, and deolare the Constitution whioh it had framed to be a nullity.”. “ Expressed as an individual !” Why, we thought these sentiments were a part of the President’s official instructions to Governor Walkee ! It is true Mr. Bumianan' had not the official power to make the Convention do as he desired; but one thing is certain—had ho desired it, neither the Convention nor Con gress w ould have made a serious attempt, to adopt the Lecompton Constitution without a vote of the people of Kansas in its favor. If he had desired Calhoun, and his satellites of the Convftrtion, to submit it to the people, it wonld have been done ; and if not done, had he desired Congress to send it hack to be done, it would have been sent back by an overwhelming majority; and the late election wonld have then told a very different tale— have enforced a very different lesson. ■With his recommendation as to the future mode of receiving tho Territories as States into the Union, we have no objection. But we should .like to see the Northern member return to his constituents who shall voto against receiving Kansas, should she present herself now, or at any future time, with an approved Constitution, merely because she has not people enough. No Pennsylvanian will dare reject her, notwithstanding Mr. Buchanan’s dictum and the English bill. But w# turn from this exhibition of arro gance and duplicity to what is a far more agreeable duty—to give our cordial approba tion to the calm,-candid, and manly tone of all that portion of the Message that concerns our relations with other countries, on this or tho ether continents. It is true, B there is no thing in all that ho has said on these subjects very new or very striking; but the whole i s treated in a manner that will meet with the hearty approval and firm support of the whole of the American people. The President of the United States and the Secretary of the Treasury on the Tariff Question. Tho necessity oi a change of the tariff for the increase of the revenue is apparent to evory ono, and Mr. Buchanan and Secretary Conn nnite in recommending increased duties for this purpose. They differ, however, in their views as to the mode in which' those duiies should bo levied. While the President emphatically recommends the imposition of specific duties on all articles fo which tboy are adapted, tho Secretary presents an elabo rate argument in favor of-the present system and against specific dutieß and home valua- lt is curious that so marked a difference of opinion should be tolerated by our om nipotent Chief Magistrate. Why is it that on a question supposed to aßeat Southern interests, there can be no appeal from bis de cision, and no antagonism to it without incur ring tho penalty of. banishment from his Democratic party; while, on a question sup posed to affect Northern interests, his own Secretary can openly defy his sentiments and attempt to demonstrate their fallacy ? Why were “ tests ” applied on the Kansas ques tion, and yet not. made on tho tariff? Is the judgment of Hr. Buchanan supposed to be infallible on the slavery question when it hap pens to bo favorable to the South, arid yet so unreliable and unworthy of consideration that it can be treated with contempt by his own Cabinet on tbo tariff qneßtion when it happens to be favorable to the Interests of his own State 1 Is it -to be understood that the Northern Democracy must have no senti ments of their own on political questions, and defy the will of their constituents at the bidding of the President, while the Demo cracy of tho South can “heard tho lion in his den ” and antagonise the policy of the President as mnch as they please without im muring his censure ? The following passages illustrate the differ ences of opinion to whiah we refer: [From the President’* tyesstgv J “ In regard to the mode of assessing apd collect ing duties under a strictly, revenue tariff, I bay a long entertained and expressed the opinion that sound policy requires this should bp done by spe* cific duties, in oases to wbjoh these can be pro* perly applied. They ayo well adapted to oomjpo* dltles whioh are usually sold by weight or jgegsufe, and which, from their natnre, are of equal or of nearly equal value Suob, for example, are the articles of iron of different classes, raw sugar, and foreign wines and spirits. “ In my deliberate judgment, spedficduties are the best, ij npt the only means of securing the revenue against false and fraudulent invoices, and suoh has been the praQtipe adopted for this purpose by other commercial nations/* On tho other hand, the Secretory of Hie Treasury argues that “if frauds have been practised upon thp yoYomie, It is not owing to our present ad valorejn system,” when recommending a change of the tori#',’ Instead of endorsing Mr. Buchanan’s views, favorable to specific duties, he pointedly says: “ Adhering to the principle* fif the present ta • rij} act , I would recommend stioh chaise 99 will produce tbe amount required for tbe service. In aooordanoe wilb tbe suggestion contained in jny Inst annuel report, f regppunend tbe schedules G, D, P, G, he raiaed to 25, 20. 15, LO, and 5 per cent. I see no good reason for haying departed in tbe act of 1857 em of de* oimal divisions. The present styte .of things fords a fit opportunity of oorregting the erro? This ohange will inorease tbe rovenue from ors.* toms $1,800,000, upon tho basis of tho importations of the last fiscal year. s - <! To raise the additional amount noeded will not require an inorease of all tbe ratos of duty of tbe present tariff, ft will become necessary, there* fore, to select certain articles to be transferred from lower to higher schedules, fa making such obanges, the true prineipfes governing the tion of duties for revenue should be kept in view, and such discriminations mode as, consistently therewith, will best promote tho various interests of our country, without doing injusiice to any. The Information contained in Table V will afford to Congress tho necessary data for their action. That table contains the importations, with the rate? of <Juiy £n'| aroount !of revenue derivable therefrom, fojr each of the lost three fiscal years When tbe amount which the legislation of Con gress shall make it necessary to false jshaU been acaertafned with anything like reasonable certainty, the information contained in this table will render tjbe #f pairing saoh transfers simple and easy.’ ; It of course, impossible io adhere to {the principles of pre?opt tariff, which is a strictly ad valorem tariff, and at tho samo to effoefc tho vital qbango in its priqcii/los pro posed by Mr. Buciunau, viy, : tho subßtitotioo of specific for ad valorem duties wherever thoy are applicable. As the recommendations of tho two branches of the Administration—tho Presi dent and his Secretary—are it is evident that tbe kind words Mr. Bucuaxax has been good enoGgl* to say for tho iron in terest were not intended to ho particularly impressive and binding, and that thoy weio Resigned rather as an,“individual ” opinion thoi) as Aamiuistfation doctrine. Thoy were evidently written with tho expectation that ** small favors would bo thankfully received,” and will no doubt bo appreciated in a corres ponding spirit. A Business Stand to LET.—By an advertisomont in another column, it will be seen that the splendid iron-front store, No. 221 Markofc street, is sow for rent, if applied for Q&rly, op the premlaes. Tho well-known excel loncefl of this edifice for business purposes, no less than the immense business oarrled on in it for some years post by its present ocoupants, are too well known to the mercantile community to require any other comment from us, to insure its being taken, than tho mere announcement that it is now to let. ‘ Auction Notice.—-B. Scott, jr., auctioneer, 431 Chestnut street, sells this morning, commencing at 10 o’olock, French flowors, ostrich feathers, bon nets, bonnot ribbon, trlmmiog ribbon, velvet rib* bon,,embroideries, Germantown goods, £o. New Orleans Filling up with Feople.— The tide of travel has been pouring into New Or leans very rapidly since the irostcame and put an end to, the ravages of tho yellow fever. Almost all tho steamboats from St. Louis have been crowd ed for the last month. .The Wm. M. Morrison took down last week 1,377 passengers. Plenty op Peer.—Ti.e trains of tho North ern Central Hailroad daily bring a number of deer to Baltimore. Tho Harrisburg (Pa ) Union says they ere shot in that section lying between Williamsport and Elmira, which Is as wild as na ture ever made it. