The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, December 28, 1858, Image 2

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•Xyeaps yeffhe 'Atnerlqanr-.TbeQlogioal Seminary in
„ 4 ? r)aomnthe Lawyer; General
, -., .'-vV ,-^j
:The_steamahip siyjOT „I*Js
Siii.'JHiiSfngf Sri’ngln^’European datesto the 11th, two
days later thanihefetoforetOoeivod. “ Numerous
arrester’ jher'telegrajihio 'despatch, “hnyo
booh Sp»4* eonnhot
_,ed-mth a, filibustering, invaolonfrom
" [This may boYnother Sllovegammon story.] It I*
- , i<nai4!thht the BrttlshGbyerhment will guaranty ®
hWoa^ t ®C9f'^ fl^r^mit,l ° n .T?’ l^B .* n - W ' ’S*'
■ ’• t Xtl&&/^|lWishpKP“! , “Wy*, and.that flnewoable
-- wtllbo immediately, contracted rhe hearlng
‘ of M. Mbntalembert’s appeal had f b«on fl«d_for
•w;nbu24th;of DeoembeY The. 01 ,:?®®
, • oarer pf;dhpan was,iepai^l-, i ?S l B|h, n . a - . ® he
*'■ ' Koh; WmJß.'-Jteed 'ijaYMlk at /“ p ? 1 n - ,f“ U ° n
was ronorted breadstuffs dull. .Consols
' TOJpOrj, with -sur-improvement m American se
' ' -r' ■ •'. ' ' ‘ .
O ,*;i frtsrg J,,ye‘ eiolting'rumors, from Kansas;, by, way
1 ’ that'dlaturhanoes have
. . ■ *«gafn Comme ncedinth a t unhappy section of our
■ r .i;*oounti'y. ; j ; The'tpwh oflfart Boott ■is said to have
jf 1 who,-, at the head
of- tno-hundrod the tdwn/for the
?heof - r bla men whp had been
t .■ '.eonßned thero oh a eharge ofmnrder; It is also
'"•siblihitdve'orelipertohshadboehkilied,' ’
; 1 ';£Tke;Waahlngtoo £Jnion.>has published a letter
-■.■from. J.C.-Homing way A Co.', of Leavonworth.
s lf® , Ef;B.. i ßurnett ) ,whiob
V; Y'rumsup the following informatlonin regard to the,
,l' j"
‘J- l/ rMtl'^rhogpld^sfound f oh ihe■ surface, and, at,
; .jvarious distances,' to the depth of eight feet:
V; :< : ;2d.-,Tbe*‘tie<f roctV.-. has not yetbeen reaohed
, ! by any of the miners; o' ■ y - ~. .
’’si- : 3d.'With therudest Implements they wero able
V td obtain from $2 topper day,” .1,,', .
' dth. lVlth improVed'me&nsysuoh &3 “i/iiil!,' 1,
- - and 11 tomi|”thero are “muttons of acres ”, (to
~., ,080 their, own phrase) that wllli prodnoe $2O per
fday,,aad«anyplaoes asmuohaaSlO. 1 ■ ■■ !
■ sth. That this new “gold region'’-differs bom
i. ;-J California inthis: The gold is scattered-broad
< ’ falteatent; and not found In “pooSets,”
- ’ gulches,” and “ ravines,” aa in California: thus
■ ’ f ‘ insuring a support, at least; for every mah that is
‘‘. disposed-to labor. ; - , - , .
;, 'y . Oth, .The speolmen accompanying this note Con
, . stllutas a part of the .labor of the Messrs. Bussell,-
: in “more than five hundred different places?’-
•t o 7th. vTh'e last place they labored was at “Oherry,
' oroeh,”'sixty mfles northeast from “Plke’s Poak. 11
*■ 'Thlj'cfe'Oh’emptles'.ihto the South Pork of the
J VyTlatfe; pn the south slde. of that .river.. At thlß
‘ point; Cherrybrieh, they found,the riehest “dig
-IsS!'ThodistanoefromthiaoitytoOhoiTyoreei
Mahout sire hundred rniles“ by way of the
-Port Rilev toad and the Smoky Bill fork of Kansas
riVer,vrhfohis “altogether (say the Bussells) the
- o-.beßt'routp.'”; .V
i '/■ The. Hew Torh Herald sums up a review of the
o . - gold fields of the Unitod States, with the' following
’ estimate, of .our future, gold orop,: “ California
- gives uS; a. million a, week. - All. the other ffelds,.
' 'i»y,L'wlth : what facts we already
Zl hejypjiwiUgiveruß atleast half as much. ; Our gold
’ drop la therofore-likoly to be for yean, to come at
; ' tho^te^ha“BiSlUpli’:jmd',a;half,.pef.syeek I ox
- 'eeT«nftr*soten''BiUlioh»:pE>dpUars per annum—
equal to one-half of tte value ofthb oottpnbrop of
thodountry.” ";;' ; u = i- v ---'- v
-, -The President's message has been’favorably re
. coired by the Liberal party.in Mexloo'i A de
posit'of $125,000 in silver was recently found in a
i -vault attaohed to.the houeo of Hr. Forsyth, onr
' minister. Zuloaga was still in the oity of Mexioo,
but Was prepared, for flight at. any moment.
.-flight;-. .
, The. gamblorsof (he-United States are holding
* n National Conrentionin Ohioago: ■ Theyaresaid
hy tie'Democrat, of that olty. to make 1 a* decided
, jonsation.beiDgdistloguiahed by their sleek flp
• of, jewelry.
Xhoparr’oseeof.thoConyentioaarej'firat/loreTije
the. old rales rand- :establish= newones fortheir
gamde ; .and s6oond,' to iropoie. on the profession
non-intdrfo'r'tnde in polities- 'J?he importance ol
tho first reform Is indicated by the fact that save-.
ral lives, have been lost is broils arising from dif
~ ferent oonstnwtlbns of; the ralea. As for the
Vsocond, It' seems to üB, jadglng from recent revela*_
; ftotiif and.hbtorlous facta respecting the habits of
Jeadingjiublto men t thafc an obvious way to effect
• Hfi to
measure,whichWouldaimost involve an amrihl*
latfonof thebusiness.'. • ->; ;5 ' , V V * ! -
'., Xx'President .Boberts,of X\be'Ha, has recently
< ■written-.a letter denying the rumors'that the.
c ’ trade had; bsen revived through the con*
.ntvanoe of that country,« He
r'wy ■* ! ,;V .O'"-"
y V' ” - £.couple' or three weeksago.l wrote, via. Eng
„ land; tojqarniutaal friend,; B. Coales, giving him
fully my opinion in regard to the matter (in detail)
of theßegiha Cecils Mr. Ooalea will- let you see
. whatlhave said 6n the subject. You will, there.
-' fore; observe that lam fully convinced of theer*
roneotisneis of.the stAtementsmade byr'Captain
, ~ Simon, and,repeated by /the French Government,
V'.-mprotfaig- tbe of money to President
jßenson countenance .and-aid Izi'theprO
carement.of emigrants, Ac. ..Liberia haa never,
.nor.will she ever ootmteuance any such system of
.that noVr now knownto bejpursued by the French
*■ : got procnriug*free : ,laborers. ! .They may endeavor
- '.to forbe it'jipon'nsy but I am,persuaded will never
\' the insult offered;to
3< -‘ oar"-sovereignty'by a J French navaMieittenant, ln<
.the rescue or the ißaglna CoeH’-out of the haods
> ■ of the GOvermhent, and for whioh the Frenoh Go*
*' venmtrnfbas not 1 to offer the first or
-‘ jast reached hereof
'• • the !> airivat'of another French" emigrant ship;at
, c., Sugarce for.free laborers.'. I am penudded, how
•;iiever,;that,jit\alKha*ards,vthei Government here
. will not permit the'thing to be done.”
- ' '; ; german'church in thoFourtb* district; Hew
Orleans? is divlded, a minority upholding certain
it toeasares of: tho.pastor,'Mr. jPresier/the majority,
nmong' whom axe the trustees, bitterly- opposing
,v, him,and .hayingprooured an injunction forbidding
o-‘Witf-to'.ofSbtabs;-;J)n Sunday\week the bbhqaibns
i tf.oehuroh', but was
. mot bya deputation of tho femalo members of the
;-"'6pngMgatlonjjtrr.hb,b)ld hlm’tbaflie hadnobusl
; ness there,andeouldnotenter. Dnhis disregard
ing'this Information,! a scene ensued wbioh'ls thos
‘'';a»jorlbod :7f \"A
iVTSeladiejp} t seems.were fiied for oontlngen
oloa, andnoeoonor had bis reverence uforeed hie
way.lnto .tbe.ohnroh than they'descended upon
' him HkO.nn avalanche, with odwhidea and pepper
.andjalt, ahd'jflonrJadd ‘gypsum; lathering him
• thoformer artlolea, and, powder
,- jttg'hlm all over with tho latter. Thus beset; the
. -preflcher had bntone alternative; and that WBB to
- flyfrom the ohorch—an operation which he per
formed to- the satisfaction of all.- A policeman,
’ hearing of ' tho affair, wont to Gee Prosier, and
asked ir he wiabed to hare anybody arrested; bnt
, he deollned < making complaint 'against. anybody.
■■ -"Xhe richest partof the scene was; thatwhilst tho
’: ladies wore ocwbiding and flouring the preacher.
’ their husbands and Mends were ‘ standing around
- ni quiet and wneenoerhedasa lot'of Egyptian
.irimnmmles.J, 1 -: „o',’ f ?-j i
- - The unfortunate minister's troubles did not end
;' horo', hdweTpr.- .Heuas arrrated the neat day for
’ cob temp tof<M)art,dn attempting, to preaoh after
tho issue of tho Injunction, nnd sentenced to two
honrs ■Ji-l'V ' ;
.The peaceable separation of Australia from
England isbcginoing tobo agitated in, the former
ocuntry.. An able address in furor of the projeot
S has reeentiy been delivered, by the EoT. Mr. Long,
and he Isalso circulating a‘petition for its aocom
pliefimenti.
• : "A sijrjjraß, movement is on foot in Nebraaka to
? annoxfoir that.part of the' Territory sonth'of the.
;Plalto ; HTer.to'Kßbsiis. ; Thlspart'or'tho Territory
covers an area oft onerhnndred '■ miles north and
milei.dr7in'ore east!and.
i A desjiateh'from Charleston, S.O .,brings the
intolilgonoaof the'doatb 'of Sen. James Gadsden,
formorly minister toMeriom> • v.'- • !
