-jV-.-v '*• '■ ip®; «► S?MONDAT,BBCEMBER 13, 1868. <M»«a 'eatUy 'at- Now ; 1 She encountered heavy westerly - ffalef/ahiKb" »““> and considerable mow and hall .daringtbo entire passage. ,-Herrt>ews wul bo ; :; ; fparid : ln,oor6olumn of. telegraphic intelligence. ‘ : ofitho mostlmportant portions of hor.newa is, t .? tiat’ratatiog to'the trial of Count;' de Montalem- V i'bsrt. wbd -was oonriotod., ,-Tho 9prr : oapondont of a-of th»7>n*nnorln jTfi(qli tl(* t 6[iatooinmonoed,t. r The'hamb ofOhnribs D’ouniol, the, publisher of •V' ! -«ioCdrrt«i)o«<ion<,otM.UWoo»Uod.. Ho roso and J prosbnted himself at the bar. Ho was asked in the usual form Ma nama, ago, plane of birth, pro ‘ fess’on' &o. - To' the'question whether he admitted ,'ii tbO’Publioation of the arllole aag-sVaMlordifMtor of tho Coriespbndant, he replied that he had no "• "’knowUdge.that It oontalnednpy guilty mattor, 1 that hehad Sated, with perfoot good faith, and that f -\llte »rt.ole*a.jmweajaensualVthe secretaryof Redao 4oh.vSpme other questions oftjrimllar 'kind wera.sskedtandhewasthen desired to alt down The President, after Intimating to ; the audlendo that.any. elgn of approbation or aisappro batlon would bo .at onoe repressed, and that any . one dbteotbd In' vlotitlog the order would be taken - IntO ouitody acd punlahod for contempt of oonrt, . -oallod HpCn Ml do Montalemberf to Btand up. In - the.m'dst of thedeepesh sllonoe ho did so, stand-. "inithy.hisooßnsel„:,The President said: ' . , -‘What is your name?' 1 - . , \ -Obarles, Count do Montalembert.V ''■f. v.“ What cge?” • - - - “'Forty-eight.” . What Is your profession V’ . -“ Former Peer of Franoo ” - 1 V! Where were you born?” " - 11 In Parls.” - ... . “.Do yen admit the authorship of the artiole er . titled -1 tin Debut tur Vlnde an Parlcmnnl An ;> glaisi'"' ■ - r ■ :- -' “I do. < I admit (he authorship, and assume all . the responsibility of it-*’, '■' ' HO Was then examined as to the meaning of the " passages alleged to be libellous, and winch X hare already given. He was asked.whether he did not mean' to'describe, as the'lmperial .Government “ the ohroniolers of ante-ohambofa,' the- atmos phere Charged with eoivlli and oorrupt miasmata,”, and. whether he' did not mean, by saying that he , went “to breathe an air-more pure, and take a life-bath in free England,ns an attaek on the in stitutions of his oonhtry. M, ’do' Monlalombert said' he meant nocattaok in the sonso implied by the law; he morely stated oertain foots, and it could be only by misinterpretation that snob a meaning oould bo’attaohed, to -it. - He was asked whether iu the passage where he said “ he did net pretend to convert, those, progressive spirits who ‘ /regard- Parliamentary. Government as advanta-| geonsly replaced by univorsaysnfirage,'northo political optimists" who profess that.the supreme victory of-Domocraoy Consists la abdicating In the bands of a Monarch the exolusivo direotion.of tho. foreign -and ‘domestic affairs of the oonntTy,” and thathe .wrote for his own satisfeotion, and that of a small number of invalids, of the curious, and,- . if you wish, of mnnlncs,” he did cot mean an at tack on universal suffrage, and on tho rights.the Emperor held from the Constitution. M.do Mon - talembert deolafed that • his meaning was quite olear; he meant merely what he said—that he did not want- to oonvert “ men ot progreay 1 who differed from him—hb and those who thought with Kim; he merely staled a faet, and nothing more. He was asked whether he did not mean to affirm that France had lost, her freedom, when he said that-“In Canada a.noble Frenoh and Gatholio raoe of people,- unfortunately torn tom our conn-' try, bnt remaining Frenoh in heath and in mnn - nera, ones to England the preservation or tho ae qulsition 'with entire religions liberty, of all the ■pelittoal/and mnutolpal .liberties"wbioh-Frenoe , had repudiated,”<ko. Hosaldhe simply stated an historical foot, with which every one, was ao,- qnalnted; and which no one oonldrdeny. .There ' nenld be nn doubt that,, when the oolony.belonged t> Franoe, Franoe did possets oertain political and mnuieipal - institutions whioh' she possesses no longer- but.-whleh are still,maintained in Cana-; "• da. ' Surely there, was no attack on the lid _ , perial Government by saying that It was France herself who repudiated these institutions! - -He was asked whether ho did. net- mean an at t*ok on, the Jaws .by saying, “We have .not only thehabits,bnteventho instlnctsof tho3e.'wise, / and prudent people,who are elernolly minora, who permit tbeinsolvea occasionally. frightful-ir regularities, huh who fall- again into oivio Impo tonee--. where no .one speaks hat bypermisdon, , with,the salutary terror of- tn avertusement if he' venture ever so' little to bensate the Ideas of the Government, or of the mob.” Hr Eaidthnthr 1 simply stated' the feet' .that avertissttnents were. ' given, by authority in the eSses,alluded to. 'He . was aiked/a'.few.moraqttestions to port, l an’d-theawas allowed to,resume bis seat. As :he: sat down what Was thought to be. a mark nf approbation was heard from some one near tho door; it was very alight, for, except in,the imme diate vicinity,' Very fewheard it.* The President repeated, ratbey sternly,; his order, and declared that fo.xnalntaln'silenoe and deoornm in the as- Senbly the pOwar:at’tba 'disposal'of thh court would, If neoessary, be employed. The Savapnah (Gs.) Republican of the Htb Instant states that the sohoener Wanderer, has re centtylanded;a oargo'of Afrioan slaves In that State, atfd that they have been sent into tho into/ rior.. a . loe is interrupting the navigation of the’rivers in the vlotnUy pf New York. /- . . r: • .■ >' It is said that.ths Liberal or Jbares party mado another attack upon the oily bf Hexleo on,the 6th - ultimo, but it is not known wlth what snooesa. The Hnited- States: steam/frigate Niagara has returned to Hew York. Seventy-one of this ne groes died en their passage out to; Liberia.' ‘ The balance, two hnhdrbd.in number, were safely landed. ' - . The ’ snperintehdent of phblio ‘ptlnting has . awarded to Messrs. Megargee & Brothers the eon tracts"- for supplying the first'' fifth;’ and,,,sixth olaesesof paper- 1 Thestbamer Washington has returned to'Hew’ Tork 'from Hlearagns.' She "was .boarded by British officers from tho libopard and Valorous, who are evidently on the watoh for fllijnstbrs, and determined to give them' a warm reoeption. The fllibnster vessel from Mobile,, therefore, has a sea ..of troubles to encounter. ■ -;■ . n . / . George F. Feteiman and Wlllfam. Myeirs,, ao oused'of forgbry, had ~a hearing before .Reoorder -.Enen, on Saturday evening, and, after an exciting . noene between that officer and tho counsel of the priaoners, the latter were oemmittod to prison to aosworthe charges - against-them,--in defauitof $2,000.ba11. . V ! . Mr Glehn and son, Amerioans, of Nbrlh Caro-' lina, travelling to Monterey from the interior el Mexico, were murdered on the 2d Inst..' and ribbed of ’ some tfI.OOO In /gold and silver. / His wife ’and' three' bhiidreh jrere placed under the care of Dr Martin, in Saitllio; who. kindly offered' to attend and treat them for the wounds/they received from these treaeberbus'seouhdrela.. The murderers are. still at large In the open streets of Saltillo. - The Hew York Albion, In disensting the cause of Lord Hapier's.yeeaU from ibis ebnntry, ridiohles the idoa that it is owing to hls-vlows on thc Mon. . roe doctrine, and says : “ Bat. as there is a bouse for every movomonf of this sort, we shall probably , he.expeeted to assign one, thengh not speakingby authority. The probable ground,' then; of this nnexpeoted change, has none, of that stupendous signlflcanoe which tho London journalist hints' In jest and a Hew York journalist discusses in earnest. It is personal and private) though muoh to - be re gretted., We belteve.that-the sole reason is the - dolloate health of Lady Hap!er, wbo languishes - underlie trying olimate of Washington.” Tbe,London Express mje : “It Is not true that Lord Hapier,'Minister to / the' United - States, has b3en in any way eensuted er -sapemeded . by his Gsverument,' 'The' feet, -we understand, is that hts Lordship has been promoted Minister Plenipo tentiary to >he Qouit of Berlin.” \ General Gees has written another, letter to Mr. A. Hart, of this olty, - in. regard to the Mertaira ■ case, deQHuing to/intcrfofb' 'He doses it as fol lows: ’ ' '. i\' “ There are erheUtes and outrages of such a re volting paturo, that it is natural; laudable Indeed, that whon they eeenr they should meet with gene ral condemnation But this duty to ‘ outraged hu manity’ should be.left to the action of individuals, and the expression of public opinion; for It Is manifest, that, If pnt Government assumes the power to judge .and oensdre-, the proceedings of another, ortho laws.it reeogsises in cases which do not affect their own.interests, op the rights, of their oltizons, the intercourse of nations will soon become it system, of orimlnation and reerlmlnaUon,. hostile to .friendly oommunloa tlon. -For the, principle. of Interference being' once admitted., Its • application may - be. Indo - finitely extended, depending for .its - exerelse ot) the, opinion which each oonntry may form of the oivil poliby.of another; and of the praotleal opera; tlon.- There is no people Who would rebuke, with mere asperity such intermeddling with their af fairs than would the people of the United States'; and It bedomes ns to; malntain lho same.reservo toward other aoantries.wbioh we expeo t .thorn <to observe toward us. fHuma'n governments are qe cessariiy-imperfeot,,and neither the United States nor any,other nstlon ban claim exception from the common attribute, /; •‘lf any. of the Powers of the Old World . shmtld believe .there ‘ were.wrongs to suffering humanity’. In this country,, the same prlnqipto which .would justify this Government in aooedlng to your appli cation .would ’justify'them In a.slmUar, measure, should they/ deem- the. olreumstanoes bf ,any. base sufficiently grave to call for. their interpOHUlon.” / * The numbbif of . Interments In .thlsbity for the' week ending oh Saturday last) was'2o9.., Twelve of the deoeased were between SO aud '9O years of age, and two/ ,between '9o -khd-100 years; old. Thirty-eight of tho deaths were oaußed by con sumption. ,•' „ 1. ~ j,'4 The steamship. Moses. Tayiop, arrived In. How York yesterday, with if,200,000 in gold., ~/,l‘;:; ShpHew York Times of the llth Inst, says: “ Itlsestlmatedby those.whb ought to know tpmb thing about It’, that not than Imtdtngi arc in prebess of construction in Brook lyn at ihe.pretont tlme/L'a'^&te^gumbe^.bjrjfitr: - / than Were ever'before undoroontraot at this season./ - of tho year. The indioatlons/are ' that, as soon as. . spring opens there /wUP ba 'a/ larger; numbar/ of .; bnlldlngs In process of breotion than were ever ,/bonDneripod 1 in ■;one/seSTO(fiS i nb'tit going up / are Jribk,/trae,t*|idt^r)st^(Tes'hlglf.^.!. e< ' -•;.-;^thasj)anroii n tbe,p)*^/IS,Wtnbnse)'AB.ejrly;SS^ . ;/,',/tbblstof.Sibj^mb«,/tiie t enjt:hnn^iyd?iraihjy'.ebhßi'BUU^; r : >:.wa^’^ > |Mh..