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1858. On tbp,l4lb, 18th, and 18th of the present month, there will be a series of porfoimancos I at the Academy of Music, in New York, con-' stituting a great Gala Festival, in aid Of the Fund which the Mount Vornon Ladies’ Asso ciation are raising—with a patriotic energy which puts our own sex sadly in the shade — to purchase, in perpetuity for the Union, tho • Some and Tomb of the most illustrious man that America—that tho world has yet produced. | On Tuesday,- December 14, a Full Dress | Ball will be given, under the personal man- 1 agement of the most distinguished citizens of New York, at which M. Musahd, with a very., large orchestra, including several eminent solo players, will officiate os musical conductor. On Thursday, December 16, there will bo a Promenado Concert, conducted by Mr. C. Beeouan, of the New York Philharmonic So ciety, and Mons. Musabd. On Saturday, De cember 18, there will bo a combination of Orations, partly delivered at a Matinee, and partly in the evening. We ask why should Philadelphia lag behind in any effort to honor the momory of Wash ington! Surolv there is, at least, as much public spirit among us as in Now York, or any other part of the country. Let us have a Mount Vernon Festival here. Let it not be a servile imitation of that at New York. Phik delphia is « good” for. a great ball and for a magnificent concert. We have little faith in the oratorical display— we mean in anything like an exhibition ,of mere speech-making. But wo venture to say that if Mr. Eykuett could spare the time—wo know that he does not want the will—to come on and repeat his glorious oration upon 'Washington, he can fill the largest auditorium in the city. • One great orator is better than a score of mere speech-makers who go in, not. so much for honoring Washington as lor glorifying-tbem salves. Philadelphia would set her face against any such Vanity Fair as that. Wo are ablo and willing, it is to be hoped; to have a Mount Vernon Festival here, with several popular and novel features, and we strongly recommend that no time bo lost In organizing it* The press and the public are equally and strongly in favor of securing Mount Vernon, where rest the ashes of Wash ington, as the property of the nation. We have always thought that Congress might have voted sum for the purchase of this hallowed ground. Failing that* the La dies’ National Association have labored ear nestly, wisely, energetically, and, wo can add, most successfully. The co- operation of Mr. Everett, during the laßt twelve months, bos been an aid of the very greatest importance, not only realizing large funds, but creating an enthusiasm, wherever he spoke, which has made a permanent impression in men’s minds. His last self-sacrifice of time and labor, in agreeing to write, for the New York Ledger, in aid of the Monnt Vernon Fund, will impose dutieß upon him, during the whole of the en suing year, the value of which far exceeds tbo $lO,OOO, liberal as this payment is, which Mr. Bonner placed in his hands in aid of the Fund, "What one man has done, unaided, every city in the Union should imitate. There ought to be Mount Vernon Festivals all over the land, and we regret that pbilqdeL phiacannot claim theoreditof ibojlrst* Lot us have tho second, at any rate; nor will it be difficult to make it an essential improve ment upon tho programme of New York. TUB OPERA GOES TO BOSTONt TUB NEW PRIMA DONNA, POINSOT—SAXE—TIIB ATLANTIC CLU3. DINNERS —SPECULATION IN CITY LOTS —NSfr WORKS IN PRESS BY THE UARPJtUS—RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT TUB ACADEHY OB’ 11USIC. [Correspondence of The Press.] New Yobs, Deo. 7,1*58. Mr. Gilman goes to Boston -with hi* company on Wednesday evening, and opens on Thursday with Tra vlata. Brlgnoli has joined him, sod p*ars oa fh« first right In bis old role of Alfred. Bt'fT and awkward as Brlgnolt laj he is a far mere reliable aid satisfactory artist than any of the ten'ns cf the E liman troupe, Stefan! has a fine vo|ce, but is always troubled with a cold, or strains his voice so that It becomes disagreeable. Tamaro has enjoyed a hoarseness most of the time since his first appearance. P tto Laviof. Brlgnoli eherfshas htiflßelf fondly, and U consequently less troubldd’thib tenors usually are with operatic,accidents. The new prime donna, Pojnsot, is a fle» fa ' and dramatic power, far superipr to any of iftv Dlh man’a recent importations. Nearly the Fiptal'Of : <Tsi|. ziulga m dramatip force, she baa greater voc»l powd ‘ and execution. She is not pretty, but her manner U easy, grace.nl, and self-poised, and she fepregie* you at once as a first-class artist. Speaking of public performed f Baxe Is drawing Im mense houses daring bis present tour. Ills lecture here, in Jersey Oily, in Kingston, and other large towns, hag drawn crowds. It Is generally allowed that his "tarn positions ” are a good article. You have seen, in Some of the papers, allusions to the “ Atlantic Club,” of Boston, composed of those contributors to the Atlantic Monthly who reside in that city, who’© inhabitants are understood to ballet* that the J3Mc Boqpp, on Beacon If lit, is the hub of the universe. The resident member?, well known eg tpe moat clubable men In New Knglsnd, are LongMiow, Holmes, Emerson, Agassis, Lowell, Felton, Wftljp* pie, aud a few others; and when Jowa contributor happens, by any untoward dis pensation of Fpovlde» t oe, to flos JUmielf in the biil*- jriok, he fp prompt]/ ferreted opt, and put’tbropgh process of gorgfng'for vjifph ipsn of Boston have suo& wonderous gifts. A gentle mon of this city, who had scribbled somewhat for Pceanio, recently visited that tojrn, and foued hits self, at tye proper hour, .seated at the clph tabl.e, pod around hiu Lowell, Holmes, Charges Norton,njgglo son, Story, Edmund Quincy, and Whipple. T)ie foeg and tho fun, and the aloe, were genfpoq* , juicy, and sparkling—-Holmes, of course, being the au tocrat, bnt all bright, cheery, and flowiog. I would ad vise any gentleman who feels a little in the dump*, to go pn to Boston and “ put up” with them a short time, ir}i6 <;&n. The men with mouey-bigi, yho find difficulty In In vesting tbelr money at seven per petit, in convertible securities, are beginning to speculate iucity lots,#l*. ing p-efereoce to those located In the neighborhood {he Central Park, though Brooklyn, (especially since the water has been Introduced,) Jersey City, sqd various other localities, find reapy purchasers. Money pi so plenty, Manhattan island so small, business re viving, and population so rapidly increasing, that cm can scarcely ge wrong In salting down afew'tbduaanis lu any loo>/ity not positively bad. \ new yorks that have'just beenfutto press by tjie Hzrp*ra ars “ Muller's i]L]ory pf Ancient Greece,*’ continued after the sutbor’s death by Jobu pona)dson, D classical examiner in tjbe pniveraity of Lopd Dn j “More About Jesus ”by the ah tbpr o]f “T£e P,eep o£ ‘'The Wars of the Bonep,” by John i& Bdg*r, ,auQior of “ The JJoyfyood of Great U*?,” Ap j “ TJxe Laird of Norlaw,?.’ by tfip author of “Margaret “Syjvan Ejolt'o Daughter,” by Holmo Lee,author of “gAttfe prance !?' »• Student’s Home,” by Dr. Willlauj Smith. On Btmdftp evening I attended tbe Teligious *arvio?» at tbo Academy of ATofllc. The and'esce. was larger than on the previous Sunday evening—ta Urge aa the bouse po;/1d bold. Indeed, every available Bitting $r standlrg.place, evon £o tbe gallery, was occupied ; I was told by the door-keeper, that at Jeasttwo tbqjßf sand persons ware compelled to go away, uuatye to obtain entrance. The audience was certaioly aa 66e looking a body of ladies and g intle.uen aa‘l ever be held—quite aa inJpUTgeut, refined, and courteous fas those who are usually found in fbo house on nights Each porson, ou entering, was bandog a pfo gramme containing the ordor of exercises, which aa follows: 1. Hymn, (tune, Apomn ) j 3 Prayer, by Bev Jit. Krebs. 3. nymn, (t'uuo. Wlodbim.J ’ 4. fiermoo, by Rev. Dr. Be.thuoe, from l|he ie|t, *t po tbypelf no harm.’* fi. Prayer. 7. Hymn, “jdrace! fiik a charming Sound,' *•' (tune, Bt. TpowM ) • A string feature in the eyercisep ira£ tjie aingfpg. Ttyere- waspo Justruraeptal acoojnpluiJtnent, no A g/mtlpinau Btppped to the front of the stage, atujl la a clear, jtenor yoipe, tpp ihe tope, whieji every oue bpty, and before a half dozen notea had been uftere*}, at three thousand voices joined In the eboms—the yordp being printed on the programme. The effect was eab.- lime. No such ehoiuswaa ever before heard in the Opera House It wee such a one as could only come from hearts deeply impressed wl'b the propriety and solemnity of tho service, ard who joined in it from a motive far removed from any deilro of human applause, 4mong imny notable men present in the boaes and on the stage, I aoMcedthe coromaudiog figure of hieuten* ant Oeneral Scott, wio entpred immediately after Dr. Betbune, and took a chair directly la front of the drop curtain. NKW YORK STOCK B 1000 Virginia St 6) SU 2000 Erie 18 mt Ms 07;,' 3000 do 98' 1000 Erie It Me ’76 47* 1000 Had 31 mt &QOQ Har 2d rot lids 85 TOOO IftO&MilliG 27 14 Bk 0 r NowVork 110 l&OP&cMallOo 80 160 do s2Q 88* 10 do 80 100 Cumberland prf 20 £0 DeliV Hudex-dir 97 100 Ohio k Sock I n 62# TIIJS HAR^Eys Ashbs are quiet at $5.87# for I‘earla, and $5 CO for yisu Codfish is in light supply, which, hojrever. !p fully adequate to the demand, and prices phow no mate rial change-—sales 6QO qtl» at $3 87# at for Rink, abd $4 25®J 87# for Qeorrfj'a Madura* are very firm at $l5 87w16 for No 1 large Massachusetts; fMfortfoJfo. 1, or which, however, there are almost none on hao4 j and $9 7s®io for No 8 Halifax Hemm*. both atnoitd and pickled, are firmer, with sales of 3,000 bxs smoked, at 30fl>82a for scaled; 20®220 for No. 1; and3oo btls pickled, at $3 2s@s 60 Plo.ur —The market for State and western Flour Is heavy but unchanged, with moderate receipt® and sales of 8,000 bbls at $3 60®4.10 for rtieoted ; $f 20®4 40 for sqperfloe Btato; $170®6 for extra do; s4.2o®£ 60 for superfine Western j $4 80fi®6 10 for extip do; and for shipping brands of ejtra round Ikop Ohio Canada Flour is nominal at $ @0.25 for extra brands Bouthern Flour rules heavy and dnll. with tales of COO hhls at ss®s 40 for common to m'xed brands, and $5.60 ®7.CO Tor fair, fancy and favorite braodsof'xtra GRAIN.