Inthe Court jMHi)I Pr)us,'yesterday, Chief Jus
tine LoWrio granted an, iDjuriotlori to restrain the
Directors ef the Girard’College from refusing /to
admit ohildren into tbo collegewhbio mothers are
living;, ,: ; the.. pit;; Solicitor' contended; that no
ohildyras an orphan unloee both parents were dead,
butJuJgoLowrie dW?red;wilh Jitm,' and granted,
“theinjunction. ' j . ‘
,' 'Thor weekly; statement of. the Philadelphia
Bahbi presente the following aggregates: Loans,
speoie, '5(£274,515; deposits, 516,
723,367; circulation, 42,701,127. >
EF' Col. Jamos W. Wall) of Bnriington,,New
of .the moat /iaiahed and. eloquent
: Btato/.will JtftanJflua ova
nlng Won the Spring' Garden Inatltnte,eornef
of BrOidond; Spring Garden atreeia. 'gubjeOt:
; . T^ S^<^?j^ ' a . n ' , ' T ‘ P tt P»r «tart«d ’ln
.1 T??’? >Py MoKlrsth, Ksq, formerly of
I - .- tho ZViiiinerUa : largo quarto; boauttfally print- -
»ad pswtrfally iioncluoio'f; ytiUvt no doubt
offtsiuooew. ,• '
- -IT 1'..”.' . .V] < '
/ .traiato b6AtinGUHOOfi.Dy,tfl&|uchinori3 EilquirerV*'
’..ri-f.PofB It.tfJab to lenv£ffie'lmpresalon ds: theminda
■' S?}** *Oftdejr»,«thafc.ttte Biohmond Enquirer doe*
- > Sot. I ,mat ioathe.Northern *Demooraoy the doo
;-!triae ofßj.'.Coagressionalalßveoode for theTerrl
,’WriM lyViTkt atattitMaiknows at 10ell cur any
“■ . tht 'ductrtnc of t/ie
Congress la'-
• proWotsieTery.tnthe.Territorles'-and
* r I D * * B;■ fio 0 11 1 'Jr., auctioneer, 431
. *’!«*mtalaaild
spa— —~
rHW* -‘ t. ]'X.
■ m* r *
The Union Sentiment in the South.
The mistake which. the politicians of tho
day ate constantly "making is to suppose that
the people of tho. South are always ready to
respond to the exttemp.i langctoge of violent
men, and that the mor‘6 radical the remedy for,
alleged grievances the' more acceptable such
language will prove to them. It Is undoubted
thatwhen excited counsels rule in the North si
milar influences will control in the South. At
such times jimbitions men, on either side,
gladly take advantage of what is neither more
nor less than popular- phrensy. But such ex
cessos have-bad.their day. ,
At this moment it, requires little reflection
to arrives! the conclusion .that a better spirit
will assuredly govern the minds of the people
for a long time to come. Nationality has be
come fashionable. By nationality we mean,
of conrse, antagonism to what is understood
as* sectionalism, and to all geographical or
ganizations. . The moderation of parties, and
.the,evident strife to see which can go farthest
'in support of this theory, are facts of frequent
manifestation. . The great speech of Senator
Hamhohd, of South Carolina, in which he did
not hesitate to confess to tho great blunder
made by Southern politicians in the Lecomp
tott complication, and to the advancing power
of the Northern States, was one of these
manifestations. The response of Southern
jourriids, including many in his own State,
showed that the-truths ho uttered, however
unpalatable, were just.
-■ Then programme of Mr. Greeley, of the
New York Tribune, heretofore a representa
tive of the most ultra-Republican idea—pro
posing a'Northern candidate lor President,
and ii Southern candidate for Vice President,
and on certain- conditions a Southern candi
date' for President and a Northern Vice
President—revealed the fact that he, too, ap
preciates the' healthy change, which has been
created in the pophlar opinion. ;
. .The recently, cherished, idea of no more
slave Statea’l.has' beon abandoned by nearly
every intelligent leader of the Northern Oppo
sition, while the attempt of the Administration
to address itself to.pro-siavery prejudices has
been utterly repudiated- by a large portion of
tho Southern Opposition.
The reception, of Judge Douglas in' the
South, following these examples, was another
significant symptom. No < insults greeted his
Onward march—no rude ’ interruptions dis
turbed his.speeches—he was heard respect
fully by overwhelming numbers. “ The can
non’, to the trumpet spoke” oh his arrival in
three of the greatest Southern capitals, and
when he departed thousands waved him a
hearty farewell.
The sentiment of devotion to the Union is,
therefore, not extinct in the bosoms of our
Southern fellow-citizens;'on the contrary, it
lives, aud is ready .for active ’ expression, and
probably for irresistible organization. We note
a number of indications in confirmation of this
assertion. The New Orleans Delta, lately so
trenchant in its pro-slavery declarations, docs
.cot fear to. speak warmly in favor of the po
sition occupied by the Senator from Illinois.
So, top, of the True Delta and the Dee of the
same city. The Richmond Enquirer’s con
servatism has made itself manifest for months
past in, the .most indignant protests against the
Kansas pollcy'of the President. \
‘ In Mississippi, there is a considerable stir
among the politicians, and oven tho Natchez
Free Trqder, by no means the most tranquil of
Southern journals, hoists the flag of Albert
Gallatin- Brown, Senator in Congress fbom
that State, for the-Presidency, though he is
known to have denounced a considerable por
tion of tho Administration bid for Southern
votes; and the sarnie paper does not hesitate to
speak editorially, of Judge Douglas in tho
most friendly language.
In Georgia, we have seen the Augusta Con
stitutionalist and other Democratic papors as
suming an almost similar position.
There is a number of newspapers in Ten
uessee that do net hesitate to repudiate the
proscription that has “ rulod and ruined ” at
Washington. "
In Kentucky, tho leading Democratic pa
per, in .tho State, the Louisville Democrat,
daily renews its pledges against tho same in
fatuation. • •
Any purnber of politicians, Representatives
in Congress and candidates for office/ of both
political parties, in tho South, are known to be
anxious to identify themselves with any move
ment that may rebuke tho tondency to demo
ralization and centralization at tho Federal
.Capital which has so startled and alarmed the
patriotic sense of the whole country within
the lost few months.
Is there not something in tins glance at the
present condition of American politics—this
'admonition to aspirants for the Presidency and
for other high offices 1 No man is' so sure of
overthrow io-day, in the North and in the South ,
as he who undertakes to set his face against the
warning which this review of existing parties
must suggest*
. Hr. Jefferson Davis, able and bold as be
.is; will find It, we think, a somowhat difficult
talk to carry his standard through Mississippi,
if that standard is inscribed with the idea
recently enunciated by him, that in the event
of.the election of a Republican to the next
Presidency, he would be ready to advise a re
sort to extreme measures. That declaration
would have passed without antagonism in 1860,
when there was a mere geographical organi
zation of the opposite party; and yet it is
hardly possible that even the election of 001.
Fremont could have inflicted more discredit
upon the Democratic party, and more disaster
upon our common country, than has followed
the elovatlon of the present incumbent. Bat
we live in different times.
We.ee with regret that this sentiment of
Senator. Davis has found ready iteration in
other quarters. Uttered at a moment when
nearly the whole Northern mind was prepared
to accept snch a reasonable adjudication of
the Territorial question as would have secured
to the South all her just rights under the Con
stitution, and coupled as it was with the pro
clamation of the hew and dangerous idea that
Congress must interpose to protect slavery in
the Territories in defiance of the popular
vote, it is not strange thqt many of the most
independent men in the South refuse to ac
cept the cup .which is thus austerely and im
periouslypresented to their lips. ,
Mississippi, 'and Georgia, and Louisiana,
have" been carriedaway by. extreme men on
former occasions j but It must not be forgotten
that these Stites have- sometimes overstepped
mere party lines,' burying under the weight
of their displeasure their most distinguished
men, when these latter .have so far forgotten
themselves as to believe that the people will
blindly follow them, no matter what eccentric
flights they may assume to take.
The foll owing paragraph appoara under the
telegraphic : head of the New York tribune of
yesterday; ■
.' ’, " Washington, Dec. 28,1858.
. “ There has been a free interchange of views
among many leading Republican Senators atd
'.Representatives, for.whion an occasion has been
afforded; since the oommenoement of the reoess.
The opinion was unanimous that parties and
polltios are so shaped' in this Congress that no
thing will be effeotod during the preßent session
concerning the Paoiflo Railroad, or a modifica
tion of the tariff.”
There is, wo repeat, a better chance for dis
posing of the whole revenue question at tho
present session than, by any possibility, there
can bo at tho next, and for certain practical
reasons;
I. There must be some modification of tho
act of 1857, or the' Government will be com
pelled to,resort to loans, against which all par
ties protest; and any’ legislation,should, and
in dnr opinion can, bo so shapod as to se
cure shell fixed duties upon certain great sta
ples as would assist the Treasury, enconrago
domestic Indnstry, and insure and extend the
revival of bnsiness. . .
, 11. There is a much more kindly feeling to
wards onr manufacturers at present among tho
politicians in Congress, and less disposition
to discriminate against them In the inoxorahlo
readjustment of tho rovonno law of 1857, which
oinnot.be put off by tho Administration.
i. ‘.lll. The Piesldontwiil (eol more disposed to
assist ns now,when tho Treasury needs money,
and when his last argument in favor of specific
dutjes has been so well received, and so favor
ably discussed, than he will next yearjwhon
.the, revejwe will have been increased by tho
certain improvement of the'times.
... If the work is not done.at this session,
if will not bq.dope at flip next, because that
will be the first of « a Presidential Congress,”
with politicians 'of: both extremes, high pro
tection nnd ultTO fteq trade, united to keep the
japj'n question, for thefr own pm>
Presidential, election of 1860.
> ■H'.e.lhno tq aettle the tariff question for
many years is at.hand. Those who plead- for
delay plead for defeat, knowingly or other
| wise; and those who do not act np to the
i public expectation mußt take the conse
| qnoncos. The/eyea of the Middle States are
wide'opetf. ' .
If Mr. Buchanan will put his shoulder to
the wheel, he can carry through both the Pa
cific Railroad bill and a proper tariff bill, be
fore the fourth of March, 1869. He is so
lemnly committed to both. Had he turned
his attention to these great national objects
one year ago, instead oi wasting millions,
directly and indireotly, upon a weak and
wicked heresy, and a wretched proscription of
his own friends, be would not now be looking
for a refhge from an indignant and betrayed
Democracy. It may not be too late to redeem
his sinking fortunes, North and South, East
and West. Let him exert his patronage, his
power, and his persuasive influence on the
side of the people, and not against them, and
he may stand measurably acquitted to pos
terity. But he must act immediately.
Those in Congress -who feel that these im
portant questions should be adjudicated can
not bettor show their sincerity than by mov
ing harmoniously and promptly. Delay is
dangerous, alike to themselves and the
measures they profess to be anxious to servo.
The Vice President*
In a letter of Mr. Senator Slioell, pub
lished in the Washington Union of Saturday
last, there is a courtly allusion to Vice Presi
dent Breckinridge, which reads thus:
“As I have been obliged to allude to my visit
to Ohioago, it may be as well to say that it was
made with no polftioal purpose, aud that, until I
reached Cleveland, I had hoped and expected to
make my Northwestern tour with Vice President
Breckinridge. His company, I suppose, would
have shielded me from any suspicion of being
engaged in a political orusade against Mr. Dou
glas.” .
Wo do not call in question the temper ,of
thiß passage, nor is it our purpose to suggest
that ft is going somewhat out of the record to
introduce the Vioe President into a dispute
to which he is not a party. The remark of
Mr. Slidell Is simply important as an exhibi
tion of the Bpirit which pervades the Admin
istration circles at Washington. The Vice
President seems to have committed an
unpardonable sin in writing a courteous let
ter to the Illinois Democracy, expressing
a preference for Douglas over Lincoln, and
the Senator from Louisiana gently reminds
him of it. Now, the letter of Mr. Besokin
ridce to Illinois was not a partisan letter. It
was the reverse of enthusiastic. Many of the
friends of Jndge Douglas were dissatisfied
with it. The Vice President wrote because
he could not refuse to write in reply to a
respectful letter from a respectable committee.
For writing at all, it is now very evident,,
ho has given great offence to the President!
The public remark of Mr. Slidell is signifi
cant of this, for Mr. Slidell is not a man to
deal in unauthorized language. He speaks
undoubtedly by the card.
