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AnauHTiNK J. ■ -'MdOoxoiir—Tns Baiabim oi Mobioal Anisia— ’ '" A JS’RKDICriON” Tow.HK.ND Habbis, Consul 1 GeNbBAL TO JArAN—PALHIB, IHB fiOOLPTOB— -1 , II ON- FIjVrARD XtBBATT ABO.’IBB HXW Y«BX Lkeqeb, BIO.’ • ■ ’ ~. JIBWS. : TBB’LAIESI NBWB . od, and, after .looking the bonse over, they left. , .If the .white.. people .of Oberlin do not restrain .those/hegroes from siioh lawless sets, there Will be ... worse trouble than that -arising from resouing fugitives.” , ’ , It is intimated in a letter published in the Bos - ton Admrtittr that Senator Sumner, who was, not . - long-sinbs, In England, had something to do with . Lord Napior’s reeatl. It is asserted that Mr Snm . nor,..before his.departnre for Europe, aerionsty - disagreed with Lord Napior, who bad been one of i hie easiest friends; the ground of difference being the policy ascribed to. the British minister, of ... paying oourt.to. the pro-slavery influences in polities and social life in Washington. - - An- iojanotton - was' granted ’ by' the’ Supreme Court, yesterday, on’ the prayer of the mother of a half ,orphan, restraining,the dirootora of Girard - College from admitting twenty-one whoio orphans Into that institution. 1 It is probable, therefore, that tho word "orphan” in Mr. Girard’s will will .. now. W judicially interpreted, and it will be defi > .nltely. determined .Whether the benefits of his . - mhnlfieent beqnest should be extended to those ohlldren’who here lost both parents, or also to . : thoee who have lost only .one. ~ ’. . ~;The. trial of the AUibone and Newhali oase was -. con tinned in tho Court of Qnarter Sessions yester-. ■ day.- -The-.following witnesses ware examined: . Mr. Taylor, Charles H. Eisher, Mr. HaversUek, „ , and H, G. Steliwegon. . . The late General Rnlun Welch. We desire to draw especial attention this morn ing to an.advertisement Inanotheroolumn, an nonnoingthoperforraanceato takoplaoo, to-night, .at the Rational Clioas,,Walnut street.' Mr. I/, B. Xent, the lessee, has liberally placed his establish ment, and all its resonrees and aids, at the service of a Committee lately organized to raise a fund for the ereotlon of a monument over the remains of the late Rufue Welch. Thera are several vo lunteers who will also perform. Their names are stated in the programme. The performances pro mise ’to .he of the most attractive oharacter, with a great deal, of pleasant variety ; and the object of this entertainment ought to rooommeud it to piibllo favor. Wo have not the sllghteat doubt, that tho National Olroua will bo eompletoly filled, and wa trust 'that the publle, when on op portunity oeours, will show Mr. lout how highly his liberality is appreciated by-them. ' 'll ' i>EimAߣE ! Bronß—We luyite'attontlon to the Announcement in another oolumn of a store to : lot, No. 523 Aroh stroet. This store is ono of the most,desl'rahle’bus.lneW properties In the olty. ■ iiitraA ytnnißtn Real Estate, Mobtoaoes, OnonHn ltßnTs, Bank Stocks, Ac.—Thomas & Boßs’ sale' on- .Tuesday next; 21st inst., wlll oom prlse a very, large amount and variety o'f property, f by,ordor of /trqatoef/oxeo’utow/ asd others, inoln ;,ding Jones’ Hotel, Ohaetuuh street, ooal lands; , farms, • An,. Bee advertisements. , T r; Walhct-stbkbt . Re»id*kcb ard IhBy «ell on the premises, on Mon -I^jJ'ib6roiag;nmt V; !2oth,lnßL, tfio .ejegant resl :V;i4«Bo'o and furniture,l32l Walnut street. ' May be' i rexanrinOd on Friday and Saturday ,bet*een tbo '-touraofldand.ao’olook.^^^, * lonnos Books.— Salo tUs|TovoialjigrjlnpiudJng a, number'of , elegnnUy.iliustraied Works, some of tbo tost works jnitbe'bataloguoi''! s.j>;r-. i j %X‘H ■" j Elkoxiokofßk cToap okTh iitity Church.— •SMHW *•*>' VtjMuilli UitUn, of l«« -1 B luring m«<(o no «xo»U*nt « Mlec. t f; .«ss»,* pltMlng BiirtU, fa nelliaiooUted to sttndt' Odmfojitra-, ¥-• VttoprtM. ehttrch. no doObt- vriU-.i* 1 fa or- th* mtti pofmlar Intbo oltfi r -vc •; ... ...... i«- r .Q r . J . e^iy-c.,;;.j,g j : ?•? f Q<»uflTKitmi , i*sP(ir.!jfltopkqep9rB,.tffll ‘ »R*w.coaotMt*l| HO noW 00 tko" rt WimlogtM.uid-BruMnrliisßus, whlik wu put In ■ obTulitiofa'jrlterilßLy. It hM tbs word uTiu" printed . .County Repudiation. In an editorial article, published a .few weeks ago, we made some remarks on tho re cent decision of the Supreme Court relative to the bonds given % Allegheny county, in payment of snbacriptiona to what are called outside railroads. It Was onf pnrposo to show that Government and corporation bonds, when made payable to bearer, have, by uni versal usage, acquired a commercial character, and. pass, by, -mere delivery, to a bona fide holder for vaiuo, discharged of all equitable defences existing between the original parties. All the cases, entitled to respect show that this is the general rule of law. Two circum stances, must cononr to establish their nego tiable character: Ist. They must be expressly made payable to bearer. 2d. They must he instruments which fall within'the established usage. For it is upon the double ground of express contract and established usage that their negotiable character rests. Those were the grounds reliod upon in the case of the bonds issued by the King of Prussia, which were held to he negotiable—Gorgier vs. Mio yillo, B. Barnwell & Cresswell’s Reports, and , token to the Sixth-ward station house, whttehe will have ah opportunity of drying his clothes preparatory to making bit appearance before the t]dermaa this mcralng. fhe Great Wine Sale* From’ll A. M. to 2£. M. yesterday, oonhois geurs in Madeira had an exciting time at the Auotiin Rooms' of Messrs. M. Thomas A Sons. For there was, in this, interval, a general tasting, which occupied one lionr, and the sale of the fa mous Madeira constituting the privato stook of tho into Joseph Gratz,.Esq,, whose judgment in alt varieties of that vintage has generally been ad mitted to have been very eorreot. The tasting took plaoo from 11 to 12. If any unsophisticated individual should foolishly fanoy that there was the remotest approximation to wine-bibbing, in this tasting, he would find him self mistaken. The samples of fifty lots were eon .tained in just as many pint bottles, and eaoh person really had only a taste— just a taste, and no more. Bottled snnshine and heart’s-delight like this was not lavished. It was' oarefully doled out iu tiny glasses, suoh as little May and Bmnll Annie place upon the board at the make-believe parties of their dolls—glasses wbioh seemed liko the small great-grandohildren of our ordinary wine glasses— glasses whioh, at the greatest, would hold no more than thimbles’ fall, and whioh Mr. Ellis (taking his ooat off to perform that very laborious duty) did not half fill! Thero was a run on somo par tionlar samples, and we wondered hew Mr. Ellis contrived to meet all demands, in thoso oases. On tho oontrary, many samples were untasted. The attendance was oonsiderablo, inoludlng, in<- deod, the elite of the dinner-givers and wlne fanoiers in tho oity, with Mr. Coohrane and a few other first-olass dealers. About one hundred persons were present in all. It was known that every article in tho catalogue was good—first olass, indeed—and that Messrs. Thomas had steadily rejeoted all suggestions and propositions to sell any other stook, of any description, on this oooaslon At the famous Bntler-wine-'sale, in Juno, IS3B, some genoral stook belonging to others was sold after Mr. Butler’s wines had boen dis posed of. The bidding for the first lot showed hew the prices would be. Mr. M. Thomas, Sr., officiated in the rostrum, qnd took the first bid exaotly at 12 minutes after 12. The first lot, consisting of two demijohns, eaoh of four and a half gallons, of “ G- J. 20 A Grape Juloo, Imported 1830,” brought S4l per demijohn—equal to $9 per gallon. The bidding prooeeded. after this, varying very little, until there came ten demijohns, eaoh of four gal lons, of “ Exquisite Grape Juice, No. 18, 0., vintage 1834, from Oievena A Davios.” After somo spirited'opposition the lot was knooked down to Mr. Oharles Maoalestor, stock-broker, at $7O per demijohn. The lot oonsisting of forty gallons, oosthtm $7OO, or oxaotly $l7 60 per gallon. Another pretty stiff parohase was $5O for a four-gallons-and-a-holf demijohn of “ Gfape Juice, Imported by Simon Grata, ef a vintage prior to 1834.” A demijohn of “W. F., 1800, Panl Book, F.,” containing three gallons and a qnarter, brought $4O, whioh was considered rather a low price. A four-gallon demijohn of ” Butler wine, No. 18, pnrohased by Mr. Grata, at the sale of the Butler wine, in 1838,” and forwhieh he paid $155, was here sold and obtained by Mr. Tiernan for SBO. That is, in 1838, Mr. Grata gave $155 for this wino, whioh he did not use. It then eost him $39 per gallon. The twenty-years simple interest upon this investment, at six per oent., would bo SIBB. Therefore, the demijohn aotually oosts $341, or at tho rate of $B5 a gallon. The present pur chaser has it for $2O a gallon. There was a single lot of Golden Sherry, thirty seven gallons in all, (imported from England in 1826, bottled 1837; fined in cask 1848,) whioh brought a trifle less than $5 a gallon. Two