—Ibe 1 be market for Wheat la quiet and unchang ed. with trifling sales Co'rii rubs steady >at ?6®7B#c for W/BS’ern raided Rve is firm at 78c. Oats pro steady at 43®47c for Southern. Jersey, and Pennayljr*. nia, and 48®53#0 for State Jersey and Pennsylvania, Wmsxty is firm, with sales of MO bbls at 35e, Mount Vernon Festival Letter from New York. lOHANQK—December 7. BOARD. ? NVCentral 83# ICO do*' sIQ 83# 20 VI Central U 7(5# 60 Ml?b 8 R G,uar 51# 60 do 010 61# 260 Panama R llflv 100 do • • b3O 119 V 60 do eOOllO 100 do bSO 110# 60 flat k. Cbicß alO 73 160 do sSO 73 25 Mil * Miss R 13 26 do bfiO 13 the latest news BY TELEGRAPH. thirty-fifth CONGRESS, Second session. U. B. Capitol, Washington, Deo. 7, SSNaTK. Mr Wilson, of Massachusetts, gave notice of his intention to introduce a hill to appropriate one million of acres of the public laud, for tbe support of free pub'fc school* in the D strict of Columbia. * Mr. Gwin* of California, moved to take up the Pa cific Railroad bill but Mr. Pb>boe. of M&ry'tmd, objected that the motion wa* not iu order I Mr. Gwih ootitUd tbe Senate that he would call the bill up at an early day. Mr. CaJlbbon, of Pennsylvania, gave notice of hie intention to introduce a bill providing fora pecaion to the widow of General Porsifer Smith. Mr Bxwahd, of New York, also gave notice that ho would Introduce a similar bill for the relief of Mrs. Mvra Gaioes Several petitions of little Interest were then pre sented, ana On motion, tbe Senate adjourned till Thursday next. UOUBE OP REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 12 M. Numerous bills, heretofore passed in the Senate, were severally referred. Including the bills making appropri ations for Internal improvements. Mr Ebiu, Representative fiom the Eighth Congres sional d strict ot Ponnsylvan'a. in place of J Glancy Jones, resigned, was sworn In as a member of the House, and took bis seat. Mr Ksiu, of Pennsylvania, the newly-elected mem borfrom Beiha county, In place of J. Glancy Jones, re signed; Mr MoRiB, of Mississippi, elected in plare of Me Qaltman.decoased; and Mr. MA.;n, of North Oaro lioa, were admitted to seats. A number of Senate bills were taken up from the Speaker’s table, resd a first and second time, and re ferred to the appropriate committees. The House took up the rosolutlon, requesting the President to take sacb steps as' may, in his judgment, -.be best calculated to rffaetthe speedy abrogation of the Olajtoo-Bulwer treaty. [Tbis resolution was, at the last ssssion, reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs ] Mr Bitohib, of Pennsylvania, moved to Isy the re solution on the table. Not agreed to—yo&s 03, nays 93 Yras-Messrs Abbott, Andrews, Arnold, Bennett, B H RgborSt, Bingham, Blair, Brayton, Bufllnton, Bur'ingame, Case, Chaffee. Chapman, Clark of Con necticut, Olawton, Clark B Cochrane, Col r ax, Comics. Oovode, Granin, Curtis, Davis of Maryland, Davis of Ind'aoa, Davie of Massachusetts, Davis of lowa, Dawes, Dean, Dlftk,Dcdd,Butfeo,F&roawor*li, Fenton, Foster biddings, Gooch, Goodwin, Granger, Grow, Ifall of Massachusetts, Harlan, Hickman, Hoard, Horton, Ufc vard Hughes, Jones of TeDnessee, Helm, Kelsey. Ril* Knapp, Kunkel, Leach Lelitr.Lovojoy. Millaon, 'Menfgoroery. Morgan, Morrill, Morre, Mot', Murray, Olio, Palmer. Parker, Pettit. Phillips. Pike, Potter, Pottle, Purviance, Ritchie, Bobbins, Roberts, Boyce, .Sherman of Ohio, Shoriran of Now York, Ppioner, Stanton. St<\\art of Pennsylvania, Tappan, Thayer. Tompkins, Underwood. Waldron,Walton, Wa«bburuo of Wisconsin, Washburn* of Illinois, Mtashburne or Maine, ‘Wltacn, and|Wood—-90 NaYS—Messrs. Adrian Ahl. Anderson, Atkins, Barkfdale. Birbop, Boccok, Boahara, Bowio, Boyce, Branch. Barnett, Bams, Oavanagb, Clark or Missouri, 0187, Cobb. Jofcn Cochrane, ( ox, Craig of Missouri, O.'awford, Carry, Davidson, Davis of Mississippi Be* wart, Dowdell, Edmondson, English. Eustis, Faulkner, Florence, Foley. Gatlrel), Goode, Greenwood, Gregg, Groeebeok HhII of Ohio, Harris, natch, Hankins, Jlnpkins, Houston. Huyler, Jaokson, Jenkins, Jewett Owen Jo* , eß,KoUt, Lamar, Lawreoce, Leidy, Mcf|aeeni Mcßae, M trshall of Illinois, Mason, Maynard, Miles, SDore, Morris of Pennsylvania, Morris of IlltoQ'g, Niblack, Phelps of Missouri, Phelps of Minnesota, Powell, Beady, Reagan, It caul. Radio, Sandidge, Beales, Searing, Shaw of North Carolina, Singleton, Smith of Tennessee, Smith or Virginia, Stevens, bteren eon, Stewart of Maryland, Talbot, George Tarlor, Tripps. Vallandlgham, Vance, Ward Watkins. White, Wblleley, Winslow, Wottendyke, Wright of Georgia, Wright of Tennessee, and 7«olliccff‘r—.Q.l Oo motion, the resolution wa* refe-red to Cqmmit- tee of the Whole on the < f the y nion Bfr, BfouflOffCßar, of WfccoDSin. moved to reoonsid er the vote of yesterday by which Mr Onrtlß’s biU for the Central Pacific Railroad was referred to the select cmrahteo on the subject He said that the committee was composed of gentlemen of rations sections who had come to no conclusion, being dlvidod in sentiment, and hence some ot er committee should hare charge of the subject. Hr Ccht 8, of Towa. rtplied Ihat no matter before the House was of more {importance, and required a greater share of deliber tips and arguiflont. Although ; the committee were divided, there was almost a geniral concurrence that something ought to he dope for the railroad, bat when the subject ot the route was brought up they found themselves embarrarsed. Ife I'id not despair of final success oo the part of the select com* mlttee; but if they compromise on any rbute it will be on the Central route. Mr. BilJ'ngburst’s motion was disagreed to—yeas 48, nays not counted. Mr r Q?Hi}O (delegate from New Mexico) Introduced a bill to grant lands in New Mexico, Kansas, ana Mis soari. for railroads therein. Mr. BsaxnEissL (Utah delegate)offered a KsolutPn, which was adopted, instructing the Committee on Mill* tary Affairs to inquire into the expadlenoy of refunding to Utah the expenses iicurred by »aid Tenitery in sup pressltg Indian hostilities In 1853. Also, Instructing the same committee to inquire Jato the expedient cf constructing a military road from Bridger’s Pass to Balt Lake City. Mr. Etbpusns, of Georgia, off red a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the Committee on Mili tary Affairs to inquire into the expediency of enn stroofinga wagon road from Fort Arbuckle to Hattie, Vogel’*Bound. Territory of Washington, aud for the ’ tp'Tey of the Upper Missouri and Columbia rivers for ndit'ary purposes. Adjourned till Thursday. From Washington* Wasuispros December 7.—A caucus of Democratic fieoa’ors was held this morning, qod agreed on Ohirles S Jones, lop? In the employ of the Senate, as a succes sor to Isaao Ilollqod, deceased, the fate doorkeeper of the Senate. The Senate adjourned over till Thursday, Id order to perfect 'he arrangements for thp standing com mittees. The practiceshlp Plymouth has arrived in the Poto mao, and Is now at Kettle Bottoms, t}pd a atfiamer has beep sent to tow her up to the oqvy yard. She w.ll again ho sent ont to join the Gulf Pqqadrott. Orders were sent oat by Umlaut Pacific mail steam- s v lp tp the poujmtflder of the department of the Pacific to sent two companies to join Liontenant Beale where ihis route cyofises the Oolorade. The bill which wi* intrpduqedby Mr. Curtis of lowa. In the Hopse of Represantativei. yesterday, toaecare the congt notion of a Central Pacific Railroad, provides for branches from two points on the oavigablo waters of the Missouri river—one opposite to Igwa, and the other opposite to Mte«ouri~;tbe twq branches to converge and Unite within two hundred miles qf the Missouri river, and thsnce rqn to the navigable w&tprs of the Basra meoto. The usual appropriation of tbp alternate sec tions within six miles are to be appropriated, and Gp« vernment 1e to appropriate to the contractors twelve thoasand dollars a mile, to be reimbursed to the Go vernment In transportation of mails and m’lltary stores; the construction to be offered by the President to the best bidder, as proposed by Senator Gwin’s bill. This plan starts at the outer rim of ourpreceot railroad con nections, and terminates oh'the oavigablo waters in the centre of paUfornla population It (a claimed that It would be equally convenient to slave and free Btates—pmveu’ent to the North and South—and con-’ venient'for conbeotioos with all of oar'Paclfia territo ries. It wonld follow (tie’ emigrant route up the Platte, through Ulah.'snl be about sixteen or eighteen hundred mllealobg The bill was referred to the select committee on the subject of the pacific Ballroad, which was revived for'lhe purpose of Its coostdera‘lon. Joseph D. Burnett atid william H King, of Fe n rylfanla, haye £eeh appointed a Blatant sir geouß in fhe 'Wash noton, Dec. 7—The ateud'og committees of the House'wifi be announced on Thursday, to which time the adjournment took place to enable tpe speaker in the meanwhile to arrange them. Aeoordfogto'usage, xh« eoramitteefcof the firerseasioo arc continued,’ with tboh alterations as may be nsoessary to fill vacancies. ‘ ’I be Democrats In'tbe House to-day dboerally voted against laying tw resolution to repeal' the Clayton- Bu'wor treaty oo the tabfe. The sending It (o the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union was to give an opp rtuulty for discussion. The number of registered seamen as returned to' the State Departmmt Is 0,889, of whom 310 are natu ralized citizens j 1,300 are assigned to Maine; 3.143 to MassicbUaeUs; 024 