When the poople of tho United States
elected Jaues Buchanan they elected John
C. Bbeceinuidoe. The same Convention
nominated both. The Vice President gave
strength to tho Democratic ticket, great
strength, especially with the young men of
our country. Although thus nominated and
elected, and occupying a position indepen
dent of the Chief Magistrate, and presiding
over the highest legislative body on earth,
the Vice President is not only made a
cipher in the Councils of the Administration,
but is expected to endorse every part of the
policy of that Administration, even to that
which proscribes tho representatives of sove
reign States in the Senate of tho United States.
Such, at ail events, is the impression made
upon our mind, ns a disinterested observer of
the movements upon the choss-board.at our
groat political centre. What next?
BY MIDNIGHT MAIL.
Letter from Washington.
I Correspondence of The Press.J
Washington, Deo. 27,1853.
Tho departure of our beloved fellow-oUlzeo,
Jehu G. Jones, for the soon* of his diplomat!*)
labors, is at hand. That melancholy event has
been duly signalled by telegraph and newspaper.
Greatly &3 we deplore ibo exodas of our excellent
ex-reverend friend, wo have done all in our power,
here in Washington, to assuage hts. own pangs at
parting. We have obampagned him; we havo
cannonaded him at the navy yard; we have sere*
naded him! we have spaeohified him; w« -have
toroh-lighted him; and we havo sumptuously dined
him, in spite of longvJohn Sherman and hungry
lloraco F. Clark, both of whom have not dined
save at their own expense. There ia some slnoero
mourning over the passing away of Jones. The
Attorney Goneral is disconsolate; that strong*
minded man, Senator Bigler, is utterly grief*
stricken; Hr. Oebb, who has*stood by Jones so
steadily when everybody else was against him,
will not be oomforted; Navy Agent Fllnn is a foun
tain of tears; Jonhs has ceased to be jubilant.
Wondell is alone composed ; for ho can answer no
more “ oalls” for the tin. lam happy to say that
the President bears up bravely under this sad
stroke; but his woe is apparent. What it is to be
a philosopher!
There is unspeakable disgust hero at the manner
in whieh onr dear, lamented friend is treated in
Berks county. Pennsylvania. It Is past all endu
rance.
Bat we felioit&te oareelveß upon the magnificent
reception of our minister in the Old World. If
bis own home rejects him, foreign nations will
hail him. As Chancellor of the Exchequer, (that
ytZst,) he will he honorably received by the British
Chancellor of the Exchequer, that Is. As one fond
of good dinners, bdfwill be invited to dine with
the Frenoh Emperor. He will be welcomed to
Vienna with a salute* crowned as the favorite of
our Exeoutlvo> and seated at the right hand of
Frauds Joseph. Farewell, dear John!
The Administration mombers of the United
States Senate, within tho last year, have furnished
more arguments to prove that that body has be*
come a mere depository of aristooratio ideas than
have ever been dreamed of in our philosophy.
That the men who rejoide in this labor of love
should assume to be Homobrats is the worst of it.
Hot one of the meftsilfes which they have ap
proved would ever have received the approval of
the people—not even of the mosses of the South—
while they would have boon overwhelmingly
rejeoted in the North, had they been submitted to
the popular test. These measures have been oalled
for by no publlo exigency. Bom in treachery and
in spite, they were simply “ put through” to
gratify personal malignity. Who bolieves, for in
stance, that tho pooplo wanted Lecompton ? that
they desired tho appointment of Jehu Jones, and
his confirmation ? that they approved the English
bill, or the odious discrimination in favor of Ore
gon and against Kansas? that they jastifiod the
wholesale removal of honest men from office, only
for opinion’s sake—the attaoh upon Houglos, and
the reoent confirmation of the vile men appointed
to office to insult him in bis own State and bofore
his own people ? And yet all these things, which
would have been repudiated by the people, had
they been presented to them, have been foroed
through by the Administration members of the
United States Senate, and are now a part of our
legislative history.’
There is no doubt that the Administration havo
almost agreed to establish a now Administration
paper in Philadelphia, to be devoted to the sup
port of a slave oode in the Territories—to unceas
ing warfare upon Governor Packer’s Administra
tion, laudation of Bigler, abuse of Douglas, «to.,
and a general ohampionshlp of the follies now in
favor here. Both the other Lecompton papers are
to be sponged out. The name of a foreign German
very lately naturaliaod,and weli-skilledin “turning
a penny,” but with so attachments to our people
in faot, a lower kind of Grand—is to be the reputed
publisher. Bat as there is very little money left
in the till to pay, this morcenary will soon tire of
his bargain. “ Tho post office blanks fund ”is
almost exhausted, and an attompt to distribute it
as bofore will be apt to call forth a Congressional
Investigation. The officials have got tired of
paying subscriptions to such schemes. Mr. Bu
chanan’s Duquesne letter against the use of money
in elections gives them a good pretext to deolino
the tax. It is said that there will be great trouble
and some rich developments before the new organ
is established. 1
The Charleston Mercury begins to open its
columns to attacks upon Senator Hammond, on
aooeunt of his last speech. Col. L. M. Koitthas
resolved not to bo a candidate for re-election, and
it is determined that no one favorable to Senator
Hammond’s views shall be his successor.
Pnblic Amusements.
Mr. nnd Mrs, Conway had, what they fully
morlted, a full attendance at tholr benefit last
night.
Mr. John K. MoHonough’s benefit lakes place
this evening. The programme will oonsistof “The
Willow Copse” and “Robert Macairo.” We
shall be much surprised if whole “ troops of
friends” fail to rally round Mr. McDonough on
this occasion.
The future concerts of the Handel and Haydn
Society will be given in Musical Fund Hall. Tho
first of the present seaflon comes off this evenings
when Handel's chtf d'anvre, “ The Messiah,”
(which fans been a long time fa rehearsal,) will be
given, by two hnndred choral singers assisted by
the Germania Orchestra. Mr. Philip Rohr will
officiate as oondnator of the vocal department,
and the solos will be snug by competent vocalists.
he given this season.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY* DECEMBER 28* 1858.
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELE&RAPH.
TWO JAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.'
THE ASIA AT NEW YORK.
FILIBUBTBRIBM IN IRELAND;
THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
Cotton Quiet--Breadstuff's Dull*
American Securities improved,
Nkw Tors, See. 27.—The steamship Asia arrived
this evening, with Liverpool dates to Saturday, the 11th
iDßtant. Her pawage was' delayed by encountering
strong head winds and a heavy westerly swell. The
Asia passed the steamship Canada at eight o’clock on
the morning of the 12th, the City of Baltimore at
seven o’clock on the ovening of the 13th, and the
Persia at 1 o’clock on the morning of the 24th.
Numerous arrests have been made near Cork, Ireland,
of parties connected with a filibustering invasion from
America.
It is folly expected that the British Government
will guarantee new capital amounting to half a million
sterling in aid of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and
that » new contra ot for another cable will be immedi*
ately made.
It is said that tho French Commission recommends
the continuance of the Emigration scheme.
India and Ohina news havo been received by tele
graph, but include no events of importance.
Numerous political speeohes had been made by many
prominent politicians, including Messrs. Gibson and
Bright, on the subject of the reform movement at the
great demonstration at Manchester.
Fifteen yonng men, occupying respectable positions
In society, have been arrested near Cork on the charge
of being members of a society having for its object tho
invasion of Ireland by American filibusters.
A pressure is being brought tobear on government to
secure tho gnarantee of four and a half percent, on half
a million sterling new capital for the Atlantic Telegraph
Company. Memorials are comiog in from all parts of
the country, signed by the most influential cititons,
asking for this aid tp the enterprise. It is supposed
that the government would accede to this request, and
if so, a contract for a new cable would be immediately
made.
The steamer Jura will be despatched by the Canard
line as an extra boat for New York on the Ist of
January. ■ -
The Earl of Carnarvon has declared the dissent of
the Government to the recommendations made in Mr
young’s purloined despatch In relation to the lonian
Islands.
Baron Rothschild has contributed £2,000 to found a
scholarship in the olty of London school in commemo
ration of his admission as a Jew to a seat in the British
Parliament.
The judicial committee of the privy oonncll has con
firmed the decision that the American ship North
American and the Bpanlsh vessel with whioh the
former came in collision, were both to blame for the
oconrrenoe.
The meeting of the French Legislature has been
postponed till February.
The hearing of M. Montalembert’s appeal baa been
fixed for the 24tb of December.
The Bank of France hee gained, daring the month,
twenty-six millions of fraves in specie.
It is reported that a French vessel, engaged in the
negro emigration trade, had been overhauled by a British
cruiser on the African coast, and omnpolled to discharge
the cargo of Africans on board, although the shipment
had been made in a perfectly regular manner.
The ports of Cochin China have been declared by the
French Admiral as under blockade.
The Spanish expedition against Mexico Is to he aug
mented by large addit’ons of vessels of war and troops,
and it will evidently be mnch larger than was previous
ly supposed.
Considerable damage bad been occasioned bv inunda
tions in the vicinity of Seville. The reoeat storms had
also caused many disasters among the shipping, and
from the fact that more than a hundred dead bodK&ii&d
been washed ashore cn tho Andeluslau coast, there is
no doubt that the wreaks have been nameroas at 66 a.
The MinUfry had been defeatod on the bill introduced
to increase the income tax.
Great activity prevailed at the Venice Arsenal, and
the number of workmen previously employed bed been
doubled.
Several arrests had been made at Milan.
- Seventeen students had been arrested at Pavia, and
several, houses having been searched, firearms were
found and seized.
The Calcutta Mail , of November fith, had readied
Buez, but tho intelligence was unimportant.
The dates from Bong Kong w*re to October 29th.
Lord Elgin’s negotiations, at Bbaoghae, were proceed
ing satisfactorily
Tho Hon. Wm. B. Boed,the American Oommissionsr,
had not returned from Japan.
The death of the Emperor of Japan is reported.
All was quiet at Canton and trade had been resumed.
Lord Clyde marched to the attaok of Amethu in the
month of November. The Itsjah submitted and the for
surrendered.
On the 11th the Sepoys tied from Gewarree, which was
captured by the English troops.
The Australian mail, with Melbourne dates to Octo
ber 15th hod reached Sues. The mail steamer had
£130,000 In gold for London.
Trade continued brisk. Large shipments of’gold to
England .were being mode. 9
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE.
The London ZYmesconUlns (he following intelligence
in reference to tho Atlantic cable:
The company has raado application to the Governmi at
for a guarantee of four and a half per cent, on fire
hundred and thiity-seven thousand pounds, subject to
the same conditions as tbe Bed Sea telegraph Upe, and
this application has been backed by memorials from all
the leading fl<ms of London,'Manchester/Liverpool,
Birmingham Leeds. Halifax, Bradford, Hull, Glasgow,
Paisley, and Norwich. If this application is granted,
contracts wilt immediately be concluded. for a new
cable, and any negotiations with the American Go
vernment, which may be necesinry, will subsequently
be entered Into. No attempt can be made, with any
prospect of success, to lirt tbe old cable/ until the
return of calm weather, at tbe end of April or May next,
and even underilie bestc'r:um*rance*, the expectations
with regard to this operation are not favorable.' Mean
while, it has been definitely ascertained that tbe ex
isting fnmxgo Is not In the shore end. The laving of
the new end has been completed to ths d.s’a oi of
twalTe miles out from Yalentia and the portion take a
up is found to he in perfect coml t’ou for all purposes.