-;,Tlie'.'opniraots-.ofithl’s- ri firji)^|Mb- 1 /triihs Uytitiyispo rtgopdst«Banfysy;.y|ih; aid •\ whlle at the fmdfflfrpufr ,M-$ t>ff ; trains of;'muies' LETTER FROM THE EDITOR. mm vi,vb.,'_ Washington, Dec., 12, : 1858. The Union has at last given birth to an article •on the subject of the-Tarlff in this morning’s ( number, the effect, if not the object, of which is to ridicule the President's entire argument,, and to uphold that of Secretary Oobb. Ido not know where to fled amoio explicit decla ration in favor of a rational revenue bill than that contained intho paragraphs which Mr. Buchanan devotes to the, subject in his last an nual message; nor am X surprised that they have given such general, satisfaction to the people of his nativo State, and to all conserva tive. men of ovary party.. Neither .Ills news paper organ nor.his financial organ, however, will see the subject in the same light. Tho singular spectacle is presented of a studiod as sault from those in'Authority upon tho highest Executive recommendation. One portion of tho article in tie Onion deserves commenda tion. I mean that in whioh the writer appeals to a united public’ opinion to settle the ques tion, and depreoatosthe interposition ofparty prejudice. - This is exactly what we of Pennsylvania have always contended for. The Union be longs to the school whioh contends that - the principles upon which our tariff laws should be arranged • have long'ago! been definitely, settled.- Mr. Buchanan belongs to the exactly opposite school. He believes that when the ad valorem duties were adopted in the oelebrated revenue compromise bill of 1833, a grievous blow was'struck at a permanent and lasting revenue system. .He believes with Colonel Benton, that « specific havo been the rule,-ad valorem the exceptions, from the beginning of custom-house revenues up to 1888.” Tho Bnoban&n idea, the’ Benton idea, and for a loig period the Calhoun idea, was that the specific duties was a question in the exact sci ences, depending'upon a mathematical solu tion, by weight, count, or measure, while ad’valorcms presented a question to the fal lible judgment of mon, suro to be different at different plaoes, and addition, to the fallibility of judgment, to the chances of Ignorance, negligence, and corruption. In, 1839-40, Mr. Van Bbren sent to the House of Representatives a message covering reports ■from the Secretary of the Treasury and from the Comptroller of the Treasury, with opinions from the late Attorneys, General of the United States,(Moasfa. B. F. Bn tier and Felix Grundy,) and letters from the collectors Of the customs, in all the principal Atlantic ports, all relating to the' practical operation of the ad valorem sys tem, and showing it to be unequal, uncertain, unsafe, diverse in its construction, injurious to the revenuo, open to unfair’ practices, and greatly expensive ftom the number of per sons required to execute it. The whole doc ument may be profitably studied by all who deprecate unwise and pernicious legislation i but a selection of a few of the -oases of inju. rious operations which It presents will bo sufficient to give an idea of the whole: “ Three classes of goods are selected—-silks, linens, and woiated—all: staple articles, and so well known as to be the least susceptible of diver sity of judgment j :and yet, on which, in the period of fouryears, a fraction over five mil lions of dollars had been lost to the treos ury • from diversity, Of-construction between the treasury officers and the judiciary, with the fbriher prospective'loss of one million and three-quarters'in the ensuing three years, if the act was hot amended.” I have said that the Union 1b right in desir ing'that'the tariff should bo settled outside of party politics; and. if .that journal will take the liberty of referring tq-.the , course or our distinguished men, it will appear that when tho tariff of 1846 was framed, Mr. Walker, Mr, Dallas, and Mr. Buchanan, with the South, were ready to unite upon a much higher rate 'of duty upon certain • great industrial staples, which the, bill, as subsequently passed, ac corded to ,these staples. ■ But the delega tion in Congress flrom our State refasedthe proposition,.' and" threw • their, entire vote igainst the bill. , So, also,' at repeated Bubse quent periods, when efforts have been made to amend the revenue laws. Morethan onedistin gnished Democrat in Congress from the South offered to unite, if not npon'specific duties,' npon a plan by which a settled- price should be.flxed.npon j iron,‘for Instance,! taking the average prices of "any number of ten yean j and upon this basis do assess 26,30, and 85 per' cent.—all of whioh propositions would havebeenjaccoptablej but they were,defeated, .owing to the influence of . New England and other hostile sections. It will be very hazard ous, therefore, for tho. Onion and-those who support. Secretary Cobb, to make'a test of party fidelity, in favor of ad .valorem duties. Anl immense, amount of revenue must be raised for tho maintenance of the Government. Everybody is opposed to loans. The, ces nation’, of migration will interfere mate rially with the sales of the public lands. The’ only effective way to raise money and; defray the national expenses la by im posing • duties upon importations. It is a simple question, then, whethor in raising these duties we shall discriminate against or ih favor of Northern labor i whether, while we iaro’ expending, millions for projects of doubtful .utility, upon custom houses, port offices,'upon fh? .navy and the army, and npon expensive lines of intercommunication, all of which - afo in their nature destined to bo a tax Spoil the -.labor and industry of the country, wo should not defer somewhat to the demand of our donjiestlc interests, the prosperity'of which is intimately interwoven with the pros perity of the country; . The day for a high protective tariff is gone by forever. The votes ot the Republicans in Congress; in 1857, in favor of the tariff of that year, qpd the , judgment of the common, sense of the whole country, all go to show that' in. the re-construction of the revenue policy at the present session, we need only to adhere to the principle above Bet forth to satis fy and consolidate all conflicting opinions, and to.establish the system on a lasting foundation. •Hr, Buehanan’s'remedy is the practical remo dy. Shall we obtain It, ‘or-will he allow his own Secretary to override his own wishes, and to prostrate the languishing interests of the people? - J. TV. F. ■"Flfly-aeven Thousand Dollars t Ail Extra of the Mount Vernon Record an nounces that, on tbe 2d of this month, Miss Ann Pamkl*. Cunningham, Begent of the Mtiunfc .Vernon Ladles’ Association, caused $67,000 to be paid to Joint A. Washington, be'ihg. the amount dne, with interest, on the first Instalment of tho pnrehnsomoney of the Borne and Tomb of Washington. The Record publishes a letter from Hr. Brads, tbe banker, of Washington, who is treasurer of tbe Asso ciation, in which he Btates that on the above named day be had paid this snm, in liquidation of the first bond to Mr. Washington. • Tills is a paym<lnt so wholly out of the ordi nary; track of pecuniary transactions, that we desire to draw public attention to it. Thoreby Is confirmed our belief that, when allowed to be so, women are excellent “men of busi ness,” if we may sq be allowed to say. They have done, in this matter, what men would only! have spoken of doing. Oar sex should now come in, heart and sohl, to aid the Ladles' Association. ... ; . Tifo new vtce-rdgents have been appointed: For Wisconsin, Mrs. Martha Mitchell, Mil waukeej and for Kentucky, Mrs. Kosa Vkrt nkh Johnson, Lexington.' ; ' Osmotion of John 0. Bullett, Esq., on Saturday lastf J. M. Seawall; Esq., was admitted toprao tlco In the Supremo Court ofPennsylvanla. . Wb i.tvitk attention to an advertisement In another polnmn, of twenty thousand .dollars offered for investment in asefe and paying business. Thomas & Sons’ Salbs This Week.—Valuable and popular books this evening. London hooks at tho - ouotion rooms, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evening. Beal eatate, stocks, ground rents, &c., at tho Exchange, Tues day evening. 'Wines of, the late Mr.. Brats, at the. auotton rooms, on Wednesday, at 12 o'clock. Furniture, Thursday, at-the auotlon store. Scrap copper, Ir6n, <to M at the United States Arsenal, Bride-burg, on Friday. See ad* verUsement and catalogues of the above. " Acction Notice.—!!. Boott, Jr,, auctioneer,43l Chestnut etreet, Bells this morning a large etook ef fpri, In sets for ladies’ wear. Also, gents’ otter and 'heayhrVloWa.abrgauntleU.oaps, mufflers, .to/, too# irraogoaTor examination, _ '.;.SALEqRE^OLi3H-BeoKß.—To.morrow,evening, at'Shomaa’S, Vourtbiphelpw, Ohes’tnut'streot, will hiVombionoed four days.-oor rather four nights’, action ialietof ah extSattve oatatogue ’of valua- Mo English' books; jiia!'repotted frbtaßagland. is ;a>igdimt.'V«iJfiy eatalogue, and wedarefi&y.tbat there will be a gjreat attendance, 'of-buyers. Mrfßabin; of “ye anelente booke- • store,” Sixth and Chestnut, undertakes} we see, to purchase for book-fanoiers who cannot attend*. The Revival of the Slave Trade In the < United States., .- . • ] The men engaged in the slave trade, enoon- 1 raged by the bold attitude in favor of its re- . vival taken by the ultraistß of the South, and . by the immunity with which the laws of the United States can be defied in that region, as shown by the escape of the filibusters from Mobilo and the refusal of tho Grand Jury of South Carolina to fmd a hill of indictment against the crew of the slaver Echo, appear to havo at length boldly commenced the importa tion of African slaves into the United States. The Savannah Republican of Saturday states that tho schoonor 'Wanderer had succeeded in ovading the vigilance of tho ernisors, and landed a cargo of slaves in the neighborhood of St. Andrew’s sound, near Brunswick. A portion of tho cargo waa subsequently sent up the Satilla river on board of a steamer. Tho localities here referred to are ail in tho State of Georgia. Brunswick is a small port of entry on Turtle river, eighty miles S. 8. W. of Savannah, and has a spacious harbor. The Satilla (or Santilla) river rises in Irwin county, Georgia, and flows into the Atlantic through St. Andrew’s Sound. The readiness with whioh tho «cargo ” waa sent up that river indicates thatftill preparations had been made in advance for its reception. Thero ap pears to have been a method intho madness of the slave-trade advocates, alter all. The whole country was startled a few years Bince when Governor Adams, of South Carolina, recom mended the revival oi that traffic, and the pro ject was almost universally proclaimed to be os absurd ns it was infamous. But since then it has been zealously advocated in Southern Conventions. Ultra organs have oulogized it. An effort has been made to get Slate Legis latures to authorize it. The law of the United States against it has been de nounced as unconstitutional, and the pro ceedings in the slaver Echo case havo demonstrated how easily that law may bo rendered a completo nullity, in the thee of the most complete and overwhelming evidences of gnilt. Above all, the fact that we have a sectional President, who will wink at the most infamous frauds, and crimes, If they era per petrated fn the name of the South, is appa rent to all, and. affords ample encouragement to these desperate villains. The Federal Go vernment, with ail its grand professions' of devotion to many great interests, and with n)l Its mnltllarlous duties, displays zeal, energy, and determination only in one direction, and that is in persecuting and proscribing tho ad vocates of Popular Sovereignty. Tho Trea sury of the country may remain in a deplo rable condition, and the national industry lan guish. Mr. Buchanan is content with a sim ple recommendation in favor of specific duties, which ho suffers his own Secretary of the Treasury to earnestly oppose, and no deoided Administration influence is exerted to ac complish the great objects Involved in the