to New York; 640 to Pennsylva nia; 33 to M»ryland; 100 to Rhode Island; the re mainder being distributed* among the other States. Additional from California* [By the Overland Mail 1 f r Louis, Doc. 4 -r-The overland California mall left Ban Francisco on the 7th ult, instead of the 9th, as be fore the advices are only two days later. The bail brought fivd passengers, including three from different points on the route, “ The United States ooast‘surveying prig FauntJeroy arrived at San Franc soo from thb Gulf‘of Georgia on the 6th ult. ' The barque Marina, the pioneer vessel or fhe Tehu autepeo linj, Ban Francisco for Ven osa oa the 6th ult , with a number of p&useprorf, “ General Harney arrived at Vancouver’s island on Oc tober 24th ' * ' The' American schooner Dunlap was seized at Uoao'ulu' for violating the revenue laws. * ' ' ' * Jojitlscta price, was elected to the Ftate Senate, to fill thp Vacancy occasioned by the death'of Fcrguren. *" ‘ " Ihesftth rrgiiuentofiptyotry was encamped atVofl borfi'a ropc|)o, six iflilpo from lelacerviMe p The aUnrnay * >r the de'epdanta, ip the o&sp of the Altnadan quicksilver milieu, bad rignifled bis willing tess to unite with the Doited States District Attorney to apply to the Administration at Waablogt u, praying it to apply to Mexico for autoenticft'ed copies, under the great seat of the Go eminent, of all documents in its archives relating to the mines. Twenty-one thcusißd four hundred (21,400) ounces of gold LalUoQ bad been deposited for coinage at the mint at'San Francisco, Uuriorj the week ending the Oth Itst. 1 The business or San Francisco was generally dull. Largo ssleso' adamantine candles bkd been effected at an adva ce. Mshink Intbluoknos.—Arrived, ship Albone, from New Fork. [Noyjfc—The sd’ore regular despatch sbonld have been jocelved on Satorday o'ght, but ya'i delayed in tonae queoce of the telegrapnliuo betVreda fit. Louts and Uincinnati being out of ‘onitr —‘Hep. Ass y d press] T|j« Present's Massage cu route for California pep the Oyer/and Mnif. ‘St Loufft, December 7 —The Presidents Message, with the reports of the heads of p-psrtineuW. des tlnei fir (which arrived h re on Sund»r by Mr. Corb'n, special Ait-Esenger from Washington,) was f«,rwer<!ol‘ eariy y m rnlugffy the Bouthern ove'Wna mail, in charge of Mr. Pardee of'New y.,'rk The mull company will roakoqxtraoiffl 0 *** efforts to tccoron/lah the trjn in flfteeo (Jays ; but in case of thp progpeptflfatyi|tjriij hfe. Ity-dee \rijl abandon tbepoacb and proceed qo 1 ftrpebaclf or otherwife, with the ut most possible speed Mr 'paideg h*o been Retailed expr<«<ly for this service by Presidpnt Rqtterfield, and is represented to he a map < f great energy and pep. severance, and capable of l rtduring an itnmonte aifloqut Of phys cat fatigue The dos gn js to boat both the Panama ami Tchuantopco lioe of steamers. Extensive preparations wo o toad- by the oentmetors or the Balt Lake route <o exprep* the documents through, iiut they failed to receive the copies. Douglmi meeting nt New Orlenus. Ni:w Ojilbakb. Deo. 1 —A Douglas msns meeting was be d Lit evening at the Odd Fellows’ U&ll, which was tbo largest a"d most onthudastie assemblage over hold in New Orleans. Thousands we*o unuMo To gala admittance iotd the Hall, and Lafayette Fqu&re aud the streets adjoining the Hail were also crowded. The lion. Pierre Soule presided. ’ Tlf.e @J»>vci Hilfo pin?, Comjn u M> 8. 0., peq. 7 —The arguments iu t|ie Echo osae were continued yeaferdiy by Geo Ifayua oq the part of ihe Dnffod Slates. He was followed to day by Mr Dilliuger oo bebalf of the defeuca Tte jury in the ease have been furlberaieohargedtlll one o’ofock on Thursday. wteu jud ment oq tte motion to dis charge the prisoners yjll |je glyen. Mnssaojiiisetts Municipal Elections, Boston, Pec. 7 Hosea Ills’cy (Repub)lcanj was ?OCte r day re-elected tya or of Chelsea. job# riafgoot been re-elected Mayor of Oam brldge. Markets )>y Telegraph. SavanniH/ Tec 6.—Cotton—sales to-day J 360 bales, the market closing irregular and very 'nil. Chabj-BtffOK. Poo 0 —Cotton— sales to-day 3,100 bales at a decline of if c from the h’gbeot noiot. Chicao>. December 7.—Flour firm. Wheat firm at Cso 4P 1 bushel. Goto h»s an tdv&ncl a tendenoy pats v »re quiet- Receipts—2&o bbis Fjour, 1,60 ff bushels Wheat, and 1,500 bushels Corn Nbw O&LptNS, Peoemljar 6.-Tho Colfon ma*kot closet (]<mer; the satps to-day amoyot-d to 7,000 tales at unchanged p ices Sugar in dull and Ua hwer Molasses is 2o lower; sales at 27c Corn has a declining tendency; sale? at 700, Freights on Gqt ton to Liyfrp'ol P-Ifld. CINOfMAfI-D<<? 7 — uorb are unchanged In prices, although the market is slightly faster j the sales to-day were 4.000 hogs at $7 10 Mess Pork is active ; salep <>f (LOOO bb'B to-day for future delivery nt $17.50®18, the Utter price being paid for delivery la March. Buffc Meata-Siles of 5 0,000 lbs at 7#®Btf o. Lard is firm at The other markets Are unchanged. The Charter Election at New York. N few York. Dec 7 —The charter election took place to-day. Qeoigj II Purser, the Tammany ciudidate for City Comptroller, is reported to fall behind Stepb en P. Russell (anti-Tammany) In the number of rotes, in almost every ward. Robert T. Daws the Republican and People’s nomi nee, is elected City Comptroller by a decided plurality. It is reported he will have a majority of 400 or 500 votes The selection of the Almshouse Governor (for which office there are four candidates) is doubtful. It will be very late before the full returns are re ceived x New York, pec. 7.— The vote for Comptroller, as far as received, is as follows: w A-T T. RA. A. Purser Russell Haws. E lrBt -: 490 700 433 | I?, 1 ™ 1.865 220 482 £"JS m 239 1,295 Si S#'"Vi* I m 682 1,605 Ninth, (onediflt. wanting)... 7H 609 3 203 tb -;- 705 206 1,821 Eleventh 1 638 434 1.010 Fourteenth 1 020 781 031 Fifteenth 286 372 2,141 Seventeenth 1,420 761 2 786 Eighteenth 050 684 2 451 Ae rar &a heard from, O. Brennioghamen, Bennhltoan, is thought to be ahead for Almshouse Governor New Y, re, pec. 7 —James Lynch, the antl-Tammi ny candidate for Almshouse Governor, is ahead, so far as beard from, and it fg thought he will be eleoted The vote is close, however. The returns do not include the vote for the minor officers. Non-Arrival of the City of Washington* Sandy Hook, Dec. 8, 2 A. M.—There are as yet no signs or the steamship City of Washington, now due, with Liverpool dates to the 21th ult. General Walker at Mobile. Mobile. Deo 6— Tho Grand Jury of the United States District Court was In session several diyi during the past week, and had uoder consideration the late at tempt to send filibustering regiments to Nicaragua. Amnog the witnesses were Mr. Sandford, the collector of the port; Mr. Smith, deputy-ooilector; also, Gen. Walker, Mr. Natamcr Julius Hesaoe. and William A. Smith. They weroall rigorously eknmloed General Walker was before the jury about six hours, and was interrogated as to his life in California, Sonora, and Nicaragua. No bill had been found on Friday, when the court adjourred over till Monday.' 'Judge Campbell left for Washington to-day- A se cret agent of the Government, Mr. Wilson, of Ohio, who had been sent here to watch the Nicaragua movement, has also If ft for Washington. Ferry-boat Accident—Several Persons Injured. New York, Deo 7 —This afternoon, the steamboat on the South Forty ran with great foroo against the ferry bridge, tearing awa- the planking, and injuring a number of passengers Mr Dury n, mahogany dealer of Brooklyn, leg badly Injured \ Miss Timeran, of the Tenth avenue, side much hurt; Mias Parks, of Twenty seventh street, leg much bruised. A mau, whose name is unknown, was also badly injured. TZte Southern pacific Railroad* Louisville. Pec. 7 —The stockholders of the Sonth om Pacific Railroad, in this city and at St. Louis are generally paying up, as required by the resolution adonted at their reoent Convention No shares of stock hsve been surrendered President Poulkes has let out fifty mileß more of the road, and the friends of the en terprise are sanguine of success. The Case of the Slaver Echo* VERY INTERESTING NARRATIVE OP THE CAPTURE AND SUBSEQUENT EVENTS. CoiOMMA, 8. C., Dec 3,1858. The refusal of the grand jury of thisdiatriot to And a true bill against the crew of the slaver Rcho, for pira cy, whilst it Increases the important hearing which the case is destined to have on the future of the laws again#’ the slave trade, is likely to deprive the public, for a whilo at least, of the details of the eapture or that vessel by the United States brig Dolphin, and of ihose explanations of the various occurrences which i would have been furnished in the course of the testi mony that would have been produced before a petit jury. The following narrative, therefore, gathered mainly from the principal actors in the affair, will he read with much interest: A SUSPIOIOU3 bail. The United States brig Dolphin, of six gnus, thirty two pounds. Lieutenant Commanding J. N. Miffit U S. N , was, in the month of Auyust last, cruising rff the north coast of Cuba, pursuant to orders, to over haul suspicious vessels, and intercept illegal traffic. About half-past six o’clock, on the ipornjng of the 21st of August, the ?Uar and bright, and thewind blow ing briskly about W. N E , the signal of a sail in sight was given by the lookout. A strange vessel, under a press of canvas, was reported ahead, and rUnding on the same conrse with the Dolphin. No particular attention was directed