The experiments lately undertaken by a perun pre*
vlouslv connected with tbe enterprise cofiflrutlhe ori
ginal inference that the main fault is about tfro hun
dred and seventy miles from the Irish eoa t,nt a depth
of 900 fathoms. Thera is also a fault on tho other side,
which is thought to he About throe hundred miles from
Newfoundland. Current*, however, still oontiooe to
be received, although of a kind so feeble and uncertain
as to bo useless for any practical purpose.
At present the telegraph is In charge of Mr. Henley,*
who is manufacturing an apparatus, snob es hiS experi
ence on the spot leads him to think may yet posMbly
lead to some result*. But in no case could there be a
hope of achieving permanent and satisfactory communi
cation otherwise than by a new line.
The Times thinks that there Is but little doubt that
the consent of the Government will be given to the ap
plication of the company.
fcflt will be remembered that the word “Henley”
was received through the cable on Saturday week.—R«*
porter Associated Press.] c
Commercial Intelligence.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Deo. 10,-The
fates of the week la tbo Oottio market, amount to 42,-
000 bales, Including 2 OCO tales to speculators aod 2,600
bales to exporter*. Middling qualities have declined
l-160,Vd during the week Uplands beiov #d lower,
and Orleans and Mobile l-16d. The other qualities are
unchanged.^
The sales to-day (Friday) are estimated at 7,000 bales,
including 1,000 bales to speculators and exporters. The
market closed quiet, at the following quotations:
Pair. Middlings.
New Orleans 7 6-16
Mobile 7
Uplands 7 6 11-16
The stock In port is estimated at 837,000 bales, in
cluding 257,000 bales of American Cotton.
Messrs. Clare & Son’s circular says tbat Middling Up
latds bate declined fully j£d, but In New Oflea&a and
Mobile qualities there is liitto if any change.
STATE Of TIIE TRADE.—The advices from Man
chester continue to have a favorable tendency; The
markftsworeqoiet ,
TOE HAVKE MARKET.—New Orleans irtt orrfi
naire was quoted at 105 f. AH qualities of Col to* had
declined 2®3c. The rn’es of the week amounted to
4,500 bales, and the stock in port to 90,000. }
LIVERPOOL BREADBTUPFS MARKET.-i-Tho
breadstuff's market continued very dull, and the quota
tions are generally nominal. Messrs. Richardson,
Spence, & Co.’s circular reports Plour very dull no*
min&l; Wheat very dull, but steady ; Corn very dull at
the following quotations: Mixed 20®275, yellow 27ft
28s, white 30a31i0d< -
LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET.—The provi
sions market also continued cull. The circulars report
Beef heavy; Pork dull; Bacon dull; Lard dull, at 64®
64*6i.
LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—Sugar steady ?
Ooffee quiet; Rice (Carolina) dull; Tea very firm;
Rosin steady; Turpentine Spirits dull, at 39ftS9s6d ;
Ashes in good demand aod slightly lower; Pots qtioted
at 28ft20*; Pearls 31s6dft82s. i
LONDON MARKETS.—Baring fc Circular re
ports Breadstaffs dull. Iron—Welsh rails firm at £6
10»£fi 16s; Welsh bars firm at £6 6s.
Bugar quiet but steady. Coffee quiet. Tea .tending
upward. Turpentine Spirits dull kt 395. Tallow firm
at 50 9dftsls. Bice steiolv.
LONDON MONEY MARKET.—There was a decided
Improvement in American seouritl»s. Illinois Central
Railroad shares were quoted at 29ft27 per cen f . diftccrant.
Consols were quiet at 07 ©97# (ex-div.) for account.
The Bullion in tho Bank of England had Increases to
£145,000 during the week.
The Latest Financial and Commercial.
Lohdon, Saturday.—The city article of this morn
ing’s Ntws states that so far the reduction in tho took
rate of Interest has had scarcely any effect on the mo
ney market. Funds are buoyant, aud the investm<tots
in railroad shares have decidedly increased.
The Tintet says that funds dosed firm, andthe appli
cations for discount at the bank were rather numerous.
Consols are quoted ato7#©97?j (ex div) for account.
LIVERPOOL MARKETS Saturday —The Cotton
market continues quiet. The estimated sales to-9*y
are 6,000 bales. Breadstuff* and Provisions Ore $lll
very dull. -*
Washington, Deo. 27.—A letter received at the In
dian Bureau from the commisdcners engaged In survey
ing the Indian bdundary lines, says that they are under
the protaction of Major Van Dorn, who recently indict
ed tne'severest punishment upon tho Oamancbes res!-
ding on the Canadian river, and that through his vigi
lance and that of the officers accompanying his com
mand. the frontier of western Texas is not likely to be
molested again for a long time by these maraudors, who
havo disappeared and nothing has been seen of them
since the fight at Whitohita village.
Judge Samuel Black, of Pennsylvania, will, there is
little if any doubt, bo appointed Governor of Nebraska,
and the vacancy on the bsnch of tbat Territory will be
filled by a gentleman from Georgia.
Wh’le the opponents of the old soldiers’ bill eailnmle
tha t fi om eleven to fifteen millions would be required
to csrry it into effect, its friendß ssy that from the most
accurate calculations tho amount would be only tbrta
million* per auouro. There is, however, no prospect of
the bill becotniDg a law.
General Walker ie believed to bo in the vicinity bf
Mobile. General Henoingsen is still in Washington. -
Among the recent confirmations by the United Sfatts
Peoato were Alexander Wilson, Of Philadelphia, as Dis
trict Attorney for Utah' Territory, And Alfred M. Lay,
as District Attorney for the Southwestern district of
Missouri.
Tho I’ilibuster Sentiment.
Washihqtox, Dec. 27.—The Southern-vapors re
ceived by mail contain accounts of enthusiastic meet
ings at Columbus, Mississippi, to consider the subjset
of rendering material aid to General Walker in carrying
out the Southern Emigration scheme to Nicaragua,
Several other similar meetings are announced, and it is
said that the sympathy of Mississippi is fully awakened.
PIONRKR,
Pacific Railroad Convention.
Nuw O«r.RANB, Deo 20.—The Convention has au
thorized the issue of a trust deed for the indebtedness
of the Pacific Railroad Company, amouoting to $327,-
000. The ontire liabilities n*e 1600,000 ; to meet tho
former there is 7100,000 in baud, and $llO COO from
other sources, leaving about $95,000 to bo provided for
by the New Orleans and other stockholders. Nothing
cow remains to be done but to get Texas to relinquish
the suit instituted for the forfeiture of tho charter,-
whiohVill undoubtedly be done. The Convention ad
journed to meet at Marshall, Texan, on the 13th of
January. President Morton received a vote of thanks, f
and he congratulated tho Convention in his response
on the successful issue of the difficulties of the com
pany. The stockholders are in high spirits.
The Missouri Legislature.
BT. L<»u a, Deo. 27.— I The Missouri Legislature, whiuh
eonveoed at Jeffevsou to-day. wan temporarily or
ganised, end proceeded to qualify member». A ueme
cratie eftuena ha* been held Tor the uomHatloo of
officers, »nd the eieclioo will probably take plaoe to
morrow. when the Governor’* message will be de
livered. *
Death of Gen* James Gadsden,
OHA«tssTG», Deo. 27.—Gen. James Gadsden died on
JtnwUj.
JS'UMEROUS ARRESTS*
CONSOLS 07#o9TK.
GREAT BRITAIN.
FRANCE,
INDIA AND OHINA.
AUSTRALIA.
Washington Affairs.
FROM KANSAS.
RENEWAL OF DISTURBANCES.
Port Soott Captured toy Montgomery.
FIVE OR SIX MEN KILLED.
INVASION INTO MISSOURI.
Appeal to tho Governor of Missouri for Assistance,
St. Louis, Deo. 27.—The Jefferson City Pzaminer
learns from a reliable source that the lawn of Foit
Scott was, on the nightof the 16th Instant, attacked by
Montgomery, at the head of two hundred men, who
captured the town, and when the Examiner's infor
mant escaped, five or six persons had been killed. Tbe
objeot of the attaok was presumed to be ti obtain the
release of one of Montgomery’s men oonfined there on
the obarge of murder, upon whioh an indictment had
been found. It was feared that the town would be en
tirely destroyed.
A desparoh from Kansas City says that the Harrl
sonville (Missouri) Dniuurat, of the 25th iwtant, states
that on the previous Mocday moraing a band of thieves
and fufftsalns from the Territory, entered Vornon county,
Missouri, killed David Omse, stole a lot of cattte,
twenty horses, and eleven negroes. About the same’
time two parties, under Brown and Montgomery, eutar
ed Missouri on the Little Osage river, » tole a negro wo
man. and took Mr. Latne prisoner, carrying him Into
the Territory, butt-eleaied him tbe next day.
An express has been sent to Governor Stewart, of
Missouri, for assistance to protect the lives and property
of the oitizens of Missouri.
STEAMER TENNESSEE AT NEW ORLEANS.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE*
ZULOAGA PREPARED FOR PLIGHT
A Triumvirate Proposed.
Nkw Orleans, Dec. 20.—Tbe steamship Tennessee
has arrived from Vera Graz with dates to the 22d inst.
The news Is undeotelve. though interesting.
El Progresso speaks in high terms of President Bu
chanan’s n estage, and thinks that the position taken in
regard to Mexico will induce the European Powers to
recede from their present position, and that the Liberal
party will rrap ao advantage by tbe attitude assumed at
Washington, and prevent the necessity of establishing
military po*t4 at Chihuahua and Bonora.
A deposit of silver, amounting to $125 000, had been
found in a vault attached te Mr. Forsyth’s house.
Gen. Zulcaga was still in the city of Mexico, but was
prepared for flight at any moment. -
Gen. Marques baa beon defeated by Degollaio.
The Archbishop refuses to supply Zuloaga with more
money.
A Triumvirate wav proposed.
Five French and tbra* Spanish war vessels were at Ba
crlflcins; also, the United Mates Bloop-of-war Saratoga.
Another United States sloop-of-war was seen off Vera
Ornz. »
It is rnmored that Zuloaga has offered to place Mexi
co under the protectorate of Great Britain, and that a
Mr. Worrell has been despatched to England to arrange
the matter.
General Echeaearay has defeated Oamano at the Ha
clendo Ban Michetis.
A Spaoish brig-of-wer had arrived off Tampico.
General Al&briste has defeated the Zulosga forces be
fore Puebla.
A bottle has been picked up at sea off Coatzacosl-os
river, enclosing a written statement to the effect that
the Spanish frigate Guadaloupe bad been wrecked off
the island of Lobes, while making preparations for the
threatened attack upon Vera Ornz.
Arrival of the New Mexican Mall.
Bt. Louis, Dec. 27.—Tho Bant a Ve mall, of the 6th
inst.. reached Independence on Saturday.
The conductor reports having met with snow on
the road, three feet deep, aud the weather was very
cold.
The New Mexican Legislature was to convene on the
day the mall left Santa Fa.
The advices from Fort Defiance are to the 21stof No
vember.
Colonel Miles bnd pursued the Indians into their
mouuta’u fa tnesaee, over regions heretofore unknown
to the white men, putting them to flight wherever
found.
Maps of tbe marches made by Colonel Miles’ party
will soon be prepared, and will give Important informa
tion respecting the country.
‘Major Backus returned to Fort Defiance on the 18th.
He had no rognlnr fight with the Indfaus, but killed
six of them in various skirmishes.
Captain Valdes, of the company of spies, had been
badly wounded.
Colonel Bonneville and Superintendent Collins were
to treat with tho Navajoe Indians during tho .ar
mistice, and their action will be considered as final,
olther for peace or war.
Jndge Boon will take the judgeship of the District
Court, whioh has been vacated by Judge Benedict.