half gallon Magnums of Madeira wine, imported by' John Holmes In 1807, brought s22—pretty stiff price for fi gallon of wino. Thirty-five bottles of Madeira, one of Teneriffe, and one of Sherry, went at $2 a bottle, whioh was cheap. The Whiskey went a trifle over $l2 a gallon. A lot of empty demijohns brought forty-two and a half oents eaoh. The sale was onded at five minutes past two, when several of the oompany came forward and congratulated Mr. Thomas on the sacoess of his labors. From a rough calculation whioh we have made, we estimate the gross rooeipts of this sale at something over six thousand Jive hun dred dollars. Wo should be happy, with such figures before us, to hoar any one say that we Philadelphians aro a distressed community. If they are, Mr. Thomas iaa wonderful wizard inhis ability to get so much money from them, in a couple of hours. BY MIDNIGHT MAIL. liCtters from Washington* {Qomspo&donee oi The Press,] Washington, Dec.,ls, 1858. Tbo admission of Oregon into tbo Union as a so* Toroign State is likely to prodaoo a new illustration of tbe favorite Administration theory that the Kansas question is definitively settled. There is not an argument in favor of admitting Oregon that does not more pointedly apply to Kansas. No one pretends that Oregon has a sufficient population, or that Kansas haa not a larger population than Ore* gon. Kansas has been olamorlng for admission as a State for years—Oregon Is only a reoent applicant. Oregon has taken no census—Kansas is bound to* take one. A law prescribing conditions to Kansas is on the etatate-book, bat none as to Oregon. Why this odious disorimination-^—Who can. uu f" la it heoanse-tbe Oregon politioians endorsed Le compton, and the Kansas politicians rejected it ? 1 Now the propriety of admitting Oregon is un doubted ; but as tbo Administration makes it a test to admit hor alone, and to keep Kansas out, though the latter should long ago have beon ad mitted, onothor ombarrossing caeo is made for the popular judgment. llow can any party succeed which ooxnmits itself to such a programme as this ? What sort of canvass would any Northern man make with tho now burden to oarry, of hav iog admitted Oregon with a less population than Kansas, only in order to gratify the malignity of one man, and the select few who surround and rule him to the overthrow of tho most substantial interests of the country ? The Riohmond Enquirer has a EeVcre editorial review of the message of the President, in whioh it denounces with muoh force the leading positions of that document, foreign and domostio. The President has lost his prestige in the South almost as completely as he has forfeited the respeot of the North. Nearly every Democratic paper in the South attaoks him for his deolar&tion in favor of speciflo duties, and not a few ridloule and snub him. Others are silent, and the “ general run ” applaud Mf. Oobb to the eoho. Tho great trouble in ftlr. Cobb’s way, ever sinoe ho ran against the regular organization of tho Democratic party of Georgia, in 1851, as a oandidate for Governor, was the resulting hostility to him on the part of the fLro-eaters. To be restored to their good gT&oes seems to have been his subsequent leadlDg objeot. He has made two (< advanoe steps” in that direc tion : one by his desertion of the dootrlne of popu lar sovereignty, and the other by his public attaok upon the President’s tariff views. lam not sur prised to see the disunlonists of the South speaking so warmly in his favor. He deserves thoir applause. He has fairly oarrled the South a\Vay from his chief, having first assisted him to lose the North. Do not be very much surprised if Mr. Cobb is the oandi date for the Presidenoy of tbe extreme South at the Charleston Convention. He has unquestiona bly played a shrewd gamo alike upon the Presi dent in offioe and those who havo been wanting to get into the Presidenoy. J. Glancy Jones is here, danoing attendance upon theSenatOa The story that anybody herb is laboring to have him rejeoted is, of oourso, Con sense. He may fall through a blundor of his own, for his career has been one grand mistake; but I do not think he will be deliberately attacked. A case oould be made out against him easily enough) if it were advisable; but as there is a general dis position that he should leave the oountry for the country's good, he will be permitted to pass. I happen to know that tho President will gladly hear that tbe ship oontaining this precious bargain has finally left our happy shores. Late news indicates that the Paraguay War Will be a bloodless one; that the expedition will find no one to fight them, and that Lopez waits tho armada with “serene indifforenoe.” It has cost about a million already, as I understand. Dougins' s trip to the Boiith has“ astonished the natives.'* Even his Worst opponents admit that his reception was as enthusiastic as that of Mr. -Clay or General Jaokson. The fact is—and this last evidence establishes it for tho hundredth time —thopooploof the South havo been used for years by a set of schooling aspirants, Prcsident-huhtbrs, courtiers, political gamesters, Tho foar begins to impress itself upon us hero - that the Danites, backed by Federal patronage ■ and Federal money, will leave no means untried, however infamous, to kill off Douglas in tho Illi nois Legislature. Let them succeed, and Mr. Douglas have snatohed from his brow the laurel* whioh the people of Illinois instructed their re presentatives to plaoe there, and there is no ; power whioh can withhold from him, in 1860, the higher honors of the Presidency. The indigna • tion against Mr. Buohanan will, of necessity, be intense—and so it should be. The Cabinet held a oounoii yesterday, and it is stated that it had mainly under consideration - Central American affairs. That üßtil tho Clayton and'Bulwor Convention is abrogated there wlllbe differences, dissensions, and bad blood botweeir England and the United States, no sane man* can donbt. It has been construed, explained, and inn terpreted tlmo and again. Treaties are supposed to settle olearly oertain points of agreement be tween the contracting parties, yet In this instance the treaty appears to be the hot-bed of quarrels and disagreements. If the Monroe dootrlne mean! anything; if General Cass was slncero, and ex pressed tho Administration views in his letter to Mr. Lamar, our minister to Nicaragua; and if wo are really not to yield quietly to the obstructions attempted to be thrown in tbo way of communion- tion between oar Eoetern and Western poMMClon., by the way of the Ischmoan Crossings, then the pretensions of England to a protectorate of the San Juan river, and--of the States of 2floaragna and Costa Rioa, ought stornly to he rejeoted and resist ed ; and this, I learn, has hoen the determination of the Administration. Correspondence end ashing for apologies, after insult and wrong to bur ship ping, are ohild’s play that has too long been en dured. It would please our people much more. I think, aa.lt_o6rtalnln ~/‘-ia a.-wnmoaThcre, including the two houses, if Gore Ouseley and the Valorous and the Leopard were all sent to the bottom. British men-of-war stopped our ships only a few months ago In the Gulf, brought them to with shot, visited and searched them upon the ooast of Cuba, and hardly ont of sight of the shores of Florida i.and yet for this we were satisfied with apologies. This game bos gone on sinoe and before the war of 1612, and it is again In praotioo. Wo oertainly will lose, or ought to loso, all re speot as a nation, If the whole question is not now and forever definitely settled. ■ The disoussion of the resolutions recommenc ing the impeaobment of Judge Watrous his given the Houso and the country several able and interesting speeches. Judgo Chapman, of thb Bucks oounty district of Pennsylvania, opened the debate in a epeeoh of unusual force and oloarness. It was a Bourse of prido to Pennsylvanians to watoh bow the members olnstored about him and bow olosely and attentively tboy listened to bis arguments,'whlob wore subtle, oompaot, and ex pressed in elegant and accurate languago. Letter lrom New York. [OorreupcDdence of The Press. KawToax, Deo. 18, IS6B. Tbo Roman Catholic Church bas Just sustained the loss of ono of her ripest scholars and ablest orators— the Rev. John Larkin—who died suddenly, of apo plexy, on Saturday last. He was an Englishman, and fellow pupil of Cardinal Wiseman. Early In life he entered the Society of Sulpicius, but alter Wards be oame a Jesuit, Id which* he was noted for his attain ments. He was the author of several text-books muoh used in the Jesuit colleges, and was for several years employed as visiter among the houses of his order—on office whloh ranks next to that of general of the Whole society. He was several times designated as a proper person for the episcopate, and at ooe time was chosen bishop of Toronto, but deolinod, and his resignation, after mnch difficulty, was accepted by the Pope. He was a fine ofator, and his language was a model of ele gance and purity. In private life he was noted for gentleness, benevolenoe, and sweetness of manner—a truly good man. BUtch ! stitoh ! stitch ! just now forms one of the excitements of trade—the sewing maohine business having increased to an extent almost incredible. Du ring the last three months, Singer A Co., and oro7or A Baker, sold nearly three thousand maohines, and Whoeler A Wilson sold, la tbe month of November, 2,700. Everybody is buying them. Wherever there are over two babies In a family a machine pays; and even the daintiest ladles of wsalth and fashion are get ting to use them both for the amusement of the thing as well as for its utility. The Englishman Elliott, who left England last win ter without arranging sundry matters of business with the commissariat, and was Bnbsequently arrested nereat the suit of the British Government, is again to be before the courts. Some time since the Judges of our Supreme Court decided that he was properly detained, npon whloh he confessed judgmont to tbe full amount ho was charged with having embezzled. His counsel have now taken out a writ of habeas corpus, returnable to-mor row before Judge Rußaell. There is more mystery and complication In the Can cemlcaso. A man named Kimball having made affi davit that Mr. Lane, ono of the jurors, had aided Oan oemi by lending him money for the purpose of endeavor ing to effect Mr. Lane makes a counter affidavit, denying the allegation in toto, and supports it by the affidavits of all his follow-jurymen, who swear that from the outset of their deliberations Mf./L'. was In favor of a conviction Tor murder. The question is, what Is Mr. ftlhlbali driving at, and what next? The Gouldy family have all loft the hospital, fully recovered, with tbe exception of one of tho servant girls. A more extraordinary case has never occurred. On the day of the butchery the physicians declared that not one of the victims could survive twenty four hours. Now, all are alive and about,save the would be p&rrloide, who fills the grave of a suicide! Judge Douglas and wife are expected to arrive in the steamer from New Orleans, due on Sunday. The Staten Islanders are beginning to have some idea of what It oosts to keep up the present military occupation, sod the tAX-payers of the connty manifest not a little interest in the question: Who is to pay— the county or the State? The expenses charged up, ■0 far, including oost of buildings burned, military, health officer’s damages, Ac., amount to the snug little sum of $408,600. The Sixtieth Annual Report of the Treasurer of the New York Fire Department Fund presents It as being in a very flatterlug condition. During the year past the amount disbursed for benevolent purposes was f 12,900. Receipts during same period, $44,791. It is expected that a grand entertainment, or opera, for which Ploco lomini has volunteered her services, will soon take place for the benefit of the fund. We have a fresh paragraph relative to Mrs. Ounniag ham. A correspondent ot the Rochester Huron, writ ing from this city, says that u Mrs. Cunningham, of Burdell murder notoriety, and her two daughters, are living in an elegant man sion in Twenty-third street, and apparently in eaey circumstances. They give parties occaa’onally, and (the head of the family,’. It is said, was visible at the opera the other eveoing. Augusta was married re cently to a young Southern planter, and UeleD, It is understood, is in a fair way to follow her example. “Uncle Tom ” has come to town again—the drama of that name having been performed last evening at Button’s, with Cordelia Howard as Little Eva, and pretty Ada QUften as Klizft. Letter ftom ‘‘Trueaxe.” WisniKoroH, Deo. IS, 1858. THE LATEST NEWS BY TEIiEGRAPH. THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, Second Session* U. 8. Capitol, Washington, Dec. 15. SENATE. Various memorial were presented or but little Im portance, with the exception of one from the Convention of Ironmasters, which met in Philadelphia, December £0,1849, on which Senator Oambuon, of Pennsylvania, addressed the Senate, showing the tables prepared bj Ihb Secretary ef* the Treasury, that ad valortm duties on iron are alike oppoaedto the interests of Government and the consumers of foreign iron snd steel. He demonstrated, his position from elaborate statis tics, that tbe iron manufacture gives sn impetus to our agricultural end commercial interests. The manufac ture of a thousand tons of pig iron employs seventy men,, or, with their families, supports three hundred and flf tr persona—earning annually twenty-one thousand dol lars. The present manufacture of a million of tuns represents immense and varied agricultural, comujK clal, and financial interests. He quoted certiflcafifs from Philadelphia and Boston machinists, showing that the loir price of foreign iVon is not advantageous to their business, which is better when all branches of in dustry are aotive. The prices of British iron fluctuate greatly: for instance, the quotations for pig iron at Glasgow have fluctuated from thirty-three dellirs ($33) to ten and a hall dollars ($lO 60;) and for bar i*ou from sixty-nine and ahalf dollars ($69 50) to twenty-Qve dol lars ($25 ) How, then, can we justify th system of duties which is liable to such fluctuation and uncertainty ? Besides, ad t 'ahum duties induce the import of in ferior iron, which has been tbe cause of accidents on railroads—weanng from fifteen to seventy per centum, while good American iron wears only oao per cent. Mr, Cameron saw no remedy but tbe establishment of a specific duty. An ad valorem duty of thirty por centum on the average New York market prico for the paßt fivo years, gives nine dollars and ninety-six cents ($9 96) per ton. Ironmasters will be content with a specific duty of nine dollars per ton for pig end eighteen dollars per ton for bar Iron The memorial presented by Mr. Oambron was ordered to be printed. Among the petitions presented was one from a Mr. Wright, bookseller on Broadway, New York, asking Congress to purchase and circulate gratuitously a large edition of the Bosk of Mormon, ■ The Senate declined to call up Mr. Ollngman’s reso lution for tbe abrogation of the Olayton-Bulwer treaty by a vote of 24 yeas to 25 nays. After an ineffectual attempt to take up the Paoiflo Railroad bill—the rote being 24 yeaa to 24 nays—the Senate went into executive session. After an executive session of three hours, the doors were re-opened, and the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr- OonißB. of Massachusetts, gave notice of his in tention to Introduoe a bill .to modify the tariff law, and Impose specific duties on Iron aud other articles to which that principle oan be applied. Mr. Maryland, Introduced s joint resolu tion to be passed with a view to obtain a modification or reduotlon of the duty on American tobacco by for eign Governments, Referred to the Committee on Ag riculture. The consideration of the Watrous impeachment ease was resumed. Mr. Stbpoesb, of Georgia, said that this was the first time an attempt had been made to impeach & fe deral officer for corruption—a fact which could not bo applied to any other country.' The impeachment must not only b,o for an offenco, bat for a high crime and misdemeanor, and tbe House must first determine the offence accordiog to the principles of the common law. If true, as the Spencer memorial says, that Judge Watrous became secretly and fraudulently Interested in a land claim with the purpose of litigating It in his own Court. It would be corruption, «nd tho cha-ga should forthwith be Investigated by the Senate. He, howover, bad failed to see one whit in the evidenoe establishing such a faot. Nor was it true that Judge Watrous concoiled his interest in certain land cases pending in his own coart, for four years, uotil he was detected. Tbe man. whether high or low, who would deliberately slander another, he would not believe on his oath. Messrs. Oraicb of North Carolina, Millbo* of Vir ginia, and Rbaoak of Texas, interposing, made expla nations, which, however, did not satisfy Mr. Stephens, who, in the course of his remarks, said tbat if Judge Watrous made errors in his rulings they could have been corrected by appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Houston, or Alabama, said that tbe resolution heretofore reported from a portion of the Judiciary Committee that Judge Watrous ought to be impeached, did not pass upon the gailt or Innocence of the aoealed. That was for the Senate, the only competent court to decide the question. He argued that an offence must not necessarily be suoh aB is indictable at law iu order to bo an impeachment, and cited in support of his argu ment the case of Judge Pickering, dismissed from his office, the chargo against him being drunken neas'on the bench. * The resolution pending was in favor of the impeach ment of Judge watrous, for whioh the House, by a vote of 111 yeas to 92 nays, adopted a substitute setting forth tbat the testimony takeo before the Judiciary Committee in tbe cue of Judgrf fVatrous is insufficient to justify articles of impeachment againßt him for high crimes snd misdemeanors. The resolution, as thus amended, was)thon agreed to, by a vote of 113 yeas against 80 nays. Mr. Botox, of South Carolina, ca'led up the report made by tbe Committee onEiectionsat the last session, setting forth, that in consequence of the tumults, riots, intimidations, and injustice at the elections hold in f November, 1857, in the Third Congressional district or Maryland, the said election was an UDfair one, snd ahoold therefore be declared void, snd the Bpeaker be requested to notify the Governor of Maryland of ihe face. Mr. Botob offered a resolution admitting Mr. . White (who contests the right ,of Mr. Harris to the “scat) to the floor of the House during the consideration of the subject, with the right to speak. Pending the consideration of the resolution, the House adjourned. Executive Session of the United States Senate-Confirmation of Appointments hy the President—Tne Cluna and Ja . pan Treaties Ratified. Washington, Deo. 35.