resuscitation of the natiopal finances and the national credit, and the revival of the great industrial interests of the country. The neutrality laws—upon the strict observance of which mighty interests, the honor, and, per haps, the, peace of the nation, depend—are sustained in a forcible feeblo manner, which practically results in the filibusters setting them completely at defiance. The slave trade has cofnfooncod upon our very shores, imme diately after its horrors have been illustrated by the sacrifice of hundreds of human beings by the inhuman slavers of tho Echo. Those who hold allegiance to the Democratic party of which Hr. Buchanan claims to bo the head, may do as they please on any or all of thOße questions. Bnt, as to thp Le compton iniquity and all the vagaries to which It has given rise, ho is inex orable. Weak, wavering, and inefficient in his efforts to uphold what is right, he ex hibits the sternest determination to punish, so • far as his power extends, all who have not en dorsed an infamous wrong! Douglas must be removed from a Senate committee at the behest of the Administration, and a constant war is kept lip upon the union and integrity of the Democratic party, because honest and just convictions will not be surrendered. There is but one political god—jf.ecompton— and Buchanan is its prophet. AH who bow not! down to worship at this shrine mnst ex pect extermination by the official aword. Bnt 1 if they worship.here, all ottanupoUtlnal sins, though they be of the blackest hue; wifi readi ly he lorglvan. So runs the creed, and no wonder that the devotees of avarice in its most horrid and inhuman shape have profited by it. The “Good Wills” in Baltimore* The interchange of courtesy, friendship, and hospitality is one of the most oharming features of the modern firemen's system in oar great olties. Time vroa when great jealousy existed—when Bos ton sneered at tho firemen’s associations of New York, when New York affected to think lightly of Philadelphia, when New Orleans laughed Cin cinnati to scorn, and Charleston firemen affeoted to think lightly of their rivals, who roatly should have been looked upon as tholr brethren, in Sa vannah. A groat ohango for the better bas takon place, within the last few years, which we attri bute to the faot that a more highly oduoated class of citizens now compose the Firemen’s companies, who bring the gentle amenities of sooial life into operation as public men. The visits whioh firemen of one city pay to another attest this improve ment/ Witness the reoent visit of our Hibernia company to New York and Boston; where theip brothron gave them a prinooly reoeption, and, if all accounts be true, almost killed thorn with kind ness and hospitality. Witness the visit, during the past week, of the Good Will fflre Company of this oity, as guests to tho Liberty Fire Company of Baltimore. Three years ago, tbe Good Will Company visited Baltimore, and were so warmly and kindly re ceived that they literally felt oppressed by the wolght of the obligation. Generous minds know . how to ocoept a oompliment, and also how to re turn it. The Good Will firomen determined to give their Baltimore friends a beautiful and per manent record of their, gratitude. A' delegation from Philadelphia arrived at Baltimore on Monday morning; consisting of tho following thirty-three members of the Hood Will Company: Messrs. William J. Pacooe, William Bosonnet, James McLaughlin, Lewis S. Heins, Thomas Sjprlnger, Thomas Foley, Joseph Heuetii, John Cook, Can field Dorff, Charles Thompson, 'George Wilkins, Henry Bhrie, William F. Wilkins, Charles Camp* N. Warwiok, J. G. HolHok, Gorton Gavitt, John Valles, John Schofield, John Smith, Georgo Lewis, William Neeley, Washington Stone, J. It. Roberts,' Christian Geroke, Henry Kenstl, John Craig, James Alcorn, William Aloorn, Thomas Grey, Thomas F. Moroland, William Van Oaten, L. , McNair. The Philadelphians were met at Havre*de-Graoe, by a delegation from the Liberty Fire Company of Baltimore, who went with them into the Monu mental City, and, on arrival, escorted them to tho admirable quarters providod for them at Mann’s Hotel,. Baltimore street. That afternoon, the Philadelphians were the guestsof tho Monumontal Hobo Company, after which, accepting an invita tion from the Columbian Fire Company, they pro ceeded to Fell’s Point, and partook of supper at Whitehall, whioh was followed by a splendid ball given by tbe Columbian Company. This, It wilt bo owned, was pretty good for ono day. On Tuesday ovonlng, Mr. William J. Pasaoo, President of the “Goodwill,” formally made a most appropriate address in'presenting the Li berty Fire Company with’tho sumptuous testimo nials which they had prepared. On tho part of tho recipient Company, tbo Hon. Joshua Vansant mode an eloquent speech, acknowledging tho pre sentation. A repast followed, at Mann’s Hotel, to whioh all did justice, the Liberty Company, with fts proverbial liberality, footing tbe bill. The testimonial, whioh has excited great admi ration in Baltimore, consisted of a toll frame, from castings expressly made for it, in the centre of which are inscribed tbe names of the officors and members of the Liberty Company, with an ac companying presentation inscription from tho Good Will firemen. This was executed in pen and ink by Mr. Fife, of this oity, and is a very handsome specimen of the oaligraphio art.. The . frame, composed of brass castings, is .ornamented with the various implements used by fire men—hooks and ladders, spanners, hose, horns, do.—and stands six and a half feet hjgb, by three and a half feet wide. The hose tor* minutes, at eaoh side, in a fire-plug. On one of these stands tho figur'd of a Good Will member, on the other is a member of tho Liberty Company, eaoli being in full worklog equipment. There is a niche on the top of tho frame, in which is an other statuette; representing the GoddeßS of Li* berty, oast in brass.with aback-ground of silver. Over all, and this, peculiarly marks the truly Philadelphian character of the present, is.an Ame rican eagle* whoso beak, holds a small boll, from op actual pieoe of the world-renowned old In-, dependence bell in the Stato-house, and inroribed, like Us memorabje original, with the significant and (as the event provod) even prophetic in scription, “Proclaim Liberty throughout the land.”.’ We morely give a very rapid and cursory description of , this beautiful and cost* ly work, so oredltable to tho art-manufactures of Philadelphia, booause It is already well known here, as it attracted, great, attention at the l&te exhibition of tho Franklin Institute, and whs lately on view in tbe store of Messrs. Cornelius & Baker, (who made it,) in Chestnut street, whore It was admired by thousands. Its* completeness of I'HE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1858. design and execution.have never been equalled, indeed, it is perfectly unique, and oost some $BOO, we believe. - The Good Will deputation loft. Baltimore/on Wednesday, and have every- reason to be gratified by their visit. They wont toperfoim a liboral not in a handsome manner, and found themselves fully appreciated. The good feeling of whioh snob visits is the evidonoe, cannot bo too much encouraged. The firemon'Bystem of Amerioa is the fineßt in the world, and suoh interchange of social feeliDg and liboral notion, must make all its members feel themselves belonging to a.noble band of brothers. -W. • ,’I,A , , . « I . .. q• ’ Tom Taylor, though nobody would think so from bis familiar appellative, is one of the most ac complished eoholars in England. At Glasgow Uni versity, ho bore off three gold medals and several minor prizes in two years. At Cambridge, he graduated, as junior optime in mathematios, first olass in the classical tripos, and be fairly won a fellowship in Trinity College. Next, he was Pro fessor of English Language and Literature in Uni versity College, London—the title of “Pro fessor ” not being given to or olaimed by any. one, across tbe Water, exoept he re-, ally occupies a Collegiate, or University ohnlr, and then only while in such occupation. Here, wo have seen dancing-masters adopting “Profes sor” as a prefix. After that, Taylor became a barrister, and, sinoe 1854, has bepn Secretary of the Board of Health, in London, with a salary of $5,000 a year. He has edited (not very judi ciously) Haydon’s Autobiography; he is one of the contributors to Punchy and ho has written several plays. This evening two of these will be played at the Aroh-strpet Theatre—“Qar Ameri can Cousin,” in whioh Mr. Clarke makes love so delightfully and naturally to Miss Emma Taylor, and “ Still Waters rqn Dpep.” These make a sin gularly attractive bill- At Walnut-street Theatre, “Medea” was re-* poated on Saturday evening, hut we venture to hope that we shall hear no more of it. The oha racter is unsuited to Miss Davenport. As Adrietwe, Camxlle , Julia, The Countess, and a score of other representations she is so suQoess ful that she should csohew such bloofi-and-thunder exaggeration of a Greek qharaotor drawn by Eu ripides neatly 2-iQO yoara ago. This evening ehe appears in a newoharaotor, better adapted to her. Tho3o familiar with Raohel’s brilliant oareer will rooolleet that, in January 1855, she appeared.! in a now five-aot play, by M. Scribe, oalled “La Gzatine.” It was the last original character she ever sustained, and it was not a euooess. Tot there wero somo good points in ibis play. Mr. 0. S. Lel&nd has “adapted” it to the American stage, under the title of “The Cgarina, or the Court of Russia,” and jit will be produced to-night fqr the first time at this Theatre. The principal part will bo played by Miss Davenport—b&t we may aswell give tbe oast t The Czarina .Miss J. M. Davenport Miaa Caroline JUgmo' 01ga......................Mi5a Carolina Rfolitaga Peter the Groat.... * Mr. F. B. Conway Prinoo Menzikoff Mr. Peter Rfohinga CountSapiona ..............H. A. Perry Iran ..............Mr. Toung Villerbeok Mr. Prank Drew This play has been several weeks In preparation, to our knowledge, and will have every juatloe done to it ip the way of scenery, costumes, and appoint ments. [Correspondence of The Press.] Washington, Deo. 11,1858. Nobody in the serviee of the Administration pre tends that the attack upon Senator Douglas is dis approved by the President, or by any member of the Cabioot. The Adipipistration Gonators nc£ only voted to degrade Douglas from bis rank, but originated the sohome by whioh this was effeoted. The effort that has been made to show the re* verso Is simply a trick. Sut slooo tho decree of the ojucus has gon& forth, the men who de manded that Senator Douglas should be sin gled jfft la this discreditably manner may well 'desire to f tho)r part in the transac tion. ' Public Indignation has been awakened by their revengeful prftoription of a fearless statesman. This feeling pervades all parties—many of the leading Southerners being loudest in execration of R. They soe in it another of the many blunders for whioh the South has been made responsible under the present Adminis- tration, and they protest against being made to bear this new and unnecessary harden. In the Sen ate yeatorday considerable trepidation was 'mani fested by tbe enomtos of Douglas. They had miscal culated their own strength,ag well .as the Qptentof the pnbHo forbearanoo, and instead of going Into ihe election of the standing oommittees/a post ponement was effeoted. It is supposed that on Monday the eleotion will be held; bat &b our high and mighty Senators are proteoted by the secret jballot in discharging some of tbelr mmt public representative duties; tbe names of those so promi nent in this war ppQQ the freedom of opinion, and upon a consistent reoord, ifUlpentinup to he shroud ed in mystery. - , .