to the vessel daring the forenoon, other than an occasional sltnc" throogh the glass, and a pvsieg remark as to the lessening dis tance between the two ships, from the deck of the Dolphin. About one o’clock, however, a nearer view of the stranger being obtained, disclosed to the United States officers the fact that she was a brig light In the water, and coming from the eastward through the southern channel. These circumstances at once raised a suspicion Id the mind of.the commander of the Dol phin. as to the character of the vessel, as h» knew, ‘if engaged in lawful traffic, she would pot he very likely to come from that direction light of draught Orders were therefore promptly issued to keep a sharp look out upon the action? of the granger, while the Dol phin. ctowdlng her eall, continued to overhaul her ra- P-dly. At ten minutes past lip a hustle was observed on the deck of the vessel, and she suddenly and very briskly took in all her steering sails at once, ant hauled by th* wind on the staiboard tack. The speedy and aeamanlike manner In which this was done, at once confirmed the susniclons before excited, for it proved that the s range brig pras manned with unusual strength. Quick as thought, therefore, the command er of the Dolphin gave the orders to chase, and >n an instant her decks wire alive with ofljcers and men, eager with the excitement of the anticipated race,"for it was easy to perceive that the atrarger might prove ro easily oiptnred yriza. Immediately the brig broke cover, the British fl»g was run op to the masthead by. the cemtn<Rder of the Dolphin, as a rase to draw out the true character of the fugitive _ This Is a general custom in all arples, when first breaking covec-wlth an enemy, or a ship engaged in an unl&wfut traffic on'the high seas, and Is designed purposely to mislead the sus pected craft, and dlicover her trne character. The strange sail continued to send before the wind, show ing no Uag In response, and a blank cartridge was fired after her, as a respoetfnl Invitation to allow the pur? suer a sight of her nationaUuelgn. hint was <!U regardedwrDo colors made their appearance from her mast, apd a} fcair-past three o’clock V. M another blank cartridge wad expended, with no more satisfactory result. 188 CRABS AND TITR CAPTDBB, The excitement on board the Dclpbin was now in tense, for it waa evident that tbo stranger was an un lawful character. aud had made up bor mind to show her speed, if not her teeth. Everyetltch of canvas that could be used to advantage was crowded on the Doited States vessel, and every means possible was re sorted toino’der to increase her speet} As the gal lant ship answered to these efforts and sprang forward like an arrow from a bow, the chase became earnest and interesting in no ordinary degree, go well was the flviog or ft handled, that for a; tjme It wafi qrxprfelD wM&htd the advaotaga la headway; bat the matter, who, with spy-g’ass In hand, was stationed on the fore-royal yard, declared that the distance was decreasing between the two ships, an opinion that was soon after confirmed by the report of tbo tbiMj lieutenant, who, vylth a sextant, was measuring tpe - angle between fbe strange sail’s ip%tn truck and water linp, the of which gave proof that the DoJph|o wap searing the chased Brig. At 4 P M orders werp given by Oapt Mafllt to First Lieutenant Bradford to fire a shot under the brigt* stern, that she might have no excuse for folly understanding that a sight of h»r flag arid communication With her commandef wore ffeaired. The shot, at the gqo’a full elevat|on, was flrej.and, to the astonishment of all, It passed cioee under the siprn gf t|te stwpectpd ves sel. Those on the latter now evidently caiqg to the conclusion that no child's play was Intended by the pursuer, and In answer to the la>t and more press , ing invitation, she displayed the well-known stark aod str pen of an American Hag. No sooner was the evidence of her nationality given than Captain Maffit ordered an American ensign to be run up at the Pol phln’B 'peak. Bat the change did not appear to suit tb'# stranger at all. and sber continued to straggle on ail the more reeojutely in Ijio vain effort t> eludp her pntsner After running for fifty minutes longer, Copt Mafllt made up hit miod the*- it was time to bring matters to a close without further delay Two orders were, therefore, issueff by him to Lieut. Bradford, The first was to tluow a shot close under the strarger's bow This, was prortptfy dpne, the shot passing" but a few feet from her cutvfiter. Tbt< people pq hoan| the |>r|g were evidently sUrtlod at'the near approach of the Iron messenger. They became gonvlnoed that escape was impossible; and fearing that' the next shot ml bt be amongst 'them—as it unquestionably w'uM have bepn, for ihut was the second order of Oapt. MaflU.'aod would have follow'd the first after a reasonable lapse Of lime—they hacked their main topsail, 1 and hauling down )he American flag. th rei 7 Hover hoard. The Dol phin was soon hove to, close under the sfranger’sgier# ; and'L'euteoanta Bradford and Carpenter, and Falling Ifaafer Crossmsn, wjth an armed crew, h olird ed the brig with dirpctl.np from Captain to fire three shots ohoulo t|)o vessel prove to be a lawful prize. In ups ib»o six tpjoqtes af;«r the Ijoar Hog party hod |*&fQd on the deck of the atranaer, th. fl three >hots \pe*e fired, and tbe crew of tbe Dolphin, who had become much exalted during the chase, coplfi so wcely he restrained by tbe‘r ofticere from giving Tent to their feelings in cheers. TUS S RIBONXR9—TUB Sl-AVKR OAPTAIS—TOB BBVOLTIKO On the pre-arranged signal being eiven, a second boot was despatched to tbe prize, wi h Mr. J L Read, tp re-noye the prisoners, who were speedily trau'errea from the slaver to tjie DoJpb|n, and placed under the guard of marines.' "When Lieut.'Bradford mountel’to the deck of the prize with his boarding orew. he ioqulred (S woo is tfa'e commander of this brig." A fine, good looking, he Ti)y boarded man—known aftorwarda as the d’flßhing'C*pt. Townsonff-rStepped forward In reply to the question, and said. u I presume poif are now. sir l B Q tiprotest afloat the damned Enkliah flag being used by an Ame rican man or yar.aa a trap.” Lieut. Bradford tempe-/ rately, but flrm'y, lendoded the slaver captiin that It would be both prudent and necessary for him to tio peaceable. &pd quiet. “Well, well,” replied Captain Townsend, who is a ipao of m\}ch in'elligence. and a geiitlemau when he pVasee, “I suppose it will. Yoty are the yidor’ ? |lr, ant| I h aTO no thing more to say. 1 ’ He was then removed to the Dol phin’s boat, and, throwing himself on the seat with the most consU'rmato noMchnlayce, Jrquired of Mr £ro>f• man/ir, command'Vf the boat’s crew whether there was any objection to his indulging in a puff? Being answered i|[ the negative, he coolly fortff and lighted a segar and, as the clontj of smoko curled from bis ltpq, he took a long keen, mAditutiye survey of the Echo from the boat, apparently to discover the canseofher having proved iinfqitbfu] to him in bis honrqf need; and at lepath, turning sway his cyea With a half smothered sigh, he mptWed. “ Ah! too much by the head—too raupb by Hie head ! I 3»id Soi and, by (}—(l,l knew It! ” Thoq lolling l.ick ijj tbe boat onoe more, bo resigned himself to his fate and his Havana. The sceue that presented itself to the eyes of the officers on board the slaror was revolting in the ex treme. The decks were crowded wita negro biys and wotneu, all naked—many half dead with disease, and nearly all covered with disgusting sores. From the dark bold bolow came groans, moans, and a perfeot B<b)l of oowplalnirg voices. The smell was foul and flfekenfog beyond endurance, resemblirg more tbe efijuvia that proceeds from a den of rattlesnakes, than aught else. Thlß, with the disgusting, horrible habits of* tbo wretched prisoners, carried on publicly ahd without reserve or soose of shame, rendered the cap tured yesebl a pandemonium of horrors such au no pa gination can depict. To ()e*orlQe the filth am} misery but loadrquateiy wopld tyke the appearance cf ag ex aygerate) Yom'infe. ALL PApBBS nBSTUOTSD—TUK sI.AVBR’s ORKW—TQB rniZß OBBW—tJRPLKAStNT OVKIOS—NKCE«BART PJIE -O,bTIOVB . ' examination of the cabin of the captured t)r!g (jhotfe.d that if was filled with ptc|ced trunks, arms, provuions, and ever/ firffcatiog tj;at h sty arrangements had been mqde'by thoip ou board for a hasty departure from* the ve‘sel It bad, evi dently, been tbe intention of the captain of the slaver, ropld bo hsye succeeded iu outrunning }iis pursuers un lt| lb a s||adpo qf pvejjinj shgt him from theii view, to have deserted bia eaip'Vud par«o, prob bly pv'en wi-h’ the intention of rcuttling her. and suffering her to no ta the bottom with the miserable brings on board. With a view of esoapltg. aod preventing any recogn'tiou of the parties engaged In the business, hn had taken the precau’lon to ijestroy all papers of pvory kitfi that ho mast nave bad on board. Dpqn a numb-rqf the slayer’s company, wheu at.aated, wore foqnd bottle? of whis key: but no papers or lettera were discovered on any of th«in, that coqld give RDy clqe to the reraon? or the locality from whence they fame. Nelth*r wero any fiaga of any pqtipo io be found (in board tbe Echo; but in hoy ganaways was the Apiericau coat of &tup>, ami bor geurral appearance and rig gave satisfaptory evi dence of her nat.ve build The Echo failed from Orleans on the 7tff dqy of Marob, and arrived atlyabsnda. coast of Africa, on tlje 80th day of June. She received on board four hundred atdsev«uty-tht«e oegr'ea. Or these, q ne hundred «pij had perished before her rapture ; twelve died on the papt.