Arrival of the California Overland
Bv. Louis, December 28.—The twenty-second overland
mail, with Baa Francisco dates to the 98th ultimo, ar
rived last night, having been twenty-seven days ont.
There was bnt one through passenger and several from
way stations along tbe route. The advices from Cali
fornla are auticipsted by the Tehuantepec ma<l at New
Orleans. The Ban Fraooisco Herald reports tho* sei
zure of the steamer Hermann by the United tttntes
marshal, on claims against her by New York parties.
Six compaoies of the oth Infantry, under Colonel
Hoffman, have been assigned for service In the Mohave
country. Two companies with the regimental heai
qnarters, Lieutenant-Colonel Andrews commanding, go
to Presidio; one company each to Humboldt’s Bay and
Ban Diego.
Steamboat
Disaster.
Cincinnati, Deo. 27.— I The steamer Metropolis, from
Pittsburg for New Or’eaas, with 500 tons of produce
aud manufactures of Pittsburg, ran ashore during a fog,
on Sunday morning, about 50 miles below this citv,
and sunk immediately. The beat is a complete wreck,
having broken in two. No lives were lost. The Me
tropolis was owned in Pittsburg, and cost $20,000; it
was insured at $l4 COO. The loss sustained on coal and
cargo exceeds $lOO,OOO.
New York liank Statement.
Niw Yobk, December 2fr—The bank statementof the
past week shows the following results as compared with
the statement of the previous week
Decrease of ldans....;.
Decrease of specie
Increase of circulation,
Copt. Townsend, of the Slaver Echo,
Boston, Deo. 27.—Capt. Townsend. of the slarer Echo,
left here to*dny for trial at Key West. lie Is escorted by
two deputy TT, 8. marshals.
Markets by Telegraph*
BALTIiIORB. Deo. 27.—Nothin? doing la Flour. Wheat
firm ; sales of white at ft. 8501.60. Yellow Corn 710
72a j white 00067 c. Provisions unchanged. Whiskey
dull at 240250.
Cincinnati, December 27.—^ Flour unchanged. Whfs*
key dull at 21#. Hogs are dull and prices unchanged ;
sales of 500 at f0.60c0.90 ; mess Pork dull. Lard
10^ oil cents.
Nsw Orleans, Dec. 27.—Cotton—Salefl to-day 4,500.
The quotations are unchanged, bnt prices are easier
Wheat-Sales of red a* 850. Lard, In barrols, is quoted
at lie lb for prime. Coffee closed firm; 2.300 bags
were sold to-day at lC#oll#c lb. freight on cot*
too to Liverpool is quoted at 16-32 d.
Sterling Exchange 8# 08# cent, premium. Ex
change on New York I#©2 cent, and (at
eight) discount.
Havre Cotton Market.
New Yens, Dec. 27.—(Pei' steamship KitogAroo.)—
Haver, Dec. 6.— The Cotton market closed dull: the
tales of the week amount to 4,700 bales, New Orleans
fitrlot middling being quoted at 9Q®lGof. Rico is dull
at 25«28.
New York Markets Yesterday*
Abfibb —Tbe demand for Pots !s light and prices aro
nominal at $5 50, and Pearls $5.75.
Ookfbs.—The market is very quiet, hut prices are
well sustained.
Ootton.—The market is extreme!/ (lull, and some
what heavy.
Fieri.—Dry Cod hare been in better request—sales
of 1 700 qtls Bank, at s4©4 12J{—the In'ter vale for
handsome. Other kinds aro inactive, and prices un
changed.
Floub, &c.—The demand for Western Canal Flour is
limited, and tbo market Is heavy. Ohoice brands only
are saleable to the trade. The inquiry for export is ex
tremely limited.
The sales are 0,600 bbis at $4.2604.45 for superfine
State; |5®5.15 for extra do; $5.20et6.25 for low grades
of western extra; $5.40«t&.60 for shipping brands of
round hoop extra Ohio; $6.60®7 for trade bran's do;
and $6.6C©7.76 fer extra Genesee; andss,6ooB.6o£t.
Louis brands.
Canadian Flour Is in. moderate request for tbe trade,
and fa firm ; s»laaof 250 bbis at $5.2506.30 for extra
brands. Southern Flour is inactive, and is heavy, p a*-
ticdlarly the medium grades; sales of 700 bbla at $4,75
0)5.40 for mixed to good brands Baltimore, and $5.66®
7.40 for fancy and extra do.
Gnaw.— I The Wheat market is very quiet—the
vals are light—sales of 4,000 bus at $l.lO for mixed Illi
nois, and Chicago spring on terms notyetOxed. Pjeis
quiet at 78®79c. Barley is dull and nominal.
Oats are hsidly ro firm; sales of State at 49351 c, and
Western, Canadian, and Prince Edward’s Island at 600
for prime.
Corn is in fair demand; old is firm with tv speculative
inquiry; new is plenty and lower—sales of 20 000 bush
els at 73©73)»0 for new Southern white, 72c for new
Southern mixed, 73©76c for do yellow, and 77®78c icr
old Western mixed.
MoLAgSRS.—Now Orleans is less animated, bat is
steady at 36)£0>30#e.
Natal Sto»kb.—Spirits Turrentino is quiet at 48#
©4oc cash. Crude remains quiet, but firm at $3.75.
Common Rosin is inactive at $1 .50«tl .53 310 lb's. utloat
and dellvorod. • Other hinds are equally quiet, and
prices unchanged.
Paorisioxs.—'The Pork market Js easier, with free
sellers; the at rivals fair; sales of 1 650 bbls At $lB for
new mess; $17.60 for old do; SIS for old prime,
and for now do.
Beef is without change; the demand Is fair; the
pales arc 300 bbis at $0©6.76 for chantry prime; $7.76
©9 f r do mess; $B-02#©10.37)£ for repacked mess,
and $10,750)11.60 for extra do, Prime moss is quiet at
$16©19.
Beef hams aro steady ; sales of 100 bbis at $130>15.
Bacon Is quiet at B©loo. Out Meata are quite firm
and in fair demand at for hams, and for
Bboulders. /
* Laid is buojant; the supply of prime is moderate ;
pales of 207 bbis at fair to good. Dresqod
Hogs m-e in demand at 7©Bc. Butter is steal jr and in
fair request. Cheese is firm at B©9#c.
Sugahs are in limited demand, bat pilccs are sus
tained ; rales of 100 bbds New Orloaosat J
Wimskby. —The market is steady; sales of 4t)o bbis
at 24Jfc. ca«h.
STOCK kxohange-b;
5000 Missouri o’a b!6 Oltfj
6000 do 00
USCOND BOARD, DBG. 27.
100 Harlow R I’ief 32
100 do b6O 32
•200 do . 32 V
300 Heading 11 sflOSl*
800 do m 52
100 La Grossed: Mil R 2%'
50 Mich Oen R «tw 51 H
200 do 61 V
50 do s3O 61
66 Fftnuntt R.R 123
125 do b 00123
50 do 123 ft
50 do 123 ft
100 Illinois CunKbSO 67
100 do slfi 60ft
150 Galena &CUiR 71*,'
250 Ohio te Kook I R
100 do 100 89*4
[BOO do bOO 69V
13000 do
13O0QQ do
1030 Gal 7*B N ltd
7000 Virginia 8t 6‘« 09
1000 La 0 «fc Ml* G 95
4000 do 26 *
6000 do 1)00 25*
1000 Gal & Obi 2d Mt 01*
6 I'ac Mail» 8 01 ■
60 do eOO 00*
120 do 91 *
100 NY Gent It 84*
ICO do 84*
200 do bnw 84*
100 do *3 84*
25 Erie Bnilroad 17*
100 Harlem R It
MAJOR Van Lorx —Tho Port Gibson lieveillo
has boon shown a private letter from tho above
gallant offioor, a native of Claiborno oounty, Miss.
Thelottor was to a member of his family, and re
ferring to his recont desperate oonllict with the
Oamanohes, ho says:
I ohnrgcd a party of Indians during the battle,
‘‘which lasted about an hour, and after shooting one
of thorn got shot myself-one arrow entering my aria
a Httlo above tho wrist, and lodged near the elbow,
another entered my right side, passed through the
upper part of my stomnoh, ranging upwards, out
tho lower part of my left lung, and came out on
my left sido. When 1 pulled the arrows from me,
the blood followed ns if weary of service and im
patient to cheat ine of life-spilling like rod wine
from a drunkard’s tankard. It was sublimo to
stand thus on the brink of the dark abyss, and the
contemplation was awful. It was doubtful for
somo tlmo If I should survive. I had faced death
often, but never so palpably boforo. I gaspod in
drendful agony for soveral hours, but finally be
came ensyrand am now well. My noblo, faithful
horse, sprinkled with blood, stood over mo whore I
fell, and looked tho sympathy he could not utter;
and if I had died thore, lie would not have been
friendloss. If sovoral soldiers had not oome up as
I was shot, I would have been stuok ns full of ar
rows as Gulliver was by tho Lilliputians* and my
best friends could not havo pioked ine out from
among a doeoo dead poroupinos.
The hostile Indians of U{ew Mexico have re
oanlly hten oloaely pursued by tho American
troops, and worsted In tho various onoountors that
have taken plnoe.
THE CITY.
IH7* See first page.
The Board op Trade.— The regular month
ly meeting of this board was held lat.t evoning at their
rooms, Io Chestnut street.
The Committee on Wharfage made a lengthy report,
embodying the following resolution :
*( 'Resolved) That this Association recommend to our
whnrf-owners the adoption of rates of wharfage
which will release vessels from the present onerous
charges, and that New York rates he approached as
nearly as possible; that if necessary, the cargo should
be lightly taxed for this purpose, or such distribution
of wharfage be made between ship aud oargo as will
harmonize all interests.”
A minority report wasaleo presented.
Mr. John Welsh hoped that the resolution of the
board would net pass, as there were no just deductions
In the idea upon which It was based.
Mr. Newoomb B. Thompson favored the minority re
port.
Mr. Bolden also believed the minority report to ho
most judicious. The rates of wharfage had never been
complained of by large vessels, but byamall ones. If
little vessels were charged $2 per day, Instead of $4, the
whole matter would be rectified.
Mr. Thompson said that the majority had made an
error In their report. No vessel that comes into this
port pays over $3 per day.
Mr. 8. Y. Merrick said he knew of a vessel that paid
$5 per day.
Mr. Buzby said he bad been informed that partial in
the West Indies found the comparative wharfage be
tween this port and New York as $3 to 0?# cents.
Mr. B. 0. Knight also dissented from the views of the
majority report.
Mr. Steinmetz mid he bad never been more gratified
than at the reading of the minority report.
Mr. Derbyshire eald tuere is not a wharf in Philadel
phia that now payß four per cent. Many of the wharves
are going to decay, and with no disposition,on the part
of the owner*, to make them better. The minority re
port he considered a botch.
Mr. Cope laid that we haven’t wharfage room enough
A ship from Calcutta 1? now lyUg at the steamship dock,
paying six dollars a day, and eight dol'ars per day for
the engine She unloads when fhe can, and uses the
dock onlv when the steamers don’t. Beiides this, she
has to pay watchmen day and ni;;bt.
The debate was continued at much length, when Mr.
Alfred H Love offered an amendment, which struck out
all after the word “ resolved,” end inseitei “ that the
Board of Trade recommend a greater dbcrlmlnatlon in
the cba’ges for wharfage upon vessels of different ton
nage.”
This was-carried by a large, majority and the original
resolution lost.