—The Senate, in executive session, disposed of much business to day. Tne ap pointmeotof O. N. Fine,editor of the Chicago Herald , was confirmed as U. 8. marshal for tbe Northern Dis trict of Illinois. All the Illinois appointments which were made during the recess of Congress were confirmed without Oppori tion, together with the appointments made in other States. .The treaties with China and Japan were ratified. The appointments of Hon. William Preston, as Minis ter to Spain ,* General Ward, of Georgia, os Minister to China; and Hon, J» Glanoy Jones, as Minister to Austria, were also confirmed. On the eotflrmaiion of the last-named appointment there was a party divirion on the Vote Washington Adairs. Washington, Deo. 16.—There is ndw mifch less ap prehension of thmble With OrMt Britain than Was an ticipated when tho intelligence was first received re specting the reeent events in Central America. The rumois that the President intended sending Congress a war meciige are not well founded. The Administration has stilt under consideration this important subject, and its most prominent friends say that its action will be such as will meet tfce reasonable expectations of the douotfy. The correspondence called for by the resolu tion of the Committee of Foreign Affairs Was sent to the House to-day, and will be presented to-morrow, until whioh time it will not be accessible. It is known, however, from the'despatches of Commodore Molntosb, that after the steamer Washington was boarded by the British officers, he demanded an explanation, whan Captain Oldham disclaimed any intention to exercise tho right bf search, raying that he had merely boarded the Washington to get the .news, And after it was known that an English Government officer wan'amongthe passengers. Iu other words, they bad mefely made the usual friendly visit, the same as our own officers make to British veesols Sir William Gore Ouseley and his secretary explained the matter pretty much in the same way. Tbe prominent fact oc curs, however, In the correspondence, that Great Bri tain exercis'S a protectorate over the Mosquito king dom. Bir Gore Ouetfoy’s secretary sild that Great Britain hod kbmdoned the right of search, and that, therefore, tbe visit was not made under it It is fur ther stated that a meeting was hold at Greytown, when the inhabitants resolved tbat they would maintain their independence, and applied te Sir Wm Gore Ouse ley to assist them in so doing. He informed them that the propcsitien should receive due consideration in the proper quarter, and tbat justice should be done to all parties. Commodore Mclntosh thinks the explanation of tbe British visit to the Washington satisfactory, frank, and fair. The fieri rurgeon reporti the health or the Commo dore suoh tbat he should no longer remain on the elation. The United States Supreme Court* Washington, Dec. 16—No. 282 Andrew Lawrence ns. Hiram A. Tucker. An appeal from the decision of the Circuit Court of the Northern District of Illi nois. Tbo causewas ordered to be dismissed with costs. No. 19 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs Eliza Kohnes’ exeeutors. Argument condoled Tor plain tiffs. ' No. 21. Benjamin Ford w. John S. and Herman Wil liams. Argument for both sides. No. 22. Thos. Logget, Jr., et at. vs. Benjamin G. Humphreys. Argument commenced for appellants and concluded for appellee. Emigration to Northern Mexico* Washington, Dec. 15.—The Southern papers state that Colonel Lookrldge is at presont on a visit to Natchez, Mibb., directing attention to Northern Mexi co, with a view to the peaceful emigration thither of those who would take interest in its future political and social welfare. Arrival of the Mall from New Mexico. THE W AK WITH THE NAVAJOK INDIANB REPORTED MASSACRE OF A MAIL PAItTY BY THB CAMANCHES, AC. Bt. Louis, Deo. 16 —The New Mexico mall, with dates to ihe 22d ult, reached Independence on the 12th Inst. The news from Fort Deflanoe is furnished by this ar rival. Mr. Yoflt, the editorial correspondent of the Santa F* Gazette, says that tho Navojoe war will not be closed this winter, and pcobablv n«it for years, and that, if the work of desolation continuos, the Indians cannot faU to be thrown back at least ten years in the march of civilization. It is reported that the out-going mail party from Al boqae'qie to Nesho, hare been massacred by the Oa mtnches on the Plains. Nothing baa been heard of the mail party that le't Neosho for Albuquerque on October 15th. Kansas Gold Mines. iBAVRNiroRTn, Dec. 12. via Sr L r uia, Deo. 15 —The Times has advices from tne Kansrs gold mines to No* retsber 8. • Mining operations had been generally suspended. The narnber of persons at the mines ready to com* mefcce operations in tho rprlngwaa estimated at one thousand. Ajessrs. IlemmiDgray 4t Oo , bankers, of this oity, yesterday made a shipment of gold dust to New York. Sailing or the Enropa. Boston, Deo 15—Tho royal mail steamship Europa sailed at half past one o’clock this afternoon for Lltct pool, via Halifax, with $BO,OOO in specie. The Union Telegraph JOliic Closed by injunction* Portland* Me. Dec. )s.— The Union Telegraph line, recently opened betwcon this city and Boston, and which was announced as the commencement of an opposition to the American line to Halifax, was per emptorily closed to-day by aa injunction from the Uni ted States District Court, for an infringement of the rights of the Maine Telegraph Company. The Expected Steamer Arabia. SACXfILLU, N. 8., Deo. 15—9 o’clock P. M.—The telegraph line is down between Truro and Halifax, N. S There were no signs of the steamship Arabia at the latest advices received this afternoon, and it was not thought probable that she would arrive till to-mor row. when the line will be repaired. The Arabia was to sail from Liverpool on tho 4th in stant, and she will bring one weok’a later advices. Tlje Sennte Committee on Printing;. Washington, Decemborlß.—Tho Vioe President has appointed Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, on the Senate Prlntldg Committee, in place of Mr Ollngman, who resigned the post. Arrival of the Overland California Mail. Bt. Loots, Deo. 16.— I The overland (Jallfornin innil, which left San Francisco on the 18th ult, has arrived. Six passengers left San Francisco In the mail stage, but only one came through, tho remainder having stopped at different points on the route. The Eighth Congressional District of Koqtiicky* Wasdinoton, Deo. 1C. —Tt is stated that Hon James B. Olay. Representative in Congress from the Eighth district of Kmtucky, has written a letter deollnlng to bo a candidate for re-election. ; Rise in the Ohio Hirer* Oikoinnati, Dec 16 —The river has risen ten feet since yoSterdiy. Ship News* New Orlbins, Deo. 14.—Arrived—ship Ann P, Schmidt, from Liverpool; bark 3aone, from Rio. THE OOURTS4. THE ALLIBONE ANB NEWHALL CASE. EIGHTH DAY. [Reported for The Press ] Quarter Sessions —Judge Thompson. Mr Longbe&d. Before proceeding with the regular business ot the court, may it rlcave your Honor, I de sire to correot a statement which I mode yesterday, and which I regret did unintentional'injustice to a very respectable gentleman in this community. Jn the jjourae of yesterday’s di*cus»ie»n upon a question of evidence which arose, an allusion was made by my learned friend, Mr. Brewster, to a defalcation, or over draft, wbioh had been discovered in the finances of the Bank of Pennsylvania, some four or five years since, as a case analogous to the one in point; in reply to which I argued that it was a matter of fraud, in the instance to which he referred, between the depositor and the teller, in allowing that depositor to overdraw his ac count, and, therefore, by no m*aos analogous. The very estimable gentleman, Mr. Whiteman, who wss teller at the time referred to, feels somewhat sore and aggrieved by Euch a statement, and as I made that re publicly, I conceivo it due to'tbat gentleman to withdraw it as publicly as it was made. I believe, air, that it was through the bookkeeper’s dishonesty, who. B V* OO 5 aB , t * l^B fac .t was discovered, was discharged. Mr. Taylor, recalled —Those bills receivable, ainount ioglo 11,122,965 78, were in the hands of other banks. °F.