-ge to Oharlesiou : thirty-seven inOharleo to», aud fifty-seven mors to tbe date of her arrival At fit V.nreot’g The majority of the flarer’a crew are #?I £7 Jfl /7 Ttp ~\r Spaniards and Portuguese, and as desperate ani pirati- . Jt it Jjj \j J. £ JL m oaf a looking sot of ruffians 88 erer cuts throat fora j __ dollar. Borne of those in jail, although professing to be AMUB*M*wt« »twtb iVRirrMO of the ship’s company,' and merely acting as hired sea- » AMUSBMMiTS THIS IViHINH. wien, are evidently men of tneana and intelligence, and , t JJ' a *i Tl ‘*T * Onawsaifc ABOH-STBBSY THBATBI. were doubtless part owners of the cargo, or sgentj of UQr American Cousin >» —««Simpson 4: Co.” the owners. Mas. D. Bovkbs* Wiuro».&T*sir Thbitbs.— it was nearly ten o’clock at night before the prisoners “Adrienne, The Aclress s —*‘ i irmpw>n"&'c 0 ” Were property copflned. and ft prize crew arranged, un- Watiosal Cjroos —“Lent’a Oireim fomnanr >*- der Lieutenant Bradford, who waa appointed as tbe it Eqanatrlan, Gymnastic, and Acrobat?* prize officer. Captain Maffit ordered Lieutenant Brad- assembly Bo?lbi X ' fora toieip in close company with the Dolphin during , ni““ IT* * Bo i Bm *- the mght, in order to gre him an opportu ity to write banfobds ufbsa uouss.—Ethiopian Entertain* his despatches, and duly consider the proper course to menta. pursue in this new and delicate question- The urgent necessity, in the condition and nature of the price, of haying prompt communication with the seat of Go vernment, as well as of reaching wlthoot delay a port where tbe prisoners and slaves could be properly car'd ! for, determined Captain Msffit, upon reflection, to send the slaver and sieves to Charleston, as he felt con ; vioccd from bis personal knowledge, that at that p'ace every accommodation possible could he afforded to the uorortuoate Africans, while he bad every confidence that the crew of the slaver would be tried fairly and without prejudice. On the mora'ogof the22d,th»re- I fore, extra water and provisions were Bent ou board tbe captured brig. A trusty crew waa placed under the command of Lieu i tenants Bradford and Carpenter, who received their final orders for their course and action The slaver crew were also aga'n transferred to the Echo, with the exception of Captain Townsend himself, and two of the men who were Buffering from siritness. Thslr disease waa at that time African fever; hut it was rapidly i •Derating yeMowfever, to which it appears sear akin; I And subsequently, on the arrival of the Dolphin at Key | West, they were sent to the hospital there, on the re- I presentation of Dr. Brown, tbe Dolphin’s sargeon, 1 that they would innoculate yellow fever on board if re- I tained in the vessel. They are since reported to have died at Key West,,of that diseise. Captain MaflU came to the determination of keeping 1 the slaver captain on board the Dolphin, and to send | him to Charleston after the priza, from Key West, be cause the intelligence, the evidently scheming mind and resolute will, the undoubted conrage, and, above | all, the manner of Osptala Townsend, gave Indica lon I of a master spirit that, in the event of troublewlth the la r ge body of negroes or of any untoward eiroumaian. cte, place the prize officers in jjopvdy. Their responsibility wan already not only great end distress iogly irjrsome. but really hazardous in the extreme, and ought not. In Captain M&flit’s opinion, to be increased. lodeed,it must rarely fail to the lot of naval officers to be under the neceesity of performing dnty under such trying and horrible circumstances as- those which must have surrounded Lieutenants Bradford and Car penter, and too muoh o.edit cannot be awarded them for their coeduot in those distressing and siokonine scenes. Unceasing anxiety, the necessity of constant watch fulness, the Importance of being always armed and on the alert for danger, deprived them of their natural rest, and fatigued their m’nig as well as their bodies. Disease, filth, wretchedness, and human suffering were before Ihelr eyes at all hours of the day and night. A stenchj"too sickening to be borntfTWas present in every part of the ship, destroying the appetite and nausea* ting the stomach. And all this tnlsery was patently and nobly endured by the gallant officers and the brave j and faithful crew for nine days; for although the pas- I sage to Oharleßton consumed but six days, three more 1 elaps'd before the prize officers and their men obtained a rele&Re from th*ir onerous and unenviable duties. THC OFFICERS OF Tflß nOLPIIIN —EXOITBME*? AQAISST THEM—ITB FOLLY AND INJUSTICE—TRB~ ISPAMT OP THE SLATE TBADB. The officers of the Dolphin when the oapturo was made were] Lieutenant Commanding J. N. Maffit: Ist Lieutenant, J M, Bradford; 2d I/edtenaut, C.K. Wil liams ; 3dL outonan*, 0 0. Carpenter; Passed Asaiß taut Surgeon, J. M. Drown: Bailing Master,A. E. Grossman; Captain’s Cleik, Leonard Gunaell; Par ser’s Clerk, J. Laurens Read. | When the case was first publicly known in Obarles- I ton, much feeling was manifested against these cfilcera Vy a lew ultra-mend this Btato They even claimed that Capt Maffit aud his officers were, after all, the true pirates, and should be indicted as such. It Is even now rumored that a suit ir to be entered against Capt. for the capture and unlawful confinement of tbe slaver crew, and that means have been promised to test the question in the court s But the pubiio sen timent will assuredly frown down Indignantly auy such contemptible annoyance toward that gallant officer. Indeed, the excitement that first existed has already died away, and. in its ploce, a jast appreciation of the official conduct of the officers is entertained by all in-* telligent men Officers of tbe navy on duty indnlge la no sectional feeling. They s'mply obey orders, Jealous onlyofthehonoroftbeiroouotryask whole, if tbey abominate this infamous traffic on the. coast of Africa, it is from a knowledge of its honors, rather than from any feeling for or against a slave trade. Tbey ftte indignanWn&luraUy and properly so—that a par cel of foreigners should use the Amorican flag for their own base purposes. OT these slave vessels, nearly all are owxed in Cuba; and the few Americana who embark in the revolting trade ace either bankrupt in fortune, or lost to all sense of national feeling and personal honor. The trade has done a brisk business eiuce the abrogation of the right of y'alt by the Eng lish. Some nineteen vessels, of American bottom, hava tended eargueaqn the oast of Cuba since the 30th of July last, all falsely Bailing under the Ameri can flag, for the benefit and profit of foreigners. TBS OASS IHE£OG?.TE—TRSIIMtHT OF TUB DOLPHIN’S CEBIT. The excitement of this Echo case has been increased from the fact that the sieves and prisoners were brought iDto a Southern port, where Southern feeling was natu rally aroused. The conductor a large majority of the people of Bouth Carolina, throughout the affair, is wor thy of all credit aud praise. They hire t howq them selves law-abiding and conservative. It Is true that tbe Orand Jury hae disappointed the community in re fusing a true bill, but this district is under tbe influ ence of ex-Governor Adams, a slave-trade advocate; and to him, whether justly or not. Is attributed the “ higher-law” action of the jury, M&oyofthe ultra men aie now regretful that the case was not fairly spread before the country, so that its merits might have been seen, tho law tested, and a remedy, if any were necessary, applied by Congress. There is no donbt the crime—piracy—and the punishment—death— erorn In many eyeß extreme; and, probably the slave trade could be much more effectually suppressed were the penalty lighter, the ronvl »tioo more certain, and the law always carried out lu its strictest letter. Commerce of the United States. The Nevr York journal of Commerce has been famished with an advance statement, from offioial sources, of the foreign commerce of the United States for the last fiscal year. These tables have been anxiously looked for, as they represent a period of uausual in the business of the coijntry, and they will, therefore be studied with interest hy.all glasses of readers. T£e fol lowing wlll'show thw total foreign imports and exports at all the pofU’of the United States for the fiscal year ending Jane 30,1858: Imports /or the years 1857-’6B. DatiabJegood* >263,203 BT6 Tree g00d5.,,,, 61,044,779 Specie and bullion 19,274,490 Total imports fox the year.,..5212,613,160 Experts /or the yeyr 3857-’GS Domestic prodace $261,961 603 foreign produce and merchandise 20,060,241 Domeatle specie and bullion. 4 7 246 Foreign do Total exports for the year This shows an excess of exports oyer imports of $43,031 2f 1, an amount just about equal to'the exports of domestic sgeoie. Included in tho ex ports of domestic prQdgcg for the year were $l3l, 380,06} value in Vfe annex a .compara tive summary or tho imports for tbe lost four years: . Imports into the Unit d Slates from Foreign Ports. Year ending Dutiable. Freegcodp. Ppecleand Totalim. uiaUUoa. * 1866.. 221 878,184 36,430,524 3,653,812 261,463 620 1850.. ..5fi7,634.230 62748 074 4,207,032 314,639.042 18 7... 294,180 835 64.207,607 12,481.799 300 890,141 18j8... 