t g? ?»»* JP,
*ta&bwyßW.. .
<J ■"■' : . '■:■> .li'.#vli_ ThC'fieWS *S' 1
The President enough ittbaeryient
■- tools among the BemOcretio Senator** to secure a
. ■s-;-! ■ ,*.r.dsolel9n ip tf>e ennons in fpvor ptiitmoytog Jodgo
Douglas-, from tho position jcfohainaantof, the
Comt&ittae on Territories ‘ A., grthtat politioal
-intraga was never .perpetrated,; no. won-.
- ■•liiler lhatmeh men- BrOwn,;
- / :-lv
. :■.- It ieeme that there mors of. the escape of; the
■• ■ ‘.:.;.;fllibnet*rs from Mobile air weU fimnded. o. SPfy,
,hre said to have a resdeavons scmewbeit «“ “*
.viFloridaKeys. and the steamer FwhiopJ*'“PP? ss lj
ii • ito have car tied out, a large tnuOber.ofthein, '(flth
, ■. y.v-iiamnmMtfoD. as welldas the soho.o””® 1^ 0, • our
Government whioh has been 80 tnfghty in
’ onWhing ent rebellion)! anti teoooptonltes
has not been sn«oJ*ntfy>i«U»»t 14 *£"* rt tho
schemes of the violators ofourneutrslity laws
The late eleetlon of Ben JuAta as
Untied Stfor*Mfct{>r in South Carolina is
*■ stated by the dharieston itawtto have boon a
decided trtnmpKof the conservative sentiment in
that Stated The JfeUrt says Mr Ohesnutbe
fore Jiltolion clearly and frankly defined his po
... jiijjfl position In response toljopversatlonul. inqut
r *ttaa 9 sf¥ ta brief that ha, was a State rights,
*ntl OOnvsnUon add anti slave trade man tie
-- x endwWdi In the main the iiarnwoll speeoh of i
1 Senator phtniiOnd and ihe personal and politioal |
».?er- these/gentlemeni.plaoe them in the
ifdljert and most sslutary accord at oolleagoes
i MjTChbsnut is in the prime of life with amj>le I
trainlng.and »dvanoe-J
s.-K-i id’SsSsntBa if statesman,; He has a otear and sagaelons
X.- - . :;mu)d.-even: temperament and- manner, firm and
r; ;.- "r i r;rt ' hlgh ! *nd‘ ! opmblnei: oonservatlimwith de>
elsiqan To a sufficient readiness in debate he adds
!* w olaar logie ani oalm discernment. -..The pnrport of
this Senatorial election eannot. be m:etaken. It
;u;; ;; . lt absolutely condemned
-.•;..'the-agltationof the slave-trade.question." It; In-
tljej polloy people of
■■si Mhonldnotmergein any party : bat. when advl
, - i sable, ahoald 00-operste as alllei.not partisans.
", .;j■ - 1,; with iheilemooratio party o/ tfa South-iltgaya
assurance, that Benator; Hammond would recotvo
-the oonfldfng support of bis State. '' ■
Senajorßouglaa. on bis recent visit to New Or
leans,.jraiwsloomsd by a large body oftbeeitliens,
.aniioongrptulatory addresses wero delivered to
> him by the Mayor of the city, and by Hon. Pierre
replywjis as follows
: ■ 1;F. present my;gratefulacknowledgments- for
this; oordlelapd unexpected reception—a reception
.inBitwb-fold?camicftyr-from''.the v oity:anthorltitB
;»nd.'frdminyi>outio»l moibgratp.
V-ful;nndoreiistingciroamstanoeB;';iToamoherbbn
L ;;prlvat«basineas..: f My,approaoh-wasas private: as
>:if itoonld hei,;l had:no timo‘.,to.attend to other ef-• |
. prepared to give me ;a maghifieent welcome, in I
whfob .the oonstltut«d' anlhoritleB nnile with my
.politioal assooiates, and for tbls l ana heastiiy
. gratefgl. r have just emerged from a struggle oq
,; i:. ibehalf of the Constitution, against sectionalism and
: -. - ' fanatiolsm—and no State In the American Confede
racy ought to rejoice more in the triumph
Of States Bights and the Federal Constitution
ihanglionlsiasa. -Looking Sonth to the Calf of
-Mnteb, to ihe Calf of Bt Lawronoo
-n":--;.' ■ < - - -vtliere is ansonaiity of intelesti that shoaid- ever
tr.-s-vhe.;ipre*tave«'£hnder i'the''ComifiotiKConitltntton: i
xx::: ■ ■ ■■■ .. The Untoo ean be preserved and maintained even i
in the spirit :fn whleh oar fathers made It; <
■ . . Throngb the Conitltntlon.the tTnlon oan ; be pres i
ffei;,..' . served, and.by no.othermode Is it worth .preserve I
w«;si. ing- Again. let ms, give you my. elneere.and
se -t! x grateful acknowledgments, and proffer my thanks
', : x’.‘-- xx:::-xxx':x. - for dho.sordlal’greatlog yon have- extended to mo.
r jAnd J may say, on returning to my home on the
ttii spontaneous up
-S '- ' ---d rUlng.and at your hands." ■ .
t Ti» > Ssnatpr”th»n retired to his apartments
end the'mnititnde after a pasting and rooaing
obosr separated
i.v.,,...... ilnthe reccnairtuVicn of the Committee ofWays
. Sod Weans.’rendered, neoesaary by the resignation
:. -of Hon. J. G.Jones.Mr. Phelps, of’Missouri, has
. beehmsde chalrman. Phillips. of thls
!.-K. • dty.Aas taken the.piaoe-mode...vaoant by. Mr.
i.; . ; . 'Pbelpß'fl promotion to the chairmanship. Xhelfew
so; . . ' jiTcrkiHltmes allsgss.that -Mr. - Phillips'S views on
. tho tariff question do not aooord with those of Mr.
Buchanan
-:/’-xi:.,xx: i;,-. of the Aagtuta Chnmcle says .*
■S.R, /o; ? , C'X !"YdttiWlU be surpri«sd. probably, to; learn that
-j c,;- .-; iariangsaeatsciaie, now: being made to 9ommence:
washing for diamonds in Georgia, yet it is true
. . .Two’ Iboaifttes, Have been fonmLwhere - the " true
o matrix and all its accompanying material are
/ix'u-.',. ... .foniidiln'abnndanoe:- aod from the neper. aeot'
tlop In Mail and other counties, several have been
/ 0u 24 ottb|Ji S rat‘ : a arilty f
% I Tpe fitly Connells held their regular sessions
iastsaw; ' vyosterdey.-:Itrlho Select Blanoh a resolution .was
wk* •: ■ ■■ adopM anthoriatog-tbe appoiniment of a oom
■ mlttso to Inquire into theexpedianoy.of removing
, . the atmshonse to a more remote, point. with.a
i-.-.:;:'.- : .view'of. fedndlng the expenses of that establlah
m;nt Messrs Parker Poster and Neal were ep
: pointed to thirobjeot on tho part, of the
B&;; :. i. Select Conpolifli Arphiitreot railway..
. . bill : was «oeived;frsm tho Jlayor. A very re
(»«.• jnarhablaoecamnoetookplaoe shortlybefore the
ji . adjournment—the supply; oi gas gave out. In
tbe CQmmon OoOnolle. tha ordinance making eer
tain etrbets stsnds for markst wss linally
pawed
Xord Jfapftr
i.'rijereiaTareport'ft'om'Englaiidthat.Xbrd
- ■.t Ambassador to WasWugtonj
.... / thoreis an
intension. Df;p>omotiiig him to a higher diplo
.^':'ftdUfi| > sa:’bnt pro do' not
4oUo T thla is to be done The Em
vi States ts a verylacrativO
CnO *EWo
of tr more salary In the first
„ Class-(oi Ambassadors Extraordinary and Hi
> / nlstera PlspSpotantlarj) there pie Sir Hnnnv
» Bniwen, to Turkey with J 614 000 a year, and
Earl Franco, with AlO 000 In
tho second^Class (*f Envoys- ExtraoidUtary
and Plenlpofontiary) we And Sir
Jorni pnAkraoWrlo Eussl*, and Hr Asnnxw
'• io Spain, OO9 a year
. ' to- Praasia and Lord An
cfißPsXoyrus, to Austria, each with £5 000
States comes next
s after, salary £i &00 and the remaining Eng
t lish missions range from P 4 000 to £2 000 per
r anpnm There tfas a rumor in the London
f clubs, three months ago that Lord Bloom
1 bijMD Was likely to resign tho Prussian mis-
sion s.This is the only probable yacanoy for
. Lord HAEica A few weeks since Lord Dus
|' ,u v rKOMtuta rcsignod tho Embassy from Eng
. ipnd to’thONctlierlanda.and his successor has
fe. not-yet-jbeun appointed r.. but as the.salary. is : i
only £8 600, Or £9OO less than that of tho Mi
tiller to Washington, Lprd Hina would
hardly lake it If the Hon Bichaju BiOkxr
, to* Sjcmv Lroirs bo removed Horn Florenco j
to Hsihington, {twill be a decided gaifi to
; f bin, raising him from £2 000 a year in Tus
[/ ■: oiny to £4,600 In ibe United States Webpg
vy.w . to lnformation of the fashionable'
: OireTesat Washington that Hr Ltoh is eldest
son d& Admiral Lord Lvosj that he was bom
... in 1817, Shd ih*t We believe he is a bichelor i
It is net very pertain that Lord NapixX will
return to England His easy manners made
hhapopnlat in society : hls Oratorical exhlbl
- ; ’ ytlons displayed good sonso and capacity.' He
Cpn be fairly ctargablo with Only one neglect
while in thU country—namely, his having nn
.'i.-' acCoWtably detayedtolbrwardtohlaGovern.
- m'ent, lasf summer, Hr Oa»9 s communication
restive to jhe rlght-oMoareb Auestlon
C?T To morrow we shall commence the
publication Of a series of foreign letters
written by "a young gentleman of this city
.r vffipjU leaking;a topr through Europe, and
'' haS already traversed England Russia, France
iQormanvJantfmostoflfaly. and —— —
LETTER PROM THE FDITOR.
mm laid
• Washington. Deo. 9.1868.
■ A bright day at beautiful, arid
cold. . I havo seen the new House in.lts new
garb- with the meipbera In thoir seats, for tho
first time. There ls too much ornament, per--
haps, - but- on the whole, the effeot Is grand
and impressive. I missed many familiar
faces—many whom I hnew.only a few short
years .ago in the 'other .ha 11.,, The vetora
Qttttinani with.; his gray inonstache and heavy
beard.' ahd' militaiy: a\i, and warrn_ generous
heart has been called away. The _ manly
form of Thomas H. Bajdy. bf Virginia, ;has
vanished from tho/scene. ■ The merry, face
and ! 'b!o<luent-: voice, of poor, Presby
are cold and silent in his early grave.; The
beaming countenance and jocund’laugh; of
gonial Jack Ogle ara'quenohed and lost for
ever Thomas L Harris,' “ the pure hi heart,
the ISir In form." sleeps Ms iast sleep under the
freshly-broken sod of the valley. The noblo
form ofSlacy, of Wisconsin; is seen'no more;
Dawson; of Louisiana; Brooks, of South
CaroUnd; Hackett, of Georgia; Fowler,, of
Massachusetts: Dunn, of Indiana, /have de
parted. . and tho. seats - they once filled shall
know them no morio- Tho young Breckin
ridge. of Kentucky, now sits in the Vice Pre
sidential ohair in the’Senate of the United
States; ■ Colonel 'Prbston,' the polished repre
sentative; in -1864; from tho Louisville dis
trict; is here awaiting his credentials,, as Mi
nister at’ the Spanish Court. 011ngman, of
/North Carolina. now Blta in the’ Senate.
Ashe - of the* same ’State, is at present the
head’of a- railroad company at-Wilmington.
Henry-May and B. W. MoLane are praatising
their profession at the Baltimore bar. Van
sent is selling hats at.hls fhshionable store in
the same city; "F.-P. Stanton Is a practi
tioner at the Supreme Gonrt in this city.