* D *pe hands of trustees; they were in the hands of other banka, or trustees, for the balances due from dis counts or exchanges ; I have never heard or any dis crepancy between the claims and tba accounts: the bills on hand, amounting to $1 144,778 14. were hills receivable, and also checks which we found in the flre °*? er « eC ,pities not bonds. Tbo checks were checks on tho Bank or Pennsylvania, by parties who • owed tho bank money; some were dated ahead and some were memorandum checks; some of these checks and bills wore past due; I cannot say how much of this amount was for hills aod checks past due: I can’t sav what proportion; I can’t s-y how much: the bonds stocks, and mortgages which we found there were we supposed, collateral, and were not included iathiastato ment ; there is cne mortgage on property in Luzerne county; we did not consider collaterals as properly be longing to the assets of tbo bank; the amount of stocks bonds, a*d mortgages was $5l 675 43; the particulars are as follows: Preferred stook Camden and Atlantic Railroad ' Company $2,700 00 Stock Buequehaona Canal Co 4,052 68 G. Mallory and others 22 817 13 T. Lipsey 1 760 00 J. Levy 4 000 00 T. S. Cevendcr 3 600 00 Bonds North Pennsylvania Railroad Co 11,255 62 Bonds Barlington Aqueduct Co i'coo 00 $51,676 43 The real estate consisted of one property on Ninth street, above Bpruco, and the banking honse at Bead ing; the North Pennsylvania Railroad and German town Gas stock wore put down at coat; there were one hundred sharos of North Peursylvanla Railroad stook at par value $5O, and one hundred and eighty shares of tbeGermanfowaGas a toe at cost; the item of” due at offioe at Reading” was $200,000 we had to take their statement for; it was due by the branch of the bank at Reading; this item .was put down aa assets, what an agent of the bank owed to tho bank ; we kept a regular account, and they furoisbod us with statements of the business; due by country hanks was an item which we got from the books of the hank; tbfaicemof $llB,- 900 20 which was on sundry banks and checks of sun dry persons, in the drawers of the tellers; the tellers had always counted them as cash ; they have never been paid yet; the checks were generally on the Bank of Pennsylvania; I ran remember a few items—Osmon Rted, for about $9,000; a of G H. Rowley, for $1,009; William nice, $7OB 63; Mr. Fletcher, $900; Daniel Deal, $8,308; Deal, Milligan, ft Co .$4 000 ; J. Snyder, Jr., $1,176.62; J W. Ashmead, $350; thete items amounted to ovei $2B 000; 1 think most of these obt cka are in tb e h amt t of the attorney for the assignees; the item of “ Banking House, Chestnut street,” $245,- 045.22, we got from the books of the hank; this in cludes the cost of tho lot; the old banking-house had been sold to the United States early in 1857 for $250,- 000; there was one other asset which I did not name, whioh was the stock of the bank; I did not consider It an asset until the bank would be in operation; this es timate I hare given represented all the property of the hank that we found; it represented all that was to pay the stock of the bank and the liabilities; I oarefully examined the b„oks of the hank to ascertain its liabili ties Mr. Loughead. I propose to ask, may it please yonr Honor, the amount of the liabilities, ana how they com pared with the assets. Tbis point was objected to yes terday, and I withdrew it then to obtain lurther par ticulars. Question objected to and argued by Mr. Brewbter. Judge Thompson. I do not require additional argu ment upon this particular question. It was alleged on the part of the prosecution, that certain assets went into the custody of the president of the bank, and for which he was responsible. Evidence was offered to show What the assets, as the£ have been balled, were. For the purpose of showing that these assets were in such a way under the control of the president, that he could be justly held accountable for them, and in order to show that these assets had been taken away—l mean the identical assets under the control of the president —evidence wak offered and received yesterday, to show what the then assets of the hank wdte,. Now, it appears to mo, that ingoing that far, the court went to the very verge of what was right in a criminal case ; and if I understand the proposition of the District Attorney to he this, that because Mr. AUibone was president of the bonk in 18.4, and that the assets of the bank at that time amounted to a certain Sum of money, that in 1857 he iiiay show that these assets. vVere diminished, and that, therefore, the jury are to infer that Mr. Alliholxe jmr loined the assets If that were exactly xhe state of affairs, perhaps It might go in evidence; but we have other evidence in this cause which shows that it is an impossible conclusion, and illogical. In the flrstplace, we find from the ComaonWealth’s owu witness. Mr. Cox, that, aft far aS tbo sterling aCCofint Has Concerned, he had control of it up to the time of the transfer to the assignees; also, ol Mr. Moore and Mr. Philler, and one of the witnesses examined yesterday, stating that Mr. AUibone had no control of the bills discounted; that they were locked up in a ohest, the keys of which two gentlemen had. Such testimony, I conceive, wotlld not justify the jury in doming to the conclusion. Now, if it bo meant to show upon this prosecution that Mr. Alllbone, in transacting the business of the bank, made b.d dobta, and got rid of the aasets In that way, a'ch is not the charge upon which he is indicted. As I have had occasion to say before, it might show false banking and improvident management, but does it show criminal conspiracy to d&frand the bank? Idonot see that from the mere showing of a certain amount of assets at one t.me, and that they were not there at another tirao, without connecting it in some way with the fact that Mr. AUibone had control of them and was answerable for what became of them, that it Iroald be logical to draw the Inference that he purloined them, when as I hafe said, there is evidence that ot a largo amount ho bad not the control. If the Dis trict Attorney means to show, or can show, that of the assets which were alleged to be in the bank in 1857, Mr. Newball, Mr. AUibone, or both, had that sort of control tfhich readbred them peracnilly liable for such assbts, at I hdvd had occasion to say many times, it ia etidance from which the jury may properly Infer their responsibility, but beyond tbat I do not think it is fair to a6ank officer—any bank officer to go. Take an instance: A bank in 1655, if you please, Is found, upon an examination of its assets, solvent, and t«|have a Certain amount of assets; upon a subsequent examination In 1857. it la found that that bank has be come insolvent Such I take to be the proposition here. Would tbat be evidence in a criminal case against the officers of tbat bank ? It seems to me that it would not. Il you show, as you must show in order to exhibit any diminution of assotfl, that these particular assets had been used in somo way by the party responsible, if the president is responsible for all the assets, then it must be shown by more direct proof that housed them, or dissipated them; but not from the fact of their being there tbat ho is liable for them. Now, aftor proving that these assets were'there In 1857, if they can show that Mr. Alllbono or Mr. New ball got rid of them, it may be evidenceTroxn which the jury may possibly Infer a connection between them for that purpose; but it certainly set ms t« me, to allow a mere inference that because assets wets there at one tirao and not shown to be under the direct control or charge of tho president, and then that they wore not there at another, and therefore, to let the jury Infer that these defendants bad conspired to defraud the bank, id not only to say Illogical, but it seems to me that it is not protecting the rights of the parties. 1 must thereforo, unless it be shown that these assets are so to be traoed to the custody or control of Mr, AlM b:ne, and that be got rid of them, rejeot the general evidence to show that the assets were made away with, perhaps by somebody else. Sir. Taylor’s examination resumed,—l don’t know the value of the bills receivable; I don’t know tbe value of ibe bills on hand; the stocks and mortgages we have parted with at their par value; for the real estate we got more than its par value: the North Pennsylva nia Railroad stock we won’t get too much for; Reading branch will come out iquare; tbe country banks will be about the rarne; the next item—that is, tho notes of sundry persons—l presume there will bo a large deficiency; I can’t tell. To Mr Brewster. The amount we counted as col’ate rals «us very large i they may amount from 8500,000 to 81.000,000; these are not included in the list at all; I have a pretty complete list of these items, but I have it cot here; I found among the assets of the bank a mortgage of Mr Osmon Reed for, I believe. $18,000; that is not Included lathe list I have giTeu; it was a mortgage to tbe bank in the usual form ; there is an other mortgage of Oatnon Reed’s for $lO,OOO ; that, also, was not included in tbe list I have given you. To Mr. Thayer. Various parties received bills receiv able to a considerable amount in payment of the debts due thorn