*„■ The motive whioh has .induced this seoret Sena torial demonstration against Judge Doagljw dan not, however, he hidden from the public view. The design Is not siipply to prostrate %\m, person ally, butfffr Indioate to thooouotry the determi nation of the Administration to grapple with* and destroy the principle with; which he Is immedi ately identified. In order, to aooompllsh this, hte opponents lose sight of $U prudential and statesmanlike considerations—they behave mors like insane men than liko reflecting and consol* options representatives. Mr. Buohanan, who hat unquestionably issued his commands that Douglas shall be attaoked, wbergyer he is found, long ago lost sight of tbe vast audience beforp whioh is unconsciously displaying his extraordinary pert formanocs. Forgetting that every one of h(s aof .lions, tbP moment it is oonsummatod, and even while it is being oonsiiinmated, is an object of public remark, ho proceeds in bis career proeieelyas if ho were shielded from observation and responsi bility. Bat that those who have had a realizing sense of tho retribution attendant upon his course, and who have just returned from their indignant constituents, should surronder tboqjselvea to a slavish sabsorvlenoy to this Presidential infatuar lion, is incomprehensible. Mr. Davis, of Missis sippi, has an unquestioned right to indulge his peculiar sentiments or the subject of the inviola bility and sanotity of tho institution of slavery. Tbe Washington Union is expected to air it# peculiar tendency in favor of the wrong side of every question, and members of the Oabinot, for the time being accountable only to the Chief, In whose hands they have placed their individual judgments, may likowiso worship tho example re* ferred to. But when Northorn men oonsont, in tbe most formal manner, to that which is neither more nor less than intensified proscription and ma lignity, they seem to desire to acquire for them selves the reputation of madmen. It Is sow beyond doubt that Mr. Buchanan formally agreed that Sooretary Cobb should make ihe Administration arguments against the in terests of Pennsylvania, while he (tho President) would relievo himself by some mock heroios in favor of this interest. Mr Cobb addresses him self to tbe South, and remains in the Cabinet on tbo oonditlon that he is to seonre the South for such measures of tho Administration as the South may desire. Mr. Buohanau addresses himsolf to tbe North, and when the time for action arrives on the tariff question will take oare publioly to regret his inability to carry out bis views.. Fanoy saoh a oonditlon of things in the Cabinet of Gexe. rat Jaokson, or In that of any other Southern President! The head of tbe Administration at war with its own right hand, making a pretension Of devotion to one theory, whilo tho right hand is vigorously doaling destruction upon this theory in the Presidential prosenoo ! What ft subjeot for the prolific-penoii of punch —this harmonious disagreement between tbo Chief Magistrate of our oodntry and his immediate organ and adveoate! Should CongroßS ogreo to extond the protectorate over Sonora and Chihuahua, aciordlng to tho re commendations of the president in hla annual message, speculation] will take a start In that di rection, that will surpass anything that California has exhibited. Our own country is filled with ad venturous spirits, and they and their representa tives here have been Idle for more than a year, waiting for Bomothing to “ turn up,” by whioh they might be assured of occupation and money. Tho moment the extonsion of tho protection of the United States over tho two province alluded to— these provinces to bp bold as a sort of indemnity to assure tho good behavior of Mexioo horsolf—is mail o known, thoße energetic, aotivo, and fertile minds will rush to tho now fields in orowds. But will tho Presidents suggestions bo seconded by Congress? That is the question. Will tho ooantry rally at his call 7 Thoro is no doubt that muoh, if not all of his argument In roforonco to the foroign policy of tho Government, and especially that portion of it which rofors to our relations in Moxloo, is reasonable aad right. But whether the public mind and that of tbe people’s representatives are in tbe mood to bestow extraor dinary powers upon the Exooutlve in order to carry out bis designs, remains to be seen. [Correspondence of Xbe Press.] Washington, Deo. 11,1858. Tho Bun Is just sotting upon what has boon a mild and pleasant day. and, in a few hours, this week will be numbered with the myriads of others whioh have taken tholr eternal flight to tho roalms of an unoomprehended eternity. And what an eventfql week has this been in the political annals not only of this oity, but of tHo Union! In* augurated wilh the President’s message, with all its inconsistencies, its closing hours wore destined to behold a far greater measuro of Iniquity and corruption than has characterized the notions of any previous Administration. I need not refer to the attempted crucifixion of Judge Douglas by the Senatorial oauous in his removal from the chairmanship of tho Committee on Territories, an aot whioh oalls'to heaven for vengeance upon its perpetrators. Whatever may havo beon the motive of this proscription, other than that of the resolve of Buchanan to crush out , if possible, overy yeatige of Douglas and his adherents, one thing is certain—that from out all this ostracism Douglas is rapidly accumulating capital. Tho Public Amusements. Letter; from W?sbingtot(7 PIONJSER. popular feeling and sentiment la with him; and T>\7" rgYfTIT T7l/‘'lT> ATtn onoo that gained all antagonism from other } JL A JQi J—iXli* .■* 1I T sources falls to the ground. On dit: at the last session of Congress the Com mittee on Public Lands'agreed upon reporting a bill granting a portion of the pnlhio land for the construction of a Central Paoifio railway* but in consequence of not being able to obtain the floor at- that time, the report was. laid over. On the .occasion of the appointment of the committees on Thursday last, Mr. Waldrake, (Republican,) of Michigan, was displaced by Garnet, (Democrat,) of Virginia. This, of course, will necessitate the reconstruction of the bill, in favor, no doubt, of the southern route -The Union ot this morning publishes a letter from Mr. John Denton Hail, of Sonora, addressed to Lieutenant Mowry, delegate oleot from Arizona. This gentleman has resided in this State for more than eight years, and speaks of it in tho most liberal manner. Ho considers that in 6anora there is a suffiolenoy of agricultural land to maintain a large population; butthatit* trueriohos consist In its mines of silver and gold, and its great facili ties for raising stook. Two oropa &ro raised from off the same laud in tho same year, whioh, for abqndanoe, oannot be surpassed in any country; wheat, maize, peas, beans, <fco., being the general grain that is cultivated. The entlro population is estimated at &b0ub135,000, but is decreasing In oon scquenco of the Apache revolutions and emigration to California and Arizona. He concludes by ox* pressing an intorost ia their welfare, firmly be lieving that the grain of gold jn their character, among so muoh dross, is worthy of seeking—that tho State could do it—and trusting that, In a short time, a mutual and good understanding among the poopje m & y he brought about. ' If Congress ondor&ps the reoommendalions of tho President In the establishment of a protec torate oyer tho provlnoco of Sonora and Chihua hua, as also grant to tho Territory of Amona tho organization applied for by them, It will readily be conceded that the return to tho States ia tho development of these oouutrloß will far outrival California with all her golden strength. Since Washington has become the seat of Go vernment, it is estimated that 824»71t>)t){>§ has beon expended for puhlio and private purposes. Qf this, about $6,000,000 has beon for the C&pir til, and tho b&i&noo, $14,709,838, for the other publio buildings, furniture, stationery, painting, Ac. Qf this sum $47,510 25 has beon expended ip lighting the Avenue froip the Capitol to the Treas ury Dop&rtmopt; while to'light tho Gapitol, Pres ident's House, and the grounds around them has cost $121,305. The large paintings in tho rotundo cost $70,000, and to enclose and improvo the Capi tol grounds oost $221,220 From this it will bo soon that the paternal Interest manifested by the General Cjovernn|Qnt towards the Distriot, is oom mendable in the exiremo. I am glad to flee ‘th at 'among tho names of the successful bidders for supplying tho Government with paper - for tbe ensuing, yoar, appear tb<> Dames of hfogarge Brothers, of your oity. This onterprisiog firm oopics in for a large share of publio favor in this line, and will, no doubt, in the f«lfil©entof tbecontjaot, sustain tholf woU-qarped reputation. Con. [From tho N. Y. Evening Post, Deo. 11 } ARRIVAL OF THE WASHINGTON Return of One Hundret) California Passengers, Failure to Connect with the Hermann on tj}e Facitic Side. The English Looking Out for Filibusters. The steamer Washington, of the new Transit Compa ny, retarai&g from Asplnwall, arrived at pier No 6 thin tijorntpg, haying on hoard apout peventy re turned passengers. Bbg left thfQ port op the 7th of November, arriving at Grejrtown on tbe 18tb, where she was to eonneot with the Hermsno at San Juan del Bur; on the Paeifio coast. Having waited e'ght days without bearing Jrom tho Hermann, the cap'aia weighed anchor, and arrived at Asplnwall on the 26th. Many of the passengers, weary of delay, took pas sage on the other line ; and the Wsahlogtoo, with the remainder, left on the let instant for this port. The passengers spoke in warm terms of the good treatment thpy received: The mombore of. the company held a meeting to-day, and It is anticipated that further measures will be taken to rooilltate-lhe transit of pas sengors,’ os the'present arrangements, 1 for acme reason, seem to bo inadequate. We are indebted to the purser of the ateamer Wash ington for the fo'lowiog narrative: “The steamer IVesbington sailed from New York Nov. 7th for Ban Juan del Norte, t<ra Kingston, Jamai ca, and arrived at Port Royal on the evening of the 14th uR ; landed several pguengers, and proceeded to sea same evening at 11 o'clock j arrived off the harbor of Ban’Juan del Norte early on tbe morning of the 18th alt., having experienced a heavy gsle frdm tbe sonth on tho l&tb and 16th. Bhe was boarded outside the harbor by a boat from tbe United States frigate Bavannab, and entered tbe harbor about noon, as soon as » pilot could be obtained. * * r “ The United States men-of-war Savannah and Jamestown, and English steam frigates Lerip<rdend Y.lorcufl, Hr Wui. Goro Ousely being oa boaM the Ve’o ous, in the haibor. Col. Childs, the company’s agent, came on board, and informed us that nothing had'been heard of the arrival of the Herraaun at Baa Joan dot Bnr, and that the Nicaragua Government refused to permit the passengers of the Washington to pass through the country, alleging that the pas* kengers by the Washington were filibusters con hepted with the passengers“ on tho Hermann. Air. Childs, with othey'partfeg oonoect&d with the com pany, on the morning of oar arrival; took the little steamer Catharine Maria, abd proceeded Up the river to Gsanada, to consult, and If possible to lndace the Government to grant permission for oar passengers to pass, ir ihe llermann was at San Jaan d*l Bur. Im mediately upon our acefaorlng at San Joan we were Mby two Bmrmh officers, with side-arms, from psrd end YatbVono, ibqairing In regard to the number of passengers, cs'go/io.. wishing to see tbe pMitnger list, asking of the purser and ohief officer if the passengers were Americans, and ir thoy were armed, and if there were arms and ammunition on board the ehlp “ They wero told that the ship had beon boarded by an officer of the Uaited gUtes ship Savannah, who would give them any information they required.