Faran is postmaster- at -Cincinnati. Mc-
Donald is coHootor at Portland; Hart,
Surveyor at Hew York;' Penn, superin-'
tondoflt of the pnhlio "buildings at How
Orleans: Biddle a.private citizen at Wil
mington. Delaware; Hibbard bard at work
as a- New-Hampshire lawyer; and of the
other absentees we .hear, only now and then,
aS the events of tho day-bring .thorn to the
surface.of-politics. s :Bome ortho old stagers,
however, remain. 'I notice George W. Jones
of Tennessee; Georgo 'S.’Honstbn of Ala
bama; Bocock of Virginia; Humphrey Mar
shall of Kentucky;* Glddin/s of Ohio, Orr of
South Carolina, (the Speaker.) , Brit now men
■are constantly .coming, forward, as the pave
or private .life demands the withdrawal of the
veterans- from the stage of aotion. What a
difference two yeare make in such a body!
-The Senate still: occupies' the old Senate
house- while the new hall is being made
ready. Immense sums havo been, arid are
being, expended upon the Capitol. I wan
dered through it to-day, and saw mnch to de
light and surprise me, of which more anon. -
; A- friend has exhumed the following extract
from a lettor addressed, by Mr. Bnchanan, in
1862. on the occasion 'of-the anniversary of
the-landing of 'William Penn, wbioh was cele
brated in Philadelphia in October of that year.
Coming from tbo; present President of the
United States, it will be read witti curious in
terest, and with rib. little, surprise, by those
who have watched the steady advances
toward consolidation made,under the pre
sent..-Administration within less than two’
abort'years. No man living has ever -written
and'spoken more against the tendency to con
solidation in this country than James Buchan
an.' :It has been the apparition which he has
constantly heid-np ho, admonish bis friends in
their - relations to “parties, rind . individuals.
Some-of his ablest speeohes .have been pro*
nonneed In denunciation ,of this tendency.
And-yet be has lived to see, and the country
has lived to soo 'in his Administration, the
only organized and successful attempt to con-,
centrate power at tbo seat of tbe Federal
capital—to.annibilute the rights of the States
—to ' destroy the will of the majority—and to
bind our.dependent Territories, like so many
chained captives, to the chariot-wheels of whaj
has become neither more nor. leas than a vast;
central despotism, armed with unlimited capl-.;
tal: surrounded by the briny and navy,rind for-'
tifiedby swarms of offlce-h'oldera In every part
of-the land, who,ire again, backed; by other
swarmß and Bcekers - uftcryli>po,-»o loan ,riady
to do the bldding of. their imperial master- ' .
... Mr. Bnchanan writes, in .1852, to- the com-
mlttee: -
..'•I, I*' 1 *' The oHlsens of . Pennsylvania have never pro
pprly- appreciated themselves. # ;* ;Under
our- complicated but/unrivalled form of Govern
ment* Btate pride has become th*traest patribUsm
towards the whole Union//,Xt is eminently oonser
vatlve of onr Federal-Bopublioon; Government;
What w have most to. dread vs ike centraliza
tion of <untonsMitiional;poUtical powers in, the
Federal .Government and', the -indulgence of a
well-regulated State 'pride throughout tbe Con
federacy will always preserve us from this abyss;
As our territory, extends, r as we rapidly advanoe in
power and wealth, as tbe patronsge and expendi
tures of, tho Federal : Government ioorease, the
natural tendency beopmesgreater .and greater to
accumulate power at the centre of the system. -
“But. wMlo thirty-dne State sovereignties,
proud of their , power'flhd jealous of their rights,
shall coDtfnuetoreslat all enoroaohments from the
General Government,'tbey will'evor preserve the
just balance between Federal and'SUte authority.
So long: as . thts • balance shall be held with a
steady handneither' the Constitution nor the
£7h*ow. will ever be in danger. ■ But let tile pride
let tfiem Be reduced td ihcre provincial corpora
tions. dependant upon'the,Federal Government
and' then the centralization of dll powers at
Washingtons in fact if not in forttii will inevi
tably follow: > and then the I :animation) life,
ana soul of pur institutions will have fed. for
ever.'-' - • ,V V
V.YotuyUl jierceive In the italicised passages
oftho extraot quoted a remarkable similarity
be tween tbe opinions held by James Buchanan
in'lB2B, when, be was resisting what he re
garded as the abuse of the Federal patronage
by John Quincy Adams, and his opinions in
1852, twenty-four years alter, whon our torrl
tory had Vastly Increased, when the Execu
tive patronage was aipioat double that wielded
by John Quinoy,Adams,-when the expenditures
of the Government had nearly been trebled,
land when our revenues had’ risen - from some
twpntyto nearly sovanfymilltonsperannum.
[At .this moment the State sovereignties are
weaker at Washington than they have ever
.been', since , the beginning of the Go-
Jverninent, anif the, voice of the people
- 'more persistently defied.. Excesses, from
which' every othor President would have
. shrunkwith horror, havo been boldly porpo
, ’troted under ; the present dynasty. The whole
. [machinery;of, the. Federal Government has
> '.been; employed/dike avast engine, to compel
' the’ people,to "accept’ dootirlnes at war with
■ Itfie spirit of the Constitution, the admonl
; : Uons of the statesmen of the past, the pledges
: 'ofjthe Executivo ! himself } 'and the principles
of evory party that has an existence or a
; name within oiir borders. The President has
dictated nominations to Congressional dis
tricts,audremoved from office every man Who
has raised his voice in support of. the doc
itrihea'of. .the .'Constitution, and with the
: money- of the people in bis’hands has de-
I friended the endorsement, of faithles? public
' servant*. : . Bribes'.; have been • held ont
to . the unworthy, and • men whose only
• ready acquies
' cenpe in the basest treachery, We beon
■ cAlied into the highest positions. Governors
1 of States huye been Intimidated from the Fed
■ eiwl-capltal—thearaalleatolectlonß have been
; controlled by Federal money—and every office,
' from ihe hlgheat to, the lowest, has been used
for the-phWse of proscribing an honest dlf
' fefenceofopihion. Ademoralization/aa wide
spread asit has beon iinparallclod, has resulted
I from.thisrecklesafand exceptionless tyranny.
; .ThO effec't upon tbo'independenco of the Be
;■ presentatiye has been startling. Tbe weak
have' been terrifled into obedionco; tho cor
rnpt|have been,Subsidized j'and those who
have been Intrepldonongh to stand Up in the
protesting against the
itavebeen boßet/,front and rear, with’ every
; element 'and
proicrlptlon. •• Tho employment of money in
; tWoiections, 80l eloquently doplorod by Mr..
* his-iasf .Pittsbnrg letter, has
■ jwa exceptioiy—lt has become the
; Wef'and,' I ( rogret'tb say; H, ha who has
% has been;tho
whore,, to. resort
; &yfc;S?K.tte.f.day ;when' the people. Of
Kanstts were dcnlod .tho -privilege Janies Bn
' to them, through
: ali, tho . intormedlato. stagos of tho contest,
; .do’wnto.thedastsftd'exhibitions In. the. recent.
.electjbni'lnvNeyr t ;Ypik/;Pehniylyahia, Ohio,
■NW - Jeney, aaia < IlJliolS. j the patronage of
dheipeople has- been prostituted; to the de.
Isfeacfiog of the;|rights .of ther.pebple' and the'
of ;th| ind^hd^riMbfW.'servants
prOaohing the after .hay|pg,
for nearlyfifty years, denounced centraliza
tion at tho Fed eral-eapltal; as Hie bane of the
Kepublio, as consolidation, has' bfien, and now
Is' .the bane of.'all civilized Governments,
shonld bo the.firat to make centralization the
galding 'star of; bis Presidential policy! It
became' my duiyysbine weeks ago, to con
trast hlspresont actions with his professions,
as a;meinberof Oongross. twenty-four years
ago, and now I am enabled to prodneo a still
later, text from his record, 1 arid to refer to the
-melancholy comment he has made and is
making upon it.
. The country will be gratified to know that
the utmost harmony prbvaiis among the gallant
band of Democrats in Congress who resisted
the encroachments of Presidential patronage
and power during the last session. Since
the fall elections, these men have a right to
congratulate themselves upon tho. popular en
dorsement which their votes have received.
Important results have followed their former
united action. A grave responsibility Is again
devolved upon each and a 11... They have the
principles of the Democratic party in chargo,
and-no attompt to rule them out by caucuses,
or to drive, them out by newspaper denuncia
tion, or to intimidate them by Executive in
terference, should be permitted to havo the
slightest effect upon their action. They are,
infaot,.tho conservators ,of tho Democratic
oreed, and,-; as such, their conduct , will be
watched with intense interest by the people.
J. TV. F.
Another Blow .at Douglas—Proscription
m a Hew Shape.
Tbo startling intelligence reached ns last
nlgjit that a majority of the canons of Demo
cratic-Senators had decided to remove Judge
Douolas from the'position ho has so long
adorned, of Chairman of the Committee on
Territories. In vain was this deed of ruthless
proscription and Of suicidal folly bravely op
posed by, the.ablest members of that body—
by'snchinon as . HtTNTBB of Virginia, Toombs
of Georgia, Johnson of Tennessee, Brown of
Mississippi, Shields of Minnesota, Olinguan
of North Carolina, and Stuart of Michi
gan—jhe supple tools of tyranny, the pliant
Bigler and bis kindrbd.spirits, yielded a ready
submission..to tbe demands of Executive ven
geance.
; So intimately has JndgeDouOLAs boon iden
tified with the position, that if this attompt
to remove him from it succeeds it cannot bnt
bo regarded as a national calamity.' Familiar
with all the wants arid the trials of onr fron
tier settlements, no man in tbe country so well
understood its true territorial policy, and he
has left the improsß of his genius npon it in
indelible characters.
The cause of his removal IS, of oourse, bis
manly, straight-forward polloy on the Kansas
question. Not content with striking down every
honest Democrat within its reach who dared
to uttor his sentiments of abhorrence of the Le
compton fraud, and writhing under tbo con
temptibly and lndicrpnsly-ignominious atti
tude in which it was placed by the Danito as
sault upon the regular Democratic organiza
tion in Illinois, tho Administration has, to the
surprise of every one, found a still lower depth
of infamy in which to wallow, and attempts,
through the Senators who follow at its heels,
to wield , the rod of proscription In another
shape over the. danntless Hero of Popular
Sovereignty 1
Among tho great mass of tho American
people there can be bnt one opinion of on act
like this. A sentiment of profound contempt
for all who were engaged in it will universally
prevail, and each now dastardly blow of this
kind struck at Douglas will only sorve to raise
him still higher in the affections of his coun
trymen. . ■
BY MIDNIGHT MAIL.
Letter from Washington.
[Correspondence of The Press.] ,
. ' , Washington, December 9,1858.
I do not know any one who has better reason to
be satisfied with Mr. Bobbanan’s Administration
than Bennett, of the New, York Herald. The
Tipus of that olty calls Bennett the “ President’s
weakness.” On the contrary, he Is the right arm
of. the strength of tho present Administration.
Though denonnoed by. the whole South, arid exe
crated In the whole North; though the organ
arid .advoeate of. the Fremont antagonism.in
1858; and the assailant,, by turns, of every
Democratic statesman in the land—BenUett Is,
.House and Its venerable oeouparit. . After the
'General Administration .was, organised, Bennett
bnUled them Into allowing him-to send out a cor*
respondent on the great sub-marine telegraphlo
expedition, in the good ship' Niagara; then
he . forced another, of his , agents into the
diplomats servioo at Mexioo; then he got
Flenrot, - the' friend of his „ family, sent es
codbol- to Bordeaux; then . Chevalier Wikoif,
the most intimate associate of Bennett, was sent
abroad on the seoret-servioe fund as a roving dip
lomat. Thla hraeh is 1 knows, though there are,
doubtless, similar other favors, betwean the par
ties, 11 secret, sweet, arid preeiorus.” Bennett has
a longing for'” Soolety.” Tabooed in New York,
and. utterly ostracised bore, the President has re
solved to give him, the most ample recognition.