by the baDb;*thatwas done to a large amount; by bills roceitable I mean the notes belonging to the bank, and other securities; this was after tbe suspen sion, and assignment; Id several instances, there were special orders given by tbe board, but it wAs not done aa a general tbihg; wbat I call bills receivable weie the promissory notes which were the property of the hank; part of the bonds and mortgages that I have named were given to tbe creditors of the bank; the mortgage of Mallory for $22,000 was one that was applied to the payment of creditors; some of these cre ditors were depositors In the baok, and they received these securities in payment of their deposit; I can’t say tho largestamount paid by the bills receivable of tie bank, but I know thero wosone amount ovor $1,000,000; wi» paid any one that came; we thought it the policy of tho bank to pay her depositors, redeem her circulation, and set the back going again as soon as wo could; there were some Instances in which the creditors of the bank received current funds. I mean city bonk notes; they were also of considerable amount, not so large as the other, but considerable. Re-examined by Mr. Loughead —I have seen Ostnoa Keod’e indebtedness for $O,OOO, and there were some other notes; 1 don’t know to what amount; these mortgages were placed among the assets of the bank ; I don’t remember of being tola anything upon this sub ject by Mr. Alliboie; I can’t remember upon what date the bills receivable wero paid—it was soon after the suspension; I know some parties who got current funds at ooce; Mr. Newlin was one; he got about a couple of $2,000; It strikes me it was the day after tbe suspension; I don’t think took any particular action on that; I don’t remember any occasion upon which the board took particular action excopt one, and that was the 1-rga amount; it was done by general consent wita other o>ses; this redemption was not confined particularly to tbe cases of circulation; tbe largo amount I have mentioned was a deposit; that deposit was paid to the Unlou Bank of Reading; this was the only case in which a spocial order of the board was made; tbe Union Bank of Reading bad not got into operation at tho time, and this was the deposit with which they intended to start the bank; under these circumstances the board or dered the payment; I reC’.lloct C & I Fallon got bills receivable; Harding A Fobs got some; Mr McAllister got some for Peabody & Oo , somewhere near $31,000 ; Tatem A Bros goteomo; rre had a book in which there was a list ot bills receivable aud otter assets for the examination of any parties who held the notes or had deposits, And for them to select what they would like as payment; I don’t think we had them all: we had made up allst of thoso tlm bank was willing to part with to relieve their liability; tbe firm of O. A J Fallon had a note coming due in another bank; I don’t know whore that book is which had the list of bills receivable and other assets; I think Colonel Patterson has the charge of It. To Mr. Wharton. I recollect the bank owed the Bank of Charaberßburg $90,000; I don’t think their debt was settled in the way I have said—that is, by bills receivable. To Mr Longhead. The bcok was not prepared for a couple of months after the sutpeus on; I don’t know tbe timo; we could make no ssttlements after the as signment. To Mr. Thayer. They were all kinds of securities; there was nothing kept back that lam aware of; they were general average securities ; I don’t know that we put lu the poorest Charles Henry Fisher affirmed—l can’t say I havo real business in ih-a city ; I have no joaition to define as a business man; I have not been in the habit of bay ing promissory notes; I have bought them rarely; sometimes I have bought paper; I have bought a largo amount of notes from Thomas Alhbone, president of the Bank of Pennsylvania; tho precise date I can’t give now from memory ; I oan’tiay whether it was in darch, 1864, or 1866; I did refresh my memory about a week ago, but I havo since fo r gotten ; the amount was about $lBO or $140.000; I otvx give the notes that were bought, bat I can’t do it now from’raeraory; I will bring them here to day, if possible. Examioat.on suspended. JohnB. Havorstickrecalled.—[Book handed witness]. This is the individual ledger B Z.0f1534; thisisonoof the ledgers referred to that the board allowfd no one to examine except bv special pettnlss on ; there is an ac count opened m th-s ledger called the transient dis count account. , * _ The District Attorney offers to show the opening ol tbe transient discount account, and the overdraft on this account bv the president of $109,000. C/bjected to and overruled. Charles Henry Flvhi-r’B examination rostmed I can give tou now the information I wae asked for. To Mr. ThAyer. The date of the transaction la, March 7th, 1854. Mr. Fisher’s testimony objeotod to on the ground that'.' it .had nothing to do with Mr. Newball, and the transaction took'place before Mr Newhall had any con nection with the hank, either as presidents president pro tem. To Mr. Thayer. Mr. Newhall had nothing to do with this transaction in any way. . .... The District Attorney offers Mr. Fisher’s testimony to show that the transaction was a fraudulent one on the part of Mr. AUibone, and led to the ruin of the bank. . Offer overruled. * . . ' " ' . Mr. Fisher desired that it be placed on the record that every facility was afforded by him for investigating this transaction, and that he was ready with the ac counts and papers H. G 'Stelwagon sworn.—Was a clerk in the Bank of Pennsylvania from November, 1853, to February, 1868; I can turn to the transient discount account, hut I did not keep it; this account is not in my handwriting; when it was transferred to the general lodger, in 1854,, I kept it. [General ledger for 1854 produced J This account is all in my handwriting; the cash and cheek books of each day will show the items of every day: these are only the aggregate amount*. - [General ledger ’for 1867 produced ) This is my handwriting; 1 k*pt the cteh hook too; the itumsof August 14, 1857, are AUibone and Jenks, Far no m ft Oo , and Alii bone; 1 had no account of transient discounts except what I tookeff'the note book; I took these accounts in this way by my own directions, os sccoontant or the bank; I can’t explain how the particulars of these cash credits came into this book; Mr. AUibone only oan explain it -'James Martin affirmed —I was a director of the Bank of Pennsylvania; I have not been a director since 1854. , The District Attorney to tha Court As this gentle- - mao has not been a director since 1854, 1 cannot, un der your Honor’s ruling, offer to show, by this witness, the particulars of a transaction which occurred between him and fllr AlUbona In that year, in reference to the refusal of information. Mr Howell recalled.—l attended the meetings of the board before and aftorthesuspeoßion. Mr. AUibone left the bank about four days after the suspension; my impression was that he retired sick' to hts place in West Philadelphia in the middle.of the week of the suspension. • > Mr. Binnickson recalled.—As one of the board of di rectors we never authorized the president to sell the notes of the bank. Mr. Howell. The board.of directors never authorized Mr. Allibone to sell the discounted notes of the bank. Mr, Newlin called. Mr. Farnam called Mr. Foil. The board of directors of the bank never 1 ’? ye ,? ny Mrthorit/ to the president of the bank to seU the discounted notes or the bank. George N. Tatem.—l am a merchant of Philadelphia; 1 bad a draft of the Shoe and Leather Bank of New York on the Bank of Pennsylvania; the Bank of Penn sylvania had collected certain funds within twoor three weeks before the day I called, which was on the 2d October, whioh became our pioperty; I presented a draft to Mr. Allibone on the Ba'koT Pennsylvania for $19,000, .ddresßed to Mr. PhUler, cashier, who was present, also a letter authorizing me to receive the money ; Mr. AUibone said it could not be raid; myself aod my brother, who was with me, urged him to ,ive us something to show for it; he refused us negotiable paper; we asked even for the bank notes of the Bank of Penn’a; he refused; I understood him to say that be was advised by hU counsel, Mr, Johnson, not to pay it; Mr. Allibone said he was advised by bis counsel to pay nobody; Mr. AUibone put his hand on my brother’s shoulder, and said, Give yourself no coocern about it, the bank will be in line with the other bonks ia a few days, and it will he settled; I intended to have brought suit the next day, hut I was induced from what Mr. Allibone said-not to do anything about it; I subse quently got a credit for $l9 000 in Pennsylvania Bank notes, which were then at 40 per cent, discount, or something like that; 1 took them back again, and got some sort of negotiable paper, bro ken bills receivable, and trumpery ot that sort. To Mr. B'hartoo. I took in part payment a mort gage whioh will not be paid for ten or eighteen years; I think the mortgage is for 14 000 or 15,000 doUars ; the Philadelphia Bank holds half of it; tae rest was some broken bills receivable and protested