* They replied that they were instructed to get rach informs'* tion direct. They did not. 'however, insist eport the hatches bring tqken off, and left the ship rsther sud denly. The same afternoon the rrlgate Leopard got Un der weigh, and proceeded to sea under the preteoce/as Capt. Wainwrlght said to Oapt. 0., that they had some eighty on the giek liar, and went to sea for their benf fl t. It afterward kppaatrehe ordered to the month of the Colorado to Intircept two ha ad red and fifty fil (blis ter* that it woe reported we had landed the previous night. Oar boat could not got up the SanJuauon account of tho very low stage of water, and had proceeded to the month of the Colorado, where eke arrived atda>}}gbt next morniog, jest in time to be seen by tho Leopard that was anchored off the mouth of the river there Launches were immediately manned; and obasemade of our' harmless little ateamer. As ffbe had to stop after proceeding a short distance up the river to fix some steam pipe', the boats eame up with them In gallant style with howitzer, and bmalf arin pointed for en attack upon the supposed filibusters. After satisfying theguelyes that they had been pretty eheaplrsold they returned totuelr bUIj) aad'abqntnobn same day returned to anchorage at Greytewn, having besn absent only twenty hours to restore to health over eig v tyi'o the sick list. * “ On the evening or the 25th, the fiagship Roanoke, flag Officer Mclntosh arrived at anchorage outside the harbor from Asplnwall, bringing us the sad intelli gence tbat the nermann had arrived at Panama on 1 the 7th, and proceeded to San Francisco on the 11th. On tbe morning of the 26tb, 001. Child* re turned from Granada, without accomplishing any ar rangement with the Government. On the ooutrsry, the boqt was not allowed to pass from Ban Carlos without in oflleor with a file of soldiers on board. She proceeded to yirgin Bay, the officer being in* Itraoted not to allow the boat to land until he had esoertatned that there were no filibusters at that point, the Government being informed, and firmly be lieving, that the steamer Hermann had landed several hundred filibusters at San Juan del Bur A small boat va* sent op sh?™* und the offiodr, afror being convinced that there were'no Qlibuetorg either there or at San Jiian del Sar, the steamboat was permitted to land at the wharf, and an agent of the company proceeded to Ban Joan del Sur to look after the Hermann. Tbe Jamostown, Captain Kennedy, sailed for Asplnwall the ntornlug of tbe 22d. “On tbe evening of the 20th we sailed (or Asplnwall, Otptain O having orders to connect with tbe mail company’s sto iner or the 20lh froiq New York, for orders by that steamer for the passengers to go forward by that mail. In the event of the Hermapn not bejng at Panama to receive them. We arrived at Asplnwall on the morning of the 28th, entering in company with tbk mall steamer Moses Taylor. From some infsappre hobaloQ of the company’s agent in New,York, no order eame by that ship fur the mall company to take our PM'engers. They were landed from the ship, and oared for by Captain C until their departure from As pii/ffftM. Not a case of sickness has occurred on board the Washington since her departure from New York.’^ Hon. James H. Reagan, a membor of Congress from Texas, in a reoont spoeoh to hi 3 constituents, expres a ed tho following opinions: “ Theio is Mexioo, now disruptod by dissensions at home, -and in a abate of anaroby, lying a prey ready to be seized by any Power whioh may wish to do so. To-day somo of the press are charging the government that, dog-in-tbo-manger like, it will not take oharge of her, nor allow any othor Power to do so. But if a bill should bo offered in Congress to acquire it, heshautdvote against it. Some of the pcoss are also urging the acquisition of Sonora. To this-he was also opposed, ocoanse of It? position. There was no more chance of mah\ng a slave State of it than there was to in the moon and annex it with slavery. He was also opposed to tho acquisition of Hioara gun. In expressing thoso opinions, he was oa* oused of being unfaithful to the South ; but If his opinion on this subjeot made him co| lot him be so oullod. Slavery, Bald ho, should precede acquisi tion ; U cannot now go to Mexioo, for by tbe law of that country the slaye would bo froo os eson as thoro. But some say that we will tnke it there after the revolution. Thla, too, is im practicable, if not Impossible; for, by tho acqui sition there will ho nooessarily annexed a poople oppoaodtoit, brought up to despise it.” Tho Impeoohmont of Judge Watroua, of Tex as, wnsdisoussod in the House of Representatives on Saturday, and a nnznbor of speeches mado against A lablje and ferocious animal, called by the newspapers a tigor, was discovered near Millers burg, county, Ky., and a party of men, with dogs, sot out in pursuit of lb. After along ohaso tho tiger stood at bay, and was despatched after a sharp battle. THE COURTS Saturday's prockbdinos ‘Reported for The Press.] Nisi pxnjs—Chief Justice Lowrlo.—Judge Lowrie sat on Saturday in the Nisi Frlua Court to hear motions *hA injunction cases, but there was no business of Importance transacted before him. Common Pleas— Judge Ludlow*—ln tbo matter of Buzby et al . vs. the WestTbHadelphia Pas -Mnger Railway Company, an application for an injunc tion to rwtralu tho delondantfl from extendlog their road over the property of the complainants, before re torted, tb| court granted the injunction. Mitolieson or the complainants; Shepherd for respondents. Quarter Sessions— Judge Allison.—An application was made by Messrs. F. C. Brewster and Stokes, on the part of Dell P. Peters, against whom &q indiotmont has been found charging him with perjury, to diEContinoethe prosecution, until a cortain suit now leidingia th> District Court, between him and a Mr. >atriek (the jroaasutor in the bill of indictment), should b* terminated In support of tho application. Sir Brewster ie&d the case of the Commonwealth vs, Dokerioo IFitsovs which was almost a ca>e in point, Judge Alllfton, in delivering the opinion of the oourt granting tho implication, said that the authority quoted was sound In principle, and had never been overt uled The Allihojttand Neic/iaG Co»spiro'y Cose —Thl* case will be preceded with this morning in tbe Distriot Court iooi&No. 2, at 10 o’clock, IMPORTANT RUMOR. Declaration of War by Spain against Mexico. f SPECIAL DESPATCH TO TBS PBEB3.J Washington, Dec. 12, It Is stated, upon good authority, that the Spanish Minister called upon General Oasa this afternoon, and announced to him that Spain had declared war against Mexico. Great excitement prevails in diplomatic clr °*eB‘ PIOSBBB, ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA. THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. Ho Intelligenoo of the Indian Empire. MONTALEMBERT CONVICTED— SENTENCED, Ijoi'd Napier to B o to Berlin, CONSOLS 98. Nbw York, Deo. 12—The steamship p« PB ia v M ... rlved, with Liverpool dates to Batnrday. the 27th nit Hotting had been heard of the m’sslng steamshln Indian Empire. The rate of inaatanoe had advanced to 40 per cent. u The Persia has 170 passengers on board. She enoono tered heavy westerly gales, a high sea, and considerable snow and hall, daring the entire passage. She passed the America, for Liverpool, on the 28th nit The Per sia’s log shows the following distances, as run dnrin* each day: On the 28th, 242 miles: 29th. 240* SOlh 191; Dec Ist. 145; 2nd, 161; 3d. 126; dthflli; sth' 160; oth, 118; 7th, 237; Bth, 272 ; oth, 204 ; 10tli 180 llth 229; 12th, 828. «v i *w-n, aou , * Nothing had been hoard of Uie steamer Pulton at Southampton on Saturday the 27th. She sailed from New York Nov. 18th. Lord Napier’s reoall had not been officially announced but the Daily News understands that he Is to be ap pointed to the Berlin mission. Hie successor, Mr Lyon, will- succeed to the title of Lord Lyon on the decease of his father. Five miles of the shore-end of the Atlantic cable have been sncoessfnlly laid and spliced to the deep-sea portion- The Galway Btoamship line has oontraetad for three new steamer., of the Qrat olui and of great aimed, to be reqdy nejft summer. The IVniM Chronicle pubUihee the following letter from yalentia, datod tha aiet of November: ‘.No thing of importance occurred sinoa my last until Friday when the weather was bo doe that no further pretext couji be advanced for not proceeding with the' laying down of the shore end of the pab.le. The vessel, accord ipSlJr>'P'oc,oed®(l to *Pd snoc*pded submerging the few miles ftf sljore oable, and in making a splice with the deep sea portion, about five miles off Douglas Hoad. This operation was easily performed, and it is much to be Teg-etted that the remaining seven miles of ahore cable, left at Greenwich, was not brought here and added t» the part now laid down. Had this been done, there Is no doubt but the result would be satis factory. This It more evident, from the faot that in pawing the spot where the shore end terminates, dome of the men, inthoi; anxiety to continue the under-run ning of the small cable, discovered a kink, having the conducting wire exposed to the water, and therefore In. jaring, to Borne extent the oonduotlng power of tho wire ' Tho defective part was Immediately cutout, hot tba undor-rnonlng was discontinued, though it is probable that other defects of tho kind would have been disco-' vered had they proceeded. Thiscabnot be sild to be giving the present cable a fair trial ’ lam hot aware that the ban been tested since it was laid .down, nor is there any person of sufficient experience here to do so; ’ and when wo recollept'that some of the most eminentelecfrlciani of the dayhavedlf ferodmaterlallyiri the manner and result of their testing, we must have very little reliance on the opinion of others of far less scientific experience. Nothing Is, therefore, known of the present condition of the cable, or whether the laying down of the portion of the shore end has mat»rl&l)y improved its oondttfan, as tho office has been ttgßffip s.noe the falhire. and the staff, with one'ex ception, discharged (not removed to London, as h&s been asserted). ‘‘ M r hover, 'of the Galway steamship line, publishes the following letter;* reived'by him from Lord Glareodon; November 23,1858—5ia: I have to apologise for the delay whioh, in coneeqnence of my absence from England, has occurred In acknowledging your letter of the 6th Inst, enclosing a prospeoius of the companv established for the conveyance of European mails end passengers via Galffsy tp Irtish America and the United ijfcat**. Sinqe vgp attention vfu directed to this Important subject several years ago. 'I have always bedh of opinion tbsi the advantages of the geographi cal position of Qalwpy woqtd not be fully recognised until it had been demonstrated that the passage by that route to America could be more quickly performed than by any other. I heartily wish suooess to the company by whom that faot has sow been established; and I beg at the same time, to congratulate you upon your connection with an undertaking which promises, in many ways, to be beneficial to Irelan!. * I am, eto., C^auxsooh. The trial of-tf. Montalerafesrt occupied only'half a day. Mon. Derive?