John J. Crittenden is not Invited, to dine at the
Presidential mahogany; the whole Bepubliean
and Amerloan party are excluded from the
same ; hospitable beard; but Bennett, in the
midst of his assanlts upon soma of the most
eminent* oitizens of this Dlatriot, is sent for,
and escorted to the fire-side of the Pre
sident, arid honored almost on bended knee. Nor
does ..the President tiro of well,doing. As If to
glvea new and more public mark of his affection
to Bonnott, and to spit in tbe face of the whole
Amerloan press, of every party, including his
own, he causes to be forwarded to him advanoe
oopies of his annual message, to the exolueion of
all the other journals of tbe oountry. While the
great third estate of Hew York,'the dallyjournalsof
that city, are waiting osgerly for the message to be
delivered from tbe oolleotor’s offlbe, tbe Herald
extra is thrown before the people, and the fact
made known that that most refined journal bed
had the message in type for a whole'day!' The
return for all this official praise and proferonoo
ou the part of Bennett is a consistent abuse of
every friend of the President in Washington and
in Hew York—abuse of Mr. Slokles, of. Mr.
Hart, of Mr. Oohb, of Mr. Goreoran, of tbe Union,
of Goy. Wise, of everybody, in foot, who may he
willing to serve tho Administration. Ido not say
these attacks are suggested by the President; but
they are not arrested—they do not stop blm in bis
costly oonrtesies to the editor in question; they
rather attach the one more elosely to the other.
The faot Is, the President’s desire is to take bare
of ktmself— to monopolise Bonnett as his own
speoial ohampion—to have nobody praised in the
Herald bat himself. 'Worship me, 0 Bpnnett, Is
the ory of tbe President, and you may calumniate
all the rest of the world: Pioneer.
Washington, Deo. 9,1858.
Ths Press is sought after'with more avidity,
perhaps, than any other paper whioh comes to
this city. Night before test not a oopy could be
had fifteen minutes after the. agency received it,
and. my oopy was loaned out to half a dosen
anxious Jnqoirers.
The most amusing topic for conversation is Mr.
.Bnohanan’s avowed dual, existence. He is Mr.
Baohasas, “a private Individual,” and Mr. Bu
chanan the President of the United States. We
have two rulers. Ofoourso, it will startle many
people to know this now for the first time. Bat
Sparta had two kings, and so have we, and that
is the end of it. Those who plhoo suoh implicit
confidence in the President’* alleged history of
Kansas affairs, with all its inconsistencies, one*
sided statements, and errorf of fact, must agree
ef consequence to this; fer have they not all along
sounded Into onr ears that on Democracy and its
organisation he Was and is rag infallible as the
Rope on the'ohuroh dootiines and the ohuroh es*
tablishment?
Hereafter,'therefore, it Bbould be particularly
inquired into, when Mr. Buchanan speaks, whether
be speaks as a private Individual or as an official.
1 wonder whether his lotter to the Du Qnesne oele*
bration was-written from a'private individual or
from tbe President.- It must have been written
from the former, for the President assuredly knew
of the untold Federal patronage and Federal In*
fluenoe used to carry Leoompton and Leoompton
candidates, and applied in every way to sap the
foundation of that public virtue, without whioh
repnblios oannot exist.
. When the President’s message readies Oalffor*
nia, and the entire Pacifio aoast, whenoe it is now
flying upon the wings of steam and eleotrioity, it
will create an excitement rarely witnessed in the
history, of this country. It will bo recollected
that it reoomraehds a United States' protectorate
of Sonora and Chihuahua. ; We kuojr by the last
two steamers that the people of that coast have
beon*on the to liarh tidings from this
quarter, preparatory to rush' upon the Mexican
States named, and now that it is openly declared
frOm the Chief Magistrate’s chair, thqfwemust
have' control of them, wo- may"expect -to hear of
scenes of bloodshod all along that border.
1 There ate the murders at Punbar’s, in Arizona,
Grabbed maflsacre at Oavoroa, and constant out*
rages of like obaraotor on,the part of the Mexican
authorities to be avenged, snd l know how pro*
found Is thejfeeiing which ijjoberished that they
shall be One mult tremble for the rOsult. -
: Aa well atop a torrent as the tide of emigration
whioh will overflow; the .mining and. agricultural,
districts ofßonora and Chihuahua.. The.Govern*.
mcatof Mr, Buchanan, says wo must have that
territory, and there will ba eager haste te 'pur-
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAV, DECEMBER 10, 1858.
Chase out old Spanish anJMexloan grants arid
squat and.take'rip uriocouplrf lands. ■ \ ;
Last "session' aoH’Lecoinpton Democrats, who
voted for all ihe Administration measures except
Its Kansas polloy, write read out of the Democra
tic party; .while those who voted for that alone,
and against ail the others; were given the, frater
nal hug. and all the jat 'plaoes they desired. Mir.
Buohanan recommends spoolfio duties and an in
creased - tariff.. His Lecompton friends will go
against It—every man from the South, I think,
without exoeption—and on the Contrary, the antl-
Leoompton men will snpport lti{
On parity of reasoning, are not the Leoompton
men out of the party ? Denglaa, and Broderick,
and Stuart, and Hlokman, and Haskin, and Davis,
and Chapman, and Olark, and a)l of those noble
spirits have been heretofore reed oat, and now a'
like fate awaits Hammond, and Orr, and Keitt,
and tbe rest of them. Then, who is in the Demo
oratlo party except alone Mr. Buohamiri, the
Union, and the Star ? Trobaxh. .
A Hebrew; on the Hebrews.
Tho leotnrer, before tbe People’s Literary In
stitate, for last evening, at Concert Hall, was the
Rev. M.J. Raphall, an eminent Jewish llahhl.
The hall was nearly filled with a highly intelli
gent audience, arid the leeture, in its matter, was,
in many respects, a produotion of superior merit.
It was delivered without notes, and, as a finished
composition, would have oompared favorably with
any leetnre-board effort in this olty during the
present season. Indeed, as.an instanoe of the
English in its purity, by one so foreign in his ao
oent and pronunciation, we do not now remember
of ever having heard it equalled. The eloquent
Magyar who visited this country In searoh Of
“ material aid,” a few years ago, for insuperable
reasons we did not hear.
Before oommeneing his leoture, Mr .'‘Raphall de
sired to oorreot the erroneens statement, ae pub
lished in the newspapers, of his proposed snbjeot.
What he designed to speak of was ” The Biblloal
Poetry of the Hebrews, and the Characteristics
of their Literature,” and not of the Hebrews
themselves.
That collection of records, known as the Old Tes
tament, had been properly aompiled by Simon
tho last—High Priest of Jerusalem, a ootempora
ry of Alexander the Great. The view he propo
sed to take of hts Subject rendered it necessary for,
him to speak of both tho prose and the poetry of
thp Scored writings. By proee he meant thebrdi
nary language of the mind in lta ordinary state;
whilst poetry was the language of the more pow
erful emotions of tbo heart. ' Both these elements
wore in the Bible judlolously introduced. In com
menting upon the eharsoter of tbe several books
of the Old Testament Seriptnres, It was said that
while It was true that the style of eaob was in soma
degree stomped with theldiosynorulcs of their re
spective authors, it was nevertheless true that
their inspiration was amply attested in the im-‘
press they each bore of a unity of Divine purpose.'
.In taking a general snrvoy of his proposed
theme, the speaker said there were three dls-.
tinot, prominont characteristics, whioh peculiarly
marked the literature of the Hebrew Scriptures;
theso were their originality, their naturalness,
and their holiness anS'purity. These several
features, as the leoture progressed, were each
illustrated with groat force, and shown to be ap
plicable to tho Bible as they are not to any other
book tbe world has ever produced.
The entire analysis of this subjeot by the lectu
rer was felicitous, and marked him as at ones a
man of learning and ability. If, said he, we
shonld proseonte onr studies of Bible literature in
tbe light of its progress, we shonld .find it divi
ded Into the four following periods:
First, from the earliest times to Moses, a period
of twenty-five hundred years; second, from Moses
to David, a period of [onr hundred years; third,
from David to the death of Solomon; and fourth,
from tbe division of the Hebrew monarohy, through
a period of soma eight hundred years. In the first
of these periods, we had presented tc.ris in the
Scriptures the Book of Genesis, and that first, and
nerer-sinos-eqnalled drama, the Book of Job;
whioh latter the speaker believed ohronotogioally
to belong to a point, anterior to the five books of-
Moses. In the seo end of these periods we had de
veloped’ the Hebrew nationality, aa rooorded in
Joshua and the Judges. The- third period was
identified with tho iyrioal poetry of the Hebrews,
and the fourth with their propheoies, of which the
most polished speoimeu waa affordod in the wrltingß
of Isaiah. As was Moses among legislators, and
David among poets, so was Isaiah’s superiority
among prophets.
Throughout the leoture the aim of its author
was, evidently, to demonstrate the unequalled’
oharaoter of the Saorcd writings In point of true
literary merit. His illustration of this truth, in
comparing the snbllme Homer, and bis
Latin Imitator, Virgil, with the simple, yet sub
lime and faultless story of Joseph, in’ order to'
prove the superiority of the lattef, both in point of
literary excellence and moral grandeur, was given
in masterly style, onr only regrot being that'spaoC'
will not warrdnt Its repetition here. '/Among the*
audience we noticed a large number' of' our
-weaitmesi anmnosinmuoiuim n«»ow girirens." ~
Letter lrcm New YorkV '
[Oonsspondence of The Press.]
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SON—MB. FORREST t
Your late townsman, John Vf Ashruead, Egij,., made
another effort yesterday to engineer the notorioue Can
oe ml out of the dutches of the exeoutioner. At the
opening of the court he asked for the dismissal of his
client, and objected to any further proceedings is the
case, on the ground that, by the Constitutions of the'
United States and the State of New York, a prisoner
could not twloe be put In jeopardy for the same offence.
The court denied the motion, and the empannelUog of
the jury was commenced. It will be curious to watch
the movements of Oanoeml** counsel In thlsfohrih at
tempt at his rescue. The popular notion is that, by
some legal legerdemalo, he will yetescape tbe gallows. .
The Unitarians are turning Paseyites. Notloagslnoe a-
Unitarian charoh was dedicated in Marietta, 0., the walls
of which were decorated with Soriptaral scenes. It wss
built by an old, conservative Unitarian, and tbe officers
of the l( American Unitarian Association ” took part in
tbe dedicatory exercises. The Brooklyn Unitarians are
going a step beyond this. The Rev. Mr. Longfellow
(brother of the poet) has announced that on Suoday
evening next »* vespers ” will be performed in his
obnrch—the Second Unitarian—the service having been
carefully prepared by Mr L., to be continued on alter
nate Sabbath evenings. The regular service at this
church differs from mestother Congregational churches,
as it includes, besides tl*e ordinary services of Such
churches, “silent” and audible prayers, anthems,'
chants, Ac.; thus combining portions of the Congrega
tional, Episcopal, and Quaker modes of worship. It is
said to be impressive. So we go. The.conservative
Unitarian, the most Protestant of Protestant Churches,*
brbresks through its polished chilliness, and prepares to
take tts chance with other innovators upon religious'
ritualism.
William Allen Butler, the author of “ Nothing to
Wear,” yesterday stepped Into tbe Surrogate’s office, *
and, as one of tbe executors, offered for probatetbe
will of his father, tbe late Benjamin ff. Butler. Its
provisions are mainly of a private character, hut, after;
making specific bequests to bis family and blends, one*
tenth of bis residuary estate la directed to be applied to
eharitable purposes, in conformity with written direo.”
tfoos comomateated by b/m to them daring his life,
time, but which are not incorporated in tbe will.