notes; we have made some private arrangements with the debtors to give some of thorn time, and I don’t know how they will turn out. To Mr Thayer. I did not get roal securitjkfor all of our debt, only for $16.000; I call it trumpery, in comparison with ready cash; I say. relatively, I did not get as well settled with as Mr. Newhall, who got current funds for his check Henry S. Cambios sworn —I am an exchange broker; the discount on the 6th or Bth of October, on Pennsyl vania Bank notes, was abeit ten per cent.; at that time checks were about the same rate; after that thoy did not sell so well. To Mr. Brewster. The rate of other notes, in com parison with gold, was about five per cent. Adjourned to 10 o’olock this morning. CITY ITEMS. Lectors by a Soldier. —In our advertising columns will be found the announcement of a lecture to be delivered to-morrow (Friday) evening, by Lieutenant W. F. Lynch, of the United States Navy, in the Central Methodist Episcopal Church, Vine street, above Twelfth, the proceeds qf which will be for the benefit of the Young Men’s Christian Association of that church. Lieutenant Lynoh is a traveller, a scholar, and a soldier, having won an honorable distinction in the Mexican War. Hia subsequent command of the ex pedition to explore the Jordan and the Dead Sea, as is well known, resulted in many important discoveries. His leoture will doubtless be an interesting one. Sub* ject—” Lebanon, Jordan, and the Dead Sea.” Sermon at Jat.ve’s Hall.—Tho sermon, by re quest of the Young Men’s Christian Association, at Jayne’s Hall, will he preached by the Rev. Dr. Stiler, of New Haven, at that place, < his (Thursday) tvening, at 7)4 o’clock, the statemeot in yesterday’s Press that it would bo preached on “ Wednesday afternoon” hav ing been erroneously made. Dr. Stiles, by those who have heard him, is said to be one of the most eloquent divines in this country. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s subject, brought bo fore the People’s Literary Institute, at Concert Hall, will be ” Tho Law of Success.” A fine literary treat may be anticipated. John G. Saxe.—The lovers of the humorous in poetry will b ear in mind the lecture (a poem) on ‘ ‘Lore,’ ’ to he delivered at Musical Fund Hall, this evening, before the Literary Congress. Where to (Jet a Good “Pit.”—We havo heretofore failed to call attention to the merchant tailoring establishment of Mr. E. O. Thompson, on the northeast corner of &o< * Seventh streets, os Waibington Squire. The stock, of fabrics constantly kept On hand by this gentleman, no less than bis skill and reputation as a fashionable tailor, has secured for him a liberal patronage, and a«y of our readers desirous of having suits made, 4hat will suit when made, should not fall to glTe Mr. Thompson a call. A Worthy Example.—We learn, that a largo number of ladies, profiting by our advice of a previous date, have, during the present week, visited the popu lar Gents’ Famishing Store of Messrs. R. 0. Walborn ft Co , (now) Nos. 6 and 7 North Sixth street, and pur chased such presents for the coming holidays as will be al once useful and ornamental. Their splendid dress ing gowns of silk, de laine, flannel, cashmere, and other fabrics, as also their gloves, handkerchiefs, cra vats, ftc , are jnst the thing for presents. We would oall attention to a fine oolleotion of drawings, from England, for sale'at the anti-slavery fair,’now holding at Sansom-streetHall. Some of these drawings are by artists whose productions were so much admired at the late exhibition of British artists In this cohatry. A few exquisite paintings on pebbles, by Mr. Gay, of Boston. Also, a collection of rare autographs, among them those of Sydney Smith, Thomas Oarlyle, Lord Brougham, Earl of -Carlisle, Mrs. Hemans, Lady Byron, Balph Wardlaw, Thomas Clarkson, Samuel Gur ney, Duke of Aigyle, Ao. fiußNxfT’s Coooaine.—Thifl ifl tho name of a new preparation for dressing the hair, just introduced into the market by Messrs. Joseph Burnett A Co , of Boston. It combines all tbe properties which have long been desired in an article of the kind, and is the result of careful research and reiterated experiments. It con tains a very large proportion of the famous Cocosnut Oil, the use of which is so universal among the iuh&bi. tant* of the Eastern Archipelago. The luxuriance and abuudAuce of bair which adorns the natives ef those re gions are attested by all travellers, and are mainly to be attributed to the use or this Oil Tbe aim of Messrs. Burnett A 00. has been to free It from tbe peculiar odor which it has Id this condition, and unite with it some approved tonics which stimulate the hair to a healthy and vigorous growth ’ It will bo found on trial to be the most desirable pieparation ever offered to the public. Messrs. B. A 00. also have a delightful per lame called Florimee Kallesten, a cosmetic for remo ving tan, freckles, and sun-burn; Oriental Tooth Wash for preserving the beauty of the Teeth ; Joseph Whit comb’s Remedy for Asthma—all manufactured by this enterprising firm, and for sale by most of the druggists of this city. Window Curtains and Curtain Materials. ~ Curtain trimmings, gilt cornices, gilt bands, tassels, gimps, fringes, table and piano covers, picture tassels, brocatelles. satin damasks, plushes, Ao , wholeaalo aud retail. W. H. Oarryl A Brother, Masonic Hall Curtain Store, 719 Chestnut street, below Eighth, north ride. Good Maxims.—Deliborato boforo you promise. Boast not of the favors you bestow. The wants of na ture are soon satisfied. A contented mind is an inesti mable treasure. Oleanlinots promotes health of body and delicacy of mind. Idleness Is the parent of vice and misery. Economy is wealth. A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Buy your clothing at E. H Eldbidgu’b “Old Frauklm Hall Clothing Emporium,” No 321 Chestnut street. Comparative Wealth or Cities’ —The woalth of Boston and New York amounts to eight hundred mil lions of dollars—New York having $526,000,000, and Boston $276,000,000. The property of Boston is one hundred millions more iliaq the apparent raiue of pro perty in Philadelphia, where assessments are made in a way peculiar to itself. But Philadelphia has a proud boast which no other city in the world can make, and that is the possession of tho Brown Btone Clothing Hall of Bockujll A Wilson, Nos. 003 and 605 Chestnut street, above Six’ll, whore magnificent garments for gentlemen and youth maybe obtained iu endless variety. Christmas Gifts ! . HOLIDAY SUITS ! 1 Granvili.s Stokes.’ Gum ills Stokes! ! Klsu A N T WtNTKR CLOTUING, Ovsr Coats, Dress Coats, Frook Coats, Vests, and Pants. MAGNIFICENT Holiday Bulls expressly for tbe occasion, by Grin vn.lb Stores, Ci.OTHiSR ano Fashioner, No. 60? Chestnut St. Barnett’s Cocoaine.— BURNETT’S COCOAIKB. A single application renders the hair—no matter how stiff and dry—soft and glossy for several days. It Is the Bebt and Cheapest Hair Drssbinq in tub World. HAZZARD 00., Twelfth and Chestnut Bta. Sole Agent, For sale by dealers generally, at 60 eta per bottle. nolO-tf Gold and Silver Watches, Gold Chains, Sil ver Plated Ware, Ladies’ Sets of Ooral, Garnet, Cameo, Lava, and Mosaio Jewelry; Gold Bracelets, Pencils, Pem, Medallions, Kings, Breastpins, Ac , Ac., are daily given to purchaser* of Books at Evans's Gift Book Emporium, 439 Chestnut street. All the new Books on band as soon as published- and sold as low as they can bo had at other stores Call and examine our immenEO Btock of Gift Books for the Holidays. Com plete classified catalogues free to all. d!3-6t Fine Clothing at Greatly Reduced Prices* Closing out the entire Stock o! floe FaU and Winter Clothing, at a reduction of from fiftoen to twenty per cent on the former moderate prices, to prepare for Spr'ny bupiae's. Every gmnent manufactured of t v o best materials, and ent, made, and trimmed in the moat Elegant Styles, at Rost. H. Adams’ Nrw Store, dll*d tjal S. B. cW. of Seventh and Market Sts. : Special’Sfottrea. Read the Medical Testimony.— \ te till * tor: “It may h. a MU. lrwgtttar.fcr thing in f»Tor of a patent medlom. ■ but atilt I m/av. bear witae'a to tho tffleacjrof ‘ Dr. HoornuD’a Bar.. einic OoßbiiL > wife had long been .offering un der a Violent told, which ieflei aU.tho euratlva meana at n.y ccinmand ; when, without iny. knowledge, aha purehaaedinbottla of tho Cardial,and was sovtalhlv relieved that I ttyiolf procured a second bottle for her; on teeing the eontanta of which she w.a radically This Invaluable remedy, to the effiesey of which other medical men hare teatiffed, aa well a. the writer of the above, p eptred only by Dr. 0. M. Jiora w, 418 Arch street, Philadelphia/aod for , al, by drogglata generally thronghout the United-Slate, .ud Canadaa Price 75 cents per bottle. , * Farrel, Herring, k Co.'s Patent Champion SAFES are the only Safea made in the City which have never been Bobbed by Burgtara.