Mr. Buzby, from tbe Commltto? on Auctions, stated
that the entire committee have, with a single excep
tion, signed the report (already published in our ca
nning), but have added a few pa’agrapbsto the former
report. The report referred to concerned the *ax,now
levied upon the auction business.
The xdditlonal paragraphs are these :
” Your committee believe the entire system of levy
ing the shop-tax or license for selling goods at public
or private sale, to be unwise or grievously wrong, be
cause it is unfairly graduated, and its burdens un
equally borne. We cannot perceive why an auctioneer
should be compelled to pay $2,000 for a license, while
a jobber or retailer of the s.me class pays buts2oo;
or why a merchant who sells $300,01.0 worth of goods
should be obliged to pay as much tax ss one who sells
$6,000,000. Ther* appears no justice or equity in the
case, and the law should, thereforo, be so modified as
to bear equal 1 y upon til. And, although we should
not favor a redaction of the license of the auctioneer
to that paid by those in New York, still he should be
placed upon the same footing with those of other trades
and pursuits.”
* * * * * *
“ It is a well known fact that in Philadelphia more
goods are manufactured than in any other city in the
Union, and a very large amount of these goods is regu
larly sold by auction. Were it rot for the comparatively
heavy tax imposed upen the sale of these goods by tbe
auction laws of this State, while New York levies no tax
whatever upon domestic geo is a largo proportion of
them would doubtless be sold at home, thereby not only
directly benefiting our own merchants and manufactur
ers, but would be the means of drawing to our city a
largo number of buyers from other parts of the com. try,
to make their purchases, who now rarely visit our mar
ket at all.”
******
(< Again, wo cannot see the propriety of restricting
the auctioneer from the siOeof goods, except those par
ticularly specified, when another class * f merchants is
? emitted to sell any and every doccriptlon of property,
t Is illiberal and oppressive, and ought to be changed.”
The report is signed by G. L.Buzby, Wm. B. Thomas,
Wm. O.Ludwig, Alfred U Love. The dissenting mem
ber of the Conmtt*e Is Mj. Steinmetz.
The debate on the resolution accompanying the re
port—that the Leg'slsturo be memorialized upon the
subject—was contiaued at great length.
Mr. Busby, after a Tory long speech—full of facts,
figures, and statistics—t ITered a set of resolutions, that
the duties bo modified, but the license retained.
, Tbe hour being veiy late, the board then adjourned,
leaving tbemattfr In sfafK'/uo.
Meeting of the Friends of Douglas in
the Thirteenth Waro.—A meeting of the friends of
Hon. Stephen A. Doug as was held last evening, at the
publio house of Albrrt Lawrence, corner of Ninth and
Noble streets, for the purpose of taking measures to
give a public reception to tho above-named gentleman
if he shall pats through this city on his way to
Washington.
On motion, Mr. David M. Lyle was called to the
chair, nod Mr. F. O. Smith was appointed eecretarr.
The resoiutlens of tho lust meeting were read and
approved of.
At a former meeting a committee of three was ap
points, to ascertain, If possible, when Judge Douglas
would visit this city, and to Inform him of the proposed
public reception. They accordingly reported that he
may be expected la this city about the 6th of January
next, or soon after, and a letter, nuraeroußly signed,
expressive of the ronse of the meeting, was prepared, to
bet‘cderedto him by a committee, whose business it
•hall be to wait upon him at New York, and escort him
to this city. -
A motion was made to form the meeting into a Com
mittee of the Whole to obtain signatures to the above
letter.
The Secretary was requestsd to furnish copies or the
lettor to the different members of this meeting, who
shall obtain signatures from the friends of Judge Doug
las.
A motion wax made that a committee of fifteen be
appointed l -from thiß ward to co-operate with other or
ganisations In this city of a similar character, and with
the city authorities. The motion was agreed to, and
the loUowlng.named gentlemen were appointed : Bailoy
Thomas, David M. Lyle, M. A. Burke, Job B. Gibbs,
Enos Benner, Charles Barnes, Geo. Moothart, Geo. M.
Heinitsh, F. C. Smith, H. J. Haramel, Geo. Stillman,
R. W. Joyce, A. Sallender, Aug. Lewis, and Albert
Lawreoce.
....*388,000
.... 2-30,000
.... 0,000
A motion was made that thin meeting recommend the
propriety of other warda holding meetings for the purpose
of co-operating In the proposed reception. Agreed to.
A motion wus made that when this meeting adjourn
it adjonrn to-meet at this platoon Monday evening
nextat 7ft o’clock, or sooner if necessary. Agreed to.
A motion was made that a committee of five be ap
pointed to prepare resolutions to be reported at the uext
meeting. Agreed to.
The following-named gentlemen were appointed*.
Messrs. Smith, Barnes, Sailendcr, Gibbs and Lawrence.
The meeting then adjourned.
Meeting op the Guardians op the Poor.
—Yesterday afternoon im adj mrned stated meetiog of
this body wai held at their office, in Seventh street,
above Market. Br. Hahn presided.
The committee appointed to examine the account of
Mr. J. Fisbfi*, the late treasurer of tbe board, submit,
milted a report directing the solicitor to enter satisfac
’ion upon his bond.
Mr. Fisher said he was prepared at any moment to
pay over the amount in his hunds to his successor..
The resolution was adopted.
Sir. Hatuelin offered the following:
WuhKKiS, The institution placed under our charge was
in danger of total destruction by fire during the past
week, thus throwing upon the charUy of the citizens
tho largo number of unfortunate poor who there find a
homo, and.
Whereas, This daoger was arrested by the exertions
of the Steward, Mr. Marshal) Henszey, be it therefore
Hesolfttl, That the thanks of the Board be tendered
to tho Steward for his indefatigable exertions on that
occasion, ant for the untirin* zeal with which he labor
ed to extinguish the conflagration, whiob at one time
threatened tbe Almshouse w-th entire destruction.
1 he preamble and resolution were adopted.
Mr. Smith submitted a resolution, that hereafter no
purchases of goods for the Almshouse, unless previous
ly authorized by the board, be made, aodthat hereafter
the steward and storekeeper be instructed to receive no
llour unless the same has been inspected. Agreed to.
.Mr. John A. Fisher submitted his resignation ai a
member of the bfard,which was accepted.
Or. John A. Wylie submitted his reaiguation os out
door physician ot the Eleventh ward.
Mr. Smith said he desired to correct a statement in
some of the newspapers that $5,000 was to be expended
for dioical instruction. The committee on that subject
bat not spent a dollar, and have not asked for any ap
propriate n. He then read an extract from the Sunday
Dispatch , to the effeot that somo Iron pipes bad been
stolen by : otne member of tho board.
Mr. 8. said this statement was untrue. The iron pipe
was sold under the supervision, nul by the authority of,
tin Lunatic Committee, and the amount received for it
credited to a bill which hal bten cont acted for work at
the house He only mado thin statement to show how
they were slandered out of doors.
Hills were then read which were ordered to be paid.
Adjourned.
Mysterious Circumstance. — A few days
since the monotony aad quietude of the little village of
Downiugtown Chester oounty, was relieved by tho an
nouncement that a pedlar’s pack hal beeu discovered
m Downing's mill-dam, on the Brandywine, about one
mile nev th of the village. It appears that a gentleman
was about crossing the breast of the dam on Friday
last, ?rid when at a point some twenty feet from tbe
bank of the stream he discovered the puck, completely
covered with water, to the depth of a few Inches, and
a pah* of nanta'.oons and some other articles of wearing
apparel were found ndja ent to tae spot. He imme
‘diately sußpected that foul piny had been practised on
the owner of the property, and that probably his bedy
bad been thrown in the dam after the foul deed bad
been committed. After notifying the neighbors that
he hat found the pads, and acquainting them with bis
suspicions, the goods were taken to Wm. It. Downing’s
larm-houaeand carefully dried. The pack was found
to oontaln a quantity of jewelry, pins, needles, knives,
and a variety of articles peculiar to those who scour
the country round. Tho contents of tbe well-filied
park somewhat staggered the minds of tho gentlemen
who were concerned in tho investigation ; yet they con
cluded that, some ono ha<l robbed and murdered
the pof.r pedlar,and, after seeming the loose change,
bal left the pack so as to avoid detection. Arrange
raents were accordingly made for drawing tho water
from the dam and for making a thoiough search for toe
body, when two small boys camo forward and stated
the; bud seen the pedlar change his clothes that more
ing, on thebnukof th-stream, and place the pack in
the water, and it was aft-rwards ascertained that the
same individual bad taken tbe 7# A. M. train of the
Chefct-r Valle; Rsilroad for this city. This only served
t i deepen tbe mystery, until at length they came to the
conclusion that the above pedlar bad been employed by
a Rim, as salesman, and, that aft r disposing of & portion
of the valoables, he bad absconded with the proceeds.
In the inesnl’me the pick and its contents remain at
Mr. Downing's, awaiting un owner.
Assault and Battery.— Last evoning Rich
pid O’iteilly Lovett had a hearing beforo Alderman
Brazier on several charges, fir*t lor being diunk and
disorderly. Offlcor Heatou.Jof the Arch-street Tboaiio,
to tided that he hetud a noise in one of the boxes of the
theatre uti fat-rJey night last, while the “ Ameri
can Cousin” was being performed, and proceeding to
tho locality from wh ! ch tho nouade emanated, he fount
an indescribable scene of confusion, ami Lovott bo
beastly drunk that he was scarcely able to stand. He
was removed from tbe theAtre, and last oveningwas
fined for the offence. The second charge was assault
and battery. It seems that when he entered tho stock
holder’s box, which was occupied by Mr. Haoey and
family, be assaulted Miss Martha Haney, and throw her
to the floor, indicting roverat alight injuries. Mrs.
Whartman alio came in for a share of his blows. Seve
ral stockholders testify to the right of taking ladies to
tho stockholder’s box. During tbe hearing Lovett
made usoof seven) slang phrases «nd behaved himself
inabullying manner, for which he was toverely repr
tnanded by the magistrate, and dually held to bail to
answer the chatge of committing an assault on Miss
Whartman, and to nighlhe will be tried on the charge
of assaulting Mrs. Whartman.
Evils op Intemperance.—A child named
Mnvy White, only three and a half years of age, was ad
mitted at tbe Pennsylvania Hospital on Sunday night,
with her upper jaw br>ken. Tho father whohadbeen
Indulgiug pretty freely, went home that evening in an
intoxicated condition, and upon his wife remonstrating
vnth him he threw a pitcher at her, which struck the
ohild and caused the injury. The father expressed his
Borrow at the untoward event after he had recovered
hia equilibrium, but the mark of hio rage will probably
remain an hisi(T<pi!ng until her death, and shou dhavo
the effect of securing his reformation, if nothing else
will.
Fatal Accident.—Last evoning a man
mimed Janies Oukford, a reel’out of Marajuuk, foil
through the deep cut bridge at Manuyunk, A distanco of
thirty-fivo feet, to the railroxd below. He was killed
almost instantly, end tho Coroner proceeded to that
place at a l&to hour ast evening, to hold an inquest on
the body.
• Shakspeare, iu a lengthy dissertation <lo
livorcd through a New Orleans “ medium,” saya :
” I slnoeroly regrot thnt my grout tragedy of‘Mac
beth’ cannot bo produced us it bhould be. Had I
known the oxtont to which it was destined to bo
mangled, travestied, and abused, it would have
boen supptossed after its first tun in Loudon. I
must wait for another contury *o produce notors
who can represent roe properly. They would do
14 now if they could, for they nil know how much
I have done for tho stage, and they nro not un
grateful ”
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The money Market.