Tbe newiy-electid Comptroller, Mr. Haws, is already
.realising what it is to b* famous. On Tuesday night/
just after the dosing of tbe polls, a policeman found a
male child about two weeks old In the area-way of a
rickety old bouse in Oreenwiob street. After naming
it Robert T. Hawes, Jr., it was sent to tbe (taverners
of tbe Almshouse, who promptly assumed control o£
tbe little republican, and generously tossed him over
to one of the nurses. Tbe great u succor” that Hawes
reoelved from the Americans during the day-time elect
ed bira. Tbe little tucker, found by tbepolioeman du«
ring tbe night may, by-and-by, find himsiif as high ih
public life asbte namesake. v
Tbe Roobester Union says that Horace Greeley, of
the New York Tribune , has written a lecture oo great
men, and “ starts West this week to spend * month er
six weeks'ln its ‘delivery!” Gracious! the idea of
being blx weeks in delivering a single lecture ! >1
Flagg, the artist, has Just finished a fine painting of
the u Landing of the Telegraph Cable at Trinity Bay,”
painted for James Brewster, Esq., of New Haven. The
principal figures are from foil-length photographs, by
Brady, and tbe point of time obosen is the moment
when the officers aid sailors of tbe Niagara stand with
uncovered heads, while Captain Hudson acknowledges
that In this great enterprise «the glory is all of God.”
The picture was exhibited yesterday, for the first time,
privately, at the Dusseldorf gallery.
There is no foundation for the rumor that the Aator
House has been offered to the Postmaster General fova
c’ty post office. Stetson’s lease has six years toruo,
and the stores on the street door are let for a longer
term. It would take a boons of at least $260,000 to buy
tbe leases out. Ohristadoro, the bair-dresser, could
not be bought out for less than $60,000. Speaking ef
hair-dressers, I yesterday passed a little shop, in one cf
the by-streets, over the door of which waa painted the
following irioopheroua or hair-raising sign: “ Capillary
Operator and Tonsorial Regenerator.”
Perhaps it may interest that large number of Phlla
delphlans who ate almost as much at home In New
York as In Philadelphia to know that another desperate
attempt will be made, at the next meeting of our Leg!?.
Uture< to secure the passage of tho Broadway Railroad
bill; an effort will also be made for an aot autharirlpg
a railroad from Wall street to the Dry Bock, via East
Broadway.
Captain Hudson has received from the Queen of Eng
land, through the hands of Lord Napier, a gold box
and medal, in testimony of his services in laying the
Atlantic cable. Of odurse Congress will grant him per
mission to accept.
The Common Council have just established a Found
ling Hospital in Fifty-first street, on the plan of simi
lar Institutions In .Europe All illegitimate'eblldren
may be deposited there and “no questions asked.” ;
Mr. John o.' Heenan, wfio rejoices in the cognomen
of *<The Benicia Boy,"” Is Out with a card in the
morning papers, challenging not’only Morrissey, bat the
whole world .to fight him any sum up to slo,oso.
John Is evidently frantlo for a fight, andthlswlH be apt
to put him in the way of finding some one,ready for
the Job. *
The Operatic season, of twenty-fire n’ghta, dosed
yesterday.'. The gross recelpts have been $68j016, or>an.
average of $2, 766, per night, a sum snprecedonted in the
annals' of 'operatic or - theatrical- establishments in
Amerioa., ,
Xt'li eald Mr. Forreßt Is soon to pUy an engagement
1 attio'Brwtfmj imatta. ' ““ >J *
T#E LATEST-NEW IS
BY TELEGRAPH.
'V [SPBOIAL DEBPATOHTO THI PRBSB.J '
THE DEMpCRATIp CAUCUS AT WASHINGTON,
. FBOSCBITTION ITT A HEW FOBM.
b * 1 —
Expulsion of Judge Douglas from the
Senate Committee on Territories*
Washington, Deo fi, 1868.—After a rer/ oxoitiog
debate in a caucus of the Administration Senators, It
*&s decided, by ft vote of seventeen to seven, to re
mo76 fisuntor DauaLAs frncn tbe position of cbAirman
of the Committee on Territories. The seven Senators
who voted against this proposition were Toousa,
Beown, CiiiNQHAN, Johnson of Tennessee, Shihlcb,
Hdntbs, and Btuaht.
TfIIRTY-FIPTfI CONGRESS,
gen&tors Critibxdbh of IContuoky, Toombs of
Georgia, and Johnson of,Tennessee, appeared In their
■•ate.
Various petitions were presented aqd referred.
Mr. Bright, of Indiana, offered a resolution autho
rising the Oommittee on Public Buildings to inauire
and report how soon the new Senate ohamber will be
ready for oconpanoy J
’ Mr, IvßßHox.of Georgia, gave notice of his inten
tion, at an early day, to introdnoe a bill for the aboli
tion of the franking privilege, and the substitution of
a commutation in money.' •
Charles S. Jonos was elected assistant doorkeeper of
the Senate. *
The report from the Beoretary of Btate, communi
cating auabstract of registered Amerloan .seamen, wax
ordered to be printed.
Various memorials, of an, unimportant eharsoter,
were presented. 1
Also, one from the legislature of Minnesota, asking
an appropriation for the improvement of tbe Missieelppi
and hi Orolx rivers, and for a grant of land to aid In
the construction o( railroads. Adjourned.
The Bpeaker announced the standing committees, as
follows;
, On Elections —Messrs. Boyoe, Washburn* of Mis
souri, Btevenloo. Clark of Connecticut. Wright of Ten
nessee, Gilmer. Lamar, Wilson, aod Cavanaugh.
On Ways and Also>w.—Messrs. Phelps of Missouri,
Phillips, Letcher. Davis or Maryland, Kelly, Howard,
Dowdell, MoOlay, and MorrlU. -
Of Claims.— Messrs. Marshall of Illinois, Jackson,
biddings, Davidson, Kuokcl, Moore; Goodwin,' Arnold,
1 and Maynard
On Commerce.— Messrs. John Ooohrane« Million,
Wiehbnrne of Illinois, Miles, Wade, Btallwortb, Sus
tie, Lundy, and Oomins. . ’
On Public Lands Messrs,/Cobb, McQueen, Ben-
Hett, Davis of Indiana, Garnett, Baffin, Hill, Montgo
mery, and MoKVbbin.
’ On Post Offices and Pest Roads.— Messrs. SogUth,
Powell, Wood, Scott, Horton, Davis of lowa, Oraig of
Missouri. Davis of Mississippi, and Atkins.'
On District of Cotumbia —Messrs. Goode, Bowie.
Dodd,’ Barnett, Morris of Pennsylvania, Wright of
Georgia. Dean, Bca’es, and Ward .
On the Judiciary —Messrs. Houston, Oaskle, Tsp
pae. Oraig of North Carolina, Billloghurst. Taylor of
Louisiana, Besdy, Chapman, and Olark of New York.
On Revolutionary Claims.— Mears. Cox, George
Taylor, Clawson, Cragin, Jackson, Lovejoy, Curry,
Dawes, and Vance.
On Public Expenditures —Messrs. Billots Ed
mondson, Oovode, Wortendyke, Parker, Cockerlll, Kel
logg ( Gregg, and Walton.
On Private Land Claims —Messrs, gandldge, Mo-
Klbb.n, Harlan, Hawkins, Washburne of Wisoonaln,
Blair, Penton, Gilman, and Avdry. .
' Qn Manufactures.— Messrs. Bishop. Watkins, Bliss,
Clemens Durfoe, Ahl, Bicaud, Shaw of North Caroli
na,and Poster-
On Agricu/iurc —Mtssrs. Whiteley, Hall of Ohio,
Krisey, Trippe, Kelm, Huyler, Mott. Foley, and GUItS.
On Indian Affairs.—Mont*. Greenwood, Scott,
Lelter, Bnran, Woodson, Shorter, Burroughs, Colfax,
’ and Bonseil.
OnMihtary Affairs —Messrs. Faulkner, Marshall
of Kentucky, Savage. Stanton, Barham, Curtis, Pen
dleton, Bufflnton and Moßae
On the Militia.— Messrs. Hatch, Watkins, Bobsrts,
Boire, Tompkins, Warren, Shew of Illinois, Jenkins,
and Tbajer.
On'Naval Affairs.—Menu. Sooook, Florence, Davis
of " Massachusetts, ■ Winslow, Corning, Sherman,
Beward of Ohio, Horse of Maine, Hawkins.
. On tbrsign Affairs.— Messrs Hopkins, Burlingame,
Olay Bitcme, Barksdale, Slokles, Boyce, Groeebeck,
and Brsneb.'
On ths Territories.— Messrs Stephens, Bmlth of Vir
?inls, Grow, Branch, Vallandlgbam, Hughes, ZolUoof
er. Knapp, aod Clark of Missouri
On Revolutionary Pensions.— Messrs. Hickman, Lei
dy. Hall of Masisobwetti, Farnsworth, Parker, Shaw
or North Carolina. Abbott, Clemens, and Potter.
On Invalid Pensions.—lleure. Jewett, Florence.
Bobbins, Savage, Chaffee, Burns, Anderson, Palmer and
Cos*.
On Roads and Canals.— Messrs. Jones of Tennessee,
Talbot, Mason, Gooch, Walhrldge, Warren, Morris of
Illiools, Thompson, and Leidy.
On ,Patents.—Messrs Stewart of Maryland. Nlblaok,
Bellly, Bdie, and Braytoo.
On Public Buildings and Grounds —Messrs. Keitt,
Peyton, Morgan, Hall of Ohio, and Purriance.
On Revisal And Unfinished Work —Messrs. Dewart,
Miller. Leech, Bryan, and Sbermonn of New York.
On Accounts.— Messrs. Searing, Dick, Powell, Kun
ttl of Maryland, and Skinner.
On Miltage —Messrs. Smith of Illinois, Murray,'
Ph*lps of Minnesota, Harris of Maryland, and Wal
dron. -
On Fngraoing.—Messrs. Adrian, Hatch, and Under
wood/
On Expenditures in the State Department.— Messrs.
Owen Jones of Pennsylvania, Curry, Biogham, Avery,
ana Hoard.
On Expenditures in the Treasury Department
Messrs, Lawrence, White, Gllgore, Kunkel of Mary
land, and Gartrell.
On Expenditures in the War Department —Messrs.
Reilly* Clark B Cochran. Qookerill, Stewart of Penn
sylvania, Wright of Tennessee.
OnExpenditures in the Navy Department .— 1
Messrs. Haskin, Miller, Pottle, Powell, and Davis of
Mississippi/ ' ' >' ~
On Expenditures,in the Past.Offics Department
Messri riTMbot, Steagan, Palmer, Bans; and Foley,
v On the Public Buildings.—Name,
Whitej£%orge Taylor, Washburne of Wisconsin, MU
;
TanneiieeJSingleton, and'Nichou, ' V: ' - ™
'on Enrolled Bills. —Messrs. Da
«dsoii, Pike :
£ Bfdenfs of ih*'Smithsonian Institute— Messrs. Bng-'
andGartrtll.
..•-.Mr. Motißie, of lUioola, gave notice of his intention
to introduce a Mil providing for the election of Go
vernors and Judges by the people of the organised Ter
ritories.
' Also, a bill to admit sugar and salt free of duty.
1 Also, a bill to amend tbe naturalisation laws..
■ The report of the Judiciary Committee in the ease of
Judge Watroue, of Texas, waa taken np.
■. Mr. Bbadt. of Tennessee, wasted a postponement till
next Thursday, in otdor to enable members to look into
the ease.
Ur. Houston, of Alabama, said that if this case,
WhUih Involved the quoatloo of impeaohment, Is to
consume the time of the Senate, that body ought at
onoe'to be enabled to take initiatory steps on the snb
jeet. He was opposed to a postponement.
Mr. Cbaiob, of North Carolina, remarked .that the
faots and evidence covered two thousand psges, and the
members should have an opportunity to'look into it.
Mr. John Cochrane, of New York, thought that the
cate, claimed a comprehensive aod proper decision, and
now was tbe time to piepare for Jt
Mr. Rbagan, of Texas, hoped that the House would
not postpone the cose from day to day, at the effect
might be to defeat action' on .the. subjeot the present
session.