-or their content, da* stroyed by Fire! The subscribers have been manufacturing Fire and Thief-Proof Safes iu this oity for nearly five years past; during that time we have made and sold twice aa many Bafes, at least, as any other maker; doable thenumber of our Safes have been attempted by Burglars, and more than twice as many have been tried by via*. We now propose to any other manufacturers in this city, to give them $5OO for every our own make, which has been opened by Burglars, provided they will also make us the same offbb. We propose an additional SGQQ for every Safe or oui make which has had its contents burned up in acciden tal fires; and will'give $5OO to any other Bafe-makera in this city wb6 will make us the same offer. The subscribers do not warrant any of their ordinary Oountiog-room Safes to be proof against all the attacks of Burglats under any circumstances, and never hare done so ; butfor money purposes, or where more than ordinary seonrlty is required, we have always recom mended our combined Burglar and Fire-Proof Safe as protection against experienced and scientific thieves. We will guarantee to give better security against fire and rogues, for the money, than any other manufac turer oao. - The Safe adverfisedjby a disappointed and envious op position bb haying been blown np, at Norristown, was not one of our make, nor was it even a (( Herring’s Patent Champion B*fe.” The safe was one of ‘‘Wil der’s Patent,made many years ago, and sold by Mr. Parrel when acting agent for a New York honse. Yet, we do not hesitate to say, .that there is no Fire-Proof Safe made in this market, (and slid ordinarily as such,) which, with the tools left behind them by the rogues at Norristown, and the same opportmity, we will not agree to open in less than one hour’s time. FABBEL, HERRING, ft CO., Makers of Herring’s Patent Champion Safas, Burglar- Proof Safes, lined with ohilled iron and hardened steel. Bank Locks, fto.,fto ' d!6-2t Ue'aware Farm for Sale, at Lelptlc Station* bn Delaware Railroad, ’containing about 3CO aerea in a h’gh state of cultivation. Raised about 76 tons of Hay this season. Is admirably adapted to raising Peaches, and is now in proper order for planting orchards the coming spring. To be sold on Tuesday next, December 21st, by M> Thomas Arsons, at Philadelphia Exchange, •at 7 o’clock P. M. For particulars apply to THOMAB ft SONS. See handbills. Adjolnlog lands have sold for $5O per acre. {616 6t Another Triumph!—Messrs. James O. Spear ft Co Gentlemen: Recently suffering the misfortune of having my store destroyed by fire, I fortunately saved a major part of my stock of Jewelry, by having it in my Pafr, (of EVANS ft WATSON’S celebrated make,) whilst nearly everything else -was destroyed. The Safa, though standing in an exposed position, subjected first to the action of fire, and then of water, (of which an immense bsdy fell upon it from the upper story,) preserved its valuable contents in perfect con dition, and I have it now in my store ready, if needs be, for another trial. I gladly testify to the superior qualities of these Safes, which 1 regard as the best se curity from fire aud burglar jet known. To all who may want a truly reliable Safe, T wonld say, get one of J3VANB ft WATSON’S. EDWARD AKEBS, 'Watchmaker and Jeweller, 65 S. Charles at. The above is taken from the Daily Exchange , De cember 19, of Baltimore, and addressed to Mes rs. JAMB£ O. SPEAR ft COi, Agtnta of Evans ft Wat son there. - - ROBBERY OF THE WONDERFUL WORLD’S FAIR LOCK,'THAT WE READ ABOUT. Koa&isrowx, Dec. Ist, 1858.—Some time last night the'flooring mill of Mr. Joseph Fezoee, in Norristown, Pa , was entered, and one of Farrel, Herring, ft Co *s best patent Powder-Proof Lock and Safe WAS BLOWN OPEN WITH POWDER, andsl,6CoJn cash taken out and carried away. This safa is now in front of Evans ft Watson’s store, No 26 Bonth Fourth street, where we mo>t respectfully invite the pub’ic to call, and exaMfae how those New Yorkers make their Bafes, They sefiew their doors together with the smallest kind of cast-iron screws, and fr6m the ap pearance of th(S'safe, J it could not have token more than one musket load or powder to blow the abere safe open. October 18th, 1668 —Three thieves entered the Flouring Mill of Messrs. Dorranceft Doron, in Bristol, Pa.,and tiled all'night to blow'open their Safe with powder, which had $250 in cash, but did not succeed in gettinglt open. • Their Salamander Safe was manufac tured by EVANS ft WATSON. They have a few more for sale, of the same kind, at their store, No. 2G South FOURTH Street. Philadel phia. N. B.—We find in The Press, of Deoember 4th, the following; “ All our safes are warranted to give perfeot satisfao ticn, or the money wiU he returned. p ; ' ” PABBSL.HasaiHa. ft Co ” We, EVANS A WATSON, would aik all parties having Barrel,. Herring, A Co.’s Patent Champion Safes to take advantage of ihe abate offer, and return them and get their money, aa they will find that the’composition with which-the Safes are filled (a large portion being oil of vitriol) will eat out all the iron. A specimen, of their Champion Bafes may be seen In front of our store,' which is eaten full of holes • now. dIS-3t Holiday Present*.—Now that the Holidays are upon us, we cannot advrsa our friends to do a wiser thing than to call at CHARLES DUMMIG’B, Nos. 85 and 37 North Eighth street, corner of Zone, and teleot their preseats. In his extensive stock will be found the most varied ans complete assortment of Fancy Articles ever offered in this country; such as FANCY GOODS AND TOYS OF ALL KINDS; Pariah Marble and Alabaster Ornaments, Bxokzb and Berlin Ison Goods, Bobbmian Glass and Lava Ware, Pirra Cotta and Frknoh Ware, Papier Hachb Goods, Cabas, Bags, Purses and Pobtmosais ; Fink Cutlbrt, Gh&esxsh', and Backgammon boards; Writing Disks, Work-boxes, Dressing Oabss;. MUSICAL IKBTBUMKNTB OF ALL KINDS ; Cbickst and Akchbry Implements. His store is crowded from morning till night, from the fact that it is well known to the publio that his prices are EXCEEDINGLY LOW, THE IMPORTER OF HIS OWN GOODS. He has at this time a curiosity in bis stock well worth & visit; we allude to his Bp*aking Dolls, which realty pronounce the words “ Papa ” and “ Mama ” with re markable distinctness. d!4-tf Where Baldness exists, U onuses a new growth of soft, glossy ringletty hair; gray hair or whiskers, by its use, speedily assume tbe pristine co lor and flexibility of youth. It is not a Dye, simply a great cuemiosl discovery, oelebrated as Jules Hanoi's Eau Athenleune, or Hair Restorer, and sold by all Druggists, and by Jnles Hsuel it Oo j No. 704 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. di3-6t , Burnett’s Cocoaine. A compound of Cocoa-nut Oil, Ao., for dressing the Hair. For effic&oy and agreeableness, It is without an equal. * It prevents the hair from /ailing off. It promotes its healthy and vigorous growth'. It is not greasy or sticky . It leaves no disagreeable odor. ' It softens the hair when hard and dry. It soothes the trrtfafc'rf scalp skin. It affords the richest lustre. It remains longest in effect. BURNETT’S COOOAINE. ■ ££7- Messrs. J. Burnett & Oo.—l cannot refuse to state the salutary effect la my own aggravated case of your excellent Hair Oil—(Cocoaine.) For many months my hair had been falling off, until I was fearful of losing it entirely. The skin upon my head became gradually more and more inflamed, so that I could not touch it without pain. This irritated con d tion I attributed to the use of various advertised hair washes, which I have since been told oontain oamphene spirit. By the advice of my puysician, to whom you had shown your process of purifying the Oil, I commenced its use the last week in June. The first application al layed the Urging and irritation; in three or four daya the redness and tenderness disappeared—the hair ceased to fall, and I have now a thick growth of new h&lr. Yours, very truly, SUSAN R. POPE. BURNETT’S COCOAINE. (0* A single application renders tbe hair (no matter how stiff and dry) soft and glossy for several days It la conceded by all who havo used it, to be the best and cheapest Hair Dressing in the World. Prepared by JOSEPH BURNETT & 00., Boston. JET* For sale by dealers generally at Fifty Cents a Bottle. n27-3m Window Drapery, BROOATELLE. SATIN DAMASK, SATIN DE LAINE, WORSTED DAMASK, REPS, MOREEN, AND PLUSHES, Together with all the trimmings appertaining to the Curtain trade. Owing to the lateness of the season, we will olose out our heavy Curtains at greatly reduced rates. Curtains cut, made, and put up, lower than prices elsewhere, Also, White Lace and Muslin Curtains of every descrip tion, bought at auction, and selling at half the usual price.. Window Shades, Gold Bordered, Landscape, Gothio, Fresco, Tlain Linen, and Oil doth, at whole sale and retail. PATTEN’S CURTAIN STORE, 630 OHB3TNUT Street. *5O, *5O, *5O, SSO, $6O, $56, $5O, sso. SINGER’S SEWING MACHINES.—PRICES RE DUCED.—A new and elegant Family Sewing Ma chine for $5O, and the general scale of prices greatly reduced. All who want a substantial, simple, and re liable Sewing Machine, which has au established repu tation for doing the very best work on every kind of material, are invited to ca)£ ja(k Mr office and examine tbe new machines, at the fttficed pxlceq. They can not fait to be satisfied. I. M. SINGER 4b CO., ao2-tJ2'i No. 60S CHESTNUT Street. BOSTON, July 19,1867.