Philadelphia, Deo. 27, 1858.
State fiv4s and city leans are in demand at higher rales;
CatawifiEa and North Pennsylvania ftal'rcai bonds are
improving a little; Camden and Amboy, and Pennsyl
vania Railroad bonds, are firm; Bank sticks are steady,
and all the fancy stocks very weak in the knees.
Peterson’s Counter/tit Betector, for January, is
quite a gem—far excelling all its rivals as a complete
detsotor of counterfeits and a reliable bank-note list.
Its size is augmented to forty.oight pages, and it is not
only replete with all the information usually looked for
in counterfeit detectors, but gives a great variety of
other matter entortainlng to the general reader and ex
ceedingly useful in the store and the counting-room.
The January number also contains a dozen pages of the
Complete Coin Book, which is afforded gratis to sub
scribers for 1869, and which we find on examination to
really be what it professes to be, a Complete Coin Book.
In the statement concerning counterfeit and other
bank-notes, which after all is the grand object of a
counterfeit detector, Peterson’s has the inca’culable ad
vantage tf bemg under tbe charge of Drexel A Co.,
whose reputation, ebaraotor and means are such as to
utterly forbid even the saspioion that this publication
will ever be used to levy blaok mall upon weak banks
or to rob the publio by giving a favorable report of un
deserving Institutions. What is fonnd In Peterson’s
Counterfeit Detector may be implloitiy relied upon as
the plain truth.
The New Orleans Gas Light Company has declared
a dividend of 6 cent, for six months, payable on the
first of January at the office of the company, in New
Orleaos.
Th* telegraph reports that the Lehigh. Yalley Rail
road down for the fourth week of the fiscal
year, 8,429 tons, a2amst6,6os tons for the corresponding
week last year, making the increase this season, thus
far, 7,410 tins.
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The aggregates or the Bank statiment compare with
those of last week as follows:
Deo. 20. Dee 27,
Capital Slock.. ..$11,682,605 $11,584 355..1n. $1,760
Loan* 26.31ff.640 26 232,661..1n. 115.911
Specie 6 323,464 6,274,615..Dp. 47 939
Due fm other Bks 1,632.342 1 415,218. .De. 217,129
Due to other Bks. 3 449 866 3 381,469..8e. 68,396
Deposits.... -16,683 671 16,723.397.. tn. 89,726
Circulation 2,663.360 2,701,127. .In. 37,767
Thd following statement shows the business of the
Philadelphia Clearing House for tbe 5 days ending
Friday, December 24,1858:
Clearings.
$3,T11,7?8 40
3,079,405 99
2.847.127.63
2.718 653 68
2,700,653.11
December 20,
“ 21
$15,057,563.81 $1,132,677.76
PHILADELPHIA BTOOK EXCHANGE BALXB,
December 27, 1853.
XIPOATZD BT MAKLEY, BROWN, A GO., BAHX-SOTB, STOCK,
ASD BIOHASGB BROKERS, HOBTHWEBT OORXBX 7BJID
AND OHBfIWOT STRUTS.
FIRST BOARD.
000 Ches A Del Cal 6s
1000 Rlmira Ist m 7s.
3000 do
1000 Sch N 6s’B2.OAP
3000 Realß6e ’B6..bfi
1000 do
60 2d A 3d St B.lots
f’ooo Penna6s.. 95^
3000 do 95^
2000 do 95£
2000 do 95ft
6QO do .......... 95ft
300 City Gs CAP Q9tf
1400 do ...B CAP 99ft
3Commerc*alßk.. 51
11 Pennaß..lots.csh 42ft
12 Minehili R. .lots 6lft
ICO do b& 61ft
10 CatnwisfiTß 6
100 Heating ft....b5 28ft
100 do b 5 26ft
100 * do .bfiwnAlnt 26ft
ICO do ......cash 26
ICO do 26
10 do cash 26ft'
100 do b 4 2dft
600 do ...B.OAP 99ft
1600 do ..R.CAP 99ft
1400 do CAP 00ft
3000 do New.OAP 103 ft
1000 do New.CAP 103 ft
1000 CAAmOe ’B3 2dys 85
1000 do •••••.2dye 85
1000 do ......2dya 85
2000 do 2dys 86
100 do 85ft
1000 do ....’75.... 64ft
1000 N Penna R6s ... 63ft
1000 Ches A Del Cnl 6s 75*
BETWEEN
1000 Fenna 5s Coup. .100 <
900 City 6s...R.CAP 99ft
400 do ...R.CAP 90ft
20C0 do New.OAP 103 ft
4000 Elmira Ist m 7s. 75
1 NTcrthn Bk Ky.. ,121 ft
< & Kenslngtonßk.. 69
BOARD.
9 Beating R 26
3 do 26
b Minehili R 61ft
16 do 61k
2 Penna R 42ft
8 do 42ft
6 Harrisburg 8..... 58ft
50 Girurißk b 5 12
100 do b 5 12
100 do bb 12
20 do b 5 12
20 do b& 12
ICO do b 5 12
50 do b 5 12
2 do -,b5 12
SBOOND
1003 City 6i CAP 99ft
2700 do 8 A H R
Exempt..CAP 100 ft
4000 Catawisra R 7s
coup 0n..b5 54#
1000 CamJfc AraCs ’75. 85
1000 Beading B 6s >7O. 84#
2000 Penna B 2d m 6s. 92#
1000 do 92#
1000 do 92#
600 Frank A South 7a 95#
2000 Elm 2d m 75.. hi 57
5000 Bcbl N 6s ’72..b5 86#
100 2d &3d St Jt.. .b 5 25#
10 N 0Gav..,.06cP124
12 Union Bk, Tone. .100#
CLOSING PI
Bid. Asktd.
Phila 6b 99# 99#
do B 99# 99#
do New..lo3#lo3#
Penns 65.«. &9# 99#
Beading R 26# 26#
do Bdi’7o;.B4# 85
do Mtg 65’44.95# 97#
do do ’86.77 77#
Penns R.........42# 42#
do lstra 65.. .103 106
110X8— FIRM.
Bid.Asktd.
BohNar fitook... B>f 9
do Pref 10# 17
Wmsp’tAElmß. 9* 10
do 7a latmtg.74# 75
do 2d 60# 67
Long Island 11 S 12
Girard Bank 12 12 V
LehCoalA Nar.,.49# 60
Lehigh Borip ....23' 29
N Penna R...... 8# 8#
do 6b 64 04
Netf Greek X %
Oatawlssa 8.... 6 6#
Lehigh Zino % 1#
do 2dm 65....92# 98
Morris Can Con. .40# 47#
do Pref 106 107
BcbnylNav6s ’82.71 71#
Bob Nat Imp 65..74 74#
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS, Dec. 27 Evening.—
There' is no change in Breadstuff*, but tho market is
without aoimation. Some 2©300 bbls Flour only sold
to go into the interior at $5.87# bbl fer a select
brand of Oity Mills Floor. There Is no Inquiry forex
port, and the trade are buying at fromss.l2# to $5.37#
for soperfine; $5.60«t5.75 for extra, and $007.26 A? bbl
for fancy liauda, according to quality. Rye Fiour is
dull and rather lower, a Fate of 50 bbls being reported
at $3.75 bbl. Corn Meal is quiet but firmer, and
held at $3.25 3? bbl. Wheat is in moderate supply, but
fully equal to the demand, and about 2.500 bus have
been sold at $1.2001.27 for red prime lots at our highest
figure. Rye to firm; 400 bun Delaware Bold at7So; 600
bus State at 80c. Cora—There is less offering, snd the
demand is small; about 3,000 bus new yellow sold at7oc,
afloat. Ou's are not much inquired for ; about 1200 bus
Delaware sold at 44c. Bark—About 60 bhds Quercitron
sold At $2B for first No. 1, at which rate tbe market is
steady. Cotton is about itationary, and a small busi
ness doing t>daj. G roceries —The market for all kinds
to firm; further rales of Sugar aid Coffee at full prices.
Provisions are unchanged ; tbe sales are motily in a
small way, including some Mess Pork at $lB per bbl,
short time, and barrel lard at ll#c 3P lb. Seeds—
About 400 bushels Clorersied have been sold at $S.5O«s
$5.75, chiefly at tho latt?r pi Ice for prime reed; n< thing
doing in Timothy cr Flaxseed to alter quotations.
Whiskey is doll; barrels sell as wanted, at 2i#c for
Pennsylvania, 25#c fer Ohio. 24c fer hhdi, and 23c
gallon fordiadge.
PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET, December
27 1858 —The arrivals and sales of Beef Cattle at the
different yards were abouL 1 200 heal since last week.
The market wav lively, a-d tho prices fully sustained
and firm, ranging at from $7 to slo# tbe ICO lbs. The
following are somo ot the principal Bales :
10 J. Miller, Chester county, extra, At 10#.
95 McQoahl, Meoney, Sc Co., Ohio, 7#®lo#
10 A lle.dcbaugh, Cheetercjuniy, S^erlO#.
23 B. Young, Jersey, 8»b8#
16 Coates *t. Trayner,Chester county, 9a>lo.
32 Gilman A Co.. Ohio, 7tXS
20 A. Kennedy, Chester county, 9®lo.
60 Blum & Co., Ohio B«r9.
37 J. Ba sane It, Va.,7#«lS#
28 Slti-kland tc. Co., Oh'O, S#o>lo#.
34 D. Bradley, 111., 7#<zrB#.
35 Baldwin &. Scarlet Lauca-ter county, B®lo.
14 B Cork, Ohio, 7aB.
21 J. Blair, Ohio, 7®9.
63 Iluthort & Co., Va., B®9 V
-25 Murphy & Co., Vn.,7#flr9#.
20 Franks Sc Co , Ohio. 7#«?K
2d D. Richey, Washington coutly, 7#C9#
25 Baldwin & Undtiwood, Chester '•ountyr, Bc9.
13 Wm. Fuller, Fnyette uountv, 8«tl0
43 Zarmau Sc Fisher, Va , 7<r9 .
1G J. Abrams, Ohio, flcrlO.
33 J. Bruner, Ohio, B«r9.
3,000 Sheep nnived, and sold from $3 to $4.50 head,
being 9 1 3 10 c dressed. M.uket brl9k,nnd Sheep scarce.
260 Cows arrived. Exlut Cows selling at $40®50;
middling, $20®35, aid dr/ $15®25. Market brisk.
About 3,700 Hogs arrived, and sold at Philips’s Union
Drove Yard at prices ranging lroin s6# to lhe 100
lbs net, avoiding to quality.
The following are the offerings at the various yaida
in this city for a series of yesis :
Beeves. Cows. Serine. Sheep.
~..37 420 15 121 22,490 *9l 180
...46 732 18,519 25,420 61,018
...51.298 16 806 26.455 60,401
...47 600 14,430 18 679 55.810
...50 270 10 700 22 4£o 57,81-0
...67.214 14,108 4 6 690 76,826
...08.130 14,320 46.700 77,110
...09,760 15.120 82,500
...99,100 15,400 46,700 83,000
...71,200 14 420 49.200 81 200
...71 900 15,100 63,830 72,310
...76 300 16,175 72 160 6 000
...53,160 0,420 60 800 171.151
...54,530 6,455 97.000 285,050
...68,719 13 676 112 864 300,800
...80,690 17,200 106,600 277,900
1843
1844
1846
1848
1847
1848
1849
1850
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Tho following cure for a oold has teen on record
sinco M3O *.
Pntte your feette In hot water
As high as your thighes;
Wrappe your head up in flaunelle
Ah low as your eyes;
Take a quart of ruin’d grualle,
When in bedde, bb a dose:
With a number four dippo
Well tallowe your no3e.