•! -
NswYoax, Deo. 9,1658.
After further debate the House refused to postpone,
and proceedod to the consideration of the subject.
Mr. Ohspeik, of Pennsylvania, referred to the foot
that two memorials Usd been sent to the House asking
foe the impeachment of Judge Watrous, of Texas, and
{irooeededto review the facts and testimony in the oase.
evolving charges that he was, secretly engaged in land
speculation", showing a degreo of official misconduct
which admits of no excuse, and a gross exereite of his
judicial powers. Not only did he arrange to sit in oases
oovering his own private interests, but to remove others
to New Orleans, to be placed beyond the roach of Texas
Jurors and litigants.
Mr- CHAFEiN believed that the confidence in Judge
Watroue* administration or justice has been shaken to
the foundation, and he owed it to blmaelf«nd tbe pu
rity of the jadlolary to ask no longer to avoid a trial,
which be should either demand or else resign. The
duty of tbe House was simply to ascertain whether
there is “ probable ciuae.” it was not for the House
to inquire whether he was ionocent or guilty. That
was for the Senate to determine.
Mr. TarrAN, of New Hampshire, was opposed to.the
impeachment of Judge Watrcua. He asked the House
tc examine the evidence, arid not to bo diverted from
the proper line of proceedings by outside pressure On
this evidence alone he want'd th'm to say whether
Judge Watroue was innocent or guilty. The resolutions
of tbe Legislature of TeXss, in condemnation of his
conduct, grew out of a derision touching the statute
of limitations, and affeoting the pockets of the people
of that State, which derision was the Su
preme Court of the United States He said there
was no evidence to ahowthat Judge Watroue contempla
ted sitting as a Judge in hfa own cause, and that in the
purchase of land be lost none of his rights as a cltisen
of Texas Judge Watroue has done nothing to prevent
him from coming from this ordeal without even the
smell of fire ou his garments. Instead of concealing the
evidence, it showed that Judge Watroue promptly dis
closed that ho bad an Interest in certain case* in con
’ neetlon with which Improper charges have been brought
against him.
Mr TfiFFAN entered upon a general defence of Judso
Watrous, relying upon the prlqted evidence for this
purpose.
Withoutdisposiog of the subject, the House adjourned.
Bt. Louis, Deo. o.—The overland mall,
with dates to November 12, has arrived, with four pas
sengers.
Ooeof.tbe passengers, Mr. Wm. C. Jewett, furnishes
the following Aimmary or news ; *
The camels whioh strayed from Fort Tejon were all
recovered
' The Alta Express Company has failed, leaving the
whole field to Wells. Fargo, & Co
President Buchanan’s letter to Mr. Butterfield, on
the occasion of the a rivri of tho first overland mall,
was published in the California papers, and considered
by them as a guarantee pf the favor of the Adminis
tration to the Paoifie Railroad project.
The Supreme Court of California hive decided that
the Governor osn change death sentences to long or
abort terms of Imprisonment, If in his judgment the
osse warrants flaeh ohmener.
The will of the lato Thomas 0. Larkins, of Califor
nia, has been published. He leaves upwards of half a
million of dollars worth of property
George Pen Johnson .was acquitted in tbe Marine
Court, but he was subsequently re-arrested at San
Franefsso on the same charge!
Tbe object of Mr. W. 0. Jewett in making the trip
'over the overland route was for tbe purpose of having
a personal observation of tbe country with a view to
the p-oposed construction pf a ra lro :d to the P&eiflo by
the southern route, by means of a constitutional bill.
His views and plans have already been transmitted to
Washington. ________
Nrw OblbaHb, Deo 9,—The Ban Franolseo papers of
the 20th, reoelved by the steamer Quaker City, fnrnish
the followlcg fhtelllgencd in addition to that already
telegraphed:
The Sixth regiment ot United Btates troops arrived
at Benlota on the 16th of November.
Tbe Btate of California had Instituted a suit against
Mosars. Wells. Fargo, & Co., for the recovery of twenty
two thousand dollars of the ninety thousand dollars of
sorip which was stolen from tha treasury
Mining continued good. Ram was much needed.
The cattle were suffering from the want of food.
, The appointment of receiver of the New Almaden
quicksilver mines has been denied by tbe Fedoral Court,
aodthe injunction waa continued.
Owing to the demand for houses In Ban Franolseo,
and the soarolty of vacancies, the rents wero ad
vancing.
Washington, Bee. o.—lt is said that the Nicaragua
filibusters have their rendezvous somewhere in the
Florida Kevs. There is little, if any, doubt, that the
steamer Fashion, whieh left Mobile on the first of De
cember, profossedly for Texas, carried out a largo num
ber or them, together with am uunition.
Our Government is not kept fully advised of their
plans and movements.
TROYi N. Y , Dec. o.—MoMurray & Co's brush fac
tory, at Lansingburg, was destroyed by flro to-day, and
the two hundred employees or the establishment are
thus thrown ont of employment. The flames spread to
the adjoining buildings, and Are still raging.
Close of Navigattou on tbe Welland
Canal*
fit. oatsibihss. 0. W., Dee. 9.—Navigation on tho
Welland canal has been completely dosed by tbe recent
cold weather, and there is no prosnset of its again open
ing until spring* Only two tomiii hat* been from ta
Second Session*
U. B. Capitol, Washington, Dec. 9.
SENATE.
HOUSE OF BBPBBBBNTATIYE9.
From California anti the Plains*
[By Overland Mail.]
Farther from California*
[By tbe Tehnantepeo Route.] a
Filibuster Emigrants.
Five at Ijnnsingliurg, N. V.
Washington Affairs.
WauhikgtoN) Dec. 9 —Charles fl. 1 Jones, the Demo
cratic caucus nominee for assistant door-keeper of the
SCp&te, was eleottd to-day by thirty-one rotes. Twelve
Republican Senators voted for Lewis 01epbane,'the
olerk of the National Era office. Four rotes were oast'
for two other gentlemen.
. The Legislature of Minnesota, with a high apprecia
tion of the liberality of Congress, presented today,
through Senator Rice, a memorial asking for aid to eon
struct a wagon road from Lake Huperior to the Booth
Pass of the Rocky mountains, and also a large number
of appropriation* for internal improvements.
The Indian Bureau has received a letter from Dr.
Forney, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Utah, stat
ing that about the Ist of November he returned from
Humboldt river to Balt Lake Olty. Be went thither to
inquire about the robbery of the mail and other out
rages. He found the Indians quiet, but in & destitute
and very degraded condition, and ready to make resti
tution, and to enter into a treaty to obey the laws of
the United States.
United Stales Supreme Court.
WisatHGToN, Deo. 9,—Present: Chief Justice Taney.
Justices Catron, Daniel, Nelson, Grier, Clifford, ana
Campbell.
No. 4. The Propeller Niagara, etc., Arise! R,
Cobb, et'al., cU'mants and appellants vs. Jos, H.
OordaS. Argument concluded for appellants.
No. 6. The Propeller Niagara, etc , Artsel Cobh, vs.
Lester Sexton si of. Submitted on record, and argu
mentsof both parties printed.
No. fir Covington Drawbridge Company and Richard
Al.Nebeker vs. Alex 0. Shepherd ttal. Submitted
on repord and argninents for appellants printed.
No!'7 James Betsey et al. vs. Robert Forsyth.
Submitted on record, and argument for plaintiffs
printed.
No. 9 Dean Richmond it al. vs the City of Mil
waukee et al. Argument commenced for appellant
—continued for appellees.
The Standing Committees of the Senate*
Washington, Dec. 9.~Tbe selection of standing
committees by the Senate was not made to-day, as was
anticipated. It is now understood that the Democratic
Senators in eanous have arranged the committees. The
most Important change is the substitution of Mr.
Green, of Missouri, for Mr. Douglas, as chairman of
the Committee on Territories. *
The Slaver Echo.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION DECIDED —PRISON*
EBB REMANDED TOR TRJAi.
Columbia, 8. 0 , Deo 9.—The judges of the United
States Dlstrlot Court have pronounced the law of 18 20
for the suppression of the slave trade to be constitu
tional. The prisoners taken on board (he slaver Echo
have been remanded to jail await the action of the
Grand J ary at the next term of the court on the charge
ofp'.raoy.
The Niearnguah Filibusters--Escape
of the Schooner Susan*
• Mobile, Deo 9 —The friends of the Nicaraguan fill,
baiters are greatly elated at the accottntrteceived of
the escape of the schooner Susan, having on hoard one
hundred and forty “ emigrants *' for Mloarigna, well
provided with provisions and monitions of war. The
echooner succeeded In escaping on Tuesday afternoon,
Jn oonsequencd of the revenue cutter McClelland, cent
in pursuit, having got aground in Nary Cove. She is
now about four hundred mile* distant on her voyage to
Nicaragua.
_ The Barque Lyra. .
Washington, Deo. 9—The New Orleans papers of
Friday last state th*t the United Btates District Court,
now in session at Key West, has decreed the condemn*,
tion of the barque Lyra and cargo, the vessel having
been seised under suspicion of haring been fitted out for
the slave trade.
Non-arrival of Steamers*
BlNOr Hook Deo. 9,11 o'clock P. M —There are no
signs of the »tearoe*s Persia or City of Washington, now
due.. The weather la olosr.
Fire at Cairo, Illinois*
Louisville. Dee. 9.—The telegraph office and meet
of the Bpringfieldblock at Cairo, Illinois, was destroyed
by Qre last night.
[Correction;—ln the foreign news published yester
day the hurricane and wreck of vessels should have
been located at Swatow, in China.]
Markets by. Telegraph.
Baltimore. Dec. 9 —Flour is firmer; Ohio and
Howard-street is quoted at $612, Wheat is steady at
41 35®1 50 for white, and 91.28 for red. Corn has ad
vanced, at 60®63c for vellow. and 63&64c for white.
Provisions are firmer: Mess Pork sells at $17.28. Lard
is firm at 11 #c, Whiskey steady,
Charleston, Deo 8 —The Cotton market closed to*
dav firm at previous quotations, with sales of 3,600
bales.
NsW Orleans, Dee 0 —Cotton market unchanged;
sales of 9,600 bales. Molasses 27#e. Flour exhibits a
declining tendency. Corn advancing; sales atTljrfo
76M0. Cotton freights are steady; several ships are
filling up at 17*32&9*16d. ,
Mobile, Deo. 9 —Cotton Inactive, but unchanged iu
price; sales of 2,600 bales to-dsy.
Ravannab, Dec, o.—Cotton firmer, hat unchanged;
090 bales eold to*day. gales for the week 6.000 bales ;
Beoeipta ditto, 14,600 bales, stock in port 37,000 bales.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS IVBNING.
Wheatley A; Clarke's Aboh-stbbet Theatre.—
“ Our American Cousin ‘f Simpson A Oo.”
National Circus.—“ Lent’s Circus Company.”—
“ Equestrian, Gymnastic, and Aerobatic feats”—” The
Ceopers ” - ,
Mas. D. P. Bowers’ Waleut.strebt Theatre.—
“Media’—“Our Wife.”
Assembly Bdildihos.—Signor Blits.
Santoro's OriRA Hodib.—Ethiopian Entertain
ments.
Public Entertainments*
At Aroh-street Theatre, the oomedy of “ Oar
American Cousin,” which really Is a broad faroe,
continues to draw crowded houses. Tho manage
ment wilt probably run it, amid such success, for
a few weeks longer.
The drama called H Medea,” which will be pro-*
dnoed this evening at Walnut-street Theatre, Miss'
bavenport personatlng the heroine, is.an adapta-;
tion from theErenoh,.by Mr. 0. C. Wymanj of
B oat on. Miss Davenport .takes her benefit this
evening.
The regular meeting of Councils was held yesterday,
aad tbe following bailees# transacted:
BSLXOT BBAIOS.