202.293 876 19,274,496 293;013,160 This shows a falling off, in round numbers, of qinety-two millions in dutiable goods, and a gain in both free goods and spegto. ipgreace in free goods is made up entirely of artioles added to tbe free list by the'tariff of 1857. The total im ports lire $78,276,991 less than for .tbe previous year; but in dutiable merchandise tbe total Is less than for any previous year since 1852. We also annex a comparative sumqiary of the exports for the same period : Fxpoxts from the Vnitetf Statfs to foreign Ports. Yeqt ending Domestic Foreign pro- Specie and Total ex* June 30 pro luce duce. bullion. ports* 1855.. 191.76t.135 20 168,368 66,247 848 276,166 846 1860.. ..2*6.438,051 14.781.572 45.745.485 326.904 903 1857.. ..278.Q05,713 14,917 047 09.138 022 304,900 6*2 1858.. 241.8f}1,033 20 66.0,241 62.633,147 321,644,421 will be seen tffnt tbe failing off ig tbg expsrta is TQ)xob less than tbe decrease in imports, for while tbo latter bavp declined $7B 270,911, tbe exports have decreased 0n1y538,310.201. QC tbia dcoreaso, only $27,555 680 are in domestic pro duce. while tbe Bpeoie exports have fallen off $10,503,775. and the reshipments of foreign pro duce have inoroaepd. TI4EI COURTS. yesterday’s proceedings (Reported for The Press ] Peitjs—Judge Read-—ln consequence of the pressure oq oar oohimos <‘n ye«terday’H paper, through tbe pablicatioa of the President’s Message, we were unable to stats that the Hon John M. Bead, the new Judge of tbe Supreme Oonrt, to kbls seat on Monday, tbo first day of the term. Judge Bead was congratulated by several members of tbe bar 00 his accession to an office for which his high talents render him *1 eligible. The proceedings before him since Monday were— John Orsgroye *4. the City of Philadelphia. Ap action for damages Tor irjuries sustained by the pt«in t'ffin falling into a drain on (}ira~d avenue. Verdict for plaintliTfSi). T J. OJsyton for tbe plaintiff : King for the Oity. Roberts vs. the North Penosjvania Railroad. An Action for damage* for injuries sustained by the plain tiff by being thrown out of h'a wegoo by an engine be longing to the defendants, at Washington lane The plaintiff alleges that he \?is driving along the lane, which is ioter/roted by the railroad, and was in tbe act of crossing the track when the train came alcng. without any notice by whistling on otherwise, struck against his wagon, and threw him out. »nl seriously injured hint in both shoulders The defence has not been opened yet On t»jU. Pardons aod for plain’iiT; Wharton for defeodant Q«.,kte|i Sessions — Judge ThfOipson,— 51 -rgacet Sweeny was ob&rged with tbo larceny of $3O It rupoareil that the prosecutor was enticed into a h#Cse io Bioe alley and was there robbed. The esse not being made out, the jary, under the instruction of tbp judge, rendered a verd’pt of not guiily Jacob Benequ was charged with the larceny of a pai; of shfies. It appeared that Jacob w*ut into a store uq? der the nretegee of pgrch«*iog 4 pa*rof shoes; he tried a pair on, and was seen filling hi a packet with* shoes. When detected he ran out of the store ; be was, h w ever, overtaken Verdict guilty. Sentenced to firfi months. William Ritterson was charged with committing an Asißult and battery upon Mary McFarland. Verdict guilty Sentenced to two months. An application was made to the court by General Small for th* witness fees of Frederick Swartz Mr. Small asked for the witness fees and mileage in the case of Neal, charged with bouveide. Mr. Swartz was re presented to be a resident of Schuylkill county. The usual order was made in tbe ca e Patrick Callanan was charged with committing an assault and battery upon WilUatg M c P^ A fi* Yart|ic( RqtgqlUv, Rohort Miller VAS charged with thelarrenrofashawl, the properly of \nihaay Ireland. Verdict guilty, apd sentenc d to five months Lawyenc* Mat)ark was couvioted of larpeoy, and sen tencod to nice months. Ann Daveushin was convicted of laroeny. Judge Thompson, in p&fifiiug said that this was the fifth time she had been brought up in this court for pdtenep. and hq trcnW now Impoaa A spotpnee of onp j*\r iu th« oounfy prison, There tieing no other bpßicpsa before the coqrt—ad journed. Queer Railroap Aooidekt* —A queer Ac cident opogrrpff fin the }}udson Biver Bailroad cm 1 nat Prid ay evening. Tho express train whioh loft East Albany for Now York, had not proceeded over throe miles before the engineer discovered that tbo locomotive had lost Goo of ita imroen?© driving wheels—a plooo of maohlnery some seven feet in diameter lie, of course, slopped tffe tra’n and went in pursuit of the lost proporty. He walked back over a mile, but could not find the wheel. This proves beyond question that the looo luotlve had done nt least a tuilo with only one dri ving-wheel. IJow tbo looomotive could have done this without pausing a general smash-up is more than we can *&y. The engineer not finding tho wffeel sent hack tp East Albany for another en gine The engine wos furnished in about an hour, after which tho train started for New York, and made the trip without any other pull back —At bany KnicfarbocAey, Chester Talley Railroad.—A special meeting of the stockholders of the Chester Valley Railroad Company was held yesterday afternoon, at the Pbi’adelphia Exchange, to consider the lease of the road, recently decided upon by the directors* to the Reading Railroad Company. Charles Henry Fisher, Esq , presided The call of the meeting haying been read, a series or resolutions were They provide for the ap pointment of a coramittee'of stockholders, to whom shall be referred the proposition of the several compa nies for the lease for examination, said committee to report at an adjourned' meeting, and that the president and directors he requeued not to sign or authorize the sign ng of any contract until the stockholders authorize such contract A motion was mad© to amend, that this meeting ap prove and endorse the contract entered into with the Philadelphia and reading Railroad Company.' This motion gave rise to considerable debate. Mr. Jos. B. Bogers opposed the motion. He wee in favor of an invest Ration of the facts, and of awarding the contract to the heat interest of the Chesler Volley Railroad Company. Mr Coffin Oolket took up the bids made by the Philadelphia, German*own. and Norristown Railroad, and the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and explained th*> details at some length: He thought tbst the interests of the stockholders woold be bet ter rerved by accepting the proposition of the former company. Mr. H. E. Smith went into a full explanation of the facts. He said that the first hid of the Norristown Road, made on the Ist of Oct ber, was one-half of the receipts to the Chester Valley Railroad Company, the latter to keep the road in repair- The Beading Rail road bid at the same time was three quarters of the net receipts. The bids si ere referred *o a committee, who ciphered oat that the Reading RaUroad bid of 33 per cent, was more than tbe bo*natowa bid of 38 per cent. The Norristown RaUroad Company did cot expec to make any profit from ruaaiag the Chester Valter R*it road, but guarantied that 65 per cent, per mile for run ning would produce CO per cent to the Chester Valley KaiUoad Mr. Steele replied to Mr. Smith. He said that tbe bid of Pfi per cent, was based upon the business ef the Nor 'latown Road last year If the Beading bid or 60 perceat was based upon the same principle, it would run the otner clear out of sight. Mr. Smith said that he did *not care to which com : paoy the contract was given. All be ssked was that a cdibmlttre of' stockholders—disinterested gent emeu— he appointed to ex mine tbe proposals. Mr Steo e said that he believed that the commUt»e acted fairly in all its transactions, and that tbe con tract had baen fairly award* d, but that a few pa ties Interested had created all this furore by callii g this meeting The question was then called upon the amendment to endorse tbe contract with the Beading Railroid. It was then moved that the vo*e bo taken by stock. This gave rise to some difficulty* inasmuch as a Ibt of stock holders had not teen famished by the officers of the company. A committee, consisting of Merer* Colket, Steele, and McGinnis, were appointed to wait upon the se cretary and request him to famish a list of the stock holders. Tbe meeting then took a recess. A fter considerable further debate, the question was tAkea by stock on the resolutions as originally offered and shove recorded, and they were carried by a vote of 8,405 in f&vor to 270 against. Horrible Accident.