Plenty.—There arc 6,000 brokers and o,*
000 harbors in tho United States.
TriE TUyei.3 are drawing irnmenso houses
at Buffalo.
CITY ITEMS.
Important Business Meeting.—Anothsr meet
ing was held at the rooms of the Yonog Men’s
Christian Association, last evening, to take farther
action upon the proposed work of ereoling a large hall
in this city for the use of that association. The meet
ing was largely attended by minister* of the Gospel,
aud other gentlemen interested in the enterprise. The*
chair was occapied by Abraham R. Perkins, Esq. After
a prayer, and the reading of the minutes of the last
meeting by the secretary, Rev. Dr. Newton, the charter
of incorporation, as framed by the committee was
read, first as a whole, and then by sections, for adoption.
An Important provision contained in this charier Is
that in the event of an ultimate dissolution of the*
Young Men’s Christian Association, the piopstty now
proposed, or that may be hereafter placed in Hi hands
shall be conveyed to the Pennsylvania Bible Society!
When this clause came up for final action, the R*t.
Dr. Boardmao suggested the objection that sach a pro
vision migbt conflict with the provision in the Constitu
tion of tbe Bible Society, that It iha’l not hold pro
perty, the annual income of which shall exceed ten
thousand dollars. Chief Justice Lowris, who was
present, being called upon for bis opinion respect
ing such a contingency, said that the addition to the
Faction under consideration, of the words “ that the
Pennsylvania Bible Society te authorized to, receive
and hold the same, and devote it to purposes for which
the society was organized,* * would, if sanctioned by the
Legislature, be fully adequate to mett the emer
gency contemplated by Dr. Boardmau. These words
were subsequently Added to the section as an amend
ment.
The charter also stipulates that the entire property
of tbe association shall be held by a boa d of trustees
composed of one representative from each denomination
represented in the society.
After several speeches had bceu made by Reverends
Torrence, Carden, Brainerd, Boardmao, Messrs. Stew
art, Dale, and others, the sections of the instrument
were severally adopted; but upon the preamble coming
up, it became evident that, although the individual
sections had each passed almost unanimously, there
was not an entire spirit of h&rmony as to the feasibility
of tbe enterprise itself .as a whole. Several gentlemen
present evinced much anxiety over the prospect of
wbnt seemed to them unnecessary de’ay, and what'
might, if persisted in, probably lead to ultimate failure.
Some were In favor of adopting the ins'rument as a
wAok, at once, knowing that there was a saffici*nt
number in favor of it to do so; others were evidently
more deeply Impressed with the importance of such an
undertaking being based upon tbe most complete har
mony of all who are expected to bear a part of .the har
den, and participate in the benefits result.ng from it.
In view of this state of things—induced m&nily, by
c*rtaiu remarks made by Rev. Mr. Carden (Episcopalian)
aid Rev. J. Wheaton Smith, (Bapt st), wblchindioited
objections to the whole enterprise, hut which did not in
any way define them—the Rev. Dr. Newton rose and
said, he hoped this whole scheme would be thoroughly
ventilated, from turret to foundation stone, and that
the objections entertained by the brethren prerent
would all te presented in the brrad glare of tbe meri
dian sun, in order that all might act advisedly in tbe
matter bo r ore them.
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R*v. Mr. Smith then, fooling that bis undefined ob
jections tended to delay, rose, and in a brief speech
recounted tbe history of the formation and objects or
tbe association, and from which it was his conviction
th-t tbe movement now inaugurated was not afeasible
one ; and. much ns he was grieved to be obliged to dif
fer with so large a majority of his brethren, he thought
it more manly to state his objections now than wait
until his church should be called upon for a contribu
tion to the required futd. We bad no guarantee that
thiß association would always retain spiritual life, and
if It ever became a d ad body, ai some other similar or
ganizations had done, he did net feel willing to endow
it with a hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand
dollar anchor to prolong its life, when its condition
might be such as not to make its further existence
desirable.
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Rev. Mr. Carden also stated his objec'irns, which he
did in the form of an Interrogatory. He wifhed to
know if the Board of Trustees was to be composed in
part of ministers of tbe Gospel. He thought that the
Church was above all other organizations, aud that tbe
contemplated trust should be in tbe hands of a body
consisting at least of one-half clergymen, and be for
one would not vote for the adoption of the charter on
any other grounds.
The Rev. Mr. Chambers next addressed the meeting
in a strain of great warmth. He felt, as he believed
many of hit brethren felt, that the young men of that
association were Thermopyla mßa—that they had bean
to him and to many other ministers as Aaron andtHur
had beon to Gcd/s Moses of old. . The objections to this
enterprise had no foundation except in the spirit of old
fogyism, and tfca* element in the community which al
ways lifted its hands in holy horror against any project
that required the contribution ef money.
Balances Paid.
$255 941.41
265,628.' 9
265.269.66
177.508 47
168,332 12
What if oltlmatelv that association should be dis
solved? The worst thing that could happen to the
amountof money invested would be its appropriation to
the work of sending the leaves of the tree of life, upon
the winds of the morning, to all parts of the land,
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through the agency of that excellent ioflt'tatlon—the
Pennsylvania Bible Sooiety. Bis advice was to go ahead,
for if we watted until every ontside croaker waa fully
satisfied as to its propriety, Ac.. Gabriel’s trump would
sound befofr the contemplated hall would be built.
Rev. Dr. Drainer! followed in a strain that was ie .
effect like pouring oil upon the waters, and
which was evidently productive of auspicious results.
As, however, three hours had already been consumed,
an adjournment to next Montay afternoon, at 3ft
o’clock, at the same place, was agreed to, when, it Is
most probable, the necessary preliminaries will be
fiaalJy disposed of (and arracgemenU mode the early
consummation of the plan idoptid.
We may stats In this connection, that the reguisr
monthly meeting of tbe Young Meo’sOhristian Associ
ation was held at Eausom-street Church last evening,
when an essay was reed by F. B. Converse, Isq., assist
ant editor of the Christian Observer.
Oratorio of the Messiah.—This great pro
duction of the immortal composer, Handel, if we msy
judge from the character of the preparations bestowed,
will be rendered in amore imposing style, to-night, at
Musical Fund Hall, by the Handel and Havdn Society,
’ Sted by the Germania Orchestra, than it has been
given heretofore. We commend it to our readers alone
of the most Important musical entertainment! of the
season. i-* i:
Lecture by Geo. D. Prentice.—By an adver
tipement in another column it will be seen that the
Bext leoture before the Literary Congress will be de
livered in the Musical Fund Hell, ou Thursday evening,
by Geo. D. Prentice, Esq. His subject will be “Amer
ican Statesmanship.”
Panoramic Exhibition.—A grand display of
moving panoramas is announcod for this evening, at the
large hall corner of Eighth and Green streets It prom
ises to be interesting, both to parents and children.
Closing Lecture. —Dr. Boynton glvoi the
dosing lecture on Geology, this evening, at Concert
Hall. As the subject embraces the creation of man,
and the present order of animals, and the harmony of
Geology and the Bible, we may exp;ct a rare treat from
the learned lecturer.
Housekeeping Articles.—A general assort
ment of fine Ivory handled and common outtery, plated
castors, oyater ladles, forks, spoons Ac.; fine tea
trays, bread trays, ard plate and cup mats, chafing
dishes, steak dishes, and coffee urns, ironug tables,
meat safes, refrigerators, Ac , Ac., with all articles In
the general honse-furnishing liae, at the 8. W. corner
of Second and Dock street). JS. 8. Fabbox A Co.
Some of the forms of our daily food are of great
ant’quity. Pine-apple cheese Is remarkaMe In this
particular, since Martial speaks of cheeses in the shape
of pine cones, from Umbria, and the reader who has
ever seen 000 of these is aware that there Is nothing
more like a pine applo than a pine cone—unless indeed,
it be another pine apple Cross buns and bretzels are
of the romotestantquity, losing themselves in the early
dawn of Phoenician times, aod la the worship of Baitis*
Astarte, the primeval Venn* The very name of bun—»
6oi<»~has remained unchanged since those days. In
articles of dress, wo also retain some ’of the ancient
marks, although a great revolution has been wrought
by Granville Stakes, the fashionable clothier of No.
607 Chestnut street.
Gregg A Snyder, 630 Arch street, hayo tho
reputation for keeping the finest pure brandies and
other liquors. Their present stock of wines Is unsur
passed for excellence
Ballou's Pictorial.—This foeg established and
favorite illustrated j >urnal will commence the new year
In splendid style, with a new heading and new arrange*
meats throughout, the whole bright, freak, and origi
nal. It will, iu future, be printed one week nearer Its
date, thus making it fust seven days fresher in ail its
matter. A brilliant original story, by Mrs. Caroline
Oruo, will be commenced with number one of the sew
volume, and the engravings will bo far in advance of
those heretofore glveu. Ballgu’s PicroaiiL in, in
future, to be a live paper, and few perrons will be
Willing to do without it Look ont for number one of
tho new volume j it will be a little ahead of all the jiie
tarials A. Winch, 310 Chestnut street, Philadel
phia, general agent.
“Mr hair is eightoon years older than my
whiskers,” said a lawyer, “and I caouol uutferstaod
why my whiskers should turn gray first.” “Because
yuu hai a worked so much more with yoor jaws than
your bra’ns,” replied Brown, as he gracefully adjusted
his elegant new overcoat, recently purchased at the
“Old Franklin Hall Clothing Emporium” of E. U.
Eld idgo, No. 321 Ohestnot street.
Tim Observance of Christmas —Christmas
went off jollily; the consumption of rcatt turkey was
tremendous, the display of wn? uapara'leled,
aad the enjoyment wrs general and complete. During
the dav Cbestnut street wa 1 crowd'd with pedestrians
who were clad in their holiday attire. It wat the sub
ject of general remark that the baft drefted gentlemen
were i hose who w«re c’ad in tho seasonable vuil9 from
the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhtll A WVson,
No*. 603 and CO5 Chestnut street. ahoveSixth.
Health Kei»ort.
Ukalth Orrios* December 27, 1558.
ladelphia from the 18fA 10
.ctniher, IS6B.
Interments in City of Phi
the *6tft of jOi
Asthma
Asphyxia
Cancer
Casualties..... ...
Croup
Congestion Lun.s,
“ Brain..
Oonsutu’n of Lungs
Convulsions
Dmrrboei....
Dropsy, Chest. 1....
Disease of Brain...
“ Heart...
cc Spine...
Dvsontery
Debility
OF THB AIM
Under 1 year.
From X to 2.
“ 2 to 6
« 6to 10.
“ 10 tols.
“ 15 to2P.
<( 20 to 30.
« 30 to 40.
From the Almahonse... 8 !
From the Conntry 0
Males f 9 j
Females 63 j
By order of the Board of
ABTBUB 1
DISEASES
EffußloQ on Brain..
Fever, Typhus
“ Typhoid..,,
InflAm ; tion, Brain.
• ‘ Bronchi..,
“ Lungs
“ Periton’m.
“ S. & Bowels.
Inanition
Marasmus
Still-Born,
Whooping Cough,
THERE WERE—
From 40 to'* 60..
“ 50 to 60..
“ 60 to 70.,
“ 70 to 80..
<< 80 to 90.,
« 90 to 100.
OTB
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.32
. 6
. 2
.. U
fl
... 4
.. 6
... 0
.. 3
People of Color.
Boys «
Girls
Health.
KVQBSS r II««Ift O?*?.