- Select Council received several communications and.
petition®,"among which were a communication from!
the resident pbysloian of the Almshouse, asking for an
appropriation to pay their hoard hills; ? also, one for
grading and laying water pipe. In Norris street; also,
one for the construction of a tram-way along Pearl
street; also, ane for the laying of gas and water pipe
In Hamilton street; also, one from the board of port
wardens in answer to a resolution requesting said board
to inquire whether any wharre# or landings hare been .
built at Windmill Island which are calculated to lm
pede the navigation They reported that no such ob
struction exists, all the wharves and landings being
erected within the bounds allowed by the law, namely,
to low water mark. Also, one from the city controller,
submitting the estimates for the Board of Guardians of
the Poor tor the ensutng year. All of the above were
referred to the appropriate committees.
Mr. Oornosan, from the Watering Committee, re
ported a resolution renewing the lease of the landing
at Falimount to Mr, 'Caleb Wright for a term of fire
years.
Mr. Ouyler said he had hastily signed that report,
and ainoe signing it he had formed an opinion that to
renew the lease for so long a t*rm as five years would
probably interfere with the construction of the Pair
mount Park. . He asked for information on this point.
Ur. Gornmtn replied that Mr. Wright pays $2OO a
year for the use of that landing, and as the lease ex
pires on the first of next mouth, It is necessary to act
promptly in the matter. It cannot possibly interfere
with the Balrxnount Park project.
Af*er some debate, the report was amended by striking
out five years and inserting one year, and finally passed.
Blr. Bouton, from the Committee on Prisons, sub
mitted a report of the estimated expenses of the prison
for the ensuing year. Referred to Committee on Fi
nance.
Mr. Thompson, from the committee on verifying the
cub account of the City Treasmer, mad* the utnal
Semi-monthly report as to the balances on hand on De
cember 4th. Ordered to be filed.
ORIGINAL HBSOMJTIONB.
Mr. Parker offered a resolution provfdlog for the ap
pointment of a special committee of three, to ioqulre
into the expediency of disposing of the present
almshouse, and locating another one more remote from
the elty, with a view of reducing the expenses of the
city’s poor, to report at a future mee'log.
Mr. Neat expressed blmselLin favor of the inquiry.
The amount invest'd in the city almshouse for its con
struction, Unfa, Ac., Is two pillions of dollars, and he
could see no objection to the passage ef the resolution.
He thought if it could be removoa to a more remote
point, It would prevent paupers from getting Intoxica
ted. as they would not have the opportunities now pre
sented.
The resolution was agreed to, and Messrs. Parker,
‘Foster, and Noal were appointed on the part of Beleot
Council.
Mr. Williams offered a resolution, requesting the Su
perintendent of Trusts to report what means he has
adopted to furnish a supply of fuel to poor whits women,
Ao , as devised In the will of Stephen Gira;d
A discussion then onsned, bat the resolution was
finally adopted.
Mr. Leldy offered a resolution that the heads of the
several departments report to the Mayor during the
month of January, so that their reports can be Included
in the Mayer’s annual message. Agreed to
Mr. Foster presented a resolution that the|Committee
on Market Houses be prohibited from reoting any stalls
or stands in the market hovels in Market street for any
period beyond the Ist of April next. Agreed to.
Mr. Ouyler offered a resolution that Belief Hose
Company, In the Eighth ward, be admitted to the Fire
Department, provided they submit to the authority of
the Chief Eogineer and waive all claim to any appro
priation. He said he was not personally Interested, but
as the company was a respectable and efiloient one, a
'number of hia constituents had requested him to make
the application.
Mr Neal followed, and objected, on the ground that
the number of' hand-working engines was already too
large, and he should more to refer to the.Oommittee on
Trusts and Fire Department. The matter was so re
ferred.
Mr Beidetmn reported an ordinance authorizing the
directors ef the Second and Third Street Passenger Hall
way ib change their route in the vicinity of Oxford and
Jefferson streets, Laid over.
An ordinance authorizing the Commissioners of Mar
ket! to pay sundry claims was adopted.
MATTHBS FROM TOB OPPOSITE BRANCH,
A bill r* turned from Common Counoi’, with an'&mond*
meat making an appropriation for repair* to the Normal
sobool. was laid on the table.
9 ho bill providing for tbo appointment of a surveyor
of property was next called np.
The opposite Chamber returned it with an amend
ment, allowing extra pay to such officer of a dollar for
each lot surveyed. tJ . _ . . 4 a
The Chamber finally, after considerable debate, de
termined to insist upon it* non-conourrenco, and
asked that a committee of conference be appointed.
Tb* Chair appointed Messrs. Onyler, Neal, and Wll
k*The bill providing for certain grades in Gray’s Perry
roAd, Malden lane, and the Schuylkill, was referred to
the Committee on Surveys.
The resolution for the ropaving of Bead street, and
laying a trunk leading from the culvert, was con
curred In. ..... .v .
The bill leasing the tobacco warehouse was returned,
with an amendment providing that it shall be' leased
at publio tendne to the highest bidder, but none shall
be reosived for less than $5,000 per annum.
Mr Bradford rose to make an amendment, when tbo
gas lu the burners suddenly gave out. leaving the
chamber in darkness, which was only relieved by the
feeble glimmer of the new-born morn. A recess waa
taken for ten tninutea, 'durlLg which time the lights
were arranged. Upon resuming business the tobaooo
question was discussed, Mr. Cuvier advocating the
original action of the Chamber ana Mr. Cornnsan op
poring. Various speeches followed by diffiroot mem
bers. The Chamber finally ooncutred lu the amend
meats.
An Invitation to visit the Rosme Institution was ac
cepted.
Mr Cornman.who has warmly defended the Moya
menslng Hose Company, from the committeo of con
ference in relation to their suspension, reported in fa
vor of suspending the company for four months only,
and nnt disbanding It. [The date of tbelr suspension
was more than four months ago] The roport was
agreed to
The Mayor’s veto of the Arch-street railway bill waa
then received a-d read, when Mr. Cuyler moved that
the bill bo passed nvur tbo veto.
Mr". Mclntyre moved that the bill be made the special
order of the day a work hence, and that the message of
the Mayor ha pilntcd.
Mr Neal a’so desired the postponement, as there
were abstract-legal qusstioDß involved which would re
quire time for an Intelligent understanding of them.
.The motion was agreed to, and the Chamber Ad
journed.
' coantoH consort.
gever&l petitions and communications were received
and appropriately referred. . Among, which wore :
A petition from D. MutUolland, asking forth* r*.
fending of certain overpaid taxes; Rise, a petition ask* r
lag for the removal of .the precinct house at Second end
Wellington streets to Front and Christian; also, a p*.
titlon for th of tramw*y stones in Pearl street;
also* Several ;pei]ik>ns sgalpst roarket-feoaees In Spring
.Garden street, West of Broad; also, a petition for water
pipes. in*Norris street{also, a petition for lamps on
Stage avenue, in the Twenty-first ward; also, a peti
tion for water pipes In Hamilton street, in the Twenty
founhward. v
Mr Walsh submitted a resolution authorizing the
payment of $3O to Beck’s Philadelphia Band for services
w*£u b , of 3ttl V*' Referred.
a communication from the port
««\V c ,&tbat new piers were about to be ereoted
thiw iflsland, below low-water mark, hut that
rimJJruJ «° °°^,V o 1 over the matter. Deferred to the'
Committee on Wharves and Landings
« * *S?S?Sl ,#n " a ! ««W«d from Henry T. King,
™rnmai X ,£3 olic *- tor * ?. atln B that several suits had hem
nJSSSSSZFt?* ?®. for damages, oansed by the
*i eof her officials, and asking for the adoption
wita«MM , tn« ee v? ma * e the employees competentto be
witnesses in such ewes. Deferred to the Committee on
receipt* B oa expenses of tbed'e-i
ISJSRL« f ifi! > t??S dli f“ ot of. the
£*♦?•« “dent of Trusts, were received and referred
io the Committee on finance u
** r liF aoker ’ of tbe Committee on Finance, submitted
an ordinance, appropriating *53,414.31 to, pay certain
mandamus executions aud judgments against the city,
and the interest on oi-rtaln lemporarj loans. Among
the former was $38,986 81 to B. & F. Yaodyke on ac
count of Kensington water works contract; $974.37 fo
Wm. Bice; $4,000 to Samuel AUen. ex-sheriff: $6,000
to Messrs. LeiHs & Batjer, and $8,611 for temporary
loans. Agreed to, '
Mr. W, Conrad, of the Committee on Gas, submitted
an ordinance providing for the, renewal of the contract
with the trustees of the Gas Works for the lighting,
extinguishing, cleansing, and repairing the pubuo
lamps.
! An amendment was offered, and adopted, making the
contract for one year.
The question being on the Anal parssge of the biU, it
elicited some debate.
Mr, Gordon opposed, saying he would not have it
said that he was a dumb dog, and barked not on the
eitadel walls of the People’s party when the people
were in danger.
A motion was made to recommit to the Committee on
Gas, with Instructions to report the comparative cost
°f dolog this work for several years past.
*he motion, after some debate, was agreed to.
Mr. Hacker, of the Finance Committee, submitted an
estimate of the expenses of the Highway Department
for 1859 Ordered to be printed.
Mr. Gordon submitted a petition-for a market In
Spring Garden street. Beferred to the Committee on
Markets.
Mr ® n Gock, of the Committee on Highways, sub
mitted a resolution authorising the opening of Twenty
first street, from Columbia avenue to the Township'
line road. Agreed to. . - .
•Also, an ordinance appropriating $lB,OOO to pay for
th e paving of intersections and materials. Agreed to,
Mr. Mo/er, of the Committee on Tru*t# and Fire
Companies, submitted a lengthy report, with a resolu
tion suspending the Philadelphia Engine Company for
riotous conduct, for three months., from October 9'h.
Mr. Heins raored“to postpone subject. Agreed to
Mr. Hutchinson, of the Ocmmiltee on Survey, sub
mitted a resolution transferring - oortalo item; of the
appropriation to that department. Agreed to.
Mr. Megaiy, in place, aubmited an ordinance pro
viding for the payment of policemen injured in the ser
vice #f the oity. Laid over. v
A resolution of Inquiry upon what terms Carpenters*
Hail can be purchased was referred to the Committee
on City Property. f *
Mr M* r chercalled np the ordinance creating Broad
street, Bbippen street, Fonrth street, from Poplar to
Vine street, and from Bprace to Pine street, stands for
market wsgons.
Mr. Kersey moved to add South street from Sixth to
Broad street, in place of Shlppen from Eighth to Tenth
street Agreed to.
Mr. steeling moved to amend to make Fourth street
a stand for market wagons from Girard avenue to
Green streat, and in the same street from OaUowhlU
to Aroh street.
The subjeot was discussed at much length by Messrs.'
Steeling, Luther, PotW, Gorton, Kerr, Walsh, Mas
cber, and others i
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Gorton moved to amend the fourth section of the
bill, by substituting the Committee of Markets shall
measure the spaoe allotted for market sUnde-allowing
twelve feet for each wagon—numbering the same, ana
shall charge the occupants of each stand $3O per annum
Mr Hacker doubted the authority of Council to levy
such a tax. Ha thought if the market wagons had been
kept away from Second street, the property from Mar
ket to Coates street would now be worth half a million
of dollars more than it it to-day.
The amendment was not agreed to.
The yeas and nays were demanded on the final pas
gege of the bill, by Messrs Marcher and Gordon, and
were as follows:
Yus—Messrs. Baird, Brennan, Bobb, Bowker, Bul
lock, Case, Cooley, Cooper, Eokfelt. Ellis, Fish,
Fisher, Gamble, Gay. Haas, Hacker, Handy. Heine,
Hngdon, Holmes, Hunter, Jones, Kelley, Kerr, Krider,
Luther, Manuel, Mcßride, MeLesn, Megarey. Geo. B.
Miller, Hiram Miller, Mingle, Nfppes, Pugh,’Riley,
Simons, Smedley, Steeling, Thompson, Wagner. Walsh,
WetheriH. Wiidey, Wright, Trego, (President)—46.
Nats— Messrs. Brown, Dickinson, Gordon, Kersey.