— -About four o’clock yesterday afternoon one of the most dreadful accidents occurred that it has lately been our lot to record. Asa heavily laden train of three freight cirs was golog to wards West Philadelphia, and had proceeded op Mar ket stroet to a point about forty feet east of Fourth street, a man named Ilenrv Oolehsuer, about rixty yeara of age, who was attached to tbe train as brakes man, was killed almost Instantly. The driver of the train says that Oolehsuer had made severalint ffectual attempts to get on the platform of the front car, and at length got his foot over the conpling chain, which waa very wet and slippery. He then lost his balance, and was thrown to the ground, his head and arms falling near the north track, and by some means he was drawn between the break and wheels of the car. While in this position he waapushed about forty feet, (to the corner of Fourth and Market a ree’fi.) when the train was stopped, and the po.T man wa* taken from the track, dead The driver of the train tued his utmost exertions to stop the nmles when he Stw that he was in danger of falling, bnt as the train was going down grade, and the track very slippery, he 0 uld not stop them. The poor man mast have died almost instantly, as no one beard him u»ter.cries or groans Hts left band was dreadfully mangled, tnd be probably received revere Intercal injories. He waa ar> elderly man. and we understand has a family liviog fa WestPniladelphia He had a son killed on the Penn sylvania Railroad about two years ago, near Market street bridge His body was conveyed to tbe Cberry fctreet station-house, where the coroner held an inquest last evening, ant rendered a verdict of (i Accidental death ” The body of the uorortunate man was then rom'ved to his residence in West Philadelphia. Monument to the Memory of Gen- Ruf.bb Wblcii—A meeting of the numerous friends or*lhe late General Rutq < Weloh waa held last evening' at tbe Franklin Hone*. Chestnut street, for the purpose of i making the necessary preliminaries for the erection of a monument to the memory of. thedecessed. Gen. P. 8. White was called to the chair, and Francis Black burn appointed secretary." Colonel Page made soma eloquent remarks relative to the many virtues ef the de 'eased, and stated that he had received a letter from Ntw York, with fifty dollars enclosed, which will he appropriated to the above named purpose.-. Colonel u. B Lent hqi kindly tendered the use of the National Theatre for tbe purpose of holding a benefit, which W»1 take place on Thursday evening, the.lfith instant, at that p'ace A commute) was appointed to solicit contribu'iooe in *{d of tbe above-named abject. The committee consists of Col James pace, John Thorn ley, 0. A.' BubicsTD. Francis If. Bnffbe, William B. Mann, W. H. Maurice Robert F. Christy, Gen P. 8. White, and Fraoeia Blackburn. The meeting adjourn ed, to meat on Friday evening next. Common Council.—A special meeting of .this body was held last evening. Th« ordinance pas'ed by Select Council authorising the giving notice of the opening of Heed street, end of r*fiitfng up the parade groan da, was referred to tho Committee qb Highways, The'ordlnknoe authorising tbelea*© Tobacco Warehouse at $5 000 was amended to read that It shall be leased to the hlghestMddey; i • ~ The resolution authorising an appropriation of $1,229.81 toieopen the Fitswater-street school was con cu retiu. - • - Tbe preamble and resolutions authorizing a uniform municipal code and a digest of the laws was referred to the Finance Commute# to report tbe expecte. The resolution authorising the removal of the dead bodies from the city burial ground was laid over/ ’ Mr. Potter submitted a resolution instructing the Commissioner of Highways to advertise for proposala for cleansing the streets. Agreed to. Adjourned. Real Estate, Stocks, &c.— Thomas & Sons’ sale of Real Estate, Stocks, &c. T lock place at the Philadelphia Exchange last evening. The follow ing are the sales; Two bonds. $l,OOO each, county of Lawrence, Penn sylvania, 20 per cent, each; pew No. 141 St Jimes’ Church, $25; six shares (v«w) West Chester Railroad Company. SU; one share Havre de Grace Stean* Tow Boat Company, S3l; ono share Philadelphia and Ba vannmh Steam Navigation Company. $22; one share Mercantile Library. $8 75 ; one chare point Bierze Park Association. $136; two building lots. Beventh street, »o- th of Venango. $80; three-story brick dwelling, No. 3 lIa*mOBV street, $975 ; handsome modern residence, No. 1031 Walnut street, $5,175. subject to tbe ground rent, making $12125; residence, 1629 Walnut street, $11600; three story brick dwelling, No. 1748 Nor*h S'Xth street, $600; three-story brick dwelling, No. 1750 North Sixth street, $5OO. • Parade Drill of the Washington Ghats. •o-The monthly parade drill of this fine corps took place last night, on which oecaaioa there was a large' tarc-ont. the oompxny numbering over fifty muskets. tqptainPairy marched his men to the Pecnsylvonia Railroad freightfopot, where Colonel Hardie, U. 8. A., aud a number of other distinguished military gentle mep, witnessed their execution or the Hardie drill, a new drill recently introduced into the company. Oo). Hetdfe, the author of the drill, expressed himself highly pleased with the promptness aud precision with which all tbe movements were oxeeated,and also with tbe appearance of the men. and their spirited, soldierly bearing. The Grays show no disposition to yield tbe renutation thev have always held among our cit’aens or being the fioest drilled corps in tbe city, as all who witnersed their drill last night can beat testimony, v A Slight Booking.—On Monday evening, Mr Michael Sweeney and his wife started ont to enjoy themselves,andees the fine sights of our city. Alter etrolling about for a ooosidersble lmglh of time, and partaking of certain libations they found themselves quite elated. During their perambnlat»ors they drew ne«v South-street vrha>f, aod acci 4 eQtalty stepped into th* Schuylkill. Two offioir* fortunately b-ftrd the splash, and no proceeding to the spot diFccvered 'poor Michael and bis wl'e atriviug to extricate themselves from their perilous situation. Thay imtn'dia'ely res cued them, and In the morning provided them with co.i fortahle quarters in a large atoue mansion in tbe ioi)thern pm of tbeoitv. where they wiil have an op portpuity of vecruitiog their usual strength. Charge® with Riot A yonng man, named John Royal, had « bearing before Alderman Shoemaker, yesterday morning, ou a charge of riot. Last 3itniday he went to a tavern at Charlotte and Doplar streets with a party of boon companions, aod during a drunken fight, upset the store and sat the br.use on fire. A hole w&a burned in the floor before the flames could be extinguished. Tbe young man Boyat waa held to ball to answer. Grand Lodge op Masons.—Tho Annual Convention of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania was held at their hal], in Chestnut street, above Seventh,, on Monday evening last The following gentlemen tyere elected to serve during the ensuing year: Hen r M. Phißtps. R W. G M.: John Thompson, Jt. W D. G.M ;D. O. Skerritt, R. W. S. G. W.; Lucius C. Scott, R. W. J G. W. ; Peter Williamson, (P. G. M ) It. W G. T.; William H. Adams, R. W. «. S. TrfE FiraNRAL op Biswop Onderdosk. — The funeral of Bishop Ooderdonk will take place ibis morning, from bja residence, No 1314 Pine attest. The process ou will leave the bouse at 10 o’clock pre cisely, and proceed to fit Peter’s Church, whe»e pitt of the funeral service wiU be pe formed, after which they will proceed to the Church of St. James the Less, wber* the remainder of the service will be performed and the interment take plane. Attempt to Kill an Officer About three o’clock yesterday morning, a fight took place amuog some rowdies in Catharine street, near Second. Officer Chambers arrested ooe of the men, when one of the party, a mao named Thomas Morris, threw a pav tog stone at tbe officer witt> great Force. He narrowly escaped being struck with the misrile The officer then secured Morris, and he was held in SSOO bail to answer. 10,225,901 62,633,147 $324,644,421 Arrest.— A man naraod M’Gachey was arrested by Lieutenant Rarctts, at Manayuok. yester day afternoop, charged with stabbi&g a mao rarard Ai&in. Agin, as our leaders wilt remember, was stabbed in Callowhili fltreet about two weeka since, aud taken to the hospital, where he still remains M’Gackey wll have a hearing this morning before Alderman Pa’chell. "Water-Fife Burst.—The water miin in Market street, above Till, burst yesferaay morning, and coDiiOerable damage was done before the water could be turned off. A Sad Scene.—A sad sceno—the effect of brutal passion, of weak despondency, and of rvm drinking degradation —was exhibited nt the oen tral poiuio atatlon, Baltimore, Md., on Thursday last |n one room were the bodies of three men, all the viotims of violent death. One was the re j mains of yeung Connary, killed In a moment of insensate and arunkeu fury by bis own brother; tbo other that of the German, Caslmir Smith, who had promeditatedly taken bis own life; and the other that of a brawny specimen of manhood, found drowned, and bearing still tho unmistaka ble impress of the druDken debauch during which he had stumbled unconsciously into eternity. Tho marks of their violent ending were viiiblo on a£ The bloody, blackened f&oe of the murdered m&n,. the protruding tongue and swollen veins of the strangled suicide, and the frothing lips of the drowned man wore eaoh deplorable evidences of the fearful suddeune&s with which death bad come upon them. So sad and repulsive a sceno we have rarely witnessed. The anniversary dinner of the St Nicho las Society of Now York took place on Monday evening, at the St Niobolas Hotel, when about two hundred gentlemen enjoyed the pleasure of tho festive board. The usual complement of long pipes, colored eggs, and “ schnapps 0 was provided for tbe comfort of the members, and after sundry speeches, anecdotes of tbe u Knickerbockers. * and the consumption of the favorite beverago ml libitum, the company retired satisfied at haring enjoyed the ovening without the presence of the “ argus-eyed n membora of the fourth estate. Among the invited gnesis were tho Hon. J. J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, and tho Ghevaltyr Wi* koff,
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