* and Biff*ttre‘made brilliant and spirlted' SpoeeheiMn his defence. The London papers publish the 'heads of the arguments, but the French press are silent, with'the exception of announcing the result of the trial, which was a conviction. Be was sentenced to six months imprisonment and a fine of 8,000 francs. The editor of tho Coriespoadtnt was sentence tto one month imprisonment and 1,001 francs fine. The result caused a slight donr&ialon of the funds In Paris and London. " * 'Theaeath of Admiral Lyons Is announced- Sehor Ros D’Olano Po has been appointed Oaplatn General of Cuba Concha is to remain at Havana till the Mexican dispute is settled. The Prussian elections have resulted largely In favor of the new Ministry. “ 1 V fto Dauk of |r. ? kfort haa r,.law4 the rate. of hit <sount tq four per 0901. ; Mr. SovUjr do Va'Manrthe, formerly President of the French Republic, is dead. It is said that the Anglo-French fleet sails In Decem ber forth® Gulf of Mexico , The French, vessels will have a battery of artillery on board to oppose the fill boaters. . GREAT BRITAIN. The Daily News denies that Lord Napier has been In any way censured or superseded by the Government, and «ad«»taqdg tfcat ho *as keen promoted as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Berlin, vice Lord Blooo* field, who retires on a pension. Xon * L 7 odß dl«d at Arundel Castle on the 24tb of November, after a short illness. He had lust completed his sixty eighth year. His last serviceVaa the command of (he (quadron which accompanied Queen yictorja to Cherbourg. The London a 2¥me* ( in Ite obi luary notice, cbaracteriieS Lord Lyons as the most Illustrious admiral In the'British havy, and says he nooiy earned b!s peerage by his sendees In the Block sea aod ihe Crimea Lord Lyons is succeeded In the title by Mr. Lyons, the British minister at Florence,' and who is spoken or for the mission to Washington The task of completing the Great Eastern steamship was about to commence, and It Is considered certain that she will be ready to make her first trip to Port land by midsummer next The first year’s trips of the vsssql are to be between England and Portland, but where she will be evqotuilly employed is at present un decided. A suggestion that she ahoqld be the pioneer of a great trunk line of communication between Eng: land and India was favorably received . . The London Times in response to the defence by the American press of Mr. Commissioner Seed, reiterates its charges against that gentleman, and »yg that “a comparison of the BcglUji treaty,ifhich obtains erory thing, with the American; which obtains nothing,” is all that is necessary to prove its assertions. Intelligence had reached Lloyds, within the spies of two or three days, of the loss of no fewer than eight Quebec bomeward-bonnd ships, Including the'Peerless, Barbara, nud Rankin; barks Lady Campbell, Petrel, tfCdOlsodp. aod tye brjg WJUioeor* Except lathe ease of the Ot&pde, there was little or no lor* of life. The same Joornsl pas a satirical article on the pro position, alleged to be in contemplation at Washington, to place a tax on tea, drawing attention to the manner in which a like proposition was treated at Boston in 1778. It says ” an American self-imposed tea-tax cer tainly teaches one lessen, and that Is, th*t U is opt q Lad Gojerntqent, so maat, «s a meddling, domineering Government, that alienates the members of a free State.” ' r The British Board of Trade returns exhibit* large In crease in theehlpment of cotton manufactures. William Lemon Oliver, the London Block broker who ffM found guilty of forgery and applying to his own nee seonrltles and property entrusted to bis care, had been sentenced to twenty years penal servitude. The rate of insurance on the over-dne steamship In dian Empire, had advanced to 36&40 per cent.; and even at these extreme charges transactions could not be effected to any extent. The owners had published a statement that they had no intelligence of her having left Halifax. * 6 The Canadian News has undoubted authority for saying that, although her Majesty dads it impossible for her and the Prinoe Consort to pay a visit to Canada, a short Interval only will elapse before oae of the yonng princoa will go there. The Canard Mall Steamship Company intended to send tbs steamer Karnak to New York direct, on the 4th of December, to carry the malls betweon New York and Nassau, N. P. It was considered oertaln that the steamer “ Great Eastern ” would make her first trip to Portland, Maine, about the middle of next summer. The British Board of Trade returns show c decrease in the exports during the month of Ootober, as compar ed with the exports of Ootober, 1857, of .£1,717,000 sterling. r ’ 1 It was etatod that one of the young prinoee of the royal family of England would visit Canada. THp CABLE. It was regretted by the friends of the enterprise that the remaining seven mileß of cable at Greenwich were not brought to YalenMa, it being evident the result wonld have been satisfactory, as, after pasiing the spot where the shore end of the cable terminates, some of the men, in their anxiety to continue underrunniug the small cable, discovered a kink which left the oon dnoting wire exposed to the water. The dofeotive part was cut out. It Is p oMbie other defects would have been discovered had they proceeded. The shore end has not been tested since it waa laid down. The uew steamers for the (Hlway Hae were to he sldo-wheel, and capable of a minimum speed of twenty miles per hour. The trial of Count do Montalembsrt and M, Donolol, editor of the Correspandant, charged with bavin# pub lished a seditious libel entitled “ A debate on India in the British Parliament,'’ commenced at noon on the 24“ h November } before the Sixth Chamber of Correc tional Police, preaided over by M. Bertbeiin. The speeches of MU. fterryer and Bnfaure, on behalf of the aconaed, are aald to hare been magnificent beyond de scription. The former spoke for two hours and a half, and said that the prosecution was “ unjust, unfoucded, IU-advised, and, he would add, rash,” Whon B-rryer concluded, a tremendous shout of (( bravo'* burst from the lower end of ihn court. The president ordered the police to turn out every one they could {ltd who hod cried out, but thoy could not put thoir floger upon any one. At 6 o’clock iu the evou d g the judges retired.to del berate, and at 7 o’c'ook they returned into court, aud pronounced judgment to the following effect: Montalembert to be imprisoued for six months, and to pay a fine of 8,000 f; Douniol to be imprisoned for one month, and to pay a fine of VOOfif; both defendants to bp Jpjntly and severally hold liable for the fines and the oosts of the trial, and in default of payment to be imprisoned one year. It is stated that Montalembert will appeal against toe verdict. Among the distinguished p*r*ons present were M. Odilion Barrot, the Puke de Brsgtie, and seven or eight members of the corps diplomatic. The judgme at of the court is as follows : « PARIS CORRECTION ALTRIBUNAL, Nov. 2*. “ President, M. Bbrvhslia “ Count de Montalembert at>d M Donnlol. editor of the Uorrtspondunt Re'iew, appeared to-day before the tribunal, accused of baviDgeorawUted, by publlehingor oausingtobe published la the Cot espondant , under date of the 25th October, an article entitled .4 Debate on India in the English Parliament tbo four follow ing offences - 1 Excitement to hatred and contempt of the Emperor's Government 9. Attack against the respeot doe to the laws. 8. Attack against the rights and au'hority which the Emperor holds from the Goo<titu tion and the principle of universal suffrage. 4 Having endeavored to trouble the public peace by excltiugthe contempt or hatred of oltizens against each other. All being offdoctg foreseen by the decrees of the 11th of August, 1848, and the law of the 37thof July, 1849 “The Imperial Attorney-General, M. de'Oordo’n, pressed the prosecution under the first three counts, pud abandoned tbo.fQurth- , 1 “M Berryer defended the Count de Montalembert, and M. Dufaure M Doanlol. The cou't, after deliberating in the Connell Cham ber, gave judgment as follows: *• ‘ i hereas. In the review entitled the Correspondant , an artlole appoarce on the 2jth of October beaded A J)ibnte on India in the English parliament ; whereas, Count de.Montalembflrt acknowledges himself to be the author of that atticle, and authorized its publication, and Dounlol admits the publication ; whereas, In the o raree of that article, wrltteu In a systematic spirit of disparagement, the author, by the continual contrast which he chooses to draw between the Institutions which France has bestowed upon herself and those of a power in alliance with Franoe, taken paics to pour out irony and insult on thb political laws, the men, and acta of the Government; that three offences—l, the offenod of exciting to hatred .and contempt of Government; 3, the offence of an attack against the p'indple of uni versal suffrage, and the rights and authority which the bead of the Btateholds from the Constitution;'and. 8, the offence of an attack against the rospeetdue to the laws and to the invioliWMj of rightß which tboy hav * consecrated—arise from' the entire tenor of the ssli Article, and particularly of the passages commeAojnj with these words : ‘JWhen my ears tingle.’ mere 205 • I grant,’ ptge 206} Ain C*asda, J page 209: We have not only,’ page 216; iL was,for my part,’ page 259; Una word.force,’ page2so; 'While theserefiectioos.’ pege 261; » I have already Indicated,’ page 266 fourth offence imputed to the ac- expressions are found in the to which should not have been ex- P* Q of a writer vrho respects himself, *t' hon B] l those expressions hare a tendency to sow disunion and agitation ataoog ettfrens. they do not suf* port of the author sn intention completely'proTedf 0 llD ' l lll “ U,t “ not *. { * 4 'V Ccunt de Montalembert and Douniol f ° oDd Of the three offences above charged against them, offences provided against and Ai, n J, B^ d ia r ia rt O L eB W 4 ° f th ® deoree of the llth of mh Jnly llwT * rtlCl “ l , 1 Whoreu, In cue of conilctloo undor M.enl ieada, tko Wgleat ptMlty onght »!ono to be appllel! that tba bewUet penalty I> declared by article 1 of the law of the 27th of July, 1849; that,that article, whioh has for its end to protect against culpable attacks the head of the State, issne.of universal suffrage, baa not been repealed; ‘ - “ < Applying the said artiole'to the accused, ” * Whereas, in the easel of Douniol, extenuating dr-* onmstances exist; and whereas, the provisions of Ar ticle 463 of the Penal Code are. in the terms of the De cree of the llth of August, 1848, applicable to offences of the prase; *t • Considering Article 403, • • ; *< * Condemns tho Count, de. Montalembert to six months imprisonment and a fine of 3,t00f.'; Douniol to one month’s imprisonment and a fine of l.OOOf.; de clares. that they will held jointly liable for the said fines; acquits them on the remainder of the accusation : condemns them jointly to pay the costs: and ffxes at 12 months the period of imprisonment for debt in de fault”’ * ,• ; r - • - ■ The Paris correspondent of the London Daily News ■ays: * .: “ The speeches of MVf. Berryer and Dnfaure were magnificent beyond description.'" To have heard.them 8 n .? Tea * s life* ‘ Bertyer'spoke for two hours and a half; when he Bat down, M- Villemaln approached nim, oquoesadhia hand, and said, 14 You never made a more splendid speech in