Masoher, Morris. Potter—7.
Mr. Gamble submitted a resolu'ioo that a committee
of fire be appointed to examine Into the contract for the
improvement of Delaware avenue, and all other eon
traots and abases of the Girard estate.
Mr Hacker moved to amend that it be a joint special'
committee of five from each Ohamber.
The amendment was agreed to, and the resolution
adopted
Mr. Gorton celled up the ordinance, passed by Selest.
Council, anthoiisinfftbe transfer of certain Items of the
appropriation to the Guardians of the Poor, whioh gave
rise to a spirited debate la regard to the corruptions in
that body. Adjourned.
New Colobed Colony in Africa.—A pro--
jeet is on frot, recommended by 'several respectable
persons in this clty,*to establish a new industrial colo
ny in Africa. The movement in aid of th f s originated
in Canada, at a convention of colored persons, when a
party was eeleeted to proceed to Afrioaand select a
suitable locality* Mr. Robert Campbell, > for some
. years a public teseber ip this city* and r eariog a good.
character for integrity and intelligence, is one of this
party, and informs us that the journey will be under
taken,,as desired, when the necessary funds are raised.
A large sum wilt sot be requisite, ao that the party are
likely to. star tin a few months.. Liberia is an UDwhole
; some locality, and a situation more in the interior, at
* once healthy and wholesome,, will he looked out and
; found, after which information and aid will be given to
| emigrants. * , • -
j' Youthful’ police of the
: wart made a descent
' party, or youthful-rowdies, varying in age from ten.to
tselv* years. 1 who,- had*been 3n, ; the.habit/Of
gating,upon alot at Sixth'and-Mofris street#, and h*v
- fog snndry'flghts Mrlous annoyance'
.of the peseeral. portlouof^'that;bomQsunUy-^-Weapona
: unfrfquently
tuOeeeded ur.arresting..eight'of the and had
them bafore Alderman Tittermary-yesterday morning;
who heldthem te ball to keep the peace.
Charged;; with :Theft.—A man- named
; George Boru waa up berorrAMerman.CUrk yesterday,
charged with the larceny of $19.50, the, property of
Christian Womelsdorf. From 1 the evidence, It appears'
they had visited several I*'ger-b#*restablishments, and
imbibed so much Byrish, that Christian became almost
oblivious of things sublunary* and that, while in this
ooodition, it was alleged Born inserted hiqdfgitals Into
the pooketa of Womelsdorf. and abstracted therefrom
the “ filthy luere ” After the hearing, Bom was com
, milled in default of bail toAnswsr.
A Fmiit.— Yesterday morning a colored
man named Henry Williams was arraigned before Al
derman Femington on tho charge of stabbing a colored
individual who bears the euphonious title of “ Black
Joe.** It seems that the party were considerably ele
vated on Wednesday evening, and that they had a scuf
fle, which resulted in Henry drawing a razor with which
he Inflicted a very severe wound on “ Black Joe’s”
arm. laying it open to the bone. Ha was taken to the
hospital, and Williams held over for a further hearing.
C&abged with Robbery.— A man, giving
the name of Thomas Bmllh. had a hearing yesterday
morning before Alderman Miller, A few days ago, he
went to a house in Till stmt, with the avowed inten
tion of having some conversation with the landlady
thereof The lady left the room for a short time, and
it it alleged that, daring her absence, he opened a
trunk that was in the robin, and pocketed % ten
dollar bill. Smith was committed to answer at oourt.
Hospital Gases.—Twoyoung men*named
James Phillips and James Wirier, who were escorting
some young ladies on Wednesday night, wars attacked
by a party of rowdies, and a scuffle ensued, when Phil
lips received a slight wound on his arm, and Hirter had
his nose and face very muoh disfigured. They were
taken to the hospital, where Phillips still remains.
Mirter had his wqunde'dressed, and left the same
evening.
. Slight Fiee.—About eight o’clock last
evening, an alarm of fire was created by a smoke Issu
ing from the millinery store of Mr. Richardson, No. 46
North Eighth street, near Aroh The doors were forsed
open, when it was found that the goods on several
shelves ware completely destroyed Several engines
were on the groued and soon extinguished the flames.
Firo-Detective Blackburn will investigate the affair.
Pocket Picked,—A few evenings ago, Mr.
J. Knabb, from Beading, editor of the Berks and
Schuylkill Journal , was relieved of his gold watch
while attending an auction at Fitspatrick & Brother’s
rooms, in Chestnut street, above Sixth Mr. Knahb
made complaint at the detective police otflee, and the
timepiece was recovered by Officer Bartholomew jester
day morning at a pawnbroker’s establishment..
Bobbed her Employer*—Rachel Jane
Gl&scow. a colored woman, wag arrested, on Wednesday,
Jo the Eleventh ward, on tho ebargebf tho-larceny of a
watch and a quantity of wearing apparel, the property
of a person by whom she had formerly been, employed
She .was taken before Alderman Butler yesterday, and
I committed in default of bail to answer at oourt. Sotno
of the articles were recovered
Pound Drowned*—A white man, about
thirty j ears of age, wan found in the Delaware yester
day morning, opposite Poplar-street wharf. He is sup
posed to bo a man named Patrick Dolan. Ooroaor Fen
ner held an inquest yesterday afternoon* and rendered
a verdict In accordance with tho facts. The body was
taken to the Green house to await recognition.
Arrested.— Three drunken women were
Arretted last night, at a house lo JSfferSou’B court.
They had Qred, some, straw, op which they had-been
lying, and came Very near -burning theVuildlng, when
the officers discovered it, and extinguished the flames.
Sent to the Almshouse.— Johanna Do
laney. the young woman who was turned out of a fcoaso
in Spruce street, a few days sine®, and gave birth to a
child in tho Fifth* ward station house, was sent to the
Almshouse on Wednesday, by Lieutenant Goidey
Finoeiis Cut.—A young lad named Robort
Brocklehumt had two fingers of his right hand badly
cut by a circular raw. at ao establishment near the cor
ner of Fourth and Vine streets. Be was taken to the
hospital lari evening.
Abm Fbaotukbd.—Yesterday morning a
colored hov,sboutsixtvon years of age. had his left arm
badly fractured at Ohrlsttao-street wharf by a pile of
boards falling on him. He was taken to the hospital.
A Slight Fire*—A slight Are took place
at No. 1235 Mechanics street; last evening, caused by
the upsetting of a fluid lamp. A small quantity of
clothing was burnt, hut no one injured.
Pocket Picked in Church. —A lady, while
attending the u«ual weekly lec'ure at 8t Andrew’s
Church, Eighth street, above Spruce, on Wednesday
evening, had her pocket picked or a porte-monnale con
taining $l9 in money and sundry papers.
llohoe Run Over.—About half-past eleven
o’clock yesterday morning ft horse was run over by a
train of coal cars, at Sixteenth and Market streets, and
had two of bis legs out off.
THE OQTJBTS.
yesterday’s proceedings
[Reported for The Press.]
U. S. District Court—Judge Cadwalader. —
J. M. Bricker, a young man. was charged with passing
counterfeit gold dollars Tie counterfeit coin was
somewhat singular and uuuiual in its charaoter, as it
was made so as to represent® goldsleeve-button. Tho
head,of the genuine coin was exaotlr imitated In this
counterfeit. The testimony against the defendant was
that he, in tho month of October last, went into a lager
beer saloon, and paid for a glass of beer with one of
these worthless coins, receiving his change. The dis
covery was shortly after made of tho trick, and ihe de
fendant was arrested, and, upon being searched, three
dollar* more In this spurious coin were found upon his
parson, besides some four dollars in good halves ana
quarters the proceeds, probablv, of previous operations.
It was in evidence that he had offered these Imitations
at several places previously, and that he had beeu once
arrested for passing the same coi * ‘if®
Commissioner, doubting his guilty knowledge, ala
oha-ged him. On trial* Mr. Qororth represents the
defendant. „ _ - ..
Pryob—-Judgo Read-—ln tUo cus® of
Roberts n The North Pennsylvania Railroad Compa
ny-Tin action for damages for Injuries sustained by the
neolieenco of the defendants’ agents*before reported—
the lury returned a verdiot for the defendants Messrs.
Rod'oey and Parsons for, plaintiff; Brgck for defend
ants
No other caso being ready, the court adjourned to this
m °QpjLRTEB Sessions—Judge ' Allison.—Tho
trial of prison cases waa proceeded with yesterday—none
of them being or any Interest.«. :•
John Scally was acquitted of an assault and battery
on Anne Tolly. Mr, J): Dougherty represented the de
fendant.
The Money Market.
Z£^ft.G
1 -PHILAMLMtIA.Dec. 0,1888,
Tb?relfl a fair business doing .
firmness in prices, bata debited absence of-speeaJatiye*
feeling The money market coutfauea, very e»sy for
flrrt-s!ug paper, and tight for single-name paper, or ;
snob m may be suspected or being weak iaftt* knees'*’ *
Fetsrion, the publisher of the CoUHferfe&'Detecteri
announces another newdJonterfett :*_•». Lai&ton Bank, -
Lyon, Massachusetts, vignette ia left upper darner
of two female*, ' born of plenty, iron .safe and-shleld,
containing a figure or.au Indian, Head of Daoisl Web
eter In lower right comer;. figure 6in each othe* cor
uer; large 5 in the body of note, which purports to be
engraved by the N«V. Sngland. Bank Note Company,
end 1b a very dangerous-*C£n\r.” j -
' The annual report of the Philadelphia. Germantown
and Norristown Railroad Company bean pub*
llehed, and exhibits the following .faote in Wereneeto
theorerations of the road for the year endieg Septem
ber 80: The’ total ordinary - 'TeoeSpte-for .the year,
amounted to $280.604.21, which .'!*' about.lO.parceot,
lees than the"year before.-. 4 971 trains, carrying 159,-
406 passengers, were run to Manayunk; 3,847 trains to
Sprlsg Hm, with 69,490 passengers, and the same num
ber of trains to Norristown, carrying 180,196 passen
gers ; 9,648 trains ran to German town, carrying 828,250
passengers, of whioh number 115,913 passed over,the
Chestnut Hill Railroad, making* total of 1,E61 05S
passengers pasting over the toad. No aw'dent or ln
juiy sustained by any passenger on this railroad
dariogthe year. The engines were run 167,787 jniies
on the Germantown and Norristown' Railroad,27 Ml on
Tie Chestnut Hill, and 28,945 on the Cheater Yalley
Railroad. During the year, a number of new buildings
have been erected along the line or the road, new cars
built, and lhe double tracks completed.
The Cleveland, Paioesville, and Ashtabula Railroad
Company has declared a dividend of fire per cent.'; fer
six months, ending the Ist of January next, piyable at
the office in Cleveland on and after that da j* by cheeks
on New York at par. ’ '
At an election for directors of lhe New York Central
Railroad yesterday, the entire board of last year fra*
unanimously re-chosen, with the.'exception of Charles
H. Basse}!, in place of John D. Wolfe.’.- <*;''■ .
, A.new and valhable gold mine is said Where been
: recently discovered in Montgomery county, N C. t from
which the owner, at an expense of $3OO, secured $BO COO
worth of gold In three months.
The suit of the Lexington a»d Big B*ndy Railroad
Company against the teeoutor of James W. Fry, which
has been pending -in. the . Greenup Clrcoifc Court for
•everal years, has at iast'.&ea deeided'iu favor of the
railroad company. This suit was brought by the com
> pany to enforce the payment of about,s3,2oo, subscribed
,aa stock by Mr. Fry, in 1862, to the capital sfcek of the
' conpaoy. Subsequent to the subscription, the road, as.
originally located, was changed swas to strike the Ohio
1 river bottom where Ashland is situated. This change
• caused a great deal of complaint among . the. stock-
holders at Oatlettaburg,and many of them hare refused
to pay their stock In consequence thereof, -inconse
quence of this refusal; suit was instituted against Mr.