yonr Ufa, either at the bar or tne tf’bane.” Among the remarkable men pres'-nt, were M.Odillon Darrot and the Doke.de and 5? ve i\. ° r ®igbt members or the corps diplomatique, M. Onaix dßat Ange, tho Procnreur General Im -5 b ®hind one of the judgae’ chairs, looking ts S a f disappointed of a rush at his prey. Atiqaette doss not allow him to speak except in the uppar or Imperial Court,” and he was forced to leave the coodno; of the prosecution with his inferior officer, A! le Procureur Imperial Oordonen. The latter nor forrnod hi* duty with a modesty becoming bis very mo i - p Regarding the trial from an artistisal point of view, the bar regretted that the Procnreur ImV penal was aotremendously overmatched. Could 0. d’Est Ange have spoken the arms of tU® combatants would have been more nearly on ag equality. The Prtcu'eur Imperial told M. da Montalembert that he had thrown France prostrato at the feet of England %nd strnck her o.nthe face. This he repeated throe times, “ Vona I’avea frappe an visage, frappe aq visage, indigoement frappe * au visage.” Berryer said that tho prosecution was ‘ HDfoundpd,-ilfc}advi6ed, and he would add, The Procureur Imperial didnotsiy anything offensive to England. M. Dufaure’a logical style of ar gnment was, perhaps, cover shown to more advantage. Berryer, who spoke fl'flt, meltodtho hearts of his hqar ere, and then Dufaure’s convinced their roa:ou. When Berryer sat down, a tremendqnb snout'or “bravo” burst forth from the loses* end of the oourt. The Pre sident thrf ’polire to turn ont any one they conid find who had cried ’ out, but they could not put their finger upon any one. Bjr John Seott Lillie saye that Count Montalembert. although a peer of France a French subject, has certain claims on this country as tho land of his birth, and probably as much claim to be a British as a French Bon lady but of ftUrttiah officor. Bir Johnadd,: To tbl.fcwt I can * fte ' “a *>»“>» of Yimefra and' “'P l9 ™. 9 ' H<bpn, in un, tV iattior too Coant ac- as d.pnt, anart«TmastQr.ganaral. the 6lh regiment, ip whi;h t then aemd, on lu much through Portugal to Almeida, a garrison on the Spanish fron tier, then occupied by French'troops, whioh we re moved to Oporto for embarkation, under the treaty of Omtra. Major Montalombert then proceeded vtfth the' Britiih army to Corunna, where, after sharing In the glories of that battle against what 1 he <snsialred toe 0 1 V® r 9t?med to Eng- lkat Count do Montalembert will appeal against the: verdict ol Qi’v TpiVflual of Oorrootional police. % - - - - TheveiuU of tho trial had called forth bitter articles rrom the press of England, and caused a alight depres slon In thei funds, both In London and Paris. ..*■ * is ssid that Pnnee Napoleon, desiring to devote himself exclusively to the Govarnment of'Algeria, is about to resign the administration of the colonies loFathe hands of the Master. oCMtriae. , Conqistory Had'resolved'on prosecqtiog M Y-enillo.t, of the Univers, for having accused the Jews of cannibalism—occasionally breakfasting or lynching on little ohtydren. The fytrie reiterates the story that the Emperor of Bussia will probably visit Paris in the spring The Bou-se was feeble ou the 2dth, but the three per cents were not lower. They closed at 74f16« for money, ! and 74f 250 for account. 1 „ SPAIN. , . A Madrid telegram el 93d annpupcaa that Senor Bos d’Olano bad Vein appointed Captain General of Cubs, bqt that QenemuoDonaivHiracuininKarana until tUo difiooltiefi with Mexico are arranged , T*h® aqqaaron destined to. act agains • tbs Riff pirates l&it Cadis on the 22d ultimo} and the second division of-the squadron destined to Act against Mexico bad, also sailed from the same, port. THE MEDITERRANEAN Late advloes report-that much damage bad been done to the shipping during the late Bet®re feather, particularly to foreign voxels No details are given. _ PaUS3IA. "ho Bank of Frankfort had redaeed Its rate of dis count from fire to four per cent. . The Prussian elections had resulted in the complete triumph of the Constitutional party The ne.vr ministry is supported by three-fourths or the deputies whose re turn is as yet hnywn. A - - , - --AU3THI4. - - ‘' } ■ -- ■ A telfgrem from Vienna, dated 26th tfawmber, an- Bounces that Important reductions in the army bad been A rumor was current that the Austr'an Cabinet had despatched a note to the Court of Sardinia the vehement polio jot the Oavoor Cabinet. _ „ w • ' ITALY* The King of Noplea Jb said to haye qepidad that aV foreigners employed' itr his States moat oaose them* selves to he naturalised. " n ' - - . OHINJI. - ' Telegrams of Ohio* news, additional to that received per Oi / of Washington, state that the Oommisaienar from ,the Imperial Government had just Arrived at Shanghae to arrange the tariff, &a,. At cantonburner* was still suspeoded.but the polit ical symptom* had become more peacefnl. The stock o.f Wh «,Canton was 800 to 500 chops of .Inferior •qaelitj*. . < - /; The exports of tea .to date shoved a deficiency oom* pared with last year of 12,000,000 pounds, and of silk the deficiency was 12,000 hales. .;, LONDON MONEY MARKET.—The anpply of money Cttutinfaed abundant, and os the Stook Exchange, owing to the Increasing abundance,'it was difficult to effect loans On any terms. They werefreely offered till Janu ary at 2 cent. Negotiations were on foot in Loudonforan Egyptian' loan of £2,000,000, but they had not assumed. any defi nite fonq. - . Messrs. Baring Bros, had formally announced the terms .or the new Chilian loan undertaken' by them. Tho sum is to be £1 554,800, at 4% & cent.; bonds at Hi,with dividend from the first of December. The funds had been dull, and Console closed weak on the 26th at 08 for money and 98V for account.' Baring’s quotation for bar ellvW la 6s lvd ; dollars, 6s OVdj and eagles, YCsSd. , - ’ Tfcte w«*kly returns of the Bank of England show an inoretfte in tho bullion of £141,414. Commercial Intelligence. LONDON MARKETS.' ' Messrs. Baring and Brothers quote the London bread stuff* market generally os steady. Sugar woafirm, at Gd advance. Coffee was also firm. Rice had advanced Brt and wis firm. Spirits of turpentine was dull at 30s Oil. LONDON MONEY MARKET. Nov. 28.—Meters. Baring and Brothers report the Lon don money market as slightly easier. Consols closed at 98. American securities were unchanged. Illinois Central R. shores wore qnotcd at 28020 per cent, dis- OOUftt. r ‘ LATEST. ' LoxDok, Saturday, Nov. 27 are quoted at 98# for money and account. LATEST LIVERPOOL MARKETS. Livanroon, Saturday, Nov. 97 —Cotton—The sales to-day up to the hour or the galling or the Persia, a*e estimated at 8 000 bales The market is flat. Bread stuffs and provisions are unchanged. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nov. 20—The Cotton market doses quiet. Baring the week the mid dling qualities have suffered a decline or l-16d, and the inferior qualities of #d. The sales of the week amount to 40,000 bales including 600 bales to speculators, and 2,60 Q bale's for expert. The sales to-day (Friday) are estimated at 6,000 bales, inoludlrg 1,000 tales to speculators and exporters. Theruiiug quotations at the elose of the market wore as follows: New Orleans Fair 7X, Middling 7: Mobile Pair 7# , Middling 6# ; Uplands Fair 7«, Mid dling The stock In port is estimated at 297,000 bales, including 216 000 bales of American. STATE OF TRADE.'—Tbt* Manchester advices con tinue to poesoss a favor abletendency. The market for yarns is quiet but steady. THE HAVRE MARKET.—New Orleans (res ordi naire fs quoted at 108 f. LIVERPOOL BRRADSTUFF3 MARKET Messrs. Richardson, Bpence, Sc do »s circular, of Pridsy eve ning, reports the Breadstuff's market generally dull. closed very dull; the prioes are somewhat bat no change is made m the quotations. 'Wheat closed dull, but steady. Corn o’osed with a declining tendency. The quota, tlons are nominal; the selling prices on Friday ranged at SQseSls Cd Western flour is"quoted at 19©205; Philadelphia and Baltimore 20021 s; Ohio 2)a245. Wheat—Red Western 4s GJ aQa 3d, white GsaGsSd. Southern6* dda 7s. Corn—mixed 25a; yellow 295;-white SOroSls 6d. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET J.The circu lars report tb at provisions generally had a declining tendency, with the exception of Lard, which was held Arm at 645. The msrkeCTor Lard was, quiet, however. Beef was heavy. Pork dull. Bacon dnll and noml nally quoted. LIVERPOOL PRODUOE MARKET—The circulars of the' Liverpool produce market report sugar firm, with a slight advance on all qualities. Coffee steady. Rico firm at 3ata advance. Rosin steady at 4s 2do4s 3d. .Spirits of Turpentire was quoted at 40s. AMERICAN SECURITIES.—Messrs. D. Ball, Son, & Co. report as follows: Ihe market for American se curities h«s been less active In Stale stocks the transactions have not been to an extent to influence prices, whioh remain without change. During the last few days one of those brief but brisk speculations, which'periodically occur lo Illinois Central shares, has in some degree relieved the general dnlnesa of the market for railr. ad securities. The priee of the shares, whioh had receded to 29, may now be quoted 28-to 2e discount. United States 6 percent 1867-’O2 103 ®lO5 Do 6per cent bonds, 1868..,...104 ®lO5 Do 6 per cent bonds,lB74 94#© 98# Alabama 6 per cert bondß 78 Kentucky 0 per cent bonds, 18G8, '72...... 91 a 93 Maryland 6 per cent etr bonds 95 » 98 Massachusetts 5 percent str bonds... 101 ©lO3 Ohio 6 par cent stock, 1880 00#a 97 Pennsylvania 5 per cent stock 82 a 84 JDo fi per cent bonds, 1877....,., 86 a 87-,* Tennessee 6 per cent bonds, divors 84 o 8G Virginia 6 por cents, 1880.................. 85 a 63 Bo 6 percent bonds, 1883..... £0 © gg Boston 6 percent bonds,divers go ©92 Illinois Ceutrnl 7 per cent, 1876 80 '© 82 Do do 0 per cent, 1876.... ~..,.. 80 ©B2 l)o do 7 per cent, Freelands, 1860 80 ©B2 Michigan Central 8 per cent. 1860 85 © 87 New York Central, 6 per cent non ot 1883 81 © 83 Bo 7percent.ooav., 1804.. 94 ©96 Do shares 70 © 78 N. Y. and Erie 7 per cent, 3d m0rt.1883.. 68 © 70 Bo shates..... 14 ©lO Panama Central 7 per ot, Ist rat. 1869 It 0 Bo do 1866... 93 © 95 Pennsylvania Cen 0 per ct., Ist iuort.lBBo.. 90 © 92 The Times or Friday says Amerloan securities closed without material alteration, and qUctessalo Pennsylva nia Central bonds, 2d iwt.C per cent, sterling at 91. From Washington. VTißHiNaTO'i.Dec. 12 —The meat Intelligence from Nicaragua has produced much exciteme t in political circles. While the hoarding of tbo steamer Washing* ton by Brit'sh officers ia discredited by some gentlemen, in high official position, others believe it, regarding it as a revival of the right of search, threatening the moat serious complication# The President trill send to the Senate this week, for confirmation, the appointment of certain officers whose oases were investigated by the Naval Courts of Inquiry. Mr. fingliih will shortly introduce in the House a bill providing for the future admission of States.into the Union. Filibuster Developments. WASHiKoroa, December 12 —The Mobile Register of Thnnday contaiua a letter signed W. R. 0, Webkter, written in New York, in April, 1857- to p irtles io Nic arsgoa, obtaiuod in Nicaragua and forwarded to Mobile for publication. It reters to the black-mailing of six teen newspapers opposing Walker; and Bays, “ I am de termined to push matters with the Cabinet io prevent the sailing ot the filibusters . The Register brads this disclosure with the words 11 Startling Develop ment!” , . Arrival of the City of Washington. gSuw You*, Deo. 12 —The sUkmabip City ot Wash ington has arrived, after a tedious tasstoe of eighteen, . •• ._tiirniinn~iw3rnwii''r i i i^.. arrivait oFrKjnpsjEs ;tayjt;6r." FURTHEEIioM-CALIPORUIA.