Fry and others, to enforce the payment of their sol*
soription, and the case here referred to is the first one
which has been decided It is of considerable impor
tance as fixing the liability of subscribers to railroad
stock, .
The November receipts of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad were a* follows:
: ’ . Waabla - - - . v
Main Stem.' N W.Ya Branch. - Total.
For Faa’g’s $56,937 82 S 3 622-S6 -$25,923 79 $86,383 17
For Frel&t 265,464 60 21,792 99 - 9,548 60 296 776 05
T0ta1....5322,402 32 25,316 55 £85.44k 35 22
The revenue of the past month, a* compared with the
same period last year, is as follows ;
Main Stem. N. W. Ya. W. Branch. Total.
Not. 1858.5372,403 82 $25,315 55 $35,441 85 $383,159 22
Nov. 1867. 832,555 78. 33 922 01 366.488 79
Decrease...slo,l644o. Ificresiesl.6l934 $l6 67043
The following is actatementof the exports'of domes*
tie produce froxn.the port mod district of New Orleans to
foreign countries, for -the; quarter ending the 30th or
September, 1858, belcg the first quarter of the'fiscal
year;
Exports of domestic produce in Am. Tenets. ;$9 900.218
“ v ' ; In foreign Teasels, 1,926,883
Total . .$ll 826.556
Bsports of domestic produce.for the eorrea-;
poodlng quarter ending Bept. 80,1857* were $7,222457
I&orcuM for IFSB orsrlWT. .....$<'604,489
Tbs following are the. quotations; for specie, ex
change, land warrant*, Ac. ,a« farsUhed by Croofae A
Co.) Specie and Exchange Brok*r#, No. 40 SoutiThixd
street:
N .Yorker. .Bar to 140 pm.
'Boston.. ...;Par to 1-JO pa.
Baltimore. .Far to I>lo dis.
Bichoond.. Jftotf
Peter*>urg. Xto*“ •
Norfolk.... *to* “
Charleston. **_
A'mer X Dollars, old J. 04.
«- Jg “ “1 0 2%
Mexican Dollar*Ofi
South Am. “ ....103
Snanish “ 08
Fire-franc places.... 9T
Prussian Thalers...: 70
Qoilders 89
German Crowns 1 08.
Spanish Quarters.... 23 _
160-acre land warrants,
80 « (i «
. 120 « «
4# W ot. treaiurr notes.
4% « “ T “
WMhinsrfmex.&to'# <H*. -
Pltt»lm?g.;.a.#tQ#' «
Oiseiodati.'....#to#- 41 -
Louisville #to# “ '
St.Xoni* ...;*..# to # X,,
Savanna#.. to#
Old American Gold. ..1.06
Sovereigns......:* 84e4,£ft.
NapoleonXX'Prania:.3 ?4 '
Tea.Thalers;.,.7 ifi
tt ' - “ Prussian.^-CO
.«GaHders...., ..v.B 28
Guineas -
Fu0at»,.v:;Y;...'...V,:? SO
Patriot Donbloon»...>l6 6ft-'
Spanish'*/ '; ‘O ....16 80
...W./....63066
,i..;.v....88eW .
77080
..*•«■..# to # preminm. '
.......Parto# “ “
Asotin CoiJCTißrzir.T»l£n2ij & EcfcndlP* Bnk
Not*
io till’
?oUoTrlnid#a<a , fptl6n7WW®^i?Ri^¥?^fi |^*.'^^P^^
, ? ' c f-;:’- f' i'.-ll- s.lftoembe*'
isrosvsD sr KAsrsT,ittoir*, & bo.,
xjsh axoHisos ssbnu, sostswnT Oossn-jhtm''
41s onsmiT snuTs..
'ras*;
36oOity0aNew ■;
600 do NevO&Plo3 J
600 do BOfcPW#
1000 Union Ctt»l 65;»*.85 ~ 1
2000 Eeh N»t 6s ’82.b5 73
2300" do .......... 73 :
1000 do .73
2000 do 73
1000 N Penns Bloa b 5 87.1
20C0 do ..'...bfiim. 87
1000 L IfllftndßondJ.. 85#
ICOO A»egCo6aBt*ob 55
8000 Besdue B 6s >B6. 75
600 do 76
1000 Osra&Am 6s >83.. 85
100 Beading A 25#
10 do .......... 26#
100 do ...h6 25V
100 do 85 56# I
50 do .BSwn&int 2># j
"bbtwe:
BOARD. > : iv
100 Reading IT..T. .i 8 26#
. 60 do . .ss*o£int 25#
\ 26 Planters’ Bk, Ten
‘ tftirn 106
2PhU5da8k.......117#
ft Penn Township Bk 86 '
100 Union Bank, Teuc
hftwn 99#
, .50 do ........... 9## ,
10 City 8ank..,....’. 46-
i 6 do as -
lOOSchnyl Nat Pref .
-bswn.i? ,
100 do ..;l..bswn 17
60 do .b&wn 17 .
[ 100 do ; 17
: J 0 Lehfgh Nav... .b 5 60#
i 4 Harrisburgß .... 58#
27 Penna K 42#
1 Norristown B «... 67#
ff BOARDS.
200 Reading R 6s >B6 76
4700 Sch Nav 6s *B2 16 73
1000 -do ........b& 73
100 Reading B. .cash 26#
100 do ..........'26#
403 Penoa 6s 96#
1003 AllegCo 65.. A V 63#
630 Catawissa Chat- - -
tel 10s 69#
1000 Pexwa R 2d m 6s •
c&«h 92
SECOND
600 City 6s New OAF 103
SCO do New CAP 103
300 ' do CAP 99#
8500 do 99#
6000 Schl Nav Imp 6a
b 5 74
159 12 Lehfg Val 6s. 93
1000 2dA3iStßTs.bs 93
600 do ........15 93
13BearerMoidow.. 69#
GLOBING PHI
Sid. Asktd.
Phila 64 B9#loo .
do R.:.«. 99#100'
do New. .108 103#
Penna 6e. .95# 96
Beading R 26# 26#
do fids’7o. .84 86
do Mtg 6t’44.94# 98# <
„do do >86.74# 76 :
Penna R.... 42# 42#
do latm 6a...103*106 !
do 2dm 65....91# 92#
Morris Can C0n..47# 49#
co Pref 108 108#
BohnylNavSs >B2 72# 73
SchNavlmp 6a.. 73# 74#
17 Bearer Meadow .. 69#
7 do 69#
6 Penna B b 6 42#
20 Piasters’ Bk, Ten
b& 106
60 flehl Nav.....*.b5 9
100 Lehigh Nav....fc6 60#
66 8oh» Nav Pref.... 17
100 2dA3d Btreet 8..b6 20
ICO d 0..: 06 20
ICES—FIRM.
Bid.A&td.
SchNar Stock.;. 8# 9
do Pref....i.17 17#_
Wmsp’t A Slmß.lO# 10#
'do 7s Ist mtg,72 72#
do 2d J6l# 62#
Long Island 11# 11#
Girard Bank 11# 12
Leh Coal A Nav.. .60# 50#
doBcrip ...29 80 '
N Penna R 8# 8#
do 6s 62*18
New Greek.....# #
Oatawlssa 8.... fl# 6#
Lehigh Zinc...,. 1 1#
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS, Deo. 9—Evening.—
There Is some little movement !n Flour to-day, bat,
there is no'change lathe market; 200 bbla superfine
sold at ssl2#, and 1,000 bbls Western extra famliy.on,
terms kept private The trade, ace buying In lots at
from $5.12# to 6 37# for superfine. $5 50a6 for extra,
and $6 5Q®7 for fancy brands. Includadinthe Bales
2OO bbls fair Indiana extra family at $6 87#, and
100 bbla'‘laoey Kentucky Rye Flour,
100 bbls have j been sold at bbl. Com Meal is
dull, and Pennsylvania is offered at $3 25 & bbl, with
out sales.. Wheats are not very plenty,' bnt tbe supply
1a eqaal to the demand; 600 bneheis good to prime
Pennsylvania ted sold at 31.2601.28; 1,000 bu hole
do white atsl.Ss, and 900 bushels handsome Ken
tucky $1 45 Bye is in demand, and scarce at 80c
for Pennsylvania. Com is in-better demand and
firmer, with sales of 4,00006 O'O bushels, mostly,
new yellow, at 65®670, including one lot slightly
a xed with old at 6So 49* bus and IQOO bus white.
at file, afloat. Oats are in steady demand at 45#0
for Delaware, 4Go for Pennsylvania and not many
offering Bark— There is no demand far Quercitron,
sud Ist quality is offered at f SO, without finding buyers.
Colton—The market is firmer to-day, and about I£o
bales hive been sold at fall prices, eay 12#c, carii, for
middling fair Uplands. Groceries are rather more ac
tive; some further pales <-f Sugar and-Coffee are re
port'd, including Rio at 11#0,.0n time; some jivw crop
New Orleans Molasses at 80c, 4 mqs, to.arrive. Provi
sions are firmly held, but there is very little dolrg for
tbe want of stock Seeds are steady, snd about 40u bus
Plovereeed sold at $5.60&6 76, accordion - to quality.
Whiskey is selling in a small way at 25c for Pennsylva
nia bbls; 200 for Ohio do; 24#ofor hhds, and 2802ic
for drudge.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE—December 9
SEOOSD BOARD.
200 Brie Railroad bBO 18
22 do 17#
100 Hudson RR 160 31
2v Harlem R -13#
100 Reading R 61#
100 do *l5 61 H
K 0 do bow fit#
400 Mich SANT 21#
100 do b 45 21#,
50 do bSO 21#
200 Mich BKG b 7 61#
60 flo - > 61#
60 do sBO 51
60 Gal & Cbie R 73#
100 cieve & Tol R 32
2GO do slO 32#
100 do - 32#
60 Ohio & RIR 169 02
81000 Missouri 6s S9lf
1500 Q Tenn6s’9o 94#
SMQOLsC&MU LG 27*
5 Del & Hud Co 96#
10 Pacific Mail Co 91#
100 do
70 do 91#
159 N V Cen R 83#
100 do *lO 83#
600 do b 3 84
ICO do sBO SS#
60 do • *3 84
200 do *lO 64
50 ‘ do bOO 84*
30° do - - !&X
ico do . *;j £s#
60 do « 15 «
50 Mil & Miss R H,
THE MARKETS.
Ashes dull at $5 60 for,Pots, and $6 76 for Pearls.
Copier.— By auction were sold 2,2?6 bags Gnvern
ment Jira, ex-Gf zoster at 13# e. 4 mes, from sblp.
Floor.— State and. Western Flour Is steady'at un
changed rates, with light receipts and-salea of 9,000
bids at $3 60tt410 for rejected f $4,20©4.40 for super-
Qoe State { $4 76ff5 for extra do; $4.2504.60 for super
fine western: $4 gO&fi.lOfor extra do j and $5 25f1?6 60..
for shipplrg brands of rqund hoop Ohio. Southern
Flour is dull, with sales of 700 bbltat $5©6.4Q for. .
common and mixed brands, and $6 6007 60 for extra
do. Canada Flour is nominal at $6«6 26 for ****** ,
Gluts.—The market .for Wheat la noehanged, with .
sales or 6005 bushels at sl-M for, red
$1.37# for choice white Canada Corn Ja steady, with •
sales ©flß,ooo bushels at 70«»7T^Cfor Weatern mixed.
Rye 1b firm atT7®7Bc. Oats are steady At 43a«c for
Southern, Pennsylvania, and Jersey, and 49065 a for
8 sold 100 bbls prime New"
»ie. or
000 bbls at $lB for old Mesa, and .$"9 for rejfrdo'i acd: 1
|?4 30®U 60 fer Prim*. Beef fa sales
nr °oo bbls At yesterday’s rates, Cut Meats and Bacon
are" steady. tir'd is -firm, with sales BCO bbls at 11#®..
By auction, were sold 212 hhd*..NqwUrilah* r
Suear at o#®7#c,'and 100 do'common AtOeßXo,-* a . a
WMiSExT Is steady, with sales of 160 bbls At A6o.