- ■ »1>200,000 in Gold. YOBK, BflC in i-i '■*' 1 ~J arrived .lout noon, ° Mo «» left 2>n Francisco on tt, “,f “ aoi ‘f eaBßre tt « have been prtor°lrr fo r ?U City at NewOrl,ln, T - Prior »Tivai or tbe Qurter Bbo p Ma e n , BrB , aid - The principal conargneee arei» . Welle, Fargo,.* Co American Exchange Dank.... "" trI’SSX Rowland * A.n1nt.11“ ( .j... " - Taffe MeOahlll,* 00.... .V. loonSS Freeman Sc C 0..;..... I*" -MS = The overland mall of October 2Sth arrlvei .t B.„ Francisco on November loth. It had no paeeennere ' and the daws frobr the Atlantlo States had been antlell if Tehnantopeo route. European ‘ Oeteber*had been received at Hay November thB ; Tell ““l«P«<>,ytoll on the Mth of . hava'bren?.?^*?' 1 a »«»« of.OiUrorniiState warrente en iB*ued, which are not found recorded on the •/ eIJn h »°or I |mmnV. C i l '. C 0 . t ? !ltk<>ta tare been uneettlid. bnt ' ’ the fOTtnhSt" Sii‘ b '** n, ° eppear at the'close of «ie reeSnt. If JZfii * w ,“ “ebaeged and pIWUfnl. ' Anonn.ua, number of *&*«**!*&" •■tfn y l* €ra J,* W a . the action of the Bri tish officers In bearding the steam hfp Washington had been remonstrated against by Oommsoder Mclntosh.- of - the American squadron, Who stated that he wonld nob permit any more suoh visits; Departure of SeiiatorDoiiglnu/Vom New _ Orleans, Nbtt Okliass, Dec. Douglas left thla morning on the steamer Black Warrior for New York etcamßr bF the major rnd a concourse ofelt'sens.' A BSlnte of one hundred goes nss Bred and great enthu. Siasm was manifested by the people - 8 . FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The Money Market. . ijdA -- Stoeke flnetnate but little, and tbs demand does not vary greatly from day to day. ! A fair business Is daily transacted at the stock board, sni.toierp ls little 0 r no speoulation in any kinq of securities. In the esse of Ball & Grant « t the Ohio Lire In- Tro,t ° on,panJ ’ McXean, of th. yn ted States Olrenit Court, has rendered a. decision, maintaining the jurisdiction of the Doited' States Conrt over that, of th*,.Supremo Court o'r Hamilton county, and ordering the sWIS to restore the resets . P ‘ the Becsiver up. polo tod by the former court. r The Ohlcago Tribwn says a slight iqtiabbla, with no serious results, took plaoeat the Junction en Saturday as a fresh instance of “Two of a trade,” io.' Thi Chicago, Pittsburg, And Port Wayne Railroad Company, in making their new.conneetion, -used a portion of side track two rails lengths long, belonging to the Hichlgaa Sonthern Company. On Saturday, on this portion, was found located a loadedfreight ear of the latter company. It being their own ground, of couras nothing Was to W done but to build the track round the unexpected break. It was done,'hut scoompanled by some fancy swearinw among employees, and possibly among passengers of tho 0-. P., P. W. R. thus delayed. All was right jester. The St Lonis Democrat of December Bth says i. • “ The attention of Officer HoEvoy was early rifer- ‘ day morniog directed to; three man, who appeared en gaged in some nfedlbg dnterpriie. _ Their morements were so ahrewdly dfsigoed that little of a positive na- . tore oonld be learned of them. But at two P. M., one of them entered the New Oorintblan ,Bat& atoreon ß road»»y. purchased a fine hat, presented 2sh fffty-dollar bill, and received forty-roar dollars and fe- * veoty-five oents as change. The hill waa orofcMfdlW ; on the Ballroid and Banking Company £%£SS?Ga &ad T t em «b* b iy well But a lloVe sSt. digcloaed to Mr F A. CUne, who had'taken it, th*t it was counterfeit. MoEvoy was speedily upon the rogue a track, and sacaeeded in arresting him at the lower ferry, »i he,was;about stspping Sn-heard-the r^* oa^s kcoonspanied th* * star* with vary neat reluctance. At the Sppsr- station-honse hs gave his nama as James Msgfleld. /Wlien the attempt was made Vx search bUq, ha sto-anously;-resisted, and on Sin* overpowered^attempted to threw * bundle of hills into U® ? a W® fiuton were (oundforfu-iAree oft As. :■ jpfiy-dollar. counterfeits l '.They were all ©n theeame bank as named abover This is thulvgeek -hanV of counterfeit money made by police /or several months. The prisoner will probably appear for exami nation before tb« Recorder this monjing ” ; v .. A has. been recently formed in New York* which* proposes to obviate the dolays, dangers, and difficulties of the passage round Cape Horn by establish- ;: lug a line of powerful tug steamers to tow vessels from . ocean to ocean through Ike Btralts of Magellan; ant that, Pfovided the Government of OhM agrees to cer tain proposals which ihs oompnny hasalresdj addressed to them, steps will be' Immediately ‘taken to osrry th* dealgn.lnto exeoation. Tho •ooodiUona, which the company require the Chilian Government to grant, are: -1, Tho payment or anannual sotoldyof $128,00(1 for ten yearn, and then of $76,000 fo» an additional term nl ten years. . ... - s.. ► N .2., A leqso at a nominal rate of all the coal deposits at Punta Arenas, for ten years. ... .3, A grant in perpetuity of the lands reoilred lor stations along the route. 4th.. A lease for at a nominal rata, of such woed lands aa may be required for the company’s use, and a grant in perpetuity of all lands cleared by ths company. C;sth. Tba snbsidj the data of'tfiC'arrf-' ▼af of the first tag steamer at the Straits. -The projectors of the enterprlae are.very.saßghina'ot • its success, and assured of .ita hecefieial results: s They* assert Hhat the passage of tho. Btralts msy be mad* • quickly and safely hy r vessele of any tonnage, .with the assistance of Btoixn-tugs, and they ealonlate that the saving of time to vessels putlog-the Btralta, as com pared wltih doubling the Oape,”_would, on an avarage, hs fully twenty days, basing their' calculation on Lient. Manty’s statement that the average time required for rounding Gape Horn Is twenty, five days. They calcu late that the saving' of’ twenty days In interest and in Insurance on vessel and cargo, and on wear and tear of vessel. Ac., would be not less than $1,000,006. Treasury balance, December^.,...... /. I: Ji|6oi,li4 TCh Amount of receipt 5.............. 650,677 6s - piid..\...~. !,668,030'97 ' Drafts issued 2,050,103 96 Reduction.... ~„$1>699,451 af PHILADELPHIA STOOK EXCHANGE SALES, Becembsr-11, 1868. ■ IPOITID BT MAHLKt, BBOWX, 00., BAMC-IfOtl, SfOOJt, ABU BXOHARQB fIBOKBRB, lOXYSWBSV OOBBS* YSIBU ABD OHI3TMU* GTBRKTS. ; FIRST BOARD. 36 PaR (iu 10ta)... 42# 76 Nor R (in lots).. 67 10 do b 5 67 0 MlnehiU R 82 160 Long Island.... b 5 11# 'lOO do ; ;.bsll# ; 100 do b& ll# 60 do .11# 26 do ..-...-11# ; 64 Girardßk(ittlots 11V 100 Reading R..bswn 26 ■ 50 do .... ,bswn 26 60 do ..... bSwn 26 60 do ....,b&wn 26 60 do .....b6wn 26 50 • do 20 28 Com fik (inlots). 60# 3 Mechanics 8k.... £7# 10 Morris Capif.bS 108 6 do b 5 108 -TOtm State 8k.... 66 26 N Orleans Gas.. 129 1 Bear Meadow.... 69# 50 Planßk Tenn.bS IC6 t BOARDS. 1100 Long Island.... 11# 21 Me-chafe Man Bk Pittsburg 54# ’OO Reading R bj 25# iBOARD. 600 Readicg R 6a ‘B6 76 5000 Hasleton bonds. 91 1000 Susq Canal 65.. 83 Bto Cam City 65.... 99 ICOO N Penoa K 6s.bd 61# 103 N Lib Gas (in Its 39 2 Sch Nav 9** 1 do 9 - 60 N Amer In Oo.bfi 16 6 Morris Ca pref. 103 60 NPennaß 9 - 26 SchNarptf..... 17# 7 Reading B 26 8 Farm St Mech Bk 69 1000 Pan na fia .. 96 1000 do 96 600 do 98 2CO do ........ 98 600 do . ..ssirn 96 2000 City6a 0&P....,&>£ 600 do 991 T 100 do RO&F cash 99# 200 do ...'.cash 99# 1000 XI R Istm 75.. 73 2000 do 2d mt 75.. 62# 600 ’ do ea<h 63 1 2000 do Glut 10a 70 1600 do ........ 70 4000 NPaK6j..bswn 63 000 do 63 1000 do ........ 62# 6000 Catawissa R Ts. 60 2000 Ches Val R 75... 4034 3000 Susq Canal 6a ’B2 87# 1000 Sch Nav 65’32... 73 6030 do* ........ 78 1000 do ’72 66# BETWEEN SOCOBCatta Ts b 6 60 i: 600 N PenoaKO*.. 81 10000 Hasleton bonds 91 I 10 Pennaß 42#{ SECOND 1000 Pen'na 65....... 96 8.0 do 96 800 City 6s C & P.. ICO 100 do ~100 6000 Oat Chat 10j..t5 69 10C0 do 69 1000 do 69 1000 ds 7fl coup, b 4 62 1000 Sch Kav 0s >82.. 73 200 do 73 1000 Beading R Ca >B6 75 IOuO do 76 1000 do 76 1000 do 76 6000 do 76 CLOSING PRU Bid. Asked. Phiues 99# 100 do R..... 99# 100 do New. .103 103# Penna6s ;..95# 66 Reading R 26# 27# do Bda >70..84* 86 do MtgOs’44.94# 98 do do >86.74# 76 Pesuaß 42# 42# do lstm 6a...103#105# do 2dm f15..,.02# 93# MoTrisCan C0n..47# 49 ) ao Pref 107# IOS | Bchayl Nav 6s >82.73 7*#| Sch Nat Imp 6a..74 74# | [OX3—STEADY. Bid. Ashed. Sch Nav Stock... 8# 9# do Pref 17# 17# Wmsp’tfeElmß 10# 10# do 7sirtmtg.73 To do 2d 63 55. Long Island .11# 11# Girard 8ank.,....j1# 12 LehGoalfe Nav...6o# 60# Lehigh Scrip 29 33 N Teona R...... 8# 9 do 6s 68 tB# I New Creek # # [Catawissa R..., 8# 6# [Lehigh Zinc..... 1 l# NSW YORK STOOK BX< [CHANGE—December 11. > BOARD. BBOOSO 7000 Virginia 0s 97# OOOCO Missouri Ca- s6O 89# 1000 Brooklyn O WL 102 IOOOIIIOenUMs 91# 6000 LaOr&Mil LGbs 27 5000 do 26# ICO PaoMSSOo s3o£o • 60 do b6O 90# 600 do 99# 100 do 90# 03 Second Av R 102 600 N Y Oeo R 84 100 do SCO 83# 100 do b3O 84 100 do beo 84 100 Erie H bCO 17# 100 do 17# 90 Beading R ’6l# 200 do . b 5 61# | 500 Reading R *lO 61# UO do b 5 51 # liOOlev&Jol R b6O Sl# 100 Ohio A Rlridß 61# IRO Brooklyn City R 118.. 200 MicSofeN I&Rgtf 20# 100 do s3O 2« # 100 do gd atk 48 100 do teo 43 100 do too 47# 100 do s7O 48# 160 do t 33 43 100 do 160 43# 20 Panama R HO# 50 Gal A Chic R s3O 73 100 do 73# 50 do 73# ISO do slO 73 ;60 do 78 PHILADELPHIA MARKETS, Deo. 11—BvKJttHQ— Breads!uffa continue about the same. The Plour mar ket Is unchanged, but very quiet to-day, the demand being to supply the home trade, who b.-yiniots as wantedatssl2#©s 37# for superfine, $5 44®5 76 for extras, $5 87#®6 60 for extra ftmlly, ands 6 76©7 & bbl for faney brands, as In quality. There is no demand for shipment, and standard brands are held at onr lowest figures. Nothing doing in Com Meal, and Pennsyl vania is held at $3.25 bbl. Rye Flour—Sales of 160 bbl* have been made at $1 & bbl. ’Wheat—The mar. ket is steady, but there is not much doing, and only about 4,500 bushels found buyers at 128 c for prime reds, auA132©1360 for fair white, ineluding 1,600 bushels of tholatter (Western) at our lowest figures, and a small lot of oholce .Kentucky at 1480 Rye is wanted at 89c, but there is none offering at that prioe. Corn** is in- steady ' demand, a«d further siles - of 9000 , bushels are reported at 68370 c for New Penn- ' sylvsnia and Southern Yellow, the latter for prime dry lots afloat, including 1,000 bushels old and new mixed • at 72c, and 600 bushels do 'White at OfiOc Oats are rath - et dullto*day; there are but few offering, and Southern are worth 450 and Pennsylvania 460. Bark—There is ' little or no demand for Quercitron, and a small sale only reported at $29 for first No which is a. decline. Cotton—The mai-ket is firm, but not very active, and a few small lot* only.have .been, disposed of at fully for. mer rates. Seeds—There ia a steady-demand for Clo*. verßeed, and but little good seed offering most of it. being held above the views of buyers, and a few small ' lots croly have been disposed of at $6.6036 70 bushel, and the latter for prime. Groceries aid'Provirione— There is not.much doing, and no changes to noticeja the nmket,*-farther sales of the former are making at-- . 20#3ll#bf le'Rlo Orff«e, and 7#©Bc for New Orleabal Sugar, on time, j/Whiskey—The market laaboutAt*.: tlonary; bbls sell slowly at 20c for Chic, 26c for Penn* 'K> eylrauU, 24# 0 for and 28#o for drudge,
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